Twentieth  Year

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  14.  1903

Number  1008

We’ve  Sold  a  “Pile” of  Rubbers

in  the. last  three weeks,  but  our  stock  isn’t  “ busted”  yet.  We  have  maintained 
our  reputation  for 
P r o m p t l y   and  with  few  exceptions 
completely.  Delay  in  getting  your orders  filled  means  loss of  trade.  Why  take 
any chance?

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S E N D   US  YOCTR  O R D E R S

The  Beacon Falls  Rubber  Shoe  Co.

Factory  and General  Offices,  Beacon  Falls,  Conn.

106  Duane St.,  New York;  207-209  Monroe St.,  Chicago;  177-181  Congress St.,  Boston

B R A N C H   S T O R E S

No  Person  Once  U sing  •*W HITE  H O USE”  Ever  Discards  It—a  P retty  Good  R ecom m endation

YOU  PULL

WHITE HOUSE

MOCHA & JAVA 

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Chicago

DW INELL-W RIGH T  CO.,  Principal  Coffee  R oasters

WE  WILL  PUSH

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Iron pipe,  brass rod,  steam  fittings, 
electric  fixtures,  lead  pipe,  brass 
wire,  steam  boilers,  gas  fixtures, 
brass  pipe,  brass  tubing,  water 
heaters,  mantels,  nickeled  pipe, 
brass  in  sheet,  hot  air  furnaces, 
fire place goods.

W eatherly &  Pulte

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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V

Walsh-DeRoo 

Buckwheat 
Flour

Is  absolutely  pure, 
fresh- 
ground and has the genuine
old-fashioned  flavor.

Put  up  in  5  lb.,  io  lb. 
and 
bbl.  paper  sacks,
125 lb.  grain bags and bbls.
for 

Write  us,  please, 

prices.

Walsh-DeRoo  Milling Co.

HOLLAND,  MICH,

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Your customers need  these 
home lamps for  their  homes. 

Put a few in your stock.

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Cheerfully given free on light  ma-  5  
chmery of all kinds.  Prices  right.  ■  
Models for patents,  dies  and  tools  5 
a  specialty.  Expert  repair  men  g  
always ready for quick work.  Let  •  
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us know your wants. 
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Grand Rapids, Mich.  I

John  Knape  Machine  Co. 

87 Campsu St. 

AU Kinds 

of
Solid

P A P E R   B O X E S

All Kinds 

of

Folding

Do  you wish to put your  goods  up  in  neat,  attractive  packages?

us for estimates and samples.

Then write

G R A N D   R A P ID S   P A P E R   BO X  CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN

Box  Makers 

Die Cutters 

Printers

Assignees.

Our experience  in  acting
as  assignees  is  large  and
enables us to  do this work 
—
in a  way  that  will  prove 
entirely satisfactory.  Our 
records show  that  we  do 
the work economically and 
in a business-like manner, 
with good results.

The  Michigan 
Trust  Co.
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

the 

CccKe&
Cere&l Surprise

A dish of this delicious,  crisp  prep­
aration  of  the  entire  wheat,  served 
with  milk  or  cream,  is  not  only 
grateful,  but  decidedly  beneficial  to 
people  of  impaired  digestion.

Nothing  equals Nutro- 
Crisp  for school children. 
It  makes  the brain  keen. 
Look  for  “ benefit”   cou­
pon  in  each  package.
•Proprietors and clerks’ premium 
rbook mailed  on application. 
Nutro-Crisp Food Co., Ltd.

St. Joseph. Mich.

“Ann  Arbor”  Lamps 

and  Lighting  System
Is  your  store  less  than  60  feet  long? 
If  it  is 
two  of these  arc  lamps  will  light  it  as  light  as 
day and at a cost of two=thirds cents per hour. 
Lamps  will  cost  you  only  $6.00  each.  Can 
you  afford  to  be  without  them?  Send  us 
$6.00  for  sample  lamp  and  secure  agency  for 
your  city  or  town.
All  lamps  fully  guaranteed to give satisfaction.

The Superior  Mfg.  Co.

20 South  M ain  Street,
Ann Arbor,  Mich.

Twentieth Year

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  14,1903.

Number  1008

OUR

Telegraphic  Advices 
Regarding the Progress

at the

Oro Hondo  Mine

from the  Vice-President and General Man­
ager,  George  M.  Nix,  indicate  a  contin­
uation of the  present  favorable  conditions 
will  guarantee  a  further  advance  in  the 
price of the shares in the very  near  future. 
We are still able to offer  a  limited  number 
of the unsubscribed

Allotment of the  Treasury Stock

at par

ONE  DOLLAR

per share

Subscriptions will be accepted  and  entered 
in the order in which they are received  un­
til this  allotment  is  exhausted,  when  the 
stock will be  still  further  advanced.  Ap­
plication will be made to list  this  stock  on 
the  Boston  and  Philadelphia  Exchanges, 
also on the  principal  mining  exchanges  in 
the West.

Send in your subscriptions at once 

Address  all  communications  and make all 

checks payable to

Charles  E.  Temple

Mich. Trust  Bldg., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Noble, Moss & Co.

Investment Securities

Bonds netting 3, 4, 5 and 6 per cent.

Government  Municipal 
Railroad 

Traction

Corporation

Members  Detroit  Stock  Exchange  and 
are prepared to handle local stocks of all 
kinds, listed and unlisted.

808  Union Trust Building,  Detroit

Commercial 
Credit  Co.,  LW 

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*  Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids  / 
. Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit 

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We 
furnish  protection ! 
a g a i n s t   worthless  ac-j 
counts  and  collect  all* 
others.  : 
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William  Connor  Co.

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Wholesale  Ready-Made  Clothing 

Men’s,  Boys’,  Children's

Sole  agents  for  the  State  of  Michigan 

for the

S. F. & A. F. Miller & Co.’s 

famous line of summer clothing, made in 
Baltimore,  Md.,  and  many  other  lines 
Now is the time to buy summer clothing.

28-30 South  Ionia Street

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Tradesman Coupons

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

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Page. 
3.  W oman’s Sphere.
3.  On  Their Honor.
4.  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapida  Gossip.
6.  Prevailing  Fashions  ih  Chicago.
7.  The Silk  Industry  in  1903.
8.  Editorial. 
lO.  Clothing.
13.  Nature’s  Laboratory.
14.  Dry  Goods.
16.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
19.  False  Hopes.
30.  W oman’s W orld.
33.  B atter  and  Eggs.
33.  Fattening  Geese  for  B ig  Livers.
34.  Paper  Cheese  Boxes.
86.  Commercial  Travelers.
86.  D rags and  Chemicals.
37.  D rag Price  Current.
88.  Grocery  Price Current.
39.  Grocery  Price Currents.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  The  New  York  Market.

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW.

The  general  upward  trend  of  stock 
quotations  has  been  accompanied  by  an 
unexpected  degree  of  activity  in  view 
of the  long  depression  during  the  finan­
cial  scarcity  of  preceding  weeks.  While 
the  public  has  been  somewhat  slow  to 
respond  there  have  been  enough  confi­
dence  and  strength  in  the  professional 
element  to  carry  the  total  of  exchanges 
above  the  heavy  record  of  a  year  ago, 
although  both  were  exceeded  by  the 
phenomenal  business  of  the  same  week 
of  ’91.  When  it  is  considered  that  the 
average  of  shares,  especially  transporta­
tion,  is  much  higher  than  a  year  ago,  it 
will  be  seen  that  the  total  of  business 
is  much  greater.

Collection  Department

R.  G.  DUN  &  CO.

Mich. Trust Building, Grand Rapids 

Collection delinquent accounts;  cheap,  efficient, 
responsible;  direct demand system.  Collections 
made everywhere—for every trader.

C.  E.  McCRONE.  Manager.

Not  One  Dissatisfied

We have  about  Three  Hundred  Grand  Rapids 
Investors  among  the  business  people.  All  are 
pleased with their  investments  with  DOUGLAS, 
L A C E Y   &   CO.’S  M INING,  SM ELT IN G   AN D  
O IL  STOCKS.  During  1902  three  of  our  com­
panies have turned out enormously rich and a num­
ber of others are fast approaching  that stage.  We 
expect some failures. 
In  such  a  case  your  stock 
would  be  transferred  to  a  successful”  company. 
We have had only two  unsuccessful  properties  in 
twenty-five, and four of  the  companies  have  paid 
10.S per cent, on the total investment of the twenty- 
three companies and  will  double  it  in  1903.  Call 
and see us or send for particulars.

CURRIE & FORSYTH,  Managers 

1023 Mich. Trust  Bldg., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

a a a a a a a a AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

IF  YOU  HAVE MONEY
and  would  like  to  have  it 
E A R N   M ORE  M O N EY, 
write me for  an  investment 
that will  be  guaranteed  to 
earn  a  certain  dividend.
Will pay your  money  back 
at  end  of  year  if  you  de­
sire  it.

M artin   V.  B ark er 
Battle Creek, flichigan

The  financial  situation  has  continued 
its  improvement  at  the  Western  centers 
both  through  the  natural  return  of  the 
funds  sent  for  crop  moving  and  the 
in­
vestment  of  the  great  quantity  of  Janu­
ary  dividends.  While  it  looks  as  though 
the  supply  would  be  ample  for  usual 
needs,  there 
is  little  apprehension  of 
too  great  an  abundance  of  circulating 
medium.  The  gold  holdings 
in  the 
Treasury  reach  a  total  of  $619,000,000, 
making  a  new  high  record.
Clearing  bouse  reports 

indicate  no 
abatement  of  the  volume  of  general 
trade  as  the  winter  advances.  Cold 
weather  has  been  in  sufficient  evidence 
over  most  ot  the  country  to  insure  a 
good  demand  for  heavy  clothing.  The 
only 
interruptions  are  caused  by  fuel 
scarcity,  resulting  in  some  complaints 
as  to  promptness in coke  and  steel  prod­
ucts.

Manufacturing  plants,  as  a  rule,  are 
fully  employed  and  have  much  busi­
ness  in  sight,  although  some  statistics 
of  movement  are  less  satisfactory than  a 
year  ago;  thus,  shipments  of  footwear 
from  Boston  for  the  last  week  fall  about 
10  per cent,  below  last  year's.  Yet busi­
ness 
is  coming  forward  in  fairly  good 
volume,  and  quotations  are  decidedly 
firm.  Strength  is  also  conspicuous in the 
leather  market,  while  the  decline 
in 
hides  has been  checked.  Silk  is  strong, 
and  goods  are  in demand.  Wool  is  quiet 
after  the  recent  exceptional  activity, 
and  stocks  are  so  low  that  holders  are 
in  a  good  position.  Textile  mills  have 
sufficient  business  to  absorb  production, 
but  there 
is  little  disposition  to  accept 
heavy  distant  contracts.  Chinese  buy­
ing  of  cottons  has  far  surpassed  all  pre­
dictions,  and,  considering  conditions  in 
that  country, 
large  orders  are 
puzzling.  Hardware,  machinery  and 
tools  all  find  a  market  readily  and  all 
producers  of  iron  and  steel  receive 
lib­
eral  orders.________________

the 

Five  years  ago  Chicago  stood  at  the 
head  of  the list  of the  ports  on  the  Great 
Lakes.  Two  years  ago  it  bad  dropped 
to  third  place  aud  now  it  occupies  the 
fifth.  Duluth  stands  first,  followed  by 
Cleveland,  Buffalo,  Milwaukee  and 
Chicago  in  the  order  named. 
This 
steady  decline 
importance  of 
Chicago  as  a  port  is  attributed by  vessel 
inability  of  the  modern 
men  to  the 
deep-draught 
freighters,  which  now 
carry  the  bulk  of  the  lake  traffic,  to 
get  over  the  tunnels  in  the  Chicago 
river.  How  to  remedy  the  situation  is 
a  problem  that  is  .vexing  the  Chicago 
officials. 

_________________

in  the 

It  has  been  said  that  no  woman  can 
keep  a  secret,  but  there  is  a  woman 
in 
Atlantic  City  who  possesses  a  secret  for 
which  a  syndicate has offered $5,000,000. 
She  is  the  widow  of  Theodore  Dean, 
who  just  before  his  death  had  perfected 
a  process  revolutionizing  the  manufac­
ture  of  steel.  Mrs.  Dean 
is  the  only 
person  who  knows  the  secret.  She  is  ill 
with  a  disease  which  it  is  feared  will 
end  in  her  death.  The  best  medical  tal­
ent  has  been  procured  in  the  hope  that 
she  may  recover  and  be  induced  to  part 
with  the  valuable  secret  with  which  her 
husband  entrusted  her.

A  SOMBER  SUBJECT.

The  French  have  a  day  set  apart  in 
which  they  honor  the  dead  and  it  is 
needless  to  observe  that  it  is  a  day  col­
ored  by  the  gloom  and  the  mystery 
which  any  reference  to  death 
inspires, 
for  as  yet  there  are  few  who  have  eman­
cipated  themselves  from  the  fears  of 
mortality’s  last  call.  The  day  thus  sig­
nalized  is  November  1  of  each  year  and 
about  that  time  the  French  newspapers 
and  periodicals 
somber 
spirit  of  the  occasion.  Speculation  as  to 
the  great  mystery  is  also  rife and a  sum­
ming  up  of  experience  and  information 
inevitable  transit  takes 
regarding  the 
place. 
In  this  respect  the  last  observ­
ance  of  the  day  was  no  exception  and 
since  then  symposiums  on  the subject  of 
“ Death”   have  frequently  appeared. 
It 
is  needless  to  observe  that  these  reveal 
nothing  new.  The  same  impenetrable 
veil,  which  has  existed  from  the  begin­
ning,  bides  (rom  view  the  hereafter.

reflect 

the 

In  this  field,  science,  which  has  done 
so  much 
in  other  directions,  has  been 
unable  to  make  any conquests.  Nor have 
the  opinions  of  men  in  regard  to  what 
transpires  after  death  altered 
very 
much.  The  ideas  of  future  life  as  found 
among  civilized  nations  are  not  greatly 
advanced  over  those  that  obtain  among 
savages.  The  difference  that  may  exist 
is  one  of  degree  rather  than  conception. 
As  to  the  terrors  of  the  last  parting  the 
•same  observation  bold  good.  Excluding 
the  modifications  which  arise  from  tem­
perament  and 
lack  of  proper  serious­
ness,  the  thought of  death  is  as  terrible 
to-day  as  ever. 
It  requires  either  a  re­
ligious  experience  that  is  uncommon  or 
a  philosophy  that  is  stoical  in  its  influ­
ence,  to  rob  the  grim  reaper of  his  ter­
rors  to  the  average  individual.  Will  it 
ever  be  thus  is  the  baffling  question. 
The  advice  of  this  practical  age  in  the 
matter  seems  to  be,  “ Do  not  think 
about 
is  an  easy  way  of 
shelving  a  disagreeable  proposition  but 
a  way,  nevertheless,  which  does  not 
afford  a  final  disposition.

it."   which 

Rev. 

Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones,  a  promi­
nent  Chicago  divine,  declares  that  the 
servant  girl  question  is  becoming  more 
vital  than  trusts,  tariff  or  anything  else 
in  the  nation's  category  of  unsettled 
things.  He  says:  “  It  affects  the  home 
and  family,  the  most  sacred  institutions 
in  .the 
land,  and  has  much  to  do  with 
the  unhappiness  of  the  nation.  The 
idea  that  kitchen  work  is  menial  must 
be  corrected  and  the  lessons  must  begin 
at  home  in  every  borne.  A  girl  who  can 
not  make  and  bake  bread,  compound  a 
pudding  and  wash  and 
iron  her  own 
shirtwaists,  is  a  fraud  upon  American 
womanhood. ”

The  genius  of Andrew  Carnegie keeps 
him  everlastingly  at 
it.  Having  em­
barked  in  the  business  of  giving  away 
public  libraries,  be  allows  nothing  to 
interfere  with  bis  plans  in  that  direc­
tion.  He  has  just  offered  Philadelphia 
$1,500,000 to  establish  thirty  branches 
of  the  main  library,  for  which  the  city 
has 
The 
library  habit  will  eventually  dissipate 
Mr.  Carnegie’s  fortune.  But  then  that 
is  his  object

appropriated 

$1,000, coo. 

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

WOMAN’S SPHERE.

Extent  to  W hich  It  Has  Been  Invaded by 

Man.

It 

The  manner  in  which  women  have 
been  encroaching  upon  fields  of  labor 
previously  considered 
the  exclusive 
province  of  men  and  the  resulting  evils 
have  formed  the  theme  of  widespread 
discussion.  As  clerks  and book-keepers, 
stenographers, 
factory  hands,  women 
are  to  a  large  extent  superseding  men. 
In  the  learned  professions they are  mak­
ing  their  presence  felt.  Some  there  are 
who  have  entered  commercial 
life  as 
it  is  only  a 
independent  lances,  and 
question  of  a 
little  time  when  women 
manufacturers,  wholesale  and  shipping 
merchants,  will  figure  prominently 
in 
the  columns  of  all  large  city directories. 
In  all  of  these  departures  from  the olden 
province of  their  sex  they  have  been  ac­
cused  of  taking  the  bread  out  of  the 
mouths  of  an  equal  number of  fathers, 
brothers,  husbands,  sons,  and  they  have 
pleaded  guilty  to  the  indictment. 
It 
does  not  seem  to  have  occurred  to  any 
who  have  gravely  considered  this  mat­
ter,  least  of all  to  the  trespassers  them­
selves,  to  make  reply,  that  while  they 
were  thus  violating  precedent  and tradi­
tion,  men, 
like  thieves  in  the  night, 
were  diligently  apropriating  to  them­
selves  all  manner  of 
industries  which 
were  formerly  supposed  to  be  woman's 
exclusive  province. 
is  only  neces­
sary  to  look  back  a  hundred  years,  to 
the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth century, 
to  realize  this  truth. 
In  the  homes  of 
that  period  all  of  the  domestic  linen  of 
the  household,  and  the  cloth  that  com­
posed 
the  everyday  garments  were 
woven  by  women,  who  carded  and  spun 
the  very  threads  that  entered  into  their 
composition.  The  carpets  that  covered 
the  floors  of  most  of  the  homes  of  this 
country  were  woven  of  woolen  yarn,  on 
band  looms,  or of  rags, cut  in strips  and 
sewed  together,  then  dyed  the  desired 
tints;  all  of  the  work  being  performed 
by  women  and  children.  The  household 
lights  were  tallow  candles,  skillfully 
made  by  women  in  molds  fashioned  by 
men’s  hands.  Lard  was  tried  out  every 
fall  in  the  family  kitchen  and  stored  for 
the  winter’s  use.  All  of the  jellies  and 
canned  fruits  were  "put  up”  
in  the 
home  by  the  women  of  the  family.  The 
tailoress  went  from  house  to  bouse  and 
fashioned  garments,  ftom  cloth  woven 
by  women,  for  men  and  boys.  Not  a 
stocking,  cotton  or woolen  was  worn 
in 
this  country  which  was  not  knit  by 
women's  hands.  Machine-made  under­
wear,  machine-made 
lace,  machine- 
made  embroideries  were  unknown.  All 
food  was  cooked  at  home  by  women. 
The  professional  male  cook  was  virtual­
ly  unknown  outside  of a  few  hotels  in 
leading  cities.  It  would  have  been  con­
sidered  unseemly  to  employ  a  man  in 
any  domestic  capacity  about a  bouse.

To-day  woman  is  routed  from  nearly 
all  of these  occupations  and  the  few  on 
which  she  retains  a  partial  grasp  are 
fast slipping  away  from  her.  The  weav­
ing  of cloth  is  done  by  machines  made 
by  men  in  large  factories  conducted and 
operated  by  men  with  a  comparatively 
small  percentage  of  women  employed 
as  helpers.  Carpets,  underwear,  stock­
ings  are  articles  of commercial  manu­
facture  on  a  large  scale and women  have 
little  or  no  share  in  their  making.  Men 
operate  great  bakeries 
in  which  the 
bread  of  the  country  and  most  of the 
pies  and  cakes  are  baked.  Men  conduct 
the  great  packing  houses  which  can  our 
cold  meats  and  our  lard.  Only  a  few 
"old-fashioned”   women  trouble  to  can 
their own  fruit  or  make  jellies  and jams

which  are  put  up  by  wholesale quanti­
ties  in  big  fruit-packing establishments, 
where  in  the  busiest  season  women  and 
children  are  employed  as  aids  in  the 
cruder  processes.  Gas  and  electricity 
have  superseded  the  tallow  candles. 
Men  are  fashioning  net  only  the  gar­
ments  worn  by  men  but  men  dressmak­
ers,  and  men  milliners  appeal  success­
fully  for the  patronage  of  the  fair  sex. 
The  woman  seamstress 
is  fast  disap­
pearing  from  the  industrial  role.  Most 
families  of  social  pretensions  boast  of 
men  cooks,  and  by  many  of  modest 
means  a  man  of all  work  is  employed 
instead  of a  maid.  The  laundries  of  the 
country  are  conducted  and  almost  ex­
clusively  operated  by  men.  In  the  large 
cities  it  is  the  men  who  have  become 
professional  window  cleaners  and  who 
go  out  scrubbing  floors  by  the  day.  The 
cleaning  of  most  office  buildings  is  per­
formed  by  men.  Male  tutors  are  be­
coming  more  fashionable  than  govern­
esses.

Many  of these  innovations  are  mani- 
festly  lor the  better.  It  is good, if proper 
sanitary  supervision  be  exercised,  for 
the  preparation  of  a  nation's  food  to  be 
as  far  as  possiblie  specialized  and  on  a 
large  scale,  eliminating  needless  drudg­
ery  from  the  home,  and  the  same  may 
be  said  of  most  processes  of  manufac­
ture  which  have  elevated  to  the plane  of 
a  highly organized and scientifically con­
ducted  business  what  was  formerly  hap­
hazard  individual  effort. 
It  is  not  good 
for  the  little  factory  girl  to  trip  off  to 
illy-paid  work.to  become alienated  from 
home  and  domesticity,while  her  father 
or  brother  loafs  around,  unable  to  find 
occupation  at  a  reasonable  wage;  nor  is 
it  good  for  such  an  army  of  women  to 
serve  behind  counters,  displacing  men, 
while  the  homes  of  the  country  are  cry­
ing  out  for  their  service  at  double  the 
wages  they  now  receive.

All  of  these  benefits  and  these  errors, 
these  contradictions  and  seeming  per­
versions  of  energy,  are  but  features  of 
an  economic  and  industrial  evolution 
which  will  in  time  come  to  a perfect ad­
justment  and  serve  the  general  good  of 
society. 

Cora  Stoweli.

Figures  Which  T ell the  Story.

The  subscription  receipts of the Mich­
igan  Tradesman  for the past three weeks 
have  been  as  follows:

Last  week......................... $134.20
Week  before  that.............  135.54
Week  before  that.............  132.21

This  tells  the  story  of seven  thousand 
circulation quite as plainly and effective­
ly  as  the  pressman's  affidavit  which  has 
been  published  at  the  head  of  our  edi­
torial  columns  every  week  since  the 
is­
sue  of  Oct.  4,  i8qq,  since  which  time  no 
regular  edition  of  the  paper  has  fallen 
below  seven  thousand  complete  copies. 
It  is  not  unusual  for  the  Tradesman  to 
print  more  than  this  number,  especially 
on  anniversary  editions  and  special  oc­
casions,  but 7,000 copies are all any reg­
ular advertiser  has  been  guaranteed.

And  the  Tradesman  always  does as  it 

agrees.

in 

Coyne  Brothers,  general  commission 
fruits  and 
merchants  and  dealers 
produce,  Chicago:  Congratulations  on 
your  new  home  and  that  you  have  en 
tered  into  a  seventeen  year lease.  Allow 
us  to  wish  you  every  success  in  your 
new  location.  While  our  lease  in  your 
columns  is  arranged  for but  one  year, 
we  trust  it  will  extend  many  seasons  in 
your 
journal.  We  always  admired  the 
tone  and  high  standard  of the  Trades­
man.  The  reading  and  advertising  mat­
ter  are  carefully  arranged,  so  as  not  to 
tire  one  in  their  perusal.  Your  weekly 
edition 
is  looked  for  every  Thursday 
morning  at  our  place.

BEANS
KOU  can  always  get  beans  of  us  if  you 

want  to  buy,  and  we  are  always  in the 
market when you want to sell.
The  quantity  does  not  make  any  differ­
ence to us. 
If it suits your convenience to buy 
or  sell  in  train  loads,  we  can  accommodate 
you,  and  if you  prefer  to  limit  your  business 
with us to a  few  bags,  we  shall  be  glad  to 
have that  much.

Our Hand Picked Pea Beans

are all  warranted  and  we  shall  be  glad  to 
have  you compare them  with  any  beans  this 
country or any other can  produce.

V alley  City  Milling  Co.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

If it’s quality you w a n t *

Then  we can  suit  you.  We  manufacture 
the finest line  of  Crackers  and  Sweet  Goods 
ever  placed  upon  the  market.  We  are  an 
entirely independent concern, not controlled 
by  a  trust. 
.We  would  be  pleased  to  send 
you  samples  and  price  list.  We  know  that 
a  trial  will  mean  a  permanent  customer 
for  us.

KRUCE & CO.

Detroit,  Mich.

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Taking Inventory

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in­
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same time.

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

3

ON  THEIR  HONOR.

Salesmen  'Who  W ould  Not  Betray  Their 

Customer.

The  incident  I  am  going  to  relate  is 
to  me  one  of the  most  interesting  I  have 
ever  heard.  I  suppose  some  people  may 
think 
it  is  half  fake—padded  up  to 
make  a  good  story—but  I  assure  you  it 
is  as  true  as  gospel,  every  word  of  it.

The  story  bears  out  a  theory  of  my 
own  that  the  way  to  get the  most out of 
salesmen 
is  to  throw  yourself  on  their 
honor.  Most  of them—not  quite all— will 
under  those  circumstances  show  them­
selves  men  of  the  highest  integrity.

Near  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  is  a  small  town 
of  a  few  hundred  people. 
It  has one 
good  general  store  and  several  smaller 
ones.  The  man  who  was  the  proprietor 
of  the  large  store,  up  to  a  few  months 
ago,  was  a  sort of  plunger.  He  specu­
lated  a 
little  in  stocks  and  a  good  deal 
in  real  estate.  He  bad  made  money, 
and  this  gave  him  a  swing.  To  make 
a 
long  story  short,  he  got  financially 
balled  up,  and  his  biggest  creditor  had 
to  take  the  stock  of  bis  store  for  his 
debt.

This  creditor  was  a  retired  iron  foun­
der.  He  was  not  yet  out  of  his  prime, 
and  be  made  up  his  mind  that be  would 
take  hold  of  the  store  and  run  it,  for a 
while  anyhow.  The  man  had  been  out 
of  active  employment  several  years,  and 
he  bad  grown  very  uneasy for something 
to  do.

The  former  proprietor  of  the  store bad 
been  a  methodical  fellow, 
in  a  way, 
and  he  always  bought  his  goods  on 
Tuesday  mornings.  All  the  salesmen 
gathered  there  that  day,  and  as  a  rule 
he  would  not  listen  to  one  of  them  on 
any  other.

The  new  boss  took  hold  on  Monday, 
much  like  a  cat  in  a  strange  garret.  On 
Tuesday  the  half  dozen  or  so  salesmen 
came  down  on  him,  all  with  the  one 
query—“ What  do  you  want  to  day?”

The  iron  founder looked  dazed  a  min­

ute  and  then  he  said :

“ See  here,  boys,  I  am  about  begin­
ning  to  realize  that  I  am  up  against  it. 
You  may  not  know  it,  but  I  took  this 
place  for  a  debt.  I do not know any more 
about  the  grocery  business  than  I  do 
about  Greek.  The  iron  business  is  my 
business.  Now,  I  am  going  to  throw 
myself  on  your  mercy.  You  have  been 
coming  here  for  years  and  you  know 
what  Mr.  Goodman  has  bought.  I  want 
you  to  look  around  the  store—you  all 
probably  know  more  about  the  stock 
than  1  do—and  find  out  what  is  needed. 
Johnny(to  the  clerk),  give  these  gentle­
men  all  the  help  you  can.  When  you 
have  made  up  your  list,come  to  me  and 
1  will  see  that  each  one  of  you  gets  a 
share. 
I  will  trust  you  to  do  right  by 
me  all  through  the  deal.”

An  easy  mark  or  a  very  wise  man, 

eh? 

I  say  the  latter.

Well,  the  salesmen  browsed  a round 
and  finally  came  to  the 
iron  founder 
with  the  list  of  wants,  on  all  of  which 
he  got  a  price  and  then  ordered.  Then 
be  said:

'Boys,  you  travel  around  a  good  bit; 
have  you  any  suggestions  to  make  for 
the  running  of  this  store?”

One  of  the  salesmen,  representing  a 
coSee  house,  said  he  believed  the  store 
was  not  selling  good  enough coSee.  The 
best  coffee  in  the  store  was  28  cents  a 
pound,  and  the  former  proprietor had 
always  contended  that  his  people  would 
not  buy  any  better,  although  he  had 
never tried  them  on  better.

“ I ’ll  bet  a  dollar,  Mr.  —, ”   said  the 
salesman,  “ that  you  can  sell  a  coffee 
that  retails  at  35  cents.”

The  iron  founder  listened  attentive­

ly  and  then  said:

“ I  believe  I  can;  at  any  rate,  your 
is  better  than  mine.  How 

judgment 
much  shall  i  order?”

“ Why,  fifty  pounds  is  enough  at  the 
start,"  said  the  salesman;  ‘ 'then  see 
how  it  gods. ”

Well,  to  make  a 

long  story  short, 
these  salesmen  practically  ran  that  store 
for about  four  months.  The  iron founder 
consulted  them  constantly  about the  de­
tails  of  the  business,  and 
in  a  great 
many  cases  his  orders  were  given  on 
their  suggestion.  At  the  end  of  four 
months  he  assumed  a  little  more  con­
trol,  although  by  no  means  did  he  cut 
himself  loose  from  the  boys.

Add  not  once,  during  the  whole  of 
that  time,  did  any  one  of  those  fellows 
try  in  the  slightest  possible  way  to  get 
the  better  of  this  stranger  to  the  gro­
cery  business,  who  would  have  been  pie 
to  any  salesman  on  grafting  bent.

The  iron  founder told  me  so  bimself, 

not a  month  ago.

That 

is  the  way  to  treat  salesmen, 
fellows,  and  don’t  you  forget  it.  Some 
dealers  are  always  suspicious  of  sales­
men ;  call  them  a  gang  of  thieves,  and 
treat  them  only  as necessary evils.  They 
are  wrong.  A salesman  honestly  treated 
and  given  credit  for  what  he knows  is— 
as  a  rule—honest and  a  gentleman.

To  illustrate  the  converse  of  this,  1 
represents  a 
know  a  salesman  who 
I  believe  him 
Chicago  specialty  house. 
to  be  as  honest  as  the  sun. 
I  know  he 
is  a  member  of  church,  and  I  would 
lend  him  money  any  time  I  had  it. 
(This  is  a  safe  promise.)

One  of  the  salesman’s  customers  is  a 
grocer  who  thinks  he  knows  it  all.  His 
shoulder  always  bears  a  chip  for  sales­
men,  and  he  is  forever  suspecting  them 
and  by 
innuendo  accusing 
them  of  trying  to fleece  him.

insulting 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  this  man  knows 

very  little  and  is  easy  prey.

The  honest  salesman,  who  is  a  mem­
ber  of  the  church,  skins  the  life  out  of 
this  grocer  and  boasts  of  it  afterwards. 
But  with  his  other trade  he is as straight 
as  a  die.

In  one  case  the  salesman  showed  a 
sample  of  rice  and  quoted  a  certain 
price  on  it.

“ H ub!"  snorted  the  grocer,  con­
rice  ain't  worth 
like  that!  You  can’t  fool  me 

temptuously,  “ that 
nothin' 
on  rice—1  know  what  I ’m  a-buyin’. ”

“ You  certainly  seem  to  know  more 
about  rice  than  most  grocers,”   said  the 
salesman,  quietly,  and  this  the  dealer 
construed  as  a  compliment.

Then  the  salesman  took  from  his  bag 

another  little  box  sample.

The  grocer  puffed  up. 

“ I  will  let  you  have  that at  the  same 
price,  Mr.  —, ”   he  said,  “ but  I  can  not 
afford  to.”
“ That’s  bet­
ter,”  he  muttered importantly,  as  he  fin­
gered  over  the  sample,  and  he  ordered.
As  a  matter  of  fact, both  samples  were 
out of  the  same  bag,  and  the  price  was 
a  full  cent  and  a  half  above  the  market.
This  salesman  would  have  no  more 
dreamed  of  doing  that  with a grocer who 
was  not  offensive  in  his  assumption  of 
all  human  knowledge  than  he  would 
have  dreamed  of  flying.
Every  salesman  has  a  knife  up  bis 
sleeve  for  such  grocers,  and,  by  gum! 
he  has  a  right  to ¡—Stroller  in  Grocery 
World.

If  you  have  money  to  invest 
read  The  M.  B .  Martin  Co.’ s 
advertisement  on  page  6.

We want your  P O U L T R Y

B u tter  and  E g g s

Highest  cash  prices  paid.
Write  and 
let  us  know 
what you have.  Do it now, 
not to-morrow.

JAMES  COURT  &  SON,  Marshall,  Michigan

Cold  Storage Branches  at Allegan,  Bellevue and  Homer
• 

References:  Dnn or Bradstreet or your own  Banker

Increase  your  trade  and  make  your  store  more  attractive  by 
using  our  glass  display jars  having  beautiful  aluminum  covers. 
It  is  very  important  that  you  display  all  edible  articles  in  a 
neat,  tasty  and  attractive  manner.  Our  glass  jars  will  do  the 
business.  None  like  them  on  the  market.  All  up-to-date  gro­
cers  and  butchers  should  have  them  on  their  shelves  and  coun­
ters.  W rite  for  our  price  list  and  circular. 
Special  prices 
while  this  present  lot  lasts,  so  hurry.

Kneeland  Crystal  Creamery  Co.

72 Concord  St.,  Lansing,  Mich.

For Sale by Worden Grocer Co., Grand  Rapids, Michigan.

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THE  F R A N K   B.  TA YLO R   C O M P A N Y

IMPORTERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS

I3S  JEFFERSON  AVENUE

DETROIT, Mich.,
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DEAR SIR:

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

4

Around  the State

Movement« o f Merchants.

'i ale—Chambers  Sc  Monterv  have 

opened  a  new  implement  store.

Onaway—M.  A.  Quick  &  Co.  bave 
opened  a  branch  grocery  store  at Tower.
Pontiac—Colin  MacCallam  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Edward  P. 
Fisher.

Owosso—O.  F.  Harryman  will  open 
implement  store  about 

a  carriage  and 
Feb.  i.

Elmer—Henry  Sheldon  has  purchased 
the  general  merchandise  stock  of  Dan­
iel  K.  Armstrong.

Quincy—A.  M.  Etheridge,  dealer  in 
implements,  has  taken  a  partner  under 
the  style  of  Etheridge  Sc  Norton.

West  Bay  City—Samuel  DeLill  has 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business.  His 
stock  was  purchased  of  Tbeo.  Lankey.
Benton  Harbor—Samuel  E.,  John  M. 
and  Floyd  E.  Daigneau  have  organized 
the  Daigneau  Laundry  Co.,  with  a  cap­
ital  stock  of $15,000.

Charlotte—J.  B.  Hartwell  has  sold 
bis  grocery  stock  to  Crane  &  McGee, 
general  dealers  at  Millett,  who  have  re­
moved  the  stock  to  that  place.

Charlotte—C.  D.  Roberts,  of 

the 
hardware  business  of  Rue  &  Roberts, 
has  purchased  the  interest  of  Geo.  W. 
Rue  and  will  continue  the  business 
in 
bis  own  name.

Williamstcn—R.  C.  Herron  has  sold 
his implement  business  to  C.  H.  Cham­
bers  and  G.  W.  Akers,  who  have  di­
vided  the  goods  and  added  to  tbeir  re­
spective  stocks.

Detroit—George  E.  W'eitzel,  doing  a 
grocery  business  at  1495  Woodward  ave­
nue,  has  uttered  a  chattel  mortgage  se­
curing  ninety  creditors  whose  claims 
aggregate  $4,700.

Owosso—H.  M.  Post, 

for  eighteen 
years  one  of  Owosso’s  most  prominent 
hardware  merchants,  has  taken  his  son, 
Cecil  O.  Post, 
into  partnership.  The 
new  style  is  H.  M.  Post  &  Son.

Detroit—Frank  Steinhabel  has  uttered 
a  chattel  mortgage  for  $3,891.25,  cover­
ing  the  stock  of  general  merchandise 
at  781  Hastings  street,  and  executed 
in 
favor  of  Burnham,  Stoepel  &  Co.

Hint—R.  E.  Farnum,  a  pioneer  mer­
chant  of  this  place,  whose  business 
career  has  extended  over  a  period  of 
thirty-eight  years,  will  close  out  his 
jewelry  stock  and  retire  from  trade.

Ithaca—O.  L.  Perry,  for  many  years 
in  the  employ  of  A.  S.  Barber  &  Co. 
and  for  the  past  four  years  local  repre­
sentative  for  Fred  Kauffman,  merchant 
tailor  of  Chicago,  has  engaged  in  the 
clothing  business  at  this place.

Lake  Oaessa—E.  A.  Baker,  who  en­
gaged 
in  the  grocery  business  here 
about a  year  ago,  has  sold  his  stock  to 
Thomas  Lowrey.  Mr.  Baker  is  visiting 
the  northern  part  of  the  State  for  the 
purpose of  securing  a  suitable  location.
Cassopolis—Wm.  Reagan  has  retired 
from  the  hardware  business  of  Hayden 
&  Reagan  and 
is  succeeded  by  Jos. 
Hayden,  who  has  returned  from  Joliet 
to  assume  his  new  duties.  The  new 
firm  will  be  known  as  W.  B.  Hayden  & 
Son.

Maple  Rapids—W.  S.  Barrett,  who 
has  been  engaged  in  general  trade  here 
for  several  months,  has  removed  to 
Perry,  where  he  will  re-engage  in  busi­
ness.  C.  M.  Redfern  &  Co.  have  taken 
possession  of  the  store  vacated  by  Mr. 
Barrett.

Kingsley—J.  H.  Monroe  has  moved 
into  his  new  store  building,  which  is 
32x80  feet  in  dimensions  and two stories 
high.  Mr.  Monroe  suffered  a  severe  loss

I from  fire  about  fifteen  months  ago, since 
wbiwfa  time  he  has  carried  on  business! 
in  a  warehouse.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—The  Great  Lakes 
Laundry  Co.  is  the style  of  a  new  enter­
prise  at  this  place.  The  authorized  cap­
ital  stock  is  $36,000 and  is  held  by  Wm. 
M.  Everett, 
1,200  shares;  Wm.  C. 
Everett, 
1,200  shares,  and  Edwin  T. 
Crisp,  1,200 shares.

Saginaw—At  a  meeting  of  the  stock­
holders  of  Symons  Bros.  &  Co.,  it  was 
voted  to  increase  the  capital  stock  from 
$100,000 to $200,000,  and  the  number  of 
shares  from  10,000 to 20,000.  The  stock 
was  all  subscribed  at  par,  largely among 
the  present  stockholders.

Battle  Creek—E.  J.  Sboup  has  pur 
in 
chased  the  interest  of  Ju  ius  Martin 
the  tobacco  business  of  Martin  &  Ed 
erle.  For  thirteen  years  Mr.  Shoup  ha 
been  traveling  salesman  for the  Nicbol 
&  Shepard  Thresher  Co.  The  new  style 
will  be  Sboup  &  Ederle.

Allegan—F.  M. 

Johnson  and  B.  F. 
Foster  have purchased  the  E.  B.  Bailey 
grocery  stock  and  bave  taken  possession 
of  the  same.  The  former  gentleman 
has  removed  his  North  Side  stock  to  the 
Bailey  store.  Mr.  Baiiey  will  continue 
as  U.  S.  express  agent  for  the  present.
Cassopolis—A.  J.  Tallerday  and  son,
G.  W.,  and  W.  W.  Reynolds  and  son 
Fred,  have  purchased 
the  hardware 
stock  of  H.  E.  Moon  and  will  continut 
the  business  under  the  style  of  Taller­
day  &  Reynolds. 
The  two  younger 
gentlemen  will  assume  the  management 
of  the  business.

Cassopolis—W.  W.  Warren  has  sold 
bis  bazaar  stock  to  Byron  Carman,  of 
Union.  The  new  proprietor wiil  add  a 
stock  of  groceries  and  conduct  a  cash 
grocery 
in  connection  with  the  bazaar 
business.  Mr.  Warren  will  remain  here 
and  devote  bis  entire  attention  to  bis 
ginseng  business.

Bear  Lake—Jas.  Connelly  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  Edward  Welch  in 
the  general  stock  of Connelly  &  Welch. 
The  new  firm  will  be known as Connelly 
Bros.  Mr.  Welch  retires  to  re-engage 
in  his  former  occupation  of  machinery 
salesman.  The  partners  part  company 
with  the  best  of  feelings.

Menominee—The  G.  H.  Nicholas Co., 
wholesale  dealer  in  men’s  furnishing 
goods  and  specialties,  has  merged  it 
business 
into  a  corporation  with  a  cap 
ital  stock  of $25,000,  held  by  the  follow 
ing  persons:  G.  H.  Nicholas,  Menom 
inee,  1,250  shares,  and  Frank  J.  Law 
rence  and  Joseph  A. 
J.  Lawrence,  of 
Marinette,  Wis.,  each  625  shares.

Charlotte—Fay  RuliBon,  of  the  hard 
ware  business  of  Bare.  Gillette  &  Ruli 
son,has  sold  his  interest  in  the  business 
to  the  remaining  partners and  will  ente. 
into  partnership  with  his  father-in-law,
E.  D.  Treadwell,  who  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner,  Frank  P. 
Leonard,  in  the  agricultural  implement 
business  of  Treadwell  &  Leonard.

Owosso-W.  E.  Bullard,  for  the  past 
sixteen  years  with  the  clothing  and  boot 
establishment  of  Murray  &  Terbusb, 
baB  formed  a copartnership with Thomas 
Hagan  and  about  March  15  will  open  a 
clothing  and  men’s  furnishing  goods  es­
tablishment  in  the  store  building  now 
occupied  by  the  clothing  and  shoe  stock 
of Jos.  Gerson.  The  building  will  have 
a  new  front  and  be  otherwise  refitted.

Belding—Carl  Hoppougb  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  drug  stock  to  G.  E.  Wortley 
and  E.  D.  French,  of  Lakeview,  who 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
style  of  Wortley  &  French.  The  former 
gentleman  has  been  connected  with  the 
drug  store  of  C.  W.  Vining,  of  Lake-

view,  for  the  past  six  years,  and  the 
latter has  been  engaged  in  the dry goods 
business  at  that  place  for  several  years.
Flint—Samuel  Moffett  has  acquired 
the  interest  of  D.  D.  Aitken  in  the  real 
estate  and  business  of  the  Flint  Coal  & 
Produce  Co.  and  has  sold  W.  D.  Skin­
ner a  half  interest  in  his  wholesale  gro­
cery  business.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known 
as  Moffett  &  Skinner.  Mr. 
Moffett  has  been  prominently  identified 
with  the  mercantile 
life  of  Flint  for 
twenty-two  years,  having  started  in  the 
grocery  business  for  himself  in  1880. 
Later  be  added  the  wholesale  line  to 
bis  retail  trade  and  worked  up  a  good 
business,  which  will  go  with  the  new 
film.  The  retail  business,  which  Mr. 
Moffett  has  developed  until  it  is  one  of 
the  best  in  the  city,  will  be  offered  for 
sale.

M anufacturing  M atters.

Detroit—Watson  &  Cochran  succeed 
James  j.  Watson  in  the  cigar  manufac­
turing  business.

Pottervilie—Geo.  Colby  has  pucbased 
the  interest  of  bis  partner,  James  Cut- 
teil,  in  the  Pottervilie  Elevator Co.

Detroit—The  Schneider-Sieder Co.  is 
succeeded  by  the  Schneider  Tent  & 
Awning  Co.  in  the  manufacture  of  tents 
and  awnings.

Detroit—The  Roe  Stephens  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  manufacturer  of  valves, 
has  increased 
its  capital  stock  from 
70,000 to $250,000.
Monroe—The  Monroe  Glass  Co.  has 
been  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of
30.000,  divided  among  Henry  F.  Coon, 
Geo.  W.  Burkhart  and  Ralph  R.  Bow- 
dle,  who each  own  1,000 shares.

West  Hancock—Geo.  F.  Strong  is  en- 
argiug  bis  sash  and  door  factory  to 
four  times  its  present  capacity.  An 
addition,  50x80  feet  in  dimensions,  will 
be  erected 
in  the  rear  of  the  present 
building.

Saginaw—The  Waldo  Manufacturing 
Co.,  manufacturer  of  guitars,  mando- 
ins  and  banjos,  will  erect  a  large new 
factory  early 
in  the  spring  on  North 
Niagara  street,  just  north  of  the  Henry 
Passolt  soap  factory.

Detroit—Fred  A.  Connor  &  Co.  have 
merged  their  business  into a corporation 
with  an  authorized  capital  stock  of
100.000,  of  which  $50,000  is  paid  in.
F.  A.  Connor  holds  7,498  shares  and  N. 
D.  Graves,  of  Chicago,  bolds  2,500 
shares.

comprising 

Alma—J.  F.  Schwartz  and  Ferdinand 
Montigel, 
the  Schwartz 
Furnace Co.,  have dissolved partnership, 
Mr.  Schwartz  will  continue  the  business 
of  the  company  in  the  manufacture  of 
furnaces  and  Mr.  Montigel  will  devote 
his  entire  attention  to  bis  farm.

Marquette-James  Pendill,  manufac­
turer of  veneer goods,  has organized  the 
Marquette  Woodenware  Co.  The  capi­
tal  stock  of  the  new  concern  is  $10,000, 
all  of  which 
is  owned  by  Mr.  Pendili 
with  the  exception  of  two  shares,  one 
held  by  Louis  Pendill  and  one  by Lewis 
S.  Glasier.

Port  Huron-The  G.  B.  Stock  Xylite 
Grease  &  Oil  Co.  has  been  organized 
by  the  following  persons,  in  the  follow- 
ng  amounts:  G.  B.  Stock, 
1,800 
shares;  E.  G.  Schoolcraft,  400  shares; 
F.  A.  Halstead, 
100  shares;  G.  B. 
Stock,  Jr.,  50  shares  and Jessie Bennett] 
50  shares.  The  capital  stock  is  $25,000!
Monroe-For  years  it  has  been  known 
that  sand  suitable  for  the  manufacture 
of  the  finest  glass  has  existed  in  the 
vciinity  of  Monroe.  The  sand  has been 
shipped  to  Pittsburg  and  used  in  the 
manufacture of  glass  in  that  city  for 
years,  and  Monroe  citizens  now  expect

flourishing 

that  a 
industry  will  be 
founded  there,  having  organized 
the 
Monroe  Glass  Co.,  with  a  capital  stock 
of $30,000.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Show  Case  Co. 
has  filed  articles  of  association, 
the 
capital  stock  being  $35,000,  held  as  fol­
lows: 
John  Petz,  1,000  shares;  Herbert 
Malott,  900;  Edward  Bland,  300; 
Louis  F.  Weiss,  350;  Ralph  B.  Wilkin­
trustee,  250;  John  L.  Cochrane, 
son, 
200;  John  A.  Cad well, 
125 ;  Herbert 
Malott.  trustee,  100;  L  G.  Younglove, 
ico;  William  B.  Campbt 11,  75;  Ralph 
B.  Wilkinson,  50;  James H.  Howell,  50.

Live  Merchants

will  handle

“Sanitary”

brand of

Dried  Fruits

Put up in  r  pound  packages

Convenient

Clean

Economical

Good  fruit  at  a  reasonable  price. 
Neat packages—free from dirt and 
vermin,  which  is  appreciated  by 
all housewives.

BUY  OF  YOUR  JO BB ER  

Geo.  D.  Bills  &  Co.,  Chicago,  III. 

SOLE  AGENTS

Dorothy  Dix

can run the gamut of  human action 
and  endeavor  the  most  accurately 
of any  writer  of  the  age;  but  her 
knowledge is no  more  comprehen­
sive than  that  of  the  CO M M ER­
C IA L  C RED IT   CO.  when 
it 
comes  to  posting  the  merchant 
when it is safe and  when  it  is  un­
safe to sell goods on credit.

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6

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The Grocery  Market.

Sugars—The  raw  sugar market is firm, 
with  no  change in  price.  Refiners  were 
indifferent  buyers,saying they  were  well 
supplied  with  raw  sugars  for the  time 
being.  The  world’s  visible  supply  of 
sugar  is  3,290,000 tons,against  3,260,000 
tons  a  week  ago  and  3,260,000  tons  at 
the  same  time 
last  year.  The  refined 
market  is  very  strong  and  prices  show 
an  advance  of  10  points  on  all  grades, 
with  some  improvement  in  the  demand. 
Stocks  of  Eastern  granulated  are moder­
ate  and  the  Michigan  refiners  are  stor­
ing 
large  quantities  of  sugar,  not  only 
having  their own  warehouses  filled  up, 
but  having  to  store  sugars  outBide.

There 

looking 

Canned  Goods—The  canned  goods 
market  is  rather quiet,  but  this  is  noth­
ing  unusual  just  following  the  holidays 
and  the  next  few  weeks  are  expected  to 
make  up  for  it  by  showing  considerable 
improvement  in  the  general  condition. 
Tomatoes  are  the  most  interesting  topic 
with  many  buyers  and  the  outlook  is  for 
a  good  trade  and  a  continued  firm  mar­
ket during  the  spring  months.  Stocks 
apparently  are  large,  but  consumption 
is  large  also  and  does  not  seem  to  fall 
off  any.  Many  dealers  feel  very  strong 
on  this  article  and  are  not  anxious  to 
sell  their  stocks, 
for  better 
prices  in  a  few  weeks.  There  is  quite 
a  good  demand  for  corn  at  previous 
prices.  The  market  is  firfh,  especially 
for  the  better grades,which  are  in 
light 
supply.  Peas  are  also  firmly  held,  but 
although  trade  on  them  is  light,  stocks 
are 
light  and  with  any  great  activity 
would  soon  be  exhausted. 
is 
quite  a  fair  enquiry  for  small  fruits, 
but  supplies  are  so  light  that  there  is 
practically  nothing  to  be  had  in  this 
line.  There  would  be  quite  a  good 
business  in  these  goods  if  anything  was 
obtainable.  Peaches  are 
likely  to  be 
rather  short.  There  are  not  many  pie 
or  second  peaches  in  packers’ hands and 
the  continued  run  of  orders  has  dimin­
ished  stocks  considerably.  Supplies  of 
salmon  are  moderate,  but  are  moving 
out  well  at  unchanged  prices.  Sardines 
are  in  moderate  supply  and  are  meeting 
with  a  fair  sale.  Advices  from Eastport, 
Me.,  place  the  total  pack  of  domestic 
sardines  at  1,179,168  cases  for  the  past 
season,  against  1,396,902  cases  for  the 
previous  year.  This,  while  larger  than 
expected,  has  had  no  effect  on  market 
prices,  as  the  movement  up  to  the  pres­
ent  time  is  believed  to  be in proportion.
Dried  Fruits—Although  trade in dried 
fruits 
inclined  to  be  rather quiet, 
almost  everything  in  the  list  is  firmly 
held  with  the  prospect  of  a  better  de­
mand  soon;  in fact,  it  seems  to  be  start­
ing  now.  Prunes  are  in  very  strong  po­
sition  and  very  firmly  held.  An  advance 
is  looked  for  very  shortly  on  all  sizes. 
The  situation  in  raisins  is  not  so  strong 
as  that  of  prunes,  although  some  talk  of 
higher  prices  soon  caused  a  little  better 
feeling  among  the  trade. 
In  view  of 
the 
limited  supply  on  hand  to  last  for 
the  next  nine  months,  there  certainly 
should  be  no  lower  prices.  Apricots 
show  considerable  more  interest  and  the 
probability  of  higher  prices 
soon. 
Peaches  are  meeting  with  some  enquiry 
although  only  in  a  small  way.  Prices, 
however, are  firmly  held.  Currants  show 
no  change  in  price,  but  the  market 
is 
firm  and  there  is  a  good  demand.  There 
is  a  very  firm  feeling  in  dates,  owing  to 
very 
light  stocks.  Figs  are  a  trifle 
easier  with  light  demand.  Stocks  are 
not  heavy  and  warrant a  firmer  feeling.

is 

There  is  a  considerable 
improved  en­
quiry  for  evaporated  apples,  although  as 
yet  very 
little  business  has  resulted. 
The  present  cold  weather  is  excellent 
for  the  sale  of  these  goods  and  the  next 
few  weeks  are  expected  to  show  con­
siderable  improvement  in  the  demand.
Rice—No  changes  of  importance  are 
noted 
in 
spite  of  the  small  demand,  is  very  firm 
in  tone.  Offerings  of  fancy  and  medium 
grades  are  very 
light  on  account  of 
small  supplies, but  the  commoner  grades 
are 
in  good  supply.  The  trade  have 
moderate  stocks  on  hand  and  are  not 
anxious  buyers.

in  the  rice  market,  which, 

Molasses—The  molasses  market 

is 
very  firm,  but demand  is  only  moderate. 
On  account  of  the  small  stocks,offerings 
have  been  light.  Dealers'  supplies  are 
limited  and  they  will soon  be  compelled 
to  purchase  quite  heavily to supply  their 
regular  trade.

Fish—There  is  a  good  interest  in  the 
fish  market 
in  general  and  prices  are 
firmly  held.  Mackerel,  in  particular,  is 
very  strong  with  good  demand.  Cod­
fish  shows  no  change  in  price,  but  is 
moving  out  well  under  a  steady  con­
sumptive  demand.

Nuts—Trade 

in  nuts  is  rather  quiet 
and  some  weakness 
is  displayed  on 
some  varieties,  particularly  those  of 
pecans  and  filberts,  of  which  there  are 
heavy  supplies.  Almonds,  walnuts  and 
peanuts  are  all  strong  and  meet  with  a 
very  good  demand.

W hat  the  Banks  and  Corporations  Are 

Doing.

The  Grand  Rapids  Dry  Goods  Co. 
has  declared  a  dividend  of  8  per cent, 
from  the  profits  of eleven  months’  busi­
ness.

The  Grand  Rapids  Brick  Co.  has  de­
clared  a  cash  dividend  of  13  per  cent, 
from  the  profits  of  1902.

John  W.  Blodgett  has  sold  his $5,000 
stock  in  the  Kent  County  Savings  Bank 
to  Edward  Lowe  for $25,000.  This  is 
probably  the  largest  price  ever  paid  for 
a  single  block  of  stock  in  a  Grand  Rap­
ids  bank.

The  Grand  Rapids  Brewing  Co.  made 
glad  the  hearts  of  its  stockholders  last 
week  by  declaring  a  cash  dividend  of  8 
per cent,  and  a stock dividend of  50  per 
cent.

M.  B.  Martin  is  developing  remark­
able  ability  as  an  organizer  of food com­
panies,  having  successfully  promoted 
the  Superior  Food  Co.,  Ltd.,  at  Sault 
Ste.  Marie,with  a  nominal  capital  stock 
of  $1,000,000.  He  will  shortly  go to  the 
Canadian  Soo,  where  he  will  undertake 
the  organization  of  a  company  iden­
tical  in  every  respect  with  the  company 
formed  at  the  American  Soo.

Tbe  Boys  B ehind  the Counter.

Sparta—Will  Collet,  of  Perrinton,  has 
in  the  drug  store  of 

taken  a  position 
Milo  Bolender.

Eaton  Rapids—Hugh  Walker,  of  Al­
is  the  new  drug  clerk  in  J.  H. 

bion, 
Ford’s  store.

Carson  City—Fred  J.  Chamberlin  has 
a  new  drug  clerk  in  the  person  of  Fred 
R.  Skinner,  of  Cedar  Springs.

Tbompsonville—Otto  Cohn  succeeds 
in  the  general 

Geo.  Haverly  as  clerk 
store  of  Wm.  Immerman.

Jackson—J.  C.  Studley, 

for  several 
years  prescription  clerk  for  W.  P.  Doty, 
of  Detroit,  has  returned  to Jackson  and 
taken  a  position  in  the  drug  store  of  C.
G.  Trumble.

Why 

is  Chas.  S.  Withey,  the  mer­
chandise  broker,  eligible  for  tbe  office 
of  deacon?  Ask  Edward  Frick.

The  Produce  Market.

stock 

storage 

steady  demand  at $2.50^3  pet  bbl.
@1.75  per  bunch.
yellow  stock.

Apples—Cold 
is  in 
Bananas—Good  shipping  stock,  $1.25 
Beeswax—Dealers  pay  25c  for  prime 
Beets—50c  per  bu.
Butter—Receipts  of  dairy  continue 
heavy,  considering  the  time  of  year  and 
the  condition  of  the  weather.  Local 
handlers  pay  I5@i6c  for  packing  stock, 
I7@ i8c  for  choice  and  i9@2ic for fancy. 
Factory  creamery  is  steady  at  27c  for 
choice  and  28c  for fancy.
Cabbage—40c  per doz.
Carrots—35c  per  bu.
Celery—17c  per doz.
Cocoanuts—$3.25  per sack.
Cranberries—Cape  Cod  and  Jerseys 
are  strong  at $3.50’ per  bu.  box  and  $10 
per  bbl.
D ates—Hallowi,  5c;  Sairs,  4 % c ;  1 

lb.  package,  7c.

Eggs—Ib e  market  is  about  the  same 
as  a  week  ago.  Local  dealers  pay  20@ 
22c  for  case  count  and  22@24c 
for 
candled.  Cold  storage  range  from  19 ®  
21c.

is 

Figs—$1  per  10 
lb.  box  of  Califor­
nia;  5  crown  Turkey,  16c;  3 crown,  14c.
Game—Rabbits  are  weak  and  slow 
sale  at  90c @$1  per doz.
Grapes—Malagas,  $5.25@5.75.
Honey—White  stock 

in  moderate 
supply  at-i5@i6c.  Amber  is  active  at 
is  moving  freely  on 
I3@I4C  and  dark 
the  basis  of  I2@i3c.
Lemons—Californias  or  Messinas, 
S3.50-
Lettuce—Supply  is  larger than  a  week 
ago,  but  still below tbe demands  of  ship­
pers.  Tbe  price  is  steady  at  14c.

Maple  Sugar— ioj^c  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for fancy.
Nuts—Butternuts,  65c;  walnuts,  65c; 
hickory  nuts, $2.35  per  bu.
Onions—In  good 
supply  and  not 
much  demand  at  60c  per  bu.
Oranges—Floridas  command $3.25  per 
box.  California  Navels  S3.25  for  fancy 
and  $3  for  choice;  California Seedlings, 
S2.75-
Potatoes—The  market  is  steady,  with­
out  special  feature.  The  price  ranges 
from  5o@55c  at  outside  buying  points.
Poultry—Live  pigeons  are  in  active 
demand  at  6oc@$i.  Nester  squabs, 
either 
live  or  dressed,  $2  per  doz. 
Dressed  stock  commands  the  'following: 
Chickens,  I2@ i3c;  small  hens,  i i @I2c ; 
ducks,  I4@ i5c;  turkeys,  i6@I7c ;  small 
squab broilers,  I2^@ i5c ; Belgian hares, 
9@toc.

Radishes—30c  per  doz.  for  hothouse.
Spanish  Onions—$1.40  per  crate.
Spinach—90c  per  bu.
Squash—2c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys,  $4  per  bbl.  ; 
Turnips—40c  per bu. 

Illinois,  $3.75.

looms  has  been*  considerable,  says 
Franklin  Allen.

Tbe  Grain  Market.

Wheat  has  been  rather  dull.  Trades 
in  cash  and  futures  have  been  below  tbe 
usual 
large  transactions.  One  reason 
for  cash  being  neglected  is  the  scarcity 
of  cars  to  move  the  large  quantities. 
Exports,  as  usual,  have  been  fair,  be­
ing  over  5,000,000  bushels last  week,and 
even  at  this  time  it  has  been  somewhat 
restricted  because  the  amount  at  sea­
is  below  the  usual  amount  held 
board 
there  at  this  time  of  the  year. 
If  cars 
were  more  plentiful  there would be  more 
moving  toward  tbe  seaboard  and,  con­
sequently, 
Initial  re­
ceipts  have  been  below  tbe usual amount 
at  this  time  of  the  year,but  this  can  not 
always  last.  The  railroads  before  long 
will  find  cars  to  move  tbe  grain  east­
ward.  Stocks  on  the  continent  are  also 
below  the  average,  having  decreased 
over  900,000  bushels 
last  week.  The 
amount 
in  sight  is  50,000,000  bushels, 
which  is  8,000,000 bushels  less  than  last 
year,  when  prices  for  cash  wheat  were 
about  12c  per  bushel  higher.  Argen­
tine,  thus  far,  baB  not  been  a  factor  in

larger  exports. 

shipments  to  Europe  because  tbe  qual­
ity 
is  not  up,  as  the  weather  still  con­
tinues  wet  there.  Besides,  prices  are 
not  tempting  for  shipping purposes and, 
as  stated,  the  quality  is  poor,  and  the 
United  Kingdom  is  not  looking  for  that 
quality  just  now,  but prefers  wheat  from 
the  United  States  to  mix  with 
its  own 
inferior quality.  We  hardly  think  there 
will  be  more  depression  in  tbe  present 
prices.
Corn 

is  also flat,  simply  because  the 
grade  thus  far  has  not  been  up.  How­
ever,  the  present  cold  snap  may  be  con­
ducive  to  curing  it  so  that  it  will  grade 
better.  This 
is  the  universal  belief. 
What  has  been  marketed  thus  far  has 
been  soft.  Later  it  will  come  along 
in 
better shape,  so the  present  market  is  in 
a  waiting  mood.

Oats  are  firm  and  stocks  are  decreas­
ing  and  we  see  nothing  at  present  that 
will  lower  prices,  as  the  demand  keeps 
more  than  pace  with  the  supply.

Rye 

is  in  some  better  condition,  as 
is  better,  but  prices  can 
tbe  demand 
not  be  elevated.  Good  rye  only 
is 
wanted,  as  distillers  can  use  only  tbe 
choice  quality.  Poor  quality 
is  neg­
lected.

Beans  remain  steady.  While  the  de­
is  not  urgent,  prices  at  present 

mand 
remain  fairly  firm.

Flour  keeps  very  steady.  Demand, 
both  local  and  domestic,  is  good.  E x­
ports,  owing  to  the  tax  put  on  in  the 
United  Kingdom,  and  other  continental* 
markets,  are  restricted  and  wheat  goes 
out  instead  of  flour.  The  millers  in  tbe 
United  Kingdom  and  other countries, 
such  as  Belgium,  France  and  Germany, 
are  reaping  the  benefit  which  the Amer­
ican  millers  ought  to  reap.

The  demand  for  mill  feed  is  ahead  of 
the  supply  and,  as  the  dairies  are  ur­
in  want  of  mill  feed,  prices  re­
gently 
main  strong  at $19  for  bran  and  $21 
for 
middlings.

In  my  yearly  report  of  tbe  amount  of 
wheat  received 
in  Grand  Rapids  dur­
ing  the  year  1902  there  was  an  error. 
It  read  20,843. 
It  should  have  read 
2,843.

Receipts  of  grain  for  the  past  week 
have  been  as  follows:  wheat,  64  cars; 
corn,  14  cars;  oats,  15  cars;  rye,  1  car; 
flour,  2  cars;  beans,  2  cars;  hay,  1  car; 
straw,  1  car;  potatoes,  14  cars.

Millers  are  paying  73c  for  No.  2  red 
wheat, 69c  for  No.  1  white  wheat and 69c 
for  No.  3  red  wheat.  C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Needed  For Other  Purposes.

A  Georgia  justice  recently  married  a 
runaway  couple  who  drove  up  to  bis 
house  and  went  through  the  ceremony 
without  descending  from  the  carriage. 
When  tbe  ceremony  was over,  the  groom 
fumbled  in  his  pocket  and  fished  up  36 
cents.
“ Jedge,”   be  said,  “ this  here’s  all 
the  money  I  got  in  the world.  Ef you’ve 
a  mind  to  take  it,  you  kin;  but  I'll  say 
now  that  I  done  set  it  aside  fer  the 
honeymoon  expenses.”

For Gillies’  N.  Y.  tea,all kinds,grades 

and  drices,  call  Vinner,  both  phones

Piles Cured

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

Dr.  Willard  M.  Burleson 

Rectal  Specialist

103 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

P re v a ilin g   F ash io n s  fn  the  Chicago  Mar­

ket.

The  Chicago  man  of  faihioD,  above 
all,  i<  a  man  of  business.  Perhaps  the 
city  it  not  yet  old  enough  to  sport  an 
exclusive  class  of  any  considerable  size 
wbose  chief  object  in  life  is  to  ‘  beat 
out”   the  fashion  plates,  or  it  may  be 
that  the  Chicago  man  who  has  attained 
the  position  mentioned  shakes  the  dost 
of  the  Garden  City  from  his  feet  and 
flies  to  New  York.  Bet  however that 
may  be,  the  fact  remains  that  during 
the  day  the  man  is  busy 
in  bis  office I 
who  in  the  evening  shines  at  what  New i 
Yorkers  might  call  a  countrified  func­
tion.

This  is  nowhere  more  aptly illustrated 
than  at  events  which  call  for  an  after-! 
noon  attendance.  Take  the  horse  shew, | 
for  instance.  The  Chicagoan  who  turns | 
out  in  all  his  finery  at  the  evening  per-1 
fcrmances,  in  the  afternoon 
is  too  in- j 
tensely  engaged 
in  business  to  spend 
time  there.  Consequently  the  afternoon 
sessions  are  patronized  by  some women, 
more  followers  of  the  races  and  still 
more  grooms  and 
lovers  of  the  horse 
per se.

single 

In  business  dress,  as 

The  typical  Chicagoan  would  rather 
cut  out  the  theater  entirely  than  to  don 
bis  dress  suit  to  sit  through  a  perform­
ance.  Consequently  the  business  suit 
is  the  usual  theater  dress,  for  Mr.  Chi­
cago  man  will  go to  “ the  show."
in  ail 

lines, 
Chicago  men  are  modest.  Neat  dress­
ers,  all,  but  nothing  flashy  about  them.
A  suit  of soft  material,  about  evenly  di­
vided  between 
and  double 
breasted  coats,  waistcoat  and  trousers  to 
match  the  coat,  a  black  and  white  scarf 
with  occasionally  a  dash  of color,  little 
jewelry  and  sturdy  calf  shoes,  well 
shined,  comprise  the  business  wardrobe 
of go  per cent,  ol  the  men 
in  Chicago 
Even  in  the  waistcoats,  where there  ii 
every  occasion  for a  deviation from  tbit, 
rule  of  modesty,  there  is  little  tendency 
to  depart  from  the  outfit  just mentioned. 
The  fancy  waistcoat  appears,  however, 
on  occasions  when  it  is  necessary  to  be 
a  bit 
spruced  up."  Way  in  the  lead 
of  fancy  vests  are  the  white  effects. 
Chicago  men  wear  more  of  the  plain 
white  waistcoats  than  of  all  other  styles 
together. 
The  single-breasted,  high- 
cut  vest  is  the  standard.

It 

is  safe  to  say  that  some  of  the 
waistcoat  styles produced  during the  fall 
have  not  sold  so  well  as  was  expected, 
simply because the business men inward­
ly  felt  rather  ashamed  to  break  away 
the  conventional  and  after  all 
from 
little  for  fancy  velvets,  silks  and 
cared 
worsteds  which 
flooded  the  market. 
White  grounds  with  fancy  black  figures 
arc  worn  much,  but  one  sees  very  few 
of  the  flannel  effects  with  a  sort  of  race­
course  effect  in  black  stripes.

It 

Rather a  peculiar  waistcoat  arrange-1 
its  ap­
ment  for  winter  wear has  made 
pearance. 
is  a  knit  material  on  the 
sweater order.  In  fact,  it  might  be more 
proper  to  call  it  a  sweater  with  vest  at­
It  has  no collar,  but  the  up- 
tachment. 
lapels 
per  portion 
showing  a  portion  of  the  shirt  front. 
It 
is  especially  adapted  for  cold  weather, 
•lipping  over  the  bead  like  a  sweater, 
but  presenting  an  appearance  of a  fancy 
waistcoat.

is  arranged  with 

Attached  cuffs  always  have  been  the 
proper  thing  in  dress shirts.  They  are 
becoming  more  and  more  popular  in 
the  cheaper grades of  garments.  There 
is  a  certain  convenience  about them that 
•eems  to  more  than  balance  the 
incon­
venience.  All  the  high-grade  stores 
furnish  an  extra  pair  of  cuffs  to  be 
sewed  on  the  wristband.

Spring  shirtings  for  the  high-grade 
j custom  trade  are  arriving.  Stripes  will ] 
be  very  prominent  and  darker  colors 
; are  replacing  the  light  ground  effects  so! 
I much  in  evidence  of  late.  Indeed,  some 
of  the  best  informed  sbirtmakers,  iock-j 
!  ing  forward  to the  fall  trade,  are  turn- j 
| ing  very  iarge'y  toward  the  dark  ccicrs 
| and  old-fashioned  patterns  with  which  ;
| the  last  generation  were  familiar.  With  j 
| the  return  of the  colonial  furniture  and 
the  old-fashioned  things  generally,  shirt j 
fabrics  have  turned  to  the  old-style  j 
gingham  weaves.  Certainly no one  cut- j 
side  a  iaundry  will  regret  that  shirtings ! 
are  running  to  the  darker hues.
The  quilted  dress  protector  is  being  1 
replaced  by  the  silk  mcSer.  The proper j 
thing  now  is  the  long  silk  arrangement  j 
with  a  hemstitched  border,  bearing  the j 
initial  embroidered  in  one  corner. 
In | 
many  ways  the  change  is  acceptable,  j 
Black  and  white  are  the  favorite  colors  j 
for  these  mufflers,  although  they  are  put 
cut  in  delicate  tints  of  lavender,  blue, 
and  the lighter colors.—Apparel Ga  zette

An  Unusual 
Opportunity

FOR

Safe - • Sure ■ • Profitable

Investment

IN  A  COMPANY  HAVING 

No  Debts 
No  Bonds 
No Preferred  Stock 
No  Promoters’ Stock 
No  Salaried Officers 
No  Individual  Liabilities

All  stock  folly  paid  and  non* 

assessable

In  fact,  nothing  has  been  omitted 
which  should  go  to  make  an  invest- 
mem in  the  purchase  of  the  treasury 
shares  fair  and  equitable.  Stock  is 
now for sale at 25 cents on the dollar or

$2.50  Per  Share

Par  Value $10 Each

W e offer an opportunity  for  enormous 
profits with the risk all  taken  out.  We 
are exclusive  manufacturers  of  “  imi­
tation meats ” ^and an  unlimited  market 
awaits us.  W ecan  retail  our  product 
one-quarter cheaper than  meat  and vet 
make 200 per cent,  profit.  Present fac­
tory capacity,  five  tons  a  day.  Con­
sider the  facts fairly and we  are  confi­
dent that  you  will  find  a  wav  and  a 
reason to join us.
, r,1.e tl‘rne.to  invest  in  a  proposition 
ot this kind is at its  inception.  AH the 
larj^e fortunes which  have  been  made 
bv investments  in food companies  and 
other corporations have  been  made by 
the  wise ones who got in  at  the  start, 
tH-fore  permanent  results  had  estab­
lished a market value for the stock.
There is no stock  for  sale  outside of 
the treasury stock,  as  the  officers  and 
incorporators  have  every  faith  in  the 
proposition and their stock  can  not  be 
bought,  so  stockholders  can  rest  as- 
a conservative business policy. 
\V e  believe  that  the  proposition  is 
worthy  of  vour  consideration  and. 
furthermore, if you desire  to  invest  in 
a straight, honest,  legitimate ** Whole-, 
some hood ”  proposition, you can make 
no mistake by becoming  a  stockholder 
in The  M. B.  Martin Co., Ltd.
In soliciting your subscription  to  the 
capital stock of  our company,  we  can 
assure you of a careful and honest man­
agement.  We ask you  to  take  an  in- 
terest  m  the  enterprise  as  a  stock­
holder and  thereby  become  interested 
in what is  everywhere  considered  the 
best food proposition ever known.
For prospectus and other information 
address

The  M.  B.  Martin  Co.,  Ltd. 

117-119 Monroe Street 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Going

Out of  Business

The  Oldest  Wholesale  House

We offer our entire stock of

HATS, CAPS, GLOVES
Fur  Hats,

Dress Gloves,

Wool  Hats,

Straw  Hats,

Winter  Caps,

Spring  Caps,

Working Gloves, 

Lined  and 
Unlined,

Stretchers,

Pads,  Etc.,  Etc.,  Etc

Walter  Buhl &  Co.

Detroit,  Michigan

\\ ill sell  goods  away  below the manufacturers’ 

prices,  including  1903 styles.

FIGURES  WON’T  LIE,  BUT  LIARS  CAN  FIGURE.’

JOSEPH  SHRIER

Manufacturer and  Jobber of

h a t s ,  c a p s   a n d   s t r a w   G O O D S
  D   S  

«9 3 -195   BANK  ST..  CLEVELAND  OHIO  ^   °

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Write F.H. Clarke, 78 Woodland Avenue, Detroit, Michigan Representative.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  ROOFING  CO.

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

manufacturers

Ready Gravel  Roofing,  Two  and  Three  Ply  Tarred  Felt  Roofing. 

Roof Paints,  Pitch and Tarred  Felt.

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

Ar

The  Silk  Industry in  1902.

the 

Looking  back  over the  industrial  re­
sults  of  1902 
in  the  United  States,  the 
fact  is  apparent  that  the  year  was  no­
ticeable  for  considerable  activity ;  and 
the  silk 
industry  shared  with  other  in­
dustries  in  that  respect.  A  conspicuous 
interference,  however,  was 
silk 
dyers’  strike  at  Paterson  during  April, 
May  and  June. 
It  is  estimated  that the 
curtailed  output  amounted  to  at  least
1,000,000 pounds of  raw  silk,  resulting 
in  a  curtailed  production  of  $9,000,000 
in  finished  goods.  The  financial  loss to 
the  manufacturers  was  also  consider­
able.  For  the  remainder  of  the  year, 
the  silk  mills  have  been in active opera­
tion  and  the  advancing  price  of  raw 
silk,  since  the  opening  of  the  new  silk 
season 
in  July,  has  kept  pace  with  the 
generally  prosperous  business  condition 
in  our country  and  with  the  activity  in 
this  particular 
industry.  The  volume 
of business  for  the  fall  trade  and  winter 
season  has  been  far  in  excess of last  sea­
son's corresponding period.  Competition 
among  the  silk  manufacturers  them­
selves  has  not  lessened—in  fact,  it  has 
increased.  The  additions  to  plants  in 
high-class  throwing  machinery and  high 
speed  weaving  looms  has  been  consid­
erable.

the  problem  of  reconciling 

Consumers  of  manufactured  products 
have  continued  to  benefit  by  the  sharp 
domestic  competition  in  the  silk  trade, 
and 
low 
prices 
to  consumers  with  advancing 
prices  for  raw  materials  and  demands of 
operatives  for  a  higher  wage  is  the diffi­
cult  problem  before  us  which  remains 
it  appears 
unsolved. 
easy  to  solve.  Practically, 
it  is  not 
solved.  The 
low  prices  at  which  do­
mestic  silk  taffetas  have  been  sold  for 
the  past  three  years  in  the  American 
market  testify  to  this  ever  increasing 
rivalry  of  our  silk  manufacturers,  and 
the  present  conditions  make  pertinent 
the  query,  “ How 
long  can  it  safely 
last?'"’

Theoretically, 

It  is  certainly  not  unreasonable  to sur­
mise,  taking 
into  consideration  pres­
ent  tendencies  in  the  trade,  that  the 
American  silk  manufacturer  is  basing 
all  his  hopes  on  long  continued business 
prosperity 
in  general  throughout  the 
United  States,  rather  than  on  actual 
present  returns  from  the  business. 
It  is 
self-evident  that  improved  general  con­
ditions  should  be  made  to  apply  also 
to the  manufacturer  who  has all  the risks 
and  responsibilities  of  such  a  situation. 
It  is  undisputed  also  that  the  general 
expense 
items  of  factory  and  mill  or­
ganization  have  considerably  increased 
in  coat  during  the  past  year. 
Is  it  not 
opportune,  then, to  consider  whether  the 
consumer,  who  for  so 
long  a  time  has 
been  so  greatly  favored  by  the  boom  of 
low  prices  for  silk  goods,  is  doing  now 
his  or  her  share  in  the  matter  of  price, 
considering  the 
increased  cost  under 
conditions  now  existing?

Get  in  Touch  W ith  the  W orld.

The  man  who  gets  “ out of the swim, ”  
so  to  speak,who  loses  his  tcuch  with  the 
great,  pushing  world  about  him,  who 
secludes  himself  in  his  study  or  labora­
tory,  and  deals  only  with  books  and 
theories  instead  of  with  men and things, 
will 
find  himself  going  down 
grade.

soon 

It  is  not  living  in  the  world  of  yester­
day,  nor  in  the  world  of to-morrow ;  but 
in  to-day’s  world,  that  counts.  We 
must  know  the  world,  and  the  day  we 
are 
in  and  keep  in  responsive 
touch  with  the  great  movements  of  civ­
ilization.

living 

A  great  many  men  have  lived  in  the 
past  and  have  been  educated 
in  medi­
aeval  methods  instead  of  modern  ones. 
They  have  lived 
in  history,  spending 
their  time 
in  buried  cities,  in  dead 
philosophies,  in  exhausted  theories,  un­
til  they  are  dried  up.  They  have  gath­
ered  all  their  nourishment  from  the 
past.  They  are  as  much out of  place  in 
the  present  as  a  bird  of  paradise  would 
be  at  the  north  pole.  Their  physical 
sustenance  is  the  only  thing  that  ties 
them  to  the  actual  world  of  to  day. 
Their  mental  food,  their  reflections  are 
all 
in  the  past,  and  yet  they  wonder 
why  the  world  does  not appreciate them, 
why  they  are  not  in  touch  with  it,  when 
the  fact  is  that  they  are  really  strangers 
in  a  strange  land.  They  have  no  sym­
pathy  with  the  struggles  of  the  present, 
with  the  tendency  of  the  age,  or with 
the  great  movements  going  on  all  about 
them.

Here’s  a  Case  o f Save!

The proverbial  Yankee thrift shows  up 
big 
in  a  story  now  going  the  rounds 
reminiscent  of  a  Western  Massachusetts 
banker  who  died  during  the  past  year. 
in  the  maxim,  “ A  penny 
He  believed 
saved 
is  a  penny  earned’ ’  with  a  ven­
geance.  His  clerks  were  denied  the 
luxury  of  pads  of  paper  and  were  re­
quired  to  figure  on  the  backs  of old  en­
velopes  that  had  been carefully prepared 
by  the  office  boy  in  his leisure moments. 
The  banker  had  a  son-in-law  who 
builded  wisely  by  inviting  his  father- 
in-law  to  spend  a  few  weeks  with  him 
at the  seashore.  The  close-fisted  banker 
decided  to  unloosen  to  the  extent  of 
having «the  daily  newspapers  that  the 
bank  bad  subscribed  for  sent  to  him 
after  the  quotations  had  been  inspected. 
He 
instructions  that  the 
advertising  pages  were  to be cut  out  and 
the  edges  trimmed  so  as to save postage.
The papers, which were sent every other 
for  the  one-cent 
day,  were  too  heavy 
limit  although  considerably  inside  the 
weight  allowable  for  two  cents. 
It  was 
a  matter  of  facetious  comment  in  the 
bank  that  the  “ old  man"  was  not  get­
ting  full  value  for his  two-cent  expendi­
ture  for  postage.  The  margin  in  favor 
of  Uncle  Sam,  however,  diminished  ap­
preciably  after  the  third  installment  of 
literature  bad  been  forwarded, 
the 
cashier  receiving  a  postal card  that  bore 
the  following  request:

left  explicit 

“ Mail  papers in  single  wrapper  every 
four  days  and  they  will  require but three 
cents  postage."

Rough  on  the  Slate.

Arthur  S.  Ainsworth  tells  a  story  on 

himself  apropos  of  the  coal  situation.

He  has  been  in  the  coal  business  for 
many  years  and  among  his  patrons is  an 
eccentric  citizen  who  recently  ordered  a 
ton  of  egg  coal.  A  day  or  two  afterward 
the  customer  came 
into  the  coal  office 
and,  leaning  over  the  rail,  drawled  out:
“ What  kind  of  coal  was  that  you  sent 

me,  Arthur?"

“ Why,  egg  coal,  as  you  ordered,”  
responded  Mr.  Ainsworth  affably  and 
promptly.

“ Well,  maybe;  but,  if  it  was,  it  was 
from  a  robin’s  egg  to  grape 
in  size,”   retorted  the  dissatisfied 

anywhere 
fruit 
patron.

“ It  burns  all 

right,  doesn't  it?”  

queried  the  coal  merchant.

“ Well,  I  don’t  know  yet.  But  I  don’t 
it  to 

believe  there's  enough  coal 
keep  the  slate  warm.”

in 

The  luckiest  thing  about  a  horseshoe 
over the  door  is  that  it  does  not  fall  on 
your  head.

Granulated Sugar For Two Cents a  Pound.
Secretary  of  Agriculture  Wilson  re­
cently  made  the  following prediction  re­
garding  the  production  of  beet  sugar :

I 

expect  to  live  to  see  the  time  when 

they  have  to  pay  high  rents  for their 
large  sums  for  fertilizers, 
lands  and 
while  we  have  as  much  free 
land  as 
anybody  can  possibly  want  for  a century 
to  come,  and  will  be  using  the  virgin 
soil  all  that  time.

the  farmers  of  the  United  States  will 
produce  enough  beet  sugar  to supply  the 
entire  demand  for  local  consumption 
and  have  a  surplus  for  export. 
I  ex­
pect  to  live  to  see  granulated  beet  sugar 
selling 
in  our  village  groceries  for 2 
cents a  pound,  with  a  good  profit  to  the 
farmer  who  grows  the  beets,  to  the  men 
who  own  the  factories  and the merchants 
who  supply  the  market. 
I  am  firmly 
convinced  that  we  will  get  down  to 
2-cent  sugar and  have  all  we  need  of  it 
when 
the  economies  have  been  de­
veloped  and  put  in  practice.  We  are 
very  green  now;  we  are  children,  mere 
beginners 
in  the  business  and  have  a 
great  many  things  to  learn  about  it,  but 
if  we  apply  the  great  American  genius 
to  this  thing,  the  genius  that  has  made 
us  the  foremost  producing  nation  on 
earth,  we  will  teach  the  Old  World  bow 
to  grow  a  crop  of  sugar  and  make 
money  out  of  it.  We  have  many  advan­
tages  over  the  European  producers. 
In 
the  old  countries  labor  is  cheap  to  be 
sure,  and  women  and  children  work  in 
the  fields  alongside  of  the  men  folks, 
which  our  farmers  will  never  permit 
their  wives  and  daughters  to  do,  but

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F.  M. C.

COFFEES

are  always

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Fresh  Roasted

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If you  have  money  to  invest 
read  The  M.  B .  Martin  Co.’ s 
advertisement  on  page  6.

M.  J .  SC H LO SS

Manufacturer  of

Men’s,  Boys’ &  Children's 

Clothing

Well made, perfect fitting, up-to-date  styles.

Call or write for samples.

143 Jefferson ave.,  Detroit,  Mich.

MAIL  ORDERS

Appreciating  that  goods  ordered  by  mail 
are wanted,  we  guarantee  special  attention to 
and  quick delivery of all  mail  orders.

This  is  a reminder that  we  wish  your  or* 
ders  as  much  every  day  in the year as on the 
particular days  our  salesman  calls.  We  are 
not able to call every day, so asK that you give 
us  your order by mail for wants between trips.

I 
OYSTERS

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan
W H O LESALE

W o r d e n  Q r o c e r   C o m p a n y

W e  are  the  largest  wholesale  dealers  in 
Western  Michigan.  Order early.

DETTENTHALER  MARKET,  Grand  Rapids,  M ich.

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STA TE  OF  MICHIGAN  J 

County  of  Kent 

j 88*

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I  am  pressman  in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  in 
that  establishment. 
I  printed  and 
folded  7,ooo  copies  of  the  issue  of 
January  7,  1903,  and  saw  the  edition 
mailed in the usual  manner.  And  further 
deponent  saith  not. 
Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public 
in  and  for said  county, 
this tenth  day  of  January,  1903.

John  DeBoer.

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  countv. 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 
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Mich. 

R A ILR O A D   ACCIDENTS.

It  is  safe  to  say  that  nine  out of  every 
ten  railroad  accidents  are  preventable. 
This  is  equivalent  to  stating  that  nearly 
every  fatality  upon  the  railroads  of  the 
country  is  due  to  the  carelessness  of the 
conductors,  engineers,  train  dispatchers 
or  switchmen. 
If the  carelessness  of  all 
these  men  could  be  limited,  traveling 
on  tbe  railroads  would  be  as  safe  as 
traveling  on  the  streets  or  public  high­
ways. 
In  every  place  a  man  takes some 
chances,  but  he  takes  less  on  the  streets 
or  public  highways  than  anywhere  else.
According  to  the  statistical  report  of 
the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission, 
during  the  three  years  ending  June  30, 
1900,  21,874  persons  were  killed  on  rail­
roads  in  the  United  States,  and  for  the 
year  1900,  7,865  were  killed  and  50,320 
injured.  The  remarkable  character  of 
these  figures  is 
illustrated  by  the  fact 
that  tbe  number  of  British  soldiers  who 
lost  their  lives  in  South  Africa  during 
is  almost  an  equal  re­
the  same  time 
production  of  them. 
In  other  words,  it 
is quite  as  dangerous  to  travel  upon  the 
railroads  of  the  United  States  as  it  is  to 
engage  in  war,  where  men  are  shot  and 
killed  for  the  purpose  of overcoming 
their activity.

But  how  is tbe  carelessness  of railroad 
men  to  be  prevented?  Engineers  and 
conductors  in  constantly  operating  their 
trains  learn  after  awhile  that  the  chance 
of  accident  is  very  remote.  This  in  it­
self  breeds  carelessness.  After  running 
an  engine  for a  few  years  it  is  difficult 
for an  engineer  to  tell  how  fast  he is go­
ing  or  to  keep  his  eyes  upon  the  track 
ahead  of  him.  In  the  accident  the  other 
day  the  engineer  of a  train  saw  the  sig­
nal  of  the  brakeman  to  stop  and  an­
swered 
it.  Yet  be  kept  right  on  and 
smashed  into  the  rear end  of  tbe  train 
he  must  have  known  was  ahead  of  him. 
The  fact  probably  is  that  this  man  mis­
understood 
in  a 
trance  and  knew  not  what  he  was doing.
There  are  two  ways  to  reduce  care­
lessness  among  railroad men.  One  is  to

tbe  signal  or  was 

QCEENSHIPS GOING  BEGGING.
The  sorry  spectacle  which  Europe 

is 
called  upon  to  witness  of a  crown  prin­
cess  indignantly  renouncing  her  claims 
to  a  throne,  with 
its concomitant  of a 
dissolute  and  an  abusive  husband,  to 
seek  a  life  of  humble  domesticity  amid 
an  alien  people,  has  its  parallel  on  tbe 
western  shore  of the  continent,  where  a 
crown  sits  heavily  upon  tbe  brows  of a 
young  Queen,  whose  woes  are  doubly 
bitter  because  she  must  wear  them  in 
sight of all  her  people,  the  cares of  her 
high  office  forbidding  her to  seek  that 
seclusion  so  grateful  to  women  whose 
dreams  of  happiness  turn  to  realities  of 
humiliation  and  shame.  No  one  would 
marvel  to  hear  to-morrow  that  Wilbel- 
mina  of  Holland  had  abdicated  the  re­
gal  power  and  splendor  from  which 
Louise  of  Saxony  is  fleeing,  which 
proved  a  crown  of thorns  to  her  neigh­
bor,  Leopold’s  heartbroken  mate,  and 
from  which  Elizabeth  of Austria  shrank 
during  all  her  forlorn  and  unhappy  life. 
A  study  of the  inner  life  of  tbe  courts of 
Europe  during  the  past  century  reveals 
few  female  sovereigns  whose  lives  have 
been  happy.  Fame,  wealth,  power,  sov­
ereignty,  are  empty  names  to  a  woman 
denied  happiness  at  her  own  hearth, 
and  tbe  conditions  surrounding  royal 
marriages  are  not  favorable  to  the  hap­
piness  of  the  high  contracting  parties. 
Monarchical  matrimonial  alliances are 
of  necessity  arranged  with  regard  to 
neither  the  taste  nor the  preference  of 
those  who  enter  them.  That  mutual 
regard  which  aione  can  insure  a  har­
monious  union  is  almost 
invariably 
wanting.  The 
inevitable  result  has I 
written  itself  down  in  the  history  of  all 
the  royal  houses  of  Europe:  Coldness, 
neglect,  infidelity on the part  of the  hus­
band ;  heart-burnings  and  bitter  re­
proaches  or  open  indifference  on  the 
part  of  the  wife;  children  alienated 
from both parents  and wasting theii lives 
in  court  dissipations;  an 
illustrious 
line  undergoing  a  rapid  process  of  de­
cay.  This  is  the  history,  repeated  over 
and  over  again,  of  most  of  tbe  royal 
houses,  interrupted  now  and  then,  but 
only  temporarily  stayed,  by  congenial 
marriages.

A  male  ruler  whose  life  is  empty  of 
all  that  sweetens existence  may  find  full 
satisfaction 
in  busying  himself  with  a 
wise  or  unwise  administration  of  his 
office,  in  advancing  bis  kingdom  in  tbe 
arts of  war or of  peace,  in  reaching  out 
for  new  possessions  or  going  to  war 
with  his  neighbors,  gaining  new  allies 
among  the  powers  or  otherwise  moving 
the  pawns  about  the  board  in  tbe  great 
game  which  the  nations  of  the  earth 
have  been  playing  for the  past  few  cen­
turies.  Some  women  wearing  crowns 
have  in  the  past  found  a  like panacea in 
administering  affairs  of  state.  To  have 
power,  to  rule,  to  receive  the  homage  of 
subjects,  to  be  able  to  speak  the  word 
that should  cause  the  heads of  disagree­
able  persons to  tumble  into  a  basket, 
was a  dear and  esteemed  privilege  for a 
woman  when  other  women were in bonds 
and  only  a  queen  was  even  in  name 
free.

To-day  all  things  are  changed.  The 
emancipation  of  woman  has  girdled  the 
earth  and  extends  from  the  Arctic  to the 
Antarctic  circles.  Not  only  have  women 
quietly  stepped  out  from  under  the  do­
mestic  yoke,  but  they  have,  in  many 
cases,  riveted 
it  firmly  about  the  neck 
of  their  quondam 
lords  and  masters. 
Women  are  free  to  study,  to  play,  to 
acquire  the  higher  education,  to  enter 
the  trades  and  professions,  to  mix  in 
politics,  to  wear  trousers if  they  choose,

and 
in  some  states  they  may,  and  do, 
aspire  to  the  highest  elective  offices. 
They  may  travel  all  over  the  face  of the 
earth : may turn explorers  if  they  please* 
may  mine  and  navigate,  ride  wheels, 
drive  automobiles;  be  as  wicked,  as  re­
sistant,  as  independent  as  men.  They 
may  smoke  and  drink,  go  slumming * 
play  the  philanthropist,become  philoso­
phers,  sociologists, 
lay  an  ax  to  the 
foundations  of  tbe  entire  social  fabric 
or  lend  a  gentler  hand  in  correcting 
its 
defects  and  strengthening 
its  abuses. 
And  along  with  all  these  opportunities 
and  rights  they  are  free  to  be  just as 
adorable  and  adored  as  ever  they  were 
in the history  of  the  world  since  Adam's 
fall,  to  love  and  be  beloved;  to  make 
borne  beautiful  and  to  rear  their own 
little  families.

With  all  these liberties and privileges, 
what  is  the  use  of  being  a  queen,  ham­
pered  by  petty  conventions,  enslaved 
by  court  usages,  restricted  within 
its 
limits,  buffeted  by  ministers, 
narrow 
thwarted  by  parliamentary  bodies,  bad­
gered  by  diplomats,  and  not  even  ven­
erated  by  the  common  people,  who  are 
fast  finding  out  that  tbe royal  rule  is  not 
gratia  Dei,  but  most  decidedly  by  the 
arrogance  of  man.  Whatever  tbe  merits 
of the  personal  controversy  in  which  the 
Queen-apparent  of  Saxony  is  engaged, 
it  would  seem  the  part  of common  sense 
for  a  woman  of  normal  qualities in these 
days  to  forswear  the  doubtful  emolu­
ments  of  a  throne  and  seize  upon  the 
privileges  of  democratic  womanhood.

John  Bennett  has furnished Gov.  Bliss 
with  a  schedule  of  clippings  covering 
all  the  comments  the  Michigan  Trades­
man  has  made  on  tbe  lemon  extract  rul­
ing  written  by  him  and  promulgated  in 
the  October  Bulletin  of  the  Dairy  and 
Food  Department.  Each  article  is  ac­
companied  by  Colonel  John’s 
interpre­
tation  and  opinion  of  the  statements 
made,  and  the  manner 
in  which  he 
warps the  truth  and  twists  and  distorts 
facts  is  in  keeping  with  his  career  as a 
inspector.  He 
controverts  statements  which  were  never 
made  and  denounces rumors which never 
existed  outside  of  bis  fertile  imagina­
tion.  As  a  con  artist  and  a  creator  of 
pipe  dreams,  Colonel  John  takes  front 
rank.

druggist”   and  food 

Over  12,coo  employes  of  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation  think  well  of 
its stock  as  an  investment,  even  if  they 
do  not altogether approve  of  it  as  a  trust 
combination.  By  the  end  of  the  month 
it  is  anticipated  that  fully  25,000  em­
ployes  will  have  applied  for  stock  on 
the  special  terms offered  by  the corpora­
tion.  As  only  25,000  shares  have  been 
set  apart  for  tbe  employes  none  of  them 
will  become  very  heavily  interested  un­
less  the  amount  is  increased.  The  offi­
cials 
themselves  as  greatly 
pleased  with  the  interest  manifested  by 
the  men  who  make  tbe  millions  that tbe 
corporation  annually  distributes  in divi­
dends.

express 

A  company  of  Indiana  capitalists  has 
purchased  twenty 
thousand  acres  of 
land  in  Alabama and  will start what  will 
be  the  largest  strawberry  patch  in  the 
country.  There  never can  be  too  many 
strawberries  and  the  gentlemen  from 
Indiana  will  be  generally  applauded  for 
their  enterprise.

Joy  killed  a  man  in South Dakota.  He 
dropped  dead  after  discovering  a  gold 
mine  after  prospecting  seventeen  years. 
Moral :  Don’t  look  for  a  gold  mine, 
It 
is  more  fun  to  live  without  one.

freqontly  change  them  about  and  thus, 
by  giving  them  new  problems,  keep 
their  mental  faculties  constantly  in  or­
der.  Another  is  to  prosecute  them  for 
manslaughter  whenever  the  accidents 
they  bring  about  result  in  loss  of human 
life.  Probably  the  last  named  remedy 
would 
restrain  only  a  few,  because, 
along  with  other  things,  they  would  for­
get  that  menace. 
It  may  be  urged  as 
an  objection  to .changes  that  tbev  them­
selves  would  increase  the  dangers;  but 
as  it  is  impossible  to  invent  machinery 
which  will  prevent  accidents,  whoever 
has  charge  of  the  operators  of  railroad 
trains  should  constantly  keep  after them 
and  keep  their  minds  working.

A  sleepy  engineer  may  easily  smash 
up  a  railroad  train  and  a  careless  con­
ductor  may  easily  misconstrue  his  or­
ders.  The  danger  to  themselves  does 
not  seem  to  affect  railroad  men.  Some­
thing  more 
is  necessary  to  make  them 
look  out for the  property of their employ­
ers  and  the  lives  placed  in  their charge.

sweeping 

through  tbe 

“ Orange  groves,”   says  a  man  from 
Florida,  “ are  not  the  Elysian  fields  one 
imagines,  with  golden  fruit  hanging 
laden  trees,  and  scented 
from  heavily 
zephyrs 
leafy 
bowers.  Ob,  no!  orange  raising  hasn't 
such  a  poetical  side.  Of  late  years  it 
seems  that  the  climate  has changed  in 
Florida.  Our  winters  are  severe  and 
snow  is  frequent.  Bonfires  have  to  be 
in  the  groves  to  keep  the  buds 
built 
from 
freezing.  The 
trees  must  be 
wrapped  with  bagging  and  nursed  as 
carefully  as  a  baby.  With  constant 
watchfulness  there  is  a heavy percentage 
it  takes  five  years 
of  loss,  and  since 
from  the  time  a  tree  is  planted  until 
it 
bears  fruit,  it  can  be  seen  what  per­
sistent care  is  necessary  to  keep  a  grove 
going.  No, sir;  the  bridal  blossoms  and 
balmy  South  wind  idea  of orange culture 
is  incorrect.”

is 

The  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  has  decided  in  a  recent case  that 
there  is  no  presumption  of  survivorship 
among  persons  who  perish 
in  a  com­
mon  disaster. 
It  was  held  in  tbe case 
in  question  that there  was  no  presump­
tion  that  a  son  survived  his  mother 
when  both  were  victims  of  a  wreck  at 
In  the  absence  of  proof the  pre­
sea. 
sumption 
that  their  deaths  were 
simultaneous.  This  is  contrary  to  a 
view  that  has  been  popularly  held,  to 
the  effect  that  there  was  a  presumption 
that  tbe  younger and stronger succumbed 
later  than  those  who  were  older  and 
weaker.  The 
judges  do  not 
find  that  experience  justifies  such a  con­
clusion,  but  that  those  who  are  involved 
in  a  common  disaster are  overcome  by 
a  common  fate 
in  which  it  is  impos­
sible  to  measure  differences  or  make 
distinctions.

learned 

The  Boers,  it  develops,  had  a  scheme 
invade  Canada.  The  money  for  the 
enterprise  was  to  have  been  provided 
by  Edward  Van  Ness,  a  wealthy  New 
Yorker,  who  died  before  the  plans  were 
matured.  The  Canadians  will  probably 
think  that  their  valor  is  appraised  at 
less  than  par  when  they  hear that a force 
of  3,000 South  Africans  was  considered 
enough  to  capture  their  country  and 
put  them  to  flight. 
In  view  of  what  a 
handful  of  Boers  accomplished  in  South 
Africa  against  tbe  vast  British  army,  it 
does  not,  however,  look  wholly  imprac­
ticable.

Environment  will  no  more  save  a 
man  than  a  new  case  will  regulate  an 
old  watcb,

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Paint,  Color  and  Varnish  Makers

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Corner  15th  and  Lucas  Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

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Width Between  Bolster Stakes 

Width of Track 

Weight

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W e  can,  if  desired,  make  the  track  38,  40,  42,  44,  48  inches.  For  hauling heavy  loads  over  rough  ground  this  sled  has  no  equal. 
The  material  in  this  sled  is  the  very  best  obtainable  from  the  famous forests  and  mines  of  Michigan,  selected  to  best  suit  the  pur­
pose  for  which  it  is  intended.  Very  thoroughly  and  strongly  ironed.  The  runners  are  plated  full  length;  the  ends  of  the  beams  are 
ironed  so  as  to  prevent  splitting.  The  bolster  stakes  are  of  iron  and  will  n e v e r   w o r k   l o o s e .

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Clothing

Review  of the  Hat  and  Cap  Business  For 

1902.

Notwithstanding  the  limited  demand 
for colors,  it  is  generally  agreed  that the 
hat  business  for  1902  has  been  prosper 
ous  and  large  in  volume.

Manufacturers,  however,  claim  that  i 
has  not  been  done  with  a  commensurate 
in  suppott  of  this 
profit  to  them  and 
statement  various 
factors  are  named. 
Some of  these  follow:

Raw  materials  have  gone  up,  shellac, 
for  instance,  having  doubled 
in  price. 
Furs  are  high;  the  box  lumber  is  high; 
fuel  has  been  higher  fcr  months because 
of  the  miners'  strike;  wages have  risen. 
The  heavy  demand  for  wide-brimmed 
soft  bats,  made  at  high  cost,  has  also 
helped 
to  make  the  manufacturers’ 
profits  smail.
Indeed,  it 

is  stated  that some  of  the 
manufacturers,  notwithstanding 
their 
years  of  experience,  their  industry  and 
unremitting  attention, will close  the  year 
having made  simply  a  fair  rate  of  inter­
est  on  the  amount  of  capital  invested.

The  increase  in  the  cost  of production 
has  not  been  offset  by  anything  near 
like  a  corresponding  saving through new 
economies  in  the  processes  of  manufac­
ture. 
It  is  true  that the  savings  of  sur­
plus  shellac  extracted  from  bodies,  the 
prevention  of  the  waste  of  alcohol  and 
the  sale  of  roundings have been carefully 
looked  to,  but  this  has  been  done  in 
other  years  and  can  not  be  taken  into 
consideration  in  this  argument.  So  far 
as  we  have  been  able  to  learn,  the  only 
real  saving  that  has  been  effected  has 
been in  the  introduction  of the pouncing 
machine  but  this  is  an  investment  for 
the  manufacturer  which  it  will take time 
to  offset  and  to  make  a  real  saving.

It 

is  a  fact  that  because of the  in 
creased  cost  of  production  some  manu­
facturers  have  entirely  discontinued 
some  of  the  low  grades,  and  one  of  the 
largest  makers  of  low and medium grade 
stiff  bats 
last  month  officially  notified 
the  trade  of an  increase  in  prices,  and 
the  coming  season  the  trade  in  general 
must  expect  this  or  a  deterioration  fn 
trimmings  or  bodies  in  other  grades. 
While  the 
in  the  sale  of  soft 
hats  has  been  marked,  there  are  certain 
markets  wherein  the  stiff  hat has  main­
tained 
its  supremacy,  and  a  result  has 
been  that  many  consumers  have  this fall 
purchased  two  hats,  beginning  the  sea­
son  with  a  soft  one  and  winding up with 
a  derby. 
This  has  been  particularly 
true 
in  New  York  and  a  number  of 
other  large  cities.

increase 

At  the  present time  there  is  a  clearly 
defined  tendency  toward  open  and  flat 
in  stiff  hat  brims,  and  most  of 
effects 
the  principal 
lines  for  spring  contain 
large 
assortments  of  such  samples. 
There  is  also  a  tendency  toward  fuller 
crowns  and  lower  depths,  and  it 
is  ex­
pected  that  bats  with  brims  as  above 
described  and  depths  of  5  and  5^ 
inches  will  be  very  popular,  in  contrast 
to  the  taper  crowns  in  SH   and  6  inch 
depths  with  curled  brims  that  were  sell­
ing  at  this  time  last  year.

The  great  demand  for  soft  hats has in­
duced  some  manufacturers,  who  hereto­
fore  confined  their  production  entirely 
to  stiff  hats,  to  reorganize  part  of  their 
plant,  enabling  them  to  produce  soft 
goods  as  well.

That  there  should  be  many  new  styles 
of  soft  hats  is,  after  all,  natural,  for 
while  until  within  the  last  five years soft 
hats  were  worn  mostly  in  the  country, 
and  there  was  no  need  for  much  more 
than  what are  considered  regular  staple

styles,on  the  other band, in  recent  years, 
the  soft  hat  having  gained  favor  in  the 
large  cities,  it  was  inevitable  that  new 
introduced  to  meet  the 
styles  must  be 
exactions  and  the  desire 
for  change 
which  the  city  man  has been accustomed 
to  gratify  in  stiff  hats.

The  introduction  of  many  new  styles, 
while  it  has  forced  the  dealer  to  carry  a 
greater  variety  of  blocks  in  bis  stock, 
has  also  caused  him to buy smaller quan­
tities  of each  style.  This  and  the  fact 
alluded  to  recently  that  the  factories 
were  not  able  to  make  deliveries  as  de­
sired  has  not  been  altogether  a  bad  fea­
ture,  since 
it  forced  the  buyer  to  be­
come  conservative,  and  all  this  has 
tended  to  prevent  the  accumulation  of 
too  large  a  stock  of  any  one  style  that 
might  be  undesirable  and  the  conse­
quent  tying  up  of capital  in  dead  stock. 
Manufacturers  of  silk  hats  agree  that 
their  output  this  year  has  been  some­
what  greater  than  in  1901,  and  retailers 
have  found  a  ready  demand  for  the 
goods.  The  sale  of  opera  hats  has  also 
in  excess  of  last  year, 
been  somewhat 
the  silk-ribbed  variety  selling 
in  far 
greater  numbers  than  the  merino.

The  volume  of  the  cap  trade  for  the 
ear  is  represented  by  makers  as  being 
equal  to  that  of  last  year, but  proprietors 
claim  that  profits  have  been inadequate.
The  cap  men  are  even  more  emphatic 
n  this  assertion  than  are  the  bat  manu­
facturers,  particularly  those  who  sell  to 
the  jobbing  trade,  for  they  have  experi­
enced  marked  increases  in  the  prices  of 
abor  subsequent  to  having  taken  orders 
it  prices  that  were  figured  on  a  basis 
for  making  that  was  in  accordance  with 
it  was  believed  by  them 
scales  which 
would  continue  through 
season. 
Styles  shown  have  been  varied  and  at­
tractive.

the 

Worthy  of  mention  is  a  consolidation 
of  two  of  the  large  manufacturers  in  the 
trade,  which  took  place  last  November.
Jobbers  have  had  a  good  year and 
where  their  buyers  have  been  circum­
spect  and  have  not  tied  up  too  much 
capital  on  staple  shapes  where  catering 
to  territories  that  have  taken  kindly  to 
the  many  new  shapes 
introduced,  they 
should  find  a  comfortable  balance  on the 
right  side  of  the  ledger.  As  was  nat­
ural  to  be  expected 
in  a  prosperous 
year,  changes  of  firms  and  discontinu­
ances  among 
jobbers  have  been  fewer 
than  usual.  A  feature  that  has  bothered 
the 
jobber  considerably  has  been  the 
demand  on  the  part  of  retailers  for 
im­
mediate  deliveries  on  styles  that  it  had 
not  been 
intended  should  be  delivered 
until  the  beginning  of  a  new  season. 
The 
inability  of  the  jobber  to  entirely 
meet  such  demands,  however,  has  bad 
its  beneficial  side,  as  is  pointed  out 
elsewhere  in  this  article.

The  strengthening  of  the  unions  and 
some  of  the  methods  used  by  them  have 
produced  conditions  that  are  regarded 
as  prejudicial  to  the 
interests  of the 
trade  as  a  whole,  and  have  resulted  in 
manufacturers  feeling  the  necessity  of 
forming  a  national  association  of  hat 
manufacturers.

in  actual 

trade,  being 

The  most  progressive  minds  in  the 
hat 
con­
tact  with  them,  can  not  for  a  single 
day  lose  sight  of  their  defective  meth­
ods.  A  sore  point  is  the  restriction  of 
production,  which  must  tend  to  keep 
the  skilled  workman  on  the  same  level 
with  the  other  kind  and  must keep down 
the  earmrg  capacity  of the 
industrious 
to  the  dead 
level  of  the  slow  worker. 
Such  a  practice,  since  it  curtails  if  it 
does  not  absolutely 
limit  the  earning 
capacity  of the  workman,  must  act  as  a

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

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and  your  whole  suit  on  one 
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Six suits  where  you  formerly  hung  one  when  you 

use a  Peerless  Improved Closet  Bar.

You can get any suit wiihout disturbing the rest.

This outfit appeals to all men.

W hy don t you sell them?  Advertising furnished.

Samples free to dealers.

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The  William Connor Co.

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Sec’y-Treas.

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preventative  of  the  journeyman  rising 
to  the  position  of  shop  owner,  and  thus 
is  violated  a  principle  so  dear  to  every 
American,  the  prevention  of  caste. 
Surely  no  real  American  would 
like  to 
see  a  time  when  the  workman  shall  be 
prevented  from  becoming  the  owner  of 
a  business  of  his  own  or  a  millionaire, 
if  he  has  the  ability  to  do  so.  There 
are countries in the Orient  where  the  son 
of  a  journeyman  shoemaker  must always 
be  a  journeyman  shoemaker,  and  the 
son  of  a 
journeyman  batter  can  never 
get  beyond  the  stage  himself  of  being  a 
journeyman  batter.  A  national  associa- 
tion  of  hat  manufacturers.it  is  believed, 
will  be  able  to  correct  some  of  the 
false  lines  along  which  the  unions  are 
working  and  to  take  harmonious  action 
in  other  ways  that  will  be  a  benefit  to 
the  trade.

The  business  in  straw  goods  has,  on 
the  whole,  been  of  a  satisfactory  char­
acter.  However,  the  prevalence  of  cool 
weather  in  several  sections  of  the  coun­
try  last  summer  has  caused  to  be carried 
over  goods  in  lower-priced  straws.  This 
has  been  felt  this  season  in  the  falling 
off  of  orders  at  the  factories  in  goods 
ranging 
in  prices  from  $3.50  a  dozen 
downward,  such  grades  showing  a  de­
creased  sale  of  probably  33%   per  cent, 
up  to  this  writing.

In  no  part  of  the  hat  business  has  the 
past  year  seen  a  greater  revolution  in 
styles  than  in  straws.

The  latter  part  of  the  summer  wit­
nessed  an  almost  total  eclipse  of the 
rough  braid  and  triple-brim  yacht  and, 
coincidentiy  the  sudden  demand  for 
sennits  and  splits.

With  the  end  of  the  season  came  also 
the  demand  for  wider  brims  on  yachts, 
and  at  present  we  find  brims  ordered 
ranging  from 
to  3 % .  Popular  di­
mensions  seem  to  be 2^x22 &  and 2^x3.
in  negligee  shapes  a  marked  change 
has  also  taken  place,  the  Alpine  having 
lost  its  popularity  in  both  Panamas  and 
straws,  and  now  a  large  variety  of  low- 
crowned,  broad-brimmed  effects, 
in­
cluding  telescope  shapes,  are  offered.

All  this  is  a  direct  result of  the  tre­
last 
mendous  vogue  of  the  real  Panama 
ingenious  American 
season,  and  the 
manufacturer  has 
introduced  a  myriad 
of  new  sightly  negligee  effects  that  are 
well  nigh  irresistible  and  must be strong 
competitors  of  the  Panama.  They  are 
shown 
sennits,  splits,  shinkeeB, 
Milana  and  even  in  Tuscany  braids.

in 

Statistics  as  to the  quantity and values 
of  the  Panamas  sold  last  summer  would 
be  interesting,  but owing  to  the  peculiar 
way 
in  which  Uncle  Sam  manages  bis 
book-keeping,  figures  are  unobtainable 
from  him,  as  be  keeps  no  separate 
ledger  column  for  Panamas,  but figures 
them  only 
in  the  grand  aggregate  of 
“ straw goods. ”   Even  the  best-informed 
men  in  the  trade  would  not  venture  an 
estimate,  for although  ships’  manifests 
are  open  to  inspection,  these  merely 
give  the  number  of  packages,  and  the 
contents  of  these  vary  from  30 dozen  to 
120  dozen.  Moreover,  a  great  many  of 
the  Panamas  that  arrive  here  are  .in 
transit  only,  destined 
for  Havana  or 
other  foreign  ports.

it 

The  sale  of  Panamas  thus  far  this 
season  is  greater than  many  seem  to  be­
lieve,  and 
looks  as  though  the  total 
sales  on  these  goods  for  the  season  will 
be  a  factor.  The  intrinsic  merits  of  this 
bat  have  enabled  it  to  outlive  the  ridi­
cule  heaped  upon 
it  by  some  of  the 
funny  men  of  the  daily  press  and  repro­
duced by some senile trade paper editors.
The  new  season  witnesses  also  the  re­
entrance  into  the  field  of  black  and

white  and  black  straws,  but  it 
is  of 
course  too  early  to  know  wbat  measure 
of  success  will  be  accorded  the  revival 
of  a  style,  that  had  a  tremendous  vogue 
about  ten  years  ago.

There  is  a  growing  sentiment  in favor 
of  a  revival  of  fancy  bands.  Where 
shown  they  are  in  very  neat  effects,  pro­
nounced 
loud  patterns  not  being  pur­
chased.

With  the  trade in  a  generally  satisfac­
tory  condition  it  is  not surprising to find 
that  two  firms  who  heretofore  confined 
their  energies  to  other  lines  of  the  hat 
business  have  branched  out  and 
joined 
the  ranks  of  those  who  manufacture 
straws  for  the  fine  trade.

Taking  for  granted  the  probability  of 
an 
increase  of  prices  at  the  factory  in 
such  lines  where  an  advance  has not  yet 
been  declared,  it  appears  that  a  great 
share  of  the  responsibility  of  making  a 
successful  year  of  1903  rests  upon  the 
retailer.  He  must  meet  it  in  the  right 
spirit.  A  willingness  on  the  part of  the 
public  to  pay  higher  prices  for  bats  was 
demonstrated  both 
last  summer,  in  the 
sale  of  better  grades  of straws  and  gen­
uine  Panamas,  and  also  this  fall  sea­
son.  This  is  greatly  in  the  retailer's  fa­
vor.  After  all,  when 
it  comes  right 
down  to  a  fine  point,  a  man’ s  bats  cost 
him 
less  per  year  than  this  clothes,  his 
underwear  or  bis  shoes;  yes,  even  less 
than  bis  neckties, in  the  case  of  wealthy 
men  who  are  careful  dressers.  Has  the 
retailer  ever  fully  used  this  argument?
is  said  and  done,  is 
there  any  one  thing  in  a  man’s  dress 
that  so  dominates  his  appearance  and is 
so  potent  a  factor  in  making  him 
look 
prepossessing  or  repulsive  aB  bis  hat?

And,  after  all 

Bached  a  Horse  and  Lost.

Pat—Did  you  ever  back  a  horse  in 

your  life,  Mike?

Mike—Yes,  once,  and  only  once?
Did  you  win  anything?
No,  begorra;  that  I  didn’t.
Why,  bow  was  that?
Well,  you  see,  I  backed  the  blessed 
hoss  through  a  shop  window,  and  1  had 
to  pay.

Without  temptation  there  would  be 

no  virtue  in  virtue.

All parties interested in

Automobiles

are requested to write us.

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

A dam s &  H art,

■ a  W .  Bridge S t. 

Grand  Rapids

Write for 1903 catalogue.

D.  £ .  VANDEKVEEN, Jobber, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Mitt,

will  fill  the  requirements  of 
every retailer who’s looking for 
a  “ steady”   trade  in  popular 
price clothing.

It’s  iron-dad  clothing—and 
the  buyer  gets  an  iron-dad 
guarantee—“ a  new  suit 
for 
every unsatisfactory one.”

Found we  could  make  better 
clothing  for  the  same  money 
with Union  labor  than without 
it,  so  we’ve  added  the  Union

ISSUED  BY AUTHORITY  O f

Men’s,  Boys’  and  Children’s 
Suits  and  Overcoats.  NO 
C H A N G E  IN   P R IC E —$3.75 
to $13.50.

Better  enquire about our R e­
tailers’  Help  Department— 
we’re giving 14  different  kinds 
of  advertising 
this  season. 
W e’ll tell you about  it and send 
you samples.

Salesmen  have  them,  too— 
and  we  have  an  office  at  19 
Kanter Building, Detroit.

F*tLQ AI/V  Of A OK  /V.yf

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.

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

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NATURE’S  LABORATORY.

Work  Now  Being:  Carried  On  by  Investi­

gators.

The  story  of  the  work  now  being  car­
ried  on  by  investigators  in  the labora­
tory  of  nature  is  really  more  wonderful 
and  startling  to  the  lay  mind  than  the 
stories  of the  fairies  and  magicians  of 
old.  An  unusual 
impulse  has  been 
given 
in  this  country  during  the  last 
two  or  three  years  to  the  endeavor  to 
trace  the  mystery  of  life  down  to  its 
very  beginning,  if  possible,  and  some 
very  interesting  developments  have  re­
sulted  from  research  along  hitherto  un­
tried 
lines.  The  great  difficulty  with 
original  research  in  this  country  in  any 
scientific  field  has  been  the  meagerness 
of  the  material  support.  What  has  bee 
done  has  been  done  by  men  who  have 
labored  for mere  love  of the  work;  men 
who  have  been  patient,  enthusiatic  de 
votees  of  science,  but  who  have  felt  the 
handicap  of  financial 
limitation.  The 
announcement,  therefore,  that  a  gener 
ous  share  of  the  $10,000,000 given  by 
Mr.  Carnegie  for  the  new  institution 
Washington 
is  to  be  set aside  for the 
construction  and  endowment  of the  fin­
est  biological  laboratories  in  the  world, 
means  the  opening  up  of  a  splendid 
field  to  American  workers  along  these 
Investigation  will  no  longer  be 
lines. 
haphazard,  but  systematic,  and  very  re­
markable  observations  will  no  doubt  be 
made  and  a  great  deal  added  to our 
knowledge  of early  life  processes.

years  now  before  we  shall all understand 
and  appreciate  the  curious  and  wonder­
ful  things  that  are  being  brought  about 
by expert  workers  in  the agricultural de­
partment  of  nature's  laboratory.  The 
scientists  have  lately  been  experiment 
ing  with  the  corn  kernel,  and  as  a  re 
suit  it  is  now  possible  to  breed  corn  es 
pecially  adapted  to  the  purpose 
for 
which  it  is  to  be  used.  When  we  recall 
that  a  good  corn  crop  means  prosperity 
to  a  very  large  part  of our country  we 
see  the  significance  of the  work  carried 
on  largely  at  the  Agricultural  College  at 
Urbana,  111.,  and  elsewhere.  There  they 
have  been  actually  recreating  corn,  by 
processes  of artificial  selection  and  pol- 
lenization.  They  have  persuaded  the 
corn  to  produce  more  protein,  the  great 
tissue-builder  of  the  race,  or to  increase 
the  amount of  starch,  or to  increase  the 
quantity  of  oil  in  the  kernel,  or  to  de­
crease  any  of  these  elements.  So  that 
corn  to  be  used  for  food  is  bred  for  pro­
tein,  and  corn  raised  for oil  is  bred  for 
a  high  percentage  of  oil.  For  every 
per  cent,  of  increase  in  the  amount  of 
oil  contained  in  the  kernel  the  value  ol 
the  corn 
increased  five  cents  per 
bushel;  in  fact,  one  large  manufactur­
ing  establishment  offers  just  that  price. 
The  scientists  tell  us  that  the  average 
yield  of  the  corn  farms  in  Illinois prom 
ises  to  be  advanced  ten  bushels  per acre 
by  the  new  types  of  corn  now  being 
bred.  This  means  an  addition  to  the 
general  wealth  of  that  one  State  of at

is 

Once 

in  a  while  the  general  reading 
public  bears  a  little  about  what  present 
wonder-workers  are  doing,  as  when  re­
cently 
the  discovery  made  by  Dr. 
Loeb,  now  of  our  State  University,  that 
unfertilized  eggs  of  the  sea urchin  could 
be  developed  by  chemical  processes, 
was  reported  with  more  or  less  error  in 
the  press  dispatches  and  magazine  arti­
cles.  And  then  somebody,  who  knows 
little  biology  but  who  has  a  vivid  imag­
ination,  draws  all  sorts  of  strange  and 
unwarranted  conclusions,  and  triumph­
antly  asserts  that  at  last  has  been  dis­
covered  the secret of life.  The researches 
of  Professor  Loeb  are  extremely  sug­
gestive  and  scientific  men  are hopeful of 
a  great  increase  to  our  stock  of  working 
knowledge  about  the  development of the 
cell  and  the  methods  of growth  of  prim­
itive  organisms.  But  it  is  unfortunate 
and  a  positive  hindrance  to  the  work 
that  all  sorts  of  wild  and  utterly  unwar­
ranted  speculations  and  prophecies  are 
set  afloat  among  the  public  and  the 
impression  given  that 
they  emanate 
from  Dr.  Loeb,  by  writers  who  know 
very 
little  about  the  exceedingly  diffi­
cult  field  of  biology  in  which  the  dis­
tinguished  scientist  is  working.

This  same  sort of thing  has  recently 
happened 
in  the  case  of  the  famous 
Vienna  surgeon.  Dr.  Lorenz,  who  has 
performed  the  bloodless  operation  for 
the  reduction  of  hip  dislocation 
in  va­
rious  parts  of our country.  The  phrase 
“ bloodless  operation”   excited  the  peo­
ple  until  they  imagine  that  he  can  per­
form  any  operation  in  this  way  and  re­
gard him as a wonder-working magician.
As  a  matter  of  fact,  this  particular  hip 
joint  operation,  which  has  so  excited 
the  people  for the  past  month,  has  been 
performed  many  times  in  this  country, 
and 
in  our  own  city  by  our own  sur­
geons,  although  Dr.  Lorenz  was  prob­
ably  the  originator  of the  bloodless  re­
duction  method  and  has  met  with  an 
unusual  amount  of success  in  his  work.
In  the  vegetable  kingdom  the  new 
scientific  magicians  are  accomplishing 
wonders  destined  to  have  very 
far- 
It  will  not  be  many I
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least $50,000,000 a  yearf counting 60 cents 
per  bushel  as  the  average  price),  and  to 
the  whole  country  of  $480,000,000  per 
year  in  national  wealth.

And  the  same  thing  will  soon  be  true 
of  wheat.  The  kernel  is  being  modified 
in  various  directions,  and 
in  a  few 
years 
it  is  quite  probable,  almost cer­
tain,  indeed,  that  the  size  of  the  grain 
of  wheat  will  be  increased sufficiently  to 
add  enormously  to  the  wealth  of  the 
country.  The  man  who  shall  succeed 
in  slightly  but  permanently  enlarging 
the  wheat  grain,  yet  keeping  its  quality 
unchanged,  will  be  one  of  the  greatest 
benefactors  of the  race  this  country  or 
the  world  has  known.  And  this  is  sure 
to  happen  very  soon.

Recall  what  has  been  done  with  the 
potato.  From  the  wild,  half-poisonous 
little  knobs  on  long,  out-branching  root­
lets  have  been  developed,  stage  by 
stage,  all  our  fine,  large,  staple varieties 
of  to-day.  The  Agricultural  Department 
at  Washington  has  estimated  that  one 
single  common  variety  of  potato  has 
added  to  the  wealth  of  this  country 
$17,000,000 since  its  introduction twenty 
years  ago.  But  all  kinds  of  fruits  and 
vegetables  are  capable  of  modification 
just  as  much  as  the 
and 
potato,  and  men  are  working  to-day 
in 
nature’s  laboratory,  producing  forms  of 
fruits,  flowers  and  vegetables  that  will 
add  enormously  to  the  wealth  and  hap­
piness  of  the  world.

improvement 

As  we  learn  more  about  the  habits  of 
plants  and  know  more  of  the  laws which 
govern  their  life  we  shall  be  enabled  to 
work 
in  partnership  with  nature  and 
help  her  to  produce  more  beautiful flow­
ers  and  more  useful  fruits.  There  is  no 
reason  except  our  own  ignorance  why 
we  should  not  obtain  fruits  and  flowers 
of  any  size,  form,  flavor  or  color de­
sired.  Some  day  we  shall  know  how 
to  produce  them.  The  trouble  at  pres­
ent  is  not  with  the  plants,  but with  our­
selves.

Here  is  the  plant  world  with  practic­
ally  unlimited  possibilities  of  develop­
ment.  All  that  is  needed  to  increase 
size  or  productiveness  or  to  improve 
flavor  and  color  is  just  the  intelligent 
co-operation  of  man.  The  plants  will 
respond  to  all  our 
intelligent  efforts. 
The  kinds  we  have  nowadays  will  be 
considered  very  poor  kinds  by  and  by. 
The  day 
is  not  far  distant  when  one 
acre  of  land  will  produce  many  times 
as  much  grain  or  fruit  or  hay  as  it  does 
now,  and  the  grain  and  fruit  and  hay 
will  be  of  a  far  superior quality.  All 
our  common  fruits  and  flowers  and 
vegetables  have  been  produced  from  far 
inferior  forms—the  greening  and  the 
bellflower  from  the  wild  crabapple,  the 
wheat  from  a grass,the American Beauty 
rose  and  the  showy  chrysanthemums 
from 
single,  wild  varieties. 
Everything  that  we  now  have  in  the 
plant  world  of  fruits,  vegetables,  flow­
ers  or grains  has  been  brought  to 
its 
present  state  of  perfection  by  the  same 
processes  of  education  and  selection 
which  is  only  a  turning  of  the  forces  of 
nature  into  new  channels  for  the  welfare 
of  mankind.  We  have  directed  our 
energies  to 
improving  the  color  and 
size  of  the  rose  and  the  size  and  flavor 
of  the  blackberry  and  raspberry.  As 
soon  as  we  turn  our  efforts  to  eliminat­
ing  the  thorns  and  briars  with  which 
they  now  protect  themselves,  showing 
them  that  these  are  no  longer necessary, 
they  will  be  dropped,  just  as  the  apple 
and  strawberry  and  gooseberry  have 
dropped  them.

small, 

All  this  sounds  to  the  man  not  “ up”  
in  this  line  of  work  most  wonderful,  if

not 
inconceivable.  But  again  truth  is 
stranger  than  fiction,  and  the  truth  in 
this  case 
is  that  species  are  as  plastic 
in  our  hands  as  clay  in  the  hands  of  the 
potter,  and  all  our common  weeds  and 
flowers  will  respond  most  generously  to 
good  cultivation  and  persistent  selec­
tion. 

Frank  Stoweil.
Recent  Business Changes  in  Indiana.
Attica—G. 

S.  Roadman 

succeeds 

Wm.  G.  West  in  the  grain  business.

Auburn—C.  O.  Berry  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the  imple­
ment  business  of  Morr  &  Berry.

Bluffton—Bender,Walmer  &  Barr  suc­
the  dry 

ceed  Bender  &  Walmer 
goods,  millinery  and  shoe  business.

in 

Bluffton—W.  S.  Smith  &  Co.,  dealers 
in  the  clothing  and 
furnishing  goods 
business,  have  dissolved  partnership 
and  consolidated  with  Bender  &  Wal­
mer.

Clay  City—Bence  &  Brown,  dealers 
in  boots  and  shoes,  have  dissolved  part­
nership.  The  business  is  continued  by 
J.  Henry  Bence.

Foit  Wayne—Edmund  H.  Coombs, 
wholesale  iron  and  carriage  stock  deal­
er,  has  merged  his  business  into  a  cor­
poration  under  the  style  of  the  Edmund 
H.  Coombs  Co.

Greenfield—C.  M.  Gibbs  &  Sons  con­
tinue  the  hardware  business  of  C.  M. 
Gibbs.

Indianapolis—Martin  &  Strieback, 
flour  and  feed  dealers,  have  dissolved 
partnership.  The  business  is  continued 
by  Cbas.  W.  Martin.

Marengo—W.  J.  Hawkins  has  sold 
his  general  merchandise  stock  to  Key 
&  Key.

South  B end—The  style  of  the  O live 
to  the 

Branch  Co.  has  been  changed 
O live  Branch  R em edy  Co.

Tipton—W.  H.  Moore  has  purchased 
implement  stock  of  Grishaw  & 

the 
Mays.

Warsaw—Eugene  Alleman  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  bis  brother  in  the 
grocery  and  queensware  business  of 
Alleman  Bros.

...................................... ......

We  have  the  Largest 
Stock in Western Mich­
igan of

Sleigh Runners 
Convex  and  Flat  ! 
Sleigh Shoe  Steel 
Bar  and  Band 
Iron

Send  us  your orders.

Sherwood  Hall  Co.,  Ltd.

Orand  Rapids,  Michigan

Gas or  Gasoline  Mantles  at 

5 0 c on the Dollar

GLOVER’S  WHOLESALE  MDSE.  CO. 

Ma n u fa ct u r er s,  I m po rters and J o bber s 

Of  GAS  AND  GASOLINE  SUNDRIES 

Grand Rapids. Mich.
Yon ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

"The flour the best cooks use"

V A LLE Y   CITY  MILLING  C O ..

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MIOH.

^ in n n n n fyg T T n ry T n n r^  

a t s v ttsv r r r r n r r r r r o i n m n m p

i F. C. LARSEN COMPANY 1

Wholesale Groceries  and  Provisions 

Crockery  and  Woodenware

61  FILER STREET 

Telephone 143 

MANISTEE, MICH.

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W e  are  the  one  and  only  manufac­
turer  in  our  line  that  makes  a  cash 
guarantee  upholding  the  quality  of 
our  goods.

$1,000  for  one  grain  of adulteration
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challenge  open  to  all  chemists  of  the  world.

Buy  Eagle  Lye.

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Dry Goods

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

W eekly  Market  Review  o f  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—Ducks  and  brown 
osnaburgs  have shown  no  special  change 
in  any  way.  The  orders being  received 
for  bleached  cottons  have  been  on  a 
limited  scale,  but  the  general  market  is 
in  good  shape  and prices are unchanged. 
Wide  sheets  are  firm  and  steady  and 
coarse  colored  cottons  in  good  demand, 
although  the  short  supply  restricts  the 
amount  of  business  being  transacted.

Linings—The 

Silesias  have 

lining  maiket,  as  a 
whole,  has  been  exceedingly  quiet  and 
the  past  two  weeks  have  shown  no  fea 
ture  that  would  be  of  special  interest 
The  demand  for  all  staple  varieties  ha 
been  quiet.  Kid  finished  cambrics  bavi 
found  an  indifferent  business,  but  there 
have  been  bids  made  and  turned  dow 
that  were  within  a  small  fraction  of  the 
sellers’  prices. 
ruled 
in  all  grades,  but  buyers  have 
steady 
bought  on  a  “ band-to-mouth  basis 
only.  The  demand 
jeans 
sateens  and  low  grade  satin  linings  ha 
been  small,  but  prices  show  no quotable 
change.  Comparatively  speaking,  the 
best  business  has  been  accomplished 
it 
the  better  grades  in  specialties  in  mer 
cerized  and  similar  effects,  both  plain 
and  fancy.  The  demand  comes  from 
both  waist  manufacturers  and  those  who 
use  it  for  lining  purposes,  and  there 
i 
enough  under  orders  to  keep  the  market 
in  good  shape.  Cotton  Italians,  A1 
berts,  etc.,  also  cotton  warp  Italians, 
mohairs,  alpacas  and  ether  bright 
lin 
ings  remain  firm  in  price  with  a  steadv 
demand  in  the  clothing  trade.

for  corset 

Underwear—The  underwear  market 
has  seen  the  approach  of  a  stronger con 
dition  and  as  we  have  before  pointed 
out,  this  is  due  to  the  firm  stand  which 
the  most  influential  manufacturers  have 
taken 
in  regard  to  their  methods  of 
doing  business.  They  did  not  rush  into 
the  market  with  their  samples,  afraid 
that  their  competitors  would  get  all  the 
business  in  sight  and  when  they  did 
place  their  goods  before  the  buyers  they 
were  able  to  maintain  a  reasonable 
standard.  There  are  some  lines  to  be 
sure  that  have  not  followed  this  condi­
tion  entirely,  but  it  is  true 
for  the 
greater  part,  and  it  is  hoped  by  those 
who  are  good  authority  on  the  subject 
that  the  time  of  “ cut  throat  business”  
is  passed.  Those  mills  that  are  usually 
in  a  weak  condition  and  unable  to  hold 
up  their  end  of the  market,  will,  it  is 
thought,  be  able  to  stand  on  a  firmer 
basis  now  that  the  stand  has  been  taken 
by  others  and  ail  will  fall  in  the  same 
rut,  a  good  rut  this  time.  Even  those 
that  are  weakest  will  be  sustained  and 
encouraged  by  the  attitude  of the others. 
Prices  are  not  as  much  advanced  for  the 
fall  season  as  the  cost  of  yarns  would 
seem  to  justify  and  demand,  but  this  is 
due  to  the  fact  that  many  mills  had  a 
considerable  supply  of  yarn  on  band 
bought  at  low  prices  and  have  made 
their  prices  on  the  finished  product  ac­
cordingly.  Others  who  were 
less  for­
tunate  were  obliged  to  fall  into  line. 
But  with  the  price  of  yarn  advancing 
even  those  that  had  a  supply  will  find 
that  they  made  a  mistake  in  not placing 
prices  a  little  higher,  for  it 
is  thought 
that  these  very  few  have  not  supplies 
enough  to  carry  them  very  far,  and  if 
they  buy  yarns  in  the  present  market, 
they  will  find  that  they  do  not  even  re­
ceive  an  old  dollar  for a  new one.  Lines 
of  ribbed  goods  and  fleeced  goods  on 
the  market  are  not  sold  up  by  any 
means;  in  some  cases,  not  as  well  sold

up  as  a  year  ago  at  this  time.  Never 
theless,  the  manufacturers  do  not  seem 
to  be  worrying  on  this score;  they  clai 
to  have  done  a  considerable  amount  of 
business  and  that  duplicate  orders  wi 
fully  take  care  of  their  production, 
will  be  rememhered  that  last  year  what 
was  considered  an  ordinary  demand 
cleaned  up  the  market  and  created 
scarcity,  and  this  year  they  expect  noth 
ing  less and  some  go  as  far  as  to  pre 
diet  a  far  greater  scarcity  this  year 
There  have  been  perhaps  many  reasons 
fot  feeling  discouraged  on  the  part  of 
the  sellers,  yet each  cause  seems to  have 
its  balancing  feature  and  in  some  cases 
features  that  more  than  balance  the 
other. 
Ribbed  underwear  has  been 
moving  as  rapidly  as many agents would 
like.  There have  been a good  many  nov­
elties  placed  on  the  market,  evidently 
in  an  attempt  to  whet  the  appetite  of 
the  buyer,  yet  there  are  many  reasons 
for  believing  that  ribbed  goods  will 
keep  a  far  better  position  by  the  end 
of  the  season  than  they  do  to-day;  cne 
of these  reasons  is  that  the  jobbers  are 
preparing  to  make  greater  efforts  to  sell 
ribbed  goods  than  fleeced;  the  latter 
they  claim,  do  not  give  them  a  satisfac 
tory  profit,  while  ribbed  goods  do.  Wool 
goods  have  been  ordered  to  a  consider 
able  extent  and  manufacturers have,  for 
the  most  part,  a  reasonable  quantity  or 
orders  ahead  of them.

Dress  Goods—There  is  nothing  par 
ticularly  new 
in  connection  with  the 
movement  of  dress  goods  at  first  hands.

Full Size. 

W R A P P E R S
Perfect  Fitting.
Modern Styles.
Choice Patterns.
Carefully Made.

ÂÏPîÎw

f i l i
i l l

Prints and Percales.

Lawns and Dimities.

Price $7.50 to $15

per dozen.

Send  for  samples.
Manufactured  by
the

Manufacturing
Co.,
91  Campau  Street, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Rugs from Old Carpets \
Retailer of Fine Rags and  Carpets, 
ft 
Absolute cleanliness Is our hobby as well  1 
as  our  endeavor  to  make  rugs  better,  g 
closer woven, more durable  than  others.  1  
« e cater to first class  trade  and  If  you  W 
write for our 18  page  Illustrated  booklet  g 
It will make  you  better  acquainted with  ft 
our methods and new process.  We  have  J 
no agents.  We pay the freight.  Largest  g 
looms In United States. 
ft
Petoskey  Rag Mfg.  &  Carpet  Co., |
*
Petoskey, Mkh.  i

g  
1  455-457 Mitchell St„ 

L im ited  

this coming year.  Our 1903 
lines  are  ready  for  inspection 
and  salesman will  call  if  you 
so  desire.

Grand Rapids 
Dry Goods Co.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Exclusively  Wholesale

-OITO
»

COTTON
« 7 GOODS

Our  stock  of  Organdies,  Dimities  and 
Lawns are  now  ready  for  your  inspec­
tion and, as  always, our  line  is  complete 
in variety of  patterns  and  colors.  Re- 
member that Linon and Greens are going
to be the popular shades and our stock  is well  represented  in  these  colors.

, 

P. Stcketee  &  Sons

Wholesale  Dry  Goods, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

R U G S
Old Carpets

Made  From

Any  size  desired  at  small 
cost.  Price  list  and 
in­
formation  as  to  amount 

of carpet required free.

Michigan  Rug  Co.

43-5 8. Madison  St.,  Battle  Creek.  Mich.

A ll«   Gas  Light Company,  Battle  Creek, Mich. 
satisfactory;  I have°never had'thn'f6 
LI|[htlQ* p,ant I°u Put In for me last June  Is  perfectly 
Is possible to have  Wishing vm.  6  S  trouble wltb 11 and consider  I  have  as  good  a light  as It 

WaU°°n Lake’ M,ch - Nov‘ “ • 1902

to nave.  Wishing you every success with your machines, I am 

Yours truly,

A. E  HASS.

The  volume  of  business  finding  its  way 
on  to  the  books  of  the  seller  of dress 
goods,  as  far  as  lightweight  lines  are 
concerned,  is  not  what  one  could  well 
call  sizable.  As  a  matter of  fact,  as  far 
as  the  general  lines  of  wool  and  worsted 
dress  goods  fabrics  are  concerned,  the 
business  under  way  is  light.  Here  and 
there  lines  may  be  pointed  to  which  are 
attracting  orders  from  day  to  day  that 
are  of  considerable 
importance,  and 
which  may  therefore  be  regarded  as  ex­
ceptional  factors  in  the  present  situa­
tion.  There 
is  not  what  might  be 
termed  a  steady  demand  of  substantial 
volume  from  either  the 
jobber  or  the 
cutter-up.  The  cutter-up  has  placed  a 
very  fair  volume  of  business  since  the 
opening  of  the  season  on  such  goods  as 
have  appealed  to  him  as  suited  to  the 
needs of  his  suit  and  skirt business,  and 
such  purchases  have  covered  a  consid­
erable  range  of  goods, 
including  the 
regular  staple  cloth  effects,  sheer  fabrics 
of  the  etamine  and  veiling  order  canvas 
cloths;  also  Scotch  suiting  effects,  bou- 
retted  effects and  other  novelties,  but  he 
has  not  yet  reached  the  point  where  he 
can  see  his  way  to  supplement  in  a  sub­
stantial  way  his original purchases.  The 
same  thing 
is  true  of  the  jobber;  the 
business  that  he  has  garnered  from  the 
retailer  has  not  cut  into  the  jobber's 
first  purchases  sufficiently  to  lead  to 
much  return  business.  The  best  return 
business  has  been  secured  on  staple 
fabrics,  and  from  present 
indications 
staples  will  hold  first  place  in  light­
weight  sales  by  a  substantial  margin. 
A  very  fair  field  of  opportunity  appears 
indicated,  however, 
to  be 
in  novelty 
effects 
in  medium  and  better  grade 
goods. 
heavyweight 
business  that  has  been  done  is  confined 
to  the  most  staple  fabric—goods that  are 
perennially  good.  On  fancies  neither 
buyer  nor  seller  knows 
just  where  he 
stands  and  there  is  a  good  deal  of  un 
certainty  as  to  how  large  a  part  fancy 
effects  will  play  in  the  approaching sea­
son.

The  advance 

is 

Carpets—Very 

little  change  has  oc­
curred  in  the carpet manufacturing trade 
during  the  week.  With  the  exception 
of  a  few  days  previous  to  the  close  of 
the  year,  which  some  generally  give 
over  to  stock  taking,  the  production  has 
been  as  large  as  usual  when  every  loom 
possible 
in  operation.  Business  is 
large  with  the  weavers,  and  orders  are 
in  band  that  give  promise  of  full  em­
ployment  for  weeks  to  come. 
Jobbers 
are  anxious  that  as  many  carpets as pos­
sible  be  made  this  season,  as  they  feel 
they  have  use  for  every  yard  that  can 
be  made.  Only  a  few  of  the  initial  or­
ders  have  been  entirely  filled,  there  be­
ing  a  great  deai  to  do  yet  before  it  can 
be  said  that  the  season  is  generally  ad­
vanced  to  duplicate  orders.  Many of  the 
large  Eastern  mills  have  sold  their  en­
tire  productions 
for  the  season  and, 
even  although  they  would,  they  could 
not  take  another  order.  The  '.smaller 
mills  have  still  a  good  deal  of  initial 
business  to  fill,  but  they  will  have  some 
opportunity  to  take  duplicate  business, 
whether  at  present  prices  or  better. 
Values  are  quoted  very  firm  at  the  pres­
ent  time,  there  being  no  object  to  make 
any  reduction  under  prevailing  condi­
tions.  There  seems  to  be  a  great  deal 
of  reliance  based  on  actual  conditions 
of  to-day,  as  regards  the  possibilities 
of  better  values  for  the  future.  Wools 
are  considerably  stronger on  this  side as 
well  as  abroad.  Yams  for  worsted  car­
pets  are  held  with  exceptional  tightness 
at  prices  prevailing  some  months  ago, 
said  then  to  be  extreme.  The  supply

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

15

in  sight 

indeed,  and 

is 
of  good  combing  wools 
limited 
importations  are 
very  bard  to  be  had.  Liverpool  dealers 
are  asking  higher  prices  by  some  few 
points  over  those  paid  a  month  ago, and 
it  is  said  that  they  are  getting what they 
ask.  English  spinners  are  also  getting 
better  values  and  the  Kidderminster 
manufacturers  are  looking  towards  their 
trade  with  higher  prices  in  view.  The 
Philadelphia  ingrain  weavers  are  very 
busy  and  orders  are  on  hand  that  will 
last  some  weeks  to  come.  Western  job­
bers  are  anxious  about  the  deliveries  of 
the  initial  orders,  which  shows  that  the 
demands  for spring  have  come in earlier 
than  usual, 
jobbers report that  ingrains 
selling  at  about  a  half  dollar  are  in  the 
largest  request,  the  cheaper  supers  sell­
ing  from  25c  up  not  being  so  well  fa­
vored  in  the  public  buying.

Rugs—Everything in rugs  is  well  sold 
up.  Weavers  are  very  busy  and  their 
machinery  is  being  run  as  fast  as  pos­
sible.  The  large  9x12  Wilton  Axminster 
and  Brussels  rugs  have  the  best  call 
in 
the  better  grades,and  bring  prices  rang­
ing  from  $25  up.  Small  Wilton  rugs  are 
also  in  good  demand.  Smyrna  rugs  in 
the  small  sizes  are  good  sellers,  but 
weavers  find  that  the  large  sized  rugs  do 
not  have  much  of  a  call.

No  Need o f “Scruples.”

Sarcastic  himself,  Thomas  B.  Reed 
appreciated  a  joke  at  his  own  expense. 
One  day  he  was  browsing  in  Guild’s 
dingy  book  shop  at  the  foot  of  the  capi- 
tol.  He  took  up  a  number  of  books  and 
finally  the  novel  “ Scruples.”
“ Wbat 
is  the  price  of  this?”   asked 
Mr.  Reed.
“ A  dollar,  sir,”   replied  the  old  man 
rather  tartly.
“ Too  much,”   said  Reed 
laconically 
and  laid  the  book  down.
“ Well,  sir,”   retorted  Guild,  who  has 
a  sharp  tongue  of  his  own,  “ I  don’t 
know  of  any  law  you  have  passed  that 
compels  you  to  buy  it  if  you  don’t  want 
to.  Besides  I  don't  see  what a  member 
of  Congress  wants  of  a  book  with  that 
title  anyway. ”
Reed  broke  into  a  hearty  laugh  and 
as  be  rolled  down  the  avenue  be  was 
still  smiling  at  the  old  man's  reply.

Perfection  Lighting 

Company

17  S.  Division St.,  Grand  Rapids

D E A LER   IN

General

Lighting

Supplies

(This is a picture made from a photograph of our mill located at Silver Reef, 

in the Harrisburg Mining District, Washington County, Utah.)

We have an  Investment for you 

It is a business proposition, not a mining scheme 
to sell stock.  We have real working property,  not  a  mining  venture  as  the  term  is 
usually  applied.  Property consists of eleven  mines,  three  water  power  mill  sites 
and  a five stamp mill.  Ore on our mill  dump  to-day is bullion  to-morrow.
We have property that  is actually worth  more than  double  the  amount  of  our 
capital stock.  Don’t pass this by, but be  interested  enough  to  write  for  further  in­
formation.  Address

BRUNDAGE  MINING &  REDUCTION  CO.

Williamson  Building.  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

A  Business  Hint

A  suggested  need  often  repeated  creates  the 

want that sends the  purchaser to the store.

E very  dealer  should  have  his  share  of  the 
profit  that  reverts  from  the  enormous amount 
of  money  expended  by  the  N ational  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 fam ous  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 N ational  Biscuit goods 
is a business policy that it is not well to overlook.

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Shoes  and  Rubbers

Passing of Hand  Made  Boots  and  Shoes.
Some  one  whose  heart  is  tuned  to 
mournful  lays  should  write  an  ode  of 
lamentation  on  the  passing  of  the  cob­
bler.  The  past  fifteen  or  twenty  years 
has  witnessed  the  gradual  demise  of the 
sboemaking  shop  which,  in  years  past, 
was  the  business  and  political  center  of 
many  villages. 
In  it  the  men  of  prom­
inence  and  affairs  would  gather  to  dis 
cuss  the  crops,  the  weather,  or,  during 
times  when  national  affairs  were  upper­
most  in  men's  minds,  the  political  situ­
ation  and  outlook.

It  was the  golden  age  of  sboemaking, 
and  the  remnants  of  that  army  of cob­
live  to  bewail  the  ingenuity  of 
blers 
man  by  whose 
inventions  they  were 
brought to  the  level  of other  mortals.  In 
days  gone  by  there  was  not  a  more  in- j 
dependent  man,  nor  one  whose  favors 
were  more  eagerly  sought,  than  this 
same  cobbler.  Even  the  plumber does 
not occupy  a  more  exalted  position  than 
did  the  shoemaker,  who  considers  that 
modern  machines  usurped  bis rights and 
deprived  him  of  his  heritage. 
The 
most  prominent  citizens  acknowledged 
his  power,  and  would  bow  most  rever 
ently to him  and  beseech  the  favor of an 
early  attention  to  their  orders.  The 
belles  and  beauties  of  the  neighborhood 
would  visit  his  shop  and  entreat  him 
not to  disappoint  them  in  the  making  of 
those  white  kid  slippers  which  were 
destined  to  grace  their  feet  at  the  com 
ing  ball.  The  barefooted  school  boy 
would  timidly  enter and  enquire  if  his 
red-topped  boots  were  finished  yet,  and 
when  told  they  were  not  would  stand 
rubbing  one  bare  shin  with  his  other 
foot  and  then,  wearing  a  disappointed, 
frowning  countenance,  would  wend  his 
way  homeward, 
the 
cobbler,  convinced  that  if  he  had  to  get 
up  at  daylight  and  go  after  the  cows  in 
his  bare  feet  while  the  frost  was  still  on 
the  ground,  with  bis  feet  so  cold  that 
every  pebble  they  touched  seemed  to 
cut  and  bruise  them,  ''h e’d  hurry  with 
them  shoes,  he  would."

anathematizing 

In  the  city  there  were  not  dozens  of 
retail  stores on  every  street  as now.  The 
largest  stores  kept  a  small  stock  of 
cheaper  goods 
for  retail,  but  nearly 
everyone  had  his  shoes  made  to  order, 
and  a  small  factory  would  be  in  opera­
tion  usually  on  the  second  floor of  the 
building  in  which  the  store  was located, 
in  which  from  ten  to  twenty  men  would 
be  at  work.  One  of  the  oldest  shoe 
stores 
in  Pittsburg  is  occupying  the 
same  site  as  it  did  at  the  time  of  its  es­
tablishment,  1837.  The  father  of  the 
present  proprietor  was  founder  of  the 
firm,  and 
it  has  continued  through  va­
rious  vicissitudes  to  the  present  day, 
with  several  minor  interruptions  caused 
by  removals,  and  once  the  store  was 
closed  during  the  civil  war  that  the 
shoemakers  who  were  employed  might 
go  out  and  work  on  the  fortifications 
which  were  being  raised  by  the  city 
in 
defense  against  a  threatened  invasion 
of  the  rebels.  For  working  on  the  for­
tifications  the  proprietor gave  his  men 
the  same  wages  that  they  received while 
in  his  shop.  Few  business  bouses  have 
suffered  so  many  reverses  by  fire,  and 
this  agency  is  responsible  for  many  re 
movals  that  have  been  made,  but  the 
firm  has  successfully  withstood  all  the 
shocks  of  misfortune,  and  under  the 
guidance  of  the  son,  who  is  now  one  of 
the  Pittsburg  veteran  business  men, 
prosperity  seems  to  have  come  to  stay.
the

A  man  who  is  so  experienced 

in 

business  is  pretty  well  qualified  to  pass 
judgment  on  shoes,  and  it  is  his  belief 
that  the  shoes  made to-day  are  even  su­
perior to  the  old  hand  sewed  shoes,  for 
the  machine  never  lets  up  on  its  stand­
ard  of excellence,  making  all  parts  of  a 
shoe  and  every  shoe  equally  well,  while 
the  work  of  the  shoemaker  varies.  This 
uniformity  of the  manner of  making 
is 
in  one  way  a  drawback to  retail  dealers, 
as  it  gives  all  shoes  the  same  general 
appearance,  no  matter  what  the  quality. 
For  this  reason  they  are  somewhat  at 
the  mercy  of  the  manufacturers  upon 
whose  representations  they  purchase  the 
goods.  About  the  only  way  to  judge 
shoes  definitely  is  the  way  they  wear, 
is 
and  by  modern  manufacturers  it 
claimed  that  they  wear 
longer  than 
when  hand  made.

Despite  modern 

improvements  it  is 
several  weeks  from  the  time  a  high 
grade  shoe  is  begun  until  it  is  ready  for 
wear.  This  is  because  they  are  kept on 
the 
last  until  they  assume  the  proper 
shape,  for  the  time  required  for  the 
actual  process of  making them  is scarce­
ly  an  hour.  Once  when  ex-President 
Cleveland  was a  candidate  for  the  pres­
idency,  Mrs.  Cleveland  was  attending 
the  Michigan  State  Fair.  A  shoe  com­
pany  that  was  exhibiting  the  process  of 
making  shoes  with  their  machines, 
which  they  had  on  the  ground,  asked 
the  privilege  of  making  a  pair  for  her. 
This  they  did  and  the  measure  was 
taken,  leather  cut  out  and  the  shoes 
completed  and  fitted  within  fifty-five 
minutes.

In  manufacturing  cheap  heavy  bro- 
gans  the  uppers  are  cut  out  by  dies  and 
there  are  only  two  seams  to  sew. 
If  a 
firm  wished  to  rush  a  pair  right  through 
each  department  it  would  not  take  more 
than  ten  minutes  to  do  it.  This  quality 
of  shoes  are  often  made 
in  about  an 
hour,  but  during  that  time  have  passed 
through  from  twenty  to  thirty  hands. 
The  shoemaker  who  made  shoes by hand 
could  produce  a  pair  in  about  a  day 
and  a  half  or  two  days.  By  modern 
methods  the  average  would  be  about

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too.  But  our  Hard  Pans  receive  the  most  painstaking  at­
tention  from  the  moment  the  order  reaches  the  factory.  The 
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selected,  scrutinized  and  examined.  And  the  greatest watch­
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process  is  closely  followed,  every  mishap  guarded  against. 
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goods  are  not  as  represented,  remember  that  the  railroad  runs  both 
ways.  We  will  send  the  following  shoes  on  approval  because  w e 
know  you can  not  b e tte r th em . 
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by  us  at our  Northville  factory  are:

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The  Rodgers  Shoe  Com pany,  Toledo,  Ohio

FACTORY,  NORTHVILLE,  MICH.

four  or  five  pairs  a  day  to  each  em­
ploye.

There  are  few  men  of  to-day  who, 
when  they  were  small  boys  living  in  the 
country,  can  not  recollect  a  time  when 
their  ideas  of  being  scrupulously  well 
dressed  were  limited  more  particularly 
to  owning  a  pair of  red-topped  boots. 
Country  boys  were  not  so  extravagant  as 
to  wear  boots  in  summer.  They  were 
foregone  about  the  latter  part  of  April 
and  during  the  summer  and  until  the 
middle  of  October  often  they  were  for­
tified  against  the  rigors  of  the  weather 
only  by  the  thickness  of  their  skins. 
Sometimes, 
too,  when  boots  were  re­
sumed 
it  was  not  yet  considered  cold 
enough  to  make  stockings  necessary.

Boys  wore 

long  trousers  then,  but 
when  a  fellow  had  a  new  pair  of  boots, 
you  can  rest  assured  that  he  did  not 
cover  them  up,  but  tucked  his  trousers 
down  his  boot  legs  and  let  the  red  tops 
be  exposed  to  the  admiring  eyes  of  all 
the  little  girls  and  be  food  for  the  envi­
ous  thoughts  of  the  boys.  A  strip  of 
morocco  leather  sewed  around  the top  of 
the  boot  gave  an  effect  that  was  widely 
coveted,but  the  boots  that  were  supreme 
in  the  boys’  estimation  had  a  gilt  figure 
of  a  trotting  horse  stamped  on  them. 
It 
was  usually  effaced  with one day's wear, 
but  was  fine  while  it  lasted.

Although  the  trousers  were  long,  they 
were  not  quite 
long  enough,  coming 
only  to  the  ankles.  As  time  went  by 
they  seemed  to  shrink  and the boy would 
constantly  grow  larger,  until  it  seemed 
like  an  explanation  of the  evolution  of 
the  knickerbockers  for  boys.  The  trous­
ers  rubbed  together  on  the  boots  until 
they  were  won  to  a  fringe,  and the  boys’ 
extremities  presented  a  rather  lament­
able  appearance.

Everyone bought footwear  that  was  too 
small 
in  those  days.  This  was  partly 
the  fault  of  the  shoemakers  and  the 
fashions  were  otherwise 
responsible. 
After  running  in  their  bare  feet  for  six 
months  children’s 
feet  would  have 
spread  so  that  it  was  reasonable to count 
on  their  shrinking  up  some  after they 
put  on  shoes. 
The  first  day  in  shoes, 
or  rather  boots,  if  they  were  new,  was 
one  of  mingled  pain  and  pleasure. 
Their  hearts  swelled  with  pride  and 
satisfaction  whenever  they stole  a glance 
at  their  feet,  but  as  the  day  wore  on  the 
pinching  and  pressure  they  were  sub­
jected to  were almost intolerable,and  oc­
casionally  pride  was  sacrificed  to  com­
fort,  and  the  new  boots  came  off  to  be 
carried  about  in  their  owner's  hands the 
rest  of  the  day.

But  the  most  troublous  period 

in  the 
history  of  a  pair  of  boots  was  after  they 
had  been  wet.  After  being  thoroughly

"Brin g 

soaked  they  would  dry  out  as  hard  as 
steel  plate  and  ridges  would  be  formed 
across  the 
instep.  A  struggle  ensued 
the  next  morning  when  the  time  came 
for  putting  them  on.  Pulling  and  tug­
ging  seemed  to  be  of  no  avail  and  then 
the  young  man  would  sit  on  the  edge  of 
the  bed,  his  hair  tousled  and  bis  head 
sunk dejectedly  on  bis  breast,  wiggling 
the  toes  of  one  foot  while  the  other  one 
was  half  sheathed  in  the  boot  which  he 
despaired  of getting  on.  The  stentorian 
tones  of  his  parent  ordering  him  to 
hurry  downstairs  would  evoke  the  ag­
grieved  explanation,  “ I  can’t  get  my 
boots  on.”  
’em  down  here,”  
he  would  be  told,  and  down  he  would 
trudge,  bolding  a  boot  by  the  straps 
in 
each  hand  and  presenting  a very picture 
of  defeated  effort. 
judged  that 
he  would  never get them on as they were, 
so  he  would  be  given  a  bar  of  soap  and 
directed  to  thoroughly  soap  the  inter­
iors.  With  this  lubricator  and  the  com­
bined  efforts  of  the  family,  the  ob­
streperous  feet  would  finally  be  forced 
into  the  stubborn  boots,  and  during  the 
remainder  of  the  day  the unfortunate lad 
would  travel  about  with  bis  lower ex­
tremities  so  compressed  that  be  could 
s  arcely  detect  any  feeling  in  them  at 
all,  and  when  they  were  with  difficulty 
removed  at  night  would  find  his  feet 
worn  into  ridges.

It  was 

There  was considerable  rivalry  among 
the  young  men  in  owning  the  handsom­
est  boots  and  displaying  the  prettiest 
shaped  feet. 
In  one  country  neighbor­
hood  there  were  two  young  fellows  who 
were  both  candidates  for  distinction 
in 
In  preparation  for  a  social 
this  field. 
event  that  was  of  much  importance 
in 
that  neighborhood  one  of  them  ordered 
a  pair of  boots  that  were  quite  expen­
sive  and  which  he  calculated  would 
eclipse  anything  that  had  ever  been 
owned 
in  that  vicinity.  He  did  not 
hesitate  to  advertise  his  new  boots, 
and  his  rival beard  of  it  and determined 
to  surprise  him,  unpleasantly  or  not, 
he  did  not  much  mind.

He  visited  a  neighboring  town  which 
bad  a  shoemaker  with  a  reputation  and 
ordered  a  pair  of  boots,  whose  cost 
threatened  to  drive  him  to  the  verge  of 
bankruptcy.  When  he  called  for  them 
the  day  before  the  affair  came  off  (it 
was  a  picnic),  they  more  than  fulfilled 
his  expectations,  fitting  his  feet  very 
tightly,  but  displaying  them  in  a  most 
shapely  and  desirable 
These 
young  men  were  going  to  take  two  girls 
who  were  sisters  to the  picnic  and  both 
arrived 
in  their  buggies  at  the  farm­
house  about  the  same  time.  He  who 
had  ordered  bis  boots  first  was  almost 
commiserating  his  companion,  whom  be

style. 

This is our Hard  Pan Shoe

It  is  built  to  stand  very  hard 
wear,  and  it  generally  gets  it. 
Farm ers,  plasterers,  malt­
sters,  masons,  liverymen  and 
many  others  following  occu­
pations  trying  to  the  dura­
bility  of  shoe 
leather  say 
there  is  more  value  for  the 
money in  a  pair  of  our  Hard 
Pans  than  they can get  in  any 
other 
regardless  of 
price.

shoe, 

The  genuine  Hard  Pan  has 
our  trade  mark  stamped  on 
the  sole.

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Grand  Rapids,  M ichigan

Original  Makers

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

felt  be  was  destined  to  ontshine,  and  it 
was a  severe  shock  to  bis  nervous  sys­
tem  when  he  caught  the  first  glimpse  of 
those  resplendent  boots.  He  stood  with 
his  hands  in  bis  pockets  alternately 
surveying  them  and  bis  own,  and  with 
difficulty  withdrew  his  eyes  from  them 
while  he  said  with  a  sigh:  “ Well,  by 
thunder,  you  beat  m e!"

But  during  the  day  the  victorious 
young  man  began  to  consider bis victory 
rather costly.  A  dancing  platform  had 
been  built  on  the  picnic  grounds  and 
the  entire  day  was  spent  in  dancing, 
with  time  out  for  dinner.  After  about 
an  hour  of  this  exercise  he  began  to 
consider  that  his  boots,  which  he  had 
regarded  as  a  snug  fit  before,  were  get­
ting  most  terribly  tight.  He  tried  to 
persuade  himself  that 
it  was  all  a  de­
lusion  and  a  sham,  but  he  bad  pretty 
strong  evidence  to  the  contrary  and  the 
more  he  danced  the  worse  his  feet  hurt. 
But  he  could  net  bring  himself  to  give 
up  this  pleasure,  so  he  bopped  about 
(they  were  all  square  dances),  first  on 
one  foot  and  then  on  the  other,  seeking 
pleasure  and  a  relief  at  the  same  time. 
Finally  his  feet  were  burning  so  that  he 
thought  he  would  have  to  find  some 
remedy,  so  he  went  out  to the  pump and 
pumped  water  in  his  boots, 
feeling 
somewhat  uncertain  as  to  whether  it 
paid  to  be  " a   glass  of  fashion  and  a 
mold  of  form."

Extravagant  prices were  then  paid  for 
footwear.  Many  men  when  buying  a 
pair  of  shoes  to-day  for  $4  or $5  will 
tell  of  the  boots  they  have  bought  for 
$25.  And  there  is  no  doubt  that  many 
people  paid  these  sums  for shoes  which 
lasted  no  longer  than  they  do  now.  Ten 
or  fifteen  dollars  was  not  an  unusual 
sum  and  the  shoemakers  had  no  diffi­
culty  in  getting  it.  Now  few  people 
pay  more  than  $5  for a  pai r of shoes 
and  scarcely  anyone  gets  them  made  to 
order.

Cobblers  claim  that  there  is  no  money 
in  the  shoe  business  any  more.  Repair­
ing 
is  about  the  only  work  they  get  to 
do,  and  competition  has  taken  all  the 
profit  out  of  that.  Besides,  the  best 
white  oak  leather  costs  44  cents  a  pound 
now,  when 
it  used  to  be  only  22  cents, 
and  the  quality  is  not  nearly  as  good. 
Formerly,  tanners  used  to  take  from  six 
months  to  a  year  to  season  a  piece  of 
leather,  but  by  modern  methods  only  a 
couple  of  weeks  are  consumed  and 
cheap  leather  will  be  run  through 
in 
twenty-four hours.

One  realizes  how  arbitrary  Dame 
Fashion  is  when  it  is  considered how  in 
such  a  small  article  as  a  shoe,  where  it 
would  seem  there  was  little  or  no  room 
for  variety,  the  styles  constantly  alter, 
so that  two  pairs  of  shoes  can  scarcely 
be  bought  in  succession  having the same 
appearance. 
It  is  the  toe  of  the  shoe 
that  determines  its  style  for  the  most 
part.  Of  course,  there  are  other  points 
which  vary,  but  the  construction  of  the 
toe  varies  most  frequently.  Within  the 
past  half  dozen  years  or  so  the  public 
has  run  the  gamut  from  pointed  toes  to 
bulldog  toes,  to  square  toes,  to  round 
toes,and  it  seems  as  if  it  was about time 
to  introduce  pointed  toes  again,  if  the 
public  will  stand  for  such  an  extreme 
of  fashion.

Few 

firms  guarantee 

their  patent 
leather  shoes,  for  at  best  they  are  an 
uncertain  quantity. 
If  a  shoe  cracks 
opeh  in  an  unreasonable  time  they  will 
often  replace  them,  but  the  manufactur­
ers  say  they  can  not  guarantee  their 
shoes  indiscriminately,  for  the  tanners 
from  whom  they  purchase  the  leather 
will  not  guarantee  it.  There  have  been

firms  that  widely  advertised  their  pat­
ent  leather  shoes  as  guaranteed,  but  a 
local  dealer  asserts  that  there  is  a  trick 
in  the  representations  of  many  of  them. 
They  do  not  guarantee  their  shoes  after 
they  have  once  been  worn  through  the 
soles,  or  have  been  repaired.  To  make 
themselves  as  safe  as  possible  the  bot­
tom  sole  is  made  of thin,  cheap  leather, 
so  that  it  wears  out  in  the  course  of  a 
month  or  more,  and  after  that,  if  the 
shoe  cracks,  they  can 
laugh  at  com­
plaints.

If  the  cobblers  are  satisfied  with  the 
returns  of  their  labor  they  may  find 
some  consolation  in  the  fact  that  retail 
dealers  feel  that  their  lot  is as hard  as  it 
could  well-nigh  be. 
It  is  stated  that 
the  percentage  of  profit  on  footwear  is 
smaller  than  on  any  other commodity. 
Despite  the  fact  shoe  stores seem  to  be 
constantly  on  the 
increase.  Women’s 
feet  look  much  more  neat  and  graceful 
than  they  did  when  shoes  were  made  by 
hand.  Cobblers themselves  acknowledge 
that  the  most skillful  man  of  their  trade 
could  not  make  slippers  as  neat and 
delicate  as  they  are  made by machinery.
Some  shoe  dealers  are  wondering  who 
will  do  the  repairing  when  the  present 
cobblers  have  passed  away.  No  young 
men  are  learning  the  trade  and  cobblers 
are  growing  older and  becoming  fewer 
in  number.  But  the  cobblers  are  able  to 
give  the  solution  to  the  problem,  they 
believe.  In  recent  years  they have found 
competitors  among  the  flood  of  foreign­
ers  who  are  coming  into  the country and 
who  are  said  to  do  work  of a  cheaper 
grade  and  kill  the  reasonable  profit  that 
should  be  made  on  the  work. 
If  this 
continues  it  may  be  expected that before 
long  there  will  be  none  of  the  American 
cobblers,  who  have  been  almost  as  in­
teresting  figures  in  the  industrial  life  of 
the  country  as  the  blacksmith.

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FALSE  HOPES

Based  On  the  W indfall That  Did  Not Ma­
terialize.
Written for the Tradesman.

There  was  not  a  more  popular  store 
in  Jenkinsville  than  the  one  conducted 
by  William  Hendricks. 
Everybody 
about  town  called  him  Bill  for  short 
and  the  establishment  seemed  to  be  the 
shopping  headquarters  of  all  the  farm­
ers  in  that  part  of the  country.  Bill  sold 
general  merchandise.  He  carried  a 
good  stock  of  dry  goods,  groceries, 
clothing  and  footwear.  His  stock  was 
complete  and  the  country  folk  solemnly 
averred  that  B ill’s  bargains  were  the 
greatest  ever.

B ill’s  family  consisted  of  himself, 
wife  and  two  children,son and daughter. 
They  weie  prominent  in  village society, 
the  young  lady  playing  the  organ  in  the 
village  church,  while  Mrs.  Hendricks 
belonged  to  all  the aid societies and sew­
ing  circles 
in  the  burg.  The  son  was 
head  salesman 
in  the  store,  which  po­
sition he held  with  considerable  success. 
The  family  took  a  prominent  part  in  all 
village  affairs  and  no  great  undertaking 
was  ever  launched  without  first  inter­
viewing  Bill  or  his  better  half.

And  thus  it  came  about  that  the  trade 
at  the  store  grew  in  volume  with  every 
passing  year.  Notwithstanding  all  this, 
however,  Bill  was  a  man  of  little  peace 
of  mind.  He 
longed  to  accomplish 
something  great,  something  that  would 
create  a  stir  in  the  world.  His  wife  also 
had  ambitions  and  it  seemed  as  though 
the  youngsters,  as  Bill  called  them, 
were 
imbued  with  the  same  notions. 
Still,  for  all  this,  they  plodded  along  in 
the  even  tenor  of  their  way  without 
let­
ting  the  worid  know  that  anything  was 
slumbering  in  the  bosoms  of  the  several 
members  of  the  family.

But 

it  came  to  pass  one  day  that  a 
mighty  ray  of  sunlight  struck  the  Hen­
dricks  home  amidships  and caused great 
rejoicing  therein.  Bill  received  a  long 
and  solemn 
letter  from  an  attorney  in 
Boston,  the  effect  of  which  was  to  bring 
about  a  transformation  in  that home that 
nearly  turned  Jenkinsville  upside down. 
According  to  the  communication  Bill 
was  the  sole  heir  to  a  fortune  of  vast 
proportions,  which  bad  been  left  by  a 
distant  relative  who  had  passed  away  in 
England.  The  fortune  was  so  big  that 
when  Bill  read  the  letter  it  almost  took 
his  breath  away.  There  was  hope  for 
the  family  now  for  sure.  They  could 
satisfy  their  long  cherished  ambitions 
with  the  money  that  was  soon  to  be 
theirs.  They  could  cut  a  swath  a  mile 
wide  and  show  the  world  that  the  Hen­
dricks  bunch  was  the 
thing. 
Visions  of  automobiles,  country  seats, 
grand  mansions  and  fancy  dress  balls  of 
awe  inspiring  brilliancy  were  the  cen­
tral  figures  around  which  they  built 
castles  of  atmosphere.  The  future  held 
nothing 
in  store  for  them  now  but  un­
alloyed  happiness.

real 

letter  came. 

Jenkinsville  beard  the  news  the  next 
morning  after  the 
Bill 
carried  a  smile  that  covered  bis  entire 
countenance.  Everybody  talked  of  the 
great  windfall.  A  reporter  came  out 
from  the  city  to  get  the  inside  facts  in 
the  case,  together  with  photographs  of 
the  family,  which  were  printed  on  the 
first  page  the  next  day  under  a  lurid 
scare  head  in  red  ink.  With  the  fame 
that  was  fast  coming  to  them  the  Hen­
dricks  family  began  to  acquire  dignity 
in  a  manner  most  surprising  to  the  vil­
lagers.  Bill  began  signing  his  letters, 
“ William  Webster  Hendricks,”   while 
the  young  man  said  “ twousahs”   and 
“ scawfs”   when  selling  pants  and  neck-j

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ties  to  the  Jenkinsville  swells.  Mrs. 
Hendricks’  nose  seemed  to  acquire  a 
tendency  to  point  in  the direction  of  the 
heavens  when  she  met  the  common  folk 
of  the  place,  and  Miss  Hendricks  quit 
sounding  her  “ R s”  
in  imitation  of  a 
lady  she  bought  candy  of  in  a 
young 
department  store 
in  the  city  several 
months  previous  to  the  windfall.

Now  the  people  living  around  Jenk­
insville  were  quiet  and  unassuming 
citizens,  but,  like  the  proverbial  worm, 
they  at  last  turned.  They  came  grad­
ually  to  the  conclusion  that  if  the  Hen­
dricks  family  was  so  almighty good  that 
common  people  were  a  bore, they  would 
trade  at  some  other  store.  The  other 
merchants  made  special  efforts  to  please 
them  and  it  was  not  long before Bill had 
lost  the  biggest  share  of  bis  business. 
He  did  not  care  much,  however,  be­
cause  he  knew  that  in  a  short  time  he 
would  take  possession  of  a  fortune  that 
would  amply  repay  him  for  all  he  had 
let 
The 
daughter  bad  a  row  with  the  church 
choir  and  all  the  societies  gave  Mrs. 
Hendricks  the  clammy  look  when  they 
elected  officers.  The  son  was  guyed  by 
all  the  boys  as  he  walked  the  streets 
Sundays,  while  the  “ cheap  skates”   of 
Jenkinsville  jollied  Bill  continually 
in 
the  hope  that  by  some  book  or crook 
they  might  receive  a  social  hand-out. 
Bill  noticed,  nevertheless,  that  the  town 
leaders  steered  clear  when  they  saw  him 
coming.  Bill  was  a  sort  of  king  among 
bogs.

through  bis 

fingers. 

slip 

About  the  time  the  other  merchants 
had  secured  80  per  cent,  of the  Hen­
dricks  business,  Bill  received  another 
letter  from  the  lawyer  in  Boston,  which 
epistle  carried  the  horrible  news  that  a 
mistake  bad  been  made  in  the  matter of 
the  fortune.  Bill was  not  the  right  man 
after  all.  The  man  of  legal 
lore  wrote 
at  some  length  and  was  kind  enough  to 
let  him  know  that the  real  heir  was  a 
William  W.  Hendricks  whose  middle 
name  was  Walter.  The  real  heir  re­
sided  away  out  West  and  was  already 
on  bis  way  to  the  Hub  to  claim  bis 
in­
heritance.

When  this  bombshell  was  exploded  in 
the  Hendricks  home  Bill  kicked  over  a 
chair and  said  several  words  vigorously 
that  are  not  to  be  found  in  the  diction­
ary.  The  air  castles  were  forgotten  as 
the 
lofty  aspirations  and  hopes  of  the 
family  struck  the  earth  with  a dull thud. 
And  as  Bill  laid  awake  that  night  and 
thought the  matter over  he  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  be  had  made  a  fool  of 
himself.  His  trade  was gone,  also  a  lot 
of  money  that  had  been  wasted 
in-  cut­
ting  a  swell  after  the  first  letter  was  re­
ceived.  Then,  as  a  feeling  of  repent­
ance  came  over  him  about  midnight,  he 
resolved  to  win  back  that trade and show 
the  people  that  be  still  had  a  small  por­
tion  of common  sense  left  in  bis  head.
it  took  a  long 
time.  To-day  they  call  him  plain  Bill 
as  they  did  before  and  be  and  bis  fam­
ily  are  content  to  affiliate  on  an  even 
standing  with  the  common  herd.

And  he  did 

it.  But 

Moral—If  it  is  necessary  to  feel  your 
oats,  it  will  always  be  well  to do it when 
nobody  is  looking.

Raymond  H.  Merrill.

Quality 

considered. 

is  the  essence  of  virtue. 

In 
newspapers quality  is  a  desideratum  not 
to  be  overlooked.  Still,  quantity  must 
be 
A  newspaper  may 
possess  the  first  property  in  the  superla­
tive  and  still  reach  so  few  people  as  to 
make  it  of  little  value  to  the  advertiser. 
It  is  when  quantity  and  quality  go  band 
band  that  a  newspaper  reaches  the 
perfection  of  completeness  from  the 
point  of  view  of  the  advertiser.

A  THOUGHT  FOR THE  PRESENT

As a rule factories and business  places  are  equipped  with  fire  extinguishers while 
homes are left in  most cases entirely unprotected.  And yet nearly everyone would 
rather save his home  and  its many belongings that have become  precious  by  asso­
ciation than all  else.  Nearly  all  fires  can  be  put  out  in  the  early  stages  if  the 
proper appliance for quick work  is at band.

THE  PHCENIX „“a ,  FIRE  EXTINGUISHER

files this want.  Price $3.00 each., $30.00 per dozen.  So simple a child can operate 
it and when applied  it does no damage to anything but the fire.
Do not fail  to  investigate the  Phoenix.

A p p r o v e d   f i r e   a p p l i a n c e   o f   a l l   k i n d s .

JOHN  L.  SM ITH,  MfrsL  A gent,

935  Michigan Trust Bldg. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Account 
Files
For petty 
charges of the 
busy  grocer. 
Different  styles. 
Several sizes.

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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.

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W oman’s World

M an’s  V an ity   G re ater  T han  T hat o f W om ­

an.

One  of  the  human  frailties  of  which 
women  are  supposed  to  hold  a  close 
monopoly  is  personal  vanity.  Men  are 
willing  to  admit  that they  indulge  in  a 
few  big  sins,  but  they  contend  that  the 
petty  weakness  of  unduly  admiring 
oneself 
is  a  vice  essentially  feminine 
and  they  are  never  weary  of  gibing  at 
their  sisters  for  it.  Milton  represents 
one  of  the  first acts  of  the  first  woman 
as  going  forth 
in  search  of a  mirror, 
over  which  she  hung  in  enraptured  con­
templation  of  her  own 
image,  but  he 
says  never  a  word  of  the  fact  that  prob­
ably  Adam  had  already  been  there  be­
fore  her and  bad  had  the  first  peep  into 
is  the  peacock 
the 
and  not  the  peahen  that  spends 
its 
time  flaunting  itself  in  public  and  bid­
ding  for  admiration.

looking-glass. 

It 

is  the  blacker. 

The  question  whether  man  or  woman 
is  the  vainer  must  always  resemble a 
dispute  between  the  pot  and  the  kettle 
over  which 
“ Vanity 
of  vanities,”   saith  the  preacher,  “ all  is 
vanity,"  and  the  question  is  one  rather 
of  quantity  than  quality.  Woman's 
vanity 
is  that  of the  amateur,  not  quite 
certain  of herself,  that  requires  the  glad 
hand  and  the  applause  of  her  fellow- 
creatures  to  bolster her  up  in  her good 
opinion  of  herself.  Man’s  is  the  cer­
tainty  of  the  professional,  so  sure  of  his 
own  perfection  he  can  afiord  to  disre­
gard  with  serene  complacency  the  carp­
ing critics.

in  the 

indictment 

When  men  bring  the  charge  of  su­
perior  vanity  against  women  the  first 
charge 
is  clothes. 
They  point  out  with  what  they  consider 
irrefutable  logic  chat womankind  spends 
half  of  its  time  in  considering  what  it 
shall  wear  and  the  other  half  in  putting 
it  on,  whereas  the  average  man's  ward­
robe  consists  of  a  few  simple  garments 
that  he  can  don  on  the  road  between 
the  bath  tub  and  the  breakfast  table.

Now,  in  reality,  instead  of  woman's 
attention  to  matters  of the  toilette  be- 
ing  proof of  her  greater  vanity,  it  is  an 
evidence  of  her  self-depreciation.  She 
realizes 
that  she  needs  adventitious 
aids  to  increase  her  charms  and enhance 
her  beauty  and  she  spends  time,thought 
labor  in  concocting  costumes  that 
and 
remedy  the  defects  of nature. 
It  is  not 
vanity  but  humility that  makes  a woman 
curl  her  straight  locks,  touch  up  her 
sallow  cheeks  with  carmine  roses  and 
lace  herself  into  a  straight-front  corset. 
She  knows  that  fate  has  been  niggardly 
to  her  in  the  matter of  looks and  that  if 
she  would  make  herself  a  pleasing  ob­
ject  for her  fellow-creatures  to  contem­
plate  she  must  make good  artificially, 
and,  poor,  misjudged  creature  that  she 
is,  when  she  does  it  her  very virtues  are 
attributed  to  her  for vices.  Her  very 
modesty 
is  accounted  vanity  and  her 
desire  to  improve  her  looks is thought to 
be  self-admiration  of  her  beauty.

Compare  this  deprecating  attempt  of 
woman  to  enhance  whatever good 
looks 
she  has  by  means of  pretty  frocks  and 
becoming  colors  with  the  superhuman 
self-esteem  that  leads  man  who  scores 
her for  vanity  to  feel  that  he  does  not 
need anything to improve his appearance 
and  that,  no  matter how  slouchy  and  ill- 
dressed  he  is,  it  must  still  be  a  pleasure 
for  anybody  to  behold  him. 
If  there 
was  any  one  thing  on  earth  that  im­
proved  a  woman’s looks as  a  clean shave 
does  a  man's,  she  would  do  it  daily  al­
though  it  flayed  her  alive  in  the  doing, 
but  so  colossal  is  man’s  vanity  that  be

does  not  always  take  even  this  simple 
means  of  enhancing  bis  appearance, 
but  contents  himself  half  of the  time 
with  going  about  with  a  dirty  two  days’ 
stubble  of  beard  on  his  face.

He  feels  that  he  does  not  need  to— 
that  he  is  so  fascinating  that he can take 
liberties  with  his  appearance  and  that 
any  woman  will  be  pleased  to  be  seen 
in  his  company  no  matter  bow he  looks. 
No  woman  has  that  stupendous  amount 
of  vanity.  She  knows that  no  husband's 
admiration 
is  proof  against  dowdy 
wrappers  and  curl  papers  and  that,  if 
she  appears  slouchy,  slovenly  and  ill-j 
dressed  on  the  street,  no  man  will  be 
brave enough to promenade the thorough­
fare  with  her,  and  so  it  is  not  vanity 
but  lack  of  vanity  that  makes  woman 
bestow  so  much  care  and  attention  upon 
her  personal  appearance.

The  ill-dressed  and  slovenly  man  will 
say  that  he  does  not  care  what  people 
think  of  him.  That  is  nonsense.  We 
all  care  what  people  think  of  us.  We 
are  bound  to  care  because our happiness 
and  prosperity  demand  it  and  nothing 
but  the  excess  of  vanity—an  admiration 
of oneself  so  deep  and profound and  far- 
reaching  and  all-comprehensive  that  it 
can  afford  to do  without  any  backing 
up  from  other  sources—makes  a  man 
feel  that  be  will  “ do”   just  as  he  is  and 
that  he  does  not  need  any  further  im­
provement. 
is  possible,  of  course, 
for one  to applaud  himself  so  loudly and 
vociferously  that  he  shuts  out  the  sound 
of the  hisses  of others.

It 

On  the  other  hand,  the  man  who  does 
care  about  his  appearance  takes  about 
as  much  real  heart  interest  in his clothes 
as  a  woman  does.  The  set  of a  collar 
can  become  as  burning  a question as  the 
set  of  a  skirt,  it  takes  as  much  time  for 
a  man  to  tie  his  necktie  as  it  does a 
matinee  girl  to  get  on  her  hat  and  you 
could  no  more  persuade  a  man  to  dress 
differently 
from  other  men  than  you 
could  induce  a  woman to dress like other 
women.

Look  down  the  aisle  of  a  street  car 
and  every  other  man  is  hitching  at  his 
trousers  in  order to  show  the  tops  of  his 
openwork  stockings,  the  one  little  bit  of 
frilly  finery  that  fashion  allows  him. 
Think  of  the  expensive  Panama  hat 
craze  that  swept  the  country  last  sum­
mer !  Did  ever  feminine  vanity  devise 
a  more  senseless  and  extravagant  fad 
than  that?  And  is  not  the  tendency  of 
trousers  to  bag  at  the  knees  an  ever­
present  sorrow  with  which  the ingenuity 
of  man  has  as  yet  been  unable  success­
fully  to  cope?  No  woman  spends  more 
time  smoothing  out  her  chiffons  and 
coaxing  them  into  fluffiness  than  a  well- 
dressed  man  does  in  trying  to erase  the 
wrinkles  in  bis  trousers.

Leaving  clothes  out  of  the  question, 
however,  the  next  thing  in  which  man 
shows  his  superior  vanity  is  bis  child­
like  faith  that he  is  interesting to every­
body,  and  especially  to  women.  Every 
man  believes  that every  woman  is  dy­
ing  to  hear all  about him  and  that she is 
absorbingly 
in  learning  the 
details  of  his  business,  his  friends,  his 
amusements,  and  so  on.  A  man’s  defi­
nition  of  an 
intelligent  woman  is  one 
who  can 
listen  for  four  hours  on  a 
stretch  without  yawning  while  he  bolds 
forth  about  himself.

interested 

No  woman  is  vain  enough to  think  for 
a  moment  that  any  man,except  the  one 
who  is  engaged  to  her,  is  interested 
in 
hearing  the  story  of  her  life.  She  knows 
very  well  that,  when  she  meets  a  man, 
if  she  began  telling  him  about  what 
mamma  said”   and  “ papa  said”   and 
that  she  went  down  town  and  bought

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are  in  danger  of 
affection—men, 
fifteen  or  twenty  years  their  senior.

losing  their  wives' 
in  bushels  of  cases, 

Take 

in  all,  there  is  no  doubt 
it  all 
but  what  man 
is  vainer  than  woman; 
but,  so  far from  this  being  a  weakness, 
it  is  rather  a  strength,  for  vanity  is  a 
cushion  that  pads  out  all  the  angles  of 
life  and  saves  us  from  the  pin-pricks 
of  criticism. 
If  we  think  well  of  our­
selves  it  matter  little  about  the  opinion 
of others.  Certainly  no  woman  should 
wish  man  to  be  less  vain  than  he  is,  for 
man's  vanity  is  the  harp  of  a  thousand 
strings  on  which  she  can  play  endless­
ly—and  always  get  an  encore.

Dorothy  Dix.

A  Woman’s Thoughts.

Beware  of  demure  women.  They  are 

always  dangerous.

A woman  who  has  in  her  the  savagery 
of  the  devil  invariably  has  in  her  the 
sweetness  of  the  saint.

Why  should  a  woman  everlastingly 
want  to  be  a  man—to  take  the  rough 
and  scuff  of  life?  Little  fool!  Why 
is 
she  not  content  to  sit on silken cushions, 
in  her  glass  case,  and  feed  on  nectar 
of  roses?  Why  does  she  cry  for  her 
“ rights?”   It  is her “ right" to  be  man's 
comfort,  man's  solace,  man’s  holiday.
jealous,  proceed  to 
get  into  a  towering  rage  at  bis  imputa­
tions.  The  rage  will  startle  him  and 
he  will  forget  to  demand  explanations; 
and,  besides,  explanations  always  im­
ply  guilt.

When  a  man 

A  woman  scoffs  at  the  flattering  ap­
proaches  of  other  men,  but  that  is  only 
a  bluff  put  up  for the  benefit  of  her  bus- 
band.

is 

Every  man  needs  some  woman  to 
hang  on  to  his  coat  tails  to keep  him 
from  going  to  the  devil.

A  man  loves  a  woman  because  she  is
a  woman.  A woman  loves  a  man  for  the 
want of  something  better to  love.

It  is  fate  that  gives  us  happiness,  ust 
is  fate  that  gives  us  whooping 

it 

as 
cough  and  measles.

four  yards  of  blue  peau  de  soie  and  was 
making  a  new  frock  with  circular  ruffles 
and  applique  or  Irish  point,  he  would 
get  up  and  leave  and  she  would  never, 
never  see  him  more.  Yet,  topic  for 
topic,  dressmaking  and  shopping  are 
just  as  interesting  as  the  grocery  trade 
and  what  the  “ fellow  said”   and  the 
heartless  attitude  of  the  “ old  man”   on 
If  woman’s  self­
the  baseball  question. 
esteem  occasionally 
leads  her  to  talk 
about  herself  she  soon  realizes  her  mis­
take  and  much  experience  has  taught 
her that  the  way  to  make  herself  agree 
able  to  her  brother  is  simply  to  sit  by 
and  apply  the  corkscrew  to  him,  instead 
of  pouring  out  a  gurlging  flood  of her 
own  bottled-up  reminiscences  and  ex­
periences.

Another  way  in  which  man  shows  bis 
vanity  to  be  greater  than  that of  woman 
is  in  his  indestructible ability to believe 
that  he  is  always  a  fascinator  who  can 
win  any  woman  be  wants.  I  have known 
men  who  bad  been  refused  by  every 
woman  they  ever courted  and  yet  who 
had  not  bad  tneir  faith  in  themselves  as 
a  heart-smasher  shaken  a particle.  They 
still  believed  with  unabated  confidence 
that  they  had  only  to  drop  the  handker­
chief  to  have  every  last  woman  around 
scramble for it.  No  matter  how  old  and 
is  or how  little  he  has  to 
ugly  a  man 
offer a  woman,  he 
is  always  genuinely 
surprised  when  she  refuses  to marry him 
and,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  in  matrimony 
it  is  the  man  who  sets all  the conditions 
and  the  women  who  fulfills  them.  He 
demands  that  she  be  pure  and  good, 
pretty  and  amiable,  while she—well,  she 
takes  what  she  can  get.

It  is  this  happy  faculty  of  believing 
themselves 
irresistible  at  every  age 
from  the  cradle  to  the  grave  that  leads 
aged  and  wealthy  gentlemen  to  think 
that  the  little  debutante  or  the  chorus 
girl  they  are  espousing 
is  marrying 
them  for  themselves  alone,  instead  of 
having  one  eye  on  the  will.  Women 
have  no  vanity  in  love.  They  are  al­
ways  humble  before  it,  wondering  that 
so  fair  a  guest  has  stopped  at their door, 
and  this  suspicion  often 
rich 
to  do  their  own  hearts  and 
women 
worthy  men  grievous  wrong  in  thinking 
that  the  men  who  really  admire  them 
are  fortune  hunters.

leads 

lose  it. 

This  peculiarity  of  the  two  sexes  in 
matters  of  the  affections  is  greatly  to 
man  s  advantage  and  saves  him  from 
many  pangs  that  women  suffer.  After a 
man  has  once  won  a  woman’s  heart  he 
possesses  his  soul  in  peace  on  the  sub­
ject  and  it  never  occurs  to  him  that  he 
could 
Indeed,  so  overweening 
is  his  vanity  on  the  subject  that  he  sel­
dom  takes  any  trouble  to  keep  the treas­
ure  he  has  won.  He  is  so  dead  sure  that 
his  wife  can  not  help  but  keep  on  lov­
ing  him  that  be  generally  feels  it  per­
fectly  safe  to  neglect  her  and  snub  her 
and  fail  to  show  her  even  the  ordinary 
courtesies  of  life.

On  the  other  hand,  a woman  is  always 
in  terror  lest  the  love  she  has  won  may 
slip  away  from  her.  She  keeps  her  fin­
ger  on  the  pulse  of affection  and  counts 
its  heart-throbs  and  her  constant  query 
>8. 
Do  you  love  me?  Do  you  love  me 
as  much  as  you  did  yesterday,  as  much 
as  last  year,  as  much  as  when  we  were 
sweethearts?1’  Nothing  is  more  pathetic 
—because  it  is  such  a  confession  of  fear 
—than  the  classes  of  middle-aged  mar­
ried  women  we  see  everywhere  taking 
physical  culture  and  laboriously  wading 
through  studies  in  order  to  keep  young 
in  body  and  mind  so  that  they  may  not 
lose  the 
love  of  the  men,  who  never 
give  a  single  thought as  to  whether they

This  talk  about  men  ruling  women  is 
such  blatant  nonsense!  As if  there  ever 
was  a  man  who  wore  trousers  that  a 
woman’s 
and  a  woman’s 
caresses  could  not  make  putty  of.

cajolings 

An  American  man  puts  bis  wife  on  a 
pedestal  and  bis  children  on  iittie  steps 
around  her.  He  is  perfectly  content  to 
stand  at  the  foot  to  worship  and  work 
for  them.  An  Englishman  mounts  the 
pedestal  himself,  leaving  his  wife  and 
children  to  find  their  appropriate  places 
at  his  lordly  feet.  A Frenchman  makes 
a  great  deal  of  noise  about  worshiping 
bis  family,  but  that  is  bluster  to  blind 
your  eyes  to  a  iittie  private  establish­
ment  of  his  own.  A  German  puts  his 
wife  and  children  on  a  plane  with  him­
self—no  better,  sometimes  a 
little  bit 
worse.

Jealous  people  are  always  suspicious 
of  the  wrong  person  and  crazy  at  the 
wrong  time.
All  women  are  fools  in  some form  and 
all  men  are  villains  in  some  direction.
If  men  would  pursue  honor  and  re­
ligion  as  they  pursue  women and riches, 
the  devil  would  soon  be  out  of  a  job.

jealousy 

door  of  faith,  and 
trying  to  push  her  through.
Always  keep  a  man  a 

Suspicion  is  always  knocking  at  the 
is  always 
iittie  jealous. 
Masculinity  does  not  value  what  it  can 
hold  easily.
Why  should  a  woman  quarrel  with  a 
man  when  she  has  such  weapons as  jeal­
ousy  and 
indifference  to  bring  him  to 
terms?
We  laugh  at  past  follies.  We  pbiloso- 
pb ize  over  future  follies.  We  drink 
deep  of  present  ones.
My  toast  is  to  woman.  The  theme  is 
old,  if  the  woman  is  not  Woman 1

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packages.

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Butter  and  Eggs

Observations  by  a Gotham  Egg  Man.
How 

little  do  people  outside  of  the 
trade  appreciate  the  magnitude  of  egg 
production. 
I  noticed  recently  an  arti­
cle  in  a  Cleveland newspaper  under flar­
ing  headlines—as  if  it  were  something 
of  great 
import—announcing  that  a 
project  is  on  foot  among  certain  farm­
ers  in  Ohio  to  establish  an egg  ''trust'* 
and  construct  a  plant  for  packing  and 
storing  capable  of  carrying  a  million 
eggs.  One  would  get  the 
impression 
from  the  article  that  a  million  eggs 
would  be  enough  to  cut a  big  figure  in 
the  winter egg market.  The comparative 
insignificance  of  such  a  quantity 
is 
brought  to  the  lay  mind  only  when  it  is 
pointed out that  a  million  of  eggs  is  less 
than  3,000 cases—about  enough  to  sup­
ply  one-third  of  New  York’s  average 
consumption  for  a  single  day.

Although  the  scheme  as  outlined  con­
templates  the  holding  of  a  compara­
tively  small  quantity  of  eggs it is worthy 
of  attention  as  indicating  a  possible 
in  the  field  of  egg 
new  development 
handling. 
In  this  case  it  looks  like  a 
co-operation  of  farmers  in  four or  five 
adjoining  counties  of  Ohio  to  handle 
and  hold  their  own  production;  the  de­
scription  of  the  proposed plant indicates 
that  liming  or  some  similar  process, will 
be  the  method  of  preservation.

My  attention  was called  the  other  day 
to  a  form  of “ flat”   designed  to take  the 
place  of excelsior or  other  packing  ma­
terial  at  the  bottom  and  top  of  egg 
cases. 
I  believe  a  similar  device  was 
described  in  this  column  some time ago, 
but 
its  form  was  somewhat  different. 
This  flat  is  made  of  a  double  thickness 
of  heavy  straw  paper,  folded  by  ma­
chinery 
into  plaits  about  three-eighths 
of  an  inch  wide  in  such  manner that  the 
thickness  of  the  plaited  flat  is  some­
thing  less  than  a  quarter inch;  when  the 
laid  under  the  bottom  layer  0! 
flat  is 
eggs  it  is  yielding  and  slightly  springy, 
and  seems  to  be  very  well  adapted  to 
its  purpose.  Some  egg  experts  who were 
looking  at  the  device  at  the  same  time 
considered  that  it  would  be excellent  for 
use  on  the  bottoms  of  the  cases—where 
it  would  permit  abandoning  the  use  of 
other  packing—hut  all  agreed  that  it 
would  not  be  safe  to  use  it  on  top  of  the 
cases  without  excelsior  or  cork,  because 
of  the  necessity  of  varying  the  total 
depth  of  packing  according  to  slight  ir­
regularities 
in  the  size  of  the  cases  and 
fillers, 
it  is  very  essential  that  the case 
cover  shall  draw  down  snugly and  firmly 
on  the  cor tents  of  the  case,  and  unless 
the  casts  and  fillers  are made  with  great 
exactness it  is  necessary  to  have  the  toy 
packing  adjustable.  These  fiats  have 
not  been  at  all  generally  adopted by  egg 
packers,  but  I  should  think  their  merits 
would  be  appreciated  for  bottoms  of 
cases.

Our egg  receipts  have  continued  very 
light  during  the  past week,  but  the  mar­
ket  has  been  slow  to  develop  any  up­
ward  tendency.  The  accumulation  of 
late  gathered  eggs  in  store  has  acted  as 
a  weight on  the  market,  preventing  the 
buoyancy  that  would  otherwise  have  re­
sulted  from  the  very  light  current  ar­
rivals,  but  the  better qualities—such  as 
could  be  satisfactorily  used  in  the  bet­
ter class  of  trade—have  been  gradually 
wea  ing  down  and  toward  the  close 
dealers  have  had  more  difficulty  in  ob­
taining  a  supply  of  the  desired  grades, 
leading  to  an  advance  on  Tuesday  of 
& @ ic on  the  better qualities.

The  stock 

in  store  consists  partly  of

eggs  that  have  cost  high  in  the  country 
and are  held  here  under shippers’  limits 
at  higher  prices  than  could  recently  be 
obtained,  and  partly  of  medium  and 
lower  grade  eggs,  which  have  been  hard 
to  move  at  prices  that  seem  fairly  pro­
portionate  to quality.

Advices  from  most  sections  of  the 
country  have  indicated  light  collections 
and  shippers,  particularly  in  the  South, 
have  evidently  been  paying prices above 
a  parity  with  values  here,  partly  based 
on  local  outlets  and  partly  upon  a  be­
lief  that  our  market  would  be  forced  to 
a  higher  level.  But  while  prices  have 
now  been  pushed  up  a 
little  on  the 
highest  grades  the  future  of  the  market 
is quite  uncertain;  a  return  of  very  bad 
weather  in  Southerly  and  Southwestern 
sections  would  perhaps  lead  to  a  clear­
ance  of  fresh  stock  from  our  market  and 
establish  a  higher  level  of  prices,  but 
under  a  continuance of moderate weather 
we  should  soon  begin  to get  more  eggs. 
There  are  now  reports  of  lessened  far 
Western  outlets,  a  little  more  stock  is 
being  turned  this  way  from 
the  far 
Southwest,  and 
is  possible  that  we 
shall  hereafter get  a  little  larger  propor­
tion  of  the  surplus  from  that  section— 
with  favorable  weather this  would  soon 
be  considerable.— N.  Y.  Produce  Re-

it 

Cyrus's  Wants.

Hiram—Yes,  old  Cyrus  Kale  went  to 
the  town  paper  and  advertised  for a 
cook,  laundress,  seamstress,  woodcutter, 
milker,barnyard attendant,  soapmaker—
Silas—Stop !  How  in  tarnation  much 
space  did  all  them  advertisements  take 
up?

Hiram—There  was only one advertise­
in  the  per­

ment.  Old  Cy  advertised 
sonal  column  for  a  wife.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
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It  will  produce  1,500  candle 
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Can be installed in two hours. 
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Royal  Gas Co.,

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S w eet  Potatoes,  Cranberries,  Oranges,

New  N uts,  Figs  and  D ates

We are headquarters for these goods.

We want  Potatoes, Onions, Apples and Beans.

The  Vinkemulder  Company,  Commission  Merchants 

14-16 Ottawa Street 

a rand  Rapids,  Michigan

EGGS  WANTED

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

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 3333.

POTATOES

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

H.  ELMER  MOSELEY  &  CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

Long:  Distance  Telephones—Citizens  2417 
B ell  Main  66 

304  &  305  Clark  Building*

Opposite Union  Depot

SH IP  YOUR

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BEANS  AND  GLOVER  SEED  WANTED

Mail  us  sample  with  price  Beans and 
Clover Seed if any to offer.

MOSELEY  BROS.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,

26-28-30-32  OTTAWA  ST.

MICH.

Parchment Paper

For Roll Butter

Order now from

€. D. Crittenden, 9$ $. Div. St., Brand Rapids
Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Gaas, fruits and Produce

Both Phones 1300

Egg  Cases  and  Egg  Case  Fillers

Constantly on hand, a large supply of Egg Cases and  Fillers.  Sawed white- 
wood and  veneer basswood cases.  Carload lots, mixed car lots or quant.ties to  suit 
purchaser.  We manufacture every kind  of  fillers  known  to  the  trade,  and  sell 
same in mixed cars  or lesser  quantities  to  suit  purchaser.  Also  Excelsior,  Nails 
and  Flats constantly in stock.  Prompt shipment and courteous treatment.  Ware­
houses and factory on Grand  River, Eaton  Rapids,  Michigan.  Address
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U J*  SMITH & CO.,  Eaton  Rapids,  Mich.

We  are  in  the  market  for

CLOVER.  ALSYKE

BEANS,  PEAS,  POP  CORN.  ETC.

If any  to offer write us.

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Fattening Geese  for  B ig  Livers.

He  had  most  of  the  facilities  for 

Last  spring  a  truck  farmer near Wash­
ington  was  urged  by  an  acquaintance 
who  is  fond  of  pate de  foie  gras to  make 
a  trial of  fattening  geese  for  their livers.
just 
such  a  trial.  Accordingly  ten  mature, 
healthy  geese  were  separated  from  the 
flock,  wings  clipped  and  shut  up  in  a 
yard  perhaps  forty  feet  square,  with 
shelter,  in  which  they  bad  access  to  a 
pond  perhaps  a  dozen  feet  across.  For 
a  time  they  were  fed  liberally  with  corn 
and  chopped  green  things  like  cabbage 
levees,  grass  and  so  forth.  This  was  a 
preliminary  process  to  the  forcing  one 
subsequently  adopted.

Under  these  conditions  they  remained 
lively  and  perfectly  healthy,and  thrived 
wonderfully,  having  outgrown 
their 
brethren  at  large  by  a  third  in  the  short 
space  of  half  a  summer.  On  September 
i  their  treatment  was changed.

The  birds  were  separated  and  each 
penned  up  by  himself  in  a  ridiculously 
small  space.  The  floor  was of  sand  and 
gravel.  This  goose  corral  was 
in  a 
quiet  spot,  away  from  the  daily  move­
ments of  farm  life.  The  forcing  process 
now  began,  mainly  upon  lines  supposed 
to  prevail  in  the  foreign  trade.  Each 
goose  bad  a  small  feeding  trough.  Each 
one  was  watered  once  a  day.  First  and 
last  several  different  kinds  of  food  were 
tried  in  this  experiment,  but  eventually 
finely  ground  cornmeal,  wet  with  milk 
when  there  was  sufficient,  otherwise 
with  warm  water,  was  adopted  as  the 
cheapest  and  most  effective.  Cooked 
meal  was  not  tried.  They  grew  enor­
mously  under  this  treatment,  but toward 
the  end  very  dull  and 
lethargic,  so 
much  so  that cne would occasionally  lose 
his  balance  and  roll  on  his  back  and  be 
wholly 
incapable  of  recovering  his  feet 
without  assistance.

Of  course  these  novices  in  the  busi­
ness  knew  not  when  the livers were ripe, 
but  the  farmer  did  know  when  tbe 
food
ceased 
to  have  proper  effect  upon  any 
fattening  anim al.

Tbe  farmer  was  brought  into  confer­
ence  with  one  of  Washington’s  great 
hotel  keepers.
Upon  being 

informed  of  the  experi-j 
ment 
in  progress,  without  m aking  any 
prom ises  as  to  tbe  livers,  h e  bade  the 
farmer  go  hom e  and  on  the  day  before 
T hank sgivin g  k ill  half  the  lot  and bring 
him   beth  the  livers  and  the  carcasses. 
H e  agreed  to  take  the  dead  geese  “ un­
sight  and  unseen"  at $2 apiece,  tbe liver
deal  to  remain  open  until  tbe  livers 
could  be seen.

The  five  geese  were duly killed.  When 
the  biggest  goose  was  opened  the 
liver 
weighed  two  pounds  and  three  ounces, 
about one-eighth  of the  bird's  weight.

four 

The  other 

livers  were  nearly 
equal  in  size.  Tbe  question  of  produc­
ing  foie  gras  d’oie  on  the  Potomac 
seemed  to  be  settled.  The  farmer  who 
wrought  this  result has  already  matured 
his  plans  for  a  much  greater  venture.

livers,  $25 

When  he  first  saw  them  the  hotel  man 
was  suspicious  that  he  was  the  subject 
of  a  practical 
joke,  the  livers  were  so 
large.  He  thought  they  were  pigs’  liv­
ers.  But,  as  agreed,  he  paid  $10 for the 
carcasses  and  allowed  the farmer $3 each 
for  the 
in  all  for  tbe  five 
hirds.  He  subsequently  took  the  other 
five  at  tbe  same  rate.—New  York  Com­
mercial.
The  W orld’s  Greatest  Cauliflower  Beds.
insignificant  be­
ginnings  in  1870 cauliflower growing  for 
market  on  Eastern  Long 
Island  has 
reached  that  stage where it can  be  called

From  humble  and 

an  industry  of  magnitude,  writes  the 
Brooklyn  Eagle’s  Riverhead,  L.  I., cor­
It  is  claimed  by  farmers, 
respondent. 
and  tbe  statement 
is  generally  looked 
upon  as  true,  that  nine-tenths  of  all  the 
cauliflower  consumed  and  grown  in  tbe 
United  States  is  raised  between  Manor- 
ville  and  Southhold—a  distance  of  not 
more  than  twenty-seven  miles  as  tbe 
crow  flies.

In  r870  the  total  net  valuation  of  the 
crop  in  this  section  was  $1,600.  Two 
men  raised  a  small  piece  and  cleared 
In  1901  102,117  packages  of 
$800 each. 
stock  (mostly  barrels)  were 
shipped 
through  the  Long  Island  Cauliflower 
Growers’  Association ;  probably as much 
more  was  shipped  by  other  means  to 
market.  Tbe  exact  sum  that this  would 
represent  is  not  known,  but  a  conserva­
tive  estimate  places  it  above $200,000.

The  year  1901  was  a  record  breaker, 
far  surpassing  tbe  yield  of  any  previous 
year.  The  season  of  1902,  just  closed, 
in  point  of  output  and  money,  far  ex­
ceeds  t90i.

Although  accurate  figures  are  not  at 
band  yet  as  to  the  total  shipment  and 
total  valuation,  it  is  estimated  that over 
230,000  packages  have  been  shipped 
through  tbe  Association,  hundreds  of 
tons  have  been  delivered  to  the  salting 
bouses  and  hundreds  and  probably 
thousands  of  packages  have  been  sent 
to  market  by  express  and  freight  that 
were  not  handled  by  the  Association's 
special  trains. 
In  money,  it  is  figured 
that  the  crop  represents upward of $300,- 
000 this  year.
Since  its  beginning  on  Long  Island, 
farmers  have  found  tbe  cauliflower  crop 
a  moneymaker.  Mortgages  on 
farms 
have  been  lifted  through  its  means  and 
banks  have  done  a  thriving  business. 
Many  a  man  owes  bis  nest  egg 
in  a 
savings  bank  to  tbe  cauliflower  crop.

Get  our  prices  and  try 
our  work  when you need
Rubber  and 
Steel  Stamps 

Seals,  etc.

Send  for  Catalogue  and  see  what

we offer.

Detroit  Rubber Stamp Co.

99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit,  Mich.

Kent  County

Savings  Bank  Deposits 

exceed  $2,300,000

3 ^ %   interest paid  on  Sav­
ings certificates  of  deposit.

The  banking  business  of 
Merchants,  Salesmen  and 
Individuals solicited.

Cor.  Canal  and  Lyon  Sts.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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.

The receipts of poultry are now running  very  high.  Fancy  goods  of  all 
kinds are wanted and bringing good prices.  You can make  no  mistake  in 
shipping us all tbe fancy poultry and also fresh laid eggs  that you are  able 
to gather.  We can assure  you of good prices.
References:  G&nsevoort 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

Butter

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E. F. Dudley

Owosso,  Mich.

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Michigan  Maple Sugar Association,  Ltd.

PRODUCERS OF

High  Grade

Maple  Sugar  and  Syrup

119 Monroe Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Pure Maple Sugar

30 lb. Pails Maple  Drops, per lb__ 15  c
30 lb.  Palls  astd.  Fancy  Moulds,

50 to 60 drops per pound.

20 to 30 moulds to pound.

per lb.......................................15  c
100 lb. Cases, 26 oz.  bars, per lb.......   9%e
60 lb. Cases, 26 oz.  bars, per lb........10  c
100 lb. Cases, 13 oz.  bars, per lb........10  c
60 lb. Cases, 13 oz.  bars, per lb........lOiic

Pure Maple Syrup

10 Gal. Jacket Cans, each................. $8 50
5 Gal. Jacket Cans, each.................  4 50
per case
1 Gal. Cans, % doz. In case.............. 6 76
\í Gal. Cans, 1 doz.  In case................. 6  25
Si Gal. Cans, 2 doz.  In case................  6 so
H Gal. Cans, 2 doz.  In case................. 4 25

Mail  Orders Solicited.

Goods Guaranteed.

D O N T  SHIP  US

if  you  have  a  doubt  about  our ability to render you good service.  MICHIGAN 

TRADESM AN  knows we are all right or we would not be here.

PO U LTR Y .  B U T T E R ,  E G G S ,  V E A L ,  P O T A T O E S

COYNE  BROR.. CHICAGO,  ILL.

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

PAPER CHEESE  BOXES.

Problem  Solved  By Jefferson  County  New 

York  Inventor.

Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  8—The  vex­
atious  problem  of  obtaining  cheese 
boxes  seems  likely  to  be  solved.  L.  D. 
Lewis,  of Adams,  has  succeeded  in  per­
fecting  a  cheese  box  made of pulp which 
appears  to  be  what  the  cheese  dairymen 
have  been  looking  for.

Two  samples  of  the  new  paper  boxes 
were  on  exhibition  Wednesday  evening 
at  the  Watertown  Produce  Exchange 
banquet  and  attracted  much  favorable 
comment.

Mr.  Lewis  has  been  awarded  a  patent 
on  his  invention  and  it  is  proposed  to 
begin  the  manufacture  of the  boxes  on 
an  extensive  scale  at  some  favorable 
point  in  Northern  New  York.

In  1867  Mr.  Lewis  and  his  brother, 
Friend  Lewis,  were  operating  a  large 
cheese  factory  at Adams.  The  latter  de­
vised  a  paper  cheese  box  and  a  ship­
ment  of  their  cheese  was  sent  to  Liver­
pool  enclosed  in  this  new  stjle  of  pack­
age.  A  request  was  sent  to  the  receiver 
its  orig­
to  return  one  of  the  cheese  in 
inal  box,  in  order  that  the 
inventor 
might  know  the  condition  in  which  the 
cheese  arrived  in  market.  Owing  to  the 
fact  that  no  provision  was  made  for 
ventilating  the  boxes  the  experiment 
was  not  a  success,  and  nothing  further 
was done.

One  year  ago Charles  S.  Kellogg  was 
appointed  by  the  Watertown  Produce 
Exchange  a  committee  to  investigate 
the  possibilities  of  a  paper  box for ship­
ping  cheese,  as  a  result  of  a  discussion 
of  the  cheese  box  problem  on  the  E x­
change.  Mr.  Kellogg  interviewed  sev­
eral  of  the  paper  manufacturers  of  the 
Black  River  valley  and  received  con­
siderable  encouragement  that  the  plan 
of  making  paper cheese  boxes  was  feas­
ible.  Nothing  definite,  however,  came 
of  the  investigation  until  recently.  Mr. 
Kellogg,  remembering  the  previous  at­
tempt  by  the  Lewis  brothers  to  make  a 
paper  cheese  box,  conferred  with  L.  D. 
Lewis,  who at  once  went  to  work  to  de­
vise  a  paper  box  which  would  meet  the 
requirements.

The  matter  of  ventilation  of  the  box 
received  special  consideration  and  as  a 
result  of  his  labors  Mr.  Lewis  sent  a 
model  of  his  new  box  to  Washington 
and 
in  June  of  the  present  season  was 
awarded  a  patent.

The  paper  box  has several  advantages 
over  the  present  wooden  packages  in 
being  more  durable,more  attractive  and 
lighter,  at  the  same  time  costing  no 
more.  The  cheesemakers  have  experi 
enced  much  difficulty  for  the  past  two 
years 
in  securing  enough  wood  cheese 
boxes  to  meet  their  needs  from  week  to- 
week.  The  box  factories  have  been  be­
hind  in  their orders and  there  have been 
annoying  delays  in  getting  supplies 
This  feature  of  the  case  is  not  likely  to 
improve,  but  rather  to  become  more 
serious  as  time goes  on,  so  that  if  the 
proposed  new  box  proves successful  it 
will  prove  a  great  boon  to  the  cheese- 
makers.

One  of  the  sample  boxes  shown  at  the 
Exchange  banquet  was  made  of  pulp 
and  the  other  of  paper,  the  former  ap­
pearing  the  more  desirable.  The  weight 
of  a  paper  box  for  a  sixty  pound  cheese 
is  three  or  three  and  one-haif  pounds, 
according  to  the  material  from  which  it 
is  made.  The  boxes  are  uniform in size, 
a  decided  advantage  over  the  wooden 
box,  which  often  varied 
in  size.  The 
paper  boxes  are  put  together  with 
cement,  making  them  practically  air 
and  moisture  proof.  Both  top  and  bot­

tom  covers  are  arranged  to  provide  for 
ventilation.

A  cheese  from  a  neighboring  factory 
was  placed  in  one  of  these  new  boxes  in 
a  cellar  at  Adams  in  September  and  at 
the  present  time  is  in  excellent  condi­
tion,  having  lost  but  little  from  shrink­
age  and  being  clean  and  bright.

The  sample  paper  boxes  shown  at  the 
Exchange  banquet  will  be sent to James­
town  and  be  exhibited  at  the  annual 
convention  of  the New York State Dairy­
men’s  Association,  which  meets  there 
this  week.

Not  K eeping Up  W ith  the Procession.
Dairy  Commissioner  McConnell, 

in 
interview  with  the  St.  Paul  Globe, 

an 
said  the  other day :

One  thing  that  strikes  me  very  forc­
ibly  is  that  Minnesota  cheesemakers  are 
not  keeping  up  with  the  cheesemakers 
of other  states. 
In  Minnesota  there  are 
something  over  100  factories,  while  in 
Wisconsin  there  are  nearly  2,000.  Not 
only  has  Wisconsin  twenty  times  the 
number of  factories  there  are  in  Minne­
sota,  but  Wisconsin  cheese  brings  from 
two  to  three  cents  more  a pound than the 
Minnesota  product.

The  Minnesota  cheesemakers  have 
just  as  good  material  as  the  Wisconsin 
the 
men  with  which  to  manufacture 
product,  but  it  is  admitted  there  is  a 
considerable  difference  in  the  quality  of 
the  cheese  and  also  in  the price secured. 
Now  to  my  mind  the  whole  trouble 
is 
that  our cheesemakers  do  not  make  the 
right  kind  of  cheese. 
If  I  am  reap­
pointed  as  head  of the  Dairy  and  Food 
Commission  I  shall  at  once  secure  the 
services  of  an  expert  from  Wisconsin 
and  have  him  devote  at  least  six months 
to  showing  our  cheesemakers  how  the 
Wisconsin  product  is  made.  There cer­
tainly  must  be  something  in  the making 
of the  product  which  causes  the  demand 
for  it  and  puts  the  price  two or  more 
cents  per  pound  above  the  Minnesota 
article.  As  I  said  before,  I  have  de­
cided  if  I  remain  at  the head  of  the  De­
partment  for  another  term  to  get  a  Wis­
consin  expert  to  visit  the  cheese  facto­
ries  of  this  State and  give  our  cheese- 
makers  points  as  to  the  manufacture  of 
the  product  which  will  place  it  on  the 
same  grade  with  the  cheese  made  in 
Wisconsin.

Need to  Haste.

“ I  think,"  said  the  first  business 
man,  “ I’ll  go  home  to lunch  to-day.  A 
new  cook  arrived  at  our  house  just  after 
breakfast,  and  she  has  the  reputation  of 
being  a  good  one."
"Why  not  wait 
for  your  usual  6 
o'clock  dinner?"
"She  may  be  gone  by  that  time.’ ’

The

“ CROWN”
Incandescent 
Gasoline  Lights
Latest  and  most 
perfect on the 

market.

Write for catalogue 

and prices-

The Whiteman 

Mfg. Co. 

CANTON, OHIO.

E L L IO T   O.  G R O SV E N O R

Late  State  Food  Commissioner

Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
133a ilajestic  Building, Detroit,  filch.

Hyde,  Wheeler  Company

41  North Market Street and 41  Clinton Street

B O S T O N

Strictly  Commission  Merchants

Consequently we are able to give consignments c 
undivided attention.  We want shipments of
POULTRY  AND  EGGS

You can not make a very big mistake if you give us a few trial  shipments.  We  will give 
you the market price and remit promptly.  Write for stencils, information  relative  to  ad­
vances  or  anything  you  wish  to  know  about  our  line.  We  do our hanking with the 
Fourth  National, Board of Trade Bldg., Boston.  When you write mention the Tradesman.

Cold  Storage  Eggs

W hy  pay  25  per  cent,  more  for  fresh  when  you  can  get  just  as 
good  by  using  our  April  stock?  Give  us  an  order  and  be  con­
vinced.  We  store  Fruit,  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry  and  Meats. 
Liberal  advances  on  produce  stored  with  us,  where  desired. 
Rates  reasonable.  Write  for  information.

Grand Rapids Gold Storage 

$ Sanitary lllilk Go*
grand Rapids, Michigan

Hay and 
Straw 
Wanted 
Quick

In any quantity.  Let us know what you have and  we  will  quote  prices 

for same F. O. B. your city.  Extensive jobbers  in

PATENT  STEEL  WIRE  BALE  TIES

Prices guaranteed.  Write for price list.

Smith  Young 

Co., Lansing, Michigan

1019  MICHIGAN  A V E .  E A S T  

References

Dun’s and Bradstreet’s, City National Bank, Lansing,  Mich.

Delivery  and 
Display Baskets

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Wilcox  Brothers

Cadillac,  Mich.

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E.  Bowen  has  leased  what  was 

Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knisrhti of the 8rip

President,  B.  D.  Pa l m e r ,  St.  Johns;  Sec­
retary.  M.  S.  Brow n,  Saginaw;  Treasurer, 
H. £ . Br a d k e b , Lansing.

United  Commercial Trawlers of lichina 

Grand  Counselor,  F.  C.  8c ctt,  Bay  City; 
Grand  Secretary,  A mos.  K en d a ll, Toledo;
Senior  Counselor,  W.  s.  Bu r n s;  Secretary 
Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Oread Rapids Cosscil Ho. 131, D. G. T.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Ludington  Appeal:  Chas.  Sandorf 
has  taken  a  position  as  traveling  sales­
man  for  the  Edwards-Stanwood  Shoe 
Co.,  of  Chicago.

Wm. 

J.  Clarke,  the  Harbor  Springs 
Poo  Bab,  will  spend  a  couple  of  months 
in  California.  He  will  be  accompanied 
by  his  wife  and  daughter,  Miss 
Edith.

The  Miles  Hardware  Co.  has two  men 
on  tbe  road  witb  its  fishing  tackle line— 
Archie  Lougbeed  and  D.  C.  Elliott. 
Both  are  meeting  with  a  hearty  recep­
tion  at  the  bands  of  the  trade.

It 

is  reported  that  L.  M.  Mills  is 
bringing  to  bear all  tbe  pressure  at  bis 
command  to  induce  his  bouse  to  give 
him  one  additional  town.  Tbe  Trades­
man  has  been  requested  to  suppress  the 
name  of  tbe  town  for  tbe  present.

known  as  tbe  Riverside  Hotel,  at  Elk 
Rapids,  and  has  remodeled  tbe  house, 
put  in  steam  heat  throughout  and is  fur­
nishing  it  in  first-class  shape  witb  mod­
ern  furniture.  He 
intends  to  keep  an 
up-to-date  hotel.

traveling 

Oscar  L.  Race, 

for two  years  on  the 
road  for  Geo.  H.  Reeder  &  Co.,  and 
subsequently 
representative 
for  tbe  Wayne  Shoe  Co.,  has  engaged 
to  cover  Michigan  for  the  W.  L.  Carna­
han  Shoe  Co.,  of  Ft.  Wayne.  He  will 
continue  to  make  Grand  Rapids  bis 
headquarters.

Geo.  H.  Wheelock  &  Co.  have  moved 
E.  Clinton  Adams  farther  north,  so 
that  he  will  hereafter  cover the  Upper 
Peninsula  and  only  a  few  towns  in  the 
northern  portion  of the Lower Peninsula. 
The  trade  Mr.  Adams  has  called  on will 
hereafter  be  visited  by  Geo.  Smith,  for 
the  past  three  years  on  tbe  road  for 
Jenness  &  McCurdy,  and  W.  E.  Robert­
son,  who  has  clerked  in  a  retail  crock­
ery  store 
in  Detroit.  Both  are  young 
men  of  energy  and  excellent  character 
who  will  strive  to  achieve  good  records 
in  the  new  positions.  Both  will  con-1 
tinue  to  reside  in  Detroit.

N.  Christopherson,  who  formerly  vis­
ited tbe trade in tbe interest of the Speicb 
Stove  Repair  Co.,  Milwaukee,  will 
hereafter  represent  the  A.  J.  Lindemann 
&  Hoverson  Co.,  of  Milwaukee,  man­
ufacturer  of  stoves  and  pressed  steel 
goods  and  oil  and  gasoline  stoves  and 
ovens. 
In  the  short  time  that  “ N ick," 
as  he  is  generally  known,  has  been  on 
the  road,  he  has  made  many  warm 
friends,  who  will  be  glad  to  know  of his 
advancement  and  who  will  wish  him 
success  witb  his  new  house.  He  will 
make  his  home  at Manistee  and will  de­
vote  a  good  share  of  his  time  to tbe  job­
bing  trade  in  Indiana  as  well  as  Mich­
igan.

E.  Clinton  Adams  is  filling  engage­
ments as  an  entertainer  during  January 
and  February,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
he  will  resume  his  road duties with Geo. 
H.  Wheelock  &  Co.  He  has  a  few  open 
dates  left,  which  he  is  prepared  to  give 
any  organization  desirous  of  securing 
bis  services.  He  may  be  addressed  at 
South  Bend.  He  gave  three  entertain­
ments  in  this  city  last  week  and  those

who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  see  him  on 
either  occasion  could  not  fail  to  note  a 
great  improvement  in  his  work.  Those 
who  saw  Herrmann  at  Powers’  opera 
house  Saturday  insist  that  bis  work 
is 
inferior  in  every  respect  to  that  of  Mr. 
Adams.

in  the 

Escanaba  Journal:  F.  C.  Comstock, 
of this  city,  who  for  several  years  has 
been  traveling 
interests  of  the 
wholesale  grocery  house  of  Roundy, 
Peckbam  &  Co.,  of  Milwaukee,has been 
elected  Vice-President  of  the  company, 
whch  has  recently  been  reorganized. 
is  now  tbe  Roundy, 
The  firm  name 
Peckbam  &  Dexter  Co.,  and 
former 
is  succeeded  by 
President  Roundy 
Charles  J.  Dexter.  The  company 
is 
capitalized  at $350,000  and  is  in  a  most 
prosperous  condition.  Mr.  Comstock 
will  enter  upon  his  new  duties  soon  and 
be  and  his  wife  will  go  to  Milwaukee 
in  about  a  week.  Their  departure  from 
Escanaba  will  occasion a general feeling 
of  regret.

Petoskey  Independent: 

“ Our  Mr. 
Pettengill" 
is  the  way  tbe  Musselman 
Grocer  Co.,  of  Grand  Rapids,  will  refer 
to  Samuel  Pettengill  after  January  6. 
Mr.  Pettengill  has  been  numbered 
among  Petoskey’ s  prominent  business 
men,  having  for  years  conducted  a  gro­
cery  business  on  Mitchell  street.  A l­
though  in  recent  months  Dame  Fortune 
has  been  a  trifle  adverse  in  her  admin­
istrations,  Sam  has  kept  his  shoulder 
to  tbe  wheel  and  illustrated  the material 
in  his  make-up.  Mr.  Pettengill 
is, 
firstly,  a  bustler.  He  has  a  magnetism 
in  manner and  a  smooth  address,  which 
should  bring  him  to  the  front  in  bis 
new  venture.  Sam  covers  the  Northern 
Michigan  territory,  including  Petoskey, 
for  his  house.
Pleasant  Dancing  Party—Surprise  on  Mr.

Davidson.
Grand  Rapids,  Jan. 

luncheon  from 

During  the  evening  a 

12—The  party 
Saturday  evening.  Jan.  10,  at  St.  Cecilia 
hall,  given  by  Grand  Rapids  Council, 
No.  131,  U.  C.  T.,  demonstrated  to  all 
present  that  the  traveling  men’s  parties 
this  winter  are  about  the  proper  place 
to  go  for a  good  time, for it  was  a  happy 
gathering  and  as  many  present  as  could 
be  comfortably  taken  care  of.  Dancing 
was  continued  until 
12  o’clock.  The 
next  party  will  be  on  Saturday  evening, 
Jan.  17,  at  the  council  rooms,  and  will 
be  something  of  a  combination—card 
playing  from  8  to  10,  a  shredded  wheat 
biscuit 
10  until  n   and 
dancing  until 
12  o’clock.  Come  and 
join  the  merry throng,  everything  Satur­
day  evening  being  complimentary.
little  surprise 
was  sprung  on  Brother C.  C.  Davidson. 
As  he  was  to  leave  the  next  day  on  an 
eleven  months’  trip  to  England  a  num­
ber of  his  friends—all  members  of  the 
U.  C.  T .—purchased  a  beautiful  gold 
U.  C.  T.  watch  charm.  Past  Senior 
Counselor  John  D.  Martin—in  a  neat 
little  speech  touching  on  tbe  privileges 
many  enjoy  by  being  with their families 
every  Sunday, while  others  who,  through 
their  work,  are  deprived  of  so  much 
pleasure—presented  Mr.  Davidson  with 
the  charm,  accompanied  by  a 
letter 
containing  tbe  best  wishes  for success in 
bis  new  undertaking  and  the  names  of 
all  who  contributed.  Mr. Davidson  was 
completely  taken  by  surprise  and  could 
hardly  find  words  to  express  himself, 
being  deeply  affected  by  gratitude  to 
his  many  friends  for  giving  him  some­
thing  to  carry  on  his  long  journey— 
something  he  would  highly  prize  com­
ing  to  him  as  it  did,and  also  something 
by  which  be  would  be  known  as  a  man 
from  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  and belong­
ing  to  Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131, 
United  Commercial  Travelers.  At  the 
close  of  the  dancing  party Mr.  Davidson 
was  banqueted  at  the  home  of  Mr.  Mar­
tin. 

Ja  Dee.

The  boy  who can  not  be  ordered  will 

never  rise  to order others.

GONE  UP  HIGHER.

Promoted  from  Traveler  to  D epartm ent 

Manager.

Duluth,  Minn.,  Jan.  12—I  am  pleased 
to  inform  you  that  I  am  located  perma­
nently  in  Duluth,  and  my  only  regret  is 
that  I  was  obliged  to  leave  my  old 
borne  and  friends 
in  Grand  Rapids. 
After  an  association  of  nearly  thirty 
years,  you  may  readily  understand  that 
it  was  not  without  careful  - deliberation 
that  I  made  the  change,  but  when  you 
understand  the  circumstances  I  think 
you  will  acquiesce  witb  me  in the move.
I  was  not  prepared  to  tell  you  at  the 
time  I  saw  you  last  that  such  was  my 
anticipation,  as  things  at  that  time  had 
not  shaped  themselves  so  that  I  could 
and  my  time  being  fully  occupied  witb 
the  F.  F.  Jaques  Tea  Co.,  of  Chicago, 
up  to  January 
1  prevented  my  seeing 
you  again,  much  to  my  chagrin.
I  have  accepted  a  very  fine  position 
with  the  Stone  Ordean-Wells  Co.,  of this 
city,  as  manager  and  buyer  of  tbeir 
principal  department,  and  am  now 
in­
stalled  in  my  new  office.  You remember 
some  time  ago  I  wrote  you  that  I  was 
anxious  to  leave  the  road  and  have been 
watching  my  opportunity  since  then.
Duluth  is  a  most charming  city  and  1 
assure  you  that  1  shall  make  an  effort  to 
hold  as  high  a  position  here socially and 
otherwise  as  I  did  at  home.  Mrs. 
White,who  is  here  with  me  temporarily, 
intends  returning  in  tbe  spring  and  re­
maining  until  our son,  Charles,  gradu- 
atees,  when  we  expect  to  locate  here 
permanently.
I  left  a  very  lucrative  business  on  the 
road  to  accept  this,  but  I  have  felt  for 
some  time  that  after  twenty-two  years’ 
constant  traveling  I  was  entitled  to  a 
little  respite.  The  Stone-Ordean-Wells 
Co.  is  one  of  if  not  the  largest  concern 
of  tbe  Northwest  and  Eastern  jobbers 
have  little  conception  of  the  magnitude 
of  their  business,  and  I  shall  be  very 
much  gratified  in  using  all  my  endeav­
ors  to  promote  the  still  further  increase 
in  my  department,  as  I  believe  I  have 
the  ability  to  do.

I  shall  write  to  you  occasionally  the 
conditions 
in  this  particular  locality 
when  1  think  I  have  anything  to 
inter­
est  the  readers  of  your  valuable  paper. 
If  you  think  I  could  write  you another 
article  on  tbe  subject  of  tea,  write  me 
and  I  shall  prepare  one  for  you,  without 
a  repetition  of  any  of  my  former  re­
marks.
little  bracing  up 
here,  but  everybody  appears  to  dress 
much  warmer  than  at  home.  From  a 
casual  glance 
in  passing  through  tbe 
streets,  I  would  consider  it  a  town  of 
much  wealth  and  strictly  up  to  date.

Tbe  weather  is  a 

Algernon  E.  White.

Took  a  Mean  Advantage.

For  half  an  hour  yesterday  afternoon 
a  big,  husky  farmer,  with  his  left  arm 
in  a  sling,  paced  the  hotel 
lobby.  Oc­
casionally  he  forgot  and  carried  his  um­
brella 
in  the  hand  of  the  “ injured" 
arm.  It  was  evident  the  sling  was  a  de-' 
lusion  and  a  snare.

“ What’s  your  game?”   queried  a 
chewing gum  drummer, who  had  a  sense 
of  the  curious.

“ I'll  put  you  next  if  you  will  prom­
ise  not  to  tell,"  said the  farmer,  who  by 
this  time  was  becoming  excited.  The 
promise  was  given. 
“ I ’ve  been  corres­
ponding  with  a  girl from  Brown  county, 
Ind.  Met  her  through  a  matrimonial 
bureau.  Never  saw  her,  but  we’re  to 
be  married  and this  hotel  is  the  meeting 
place.  Wouldn’t  know  her  if  we  were 
to  meet.  This  will  tell  her  that  I ’m  her 
future  husband,’ ’  and  the  man  pointed 
to  the  sling. 
“ She’ ll  have  on  tbe  same 
kind  of  an  arrangement.  Wait  and  see 
wbat  happens.’ ’

The  drummer  waited.  Half  an  hour 
later  he  saw  the  woman. 
She  was 
h o m ely ,frightfully  homely,  the drummer 
thought,  and  then  he  looked  to  see  the 
effect.  He  beheld  the  man  hiding  be­
hind  a  marble  column.  Evidently  the

woman  was  looking  for him.  Her  eyes 
turned  in  all  directions.  The  drummer 
lost  sight  of  the  man  for  a  moment. 
When  he  came  from  behind  the  post 
there  was  no  trace  of  a  sling.  He  was 
twirling  tbe  umbrella  in  the  “ injured" 
hand  again,  looking  sheepish  and  was 
making  a  bee  line  for the  exit.  A  balf 
hour  later the  woman  asked  tbe  drum­
mer  if  he  bad  seen  “ a  man  witb  a  sore 
arm ."  The  drummer  said  he  had  not.

Organization o f Owosso  Council.

From the Owosso Times.

Owosso  Council,  No.  218,  United 
Commercial  Travelers,  was  organized 
last  Friday  evening,  with  twenty-one 
charter  members.  This  order  is  a  secret 
and  accident  benefit  association  com­
posed  of  commercial  travelers. 
Tbe 
tenets  of  this  order are  unity,  charity 
and  temperance.  Tbe Supreme  Council 
is  located  at  Columbus,  Ohio.  There 
are  twenty  Grand  or State Councils, with 
a  total  membership  of  22,000.

There  were  present  at the organization 
of  Owosso  Council  representatives  from 
tbe  Supreme  Council,  the  Michigan 
Grand  Council;  also  from  Detroit,  To­
ledo,  Jackson,  Saginaw,  Bay  City  and 
Flint  Councils.  The  following  are  the 
officers  elected  by  Owosso  Council  for 
tbe  ensuing  year:
Senior Counselor—E.  M.  Richardson.
Junior  Counselor—F.  M.  Crowe.
Past  Counselor—A.  D.  Chase.
Secretary-Treasurer—R.  P.  Bigelow.
Conductor—J.  B.  McIntosh.
Page—H.  G.  Matlock.
Sentinel—J.  H.  Copas,  Jr.
Executive  Committee—J.  W.  Thorne, 
B.  D.  Palmer,  August  Stephan,  Henry 
George.
After  tbe  work  a  lunch  was served, 
followed  by  a  smoker and  a  very  pleas­
ant  hour  spent at  the  Wildermuth.

H is  Preference.

“ Would  you 

like  to  be  President?’ ’ 
asked  the  good  old  gentleman  in  tbe 
park.

“  Naw,’ ’  responded  the  youngster  in 
“ I’d  rather  be  the  Pres­

the  golf  cap. 
ident’s  little  boy.’ ’

“ And  why?"
“ Because  then  I  could  get  my  name 
in  tbe  papers 
if  I  only  scratched  my 
nose  or  had  my  picture  taken."

No  Waste.

“ It  seems  to  me,’ ’  remarked  tbe  cus­
tomer,  as  she  watched  the  man  at  the 
market  trim  tbe  slice  of  bam  she  had 
bought, “ you  are  wasting  a  good deal  of 
that  meat.’ ’
“ Not  at  all,  madam,"  he  said,  gen­
ially,  “ I  weighed  it  first.”

You W ill  Be 

S atisfied

that all the people say  about us 
is  true  after  you  have  visited 
here.  There is not  a  hotel  in 
the  State  that  can  compare 
with  th's  one—so  the  people 
say  who  have  stopped  here, 
and so you will say after having 
given us a trial.

L ivingston  Hotel

Grand  Rapids,  flich.

The  Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

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

26
Drugs—Chemicals

Michigan  State  Board  of Pharmacy

Term expires
_  
•  Dec. 31,1902
Henry  Heim, Saginaw 
Deo. 81,1903
Wist  P.  Doty, Detroit  - 
Clarrnck B. Stoddard, Monroe  Dec. 31,1904 
John D. Muir, Grand Baplds 
Dec. si, 19U6 
Arthur H. Webber, Cadillac 
Dec. si, 1906 

- 

President,  Hrkrt  Hb ix , Saginaw, 
secretary, John D.  Mu ir . Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, W.  P.  Dorr,  Detroit

Exam ination  Sessions.
Grand Rapids. March 3 and 4.
Star Island, June 16 and 17.
Houghton. Aug. 25 and 26.
Lansing, Not. 3 and 4.

Mich.  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.

President—Lou G. Moore. Saginaw. 
Secretary—W. H. Bu rk e, Detroit. 
Treasurer—C. F. Hu ber, Port Huron.

Sim ple  Method  o f  Classifying  Pills  and 

Tablets.

irreverant  words, 

Even  when  the  number of  prepared 
tablets  and  pills  necessary  for  a  full 
stock  was  much  smaller  than  it  is  at 
present,  I  remember  I  used  to  dread  a 
prescription  calling  for this  now  much- 
ordered  class  of  preparations.  Then,  in 
common  with  not  only  many  druggists 
of  that  day,  but  this  as  well,  upon  re­
ceiving  a  bottle  of tablet triturates  from 
my  jobber  I  would  place  it  at  any  spot 
in  the  pill  case  which  chanced  to  be 
most  convenient.  When  a  prescription 
came  in  for  a  particular  make  of one  or 
another  pill  or  tablet,  a 
long  search 
through  the  case  would  most  probably 
ensue.  Although  perhaps  inwardly  mut­
tering 
I  would  be 
forced  to  remember  the  old  maxim, 
"slow  and  sure,”  and  patiently  pull  out 
the  bottles  on  shelf  after  shelf.  Many 
were  the  times  that,  although  1  knew  a 
certain  tablet  or  pill  was  in  stock,  after 
I  had  made  what  I  thought  to  be  a 
thorough  search  of  the  case,  nothing 
would  reward  my  efforts,  and  I  would 
be  forced  to  seek  the  bottle  among  its 
multitude  of  facsimiles  a  second  or even 
a  third  time  before  it  could  be  found.
I  am  sure  there  are  few,  if  any,  drug­
gists  who  have  not  been,  even  although 
they  are  not  now,  forced  to  experience 
similar tiresome  searches  which  are 
ir­
ritating  to  not  only  the  “ man  behind 
the  counter,”   but  to  the  customer  as 
well.

As  a  means of  reducing  to a minimum 
the  labor  entailed  by  the  search,  I  have 
divided  the  shelving  of  my  case  into 
about  thirty-five  or  forty  small  closets 
or  pigeonholes.  Beginning  at  the  bot­
tom  I  have  numbered  these  from  one 
np,  the  number  of  each  being  placed 
upon  it  in  some  conspicuous  place. 
I 
have  found  the  most  convenient  method 
is  to  paste  figures  cut  from  a  large  cal­
endar  upon  the  side  of  the  partition 
which  separates  each  pigeonhole  from 
the  one  adjoining  it.  The  number  can 
be  seen  equally  well  as  if  attached  to 
the  shelf  below,  and  this  arrangement 
possesses  the  additional  advantage  that 
by  it  the  label 
is,  to  some  extent  at 
least,  protected. 
I  next  took  the  cata­
logue  of  a  manufacturer  of  pills  and 
tablets  and  placed  numbers,  which  cor­
responded  with  the  numbers  on  the  pig­
eonholes,  in  the  margin  opposite  the 
name  of  each  pill  or  tablet.  In  order  to 
make  the  necessary  number  of  pigeon­
holes  as  small  as  possible,  1  placed  all 
makes,  sizes  and  compounds  of any  one 
particular  tablet  or  pill  together;  but 
this  does  not  render  the  plan  any  the 
less  efficacious.  When  I  wish  to  find 
any  particular  bottle 
in  the  case,  the 
only  thing  which  I  have  to  do  is  to refer 
to  my  list,  and  so  find  the  number  of 
the  pigeonhole  in  which 
it  has  been 
placed.  To  examine  the,  at  most,  fifteen

or  twenty  bottles  which  this  compart­
ment contains  is  a  comparatively  easy 
task.

Perhaps  the  greatest  advantage  which 
this  plan  possesses over all  others  is  the 
complete  lack  of  expense  involved  in 
its  execution.  The  only  material  neces­
sary  for  constructing  the  partitions  is 
the  tops  and  sides  of cigar  boxes,  as 
pill  cases  are  almost  invariably  behind 
the  prescription  desk  and  consequently 
invisible  from  the  front  of  the  store. 
The  errand  boy,  by  utilizing  his  idle 
moments,  will  in  a  few  days  be  able  to 
whittle  the  wood  to  the  required  size 
and  shape.  The  pills  and  tablet  once 
classified,  the only  trouble  will  be  to  see 
that  the  bottles  are  replaced 
in  the 
proper pigeonholes  and,  a  little  care  be­
ing  exercised  in  this  direction,  you  will 
soon  find  this  system  indispensable.

Joseph  T.  Ware.

How  Drug  Habits  Are  form ed.

in  the  solution,  so  that 

A  certain  man  and  his  wife  were  both 
habituated  to  the  use  of  morphine,  us­
ing  it  by  injection.  The  man  one  day 
deplored  the  necessity  of using  the  drug 
and  stated  to  bis  druggist  that  he  would 
give  almost  any  sum  within  bis  reach 
and  reason  if  both  himself  and  his  wife 
could  be  cured  of  the  habit.  Without 
informing  him,  the  druggist  each  time 
thereafter  reduced  the  amount  of  mor­
phine 
in  the 
course  of  time  the  quantity  of  morphine 
was  simply  nominal.  The  druggist  had 
kept  a  record  of  the  amount  less  than 
what  was  paid  for,  and  be  handed  back 
to  the  customer  quite  an  accumulated 
sum  of  money, with  the  remark  that  now 
he  could,  if  he  saw  fit,  discontinue  the 
use  of  morphine,  as  he  had  only  been 
taking  an  insignificant  amount for about 
one  month.  Apparently  the  man  was 
gratified;  said  nothing  of  the  sum  of 
money  he  bad  declared  himself  willing 
to  pay  for a  cure;  took  the  money  and 
began  buying  bis  morphine  solution 
elsewhere,  and  no  doubt  continued  the 
use  of  it  while  he  lived!

A  man  engaged 

in  a  business,  the 
bulk  of  which  is  done  in  a  few  months 
of  the  year,  during  which  time  consecu­
tive  days  and  nights  are  passed  with­
out  sleep,  sought  the  advice  of  a  physi­
cian  for  insomnia  induced  through these 
conditions  of  work. 
The  physician 
prescribed  an  ordinary  dose  of  chloral, 
to  be  taken  when  needed.  The  chloral 
habit  was  soon  growing  on  the  man,  he 
was  told  of  his  danger  by  the  druggist, 
and  was appreciative  enough,  hut  trans­
ferred  his  trade  to  another  store.  The 
remainder  of  the  story  is  too  pitiful  to 
be  told.

A  young  and  prospering  business  man 
suffered  at  intervals  with  acute  pains  of 
some  form  or  other;  morphine  by  injec­
tion  afforded  relief;  the  time  between 
the  spells  lessened;  the  use  of  morphine 
increased.  The syringe  was  laid  aside; 
to  morphine  were  added  cocaine  and 
chloroform;  and  when  the  heart  became 
affected,  the  victim  resorted  to  whisky, 
and  went  on  glorious  drunks!  The 
amount  of  the  drugs  used  by  this  indi­
vidual  was something extraordinary,  and 
accompanied  with  it  were the occasional 
whisky 
irregular 
habits;  nevertheless,  he  still  lives,and  1 
am  told  that  he  is  cured  of  the  afflic­
tion,  after  a  life  of  this  kind  of  more 
than  four years.

sprees  and  other 

is  association. 

Anotbei  reason  for the  acquirement  of 
I  have  a 
drug  habits 
in  mind  of a  druggist  (?)  whose 
case 
sales  of 
etc., 
amounted  to  more  on  a  Saturday  night 
and  Sunday  than  the  total receipts  of an

cocaine,  morphine, 

average  druggist  for a  week.  He  soon 
became  addicted  himself,  for  no other 
reason  than  that  he  continually  handled 
the  drugs  and  dealt  with  those  that  used 
them ! 

E.  G.  Eberle.

The  Druk  Market.

Opium—Has advanced  in  the  primary 
market  and  in  London.  Higher  prices 
are  looked  for  heie.

Morphine—Is unchanged.
Quinine—Is firm,  price  is  unchanged.
Cocaine—Is  very  firm  at  advance  and 

tending  higher.

Glycerine—Is  very  firm,  on  account 
of  higher  prices  for  crude  abroad.  The 
article  has  been  advanced  a  fraction  by 
refiners.  Higher  prices  are  looked  for.
im­

Menthol—Has  advanced.  The 

port  cost  is  said  to  be  over $8.

Cascara  Sagrada  Bark—Has  again 

advanced  and  is  tending  higher.

Soap  Bark—Has  advanced.  Higher 
prices  will  rule  during  the  coming  sea-
son.

Oil  Hemlock—Stocks  are  small  and 

prices  have  advanced.

Oil  Juniper  Berries—Is  also  scarce 

and  has advanced.

Assafoetida—Is  very  firm  and  advanc­

ing.

Cape  Aloes—Are  scarce  and  higher.
Gum  Gamboge—Is  very  firm  and  has 

advanced.  Stocks  are  very  small.

Gum  Camphor—Crude  has  advanced 

and  refined  is  tending  higher.

Senega  Root—Continues  to  advance, 

on  account  of small  stocks.

Serpentaria  Root—Is  also  very  scarce 

and  higher.

very  firm.

Gentian  Root—Has  advanced  and 

is j 

Canary  Seed—Has  been  again  ad­
vanced.  Stocks  are  very  scarce,  both 
in  the  primary  market  and  here.

Twenty-five  Out of Sixty-three.

Grand  Rapids,  Jan.  io—At  an  exam­
ination  session  of  the  Michigan  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  held  at  Detroit  Jan.  6 and ■ 
7,  there  were  sixty-three  applicants I 
present  for  examination,  forty-three  for! 
registered  pharmacist  certificates  and  i 
twenty  for  assistant  papers.  Twelve 
applicants  received  registered  pharma­
cist  papers  and 
assistant i 
papers,  as  follows:

thirteen 

Pharmacists.

James  W.  Bertrand,  Houghton.
Richard  E.  Dales,  Detroit.
Bart  Faunning,  Albion.
Paul  Jacobson,  Iron  Mountain.
Wilfred  J.  Jandron,  Negaunee.
Martin  Karcher,  Lake  Odessa.
Jno.  P.  Lipp,  Blissfield.
Walter  W.  Mattison,  Middleville.
Hazel  Reiley,  Grand  Rapids.
Harvey  G.  Spiegelberg,  Chelsea.
Wm.  N.  Turner,  Pigeon.
Karl  H.  Wheeler,  Saranac.

Assistants.

Dan'l  D.  Costigan,  Detroit. 
Albert  G.  Riesterer,  Detroit.
Arthur  R.  Cunningham,  Detroit.
John  H.  Riley,  Grand  Rapids.
W.  T.  Eilis,  Detroit.
Roy  A.  Turpening,  South  Lyons.
Arthur  R.  Ernst,  Detroit.
Wm.  H.  Gardner,  Walkersville,  Ont.
Wm.  C.  Hartman,  Marceilus.
Ralph  D.  Lamie,  Chester.
Elmon  J.  Loveland,  Vermontville.
Albert  Martin.  Fowler.
Lawrence  P.  McQuillin,  Lyons.

John  D,  Muir,  Sec'y.

O verproduction  In  G inseng.

For  years  the  Chinese  have  taken 
practically  the  entire  American  ginseng 
crop,  but  as  a  result of  the  over-produc­
tion  only  about  one-third  of  last  year’s 
production  was  disposed  of,  and  dealers 
have  had  to  carry  over  the  remainder 
to this season.  This  year’s  crop  is  now 
ready,  but  there  is  no  market  for  it,  as 
exporters  will  not  buy  until  last  year's 
holdings  have  been  disposed  of.

H is  Purpose.

Boy—1  saw  a  man  in  a  window  mak­

ing  faces  tc-day.

Visitor—What  was  he  doing  that  for? 
Boy—For  a  couple  of clocks.  He is  a 

watch  and  clock  maker.

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

Menthol......................8 so® 9 00
P.ft W.  2  10® 2 40 
Morphia, 
Morphia, S.,N. Y. Q.  2  16® 2  40
Morphia, Mai...........2 15® 2  40
©  40
Moschus  Canton.... 
65®  80
Myrlstlca, No. l ....... 
10
Nux Vomica...po. u   @ 
Os Septa...................  
36®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. ft P.
@  1 00
D  Co...................... 
Plcls Llq. N.N.A gal.
doz.........................  @200
Plcls Llq., quarts__   @  1  00
Plcls Llq.,  pints.......  @  85
©   50
PllHydrarg...po. 80 
Piper  Nigra...po. 22 
18
© 
©  30
Piper  A lba....po.35 
Pllx Burgun.............  
@ 
7
Plumbi Acet.............  
10®  12
Pnlvls Ipecac et Opll  1  30®  1  60 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
@  76
&P. D.Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv........  
26®  30
8® 
Quassl».................... 
io
28® 
Quinta, 8. P. ft W... 
38
78®  38
Qulnla, S.  German.. 
Qulnla¡N. Y.............  
28®  38
12® 
14
Rubia Ttactornm.... 
Saccharum Lactls pv  20®  22
Saladn.....................   4 50®  4  75
40®  60
Sanguis  Draconls... 
Sapo, W.................... 
14
12® 
10®  
12
Sapo M...................... 
Sapo  G...................... 
@ 
16

3ft@

SeldUtz Mixture.......
20® 22
Slnapls.....................
@ 18
Slnapls,  opt.............
@ 30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De 
V oes......................
@ 41
Snuff .Scotch, De Vo’s
41
Soda, Boras..............
«£
11
Soda,  Boras, po.......
9® 11
Soda et Potass Tart.
25® 27
Soda,  Carb............... m 2
Soda,  Bl-Carb..........
5
Soda,  Ash.................
4
Soda, Sulphas..........
@ 2
Spts. Cologne...........
2  60
Spts. Ether  Co........
55
» 1
Spts. Myrcla Dom...
@ 2  00
Spts. Vtal Beet.  bbl.
©
Spts. Vtal Beet. ftbbl 
Spts. Vinl Beet. lOgal 
Spts. Vinl Beet. 5 gal 
Strychnia, Crystal...
1  16
Sulphur,  Subl..........
4
Sulphur, Roll............ 3H@ 3ft
Tamarinds...............
10
95Vjrfr
Terebenth  Venice...
30
Theobromae..............
46® 60
Vanilla..................... 9 "SI16  00
Zinc! Sulph..............
8
Olla

Whale, winter..........
Lard, extra...............
Lard, No. 1...............

BBL.  G AI*«
70
90
66

70
86
80

27

Linseed, pure raw... 
47 
Linseed,  Dolled........   48 
Neatafoot, winter atr  69 
Spirits  Turpentine.. 
60 

50
60
65
35
Paints  BBL.  LB
Red  Venetian..........  1%  2  @8
lH  2  @4 
Ochro, yellow  Mars. 
Ochre, yellow Ber...  Hi  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  2H 2H®3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2K  2K©3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American.............  
13®  U
Vermilion, English..  70©  75
Green,  Paris..........I4tf@  18*
Green, Peninsular...  19©  16
Lead, red..................  3  ©  8ft
Lead,  white.............   6  @  6ft
©  90
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting, gilders’.... 
©  95 
©   l  29 
White, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
©  1  46
cliff......................... 
Universal Prepared.  1  10©  1  20

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10©  1  20
Extra Turp...............  1 80©  1  70
Coach  Body.............  2  75©  3  00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Dam&r..  l  ECO 1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  79

W HOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—Cape Aloe, Gum Gamboge, Senega Root, Serpentaria. 
D eclined—Canary Seed. Menthal.

40®

Acidum
Aceti cu m .................
Benzolcum, German
Bo racle.....................
CarboUcum..............
Cltrlcum.................... 
Hydrochlor...
Nftrocum.......
OxaUcum..................  
Phosphorium,  dll.
Sallcyllcum..........
Sulphurlcum............  IX1
Tannlcum.................1  10
Tartari cu m .............. 
38®
A m m onia 

1!

Aqua, 16 deg..
Aqua, 20 deg..
Carbonas....
Chlorldum......

Aniline
Black.........................  2 00® 2 26
Brown........................ 
86®  1 00
Bed............................ 
80
48® 
Y e llo w ...............  2  80®  S 00
B acca
Oubebae............po.25
Juníperas......
Xanthoxylum

,3,

Balsam nm

Copaiba....................
P eru .........................
Terabln,  Canada—
rolutan.....................
Cortex
Abie», Canadian.......
C auls.......................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrlca Cerliera, po.
Prunua Vlrgtni........
Quillala, grd ............
Sassafras........po. 15
Ulmus...po.  20, gr’d
Kxtractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza,  po......  
281
Haematoz, 15 lb. box  U j
Haematox, la............  M l
Haematox, Ha.......... 
14®
Haematox, Ha.......... 
16®

Ferro
Carbonate  Predp... 
Citrate and  Qniiua..
Citrate Soluble........
Perrocyanldum Sol..
Solut. Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l.......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt..........
Sulphate,  pure........
Flore
Arnica....................... 
15®
Anthemls..................  22®
Matricaria................. 
30®

Foil*

35®

12®
8®

Baroama.................... 
Cassia Acutlfoi,  Tln-
nevelly...................
Cassia, Acutlfoi, Alx.
Salvia officinalis,  141
and V(s................... 
UvaUral.................... 
Gam m i
®
Acacia, lit picked... 
®
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
®
Acacia, 3d  picked... 
0
Acacia, gifted  aorta. 
Acacia, po................. 
48®
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  120
Aloe, Cape__ po. 25. 
0
Aloe,  Socotrl..po.40  @
55®
Ammoniac................. 
Assafaetlda__ po. 40
¿m
Benzoinum............... 
50i
Catechu, la...............
Catechu, tta.............
Catechu, Ha.............
('amphorae...............
Euphorblum.. .po. 35
Gamboge............. po  1
Gualacum.......po. 36
Kino............po. $0.75
M astic......................
Myrrh.............po. 45
Opll....po.  4.10®4.30 3
Shellac......................
Shellac, bleached....
Tragacanth..............  
Herba 
Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Eupatorl um. .oz. pkg
Lobelia........ oz. pkg
Majorum__ oz. pkg
Mentha Plp..oz. Pkg 
,'tr  .oz. pkg
Mentha VC
Bue...............oz. pkg
Tanacetum V oz. P!« 
thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, Pat............ M b  60
18®  20
Carbonate. Pat........
18®  20
Carbonate, K. ft M..
'arDonate, Jennings
18®  20
Oleum
6 B0® 7 00 
Absinthium.............
B0®  60
Amygdalae,  Dulc__
8 00® 8 26 
Amygdalae,  Amarae. 
1  60®  1  66
Anlsf.........................
Aurantl Cortex.........2  10® 2 20
Bergamll..................   2  70® 
3 00
Cajlputl.................... 
80®  85
Caryophylll..............    75®  80
Cedar.......................  
80®  86
® 2 00
Chenopadlt............... 
Ctanamonll..............1  00® l  10
38®  m
Cltronella................. 

70®  1 00

l  u®  

80®  90

Contain Mao............. 
Copaiba....................  1 
is® 1 25
C aleb»......................1 
so® 1 35
Exechthltoa.............1  50® 1 60
00® 1 10
Erlgeron..................   1 
80® 2 40
Gaultherla.................2 
®  75
Geranium, ounce.... 
to®  60
Gosalppll, Sem. gal., 
Hedeoma..............1  80® 1 88
80® 2 00
Junipers..................   1 
90® 2  oo
Lavendula............... 
Llmonia................... 
l 26
Mentba Piper..........  6  60® 6 0«
Mentha Verld..........  5  00® 6 60
Morrhuae, |gal..........  2  00® 2  10
4 so
M y rcla ....................«  oo® 
OUve.........................  75® 3 oo
10® 
12
Plcla Liquids............ 
®  35
Plcls Llqulda,  gal... 
Rlotaa....................... 
920  98
Rosmartal................. 
© l  oo
Rosas, ounce.............  6 50®  7 00
Sucdnl......................  40®  45
Sabina......................  90® 1  00
78® 7 00
S&ntal.........................2 
Sassafras.................. 
60®  60
®  66
Slnapls,  ess., ounce. 
60®  l 60
Ttglfl.........................  l 
40® 
Thyme....................... 
eo
Thyme, opt............... 
©  l  oo
is®  20
Theobromaa............ 
Potassium
Bl-Carb...................... 
Bichromate.............  
Bromide..................  
Carb......................... 
Chlorate., .po. 17® 19 
Cyanide.................... 
Iodide.......................  2  30® 
Potaasa, Bitart, pure 
Potass Nltraa, opt... 
Potass  Nltraa.......... 
Prusslate..................  
Sulphate  po.............  

18
15® 
is
is® 
33®  3fi
12® 
18
16®   18
34®  38
28®  so
7®  10
8® 
8
29®  26
is®  18

2 40

Radix

Aoonltum..................  20®  25
Althae.......................  
30®  33
10®  12
Anohuoa..................  
®  25
Arum  po.................. 
Calamus.................... 
20®  40
Gentlana........ po. 10 
12® 
is
16®  18
Glychrrhlza.. ,pv.  15 
©  76
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
©  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
12®  16
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
Inula,  po.................. 
18®  22
76® 2 80
Ipecac, po...................2 
Iris  plox.. .po. 35®38 
35®  40
25®  30
Jalapa, pr................. 
©  35
Maranta,  its............ 
22®   25
Podophyllum,  po... 
Rhel..........................   75®  1  00
©  1  25
Rhel,  cut..................  
Rhel, pv....................  75®  1  36
Splgeua....................  35®   38
Sangulnarla... po.  16 
©   18
Serpentarla.............   65®  70
10®  1 15
Senega.....................   1 
Smllax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M................. 
@  25
12
ScUlse.............po.  36 
Symplocarpus, Foetl-
dus,  po..................   @  26
®  25
Valerlana.Eng.po.30 
is®  20
Valeriana,  German, 
Zingiber a ................  
16
14® 
Zingiber ].................. 
25®  27
Semen

10® 

26®   1 75

Anlsum..........po.  18  @  15
13®  15
Aplum (graveleons). 
Bird, is...................... 
o
4® 
Carol...............po.  15 
11
10® 
Cardamon..................  1 
Corlandram.............. 
8® 
10
Cannabis Sattva....... 
6®  6
Cydonlum................  
75®  1  00
Chenopodlum.......... 
16
15® 
Dlptenx Odorate.... 1  00®  1  10
Foenlculum...............  @ 
10
Faenugreek, po........  
9
7® 
L tal...........................  4  ® 
6
Llnl, grd.......bbl. 4 
6
4  @ 
Lobelia.....................  1 
Pharlaris Canarian..  7  @ 
0
8
Rapa.........................  5  @ 
Slnapls  Alba............ 
10
9® 
11® 
12
Slnapls  Nigra.......... 
Spirt tns

Frumentl, W. D. Co. 2 00® 2 60
Frumentl,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumentl..................   1 
Junlperts Co. O. T...  1  65® 2 00
Junlperls  Co............   1 75® 3 50
Saacnarum  N. E ....  1 90® 2  10
Spt. Vtal Galll...........  1 75® 6 60
vinl  Oporto..............   1 
Vtal A ll»..................  1 

25®  1 50

26® 2 00
25® 2 00

so®  1 65

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
so® 2 75
carriage.................   2 
Nassau sheeps’ wool
50® 2 75
carriage...................  2 
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@  1  50
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage.......  @  1  26
Grass  sheepsr wool,
carriage.................  @100
Hard, for slate use.. 
@  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate use................   @  1  40
Syrups
Acacia......................  @  50
Aurantl Cortex........  
@  60
@  60
Zingiber.................... 
Ipecac.......................   @  60
Ferrl Iod..................  
@  50
Rhel Arom............... 
@  50
Smllax  Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega.....................  
@  60
so
a  
Belli»......................-  

@  50
Solllae  Co.................. 
Totatan.....................  @  50
@  50
Prunua  vtrg.............  
Tinctures
eo
Aoonltum Nape Ills B 
eo
Aoonltum Nape Ills F 
Aloes........................  
60
so
Aloes and Myrrh.... 
50
Arnica...................... 
Assafoetlda...............  
50
60
A trope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex........ 
50
60
Benzoin.................... 
Benzoin Co...............  
So
Barosma.................... 
so
75
Cantharldes.............  
5o
Capsicum.................. 
75
Cardamon................. 
75
Cardamon Co...........  
1 00
Castor....................... 
Catechol.................... 
So
60
Cinchona.................. 
60
Cinchona Co............. 
So
Colombo..................  
So
Cubebse...................... 
Cassia Acutlfoi........  
so
So
Cassia Acutlfoi Co... 
Digitalis.................... 
5o
Ergot......................... 
So
85
Ferrl  Chlorldum.... 
Gentian............... 
So
60
Gentian Co............... 
Gulaoa....................... 
So
So
Gnlaoa ammon........  
Hyoscyamua............. 
So
75
Iodine  ...................... 
75
Iodine, colorless....... 
K ino......................... 
So
Lobelia..................... 
Bo
Myrrh....................... 
Bo
Nux Vomica.............  
So
7s
Opll............................ 
So
Opll, comphorated.. 
1  Bo
Opll, deodorized....... 
Quassia.................... 
So
Bn
">l*t*"T.................... 
Bo
Rhel................... 
Sangulnarla.............  
5o
Serpentarla.............  
So
60
Stromonlnm.............  
60
Tolutan.................... 
Valerian..................  
6q
Veratrum  Verlde... 
So
Zingiber.................... 
2o

 

M iscellaneous 

¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 9 F  30®  35
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen....................  2H© 
8
4
3® 
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto..................... 
40®  50
Antlmonl, po............ 
4® 
S
Anttmonl et Potass T  40®  B0
Antlpyrln.................  @  26
@  20
Antifebrta............... 
Argentl Nltras, oz...  @  42
Arsenicum............... 
10®'  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
46®  BO
Bismuth 8. N...........   1  65®  1 7"
Calcium Chlor., is... 
© 
9
©  10
Calcium Chlor., fts.. 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ho.•  @  13
®  80
Cantharldes, Rus.po 
@ 
Capsid Fructus, at.. 
is
Capslcl  Fructus, po. 
©  15
Capsid Fructus B,po 
©  15
Caryophyllus.. po. IB  12®  14
Carmine, No. 40.......  @  3 00
56®  60
Cera Alba............... 
40®  42
Cera Flava............... 
Coccus.....................  
@  40
Cassia Fructus........  
®  36
Centrarla..................  @  10
Cetaceum.................. 
©  45
Chloroform.............  
56©  60
Chloroform,  squlbbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd C rst...  1  35®  1  60
Cbondrus..................  20®  2B
Clnchonldlne.P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonldtae, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine....................  4  80®  9 00
75
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
Creosotum.................  @  45
Creta..............bbl. 75 
@  2
Creta, prep...............   @ 
5
Creta, predp............ 
11
9® 
Creta, Rubra............  @ 
8
38®  40
Crocus...................... 
Cudbear....................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph.............   6H@ 
8
10
7© 
Dextrine..................  
Ether Sulph.............  
78®  92
@ 
Emery, all numbers. 
8
Emery, po................. 
6
@ 
Ergota............po. 90 
86®  90
12®   16
Flake  White............ 
Galla......................... 
©  23
8® 
Gambler..................  
9
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
©  60
Gelatin, French....... 
35®  60
75  ft  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
70
Less than box....... 
Glue, brown.............  
li®   13
Glue,  white.............  
16®  26
Glycerina..................  17H@  36
Grana Paradlsl........  
Q  26
Humulus..................  
25®  66
©   1 00 
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. 
©  90
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10
Hydrarg  Ammoniatl  @  1  20 
HydrargU nguentum  BO®  60
Hydrargyrum.......... 
@  86
IchthyoboUa,  A m ...  66®  70
75® 1  00
Indigo.......................  
Iodine,  Resubl........   3 40® 3 60
Iodoform..................   3 60® 3 86
@ 5 0
Lnpulta...................... 
Lycopodium.............. 
65®  70
65®  75
M ads........................ 
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
drarglod............... 
@  25
12
10® 
LlqnorPotasaArslnlt 
2® 
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
3
Magnesia, Bnlph, bbl 
Q  1H 
Manilla. 8  F__,  ...  750 
so

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We  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  Weath 

erly’ s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We  always  have  in  stock  a  full  line  of 
W hiskies,  Brandies,  Gins,  W ines
and  Rums  for  medical  purposes

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.

28

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

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

fhese quotations are  carefully  corrected  weekly,  within  six  hours  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

Willow  Clothes  Baskets 
Lamp  Chimneys

DECLINED
Sal  Soda
Cinnamon
Nutm eg

Strawberries

Domestic, * ? ...........
Domestic, * 8 ..........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, * s ..........
California * s ...........
French, * s ...............
French, *8...............
Standard..................
Fancy  ...............
Succotash
Fair...........................
Good.........................
Fancy.............
Tomatoes
Fair..........................
Good.........................
Fancy.......................
Gallons....................
Barrels

CARBON  OILS

3«
5
6
11@14
17024
7@14
18©28
1  10
1  40

1  25
1  «
1  10
1  15
1  25
8 63

COFFEE
Roasted

Telfer Coffee Co. brands

..............   9
NO.  9...................
.............. 10
No. 10.....................
No. 12..................... .............. 12%
No. m!.................... .............. 14
No. 16..................... ...............16
No. 18..................... .............. 18
NO. 20..................... .............. 20
No. 22..................... ...............22
No. 24..................... .............. 24
NO. 26.................... .............. 26
No. 28..................... .............. 28
Belle Isle..............
...........  20
Red  Cross............. .............. 24
Colonial................ .............. 26
Juvo....................... .............. 30
Koran..................... .............. 14
Delivered in 100 lb. lots. 
Dwtnell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.

Index to  Markets

By Columns

B

C

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware..................  15
l
Alabasttne.............................. 
Ammonia................................  
l
Axle Grease............................  
l
Baking Powder.......................   1
Bath  Brick..............................  1
Bluing......................................  1
Breakfast  Food......................  1
Brooms....................................   1
Brushes...................................  1
Butter Color...........................  
l
Candles....................................  14
Candles....................................  1
Canned Goods........................   3
Catsup.....................................   3
Carbon Oils............................   3
Cheese......................................  3
Chewing Gum.........................  3
Chicory....................................   3
Chocolate.................................  3
Clothes Lines..........................   3
Cocoa.......................................  3
Cocoanut.................................  8
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 I
Fruits......................................  14
Gelatine...................................  6
Grain Bags..............................  7
Grains and Flour..................  7
Herbs......................................  7
Hides and Pelts.....................   13
Indigo......................................  7
Jelly......................... 
7

D
r

H

G

 

I
J
X.

AXLE GREASE 
doz.
Aurora......................... 55
Castor  Oil.................... so
Diamond......................50
Frazer’s ....................... 75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

Mica, tin boxes..........75
Paragon.......................55

BAKING  POWDER 

Effg
4 doz. case.....3 75
H lb. cans, 
2 doz. case.....375
14 lb. cans, 
1 doz. case.....3 75
1 lb. cans, 
5 lb. cans,  *  doz. case......g 00
JAXON
M lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   45
*  lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

Royal

lOcslze....  90 
lb. cans  1  36 
6 oz. cans.  1  90 
*   lb. cans 2 to 
% lb. cans 3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4  80 
31b. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21 50

BATH  BRICK

American...............................  75
English...................................  86

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

P

M

B
8

N
o

BREAKFAST FOOD

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

Lamp Burners........................   15
Lamp Chimneys.....................  15 j
Lanterns.................................   15
Lantern  Globes.....................   15
Licorice...................................  7
Lye...........................................  7
Meat Extracts........................  7
Molasses..................................  7
Mustard...................................  7
Nuts.........................................  14
Oil Cans...................................  15
Olives......................................  7
Pickles.....................................   7
Pipes........................................  7
Playing Cards.........................  g
Polish.... .................................  g
Potash.....................................   g
Provisions...............................   8
Bice.........................................   g
Salad Dressing.......................  9
Baleratus.................................  9
Sal Soda...................................  9
Salt...........................................  9
Salt  Fish.................................  9
Seeds.......................................   9
Shoe Blacking.........................  9
Snuff........................................  10
Soap.........................................   9
Soda.........................................   10
Spices...............  
io
Starch........ ............................  io
8tove Polish............................  10
Sugar.......................................   u
Syrups.....................................   io
table  Sauce............................  n
Tea...........................................  ii
Peptonized  Celery  Food,  3
Tobacco..................................   ii
doz. In case......................4 05
Twine......................................  12
Hulled Corn, per d o z........  95
Vinegar...................................  12
No. 1 Carpet........................... 2 to
No. 2 Carpet............................2 25
Washing Powder......................13
  13  5n  4 Tarnet............................? «
WlcMng.............................. 
Wrapping Paper....................  13  S S S ^ S L i* - ........................2 40
Common Whisk....................  go
Fancy Whisk........................1 20
Yeast  C ake........................   13
Warehouse............................3 40

Cases, 36 packages.......... 4 50
Five case lots.................... „4 40
X S h
T h e  U .££u iy Cco^eä,

TRYABITA

K belvibtful CereAl Surprise 
Cases, 24 1 lb. packages.......2 70

CEM NOT FLUES

BROOMS

W

T

 

 

BRUSHES

Scrub

 

Shoe

Stove

Solid Back,  8 In:..................   45
Solid Back, 11 In..................  96
Pointed Ends........................   85
No. 8...................................... 1  00
No. 7...................................... 1  30
No. 4...................................... 1  70
No. 8...................................... 1  90
No. 3.......................................  76
No. 2...................................... 1 10
No. 1.......................................1 75
W., K. & Co.’s, 15c size__   1  K
W„ B. & Co.’s. 25c size__   2  00
Electric Light, 8s ..................12
Electric Light, 16s......... 
12*
Paraffine, 6s.............................9*
Paraffine, 12s.........................10
.................17
Wickln*. 

BUTTER  COLOR

CANDLES

CANNED  GOODS 

Beans

Blackberries

Clam  Bouillon

Apples
86
3 lb. Standards........  
Gallons, standards..  2  00@2 25 
Standards................  
85
Baked....................... 
83@i  80
75®  86
Bed  Kidney.............  
String.......................
7f@  88
Wax..........................  
Blueberries
Standard .....................
Brook  Trout
2 lb. cans. Spiced__ .......  1 90
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb.....
1  00
Little Neck. 2 lb......
1  50
Burnham’s. *  pint..
......   1  92
Burnham's, pints.  ... .......  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts.. ......   7 20
Cherries
1 30@1  50
Red  Standards..
White..........................
1  SO
Corn
93
Fair............................
1  00
Good.........................
@1 40
Fancy.......................
Sur Extra Fine.......... ....... 
22
19
Extra  Fine................ ....... 
Fine............................. ....... 
15
Moyen......................... ....... 
11
Standard.................
90
Hominy
Standard...................
86
Lobster
Star, *  lb..................
2 00
Star, 1  lb..................
3  60
2  40
Picnic Tails..............
Mackerel
Mustard, lib ............
1  80
Mustard, 21b............
2  80
Soui 3d, lib ...............
1  SO
Soui 3d, 2 lb.............
2 80
Tomato, 1 lb.............
1  84
Tomato, 2 lb.............
2 80

Gooseberries

French  Peas

Mushrooms

86

Peas

18@20
22©25

Hotels........................
Buttons.....................
Oysters
Gove, l lb..................
Cove, 2 lb..................
1 56
Cove, 1 lb  Oval........
96
Peaches
P ie.....................
86®  90
Yellow.....................
1  3601  86
Pears
Standard..................
1  00
Fancy..................... .
1  25
Marrowfat...............
1  00
Early June...............
90@l  60
Early June  Sifted  .
1  65
Plains
Plums.......................
85
Pineapple
(¿rated.....................
1  25©2  75
Sliced......................... 1  35@2  56
Pum pkin
Fair..........................
90
Good.........................
1  00
Fancy.......................
1  25
Gallon........................... .........2 51
Standard..................
1  15
*  lb. cans».................. ....  3 75
* lb, cans...................-. ....  7 00
1 lb. can...................... ....  12 00
Oi  60 
@1  80 
Ol  30 
O  90
1 40

Salmon
Columbia Elver, fiats
Bed  Alaska...............
Pink Alaska.............
Shrimps 
Standard..................

Raspberries
Russian  Cavier

CATSUP

Eocene......................... @12*
Perfection.................... @11*
Diamond White.......... @11
D. S. Gasoline............. @14*
Deodorized Naphtha.. @12
Cylinder.......................29 @34
Engine..........................18 @22
Black, winter...............  9 @10*
Colombia,  pints............... ...2 00
Columbia, *  pints............ ...1 as
CHEESE
Acme.........................
Amboy........
Elsie............
Emblem......
Gem.............
Gold Medal.
Ideal..........
Jersey........ .
Riverside...,
Brick...........
Edam...........
Leiden........
Limburg« 
:er.
Pineapple
appi 
Sap  Sag
CHEWING GUM 
56
American Flag Spruce—  
Beeman’s Pepsin..............  
60
56
Black Jack......................... 
Largest Gum  Made.......... 
60
56
Sen Sen............................... 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  00
Sugar Loaf......................... 
55
55
Yucatan.............................. 
Balk.......................  
5
Bed.......................................... 7
Eagle......................................  4
Franck’s ...............................   7
Schener’s ...............................  6

@15
@14*
@14
@14*
@14*
@13
@14
@14
@14*
14015090
017
13@14
50@75
019

CHICORY

 

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sweet.....................   23
Premium...............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa...................   46
C L E A N E R   &   PO L ISH E R

H'ülU.'HNHMSBW
W m
W ^^ ciean’er
iCitnS tvtSYTMIHC.

Sisal

6 oz.  can, per doz...............  1  35
Quart can, per doz.............2 25
Gallon can, per  doz...........   7 50
Samples and Circulars Free. 

CLOTHES  LINES 

Jute

Cotton  Victor

Cotton Windsor

60 ft, 3 thread,  extra.........  1  00
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..................
60 ft...................................... 
75
72 ft...................................... 
90
90 ft......................................  1  05
120ft....................................  1  50
50 ft...................................... 
80
6f ft...................................... 
95
70 ft......................................  1  10
69 ft.
1 20
60 ft........................................   1 40
70 ft
1 65 
80 f t ..................................
1  85
Cotton Braided
40 ft...................................... 
75
50 ft...................................... 
85
80 f t .................................... 
96
Galvanized  Wire
No. 20, each 100 ft long__  1  90
No. 19, each 100 ft long__  2  10
Baker's...................................  38
Cleveland...............................   41
Colonial, * s  .........................  36
Colonial, * s ...........................  33
Epps.................. 
42
Huyler...................................  45
Van Houten, * 8 ...................   12
Van Houten, * s ....................  20
Van Houten, * s ...................   40
Van Houten,  is ...................   70
30
Webb................................... 
Wilbur, * s ............................   41
Wilbur, * s ............................   42
Dunham’s * s.....................  26
Dunham's * s and * s .......  26*
Dunham’s  * s ....................  27
Dunham’s  * s ....................  28
Bulk......................................   13
COCOA SHELLS
2*
20 lb. bags........................  
3
Less quantity...................... 
4
Found packages.............  

COCOANUT

COCOA

 

 

White House, 1 lb. cans......
White House, 2 lb. cans......
Excelsior, M. & J. 1 lb. cans 
Excelsior, M. & J. 2 lb. cans 
Tip Top, M. & 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 Judson Grocer 
Co.,  Grand  Rapids.  C.  El- 
lloti & Co.,  Detroit,  B.  Desen- 
berg & Co., Kalamazoo, Symons 
Bros. &  Co.,  Saginaw,  Jackson 
Grocer Co.,  Jackson,  Melsel  & 
Goeschel.  Bay  City,  Flelbach 
Co., Toledo.

Bio

Common................................  8
Fair.........................................9
Choice.....................................10
Fancy.....................................15

Santos

Common................................  8
Fair.......................................   9
Choice.....................................10
Fancy.....................................13
Peaberry................................11

Maracaibo

Fair........................................13
nurim  ............................. 16

Mexican

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

Guatemala

Choice.....................................13

Java

African..................................12
Fancy African.....................17
O  G ......................................25
P  G....................................... 31

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

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuckle..............................10
Dllworth..............................10
Jersey...................................10
Lion.....................................  9*
M cLaughlin’s X X X X  
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Holland.................................  9)
Felix *  gross........................ 1  15
Hummel’s foil *  gross........   85
Hummel’s tin *  gross........1  43

Extract

CONDENSED  MILK 

4 doz In case.

Gall Borden Eagle..........
Crown..........................
Daisy............................... ""
Champion....................
Magnolia.....................
Challenge....................
Dime 
......................
Peerless Evaporated Cream'
Milkmaid...........................
Tip  Top...............................
Nestles.............................
Highland  Cream.......
St. Charles Cream........ . 

.

6 40
5 90 
4 70 
4 25 
4 00 
4  «0
3 35
4 00
6 103 85
4 25
5 00 
4 50

6

CRACKERS

Soda

Oyster

Butter

National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour.............................  
6*
New York........................... 
6*
Family...............................  
6*
Salted.................................. 
6*
Wolverine..........................  
7
Soda  XXX......................... 
7
Soda, City..........................  
8
Long Island Wafers..........  13
Zephyrette..........................  18
F au st................................. 
7*
7
Farina».............................. 
Extra Farina.....................  
7*
Sal tine Oyster.................... 
7
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals.............................   10
Assorted  Cake..................  10
Belle Rose..........................  
8
Bent’s Water.....................   18
Cinnamon Bar....................  9
Coffee Cake, Iced.............   10
10
Coffee Cake. Java............. 
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy..................  10
Crac knells..........................   16
Creams, Iced...................... 
8
Cream Crisp.......................  10*
Cubans...............................   11*
Currant Fruit....................  10
Frosted Honey.................. '  12
8
Frosted Cream..................  
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sin’ll  8
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C__  
6*
Gladiator............................  10*
Grandma Cakes................. 
9
Graham Crackers.............  
8
Graham  Wafers................   12
Grand Baplds  Tea............  16
Honey Fingers..................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets.......  10
Imperials............................ 
8
Jumbles, Honey................   12
Lady Fingers.....................   12
Lemon Snaps.....................   12
Lemon Wafers..................   16
Marshmallow..................... 
is
Marshmallow Creams.......  16
Marshmallow Walnuts....  16
Mary Ann..........................  
8
Mixed Picnic......................  11*
Milk Biscuit.......................   7*
Molasses  Cake..................  
8
Molasses Bar.....................   9
Moss Jelly Bar..................   12*
Newton...............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  
8
Oatmeal Wafers................   12
Orange Crisp.....................   9
Orange Gem....................... 
8
8
Penny Cake.......................  
Pilot Bread, XXX.............   7*
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8
Pretzels, hand  made........ 
8
Scotch Cookies..................   10
Bears’ Lunch......................  7*
Sugar Cake......................... 
8
Rusrar Biscuit Square.......  
8
8
Sugar Squares.................... 
Sultanas..............................  13
Tuttl Frutti........................ 
is
Vanilla Wafers..................  16
Vienna Crimp.................... 
8
E. J.  Kruce & Co. ’s baked good

Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for  comp'-ste  price  list 

with Interesting  ,  counts.
CREAM TARTAR
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes...... 80
Bulk In sacks............................ 29

D R IED  FRUIT8 

Apples

Sundrled............................4*05
Evaporated, 50lb. boxes.70  8
California Prunes
100-120 25 lb. boxes........   ©
90-100 25 lb. boxes........   © «u
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........   O 4V
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........   © 5U
60-70 25 lb. boxes........   0  6
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   0  6*
40-60 25 lb. boxes........   © 7*
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........

*  cent less in 50 lb. oases

California  Fruits 

@13*

Lpri
Apricots ......................   ©  8*
Blackberries
Nectarines..................
8*
Peaches.......................  7
©io
Pitted Cherries..!!"
Prunnelles...............
Raspberries.............
Citron
Corsican..................... 13
Currants 
Imported, 1 lb package 
Imported bulk.............  8*@
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown.
1  95
Cluster 4 Crown.............
2 60
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
7*
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown
8
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb.......  @  9
7
L. M., Seeded, *   lb .... 
Sultanas, bulk......................10
Sultanas, package................10*
FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried Lima............................  5*
Medium Han«i Picked 
2  40
Brown Holland.....................
24 lib . packages..................1  50
Bulk, per 100 Tbs....................     50

Raisins

Farina

Beans

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

9
RICE

Dom estic

Carolina bead........................7
Carolina  No. l .......................e*
Carolina  No. 2 .......................6
Broken...................................3*

IO
Herring

Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoops*bbl. 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
Holland white hoop mens.
Norwegian.........................
Bound 100 lbs......................
Bound 50 lbs.......................
Scaled.................................
Rloaten...............................

2 9

II

10 60
5  SO 
075
86
3 80 
2  10 
18* 
1  66
6 60 
2  60
70
69

16 60 
8 75 
1  80 
1  47 
16 00 
8  00 
1  65 
1  36

Pure Ground 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 

Common Gloss

e
l-lb. packages.................... 
3-lb. packages....................  5*
6*
6-lb. packages.................... 
40 and 60-lb. boxes.............  4
«
Barrel» 
.. 
20 l-lb.  packages............... 
6
40l-lb.  package»  .......... 4 * 0 4 *

Common Corn

__
17
26
20
20

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels.................................... ai
Half bbls................................27
2* lb. cans. 2 doz. In case. 2 00 
5 lb. cans, l'doz. In case... 
No. 1  No. 2 Fam
.2 00
8 76
2 20 Fair.................................... „  10
.  ao
.  26

63 Good...................................
..............................
47 Choice 
STOVE  POLISH

Pore  Cane

Trout

No. 1 100 lb s._______
No. 1  40 lbs.................
No. 1  10 lbs.................
No. l  8 lbs.................
M ackerel
Mess 100 lbs......... ........
Mess  60 lbs..................
Mess  10 lbs..................
Mess  8 lbs.................
No. 1 100 lbs.................
No. 1  60 lbs.................
No. 1  10 lbs.................
No. 1  8 lbs.................
No. 2100 lbs.................
No. 2  61 lbs.................
No. 2  10 lbs. 
..............
W hit« fish

100  lbs..
.........7  75
60  lbs.. ........ 4 20
10  lbs.. ........   93
8 lb».. .......  77

SEEDS
Anise.........................
Canary, Smyrna.......
Caraway.................. .
Cardamon, Malabar.
Celery........................ .
Hemp, Russian........
Mixed Bird...............
Mustard, white........ .
Poppy........................
Rape 
n u t t l p

•  7* 
.1 00 
.10
.  4* 
.  4 
.  7 
.  6
> Rone.........................14
SHOE  BLACKING
Handy Box,  large...............   2 60
1  26
Handy Box, small.............. 
Blxby’s Royal Polish........  
86
Miller’s Crown  Polish. 
 
85

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

Sutton’s T  bln Bice  40 to »be 

bile, I*  round tXMik«ti.._.k

Imported.

Japan,  No.  l ..................5 * 0
Japan,  No.  2..................e  0
Java, fancy head............  0
Java, No. 1 ...................... 
a
Table.................................   0

6
Hom iny

Pearl  Barley

Flake, so lb. sack................   90
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl....................5 oc
Pearl, looib. sack..................2 bo
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............   60
Imported. ‘IB ll>. box..............2  60
Common.................................3 00
Chester.................................... 3 00
Empire............................ 
  8 65
Green, Wisconsin, bn............1 80
Green, Scotch, bn.................. l 86
Split,  lb.................................  
4
Boiled Arena, bbl..................6 00
Steel Cut, loo lb. sacks.......2  so
Monarch, bbl..........................4 66
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks............2 23
Quaker, cases.........................3 10

B oiled  Oats

Peas

Grits

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Sago

w h eat

Tapioca

FISHING  TACKLE

Cases, 24 2 lb. packages.......a oo
East India.............................   3)1
German, sacks......................  3)1
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  no lb. sacks.............   4*
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks...............   3 \
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages.......  6*
Cracked, bulk.......................   3*
24 2 t>. packages.................. 2 so
Vi to 1 Inch.............................  6
1*  to 2 Inches........................  7
1* to 2  Inches........................ 
9
IK to 2 Inches......................  U
2 Inches...................................  15
3 Inches...................................  30
No. 1,10 fe e t.........................  
5
No. 2,15 feet........................... 
7
No. 3,15 feet...........................  9
No. 4,15 feet..........................   10
11
No. 6,15 feet........................... 
12
No. 6,16 feet........................... 
No. 7,15 feet...........................  15
No. 8,15 feet...........................  18
No. 9,15 feet...........................  2q
Small......................................   20
Medium..................................   26
Large.....................................  34
Bamboo, 14 ft., per  doz__ _  50
Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz........  65
Bamboo. 18 ft , per doz........  80
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Cotton  Lines

Linen  Lines

Poles

FOOTE A  JEN K 8’

JAXO N

H ighest  Grade  Extracts
^Vanuî^^^^^^TîëmSnr-  
iozfullm .120  1 ozfull  m.  80 
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m  l  25 
No. 8 fan’y  8  16  No.sfan’y  1  76

Vanilla 

Lemon

2 oz panel..1  20  2 oz panel.  75
3 oz taper..2  00  4 oz taper..1  60

Taper B ottles 

Folding B oxes

_  
D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 oz..........  75  2 oz.........   1  20
4 OZ.........   1  60  4 OZ...........  2  00
6 OZ..........  2 00  6 oz...........  3 00
D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 OZ..........  75  2 OZ..........1  26
3 0Z..........  1  28  3 OZ........... 2  10
4 OZ..........  1  50  4 OZ...........2  40
D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
1 oz..........  66  1 oz..........  86
2 OZ..........1  10  2 OZ........... 1  60
4 OZ..........  2 00  4 OZ...........3  00
Tropical  Extracts 
2 oz. full measure, Lemon.. 
76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  1 60 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla.. 
90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80 

F a ll  Measure

FRESH  MEATS 

Carcass...................... 
5  0   7
Forequarters..........  
6  0   6
6  0 7*
Hindquarters.......... 
8  014
Loins.........................  
Ribs...........................  7  010
Bounds...................... 
5>4©  6Vi
Chucks...................... 
5  0  5V4
Plates.......................   4  0 5
Dressed....................   7  © 7V4
0 io
Loins......................... 
O 8 Vi
Boston  Butts............ 
0  814
Shoulders................. 
Leaf  Lard................. 
O il*

Pork

B eef

Mutton

Carcass........................  4*©  5*
6 * 0  7*
Lambs.......................... 
Manta»»..  . 
6  0   9

Veal

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
76
Oxford................................  
Plymouth  Bock................!  1  20
Nelson's..............................  1 50
1  61
Cox’s,  2-qt size.................. 
1  10
Cox’s, l-qt size................... 

GRAIN  BAGS

Amoskeag, 100 In bale__   15*
Amoskeag, less than bale.  15*
{  GRAINS AND  FLOUR 
Wheat................................  

W heat

73

W inter W heat  Flour 

Local Brands

Patents...............................  4 40
Second Patent....................  3 90
Straight..............................   3 70
Second Straight.................  3 40
Clear...................................  3 26
Graham..............................  3 26
Buckwheat.........................  5  od
Bye......................................  3 00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 26c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand
Quaker * s..........................   3  go
Quaker * s ..........................  3  80
Quaker * s ..........................  3 80

Spring  W heat  Flour 

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Vis..........  4 60
Plllsbury’s  Best * s ..........  4 60
Plllsbury’s  Best vis..........  4 40
Plllsbury’s Best Vts paper.  4 40 
Plllsbury’s Best * s paper.  4 40 
Lemon 81 Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  * s .....................  
4  40
Wlngold  V4s.....................  
4  i»0
4  20
Wlngold  * s .....................  
Ceresota Vis.......................   4  80
Ceresota * s .......................   4 40
Ceresota * s .......................   4  30
Laurel  Vis..........................   4  60
Laurel  * s ...........................  4  40
Laurel  * s ..........................   4  ¡>0
Laurel * s and * s paper..  4  30

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Judson Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Meal

Oats
Corn
Hay

Feed  and  Millstulfb 

Bolted................................. 
t  66
Granulated.........................  2  75
St. Car Feed screened  ....  21  00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........   21  00
Corn Meal,  coarse...........   21  00
Corn Meal, fine, old...........   21 00
Winter Wneat Bran..........  18 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  21  00
Cow  Feed..........................   19  00
screenings.........................  18  00
Car  lots.............................   36
Corn, car  lots, new..........  47*
No. 1 Timothy car lots....  9 so 
No. 1 Timothy ton lots....  12 00 
Sage............................................us
Hops..........................................16
Laurel Leaves...........................15
Henna Leave»............................35
Madras, 5 lb. boxes.................65
S. F., 2, s and 6 lb. boxes........60
1  86
6 lb. pails.per doz...........  
161b. palls..............................  40
301b. palls..............................  78

INDIGO

HERBS

afKLLV

LICORICE

Pure.......................................  ao
Calabria.................................  23
Sicily......................................  14
Boot........................................  10

High test powdered  lye. 

LTK

Eagle  Brand 
Single case lots.
Quantity deal.

10c size, 4 doz cans per case  3 60 
$3.«0 per case,  with  1  case  free 
with every 5 cases or *  case free 
with 3 cases.
Condensed, 2 doz.................. 1  20
Condensed. 4 doz................2 25
MALTED  FOOD
MALT-0LA
Cases, 12 packages.............  1  36
Cases, 36 packages.............  4 05
Armour’s, 2 o z..................   4 45
Armour’s. 4 o z ..................   820
Liebig’s, Chicago, 2 oz—   2 95
Liebig’s, Chicago, 4 oz__  5 50
Liebig’s, imported, 2 oz...  4 55 
Liebig’s, imported, 4 oz...  8 60 

MEAT  EXTRACTS

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

Horse Badlsb, 1 doz............. 1  76
Horse Badlsb, 2 doz.............8 60
Bayle’a Celery,. doz............

40
36
26
22

8
OLIVES

„ 
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs............. . 
1  35
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs................   1  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs................   1 06
Manzanula, 7 oz................. 
go
Queen, pints.......................  2  36
Queen, 19 oz.......................  4  60
Queen, 28  oz.......................  7 00
Stuffed, 6 oz.......................  
go
Stuffed, 8 oz  .....................   1  45
..... 
9  80
Clay, No. 216...........................1  70
Clay. T. D„ full count..........  er
fj-h  w»  •

10 ft*.... 

PIPES

PICKLES
Medium

Small

Barrels, 1,200 count.............8 00
Half bbls, 600 count.............4 36
Barrels, 2,400 count.............9 50
Half bbls, 1,200 count..........6 20
PLAYING  CARDS
90
No. 90, Steamboat.............  
No. 15, Rival, assorted__   1  20
No. 20, Rover, enameled..  1  60
1  75
N5.572, Special.................  
No. 98, Golf, satin finish..  2 00
No. 808, Bicycle................   2  00
No. 632, Tournam’t Whist.  2 25 

POLISH

Sold by all jobbers or write man­

ufacturers.

Packed  1 dozen In case. 
Paste, 3 oz. box, per doz.... 
75
Paste, 6 oz. box. per doz....  1  25 
Liquid, 4 oz. bottle, per doz  1  26 
Liquid, *   pt. can, per doz.  1  so 
Liquid,  1  pt. can, per doz..  3 00 
Liquid, *  gal. can, per doz.  9 00 
I Liquid.  1 gal. can. per doz. 15 00 
1 lb. sifters, per doz...........   1  80
i  48 cans In case.
Babbitt’s .....................................4 00
Penna Salt Co.’s.........................3 00

Search Bar Polish.

POTASH 

PROVISIONS 
Barreled  Pork

Smoked  Meats

Dry  Salt Meats

0 i7  75
Mess..........................  
020 00
Back......................... 
019  bo
Clear back................  
018  so
Short cut, clear....... 
2200
Pt*............................ 
013  ;k
Bean..........................  
lg 75
Family Mess Loin... 
@19  00
Clear........................  
Bellies....................... 
iox
S P  Bellies................. 
n
11
Extra shorts............. 
Hams, 12 lb. average.
0   12*  
Hams, Mlb.average.
0   12*  0 12*  
Hams, 16 lb. average.
Hams, 20 lb. average.
0   12*  
Ham dried  beef.......
0   12 
Shoulders (N.Y. out)
0
Bacon, clear.............   12&©  14
©  9*
California bams....... 
©  17*
Boiled Hams........... 
©  14 
Picnic Boiled Hams 
9 * 0   10
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d. 
Mince Hams.......... 
9 * 0   10
Lard
Compound................
© 7*©io*
Pure...........................
00 lb. Tubs.. advance 
*
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
6 lb. Palls..advance 
•'»«  p«ns.. M vanes
Vegetole....................
Sausages
Bologna.................... 
Liver .........................
Frankfort.................
Pork.........................
Blood.........................
Tongue.....................
Headcheese..............
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless....................
Bump, New.............
Pigs’ Feet
*  bbls., 40 lbs..........
VQbbls........................
1 bbls.,  lbs.............
Tripe
Kits, 16  lbs...............
M bbls., 40 lbs..........
*  bbls., 80 lbs..........
Casings
Pork.........................
Beef round».............
Beef  middles............
Sheen........................
Solid, dairy...............  11*012
Bolls, dairy...............  12  012*
Bolls,  purity............ 
to
Solid,  purity............
16*
Corned beef, 2 lb ....
2 80 
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
17 60 
Boast beef, 2 lb........
2 60 
Potted bam, * s .......
60 
Potted ham, * s .......
90 
Deviled ham,  * 1 __
60 
Deviled ham, * 1 __
90 
Potted tongue,  *$..
60 
Petted tongue,  * 1..
M

II  75 
@11  75
1 86 
3 60 
7 76
70
1  40
2 70
26 
6 
12 
66

6* 
0 7 *  
7 * 0 8 *  
6 9
6*

Uncolored  Buttertne

Canned  Meats 

8
6)f@6

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

SUGAR

No. 4,8 doz^n case, gross  4 60 
No. 0, 3 doz In case, gross  .  7  20 
Domino...............................  7 06
Cut Loaf.................................s 46
Crushed..............................  5  46
Cubes..................................   5  to
Powdered...........................  4 95
Coarse  Powdered..............  4  96
XXXX Powdered..............  510
Fine Granulated................  4 75
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........   4 .0
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........   4  90
Mould a ..............................  6 ; 0
Diamond  A.........................  4 84
Confectioner’s A ...............  4 60
No.  1, Columbia A...........   4 75
No.  2, Windsor A .............  4 7u
No.  3, Ridgewood A ........   4  80
No.  4 ,Phoenix  A .............   466
No.  5, Empire A ..............   4 60
No.  0...........................
4 55 
w«  »....................
«  45 
No.  8........................I
4 40 
No.  1......................  
.....
4 36
No. 10...........................4 30
No. 11...................................  4 20
NO. 12...................................  4  16
NO. 13...................................  4  10
No. 14..................................   4  10
No. 16.................... 
410
NO. 16............................ ....  4 05
Halford, large....................  3 75
Halford, small....................  2 25

TABLE  SAUCES

TEA
Japan

 

Sun dried, medium...............21
Sundried, choice..................2
Sundried, fancy....................3
Regular, medium..................21
Regular, choice....................28
Regular, fancy..................... 33
Basket-fired, medium...........31
Basket-fired, choice..............38
Basket-fired, fancy...............43
Nibs..................... 
220q4
Sifting..............................
Fannings..........................n 0 u
Gunpowder
Moyune, medium.................36
Moyune, choice....................38
Moyune,  fancy..................... 53
Plngsuey,  medium...............28
Plngsuey,  choice..................33
Plngsuey, fancy....................43
Choice.....................................30
Fancy.......................................
Formosa, fancy..................... 42
Amoy, medium.,...................26
Amoy, choice.........................33
Medium................................. ..
Choice.....................................34
Fancy.......................................
Ceylon, choice....................... 83
Fancy.......................................

E nglish Breakfast

Young  Hyson

Oolong

India

TOBACCO

Cigars

H. ft P. Drug Co.'s brands.

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

Less than 600.............................33 00
600 or more................................ 32 00
1000 or more...........................31 00

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

Cost of packing In  cotton  pock­
ets only *c more than bulk.
SALAD  DRESSING

Durkee’s, large, 1 doz...........4 50
Durkee'g, small. 2 doz.......... 5 25
Snider’s, large, 1 doz............2 30
Snider's, small, 2 doz............1  80

SALERATU8 

Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

Church's Arm and Hammer. 3  16
Deland’s..................................3 00
Dwight’s  Cow............  .........3  16
Emblem..................................2  10
L.  P........................................ 3 00
Wyandotte. 100 * • ............... 8 oo

SAL SODA

Granulated,  bbls..................   96
Granulated, 100 lb. cases___1  06
Lump, bbls...........................  90
Lump, 146 lb. kegs................   96

SALT

Diam ond Crystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 50 6 lb. bags. 3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  !b. oags.2 76 
Butter, barrel!, 320 lb. bulk.2 65 
Batter, barrels, 2014lb.bags.2 86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............   27
Butter, sacks. 66 lbs.............   67
Shaker, 24 2 lb. boxes...........1  60
IPO 3 lb. sacks......................... 2 25
mi 61b. sacks......................... 2  is
2810 lb. sacks........................2 05
66 lb. sacks.........................  40
281b. sacks.........................  22

Common  Grades

Warsaw

86 lb. dairy In drill bags.......  40
28 lb. dairy In drill bags.......  20

Ashton

66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  00 

Higgins

66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Solar  Rock
Common

86 lb.  sacks............................   23
Granulated  Fine..................   75
Medium Fine.........................  80

SALT  FISH 

Cod

Large wbole................  @ 5*
0   5
Smail whole................. 
Strips or  bricks..........   7  0  9
Pollock......................... 
0   8*

H alibut.

Strips..................................   12
18
Chunks......................... . 

n100 cakes, large size. 

60 cakes, large size. 
100 cakes, small size. 
60 cakes, small size.
J A X O N
Single box..............................
6 box lots, delivered...........
10 box lots, delivered...........
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Sliver King.......................
Calumet Family..............
Scotch Family..................
Cuba..................................
Jas. S. Kirk & Co. brands—
Dusky Diamond...............
Jap  Rose..........................
Savon  Imperial...............
White  Russian................
Dome, ovalbars...............
Satinet, oval......................
White  Cloud....................
Big Acme..........................
Acme 6c............................
Marseilles.........................
Master...............................
Proctor & Gamble brands—
Lenox...............................
Ivory, 6oz.........................
Ivory, 10 oz.......................
Star................-..................

Schultz ft Co. brand- 

Lautz Bros, brands—

-6 60 
3 25 
.3 85 
.1  95

3 20
3  15
a 10
3 66 
2 76  ! 
2 86 ;
2 36 j
3 66 
3  75 
3  66 I 
3  60 !
3  56 !
2 50
4  10 I
4  10
3  56
4 00 
3 76
3 104 00 
6 75

A. B. Wrisley brands—

Scouring

Good Cbeer......................
Old Country.....................
Enoch Morgan’s Song.
Sapolto, gross  ots................
Sapolto, half gross lots........
I Sapolto, single boxes...........
Sapollo, band........................
Boxes.....................................
Kegs, English.......................
Scotch, in bladders..............
Maccaboy, In jars............... .
French Rappee, in  jars___

SNUFF

SODA

4 00 
3 40

9 00 
4 60 
2 25 
2 25
5*
4«
37 
36 
.  48

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, 115-20..................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot.......................

3 0

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

12

13

14

Lubetsky Bros, brands

B.  L.....................................35 00
Dally Mail, 5c edition.........35 00

Fin« Cut

Cadillac.................................. 54
Sweet  Loma.......................... 33
Hiawatha, 5 lb. pails............66
Hiawatha, 10 lb- palls...........54
Telegram................................22
Pay Car................................. si
Prairie Rose........................49
Protection.............................. 37
Sweet Burley......................... 42
Tiger......................................38

Plug

Red Cross...............................82
Palo........................................31
Kylo........................................34
Hiawatha...............................41
Battle A xe............................ 33
American Eagle.................... 32
Standard Navy......................%
Spear Head, 16 oz.................41
Spear Head,  8 oz.................41
Nobby Twist.........................48
Jolly Tar................................36
OldHonesty...........................42
Toddy.,...................................33
Piper Held sick!!!! !!‘.*.!.'!!!'.61
Bootjack...............................78
Honey Dip Twist...................39
Black  Standard.................... 38
Cadillac................................. 38
Forge.....................................30
Nickel Twist.........................50
Smoking
...... 34
Sweet Core................
.......3'
Flat Car  .....................
...... 34
Great Navy..................
.......25
Warpath.....................
.......24
Bamboo, 16 oz.............
.......26
I XL,  51b..................
...... 30
I X L, 16 oz. palls........
.......36
Honey Dew................
...... 35
Gold  Block..................
.......38
Flagman.....................
...... 32
Chips...........................
.......21
Kiln Dried..................
...... 38
Duke’s Mixture..........
.......41
Duke’s Cameo.............
......39
Myrtle Navy...............
...... 39
Yum Yum, 144 oz........
...... 37
Yum Yum. 1 lb. palls..
...... 36
Cream..........................
...... 24
Corn Cake, 244 oz........
...... 22
Corn Cake, l i b ...........
Plow Boy, 1*4 oz........... .......39
...... 39
Plow Boy, 344 oz..........
...... 32
Peerless, 344 oz...........
...... 34
Peerless. 144 oz...........
....  36
Air Brake...................
Cant  Hook....................
..32-34
Country Club................
Forex-X X X X ................ .......28
Good Indian................ .......23
. .20-22
Self  Binder  ................
Silver Foam.................. ...... 34
Cotton, 3 ply.................. .......16
...... 16
Cotton. 4 ply.................
Jute. 2 ply..................... .......12
.......12
Flax,* medium............... .......20
Wool, 1 lb. balls........... .......744
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand. . .11
Pure Cider, Bed Star........... 11
Pure Cider, Robinson..........n
Pure Cider,  Silver.................li
WASHING  POWDER

VINEG AR

TWINE

Diamond  Flake..............  
. 2   7.
Gold  Brick............................... 3 21
Gold Dust, regular...................4 5
Gold Dust, 5c............................4 o
Kirkoline, 24 4 lb....................  3 a
Pearline.....................................2 7!
Soaplne......................................4 H
Babbitt’s 1776..........................  3 71
Roselne......................................3 0
Armour's...................................3 7i
Nine O'clock..............................3 31
Wisdom.....................................3 81
Scourlne.....................................3 Si
Bub-No-More.............................3 71

WICKING

No. 0, per gross.....................25
No. i, per gross.................... 30
No. 9, per gross.....................40
No. 8. per gross.....................56

Baskets

Bradley  Butter  Boxes

WOODKNWARE
Bushels.................................
Bushels, wide  band.............1 26
Market..................................  30
SpUnt, large......................... 6 oo
Splint, medium..................  5 oo
Splint, small........................ 4 oo
Willow Clothes, large..........6 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 60
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
Batter  Plates
No. 1 Oval, 250 In crate.... ..  40
No. 2 Oval, 250 In crate...
..  46
No. 3 Oval, 250 In crate...
..  50
No. 6 Oval, 260 in crate...
..  60
Barrel, 5 gals., each.......... ..2 40
Barrel, 10 gals., each........ ..2 55
Barrel, 15 gals., each........ ..2 70
Bound head, 5 gross box.. ..  60
Bound head. cartons........ ..  75
Humpty D um pty.............
..2 25
No. l, complete.................
..  29
No. 2, complete................ ..  18

Clothes  Pins

Egg Crates

Churns

Faucets

Tubs

Traps

Mop  Sticks

Toothpicks

Cork lined, 8 In......................  65
Cork lined, 9 In......................  75
Cork lined, 10 In....................  85
Cedar. 8 In..............................  65
Trojan spring.......................   90
Eclipse patent spring......... 
85
No l common........................   75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  85
12 t>. cotton mop heads....... 1  25
Ideal No. 7 ............................   90
Palls
2- hoop Standard..................1  50
3- 
hoop Standard.l 65
2- wire,  Cable.......................... 1 60
3- wire,  Cable..........................l 80
Cedar, all red, brass  bound.l  25
Paper,  Eureka.......................... 2 25
Fibre...........................................2 40
Hardwood............................2 50
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
Bat, wood..............................  80
Bat, spring.............................  75
20-lnch, Standard, No. 1......7 00
18-tnch, Standard, No. 2......6 00
16-Inch, Standard, No. 8......5 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............7  50
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2............6 50
16-Inch, Cable,  No. 3............5 50
No. l Fibre........................... 9 45
No. 2 Fibre........................... 7 95
No. 3 Fibre........................... 7  20
Bronze Globe........................2  50
Dewey................................. 1  75
Double Acme........................2  75
Single Acme...................... 
2 25
Double Peerless................   3 25
Single  Peerless.....................2 SC
Northern Queen..................2  60
Double Duplex.....................3 oo
Good Luck...........................2 75
Universal.............................. 2 25
12 In.............................................1 65
14 In............................................. 1 85
16 In.............................................2 30
llIn. Butter...  ....................  76
13 In. Butter..........................1  10
16 In. Butter..........................l  75
17 In. Batter..........................2 75
19 In. Butter..........................4 25
Assorted 13-15-17................1  75
Assorted  15-17-19  ................ 3 09
WRAPPING  PAPER
Common Straw..................  
l &
3)4
Fiber Manila, white.......... 
Fiber Manila, colored....... 
4
No.  1  Manila..................... 
4
Cream  Manila................... 
3
Butcher's Manila............... 
2^
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count —   20
Wax Butter,  rolls.............   15
Magic, 3 doz..........................l oo
Sunlight, 3 doz......................l 00
Sunlight, 114  doz..................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz...............l  00
Yeast Foam. 1H  doz............  60
Per lb.

W indow  Cleaners

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Wash  Boards

Wood  Bowls

White fish.....................ioa  11
Trout............................  ©  8
Black  Bass................... n@  12
Halibut.........................  ©  U
Ciscoes or Herring....  ©  5
Blue fish........................llO   12
Live  Lobster................  ©  20
Boiled  Lobster............   ©  22
Cod................................  ©  10
Haddock.....................   ©  8
No. l Pickerel.............   ©  8*4
Pike..............................  f i   7
Perch.........................    i
  5
Smoked  White............   @  u
Bed Snapper..............  ©  10
Col River  Salmon... 13  ©  14
Mackerel......................  ©  18

OYSTERS

Bulk

per gal.
F. H.  Counts.......- ............  1 75
Extra Selects.....................  
l  to
Selects.................................  1 40
Baltimore  Standards.......  1  16
l  10
Standards..........................  
per can
35
27 I
23
22
20
18

F. H.  Counts..'..................  
Extra  Selects.............  ... 
Selects...............................  
Perfection  Standards....... 
Anchors.............................. 
Standards...........................  

Cans

HIDES  AND  PELTS 

© 7h

© 7 
© 6 
a  8*
&  914 
©  8 
©1014 
© 9

Hides
Green  No. 1 .............
Green  No. 2.............
Cured  No. l .............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calfskins .green No. l 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. l 
Calf skins,cured No. 2
Old Wool.. 
5’<ai  eo 
Lamb........
Shearlings
40©  75
No. 1..........
© B*.
No. 2..........
© 4H
Wool
W ashed,  line 
©20
©23
W ashed,  medium
Unwashed,  &ne.......  16  ©17
Unwashed, medium.  16  © 19

Tallow

Pelts

CANDIES 
Stick Candy

bbls.  palls

Standard.................. 
Standard H. H ........  
Standard  Twist....... 
Cut Loaf.................... 
Jumbo, 32 lb............. 
Extra H. H............... 
Boston Cream.......... 

Mixed Candy
 

Grocers................. 
Competition............. 
Special......................  
Conserve................... 
R oyal.......................  
Ribbon...................... 
Broken...................... 
Cut Loaf.................... 
English Bock............ 
Kindergarten..........  
Bon Ton  Cream....... 
French Cream.......... 
Dandy Pan...............  
Hand  Made  Crc~,*>
mixed................ 
Crystal Cream mix 

© 7
© 7
@ 8
© 9
cases
© 744
©1044
@10

© g
©  7
©  7yt
©  744
©  844
© 9
© 8
©844
© 9
© 9
© 844
© 9
©10
U444
13

Fancy—In Pails 

Champ. Crys. Gums. 
Pony  Hearts............ 
Fairy Cream Squares 
Fudge Squares........  
Peanut Squares....... 
Sugared Peanuts__  
Salted Peanuts........  
Starlight Kisses....... 
San Bias Goodies.... 
Lozenges, plain....... 
Lozenges, printed... 
Champion Chocolate 
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Quintette Choc........  
Gum Drops..............  
Moss  Drops.............  
Lemon Soars............ 
Imperials.................. 
Hal. Cream Opera... 
Hal. Cream Bonbons
ao lb. palls.............  
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls..................  
Golden Waffles........ 

844
15
12
12
9
11
10
10
© 12
© 9
©10
© 11
©1344
© u
©  544
©  9
©  9
©  9
© 12
© 11
© 13
© 12
Fancy—In s  lb. Boxes

©50
©60
©60
©85
©1 00 
©36 
©75 
©55 
©60 
©60 
©M 
©55 
©56 
©90
©65
©66
@60

Lemon  Sours..........
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate  Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12.............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials..................
Mottoes....................
Cream  Bar...............
Molasses Bar............
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt...............
String Bock.............
W intergreen Berries 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Bussett........
Florida  Bright.
Fancy  Navels..........  3 25©3  5C
Extra Choice
Late Valencias........
Seedlings..................
Medt. Sweets...........
Jamal caa..................
Bodl.......................
Lemons 
Verdelll, ex fey 300..
Verdelll, fey 300.......
Verdelll, ex chce  300
Verdelll, fey 360....... 
Call Lemons, 300 .......  3 50®3  75
Messlnas  300s..........  3 50@4  (0
Messlnas  360s..........  3 60@4 CO
Bananas
Medium bunches.... 
1  50@2 00
Large  bunches........

_

Figs

8
8
© 644
@© 444
©16
@

Foreign  Dried Fruits 
@
©1 00
@

Callfornlas,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
10 lb. boxes............
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes......................  1344@15
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags.,.. 
Dates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 80 lb. oases.
HailowL....................
lb.  cases, new.......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivloa.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
15@16
Brazils.......................
@1144
..................
Filberts 
©12@15
Walnuts. Grenobles.
Walnut»., soft shelled 
Cal. No. 1,  new....
©
Table Nuts,  fancy...
«1344
Pecans,  Med............
@11
Pecans, Ex. Large...
©12
Pecans, Jumbos.......
©13
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
©©3 50
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per bu...
4fe@ 544 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns
Boasted.................  6  @ 644
Choice,H.P.,Jumbo  6  © 7  
Choice, H. P., Jumbo
Boasted................. 
7  @8
S5*n.8fci  dN«. ln ’w 
54 4 1  644

Peanuts—new crop 

15

STONEWARE

44 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. 
25 gal. meat-tubs, each. 
30 gal. meat-tubs, each.

,............. 
48
544
.............. 
..............................  48
.............. 
60
..............................  72
1  12
.............. 
1  50
.............  
.............  
2  12
.............  
2 56

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

Churns

M llkpans

44 gai  Eat or rd. bot, per doz............. 
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ each.................. 
Fine  Glazed M llkpans
44 gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz............. 
1 gaL flat or rd. bot., each.................. 

Stew-pans

J ugg

44 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz.............  
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............. 

44 gal. per doz.......................................  
X  gaL per doz........................................ 
1 to 5 gal., per gal................................. 

Sealing Wax

6 lbs. In package, per lb.......................  

LAMP  BURNERS

No. 0 Son................................................ 
No. 1 Sun................................................ 
No. 2 Sun................................................ 
No. 3 Sun................................................ 
Tubular..................................................  
Nutmeg..................................................  
MASON  FRUIT JARS 

6
84

48
544

60
6

85
1  10
56
42
7

2
35
86
48
85
so
50

W ith Porcelain  Lined  Caps

Pints..................................................4  25 per gross
Quarts............................................... 4  50 per gross
44 Gallon............................................6 50 per gross

Fruit Jars packed 1 dozen In box
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

No. 0 Son................................................ 
No. 1 Sun................................................ 
No. 2 Sun................................................ 
Anchor Carton Chimneys 

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

Per box of 6 doz.
1 62
1 84
2 80

La  Bastie

Rochester

Pearl Top

XXX  Flint

First Quality

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. 1 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 Son,  “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 (66c  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  ipout, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans............. .................... 
5 gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas.....................  
No.  0 Tubular, side lift....................... 
No.  IB  Tubular................................... 
No. 15 Tubular, dash............................  
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............. 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp.................... 
No.  3 Street lamp, each...................... 
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, lOe 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, isc 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No.OTub.,BuU’seye,caseslaoz.each 

LANTERN GLOBES

LANTERNS

OIL CANS

Electric

1  74
1  96
2 90
1  91
2  18
3 08
2  75
3 75
4 00
4 60
6 30
e 10
so
1  00
1 26
1 36
1 60
8 60
4 00
4 60
4 00
460
130
1 oo
2 50
3 50
4 50
3 7«
5 00
7 00
9 00
4 76
7 25
7 26
7 so
13 50
3 60
45
45
1  75
125

BEST WHITE COTTON  WICKS 
Boll contains 32 yards In one piece.

No. 0,  »¿-Inch wide,, per gross or roll.. 
No. 1,  94-lnch wide, per gross or roll.. 
No. 2,1 
Inch wide, per gross or roll. 
No. 3,144 Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 

18
24
34
53

COUPON  BOOKS

50 books, any denomination...........................  1 60
100 books, any denomination..........................   2 60
600 books, any denomination.....................   11  50
1.000 books, any denomination.....................  20 00
Above  auotatlons  are  for  either  Tradesman,
Superior, Economic or Universal grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at  a  time  customers  re­
ceive  specially  printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Coupon  Pass  Books

Can be  made  to  represent  any  denomination 
from $10 down.
50 books......................................................   1 so
100 books......................................................   2 50
500 books......................................................  1150
1.000 books......................................................   20 00
500, any one  denomination.........................  2 00
1.000, any one  denomination.........................  3 00
2.000, any one denomination.........................  5 00
75
Steel p u nch.................................................. 

Credit  Checks

What do 

you

propose
todo 
about it?

Up  to  a  very  few  years  ago 
ten  retailers out  of  every  ten 
took  for granted  there was  no 
use  trying  to  do  a  paying 
business  from  January  1st  to 
March  15th.

To-day  three or  four or  five 
out  of every  ten  have  learned 
how  to  force  a  worth-while 
business  at  this  season.

Mr.  Retailer,  it  is  sure  as 
death  or taxes that  unless you 
do  something  out  of  the  or­
dinary  your  mid-winter  trade 
will  be  profitlessly  listless.

And,  if you mean to  do any­
thing  to  spur  business  this 
January you  have  got  to  be­
gin  soon 
Plenty  of  time  to 
act,  but  none  to  wait.

What  are  you  going  to  do 

about  it?

Our  mid-winter  catalogue 
devotes  a  number  of  pages  to 
practical  plans 
for  pushing 
trade  at  dull  seasons—plans 
gleaned  from  the  experience 
of the  keenest  merchants  of 
the day.

More  than  that,  it  presents 
values  that  will  make  a  tack 
hammer  expenditure  of  ad­
vertising tell like a pile  driver.
A  copy  of  our  catalogue 
will  go  by  first  post  to  any 
merchant  who  will  ask  for 
same.  Mention  catalogue 
No.  J4 51.

Butler Brothers 

Chicago

We Sell at Wholesale Only

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

The New York Market

Special  Features  of the Grocery and Prod­
Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  Jan.  io—There 

is  a  good 
deal  of  monotony  in  the  market  situa­
tion  here  these  days.  Buyers  are  seem­
ingly  pretty well  stocked with the staples 
and  are  not  purchasing  ahead  of  cur­
rent  wants,  and  sellers  seem  to  be  sim­
ply  getting  ready  for  the  time  when  the 
party  of  the  first  part  will  come  to  town 
tor  big  bills  of  goods.  Prices  are  almost 
invariably  well  sustained and  the  only 
relief  the  consumer  has  bad  is  what  is 
claimed  to  be  a  decline  in  the  prices  of 
meats.  This,  however,  is  offset  by  the 
advance 
in  coal  and  while  “ organized 
labor”   is  getting  good  wages  the  mine 
owners  are  bound  they  shall  pay  for  the 
whistle  and  it  would  seem that every ad­
vance  in  wages  is  simply  tucked  on  the 
ton  of coal  or the  gallon  of oil,  and  be­
tween  organized  labor  on  one  side  and 
an  equally  unpleasant  factor on the other 
the  “ dear  public"  is  between  the  devil 
and  the  deep  sea.

But  coming  back  to  the  starting  point 
of  the  market  situation,  coffee  is  steady 
and  there  is  a  slightly  better  feeling 
than 
last  week,  owing,  it  is  said,  to 
firmer  advices  from  Europe.  Quota­
tions  for  invoices  still  remain  at  5% c, 
however,  for  Rio  No.  7  and  while  oc­
casionally  5  516c  may  be  reached  the 
former  figure  seems  nearer the right one. 
The  stock 
in  store  and  afloat  remains 
large,  being  2,708,754  bags  against 
2,476.921  bags  at  the  same  time  last 
year.  Mild  grades  have  gained  some 
strength,  owing,  very 
to  the 
supply  from  Venezuela  being  shut off. 
Still  there  is  enough  and  no  coffee  fam­
ine  will  ensue.

likely, 

The  week,  so  far  as  actual  business 
goes,  has  been  a  barren  one  in  sugars. 
Hardly  any  new  business  has  been 
transacted  and  about  all  attention  has 
been  given  to  factor  plan,  details  of 
which  your  readers  will  have  before 
this.

Limited  offerings  of Japan  and  coun­
try  green  teas  are  reported  and  quota­
tions  are  very  firmly  sustained,  at  the 
recent  reductions.

There 

is  a  rather  slow  demand  for 
rice,  but  quotations  are  firm  and  the 
general  situation  favors  sellers  slightly. 
Choice  to  head,  5% @ 6 fic .

ilackers  have  been  here,  and 

In  spices  pepper  is  firm  and,  in  fact, 
the  same  is  true  of  the  whole 
line,  and 
with  light  supplies  the  outlook  is  in  fa­
vor of  the  holder.  Sales  are  mostly  of 
small  lots.
In  canned  goods  this  week  corn  seems 
to  be  the  center of  interest.  Some  large
jobbers 
or the  first  time  in  a  fortnight  or  more 
are  taking  more 
interest  in  the  situa­
tion.  Baxter  Bros.,  Wapello,  Iowa,  sold 
out  their  1903 pack very readily at62j£c. 
This  corn 
is  well  known  and  has  a 
splendid  reputation  as  to quality.  New 
Jersey  tomatoes  seem  to  have  suffered  a 
reduction  as  compared  with  recent 
prices  of  about  2}4c  per dozen.  The 
supply  of  canned  corn  will  be  practical­
ly  all  gone  shortly  and  the  packers  will 
have  a  splendid  opportunity  to  make 
some  money  this  year  if  the  season  be 
propitious,  for the country  will  take  care 
of  a  big  pack  and at full  rates.  Next  to 
corn,  peas  are  atttracting  most  attention 
and  prices  are  very  firmly  maintained. 
It  certainly  promises  to  be  a  splendid 
year  for  canned  goods  of all  descrip­
tions.

There  is  little  change  to  note  in  dried 
fruits.  Prices  remain  about as last noted 
and,  as  a  rule,  are  very  firm.  Some  new 
hand-packed  choice  fruits  are  here  from 
California  with  the  front of  the  package 
covered  with  mica,  allowing  the  fruit  to 
be  seen  although  the  box  is  practically 
air  tight. 
It  will  make  a  handsome 
showing  in  the  window.

Lemons  are  moving  slowly  within  the 
range  of $2.1532.50,  the latter  for  really 
fine  fruit.  Oranges  are  steady  and  Cal­
ifornia  navels  range  from  $2.2532.50 3 
2.75.  The  fruit  is  not  very  desirable, 
being  too  sour. 
Jamaicas,  $2.2533.25 
per  box.

Beans  are  steady  and  fairly  active.

Pea  are  held  at  $2.3532.37^  ;  medium 
the  same;  marrows,  $2.72^32.75.
For  best  grades  of  Western  creamery 
butter  29c  seems  to  be  the  established 
rate.  There  is  a  good  demand  for such 
goods and  the  market  is  steady.  Aside 
from  top  grades  the  situation 
is  rather 
dull  and,  in  fact,  seems  to  be  slightly 
in  favor  of  the  buyer.  Seconds  to  firsts, 
24328# c ;  held  stock,  2 4 ^ 3 2 6 ^ 0 ;  im­
itation  creamery,  18322c,  latter  for  fin­
est grades;  held  stock,  17 3 18 ^ 0 ;  reno­
vated,  about 22c for  fancy.
As  arrivals  of  eggs  are  light  and  the 
demand  good  the  market  closes  very 
firm,  with  best  Western  quotable  at  31c, 
loss  off.  At  mark  the  range  is  from  22 
329c,  with  27c  as  a  fair  average  for 
fresh  gathered.
The  cheese  market  is  strong  and  best 
full  cream  State  will  fetch 
i4 % c .  E x ­
porters  have  been  doing  a  little  busi­
ness  in  the  cheaper  grades, taking  about 
1,200  boxes  during  the  week  and  some 
1,500  boxes  of  fine  large  white.

and 

New  Process  For  Making  Olive  Oil.
A  new  process  for the  extraction  of 
oil  from  olives  is  now  being  tested  by 
the  University  of California Agricultural 
Department, 
the  preliminary 
studies  on  the  method  lead  the  experts 
to  believe  that a  much  larger  product of 
first grade  oil  can  now  be  secured  than 
by  the  old  way.  The  process  requires 
a  new  machine  to  take  the  place  of  the 
clumsy  old-fashioned oil  press.  This  is 
none  other than  the  modern  sugar-house 
centrifugal  machine  which  is used in the 
manufacture  of  beet  sugar  and  extracts 
the  sugar  from  the  molasses  by  forcing 
the  pulp  through  a  sieved  vessel  revolv­
ing  at  a  high  rate  of  speed.  Tbe  idea 
has  been  borrowed  from  Algeria,Africa, 
where  the  process  has  given  splendid 
results,  although  carried  out  only  with 
the  crudest  apparatus.  Dr.  George  W. 
Shaw,  assistant  professor of  agricultural 
chemistry,  in  charge  of  the  beet  sugar 
industry,  has  started  the  work  at  Berk­
eley.  He  has  set  up  his  machinery  and 
commenced  operations.  From  his  pre­
liminary  experiments  he  feels  confident 
that  he  can  increase  tbe  per  cent,  of  oil 
that  can  be  obtained  from  a  given 
amount  by  at  least  10  per cent,  over  the 
old  method.  This  will  mean  a  tremen­
dous  saving 
in  the  production  of oil, 
which  has  hitherto  been  attended  by  a 
large  and  unavoidable  waste.  In  the  old 
method,  which  has  been 
in  vogue  for 
years,  it  has  been  necessary  after crush­
ing  the  olives  to  submit  the  pulp  to  a 
powerful  screw  or  hydraulic  press  in  or­
der to  strain  the  oil.  A  crude  wrapping 
of grass  mats,  wooden  gratings  or  sack­
ing  has  been  needed,  and  this  has ab­
sorbed  much  of  the  product,  especially 
as  the  pressing  went  through  several 
stages,  during  which  various  qualities 
of  oil  were  secured.  Tbe  results  with 
the  new  centrifugal  are  far  more  satis­
factory,  both  as  regards  simplicity  and 
economy  in  manipulation  and  results.

Her Father’s  Strength.

Recently  in  a  Saginaw  Sunday  school 
the  teacher  was  telling  her  class  of 
small  pupils  the 
interesting  story  of 
Samson,of whom  she  spoke  as  being  tbe 
strongest  man  who  had  ever  lived.
re­
Little  Ethel,  a  golden  haired 
cruit,  listened  to  the  story with great in­
terest.  After the  teacher  bad  finished 
Ethel  held  up  her  chubby  hand.
“ Well,  Ethel,”   asked  the  teacher, 
“ what  is  it?"
“ Samson  wusn't  as  strong  as  my 
papa  is ."

the  teacher,  smiling.

“ Is  your  father  so  strong?"  queried 
“ Ob,  my  papa’s  offul  strong,"  re­
plied  Ethel  with  emphasis. 
"Why,  I 
beard  mamma  say  that  be  bad a ellyfant 
on  bis  hands."

Tbe  worst  of  having  inflicted  a  wrong 
upon  the  innocent  is  that  you  can  never 
by  any  means  retrieve  it.  You  can  re­
pent,  and 
it  is  probable  that  your very 
repentance  ensures  your  forgiveness  at 
a  higher  tribunal  than  that of  earth’s 
judgment,  but tbe  results  of  wrong  can 
not  be  wiped  out or  done  away  with 
in 
this  life;  they  continue  to  exist,  and, 
alas!  often  multiply.  Even  the  harsh 
and  unjust  word  can  not  be  recalled,

Hardware Price Current

Gauge
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12

Ammunition

Caps

G. D., full count, per m........................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m...................
Musket, per m........................................
Ely’s Waterproof, per m......................
„  
No. 22 short, per m...............................
No. 22 long, per m.................................
No. 32 short, per m ...............................
No. 32 long, per m.................................
No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 2B0,  per m........
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 260, per  m ...

Cartridges

Primers

Gun Wads

Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M. C...
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m........
Black edge, No. 7, per m......................

Loaded  Shells 

New Rival—For Shotguns

Drs. of 
Powder

No.
120
129
128
126
136
164
200
208
236
265
284

Size
Shot
10
9
8
6
6
4
10
8
6
5
4

oz. of 
Shot
1*
1H
1M
1M
1H
1M
1
1
1H
1H
1M
Discount 40 per cent.

4
4
4
4
4M
4H
8
3
*M
SH
3H
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Kegs,26 lbs., per  keg..........  ..............
H kegs, 12tf lbs., per  %  keg...............
H kegs, o;i lbs., per 54  keg 
Shot

Gunpowder

In sacks containing 25 lbs. 
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B............

Augurs  and  Bite
Snell’s .....................................................
Jennings  genuine.........................
Jennings’ Imitation.........................

Axes

Barrows

First Quality, 8. B. Bronze..................
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...............
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel.................
First Quality,  D. B. Steel....................
Railroad................................................
Garden...............................................I.inet
Stove.....................................................
Carriage, new 11«»  ...........................
Plow .......................................................
Well, plain.............................................
Cast Loose Pin, figured.......................
Wrought Narrow.................................

Batts,  Cast

Buckets

Bolts

40
60
76
60
2 60 
3 00 
6  00 
6 76
1  40 
1  40

Per 
100 
$2  90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 96 
8 00 
2 60 
2 60 
2  66 
2 70 
2 70

72
64

4 60 
2 50 
1  49

60
26
60

6 60 
i  00 
7 00 
10 60
13 00 
29 00

Chain

6-16 In.

Min.
Hin.
7  0.  . ..  6  O. .. . 6 0 . . ..  4*0.
...  6
8M 
8M 
. ..  8H

% In.
.. .  8* 
.. .  6M 

Com.
BB...
. ..  7M 
BBB.
. ..  7M 
Cast Steel, per lb. Crowbars
Chisels
Socket Firmer .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Comer... 
Socket Slicks__

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz.................net
Corrugated, per doz..............................
Adjustable............................................dis

Expansive  Bite

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $28...............
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30......................
New American......................................
Nicholson’s........................................... ’
Heller’s Horse Rasps..........................

File«—New  List

Galvanized  Iron 

Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  28 and 26;  27, 
16.
List  12 

14 

16 

13 

Discount,  70

Stanley Buie and Level Co.’s ...............

Gauges

Glass

Hinges

Hammers

Single Strength, by box...............
Double Strength, by box.............
By the Light.........................

.......dls
....dls 
...... dls
Maydole 6  Co.’s, new list............. ...... dia
Yerkes 6  Plumb’s .........................
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................dis
• 30c list
Gate. Clark’s 1.2.3.................. .. ___ dll
Pots  ... 
K ettles 
Spiders

60610
60610
60610
60610
Au Sable........................................... ...dls  40610
House  Furnishing Goods
70
Stamped Tinware, new list..................  
20610
Japanned Tinware................................. 
Bar Iron..................................................2 26  crateo
Light Band............................................. 
s o  rates

H ollow   Ware

Horse  Nalls

Iron

Knobs—New  List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings............ 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.........  
Regular 0 Tabular, Doz......................  
Warren, Galvanized Foant...............  

Lanterns

78
86
$ so
00

76 
1  28 
4Q&10

70610
70
70

28
17

eo&io

86620
86620
86&20

33H40610
70

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. .die 

Levels

Adze Bye...................................$1700..dls 

Mattocks

Metals—Zinc

600 pound casks.....................................  
Per pound..............................................  

31

70

68

7 H
8

Miscellaneous

40
Bird C ages................................................ 
Pumps, Cistern...................................... 
75610
86&2C
Screws, New List.................................  
Casters, Bed and Plate........................   GO&IO&IO
Dampers, American.............................. 
so

Molasses  Gates

Stebblns’ Pattern.................................. 
Enterprise, self-m easuring...................  

60610
so

Pans

Fry, Acme.............*................................   60610610
70&6
Common,  polished................................ 
Patent  Planished  Iron 

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 80 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 26 to 27  9 80

Broken packages He per pound extra.

Advance over base, on both Steel and  Wire.

Planes

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy........................... 
Sclota Bench.......................................... 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy................. 
Bench, flint quality...............................  

Nalls

Steel nails, base................................... 
Wire nails, base....................................  
20 to 60 advance..................................... 
10 to 16 advance..................................... 
8 advance.............................................  
6 advance.... 
....................................  
4 advance.............................................. 
3 advance.............................................. 
2 advance.............................................. 
Fines advance......................................  
Casing 10 advance.................................  
Casing 8 advance................................... 
Casing 6 advance................................... 
Finish 10 advance.................................  
Finish 8 advance................................... 
Finish 6 advance................................... 
Barrel  \  advance.................................. 

Rivets

Iron and  Tinned................................... 
Copper Rivets  and  Burs...................... 

Roofing  Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean...................... 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean.....................  
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean...................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 

Ropes

Sisal. H Inch and larger. 
Manilla............................

40
50
40
46

2  60
2  20
Base
5
10
20
30
4a
n
50
ig
26
st
25
35
4s
86

60
46

7 so
9 00
is 00
7 so
9 00
16 00
18 00

10
12H

60

80 00

Sand  Paper 
List  acct.  19, ’86..........................

Sash  Weights 
Solid  Eyes, per ton.......................

dls

Sheet  Iron

com. smooth,  com.
$3 60
8 7C
8 90
8 90
4 00
4 10
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  80  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 1 4 ................................... 
Nos. 16 to 17..................................... 
Nos. 18 to 21..................................... 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 10 
NO*. 25 to 26 .....................................  4 20 
NO. 27.................................................  4 30 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels  and  8pades

First Grade,  Doz..................................  
Second Grade, Doz............................... 

6 00
5  60

Solder

19
H©H....................................................... 
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
Steel and Iron........................................  80—10—6

Squares

Tin—Melyn  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal................................ 
14x20 IC, Charcoal.................................  
20x14 IX, Charcoal................................. 

Bach additional X on this grade, $1.26.

Tin—Allaway  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal.................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal.................................
10x14 IX, Charcoal................................
14x20 IX, Charcoal.................................

Each additional X on this grade, $ijso

Boiler  Sise Tin  Plate

14x86 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 
14x66 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, I per pound..

Traps

Steel,  G am e..............................................
Oneida Community,  Newhouse’s........
Oneida  Community,  Hawley  6   Nor­
ton’s .........................................................
Mouse,  choker  per  doz........................
Mouse, delusion, per  doz......................

Wire

Bright M arket..........................................
Annealed  M arket....................................
Coppered M arket....................................
Tinned  M arket........................................
Coppered Spring S teel..........................
Barbed Fence, Galvanized....................
Barbed Fence, Painted..........................

Wire Goods
Bright...........................................
Screw Eyes................................
Hooks........................................
Gate Hooks and E yes..................

Wrenches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled...........  
doe’s Genuine..................................... 
Cos’s Patent Agricultural, ’Wrought. .■*• 610

$10 60
10 60
12 00

9 60 
9 06 
10  60 
10 60

18

40610
66 
16 
1  26

60
60
80610 
60610 
40 
2  90 
2  60
80
80
80
80

80
80

3 2

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

Too  La to to  Classify.

Ann  Arbor—Jos.  T.  Jacobus  has  sold 

his  grocery  stock  to  F.  W.  Esslinger.

Bay  City—Paul  W.  Scbroedter,grocer, 
has  sold  his  stock  to  F.  Kellerman 
&  Co.

Adrian—Burns  &  Spies  have  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Michaels  & 
Smith.

Lansing—The  Olds  Motor  Works  will 
add  200  hands  to  their  already  large 
force  Feb.  i.

Tecumseb—M.  E.  (Mrs.  Henry)  Bice 
is  succeeded  by  Maloney  &  Rockwell 
in  the  bakery  business.

Saginaw—E.  C.  Maxson  &  Son  suc­
in  the  wall 

ceed  Edward  C.  Maxson 
paper and  paint  business.

Detroit—O’ Dwyer  &  Ward,  wholesale 
milliners,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business 
is  continued  by  Ward  & 
Miller.

Potterville—H.  E.  Merritt, 

Parma—Jaspar  R.  Godfrey,  dealer  in 
hardware,  groceries,  coal  and  agricul­
tural 
implements,  has  taken  a  partner 
under  the  style  of Godfrey  &  VanYalin.
late  of 
Detroit,  has  purchased  the 
interest  of 
his  brother,  Clark,  in  the  mercantile 
business  of  N.  O.  Merritt  &  Son.  The 
new  firm  of  N.  O.  Merritt  &  Co.  will 
begin  business  January  19.

Saginaw—The  Arenac  Clay  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association. 
It  has  a 
capital  stock  of  §50,000,  the  principal 
stockholders  being  Jos.  H.  Carrigan, 
Mary  Carrigan,  Chas.  E.  Still  and 
Rowland  Connor,  each  of  whom  holds 
600  shares.

Adrian—The  Gibford 

Automatic 
Safety  Pin  Co.  is  the  style  of  a  new  en­
terprise  at  this  place. 
Its  authorized 
capita]  stock  is §3,000.  The  principal 
stockholders  are  Geo.  A.  Wilcox,  540 
shares;  W.  A.  Staniford,  150  shares; 
C.  J.  Lyons,  150  shares  and  E.  B.  Gib- 
ford,  150 shares.

Lansing—The  Lansing  Foundry  Co. 
has  been  organized  with  a  capital  stock 
of $20,000,  held  by  the  following  per­
sons:  A.  F.  Molitor,  Sco shares;  Leon­
ard  W.  Roe,  700  shares  and  Otto  C. 
Brodhay,  E.  H.  Brodhay  and  L.  A. 
Brodhay,  of Chicago,  who  hold  300,  100 
and  100 shares  respectively.

Good  Words Unsolicited.

C.  J.  Pattison,  druggist,  Altona :  The 
Tradesman  is  a  good  paper  and it would 
be  hard  to  keep  store  without  it.

Klumpp  Bros.,  meat  dealers,  Pincon­
ning :  Please  find  enclosed  $1  in  pay­
ment  of 
to  Michigan 
Tradesman,  which  we  consider  the  best 
invested  dollar  we  make  during  the 
year.

subscription 

E.  W.  Potter,  shipper of  butter,  eggs 
and  poultry,  Leslie:  We  have  always 
felt  that  we  could  depend  on  whatever 
the  Tradesman  said  and  have  appre­
ciated  the  efforts  you  have  put  forth  in 
behalf  of your  patrons.

Myers  Bros.,  dealers  in  drugs,  gro­
ceries,  crockery  and  glassware,  Goble- 
ville :  Enclosed  find  $2  for subscription 
to  Tradesman.  We  did  not  get  last 
week's  issue.  Don’t  you  know  we  can 
not  keep  house  without the  Tradesman? 
Have  had  every  number  from  No.  1, 
except  last  week’s.

Slater  &  Kyes,  dealers 

in  clothing, 
men’s  furnishing  goods  and  boots  and 
shoes,  Coleman:  There  is  no  paper 
published  that  will  compare  with  the 
Tradesman  as  a  business 
journal  and, 
as  an  advertising  medium  it  brought  us 
surprising  results.  We  wish  you  a  pros­
perous  future  and  pledge  you  our  hearty 
support.

White  Manufacturing  Co.,  manufac­
turer of  gasoline  and  kerosene  appli­
ances,  Chicago:  Let  us  join  with  you 
in  congratulations  upon  the  splendid 
home  you  have  established  for  your­
selves  in  your new  quarters.  Seventeen 
year  lease,  eh?  Well,  that  is  a  good

long  time.  The  writer  was  quite  a 
small  boy  seventeen  years  ago;  he  will 
be older in seventeen  years  more.
Geo.  E.  Steele,  civil  engineer,  Los 
Angeles,  Cali.  : 
I  enclose  renewal,  not 
because  1  am  at  all  interested  in  the 
merchants’  problems,  but  because  the 
Tradesman  has  very  many good  features 
which  I  approve  and  commend,  prin­
cipal  among  them  being  its able  editor­
ials  on  political,  educational  and  all 
leading  public questions—the best I  get. 
Then,  come  to  think,  this  paper  has 
been  coming  to  me  since  its  early  is­
sues.  How  could  I  break  company? 
That  celebration  number  was  “ chief 
among  ten 
look  at 
Charlie  Garfield’s  pleasant  face  was 
worth  a  year’s subscription.

thousand. ”  The 

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

Country  hides  are  easier—in  fact, 
lower—and  sales are made at’down price. 
Receipts  of  cattle  by  packers are ex­
tremely  large  and they  are  ready  sellers 
of  hides.  Lots  in  country  points  that 
have  been  held  for an  advance  are com­
ing  forward.  Only  a  lower market  can 
be  looked  for.

Felts  are  plenty  from  large  receipts of 
sheep.  Stocks  come  from  all  points, 
giving ample  supply  to  pullers.

Furs are  net so  plenty and  buyers  are 
off their high  horse.  They  are  in  the 
market,  but  at  lower  values  on  some 
grades and  are  not  so anxious.

Tallow  holds  its own,  with  a  fair  de­
Packers’ 

mand  and  light  offerings. 
prime  is  sold  up  close.

Wools  are  strong  at  seaboard,  but 
higher.  Values  are not  quotable.  The 
stuff  is  in  light supply,  as  compared  to 
past  years  and  is  being  ground up.  A1 
though  indications are  strong,  buyers  do 
not  readily  respond.  Wm.  T.  Hess.

Divided.

“ Johnny, ’’  said  his  mother,  severe­
ly,  “ some one  has taken a  big  piece  of 
ginger cake out  of the  pantry. ’’

Johnny  blushed guiltily.
“ Oh,  Johnny!”  she  exclaimed,  “ I 
“ It ain’t all,"  replied Johnny;  “ part 

didn’t think  it was  in  you. ’’
of it's  in  Elsie.’’

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under 
this  heed  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  35  cents.  Advance 
payments.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

3

934

ness is mal estate,  not  groceries.  These  goods 

I ¡'OR SALE—GROCERY STOCK. IN VOICING 

$1.000.  We  traded for the stock  Our busi­
are high grade and no old stuff.  Seven hundred 
dollars  buys  it  to-day.  Stand  is  good, but  can 
move goods if  you  desire.  Write or see Decker 
& Jean. Grand Rapids. Mleh. 
Tj'OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN—$1,500 CLOTH- 
X1 
ing, or would exchange for a stock of shoes 
Address No. 9’6. care Michigan Tradesman.  9fw
1X M   SALE-A  CLEAN  AND  DESIRABLE 
r  
stock of general merchandise in southwest­
ern Iowa;  stock will invoice about $8,000; reason 
for  selling. Ill  health:  good trade;  good country 
adjoining  town.  Address  Lock  Box 8,  Carson. 
Iowa. 
d£450 BUYS  NEW  STOCK OF  STAPLE  MER- 
nr  chandise  in  booming  town  of  Constantine. 
Box 353. Constantine. Mich. 
— r   CENTS* IN THE $1  BU YS  A NEW YORK 
i u   ra-ket store;  stock  in  good  shape;  stock 
and furniture and fixtures inventory about $2 300. 
G. B.  Webber, Muskegon, Mich. 
Tj'O R  SALE  OR  TRADE—CHOICE  80,  ONE 
J?  undone-half  miles from town;  no improve­
ments^ Address 321^  Lake, Petoskey. Mich.  996
and  store,  with  living  rooms  above,  for 
dress Quick Sale, care Michigan Trade- man.  999
stock,  invoicing  about  $3,000;  annual sales 
thiis year. $11,000; situated In country; postoffice 
in  connection;  surrounded  by  excellent  farm­
ing  country.  Address  No.  1,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
A  DM’ NISTRATOR’S  SALE.  NEW  GRIST 
i l   mill in the flourishing town of stockbridge. 
Ingham Co., Mich;  large  rich  territory:  will  be 
sold Friday. Feb. 6,1903;  a rare opportunity for 
the  right  man;  particulars  can  be  had.  J . W. 
D ancer, A dm inistrator, Stockbridge, Mich.  2

tW R   SALE  $1.300  STOCK O F  DRY GOODS 
Ji>OR  SALE—GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 

$2.o"0, one-half cash and  balance  on  time.  Ad­

985

998

1

in a fine  business  for  yourself,  have  your  own 

991

992

994

discount; 

In  Northern  Indiana, 

Dr u g   s t o c k   f o r   s a l e ,  w it h   a   g o o d
twenty 
miles from Michigan  State  line;  stock  invoices 
about  $8<)0.  Address  No.  995,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
995
fpO R  SALE—THE  LEADING  GROCERY 
r
  stock  in 
the  best  manufacturing  town  In 
Michigan;  cash  sales  last  year,  $22,000;  books 
open to  inspection;  investigate  this.  Address 
No. 991, care Michigan Tradesman. 
Tj' O R   S A L K —D R U G   STORE  GRAND 
J?  Rapids;  good  business;  good  reason.  Ad­
dress No. 993, care Michigan Tradesman.  993
riv o   EXCHANGE—IMPROVED  FARM  FOR 
JL  stock  of  merchandise.  Address  Box  242, 
Frankfort, ind. 
Tj'OR  SALE  OR  TRADE  FOR  CLEAR 
Jr  property, new clean stock of drugs; invoices 
about $3,900.  Location best in the  city  of  Leba­
non,  Ind.  Address  Metzler  &  Co.,  Lebanon, 
Ind. 
TT'OR SALE-STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND  F1X- 
r  
tures Invoicing about  $2,001. in a prosperous 
Michigan  city  of  6,000;  competition  slight;  full 
prices.  Term*  cash  or  negotiable  paper.  Ad­
dress Chemist, care Michigan Tradesman. 
990
for some one else when  you can as well  be 
time and make five times what  you  are  getting 
now.  Write  John  C- Stein, Allegan, Mich., and 
get particulars regarding his dry goods business.
988
TXT ANTE D—SMALL  JOB  PRINTING  OUT- 
V T  fit.  Must  he  cheap.  Address  No.  979, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
TT'OR  SALE—BEST FARMING IMPLEMENT 
P   business  in  the  State; 
established  over 
twenty  years;  will  be  sold  inside  four  weeks; 
leaving State.  Address No.  977,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

■ N  OPENING.  DON’T  ALWAYS  WORK 

Ir'OR  SALE—WE  HAVE  A  STOCK  OF  DRY 

goods that inventories $8,0U0;  will  reduce  to 
annum.  Business successful in  every way.  We 
are engaged in an outside enterprise which takes 
all our time is our only reason  for  selling.  This 
city is growing very fast.  We have  the  best  lo­
cation,  the  most  prominent  corner.  A  grand 
opportunity for anyone wisning to  engage in  the 
dry goods business.  Trades will not  le   consid­
ered.  Watson  Dry  Goous  Co.,  Grand  Haven, 
Mich. 
TJ'OR  SALK—GOOD  HEARSE,  LOWERING 
P   device,  folding  casket  carriage  and  pedes­
tals, (350.  Address F. H. Nye,  Freeport,  Mich.
TX7 E  CAN  SELL  YOUR  REAL  ESTATE  OR 
t v   business wherever located;  we incorporate 
and  float  stock  companies;  write  us.  Horatio 
Gilbert & Co., 325 Klllcott sq.. Buffalo. 
W f  ANTED—STOCK  OF  MERCHANDISE IN 
TV  exchange for a  good  Iowa  farm.  Address 
No. 973. care Michigau Tradesman. 
TT'OR  RENT—FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS 
P   of brick store In  hust ing  town;  city  water, 
electric lights,  good  storage  below;  now  occu­
pied  by  department  store  doing  big  business. 
Fine chance  to  secure  an  established  business 
location if taken  at once.  Address  Mrs.  C.  W. 
Moon. Howell, Mich. 
TT'OR  S A L E - N I C E .  NEAT  GENERAL 
J?  stock.  Store and  dwelling  if  desired;  best 
farmiug  section  In  Saginaw  Valley.  Address 
No. 971, care Michigan Tradesman. 

979

973

976

972

977

971

974

9-5

$5.090.  We are doing  a  business  of  $25.0ou  per 

■ O  YOU  WANT  A (3,000  STOCK  OF  DRY 

goods  in  the  best  location  In  Michigan? 
The town has 3.000 population and I  am  doing  a 
good  business,  all  cash.  The  store  is  brick. 
22x90;  basement under all;  cheap  rent.  Best of 
reasons  lor  selJng.  Address  No.  968,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
TT'OR  SALE —  HARDWARE  BUSINESS; 
F   stock  invoices $v,«00;  prosperous  manufac­
turing and farming center;  stojk  clean;  profit­
able proposition.  Hardware, 55  Stephenson St-, 
Freeport, 111.________  

968

982

farmingfecountry;  one other drug store;  no  cut­

933

981

F'OR SALE—INDIANA  DRUG  STORE “IN 

growing  town  of  1,0(0;  surrounded  by  fine 
ting; stock and fixtures will invoice $2,(00;  cash 
sales last year  $7,500;  a  good  chance.  Address 
G. B.. care Michigan Tradesman. 
TT'OR  SALE —A  NEW  VILLAGE  HOTEL 
X1  and  bar  with  good  prospects  of  making 
money.  Address Box C, Montrose, Mich.  913
TT'OR SALE—GENERAL STOCK OF  $2,500 IN 
P  small booming town; cleared $2,000 last year; 
can reduce stock  to  suit  purchaser.  Ill  health 
reason for selling.  Address No  9s3.  care Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
Tj'OR  SALE-STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MKR- 
r   chandise  and  millinery  If  desired;  stock 
now reduced to about  $3,000;  splendid  opportu­
nity;  will  sell  reasonably.  Address  Box  101,
Montrose,  Mich.________________________ 944
TT'OR  S A L E —THREE  HUNDRED  AND 
r   forty  acres  of  land  at  Waiton,  Michigan. 
Forty  acres  suitable  for  cranberry  growing, 
about ten acres now In full bearing.  Good seven 
room  house,  barn  and  large  cranberry  ware­
house.  Forty  acres  good  agricultural  land, 
cleared;  about one hundred acres  covered  with 
fine growth of young  timber.  Railroad  through 
land, station half  mile  from  house.  Price  low, 
terms  easy.  Berries  from  this  marsh  were 
“considered  best among collection”  at  meeting 
of Wisconsin State Cranberry  Grocers’  Associa­
tion. Jan. 14. 1962.  Would  exchange  for  Grand 
Rapids business or residence  property.  Corres­
pond with  owner,  L.  W.  HubbeU,  Springfield, 
Mo.______________ 
965
DO YOU WANT TO PLACE  YOUR  MONEY 
where It will be  perfectly  safe,  where  you 
have a guaranteed dividend of 6 per cent., where 
you can’t lose, where every  dollar  invested  has 
paid 15 per cent ?  I f  so, answer  this  advertise­
ment.  For  full  particulars  address  A 
J. 
Caldwell, Tioga. Tex. 

IF YOU WANT A  SMALL  STOCK  OF  NEW 
Ir'OR  SALE—WHi»LESALE  GROCERY  IN 

clothing in a good town at  a  snap  price,  ad- 
dress No. 962, care Michigan Tradesman. 
962
a thriving city  of  30,000  in  the  N orthw est 
95g

Address B, CUB Michigan Tradesman 

964

967

r p o   EXCHANGE—A  FINE  FARM  OF  897 
X  acres;  65 miles from  Kansas City, Mo.;  will 
trade at actual cash  value  and  take  one-half  in 
good clean merchandise, balance cash;  write for 
particulars.  The  Economy  Store,  Mondamln, 
Iowa 
TT'OR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  IN  ONE  OF 
I 1  the best business  towns  in  Western  Michi­
gan;  good chance for a  physician.  Enquire  of 
No. 947, care Michigan  Tradesman._______ 947
n o w  PEAS,  SOJA BEANS AND GUMTHUS. 
\ j   We solicit orders and enquiries for gumthus 
(pure  hard  turpentine.)  Cow  peas  and  soja 
beans for seed.  Hall & Pearsall, Inx., Wilming- 
ton, N. C._____________________________ 957

i NOR  SALE-DRUG  STOCK  AND  FIX- 
KCHICAGO  PURCHASHING  CO.,  221  5TH 

tures, invoicing about  $4.800;  located  In one 
of the best  resort  towns  in  Western  Michigan. 
Address No. 923, care Michigan Tradesman.  923
j  ave., largest cas bibuyers of stores and stocks 
of all descriptions._____________________ 913
TT'OR  SALE—$3,000 GENERAL  STOCK  AND 
r   $2,500  store building, located in  village  near 
Grand Rapids.  Fairbauhs scales.  Good  paying 
business, mostly cash.  Reason for selling, owner 
has other business.  Address No. 838, care Mich- 
jgan Tradesman._______________________ 838
TT'OR  SALE—WE  HAVE  THREE  LAUN- 
F   dries  ranging in  price  from $400 to $6.000 in 
some of  the best cities in  Central  Michigan.  If 
any one  Interested  will  write  us  stating about 
what they want, we will be pleased to correspond 
with them.  Address  Derby, Choate  & Woolfitt 
Co., Ltd., Flint, Mich. 
TT'OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS,  EXCLUSIVE 
F   millinery business in  Grand  Rapids;  object 
for  selling,  parties  leaving  the  city.  Address 
Milliner, care Michigan Tradesman. 

8AFES—NEW  AND  SECOND-HAND  FIRE 

and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
&  Brick  Building  Moving  Co.,  376  South  Ionia 
S t. Grand  Rapids. 
T  HAVE  SOME  REAL  ESTATE  IN  GRAND 
A  Rapids.  Will  trade  for  a  stock  of  general 
merchandise.  Address  No. 751,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

tpOR  SALE  CHEAP—SECONDHAND  NO.

1  Bar-Lock  typewriter,  in  good  condition. 
Specimen of work done on  machine  on  applica­
tion.  Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 465

886

507

321

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MI SCELLA N ECUS

VXTANTED—POSITION  BY  MAN  OF  EX 
V V  perienca in grocery or  general  store; ref­
erences  given.  Address  989,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
V y  ANTED—1TRAV ELIN G   REPRESEN T A - 
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tive  for  State  of  Michigan  for  an  up-to- 
date  line with an established trade in the State. 
Must  be  a  thoroughly  competent  man,  experi­
enced in stove and  range selling and  acquainted 
with  Michigan trade.  Address S.  R., care Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

989

937

997

ITU A llO N   WANTED  IN   GRO CERY  OR 
general store by young man with five years’ 
experience:  references  given.  Address  R.  H. 
Pfingston, Odell, 111. 
y O U N G   M ARRIED  MAN  W ISH ES  POSI- 
1 
tlon  In  drug  store;  has  had  four  years’ 
experience;  strictly  temperate;  not  registered. 
Address No. 9M, care  Michigan Tradesman.  951 
A  N UP-TO DATE T RA V ELIN G  SALESM AN  
XX  desires position;  references.  Address E. P „ 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
W  ANTED—POSITION  AS  C L E R K ;  S IX  
* ”   years  experience in the  general  merchan­
dise line;  feel  competent  to  fill  any  plaee  and 
c«n  furnish  good  references;  good  accountant 
and can keep a set of books.  Address L.  A   E .. 
Box  65.  Newaygo, Mich. 
W f  ANTED —  GOOD  SALESMEN,  ENER- 
»»  getic and  capable  of  handling  sub  sales­
men.  to  sell  our  famous  Dustless  Brushes  to 
merchants  and  Institutions.  Two thousand  of 
the new perfected du-tless brushes sold In  forty 
days.  Wonderful  sellers.  Good money.  Write 
us quick.  A. R. Wiens Company,  223 Cedar  St., 
Milwaukee. Wis. 

955

942

954

‘ T H E   O’ N E IL L   S A L E S ”

absolutely sell  10 per cent, of ■
r stock in a  da\
Retail  S elling—New  Idea  System

If  you  knew 
that  we  could 
clear vour  store 
of  all  old  stuff 
and  any  lines 
you  would  like 
to eliminate and 
get  you 
thou­
sands of  dollars 
in  cash,  would 
you try our 
NEW 
IDEA 
SALE?

If so, write us 
and  we  w i l l  
full 
give  you 
details' and  in­
formation.

t .   C.  (I’A e ill  &   Co.

SPEC IA L  SALESM EN  &   AUCTIO NEERS 
408 Star B ld g., 35 6  D earborn St.,C h icago 
" e  also buy and sell  Store  Fixtures  and  take 
them on  consignment.

Cheney  &  Tuxbury

the  Real  Estate  Men

are in the market  for  Hemlock  and  Cedar  Lands.

K Canal St, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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1250  Candle  Power 
700 Candle  Pow er 

Send  for catalogue.

Do  not  break  mantles. 
Anyone  can  operate  them. 
They  have  the 
“ Imperial”   Generators.

Imperial 
Gas Lamp Co.

206  Kinzie S treet, 
Chicago,  111.

B y   using  the

Save  Fuel
Common  Sense 
Heat  Circulator 
and  Radiator

the  only  practical  heat  circula­
tor  made.

It utilizes the heat that is constantly going to waste with the  smoke. 
In 
starting a fire the first heat passes directly into the smoke pipe and  long 
before your stove begins to radiate any heat this  Heater  becomes  very 
hot and instantly creates a circulation, which  a 
radiator does not, consequently  it will  equalize 
the  temperature  of  your  room  and  make  it 
comfortable much sooner  than  can  be  accom­
plished  by  any  other  appliance  than  mine.
Adaptable  to  both  coal  and  wood  stoves  or 
heaters.  A very good  seller.  Lasts for  years.
Very simple.  Dealers write for pamphlet  and 
liberal discount.  Sample,  6  inch  Wood’s  re­
fined iron, price $4.  Order now.

A.  C.  Selleck,

757  W .  M adison  S t., 
Chicago,  111.

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SAPOLIO

Do not let your neighbors get ahead of 
you. 
It  will  sell  because  we  are  now 
determined to  push  it.  Perhaps  your 
first customer will take a dollar’s worth. 
You will  have  no  trouble  in  disposing 
of a box.  Same cost as Sapolio.

Enoch Morgan’s Sons Co.

MICA 

AXLE

has Decome known on account of its  good  qualities.  Merchants  handle 
Mica because their customers want the best  axle grease they can get for 
their money.  Mica is the best because  it  is  made  especially  to  reduce 
friction, and friction  is  the  greatest  destroyer  of  axles  and  axle  boxes. 
It is becoming a  common  saying  that  “Only  one-half  as  much  Mica  is 
required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle  grease,” so  that 
Mica is not only the best  axle  grease  on  the  market  but  the  most  eco­
nomical as well.  Ask  yonr  dealer  to  show yon  Mica  in  the  new white 
and bine tin packages.

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If you do not receive it, ask  for 
it  and we will  mail  you a  copy 
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prices are always the lowest and 
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The  Templeton  Cheese  Cutter

We  have  recently  taken  up  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  the 
machine illustrated  herewith  after  a  careful  investigation  of  its 
merits  among  dealers  who  have  operated  it  for  the  past  year.

That  the  problem  of  saving  the  waste in merchandising cheese 
which  has  always  confronted  the  dealer  heretofore,  can  be  solved 
by  this  machine,  we  have  no  doubt  at  all.

There  is  absolutely  no  waste  in  cutting.
It  keeps  your  cheese  fresh.
Saves  half  the  time  of  the  clerk.
Cuts  automatically  and  accurate  to  weight.
Saves  approximately  50 cents  on  each  cheese  cut,  and  conse­

quently  save  more  than  its  cost.

We  have  never  before  introduced  an  article  to  the  grocery 

trade  which  has  attracted  more  attention  than

The Templeton Cheese Cutter

and  we  anticipate  a  demand  that  will task  our  capacity  to  fill.

Mr.  Craigue gives  the  situation:

" G en tlem en:—A lock at my cheese used to give me horrors.  The waste was enormous, not  less than $100.oo^e^veaf0  Springs*  C° LO’
“ Your Templeton Cheese Cutter, though, has solved the problem, and  I now save absolutely every pound.
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A.  D.  CRAIGUE.”

"V ery truly yours, 

Sold  on  easy  monthly  payments.  W rite  for  particulars.

COMPUTING  SCALE  COMPANY

MANUFACTURERS 

DAYTON,  OHIO,  U.  S .  A.

