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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  5,  1904 

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D E LIN Q U E N T  PAREN TS.

The  staff  of  the  Juvenile  Court of 
Denver  have  compiled  as  part  of  the 
exhibit  of  the  Court  at  the  St.  Louis 
Exposition  what  they  call  a  “book­
let,”  entitled,  “The  Problem  of 
the 
Children.”  The  booklet,  however, 
contains  222  pages,  and  we  may  re­
mark  incidentally  that  whoever  will 
send  25  cents  to  the  clerk  of 
the 
juvenile  Court  at  Denver  for  a  copy 
of  the  document  will  receive  one  of 
the  most  interesting  books  ever  is­
sued  from  any  press. 
It  is,  in  fact, 
composed  largely  of  short  and  re­
markably  entertaining  stories, 
evi­
dently  written  by  Judge  Lindsay,  in 
which  he  describes  typical  cases  with 
which  he  has  had  to  deal.  Judge Ben 
B.  Lindsay  is  a  Judge  of  the  County 
Court  of  the  county  in  which  Denver 
is  situated,  and  is  occupied  with  its 
regular  business,  and  up  to  the  be­
ginning  of  the  present  year  has  been 
the  sole  Judge.  The  national  repu­
tation  which  he  has 
as 
Judge  of  the  Juvenile  Court  has  been 
won  largely  at  the  cost  of  daily  and 
nightly 
labor  not  required  by  the 
formal  obligations  of  his  office,  and 
which  has  had  such  marvelous 
re­
sults  that  the  public  gladly  added  an 
additional  Judge  to  the  County Court 
in  order  to  permit  Judge  Lindsay  to 
spend  more  time  with  his  delinquent 
children.  The  nature  of  these  results 
will  be  indicated  by  the  simple  state­
ment  that  when,  in  spite  of  his  ut­
most  efforts,  a  boy  continues  to  go 
wrong  and  it  becomes  necessary  to 
commit  him  to  the  State  Industrial 
School,  the  Judge  draws  the  warrant, 
gives  it  to  the  boy,  with  the  railroad 
ticket,  and  the  boy  then  goes  direct 
to  the  school  alone,  delivers  himself 
to  the  superintendent,  makes  his  own 
return  upon  the  warrant  and  enters 
upon  his  confinement.  There  is noth­
ing  to  prevent  his  running  away.  He 
simply  does  not  do  it.  The  question 
yet  to  be  determined  is  whether  such

achieved 

results  as  this  are  a  product  of  the 
system,  or  whether  they  are 
due 
mainly  to  the  personal  character  and 
influence  of  Judge  Lindsay.

to 
Just  now,  however,  we  wish 
deal  with  a  single  feature  of 
the 
work  of  the  Denver  Juvenile  Court, 
and  that  is  its  dealings  with  “delin­
quent  parents.”  All  juvenile  courts 
are  created  on  the  theory  that  the 
state  may  deal  with  delinquent  chil­
dren  precisely  as  a  parent  may  deal 
with  them,  and  that  whether  they 
have  been  guilty  of  what  the  law  calls 
a  “crime”  or  not.  The  object,  in 
fact,  is  to  prevent  them  from  becom­
ing  criminals.  The  Judge,  therefore, 
uses  his  discretion, 
and  virtually 
makes  his  own 
law,  just  as  a  fa­
ther  might  do.  But  the  Colorado 
law  also  gives  him  authority  to  deal 
rather  summarily  with  delinquent 
parents.  For  example,  the  child  who 
enters  a  saloon  or  a  recognized  vi­
cious  resort  of  any  kind  is  a  delin­
quent.  But  if  he  is  sent  there  by 
that 
parents,  guardian  or  employer 
person  becomes  the  delinquent 
in­
stead  of  the  child.  Or  if  a  parent 
sends  his  child  to  “sneak”  coal  from 
a  coal  yard,  it  is  the  parent  and  not 
the  child  who  is  dealt  with.  This  is 
not  a  special  effort  of  society  to  save 
a  merchant  or  railroad  company  from 
losing  a  few  baskets  of  coal,  but  to 
prevent  the  child  from  being  edu­
cated  as  a  thief.  During  the  year 
1903  there  were  197  parents  and  forty 
persons  other  than  parents  dealt with 
by  the  Denver  Juvenile  Court 
for 
“contributing”  to  the  delinquency  of 
children,  of  which  number  forty were 
committed  to  jail.  Of  course,  not  a 
single  child  has  been  committed  to 
jail.  They  are  committed  only 
to 
schools.  Besides  this,  there  was  a 
much 
larger  number  fined  in  sub­
stantial  sums.  How  many  parents 
are  reformed  by  the  personal  influ­
ence  of  the  probation  officers,  so  that 
they  never  come  before  the  courts, 
can  never  be  known.

“In 

sends 

But  the  class  which 

their 
children  to  the  saloon  for  beer  or  to 
the  coal  yards  and  new  buildings  for 
coal  and  wood,  by  no  means  contains 
all  the  people  who  contribute  to  the 
delinquency  of  children. 
fact,” 
says  Judge  Lindsay,  “in  my  experi­
ence  the  most  blameworthy  of  such 
parents  are  among  the  so-called  busi­
ness  men  and  prominent 
citizens. 
They  seem  to  think  their  duty  ended 
when  they  have  debauched  the  boy 
with 
luxury  and  the  free  use  of 
money.  They  permit  him  to  fill  his 
life  with  a  round  of  pleasure,  and  let 
him  satiate  his 
appetite  without 
knowing  what  he  is  doing  or  whither 
he  is  drifting.”  As  a  result  there  is 
a  constantly  increasing  number  of 
embezzlements  of  small  sums 
by 
clerks  in  business  houses,  whose  fa­

thers  make  good  the  loss  and  noth­
ing  is  heard  of  it.  The  Judge  states 
that  a  Police  Captain  in  one  large 
city  told  him  that  within  a  single  six 
weeks  he  had 
investigated  twenty- 
four  such  cases,  in  all  of  which  the 
delinquents  were  of  respectable  fami­
lies  and  the  embezzlements  “hushed 
up.”  This  is  going  on  and  increasing 
in  all  large  cities.  We  know  very 
little  of  what  takes  place  all  about 
us.  Judge  Lindsay  regards  this  class 
of  well-to-do  parents  who  do  not con­
trol  their  children  as  the  most  dan­
gerous  elements  of  society 
to-day. 
They  are  rearing  a  class  of  citizens 
without  moral  principle,  prone 
to 
vices  which  sap  their  moral  and  phy­
sical  stamina,  and  which  involve  the 
expenditure  of  money  which  they  can 
not  honestly  obtain. 
In  the  course 
of  his  three  or  four  years’  experience 
in  the  Juvenile  Court,  it  is  said  that 
Judge  Lindsay  has  had  many 
such 
parents  before  him  with  their  chil­
dren,  where,  with  the  assistance  of 
the  probation  officers  who  had  been 
investigating  their  children,  such  a 
complete  “show  down”  of  their  do­
ings  was  effected  as  covered  their  pa­
rents  with  horror  and  shame.

The  juvenile  courts,  in  conjunction 
with  the  school  authorities  operating 
under  a  compulsory  school  law,  are 
the  great  agencies  upon  which  so­
ciety  must  rely  for  preventing  boys 
and  girls  from  drifting  into  lives  of 
crime.  Boys  do  not  become  crim­
inals  in  a  day.  For  the  most  part 
the  hoy  who  subsequently  becomes 
a  criminal  does  not  in  any  respect 
except  his  environment  differ  from 
other  boys  of  the  same  age.  He  be­
gins  with  mischief,  advances 
to 
“swiping,”  gets  into  jail  and  emerges 
a  criminal.  The  duty  of  society  is 
to  catch  him  before  he  passes 
the 
stage  of  mere  mischief,  improve  his 
environment  or  separate  him  from it, 
and  allow  him  to  have  his  normal 
development  into  a  good  citizen  and 
an  honest  nianjfe

Secretary  Noekels,  of  the  Chicago 
Federation  of  Labor,  said  at  the 
last  meeting  of 
that  organization: 
“A  year  ago  there  were  240,000  union 
men  in  Chicago.  To-day  there  are 
less  than  140,000  affiliated  with  the 
unions  and  over  half  of  those  neg­
lect  or  refuse  to  pay 
their  dues.” 
Evidently  the  “seething  caldron  of 
hell”  which  the  union  leaders  of  Chi­
cago  gloated  over  so  joyously  a  year 
or  so  ago  is  cooling  off.

The  Japanese  might  be 

thought 
confirmed  deadheads  in  view  of  the 
avidity  with  which 
snatch 
passes  from  the  hands  of  the  Rus­
sians.

they 

The  broad  and  crooked  road  is  also 

paved  with  good  intentions.

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SU CCESSFU L  SALESM EN .

R.  C.  Talbot,  Representing  Forest 

City  Paint  &  Varnish  Co.

R.  C.  Talbot  was  born  at  Pontiac, 
Aug.  30,  1871.  His  parents  removed 
to  Chicago  when  he  was  an  infant, 
and  subsequently  removed  to  Chase, 
fa­
Lake  county,  Mich.,  where  his 
ther  established  and  conducted 
a 
weekly  newspaper. 
In  1875  his  fa­
ther  removed  to  Reed  City  and  pur­
chased  the  Clarion,  which  he  conduct­
ed  for  two  years. 
In  1877  the  fami- 
ily  removed  to  Toledo,  where  Rich­
ard  attended  school,  graduating  from 
the  High  School  with  high  honors. 
In  the  meantime,  he  had  learned  the 
trade  of  carriage  painting,  working 
nights  and  Saturdays  at  the 
trade. 
On  leaving  school  he  went  to  Chi­
cago,  where  he  was  employed  at  his 
trade  for  two  years,  when  he  re­
turned  to  Toledo  and 
two

spent 

years  decorating  bicycles  in  the  fac­
tory  of  the  H.  A.  Lozier  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  Mr.  Lozier  then  sent  him  to 
his  Eastern  factory in  Westfield,  Mas­
sachusetts,  where  he  was  foreman  of 
the  decorating  department  for  a  year. 
He  then  returned  to  Toledo  to  take 
the  position  of  master  painter  with 
the  Gendron  Iron  Co.,  where  he  re­
mained  three  years.  He  then  remov­
ed  to  Cleveland  to  take  the  foreman- 
ship  of  the  Metal  Goods  Manufactur­
ing  Co., from which place he naturally 
drifted  into the  paint  shop  department 
of  the  Sherwin  &  Williams  Co.  He 
then  opened  a  carriage  and  automo­
bile paint  shop,  which he continued for 
one  year,  selling  the  business  to  ac­
cept  a  lucrative  position  as  manager 
of  the  paint  department  of  the  Cleve­
land  Eastern  Railway,  where  he  su­
perintended  the  painting  and  finishing 
of  the  passenger  coaches.  His  next 
connection  was  with 
the  Colonial 
Paint  and  Varnish  Co.,  where  he  as­
sumed  charge  of  the  manufacturing 
department  and  met  his  first  experi­
ence  as  traveling  salesman.  During 
a  portion  of  the  time  he  was  con­
nected  with  this  company  he  served 
as  Vice-President  of  the  corporation. 
He  retired  from  this  position  to  ac­
cept  a  flattering  offer  as  traveling 
representative  for  the  Forest  City 
Paint  &  Varnish  Co.,  his  first  terri­
tory  being  the  retail  trade  of  South­
ern  Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana. 
On  Jan.  1  of  last  year  he  dropped

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

his  Indiana  territory  and  was  given 
charge  of  the  entire  State  of  Michi­
gan,  in  which  he  endeavors  to  see 
his  trade  every  ninety  days.

Mr.  Talbot  was  married  Dec.  22, 
1892,  to  Miss  Laurace  Loy,  of  Fair­
mont,  Indiana.  They  reside  in  Tole­
do.  The  husband  is  not  much  of  a 
“jiner,”  being  a  member  of  only  two 
organizations— B.  P.  O.  E.  Lodge, 
No.  34,  of  Detroit,  and  the  Illinois 
Commercial  Traveling  Men’s  Asso­
ciation.

Mr.  Talbot  attributes  his  success 
to  the  fact  that  he  can  talk  under­
standing^  and  intelligently  to  a  prac­
tical  paint  man  on  account  of  his 
knowledge  of  the  business.  He 
is 
thoroughly  versed  in  the  science  of 
paint  mixing,  which  gives  him  an 
intimate  acquaintance  with  the  con­
tents  of  every  package.  There  is no 
branch  of  the  finishing,  painting,  dec­
orating,  frescoing  or 
sign  writing 
business  with  which  he  is  not  famil­
iar,  and  because  of  this  knowledge 
he  has  manifestly  an  advantage  over 
a  traveling  man  who  takes  up  the 
work  from  a  commercial  standpoint, 
without  knowing  anything  of 
the 
practical  side  of  the  question.

Advantage  of  Keeping  Private  Infor­

mation  to  One’s  Self.

Why  in  thunder  is  it  that  a  man 
can’t  keep  his  good  things  to  him­
self?

Especially  when  he  ought  to  know 
'em  is  going  to  lose 

that  blabbing 
’em  for  him?

A  broker  told  me  the  other  day 
some  of  his  experiences  about  this, 
and  they  tally  exactly  with  what  I 
know  myself.

He  said  he  never  gave  any  buyer 
a  good  thing  yet  that  the  chump 
didn’t  tell  about  it.  Every  broker 
and  every  jobber  has  his  preferences 
among  the  people  he  sells  to.  Very 
often  he  will  be  able  to  give  some 
particular  friend  a  slice  off  a  good 
thing—a 
a 
concession 
price  or  something  like  that.

little 

off 

Sometimes  there’s  a  good  reason 
for  it,  like  an  unusually  large  order, 
but  other  times  there  isn’t  any  rea­
son  for  it  except  that  the  broker 
has  offered  his  plum  to  the  man  he 
liked  best  among  the  trade.

No  matter  which  is  the  condition, 
favjor  always 

the  recipient  of  the 
leaks  about  it.

Why? 

I’ll  blanked  if  I  know,  ex­
cept  it’s  to  show  that  he’s  just  the 
stuff  when  he  comes  to  buying.

This  broker  buys  his  groceries  of 
an  ordinary  retailer— just  the  aver­
age  neighborhood  grocer,  not  big 
enough  to  buy  goods  of  anybody but 
the  wholesale grocer.  I mean too small 
to  buy  direct  of  the  manufacturer 
or  broker.

This  retailer  and  the  broker  got 
very  friendly  in  the  course  of  time, 
and  one  day  when  the  grocer  drop­
ped  into  the  broker’s  office  and  ask­
ed  him  if  he  wouldn’t  sell  him  di­
rect,  the  broker  consented.  He  sold 
him  a  small  order  at  the  price  that 
the  wholesaler  paid.

Now,  you’d  think  that  the  retailer 
would  have  kept  a  good  thing  like 
that  locked  under  his  hat  with 
a 
burglar-proof  lock,  wouldn’t  you?

And  yet  I’ll  be  dadburned  if  he

didn’t  give  it  away  the  first  chance 
he  got! 
I  don’t  mean  that  he  told 
the  whole  thing,  but  when  a  whole­
sale  grocer’s  salesman  next  tried  to 
sell  him  this  particular  line  of  goods 
and  quoted  him  a  price,  the  grocer 
let  out  a  snort  of 
contemptuous 
amusement  an'd  said  he  could  beat 
it  all  to  pieces.  The  salesman  got 
curious  and  pretty  soon  he  had  seen 
the  goods  that  the  grocer  could  do 
better  on.  That  was  enough— he put 
two  and  two  together,  and  when  the 
broker  tried  to  get  another  order out 
of  the  jobber  whose  salesman  this 
was,  he  had  the  thing  thrown 
at 
him  good  and  hard.

So  perished  one  retailer’s  good 

thing.

Another  time  the 

same  broker 
made  a  certain  wholesale  grocer  a 
very  close  price  on  a  big  order. 
It 
was  a  closer  price  than  he  had  made 
the  general  wholesale  trade,  mostly 
because  of  the  size  of  the  order.

He  said  he  heard  of  it  within  two 
hours  from  another  jobber  who  had 
been  paying  a  higher  price.

The  jobber,  to  show  another brok­
er  that  he  could  beat  him  all 
to 
pieces,  had  let  just  enough  out  to 
give  the  broker  a  clue.  The  latter 
had  pieced  the  transaction  together 
in  his  own  mind,  and  had  told  other 
jobbers  that  “So-and-So”  had  done 
better  by  this  particular  jobber  than 
he  had  by  them.

Result  —   trouble 

bunches.

in 

large 

red 

I  have  reason  to  know  that  every­
body’s  experience  is  just  the  same. 
Nobody  seems  to  be  able  to  keep 
shut  up  when  they  have  proven 
their  beautiful  acuteness  by  making 
a  good  buy.  They  have  simply  got 
to  show  their  competitors,  or  some­
body,  what  keen  business  men  they 
are.  And  the  showing  always  kills 
the  goose  that  lays  the  golden  egg.
There  was  a  time  when  the  price 
of  sugar  was  limited. 
In  Philadel­
phia  the  jobbers,  unable  to  trust each 
other,  put  up  $300  apiece  to  insure 
each  other’s  honesty. 
In  spite  of 
the  chance  of  losing  this  $300,  sev­
eral  of  them  gave 
rebates 
right  and  left.

secret 

That  is, - they  thought  they  were 

secret,  but  they  were  not.

I  know  a  lot  of  cases  where  job­
bers  who  were  honestly  holding  the 
price  knew  perfectly  well  that  cer­
tain  other  jobbers  were  not, 
and 
knew  who  those  jobbers  were,  whom 
they  rebated,  and  how.

In  other  words,  they  had  them 

dead  to  rights.

Did  they  blab?  No.  Why?  Oh, 
well,  they  didn’t  want  to  get  into  it, 
and  the  retailers  had  told  their  sales­
men  in  confidence  and  could  not  be 
brought  into  it.

In  this  case  the  retailers’  telling 
it  did  not  always  put  a  stop  to  the 
good  thing,  but  it  might  have.  The 
dealers  who  got  the  rebates  simply 
had  to  show  that  they  were  up  to 
snuff.  They  couldn’t  hold  it  to  save 
their  souls!  Maybe  it  was  only  a 
wink,  or  a  foxy  look,  but  it  let  the 
secret  out,  all  right.

Why,  I  have  actually  known  of 
cases  where  a  dealer  who  had  man­
aged  to  get  hold  of  something  rich

in  the  way  of  a  price,  or  a  drive, 
gave  it  partly  away  to  his  own  com­
petitor.

That  seems  to  me 

like 

simple 

idiocy!

If  I  were  a  retailer  I’d  be  as  stingy 
about  such  things  as  a  miser! 
If I 
were  a  member  of  a  retail  grocers’ 
association,  and  bought  goods  cheap 
through 
last 
thing  I’d  ever  speak  of  to  a  man 
who  bought  his  goods  through  the 
regular  jobber.

it  would  be 

the 

it, 

Or  if  I  took  a  trade  paper  that 
gave  me  good  ideas,  think  I’d  say 
so  to  my  competitor?

Not  on  your  tintype!
I  would  consider  it  only  good  busi­
ness  to  keep  all  such  good  things 
as  close  to  myself  as  wax.

To  prove  that,  I  know  an  angel 
gentleman  in  Philadelphia  here  that 
you  can  borrow  money  from  just  as 
easy!  Think  I’d  tell  who?  Not  on 
your  life,  for  he  told  me  if  I  did 
he’d  never  lend  me  another  cent.—  
Stroller  in  Grocery  World.

Republic  of  Panama.

Completes  first  year  of  existence 

November  3,  1904.

Constitution  follows  lines  of  that 

of  the  United  States.

There  are  seven  political  divisions 

or  provinces.

Has  three  ports  on  the  Pacific  and 

three  on  the  Atlantic  coast.

Boasts  of  one  railroad,  forty-seven 
miles  long,  now  owned  by  the  Unit­
ed  States  Government.
There  are  no  post 

and 
hardly  twenty-five  miles  of  road  in 
all  over  which  a  carriage  could pass.
Population  of  300,000  of  various 

roads, 

nationalities.

Area,  31,500  square  miles;  greatest 
width,  160  miles;  extreme  length, 400 
miles;  coast  line,  1,000  miles.

Industrial  development,  practical­

ly  none.

seven  miles.

Length  of  proposed  canal,  forty- 

Estimated  cost,  $200,000,000.
Living  expenses  and  rents  high 
small.— Philadel­

and  opportunities 
phia  Record.

Process  Employed  to  Reclaim  Rub­

ber.

in 

Rubber 

is  recovered 

several 
large  plants  as  follows:  Old  shoes, 
tires,  belts,  mats,  hose,  etc.,  are 
shredded  to  a  fine  wool.  This  is  then 
heated  in  massive  iron  cylinders un­
der  high  pressure  for  twenty  hours, 
with  strong  caustic  soda 
solution. 
The  cloth  packing,  paint,  fillers,  oil, 
grease,  thread,  etc.,  of  the  “shoddy” 
is  destroyed  or  altered  in  composi­
tion,  while  the  rubber  is  not  affected. 
The  mass  is  drawn  off,  washed  with 
water  for  several  hours,  and  pure 
rubber  recovered  in  fine  needles  or 
threads.  These  are  then  pressed  to 
one  solid  mass  between  heated  iron 
rollers. 

H.  C.  Stiefel.

A  man  is  rich  when  he  is  content­
ed  with  what  he  has,  although  he 
may  not  be  satsfied  with  his  posses­
sions.

It  is  a  good  deal  better  to  live  in 
a  glass  house  and  take  your  chances 
on  stones  than  to  have  no  windows 
at  all.

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3

A Good  Repeater

A  prominent  grocer,  when  re­
cently asked what kind of goods 
he liked  to sell best,  replied!

“Give me a  good  repeater  like  Royal  Baking  Powder;  an 
established  article  of  undisputed  merit  which  housekeepers
repeatedly buy and  are always satisfied with.

EW   baking  powders  and  new  foods,  like
new  lads,  come  and  go,  but  Royal  goes 
on  forever.  Grocers  are  always  sure  of  a 
steady  sale  of  Royal  Baking  Powder,  which 
never  fails  to  please  their  customers,  and  in 
the  end  yields  to  them  a  larger  profit  than 
cheaper and  inferior brands.

ROYAL  BAKING  POWDER  CO.,  NEW  YORK

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

Around 
The  S t a t e

Movements  of  Merchants.

Laurium— R.  H.  Rickard  has  open­

ed  a  new  grocery  store.

Johannesburg— Vernon  Welsh  has 

opened  a  new  grocery  store.

Tower— Geo.  Arrowsmith  has  en­

gaged  in  general  trade  here.

Holland— A.  I.  Kramer  has  uttered 

a  trust  chattel  mortgage  of $10,539.

Marcellus— Wm.  Thurkow  has  pur­
chased  the  meat  business  of  Earl  Sill.
Hastings— Addie  Parker  has  pur­
chased  the  South  Jefferson  St.  cigar 
store.

Mason— Cavender  &  Mehan,  clo­
thiers,  are  succeeded  by  H.  O.  Hal­
stead.

Frontier— Henry  Bailey  has  remov­
ed  his  general  stock  from  Amboy  to 
this  place.

Hastings— Edward  Huffman  will 
tobacco 

shortly  open  a  cigar  and 
store  here.

Owosso— Elton  H.  Green,  mer­
chant  tailor,  has  sold  his  stock  to  B. 
F.  Whitely.

Bay  City— Werner Von Walthausen 
has  sold  his  drug  stock  to  James  E. 
McDonald.

Detroit  —   Samuel  Goldstein  has 
been  appointed  receiver  for  the  Hub 
Clothing  Co.

Jackson—Zerah  Tomlinson 

has 
sold  his  grocery  stock  to  Theodore 
O.  Freeman.

South  Bay  City— S.  Vallier  has 
opened  a  new  grocery  store  at  619 
Harrison  street.

Midland— D.  &  J.  W.  Brown  have 
sold  their  stock  of  bazaar  goods  to 
Will  M.  Evans.

Saginaw— Chas.  H.  Becker  will  suc­
ceed  Mrs.  C.  H.  Becker  in  the  mil­
linery  business.

Standish— J.  H.  Honey has  conclud­
ed  to  put  up  a  solid  brick  store  build­
ing  18  by  40  feet.

Detroit— Collins  &  Schuler  have 
purchased  the  cigar and tobacco  stock 
of  John  J.  Griffith.

Battle  Creek— W.  H.  Staley  has 
of 

grocery 

stock 

purchased  the 
Newcomb  &  Foote.

Pontiac— J.  H.  Bushnell  will 

re­
move  his  stock  of  men’s  furnishing 
goods  to  Imlay  City.

Sanilac  Center— Wellington  War­
ner,  of  Elk,  will  open  a  new  bakery 
and  confectionery  store.

Coral— G.  A.  Armitage  &  Son  have 
purchased  the  warehouse  and  busi­
ness  of  Hill  &  Armitage.

Caro— Floyd  A.  Turner,  hardware 
and  harness  dealer,  is  succeeded  by 
the  Kelsey  Hardware  Co.

West  Bay  City— The  Monarch 
Drug  Co.  has  increased  its  capital 
stock  from  $5,000  to  $10,000.

Au  Sable— R.  A.  Richards  has 
added  a  room  20x20  feet  in  dimen­
sions  to  his  hardware  store.

Port  Huron— John  E.  Wolfstyn, 
tailor  and  dealer  in  men’s  furnishings, 
has  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy.

Bay  City— The  firm  of  Witmer  & 
Co.,  dealers  in  women’s  wearing  ap­
parel,  has  been  incorporated  under 
the  same  style.

Johannesburg— Boice  &  McKenna 
are opening a  drug store  in  the  corner 
room  of  the  new  Hanson  building.

Eden— Rolland  A.  Fay,  who  has 
been  running  a  general  store  here, 
was  succeeded  by  Disenroth  Bros.  & 
Co.  on  Oct.  1.

South  Lyon— E.  W.  Fitzgerald  has 
succeeded  Griswold  &  Fitzgerald  in 
the  grocery  and  men’s 
furnishing 
goods  business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— C.  P.  Haerle has 
taken  the  management  of  the  cold 
storage  department  of  the  Mussel- 
man  Grocer  Co.

Alma— E.  A.  Bivins  has  sold  his 
drug  and  stationery  stock  to  S.  Stan- 
nard,  who  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location.

Saginaw— A  receiver  has  been  ap­
pointed  to  close  up  the  business  of 
James  C.  Mills,  dealer  in  books,  sta­
tionery  and  wall  paper.

Tecumseh— Alva  Spayde,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  the  clothing  busi­
ness  seventeen  years,  will  close  out 
the  stock  and  retire  from  business.

Cement  City— The  E.  W.  Brower 
general  stock  has  been  purchased  by 
Culver  &  Parker,  of  Brooklyn.  The 
purchasers  will  close  out  the  stock.
Rapid  River— Ed.  Hill  expects  to 
add  a  meat  market  to  his  grocery 
store 
future.  Arthur 
Huxford  will  have  charge  of  that  de­
partment.

the  near 

in 

Niles—John  Hilderbrand’s 

Sons 
have  sold  their  furniture  stock  to  P. 
J.  and  J.  P.  Troost,  of  Grand  Rapids 
and  Ionia,  who  will 
the 
business.

continue 

Sault  Ste.  Marie— C.  S.  McLachlan 
has  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of 
C.  P.  Haerle  at  Algonquin  and  will 
add  a  line  of  boots  and  shoes  in  the 
near  future.

Middleville— Loveland  and  Son,  of 
Prairieville,  have  purchased  the  Ack- 
erson  stock  of  clothing  and  will  ship 
it  to  Delton,  where  they  will  open  a 
branch  store.

Lowell— Ecker  &  Foster  have sold 
their  lumber  yard  to  Charles  Travis,, 
of  Grand  Rapids,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  the 
Lowell  Lumber  Co.

Davisburg— Frank  G.  Ely  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  father,  Ed­
mund  Ely,  in  the  general  stock  of 
Ely  &  Son  and  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Ann  Arbor— W.  W.  Wadhams, 
Emanuel  Stadel  and  Chris.  T.  Don­
nelly  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  style  of  Wadhams  &  Co. 
and  engaged  in  the  clothing  busi­
ness.

Holland— A.  I.  Kramer  has  utter­
ed  a  chattel  mortgage  securing  ched- 
itors  to  the  amount  of  $10,539.91.  The 
stock  will  inventory  about  $5,000. 
The  trustee  is  S.  W.  Krafner,  of  Cad­
illac.

Ionia— P.  T.  Bates,  having  dispos­
ed  of  his  stock  in  the  Ionia  Pottery 
Co.,  severs  his  connection  with  the 
company  and  retires  from  the  presi­
dency,  which  he  has  held  for  fifteen 
years  past.

Elmira— Abram  W.  Stein  has  pur­
chased  the  Fordham  store  building, 
which  is  one  of  the  most  modern 
buildings  of  its  kind 
in  Northern 
Michigan,  and  will  occupy  it  with  his 
general  stock.

Oxford— Stewart  Howser,  of 

this 
place,  and  Geo.  Lindermann,  of  Pon­
tiac,  have  formed  a 
copartnership 
under  the  style  of  Lindermann  & 
Howser  and  engaged  in  the  produce 
business  here  and  at  Pontiac.

Niles— P.  W.  Flandermeyer,  of 
Coldwater,  expects  to  open  a  new 
shoe  store  here  within  two  weeks. 
For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Flander­
meyer  has  been  connected  with  his 
father’s  boot  and  shoe  store  at  Cold- 
water.

Detroit— A   jury 

the  United 
States  District  Court  has  decided that 
the  Hub  Clothing  Co.  should  be 
adjudged  insolvent.  The  action  was 
brought  by  several  New  York  mer­
chants  who  presented  claims  aggre­
gating  $597.

Schoolcraft— The  Glass  Drug  Co., 
which  has  been  doing  business  less 
than  two  years,  filed  a  trust  mortgage 
last  week,  covering  the  stock  and  fix­
tures.  Dr.  D.  E  Binning  was  named 
as  trustee  and  the  business  is  being 
conducted  by him.

in 

Big  Rapids— Geo.  F.  Fairman  has 
purchased  the  Toan  &  Morton  cloth­
ing  stock  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  in  his  own  name.  The  liabili­
ties  of  the  firm  amounted  to  $6,000, 
all  of  which  were  acquired  by  Mr. 
Fairman  on  his  own  terms.

Litchfield— A.  J.  Lovejoy  &  Co., 
who  for  over  forty  years  have  been 
in  the  general  merchandise  business 
at  Litchfield,  have  sold  out  to  Bert 
Hickok,  who  will  continue  under  the 
name  of  Hickok  &  Co.  Mr.  Lovejoy 
will  continue  his  banking  business.

Petoskey— S.  A.  Williams,  who has 
been  in  the  employ  of  A.  B.  Thomp­
son,  the  Emmet  street  grocer,  for 
the  last  five  years,  has  formed 
a 
partnership  with  P.  J.  Howe,  of 
Lansing,  formerly  of  this  city,  and 
they  have  purchased 
grocery 
stock  from  L.  W.  Martin.

the 

Howard  City— C.  R.  Watson,  fa­
the 
ther  of  W.  Frederick  Watson, 
absconding  baker,  has  uttered  a  trust 
mortgage  on  the  stock 
for  $1,630 
covering  the  merchandise  claims  and 
his  alleged  claim 
Perry 
Barker,  of  Grand  Rapids,  is  named 
as  trustee  of  the  mortgage.

for  $726. 

Nashville— E.  M.  Quick  &  Co. have 
sold  their  grocery  stock  to  George 
and  Gerret  H.  Brower,  who  will  con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style 
of  Brower  Bros.  As  will  be  noted 
by  the  fac  simile  letter  on  page  47, 
the  sale  was  effected  through  the 
Wants  Column  department  of 
the 
Tradesman.

Escanaba  —   The  Rathfon  Bros, 
clothing  stock  has  been  purchased 
by  G.  C.  Meisel,  of  Port  Huron,  who 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
management  of  S.  B.  Rathfon.  The 
dry  goods  stock  has  been  purchased 
by  Jorgenson  &  Blesh,  of  Green  Bay, 
for  $15,500.  The  stock  and  fixtures 
inventoried  $41,000.

Big  Rapids— The  property  belong­
ing  to  the  Pressburg  estate  has  been 
sold.  The  brick  store  building  was 
bought  by  Martin  Holland,  of  Wood- 
ville,  for  $3,000,  and  the  grocery stock 
by  Bert  Tenny  and  David  McFarlane, 
of  Paris,  for  about  $400.  The  new 
grocery  firm  will  open  up  for  busi­
ness  under  the  style  of  Tenny  &  Mc­
Farlane.

Marquette— At  the  bankrupt 

sale 
Sept.  28  the  stock  and  fixtures  of the 
A.  T.  Van  Alstyn  Dry  Goods  Co. 
were  purchased  by  J.  H.  Foster,  of 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  for  the  sum  of  $24,- 
250.  The  inventory  totaled  $41,576 
and  the  appraisal  was  $22,000.  As  the 
claims  of  creditors  exceed  $50,000 
the  probability  is  that  the  estate  will 
pay  about  40  cents  on  the  dollar.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— Arthur  G.  Bailey 
has  filed  a  trust  mortgage  running 
to  Attorney  R.  P.  Hudson,  covering 
his  stock  of  drugs  on  Ashmun  street. 
Sixty  creditors  are  named,  the  two 
largest  being  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.,  of  Grand  Rapids,  $1,213.89. 
and  the  Sault  Savings  bank,  $1,000. 
By  the  terms  of  the  mortgage  he 
is  to  pay  $50  a  month  until  the  debt 
is  wiped  out.

Sanilac  Center— Eighteen  business 
men  of  this  place  have  written  a  let­
ter  to  the  Detroit  Board  of  Com­
merce  asking  that  body  to  interest 
itself  to  the  end  that  better  connec­
tions  be  secured  between  the  Pere 
Marquette  and  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail­
ways  at  Port  Huron.  The  signers 
of  the  letter  complain  that  when  they 
come  to  Detroit  via  these  two  roads 
they  are  compelled  to  lose  a  great 
deal  of  time  in  the  Tunnel  City.  The 
Board  of  Commerce  has  taken  the 
matter  up  with  the  two  roads,  and 
a  remedy  will  soon  be  reached.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Evart— Chas.  C.  Miller  has  engag­

ed  in  the  manufacture  of  cigars.

Kalamazoo— The  Pray-Harris  Bak­
ing  Co.  is  succeeded  by  Pray  &  Dox- 
tater.

Battle  Creek— The  Battle  Creek 
Iron  Bed  Co.,  Ltd.,  has  decided  to 
liquidate  and  retire  from  business.

Detroit— The  Michigan 

Lumber 
-Yard  has  filed  notice  of  increase  of 
capital  stock  from  $5,000  to  $20,000.

Benton  Harbor— Mrs.  Moses  Price 
has  sold  the  Mantello  cigar  factory 
to  Chas.  Hill,  who  will  continue  the 
business.

Brown  City— The  Maple  Valley 
Creamery  Co.,  which 
also  had 
branches  at  Marlette  and  Melvin, has 
filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy.

Sturgis— The  Utility  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  has  been  organized  by  W.  T. 
Favorite  and  C.  V.  Schermerhorn to 
manufacture  an  improved  corn  pop­
per.

South  Haven— Spilky  Bros.,  of 
Chicago,  are  looking  for  a  location 
for  a  pants  factory.  They  want  a 
brick  building  in  which  they  can  in­
stall  fifty  machines  and  employ  fifty 
women  and  ten  or  fifteen  men.  Their 
terms  are  very  reasonable,  as  they ask 
only  that  their  rent  be  given  them  so 
long  as  they  occupy  the  building.

Commercial 
Credit  Co •»

Widdicomb  Building,  Grand  Rapids 
Detroit Opera  house  Block,  Detroit  "
Good  but  "  slow  debtors  pay 
upon  receipt  of  our  direct  d e­
mand 
letters.  Send  all  other 
accounts  to  our  offices  for  collec 
lion.

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5

Grand Rapids,

Geo.  M.  Kling,  meat  dealer,  will be 

succeeded  by  Jno.  Cooper.

John  Hudson  has  closed  out  his 
grocery  stock  and  will  shortly  re­
move  to  California.

The  Cherry  Street  Hardware  Co. 
has  closed  out  its  stock  at  retail  and 
will  discontinue  business.

C.  C.  Day  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Mt.  Pleasant.  The  Judson 
Grocer  Company  furnished  the stock.
Otis  Jones  has  purchased  the  in­
terest  of  D.  W.  Elferdink  in  the  drug 
stock  of  Elferdink  &  Jones,  343  East 
Bridge  street',  and  will  continue  the 
business  in  his  own  name.

The  Grocery  Market.

the 

to  about 

Sugar  (W.  H.  Edgar  &  Son)— 
Since  we  wrote  you  on  Sept.  27  the 
market  has  remained  unchanged  until 
to-day,  when  certain  refiners  reduc­
ed  prices  ioc  per  hundred.  Raws  are 
firmly  held,  as  before,  at  4  s_I6@ 
4f£c  for  spots.  A  number  of  cargoes 
of  Javas  have  been  sold  at  from  a 
shade  under  4i4c 
equal 
4.31c,  duty  paid,  the  price  varying 
with  the  probable  dates  of  arrival, 
sugar  which  can  not  reach  New  York 
until  about  the  first  of 
year 
bringing  the  lower  price.  These pur­
chases  indicate  not  only  the  strength 
of  the  position,  but  refiners’  views 
as  to  the  value  of  raw  sugar  until 
we  get  into  the  Cuban 
campaign. 
Foreign  beet  quotations  have  chang­
ed  slightly  since  the  close  of  the 
September  deal,  October  being  quot­
ed  at  i i H c,  a  parity  of  about  4.46c 
with  centrifugals.  Refined  is  lower, 
as  noted,  and  without  any  apparent 
justification.  The  principal  refiners 
yesterday  reduced  nominal  quota­
tions  to  the  basis  of  actual  sales.  To­
day  certain  independent  refiners  re­
duced  all  prices  ten  points,  making 
the  existing  margin  between 
raw 
and  refined  very  little  more  than  J/$c 
per  pound.  The  demand  is  good and 
will  undoubtedly  be  large  during  all 
of  this  current  month,  although  the 
disturbance  incident  to  the  manipula­
tion  of  prices  may  have  some  effect. 
It  would  seem,  however,  that  the  im­
mediate  effect  should  be  liberal  pur­
chases  to  secure  the  advantage  of the 
low  prices  offered.

Tea— The  market  is  not  particularly 
active  and  may  rest  some  time  at 
the  present  level  for  lack  of  buying 
support.  Cheaper  grades  of  tea  are 
in  fair  supply  at  unchanged  prices.

Coffee— There  is  a  steady  absorp­
tion  of  coffee  in  Brazil  for  the  large 
interests  in  the  market,  who  unques­
tionably  now  look  for  a  gradual  hard­
ening  in  values  as  the  receipts  of 
primal  points  grow  less.  The  maxi­
mum  estimate  for  the  present  crop 
is  now  1,000,000  bags  less  than  last 
year,  and  other  estimates  show  an 
even  greater  discrepancy.  Mild  cof­
fees  are  firm  at  unchanged  prices  for 
the  week.

Canned  Goods— Baltimore  reports
that  there  have  been  frosts  in  that

vicinity  and  the  packing  season  in 
tomatoes  is  winding  up  a  little  earl­
ier  than  expected.  The  indications 
are  that  the  output  will  be  fully  up 
to  normal.  Other  vegetables  are 
packed,  and  the  only  interest  they 
have  to  the  trade  is  as  to  how  they 
sell.  The  movement  seems  to  be 
about  up  to  the  average.  As  noted 
before,  there  is  no  sauerkraut  to  be 
fruits 
had.  Business  in  California 
may  be  said  to  be  increasing. 
In 
such  lines  as  peaches  and  apricots 
there  is  a  slowness  on  account  of the 
high  prices,  but  most  of  the  other 
fruits  are  reasonable  and  the 
fall 
trade  is  under  way  in  them.  Salmon 
is  unchanged  and  shows  no  sign  of 
weakening.  Reports  from  Maine  and 
New  York  now  say  that  the  frost 
has. hit  the  corn  badly  and  the  output 
will  be  curtailed.  Every  one  knows, 
however,  that  at  this  season  of  the 
year  all  crop  damage  stories  must 
be  taken  with  even  more  than 
a 
grain  of  salt.  They  are  of  doubtful 
value  as  a  rule,  because  they  do  not 
reflect  the  actual  conditions  of 
a 
large  section  or  because  they  reflect 
only  the  opinion  of  some  one  man 
and  his  judgment  may  not  be  good. 
So  it  is  not  time  to  get  scared  about 
another  short  pack  of  corn.

are 

Dried  Fruits— Peaches 

very 
high,  and  this  fact  is  curtailing  the 
demand.  A  few  are  changing  hands, 
but  buyers  are  only  taking  peaches 
where  they  have  to.  There  seems  to 
be  every  reason  why 
the  market 
should  remain  high  during  the  whole 
season.  Currants  are  in  fair  demand 
and  will  improve  from  now  on.  Both 
loose  and  seeded  raisins  are  in  bet­
ter  shape  than  they  have  been  for 
some  time.  The  market  is  firm,  part­
ly  because  of  the  new  syndicate  and 
partly  because  of  heavy  rains  in  the 
growing  districts.  An  advance 
is 
prophesied.  Apricots  are  quiet  and 
unchanged.  Prunes  are  unchanged. 
The  demand  is  light,  but  shows  an 
increase,  especially  on  spot.  There 
is  very  little  interest  manifested  in 
goods  to  come  forward,  however.  It 
would  seem  that  prices 
low 
enough  to  warrant  a  better  business 
than  is  now  doing.

are 

is 

some 

Rice— The  Southern  States  have 
increased  their  production  so  rapidly 
that  importations  are  no  longer  need­
ed,  although  there 
rice 
brought  into  the  United  States  every 
year.  Some  exporting  is  done 
to 
Puerto  Rico  and  Cuba,  but  there  is 
still  a  surplus  left  each  year.  Rice 
has  been  very  cheap  the  past  year 
or  two  and  bids  fair  to  be  about  as 
easy  to  get  the  coming  season.

Syrups  and  Molasses— Sugar  syr­
up  is  firm  and  in  good  demand.  Mo­
lasses  is  quiet  and  unchanged.  The 
market  will  wake  up  a  little  as  soon 
as  the  cool  weather  comes.  Glucose 
is  unchanged.  Compound  syrup  is in 
light  demand  at  unchanged  prices.

Beans— The  market  is  stronger  on 
account  of  the  unfavorable  crop  re­
ports,  both  from  New York and  Mich­
igan. 
In  New  York  the  crop  of  red 
kidney  beans  is  light  and  will  not 
be  marketed  early.  Frosts  and  heavy 
rains  have  injured  the  general  bean 
crop  of  the  State  to  some  extent,  and 
some  holders  have  advanced  5  to  10c

per  bushel.  Secondary  markets  have 
not  advanced  as  yet,  but  probably 
will.  Rains  in  Michigan  have  also  de­
layed  the  crop  and  strengthened  the 
market.  Many packers  refuse  to  offer 
pea  beans  at  all.  Marrows  are  un­
changed,  being  strong  and  high.

Fish— The  mackerel  market  is  still 
strong,  on  account  of the  small  catch. 
the 
Sardines  are  unchanged,  with 
exception  of  mustards,  which 
are 
more  plenty  than  oils  and  have  shown 
some  concessions  during 
the  past 
week.  The  catch  is  proceeding  well. 
Cod,  hake  and  haddock  have  all  ad­
vanced  %c  during  the  past  week.  The 
demand  is  excellent  and  the  stock 
light.  Salmon  is  unchanged,  being 
quiet  but  firm.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Fall  varieties  are  in  large 
supply,  with  demand  nowhere  equal 
to  the  supply.  Prices  range  from 
$i .25@i .75  per  bbl.

Bananas— $1(0)1.25  for  small bunch­
es;  $1.50(0)1.75  for  Jumbos.  Trade has 
been  fair,  considering  the  quantities 
of  other  fruits  on  the  market.  The 
warm  weather  has  hastened  ripening 
rather  more  than  desired  in 
some 
cases.

Beans— $1.50(0)1.65  for  hand  picked 

mediums.

Beets— 40c  per  bu.
Butter-—Creamery  is  in  good  de­
mand,  with  supply  hardly  equal  to 
the  demand.  The  market  is  steady 
at  20c  for  choice  and  21c  for  fancy. 
Receipts  of  dairy  grades  are  not large 
and  the  quality is  generally  poor.  The 
price  is  steady  at  i 6@ i 7c  for  No.  1 
and  1 i(q)i2c  for  packing  stock.  Ren­
ovated  is  in  active  demand  at  17c.

Cabbage— 35c  per  doz.
Carrots— 45c  per  bu.
Cauliflower— $1.10  per  doz.
Celery— 15c  per  doz.  bunches.
Crabapples— 60c  per  bu.  for  Siber­

ian;  50c  per  bu.  for  General  Grant.

Cranberries— $7  per  bbl.  Cape  Cod 
are  arriving  freely.  They  are  good 
color  and  good  size.

Cucumbers— ioc  per  doz.  for  large.
Eggs— Receipts  of  fresh  continue 
to  that  extent  that  dealers  find 
it 
unnecessary  to  draw  on  their  stocks 
of  cold  storage  to  any  considerable 
extent.  Complaint  is  still  heard  of 
eggs  that  are  held  too  long  and  ship­
pers  will  get  better  returns  if  they 
will  send  eggs  promptly.  Candling 
shows  a  rather  large  percentage  of 
poor  stock  for  the  season.  Case count 
are  steady  at 
i 8 @ I9 c  and  candled 
are  strong  at  20@2ic.  Storage  sup­
plies  are  going  out  on  the  basis  of 
I9@20c.

Egg  Plant—85c  per  doz.
Grapes— Wordens,  Concords  and 
Niagaras  are  in  large  supply  and  ac­
tive  demand  on  the  basis  of  14c  per 
8  lb.  basket.  Bulk  grapes,  6o@75c 
per  bu.

Green  Corn— ioc  per  doz.
Green.  Onions— Silver  Skins, 

15c 

per  doz.  bunches.

Green  Peppers— 65c  per  bu.
Honey— Dealers  hold  dark  at  io@ 

12c  and  white  clover  at  I3@i5c.

Lemons— Messinas  and  Californias 

fetch  $4.50  per  box.

Lettuce— 50c  per  bu.
Onions  —   Southern 

(Louisiana), 
$1.10  per  sack;  Silver  Skins,  $i-  per

crate;  Spanish,  $1.35  per  crate.  Home 
grown  are  coming  in  freely, 
com­
manding  6o@75c  per  bu.  Pickling, 
$2.25  per  bu.

Oranges— Mexicans  are  in  moder­
ate  supply  and 
limited  demand  on 
the  basis  of  $4  per  box.  Too  much 
other  fruit  in  market.

Parsley— 25c  per  doz.  bunches.
Peaches— Chilis,  $1(0)1.25;  Smocks, 
$1.15(0)1.35.  This  week  will  practi­
cally  finish  the  crop.

Pears— Flemish  Beauties  and  Sugar 

fetch  $1  per  bu.

streaked. 

Potatoes— Local  sales  range  from 
35@40c  per  bu.  The  crop  is  general­
ly  good  in  quality,  but  the  yield  is 
somewhat 
In  Osceola 
county  the  crop  will  be  only  about 
40  per  cent,  of  an  average  yield, while 
further  north  the  volume  will  be 
large.  The  size  of  the  tubers  is  gen­
erally  large  this  season.

Pop  Corn— 90c  per  bu.  for  either 

common  or  rice.

Poultry— Live  is  quiet,  due  to light 
receipts. 
demand  and  moderate 
io@ i i c ;  hens,  8@ 
Spring-  chickens, 
tur­
9c;  coarse  fowls,  6@7c;  spring 
keys, 
I2 @ i4 c ;  old  turkeys,  io@i2c; 
spring  ducks,  9@ioc  for  white;  Nes- 
ter  squabs  are  dull  and  slow  sale  at 
$1.25. 
(drawn) 
ranges  about  2c  per  lb.  higher  than 
live.

Dressed  poultry 

Radishes— Round, 

ioc; 

long  and 

China  Rose,  15c.

Squash— Hubbard  commands  1V2C 

per  lb.

Sweet  Potatoes  —   Virginias  are 
steady  at  $1.75  and  Jerseys  are  in 
good  demand  at  $3  per  bu.

Tomatoes— so@6oc  per  bu.
Turnips— 50c  per  bu.
Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.
The  hide  market  is  strong.  Prices 
do  not  advance  and  tanners  hold  off 
from  buying;  but  dealers  can  not  buy 
in  the  country  to  sell  at  prices  tan­
ners  demand.  Stocks  are  sold  ahead 
and  dealers  are  not  anxious  sellers 
without  a  margin,  which  can  not  be 
had  to  any  extent.  Receipts  are  in­
creasing  from  South  America,  which 
tends  to  lower  values  on  such  stock. 
No  decline  is  likely  to  occur  under 
present  receipts.

Pelts  are  taken  as  fast  as  offered 
at  good  round  prices.  More  are  be­
ing  offered  as  cold  weather  comes on, 
but  the  supply  is  light.

Tallow  is  firm,  with  latge  amounts 
changing  hands.  Prices  are  slightly 
higher  and  stocks  are  in  good  de­
mand.  There  is  little  prime  stock on 
the  market.
is 

in  a  strong  position  in 
the  Eastern  market,  with  no  lots  of 
consequence  held  in  the  State.

Wool 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

C.  D.  Crittenden  has  purchased the 
handsome  residence  of  Charles  F. 
Young,  at  70  Paris  avenue,  and  will 
take  possession  of  the  property  next 
week.  The  purchaser  is  to  be  con­
gratulated  on  the  excellent  judgment 
he  has  shown  in  the  selection  of  a 
permanent  home.

W.  R.  Beyers  &  Co.,  shoe  manu­
facturers  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  pro­
pose  to  change  their  location,  and 
have  their  eyes  on  some  Michigan 
city.

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

Window 
Trimming

Some  Dry  Goods,  Hardware  and  Sta­

tionery  Windows.

Spring  &  Company,  who  had  their 
millinery  opening  last  week,  left the 
same  background  decorations  in  for 
this  week,  a  dainty  arrangement  of 
artificial  autumn 
leaves,  supposedly 
those  of  the  grapevine,  as  there  are 
clusters  of  grapes  attached  to  the 
stems  at 
intervals.  The 
graceful  white  tulle  drapery  was  also 
allowed  to  remain  over,  and  gives a 
light,  airy  effect.

irregular 

These  people  seem  to  be  fairly  out­
doing  themselves  on  laces  this  fall, 
they  having  shown  some  most  exqui­
site  samples.  Prices?  Well,  laces are 
laces,  anywhere  you  go,  and  good 
ones  are  always  costly.  But  there 
is  this  about  a  fine  piece  of  lace,  the 
same  as  about  first-class  furs  and 
good  ostrich  plumes— they  all  show 
their  quality  so  long  as  there  is  a 
smitch  of  ’em  left,  and  so  it  pays  in 
the  end  to  invest  in  good  goods  of 
this  description.

two 

Spring  has 

elegant  velvet 
dresses, at  the  right  of  the  entrance. 
The  country  merchant  who  hath  vel­
vet  galore  need  have  no  fear  that  he 
is  going  to  have  a  hard  time  to  get 
rid  of  it,  for  velvet  is  to  be  a  prime 
favorite  for  fall  and  winter  wear,  in 
cloaks,  suits  and  millinery.

*  *  *

Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.  have  a  credit­
able  exhibit  of  locks  and  hinges,  and 
a  door  hanging  has  been  taken  from 
its  encasement  for  the  eyes  of  those 
unaccustomed  to  seeing  such  away 
from 
its  natural  environment,  and 
perhaps  many  see  the  mechanism  for 
the  first  time.  We  are  all  more  or 
the  Budge-and- 
less  afflicted  with 
Tody  desire— “\Vansh  to 
zha 
wheels  go  wound.”

shee 

Here  are  to  be  seen  big  locks  and 
little  locks;  locks  simple  in  design 
and  again  very  elaborate.  The  old- 
fashioned  glass  doorknobs  are 
liked 
by many,  but their use is incompatible 
with  peace  of  mind  as  to  their  safety 
where  dwelleth  the  Enfant  Terrible, 
and  so  they  can  not  embellish  the 
doors  of  the  average  householder. 
They  are  like  pieces  of  expensive  cut 
glass— fine  to  contemplate  if  one  di­
vorces  from  his  mind  their  extremely 
niekable  nature.

trimmings— handsome 

Door-thick  sections  of  handsome 
woods  are  shown  with  the  appropri­
ate 
things! 
The  woods  particularly  noticeable  for 
their  beauty  are  oak,  sycamore,  cher­
ry  and  mahogany.

A  placard  announces:

Our  Line  of 

Door  Trimmings 
Is  larger  than  ever.

Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.

This  seems  a  new  idea  with  the 
firm  in  question— that  of  adding  their 
name  at  the  bottom  of  such  placards. 
Probably  it  is  to  save  strangers  the 
bother  of  craning  their  necks  to  read 
the  sign  over  the  door  to  discover 
the  ownership  of 
store.  Of 
course,  this  seems  odd  to  those  as  fa­

the 

miliar  with  the  firm’s  name  as  with 
their  own,  but  the  innovation  is  a 
time-saving  one  for  visiting  country 
dealers.

The  Jewel  range  and 

two  coal 
stoves 
in  the  other  window  stand 
out  conspicuously.  The 
first-men­
tioned  is  equipped  with  all  sorts  of 
modern  cooking utensils—alluminium, 
earthen  and  enamel.  The  delight  of 
constructing  delectable  dishes— dishes 
fit  for  the  gods— can  now  know  no 
bounds,  with  all  the  proper  and  eye­
pleasing 
in 
and  around  the  kitchen  range.  Every 
nice  housekeeper  regards  her  good 
kitchen  accessories with  a love  second 
only  to  that  bestowed  on  her  ‘‘best 
chiny”— and  that  falls  little  short of 
idolatry!

conveniences 

for  use 

*  *  *

curtains, 

The  Boston  Store  has  a  unique 
arrangement  of  low-priced  ready-to- 
hang  muslin 
interspersed 
with  cheap  lace  ones  and  green  mad­
ras  (this  last  by  the  yard).  From 
outside  the  glass  one  can  not  see  how 
the  effect  is  produced,  but  five  cur 
tains  are  hung  straight-up-and-down, 
in  an  arch,  about  six  inches  or 
so 
apart,  and  in  front  of  the  five  pairs 
is  the  green  madras,  gracefully 
fes­
tooned.  There  are  also  shown  three 
pieces  of  entirely  white  figured  mad­
ras  at  30c  per.  The  one  at  the  right 
is  especially  pretty 
in  design  and 
would  make  up  beautifully.

*  * .  *

I  passed  The  Millard  Palmer  Co.’s 
windows  more  huniedly  than  I  like 
I  think  I  caught  a  glimpse,  in  the  ex­
hibit  at  the  right,  of  Mr.  Melvin  E. 
Trotter’s  new  book,  “Jimmie  Moore 
of  Bucktown.” 
I  read  a  goodly  por­
tion  of  that  same,  last  Sunday,  to 
a  shut-in  sick  child  and  I  became  so 
interested  myself  in  the  troubles and 
struggles  of  the  people  of  that  pov­
erty-stricken  settlement  that  I  could 
scarcely  lay  the  book  down. 
It  is 
more  than  a  story— Mr.  Trotter  says 
that  every  word  of  if  is  true;  that 
all  the  occurrences  he  portrays  ac­
tually  took  place  and  are  not  exag­
gerated  in  the  least.  All  the  people 
in  the  narrative  are  from  “real  folks” 
right  here  in  Grand  Rapids,  with only 
a  change  in  names  to  hide  identity. 
The  book  is neatly  gotten  up,  the type 
is  clear  and  it  retails  for  seventy-five 
cents.  It  has  met  with  such  phenom­
enal  sale  that  the  first  edition  is near­
ly  exhausted  and  the  publishers  are 
soon  to  begin  on  another.

Gruesome  Advertising.

New  York  has  always  had  quite  as 
many  curiosities  in  the  way  of  adver­
tising  as  any  other  large  city,  but  a 
firm  of  undertakers  who  are  doing 
up  the  outside  of  a  building  on  a 
main  thoroughfare  for  their  occupan­
cy  have  something  that  is  probably 
not  to  be  equaled  in  the  world. 
It 
is  a  brick  building  of  good  size  which 
they  have  had  painted  black,  the  in­
tersection  of  the  bricks  outlined  with 
white,  and  to  add  to  this  funereal  ap­
pearance  they  have  painted  across the 
front  in  large  letters,  also  in  black 
and  white,  the  word  “Undertakers.” 
This  structure  is  on  Sixth  Avenue 
and  stands  out  in  gruesome  fashion 
from  the  other  business  buildings 
which  surroqnd  it,

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A  Mutual  Mistake.

Little  Willie  told  his  mother  that 
a  lion  was  on  the  front  porch,  but 
when  an  investigation  was  made,  it 
was  found  to  be  the  Newfoundland 
dog  which  had  been  newly  sheared.

“ Now,  Willie,” said his  mother, “you 
have  told  a  very  naughty  story,  and 
you  must  go  up  to  your  room  and 
pray  for  forgiveness  and  remain  there 
until  the  Lord  does  forgive  you.” 

Willie  promptly  obeyed,  but  he was 
gone  only  a  few  minutes  before  he 
came  tripping  back.

“ Did  the  Lord  forgive  you?”  asked 

his  mother.

“Yes,”  was  the  reply,  “and  He  said 
He  didn’t  blame  me  much  either, 
’cause  when  He 
it  He 
sorter  thought  it  was  a  lion  himself.”

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ticed  that  they  were  freshly  creased 
every  evening,  and  I  knew  he  could­
n’t  afford  that  pace  at  a  tailor’s. 
I 
noticed  that  before  going  to  bed  he 
straightened  his 
carefully 
and  put  the  front  edge  of  them  into 
the  jam  of  the  bedroom  door.  Of 
course  he  had  to  get  up  some  time 
in  the  night  and  change  sides.  But 
he  told  me  he  had  been  doing  it  so 
many  years  he  was  accustomed  to it.
“He  had  to  be  very  careful  putting 
them  in,  or  the  door  wouldn’t  shut. 
But  I’ll  tell  you,  girls,  in  the  morn­
ing  he  had  a  crease  that  had  a  tail­
or’s  job  whipped  to  a  suspender  but­
ton.  Men  saving  up  to  get  married 
have  their- little  tricks  of  making  a 
good  appearance  on  little  money, just 
as  girls  have  in  making  themselves 
so  pretty  that  men  want  to  marry 
them.”

New  Method  of  Hardening  Metals.
A  new  patented  process  of  hard­
ening  iron  and  soft  steel  has  been 
introduced  in  Düsseldorf,  Germany. 
The  carbon  requisite  for  the  temper­
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and  certain  fluxes.  For  instance,  a 
mixture  of  silicium  carbide  and  so­
dium  sulphate  is  applied  to  cold  iron 
or  steel  and  then  heated  to  redness 
with  it,  or  the  red  hot  metal  is  cov­
ered  with  the  mixture.  The  reaction 
is  so  rapid  that  even  thin  objects 
can  be  hardened  on  one  side.  With­
in  a  short  time  a  plate  two  or  three 
millimeters 
hard 
enough  on  one  side  to  resist  the  best 
tempered  steel  tool,  while  the  other 
Interesting  ex­
remains  wholly  soft. 
periments  were  made  with 
armor 
plates.  A   plate  of 
seventy  kilos 
strength  was  smeared  six  millimeters 
thick  with  the  mixture,  then  a  sec­

thick  becomes 

Review  of  the  Hardware  Market.
Wire  Nails— While  prices  on  wire 
nails  are  being  well  maintained 
in 
Eastern  sections,  buyers  in  the  West 
and  Southwest  assert  that  considera­
ble  unevenness  exists  in  quotations 
of  various  manufacturers.  The  de­
mand  is  increasing  greatly  on  all 
sides.  The  largest  manufacturers are 
not  anxious  to  book  any  orders  call­
ing  for  shipments  beyond  30  days. 
Arbitrary  differentials  formerly  exist­
ing  between  the  jobbing  and  retail 
trades  are  not  rigidly  enforced,  car­
load  prices  being  accessible  to  car­
load  buyers  of  either  class.  Quota­
tions  are  officially  as  follows,  f.  o.  b. 
Pittsburg,  60  days,  or  2  per  cent,  dis­
count  for  cash  in  10  days;  carload 
lots,  $1.60; 
lots, 
$1.65.  Local  quotations  are:  Single 
carloads,  $1.79^;  small 
from 
store,  $i.8s@i.go.

less  than  carload 

lots 

Cut  Nails— As  the  demand  for  cut 
nails  is  by  no  means  as  large  as  that 
for  the  wire  variety,  a  few  manufac­
turers  are  making  concessions  of 
about  sc  per  keg  in  official  quota­
tions  to  large  purchasers.  Quotations 
are  as  follows:  Carload  lots,  $1.60; 
less  than  carload  lots,  $1.65,  both  on 
the  basis  of  f.  o.  b.  Pittsburg. 
In the 
territory  west  of  Pittsburg,  iron  nails 
are  quoted  at  $1.65  in  carload  lots,  f. 
o.  b.  Pittsburg,  with  an  advance  of 
10  cents  in  less  than  carload  lots.  Lo­
cal  quotations  are  as  follows:  Car 
loads  on  dock,  $1.74;  less  than  car­
loads  on  dock,  $1.79;  small  lots  from 
store,  $1.85.

Barb  Wire— Western  mills  report 
a  decided  increase  in  the  demand  for 
barb  wire,  but  only  a  moderate  en­
quiry  is  recorded  by  Eastern  manu­
facturers.  The  principal  manufactur­
ers  are  refusing  to  book  any  orders 
for  deliveries  later  than  30  days  from 
date.  The  regular  schedule  tor  prices 
is  as  follows,  f.  o.  b.  Pittsburg,  60 
days  or  2  per  cent,  discount  for  cash 
in  10  days:

Painted  Galv.
Jobbers,  carload  lots........$1  75  $2  05
Retailers,  carload  lo ts ....  1  80  2  10 
Retailers,  less  than 

car­

shipments 

load  lots..........................   I  90  2  20
Smooth  Wire— Orders  for  smooth 
fence  wire  are  increasing  so  rapidly 
that  quick 
cannot  be 
made  on  all  the  business  which  is 
being  taken  by  the  mills.  Quotations, 
however,  remain  unchanged  at 
the 
official  figures  on  a  basis  of  f.  o.  b. 
Pittsburg,  60  days  or  2  per  cent,  dis­
count  for  cash  in  10  days.  Jobbers, 
carloads,  $1.45; 
carloads, 
$1.50.  The  above  prices  are  for  the 
base  numbers,  6  to  9.  Other  numbers 
of  plain  and  galvanized  wire  take  the 
usual  advances.

retailers, 

How  He  Pressed  His  Trousers.
The  cashier  in  the  candy  store  who 
had  married  the  telegraph  operator 
had  just  returned  from  her  honey­
moon,  and  was  receiving  her  friends 
in  a  new  flat.

“Did  he  get  on  to  the  way  you 
crimped  your  hair,  Mamie?”  asked 
the  mischievous  manicure  girl.

“I  don’t  know  whether  he  did  or 
not,”  replied  Mamie,  “but  I  twigged 
the  way  he  presses  his 
trousers. 
When  he  used  tQ  call  on  me  I  no­

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WEDNESDAY 

•  OCTOBER  5,  1904

T H E   W O RLD   G ETTIN G   SM ALL,  j
A  few  score  years  ago  this  globe 
of  ours,  which  is  about  eight  thous­
and  miles  in  diameter  and  something 
more  than  three  times  that  amount 
of  girth  or  circumference,  could  not 
be  girdled  by  a  traveler  save  with 
the  greatest  difficulty  and  danger.

Vast  continental  expanses  inhabit­
ed  by  barbarous  nations  would  have 
to  be  traversed  on  foot  or  possibly 
on  the  back  of  an  animal,  while  the 
intervening  seas  could  only have  been 
navigated  by  sailing  vessels.  Even in 
our  own  country  communication  be­
tween  distant  parts  could  only  have 
been  accomplished  by  means  of  ve­
hicles  drawn  by  horses  over  roads 
that  were  often  dangerous  as  well as 
difficult,  and  therefore  the  transmis­
sion  of  news  and 
letters  was  ex­
tremely  slow,  while  the  transporta­
tion  of  merchandise  was  still  slower. 
Goods  were  sold  to  country  mer­
chants  on  credits  of  six.  nine  and 
twelve  months  because  the  merchan­
dise  and  farm  products  had  to  be 
wagoned  hundreds  and  even 
thou- 
ands  of  miles.

In 

railroad 

railroads. 

Sixty  or  seventy  years  ago  our 
planet  was  a  big  affair,  a  globe  of 
magnificent  distances.  Some 
:nter- 
esting  revelations  are  obtained  from 
the  statistics  of 
the 
United  States  in  1S30  there  was  in 
operation  a 
trackway  of 
twenty-three  miles.  In  1902  the  rail­
road  mileage  was  200,000.  In  Europe, 
Asia  and  Africa  to-day  there  is  an 
aggregate  of  railway  mileage  quite  as 
great  as  that  in  the  United  States. 
In  the  W estern  Hemisphere  there  is 
half  a  score  of  railroads  crossing  con­
tinental  areas  from  the  Atlantic 
to 
the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  there  is  also 
rail  communication across  Europe  and 
Asia  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Paci­
fic,  with  lines  running  in  every  other 
~ direction.  The  total  railway  mileage 
in  the  world  is  put  at  more  than 
500,000,  valued  at  thirty-six  bilhon 
dollars.

A   writer  remarks  that  Jules  Verne’s 
story,  ‘‘Around  the  W orld  in  Eighty 
D ays,”  was  deemed  fantastic  in  1873- 
Put  in  1903,  James  W illis  Sayre,  of 
Seattle,  W ashington,  traveled  com­
pletely  around  the  world  in  fifty-four 
days  and  nine  hours,  while  the  Rus­
sian  Minister  of  Railroads  issues  the

W: 

*

St.  Petersburg  to  V ladivostok— 10
Vladivostok to New Y o r k ............ 14
New  York  to  Bremen..................... 7
Bremen  to  St.  Petersburg..........  1 Vi

...........................................33

Total 

Not  only  do  railroads  carry  us  to 
every  important  city  in  every  contin­
ent,  but  swift  steamers  plow  with 
their  keels  the  waters  of  every  sea, 
and  they  are  found  plying  on  every 
great  navigable  river. 
In  Northern 
Russia  and  Siberia  ten  steamers  reg­
ularly  run  on  the  Yenisei,  while  the 
Siberian  Obi,  flowing  from  the  snows 
of  the  Little  Altai  Mountains,  bears 
302  steam  vessels  on  various  parts 
of  its  2,000-mile  journey  to  the  Obi 
Gulf,  on  the  Arctic  Ocean.  One 
may  now  go  from  Glasgow  to  Stan­
ley  Falls,  in  Africa,  in  forty-three 
days.  Already  there  are 
forty-six 
steamers  on  the  Upper  Congo,  and 
the  railroad  running  northward  from 
Cape  Town  is  being  pushed  so  rap­
idly  that  the  British  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science  has  been 
invited  to  meet  in  1905  at  the  Vic­
toria  Falls,  on  the  headwaters  of  the 
Nile.

an  every-day  affair  in  all  parts  of  the 
world,  the  use  of  wireless  telegraphy 
is  spreading  also.  Russia  and  Japan 
at  this  moment  are  making  the  most 
extensive  use  of  it  to  transmit  intelli­
gence  of  the  great  war  in  the  Far 
East. 
It  is  in  the  interest  of  com­
merce  that  all  modern  inventions  to 
annihilate  time  and  space  are  being 
used  in  all  countries.  The  peoples 
of  the  various  countries  are  exchang­
ing  products.  They  are  all  learning 
from  each  other,  and  with  their  in­
terchange  and  increase  in  knowledge 
they  acquire  t new  wants  and  new 
ideas.

each  upon 

Thus  it  is  that  not  only  are  the 
people  of  the  various  nations  being 
brought  constantly  into  closer  com­
munication  and  relations,  blit  condi­
tions  are  growing  so  that  the  various 
nations  recognize  more  and  more 
their  dependence 
the 
others,  so  that  they  are  thereby  com­
ing  to  be  more  and  more  neighbors 
and  commercial  friends.  Geologists 
tell  us  that  our  globe  is  shrinking  in 
size  and  becoming  smaller  at 
the 
rate  perhaps  of  a  few  inches  in  a 
century,  but  by  means  of  constantly 
developing  lines  of  intercommunica­
tion the world  in  a business and social 
sense  is  getting  so  small  that  practi­
cally  all  its  inhabitants  are  coming 
to  be  neighbors.

transmit  more 

But  steam  is  only  one  of  the  in­
strumentalities  that  are  making  all 
the  inhabitants  of  our  planet  neigh­
bors.  This  is,  above  all,  the  age  of 
electricity.  The  total  length  of  all 
telegraph  lines  in  the  world  is  4,908,- 
921  miles,  the  nerves  of  our  modern 
civilization. 
It  is  not  merely  that 
Europe  has  1,764,790  miles,  America 
2,516,548  miles  and  Australia  277,479 
miles,  but  that Africa  has  99,409  miles 
and  Asia  310,685  miles.  Telegraph 
wires  belt  the  land  in  every  direction, 
and  electric  cables  are 
laid  under 
ever3'  ocean,  enabling  not  only  the 
great  city papers, but  even the provin­
cial  press  to  print  the  news  of  the 
preceding  twenty-four  hours 
from 
all  parts  of  the  globe.  The  subma­
rine  cables  aggregate  1,751  in  num­
ber  and  over  200,000  miles  in  length, 
and  annually 
than 
the 
6,000,000  messages,  annihilating 
time  and  distance  which 
formerly 
separated  nations.  When  King  W il­
liam  IV.  of  England  died,  in  1837, 
the  news  was  thirty-five  days 
in 
reaching  America.  But  when  Queen 
Victoria  passed  away,  in  1901,  at  2:30 
p.  m.,  the  afternoon  papers  describ­
ing  the  event  were  being  sold  in  the 
streets  of  New  York  at  3:30  p.  m.  of 
the  same  day.  Not  only  Europe  and 
America,  but  Siberia  and  Australia, 
New  Zealand  and  New  Caledonia, 
Corea  and  the  Kameruns,  Burma and 
Persia,  are  within  the  sweep  of  this 
modern  system  of  intercommunica­
tion.  President  Roosevelt  gave 
a 
significant  illustration  of  the  perfec­
tion  of  the  system  when,  on  the  com­
pletion  of  the  new  trans-Pacific  cable 
between  San  Francisco  and  Manila, 
July  4,  1903,  he  flashed  a  message 
around  the  earth  in  twelve  minutes, 
while  a  second message,  sent  by  Clar­
ence  H  Mackay,  President  of 
the 
Pacific  Cable  Company,  made  the  cir­
cuit  of  the  earth  in  nine  minutes.

While  the  electric  wire  is  becoming

GENERAL  TRAD E  REVIEW . 
While  the  volume  of  stock  trading 
during  the  week  has  not  been  large, 
the  course  of  values  is  steadily  mov­
ing  upward.  The  upward  movement 
of  securities  has  been  very^  gradual 
and  has  reached  a  point  that  is  a 
surprise  in  many  leading  properties. 
The  new  high  record  for  the  year  is 
being  made  by  sixty  of  the  leading 
railways.  Compared  with  same  time 
in  1903,  the  advance  is  $12  per  share. 
The  promising  feature  in  the  situa­
tion  is  that  the  activity  is  all  along 
the  line,  seldom' having  been  more 
widely  distributed.  Money  continues 
easy in  the  great  centers  although  the 
demands  of  crop  moving  are  heavy. 
Deposits  of  gold  in  the  Treasury have 
more  than  made  up  for  the  canal  and 
other  payments,  so  that  now  new 
high  records  are  being  made,  exceed­
ing  $708,000,000.

There  is  less  of  disturbance  in  the 
labor  reaction  than  could  have  been 
expected.  Many  centers  where  union 
inflation  has  carried  wages  beyond 
the  possibility  of  continued  opera­
tion  are  taking  the  bull  by  the  horns 
and  are  either  reducing  wages  and 
putting  hours  on  a  normal  basis,  or 
are  shutting  down’ entirely  and  then 
starting  up  with  a  new  force  and  new 
agreements.  These  movements  are 
going  far  to  give  unionism  an  effect­
ive  quietus.

Among the  industries  iron  and  steel 
take  the lead in encouragement.  Sales, 
while not large  as  compared with  two 
years  ago,  are  steadily  increasing  and 
numerous  inquiries  indicate  that  the 
expansion  will  continue  for  a  con­
siderable  time  to  come. 
Increasing 
activity  is  also  the  rule  among  tex­
tile  factories,  the  most  idleness  being 
found  in  cotton,  which  seems  slow  in 
resuming  normal  conditions.  As  the 
price  of  the  staple  continues  high 
and  stocks  of  goods  are  low  in  deal­

ers’  hands',  prices  are  maintained  in 
spite  of  the  dullness.  Prices  of  wool 
are  also  well  maintained  but  as  deal­
ers  are  able  to  get  good  prices  for 
the  goods,  factories  are  fairly  busy. 
Boots  and  shoes  are  showing  a  more 
healthy  movement  again  and 
the 
prospect  of  spring  business  is  most 
encouraging.

B A D L Y   A D VISED .

The  controversy  which  has  arisen 
between  the  Country  Peddlers’ Asso­
ciation  and  the  Grand  Rapids  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  is  almost  amus­
ing  enough  to  be  ridiculous.  Simply 
because  the  members  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
have  always  stood  for 
the  enforce­
ment  of  the  law,  whether  it  relates 
to  city  or  country  peddlers,  the  ped­
dling  organization  above  referred  to 
has  caused  warrants  to  be  issued  for 
the  arrest  of  Edward  White,  the  gro­
cer,  and  Albert  Stein,  the  butcher,  for 
alleged  violation  of the  State  peddling 
license  law  because  they  solicit  or­
ders  by  telephone  and  by  house  to 
house  calls,  to  be  filled  from  stock.

The  Tradesman  has  no 
caused 

idea 
that 
these  arrests  are 
in  good 
faith,  believing  they  have  been  pre­
cipitated  solely 
in  a  spirit  of  re­
venge,  which  will  react  upon  the  poor 
dupes  who  have authorized the prose­
cution.  The  name  of  the  attorney 
who  represents  the  peddling  gang  is 
not  disclosed,  but  certainly  no  attor­
ney  of  any  character  or 
standing 
would  advise  clients  to  embark  in  a 
prosecution  of  this  kind,  which  does 
not  rest  on  any  basis  of 
law  or 
equity  and  which  is  inspired  solely 
by  malice, 
ignorance,  stupidity  and 
general  cussedness.

sorry 

Very  many  people  are 

to 
hear  the  announcement  that  probably 
Joe  Jefferson  will  not  again  appear 
on  the  American  stage.  Despite  his 
advanced  age  he  has  made  short  trips 
every  season  and  delighted  tens  of 
thousands  of  hearers  all  over 
the 
country.  His  Rip  Van  Winkle stands 
unrivaled  and  never  fails  to  draw  and 
entertain  a  crowd. 
It  is  not  repre­
sented  that  he  is  on  the  brink  of  the 
grave  or  any  nearer  to  it  than  the 
average  man  of  his  years,  but  his 
health  is  not  such  as  will  permit  him 
to  endure  the  fatigue 
to 
travel  and  nightly  appearances,  even 
for  a  few  weeks  continuously.  That 
he  has  been  exceedingly  well  pre­
served  and  is  of  strong  constitution 
have  been  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
he  has  been  able  to  keep  before  the 
public  so  long.  No  other  actor  is 
more  endeared  to  the  people  of  this 
country  than  Joe  Jefferson  and  al­
though  he  bids  farewell  to  the  stage 
the  hope  is  generally  expressed  that 
his  life  may  be  spared  for  years  and 
years  to  come.

incident 

Frederick  W.  Job,  Secretary  of  the 
Chicago  Employers’  Association,  re­
cently  referred  to  Chicago  as 
“a 
boiling,  seething pot  of industrial hell, 
where  thugs  resort  to  assassination 
to 
intimidate  honest  labor.”  The 
program  of  many  of  the  unions,  he 
said,  was  to  “organize  to-day,  strike 
to-morrow  and  commit  murder  the 
next  day,’’

I  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

9

O RGANIZED  LABOR.

It  Cripples  Industry  and  Destroys 

Our  Industrial  System.*

I  have  been  asked  to  speak  to you 
to-night  upon  the  subject  of  employ­
ers’  associations  and  the  organized 
labor  problem,  and  having  accepted 
the  invitation  I  shall  speak  from  the 
shoulder,  presenting  the  question of 
organized  labor  as  it  is,  offering  no 
apologies  for  its  cussedness  or  ex­
cuses  for  the  shortcomings  of 
its 
leaders,  upon  whose  heads  the  re­
sponsibility  for  the  crimes  commit­
ted  in  its  name  must  lie.

In  speaking  of  organized 

labor, 
however,  I  wish  it  understood  that 
my  remarks  are  directed  to  that  type 
which  favors  involuntary  membership 
and  resorts  to  the  strike  as  a  means 
of  enforcing  its  demands.

No  problem  has  ever  caused  the 
American  people  so  much  anxiety 
and  annoyance.  No  question  has 
ever  kept  the  country  in  such  a  con­
stant  state  of  chaos  and  unrest  for 
so  long  a  time,  and  no  organization 
of  men,  not  excepting  the  Ku-Klux- 
Klan,  the  Mafia,  or  the  Black  Hand 
societies,  has  ever  produced  such  a 
record  of  barbarism  as  has  this  so- 
called  organized  labor  society,  which 
through  misdirected  sympathy,  apa­
thy  and  indifference  has  been  per­
mitted  to  grow  up  to  cripple  our  in­
dustries,  and  trample  in  the  dust  the 
natural  and  constitutional  rights  of 
our  citizens.  Nor  has  any  body  of 
men  in  this  country  ever  so  openly 
and  so  defiantly  attempted  to  over­
ride  and  set  at  naught  the  laws  of the 
land.  Therefore,  these  charges  being 
indisputable  facts  it  is  no  time  now 
to  deal  with  the  question  tenderly 
or  mince  words  in  handling  it.

Not  only  does  it  affect  our  manu­
facturing  and  other  employing  inter­
ests,  but  its  ramifications  reach  out 
into  every  avenue  of  life,  and  per­
meate  every  community  of  citizens.
Modern  unionism  is  un-American 
and  is  not  controlled  by  Americans. 
Its  managers  are  principally  foreign­
ers. 
Its  methods  and  principles  are 
dominated  and  carried  into  execution 
by  foreigners  of  turbulent,  militant, 
socialistic  and  anarchistic 
instincts, 
and  it  should  therefore  be  treated  by 
Americans  as  antagonistic  to  Amer­
ican  liberty.  Moreover,  it  should  not 
longer  be  encouraged  nor  ought  it 
be  tolerated  on  American  soil  until 
it  shall  purge  itself  of  that  pernic­
ious  corruption  which  now  brands it 
with  the  marks  of  Mafiaism.

socialists, 

Let  the  militant 

the 
anarchists,  and  all  the  other  elements 
of  society  that  desire  and 
foster 
chaos  and  prefer  government  which 
is  not  government  at  all,  go  by 
themselves  to  some  lone  island  in the 
midst  of  the  sea,  where  they  can 
put  into  practice  their  ideas  of  lib­
erty  and  fight  them  out  among  them­
selves;  not  attempt  and  persist 
in 
their  efforts  to  break  up  and  destroy 
the  pease  and  tranquility  of 
the 
otherwise  most  prosperous  and  hap­
py  people  on  the  face  of  God’s  green 
earth.

The  persistency  with  which  organ-
* Address  by John Kirby,  Jr.,  President  of  the 
Kmployers’ Association of D >yton,  before  Michi­
gan M anufacturers’  Association.

ized  labor  continues  to  attack 
the 
natural  economic  law  of  supply  and 
demand,  and  the  conscienceless  man­
ner  with  which  it  clings  to  its  des­
potic  and  barbarous  methods  of  en­
forcing  its  demands,  are,  or  should 
be,  sufficient  warning  to  the  patriotic 
citizens  of  this  country  as  to  what 
its  further  growth  and  development 
would  mean  to  the  nation,  and  the 
embargo 
it  would  place  upon  the 
rights  of  its  citizens,  be  they  labor­
ing  men,  capitalists  or  what 
they 
may.

Organized 

labor  began  to  assert 
itself  to  a  noticeable  extent  in  this 
country  about  fifty  years  ago,  during 
which  time  it  has  experienced  many 
ups  and  downs  but,  owing  to  selfish­
ness  and  cowardice  on  the  part  of 
employers,  who  have  permitted  their 
manhood  to  be  shattered  into  frag­
ments  to  be  devoured  by  workless  la­
bor  agitators,  its  career  has  been one 
of  mostly  “ups”  until  it  has  grown 
from  a  small  laudable  beginning  in­
to  a  gigantic  law-defying  labor  trust, 
with  an  avowed  policy  to  rule  or 
ruin 
industrial  and  mercantile 
commerce  of  the  country.

the 

It  is  a  trust  which,  while  proclaim­
ing  its  emblem  to  be  the  uplifting  of 
the  toiling  masses,  has  proved  itself 
to  be  a  detriment  and  a  curse  to  the 
name  of  labor,  an  obstruction  and  a 
disgrace  to  the  honest, 
industrious 
wage-earner,  and  a  miserable  nui­
sance  to  all  mankind  save  the  shift­
less,  indolent  and  noisy 
agitators 
who  control  and  manage  its  affairs 
to  their  own  ends  and  purposes— a 
trust 
reflects  discredit  and 
shame  on  those  of  its  dupes  who, 
through  the  use  of  brass  knuckles 
and  dynamite,  have  been  forced 
to 
surrender  their  individuality  and  ac­
cept  its  yoke  of  bondage  rather than 
to  endure  its  tyranny.

that 

Had  the  employers  done  their  duty 
in  protecting  self-respecting  men  in 
their  right  to  earn  a  living  without 
subjecting  themselves  to  the  servi­
tude  of  labor  unionism,  as  they  now 
are  doing  in  many 
instances,  we 
would  not  be  confronted  with  union­
ism  as  it  now  exists.

for  whatsoever 

Therefore  the  manufacturer  and 
the  merchant,  more  than  any  others, 
are  responsible  for  the  present  labor 
considerations, 
a 
man  soweth  that  shall  he  also  reap, 
and  when  he  permits  those  whom 
he  knows  to  be,  not  only  his  own 
enemies,  but  enemies  of  the  Govern­
ment  under  which  he  lives,  to  fasten 
their  fangs  upon  his  natural  and con­
stitutional  rights,  and  upon  the same 
rights  of  those  whom  he  employs  and 
who  have  a  right  to  expect  him  to 
protect  them  in  the  enjoyment  of 
those  rights,  and  bit  by  bit  tear those 
rights  asunder  without  properly  and 
manfully  resisting  the  encroachment, 
he  should  expect  to  reap  the  “whirl­
wind”  when  the  harvest  time  comes.
Animated  by  success,  and  conscious 
of  their  power,  the  attitude  of  the 
labor 
leaders  has 
gradually  grown  bolder  and  bolder 
until  it  has  become  analogous  to that 
of  the  pro-slavery  agitators  and  lead­
ers  of  fifty  years  ago.  And, 
like 
.them,  not  content  to  let  well  enough 
alone,  the  labor  leaders  are  trying  to

agitators 

and 

force  upon  the  American  people  a 
universal  system  of  slavery  even more 
degrading  and  more  damnable  than 
that  to  which  the  negro  was  sub­
jected.

In  open  defiance  of  the  declaration 
of  independence,  and  of  the  constitu­
tion  of  the  United  States,  these  men 
persistently  and  viciously  hammer 
away  in  their  effort  to  break  down 
and  destroy  those  principles  of  equal 
and  inalienable  rights  which  our fore­
fathers,  after  long  years  of  sacrifice 
and  war,  succeeded 
in  establishing 
for  the  enjoyment  of  the  generations 
which  were  to  live  after  them,  and 
which  in  their  wisdom  they 
safe­
guarded  to  the  greatest  possible  ex­
tent  against  overthrow  by  the  rabble 
element  of  society  from  foreign  lands, 
which  they  foresaw  would  flock 
to 
our  shores,  bringing  with  them  seeds 
of  anarchy  and  discontent  for  propa­
gation  in  our  fertile  soil.

control  of 

with  practically  no  knowledge  what­
ever  of  the  details  of  the  particular 
business  in  question,  none  of  whom 
have  a  dollar  invested  in  either  of 
the  enterprises,  sitting  in  pompous 
dignity,  perhaps  hundreds  of  miles 
away,  framing  rules  and  regulations 
and  adopting  conditions  under  which 
these  great  industries  must  operate 
or  go  out  of  business.  Not  even  is 
the  disposal  of  the  product  of  these 
plants  under  the 
their 
conditions 
owners,  for  unless 
which  that  great  tribunal  of 
labor 
wise-acres  sees  fit  to  impose  upon 
them  are  complied  with  they  assume 
authority  to  say  to  the  merchant, 
“You  shall  not  deal  in  that  product; 
we  will  ruin  your  business  if  you 
do.”  And  woe  to  the  workingman 
who  dares  to  violate  the  injunction 
likewise  placed  upon  him.  A   beauti­
ful  picture,  gentlemen,  neither 
vi­
sionary  nor  imaginary,  but  the  real 
thing,  and  worthy  of  your  thoughtful 
consideration.

the 

The  history  of  organized 

labor 
speaks  for  itself.  Argument  is  no 
longer  necessary  to  prove  the  right 
or  wrong  of  its  policy. 
It  has  been 
weighed  in  the  balance  and  found 
wanting.

Organized  labor  is  the  same  wher­
ever  you  find  it— it  is  no  different  in 
Colorado  from  what  it  is  in  Michigan. 
Its  diabolical  acts  are  limited  only 
its  opportunities  and 
by 
its  belief 
its  power  to  evade  punishment 
in 
through  its  grip  on  politicians; 
its 
ability  to  procure  perjured  testimony; 
the  methods  by  which  it  coerces  and 
brow-beats  the  public 
into  fear  of 
testifying  against  it,  and  its  friends 
in  the  jury  box. 
to 
rule  or  ruin,  and  for  it  to  rule  is  but 
to  ruin.

Its  policy  is 

in 

You  have  here  in  the  city  of  De­
troit,  one,  if  not  two,  of  the  largest 
stove  manufacturing  plants 
the 
world,  established,  in  a  small  way, 
many  years  ago.  These  institutions 
have,  from  their  primitive  beginning, 
by  wise  and  judicious  management, 
through  all  the  cares  and  trials  in­
volved  in  such  enterprises,  weather­
ed  the  storm  of  competition  and  in­
dustrial  risks,  and -risen  to  the  prom­
inence  they  now  occupy  in  the  field 
of  industry.

industries  of 

Now  let  us  for  the  moment  place 
these  concerns  at  the  mercy  of  or­
ganized  labor  and  subject  to  its  dic­
tation,  according  to  Gompers’  alleged 
idea  of  its  right  to  control  the  man­
agement  of  the 
the 
country,  and  what  condition  of  af­
fairs  do  we  find  to  exist?  Why,  we 
find  two  great  manufacturing  estab­
lishments,  with  their  staffs  of  mana­
gers  and  heads  of  departments  con­
fronted  with  the  proposition 
that 
they  are  not  managers  or  heads  of 
departments  at  all,  and  that  they  do 
not  represent  the  owners  of 
the 
properties  further  than 
to  provide 
the  money  necessary  to  meet  the  pay 
rolls  and  other  obligations  of 
the 
companies.  W^e  find  matters  of  dis­
cipline,  output  per  employe,  hours 
and  price  of  labor,  and  the  question 
of  who  shall  and  who  shall  not  be 
employed,  together  with  numerous 
other  details  of  management,  subject, 
absolutely,  to  the  whims  and  fancies 
of  some  so-called  executive  board, 
lacking  in  business  experience  and

Who,  I  ask,  gentlemen,  is  respon­
sible  for  the  headway  the  demand for 
the  closed  shop  has  made 
in  this 
country  to  date,  and  I  answer,  the 
employers  and  politicians  who  have 
tolerated  and  indorsed  it.  When  an 
employer  contracts  with  a  labor union 
to  employ  none  but  members  of  the 
union  he  closes  his  shop  to  all  free 
and 
independent  workingmen;  he 
closes  it  to  the  boy  who  wants  to 
become  a  useful  mechanic;  he  closes 
it  against  his  own  management  and 
places  himself  in  the  light  of  a  mere 
tool  in  the  hands  of  his  enemy;  he 
turns  his  back  on  the  constitution 
of  the  United  States  and  violates  its 
most  sacred  provisions.

When  an  employer  enters  into such 
a  contract  he  there  and  then  becomes 
a  conspirator  under  the  law,  for  our 
courts  have  decreed  time  and  again 
that  such  contracts  are  conspiracies; 
that  they  are  in  direct  opposition  to 
the  fundamental  principle  upon which 
this  Government  was  founded,  and 
that  they  are  discriminative  in  charac­
ter  and  antagonistic  to  public  policy.
The  closed  shop  contract  is  a crime 
against  honest  labor;  it  destroys  am­
bition;  it  breeds  violence  and  crime, 
and  incites  men  to  murder. 
It  is  the 
one  thing  which  the  rabid,  lawless 
element  of  the  unions  will  fight  hard­
est  and  longest  to  establish  and main­
tain,  and  for  which  they  will  stop 
at  nothing  to  accomplish.

When  employers  sign  the  closed 
shop  contract  they  know  it  to  be 
wrong,  and  that  they  are  signing 
away  their  birthright  for  a  mess  of 
pottage.  They  know  they  are  boost­
ing  a  principle  that  should  not  be 
permitted  to  get  even  a  foothold  on 
American  soil.  They  know  that  they 
are  forcing  thousands  of  true  and 
loyal  American  workingmen  into  an 
organization  which  robs 
of 
their 
liberty  to  think  and  act  for 
themselves,  and  which  the  employers 
despise  and  condemn.  They  know 
that  when  they  enter  into  such  a 
contract 
their 
shoulder  to  the  wheel  of  socialism 
and  anarchy  and  increasing  the  dan­
ger  to  American  institutions.  And 
they  know,  too,  that  if  the  law  was 
enforced  they  would  not  dare  to  en-

are  putting 

them 

they 

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

the 

ter  into  such  contracts,  because  they 
are  conspiracies,  under 
law, 
against  all  who  are  excluded  from 
employment  under  them  by  reason 
this  associa­
of  non-membership  in 
tion  or  that,  and  they  know, 
or 
should  know,  that  they  can  be  held 
both  criminally  and  civilly  liable  and 
punished  by  fine  and  imprisonment 
for  participating  in  such  contracts.

The  declaration  of 
constitution  of 

independence, 
the  United 
the 
States  and  our  civil  and  criminal 
laws,  formed  thereon,  have  laid  down 
and  established  for  all  time  man’s 
right  to  independence  in  all  things 
not 
in  conflict  with  the  rights  of 
others,  and  no  man  or  body  of  men 
has  a  right  to  demand  that  he  or 
they  shall  be  permitted  to  enjoy  the 
right  to  life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit 
of  happiness  to  the 
of 
other  men;  the  law  says  this,  and  the 
law  is  right.  All  that  any  citizen 
can  demand  is  protection  under  the 
law,  and  that  every  citizen  has  the 
right  to  demand,  no  matter  to  what 
organization  he  may  or  may  not  be­
long. 
If  that  protection  is  denied 
him,  then  our  whole  system  of  Gov­
ernment  is  a  mockery  and  a  farce.

exclusion 

I  have  said  before,  and  I  now  re­
peat,  that  were  it  not  for  the  cow­
ardice  and  selfishness  of  the  employ­
ers  we  would  not  now  be  face  to 
face  with  the  proposition  as  it 
is 
presented  to  us.

Just  so 

long  as  it 

is  possible, 
through  agitation  and  the  preaching 
of  hatred  and  discontent,  to  create 
jobs 
for  trouble  breeders  who  de­
spise  honest  toil,  just  so  long  will 
we  have  organized  labor,  with  all  its 
cussedness,  with  us,  and  its  power 
and  influence  will  be  no  greater  nor 
less  than  the  employing  classes  per­
mit  it  to  be;  the  power  is  in  their , 
hands;  it  always  has  been  and  al­
ways  will  be;  they  have  to  a  great 
extent 
this  out  during  the 
past  few  years,  and  by  organization 
have  wielded  their  power  to  the  ex­
tent  that  wherever  they  have  shown 
combined  resistance  they  have  won 
industrial  peace  and  quiet,  or  are  win­
ning  it.  Look  back  over  the  past 
few  years,  cast  your  eye  over 
the 
country  and  pause  at  the  cities  that 
were  hot-beds  of  unionism  but  which, 
through  organization  of  employers’ 
associations  or 
alliances, 
are  now  enjoying  industrial  peace.

citizens’ 

found 

The  time  is  past  when  sentiment 
should  be  permitted  to  enter  into  the 
question  of  labor  unionism. 
It  has 
grown  fat  on  sentiment  and  public 
sympathy.  The  time  was  when  pub­
lic  sentiment  leaned  toward  the  cause 
of  labor  unions  because  it  was  sup­
posed  that  their  aim  and  purpose 
was  to  elevate  the  working  people, 
but  it  has  become  indisputably  evi­
dent  that  such  is  not  the  legitimate 
aim  of  those  who  dominate 
the 
unions  and  whose  real  object  is  to 
build  up  a  tyrannical  system  in  which 
they  can  figure  as  leaders  and  in­
sure  for  themselves  occupations  and 
prominence  whereby  they  may  live 
from  the  sweat  of  others’  brows  and 
by  labor  which  they  do  not  perform. 
They  are  happiest  when  their  dupes 
are  in  idleness  and  distress,  and  they 
busy 
transforming

themselves 

in 

peace  and  harmony  into  chaos  and 
disorder.

When  they  succeed  in  stopping the 
wheels  of  industry  they  feel  their  im­
portance  and  see  their  opportunity 
for  graft,  and  with  employers  unor­
ganized  their  task  is  an  easy  one, 
for  single-handed  and  alone  no  em­
ployer  can  permanently  resist 
their 
onslaughts,  nor  can  prosperity  long 
be  with  an  employer  whom  they  at­
tack  except  he  have  the  aid  and  sup­
port  of  organization  of  employers.  It 
is,  therefore,  the  duty  of  every  em­
ployer  of  labor  to  do  his  full  share 
of 
toward  suppressing 
unionism  and  keeping 
sup­
pressed.

them 

evils 

the 

The  indifference  displayed  by  em­
ployers  with  reference 
to  employ­
ers’  associations  is  something  almost 
inconceivable.  They  have  witnessed 
the  growth  of  present  conditions with 
passive  indifference  and  until 
re­
cently  took  but  very  little  interest 
in  the  only  possible  means  of  check­
ing  its  progress,  namely,  that  of  or­
ganization  and  education.

However,  just  so  long  as  organized 
la b o r  continues  to  preach  and  teach 
the  socialistic  doctrine  that  labor and 
capital  are  antagonistic  to  each  other, 
and  must  necessarily  be  so;  so  long 
as  it  teaches  the  doctrine  of  hatred 
and  discontent;  so  long  as  it  employs 
the  strike,  with  its  pickets  and  as­
saults  upon 
independent  workmen; 
so  long  as  it  continues  to  breed  trou­
ble  and  stir  up  turbulence  and  strife; 
so  long  as  it  persists  in  depriving the 
youth  of  America 
learning 
trades  of  usefulness,  and  so  long  as 
its  present  general  policy  is  pursued, 
just  so  long  must  the  sober,  right- 
minded,  law-abiding  citizens  of 
the 
country  be  thoroughly  organized  to 
combat  it,  and  that  will  be  for  a 
long  time  to  come.

from 

The  fact  having  become  generally 
recognized  that  organization  is 
the 
only  means  by  which  the  tide  of  so­
cialistic  unionism  can  be  stayed,  the 
question  arises  what  form  or  forms 
of  organization  are  or will  be  most ef­
fective?  While  organization  of  em­
ployers,  and  citizens,  for  the  purpose, 
is  of  but  recent  growth,  yet  the  ex­
periences  of  the  past  few  years  dem­
onstrate: 
(i)  that  the  various  crafts 
should  have  their  local  state  and  na­
tional  organizations;  (2)  that  in  every 
community  there  should  be  either  a 
local  Employers’  Association  compris­
ing  employers  of  labor  in  practically 
all  lines  of business,  or  a  Citizens’  In­
dustrial  Association  or  Citizens’  A l­
liance,  composed  of  law-abiding  citi­
zens,  whether  employers  of  labor  or 
not,  and  (3)  that  all  these  organiza­
tions  should  be  federated  into  one 
national  organization.

The  cardinal  objects  of  these  as­
sociations  should  be:  First,  to  see 
that  no  man’s  right  to  peacefully earn 
a  living,  at  honest  labor,  is  in  any 
manner  abridged.

Second,  to  see  that  every  man’s 
right  to  industrial  pursuit,  under the 
constitution,  is  not  interfered  with 
by  any  man  or  any  body  of  men.

Third,  to  mold  public  sentiment  in 
favor  of  the  rigid  enforcement  of 
law,  and  to  influence  legislation  tend­
ing  to  uphold  our  American  institu-

It Would 

Be

Foolish

For us  to  make  any claims  for  Lily  White, 
‘‘the  flour  the  best  cooks  use,”  which  the 
flour could  not live  up  to.

It  would  be a  waste  of  money  for  us  to

advertise it if it were  not good flour.

It  pays  to call  attention  to a good thing, 
but  it’s  mighty  poor  policy  to  advertise  a 
failure.

We’re  not foolish.
Neither  are  the  thousands  of  people 
who  buy  Lily  White  Flour  and  refuse  to 
take  substitutes.

They  know  what  they  want  and  why 

they  want it,  and  they insist  on  having it.

We  thank  them  for insisting.
And we assure them  that, so  long as they 
insist on  getting  Lily  White,  we  will  insist 
on  making it  worth  their while.

We’ll  see  that  it  continues  to  be  the 
best  flour.  We’ll  insist  that  it  be  kept 
uniform,  reliable  and  clean.

We’ll  keep  right on  making it so  that  all 
competitors will  continue acknowledging  its 
superiority  by  using  that  time-worn  ex­
pression  when  trying  to  sell  other  brands, 
“ It’s  just as  good  as  Lily  White.”

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  COMPANY

GRAN D  R A PID S,  MICH.

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tions  and  to  prevent  the  enactment 
of  laws  antagonistic  to  American  lib­
erty,  and

educate 

Fourth,  to 

the  masses 
against  fallacious  teachings  antago­
nistic  to  those  principles,  and 
to 
counteract  the  evil  influence  of  the 
great  mass  of  literature  which  is  scat­
tered  broadcast  over  this  country  by 
socialistic  trade  unions.

Every  employer  should  be  a  mem­
ber  of  his  particular  craft  organiza­
tion.  Every  manufacturer  should  be 
associated  with 
the  National  Asso­
ciation  of  Manufacturers,  which  now 
has  an  enrollment  of  over  3,000  mem­
bers  and  is  an  organization  of  great 
power  and  influence. 
It  has  accom­
plished  a  great  work  in  educating  the 
manufacturers  of  the  country,  and 
they  need  it,  on  the  line  of  duty  re­
garding  the  labor  problem,  and  its 
influence  in  our  national  legislature 
has  already  been  demonstrated.  But, 
as  it  is  an  association  of  manufactur­
ers  its  efforts  to  create  a  general  pub­
lic  sentiment  antagonistic  to  union­
ism  are  very  naturally  looked  upon 
as  a  class  against  class  movement.

In  order  that  organization  may be 
complete  and  the  ground  thoroughly 
covered,  the  Citizens’  Industrial  As­
sociation  of  America has  been  formed.
“It  is  possible  for  this  Association 
to  create  such  a  strong  public  senti­
ment  against  the  abuses  of  which  we 
complain,  as  to  teach  the  agitators, 
who  are  putting  forth  such  strenuous 
efforts  to  undermine  our  institutions 
and  destroy  our  social  and  industrial 
systems,  a  comprehensive  and  lasting 
lesson  that  this  country  is 
for  Amer­
icans  and  those  who  wish  to  become 
Americans,  and  that  no 
turbulent 
body  of  hoboes  and  aliens  will  ever 
be  permitted  to  transform  it  into  a 
Bedlam.”

The  Man  Who  Makes  Mistakes,
It  is  by  no  means  a  new  concep­
the 
tion  in  commercial  circles  that 
man  who  makes  mistakes,  and  who 
therefore  finds  himself  an  object  of 
censure  from  his  employer,  may  real­
ly  be  a  very  valuable  employe.  Yet 
it  has  probably  occurred  to  but  few 
people  who  toil  for  success  that  there 
is  a  corollary  to  the  effect  that  he 
who  goes  on  in  his  placid  business 
way  year  after  year,  without  being 
guilty  of  a  single  error,  is  a  positive 
menace  to  the  well-being  of  the  one 
who  engages  his  services.

No  American  business  man  under­
stood  this 
latter  proposition  better 
than  the  late  Eben  D.  Jordan,  of 
Boston,  founder  of  the  great  dry 
goods  house  of  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co. 
strolls 
During  one  of  his  daily 
through  the  store  Mr. 
Johnson’s 
glance 
fell  upon  one  of  his  men 
who,  for  ten  years,  had  been  at  the 
head  of  a  certain  department.

“That  reminds  me,”  mused  Mr. 
Jordan,  “that  I  made  a  note  yester­
day  to  look  into  the  record  of  this 
Mr.  Smith.  I’ll  do  so  to-day.”

Returning  to  his  private  office  he 
sent  for  one  of  his  head  men  and  en­
quired:

“What  sort  of  a  fellow  is  Smith?” 
“Thhe  very  best  sort,  I  consider 

him,”  replied  the  subordinate.

“I  am  very  glad  to  hear  that,” 
“He  has  had

quoth  Mr.  Jordan. 

charge  of  his  department  for  ten 
years,  I  believe.”

“Yes,  sir,  and  he  has  a  unique  rec­
ord.  He  has  never  made  a  mis­
take.”

“Eh?  What’s 

him  at  once.”

that?  Discharge 

“Sir?” 

stammered 

the  surprised 

subordinate.

“No,  on  second  thought,”  contin­
ued  Mr.  Jordan,  “you  needn’t  dis­
charge  him  right  away.  I’ll  give  him 
another  chance. 
to 
me.”

Send  him 

in 

Smith  came,  entering  the  private 

office  with  some  trepidation.

“Sit  down,  Smith,”  said  Mr.  Jor­
dan,  kindly. 
“I  have  been  told  that 
you  have  had  charge  of  your  depart­
ment  for  ten  years,  and  that  you 
have  never  committed  a  blunder.” 

“Such,  I  believe,  has  been  my  rec­
ord,  sir,”  replied  Smith,  who  now  saw 
his  way  to  certain  promotion.

“I  want  you  to  mend  your  ways, 

Mr.  Smith,”  went  on  his  employer.

“But  I  don’t  understand  you,  sir,” 

was  the  astonished  man’s  reply.

“I  dare  say  you  don’t.  That’s  what 
I  wanted  to  see  you  about,  Mr. 
Smith. 
I  don’t  like  men  who  never 
make  mistakes.  What  I  need  here 
is  a  progressive  man— one  with  plen­
ty  of  push  and  enterprise.  Now,  a 
man  who  is  full  of  zeal  for  me  and 
primed  with  ambition  for  himself  is 
sure  to  make  a  mistake  now  and 
then.  The  man  who  never  blunders 
is  too  cautious,  too  slow  to  be  worth 
much  here.  Recently  I  had  a  state­
ment  made  out  showing  me  the  per­
centage  of  increase  or  decrease  in the 
business  of  each  department. 
I  am 
sorry  to  say  that  your  department 
is  the  only  one  that  causes  me  any 
uneasiness. 
I  find  the  reason  to  be 
that  you  are  too  infernally  cautious. 
You  never  make  any  mistakes!  Un­
less  you  can  soon  show  me 
some 
changes  in  your  methods,  Mr.  Smith, 
you  will  not  be  a  candidate  for  con­
tinued  employment  in  this  establish­
ment.”

“Then  you  want  me  to  make  mis­
takes  hereafter?”  cried  the  amazed 
department  manager.

lot  of  senseless  blunders  is 

“There,  again,  you  have  failed 

to 
get  the  idea.  The  man  who  makes 
a 
an 
expensive  luxury.  The  man  who  nev­
er  does  anything  foolish  is  equally 
useless.  Provided  you  blunder  once 
in  a  while,  and  yet  show  me  that 
your  department  is  becoming  increas­
ingly  profitable to me.  I shall not con­
sider you  a  valuable  man.  Think over 
what  I  have  said  to  you,  Mr.  Smith. 
It  is  equally  applicable  to  any  busi­
ness  that  calls  for  progressive  men 
and  methods. 
If  at  any  time  you 
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Remember  that  in  my  life  of  striving 
and  struggling  I  have  made  plenty 
of  blunders,  and  yet  have  made  some 
money,  too. 
It  is  restless  zeal  that 
counts.  Go  back  to  your  department, 
Mr.  Smith. 
two 
months  in  which  to  redeem  yourself.”
It  is  worth  while  recording  that 
Smith  lost,  with  reason,  much  of  his 
complacency  about  the  absence  of 
mistakes  in  his  work,  but  he  showed 
an  improved  balance  sheet  and  re­
tained  his  position.— Success.

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gates  and  water  so  the  ground  may 
be  flooded  at  frequent  intervals,  a 
process  that  is  necessary  everywhere 
to  the  raising  of  a  full  crop.

The  East  is  practically  the  only 
place  where  the  improving  of 
the 
ground  through  additions  of  sand  and 
replanting  of  the  moors  is  resorted 
to.  Here  in  the  Middle  West,  Wis­
consin,  Michigan  and  Minnesota, in 
the  order  named,  being 
the  only 
States  that  produce  this  fruit  to  any 
all 
extent,  the 
at 
adapted  to  this  kind  of  farming 
is 
sufficiently  heavy  to  produce  excel­
lent  results  with  little  artificial  aid 
save  that  of  the  water  ditch  and 
sluice  gate.

land  which 

is 

Wisconsin  in  particular,  with 

its 
many  swampy  sections,  has  hundreds 
of  acres  of  unused  marshes  that could 
be  profitably  utilized  for  cranberry 
culture.  While  the  crop  of  this  State 
far  exceeds  that  of  Michigan 
and 
Minnesota  combined,  its  possibilities 
in  this  line  have  only  begun  to  be 
developed.

in 

The 

limitless  Horicon  marshes, 
near  Berlin,  Wis.,  may  be  set  down 
as  the  center  of  the  industry 
the 
West.  Here  the  berries  originally 
grew  wild,  but  by  cultivation  and 
propagation  of  the  best  species  of 
the  plants  the  farmers  have  raised 
these  giant  marshes  from  ordinary 
water  covered  moors  with  berries 
growing  only  in  occasional  patches 
to  well  ordered  and  managed grounds, 
which 
in  some  places  show  solid 
fields  of  vines  a  mile  in  length.

Cranberries  grow  on  vines  about 
the  height  of  a  blueberry  bush,  but 
possessing  none  of  the  strength  in 
their  branches  of  that  bush.  They 
grow  like  marsh  grass,  as  close  to 
each  other  as  the  strength  of  the 
ground  will  allow,  and 
in  an  old 
marsh  fairly  cover  the  grounds  with 
their  vines. 
In  the  autumn  before 
the  pickers  start  work  -a  fertile  cran­
berry  marsh  is  carpeted  with  a  cover 
of  dark  red  which  nearly  obscures 
the  grasses  upon  which  the  berries 
grow.

The  first  process  in  the  forming  of 
cranberry  ground  in  Wisconsin  is to 
dig  canals  and  ditches  from  some 
nearby  lake  or  river,  so  that  water 
may  be  run  on  to  the  marsh  when 
necessary.  This  in  itself  is  an  ex­
pensive  process.  Then  it  will  take 
three  years  or  more  of  careful,  in­
telligent  and  hard  work  before  the 
marsh  is  ready  to  yield  a  profitable 
harvest.  After  the  vines  have  be­
gun  bearing  the  woes  and  troubles 
of  the  cranberry  farmer  are  over,  as 
there  is  apparently  no  limit  to  the 
years 
they  will  continue  to 
propagate  themselves  and  yield  good 
crops  on  the  same  piece  of  ground. 
All  that  he  must  watch  is  that  the 
marsh  has  enough  water  and  enough 
drought  and  his  crop  is  assured.  It 
is  necessary  to  keep  the  ground  un­
der  water  for  a  week  in  the  spring 
and  frequently  for  the  same  length 
of  time  in  the  fall  to  avoid  frosts.

that 

The  harvesting  of  the  cranberry 
crop  affords  a  problem  the  success­
ful  solution  of  which  through  me­
chanical  means  holds  out  the  offer 
of  a  fortune  to  some  one.  A t  pres­
ent  the  work  is  all  done  by  hand.

Raising  Cranberries  on  the  Marshes ! 

of  the  Middle  West.

as 

so 

the 

familiar 

Perhaps  there  is  no  fruit  or  vege­
table  that  comes  regularly  to  the  ta­
ble  of  the  householder  of  whose  ori­
gin,  manner  of  growth  and  cultiva­
tion  and  habitat  the  average  person 
is 
cran­
berry.  With  the  advent  of  autumn 
and  the  cold  weather  which  presages 
Thanksgiving  and  turkeys,  cranberry 
sauce  becomes  an  active  subject  for 
the  consideration  of  the  commission 
men  who  handle  the  fruit  of  this 
city  as  well  as  of  the  boy  who  glor­
ies  in  the  contemplation  of  himself 
lathered  to  the  ears  in  the  red  juice 
of  this  popular  accompaniment 
of 
the  holiday  turkey.

Tradition  has  marked  the 

cran­
berry  and  turkey  as  gastronomic  ar­
ticles  that  go  hand  in  hand.  Begin­
ning  in  New  England,  where  the 
berry  was  first  cultivated,  the  cus­
tom  of  serving  cranberry  sauce  with 
the  bird  of  Thanksgiving  has  spread 
until  now  it  is  an  actual  necessity 
to  the  successful  completion  of  holi­
day  gorge  where  turkey  is  served, 
from  one  corner  of  the  land  of  the 
free  to  the  other.  But  when 
it 
comes  to  knowing  what  the  cranberry 
is,  where  and  how  it  is  grown,  and 
the  many  other  things 
incident  to 
its  culture  and  harvest,  the  average 
person  is  quite  ignorant.

themselves 

exclusively 

No  further  than  up  in  Wisconsin 
there  are  a  number  of  farmers  who 
devote 
to 
raising  cranberries.  Likewise  in  this 
same  State  there  are  localities where 
a  good  quality  of  the  berries  grow 
wild  in  the  many  marshes  and  are 
picked  by  whoever  finds  their  way  to 
them  first.  This  is  perhaps  more in 
accordance  with  the  usual  idea  of  the 
matter,  for  the  cranberry  is  seldom 
regarded  by  the  layman  as  a  culti­
vated 
agricultural  product.  Both 
of  the  instances  cited,  however,  are 
facts  in  the  case  of  cranberries  et  al.
Cape  Cod  is  the  center  of  the  cran­
berry  industry  in  this  country.  Here 
on  the  low  lying  moors  the  land  is 
especially  adapted  for  this  kind  of 
farming,  and  years  of  experience  and 
adaptation  have  resulted  in  the  Cape 
Cod  fruit  being  made  the 
reddest, 
rosiest  and  richest  in  appearance,  and 
as  color  and  appearance  are  what 
goes  to  make  the  cranberry  popular, 
Cape  Cod  is  given  the  palm  for  ex­
cellence  in  this  line.

In  New  Jersey  also  much  land  is 
given  over  to  cranberry  raising,  but 
the  Jersey  product  does  not  approach 
that  of  Massachusetts  as  to  quality. 
The  methodof  raising 
this  berry | 
vary  with  the  land  the  farmer  has 
to  work  with. 
Invariably  he  must 
have  low  lying  and  rich  ground  if  he 
is  to  make  the  business  a  profitable 
venture. 
In  some  places  the  earth 
of  the  bogs  is  so  loose  that  it  must 
be  given  a  coat  of  sand  before  it  is 
fit  to  receive  the  berry  plants. 
In 
other  places  all  that  is  necessary  is 
to  ditch  the  field  and  provide  sluice

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The  picking  in  the  nearby  states  be­
gins  in  October,  when  the  vines  are 
dead  and  the  fruit  ripe.  The  pickers 
work  on  their  hands  and  knees,  or, 
where  the  bushes  are  exceptionally 
thick,  they  sit  squatted.  The  mode 
of  picking  is  to  take  the  stem  of  the 
vine  between  the  fingers  and  strip 
it  upwards,  taking  with  the  berries 
leaves  and 
branches.  The 
picker  works  until  the  space  within 
reach  has  been  cleared,  then  moves 
to  the  center  of  another  patch.

small 

that 

cranberry 

The  work  of  picking  is  slow  and 
tedious  and  the 
farmer 
must  hire  a  great  number  of  help  in 
order  to  get  it  done  before 
cold 
weather  sets  in. 
In  a  large  marsh 
at  times  200  men,  women  and  chil­
dren  are  seen  crawling  their  way 
over  the  ground,  leaving  behind them 
a  swath  of  green 
contrasts 
strangely  with  the  red  before  them.
The  yield  of  an  acre  of  cranberry 
marsh  in  good  years  compares  favor­
ably  with  any  crop. 
It  is  common 
for  a  farmer  to  get  100  bushels  from 
one  acre  of  ground,  and  the  price  of 
the  berries  varies  from  $1  a  bushel 
to  $2.  However,  as  it  costs  about a 
cent  a  quart  for  the  picking,  it  will 
be  seen  that,  computing  the  cost  of 
barrels, 
the 
farmer  are  cut  down  considerably.

the  earnings  of 

etc., 

for 
the 
This  year  will  be  good 
man  engaged  in  cranberry 
culture. 
The  crop  is  fair  and  the  prices  will 
be  about  the  average. 
It  is  expected 
that  the  prices  will  open  at  $6  to  $8 
a  barrel,  and  maintain  this  standard 
for  the  season.  There  are  a  hundred 
quarts  in  the  barrel.  Counting  the 
cost  of  picking  and  packing, 
the 
farmer  should  this  year  clear  from 
$4  to  $6  on  each  barrel  that  he  sends 
out. 
If  he  has  much  land  that  yields 
100  bushels  or  more  to  the  acre  he 
will  make  good  profits.  But  it  takes 
years  of  cultivation  to  bring  a  marsh 
up  to  the  standard  where  it  will  yield 
thus,  and,  besides,  success  in  this line 
requires  a  special  knowledge  of 
the 
berry  and  its  peculiarities.

Henry  C.  Powell.

Effect  of  a  Sea  Voyage  on  Cheese.
Liverpool,  Eng.,  July  29— Some 
time  ago  a  well  known  firm  in  Bow­
den  sent  a  Cheshire  cheese  to  a  friend 
in  Perth,  Western  Australia.  The  re­
ply  is  worth  reading: 
“It  arrived  in 
a  most  aristocratic  condition,’ ”  says 
the  recipient,  “  it  was  so  high  that 
when  we  took  the  lid  off  the  box  we 
were  nearly  spiflicated.  The  cat  took 
refuge  in  a  tree,  the  collie  dog  bark­
ed  at  it  for  half  an  hour  by  the  clock. 
When  we  recovered  a  little  and  were 
calm  enough  to  take  observation,  we 
found  there  was  not  a  fly  left  in  the 
house.  The  clock  had  stopped  and 
the  smell  had  put  the  fire  out.  This 
all  goes  to  prove  what  a  splendid 
cheese  it  is.  They  have  got  it  all 
round  Perth  that  Faulkner’s  have  got 
a  real  Cheshire  cheese,  and  about  a 
thousand  people  have  walked  past  our 
store  in  the  hope  of  getting  a  sniff 
of  it.  So  far  the  grocers  talk  of  hav­
ing  it  cremated,  because  they  say  that 
now  the  Perth  public  have  been  let 
into the  secret of what  cheese is  really 
made  of  they  will  never  be  satisfied 
with  the  stuff  they  get  here  and

call  it  cheese.  When  it  landed  here  it 
was  a  bit  high. 
I  expect  the  heat 
of  the  tropics  set  it  ripening.  After 
being  exposed  to  the  cold  for  a  day 
or  two  it  is  all  right.  We  have  treat­
ed  many  of  our  friends  to  a  taste, 
and  they  are  all  pleased  with  it;  so 
are  we.”

T ry  Diplomacy  in  Collecting.

To  collect  accounts 

from  delin­
quent  customers  whose  trade  the  re­
tailer  desires  to  hold  is  a  delicate 
operation  and  must  be  handled  with 
care.

i
■
I

■■8
s■8

:

for 

Getting  'delinquent  accounts  squar­
ed  up  without  losing  the  customer 
calls 
the  use  of  diplomacy, 
“smoothness.” 
In  writing  letters to 
customers  who  are  behind  in  their 
accounts  the  diplomatic  merchant 
avoids  bluntness.  He  knows  that  it 
is  necessary  to  avoid  it,  if  he  would 
gain  his  ends.
Roughshod 

“coarse 
work,”  may  make  the  customer  set­
tle  his  account  the 
it 
means  the  loss  of  his  trade,  which  is 
sometimes  desirable  to  hold,  notwith­
standing  his  known 
inclination  to 
put  off  the  day  of  payment.

faster,  but 

methods, 

Collecting  is  really  an  art,  and the 
good  collector  must  be  something of 
a  diplomat.  Ask  for  the  money  that 
is  due  you;  keep  after  it  until  it  is 
paid;  but,  unless  you  are  convinced 
the  customer  is  a  dead  beat,  whose 
trade  you  do  not  want,  ask  for  it  in 
the  right  way,  not  too  aggressively 
and  not  in  a  way  to  give  offense—• 
that  is,  unless  you  do  not  wish  the 
delinquent’s  custom  any  longer.

Recent  Business  Changes  Among 

Indiana  Merchants.

Marion— Tudor  &  Strange, 

retail 
cigar  dealers,  are  succeeded  by  Le­
roy  Tudor.

Rochester— Trickle 

have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  A. 
Clifton.

Bros. 

South  Bend— M.  P.  Runyan,  fur­
niture  dealer,  is  succeeded  by  Runyan 
&  Lee.

South  Bend— Schuler  &  Kingel, 
wholesale  dealers,  are  succeeded  by 
Jas.  A.  Schuler.

South  Bend— R.  H.  Woods  &  Co., 
druggists,  have  changed  their  style 
of  title  to  S.  Scott  &  Co.

Indianapolis— Andrew  Hermanny

has  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy.

Indianapolis— A  receiver  has  been 
appointed  to  close  up  the  business of 
the  E.  T.  Kenney  Co.,  dealer  in  ag­
ricultural  implements.

Valparaiso— A  receiver has been ap­
pointed  to  close  up  the  drug  busi­
ness  of  Newland  &  Collins.

Successful  experiments  have  been 
made  in  various  forests  of  France  in 
cutting  trees  by  means  of  electricity. 
A  platinum  wire  is  heated  to  a  white 
heat  by  an  electric  current  and  used 
like  a  saw. 
In  this  manner  the  tree 
is  felled  much  more  easily  and quick­
ly  than  in  the  old  way.  No  sawdust 
is  produced  and  the  slight  carboniza­
tion  caused  by  the  hot  wire  acts  as  a 
preservative  of  the  wood.  The  old 
sawing  methods  took  eight  times  as 
long  for  the  same  work  as  the  new- 
process.

For  fifteen  years  I  have worked  to  build  up  a 

*

Good 

|
Michigan  Cheese  j
|

Trade 

I  have  it.  Last  year  I  manufactured  at  my  own  J 
factories  25,462  boxes  of  cheese,  1,016,000  pounds,  S 
selling  in  Michigan  23,180  boxes,  or  over  91  per  J 
cent  of  my  total  output. 
I  solicit  trial  orders  from  J 
trade  not  already  using  Warner’s  Oakland  County  g
Cheese.  Stock  paraffined  and  placed  in  cold  stor-  J 
age  if desired.

81  Fred M. W arner, Farmington, Mich.

■  

H N M M N M H M M  M H M M  

M M M

Butter

It  looks  now  as  though  the  m arkets  would  do  a 

little  bit 
better  than  they  are  at  present  on  ordinary  fresh  dairies  or fresh 
packing  stock.  Probably  next  week  they  will  be  a  half  cent 
higher  but  they are  getting  pretty near  to the  top,  in  my opinion.
There  is  nothing  in  particular  to warrant any more advance. 
Pastures  never  were  better.  Stocks  in  storage  are  about  as 
they  were  last  year.  W ith  the  present  good  demand  the  coun­
try  w ill  consume  a  great  deal  of  stock,  but  prices  have  got  to  be 
kept  reasonable  to  ever  unload  it  all.

E.  F.  DUDLEY,  Owosso, Mich.

STORE  YOUR

A P P L E S

with  us  and  get  top  prices 
in  the 
spring. 
L iberal 
advances  made.
Grand  Rapids

Cold  Storage  Co-

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Small  Hardware  Dealer  Relies  on Re­

pair  Work.

If  there  is  any  business  that  is  es­
pecially  adapted  to  the  man  who  has 
a  knack  for  doing  “odd  jobs”  it  is the 
business  of  the  small  hardware  deal­
er.  Although  the  complaint  among 
the  storekeepers  of  this  type  is  that 
the  great  part  of  the  business  is  in 
the  hands  of  the  department  stores, 
there  is  still  a  field  in  it  for  the  man 
who  makes  the  repair  and  “odd  job” 
department  the  main  issue  in  his  en­
terprise.

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

FISHING  T A C K LE

ble  for  the  small  hardware  man  of 
this  city  to  exist  and  make  a  little 
money  besides.”

While  much  of  this  wail  of  being 
crowded  out  by  superior  competition 
is  undoubtedly  true  and  just  it  is  al­
so  true  that  there  are  plenty  of  pros­
perous  small  hardware  stores  to  be 
found  in  the  outlying  districts  of the 
city.  Some  of  them  have  been  estab­
lished  in  the  one  place  for  years, and 
these  seem  to  hold  their  custom  de­
spite  the  effect  of  the  before-mention­
ed  conditions.  Many  of  them  have 
stocks  that  represent  a  total  outlay 
of  several  thousands  of  dollars,  and if 
all  visible  signs  are  to  be  taken  as a 
standard  of  judgment  they  are  decid­
edly  profitable  establishments.

113-115  Monroe Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

W arren Mixed Paints, “ W hite Seal” Lead, Ohio Varnish Co.’s “Chi  Nam el”  at  wholesale

Michigan Agents for

Buy  Glass Now

Stocks  in  the  hands  of jobbers  are  badly  broken  and  jobbers  are 
finding  difficulty  in  getting  desirable  sizes.  G lass  factories  have 
stopped  for  the  summer  and  w ill  not  resume  operations  until 
Septem ber  or  October.  T h is  means  glass  cannot  reach  our  terri­
tory  until  the  middle  of  Novem ber. 
In  30  days  glass  w ill  be 
higher.  T h e  tim e  to  buy  is  N O W .  Send  in  specifications  and 
let  us  quote  you.

Grand  Rapids  Glass &  Bending  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Factory and W arehouse Kent and Newberry Streets 

M erchants’ H alf Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day.  Send for circular

One  store  situated  on  a  prominent 
thoroughfare  does  a  business  that re­
quires  the  constant  services  of  two 
clerks  besides  the  proprietor.  This is 
a  small  store,  and  its  owner  began 
several  years  ago  with  only  himself 
to  care  for  the  store  and  the  outside 
work  combined.  The  sales  in  a  hard­
ware  store  do  not  run  up  in  numbers 
as  they  do  in  a  grocery  or  a  meat 
market,  but  the  percentage  of  profit 
is  considerably  higher.  The  stock to 
begin  with  will 
considerably 
more,  and  before  a  trade  is  worked 
up  that  will  yield  substantial  returns 
a  location  in  one  particular  place 
must  be  maintained  for  several  years. 
Trade  comes  slower  to  the  man  in 
this  line  than  in  many  others.

cost 

There  may  be  said  to  be  two  sea­
sons  to  this  business.  One  is  when 
the  people  of  a  city  are  preparing  for 
the  summer  with  screens,  ice  boxes, 
etc.  The  other  is  when  preparations 
are  being  made  for  the  winter.  How­
ever,  all through the summer his busi­
ness  is  better  than  in  the  winter,  for 
with  building  operations  the  call  for 
nails,  tin  and  other  incidentals  cre­
ates  a  volume  of  business  that  yields 
greater  results  than  the  winter  de­
mand.  Also  in  the  summer  there  is 
a  greater  call  for  the  tinfitter.  Most 
hardware  men  do  this  kind  of  work. 
There  is  a  good  profit  in  it, 
and 
many  of  the 
larger  stores  employ 
two  or  three  men  and  take  contracts 
for  fitting  large  buildings  from  roof 
to  cellar.

A  hardware  dealer  of  the  West 
the  business, 
Side,  in  speaking  of 
“If  the  man  in  this  line  to­
said: 
day  was  to  depend  upon  his  ordinary 
sales  for  sustenance  his  business 
would  starve.  The  selling  of  hard­
ware  of  all  kinds  is  now  largely  in 
the  hands  of  the 
big  department 
stores  and  the  easy  payment  houses. 
For  instance,  in  the  matter  of stoves.
A  few  years  ago  one  of  the  princi­
pal  sources  of  income  for  the  hard­
ware  man  was  in  the  sale  of  these. 
Each  fall  he  could  surely  depend  up­
on  selling  enough  stoves  at  a  fair 
profit  to  make  the  fall  trade  a  big 
thing  to  look  forward  to.  Now  he | 
doesn’t  bother  even  to  keep  his stock 
up,  for  he  knows  that  he  won’t  sell 
stoves  enough  each  year  to  pay  his 
light  bills  with.

“The  stove  business,  besides 

the 
inroads  that  furnaces  and  individual 
heating  plants  have  made  into  it,  has 
been  spoiled  for  the  small  dealer  by 
the  installment  house  people.  Folks 
don’t  buy  a  stove  more  than  once 
or  twice  in  a  lifetime,  and  one  of 
those  times  is  sure  to  be  when  they 
are  first  married  and  beginning 
to 
keep  house.  Where  they  used 
to 
come  to  the  small  dealer  in  their own 
neighborhood  and  buy  one  or  two 
stoves  they  now  go  downtown  and 
get  their  complete  outfit  at  so  much 
a  month.  That  is,  they  do  unless 
they  are  going  to  put  in  a  furnace.

“The  department  stores  have  cut 
the 
woefully  into  all  branches  of 
business. 
In  the  matter  of  screen 
doors,  once  a  sure  source  of  profit 
for  the  small  dealer  each  spring,  the 
large  stores  are  able 
to  keep  in 
stock  constantly  an  amount  and  va­
riety  of  screens  so  large  that  even if 
the  small  storekeeper  could  sell  as 
cheap  he  could  hardly  compete  suc­
cessfully  with  the  big  fellows.  All 
the  way  through  the  line  the  same 
may  be  said  to  be  true;  the  big  estab­
lishments  have  killed  or  at  least  se 
riously  wounded  the  smaller.

“The  only  place  where  the  small 
man  holds  over  the  big  one  here  is 
in  the  matter  of  repairing  and  in  odd 
job  work.  This  is  something  neither 
the  easy  payment  fellow  nor  the  de­
partment  store  can  take  away  from 
us.  We  are  near  the  customer 
in 
those  matters,  and  we  get  their  busi 
ness.  Then,  of  course,  there  are  the 
lines  of  pipe,  cornices  and  general tin 
■, 
smithing. 
man’s  energies,  and  make  it  possi

These  develop  with 

With  the  advent  of  cold  weather 
comes  the  overhauling  of  stores  and 
furnaces.  Frequently  there  are  re­
pairs  to  be  made  and  new  parts  to 
be  fitted.  There  are  stoves  to  be 
set  up,  pipe  to  be  cut  and  fitted,  and 
chimneys  to  be  prepared  for 
the 
winter’s  smoke.  In  all  of  these  oper­
ations  the  work  of  the  hardware man 
enters  to  a  considerable  extent.  For 
these  things  people  seldom  go  down 
town. 
It  is  much  more  convenient 
to  call  in  the  nearby  dealer  and  have 
him  measure  a  room  to  ascertain  the 
amount  of  pipe  to  be  used  before  the 
same  is  bought.  He  is  kept  busy in 
this  season,  but  the  work  is  not  so 
profitable  as  the  building  lines  of the 
business.

To  be  able  to  do  this  kind  of  work 
to  the  satisfaction  of  one’s  patrons 
it  is  necessary  that  one  is  apt  at  per­
forming  the  difficult  little  jobs  inci­
dent  to  the  fitting  of  a  stove  pipe  and 
the  proper  equipping  of  a 
furnace. 
The  average  man  engaged  in  the  an-

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

M erchants’  H alf  F are  Excursion  R ates  every  day  to   G rand  Rapids. 

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nual  custom  of  establishing  the house­
hold  stove  for  the  winter  is  more  apt 
to  invent  new  and  wonderful  exam­
ples  of  profanity  than  to  complete the 
work  satisfactorily.  However, 
the 
man  who  makes  a  specialty  of  this 
kind  of  work  comes  to  the  house, 
tackles  the  tangle  of  stove  and  pipe 
cheerfully  and  finishes  the  work  with 
a  smoothness  and  expedition that are 
exasperating  to  the  layman  who  has 
struggled  with  the  same  articles 
in 
vain.

This  necessitates  that  the  hardware 
repair  man  be  one  of  the  handy  ones 
of  the  earth.  He  must  be  able  to 
handle  all  kinds  of  light  tools  well, 
and,  above  all,  he  must  know 
the 
trade  of  the  tinsmith  before  he  can 
hope  to  make  a  success  in  his  busi­
to 
ness.  The  capital  he  will  need 
get  a  start  need  not  exceed  a 
few 
hundred  dollars,  as  he  can  begin  on a 
small  scale,  depending  upon  the  out­
side  work  he  gets  for  his  living,  and 
gradually  work  up 
trade  and  add 
to  his  stock  at  the  same  time.  How­
ever,  there  is  apparently  little  open­
ing for  new  men  in  this  business  com­
pared  to  many  other  lines.

Joseph  Houghton.

Demonstration  of  Wireless  Telegra­

phy  in  Many  Fields.

The  Oriental  war  has  established 
the  utility  of  wireless  telegraphy  as 
a  valuable  means  of  maintaining  com­
munication  during  times  when  other 
methods  of  conveying 
intelligence 
between  a  belligerent  and  its  base 
may  be  severed.  The  naval  squad­
rons  of  both  nations  have  found 
it 
invaluable  in  their  operations.  The 
scouts  of  the  Japanese 
fleets  have 
been  able  to  inform  their  flagships of 
the  movements  and  position  of  the 
Russian  ships  which  they  were  de­
tailed  to  locate,  at  distances  far  too 
i emote  for  the  employment  of  ordi­
nary  signals  used  at  sea.  The  fleets 
of  both  belligerents  have  also  used 
it  in  action  to  direct  the  maneuvering 
of  the  various  vessels  engaged.  Port 
Arthur  was  also  able  to  keep  in touch 
with  Chefoo  after  telegraph  land  lines 
and  cable  were  cut  by  the  Japs,  until 
the  equipment  at  the  Chinese  port 
was  recently  dismantled  by  the  au­
thorities  on  the  Japanese  representa­
tions  that  it  was  being  used  by 
the 
Russians  as  a  military  base  in  viola­
tion  of the  laws  of neutrality.

The  Russians  demonstrated,  how­
ever,  in  the  last  sortie  made  by  the 
Port  Arthur  squadron,  that 
it  was 
possible  to  confuse  the  Japanese  mes­
sages  and  thus  hamper 
the  move­
ments  of  their  ships  by  the  simple  ex­
pedient  of  continuously  repeating the 
Russian  alphabet  on  their  own  instru­
ments.  The  United  States  Navy  has 
forestalled 
such  a  possibility  by 
adopting  a  system  which  can  be  va­
riously  attuned  at  pleasure  and  thus 
prevent  interference  by  the  enemy.

Wireless  telegraphy  has  been  found 
exceedingly  useful  also  in the  naviga­
tion  of  the  oceans  by  the  big  liners. 
The  monotony  of  the  passage  across 
the  Atlantic  has  been  largely destroy­
its  employment.  Passenger 
ed  by 
steamships  are  in  almost 
constant 
communication  with  one  another,  al­
though  not  within  sighting  distance, 
and  their  approach  to  port  is  report-

ed  long  before  the  loom  of  the  land 
is  visible. 
It  has  been  found  useful 
at  sea  likewise  in  other  ways.  An 
instance  was  recently  reported  where 
the  mind  of  a  passenger  crossing  the 
Atlantic  who  had  lost  valuable  jewels
ashore  was  set  at  rest  by  receiving a 
wireless  message  from  a  passing  ship 
that  his  property  had  been  found; and 
still  another  case  is  on  record  where 
a  merchant  afloat  on  the  Atlantic  re­
ceived  information  of  the  absconding 
of  a  defaulting  partner,  which  enabled 
him  to  form  a  plan  to  straighten  out 
the  confusion  in  which  the  firm’s  ac­
counts  had  been  left  and  transmit  it 
by  cable  on  arrival  at  his  destination, 
in  time  to  prevent  serious  business 
embarrassment.  Wireless  telegraphy 
is  evidently  here  to  stay,  and  its  im­
provement  for  more  extended  use 
than  that  in  which  it  can  now  be  suc­
cessfully  employed  is  merely  a  mat­
ter  of  time  and  experience.

Electric  Savings  Bank.

Electric  pocket  savings  banks  are 
among  the  new  inventions.  The  coin 
to  be  deposited  is  placed  in  a  slot 
immediately  above  a  revolvable  disk, 
which  has  been  given  a  form  imita­
tive  of  the 
combination  operating 
knob  of  standard  safes.  A  partial 
revolution  of  the  knob  draws  the 
to  the 
coin 
interior  of  the  bank, 
from  which 
it  can  by  no  possible 
means  be  extracted  through  the  en­
tering  slot.  This  is  a  distinguishing 
feature  of  the  banks,  and  insures  that 
only  when  the  proper  operating  key 
is  employed  can  the  coins  be 
re­
moved.  Each  bank  is  provided  with 
a  hinged  bottom,  held  in  place  by  a 
spring  catch,  which  is  immune  from 
any  attack  by  a  blacksmith’s  key  and 
from  any  external  or  interior  influ­
ence  of  a  mechanical  nature.  Joined 
to  the  catch  is  a  mass  of  soft  iron 
arranged  to  be  attracted  by  a  mag­
net  when  placed  in  the  proper  posi­
tion. 
In  one  device  the  core  is  so 
designed  that  when  the  bank  is  clos­
ed  its  two  prongs  are  flush  with  the 
surface  of  the  rear  of  the  bank,  and 
since  the  opening  of  the  bank  re­
quires  that  the  prongs  be  drawn  out­
ward  no  device  other  than  a  magnet 
is  capable  of  releasing  the  catch.  A 
relatively  powerful  magnet  is  neces­
sary  for  overcoming  the  force  of  the 
spring,  so  that  the  catch  is  not  re­
sponsive  to  magnets  other  than  those 
of  the  proper  strength.  Being  pur­
posely  covered  with  several  turns  of 
wire 
the 
magnet  has  received  the  appropriate 
name  “electric  key.”  Another  type 
is  arranged  to  be  opened  by  the heat­
ing  effect  of  current,  from  a  cell  or 
several  small  cells  upon  a 
fusible 
wire,  which  serves  as  a  mechanical 
means  of  holding  closed  a  catch 
which  a  conveniently  located  spring 
tends  to  throw  open  at  all  times.  The 
fuses  are  designed  so  as  to  be  easily 
replaced,  and  additional  ones  may  be 
kept  on  hand  for  relocking  the  bank 
after  its  contents  have  been  remov­
ed.  The  amount  of  energy  required 
to  melt  the  fuses  is  comparatively  in­
significant,  so  that  the  cells  will  be 
adequate  for  all  service  to  which  the 
bank  will  be  put.

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our  untiring  efforts  are  being  am ply  rewarded  by  satisfied 
users.

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Low  price  Overalls  and  Coats  are  usually  bought 
without  being  carefully  exam ined at  time  o f purchase  by 
the  user.  H e  takes  the  dealers  word f o r   it.  M ake your 
word good.  You  can  easily  follow  the  lines  o f  least  re­
sistance  and give your patrons  the  best  to  be  had f o r   the 
money. 
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C lothing  „

Hard  Nut 

to  Crack  in  the  Boys’ 

Clothing  Department.

W ritten   for  th e   Tradesm an.

“One  of  the  hardest  propositions 
we  run  up  against  in  the  retail  cloth­
ing  business  occurs  right  here  in the 
back  part  of  the  store,”  remarked, 
recently,  the  head  of  that  section  of 
a  certain  Grand  Rapids 
establish­
ment  known  as  the  Boys’  Depart­
ment.

“Yes,  in  the  rear  of  the  store  are 
fought— and  more  often 
than  not 
won— some  of  the  hardest  battles  we 
have  to  encounter.

“ It’s  not  the  selling  of  suits,  over­
coats,  underwear,  etc.,  to  the  man 
with  ‘the  kid’  that  I  dread,  but  what 
rattles  me  the  most  of  any  part  of 
my  work  is  to  see  a  raft  of  female 
relatives  trotting  along  with 
the 
mother  of  a  young  hopeful  and  head­
ed  for  the  part  of  the  store  over 
which  I  am  employed 
to  preside. 
Then  it  is  that  I  am  seized  with  a 
severe  attack  of  ‘heart  failure 
and 
wish  I  were  in  Gehenna— or  some 
other  equally  as  delectable  a  spot.

“I  have  not,  under  these  disagree­
the 
able  conditions,  to  suit  simply 
boy  and  his  nearest  relative, 
but 
I  must  try  to  please  the  whole bunch 
of  their  companions.  One  can’t  suit 
everyone,  you  know,  and  so  my 
main  endeavors  always  are  directed 
toward  the  two  most  intimately  con­
cerned.  Of  course,  I  am  obliged  to 
listen  politely  to  all  the  suggestions 
and  arguments  of 
the  bothersome 
‘extras,’  but  I  find  out,  the  first  thing 
when  they  come 
in,  as  nearly  as 
possible,  what  is  wanted  and  then 
show  goods  accordingly.

“The  women  accompanying 

the 
mother  and  her  child  are  usually  a 
precious  lot  of  old  maids  or  people 
who  have  no  youngsters  of  their  own 
in  the  house  and  the  whole  caboodle 
of  them  don’t  know  any  more  about 
a  boy’s  outfitting  than  a  rabbit.

“Naturally,  I  must  be  courteous  to 
the  mother’s  relation,  for  who  knows 
that  by  such  treatment  I  may  not 
make  these  into  regular  patrons  of 
the  store?  One  really  comes,  in  deal­
ing  with 
the 
Scriptural  injunction  to  be  ‘wise  as a 
serpent  yet  harmless  as  a  dove.’

the  public,  to  obey 

“As  T  said  before,  the  situation  cit­
ed  is  one  of  the  most  difficult  with 
which  the  clothing  man  has  to  deal, 
and  it  is  here  that  strategic  sales­
manship  finds  full  scope.”

Jennie  Alcott.

Cool  Weather  Improves  the  Trade in 

Gloves.

their 

considering 

Business  is  showing  improvement 
in  wholesale  glove  stocks.  Merchants 
are  now 
future 
needs,  that  is,  those  who  have  not 
already  provided  for  future  require­
ments.  What  will  be  the  favorite 
glove  with  the  shopper 
cold 
weather  chiefly  concerns  the  trade at 
present.  Many  merchants  in  small­
er  cities  and  towns  have  again  pin­
ned  their  confidence  to  golfs.  Ad­

for 

vance  business  in  golfs  is  reported 
to  be  good,  but  the  demand  is  no 
longer  a  craze.  To-day  golfs  are 
considered  a  staple  rather  than 
a 
fad,  and  a  healthy  demand  for  this 
line  is  expected  by  merchants.  The 
introduction  of  the  cashmere  is  a 
probable  feature  for  the  coming  sea­
son.  This  glove  is  already  accepted 
by  the  city  shopper  as  a 
favorite. 
The  silk  lined  cashmere  has  become 
popular  with  a  neat,  careful  dresser 
because  it  possesses  merits  which  the 
golf  glove  does  not.

lined 

fleece 

Golf  gloves 

yet  cashmeres  are 

The  golf  glove  is  undesirable  be­
cause  it  does  not  retain  its  shape. 
Both  silk  and 
cash­
meres  fit  better.  Cashmeres  resem­
ble  suedes  in  appearance  and  there­
fore  have  a  style  which  is  desirable 
for  and  particularly  sought  by  shop­
pers.  Golfs  never  look  artistic.  They 
are  heavy,  unsightly  and  coarse.  The 
neat  dresser  does  not  and  never  has 
liked  them.  Cashmeres  to  retail  for 
SO  cents  and  up  have  the  glove  shape 
and  look  more  genteel  on  the  hand. 
They  have  the  appearance  of  the 
kid  glove.  Fit  is  the  acme  of  de­
sire  on  the  part  of  all  women  look­
are 
ing  for  gloves. 
warm, 
just  as 
warm,  and  have  supplanted  golfs  in 
the  estimation  of  the  better  trade. 
There  exists 
for 
glove  dealers  to  urge  the  merit  of 
cashmeres  the  coming  season 
on 
their  trade.  The  offerings  are  choice.
As  a  result  of  last  season’s  demand 
for  silk  lined  mochas  and  glaces, 
manufacturers  have  reproduced  ex­
cellent  lines  of  both 
in  women’s 
gloves.  They  are  shown  with  both 
plain  and  fancy  silk  linings.  With 
the  fad  for  golfs  gone,  the  better 
class  of  shoppers  is  expected  to  turn 
to  leather  goods  as 
substitute. 
Much  is  expected  of  silk  lined  kids. 
Mochas  are 
given  preference  by 
most  dealers  over  glaces  in  silk  lined 
goods.  The  most  popular  lines  of 
mochas  and  glaces  with  a  silk  lining 
job  at  $9.50  and  $13 50,  making  the 
price  $1  and  $1.50  retail.

apportunity 

an 

a 

The  relative  demand  for  capes  and 
glaces  is  a  study  for  the  best  glove 
people.  With  the  city  trade,  capes 
were  in  request  last  season  and  they 
are  expected  to  be  in  much  better 
demand  this  season;  but  for  the  aver­
age  trade  outside  of  the  cities  there 
is  not  so  much  interest  in  this  line. 
Glaces  are  endorsed  by  many  be­
cause  they  take  the  dyes  better. 
Dyers  are  able  to  secure  just 
the 
right  shade  they  want.  Capes  and 
mochas  are  often  unsatisfactory 
in 
this  regard.  Nevertheless,  when  the 
trade  want  a  certain  glove  they  will 
have  it  whether  it  is  as  satisfactory 
in  wear  as  some  other  or  not.  A  neat 
glove  which  avoids  a  loud  and  wide 
embroidery  is  being  produced  by 
manufacturers.  The  best  makers of 
embroidered  gloves  who  put  skill, fit 
and  texture  into 'their  product  use 
one  row  of  silk  embroidery.  These 
styles  are  appealing  to  the  elegant 
and  refined  dresser.  Wide  and  fancy 
embroidery  on  the  gloves  is  made 
to  appeal  to  the  cheaper  trade.  For 
fasteners  the  snap  is  the  most  popu­
lar.  They  are  seen  in  neat  metal, 
vegetable  iyory  and  pearl.

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17

New  Designs  in  Men’s  Autumn  Ap­

parel.

little 

The  tendency  in  market  purchas­
ing  contains  a 
lesson  for  clothiers 
who  will  place  their  filling-in  orders 
a 
later  on.  There  has  been 
quite  a  change  in  demand  since  the 
first  period  of  such  purchasing.  As 
to  styles  most  favored  at  present, 
coats  are  decidedly  roomy  and  trous­
ers  are  a  little  wider  at  the  hips  than 
was  anticipated  before  active  buying 
began. 
Instead  of  last  season’s  ex­
tremely  broad  shoulder  we  now  have 
the  graceful  contour 
the 
natural  width  of  the  shoulders.  Col­
lars  and 
considerably 
broader  and  shorter,  to  conform  to 
the  increased  length  and  width  of the 
coat.  Cuffs  vary  from  blind  to  open 
vents,  the  number  of  buttons  rang­
ing  from  one  to  four,  some  buttoning 
through  while  others  are  made  with 
blind  buttonholes.  Cuffs  on 
the most 
favored  style  coats  fit  a  trifle  snug.

showing 

lapels 

are 

On  one  of  the  late  coat  produc­
tions  there  is  a  decided  cuff  novelty 
in  that  it  is  sewed  on  and  turned 
over  with  an  open  vent,  two  buttons 
buttoning  through.  This  is  on  the 
order  of  a  lounge  coat  and  promises 
to  be  quite  popular  next  spring  and 
summer.  The  notched  points  of  the 
lapels  are  rounded  and  in  some 
in­
stances  are  quite  blunt.

exceedingly 

Browns  are  considered  ultra-fash­
ionable.  Steel  grays  are  next  in  or­
der.  The  mixtures  most  favored  this 
autumn  are  an 
small 
checked  ground,  composed  of  a  dark 
chocolate  brown  with  a  little  sprin­
kling  of  black;  also  small  squares  of 
brown  with  a  sprinkling  of  dark  wine 
red. 
Since  brown  has  become  so 
popular  in  men’s  clothing  lines,  man­
ufacturers  of  shirts,  hosiery  and  cra­
vats  are  rapidly  falling 
line. 
Belted  raincoats  are  popular,  particu­
larly  for  young  men’s  wear.  The 
box  overcoat 
is  favored  for 
middle-aged  men.  Fur-trimmed  over­
coats  are  very  fashionable.

style 

into 

The 

style. 

In  sack  suits  the  demand  seems 
about  equally  divided  between  the 
new  box  sack  back  and  the  new  ’var­
sity 
double-breasted 
’varsity,  which  goes  under  almost as 
many  names  as  there  are  manufactur­
ers,  is  being  bought  in  large  quanti­
ties  for  young  men— ages  from  18  to 
26.  A  double-breasted  overcoat  to 
retail  for  $15  is  best  liked  in  the 
striped  fabrics.  The  double-breasted 
frock  is  selling  fast,  in  qualities  to 
retail  at  $18.  For young  men  from  28 
to  30  the  straight  front  regular  style 
is  considered  quite  the  thing.  The 
double-breasted  overcoat  and 
the 
topcoat 
in 
in  fancy  mixtures  are 
most  demand.

Dark  brown  frock  coats  are  more 
in  favor  than  was  anticipated  earlier 
in  the  season.  Long  waistcoats  are 
rapidly  becoming  popular,  although 
they  are  not  made  quite  so  long  as 
when  the  movement  first  set  in.

Even  in  those  towns  where  the  au­
tomobile  is  seldom  seen  there  is  nev­
ertheless  a  growing  demand  for  this 
style  of  apparel.  Features  intended 
especially  for  the  autoist  must  be 
eliminated  from  garments 
intended 
for  ordinary  wear.  Cravenette  lines 
have  felt  the  influence  of  the  single

and  double-breasted  auto  ulster  to  a 
marked  extent.  Black  and  whites 
and  grays  are  thought  well  of  for 
next  spring.

More  attention  has  been  given  to 
fall  and  winter  lines  for  boys  than 
heretofore.  Styles  for  the  most part 
are  new  and  since  the  most  expert 
tailoring  and  furnishing  are  being 
employed,  boys’  toggery  for  this fall 
is  far  ahead  of  the  standard  a  year 
ago.  Many  manufacturers  are  run­
ning  overtime  in  order  to  keep  up 
with  the  demand.  Sailors,  Norfolks 
and  Russians  have  unquestionably 
been  the  leaders.  One  of  the  novelty 
styles  is  a  modification  of  the  Rus­
sian  and  has  an  Eton  collar.  The 
fall  and  winter  seasons  offer  excep­
tional  advantages  to  the  retailer  in 
getting  better  prices  for  his  boys’ 
clothing.  Aside  from  the  demand  for 
better  grades,  he  has  a  stock  the 
value  of  which  is  apparent  in  every 
garment.

While  it  is  a  little  too  early  to 
make  any  authoritative  statements 
regarding  lines  for  the  spring  sea­
son,  the  present  tendency  seems  to 
favor  more  striking  colors.  Brown 
■ will  probably  be  worn  to  a  consid^ 
erable  extent.

The  up-to-date  manufacturer 

of 
boys’  clothing  engages  the  most  ex­
pert  designers,  who  spend  months 
over  the  details  of  a  single  garment. 
The  most  common  objections 
to 
boys’  clothing  heretofore  has  been 
that  the  fit  was  poor.  The  work  of 
cutting  the  cloth  for  boys’  clothing 
is  done  from  patterns 
scientifically 
cut  and  drawn  by  expert  designers 
who  work  on  average  shapes.  There 
are  no  more  inequalities 
in  boys’ 
clothing  as  turned  out  by  the  best 
manufacturers  than  there  are  in  the 
men’s 
line.  The  retailer  can  now 
fit  the  sons  of  his  men  customers 
in  clothes  as  easily  as  he  can  fit  their 
feet 
The 
shaping  of  the  coat,  the  making  of 
the  shoulders,  the  putting  on 
and 
the  shaping  of  the  collar  are  fea­
tures  which  are  as  carefully  carried 
out  by  manufacturers  of  boys’  cloth­
ing  as  by  those  firms  specializing  in 
men’s  clothing.

ready-made 

shoes. 

in 

Appearances  Are  Sometimes  Decep­

tive.

The  two 

strangers  who  were 
standing  at  a  downtown  corner cross­
ed  the  street  and  accosted  a  young 
man  on  the  opposite  corner.

“Will  you  please  tell  me,”  said one 
of  them,  “which  is  the  best  way  to 
go  from  here 
Seventy-second 
street?”

to 

“Well,”  replied  the  young  man, 
“the  best  way,  of  course,  is  to  take 
an  automobile. 
If  you  can’t  do that, 
I  suggest  a  street  car  as  the  next 
best.”

“Thank  you,”  said  the  stranger, “I 
was  so  certain  from  your  appearance 
that  you  would  give  a  civil  answer 
to  a  civil  question  that  I  bet  a  $2 
bill  on  that  proposition  with  my 
friend  here. 
I  see  I  have  lost.  One 
can’t  always 
from  appear­
judge 
ances.  Good  morning,  sir.”

A  wrong  is  always  worth  forget­

ting.

M. W ile &  Company

Makers  of

“ Clothes  of  Quality

Will  tell  you  in  this  space 
from  time  to  time  how  they 
acquired  the  justly  famous 
title  for  their  clothes.

High-Grade  Moderate-Priced  Clothes 

For  Men  and  Young  Men

MADE  IN  BUFFALO

25 Years  Before the  Public

is a good recommendation and that  is  the  length  of  time  of  the 
founder  of  THE  WILLIAM  CONNOR  CO.  We  ask  retail 
clothiers  to see  our line, who will soon see advantages  in  placing 
orders with us, having such immense lines to choose  from  tor Fall 
and  Winter trade.  Then  our  Union Made  Line  is  just  as  great, 
especially  in  medium  priced  goods, none  so  cheap and  few  as 
good.  We  manufacture  CLOTHING  for  all  ages  and  also 
stouts and slims.  Our overcoats are perfection.  Mail and'phone 
orders promptly shipped. 
If you wish, one of  our  representatives 
will call upon your address.

See also our advertisement on first white page and first column of this paper

The  William  Connor  Co.,  Qrand  Rapids

Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers

Bell Phone,  {lain,  1382 

Citizens’  i957

M erchants’ H alf Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day.  W rite for circular.

THEY  FIT

Gladiator Pantaloons

C lap p   C lo th in g   C o m p a n y

Manufacturers of Oladlator Clothing

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

18

Linens  and  White  Goods  Doing 

WelL

Decided  improvement  has  been  no­
ticed  in  the  linen  market  during  the 
last  few  days.  Prices  of  all  kinds 
are  very  firm,  as  just  now  yarns  are 
at  the  highest  mark  experienced  in 
many  years.  Although  the  flax  mar­
ket  at  the  other  side  is  not  quite  as 
firm  as  it  has  been,  the  reduction  in 
it 
values  is  so  inconsiderable  that 
would  make  but 
difference 
when  it  comes  down  to  actual  value 
of  manufactured  goods— that 
if 
the  flax  in  the  lower  and  medium 
goods  breaks  from  3  to  5  per  cent.

little 

is, 

There  is  a  large  volume  of  busi­
ness  in  plain  lines,  especially  in  the 
manufactured  dress  goods  trade,  and 
everything  points 
to  a  brisk  sea­
son  in  this  line— as,  in  fact,  in  every 
including  housekeeping 
other  line, 
goods.  Several  Irish 
and  Scotch 
manufacturers  are  in  the  market  with 
import  orders  for  next 
a  view  to 
season.  Wiseacres  consider  this 
a 
sure  sign  that  a  large  business  is con­
templated.

Domestic  trade  in  huck 

towels, 
crashes,  etc.,  etc.,  is  brisk,  and  sever­
al  large  orders  have  been  booked for 
spring  delivery.  The  burlap  trade is 
also  much  firmer  than  the  abundance 
of  the  Indian  crop  might  have  led 
consumers  on  this  side 
to  believe. 
There  are  abundant  indications  that 
the  worst  has  passed  and  trade  is 
coming  back  to  normal 
conditions, 
which  will  undoubtedly  be  more  fully 
realized  in  the  course  of  a  very short 
time.

General  staple  lines  of  embroidered 
and  lace  handkerchiefs  are  good 
property,  and  the  trade  expects  a 
busy  fall  and  holiday  season.  The 
market  is  in  good  condition,  and  no 
doubt  need  be  entertained  that  one 
of  the  busiest  seasons  on  record  is 
Irish  hand-embroider-
approaching. 
ed  shirtwaist  patterns  are 
steadily 
growing  in  public  favor.  This  is  not 
surprising  when  such  a 
large  and 
beautifully  designed  class  of  fabrics  is 
shown.  No  more  beautiful  or  ac­
ceptable  holiday  or  Christmas  pres­
ent  could  be  made  to  a  lady  and  the 
demand  will  probably  tax  the  manu­
facturers  to  supply  it.

Mercerized 

fall  waistings,  which 
for  a  time  were  not  much  in  demand, 
now  seem  to  have  become  much 
more  popular,  probably  due  to  the 
fact  that  prices  are  not  so  high.  One 
of  the  largest  jobbing  houses  in  this 
line  has  had  a  great  run  on  these 
goods,  and  it  would  appear  that  the 
big  houses  are  buying  freely  now 
while  prevailing  prices  are  conducive 
to  sales. 
In  white  goods  solid  white 
effects  and  white  and  black  mixed 
fabrics  are  selling  quite  as  freely  as 
at  this  time  last  year.  Plain  white 
goods  are  also  excellent  sellers;  there 
is,  in  fact,  an  unprecedented  call  for 
these  lines.  Jacquards  are  still  pop­
ular, 
large  orders  being  taken  for 
them,  and  all  the  big  jobbers  speak 
well  of  them.

Lenos  are  so  much  in  demand  that 
there  are  those  who  think  it  will  be 
somewhat  difficult  to  keep  up 
the 
supply.  This  is  no  doubt  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  designs,  in  most  cases 
at  least,  are  so  neat,  with  avoidance

of  all  that  is  common,  that  they  can 
not  but  win  their  w a y   to  public  pat­
ronage.  Dotted  Swisses  have  been 
among  the  most  successful  lines  in 
this  year’s  market  and  are  likely  to 
hold  their  own  for  a  long  time.

A  novelty  that  is  attracting  consid­
“Heather  Eta- 
erable  attention  is 
mine,”  which  comes 
in  white  and 
colors.  The  demand  already  for  this 
line  has  somewhat  surprised  the pro­
ducers.  The  orders,  especially  from 
the  West,  have  been  extraordinary, 
one  large  jobber  having  taken  5,000 
pieces. 
Irish  dimities  are  shown  in 
many  new  designs,  there  is  every  in­
dication  that  an  exceptionally  large 
business  will  be  done  in  these  goods 
in  spring  and  summer.  These  fabrics 
always  seem  to  be  salable  on  account 
of  their  durability  and  neatness.

There  is  a  brisk  drive  in  all  lines 
of  art  linens.  Real  lace  tablecloths 
in  innumerable  designs  are  shown  at 
prices  that  are  extremely  moderate 
for  the  excellence  of  the  work.  There 
are,  too,  some  lines  of  real  Bruges 
tablecloths,  the  beauty  of  which  can 
not  be 
too  much  praised.  New 
Japanese  drawnwork  in  doilies,  etc., 
is  now  being  placed  before  the  buy­
ers,  and  many  orders  have  been 
taken.

spring  and 

The  trade  in  blankets  is  very  good, 
and  the  market  is  quite  firm  for  all 
wool,  both  in  white  and  colored,  no 
doubt  due  to  the  fact  that  there  has 
been  an  advance  in  the  raw  materials. 
Cotton  warp,  wool  fillings  made  in 
the  East  have  had  an  extraordinary 
demand,  to  such  an  extent,  indeed, 
and 
that  the  product  is  oversold, 
last  few 
the  trade  has  during  the 
days  witnessed  the  buying  of 
these 
lines,  which  usually  does  not  take 
place  until  October.
' Dress  goods  makers  are  somewhat 
divided  regarding  the  position 
of 
cream  and  white  dress  goods  for  the 
next 
summer  season
'j'hose  who  have  watched  the  move
ments  of  these  fabrics  in  the  large 
retail  centers  of  the  country  are  con­
fident  that  the  ultra  trade  is  paying 
less  attention  to  cream  than  is  the 
case  with  some  of  the  light  neutral 
shades  and  tints. 
It  is  worthy  of 
note  that  the  best-gowned  women  at 
the  Eastern  resorts  wore  fewer  fine 
cream-colored  fabrics  than  last  sea­
son.  An  increasing  number  of  even 
the  evening  shades  was  noticed  at 
the  most 
gatherings. 
The  late  fashion  development  at  the 
prominent  watering  places  gives  the 
best  possible  advance  suggestions  in 
the  dress  goods  and  silk  world,  and 
it  seems  reasonable  to  believe  that 
white  and  cream  fabrics  will  share 
their  popularity  with  a  number  of 
the  light  shades,  not 
either 
cream  or  white  woolens  will  be 
passe,  but  they  will  not  be  of  ab­
sorbing  interest  in  the  collection  of 
lightweight  or  heavy  fabrics. 
It  is 
predicted  by  one  of  the  largest  im­
porters  of  French  cotton  dress  goods 
that  there  will  be  a  return  in  demand 
— along with  organdies,  tulle  and  such 
sheer  cloths— for  the  old-fashioned 
printed  dotted  Swiss  (plumetis),  of 
course,  in  new  and  especially  adapted 
patterns.  There  is  no  cotton  cloth 
more  serviceable  for  general  wear, 
and  none  daintier  in  suitable  designs.

fashionable 

that 

Sateens,  Dimities  and  Batistes.
Mercerized  sateens  reappear 

for 
spring  with  a  claim  to  favor  and  are 
shown  by  importers  in  such  attract­
ive  guise  as  will  insure  their  success. 
The  designs  are 
conventional,  and 
some  in  white  on  black,  navy,  brown, 
dark  green  and  other  popular  colors. 
A  very  light-weight,  highly  mercer­
ized,  thfn  sateen  is  called 
“Sevilla 
cloth,”  and  comes  in  small  to  medium 
floral  effects,  especially  adapted 
for 
misses’  wear.

Batiste  brilliante  is  an  exquisitely 
fine  fabric  with  small  mercerized  jac­
quard  dots  and  a  neat  little  printed 
moss  rosebud  design,  and  the  same 
popular design appears  on  some of the 
genuine  Irish  dimities  of  the  finest 
possible  cloth,  which  comes  also  in 
an  extensive  range  of  special  designs. 
Embroidered  batistes  are  among  the 
most  attractive  of  high-class  goods, 
and  there  are  sheer  cloths  of  fancy 
weaves  with  a  color  design  in  the 
weave.

The  revived  interest  shown  during 
the  past  spring  and  early  summer  in 
high-grade  Irish  dimity  cloths  (cords, 
cluster  cords  and  fancy  checks)  has 
induced  importers  of 
these  dainty 
and  serviceable goods to arrange  large 
and  attractive  collections 
for  next 
spring,  comprised  chiefly  of  Dresden 
and  floral  designs,  imitating  substan­
tially  the  best  French  printings.

In  the  advance  spring  collection  of 
woven  novelties  in  cotton  seen  so  far, 
it  is  decidedly  noticeable  that  all-over 
embroidered  and  woven  effects  are 
expected  to  be  called  for  in  variety. 
No  more  attractive  fabric  is  likely  to 
be  shown  for  the  coming  season  than 
a  double-width  mercerized  muslin, 
with  small  and  medium  figures  em­
broidered  on  white  and 
colored 
grounds.

Remedy  for  Her  Cold.

She  was  extremely  pretty  and  well 
dressed,  but  there  was  a  trace  of 
petulance  about  her  manner 
that 
somewhat  marred  her  appearance.  It 
was  hot,  for  a  fact,  and  that  may 
have  had  something  to  do  with  it, but 
when  one  is  speeding  along  Division 
street  in  an  open  trolley  car 
the 
breezes  somewhat  mitigate  against 
the  sun’s  rays,  and  it  was  evident 
something  else  was  wrong,  too.

“What’s 

trouble;  you 
rather  angry?”  her  escort  said.

the 

look 

“I’m  not,”  she  answered  firmly. 
“Anything  wrong?”
“No,  only  I  don’t  feel  good.” 
“What’s  the  matter?”
“Everybody  asks  me  that,”  she  re­
plied;  “let  us  talk  of  something  else.” 

“Headache?”
“No;  please  let’s  drop 

the 

sub­

ject.”

“I  can  tell  you  something  to  help 

if  you’ll  say  what’s  wrong.”

“ If  you  must  know,  it’s  summer 

and  I  have  a  bad  cold.”

“That’s  too  bad.”
“Yes.”
“Are  you  taking  anything  for  it?” 
“Yes.”
“What?”
“Advice.”

Esteem-heated  flats  are  a  mighty 
poor  substitute  for  the  old-fashioned 
love  in  a  cottage.

V

BLUE DENIM
DOUBLE &TWI5T INDIGO, 

SWING  POCKETS,FELLED SEAMS

FULL  SIZE

W R IT E   F O R  S A M P L E .

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

encounter.  We  teach  our  boys  how 
to  earn  money  and  protect 
their 
property,  but  our  idea  of  kindness  to 
a  woman  is  to  keep  her  in  ignorance 
of  all  the  practical  affairs  of  life,  in 
consequence  of  which  she  may  fall 
the  victim  of  anybody  unscrupulous 
enough  to  take  advantage  of  her  lack 
of  knowledge  of  business.  Common 
observation  shows  that  it  is  woman’s 
ignorance  that  spells  continual  disas­
ter  for  herself  and  other  people,  but 
we  continue  to  hold  to  the  cherished 
belief  that  it  is  for  her  happiness  and 
good  not  to  know  things.

Yet 

it  was  woman  who  earliest 
craved  knowledge  and  risked  every­
thing  to  gain  it.  It  was  Eve,  and  not 
Adam,  who  took  the  first  bite  of  the 
apple.

So  far  as  a  college  education  for  _ 

the 

girls  is  concerned,  it  seems  to  me 
that  it  admits  of  exactly  the  same 
arguments,  pro  and  con,  that 
the 
question  of  a  college  education  for 
individual’s 
boys  does:  First, 
desire  for  it;  second, 
the  parents’ 
ability  to  afford  it,  and,  last,  the  ca­
reer  that  the  individual,  whether  boy 
If  I  had 
or  girl,  means  to  follow. 
studious 
a  son  who  was  naturally 
and  desired  to  be  a  doctor,  or 
a 
preacher,  or  a  lawyer,  or  follow  any 
learned  profession,  I  should  certain­
ly  send  him  to  the  very  best  univer­
sity  I  could  find. 
If  he  had  no 
taste  for  books,  and  never  read  any­
thing  in  the  papers  but  the  sporting 
column,  and  I  ascertained  that  he  had 
traded  all  the  other  boys 
the 
neighborhood  out  of  their  jack knives 
and  white  rabbits,  I  should  waste  no 
money  on  sending  him 
to  college. 
Just  as  soon  as  he  was  through  the 
high  school  I  should  put  him  in  a 
store  or  office  where  in  the  next  four 
or  five  years  he  wQuld  be  grounded 
in  commercial  knowledge  instead  of 
football,  and  learn  the  vital  details  of 
business  instead  of  a  college  yell.

in 

If  I  had  a  daughter  I  should  let 
looks  decide  the  college  ques­
her 
tion  for  her. 
If  she  were  ugly  and 
unattractive  I  would  move  heaven 
and  earth  to  give  her  something  to 
offset  her  lack  of  beauty,  and  at  least 
provide  her  with  the  way  of  making 
a  living  for  herself. 
If  she  were  a 
dimpled  darling  with  rose  leaf  skin 
and  melting  blue  eyes,  on  the  con­
trary,  I* would  know  that  matrimony 
and  not  the  higher  mathematics  was 
her  predestined  career,  and  I  should

Educated  Woman  the  Preferred  Risk 

in  Matrimony.
W ritten   for  th e  Tradesm an.

A  Western  college  professor,  in lec­
turing  to  an  audience  of  young  men 
the  other  day,  is  reported  to  have 
warned  the  young  gentlemen  against 
falling  in  love  with  ladies  of  literary 
tendencies,  and  to  have  wound  up 
his  fervent  admonitions  by  saying, 
“ Heaven  help  the  man  who  marries 
a  college  bred  woman!”

Whether  the  professor  spoke  from 
theory  or  experience  is  not  stated. 
He  may  suffer  from  dyspepsia  as  a 
result  of  marrying  a  wife  who  takes 
a  deeper  heart  interest  in  the  classics 
than  she  does  in  her  cook  book,  or 
he  may  merely  be  one  of  those  prej­
udiced  individuals  whose 
imagina­
tions  conjure up bogies whenever you 
mention  woman  and  education  on 
the  same  day,  but  in  any  event  the 
subject  is  of  great  interest  to  every­
one.

Many  of  us  have  daughters  whom 
we  are  making  sacrifices  to  educate 
under  the  belief  that  we  are  thereby 
adding  to  the  sweetness  and  light  of 
life. ’  If,  instead  of  this,  we  are  dis­
qualifying  the  girl  as  a  matrimonial 
partner  and  bringing  sorrow  on  some 
innocent  young  man  who  may  marry 
her,  we  want  to  know  it  in  time  to 
snatch  her  away  from  school  and 
prevent  the  catastrophe.  No  one  can 
deny  that  there 
too 
much  domestic  discord  in  the  world, 
but  it  is  a  brand  new  theory  that  it 
is  the  result  of  the  wife  having  too 
much  sense.  Most  of  us  had  thought 
that  it  was  the  lack  of  sense,  and 
not  the  preponderance  of  it,  that  led 
silly  women  into  ways  that  end  in 
the  divorce  court.

is  altogether 

Nothing  has  died  a  harder  or  more 
lingering  death  than  the  old  idea that 
ignorance  is  bliss,  as  far  as  women 
are  concerned,  anyway.  We  feel  that 
it  is  our  duty  to  prepare  a  boy  for 
the  battle  of  life  by  arming  him  with 
knowledge  of  all  the  difficulties  he is 
liable  to  meet.  We  think  the  best 
way  to  safeguard  a  girl’s  innocence 
is  by  keeping  her  in  absolute  ignor­
ance  of  the  dangers  she  is  bound  to

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“The  Pickles  and  Table  Condiments  prepared  by  The 
Williams  Bros.  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  are  the  very  best.  For 
sale by  the  wholesale  trade  all  over the  United  States.”

Guaranteed  to  comply  with  the  Pure  Food  Laws.

be  very  careful  not  to  circumvent  Na­
ture  by  making  her  a  blue  stocking. 
For,  in  considering  this  question,  it 
is  well  to  bear  in  mind  that  for  a 
girl  to  be  highly  educated— and 
for 
the  dreadful  fact  to  be  known— is 
about  the  heaviest  matrimonial  hand­
icap  that  can  be  put  upon  her.  There 
are  several  reasons  for  this.  One  is 
that  in  this  country  our  young  men 
are  not,  as  a  class,  college  bred.  They 
go  to  work  and  not  to  school,  and 
this  produces  a  curious  condition  of 
affairs  that  the  college  bred  woman 
has  to  face.  As  a  general  thing  the 
man  who  can  support  her  can  not  en­
tertain  her,  and  the  man  who  can 
entertain  her  can  not  support  her. 
Nor  does  the  average  business  man 
desire  to  marry  a  highly  educated 
woman.  He  wants  a  jolly  girl  whose

tastes  are  in  the  same  key  as  his 
own,  whose  grammar  is  not  a  stand­
ing  reproach  to  his  and  who  prefers 
“Bedelia”  and  “Hiawatha”  to  “Tann­
häuser”  and  symphony  concerts.

Nor  is  the  college  bred  girl  partic­
ularly  sought  after  as  a  wife  by  the 
college  bred  man.  Half  the  extreme­
ly  clever  men  you  know  are  married 
to  women  so  dull  and  stupid  it  keeps 
you  wondering  how  they  ever  came 
to  do  it.  There  are  exceptions  to 
all  rules,  o f’ course,  but  if  mothers 
and  fathers  are  bent  on  keeping 
their  daughters  hanging  on  the  pa­
rent  stem  they  can  take  no  method 
that  is  so  likely  to  achieve  this  result 
as  by  sending  them  to  college.  Sta­
tisticians  are  trying  to  prove  that 
higher  education  for  women  disin­
clines  them  towards  matrimony,  but

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ignorance.  That  sort  of  a  woman’s 
town,  although  it  is  only  Bird’s  Cen­
ter,  is  the  biggest  place  on  earth  and 
its  ways  the  only  proper  ways.  Her 
religion  is  the  only  true  faith,  her 
political  party  the  only  patriots.  To 
try  to  change  her  is  like  beating your­
self  against  a  stone  wall.  Now,  the 
only  way  to  keep  believing 
that 
Bird’s  Center  is  the  metropolis  of the 
universe  is  never  to  get  outside  of 
it.  The  educated  woman  has  broken 
down  the  walls  that  shut  her  off  in 
her  own  particular  Bird’s  Center  and 
her  views  are  as  liberal  and  broad 
as  the  horizon  her  eyes  scan.

In  marrying  a  highly 

educated 
woman  a  man  also  casts  an  anchor 
to  windward  and  comes  as  near  as 
he  may  to  taking  out  an  accident 
policy  against  those  evil  days 
of 
matrimony  that  are  sure  to  come 
when  the  flush  of  youth  and  beauty 
are  dead  on  a  woman’s  cheeks  and 
the  gold  in  her  hair  has  turned  to 
ashes.  Too  many  women  who  had 
only  their  personal  charms  to  recom­
mend  them  have  nothing  left  when 
that  is  gone,  but  the  educated  woman 
can  never  be  less  than 
interesting, 
and  if  it  was  the  beauty  of  her  mind 
and  soul  that  charmed  a  man  in  the 
first  place,  he  may  count  on  all  suc­
ceeding  years  adding  to  the  delights 
of  her  companionship.

In  spite  of  the  learned  professor’s 
warning  the  educated  woman  is  the 
preferred  risk  in  matrimony  for  a 
man.  As  for  the  risk  the  woman  runs 
of  not  getting  a  husband  by  going to 
college,  that  is,  as  Mr.  Kipling  would 
say,  “another  story.”  Dorothy Dix.

What  Night  Study  May  Do.
Frank  Palmer  Speare,  educational 
director  of  the  Young  Men’s  Chris­
tian  Association  of  Boston,  gives  ex­
amples  of  men  who,  while  engaged 
in  comparatively  humble  work,  found

this  is  nonsense.  The  real  reason 
that  college  bred  women  so  seldom 
marry  is  because  they  so  seldom  get 
the  chance.

There  is  also  another,  and  a  pa­
thetic,  phase  to  the  question  of 
a 
college  education  for  girls: 
If  the 
college  bred  woman  marries  a  man 
who  has  spent  all  his  life  in  busi­
ness,  and  who  has  not  had  the  op­
portunity  for  the  wide  culture  she 
has,  she  must  always  be,  to  a  certain 
extent,  lonely.  She  has  thoughts  he 
can  not  follow;  her  mind  browses in 
pastures  he  can  not  enter;  life  means 
things  to  her  it  can  never  mean  to 
him.  No  matter  how  good  and  kind 
he  is,  or  how  fond  she  is  of  him, 
there  is  always  just  that  lack.  She 
goes  through  life  intellectually  starv­
ed,  and  she  knows  that  it  would  be 
better  and  happier  for  them  both  if 
they  were  on  the  same  mental  plane.
Do  not  think,  though,  that  I  op­
pose  college  education  for  women; 
far  from  it. 
It  may  be  a  good  thing 
for  a  pretty  girl,  for  an  ugly  one  it 
is  an  absolute  necessity. 
It  undoubt- 
ly  lessens  a  girl’s  chances  in  getting 
married,  but  if  she  does  find  a  man 
with  sense  and  courage  enough 
to 
escort  her  to  the  altar  I  am  convinc­
ed  that  she  is  better  fitted  to  make 
him  a  good  wife  than  the  girl  whose 
mind  and  character  have  not  been 
disciplined  by  thought  and  study.  If 
I  were  a  girl  and  Heaven  had  bless­
ed  me  with  a  passable  nose  and  a 
good  complexion  and  a  knowledge 
of  how  to  dance 
two-step  I 
should  not  go  to  college,  because  I 
should  prefer  a  husband  to  a  diplo­
ma,  but  if  I  were  a  man  I  should 
choose  a  college  bred  woman  for  a 
wife  every  time.  That  sounds  con­
tradictory,  but  it  is  the  two  points 
of  view  of  the  question.
Other  things  being 

the 

equal, 

the 
chances  are  that  the  educated  woman 
will  be  a  better  housekeeper  and 
manager. 
If  the  lack  of  knowledge 
of  books  predicated  a  knowledge  of 
domestic  affairs  there  would  be  some 
reason  to  make  a  mad  rush  for  girls 
who  have  never  read  anything  but 
Marie  Corelli  and  the  Duchess,  but 
it  does  not.  Some  of 
the  worst 
housekeepers  in  the  world  are  women 
who  are  just  as  ignorant  of  cooking 
as  they  are  of  Greek,  and  who  can 
no  more  add  up  a  butcher’s  bill  than 
they  can  do  a  problem  in  geometry. 
It  is  ignorance  in  every  line  that  is 
at  the  bottom  of  failure.  The  wom­
an  who  understands  chemistry  is  not 
liable  to  accept  the  luck  theory  about 
her  bread  turning  out  light  or heavy. 
The  woman  who  has  mastered 
the 
science  of  mathematics  is  going  to 
know  enough  to  grapple  with 
the 
household  expense  account,  and  after 
she  has  studied  the  germ  theory  you 
may  depend  upon  her  not  letting  her 
family  be  poisoned  by  defective 
drainage  or  her  baby  be  slain  by  the 
bacteria  in  a  sour  milk  bottle.

The  educated  woman  is  also  more 
apt  to  be  reasonable  than  the  unedu­
cated.  The  only  absolutely  hopeless 
people  are  those  who  are  so  narrow 
and  so  prejudiced  that  they  can  never 
see  any  side  of  a  question  but  their 
own.  This  is  the  peculiar  province  of 
ignorance,  and  especially  of  feminine

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that  their  evenings  were  better  spent 
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saloons  or  places  of  amusement.  Two 
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instead  of  spending 
grocery  clerk, 
their  evenings  with 
trades 
union  associates  in  the  saloon,  enter­
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voting  their  time  to  mathematics and 
drafting.  These  two  recently  took 
the  examination  in  the  New  York 
navy  yard  as  structural  draftsmen, 
and  were  both  admitted  to  positions 
giving  them  $1,600.

their 

A  Charleston  boat-builder  special­
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From  the  civil-service  department 
fifteen  men  from  one  class  have been 
appointed  to  the  Post  Office  Depart­
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men  have  recently  been  placed  in  the 
Boston  custom  house  at  salaries  ap­
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1  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

WOMEN  AS  CHEMISTS.

They  Are  Peculiarly  W ell  Suited  to 

Laboratory Work.

The  recent  spread  and  increase  of 
college  training  for  women  has  cor­
respondingly  multiplied  those  women 
students  who,  having  acquired  a  fine 
scientific  or  semi-scientific  education, 
are at a  loss  how  to  apply it to money 
making  endeavors.  From  all  sides 
may  be  heard  the  “college  wail”  of 
“no  place  for  intellectually  trained 
women,  outside  of  the  medical  and 
lamentably 
legal  professions”— long 
bacteriological 
overcrowded. 
work 
chemical 
branches  may  be  found  good  fields 
for  scientific  feminine 
and 
skill.

various 

efforts 

and 

the 

In 

The  profession  of  dispensing  chem­
ist— the  keeping  of  a  pharmacy— can 
not  be  sincerely  recommended 
to 
feminine  attention,  or  so,  at  least, 
say  those  who  have  tried  it.  The  ad­
vantages  and  opportunities  of 
this 
work  for  women  seem  pleasantly  nu­
merous  and  alluring  upon  first  inspec­
tion;  but  the  reasons  against  pharma­
ceutical  work  for  women  are  also 
effectively  varied.  Small  pay,  long 
hours,  the  difficulty  of  securing 
a 
chance  to  begin  work, 
these  are 
among  the  most  glaring  objections. 
Miss  Jean  Gordon,  who  has  main­
tained  a  successful  pharmacy  in  Chi­
cago  for  thirteen  years,  says  that 
the  profes­
she  never  recommends 
sional  study  of  pharmacy 
to  any 
woman  who  has  not  sufficient  capi­
tal  to  set  up  in  business  for  herself 
with  at  least  one  assistant  from  the 
beginning.  Even  then,  in  the  opinion 
of  Miss  Gordon,  quicker  and  surer 
returns  might  be  secured  from 
a 
given  sum  invested  in  other  ways.

“The  work  is  all  right,”  says  the 
woman  who  has  so  long  performed 
it,  “and  it  is  work  to  which  women 
are  well  adapted.  But  the  public  is 
slow  to  consider  women  in  this  ca­
pacity,  and  the  ordinary  drug  store 
keeper  is  not  sufficiently  wealthy  to 
risk  any  innovation  that  might  be un­
popular.  This  renders  it  difficult  for 
the  feminine  graduate  of  a  college 
of  pharmacy  to  secure  the  four  years 
of  practical  experience  demanded  by 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  before 
allowing  an  applicant  to  register, and 
which  the  college  authorities  usually 
forget  to  mention  to  the 
student. 
The  course  here  calls  for  but  two 
years  of  study,  but  the  four  years  of 
actual  experience— even  where  this 
can  be  secured— practically  lengthens 
it  to  a  six  year  term,  which  means a 
long  time  of  preparation  for  a  low 
salary  when  it  is  completed.  No, 
I 
would  never  advise  a  woman  to  take 
up  pharmaceutical  work  unless  she 
could  manage  to  get  some  of  her 
practical  work  either  before  or  dur­
ing  her  college  course,  and  unless 
she  possessed 
to 
open  her  own  shop,  with  at  least  one 
assistant,  when  the  course  came  to 
an  end.”

sufficient 

funds 

The  work  oi  the  commercial  or 
analytical  chemist,  on  the  other  hand, 
is  highly  recommended  for  womanly 
endeavor,  although,  curiously enough, 
few  women  have  yet  embraced  this 
particular  opportunity.  The  various 
branches  of  “food”  chemistry 
are

considered  suitable  and  promising for 
womanly  fingers  and  brains.

to 

all 

commissions 

establishment 

A  young  woman,  whose  work  as 
an  analytical  “iood”  chemist  has  been 
notably  good  and  encouraging,  be­
lieves  that  in  this  work  a  new  com­
paratively  untrodden  and  desirable 
field for college  women  may  be  found. 
of 
The  prospective 
state  food 
over 
America  in  the  near  future  will  mean 
much  to  scientifically  trained  wom­
en  with  a  liking  for  chemistry.  The 
fact  that  the  entire  subject" of  food 
composition 
analysis,  hygiene  and 
possesses  growing  interest 
the 
public  presents  a  most  encouraging 
view  of  the  case.  Of  the  members 
of  a  laboratory  firm— composed  of  a 
trio  of  eminent  physicians— it  is  re­
lated  that  they  commenced  opera­
tions  with  the  idea  of  medicinal 
chemistry  uppermost,  but  quickly 
found  that  this  kind  of  work  scarcely 
paid  for  the  doing,  so  vastly  superior, 
both  in  point  of  numbers  and  finan­
cial  rewards,  were  the  “food”  cases 
continually  brought to  their  attention. 
Nearly  every 
large  manufacturing 
house  or firm  turning out  edible  prod­
ucts  employs  one  or  more  analytical 
chemists.  For  such  work  women 
with  a  natural  trend  toward  neatness, 
dexterity,  love  of  detail  and  interest 
in  the  food  question  are  well  fitted 
rfom  every  point  of  view.

“Women  would  not  find  the  work 
of  mineral  chemistry  easy  or  lucra­
tive,  I  think,”  says  the  young  woman 
“food”  chemist  just  mentioned.  “Nor 
does  dispensing  chemistry  appeal  to 
me  as  a  good  field  for  women.  But 
for  the  tasks  of  an  analytical  chem­
ist  they  are  excellently  suited.  There 
are  no  heavy  objects  to  handle,  as  in 
some  other  chemical  branches,  and 
conscientious  work,  although  there 
are  few  really  handsome  salaries  in 
the  profession  as  yet,  is  fairly  well 
rewarded— with  wider  opportunities 
the  higher  the  worker  mounts.  And 
the  work  of  ‘food’  chemistry,  while 
daily  developing  and  widening,  calls 
for  no  extraordinary  scientific  train­
ing. 
I  prepared  for  my  duties  with

the  ordinary  four  years’  course  at 
college.”

Bacteriological  work,  also,  is  con­
sidered  by  thoughtful 
students  of 
times  and  seasons  as  well  worthy  the 
attention  of 
scientifically 
inclined 
women.  Dr.  William  K. 
Jaques 
some  years  ago  publicly  wondered 
why  more  women  did  not  take  up 
work  of  this  order.  Still  firm  in  his 
conviction  of  their  fitness  for 
such 
work  Dr.  Jaques  is  glad  to  find  that 
they  have  become  widely  conscious 
of  the  offered  opening.  Numbers of

young  women  physicians  now  engage 
in  bacteriological  work, 
instead  of 
starving  while  waiting  for  a  practice. 
Dr.  Jaques  also  believes  in 
the  fu­
ture  of  the  feminine  analytical  chem­
ist,  and  this  for  reasons  as  simple  as 
obvious  and  sincere.

“The  food  question  is  particularly 
important  at  present,”  so  runs  his 
opinion,  “so  important  that  the  Unit­
ed  States  Government  is  in  several 
ways  recognizing  and  acknowledging 
the  necessity  of  official  efforts  in  this 
direction.  More  than  a  year  ago  ioo

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graduates  of  the  different  agricultural 
colleges,  after  being  drilled 
and 
trained  for  a  certain  time  in  the  Gov­
ernment  laboratories  in  Washington, 
were  sent  abroad  to  study  food  prod­
ucts,  processes,  and  so  on,  with  an 
official  standing  equal  to  the  young 
graduates  of  West  Point.  This  force 
is  being  enlarged  constantly,  and  in 
other  ways  the  food  problem  is  re­
ceiving  official  attention— as  it  should.
“ Proper  and  sufficient  nutrition  is 
now  everywhere  recognized  as  the 
most  important  factor  in  the  cure  or 
relief  of  consumption;  good  air,  out­
door  life,  and  other  hygienic 
ele­
ments  are,  of  course,  necessary,  but 
good  nutrition  must  form  the  basis 
of  the  upward  movement, just  as  poor 
nutrition— the  lack  of  nutrition— pri­
marily  causes 
the  downfall.  For 
many  other  reasons,  all  good  and 
sufficient,  the  food  question  is  just 
now  uppermost  in  the  public  mind.

are 

“Women 

peculiarly 

suited 
to  laboratory  work  in  the  food  con­
nection.  The  work  can  be  brought  to 
them;  they  are  naturally  neat  and 
dexterous.  And  one  of  the  most  en­
couraging  features  of  the 
feminine 
outlook  along  this  line  is  found  in  the 
fact  that  the  opportunity  is  both  new 
and  growing,  while  it  would  seem 
that 
it  can  scarcely  become  over­
crowded  or  nonlucrative  for  a  num­
ber  of  years.”

From  other  reliable  sources  come 
similar  opinions,  none  the  less  valua­
ble,  interesting  and  encouraging  be­
cause  the  new  opportunity  has  not 
yet  been  brought  to  the  attention  of 
many  feminine  students.

Some  New  Things  in  Millinery.
At  last  the  plateau  is  seen  to  be  dis­
tinctly  on  the  wane,  its  employment 
being  more  or  less  limited  to 
the 
construction  of  toques,  and, 
since 
crowns  are  distinctly  “in,”  this  proc­
ess  must  inevitably  continue  for  some 
time.  A  much-needed  relief  will  be 
afforded  the  milliner  in  this  fresh  ad­
vent  of  crowns,  and  she  will  doubt­
less  be  not  displeased  to  have  less  of 
the  tiresome  and  difficult  twisting  and 
general  manipulation  of  flat  pieces 
of  felt  and  other  thick  materials.

It  seems  reasonable  to  suppose that, 
in  sympathy  with  a  similar  gradual 
movement  in  other  sections,  millinery 
will  take  a  turn  toward  simplicity  of 
build  in  the  not  distant  future.  Shad­
ed  ribbon  ruchings  for 
the  high- 
crowned  hats  are  expected  to  enjoy 
a  lively  favor.  A  favorite  method  is 
the  employment  of  two  or 
three 
shades,  gauged,  standing  round  the 
crown,  with  frills 
the 
brim.  Ombre  ribbons,  also,  are  being 
used  for  this  purpose.

lying  upon 

When,  at  the  beginning  of  July, 
attention  was  directed  to  faded  flow­
ers,  it  was  scarcely  thought  that these 
goods  would  attain  to  such  impor­
tance  in  the  autumn  season  as  they 
now  seem  likely  to  reach.  They  are 
represented  principally  in  velvet,  and 
the  most  important  blooms  are  chry­
santhemums,  dahlias  and  roses.  They 
are  made  with  a  great  deal  of  skill, 
and judging  by  the  prominence  which 
their  rich  shows  obtain  in  the  whole­
sale  departments,  good  business 
in 
them  should  result.

The  leaning  toward  the  beautiful 
effects  that  can  be  obtained  from 
the  employment  of  grain  as  the  mo­
tive  of  a  design,  which  has  been  ap­
parent  all  through 
the  year,  has 
probably  suggested  another  feature 
which  is  worthy  of  remark  in 
the 
same  section.  Barley  is  prominent, 
constructed 
from  either  velvet  or 
In  some  instances,  the  whole 
silk. 
article—Stalk, 
and  beard— is 
green,  whatever  the  shade  of  the  ears. 
Beards,  too,  run  to  great 
length. 
Heads  of  barley  are  used  to  obtain 
an  osprey  effect  on  a  hat  or  bonnet, 
and  the goods have already been taken 
up  well.

ears 

Ornaments  of  horn  are  placed  well 
forward  for  millinery  purposes.  A 
few  are  real  horn.  The  majority  are 
not.  Shading  in  graduated  manner 
is  indulged  in  in  these  goods  as  in 
so  many  others,  and  the  material  is 
largely  combined  with  steel.  Little 
coronets  of  horn  bordered  and  deco­
rated  with  steel  studs  comprise  some 
typical  patterns. 
It  is  asserted  the 
liking for  horn will  not be  disregarded 
by  the  dressmakers,  and  that  there 
is  some  likelihood  of  the  taste  being 
developed  into  future  seasons.

Demand  for  Art  Linens.
larger 

Each  season  finds  a 

and 
growing  demand  for  linens 
to  be 
used  in  art  work  and  this  fall  prom­
ises  to  be  one  of  the  greatest  in  the 
history  of  the  art  linen  business.  Per­
haps  it  is  safe  to  say  that  in  every 
community  two-thirds  of  the  women 
are  interested 
in  fancy  work,  and, 
such  being  the  case,  they  all  vie 
with  each  other  in  trying  to  produce 
the  best  examples  of  the  needle.  The 
plain  linens  are  used  most  for  hem­
stitching  and  drawn  work  and  it  is 
the  plain 
said  that  the  sales  of 
to 
weaves  have  been  almost  equal 
the 
department 
should  carry  a  line  of  these  plain 
linens  in  order  to  supply  the  wishes 
of  the  women  of  the  city,  who  will 
undoubtedly  make  many  calls  for  the 
line  before  the  season  has  far  ad­
vanced.

supply. 

Every 

considering 

It  is  surprising, 

the 
qualities  of  the  imported  tulle  sold 
during  the  past  season,  to  hear  noth­
ing  but  expressions  of  satisfaction 
regarding  the  handling  of  it,  both  by 
importers  and  retailers,  and 
there 
seems  no  doubt  that  a  very  important 
business  will  again  be  done  on  the 
imported  cloth 
Indeed, 
some  large  orders  have  already been 
placed  for  December  delivery.  A 
number  of  leading  retailers  will  show 
it  during  the  early  fall  for  evening 
wear.

1905. 

for 

Just  Like  a  Woman.

Husband— My  dear,  did  you  notice 
that  gentleman  who  just  got  off  the 
car?

Wife— Do  you  mean 

that  dark, 
heavy-set  man  in  the  light  gray  suit, 
brown  derby  hat  and  low  tan  shoes, 
wearing  a  turn-down  collar  with  a 
narrow  black  tie  and  diamond  pin, 
carrying  a  book  and 
silk  umbrella 
with  a  gold-mounted  handle?
Husband— Y-yes,  I  guess—
Wife— No;  I  didn’t  notice  him. 

Why?

S.  B.  &  A. 

Kisses

the  quart.

Iie  in  baskets,  sell  out  by 

lore  you  sell  the  easier  it  is 
to  pay  the  rent— See.

A sk  about  them.

T here  are  catsups  and 
also  a  « to m a to ”  catsup. 
C o lu m b ia ,  “ T h e   U n ­
c o lo re d   C a ts u p ,”   has 
N ature’s color and flavor. 
O ther  catsups  are  dyed 
w i t h   c o c h i n e a l ,   c o a l  
tar,  etc.

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

Piles  Cured

Without  Chloroform,  Knife

or  Pain

Indisputable  evidence  of the  superiority  of the  Burleson  Painless  Dis­

solvent  Method  over all  others

Suffered  Twenty  Year#—Cured  In  Thirty 

Minutes—Now  Brings  His  Friends 

to  be  Cured.

W ilcox,  Mich.,  Oct.  10,  1903. 

G rand  Bapids,  Mich.

Dr.  W illard  M.  B urleson,
D ear  D octor:—
I  w as  afflicted  w ith  piles  for  over  tw en­
ty   years  and  for  th e  p ast  six  years  had 
not  been  able  to  do  any  heavy  work. 
I 
had  tried   m any  different  rem edies  and 
several  different  doctors  w ithout 
any 
heip.  A  friend  called  m y  atten tio n   to  your 
treatm en t  and  advised  me  to   tak e  it. 
I 
did  so  and  w as  cured  in  th irty   m inutes. 
I  can  not  speak  too  highly  of  your  tre a t­
m ent  and  would  recom m end  anyone  a f­
flicted  w ith  th is  terrible  disease  to   take 
It  is  p rac­
th e  treatm en t  w ithout  delay. 
tically  painless  and  I  w as  able  to   w ork 
th e  next  day  a fte r 
I 
would  not  be  placed  in  th e  condition  I 
was  before  tak in g   th e  tre a tm e n t  for  any 
am ount  of  money. 
in 
G rand  R apids  nex t  w eek  and  will  bring 
a   friend  w ith  m e  to   tak e  th e  treatm ent.
H oping  th a t  th is  will  lead  som e  suffer­
ing  fellow m an  to   find  relief,  I  rem ain. 

I  expect  to   be 

treatm en t. 

th e 

P o stm aster  and  D ealer  in   G eneral  M er­

G ratefully  yours,

M.  M.  Deake,

chandise.

A  Pleasure  to  Answer  Enquiries.

Grandvflle,  Mich.,  Oct.  5.  1903. 

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

Dr.  W illard  M.  Burleson,
D ear  D octor:—
I  feel  so  grateful  fo r  w h at  you  have 
done  fo r  m e  I   hardly  know   how   to   ex­
press  m yself  oth er  th an   say :  W ithout 
any  exaggeration  w hatever,  th a t  I  have 
been  saved  from   a   fate  w orse  th a n   death. 
I  feel  th a t  I  have  a   new   lease  of  life. 
It  has  given  m e  new   energy  to  cheerfully 
bear  all  other  calam ities  th a t  m ay  fall 
to  m y  lot  in  life  to   come.
I   will  cheerfully  give  in  detail  to   an y ­
one  asking  for  it  w hat  I  have  suffered 
for  years  w ith  one  of  th e  w orst  cases of 
piles  it  is  possible  for  any  person  to  have 
and  how  perfect  and  painless  th e  cure. 
Please  call  on  m e  a t  any  tim e.  Doctor, 
for  reference. 

I   am   as  ever.

T our  grateful  friend,

Mrs.  M ilton  Velzey.

In 

30 

Suffered  Twenty  Years—Cured 

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

Millbrook,  Mich.,  Oct.  8,  1903. 

Minutes.
Dr.  W illard  M.  Burleson,
D ear  D octor:—
I   w ish 
of 
to   m ake  acknow ledgm ent 
your  successful  treatm en t  of  m y  case.  I 
tw enty  years  w ith  protruding 
suffered 
piles;  you  cured  m e  in  th irty   m inutes 
and  I   am   now  as  sound  as  any  m an  of 
m y  age 
I  w ent  to   you 
in  M ichigan. 
ag ain st  th e  advice  of  m y  physician  and 
am   thankful  th a t  I   did.
to   any 
person  afflicted  as  I  was.

I  recom m end  your  treatm en t 

Respectfully  yours,

W m .  Bragg.

No  F aith  In  Salves  and  O intm ents. 

Speaks  From   Experience. 

PALMITER,  THE  CLOTHIER, 
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Custom   Made.
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Dr.  B urleson  cures  piles. 

I  suffered  for 
ten  years  w ith  a   m ost  painful  case,  tried 
all  so rts  of  salves  and  ointm ents  w ith ­
out  relief, 
I 
do  not  believe  these  p aten t  m ixtures  ever 
cured  a   genuine  case  of  piles.  Dr.  B ur­
leson  h as  cured  m e  com pletely  and  1 
have  every  reason  to  believe  in  him   and 
bis  m ethod  of  treatm en t.

to   say  nothing  of  cure. 

B .  J.  PALM ITER

A t 

Took  50  Treatments  W ithout  Benefit.

Cured  In  30  Minutes  by  New  Method.
G rand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Ju ly   1,  1903.

to   go 

I  suffered  for  years  w ith  a   bad  case 
of  protruding  piles  and  prolapsus,  w hich 
disabled  m e  so  I  was  unable  to  w ork  a 
I  could  get  no  re ­
good  deal  of  th e  tim e. 
lief  a t  home  (St.  Louis,  M ich.)  so  de­
cided 
to  G rand  R apids  and  be 
treated   by  a   specialist.  On 
inquiry  I 
found  a  rectal  specialist,  who  claim ed  to 
cure  piles  by  w hat  he  called  th e  injec­
tion  m ethod. 
I  consulted  him   and  he 
assured  m e  th a t  he  could  effect  a   cure. 
So  I  commenced  treatin g   w ith  him ,  con­
tinuing  sam e  tw ice  weekly  for  about  six 
m onths.  H e  used  th e  injection  m ethod, 
until  it  could  be  seen  to   be  an   absolute 
failure.  H e  then  claim ed  th a t  he  knew  
about  th e  use  of  electricity  and  so  he 
tried  th a t  for  a   few  weeks,  w ith  no  bene­
fit  w hatever,  until  I  got  disgusted  and 
began  to  give  up  all  hope  of  being  cured. 
W ith  all  these  treatm en ts  I  had  not  re ­
ceived  a   particle  of  benefit. 
this 
point  I  thought  I  would  go  and  have  a 
talk   w ith  Dr.  W illard  M.  Burleson,  th e 
R ectal  Specialist,  and  he  told  m e  th a t 
he  could  easily  cure  m e  and  th a t  it  would 
cost  m e  nothing  until  I  w as  satisfied  th a t 
I  w as  cured.  H e  treated   m e  once  by 
his  New  Painless  Dissolvent  M ethod  and 
to  m y  g re a t  surprise  and  joy  he  cured 
m e  and  I  have  not  had  a   sign  of  pro­
lapsus  or  protrusion  since.
I  do  not  know  w hether  th e   fau lt  was 
in  th e  m an  or  th e  old-fashioned  injec­
tion  method,  b u t  in  m y  case  I  know  th a t 
both  w ere  dism al  failures. 
I  took  about 
50 
old-fashioned 
th is 
m ethod  w ith  no  benefit  w hatever,  and 
D r.  Burleson  by  his  New  M ethod  com ­
pletely  cured  m e  of  all  protrusion  and 
prolapsus  in  one  tre a tm e n t  lastin g   about 
30  m inutes. 
If  I  had  gone  to   Dr.  B u r­
leson  in  th e  first  place  a n a   received  hon­
est,  intelligent  and  u p -to -d ate  treatm en t 
I  would  have  been  saved  six  m onths  of 
suffereing  and  th e  annoyances  of  about 
50  useless  treatm ents.
I  had  an  extrem ely  bad  case  and  Dr. 
B urleson’s  pronounced  success 
in  my 
case  leads  m e  to  believe  th a t  he  will  have 
but  few  failures.
Dr.  B urleson  accom plished  m uch  m ore 
th an   he  prom ised  in  m y  case,  while  the 
injection  m ethod 
doctor  who  used 
prom ised  everything  and  accom plished 
nothing. 
W .  A.  GREEN,
197  Mt.  V ernon  St., 
G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

tre a tm e n ts 

th e 

by 

M ich:

Frem ont,  Mich.,  Ju n e  20,  1903. 
Dr.  W illard  M.  Burleson,  G rand  Rapids,

I  have 

D ear  Doctor:
You  are  welcome  to   use  m y  nam e  in 
any  capacity  in  which  it  will  do  good.  I 
suffered  for  years  w ith  protruding  piles 
and  you  cured  m e  in  one  short  treatm en t 
by  your  New  Painless  D issolvent  Method. 
I  was  in  a   very  precarious  physical  con­
dition  w hen  I  w ent  to  you  to  be  treated, 
but  m y  health  and  appearance  have  so 
m uch  im proved  th a t  m y  old  friends  are 
surprised. 
advised  num erous 
friends  to  call  on  you  and  will  do  so 
from   time  to   time  as  opportunity  pre­
sents  itself.
I  feel  confident  th a t  you  have  th e  only 
treatm en t  for  th is  class  of 
I 
had  been  advised  by  surgeons,  in  whom 
I  had  confidence  and  supposed  w ere  up- 
to-date, 
th a t  the  only  w ay  I  could  be 
cured  w as  to  have  them   cut  out.  H ow ­
ever,  I  know  b etter  th a n   th is  now.
T hanking  you  for  th e  g reat  service  you 
have  rendered  me,  I  am .  yours  truly,

GEO.  E.  HILTON.
P ostm aster.
to  be  a t  your  office 
Thursday,  w ith  a  friend  for  treatment.

P.  S.—I  expect 

trouble. 

G.  EL  H.

Suffered  Ten  Years—Cured  In  One Treat­

ment.

th e 

tortures 

th a t  accom pany 

Petoskey,  Mich.,  Oct.  12,  1903. 
G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

D r.  W illard  M.  Burleson,
D ear  D octor:—
I  have  no  reason  to   believe  th a t  I  am  
not  perfectly  and  perm anently  cured  of 
m y  piles  by  your  treatm ent. 
I  suffered 
all 
th ese 
conditions  for  eight  or  ten  years,  and 
tried  a   num ber  of  different  rem edies,  but 
still  suffered.  L ast  June  I   heard  of  your 
wonderful  success  in  curing  R ectal  Dis­
eases  and  w ent  to  G rand  Rapids  and  was 
treated   on  July  6th  last.  T he  treatm en t 
was  painless  and  caused  m e  no  incon­
venience  and  I  have  had  no  trouble  w ith 
piles  since 
is 
needless  to  state,  am   well  satisfied  w ith 
th e  results.
I t  gives  m e  g reat  pleasure  to  recom ­
mend  your 
treatm en t  to   m y  afflicted 
friends. 
Yours  truly,

treatm ent,  and, 

I  am.

th a t 

it 

Thom as  Quinlan, 

Real  E state  and  Insurance.

Felt  That  He  Was  Condemned  to  Death.
Frem ont,  Mich.,  Oct.  5,  1903. 

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

Dr.  W illard  M.  Burleson,
D ear  D octor:—
I  hardly  know  how  to  express  the  g ra t­
itude  I  feel  tow ards  you  for  th e  g reat 
service  you  have  rendered  me. 
I  never 
realized  th a t  piles  could  cause  so  m uch 
disturbance,  and  m ake  such  a   complete 
w reck  of  a   m an.  W hen  I   w ent  to  you 
for  treatm en t  I  w as  in  a   pitiable  condi­
tion;  I  could  not  sleep  nor  could  I  think, 
m y  back  ached  so  bad  th a t  I  w as  in 
m isery  all  th e  tim e;  I   w as  unable 
to 
atten d   to  business  and  felt  th a t  I  w as  a 
doomed  m an. 
I  felt  like  a   m an  condem n­
ed  to   death. 
I   had  very  little  hope,  and 
the  horror  of  subm itting  to   a   barbarous 
surgical  operation  aggravated  m y  nerv­
ous  condition  not  a   little.  E very  doctor 
whom  I  consulted  before  com ing  to  you 
could  advise  nothing  but  th e  knife  and 
if  they  had  recommended  the  gallows  1 
would  have  accepted  it  as  cheerfully.
I  had  heard  of  your  wonderful  cures 
of  Rectal  Diseases  and  resolved  to  con­
sult  you.  Your  diagnosis  was  ulceration 
and  hem orrhoids,  and  I  began  to  improve 
both 
in  general  health  as 
soon  as  you  commenced  treatin g   me  and 
soon  m y  hope  began  to  retu rn ,  and  in 
about 
th e  rectal 
trouble  cured  and  I  could  see  th a t  I  w as 
on  th e  road  to  rapid  recovery.  My  im ­
provem ent  has  been  phenom enal  and  I 
am   to-day  as  well  as  I  ever  w as 
I  have 
recommended  m any  others  to   go  to  you 
to  have  rectal 
troubles  cured  and  you 
have  been  equally  successful  w ith  them  
all.  Your  treatm en t  caused  m e  no  pain 
or  inconvenience  w hatever  and  m y  case 
was  an  extrem ely  severe  one.
I  believe  your  fam e  is  assured;  and  in 
a   few  years  your  reputation  will  be  n a ­
tional. 

two  weeks  you  had 

locally  and 

I   am .

G ratefully  yours,

Wm.  H ilton  &  Co..  L u S .   ™ m ^ a n d

Cem ent.

A  Bad  Case  Easily  Cured.

(Jrand  Rapids,  Mich.,  April  25,  1903.
Dr.  Willard  M.  Burleson  easily  cured 
K e^°ii.a *veTry  baA 0486  of  files.  I  was  so 
bad  that  I  could  not  work  for  a  week 
at  a  time. 
I  suffered  all  the  tortures  of 
the  damned. 
I  had  piles  just  about  as 
bad  as  any  person  could  have  them  and 
my  experience  demonstrates  to  me  that 
Dr.  Burleson  and  his  New  Painless  Dis­
solvent  Method  are  a  decided  success. 
The  treatment  causes  no  pain  or  suffer­
ing,  but  it  does  the  business.
JO H N   BEDARD, 
94  Center  St.

Came  All  the  W ay  From  Florida.

Orlando,  Fla.,  Oct.  6,  1909. 

Dr.  W illard  M.  B urleson,

G rand  R apids.  Mich.

I 

have 

fo r  abo u t 

D ear  Doctor—I t  gives  m e  pleasure  to 
than k   you  for  th e   m any  courtesies,  kind 
atten tio n   and  careful  treatm en t  received 
while  under  your  care  in  G rand  R apids  a  
m onth  ago.  And  for  th e  benefit  of  others 
afflicted  as  I  was,  I  would  add  m y  te s ­
tim onial  to  th e  m any  others,  th e   reading 
of  w hich  led  m e  to  go  tw o  thousand  m iles 
to  get  your  treatm en t. 
been 
troubled  w ith  piles 
tw enty 
years.  A fter  m uch  suffering  I  w as  tr e a t­
ed  five  years  ago  by  th e  “Injection  M eth­
od,”  w hich  nearly  resulted  in  m y  death 
and  left  m e  w orse  th a n   before. 
I  grew  
steadily  w orse  until  la st  spring,  w hen  I 
found  m yself  about  exhausted  both  phy­
financially  and  having  no 
sically  and 
alternative  b u t  th e   knife. 
I  again  sub­
m itted 
“Injection  T reatm en t.” 
w ith 
the  resu lt  as  a t  first.  F o r  three 
weeks  a fte r 
tre a tm e n t  th e re   were 
tim es  when,  for  hours,  I  w as  in  an   agony 
of  pain,  and  thought  I  should  die,  b u t the 
Lord  graciously  raised  m e  up  and  soon 
after,  as  I  believe,  p u t  it  into  th e  m ind 
of  a  friend 
to   send  m e  D r  B urleson’s 
pam phlet  telling  of  his  treatm en t. 
I t  is 
now  a   little  over  one  m onth  since  I  took 
his  treatm en t  by  electricity. 
I   reached 
home  one  week  a fte r  th e  tre a tm e n t  and 
have  been  h ard   a t  w ork  for  nearly  th ree 
weeks.  W ere  I  ten   thousand  m iles  aw ay 
and  had  a   case  of  piles,  I  would  try   and 
get  to   Dr.  Burleson,  and  I   advise  you 
who  are  suffering  to  do  th e  sam e. 
I  will 
gladly  answ er  any  enquiries.
Yours  respectfully,

th is 

the 

to 

J.  B.  Finley.

Dr.  W illard  M.  B urleson,

Suffered  Sixteen  Years.
F ru itp o rt,  Mich.,  Oct.  17.  1903. 
G rand  Rapids,  "Mich.

D ear  Doctor—A fter  th ree  treatm en ts by 
you  I  feel  like  a   new   m an—b e tte r  th an  
I  suffered  w ith  th e 
I  have  for  years. 
bleeding  and  protruding  piles  for  th e last 
fifteen  or  sixteen  years. 
I  suffered  som e­
thin g   aw ful  and  could  n o t  w ork  m ost  of 
th e 
tim e.  Now  for  m onths  since  you 
cured  m e  I  can  do  as  good  a   day’s  work 
as  I  ever  could.  A t  th e  tim e  I  w ent  to 
you  for  treatm en t  I  w as  so  bad  th a t  I 
could  not  do  anything  a t  all. 

I  am .

E v er  your  tru e   friend,

W alter  C arrick.

Cured  in  One  Treatment.

I  suffered  for  eight  years  w ith  p ro ­
truding  piles,  w hich  a t  tim es  bled  pro ­
fusely;  w as  so  bad  th a t  I  w as  in  m isery 
all  th e  tim e.  Could  not  do  a n y   work 
w ithout  having  them   come  out. 
I  had 
to  put  them   back  about  every  ten  m in­
utes  w hen  I  w as  try in g   to   work.
I  w as  cured  in  one  treatm en t  by  Dr. 
W illard  M.  B urleson,  by  his  painless d is­
solvent  method. 
I  have  not  been  troubled 
a t  all  since  th a t  one  tre a tm e n t  and  have 
every  reason  to   believe  th a t  I   am   p e r­
fectly  cured.

Contractor  and  Builder, 
311  Junction  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

C.  N.  Tubbs, 

• 
In  Bed  Eight  W eeks  Following  Knife 

Operation—W as  Soon  Worse  Than 

-----

Ever.

J  w as  terribly  afflicted  w ith  protruding 
piles.  H ad  knife  operation  six  years  ago, 
suffered  terribly  and  w as  in  bed  eight 
weeks.  W as  soon  w orse  th a n   ever. 
I 
am   now  well,  however,  having  been  cured 
by  Dr.  Burleson’s  New   P ainless  D issolv­
en t  Method.  Did  n o t  suffer  an y   and  w as 
not  in  bed  one  day.  Foolish  to   suffer 
when  you  can  be  cured  so  easily.

H.  D.  DAVIS, 
Belmont,  Mich-

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

Don’t   ask   some  one  who  know s  no 
m ore  about  it  th a n   you  do.  Don’t   ask 
some  doctor  who  is  try in g   to  get  you 
to  subm it  to  th e  knife.  H e  is  all  one­
sided  and  can  see  nothing  b u t  th e  knife  j 
and  a   sm all  prospective  fee.  The  ex­
perience  of  A.  J.  W hite,  as  told  in  his 
testim onial, 
of 
this.  He  investigated  for  him self,  how ­
ever,  and  then  did  th e  only  th in g   any 
sensible  person  could  do—come 
to  me 
and  was  cured  w ithout  subm itting  to   a 
barbarious  surgical  operation.

is  a  good 

illustration 

Any  person  who  investigates  honestly 
and  carefully  would  not  think  of  subm it­
ting  to  any  other  m ethod  of  treatm ent.

Guarantee

I  guarantee  to  cure  piles  and  all  other 
diseases  of  th e  rectum   or  accept  no  pay 
for  my  services.  Any  person  who  doubts 
my  ability  to  cure  need  not  pay  one  cent 
until  satisfied  th a t  I  have  done  all 
I 
claimed. 
IF  I  FAIL  T H E R E   W ILL  BE 
NO  CHARGE. 
I  REQUIRE  NO  D E­
POSIT  OR  W RITTEN   CONTRACT.
W rite  and  ask  any  of  the  people  whose 
testim onials  appear  here  If  my  guarantee 
is  not  good. 
If  your  trouble  ever  returns 
after  I  cure  you,  I  guarantee  to  cure  you 
again  free  of  charge.

25
Testimonials  and  References
I  have  hundreds  of  other  testim onials 
of  cured  p atients  w hich  I  have  not  room 
to  publish  here. 
I  can  also  refer  vou  to 
m any  prom inent  people  who  have  know n 
m e  for  years.
I  would  say  for  the  benefit  of  out-of- 
tow n  people  th a t  I  am   a  perm anent  resi­
dent  of  G raod  Rapids  and  have  practiced 
medicine  in  th is  city  for  years.
The  enorm ous  practice  I  enjoy  is  con­
clusive  proof  of  m y  success

Beware  of  Fakes

it 

E very  successful  institution  and  m ethod 
have  th eir  im itators,  and  m ine  is  no  ex­
ception  to  the  rule.  E very  day  I  h ear  of 
quacks,  and  even  doctors  of  some  m erit 
right  in  this  city,  claim ing  th a t  they  have 
m y  m ethod  and  can  apply 
ju st  as 
successfully  as  I  can
These  claim s  are  all  false,  as  I  have 
never  instructed  anyone  in  my  m ethod 
and  I  am  th e  only  person  who  has  ever 
successfully  applied  electricity  in  th e cure 
of  rectal  diseases.
The  best  proof  I  have  to  offer  of  the 
above  statem ents  is  th e  results  obtained 
by  these  im posters.  They  eith er  get  no 
results  a t  all  or  nearly  kill  th e  patient.
From   one  to  three  treatm en ts  by  my 
m ethod  is  all  th a t  is  necessary  to  cure 
a  case  of  piles. 
If  they  cannot  complete 
a   cure  in  th is  num ber  of  treatm ents,  it 
is  conclusive proof th a t  they are  faking.

Dr.  B urleson  is  E d ito ria lly   Praised

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■‘AU roads lead to Rome.”  This was true in  the 
time of  the  Roman  Empire.  Rome  was  the  center 
of civilisation and  all  roads  led  to it.  But  we  are 
living  in  the time of American  civilization and  we 
live far differently from what they did in the Roman 
times.  Competition is  greater;  the strain  of life  is 
more intense; social demands are more exacting and 
household cares are more trying, and  from out of it 
all  we find  that all  roads  of  modem  existence  lead 
but to one end.
While the fiat of life is inexorable, and from ulti­
mate death there is no escape, many a one is  sleep­
ing  the  long  sleep  under  the  leaves  to-day,  who 
would have been well and healthy had they consulted 
some  reputable  specialist,  in  chronic. diseases,  be­
fore the hour when the final breakdown came. Thou­
sands of brave men and fair women are dying to-day 
even here in Grand Rapids, who longed for life and 
yet did not enjoy it, and over the graves soon can be 
written the words: “Died Because They Had a Pre­
judice Against Consulting a Specialist.”
In medicine, as in everything else, it is the special­
ist who devotes his time, his energy, his intelligence 
and  his  skill  to the  study  and  cure  of  certain  dis­
eases ;  who  applying  to their treatment  all  the  new 
remedies, appliances  and apparatus,  begotten of the 
progress of the age, who succeeds, and whose cures 
of cases, given up by the family physician, border on 
the  miraculous.  All  this  being  true,  the  Chicago 
Journal  of  Health  offers  no excuse for introducing 
to its thousands of readers the eminent medical ex­
pert,  Dr.  Willard  M.  Burleson.  That  he  is master 
of  his  profession  is  universally  admitted.  Having 
had years of training and experience in the greatest 
hospitals  of the  world,  besides being a graduate  of 
medical  colleges of  unquestioned authority.  In his 
extended and successful treatment of piles, the repu­
tation  he enjoys, not  only  with  his  brethren  of  the 
profession  in Grand Rapids,  is as Battering as it  is

well deserved.  Dr.  Burleson has probably treated a 
greater number of patients during his residence here 
than were ever before treated by any one physician. 
His success has been phenomenal, but richly merited.
The  thorough  knowledge  of  analomy  and  thera­
peutics possessed by Mr. Burleson, acquired through 
his practical experience in the great hospitals of the 
world,  enables him to diagnose and  treat  piles  with 
greater success than those who profess to, hut do not 
possess the foregoing qualities.
In the interest of suffering humanity, this editorial 
is written.  It is not  a paid advertisement ;  in  fact. 
Dr. Burleson was not even consulted before this was 
written.  What  we  have  said  here  has  been  called 
forth from a personal knowledge of the greatness of 
his skill and ability, and on inclination to benefit the 
thousands of our  readers,  who may desire  to enjoy 
perfect health and the blessings of  life.

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WORTH  TRYINO.

Try  swallowing  saliva  when  troubled  with  sour 
stomach'.
Try  taking your  cod-liver oil  in  tomato sauce  if 
you want to make it palatable.
If the  air  of  the  cellar  is  damp  it  may  be  thor­
oughly dried by placing  in  it  a peck  of  fresh  lime 
in an open box.  A peck of lime will absorb about 
seven pounds, or more than three quarts,  of  water, 
and in this way a cellar may soon be dried, even  in 
the hottest weather.

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Readers may  rely  implicitly  upon the  fairness  of 
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gestions  made  are  based  upon  facts  and  not  upon 
file selfish interests of anyone.

Try buttermilk for removal of freckles, tan, and 
_________________

butternut stains. 

Told  T h a t  Dr.  Burleson  W as  a  “ Fake.” 

A.  J.  W H ITE ,

tw o  or 

alm ost  a  

th ree  hours  a   night. 

G eneral  M erchandise.
B ass  River,  Mich.,  April—1903. 
Dr.  W illard  M.  Burleson,  G rand  Rapids,
Mich.
D ear  D octor:
I  suffered  for  fifteen  years  w ith  a  very 
aggravated  case  of  piles  and  kept  getting 
complete 
w orse  until  I  w as 
physical  and  m ental  wreck. 
I   lost  th irty  
pounds  in  w eight  and  w as  so  nervous  th ta  
I  w as  unable  to  s it  still  for  m ore  than 
a   few   m inutes  a t  a   tim e  or  sleep  more 
th an  
I 
would  go 
to  bed  about  m idnight  and 
would  sleep  a   troubled  sleep  for  about 
tw o  hours,  when  I  would  w ake  and  would 
have  to   get  up  and  walk. 
In  tw o  weeks 
I  knew   every  stre et  sign  and  every  night 
policem an  in  G rand  Rapids,  w here  I  was 
a t  a   sanitarium   being 
treated   for  my 
nervous  condition.  Before 
to 
you  I  got  no  benefit  w hatever  from   the 
treatm en t,  b u t  from   th a t  tim e  on  I  com­
m enced 
in  about  four 
weeks  from   th e   tim e  you  first  treated   me 
I  w as  a   well  m an  physically  and  m en­
tally,  and  to-day  w eigh  m ore  th an   I   ever 
did  before  in  m y  life.
I  had  been  advised  th a t  I  could  not  be 
cured  w ithout  a   surgical  operation  and 
tak in g   chloroform ,  and  one  of  G rand R ap 
ids’  oldest  physicians  and  surgeons  w ent 
so  fa r  as  to   tell  me  th a t  you  were  a 
■’fake.”
As  every  physician  whom   I  talked  to 
about  m y  case  w anted  to   use  th e  knife,  I 
am   satisfied  th a t  you  a re   fa r  in  advance 
of  any  of  them   in  the  treatm en t  of  these 
troubles,  as  you  cured  m e  easily  and 
quickly  w ithout  any  pain  and  w ithout  the 
use  of  chloroform   o r  knife,  and  caused 
m e  no  inconvenience  w hatever.
I  feel  very  thankful  for  w hat  you  have 
done  for  me. 
I  think  I  w as  in  a   fa ir  way 
for  som ething  w orse  th a n   death.

im prove  and 

com ing 

to 

I  am   gratefully  yours,

A.  J.  W H ITE .

T he  above  shows  how  little  dependence 
can  be  placed  in  th e  w ord  of  some  physi­
cians  w hen  asked  for  an  opinion  of  a 
b rother  practitioner.  All  physicians  are 
there 
not  so  unprincipled,  however,  as 
are  m any  honorable  men  in  th e  m edical 
profession.  T hink 
tru stin g  
your 
life  in  the  hands  of  such  an  unscrupulous 
person.

of 

A  W ell-Known  D ruggist  Easily  Cured, 
A fter  Failure  of  Every  Known  Remedy.

G rand  Rapids.  Mich.,  April  25,  1903.

A fter  suffering  th e  m ost  intense  agony 
for  years  w ith  a   very  severe  case  of 
piles  and  try in g   every  rem edy  know n  to 
m edical  science  w ith  no  relief  and  g et­
tin g   worse  all  th e  tim e,  I  w as  easily  cured 
by  Dr.  W illard  M.  Burleson  by  his  New 
Painless  D issolvent  M ethod,  w ithout  any 
pain  or  inconvenience  or  losing  one  day 
from  m y  work.
I  w as  in  a   terrible  condition  and  on  the 
verge  of  physical  breakdow n.  From   my 
own  experience  I  know  th a t  Dr.  B urle­
son’s  treatm en t  is  everything  he  claim s 
for  it,  and  language  cannot  be  m ade 
strong  enough  to   praise  it  as  it  deserves. 
No  person  can  speak  honestly  of  this 
wonderful  treatm en t  w ithout  recom m end­
ing  it. 
It  is  a  Godsend  to  those  who 
have  this  terrible  affliction.
W ith  Geo.  L.  W arren,  D ruggist,  75  Canal 
Street.

FRANK  ESCOTT,

in 

Gives  Testim onial  for  H um anity's  Sake.
I  w as  afflicted  w ith  th e  piles  for  over 
th irty   years  and  have  suffered  terribly 
th is  horrible  com plaint.  F o r  the 
from  
last  three  years  m y  suffering  had  been 
severe  and  I  have  used  a  bushel  of  “ Sure 
C ures,’’  w ithout  any  relief  w hatever.  L ast 
spring  I  happened  to  see  Dr.  B urleson’s 
advertisem ent 
th e  paper  and  called 
upon  him   a   short  tim e  after,  took  tre a t­
m ent  and  m ust  say  th e  benefit  received 
from  one  treatm en t  w as  alm ost  beyond 
belief. 
It  hardly  seem s  possible  to  me, 
even  now, 
th a t  piles  can  be  cured  so 
easily. 
I   h eartily  endorse  his  m ethod 
and  will  alw eys  have  a  good  w ord  for  it, 
either  a t  hom e  or  abroad.
in 
public  print,  but  I   feel  a s 
it 
would  look  a   little  cow ardly  and  unjust 
to  w ithhold  it;  if  it  will  only  do  you  and 
suffering  hum anity  some  good, 
I   will 
stan d   th e  publicity  p art.  W ith  best 
wishes,  I  am ,

I  dislike  to   have  m y  nam e  appear 
though 

R espectfully  yours,

D   L.  H arden, 
Newaygo,  Mich.

Willard 1VI. Burleson, M. D.

Rectal  Specialist.

O riginator  of  th e  New  P ainless  Dissolv­
ent  M ethod  of  T reatm ent  for  th e  Cure 
of  Piles  and  all  other  D iseases  of  the 
Return.

103  Monroe  St.

Charges and Terms

My  charges  are  alw ays  reasonable  and 
are  for  a  complete,  perm anent  and  g u ar­
anteed  cure.  The  exact  am ount  can 
only  be  determ ined  upon  a   com plete  ex­
am ination.  Any  person  who  is  not  p re­
pared  to  pay  the  entire  fee  a t  once  will 
be  allowed  to  m ake  paym ent  as  his  con­
venience  perm its.

Any  person  who  Is  too  poor  to  pay  will 
be  cured  absolutely  free  of  charge  and 
will  receive  as  careful  attention  as  though 
he  paid  the  largest  fee.  .I  w ant  no  person 
to  be  kept  from  the  benefits  of  my  w on­
.
derful  discovery  for  financial  reasons. 
W rite  any  of  the  people  whose  te sti­
m onials  appear  here  and  ask  
them  
if 
they  w ere  satisfied  w ith  m y  charges  and 
term s.

The Method

I  cure  Piles  by  a   N EW   PAIN LESS 
is  my 
DISSOLVENT  METHOD,  w hich 
own  discovery,  no  other  person  using  it 
or  know ing  w hat  it  is.  No  hazardous 
operation  of  any  kind  is  employed  and 
no  knife  or  chloroform   used.  M any  bad 
cases  are  cured  in  one  painless 
tre a t­
m ent  and  few  cases  require  m ore  than 
two  weeks  for  a   com plete  cure.  The 
PA TIEN T  CAN  A TTEN D   TO  BUSINESS 
DURING  T H E   COURSE  OF  TR E A T ­
MENT.
I  have  a   booklet  explaining  my  m ethod 
more  fully  th an   I  can  explain 
it  here, 
and  I  am   pleased  to  send  this  booklet  to 
anyone  who  will  ask   for  it.

Any  sufferer  solicitous  for  his  own  w el­
fare  would  not  thin k   of  subm itting  to 
any  other  m ethod  of  treatm ent, 
afte” 
Painless  Dissolvent 
investigating  my 
Method  for 
th e  cure  of  Piles  and  all 
other  D iseases  of  th e  Rectum .

SEND  FOR  BOOKLET.  IT  CONTAINS 

MUCH  VALUABLE 

INFORMATION.

How to Find Out

Ask  some  one  who  knows,  some  one 
who  has  been  cured,  some  one  who  has 
tried  everything  else  w ithout  relief.  W rite 
to  any  of  the  people  whose  testim onials 
appear  here.  They  will  tell  you  tru th ­
fully  of  th eir  experience 
and  w ithout 
prejudice,_________________________________

Dr.  Willard  M.  Burleson

R ectal  S p ecia list

103  Monroe  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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a  reputation,  are  a  critical  set,  and 
demand  the  best.— Shoe  Trade  Jour­
nal.

The  Man  With  a  Hobby.

The  man  with  a  hobby  is  the  man 
;  who  enjoys  life  and  helps  others  to 
enjoy  .it.  The  man  with  a  hobby 
is  apt  to  be  cheery  in  nature,  wide 
in  sympathies,  charitable,  broad  in his 
judgments,  ready  to 
good 
times  about  him.  He  will  seldom, 
as  is  too  often  the  case  with  ardent 
workers,  be  too  busy, 
getting 
ready  for  some  future  day,  to  get 
the  best  out  of  the  life  of  the  pres­
ent.

spread 

in 

feeling 

that  only 

A  Chicago  business  man  not  long 
since  confessed,  regretfully,  that  he 
had  always  intended  to  love  and  mar­
ry, 
in  this  way 
could  he  extract  all  of  life’s  sweet­
ness,  but— he  had  never  had 
time. 
Another  man  recently  admitted  that 
he  had  been  so  busy  piling  up  dol­
lars  for  the  future  enjoyment  of  the 
girl  he  loved— but  was  too  busy  to 
tell  of  his  adoration— that  a  poorer 
but  wiser  rival  had  married  her  out 
of  hand.  Yet  another  successful busi­
ness  man,  whose  proud  boast  it  is 
that  he  has  been  forty-three  consecu­
but 
tive  years  “in  harness”  with 
two  weeks  of  vacation  in  all 
that 
time,  scarcely  knows  his  own  chil­
dren;  his  wife,  lavishly  provided  for 
in  all  material  details,  bitterly  de­
clares  that  business  has  robbed  her 
of  her  husband.  Such  cases  might 
be  multiplied  by  almost  every  observ­
ant  individual  of  the  present  day. 
The  enjoyment  of  a  hobby— any  hob­
by  that  would  have  prevented 
the 
slavish  absorption  in  business— would 
have  rendered  such  mournful 
tales 
untrue. 

Charles  Melrose.

Read  Your  Trade  Paper.

Glazed  Kid  Shoes  Regaining  Popu­

larity.

During  a  recent  trip  among  shoe 
manufacturers  I  learned  that  glazed 
kid  shoes  are  rapidly  regaining  their 
old-time  popularity.  This  ought  to 
be  welcome  news  to  manufacturers 
of  glazed  kid  leather,  who  have  had 
rather  a  hard  time  of  it  during  the 
reign  of  other  leathers  demanded  by 
fashion.

Not  that  the  shoe  business  is  spe­
cially  lively.  Not  at  all.  Shoe  man­
ufacturers  in  Buffalo,  Rochester,  Sy­
racuse  and  surrounding 
towns  are 
complaining  of  dull  trade 
for  the 
time  being,  and  many  are  curtailing 
operations  in 
room. 
Many  have  no  interest  in  leathers  for 
fall  work,  and  visiting  leather  sales­
men,  in  order  to  gain  a  hearing,  have 
to  produce  samples  of  the  leathers 
which  will  be  used  next  summer.

cutting 

their 

On  light  leather  interest  centers in 
colors,  mainly  calf,  but  a  goodly 
portion  is  kid.  All  shoe  manufac­
turers  agree  that  the  consumption of 
colored  leather  next  season,  begin­
ning  December,  will  be  prodigious. 
Although  the  majority  of  shoe  sales­
men  have  only just  started  upon  their 
trips,  many  orders  for  colored  shoes 
have  been  received  with  deliveries 
to  be  made  from  November  i  and 
forward.  Numbers  of  travelers  have 
not  yet  gone  out,  but  they  expect 
to  do  well  on  their  trips.

Black  glazed  kid  is  coming  on  top 
again  and  no  mistake  about  it.  This 
handsome  and  satisfactory 
leather 
was  bound  to  assert  its  value  and 
economy  sooner  or  later,  but  I  con­
fess  I  was  quite  surprised  in  my 
journeys  among  shoe  factories  to no­
tice  the  quantities  of  black  glazed 
kid  that  were  being  cut.  For 
in­
stance,  Rochester  has  always  been 
famous  for  the  excellence  of  her 
shoes,  and  this  thriving  city  has  al­
ways  been  a  favorite  market  with 
manufacturers  of  glazed  kid.  For the 
past  year  or  two  shoe  manufacturers 
in  Rochester  and  elsewhere  have had 
to  allow  patent  kid  and  coltskin 
to 
divide  honors  with  glazed  kid.  This 
season,  however, 
glazed  kid  has 
jumped  to  the  front  again,  and  as 
one  shoe  manufacturer  said  to  me, 
“I  gave  more  pages  this  season  in 
my  catalogue  featuring  black  kid 
shoes  than  for  five  years.”

I  print  this  information  for  what  it 
is  worth,  but  I  know  and  feel  it  will 
interest  manufacturers  and  sellers  of 
glazed  kid 
leathers  and  give  them 
something  pleasant  to  think  about.

The  demand  for  black  chrome  calf 
is  very  light,  but  there  is  impressive 
call  for  colors,  and  orders  for  many 
thousands  of  dozens  of  colored  calf 
have  been  placed  on  a  basis  of  25c, 
23c  and  21c  for  selected  small,  fine, 
prime  skins.  No  others  will  do  at 
any  price.  Shoe  manufacturers,  with

Some  of  the  veterans  in  the  busi­
ness  are  inclined  to  pooh-pooh  the 
idea  that  a  trade  paper  can  do  them 
any  good.

They  point  to  the  editor  as  a  man 
who  has  had  little  experience  and 
whose  theory  will  not  work  out.

They  forget  that  the  best  trade  pa­
pers  are  now  edited  by  men  who 
have  had  much  experience  with  mer­
chandising  methods,  many  of  them 
men  who  could  take  charge  of  a 
store  and  make  it  show  a  net  cash 
profit  each  year  if  any  one  could.

from 

Another  point  they  fail  to  make 
note  of  is  that  the  ideas  advanced  by 
the  leading  trade  papers  are  boiled 
down 
information  obtained 
from  merchants  over  a  wide  area who 
are  working  under  various  conditions.
The  trade  paper  thereby  becomes 
an  exchange  where  information  on 
merchandising  methods 
is  gathered 
at  a  central  point  and  then  distribut­
ed  to  the  thousands  of 
interested 
readers.

The  merchants  who  do  not  read 
trade  papers  to-day  are  in  a  small 
minority.— Commercial  Bulletin.

Triumph  of  the  English  Tongue.
An  English-speaking  nation  has 
grown  up  on  the  west  side  of 
the 
Atlantic  which  has  done  and  is  doing 
more  than  the  parent 
country  to 
give  the  tongue  a  world  vogue.  Two- 
thirds  of  the  people  who  speak  Eng­

lish  live  in  the  United  States.  The 
in  the  number  of  persons  who  used 
industrial  and  commercial  conquests  them  as  a  vehicle  of  speech.  But  in 
which  this  country  is  gaining  tell  !  the  laj>se  of  time  English  has  passed 
in  favor  of  its  people’s  tongue.  A  !  all  of  them  and  is  spoken  by  more 
centurv  ago  French,  Spanish 
and  |  people  to-day  than  is  any  other  civ- 
German  were  far  ahead  of  English  I  ilized  tongue.

“ In  boys  shoes  they 
make  styles  that  actually 
stand  the  grief  that  any 
kid can  subject  them  to, 
and 
is  saying  a 
whole  lot.”

this 

Quotation  from   the  Grand 
Rapids  Evening  Press,  Sept. 
21st,  1004.

STAR  LINE

RliNDQE,  KALMBACH,  LOOIE &  CO., LTD.

Merchants' half fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids.  Send for circular

.GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Made  for  Wear

The  satisfaction to be 
derived  from  sales  of 
Rubbers 
is  entirely 
dependent  upon  the 
quality cf  the  shoe.

The  Banigan  Rubber 
itself  has  demon­
strated  the  quality  of 
materials  used 
in 
m a n u f a c t u r i n g  
through  constant  in­
crease of yearly sales.

To get all the  good out of  a  shoe, get  one  with  all  the  good  in  it. 

We would like to send you one of  our new illustrated  catalogues.

GEO.  S.  MILLER,  Selling  Agent

i3*-«33  Market St.,  Chicago.

WOONASQUATUCKET

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Jobs  in  Kid  Gloves  Are  Hard  to  Se­

cure.

One  condition  of  the  glove  market 
is  the  absence  of  broken  lots.  Many 
leading  retailers  this  season  of 
the 
year  visit  importers’  stocks  for  brok­
en  lots— jobs— with  which  to  incite 
greater  interest  in  their  stocks.  Jobs 
with  which  to  supply  special  sales 
are  said  to  be  scarcer  than  usual  this 
season.  Importers  of  kid  gloves  have 
confined  their  orders  to  straight  stuff 
— regular  merchandise.  One  cause of 
this  is  reported  to  be  the  lack  of busi­
ness  during  the  past  season,  and  not 
a  large  amount  of  kid  gloves  has 
been  imported.  Orders  for  regular 
staple  lines  and  a  decreased  volume 
of  business  have  left  the  market  bare 
of  jobs.  One  retail  glove  dealer  says 
if  other  glove  dealers  have  as  much 
difficulty  as  himself  in  picking  up  jobs 
in  kids  there  are  going  to  be  some 
sorely  disappointed  glove  buyers  this 
fall.

It  was  not 

Merchants  are  criticising  the  prac­
tice  of  American  manufacturers  who 
sacrifice  quality  for  quantity.  Some 
seasons  ago  there  was  a  strong  de­
mand  for  chamois  gloves.  At  first 
the  supply  came  from  Europe,  then 
the  American  manufacturer  started in 
to  try  his  hand  making  them.  This 
he  did  at  first  in  a  limited  way,  not 
having  any  difficulty  in  selling  what 
he  made.  While  he  was  manufactur­
ing  a  limited  quantity  he  produced 
a  glove  of  quality  acceptable  to  the 
trade.  As  the  demand  increased  the 
American  manufacturer  became  care­
less. 
long  before  his 
product  was  so  unsatisfactory  as  to 
kill  the  sale  of  this  line  of  gloves. 
Later  there  was  a  demand  for  mocha 
gloves.  The  supply  was  produced  in 
Europe,  but  it  was  not  long  before 
the  American  glove  manufacturer re­
ceived  his  orders  for  some.  At  first 
he  accepted  these  orders  and  filled 
them  with  credit  to  himself.  But  it 
was  not  long  before  he  dropped  into 
his  old  habit  of  scheming  to  get 
prices  down  and  in  this  particular  in­
stance  he  substituted  a  Japanese  ma­
terial  which  closely  resembled  mocha, 
but  the  substitution  was  unsatisfac­
tory  and  of  short  duration,  and  the 
demand  was  killed.  Then  the  Ameri­
can  manufacturers  tried  to  get  back 
to  the  real  mocha,  but  it  was  too  late. 
The  customers  had  been  deceived, 
and  as  they  were  not  able  to  distin­
guish  between  the  real  mocha  and  the 
Jap  substitution  they  declined  to  try 
again.

A  similar  experience  is  expected in 
capes.  For  three  years  American 
manufacturers  have  been  doing  what 
they  could  in  capes.  The  quality  has 
been  getting  worse  all  the  time,  as 
they  have  been  trying  to  get  prices 
down.  Manufacturers  are  trying  to 
increase  their  sales  by 
sacrificing 
quality. 
the 
cape  glove  demand  is  going  the  way 
of  the  chamois  and  mocha  gloves.

It  is  not  unlikely  that 

The  American  manufacturer  has an 
organization  for  a  certain  output,  and 
if  the  demand  goes  beyond  this  he 
must  secure  help  from  outside,  which 
help  often  mis-sews  and  makes  an 
eighth  to  a  sixteenth  seam  for 
a 
quarter.  The  quality  is  forgotten  in 
the  demand  to  get  out  quantity. 
In

Business  Opportunity

For  Sale— The  stock  and good  will  of  a  pros 
perous,  well-established wholesale  shoe business  of 
highest reputation, in  one  of  the  best cities  of the 
west.  Parties  wishing  to  consider  such  an  open­
ing  will  please  address  C.  C.,  care  of  this  paper, 
when  full  details  and  an  opportunity  to investigate 
will  be  given.  Capital  required,  about  $100,000.

women’s  kid  gloves  foreign  materials 
excel  the  American.  American  manu­
facturers  are  not  able  to  successfully 
compete  with  the  foreigners  in  the 
over-seam  and  pique.  As  a  general 
thing  glove  dealers  would  like  to  sell 
more  piques,  as  they  give  better  serv­
ice  and  wear  much  longer.

It  will  not  be 

The  leather  market  is  not  particu­
larly  active  just  at  present,  but  a 
decent  demand is  expected  at  an  early 
date. 
long  before 
women  will  ask  for  kid  gloves.  Al­
ready  they are  showing  signs  of  wish­
ing  to  get  rid  of  “rags,”  summer  fab­
rics.  The  demand  for  lisles  this sea­
son  has  been  noticeably  better  among 
the  better  class  of  shoppers,  but  the 
sale  of  silks  has  been  of  sufficient 
size to get out  the  “baggy”  glove.  The 
average  shopper  enjoys  turning  from 
the  sloppy  fabric  to  the  fitted  glove.
Lambskins  and  Schumaschens  are 
likely  to  be  higher.  Already  an  ad­
vance  of  one-half  a  mark  has  been 
made.  England  and  the  continent 
have  been  using  more  of  these  goods. 
A  firmer  and  in  some  instances  a 
higher  market  has  resulted  because 
of  the  converting  of  these  goods  to 
other  purposes.  Lambskins  are  be­
ing  converted  by  notion  manufactur­
ers  in  a  number  of  cases.  For  the 
foregoing  reason  both  schumaschens 
and  lambskins  are  very  firm.

Japan’s  Increased  Trade.

The  dullness  of  trade  experienced 
in  Japan  during  a  large  part  of  the 
past  year  owing  to  the  imminence  of 
war  and  the  necessity  for  preparation 
has  now  passed  to  a  marked  degree, 
and  for  the  six  months  of  the  pres­
ent  year  there  has  been  a  gain  of 
about  9J4  per  cent,  in  activity  over 
the  corresponding  period  of 
1903. 
Purchases  of  war  material,  which 
have  been  very  large,  particularly  in 
this  country,  would  explain  partially 
for  this  improvement,  but  in  exports, 
which  naturally  would  be  decreased 
rather  than  otherwise  by  war,  there 
is  an  improvement  of  about  a  similar 
amount  as  the 
imports,  or  9  per 
cent.

A  feature  of  the  imports  was  that 
they  consisted  largely  of  raw  mate­
rials  intended  for  the  manufacture of 
articles  at  home,  and  in  some 
in­
stances  importations  increased  more 
than  100  per  cent.  This  large  in­
crease  was  in  phosphatic  manure, 
which  was  for  use  in  the  fields  to 
give  a 
larger  yield  of  agricultural 
products,  which  clearly  demonstrates 
that  peaceful  occupations  are  not 
being  neglected,  notwithstanding  the 
heavy  drain  upon  the  country  in  men 
and  money.  Although 
imports  of 
coal  increased  from  about  49,000 tons 
in  1903  to  382,755  in  1904,  this  was 
not  owing  to  the  cessation  of  min­
ing  in  Japan,  as  more  than  1,500,000 
tons  of  other  grades  than  those  im­
ported  were  shipped  to  foreign  coun­
tries.

Is  this  not  life’s 

tragedy— to  be 
condemned  by  Fate  to  wear  drab bar­
gain-counter  garments  when  one’s 
soul  is  sobbing  for  pink  silk  and 
spangles?

The  best  balm  for  broken  hearts 

is  a  preparation  labeled  “Work,”

Speak  Quick

It will be necessary for you to hurry up  if  you  want  some  of  those  warm 
shoes made by the Scheurmann Shoe  Manfg. Co., whose stock we just bought, 
as they are going fast.  These are all fresh goods,  made  in  the  best  manner, 
consisting  of  Felt  Shoes,  Juliettes  and  Slippers,  fur  trimmed  and  fancy 
ornaments,  with  flexible  McKay  sewed  soles,  and  we  can  give  you  some 
genuine  bargains, if  taken soon.

We are also making some lively prices on The Lacy Shoe Co.’s stock.

WALDRON,  ALDERTON  &  MELZE 

Wholesale Shoes  and  Rubbers

No.  131-133-135  No.  Franklin  St. 

Saginaw,  Mich.

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W E   E A T   T O O   MUCH.

Evils  Which  Ensue  as  the  Result  of 

Overindulgence.

The  discussion  which  periodically 
takes  place  on  this  subject,  as 
is 
naturally  to  be  expected,  evokes  a 
large  amount  of  public  interest.  We 
are  all  more  or  less  directly 
con­
cerned  with  the  important  function 
of  nourishing  our  bodies,  seeing  that 
to  nourish  ourselves  is  the  first  duty 
we  perform  on  entering  this  world 
and  the  last  duty  we  discharge  on 
leaving 
the 
amount  of  the  food  required  is,  of 
course,  a  strictly  scientific  one— in 
other  words,  we  can  only  arrive  at 
definite  conclusions 
the  matter 
through  an  appeal  to  scientific  knowl­
edge  concerning  the  quantity  of  food 
required  under  different 
circum­
stances  of  life.

subject  of 

it.  The 

in 

The  science  of  foods  and  feeding 
has  of  late  years  been  considerably 
advanced  through  researches  made 
not  merely  into  the  composition  of 
foods  and  the  duties  they  discharge 
in  our  living  economically,  but  also 
concerning  the  amount  of  food  re­
quired  to  produce  a  given  amount of 
“energy”  or  working  power. 
It 
should  not  be  forgotten,  in  the  first 
place,  that  the  functions  of  food  in 
the  body  are  of  a  twofold  character. 
If  we  compare  the  body  to  a  loco­
motive  engine  we  find  an  accurate 
parallel  between  that  complex  piece 
of  machinery  and  the  still  more  com­
plicated  organism  we  ourselves  own.
As  the  structural  material  of  the 
engine  differs  materially  from 
its 
energy  producing  fuel,  so  it  may  be 
said  the  foods  upon  which  we  sub­
sist  exhibit  a  like  difference,  even  if 
it  is  one  of  not  so  rigid  a  character 
as  regards  tissue  forming  foods  and 
energy  producing  articles  of  diet. 
The  line  between  these  two  classes 
of  foods  is  not  a  sharply  defined  one, 
seeing  that  the  two  classes  of  foods 
may,  Under  certain  bodily  conditions, 
overlap  as  regards  their 
functions. 
Thus  the  body  building  foods  may, 
and  probably  do,  contribute  to 
the 
development  of  “energy,”  whilst  the 
energy  producing  foods  are  regard­
ed  by  many  physiologists  as  capable 
of  giving  origin  to  substances  which 
may  be  employed  in  the  building  up 
of  our  tissues.  All  the  same, 
the 
division  just  alluded ,to  is  a  thorough­
ly  scientific  one,  and 
in  the  main 
may  be  regarded  as  separating  the 
articles  on  which  we  subsist  into  two 
clearly  defined  classes  or  divisions.

class  of 

forms  a 

The  first 

foods— those 
which  go  to  build  up  our  bodies— are 
termed  “nitrogenous  foods,”  for  the 
reason  that  amongst  the  chemical 
elements  of  which  they  are  compos­
ed  nitrogen 
conspicuous 
item.  Such  foods  are  represented by 
white  of  egg,  juice  of  meat,  curd  of 
milk,  gluten  of  flour, 
of 
peas,  beans,  and  lentils,  and  like  sub­
stances.  These  are 
typically  our 
body  building  substances.  They go 
to  form  the  basis  of  our  living  tis­
sues,  and  therefore  correspond  in  a 
direct  sense  to  the  structural  material 
of  which  the 
locomotive  engine  is 
composed.

legumin 

The  second  class  include  “non-ni-
trogenous”  foods.  These  are  repre­

sented  by  fats,  starches  and  sugars.
It  may  here  be  mentioned  that  all 
the  starch  we  consume,  in  the  shape 
of  bread,  potatoes,  tapioca,  rice,  etc., 
requires  to  be  changed  in  the  prog­
ress  of  digestion  into  sugar  before  it 
can  be  utilized  by  the  body.  Hence 
starches  and  sugars  in  respect  of  our 
nutrition  mean  practically  the  same 
thing.  They  represent  our  energy 
producers.  There  can  be  little  doubt 
that  out  of  the  starches  and  sugars 
we  consume— and  of  this  material a 
considerable  amount 
is  taken  each 
day— we  develop  the  power  of  doing 
muscular  work.  Fat  is  also  an  ener­
Its  chief  func­
gy-producing  food. 
tion,  however, 
is  the  development 
of  heat,  but  as  we  may  regard  the 
production  of  heat  as  being  synony­
mous  with  the  development  of  ener­
gy,  we  may  include  fats,  starches, 
and  sugars  together  as  the  foods  out 
of which  and  from  which  is  developed 
our  working  power.

In  addition  to  these  foods  we  de­
mand  a  large  quantity  of  water  each 
day,  this  fluid  being  necessary  for 
the  digestion  of  other 
foods,  and 
because,  being  perpetually  parted 
with  by  lungs,  skin  and  kidneys,  it 
requires  replacement  as  an  essential 
item  in  the  composition  of  ouf  liv­
ing  matter.  The  human  body,  in­
deed,  consists  by  weight  of 
two- 
thirds  of  water.

Minerals  also  form  an 

important 
part  of  our  diet.  They  discharge cer­
tain  important  functions  in  connec­
tion  with  the  digestion  of  foods,  and 
are  required  in  order  to  promote  the 
due  and  proper  passing  of  the  blood. 
An  excellent  example  of  the  necessity 
for  mineral  foods  is  found  in 
the 
fact  that  we  require  phosphate  of 
lime  when  growing,  in  order  to  form 
our  bones.  Similarly  we  place  com­
mon  salt  on  our  tables  because  that 
mineral  is  a  necessity  for  the  perfec­
tion  of  the  gastric  juice  of  the  stom­
ach,  while  it  also  discharges  other 
functions  in  the  body.  The  absence 
of  salts  of  potash  from 
food 
causes  that  disease  formerly  only  too 
well  known  amongst  sailors— namely: 
“scurvy.”

the 

in  the  determination  of 

Turning  now  to  the  amounts  of 
food  which  are  required  under  dif­
ferent  conditions  of  life,  we  find  that 
the  quality  as  well  as  the  quantity 
of  food  necessarily  varies  according 
to  age,  while  sex  plays  an  important 
part 
the 
amount  of  food  required.  Occupa­
tion  is  also  another  condition  which 
has  to  be  taken  into  account  in  con­
nection  with  not  merely  the  quanti­
ty  but  also  the  quality  of  the  food 
consumed.  Hence  no  rigid  rule  can 
be  drawn  with  regard  to  the  quanti­
ty  of  food  consumed  unless  circum­
stances  of  the  individual  life  are  tak­
en  into  account.

It  is  the  omission  of  this 

latter 
feature  which 
renders  unscientific 
discussions  regarding  the  amount  of 
food  required  for  our  healthy  support 
valueless.  An  excellent  example  of 
the  regulation  of  the  quantity  of 
food  consumed  and  of  the  selection 
of  a  particular  quality  with  reference 
to  the  work  a  human  body  has 
to 
perform  is  found  in  the  case  of  pris­
on  dietaries.  The  scale  of  feeding

naturally  varies  according  to  the  la­
bor  the  prisoner  is  called  upon  to 
this 
perform.  The  application  of 
principle  to  ordinary  life 
can  be 
readily  estimated,  seeing  that  two 
men  living  utterly  different  lives  re­
quire  not  merely  a  diet  of  a  different 
their 
quality,  but 
food  to  be  supplied 
different 
amounts.

likewise  require 

in 

A  comparison  of  the  food  required 
per  day  for  the  support  of  a  man 
doing  ordinary  work  reveals  certain 
interesting  features. 
If  we  take  the 
mean  or  average  calculations  derived 
from  food  tables  compiled  by  three 
of  the  most  distinguished  physiolo­
gists  who  have  investigated 
this 
question,  and  making  no  allowance 
for  water  either  taken  as  water  or 
the 
as 
in 
food,  and  likewise  neglecting 
the 
question  of  any  waste,  we  find  the 
average  amounts  required  by  the  man 
per  day  to  work  out  as  follows:  Ni­
fats, 
trogenous  food,  4-31  ounces; 
3.53  ounces;  starches 
sugars, 
11.71  ounces,  and  minerals,  1  ounce. 
The  total  water  free  food  per  day 
thus  amounts  to  20.55  ounces.

chemically 

contained 

and 

service 

If  the  man  is  put,  on  the  other 
hand,  to  hard  work  and  the  diet  cal­
culated  under  the  same  circumstances 
— that  is  to  say,  the  amount  of  nutri­
tive  material  which  must  be  placed 
absolutely  at  the 
of  his 
body— it  would  represent  a  total  of 
from  26.7  to  31  ounces.  Nitrogenous 
foods  would  be  given  to  the  extent 
of  6  to  7  ounces,  fats  from  3^2  to  4 
ounces,  starches  and  sugars  from  16 
to  18  ounces,  and  the  minerals  from 
1  1-3  to  V/2.  ounces.  Here  we 
find 
illustrated  the  general  principle  that 
where  the  human  engine 
is  called 
upon  to  perform  a  greater  amount 
of  work  we  must  stoke  it  according­
ly.  Having  thus  obtained  a  standard 
of  average  for  ordinary  and  hard 
work,  it  is  obvious  that  the  answer 
to  the  question  “do we  eat too much?” 
will  depend  materially  upon 
the  cir­
cumstances  of  the  individual  life.

The  sedentary  man  does  not  re­
quire  the  same  amount  of  food  as the 
hewer  of  wood  or 
the  drawer  of 
water  working  hard  with  his  mus­
cles,  but  what  is  of  vastly  greater 
importance  is  the  recognition  of 
the 
fact  that  the  brain  worker  and  sed­
entary  liver  requires  his  food  pre­
sented  to  him  in  a  shape  much  more 
readily  adapted  for  easy  digestion 
than  the  man  who  may  be  described 
as  the  toiler  and  moiler.  Your  coun­
try  plowman  may  make  a  hearty  and 
substantial  meal  off bread  and  cheese, 
a  form  of  food  which,  both  as 
re­
gards  its  quality  and  its  quantity, 
would  be  utterly  indigestible  by  the 
city  man.  We  see  that  the  question 
of  feeding,  therefore,  does  not  re­
solve  itself  so  much  into  a  question 
of  quantity  as  really  into  a  question 
of  quality  of  food,  but  that  condi­
tion,  which  certainly  operates  most 
definitely  in  so  far  as  the  question 
of  overeating  is  concerned,  is  that 
represented  by  the  question  of  age.
A  wise  physician,  dealing  with  the 
question  of  age  and  with  the  occur­
rence  of  extreme  stoutness  or  cor­
pulence,  remarks  that  many  persons 
neglect  the 
important  physiological

rule  that  the  need  of  food  naturally 
diminishes  with  advancing  years,  just 
as  the  capacities  for  digesting  and 
assimilating  and  duly  utilizing 
food 
diminish  also.  He  adds  that  “it  is 
difficult  to  make  a  man  of  40  under­
stand  that  he  can  not  properly  utilize 
and  adequately  dispose  of  as  much 
food  as  he  used  to  when  30,  or  a 
man  of  50  as  much  as  when  he  was 
40;  so  that  a  diet  which  would  not  be 
in  any  way  excessive  at  the  former 
age  becomes  distinctly  excessive  and 
productive  of  undesirable  corpulence 
on  the  liver.”

It  is  of  importance,  therefore,  to 
recognize  the  great  law  that  with 
advancing  age  the  quantity  of  food 
required  diminishes  simply  because 
the  working  power  of  the  body  itself 
decreases  and  the  human 
engine 
therefore  requires  less  stoking.  We 
may  also  note  that  a  wise  selection 
of  foods  forms  another 
important 
item  in  connection  with  the  question 
whether  or  not  we  eat  too  much.  For 
example,  if  a  person  takes  each  day 
only  half  an  ounce  of  sugar  over  the 
amount  which  is  necessary  for  him, 
and  this  sugar  be  stored  up  in  the 
body  as  fat,  we  should  find  him  to 
represent  an  increase  of  weight  per 
annum  of  over eleven pounds, amount­
ing  in  five  years  to  four  stones  of 
increase.  Here,  again,  we  find  illus­
trated  the  important  principle 
that 
the  quality  of  food  should  be  regu­
the 
lated  by  the  circumstances  of 
individual  life. 
thin, 
spare  and  lean  person  may  take  a 
fair  allowance  of  starch  and  sugar, 
and  especially  fat,  as  a  heat  forming 
food,  so  the  person  who  is  inclined 
to  make  flesh,  so  to  speak,  on  little 
food  will  require  to  adopt  the  oppo­
site  regimen,  and  a  spare  dietary  in 
the  latter  case  will  be  found  to  be 
that  which  is  most  productive  of 
health.

Just  as 

the 

After  all,  it  is  the  wise  individual 
regulation  of  life 
connected  with 
foods  and  drinks  which  alone  can 
guide  it  in  the  pathways  of  health. 
Each  person  is  a  law  unto  himself 
or  herself,  not  merely  in  the  matter 
of  foods  and  drinks,  but  even  of  the 
drugs  by  aid  of  which  the  physician 
treats  our  diseases. 
It  is  undeniable 
that  the  tendency  of  our  age  lies  in 
the  direction  of  luxury,  overfeeding 
appearing  naturally  as  part  and  par­
cel  of  the  luxurious  mode  of  living 
in  which  too  many  of  us 
indulge. 
Those  who  have  experienced  the  in­
creased  vigor  both  of  body  and  mind 
which  results  from  the  adoption  of a 
dietary  which  is  just  sufficient  for the 
due  development  of  their  bodily  and 
mental  work,  and  no  more,  will  readi­
ly  testify  to  the  fact  that  the  man 
who  overeats  loses  much  of  the  ra­
tional  enjoyment  of  life.

Andrew  Wilson.

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Yet,  where do you put  that  money when you  get it—the  money 
for which you have invested your savings, the money for which you 
have worked so hard?  W hat do you do with it?  Do you put it away carefully 
where nothing can happen to it—where you can be sure of  getting  every  cent 
of the profit you have earned?  Or  do you put it into a  common  cash-drawer, 
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You use a scale in order that you may not lose money by 
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False
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economy 
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M AKIN G   A   M ILLIO N A IR E .

Wood  Cutter  Who  Became  an  Em­

Business 

pire  Builder.
success,  measured  by 
money,  is  always  comparative.  One 
man  conducting  a  candy  store  may 
clear  $5,000  a  year  from  the  business 
and  yet  not  measure  in  business  acu­
men  with  another  dealer  in  candies 
who  out  of  his  limited  opportunities 
is  clearing  only  $500  a  year  from  the 
business.

“There  are  two  types  of  success­
ful  business  men,”  is  the  dictum  of 
an  observer  of  men.  “One  goes  along 
carefully,  takes  the  minimum  of  risk, 
and  succeeds  moderately  well.  The 
large  risks, 
other  judiciously  takes 
embarks  on  bold  projects 
after 
lengthened  and  careful  consideration, 
and  probably  becomes  a  millionaire.”
It  will  be  noted  that  the  observer 
of  men  and  things  considers  both 
the  types  successful.  His  own  judg­
ment  in  the  observation  may  have 
been  on  the  side  of  the  man  who 
takes  the  minimum  of  risk  and  reaps 
moderateness  in  his  success.  At  the 
same 
the  world’s  admiration 
will  be  with  the  other  type,  which 
makes  the  Napoleonic  moves  of  the 
financial  world. 
In  public  opinion 
this  doer  of  great  things  will  have 
£een  born  to  it,  the  hero  of  business; 
the  capable  conductor  of  the  small 
affairs  of  life  may  enjoy  his  comfor­
table  fortune  with  half  his  acquaint­
ances  referring  to  the  commonplace 
route  by  which  he  came  into  it.

time 

Yet  to  the  philosopher,  Sir  Isaac 
Newton  tackled  as  great  a  problem

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

in  attempting  to  discover  the  reason 
for  the  apple’s  falling  down  instead 
of  up  as  Columbus  did  in  starting  on 
his  first  voyage  in  proof  that 
the 
earth  was  round.

There  are  few  doubters  of 

the 
statement  that  in  the  Napoleons  of 
the  business  world  inspiration  may 
cut  as  large  a  figure  as  it  has  cut  in 
the  histories  of  men  famous  in  the 
arts  and  sciences  and  revolutions  of 
the  world.  Columbus  started  out on 
his  Western  voyage  to  the  East  for 
the  reason  that  he  had  figured  the 
route  as  possible  in  his  own  mind. 
James  J.  Hill,  President  of  the  Great 
Northern  Railroad,  for  instance, left 
off  cutting  wood  and  rails  in 
the 
Canadian  woods  to  become  an  “em­
pire  builder,”  not  because  he  had 
ever  done  any  building  of  the  kind, 
but  because  somewhere  in  his  sub­
conscious  nature  he  felt  the  impulse 
calling.

Hill’s  case  is  strikingly  illustrative 
of  this  greater  type  spoken  of  by 
the  philosopher.

large 

taking 

No  doubt  it  was  the  first  of  Hill’s 
risks,” 
“judiciously 
when  his  brother  and  the  friend  of 
the  two,  resting  upon  their  axes  in 
the  Canadian  autumn  woods,  heard 
“Jim”  announce  that  he  was  done 
cutting  rails.  Kinsman  and 
friend 
united  to  dissuade  him  from 
the 
step.  Both  of  these  dissenters  are 
still  small  farmers  and  James  J. Hill 
is  said  to  be  worth  $100,000,000.  They 
could  not  see,  as-  Hill  saw,  nor  did 
they  have  the  Hill  inspiration,  which 
was  more.  To  doubt  the  Hill  inspir­
ation 
is  to  throw  meaninglessness

in  a  log  cabin  in 

into  his  accomplishments.  That  a 
boy,  born 
the 
North  woods  and  unfamiliar  with the 
ways  of  the  world,  ignorant  of  the 
first  principles  of  railroading 
even 
when  railroading  had  few  developed 
principles,  and  yet  nursing  in  his 
heart  the  necessities  for  transporta­
tion  into  the  heart  of  the  Red  River 
country  of  the  North,  should  finally 
accomplish  that  which  the  financiers 
of  his  time  called  madness  is  some­
thing  bordering  upon  the  prophetic.
Oddly  enough,  Jim  Hill  has  been 
the 
called  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
country.  Students  of 
railway 
problems  of  the  country  have  said 
that  he  could  not  have  ventured  into 
the  developed  and  developing  East 
and  made  the  success  that  came  to 
him 
in  the  track  breaking  to  the 
Pacific  coast  country.  But  pioneer 
as  he  was,  he  saw  the  necessity  for 
more  than  the  trails  of  the  Red  Riv­
er  carts,  and  in  1862  he  was  behind 
the  building  of  the  first  ten  miles  of 
railway  in  Minnesota.  This  line con­
nected  St.  Paul  with  the  riverside  at 
St.  Anthony,  and  the  Hill  expecta­
tions  are  seen  in  its  title  of 
the  St. 
Paul  &  Pacific  Railway.

the 

itself 

Always  it  was  the  need  of  the  Red 
River  country  for  transportation that 
appealed  to  Hill.  When  the  St.  Paul 
&  Pacific  showed 
inadequate 
and  when  further  building  was  slow, 
he  saw  the  advantages  of  river  trans­
portation  to  Winnipeg  in  competi­
tion  with  the  steamers  of  the  Hud­
son  Bay  Company.  When  the  two 
steamship  lines  were  consolidated in 
1872  Hill  turned  again  to  the  rail­

road  project,  seeing  plainer 
than 
ever  the  needs,  present  and  future, 
of  the  Northwest  country.

little 

But  the  St.  Paul  &  Pacific  Rail­
in 
road,-  although  a 
longer 
miles,  was  tremendously  deeper 
in 
debt,  the  figures  placed  at  $30,000,000 
at  a  time  when  $30,000,000  meant 
more  than  ten  times  that  sum  would 
mean  now.  The  track  and  rolling 
stock  were 
in  bad  shape  and  the 
credit  of  the  company  was  almost 
nothing.  The  Canadian  Pacific  Rail­
road  on  the  north  and  the  Northern 
Pacific  in  the  United  States,  both to 
be  competing  roads,  had  received  lib­
eral  subsidies  from  their  two  gov­
ernments,  but  Hill  meant  to  build 
without  help.

He  knew  every  future  township in 
the  north  country.  He  was  antici­
pating  the  time  when  the  treeless 
Central  West  no  longer  could  do 
without  the  immense  tracts  of  tim­
ber  which  he  designed  - his 
road 
should  tap  in  Washington  and  Ore­
gon.

It  meant  five  years  of  consecrated 
work  for  the  Northern  rail  splitter 
to  organize  the  Great  Northern  Com­
pany. 
Its  stockholders  were  for the 
most  part  in  Holland  and  the  shares 
had  gone  down  until  they  sold  for a 
song.  Hill’s  road  was  building  after 
the  timber  of  the  Northwest,  seem­
ingly  regardless  of  the  proposition 
of  sending  the  cars  back  empty  for 
2,000  miles.  When  he  was  building, 
the 
I  too,  the  rate  on  lumber  from 
coast  to  St.  Paul  was  60  cents 
a 
hundred  pounds.

When  the  road  was  completed  in-

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in  shipping  at  such 

to  Puget  Sound  in  1893,  Hill  discov­
ered  that  there  was  no  profit  to  the 
lumbermen 
a 
rate  to  the  East.  He  asked  what 
rate  would  leave  a  profit,  and  was 
told  50  cents  a  hundred.  Hill  went 
to  Chicago,  made  his  investigations, 
and  returned  to  the  coast,  announc­
ing  a  flat  rate  of  40  cents  to  St. 
Paul.

road, 

Madness?  The  charges  were  more 
widely  circulated  against  him.  Here 
was  his 
completed  without 
subsidy  of  any  kind, 
traversing  a 
new  country  for  the  most  part  where 
freights  could  not  originate,  and yet 
at  the  outset  making  a  lumber  cut  | 
one-third  under  the  existing  tariff, 
with  the  prospect  of 
sending  his 
empty  cars  from  the  East,  2,000  miles 
to  the  coast  for  reloading!  But  the 
philosopher  quoted  at  the  beginning 
of  this  article,  referring  to  the  type, 
describes  one  who  “judiciously  takes 
large  risks,  embarks  on  bold  projects 
after  lengthened  and  careful  consid­
eration,  and  probably  becomes  a  mil­
lionaire.”

Hill’s  judiciousness  was 

to  be 
proved.  This  proof  was  conceded 
by  some  of  the  wiser  critics  when 
Hill  turned  to  the  Oriental  trade  as 
the  thing  to  fill  his  West  bound  cars. 
The  awakening  of  Japan  and  his 
hopes  for  China  and  for  Russian  ter­
ritory  in  Asia  led  first  to  the  estab­
lishment  of  a 
company 
operating  steamships  to  the  Pacific 
coast  terminal.  Later,  as  this  busi­
ness  grew, 
company  banked 
more  surely  upon  this  Asiatic  trade 
by  floating  its  own  ocean 
carriers

Japanese 

the 

that  should  develop  the  trade  of  the 
Orient  and  make  the  railroad  an  in­
ternational  as  well  as  interstate  car­
rier.

is  shown 

But  that  a  man  may  see  big  things 
the 
and  yet  not  overlook  some  of 
in  the 
smaller  essentials 
character  of  Hill. 
Just  when  his 
whole  soul  was  wrapped  up  in  the 
completion  of  the  Northern  Pacific 
he  discovered  that  the  farmers  who 
had  followed  the 
line  of  the  road 
into  the  wilderness  of  the  Dakotas 
were  discouraged  over  the  failure  of 
wheat  crops.  His  remedy  for  the 
condition  was  diversity  of  interests 
on  the  farms.  To  encourage 
the 
spirit  he  bought  nearly  900  head  of 
thoroughbred  polled  Angus 
and 
shorthorn  bulls  and  more  than  9,000 
thoroughbred  hogs,  which  he  caused 
to  be  distributed  among  the  farmers 
along  the  line.  This  at  once  stimu­
lated  interest  in  the  cattle  business 
until  to-day  it  is  with  satisfaction 
that  President  Hill  sees  more  hogs 
and  cattle  come  into  St.  Paul  over 
his  line  than  over  any  of  its  competi­
tors.

the 

logging 

connection 

The  iron  ores  of  the  Mesaba  range 
attracted  Hill’s  attention  in  1899.  The 
purchase  of 
road  of 
Wright  &  Davis  on  the  Western  Me­
saba  made  a 
for  his 
Northern  division  with 
chief 
iron  town  of  Hibbing.  The  logging 
road  was  of  standard  gauge,  and  the 
Great  Northern  at  once  invaded  the 
territory  just 
reap  a 
harvest.  Several  thousand  acres  of 
I  barrens  went  with  the  road,  and  with 
I these  acres  the  Mahoning  mine  as

time 

the 

in 

to 

the  chief  attraction  in  the  purchase.
Within  a  week,  it  is  said,  Hill  re­
ceived  an  offer  of  $10,000,000  for  his 
new  property,  and  since  that  time 
the  new  croppings  of  ore  and  the  | 
increasing  riches  shown  in  the  Ma­
honing  have  led  capitalists  to  offer 
$20,000,000  for  the  mine.  The  Hill 
system  is  said  to  control  Mesaba  ore 
tonnage  in  excess  of  250,000,000  tons, 
due  to  the  long  headed  judgment of 
this  man,  who  has  seemed  to  bring 
all  things  into  the  dividend  produc­
ing  methods  of his  company.

From  the  437  miles  of  complete 
road  of  which  Mr.  Hill  first  became 
manager  the  Great  Northern 
sys­
tem  to-day  has  grown  to  6,000  miles, 
and  in  spite  of  the  “large  risks”  on 
his  “bold  projects” 
it  is  said  that 
the  Great  Northern  never  once  has 
defaulted  in  interest  on  a  bond  or 
passed  a  dividend  due  a  stockholder.

Daniel  H.  Barrow.

One On  Dr.  Mitchell.

Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell,  the  eminent 
aerve  specialist  of  Philadelphia,  tells 
of  an  incident  of  his  early  career 
which  taught  him  a  lesson  he  has 
always  remembered.  Ever  since  then 
there  has  been  one  question  which he 
never  asks  his  patients.  An  elderly 
man  was  ushered  into  the  doctor’s 
office  one  afternoon.  After  telling  him 
to  be  seated,  the  doctor  asked  in  his 
mildest  manner:

“Well,  sir,  what’s  the  matter  with 

you ?”

The  patient  quickly  replied,  “If 

I 
knew,  doctor,  I  would  not  come here 
to  find  out.”

The  Partridge as  the Farmer’s Friend.
The  partridge  has  long  been  in  fav­
or as  a  breakfast food, and  as  splendid 
nourishment  for  the  sick  and  well, but 
he  is  now  coming  into  wide  favor 
and "renown  as  the  farmer’s  friend. 
He  is  a  candidate  for  the  high  perch 
of  National  bird.  His  partisans  as­
sure  us  that  he  is  a  stout  ally  of  the 
American  husbandman,  and  a  much 
more  active  defender  of  American 
agriculture  and  prosperity  than  the 
proud,  high-flying  eagle.  Ornitholo­
gists  who,  under  Government  aus­
pices,  have  been  studying  the  part­
ridge,  say  that  he  is  a  winner.  Only 
about  one-fourth  of  his  food  is  grain, 
19  per  cent,  corn,  3  per  cent,  wheat, 
and  the  balance  millet,  barley,  sorg-' 
hum,  rye,  and  oats.  He  does  not  steal 
this,  but  gathers  it  after  it  has  been 
lost  in  the  field.  He  never  pulls  up 
sprouted  grain  after  the  fashion  of 
the  crow.  He  does  not  rob  orchards, 
though  he  is  fond  of  fruit,  eating 
wild  grapes,  dewberries,  and  wild 
strawberries.  His 
is  as 
weed  seed  and  insect  eater.  He  is 
a  glutton  for  seeds  of  the  smart  weed, 
pig  weed,  sheep  sorrel,  and  rag  weed. 
He  has  a  passion  for  the  potato  bug, 
the  ladybird  bug,  the  chinch  bug,  the 
bean  beetle,  cucumber  beetle,  boll 
weevil,  caterpillar,  cut  worm,  army 
worm,  wire  worm,  cotton  worm,  lo­
cust,  and  other  crop  destroyers.  In 
many  States  the  partridge  is  now  be­
ing  taken  into  close  communion  by 
the  farmers  instead  of  being  treated 
as  an  outlaw.  May  he  flourish  and 
multiply.

long  suit 

The  Smile That  Won’t  Come  Off

The  Smile  that  means  delight  and  mirth, 

The  Smile  that  beams  around  the  earth, 

The  Smile  that  smiles  for  all  it’s  worth—  

The  Smile  That  W on’t  Come  Off.

The  Smile  that  widens  in  delight,

That  makes  all  frowns  fly  out  of  sight,

The Quaker Oats Smile—

th a t’s  all  right!

The  Smile  That  W on’t  Come  Off»

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

M IXED   D IET.

W hy  It  Is  Best 

for 
Family.

the  Human 

The  strict  vegetarians  have  a  hard 
task  to  prepare  from  purely  vegetable 
materials  a  ration  in  which  the  three 
food  elements,  protein,  fats  and  car­
bohydrates,  are  in  their  proper  pro­
portion.  The  proportion  of  carbo­
hydrates,  the  starches  and  sugars,  is 
apt  to  be  too  great,  and  the  protein, 
or  nitrogenous  matter,  too  little. 
It 
requires  a  great  deal  of  ingenuity  in 
the  use  of  such  protein-rich  vegeta­
bles  as  beans,  peas  and  nuts  to  pre­
vent  overfeeding  with  the  fat  and 
heat  producing  carbohydrates,  and 
starving  for  the  flesh-forming  pro­
tein.  Besides  the  numerous 
com­
pounds  roughly  grouped  by  chemists 
under  the  name  protein  are  not  alike 
in  nutritive  value,  and  it  is  not  at  all 
certain  that  the  protein  of  beans,  for 
example,  is  as  digestible  as  the  pro­
tein  of  meat.  Herbivorous  animals 
have  a  much  more  complicated  and 
efficient  digestive 
than 
man.  The  energy  required  for  di­
gesting  food  must  be  subtracted  to 
get  its  net  value.  But  it  must  be 
admitted  that  our  dietary  standards 
are  not  altogether  conclusive.  They 
are  for  the  most  part  merely  calcu­
lated  from  the  averages  of  well-fed 
persons  and  not  worked  out  experi­
mentally,  as  has  been  done  for  those 
of  the  lower  animals.  They  are  the 
customary,  rather  than  the  optimum. 
Professor  Atwater  will  have  to  feed 
the  man  in  his  box  for  many  years 
before  science  is  able  to  dictate  au­

apparatus 

thoritatively  our  diet.  One  does  not 
have  to  subscribe  to  the  vegetarian 
creed  to  take  his  meals  at  a  vegeta­
rian  restaurant.

are 

If  it  were  so  they  would  have fewer 
patrons,  for  the  fallacies  and  exag­
gerations  of  the  vegetarian  propagan­
somewhat  discouraging. 
da 
constant  assumption 
There  is  the 
that  the  vegetable  kingdom 
is  the 
most  beneficent  of the  three  realms  of 
nature,  just  as  medicine  men 
rec­
ommend  their  remedies  as  harmless, 
because  purely  vegetable,  regardless 
of  the  fact  that  our  most violent pois­
ons,  such  as  opium,  strychnine  and 
prussic  acid  are  “purely  vegetable.”

Nor  can  a  vegetable  diet  be  recom­
mended  on  the  ground  that its propor­
tions  are  arranged  by  nature.  The 
man  who  cracks  up  the  raw  wheat 
on  which  he  lives  is  not  eating  a  nat­
ural  food.  Our  modern  grains  are 
as  artificial  in  structure  and  composi­
tion,  as  much  as  the  product  of  the in­
genuity  of  man,  as  bicycles  and  dy­
namos.  Within  very  wide  limits  it 
has  been  found  possible  to  vary  at 
will  the  ratio  of  protein  and  carbo­
hydrates  in  wheat  and  corn.

Vegetarians  devote  much  time'  to 
depicting  the  disagreeable  processes 
involved  in  the  preparation  of  meat 
foods,  even  going  so  far  as  to  say 
in  print  that  none  of  us  would  eat 
meat  if  we  had  to  procure  it,  a  queer 
statement  when  you 
how 
many  of  us  have  at  one  time  or  an­
other  killed  and  dressed  our  own 
meat  and  fish.  Nor  have  we  ob­
served  the  moral  degradation  which.

think 

according  to  the  vegetarians,  is  inev­
itably  connected  with  such  acts.  Our 
friend  the  butcher  of  our  village  is 
as  mild  a  mannered  man  as  if  he 
had  never  cut  a  throat,  and  we  know 
some  very  kind-hearted  and  estima­
ble  ladies  who  wring  the  necks  of 
chickens  whenever  we  call.

terminating 

Tfie  humanitariun  argument  is  all 
on  the  side  of  the  meat  eaters. 
It  is 
they  who  are  the  true  friends  of  do­
mestic  animals,  which  they  feed,  pro­
tect  and  care  for  at  great  trouble  and 
expense,  satisfying  their  wants  much 
more  completely  than  in  a  state  of 
pure  nature  and 
their 
happy  though  abbreviated  lives  by an 
undreaded  and  painless  death. 
If 
there  were  no  great  eaters  there 
would  be  no  cattle  and  sheep,  except 
a  few  in  zoological  gardens.  We can 
not  contemplate  without  a  shudder 
what  the  vegetarians  propose,  name­
ly,  the  extinction 
this  country 
alone  of  over  70,000,000  cattle,  about 
the  same  number  of  sheep  and  250,- 
000,000  chickens  and  all  their  posteri­
ty  throughout  the  ages 
come. 
Such  destruction  of  actual  and  po­
tential  life  is  worse  than  the  dying 
out  of  the  buffalo.  We  will  eat  meat 
every  day  rather  than  by  our  sin  of 
omission  to  become  an  accomplice 
to  the  extinction  of  the  several  spe­
cies  of  domestic  animals  now  lead­
ing  peaceful  and  contented  lives  on 
our  farms  and  ranges.

to 

in 

Good  Coke  from  Poor  Coals.
Carbene  is  the  name  of  a  substance 
claimed  to  be  discovered,  the  pres­
ence  of  which  in  coal  renders  the

infering 

latter  a  good  coking  coal,  and  which, 
it  is  thought,  may  open  up  a  new 
field  in  the  manufacture  of  high 
class  coke  from  poor  coals.  Starting 
from  the  observation  that  a  good 
coking  coal  will  not  make  good  coke 
when  suddenly  heated  in  small  quan­
tity,  and 
that  something 
must  have  been  present  which  was 
driven  away  by  the  sudden  heating, 
the  discoverer  looked  for  the  some­
thing  in  the  tars  produced,  and  ul­
timately  found  that  it  was  not  de­
stroyed  by  being  driven  off,  but  re­
mained  in  the  tars.  After  investigat­
ing  he  succeeded  in  isolating  the new 
substance  in  a  state  of  purity. 
It 
looks  exactly 
like  bituminous  car­
bon;  it  is  black,  solid,  friable,  and 
shows  a  tendency 
crystallize. 
With  bromine,  fuming  nitric  acid, 
concentrated 
and 
similar  reagents,  it  acts  energetically, 
forming  a  series  of  curious  additions 
— properties  of  which  the  nitration 
products  seem  worthy  of  particular 
attention.  When  a  grain  or  so  of 
carbene  is  heated  in  a  test  tube  the 
whole  interior  of  the  tube  becomes 
lined  with  a  tenacious,  hard,  bright 
black  varnish;  and  in  the  retort  it 
is  the  varnishing  that  does  the  work 
of  sticking  the  particles  of  coal  to­
gether,  always  a  little  in  advance  of 
the  travel  of  the  higher  temperatures, 
which  effect  the  actual  distillation. 
That  this  explanation  is  correct  is 
shown  by  experiment, 
for  a  poor 
coal,  with  the  addition  of  2  per  cent, 
carbene,  makes  splendid  coke  even  in 
I  the  crucible.

sulphuric 

to 

acid, 

40  per cent.  Gain

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This  is  what  we  have  accomplished  in 
the  first  six  months  of  this  year  over  the 
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A R T  N O V E LTIE S.

New  Things  Which  Yield  the  Dealer 

Good  Profits.

Attractive  little  novelties  are  paper 
cutters  in  the  form  of  miniature 
swords.  They  are  supposed  to  be 
exact  reproductions  of  swords  used 
by  Sherman,  Grant  and  other  well- 
known  generals.

Dance  fans  have  had  the  largest 
season  ever  known  for  these  goods. 
The  fans  serve  also  as  a  programme 
for  the  summer  hops.

From  Japan  we  have  Mount  Her- 
mon  beads  made  of  shells  carved  to 
represent  animals,  and  they  are  very 
quaint.  These  are  plenty 
large 
enough  to  encircle  the  neck.

There  is  a  remarkably  fine  line  of 
Hinoke  grass  baskets  for  every  con­
ceivable  use  to  be  had  at  very  rea­
sonable  figures.  The  baskets 
are 
hand  painted  in  Oriental  colors  and 
designs.  This  line  comes  three  in  a 
set,  costing  at  wholesale  $1.25  a  set.
All  kinds  of  fancy  baskets  are  sell­
ing  well  this  season.  There  are  many 
pretty  shapes  in  work  baskets.  Waste 
paper  baskets  are  also  shown  in  a 
variety  of  fancy  shapes.

creased  greatly,  and  they  are  being 
sold  in  large  quantities.  They  are 
made 
irf  any  number  of  different 
shapes  and  sizes,  and  there  is  a  large 
Japanese 
variety  of  new  designs. 
novelties  of  every  description 
are 
sought  after  this  season.  Japanese 
designs  are  appearing  in  burnt  wood 
and  leather  novelties, 
jewelry  and 
many  other  lines.

One  of  the  newest  things  in  glass 
paperweights  is  in  the  form  of  a 
globe  mounted  on  a  base  of  plaster 
of  Paris.  The  globe  is  not  open  at 
the  top,  but  is  filled  with  water  and 
contains  several  small  fish,  which ap­
pear  to  be  swimming 
in  and  out 
among  branches  of  sea  weed  of  some 
sort.  The  idea  is  very  clever,  and 
one  should  see  the  article  to  appre­
ciate  its  real  beauty.

Very 

large  is  the  assortment  of 
pocket  match  boxes.  They  come 
in 
leather,  silver  and  metals.  Those  of 
metal  with  a  Japanese  design  are  par­
ticularly, attractive.  The  burnt  leath­
er  boxes  with  silver  top  and  silver 
cigar  cutter  are  also  good 
sellers 
These  match  boxes  make  excellent 
advertising  novelties,  and  large  num­
bers  of  them  are  used  in  this  way.

Not  content  with  dyeing 

leather 
to  every  imaginable  shade  and  color 
for  belts,  there  seems  to  be  no  end 
of  devising  further  novelties.  One 
progressive  individual  has  instituted 
painting  the  leather  in  delicate  de­
signs,  while  another  has  introduced 
some  beautiful  effects  in  polka  work. 
Everywhere  are  the  painted  belts  ac­
counted  the  highest  novelty.

Lace  collars  were  so  popular 

this 
spring  that  the  wholesalers  did  not 
have  enough  to  supply  the  demand. 
They  had  been  good  the  previous 
spring  and  consequently  it  was  not 
expected  that  the  call  would  be  so 
arge. 
It  is  predicted  that  net  top 
laces  will  be  very  good  in  the  fall, 
to  trim  the  evening  gowns.  There 
seems  to  be  no  definite  idea  as 
to 
what  will  be  used  for  trimming  such 
garments  as  opera  coats.

W hy  Some  Folks  Are  Poor.

Their  ideas  are  larger  than  their 

purses.

expenditures.

They  do  not  keep  account  of  their 

They  reverse  the  maxim,  “Duty be­

fore  pleasure.”

They  have  too  many  and  too  ex­

pensive  amusements.

They  try  to  do  what  others  expect 

of  them,  not  what  they  can  afford.

They  do  not  think  it  worth  while 
in 

to  put  contracts  or  agreements 
writing.

They  have  not  been  able  to  make 
much  in  the  business  they  understand 
best,  but  have  thought 
they 
could  make  a  fortune  by  investing  in
omething  they  know  nothing about.

that 

There  is  an  increasing  demand  for 
rustic  wood  novelties  from  the  Adi­
rondack  Mountains,  frames  and  novel 
shaped  boxes,  odd  calendars,  sweet 
grass  baskets  and  birch  bark  canoes. 
There  are  a  number  of  firms  that deal 
in  these  goods  exclusively,  and  they 
do  a  very  large  business.  Burnt  wood 
and  leather  novelties,  shell,  horn  and 
bead  work  are  also  to  be  found  in 
this  collection.

The  Buster  Brown  collar  has  be­
come  quite  popular  this  season.  Like 
all  the  other  articles  bearing  this 
name,  its  fame  spreads  rapidly;  every 
girl  wants  one  of  these  dainty  neck 
pieces.  Stocks  of  heavy  linen  em­
broidered  in  colored  silks  are  also 
very  good,  while  various  sorts  of 
stocks  of  other  materials  of  a  non­
wash  description  are  meeting  with 
considerable  success.  The  demand 
seems  to  be  particularly  for  fancy 
forms  of  the  Buster  Brown  collar. 
The  fluted  collar  is  well  liked,  while 
the  lawn  edged  with  Val.  is  another 
very  large  seller.

Many  beautiful  novelties  in  hand­
kerchiefs  for  the  fall  and  holiday 
trade  can  now  be  had.  Exception­
ally  fine  is  the  line  of  children’s  col­
ored  initials  embroidered  on  all  linen 
cloth  of  good  quality.  These  goods 
are  much  better  than  the  ordinary 
children’s  goods,  and  should  prove 
excellent  sellers. 
In  the  corner  of 
each  handkerchief  is  a  pretty  design 
of  small  size  printed  in  two  colors, 
and  the  variety  of  designs  is  very 
large.  One  design  shows  a  girl  roll­
ing  a  hoop,  and  in  the  center  of  the 
hoop  the  initial  is  embroidered  in  a 
harmonizing  color.

There  are  Foxy  Grandpa,  Buster 
Brown  and  the  Real  Children  series 
in  the  newest  handkerchiefs  for  the 
young  folks.  The  latter  series 
is 
probably  the  most  artistic  line  of 
children’s  picture  prints  ever  pro­
duced.

Japanese  trays  have  always  been 
very  popular  articles,  especially  dur­
ing  the  holiday  season.  This  year 
the  demand  for  these  goods  has  in­

A  man  knocks  around  and  does the 
best  he  can  until  he  gets  married. 
After  that  his  soul  is  in  his  wife’s 
hands,  and  it’s  up  to  her  to  get  him 
to  heaven  if  she  can.

It  is  better  to  be  an  old  maid  and 
your  own  darling  than  to  pour  your 
love  at  the  feet  of  a  man  who  adores 
himself.

r Four Kinds ot Goupon M s  

are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, 
irrespective  of  size,  shape  or  denomination.  Free 
samples on application.

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only  day  we  have,  the  day  in  which 
we  play  our  part;  what  our  part  may 
signify  in  the  great  whole 'we  may 
not  understand,  but  we  are  here  to 
play  it,  and  now  is  the  time.  This 
we  know:  it  is  a  part  of  action,  not 
of  whining. 
It  is  a  part  of  love,  not 
cynicism. 
It  is  for  us  to  express 
love  in  terms  of  human  helpfulness.—  
David  Starr  Jordan.

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C LO V ER

TIMOTHY

i 'i E W 'Y O R K  •*. 

j *   M a r k e t ,

Special  Features  of  the  Grocery  and 

Produce  Trade.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  Oct.  i— The  spot  coffee 
market  has  ruled  quiet  all  the  week 
and  buyers  seem  to  be  quite  indiffer­
ent.  They  take  small  lots  and  re­
gard  present  quotations  as  higher 
than  the  situation  warrants. 
Sell­
ers,  however,  are  firm  in  their  views 
and  make  no  concessions.  As  stocks 
seem  ample  there  is  not  likely  to  be 
any  particular  change 
in  the  near 
future. 
In  store  and  afloat  there  are 
3,668,556  bags,  against  2,654,686  bags 
at  the  same  time  last  year— an  ex­
cess  of  over  a  million. 
It  is  costing 
a  pile  of  money  to  carry  this  big 
stock  and  holders  must  have  a  good 
deal  of  confidence  in  the  future.  The 
receipts  at  Rio  and  Santos  from  July 
1  to  Sept.  28  aggregate  4,402,000  bags, 
against  4,069,000  bags  last  year.  At 
the  close  Rio  No.  7  is  worth  8J6@ 
8j^c.  Mild  grades  are  firm  and  show 
some  improvement.  Good  Cucuta, 
and  good  average  Bogo- 

tas,  i i ^ c.  East  Indias  are  firm.

The  better grades of tea are in mod­
erate  supply  and  the  situation  rather 
favors  the  seller.  Demand  is  fairly 
active,  and  with  strong  advices  from 
abroad  a  higher  range  of  values  may 
be  quite  confidently  looked  for  before 
the  end  of  the  year.

W e  have  had  a  satisfactory  trade 
in  sugar  all  the  week,  and  each  day 
has  shown  improvement.  A  slight 
advance  has  taken  place  in  granulat­
ed  and  a  fair  volume  of  new  business 
has  been  transacted.

Little  of 

interest  has  developed 
in  the  market  for  rice.  The  supply 
seems  ample,  demand  moderate  and 
the  general  situation  practically  un­
changed.

All  spices  are  strong  in  tone,  and 
it  is  probably  as  good  a  time  to  buy 
as  we  shall  have,  as  foreign  advices 
are  all  favorable  to  a  higher  basis. 
Singapore  pepper,  I2j4@i3c.

There  is  a  steady  and  improving 
call  for  molasses  and  quotations  are 
firmly  maintained.  New  stock  will 
be  rather  late,  and  is  not  looked  for 
much  before  Nov.  x.  Prices  are  firm­
ly  maintained. 
Syrups  are  steady. 
Prices  are  unchanged  and  firm.

There  is  a  more  active  market  for 
some  canned  goods,  and  this  is  es­
pecially  true  of corn.  Tomatoes  show 
rather  more 
too.  The 
frosts  of  a  week  ago  have  checked 
but  not  stopped  canning  operations 
and  the  output  will  probably  be  sat­
isfactory.

strength, 

There  is  a  better  demand  for  dried 
for 
fruits,  but  orders  are  mostly 
small  lots.  Prices  are  practically un­
changed.

There  is  a  good  demand  for  top 
grades  of  butter  and  prices  are  well 
held  at  20j^@2ic,  and  possibly  more 
for  very  choice  stock.  Other  grades 
are  quiet.  Western  imitation  cream­
ery,  I4@i7c;  factory,  steady  and  firm 
at  I3J4@I4c;  renovated,  firm  at  13J4 
@i6c.

The  market  for  cheese  maintains 
its  strength  and  primary  markets  are 
above  those  here  as  ioj^c  is  named 
at  Cuba,  N.  Y.,. for  full  cream,  and 
10c  here.  The  situation  generally fav­
ors  the  seller.

Eggs  are  moving  in  a  satisfactory 
mariner.  There  is  a  big  supply  of 
almost  every  sort,  save  fancy  near­
by  stock,  and  the  market  has  sag­
ged. 
Extra  Western,  22^@23c; 
average  best,  20j^@2ic,  and  from  this 
down  to  I4@i5c  for  dirty  stock.

fattening 

crates.  The 

size, 
short, 

Fattening  Chickens  for  Market.
Chickens  can  be 

fattened  most 
profitably  in  fattening  crates.  They 
should  be  placed  in  these  crates  when 
three  months  old.  Older  birds  can 
be  profitably 
fattened  also.  Chick­
ens  with  a  good  constitution,  which 
is  shown  by  a  short,  strong  beak, 
head  wide  between  the  eyes,  lively 
appearance,  medium 
broad, 
square  shape,  with 
straight 
legs  set  well  apart,  will  fatten  best 
in 
ration 
should  be  palatable  and  should  pro­
duce  white  colored  flesh,  especially 
if  the  English  market  is  catered  to. 
Finely  ground  oats  with  the  coarser 
hulls  sifted  out  should  form  the  ba­
sis  Of  all  grain  mixtures.  Ground 
corn  fed  in  excess  will  result  in  yel­
low  flesh  of  inferior  quality;  ground 
peas  impart  a  hardness  to  the  flesh 
In  addition  to 
that  is  not  desirable. 
ground 
ground  buckwheat, 
ground  barley,  and  low  grade  flour 
fattening. 
are  suitable  meals 
for 
Some  good  rations  are: 
(1)  Two 
parts  ground  oats,  two  parts  ground 
buckwheat  and  one  part  ground  corn. 
(2)  Equal  parts  ground  oats,  ground 
barley,  and  ground  buckwheat. 
(3) 
Two  parts  ground  barley,  two  parts 
low  grade  flour,  one  part  wheat  bran. 
The  ground  meal  should  be  mixed 
to  a  thin  porridge  with  thick 
sour 
skimmilk  or  buttermilk.  On  the aver­
age  10  pounds  of  meal  will  require 
from  15  to  17  pounds  of  sour  skim­
milk.  A  small  quantity  of  salt  should 
be  added. 
If  buttermilk  or  skimmilk 
is  not  available  some  animal  or  raw 
vegetable  food  should  be  added  to 
the  fattening  ration.

oats, 

The  chickens  should  remain  in the 
fattening  crates  for  twenty-four  days, 
more  or  less,  depending  upon 
the 
condition  of  the  birds.  Dust  well 
with  sulphur  before  putting  in 
the 
crates,  and  also  three  days  before 
they  are  killed.

Feed  the  chickens  lightly  the  first 
week  they  are  in  the  crates.  Feed 
three  times  a  day,  and  after  feeding 
the  troughs  should  be  cleaned  and 
turned  over.  Give  fresh  water  twice 
a  day  and  grit  two  or  three  times  a 
week  while 
in  the  crates.  During 
the  second  week  give  twice  a  day  as 
much  food  as  they  will  eat.  At  the 
commencement  of  the  last  period  oi 
ten  days  one  pound  of  tallow  a  day 
should  be  added  to  the  mashes  for 
every  seventy  chickens.  The  quanti­
ty  of  tallow  should  be  gradually  in­
creased  so  that  at  the  latter  part  of 
the  period  one  pound  of  tallow  is  fed 
to  fifty  chickens.  The  chickens should 
receive  the  fattening  food  twice  a 
day.

To-day  is  your  day  and  mine,  the

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JOHN  G.  DOAN,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Bell Main 3370 

Citizens 1881

M m Wanted

Daily

Shipments  of

Poultry,  Eggs and  Butter

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JAXON
FLOUR. T h a t  is  m a d e  b y   th e  m ost 

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ST.  LOUIS MILLING CO., St. Louis, Mich.

Poultry  Crates

These crates are positively the lightest, strongest and best  on  the  market  for 
poultry shippers  They are made of seasoned elm,  3-16  inch  thick  and  put 
together w th c*-ment coated  nails, which makes them the strongest  and  light­
est for handling, effecting a great saving  in freight and express  charges  We 
will build the-;e crates any size desired.  Prices on application.

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You  need  never  be  afraid  of  not  being  able  to  get  rid  of 
* 
I   your  stock  of  this  flour,  no  m atter  how  large  it  is.  W e  have

i been  m anufacturing  it  for  a  great  m any  years  and  have  had  to 

increase  our  facilities  gradually  until  we  are  now  turning  out 
I   five  hundred  barrels  daily  and  are  still  m aking  arrangem ents  to 
4  m anufacture  more,  on  account  of  the  ever  increasing  demand.

MUSKEGON  MILLING  CO.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

Sheets can be removed or inserted instantly.  A s fast as  sheets  are  filled  with  signed  deliveries 
they are removed and placed in a  post binder, which is kept in the office where it can be  referred  to  at 
any time, therebv keeping the office in touch with deliveries.
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One  of  the  oldest  ale  breweries  in 
New  York,  after  having  been  estab­
lished  more  than  half  a  century,  has 
gone  out  of  business,  owing  to  the 
competition  of  the  lager  beer  brewer­
ies.  This  is  in  line  with  a  general 
diminution  in  the  sale  of  ale  through­
out  the  country.

taste 

American  lager  beer  brewers  have 
adapted  their  manufacture  of  beer to 
comply  with  the  demand  of  the  pop­
ular 
that  was  formerly  met 
by  ale,  and  there  are  many  thousands 
of  gallons  of  strong  beer  or  winter 
beer  brewed  each  year  as  a  substi­
tute  for  ale.

So  long  as  the  immigration  from 
England,  Ireland  and  Scotland  con­
tinued  to  be  large  the  newcomers in­
sisted  on  ale  and  would  not  accept 
beer  a?  a  substitute.  But  with  time 
and  following  the  decline  of  such 
immigration,  lager  beer,  in  some  of 
its  new  forms,  has  been  accepted, 
and  the  demand  for  ale  has  been 
steadily  declining,  except  among  the 
old-fashioned  persons  who  still  fre­
quent  New  York  saloons,  but  whose 
patronage  gets  less 
important  and 
less  profitable  each  year.

Ale  is  essentially  a  drink  for  those 
in  moist  and  humid  localities.  The 
proportion  of  alcohol  is  great  and the 
heating  qualities  of  ale  are  undoubt­
ed.  The  countries  from  which, 
for 
the  most  part,  ale  drinkers  come  are 
damp,  a  condition  which  is  not  dupli­
cated  in  New  York.

Ale  is,  moreover,  a  winter  drink, 
and  recent  winters  have  by  their  rig­
or  made  a  greater  demand  on 
the 
supplies  of  whisky  in  saloons  than on 
those  of  ale.  The  larger  expenses  of 
saloonkeepers,  incident  to 
in­
crease  of  their  liquor  tax  expenses, 
incline  them  to  push  the  sale  of bev­
erages  for  which  there  is  an  ail-the- 
year-round  demand— beer  and  whis­
ky  are  two  of  these— rather  than  a 
drink  for  which  there  is  call  only 
during  some  months  in  the  year,  as 
is  the  case  with  ale. 
____

the 

The  Egg  as  an  Important  Food.
As  an  article  of  food  the  egg  is  to 
to 
the  housewife  what  verbs  are 
speech. 
It  is  a  nutritious  food  that 
passes  through  the  digestive  tracts 
without  fatiguing  them,  and  that be­
comes  assimilated 
in  an  organism 
without  leaving  any  residue  therein. 
The  egg  is  a  necessary  adjunct  of 
the  majority  of  sauces,  of  all  the 
stews,  and  of  a  large  number  of  side 
dishes.

It  contains,  within  itself,  all  the 
elements  of  our  meals  and  consti­
tutes  a  true  bill  of  fare  in  miniature, 
in  which  bread  and  cakes  are  rep­
resented  by  the  glucose  and  extrac­
tive  matters,  in  which  the  albumen 
takes  the  place  of  a  roast,  in  which 
butter  abounds  in  the  form  of  fatty 
matter,  in  Which  chlorides  of 
lime, 
magnesia  and  iron  are  not  wanting, 
and  in  which  occur  in  small  quantities 
the  phosphates  that  concur  in 
the 
development  of  the  bones.

It  is,  like  milk,  the  material 
enters  into  the  composition  of 
blood.

that 
the 

The  newly-laid  egg  is  entirely  fill­
ed  with  yolk  and  white  enveloped  by 
a  fragile  shell. 
It  is  at  this  moment 
that  it  possesses  its  highest  alimen­
tary  qualities.

These  it  would  be  capable  of  pre­
serving  indefinitely  if  the  tightness  of 
the  shell  equaled  that  of  a  metallic 
box.  But,  unfortunately,  such  is not 
the  case.  The  calcareous  shell  is  pro­
vided  with  pores,  through  which  is 
soon  established  a  cross  circulation 
of  water  and  microbes.  The  water 
leaves  the  albumen  and  passes  to 
the  exterior  in  the  form  of  vapor, 
while  legions  of  bacteria  enter  and 
fill  the  air  chamber  formed  by  evap­
oration.  This  latter  causes  the  egg 
daily  to  lose,  on  an  average,  half  a 
grain  of  its  weight.

We  can  assure  ourselves  of  this by 
immersing  it  in  a  quart  of  water  con­
taining  four  ounces  of  salt.  On  the 
first  day  it  will  descend  to  the  bot­
tom,  on  the  second  it  will  not  sink 
to  so  great  a  depth,  on  the  third  it 
will  remain  near  the  surface;  it  will 
finally  project  above  the  surface  so 
much  the  more  in  proportion  as  it 
is  older.

Such  a  behavior  of  the  egg  in  salt 
water  may,  up  to  a  certain  point,  be 
used  as  a  means  of  control.  The  loss 
of  weight  would  not  be  of  so  much 
importance  if  it  did  not  keep  pace 
with  the  entrance  of  microbes.

We  all  know  that  the  egg  con­
sists,  first,  of  an  exterior  covering 
second,  a  white, 
called  the  shell; 
semi-opaque  membrane;  third, 
the 
white,  and  fourth,  the  yolk.

The  shell  consists  of  carbonate  of 
lime,  animal  matter,  phosphate  of 
lime,  carbonate  of  magnesia,  iron and 
sulphur.

The  semi-opaque  membrane  con­

sists  of  albuminous  matter.

The  white— albumen  ovi— contains 
eighty-five  parts  of  water,  twelve  of 
pure  albumen,  two  of  mucus,  three- 
tenths  of  saline  matter, 
including 
soda,  potassa, 
etc.  The 
sulphur, 
yolk  contains  about  fifty-two  parts 
of  water,  fifteen  parts  of  an  albumin­
oid  principle  denominated  vitellin, 
twenty-one  parts  margerin  and  olein,

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

35

eleven  parts  of  cholesterine,  chloride 
of  ammonia,  soda,  potassa,  phosphate 
of  lime  and  magnesia.

The  white,  or  albumen,  exists  as a 
liquid  in  the  lymph,  chyle,  milk,  in 
the  blood,  in  the  humous  of  the  eye 
and  brain.

As  a  solid  it  is  a  constituent  of  the 
skin,  brain,  nerves,  glands,  hair,  nails, 
feathers,  .wool  and  silk. 
It  is  found 
in  a  soluble  form  in  the  sap,  or  juice 
of  most  vegetables,  as  of  the  pota­
to,  carrot,  turnip,  cabbage,  asparagus, 
etc.

■ 

It  is  a  constituent  of  the  seeds, of 
the  cereal  grasses,  and  of  the  al­
monds, 
the 
oily  nuts,  etc.

filberts  and  most  of 

It  is  not  generally  known  that  all 
parts  of  the  egg  contain  a  certain 
quantity  of  arsenic,  the  yolk  contain­
ing  the  greater  part.

H.  Schafer,  M.  D.

Less  Demand  for  Ale.

Buyers  and  Shippers of

P O T A T O E S
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

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8-16  Lyon  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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T H E   M O UN TAIN   PIN K .

Her  Prowess  in  Rescuing  Potatoes 

from  a  Soldier.

these  wet 

When  a  couple  of  old  soldiers  get 
together 
fall  evenings 
they  like  to  tell  stories  of  their  ar­
my  life,  and  while  watching  the  fire 
in  the  grate,  the  Lieutenant  told  this 
one  of  John,  a  Holland  youth,  who 
was  not  a  success  as  a  forager.

The  Lieutenant  said: 

I  met  John 
away  back  in  1861,  when  I  was  a  cab­
in  boy  on  a  lumber  raft  on  Grand 
river.  There  were  a  few  hours’  time 
between  the  “snubbing”  of  the  raft 
at  the  mouth  of  the  river  and  the  de­
parture  of  the  train  that  would  take 
us  back  to  the  “ Rapids”  for  the  next 
fieet,  and  in  a  ramble  down  the  shore, 
to  pass  away  the  time,  I  met  John, 
who  was  then  the  captain’s  mate  on 
a  fishing  boat,  and  had  just  come 
into  port  with  a  big  catch  of  white- 
fish.  Captain’s  mate  was  a  very  re­
sponsible  position  in  those  days,  as 
nearly  all  crews  were  made  up  of 
the  captain  and  the  mate.  But  it  was 
not  his  official  position  that  attracted 
my  attention  and  made  a  lasting  im­
pression  upon  my  mind.  John  had 
been  over  but  a  few  months  from 
Amsterdam  or  Rotterdam,  and  he 
was  Zuidam  good  sailor,  having  been 
brought  up  on  the  sea,  where  most 
of  the  active  work  of  the  sailor  con­
in  sitting  around  waiting  for 
sists 
something  to  happen. 
It  might  have 
been  this  sitting  around  that  caused 
John  to  grow  up  in  greater  circum­
ference  than  in  height.  A  chalk line 
around  John’s  waist  would  develop 
it  would  strung 
more 
up  and  down  from  head  to  foot. 
In 
fact,  I  was  at  first  sight  convinced 
that  John  was  built  more  on  the  sit­
ting  down  than  on  the  running  plan.
John  was  about  20  years  of  age. 
and  about  45  in  actions,  and 
it  is 
doubtful  if  any  man  in  the  country 
was  built  upon  a  more  stocky  pattern 
than  he.  He  had  handsome,  rosy 
cheeks,  a  pug  of  a  nose,  and  a  fringe 
of  hempen,  flaxen  hair  cut  on  the 
bang  style,  straight  around  his  head, 
which  was  protected  from  the  sand­
flies  by  a  flat  Dutch  cap.  What  at­
tracted  my  attention,  after  fiis  bod­
ily  make-up,  was  his  trousers.  They 
were  from 
the  “land  of  dykes”—  
good  strong  corduroy  planned  ex­
pressly  for  John’s 
form.  The  tail­
or  (?)  who  planned  those  trousers, 
having  this  in  view,  made  them  alike 
both  front  and  back,  upon  the  old  cel­
lar  door  style,  to  open  down  in  flaps, 
and  as  they  were  worn  both  ways—  
that  is,  the  front  door  was  often  on 
the back  side— they  never  got a chance 
to  bag  in  the  knees.

length  than 

I  don’t  know  what  I  said  to  John 
about  his  form  and  his  clothes,  but 
he  hit  me  on  the  side  of the  head  with 
a  four-pound  white-fish,  and  war  was 
declared  at  once,  and  without  con­
sulting  the  State  Department.  The 
war  was  carried  into  Holland. 
I 
would  have  licked  him  in  good  style 
if  he  had  not  fallen  down  on  me; 
but  that  mishap  caused  a  drawn  bat­
tle— that  is,  the  captain  of  the  fishing 
schooner  drew  me  out  from  under 
John,  and  threw  me  in  the  river.

The  next  time  I  met  John  he  was 
in  a  suit  of  Uncle  Sam’s  blue,  in  the

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

summer  of  1862.  A  year  had  given 
him  some  American  manners 
and 
looks,  but  had  not  changed  his  form, 
which  could  not  be  disguised  by  the 
ill-fitting  clothing  dealt  out  to  the 
boys  whose  blood  boiled  hot  for  war. 
A  pair  of  blue  trousers,  with  a  gore 
spliced  in  both  front  and  back,  from 
the  pieces  cut  off  the  legs  to  shorten 
them  up,  had  taken  the  place  of  the 
corduroys.

in 

the 

favorite 

A  thousand  men,  brought  together 
from  a  hundred  localities,  contained 
many  strange  characters,  and  John 
got  along  with  the  best  of  them.  He 
soon  became  a  jolly  good  soldier  and 
a 
company.  He 
went  through  three  great  battles  the 
first  year,  never  shirked  a  duty,  and 
never  got  a  scratch.  But  the  boys 
did  say  that  when  we  lay  down  in 
front  of  a  battery  in  a  cotton  field  at 
Stone  River,  he  flattened  out  as  thin 
as  a  board;  and  now,  when  I 
look 
back  upon  my  old  army  comrades, 
I  can  think  of  none  who  did  more 
faithful  service  for  three  long  years 
than  did  John.

Chickamauga  had  been 

fought, 
and  the  army  was  penned  up  in  Chat­
tanooga,  with  very  few  rations.  All 
had  to  be  drawn  over  the  mountains, 
a  hundred  miles  or  more,  and  starva­
tion  was  staring  us  in  the  face. 
In 
fact,  there  was  but  one  thing  to  do  to 
keep  the  mules  and  men  alive,  and 
that  was  to  get  the  corn  that  had 
grown  that  year  in  Sequatchie  Val­
ley  sixty  miles  away  to  the  north  and 
west,  over  a  great  range  of  mount­
ains,  and  forage  trains  must  go  out 
for  it. 
It  was  in  the  enemy’s  coun­
try,  but  when  a  man  is  hungry  he 
laughs  at  danger.

that 

Sequatchie  Valley— would 

I 
could  portray  its  beauties,  its  homes, 
its  people,  hidden  away  in  the  heart 
of  the  Cumberlands! 
Proud  I  am 
that  I  tramped  its  winding  roads,  that 
I  waded  its  sparkling  streams,  and 
climbed 
its  mountain  sides.  While 
'tis  true  that  I  went  out  of  it  twice 
on  the  run,  it  was  but  to  return.  Na­
ture  made  it  a  veritable  Garden  of 
Eden.  War  made  it  a  slaughter-pen. 
Twelve  hundred  mules  and  horses 
were  killed 
in  one  day,  by  Joe 
Wheeler’s  men,  upon  one  short  piece 
of  its  roads.

The valley was  rich  in  corn  and cat­
tle  that  must  be  secured  to  feed  the 
starving  army  in  Chattanooga,  and 
it  was  with  thanks  that  I  received  an 
order  to  take  fifty  of  the  best  men  in 
the  regiment  and  all  the  wagons  of 
the brigade  and  go for  this  corn.  The 
order  read  that  none  but  good,  strong 
men,  of  tried  service,  should  be  de­
tailed  for  the  duty;  that  the  people 
were  nearly  all  good,  loyal  Union  peo­
ple,  and  that  the  men  must  not  pil­
lage  homes  or  destroy  property. 
Everything  taken  must  be  paid  for, 
and  the  commanding  officer  would be 
held  strictly  responsible  for  the  acts 
of  all  his  men.  So  it  came  about 
that  four  men  from  each  company 
were  detailed  for  the  guard,  and  the 
want  of  food  in  camp  made  many  ap­
plicants  for  positions  that  seemed to 
afford  a  chance  for  a  square  meal.

In  the  detail  from  one  of  the  com­
panies  was  our  John.  John  said  he 
had  never  been  out  on  a 
foraging

squad,  and  he  ought  to  have  a  chance 
to  go;  so  he  went  for  his  first  (and 
his  last)  foraging  expedition.  This 
one  time  seemed  to  convince  him,  as 
it  did  me,  that  a  man  might  be  a  good 
soldier  in  battle  and  on  the  march, 
and  still  be  an  utter  failure  as  a  fora­
ger.

We  were  out  on  the  road  before 
daylight,  and  out  of  sight  of  the 
“Johnnies”  on  Lookout  Mountain  be­
fore  the  fog  lifted  from  its  top.  For 
two  days  and  nearly  two  nights  we 
pulled  ourselves  through 
the  mud 
in  the  valleys  and  over  the  rocks  of 
the  mountain,  where  we  found  our­
selves  in  a  region  of  corn  and  plenty. 
The  wagons  were  drawn  up  along­
side  of  the  great  cribs  of  corn,  and 
willing  hands  were  soon  loading  up, 
spurred  on  by  thoughts  of  the  hungry 
boys  who  were  facing  the  “Rebs” 
on  Mission  Ridge,  and  the  positive 
knowledge  that  old  Joe  Wheeler  was 
in  the  valley  only  a  few  miles  away—  
and  we  had  no  desire  to  risk  a  fight 
with  him.

While  the  corn  was  being loaded in­
to  the  wagons,  the  quartermaster  and 
r  made  arrangements  to  pay  for  what 
we  were  taking;  that  is,  the  quarter­
master  did  most  of  this,  while  I was, 
with  my  other  duties,  arranging  with 
the  young  lady,  the  heiress  apparent 
of  all  the  wealth  in  sight,  for  a  din­
ner  of  some  kind. 
I  had  not  seen  a 
minute  during  the  last  thirty  days 
that  I  was  not  hungry.

The  place  was  that  of  a  prosperous 
farmer,  a  Union  man,  serving  in  the 
ranks  of  the  first  Tennessee  cavalry 
— Col.  Jim  Brownlow’s  “Hoss-crit- 
ler  backs”— a n d   no  one  b u t  the  wife 
and  only  daughter  was  at  home.  Be­
in g   an   o n ly   d a u g h te r, 
th e   g irl  w as 
somewhat  spoiled  in  the  bringing  up. 
She  would  have  her  own  way.  They 
were  willing  to  accept  our  vouchers 
for  their  corn, 
leave 
enough  to  supply  their  own  wants.

if  we  would 

I  can  see  that  mother  now,  as  she 
walked  about  the  house,  clad  in  a 
homespun  dress,  with  home-made 
cloth  shoes  on  her  feet,  and  sucking 
solid  comfort  and  clouds  of  smoke 
out  of  a  corncob  pipe  filled  with 
home-grown 
It  was  real 
fun  to  let  the  quartermaster  settle  for 
the  corn,  while 
I  urged  the  speedy 
preparation  of  our  meal  with  the 
daughter.

tobacco. 

And  the  daughter  was  a  “Mountain 
Pink.”  She  might  have  been  20,  but 
who  could  tell— who  cared  to  know? 
Grown  up  in  such  a  heaven-blessed 
spot,  how  could  she be  otherwise  than 
beautiful— the  very  prime  extract  of 
good  health,  with  its  accompanying 
rosy  face  and  brilliant  eyes? 
I  will 
not  try  to  describe  her  beauty,  lest 
you  will  think  that  I  was  “gone”  on 
her;  but  I  did  think  she  was  fine,  and 
I  could  not  help  but  notice  her  dress 
as  well  as  her  face  and  form.  Now 
this  was  away  back  a  long  time  ago 
— long  before  Jenness  Miller  attempt­
ed  to  abolish  those  beautiful  under 
garments 
see 
only as they flap and  swing in  the wind 
pinned  to  a  clothes  line  on  washing 
day.  My  eyes  are  witnesses  that this 
“Mountain  Pink”  was  away  ahead of 
Jenness  in  dress  reform.  Her  dress 
was  of  the  same  piece  as  her  moth­

some  men 

that 

er’s;  was  cut  short  at  the  bottom—  
and  not  any  cloth  wasted.  She  had 
home-made 
and  home-knit 
stockings,  and  that’s  about  all  she 
did  wear.

shoes 

Hungry  as  wolves,  we  were  in  a 
hurry  for  dinner,  and  we  were  to 
have  potatoes  and  bacon  and  corn 
and  “hard  tack”  and  “sow-belly,”  and 
the prospect of a meal  of potatoes was 
almost  too  much  to  believe.

The  girl  got  a  bucket  full  out  of 
the  log  smoke-house,  and  sat  herself 
down,  with  the  pail  between  her 
knees,  to  clean  them  for  the  pot 
that  I  hung  in  the  great  open  fire­
place,  when  some  other  duty  called 
me  away  for  a  few  moments.  When 
I  came  back  and  rode  round  the  cor­
ner  of  the  house  on  my  old  sorrel 
horse  “Dandy,”  I  was  just  in  time  to 
see  that  man  John  engaged  with  my 
“ Pink”  in  a  fierce  fight  for  the  pos­
session  of  my  potatoes,  and  John  got 
them.  Then  the  fellow  who  had  nev­
er  disgraced  himself  or  his  company 
by  running  tried  to  make  up 
for 
time  lost.  He  ran  out  of  the  yard, 
through  the  gate,  and  down  the  road, 
clutching  that  bucket  of  potatoes.  As 
he  ran,  his  feet  pounding the  mud  and 
giving  out  a  thumping  sound  like  that 
produced  by  the  blows  of  a  pile  driv­
er,  he  uttered  not  a  word;  but  the 
good  Lord  only knows what was pass­
ing in his  mind.  He  was carrying,  not 
only  my  potatoes,  but  a  guilty  con­
science  as  well,  and  those  legs  sud­
denly  developed  unsuspected  speed, 
as  my 
“Mountain  Pink”  uttered 
threats  and  curses  behind  him.  Sure­
ly,  he  had  missed  his  calling,  and  he 
never  could  find  it  on  foot.

The  “Pink”  did  not  see  me,  and  she 
fe lt  h e rs e lf  eq u al  to  the  occasion.  As 
she  ran  down  the  path  to  the  road 
she  gave  vent  to  her  feelings 
in 
language  only  fit  to  be  used  when  you 
are  fishing  among  the  logs  and  brush, 
alone,  in  the  wilds  of  Michigan. 
I re­
member,  once,  while  whipping  a  cold, 
icy  stream  for  trout,  I  attempted  to 
cross  it  on  a  pole,  about  eight  feet 
above  the  water.  Well,  the  first  step 
I  made  that  pole  rolled  over,  and  that 
part  of  a  man's  anatomy  which  an 
enemy  should  never  be  permitted  to 
see  was  the  first  to  reach  the  icy  wat­
er.  That  mishap  produced  just  such 
expressions  of 
regret  as  did  my 
“Pink,”  as  she  sailed  along  after John, 
who  seemed  to  have  the  advantage  of 
dress;  for,  built  as  he  was,  he  could 
outrun  the  girl,  whose  only  garment 
was  too  narrow  to  give  full  swing 
that  home-spun 
to  her 
legs,  and 
tangled  up  about 
home-made  dress 
the  running  machinery 
in  such  a 
manner that it was impossible  to make 
any  speed.

I  was  anxious  to  see  fair  play,  as 
there  had  been  no  pools  sold  on the 
race,  and  I  followed  at  a  respectable 
distance  in  the  rear,  as  John  was  run­
ning  straight  toward  the  train.  Well, 
that  dress  began  to  crawl  up  out  of 
the  way  of  the  feet,  and  higher  and 
higher  it  went,  until  tightly  clasped 
about  the  waist  with  one  hand,  and 
the  “Pink”  was  transformed  into  a 
“Greek  Slave,”  a  la  Powers,  on  a  tear. 
My  horse,  “Dandy,”  then  slacked  his 
pace  and  wanted  to  go  back;  the 
trees  by  the  roadside  sighed  that

they  were not supplied  with  fig leaves; 
and  the  golden-rod  in  the  fence  cor­
ners  nodded  to  the  ox-eyed  daisies, 
and  they  all  blushed  crimson.

And  John— he  was 

losing ground 

and  wind.

Forgetting  all  about  Lot’s  wife,  he 
turned  to  look  back,  and,  like  me,  he 
was  paralyzed.  Talk  about  a  pillar  of 
salt— why,  he  was  two pillars  of salt— 
and  even  saltpetre  wouldn’t  have 
saved  him.

'i hat  was  a  fatal moment to  him 
for  with  a  jump  that  would  have  done 
credit  to  a  mountain  lion,  she  was  on 
him,  with  both  hands  in  his  golden 
curls;  and  amid  a  series  of  howls, 
oaths  and  yells,  they  all  went  down 
together— the  “Pink,”  John,  and  my 
potatoes. 
I  don’t  know  how  many 
bills  of  fare  flashed  before  my  eyes 
in  the  next  few  moments.  John  for­
got  his  English,  and  could  only  re­
spond  to  her  hot  blasts  in  broken 
Dutch.  L egs.  and  arms  were  flying 
in  the  air,  as  if  stirred  into  life  by 
a  whirlwind,  and  soon  the  “Pink”  in 
all  her  glory  completed  the  tragedy 
by  sitting  down  on  John’s  head.

At  last,  after  two  years,  I  had  got­
ten  even  with  John  for  the  way  he 
had  sat  down  on  me  at  “The  Hav­
en,”  and  I  yelled  with  delight  that  my 
wrongs  were  avenged.

But  soon  my  hunger  got  the  bet­
ter  of  my  revenge  and  modesty,  and 
I  joined  with  the  victorious  heroine, 
in  picking  the  potatoes  out  of  the 
dirt,  while  John,  with  some  of  his 
comrades,  sought  the  river  to  wash 
the  mud  and  blood  off  his  face.

As  I  made  the  rounds  of  our  little 
camp  that  night,  I  found  John  try­
ing  to  patch  up  his  shirt  and  blouse 
and  he  said:  “ Lieutenant,  you  get 
me  back  to  the  regiment  at  Chatta­
nooga  once  more  and  I  will  never  go 
foraging  again.”  Chas.  E.  Belknap.

Plan  To  Dam  the  Thames.

is 

of 

to 

facilities 

A  royal  commission  is  considering 
the  damming  of  the  River  Thames at 
London.  As  there  is  a  difference  be­
tween  high  and  low  tide  of  eighteen 
or  twenty  feet,  all  larger  vessels  must 
be  handled  in  docks  which  can  be 
closed  by  tidal  gates.  The  object 
of  this  commission 
devise 
means  for  doing  away  with  this  in­
convenience,  and  thus  increasing  the 
shipping 
the  port. 
Among  the  plans  presented  is  one  of 
constructing  a  great  dam  across  the 
Thames  from  Gravesend  to  Tilbury. 
This  would  convert  the  river  into  a 
from 
great  inland  lake 
Gravesend 
the 
point  selected  for  the  dam  the  river 
bed  is  of  fine  chalk,  and  the  structure 
would  give  a  navigable  depth  of  thir­
ty-five  feet  at  Gravesend  and  thirty- 
two  feet  at  London  bridge,  without 
any  dredging.  The  proposed  dam 
would  be  of  concrete,  granite  faced, 
and  the  four  locks  300,  500,  700  and 
i,ooo  feet,  and  from  80  to  100  feet 
wide.  The  estimated  cost  is  $18,290,- 
000.  As  all  the  locks  could  be  left 
open  there  would  be  an  annual  sav­
ing  of  $250,000  in  the  cost  of  operat­
ing  the  gates.

to  Richmond.  At 

extending 

After a  man  has  been  married  about 
so  long  he  begins  to  understand  why 
love  is  blind.

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........................
Plow 

 

7 9

Well,  plain 

Bucket«

................................................  4  50

Butte,  Caet
C ast  Loose  Pin,  figured 
W rought  N arrow  

......................  76
......................................  60
Chain

Common 
BB. 
|B BB  

% in.  5-16 in.  %   in. 
7  C. . . 6   C. . . 6   c.
8 % c...7 % c...6 % c.
8 % c...7 % c...6 fcc.
Crowbars

V4in. 
4%c. 
6   c. 
6V4c.

6

C ast  Steel,  per  lb.......................................  

Chisels

Elbows

I Socket  F irm er  ........................................... 
(5
I Socket  F ram ing  ........................................  65
Socket  Corner 
...........................................  66
Socket  S lic k s ..............................................  66

Com.  4  piece,  6  in.,  per  doz............net 
75
Corrugated,  per  doz.................................. l   25
A djustable 
......................................dis.  40&10

Expansive  Bits

C lark’s  small,  *18;  large, $26  ................  40
Ives’  1,  $18;  2,  $24;  3,  $30  ..................   26

Files—New  List
New  A m erican  ........................................ 70*10
.................................................. 
Nicholson’s 
70
H eller’s  H orse  R asps  .............................. 
70

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27,  2$ 
L ist  12 
16.  17

Galvanized  Iron
13 
Discount,  70.

14 

15 

Gaugoe

Glass

Stanley  Rule  and  Level  Co.’e  . . . .   60*10 

Single  Strength,  by  box  .................. dis.  20
Double  Strength,  by  box  .............. dis.  90
.............................. dis.  90

By  th e  L ight 

Ham m ers

Maydole  &   Co.’s,  new  l i s t .......... die.  33%
Yerkes  &  Plum b’s  ..................... dis.  40*10
M ason’s  Solid  C ast  S te e l.......... 30c  list  70

Gate,  C lark’s  1,  2,  3......................die.  60*10

Hinges

Hollow  W ar#

Pots 
.........................................................  50*10
........................................................60*10
K ettles 
Spiders  ........................................................ 60*10

HorseNalls

Au  Sable 
.  
Stam ped  Tinw are,  new   l i s t ............... 
Japanned  T inw are  .................. ..

.......................................dis.  40*10
TO

House  Furnishing  Goods

M ICH IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

B ar  Iron  ........................................2  25  e  rates
L ight  Band  ..................................  
3  c  rates

Nobs—New  List

Door,  m ineral,  Jap.  trim m ings  ..........   75
Door,  porcelain,  jap.  trim m ings 
. . . .   85 

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

Levels

Metals—Zinc

.2  60 
.3  00 
.5  00 
.5  75

1  <0 
.1  so

600  pound  casks  .......................................... 7 %
P er  pound 

....................................................  $

Miscellaneous
..................................................  40
Bird  Cages 
Pum ps,  C istern 
75
..................................   86
Screws,  New  L ist 
C asters,  Bed  and  P late  ...............50*10*10
Dam pers,  A m erican 
so

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

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

Molasses  Gatos

Stebbin’s  P a tte rn  
...................................60*10
E nterprise,  self-m easuring  ....................   20

Pans

Fry,  Acme  .......................................... 60*10*10
Common,  polished 
.................................70*10

P aten t  Planished  Iron 

"A ”  W ood’s  pat.  plan’d.  No. 24-27..10  80 
“B”  W ood’s  pat.  plan’d.  No.  25-27..  9  80 

Broken  packages  %c  per  lb.  e x tra ..

Planes
Ohio  Tool  Co.’s  fancy 
..........................   40
Sciota  Bench 
50
Sandusky  Tool  Co.’s  fancy  ..................   40
Bench,  first  quality  ..................................  45

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

Nalls

Advance  over  base,  on  both  Steel  *   W ire
Steel  nails,  base  ................ ..................... 2  76
W ire  nails,  b a s e ........................................  2  39
20  to  60  advance  .......................................Base
10  to  16  advance  ...................................... 
5
8  advance 
.................................................. 
14
6  advance 
..............................................”   26
4 
.................................................... 20
advance 
3  advance 
...........................................          45
2  advance  ................................................[ 
Fine  3  advance 
54
Casing  10  a d v a n c e ...................................... 
15
Casing  8  advance  ...................................... 
J 5
Casing  6  advance  ......................................  35
Finish  10  advance  ....................................  25
Finish  8  a d v a n c e ........................................   25
Finish  6  advance 
....................................  45
B arrel  %  advance 
..................................   $5

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

74

 

Iron  and  Tinned 
g#
Copper  R ivets  and  B u r s ..........................   45

Rivets
....................................  

Roofing  P lates

. . .   7  54
14x20  IC,  Charcoal,  D e a n ............  
14x20  IX,  Charcoal,  D e a n ......................  9  00
20x28  IC,  Charcoal,  D e a n ......................15  00
14x20  IC.  Charcoal.  A llaway  G rade  . .   7  60 
14x20 IX,  Charcoal,  Alla w ay  G rade  ..  9  00 
20x28  IC.  Charcoal,  Alla w ay  G rade  ..16  #0 
20x28  IX,  Charcoal,  Alla w ay  Grade  .. 18  90 

Ropes

Sisal,  %  Inch  and  larger  ...........  

 

L ist  acct.  16,  ‘ 86  ................................die 

Sand  Paper

10

60

Solid  Eyes,  per ton

Sash  W eight*

Sheet Iren

...8 0

Nos.  10  to  14  ...
Nos.  15  to  17  ..
Nos.  18  to  21  ...
Nos.  22  to  24  ...
Nos.  25  to   26 
.
No.  27  ..................
inches  wide,  not

|8
. .  3
3
3  00
3
4  00 
4
4
4  10
All  sheets  No. 18  and  lighter. over
less than 2 -10  extra.

..4   10
..4   20
1   an

Shovels  and  Spades

F irst  Grade,  Doz  ......................................  6  00
Second  Grade,  Doz.................................. 5  50

Solder

Squares

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

21
The  prices  of  the  m any  other  qualities 
of  solder  In  the  m arket  indicated  by  priv­
ate  brands  vary  according  to  composition. 

Steel  and  Iron  ..................................... 60-10-6

Tin— Melyn  Grade

..............................$10  60
10x14  IC,  Charcoal 
14x20  IC,  Charcoal  ................................ 10  60
10x14  IX,  Charcoal 
................................12  00
E ach  additional  X  on  th is  grade,  $1.25. 
10x14  IC,  Charcoal  ................................$  9  on
14x20  IC,  Charcoal 
..............................  9  00
10x14  IX,  Charcoal 
................................10  50
14x20  IX,  Charcoal 
............................... 10  60
E ach  additional  X  on  th is  grade,  $1.50. 

Tin—Allaway  Grade

Boiler  Size  Tin  P late 

14x56  IX,  for No.  S  *   0  boilers,  per lb. 

13 

T raps

Steel,  Game  ................................................ 
75
..40*10 
Oneida  Community,  Newhouse’s 
65
Oneida  Com’y,  H aw ley & N orton’s . . 
Mouse,  choker,  per  doz..........................  
15
Mouse,  delusion,  per dos............................1  25

W ire
B right  M arket  .......................................... 
60
Annealed  M arket 
....................................  
60
.................................. 50*10
Coppered  M arket 
Tinned  M arket  ........................................ 60*10
Coppered  Spring  Steel  ..........................  
40
B arbed  Fence,  Galvanized  .....................3  00
Barbed  Fence,  P a in te d .............................2  70

B right 
Screw  Eyes 
Hooks 
G ate  Hooks  and  Eyes 

W ire  Goods
............................................................
.............................................. 80-10
..........................................................«0-10
...........................60-10

$0
B axter’s  A djustable,  Nickeled 
Coe’s  Genuine 
44
Coe’s  P a te n t A gricultural,  W ro u g h t 70*10

W renches
......... 
........................................ 

3 7
Crockery and Glassware

Churns

Mllkpans

Fine  Glazed  Mllkpans 

STONEWARE
Butters
%  gal.  per  doz. 
......................
4$
............ 
I   to  6  gal.  per  dos..................
.........  
6
8  gal.  each 
..............................
6$
............ 
..........  66
10  gal.  each 
............................
12  gal.  each
70
............ 
115  gal.  m eat  tubs,  each  ...................... 1  20
20  gal.  m eat  tubs,  e a c h .......................... 1  CO
25  gal.  m eat  tubs,  each  ...................... 8  25
30  gal.  m eat  tubs,  e a c h ..........................  3  70
2  to  6  gal.,  per  gal  ..................................  6%
Churn  D ashers,  per  doz  ......................  
04
48
%  gal.  flat or  round  bottom , per  doz. 
6
1  gal.  fiat or  round  bottom ,  eaeh  . . .  
60
%  gal.  flat or  round  bottom ,  per  dos. 
each  . . .  6
1  gal.  flat  or  round  bottom , 
%  gal.  fireproof,  ball,  per  doz................ 
85
1  gal.  fireproof,  bail  per  doz..............1  10
%  gal.  per  doz..........................................  
60
%  gal.  per  doz............................................ 
45
1  to  5  gal.,  per  g a l................................   7%
5 
tbs.  in  package,  per  n>.................... 
2
85
No.  0  Sun  .................................................... 
No.  1  S un.................................................. 
$g
No.  2  S un.................................................... 
50
No.  3  Sun  .................................................... 
86
T ubular  ........................................................ 
SO
........................................................ 
I N utm eg 
60
MASON  FRU IT  JARS 

LAMP  BURNERS

Sealing  W ax

Stew pans

Jugs

W ith  Porcelain  Lined  Caps
P er  Gross.
............................................................  4 00
..........................................................  4 $o
....................................................  6 25

P in ts 
Q uarts 
%  Gallon 

F ru it  J a rs   packed  1  dozen  In  box. 

LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

P er  box  of  6  doz.
..................................................1   60
No.  0  Sun 
No.  1  Sun 
.................................................  1   T|
No.  2  Sun  ..................................................  S  64

Anchor  C arton  Chimneys 

La  Bastle

Pearl  Top

XXX  Flint

E ach  chim ney  in  corrugated  carton

No.  0  Crim p  .............................................  1   so
No.  1  Crim p  .............................................i t s
No.  2  Crim p 
............................................   2  78
F irst  Quality
No.  0  Sun,  crim p  top,  w rapped  &  lab.  1  91 
No.  1  Sun.  crim p  top,  w rapped  *   lab.  2  00 
No.  2  Sun.  crim p  top,  w rapped  *   lab.  S  00 
No.  1  Sun,  crim p  top,  w rapped  *   lab.  3  25 
No.  2  Sun,  crim p  top,  w rapped  *   lab.  4  10 
No.  2  Sun,  hinge,  w rapped  *   labeled.  4  25 
No.  1  Sun,  w rapped  and  labeled  . . . .   4  60
No.  2  Sun,  w rapped  and  la b e le d ___5  30
No.  2  hinge,  w rapped  and  labeled  ..  5  10 
No.  2  Sun,  “sm all  bulb,” globe  lam ps. 
80 
No.  1  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per  d o s .......... 1  00
No.  2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per  doz.......... 1  25
No.  1  Crimp,  per doz................................. 1  $5
No.  2  Crimp,  per  doz.  ...................... . 
I N
No.  1  Lime  (65c  doz.)  ...........................3  50
No.  2  Lime  (76c  doz.)  ..........................4  00
No.  2  F lint  (80c  doz.) 
..........................4  60
No.  2.  Lime  (70c  doz.)  .......................... 4  00
No.  2  F lin t  (80c d o z .) .............................. 4  (0
1  gal.  tin  cans  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  1   20
1  gal.  glav.  iron  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  1   38
2  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  2  20
3  gal.  galv.  Iron  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  3  10 
5  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  4  05 
3  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  faucet,  per  doz.  3  70 
5  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  faucet,  per  doz.  4  68
5  gai.  T ilting  cans  .................................. 7  00
5  gal.  galv.  iron  N a c e fa s ......................   9  00

OIL  CANS

Rochester

Electric

LANTERNS

No.  0  Tubular,  side  l i f t .......................... 4  65
No.  1  B  T u b u la r ...................................... 7  26
No.  15  Tubular,  dash  ............................   6  50
No.  2  Cold  B last  L a n te r n ......................  7  75
No.  12  Tubular,  side  lam p .................. 12  60
No.  3  S treet  lam p,  each ......................  3  50

LANTERN  GLOBES 
0 Tub.,  cases 2 doz. each, 
0 Tub., bbls. 5 doz.  each, 

No.  0  Tub.,  cases 1 doz. each,bx,  10c. 
50
No. 
bx,  15c. 60
per bbl.  2  25
No. 
No.  0  Tub.,  Bull’s eye,  cases 1 dz. e’ch  1  25 

BEST  W H IT E   COTTON  W ICKS 
Roll  contains  32  yards  in  one  piece.

No. 
0, %  In.  wide,  per  gross 
No.  1, %  in.  wide,  per  gross 
No.  2,  1  in.  wide,  per  gross  or  ro ll.. 
No.  3,  1%  in.  wide,  p er  gross  or  roll. 

or  roll. 25
or  roll. 30
45
85

COUPON  BOOKS

50  books,  any  denom ination  .......... 1  60
100  books,  any  denom ination  .......... 2  50
500  books,  any  d e n o m in atio n ............ 11  50
1000  books,  any  denom ination  .......... 20  00
Above  quotations  are  for  either  T rades­
man,  Superior,  Economic  or  Universal 
grades.  W here  1,000  books  are  ordered 
a t  a   tim e  custom ers 
specially 
printed  cover  w ithout  ex tra  charge- 

receive 

Coupon  P ass  Books

Can  be  m ade  to   represent  any  denom i­
nation  from   310  down.
..................................................  1  50
50  books 
100  books  ..................................................  2  50
600  books 
.................................................. 1 1  60
1000  books  .................................................. 20  00
500,  any  one  denom ination  ................ S  00
1000,  any  one  denom ination  ................ t  00
2000,  any  one  denom ination................... 6 00
Steel  p u n c h ...............................................   E

C redit  Checks

3 8

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

buyers  to  fancy  hosiery  for  holidays.
A 
fair  business  has  been  done  by 
wholesalers  and  the  market  is  in  ex­
cellent  condition.  There  is  no  over­
production. 
In  some  lines  of  staples 
difficulty  in  duplicating  is  said  to  be 
experienced.  This 
is  attributed  to 
the  uncertain  cotton  market.  Prices 
are  hardening  in  hosiery  as  well  as 
in  other  lines  of  knit  goods,  and  or­
ders  for  future  needs  may  be  at  an 
advance  over  present  prices.  Some 
lines  are already quoted higher; others 
are  withdrawn  until  the  cotton  situa­
tion  clears.  The  demand  in  novel­
ties  seems  to  be  running  to  neat  ef­
fects 
a 
large  sale  of  these  is  reported.  The 
sale  of  tans  has  particularly  inter­
ested  the  hosiery  trade.  For  a  while I 
the  supply  was  short  and  caused  con- 1

in  embroidery  goods,  and 

Gas or  Gasoline  Mantles  at 

50c on the Dollar

GLOVER’8  WHOLESALE  MDSE.  00.

W A N U FA CTU RER8,  IM P O R T E R S  A N D  JO B B E R S

of  «AS  AND  GASOLINE  SUNDRIES 

O n n t Rapid*, Mlsh.

A U T O M O B I L E S
W e have the largest line in W estern Mich­
igan and if you are thinking of buying  you 
will serve your  best  interests  by  consult­
ing us.

Michigan  Automobile  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

P I L E S   C U R E D

DR.  WILLARD  M.  BURLESON

Rectal  Specialist

103 Monroe Street 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

In 

the 

People  have  found  in  these  garments 
qualities  that  make  them  valuable  ad­
ditions  to  the  wardrobe  at  any  sea­
son  of  the  year,  and  that  they  are 
adapted  to  innumerable  uses.  Every 
season  finds  a  need  for  these  popular 
wrappings,  and  the  individual  must 
be  impossible  to  please  who  can  not 
make  a  satisfactory  selection  from 
the  endless  variety 
of  up-to-date 
styles  offered. 
the  high-grade 
stocks  examined  one  marvels  at  the 
perfection  of  shape  and  finish  that 
has  been  attained.  Not  only  in  the 
higher  priced  goods,  but  in  medium 
grades  it  is  difficult  in  some  of  the 
numbers  to  distinguish  in  appearance 
between  the  machine  and  the  hand- 
knit  goods. 
In  the  highest  grade 
goods  a  new  basket  pattern  with  con­
siderable  silk  mixture  is  the  acme  of 
elegance,  particularly  in  the  all-white 
sweater  for  women  and 
silk­
sleeved  golf  vest  for  men,  carried  by 
high-grade  haberdashers.  Norfolks 
are  more  popular  this  season  than 
last,  and  there  are  many  new  weaves 
and  combinations  that  are  very  smart 
in  these  longer  garments.  There  is 
a  decided  demand  for  a  sweater  ex­
tending  below  the  wrist,  and  one  of 
the  Standard 
the  newest  types  is 
blouse  model  with 
a 
tight-fitting 
basque.  This  is  very  smart  on  trim 
figures,  but  a  style  to  be  avoided 
where  there  is  any  tendency  to  em- 
bon  point.  A  plain  Shaker-knit  heavy 
ribbed  sweater  with  contrasting  col­
ored  cuffs  and  collar  and  belt,  with 
buttons  and  buttonholes  has  become 
decidedly  popular  with  the  athletic 
It  is  smart,  sports­
young  woman. 
manlike,  and  with  all 
its  elasticity 
in  appearance.  Another 
very  trim 
style,  known  as  the  Lawn  Tennis 
Jersey,  is  lighter  in  weight  and  par­
ticularly  adapted  to  basket  ball  and 
similar  sports;  a  third  garment  of this 
type  is  an  exact  reproduction  of  a 
man’s  sweater,  only  the  collar  is  so 
elastic  that  the  garment  can  be  ad­
justed  without  disturbing  the  coiffure 
in  the  least. 
lighter 
weight  sweaters  come  in  very  ornate 
styles.  White  ones  have  touches  of 
the  pompadour  colors,  pink  and  pale 
blue,  in  line  effects  and 
fancy 
stitches,  and  there  are  many  fetching 
styles  in  white  with  black;  Lincoln 
green  with  embroideries  of  red  and 
of brown;  lace  effects  in  one  tone, etc.
Brocades— A  few  foreign  manufac­
turers  have  made  a  strenuous  effort 
to  introduce  black  brocades  for  the 
coming  season,  but,  so  far,  American 
buyers  have  not  given  such  materials 
a  favorable  reception. 
It  is  stated 
by  the  best  fashion  authorities  that a 
few  very  elegant  black  brocades  will 
be  worn  in  Paris  this  fall;  this  is  not 
at  all  surprising,  as  the  moderate  re­
vival  of  black  crepon  weaves  and  jac­
quard  figured  wool  goods 
indicates 
that  a  substantial  revival  of  figured 
blacks  is  only  a  question  of 
time.  A 
few  manufacturers  and  retail  buyers 
who  have  recently  returned  from  the 
other  side  predict  a  renewed  demand 
for  black  brocades  for  spring,  1905. 
The  drift  of  fashion  during  the  next 
two  months,  however,  is  likely  to  dis­
close  some  interesting  developments.
Hosiery— This  is  the  time  of  year 
when  attention  is  directed  by  many

Some  of  the 

in 

Weekly  Market  Review  of  the  Prin­

cipal  Staples.

is  a  fair 

Silks— From  all  reports  a  notable 
revival  in  the  silk  business  is  taking 
place. 
In  some  of  the  large  retail 
centers  sale  prices  have  not  failed 
to  attract,  and  quantities  of  goods 
have  been  unloaded.  The  most  en­
couraging  feature  at  this  juncture  is 
the  widespread  optimistic  feeling  con­
cerning  the  season.  Large  retail  buy­
ers  who,  three  weeks  ago,  could  not 
be  induced  to  consider  additional  sup­
plies  of  fall  silks  are  now  placing 
supplementary  orders.  Some  prom­
inent  manufacturers  who  have  come 
out  with  spring  lines  also  report  an 
improved  feeling.  Contrary  to  ex­
pectations,.  the  market  is  now  over­
crowded  with  goods  seeking  an  im­
mediate  outlet,  and  the  fall  buying 
season  is  still  active  with  the  first 
hand  market  remarkably  clean  of  sur­
plus  goods.  The  black  taffeta  market 
is  a  barometer  of  the  silk  trade,  and 
is  in  remarkably  good  shape.  Dur­
ing  the  past  month  the  demand  for 
this  class  of  goods  at  retail  counters 
in  all  sections  of  the  country  has  un­
dergone  an  encouraging  revival.  Pes­
simists  can  no  longer  point  to  the 
supposed  over-supply  of  black  taffe­
tas,  and  state  with  long  faces  that 
the  surplus 
indication  of 
what  the  rest  of  the  season  will  bring 
forth.  At  the  present  time  even  the 
medium  grades  of  30-inch  black  taffe­
tas  are 
reasonably  scarce.  Prices 
of  these  goods  are  well  maintained. 
Plain  pongee  silks  and  rough  novel­
ties  made  too  favorable  an  impression 
upon  best-dressed  women  to  be  laid 
aside,  even  in  the  fall  season.  Do­
mestic  manufacturers  brought  out 
these  rather  heavy  silk  novelties  and 
the  present  demand 
is  one  of  the 
principal  features  of  the  first  half  of 
the  season.  This  class  of  goods  is 
variously  designated  by  different 
manufacturers,  but  the 
fea­
tures  are  contained  in  each.  These 
novelties  are  dyed  in  all  of  the  tints 
and  street  shades,  and  promise  to 
be  one  of  the  important  retail  articles 
during  the  entire  course  of  the  sea­
son.  Rigi  failletine,  peau  de  soie 
weave,  stockinette  weave,  fine  cords 
glace  ombre,  with  cordonnet  edges, 
in  crayon  shades  shot  with  blue,  pink, 
yellow  and  faille  glace  are  the  princi­
pal  new  weaves.  Warp  prints  on 
quadrille  grounds  with  satin  border 
and  satin  stripe  in  center;  printed 
warp  designs  on  gray  grounds  with 
border  in  colors;  dark  gray  shades, 
marbleized,  with  satin  stripes  in  col­
ors  and  jacquard  dots;  quadrille  or 
checked  ribbons  in  all  colors,  dark 
and  light;  glace  taffetas  with  Roman 
warp-print  jacquard  Marguerite  ball 
in  granite  weave  with  shadow  back­
ground;  warp  prints  over  which  is a 
large  broche  design  in  vari-colored 
effect;  these  are  the  most  conspicuous 
numbers  in  fancies.

salient 

Sweaters— Interest  in  this  class  of 
constantly

knit  goods  is  growing 

A  Full  Line

Covert  Coats,  Reversible  Duck  and  Mackinaw  Coats, 

Reversible  Corduroy  and  Leather  Coats, 

Sheepskin  Lined  Coats,

Canvas  Coats  Rubber  Lined,  Mackinaw  Coats.
Our line can’t be beat as to quality  and  price.  See  it  before  placing 

your  order.  Our agents will be pleased to show you  their line.

P.  STEKETEE  &   SONS,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M erchants’  H alf  P are  Excursion  R ates  every  day  to   G rand  Rapids.

for  circular. 

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rubber  lined  duck  coat  is 

the  only  work  coat  that  is 

really waterproof.  W e have 

good  values 

in  blacks  or 

tans  at  $ 1 8 . 0 0   and  $ 2 4 . 0 0  

per  dozen.

Grand  Rapids  Dry  Goods  Co.

Exclusively  Wholesale

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

M erchants’  H alf  F are  Excursion  R ates  every  day  to   G rand  R apids. 

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Percival  B.  Palmer  &  Company

M anufacturers  of

Cloaks,  Suits and  Skirts 

For  Women,  Misses and  Children 

<97-199 Adams Street, Chicago

GRAND  RAPIDS 

FIRE  INSURANCE  AGENCY

W. FRED  McBAIN, President

Orand Rapids, Mich. 

The Leading  Agency

Lata  Mata  Pood  Commissioner 

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR
Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
193a ilaiestlc  Building, Detroit,  nicta.

siderable  annoyance. 
It  is  believed 
this  line  will  continue  popular;  they 
will  be  good  next  spring.  The  de­
mand  for  tans  is  not  expected  to  in­
terfere  with  the  sale  of  blacks.  The 
tans  for  spring  will  probably  be  a 
little  darker  than  they  have  been this 
season.

Ribbons— Browns  that  shade 

from 
dark  to  champagne,  and  from  dark  to 
the  coq  de  roche  colors;  blues  of  the 
indigo,  navy  and  ciel  shades;  greens 
that  border  on  the  myrtle,  also  emer­
ald  and  Nile;  strawberry,  vieux  rose, 
and  rose  des  Alpes  are  the  principal 
shades,  and  there  is  a  fair  sprinkling 
of  mauves  and  violines.  Blue  and 
green  combinations  in  both  light  and 
dark  are  present  in  every  color range 
and  weave  of  ribbon 

lines.

Laces  and  Embroideries  Used  More 

Than  Usual.

for 

Embroideries  are  going  to  be  used 
a  great  deal  this  season  as  a  trim­
ming  for  ladies’  undergarments.  The 
demand  for  embroideries 
this 
purpose  is  much  larger  than  that  of 
last  season,  and  manufacturers  are 
turning  out  the  goods  in  large  quan­
tities.  When  embroideries 
can  be 
obtained  cheaper  than  lace,  they  are 
given  the  preference,  as  they  wear 
much  better.

The  lighter  makes  of  embroideries 
are  the  most  popular  ones  to-day, 
and  among  these  are  included  those 
that  possess  novelty  in  their  con­
struction.  Dealers  who  have  taken 
great  care  in  selecting  their  goods, 
and  who  have  not  failed  to  accept 
novelty  lines  as 
features, 
have  done  an  excellent  business  so 
far,  and  the  outlook  is  very  bright.

striking 

For  the  past  few  seasons  embroid­
eries  have  played  an  important  part 
as  trimmings  on  washable  gowns  and 
waists,  and  from  the  fact  that  novelty 
effects  have  taken  well  and  are  clos­
ing  this  season  in  a  stronger  condi­
tion  than  they  have  ever  done  be­
fore,  it  is  reasonable  to  expect  that 
success  is  assured  for 
them  next 
spring.

Considering  how  late  in  the  sea­
son  it  is  getting  to  be  the  immedi­
ate  demand 
is 
quite  good.  All  classes  of  embroid­
eries  have  sold  well,  and  dealers  are 
pretty  well  satisfied  with  the  busi­
ness  they  have  done.

embroideries 

for 

There  has  been  some  falling  off  in 
the  popularity  of  Tenerife  designs, 
but  the  same  thing  is  not  true  of 
button  effects,  which  sell  in  all  the 
new  designs  that  are  shown.

Not  a  little  interest  is  being  shown 
in  lace  veils.  Some  of  the. large  re­
tailers  have  taken  a  good  stock  of 
these  goods  in  the  latest  models,  and 
are  showing  them  for  immediate  use. 
These  veils  are  being  used  by  women 
who  can  afford  to  pay  a  good  price 
to  drape  on  their  hats.  Women  who 
can  afford  to  pay  a  good  price  for a 
veil  are  draping  these  on  their  hats 
in  place  of  the  chiffon.  This  style 
has  already  become  quite  popular, but 
there  is  little  danger  of  it  affecting 
the  call  for  chiffon,  because  the  lace 
veils  are  sold  at  such  high  prices. 
The  demand  will  be  confined  almost 
exclusively  to  the  high  class  trade.

Many  novelties  in  automobile  veils

are  being  shown  and  they  are  meet­
ing  with  considerable  success.  This 
veil  should  be  worn  only  by  people 
who  run  automobiles,  as  they  look 
very  much  out  of  place  if  worn  other­
wise.

The  veiling  business  is  only  fair at 
present.  There  is  a  falling  off  of  the 
demand  for  chiffon  veils  as  the  sea­
is 
son  advances.  Of  course,  there 
some  business  being  done,  but 
it 
could  not  expect  to  be  as  heavy  as 
in  the  early  summer  months.  Re­
tailers  are  not  buying  in  anything but 
small  quantities,  and  only  in  those 
goods  absolutely  necessary  to  keep 
in  stock.  The  demand  is  almost  en­
including  black, 
tirely  for  staples, 
white,  brown,  blue  and  myrtle 
in 
the  plain  hemstitched  veils.

With  the  importers 

fall  business 
amounts  to  very  little  up  to  the  pres­
ent  time.  The  showing  of  Tuxedos 
is  unusually  large  and  comprehen­
sive  this  season,  and  although  there 
is  little  real  novelty  to  be  noted  in 
the  offerings,  many  of  the  patterns 
are  very  beautiful.

A  good  many  of  the  prominent lace 
importers  have  now  returned  from 
the  foreign  markets,  and 
they  all 
agree  that  the  coming  season  will  be 
an  exceptionally  good  one  for  all 
classes  of  laces.  There  are,  of  course, 
certain  lines  that  will  sell  better  than 
others,  but  anyone  who  has  brought 
out  a  general  line  will  undoubtedly 
do  a  very  good  business.

If  there  is  to  be  any  one  particu­
lar  favorite  it  will  be  net  tops,  in 
both  the  old  and  the  new  patterns. 
For  the  past  few  seasons  net  tops 
have  been  used  almost  exclusively as 
a  summer  lace  or  for  indoor  wear, 
but  they  will  be  used  next  season  as 
a  trimming  on  nearly  everything,  ex­
cept  millinery,  where  heavier  laces 
are  necessary.

It  is  important  to  note  in  connec­
tion  with  nets  that  the  repousse  style 
has  gone  out.  None  of  the  represen­
tative  lines  will  contain  more  than 
three  sets  of  these,  and  very  few  im­
porters  have  gone  beyond  this  figure.
Buyers  are  unusually  late  this  sea­
son,  and  business  is  not  very  lively 
at  present,  but  the  importers  do not 
worry  at  all,  for  they  well  know  that 
the  coming  lace  season  will  be  ex­
cellent.  Buyers  are  holding  off  some­
what,  but  when  they  do  come  they 
will  operate  with  great  liberality, and 
dealers  have 
therefore  made  very 
elaborate  preparations.

The  blind  embroideries  are 

still 
fashionable,  but  for  dress  and  fine 
underwear  trimmings  the  newest  ex­
amples  show  a  delicacy  of  design 
that  suggests  the  art  of  the  Japan­
ese.  They  are  far  removed  from  the 
stereotyped  machine  product  of  the 
times.

The  New  Japanese  Colored  Leather.
Coq-de-Roc  is  going  to  be  the  ultra 
fashionable  color  in  leather  next  year 
— in  honor  of  the  Japanese  pheasant 
— a  bird  with  dull  brown  plumage, 
breaking  out  into  the  most  vivid 
orange.  Coq-de-Roc,  then,  is  really 
a  burnt  orange  shade  that  promises 
great  things  in  the  way  of  popular 
favor,  and  the  gamut  of  it  will  run 
from  hats  to  footwear  in  women’s 
dress.

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comet
Manntaeturino

W ill furnish all  the  necessarv Spe­
cial  Tools, Dies and  Patterns  in 
connection therewith.

We  Act  as  Your  Factory  and 

Ship to Your Customer
Inventions perfected.
M iniature and Full-Sized W ork­

ing Models.

Designers  and  Constructors  of 
Special  Labor-Saving  Machinery. 

CONSULT  US  F R E E .
Estimates Submitted.

Michigan  N o v e l t y   Works

209-2(3 N. Rose St.

Kalamazoo,  Michigan

Frightened  at  a  Goose

O ccasionally  we 
find  a 
m erchant  who  has  a  bad 
case  of  “ buck  fever,’ ’  he is 
always  looking  for  trouble, 
and  usually  finds  it. 
If  we 
have  an  extra  shower  or 
two,  or  if  the  ground  gets 
a  little  dry,  there  isn ’ t  go­
ing  to  be  any  business  and 
the  entire  country  is  “ g o ­
ing  to  the  dogs.” 
M a r s h a l l   F i e l d   never 
studied  the  almanac  in  or­
der  to  becom e  posted  on 
storm y  days.

A  HOME  RUN

Puritan  Corsets

W i  1  drive  the  blues  out  of  a  m erchant’ s  system   quicker  than 
any  other  line  he  can  place  in  stock. 

Send  for  sam ple  line.

Puritan  Corset  Co. 

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Geo. H. Reeder 

H. L. Keyes 

J. W. Baldwin

Our  Business  is  Moving 

Briskly

How can  it help  it when we handle the best  lines of  leather  shoes  possible 

to produce at the price, and are state agents for the celebrated

Hood  R ubbers?

GEO.  H.  REEDER  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Our store is on the wav to Union Depot and we are always pleased 

to see our friends and customers.

Merchants’ H alf Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day.  W rite for circular.

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Co m m e r c ia l^ 

Travelers

not  have  over  with  in  a  few  minutes. 
Perhaps  she  will  ask  to  have  the  jew­
els  laid  aside.  She  will  come  in  next 
day,  possibly  accompanied  by  a 
friend,  to  give  her  opinion  of 
the 
pearls.

Michigan  K nights  of  th e   Grip 

P resident,  M ichael  H ow ara,  D etroit; 
Secretary.  Chaa.  J.  Lewis,  F lin t;  T reas­
urer,  H .  E.  B radner,  Lansing.

United  Commercial  Travelers  of  Michigan 
G rand  Councelor,  L.  W illiam s,  D etroit; 
G rand  Secretary,  W .  F .  Tracy,  Flint.
Grand  Rapids  Council  No.  131,  U,  C.  T. 
Senior  Counselor.  S.  H .  Sim m ons:  Secre­

ta ry   and  T reasurer,  O.  F\  Jackson.

the  Fine  Arts. 

Advancing  Salesmanship  To  One  of 
•
This  is  the  day  of  advanced  sales­
manship.  The  old  ways  of  selling 
goods  are  being  discarded.  A  man 
no  longer  goes  to  the  place  of  busi­
ness  of  another  and  simply  makes 
the  statement  that  he  has  a  new 
style  clothespin  to  sell  at  a  new price. 
The  day  of  the  direct  statement  in 
salesmanship  is  gone  or  going.  The 
lightning  rod  man  to-day  goes  out 
after  the  shekels  of  the  rural  cousin 
under  the  guise  of  a  benevolent  m a n  
of  science;  the  soap  salesman  is only 
interested  in  the  sanitary  conditions 
of  the  town  he  visits.

But  it  remains  for  certain  men 

in 
different  lines  of  metropolitan  busi­
ness  to  introduce  methods,  or  rather 
a  method,  for selling goods that makes 
the  efforts  of  the  lightning  rod  man 
and  the  dispenser  of  soap  seem  akin 
to  the  rough,  coarse  bungling  of  the 
amateur  compared  with  the  bright, 
glistening  product  of 
finished 
artist.  This  method  is  known  in  the 
few  circles  wherein  it  is  known  at 
all  as  the  “human  nature  system.”
It  is  called  thus  because  its  first  and 
last  principles  of  operation  are  based 
upon  a  thorough  knowledge  of  hu­
man  nature. 
It  might  be  called  any­
thing  else,  but  the  fact  remains  that 
it  is  called  effective  by  the  men  who 
use  it.

the 

So  far  the  originator  of  the  idea  is 
unknown. 
It  is  unlikely  that  he  will 
ever  step  into  the  breach  to  claim 
the  fame  that  his  conception  would 
bring  him.  Also  it  is  positively  cer­
tain  that  no  firm  or  business  house 
using  the  “human  nature  system”  in 
making  sales  will  own  to  the 
fact. 
The  reasons  for  this  are  many  and 
obvious.

It  calls  for 

The  system  is  fairly  bewildering 
in  its  simplicity. 
two 
principals,  one  of  them  at  least  pos­
sessing  the  qualities  of  a  good  ama­
teur  actor  or  actress. 
It  is  beautiful 
to  watch  in  its  operation  for  the  one 
who  is  initiated,  and  there  are  no 
doubts  as  to  its  results.  And  the 
crowning  beauty  of  it  is  that  it  sends 
the  person  who  has  been  sold  any­
thing  on  his  or  her  way  rejoicing  in 
heart  and  thoroughly  satisfied.
This  is  the  modus  operandi 

in  a 
high  class  jewelry  store,  for  instance; 
A  woman,  for  it  is  averred  that  wom­
en  in  particular  are* susceptible  to  the 
system,  comes  and  asks  to  look  at  a 
valuable  pearl  necklace  The  obliging 
salesman  shows  her  the 
in 
stock. 
looks  and  admires  or 
condemns,  as  the  case  may  be,  and 
asks  the  price.  As  pearl  necklaces 
run  high  when  it  comes  to  the  price, 
the  buying  is  one  that  a  woman  will

finest 

She 

So  far  the  system  has  not  made 
its  appearance.  Only  the  usual  meth­
ods  of  selling  goods  have  been  em­
ployed. 
It  is  not  until  the  last  mo­
ment,  when  the  sale  is  hanging  in 
the  balance  of  the  woman’s  indeci­
sion,  that  the  new  method  is  intro­
duced.  Then  it  comes  with  a  swift­
ness  and  certainty  of  results  that are 
wonderful. 
It  comes  in  the  shape  of 
a  woman,  the  theory  being  that  a 
woman  is  much  better  than  a  man  for 
this  kind  of  work.  She  is  well  dress­
ed  and  refined  in  appearance;  in  fact, 
to  judge  from  looks,  she  moves  in 
exactly  the  same  circle  of  society  as 
the  woman  who 
is  examining  the 
pearls.
The 

the 
failure  of 
the 
scheme  depends  entirely  upon 
skill  and 
the  woman 
“booster.”  She  must  know  just  when 
the  proper  time  to  approach  the  cus­
tomer  has  arrived  and  how  to  make 
the  approach.  She  does  not  step  up 
and  recommend  the  purchase  of 
the 
jewels,  nor  comment  upon  their  ex­
treme  beauty.  Far 
it.  She 
steps  hastily  up  to  the  counter  where 
lie  the  jewels.  She 
apparently 
troubled  slightly  over  something.

success  or 

finesse  of 

from 

is 

“Pardon  me,”  she  says,  graciously, 
in  the  most  cultured  and  pleasing 
voice  imaginable,  with  just  a  note  of 
haste  in  her  tones,  “are  these  pearls 
sold?”  There  is  a  world  of  implica­
tion  in  her  tones  that  she  has  been 
longing  from  her  innermost  heart  for 
the  jewels  for  a  long  time;  there  is 
a  hint  in  her  voice  that  if  the  answer 
is  “ No,”  she  will  promptly  snatch 
the  pearls  to  her  heart,  no  matter 
what  the  cost,  and  fly  away.  Then 
it  is  time  for  the  clerk  to  look  hesi­
tatingly  from  one  to  the  other  and 
to  pause  suggestively  before  reply­
ing.

But  it  is  the  woman  in  the  case 
thatdoes  the  work.  The  idea  that 
the  pearls  are  so  desirable— that  an­
other  woman  wants  them— instilled 
in  the  mind  of  the  real  customer,  is 
the  sole  end  and  purpose  of 
the  sys­
tem. 
“What?  This  woman  to  get 
these  pearls  and  come  dangling  them 
before  my  eyes  wherever  I  go, 
a 
constant  reminder  that  she  beat  me 
in  getting  them?”  thinks  Mrs.  Cus­
tomer.  “O,  no.”  Then  she  says  lan­
guidly  to  the  clerk:  “Yes,  you  may 
send  these  out  to  my  house.”  At 
least  that 
is  what  she  says  often 
enough  to  make  the  system  a  profita­
ble  one.

The  jewelry  line  is  not  the  only one 
wherein  this  method  is  pursued  with 
success.  The  exclusive  milliner  or 
gownfnaker  has  a  good  opening  for 
the  woman  “booster,”  and  in 
the 
renting  or  selling  of  real  estate  she 
is  also  a  well  considered  member  of 
the  business  force.

In  the  renting  business  she  makes 
her  appearance  while  the  prospective 
tenant 
inspecting  the  rooms  or 
house.  She  is  greatly  chagrined  to 
find  that  there  is  any  one  ahead  of 
her.  Her  admiration  of  the  premises

is 

If,  as 

is  boundless,  and  she  points  out their 
best  points  delicately  while  indulg­
ing  in  her  appreciation. 
is 
generally  the  case,  the  person  who 
is  really  inspecting  the  place  is  a 
woman,  the  effect  of  another  woman 
going  into  ecstasies  over  the  same 
is  sure  to  have  some  influence,  and, 
besides,  it  is  asserted  that  woman  is 
just  cruel  enough  to  delight  in  tak­
ing  away  something  that  happens  to 
be  coveted  by  one  of  her  own  sex.

Whether  this  is  true  or  not, 

the 
fact  remains  that  the  gentle  impetus 
which  the  arrival  of  the  woman  at 
a 
the  opportune  moment  gives  to 
nearly 
transaction 
is 
enough  to  warrant  congratulating the 
founder  of  the  system,  whoever  he 
is,  upon  his  ingenuity.  O.  H.  Oyen.

completed 

Very  Personal.

Every  merchant  should  pay  himself 
a  salary  large  enough  to  live  on  and 
confine  his  living  expenses  to  that 
It  is  better  to  pay  that  sal­
salary. 
ary 
in  cash  every  week  or  every 
month,  just  as  he  pays  his  clerks.

M ixing  household  purchases 

into 
the  affairs  of  the  store  without  re­
gard  to  system  is  poor  business.

The  store  system  should  be  clean 

cut.

If  the 

family  needs  merchandise 
give  them  the  cash  and  let  them  buy  |

it  over  the  counter  like  any  other 
customers.

Declare  the  dividend  at  the  end of 

the  year  in  cash.

Make  net  cash  the  motto  of 

the 

store.

System  and  a  well  defined  store 
policy  will  do  the  work.— Commercial 
Bulletin.

It  is  a  mortifying  moment 

truly 
when  a  belle  finds  that  after  she  mar­
ries  she  must  share  her  throne  in  her 
husband’s  heart  with  the  dinner  bell.

Cash  could  cancel  most  of 

life’s 

c y n i c i s m . __________

LIVINGSTON

HOTEL

The  steady 

improvement  of 

the 
Livingston  with  its  new  and  unique 
w riting room unequaled  in  Michigan, 
its large  and  beautiful  lobby,  its  ele­
gant rooms  and  excellent  table  com­
mends  it  to  the  traveling  public  and 
accounts for  its  wonderful  grow th  in 
popularity and patronage.

Cor. Fulton and Division Sts.

GRAND  RAPiDS,  MICH.

F or  $ 4 .0 0

We will send you printed and complete

5.000 Bills
5.000 Duplicates'.

ioo Sheets of Carbon  Paper 
a Patent Leather Covers

We do this to have you give them a trial.  We know if once 
use our Duplicate  system  you  will  always  use  it,  as  it 
pays  for  itself  in  forgotten  charges  alone. 
For  descriptive  circular  and  special  prices 
on  large quantities address

A.  H.  Morrill  &   Co.,

105 Ottawa Street, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Gripsack  Brigade.

A.  Moore  has  opened  the  Hotel Im­
perial  at  Bay  City. 
It  is  located  op­
posite  the  P.  M.  depot.  The  travel­
ing  fraternity  report  that  the  service 
is  excellent.

E.  W.  Weston,  for  the  last 

ten 
years  with  D.  M.  Amberg  &  Bro., 
has  accepted  a  position  with  Mayer 
Bros.  &  Co.,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Mr. 
Weston  will  cover  the  same  territory 
as  in  the  past.

John  A.  Sherick 

(Rindge,  Kalm- 
bach,  Logie  &  Co.,  Ltd.)  has  return­
ed  from  Saranac,  where  he  attended 
the  funeral  of  his  son-in-law,  Ward 
H.  Ellis,  who  was  book-keeper  for 
the  Grand  Rapids  Brewing  Co.  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death.

pany;  in  fact,  it  was  this  latter  con­
sideration  that  prompted  him 
to 
make  the  change.  The  head  of  the 
new  company  was  the  senior  mem­
ber  of  the  Taylor  &  Parratte  Com­
pany,  for  whom  Mr.  Quinn  formerly 
traveled,  and  the  latter  undoubtedly 
had  excellent  opportunity  to  acquaint 
himself  with  the  standing  and  busi­
ness  prospects  of the  new  firm.  There 
is  no  need  to  bespeak  orders  for  the 
new  firm,  for  “Dick”  is  abundantly 
able  to  look  out  for  that  part  of  the 
enterprise  himself,  but  his  Negaunee 
friends  will  join  in  expressing  the 
hope- that  the  volume  of  business and 
the  financial  returns  will  prove  every 
bit  as  remunerative  as  he  has  been 
led  to  expect.

Should  Not  Stop  at  One  Book.
Melvin  E.  Trotter— better  known 
as  Mel  Trotter,  the  evangelist— has 
written  a  book,  entitled  Jimmy Moore 
of  Bucktown,  which  is  based  on the 
personal  experience  of  the  writer 
in 
Grand  Rapids.  All  of  the  charac­
ters  are  live  people  who  are  readily 
identified  by  those  familiar  with  the 
lower  strata  of  society  in  the 
so- 
called  Poverty  Row  district.  While 
the  author  lays  no  claim  to  literary 
excellence  in  his  production,  he  has 
succeeded  in  presenting  an  array  of 
characters  which  for  variety  and  gen-

Albion— Senator  A.  D.  Bangham, 
one  of  Albion’s  leading  druggists,  an­
nounces  some  changes  in  his  store.  C. 
A.  Fisher,  his  right  hand  man,  has 
gone  to  Bremen,  Ind.,  where  he  has 
purchased  a  drug  store  in  partnership 
with  his  brother.  Dr.  Bangham  has 
secured  the  services  of  Thomas  Arb- 
ran,  of  Detroit,  who  has  had  several 
years’  experience  in  the  drug  busi­
ness.  Tom  Ramsdell  has  also  en­
tered  Dr.  Bangham’s  employ.

Ann  Arbor— Charles  Stocking,  of 
Stockbridge,  has  taken  a  position  in 
the  Calkin  drug  store.

Baraga— Charles  J.  Boyle  has  re­
signed  his  position  as  manager  of 
the  Baraga  store,  to  take  effect  Oct. 
1.  Mr.  Boyle  has  been  in  the  em­
ploy  of  the  Nesters  for  the  past  fif­
teen  years  and  has  been  one  of  their 
trusted  and  highly  prized  employes, 
but  owing  to  poor  health  he  deems 
a  change  advisable.

Decatur— H.  R.  Macdonald,  former­
ly  a  pharmacist  in  Abel’s  store,  in 
South  Haven,  has  taken  a  clerkship 
in  the  drug  store  of  E.  S.  Peterson.

Charlevoix— W.  D.  Jacobs,  wdio has 
clothing 
been  employed  at  Berry’s 
store,  has 
taken  Will  Campbell’s 
place  in  Bedford’s  grocery  and  shoe 
store,  Mr.  Campbell  having  resigned 
to  take  a  position  as  rural  carrier  on 
route  No.  4  to  Norwood.

Charlotte— Fiske  Bangs  will  man­
age  the  new  drug  store  soon  to  be 
opened  here  by  the  Drs.  Weaver.

A  Very  Smart  Man.

Two  Hebrew  merchants,  living  on 
the  great  East  Side  of  New  York, 
were  dickering  over  a  sale  of  goods. 
The  price  at  which  the  seller  offered 
to  dispose  of  his  wares  was  so  ri­
diculously  low,  that  Joe  Welch,  the 
actor,  who  was  in  the  locality  study­
ing  types  for  the  new  play  he  is  to 
star  in  the  coming  season— this  anec­
dote  is  new  and  a  fact— was  surpris­
ed  when  the  proposed  purchaser  re­
fused  to  take  them.  After  the  ven­
dor  had  left,  he  asked  the  other  man 
why  he  had  not  snapped  at  such  an 
evident  bargain.

“Veil,”  was  the  answer,  “Dot  man 

Isaacs  pe  a  very  smart  mans!”

“ But  what  has  that  to  do  with  it?” 

asked  Welch.

“Veil,  I  pe  afraid  of  him.”
“Afraid  of  him?  W hy?”
“By  golly!  He’s  such 

smart 
mans!  He’s  mooch  smarter  dan  me! 
Say,  dot  mans  could  haf  married  my 
vife,  und  de  didn’t.  He’s 
smarter 
mans  dan  me,  py  golly.”— Era  Maga­
zine.

a 

A.  E.  Howell,  Secretary  and  Treas­
urer  of  the  “Sanita”  Comb  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  Grand  Rapids:  Enclosed 
find  check  for  $5  in  payment  of  five 
years’  subscription  to  your  “yellow” 
journal.  Mrs.  Howell  and  I  think 
we  could  not  keep  house  without  the 
Tradesman.  I  know  of no other trade 
paper  that  contains  so  much  valua­
ble  information  for  the  business man, 
as  well  as  interesting  reading  for  the 
home.

There  are  two  kinds  of  people  in 
this  world,  the  croakers 
the 
workers.  The  croakers  never  work 
and  the  \yofk?rs  never  croak.

and 

Flint  B.  Aniba,  who  formerly  cov­
ered  the  Upper  Peninsula  for 
the 
G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.,  but  who 
has  been  representing  the  company 
in  Kansas  for  several  months,  with 
headquarters  in  Topeka,  has  return­
ed  to  Grand  Rapids  and  resumed  his 
former  territory.

W.  B.  Dudley  (Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.),  who  is  showing  his  sun­
dry  line  in  the  Blodgett  building  as 
usual  at  this  season  of  the  year,  will 
pack  his  twenty  trunks  and  box  up 
his  expansive  smile  on  Oct.  15  and 
start  out  on  the  warpath  among those 
who  could  not  make  it  convenient 
to  visit  him  at  this  market.

Years  With 

P.  H.  Carroll,  Michigan  representa­
tive  for  Selz.  Schwab  &  Co.,  was  un­
expectedly  called  upon  to  respond  to 
“Twenty-one 
One 
House,”  at  the  recent  annual  banquet 
tendered  the  traveling  men  of  his 
house  and  acquitted  himself  so  cred­
itably  that  he  has  been  given  to  un­
derstand  that  he  will  never  be  per­
mitted  to  duck  on  the  occasion  of 
future  banquets.  This  incident  sug­
gests  the  statement  that  but  for  Mr. 
Carroll’s  modesty  he  would  long ago 
have  become  noted  as  an  after  din­
ner  speaker.  His  choice  of  words  is 
superb  and  his  appearance  on  the 
floor  is  inspiring.

A   Negaunee  correspondent  writes 
as  follows:  Christ  White,  a  former 
Negaunee  man,  succeeds  R.  G.  Quinn 
as  the  Upper  Peninsula  representa­
tive  of  the  hat  firm  of  Parrotte,  Beals 
&  Co.  Mr.  Beals  was  with  the  con­
cern  for  some  years  and  assisted in 
the  management  of  the  business.  Mr. 
White  has  been  with  a  wholesale 
cloak  house  for  the  past  few  years. 
Both  Quinn  and  White  obtained 
their  first  mercantile  experience 
in 
they 
Negaunee,  and  strange  to  say 
were  employed  in  the  same 
store, 
both  having  been  with  M.  C.  Quinn, 
now  manager  of  the  Champion  Co- 
Operative  Society’s  store  at  Beacon. 
Mr.  Quinn  was  the  first  to  go  on the 
road.  Both  have  been  successful  as 
traveling  salesmen.

Negaunee  Iron  Herald: 

R.  G.
Quinn,  formerly  of  this  place,  who 
for  the  past  few  years  has  made  his 
home  in  Milwaukee )and  has  covered 
the  Upper  Peninsula  in  the  interests 
of  some  well-known  hat  and 
cap 
houses,  has  joined  forces  with  Tay­
lor,  Kirk  &  Co.,  corner  of  Market 
street  and  Jackson  boulevard,  Chica­
go.  Mr.  Quinn  will 
the 
new  house  in  this  section  and  also 
has  a  financial  interest  in  the  CQm-

represent 

Organization  of  Auxiliary  Posts.
Flint,  Oct.  3.—-We  wish  to  call  the 
attention  of  members  of  the  Knights 
of  the  Grip  to  the  following  Article, 
adopted  at 
sixteenth  annual 
meeting  of  the  Knights  of  the  Grip, 
held  in  Flint  in  December,  1903 :

the 

Section  1.  Auxiliary  Posts  of  this 
Association  may  be  organized 
in 
connection  with  any  Post  organ­
ized  in  any  city  or  village,  to  which 
the  wives  of  all  members  of  the  Post, 
their  daughters  over  sixteen  years  of 
age,  their  mothers  and  sisters,  and 
widows  of  deceased  members  shall 
be  eligible  to  membership.

Sec.  2.  They  shall  adopt  a  Con­
in  harmony 
stitution  and  By-Laws 
with  that  of  the  Post  to  which  they 
shall  be  attached,  and 
shall  have 
such  rights  and  benefits  as  may  be 
accorded  them  by  such  Post.

Sec.  3.  They  may  organize  a 
State  Association  of  their  own  mem­
bers,  under  such  rules  and  regulations 
as  may  be  approved  by  the  State  As­
sociation  of  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip,  and  may  hold  an  annual  con­
vention  at  the  same  time  and  place 
as  the  parent  association.

A  meeting  place will be provided in
Detroit  at  the  time  of 
seven­
teenth  annual  convention  to  perfect 
this  organization.

the 

It 

earnestly 

requested 

that 
brothers  call  the  attention  of  those 
ladies  of  their  families  who  are  eligi­
ble  to  membership  to  the  provisions 
of  this  Article.  C.  J.  Lewis.  Sec’y.

is 

of 

Detroit— Articles 

association 
have  been  filed  by  the  Way  Ear 
Drum  Co.,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$10,000,  of  which  $7,000  has  been  paid 
in  patents  and  stock  and  $1,000 
in 
cash.  The  stockholders  are  George 
P.  Way,  Asbury  O.  Leonard  and 
Walter  S.  Conely.

Caro— W.  A.  Forbes  has  purchas­
ed  the  interest  of  J.  D.  Wilsey  in the 
planing  mill  and  lumber  yard  of  W. 
A.  Forbes  &  Co.  The  business  will 
be  continued  under  the  same  style.

Quincy— Moreau  Etheridge 

has 
purchased  the  interest  of  F.  P.  Field 
in  the  feed  mill  business  of  Etheridge 
&  Field.  The  new  firm  will  be  known 
as  Etheridge  &  Son.

Suttons  Bay— C.  D.  Stanley  has 
formed  a  copartnership  with  Gerhard 
Nordham,  of  Glandorf,  Ohio,  and  will 
shortly  engage 
in  the  manufacture 
of  pail  heading  here.

The  dying  words  of  Buddha  were 
these: 
“Decay  is  inherit  in  all  com­
ponent  things  but  truth  wijl  remajn 
forever.”

Melvin  E.  Trotter

cfiaracter 

eral  cussedness  has 
seldom  been 
equaled  and  probably  never  excelled. 
No  more  repulsive 
than 
Fagan,  the  saloon  keeper,  was  ever 
put  between  the  covers  of  a  book, 
while  some  of  the  female  characters 
are  equal  to  the  principal  factors  in 
the  famous  Cabbage  Patch.

The  Tradesman  has  no  desire  to 
make  Mel  Trotter  dissatisfied  with 
his  present  occupation  of 
saving 
souls,  reforming  drunkards,  reunit­
ing  families  and  converting  paupers 
and  prostitutes  into  respectable  peo­
ple,  but  it  is  very  evident  to  those 
who  have  had  the  pleasure  of  perus- I 
ing  Jimmy  Moore  that  he  has  struck 
his  gait  as  a  writer  of  the  slum  and 
that  he  should  not  permit  his  descrip­
tive  powers  to  languish  until  he  has 
added  at  least  a  dozen  companion 
pieces  to  his  initial  effort.

The  price  of 

the  book 

is 

75 

cents.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.
Alpena— Joseph  H.  Bradley,  for­
merly  in  charge  of  the  cloak  depart­
ment  of  Pardridge  &  Blackwell  (De­
troit),  has  taken  a  similar  position 
with  I.  Cohen.

Lapeer— Frank  J.  Mann  has  en­
tered  upon  his  new  duties  as  man­
ager  of  the  Lapeer  Hardware  Co. 
The  store  is  owned  by  J.  B.  Sperry, 
of  Port  Huron.

*

Rattle  Creek— Frank  Colemandhas 
severed  his  connection  with  W.  N. 
Gleason,  the  grocer,  to take  a  position 
w’ith  the  Peoples  Co-operative  Gro­
cery. 

Calumet— Joseph  Goldsworthy  has 
taken  a  position  as  salesman  with 
Albert  Ruttenberg.  Mr.  Goldsworthy 
was  employed  by  that  firm  some  time 
ago.

Johannesburg— S.  S.  Claggett 

is 
about  to  remove  to  this  place  from 
Grayling,  where  he  will  conduct  a 
dry  gopdg  store  for  N.  Michelson.

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

monopoly  agent,  in  this  case  an  Eng­
lish  firm.

As  the  camphor  tree  grows  in  un­
explored  forests  there  are  no  reliable 
statistics  as  to  the  supply  in  sight, 
but  it  is  roughly  estimated  that there 
is  enough  for  forty  or  fifty  years  at 
the  present  rate  of 
consumption. 
Since  the  government  took  over  the 
industry  millions  of  young  trees  have 
been  planted,  and  this  work  is  con­
stantly  carried  on,  so  that  the  supply 
is  practically  inexhaustible.

a 

What  Is  Chymosin  Composed  Of?
Chymosin,  or  rennin,  as  it  is  now 
usually  termed,  is 
ferment  of 
enzyme  contained  along  with  pepsin 
in  calves’  and  pigs’  stomachs,  it  be­
ing  more  abundant  in  the  calf’s  stom­
It  causes  coagulation  of  milk, 
ach. 
and  this  property  distinguishes 
it 
from  pepsin,  which  has  no  such  co­
agulating  property.  Pepsin,  as  for­
merly  prepared,  did  coagulate  milk, 
but  this  was  due  to  contamination 
with  rennin;  the  purest  forms  of  pep­
sin  (scale  and  powder)  of  the  present 
day  market  are  devoid  of  this  con­
taminant,  and  hence  do  not  coagulate 
milk.  Chymosin  is  soluble  in  weak 
salt  solutions,  while  pepsin 
is  not, 
and  advantage  is  taken  of  this  prop­
erty  In  obtaining  chymosin.  Accord­
ing  to  the  specifications  of  a  United 
States  patent,  granted  in  1886,  chy­
mosin  is  made  by  macerating 
the 
stomach  of  the  calf  or  pig  in  a  ^  
per  cent,  salt  solution  and  acidulating 
with  a  mineral  acid,  when  the  mu­
cous  matter  rises  to  the  surface  of 
the  liquid  and  may  be  skimmed  off 
and  rejected.  The  solution  is  then 
filtered  and  the  filtrate  saturated with 
salt  (sodium  chlorid)  when,  upon 
standing,  the  ferment  chymosin rises 
to  the  surface  of  the  liquid,  and  may 
then  be  collected,  washed  and  care­
fully  dried.  The  various  extracts and 
essences  of  rennet  owe  their  peculiar 
properties  to  the  presence  of  chymo­
in 
sin  or  rennin.  This  ferment  acts 
neutral,  acid  or  alkaline 
solutions, 
most  slowly  in  alkaline  solutions,  an 
excess  of  the  latter  impeding  its  ac­
tion  entirely. 
In  using  the  ferment 
or  an  extract  essence  containing  it to 
coagulate  milk  the  latter  should  be 
warmed  to  about  100  deg.  Fahrenheit 
before  adding  the  coagulant.  A   much 
lower  temperature  will  prevent  the 
action  of  the  ferment  and  a  much 
higher  one  will  destroy  it  altogether.

Thos.  Willetts.

The  Drug  Market.

Gum  Camphor— Is  very  firm  and 

an  advance  is  looked  for.

Coriander  Seed— Has  again  advanc­

ed  and  is  tending  higher.

Linseed  Oil— Is  dull.

How  to  Find  Tapeworms.

A  certain  specialist  in  a  near-by 
State  built  up  a  large  business  on his 
wonderful  success  in  removing  tape­
worms.  Nearly  every  patient  treat­
ed  yields  up  a  worm  from  twenty  to 
twenty-five  feet 
long,  to  the  great 
relief  of  the  patient  and  financial  re­
lief  of  the  specialist.

His  method  is  simplicity  itself. 

It 
is  based  on  the  old  principle  of 
planting  what  you  want  to  find,  and 
then  with  much  spectacular  effect 
finding  it.  The  patient  is  given  a 
large  capsule  and  admonished  to  re­
turn  the  next  day  for  further  treat­
ment.  Upon  doing  so  he  receives  a 
liberal  dose  of  a  brisk  cathartic  and 
soon  passes  a  voluminous  amount  of 
silk  tape  which  has  been  jointed  to 
simulate  a  tapeworm,  and  which  the 
patient  has, swallowed  in  the  rather 
large  capsule  given  him  the  previous

When  you  write  Tradesman  adver­
tisers  be  sure  to  mention  that  you 
saw  the  advertisement  in  the  Trades-

HOLIDAY  GOODS

Our  line  *s now complete 

Comprising  everything  desirable  in

Druggists’  and Stationers’

Fancy  Goods,  Leather  Goods, Albums, 

Books,  Stationery,  China. 

Bric-a-Brac,  Perfumery,  Xmas  Goods, 

Games,  Dolls and  Toys.

OUR  LARGE  SAMPLE  ROOM 

(25 x 125  feet)

Is  completely  filled  w ith one article of a kind. 

One Visit

W ill make you a  permanent  customer,  as  our 

line and prices are sure to  please you.
fefer-A  liberal  expense  allowance  will  be 
made  on  your  holiday purchases.  W rite  for 
particulars.

All  goods  in  stock  for  prompt or  future 

shipment.  Terms liberal.

FRED  BRUNDAGE
Wholesale  Druggist

32-34 Western Ave. 

Muskegon.  Mich.

Two  Special

PERFUMES

^orothyVernon

Distinctively new in character. 

Standard  demand.

Sold  by the leading drug  houses.

This  new rose  odor  is  now  having 
a  splendid  sale.  The  advertising  is 
effective 
Order  one  pint  bottle 
Alsatian  Roses with samples and rose 
art  plates,  also  window  display,  all 
packed  in box  for  shipment  of  your
jobber or direct.

The window display will be  attrac­

tive for your holiday line.

"^yENHiHes J erfumery^

GRAND  RAPIDS

M erchants’  H alf  Fare  Excursion  Rates 
every  day  to  Grand  Rapids. 
Send  for 
circular.

m m m m m ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Forest  City 

Paint

gives  the  dealer  more  profit  with 
less trouble  than  any  other  brand 
of paint.

Dealets not carrying paint at the 
think  of 

present  time  or  who 
changing should write us.

Our  P A IN T   PRO PO SITIO N  
should  be  in  the  hands  of  every 
dealer.
It’s an eye-opener.

J  
J  Forest  C ity  Paint 
S 
• 

Cleveland, Ohio

&   Varnish  Co.

Opium,  Morphine  and  Quinine—  

Are  all  steady  at  unchanged  prices.

Carbolic  Acid— On  account  of  very 
large  demand  and  higher  foreign mar­
ket  has  been  advanced  ic  per  pound.
are 

Balm  Gilead  Buds— Stocks 
small  and  prices  are  advancing.

Cantharides— Stocks  are 
trated  and  prices  very  high.

concen­

Chloroform— Price  has  been  reduc­
ed  5c  per  pound  by  manufacturers. 
This  reduction  was  unexpected  and 
no  reason  is  assigned  for  it.

Lycopodium— Is  scarce 

and 

ad­

vancing.

higher.

Oil  Cloves— Is 

firm  and 

tending 

American  Saffron— Is  in  small  sup­

ply  and  high  prices  still  rule.

DON’T  FAIL

to see the

GRAND  RAPIDS  STATIONERY  CO.’S
HOLIDAY  GOODS

display  of

before placing  order.

Liberal  expense allowance to purchasers.

GRAND  RAPIDS  STATIONERY  CO.

29  North  Ionia  St. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M ichigan  Board  of  Pharm acy. 
P resident—H enry  Heim .  Saginaw. 
Secretary,—A rth u r H.  W ebber,  Cadillac. 
T reasurer—J.  D.  M uir.  G rand  Rapids. 
C.  B.  Stoddard,  Monroe.
Sid  A.  Erw in,  B attle  Creek.
Sessions  for  1904.
G rand  Rapids—Nov.  1  and  2.

Michigan  S tate  P harm aceutical  A ssocia­

tion.

P resident—W .  A.  H all,  D etroit. 
V ice-Presidents—W .  C.  K irchgessner, 
G rand  R apids;  C harles  P.  B aker,  St. 
Johns;  H .  G.  Spring,  Unionville. 

S ecretary—W.  H.  Burke,  D etroit. 
T reasurer—E.  E .  Russell,  Jackson. 
Executive  Com m ittee—John  D.  Muir, 
G rand  R apids;  HI  E.  Calkins.  Ann  A rbor; 
L.  A.  Seitzer,  D etroit;  John  W allace,  K al­
am azoo;  D.  S.  H allett,  D etroit.
three-y ear 
T rade  In terest  Com m ittee, 
term —J.  M. 
I.em en,  Shepherd  and  H. 
Dolson,  St.  Charles.

Improved  Methods  in  Production  of 

Formosa  Camphor.

to 

carry  to  the  courts 

The  Treasury  Department  has  de­
cided 
the 
question  of  whether  camphor  from 
Formosa  is  refined  or  not.  If  refined, 
the  duty  on  it  is  6  cents  a  pound. 
If 
crude,  as  is  claimed  by  the  import­
ers,  it  is  free  of  duty.  The  Board  of 
General  Appraisers  has  décided  that 
it  is  crude,  but  the  Department  has 
refused  to  accept  that  ruling,  and  has 
instructed  Collectors 
continue 
classifying  it  as  refined.

to 

all 

camphor 

Practically 

This  issue  is  the  result  of 

the  im­
proved  methods  in  the  production  of 
camphor  introduced  by  the  Japanese 
the 
government. 
world’s  supply  of 
comes 
from  Formosa,  and  when  the  industry 
was 
in  private  hands  the  methods 
used  in  extracting  it  from  the  trees 
were  so  crude  that  large  quantities 
of  impurities  were  mixed  with 
it. 
Now  the  camphor  as  prepared  for 
shipment  in  Formosa  is  practically 
pure,  and  the  Treasury  Department 
holds  that  it  ought  to  pay  duty  as 
such,  although  it  is  admitted  that  it 
has  gone  through  no  additional  proc­
ess  of  refining.

Prior  to  1899  the  camphor  industry 
in  Formosa  was  in  private  hands.  It 
was  very  wastefully  conducted,  and 
it  was  found  that  the  production  was 
usually  much  in  excess  of  what  the 
market  needed,  and  that  prices  there­
fore  were  so  low  as  to  be  unprofita­
ble.  The  private  producers  also  de­
stroyed  almost  as  many  trees  as they 
used,  and  made  no  effort  to  supply 
replanting.  Although 
the  loss  by 
large  quantities  of 
camphor  were 
produced,  the  production  of  camphor 
oil,  which  is  a  very  valuable  com­
modity,  was  very  small,  all  this  ma­
terial  being  allowed  to  go  to  waste.
When  the  government  took  hold 
of  the  industry  it  put  a  limit  on  the 
season  of  manufacture,  the  quantity 
to  be  made,  and  the  number  of  kilns, 
and  defined  the  district  in  which  the 
industry  could  be  carried  on.  The 
producers  are  compelled  to  sell  all 
their  production  to  the  government 
at  a  fixed  price,  which  is  regulated 
according  to  the  supply  and  the  mar­
ket  conditions.  A  standard  of  qual­
ity  is  fixed,  and  the  producers  are 
rigorously  compelled  to  live  up  to it. 
The  product  is  marketed  through  a

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Advanced— 
Declined—

M ICH IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

4 3

Paints 

L ard,  ex tra 
. . . .   70®  80
Lard,  No.  1..........   60®  65
Linseed,  pure  raw   41@  44
Linseed,  boiled  ..  42®  46
N eatsfoot.  w s t r . .  65®  70 
Spts.  T u rp en tin e..  60®  65 
bbl  L
Red  V enetian___1%  2  @ 8
Ochre,  yel  M ars  1%  2  @4 
Ochre,  yel  B er  ..1%   2  @3 
P u tty ,  com m er’1.2>4  2)4 ®3 
P utty,  strictly  pr.2)4  2%@3 
Vermillion,  Prim e
..........  IS®  16
Vermillion,  E ng..  70®  75 
. . . .   14®  18 
Green,  P a ris 
Green,  Peninsular  13®  16
Lead,  red  ................ 6%@ 
7
Lead,  w hite  .......... 6%@ 
7
®  90 
W hiting,  w hite  S’n 
W hiting,  Gilders.’  @  95 
W hite,  P aris, Am ’r  
®1 25 
W hit’g,  P aris, E ng
......................  @1 40
U niversal  P rep’d .l 10®1 20

A m erican 

cliff 

Varnishes

No.  1  T urp  C oach.l 10@1 20
E x tra  T urp  .......... 1 60® 1 70
Coach  Body 
........ 2 75 @3 00
No.  1  T urp  F u m .l 00® 110 
E x tra   T   D am ar. .1 55® 1 60 
Jap   D ryer  No  1 T   70®

Sapo,  M ..........   10® 
12
Sapo,  G ..........  
15
O  
Seidlitz  M ix tu re..  20®  22
Sinapis 
..................   @  18
........   @  30
Sinapis,  opt 
Snuff,  Maccaboy,
De  Voes  ............  @  41
41
Snuff,  S’h De Vo’s  @ 
Soda,  B o r a s ........  
9®  11
Soda,  Boras, do. . 
9®  11
Soda  e t  P o t’s T a rt  28®  30
Soda,  C arb  ............ 1%@ 
2
3®  5
. . .  
Soda,  B i-C arb 
Soda,  A sh 
..............3)4® 
4
Soda,  Sulphas 
...   @ 
2
Spts,  Cologne 
. . .   @2  60
Spts.  E th er  C o .. .   50®  55 
Spts.  M yrcla Dom  @2  00
Spts.  Vini R ect bbl  @ 
Spts.  Vl’l Rect  h i b  @ 
Spts.  Vl’i R ’t  10 gl  @ 
Spts.  Vl’i R’t  5 gal  @ 
Strychnia,  C rystal  90@115 
Sulphur,  Subl 
. . .   2)4® 
4
Sulphur,  Roll  ___2%@  3)4
.......  8®  15
Tamarinds 
T erebenth  Venice  28®  30
Theobrom ae 
........   44®  50
V anilla 
........  
Zinci  Sulph 

..................9 00®
7® 

8

Oils
W hale,  w inter 

bbl  gal
..  70®  70

M annla,  S  F   . . . .   75®  80
Menthal...................4  00®4  50
Morphia.  S P  & W.2 35@2 60 
M orphia,  S N  Y Q.2 35@2 60
Morphia,  Mai  ___2 36®2 60
Moschus  Canton  . 
®  40
M yristica,  No.  1.  38®  40 
N ux  V om ica.po  15  ®  10
Os  Sepia 
..............   25®  28
Pepsin  Saac, H  &
P   D  Co 
............   @100
Picis  Liq  N  N ft
gal  doz 
............  
@ 2 00
Picis  Liq,  q ts .. . .   @1 00
Picis  Liq,  p in ts ..  @  86 
Pil  H ydrarg  .po80  @  60
P iper  N igra  .po 22  @  18
P iper  Alba  . .po 35 
®  30
Plix  B u rg u n ..........   @ 
7
Plum bi  Acet  ........   10®  12
Pulvis  Ip’c e t O pii.l 30@1 50 
P yrethrum ,  bxs  H
& P  D  Co.  doz..  @  75
Pyrethrum ,  pv 
..  25®  30
Q uassiae 
8®  10
Quina,  S P & f .   23 @ '  33 
Quina,  S  Ger...  23@  33 
Quina,  N   Y 
. . . .   23®  33 
Rubia  Tlnctorum .  12®  14 
Saccharum   L a’s  .  22®  25
  ............... 4 50@4 75
Salacin 
Sanguis  D rac’s . . .   40®  50 
Sapo.  W  
..............  12®  14

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

60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50
75
75 
1 00
50
60
60
50
60
50
50
60
50
35
50
60
60
60
50
76
75 
60 
60 
50 
50
76 
50
1 60 
60 
50 
60 
60 
50 
60 
60 
50 
60 
20

T inctures 
Aconitum   N ap’s  R 
Aconitum  N ap’s  F
Aloes 
......................
Aloes  &  M yrrh  ..
....................
A rnica 
A ssafoetida  ..........
A trope  Belladonna 
A urantl  C ortex  ..
Benzoin 
................
Benzoin  Co  ..........
B arosm a  ................
C antharides 
........
Capsicum 
............
............
Cardam on 
Cardam on  Co  . . . .
C astor 
....................
................
C atechu 
..............
Cinchona 
Cinchona  Co 
. . . .
Columba 
..............
Cubebae 
................
C assia  Acutifol  .. 
Cassia  Acutifol  Co
D igitalis 
................
......................
E rgot 
F errl  C hloridum ..
................
G entian 
G entian  Co  ..........
Guiaca 
..................
Guiaca  am m on 
..
H yoscyam us  ........
....................
Iodine 
Iodine,  colorless..
Kino 
.......................
Lobelia 
..................
....................
M yrrh 
N ux  Vomica  ........
Opil 
........................
Opil,  com phorated 
Opil,  deodorized  ..
Q uassia  ..................
R hatany 
................
........................
Rhei 
Sanguinaria  ..........
Serpentaria 
..........
S tro m o n iu m ..........
T olutan 
................
V alerian 
................
V eratrum   V eride.. 
Zingiber 
................

5 0  

Ferru

4 0  
6 0  

........po.  20 

Acidum
Aceticum  
6® 
..............  
8
Benzoicum,  G e r..  70®  75
Boracic 
9   17
.................. 
........   26 @  29
Carbolicum 
................  38®  40
Citri cum  
H ydrochlor 
3@ 
..........  
5
N itrocum  
..............  
8 0   10
..............  1 2 0   14
Oxalicum 
Phosphorium ,  dll.  @  IS
Salicylicum 
..........   420  46
Sulphuricum  
..........1 % 0  
6
Tannicum  
............ 1 10 @ 1  20
..........   38 0   40
T artaricum  
Ammonia
Aqua,  18  d eg ........  
0
Aqua,  20  d eg ........  
8
Carbonas 
..............   130  18
Ctaloridum 
............   120  14
Aniline
Black 
......................2 0002  25
Brown 
....................   800100
..................... . .   460  80
Red 
....................2 50@3  00
Yellow 
...p o . 25  220  24
Cubebae 
Juniperus  ..............  
6
X anthoxylum  
. . . .   300  86 
Balsamum
Cubebae  ....p o .  20  120  18
Peru  ..........................  
0 1 5 0
Terabin,  C an ad a..  60®  85
..................  450  50
Tolutan 
Cortex
18
Abies,  C anadian.. 
12
C assiae 
................... 
18
Cinchona  F la v a .. 
SO
Huonymus  a tr o .. 
M yrica  C erifera.. 
20
Prim us  V irgini. . . .  
12
Qulllaia,  g r’d ........  
12
16
S assafras 
Ulmus  ..25,  g r’d . 
48
E xtractum
G lycyrrhiza  G la...  24®  80 
G lycyrrhiza,  p o ...  28®  80
H aem atox 
............   1 1 0   12
H aem atox, 
I s . . . .   180  14
H aem atox,  % s----   140  15
H aem atox,  %8 . . . .   16®  H  
15
C arbonate  P reclp . 
2 25 
C itrate  and  Q uinta 
75
C itrate  Soluble 
.. 
40
Ferrocyanidum   8 . 
Solut.  Chloride.. . .  
15
Sulphate,  com’I . . .  
2
Sulphate.  com*l,  by
• •
bbl,  p er  c w t.... 
Sulphate,  pure 
.. 
7
Flora
Arnica  ....................   15®  18
..............   22®  25
Anthem ls 
M atricaria 
............  30®  85
Folia
B arosm a  ................   30®  83
Acutlfol,
Cassia 
........   201b  25
Cassia,  A cutifol..  25®  SO 
Salvia 
officinalis,
%s  and  )£s. •. •  1 2®  20 
Ova  U r si............... 
  8®  10
Gummi
Acacia,  1st  p k d ..
Acacia,  2d  p k d ..
Acacia,  3d  pkd...
Acacia,  sifted  sts.
Acacia,  p o ..............   454
Aloe,  B arb ............
Aloe.  Cape..............
. . . .
Aloe,  Socotrl 
Ammoniac 
............  55ij
........   364
Assafoetlda 
Benzoinum  ............
Catechu,  I s ............
Catechu,  % s..........
Catechu,  %s..........
Cam phorae 
............   754
Euphorbium  
........ 
i f  
•*'>
Gaibanum 
®1 00
.............  
Gamboge  . . .  .po.. .1 26@1 36 
G uaiacum  
. -po. 35 
O  35
.......... po.  75c 
®  75
Kino 
M astic 
.................... 
O   60
M yrrh  ........ po.  50.  @  45
Opil 
........................3 00®3 10
..................   60®  «§
Shellac 
Shellac,  bleached  65®  70
........   70® 100
T ragacanth 
25
Absinthium ,  oz  pk 
Eupatorium   oz  pk 
20
Lobelia 
. ...o z   pk 
M ajorum 
..o z   pk 
M entha  Pip oz pk 
25
M entha  Vir  oz pk 
Rue  .............. oz  pk 
39
T anacetum   V ........  
; -
Thym us  V ..o x p k  
25
Magnesia
Calcined,  P a t........   65®  60
C arbonate,  P at.  . .   18®  20 
C arbonate  K -M ..  18®  20
C arbonate 
..............   18®  20
Oleum
A bsinthium  
........3  75® 4  00
Amygdalae,  Dulc.  50®  60
Amygdalae  A m a. .8 0008 25
Anis?  .......................1750188
A urantl  Cortex  . .2 20® 2 40
Bergam ii 
...............2 85@3 25
C ajlputi 
................ 1 10® 115
Caryophylli 
..........140@1  50
......................  85®  70
Cedar 
..........   @2 00
Chenopadii 
Cinnam onil  .......... 110® 1 20
............   40 0   48
C itronella 
Conium  M ac........   80®  90
Copaiba 
.................1 1 50126
Cubebae 
............... ,1  » » « i  »

Tinnevelly 

H erba

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

Exechthitos 
.........4 25®4 50
.................1  00® 110
Erigeron 
G aultherla  .............3 00@3 10
Geranium  
........ oz. 
75
Gosslppii,  Sem  gal  50®  60
Hedeom a 
...............1 40® 1 50
Junipera.................. 1   40®1  20
............   90®2 75
Lavendula 
Lim onls 
................  90® 110
M entha  Piper. 
..4   50@4  75 
M entha  V erid ... .5 00®5 50 
M orrhuae,  gal.  . . 1   50@2  60
M yrcla 
...................4 00@4 50
......................  75@3 00
Olive 
Picis  Liquida  . . . .   10®  12 
Picis  Liquida  gal.  @  35
Ricina 
....................  90®  94
Rosm arinl 
@ 1 00
Rosae,  oz  ...............5 00@6 00
Succlnt 
..................   40®  45
Sabina 
..................  90@100
Santal 
.....................2 75@7 00
S assafras  ..............  85® ' 90
Sinapis,  ess,  o z ... 
®  65
.......................150@160
Tiglil 
..................  40®  50
Thym e 
Thym e,  o p t ..........  
@ 1 60
........   15®  20
Theobrom as 
Potassium
B i-C arb 
................  15®  18
B ichrom ate 
..........   13®  15
Bromide 
................  40®  45
C arb 
.....................r  1 2®  15
C hlorate  po 17@19
Cyanide  ..................
Io d id e ............................2 7502 85
Potassa,  B ltart  p r  30®  82 
P otass  N itras  opt 
P otass  N itras 
. . .
P russiate 
..............
Sulphate  p o ..........

Radix

Aconitum  ..............  20®  25
A lthae 
..................  30®  33
................  10®  12
A nchusa 
A rum   po  ..............   @  25
Calam us 
..............  20®  40
G entiana 
..p o   15  12®  15 
G lychrrhiza  pv  16  16®  18 
H ydrastis,  Can^.. 
@ 1  75 
H ydrastis  Can.  po.  @2  j 0 
Hellebore,  A lb a..  12®  15
Inula,  po 
..............  18®  22
Ipecac,  p o ....................2 75@2 80
Iris  plox 
..............  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r 
..........   25®  SO
M aranta.  %s 
. . . .   @  35
Podophyllum  p o ..  22®  25
Rhei 
........................  75® 1 00
Rhei.  cut  ..............  @1 25
Rhei,  pv 
..............   ?5® 135
Sanguinarl,  po  24
® 22
..........
Serpentaria 
65® 70
Senega.....................
85® 90
Smiiax,  offl’s  H  
.
® 40
Smilax,  M 
..........
® 25
Scillae  ..........po  35 10® 12
Sym plocarpus  __
® 25
V aleriana  E n g ...
® 25
15® 20
..
V aleriana,  Ger 
Zingiber a  
............
14® 16
Zingiber  j
..............
16® 20
Semen

® 16
Anisum  ___po.  20
Aplum  (g rav el's). 13® 15
Bird.  Is 
4® 6
................
Carui 
..........po  15 10® 11
Cardam on 
70® 90
............
Coriandrum  
12® 11
........
Cannabis  Satlva.
7®
8
Cydonium 
75®1 00
............
___ 25® SO
Chenopodium 
D ipterix  Odorate.
80®1 00
Foeniculum  
® 18
........
Foenugreek.  po  ..
7® 9
4® 6
........................
Ltni 
3® 6
Llni,  grd  ...b b l  4
76® 80
Lobelia 
..................
9®10
P harlaris  C ana’n.
5® 6
Rapa 
......................
7® 9
Sinapis  Alba 
. . . .
Sinapis  N i g r a ___
9® 10
Spiritus
Frum enti  W  D__ 2 00@2 50
.............. 1  25®1 60
Frum enti 
Junlperis  C o O T . 1  65@2 00
Juniperis  Co  ___ 1 75®3 50
.. 1 90@2 10
Saeoharum  N E  
... 1 75@6 50
Spt  Vini  Galli 
........ 1 25®2 00
Vini  Oporto 
Vini  Alba  .............. 1  25@2 00

............ 2 50® 2 75
............ 2 50® 2 75
@ 1 50
@1 25
@1 OO
@ 1 00
@1 40

slate  use 

Sponges
Florida  sheeps  wl
carriage 
N assau  sheeps’ wi
carriage 
Velvet  ex tra  shps
wool,  carriage  .
E x tra  yellow  shps’
wool,  carriage
G rass  sheeps’  wl
carriage 
............
H ard,  slate  u s e ...
Yellow  Reef,  for
..........
Syrups
Acacia 
..................
A urantl  Cortex
Zingiber 
................
Ipecac 
....................
..............
Ferrl  Iod 
Rhei  Arom 
..........
Sm ilax  Offl’s 
. . . .
..................
Senega 
Scillae 
....................
Scillae  Co 
............
T olutan 
................
Prunus  vfrg 
. , , .

© 50
@ 50
60
0
@ 60
@ 50
@ 50
50® 60
@ 60
® 50
@ 50
@ 60
•
66

Miscellaneous

10

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

A ether,  Spts N it 3  30 
A ether,  Spts N it 4  34 
Alumen,  g r’d po 7  3
A nnatto 
................  40
Antimonl,  po  . . . .  
4
A ntlm onl  et Po T   40
Antipjrrin 
..............
A ntifebrln 
............
A rgenti  N itras,  os
Arsenicum   ............  
Balm  Gilead  buds  45,«.  „
B ism uth  S  N ___2 20@2 3
Calcium  Chlor,  Is 
Calcium  Chlor,  fts  
Calcium  Chlor.  h ia  
C antharides,  Rus.
Capsici  F ruc’s af..
Cap8ici  F ruc’s po..
Cap’i  F ruc’s B po. 
Caryophyllus 
. . . .  
Carmine.  No  4 0 ...
Cera  A lba..............  
I
Cera  F lava  ..........   40®  4
Crocus..................... 1   75 @ 1  (
C assia  F ru ctu s 
@ 3
C entraria 
®  ]
Cetaceum  
® 
4
Chloroform 
.......  50® 
(
Chloro’m,  Squibbs *  @ 1 ] 
Chloral  Hyd  C rst.l 35@1  (
Chondrus 
..............  20® 
1
Cinchonidine  P -W   38® 
4 
Cinchonid’e  Germ  38® 
‘
Cocaine  ...................4 05® 4 3
Corks  list  d  p  c t. 
1
Creosotum 
® 
............  
4
C reta  .......... bbl  76  @
Creta,  prep  ..........   @
9@  ]
Creta,  preclp 
Creta.  R ubra  . . . .   @
Crocus  .....................1 75® 1 1
C u d b e a r.................. 
® 
j
Cupri  Sulph  ......... 
6®
7 @  ]
D extrine 
.............. 
E ther S u lp h ..........   78®  I
Em ery,  all  N o s.. 
®
Em ery,  po 
®
..........  
........ po  90  85®  I
B rgota 
:
. . . .   12® 
Flake  W hite 
Galla 
...................... 
;
® 
Gam bler 
8®
................  
Gelatin,  Cooper  ..  @  1
Gelatin,  F rench  ..  35®  I 
G lassware,  fit  box  75  & 
Less  th an   box  .. 
1
Glue,  b ro w n ..........   1 1 ® 
:
Glue,  w hite  ..........   15® 
:
G lycerina........................16 @
G rana  P aradlsl  ..
H um ulus 
H ydrarg  Ch  Mt. 
H ydrarg  Ch  Cor  . 
H ydrarg  Ox  Ru’m 
H ydrarg  Ammo’l. 
H ydrarg  Ungue’m  50 
H ydrargyrum  
. . .  
Ichthyobolla,  Am.  90
Indigo 
....................  76
Iodide,  Resubl 
. .8  85
Iodoform 
.............. 4 10
Lupulin 
................
Lycopodium  ....... 1  00®:
....................   65®
Macis 
Liquor  A rsen  et 
H ydrarg  Iod  . . .   @
Liq  P otass  A rslnit  10® 
2®
M agnesia,  Sulph.. 
M agnesia.  8ulh MM 
#

..............  25

. . . .  

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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 
ma>kei  prices at date of purchase.

ADVANCED

DECLINED

Cotton  W ndsor
..............................1  30
50  ft. 
60  fL 
................................ 1  44
.............................. 1  80
70  ft. 
80  f t ..................................8  00
Cotton  Braided
40  f t  
................................   96
60  f t  
................................ 1  36
<0  f t ..................................1   «6
No.  20,  each  100  f t long.l 90 
No.  19,  each  100  f t Iong.2 10  

Galvanized  W ire 

COCOA
B aker’s 
............................   38
........................  41
Cleveland 
Colonial,  ton 
.................  85
.................  33
Colonial, 
to n  
E pps 
..................................   42
BSqrltr 
..............................   45
Van  H outen,  ton  ...........  12
Van  H outen,  ton  ...........  20
.......   40
Van  H outen,  % s 
Van  H outen, 
Is  ..........  72
................................   31
W ebb 
W ilbur,  %s  ......................   41
W ilbur.  %s 
....................   42

COCOANUT

D unham ’s  %s 
...........   26
| D unham ’s %s &  % s..  26%
D unham ’s  %s 
...........   27
D unham ’s  %s 
...........   28
Bulk  ..............................   12
20  lb.  bags 
Less  q u an tity  
Pound  packages 
C O FFEE

COCOA  SH ELLS

.................3
.............4

....................   2%

Rio

Common.............................. 11%
F a ir...................................... 13
Choice 
.............................. 15
F ancy 
...............................18

Santos

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

Common............................. 12
F a ir.......................................13%
Choice..................................15
F ancy.................................. 18
P eaberry 
M aracaibo
F a ir...................................... 15
Choice 
...............................18
Mexican
Choice 
.............................. 16%
................................19
Fancy 
G uatem ala
Choice 
............................. 16
Jav a
A frican 
.............................12
Fancy  A frican 
.............17
O.  G.....................................26
P.  G..................................... 31
Mocha
A rabian 
...........................21
P ackage

New  York  Baals.

A rbuckle.............................13 50
D ilw orth 
.......................13  00
Jersey  
.............................13  50
Lion  ..................................13  00
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX 
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX sold 
I to  retailers  only.  Mall  all 
orders  direct 
to  W .  F. 
M cLaughlin  &  Co.,,  C hi­
cago.

E x tract

Holland,  %  gro  boxes.  95
Felix,  to   gross  .............. 115
H um m el’s  foil,  % gro.  85 
H um m el’s 
tin.  %  gro. 143 

CRACKERS

I N ational  B iscuit  Com pany’s 

..............   7%

 

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

B rands 
B utter
Seym our  B u tters 
...........6
N   Y  B u tters 
...................6
Salted  B u tters 
...............6
Fam ily  B u tters 
.............6
Soda
N B C   Sodas  ...................6
Select 
8
S aratoga  F la k e s .......... 13
O yster
Round  O ysters 
...............6
Square  O ysters 
.............6
F a u st 
.................................
. . . . .  
...................... J
Argo 
E x tra   F arin a 
Sw eet  Goods
............................10
A nim als 
A ssorted  Cake 
..............10
Bagley  Gems  ................... 8
Belle  Rose  ......................... 8
B ent’s  W ater 
................16
B u tter  T hin  ....................13
Chocolate  D rops 
. . .  .161
Coco  B ar 
........................10
Cococanut  Taffy  . .. .. ..   12
C innam on  B a r ..............   9
Coffee  Cake,  N.  B.  C. .10 
Coffee  Cake,  Iced  . . . .   10 
Coeoanut M acaroons  ..  18
C racknels 
........................16
C urran t  F ru it  ................10
. . . .   16
Chocolate  D ainty 
C artw heels 
....................   9
Dixie  Cookie 
................   8
F luted  Coeoanut  ...........10
Frosted  Cream s 
........... 8
G inger  Gems 
.............     8
G inger  Snaps,  N   B  C  7 
G randm a  Sandw ich 
..  10
G raham   C rackers  -------8
Honey  Fingers,  Ic e d ..  12
Honey  Jum bles 
............12
Iced  H appy  Fam ily  ...1 1  
Iced  Honey  C rum pet  .  10
Im perials 
......................... .8
Indiana  Belle  ............... .15
Jersey   Lunch  ...................8
Lady  Fingers 
...............12
Lady  Fingers,hand m d 25

Lemon  B iscuit  Square. 8
t «m on  W afer  ......... .. .  16
Lemon  Snaps  ............... 13
Lemon  Gems  ................ 19
Lem  Yen 
........................10
M arshm allow  ..................16
M arshm allow   C ream ..  16 
M arshm allow   vvam ut.  16
M ary  A nn 
.........................8
............................10
M alaga 
M ich  Coco  F s’d  honey.12
Milk  B iscuit  .....................8
Mich  Frosted  H oney  ..  12
Mixed  Picnic  . . . .  .......... 1 1 %
M olasses  Cakes,  Solo’d  8
Moss  Jelly  B a r...............12
Muskegon  Branch,  Iced 10
............................12
Newton 
. . . .   8
O atm eal  C rackers 
O range  Slice 
..................16
O range  Gem 
*
............  
Penny  A ssorted  Cakes.
|  Pilot  B read  ___. . . . . .   1
Pineapple  Honey  .........15
P ing  Pong 
....................   9
Pretzels,  hand  m ade  ..  8 
Pretzelettes,  hand  m ’d  8 
Pretzelottes,  mch.  m ’d  7
R evere  ...............................14
Rube  Sears  .......................8
Scotch  Cookies 
............10
Snowdrops 
......................16
| Spiced  Sugar  Tops  . . .   8 
Sugar  Cakes,  scalloped  8
Sugar  Squares 
............   8
S ultanas 
...........................15
Spiced  Gingers 
............... 8
U rchins 
.......................... 10
V ienna  Crim p 
..............   8
V anilla  W afer  ................16
W averiy  .............................9
Z anzibar 
........................   9
B arrels  or  drum s  .............29
Boxes....................................... 30
Square  cans......................... 32
F ancy  caddies...................... 35

CREAM  TARTAR

DRIED  FRUITS 

I 

Apples

Beans

F arina

Raisins

Hominy

1  90
1  95
2  60

@15
@  7% 

:S*6%

S u n d r ie d ...................  O
E v a p o ra te d ............. 6%@7
C alifornia  Prunes 
100-125  251b.  boxes.
90-100  25 Ib.bxs..
80-90  25  tb.  bxs.
70-80  25 lb. bxs.
60-70  251b.  boxes.
50-60  26 tb. bxs.
40-50  25 lb.  bxs.
30-40  25 lb. bxs.
%c  less  tn  bv  m .
Citron
Corsican..................
C urrants 
Im p’d,  lib .  pkg.
6%®  7
Im ported  bulk 
Peel
^ernon  A m e ric a n ..........13
O range  A m erican  ........ 13
London  Layers  3  cr 
London  L ayers  3  cr 
C luster  4  crown.
Loose  M uscatels,  2  cr. 
Loose  M uscatels,  3  cr. 
Loose  M uscatels,  4  cr.
L.  M.  Seeded.  llb..7% @ 7%  
L.  M.  Seeded.  % lb. 5%@0 
Sultanas,  bulk. 
. . .  
8
Sultanas,  package. 
8%
FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried  L i m a ......................6
Med.  Hd.  P k ’d.  ..2   00@2  lu
Brown  Holland  .............2  50
24 
lib .  packages...........1  75
Bulk,  per  100  lbs............3  00
Flake,  50  lb.  sack  -----1  00
Pearl,  200  lb.  sack 
...4   00 
Pearl,  100  lb.  sack 
...2   00 
Maccaronl  and  Vermicelli 
Domestic,  10  lb.  box  .  60
Im ported,  25  Tb.  box  ..2   50 
Common..............................2  60
...........................2  75
C hester. 
Em pire 
.............................8  50
Peas
Green,  W isconsin,  b u .l  85
Green,  Scotch,  b u .......... 1  40
Split,  lb.............................. 
4
Rolled  Avenna  b b ls...  4  60 
Steel  Cut,  1001b. sacks 2  25
M onarch,  bbl.................... 4  35
I  M onarch,  101b.  sacks  .2  05
Quaker,  cases 
...............3  10
Sago
................
E a st  India 
Germ an,  sacks  ..........
Germ an,  broken  pkg 
Flake,  1101b.  sacks  ..
■  4% 
Pearl.  1301b.  sacks 
• 3% 
..6
lib .  pkgs. 
Pearl,  24 
W heat
.3%
Cracked,  bulk 
..........
24  2  Tb.  packages  . . . . 2   50 
FISHING  TACKLE
%  to  1   in  ......................  
6
1%  to   2  tn  ....................  
7
1%  to  2  in  ...................... 
9
1  2-3  to   2  in  ..................   11
2  In
..................................  30
3  In 
Cotton  Lines
1, 10  feet  .............  
No. 
5
2. 15  feet  .............  
No. 
7
3. 16  feet  .............  
No. 
9
4, 15  feet  ..............   10
No. 
6, 15  feet  ..............   11
No. 
No. 
6, 15  feet  .............   12
No.  7.  15 feet  .................   16
No  «.  15 feet  .................   1*
No.  9,  15 feet  .................   20

Pearl  Barley

Rolled  Oats

Tapioca

A

 

 

Linen  Lines
.........  
39
Sm all 
...........................  36
M edium 
Large 
..............................   34
Poles
Bamboo,  14  ft.,  p r  d s .. 
i t  
Bamboo,  16  f t ,   p r  d s.  66 
Bamboo,  18  f t ,   p r  d s.  80
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS 
Coleman’s 
Van.  Lem.
2oz.  P a n e l........................ 1  99 76
3oz.  T a p e r ...............3  09  1  60
No.  4  Rich.  B lak e.2  09  1  60 

Foote  41  Jenka 

Jennings

Terpeneless  Lem on 

M exican  V anilla 

No.  2  D.  C.  p r  ds  . . . .   76
No.  4  D.  C.  p r  dz  ___1  69
No.  6  D.  C.  p r  d z ........3  00
T aper  D.  C.  pr  dz  . . . . 1   69 
. . . .
No.  2  D.  C. p r  ds 
 
1 80
. . . . 2  00
No.  4  D.  C. p r  dz 
No.  6  D.  C. pr  d s ____3  00
T aper  D.  C. p r  dz 
. . . . 2  00
GELATINE

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

Knox’s  Sparkling, d s.  1  20 
Knox’s  Sparkling, gro.14  00 
Knox’s  Acldu’d.,  doz.  1  20 
Knox’s  Acldu’d,  gro  .14  00
Oxford 
T8
Plym outh  Rock 
........ 1  20
Nelson’s 
........................1  60
Cox’s,  2  qt.  size  ........ 1  61
Cox’s,  1  qt.  size  .......... 1  10
Amoskeag,  100  In  b’e.  19 
Amoskeag,  less th a n  b.  19% 
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

GRAIN  BAGS 

W heat 

Old  W h e a t

No.  1  W hite  ..................1  15
No.  2  Red  ........................1  15

W inter  W heat  F leur 

Local  B rands

to  usual 

Spring  W heat  Flour 

P a te n ts............................... 6  40
Second  P a te n ts.............. 6  00
S traight 
..........................5  80
Second  S traig h t.............5  40
Clear............................. .... 4  80
G raham ...............................5  50
B u ckw heat 
.................... 5  00
Rye...................................... 4  20
Subject 
cash 
d isco u n t
in  bbls.,  25o  per 
Flour 
bbl.  additional.
W orden  Grocer  Co.’s Brand
Quaker,  paper................. 5  80
Quaker,  cloth...................6  00
Pillsbury’s  B est,  %s  . .6  60 
Pillsbury’s  B est,  %s  . .6  50 
Pillsbury’s  Best,  %s  . .6  40
Lem on  &  W heeler  C o/e 
AYingold.  % s......................fi  80
W ingold,  % s ...................6  70
W ingold,  %s  ...................6  60
Judson  Grocer  Co.’s Brand
Ceresota,  % s ...................7  00
Ceresota  %s  ...................6  90
I  Ceresota,  %s 
.................6  80
W orden  Grocer  Co.’s B rand 
Laurel,  %s,  cloth 
... .7   00 
Laurel,  %s,  cloth 
. . . . 6   90 
Laurel,  %s &  %s paperO  80
Laurel,  %s 
.....................6  80
Bolted...................................2  90
Golden  G ranulated. 
.. .3  00

B rand

Meal

Feed  and  Mniatuffa 

St.  C ar  Feed  screened 22  50 
No.  1  Corn  and  O ats  22  50 
Com   Meal,  coarse. 
. .22  50
Oil  M eal...........................28  00
W inter  w heat  b ran  ..20  00 
W inter  w heat raid’ngs23  00
Cow  feed......................... 21  00
C ar  lots................... ....... .33%

Oats
Corn

Hay

Com  

................................ 59

No.  1  tim othy  car lots. 19  50 
No.  1  tim othy ton lots. 12  60

HERBS

Sage 
..................................   16
H ops  ..................................   16
L aurel  Leaves 
............. 
IS
..............   99
Senna  Leaves 
M adras,  6  lb.  boxes  ..  65 
S.  F..  2. 3.  6 tb.  boxee..  95 
5R>.  palls,  per  d w  
..1   TO
15!b.  pails 
.....................  98
301b.  pails  ........................   9E

INDIGO

JE L L Y

LICORICE

..................................   So
P ure 
...........................  28
C alabria 
Sicily 
................................   14
..................................   11
Root 
Condensed,  2  ds  ...........1  99
Condensed,  4  dz  ...........9  00

LYE

MEAT  EXTRACTS

A rm our’s,  2  o z ................4 46
A rm our’s  4  os  ...............9  20
Liebig’s,  Chicago,  2 os.3  75 
Liebig’s,  Chicago,  4 os.5  60 
Liebig’s.  Im ported.  8 os.4  66 
Liebig's, 
im ported 4 oz 8  50

Index to  M arkets

By Columns

Col

A

Axle  G re a s e ......................   1

B

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

B ath  B rick  ......................   1
Brooms 
..............................   1
B rushes 
..............................  1
B utter  Color 
...................  1
C
Confections 
.........................11
...............................  1
Candles 
Canned  Goods 
1
Carbon  Oils 
....................   3
C atsup 
................................   3
Cheese 
................................   3
...............  S
Chewing  Gum 
..............................   S
Chicory 
Chocolate 
..........................   3
Clothes  Lines  ...................  3
Cocoa 
..................................   3
Coeoanut  ............................ 
t
Cocoa  Shells  .....................  3
Coffee 
3
C rackers 
............................   3

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

 

 

Dried  F ru its  ....................   4

D

F

. . . .   4
Farinaceous  Goods 
Fish  and  O ysters  .............10
Fishing  Tackle 
...............  4
Flavoring  ex tracts  .........  6
Fly  P a p e r ..........................
Fresh  M eats  .....................  5
F ru its  .....................................11

G
G elatine  ..................... 
B
G ntln  B ags 
5
...........  
G rains  and  Flour  ...........  5

 

 

 

H erbs 
Hides  and  P elts 

..................................   6
.............10

Indigo  ........................... 

 

6

Jelly 

....................................   B

Lloorice  ..............................   6
Lye 
......................................   B

M
M eat  E x tracts 
M olasses 
M ustard 

..............   5
............................  6
............................   6

N uts 

...................................... 11

Hives  ..................................  6

H

I

J

L

N

O

•  P

Pipes  ....................................  6
Pickles  ................................   6
Playing  C a r d s ..................   <
P otash 
................................  6
.......................     6
Provisions 
R

* l c e ......................................  B

8

...............  7
Salad  D ressing 
Saleratus 
..........................   7
....................  
7
Sal  Soda 
S alt  ......................................   7
S alt  F ish 
..........................   7
Seeds 
..................................   7
Shoe  Blacking  ................   7
...................................   7
Snuff 
Soap 
....................................  7
Soda 
....................................   8
Spices  ..................................  8
................................ 
S tarch 
8
Sugar 
................................   8
Syrups 
..............................   8

T ea 
Tobacco 
Twine 

......................................   8
............................   9
................................   9

Vinegar 

.............................  9

...........  9
W ashing  Pow der 
W lcklng 
............................   9
....................   9
W ooden w are 
W rapping  P a p e r ............... 10

T

V

W

Y

Y east  c a k e ................. . . . . 1 0

.  36

4 »  
900 
• 00

A urora 
C astor  Oil 
Diam ond 
F razer’s 
IXL  Golden 

AXLE  GREASE 
ds
.......................66
...............63
...................50
.....................76
.............76
BAKED  BEANS 
Columbia  B rand 
. . .

BATH  BRICK

90
lib .  can  p er  doz. 
21b.  can  per  doz.............1  40
31b.  can  per  doz........... 1  80
A m erican 
........................   75
English  ..............................   86
No.  1  C arpet 
..............3  75
C a r p e t........ 2  35
No.  2 
C arpet  ......... 2 15
No.  3 
No.  4 
C arpet  ......... 1 76
P arlo r  Gem 
.................... 3 40
Common  W hisk 
...........  86
Fancy  W h is k .................1 20
W arehouse  ...................... 3  00

BROOMS

BRUSHES

Scrub

 

Shoe

Stove

Solid  Back,  8  in  ...........  76
Solid  Back,  11  in 
Pointed  E n d s ...................  85
No.  3 
................................   75
No.  2 
.................................110
No.  1 
.................................175
No.  8 
.................................100
.................................ISO
No.  7 
No.  4  ...................................170
No.  3 
.................................190
W.,  R.  &   Co.’s,  15c  s iz e .l 35 
W .,  R.  &  Co.’s.  25c size .2 00 
CANDLES
E lectric  Light,  8s 
0ft
E lectric  L ight,  16s  ....1 0
Paraffine,  6s  .................. 9
Paraffine,  12s  ...................9ft
..........................23
W lcklng 
Apples

CANNED  GOODS 

BUTTER  COLOR 

Corn

Clams

Blueberries

Clam  Bouillon

Blackberries
............  
Beans

3  lb.  S ta n d a rd s..  75@  80
Gals,  Standards  . .2 0002 35 
S tandards 
85
Baked  ...................  80@ 180
Red  K idney 
...............85@95
S t r i n g ........................ 70@1  IS
W ax 
........................   75@125
S tandard  ............  
®  1  40
@  5  75
Gallon.................... 
Brook  T ro u t
2  lb.  cans. Spiced. 
1 90
L ittle  Neck,  1  lb.1 00®1  25 
L ittle  Neck,  2  lb. 
150
B urnham ’s,  %  p t..........1 92
B urnham ’s,  p ts 
............ 3 60
B urnham ’s,  q ts 
............ 7 20
Cherries
Red  S ta n d a rd s.. .1 30@1 60
W h ite ......................  
1 60
F a ir.......................................1 25
Good 
.................................. 135
Fancy 
..............   ...............1 50
French  Peas
Sur  E x tra   F in e ..............   22
E x tra   F ine  ......................   19
F ine 
..................................   15
..............................   11
M oyen 
Gooseberries
S tandard 
..........................   90
Hominy
S tandard 
..........................   85
Lobster
S tar,  %Ib.......................... 2  15
S tar.  1  lb ...........................3 75
Picnic  Tails.......................2  60
M ustard,  1  lb 
.............. 1 80
M ustard,  2  lb ...................2 80
Soused.  1  lb .......... ............180
Soused.  2  lb .......................3 80
Tom ato,  1  lb .....................1 80
Tom ato.  2  lb .....................2  80
H otels  ...................   15®  20
B uttons  ..................   22®  25
Cove,  lib .......................@  90
Cove,  21b........................@1  70
Cove,  1  lb.  Oval  . 
100
Peaches
Pie 
.......................1  10O1  15
Yellow 
............... 1  65@2  00
Pears
@1  35 
S tandard 
..........
................
F ancy 
@2  00
Peas
M arrow fat 
. . . .
E arly   J u n e ........
E arly  Ju n e  S ifte d .. 

M ushrooms

M ackerel

Oysters

1  <6

Plum s

Russian  C avler

Plum s 
..............................   85
Pineapple
G rated 
..................1  25@2  75
....................1  35@2  55
Sliced 
Pum pkin
F air 
70
........................  
80
Good  ........................  
F a n c y ......................  
100
2 25
G a llo n ......................  
R aspberries
S ta n d a r d .............  
®  90
to  Tb.  c a n s ..............................3 75
%  tb.  cans  .......................7 00
1  lb  can  ...........................12 00
Salmon
Col’a   River,  tails. 
@1  75
Col’a   River,  flats.l  85@1  90
Red  A laska............................. 1 50
P ink  A laska  . . .  
@ 9 5
Sardines
Dom estic,  %s 
..  3%@  3% 
Domestic,  %s  . . . .
Domestic.  M ust’d.. 
California,  %s  . . .  
California,  %s  . . .
French,  %s  ..........
French,  %s  ..........
Shrim ps
Standard 
Succotash
F a i r ..........................
1  50 
Good  ......................
1   60
..................
F ancy 
Straw berries
110 
Standard 
..............
1 40
F ancy  ......................
Tom atoes
F a ir 
......................   85®  95
Good 
......................  
115
Fancy 
.................. 1  15@1  60
Gallons....................2  50@3  00

.............. 1 20@1 40

CARBON  OILS 

..............29
................. 16
. .   9 
CATSUP

to   p in ts 
C H EESE
....................  
..............  
. . . .  

B arrels
Perfection 
...........
W ater  W hite  . . .
D.  S.  Gasoline  ..
Deodor’d  N ap'a...
Cylinder 
E ngine 
Black,  w inter 
Columbia,  25  p ts ...........4 50
Columbia.  25  % p ts----- 2 60
Snider’s  q u a rts 
............ 8 25
Snider’s  pints 
...............2 25
Snider’s 
........ 180
@11
Acme 
Peerless 
@11
C arson  C ity 
@10%
Elsie.........................10% @12
Em blem .
Gem.
Ideal
Jersey 
..
Riverside.
W arners 
Brick
Edam  
. . . .
Leiden 
..
Lim burger 
Pineapple 
. . . .
Swiss,  dom estic 
Swiss,  im ported 
CHEW ING 
A m erican  F lag  Spruce.  55
Beem an’s  Pepsin 
..........   60
Black  Jack  
......................   55
L argest  Gum  M ade 
. .   60
Sen  Sen  ..............................  55
Sen  Sen  B reath   P e r’e .l  00
Sugar  Loaf 
......................   55
Y ucatan 
............................   55
Bulk 
5
7
Red 
E agle 
4
F ran ck ’s 
7
Schener’s 
6

..................................  
....................................  
................................  
.......................... 
........................  
W alter  B aker  A .  Co.'s

CHOCOLATE 

CHICORY

G erm an  Sw eet 
Prem ium  
V anilla 
C aracas 
Eagle 

..............   23
............................  81
................................  41
..............................  35
..................................  28

CLOTHES  LIN ES 

Sisal

Ju te

60  f t   3  thread,  ex tra. . 1  06
72  ft,  3  thread,  ex tra  . .1 40
90  f t   3  thread,  ex tra  . . 1  70
60  ft,  6  thread,  ex tra  . .1 29
72  ft,  6  thread,  extra  .
................................ .  75
60  f t  
72  f t................................... .  9«
1  0ft
90  f t...................................
120  f t.................................. .160
___  Cotton  V ictor
.............................. .1  10
60  f t  
.............................. .1  86
«0  f t  
T9  f t  .................. ............. .1  90

M ICH IGA N   T R A D E S M A N

45

6

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans
F ancy  Open  K ettle  . . .   40  !
Choice 
..............................   36
F a i r ....................................   26
Good 
................................   22
MINCE  MEAT 

H alf  b arrels  2c  ex tra 

Columbia,  per  case.  ...2   75

MUSTARD

H orse  Radish,  1  dz  ...1   75 
H orse  Radish,  2  dz  . . .  .3  50 
Bayle’s  Celery.  1  dz  ..

OLIVES
. . . .   1  00
Bulk.  1 gal.  kegs 
Bulk,  3  gal  kegs.........  95
kegs.........  90
Bulk,  5  gal 
M anzanilla,  7  o z ..........  
80
.................2  35
Queen,  pints 
Queen,  19  oz 
...............4  50
Queen.  28  o z .....................7  00
Stuffed,  5  oz 
..............   90
Stuffed,  8  oz  ...................1  45
Stuffed,  10  oz 
...............2  30
d a y .  No.  216 
...............1  70
Clay,  T.  D., full  count  65
Cob,  *'o.  3  ......................   85

P IP E S

PICK LES
Medium

Small

PLAYING  CARDS 

B arrels,  1,200  count  . .6  50 
H alf  bbls.,  600  count  ..3   75 
B arrels,  2,400  count 
. .8  00 
H alf  bbls.  1,200  count  . .4  75 
No.  90,  Steam boat 
. . .   85 
No.  16,  Rival,  asso rted l  20 
No.  20,  R over  enam eledl  60
No.  572,  Special 
...........1  75
No.  98,  Golf,  satin  flnish2  00
No.  808,  Bicycle 
...........2  00
No.  632,  T ournm ’t   w hist2  25 

POTASH 

48  cans  in  case

B abbitt’s  
.........................4  00
P enna  Salt  Co.’s .......... 3  00

Sausages

Smoked  Meats 

Dry  S alt M eats

PROVISIONS 
B arreled  Pork
.............. .............13  25
Mess 
Back  fat  ....... .............15  75
Fat  b ack ........ .............15  50
................ 14  75
Short  cut 
.................. .............18  00
P ig 
...........................13  00
Bean 
......... .............16  50
Brisket 
C lear  Fam ily .............13  00
............ ...............  9%
Bellies 
S  P  Bellies  ................. 10%
...............  9
E x tra   S horts
H am s,  12  lb.  average.. 12 
H am s,  14  lb.  average. .12 
H am s.  16  lb.  average. .12 
H am s,  20  lb.  average. 11%
Skinned  H am s.................13%
H am ,  dried  beef  sets. 15 
Shoulders,  (N.  Y.  cut) 
Bacon,  clear. 
..11  @12
C alifornia  H a m s ..........   9
.. 14 %
Picnic  Boiled  Ham . 
Boiled  H am s.....................18%
Berlin  H am   p r’s’d 
. . .   9
Mince  H am   .....................10
Lard
Compound 
......................  6%
..................................  8%
P u re 
tu b s, .advance.  % 
60  lb. 
80  !b. 
tu b s, .advance.  % 
50 
tin s, .advance.  % 
lb. 
20  lb.  palls, .advance.  % 
10  lb.  pails, .advance.  % 
5  lb.  {»ails, .advance.  1 
8  lb.  pails, .advance. 
1  
Bologna................................. 5%
Liver 
..............................   6%
F ran k fo rt..............................7%
P o rk  
................................   8%
Veal 
.................................. 8
...............................9%
Tongue 
H eadcheese 
..................   6%
E x tra   Mess 
.................10  50
Boneless............................11  50
Rum p,  new   ...................11  75
%  bbls................................. 1  10
%  bbls.,  40  lb s ............... 1  85
%  bbls.................................3 75
.............................7  75
Y   bbls. 
K its,  16  lbs  ..................  
70
34  bbls.,  40  l b s ..........   1  26
%bbls.,  80  lbs  ...........  2  60
Hogs,  per  lb.  ! ..............   26
Beef  rounds,  set  ..........   15
Beef  middles,  set  ........   45
Sheep,  per  b u n d le ........   70
Solid,  dairy............ 
....10% @ 11%  
Rolls,  dairy 
Corned  beef,  2 ................2 50
Corned  beef,  14  ...........17  50
R oast  beef.  2@  .............2  50
45
. . . .  
P otted  ham ,  %s 
P otted  ham ,  %s  ........  
85
45
Deviled  ham ,  %s 
. . . .  
85
. . . .  
Deviled  ham ,  %s 
P otted  tongue,  %s  . ..  
45
P otted  tongue.  %s 
.. 
85
Screenings 
............   @2%
F a ir  Jap a n   ............   @3%
Choice  Jap an  
Im ported  Jap an  
.  @4%
F a ir  L ouisiana  hd.  @3%
Choice  La.  h d ........   @4%
F ancy  La.  h d . .. .   @5%
C arolina  ex.  fancy.  @6%

Uncolored  B utterlne

Canned  M eats

P ig’s  Feet

. . . .   @4

C asings

T ripe

RICE

Beef

@10

8
SOAP

brand.

Central  City  Soap  Co’s 

j 

Jaxon  ................................2  85
Jaxon,  5  box,  del............2 80
Jaxon,  10  box,  del..........2 75
Johnson  Soap  Co.  brands
Silver  L ing 
.................. 3  65  |
Calum et  Fam ily 
...........2  75  |
Scotch  Fam ily 
............2  85
Cuba  .................................. 2  35
J.  S.  K irk  &  Co.  brands
A m erican  Fam ily  .........4  05
Dusky  Diamond,  50 8oz.2  80 
Dusky  D'nd.,  100 6oz..3  80
Jap   Rose 
........................ 3  75
Savon 
Im perial 
.........3  10
W hite  R ussian 
..........3  10
Dome,  oval  b a rs.......... 2  85
Satinet,  oval  ...................2  15
Snow berry..........................4  00
LAUTZ  BHUS.  8  GO.  BRANDS
Big  Acme 
...................... 4  00
Acme,  100-%lb.  b a r s ...3  10
.....................4  00
Big  M aster 
Snow  Boy  P d ’r.  100 pk.4  00
.........................4  00
M arselles 
P roctor  &  Gamble  brands
Lenox 
.............................. 2  85
Ivory,  6  oz  .......................4  00
Ivory,  10  oz 
...................6  75
S tar 
3  io
...................4  00
Good  Cheer 
Old  Country 
...................3  40

A.  B.  W risley  brands

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

Scouring

Enoch  M organ’s  Sons. 

Sapolio,  gross  lots  . .. .9   00 
Sapolio,  half  gross  lots.4  50 
Sapolio,  single  boxes  ..2   25
Sapolio,  hand 
...............2  25

SODA

Boxes 
................................  5 %
Kegs,  English 
.................4%
Columbia............................3  00
Red  L etter........................  90

SOUPS

Whole  Spices

SPICES 
Allspice 
............................ 
12
Cassia,  China in m ats. 
12
Cassia,  C anton................  16
Cassia,  B atavia, bund.  28 
Cassia,  Saigon,  broken.  40 
Cassia.  Saigon,  in roils. 
55
Cloves,  Amboyna...........  22
Cloves,  Z a n z ib a r..........   20
Mace  ..................................  65
..........   45
N utm egs,  75-80 
........   30
N utm egs,  105-10 
N utm egs,  115-20 
.........  30
Pepper,  Singapore,  blk.  15 
Pepper,  Singp.  w hite  .  25
Pepper,  shot 
17
ig
Allspice 
Cassia,  B atavia  ............   28
Cassia,  Saigon 
............   4s
Cloves,  Zanzibar 
.........  23
Ginger,  A frican 
..........  
15
Ginger,  Cochin  ..............  
18
Ginger,  Jam aica  ..........   25
Mace 
................................  65
M u s ta rd .......... ................  
ig
Pepper,  Singapore,  blk.  17 
Pepper,  Singp.  w hite  .  28
Pepper,  C a y e n n e ..........   20
Sage 
..................................  20

..............  
Pure  Ground  in  Bulk
............................ 

STARCH 

Common  Gloss

lib.  packages............... 4@ 5
31b.  packages  ...................4%
61b.  packages  ...................5 %
40  and  50  tb.  boxes  .3@3%
B arrels............................  @ 3
20  lib .  packages  .............5
40  lib.  packages  ___ 4% @7

Common  Corn

SALAD  DRESSING

Columbia,  %  p int.......... 2  25
Columbia,  1  pint...........4  00
Lturkee’s,  large,  1  doz.4  50 
D urkee’s 
small,  2 doz.. 5  25 
Snider’s,  large,  1  doz..2  35  j 
Snider’s,  small,  2 doz.. 135

...3   15

Packed  60  lbs.  in  box 

SALERATUS 
Arm  and  H am m er 
D eland's 
.......................... 3  00  I
Dw ight’s  Cow 
...............3  15  !
Em blem  
.......................... 2  10
L.  P ....................................3  00
W yandotte,  100  %s 
..3   00
SAL  SODA

G ranulated,  b b l s ..........   85  I
G ranulated,  100Tb cases.l  00 j
Lum p,  bbls. 
..•..............   75 |
Lum p,  1451b.  kegs  ___  95

Diamond  C rystal 

SALT

Table

...1   40 
Cases,  24 31b. boxes 
Barrels,  100 31b. bags  ..3  00 
Barrels,  50 61b. bags 
..3   00 
Barrels,  40 71b. bags 
..2   75

B utter

B arrels,  320  lb.  bulk  ..2   65 
Barrels,  20  141b.  bags  . .2  85
Sacks,  28 
..............   27
Sacks,  56  lbs...................  67

lbs 

Shaker
B utter

Boxes,  24  21b 
...............1  50
Brls,  280  lbs,  b u lk ....  2  25 
Linen  bags,  5-56  lbs  3  00 
Linen  bags,  10-28  lbs  3  00 
Cotton  bags,  10-28  lbs  2  75

Bbls.,  280Clbeeb u lk ....2   40 
5  barrel  lots,  5  per  cent, 
discount.
10  barrel 
lots,  7%  per 
cent,  discount.
Above  prices  are  F.  O.  B. 
100  31b.  sacks 
...............1  90
60  51b.  sacks 
.............. 1  80
28  101b.  s a c k s ................1 70
56  lb.  sacks  ..................   30
23  lb.  sacks  ..................   15

Common  Grades

W arsaw

56  lb.  dairy  in  drill  bags  40 
28  lb. dairy  in drill bags  20

Solar  Rock

56  lb.  sacks 

..................   22

Common
G ranulated,  f in e .................80
M edium 
fine....................  85

SALT  FISH 

Cod

L arge  W hole  . . . .   @ 6
@ 5%
Small  W hole  . . . .  
I  Strips  or  bricks.  7%@10 
Pollock 
................ 
@  3%
H alibut

|  Strips 
| Chunks 

......................14%
......................15

Herring
Holland

I W hite  Hoop,  bbls8  25@9  25 
¡W hite  Hoop,  %bbl4  25@5  00 
W hite  hoop,  keg. 
57@  70
W hite  hoop m chs 
@  75
N orw egian 
100 l b s ........... 3  60
Round, 
Round, 
40 lbs..............2  00
..............................  18
|  Scaled 

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

No. 1, 100  tbs.  ... ___7 50
....3 25
No.
90
No.
75
No.

T rout
1, 40  Tbs.  ...
1,
..
1, 8  lbs.........
Mackerel

10  lbs. 

Corn

SYRUPS
............................. 23
.................25

 

........... 

P ure  Cane

100 Tbs.
50 tbs.
10 Ibs.
8 Ibs.

B arrels 
H alf  barrels 
20ib  cans'  %  dz in c a se .l  60 
101b  cans  %dz in case. . 1   55 
5lb  cans 2dz in c a s e .. ..  1  65 
2%tb.  cans 2dz in c a se .l  75 
F a i r ....................................  16
Good 
20
Choice 
..............................   25

TEA
Japan
Sundried.
medium 
52 Sundried.
fancy 
44 Regular. medium 

Mess,  100  lbs............... 12 00
Mess,  40  lbs.................... 5 30
Mess,  10  lbs.................... 1 50
Mess,  8  lbs...................... 1 26
No.  1,  100  lbs...............11 00
No.  1,  40  lbs....................4 90
No.  1,  10  lbs....................1 40
| No.  1,  8  lbs......................1 20
W hltefish
No 1 No. 2  Fam
. ...24
3  50
......... 8 50
2  10 Sundried, choice  ... ...32
.........4 50
... ...36
......... 1 00
.. ...24
82
Regular,  c h o ic e ...............32
SEEDS
Regular,  fancy  ...............36
Basket-fired,  medium  .31 
Basket-fired,  choice 
..38 
Basket-fired,  fancy 
..43
Nibs 
........................22 @24
Siftings 
.......................9@ ll
Fannings  .................12@14
Gunpowder
....3 0
Moyune,  medium 
Moyune,  choice  .............32
Moyune,  fancy 
.............40
Pingsuey,  medium  ....3 0
Pingsuey,  choice 
.........30
Pingsuey.  fancy 
...........40
Young  Hyson
C h o ice.................................30
F ancy 
................................36
Form osa,  fancy  .............42
Amoy,  m edium   ..............25
Amoy,  choice  .................¿2

..............................15
Anise 
Canary.  Smyrna........... 7%
.......................  8
Caraway 
Cardamon,  Malabar 
.. 1  00
Celery 
............................10
Hemp,  Russian  ...........   4
................   4
Mixed  Bird 
Mustard,  white 
............8
..............................?
Poppy 
Rape  ...............................  4%
Cuttle  Bone 
................. 25
Handy  Box,  large. 3 dz.2  50 
Handy  Box,  small  ....1   25 
Bixby’s  Royal  Polish  ..  85
Miller’8  Crown  Polish.  85 

Scotch,  in  bladders  . . .   87
Maces boy,  in  Jars  . . . .   S5 
“-•»»ah 

SHOE  BLACKING 

la  1st» . 

SN UFF

Oolong

*

English  B reakfast

9
M edium 
..........................20
Choice 
............................30
Fancy  .......................... i . .  40
Ceylon,  choice  .............. 13
Wi»*» 
..................4|

India

TOBACCO 
Fine  Cut

Cadillac  ........ ...................64
Sweet  Loma  .................. 33
H iaw atha,  5Tb.  pails  ..56 
H iaw atha,  101b.  pails  .54
T e le g ra m .......................... 29
P ay  C a r ............................81
P rairie  Rose  ...................49
P rotection  ......................4 0
Sweet  B u rle y ...................42
T iger 
.................................40

Plug

Red  Cross  ...................... 31
Palo  ................................"jyr
K y lo .................................. ..
H iaw atha 
........................41
B attle  Ax 
.....................37
A m erican  Eagle 
.........33
Standard  N avy  .............37
Spear  H ead  7  oz. 
. . . 4 7  
Spear  H ead  14 2-3  o z ..44
Nobby  T w ist 
.................55
Jolly  T ar 
.......................39
Old  H o n e s ty ........ . . . . . 4 3
Toddy  ................... 
34
Hiper  H eidsick 
........ 66
..................   go
Boot  Jack  
Honey  Dip  T w ist 
. . . [ 4 0
Black  S ta n d a rd ...............38
Cadillac  ..................  
3g
Forge 
.........................." ; 30
Nickel  T w i s t ........ .....6 0

Smoking

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

Sweet  Core 
.....................34
F la t  C a r ........................... [32
G reat  N avy  ..............’ "  34
W arpath 
....................... jjg
Bamboo,  16  oz............... 25
. . . . . . . . . . 2 7
I  X  1.,  5  th 
I  X  L,  16  oz.,  paiis  lis i
Honey  Dew 
...................40
Gold  Block 
..............  
40
....................I ! *40
Flagm an 
Chips 
........................ 
‘3»
Kiln  Dried  .......... 11111121
D uke’s  M ix tu re .......... ” 39
D uke’s  Cameo  ..........   ’ 43
M yrtle  N a v y ........  
'4 4
lu m   Yum,  1   2-3  oz.  !!39 
Yum  Yum,  lib .  pails  ..40
Cream  
 
30
Corn  Cake,  2%  oz."‘ ” !24
Corn  Cake,  lib .......... 
22
Plow  Boy,  I  2-3  oz.  .139
Plow  Boy,  3%  oz.......... 39
Peerless,  3%  oz...............35
Peerless,  1  2-3  oz. 
. . . 3 8
A ir  B r a k e ..........................
C ant  Hook  .............  
30
C ountry  Club  ........ ! 32-34
Forex-XX X X  
..............  28
Good  Indian 
..............   "23
Self  B in d e r............... [20-22
Sliver  Foam  
...................34
_  
TW IN E
oq
Cotton,  3  p ly ., 
Cotton,  4  p ly .. . . . .  
'2 2
ju te ,  2  piy 
m
Hemp,  6  ply  ............. ; ; 13
kiax,  medium 
20
Wool, 
„   ^  
M alt  W hite  Wine,  40 gr.  8 
M alt  W hite  W ine, 80 g r 1 1  
P ure  Cider,  B  &  B 
1 1
P ure  Cider,  Red  S ta r. 1 1  
P ure  Cider,  Robinson. 10
P u re  Cider.  S il v e r ___ 10
WASHING  POW DER
Diamond  Flake  .............2  75
Gold  B rick 
.....................3  26
®°J^  £ ust.  24  large.  .. 4  50
Gold  D ust,  1 00-5c____ 4  00
Kirkoline,  24  41b........... 3  90
.......................... 3  75
Pearline 
Soapine 
“ 4  1 »
.................. 
B abbitt’s  1776 
‘ 3  75
............................ 3  50
Roseine 
A rm our’s 
..........................  7«
........... [ [ [ 3   35
N ine  O’clock 
........................   3  gQ
W isaom 
Scourine 
’ '3   5fl
..................  
Rub-No-M ore 
.................3  76
WICKING
No.  0  per  g r o s s ...........30
No.  1  per  gross 
......... 40
No.  2  per  gross  ..........60
No.  3  per  gross  .......... 76

lib .  balls...........[  6%
VINEGAR 

.......... 

......... ”

WOODENWARE

Bradley  B utter  Boxes 

B askets
Bushels 
.............................1  00
Bushels,  wide b a n d ___ 1   25
M arket  ..............................  35
Splint,  large 
...................6  00
Splint,  m edium  
.............5  00
Splint,  sm all  ...................4  00
I  Willow,  Clothes,  la rg e .7  25 
W illow  Clothes, m ed’m . 8  00 
Willow  Clothes,  sm all. 6  60 
2Tb.  size,  24  in  case  ..  72
3Tb.  size,  16  in  case  ..  68
5!b.  size,  12  in  ease  ..  63
!  101b.  size,  6  in  case  ..  60
No.  1  Oval,  250  in  crate.  40 
No.  2  Oval,  250  in  crate.  45 
No.  3  Oval,  250  in  crate.  60 
No.  5  Oval  850 *0  crate.  60 
Barrel,  5  gal.,  each 
..2   40 
Barrel,  10  gal.,  each  ..2   55 
B arrel.  15  gal.,  each  ..2   70

B utter  Plates

Churns

IO

Clothes  Pins

Round  head,  6  gross bx.  66 
Round  head,  cartons  . .   75 

Faucets

Mop  Sticks

Egg  C rates
H um pty  D um pty 
. .. .2   40
No.  1,  c o m p le te ............  32
No.  2,  co m p le te ..............   18
Cork  lined.  8  i n ........ .. 
65
Cork lined,  9  i n ..............   75
Cork lined,  10  in  . . . . . . .   85
Cedar,  8  in........................  55
T rojan  spring 
..............   90
Eclipse  p aten t spring  ..  85
No.  1  common  ..............   75
No.  2  pat.  brush  holder.  85 
121b.  cotton  mop  heads.l  25
Ideal  No.  7  ...................... ■  90
2-  hoop  S ta n d a r d ......1  60
3-  hoop  S ta n d a r d ...... 1  75
2-  wire,  Cable  ............ 1  70
3-  wire,  Cable  . . . . . . . . . 1   90
Cedar,  all  red,  brass  .. 1  25
Paper,  E ureka  ...............2  25
Fibre  .................................. 2  70

Palls

II
Pelts

@ 4%

......................15@1  50
................. 25@60
Tallow
......................... 
.................... 

Old  W o o l.............. ..
Lam b 
Shearlings 
No.  1 
No.  2 
W ashed,  fine  ........   @-
W ashed,  medium  ..  @25
Unwashed, 
..14@20 
Unwashed,  m ed...........22@25

@ 3%

Wool

fine 

CONFECTIONS 

Stick  Candy 

* 
Pails
S tandard 
...........................7%
Standard  H.  H .................7%
.......... 8
S tandard  T w ist 
C ut  L o a f ..........................9
cases
Jum bo,  32Tb........................7%
E x tra   H .  H ......................9
Boston  Cream  
...............10
Olde  Tim e  Sugar  stick 
30  lb.  c a s e ...................12

Toothpicks

 

......... 

T raps

........................2  50
Hardwood 
S o ftw o o d ...........................2  75
B a n q u e t.............................1  50
Ideal 
1  50
Mouse,  wood,  2  holes  ..  22 
Mouse,  wood,  4  holes  ..  45 
Mouse,  wood,  6  holes  ..  70 
Mouse,  tin,  5  holes  . . .   65
R at,  wood 
......................   80
R at.  s p r in g ......................  
75
Tubs
20-in.,  Standard,  No.  1.7  00 
18-in.,  Standard,  No.  2.6  00 
16-in.,  Standard,  No.  3.5  00 
..7   50 
20-in.,  Cable,  No.  1 
18-in.,  Cable,  No.  2 
. . 6   50 
16-in.,  Cable,  No.  3 
. .5  50
No.  1  F ib r e .................... it)  80
,No.  2  F ibre  ..................  9  45
No.  3  F ibre  ..................  8  55
W ash  Boards
Bronze  G lo b e ..................2  60
Dewey 
.............................. 1  75
Double  A c m e ..................2  75
Single  Acme  .................. 2  25
Double  Peerless 
.......... 3  25
Single  P e e rle s s .............. 2  50
N orthern  Q u e e n ............2  50
Double  Duplex  .............. 3  00
Good  Luck  ...................... 2  75
U niversal 
........................2  25

Window  Cleaners

Wood  Bowls

W RAPPING  PA PER

12  in...........................................1 65
14  in..................................... 1  85
16  in..................................... 2  30
11  in.  B u tter  ..................  
75
13  in.  B u tter  ..................1  15
in. B u tter 
15 
.................2  00
17  in. B u tter 
.................3  25
19 
in. B u tter  ................. 4  75
A ssorted  13-15-17........ 2  25
A ssorted  15-17-19  ........ 3  25
Common  Straw  
............   1 %
Fibre  M anila,  w hite  ..  2% 
Fibre  M anila,  colored  .  4
No.  1   M anila  ...................4
Cream   M anila 
.................2
B utcher’s  M anila 
. . . .   2%
1 W ax  B utter,  short  c’nt.13 
W ax  B utter,  full  count.20 
W ax  B utter,  rolls  ....1 5  
Magic,  3  doz..................... 1  15
Sunlight,  3  doz...............1  00
Sunlight,  1%  doz........... 
50
Y east  Foam,  3  doz.  ...1   16 
Yeast  Cream ,  3  doz 
..1   00 
Yeast  Foam,  1%  doz.  ..  68
FRESH  FISH 

YEAST  CAKE

. 
P er  lb.
Jum bo  W hitefish  ..11@12 
No.  1  W hitefish 
..  @ 9
W h itefish   .................10@12
T rout 
........................  @ 9
Black  B a s s ............
¡H a lib u t......................10 @U
Ciscoes  or  H erring.  @  5
Bluefish  .................... 1 1 @ 12
I  Live  L obster............   @22
Boiled  Lobster.  . . .   @23
Cod  ............................   @12%
H addock 
..................   @  8
No.  Pickerel............  @ 9
Pike  ...........................  
a   7
Perch,  dressed  . . . .   @ 7
Smoked  W hite  ___  @12%
Red  Snapper  ..........   @
Col.  R iver  Salmonl5  @16
M ackerel  ..................14 @15

OYSTERS 

Cans

Per can
F.  H.  Counts  ..............
40
Extra  Selects..................
38
30
Perfection  Standards...
Standards........................
25
F  H  Counts  ...............1 75
Extra  Selects  .............. .1 60
Selects  ........................... 1 40
Standards  ..................... 1 25

Bulk  Oysters.

Hides

HIDES  AND  PELTS 
Green  No.
1 ........ ........  8
Green  No.
2 ........ ........  7
Cured  No.
1 ........ ........  9%
Cured  No.  2 
........  8%
Calfskins,  green  No.  1  11 
Calfskins,  green  No.  2  9% 
Calfskins,  cured  No.  1  12% 
Calfskins,  cured  No.  2  11 
Steer  Hides,  601bs.  over  9%

Mixed  Candy

 

Grocers 
............................ 6
....................  7
Com petition 
..........................     7%
Special 
Conserve 
............................7%
Royal 
......................  
8%
9
Ribbon  .................... .. 
.............................   8
Broken 
C ut  Loaf. 
........................ 8
.............. 9
English  Rock 
K in d e rg a rte n .....................8%
Bon  Ton  Cream   ............  8%
F rench  Cream  
S tar 
H and  m ade  C re a m ....14% 
Prem io  Cream   m ixed.. 12% 

.............. 9
...................................11

Fancy—In  Palls

0   F   Horehound  D rop.. 10
Gypsy  H earts 
.............. 14
Coco  Bon  B o n s ............. 12
Fudge  Squares  .............. 12
P ean u t  Squares  ...........   9
Sugared  P ean u ts 
.........11
Salted  P ean u ts  .............12
S tarlight  K isses  .......... 10
San  Bias  G o o d ie s........ 12
Lozenges,  plain  ...............9
Lozenges,  printed 
. . . . 1 0  
Cham pion  Chocolate  ..11 
Eclipse  Chocolates 
...1 3  
Q uintette  C hocolates... 12 
Cham pion  Gum  D rops.  8
Moss  D rops  ....................  9
Lemon  Sours 
................  9
........................  9
Im perials 
Ital.  Cream   O pera 
. . .  12 
Ital.  Cream   Bon  Bons.
2u  lb.  p a l l s ...................12
M olasses  Chews,  15!t>.
cases 
......................... . .1 2
Golden  W affles 
............ 12
Fancy—In  51b.  Boxes
Lemon  S o u r s ...................50
P epperm int  Drops  . . . .  60
Chocolate  Drops  ...........60
H.  M.  Choc.  Drops  . ..  86 
H.  M.  Choc.  Lt.  and
D ark  No.  12  ...............1 0 f
B rilliant  Gums,  Crys.60 
O.  F.  Licorice  Drops  .. 80
Lozenges,  p la in ...............55
Lozenges,  printed 
....6 0
Im perials 
.........................55
M ottoes 
..< .......................60
Cream   B a r .......................56
M olasses  B ar  .................55
H and  M ade  Cr’ms..80@90 
C ream   B uttons,  Pep. 
. . .  65
S tring  Rock 
.................60
!  W intergreen  B erries  ..56 
Old  Tim e  A ssorted,  25
B uster  B row n  Goodies
U p-to-D ate  A sstm t,  32 

lb.  case  ......................  2  50
30R>.  case  .................. S  25
lb.  case 
...................... 8  50

and  W intergreen 

Pod  Corn

. . .   65 
Dandy  Smack,  24s 
Dandy  Sm ack,  100s  ...2   75 
Pop  Corn  F ritters.  100s  50 
Pop  Corn  T oast,  100s.  50
C racker  Jack 
................3  00
Pop  Corn  Balls,  200s  .. 1  30

NUTS
W hole
Almonds,  T arrag o n a... 10
Almonds,  Ivica 
............
Almonds,  California  aft 
..14  @10
shelled,  new 
{  Brazils 
............................10
Filberts 
................................12
W alnuts,  soft  shelled.
Cal.  No.  1...................14@15
| Table  N uts,  faney  ....1 3
Pecans,  Med.  .................9
Pecans,  Ex.  L arge  ...1 0
Pecans,  Jum bos 
H ickory  N uts  per  bu.
Cbcoanuts  ........................  4
C hestnuts,  per  bu..........

...............12
.................. 1  76

Ohio  new 

Shelled

Spanish  Peanuts.  7  @ 7%
...............38
Pecan  H alves 
1  W alnut  H a lv e s ..............33
l  Gilbert  M eats  .................25
Alicante  Almonds  ....... 36
Jordan  Almonds  ...........47
Fancy,  H   P,  Suns. 6% @7 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.
R oasted 
..................7% @8
Choice.  H   P,  J ’be.  @  0% 
Choice,  H.  P.,  J u n ­
•   9%
to ,  Roasted  . . . . 9  

Peanuts

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

AXLE  GREASE

C O FFE E
Roasted

D w inell-W right  Co.’s  Bds.

SOAP

B eaver  Soap  Co.’s  B rands

cakes, large  size . . 6 50
100 
cakes, large  size. .3 25
50 
cakes, sm all  size . . 8 85
100 
50 
cakes, sm all  s lz e ..l 95
T radesm an  Co.’s  B rand

Black  H aw k,  one  b o x ..2  50 
Black  H aw k,  five  b x s .f  40 
Black  H aw k,  ten   hxs.2  25

TA BLE  SAUCES

H alford,  large  ...............3  76
H alford,  sm all  ...............2  25

Place  Your 
Business 

on a

Cash  Basis 

by using 

our

Coupon  Book 

System.

W e

manufacture 
four  kinds 

of

Coupon  Books 

and

sell  them 
all at the 
same price 

irrespective of 

size, shape 

or

denomination. 

W e will 

be 
very 

pleased 

to

Mica,  tin   boxes 
P an teo n  

..75  9  00
.................. 55  6  00

BAKIN8  POWDER 

Jaxen  Brand

j a X o n
141b.  cans,  4  des.  ease  46 
cans,  4  dos.  case  65 
1 
lb.  cans,  2  dos.  easel  CO 

Reyal

10c  size.  90
K tb can s  196
6  os cans  190 
14 lb cans  250 
%Tb cans  375 
1   lb cans  490 
3  lb cans 13 00 
I   lb cans 2150 

BLUING

A rctic  4 os ovals, p gro 4 00 
A rctic  8 os evals, p gro 6 00 
Arctic  16 os ro'd, p gro 9 00 
W alsh-D eRoo  So.’s  Brands

BREAKFAST  FOOD 

Sunlight  Flakes

P e r  case  ........................ $4  00
Cases,  24  2  lb.  pack’s . 92  00 

W h eat  G rits

CIGAR«

G.  J. Johnson C igar Co.’s bd.
Less  th a n   600............... 89  00
500  or  m ore..................... 32  00
.£,009  or  m o re................. 31 00

COCOANUT

B aker’s  B rasil  Shredded

Beef

70  141b  pkg,  p er  c a se ..2  60 
95  n ib   pkg.  per  c a s e ..2  60 
28  141b  pkg,  per  c ase . . 2  60 
16  ifclb  pkg,  per  case . . 2  60 

FRESH   MEAT8  

Carcass.................. 4 @  714
Forequarters. 
... 4 @  514
Hindquarters. 
... 6 @  814
Loins.................... » @13
Ribs....................... X @ 11
Rounds.................. 6 @  7
Chucks  ................ 414(3)  5
Plates 
................
@  4
Pork
Dressed..................
@  6%
..................
Loins 
@ 12
Boston  Butts  __
@ 11
Shoulders 
..........
@10
Leaf  Lard  .........
@  7%
Mutton
Carcass  ............... 5 @  514
I .ambs  ................ 6 @  8
Carcass  ............... 544@  8

Voal

Agro

CORN SYRUP

..................1  84
24  10c  cans 
I f   86c  cans 
................ 2  80
«  60c  « as  ............... I  20

D istnouted  by 

W hite  House,  1  lb ..........
W hite  House,  2  lb ............
Excelsior,  M  &  J,  1  lb .. 
Excelsior,  M  ft  J,  2  lb ..
Tip  Top,  M  &  J ,  1  lb ___
Royal  Ja v a   ........................
Royal  Ja v a   and  M ocha.. 
Ja v a   and  M ocha  B lend.. 
Boston  Com bination  . . . .
Judson 
G rocer  Co.,  G rand  R apids; 
N ational  G rocer  Co.,  De­
tro it and Jackson;  F.  Saun­
ders  &  Co.,  P o rt  H uron; 
Sym ons  Bros.  ft  Co.,  Sagi­
naw ;  Meisel 
ft  Goeschel, 
B ay  C ity:  Godsm ark,  D u­
rand  ft  Co.,  B attle  Creek; 
Flelbach  Co..  Toledo.
C O FFE E  SUBSTITUTE 

Jav rll

2  dos.  in  case....................4  50

CONDENSED  MILK

4  doz.  in  case
Gail  Borden  Eagle__ .6 40
.............................. 5 90
Crown 
Cham pion 
...................... 4 52
................................ 4 70
D aisy 
Magi olia 
........................ 4 00
Challenge 
.........................4 40
Dime 
................................ 8 85
Peerless  E vap’d  Cream 4 OU

SA FE 8

Tw enty 

Full  line  of  the  celebrated 
Diebold  fire 
and  burglar 
proof  safes  kept  in  stock 
by  th e  T radesm an  Com­
pany. 
different 
sizes  on  hand  a t  all  tim es 
—tw ice  as  m any  safes  as 
are  carried  by  any  other 
If  you 
house  in  th e  State. 
are  unable  to   visit  G rand 
Rapids 
th e 
line  personally,  w rite  for 
quotations.

inspect 

and 

STOCK  FOOD. 

Superior  Stock  Food  Co., 

Ltd.

$  .50  carton,  36  In  box.10.80 
1.00  carton,  18  In  box.10.be 
1214  lb.  cloth  sa c k s.. 
.84 
25  lb.  cloth  s a c k s ...  1.65 
50  lb.  cloth  s a c k s ....  8.15 
100  lb.  cloth  s a c k s ....  6.00 
Peck  m easure 
..................90
14  bu.  m easu re.......... 1.80
1214  lb.  sack  Cal  m eal 
25  lb.  sack  Cal  m e a l.. 
V.  O.  B.  P lain wol,  Mich.

.89 
.75 

For
Easy

Business

the  one  solid  month  of 
it 
that's  only a  few  weeks  away 
—what  preparations  are  you 
making?

Remember last year you  kept 
talking  "time  enough”  and 
the  first  thing  you  knew  it 
was  December  ist  with  noth­
ing  done.

If  it’s  this  >eai’s  December 
profits you want  to  depcsit  in 
your bank begin now  the  pre­
parations that will make tl em 
yours.

First  get

Our  October 

Catalogue

which  points  the  way

both in goods and  methods, to 
both  the  easy  business  for 
December acd the more  busi­
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In  other  words,  our  October 
catalogue shows all  our  goods 
— Holiday  and  regular.  And 
every  department  has  con­
tributed  its  quota  of  "yellow 
page”  things  for retailers' use 
in booming  trade right  now.

Get  our  October  catalogue. 
Use  its  goods  and  hints  for 
more  business  now.  .  And 
from the Holiday goods  it dis­
plays  choose  the  things  for 
easy business in  December.

Mention  No.  J5I6.

HARNESS

We want your harness and collar 
orders  We have out  some  new 
styles and  prices.  Send us sample 
orders.  We  have  got  our  collar 
factory  going  and  can  give  you 
the best on the  market.  Our  new 
catalogue  is  nearly  re’ dy.  Send 
for one.

Wholesale  Only

BROWN  &  SEHLER  CO.

West  Bridge  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

M erchants’  H alf  F are  Excursion 
Rate« every  day  to   G rand  Rapids. 
Send  fo r  circular.

The  Old 

National  Bank

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN

Our  certificates  of  deposit 
are  payable  on  demand  and 
draw  interest  at

3 %

Our  financial  responsibility  is 
alm ost  two  m illion  dollars—  
a  solid  institution  to 
intrust 
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The Largest  Bank in Western 

Michigan

Assets, $ 6 , 6 4 6 , 3 2 2 . 4 0

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15  cents  a 
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Wholesalers of Everything 

By Catalogue only

New  York 

Chicago 

St.  Lonis

AUTOMOBILE  BARGAINS

IQ03 W inton 20 H. P.  touring  car,  1003  W aterless 
Knox,  1902 Winton phaeton, two Olcfsmobiles, sec­
ond  hand electric runabout,  1903 U. S.  Long  D is­
tance with  top,  refinished  \Vhite  steam  carriage 
with top, Toledo steam  carriage,  four  passenger, 
dos-a-dos, two steam runabouts,  all in  good  ru n ­
ning order.  Prices from $200 up.
ADAMS & HART, 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapid.

F r e ig h t  R e c e ip t s

Kept  in  stock  and  printed  to 
ordèr.  Send for  sample  of  the 
N e w   U n i f o r m   B i l l   L a d i n g .

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BUSINESS-WANTS  DEPARTMENT

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subsequent  continuous  insertion.  No  charge  less-  than  25  cents..  Cash  must  accompany  all  orders.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

894

897

farms, 

Special  Bargain—500 

First  class  drug  store  doing a  prescrip­
tion  business  Good  thing  for  young  man 
with energy  Best reasons for selling.  Ad­
dress  No.  911,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man_______________________ 
For  Sale—Store  building,  dwelling  and 
barn,  $1,800.  Stock  of  goods about  $2,700. 
Might  take  part  income  real  estate.  Ad­
dress  No.  912,  care  Michigan  Tradesman. 
_____________________________  
stock 
ranches,  Kansas  or  Missouri.  Write  for 
my  free  list.  F.  H.  Humphrey,  Fort 
Scott,  Kan.____________________ 
914
For  Sale—Hardwood  Island,  one  of the 
group  of  Apostle  Islands  near  Bayfield, 
Wisconsin. 
Island  contains  1,330  acres, 
and  is  heavily  timbered  with  1,500,000 
feet  of  hardwood and  10,800  cords  of  cord 
wood.  Beautiful  place  for  summer  re­
sort,»and will make fine farm  after timber 
is  cut.  Price,  $10  per  acre.  Will  con­
sider  improved  property  in  part  payment. 
Address Hazen  & Kuehnow,  Duluth,  Minn
___________________________ 
916  '
Incorporate  for  $20;  use  the  federal 
laws  enacted  by  Congress  for  the  District 
of  Columbia;  no  annual  tax  and  no 
personal  liability;  expert  service  guaran­
teed.  Write  for  full  particulars  to  W. 
W.  Fentress,  12  Twelfth St.,  S.  E.,  Wash- 
ington,  D.  C._____________________ 917
For  Sale—Good,  clean,  up-to-date  stock 
of  groceries.  Fine  location,  good  trade. 
Address  No.  889,  care  Michigan  Trades-
man._____________________________ 889
For  Sale—First-class  grocery,  meat 
market  and  fruit  stand;  an  old  estab­
lished  stand  of  thirteen  years;  good  lo­
cation;  always  made  money;  good  reason 
for  selling;  price  reasonable.  Write  517 
Wiiliams  St.,  Dayton.  Ohio. 
We  have  some  good  farm  lands  for  ex- 
change  on  cash  basis  for  stocks  of  gen­
eral  merchandise.  C.  N.  Sonnesyn  &  Co.,
Butterfield,  Minn.____ ._________ 
Sell  your  real  estate  or  business  for 
cash. 
I  can  get  a  buyer  for  you  very 
promptly.  My methods are distinctly dif­
ferent  and  a  decided  improvement  over 
those  of  others. 
It  makes  no  difference 
where  your  property  is  located,  send  me 
full description  and  lowest  cash  price and 
I  will  get  cash  for  you.  Write  to-day. 
Established 
references. 
Frank  P.  Cleveland,  1261  Adams  Express
Building,  Chicago._________________ 899
Natural  Gas  Plant  for  sale  or  rent. 
Cheapest  power  in  the  city.  Desiring  to 
build  a  new  plant  at  our  Jackson  street 
location,  we  offer  for  sale  our  present 
factory  at  6th  and  A  streets,  with  or 
without  ground.  One  75  H.  P.  and  one 
35  H.  P.  gas  engine  with  4  gas  main  and 
line  shafting  to  suit  purchaser.  Can  be 
divided  into  two  small  plants.  For  full 
particulars  apply 
to  Gernert  Bros.
Lumber  Co.,  .Louisville,  Ky._______ 900
For  Sale—Country  store  and  dwelling 
house,  also  $1,750  stock  general  merchan­
dise.  Address  No.  901,  care  Michigan
Tradesman._______________________ 901
fire 
proof  safe;  must  be  cheap.  J.  M.  Perry,
Tustin,  Mich.______________ '_______904
in 
Wanted—A  stock  of  merchandise 
exchange  for  a  well 
improved 
farm.  Address  No.  906.  care  Michigan
Tradesman._______________________ 906
For  Sale—One  of  the  best  outside  gro­
cery stores in  i  lint doing a good business. 
Inventory  $1,000.  Good  reasons  for  sell­
ing.  Write  or  call  1513  N.  Saginaw  St.,
Flint,  Mich._______________________ 908
For  Sale—Bakery,  confectionery  and ice 
cream  business;  nice  trade,  good  location; 
•   only  bakery  in  city.  Good  chance  for 
man  looking  for  a  small  business.  Ad- 
dress  Jos.  Hoare,  Elk  Rapids,  Mich.  857 
Wanted—Stock  of  merchandise.  We 
pay  cash  and  rent  store.  Address  par­
ticulars,  J.  A.  Becker,  St.  Charles,  Mich.
__________________________________ 866
For  Sale—At  invoice  about  $7,000.  The 
best  hardware  store  in  best  location  in 
a  city  of  25,000  in  Western  111.  Doing
good  business;  a  money maker.  Reason
other  business.  Address  Safety, 
care
Michigan  Tradesman.______________ 868
Harness  Business  For  Sale—A  chance 
for  a  harness  maker  with  small  capital. 
I  must  sell.  Address  No.  869,  care  Mich-
igan  Tradesman.__________________ 869
Furniture  and  Undertaking  for  Sale— 
Undertaking  alone  nets  $600  per  year.  A 
chance  for  a  man  with  small  capital. 
Address  No.  870,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man______________________________870
Wanted—To  l-uy  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise  from  $5,000  to  $25,000  for  cash. 
Address  No.  89,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

second-hand 

Wanted—A 

located 

Bank 

large 

1881. 

89

$9 »

912

880

879

confectionery  and  wholesale 

For  Rent—An  up-to-date  meat  market; 
fine  fixtures;  steam  sausage  works;  cor­
ner  brick  store;  low  rent;  good  establish­
ed  trade.  Address  J.  J.  Miller,  Benton 
Harbor.  Mich. 
For  Sale—Good established money-mak­
911
ing 
ice 
cream  business;  an  exceptionally  good 
bargain;  investigate  this.  Confectioner, 
Box  786.  Ludington.  Mich. 
For  Sale—A  good  clean  drug  business 
in  one  of  the  best  towns  of  Michigan. 
Good  reason  for  selling.  Address  No.  873, 
873
care  Michigan  Tradesman. 
Look  at  our  advertisement  No.  735.  We 
have  Wayland  and  Bradley  mills 
left. 
Give  us  an  offer.  We  want  to  sell  them 
at  once.  Henderson  &  Sons  Milling  Co., 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
For  Sale—Stock  of  dry  goods  and  gro- 
eeries;  new  stock;  old  established  trade; 
best  town  in  Michigan;  other  business 
and  ill  health  reason  for  selling.  Lock.
Box  738.  Durand.  Mich.___________ 876
stock  of  dry 
goods.  Would  buy  general  store.  Small 
place  preferred;  invoice  $3,000  or  $4,000.
E.  E.  Tice.  Paw  Paw,  Mich.______ 877
For  Sale—20  shares  of  1st  preferred 
stock  of  Great  Northern  Portland  Cement 
Co.  stock  for  $1,200.  Address  Lock  Box 
265.  Grand  Ledge.  Mich. 

• •anted—Location 

for 

835

875

852

lots,  etc. 
To  Exchange—Fine  bearing 

I  want  to  buy  and  pay  top  prices  for 
lot  of  Douglas,  Walkover,  Sorosis.  Rad- 
eliffe,  Queen  Quality,  Dorothy  Dodd  and 
other  trade  mark  and  specialty  lines  of 
shoes,  also  entire  or  part  stocks  unde­
P.  L. 
sirable  goods,  odd 
Feyreisen,  167  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago.  887
orange 
grove  in  Riverside,  Cal.;  value  $15,000. 
Clear.  Want  stock  of  merchandise,  farm 
or  town  property.  Address  Drawer  J., 
Corning,  Iowa. 
To  Exchange—My  equity  of  $11.400  in 
a  360  acre  Iowa  farm;  good  location;  fine 
improvements;  can  use  dry  goods  or  a 
general  stock.  No  traders  need  apply. 
Address  Frank  E.  Jones,  Corning, 
la. 
______  
For  Sale—A  modern  eight-room  house 
Woodmere  Court.  Will  trade  for  stock 
of  groceries.  Enquiie  J.  W.  Powers, 
Houseman  Building,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Phone  1455. 
For  Sale—Best  paying  stock  of  gen­
eral  merchandise  in  Northern 
Indiana, 
with  store  building  and  living  rooms  ad­
joining.  Owner  wishes  to  go  out  of busi­
ness.  Address  R.  H., 
care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
Bakery—I  will  sell  my  bakery  with  or 
without  property,  a  good  chance.  Write 
to  Raymond  Riede.  Apen.  Colo. 

859

488

853

854

F  m   QUICK & co.,

Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries,

Shoes  and  *Dry  Goods.

Cìhxems* Phon*.

No.  94

Nashville,  M ieti.,

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Cash  for  your  stock—Or  we  will  close 
out  for  you  at  your  own  place  of  busi­
ness,  or  make  sale  to  reduce  your  stock. 
Write  for  information.  C.  L.  Yost  &  Co., 
577  West  Forest  Ave..  Detroit.  Mich.  2
A  firm  of  old  standing  that  has  been 
in  business  for  fifteen  years  and  whose 
reputation  as  to  integrity,  business  meth­
ods,  etc., 
is  positively  established,  de­
sires  a  man  who  has  $5,000  to  take  an 
active  part  in  the  store.  This  store  is 
a department store.  Our last year’s  busi­
ness  was  above  $60,000.  The  man  must 
understand  shoes,  dry  goods  or  groceries. 
The  person  who  invests  this  money  must 
be  a  man  of  integrity  and  ability.  Ad­
dress  No.  571,  care  Michigan  Tradesman.
__________________________________ 571
implement  business, 
established  fifteen  years.  First-class lo­
cation  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Will  sell 
or  lease  four-story  and  basement  brick 
building.  Stock  will 
inventory  about 
$10,000.  Good  reason  for  selling.  No 
trades  desired.  Address  No.  67,  care
Michigan  Traoesman._______________ 67
Wanted—Will  pay  cash  for  an  estab­
lished,  profitable  business.  Will  consid­
er  shoe  store,  stock  of  general  merchan­
dise  or  manufacturing  business.  Give 
full  particulars  in  first  letter.  Confiden­
tial.  Address  No.  519,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

For  Sale—Farm 

519

601

For  Sale—Fourteen  room  hotel,  new 
and  newly furnished,  near Peloskey.  Fine 
trout  fishing. 
Immediate  possession  on 
account  of  poor  health.  Address  No.  601, 
care  Michigan  Tradesman. 
For  Sale—480  acres  of  cut-over  hard­
wood  land,  three  miles  north  of  Thomp- 
sonville.  House  and  barn  on  premises. 
Pere  Marquette  Railroad  runs  across one 
corner  of  land.  Very  desirable  for  stock 
raising  or  potato  growing.  Will 
ex­
change  for  stock  of  merchandise.  C.  C. 
Tuxbury,  301  Jefferson  St.,  Grand  Rap- 
ids._______________________________835
For  Sale—Good  up-to-date  stock  of 
general  merchandise;  store  building;  well 
established  business.  Stock  will  inven­
tory  $5,000.  Located  in  hustling  North­
ern Michigan town.  Address No.  744,  care 
Michigan  Tradesman.______________744
Restaurant—Finest  stand  in  Northern 
Ohio;  doing  a  $28,000  to  $30,000  business 
each  year;  40  years’  standing.  Will  take 
farm  or  good  city  property  for  part  pay­
ment.  Jule  Magnee.  Findlay.  Ohio.  666
For  Sale—A  25  horse-power  steel  hori­
zontal  boiler.  A  12  horse-power  engine 
with  pipe  fittings.  A  blacksmith  forge 
with  blower  and  tools.  Shafting  pul­
leys,  belting.  All  practically  new.  Orig­
inal  cost  over  $1,200.  Will  sell  for  $600. 
Address  B-B  Manufacturing  Co.,  50  Ma­
sonic  Temple,  Davenport,  Iowa. 

537

Rubber  Culture  in  Mexico.  Safe  and 
profitable.  Good  opportunity  for  large  or 
small  investors.  Creates  increasing  in­
come for life and longer.  Address  Charles 
W.  Calkins.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
837 
For  Sale—A  fine  bazaar  stock  in  a 
lumbering  town 
in  Northern  Michigan, 
county  seat.  Price  right.  Good  reasons 
for  selling.  Must  be  sold  at  once.  Ad­
dress  Rogers  Bazaar  Co.,  Grayling,  Mich.
__________________________________ 606
Attention,  For  Sale—Flour,  feed,  buck­
wheat  mills  and  elevator  at  Wayland;
I one  of  the  finest  mills  of  its  size  in  the 
State;  elevator  and  feed  mill  at  Hop­
kins  Station  and  Bradley,  Mich.;  will 
sell  together  or  separate;  all  are  first- 
class  paying  businesses,  and  buildings 
and  machinery  in 
first-class  condition; 
our  fast-increasing  business  in  this  city 
is  the  reason  we  want  to  dispose  of  our 
outside  mills  at  a  bargain.  Henderson 
&  Sons  Milling  Co.,  Grand  Rapids.  Mich.
__________________________________ 735
On  account  of  failing  health,  I  desire 
to  sell  my  store,  merchandise,  residence, 
two  small  houses  and  farm.  Will  divide 
to  suit  purchaser.  Address  J.  Aldrich 
Holmes,  Caseville,  Mich. 
For  Sale—Bazaar  stock  $4,000  to  $5,000. 
Building  and  barn  $1,100  cash.  Land and 
lots  to  trade  for  farm.  “Poor  Health,” 
care  Michigan  Tradesman. 
For  Rent  or  Sale—Two-story  brick 
building,  also  small  stock  of  goods.  Will 
sell  cheap.  Address  Box  387,  Portland,
Mich.____   ___  
For  Sale  or  Trade  for  small  improved 
farm—Building  and  stock  of  groceries  at 
good  country  location.  Everything  new. 
Address  No.  850,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
Look  Here—$2,500  will  buy  a  good  gen­
eral  stock  of  merchandise  located  in  the 
best  town  in  Michigan.  Business  paying 
a  handsome  profit.  This  will  bear  your 
inspection. 
If  you  mean  business  and 
want  a  good  thing,  address  at  once,  Box 
156,  Boyne  City,  Mich. 
The  Mempnis  Paper  Box  Co.  is  an  old 
established, 
fine-paying  business;  will 
sell  the  business  for  what  it  invoices! 
proprietor  is  old  and  in  feeble  health. 
Address  Jack  W.  James,  81  Madison  St., 
Mempnis.  Tenn.___________________736

848

850

860

882

886

POSITIONS  WANTED.

Registered  pharmacist  desires  position. 
Single,  age  27. 
five  years’  experience. 
Can  furnish  excellent  references  regard­
ing  character,  habits  and  ability.  Ad­
dress  No.  890,  care  Michigan  Tradesman.
_________________________________ 890
Wanted—Position  by  registered  phar­
macist  of  twelve  years’  experience  as 
clerk  and  proprietor  of  retail  drug  stores. 
Want  lots  of  work  and  good  wages.  Ad­
dress  Lock  Box  214,  Marion,  Mich.  893 
Wanted—Position  as  bookkeeper  or 
stenographer  with  wholesale 
shippers 
preferred.  Address  Competent,  care Mich­
igan  Tradesman. 
Wanted—Position  as  salesman  in  retail 
hardware  store.  Have  had  ten  years’ 
experience.  Address  Box  367,  Kalkaska, 
Mich. 

466

903

H E L P  W ANTED.

Salesman  Wanted—Experienced  dry 
goods  salesman  who  can  do  trimmir|y; 
must  be  good  salesman  and  stock-keeper; 
one  from  medium  sized  town  who  wants 
position  in  city  of  15,000.  State  salary. 
Address  Herbert N.  Bush,  Flint,  Mich.  915 
Wanted  at  Once—Registered  clerk  to 
take  charge  of  drug  stock  in  country 
general  store;  good  wages  and  steady 
position  for  right  man.  Telephone  or 
experience. 
write,  stating  wages  and 
Arthur  Steere.  McBrides,  Mich. 
staple; 
thing; 
unique  method;  carry  in  pocket;  large 
commission.  Address  W.  M.  Wood.  167
Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago.____________ 913
Wanted—Salesmen  to  handle  our  table 
cutlery  as  side 
line  to  hardware  and 
bazaar  trade.  Goods  are  quick  sellers— 
commission  liberal.  Rodgers  Bros.  Cut­
lery  Co.,  Muskegon,  Mich._________ 891_.
Wanted—Drug  clerk  with  some  ex - 
perience.  Address  Drugs,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

Traveling  Men—New 

918 

882

AUCTIONEERS  AND  TRADERS

H.  C.  Ferry  &  Co.,  the  hustling  auc­
tioneers.  Stocks  closed  out  or  reduced 
anywhere 
in  the  United  States.  New 
methods,  original  ideas,  long  experience, 
hundreds  of  merchants  to  refer  to.  We 
have  never  failed  to  please.  Write  for 
terms,  particulars and dates.  1414-16 Wa- 
oash  Ave.,  Chicago.  References,  Dun’s 
Mercantile  Agency.________________872
Want  Ads.  continued  on  next  page.

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M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

Some  Annoyances  Which  Attend 

Co-Operative  Distribution.

Ishpeming,  Oct.  3— It  is  expected 
that  the  Scandinavian  Co-Operative 
Society,  which  has  conducted  a  gen­
eral  mercantile  business  here  for  the 
past  six  years,  will  soon  be  dissolved, 
and  that  the  stockholders,  or  at  least 
two-thirds  of  them,  will  organize  a 
stock  company,  continuing  the  busi­
ness  at  the  old  stand  and  under  the 
present  management.

The  stock  company  idea  was  sug­
gested  by  John  Eman,  the  manager, 
who  thinks  that  the  stockholders will 
be  better  off  with  the  proposed  new 
organization  than  they  are  under  the 
laws  governing  the  Co-Operative So­
ciety.  The  proposed  company  will 
be  formed  under  the  Michigan  liabil­
ity  laws,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $30,- 
000,  divided  into  6,000  shares,  at  a 
par  value  of  $5  each.

Since  the  failure  of  the  Finnish 
Co-Operative  Society  about  a  year 
ago  many  who  have  money  invested 
in  the  co-operative  stores  have  less 
confidence 
in  that  plan  than  they 
had  previously.  About  the  time  of the 
failure  the  demand  for  a  refund  of 
money  invested  by  the  stockholders 
was  greater  than  the  Scandinavian 
Society  could  afford  to  meet.  All  it 
possessed  for  the  support  of  the  en­
terprise  was  the  money  invested. 
If 
all  were  allowed  to  draw  out  their 
money  the  foundation  of  the  concern 
would  fall  away.  Finally  the  Board 
of  Directors  decided  to  defer  pay­
ments  until  such  time  as  the  financial 
condition  of  the  Society  was  improv­
ed,  there  being  a  clause  in  the  by­
laws  by  which  the  Board  had  this 
right.  The  excitement  soon  subsided 
and  conditions  resumed  their  normal 
state.  There  was  a  slight  falling  off 
of  receipts,  due  principally  to  the  fact 
that  a  number  of  customers  had  mov­
ed  away.  This  caused  a  further  cur­
tailment  on  the  part  of  the  manage­
ment,  resulting  in  a  most  satisfactory 
showing  in  the  statement 
the 
two  subsequent  meetings.

at 

The  proposition  to  dissolve 

the 
old  Society  and  reorganize  as  a  stock 
company,  to  be  known  as  the  Ish­
peming  Store  Co., 
started  another 
period  of  excitement  among  some of 
the  stockholders.  Many  of  them  call­
ed at  the store  demanding  an  explana­
tion,  and  asking  for  their  money.  As 
Manager  Eman  produced  his  books 
and  statements,  showing  that  the pro- 
*  posed  move  would  be  beneficial  to 
all  concerned  and  that  a  number  of 
the  shareholders  had  already  signed 
an  agreement  for  the  change 
they 
gradually  began  to  fall  into  line.  Up 
to  yesterday  160  of  the  260  stockhold­
ers  had  signed.  Among  the  signers 
are  most  of  the  Society’s  heaviest 
shareholders.

Under  the  laws  of  the  State  the 
Co-Operative  Society  can  be  dissolv­
ed  as  soon  as  two-thirds  of  the  stock­
holders  agree  to  the 
change.  Mr. 
Eman  is  certain  that  more  than  that 
number  will  sign  the  list.  As  soon 
as  the  required  number  of  signatures 
have  been  secured  an  organization 
will  be  perfected,  and  steps  will  be 
taken  to  buy  in  the  stock  of  merchan­
dise  and  real  estate  at  a  sale  to  take 
place  later.  Any  stockholder,  or  any

party  of  stockholders,  can  bid  at  the 
sale.  If  the  stock  is  bought  at  seven­
ty-five  cents  on  the  dollar  the  stock­
holders  not  included  among 
those 
favoring  the  change  will  be  paid  off 
on  a  basis  similar  to  that  represented 
in  the  purchase  price.

Some  of  the  shareholders  are  so 
well  pleased  with  the  new  plan  that 
they  have  agreed  to 
invest  more 
money  than  they  have  in  the  present 
organization.  Under  the  co-operative 
plan  the  shareholder  who  has  $300  in­
vested  has  no  more  to  say  than  the 
man  with  $5.  Each  has  but  one 
vote.  Under  the  new  organization  a 
shareholder  will  have  one  vote  for 
each  share  of  stock  he  holds.  Thus 
it  is  thought  that  the  affairs  of  the 
company  can  be  handled  more  satis­
factorily  than  is  possible  under 
the 
present  plan.

last 

According  to  the 

financial 
statement,  issued  in  July,  the  Society 
is  in  good  condition. 
Its  stock  of 
merchandise 
inventoried  $17,823.01, 
and  the  accounts  receivable  footed up 
$7,825.17;  the  cash  on  hand  was 
$849.49.  Several  other  items,  includ­
ing  real  estate,  horses,  wagons,  fix­
tures,  etc.,  brought  the  total  to  $40,- 
038.04.  The  liabilities  were:  Capital 
accounts  payable, 
stock,  $26,345; 
$4,623.38; 
payable,  $2,515; 
bonds,  $3,020;  interest  and  dividend, 
$212.82;  personal  accounts  payable, 
$310.67;  surplus  on  hand,  $3,011.17.

notes 

The  Society  skipped  its  last  semi­
annual  dividend,  it  having  been  deter­
mined  by  the  Board  of  Managers  that 
the  earnings  might  better  be  applied 
to  the  payment  of  outstanding  ac­
counts.  The  annual  dividends  paid 
prior  to  the  last  semi-annual  meeting 
have  amounted  to  5  Per  cent.,  while 
the  reductions  in  the  liabilities  will 
show  that  the  earnings  have  been  be­
tween  15  and  20  per  cent.  Mr.  Eman 
figures  that  under  the  new  organiza­
tion  the  dividends  will  be  even  larger.

Detailed  Review  of  the  Grain  Market.
The  wheat  market  has  been  com­
paratively  quiet  the  past  ten  days. 
While  fluctuations  have  been  sharp 
at  times,  the  range 
in  values  has 
been  narrow,  covering  a  spread  of 
about  3c  per  bushel.

Exports  of  both  wheat  and  flour 
are  light.  We  are  above  an  export, 
basis.  Cables  command  very 
little 
attention.  Our  domestic  markets, ad­
vancing  or  declining  as  the  case  may 
be,  are  entirely  independent  of 
the 
foreign  situation.

Taking  into  consideration  the  facts 
set  forth  from  the  official  figures  of 
this  crop,  as  compared  with  last year, 
we  have  a  deficiency  of  practically 
105,000,000  bushels  of  wheat  in 
the 
United  States  this  year.  From  a  sta­
tistical  standpoint  we  have  not 
a 
bushel  of  wheat  to  spare  for  export, 
and  the  few  millions  already  sent out 
of  this  country  will  have  to  be  re­
placed  by  importations.

The  exports  from  the  United  States 
and  Canada  of  both  wheat  and  flour, 
figured  as  wheat,  since  the  first  of 
July  have  been,  according  to  Brad- 
street’s,  about 
bushels, 
as  compared  with  about  40,000,000 
bushels 
last 
year.  On  the  other  hand,  the  visi­

for  the  same  period 

19,000,000 

the 

ble  supply,  as  given  by 
journal, 
bushels  less  than  last  year.

same 
is  only  about  one  million 

There  is  a  good  demand  for  choice 
old  corn  and  the  cash  market  has 
shown  an  advance  of  2@3c  per  bush­
el  in  ten  days.  The  bulk  of  the  new 
crop  has  matured  and  was  not  hurt 
by  frosts.  There  will  be  some  poor 
corn  in  the  northern  tier  of  states, 
but  the  bulk  of  this  corn  is  used  for 
home  consumption  and 
is  not  put 
upon  the  outside  markets.

The  trade  in  oats  has  been  rather 
lighter  than  usual.  Farmers  have 
been  busy  with  fall  work  and 
re­
ceipts  at  country  points  have  been 
light.  Prices  are  practically  un­
changed.

The  new  bean  crop  is  coming  for­
ward  in  fine  shape.  The  bulk  of  the 
crop  has  been  harvested  and  is  under 
cover.  The  quality  is  fine,  the  beans 
are  white,  even  in  size  and  unusually 
free  from  colored  beans.  There  has 
been  a  fairly  good  demand  for  both 
prompt  and  deferred  shipment,  No­
vember  and  December  shipments  be­
ing  at  about  5c  per  bushel  discount.

L.  Fred  Peabody.

Gas  Company  Purchased  by  Grand 

Rapids  Men.

All  of  the  bonds  and  $92,000  of the 
$100,000  capital  stock  of  the  Cheboy­
gan  Gas  Light  Company  have  been 
purchased  by  a  syndicate  of  Grand 
Rapids  gentlemen  composed  of  C. C. 
Follmer,  Guy  W.  Rouse,  L.  T.  Wil- 
marth,  Frank  T.  Hulswit,  Ralph 
Child,  Howard  Thornton  and  E.  A. 
Stowe.

The  bond  issue  will  be  increased 
from  $50,000  to  $75,000,  but  only  $50,-
000  of  the  bonds  will  be  issued  at  this 
time,  the  remainder  being  reserved 
for  future  extensions  and 
improve­
ments.  The  amount  of  the  capital 
stock  will  not  be  changed.  The  offi­
cers  of  the  new  corporation  are  as 
follows:

President— E.  A.  Stowe.
Secretary— Guy  W.  Rouse.
Assistant  Secretary— Ralph  Child.
Treasurer— L.  T.  Wilmarth.
The  company  began  furnishing gas 
to  the  consumers  of  Cheboygan Sept.
1  and  already  has  about  sixty  cus­
tomers.  It  is  expected  that  this num­
ber  will  be  increased  to  150  consum­
ers  before  snow  flies.  The  plant  is 
located  at  the  head  of  navigation  on 
Cheboygan  River  and  a  dock  will be 
immediately  constructed,  on  which 
coal  may  be  gotten  in  by  cargo,  in­
stead  of  by  rail,  as  heretofore.  The 
company  owns  five  miles  of  street 
mains  and  one  of  the  best  and  most 
modern  gas  plants  in  the  country, the 
construction  having  been  conducted 
under  the  personal 
supervision  of 
Fred  W.  Freese,  of  Ft.  Wayne,  who 
enjoys  the  reputation  of  being  one 
of  the  best  gas  engineers  and  gas 
works  constructors 
the  United 
States.  Mr.  Freese  will  remain  with 
the  company  for  several  weeks  in  an 
advisory  and  managerial  capacity  and 
will  probably  purchase  a  block  of 
stock  and  consent  to  act  as  one  of 
the  directors.

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About  twenty  Cheboygan  business 
men  are  already  stockholders  in  the 
company  and  an  opportunity  will  be 
given  others  to  acquire  stock  on  an

advantageous  basis.  At  least  two  di­
rectors  will  be  selected  from  among 
the  Cheboygan  contingent  and  prob­
ably  the  Vice-President  of  the  cor­
poration  will  be  located  there.

The  company  has  numerous  exten­
sions  and  improvements  under 
ad­
visement  and  will  undertake  to  make 
the  plant  the  most  complete  of  any 
plant  of  its  size  in  the  State.

Detroit— The  Detroit  Bent  Goods 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  $25,000 
capital  stock,  of  which  $2,500  has 
been  paid  in in cash.  The stockholders 
are  William  C.  Duffers,  Detroit; John 
Hartnett,  Elihu  Wigle,  John  Wigle, 
Andrew  W.  Davidson  and  John  Hart­
nett,  trustee,  Windsor,  and  Albert L. 
Fox,  Walkerville.

Detroit— The  McDonald-Sheeran

Cigar  Co.  has  been  organized  with a 
capital  stock  of  $10,000,  of  which 
$7,500  has been paid in in property, the 
new  company  taking  over  the  D.  A. 
C.  Cigar  Co.  The  stockholder^  are 
Robert  McDonald,  James  E.  Sheer- 
an,  Edward  Totte  and  Henry  Totte.

Leroy— Frank  Smith  has  purchas­
ed  the  grist  mill  property  here  of 
the  administrator  of  Manila  E.  Hugh- 
ston  and  will  continue  the  business 
under  the  style  of  the  Leroy  Milling 
Co.  Additions  and  improvements to 
the  amount  of  about  $1,500  will  be 
made  by  the  purchaser.

Detroit— The  American  Electrical 
Heater  Co.  has  filed  notice  of 
in­
crease  of  capital  stock  from  $50,000 
to  $115,000.  Of  this  amount  $100,000 
is  common  stock  and  $15,000  prefer­
red  stock.

_________BUSINESS  CHANCES.________
For  Sale—Only Cigar and billiard parlor 
in  town  of  6,000.  Doing  good  business. 
About  $2,000  needed.  Reason  for  selling, 
sickness.  Will  exchange  for  part  prop­
erty.  Address  No.  919,  care  Michigan
Tradesman._______________________ 919
For  Sale—Small  manufacturing  busi­
ness  in  best  town  if  10,000  in  Michigan. 
This  business  is  free  and  clear  and  pays 
60  to  70  per  cent,  on  capital  invested. 
Will  inventory  about  $4,000.  Will  bear 
strictest  investigation  and  is  an  excel­
lent  opportunity  for  a  moderate  sum  to 
afford  an  excellent  income.  Address  No. 
920,  care  Michigan  Tradesman._____920
AUCTIONEERS  AND  TRADERS.
J.  L.  McKennan  &  Co., 

‘The  Hoosier 
Hustlers,”  the noted merchandise auction­
eers,  carry  the  largest  book  of  refer­
ences  of  any  firm  in  the  United  States— 
now  selling  $8,000  general  stock  at  Mount 
Pleasant,  Iowa.  For  terms  and  reference
book,  address Box 457._____________ 910
Merchants.  Attention—Our  method  of 
closing  out  stocks  of  merchandise  is  one 
of  the  most  profitable  either  at  auction 
or  at  private  sale.  Our  long  experience 
and  new  methods  are  the  only  means, 
no  matter  how  old  your  stock  is.  We 
employ  no  one  but  the  best  auctioneers 
and  salespeople.  Write  for  terms  and 
date.  The  Globe  Traders  &  Licensed 
Auctioneers,  Office  431  E.  Nelson  St., 
Cadillac,  Mich._____ •_______________445

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MISCELLANEOUS. 

Oddfellows.  K.  P's,  Redmen,  wanted  to 
sell  our  gold  plated,  enameled  emblem 
buttons.  Send  25  cents  for  sample  and 
Fraternity  Emblem  Co.,
catalogue. 
Brockton,  Mass._____ _____________ 878
Merchants—Are  you  desirous  of  clos­
ing  out  your  stock  or  having  a  reduction 
sale?  We  positively  guarantee  a  profit 
on  all  reduction  sales  and  100  cents  on 
the  dollar  above  rxpenses  on  a  closing 
out  sale.  We  can  furnish  you  with  ref­
erences  from  hundreds  of  merchants  and 
the  largest  wholesale  houses 
the 
West.  Write  us  to-day  for  further  in­
formation.  J.  H.  Hart  &  Co.,  242  Mar­
ket JSt.,  Chicago,  111._______________ 871
To  Exchange—80  acre  farm  3%  miles 
southeast  of  Lowell,  60  acres  improved,
5  acres  timber  and  10  acres  orchard 
land,  fair  house,  good  well,  convenient 
to  good  school,  for  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise  situated  in  a  good  town.  Real 
estate  is  worth  about  $2,500.  Correspon­
dence  solicited.  Konkle  &  Son,  Alto, 
Mich. 

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