Twentieth  Year

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER,  22,  1902.

Number 996

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Page. 
2.  Men  of Mark.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  Getting  the  People.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
IO.  On  the  Move.
12.  H ardw are.
14.  Clothing.
16.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
18.  Dry Goods.
20.  W oman’s W orld.
22.  R u tter and  Eggs.
23.  The  New  York  M arket.
24.  Commission  Seeds.
25.  Commercial Travelers.
26.  D rugs  and  Chemicals.
27.  D rug Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  The  New  Foods.
32.  The Grain M arket.

CIRCULAR  MOTION  W ITH  STEAM. 
Even  those  persons  who  have  a super­
ficial  knowledge  of  the  steam  engine 
know  that 
it  operates  by  admitting 
steam 
into  a  hollow  cylinder  in  which 
is  a  piston,  arranged  to  move  back  and 
forth  either  horizontally  or  perpendicu­
larly.  When  steam 
is  admitted  to  one 
end  of  the  cylinder  it  shoves  the  piston 
to  the  other  end.  Then  steam  is  let  in­
to  that  end  when  it  shoves  the  piston 
back  to  the  point  from  which  it  started.
Thus  is  produced  a  back-and-forth 
motion,  which 
is  converted  into  a  cir­
cular  movement  by  the  intervention  of 
cranks  after  the  manner of  those  of  an 
ordinary  windlass.  All  mechanical  en­
gineers  know  that  both  speed  and  power 
are  lost  by  the  use  of  the  methods  de­
scribed.  When  the  piston  reaches  the 
end  of  its  stroke  it  comes  to a  dead  stop* 
before  it  starts  back  on  its return  thrust. 
Thus  is  sacrificed  a  great  deal  of  time. 
It  is  also  known  that  the  crank  is  not 
equal  and  uniform  in  the  power  it  ex­
erts,  for  there  are  positions  in  which  it 
comes  where  it  has  no  pulling  or  push­
ing  force,  while  there  are  others  of 
its 
positions  where  it  exerts 
its  greatest 
power.

In  hundreds  of years  it  has  been found 
impossible  to  get  rid  of  these  difficul­
ties,  although  they  are  known  to  every 
engineer.  They  all  realize  that  if  a  di­
rect  circular  or  rotary  motion  could  be 
got  by  means  of  steam  without  the  aid 
or 
intervention  of  the  piston  or  the 
crank  an  immense  advantage  would  be 
gained.  This  was  done  two  thousand 
years  ago  by  a  Greek  Egpytian  named 
Hero  or  Heron;  but  although  he  suc­
ceeded 
in  forcing  the  steam  to  produce 
at  once  a  rotating  movement,  the  loss 
of  power  was  so  great  that  it  destroyed 
ail  the  advantage  attained.  Within  a 
few years  past  the  problem  of  direct ap­
plication  of  steam  to  produce  a  rotary 
movement  and  power  has  engaged  the 
attention  of  mechanicians,  and 
is 
claimed  that  entire  success  has  been 
attained.  This contrivance  is  known  as 
the  steam  turbine,  and 
is  constructed 
upon  tbe  principle used in the  water  tur­
bine,  in  which  a  stream  of  swiftly  run­
ning  water,  rushing  through  a  screw- 
shaped  channel  in  a  hollow  wheel,  com­
municates  to  it  a  rotary  motion.  By  a 
is  made  to
similar  contrivance,  steam 

it 

rotate  a  shaft  which  operates  machinery 
of  any  description,  as 
is  claimed, 
with  great  power and  swiftness.

it 

in 

Figures  presented  at  the  recent  meet­
ing  of  the  British  Association give some 
idea  of  the  inroads  of  this  simple  form 
lately  mo­
of  motor  into  the  field  until 
nopolized  by  the  steam  engine, 
its  first 
1884  in  the  driving  of  dy­
use  was 
namos,  and  by 
i8go  as  many  as  360 
plants  had  been  installed,  ranging  from 
four to  120  horsepower  and  aggregating 
more  than  5,000  horsepower. 
Those 
in  use  or  building  aggregate  over 
now 
300,000  horsepower,  the  largest  turbine 
thus  far  installed  being  of  3,000  horse­
power.  Experience  has  shown  that  the 
turbine  compares  favorably  with  the 
engine  in  running  economy,is  material­
ly  cheaper  in  first  cost,  and  is  much  less 
expensive  to  maintain.  The  best  econ­
omy  thus  far  recorded 
is  17.3  pounds 
steam  per  kilowatt  hour,  corresponding 
to about  10.2 pounds  steam per  indicated 
horsepower  per  hour.

it 

In  large  turbines  working  with  super­
heated  steam  and  a  good  vacuum  a  still 
is  promised.  As  re­
higher  economy 
gards  durability, 
is  asserted  that 
careful  tests  with  turbines  long  in  con­
tinuous  operation  at  high  speeds  have 
failed  to  show  that  they  use  any  more 
steam  than  when 
installed  per  unit  of 
effective  energy.  The  usefulness of this 
form  of  motor,  although  first  developed 
in  connection  with  tbe  driving  of  dyn­
amos,  is  by  no  means  limited  to  that 
employment.  Already 
seven  vessels 
have  been  fitted with motors of that type, 
and  they  will  be  put  into  tbe  destroyer 
Eden  and 
Amethyst,  now  building  for the  British 
navy.  Two  4,000  horsepower  turbine 
motors  have  been  ordered  for  steamers 
for  the  Channel  service.  One  English 
turbine  steamer,  the  King  Edward,  was 
tested  competitively  this  summer  with 
a  steamer  chosen  for the purpose  as  giv­
ing  a  fair  basis  of  comparison,  and 
made  ten  more  miles  in  tbe season's run 
with  480 tons  less  of  coal.

third-class 

cruiser

tbe 

The  turbine  occupies  but  little  space 
compared with  tbe  ponderous  engines  of 
modern  warships  and  commercial 
iin 
ers,  while  tbe  mechanism  is  vastly  more 
simple  and  correspondingly  more  eco­
nomical. 
If  this  turbine  principle  can 
be  worked  out  to  thorougbly  practical 
results  for  all  the  purposes  for  which 
steam  is  used,it  will  mark  a  new  era  in 
the  entire  world  of  steam  power,  and 
therefore  developments  will  be  locked 
for  with  extreme  interest.

German  manufacturers  are  greatly  in­
censed  because  Prince  Henry  has  pur­
chased  an  American  automobile.  A 
prince,  they  say,  should  patronize  his 
own  people  rather  than  foreigners,  no 
matter  if  he  does  think  foreigners  make 
the  best  things.  If  Prince  Henry  plans 
another  visit  to  America there will prob­
ably  be  violent  opposition  in  Germany.

D E G E N E R A C Y   O F  T H E   D R A M A .
The  greatest  dramatist  who  ever 
lived,  and  be  himself  was  an  actor,  set 
forth  the  business  of  bis  kind  to  be  “ to 
hold  the  mirror  up  to  nature ;  to  show 
virtue  her  own  feature,  scorn  her  own 
image,  and  tbe  very  age  and  body  of 
tbe  time  his 
form  and  pressure,”  
and,  withal,  as  has  said  another  play­
wright  of  eminence,  “ to  point  a  moral 
and  adorn  a  tale. “

The  great  masters  of  dramatic  ex­
pression  bad  no  false  notion  of  their  art 
and 
its  duties.  They  knew  that  it  was 
tbe  object  and  end  of  their  dramas  and 
of  their  acting  to  portray  the  passions 
of  human  nature  and  the  varied  pass­
ages  of  human  experience, 
in  which 
both  good  and  evil,  virtue  and  vice,had 
their  part,  but  in  which  finally  vice  was 
punished  and  virtue  rewarded,  and  so 
thoroughly  are  this  duty  and  function  of 
the  playwright  understood  by  the people 
at  large  that  the  dealing  out of  poetic 
justice 
is  always  applauded,  and  not 
only is  it  applauded,but  it  is demanded.
So  thoroughly grounded are the  masses 
of  the  people  in  this  doctrine  of  justice 
and  the  upholding  of  the  right  that  the 
majority  of  the  playgoing  people  will 
not  patronize  any  theater  in  which  this 
is  not  the  rule.

But  there  appears  to  be  growing  up 
in  certain  circles  a  demand  for  pre­
sentations  of  the  most  abandoned  char­
acteristics  of  human  depravity. 
“ Art 
for  art’s  sake”   was  an  expression  con­
stantly  in  the  mouth  of  the  most  de­
praved  and  morally-degraded poet of  the 
nineteenth  century.  He  belonged  to  a 
school  of  writers  who  claimed  that  any 
fact  or  act  in  tbe  conduct  of  any  human 
creature  was  a  proper  subject  for 
liter­
ary  and  dramatic  presentation.  There 
was  no  realism  too  gross  and  disgusting 
or  too  depraved  and  hideous  to  be 
offered  to  the  public,  and  while  every 
dictate  of  ordinary  sanitation  counseled 
the  making  away  with  as  little  display 
as  possible  of  material  garbage,  these 
degenerates  sought  to  parade  before  the 
public  the  most  abominable  details  of 
moral  filth.

Of  course,  the  worst  sort of 

It  is  said  that all  tbe  depravity  in  art 
it 
and  literature  comes  from  Paris,  but 
is  authoritatively  declared 
that  “ tbe 
Theater  Français,  embodying  the  tradi­
self-respecting  artists  and 
tions  of 
authors,  forbids  on 
its  stage  even  tbe 
slightest  caress  of  a  woman  by  a  man.”
immoral­
in  Paris  or  in  any 
ity  can  be  found 
great  city 
it  be  sought  for,  but  the 
caterers  to  the  stage  are  not  driven,  (or 
lack  of  subjects,  to  resort  to  the  vilest 
sources  of  materialism.  Like  the  ob­
scene  carrion  bird,  which  gives  no  re­
gard  to  the  fairest  scenes  and  the  most 
delightful  surroundings,  but  seeks  his 
loathsome  prey  amid  disgusting  scenes, 
the  purveyor of  the  literature  and drama 
of  depravity  searches  for  it in all  the  re­
positories  of  moral  filth.

if 

There  are  too  many  people  in  this 
world  who  devote  only  their  leisure 
moments  to  business.

The  merchant  must  sell  what  the  peo­
ple  want,  or  cause  the  people  to  want 
what  he  sells.

Some  hens  will  do  a  dime's  worth  of 

cackling  over  a  cent’s  worth  of  eggs.

Mistake—to  suppose  a  clock  strikes 

with  its  bands.

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MEN  OF  MARK.

Edw ard  Frick,  Vice-President  Olney  & 

Judson  tirocer  Co.

little 

We  are  passing  through  the  young 
man  period.  Not  many  years  ago  the 
remark  was  current  that  it  required  old 
men  for  council  and  young men  for war, 
but 
in  these  days  it  is  young  men  for 
both  council  and  war.  Mere  age counts 
in  the  business  world.  Age 
for 
brings  with 
it  an  experience  that  the 
young  can  not have,  but  it  does  not  nec­
essarily  carry  with  it  executive  ability. 
No  doubt  the older  a  man  gets  the  more 
he  thinks—provided  he  has  been  sub­
ject  to  the  thinking  habit.  The  time 
that  in  his  younger  days  was  spent 
in 
hustling 
is  now  given  to  reflection. 
Possession  of  the  world's  goods becomes 
of  less  value  to  him  than  it  once  was; 
he  recognizes  the  tact  that  be  is  fast 
nearing  the  point  where  all  except char­
acter  wilt  count  for  naught.  He  will 
pass  through  the  gate  where  money, 
lands,  bonds  will  be  barred;  hence  in- 
old  age  it  is  a  question  if  a  zeal  to  ob­
tain  them  is a desire  of  the  sanest  mind. 
To  the  gay  music  of  the  morning  of 
life  the  young  man  whirls  upon  the 
stage  with  vim  and  ambition.  Defeat 
has  not  been  h is;  therefore  he  is  cour­
ageous  to  the  extreme.  Others  may  tell 
him  of  the  quicksands  of  life,  but  he 
must  find  them  out  for  himself.  He 
thinks 
it  senseless  that  others  should 
have  sunk.  He  is  hopeful  and  invari­
ably  hope  adds  strength.

In  these  days,  by  some  subtle  under­
standing  which  can  not  be  clearly  an • 
alyzed,  he  has  grasped  the  business 
situation  and  has  oftentimes  mastered 
it.  Commercial  schools  have  not  en­
abled him  to  do  this,  for  we  never  learn 
wisdom by committing forms to memory. 
Knowledge  and  wisdom  are  not  syn­
onymous.  Perhaps  instead  of  learning 
he  has  absorbed  the  business  sagacity 
of  the age.  A  sage  writer  has  remarked 
that  ideas  bang  in  the  air  until they  are 
ripe  to  be  plucked,  instancing  periods 
in 
invention,  patriot­
ism,  and  possibly  in  this  case  the  busi­
ness  shrewdness  and  push  which  char­
acterize  the  age  have  for  a  long  time 
been  forming 
into  clouds  from  which 
now  the  rain  is  falling.

literature,  art, 

Edward  Frick  was  born  on  a  farm 
near  New  Holland,  Aug.  26,  1858.  His 
father  and  mother  were  both  of  Holland 
birth,  having  emigrated  to  this  country 
from  Groningen  in  1848.  Edward  was 
the  youngest  of  eleven  children  and  is 
now  the  youngest  of  five living children. 
Both  his  parents  have  passed  away. 
In 
1866 the  family  sold  the farm and moved 
to  Kalamazoo,  and  a  year  later they  re­
turned  to  New  Holland  and  purchased 
another  farm  near  the  home  they  bad 
previously  sold.  Edward  attended  dis­
trict  school  three  winters—fifty-six  days 
the  first  winter,  fifty-two  days  the  sec­
ond  winter  and  fifty-nine  days  the  third 
winter—and  this  practically  comprised 
ail  the  education  he  obtained  except 
in  the  school  of  business  and  experi­
187;  he  went  to  Holland  and 
ence 
secured  employment 
the  general 
store  of  Kruisenga  &  Son.  He remained 
here  eight  months,  when  he  left  to  take 
a  clerkship 
in  the  general  store  of  W.
C.  Semple,  of  East  Saugatuck,  with 
whom  he  remained  one  summer.  He 
then  obtained  employment  in  the  gen­
eral  store  of  A.  Wagenaar,  of  New  Hol­
land,  where  he  remained  four  years. 
During  the  closing  weeks  of  his  con­
nection  with  this  establishment,  an  in 
cident  occurred  which  we  will  permit 
him  to  ttll  in  his  own  words:

In 

in 

"John  Shields  was  then  covering  the

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

colony  trade  for  Graff,  Shields  &  Co. 
He  asked  Mr.  Kruisenga  one  day  where 
he  could  find  a  man  familiar  with  the 
Holland 
language  to  cover the colony 
and  contiguous  territory,  and  Mr.  Krui­
senga 
immediately  suggested  that  he 
communicate  with  ‘ Fred,’  as  he  always 
called  me.  The  next  day,  he  called  on 
me  at  the  store  in  New  Holland  and 
enquired  how  I  would  like  to  travel  on 
the  road  selling  goods  at  wholesale. 
I 
told  him  1  had  a  good  home  in  the 
Wagenaar  fam ily;  that  I was  practically 
in  charge  of  the  store  on  account  of Mr. 
Wagenaar's 
illness  and  that  I  saw  no 
reason  why  I  should  make  a  change. 
On  his  next  trip  to  New  Holland,  two 
weeks  later,  be  renewed  the  offer,  but  I 
did  not  fee)  as  though  I  ought  to  leave 
an  employer  who  had  treated  me  so well 
and  placed  so  much  confidence 
in  me. 
Two  weeks 
later  he  again  undertook  to 
negotiate  with  me,  when  I  told  him  I 
would  not  Dave  Mr.  Wagenaar  without

zation  of  the  new  house  of  Olney, 
Shields  &  Co.,  in  1886,  I  transferred 
my  services  to  that  firm. 
In  April, 
1889,  Mr.  Shields  was  suddenly  com­
pelled  to  leave  for  Florida  with his  wife 
and  he  wired-me  at  Kalamazoo,  where 
I  was  attending  the  funeral of  my sister- 
in-law,  to  report  for  duty  that  evening 
in  Grand  Rapids  and  assume  his  posi­
tion  as  buyer  and  manager  of  the  four 
other  salesmen  then  employed  by  the 
house. 
I  knew  nothing  about  my  new 
work,  but  I  called  the  boys  together 
the  next  Saturday—James  A.  and  Sam­
uel  B.  Morrison,  the  late  James  N. 
Bradford  and  Scott  Swigart—and  told 
it  was  up  to  us to  bold  the  busi­
them 
ness  up  to 
I 
traveled  three  days  each  week  and  did 
the  buying  the  best  I  knew  bow  the  re- 
! maining 
three  days,  making  sales 
amounting  to $72,000  the  following  year 
| and 
increasing  the  trade  of  the  house 
$150 000,  which  was  quite  as  much  of  a

its  former  proportions. 

the  original  stockholders  of  the  North­
western  Yeast  Co.  He  is  also  interested 
in  the  Globe  Mining  Co.,  managed  by 
James  A.  Morrison,  so  long  identified 
with  the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer Co.

Mr.  Frick  attributes  his  success  to 
hard  work,  patiently  and  conscientious­
ly  undertaken  and  carried  forward.  He 
probably  puts  in  the  longest  hours  of 
any  wholesale  groceryman  at  this  mar­
ket,  being  the  first  to  arrive  in  the 
morning  and  the  last  to  leave  at  night. 
Some  of  his  fraters 
in  the  trade  who 
have  tried  to  keep  pace  with  him  have 
given  up  in despair,believing  that  be  is 
made of  iron,  while  they  are  only  com­
mon  clay.  Despite  the 
long  hours  he 
puts  in  at  his  desk  and  the  exacting 
manner  in  which  he  insists  on  person­
ally  attending  to  every  detail  connected 
with  his  department,  be 
is  charitably 
inclined  toward  those  of  his  associates 
who  can  not  keep  his  pace,  and  every 
one  who  has  ever  worked  with  him  or 
under  him  is  ready  at  all  times  to  take 
off  his  hat  to  Edward Frick and to insist 
that  he 
is  one  of  the  best  fellows  on 
earth  and  that  his  worst  fault  is  bis 
disposition  to  be  too  faithful  to  his 
business  and  too  negligent  of  his  own 
comfort  and  health  in  his  earnest  effort 
to  treat  bis  customers  right  and  see  that 
they  get 
just  what  they  order,  in  the 
quantities  and  qualities  best  adapted  to 
their  requirements.

W hy  the J  uuior Clerk Was Promoted.
A  business  firm  once  employed  a 
young  man  whose  energy  and  grasp  of 
affairs  soon  led  the  management  to  pro­
mote  him  over  a  faithful  and  trusted 
employe.  The  old  clerk  felt  deeply 
hurt  that  the  younger  man  should  be 
promoted  over  him  and  complained  to 
the  manager.
Feeling  that  this  was  a  case  that 
could  not  be  argued,  the  manager asked 
the  old  clerk  wbat  was  the  occasion  of 
all  the  noise  in  front  of  their  building.
The  clerk  went  forward  and  returned 
it  was  a  lot of 
The  manager  then  asked  what  they 
were 
loaded  with,  and  again  the  clerk 
went  out  and  returned,  reporting  that 
they  were  loaded  with  wheat.
The  manager then  sent  him  to  ascer­
tain  bow  many  wagons  there  were  and 
he  returned  with  the  answer  that  there 
were  sixteen.  Finally  he  was  sent  to 
see  where  they  were  from  and  he  re­
turned  saying  they  were  from  the  city 
of  Lucena.

with  the  answer  that 
wagons  going  by.

The  manager then  asked  the  old  clerk 
to  be  seated,  and  sent  for  the  young 
man  and  said  to  him :
"W ill  you  see  what  is  the  meaning  of 

that  rumbling  noise  in  front?"

The  young  man  replied:  "Sixteen 
wagons  loaded  with  wheat.  Twenty 
more  will  pass  to-morrow.  They  be­
long  to Romero  &  Co.,  Lucena,  and  are 
on  their  way  to  Marchesa,  where  wheat 
is  bringing  $1.25  per  bushel  for haul­
in g ."
The  young  man  was  dismissed  and 
the  manager,  turning  to the  old  clerk, 
said :

"M y   friend,  you  see  now  why  the 
younger  man  was  promoted  over  you."
Potato  Im ports  and  Exports  For the Past 

Year.
Imports  of  potatoes 

into  the  United 
States 
in  the  fiscal  year  ended  June  30, 
1902,  amounted  to  7,656,162  bushels, 
against  371,911  bushels  iu  the  previous 
year.  Exports  in 
1902  were  628,484 
bushels,  leaving  the  net  imports  7,027, 
672  bushels.  With  two  exceptions  the 
1902  imports  into  this  country  were  the 
heaviest  ever  made ;  the  short  domestic 
crop  of  1881,  amounting  to only  109,- 
145,494  bushels,  resulted  in  imports  in 
the  following  fiscal  year  of  8,789,860 
in  domestic 
bushels ;  another  shortage 
1887,  when  the  crop 
production 
amounted  to  only 
134,103,000  bushels, 
was  followed  by 
imports  of  8,259,538 
bushels.

in 

his  consent,  whereupon  Mr.  Shields 
asked  if  I  would  be  willing  to  have  him * 
call  on  Mr.  Wagenaar and  go  over  the  | 
ground  with  him  personally. 
I  reluc­
tantly  gave  my  consent  and,during  this 
interview,  be  convinced  Mr.  Wagenaar j 
that  it  would  be  to  my  permanent ad­
vantage  to make  a new alliance.  On  his 
next  trip  to  New  Holland  he  took  me 
with  him  ior  three  days  through  the  col­
ony,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  told 
me  to  report  for  duty  at  Grand  Rapids 
the  next  Tuesday  morning. 
I  spent 
the  remainder  of  the  week  in  the  old 
store  at  New  Holland,  went  to  Grand 
Rapids  Monday,  located  a  boarding 
place  and  reported 
for  duty  Tuesday 
morning. 
I  was  assigned  the  territory 
Mr.  Shields  had  previously  covered, 
comprising  the  available  trade  between 
Hartford  and  Pentwater.  I  followed  the 
fortunes  of the house through the changes 
to  Shields,  Bulkley  &  Co.  and  Shields, 
Bulkley  &  Lemon  and,  on  the  organi-

surprise  to  Mr.  Shields  on  his  return  as 
it  was  to  us.  But  for  the  hearty  sup­
port  of  the  other  traveling  men  and  the 
cordial  co-operation  of  my  associates  in 
the  house,  I  could  never  have  achieved 
this  result."

in  November, 

On  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Shields  and 
the  organization  of  the  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co. 
1889,  Mr. 
Frick  was  made  a  director and  Vice- 
President  of  the  corporation,  which  po­
sition  he  still  holds  to  the  satisfac­
tion  of  all  concerned.

Mr.  Frick  was  married  Dec.  23,  1881, 
to  Miss  Martha  Klise,  of  Nunica,  and 
in  their  own  home  at  234 
they  reside 
South  College  avenue.  He 
is  not  a 
member  of  any  secret  order  or  frater­
nity,  having  never  acquired  the  jiner 
habit  or  felt  the  necessity  of  seeking 
associations  not  connected  with  his 
home  and  place  of  business.

Mr.  Frick  is  Vice-President  of  the A. 
B.  Klise  Lumber Co.,  and  was  one  of

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3

P R O M P T

S H IP M E N T S

Realizing  the  growing  necessity 
of  prompt  shipments,  we  have  re­
organized  our shipping department 
and  increased  our  facilities so  that 
we  are  able  to guarantee  shipment 
of  all  orders  the  same  day  they 
are  received.

W o r d e n  G r o c e r  Ç o m p a n v

G r a n d   R a p i d s .  M i c h .

To the  Grocers and 
Dealers of Michigan

I  wish  to  assure  all  who  are  selling or  using 
Jennings’  Flavoring  Extract of  Lemon  that 
I am the manufacturer thereof and know that 
it  is  made  not only  of  pure  material  but  of 
the  best  quality  that  is  produced. 
It  is  not 
adulterated  in  the  least.  This  I  will be able 
to  establish  beyond  all  question  and shall do 
so in  the  action begun  against  me  in  Mus­
kegon  by  the  food inspector. 
I ask that you 
withhold  judgment  pending  the  vindication 
of  my  extracts.

C.  W.  Jennings,

Proprietor  of

Jennings  Flavoring  Extract Co.,

¡S 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We Want You to  Know
WE  SELL Over  4 0   Styles AND
NATIONAL  GASH  REGISTERS

SIZES  OF

THAT 

AT  PRICES  FROM

$ 2 5   to  $ 1 5 0
and  they are  good 
registers,  to o — 
registers  that  you 
can  depend  on

National  Cash  Register Co.

D A Y T O N

OHIO

No.  18.

Price  $25.

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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Around  the State

Movements of M erchants.

Carleton—VVm.  Lewis  has  closed  out 

his  gtocery  stock.

a  drug  store here.

Dighton—Ernest  Snyder  has  opened 

Carleton—C.  M.  Reeves,  grocer,  has 

discontinued  business.

Petoskey—E.  VV.  Feile  has  purchased 

the  meat  market  of  E.  D.  Ellis.

Holly—J.  B.  Smith,  grocer,  has  re­

moved  from  Olney  to  this  place.

Vassar—Ernest  C.  Rowley,  black­

smith,  has  sold  out  to  Robert  Miller.

Adrian—Albert  Reisig  has  purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  O.  L.  Kaumeier.

Sbaftsburg—F.  G.  Randall  has  re­

moved  bis  drug  stock  to  VVebberville.

Saginaw—EnosC.  Kingsman  has  sold 
his  drug  stock -to  the  Dolson  Pharmacy.
Lakeville—McKay  &  Campbell,  gen­
closing  out  their 

eral  dealers,  are 
stock.

Detroit—Tbos.  W.  Goodale  has  sold 
bis  stock  of  tobacco  and  cigars  to  P.  C. 
Payette.

Nunica—Fremont  Brown  has  sold  bis 
grocery  and  dry  goods  stock  to  Barber- 
icle  &  Jubb.

Jones—Ralph  Schell  has  purchased 
implement  stock  of 

the  hardware  and 
VVm.  Thomas.

Jackson—The  Jackson  Cold  Storage 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
stock  of $35,000.

Hastings—Dawson  Bros.,  druggists  at 
Ann  Arbor,  have  opened  a  branch  drug 
store  at  this  place

Middleton—Slaght  &  First  have  sold 
their  grocery  stock  and  meat  market  to 
Tuttle  &  Wiseman.

Detroit—Fred  VV.  Haines,  dealer 

in 
electric  supplies,  is  succeeded  by  the 
Standard  Electric  Co.

Empire—Max  Frazer,  of  Traverse 
in  the  mercantile 

City,  has  engaged 
business  at  this  place.
Shepherd—Josephine 
Harper  is  succeeded 
in 
business  by  J.  C.  Pulver.

(Mrs. 

J.  A.) 
the  grocery 

Saginaw—Locke  &  Wysner,  grocers, 
have  dissolved  partnership.  Locke  & 
Co.  continue  the  business.

New  Era—Wiersing  Bros,  have  pur­
chased  the  grocery,  dry  goods  and  boot 
and  shoe  stock  of  H.  H.  Plescber.

Jackson—Edward  Alger,  dealer 

in 
boots  and  shoes,  has  taken  a  partner  un­
der  the  style  of  Alger  &  Freshour.

Berlin—Ed.  Burns  and  Ed.  Fox  have 
formed  a  copartnership  and  will  engage 
in  general  trade  here  about  Dec.  i.

Battle  Creek—Chas.  £ .  Blood  &  Co. 
have  engaged  in  the  dry goods business, 
locating  in  the  new  Kingman  block.

Battle  Creek—Ryan  &  Young,  furni­
ture  dealers,have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business  is  continued  by  Wm.  H. 
Young.

Ithaca—Henry 

J.  D idge  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
agricultural 
implement  business  of 
Kille  &  Dodge.

Perrinton—O.  A.  Cook  has  engaged 
in  the  general  merchandise  business, 
having  purchased  the  stock  of  F.  L. 
Longwood  &  Co.

Grand  Haven—Ammeraal  &  Botbyl, 
grocers,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business  is  continued  under  the 
style  of  Botbyl  Bros.

Manistee—McKillip  &  Hopper  have 
recently 
incorporated  with  authorized 
capital  stock  of$ 30,000 and  succeeded 
the  partnership  under  the  same  style.

Middleton—VVm.  Tuttle  and  Morrice 
Wiseman  have  purchased  the  meat 
market  of  A.  J.  Shickels,  who  recently 
purchased  the  same  of  W.  S.  SI eight.

Marion—The  Marion  Mercantile  Co. 
has  added  forty  feet on to its store build­
ing  and  constructed  a  potato  cellar  with 
a  capacity  of  several  thousand  bushels.
Pellston—The  general  merchandise 
firm  of  H.  A.  Snyder  &  Co.  has  been 
dissolved  by  mutual  consent  on  account 
of  the  ill  health  of  H.  A.  Snyder.  The 
business  will  be  continued  by  H.  D. 
Judkins.

Montague—Nicholas  Ostethouse,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  has  purchased  the  stock 
of dry  goods  and  groceries  of John  Haan 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same 
location.  Mr.  Haan  will  retire 
from  business.

Jackson—Giddings  &  Co.,  druggists 
and  recent  successors  to  Giddings  & 
Hyndman,  are  succeeded  by  Dr.  Hynd- 
man,  a  former  partner,  and  Jas.  E. 
Way,  a  clerk  for  them  for  the  past  eight 
years.  The firm  will  be  known  as Hynd­
man  &  Way.

Altona—C.  J.  Pattison  has  purchased 
the  drug  stocks  of  E li  Lyons  and  Dr. 
Bursma  and  will  consolidate  them  in 
the  general  store  of  Eli  Lyons.  He  will 
continue  to  clerk  for  Mr.  Lyons,  plac­
ing  the  drug  stock  in  charge  of  a  regis­
tered  pharmacist.

Petoskey—The  Petoskey  Jewelry  & 
Optical  Co.,  Limited,  has  filed  articles 
of  incorporation,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$5,000,  all  paid 
in.  The  stockholders 
are  Joseph  T.  Anderson,  John  Q.  An­
derson,  E.  N.  Anderson,  Albert  F. 
Ruch  and  C.  M.  Ruch.

Greenville—Edward  Lincoln,  mar­
ket  gardener  at this place,  has succeeded 
in  turning  the  wheels  of  time  backward 
or  forward  by  bringing  two  cases  of 
strawberries  to  market  during  the  fall 
season.  The  berries  are  large  in  size, 
bright  in  color  and  fine  in  flavor.

Traverse  City—C.  S.  Cox,  who  has 
been  conducting  a  meat  market  on  East 
Front  street,  has  sold  out  to  Frank 
Hardy,  of  Interlochen,  formerly  of  this 
place.  The  market  will  be  removed  to 
the  Schomberger  building,  just  east  of 
the  corner  of  Front  street  and  Board- 
man  avenue.

M annfacturlnr M atters.

Detroit—Burrell  Chemical  Co.  has 
its  capital  stock  from  $250,- 

increased 
000  to  $500,000.

St. 

Ingace—Jamieson  &  St. 

James 
have  recently  begun  the  manufacture  of 
hardwood  lumber.

Saginaw—The  National  Manufactur­
ing &  Supply  Co.  has  increased  its  cap­
ital  stock  from  $25,000 to $50,000.

Detroit—The  style  of  E.  G.  Frisbie 
&  Co.,  manufacturers  of  extracts,  has 
been  changed  to  the  E.  G.  Frisbie  Co.
Manistee—The  McKillop  &  Hopper 
Manufacturing  Co.  succeeds  McKillop 
&  Hopper 
in  the  lumber and  sawmill 
business.

Kalamazoo—The Burtt  Manufacturing 
Co.  is  succeeded  by  the  Automatic  Ma­
chine  Co.  in  the  manufacture  of  gaso­
line  engines.

Kalamazoo—The  Lull  &  Skinner  Co. 
is  succeeded  by  the  Lull  Carriage  Co. 
in  the  manufacture  of  carriages  and 
agricultural  implements.
Boyne  City—A  new 

industry  has 
been  established  at  this  place  with  a 
capital  stock  of $30,000  under the  style 
of  the  Elm  Cooperage  Co.

Hopkins 

Station-----The  Hopkins
Creamery  Co.  will  hereafter  use  the 
Monterey  creamery  building  as  a  skim­
ming  station.  The  machinery  has  been 
removed  to  this  place.

Pontiac—The  Pontiac  Light  &  Power 
Co.  has  been  purchased  by  J.  W.  Mar­
tin,  acting  in  behalf  of  a  Detroit  capi­
talist  whose name  does not  appear  in the

transaction.  Besides  furnishing 
light 
to  the city  the  new  owners  will  do com­
mercial  lighting.

factory  here. 

Pontiac—Vaughan  &  Co.,  of  Detroit, 
announce  their  intention  of  erecting  a 
canning 
The  factory, 
which  will  be  ready  for  business  by 
early  spring,  will  be  in  use  all  summer.
Bannister—A  cheese  factory,  30x90 
in  dimensions  and  equipped  with 
feet 
the 
latest  machinery,  will  shortly  be 
erected  at  this  place.  G.  C.  Peters,  of 
Chicago,  is  at  the  head  of  the  enter­
prise.

Detroit—The  Nutrine  Food  Co.  has 
been  organized  in  this  city  and  will  use 
the  old  Frederick  Stearns 
laboratory 
building.  Nutr.ne 
is  a  preparation 
made  from  beans.  The  capitalization  is 
$500,000.

Menominee—The  outlook  for  a  beet 
is  very  bright. 
sugar 
factory  here 
Enough  acreage  has 
been 
pledged  by  the  farmers  of  the  county 
and  the  company  will  probably  be  or­
ganized  within  a  few  weeks.

already 

Battle  Creek—The  World’s  Fair  Food 
Co.  has  been  reorganized  by  Benj.  F. 
Morgan,  Howard  Green,  Edgar  P. 
Boggs, 
John  C.  Bartholf  and  VV.  S. 
Powers  with  an  authorized  capital  stock 
of $3,000,000.  Three  hundred  thousand 
dollars  of  the  first  issue  of  stock  has 
been  guaranteed  by  the  International 
Banking  &  Building  Co.,  recently  in­
corporated,  through  the  Equitable  Life 
Insurance  Co.  of  New  York.

Bay  Shore—The  Bay  Shore  Lime  Co. 
has  purchased  the  Henry  Easton quarry, 
comprising  50 acres  and  located  west of 
Petoskey  on  the  Charlevoix road and  the 
Pere  Marquette.  This  gives  the  com­
pany  a  total  of  70 acres  at  this  place. 
Extensive  developments  are  already  un­
der  way,  a  No.  5  Austin  stone  crusher, 
with  a  capacity  of  250 tons  per  day,  and 
a  50  horse-power  Chandler  &  Taylor 
engine  having  been  installed.  A  board­
ing  house  is  also  being  erected.  The 
output  of  the  quarry  has  already  been 
contracted  for  one  year.

Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association.
At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  Monday  evening,  Oct.  20,  Presi­
dent  Fuller  presided.
The  subject  of  co-operative  buying 
was  discussed  at  considerable  length. 
No  conclusion  was  reached,  the  matter 
being  referred  to  a  committee  composed 
of  D.  S.  Gray,  J.  Geo.  Lehman,  Ed. 
Wykkel,  Ed.  Connelly  and Homer Klap.
Reports  having  reached  the  Associa­
tion  to  the  effect  that  the  Market  Com­
mittee  of  the  Common  Council  contem­
plated  a  change  in  the  present  arrange­
ments,  placing  the  growers  on  the  out­
side  and  the  hucksters  and  grocers  to­
gether  in  the  center,  the  Secretary  was 
instructed 
to  communicate  with  the 
Committee,  requesting  that  no  change 
be  made.
F.  L.  Merrill,  chairman  of  the  Pro­
gramme  Committee  of  the  annual  pic­
nic,  reported  net  receipts  of $209.20,  for 
which  he  held  the  Treasurer’s  receipt. 
The  report  was  accepted  and  adopted 
and  the  Committee  discharged.

President  Fuller  announced  the  fol­
lowing  standing  committees  for  the  en­
suing  year:
man,  F. 
Barber,  W.  W.  Empey.

Executive  Committee—J.  Geo.  Leh­
J.  Dyk.  D.  S.  Gray,  M.  H. 

Interests—B.  S.  Harris,  E. 

Trade 

Wykkel,  Ed.  Connelly.

Rich as the Standard  Oil  Company  is, 
its  managers  have  decided  that 
it  can 
no  longer  afford  to  burn  coal  in its refin­
eries.  The  company  is  about  to  begin 
the  use  of oil  in  its  furnaces  at  Green- 
point  and  Long  Island  City  as  a  perma­
nent  substitute  for  coal.  The  utilization 
of  oil  has  long  been  considered  but  had 
been  laid  aside  until  forced  to  the  front 
by  the  shortage  of  coal. 
Inasmuch  as 
the  success  of the  experiment  will  result 
in  the  Standard  Oil properties  the  coun­
try  over  abandoning  coal  for  fuel  the 
withdrawal  of  the  demand 
from  the 
coal  market  will  be  no  small  item. 
Other  manufacturers  are  ready  to  follow 
the  example  if  experience  demonstrates 
that  at the  market  price  oil  will  prove  a 
profitable  substitute  for  coal.

W e  want

The Boys  Behind the Counter.

Chesaning—J.  W.  Kendall  has  re­
moved  to  this  place  from  Pontiac  and 
taken  a  position  with  John  W.  Jackson 
&  Co.

Middleton—Wm.  White,  for  the  past 
two  years  behind  the  counter  in  the 
general  store  of  W.  C.  Shepard,  has  re­
signed  to  accept  a  similar  position  in 
the  general  store  of J.  B.  Resseguie.

Holland—Fred  De  Weerd,  who  has 
been  clerking 
in  the  clothing  store  of 
the  Stern-Goldman  Co.  for  a  long  time, 
has  gone  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  will 
take  a  Bible  course.  Peter  Van  Anrooy 
takes  his  place  at  the  clothing  store.

Lansing—Harlow  J.  Brumm  has  re­
signed  bis  position  with  the Donsereaux 
Grocery  Co.  to  take  a  place  in  the  gro­
cery  store  of  Christopher  &  Loftus.

Cadillac—Fred  A.  Gleason,  of  Green­
ville.  has  taken  a  position  with  George
D.  Van  Vranken  as  a  pharmacist  and 
has  assumed  the  management  of  the 
drug  department  in  Mr.  Van  Vranken's 
place  of  business.  Mr,  Gleason  was 
registered  in  1894  as  a  pharmacist  and 
for  several  years  has  been  with  C.  W. 
Passage,  the  Greenville  druggist.  W. 
T.  Walker,  also  of  Greenville,  has 
taken  a  position  with  Mr.  Van  Vranken 
as  Mr.  Gleason’s  assistant.  Mr.  Walker 
was  with  Passage  &  Avery  in  Green­
ville.

Eaton  Rapids—Will  Godfrey  has  sev­
ered  his  connection  with  the  H.  Kos- 
itchek  &  Bros,  store  and  gone  to  Grand 
Rapids,  where  he  has  secured  a  situa­
tion  in  a  clothing  store.

Potatoes,  Onions,

Apples,

Poultry  and  Eggs

T o  handle  on  consignm ent.

M. 0. BAKER & CO.
Commission  Merchants

119-121  Superior St., 

Toledo, Ohio

Winter
Weather 
Demands
STEAM

And  steam  requires  wrought 
iron  pipe,  iron  pipe  fittings, 
radiators,  radiator  valves;  also 
brass and  iron body valves.
Our mission  is that  of  Wh o l e­
sa l e  D e a l e r s  and  we  are 
amply  prepared, with complete 
stock, to promptly  supply your 
every need.
Honest Treatment—Fair Price.
G. R. Supply Co.
2 0   P e a r l  S t r e e t *
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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The  Valley  City  Chair  Co.  has  been 
organized  with  a capital stock of $15,000.
John  Bowden  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Summit  City.  The 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co. 
furnished  the 
s t o c k . _________________

C.  C.  Follmer  &  Co.,  manufacturers 
and  dealers  in  shingles,  have  increased 
their  capital  stock 
from  $20,000  to 
$50,000.

A.  B.  Newton  has  purchased  an  in­
terest  in  the  fruit  and  produce  business 
of  T.  H.  Condra.  The  new  firm  will 
be  known  as  T.  H.  Condra  &  Co.  and 
will  be  located  at  10  South  Ionia  street.

The  VVm.  Connor  Clothing  Co.  has 
leased  the  sixth  floor  of  the  Wm.  Alden 
Smith  building  and  will  remove 
its 
sample  lines  from  the  fourth  floor  to  the 
six  floor.  The  fourth  floor  will  be  oc­
cupied  with  its  wholesale  stock.

John  T.  Woodbouse,  wholesale  and 
retail  cigar  and  tobacco  dealer  at  De­
troit,  has 
leased  one-half of the  vacant 
in  the  Barnhart  building  and  will 
Btore 
engage 
in  the  wholesale  cigar  and  to­
bacco  business  Nov.  5  under  the  style  of 
the  John  T.  Woodbouse  Co.,  Ltd.  The 
traveling  and  office  force  will  be  de­
cided  upon  this  week.

The  Wisconsin  Lumber  and Bark Co., 
which  is  operating  at  Lakota,  Wis.,  has 
engaged  Clarence  A.  Warren  as  super­
its  mill  and  store.  Mr. 
intendent  of 
Warren  has  been  engaged 
in  the  saw 
and  shingle  mill  business  and  general 
trade  for  several  years  at  Leroy,  where 
he  made  an  excellent  record  as  a  busi 
ness  man  and  lumberman.

The  Putnam  Candy  Co.  is  now  part 
and  parcel  of  the  National  Candy  Com 
pany. 
The  formal  transfer  occurred 
Oct.  15,  but  the  new  deal  dates  from 
Sept.  1,  at  which  time  the  inventories 
were  taken  and  verified.  Wm.  Judson 
will  continue  the  nominal  manager of 
the 
local  branch,  assisted  by  Richard 
Bean,  who  has  been  elected  a  director 
of  the  National  Candy  Company.

Adolph  H.  Eckert,  who  purchased the 
drug  stock  at  the  corner of  Carrier street 
and  North  College  avenue  last  April  of 
C.  £ .  Kellogg on a chattel mortgage con 
tract,  locked  up  the  store  last  week  and 
decamped  for  parts  unknown,  leaving 
numerous  small  debts behind  unsatisfied 
and  unsettled.  He  wrote  bis  mother 
letter  telling  her  where  he  had  gone, 
it  is  thought  that  she  is  the  only 
and 
person 
in  the  city  who  is  acquainted 
with  his  whereabouts.

Co-operative  buying  of  a  peculiar 
kind,  has  come  to  light  during  the  past 
two  or  three  days,  culminating  in  the 
discovery 
that  Bert  Rice,  shipping 
clerk  for  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co 
has  been  systematically  stealing  from 
his  employer  for  a  long  time.  So  far 
as  can  be  learned,  most  of  the  stolen 
goods  were  delivered  to Orra  Chadwick 
the  Cherry  street  grocer.  On  being  con 
fronted  with  the  evidence,  Mr.  Chad 
wick  made  a  partial  settlement  by  gi 
ing 
the  Ball-Barnbart-Putman  Co. 
note  for  $1,500,  secured  by  mortgage 
Since  this  settlement  was  made,  it  has 
been  discovered  that  additional  stolen 
goods  have  come 
into  his  possession 
and the  end  is  not  yet.  The stolen  goods 
comprised  mostly  sugar  and  cheese, 
being  Mr.  R ice’s  custom  to  have  the 
goods  placed  on  the  sidewalk,  when  he

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
The Grocery  M arket.

would  hire  an  independent  drayman  to 
take  them  to  their destinations.  Fifteen 
barrels  of  stolen  sugar  have  been  traced 
to  the  store  of  Arthur J.  Lane,  the South 
Division  street  grocer,  who  claims  he 
purchased  the  goods  from  Rice  in  the 
supposition  that  Rice  was  a  merchan­
dise  broker.  The  affair  is  a  very  seri­
ous  one  and  the  outcome  is  a  great  sur­
prise  to  the  friends  of  all  parties  con­
cerned.

The  Produce  Market. 

Apples—Common,  25@75c  per bu.,

fancy,  $2@2.25  per  bbl.

Bananas—Good  shipping  stock,  $1.25 

@2  per  bunch.

yellow  stock.

Beeswax—Dealers  pay  25c  for  prime 

Beets—40c  per  bu.
Butter—Creamery 

is  firmer  and 

ic 
higher,  commanding  24c  for  fancy  and 
23c  for choice.  Pound  prints  from  fancy 
command  22c.  Dairy  grades  are  strong 
and  scarce,  commanding 
i 8 @ I9 J£ c  for 
fancy,  i 6 @ I7 c  for  choice  and  I4@ i5c 
for  packing  stock.
Cabbage—Home  grown  command  40c 

per  doz.

for  Ohio, 

Carrots—35c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—$1.25  per doz.
Chestnuts—$5@6  per  bu. 
Michigan  nuts  command  $7.
Cocoanuts—$3.25  per  sack.
Crabapples—Late  Transparents  are  in 
mited  supply  at  $1  per  bu.
Cranberries—Cape  Cods are  in  ampl 
supply  at  $2.40  per  box  and  $7.25  per 
bbl.

Celery—Home  grown  is  in ample sup 

ply  at  17c  per  doz.

Dressed  Calves—Fancy,  8j£@<jc  pet 
lb.  ;  fair,  7@7)£c  per  lb.
Eggs—Local  dealers  pay  I9@20C  for 
case  count  and  2i@22c  for candled.  Re 
ceipts  are  small  and  many  of  the  eggs 
are  shrunken,  giving  evidence  of  hav 
ng  been  held.
Egg  Plant—$1.25  per  doz.
Figs—$1.10   per  10 lb.  box  of  Califor 
nia.
Grapes—Blue,  15c  per  8  lb.  basket 
Niagaras,  16c  per  8  lb.  basket;  Dela 
lb.  basket;  Malagas, 
wares,  15c  per  4 
$5.75  per  keg.

Green  Corn—10c  per  doz.
Honey—White  stock  is  in  ample  sup 
ply  at  I5@ i6c.  Amber  is  in  active  de 
mand  at  i3@ u c  and  dark  is  in  mode 
ate  demand  at  io@ i i c .
Lemons—Californias,  $4 ;  Messinas 
$3-75-

Maple  Sugar— io # c  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for  fancy. 
Musk  Melons—Osage,  75c  per  crate. 
Onions—Home  grown  stock  is  in  am 
pie  supply  at  6o@65c.  Pickling  stock 
$2@3  per  bu.
Oranges—Floridas  '’command  $4  per 

box. 

Jamaicas  fetch  $3.75  per  box. 

i 

Parsley—20c  per  doz.
Pears—Sugar,  $1  per  b u .;  Flemish 

Beauties,  $1.35  per  bu.  ;  Keefer, 
per  bu.

Potatoes—Local  dealers  hold  the 

Poultry—Prices  are  firm,  owing  1 
i 

supplies  at  40c.
small  receipts.  Live  pigeons  are 
moderate  demand  at  6o@75c  and  squabs 
at  $ i .5 o@ i .75.  Spring  broilers.  9@ 
10c;  small  hens,  8@9C;  large  hens, 
@8c;  turkey  hens, 
io ^ @ u j£ c ;  gob 
biers,  9@ ioc;  white  spring  ducks,  8@ 
9c.  Dressed  stock  commands  the  foi 
lowing: 
chickens, 
I2@I3C 
small  hens,  io@ i i c ;  spring  ducks, 
@ i3c;  spring  turkeys,  13@ 14c.
Quinces—Home  grown  are  scarce 

Spring 

$2  50  per  bu.

Radishes—10c  per doz.
Spanish  Onions—$1.25  per  crate.
Squash—2c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys,  $3.25  pe 

bbl.  ;  Virginias,  $2.25.

Tomatoes—50c  for  ripe  and  40c  for 

green.

Turnips—50c  per  bu.

For G illies’  N. Y.  tea,all kinds,grades 

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

Champion  sharpshooters —  neuralgia 

and  toothache.

Men  on  the  gallows  can  see  the  folly 

of  taking  a  drop  too  much.

sposed 

coming 

Refined 

is  now 

Canned  Goods—Trade 

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market  is  firm 
nd  prices  show  an  advance  of  i - i 6c  on 
deg.  test  centrifugals.  Refiners  are 
rather  indifferent,  as  they  have  suffi­
cient  stocks  for  the  present  and  are  not 
to  make  heavy  purchases. 
Buyers  and  sellers  are  widely  apart  in 
their  ideas  of  value  and  but  few  sales 
are  made.  It  is  believed,  however,  that 
refiners  will  be  obliged  to  pay the prices 
sked,  as  the  market  continues  very 
strong. 
sugar  remains  un­
changed  in  price.  The  demand  shows  a 
ttle  falling  off  for  Eastern  refined,  on 
account  of  the  competition  of  the  beet 
sugar  which 
from 
Michigan  factories  quite  freely  and  is 
getting  the  preference 
in  most  cases. 
Trade  on  this  sugar  grows  larger  every 
year and  it  gives  excellent  satisfaction.
in  canned 
goods  continues  very  good,  particularly 
on  peaches.  These  are  getting  cleaned 
p,  however, very  rapidly  and but  a  few 
small  lots  can  be  secured now,and  a  full 
car  of  any  one  grade  is  almost  impos 
sible  to  find.  The  demand for  Michigan 
peaches  is  increasing  every  year,  as  the 
trade  are  beginning  to  find  out  the  good 
qualities  of 
the  pack.  At  present 
prices,  Michigan  peaches  are  much 
cheaper  than  the  Baltimore  article  and 
also  much  finer quality.  We  conside 
pie  peaches  the  best  purchase  in  the 
entire 
line  of  canned  goods  to-day 
Prices  on  tomatoes  are  unchanged  with 
demand  fair.  The  outlook  is  somewhat 
brighter.  Some Michigan  factories  wi 
fill  their  orders  in  full  and  have  a  sma 
surplus  to  sell.  Others  will  not  be  able 
to  fill  over  60  per  cent,  of  their con 
tracts,  while  some  packers  in  the  north 
ern  part  of  the  State  will  pack  only 
about  10  to  40  per  cent.  Tomatoes  are 
ripening  very  slowly  and  packers  are 
able  to  secure  only  a  few  each  day 
Corn  is  a  very  interesting  article  in  the 
canned  goods 
line  and  prices  are  very 
firmly  held.  The  pack 
is  a  short  one 
nd  many  packers  will  not  be  able  to 
deliver  more  than  25  to  30  per  cent,  of 
their contracts.  It  is  very  difficult  to  get 
hold  of  any 
large-sized  stocks  of  corn 
and  orders  have  been  turned  down  on 
account  of 
inability  to  find  the  stock 
Peas  are 
in  fair  demand  at  unchanged 
prices,  with  stocks  of  the  better  grade 
very  scarce.  Some  packers  are  verv 
firm  in  their  views  regarding  gallon  a 
pies,  while  others  who  did  not  sell  any 
futures  and  have  a  surplus  on  hand  a 
offering  at  slightly  lower  prices  and  we 
consider  gallon  apples  a  good  purchase 
Salmon 
in  price,  but 
meeting  with  a  good  trade,  moving  out 
well  under an  active  consumptive  de 
in  good  demand 
mand.  Sardines  are 
particularly  for 
]i  oils,  and  previous 
prices are  fully  maintained.

is  unchanged 

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 

is  practically  without  any  cbang 
Trade  is  as  good  as  usual  at  this  season 
of  the  year.  No  large  lots  are  purchased 
now,  as  goods  bought  for future delivery 
are  just  beginning  to  come  in  and  deal 
ers  want  to  move  these  stocks  before 
they  buy  any  more.  The  demand  for 
prunes  is  improving  a  little  and  some 
fair  sized  sales  have  been  made  duri 
the  week.  Stocks  are  light,but  are  con 
sidered  sufficient  to  last  until  the  new 
goods  arrive 
are  firmly  held,  but  meet  with  small 
sales  as  new  goods  are  expected  in  very 
shortly.  The  recent  strike  in  California 
held  back  about  150 carloads  of  raisins 
and 
late  deliveries  are  almost  sure  to 
result,  but  it 
is  believed  that  present 
stocks  will  last  until  they  arrive.  Spot

in  quantities. 

Raisi 

5

stocks of  peaches  and  apricots  are  light, 
nd  prices  are  firmly  held.  Figs  and 
dates  are  strong  and  meeting  with  fair 
emand,  which  is  expected  to  material- 
increase  as  the  holiday  season  draws 
near. 
Evaporated  apples  are  firmly 
held,  with  good  demand  for  all  grades. 
The  demand  for  1  lb.  cartons  is  con- 
derably  greater  than  the  supply  and 
orders have been turned down through in- 
bility  to  pack  the  goods  fast  enough. 
Most  all  of  the  fruit  now  on  the  market 
winter  fruit  and  is  giving  excellent 
it  is  much  better  stock 

satisfaction,  as 
nd  will  keep  better.
Rice—The  tendency  of  prices  in  the 
ce  market  is  upward.  Stocks  at  pres­
ent  are light  and  no concessions in  price 
re  marie. 
It  is  said  that  the  quality  of 
the  rice  crop  will  probably  not  be  as 
good  as  has  been  expected,  due  to  the 
bad  weather,  but 
just  the  amount  of 
damage  can  not  yet  be  estimated.

Molasses—The  consumptive  demand 
largely  with 
for  molasses  is  increasing 
the  advancement  of  the  fall  season  and 
grocers  generally  are  adding  to  their 
stocks.  Prices  are quotably unchanged, 
and  the  tone  of  the  market  is  firm. 
Stocks  in  dealers’  bands  are  moderate 
nd  offerings  are  consequently  light. 
Advices  from  New  Orleans  report  the 
season  for the  new  crop  as 
just  about 
opening,  with  some 
factories  already 
starting  up.

Fish—Trade 

in  fish  is  moderate  and 
prices  are  firmly  held,  but  show  no 
change.

Nuts—Most  descriptions  show  an  ac­
tive  demand  and  prices  are  firmly  held. 
Peanuts  are  the  only  article  in  the  list 
that  shows  any  easier  tendency.  New 
crop  California  almonds  are  meeting  a 
good  sale  at  previous  prices.  Filberts 
in  fair  demand.  Walnuts  are  firm 

and  a  good  demand  is  shown.

Hides,  Pelts, Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  is  firm,  with  light 
offerings,  especially 
in  the  country. 
Dealers  find  their  trade  crippled  by  low 
prices,which  country  dealers  are  not  in­
clined  to  accept,  thus  stopping  trade 
with  little  accumulation.

Pelts  have  been  offered  more  freely, 
but  at  prices  not  acceptable  to  pullers. 
Trade  has  been  of  some  magnitude, 
however,  and  the  demand  is  good.

Tallow 

is  firmer  for  soapers’  stock  of 
lower  grades,  while  No.  1  brings  full  or 
slightly  advanced  prices.  The  demand 
is  strong.

largely  on 

Wools  do  not  change.  Large  sales  at 
seaboard  points  the  past  few weeks  were 
made 
conditions;  while 
the  tendency  was  to  firm  up  the  market, 
prices  were  no  higher.  But  little  has 
changed  hands  in  the  State  and  that  at 
old  prices.  The  outlook  is that by March 
1  these  wools  will  be  wanted  and  at 
higher  values. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

L.  D.  Stark, formerly  engaged  in  gen­
eral 
trade  at  Cascade,  has  gone  to 
Evanston,  Florida,  where  he  will  spend 
the  winter  on  his  orange  plantation.

Piles Cured

By  New  Painless  Dissolvent 
treatment;  no  chloroform  or 
knife.  Send for book.

Dr.  Willard  N.  Burleson

Rectal  Specialist

103 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

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M I C H I G A N   T B A D E S M A N

Petting the  People

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i t   p a y s   t o   a t v   a t   w  m u n i i

Giving  them  away at  the  Popular Store

One Hundred  Beautiful  Pictures to he givet. away 

\\ e aoc t ask you to buy one dollar's  worth  of  goods, all 
you  have 10 buy is a pound can of oui  new  baking b o ld er aud we  give  you  your  choice  of  any  picture.  This 
offer will not  be good very long »9 the pictures are going out  lively! see our window for display of pictures.

DRY  GOODS.

GROCERIES.

.SHOES.

*  Outing  flannel  Wrappers in nice, 
neat patterns, sizes  32 to 44  for 98c.
Shirt  Waists  in  Outing  Flannel, 

sixes 32 to 44. on sale at 48c.
*  Black  Mercerized  Waists,  sizes 32 
to 44, special at 50c.

Furs.  Another big  shipment just 
arrived, ruffs  from  S1.25  to  $15.00. 
All kinds and qualities.

Blankets in all kinds and colorings 

from 50c to $6.00.

Outing Flannel from 5c to 15c and 
a fine range of patterns.
Ju st received a   swell  line  of new 
Umbrellas from  43c to  $3.50. ask to 
see them.

Keep coming and  going  and each 
customer asks  us why  it  is we sell 
best 50c tea and coffee for the money 
they ever  bought  We  have  other 
grades  from  Uc  up  Try  us  just 
once for these.  National  Pancake 
Flour. 10c Shredded Whole W heat iOc. 
Fresh booey only  16c  lb.  Breakfast  J 
Cocoa quarter pound cans on sale at  J 
i2c.  Mustard Sardines, large tins 7c. 
PerFo for pies and puddings,  some­
thing  new.  pound  package 
lor. 
Glassware  of  all  kinds  at  special 
prices, see the line we are offering at 
10c.  Our tinware stock  is now com 
plete.  Dont forget to  examine  our 
5c and  10c counter

Our  Kaks Corner m  Baby Shoes is 
the finest ever  shown  id  Barry Co„ 
from 25c to $100.
Ladies and Misses Shoes keep com 
mg  every  day  or  so  and  we  have 
|  the most up to date  kind.  We have 
I  a lot now on the road  of  the  Drew, 
Selby & Co.’s  line,  there  is nothing 
better made.
For children we have the best and 
most serviceable  lines  we  can  find 
and  a t  a  discount  in  price  from 
single  lines.
Gentlemen  we have  a  good satin 
calf shoe for Si.25,  a  better  one for 
$1.50. also a> aif shoe  for  $2.00 and 
a better one for 82.50 in a  high  top, 
and the top notch of the stock  from 
$3.00 to $3.50

Our new rubber boots have arrived.  We have all kinds  and prices the lowest.

John  Mead is back and has full swing in our Grocery  Department and  you  should  see  the change, the goods 
are going out good and lively, and why not at the price we have them marked at.  John wanta  to see all of bis.old 
friends so come along and make yourself at borne

THE  MONEY-BACK  STORE.

W R I G H T   B R O S

Successors to Phin Smith.

Produce taken the same as cash 
Hello No. 30, we do the rest. 
Hastings, Mich.

The  Handicap  of the  A dvertising  School 

Graduate.

Russell  Henry  Ramsey  in  Printer’s 
Ink  discusses  the  value  of  correspond­
ence  schools  for  advertising  as  follows :
One  of  the  most  damaging  pieces  of 
evidence  supporting  the  current  indict­
ment  against  advertising  schools  is  the 
recent  voluntary  admission  of  an  adver­
tising  school  graduate  that 
in  seeking 
employment  he  found 
it  an  absolute 
handicap  to  make  known  the  fact  of  his 
advertising  school  training.  When  the 
writer  read  and  carefully  re-read  the 
statement  of 
frank  advertising 
school  graduate,  be mentally  asked  him­
self  this  question : 
“ If  a  man  applied 
to  me  for  employment  as  an  advertising 
manager  or  writer,  and  stated  be  had 
recently 
‘ graduated’  from  an  advertis­
ing  school,  would  the  fact  influence  me 
against  the  applicant?"

this 

advertising 

The  writer  thought  awhile  and  then 
mentally  answered,  “ Yes,”   for  several 
reasons.  First  and  principally,  because 
it  is  a  sign  of  lack  of  judgment  on  the 
part  of  the  applicant. 
It  is  fair to  as­
sume  that  he  was  led  to  enroll  in  the 
advertising  school  largely  by  the  prom­
ise  of  speedy  and  very  remunerative 
employment  upon  his  completing  the 
“ course.”   All 
schools 
promise  that.  From  S25  to  $100  per 
week 
is  the  salary  usually  hinted  at. 
Now  the  man  who  imagines  that  with 
the  training  obtained  in  a  six  months’ 
correspondence  course  he  can  find  end­
less  opportunities  for  employment  at 
such  a  salary  has  the  poorest  kind  of 
judgment.  What  a  cinch,  a  snap,  he 
would  be  for  the  ordinary  circulation 
liar!  Where 
is  the  sane  business  man 
who  would  intrust  to  him  the  spending 
of  an  advertising  appropriation?  True, 
there  are  hundreds  of  advertising  posi­
tions 
filled  at  such  salaries,  and  at 
larger  ones,  too;  but  they are kept warm 
by  men  who  must  know  more about real, 
life-size  advertising  than  all  the  adver­
tising  schools 
in  creation  can  teach 
them.

Again,  the  advertising school graduate 
usually  holds  a  hopelessly  distorted 
view  of  advertising.  He  has  dabbled 
it  a  bit—he  has  learned  that  adver­
in 
tising 
is  usually  measured  by  agate 
lines—he  can  tell  what  pica  type  is  (al­
though  he  probably  would  not  know  it 
if  he  saw  it  without  the  name  tag)—he 
has  several  times  made a  printer’s “ lay­
out”   during  the  course  of  instruction 
(carefully  copying  the  model  sent  him 
by  the  school)—and  now  he 
is  fully 
posted  on  the  whole  subject  of  advertis­
ing.  Confidently  he  will  go  to  the  mak­
ers  of  Sapolio.or to  his  local  retail  mer­
chants,  and  offer  to  “ greatly  improve 
their advertising  in  order  to  make  it  as 
profitable  as  it  should  be.”

In  fact,  nobody  ever  knows quite  as 
much  about  advertising  as  the  fresh  ad­
vertising  school  graduate.  After  the 
world  has  rolled  over  him  a 
few  times 
(to  borrow a good  phrase  from  the  Little 
Schoolmaster)  he  begins  to  know  less 
and  less. 
In  the  third  place,  the  adver­
tising  school  graduate's  knowledge  of 
advertising  is  wholly  theory—and  what 
holey  theory  it  sometimes  is!  He knows 
nothing  of  the  practical  work  of  making 
real  advertising.  He consistently  refuses 
to  realize  (because  he  can  not)  that  ad­
vertising involves more  of  business  abil­
ity  and  discernment  than 
it  does  of 
technical  rules  for  telling  the  printer 
what  kind  of  type  to  use.  Sooner or 
later  the  advertising  school  graduate 
will  bump  his  bead  against  the  hard

Fresh  Meat

We have just added a line  of 
Western fresh  meats  to  our 
stock  of  groceries  and  are 
in  a  position 
to  guarantee 
good service and  good  meat 
to our customers.

Eastman  &  Charles.

Coal is dear but

Shoes are  cheap

If you can’t get coal you can buy  shoes  all  right.
A dollar neverJbefore went so  far  in  the  purchase  of 
good  stout  shoes.  We  have bought  large  quantities  of 
tout heavy shoes for the winter wear for
Men, Women and Children.

The latest ideas are  here  and  we  will  show  you 
them  with pleasure if you can follow the shoe fash­
ions,  without  taxing your  pocket-book  too  much. 
Why not?  Drop  in an look  at  the  shoes  just  re­
ceived from the  factory.

S ta r Shoe Co.
Can you think

of any thing that gives  more character to 
a bouse than  it’s  floor  coverings*  Have 
you ever  thought  how  much  can  be ac­
complished in this line  with  a small out-' 
lay?  We have an excellent line of RUGS 
and floor coverings of every kiud

Rugs from 18x36 in. to 9xl2lect.

AH makes, shades and designs.

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DEPARTMENT  STORES.
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WHEN  YOU  ARE

1

DEAD

Everyone speaks  well of you. 
When  you  are  very  much 
alive some speak ill.  If any one 
speaks ill  of  us.  it's because 
we are very  much alive.  The 
secret is in the goods.

GOOD  GOODS, 
RIGHT  PRICES,

Groceries,

Canned Goods,

Vegetables. 

China Ware,

Porcelain,

Glassware.

in  the  city.

The largest assortmen- 
JU..JI.  Rams.
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Paraffine Wax

is used by all careful 
housekeepers  to  her­
metically  seal  Jelly, 
Preserves  a n d   a ll  
kinds of Fruit.

We have just received 
a very flue lot of high- 
grade, Strictly  Pure, 
Clean, Odorless, J*ar- 
affine .Wax,
15  Cents  a  Cake.
Try it once  and  you 
will  always  use  it.”

JOHN  J .   MILB0 LRN

*> 1 he  Druggist.  >6

Squibb’s, Mtrek’s, 
Partis Davis’, Wyeth’s 
Products.

We  have  a  complete  line  of  these 
and  are  prepared  to  fill  any  praoertp 
tton  exactly  as  specified  by  the  pby- 
jddan.

We  call  the  attention  of  physicians 
to  th is  fact.  We  pay  at  wholesale 
whatever  price  is necqosary  to  get the. 
Best  Drugs  and  Chemicals,  and  there 
fore  we  have  earned  a  reputation  for 
getting  results  with  our  medicine. 
You  win  find  our  prices  as  low  as  Is 
consistent  with  first  quality  materials 
and work;  nobody would knowingly ac­
cept  cheaper  than  that.

Robinson 
Drug Co.
102  Washington 
Avenue  N.

truth  that advertising  can  not  be  taught 
in  text  books.

These  reasons  are  sufficient  to  show 
why  the  fact  that  a  man  is  an  advertis­
ing  school  graduate  is  good  grounds  for 
rejecting  his  application  for  an  adver­
tising  position.

*  *  *

in  the 

A  bright,  hustling  department  store 
advertisement  is  that  of  Wright  Bros.
In  this  the  management  has  evidently 
made  a  careful  study  of  popular features 
and  knows  by  experience  whether  the 
free  picture  scheme  will  gain  attention.
I  like  the  paragraphing of the  dry  goods 
and  shoes  better  than the solid groceries, 
and  I  should  have  shortened  the  word­
latter,  cutting  out  ha If  the 
ing 
first  sentence, 
for  instance,  so  there 
could  be  room  for  opening  out  the  sen­
tences  so  the  eye  could  catch  the  prices 
and  the  attention  deai  with  one  thing  at 
a  time.  This  is  a  good 
illustration  of 
the  difference  between  a  solid  jumble 
and  paragraphed  matter.  The best  par­
agraph  in  the  shoe  column  is  the 
last. 
The  general  design  of  the  advertise­
ment  is  good  and  the  printer  has  kept 
unity 
in  style  and  presents  a  well-bal­
anced  and  attractive  display.

A  model  announcement  of  the  addi­
tion  of a  meat  department  is  that  shown 
by  Eastman  &  Charles.  The  proportion 
in  the  display  and  the  free  use  of  white 
space  will  gain  more  attention  from 
those  who  are  acquainted  with  the  firm 
than  any  other  scheme, in  my opinion.  I 
would  have  added  the  location  of  the 
store.

The  Star  Shoe  Co.  is  taking  advan­
tage  of  popular  interest in current affairs 
to  gain  general  attention.  As  the  dis­
play  of  the  subject  under consideration 
is  equally  prominent  the  plan  is  not a 
bad  one. 
I  would  have  used  smaller 
type  in  the  paragraphs,  and  the  main 
in  the  second,  that  all  are  able  to 
idea 
keep 
in  style,  is  obscurely  expressed, 
partly  owing  to  the  punctuation.

F.  W.  Cron  puts  his  rug  advertise­
ment  on  an  apparently  raised  surface 
which,  doubtless,  tends  to  catch  the 
eye. 
It  occurs  to  me,  however,  that  the 
attraction  would  be  more  effective  to 
have  the  word  “ rugs”   stand  out  in  the 
strongest  display.  With  this  change  and 
the  omission  of  the  stroke  before  the 
name  and  a  small  ornament  at  the  left 
the  results  would  be  greater.

I  do  not  like  the  suggestion  in  the 
first  two  lines of  W.  A.  Hams’  display 
and  am  of  the  opinion  it  will  not  prove 
an  attraction  to  many. 
I  would  strike 
out  all  but  the  names  of  the  goods  and 
the  closing 
lines,  using  a  better type 
for  signature  and  adding  address  and 
saying  something  about  the  goods,  giv­
ing  a  few  prices,  perhaps.  The  differ­
ence  would  be  that  between  a  good  ad­
vertisement  and  a  bad  one.

seasonable 

John  J.  Milbnurn  writes  an  attractive 
notice  of  a 
convenience 
which  will  bring  him  visits  from  house­
wives.  I  would  have  added  the  address.
The  Robinson  Drug  Co.  makes  a 
strong  bid  for  professional  patronage. 
The  list  of  manufacturers  will  not  have 
much  force  in  the  popular  eye.

His  Bumps,

“ That man  is  a  phrenologist,  P3t.”
“ A  what?”   asked  Pat,  puzzled.
“ A  phrenologist.”
“ An’  sure,  what’s  that,  sorr?”
“ Why,  a  man  that  can  tell,  by  feel­
ing  the  bumps  on  your  head,  what  kind 
of  a  man  you  are.”

“ Bumps  on  my  bead, 

is  it?”   ex­

claimed  Pat. 
it  would  give  him  more  of  an  idea  what 
kind  of  a  woman  my  wife  is.”

“ Begorra,  then,  I  think  - 

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A  LESSON  FROM  NATURE.

is  swinging 

is  too  proud  of 

In  spite  of  nature's  practical  methods 
of  teaching  and  in  spite  of  her  persist­
ency  the  world  is  slow  in 
learning  and 
turning  the  knowledge  to  practical  ac­
count.  The 
intelligence  of  the  present 
day  with  an  exalted  sense  of  its  own 
importance 
its  ‘ ‘ See 
here"  to  admit  the  time  taken  to  bring 
‘ ‘ The  world  is  round  and  like 
it  about. 
a  ball 
in  the  a ir "  is  an 
astounding  fact  made  trite  by  repetition 
and  the  child  in  the  primary grade looks 
with  disdain  upon  the  adult  who  ques­
tions  i t ;  but  it  took  from  the foundation 
of  the  earth  until  the  sixteenth  century 
to  find  it  out.  For centuries  bodies  had 
fallen  and  human  numskulls  had  taken 
the  fact  as  a  matter  of  course  with  no 
thought  of  the  universal  law  behind  it 
and  not  until  the  patience  of  the teacher 
bad  become  almost  exhausted  was  the 
gray  matter of  Newton  sufficiently  agi­
tated  by  the  pelting  apples  to  write  out 
the  laws  that  had  controlled  affairs  from 
the  first  ‘ ‘ And  God  said.”

This  stupidity  of  the  human  biped 

is 
painfully  apparent  in  even  these  piping 
times  of  discovery  and 
invention.  We 
do,  indeed,  flood  the  world withjight by 
the  turning  of  a  peg,the  engine  whistles 
at  the  forge  and  the  earth  quakes  with 
his  heavy  tread  as  he  trudges  along 
with  his  heavily  laden  car,but  Franklin 
of  our own  time  broke  into  the playtime 
of  the 
it  is  less  than  a 
hundred  years  ago  that  Watt  listened  to 
the  song  of  the  teakettle  and  Stephen­
son  and  Fulton  told  us  what  the  song 
meant.

lightning,  and 

The  worst  of  it  all  is  that  these  splen­
did  results  are  attended  with  so  much 
suffering.  The  dishes  upon  our  break­
fast  tables  are  the  result  of  almost  star­
vation.  The  sewing  machine  came  near 
being  the  death  of  Howe  and  the  sim­
ple—simple  because 
is  common— 
match  was  given  to  the  world  at the  cost 
of  nobody  knows  how  many 
jaw  bones 
that  the  phophorous  fumes  destroyed. 
Of  course  "w e  get  there"  and  then  we

it 

illustration 

pat  the  sufferer  on  the  back  and  call 
him  a  hero  and  put  him  down after be is 
dead  among  those  who  have  "benefited 
mankind"  without  ever  thinking  and 
never caring  and  so never  learning  the 
most 
important  lesson  of  all,  that  a 
good  deal  of  the  suffering  never ought to 
have  been  suffered  and  never  was  in­
tended  to  be  suffered  by  that  dear  old 
mother  that  invention  knows  and  loves.
This  same  far-reaching  truth  finds  a 
painful 
in  the  battle  that 
has  been  waging  in  the  industrial  world 
for  months.  For  years  experience  has 
been  trying  to  drive  through  the  thick 
skull  of  business  and  domestic  economy 
the  fact  that  placing  too  much  depend­
ence  upon  anthracite  coal  is  too  much 
like  putting  all  of  the  eggs  in  one  bas­
ket ;  but  with  a  persistence  worthy  of  a 
better  cause  the  hope of the  world  has 
been  centered  upon  the  Pennsylvania 
coal  mines  until  the  owners  and  opera­
tors  of  that  piece  of  the  footstool  have 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  life  of 
all  that  is  valuable  is  locked  up in  those 
mines  and  that  they  alone  have  the  key. 
It  is  the  result  of  false  reasoning.  Na­
ture  does  not  work  in  that  way.  Never 
has  she  confined  herseif  to a  single  re­
source  and  for  years  has  she  been  tell­
ing  of  ways  and  means  of  avoiding  this 
very  condition  of  things.  No  single 
spot  of  earth  can  be called the anthracite 
region,  and  no  single mining production 
was  ever  intended  to  take  the  preced­
ence  of  all  others. 
It  is  only  the  ob­
stinacy  of  the  man  that  has  led  to  the 
difficulty.  Like 
lightning  he  follows 
the  path  of  least  resistance  and  changes 
bis  direction  only  when  he  has  to.  The 
last  five  months  have  been  required  to 
teach  him  the  needed 
lesson.  Now, 
after  no  end  of  cost  in  money  and  in 
suffering,  he  is  beginning  to  repeat,like 
a  learned-by-heart  task,  the  maxim  of 
the  ages: 
in 
one  basket."
is 

"D o n ’t  put  all  your  eggs 

little  doubt  that  a  way  will 
be  found  out  of  the  trouble  without  de­
pending  upon  the  decision  of  the  scrap­
pers,  whose  indifference  to  the  public 
has  been  the  most  noticeable  feature  of 
the  whole  fight.  The  President  may 
have  done  something;  Congress  may  do 
more;  but  the  point  at  issue  will  be  at­
in  some  other  way.  There  are 
tained 
fields  outside  of  Pennsylvania. 
coal 
Cheap 
light  and  beat  are  not  yet  shut 
in  by  state  lines  and  the world’s  wit  has 
not  yet  been  exhausted.  Accident  dis­
closed  Pennsylvania  coal,national  emer­
gency  sent  the  Monitor  into  Hampton 
Roads  and  the  same  agencies,  never  at 
rest,  will  settle  this  difference  as  it  has 
others.  It  has -followed  the  well-trodden 
track  and  there  is  every  reason  to  be­
lieve  that  when  the  smoke  of  the  battle 
has  cleared  away  it  will  be  found  that 
anthracite  coal  is  no  longer  a  matter of 
interest  to  either  householder or  manu­
facturer,  both  of  whom  are  looking  with 
utter  unconcern  upon  what  has  been  a 
matter of the  greatest  interest  for  some­
thing  over  five  slowly-speeding  months. 
The  lesson  has  been  taught  and learned. 
What  now  remains 
is  to  look  for  the 
outcome.

There 

London  has  produced  another  sensa­
tional  cause  of  death.  A  man  was 
killed  by  the  simple  inhalation of  a per­
fume.  The  perfume  was  subjected  to a 
chemist  for  analysis  and  it  was found 
that  some  lavender  in  the  man’s  pocket 
bad  been  strengthened  by  an addition of 
oil  of  almonds  which 
induced  nitro- 
benzoic  poisoning.  The  cause  of  death 
was manifestly accidental,but it  exposed 
the  danger  to  human  life  which  rests  in 
apparently  harmless  perfumes.

ARE  SHOES  HARMFUL  TO  HEALTH?
is  an  age  of  fads  about 

The  present 

health  and  disease.

Medical  men  claim  to  have  found  out 
that  vexatious  and  annoying  little  crea­
ture,  the  mosquito,  originates  fevers  of 
the  most  dangerous  description.  Des­
troy  all  the  mosquitoes  and  there will be 
an  end  to  such  fevers.

There  are  other  medical  men  who 
teach  that  every  disease  is  caused  by  a 
special  microbe,  and  each  disease  has 
its  peculiar  microscopic  monster  that  is 
responsible  for  its  destructive  powers.
There  are  others  who  hold  that  people 
eat  and  drink  too  much,  and  a  starva­
tion  diet  of  bread  and  water  is  the  only 
health-giver.

These  are  only  a  few  of these  fads, 
but  perhaps  the  most  unreasonable  and 
impossible  of  them all  is  one  announced 
very  recently  as  a  panacea  against  all 
the 
It  is  a 
particular  serum  to  make  all  disease-  ] 
proof.

ills  to  which  flesh  is  heir. 

There  has  recently  been  put  forth  a 
proposition  that  we  do  not  rest  enough 
on  the  earth’s  broad  bosom  and  absorb 
from  her  measureless reservoirs  of  phys­
ical  forces  enough  of  their  life-giving 
influences.

There  is  an  old  story  from  the  Greek 
mythology  of  an  earth-born giant, named 
Antaeus,  who  once  tackled  Hercules  in 
a  fight.  Hercules  was  a  demigod ;  that 
is,  he  was  half  god  and  half  human. 
In  the  course  of  his  struggles  with  the j 
giant  he  found  that  every 
time  he 
knocked  down  his  antagonist  with  a 
blow  that should  have  finished  him,  the 
Son  of  Earth  always  arose  with  re­
newed  vigor  and  strength  which  he  re­
from  his  mother.  The  semi­
ceived 
divine  hero, 
state  of 
things,  lifted  the  giant  into the  air  and 
dispatched  him  while  be  was  deprived 
of  the 
life-giving  force,  which  contact 
with  Mother  Earth  would  have  given 
him  under  different  conditions.

realizing  the 

This  very  old  story  is  suggested  by  a 
claim  recently  made  that  the  wearing  of 
shoes 
is  extremely  injurious  to  human 
health.  A  writer  in  Medical  Talk  for 
October  declares  that  civilized  man  is 
seriously  damaged  in  health  by  wearing 
on  his  feet  a  covering  in  the  shape  of 
prepared  leather,  which  more  or  less  in­
sulates  bis  body  from  the  earth.  He 
holds  that  savages  who are  constantly 
bare-foot,  and  the 
lower  animals  of 
every  sort  by  their  constant contact  with 
the  earth,  are  more  vigorous  than  are 
the  people  who  go  shod.  He  cites,  as 
examples,  the  natives  of  Africa  and 
tropical  Asia,  who  never  wear  shoes, 
and  who,  he  asserts,  are remarkably  free 
from  diseases  to  which  the  civilized  are 
subject.  They  have  no toothache—their 
teeth,  indeed,  are  proverbial  for  white­
ness  and  health  without  any toilet  atten­
tion  whatever—they  are  never  bald,  and 
their 
is  remarkably  clear  and 
good, even  in  advanced  age.  The  writer 
mentioned  says:

sight 

I  ask  any  man,  before  he  decides  this 
question  for  himself,  to  consider  for  a 
moment  the  wonderful  construction  of 
his  own  footsoles.  Why  are  they  pro­
vided  by  the Creator with  that  marvel­
ous  cluster of  cutaneous  nerve  endings 
which  so  distinguishes  them  from  any 
other  part  of  his  body?  Why  have  we 
here  those  myriads  of  little  nerve  feel­
ers  brought  right  out  into  the  papillae 
of  the  skin,  so  that,  if  free  to  do  so, 
they  would  have  perfect  electrical  con­
tact  with  the  earth  as  we  walk  on  it?  1« 
that  provision  made  in  vain?  We  must 
acknowledge  that,if  it  is,  it  is  certainly 
the  first  of  nature’s  provisions  which 
can  be  said  to  be  so.  Now,  the 
latest 
advances  of  science  on  every  side  con­
cede  the  fact  that  the  nervous  system

1, 

system. 

is  to  all  intents  and  purposes  the  elec­
trical 
therefore,  contend 
that  our  footsoles  are  designed  to  act as 
an  electrical  highway  between  our 
bodies  and  Mother Earth,and  the  main­
taining  of  that  highway  in  a  free  and 
unimpeded  state  is  a  matter of  vital  im­
portance  not  only  to  man  himself,  but 
to  all  other  animals  on  earth.

It  is  so  easy  to  multiply  proof  of  the 
absolute  truth  and  importance  of  these 
facts  by  practically  relieving,  as  I 
have  so often  done,  sufferers  from  va­
rious  forms  of  sore  feet—these  being 
undoubtedly the first outward signs of na­
ture’s  protest  against  our  violation  of 
her  laws—that  volumes  might  be  filled 
with  their  narration. 
Instead  thereof, 
let  us  endeavor  to  suggest  a  remedy. 
To  this  end  I  provide  our  ordinary 
shoes  with  an  insole  of  good  conducting 
material,  with  very  fine  wires  invisibly 
fixed,  so  as  to  afford  perfect  electrical 
communication  between  this  insole  and 
the  earth;  so  that  a  man  in  his  ordinary 
footwear  is  caused, 
in  an  electrical 
sense,  literally  to  walk  barefooted  on 
the  ground,  as  he  ought  to  do.  The 
effect  of  this  most  simple  attachment  to 
shoes,  as  an  immediate  relief  from  cold 
feet  in  winter  and  from  painful  and 
in  summer, 
swollen  feet  and  ankles 
often  amounts  to  almost  a  miracle. 
I 
have  myself  purposely worn rubber-soled 
shoes  or ordinary  rubbers  until  my  eyes 
became  sore  as  if  filled  with  sand,  and 
the  pain 
in  my  foot-soles  was  unbear­
able. 
I  have  then  had  attached  the 
metallic  earth  connection  as  described, 
and  at  once  all  was  changed;  the  shoes 
immediately  became  easy,  not  hurting 
my  feet  at  all,  and  in  a  short  time  my 
eyes  were  again  perfectly  well.

Possibly  there may  be  some  sense  and 
reason  in  this  theory. 
It seems  to be  as 
intelligent  as  is  the  mosquito  origin  of 
fevers.  At  any  rate,  its  worth  or  worth­
lessness  could  be  easily  tested,  and  as 
to  all  the  other  iads,  none  of  them 
should  be  accepted  except  upon 
in­
dubitable  proof  made  plain  to  the  pub­
lic,  and  not  confined  to the  self-consti­
tuted  scientists.

H E N E R A L   T R A D E   R E V IE W .

The  habit  of  Monday  panics  in  Wall 
1 Street  seems  to  be  so  firmly  fixed  that,
' while  the  settlement  of  the  coal  ques­
tion  and  buying  of  bonds  would  seem 
to  have  been  sufficient  to  steady  the 
market,  yet  the  week starts  out  with  an­
other  decided  sag.  The  trouble  seems 
to  be  that  there  is  still  really  a 
lack  of 
money  to  carry  on  normal  operations. 
The  restoration  of  confidence  and  activ­
ity  in  the  hard  coal  section  fails  to  help 
matters,  rather  tending  to  increase  the 
stringency  by  still  further  demands  for 
current  funds.  While  it  may  take  some 
days  to  regain  command  of  the  situa­
tion,  it  would 
look  now  as  though  the 
efforts  of  the  banks  and the  Government 
to  furnish  the  needed  funds  will  even­
tually  prove  sufficient.

There 

is  no  abatement  in  real  busi­
ness activity.  Railways  are  still break­
ing  all  records  in  earnings  and,  now 
that  fuel  is  finally  assured,  the  hesita­
tion  in  steel  and  iron  circles  on  this  ac­
count 
is  ended.  There  was  not  so 
much  actual  interruption  as  a  tendency 
to conservatism  for  fear  of  what  might 
happen.

Grain  and  other  staple  movement  is 
exceeding  expectation  and  prices  are 
advancing 
in  spite  of  the  abundance. 
Textile  mills  are  active,  although  the 
uncertainty  as  to  raw  materials  serves 
to  curtail  future  contracts.  Footwear 
factories  are  still  active,  but  large  re­
ceipts  and  poor quality  of  hides  are  not 
favorable  to  high  prices.

There  are  more  waiters  in  a  crowded 
hotel  dining  room  than  those  who  wear 
aprons.

A  new  class  of  work  has  been  evolved 

—working  other  people.

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

§

CURATIVE  PROPERTIES  OF  EIGHT.
Twenty  years  ago,  among  the  many 
fads  which  sprang  up  in  this  country 
was  the  “ blue  light”   or  “ blue  glass”  
cure  for  diseases.  The  idea  put  forth 
was  that 
if  a  sick  man  or animal  were 
kept 
in  a  room  to  which  the  sunlight 
was  admitted  through  blue  glass  a  cure 
would  be  effected.
Heretofore  but 

little  attention  has 
been  paid  to  the  -curative  powers  of 
is  known  that  plants  which 
light. 
attempt  to  grow 
in  a  dark  or  poorly 
lighted  room  are  miserable  specimens, 
while  human  beings  confined  in  prisons 
soon  become  pale  and  degenerate  in 
health.  Light 
is  absolutely  necessary 
to  the  proper  development  of  health 
and  vigor 
in  all  animal  and  vegetable 
life,  but  until  recently  no  other  consid­
eration  has  been  given  to  a  subject  that 
has 
for 
good.

it  enormous  possibilities 

in 

It 

According  to  an  article  in  the  Octo­
ber  Review  of  Reviews,  some  six  years 
ago  the  medical  world  watched  with 
considerable  curiosity  the  experiments 
of  a  young  Danish  physician  whose' 
theories  anent  a  “ light  cure”   held  out 
great  promises.  Since  then  the  experi­
mental  stages  have  broadened  until  they 
include  the  realm  of  practicability.  To­
day  no  name  in  the  scientific  catalogue 
is  better  known  than  that  of  Prof.  Niels 
R.  Finsen,  of  Copenhagen.

I 

and  even  if  this  were  all,  it  would  be  a 
valuable  aid  to  curative  science.

is  deficient 

For  anaemic  patients,  those  in  whom 
the  blood 
in  red  coloring 
matter and  other  proper qualities,  Prof. 
Finsen  bas  experimented  successfully 
with  what  he  terms  his  photo-cbemical 
baths.  He  claims  that  the  red  color  of 
the  exposed  parts  of  the  skin  is  caused 
principally  by 
light.  Hence  his  effort 
to  restore  the  deficiency  by  subjecting 
the  anaemic  patient  to  wbat  is  probably 
one  of  the  most  powerful  arc  lights  ever 
constructed.

In  the  room  set  apart  for  this  treat­
ment  the  patients  walk  about  naked, 
except  for  broad-brimmed  straw  hats  to 
protect  the  eyes.  There 
is  no  glare, 
however,  notwithstanding  the  tremen­
dous  light  force  generated,  for  the  walls 
and  the  ceiling  are  tempered  in  yellow 
tones.  The  effect,  of  this  treatment  is 
said  to  be  exceedingly  pleasant,  a  sense 
of  exhilaration  taking  possession  of  the 
entire  nervous  system.  A  number  of 
cures  have  already  been  reported.

Experiments  with  the  various  colored 
lights,  it  is claimed,  show  that  each  has 
important  effects  upon  animal  and  veg­
etable  life.  Red  is  said  to  be  specially 
beneficial  to  smallpox  patients.

Without  undertaking  to  champion  the 
claims  made  for  this  particular  light 
cure,  there 
is  good  reason  to  believe 
that  it  embraces  most  important  possi­
bilités,  which  will  sooner  or 
later  be 
fully  demonstrated.

Senator  Lodge,  of  Massachusetts,  is 
accounted  a  rich  man,  but  he  does  not 
hesitate  to  condemn  those  who  do  not 
realize  the  responsibilities  of  weatlb. 
“ When,”   he  says,  “ wealth  expends  in 
a  single  evening  upon  a  vulgar,  brain­
less  entertainment  an  amount  of  money 
the  income  of  which  would  mean  afflu­
ence  to  thousands  of  families;  when  it 
is  used  to  promote  corners  in  the  neces­
sities  of  life  or  for  desperate  gambling 
in  the  stock  market;  when  it  is engaged 
in  an  effort  to  debauch  elections  or  con­
trol  legislatures;  when it  considers  that 
everything  is  for  sale,  legislatures  and 
courts,  pubilc  offices,  the  honesty  of 
men  and  the  honor  of  women,  it  is  hard 
to  overestimate  the  peril  which 
it  por­
tends.  When  so  used  and  sought  only 
for 
its  own  sake  it  puts  weapons  into 
the  bands  of  those  who  through  envy, 
malice,  ignorance,  or  misfortune  seek 
the  overthrow  of  society  and  to  produce 
the  anarchy  which  would  return  men  to 
the  savage  state  from  which  they  have 
so  painfully  climbed  upward.”

It 

The  Pan-German movement in Europe 
is  a  tangible  thing,  and  some  of  the  na­
tions  that  are  neighbors  to  Germany  ex­
press  alarm  at  the  measures  which  are 
employed  to  spread  it.  There  are  some 
who  profess  to  believe  that  an  attempt 
is  being  made  to  Germanize  the  United 
States. 
is  declared  that  Prince 
Henry’s  visit  was  not  only  intended  as 
a  Battering  attention  to  the  United 
States,but  was  also  regarded  as  a  means 
of  awakening  the  sentiment  of  solidar­
ity  with  the  old  home  among  the  Ger- 
man-Americans.  The  votes  of  this  ele­
ment,  it 
intimated,  might  turn  the 
scale  and  decide  the  policy  of  the 
United  States  at  a  critical  moment, 
when  differences  might 
conceivably 
arise  in  regard  to  the  practical  applica­
tion  of  the  Monroe  doctrine.  It  is  hard­
ly  necessary  to say  that any  expectations 
in  this  direction  are  not  likely  to  be 
realized.  There  are  no  more 
loyal 
Americans  than  those  of German origin.
He  who  has  virtue  of  his  own  need 

is 

not  boast  of  his  ancestors.

The  aim  of  Prof.  Finsen  and  the 
Finsen  Medical  Light  Institute  is  the 
conquest  of 
superficially-seated  con­
sumption  and  cancer  through  the  me­
dium  of  both  natural  and  artificial 
light.  Many  skin  diseases  yield  to  the 
methods  employed  by  the  eminent  dis­
coverer.

This  Danish  physician  claims  to  have 
discovered  that  such  and  such  rays  in 
the  sun’s  spectrum  are  bacteria-destroy- 
ing,  while  others  are  of  a  healing  and 
curative  nature.

Working  on  this  principle,  bringing 
to  bis  aid  the  electric  current,  experi­
menting  constantly,  the  result  of  his 
studies  has  received  the  approval  of 
many  scientific  men  and  he  has  erected 
buildings  near Copenhagen for  the  treat­
ment  of  diseases  by  his  methods.

He  uses  both  sunlight  and  electricity, 
but  it  is said that  Prof.  Finsen  has come 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  greater  bene­
fit  lies  in  perfecting  the  electric  appli­
ances  to  such  a  point  where  the  natural 
light  can  be  dispensed  with.  As  re­
gards  the  relative  strength  of  electric 
light  and  sunlight,  Prof.  Finsen’s  ex­
periments  with  microbe  cultures  have 
convinced  him  that  where  sunlight  kills 
the  germs 
in  a  couple  of  minutes, 
electricity  does  the  work  in  that  many 
seconds.

It 

is  claimed  that  the  light  cure  is 
effected  absolutely  without  pain.  Ac­
cording  to  accounts  not  only  does  the 
patient  suffer  no 
inconvenience  what­
ever,  but  those  who  have  watched  the 
progress  of  certain  aggravated 
cases 
declare  that  the  entire  physiognomy  of 
the  patient  undergoes  a  change.  The 
eyes  take  on  an  added  brilliancy.  The 
carriage  becomes  more  erect. 
It  is  as 
if  a  new  dawn  had  risen,  a  regeneration 
where  the  victim  of  his  disease  is  once 
more  to  be  restored  to  his  fellow  men. 
It  is  in  the  moral  aspect  of  the case  that 
the  Finsen  treatment  works  such  won­
derful  changes  side  by  side  with  the 
physical.

In  the  removal  of  birthmarks,  such  as 
port  wine  stains,  from  the  size  of  a 
dime  to  those  covering  the  entire  one 
side  of  a  face,  the  concentrated-light 
treatment  has  proved  very  efficacious,

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ON  THE  MOTE.

The Fourth Home of the Michigan Trades­

man.

When  the  Michigan  Tradesman  was 
in  September,  1883,  it  was 
established 
located 
in  one  little  room  on  the  third 
floor of  the  old  Eagle  building,  49  Lyon 
street.  The  space  was  as  limited  as  the 
resources  of  the  business,  but  in  less 
than  a  year  the  cramped  quarters  were 
increased  by  the  addition  of an  adjoin­
ing  room, which  became  the  mechanical 
department,  while  the  original  office 
was  used  as  an  editorial  room  and  re­
ceived  accessions  in  the  shape of carpet, 
desks,  telephone,  etc.  As  the  business 
of  the  office  increased,  two  additional 
rooms  were  taken,  giving  the  firm  the 
use  of  an  entire  floor,  with  the  excep­
tion  of  one  small  room.

In  1888  the  business  had  grown  to

Second  Home  of the  Tradesman

Present  Home  of the  Tradesman

F u tu re  Home  of the Tradesman

such  proportions  that  a  change  of  loca­
tion  was 
imperative  and  in  November 
of  that  year  the  three-story  and  base­
ment  building  at  100  Louis  street  was 
leased  for  a  term  of  five  years.  This 
lease  was 
five 
years,  but  before  a  year  of  the  second 
term  had  elapsed  the  business  of  the 
office  had  increased  to  the  extent  that  it 
became  absolutely  necessary  that  still 
another  change  should  be  made.

renewed  for  another 

advantage 

After  carefully  considering  several  lo­
cations  it  was  deemed  desirable  to  exe­
cute  a  long-time  lease  of  the  fifth  floor 
of  the  Blodgett  building,  one  of  the  fin­
est  office  buildings  in  the  city, compris­
ing  nearly  double  the  floor  space  for­
merly  occupied  and  admirably  adapted 
to  the  purpose  by  reason  of  its  central 
light  (an 
location,  unusual  amount  of 
important 
in  a  printing 
office),  and  having  everything,  except 
warehouse  and  storage  room,  on  one 
floor.  The  building  is  fitted  with  every 
modern  convenience. 
It  is  heated  by 
steam  and  provided  with  a  quick  pass­
enger  elevator  and two  freight  elevators, 
one  of  which  is  the  largest  in  the  city. 
Especial  care  was  taken  in  designing 
and  fitting  up  the  establishment,  both 
business  and  mechanical  departments, 
on  the  theory  that  the  best  work  can  be 
accomplished  where  the  surroundings 
are  made  as  iigbt,  airy  and  pleasant  as

possible.  No  reasonable  expense  was 
spared  to  make  the  quarters  complete 
and  up-to-date.

It  has  been  very  evident for some time 
that  the  Tradesman  has  outgrown  its 
present  quarters  in  the  Blodgett  build­
ing  and  that  a  larger  and  more  conven­
ient  location  on  the  ground  floor  must 
be  secured.  The  consolidation  of  the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  and  the  01- 
ney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  which  in­
volves  the  abandonment  of  the  corner 
store 
in  the  four-story  and  basement 
building  at  the  corner  of 
Ionia  and 
Louis  streets,  known  as  the  Barnhart 
building,  afforded  the  Tradesman  the 
opportunity  it  bad  long  looked  forward 
to  and  little  time  was  lost in negotiating 
a 
lease  for  seventeen  years  and  three 
months,  which  establishes  the  Trades­
in  that  location  until  March  1, 
man 
1920. 
It 
is  the 
longest  lease  of  a business building  ever 
made  in  Grand  Rapids.

is  claimed  that  this 

is  all  that could  be  de­
location 
The 
sired. 
It  is  only  a  block  from  Monroe 
street—the  Morton  House  corner—and 
only  three  blocks  from  the  Union depot, 
on  the  direct  route  from  the  depot to the 
main  business  street  of  the  city. 
It  is 
surrounded  on  all  sides  by  wholesale 
establishments,  being  opposite  Rindge, 
Kalmbacb,  Logie  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  Sher­
wood  Hall,  Ltd.,  and  the  Grand Rapids 
Wholesale  Furniture  Co. 
In  the  same 
block  are  John  T.  Woodhouse  &  Co., 
the  Grand  Rapids  Stationery  Co.,  the 
Clapp  Clothing  Co.,  the  Hazeltine  & 
Perkins  Drug  Co.  and  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  Dry  Goods  Co.  Within  a  block  are 
located  the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co., 
Worden  Grocer  Co.,  H.  Leonard  & 
Sons,  U.  S.  Packing  Co.,  E.  E.  Hewitt 
and  Maynard  &  Reed.  Within  two 
blocks  of  the  office  nine-tenths  of  the 
jobbing  trade  of  this  market  is  trans­
acted.

As  soon  as  the  present  tenant  vacates 
the  building,  about  Nov.  1,  extensive 
changes  will  be  made  in  the  interior  in 
the  shape  of  new  floors,  partitions  and 
other  betterments,  the  present  intention 
being  to  accomplish  the  work  of  re­
moval  between  Nov.  15  and  20. 
It  will 
be  well  along 
in  December  before  the 
Tradesman  will  be  fully  settled  in  its 
new 
it  will  be 
pleased  to  welcome  its  friends  and  pa­
trons,  either  city  or  out-of-town,  any 
time  it  is  convenient  for  them  to  cali.

location,  after  which 

increased 

The  Tradesman  is  not  given  to  boast­
ing  of  what  it  intends  to  do,  but  it  may 
not  be  out  of  place  to  remark,  in  this 
connection,  that  the 
floor 
space  will  enable 
it  to  make  material 
additions  to  its  equipment,  including  a 
new  Mergenthaler  typesetting  machine, 
which  has  already  been  ordered  from 
the  factory  and  is  due  to  arrive  early  in 
December.  Other changes  and  improve­
ments  which  have  been  under  consider­
ation  for  some  time  will  also  be  carried 
into execution.

H it  Him  All  Right.

A  worthy  man  who  was  very  sensitive 
and  retiring,  having  lost  his  wife,  pri­
vately  requested  that  he  might  be  re­
membered 
in  the  minister’s  morning 
prayer  from  the  pulpit,  but asked  that 
his  name  might  not  be  mentioned.

On  Sunday morning  the  good  minister 
prayed  most  eloquently  for  “ our aged 
brother  upon  whom  the  heavy  band  of 
sore  affliction  has  so  lately  fallen.”
At  this  point  an  elderly  man,  whom 
the  minister  had  married  during  the 
week  to  a  very  young  wife,  arose  with  a 
bounce^  and  stamped  down  the  aisle, 
muttering  loudly  enough  to  be  heard  all 
over  the  chapel:
I*  may  be  an  affliction,  but  I ’m 
if  I  want  to  be  prayed  for  in  that 

blest 
fashion.”

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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Hardware

W hat  a  Dealer  in Sporting: Goods May Do. 
Written for the Tradesman.

Passing  down  the  street  the  other day, 
I  was  baiied  by  a  dealer  in  sporting 
goods  with  this  odd  request:

“ I  wish  you  would  come  back  and 
tell  me  what  is  the  matter  with  my  win­
dow. ”

It  made  me  feel  a  good  deal  like  a 
physician  called  upon  to  attend  a  sick 
man;  and,  filled  with  responsibility,  I 
went  back  to  see  what  was  the  matter. 
There  was  matter  enough.  The  dealer 
had  made  the  mistake  so  many  ambi­
tious  window  trimmers  do—attempted 
to  put  his  whole  stock  in  the  window  at 
one  time.  His  intent  evidently  was  to 
give  the  idea  that  he  possessed  a 
large 
stock,  while 
in  effect  he  gave  people 
the  very  opposite  impression.

The  dealer  in  sporting  goods  has  an 
unusual  opportunity  for  the  display  oi 
his  line.  The  dry  goods  man,  the  drug­
gist  and  other  merchants  have  no  mo­
nopoly  on  this  art;  in  fact,  I  am.  con­
strained  to  believe  that  those  who  are 
interested  in  his  display  are  even  more 
keenly 
interested  than  those  drawn  to 
the  windows  of  his  neighbors  who  deal 
in  other  lines,  although  I  realize  what 
a  furore  a  well-arranged  display  of  new 
ideas 
fashion  will  create 
among  the  female  population.

in  fad  and 

I  found  that  my  sporting  goods  friend 
did  not  appreciate  his  opportunity.  He 
had  arranged,  with  mathematical  pre­
cision  and  generous profusion,  a window 
full  of  all  kinds  of  sporting  goods  ap­
propriate  to  all seasons.  Footballs  vied 
with  baseball  bats  for attention  and  ten­
nis  rackets 
lined  up  against  phono­
graphs.  Tennis  rackets  are  ordinarily 
in  summer,  while  the 
movable  stock 
long  winter  evenings  create  an 
interest 
in  Sousa  and  Gilmore  sold  by  the  yard. 
The  dealer  had  made  the  mistake  of 
showing  everything  he  had,  instead  of 
trying  to  show  a  little  well. 
If  he  had 
shown  one 
line,  no  matter  what  it  was 
so  long  as  it  was  appropriate  to  the  sea­
son,  the  passer  by  would  at  once  have 
been 
impressed  by  the  size  of  his  stock 
of  that  character  and,  when  the  idea  of 
purchase  came  to  him  at  some  later 
time,his  mind  would  have  involuntarily 
reverted  to  the  display he had seen.  He 
would  have  been  well  satisfied  that  this 
was  the  place  to  buy  and  so  the  window 
would  have  served  the purpose for which 
it  was  intended,  that  of  a  trade  puller.
just  bud­
ding  and,  at  my  suggestion,  we  ar­
ranged  a  window  that  suited  my  fancy, 
however  well  it  might  meet  the  ideas  of 
others.  We first  unloaded  that  mammoth 
stock  of everything and in its place made 
a  display  of  something—football  goods. 
In  the  center  of  the  window  we  laid 
some  green  crepe  paper  which  cost  the 
sum  of  io  cents  and  which  represented 
the  entire  outlay  for  that  display.  Upon 
this  green  crepe  we  outlined  a  regular 
football  gridiron,  with its  five  yard  lines 
distinctly  marked  with  chalk 
just  as 
they  would  be  with 
lime  upon  a  real 
’varsity  field.  At  the  two  ends,  where 
they  belonged,  were  two  miniature  foot­
ball  goals  shaped  like  the  letter  H. 
In 
the  center,  at  a  point  technically  known 
as  the  kick-off,  reposed  a  tiny  football 
placed  in the  position  it  would  be  at  the 
beginning  of  the  game.  Around  this 
gridiron  we  arranged  football  goods  ex­
clusively,  and  I  am  quite  hopeful  that 
any  boy  or  student  who  saw  the  window 
went  away  with  the 
impression  that, 
when  he  wanted  something  in  the  foot­

The  football  season  was 

ball 
line,  here  was  the  place  to  get  it. 
If  any  dealer  wishes  to  arrange  this 
window  and  is  not  posted  upon  the  lay­
out  of  a  football  field,  be  can  readily 
get  the  information,  and  I  consider  the 
window  an  attractive  one.

Somewhere  earlier  in  this  article  I 
stated  that  the  dealer  in  sporting  goods 
had  an  unusual  opportunity  for  the  dis­
play  of  his  stock.  His window  exhibits 
are  the  most  inexpensive  of  any,  sport­
ing  goods  are  not  in  any  way  damaged 
by  the  sun  and  there  is  no  expense  for 
drapery  or  draping.  The  idea  to  follow 
is  to  exhibit  that  thing 
in  sporting 
goods  which 
is  at  the  present  moment 
exciting  the  public  mind.  The  man 
who  put  in  a  ping  pong  exhibit  when 
ping  pong  was  at  its  first  height  has 
cinched  the  ping  pong  trade  of  his  town 
or  at  least  his  share  of  it  for  some  time 
to  come;  for  not  only  were  ping  pong 
players  but  the  general  public interested 
if  be  presented  in  his  window  a  correct 
exposition  of  the  game  just  as 
it  is 
played,  so  far  as  a  mere  display  of  the 
equipment  would  permit. 
If  you  have 
not  had  a  ping  pong  window,  it  will 
soon  be  time.  The  winter  months  will 
see  a  great  revival  of  this  fascinating 
game.

There  is  a  peculiar  fact  in  connection 
with  the  display  of  bicycles,  or  rather  a 
peculiar  fact  connected  with  my  indi­
vidual  opinion  on  the  subject,  and  that 
is  that  one  wheel  in  a  window  of  ordin­
ary  size  makes  a  better  display  than 
many.  The  man  who  buys  a  wheel  buys 
a  great  deal 
like  the  man  who  buys  a 
horse,and  David  Harum  in  all  his  glory 
was  not  better  posted  upon  horse  flesh 
than  is  our ordinary  rider  upon  the  fine 
points  of a  wheel.  If  you  have  a  bicycle 
that  appeals  to  you  as  being particularly 
attractive 
in  appearance  or  which  pos­
sesses  some  new  feature  that  would  tell 
in 
its  sale  if  called  to  the  public’s  at­
tention,  place  that  wheel  on  exhibition 
alone  in  your window and it  will  receive 
the  attention 
it  deserves  and  you  de­
sire;  put  three  or  four  with  it  and  all 
will  be  lost  in  a  confused  picture  made 
up  of  steel  wire  and  rubber  tires.  The 
place  to  make  an  exhibit  of  wheels  that 
will  appeal  to  the  public  because  of 
its 
size 
in  your  store  itself  and  not  in 
your window.

is 

The  thing  to  be  remembered  in  the 
display  of  sporting  goods  is  this:  That 
a  general  display  of  all  lines  gives  the 
idea  of  a  small  stock,  while  the  display 
of  a  sirgle 
line  well  arranged  and  in 
season  gives  the  idea  of  a  large  and  up- 
to-date  stock. 

Charles  Frederick.

The  smaller  the  brain  the  more  con­

ceit it  will  hold.

Tenths,  Awnings,

H orse  C overs,  W agon 
C overs,  Stack  C overs; 
Cotton, 
Ju te ,  H em p, 
F la x  and  W ool T w in es; 
M anila and Sisa l R opes.

Chas.  A.  Coye,  11  & 9 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Michigan

“Sure Catch”  Minnow Trap

Length,  19%  inches.  Diameter,  9%  inches.

Made from heavy, galvanized  wire cloth,  with  all  edges  well  protected.  Can  be 
taken apart at the middle in a moment  and  nested  for  convenience  in  carrying. 
Packed one-quarter dozen in a case.

Retails at $1.25  each.  Liberal discount to the trade.
Our line of Fishing Tackle is complete in every particular.
Mail orders solicited and satisfaction  guaranteed.

MILES  HARDWARE  CO.

113-115  MONROE  ST. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Fire Arms

We  have the  largest stock of 
Shot  Guns,  Rifles  and  Am­
munition  in  this  State.  This 
time of  year  is  the  retailer’s 
harvest on sportsmen’s goods. 
Send us  your  order  or  drop 
us  a postal  and we will  have 
a traveler call  and  show you.

Foster,  Stevens &.  Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Insurance
JVgainst

Tire

is generally  conceded  to  be 
a  necessity with  every  mer­
chant. 
It is just as essential 
that he  should  be  protected 
against  slow-pay  and  bad-
pay customers, which can be 
accomplished  by  maintain- 
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in the 
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Paint,  Color  and  Varnish  Makers

M ixed  P ain t,  W hite  L e ad ,  Shingle  Stain s,  W ood  F illers 

Sole  M anufacturers  CRYSTAL-ROCK  FINISH  for Interior and  E xte rio r  U se. 

Corner  15th  and  Lucas  Streets.  Toledo.  Ohio.

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13

UNCLE  SAM’S  SWEET  TOOTH.

P er Capita  Consumption  Is  Steadily  On 

tlie  Increase.

In 

the  years 

The  people  oi  the  United  States  are 
second  only  to  the  United  Kingdom 
in 
satisfying  the  demands  of  a  sweet tooth. 
They  consume  eight  times  as  much 
sugar  per  capita  as  they  did  in  the  first 
quarter  of  the 
last  century,  four times 
as  much  as  the  average  per  capita  dur­
ing  the  decade  ending  with  1850,  and 
twice  as  much  as  they  did  in  any  year 
prior  to 
1870.  A  vast  quantity  of  this 
sugar  consumption  was  in  the  form  of 
candies. 
immediately 
prior  to  1825  the  average  consumption 
of  sugar  was  about  eight  pounds  per 
capita;  in  the  decade  of  1840-50 about 
sixteen  pounds  per  capita;  in  the  years 
immediately  prior  to  1870 the  average 
was  about  thirty-two  pounds  per  capita 
(omitting  the  war  years,  in  which  the 
consumption  was 
light);  from  1870 to 
1880  it  averaged  about  forty  pounds  per 
capita;  from 
1880  to  1890,  fifty  pounds 
per  capita;  in  1891  the  figure  was  sixty- 
five  pounds  per  capita,  and 
it  has 
ranged  from  sixty-two  to  sixty-eight 
pounds  per  capita  since  that time,  the 
figure 
19CI  being  sixty-eight  and 
four-tenths  pounds.  This  steady growth 
in  the  per  capita  consumption  of  sugar 
is  shown  by  some  figures  which  the 
Bureau  of  Statistics  will  present  in  the 
next 
its  annual  volume,  the 
Statistical  Abstract.  The  per  capita 
consumption has been  a  matter  of  record 
during  recent  years,  but  it  has  not  been 
before  practicable  to  compare  the  per 
capita  consumption  of  recent  years  with 
that  of  earlier  years,  and  to  note  the 
very  rapid  increase  in  the  quantity  con­
sumed  by  each  individual  of  the  coun­
try.

issue  of 

for 

This  growth 

in  the  consumption  of 
sugar  is,  evidently,  not  confined  to  the 
people  of  the  United  States.  The  in­
crease  seems  to  have  been  equally  rapid 
in  other  parts  of  the  world,  judging 
from  the  figures  of  total  production. 
Figures 
recently  published  by  the 
Bureau  of  Statistics  in  its  monograph, 
“ The  World’s  Sugar  Production  and 
Consumption,’ ’  showed  that  the  sugar 
production  of  the  world  was  eight  times 
as  great  in 
1900  as  in  1840,  the  figure 
for  1840  being  1,150,000  tons,  and  that 
for  1900,  8,800,000  tons.

in 

in 

in 

in 

in 

1900.  Beets 

industry,  which 

1870,  1,402,000  tons  in 

This  increase  in  production,  and  con­
sequently 
in  consumption,  has  come 
largely  through  the  development  of  the 
beet  sugar 
increased 
from  a  production  of  50,000  tons  in 
1840  to  200,000  tons 
1850,  831,000 
tons 
1880,
3.633.000  tons 
1890  and  5,950,000 
1900.  During  the  same  time, 
tons 
cane  sugar  production 
increased  from
1.100.000  tons  in  1840 to  2,850,000  tons 
in 
1840  supplied  4.35 
per  cent,  of  the  total  sugar  product  of 
1850  they  supplied  14.29 
the  world;  in 
i860,  20.43  per  cent.  ;  in 
per  cent.  ;  in 
1870,  34.40  per  cent.  ;  in 
1890,  63.70 
per cent  ,  and  in  1900,  67.71  per  cent.
The  per  capita  consumption  of  sugar 
in  the  United  States  is  greater  than  that 
of  any  other  country,  except  the  United 
Kingdom,in which  the  annual  consump­
tion  ranges  from  85  to 91  pounds  per 
capita,  against  from  60  to  68  pounds  in 
the  United States,  the  figure of consump­
tion  for  1900  in  the  United  Kingdom 
being  91.6  pounds  per capita.

The  following  table  shows  the  per 
capita  consumption  of  sugar 
in  the 
United  States  and  the  principal  Euro­
pean  countries  in  1900,  the  latest  avail­
able  year :

Countries.
United  Kingdom.......
United  States...............
Switzerland.........., ___
Denmark.......................
Sweden  and  Norway..
France  ..........................
Germany....................
Netherlands................
Belgium.......................
Austria-Hungary.......
Portugal  and.Madeira
R u ssia ..........................
Spain.....................
Turkey.........................
Rou mania...................
G reece........................
Italy...............................

Pounds.
__   91.6
...  65.2 
....  603 
...  548 
...  38.2 
37-o
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33 9
32.5 
23  3
17.6
14.7
14.0
10.6
8.0 
7.8 
7.2
6.1

W hat  He  W anted  to  Say.

A  few  days  ago  Mr.  Taylor  was  ab­
sent  from  his  drug  store  for a  few  min­
utes  and 
in  charge.  A 
large  Norwegian,  who  spoke  English 
with  difficulty,  entered  and  said :

left  his  wife 

“ Hi  owe  de  firm  10 cents."
“ Very  w ell,"  replied  Mrs.  Taylor; 
it  to  me  and  it  will  be  all 

“ just  pay 
right.”

The  Norwegian  made  no  attempt  to 
produce  the  coin,  but  gazed  steadily  at 
Mrs.  Taylor  and  repeated :

“ Hi  owe  de  firm  10 cents."
“ Yes,  I  heard  you  say  that  before. 
Now,  if  you  are  afraid  I  will  give  you  a 
receipt  for  it ."

In  astonishment  the  man  from  Nor­
way  looked  at  her  and  walked  out  with­
out  a  word.  Pretty  soon  be  returned 
with  a  fellow  countryman  whose  com­
mand  of  English  was  a  little better,  and 
the  remark  to  Mrs. 
who 
Taylor  by  explaining: 
“ He  wants  10 
cents’  worth  of  iodoform."—Frankfort 
Review.

interpreted 

The  more  we  help  others  to  hear their 

burdens  the  lighter  our own  will  be.

P oint  in  Uomestic  Economy.

“ There  are  few  women  who  do  not 
spend  new  money  reluctantly,"  said  a 
clerk  in  one  of  our  leading  stores. 
“ It 
is  worth  one’s  while  to  watch  them.  A 
woman  will 
invariably  hunt  around  in 
her  purse  for  old  money  in  paying  for a 
purchase.  Why  this  is  so  I  have  never 
been  able  to  discover,  but  the  excep­
tions  simply  prove  the  rule.  Daily  I 
have  examples  of  this  trait  in  women 
right  here 
store,  and  when 
feminine  customers  finally  do  part  with 
the  precious  crisp  bills  it  is  with  some 
little  ejaculation  of  annoyance  and  fre­
quently  an  attitude  of  indignation,  as 
though  1  had  forced  them  into  spending 
their  money  against  their  wills.  On 
some  occasions  I  have  actually  known 
women  to 
leave  the  store  sooner  than 
break  a  new  bill.

in  this 

“ But  I  have  been  benefited  so  by  my 
different  experiences  with  this  peculiar­
ity  of  the  sex  that  I  have  learned  to 
take  it  philosophically,  believing  there 
may  be  something  yet  to  learn.  So, 
when  my  patience  is  on  the  verge  of ex­
haustion,  I  gain  new  strength  from  the 
knowledge  of  how  much  money  I  have 
been  saved  from  a  woman's  dislike  in 
parting  with  new  money.  The  secret  is 
1  always  manage  to 
simple  enough: 
carry  my  salary  home 
in  beautiful, 
clean,  crisp  bills,  and  the  reluctance 
with  which  my  wife  gets rid  of  them  re­
dounds  to  my  financial  benefit.  This  is 
a  tip  for other  married  men,  and  I  am 
certain  they  would  save  money  by 
adopting  the  suggestion."

Keep  Them  at  Home.

The  country  merchant  who  makes 
loudest  complaint  about the townspeople 
going  to  the  city  for  trade  is  frequently 
the  one  whose  “ announcement"  in  the 
village  paper  remains  unchanged  from 
one  season’s  end  to  another.

Ideal  Carriage  Runner

T h e  runners  attached  to  a  fine  carriage  m ake  a  turnout 
much  more  com fortable,  elegant  in  appearance  and  con­
venient  than  the  most  expen sive  sleigh  and  at  a  cost  very 
much  less.

No  strap s  or  other  bungling  devices  are  required  to  p re­
vent  them  from  inverting  or  flopping  over  when  backing 
or  driving  rapidly  over  rough  roads.  N arrow   track,  sam e 
as  cutters  and  sleighs.  O nly  one  bolt  is  required  to fasten 
each  runner. 
It  m ay  be  observed  from  the  cut  that  there

TH E  LA R G EST  BOB  SL E D   FACTORY  IN  TH E  W ORLD

Sleds for Farming,  Logging,  Mining 

lv,

Sleds for the Roads and  Mountains

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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Clothing

The  Straw  Goods  Situation  and  the  Jo b ­

bers*  Association.

Under ordinary  circumstances  the two 
subjects  above  mentioned  would  be 
treated 
in  separate  articles,  but  at  this 
juncture  the  two  seem  so  closely  con* 
nected 
in  the  mind  of  tbe  trade  that  it 
becomes  convenient  to  talk  of  them  un­
der one  heading.

In  examining  the  first  matter  it  is 
pertinent  to  speak  of  tbe  agreement  en­
tered 
into  by  some  of  tbe  large  straw 
goods  manufacturers  with  regard  to  a 
date  on  which  they  simultaneously 
opened  their  lines,  for  although  a  full 
month  has  elapsed  since  the  opening 
date,  viz.,  September  2,  it 
is  only  now 
that  the  real  effect  of  this  agreement 
can  be  weighed  with  tbe  possibility  of 
arriving  at  anything  near  a  correct  esti­
mate.  For  it  is  only  now,  when  most  of 
the  jobbers  have  left  the  market  and  all 
orders  have  gone  through  the  regular 
routine,  that  anything  like  a  real  com­
parison  of  this  season's  separate  orders 
and  totals,  or  purchases  in  special  lines 
and  staples,  can  be  made  with  the 
records  of  last  year.

And  now  that  all  this  has  been  done, 
it  appears  to  be  a  moot question  as  to 
whether there  will  be  an  agreed opening 
date  next  year  or  not,  for  the  matter 
does  not  seem  to  have  worked  out as 
satisfactorily  as  was  expected.

In  other  years  the  buyers  of  straw 
goods  from  case  bouses  have  usually 
come  to  this  market 
in  three  groups, 
not,  of  course,  strictly  demarcated  one 
from  another,  but  merging  tbe  one  into 
tbe  other  and  making  the  buying  sea­
son  of  considerable  length.  This  year, 
as  a  consequence  of  the  opening  date 
agreement,  the  whole  trade  was  prac­
tically  here  at  one  time,  with  the  result, 
it  is  said,  that  tbe  jobbers  individually 
could  not  make  their  selections with  tbe 
same  careful  deliberation  as  heretofore, 
although  if  this  is  so,  it  was  most  cer­
tainly  through  no  intentional  act  of  tbe 
in  some  houses  the 
manufacturers,  for 
salesmen  were  busy 
in  tbe 
morning  until  long  after the  gas  or elec­
tricity  was  on.

from  six 

Another  consequence  of  the  rush  was 
the 
inability  of  the  salesmen  to  bring 
properly  before  the  buyers  the  new 
things,  of  which  there  were  many  ready 
for  their  inspection.

And  so  it  now  appears  that  purchases 
have  not  been quite  as  satisfactory as we 
were  led  to  state  in  our  last  issue,  from 
reports which  it  now  seems  were  prema­
ture,  for  although  purchases  have  cov­
ered  a  large  number  and  wide  range  of

styles,  quantities  have  been  conserva­
tive.

Still  another  feature  that  tends  away 
from  a  date  agreement  for  next  year 
is 
the  supposed  advantage  that  non-sign­
ing  manufacturers  had.  These, 
is 
stated,  sent their lines out  into the  trade 
before  those  who  made  the  agreement, 
and 
is  believed  in  this  manner were 
able  to  secure  many  good  orders,  ’to  tbe 
detriment  of  other  manufacturers.

it 

it 

The  formation  of  the  Jobbers'  Asso­
ciation  and  its  agreement  with  a  num­
ber  of  the  manufacturers  will  make  it­
self  felt  in  the  straw  goods  market,  but 
not  quite  in  tbe  manner  that  was  ex­
pected.

Tbe  permission  to  tbe  manufacturers 
to  sell  150  retailers  has  had  one peculiar 
result.  This  is,  that  some  of  the  manu­
facturers  who  before  bad  never tried  to 
sell  but  a  few  very  large  retailers  who 
called  at  their  show  rooms,  since  sign­
ing  the  agreement  and  learning  of  these 
names,  are  now  trying  to  sell  them,  too. 
As  a  result  of  the  existence  of the Asso­
ciation,  some  duplicate  orders  will  be 
placed  with  ether  factories  than  those 
who  supplied  the  originals,  but  not  to 
so  great  an  extent  as might be supposed, 
for enquiry  develops  the  fact  that  mem­
bers of this Association  are continuing'to 
buy  from  makers  who  did  not  sign  tbe 
agreement.

Although  tbe  meeting  at  tbe  Hoffman 
House  in  New  York  took  place  a  month 
ago,  its  echoes  are  still  beard,  and 
apropos  of  it,  many  things  are  tcld  us. 
It  is  stated  that  one  of  the  results  of 
tbe  Hoffman  HouSfc  talk  was  a  request 
that  the  manufacturers  who  had  signed 
the  agreement  should  refuse  to  sell 
goods  to  any  jobber not a member of  tbe 
Jobbers’  Association.

A  reporter  for  this  paper  has  en­
quired  of  a  number  of  jobbers  who are 
not  in  tbe  Association,  but  has  not 
found  one  who has  not  been  able  to  pur­
chase  any  straws  be  desired  from  manu­
facturers  who  signed  tbe agreement with 
tbe  jobbers.

However,  it 

is  a  fact  that  the  possi­
bility  of  these  manufacturers  actually 
refusing  to  sell  to  non-members  of  tbe 
Jobbers’  Association  has  been  regarded 
with  some  seriousness  by  both  sides.

Evidence  of  this  on  tbe  one  side  is, 
that  some  of  the  manufacturers  have 
come  together to discuss  the  matter  as  to 
its  possibilities,and  as  to  tbe  legality  of 
such  action,  while  on  the  other  side 
it 
is  said  on  good  authority  tbat  some 
powerful  jobbers  who  are  not  members 
of  the  Jobbers’ Association have earnest­
ly  discussed  and  formulated  plans  for 
tbe  formation  of  a  stock  company to

Men’s Suits 

and

Overcoats 
$3-75 »
E  $15.00

$5.50 
$7.50 
$8.50 

lines  are 
extra swell

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Special Sale

Of  the  entire  stock  of  the  old  reliable  w holesale  clothiers,

Kolb &  Son.  of  Rochester

(now retiring from business)

T he  stock  has  been  purchased  in  bulk  by  T h e  W illiam   Connor 
Co.  and  w ill  be  disposed  of  at  a great sacrifice to  the retail trad e.
Sale  begins  to-day,  W ednesday,  Oct.  22.  C all  early  as  the 

lots  are  going  fast.

The William Connor Co.

Wholesale Clothiers

28-30 South  Ionia Street, Grand  Rapids,  nich.

The  Peerless 
Manufacturing 

Company

Manufacturers  of  Pants,  Shirts,  Corduroy  and 

Dealers in  Underwear,  Sweaters,  Hosiery,  Gloves, 

Mackinaw  Coats.

and  Mitts.

Sample  Room  28  South  Ionia  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  JVtich. 
31  and 3 3   Larned  Street  East,  Detroit,  Mich.

m m m m m m w ®

The wise wear 

V IN E B E R G ’S  PATEN T 

POCKET  PANTS, 

tbe only pants in  tbe  world  fitted 
with a safety  pocket;  nothing  can 
drop  out  and  are  proof  against 
pickpockets.  Manufactured by
Vineberg’s  Patent 
Pocket Pants Co.

Detroit,  Midi.

Is a sure thing for all  the time.

It has a  record—six seasons of phe­
nomenal success—the greatest  selling 
and money  making  line  of  clothing 
in the American market.

You don't have to  worry  about  be­
ing “caught with the goods” when you 
have  Pan - American  Guaranteed 
Clothing.

Salesman  or  samples—which  will 

we  send?

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manufacture  straws  in  grades  below  $6 
a  dozen.

A  competent  manufacturer  to  run  the 
plant  was  available,  it  is  said,  and  the 
requisite  capital  would  be  readily  sub­
scribed  by  those  jobbers  who  would  be 
the  customers  of  this  factory.  A  shrewd 
detail  of the  plan  was  to  allow  salesmen 
of  the  jobbers  to  purchase  stock,  as  this 
would  make  them  push  goods  from  this 
factory  above  those  of  outside  makes.

This  whole  scheme  is  spoken  of  with 
regard  to  some  cities  other  than  New 
York,  for  none  of  the  New  York  job­
bers  questioned  seemed  to  know  a  thing 
about  it,  although 
it  is  a  fact  that  in 
New  York  some  of  the  jobbers  who  are 
among  the  very 
in 
straws  have  not  joined  the  Association. 
Some  others  whose  names  we  published 
in  our  issue  of  September 9  in  the  list 
of  members  as  it  existed  last  March 
have  since  resigned,  and  some  who  did 
not  resign  did  not  evince  enough  in­
terest  to  attend  the  Hoffman  House 
meeting.—Apparel  Gazette.

largest  operators 

Carrying  L ight  Stocks.

A  firm  of  retailers  who  have been con 
in  New  York 

spicuously  successful 
medium-grade  outfitting 
field,  have 
had, thus  far,  notwithstanding  many  ad 
verse  weather  conditions,  a  very  suc­
cessful  year. 
In  talking  about  the  pros 
perous  state  of  affairs  at  their  various 
stores,  one  of the  partners  said  recently: 
“ Like  almost  everybody  else 
in  the 
Borough  of  Manhattan  and  nearby,  we 
did  a  comparatively  small  summer busi­
ness.  but  we  are  not  complaining,  and 
for  the  reason  that  we  made  more 
money,  because  we  tied  up 
less  than 
usual 
in  big  stocks.  What  I  mean  is 
that  we  had  more  than  usual  to  show  at 
the  end  of  the  season 
in  dollars  and 
cents  and 
less  in  merchandise  for  the 
business  done.  We  bought  lightly,  not 
because  we  anticipated  small  results 
but  because  we  wanted  to  see  if  it  was 
not  possible  to  so  conduct our  business 
that 
it  would  not  be  necessary  to  pilr 
goods  to  the  ceiling  in  order to  antici 
pate  all  demands. 
It  has  seemed  to  u 
for  some  time  that,  being  so  near  the 
sources  of  supply,  it  would not be neces 
sary  to  order  heavy  stocks  of  goods.

“ Of  course,  I  know  you  can  not  a 
ways  do  what  you  would  like  in  pre 
paring  for  a  season,  but  from  all  I  can 
learn,  among  even the  best  of  operators, 
it  is  becoming  more  and  more  the  rule 
to  prepare  with  fair  liberality,  but  not 
superabundantly,  so  to  speak. 
In  this 
as  in  other  matters  affecting  merchan 
dising,  one  must act  in  the  light  of  hi 
experience. 
It  is  better,  it  seems  t 
me,  to err  on  the  side  of  too  small  than 
too  large  a  stock."

Delays on  U nderwear  Deliveries.

in 

In  many 

So  far  as  the  volume  of  business  an­
ticipated  or  now  doing  by  manufactur­
ers  and 
fall  and  winter 
jobbers 
is  concerned,  there  is  scarcely 
weights 
any  room  for  complaint. 
lo­
calities  retailers  are  not  busy  on  heavy­
weights,  because  there  has  been  no  cool 
weather  but  let  there be a decidedly cold 
snap,  or  the  thermometer  fall  consider­
ably,  and  local  jobbers  will  have  to  ex­
plain  to  retailers  that  there  are  not  any 
too  many  goods  to  go  around.  Here  and 
there  (in  the  New  York  market,  for  in­
stance) 
is  encountered  a  large  jobber 
who  prepared  for  what  has  happened, 
and 
is  well  supplied,  but  the  majority 
of  wholesalers  are  not  any  too  well 
stocked  up  with  fall  weights. 
In  fact, 
in  many 
instances  the  orders  placed 
with  jobbers  by  retailers  have  not  been 
promptly  filled,  owing  to  a  scarcity  of

later  on,  but 

goods.  Early  in  the  buying  season,  and 
for  quite  a  while certain  jobbers  held 
off,  because  of the conditions  of the  yarn 
market.  They  believed  that concessions 
in  this 
would  be  made 
they  have  been  disappointed. 
In  con­
sequence  some  of  them  find  themselves 
.  tbout  desirable  merchandise,  and  the 
condition  becomes  aggravated  as  the 
Job­
bers  who  bought  early  and  abundantly 
re  in  afortúnate  position.  Their  more 
conservative  neighbors  are  not  so  hap­
pily  placed.

me  for  cold  weather  approaches. 

Small  manufacturers,  who  made  only 
mited  quantities  on  account  of  the 
stiff  conditions  prevailing  in  the  yarn 
market,  are  not showing  any  very  de 
ded  disposition to live up  to  their  con 

tracts.

Another  element  that  has  contributed 
very  materially  to  the  embarrassment  of 
unprepared 
jobbers  is  the  usual  dispo 
sition  of  scores  of  retailers  to  wait  unti 
the  eleventh  hour  before  placing  thei 
orders.  With  the  ex ception  of  enter 
prising  manufacturers  and  jobbers,  thi 
holding  off  has  the  effect  of  creating 
conservative  conditions.  The  produce 
must  know  something  of  the 
intentions 
of  the  retailer  before  he  can  prepare 
stocks  of  goods. 
It  is  hardly  reasonable 
to  expect  him  to  take  all  the  chances 
In  fact,  he  will  not  take  all  the  chances 
and  the conviction  is  growing  that  the 
is  not  very  far distant  when  the 
time 
systems  which  obtained 
in  the  fancy 
shirt business  will  prevail inunderwea 
That  is,  orders  of  a  hard  and  fast  cba 
acter  will  have  to  be  placed  many 
months  in  advance  by  retailers  before 
they  can  reasonably  expect  perfect  de- 
iveries.

Neckwear  Silks.

Manufacturers  of  tie  silks  are  quite 
busy  on  holiday  orders,  which  are 
wanted  for  immediate  delivery.  There 
has  been  exceptionally  good  business 
done  in  heavy  weave  baratheas,  bas­
kets,  armures,  ottomans  and  grosgrains. 
Those  of  the  best  grade  have  been  or­
dered 
freely  by  high-class  neckwear 
manufacturers,  as  the  demands  of  the 
neckwear  people  are  for  weaves  full  of 
silk  and  soft  and  pliable  to  the  hand,  so 
that  they  will  tie  well  and  gracefully.

Silk  manufacturers  who  have  made  a 
specialty  of  mufflers  for  fall  have  done 
an excellent  business.  They  report  that 
mufflers  are  to  be  worn  freely  this  fall 
and  winter,  and  heavy  weaves,  with 
plenty  of  silk,  have  been  brought  out for 
warmth.

£ » » » » » € € « € € € £

Holiday
Goods

We  extend  a  very  cordial 
invitation  to  the  trade  to 
visit our  store, where will be 
found  one  of  the  prettiest 
lines of  Holiday Goods  ever 
shown in Western Michigan. 
Complete  in  every  respect. 
Will make liberal allowance 
for expense.

Grand  Rapids 
Stationery  Co.

39  North  Ionia  S t..

Orand  Rapids,  Mich.

15

Ellsworth  & Thayer  M’o’f’g  Co.

Milwaukee, Wis.

Manufacturers of

Great  Western  Fur and  Fur Lined  Cloth Coats 

The Good-Fit, Don’t-Bip Kind.

We want  agent  In  every  town.  Catalogue  and 

full particulars on application.

B. B. DOWNARD. General Salesman.

Lot 125 Apron Overall

$7.50 per doz

Lot  275  Overall  Coat

$7.75 per doz.
Made 
from  240  w o v e n  
stripe,  double cable,  indigo 
blue cotton cheviot, stitched 
in white with  ring  buttons

Lot 124 Apron Overall

$5.00 per doz.

Lot  274  Overall  Coat

$5.50 per doz.

Made  from 250 Otis woven 
stripe,  indigo blue suitings, 
stitched in white.

W e  use  no  extract  goods 
as they are tender  and will 
not wear.

T H E

Grand Rap/ds M/ch.

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G et  our  prices  and  try
our  work  when you need

Rubber  and 
Steel  Stamps 

Seals,  etc.

Send  for  C atalogue  and  see  what 

we  offer.

Detroit  Rubber Stamp Co.

99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit,  Mich.

BEAT
durable.
STRONG

A  P o s ta l  C a rd

Will  get you  prices  on  the 

best store stools  made.

BR YAN   PLO W   CO.,  Bryan,  Ohio 

Manufacturers

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back  those  shoes  to  the  manufacturer.

the 

If  the  manufacturer  desired  to  be  ar­
firm’s 
bitrary,  especially  where 
name 
is  stamped  on  goods,  he  could 
force  the  retail  merchant  to  take  the 
goods,  as  the  retailer  has  no  way  of 
proving  that  the  shoes  were  not  as  good 
as  samples. 
It  is  simply  a  case  of  one 
man's  word  against  another's,  but  along 
with  the  order  the  manufacturer  has  the 
signature  of  the  retail  dealer,which  will 
stand 
in  any  court of  law.—Shoe  Re­
tailer.

Ought to  Be  Satisfied.

“ I  never  have  any  doubt  about 
Henry's  affection  for  me,”   the  young 
bride  said  to her  father,  on  the  occasion 
of  the  first  visit  after  her  marriage, 
"but  I  sometimes  wish  he  were  a  little 
more  demonstrative.”
"D oes  he  ever  make  any  objection,”  
asked  the  old  gentleman,“ to  your keep­
ing  this  sore-eyed  poodle  in  the  bouse 
all  the  time?”

“ No.”
“ What  other  demonstration  do  you 

want?”

Overdone  heartiness  is nearly  as nasty 

as  underdone  mutton.

All parties  interested in

Automobiles

are requested to write us.

Shoes  and  Rubbers

Why  Retailers  Should  Not  R eturn  Shoes 

to  M anufacturers.

Some  time  ago  various  shoe  trade 
papers  in  the country took up the subject 
of  "Returned  Goods,”   and  threshed 
it 
out  pretty  thoroughly  in  their  columns. 
They  advanced  many  reasons  why  shoe 
retailers  should  not  return  shoes  to man­
ufacturers,  and proved  that  many  claims 
made  by  them  were 
indeed  unjust. 
They 
also  advised  manufacturers  to 
deal  with  such  cases  as  severely  as  pos­
sible  and  not  to  permit any impositions, 
such  as  they  were  being  subjected to,  to 
grow. 
They  also  advised  the  retail 
merchants  to  be  a  little  more  consider­
ate 
in  their  dealings  with  manufactur­
ers  and jobbers  and  to  desist  from  send­
ing  a  whole  case,  or  cases,  of  shoes  to 
the  factory  because  they  thought  one  or 
two  pairs  of  the  number  did  not  come 
up  to  sample.

Strange  to  say,  this  discussion  in  the 
papers  has  brought  about many  startling 
changes. 
It  doubtless  proved  to  many 
merchants  that  they  were  entirely wrong 
and  stopped  the  same  people  from  con­
tinuing  along  their old  lines  of  sending 
back  shoes,  just  to  let  manufacturers 
know  that  they  were 
living.  On  the 
other  hand,  many  shoe  dealers  who 
never  returned  a  case  of  gocds  in  their 
lives,  so  manufacturers  claim,  have  got­
ten  the  notion  into  their  heads  that  they 
have  been  "slow ”   and  have  not  taken 
advantage  of  the  manufacturer  as  they 
might  have  done.  With  this  in  mind 
manufacturers  ciaim  that  shoes  which 
should  never  have  been  returned  have 
been  sent  to  them  by  dealers  who,  in 
'  years  gone  by,  were  perfectly  satisfied 
with  much 
It  is 
rather  an  unusual  thing  to  imagine  that 
shoe  retailers  could  be  so  inconsiderate, 
but  in  one  or  two  cases  this  is  positive­
ly  a 
fact.  We  know  of  manufacturers 
who  have  been  making  shoes  for  cer­
tain  houses  for  years  and  years  without 
ever  having  one  pair  of  shoes  returned 
to  them  as  not  being  up  to  sample.  We 
know  of  another  instance  where  one  re­
tailer  sent  back  a  lot  of  seventeen cases, 
claiming  that  they  were  not  as  good  as 
they  should  be. 
It  was  quite  apparent 
after  examining  the  cases  that  sixteen 
of  them  had  never  been  opened,  and  as 
for  the  one  case  that  was  opened,  the 
shoes  in  it  were  equally  as  good  as  the 
samples  seen  in  the shoe  factory.

less  perfect  product. 

This  world 

is  rather  a  funny  world 
and  men  get  funny  notions.  This  is 
about  the  most  ridiculous  one  ever 
brought  to  our attention. 
It  is  a  cause 
for  wonderment  if  retail  merchants  real­
ize  what  they  are  doing  when  they  re­
turn  goods  in  this  manner.  Of  course, 
if  they  are  overbought  it  is  one  method 
of  getting  rid  of  a  lot  of  shoes  which 
they  rightfully  contracted  for  and  which 
on  account  of  overbuying  will  not  be 
sold  during  the  season;  but  at  the  same 
time  it  is  an undignified  and an  unbusi­
nesslike  method  and  makes  some  one 
else  suffer  for  their  own  mistakes.  The 
injury,  however,  is  the  one  they 
real 
do  themselves 
If  they 
send  back  their  goods  to  the  manufac­
leave  themselves  short  of 
turer  they 
shoes  which  the  trade 
is  continually 
calling  for.  They  can  not  expect  to 
have  their  orders  duplicated  in  three  or 
four  weeks,  especially  during  the  rush 
season,  and  by  the  time  their  goods  are 
made  up  they  will  find  they  have  lost 
many  sales  that  they  would  have  other­
wise  made  had  they  not  been  incon- 
istent  as  well  as  inconsiderate  and  sent

in  the  future. 

Rush

Your  Orders

in now  for  H o o d  and  O ld 
Colony  R u b b e r s.  You 
will  soon need  them and  we 
can take  good  care  of  you 
now.
Either mail them  or  drop 
us a card  and  we  will  have 
our  salesman  call  on  you 
soon.

We are the  main  push on 
the above goods for this part 
of  the country.

The  L. A. Dudley Rubber Co. 

Battle  Creek, Mich.

Embrace  every  feature 
of  Style,  Grace,  Beauty 
and Durability; they wear 
well, look well.

The  dealer  who  will 
put in our  line  of  Ladies' 

i 
*  

Shoes w ill do well. 
Write us about it.

F.  MAYER

BOOT &  SHOE CO. 

Milwaukee

Wis.

We are territorial agents for the Oldsmo- 
bile.  Knox,  Wintonand  White; also have 
some good bargains in second-hand autos.

B R A  
¡ W r y  

Adam s  &  Hart,

■ a  W .  Bridge St. 

Grand  Rapids

A   S afe  P lace 
fo r you r mone±
No matter where you live 
you can  keep  your  money 
safe in our  bank,  and  you 
can  g e t  it
immediately  an d   easily 
when you want to use it.
Any person living with­
in  the  reach  of  a  Post 
Office  or  Express  Office 
can deposit  money  with 
us without risk or trouble.
Our  financial  responsi­
bility is
$ 1, 9 6 0 ,0 0 0
There  is  no  safer  bank 
than ours.  Money intrust­
ed to us is absolutely secure 
and draws

3%  in te re s t
Your dealings with us are 
perfectly  confidential.
“ Banking b y  M ail”
is the name of an  interest­
ing book we publish which 
tells  how  anyone  can  do 
their  banking  with  us  by 
mail; how to send money or 
make deposits by  mail; 
and  important  things 
persons  should  know 
who want to keep their 
money  safe  and  well 
invested. 
It  will  be 
sent free upon request.
O ld N atio n al 

Bank,

Grand  Rapid»,  Mich.

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No  T im e  L ike  th e

P resen t

T h e  w eather  conditions  of 
the  fall  are  particularly  hard
on  footwear.

You  cannot  appreciate  the 
sterling  w earing  qualities  of 
this  shoe  until  you  subject  it  to
a  severe  test.

W e  suggest  you  send  for  a
few   pairs. 
T h e ir  du rab ility
w ill  create  a  dem and  that  w ill 
be  profitable  to  satisfy.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,
Logie  &  Co.,  Ltd.,

Grand  Rapids,  filch.

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IT

A   T e s t  Case

The Michigan Tradesman  claims it reaches more good dealers  in  Michigan  and  Indiana than any other trade journal in the country. 
To test the truth  of this assertion we will sell  (if you will  mail the orders direct  to  us  and  mention  the  Michigan  Tradesman), 
four shoes cheaper than any other factory in the  West.  Order our numbers:

225  Men’s  Kangaroo Calf, 6 inch top, full  double sole and tap bals, 
$1.75
225^  Men’s  Kangaroo Calf, 6 inch top, full  double sole and tap blucher,  1.75
226  Men’s  Kangaroo Calf, 9 inch top, full double sole and tap bals, 
2.00
226^  Men’s Kangaroo Calf, 9 inch top, full double sole and  tap blucher,  2.00

These shoes are cut out of Albert Trostle &  Son's  Kangaroo  Calf  and  made  in  our  Northville  factory. 
stamped on the sole of  each shoe and  “ Rodgers  Means  Reliable  ”  Order to-day.

“ Rodgers"  is 

The  Rodgers  Shoe  Company

Stock  No.  225 

Price $1.75

Show  Cases  as  an  Assistant  in  Showing 

Novelties.

Too  much  importance  can  not  be  at­
tributed  to  the  value  of  show-cases  as 
trade-bringers  and  assistants  to  clerks 
in  the  shoe  store  or department.  Show­
cases  also  have  another  use—that  of 
setting  the  store  off  to  advantage.  Very 
often  a  shoe  store  or  department  which 
looks  bare  and incomplete  is made  more 
than  ordinarily  attractive  by  the  addi­
tion  of  a  show-case.

Many  of  the 

large  departments  use 
show-cases  to  exhibit  not  only  their 
leaders,  but  also  to  show  specialties  to 
the  consumers  to  advantage—perishable 
novelties 
in  the  way  of  colored  slip­
pers,  lace  ornates,  suede  or  Persian  calf 
oxfords  and  reception  shoes,  which  do 
not  show  well  except  when  formed  up 
and  exhibited  in  the  show  cases  seen 
in  the  departments.

Past  experience  has  proved  that to 
lifting 
handle  this  class  of  footwear, 
in  and  out  of  the  cartons,  takes 
them 
the  surface  off  the  kid  or  soils  the 
lace 
or  ooze  calf.  All  of  this  is  obviated  by 
the  use  of  the show  case.  Here  the cus­
tomer  can  see  the  shoe  or  slipper  to 
advantage  without  its  being  bandied  by 
either  the  clerk  or the  customer.

Outdoor show-cases  are  considered  by 
some  shoe  men  of  more  value  as  an  ad­
vertising  medium  than  their  show-win­
dows. 
If  the  merchant  uses  his  cases 
to  advantage,  the  ’ ’ transient”   begins  to 
watch  these  cases  for  special  leaders, 
and 
in  this  way  many  sales  are  made 
which  would  not  otherwise  be  made. 
Outdoor  show-cases  if  not  properly  used 
can  be  made  an  actual  detriment  to 
one’s  business.

Shoe  men  who  put  out  their  cases 
without  any  regard  to  their  appearance 
very  often  disgust  the  prospective  cus­
tomers,  and 
those  who  would  have 
otherwise  made  their  purchases  at  this 
store  pass 
it  by  and  seek  some  store 
where  the  surroundings  are  more  invit­
ing. 
If  outdoor  show-cases  are  used, 
avoid  overcrowding  of  same.  Taboo  all 
styles  of  cards  which you would  not  con­
sider  good  enough  for  the  show-win­
dows. 
If  cards  are  to  be  used,  make 
them  neat  and  distinctive.

Do  not crowd  the  cases.  If  your  cases 
have  shelves  in  them,  see  that  only  one 
style  of  shoe 
is  placed  on  each  shelf. 
Make  the  exhibit  of  but  a  few  pairs  so 
that  prospective  customers  can  compre­
hend  exactly  what  "specials”   you  have 
to  offer.

See  that  each  pair of  shoes is  properly 
formed  up.  Shoes  shown 
in  this  way 
are  to  all  appearances  worth  200  per 
cent,  more  than  those  shown  without 
forms.

Do  not  use  a  show-case  which  is  not

as  attractive  as  your  window  front.  A 
poor  looking  show-case  is a  positive det­
riment  to  business.  A  good  rule 
in 
every  connection  is  to  taboo  everything 
which  has  the  appearance  of  cheapness. 
Do  not  use  a  case  with  window  glass 
sides.  Get  a  good  glass  case,  one  which 
will  show  your  shoes  to  advantage.

firm  believer 

P redicts  a Dem and  F o r B etter Goods.
"Y e s, 

I  know  the  medium-priced 
shoe  stores  are  multiplying,”   said  a 
Western  dealer,  in  discussing  features 
of  the  shoe  trade  of  to-day,  "but  1  am 
a 
in  the  return  of  the 
higher-priced  shoe.  Of  course,  not  so 
in  demand  as  formerly,  but  I  be­
great 
lieve  that  the  day 
is  not  far  distant 
when  a  store  handling exclusively men's 
85  shoes  will  come  and  be  a  success. 
It  was  but  a  few  years  ago  that  the gen­
eral  run  of trade  in fine  goods  was  on  $5 
shoes.  Then  came  the  advent  of  the 
S3.50,  until  now  we  have  scores  of  one- 
priced  shoes,  either  bandied  exclusive­
ly  or as  a  leader.  There  are  as  many 
people  now  as  formerly  able  to  pay  $5 
for  their  shoes  and  many  want  some­
thing  better  than  the 83.5c grade of foot­
wear.  Such  being  the  case  l  believe 
the  85  shoe  will  return.  A  dealer  can 
fewer,  since  the profit  is 
afford  to  sell 
is  a  question  if  more 
greater,  and 
it 
S3.50  shoes  are  sold, 
in  proportion, 
which  is  necessary  to  make  up  the  cost 
of  handling  at  a  closer  margin  of  profit. 
Now  we  see  83  and  82.50  shoes  coming 
in,  but  I  think  that  is  drawing  it  too 
fine  for  a  stylish,  serviceable  man's 
shoe.  Yet,  I  think  a  success  could  be 
made  of  a  higher-priced  men's  shoe 
store,  and  more  ptofit  on  the  business 
realized. ”

The  Solace  of Solitaire.

"Solitaire  as  a  nerve  soother  ranks 
with  men 
just  as  knitting  does  with  a 
woman,”   said  T.  O.  Woodbury,  of  Cin­
cinnati.

"There 

is  nothing  in  the  world  that 
calms  the  troubled  human  soul  as  a 
game  of  solitaire,  played  all  by  one’s 
lonesome.  It  has  a  solacing  power that 
the  great  Napoleon  admitted,  and 
in 
is  conceded  by  that  Napoleon 
this  day 
of  finance, 
is  said 
there  are  eighty-two  separate  and  dis­
tinct  forms  of  the  game,  and  no  doubt 
new  varieties  will  be  added  from  time 
to  time.

J.  P.  Morgan. 

"One  of  the  best-loved  of  solitaires  is 
‘ seven,’  and  ri­
known  as  the  game  of 
13 ,’  otherwise  styled  the 
vals  No. 
‘ idiot’s  delight.’  A  far  more 
intricate 
solitaire  that  has  lately  come 
in  vogue 
is  termed  ‘ Miss  Mulligan;*  it  is  played 
with  two  decks  of  cards,  and  the  man 
who  can  make  it  is  a  genius.  In  fact,  it 
is  far  too  complicated  to  ever  become 
popular.”

It 

Toledo,  Ohio

Factory  at  Northville,  Mich.

Men’s Work Shoes

Snedicor & 
Hathaway 
Line

No.  743. 

Kangaroo  Calf. 
Bal.  Bellow’s Tongue.  %.  D. 
S.  Standard Screw.  81-75- 

Carried  in sizes 6 to  12.

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.

Grand  Rapids

Hard Pan Shoes

When in need of a  shoe for boy or man,

That  will  wear longest in all kinds of weather,
Ask for  “ Herold-Bertsch’s  Famous  Hard Pan,”

The  greatest  Shoe  made  out of leather.

Wear  Like  Iron

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Every 

General 
Merchant

Can  sell  Canvas gloves—gloves  that can  be  sold 
at  ten  cents  per  pair. 
Seventy-five  cents  per 
dozen  is  the  price  and  we have a big  stock.  We 
also  carry  a  good  line  of  Wool  and  Leather 
gloves and  mittens  from  ninety  cents  to  twenty- 
four dollars  per  dozen. 
If  you  cannot  wait  for 
salesman  give  us an  idea of  the  grade  you  want.
We  will  try  to  satisfy  you.

Grand Rapids 
Dry  Goods  Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Exclusively Wholesale 

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Have in stock at all times a full range of

Staple and  Fancy Linings

and are now offering

3 Attractions

Their “ Special” Silesia at 7 cents

Their fine Moire  Percaline at q%  cents

The “ K K ” Silesia at 9 lA  cents 

Samples mailed cheerfully.

Dry Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple Cottons—Domestic cottons have 
shown  no  special  change  this  week. 
The  demand 
in  all  departments  has 
been  of  an  ordinary  character,  such  as 
has  characterized  the  market  for  some 
little  time.  Exporters  are  making  a 
good  many  bids,  but  there  are  very  few 
purchases  made. 
The  heavy  brown 
goods  market  continues firm, lightweight 
sheetings  are  also  firm  and printed drills 
are  pretty  well  sold  up.  Ducks  show  a 
quiet  market,  but  very  firm,  and  brown 
osnaburgs  are  without change.  Bleached 
muslins  are  being  bought  in  fair  quan­
tities,and  it  is  easy  to  obtain  full  prices 
for  them.  Bleached  cambrics  are  steady 
and  firm.  Wide  sheetings  have  found 
limited  business,  but  made-up  goods 
a 
are  in  full  demand  and  prices  firm. 
In 
coarse  colored  cottons,  denims  show  a 
fair trading,  but  supplies  are  very  small 
for  immediate  delivery.  Ticks  are  fair­
ly  steady,  although  there  are  said  to  be 
good  supplies  of  some  of  the low grades. 
Plaids,  cheviots,  checks,  etc.,  are  firm 
and  with  a  good  demand.

Prints  and  Ginghams—Printed  cali­
coes  have  shown  a  fair  amount  of  busi­
ness  for  the  past  week.  The  reorder 
business  for  both 
fancies  and  staples 
for  the  fall  trade,  however,  has  been 
moderate.  Prices  are  maintained 
fairly 
well  and  stocks  have  been  reduced  to  a 
good  condition. 
In  this  department 
buyers  seem  pretty  willing  to  place  or­
ders  for  spring  deliveries,  but  sellers 
are,  as  a  rule,  not  at  all  anxious  to  ac­
cept  these  propositions.  Fine  printed 
specialties  are  firm  and  the  spring  pro­
duction  is  pretty  well  sold  up.  Printed 
flannelettes  are  scarce  in  desirable  lines 
and  the  market  is  very  firm.  Percales 
are  quiet  and  show  no  change.  Ging­
hams  are  hard  to  obtain,  the  demand 
running  ahead  of  the  supply  for both 
staple  and  dress  styles,  and  prices  show 
an  upward  tendency 
in  some  of  the 
lower  grades  of  staples.

Wool  Dress  Goods—There  is  a  fairly 
active  business  under  way  on  both  light 
and  heavyweight  dress  goods.  Dress 
goods  looms  are  generally  well  engaged 
and  not  a  few  mills have  sufficient  busi­
ness  between  the  fall  and  spring  orders 
in  hand  to  keep  them  fully  engaged 
for 
some  months.  A  substantial  volume  of 
spring  business  has  been  secured. 
In 
some  quarters  this  is more apparent than 
in  others,  of  course.  The  initial  spring 
business 
is  not  conceded  to  be  all  in 
hand,  however.  There are  a  good  num­
ber  of  buyers  who  are  understood  to 
have  considerable  buying  yet  to  do, 
and  manufacturers  who  have  not  yet  got 
to  the  point  in  the  selling  of  their  lines 
where  they  can  regard  their accomplish­
ment  with  complacency  are  building 
hopefully  on  the  business  that  remains 
in  a 
to  come  forward  to  place  them 
much  better  position. 
It  is  expected 
that  during  the  next  few  weeks  a  con­
siderable  volume  of  business  will  be 
added  to  that  already 
in  hand.  The 
business  that  has  come  forward  during 
the  week  has  run  to  staple  goods  and 
such  fancies  as  are  but  a  step  removed 
from  plain  goods. 
In  out  and  out  fancy 
goods  in  large  effects  and  striking  color 
combinations  there  has  not been  much 
evidence  of  interest.

Underwear—While  there  are  a  good 
many buyers to be found in the knit goods 
market,  there  is  very  little  actual  trad­
ing  accomplished.  Most  of  them  seem 
to  devote  their  time  to  pushing  the 
manufacturers'  agents  for  goods  already

under contract.  Some  are  making  en­
quiries  in  regard  to  the  coming  season, 
but  their greatest  anxiety  seems to  be  to 
obtain  goods  for  the  present  season. 
This  matter of  deliveries  is  becoming  a 
serious  one,  because  the  buyers,  as  a 
tule,  have 
very  small  stocks  carried 
over,  some  of  them  none  at  all,  and  un­
less 
they  can  obtain  their  quota  of 
goods,  it  will  leave  them  in  a  very  diffi­
cult  and  not  altogether  enviable  posi­
tion.  Some  of  the  agents  are  taking  a 
very 
independent  stand  in  this  matter, 
claiming  that  it  is  the buyer's  own  fault 
because  he  did  not  place  his  orders  at 
the  time  he  should  have  done  so.  What 
the  outcome  of  this  will  be  it  is  bard  to 
say,  but  the  mills  are  working  up  to  the 
limit 
to  make  deliveries  and  there 
seems  to  be  no  relief  in  sight  from  the 
present  condition.  Higher  prices  are 
obtained  for duplicates,  but  this  seems 
to  have  no  effect  on  the  demand.  Most 
of  this  business  is  from  a  distance,  the 
local  buyers  having  obtained their goods 
and  needing  very  little  more.  Retailers 
are  waiting  to  use  up  a  reasonable  por­
tion  of  their  present  stocks'  before  ap­
plying  to  the  jobbers  for  more  and  until 
they  do,  the  local  jobbers  will  not  again 
be 
is  a  great 
deal  of  interest  manifested  in  the  pros­
pect  for fleeces  for the  next  season.  Just 
when  the  season  will  open  is  very  un­
certain,  although  rumors  are  circulated 
in  the  market  to  the  effect  that  some 
salesmen  are  already  out  with  their  new 
samples. 
is  realized  very  generally 
that  this  is  far  too  early  to  show  them, 
but  if  such  an  act  has  taken  place,  it 
is  only  following  out the  style  of  busi­
ness  done  last  season.  Every  one  in  the 
business  knows  how,  after  it  had  been 
decided  not  to  open  until  in  December, 
practically  every  salesman  was  on  the 
road  early 
in  November  and  some  in 
October.  Certainly this  is  not conducive 
to  higher  prices  nor  will 
it  assist  in 
maintaining  the  strength  in  the  market, 
but,  on  the  contrary,  is  bound  to  have 
an  adverse  effect  and  no matter bow well 
the  market  is  situated  at  present  it  will 
be  weakened  by  any  action  of this kind. 
Those  who  take  a common sense  view  of 
the  matter  say  that  they  are  willing  to 
let  their  competitors  take  the  lead  and 
send  their  men  out.  Let  them  test  the 
market  and  know 
just  wbat  is  doing. 
These  men  predict  that  there  will  be 
very  little  in  the  way  of business  for the

in  the  market.  There 

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first  month  and  do  not  think  that  there 
will  be  much 
inducement  for  them  to 
buy  on  the  present  basis.

Hosiery—A  few  buyers  of  hosiery  are  ' 
seen 
in  town,  but  most  of  them  have 
completed  their  purchases  for  spring; 
therefore  the  market  is  likely  to  remain 
in  a  quiet  state  for  some  little  time. 
It 
is  undoubtedly  a  fact  that  there  is  con­
siderable  business  to  come  which  will 
probably  extend  over  the  next  two 
months  and  before  that  time  duplicate 
business  will  be  due.

is  what 

large  obligations 

Carpets—The  carpet  season  is  too  far 
advanced  for  manufacturers  to  take  on 
any 
in  tbe  way  of 
business,  and  many  are  not  taking  any, 
whether  small  or  large.  The  manufac­
turing  end  of  the  market  can  be  well 
defined  as  a  “ clearing  up  business." 
All  orders  left  on  the  books  are  being 
filled  as  quickly  as  possible,  so  as  to 
give  ample  time  and  a  clear  sway  for 
the 
immediate  business  following  the 
opening  of  the  spring  goods.  Design­
ers  are  practically  through  with  getting 
out  tbe 
initial  designs,  many  of  which 
have  been  run  off on  tbe  loom  to  the  ex­
tent  of  a  few  rolls  for opening purposes. 
The  question  of  prices  for  the  next  sea­
son 
is  occupying  much  of  the 
attention  of  the  trade  these  days.  All 
arguments  point  strongly  to  consider­
ably  higher  prices  than  those  received 
on  the  spring  business. 
It  is  evident 
that  the  opening  figures  will  show  an 
advance,  but  not  sucb  a 
large  one  as 
some  predict.  Some  consideration  must 
be  taken  of  the  demand  and  its  likeli­
hood  of  decreasing  should  prices  be 
quoted  beyond  a  certain  point.  With 
the  course  pursued  by  a  certain 
large 
New  York  factor  in  the  situation during 
the  past  few  years,  there  need  be 
little 
sleep 
lost  on  the  part  of  the  public  in 
regard  to  prices  advancing  more  than 
they  should.  Last  season 
it  was  said 
that  this  factor  was  the  means  of  the 
manufacturers  not  getting  their  price. 
The  scacity  of  coal is having  keen  effect 
upon  the  numerous  owners  of  the  car­
pet  and  yarn  mills  all  over  tbe  country. 
In  Philadelphia 
particularly,  where 
nearly  all  the  ingrain  carpets  made  in 
this  country  are  produced,  workers  are 
threatened  with  a  complete  shutdown. 
Some  mills  have  scarcely  a  supply  of 
three  days'  duration  ahead  at  any  time, 
while  others  have  from  a  week  to  two 
weeks’  supply.  Coal  has  become  such 
valuable  property that some  manufactur­
ers  have  deemed  it  prudent  enough  to 
place  a  guard  on  the  coal  pile  during 
the  night  time.  Tbe  yarn  mills  are 
in 
the  same  position.  With  a  shutdown  in 
this  branch  of  tbe  business,  the  supply 
of  yarn, which  is  particularly  short  now, 
will  not  be  large  enough  to  keep  those 
with  a  good  coal  supply  running.  No 
shutdown  has  yet  come  to  our  notice, 
but  if  the  situation  does  not  show a  turn 
for  the  better  before  another  week,  it 
would  not  be  surprising  to  find  quite  a 
number of  mills  idle.

Rugs—The  rug  manufacturing  busi­
ness  continues  on the  boom.  Everything 
in  rugs  sells  well.  Materials  are  higher, 
but  prices  as  yet  remain  unchanged. 
Jute  yarns  are  up  one-half  cent  above 
the  prices  of  two  weeks  ago.  Large 
9x12  Brussels,  Axminsters  and  velvet 
rugs  beginning  at  $30  to  $35  are  in 
larger  demand  than  tbe  supply  will  ad­
mit.  Mills  have  orders 
lor  these  that 
will  take  some weeks  to fill.

The A nnual  Clean  Up.

Crawford—What  makes  you  think  his 
wife  is  coming  home  from  the  country 
to  morrow?

Grabsbaw—There  was  a  barrel  of 
empty  bottles  in  front  of  bis  house  to­
day.

No  Such  Thing as  Dreamless Sleep.
Many  persons  congratulate themselves 
when  waking 
in  the  morning  on  hav­
ing  slept  a  sleep  entirely  free  from 
dreams.  In  fact,tbe  expression  “ dream­
less  sleep”   has  become  a  stock  phrase 
which  we  all  use  to  describe  the  most 
refreshing  kind  of  slumber.  Sir  Arthur 
Mitchell,  however,  an  eminent  British 
investigator,  agrees  with  perhaps  the 
majority  of  medical  authorities  that 
there 
is  absolutely  no  such  thing  as 
dreamless  sleep.  A  writer  in  the  British 
Medical  Journal  sums  up  the  matters  in 
part  as  follows:

In  a 

Many  persons  when  awakened 

from 
sleep  assert  very  positively  that  they 
have  not  been  dreaming,  and  yet  later 
on  remember  that  they  have  done  so, 
after  all. 
large  number of  cases 
such  people  may  never  be  able  to  re­
member at  all.  The absence  of  a  know)- 
egde  of  having  dreamed  furnishes  no 
proof  that  dreams  have  not  taken  place. 
The  watcher  by  the  bedside  of  a  sleep- 
j ing  person  may  have  what  he  regards  as 
satisfactory  evidence  that  the  person 
is 
dreaming,  yet  that  person  when  the 
sleep  ends  may  feel  quite  positive  that 
dreams  have  not  taken  place. 
In  the 
direct  support  to  his  theory  the  author 
can  not  be  said  to  be  very  convincing, 
nor  from  the  nature  of  his  subject  is 
it 
possible  that  be  could  be.  Several  res­
olute  observers  had  for a  considerable 
time  scarcely  ever  failed  to ask  them­
selves  immediately  on  wakening  if  they 
had  dreamed  or  not,  and  they  nearly  al­
ways  got  a satisfying affirmative answer. 
In  many  sucb  cases  the  details  of  the 
dreams  were  completely  gone,  but  they 
knew  that  a  dream  had  occurred. 
If, 
then,  these  mental  processes  continue 
both  during  sleep  and  while  awake,  it 
might  naturally  be  supposed  that the 
brain  would  become  worn  out.  Such 
dreaming  or  “ sleep  thinking,”   how­
ever,  according  to  the  authority is  not to 
be  considered  as  affording  no  rest.  On 
the  withdrawal  of 
the  contrary,  by 
form  of 
“ will”   during 
sleep  this 
thought 
free  to 
sport, 
refreshment 
actually  comes  from  the  change,  not 
weariness.  Similarly,  delirium  is  mere­
ly  another  form  of  this  thinking  with­
out  the  control  of  the  will.  Further,  on 
such  an  hypothesis  a  reason  might  per­
haps  be  found  to  explain  why  raving 
may  go  on  for  a  considerable  period 
without  ordinary  sleep.  Some  persons, 
again,  are  never  really  wide  awake, 
and  their  thinking  is  normally  of  this 
disordered  character.  Into  this  class  Sir 
Arthur  Mitchell  would  even  place  the 
man  in  a  “ brown  study.”

is,  so  to  speak,  left 
and  accordingly 

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Sensible  Advice  on  the  Selection  of  a 

Wife.

Woman 

is  the  one  conundrum  of  the 
world  that  man  has  given  up  as  unsolv- 
able  and  ceased  trying  to  guess.  After 
centuries  of  deep  philosophizing  that 
amounted  to  nothing  and  generalizing 
that  always  reached  a  wrong conclusion, 
he  has  frankly  admitted  her  to  be  a 
mystery  beyond  him,  and  lets  it  go at 
that.  He  has  measured  the  distance  to 
the  stars,  harnessed  electricity  to  the 
plow,  wrested  from  nature  the  secret  of 
life  and  death,  but  no  man  has  ever 
been  able  to  discover  why a  woman  gets 
off  of  a  street  car  backwards,  and  is 
generally  wrong  when  she  reasons,  and 
right  when  she  acts  on  her  hunches.

It  is  this  inability to  comprehend  the 
feminine  mind  and  character that makes 
men  pure  fatalists  in  marriage.  They 
argue,  in  effect,  that  they  do  not  under­
stand  women  anyhow  and  that  no  man 
can  tell  what  he  is  getting  in.a  wife, 
and  so  they  shut  their  eyes  and  make  a 
blind  choice  on  the  church  grab-bag 
principle.

It 

to  know 

is  true,  of  course,  that  the  average 
man  and  woman  do  have  precious  little 
each  other  before 
chance 
marriage,  because  during 
courtship 
both  parties  are  on  their  best  behavior 
and  have  on  their  company  clothes  and 
society  manners.  Many  a  wedding 
would  be  called  off  if  the  man  should 
get  an 
inkling  that  the  dainty  little 
fluffy-headed  darling,  whose  sweet  wil­
fulness  he  admires  so  much,  was,  in 
reality,  a  thing  of  slovenly  curl  papers 
and  wrappers,  with  a  disposition  like  a 
balky  mule.  Unfortunately,  he  does  not 
find  this  out  until  the  knowledge  is  too 
late  to  do  him  any  good,  and  when  he 
does,  he  generally  accepts  the  result 
with  philosophical  fortitude  as  one  of 
the  accidents  of  matrimony  that  nobody 
could  have  foreseen  or  guarded  against.
is  a  mistake.  Women  ate  not 
nearly  so  inscrutible  as  they  are  repre­
if  a  man  would  only  take 
sented,  and 
half  as  much  trouble 
in  studying  the 
character  of  the  woman  be  is  going  to 
marry  as  he  does  the  man  be  is  going 
into  business  with,  he  would 
save 
them  both  much  domestic  unhappiness 
and  many  a  curtain 
lecture.  Straws 
show  which  way  the  wind  blows,  and 
there  are  certain 
lines  in  a  woman's 
face  that,  be  she  ever  so  artful,  are 
pointers  that  are  dead  give-aways  of 
her  disposition.

This 

Take  the  matter  of  temper,  for  in­
stance.  The one  thing  on  earth  of  which 
every  man  stands  in  mortal  terror  is  a 
woman's  temper.  There  is  an  old  story 
of  an  intrepid  lion-tamer  who  was found 
once  hidden,  trembling, 
in  a  cage  of 
ferocious  beats,  while  his  tiny  mite  of 
a  red-headed  wife  stood  on  the  outside 
and  shrieked:  “ Come  out  of  there,  you 
coward,  while  I  give  you  a  piece  of  my 
mind,”   and  the  man  did  not  dare  leave 
his  retreat. 
In  a  way  that  is  fairly  rep­
resentative  of  the  masculine  attitude.  , 
Many  a  man  who  has  had  a forlorn hope 
on  the  battle  field  and  faced  the  can­
non's  mouth  without  flinching  or who 
has  had  the  courage  to  stand  alone  and 
fight  for  an  unpopular  cause  feels  his 
knees  smite  together  in  terror as be puts 
bis  key  in  his  own  front  door and  pulls 
off  his  shoes  and  sneaks  up  the  back 
stairs, cowering  with  fear  at  every  step, 
on  lodge  nights.  With  a  man  be  can 
fight,  but  before  the  storm  of  a woman's 
wrath  he  is  abjectly  helpless  and  brow­
beaten.

No  man  in  his  senses  ever voluntarily

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and  of  set  purpose  marries  a  high-tem­
pered  woman,  and  the  question  thus 
arises,  how  is  be  to know  a  shrew  be­
fore  he  has  a  taste  of  her  tongue?  A 
woman will  answer  by  her face.  Temper 
is  like  the  tide. 
It  ebbs  and  flows,  but 
every  surging  wave  leaves  its  mark,  and 
the  record  of  a  woman’s  disposition  is 
written  on  her  countenance  for all  the 
world  to  read.  The  flashing  eye,  the 
quivering  nostril,  the  tell-tale  mouth, 
are  all  there  for a  man  to see,  and  it  is 
his own  stupidity if  be  does  not  take  the 
warning  they  give  him.

If  it 

If  a  man  thinks  of  marrying a woman, 
the  first  thing  he  should  take  into  con­
sideration  is  her  mouth—and  be  should 
not  limit  his  observation,  either,  to  the 
fact  as  to whether  it  is  a Cupid's  bow  or 
not. 
is  a  straight,  thin-lipped 
mouth,  he  should  know  she  is  a  woman 
of  strong  character,  intelligence,  deter­
and  ability,  and  then  he 
mination 
into  an  executive  session  to 
should  go 
try  to  ascertain 
if  he  has  amiability 
enough  for two. 
If he  has,  if  he is  easy­
going  and  does  not  mind  curtain  lec­
tures  and 
is  willing  to  be  bossed,  the 
thin-lipped  woman  makes  a  good  wife. 
But  he  may  depend  upon  it  that  she  has 
a  pretty  temper  of  her  own  and  a 
double-action  tongue  hung  in  the  mid­
dle.  On  the  other  band,  her  virtues  are 
many,  for  she  is  nearly  always  nervous­
ly 
industrious,  a  good  manager  and  a 
notable  housewife.

If 

the  thin-lipped  woman’s  mouth 
drops  at  the  corners,  beware  of  her,  for 
she  is  the  woman  with  a  smouldering 
temper,  who  nurses  her  wrath  to  keep  it 
warm  and  who  will  stick  pins  in  herself 
to  keep  awake  in  order  to  tell  a  man  at 
3  a.  m.  precisely  what  she  thinks  of 
him.  This  type  of  woman  is  the  con­
stitutional  nagger,  and  better  is  it  that 
a  man  should  die  of  blighted  love  than 
to  marry  her.  With  age  she  drops  into 
a  state  of  hypochondriacal  querulous­
ness.  The  pictures  of  all  the  female 
martyrs  have  this  kind  of  a  mouth,  and 
while  theoretically  we  all  admire  and 
reverence  them,  most  of  us  prefer  not 
to  live  in  the  bouse  with  a  saint.

If  the  thin-lipped  woman’s  mouth  has 
a 
little  bunch  of  fine  wrinkles  that  run 
up  to  the  corner  of  her  nose,  flee  for 
your  life  to  a  place  of  safety,  for  she  is 
a  sarcastic,  and  her  words  are  scourges 
that  flay  you  without  pity.  She  is  a 
woman  who  bolds  her  husband's  faults 
up  to  ridicule  and  makes  him  look  like 
a  fool 
in  the  eyes  of  strangers  in  order 
that  she  may  show  off  her  wit.  A 
woman  without  sense  of  humor  may  he 
a  bore,  but  a  sarcastically  funny  one 
is 
one  whose  tongue  raises  a  blister  wher­
ever  it  touches.

Only  two  types  of  men  should  ven­
ture  on  matrimony with  the  woman  with 
over-full  red 
lips—the  man  who  is  as 
placid  and  as  unemotional  as  a  bowl  of 
bread  and  milk  and  the  man  who  is 
brute  enough  to  control  her  even  if  be 
has  to  break  her  neck  to  do  it.  Such  a 
woman 
irresistibly  fascinating  and 
correspondingly  dangerous.  She  loves 
passionately  and 
is  willing  to  die  for 
her  husband,  but  the  one  thing  that  is 
totally  beyond  her  is  to  live  for  him 
in 
such  a  way  as  to  make  him  happy.

is 

Her  temper  is  hung  on  a  hair-trigger 
and  ready  to  explode  at  any  minute. 
She  “ flies  off”   and  says  things  that 
wound  and  hurt and that she expects you 
to  excuse  because  you  know  she  was 
angry  and  did not mean them.  The thin­
lipped  woman  will  cherish  a  grudge 
and  sulk  over  it  for  twenty  years.  The 
full-lipped  woman  sometimes  kills,  in 
jealous  fury,  the  thing  she  loves,  and

The finest artificial light in the world.  Hang or stand tnem  anywhere.  One lamp 
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Bartlett  and  S.  Ionia St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich,

Also made with Metal Legs, or with Tennessee Marble Base. 

SU N D R IE S  C A S E .
Cigar Cases to  match.

A Business Hint

A  suggested  need  often  repeated  creates  the 

want that sends  the  purchaser to the  store.

Every  dealer  should  have  his  share  of  the 
profit  that  reverts  from  the  enormous  amount 
of  money  expended  by  the  National  Biscuit 
Com pany in  keeping  their  products  constantly 
before  the  eyes  of the  public.

These  goods  become  the  actual  needs  that 
send  a  steady  stream  of  trade to the  stores that 
sell  them.

People  have  become  educated  to  buying 
biscuit and  crackers in the In-er-seal  Package—  
and  one  success  has  followed  the  other  from 
the  famous  Uneeda  Biscuit  to  the  latest  widely 
advertised  specialty.

Each  new product  as  it  is  announced  to  the 
public  serves  as  a  stimulant  to  business  and 
acts  as a drawing  card  that  brings  more  custo­
mers to the store than any plan you could devise.
A  well  stocked  line of National  Biscuit goods 
is a business policy that it is not well to overlook.

then  weeps  passionate  tears  of  devotion 
over  it.

The  choice  between  them  is  a  matter 
of  taste.  The  preferred  risk 
is  the 
woman  whose  mouth  may  defy  every 
line  of  classic  beauty,  but  that 
is 
wreathed  about  with  smiles.  She  is  the 
woman  whose  even  nerves  are not  jarred 
by  every  turn  of  the  wheel of fate,  whose 
calm  and  equable  temperament  will  ad­
itself  to  every  condition,  who  sees 
just 
good 
in  her  fellow  man,  beauty  in  the 
world,  love 
in  her  home,  and  who  will 
make  the  sunshine  of  her  husband's 
life.

Another  thing  is  that,  no  matter  how 
much  men  may  write  and  talk  of women 
being  angels,  every  man  looks  forward 
to  finding  a  helpful  business  partner 
in 
his  wife.  He  wants  some  one  who  will 
spend  the  money  he  makes  judiciously, 
who  will  keep  a  clean  and  well-ordered 
home  and  be  a  confidante  to  whom  be 
can  go  with  his  financial  worries,  secure 
of  getting  comprehension and  sympathy 
and  wise  counsel.  Every  man  who  fails 
to  get  this—who  finds  that  his  wife  is  a 
brainless  doll,  merely  to  be  petted  and 
dressed  up,  or a  spendthrift  who  wastes 
his  substance—realizes  he  has  made  a 
terrible  mistake  in  the  choice  of  a  wife 
and  curses  bis  luck  in  drawing  a  blank 
instead  of  a  prize  in  the  matrimonial 
lottery.

He  should  blame  his  own  lack  of  dis­
cernment,  instead,  for  the  signs  of  what 
sort  of  a  wife  a  girl  will  make  are  so 
plain  that  a  blind  man  might  see  them 
and  know.  Cuvier,  it 
is  said,  could 
construct  a  whole  animal  from  a  single 
bone,  and  every  man  ought to  be  able  to 
estimate 
from  a  woman's  pin  just  ex­
actly  what  sort  of  a  housekeeper  and 
wife  she  will  be.
The  girl  who 

is  never  ready  to  see 
callers  will  make  a  curl  paper  and 
wrapper  woman  who  wears  down-at  tbe- 
beel  slippers  and  never  sweeps  under 
the  bed.  She  is  not  intrinsically  neat. 
The  woman  whose  skirt  sags  down  in 
the  back  under  her  belt  and  whose  shirt 
waist  always  bags  in  the  rear  is  a  slap­
dash  woman  who  never  takes  time  to  do 
anything  properly.  Her  table  may  be 
well  supplied,  but  the  dishes  will  be  bit 
or  miss,and  nothing  will  be  done  order­
ly  or on  time  in  her  house.

Any  girl  who  wears  dirty  finery  lacks 
refinement.  One  whose 
clothes  are 
pinned  where  they  ought  to  be  sewed  is 
a  sloven  and  wasteful  to  boot.  The  poor 
girl  who  dresses  beyond  her  means  will 
keep  her  husband’s  nose  to  the  grind­
stone  the  longest  day  he  lives.  The  girl 
who  wears  shoes  two  sizes  too  small  for 
her  has  mental  corns  as  well  as  physical 
ones.  The  girl  who  dresses  daintily, 
tastefully,  appropriately  and  in  accord­
ance  with  her  means,  who  is  spotlessly 
clean  and  neat,  is  generally  a  well-bal­
anced  woman  who  will  make  a  good 
housekeeper  and  preserve  the  harmony 
of  life.

Unfortunately,  you  can  not  always 
judge  a girl by  her conversation,  for  not 
every  woman  is  as  big  a  fool  as  she  ap­
pears.  Girls  think  it  attractive  to  men 
to  pretend  to  be  timid  and  clinging  and 
helpless,  whereas  they  are  perfectly  able 
to  look  after  themselves.  A  man,  how­
ever,  does  well  never  to  marry  a  girl 
who  boasts  of  her  inability  to  cook  and 
says  that  she  hates  domestic  affairs. 
Never,  either,  marry  a  woman  who  is 
not  attentive  to  old  people,  who  does 
not  love  children and is not sympathetic. 
Life 
is  full  of  angles  and,  if  you  are  to 
get  through it  without being  bruised and 
battered,  it  must  be  cushioned  for  you

by  a  woman’s 
derness.

love  and  unfailing  ten­

After  all,  advice  to  a  man  about  how 
to  pick  out  a  wife 
is  wasted.  Love 
blinds  his  eyes  so  that  he  sees  all  the 
qualities  he  desires  in  the 
face  of  the 
giil  he  admires,  and  by  the  time  he  can 
see  straight  he  is  past  the  place  where 
counsel  does  any  good  and  where  be 
only  needs  our  sympathy.  However,  if 
he  reads  this,  he  can  not  say  I  did  not 
warn  him. 

Dorothy  Dix.

Letting P lants  Die Prom   Neglect.
immortalized  the 
" A   great  poet  has 
death  of  the  garden 
flowers  in  verse, 
but  the  pathos  of  house  plants  that  die 
from  neglect  has  never  been  appre­
ciated,”   said  a  plant  lover.  "A n   exotic 
in  all  the  happiness  of  sentient  bloom 
and  fragrance  is  taken  from  its  natural 
surroundings,  and  does  its  best  to  adapt 
itself  to  an  uncongenial  atmosphere, 
putting  forth  pathetic  little  green  leaves 
after  its  blooming  season  is  over,  to  re­
mind  one  that  it  would  dearly  like  to 
live 
if  only  encouraged.  Do  we  owe  a 
plant  nothing  for  having  assumed  the 
responsibility  of  its  existence?  It  is  not 
an  inanimate  object;  it has  life,  and  we 
do  not  know  bow  much  feeling.  And 
yet  how  do  we  express  our  gratitude  for 
the  beauty  and  sweetness  it  has  brought 
into  our  dwelling? 
‘ Take  away  those 
plants,  Jam es,’  says  the  house  mistress, 
‘ they  are  not  in  good  condition.  Where 
shall  you  put  them?  Oh,  anywhere  out 
of  sight.  Give  them  a  little  water  oc­
casionally,  and  when  the  warm  weather 
comes they  can  be put in the back  yard. ’ 
James  carries  them  down  into  the  serv­
ants’  hall,  perhaps,  and  puts  them 
in 
the  window.  A 
later  the 
kitchen  maid  declares  she  is  not  going 
to  have  ‘ them  dirty  old  things  about,’ 
and  consigns  them  to  a  dark  corner  of 
the  cellar,  where  they  die  in  prolonged 
misery,as  the  long,  white  death-stricken 
shoots  which  they  send  forth  frequently 
testify. 
It  would  have  been  kinder  to 
consign  them  to  the  ash  barrel  at  once, 
but  their  mistress  has  a  sort  of  con­
scientious 
that  prevents  her 
from  killing  them  outright,  so  she 
throws  the  responsibility  upon  others, 
and  thinks  no  more  about  it.  When 
the  plants,  through  with  their  period  of 
usefulness,  are  sent  back  to  their  homes 
—the  green  houses—it  seems  all  right 
they should  have been used to give pleas­
ure,  but  they  certainly  should  not  be 
maltreated,  and a  society for  the  preven­
tion  of  cruelty  to  plants  might  do a good 
work  by collecting used-up plants during 
the  winter and  restoring  them  to  health 
and  beauty  in  a  hospital  devoted  to  the 
purpose. ”

few  days 

feeling 

Kent  County

Savings  Bank  Deposits 

exceed  $2,300,000

3y2°7o  interest paid  on  S av­
ings certificates  of  deposit.

The  banking  business  of 
Merchants,  Salesmen  and 
Individuals solicited.

C o r.  C an al  an d  L yo n   Sts.

Grand  Rapids, Michigan

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Observations  by  a Gotham   Egg  Man.
Late 

information  as  to  the  receipts 
and  output  of  refrigerator  eggs  at  some 
of  our 
larger  local  warehoues  confirms 
very  closely  our  previous estimate  of  the 
quantity of  stock  withdrawn  into  storage 
in  New  York  and  Jersey  City  during the 
past  season.  A  new  estimate,  based 
upon  reliable  information,  enables  us  to 
place  the  total  quantity  withdrawn  to 
New  York  City  warehouses  at  about
260.000  cases, 
Jersey  City 
houses  at  about  178,000,  making  a  total 
of  438,000  cases,  against  our  previous 
estimate  of  425,000 cases  on  band  Sep­
tember  1.  As  some  of  the  goods  stored 
were  taken  out  prior to  September  1,  it 
leaves  our  previous  estimate  pretty 
closely  verified.

and  to 

But  further  information  as  to  the  out­
put  from  the  warehouses  necessitates 
some  revision  of  previous  estimates  of 
the  quantity  withdrawn 
from  storage, 
which  has  been 
larger  than  supposed. 
The  total  output  from  New  York  and 
Jersey  City  houses  to  October  1  may 
now  be  estimated  at  about  83,000  cases, 
leaving  a  probable  balance  in  reserve 
on  the  latter date  of  355,000 cases.  Fart 
of  this  output  occurred  prior  to  Septem­
ber  1,  and 
if  we  estimate  this  propor­
tion  at  about  one-fourth,  it  would  ap­
pear  that  some  60,000  cases  of  eggs  had 
been  distributed  during  September  in 
addition  to  the  current  receipts.  From 
this,  it  would  seem  that  our  previous 
estimate  of  current  consumption  must 
be 
increased  considerably.  Our  Sep­
tember  receipts  were  213,500  cases,  and, 
allowing  for  a  larger  quantity  in  stores 
and  on  docks  at  the  end  of  September 
than  at  the  beginning,  we  may  calculate 
that  210,000  cases  of  these  were  con­
sumed,  together  with  the  60,000 cases 
removed  from  cold  storage  duiing  Sep­
tember.  This  would 
indicate  a  con­
sumptive  demand  during  September  of
60.000  cases  per  week,  and  upon  that 
basis,  the  prospects  for  a  satisfactory 
clearance  of  remaining  stocks  would 
seem  to  be  less  unfavorable  than  here­
tofore  indicated.

It  may  be  supposed  that  a  reduction 
of  our  storage  stocks  to,  say  55,000cases 
by  January 
1,  would  be  sufficient  to 
preserve  a  healthy  tone  in  the  egg  mar­
ket ;  to  effect  this,  we  shall  have  to 
move  about  300,000  cases  from 
local 
warehouses  during  the  thirteen  weeks 
from  October  1  to  January  1  an  average 
of  about  23,000 cases  per  week. 
If  our 
present  consumptive  capacity  is  60,000 
cases  per  week,  as  above 
indicated, 
and  remains  constant,  this  would 
leave
37.000  cases  per  week  to  be  supplied 
from  current  arrivals  during  the  last 
three  months  of the  year.  During  these 
months  of 
last  year  our  receipts  aver­
aged  ov.er 42,000  cases  per  week.

As  to  the  prospect  for current  receipts 
during  the  balance  of  this  year  it  may 
be  expected  that  the  eastward  move­
ment  of  refrigerator  eggs  will  be  some­
what  less  because  a  larger  proportion  of 
the  stock  seems  to  be  held  in  the  East 
than  usual.  But  there  are  indications 
that  we  shall  have  more  fresh  gathered 
late  fall  of  last 
eggs  than  during  the 
year. 
looking 
this  way  for  an  outlet  and  while  the 
stock  so  far  received  from  Kentucky 
and  Tennsessee  contains many  stale  and 
shrunken  eggs  there  is  also  mixed  in  a 
good  deal  of  fresh  and  full  stock,  indi­
cating  a  fair  current  production  in  that 
section.

Southerly  sections  are 

If  the  increase  in  fall  fresh  compared 
last  year ^shall  prove  to  offset  a

with 

It 

possible  decrease  in  receipts  of  refrig­
erators  our  revised estimates  of  the  situ­
ation  still 
indicate  a  considerable  sur­
plus  of  eggs  for  the  New  York  market.
is  worthy  of  attention  that  up  to 
October 6,  Boston  stocks  had  been  re­
duced  only  about  8  per  cent.,  while  last 
year  they  had  been  reduced  over  one- 
third  at  the  same  date,  when  the  quan­
tity  remaining  in  store  was  some  23,000 
cases  less  than this  year.

I  noticed  a  shipment  of  eggs  from 
Indiana  the  other day  in  which  some  of 
the  cases  were  packed  sideways.  That 
is,  the  packer  had  taken  off  the  side  of 
the  case  instead  of  the  top,  placed  in 
his  fillers  and  eggs  as  if  the  sides  of  the 
case  were  the  bottom  and  top,  and  re­
placed  the  side.  The  stencil  was  put 
on  the  end  of  the  case  in  the  usual  way 
—right  side  up—and  the  cases were nat­
urally  bandied  in  transit  as  if  properly 
packed,  but  the  weight  of  the  contents 
came  on  the  sides  of  the eggs and  fillers 
instead  of  on  the  end  of  the  eggs  and 
tops  of 
the  fillers.  Naturally  there 
were  about  six  dozen  broken  to  the 
case—less  than  might  have  been  ex­
pected.  Such  things  do  not  happen  very 
often,  but  other  faults  of  packing—al­
most  equally  damaging—are  all  too 
common.  We  describe  them 
in  this 
column 
time  to  time.—N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

from 

The Cleanly  Peach.

A  California  grower  has  recently  de­
vised  a  method  of  “ skinning  peaches 
alive,’ ’  as  he  calls  it.  The  fruit  is 
dipped,  a  boxful  at  a  time,  in  an  iron 
cage,  into  three  vats  successively—the 
first  containing  a  solution  of  lye,  the 
second  hot  water  and  the  third  cold 
water.  From  their  final  cold  bath  the 
peaches  are  taken  smooth  and  clean, 
ready  for  preserving,  with  their  epider­
mis  entirely  removed.

Poultry

We have an outlet for  all  kinds  and will 

give our shippers top market 

and prompt returns.

Est. 1849 

I iA mson & co., 

Rnctnn
13 Blackstone  St.  DUolUU

Established  1865

L. O. Snedecor & Son

NEW  YORK

Egg  Receivers

HAVE  YOU  EVER?

considered how necessary it should  be  for  your 
Interests to ship eggs to an egg house that makes 
a specialty of the one line throughout  the  year? 
We want to double  our  business  this  year;  we 
have the  outlet,  so  will  rely  on  YOU  to  send 
us the EGGS.

Reference:  N. Y. National Exchange Bank.

Oyster  Cabinets

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D if f e r e n t  
styles  a n d  
sizes  always 
c a r r i e d   in 
stock.  Send 
for our  illus­
trated  cata­
logue  an d  
price list.  It 
will  interest 
you and be a 
profitable in­
vestment.
CHOCOLATE  COOLER  COMPANY

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

.

B U T T E R  

EGGS 

PO ULTRY

We expect to double  our sales  of  poultry  this  winter.  Why? 
Because all our old shippers will  stick to us and  this  advertise­
ment will do the rest.  We can handle your poultry  as  well  as 
any one and better than many.  We  are headquarters  for  Eggs 
and  Butter.  Give  us  a  trial.  Prompt  and  honest  returns. 
Reliable quotations.

Buffalo  market compares favorably with  all others.

Rea  &  Witzig

Commission  Merchants  in  Butter,  E ggs  and  Poultry 

References:  Buffalo Commercial Bank, all Express Companies and Commercial Agencies. 

96  W est  riarket  Street,  BUFFALO,  N.  Y.

Established  1873

E. S.  Alpaugh  &  Co.

Commission  Merchants

16 to 24  Bloomfield  St. 

17 to  23  Loew  Avenue

West Washington Market
New  York

Specialties:  Poultry,  Eggs, Dressed  Meats and  Provisions.

If you anticipate shipping any produce to the  New York  market we  advise 

your correspondence with us before doing so;  it will  pay  you.

References:  Gansevoort Bank, R. G. Dun & Co ,  Bradstreet’s  Mercantile  Agency,  and 

upon request many shippers In your State who have shipped us 

for the last  quarter of a century.

Cold  Storage and  Freezing Rooms 

Established  1864

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Grand  Rapids  Messenger & Packet Co.

11-13  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We  make  a  specialty  of  handling  Merchandise consigned to us in bulk to 
be distributed to various firms  and  residences.  Our  business  in  that  line 
increases every week.  Contracts made for the delivery  of  handbills,  cata­
logues, pamphlets, addressed or unaddressed circulars.  Charges  very  rea­
sonable.  Give us a trial.  Write for full particulars, etc.,  to- day.

Alex.  McLachiin,  Manager

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The New York Market

Special  Feature« of th e Grocery and Prod­
Special Correspondence.

uce Trade«.

New  York,  Oct.  17—Every  branch  of 
trade  feels  a  new  life  now  that  the  coal 
strike  is  over,  and  it  is pleasant  to  walk 
along  by  the  big  concerns  and  note  the 
enthusiasm  over  the  future.  Without  a 
single  exception  dealers  are  sure  of  a 
long  run  of  prosperity  and  they  are 
working  to  make  up 
lost  time  with 
vigor.

The  coffee  market  is  naturally  the one 
that  will  not  be  especially  “ vitalized" 
by  the  ending  of  the  strike;  but,  inci­
dentally,  there 
is  a  better  feeling  even 
here.  The  demand  during  the  week 
from  both  roasters  and  jobbers  has  been 
rather  quiet  and  prices  are  practically 
the  same  as  last  noted.  Receipts  at  pri­
mary  points  are  fairly  large,  although 
to  date  the  amount  is quite  largely  be­
hind  the  same  time  last  year. 
In  store 
and  afloat  there  are  2,801,338  bags, 
against  2,201,148  bags  at  the same time 
last  year.  At  the  close  Rio  No.  7  is 
worth  5f£c  and  seems  to  be  well  sus­
tained  at this.  Mild  sorts continue  firm, 
with 
light. 
is  firm  at 9c.  Dulness 
Good  Cucuta 
characterizes 
the  movement  of  Ea3t 
India  coffees  and  sales  generally  are  of 
small  quantities.
Soft  sugars  have  been  shaded  some­
what,  but  the  market  for  bards  is  rather 
firmer  than  last  week,  owing,  perhaps, 
to  better  conditions  reported  in  Euro­
pean  markets  for  beet  sugar.  The  next 
few  weeks  will  be 
interesting  to  the 
sugar  trade,  as  the  competition  between 
beet  and  cane  may  become  keen.

comparatively 

supplies 

There 

in  one-pound 

Offerings  of  teas  are  reported  light 
and  the  general  situation favors  the  sell­
er.  Country  greens  and  pingsueys  are 
especially  called  for  and  prices  tend  to 
a  higher  level.  A Ceylon  planter  is  try­
ing  to  enter  bis  goods  in  the  American 
market  by  selling  direct  to  the  retailers 
tea 
lead-wrapped  pack­
ages.  There  are  three  grades  and  the 
same  is  delivered  in  New  York  at  about 
11  pence  for  the  best.
is  a  fairly  active  trade  in  rice 
and  dealers  seem  to  be satisfied with  the 
prospect.  Full  values  are being obtained 
and  there  seems  to  be  no  surplus  in  any 
grade.  Prime  to  choice,  5X@ 5 %c.
Pepper  is  in  light  supply  and,  with  a 
pretty  good  demand,  the  market  is  firm­
ly  sustained.  Other spices  are  in  usual 
demand  at  this  season  and  the  outlook 
is  for  a  satisfactory  fall  and  winter 
trade.  Singapore  pepper,  I3@ i3^c.

Fancy  grades  of  both  open-kettle  and 
centrifugal  molasses  are  sought  for  and 
the  market 
is  firm.  While  quotations 
are  unchanged,  the  tone  of  the  market 
is  such  that  a  slight  advance  will  oc­
casion  no  surprise.  Good  to  prime  cen­
trifugal, 
I7@30c.  Syrups  are  steady 
and  held  at  full  value.
Canned  goods remain  active  and there 
is  not  an  article  on  the  list  but  sells 
readily  at  full  price.  Tomatoes  are  ad­
vancing  and  all  sorts  of  prophecies  are 
heard  as  to the  future.  Some  think  we 
shall  soon  see  tomatoes  as  high  as  they 
were 
last  summer  and,  indeed,  there 
seems  reason  for  the  belief.  The  corn 
pack  is  awfully  short;  in  fact,  the whole 
fine  of  canned  goods is  on  a  rising  mar­
ket.  Salmon  is  selling  well  and  people 
find  it  cheaper  than  steak.
in  the  large  sizes 
and  the  market  is gaining strength every 
day;  in  fact,  all  sorts  of dried  fruits  are 
in  good  request  and  holders  are not anx­
ious  to  dispose  of  stock  unless  full  fig­
ures  are  obtained.

Prunes  are  scarce 

Supplies  of  beans  continue  light  and 
on  almost  all  kind  the  market  is  strong. 
Choice  marrows  of  this  year’s  crop  are 
worth  $3  a  bushel;  medium,  $2.45© 
2.50;  pea,  $2.45@2.50;  red  kidney, 
$3-1°-
The  better  grades  of  butter are  not 
overabundant  and,  while  the  demand  is 
not  especially  active,the  market  is  very 
firm  and  prices  show  a  slight  advance. 
Best  Western  creamery,  24>£c;  seconds 
to  firsts,  2i@ 24c;  imitation  creamery, 
i8@i9cj^ ;  Western factory,  I7.i£@i8j£c, 
the  latter  for  fancy  June  make;  reno­
vated,  I7 &@20#C.

The  cheese  market  is  hardly  as  firm 
last  noted  and  possibly  some  little 
as 
concession  might  be  made  rather  than 
lose  a  sale.  Full  cream  is  worth  I2j^c, 
and  this  is  probably  top  rate.  Large 
sizes  are  about  J£c  less.

The  egg  market 

is  stiong,  after  a 
slight decline,  which  has  been  about  re­
covered.  Western,  loss off,  23@24c.  At 
mark  the  range  is  from  19c for ungraded 
to  23c  for  choice  graded  and  candled 
stock.
Methods of  Large  Packing  Concerns  in 

H andling Poultry.

The  packing  bouses  have  spent  many 
thousands  in  poultry  experiments  and 
to-day  are  a  factor  in  the  trade,  a  factor 
It  was 
which  must  be  reckoned  with. 
only  a  few  seasons  ago  that  these 
large 
operators  turned  their  attention  to  poul­
try  as  a  side  line.  Shrewd  managers  of 
these  departments  have brought  the  side 
line  up  to  a  respectable  position  so  that 
from  now  on  the  meat  packers  will  be 
the  large  poultry  operators.  They  have 
found  where  the  profit  lies  in  the  poul­
try  line  and  will  develop  this  feature  of 
in  a  scientific  manner. 
their  business 
They  will  put  system  behind  a  deal 
in 
which  there  was  never  known  system. 
Naturally  hundreds  of  handlers  now  do­
ing  a  fairly  large  business  in  the 
large 
market  centers  will  have  to  take  up 
other  lines  or  follow  the  deal  with meth­
ods  similar  to  those  used  by  the  meat 
packers. 
large 
handlers  and  invest  heavily  or  they  are 
outclassed.  The  same  evolution  which 
has  taken  place 
in  fruits,  especially 
apples  and  tropical  fruits,  is  now  going 
on  in  poultry.

They  must  become 

The  meat  packers  have  established 
hundreds  of  buying  stations  during  the 
past  twenty-four  months.  Farmers  have 
received  cash  for  their  poultry.  All  the 
past  summer  meat  packers  have  been 
steady  buyers  of  young  fowls.  They 
are  buying  now  and  will  continue  so 
long  as  the  present  outlook  lasts.  They 
are  buying 
live  stock  just  as  they  are 
buying 
live  cattle,  sheep  and  hogs. 
The cattle,  however,are already fattened, 
the  poultry  not.

And  here  lies  the  secret  of  the  meat 
packers'  success. 
They  are  buying 
thin,light  live  fowls  and  are  selling  fat, 
dressed  poultry.  They  have  found  the 
profit 
in  this  particular  division  of  the 
production  of  poultry  for  market.  The 
farmer  owns  the  hens  and  markets  the 
young  chickens  while  they  are  light. 
This  is  when  they  can  be  bought  at  a 
low  value  per  head.  The  meat  packers 
save  the  risks  and  losses  attendant  to 
raising  young  fowls  and  taking  them  in 
at  an  early  stage  proceed  to  “ finish'’ 
them  for  market.

That  the  meat  packers  will  have  a 
large  supply  of  poultry  all  through  the 
fall  is  certain.  They  have  bought 
in 
all  the  primary  poultry  markets  and  in 
the  country  on  a  larger  scale  than  ever 
before.  One  concern  alone 
in  one  of 
the  packing  house  centers  is  now  using 
1,000  gallons  of  buttermilk  daily  with 
which  are  mixed  ground  feed  and  stale 
bread.  Another  concern  has  a 
large 
poultry  feeding  building  full  and  buy­
ing  more  stock  every  day.  The  demand 
for  fat,  tender  young  fowls  during  the 
holiday  will  be  supplied. 
It  looks  as 
if  those  who  have  bad  the  nerve  to  in­
vest 
in  thin,  scrawny  chicks  will  be 
the  ones  to  get  the  fancy  price  for  the 
fancy  product.  Of  course  sales  will  be 
almost  wholly  in  the  East—Packer.

Ju s t An  Easy  One.

“ Papa,  can  you  answer  a  question?”
“ If  it's  not  too  hard  a  one.  ’
“ Oh,  it’s  easy.”
“ All  right.  What  is  it?”
“ Why  don’t  bald  eagles  wear  w igs?"

Sweet  Potatoes,  Spanish  Onions, 

Cranberries

Fine  fresh stock constantly  arriving.  We are in the market to buy 

ONIONS,  W IN T ER   A P P L E S  AND  BEAN S

The  Vinkemulder  Company,  Commission  Merchants 

14-16  Ottawa Street 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

B e a n s

The bean market Is very active.  I can handle all you can  ship  me.  Will  pay  highest  price. 

Write or telephone me for prices and particulars.

£. D. Crittenden, 08 5. Div. St., Grand Rapids

B oth P h o n es 1300

P O T A T O E S
H.  ELM ER  M O SELEY   &  CO.

Carlots only wanted.  Highest  market  price.  State variety and quality.

Long  Distance  Telephones—Citizens  2417
Bell  Main  66

304  Sc  305  Clark  Building,

Opposite  Union  Depot

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

Phil  Hilber

Jobber  of  Oleomargarine

109  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

I  have  State  agency  for  several  manufacturers  and  am  prepared  to 

quote factory prices.

NEW  CROP  TIMOTHY

We  are  direct  receivers  and recleaners of choice 
Western grown Timothy  Seed.  We buy and sell

Clover, Alsyke, Beans, Pop Corn

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

EGGS  WANTED

We want several thousand cases eggs for storage, and  when  you  have  any  to  offer 

write for prices or call  us up by phone if we fail to quote you.

Butter

We can handle all you send us.

WHEELOCK  PRODUCE  CO.

106  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Citizens Phone 3 2 3a.

Cold Storage

This is the  time  of  year  to  store  your  Apples.  Why  not  put 
them  where  they are sure to  come out as  good  as when  picked? 
Save shrinkage  and  sorting by storing with  us.  We  also  store 
Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry and Meats.  Liberal advances on produce 
stored with  us,  where  desired.  Rates  reasonable.  Write  for 
information.

Grand Rapids Gold Storage 

$ Sanitary m ilk  Go«
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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COMMISSION  SEEDS.

L ittle  Prejudice  Against  Them  Nowa­

days.
Written for the Tradesman.

I  believe,  as  a  rule,  that  it  is  a  pretty 
idea  for  a  boy  to  choose  his  own 
good 
calling. 
I  selected  mine,  although  1 
was  a  long  time  about  it,  and  began  at 
a  very  early  day  to  make  my  choice. 
1 
wavered  between  a  yearning  to  be  the 
drum  major  of  a  negro  minstrel  troupe, 
and  the  desire  to  run  a  knot  saw  in  a 
shingiemill,  and  I  might  have  remained 
undecided  to  the  end  of  time  bad  it  not 
been  that  my  mother  put  an  end  to  the 
drum  major  dream  and  my  father  posi­
tively  forbade  the  knot  sawing  proposi­
tion. 
I  believe  I wept copiously  at  the 
time  and  compared  myself  to  Mozart, 
Rubens  and  other talented  youths  who 
made  their  mark  early  in  life  and  who 
knew  much  better  for  what they  were 
fitted 
than  did  any  one  else,  and  I 
thought  it  pretty  hard  if,  a  fellow  had  a 
special  gift  for  twirling  sticks  or  for 
trimming  off the  edges  of  pine shingles, 
that  be  should  not be  allowed to improve 
his  talents.

And  so  it  happens  that  the  grocery 
business 
is  the  better off  to-day  by  the 
acquisition  of  at  least  one  real  genius, 
and  likely  to  this  cause  may  be  attrib­
uted  the  disfavor  into  which  the  drum 
major  business  and  the  knot  sawing 
profession  have  fallen.

Put  all  this  is  aside  from  the  subject 
on  which  I  wished  to  pen  these  few 
lines.  Early  in  my  grocery  career  I 
tumbled  to  the  fact  that  garden  seeds 
grew  in  paper  packages,were  imprinted 
with  the  name  of  “ Ferry,”   and  that 
they  were  sold  on  the  commission  plan. 
Just  why  this  was,  I  did  not  stop  to  en­
quire,  and  supposed  that  was  all  there 
was  to  the  seed  business.  This  went  on 
for  a  time,  but eventually  there  came  a 
change.  A  customer  one  day  asked 
why 
in  the  world  we  did  not  get  some 
of  Burpee’s  seeds  and  have  something 
good.  Said  he  had  had  all  kinds  of  bad 
luck  with  Ferry’s  and  thought they  were 
rotten.  Showed  me  Burpee’s  catalogue 
that  depicted  vegetables  of  gigantic 
size,  and  portrayed 
field 
growing  with  vines  so  heavily  laden 
that  they  appeared  as  if  touched  by  the 
hand  of  some  good  fairy.  He  said  that 
a 
farmer  would  get  rich  in  two  years  if 
he  planted  Burpee's  seeds,and  it  looked 
to  me 
I  wondered  what 
right  Burpee  had  to  monkey  with  the 
seed  business,  when  Ferry  seemed  able 
to  supply  everything 
in  that  line  that 
was  required,  but  I  thought  very  likely 
if  he  had  such  a  graft  as  his  catalogue 
seemed  to  indicate,  Burpee  might  be  a 
good  thing  for  the  growers,  and  I  de­
cided  not  to  interfere  with  him.

like  a  cinch. 

field  after 

After  that  I  began  to  notice  things 
more,  and  1  soon  found  that  there  was 
a  fellow  named  Rice  who  was  in  seeds 
to  some  extent,  and  then  Peter  Hender­
son  showed  up.  There were  a  lot  more, 
but  1  won't  take  the  space  to  enumer­
ate  them.  Still,  it  seemed  to  me  that 
they  were  rather  overdoing  the  matter 
and  that  some  of  them  were  sure  to  go 
up  the  spout.  The  old  fellows  who 
used  to  swear  at  Ferry’ s  seeds  began  to 
say  that  they  did  not  know  but they 
were  about  as  good  as  any  of  them,after 
all,  and  that  some  of  the  seedmen  who 
promised  so  much  were  not  able  to 
make  good.  But  the  general  impression 
was  that  all  “ boughten  seeds”   were 
bad,  the  best  way  you  could  fix  it,  and 
the  only  really  reliable  article  in  this 
line  was  that  grown  by  the  farmer  him­
self.

It  was  a 

long  time  before  I  heard

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

much  about  bulk  seeds  being  handled 
in  the  grocery  stores,  but  when  that 
idea  got  hold  of  the  farmers,  the com­
mission  seed  business,  as  far  as  the 
small  dealers  were  concerned,  began  to 
go  bay  wire.  Bulk  seeds  were 
lots 
cheaper and  ever  and  ever  so  much  bet­
ter,  so  said  they  all  at  first,  and  as  there 
must  be  something 
in  what  every  one 
says,  everybody 
flocked  after  bulk 
seeds  and  the  commission  boxes  lay 
untouched  in  the  corner  groceries.
But  now  things  are  a little different.  I 
think  that  the  seed  companies 
take 
more  pains  with  their  commission  seeds 
than  they  did  at  one  time,  and  1  am 
sure  that  there 
is  but  little  prejudice 
against  them  now  as  far  as  quality goes. 
The  large  user  buys  in  bulk,  of  course, 
while  the  village  gardener  usually  takes 
the  package  goods.
A  number  of  seed  growers  now  sell 
their  package  seeds  outright  and  in  a 
limited  number  of  cases  they  destroy 
yearly,  at  their  own  expense,  all  or at 
least  a  part  of  the  seeds  that  the  retailer 
happens  to  have  left  over.
Many  merchants  prefer the  latter  way 
of  handling  package  seeds.  The  profit 
is  better and  there  is  at  least  as  good  a 
chance  to  see  that  the  goods  are fresh.

The  originator  of  one  of  these  ideas 
tells  me  that  be  occasionally  runs  across 
a  merchant  who  prefers  the  commission 
plan,  and  to  such  as  these  he  tells  the 
following  story:

Jones met  Smith  on  the  street  one  day 
wearing  the  funniest 
little  bobbed  off 
jacket  be  ever  saw.  Smith looked  rather 
bard  up,  but  Jones  could  not  help  ask­
if  he  did  not  think  his  coat 
ing  him 
was  too  short.
“ Ob,  yes,”   replied  Smith,  jocularly, 
“ but  it’ll  be  long  enough  before  I  get 
another one. ”
Jones  thought  the  matter  over  for  a 
while  and  when  at  last  he  saw  the  point 
he  was  very  much pleased with the  joke. 
So  when  he  got  home  he  said  to  bis 
wife,  “ I  met  the  funniest  man  on  the 
street  to-day  that  ever  you  saw.  His 
coat  didn’t  seem  to  me  to  be 
long 
enough,  and  I  asked  him  about  it.  He 
said:  ' My  coat  is  a  little  short,  but  it’ ll 
be  a  good  while  before  I  get  another 
one. ’  ”
“ Huh!”   said  Mrs.  Jones,  “ I  don’t 

see  anything  very  funny  about  that.”
“ No,”   said  Jones,  “ I  s'pose  not. 

I 
didn’t  at  first,  either. 
just 
keep  a  thinking  and  you’ll  see  it  after 
a  while. ’ ’
“ And  that,”   said  the  seed  man,  “ is 
what  I  tell  'em  about  my  way  of  selling 
seeds. 
Just  keep  on  a  thinking  and 
you’ll  see  it  after  a  while.”

But  you 

Back 

in  the  old  days  there  was  quite 
an  excitemnt  among  country  merchants 
about  short  count  in  commission  seeds. 
Some  grocer  either  found  or  thought  he 
found  that  his  box  was  a  few  papers 
short,  and  he  flew  into  print  to expose 
the  alleged 
fraud.  Then  one  after  an­
other,  the  Michigan  grocers  began  to 
believe  that  they  had  been  trifled  with, 
and  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  at  least  seven 
or  eight  reported  discrepancies  of  this 
nature.  Two  or three  merchants  found 
that  theirs  were  either  all  right  or  else 
a 
little  ahead,  and  finally  the  matter 
died  out  to  give  place  to  short  count 
pickles  or  undersized  prunes,  and  the 
matter  dropped.
As  a  matter  of  fact  the  seed  com­
panies,  1  am  sure,  mean  to  give  their 
customers  all 
Fraudulent 
firms  never  prospered  for  any  length  of 
time.  Short  counts  and  short  weights 
never  profited  the  seller  more  than  tem­
porarily.  and  Michigan  dealers  are  too 
much  alive  to  suffer  such  a  wrong  in  si­
lence.  Mistakes  may  have  happened, 
and  some  seed  boxes  may  have  been 
packed  short,  but  when  this  has  oc­
curred  and  the  matter  has  been  proper­
ly  presented  to  the  seller, 
I  believe 
that  he  has  always  been  more  than 
willing  to  make  good  the  shortage.
I  sometimes  think  that  if  some  of  our 
extra  sharp  country  dealers  really  had  a 
fair  sized  business  to  look  after,  with  a 
decent  number  of  employes  to  keep 
lined  up,  they  would  be  so  crazy  by  the 
time  the  first  week  had  expired,  that 
they  could  not tell  a  package  of  garden 
seeds  from  a  cake  of  soap.

they  buy. 

George  Crandall  Lee.

The  Celebrated 

Star  Mill

The  Acknowledged  King 

of Coffee  Mills

No  Better  Made

“The  Star” No. lO

This mill  has  an  elegant  nickel  plated  hopper, 
holding  three  pounds  of  coffee, with  a  hinged 
dome  top  cover.  Has  two  twenty-three  inch 
fly wheels.  Mill stands thirty  inches  high,  and 
finished  in vermilion  with  rich  gilt  decorations. 
Its capacity is one  and  one-half  to  two  pounds 
per minute.  The most popular  size  of  counter 
mills.  See  supplementary 
for  price  on
larger size mill.

list 

Given  as  a  Premium  with  100  pounds  of 
Pure  Spices,  assorted,  for

$ 27.00

Spices and  Mill  f.  o.  b.  Toledo.

Spices guaranteed  pure.

Woolson  Spice  Co.

Toledo,  Ohio

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

S S

found 

Jennings  and 
growing  district  near 
Crowley,  La.,  where  be 
lands 
adapted  to  the  cultivation  of rice selling 
at $30 per  acre  which  were  going  beg­
ging  at  25  cents  an  acre  a  few  years 
ago.  He  spent  some  time  at  Beau­
mont,  Texas,  which  he  describes  as  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  settlements  he 
has  ever  visited.

The  Dream  of the  Drum m er.

The long day was over, when, tired and  wet,
And watched the dim landscape slide past and away 
With a long ride before him and none of tne boys 
So he laid his head down on  his old sample case, 

The drummer climbed into the train 
Through the dirty and blurred window  pane, 
To while away time with a jest;
To try for a moment to rest.

Soon he dropped off to sleep, all his troubles forgot, 
And how strange his sensation did seem;
He thought he had just started out on a trip,
He was working a town in his dream.
But, ah, what a difference there seemed in the air 
Of each place that he went in to sell,
For the buyer invariably gave the glad hand;
He had never been treated so well.

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

August F. Engfer, Representing the Rodg­

ers  Shoe  Co.

August  F.  Engfer  was born in  Toledo, 
Ohio,  Feb.  17,  1868.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  until  be  was  16  years  of 
age,  when  he  secured  a  position  in  the 
retail  shoe  store  of  S.  W.  Nettleton, 
with  whom  he  remained  six  years,  be­
ginning  as  errand  boy  and,  by  con­
scientious  and  faithful  service,  working 
his  way  up  to  the  position  of  buyer.  At 
the  end  of  six  years  be  was  tendered  a 
more 
lucrative  position  with  the  shoe 
bouse  of  Wachter  Bros.,  which  he  ac­
cepted.  He  was  employed  in  this  ca­
pacity  when  the  business  was  purchased 
by  J.  L.  Hudson,  with  whom  he  re­
mained  for  five years,  when  be  accepted 
the  position  of  buyer  and  manager  for 
John  N.  Mockett,  clothier  and  shoe

this luck,

“ Why,  good  morning,  Friend  Smith,  now  isn’t 

My stock is down low and I thought you’d forgot 
I want twenty tons of that best grade of yours,”  
“ Never mind about price, do the best that you can, 

You’re the man that I wanted to see.
To call on a man like me.
(Now, ten was a corking good bill),
For I feel very sure that  you will.”

And so through the trip the orders piled up 
And he thought of the “ raise”   ’twas  a  cinch  he’d 

Till he’d broken all  records to date,

obtain;

And when he reached home' the head of the firm 
We’ll take you inside and give you some stock 

You can bet he was highly elate.
Said, “ Smith, we can use you up higher;
And make you our principal  buver.”

So now  the scene shifts, he is sitting in state 
With a long line of salesmen outside of his gate 
But, strangest of all, every one of the bunch 
But in all of the crowd he could not see the face 

In an office palatial and grand,
Awaiting his beckoning hand.
Are buvers he’d called on of old;
Of a single one he’d ever sold.

In the days that were gone he had waited on them 
And laughed at their jokes and bought them cigars, 
For what a great change had come over them all, 
Now with hats  in their  hands  thev  humbly  drew

And taken their insults galore,
But it wasn’t that way any more;
They were haughty and curt with him then — 

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the 8r»

President,  J ohn  A.  W eston,  Lansing;  Sec­
retary,  M.  S.  Bro w n,  Safiinaw;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schram, Detroit.

United Commercial Tnieleri of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  Kendall,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Edelman, Saginaw.

Grand Rapids Council Ha 131, 0. C. T.

Senior  Counselor,  W.  S.  Bu r n s;  Secretary 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Gripsack  Brigade.

James  A.  Massie, 

for  several  years 
past  connected  with  B.  J.  Reynolds,  is 
debating  between  two  offers—one  from 
the  John  T.  Woodhouse  Co.,  Ltd.,  and 
the  other  from  a  Chicago  tobacco  house.
Robert  S.  Brown,  for  the  past  two 
years  traveling  representative  for  B.  J. 
Reynolds,  has  engaged  to  travel  for  the 
cigar  department  of  Berdan  &  Co.,  of 
Toledo.  He  will  continue  to  reside  in 
this  city.

J.  F.  Bird,  formerly  connected  with 
C.  B.  Bailey  and  R.  C.  Ballard,  of 
Manton,  in  a  clerical  capacity,  has  gone 
on  the  road  for  Wilcox  Bros.,  basket 
manufacturers  of  Cadillac.  His  terri­
tory  comprises  Michigan,  Ohio  and  In­
diana.

The  first  dancing  party  of  the  winter 
series  to  be  given  by  Grand  Rapids 
Council,  No.  131,  occurred 
last  Satur­
day  evening  at  the  Council  rooms  on 
Pearl  street.  There  was  a  jolly  crowd 
and  even  although  the  evening  was 
warm  and  the  hall  dose,  all  put  in  an 
enjoyable  time. 
is  the  intention  of 
the  committee  in  futute  to hold all danc­
ing  parties  in  some  larger  hall  and  card 
parties  only  in  the  Council  rooms.

It 

E . 

E.  Bower,  a  traveling  man  of 

Romeo,  has 
started  a  damage  suit 
against  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  for 
$5,000.  Bower  was  a  passenger  on  the 
afternoon  train  of  the  Air  Line  division 
which  runs  between  Pontiac  and  J2ck- 
son  on  May  5  last.  While inside the  city 
the  train  collided  with a string of freight 
cars.  Bower  claims  he  was  thrown  for­
ward  with  such  violence  that  he  was 
permanently  injured,besides  being  kept 
from  business  duties  for a  period  of  two 
months.

Neal  Cary  (Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.) had  the  misfortune  to lose a pocket- 
book  containing  $400  while driving from 
Luther  to  Tustin  one  day  last  week.  He 
did  not  discover  his 
loss  until  he 
reached  Tustin,  and  as soon  as daybreak 
next  morning,he hired  a  rig  and  started 
over the  route  traversed  the  day  before, 
resulting  in  the  discovery  of  the  pocket- 
book  at  Edgett,  on  the  exact  spot  where 
be  had  dismounted  from  the  vehicle.  It 
is  useless  to  say  that  Neal  was  very 
much  rejoiced  over  the  happy  tind.

Petoskey  Evening  News :  The  many 
friends  of  L.  J.  Fasquelle,  of  Detroit, 
formerly  of  Petoskey,  will  be  gratified 
to  know  that  he  has  been made  manager 
of  the  new  varnish  department  of  the 
Sherwin-Williams  Paint  Co.,  which  has 
been  established  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Mr.  Fasquelle has  been  remarkably  suc­
cessful  as  a  traveling  salesman,  and 
this  new  promotion  is  a  just  recognition 
of  his  valuable  services  a9  a  business 
man.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fasquelle,  who  are 
prime  favorites 
in  Petoskey,  will  re­
move  to  Cleveland  in  a  few  weeks  to 
take  up their  residence  in  that  city.

Harry  C.  Rindge  (Rindge,  Kalm- 
bach,  Logie  &  Co.,  Ltd.,)  has  returned 
from  the  Gulf  States,  where  he  put  in 
six  weeks  booking  orders  for  the  river 
shoe  manufactured  by  his  house.  Mr. 
in  the 
Rindge  was  greatly 
wonderful  development  of 
the  rice

interested 

the car,

He bought bills of some and some he turned down, 
f ’Twas a sour old man he’d called on for years 

But he saved himself up for the last; 

Who had treated him worst in  the past.)
But just as he started to roast him in style,
(’Twas  that  of  the  brakeman)  rang  out  through 

A  voice of a stentor, and strange,

land. 

Calling “ Buffalo!  Every one change!”
The  last  census  makes  an 

interesting 
showing  regarding 
the  progress  made 
by  the  negro  race  in  the  South  in  the 
tenancy  and  ownership  of 
In 
South  Carolina,  Mississippi  and  Louis­
iana,  more  than  half  of  the  farms  are 
managed  by  negroes,  either  as  owners 
or  tenants. 
In  the  entire  South  150.027 
negroes  own  the  land  they  till;  28,000 
are  part  owners  and  1,336  both  owners 
and  tenants.  Cash  tenants  and  share 
tenants  number  550,000.  The  Southern 
negroes  have,  in  fact,  one-quarter  of  the 
farms.  Forty-nine  per  cent,  of  these 
are  cotton  plantations  and  37  per  cent, 
rice  farms,  and  14.8  per  cent,  of  the  re­
mainder  are  sugar  plantations.  The 
negroes  carry,  however  a  much  smaller 
quantity  of  live  stock  on  their  property 
than  the  white  farmers  do.  The  aver­
age  value  of  the 
live  stock  owned  by 
negro 
farmers  amounts  to  $135,  as 
against  $603  for  each  white  agricultur-

The  Business  Women’s  Club  of  Chi­
cago  has  voted  to  exclude  wine  from  its 
precincts. 
There  were  some  of  the 
members  wbo  protested  against  this  ac­
tion. 
“ It's  a  funny  kind  of  a  club  if 
you  can’t  get  what  you  want," 
they 
said.  But  the  majority  decided  that  it 
would  be  a  funny  kind  of  a  woman’s 
club  if  women  were  to  be  seen  coming 
away  under  difficulties.  Wine  and 
women  do  not  go  well  together.  The 
Chicago  business  women  are  wise  to 
preserve  the  reputation  of  their  club  for 
sobriety.

dealer,  of  Toledo.  Three  years  ago  he 
was  engaged  by  the  Rodgers  Shoe  Co. 
to  cover  one  of  their  best  territories— 
Southern  Michigan  and  Northern  Ohio 
and  Indiana—formerly  represented  by 
John  Thomas, who  now  occupies  the  po­
sition  of  buyer  and  manager  for  the 
same  bouse.  Mr.  Engfer 
is  a  hustler 
and  is  well  liked  by  his  trade  and  fel­
low  salesmen  and  enjoys  the esteem  and 
confidence  of  his  employers.

June  18,  1895,  Mr.  Engfer  was  mar­
ried  to  Miss  Alice  Baldwin,  of  Toledo. 
They  have  two  children,  a  girl  of  six 
and  a  boy  three  years  of age.  The  fam­
ily  reside  at  1029  Oakwood  avenue,  To­
ledo.

Mr.  Engfer 

is  a  member of  the  To­
ledo  Traveling  Men’s  Association  and 
Toledo  Council,  No.  to,  U.  C.  T.
Only  Woman  W hisky  Drum m er  on  the 
Road.
From the New York  Sun.

The 

lineman  of  the  old 

joke  who, 
perched  on  a  sixty-foot  pole,  boasted 
that,however  women  might  invade other 
fields  of  men,  his  job  was  safe  would 
probably  have  felt 
less  security  in  bis 
high  calling  had  be  beard  of  Mrs.  H. 
Rueger,  of  New  York.

Mrs.  Rueger  is  a  whisky  drummer. 
The  field  she  covers 
is  conservative 
New  England,  and  all  along  her  route 
a  ripple  of  comment  is  caused  by  this 
feminine invasion of a hitherto distinctly 
masculine  occupation.
The  presence  of  women  in  bar-rooms 
is  a  spectacle  not  often  witnessed  in 
towns.  Consequently, 
New  England 
when  the  woman  whisky  drummer  en­
ters,  business  is  temporarily  suspended.
Her  calls  are  therefore  brief  and  to 
the  point,  for  she  is  the  last  to  wish  to 
discourage  trade.  Quickly  she  tells  her 
story  of  the  merits  of  her  wares  and  as 
quickly  writes  down  orders  and 
leaves.
From  her  appearance  Mrs.  Rueger 
might  be  the  matron  of  an  orphan 
asylum.  She  sells  whisky  strictly  on

She 

" I   walk 

its  merits  and  not  by  her  personal 
charms.  Sbe  dresses  neatly,  talks  in  a 
brisk,  businesslike  manner  and  has  the 
reputation  of  being  a  good  fellow.
looks  upon  her  work  as  a  legiti­
mate  calling  for  women,and  that sbe,  at 
least, is  a  success  at  it  is  acknowledged. 
Her  earnings  are  comfortable.
"M en  treat  me  courteously,”   said 
Mrs.  Rueger.  " I   have  never  been  rude­
ly  addressed,  although  they  are  not  used 
to  seeing  a  woman  in  my  line  of  busi­
ness  and  at  first  the  impression  is  apt 
to  be  misleading.
into  a  saloon,  hotel  or club 
and  state  why  I  am  there  and  pat  for­
ward  the  merits  of  my  goods.  The 
whisky  dealers  either  buy  or  they  do 
not.  That  closes  the 
incident  and  I 
burry  on,  for  I  am  a  busy  woman.
"Y e s,  I  think  I  am  the  only  woman 
in  America  wbo  sells  whisky.  One dis­
agreeable  feature  of  the  business  is  that 
I  am  obliged  to  take  from  fifteen  to  10c 
drinks  in  a  day,  just  as  the  men  sales­
men  have  to.  Otherwise  selling  whisky 
is  not  much  different  from  selling  any­
thing  else."
To  avoid  an  encounter  with  Carrie 
Nation  Mrs.  Rueger  has  been  forced  to 
make  changes  in  her  route  where  it 
intersected  that  of  the  Kansas  cyclone. 
She  admits  she 
left  New  Haven  when 
she  heard  of  the  hatcbet-wielder’s  ar­
rival  in  that city.

An  exchange  digs  out the  following 
questions  that  will  keep  most  people 
guessing: 
"Y ou  can  any  day  see  a 
white  horse,  but  did  you  ever  see  a 
white  colt?  How  many  different  kinds 
of  trees  grow  in  your  neighborhood, and 
wbat  are  they  good  for?  Why  does  a 
horse  eat  grass  backward  and  a  cow  for­
ward?  Why  does  a  bop  vine  wind  one 
way  and  a  bean  vine  the  other?  Where 
should  a  chimney  be  the  larger,  at  the 
top  or bottom?  Can  you  tell why a horse, 
when  tied  with  a  rope  always  unravels 
it,  while  a  cow  always  twists  it  into  a 
kinky  knot?"

T h e   W a r w i c k
Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Strictly first class.

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

Gas or  Gasoline  Monties  at 

50c on the Dollar

GLOVER’S WHOLESALE  MDSE. CO. 

Ma n u f a c t u r e r s ,  I m p o r t e r s and J obbers 

of  GAS  AND  GASOLINE  SUNDRIES 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Yon ought to sell

LILY  W HITE

“The flour the best cooks use" 

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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Drugs—Chemicals

Michigan  State  Board of Pharm acy

Term expires
Hknby  H r im , Saginaw 
-  Deo. 31,1902
Dec. 81,1903
Wib t  P.  Doty, Detroit - 
Clarence B. Stoddard, Monroe  Deo. 31,1904 
J ohn D.  Mu ir , Grand Hapids 
Deo. 8i, I9u> 
Ar t h u r H.  We b b e r , Cadillac 
Dec. 31,1906 

- 

President,  H bn r y  H r im , Saginaw.
Secretary, J ohn D. Muir, Grand Baplds. 
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

Exam ination  Sessions.

Lansing, November 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

President—Lou G. Moore, Saginaw. 
Secretary—W. H  Burke  Detroit. 
Treasurer—C. F. Huber. Port Huron.

The  D epartm ent  Store  a Creature of Nat­

ural Law.

it. 

The  small  dealer  of  every  kind,  in­
cluding  the  druggist,  has  always  been 
fiercely  hostile  to  the  department  store. 
Ever  since  this  modern  development  in 
commerce  appeared  it  has  been  fought 
tooth  and  nail.  Abuse  of  every  sort  has 
It  has  been 
been  heaped  upon 
branded  with  the  stigma  of  octopus. 
It 
has  been  pictured  as  a  demon  seeking 
whom 
it  could  devour.  Attempt  after 
attempt  has  been  made  to  legislate  it 
out  of  existence.  Bill  after  bill,  both 
in  Germany,  has 
in  this  country  and 
been  passed  after 
fanatical  agitation. 
Zealots  have  made  it  a  part  of  their  re­
ligion  never  to  step  foot  inside  a  de­
partment  store—never  to  countenance 
by  example  the  operations  of  a  ruthless 
creature  leaving  a  trail  of 
injury  ever 
in  its  wake.

It 

Darwin  made  clear  how 

But  despite  all  this  the  department 
store 
is  still  with  us—nay,  it  still  con­
tinues  to  grow 
in  size  and  increase  in 
number;  and  for  a  very  good  reason:  It 
is  the  creature,  not  of  circumstance, 
not  of  the  law  or  will of  man,  but  of  the 
law  of  nature. 
is  in  complete  har­
mony  with  the  unfolding  of  progress 
in 
the  commercial  and 
industrial  world. 
More,  it 
is  demanded  by  the  stern  re­
quirements  of  necessity,  and  has  ap­
peared  in compliance with those require­
ments.
it  is  that 
higher  and  higher  levels  of  perfection 
have  ever  been  reached  in  the  animal 
world.  The  struggle  for  existence  has 
always  been  so  fierce  that  only  the  best- 
equipped 
individuals  could  survive; 
these  individuals  have  passed  their  su­
periorities  along  to  the  next  genera­
tion;  this  generation  has 
in  turn  ex­
perienced  the  same  struggle,  undergone 
the  same  survival  only  of  the  fittes*  ; 
and  thus  sheer  necessity  has continuous­
ly  brought  about  a  greater  and  still 
greater  degree  of  efficiency—thus higher 
and  higher  types  have  constantly  been 
is  the  law  of  “ natural 
evolved.  This 
selection;"   and 
is  a 
it 
law  which  is 
universal  in  its  operation. 
It  exercises 
its  powerful  and 
influence 
upon  man  as  well  as  upon  the  animal, 
and  upon  the 
institutions  of  man  as 
well  as  upon  man  himself.

ceaseless 

It 

is 

in  response  to  this  law  that  in­
dustrial  and  commercial  structures  have 
always  ascended  to  higher  and  higher 
planes  of  efficiency.  The  struggle  for 
existence 
is  such  that  only  those  insti­
tutions 
survive—only  those  are  “ se­
lected” —which  do  their  work  best;  all 
others,  incapable  of  continuing the  com­
petition,  are  “ rejected”   and  fall  by  the 
wayside.  There  is  a  ceaseless  demand, 
a  never-ending  necessity, 
for  greater 
and  greater efficiency  in order that exist­
ence  may  not  be  sacrificed;  and  so  it  is 
that  the  crude  structures  of  one  genera­
tion  or century  give  way  gradually  and 
slowly  to  the  better-equipped  ones of the 
next.

The  factory  succeeded  the  small  shop 
because 
it  greatly  increased  the  power 
of  production  and  the  small  shop  was
eliminated-----“ rejected” ----- because  it
could  not  continue  the  competition. 
The  trust  is  now  in  turn  succeeding  the 
independent  factory  because  it  is  still 
further  increasing  the  power of  produc­
tion,  and  the 
is 
suffering  the  fate  which 
it  meted  out 
formerly  to  the  small  shop.  The  depart­
ment  store  appeared,  and  is  growing  in 
size  and  power,  because  it  is  much Bet­
ter  equipped  to  meet  the  stern  require­
ments  of  necessity  than  the  small  store.  ,

independent  factory 

It  prevents  in  considerable  measure  the 
economic  wastes  inevitable  in  a  number 
of  separately  conducted  stores;  it makes 
possible  a  greater  degree  of  organiza­
tion;  it  develops a higher type  of  execu­
tive  ability;  and 
in  a  number  of  ways 
it  becomes  much  more  efficient  in  the 
struggle  for existence.

It  is  born  of  necessity. 

It  is  apparent,  then,  that  nothing  can 
stop  the  development  of the  department 
store. 
It  is  the 
child  of  progress. 
It  is  protected  and 
nurtured  by  the  great  laws  which  hold 
mankind 
in  their  grasp  so  firmly  that 
there 
is  no  possible  escape.  And  it  is 
bound  to  endure  until  some  more  per­
fect  structure  arises  in  competition  and 
wrests  from 
it  the  victory  of  struggle. 
Understanding  all  this,grasping  its  sig­
nificance,  how  futile  and  bow  unwise  is 
seen  to  be  the  effort of  the  small  dealer 
to  abolish  the  department  store!  As 
well  might  one  hope  to  stay  the  rising 
tide  or  to  turn  back  the  mighty  river 
upon  its course.

I  am  aware  that all  this  sounds  very 
cold  and  calloused,  and  I  hasten  to  de­
clare  that  I  have  always  felt,  and  now 
feel,  a  great  sympathy  for  the  small 
dealet,  and  of  course  more  particularly 
for  the  druggist.  The  druggist  has 
suffered  grievously  at  the  hands  of  the 
department  store!  More  than  half  his 
business  in  toilet  goods  and  sundries 
has  been  taken  away  from him ;  and  the 
percentage  of  profit  in  the  portion  left 
has  been  cut  nearly  in  two.  This  has 
in  itself,  but  of  more  re­
been  enough 
in  drugs  and 
cent  years  bis  business 
even  his  purely  professional  work 
in 
prescription  compounding  have  been 
ruthlessly  encroached  upon,  until  it  has 
often  seemed  as 
if  nothing  would  in 
left  to  him.  Small  cause  for 
time  be 
wonder 
it  that  the  druggist,  goaded 
first  on  this  side  and  then  on  that,  has 
turned  on  the  department  store  with 
anger 
in  his  eye,  a  fierce  hatred  in  his 
heart,  and  a  burning  desire  within  him 
to  rid  the  earth  of  bis  merciless  assail­
ant !

is 

is  done. 

And  yet,  unwholesome  although  the 
thought  is,  we  must  recognize  here  the 
penalty  of  progress.  No  higher  step  in 
economic  evolution  is  ever  reached  but 
some  cruel  barm 
It  will  not 
now  be  gainsaid  by  any  one  familiar 
with  industrial  conditions  that  the  ma­
chine  and  the  factory,  since  their  in­
troduction 
in  England  a  century  ago, 
have  been  of  enormous  benefit  to  soci­
ety,  increasing  the  wages  and  salaries 
of  the  workers  and  executives  on  the 
one  hand,  and  on  the  other greatly  re­
ducing  the  cost  of  the  goods  which  they 
consume. 
Indeed,  scarcely  any  single 
industrial  change  has  ever  been  so  de­
cidedly  to  the  advantage  of  society  as 
that  ushered  in  by the machine;  and  yet 
I the  machine  threw  thousands  of men out 
of  work  at one  stroke;  it  brought  these 
men  to  the  verge  of  starvation  and  de­
spair;  it  bred  in them a  spirit  of  savage 
hatred  and  revolt;  and  the  machine­
breaking  riots  in  England  are  among 
the  most  bloody  scenes  in  all  the  pages 
of  industrial  history.

thousand 

traveling 

Two  years  ago  it  was  reported  that 
the  trust,  in  its  rapid  development  dur­
the  previous  three  years,  had 
ing 
loss  of  position  to 
brought  about  the 
thirty 
salesmen. 
These  men  were  of  a  higher  order of 
intelligence 
than  the  handicraftsmen 
thrown  out  of  work  by  the  machine; 
they  had  less  difficulty 
in  adapting 
themselves  to  their  changed  environ­
ment;  and  so  the  public  at  large  has 
heard 
less  of  the  fate  of  the  commer­
cial  travelers  than  was  the  case  a  cen­
tury  ago  with  the  mechanics  and  labor­
ing  men.  But  the  travelers  were  never­
theless  very  bitter.  They  met 
in  na­
tional  council,  made  severe  complaint 
of  their  fate,  and  declared  in  no  mild 
terms  that  the  trust  was  a  cruel  monster 
which  should  be  wiped  off  the  face  of 
the  earth  sternly  and  without  remorse. 
They  desired  the  extinction  of  the  trust 
no  less  devoutly  than  the  handicrafts­
men  desired  that  of  the  machine,  or the 
small  dealer  that  of  the  department 
store.

The  readjustment  which  follows  in­
dustrial  or commercial  changes  is  ever 
is  always  hurt— 
painful.  Somebody 
somebody cruelly and ruthlessly crushed;

and  it  is  a  saddening  thought that  it  is 
by  these  very  injuries  that  society  ben­
efits.  A  real  economy  was  made  when 
the  machine  threw  thousands of men  out 
of  employment;  it  was  no  less  an  econ­
omy  when  the  trust  dispensed  with  the 
services  of  the  traveling  salesmen,  and 
when  the  department  store  compelled 
the  small  dealer  to  lower the  price  of 
goods.  Every  time  a  handicraftsman 
or traveler  lost  bis  position ;  every  time 
a  small  dealer  was  compelled  to  reduce 
his  profit  on  an  article,  or  perhaps  to 
sell  the  article  at  a  loss,  society  gained 
that  much.  The  few  were  hurt  in  order 
that  the  many  might  be  benefited. 
This  is  cruel. 
It  is  sad  to  contemplate. 
But  it  is  nature's  way;  it  is  inevitable; 
and  there  is  no escape  from  it—posi­
tively  none.

The  department  store  represents  a 
in  the  evolution  of com­
higher  step 
merce ;  it 
is  the  result  of  natural  “ se­
lection ;”   it  is  more  efficient  than  the 
small  store—more  capable  of succeeding 
in  the struggle  for  existence;  and it  will 
continue  to  grow  and  develop  despite 
all  efforts  to  abolish  it,  and  absolutely 
regardless  of  the  classes  or  individuals 
whom  it  treads  under  foot in its progress 
onward  and  upward.  To  cry  out  against 
this  fate  is  worse  than  useless.  To  at­
tempt  its  prevention  is  merely  to  kick 
against  the pricks or,  Don  Quixote-like, 
to  tilt  one's  lance  against  a  windmill. 
The  lesson  of  evolutionary  science  is  to 
waste  no  time 
in  reactionary  effoits 
which  can  avail  nothing,  to spend  no 
energy 
in  foolish  attempts  to  turn  the 
river  back  upon  its  course,  but  to  real 
ize  that  the  conditions  have  changed 
irrevocahlv,  and  that  we  must  adapt 
ourselves  to them  if  we  are  n< t  to perish 
In  biology  the  species 
from  the  earth. 
of  animals  which  have 
successfully 
adapted  themselves  to  their changing 
environments  have  continued  to  exist; 
those  which  have  not  so  adapted  them­
selves  have  suffered  the  fate  of  extinc­
tion.  The  same  alternative  presents  it­
self  to the  small  dealer. 
If  he  succeeds 
in  lifting  himself  to  the  economic  plane 
of  the  department  store  he  will  he  in 
position  to  continue  the  struggle  for  ex­
istence  on  equal  terms. 
If  be  does  not 
so succeed,  his  lot  is  bound  in  the  very 
nature  of  things  to  grow  worse  and 
worse  with  each  passing  decade.

line  with  economic  progress. 

Fortunately,  so  far as  the  druggist  is 
concerned,  the  process  of  adaptation  to 
environment  is  beginning  to  take place, 
and  the  outlook  is  promising. 
I  most 
firmly  believe  that  an  era  of  co  oper­
ation  and  combination  in  pharmacy  is 
slowly  appearing,  and  in  a  paper  read  a 
month  ago  before  the  Michigan  Phar­
maceutical  Association  I  reported  the I 
numerous  evidences  of  such  a  move­
ment  which  had  manifested  themselves 
during  the  past  year.  This  development 
is  in 
It 
will  equip  the  druggist  with  powers 
equal  to  those  of  the  department  store. 
When  the  drug  business  is  done  on  a 
larger  scale ;  when  the  economic  wastes 
of  the  present  order  have  in  consider­
able  measure  been  prevented,  and  the 
percentage  expense  of  doing  business 
has  been  decreased ;  when  greater exec­
utive  ability  has  been  developed  and 
placed  at  the  helm;  when, 
in  short, 
greater  economic  efficiency  has  been 
gained,  the  druggist  will  be  in  position 
to  compete  with  the  department  store 
on  equal  terms.  He  will  then  have 
adapted  himself to  the  changed  environ­
ment and  wiil  have  placed  himself  in 
harmony  with  the  laws  of  progress  in­
stead  of  in  blind  opposition  to them.

is  once  thoroughly  realized 

This  adaptation  will  not  be  accom­
Its  consummation 
plished  quickly. 
must  wait  upon  a  fuller  development  of 
the  co-operative  spirit. 
Its  attainment 
must  necessarily  be  a  matter  of  slow 
and  natural  growth.  But  a  long  step  in 
the  process  will  have  been  taken  when 
it 
that 
adaptation  is  necessary.  When  we  have 
come  to  know  perfectly  that  to  kick 
against  the  pricks  is  not  only  useless, 
but  is  wasteful  of  time  and  energy  that 
should  be  husbanded  and  used  to  better 
advantage,  and  when  we  have  been 
brought  to  realize  that  we  must  keep 
pace  with  changing conditions  if  we  are 
to  succeed  in  the  struggle  for  existence, 
the  battle  will  already  be  half  won,  To

bring  ourselves  to, this  Frealization  is 
then  our  first  duty;  and  the  rest  shall 
follow  in  due  time.  Harry  B.  Mason.

The  Drug:  M arket.

Opium—Is  weak  but  not  quotably 

lower.

Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Is  less  firm  but  unchanged.
Cocaine—Is  very  firm  and  an  advance 
is  looked  for on  account  of  higher  price 
for  crude  material.
~  Epsom  Salts—Have  advanced  25c  per 
cwt.

Menthol—Has  again  advanced  and  is 
tending  higher,  on  account  of  reports 
that  the  Japanese  peppermint  crop  is 
seriously  damaged. 
light 
both  here  and  abroad.

Stocks  are 

Nitrate  Silver—Has  declined  on  ac­

count  of  lower  price  for  bullion.

Bromide  Potassium—Is  weak  at  late 

decline  and  tending  lower.

Santonine—On  account  of  higher 
price  for  raw  material,  has  advanced 
25c  per  lb.

Balsam  Copaiba—Is  in  small  supply 

and  advancing.

Balsam  Tolu—Has  advanced.
Oil  Peppermint—Is  excited  and  has 
It  is  stated  that  one 
advanced  again. 
firm  controls 90  per  cent,  of  the  supply 
and  will  not  sell  for  less  than  $5  per  lb.
Oil  Spearmint—Is  in  very  light  sup­

ply  and  has  again  advanced.

Oil  Cloves—Is  tending  higher,  on  ac­

count  of  higher  price  for  spice.

Linseed  Oil—Is  dull  and  lower.

in 

session  at  Frankfort 

Asks  For  Removal of Borax  P rohibition.
The  Society  for the  Protection  of  the 
Inttrests  of  the  German  Chemical  In­
dustry, 
last 
week,  unanimously  passed  a  resolution 
against  the  prohibition  of  the  use  of 
boric,acid  for  the  preservation  of meats, 
and  has  appealed  to  the  Bundesrath  to 
reverse  its  decision  in  this  connection, 
in  view  of  the  present  scarcity  and 
dearness  of  meat.  This  society  has  a 
great  deal  of 
it  is  be­
lieved  its  appeal  will  have  considerable 
force.

influence  and 

K ind  to  the  Sick.

William  Slimson,  Jr.—Do  you  believe 

in  being  kind  to  the  sick,  mamma?

Mrs.  W.  Slimson—Certainly,  Willie, 
and  I  hope  you  always  will.  Why  do 
you  ask?
William—Because,  mamma,  I  heard 
the  little  boy  in  the  next  block  had  the 
measles,  and  I've  been  visiting  him 
all  the  afternoon.

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WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—Oil Peppermint. Oil Spearmint, Turpentine 
Declined—Nitrate Silver, Linseed Oil.

Acldum

Aeetlcum 
..........$  6©i
Benzotcum, German.  70®
Boraclc....................  
©
Carbollcum..............  MO
Cltrlcum..................  
ISA
SO
Hvdrochlor.............. 
8©
Nltrocum................. 
Oxallcu m................. 
12®
Phosphorlum,  dll... 
A
Sallcyllcum.............  MA
Sulphurleuiii...........  HiO
Tannlcum................  I  10® 1  20
Tartar! cu m ............   38®  40

A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............  
4®
Aqua, 20 deg............  
6®
Carbonas.................  13®
Chlorldum...............  
12®
A niline
Black.........................2 00® 2  28
Brown......................  80® 1 00
Bed.........................  48®  M
Yellow.....................   2 80® 3 00

88

Bacete
Cubeb»...........po, 26  228  24
Junlperus................  
Xanthoxylum.........   1  808  l  60
Balsam nm
Copaiba...................  808
Peru  .......................  
8
Terabln,  Canada....  60#
Tolutan.................... 
468
Cortez
Abies, Canadian......
Cassi».....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrlca Cerifera, po.
Prunns Virglni........
Qulllala, gr’d ...........
Sassafras........po. 16
Clmu».. .po.  18, gr’d 
E ztractum  
24®
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.
28®
Glycyrrhlza,  po......
— 
1 1 b. box
H»matox, 16
118
H&matox, is ...........  13|
Hsematox, Mis.........  
I4i
H»matox, Ms.........  
16®

F errn
Carbonate  Preclp...
Citrate and  Quint*..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanldum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  comT......
Sulphate,  comT,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure........
Flora

Arnica.....................  
16®
Anthemls.................  22®
Matricaria...............  
30®

Folia
Barosma..................   358
Cassia Acutlfol, Tln-
nevelly.................   20®
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  26® 
Salvia officinalis,  14s
and Ms.................  
12®
UvaUrsl................... 
8®
Gnmml 
Acacia, 1st picked...
Acacia, 2d  picked...
Acacia, 3d  picked...
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po................  46f
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12(
Aloe, Cape__ po. 16.
Aloe,  Socotrl..po. 40
Ammoniac...............   88®
Assafoetlda___po. 40  28®
Benzoinum..............  60®  85
Catechu, is.............. 
®  13
Catechu, Ms............  
®  14
Catechu, Ms............  
8   16
Camphor»..............  64®  69
Euphorbium... po. 38 
®  40
© 1 00
Galbanum...............  
Gamboge............ po  go® 
se
®  36
Gualacum........ po. 36 
Kino..:...... po. $0.76 
®  76
M astic....................  
®  60
Myrrh..............po. 48 
®  40
OpU__po.  1.10@4.30 3 00®  3  10
Shellac....................  36®  46
Shellac, bleached....  40®  46
Tragacanth.......... ...  70®  1  00

H erbs

Absinthium., oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum..oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__ oz. pkg 
Mentha Plp..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg 
Rue..............oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
rhymus, Y.. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Carbonate, Pat........
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
‘arbonate, Jennings 
Oienm
Absinthium............
Amygdalae,  Dulc__

26
20
28
28
23
26
39
22
26
66® 60
18© 20
18® 20
18® 20

6 50® 7 01
60® 60
8 00® 8 28
1  60® 66
2  10® 2  20 
2 50® 2 66
80® 86
Caryophylll__
76® 80
80® 86
C e d ar................
® 2 78
Chenopadll.............. 
Cinnamon».............  1 00® 1  10
Cltronella................  3s®  46

Conlum Mac............
Copaiba.................... i
Cubeb»...................  1
Exechthltos............ 1
Erlgeron.................  1
Gaultherla..............  2
Geranium, ounce.... 
Gosslppll, Sem. gal..
Hedeoma.................  1
Junípera.................  1
Lavendula..............
Llmonis..................   1
Mentha Piper.........   4
Mentha Verld.........   2
Morrhuae, |gal........... 2
M yrda......................4
Olive.......................
Plcls Liquida...........
Plcls Liquida,  gal..
Blclna.?.................
Bosmarlnl...............
Bos», ounce..............6
Sucelnl....................
Sabina....................
Santal..................... ...
Sassafras.................
Slnapls, ess., ounce.
Tlglfl.......................  x
Thyme.....................
Thyme, opt..............
Theobromas...........
Potassium
Bl-Carb....................
Bichromate............
Bromide.................
C arb.......................
Chlorate., .po. 17® 19
Cyanide..................
Iodide,...................  2
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potass Nltras, opt...
Potass  Nltras.........
Prussiate.................
Sulphate po............
Radix
Aconltum.................
Althae......................
Anchusa.................
Arum  po.................
Calamus..................
Gentlana........po. 16
Glychrrhlza...pv.  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po.
Inula,  po.................
Ipecac,po............  2
Iris plox...po. 3S®38
Jalapa, pr...............
Maranta,  Ms...........
Podophyllum,  po...
Bhel........... ...V....
Bhel, cut.................
Bhel, pv..................
SpigeUa..................
Sanguinaria., .po.  16
Serpentaria............
Senega....................
Smllax, officinalis H.
Smllax, M...............
Sclllae........... po.  38
Symplocarpus.Fcetl-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ...............
Zingiber j.................
Semen
Anlsum........ po.  18
Aplum (graveleons).
Canil.. .7.7.7.. po.  16
Cardamon...... .........
Coriandrum.............
Cannabis Sativa......
Cydonlum...............
Chenopodlum.........
Dipterlx Odorate__
Foenlculum..............
Foenugreek, po.......
Llnl........................
Llnl, grd...... bbl. 4
Lobelia...................
Pharlaris Canarian..
Bapa.......................
inapis  Alba...........
Inapis  Nigra.........
Spiritus 
Frumentl, W. D. Co. 
Frumentl,  D. F. R..
Frumentl................
Junlperls Co. O. T...
Junlperls  Co...........
Saacnarum  N. E__
Spt. Vlnl Galll.........
Vlnl Oporto............
Vlnl Alba................
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  B e ef,  for 
slate use...............
Syrups
Acacia....................
Aurantl Cortex........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac......................
Ferrllod.................
Bhel Arom..............
Smllax  Officinalis...
Senega ....................
SoIU».....................

80®  90
16® 1  28 
300 1  36 
60® 1  60 
00® 1  10 
00® 2 10 
®  76
60®  60 
80®  1  86 
80® 2 00 
90® 2 00 
16®  1  25 
'0®  4 F0 
40® 2 60 
00® 2  10 
00® 4 60 
76® 3 00 
10®  12 
®  36
9¿®  98
®  1 00 
60® 7 00 
40®  46
90®  1  00 
76® 7 00 
66®  60 
®   66 
60®  1  60 
40®
®  1  60 
16®

18®  18 
13®  16
60®  66 
12®  16 
16®  18 
34®  38

7®  10
6® 
8 
23®  26
16®  18

20®  26 
30®  33
10®  12 
®  26 
20®.  40 
12®  16 
16®  18 
®  76
®  80 
12®  16 
18®  22 
75® 2 80 
36®  40
26®  30
®  36
22®  26 
76®  1  00 
® 1  28 
76® 1  36 
36®  38
®  18
60® 66
80®
86
® 40
@ 25
10® 12
® 26
® 25
16® 20
14® 16
26® 27

© 16
13® 16
4® .
6
10® 11
26®  1 76
a ®
10
6® 6
76®  1  00
16® 16
00®  1 10
® 10
7© 9
4  ®
6
4  ®
6
60®  1  56
5  ®
6
6  ®
6
9® 10
11® 12
2 00® 2 60 
2 00® 2 26 
1  26®  1  60 
1  66®  2 00 
1 76® 3 60 
1  90® 2  10 
1  75® 6 60 
1  26® 2 00 
1  26® 2 00

2 60® 2 76 
2 60® 2 76 
®  1  60 
®  1  28

®  1  40

®  60 
®  50
®  60 
®  60 
®  60 
60®  60

Miscellaneous 

SoIU»  CO................. 
®  BC
® 
s*
Tolutan...................  
Prunus  vlrg............   @  bc
Tinctures
Aconltum Napellls B 
Aconltum Napel»8 F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh.... 
Arnica.................... 
Assafoetlda.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co........... 
Barosma..................  
Cantharldes............ 
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co..........  
Castor.....................  
Catedral................... 
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co............  
Columba................. 
Cubeb».................... 
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis..................  
Ergot....................... 
Ferrl  Chlorldum.... 
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Gulaca.....................  
Gulaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............  
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless...... 
K ino.......................  
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh.....................  
Nux Vomica............  
OpU.......................... 
OpU,  comphorated.. 
Opll, deodorized...... 
Quassia................... 
Bhatany................... 
Bhel......................... 
Sanguinaria............  
Serpentaria............  
Stramonium............  
Tolutan..................  
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber......„ ......... 

60
50
60
6a
bo
so
60
50
60
so
so
76
bo
76
76
1 00
bo
so
60
bo
so
60
60
60
so
36
Bo
60
Bo
60
5o
7b
7b
60
so
60
60
7b
Bo
1 60
60
Bn
Bo
60
Bo
80
60
60
60
20
¿Ether, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  36
¿Ether, Spts.Nit.4F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M® 
3
3® 
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
Annatto...................   40®  M
4®  B
Antlmonl, po........... 
Antlmonl et Potass T  40®  B0
Antlpyrin...............  
®  26
©  20
Antlfebrin.............. 
Argentl Nltras, oz... 
®  42
Arsenicum.............. 
10® 
12
46®  60
Balm  Gilead  Buds.. 
Bismuth S. N...........  1 66®  1  70
®  9
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
®  10
Calcium Chlor., Ms.. 
®  12
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
®  80
Cantharldes, Rus.po 
® 
Capsid Fructus, af.. 
iB
Capsid  Fructus, po. 
®  16
Capsid Fructus B,po 
®  16
Caryophyllus.po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......  
® 3 00
Cera Alba.............. 
66®  60
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
®  36
Cassia Fructus........ 
Centrarla.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum................. 
®  46
Chloroform  .............  65®  60
Chloroform, squlbbs 
® 1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  39®  1  60
Chondrus................   20®  21
Clnchonldlne,P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonldlne, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   4 06®  4 75
76
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
Creosotum............... 
®  46
Creta............ bbl. 76 
2
® 
Creta, prep..............'  ® 
5
Creta, preclp........... 
9®  11
® 
Creta, Rubra........... 
8
Crocus....................  30®  35
®  24
Cudbear..................  
Cuprl  Sulph............   6M® 
8
7® 
Dextrine................. 
10
Ether Sulph............  78®  92
Q 
Emery, all numbers. 
8
Emery, po......... -__  
6
® 
E rgota......... po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White...........  12®  16
Galla.......................  
23
Gambler................. 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......   36®  60
75 &  6
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown............  
11® 
13
Glue,  white............  
16®  26
Glycerina................   17M®  26
Grana ParadIsl........ 
®  26
Hum ulus.................  26®  B6
®  1 00 
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
®  90
Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. 
® 1  10 
Hydrarg Ox Bub’m. 
®  1  20 
Hydrarg  Ammonlati 
Hydrarg Unguentum  60®  60
Hydrargyrum......... 
®  86
Ichthyobolla,  Am...  66®  70
Indigo.....................   76®  1 00
Iodine,  Besubl........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 60®  3 86
Lupulin., 
_
Lycopodium.............  66®
M ads......................  66®
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drargIod.............. 
®
LlquorrotassArslnlt 
10® 
2® 
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
® 
Murala. 8.  F
76®

8® 

.

Menthol.................  
® 6 10
Morphia, 8., P.& W.  2  16® 2 40 
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q.  2  ie® 2 40
Morphia, Mai...........2  is® 2 40
®  40
Moschus  Canton.... 
Myrlstlca, No. 1......   66®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 16 
® 
10
Os Sepia..................  36®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................  @ 1 00
Plcls Llq. N.N.M gal.
dOZ.......................   @ 2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts__  
® 1 00
Plcls Llq.,  pints......  
®  86
®  60
Pll Hydrarg...po. 80 
Piper  Nigra...po. 22 
® 
18
Piper  Alba__po. 36 
®  30
PUx Burgun............   @ 7
Plumbl Acet............  
10©  12
Pulvts Ipecac et Opll 1  30® 1 60 
Pyre thrum, boxes H.
©  76
& P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum, pv........  26®  30
Quassl»..................  
8®  10
Qulnla, 8. P. &  W... 
28®  38
‘.8®  38
Qulnla, 8. German.. 
Qulnla, N. Y............   28®  38
Rubia Tlnctorum__  
12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv  20®  22
Salacln....................4 60® 4 76
Sanguis  Draconls...  40®  60
12®  14
Sapo, W..................  
SapoM.................... 
10® 
12
Sapo G....................  @ 
15

SeldUtz Mixture......   20®  22
Slnapls.................... 
© 
18
Slnapls,  opt............  
©  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................  
©  41
®  41
Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s 
Soda, Boras............  
9®  u
Soda,  Boras, po......  
9® 
11
Soda et Potass Tart. 
25®  27
Soda,  Carb.............. 
im® 
2
3® 
Soda,  Bl-Carb.........  
5
4
Soda,  Ash................  3M@ 
Soda, Sulphas.........  
© 
2
® 2 60
Spts. Cologne........... 
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
60®  56
® 2 00 
Spts. Myrda Dorn... 
Spts. Vlnl Beet.  bbl. 
© 
Spts. Vlnl Beet. Mbbl 
® 
Spts. Vlnl Beet. lOgai 
® 
Spts. Vlnl Beet. 5 gal  @ 
Strychnia, Crystal...  80®  1 06
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2M@ 
4
Sulphur, Boll...........  2M@  3M
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobrom».............   45®  60
Vanilla....................  9 oo@ie 00
Zind Sulph.............. 
8

7® 

Oils

Whale, winter.........   7o 
Lard, extra..............  86 
Lard, No. 1 .............. 
60 

BBL.  GAL.
70
90
66

Linseed, pure raw...  45 
Linseed, boiled........  46 
Neatsfoot. winter str  69 
Spirits Turpentine..  58 

46
47
66
33
P a in ts   BBL.  LB.
Bed Venetian.........   Hi  2  ©8
Ochre,yeUow  Mars. 
1M  2  ©4 
Ochre, yeUow Ber...  Hi 2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  2M 2M©3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2M  2M©3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
15
Vermilion, English..  70®  76
Green,  Paris...........14M©  18M
Green, Peninsular... 
13®  16
Lead, red.................  3  @  8M
Lead,  white............   6  ©  6M
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’__  
©  96
© 126 
White, Parts, Amer. 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
©  1  48
cliff.......................  
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

13® 

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body............2 76© 8 00
No. 1 Turp Fum...... 1 00®  I  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1 66®  1 60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  79

D r u g s

We  are Importers and Jobbers of Drugs, 

Chemicals and  Patent  Medicines.

We  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils  and 

Varnishes.

We  have  a full line of  Staple  Druggists’ 

Sundries.

We  are the sole  proprietors  of  Weath­

erly’s  Michigan Catarrh  Remedy.

We always have  in  stock  a  full  line  of 
Whiskies,  Brandies,  Gins,  Wines 
and  Rums  for  medical  purposes 
only.

We  give our personal  attention  to  mail 

orders and  guarantee  satisfaction.

All orders shipped and invoiced the same 

day received.  Send  a trial order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

mmmm

Dwlnell-Wrlght  Co.’(Brands.

96
1 00
« 2«
l  10
115

1 26
8 00

2 8

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

These quotations are  carefully  corrected  weekly,  within  six  hoars  of  mailing, 
and are intended to be correct at time of going to  press.  Prices,  however,  are  lia­
ble to change at any  time,  and  country  merchants  will  have  their  orders  filled  at 
market prices at date of purchase.

ADVANCED
Canned  Corn
G rain  Bags
Codfish
Cheese

Index to Markets

By Columns

 

B

C

G

A

I
J

D
F

H  --

CoL
Akron Stoneware.................  15
Alabasttne............................  1
Ammonia..............................  
l
Axle Grease..........................   1
Baking Powder...................... 
l
Bath  Brick............................  1
Bluing.. 
.............................   1
Breakfast Food.................... 
l
Brooms..................................  1
Brushes................................  
l
Butter Color..........................  1
Candles.................................   H
Candles.................................  
I
Canned Goods.......................  2
Catsup...................................  3
Carbon Oils..........................   8
Cheese...................................   3
Chewing Gum.......................  3
Chicory..................................  3
Chocolate...............................  3
Clothes Lines.........................  3
Cocoa-...................................   3
Cocoannt...............................  3
Cocoa Shells..........................  3
Coffee...................................   3
Condensed Milk....................  4
Coupon Books.......................  15
Crackers...............................  4
Cream Tartar.......................  5
Dried  Fruits.........................  5
Farinaceous  Goods..............  5
Fish and Oysters..................   13
Fishing Tackle............. 
  6
Flavoring Extracts...............   6
Fly  Paper.............................   6
Fresh Meats.........................   6
Fruits...................................   14
Gelatine................................   6
Grain Bags............................  7
Grains and Flour .r..............  7
Herbs...................................   7
Hides and Pelts....................  13
Indigo...................................   7
Jelly.....................................   7
Lamp Burners.......................  15
Lamp Chimneys...................   15
Lanterns...............................   15
Lantern  Globes......................16
Licorice................................  7
Lye........................................  7
Meat Extracts.......................  7
Molasses...............................   7
Mustard................................  7
Nuts......................................   14
Oil Cans............ : ..................  15
Olives...................................   7
Pickles...................................  7
Pipes.....................................  7
Playing Cards..............K—   8
Potash...................................  8
Provisions.............................   8
Bice......................................   8
Salad Dressing.....................   9
Saleratus...............................  9
Bal Soda................................   9
Salt........................................  9
Salt  Fish...............................  9
Seeds.......'............................   9
Shoe Blacking.......................  9
Snuff.....................................  10
Soap......................................   9
Soda......................................   10
Spices..............  
10
Starch...................................   10
Stove Polish..........................  10
Sugar....................................   11
Syrups...................................  10
Table  Sauce............................u
Tea........................................  U
Tobacco................................  n
Twine...................................  12
Vinegar................................  12
Washing Powder.................... is
Wloklng................................   18
Wooden war».......................;  is
Wrapping Paper...................  13
least  Cake..........................   13

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W

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8

M

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Is

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DECLINED

Peanuts
Toothpicks
Some  Soaps
G raham   F lour

AXLE  GBEA8B

doz.  gross
Aurora...................... 55  Boo
Castor  Oil....................60  7 00
Diamond.....................50  4 26
Frazer’s ...................... 76  9 00
1XL Golden, tin boxes 75 
9 00

Mica, tin boxes.........78 
Paragon.....................65 

9 00
0 00

BAKING  POW DER 

Egg

H lb. cans,  4 doz. case.......3 76
54 lb. cans,  2 doz. case.......8 75
lib. cans, 
1 doz. case.......3 75
5 lb. cans, 54 doz. case.........8 00

la lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case......  85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

Royal

10c size__  90
M lb. cans  l  35
6 oz. cans.  1 90
54  lb. cans 2 50
X lb. cans 3 75
1 lb-  cans.  4 80
3 lb. cans  13 00
5 lb. cans. 21 50

BATH  BBICK

American.........................  75
English.............................  85

BLUING

Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross 6 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

Small size, per doz..............  40
Large size, per doz..............  75

BBEAKFAST FOOD

CEBflUUTRBRES

Cases, 36 packages............. 4  50
Five case lots...................... 4  40

Bb o o m s

No. 1 Carpet........................2  ?o
No. 2 Carpet....................... 2  25
No. 3 Carpet....................... 2 16
No. 4 Carpet........................1  76
Parlor  Gem........................ 2  40
Common Whisk...................  85
Fancy Whisk...................... 1  10
Warehouse..........................8  60

BBU8HE8

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 In..................   45
Solid Back, 11 In .................  95
Pointed Ends.......................  86

Shoe

No. 8.....................................1 00
No. 7.....................................1  30
No. 4.....................................1 70
No. 8.....................................1  90

Stove

No. 8.....................................  75
No. 2..................................... 1  10
No. 1.....................................1 75
W., R. & Co.’s, ISc size__  125
W., R. ft Oo.’s, 25c size....  2 00

BUTTER  COLOR

CANDLES

Electric Light, 80..................U
Electric Light, 16*................ 12#
Paraffine, So...........................954
Paraffine, 12s.......................:o
wiaktnv 
.. 17

CANNED  GOODS 

Apples
3 lb. Standard!........ 
Gallons, standards.. 
Standards.............. 

Blackberries

Beans

110
3 86
80

Baked......................  l oo@i  30
76a  86
Bed  Kidney............. 
String...................... 
70
Wax......................... 
75
B lueberries
Standard....................
Brook  T rout

2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1  90

Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
Little Neek. 2 lb...... 

Clam  Bouillon

100
1  60

Burnbam’s, 54 pint...........  1  92
Burnham's, pints..............  3 00
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20

Cherries

85

Corn

Mushrooms

French  Peas

Gooseberries

2
2 10 
8 60 
3
2
2 40
1  80 
1
2  80
2
1  90
1
2
2 80 
1 81
1
80
2
18020
22@25

Bed  Standards..........I 8C©1 so
White.........................  
1  so
Fair.......................... 
80
Good....................... 
86
1  0 <«>l  20
Fancy.................... 
8ur Extra Fine................. 
22
Extra  Fine.......................  
19
Fina.................................. 
15
Moyen............................... 
11
90
Standard................
Hom iny
Standard, m
Lobster
Star, 54 lb................
Star, 1  lb.................
Picnic Tails.............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ...........
Mustard, 2 lb...........
Soused, 1 lb..............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, 1 lb............
Tomato, 2 lb............
Hotels. 
Buttons.
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................  
1 65 
Cove, 21b.................
96
Cove, 1 lb Oval........
Peaches
P ie..........................  
8t@  90
Yellow....................   1  86ai 86
Pears
1 00 
Standard................
1  25
Fancy.................   ..
Peas
Marrowfat.............
1 00 
9001  00 
Early June..............
Early June  Sifted.
1 60
Plum s
85
Plums.....................
Grated....................   I  2502 75
Siloed.......................   I  3602 55
P um pkin
F air.........................
90 
Good.......................
1 00 
Fancy......................
I  25
Raspberries
Standard..................
1  15
Russian  C arier
54 lb. cans.........  ..............  3 75
54 lb, cans.........  ..............  7 00
1 lb. can...........................  1200
Salmon 
Columbia River, tails 
01 86 
Columbia River, flats
Ol  80 
Red Alaska..............
®1 30 
Fink Alaska............
0   90
Shrim ps
Standard.................
1  40
Sardines
Domestic, 54s...........
3X6
Domestic, h s .........
Domestic,  Mustard.
6
California, 54s.........
11014
California 541...........
17024
French, Ha..............
7014
French, 54a..............
18028
Standard.................  
110
Fancy  ....................  
1 40

Straw berries

Pineapple

 

.

Succotash
Fair.......................... 
Good.......................  
Fancy  . .
.
Tomatoes
F air......................... 
Good.......................  
Faney............................ 
Gallons..........................  
**  CARBON  OILS 

Barrels

CATSUP

01354
013
013
013
01354
0 ’354
«51254
013
$ '3
013
035
017

Eocene.......................  
01154
0iovt
Perfection..................  
Diamond White.........  
610
D. S. Gasoline............ 
0i4\4
012
Deodorized Naphtha.. 
Cylinder.......................29  034
fiiglne......................... 16  022
Black, winter................ 9  01OK
Columbia, pints....................... 2 00
Columbia, 54 pints.................... 1 25
CHEESE
Acme.......................  
Amboy......................... 
Carson City.................. 
Elsie.............................  
Emblem..................  
Gem......................... 
Gold Medal.............. 
Ideal...........................  
Jersey..........................  
Riverside...................... 
Brick.......................  
Edam...........................  
Leiden......................... 
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
019
Sap  Sago...................... 
CHEWING GUM 
56
American Flag Spruce.... 
Beeman’s Pepsin.............  
60
66
Black Jack.......................  
Largest Gum Made................... 60
66
SenSen............................. 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  I 00
Sugar Loaf.......................  
56
56
Yucatan............................ 
Bulk...................... 
5
Red........................................7
Ragle..............    
4
Franck’s .............................   7
Schener’s .............................. 6

CHICORY

13014
60075

14016

 

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker ft Co.’s.

German Sweet..'.................  23
Premium.............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa..................  46
Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium.............................   si

Bunkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES 

Sisal

 

 

 

Ju te

COCOA

Cotton Braided

60ft. 3 thread,  extra..  ...  100
72 ft. 3 thread,  extra.......  1 40
90 ft, 3 thread,  extra.......  1 70
60 ft, 6 thread,  extra....... 
1 29
72 ft, 6 thread, extra.................
75
60 f t .................................. 
72 ft...................................  
90
90 ft..............................  
  106
120ft................................   1  50
Cotton  Victor
 
50 ft............................. 
80
6f f t .................................. 
95
70 f t ..................................  1  10
Cotton W indsor
5 9 ft..................................  1  20
60ft...................................   1  40
70 f t ................  
1®
8 0 ft..................................  185
40 ft...................................  
55
59 ft...................................  
70
7 0 ft.................................. 
*0
Galvanised  W ire 
No. 20, each 100 ft long....  190 
No. 19, each 100 ft long....  2  10 
Cleveland.............................  41
Colonial, Ns  .......................   35
Colonial, 54s.........................  83
Rpps................. 
42
Huyler.................................  46
Van Houten, 54*..................   12
Van Honten, '*»..................   20
Van Honten, 54*..................   40
▼an Honten,  Is..................  70
Webb................................ 
30
Wilbur, 54s..........................   41
Wilbur. 5<s..........................   42
Dunham’s 54s...................   26
Dunham’s 54s and Ms......   2654
Dunham’s  Ms...................  27
Dunham’s  54s..................   28
Bulk....................................  13
COCOA SHELLS
20 lb. bags.......................... 
Less quantity.................  
Found packages............  

3
4
x
Teller Coffee Co. brands
No.  9...................................  9
No. 10..................................10
No. 12..................................1254
No. 14..................................14
No. 16..................................16
No. 18..................................18
No. 20..................................20
N a 22..................................22
No. 24..................................24
NO. 28..................................26
NO. 28..................................28
Belle Isle..........................   20
Red Cross............................ 24
Colonial...............................26
Juvo......................................30
Koran....................................14

COFFEE 
Boasted 

COCOANUT

Delivered In 100 lb. lots.

5

Sweet  Goods—Boxes

8

Animals.............................   10
Assorted  Cake...................  10
Belle Bose...........................   8
Bent’s Water......................  10
Cinnamon Bar.....................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java............   10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy................... 
10
Cracknells..........................   16
Creams, Iced.......................  8
Cream Crisp.....................   1054
Cubans.............................   1154
Currant Fruit....................   12
Frosted Honey...................  12
Frosted Cream...................   9
Ginger Gems,l’rgeorsm’ll  8 
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. 07...  654
Gladiator..........................  1054
Grandma Cakes.................. 
9
Graham Crackers...............  8
Graham  Wafers.............  12
Grand Rapids  Tea...........  16
Honey Fingers...................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  10
Imperials......................... 
 
Jumbles, Honey...........s..  12
Lady Fingers......................  12
Lemon Snaps......................  12
Lemon Wafers...................  16
Marshmallow.....................   16
Marshmallow Creams......  16
Marshmallow Walnuts__   16
Mary Ann...........................  8
Mixed Picnic....................  1154
MCk Biscuit......................   754
Molasses Cake...................   8
Molasses Bar......................   9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  1214
Newton...............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers...............  8
Oatmeal Wafers.................  12
Orange Crisp......................   9
Orange Gem........................  9
Penny Cake........................  8
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
754
Pretzelettes, hand made..  854
854
Pretzels, hand  made....... 
Scotch Cookies....................  9
Sears’ Lunch.....................  
  754
Sugar Cake..........................  8
8n«ar rrwun. XXX.........   8
Sugar Squares.....................  8
Sultanas...........................  13
Tuttl Fruttl........................   16
Vanilla Wafers...................  16
Vienna CrlmD.....................  8
E. J. Kruce & Co.’s baked good' 

Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for  complete  prloe  list 

with Interesting discounts.
CREAM TARTAR

5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......80
Bulk In sacks.......................... 29

DRIED  FRUITS 

Apple«

Sundrled.........................  o s
Evaporated, so lb. boxes.70  8

California Prunes

100-120 25 lb. boxes........  0  4
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  0  4M
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  0  6M
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........  0  5M
80 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  0  6M
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  0 /M
40 - 50 26 lb. boxes........  0  8M
60 - 40 25 lb. boxes........ 
9

M cent less In 50 lb. oases

California F ru its

0

Apricots....................  
Blackberries..............
Nectarines................. 
Peaches..................... 8  010
Pears..........................954
Pitted Cherries...........
Pnmnelles.................
Raspberries...............

854

Citron

Leghorn...»-,...........................12
Corsican....................1254013

Currants

California, l lb.  package....
Imported, 1 lb package.......7
Imported, bulk..................... 654

Peel

Citron American 19 lb. bx... 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx..l3 
Orange American 10lb. bx..13

Raisins

1 75 
1 90
7

London Layers 2 Crown. 
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb...... 9K016
L. M., Seeded, M lb.... 
8
Sultanas, b ulk................... 11
Sultanas, package............. 1154
FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima.........................   654
Medium Hand Picked 
2 50
Brown Holland...................2 25

Beans

241 lb. packages................1 so
Balk, per 100 Tbs................. 2  60

Farina

Hominy

Flake, 50 lb. sack............... 
so
Pearl, 200 lb. bbl................5 00
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.............. 2 M
Maeearoni and Vermicelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............  so
Imported, 26 lb. box...........2 60

White House, 1 lb. cans......
White House, 2 lb. cans......
Excelsior, M. ft J. 1 lb. cans 
Excelsior, M. ft J. 2 lb. cans 
Tip Top, M. ft J., 1 lb. cans.
Royal Java..........................
Royal Java and Mocha.......
Java and Mocha Blend.......
Boston  Combination..........
Ja-Vo Blend........................
Ja-Mo-Ka  Blend.................
Distributed by Olney ft Judson 
Gro. Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  C.  El­
liott ft Co.,  Detroit,  B.  Desen- 
berg ft Co., Kalamazoo, Symons 
Bros, ft  Co.,  Saginaw,  Jackson 
Grocer Co.,  Jackson,  Melsel  & 
Goeschel.  Bay  City,  Flelbach 
Co., Toledo.
Common..............................  8
F air...................................... 9
Choice.................................. 10
Fancy...................................16
Common..............................  8
F air...................................... 9
Choice.................................. 10
Fancy.................................. 13
Peaberry.............................. 11
F air..................................... 13
choice................................ is

Maracaibo

Santos

Bio

Mexican

Choice..................................13
Fancy...................................17

G uatem ala

Ja v a

Choice.................................. 13
African.................................12
Fancy African.................... 17
O  G......................................26
P. G......................................31

Arabian..............................   21

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Arboekle............................105%
Dll worth............................ 1054
Jersey.................................1054
Lion....................................10
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX sold to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin 6  
Co., Chicago.

E xtract

Valley City 54 gross............   76
Felix 54 gross............................1 16
Hummel’s foil 54 gross........  86
Hummel’s tin 54 gross........l  43

CONDENSED  MILK 

4 doz in case.

Gall Borden Eagle...................6 40
Crown.......................................5 90
Daisy........................................ 4 70
Champion................................4 25
Magnolia................................. 4 00
Challenge.................................« 10
Dime............  
8 36
Peerless Evaporated Cream.4 00
Milkmaid..................................6 10
Tip  Top....................................3 85
Nestles..................................... 4 25
Highland Cream......................5 00
St. Charles Cream.................... 4 50

 

254

CRACKERS

B utter

National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour...........................  654
New York.........................  654
Family.............................   654
Salted................................  654
Wolverine.........................  7
Soda  XXX.......................  7
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette........................  18

Soda

Oyster

F au st...............................  754
Farina..............................  7
Extra Farina....................  754
Saltlne Oyster..................   7

6

P earl Barley

Peas

Common.............................300
Chester................................2 76
Empire................................8 66
Green, Wisconsin, bn.........
Green, Scotch, bn...............l  86
Spilt,  lb...............................  4
Boiled Arena, bbl...............6 76
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks.. 
3 on
Monarch, bbl...................... 6 *o
Monarch, H bbl..................2 87
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks.........2 66
Quaker, cases..................... 3  10

Boiled  Oats

G rits

Walsh-DeKoo Co.’i Brand.

Sago

w h eat

PISHING  TACKLE

Cases, 24 21b.packages.....2 00 
East India............................. 3k
German, sacks....................   814
German, broken package..  4
Flake,  110 lb. sacks.............. 4)4
Pearl, 180 lb. sacks..............  3k
Pearl, 241 lb. packages......61«
Cracked, bulk......................  8H
24 2 I>. packages.................2 60
H to 1 inch...........................  6
.................   7
114 to 2 Inches. 
1H to 2 Inches...................... 
9
114 to 2 Inches.................... 
11
2 Inches................................   15
3 Inches................................   30
No. 1,10 feet.......................   5
No. 2,15 feet.......................   7
No. 3,15 fe e t.......................   9
No. 4,15 feet.........................  10
No. B, 15 feet.........................  11
No. 6,16 feet.........................  12
No. 7,15 fe e t........................  15
No. 8,15 feet.........................  18
No. 9,15 feet.......................   2o
Small...................................   20
Medium...............................   26
Large..................................  34
Bamboo, 14 ft, per  doz.. . . .   50
Bamboo, 16 ft. per doz.......  65
Bamboo. 18 f t , per doz.......   80
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

Cotton  Lines

Linen  Lines

Poles

FOOTE *  JKNKS’

J A X O N

H ighest  Grade  Extracts
Lemon

Vanilla 

1 ozfullm  l 20  lozfullm .  80
2 oz full m  2  10  2 oz full m  l  25 
No.Bfan'y  8  16  No.sfan’y  1  If

Vanilla

Lemon

2 oz panel.120  2 oz panel.  75
3 oz taper.  2»oo  4 oz taper. .1 50

^2«^®

' ^ orIng EXTRACTS 

Folding  Boxes 

F a ll  Measure

Taper  Bottles 

I). C. Lemon 
1>. C. Vanilla
2oz......... 
75  2 oz.........  1 20
4 oz.........  1 60  4 oz.......... 2  00
6 0Z......  2 00  6 oz..........   3 00
O. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 oz.........  75  2 oz......... 1  25
3oz.........   1 25  3 OZ...........2  10
4 OZ......... 1  GO  4 OZ.......... 2  40
D. C. Lemon 
1). C. Vanilla
1 oz.........  65  1 oz.........   85
2 oz..........1  10  2oz.......... 1  60
4 OZ.........  2 00  4 oz.......... 3  00
2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  1  GO 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure. Vanilla..  1  80 
Tanglefoot, per box.............  35
T an g lefo o t,  p e r  e a s e ..............8  20

Tropical  Extracts 

FLY  PA PEB

FRESH  MEATS 

Beef
Carcass....................
5 ©  7H
Forequarters.........
6 ©  6
Hindquarters.........
6 ©  8
9 ©14
Loins.......................
Ribs........................
7 ©12
Rounds....................
6 ©  7
6 ©  5H
Chucks....................
Plates.....................
4H© S
P ork
Dressed..................
© 8H
Loins......................
12 ©12H
Boston  Butts........... 11HQ17
Shoulders...............
©10H
Leaf Lard...............
©12
Mutton
Carcass...................
5 © 6
Lambs......................
7 © 9
Veal
Carcass...................
8 O  *H

GELATINE

Knox’s Sparkling............  1 20
Knox’s Sparkling,pr gross  14 00
Knox’s Acidulated...........  1 20
Knox’s Acidulat’d ,pr gross 14 00
Oxford..............................  
75
Plymouth  Rock...............   1  20
Nelson's...........................   1 50
Cox’s, 2 qt size.................  1  61
Cox’s, 1-qt size.................. 
1  10
Amookeag, 100 In b ale__  15%
Amoskeag, less than bale.  15K

GRAIN  BAGS

GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

W heat.............................. 

W inter  W heat  F lour 

70

W heat

Local Brands

Olney ft Jndson’s Brand

Spring W heat Floor 

Patents............................   4 35
Second Patent..................   3 »5
Straight............................   3 65
Second Straight...............   3 3t
Clear................................  3
Graham...........................   3 4J
Buckwheat.......................  4 8t
Bye...................................   300
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
BaU-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Hs.....................   3 60
Diamond 14s.....................  3 60
Diamond H s....,...........3 60
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
QuakerHs........................   360
Quaker 14s........................  3 so
Quaker Hs........................  3 60
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s  Brand
PBlsbury’s  Best Hs..........  4 60
Plllsbury’s  Best Hs.........   4 60
PUlsbury’s  Best Hs..........  4 40
Plllsbury’s Best Hs paper.  4 40 
PUlsbury’s Best Hs paper.  4 40 
Ball-Baruhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........  4 40
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........  4 30
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........  4 20
Lemon & wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Hs.................... 
4 to
WIngold  HI....................  4 20
Wlngold  Hs....................  4  10
Ceresota H i..........................  4 60
Ceresote H i..........................   4 rn
Ceresota H i..........................   4 40
Worden Grooer Co.’s Brand
Laurel  Hs.............................   4 30
Laurel  Hs.............................   4 20
Laurel  Ha........i ...............  4 10
Laurel Hs and Hi paper..  4  10
Bolted..............................   280
Granulated............................  2 90
St. Car Feed, screened__   24 25
No. 1 Com and  Oats........  2«  25
Corn Meal,  coarse...........  24 25
Corn Meal, fine.................  2400
Winter WUeat Bran.........  16 00
Winter Wheat Middlings.  18 00
Cow Feed.............................   17 00
Screenings............................  is 00
Car  lots new....................  34H
Corn, car  lots..................   66
No. i Timothy car lota__   d9 50
No. 1 Timothy ton lots___ 12 00
Sage........................................ 10
Hops.......................................16
Laurel Leaves......................... 15
Senna Leaves..........................26
Madras, 5 lb. boxes................66
8. F., 2,8 and 6 lb. boxes....... 50

Feed and  Millstnffls

Oats
Corn
Hay

INDIGO

HERBS

Meal

■IET.LT

51b. palls.per doz........... 
1 85
151b. palls............................  40
so lb. palls............................  80

LICORICE

Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sldly...................................   14
Boot.....................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz......................1 20
Condensed, 4 doz......................2 25
Armour & Co.'s, 2 oz........  4 45
Liebig’s, 2  oz.........................  2 75

MEAT EXTRACTS

LYE

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

Fancy Open Kettle..........  
Choice..............................  
Fair.................................. 
Good................................. 

Half-barrels 2c extra
MUSTARD

40
35
26
22

Horse Badlsh, 1 doz............1  75
Horse Badlsh, 2 doz............ 8 50
Bayle’s Celery. 1 doz........... 1  75

OLIVES

Bulk, 1 gal. kegs....................  1 35
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs.................... 
1 10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs....................  1 05
Manzanula, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen,pints.....................   236
Queen, 19 oz....................     4 GO
Queen, 28  oz.........................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.....................   145
Stuffed. 10 oz........................   2 30
Clay, No. 216............................. t n
ctay, T. D„ full count.........   85
Cab, No. ■......... 
  M

PIPES

 

Im ported.

Japan,  No. 1................6H©
Japan,  No. 2................0  ©
Java, fancy head...........  S
Java, No. 1....................   ©
Table.............................   *

Caraway

Mixed Bird...............
Mustard, white.........
Poppy........................
Rape.........................
Cuttle Bone..............

SHOE  BLACKING

Blxby’s Royal Polish.. 
Miller’s Crown  Polish.

80  AP 

Beaver Soap Co. brands

6

Corn

SYRUPS

Common Corn 
.  9
20 l-lb.  packages..............
.  3H 40 l-Ib.  packages..............
.  7M 
.1 00
10
.  4
Barrels..............................
Half bbls..........................
.  4
10 lb. cans, % doz. In case. 1  86
.  7
5 lb. cans, l doz. In case... 2  10
.  6
.  4
2H lb. cans, 2 doz. In case.
.2  10
2 60 F air..................................
.  16
Good................................
.  20
1  26 85 Choice.............................
.  26
STOVE  POLISH
95

P u re Cane

.27
.29

Best  grade  Imported Japan,
3 pound pockets,  33  to  the
bale...................................6

Cost of packing In  cotton  pock­
ets only He more than bulk.
SALAD  DRESSING 
Alpha Cream, large, 2 doz.  .1  85 
Alpha Cream, large, 1 doz. .1  90 
Alpha Cream, small, 3 doz..  95
Durkee’s, large, 1 doz.......... 4 15
Durkee’s, small, 2 doz..........4 85

SALEBATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

Churcb’s Arm and Hammer.3  is
Deland’s............................... 3 00
Dwight’s Cow...........   ........ 3  15
Emblem................................2 10
L.  P ......................................s 00
Wyandotte, 100 H i...............8 00

SAL  SODA

Granulated, bbls.................  95
Granulated, too lb. cases.... 1  06
Lump, bbls.........................  90
Lamp, 148 lb. kegs...............   98

SALT

Diamond Crystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes..1 40 
Table, barrels, 1008 lb.bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 78 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 65 
Butter, barrels, 20 uib.bags.2 86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   67
Shaker.............................   24%

Common  Grades

100 31b. sacks...................... 2 25
60 6 lb. sacks...................... 2 16
28 101b. sacks.....................2 06
561b. sacks.......................   40
28 lb. sacks.......................   22

W arsaw

Ashton

Higgins

66 lb. dairy In drill bags......   40
28 Ib. dairy In drill bags......   20

561b. dairy In linen sacks...  60 

561b. dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Solar  Rock

56 lb. sacks..........................   28
66
Granulated  Fine.................  75
Medium Fine.......................  go

Common

SALT  FISH 

Cod

H alibut.

Large whole...............  © gh
Small whole...............   © 5
strips or  Drinks......... 7  © 9
Pollock.......................   ©  8H
Strips......................................
Chunks....................... . 
13
No. 1100 lbs.. 
No. 1  40 lbs.. 
No. 1  10 lbs.. 
No. 1  8 lbs.,

T rout

5 50 
2 50 
70 
59

Mackerel
Mess 100 lbs............
Mess  GO lbs................
Mess  to lbs................
Mess  8 lbs................
No. 1100 lbs................
No. 1  63 lbs................
No. l  10 lbs......................
No. l  8 lbs......................
No. 2 mo lbs......................
No. 2  Bilbo......................
No. 2  10 lbl......................
Yn  9  si»'»
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoopaHhbl. 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
Holland white hoop mens.
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................
Round 40 lbs.....................
Scaled...
Bloatersu

H erring

14 80 
7  76 
1  60 
1  30 
13 (0 
7  00 
1  45 
1  19

10 so 
5 50 
©75 
86

11

W hite fish

100  lbs... .......7  75
60 lbs... ...... 4 21
10 lbs... ......  93
8 lbs... ....  77

No. 1  No. 2 Fam
3 76
2 20
61
‘2

H100 cakes, large size............6 50

Lautz Bros, brands—

Jas. S. Kirk & Co. brands—

GO cakes, large size............3 25
100 cakes, small size............3 85
60 cakes, small size............ 1  96
J A X O N
Single box............................. 3 20
5 box lots, delivered............8 15
10 box lots, delivered............3 10
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King.....................   3 66
Calumet Family............... 2  75
Scotch Family................   2  86
Cuba................................. 2  36
Dusky Diamond............  3  B6
Jap Rose.........................  3  75
Savon  Imperial..............  3 65
White  Russian...............   3 60
Dome, oval bars................3  66
Satinet, oval....................  2  GO
White  Cloud..................   4  10
Big Acme........................  4  10
Acme 5c..........................   3 65
Marseilles.........................4 00
Master.............................. 3 70
Lenox.............................  3  10
Ivory, 6oz.........................4 00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  e  75
Schultz & Co. brand-
sta r..................... 
  3  25
Search-Light Soap Co.  brand. 
"Search-Light”  Soap,  100
big, pure, solid bars.......   3 75
A  B. Wrisley brands—
Good Cheer....................  4  00
Old Country....................  3 40
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz.........2 40
Sapolio, hand, 8 doz..............2 40
Boxes...................................  5H
Kegs, English......................4k
Scotch, In bladders................  87
Maccaboy, In ja n .................   35
French Rappee, in jars......   43

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Scouring

8NUFF

SODA

 

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice.
Cassia, China In mats.........
Cassia, Batavia, In bund...
Cassia, Saigon, broken__
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls__
Cloves, Amboyna..............
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Mace.................................
Nutmegs,  76-80.................
Nutmegs,  106-10...............
Nutmegs, U6-20.................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white.
Pepper, shot.....................
Pure G round In B alk
Allspice............................
Cassia, Batavia.
Cassia, Saigon.
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Ginger, African...............
Ginger, Cochin.................
Ginger,  Jamaica..............
Mace.................................
Mustard............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne..............
sage.........   ......................

STARCH

K lngsford’s Corn 

40 l-lb. packages. 
8H
Klngsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............   8k
6 lb. packages...............  
9H
Common Gloss
l-lb. packages..................   6
3-lb. packages...................  6H
6-lb. packages...................  8H
40 and 60-lb. boxes............  4
«
Barrels......................... 

J.L . Prescott & Co.
Manufacturers 
New York, N. Y.

No. 4,8 doz In case, gross..  4 so 
No. 6,8 doz In case, grots..  7 20

SUGAR

Domino.............................  6 76
Cut Loaf...............................6 16
Crushed............................  6 16
Cubes................................  4 90
Powdered.........................  4 78
Coarse  Powdered............   4 75
XXXX Powdered.............  4 80
Fine Granulated................  465
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran____  4 85
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  4 80
Mould A............................  • 00
Diamond A.......................  4 66
Confectioner’s A..............  4 46
No.  1, Columbia A...........  4 36
No.  2, Windsor A............   4 30
No.  8, Ridgewood A........  4 30
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   4 26
No.  6, Empire A..............  4 20
No.  6................................  4 16
v»  v  .............................   « 18
No.  8................................  4 06
Wo.  o................................  4 00
No. 10................................   3 96
No. 11................................   3 95
No. 12................................  3 90
No. 18................................  8 85
NO. 14................................  3 75
No. 16...... .........................   8 80
No. 16................................  8 75

TABLE  8AUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS* 
SAUCE
The Original and 
Genuine
6
W  orces tershlr e.
Lea fit Perrin’s, pints........  5 00
Lea & Perrin’s, H pints... 
2 76
Halford, large..................   3 76
Halford, small..................  325

 

TEA
Jap an

 

Gunpowder

8 undried, medium.............. 31
Sundrled, choice................. 33
Sundried, fancy...................43
Regular, medium.................31
Regular, choice...................33
Regular, fancy.................... 43
Basket-fired, medium..........31
Basket-fired, choice.............88
Basket-fired, fancy..............43
Nibs..................... 
30
Siftings...........................19©21
Fannings........................20©22
Moyune, medium................29
Moyune, choice................... 38
Moyune, fancy.....................53
Plngauey,  medium.............. 28
Plngsney,  choice................. 88
Ptngsuey, fancy...................43
Choice.................................. ao
Fancy...................................as
Formosa, fancy....................43
Amoy, medium....................26
Amoy, choice.......................33
Medium................................37
Choice.................................. 84
Fancy.................................. .

English B reakfast

Young  Hyson

Oolong

In dia

Ceylon, choice......................33
Fancy.................................. 43

TOBACCO

Cigars

H. & P. Drug Co.’a brands.

Fortune Teller......................  36 00
Our Manager.........................  38 00
Quintette................................ 35 of
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

8. C. W..............................
cigar cuppings, per lb.*..

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

2 9

8

9

IO

II

PICKLES
M e d iu m

Barrels, 1,200 count............ 8 00
Half bbls, 000 oount............ 4 35
Barrels, 2,400 oount.........9  50
Half bbls, 1,200 oount......... 5 20

Small

PLATING CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat............  
90
No. 15, Rival, assorted v ..  1 20 
No. 20, Rover, enameled..  1  60
N6. 572, Special................   175
No  98, Golf, satin finish..  2 00
No. 808, Bicycle...............   2 00
No. 632, Tournam’t Wblst.  2 25 

POTASH 

48 cans in case.
Babbitt’s ............... .............4 00
Penna Salt Co.’s.................. 8 00

PROVISIONS 
Barreled  P ork

Mess.........
Back........
Clear back. 
Short out.. 
Pig.
Bean........................
Family Mess Loin...
Clear.......................

©21 00 

31*  75 
01» SO 
©20  75 
24 00
©19 09
21  00
©20 78

Dry  Salt Meats

Smoked  Meats 

BeUles.....................
S P  Bellies...............
Extra shorts............

13
3k
12
Hams, 12 lb. average.  ©  13 h
Hams, 14 lb. average. 
13H 
Hams, is lb. average. 
©  18H 
Hams, 20 ib. average.
©   12 X 
Ham dried beef......
©   12H 
Shoulders (N. T. cut)
©
Bacon, clear............   15  ©  17
California hams
©  Ik  
Boiled Hams..........
©  18 
Picnic Boiled Hams 
©  13H
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d  9H©  10
Mince Hams.........  
9H©  10
Lard
Compound...............
Pure........................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tuba..advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
16 lb. Palls..advance 
Bib. Palls.. advance 
advance
Vegetole..................
Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort
P ork.......................  
Blood.......................  
Tongue.................... 
Headcheese.............  

6
6H
©8
8H©9
s
9
SH

© 7X 
©12
H

Tripe

1  76
3 2(
7  60
80
1  go
3 00
26
5
12

Beef
Extra Mesa..............
Boneless..................  
12  25
Rump, New............  @:2  25
Pigs’  Feet
H bbls., 40 lbs.........  
Hibbls.,.................... 
1 bbls.,  lbs............  
Kits, 15  lbf.............. 
H bbls., 40 lbs.........  
H bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Casings
P o rk .......................  
Beef rounds............  
Beef middles........... 
Sheep............................... 
Solid, dairy
Rolls, dairy..............
Bolls, creamery......
Solid, creamery......
Corned beef, 2 lb ....
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  Hs......
Potted ham, H i......
Deviled ham, Ms.-..
Deviled ham, H*__
Potted tongue,  Ha..
Potted tongue.  H i..
RICE 
Domestic

©13 
©18H 
18H 
16
2 50 
18 00 
2 50 
80 
90 
80 
90 
50 
90

Uncolored  B utterine 

Canned  Meats 

Carolina head...................... 7
Carolina No. l .....................6H
Carolina No. 2 .....................6
Broken............... .................3H

Sutton’s Table Rice, 40 to the 
hole, 2H nonni pockets  ...in

3 D

12

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

© 6 © 7 
@ 7ft 
© 7ft 
© 8ft 
© 9 
©  8 
©  8ft 
© 9 
© 9 
©   8 ft 
© 9 
©10
114ft

138ft 

15 
12 
12 
9 
11 
10 
10 

©12 © 9 ©10 ©11 

©13ft 
©12 
© 5ft 
© 9 
© 9 
© 9 

©12©11

@13 
@12

STONEWARE

B utters

ft gal., per doz...............................
1 to 6 gal., per gal.........................
8 gal. each.....................................
10 gal. each.....................................
12 gal. each.....................................
15 gal. meat-tubs, each...................
20 gal. meat-tubs, each...................
“& gal. meat-tubs, each...................
30 gal. meat-tubs, each...................

2 to 6 gal., per gal...............................
'’hum Dashers, per doz.....................

C h u rn s

M ilkpans

ft gai  fiat or rd. bot, per doz............
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ each................
Fine  Glased  M ilkpans 
ftgal. fiat or rd. bot., per doz....  .... 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., eacb................. 

Stewpans

ft gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  
1 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz............  
ft gal. per doz..................................... 
ft gal. per doz..................................... 
1 to 5 gaL, per gal............................... 

Jogs

Sealing Wax

LAMP  BURNERS

6 lbs. In package, per l b ....................  
No. 0 Sun............................................ 
No. 1 Sun............................................. 
No. 2 Sun............................................. 
No. 3 Sun............................................  
Tubular...............................................  
Nutmeg............................................... 
MASON  FRUIT JA RS 

48 
5ft 
48 
60 
72 
1  12 
1  60 
2  12 
2 56

48
6 ft
60
6

85
1  10
56
42
7

2
36
36
48
86
so
50

 

Lubetsky Bros, brands

Plug

Smoking

Fine  Gut

B.  L........................................ 35 00
Dally Mall, 5c edition..........35 00
Cadillac...............................54
Sweet  Loma....................... 33
Hiawatha, 5 lb. palls  ......... '6
Hiawatha, 10 lb. pails.......   5i
Telegram.............................22
Fay Car.............................. ¿1
Prairie Rose............ ......... 49
Protection...........................37
Sweet Burley...................... 42
Tiger...................................38
Red Cross............................82
Palo.................................... 31
Kylo.................................... 34
Hiawatha............................ 41
Battle A xe..........................33
American Eagle..................32
Standard Navy....................36
Spear Head, 16 oz............... 41
Spear Head,  8 oz............... 43
Nobby Twist.......................48
Jolly T ar.............................36
Old Honesty........................ 42
Toddy.................................. 33
J. T ......................................36
Piper Heldslck....................61
Bootjack............................ 78
Honey Dtp Twist.................39
Black  Standard..................38
Cadillac.............................. 38
Forge................................. 30
Nickel Twist.......................50
Sweet Core...............   ........34
Flat Car.............................. 8»
Great Navy..........................34
W arpath.............................25
Bamboo, 16 oz......................24
I XL,  51b...........................26
I X L, 16 oz. palls................. 30
Honey Dew......................... 35
Gold  Block.......................... 35
Flagman..............................38
Chips....................................32
Kiln Dried.......................... 21
Duke’s Mixture...................38
Duke’s Cameo......................41
Myrtle Navy........................39
Turn Yum, IS  oz................. 39
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls...........37
Cream.................................. 36
Com Cake, 2ft oz.................24
Coro Cake, lib .................... 22
Plow Boy, IK oz...................39
Plow Boy, 3ft oz...................39
Peerless, 3ft oz.................... 32
Peerless, lft oz....................34
Air Brake............................36
Cant  Hook.......................... 30
Country Club...................32-34
Forex-XXXX......................28
Good Indian....................... 23
Self Binder  .................... 20-22
Silver Foam.........................34
Cotton, 3 ply.........................16
Cotton, 4 ply.........................16
Jute, 2 ply............................ 12
Hemp, 6 ply......................... 12
Flax, medium......................20
Wool, 1 lb. balls...................   7*

TW INE

VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine» 80 grain.. 11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand... 11
Pure Cider, Red Star........... 11
Pure Cider, Robinson..........li
Pure Cider, SUver................11

WASHING  POWDER

Diamond  Flake...................2 75
Gold  Brick.  ....................... 3 25
Gold Dust, regular...................4 50
Gold Dust, 5c............................4 oo
Klrkoline,  24 4 lb.................3 90
Pearline................................... 2 75
Soaplne......................... 
Babbitt’s 1776......................  3 75
Rosetne.....................................3 50
Armour’s.................................. 3 70
Nine O’clock.............................3 36
Wisdom.............................. 3 80
Scourlne....................................3 60
Rub-No-More............................8 75
No. 0, per gross.................... 25
No. i, per gross.................... so
No. 9, per gross.................... 40
No. 8. per gross.................... 56

W ICKING

Faucets

" 

Pails

Traps

Mop  Sticks

Wash  Boards

Cork lined, 8 In................'...  66
Cork lined, 9 In....................  75
Cork lined, 10 In...................  85
Cedar. 8 In............................  66
Troian spring......................  90
Eclipse patent spring........  86
No 1 common.......................  76
No. 2 patent brush holder..  86
12 B>. cotton mop heads...... 1 25
ideal No. 7 ..........................   90
2-hoop Standard............
...1  60
3-hoop Standard............
...1  65
2-wlrë,  Cable.................
...1  6t
3-wire,  Cable.................
...1  80
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1  2C
Paper,  Eureka..............
...2 26
Fibre.............................
...2 4t
T oo th p ick s 
Hardwood...................... ...2 60
Softwood........................ ...2  75
Banquet........................
...1 60
Ideal............................... ...1  60
Mouse, wood, 2  holes..........  22
Mouse, wood, 4  holes..........   45
Mouse, wood, 6  holes..........  70
Mouse, tin, 5  holes..............  65
Rat, wood............................  80
Rat, spring............
Tubs
20-lnch, Standard, No. 1...... 7 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2......6 00
16-lnch, Standard, No. 3...... 5 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. 1.......... 7 60
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2.......... 6 59
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3.......... 5 oo
No. 1 Fibre.........................9 46
No. 2 Fibre.........................7 95
No. 3 Fibre.........................7 20
Bronze Globe......................2 60
Dewey...............................1 76
Double Acme......................2 76
Single Acme....................  2 26
Double Peerless...............   3 25
Single  Peerless...................2 50
Northern Queen................2 60
Double Duplex...................3 00
Good L u ck.......................2 75
Universal............................2 26
12 In....................................1 66
14 In....................................1 86
16 In....................................2 30
11 In. Butter.........................  75
13 In. Butter........................1  10
16 In. Butter........................1 75
17 In. Butter........................2 75
19 In. Butter........................4 25
Assorted 13-15-17.................1  76
Assorted 15-17-19  ............... 3 00
W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw................. 
lft
Fiber Manila, white.........   3ft
Fiber Manila, colored......   4
No.  1  Manila...................   4
Cream  Manila..................  3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2ft
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count....  20
Wax Butter,  rolls............   15
Magic. 3 doz........................1 00
Sunlight, 3 doz.................... 1 00
Sunlight, 1ft  doz.................  50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz.............1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz............. l 00
Yeast Foam, lft  doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish.............. ...10©
Trout...................... ...  & 8ft
Black  Bass............ ...10© 11
Halibut.................. ...  © 14
Ciscoes or Herring. ...  © 5
4 10
Bluefish ................. ...  © 11
Live  Lobster......... ...  © 2'
Boiled  Lobster...... ...  © 25
Cod......................... ...  © 10
Haddock............... ...  © 8
No. l Pickerel........ ...  © 8ft
Pike....................... ...  © 7
Perch..................... ...  © 5
Smoked  White...... ...  © 11
Red  Snapper......... ..  ©
Dol River  Salmon.. ■ 12ft @ 13
Mackerel............... ...  © 18

W indow  Cleaners

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Wood  Bowls 

HIDES AND  PELTS 

Baskets

Bradley  B atter Boxes

WOODENWARE
Bushels............................
Bushels, wide band........
..1  25
Market............................. ..  30
Splint, large.....................
.6 00
Splint, medium...............
.  5 00
..4 00
Splint, small....................
Willow Clothes, large......
..8 00
Willow Clothes, medium.
.  5 50
Willow Clothes, small...... ..5 00
2 lb. size, 24 in case.........
72
3 lb. size, 16 In case......... ..  68
5 lb. size, 12 In case......... --  63
10 lb. size,  6 in case......... ..  60
No. 1 Oval, 250 In crate__ ..  40
No. 2 Oval, 250 In crate__ ..  45
No. if Oval, 260 In crate...
..  50
No. 6 Oval, 250 tn crate__ ..  60
Barrel, 5 gals., eacb......... ..2 40
Barrel, io gals., each........ ..2 55
Barrel, 15 gals., each....... ..2 70
Round head, 5 gross box__  50
Round head, cartons...........  75
Humpty Dumpty............... 2 25
No. l, complete...................  29
is
No. 2, complete.............  

B a tter Plates

Clothes Pins

Egg Crates

Churns

 

Hides

Green  No. 1 
Green  No. 2 
Cured  No. 1 
Cured  No. 2 
Calfskins,green No. 1 
Calf skins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. 1
Calf skins,cured No. 2
Pelts
Old Wool.................
Lamb.......................
Shearlings..............
Tallow
No. 1.........................
No. 2........................
Wool
Washed, fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine......
Unwashed, medium.
CANDIES 
Stick Candy

© 7ft 
© oft ©  9 
© 8 
© 9ft 
© 8
©  9  '
50@1  60
45©  75
40©  75

© 6
© 5
©Î0
©23
@18
16© 18

Standard........
Standard H. H. 
Standard  Twist 
Cut Loaf...........
Jumbo. 32 lb... 
Extra H .H .... 
Boston Cream. 
Beet Bon*

Dbls.  palls
@7 
@7 
© 8 © 9 
cases 
© 7ft 
©10ft
r*

Fancy—In  P ans 

Mixed Candy

Grooers....................
Competition.............
Special...................
Conserve..................
Royal......................
Ribbon....................
Broken....................
Cut Loaf...................
English Rock...........
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Crc"'-"
mixed..............
Crystal Cream mix

Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Sugared Peanuts....
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Biss Goodies....
Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges, printed... 
Champion Chocolate 
Eclipse Chocolates...
Quintette Choc........
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera...
Ital. Cream Bonbons
20 lb. palls...........
Molasses  Chews,  16
lb. palls............
Golden Waffles........

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

©60
Lemon  Sours.........  
Peppermint Drops.. 
©60 
©go 
Chocolate Drops.... 
©86
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12............  
©1 00
Gum Drops.............. 
©35
Licorice  Drops........ 
@75
Lozenges,  plain......  
@66
Lozenges, printed... 
©60
©go
imperials................. 
©so
Mottoes................... 
Cream  Bar............. 
©66
Molasses Bar........... 
©66
Hand Made Creams.  80  ©90 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  WInt.............  
©86
String Rock............. 
f ig
WIntergreen Berries  @60

Caramels 
© 8ft
Clipper, 20 lb. palls.. 
©12ft
Perfection, 201b.  pis 
©is
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Korker 2 for lc pr bx 
©66
©eg
Big 3,3 for lc pr bx.. 
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx  @60
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
©60
AA Cream Car’ls 31b  ©50
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida RussetL...... 
Florida Bright........ 
Fancy Navels.......... 
Extra Choice........... 
Late Valencias........ 
Seedlings.................  
Medt. Sweets..........  
Jamaica*................  
Bodl...................... 
Lemons 
Verdelll, ex fey 300.. 
Verdelll, fey 300......  
Verdelll, ex chce 300 
Verdelll, fey 360...... 
Call Lemons, 300......  
Messlnas 300s...........  3 60@4 50
Messlnas 360s...........  3 50@4 60
Bananas
Medium bunches__   1  50@2 00
Large  bunches........

©
©
©
©
©
©
©
@4 00
©

©
©
©
©
©

Foreign D ried F ruits 

Figs

© 6ft

Dates

NUTS

California«,  Fancy..
@©1 00
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
10 lb. boxes...........  
@
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes.................... 
@
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
1
Naturals, in bags.,..  @
Bards In 10 lb.  boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. oases.  @
Hallow!.......   5  @ 5ft
@
lb.  cases, new......  
©
Saira, 60 lb. cases.... 
Almonds, Tarragona 
©16
Almonds, lvtoa......  
©
Almonas, California,
soft shelled........... 
16@16
Brazils...................... 
§10
Filberts  ................. 
©13
Walnuts  Grenobles. 
@13
Walnut»., soft shelled 
@
Califorala No. 1... 
'#i3ft
Table Nuts, fancy... 
Pecans,  Med........... 
@10
Pecans, Ex. Large... 
©13
Pecans, Jumbos...... 
©14
Hickory Nats per bn.
Ohio, new............  
©
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
©3 50
Chestnuts, per b u ... 
@
Peanuts
Fancy, H. P„ Suns.. 
bS® 6ft
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns
7ft
Choice, H.P., Jumbo 
@ 7ft
Choice, H. P., Jumbo 
9ft
B oasted.................  
@
Span. 8hlld No. 1 n’w  8  0 7

Roasted....... 

eft© 

W ith Porcelain  Lined  Caps

Pints................................................   25 per gross
Q uarts............................................4  50 per gross
ft Gallon..........................................650 per gross

Fruit Jars packed 1 dozen In box
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

Per box of 6 doz.

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

La  Bastle

P earl Top

XXX  F lint

F irst Quality

No. 0 Sun............................................  
No. 1 Sun............................................  
No. 2 Sun............................................. 
A nchor Carton Chimneys 
No. 0 Crimp........................................  
No. 1 Crimp........................................  
No. 2 Crimp........................................  
No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
No. X Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped s  lab........ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled...... 
No. 2 Sun,  "Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz........... 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.......................... 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.......................... 
No. 1 Lime (65c  doz)..........................  
No. 2 Lime (75c  doz).......................... 
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— .................... 
No. 2 Lime (70c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Flint (80c doz).......................... 
1 gaL tin cans with spout, per doz__  
1 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
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We  think  the  effort  would  be  not  only 

costly  but  futile.

Notwithstanding  this  increase  of  con­
sumption  of  the  new  cereal  foods  and 
the  tremendous 
investmensts  in  their 
manufacture  the  Northwestern  Miller  is 
apparently 
impressed  with  the  belief 
that it  can  by persistent editorial pound­
ing  maintain  the  old-time  supremacy 
of  white  flour  as  the  only  nutritious 
product  of  the  wheat  kernel.  Of  course, 
this  is  an  absurd delusion  on  the  part  of 
the  Northwestern  Miller.

It  may  be  reasonably  expected  that 
the  manufacturers  of  the  new  health 
foods  will  not  only  keep  up  the  present 
annual  output  of  their  products,  but 
will  vastly 
increase  it,  as  their  maga­
zine  advertising  continues  to  educate 
public  sentiment  upon  the dietetic value 
of  their  health-giving,  body-building, 
brain-making  foods.

It  may  also  be  reasonably  expected 
that  the  consumption  of  white  flour will 
correspondingly  decrease  as  the  years 
go  by.

In  this  extremity  the  question  has 
been  raised  as  to  whether  the  loss  of 
ground  by  the  flour milling  industry  can 
be  retrieved  by  resorting  to  the  same 
advertising methods  that  have  been  em­
ployed  so  successfully  by  the  manufac­
turers  of  the  cereal  foods.  We  are  in­
clined  to  believe  that  it  is  too  late.

The 

The  advertisers  of  modern  health 
foods  have  been  educating  the  public 
upon  this  question  for  years. 
If  the 
publicity  upon  which  they  have  spent 
millions  of  dollars  rests upon a scientific 
basis  and  upon  accurate,  scientific 
knowledge,  how  can  the  verdict  of  the 
consuming  public  upon  this  question  be 
reversed? 
immense  plants  at 
Akron,  Buffalo,  Niagara  Falls,  Battle 
Creek  and  St.  Louis  have  been  built  up 
on  the  fruits  of  this widely disseminated 
scientific  knowledge.
The  time  has  gone  by  for  elementary 
courses  of 
in  the  dietetic 
value  of  these  new  foods ;  people  have 
learned  their  superior nutritive  value  by 
experience. 
It  is  now  a  battle  royal  be­
tween  the  manufacturers  of  the  various 
kinds  of  cereal  foods  as  to  which  shall 
maintain  the  ascendency  with  popular 
favor.  Nearly  all  are  recognized  as 
vastly  superior  in  nourishing  elements, 
in  bone  and  muscle  making  material,  to 
white  flour.

instruction 

The  selection  of  a  particular  make, 
therefore,  by  each  family 
is  largely  a 
question  of  the  cleverness  and  extent  of 
the  advertising  that  is  done  in  its  be­
half.

It  may  be  gravely  questioned 

if  this 
tide  of  popular  favor  in  the  direction  of 
the  new  foods could  be  turned  back  to 
white  flour,  even  although  the  manufac­
turers  of  the  latter  should  suddenly  con­
clude  to  invest  millions  in  advertising. 
The  health  foods  have  secured  an  ad­
vantage,  a  lead,  that  can  not  be  over­
come.

Publicity  is  a  powerful  agency  for the 
distribution  of  any  food  product,  but  in 
our  opinion,  no  amount  of  publicity  at 
this  late  day  can  overturn  public  senti­
ment,  now  in  favor of  the  cereal  prod­
ucts,  that 
is  based  upon  the  absolute 
and  unerring  conclusions  of  dietetic 
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We are State agents for the  Celebrated Cosmopolitan 
Mantles and are prepared to sell to  the  trade  at  aston­
ishingly  low  prices.  Then,  too,  our  goods  are  strictly 
high  quality  throughout.  Nothing 
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T H E   NEW   FOODS.

P u b lic  Sentim ent.

It  took  several  hundred  years  for the 
flour-eating  human  family  to  discover 
that  in  the  milling  process  the  most  nu­
tritious  elements  of  the  wheat  kernel 
were  thrown  away.  During  all  this  time 
the  miller calmly  sat  beside  the  mill­
stone grinding  out the  white  meal,trust­
ing  to  habit  and  tradition  to  sell  it.

But  science  has  been  pounding  away 
at  the  door  of  the  miller,  urging  him 
with  much  scientific  argument  to  utilize 
the  portions  of  the  wheat  that have been 
discarded.

In  the  meantime,  through  scientific 
investigation  and persistent advertising, 
the  people  have  been  made  aware  of  the 
fact  that  they  have  been  cheated  for 
years  out  of  what  nature  designed 
should  be  the  most nutritious portions  oi 
the  wheat.

From  whole  wheat  flour,  graham 
flour and  other  kinds  of flour,  in  which 
were  ground  up  portions  of  the  bull  of 
the  wheat,  to  the  modern  array  of  cereal 
foods  and  health  foods  the  public  has 
been  thoroughly  impressed  with  the  fact 
that  the  old  while  flour  was  amazingly 
lacking 
in  the  elements  calculated  to 
contribute  to  the  nourishment  of  the 
human  system.

The  markets  are  now  flooded  with  an 
almost  countless  variety  of  “ health 
foods,”   and  their  wholesomeness  and 
healtbfulness  are  abundantly  attested  by 
their  tremendous sales.  These  sales  are 
the  result  not only  of  clever advertising, 
which  has  made  their  virtues  known  all 
over  the  broad  land,  but  of  the  dietetic 
experience  of  the  human  family.

It  has  been  scientifically  proved  that 
white  flour  has  been  shorn  of  nearly  all 
of 
its  bone,  muscle  and  brainmaking 
material.  Very few dietetic students will 
challenge  the  conclusions  of  science  on 
this  subject.
With  the 

increasing  consumption  of 
the  cereal foods  which utilize the former­
ly  discarded  nutritious  hull of the wheat, 
the  manufacturers  of white  flour  are  nat­
urally  thrown  into  a  panic  over  the  de­
creasing  consumption  of  their  product. 
The  Northwestern  Miller,  the  official 
organ  of  the  millers,  howls  frantically 
over  the  encroachments  of  the  health 
foods  upon 
its  preserves,  which  it  was 
thought  belonged  for  ail  time  to the old- 
style  wheat  flour,  and  tearfully 
laments 
the  decline  in  popular  intelligence  that 
leads  to  such  a  departure  in  dietetics. 
With  much  editorial  screaming  it  has 
been  endeavoring  to  break  down  the 
barriers  against  white  flour,  elected 
by  the  enormous  amount  of  advertising 
now  running 
in  the  current  magazines 
and  newspapers  giving  publicity  to  ce­
real  foods.

Suppose  the  manufacturers  of  white 
flour  suddenly  determined  to  inaugurate 
an  expensive  and  comprehensive  plan 
of  publicity.  How  could  they  hope  to 
cope  with  such  a  “ past  master”   in  the 
art  as  Mr.  Perky,  who  has  been  one  of 
the  most  active  and  skillful  of  the  pro­
moters  who  have  been  for  years  educat­
ing  the  public  concerning  the  nutritive 
value  of  the  elements  of  the  wheat  ker­
nel  that  are  discarded  in  the  manufac­
ture  of  process  white  flour?  How  could 
they  hope  to  reverse  the  public  verdict 
in  favor  of  the  new  cereal  foods  already 
rendered  on  the  basis  of  the  work  done 
by  such  experts  as  Messrs.  Ellsworth, 
Brampton, 
Post,  Wisner,  Danforth, 
Dickinson,  Koplin,  Mapes,  Kellogg and 
other  educators  and  promoters  in  this 
line?

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its  fair  state  of  preservation  to  the  dry 
atmosphere.  When  the  dam  at  Assouan 
has  its  perfect  work  there  will  be  in­
creased  humidity  and  it  is  thought  that 
it  will  have  such  an  effect  on  the  sand­
stone  of  the  sphinx  that  in  about  a  hun 
dred  years  there  will  be  no  semblance 
of  the  face  remaining.  That  need  not 
necessarily  very  much  alarm  the  pres 
ent  generation  nor  the  succeeding  one. 
The  notice  is  sufficiently  long  to  answer 
all  present  purposes.  The  formal  not 
fication  of  the  Egyptologists  amounts  to 
this,  that  those  who  want  to  see  the 
sphinx  must  do  so  within  the  next  bun 
dred  years. 
After  that  date  peopl 
must  depend  on  pictures.

The Alaskanboundary dispute betweei 
Canada  and  the United States, which  ha 
been  pending  several  years,  will  prob 
ably  never  be  settled  until Canada aban 
dons  her  claims.  It  has  come  to  be gen 
erally  believed  that  they  were  put  for 
ward  by  Canada  with  the  idea  of  ob 
taining  concession  in  another  direction 
in  a  recent 
Discussing  the  situation 
speech  Senator  Lodge  said : 
“ The  old 
Russian  boundary  was  recognized  unti 
the  United  States  bought  Alaska  and 
the  discovery  of  gold  was  made.  The 
an  effort  was  made  on  the  part  of  the 
Canadian  government  to  change  the 
boundary 
land  which  the; 
claim 
is  of  great  strategic  importance 
If  we  accede  to  their claims  there  is  no 
reason  why  Canada  could  not  claim 
New  Hampshire  or  Maine. 
If  Canada 
wants  to  have  a  reciprocity  treaty  with 
us  she  knows  how  she  can  get 
it.  She 
must  drop  her  talk  about  the  Alaskan 
boundary."

line.  The 

\ \ T ANTED—A  GOOD  LOCATION  FOB  IM- 
tt  plement  and  machinery  business:  '•mall 
stock of  hardware  not  objectionable.  Address 
Box 31, Pomona. Mich. 
794
Ra r e  c h a n c e- fo r  s a l e,  Well-es- 
toblished wholesale and retail  giocery  busi­
ness.  On account of  the  111  health  of  our  Mr. 
P. J. O’Neill, we are compelled to get out  of  the 
mercantile business.  Stock  must  be  sold  with 
good will of business; established over a  quarter 
of a century; doing large and  growing  business 
in  city  and  throughout  the  Thumb;  only  one 
exclusively  wholesale  grocery  house  in  Port 
Huron.  Our  three-story  and  basement  brick 
store for  rent;  best  corner  in  the  iity.  Only 
principals  dealt with.  O’Neill  Bros.  &  Co.,  235 
Huron Ave., Port Huron, Mich. 

791

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i i'OR  SALE—'THE  LARGEST  AND  BEST 

wholesale and retail crockery and china, gas 
and electric fixture business in Michigan outside 
of Detroit and Grand Rapids.  Stock is new  and 
active.  Thousands  of  dollars  of  Importations 
from  France,  Germ my  and  Japan  received 
within the past  sixty  days.  Business  must  be 
sold on account  of  ill  health  of  our  Mr.  P.  J 
O’Neill.  Rare opportunity for any  one  wanting 
to engage In this line of business  Very attract 
ive  store, 233  Huron  avenue;  rent  reasonable 
Only principals dealt with.  O’Neill Bros. & Co 
Port Huron. Mich. 
792
Ii'OR  RENT—BRICK  BLOCK;  ELEGAN. 
A  rooms for grocery,  bakery, restaurant; good 
bake shop; brick oven;  best location;  old estab­
lished  business.  Address  A.  A.  Udell.  Three 
Rivers,  Mich. 
Ii'OR SALE—BAKERY, LUNCH ROOM, CON- 
A  fectlonery. tobacco and cigars; good location 
and  sufficient  room  for  additional  business  if 
desired.  Write  Will  Botsford,  Holland,  Mich
___________________________  ______ 810
IjtOR  SALE —TWO  LAND  CONTRACTS 
A  $400 each, for land valued at $1,000 and draw 
ing 6 per cent.; must be sold at 20 per  cent  dis 
"ount from face.  Also four ••forties”  fine  wild 
-and in Fruitport  township,  Muskegon  county 
Mich., at a great sacrifice if  token  at  once.  W 
W. Barcus, Muskegon, Mich. 
ITOR SALE-CONFECTIONERY STOCKAN D 
A 
fixtures,  Including  soda  fountain,  in  best 
town in Michigan;  good  location  for  a  restou 
rant.  228  River St.,  Holland, Mich. 
801
ITOR  SALE—CASH  GROCERV  BUSINESS
in town of 1 .(MÌO: fin lA n d lfl  n n n n r h m ii- w .  c fn a ir
X 
in town of 1,000; splendid opportunity; stock 
wlll invoice about 
5700;  owner  has  other  busi-
ness and must  sell  at  once. 
Address  No.  783 
care Michigan Tradesman.
783
Ii'OR  SALE-A  CLOTHING,  HAT  AND 
A  furnishing goods stock in small town;  doing 
$11,000  business;  rent,  $200  a  year;  amount  of 
stock and  fixtures,  about  $5,000,  which  will  be 
sold for 56 cents on the  dollar;  good  reasons for 
selling;  no traders need write.  M. J.  Rogan.  19 
Kanter Bldg., Detroit.
ITOR SALE—TWO  BUSINESS  Mill.lH N^s 
In best location in town; cost  $3,800;  also  a 
stock of men’s furnishing goods and shoes In first 
class condition; will Invoice $3,000; If taken with 
in 30 days  both can  be  bought  for  $4,500  cash. 
Real estate will have a big advance  here  before 
next  spring.  For  further  particulars  address 
Box 343, Munising, Mich. 

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The G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  been  on  the  gain.  While 
not  displaying  any  excessively  high 
flights,  it  has  been  on  a  steady  advance 
and 
is  up  2c  per  bushel  for cash  and 
about  the  same  for  futures.  May  op 
tions,  however,  were the  most  favored  ii 
trading.  Bad  reports  from  the  continent 
figured 
in  the  advancing  price.  Ger 
many 
lost  a  good  share  of  the  wheat 
crop,  arid  the  same  is  the  case  with  the 
United  Kingdom. 
Italy is short 26,000, 
000  bushels.  Our own  crop  is  now  esti 
mated  at  only  600,000,000  bushels  and 
a  part  of  that  is  unfit  for  flouring  pur 
poses.  Receipts  have  been 
larger  a 
initial  points  in  the  Northwest,  but  the 
millers  have  been  taking  it  nearly  a 
fast  as  offered.  The  visible  made  a 
gain  of 
it 
small,  taking  the  season  into  consider 
ation.  Exports  were  large  from  export 
ing  countries,  as  the  amount  reported 
on passage is 120,00,000 bushels,of which 
the  United  States  furnished  about  half 
Our  exports  seem  to  be  larger  than  las 
year,  while  we  have  much  less  to  offer 
than  a  year  age. 
In  all  probability, 
present  prices  will  be  sustained,  if  not 
a  little  added  to  them.

1,500,000  bushels,  which 

Corn  seems  to  be  congested,  less  than 
three-fourths  of  a  million  bushels  being 
in  Chicago,  and  the  demand  from  the 
shorts  is  urgent  because  there  is  no  new 
corn  coming 
in  that  will  grade.  The 
shorts  certainly  are  in  a  box,  as  only 
Armour  has  any  corn  and  that  is  being 
shipped  out  as  fast  as  vessel  room  can 
be  secured.  With  this  depletion  in  con­
tract  corn,  the  question  arises  where the 
traders  who  were  so  anxious  to  sell  corn 
around  44c  will  get  the  corn  they  have 
sold  when  they  are  bidding  up  from  53c 
per  bushel  now. 
It  does  look  like  a 
squeeze.  The  visible  in  corn  decreased 
300,000  bushels  during  the  week.

Oats,  not  to  be outdone,  also  showed 
a  decrease  of  580,000  bushels,  so  the 
market  was  boosted  a  couple  of  cents 
and  the  dosing  was  strong  at  the  ad­
vance  of  3c.

Rye  followed  along  with  an  advance 
of  about  lAz  per  bushel,  although  not 
very  much  doing,  as  holders  are  getting 
the  idea  to  bold  up  firm  for an  advance. 
Whether  they  will  get  it  is  problemat­
ical.

Beans  are  off  8c  per  bushel,  but  very 
strong  at  that.  They  will  remain  so  as 
the  wet  weather  in  Germany also  caused 
a  partial  failure.

Flour 

is  strong  and  at  20c  per barrel 
advance.  The  mills  are  all  busy  and 
local  and  domestic  demand  is  urgent.

Mill  feed,  likewise,  is  up  $1  a  ton  on 
both  bran  and middlings.  With the  high 
price  of  corn  and  oats,  mill  feed  will 
be  firm  and  another  advance  will  prob­
ably  take  place  in  the  near  future.

Receipts  of  grain  have  been  as  fol­
lows:  wheat,  77  cars;  oats,  9  cars;  rye,
3  cars;  flour,  4  cars;  beans, 
1  car; 
straw,  1  car;  potatoes,  12  cars.

Mills  are  paying  70c  for  No.  2  red 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

A  great  many  results  are  confidently 
anticipated 
as  consequent  upon  the 
building  of  the  great  dam  at  Assouan.
It  is  expected  to  make  the  valley  of  the 
It  will  change 
Nile  wonderfully  fertile. 
the  desert  into  a  granary. 
Its  material 
advantages  can  scarcely  be  overesti­
mated  and  for  the  region  affected  will 
be  unquestionably  productive  of  great 
benefit. 
It  is  interesting  to  note  in  this 
connection  that  Egyptologists  fear  that 
this  enterprise 
is  going  to  have  a  very 
disastrous  effect  upon  the  Sphinx  of 
Gizah.  For  centuries  it  has  stood,owing

Advertisem ents  w ill  be  Inserted  under 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
Insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertisem ents 
taken  for  less  than  35  cents.  Advance 
paym ents.

795

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

I ('OR RENT—NEW DOUBLE BRICK STORE 
one of the finest locations in Southern Mich 
lgan for any dry goods or general store business: 
will be ready for occupancy about Nov.  15.  Ad 
dress No. 800. care Michigan Tradesman.  800 
ITOR  SALE  GARDEN.  FRUIT AND FOUL 
A 
try ranch, Constantine. Mich  Address Con 
stantine Med. Co.. Constantine,  Mich. 
799
\Ä 7 ANTED—STEAM  HEAT  FOR  CHURCH 
J i   30x60,  with  basement.  Box  8,  Benzonla 
Mich. 
T9?
ITOB  sa l e—lo n g  e s t a b l is h e d ,  w ell 
•*  advertised tailoring or  jewelry  and  optical 
business in  good  Ohio  town;  population  2,000 
good  surrounding territory,  farming,  manufac­
turing  and mining; business making good profits 
and everything on cash  basis.  Building  can  be 
bought  or  rooted.  Particulars  from  owner 
red  W. Shafer. Pleasant City, Ohio. 
796
ITOR SALE  OR  TRADE  FOR  A  STOCK  OF 
A  general merchandise—farm of 100  acres,  val­
ued at $3.000;  mortgaged  for  ii.lOO;  located  in 
the northeastern  part of Ionia county,  address 
No. 795, care Michigan Tradesman. 
1 1 ^ ANTED—TWO  SECOND-HAND  EIGHT 
’ ’   foot display cases and one six  foot  combi­
nation cigar case in good condition  Must  be  a 
bargain.  Address Box 504, Gohlevllle, Mich.  80=
STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE  FOR 
sale—the stock of Pa'meter & Pratt,  of  Ash­
ley, Mich,  consisting  of  groceries,  boots  and 
shoes, hardware  notions, etc., with  all  fixtures 
and book accounts, will be sold  in  bulk  at  auc­
tion, in front of their store in the village of Ash- 
Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 1 p. m.. to the 
highest  bidder.  Terms,  cash.  Full  and  com­
plete inventory of the  stock  will  be  token  and 
submitted  on  that  occasion.  Cbas.  H.  Smith 
Trustee. 
*
ITO ? SALE—ON ACCOUNT OF ILL HEALTH
the whole or part  interest  in  the  best  waU 
p a p e r______ _ 
mai
—  business  In  Sault  Ste.  Marie.  A.  M.
Mathews Co., 8ault Sie. Marie/ Mich
805
Ii'OR SALE-2H HORSE POWER GASOLINE 
. 
engine,  with  dynamo  sparkler  complete, 
in good  condition;  cost  $270.  will  sell  for  $90. 
The Evening Journal. Sault Ste  Marie. Mich  806
W A^TED -A   LATH  MILL.  ADDRESS  A. 
vv  D.  Plumb. Grand Rapids.  Mich. 
P O R  SALE-2.800 ACRES LAND IN CHILTON 
x  county, Alabama, nine miles south of Calera ■ 
seven room house; one  good  cotton  gin;  three 
^ rn s. 15 outhouses;  6^0  acres  cie-tr;  rents  for 
$1.000 per year; price $12  per  acre,  it  will  pay 
j^u to look after this.  A. M. Barron,  Station A, 
South Bend, Ind. 

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788 

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IHM 

SPLENDID  MANUFACTURING  PLANT- 

experienced business men  with  capital  can 
. 
"  *•**  v a c u a i   c a t
have  Immediate  possession  w lf  M 
■  • 
nave  immediate  possession  with  stock  taken
Address Box 253, Hastings, Mich
rao
I GAR  AND  GROCERY  SALESMEN  TO 
sell our cigar slot machine, as side line; sells 
on sight to every  cigar  and  grocery  store;  big 
profits;  write  today.  Michigan  Novelty  Co. 
ricks burg, Mich. 
Tj'DR  SALE—DRUG  STO« K  IN  ONE  OF 
A 
the best business towns  In  Western  Michi­
gan; good chance  for  a  physician.  Enquire  of 
No. 778, care Michigan Tradesman. 
ÎTOR  SALE -  SMALL  STOCK  GENERAL 
A  merchandise,  about  $1,200;  a  bargain  for 
someone; can lease store if  desired.  Apply  482 
Washington Ave., Muskegon. Mich. 
Ii'OR SALE-200 10 PER CENT. PREFERRED 
A 
stock shares in an  Incorporated  mercantile 
company now  on  a  solid  paying  basis,  or  will 
trade for merchandise; good position to buyer  if 
he wishes It.  For  furth-r  particulars  address 
Baker Mercantile Co, Nashville, Mich. 
L'OR  SALE—A  STOCK  OF~DRUG8~AND 
A  patent medicines,  cigars  and  coufectionery 
in one of  the  best  fruit  and  grain  sections  in 
Michigan.  Stock all new, clean  and  salable,  no 
«lead stock;  invoices about $1,800;  will  discount, 
sickness  reason  for  selling.  Address  No  774 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
’774  ’
E x c h a n g e—good  s ro c ^ A N lT F R u iT
farm of  156  acres,  free  and  clear,  located 
near Lowell;  want a general  stock  of  merchan­
dise-.,  Aildress  Chas.  E.  Mercer,  Widdlcomb 
Building. Grand Rapids. 
741
w A N T H D—QUICK  MAIL  ORDERS.
Overstocked;  must  keep  the  factory  run­
ning;  telescopes, suit  cases,  whips;  low  prices 
or special discounts and Illustrated  descriptive 
¿st 
°V??y  Telescope  &  Harness  Co..
Box 155. Olney, 111.
\ \   ANTED—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MEK- 
"   chandls» for  cash;  must  be  cheap  to  be 
removed.  Address Reval,  22I  Fifth  Ave..  Chi- 
eago. 111._______________________ 
ITOR SALE—DRUG  STORE  IN  MICHIGAN 
,, 
town  of  10,000  population;  invoices  about 
$1,600;  cash sales over $400 a month;  will  sell  at 
a  bargain.  Address  No.  775,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
f r OK  SALE-$5,000  STOCK  OF  GENERAL 
A  merchandise;  stock,  with  exception  of  a 
few shoes and groceries, all new  within  last  six 
months;  can be  reduced  to  suit  purchaser;  lo­
cated in hustling town of 600 In the best  farming 
section In Central  Michigan.  Good  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 759, care Michigan Trades­
man-___________  
TOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  AND  FIX- 
tures;  only one In good prosperous  town on 
railroad;  good  business;  stock  about  $1,200- 
rash. no trades.  Address  George,  care  Hazel- 
tine & Perkins Drug Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
671

767

769

-75

707

764

754

6=6

'1*7ANTED  FOR  CASH—LUMBER  OF  ALL 
W   kinds;  also  shingles  and  lath.  Will  con­
tract mill cuts.  Belding-Hall Mfg. Co.,  Belding, 
Midi. 
.'OR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK,  INVOICING 
j l ’  $800;  only  drug  stock  in  town;  sales  last 
year,  $2,900;  good  reason  for  selling.  Address 
754, care Michigan Tradesman. 
'll/'ANTED—STOCK  OF  MERCHANDISE 
o   for  improved  Iowa  farm.  Want  to  get 
into business and will  exchange  on  right  basis 
and give good bargain.  No traders need answer. 
Address No. 763, care Michigan Tradesman.  763 
Tj'OR SALE-BRICK  STORE  BUILDING, 22 
A’  x60 feet, with frame addition on  back,  22x40 
feet, two stories, with living  rooms  above.  For 
particulars address J. L.  Farnham,  Mancelona, 
Mich. 

F'OR  SALE—A  GOOD  FIRST-CLASS  10 

horse livery;  only one In town  of  9C0;  good 
trade and  everything  In  good  order.  Address 
Philip Taylor, Saranac. Mich. 
?OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS.  EXCLUSIVE 
m-  millinery business In  Grand  Rapids;  object 
for  selling,  parties  leaving  the  city.  Address 
Milliner, care Michigan  Tradesman. 
AFKS—NEW  AND  SECOND-HAND  FIRE 
i<J  and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
&  Brick  Building  Moving  Co.,  376 South  Ionia 
St., Grand  Rapids. 

i i'OR SALE—$1,700 DRUG STOCK  AND  Fix­

tures;  can be bought  at  great  discount  for 

cash.  Address P. O. box 222, Saginaw, Mich.
674
ITOB SALE—DRUG STOCKING FIXTURES. 
A1  invoicing about $2,000.  Situated tn center of 
Michigan  Fruit  Belt,  one-half  mile  from  Lake 
Michigan.  Good  resort  trade.  Living  rooms 
over store;  water  inside  building.  Rent,  $12.60 
per month.  Good  reason  for  selling.  Address 
No. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 
■ WANT TO BUY SOME KIND OF BUSINESS 

and  residence  (not  connected);  what  have 
you to  offer?  Give  lull  description  and  price. 
746
A.  M. Barron. Station A, South Bend. Ind. 
T HAVE  SOME  REAL  ESTATE  IN  GRAND 
A  Rapids.  Will  trade  for  a  stock  of  general 
merchandise.  Address  No. 761,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
Ii'OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  FARM 
A  property  In  or  near  Kent  county—A  good 
clean stock of general merchandise  and fixtures, 
Invoicing  about  $4,500.  Stock  consists  of  dry 
goods,  groceries,  men’s  furnishing  goods  and 
crockery.  Located  in  good  lake  port  town  of 
25,000.  The true reason for selling  given  on  ap­
plication.  Address  No.  731,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

334

507

321

7«i

731

715

■RÜ G   STOCK  FO B   SALE  IN  A  GOOD 

live town of 1,600; will  invoice about fifteen 
hundred dollars.  Reason for selling, other busi­
ness.  Address  No.  738,  care  Michigan Trades­
man. 
738
1 1 /ILL  PAY  SPOT  CASH  FOR  STOCKS 
” 1   dry  goods,  boots  and  shoes,  hardware, 
furniture or groceries.  Lock Box  74,  Ypsilanti. 
Mich. 
Ha r d  to  f in d - a  f ir s t   cla ss  d r u g
store In city of 50,000 people In Michigan for 
sale.  Best of reasons for  selling.  Address Mrs. 
B., Room 801,377-9 Broadway. New York City. 694
ITOR  SALE—MOSLEK,  BAHMANN  &  CO. 
A  fire  proof  safe.  Outside  measurement—36 
Inches high, 27 inches  wide  and  24  Inches deep. 
Inside measurement—16H Inches high, 14 Inches 
wide and 10 Inches deep.  Will sell for  $50  cash. 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 
Ii'OR  SALE  CHEAP—SECONDHAND  NO.  4 
J-  Bar-Lock  typewriter,  In  good  condition. 
Specimen of work done on  machine  on  applica­
tion.  Tradesman Company. Grand Rapids. 465
Dr u g g ist s  d e s ir in g   c l e r k s,  a n d
drug clerks  who  desire  positions,  should 
write to J.  A.  Hynes,  615  S.  Ingalls  St.,  Ann
Arbor, Mich. 
l l /  ANTED,  BY  A REGISTERED PHARMA- 
clsL a position; thirteen years experience. 
Address F. W.  Ii.. Trufant.  Mich 
pL EK K   WANTED—EXPERIENCED  DRESS 
goods  salesman  wanted;  state  wages  and 
give  reference  In  first  letter.  A.  E.  Poulsen, 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
ll/A N T E D —KElilSiERED  PHARMACIST; 
*" 
references.  Address Drugs.careCar- 
rler Ko  18, Grand Rapids. 
737
W  V *  T E P - m cg iste b e d  a s sist a n t
" *  pharmacist  or  person  with  at  least  two 
years  experience;  good  references  required. 
Address C. E. Van Every, Kalamazoo. Mich.  786

M18CKLLAM KIHIS

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WE

ARE Auctioneers 

and  Special Salesmen

Sale.

and  can  reduce 
or  c l o s e   o u t  
your stock with­
out  one  cent  of 
loss  'to  you  by 
our  New  Idea 
We take sales 
on  a  commis­
sion  basis,  al­
lowing  you  to 
set the price  on 
the goods.  This 
is the very  best 
time of  the year 
for sales and we 
would  like  you 
to call on  us  or 
write at once.
Correspond­
ence  connden- 
tial.  We  buy
and  sell  store

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