Twenty-Third  Year 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  27.  1906 

Number  1188

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Twenty-Third  Year 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  27,  1906 

Number  1188

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OF  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

see  us.3¥z P er  Cent.

Has largest  amount  of  deposits 
of  any State or Savings Bank  in 
Western Michigan. 
If  you  are 
contemplating a change  in  your 
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Resources  Exceed  3  Million  Dollars

IM P O R T A N T   F E A T U R E S .

Ju st  Tired  Out.

P ag e.
2.  Men  of  Mark.
4.  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  W indow  Trim m ing.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Fifty  Y ears  Ago.
16.  Clothing.
18.  Pernicious  Custom .
20.  Getting  the  Mail.
22.  W om an’s  World.
24.  Butter  and  Eggs.
26.  Bod  for  the  Nerves.
28. 
Joseph  Choate.
Jolly  God  Fellows.
30. 
32.  Shoes.
35.  New  Y o rk   Market.
36. 
38.  D ry  Goods.
40.  Com m ercial  Travelers.
42.  Drugs.____________________________
AN  ABUNDANT  ACHIEVEMENT.
A s  the  Dean  of  the  financial  Faculty 
of  Grand  Rapids,  H arvey  J.  Hollister 
stands  an  honorable  and  most  inter­
esting  figure,  so  that  the  Tradesman 
takes  great  pleasure 
in  presenting 
elsewhere  in  this  issue  an  informing 
and  entertaining  review  by  that  gen­
tleman  of  the  development  of  Grand 
Rapids  during  the  decade  of  1850  to 
i860,  which  Mr.  H ollister  read 
yes­
terday  at  the  annual  picnic  of  the  Old 
Residents’  Association.

Such  meetings  as  the  one  in  ques­
tion  and  reminiscences  having 
the 
first-hand  stamp  of  authenticity  such 
as  identifies  the  review  alluded  to  are 
of  permanent  value  to  any  community 
in  that  they  inspire  pride  and  patriot­
facts  historical 
ism  and  preserve 
which  otherwise  m ight  be 
irretriev­
ably  lost.

Harvey  J.  H ollister  came  to  Grand 
Rapids  when  it  was  but  little  more 
than  an  Indian  agency,  with  a  lumber 
town  in  embryo  accessory.  A fter  two 
years  in  one  of  the  leading  mercantile 
establishments,  he  became  an  employe 
of  Daniel  Ball,  who  was  the  banker 
and  the  founder  of  the  banking  busi­
ness  in  this  place.  His  bank,  which 
occupied  a  very  small  portion  of  the 
area  now  covered  by  the  Hotel  Pant- 
lind,  had  the  river  at  its  back  door 
and  the  sea  of  mud  in  wet  weather,  in 
dry  weather  a  desert  of  dust,  popu­
larly  known  as  “ Grab  Corners,”  at  its 
front  entrance.

Young  Hollister,  having 

received 
what  in  those  days  was  a  good  com­
mon  school  education  and  already  a 
devout  Congregationalist  and  sincere 
student  of  the  Bible,  at  once  took 
a  prominent  position  in  business  and 
in  the  religious 
life  of  the  frontier 
town.  Tall,  erect,  slender  and  a  pro­
nounced  blonde,  he  was  also  punctil­
ious 
in  matters  of  dress  and  man­
ner,  so  that  he  became  a  striking  fig­
ure  among  the  unconventionals  of  the 
time.  The  best  resume  of  the  chief 
characteristics  of  the  man  is  furnished 
by  an  old  citizen  who,  when  asked 
if  he  had  known  H arvey  H ollister  as 
a  young  man,  replied:  “ K now   H ar­
vey!  I  should  say  I  did.  How  could 
I  help  it?  He  stuck  his  stake  down 
there  on  Canal  street,  and  has  never 
left  it.  There  has  never  been  a  time 
since  he 
located  there  that  anyone 
wanting  to  see  Harvey  could  not  find

*

him  at  his  post,  if  he  was  in  the  city  1 
and  able  to  attend  to  business.  Faith­
fulness,  industry,  serenity,  clear  head- 
edness  and  an  entire  absence  of  ar­
rogance  have  marked  his  whole  life 
as  I  have  noticed  it.”

It  is  a  remarkable  record  to  make, 
to  remain  uninterruptedly  during  a 
period  of  over  half  a  century  at  the 
head  of  a  single  banking  institution, 
but  that  record  becomes  more  valua­
ble  when,  as  it  is  reviewed,  it  is  found 
continuous  as 
rectitude,  public 
spirit  and  absolute  loyalty  to  the  city 
and  all  of  its  best  interests.  Mr.  H ol­
lister’s  record  shows  plainly  that  he 
set  his  ideal  high  and  with  unfalter­
ing  devotion  he  has  worked  to  that 
ideal  so  that  the  city,  the  county  and 
the  State  have  been  made  better  be­
cause  he  lived  and  labored.

to 

A  DELIBERATE  INSULT.

in  reply  came  a 

W hen  the  newly-equipped  Grand 
River  Line  of  steamboats  found  that 
so  far  as  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway 
is  concerned  they  were  “ up  against | 
it,”  an  appeal  was  made  to  the  Grand 
Rapids  Board  of  Trade  to  see  if  some 
equitable  and  harmonious  adjustment 
of  the  differences  could  not  be  reach­
ed.  Thereupon  Secretary  Van  Asmus, 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  addressed  a 
courteous  letter  to  the  Grand  Trunk 
people,  and 
letter 
from  Charles  Clarke,  Division  Freight 
Agent  at  Detroit  for  the  Grand  Trunk 
Co. 
In  this  letter,  under  date  of  June 
23,  Mr.  Clarke  made  an  appointment 
to  meet  the  Committee  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  at  8:30  on  the  morning  of 
June  26,  at  the  office  of  that  organi­
zation. 
accordance  with  Mr. 
Clarke’s  own  arrangement  the  Board 
of  Trade  Committee  were  on  hand  at 
the  appointed  time  and  place  and  they 
waited  for  an  hour.  Mr.  Clarke  did 
not  put  in  an  appearance  and  no  ex­
cuse  or  apology  was  offered.  Disap­
pointed  and  rightly 
the 
I Committee  adjourned.

indignant, 

In 

Twenty-four  hours  thereafter— 8:30 
a  m.  W ednesday,  the  27th  inst.— Mr. 
Clarke  reported  at  the  office  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  but,  of  course,  the 
Committee  were  not  present  to  meet 
him.

The 

rehearsal 

foregoing 

reveals 
nothing  new. 
In  fact,  there  is  noth­
ing  new  to  exhibit  as  to  the  arrogance 
and  indifference  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
officials  in  their  treatment  of  the  busi­
ness  interests  of  Grand  Rapids.  They 
have,  time  and  again,  run  the  entire 
gamut  of  insolence  and  insult  in  their 
intercourse  with  our  city.  Seem ingly 
the  officials  of  that  road  have,  as  yet, 
been  unable  to  outgrow  the  smock- 
frock-hob-nail-shoe  prestige  of  their 
worthy  ancestors,  which  influence,  in 
the  light  of  their  “bah-joA e-doucher- 
know”  pretense  to  gentility  and 
re­
finement,  produces  absurd  results.

Grand  Rapids,  in  their  eyes,  is  on  a 
sort  of  stub  line  siding,  too  insignifi­

cant  to  be  entitled  to  any  concessions. 
H it’s  a  good  henough  sort  of  town hat 
which  to  take  water  and  fuel  hon,  but 
’Owever,  with 
that’s  habout  hall. 
hour  new  track  hand 
station  hat 
Bridge  street  hit  may  wake  hup.”

Grand  Rapids  is  very  much  awake—  
and  awake  to  the  fact  that  heroic 
measures  only  will  be  effective.  And 
just  here  the  Tradesman  predicts  that 
unless  the  Grand  Trunk  people  get 
up  to  a  fair  and  co-operative  basis 
with  our  creators  of  freight  m ighty 
soon  a  25  per  cent,  reduction  on  the 
freight  business  going  from  this  city 
to  that  corporation  will  be  distinctly 
visible.

A  REFORM  ASSURED.

It  is  a  fortunate  fact  that  the  con­
trolling  factors  in  the  career  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  have 
form al­
ly  and  emphatically  notified  all  of  its 
employes  that  hereafter  they  must  re­
fuse,  absolutely,  to  accept  any  shares 
of  stock  or  other  articles  of  value  as 
j  a  gift 
from  any  manufacturing  or 
other  property  producing  company  or 
from  any  individual  who,  in  any  way 
it  might  be  construed,  had  an  ulte 
rior  purpose  in  view  when  exhibitin'» 
generosity.

at 

is  visible 

There  is  much  more  to  this  rigid 
regulation  than 
first 
glance;  for,  while  it  will  restrain  all 
employes  from  assuming  even  the  ap­
pearance  of  evil,  it  imposes  upon  the 
President,  the  Vice-President, 
the 
Secretary  and  the  Treasurer  of 
the 
Pennsylvania  Company,  as  it  does  up­
on  the assistants to the Presidents,  and 
in  due  order  the  assistants  to 
the 
other  dominating  officials,  the  duty  of 
setting  good  examples.

the 

O f  course,  while 

superinten­
dents  and  assistant  superintendents, 
general  agents,  division  agents,  con­
ductors,  engineers,  firemen  and  brake- 
men  have  been  guilty  of  accepting, 
gratis,  interests  in  coal  mines,  wharf 
privileges  and  other  values  of  large 
importance,  the  presidents  and  their 
assistants  have  only  profited,  now  and 
then,  by  modestly  and  gratefully  re­
ceiving 
insignificant  mementoes— a 
smoking  set,  a  toilet  set  or,  perhaps, 
a  box  of  cigars.  And  so,  while  the 
offense  given  by  the  shrewd,  avari­
cious  and  conscienceless  employes  is 
infinitely  greater 
that  uncon­
sciously  caused  by  the  governing  offi­
cials,  the  responsibility  resting  upon 
least 
those  latter  dignitaries 
equal 
the 
charge  laid  upon  the  lesser  figures.

is  at 
if  not  greater,  than 

than 

to, 

And  the  reassuring  thing  about  the 
situation  is  that  the  presidents, 
the 
secretaries  and  the managing directors 
appreciate 
their  accountability  and 
must, 
in  the  very  nature »of  things, 
abstemiously  resist  all  well  meaning 
advances  by  their  friends  in  future. 
The  force  and  value  of  good  example 
is  in  their  hands  and  elasticity  of  con­
science  as  to  little  things  even  can 
not  be  tolerated.

F A D E D / L I G H T   T E X T

2

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

MEN  OF  MARK.

Wm.  J.  Clarke,  President  Emmet 

County  State  Bank.

Rare  is  the  man  who  has  no  com­
mendable  traits,  although  they  be  but 
few.  All  are  human,  all  have  weak­
nesses,  but  what  the  world  is  looking 
for  is  he  who  has  the  fewest  weak­
nesses,  who  seeks  to  overcome  them, 
to  cultivate  and  bring  into  promin- j 
ence  the  nobler  qualities  of  his  nature.  | 
He  who  does  this  is  a  credit  to  him­
self,  to  the  community  in  which  he 
lives  and  to  the  country  which 
in­
cludes  him  in  its  roll  of  better  citi­
zenry.

Success  spoils  the  small  man. 

It  in­
spires  him  to  attach  too  much  impor­
tance  to  himself,  to  shroud  his  genial 
disposition,  provided  he  have 
such. 
The  truly  great  man  is  always  hum­
ble,  always  charitable,  always  com­
panionable.  When  he  gets  away  from 
these  traits  he  gets  away  from  great­
ness,  regardless  of  the  fact  that  he 
may  be  called  great.  The  small  man  j 
knows  down  in  his  heart  that  he  is 
assuming,  that  he  has  attained  a  repu­
tation  that  does  not  rightfully  belong 
to  him.  He  who  gives  freely  to  his 
friends  and  to  humanity  the  best  that 
is  in  him,  without  seeking  to  convey 
the 
his 
debtors,  has  a  personality  that  by  the 
thoughtful  must  always  be  admired.

impression  that  they 

are 

advice 

One  of  the  men  who  illustrate  the 
above  assertions,  who  aim  to  bring  to 
the  surface  their  better  natures,  is  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  He  is  so  com­
panionable  and  unassuming  that  his 
acquaintance  is  sought  by  every  busi­
ness  man  in  Northern  Michigan.  He 
is  so  respected  and  trusted  at  home 
that  he  has  held many offices in the gift 
of  the  people.  His  judgment  is  al­
most  unerring  and  his 
is 
sought  by  those  who  seek  investments 
along  certain  lines  in  the  upper  por­
tion  of  the  Low er  Peninsula.  Such  a | 
man  helps  others  to  build  character, 
as  his  is  an  example  that  is  sure  to  be 
imitated.  W ith  a  mind  surcharged 
with  ideas  seeking  to  escape  he  is  an 
interesting 
conversationalist,  putting 
vigor  and  good  nature  into  his  speech. 
He  would  not  be  mistaken  for  an  or­
dinary  person;  an  air  and  appearance 
about  him  stamp  him  as  a  man  of 
large  affairs.  Good  nature  is  in  him 
a  noticeable 
characteristic.  W hile 
not  given  to  what  ordinarily  would 
be  termed  joking,  nuggets  of  wit,  ap­
parently  unreached  for,  drop  from  the 
tip  of his  tongue.  He  has  a  large  fund 
of  cheerfulness  and  seriousness— a 
combination  that  is  rarely  found.

Wm.  J.  Clarke  was  born  in  Lon­
donderry,  North  Ireland,  Feb.  5>  i855> 
his  parentage  being  a  mixture  of 
Scotch  and  Irish.  His  father  was  a 
school  inspector,  and  W illiam   had  the 
benefit  of  excellent  schooling,  includ­
ing  a  knowledge  of  several  modern 
languages,  so  far  as  high  school  train­
ing  goes.  His  father’s  original  inten­
tion  was  to  educate  him  for  a  pro­
fession,  but  at  the  age  of  16  he  was 
bound  out  to  a  four  years’  apprentice­
ship  to  learn  the  grocery  business  in 
the  establishment  of  Jas.  M cKay,  of 
Lisburn.  For  three  months  he  took 
up  his  work  in  the  back  end  of  the 
store,  after  which  time  he  was  pro­
moted  to  doing  up  packages  and,  lat­
er  on,  was  permitted  to  wait  on  cus­

tomers.  For  such  service  he  received 
his  board,  being  compelled  to  buy 
his  own  clothes  and  pay  his  own 
laundry  bills  for  the  privilege  of  ob­
taining  the  instruction  given  him.  He 
left  the  store  the  day  his  time  was 
out,  coming  across  the  Atlantic 
to 
Paisley,  Ont.,  where  his  brother  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  furni- j 
ture.  He  formed  a  copartnership  with 
his  brother  under  the  style  of  Clarke 
Bros.,  which  continued 
years, 
when  he  withdrew  and  went  to  Har­
bor  Springs.  He  started  for  Mani­
toba,  but  turned  back  at  Duluth  to 
visit  his 
in  Harbor 
Springs  for  several  weeks  in  the  sum­
mer  of  1876. 
In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  took  a  contract  to  open  the  State 
road  from  Harbor  Springs  to  Page 
and  set  telegraph  poles  for  the  ten 
miles  between  Petoskey  and  Harbor 
Springs.  The  next  season  he  con­

father-in-law 

five 

building,  and  organized  a  bank  under 
the  style  of  the  Emmet  County  State 
Bank,  of  which  Mr.  Clarke  is  Presi­
dent  and  his  son  Vice-President.

Mr.  Clarke  was  married  in  1875  to 
Miss  Christiana  Turner,  of  Paisley, 
Ont.,  and  is  the  father  of  three  chil­
dren— J.  T.  Clarke,  who  received  his 
j education  at  B ig  Rapids  and  Kalam a­
zoo;  Edith  M.  Clarke,  who  graduated 
from  the  Kalam azoo  Female  Semin­
ar}-  in  1903,  and  W.  J.  Clarke,  Jr.,  who 
will  graduate  from  the  German  and 
Latin  courses  of  the  Harbor  Springs 
high  school  in  1907.

Mr.  Clarke  is  a  member  of  the  Ma­
sonic  fraternity  as  far  as  the  Com- 
mandery  and  also  owes  allegiance  to 
the  K.  of  P.,  Eastern  Star  and  Macca­
bees.  He  is  an  attendant  at  the  Pres­
byterian  church  and  serves  that  or­
ganization  in  the  capacity  of  trustee, 
having  assisted  in  the  organization  of

the  Tradesman  trusts  he  will  yield  to 
their  importunities,  because  it  is  sel­
dom  that  a  man  of  such  sterling  qual­
ities  and  wide  experience  will  consent 
to  give  his  time  and  talents  in  this 
manner.

Arrangements 

for 

the  September 

Convention.

Detroit,  June  26— I  am  pleased  to 
advise  you  our  next  State  conven­
tion  will  be  held  in  this  city,  Septem­
ber  4,  5  and  6. 
I  expect  it  will  be  the 
largest  convention  of  retail  shoe  men 
ever  held.  The  Board  of  Directors 
and  the  various  committees  have  this 
work  well  in  hand,  and  we  are  as­
sured  from  all  present  indications  it 
will  be  a  complete  success.  An  open 
invitation  has  been  extended  to  all 
retailers,  irrespective  of  location,  who 
are  interested  in  the  organization  of 
the  retail  shoe  trade, 
already 
many  from  neighboring  states  have 
advised  us  they  will  be  present.

and 

W e  shall  again  issue  a  booklet  on 
a  much 
larger  scale  than  last  year, 
which  will  contain  the  minutes  of  the 
last  convention  and  a  general  synop­
sis  of  all  that  has  been  accomplished 
by  the  Association  since  organized, 
and  much  other  data,  together  with  a 
number  of  full  page  half-tone  illus­
trations,  which  we  expect  will  make 
it  the  finest  souvenir  ever  gotten  out 
under  similar 
The 
Light  Guard  Arm ory  has  been  en­
gaged  and  there  will  be  a  number  of 
exhibits  held  in  the  large  auditorium. 
The  convention  sessions  will  be  held 
in  the  lecture  room.

circumstances. 

It  is  expected  many  of  the  retailers 
in  this  city  will  make  displays  and 
that  the  exhibit  will  be  open  to  the 
public  on  several  occasions.  W e  have 
asked  the  co-operation  of  the  manu­
facturers  and  wholesalers 
to  help 
make  this  a  success.  Our  Associa­
is  heart  and  soul  in  sympathy 
tion 
for 
with  the 
trade.  W e 
every  one  in  the  shoe 
want  to  make  a  strong 
impression 
on  the  consuming  public  of  Michi­
gan  that  “ Shoes  have  gone  up.”  The 
Michigan  State  Fair  is  held  in  this 
city  the  same  dates,  which  will  be 
an  added  attraction  and 
a 
large  attendance. 

insures 
E.  B.  Mowers.

larger  profits 

idea  of 

William  J.  Clarke

Proposition  in  Education.

ducted  the  W equetonsing  Hotel,  giv­
ing  such  good  satisfaction  that  he  was 
engaged  for  two  subsequent  seasons. 
In  the  fall  of  1880  he  opened  a  gro­
cery  and  crockery  store  at  Harbor 
Springs,  under  the  style  of  Clarke 
&  Thompson,  his  partner  being  J.  L. 
Thompson.  A   year  later  he  purchas­
ed  the  interest  of  his  partner,  and  in 
1889  he  added  lines  of  clothing  and 
furnishing  goods,  occupying  a  double 
store  building  44x70 
in  dimen­
In  1896  he  erected  a  block 
sions. 
with  81 
feet  frontage  and  217  feet 
depth,  with  102  feet  frontage  on  the 
water,  in  which  he  conducted  his  busi­
ness  until  the  spring  of  1905,  when 
he  sold  his  grocery  stock,  and 
the 
following  December  he  disposed  of 
his  stock  of clothing.  On  Dec.  1,  1905, 
he  purchased  the  business  of  G.  B. 
Martin,  then  conducting  the  bank  in 
the  corner  store 
of  Mr.  Clarke’s

feet 

the  first  Presbyterian  society  formed 
in  Emmet  county.

In  addition  to  his  banking  busi­
ness,  to  which  he  gives  his  undivided 
attention,  he  is  quite  largely  interest­
ed  in  the  Thos.  Foreman  Co.,  of  De­
troit,  and  the  W .  W .  Rice  Leather 
Co.,  of  Petoskey.  He  is  a  large  hold­
er  of  hardwood  timber  and  farm lands 
and  is  very  generally  regarded  as  one 
of  the  best  posted  men  in  Northern 
Michigan  on  mercantile,  timber  land, 
farm  land  and  financial  matters.

remarkable 

Mr.  Clarke’s 

success 
furnishes  an  excellent  example  of  the 
manner  in  which  a  man  can  start  with 
small  means  and  achieve  success  by 
rugged  honesty,  persistent  effort  and 
knowing  himself  and  his  business.

Mr.  Clarke’s  friends  are  urging  him 
to  stand  as  a  candidate  for  Represen­
tative  in  the  Legislature  for  the  dis­
trict  covered  by  Emmet  county,  and

A  teacher  in  a  Tucker  county  pub­
lic  school  received  the  following  let­
ter  the  other  day:
Sir— W ill  you 

in  the  future  give 
my  son  easier  som^  to  do  at  nights? 
This  is  what  he  has  brought  hoam 
tow  or  three  nites  back: 
If  fore  gal­
lons  of  bere  will 
fill  thirty-to  pint 
bottles  how  many  pints  and  half  bot­
tles  will  nine  gallons  of  bere 
fill? 
W ell  we  tried  and  could  make  noth­
ing  of  it  at  all,  and  my  boy  cried 
and  laughed  and  sed  he  didn’t  dare 
to  go  back  in  the  mornin’  without 
doin’  it.  So  I  had  to  go  and  buy  a 
nine-gallon  keg  of  bere,  which  I  could 
ill  afford  to  do,  and  then  he  went 
and  borrowed  a 
and 
brandy  bottles.  W e  filled  them  and 
my  boy  put  down  the  number  for 
an  answer. 
I  don’t  know  whether 
it  is  right  or  not,  as  we  spilt  some 
while  doin’  it.  P.  S.— Please  let  the 
soms  be  in  water,  as  I  am  not  able 
to  buy  more  bere.

lot  of  wine 

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

nothing,  if  you  save  your  Ariosa  Coffee  vouchers. 

"  I  ’'H E R E   is  scarcely  anything  needed  in  your  business  or  your  home  which  you  cant  get  for 
■ I- 
If  you  don t  want  a  wagon  or  a  set  of 
harness;  if you don’t  want  a  scale,  a  cheese  or  meat  cutter,  an  oil  tank  or  a  coffee  mill,  perhaps  you 
do  want  a safe  and  a  desk.  Don’t  use  your  money to  buy  them— put  it  in  Ariosa  Coffee,  push it with 
your  trade,  and you  will  not  only  get your  profit on  your  sales,  but  almost  any  useful  or  ornamental 
article  you  want  in  exchange  for  the  vouchers  which  every  purchase  of  Ariosa  Coffee  brings  you.

00   you  want  a 

runabout, 

a 

buggy,  a  phaeton ? 

Do  you want a hand­
some  watch,  or  a 
diamond  ring?  Do 
you  want  a  good 
saddle  and  bridle ? 
If  there is anything 
you  want,  you  can 
probably  get  it  for 
your  Ariosa  vouch­
ers.  Look  over  our 
catalogue. 
If  you 
find  something  there 
which  you  need  im­
mediately,  send  us 
cash  price,  and  we 
wi l l   r e t u r n   y o ur  
money  if you seud us 
the  required  number 
of  vouchers  before 
April  i,  1907.

If  you  haven’t  a 
catalogue,  we  will 
send  you  one  upon 
receipt  of  3  cents 
postage.

¿.WISE  g r o c e r ,

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No. 302 is 31 inches high and weighs 600 lbs.  H as  sub-treasury,  draw er, 

tw o pigeon holes and space for a large se t of standard size  books.

190  Vouchers. 

Cash  Price, $35.00.

^   need 
table 

TTAOES  your  wife 
silver­
ware, 
linen, 
curtains,  a handsome 
lamp,  a  brass  bed.  a 
sewing-machine, 
a 
hall  clock,  a  music 
box,  a  graphophone, 
a  piano  or an  organ ? 
If  she  does,  instead 
of  using  your  money 
to  buy  them  for  her, 
get  any  or  all  of 
them  wi t h   y o u r  
Ariosa  Coffee vouch­
ers  that  come  to  you 
free, absolutely free.

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high and 30 inches wide,  w ith roll top dust-proof curtain.

Cash  Price,  $53.50

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Movements  of  Merchants.

Casnovia— C.  F.  Martin  &  Son  have  I 

opened  their  new  hardware  store.

Montgomery —  David  Smith  will 
soon  open  a  new  grocery  and  notion 
store  here.

Ford  City— C.  N.  Gore  has  opened 
a  meat  market  in  connection  with  his 
grocery  store.

Charlotte--B.  Mansfield  has  sold his 
grocery  stock  to  T.  N.  Blinston,  of j 
Grand  Rapids.

Allegan— A.  J.  Colburn  has  sold  his 
stock  in  the  Allegan  Hardware  Sup­
ply  Co.  to  Harry  Lutis.

Ann  Arbor— Geo.  O tley  and  U.  A. 
grocery 

Gates  have  purchased 
the 
stock  of  Alphonse  Lemble.

Central  Lake— Joseph  Hirshman, 
dry  goods  dealer,  will  soon  move  to j 
Mesick,  where  he  will  coninue  in  the 
same  line  of  business.

Hartford— Hammond  &  Lane,  who 
formerly 
the  Hartford 
Home  bakery,  have  sold  out  to  Carl  j 
R.  White,  of  Grand  Rapids.

conducted 

Owosso— A  corporation  has  been 
formed  under  the  style  of  the  State  j 
Savings  Bank,  with  an  authorized  cap-  I 
ital  stock  of  $50,000,  all  of  which  has 
been  subscribed.

Benton  Harbor— Chas.  Cherry,  who 
to 
re-en­
soon  | 

recently  sold  his  grocery 
Ross  Baker,  has  arranged  to 
gage  in  the  business  and  will 
open  a  new  store  here.

stock 

Belding— The  O tto  J.  Kuhn  hard­
ware  stock  has  been  sold  at  auction 
little  more  than  70 
and  brought  a 
cents  on  the  dollar. 
It  was  bid  in  by 
the  Tuinstra  Hardware  Co.

Calumet— Alfred  Michaelson 

and 
William  Hocking  have  resigned  their 
positions  with"W   .H.  Richards  &  Co., 
clothiers,  and  expect  to  open  up 
a 
clothing  store  in  the  near  future.

Durand— King  &  K ing  will  be 
succeeded  in  the  grocery  business  by 
T.  A.  Saunders,  of  Otterburn,  who 
has  secured  the  services  of  J.  H. 
Bradley,  of  Pewamo,  as  manager  of 
the  store.

Deerfield— L.  R.  Brown,  dealer 

in 
shoes  and  cigars  and  tobacco,  has 
in  Dundee, 
opened  a  branch  store 
which  he  will  manage, 
leaving  his 
family  in  this  place  in  management  of 
his  old  store.

Battle  Creek— S.  F.  M cKay  has sold  I 
his  stock  of  groceries  to  J.  G.  Sayles, 
formerly  of  Stockbridge.  Mr.  M cKay 
will  return  to  his  old  work  as  a  tele­
grapher  by  opening  a  school  of  teleg­
raphy  on  Sept.  1.

Cedar— J.  A.  Pennington,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  general  trade  for  the 
past  two  years,  has  sold  his  stock  to 
J.  J.  Sbonek  and  Anthony  Odoi,  who 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
style  of  Sbonek  &  Odoi.

Allegan— The  drug  firm  of  Thom p­
son  &  Grice  has  been  dissolved,  L.  L. 
Thompson  having  purchased  he  inter­
est  of  his  partner,  P.  M.  Grice.  Mr. 
Grice  has  engaged 
for 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  of  Detroit.

travel 

to 

Mason-—James  C.  Quick,  of  Flint, 
has  purchased  the  department  store 
stock  of  J.  C.  Kimmel  &  Co.  and  will

continue  the  business.  Mr.  Kimmel 
will  go  to  Grand  Rapids,  where  he 
is  interested  in  a  millinery  house.

Ludington— Godfrey  Arnold,  who 
has  been  engaged  in  the  bakery  busi­
ness  for  fifty-six  years,  twenty-six  of j 
which  have  been  spent  in  Ludington, 
has  disposed  of  his  business  and  leas­
ed  his  building  to  his  son,  Gotleb  A r­
nold.

Amble— James  Lynch,  general  mer­
chant,  has  taken  L.  C.  W inters,  who 
has  been  employed  by  him  for  the 
past  two  years  as  clerk,  as  a  partner 
and  the  business  will  be  conducted  in 
future  under  the  style  of  Lynch  & 
W inters.

Cedar— Cook  Bros,  have  sold  their 
meat  market  to  Palmer  &  Vlack,  of 
Traverse  City,  who  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.  Cook 
Bros,  have  removed 
to  Kingsley, 
where  they  will  re-engage  in  the  meat 
business.

Cheboygan— Arthur  Royce,  of  K al­
amazoo,  has  taken  George  Coffman’s 
place  as  drug  clerk 
in  Brackett’s 
pharmacy.  Mr.  Coffman  moves  his 
family  to  Mackinaw  City  where  he 
will  engage  in  the  drug  buisness  with 
his  father.

Frankfort— A  corporation  has  been 
formed  under  the  style  of  the  Frank­
fort  Coal  Co.  to  conduct  a  coal  and 
wood  business.  The  authorized  capi­
tal  stock  of  the  company  is  $15,000,  all 
of  which  has  been 
subscribed  and 
$1.500  paid  in  in  cash.

Blanchard— A   corporation  has  been 
formed  under  the  style  of  J.  W .  Tate 
&  Co.  for  the  purpose  of  conducting 
a  grain  and  bean  business.  The  com­
pany  has  an  authorized  capital  stock 
of  $8.000.  of  which  $5,000  has  been 
subscribed  and  paid  in.

banking 

O tsego— The 

business 
form erly  conducted  by  DeLano  & 
Clapp  has  been  merged  into  a  bank­
ing  corporation,  under  the  style  of  the 
First  State  Savings  Bank.  The  com ­
pany  has  an  authorized  capital  stock 
of  $25,000,  all  of  which  has  been  sub­
scribed.

Elsie— The  banking  business  form ­
erly  conducted  by  Campbell  &  Stead­
man,  under  the  style  of  the  Elsie 
Bank,  has  been  merged  into  a  bank­
ing  corporation,  under  the  style  of  the 
State  Savings  Bank.  The 
corpora­
tion  has  an  authorized  capital  stock  of 
$25,000,  of  which  amount  $24,000  has 
been  subscribed.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Detroit— The  W estern  Paper  Box 
stock 

its  capital 

Co.  has  increased 
from  $6,000  to  $10,000.

Custer— Archie  McGugan  and  Dan 
W ing  have  purchased  the  grist  mill 
of  Mitchell  Bros,  and  will  continue 
the  business.

Cheboygan  —   The  Embury-Martin 
Lumber  Co.  is  having  about  6,000,000 
feet  of  logs  towed  up  the  lake  from 
the  Ocqueoc  to  the  mill.

Holland— The  Dutch  Rusk  Co. 
plant  has  been  sold  by  Receiver  A. 
Van  Putten  to  Geo.  E.  Kollen  for 
$740.  The  business  will  probably  be 
re-organized.

Simmons— The  Simmons  Lumber 
Co.,  operating  a  sawmill  here,  has  dis­
continued  the  night  run.  The  mill 
will  run  days  until  October,  when  it 
is  expected  the  stock  of  logs  will  be 
exhausted.

Zeeland— A   new  factory  will 

soon 
be  erected  by  Michael  Hirdes,  baker, 
for  the  manufacture  of  his  Original 
Bismarck  Zweibach.  The  new 
fac­
tory  will  have  a  capacity  of  from  25,- ] 
000  to  30,000  daily.

Lansing— The  Michigan  Cut  Glass 
Co.  has  been  incorporated  to  manu­
facture  cut  glass,  with  an  authorized 
capital 
stock  of  $6,000,  of  which 
amount  $4,450  has  been  subscribed 
and  $2,950  paid  in  in  cash.

Yale— A  corporation  has  been  form ­
ed  under  the  style  of  the  Farmers 
Creamery  Co.  to  manufacture  butter. 
The  authorized  capital  stock  of  the 
company  is  $4,000,  of  which  amount 
$2,100  has  been  subscribed  and  $1,000 
paid  in  in  cash.

Garland— The  business  of  the  Gar­
land  Cheese  Co.  has  been  merged  in­
to  a  stock  company  under  the  same 
style,  with  an  authorized  capital  of 
$4,000,  of  which  amount  $3,000  has 
been  subscribed,  $450  being  paid 
in 
in  cash  and  $2,550  in  property.

Detroit— A  corporation  has  been 
formed  under  the  style  of  the  K elsey 
H ickory  Co.  for  the  purpose  of  man­
ufacturing  lumber. 
The  authorized 
capital  stock  of  the  company  is  $50,- 
000,  of  which  amount  $25,000  has 
been  subscribed  and  $20,500  paid  in 
in  cash.

Marquette— The  Marquette  Box  & 
Lumber  Co.  has  been 
incorporated 
and  will  manufacture  staves  and  head­
ing. 
The  authorized  capital  stock 
of  the  company  is  $50.000,  of  which 
amount  $43,500  has  been  subscribed, 
$11,500  being  paid 
in  cash  and 
$20.000  in  property.

in 

Y ale— The  Yale  Creamery  Co.  has 
merged  its  business  into  a  stock  com­
pany  under  the  same  style  and  will 
continue  to  manufacture  butter  and 
cream.  The  corporation  has  an  auth­
orized  capital  stock  of $5,000.  of  which 
amount  $2,500  has  been  subscribed 
and  paid  in  in  cash.

Detroit— F.  Earl .Long,  manufactur­
er  of  horse  shoe  calks,  has  merged 
his  business  into  a  stock  company  un­
der  the  style  of  the  American  Calk 
Co.  The  corporation  has  an  author­
ized  capital  stock  of  $50,000,  of  which 
amount  $25,000  has  been  subscribed 
and  $5,000  paid  in  in  cash.

Munising— The  Superior  Veneer  & 
Cooperage  Co.  is  rapidly  extending  its 
logging  operations.  Burton  &  Bras- 
sell  are  building  camps  near  old  Camp 
80,  Schoolcraft  county.  They  have 
two  years’  work  there.  The  product 
will  be  banked  on  the  Manistique, 
Munising  &  Northern  Railroad.

Jackson— Sneak  thieves,  presumably 
followers  of  the  Ringling  Bros.’  cir­
cus,  robbed  the  safe  of  the  D.  D. 
Holden  feed  store  of  $87  in  money, 
while  the  office  force  was  looking  at 
the  circus  parade  Tuesday  morning. 
E ntry  was  gained 
through  a  rear 
door,  which  was  left  unfastened.  No 
arrests  have  been  made,  and  there  is 
no  clue.

Hermansville  —   The  W isconsin 
Land  &  Lum ber  Co.  is  cutting  con­
siderably  more  timber  this  summer 
than  last  year.  This  season’s  cut  will 
be  16,000,000  feet,  compared  with  14, 
year.  Additional 
000,000  feet 
machinery  is  being  installed. 
In  the 
flooring  factory  seven  old  machines

last 

have  been  replaced  by  a  large  and 
modern  surfacer  and  other  finishing 
equipment.

is 

Suttons  Bay— Suttons  Bay 

to 
have  a  flouring  mill  with  modern  im­
proved  machinery,  a  grain  elevator 
and  an  electric  lighing  plant,  all  of 
which  are  at  present  greatly  needed 
by  the 
The  village  council 
granted  to  Manseau  Bros,  an  electric 
lighting  franchise  at  the  last  regular 
meeting  and  they  will  at  once  begin 
work  on  the  power  and  mill  build­
ings.

town. 

Saginaw— More  than  twenty  years 
ago  Lewis  Van  W inkle,  of  this  place, 
and  Charles  Montague,  of  Caro,  form­
ed  a  copartnership  and  bought  a  body 
of  timber  land  near  V an’s  Harbor,  in 
the  Green  Bay  district.  Last  week 
the  company  sold  its  holdings  to  Chi­
cago  parties  for  a  lump  sum  of  $175,- 
000.  This  sale  includes  40,000  acres 
of  land,  mills,  horses,  store  and  mer­
chandise,  farm  and  300  head  of  Angus 
cattle.  The  same  company  also  sold 
a  tract  in  Upper  Michigan,  containing 
about  25,000  acres,  to  the  Bay  de 
Noque  Lumber  Co.,  of  Nahma,  the 
consideration  being  $83,500.  Both 
deals  were  spot  cash.

Must  Not  Attach  Coupons  To  Cigar­

ettes.

The  United  Cigar  Stores  Co.  the 
other  day  received  notification  from 
the  Internal  Revenue  authorities  that 
they  must  discontinue  the  practice  of 
attaching  coupons  to  packages  of their 
goods.  Hitherto  it  has  been  the  cus­
tom  of  the  company  to  attach  cou­
pons  to  packages  of  cigarettes  by 
means  of  India-rubber  bands,  and  this 
method  has  been  largely  adopted  by 
them  in  their  window  displays  when 
they  desired  to  draw 
to 
some  special  coupon  offer.  In  making 
their  notification  the  Internal  Revenue 
authorities  explained  that  their  atten­
tion  had  been  drawn  to  a  law  which 
had  been  on  the  statute  books  for 
some  time,  but  had  not  hitherto  been 
enforced,  prohibiting  the  attachment 
to  any  statutory  package  by  any  one 
other  than  the  manufacturer  thereof 
of  any  matter  involving  a  gift  or 
gratis  scheme  of  any  kind.

attention 

Up  and  Doing.

for 

Eaton  Rapids,  June  26— The 

last 
meeting  of  the  Business  Men’s  A sso­
sixty 
ciation  was  attended  by  over 
representative  citizens.  A ll 
seemed 
enthusiastic 
Several 
factories. 
propositions  were  presented  and  most 
of  them  met  with 
approval.  The 
proposition  to  bond  the  city  for  $10,- 
000  to  buy  a  site  and  build  a  factory 
for  the  Sure-Hatch  Incubator  Co.,  by 
a  rising  vote  to  see  the  feeling  of  the 
citizens,  was  voted  yea  by  all.

in 

landing  another 

Captured  an  Infant  Industry.
Lansing,  June  26— The  Lansing 
Business  Men’s  Association  has  suc­
ceeded 
industry 
It  is  the  Allen  Sparks 
for  this  city. 
Gas  Light  Co.,  which  has  been 
in 
Grand  Ledge  since  it  began  business, 
but  has  so  far  outgrown  its  present 
quarters  as  to  demand  more  room and 
better  railroad  facilities.  The 
com­
pany  manufactures  individual  gasoline 
lighting  plants.

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The  Produce  Market. 
Asparagus— Home  grown 

fetches 

for  42s,  $3  for  36s,  $3.15  for  30s  and 
$3.25  for  24s.  Floridas  fetch  $2.85  for 
42s,  $3  for  36s,  30s  and  24s.

Potatoes— Old  stock 

is  steady  at 
6o@75c.  N ew  is  in  better  demand 
at  $1.  N ew  potatoes  are 
being 
received  from  Texas,  Oklahoma  and 
Indian  Territory.  They  are  of  good 
quality  and  there  is  a  large  crop,  re­
ceipts  during  the  week  having  been 
heavy.

Poultry— Receipts  are  about  equal 
to  the  demand,  which  is  light.  Last 
week  receipts  were  heavy,  although 
not  as  many  broilers  were  coming  as 
usual.  This  week  there  are  more 
broilers  than  are  needed  and  a  decline 
of  3c  per  pound  is  noted.  Turkeys 
are  off  ic  per  lb.  and  squabs  25@5oc 
per  dozen.

Radishes— 12c  per  doz.
Raspberries— Both  black  cap  and 
red  will  begin  to  come  in  before  the 
end  of  the  week.

Strawberries— $1.40(0)1.60  per  case 
for  home  grown.  The  crop 
so 
short  that  local  dealers  have  been  un­
able  to  obtain  half  enough  to  meet 
their  requirements.

is 

Tom atoes— $1  for  4  basket  crate.
Turnips— 20c  per  doz.
W ater  Melons  —   2o@25c 

apiece. 
Melons  from  Florida  and  Texas  are 
very  attractive,  but  have  not  really 
begun  to  sell  in  large  quantities  yet. 
As  previously  stated,  the  crop  is  un­
usually  large  and  of  fine  quality.

W ax  Beans— $1.50  per  bu.

Opening  of  Celery  Season. 

this  week  with 

Kalam azoo,  June  26— The  celery 
the 
season  opened 
shipment  of  three  carloads.  One  car 
ent  to  Chicago  last  evening,  and  an­
other  south  to  be  distributed  in  In­
diana  and  Ohio.  The  third  car  was 
shipped  to  N ew   York.  W hile  early 
in  the  season  the  prospects  were  not 
bright  for  a  good  celery  crop,  growers 
now  say  they  are  going  to  have  one 
of  the  best  crops  in  many  years.

T he  Delton  Mercantile  Co.  has  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  and  shoe  busi- 
iess  at  Delton.  T he  W orden  Grocer 
Co.  furnished  the  grocery  stock  and 
the  Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.  furnish­
ed  the  shoe  stock.

Joseph  Hirschman,  who  was  form 
erly  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
at  Central  Lake,  has  moved  to  Mesick 
and  bought  the  H.  Caplan  stock.  He 
purchased  his  grocery  stock  from  the 
W orden  Grocer  Co.

The  striking  electricians  of  the  city 
have  gone  back  to  work  on  an  open 
shop  basis,  which  means  the  defeat 
of  the  walking  delegate  feature  and 
the  ultimate  extinction  of  the  union

D.  J.  Flanagan  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  308  Butterworth 
avenue.  The  W orden  Grocer  Co 
furnished  the  stock.

The  Thos.  M cBride  Lumber  Co. 
343  Michigan  Trust  building,  has  in 
creased  its  capital  stock  from  $30,000 
to  $40,000.

Freeman  &  Van  Liew   have  opened 
a  grocery  store  at  Cadillac.  The  Jud 
son  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

65c  per  doz.

for 

for 

Bananas— $1 

small  bunches, 
large  and  $2.25@2.5o 
for 
$1.25 
Jumbos. 
Enormous  quantities  are 
moving  all  the  time.  People  seem  to 
eat  them  steadily  the  year 
round. 
Prices  are  unchanged.
Beets— 20c  per  doz.
Butter— Cream ery  is  in  strong  de­
mand  and  large  supply  at  21c  for  ex­
tra  and  20c  for  No.  1.  D airy  grades 
are  in  moderate  demand  and  ample 
supply  at  17c  for  No.  1  and  14c  for 
packing  stock.

Cabbage— Home  grown  fetch 

75c 
per  doz.  Kentucky  stock  is  in  good 
supply  and  demand  at  $2  per  crate. 

Carrots— 30c  per  doz.
Celery— Home 

grown 

commands 

20c  per  bunch.

Cherries— Sweet  fetch  $1.50  for  16 
for 

Sour  command  $1.25 

qt.  case. 
same  sized  package.

Cocoanuts— $3.50  per  bag  of  about 

90

Cucumbers— 45c  per  doz.  for  home 

grown  hot  house.

E ggs— Local  dealers  pay  15c  case 
count  delivered  for  all  offerings  which 
bear  indications  of  being  fresh.  The 
storage  season  is  about  over  on  ac­
count  of  the  deterioration  of  receipts 
usual  at  this  season  of  the  year.  The 
heavy  loss  in  candling  is  another  fac- ( 
tor  in  making  storage  unattractive, 
and  the  heavy 
thus 
thrown  onto  the  market  for  immedi­
ate  consumption.

receipts 

are 

Green  Onions— Silver  Skins,  15c. 
Green  Peas— $1  per  bu.  for  early 
for  Tele­

Junes  and  $1.25  per  bu. 
phones.

Honey— I3@I4C  per 

lb.  for  white 

clover.

Lemons— The  market 

is  weak  at 
$5@5-5°   for  either  Messinas  or  Cali- 
fornias.  The  demand  for  them  is  very 
large  and  the  lack  of  strength  is  not 
due  to 
local  conditions,  but  to  the 
Eastern  market.

Lettuce— 60c  per  bu.  box.
Musk  Melons— Texas  Rockyfords 
of  45 

command  $3@35o  per  crate 
to  54.

Onions— Texas  Bermudas,  $1.50  per 
crate  for  Yellow s  and  $ i-75  for  Sil­
ver  Skins.

Oranges  —   California  navels,  $5@ 
5.25;  Mediterranean  Sweets,  $4.25® 
4.50:  Late  Valencias,  $5@ 5-25- 

Parsley— 30c  per  doz.  bunches. 
Peaches— W hite  stock  from  Texas 
is  offered  in  limited  amounts  at  $2.50 
per  six  basket  carrier.  Although  goods 
of  this  character  have  been  consign­
ed  to  this  market  every  season 
for 
many  years,  they  find  a  small  sale 
because  the  fruit  is  inferior  in  point 
of  size,  appearance  and  flavor,  and  the 
people  in  this  vicinity  who  are  fam il­
iar  with  the  excellent  peaches  grown 
at  home  will  not  pay  a  fancy  price 
for  inferior  stock.

Pieplant— Home  grown  fetches  60c 

per  40  lb.  box.

Pineapples— Cubans  command  $2.85

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

, 

* 

is 

in 

.  c 

the 

Tea— News  has  been  received  that 
are

medium  grades  of  new  Japans 
ruling  about  1 c  per  pound  above  last  —  
0 
^ea  ‘ 

pass,  but  there  seems  to  be  enough 
at  the  prices  now  demanded  to  satisfy 
current  requirements  of  consumption.
„
There  is  an  active  demand  for  gallon
apples,  which  are  very  firm.  The  de-
Coffee— 'There  has  been  a  moderate  mand  for  spot  Alaska  red  salmon  is 
increasing,  but  is  still  on  the  hand-to- 
firm, 
interior  Columbia  River  one-pound  flats  are 

to  fair  demand  for  actual  coffee 
the  spot  market  during  the  week.  Lit-  mouth  order.  The  market 
tie  doubt  is  felt  that 
stocks  in  this  country  allow  of  no  re-  wanted,  but  the  supply  is  extreme 
serve,  and  such  buying  orders  as  come 
light.  Half-pounds  are  going  steadily 
here  are  forced  out  by  actual  neces­
into  consumption,  but  mainly  in  the 
sity.  Business  with  Brazil  has,  per­
con 
w ay  of  deliveries  of 
existing 
force,  been  at  a  standstill  owing  to  the 
tracts.  Pink  salmon  is  scarce 
and
lisparity  in  the  firm  offers  from  the  I firm  imder  a  good  demand.  American 
primary  market  and  the  prices  named  sardines  remain  very  firm  under  small 
lere.  Either  this  market  must  have  stocks,  due  to  the  continued  scarcity 
advanced  or  what  is  regarded  in  some  0f  fjsh  on  the  Maine  coast, 
quarters  as  being  more  likely,  Brazil 
must  come  down. 
It  is  practically  out 
of  the  question  to  quote  actual  cof­
fee  otherwise  than  nominally  at  pres­
ent,  as  the  prices  paid  by  buyers  are 
according  to  selection.  News  from 
Brazil  regarding  valorization 
states 
that  the  scheme  is  progressing.  The 
government,  it  appears, 
is  making 
contracts  with  the  railways  for  trans­
portation,  etc.,  and  the  President  of 
the  State  of  Sao  Paulo  has,  it  is  un-  | 
derstood,  promised  definitely  that  be­
fore  September  1  the  new  export  duty 
will  be  put  into  effect.

currants 

Drted  Fruits— Apples  are  still  firm, 
although  the  days  of  the  high  prices 
are  numbered,  as  the  prospects  point 
to  a 
large  crop.  Currants  are  ad­
vancing  rapidly  on  the  other  side,  ow ­
ing  to  bad  weather.  New  fruit 
is 
quoted  at  an  advance  of  Vac. 
In  this 
country  futures  have  also  advanced 
14 c,  although  spot 
remain 
about  unchanged.  A   few  future  rais­
ins  are  selling,  but  spot  goods  are 
unchanged  and  dull.  Spot  prunes  are 
unchanged,  both  in  the  East  and  on 
the  coast.  The  demand  is  light.  Fu­
ture  Santa  Claras  rule  on  2j^c  basis, 
with  outside  brands  a  shade  below. 
The  demand 
Spot  peaches 
are  unchanged  but  the  coast  has  gone 
wild  on  future  peaches.  Packers  out 
there  are  offering  growers  very  high 
prices  for  their  fruit,  which  natural­
ly  will  have  a  direct  influence  upon 
the  selling  price  of  the  evaporated  ar 
tide.  V ery  few  sales  have  been  made 
in  the  East  owing  to  the  price.  Apri 
cots  are  also  very  firm,  and  as  to  fu­
tures  most  packers  have  withdrawn 
prices.  Spot  apricots  are  about  clean­
ed  up.

is  light. 

Syrups  and  M olasses— There  is  at 
present  no  competition  whatever 
in 
the  glucose  business,  every  concern 
which  makes  it  having  been  taken  in 
j by  the  new  Corn  Products  Refining 
Co.  There  is  talk  of  a  new  and  inde 
pendent  concern  in  Missouri,  but  the 
plan  is  indefinite  as  yet.  Compound 
syrup  is  unchanged  and  dull.  Sugar 
syrup  is  quiet  at  ruling  prices.  M o­
lasses 
is  selling  to  some  small  ex­
tent  at  high  prices.

Fish— Cod,  hake  and  haddock  arc 
dull  and  unchanged.  The  mackerel 
situation  is  about  unchanged.  The 
new  catch  of  shore  fish  is  still  very 
light,  and  all  holders  are  asking  $15 
per  barrel,  which,  as  stated  last  week, 
is  considerably  above  normal.  Some 
business  has  been  done  at  this  rate. 
Norway  mackerel  are  about  cleaned 
up.  There  is  a  fair  demand  for  new 
Irish  mackerel  on  a  basis  of  $13.50, 
which  is  about  an  average  price.  Up 
to  date  the  pack  of  sardines  is  very 
light,  although  no  change  has 
o c ­
curred  in  prices  as  yet.  The  demand 
is  fair.  Salmon  is  strong  and  in  fair 
demand.

J.  A.  Pennington,  form erly  engaged 
in  general  trade  at  Cedar,  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Fred  J. 
Ferguson,  at 
South  Division 
street,  and  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location.

133 

Canned  Goods— Although  all  of  the 
arge  Baltimore  pea  packers  have  not 
yet  made  prices  on  the  1906  pack, 
enough  of  them,  including  several  of 
the  most  important,  are  in  the  market 
with  quotations  to  warrant  the  state­
ment  that  the  selling  season  has  open­
ed.  The  prices  named,  although  show- 
ng  a  considerable  range  on  the  differ­
ent  grades,  are  amply  confirmatory 
f  the  reports  which  have  come  from 
Baltimore  for  some  time  past  to  the 
effect  that  the  crop  was  a  very  short 
one,  as  they  are  about  the  highest 
figures  quoted  in  many  years.  A t  the 
last  week  the  packers  paid 
end  of 
$i-35@t 40  a  bushel  for  raw 
stock, 
some  of  which  was  suitable  only  for 
packing  seconds.  A   year  ago  at  this 
time  packers  were  getting  raw  peas 
for 
for  30c  a  bushel.  One  reason 
display  of  interest  in  Baltimore 
peas,  notwithstanding  the  high  prices 
at  which  the  market  has  opened,  is  the 
unfavorable  reports  from  other  pro­
ducing  sections  and  the  possibility 
that  the  main  W estern  crop,  which 
so  far  has  seemed  to  have  escaped, 
may  yet  be  affected  by  the  unusual 
weather  conditions  that  have  been  so 
widespread  this 
the 
spot  market  practically  bare,  jobbers 
seem  disposed  not  to  take  chances  on 
covering  their  immediate  wants,  but 
they  do  not  seem  to  be  buying  more 
than 
they  will  actually 
need.  Spot  tomatoes  are  quiet.  The 
quantity  of  stock  outside  of  syndicate 
holdings  is-said  to  be  getting  into  very 
small  compass,  but  there  seems  to  be 
enough  of  it  to  keep  the  market  in 
an  unsettled  state.  Futures  are  quiet, 
but  the  tone  of  the  market  is 
firm.
Spot  corn  is  firm  and  in  steady  de­
mand,  although  orders  are  not  very 
large.  There  is  little  stock  in  sight 
at  prices  which  are  attractive  to  buy­
ers.  Opening  prices 
on  California 
canned  fruits  have  yet  to  be  made 
by  the  leading  packers,  although  they 
are  expected  any  day.  Spot  stocks  of 
all  kinds  are  in  extrem ely  small  com-

spring.  W ith 

think 

they 

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

W i n d o w

T r i m m i n g

Some  Grocers  and  Notion  Dealers 

Lacking  in  Push.

Now  comes  on  the  season  of  the 
year  when  excellent  effects  can  be  ob­
tained  by  the  grocers  with  their  vege­
table  displays.  T o  be  sure,  the  di­
gestive  cavities  of  a  hungry  public 
may  be  treated  to  almost  anything  in 
the  way  of  “green  goods”  at  any  mo­
ment  of  the  twelve-month,  thanks  to 
the  greenhouse  men,  but  one  takes  a 
deeper  interest  in  the  tender  and  the 
crisp  when  grown  in  our  home  mar­
ket,  out 
glass,  with 
“ Heaven’s  own  blue”  above.

from  under 

as 

The  grocer  and  the  meat  man  might 
have  every  whit  as  much  attention 
shown  their  windows 
the  dry 
goodsman,  the  druggist,  the  shoeman, 
if  they  paid  heed  to  the  way  they 
throw  things  in  their  windows.  Yes, 
actually  throw  things.  You  can’t  call 
it  anything  else.  You  wouldn’t  think 
some  of  the  purveyors  could  be  so 
dumb  as  to  neglect  opportunities  ly­
ing  right  beneath  their  fingers,  but 
such  is  the  case  with  far  too  many.  I 
suppose  the  bete  noire  of  American 
life— “ no  time”— is  at  the  root  o f   the 
matter,  is  to  blame  for  much  of  this 
disregard. 
It  may,  however,  be  the 
truth  that  pure,  unadulterated  ignor­
ance  is  responsible.  A t  any  rate,  I 
would  say  that  only  one  grocer  in 
half  a  dozen  takes  the  trouble  to  see 
to 
it  that  his  vegetables  speak  for 
themselves.  W hat  person  with  an  eye 
for  shape  and  color  could  help  stop­
ping  to  admire— and  then  to  wish  to 
test— a  row  of  clean 
spring 
onions  next  to  tiny  and  equally  invit­
ing  round  radishes?  W hose  mouth 
doesn’t  water  for  baked  bananas  when 
he  sees  a  row  of nice  large  sound  ones 
neatly  disposed  near  the  glass?  W ho 
doesn’t  like  the 
curliness  of 
cauliflower,  either  in  pickles  or  stew­
ed  in  milk  and  thickened  and  served 
as  a  vegetable?  The 
grocer  who 
knows  his  business— knows  it  from  A 
to  Z,  “and  then  some”— can  so  ar­
range  his  “ eatable  product  of  plants” 
that  the  palate,  tickled  by  the  sight, 
will  simply  have  to  satisfy  its  natural 
longings.

clean 

little 

There  are  several  ways  to  arrive 
at  pleasing  results  along  this  line.  The 
law  of  contrasts,  well  obeyed,  gives 
charming  and  tempting  pictures.  Geo­
metrical  patterns  may  be  arranged: 
triangles,  quadrangles,  circles,  ellips­
es.  etc.  Other  shapes  may  be 
es­
sayed:  animals,  a  shield,  a  flag,  etc.: 
the  limit  is  almost  endless  when  the 
grocer  puts  his  mind  on  the  sub­
ject  with  the  sincere  desire  to 
im­
prove  the  looks  of  his  store  front  and 
influence  trade  to  swarm  in  his  doors.
I  came  down  past  Barber’s  in  the 
Hartman  Row  the  other  morning  and 
was  surprised  to  see  what  could  be 
accomplished  just  with  boxes 
of 
strawberries  by  placing  them  at  va­
rious  angles. 
is  a  busy 
place  always,  but  it  isn’t  so  busy  as 
not  to  take  the  time  to  extract  the 
most  possible  from  its  window  trims.

“ Barber’s” 

sell 

It  does  not  seem  to  me  that  the 
dry  goods  people  got  up  as  nice  dis­
plays  this  year  to 
graduation 
goods  as  last.  A   year  ago  all  the 
windows  of  the  stores  catering  to  the 
custom  of  the  Sweet  Girl  Graduate 
were  replete  with  beautiful  showings 
of  garments,  goods  for  garments  and 
former. 
pretty  accessories 
Graduation  D ay  is  just  as 
sure 
to 
come  every  year  as  Kris  K ringle’s 
Day,  and  the  S.  G.  G.  has  to  have 
a  pretty  gown  and  folderols  just  as 
sure  as  the  Good  Saint  has  to  have 
pretty  presents  with  which  to  carry 
on  his  business.

the 

to 

*  *  *

Shoe  dealers 

should  be  pushing 
summer  shoes  for  all  they  are  worth 
from  now  till  the  middle  of  August. 
The  season  at  best  is  a  short-lived 
one  for  this  class  of  merchandise  and 
those  selling  them  should  “ make  hay 
while  the  sun  shines.”
*  *  *

“ Drugers,”  as  one  little  girl  calls  the 
people  who  fill  us  with  pills,  have 
several  new  and  useful  ideas  which 
they  are  placing  to  the  fore. 
I  quote 
as  follows  from  a  page  of  a  recent 
issue  of  a  trade  publication:

“ Sterilized  quill  toothpicks  are  now 
being  offered  to  the  trade  in  lots  of 
two  dozen,  for  retailing  at  5  cents  per 
package.  These,  after  having  been 
put  through  the  sterilizing  process, 
are  sealed  up  in  large,  round,  gelatine 
capsules,  which  prevent  them 
from 
coming  in  contact  with  any  foreign 
substance  until  opened  by  the  retail 
purchaser.  Put  up  in  this  manner  and 
offered  for  sale  at  so  low  a  price,  it  is 
probable  that 
toothpicks  will 
appeal  to  the  m ajority  of  persons  who 
use  such  articles.

these 

“Another  recent  article  in  the  drug 
sundry  class  consists  of  a  leather  fin­
ger  protector  that  can  be  retailed  for 
ten  cents.  These  protectors  are  made 
of  black  glove  kid  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  be  adjustable  as  to  size  through 
a  system  of  lacing,  thereby  forming  a 
practical  and  inexpensive  method  of 
finger  bandaging.”

*  *  *

In  last  week’s  Tradesman  I  enlarg­
ed  upon  the  desirability  of  retail  dry 
goods  stores  making  more  of  an  ef­
fort  to  advance  the  interests  of  the 
notion  department.  Here  is  what  a 
leading  authority  has  to  say  on  the 
subject:

“ If  the  average  merchant  running 
a  department  store  is  asked  what  he 
regards  as  the  backbone  of  his  busi­
ness  or  his  most  important  section, 
in  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  even  per­
haps  ninety-nine  out  of  a  hundred,  he 
would  reply  either,  ‘Dress  goods’  or 
‘Garments.’ 
In  one  w ay  he  would  be 
right,  but  if  he  was  questioned  a  little 
more  carefully,  and  was  asked  which 
department  more  than  any  other  in­
fluenced  trade  in  the  store  and  had  to 
do  with  the  bringing  of  more  new 
customers  to  the  institution,  he  would 
undoubtedly  reply,  without  a  mo­
ment’s  hesitation,  ‘Notions.’ ”

And  here  is  what  J.  H.  Vander- 
grind,  of  Racine,  W isconsin,  said  to 
a  representative  of  the  trade  paper 
printing  the  above  paragraph:

“ Our  notion  stock  is  possibly  the 
in  town.  Not  only 
most  complete 
do  we  have  all  the  staple  goods  in

it 

the 
greater  variety  than  is  usually 
case  but  we  also  go 
in  extensively 
for  novelties;  scarcely  any  new  idea 
can  be  brought  out  without  our  tak­
ing  hold  of  it  and  stocking  it  in  lim­
ited  quantities.  W e  are  particularly 
keen  on  new  branded  and  advertised 
articles.  W henever  a  new  article  is  ad­
vertised  under  a  particular  name  we 
make  a  point  of  putting 
in  our 
line.  The  people  appreciate  this  work 
and  feel  that  they  can  come  to  us 
for  anything.  T hey  see  some  partic­
ular  article  advertised,  they  wonder 
what  it  is,  they  come  to  us  feeling 
assured  that  they  can  get 
it.  Nor 
will  they  be  disappointed,  for,  as  I 
said  before,  we  try  to  get  every  new 
idea  in  notions  that  comes  out.  The 
people  also  feel  that  our  stock  of  no­
tions 
is  unusually  complete.  Thus 
many  fall  into  the  habit  of  coming  to 
us  for  small  items. 
In  this  w ay  we 
get  them  interested  and  coming  to  our 
store.  Our  experience  shows  that,  if 
you  can  get  people  coming  to  the 
store  for  one  thing,  it  is  a  compara­
tively  easy  matter  to  sell  them  some­
thing  else.”
The  Bond  Bugbear  Must  Not  Be 

Feared  in  Grand  Rapids.

interest 

“ Grand  Rapids  must  do  something 
else  besides  merely  grow,”  observed 
a  native  of  this  city  who,  although 
living  in  New  York,  still  has  a  deep 
and  abiding 
in  our  affairs. 
W hen  asked  what  was  on  his  mind, 
he  replied:  “ I  mean  that  you  have  got 
to  acquire  other  things  besides  new 
houses,  new  streets,  additional  factor­
ies,  school  houses  and  churches  if  you 
expect  to  keep  up  with  the  proces­
sion.”

Reminded  that  he  had  named  the 
chief  essentials,  he  continued:  “ Not 
all  of  them.  Grand  Rapids  has  a 
population  of  about  a  hundred  thous­
and  to-day.  Ten  years  hence  it  will 
have  increased  50  per  cent,  or  more. 
To-day  it  is  possible  to  obtain,  at  a 
comparatively 
reasonable 
speaking,  the  foundational 
resources 
for  many  utilities  and  luxuries  which 
will  be  demanded  in  1916  if  not  be­
fore.”

price, 

“ Let  those  who  are  in  control  ten 
years  hence  provide 
things 
when  they  are  needed,”  was  mildly 
suggested.

those 

I 

said 

“There  you  are.  You  have  speci­
fied  exactly  what  I  had  on  my  mind,” 
was  the  reply,  “ when 
that 
‘Grand  Rapids  must  do  more  than 
m erely  grow.’  That  spirit  of  selfish­
ness  which  says,  ‘Let  our  children  pay 
as  we  have  been  required  to  pay,’  is 
an  exploded,  abandoned 
theory  and 
hasn’t  a  leg  to  stand  on.  It  is  as  vile 
and  incorrect  in  its  teachings  as  is 
that  other  one  which  says,  ‘W e  have 
but  one  life  to  live,  let  us  live  it  like 
kings.’  T hey  are 
traditions  only, 
things  which  can  not  and  do  not  live 
where  Progress  thrives.  Once  upon 
a  time  I  had  a  factory  superintendent 
in  my  employ  who  would  not  say  a 
thing  in  favor  of  modern  methods  of 
handling  veneers— they  were  modern 
then— and  when  I  insisted  on  adopt­
ing  such  methods,  m y  superintendent 
resigned.  He  preferred  to  stay  in  the 
rut  that  years  of  experience  had  dug 
for  him,  and  to-day  he  is  at  work  by 
the  day  in  a  neighboring  factory.  Had 
I  stuck  with  him  to  his  mechanical

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traditions  it  is  more  than  likely  that 
to-day  I  would  be  working  at  the 
bench.”

“I  don’t  quite  see  the  application  of 

your  story,”  said  the  interviewer.

“ Supposing,”  said  the  New  Yorker 
“that  Grand  Rapids  should  be  visited 
to-night  by  a  calamity  equal 
in  jts 
material  effect  to  that  which  so  nearly 
annihilated  San  Francisco.  W hat 
would  be  the  immediate  attitude  of 
your  property  owners?”

“W hy,  they  would  take  off  their 

coats  and— ”

“ W ith  all  the  courage  and  energy 
in  the  world,”  interrupted  the  East­
ern  man,  “go  at  the  work  of  restoring 
and  rebuilding  your  city.  O f  course 
they  would.  That’s 
tradition.  But 
the  doctrine  of  to-day  demands  that 
the  calam ity  shall  not  be  waited  for; 
the  good  and  wise  old  saw,  “An  ounce 
of  prevention  is  worth  a  pound  of 
cure,”  is  coming  into  its  own  again. 
People  do  not  permit  the 
insidious 
and  relentless  processes  to  thrive  un­
interrupted  now-a-days.  That 
is  to 
say,  people  who  do  things  submit  to 
no  such  procedure.”

your 

river, 

“ Take 

“ If  you  could  become  just  a  trifle 
more  explicit,”  said  the  representa­
tive  of  the  Tradesman,  and  his  friend 
resumed: 
the 
Grand,  for  example.  You  have  dealt 
with  floods  annually for  seventy  years, 
and  they  are  going  to  continue  for  a 
like  period.  During  your  experience 
millions  of  dollars  have  been  lost,  ir­
retrievably.  Don’t  potter  and  putter 
over  the  thing  any  longer.  Get  at 
the  job  and  do  it  thoroughly  and  for 
all  time.”

“ But  that  would  cost  a  million  dol­

lars  or  more.”

“ Yes,  two  millions  to  do  it  as  it 
should  be  done,  but  what  of 
it? 
Bonds  may  be  paid  in  ten,  twenty  or 
fifty  years  and  so  your  grandchildren 
would  be  given  the  chance  you  allud­
ed  to.  Reed’s  Lake  and  the  border­
ing  real  estate  should  be  owned  now 
by  the  city.  Not  very 
long  ahead 
Grand  Rapids’  needs  will  demand  a 
grand  central  station,  ten  years  hence 
all  of  the  W est Side flats— the old Gun­
nison  property— will  be  required  for 
industrial  purposes,  and  those  pur­
poses  can  not  thrive  with  an  annual 
inundation  assured.”

“ O  come,  now,  you’re  laying  out  a 

billion  dollar  prospectus.”

“ Yes,  but  I  realize  that  it  is  impos­
sible  to  carry  it  out  this  year,  next 
year  or  ten  years  hence;  but  get  at 
it.  Reveal  the  spirit  that  is  shown 
in  other  cities.  Make  a  beginning. 
A   year  or  so  ago  there  was  a  little 
placard  quite  popular  in  business  of­
fices,  which  enjoined,  “ Do 
it  now !’ 
The  sentiment  is  all  right  only  when 
it  is  shown  otherwise  than  by  plac­
arding.”

“W hat  city  would  you  cite  as  an 

example?”

“ There  are  scores  of  them  west  of 
the  Mississippi  and  dozens  of  them 
ir.  the  East.  You  will  find  few  cities

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REMARKABLE  SHOWING.

Two  Million  Increase  in  Deposits  in 

Seven  Months.

The  bank  statements  published  last 
week,  showing  conditions  at  the  close 
of  business  June  18,  are  interesting 
because  of  the  robust  totals  in  all  the 
essential  items.  No  statements  have 
ever  been  made  showing  such  large 
increases  in  so  short  a  period  of  time. 
Comparing  the  statement  just  issued 
with  those  of  June  9,  last,  approxi­
mately  seven  months  ago,  the  show­
ing  is  as  follows:

It  is  stated 

with  a  margin  of $3,301.16.  The  Mich-  hearer. 
In  the  first  use  of  this  ex- 
igan  Trust  Com pany  made  a  great  pressive  metaphor  there  was  no  sug- 
jump,  to  $267,281.20,  as  against  a  sur-  gestion  of  carousing  or  lawless  and 
plus  and  undivided  profit  account  that  evil  deeds.
hovered  around  $150,000. 
It  came  into  use  from  the  imme_ 
the  Trust  Com pany’s  great  and  sud-  moriaI  habit  of  celebrating  popular
largely  a  matter  of 
den  increase  is 
festivals  or  holidays  by  lighting  bon 
book-keeping.  The  money  was 
there 
fires.  The  fires  painted  the  night  sky 
before,  but  it  was  differently  recorded 
I and  the  scenery  red,  and  hence  the 
The  “baby  banks”  are  getting  on 
color  became  significant  of  jubilation 
nicely.  The  South  Grand  Rapids  in 
and  merrymaking.  From  that  mean­
a  little  more  than  three  months  has
ing  it  was  a  short  road  to  carousals
accumulated  $20,756.33  commercial  de-  ^   reckless  pursuit  in  a  ]oud 
and 
posits  and  $41,839.59  savings,  a  total  | conspicuoils  w ay.

The  most  striking  feature 

J u n e   18.  1906.
$18,243,946.92
4.856,720.00
3,903,192.66
1,715,545.52
1.703.184.16
9.789.583.35
12,436,593.55
2.508.132.48
24,767,102.20

N ov.  9,  1905.
.. .$17,241,350.74
.. .  4.539.192.71
. . .   3,200,800.54
1  600  097.86
. . .   1.585,122.69
. . .   8.430.657.16
. . .   12,109,296.84
. . .   2,091,780.12
___ 22,751,160.03

D oans  a n d   d isco u n ts 
...........
S tocks  a n d   o th e r  sec u rities
D ue  fro m   b a n k s ........................
C ash  a n d   c a sh   item s  .............
C om m ercial  d ep o sits 
..................................
S av in g s  an d   c ertific a te s 
..........................
D ue  to   b a n k s  .................................................
T o tal  d ep o sits 
...............................................

In crease.
$1,002,596.18
______ 
317.527.29
702,386.12
115!447T>6 
115,447.66
118.061.47
1.358,926.19
327  29G 71
426.352.36
2,015.942.17
in  this  of  $62,595.92,  and  has  $59,553-15  out 
in  loans  and  discounts,  m ortgages and 
comparison  is  in  the  phenomenal  in- 
crease  in  deposits.  The  past 
six  other  securities.  The  City  T rust  and 
months  have  been  highly  prosperous  Savings,  less  than  a  year  old,  has 
for  business  in  Grand  Rapids,  but  it  j $255,542.22  deposits,  and 
loans  and 
is  a  little  too  much  to  give  prosperity  discounts,  bonds,  m ortgages,  etc.,  to 
all  the  credit  for  the  expansion  in  the  the  amount  of  $307,342-39-  The  Corn- 
totals.  T o   some  other  source  must  mercial  Savings,  entering  upon 
its 
the  explanation  be  looked  for,  and  it  third  year,  has  $892,655.63  deposits 
is  possible  that  a  fair  share  of  the  and  $952.89461  at  work.  These  banks 
explanation  will  be  found  in  the  vi-  are  growing  not  at  the  expense  of  the 
cinity  of  Lansing.  T he  State  Treas-  older  banks  seemingly,  but  along  with 
ury,  according  to  recent  reports,  con-  them.
tains  upward  of  $11,000,000,  including | 
the  heavy  contributions  made  by  the  | 
railroads 
of  defaulted  j 

“Painting  the  Town  Red.” 

taxes.  This  money  is  not  locked  up J 

in  payment 

j n  various  forms,  such  as  “ painting 
red  ”  “paint  the  town  red”  or  sim- 

--------*  ♦

  ♦ -------

ply  to  “ paint  the  town,”  there  is 
popular 
books,  which  has  lost  its  original  si 
nificance  for  the  average  reader

common 

saying, 

also 

But  it  is  believed  by  some  authori-
ties  that  the  current  phrase  owes  its
immediate  vogue  in  part  to  the  habit 
of  Mississippi  River 
steamboat  cap­
tains  of  telling  their  men  to  “ paint 
her  red”  when  they  were  urging  them 
to  heap  more  inflammable  fuel  on  the 
roaring  fires  under  the  boilers.  That 
wild,  racing  spirit  was  close  enough 
to  other  outbreaks  of  hot  blood  and 
hilarity  to  make  the  transition  easy 
and  short.

Again,  it  is  possible  to  get  close  to 
the  current  meaning  of  “ painting 
it 
I red”  in  old  allusions  to  the  color  of 
the  noses  of  hard  drinkers. 
It  used 
to  be  not  uncommon  in  England  to 
use  the  expression  “ paint”  as  equiva­
lent  to  drink.

Some  Curiosities.
Did  you  e v er  see  a   c a tn ip   tea ?
j  Did  you  ev er  find 

Did  you  ev er  h e a r  a   dogw ood  b a rk ?  
th e   airfluo  open. 

O r  a n   o rd in a ry   horsefly,  m a rk ?

Did  you  ev er  see  a   w h eelw rig h t  w ell?
D id  you  ev er  h e a r  a   b aseb all  sh o u t?  

Did  you  ev er  w atch   a   clam b ak e  dinrn 
I  O r  listen   to   a  tin   roof  sn o u t?

the 

future  by 

in  the  East  which  have  not  already 
discounted 
securing 
rights  of  way  or  acreage,  or  both,  for 
boulevards  and  parks  to  be  developed 
during  the  years  to  come.  In  the  W est 
there  are  towns  having  not  half  the 
wealth  there  is  in  Grand  Rapids  which 
already  hold  titles 
sites, 
boulevard  rights  of  way,  public  build­
ing  and  school  sites,  the  cost  of  which 
was  paid  by  bond  issues.”

to  park 

foot 

beautiful 

for  these  things. 

“ But  such  towns  are  forced  to  such 
extremes  in  the  effort  to  assure  their 
future  growth. 
It  is  a  case  of  Must.” 
“ Sure  thing!  But  the  necessity  is 
no  greater  with  them  than  it  is  with 
any  city  which  has  faith  in  itself.  Do 
not  wait  and  do  not  stand  in  awe  of 
land  now 
the  Bond  Bugbear.  Buy 
at  a  hundred  dollars  a 
front, 
which  ten  years  from  now,  by  your 
own  acts,  w ill  be  worth  three  times 
that  amount;  build 
concrete  walls 
along  both  sides  of  your  river  ahd  a 
concrete  walled  em ergency  canal  from 
Mill  Creek  to  the  Plaster  Cave;  get 
hold  of  Reed’s  Lake  for  a  municipal 
park;  acquire  a  title  to  the  most  con­
venient  square  of  land  and  its  tum­
ble-down  rookeries,  whereon  to  estab­
lish  your  Union  railway  station;  get 
a  pure  water  supply  that  will  be  abun­
dant  and  perpetual  from  Lake  M ichi­
gan  or  the  Thornapple  River.  Go  in 
debt 
Follow   the 
lead  of  all  men  who  are  multimillion­
aires  by  assuming  liabilities,  confident 
that  you  will  be  able  to  meet  them 
when  the  time  comes.  And,  like  them, 
your  city  will  prosper  and  grow.  And 
with  its  most  picturesque  natural  and 
fundamentally 
conditions 
Grand  Rapids  will  become  the  most 
charming  city  in  the  country.”
Property  Purchased  by  Detroit  Man.
Saginaw,  June  26— The  most  no­
ticeable  recent  transfer  that  may  be 
ascribed 
industrial  extension 
movement  is  the  sale  of  the  W illiam 
Schulte  &  Co.  mill  property  to  D. 
Norris,  now  of  Detroit.  This  is  the 
“Old  H oyt  M ill”  property  and 
in­
cludes  eighty  acres  of  desirably  lo­
cated  land  in  one  compact  body  near 
the  southerly  limits  of  Saginaw  on 
the  east  side  of  the  river.  There  is 
a  planing  mill  and  other  good  manu­
facturing  buildings  on  the  property, 
with  railway  sidings  and  switches,  a 
water  system  and  various  other  fea­
tures  that  make  it  one  of  the  most 
desirable  manufacturing  sites  in  this 
section.  Just  what  use  is  to  be  made 
of  it  has  not  yet  developed.
industrial 

extension 
movement  at  Saginaw,  that  has  re­
sulted  in  the  organization  of  a  M er­
chants’  &  M anufacturers’  Association 
to 
industrial  enterprises 
to  locate  in  this  city,  has  resulted  in 
the  receipt  of hundreds  of  letters  from 
all  parts  of  the  country  from  individu­
als,  firms  and  corporations  with 
in­
dustrial  propositions.

induce  new 

to  the 

recent 

The 

The  new  movement  has  had  the  ef­
fect  of  strengthening  real  estate  val­
ues,  particularly  prices  on  properties 
available  for  manufacturing  sites  and 
nearby  realty  that  may  be  needed  for 
locations  for  homes  for  factory  em­
ployes.

Some  preachers  look  for  most  fruit 
are  most 

from  the  sermons  that 
foggy.

in  the  State  House  vaults,  but  is  dis
:ributed  in  various  amounts  at  2  and 
?y2  per  cent,  among  the  banks  of  the 
State  by  the  State  Treasurer.  This 
;ity  probably  has  its  share. 
’What  the 
:otal  may  be  can  not  be  ascertained.  , 
but  it  is  probably  somewhere  near  a  ! 
million;  this  accounts  for  much  of  the 
iarge  increase  in  commercial  deposits. 
The  banks  outside  of  Grand  Rapids 
tributary  to  this  city  also  have  their  j 
share  of  the  State  money,  and  this  j 
may  explain  the  large  increase  in  the  j 
due  to  banks  account.  T he  expansion  [ 
in  loans  and  discounts  can  be  traced 
in  the  large  part  to  the  same  cause,  j 
The  local  banks  have  put  out 
the 
money  they  have  received  from  the 
State. 
local 
business  to  an  abnormal  degree,  but | 
has  caused  a  more 
than  ordinary 
large  investment  in  outside  commer­
cial  paper.  The 
in  stocks 
and  other  securities  may  be  ascribed  ] 
in  part  to  the  local  banks  taking  Pere 
Marquette  receiver’s  certificates  to  the 
amount  of  about  a  quarter  of  a  mil­
lion  dollars.

It  has  not  gone 

increase 

into 

it 

Local  conditions  are  healthy,  but 
on  account  of  the 
large  amount  of 
State  money  deposited  here 
can 
hardly  be  said  the  statements  furnish 
an  index.  The  facts  ought  to  be  un­
derstood  by  the  people  as  a  safeguard 
against  apprehension  when  some  sub­
sequent  statement 
a  heavy 
slump,  m arking  the  withdrawal  of  the 
State  money.

shows 

The Quaker Family 

The Standard o f Standards
Quaker  Corn

It has the value inside the can.
It’s  always the same high  grade.
It pleases the customer.
It pays a profit.

What more can you asK?

Three  of  the  city  banking  institu­
tions  are  now  in  the  honor  class,  with 
surplus  and  undivided  profits  in  ex­
cess  of  capital  stock.  The  K ent  has 
long  been  in  this  class  and  is  to  the 
good  more  than  five  times  its  capitali­
zation.  The  State  Bank  just  reached 
the 
in 
November,  but  is  now  well  over  it

line,  with  38  cents  to  spare 

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Wednesday,  June  27,  1906

MINDING  OUR  OWN  BUSINESS.
One  of  the  worst  of  modern  devel­
opments  is  the  tendency  of  people  of 
one  nation  to  meddle  with  the  con­
cerns  and  affairs  of  another.  Am ong 
the  worst  offenders  of  this  class  are 
the  people  of  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain. 
If  there  is  a  disturb­
ance  in  China  straightway  there  is  a 
demand  made  upon  our  Government 
by  over-zealous  individuals  and  asso­
ciations  to  intervene. 
If  there  is  a 
revolution  in  Macedonia  or  a  popular 
upheaval  in  the  Balkans,  or  anywhere 
else,  for  that  matter,  somebody  wants 
the  Government  of  the  United  States 
or  Great  Britain  to  interfere  entirely 
without  regard  to  the  fact  that  these 
disturbances  concern  only  the  people 
of  the  countries  in  which  they  occur.
One  of  the  worst  cases  of  this  pro­
pensity  to  meddle  is  the  hue  and  cry 
that  is  constant!}'  being  made  about 
the  alleged  atrocious  treatment  of  the  j 
natives  of  the  Congo  Free  State  by 
the  Belgian  officials  of  King  Leopold. 
The  British  government  has  been  ask­
ed  to  interfere  again  and  again,  and 
the  United  States  Government  has  al­
so  been  asked  to  put  pressure  on  King 
Leopold  on  several  occasions.  Sec­
retary  of  State  Root  has  very  proper­
ly  replied  to  some  such  recent  ap­
straightfor­
peals  with  a  frank  and 
ward  refusal  to 
the 
ground  that  it  is  none  of  our  business. 
That  is  the  proper  ground  to  take.

interfere 

on 

This  charge  that  natives  have  been 
seriously  maltreated  by  officials  of  the 
Congo  Free  State  has  been  made 
again  and  again,  notwithstanding  the 
fact  that  investigations  conducted  by 
well-known  private  persons  have  dem­
onstrated  that  the  charges  were  with­
out  foundation,  so  far  as  the  govern­
ment  of  the  Free  State  was  concern­
ed,  although  some  irregularities  were 
found  in  the  treatment  of  natives  by 
private  companies  holding  rubber  con­
cessions.

Tt  has  been  claimed  that  natives 
have  been  maltreated  by  certain  Ger­
man  officials  of  German  East  Africa, 
and  stories  of  cruelty  have  been  com­
mon  in  Portuguese  East  A frica  and 
in  the  Transvaal.  Does  anybody  pro­
pose  to  file  representations  with  the 
German  government  or  with  the  Brit­
ish  or  Portuguese  governments  on  the 
subject?  Certainly  not,  for  the  very 
simple  reason  that  such  representa­
tions  would  be  treated  with  the  cold

disdain  they  deserve.  M erely  because 
the  Congo  Free  State  is  an  insignifi­
cant  sovereignty  controlled  by 
the 
K ing  of  the  Belgians,  everybody  feels 
called  upon  to  regulate  matters.  K ing 
Leopold  and  his  advisers  very  proper­
ly  resent  the  charges  of  cruelty  that 
have  been  made,  and  resent  still  more 
the  officious  intermeddling  of  foreign­
ers  who  would  be  doing  better  stay­
ing  at  home  attending  to  their  pri­
vate  affairs  than  roaming  about  the 
wilds  of  Africa  merely  to  discover 
what  is  going  amiss  in  that  distant 
part  of  the  world.

in 

Every  nationality  that  has  under­
taken  to  civilize  and  open  up  a  wild 
country  inhabited  by  semi-barbarous 
or  entirely  savage  people  has  gone 
through  some  rather  disagreeable  ex­
periences. 
In  every  case  the  savages 
had  to  make  room  for  the  progress 
of  the  civilizing  forces.  Things  are 
probably  not  very  different 
the 
Congo  Free  State  from  what  they  are 
in  all  new 
countries.  There  have 
probably  been  occurrences  that  do  not 
read  well  in  the  drawing-rooms 
of 
London  and  W ashington,  but  that  the 
Free  State  government  can  be  held 
responsible  for  these  occurrences  any 
more  than  the  British 
or  German 
governments  for  similar 
in 
South  Africa  or  our  own  Government 
thè 
for  little  alleged  “atrocities” 
Philippines  is  simply  absurd. 
If  we 
mind  our  own  business  we  will  have 
ample  to  think  about  without  w orry­
ing  over  the  shortcomings  of  our 
neighbors.

events 

in 

and 

that 

THE  AMERICAN  INVASION. 
The  annual  wail  in  Europe  about 
the  American  shoe  comes  this  time 
from  Belgium.  There  has  been  an­
other  invasion, 
suffering 
country,  after  asking  how  it  happens 
that  in  the  space  of  a  few  years  the 
American  shoe  has  been  able  to  occu­
py  such  an  important  place  in  the  Eu­
ropean  market,  answers  its  own  ques­
tion  thus: 
“This  is  due  exclusively 
to  the  American  tool,  because  in  the 
United  States  the  mechanism  is  be­
ing  continually  improved  and  allows 
its  manufacturers 
the 
manual  labor  to  a  minimum,  which 
j  labor  is  very  high  there. 
In  1885  100 
pairs  of  hand-made  shoes  in  America 
required  2,225  hours  of  work  and  the 
cost  averaged  about  $5.50  a  pair.  Ten 
years  later,  in  1895,  the  same  number 
of  shoes  of  the  same  quality  were 
made  by  machinery  in  296  hours,  the 
average  cost  per  pair  being  about  75 
cents.”

reduce 

to 

Leaving  the  question  of  cost  of  pro­
duction  for  the  American  manufac­
turer  to  settle,  there  is  one  little  m at­
ter  which  the  Belgiumite  seems 
to 
have  overlooked.  Adm itting  all  he 
says  about  the  American  machine  to 
be  true,  does  he  intend  to  convey  the 
idea  that  the  American  invasion  com­
plained  of  would  cease  if  the  Am eri­
can  machine  should  be  set  to  work 
turning  out  the  Belgium  idea  of  foot­
wear?  That  is  his  thought— it  is  E u­
rope’s  thought  as  well— and  to  that 
and  to  the  European  insistence  of  car­
rying  it  out  is  due  the  invasion  so 
bitterly  complained  of.  America  had 
the  same  idea  as  an  Old  W orld  in­
heritance  and  put  it  in  practice  until 
every  American  sole  rebelled.  Then 
when  patience  had  ceased  to  be  a

virtue  the  shoemaker  reluctantly  ad­
mitted 
that  the  shoe  ought  to  be 
made  for  the  foot  and  conducted  him­
self  accordingly.  That  is  all  there  is 
to  it.  Europe  contends  that  a  shoe 
is  merely  a  covering  for  the  foot,  and 
if  that  covering  is  not  what  it  ought 
to  be  it  is  so  much  the  worse  for  the 
foot!  There  are  corns;  there  are  bun­
ions;  there  are  foot  diseases 
innu­
merable,  and  the  foot  is  to  blame  for 
it.  W ho  ever  knew,  who  ever  heard 
of  an  old  shoe  that  produced  these 
troubles? 
It  holds  to  reason,  then, 
that  after  the  foot  has  conformed  to 
the  shoe’s  requirements  the  affliction 
is  over.  The  whole  matter  begins 
there  and  it  ends  there,  and  Europe 
continues 
foot­
gear  without  shape,  without  comfort, 
heavy  and  thick  and  made  to  wear.

to  manufacture 

to 

It  used  to  be  so  here.  “ Rights  and 
lefts”  is  a  term  familiar  to  the  gray­
haired  man  of  to-day.  His  father  and 
his  grandfather’s  objection 
the 
“new  fangled  idea”  was  one  of  econo­
my;  it  hastened  the  wearing-out  by 
preventing  the  daily  exchange  of  shoe 
from  foot  to  foot— a  fact  made  plain 
enough  by  an  examination  of  an  old- 
time  wooden  shoe.  The  time  came, 
however,  when  something  better  was 
not  only  called  for  but  insisted  on. 
The  foot  in  the  shoe  had  rights  which 
the  shoe  was  bound  to  respect.  The 
breaking-in  business  began  “  to  play 
out,”  and  then,  after  centuries  of need­
less  pain,  a  head  with  brains 
in  it 
began  to  study  the  foot  and  its  re­
quirements— the  shoe 
last  was 
made  for  the  foot;  and  right  there  and 
then-did  this  European  invasion  be­
gin.

at 

The  wail  asserts  that,  “W e  are  not 
the  only  ones  to  suffer  by  this  inva­
for 
sion  in  our  national  production, 
the  English  and  others 
suffer  from 
the  same  conditions.”  T hey  do  and 
for  the  same  reason.  More  than  that 
the  suffering  will  go  on  and  the  in­
vasion  will  go  on,  not  because  the 
American  tool  is  undergoing  constant 
improvement,  not  because  the  cost  of 
manufacture 
lessening 
here,  but  because  the  American  ge­
nius  has  found  out  a  universal  waint 
and  been  able  to  supply  it.  T hat  done 
the  rest  follows;  and  just  as  long  as 
Europe  refuses  to  fit  the  foot  in  her 
dominions  just  so  long  will  her  wail 
go  on  and  the  American  invasion  con­
tinue.

is  constantly 

SHIPPING  ON  THE  LAKES.
If  the  American  flag  is  but  seldom 
seen  on  the  ocean  it  is  very  much  in 
evidence  on  the  Great  Lakes.  During 
the  entire  period  of  open  navigation 
the  chain  of  inland  seas  along  our 
Northern  border  bears  a  commerce 
which  rivals  in  volume  the  vast  ton­
nage  handled  by  the  railroads  of  the 
country,  and  which  throws  into  in­
significance  all  the  remainder  of  our 
water-borne  commerce.  Vessels  of  all 
classes  and  tonnage  engage 
in  this 
trade,  and 
the  palatial  passenger 
steamer  is  not  wanting  in  the  great 
fleet.  The  type  and  tonnage  of  the 
lake  vessels  vary  with  the  require­
ments  of  the  special  trade  in  which 
each 
ore, 
coal  and  all  classes  of  miscellaneous 
merchandise  furnish  the  cargoes  for 
this  great  fleet,  and  a  merchant  ma­
rine  personnel  is 
supported  which

is  engaged.  Grain, 

iron 

could  furnish  sailors  for  our  entire 
N avy  in  time  of  need.

is 

Ships  built  on 

It  must  not  be  imagined  that  the 
shipping  of  the  Great  Lakes 
a 
whit  behind  ocean  tonnage  in  size  or 
seaworthiness. 
the 
lakes  are  as  splendid  vessels  as  float. 
W hile  they  differ  in  type  and 
ap­
pearance  from  the  ocean-going. ves­
sels,  owing  to  the  peculiarities  of  the 
trade  in  which  they  are  engaged  and 
the  necessity  of  passing  shallow  and 
constricted  channels 
from 
one  great  lake  to  another,  they  are 
not  one  bit  backward  in  either  ton­
nage  or  stanchness.

in  going 

Recently  two  big  6oo-foot 

ships 
have  been  added  to  the  fleet  of  the 
lakes  and  other  such  vessels  are  soon 
to  be  built.  These  mammoth  boats 
can  carry  cargoes  of  13,000  to  14,000 
tons  of  ore.  Six  hundred-foot  ocean­
going  ships  are  by  no  means  plenti­
ful;  in  fact,  they  can  be  counted  on 
the  fingers  of  a  hand.  W hile  the  ma­
rine  architects  of  the  lakes  have  tri­
pled  the  capacity  of  their  ships  with­
in  the  past  decade,  they  have  not 
correspondingly  increased  the  draft, 
as  that  has  been  a  stable  quantity 
that  had  always  to  be  taken  into  cal­
culations.  Nineteen  feet  is  still  the 
maximum  draft,  even  if  the  length  has 
been  enormously  increased.  The  beam 
of  vessels  is  also  limited  by  the  ca­
pacity  of  canals,  but  it  is  not  clear 
that  the 
limits  in  this  respect  have 
yet  been  reached.  Speaking  of  these 
mammoth  freight  carriers, 
a  New 
York  contemporary  says:

form, 

those  that  handled 

“ No  ships  in  the  world  are  more 
perfectly  adapted 
to  their  business 
than 
35,000,000 
tens  of  ore,  13,000.000  tons  of  coal 
and  143,000,000  bushels  of  grain,  to 
say  nothing  of  other  freight,  on  the 
Great  Lakes  last  year.  Reduced  to 
their  simplest 
they  are  steel 
shells  with  a  double  bottom.  W ith 
anywhere  from  twelve  to  thirty  hatch­
ways,  they  can  easily  take  on  a  car­
go  of  ore  in  two  hours  when  the  ore 
is  dry  and  runs  freely  in  the  chutes 
from  the  docks.  Even  the  work  of 
trimming  the  ship  is  done  by  adjust­
ing  the  chutes.  B y  means 
the 
‘clamshells’  they  can  unload  in  eight 
or  ten  hours.”

of 

The  economy  o f  a  400-foot 

ship 
over  one  half  that  size  is  apparent  at 
a  glance.  Lake  steamers  do  not  aim 
at  high  speed,  and  the  larger  ships 
require  very  little  more  in  the  way 
of  crew  than  the  smaller  boats.  At 
any  given  rate  per  ton  it  does  not  re­
quire  much  figuring  to  realize  what 
an  advantage  as  earners  the  big  boats 
have  over  the  smaller  vessels.

The  shipping  of  the  Great  Lakes 
is  an  immense  and  profitable  indus­
try  which  the  railroads  never  have 
succeeded  in  crippling,  notwithstand- 
ig  the  fact  that  navigation  is  closed 
by  ice  during  several  months  of  the 
year.  This  enormous  traffic  on 
the 
lakes  should  encourage  the  river  in­
terests  to  look  for  an  eventual  revival 
of  the  steamboat  traffic.  T he  secret 
of  success  on  the  Great  Lakes  has 
been  the  construction  of  the  most 
economical  type  of  vessel,  namely, 
the  greatest  possible  cargo-carrying 
capacity,  coupled  with  the  minimum 
of  operating  expenses.  Similar  causes 
should  produce  similar  effects  on  the 
trade  of  our  rivers.

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

9

FIFTY YEARS  AGO.

Events  in  Grand  Rapids  from  1850  to 

i 860.*

As  one  seeks  to  recall  the  scenes 
and  occurrences  of  his  earlier  years, 
how  delightful  are  the  remembrances 
that  arise  when,  as  a  young  man,  the 
faces  and  expressions  of  those  now 
gone 
come  before  him! 
My  own  experience,  brought  out  in 
some  degree  by  the  preparation  that 
I  have  given  to  this 
imperfect  pa­
per,  assures  me  of  this  fact.

forever 

first  came 

It  was  a  bleak  day  early  in  May, 
1850,  when  I 
to  Grand 
Rapids.  The  town  had  already  taken 
on  some  of  the  city  airs,  for  it  boast­
and  was 
ed  a  population  of  2,500 
about  to  organize  as  a  city. 
I  think 
that  in  the  following  June  it  did  take 
on  the  name  and  whatever  honors 
attended  such  a  step. 
It  was  a  small 
beginning,  but  quite  large  enough  to 
satisfy  the  men  who  helped  to  place 
it  in  that  list.

A t  that  time  it  was  four  days’  jo u r­
ney  from  the  town  of  Pontiac,  where 
I  had  resided  for  two  years,  to  this 
place,  one  day  from  that  place  to  De­
troit,  one  day  from  Detroit  to  Battle 
Creek  and  two  days  from  that  little 
town 
came 
through  from  Battle  Cleek  with  Mr. 
Fisk,  of  Fisk’s  Lake,  whose  hotel  has 
recently  been  changed 
into  a  most 
commodious  barn,  purchased  by  Mr. 
W est,  who  has  also  erected  a  beau­
tiful  home  near  by.

to  Grand  R apids.'  I 

A  young  man,  just  out  of  my  teens, 
it  seemed  like  a  long  way  from  my 
humble  home  in  the  town  of  Romeo, 
where  my  father  and  mother  settled 
in  1827.

H aving  traveled  but 

little  at  the 
time—-Detroit  being  the  only  city  of 
any  size  that  I  had  ever  visited  (at 
that  time  inconsiderable)— it  was  not 
if  Grand  Rapids 
strange,  after  all, 
should  have  seemed  to  me  at 
that 
time  as  quite  a  remarkable  town.  In­
deed,  it  was,  for  the  people  who  made 
up  the  place  were  energetic,  full  of 
courage  and  filled  with  the  spirit  of 
progress  which  has  marked  the  prin­
cipal  people  of  the  city  ever  since. 
E very  man  had  ideas.  All  were  intent 
upon  making  of  our  city  that  which 
it  has  become,  “no  mean  city,"  one 
of  the  fairest  and  most  beautiful  of 
our  W estern  centers.

My  brother,  Dr.  Hollister,  had  pre­
ceded  me  by  a  year,  so  that  my  ac­
quaintances  were  easily  made,  and  in 
circles 
lasting 
that  have  proved  of 
benefit  to  me  and  my  family.

from 

Shut  off 

As  I  have  already; stated,  2.500  peo­
fifty- 
ple  comprised  our.  population 
the 
six  years  ago. 
outside  world,  without  public  roads, 
with  no  railroad  this  side  of  Kalam a­
zoo,  with  unbroken  forests  all  about, 
it  seemed  sometimes  as  if  it  would  be 
a  long  period  before  there  could  be 
any-  perceptible  change.  But  changes 
came  and  camq  rapidly.  The  men 
who  were  then  on  the  ground  were 
young  men,  and.  as  I  have  already 
stated,  with  energy  and  courage  suf­
ficient 

for  any  emergency.

you 

W hen  I  place  before 

such 
James 
names  as  Dr.  Penney,  Rev. 
Ballard,  Father  V ezosky 
and  Dr. 
Cuming,  as  among  our  first  clergy-
*P aper read a t annual m eeting  of  Old  Resi­
d en ts’ A ssociation by Mr.  H arvey J.  H ollister.

men:  with  George  Kendall,  Ransom 
Luce,  James  Lyman,  W .  D.  Foster, 
Wm.  H.  M cConnell,  A.  Roberts  & 
Son,  Tanner  Taylor,  Jefferson  Mor­
rison.  John  Kendall,  the  Rathbones, 
the  Peirces,  W .  A.  Richmond.  George 
Cogshall,  Daniel  Ball  and  Mr.  Henry, 
with  Mr.  Squiers  and  Mr.  Sweet  as 
our  millers,  you  will  readily  under­
stand  that  our  affairs  could  not  re­
main  at  a  standstill.

Added  to  the  good  will  and  ambi­
tion  of  these  men  you  might  always 
anticipate  the  will  of  our 
lawyers, 
such  as  Mr.  Church,  Mr.  Patterson, 
Mr.  Champlin,  Mr.  Eggleston.  Judge 
W ithey,  Mr.  John  Ball.  Mr.  A.  D. 
Rathbone  and  others.  Then  came  the 
physicians,  such  as  Dr.  Shepard,  Dr. 
Platt,  Dr.  Hollister  and  Dr.  Hender­
son. 
These  men  with  one  mind 
sought  to  create  a  spirit  of  enterprise 
and  enlargement.

A m ong  our  old  residents  at 

that 
time  was  our  greatly  respected  friend, 
Mr.  Butterworth.  who  passed  away 
at  a  good  old  age  not  many 
years 
ago.  He  was  a  man  of  great  cour­
age  and  perseverance.  He  worked 
on  with  his  old  white  horse  and  lim­
ited  means  to  make  a  place  for  him ­
self  and  those  who  were  .  to  follow 
him.  He,  with  those  already  men­
tioned.  and  many  more,  were  the  men 
who  turned  over  the  soil  and  made  the 
beginning  of  the  place  that  had  now 
become  my  permanent  home.  The 
Campatts  and  the  Godfroys  were  here 
in  their  strength  and  were  called  the 
early  settlers  at  that  time.

It  is  hardly  to  be  expected  that  in 
a  paper  of  this  character  one  can 
tell  of  many  things  that  you  would 
love  to  hear:  of  the  scarcity  of  money, 
of  the  low  prices  of  provisions,  of  the 
barter  and  exchanges,  of  the  issue  a 
few  years  prior  to  my  coming  of  the 
sum  of  $300  as  village  currency;  of 
the  difficulty  of  making  payments  in 
the  East  for  goods  purchased;  of  the 
haste  with  which  any  drafts  on  New 
Y ork  were  picked  up;  of  the  great 
pleasure  it  gave  to  learn  of  a  fresh 
arrival— some  one  who  would  be  lia­
ble  to  invest.

a 

He 

left 

lovely 

Am ong  those  who  had  left,  or  were 
about  to  leave,  for  the  gold  field  of 
California,  then  attracting  the  atten­
tion  of  the  world,  was  Mr.  Bostwick, 
whose  home,  as  many  of  you  know, 
was  situated  where  now  is  the  almost 
deserted  and  yet  beautiful  Morris 
home. 
wife 
behind  him  and  many  who  respected 
him,  and  set  out  upon  a  trip  which 
was  the  means  of  causing  so  much 
of  sorrow  to  many  and  so  little  of 
enjoyment  to  the  few.  He  perished 
by  the  way,  like  many  others. 
In  my 
journeyings  across  the  plains  in  more 
recent  years,  where  his 
life  went 
out,  I  have  always  thought  of  him 
and  of  the  early  ending  of  a  life  that 
seemed  to  have  so  much  of  enter­
prise,  ability  and  character.  His  death 
from  going  upon 
prevented  others 
a  long  and  perilous  journey. 
I  can 
hardly 
think  of  any  more  positive 
lesson.  W e  did  not  have  any  other 
which  seemed  so  imperative  until  we 
lost  our  old  and  tried  friend.  Captain 
Gunnison,  who,  at  the  head  of 
a 
surveying  party,  was  sent  out  by  the 
Government  and  cut  off  by  the  In­
dians,  or  the  Mormons,  who  had  set­

how 

the 

through 

. 

j 

z

Pardon  me 

for  so 

finally  encamped  at 

long  dwelling 
tled  in  Utah  some  few  years  prior  to 
his  demise.  His  death,  and  that  of  his  upon  this  matter,  but  they  killed  our 
entire  party,  roused  the  Government  dear  Captain  Gunnison— a  man  so  fine 
so  that  in  1857  General  Jackson,  with 
in  his  personel,  so  modest  and  so 
1.200  men,  left  the  Missouri  River  in  1 brave,  that  one  who  knew  of  those 
instructions  j  years  can  hardly  refrain  from  telling 
May  of  that  year  with 
from  those 
to  Utah  and  exterminate  the  Mor- 
I mons. 
1  _ 

in  authority  to  proceed  1 some  things  that  he  knows  so  well, 

From  1850  to  1S60  the  years  went
swiftlv  by.  The  town  grew,  the  pub-
Some  of  you  will  remember  the  re-  j lie  offices  were  well  served,  the  mayor
suits—-how  that  after  passing  over  received  $1  per  year  and  the  aldermen 
long,  weary  miles  of  plain  and  des-  not  much*  more. 
It  was  a  period 
I ert  the  supply  train  of  200  was  cut  j during  which  many 
improvements
off  by  the  Indians  and  Mormons  and  | took  place.  The  brick  stores  of  Mr. 
utterly  destroyed,  only  one  person  I  McConnell  and  Mr.  Luce,  the  bank- 
of  the  200  ever  reaching  the  Mis-  j ing  office  of  Mr.  Daniel  Ball,  and 
souri  River; 
struggling  1 other  new  buildings  went  up.  and  the 
I army,  bereft  of  their  supplies,  almost  town  had  grown  to  have  a  population 
Fort  j of  some  8,000  when  the  United  States 
starved, 
in 
Bridgen  for  the  winter,  subsisting  as  j census  was 
taken 
i860.  The 
best  they  could  on  dried  buffalo  meat;  j churches  had  grown 
in  number  am! 
they  j  spirit.  Men  had  grown.  Their  plans 
and  how,  when  spring  came, 
gradually  found  their  way  down  to j and  purposes  had  all  enlarged.  T hey
I  Salt  Lake 
Echo  Canon,  j  were  ready  to  take  on  larger  plans, 
where  Brigham  Young  stood  ready  to  do  more  work.  Men  like  W.  1). 
to  buy  their  outfits  for  a  song.  T o  I  Foster,  Henry  Martin  and  his  broth-
many of  you  who  have  had  the >rivi- cr,  Gee irge  Martin. who  had
been
lege  (>f  visiting  that  noted  spot  it may Chief  Jlist ice of  the State  while Hen-
m >w seem  strange  that  anythin g  so ry  was the  p trtner of  W.  I).  Fosier;
revolting  and  so  barbarous  could have Daniel Ball. M. 
Judge
| been enacted,  but  so  it  was.
lUnited
1 
In regard  to  the  Mormons,  I have States Judge very  s00n  after  th e  war
Com-
this
hovers  coul 1  not
their history,  somewhat  of  their ini cf- stock mil  U .  T.
, 11
rior  workings,  that  the  spirit  0 t  the be  heir1  hack
ire  a a name. Frein ont  hi d  been  nom nated
old  days  is  not  extinct.  They
dislo}ral  people.  They  occupy  0 to  of and  so me  of us  had  cast  our
first
lit was
j  the 
clecte d.  but not  quite, Mr.
They have  no  care  for  this  Go vern- almost
an  sut ceedin g.
blent -th e   church  first,  country last.
f  here
I  hav e  been  among  that  people  many
times and  some  of  my  relatives have were  n r>  doill ts  as 0  the  futur •  that
j lived there  for  a  quarter  of  a cen-
The re  were  no gray
1tury. so  that  I  know  what  I  am say- hairs.
hope.
ft
ing;
It was  tl e  spirit  tha t  act-
if  they  can  have  their  way  they will, need  b -, 
far more tiated  nîany  0 '  our  >onng  men— forty-
with Smoot,  and  others 
the  making of  a
shrew d  than  he,  continue  to  1
and  e iterpri sing  city. Many
stain upon  this  fair  country.
are  a stain,  how  long  to  continue who of 
and
can  t ‘11 ?  Under  the  cloak  of  rcl igion even  y ouths,
re spotided 
later  t0  the
the  territ oriels call  vvhen  it
:ame  from  Mr.  Ei icoln.
they are  working  in 
and  states  adjoining,  until  they con-
Bette r  days none of  us  have ever
trol. >y  their  votes,  in  an  emerg ency.
back
look
some half  dozen  states  and  territ ories upon  tllose  te n  year s  without  a
other than  Utah.  You  will  find their
advoc ates  everywhere.  O ver
missionaries  are  now  abroad  teac:hing to 
1 and  influencing.  Every  train  boum!
west v ard  carries  a  carload,  or
number,  who  are  bound  to  that  beau-
tiflll
own will,  but  by  the  will 
c hu re 1  and  to  do  its  bidding.

feeling of  thatlkfulm *ss  as  he  see -  how
2,000 our  co untry has  p issed  on  an d  on
larg <  r  am !  even larger  pos sibili -
ties  thr n  any of  us even  dream ed  of.
less Still,  tb e  wor d  was a  large  one even
gas.
until
1859.  W thout any  co nnectiou  wit h  the
outside world
the

A 11 
Their  principles  are  bad, and willing)less 

then*  a thougl l  we  were  withon
telep hones  and.

•ountry.  They  go  not  by their electric lights

fairest  portions  of  the  cot nt ry. preside ntial

broke out :  tlH‘  Gil icrts,  Mr.

0  say.  knowing  somethin;.

The country  w, 

e Kpectation,

vv'ds 
t >  do and 

to  stiffer. 

Withes ,  who had

Sweet.
become 

cxcc pt 

through

One

can  hrtrdlv 

W e were

ill  yoting  men.

y >11 ng  men.

six  years  ag'

•ole 

ii

1856. 

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O t r 

be st 

They

seen.

I

of

the

Residence Covered with  Our Prepared  Roofing

H.  M .  R.
Asphalt 
Granite

Roofing

All  Ready  to  Lay

More  Durable  than  Metal  or Shingles 

---------------------- -------.................... —  

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  ROOFING  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Department A 

Established  1868

10

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

the  time  it  might  seem  very  alluring. 
I  am  very  thankful  personally  that 
there  were  such  men  as  I  have  named, 
and  others  with  them,  who  stayed 
on  and  held  the  ship  steady.  These 
men  were  my  friends  and  yours.  They 
planted  deep  the  foundations  of 
a 
good  society.  They  were  not  noted 
for 
things 
that  they  did,  but  they  were  faithful, 
honest,  true  hearted.

large  or  wonderful 

the 

W e  can  not  let  these  occasions  go 
by  without  at  least  thinking  of  them, 
praising  their  faithfulness,  emulating 
their  deeds  and  seeking  to  enshrine 
their  memories  in  our  hearts.

Some  of  you  will  remember  the 
home  of  Col.  Roberts— a  quite  pala­
tial  mansion  for  those  days,  situated 
where 
is  now  the  Peninsular  Club 
building.  Dr.  Shepard’s  home  was 
next  adjacent  on  the  hill,  then  came 
and  his  noted
Deacon  Haldane’s 

Squier  mills  on  to  higher 
ground. 
Along  Canal  street  some  of  our  enter­
prising 
citizens  had  erected  high 
board  walks,  on  which  the  pedestrian 
could  travel,  provided  he  watched  his 
steps  carefully,  avoiding  by  so  doing 
the  mud  and  water  that  were  a  part  of 
the  street  below.

I  well  remember  a  farmer  whose 
wagon  became  mired  just 
opposite 
the  Old  National  Bank  building.  E x­
asperated  by  the  efforts  which  he 
made  to  extricate  himself  and  his 
team,  he  denounced 
the  town  and 
those  in  authority,  calling  upon  one 
higher 
to  denounce 
also.

authority 

in 

I  remember,  also,  the  sloop  that 
came  sailing  down  Canal  street  dur­
ing  high  water,  loaded  with 
flour, 
which  was  deposited  on  the  sidewalk 
just  opposite  the  bank.  Canal  street

the  hill, 

two-story  double 

citizens  began  to  enlarge  their  sur­
roundings.  The 
three-story  modest 
bank  building  that  Mr.  Ball  built  was 
started— a  model  of  its  kind,  also  his 
stone  home  on 
the  resi­
dence  of  Mr.  Ransom  W ood— quite 
out  of town— and  Mr.  Foster’s  as  well. 
The  fine  store  building  erected  by  Mr. 
Luce  was  admired. 
It  became  a  mass 
of  ruins  a  few  years  ago  and  was  re­
placed  by  the  elegant  building  occu­
pied  now  by  the  Herpolsheimers.  T 
recall  the 
store 
building.owned  and  occupied  by  Wm. 
H.  M cConnell,  where  the  writer  spent 
a  little  time  during  the  first  two  years 
of  his  residence  here.  Those  days  in 
the  dry  goods  business— I  will  not 
forget  them,  nor  will  I  extol 
them. 
Entirely  unacquainted  with  the  trade, 
all  previous  experience  being 
con­
nected  with  the  drug  business,  it  was 
taking  up  a  new  life;  and  the  ways  of 
things,  the  ideas  of  the  proprietor,  the 
difficulties  with  customers— some  na­
tive,  some  Indian,  some  Dutch— were 
anything  but  pleasant.  Some  of  you 
will  remember  that  in  1850  the  Dutch 
were  settling  in  Holland 
that 
Grand  Rapids  was  their  only  trading 
post.  Quite  at  a  loss  to  understand 
anything  they  said,  knowing  very  lit­
tle  of  the  Indian  language,  you  will 
readily  understand  that  a  young  man 
of  those  days— fifty-six  years  ago—  
had  a  perplexing  time  of  it.

and 

woods  or  by  the  river,  the  latter  be­
ing  the  way  that  most  of  our  ship­
ments  were  made,  either  to  or  from 
our  place.  Many  strangers  from  the 
East  and  from  other  sections  of  the 
country  came  to  us.  Only  a  few  went 
away.  To-day  it  is  a  splendid  place  to
come  to... a  hard  place  to  get  away 1
from.

The  prices  of  our  forest  products 
were  improving.  W hen  the  price  of 
pine  lands  went  up  on  Grand  River 
to  $io,  then  those  who  had  large  hold­
ings  came  from  the  East,  willing  to j 
sell  all.  They  felt  that  the  money 
was  worth  more  than  the  lands  at  $10 
Indeed,  it  was  a  question  j 
per  acre. 
to  go  on 
with  early  settlers  how 
farms  upon 
and  pay 
which  they  had  settled  from 
scant j 
earnings. 
I  think  some  are  present  j 
who  will  bear  witness  to  what  I  say.
If  the  Baileys  and  the  Pattersons, the 
Allens,  the  Burtons  and  the  Chubbs 
and  others  were  to  tell  their  experi­
ences  of  the  early  days,  they  could 
tell  much  m ore—of  the  privations  and  j 
hard  times  of  the  forties  and  the  ear- | 
ly  fifties.

for  the 

little 

I  was  appointed  Treasurer  of  one 
of  our  churches  in  the  early  fifties, 
at  a  time  when 
it  was  difficult  to 
collect  the  $500  which  we  had  agreed 
to  pay  our  minister  and  when  the 
donation  party  was  a  necessity.  Those 
were  days  when  a  little  went  a  long 
way  and  when  banks 
and  bankers 
were  hardly  known. 
Some  of  you 
will  remember  that  the  State  or  Na­
tional  bank  was  not  known 
in  our 
midst  at  that  time. 
Indeed,  the  lat­
ter  had  not  been  heard  of.  Not  until 
the  Civil  W ar  was  it  intimated  or  even  j 
dreamed  that  we  might  have  a  Na­
tional  bank  with  a  National  currency 
that  would  be  as  good  in  one  part j 
of  the  country  as  in  another.

You  will  remember  well  those  early j 
days  and  the  difficulties  we  had  to 
overcome  when  one  desired  to  make 
a  journey  to  the  East— the  exchanges 
that  had  to  be  made  in  our  currency  | 
in  order  to  get  something  that  would 
be  current  there.

In  the  midst  of  a  growing  commu­
nity  like  our  own  there  were  many 
things  to  which  I  can  only  briefly 
refer,  and  some  events  in  our  courts 
that  may  be  briefly  spoken  of.

expectations, 

Some  of  you  will  remember  the  case I 
of  George  Mills,  an  older  brother  of 
Warren  Mills,  who  was  convicted  of 
the  burning  of  the  Taylor  tannery; 
the  trial  and  conviction  of  George 
Evans  for  manslaughter,  and  others 
that  I  might  speak  of,  but  will  not.
As  I  have  said,  many  men  came  to 
us  and  a  few  went  away  to  the  larger j 
cities, 
like  Chicago  and  New  York, 
some  with  great 
that 
were  realized 
in  part,  while  others 
came  back  after  a  while  disappointed 
and  ever  after  seemed  unable  to  pick 
up  the  tangled  threads  of  their  brok­
It  is  always  so,  for  there 
en  lives. 
are  some  unwilling 
to  be  satisfied 
with  moderate  returns  and  are  for­
ever  reaching  out  for  greater. 
It  is 
well  for  us  who  still  remain  of  the 
company  of  fifty  years  ago— I  say  it 
is  well— that  we  should 
very 
thankful  that  we  were  permitted  to 
remain,  to  hold  on  and  grow  up  with 
the  place  and  not  be  carried  away 
by  any  deceptive  light,  although  at

be 

Tn  1855  my  brother,  who  for  some 
years  had  practiced  as  a  physician 
here,  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he 
now  lives.  He  is  the  only  physician 
left  of  the  many  who  were  in  that 
city  at  the  time  that  he  moved  there. 
Chicago  was  a  small  city,  but  a  vig ­
orous  one.  Although  its  streets  were 
principally  mud  and  dust,  without 
pavements  and  with  hardly  any  side­
walks,  it  was  a  W estern  pioneer  city, 
indeed.

I  remember  being  in  that  city 

in 
1852.  The  hotel  where  I 
stopped—  
a  small  white  building  close  by  the 
lake— was  the  best  hotel  there. 
In 
company  with  several  gentlemen,  we 
attempted  to  come  across  Lake  M ichi­
in  a  sloop.  A fter  getting  out 
gan 
about  twenty  miles,  the  captain 
in­
duced  us  to  turn  about  and  make  port. 
The  sea  was  very  heavy  and  our  ship 
unseaworthy.  The  passengers  were 
delighted  to  know  that  the  views  of 
the  captain  were  in  harmony  with 
their  own.

Mr.  Harvey  J.  Hollister,  Vice-President  Old  National  Bank.

grapevine,  from  which  was  produced  j 
the  wine  that  supplied  the 
commu-  1 
j  nion  tables  of  the  town.  Near  by  these 
homes  were  those  of  George  Martin, 
A.  D.  Rathbone,  W .  D.  Foster  and  j 
Daniel  Ball,  all  situated  on  the  higher 
ground  which  overlooked  the  town 
and  where  the  occupants  felt  secure 
against  any  encroachments.

the  authorities 

I  remember  well 

the  difficulties 
which 
encountered 
when  the  grading  of  Pearl  street  was 
pushed  through, 
the 
passageway  to  those  homes.  How 
changed  is  the  topography  of  the  city 
at  the  present  from  what  it  was  at 
•that  time!

letting  down 

Much  of  the  time  upper  Monroe 
street  was  damp  and  wet,  while  Canal 
street  proved  to  be  a  slough  of  de­
spond  in  the  early  spring,  both  to  the 
farmer  and  the  citizen  who  attempted 
to  work  his  way  from  the  Sweet  or

has  been  raised 
those  days.

several 

feet 

since 

Quite  a  number  here  will  remember 
the  feeling  that  existed  between  the 
people  on  the  east  side  and  the  west 
side  of  the  river.  During  the  early 
fifties  there  was  much  effort  put  forth 
to  make  the  west  side  the  real  city, 
and  for  some  years  the  county  jail 
and  county  offices  were  on  the  west 
side. 
It  was  the  time  when  Dr.  Pen­
ney,  Law yer  Patterson,  the  Turners, 
the  Chubbs  and  others  on  that  side 
were  prominent  and  when  their  influ­
ence  was  felt  throughout  the  whole 
city.  There  are  hardly  any  represen­
tatives  of  those  old  families 
living. 
Fifty  years  and  more  is  a  long  period 
fifty  years  and  more  is  a  long  period 
to  those  who  are  starting  out  on  the 
journey,  but  only  a  brief  period  to 
those  who  have  passed  over  the  way.
It  was  during  this  period  that  the

I  was  at  that  time  in  the  store  of 
John  Kendall,  with  Hudson  Patten 
and  Young  Hurd. 
I  had  worked  my 
way  up,  as  I  then  thought,  to  a  better 
position  than  any  hitherto  occupied 
by  me.

A ll  goods  were  purchased  elsewhere 
and  shipped  in  by  the  lakes  and  so 
up  the  river.  Those  were  great  days 
for  river  boats.  They  were  good  river 
steamers  and  every  morning  one  or 
two  moved  off  for  Grand  Haven  load­
ed  with  freight  and  passengers.  This 
was  before  the  days  of 
railroads. 
Those  were  fine  days  for  the  river 
boats.  The  river  has  long  ceased  to 
be  the  avenue  through  which  Grand 
Rapids  has  procured  its  goods.  They 
were  accustomed  to  tie  up  immedi­
ately  behind  where  the  Old  National 
Bank  now  stands.

It  was  the  time  when  slavery  was 
an  established  institution,  when  anti-

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

Perpetual

Half  Fare

Trade Excursions

T o   G ran d   Rapids,  Mich.

Good  Every  Day  in  the  Week

The  firms  and  corporations  named  below,  Members  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Board  of  Trade,  have 
established  permanent  Every Day Trade  Excursions  to  Grand  Rapids  and  will  reimburse  Merchants 
visiting  this  city  and  making  purchases  aggregating  the  amount  hereinafter  stated  one-half  the  amount  of 
their railroad  fare.  All  that  is  necessary  for  any  merchant  making  purchases  of any  of the firms  named  is  to 
request  a  statement  of  the  amount of his  purchases  in  each  place  where  such  purchases  are  made,  and  if  the 
total  amount  of same  is  as  stated below  the Secretary of the Grand  Rapids Board of Trade,  Cor.  Ionia 
and  Louis Sts.,
will  pay  back  in  cash  to  such  person  one-half actual railroad  fare.

Amount of Purchases  Required

If  living  within  50  miles  purchases  made  from  any  member  of  the  following  firms  aggregate  at  least............................ $100  00
If  living  within  75  miles 
and  over 50,  purchases  made  from  any  of  the  following  firms  aggregate................................  150  00
and  over 75,  purchases  made  from  any  of  the  following  firms  aggregate..............................  200  00
If  living  within  100  miles 
and  over 100,  purchases  made from  any  of  the  following  firms  aggregate  , ..............................   250  00
If  living  within  125  miles 
and  over 125,  purchases  made from  any  of  the  following  firms  a ggreg ate ...............................   300  00
If  living  within  150  miles 
and  over 150,  purchases  made from  any  of  the  following  firms  aggregate................................  350  00
If  living  within  175  miles 
If  living  within  200  miles 
and  over 175,  purchases  made from  any  of  the  following  firms  aggregate...............................   400  00
and  over 200,  purchases  made from  any  of  the  following  firms  aggregate.............................   450  00
If  living  within  225  miles 
If  living  within  250  miles 
and  over 225,  purchases  made from  any  of  the  following  firms  aggregate...............................   500  00

**  purchases  made of  any  other  firms wil1  not  count  toward  the  amount

of purchases  required.  Ask  for  “ Purchaser’s  Certificate’’  as  soon  as

J^ e a ( J 

u l l y  

t h e   N a m e s  

you  are  through  buying  in  each  place.

ACCOUNTING

A.  H.  Morrill  &  Co.—Kirk 
wood  Short  Credit  System.

ART  GLASS 

Doring  Art  Glass  Studio. 

BAKERS

Hill  Bakery 
National  Biscuit  Co.
BELTING  AND  MILL  SUP­

PLIES
Studley  Sc  Barclay
BICYCLES  AND  SPORTING 

GOODS

W.  B.  Jarvis  Co.,  Lted.
BILLIARD  AND  POOL  TA­

BLES  AND  BAR  FIX­

TURES

Brunswick-Balke-Collander  Co.
BLANK  BOOKS,  LOOSE  LEAF 

SPECIALTIES,  OFFICE 

ACOUNTENG  AND 
FILING  SYSTEMS 

Edwards-Hine  Co.
BOOKS,  STATIONERY  AND 

PAPER

Grand  Rapids  Stationery  Co. 
Grand  Rapids  Paper  Co.
Mills  Paper  Co.

BREWERS

Grand  Rapids  Brewing  Co.
CARPET  SWEEPERS 
Bissel  Carpet  Sweeper  Co. 

CONFECTIONERS

A.  E.  Brooks  tc  Co.
Putnam  Factory,  Nat’l  Candy 

Co.

CLOTHING  AND  KNIT  GOODS 
Clapp  Clothing  Co.
COMMISSION—FRUITS,  BUT­

TER,  EGGS,  ETC.

C.  D.  Crittenden 
E.  E.  Hewitt 
Yuille-Zemurray  Co.
CEMENT,  LIME  AND  COAL 
A.  Himes 
A.  B.  Knowlson 
S.  A.  Morin an  &  Co. 
Wykes-Schroeder  Co.
CIGAR  MANUFACTURERS 
G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.
Geo.  H.  Seymour  Sc  Co.
CROCKERY,  HOUSE  FUR­
NISHINGS 
Leonard  Crockery  Co.
DRUGS  AND  DRUG  SUN­

DRIES

Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. 

DRY  GOODS

Grand  Rapids  Dry  Goods  Co. 
P.  Steketee  &  Sons

ELECTRIC  SUPPLIES 

M.  B.  Wheeler  Co.
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS  AND 

PERFUMES

Jennings  Manufacturing  Co. 
GRAIN,  FLOUR  AND  FEED 
Valley  City  Milling  Co.
Voigt  Milling  Co. 
Wykes-Schroeder  Co.

GROCERS 

Judson  Grocer  Co.
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Co. 
Musselman  Grocer  Co.
Worden  Grocer  Co.
The  Dettenthaler  Market.

BATH  HEATERS.

HARDWARE 
Foster,  Stevens  Sc  Co. 
Clark-Rutka-Weaver  Co.
HOT  WATER—STEAM  AND 
Rapid  Heater  Co.
LIQUORS,  WINES  AND  MIN­
The  Dettenthaler  Market. 
MATTRESSES  AND  SPRINGS 
H.  B.  Feather  Co.
MEATS  AND  PROVISIONS. 
The  Dettenthaler  Market. 
MUSIC  AND  MUSICAL 

ERAL  WATERS.

IN­

STRUMENTS 
Julius  A.  J.  Friedrich 

OILS
Standard  Oil  Co.
PAINTS,  OILS  AND  GLASS 
Goble  Bros.
V.  C.  Glass  Sc  Paint  Co. 
Walter  French  Glass  Co.
Harvey  Sc  Seymour  Co.
Heystek  Sc  Canfield  Co. 
Pittsburg  Plate  Glass  Co.
PIPE,  PUMPS,  HEATING  AND 
MILL  SUPPLIES 
Grand  Rapids  Supply  Co.

SADDLERY  HARDWARE 

Brown  Sc  Sehler  Co.
Sherwood  Hall  Co.,  Ltd.
PLUMBING  AND  HEATING 
Ferguson  Supply  Co.  Ltd.

SUPPLIES

iNG  MATERIAL 

READY  ROOTING  AND  ROOF- 
H.  M.  Reynolds  Roofing  Co. 
SAFES
Tradesman  Company
SEEDS  AND  POULTRY  SUP­
A.  J.  Brown  Seed  Co.
SHOES,  RUBBERS  AND  FIND 
Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.
Hirth,  Krause  Sc  Co.
Geo.  H.  Reeder  Sc  Co.
Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie 

PLIES

INGS

Sc 

Co.  Ltd.

SHOW  CASES  AND  STORE 

FIXTURES

Grand  Rapids  Fixture  Co.

STOVES  AND  RANGES 
Wormnest  Stove  Sc  Range  Co.
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

In  my 
edly.  they  were  overestimated. 
I native  town  it  was  stated  that 
the 
I  man  most  wealthy— the  richest  man 
of  the  place— had  not  over  $20,000, 
and  he  had  accumulated  that  in  the 
I  East.  Mr.  Richmond  and  Mr.  Ball 
|  were  possessors  of  the  sum  named, 
long 
! but,  alas,  the  days  were  not 
enough,  or  too 
in 
which  to  hold  it  securely.

it  may  be, 

long, 

Am ong  the  personal  incidents  that 
occurred  during  the  early  years  of  my 
experience  in  banking  I  vividly 
re­
member  this  one:  One  afternoon  in 
1855.  in  the  course  of  business,  I  re­
ceived  a  deposit  from  Aaron  Dike- 
man.  the  old  jeweler  of  the  town.  I 
had  then  been  in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
I  had  by  this 
Ball  about  two  years. 
time  become  quite  expert 
the 
handling  of  money  and  could  usually

in 

in 

In  the 
detect  any  counterfeit  bill. 
deposit  of  Mr.  Dikeman  there  was  a 
$5  note  which  I  threw  out,  claiming 
it  to  be  counterfeit.  Mr.  Dikeman 
immediately  said  to  me  that  he  had 
received  it  only  a  little  while  before 
lived 
from  one  Cook,  wTho 
the 
Bailey  neighborhood. 
I  thought  no 
more  of  the  transaction  until  later  in 
the  afternoon,  when  I  was  subpoenaed 
to  appear  before  Justice  Sinclair  at 
his  office.  On  arriving  there— it  was 
a  two-story  wooden  building  located 
where  now  stands  the  structure  oc­
cupied  by  the  Herpolsheimer  Com­
pany— I  found  that  the  court  was  in 
session.  Mr.  Dikeman  was  there,  as 
was  the  man  Cook.  Fie  had  been  ar­
rested  by  the  constable,  who  was  pres­
ent. 
I  had  not  seen  the  man  Cook 
before,  but  had  heard  of  the  family

The  BEN-HUR  Story

Is  a  Story  Worth  Telling

There  is  many  a  cigar  story  poured  into  a  dealer’s  ear. 

It’s  not  that  the  stories 
them selves  are  not  told  well,  but  it’s  the  ending  after  the  goods  are  bought  that 
transform s  them  into  tales  of  woe  with  an  unprofitable  business  transaction  to  mark 
their  final  conclusion.

F or  tw enty  years  now  the  Ben=Hur  cigar  has  been  telling  its  own  quiet  story, 
a  story  that  is  framed  in  its  own  sm oke  w reaths  of  satisfaction  and  is  founded  upon 
the  fact  that  it  is  made  on  honor.  T h e  story  has  spread,  as  all  good  stories do,  and 
has  been  told  again  and  again  by  thousands  of  enthusiastic  men  who  love  a 
quality  smoke.

It  has  alw ays  proved  a  profitable  story  for  a  dealer  to  listen  to,  and  the  cases 
which  showed  them  tw enty  years  ago  are  proud  to  show-  them  to-day.  T h ey 
continue  to  sell  on  their  m erit— a  really  10c  quality  for  a  nickel.  H ave  you  had  a 
good  m oney-m aking  laugh  yet  at  the  B en-H ur’s  expense?

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for  years 

ideas  and  anti-slavery  men 
slavery 
were  held  in  abeyance,  for  although 
there  were  some  outspoken  men,  the 
Missouri  Compromise  had  apparently 
settled  that  question 
to 
come.  Not  as  yet  had  Mr.  Lincoln 
or  Mr.  Davis  prominently  made  their 
appearance.  The  nomination  of  Mr. 
Fremont  did  not 
take  place  until  | 
1856,  fifty  years  ago  this  year.  The 
South  was  anxious  even 
then,  but 
her  anxiety  was  hardly,  felt  by  us  up 
here,  nor  were  parties  divided  upon  | 
the  question  of  slavery  and  anti-slav- 
ery.  W e  were  busy  during  those  ear­
ly  years  in  finding  each  his  place  and  | 
in  doing  day  by  day  the  work  laid 
out  for  11s.

scarcely 

cottage  on  Fulton  street.  A  shilling 
then  seemed  to  go  as  far  as  a  dollar 
goes  now.  Vacation? 
It  was  a  word 
hardly  known  at  that  time.  There 
was  no  two  weeks'  absence  from  his 
work  for  a  clerk  in  those  days,  hardly 
two  days.  W e  had 
time 
enough  to  get  married. 
I  remember 
so  very  well  that  in  1855  my  employ­
er,  Mr,  Ball,  could  scarcely  give  me 
two  or  three  weeks  for  that  most  im­
portant  duty,  although  I  had  been 
with  him  two  years  and  more— pa­
tient  man  that  he  was  with  me.  Every 
person  who  was  capable  was  expected, 
of  course,  to  be  ready  for  work  every 
week  day,  and  Sundays  were  full  and 
running:  over.

There  were  two  or  three  men  at 
that  time  considered  to  be  worth  from 
$50,000  to  $75,000,  although,  undoubt-

lie 

l)e 

An  uncle  of  mine,  a  planter,  would
that  early
not  ciome  North even at
day. He  w<on Id not  ccune among  his
North er 11  rt; 1 a t i v (;s  hec ause
said
and  b<Sieved!  they were all  anti-slavery
lh<: ir  feedings .  Amutile r  uncle  of
in 
fre>m  Missis-
mine. a  piainter. came
to  the Nor th  in the summer  of
sippi
1856: He  was  tr;iveling  with  his  little
rest. He  said to  me.  "It
family•  tor
is  the earne st  hope  of the South  that
elected.
Mr.  1?remoi it  will  no t 
Should  he he  elected,, 
it will  cause
great distur ban ci?  in  0Tir  c•ountry."  I
replie d  that it  did1  not  seem to  me  that
it  slitmid  make that  <iiffeirence.  that
there could not  1)e  any’  sue:h  thing  as
sepaniti< »11 for  the  twO  Stlotions,  al-
drawn
tlioug h 
sharp!ly  aloi 1 g  the;  Ohio Riv er  between
111  IS60
the  ÌSforth and tile  South
another  uncle,  a  minister,  came  North 
and  said  the  same  thing  to  me— that.  1 
in  case  Mr.  Lincoln  was  elected, 
it  1 
would  be  very  unfortunate,  that  the  [ 
own 
South  would  stand  up  for  its 
the 
rights  as  against  the  claims  of 
o u r4 
North,  and  that  the  •future  of 
prosperity  and  liberty  depended  large- 1 
lv  upon  whether  he  was  elected  or  tie- 
feated.  These  uncles  of  mine  were 
Northern  men  who  had 
long 
enough  in  the  South  to  become  thor­
oughly  Southern  in  their  feelings.

the 3 ine was being 

lived 

W e  could  not  appreciate  their  posi­
tion  nor  understand  the  spirit  that 
moved  them  to  say  what  they  did.  j 
Subsequently  the  spirit  of  the  South 
revealed  itself  in  the  action  of  South 
Carolina,  and  we  are  all  well 
ac­
quainted  with  what  occurred  during 
the  first  years  of  the  sixties  and  the | 
long  struggle  of  four  years  or  more ! 
for  a  united  country.  The  little  home, 
the  fireside,  the  next-door  neighbor, 
the  church,  the  town,  engrossed  us. 
W e  seemed  to  have  no  fears.  There 
would  be  no  war— that  was  the  farth­
est  from  our  thoughts.  Our  friends, 
our  relative's  were  there.  Flow  could 
there  be  any  w ar?

an 

Do  not  some  of  you  remember 
when  $400  was 
extraordinary 
amount  to  expend  for  the  head  clerk? 
That  sum  was  paid  to  George  Luther, 
who  was  book-keeper  for  John  Ken­
dall  during  1851  and  1852.  When  he 
took  up  the  venture  of  opening 
a 
store  at  Lament  with  Mr.  Kendall,  I 
was  admitted  to  his  place.  How  care­
ful  we  were  of  expenditures  in  those 
days!  How  long  we  considered  the 
expense  for  a  new  suit  of  clothes; 
how  careful 
lest  the  clothes  should 
not  prove  worthy:;  how  long  we  made 
them 
the 
scanty  supply  of  furniture  in  our  little

I  shall  not  forget 

last! 

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

I  was 

as  one  that  was  often  in  trouble,  one 
of  the  brothers  being  at  that  time  in 
prison  for  some  crime,  similar,  if  I 
remember  correctly,  to  the  one  com­
mitted  by  the  man  who  had  just  been 
arrested. 
immediately  called 
upon  by  the  court:  to  testify  as  to  the 
genuineness  of  the  $5  note  in  ques­
tion. 
I  gave  my  evidence,  the  bill 
being  before  me  upon  the  table.  As 
I  was  stating  that,  in  my  judgment, 
the  bill  was  counterfeit,  I  was  sudden­
ly  seized  by  the  prisoner  and  nearly 
strangled,  and  when  the  court  room—  
filled  by  a  number  of  men  interested 
in  the  case— was  turned  into  confusion 
by  the  act.  the  man  seized  the  bill 
and  escaped  down  the  stairs,  got  into 
his  wagon,  the  horses  being  hitched 
at  the  door,  and  started  for  the  open 
country.  The  constable,  the  court,  in­
deed.  all  who  witnessed  the  affair, 
were  so  upset  by  the  suddenness  of 
the  man’s  performance  that  no  effort 
was  made  by  any  one  to  prevent  his 
Indeed,  not  until  the 
getting  away. 
following  morning  was 
effort 
made  to  arrest  him.  W hen  the  posse 
did  arrive  at  Cook’s  house,  he  had  left 
the  place  and  no  word  could  be  ob­
tained  regarding  his  whereabouts  for 
several  months.  Some  time  after  we 
were  informed  as  to  the  location  of 
the  man.  but  there  arose  the  difficulty 
of  apprehension,  as  it  required  some 
$75  in  money  to  hire  any  one  to  make 
the  attempt.  At  last  the  money  was 
raised,  the  constable  went  off,  and,  as 
we  supposed,  would  return  with 
the 
criminal.  He  did  return,  but  without 
any  prisoner,  his  claim  being  that  he 
could  not  be  found.  W hether  true  or 
not,  no  one  could  tell,  although  it  was 
currently  reported  that  the  constable 
had  been  bought  off.

any 

Such  was  the  state  of  society 

in 
those  days  of  the  early  fifties.  No 
protection  for  the  one  who  suffered, 
no  effort to  find or punish  the criminal! 
A 
third  brother  threatened  to  take 
my  life  if  he  ever  got  a  chance.  For 
two  years  after  that  time  I  carried 
a  pistol  constantly  by  me. 
I  never 
have  had  occasion  to  carry  one  since.
You  who  are  younger  can  hardly 
imagine  such  a  transaction  to  have 
been  committed  on  the  main  street  of 
Grand  Rapids 
in  the  middle  of  the 
day,  but  it  was  done  at  a  time  when 
laws  were  not  so  protective  as 
the 
at  present. 
impossible 
for  any  person  to  perpetrate  such  an 
act  at  this  time  and  go  Scot  free  ever 
after.  You  can  well  understand  that 
the  act  was  long  remembered  by  me, 
and  the  event  is  as  fresh  in  my  mem­
ory  as  though  it  occurred  only  last 
week,  although  fifty  years  have  pass­
ed  away.  There  were  not  many 
breaks  so  daring  as  this  one.  but  our 
society  was 
in  its  formative  period. 
W e  did  not  at  that  time  pay  out  more 
than  $100,000  each  year 
for  police 
I  think  $100  would  have 
protection. 
been  nearer  the  sum.

It  would  be 

You  will  remember  the  people  liv­
ing  on  the  river  and  the  families  that 
seemed  to  make  up  the  principal  part 
of  that  scattered  population.  There 
was  Dominie  Ferry  and 
fam ily  at 
Grand  Haven,  and  the  Gilberts,  who 
moved  to  this  town  about  1856.  and 
C.  B.  Albee.  There  were  Rix  Robin­
son,  at  Ada,  A.  F.  Carr,  at  Ionia,  Mr. 
Hall,  Judge  Low ell— all  men  of  ca­

Harrises, 

pacity  and  courage  and  force.  Down 
the  river  were  the 
the 
Whites,  Richard  Roberts,  the  Jenisons 
and  John  Haire  and  Dr.  Eastman.  At 
Plainfield  were  Harry  Smith  and  the 
Richardsons  and  John  Hopkins.  Most 
of  them  were  busily  engaged  in  lum­
bering.  At  Muskegon  may  be  nam­
ed  such  men  as  Martin 
Ryerson 
and  Robert  Morris,  Mr.  Davis,  T.  J. 
Rand,  the  Hackleys,  ft^nn  &  Moon, 
and  George  Roberts,  and  at  N ewaygo 
John  Brooks  and  Jacob 
Cummer. 
These  men  I  used  often  to  meet  in 
business  and  had  respect  and  esteem 
for  them  all.

It  is  quite  possible  that  there  are 
some  present  who  will  remember  it 
was  in  1850  that  Daniel  W ebster  ut­
tered  those  words  which 
inflamed 
New  England  and  gave  consistency 
to  those  motives  that  were  already  be­
ginning  to  be  felt  by  our  fellowmen. 
that  there  was  a  higher  law  that  must 
be  observed. 
It  was  in  1852  that  the 
effects  of  that  great  speech,  uttered 
by  the  great  man,  reacted  upon  him, 
when  he  received  but  thirty  votes  for 
the  presidency  out  of  a  total  of  293.

this 

Until  the  7th  of  March,  1850.  Daniel 
W ebster  was  the  oracle  of  New’  E ng­
land.  He  seemed  to  dwell  at  every 
fireside,  mingling  w’ith  every  discus­
sion  where  the  power  and  glory  and 
athority  of 
in 
question.  The  shock  of  amazement, 
of  consternation  and  of  grief 
that 
went  through  the  North  has  had  no 
parallel  save  that  which  attended  the 
assassination  of  Mr.  Lincoln.  There 
were  those  here  who  were  grieved, 
sadly  disturbed  by  his  utterances.

country  were 

It  was  about  this  time  when  Mr. 
Turner,  of  the  Eagle,  raised  the  flag 
of  freedom  in  his  paper,  and  only  a 
little  later,  in  1854,  when  those  men 
of  Michigan  who  did  not  believe  in 
the  things  that  Mr.  W ebster  uttered 
assembled  at  Jackson  Under  the  Oaks 
and  gave  to 
first 
words  of  an  organized  party  in  behalf 
of  the  colored  man,  which  has  endured 
to  this  day.

this  country  the 

New’  England  was  stirred.  The 
states  in  the  W est  were  stirred.  Grad­
forces  wrere 
ually  but  surely  those 
gathering 
in  the  North 
that  would 
settle  the  question  by  force  of  arms. 
Still,  we  did  not  think  it  would  come 
to  that.  Little  did  we  dream,  as  we 
held  our  evening  drills  on  Campau 
Square,  that  wre  would  ever  be  called 
out  to  fight  for  the  Union.  Yet 
it 
was  just  this  that  happened,  for,  as 
I  recall  the  names  of  the  young  men 
who,  under  Col.  McConnell,  went 
through  the  ordinary  army  drill  by 
the  light  of  the  moon,  I  know 
that 
most  of  them  enlisted  in  the  Michi­
gan  Third  and  only  a  little  later  were 
summoned  to  meet  their  brothers  in 
deadly  conflict. 
came  back, 
some  did  not.  Am ong  those  who  gave 
their 
lives  were  Benjamin  Church 
and  Samuel  Judd.

Some 

During  the  ten  years  from  1850  to 
i860,  being  the  period  I  am  trying  to 
cover,  our  W estern  plains  were  fill­
ed  with  romantic  as  well  as  tragic 
incidents.  A t  the  time  that  our  army 
passed  over  on  their  way  to  Utah, 
under  General  Jackson,  when  nearing 
the  North  Platte,  some  290  miles  west 
from  Omaha,  they  came 
in  contact 
with  immense  herds  of  buffalo.  This

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incident  was  related  to  me  by  Gen­
eral  Heath,  of  the  Regular  Arm y,  as 
we  traveled  together  westward.  “W e 
had  just  passed  the  North  Platte  Riv­
er 
1857,  when  the  buffalo  were 
all  about  us  for  a  number  of  days,  and 
our  soldiers  shot  many  of  them.  So 
great  were 
they 
could  not  be  counted.  An  estimate 
was  made,  however,  and  the  records 
gave  a  total  of  400,000.“

the  numbers 

that 

of 

service 
is  not 

that  passage  across 

interview  with  pleasure. 

The  General  in  1861  went  into  the 
Confederate  Arm y,  being  a  Virginian. 
A t  the  date  when  I  met  him— twenty- 
one  years  ago,— he  had  again  assumed 
his  old  place  in  the  U.  S.  Arm y  and 
was  on  his  way  to  San  Francisco  in 
the  Government. 
the 
living  now,  having  died 
He 
but  a 
little  while  ago.  He  was  a 
splendid  gentleman  and  I  remember 
His 
the 
stories  of 
the 
plains  also  gave  great pleasure  to oth­
er  gentlemen  in  the  car.  His  memory 
of  the  trip  was  very  fresh  and the  in­
cidents  related  were  of  great  interest.
A  few  weeks  ago  I  went  over  the 
ground  again  and,  as  always  before,
I  thought  of  Mr.  Bostwick  and  Cap­
tain  Gunnison  and  their  sad  ending. 
There  may  be  some  of  you  who  have 
other  friends 
in  mind  who  died  as 
they  did.  To  me  they  stand  out  par­
ticularly  as  men  who  gave  their  lives 
in  the  service  of  the  ones 
left  be­
hind.

I  do  not  mean  to  enlarge  upon  the 
deeds  that  filled  the  days  of  the  first! 
ten  years  of  my  life  here.  So  much j 
was  gathered  up  during  that  time,  ] 
and  so  brief  the  time  one  has  here  in 
which  to  speak,  it  would  be  impos­
sible.  Most  of  the  men  and  women j 
who  were  residents  of  our  city  dur-1 
ing  the  decade  mentioned  have  passed j 
on  before.  They  have  fought  their j 
fight,  they  have  finished  their  course, 
there  is  but  a  corporal’s  guard  wait­
ing.  Gray  hairs  have  come  in  great 
abundance,  whereas 
fifty  years  ago 
there  were  hardly  any;  to-day,  well, 
look  about  you.

the 

the 

forests  removed, 

The  Grand  River  valley  was  then 
an  almost  unbroken  forest  and  W est­
ern  Michigan  was  undeveloped.  Now, 
with 
fair 
landscape  of  farms  and  homes  and 
prosperous  towns  and  cities  is  before 
us  as  we  pass  rapidly  through  the 
State.  How  strange,  how  mysterious 
does  it  seem  that  at  that  time  it  re­
quired  sixteen  hours  to  reach  Kala­
mazoo  by  quick  stage;  now  one  hour 
and  a  quarter  by  rail.  Not  only  this, 
but  everything  else  corresponds.  Then 
it  took  from  four  to  five  months  to 
go  to  California,  and  privations  and 
death  were  often  a  part  of  the  trip; 
now  it  is  an  easy,  luxurious  trip  cov­
ering  only  three  or  four  days;  then 
three  days  to  Detroit,  now'  four  hours. 
So  much  has  the  world,  or  at  least 
this  part  of 
The 
dreams  of  the  fathers  have  been  far 
more  than  realized. 
Did  they  even 
dream  of  such  things?  No,  they  were 
so  busy  caring  for  the  flock  that  was 
about  them,  seeking  to  plant  good 
seed,  even 
they  might  not 
reap  the  harvest.  The  fathers  were 
accustomed 
to  go  slowdy  and  reap 
sparingly,  but  how  much  of  true  en­
joyment  was  realized!  Men  were

it.  progressed. 

though 

looking  forward,  not  backward.  They 
were,  however,  fast  approaching  mo­
mentous  days— days  wThen  the  bugle 
call  would  summon  them  to  war— a 
war  of  brother  against  brother.  Those 
were  days  when 
it  required  all  the 
patriotism  that  a  man  possessed  to 
leave  home,  wife  and  children 
for 
$15  a  month 
to  serve  his  country 
where  health  and  life  were  to  be  im- 
j perilled. 
It  seems  hardly  possible  at 
this  time  that  so  many  should  have 
been  willing  to  go,  this  State  alone 
sending  nearly  100,000  men  during  the 
!  four  years  of  fratricidal  wrar  that en­
sued.  W e  see,  at  this  time,  at  the 
! Soldiers’  Home,  some  of  those  who 
j  returned  to  tell  the  story  of  the  hard- 
| ships,  the  homesickness, 
the  priva- 
l  tion  suffered.  N early  all  of  us  had 
j  friends  or  relatives  at  the  front  and 
I  some  of  us  had  dear  relatives  in  the 
j  South.

A   relative  of  mine  from  a  Southern 
!  state,  who  had  served  his  state  in  the 
i  confederate  service,  said  to  me  at  one 
] time 
in  W ashington,  where  he  was 
| living  at  that  time  and  where  he  had 
I been  sent  as  a  representative 
from 
Louisiana,  “Oh,  it  was,  indeed,  a  most 
righteous  war. 
I  did  not  think  so  at 
the  time,  but  the  bonds  that  held  the 
| slave  never  would  have  been  sundered 
|  except  by  the  sword. 
It  was  a  ter- 
j  rible  lesson,  but  we  had  to  learn  it.
I  W e  will  arise  from  its  effects,  but  it 
|  will 
There  are 
| those  wdio  to-day  reason  that  the  war 
could  have  been  avoided, 
the 
i  South  would  have  been  willing  to  ac- 
| cept  payment  for  their  slaves.  Some 
|  of 
them  undoubtedly  would,  while 
others  would  not.  They  veere  wed- 
|  ded  to  the  system. 
A   Confederate 
soldier,  said, 
‘There  was  no  other 
| way  but  by  the  sword.’ ”

take  many  years. 

that 

There  are  comparatively  but  a  few 
i living  to-day  who  were  in  active  life 
then.  The  children  of  those  days  are 
[.the  active  men  and  women  of  this 
city.  The  stains  of  the  bloody  con­
flict  are  disappearing,  we  will  hope, 
The  Southern  States  are 
forever. 
I bearing  their  part  well. 
They  are 
more  clearly  American  than  we  are 
here.  W e  have  so  many  among  us 
of  foreign  birth.  May  no  root  of  dis­
cord  ever  spring  up  again.

In 

some 

The  colored  man  is  far  from  be­
ing  practically  a  free  man,  although 
more  than  forty  years  have  passed 
since  Mr.  Lincoln  uttered  his  famous 
proclamation. 
secluded 
places  in  the  South  he  is  still  held  as 
a  life-long  servant,  really  a  slave,  al­
though  he  is  slowly  learning  the  great 
lesson  of how  to  be  useful  and  making 
himself  felt  as  a  necessity.  A s  one 
has  recently  said,  “W e  can’t  expect 
that  forty  years  of  freedom  will  work 
out  or  do  away  with  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years  of  slavery.”  Naturally  this 
is  so.  His  place  in  the  great  work­
ing  force  of  this  country  is  as  yet 
uncertain.

Not  one  of  the  older  residents  will 
forget  the  drug  firm  of  Shepard  & 
Putnam.  Dr.  Shepard  was  quite  an 
old  physician  when  I  came  here.  He 
had  been  a  resident  of  the  town  some 
fifteen  years,  which  carried  one  back 
to  the  beginning  of  things 
this 
then  embryo  city. 
I  remember  an 
incident  that  Dr.  Shepard  related  at

in 

one  of  our  Old  Residents’  meetings, 
when  he  was  President  of  the  A sso­
ciation.  The  meeting  was  held  at  the 
Morton  House.  He  said,  “A s  I  was 
coming  through  the  State  from  De­
troit  to  Grand  Rapids  I  came  upon 
a  tribe  of  Indians  on  the  Flat  River. 
I  could  not  speak  the  Indian  language 
at  all,  but  the  Indian  chief  seemed 
glad  to  see.m e  and,  being  an  Indian, 
welcomed  m ^as  a  physician. 
I  found 
that  the  tribe  were  suffering  from 
smallpox,  which  had  broken  out 
among  them.  W hile  in  Detroit,  I  had 
fortified  m yself  with  some  vaccine 
matter  and,  with  the  consent  of  the 
chief,  I  applied  the  remedy  to  the 
entire  tribe  who  were  well  or  con­
valescent  and  remained  among  them 
for  some'  little  time  before  continuing 
my  journey  to  Grand  Rapids.  W hen 
at  last  I  told  the  chief  that  I  must  go 
on,  he  put  his  hand  on  my  shoulder 
and  uttered  his  thanks  in  impressive 
Indian  words.”

This  was  the  D ictor’s  first  practice 
in  Michigan.  How  long  he  lived  in 
our  midst!  H ow   sadly  was  he  miss­
ed!  W hen  72  years  of  age  there  was 
a  birthday  party  given  for  him,  when 
he  seemed  to  be  not  over  fifty. 
I 
think  he  lived  to  be  about  84  years 
of  age.

There  are  many  here  who  will  re­
member  the  advent  of  Rev.  S.  S.  N. 
Greely  and  fam ily  to  our  city.  They 
came  early  in  1858.  Mr.  Greely  had 
been  here  the  previous  year  and  many 
of  our  people  heard  him  preach  on 
two  Sabbaths. 
So  much  were  they 
pleased  with  his  appearance,  his  de­
livery  and  his  sermons  that  almost 
immediately  he  was  invited  to  be  the 
pastor  of 
the  First  Congregational 
church.  The  church  had  been  without 
a  regular  pastor  for  some  months. 
He  replied  that  it  would  be  quite  im­
possible  for  him  to  comply,  as  his 
family  and  duty  seemed  to  require 
him  to  remain  where  he  was  in  Great 
Barrington,  Mass.  So  great,  however, 
was  the  desire  on  the  part  of  manj 
of  our  people  that  he  should  become 
one  of  our  residents  that  a  second  in­
vitation  was  placed  in  the  hands  of 
Dr.  John  C.  Gallup,  who  proceeded 
to  Great  Barrington  and  presented  it 
to  Mr.  Greelj'.  Evidently  the  invita­
tion  was  strong  enough,  for  it  proved 
effectual,  as  he  v/ith  his  family  came 
in  April,  1858.  Mr.  Greely  and  family 
proved  to  be  a  great  accession  to  this 
community.  He  remained  until  1863, 
when  the  Civil  W ar claimed him, and 
he  left  with  the  Sixth  Michigan  Cav­
alry  as  Chaplain.

You  will  remember  the  Colonel  of 
this  Regiment  was  George  Gray,  an 
attorney  of  this  city,  a  partner  at  one 
time  of  Judge  W ithey.  George  Gray 
was  no  ordinary  man  or 
attorney. 
Greatly  gifted  in  many  ways,  he  final­
ly  became  General  Counsel  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company, 
having  his  headquarters  in  New  York. 
He  died  at  an  early  age  amidst  im­
portant  work.

In  connection  with  attorneys  we  do 
not  forget  Mr.  James  M iller  and  Mr. 
John  T.  Holmes,  both  good  attorneys 
and  good  citizens.

Henry  R.  W illiam s  was  our  first 
Mayor,  a  genial  gentleman  and  a  most 
excellent  citizen.  He  died  of  that

dread  disease,  consumption,  that  has 
carried  away  so  many  of  our  people.
Some  of  you  will  remember  with  in­
terest  the  call  made  by 
the  First 
Presbyterian  church  on  the  W est  Side 
to  Rev.  Courtney  Smith.  He  suc­
ceeded  Rev.  Dr.  Penney,  who  had 
been  called  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  at  Pontiac,  in  this  State.  The 
Rev.  Mr.  Smith  held  forth  for  some 
years 
the  W est 
Side  and  to  many  parishoners  on this 
side  of  the  river.  Mr.  Smith  was  an 
able  preacher.  He  had  as  his  prin­
cipal  singers  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  R.  L. 
Peirce.  A  considerable  number  of  our 
people  were  accustomed  to  listen  to 
his  discourses.

in  his  parish  on 

Thom as  was  my 

W hen  Dr.  Penney  and  family  left 
the  city,  it  seemed  to  many  that  they 
were  losing  one  of  the  most  cultured 
and  estimable  families  of  our  young 
city.  There  were  three  sons  and  one 
daughter— Joseph,  Thomas  and  Rich­
ard  being 
the  names  of  the  sons. 
Joseph  came  back  to  live  among  us 
in  1870. 
special 
friend.  A fter  his  marriage  with  a 
Rochester  lady  they  lived  in  a  com­
paratively  new  town,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 
He  with  his  brother  Joseph  was  en­
gaged  in  transferring  emigrants  across 
the  Missouri  River.  You  will  remem­
ber  that  the  tide  of  travel  into  Kansas 
and  Nebraska  and  across  the  plains 
during  the  middle 
fifties  was  very 
strong.  Alm ost  entirely  these  currents 
of  emigration  were  centered  at  St. 
Joseph  and  Omaha. 
It  was  here  that 
Thom as  was  attacked  by  that  insidi­
ous  disease,  consumption,  and 
lie, 
with  his  little  family,  went  back  East 
to  Rochester  to  his 
father’s  home, 
where  he  died.

You  will  undoubtedly  remember  the 
law  firm  of  Foote  &  Smith— Thad- 
deus  Foote  and  Eben  Smith.  Mr. 
Foote  occupied  the  home  of  Dr.  Pen­
there  until  he  died. 
ney  and 
Eben  Smith 
later  on  moved  to  the 
State  of  W ashington,  where  he  be­
came  Judge,  and  he  has  but  recently 
died.

lived 

by  W m .  Ashley, 

Am ong  our  insurance  agents  during 
these  years  were  J.  S.  Crosb3%  S.  O. 
Kingsbury,  Robert  P.  Sinclair  and 
Deacon  Tracy. 
Our  jew elry  firms 
were  represented  by  F.  K.  Allison.  A. 
Preusser  and  two  or  three  of  lesser 
note.  The  Justices  of  Peace  were 
represented 
Jr., 
Thompson  Sinclair  and  James  Van 
Buren. 
Am ong  the  lumber  dealers 
were  E.  M.  Adams,  C.  C.  Comstock 
and  W m.  H.  W ithey.  R.  E.  Butter-, 
worth,  McCrea  Bros,  and  G.  S.  Deane 
were  busily  engaged  in  their  respec­
tive  foundries,  while  Foster  &  Met­
calf,  Goodrich  &  Gay  and  W .  S.  Gunn 
sold  general  hardware.  -

is  now  produced 

Cabinet  ware  w7as  manufactured  by 
Mr.  Comstock,  W .  T.  Powers  &  Co. 
and  George  Widdicomb  &  Sons. 
I 
do  not  know  but  the  goods  they  man­
ufactured  might  have  been  “ furni­
ture”  such  as 
in 
such  great  quantities  by  many  firms, 
at  least  in  primitive  form. 
If  so,  it 
does  not  appear,  as  a  business  issue 
in  regular  form  by  of­
gotten  out 
ficials  does  not 
the  word 
“furniture”  but  “cabinet  ware.”  The 
growth  of  the  furniture  trade  has  evi­
dently  sprung 
its  world-wide 
in  succeeding  years»  a
significance 

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On  Memorial  Day  just  passed  I  had 
the  great  pleasure  of  listening  to  an 
address  delivered  at  Portsm outh,  V ir­
ginia,  by  our  President,  Mr.  Roose­
velt. 
It  was  delivered  to  a  great  audi­
ence  of  men  and  women,  white  and 
colored.  Some  6,000  of  our  boys  in 
the  A rm y  and  N avy  gathered  with­
in  the  charmed  circle. 
A ll  about 
were  citizens  of  the  North  and  South 
— a  great  assembly.  The  day  was  an 
exceptionally  fine  one,  not  too  warm 
and  not  too  cool.  The  occasion  was 
a  remarkable  one.

in 

to 

The  President  appealed 

the 
thousands  of  his  hearers  to  be  true 
to  their  highest  aspirations.  There 
was  no  longer  any  North  or  South, 
East  or  W est.  W e  are  all  one  peo 
pie,  bound  together  by  the  highest 
motives. 
In  his  peculiar  way  he  en­
joined  upon  all  his  hearers  to  culti­
vate  the  purest  purposes 
life,  to 
live 
in  concord  one  with  another. 
Some  40,000  persons  were  about  him, 
some  far  beyond  the  reach  of  his 
voice,  but  apparently  eager  to  hear 
what  the  President  of  this  great  Re­
public  had  to  say  to  them  on  Me­
It  was  a  most  remark­
morial  Day. 
able  effort. 
It  was  significantly 
in 
accord  with  that  better  spirit  which 
is  springing  up  among  the  people. 
The  Northern  veteran  and  the  South­
ern  veteran,  each 
fighting  for  that 
which  seemed  to  him  at  the  time  a 
principle,  could  now  come 
together 
letting  bygones  be  bygones, 
join 
hands  in  upholding  the  Union  flag—  
the  one  flag  for  all. 
“ It  is  the  man 
behind  the  ballot  who  counts  much  in 
civil 
it  is  the  man  be­
hind  the  gun  who  counts  much  in  mil­
itary  life.”

life,  just  as 

business  which  brings  credit  to  our 
city,  both  by  the  quantity  produced 
and  the  quality  of  the  production.

The  plank  road  ought  not  to  be 
in  our  hurried  retrospect  of 
passed 
leader­
those  ten  years.  Under  the 
ship  of  Wm.  H.  W ithey,  we  were 
greatly  relieved  of  muddy  roads  and 
uncomfortable  experiences  when  this 
road  was  constructed.  This  road  was 
really 
the  first  great  outlet  to  the 
world  at  large  and  our  citizens  en­
joyed  it  hugely.  A fter  the  opening  of 
the  Detroit  &  Milwaukee  Railroad, 
which  occurred  some 
two  or  three 
years  later,  it  fell  somewhat  into  dis­
use,  but  for  a  long  time  was  active­
ly  used  as  one  of  the  thoroughfares 
for  heavy  transportation.

Am ong  our  grocers  were  the  well- 
known  names  of  James  Lyman,  R.  C. 
Luce,  Miller  &  Grinnell,  J.  F.  Godfroy, 
L.  H.  Randall,  J.  H.  Martin  and  L. 
D’Ooge.

I 

think 

Our  Academ y  was  under  the  direc­
tion  of  Franklin  Everett.  The  bank­
ing  interests  were  carried  forward  by 
Daniel  Ball  &  Co.  and  Wm.  J.  W ells. 
For  a  brief  time  one  Revilo  W ells 
did  something  in  the  w ay  of  discount­
ing  notes  at  heavy  rates.  He  left  us, 
however,  between  two  days,  and  when 
next  heard  from  had  settled  himself 
somewhere 
in  Oregon.  The  Public 
Schools  were  under  the  superintend­
ence  of  the  Rev.  Jas.  Ballard,  Mr. 
Chesebro  and  wife  and  Prof.  Strong.
I  have  briefly  referred  to  Dr.  Cum­
I  want  to  speak  of  him  once 
ing. 
more. 
that  I  have  never 
known  a  clergyman  who  manifested 
the  same  amount  of  earnestness  and 
energy  in  his  work.  The  Doctor  was 
in  the  van  in  his  view's  of  the  growth 
of  the  young  city.  The  gray  horses 
that  he  was  accustomed  to  drive  were 
used  in  his  clerical  and  ordinary  work 
I  think  we  are  indebted  to  him 
alike. 
for  the  development  of  our  hills 
in 
this  city. 
I  know  that  he  was  largely 
instrumental  in  inducing  George  Ken­
dall  to  invest  in  quite  a  considerable 
tract  of  land  lying  under  and  on  the 
hill  where  is  now  situated  the  Ken­
dall  home. 
In  1850  he  organized  St. 
M ark’s  College  and  my  sister,  now 
Mrs.  Ferry,  was  at 
lady 
principal. 
In  many  ways  he  was  an 
honor  to  our  city— a  man  of  great 
force  of  character,  a  good  preacher 
and  a  practical  man.  A fter  his  re­
turn  from  serving  his  country  as  a 
Chaplain,  he  did  not  live  long.  Some 
of  his  daughters  still  live  in  the  home 
he  built— a  fine  brick  house  which 
was  the  admiration  of  our  people  at 
the  time.

time 

that 

The  home  of  H enry  R.  W illiams, 
our  first  Mayor,  on  the  opposite  cor­
ner.  was  occupied  by  Dr.  Johnson  af­
ter  Mr.  W illiam s’  death.  Dr.  Johnson 
was  one  of  us  through  those  years. 
He  was  an  alderman  in  1857,  serving 
his  city  to  the  best  of  his  ability.  W e 
lost  him  for  a  time,  as  he  decided 
(temporarily,  at  least) 
give  his 
time  and  attention  to  a  line  of  busi­
ness  other  than  his  profession.  A f­
ter  a  while  he  came  back  to  his  first 
love  and  has  attained  the  highest  po­
sition  in  his  profession.  W e  honor 
the  Doctor  for  his  long  service  and 
for  his  fine  character.  W e  want  to 
have  him  stay  a  long  while  yet  as  our 
good  friend  and  able  physician.

to 

Fruit  Prospects 

Are  Good

M ay  this  be  the  result.  God  hasten 

the  day!

W ith  this  hasty  reminiscence  of fifty 
years  ago  I  must  close.  W e  are 
passing  on.  Some  of  us  have  about 
finished  our  work.  How  well  it  has 
been  done  others  who  come  after  us 
will  bear  witness.

The  men  of  those  days  were  true 
and  brave.  They  looked  forward  and 
little  city 
upward.  They  served  the 
faithfully. 
They  served 
the  State 
when  called  upon  honorably.  They 
served  their  country  loyally. 
Peace 
he  to  their  ashes!

“What  Shall  We  Eat?”

“ Meals 

Every  day  the  same  old  question. 
“W hat  shall  we  eat  for  breakfast,  for 
for  dinner?”  assails  with 
luncheon, 
monotonous  regularity 
the  patient 
housewife  who  seeks  to  provide  good 
living  for  the  fam ily  in  agreeable  va­
riety  at  a  moderate  cost.  The  Chi­
cago  Record-Herald  has  gone  far  to­
ward  solving  the  problem  by  devot­
ing  space  to  three  departments  on 
this  all  important  topic  in  its  various 
issues. 
for  a  D ay,”  which 
appears  daily,  gives  the  daily  menu 
and  the  necessary 
recipes.  House­
wives  everywhere  are  invited  to  par­
ticipate 
the  contest  and  weekly 
prizes  are  offered  for  the  best  menus. 
Marion  Harland’s  Sunday  page  gives 
weekly  a  list  of  selected  recipes  which 
if  clipped  and  pasted  in  a  scrap  book 
make  a  most 
collection. 
“ M aftha’s  Management,”  which  ap­
pears  on  Monday,  is  filled  with  good 
advice  and  helpful  hints  to  the  house­
wife.

valuable 

in 

Our  Friend  the  Farmer  is  Happy,  so  is  Vinkemulder

Line  Up

with  us  for  Peaches,  Plum s,  Pears,  etc.,  early

Right  Now

we  are  exerting  every  energy  to  supply  your  Fourth  of July  re­
quirem ents.  H ustle  your  orders  in  for  W aterm elons,  New  P o­
tatoes,  P ineapples,  Oranges,  Lem ons,  Bananas,  Sm all  Fruits 
and  V egetables.  W e  are  carload  receivers  and  distributors.

The  Vinkemulder Co.

14 and  16 Ottawa St. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Our  weekly price  list  is free  for  the  asking.

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

The  double-breasted  sack  with  de­
tachable  belt  and  bloomers  is  a  gen­
eral  favorite  and  a  leader  for  fall,  with 
Norfolk's  second  choice.  All  sacks are 
shaped  a  trifle  more  than  formerly, 
although  not  extrem ely  so,  as  exag­
gerated  styles  are  not  considered  in 
good  taste  for  little  people.

Stocks  of  Little  Men’s  W ear  V ery 

Low.

retailers 

Dealers  are  disposed  to  credit  the 
splendid  weather  and  general  pros­
perity  with  the  extraordinary  business 
done  this  season.  Stocks  are  abnor­
mally  low  and  at  an  unusually  early 
date,  which  proves  that  a  lot  of  cloth­
ing  was  sold.  Both 
and 
manufacturers  were  affected  alike  by 
healthy  trade  conditions.  The 
de­
mand  for  worsteds  was  little  short  of 
phenomenal.  Even  at  this  late  date 
daily  enquiries  for  grays  are  received 
by  manufacturers.  But  the  supply  was 
not  equal  to  the  demand  weeks  ago. 
If  it  were  only  f o r   anything  but  grays 
it  would  be  easy  to  relieve  the  scarci­
ty  situation.

Buyers  report  that  boys’  suits  to 
retail  at  $5  and  below  represent  a 
poor  choice  of  fabrics  in  very  infe­
rior  qualities,  and  that  the  woolens 
carried  over  from  last  year,  although 
less  desirable 
in  pattern,  are  better 
in  quality  and  hence  more  desirable, 
as  manufacturers  make  these  up 
in 
suits  at  old  and  sometimes  conces­
sionary  prices.  W here  good  patterns 
are  obtainable  buyers  take  the 
old 
stock  in  preference  to  paying  $375 
and  $4  for  a  suit  made  of  new  and 
inferior  stock.  These  prices  represent 
an  advance  of  25  and  50  cents  on  a 
suit  and  buyers  willing  to  take  less 
profit  pay  the  advances;  those  who 
want  old  profits  take  cheaper  stuffs. 
Although  serges  have  improved  this 
Yet  it  is  so  much  easier  to  sell  better 
month  over  last  the  betterment  did
merchandise,  and  with  so  much  more 
Illot  come  sooin  en ough  to make  the value reprí
esented  in  suits  retailed  at 
v<dume  <if  the out put  compar able  with S6.SO and  $
17.50.  perhaps  if  competition 
a year  ago.
-nit  were  less  keen  it  would 
s
St*rges  were  scaree. whereas they  are he Inetter
merchanting  to  cut  it  out
p lentiful  now.
c;ises  serge  s;lies  \vith  retai lers  have
paralleled  those  of 
last  season,  but 
there  are  not  many  such.  The  ap­
proach  of  graduation  exercises  and 
the  school  vacation  term  has  helped 
serges  some,  but  this  late  June  sale 
has  not 
for  previous 
slow  movement.

looking  for  quick  sell­
's 
in 
by  the  overwhelming 
:  selling  easy  sledding 
They  shy  slow  mer- 
up  too  much  of  sales-

ers.  and  buyei 
their  selection: 
desire  to  male 
for  salesmen, 
chandise  takes 
men’s  time.

At  th is  time last  year 1 Oil the 

in some  exceptional of

the  1 in e
Evieryboi

compensated 

influenced 

are 

Wash  suit  business  started  off  well 
and  early  and  has  kept  up  encourag­
ingly.  so  that  good  business 
is  re­
corded  in  this  line.  As  factories  have 
had  fpiite  a  spell  of  overtime  work  to 
do  to  catch  up  with  orders,  there  will 
not  be  the  stocks  to  sacrifice  this  sea­
son  there  were  last.

to 

judgment 

The re '  has

for  with tlie higher prie es  rul- Look 

Serges  and  washables  are  good 
holdings  and  share  in  the  higher  value 
all  clothing  merchandise  has  to-dav.
It  w<>uld  there forie  be the h e ight  of i  it  is  not  always
poor
t<3  sac riti'ce 
;any  of
tenners  if  they  1
this  <ttock  befo re Sepie mber.
if  even all  the  blame  be
then.
the
ing  chi  new  g<».ids  it 
’woiild pay  to | goods  sell  easy
such  st(>ck over
carry
been too  much forcing g o ods at  and quently  •when 
below•  cost  in  Jilly ,  and bdcans e  deal-
ers  have  had  a  good  season  and  sold 
quantities  of  merchandise  at 
good 
profits  is  no  excuse  for  getting  out  at 
a  loss  of;  profit  from  under  the  com­
paratively  small  lots  of  good  property 
they  own  to-day.  There  could  be  no 
better  time  than  now  for  a  change  of 
tactics  in  this  regard. 
It  is  the  best 
chance  clothiers  will  have  to  teach 
consumers  that  clothing  has  value.

a 

You 

When  questioned  why  easy  sellers 
were  so  universally  popular  a  factor 
said: 
"Results  enable  a  man  to  hold 
his  position,  to  make  a  record  for 
himself,  and  easy  sellers  make  those 
results  easy  to  attain. 
figure 
on  a  big  day  because  there  are  crowds 
in  the  store,  and  at  night,  when  total­
ing  the  books,  you  discover your sales­
men  have  made  a  bad  showing  be­
cause  they  have  had  a  lot  of  tough 
inters,  people  hard  to  please.  Now 
the  fault  of  the  elis­
io n  t  buy.  nor  should 
attached  to  salesmen, 
merchandise.  When 
a  big  day  results,  and 
it's  results  we  ;
ire  all  after.  Conse- 
i
n  market 
buyer 
thinking  only  <
if  results  buys  what 
lie  believes  will  sell  easy.  W e  all 
like  goods  that  sell  themselves.  New 
goods  always  sell  best.  And  right 
here  the  human  nature  of  a  salesman 
gets  consideration.  He  wants 
to 
handle  as  many  customers  as  he  can 
and  dispose  of  them  quickly.  He  will 
therefore  show  merchandise  he  likes 
because  he  knows 
easiest. 
With  stickers  he  has  hard  work  and 
earns  less  because  he  shows  less  re­
sults  and  he  is  not  doing  as  much 
for  himself  unless  those  stickers  have 
a  p.  m.  stuck  to  them.  Where  sales­
men  are  working  on  commission  they 
may  polish  a  customer  off  quickly, 
but  having  sold  easy  merchandise 
there  is  more  insurance  of  satisfac­
tion. 
\\  here  they  are  working  on 
salary,  if  the  merchandise  is  not  easily 
sold,  they  grow  careless  and  indiffer­
ent  and  give  neither  service  nor  sat­
isfaction.  Hence  it  is  that  easy  sell­
ers  are  in  the  long  run  the  best  mer­
chandise  to  buy  and  to  have."— Ap­
parel  Gazette.

it  sells 

Department  store  buyers  were  the 
principal  operators  in  fall  merchan­
dise  during  the  fortnight.  They  pre­
dict  a  brisk  season  on  reefers  in  sizes 
from  8  to  16  years;  that  Russian  over­
coats  plain,  fur-trimmed  and  all  fur, 
will  be  popular  for  little  folks:  that 
the  regular  fly-front  overcoat  of  knee 
length 
its 
position:  and  that  the  extreme  shap­
ed-back  flared-skirt  overcoat  will  rep­
resent  style 
and 
young  men.  They  are  buying  over­
coats  in  kerseys,  meltons  and  semi- 
fancy  cloths,  showing  partiality 
for 
gray  mixtures  in  the  older  sizes.

is  staple  enough  to  hold 

for  boys,  youths 

GUARANTEED CLOTHING

‘Ifie Best Medium price  || 
i t   Clothing in the United Stat^y

A retailer in  New 
York  City  told  us 
the other day:

“   There’s  no 
use  talking about 
advertising  your 
line 
for  me— I 
haven’t  a  dol­
lar’s  worth  of 
‘ Herman w i l e  
G u a r a n t e e d  
Clothing’  left in 
my  store,  and  I 
bought  a  good 
b i g   b i l l  
f o r  
spring, too.  I ’m 
loaded  up  with 
other  lines,  and 
I  wish  my whole 
stock  had  been 
‘ Herman w i l e  
G u a r a n t e e d  
Clothing.’ ”
And only clothing 
with  style  and  fit 
will  take 
in  'New 
York.

If you  would  like 
to  see  samples  of 
“The  Best  Medium 
Price Clothing in the 
United States”===the 
line  which 
sells«= 
write  us.

Étti

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17

Alliterative  Axioms  Alphabetically 

Arranged.

W ritte n   fo r  th e   T rad e sm a n .

Attractive  advertising  always 

al­

lures  trade.

Authoritative 

assertions 

allay 

alarms.

Adaptability  is  always  approved.
\n  admirable  aim— to  please  all.
Boistrous 

bumming 

bankrupts 

business.

Courteous  conduct  conquers  com­

plaint.

Credit  customers  should  be  care­

fully  conned.

Careful  clerks  deserve  compliment.
Double  dealing  never  doubles  dol­

lars.

Disinterestedness  disarms  distrust.
Dignified  demeanor  does  not  defeat 

desirable  designs.

Deceit 

destroys 

confidence 

and 

drives  away  custom.

Everywhere  egotism  exerts  evil.
Flattery  falls 

fetterless 

flat 

on 

minds.

Gradual  gains  are  often  greatest.
Honesty  holds  high  rank.
Impatience  inflicts  injury  upon  the 

innocent.

Indecision 

invites 

irreparable 

in­

jury-

im provem ents  invariably  encourage 

emulation.

Justice  joined  with  geniality  gets 

gratifying  gains.

Live  and  let  live  is  love’s  law.
luck.
Laxness 
Merit  makes  its  own  market.
Master  minds  manipulate  men  and 

loss  to 

lays 

money.

Patrons  should  purchase  without 

patronizing.

Plain  prices  prevent  prevarication.
Permanent  patrons  are  a  pledge of 

prosperity.

Personal  peculiarities  require  posi­

tive  patience.

Professing  pre-eminince,  prepare to 

produce  proof.

Questioning  quality 

rect.

is  quite  cor­

Random  remarks  retard  reflection.
System   secures  satisfactory  service.
Salesmen  should  serve  without  serv- 

ility.

Trusting  transients  tends  to  trou­

ble.

Unassuming  ways  are  oft  of  untold 

value.

W illing  sendee  welcomes  trade.
W ho  wisely  waits  may  win.

E.  E.  W hitney.

Results  Obtained  by  Trips  To  Larger 

Places.

W ritte n   for  th e   T rad e sm a n .

Next  to  being  pleasant  to  the  peo­
ple  who  come  to  trade  and  carrying 
a  good  stock,  I  think  that  most  any 
one  would  say,  come  store  cleanliness 
and  orderliness.  The  “ good  stock” 
goes  without  saying 
in  the  making 
of  success  for  the  proprietor,  and  if 
the  clerks  are  sour  their 
surliness 
militates  against  a  competence  for the 
owner.  But,  no  matter  how  the  first 
two  may  be  looked  after,  if  the  goods 
are  allowed,  by  careless  handling  of 
don’t-give-a-blank 
get 
shabby  looking,  and  dirt  accumulates 
around  the  place  by  neglect,  the  pro­
prietor  might  as  well  say  Goodbye 
to  peace  of  mind,  for  he  will  soon 
have  to  move  off  Easy  street  and  take 
up  his  quarters  in  Melancholy  alley.

clerks, 

to 

His  clientage  will  seek  his  competi­
tor  who  keeps  things  shining  with 
spic-spanness,  as  well  as  employs  af­
fable  people 
to  preside  behind  his 
counters.

in 

Let 

their  department  and 

it  once  be  understood 

that 
clerks  will  have  to  stand  for  all  stock 
ruined 
I 
ween  there  would  be  an  elimination 
of  anxiety  on  this  score.  W hen  a 
clerk 
is  permitted  to  run  things  at 
sixes  and  sevens  in  his  section  it  is 
not  to  be  expected  that  he  is  going 
to  bestir  himself  to  do  much  differ­
ently.  W hy  should  he  when  it’s  “al- 
lee  samee”  to  his  boss?  He  regards 
it  as  extreme  foolishness  on  his  part 
to  “ sit  up  and  take  notice”  to  the 
extent  of  getting  out  of  his  lazy  old 
rut.  Some  clerks’  shelves  look  as  if 
there  was  a  Special  Sale  going  on 
all  the  year  round  in  their  peculiar 
goods.  They,  perhaps,  are  not  re­
quired  to  “keep  things  up”— the  man 
they  draw  their  pay  from  does  not 
seem  to  be  exacting  in  his  demands 
and  they  have  dropped  into  the  habit 
of  not  caring  either.

ones 

be  money 

“ do 
in  his 

W hen  a  clerk  gets  a  vacation  it  be­
hooves  him,  if  he  would  improve  in 
his  chosen  vocation,  instead  of  frit­
tering  away  his  time  in  mere  amuse­
ments,  to  take  a  trip  to  the  nearest 
investigate  how  the 
large  city  and 
things.”  It 
progressive 
would 
pocket, 
possibly  not  at  once,  not  at  the  crack 
of  the  whip,  but  at  any  rate  in  the 
long  run— likely  as  not  in  the  near 
future,  for  such  travelers  would  return 
fresh  courage  to  make  th in gs! 
with 
hum  under 
fingers,  broader I 
views  of 
ideas 
than  you  could  shake  a  stick  at  as  to 
better  ways  of  merchandising.  And 
some  clerks  can’t  begin  a  minute  too 
soon  to  pack  their  grips  for  a  ride  on 
the  “ too-too  cars!”  It  would  even  be 
money 
to 
pay  the  expenses  of  such  a  journey, 
as  the  clerks  would  come  back 
so 
“ chuck  full”  of  valuable 
they 
would  be  all  a-twitter  to  try  some 
of  them  in  the  management  of  their 
particular  corners.

in  the  storekeepers’  tills 

life  and  more  new 

their 

tips 

Don’t  be 

afraid,  proprietors, 

to 
spend  a  penny— even  a  very  “ pret­
ty”  one— in  this  direction.  You  will 
be  surprised  at  the  results.  D on’t  be 
a  tiglit-wad. 

Jrthn  Burton.

Got  His  Prisoner.

There  is  a  deputy  marshal  in  A la­
bama  who  does  not  let  any  such  tri­
fles  as  extradition 
stop  him. 
W hen  the  term  of  court  was  about  to 
begin  one  time,  a  man  who  was  out 
on  bail  was  reported  to  be  enjoying 
himself  over  in  Georgia.

laws 

Deputy  Jim  went  over  after  him.  j 
the  I 

telegraphed 

The  next  day  he 
judge:

“ I  have  persuaded  him  to  come.”
A  few  days  later  he  rode  into  town  | 
ou  a  mule,  leading  his  prisoner,  tied 
clothesline.  The 
up 
prisoner 
if  he  had  seen 
hard  service.

snugly  with 

looked  as 

“W hy,  Jim,”  exclaimed  the  judge, 
“you  didn’t  make  him  walk  all  the 
way  from  Georgia,  did  you?”

“ No,  sir,”  replied  Jim.
“ I  thought  not,”  said  the  judge.
“ No,”  responded  Jim,  “part  of  the 
way  I  drug  him,  and  when  we  come 
to  the  Tallapoosa  River  he  swum.”

Every  Cake

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It earns yon 535 per cent.  00  your  investment. 
We  will  prove  it  previous  to  purchase.  It 
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accounts impossible.  It assists in  making  col­
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th e  REM ARKABLE  AND  CONTINUED  GROWTH  of  its  system ,  which  now  includes 
m ore than

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C. J.  JihPicn 
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Makers

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it.”  The 

sky  and  said.  “John,  it  is  going  to  be 
a  pleasant  day. 
I  know  you  will 
have  a  mighty  good  time,  and  just 
make  the  best  of 
other 
woman  looked  up  at  the  sky  and  said, 
“ Ernest,  it  just  seems  to  me  as. if  it 
was  going  to  rain. 
I  am  afraid  that, 
after  all.  you  and  John  will  get  wet 
and  come  home  soaked  and  not  have 
a  good  time  at  all.”  There  was  the 
same  outlook,  the  same  conditions, 
and  still  the  two  women  drew  exactly 
opposite  conclusions.  Which  woman  | 
would  you  rather  be?

it 

is 

It  seems  to  me  that  in  our  attitude 
the  weather  we  show  our 
toward 
optimism  or  our  pessimism.  W hile 
it  is  well  for  us  to  be  thoughtful  with 
regard  to  emergencies, 
thor­
oughly  reprehensible  in  character  to 
always  be  borrowing  trouble. 
I  have 
a  great 
the  person  who 
goes  about  the  world  with  a  song 
in  his  heart;  who  is  independent,  in 
a 
large  measure,  of  the  question  of 
whether  it  rains  or  whether  it  shines; 
whose 
the  petty  pin 
pricks  of  ordinary  daily  living.

is  above 

love 

life 

for 

18

PERNICIOUS  CUSTOM.
Habit  of  Finding  Fault  W ith 

Weather.

the 

In  connection  with  our  salutation, 
every  day  without  thinking  properly 
of  what  we  say  or  what  we  shall  say, 
we  remark  upon  the  weather,  and  it 
is  wonderfully 
interesting  to  notice 
the  variety  of  expression  the  same 
hour  upon  the  same  weather  by  dif­
ferent  people.  The  habit  of  saying 
something  about  the  weather 
is  so 
strong  upon  us  that,  without  think­
ing,  we  often  say  a  thing  that  is  not 
true  to  our  consciousness.  Occasion­
ally  we  recall  what  we  have  said  and 
laugh  at  onrselves  for  the  apparent 
mis-statement  that  was 
our 
lips.  W e  look  up  to  the  friend  who 
has  dropped  in  to  have  a  word  with 
us  and  say.  "Good  morning; 
is 
a  pleasant  morning,’’  without 
one 
thought  of  whether  the  sun  is  shin­
ing  or  whether  it  is  raining  or  wheth­
er  the  wind  blows  or  whether  the 
snow 
flies.  The  very  next  person 
who  drops 
actually 
thoughtful  of  the  conditons  outside, 
may  have  in  connection  with  the  sal­
is  a  very 
utation 
‘‘This 
inclement  morning,”  or 
‘‘I  am  so 
it  rains  this  morning;  I  had 
sorry 
hoped  for  a  bright  day.”

the  word, 

if  we 

upon 

are 

in, 

it 

is  not  a  human 

I  don’t  know  as  there  is  anything 
morally  wrong  in  mis-statements  of 
this  kind,  but 
if  I  could,  by  some 
means,  give  some  wholesome  educa­
tion  with  regard  to  our  attitude 
in 
connection  with  the  weather,  I  would 
like  to  do  it. 
If  I  could  really  do 
but  one  thing  more  in  my  life  that 
would  appeal 
to  me  as  a  valuable 
thing  and  of  increased  and  increasing j 
influence  for  good  as  a  result  of  my 
living  here,  it  would  be  to  correct  the 
habit  of  finding  fault  with  the  weath­
er.  The  weather 
is  never  bad,  for 
it 
institution.  W e 
have  no  responsibility  for  the  weath­
er,  our  friends  have  no  responsibil­
ity  and  even  our  vilest  enemy  can 
not  make  the  weather  good  or  bad 
for  us,  and  really  when  we  find  fault 
with  the  weather,  condemning  it  and 
passing  anathemas  upon 
it,  we  are 
exhibiting  anything  but  a  proper  at­
titude  toward  the  Maker  of  the  laws, 
who  controls  the  weather.  W e  are 
in 
advised  by  those  who 
religious  matters 
that 
is  wicked 
to  find  fault  with  God,  that  wicked­
ness  has  reached  its  extremity  when 
a  man  curses  God,  and  yet  with  the 
Creator  as  the  responsible 
in 
connection  with  the  weather,  what an 
attitude  are  we  showing  when  we  are 
finding  fault  with  it,  and  what  a  tre­
mendous  responsibility  are  we  tak­
ing  when  we  pass  strong  condemna­
tion  upon 
toward 
the  weather  is  a  part  of  our  outlook 
on  life  as  to  how  we  take  things,  and 
it  colors  our  points  of  view  with  re­
gard 
important 
questions. 
It,  in  a  sense,  typifies  the 
character  of  a  person  and  gives  very 
accurate  symptoms  of  his  course  of 
thinking.

teach  us 
it 

to  a  great  many 

it.  Our  attitude 

one 

in  the  shop, 

Tw o  sisters  in  the  north  end,  whose 
husbands  worked 
one 
morning  last  fall  were  bidding  their 
good  men  adieu  as  they  started  for 
a  day's  outing  and  pleasure  from  the 
routine  of  hard  work  in  the  factory. 
One  of  the  women  looked  up  at  the

the 

It  has 

in  my 

tendency 

live  above 

The  cultivation  of 

for  me 
is  of  very  small 

this  habit  of 
mind  is  of  vital  importance  in  one’s 
life. 
its  effect  upon  the  re­
ligious  trend  of  one's  mind.  One  1 
should 
to 
look  upon  everything  in  life  as  affect­
ing  one's  personal  happiness  or  con-  | 
tentment.  The  question  of  whether | 
this  kind  of  weather  or  that  kind  is 
narrow 
good 
world 
importance, 
and  if  I  can  have  the  outlook  which 
hall  recognize  that  the  weather 
is 
coming  and  going  without  regard  to 
my  desires  or  hopes,  the  thing  for 
me  to  do  is  to  always  be  ready  to 
accept  the  conditions  with  equanimi­
ty  and  to  make  sunshine  even  if  it 
rains  and 
to  try  to  be  deliciously 
cool 
other 
words,  make  the  best  of  life,  wher­
ever  it  may  be  cast.

if  the  sun 

is  hot; 

little 

in 

in  self  defense;  but  when 

There  seems  to  be  a  general 

im­
pression  that  if  we  find  fault  with  a 
person  we  may  get  ourselves 
into 
trouble. 
If  we  complain  of  the  acts 
of  people,  there  may  be  another  point 
of  view  which  shall  antagonize  us 
and  cause  us  difficulties,  and  so  often 
we  are  deterred  from  expressing  our­
selves, 
it 
comes  to  the  weather,  we  feel  that 
it  is  a  God-given  right  to  say  as  ugly 
things  as  we  can  possibly  think  of 
and  to  exhaust  our  vocabulary 
in 
anathemas,  because,  forsooth,  it  will 
not  resent  anything  we  may  say  or 
think;  but  when  we 
take  the  high 
view  and  the  correct  one  we  know 
there  is  no  thought  of  our  minds  or 
expression  that  drops  from  our  lips 
without  leaving  its  lasting  impression 
upon  our  own  character,  and  we  can 
see  that  really  this  finding  fault  habit 
is  a  pernicious  one,  and  one  which 
puts  a  blemish  upon  our  characters 
not  easily  transformed  or  obliterated.
It  is  like  the  evidence  of  the  post 
in  the  case  of  the  small  boy.  His 
father  arranged  with  him 
to  drive 
a  tack  in  the  post  every  time  he  did 
a  wrong  thing  and  to  pull  one  out 
every  time  he  did  a  good  thing.  For 
some  time  the  tacks  were  driven  in 
very  rapidly,  until  there  was  a  great 
array  of  tack  heads  upon  the  post,  but 
gradually  one  by  one  they  came  out,

Burnham   &  Morrill  Com pany’s  repu tatio n   needs  no 
com m ent.  Quality is alw ays tirst considered.

PA RIS  SUGAR  CORN
BURNHAM  &  MORRILL  CO.,  Portland,  Maine

is  th eir  pride  product,  and  am on?  "co rn "  it  stands 
head and shoulders high.  You su k e ly  know it .

Symons  Brothers  &  Co.

Saginaw,  Mich.

Sellers

WHITE HOUSE

TH E  T O P   N O TCH ER

Roasters
Dwinell=W right  Co.

Boston==Chicago

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
No  Snakes  Left.

This  man 

A   New  York  man  was  stopping 
in 
for  a  month  at  an  inland  town 
Florida. 
is  exceedingly 
fond  of  swimming,  but  has  a  horror 
of  snakes,  and 
fear  kept  him  I 
from  indulging  in  his  favorite sport in  j 
the  near-by  river.  He  was 
fishing 
one  day.  and  mentioned  his  desire 
and  the  barrier  to  its  enjoyment  to 
his  guide,  a 
sorrowful 
“cracker.”

lanky 

this 

and 

little 

from 

“ Oh,  I  kin  fix  yo ’-all  up  all  right,” 
the  guide  drawled,  and  led  the  way 
lake  some  dis­
to  a  beautiful 
tance  back 
“ A in’t 
the  river. 
nary  snake  in  hyah,”  he  said.
The  Northerner  enjoyed  a 

half- 
hour’s  sport  in  the  clear  water,  and 
then  coming  back  to  the  white  sand 
beach  began  to  dress.  He  then  ob­
served  that  what  he  had  taken  to  be 
several  logs  floating  upon  the  water 
were  in  motion.

“W onder  what  causes 

those 

logs 

to  m ove?”  he  said.

“ Them  ain’t  logs,”  his  guide  calmly 
replied,  chewing  on  a  straw;  “ them’s 
’gators.  T h at’s  how  come  there  ain’t 
no  snakes  in  hyah— ’gators  keeps  ’em 
et  up.”

Law  Case  Lasting  300  Years.
In  1613  certain  villages  of 

Lor­
raine  sued  the  Department  of  For­
ests 
in  defense  of  the  right  to  cut 
wood  in  a  certain  forest.  A fter  near­
ly  three  centuries  of  litigation  the  Su­
preme  Court  at  Leipsic  has  just  given 
a  final  decision  against  the  Depart­
ment  and  condemned 
it  to  pay  all 
costs.

19

Make Me  Prove  It
I  w ill  reduce  or  close 
out your  stock  and  guar­
antee  you  100  cents  on 
the  d ollar  over  all  ex­
pense.  W rite  me 
to­
day— not  tomorrow.
E.  B.  Longwell

Merchants, 

53  River  St. 

Chicago

Attention!

Would  you  like  to  center  the  cash 

trade  of your locality  at  your  store?

Would  you  like to reduce your stock 

quickly?

Would you  like  a  Special  Sale  of 

any  kind?

The  results  I ’ve  obtained  for  mer­
chants in  Michigan  and  Indiana  sub­
stantiate my efforts to give satisfactory 
service,  with  integrity  and  success  in 
its  execution.
B.  H.  C om stock,  Sales Specialist

93 3  Mich.  Trust  Bldg.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN

T D i n r   Y O U R   D E L A Y E D  
E asily 
I  n A l l C   F R E I G H T  
tell  you 
and  Q uickly.  W e  can 
how. 

BARLOW  BROS.,

Grand  R apids,  Mich

parent 

in  self  control.  The 

until  the  record  was  pretty  clean  and 
there  was  scarcely  a  tack  left.  The 
father  congratulated  the  son  upon his 
success 
boy, 
however,  did  not  seem  to  enjoy  the 
congratulation  and  his 
in­
quired,  “ W hat 
is  the  matter  now, 
John?”  “ O,  I  was  just  thinking  that 
even  if  the  tacks  are  all  out  the  scars 
are  still  there.” 
Is  it  not  worth  the 
while  when  we  are  making  up  our 
records  of  deportment  for  ourselves 
to  recognize  that  one  right  does  not 
correct  a  wrong  and  that  in  the  mak­
ing  of  character,  no  matter  how  cor­
rect  we  may  grow,  for  every  willful 
error  there  is  a  scar.

Chas.  W .  Garfield.

Varying  Functions  of  the  Liver.
The  business  of  the  liver  is  to  man­
ufacture  antidotes  for  poisons. 
It  is 
a  rendering  establishment  to  which 
the  little  corpses  that  accumulate  in 
the  body  are  carried  to  be  destroyed, 
just  as 
in  cities  dead  animals  are 
gathered  up  by  a  scavenger  and  con­
verted  into  useful  things.

like 

All  the  corpuscles  of  the  body  die 
every  six  weeks.  Every  second  of  our 
lives  something 
18,000,000  of 
these  red.  cells  have  to  be  disposed 
of,  and  the 
liver  does  part  of  the 
work  of  grinding  them  up  and  w ork­
ing  them  over  into  something  use­
ful.

The  red  corpuscles  have  potash  in 
them,  which  is  used  for  making  bile. 
The  bile  is  a  kind  of  lye  for  making 
soap 
intestines.  This 
soap,  like  all  good  home-made  soaps, 
is  disinfectant;  it  is  a  splendid  anti­
septic  and  germicide.

in  the  small 

The  coloring  matter 

is  carefully 
saved  out  of  these  red  cells  and  sent 
back  into  the  body  to  be  used  for 
dyeing  the  hair,  tinting  the  skin  and 
painting  the  dark  chambers  of  the 
eye  where  the  photographing  is  done.
If  the  liver  does  not  do  this  work 
as  efficiently  as  it  ought  these  little 
corpses  accumulate  in  the  body.  In 
other  words, 
the  body  becomes  a 
sepulcher  and  we  carry  about  with 
11s  dead  things  that  should  have  been 
discharged 
the  body  through 
the  bowels,  the  kidneys,  the  skin  and 
the  lungs,  and  should  have  returned 
to  dust.

from 

The  liver  is  a  closed  door,  which 
keeps  poisons  out  of  the  rest  of  the 
body.  The  kidneys,  skin  and  lungs 
are  open  doors  to  let  the  poisons  es­
cape  from  the  body.  W hen  there 
comes  such  a  flood  upon  the 
liver 
it  can  not  keep  the  door  shut;  it  is 
forced  open  a  little  way  and  lets  the 
poisons  through 

into  the  blood.

Then  the  blood  is  not  purified,  the 
impurities  go  through  and  the  body 
becomes  filled  with  them.  The  brain 
becomes  confused,  dull,  stupid,  and 
the  man  feels  bilious;  the  poisons  get 
into  the  muscles,  and  he  feels  weary 
and  worn  out; 
the 
nerves,  and  he  has  sciatica  or  lumba­
go; 
irritable 
and  inefficient,  and  there  is  nervous 
exhaustion,  perhaps  melancholia.

the  nerve  centers  get 

they  get 

into 

liver  before 

All  the  food  taken  into  the  stomach 
is  filtered  by  the 
is 
absorbed.  That  is  why  one  can,  with 
apparent  impunity,  take  such  things 
as  tea  and  coffee,  whisky,  beer,  to­
bacco,  etc.  A ll  these  impurities  are

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passed  through  the  liver  before  they 
get  into  general  circulation. 
If  they 
should  go  straight  to  the  brain  the 
drinker  would  fall  dead  shortly  after  j 
taking  his  glass  of  whisky.

is 

liver 

plump 

W hen  the 

and 
healthy,  full  of  glycogen  made  from 
the  blood,  it  has  a  wonderful  faculty 
of  destroying  poisons,  but  a  starved 
liver  can  not  do  this.  That  is  why 
a  glass  of  whisky  taken  before  break­
fast  does  a  man  twice  as  much  harm 
as  if  taken  after  breakfast.

A   dose  of  medicine  taken  on 

an 
empty  stomach  is  much  more  power­
ful  in  its  effects  than  a  similar  dose 
taken  when  the  stomach  is  full,  for 
the  reason  that  a  full  stomach  furn­
ishes  the 
liver  with  material  which 
it  makes  use  of  to  fight  poisons.
*His  Charming  Typewriter. 

W hen  Mr.  Keedick  reached  home 
one  evening  he  was  confronted  by  a 
very  angry  wife.  He  had  scarcely 
got 
inside  the  door  and  hung  his 
hat  on  the  hall  rack  before  she  blurt­
ed  out:

“ Y ou’ve  got  a  new  typist.”
“ W hy,  yes,”  replied  Keedick.  “ How 

did  you  find  it  out?”

“ Oh,  I  am  up  to  your  goings  on,  T 
You  got  your  new 

tell  you. 

can 
typist  yesterday.”

“ I  did.  W ho  told  you?”
“W ell,  if  you  must  know, 

it  was 
Mrs.  Gaskett.  Her  husband  told  her. 
You  needn’t 
keep 
things  from  me.”

think  you  can 

“ I  have  no  desire  to,  dear.”
“ Don’t  dear  me! 

Y our  typist 

is 

only  about  18  years  old.”

“As  nearly  as  I  can  judge  of  age,  I 

should  say  that  was  about  right.” 

“ And  has  m elting  brown  eyes?” 

Mrs.  Keedick  went  on  indignantly.

“ Possibly,  but  I  haven’t 

noticed 

them  doing  any  m elting.”

“ And  has  charm ing  manners?” 
“ You  are  nearly  right.”
“ Nearly  right! 

I  know  I ’m  quite 
right!”  exclaimed  the  jealous  woman. 
“ Now,  I  want  you  to  tell  me  the 
name  of  the  forward  creature.” 

“ You  want  the  name  of  my  typist?” 
“ Yes,  I  do.”
“W hat  for?”
“ Never  mind  what  for. 

I  want 

your  typist’s  name.”

“ It  is  John  Henry  Simpson.  W hat 

are  you  going  to  do  about  it?”

Hypnotic  Dangers.

Dr.  Frederick  C.  Shattuck, 

in  a 
paper  on  the  Value  of  Drugs 
in 
Therapeutics,  says  that  the  tempor­
ary  or  occasional  use  of  a  bromide  or 
of  one  of  the  other  more  modern 
hypnotics  can  greatly  help  nature  by 
securing  sleep;  but  one  must  never 
forget  the  danger  of  the  use,  or  too 
constant  use,  of  these  remedies.  Each 
new  hypnotic  which  comes  out  is  at 
first  called  harmless;  but  all  have 
seen  addiction  to  chloral, 
paralde­
hyde,  amylene  hydrate,  sulfonal  and 
trional.  Veronal  has 
scarcely  had 
time  to  show  its  hand.  Prophecy  is 
dangerous,  but  he  does  not  believe 
that  a  drug  will  ever  be  found  which 
will  cause  a  really  natural  sleep  and 
can  thus  be  used  day  after  day 
in- 
definitelv  with  safety.

Many  a  man  is  good  because  he  is 
afraid  of  the  angel  who  led  him  to  the 
altar.

Your  Customers

YEAST

FOAM

It  is  a  Little  Thing,

But  Pays  You

A  Big  Profit

20

GETTING  THE  MAIL.

People  W ho  Persist 

in  Getting 

in 

W ritten  for  the  Tradesm an.

the  W ay.

to 

the 

flock 

through 

take  mail 

Every  morning  there  is  a  rush  at 
the  Grand  Rapids  postoffice.  Busi­
ness  men,  stenographers,  clerks,  of­
fice  hoys, 
Ionia 
street  entrance  to  the  federal  build­
ing 
from  boxes  and 
drawers.  With  the  delivery  system 
in  Grand  Rapids, 
working  perfectly 
and  with  many  deliveries  a  day. 
it 
seems  remarkable  that  so  many  busi­
ness  men  should  prefer  going  to  the 
postoffice  for  their  mail,  but 
they 
doubtless  have  good  reasons  of  their 
own  for  so  doing.

As 

in  everybody’s  way, 

in  all  of  life’s  situations,  the 
nuisance  is  ever  present  at  the  post- 
office. 
Individuals  who  seek  to  learn 
the  contents  of 
letters  by  studying 
the  outside  of  the  envelopes  are  al­
ways  in  the  procession.  People  say 
things  to  them,  and  scowl,  and  hus­
tle  them  in  the  crowd,  but  that  makes 
no  difference. 
If  a  man  is  born  to 
be 
in  the  way 
he  will  remain  to  the  end  of  his  days.
Yesterday  morning  a  young  clerk 
the 
with  his  hair  neatly  parted 
in 
a 
middle  and  an  office  boy  under 
postage  stamp  cap  squatted  down  in 
front  of  the  wall  of  private  boxes 
and  obstructed  the  passage  to  about 
fifty  of  the  mail 
receptacles.  They 
unlocked  their  drawers  and  took  out 
the  letters  one  by  one,  while  those 
with  boxes  above  and  below  waited. 
Every  envelope  was  scrutinized  as  it 
left  the  drawer.  The  addresses  were 
studied,  the  postmarks  examined,  the 
receiving 
stamps  deliberated  over. 
And  many  waited.

Presently  a  red-faced  man  who  had 

waited  long  cut  in:

“Are  you  expecting  money  letters, 

sonny;?”

The  office  boy  clutched  frantically 
at  the  remaining  letters  in  the  draw­
er.  as  if  fearful  that  a  bold  highway­
man  had  gained  entrance  to  the  cor­
ridor.  Hugging  his 
the 
breast  of  his  smeary  jacket,  he  ex­
pressed  himself  in  the  slang  of  the 
streets:

letters 

to 

“ Fergit  it!”
“ Perhaps 

suggested 

little  Susan  wrote  yes­
red-faced 
terday,” 
man.  addressing 
“ You 
ought  to  be  pretty  certain  that  you 
separate 
from 
the  office  mail.”

little  Susan’s 

letter 

clerk. 

the 

the 

The  clerk  grinned,  but  did 

not 
move.  He  just  squared  himself  so 
as  to  shut  off  the  approach  to  a  few 
more  boxes  and  went  on  with  his 
scrutiny  of  the  mail.

“(  )f  course,”  observed  the  red-faced 
man,  “ the  firm  expects  you  to  cen­
sor  the  mail.  They  want  you 
to 
know  all  about  their  business,  and  the 
names  of  the  firms  they  are  doing 
business  with.  W hy  don’t  you  bring 
a  pencil  and  make  notes  on  the  let­
ters?  That  might  help 
the  bosses 
some.”

1  hen  he 

1  he  clerk  turned  a  letter  over  half 
it  in 
looked  up  at 

a  dozen  times  and  finally  put 
his  pocket. 
the  red-faced  man  and  winked.
" ( >f  course  the  bosses  are 

in  no 
hurry  for  their  mail,”  continued  the 
red-faced  man. 
“ These  people  are  in 
no  hurry,  either.  You  just  keep  right

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

I  suppose  you  can 
thought 

on  reading  the  letters  through  the  en­
velopes. 
read? 
so.  The  public 
Yes, 
I 
schools  are  working  wonders, 
and 
can  teach  almost  anything  to  read 
and  write.”

“Cut  it  out!”  roared  the  office  boy.
"Let  the  boys  alone,”  said  a  by- 
I stander. 
“O f  course  they’ve  got  to 
I know  all  about  the  correspondence 
of  their  firms.”

a 

in 

the  corridor,  waiting 

By  this  time  there  was 

small 
crowd 
for 
mail  and  taking  in  the  situation.  One 
by  one  the  letters  were  looked  over. 
The  clerk  and  the  office  boy  were 
not  to  be  quickened  in  their  move­
ments.

An  auburn-haired  stenographer  en­
tered  the  corridor,  swinging  a  hand­
bag  as  she  approached  her  mail  box, 
which  was  obstructed  by  the  clerk. 
She  stood  for  a  moment,  taking  in  the 
situation,  and  then  said:

“Oh,  pardon  me! 

I  presume  you 
are  waiting  for  the  next  mail  to  be 
placed  in  the  boxes. 
I  see  you  have 
taken  your  letters.  Do  you  have  to 
come  here  and  wait  for  mail  every 
day  in  the  week?”

The  clerk  looked  up  with  a  smile 
intended  to  be  conciliatory,  but  the 
girl  swung  her  handbag  and  looked 
the  other  way.

“ W hat’s  coming  off  here?” 

the 
clerk  finally  said. 
“ It  looks  like  all 
the  people 
interest 
in  the  firm’s  mail. 
I  guess  I’ve  got 
a  right  to  stand  here  until  I  get  my 
business  transacted.”

in  town  had  an 

The  red-faced  man  forced  his  mus­
cular  figure  up  to  his  box  and  took 
out  his  key.  Thus  forced  aside,  the 
clerk  turned  to  the  stenographer.

“W e’ll  have  a  little  postoffice  made 
for  his  private  use,”  he  said,  but  the 
girl  made  no  response.

"You  may  come  here  and 

draw 
diagrams  of  the  proposed  new  fed­
eral  building,  after  we  get  our  mail,” 
said  the  red-faced  man. 
“ You  seem 
to  be  all  right,  only  you  need  a  new 
motor.”

The  clerk  reached  over  the  heads 
of  the  others  and  closed  his  drawer 
with  a  slam.

in  th’  wind!” 

“ You’re  m ighty  fresh,”  he  said.
“ Give  him  a  bump 
grinned  the  office  boy.
and 
count 
“ You  take  a  day  off 
yourself,”  said  the  clerk. 
“ You  think 
there’s  more  of  you  than  there  really 
is.  W hy  don’t  you  pay  cash?  Then 
you  wouldn’t  get  so  many  bills  by 
mail.”

“ Run  along,  sonny,”  said  the  red­
faced  man. 
“ Keep  at  liberty  as  long 
as  you  can.  You  may  not  be  able 
to  break  out  of  the  cage  again.  Run 
along,  now.”

W hile  the  clerk  and  the  office  boy 
stood  at  one  of  the  sloping  standing- 
desks  with  the  letters  in  their  hands, 
two  men  came  up  the  stone  steps 
with  a  rush  and  invaded  the  corridor. 
i he  clerk  and  the  office  boy  saw  them 
coming  and  made  for  the  door  open­
ing  on  the  staircase 
leading  to  the 
offices  on  the  second  floor,  but  the 
new  arrivals  got  there  first.

“ W e’ve  been  waiting  for  this  mail,” 
said  one  of  the  men,  taking  the  let­
“ Now,  you  go 
ters  from  the  clerk. 
to  the  cashier  and  get 
your  pay. 
When  we  want  you  to  inspect  our

a  man 
correspondence  w e’ll  have 
open  it  for  you.  Then  you  can  do 
it  in  less  time.”

The  clerk  made  for  the  door,  while 
the  office  boy  gave  up  his  mail  and 
followed.  He  did  not  wait  for  any 
suggestion  concerning  the  cashier.

“ It's  a  m ystery  to  me  why  people 
will  act  the  fool  over  letters,”  said 
the  merchant. 
seen  people 
study  half  an  hour  over  a  letter  be­
fore  opening  it,  trying  to  make  up 
their  alleged  minds  as  to  the  identity 
of  the  writer.”

“ I’ve 

forgive  them,  but  the 

“ If  they  will  only  do  it  in  private,” 
said  the  red-faced  man,  “the  world 
will 
idea  of 
showing  off  on  some  other  man’s 
mail  in  the  postoffice  doesn’t 
jibe 
with  utility. 
I  guess  there  are  a  lot 
of  business  men  who  ought  to  get 
their  letters  in  person.”

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

Eating in  Heaven.

The  two  young  hopefuls  had  just 
returned  from  Sunday  school.  They 
were  hungry  and  seemed  more 
in­
terested  in  what  they  were  about  to 
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they  had  learned  at  the  church.  The 
conversation  was 
of 
remarks  about  the  golden  text,  and 
what  the  cook  had  prepared  for  des­
sert.

a  mixture 

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he  ejaculated:

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first 
thing  I’ll  say  will  be:  ‘Have  you  got 
anything  good  to  eat  here?’  If  they 
say  no,  I  won’t  stay.”

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*Who  else  can  do  this?

on  the  part  of  a  customer,  that  was 
of  such  a  reprehensible,  such  a  con­
temptible,  nature  that  the  perpetra­
tor,  if  he  got  his  deserts,  would  have 
been  shown  the  door  and  vehemently 
told  never  to  darken  the  portal  again.
the 
breach  against  what’s-what  tries  to 
lay  claim  to  being  just  about  as  nice 
and  particular  in  what  he  does  as  the 
next  one— even  more  so.

The  person  who  committed 

The  derelict  had  requested  permis­
sion  to  use  the 
telephone,  which 
stood  on  the  desk  in  the  close  quar­
ters  of  the  proprietor,  whose  business 
is  of  such  a  nature  as  to  require  for 
its  transaction  every  inch  of  available 
floor  space.  T he  storekeeper’s  desk 
loose 
was  covered  with 
letters  that 
had  just  come 
in 
in  the  m orning’s 
mail,  that  he  had  just  opened  and 
had  not  as  yet  had  time  to  classify 
and  arrange  preparatory  to  dictation 
to  his  stenographer.

little  cubby 

The  personal 

so 
small  that  it  will  only  hold  two  peo­
ple  com fortably,  and  even  then  it  re­
quires  close  calculation  not  to  tread 
on  each  other’s  toes.

is 

condition 

W ith  this 

typewriter 

confronting 
him  the  interloper  sat  down  at  the 
storekeeper’s  desk,  which  he  left  for 
the  time  being.  M atters  were  press­
ing  just  then  with  the  latter  and  he 
needed  every  minute  in  order  to  keep 
an  engagement  as  soon  as  he  was 
through  giving  the 
girl 
her  letters,  but,  being  of  that  adora­
ble— but  unfortunately  too  rare— class 
of  persons  who  prefer  others’  pleas­
ure  and  convenience 
to  their  own, 
he  tem porarily  relinquished  his  claim 
to  his  quarters.  There  was  no  time 
to  gather  up  his  correspondence,  so, 
trusting  to  the  other  man’s  honor,  he 
allowed  him  to  seat  himself  just  as 
the  papers  were.

list  of  three  or 

The  fellow  thereupon  deliberately 
four 
looked  up  a 
names  and  began  to  ring  up.  Num­
ber  one  was  in  use,  also  three 
and 
four.  T w o  there  was  the  difficulty 
with  of  no  answer  to  the  call.  This 
state  of  affairs  at  the  other  end  of  the 
line  necessitated  a  delay  of  six  or 
seven  minutes,  every  one  of  which 
was  torture  to  the  waiting  owner  of 
the  phone.

A t 

last  the  usurper  was  through 
with  the  inquisition— but  not  before 
he  had  secured  valuable  information 
through  the  proprietor’s  enforced  dis­
covery  to  him  of  certain  business  and 
political  secrets  through  the  medium 
of  the  exposed  letters  on  his  desk—  
letters  open  to  the  prying,  idle  eyes 
of  the  intruder.  The  knowledge  thus 
acquired  was  afterward  used  in  a  way 
— and  that  detrimental— that  showed 
all  too  plainly  to  the  merchant  where 
it  had  been  obtained.

Y et  what  different  could  he  have 
done,  under  the  circumstances,  dislik­
ing,  as  is  his  nature,  to  be  at  all  un­
obliging 
to  an  acquaintance?  The 
occurrences,  however,  taught 
him, 
ever  afterward,  to  give,  under  a  like 
circumstance, 
“he 
is  so  busy  just  at  this  particular  time 
as  to  render  it  utterly  impossible  to 
extend  the  accommodation,  much  as 
is  his  desire  to  be  helpful.”  This

the  excuse 

that 

I  should  like  to  hear  the  similar 
experience  of  some  others  who  may 
chance  to  read  these 

lines.

Ph.  W arburton.

Too  Much  Funny  Business.

A   well-known  Kentuckian  tells  of 
a  marriage  ceremony  that  a  justice 
ot  the  peace  in  the  Blue  Grass  State 
was  hurriedly  called  upon  one  day  to 
perform.

It  appears  that  the  bridegroom,  a 
big  mountaineer  very  roughly  dress­
ed,  had  brought  his  prospective  bride 
with  him  to  the  office  of  the  clerk  of 
the  court,  thinking  to  secure  his  li­
cense  and  have  the  ceremony  per­
formed  at  one  visit.  W hen  his 
li­
cense  had  been  duly 
the 
mountaineer  asked  if  there  was  a  jus­
tice  of  the  peace  then 
in  the  court 
house  who  could  tie  the  knot.  Upon 
being  advised  by  the  clerk  that  he 
himself  was  a 
justice  of  the  peace 
and  that  he  was  willing  to  join  the 
lovers, 

the  bridegroom  said:

granted 

“W aal, 

then,  w e’re 

ready; 

go 

ahead!”

“ But  you’ll  have  to  secure  two  w it­
nesses,”  sm ilingly  observed  the  clerk 
and  justice,  “before  I  can  proceed.”

A t  this  the  mountaineer  demurred, 
saying  that  he  did  not  care  for  wit­
nesses.  Nevertheless,  he  was  con­
vinced  in  a  moment  that  this  form al­
ity  was  an  indispensable  one,  and  ac­
cordingly  the 
necessary  witnesses 
were  procured  and  the  ceremony  be­
gan.  W hen  the  couple  had  promised 
to  love,  obey,  etc.,  together  with  the 
rest  of  the  service,  the  justice  of  the 
peace  quite  innocently  observed  that 
the  bridegroom 
the 
bride.”

should 

“kiss 

Thereupon  the  mountaineer  exhib- 
ted  fresh  impatience  at  the  exactions 
of  the  official. 
“Look  here!”  he  ex­
claimed,  angrily,  “ it  seems  to  me  that 
you’re  draggin’  in  a  lot  of  funny  busi­
ness  in  this  weddin’.  W hy,  I  kissed 
her  before  we  came  in!”— Success.

Easy  Come,  Easy  Go.

A  Northern  Michigan  merchant 
tells  a  grim ly  humorous  story  of  a 
lumberman  in  that  section,  who,  after 
a  hard  winter  in  the  camps,  appear­
ed  in  the  streets  of  one  of  the  larger 
towns  ready  and  anxious  “ to  have  a 
good  time.”

This  lumberman  had  with  him  the 
sum  of  $500, 
the  proceeds  of  his 
season’s  labor— a  sum  for  which  he 
had  toiled  and  slaved  and  risked  his 
life  in  the  lumber  jams,  enduring  the 
while  all  the  discomforts  and  tribu­
lations  of  the  rigorous  winter.  W ith 
the  $500  thus  painfully  amassed  the 
the  comparative 
lumberman  sought 
civilization  of  a  lumber 
town.  He 
first  purchased  himself  a  big  drink 
and  an  expensive  cigar; 
then  hied 
him  to  a  faro  “joint,”  where  he  stak­
ed  his  entire 
fortune  on  a  single 
In  another  moment  he  was 
play. 
penniless. 
from 
one  corner  of  his  mouth  to  the  other, 
the 
lumberman  cheerfully  observed: 
“ Oh,  well;  easy  come,  easy  go.”

Shifting  the  cigar 

The  world  gets  more  gloom  than 
the  people  who  live 

ginger 
only  for  the  spice  of  life.

from 

o o• >'w

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

ìW ò a v a n ’s W ò r l d

Elasticity  of  the  Affections  of  Some 

Men.

for 

There  is  no  characteristic  in  which 
men  and  women  differ  more  radically 
than  in  the  comprehensiveness,  what 
may  be  called  the  elasticity,  of  their 
affection.  A  woman,  as  a  rule,  is  in 
love  with  but  one  man  at  a  time.  She 
may  hold  and  practice 
the  ancient 
doctrine  of  her  sex  that  the  more 
strings  to  her  bow,  or  beaux  to  her 
string,  the  better.  Admiration  may 
be  to  her  as  the  breath  of  her  nos­
trils,  and  she  may  care  as  little  for 
the  sufferings  of  her  victims  as  an 
enthusiastic  angler  does 
those 
of  the  trout  which  it  is  his  delight  to 
play  and  to  capture.  She  even  may 
doubt  seriously  which  of  two  men 
she  would  better  marry,  but  it  is  sel­
dom.  if  ever,  that  she  does  not  prefer 
one  of  them  to  the  other,  that  she 
is  not  aware  fully  of  her  preference. 
Indeed,  it  safely  may  be  said  that  no 
woman  ever  really  and  truly 
loves 
more  than  one  man  at  one  and  the 
same  time,  and  when  the  “ not 
im­
possible  he”  appears  upon  her  hori­
zon  he  dwarfs  all  other  men  in  her 
eyes  and  reigns, 
the  hour  at 
least,  her  king  and  master.  True,  the 
woman  may  change,  and  often  does 
things,  not  even  mutual 
so. 
and 
in 
this  world  of  change.

Few 
tender 

love,  endure 

forever 

for 

Although  one  king  may  cease  to 
reign,  and  another  monarch  rule  in 
bis  stead,  the  kingdom,  having  once 
tendered  allegiance,  is  loyal  while  he | 
occupies  the  throne. 
It  has  passed 
into  a  proverb  that  a  woman  who 
loves, 
loves  much  and  rarely;  she 
may  transfer  her  affections,  but  she 
does  not  scatter  them,  a  little  here,  a 
little  there.

On 

the  contrary,  although 

find  no  great  difficulty 

there 
are  many  exceptions  to  the  rule,  most 
men  are  Mormons  at  heart,  and  ap­
parently 
in 
loving  two  or  a  dozen  women  simul­
taneously.  The  sailor  with  a  sweet­
heart  in  every  port,  who  yet  claimed 
that  “his  heart  was 
true  to  Poll,” 
was  a  fiction  strictly  founded  upon 
fact.  Bigam y  in  every  land  where  it 
is  a  legal  offense  also  is  a  usual  one. 
And  that  not  only  among  the  “ mass­
es 
every  now  and  then  society  is 
startled  by  the  discovery  that  some 
man  of  wealth  and  high  repute,  who 
has  seemed  a  devoted  husband  and 
father,  has  played  the  same  role  to 
another  woman  and  her  children.

Most  people,  whether  men  or  wom­
en.  have  a  more  or  less  dual  nature, 
and  some  men  especially  have  so 
many  sides  to  their  characters,  such 
as  they  are,  that  they  may  be  said 
to  be  faceted.  There,  moreover,  are 
some  men  who  forever  are  falling  in 
love,  or  what  they  think 
love. 
Every  time  such  a  man  sees  a  pretty 
girl  he  immediately  proceeds  to  fall 
head  over  heels  in  love  with  her.  He 
admires  almost  every  passably  at­
tractive  young  woman  whom  he sees, 
and 
is  always  making  love  with  no 
in­
serious 

intentions  whatever  or 

is 

tentions  that  are  serious  for  the  m o­
ment  only.

to  the 

But  men  who  are  less  susceptible 
to  the charms  of  feminty  not  infre­
quently  meet  two  women  who  appeal 
simultaneously,  more  or  less  strong­
ly. 
two  sides  of  their  dual 
nature.  W hen  this  happens  the  man 
probably  will  be  in  a  veritable  quand­
ary.  He  has  artistic  tastes,  he  is  fond 
of  music,  he  reads,  and  likes  to  talk 
about  what  he  has  read.  He  meets 
tastes, 
a  woman  who  shares  these 
in­
who  participates 
telligence  and  pleasing 
sympathy. 
They  make  love  in  poetic  quotations, 
her  singing  delights  his  soul,  and  his 
pulses  quicken  as  their  hands  meet 
over  their  favorite  volumes.  He  feels 
that  life  with  her  would  be  “forever 
one  glad,  sweet  song,”  that  her  sym ­
pathy  and  appreciation  would  stim­
ulate  him 
to  better  endeavor  and 
render  him  capable  of  great  things.

them  with 

in 

fits 

She 

in  with 

But,  alas,  he  is  not  strong  enough 
to  keep  up  to  her  level,  and  he  meets 
pretty  little  Mamie,  who  is  ready  to 
love  and  to  admire  him  as  a  king 
the 
among  men. 
She  does 
other  side  of  his  nature. 
not  stimulate  him,  but  she 
flatters 
him  and 
is  what  he  calls  “ restful.” 
She  makes  no  demands  upon  him 
and  has  a  soothing 
influence  upon 
him.  Besides,  she  is  thoroughly  do­
mestic  and  will  be  fully  able  to  min­
ister 
to  his  “creature  comforts,”  a 
direction  wherein  he  greatly  doubts 
the  other  woman’s  ability.  He  feels 
reasonably  sure 
to 
choose  between  the  two women. Mary 
and  Mamie,  and  he  really  is  puzzled 
as  to  which  one  it  will  be  wiser  for 
him  to  marry.

is  his 

that 

it 

is 

too 

takes 

great 

comfortably, 

The  result  usually  depends  upon 
the 
which  side  of  his  character 
If  he  truly  be  of  the  stuff 
stronger. 
of  which  great  men  are  made  and 
sees  much  of  Mary,  he  marries  her, 
and  with  her  help  he  makes  of  his  ! 
life  a  better,  higher  thing  than  could 
have  been  possible  otherwise.  Nev- 
I ertheless,  he  who 
the  easier 
course  is  not  unwise  always.  If  he 
has  felt  before  marriage  that  M ary’s 
standpoint  was  too  high  to  be  main­
tained 
a 
strain,  emotional 
and  mental,  he 
would  better  content  himself  with 
the  woman  who  will  make  him  com­
fortable  physically  than  endeavor  to 
rise  to  the  level  of  the  soul 
com ­
panion.  The  simpler  nature  will  de­
mand  less  of  his  nerves  and  sensibili­
ties,  and  the  ease 
tempera­
ment.  which  is  probably  strong  with 
him,  will  be  satisfied.  His  marriage 
scarcely  will  be  a  failure.  He  will 
never  rise  to  great  heights,  but  he 
will  have  material 
compensations. 
He  perhaps  occasionally  may  think 
with  regret  of  the  esthetic  delights 
which  he  has  lost,  but  he  has  to  work 
for  a 
living,  and  Mamie  keeps  his 
home  bright  upon  small  means.

loving 

It  safely  may  be  taken  for  granted 
that  the  average  man  is  not  seriously 
in  love  with  more  than  one  woman 
at  a  time.  Nevertheless  propinquity 
has  great  weight  with  most. 
is 
not  impossible  for  a  man  who  sin­
cerely  and  honestly  is  attached  to  a 
woman  at  a  distance  to  find  himself 
unable  to  withstand  the  fascination 
of  the  girl  at  his  side.  The  woman

It 

whose  charm  and  beauty  can  make  a 
personal  appeal 
to  a  man’s  senses 
and  emotions  decidedly  has  the  ad­
vantage  of  her  who  only  can  reach 
him  through  the  medium  of  letters. 
The  French  are  not  without  wisdom 
in  their  saying  that  “ the  absent  are 
always  wrong.” 
It  was  a  Frenchman 
also,  Talleyrand,  who  likened  the  ef­
fect  of  absence  upon  love  to  that  of 
the  wind  upon  a  fire. 
If  the  fire  be 
feeble, 
if 
strong,  it  fans  it  to  a  conflagration.

the  wind  blows 

it  out; 

Dorothy  Dix.

Thought  He  Must  Keep  the  Secret.
A  prominent  attorney  is  telling  a 
good  story  of  a  friend  of  his  who  re­
cently  purchased  a  horse 
for  $175, 
believing  the  animal  to  be  practically 
in  every - respect  and  almost 
sound 
without  blemish.  No  mention 
of 
anything  to  the  contrary  was  made 
by  the  owner  of  the  horse  in  making 
the  bargain.

Soon  after  the  purchase  the  friend 
found  that  the  steed  was  blind  in  one 
eye.  Not  more  than  a  week 
later 
he  disposed  of  the  horse  at  the  price 
he  had  paid  for  him. 
In  making  the 
sale  he  said  nothing  of  the  impaired 
eyesight  of  the  animal.  A   few  days 
afterward  the  new  purchaser  came  to 
the  aforesaid  friend  with  a  bitter  com­
plaint  and  accusation.  The  gentle­
man,  he  charged,  had  not  treated  him 
fairly  in  remaining  silent  as  to  the 
grave  defect  of  the  horse.

"W ell,”  remarked  purchaser  No. 
1,  "the  man 
from  whom  I  bought 
the  horse  said  nothing  about  the  mat­
ter,  and  I  thought  he  wished  to  have 
it  kept  a  secret.”

Established  1872

T h e  house  of

Jennings

M anufacturers 

of  pure

Flavoring
Extracts

Terpeneless Lemon 

Mexican Vanilla 

Orange

Almond,  Rose,  Etc.

Q uality  is  Our  F irst  Motto.

Mr.  Grocer :===Have  you  investigated 

The
Kuttowait 
Butter  Cutter 
and
Refrigerator ?

H ere’s  a  sam ple  of 
what  men  say  who 
have  investigated  :

D etr o it,  M ic h ig a n ,  5-26-'o6.

“ We  hand  you herewith  our  check  for  $38  in  full  payment  for  the 
butter cutter.  We are pleased  to  say  the cutter  is  most  satisfactory,  as it  is 
a  saving to us  both  in  time  and  money.  We are  making all  our prints with 
it  and  sell  them  at the  same  price as  those  we formerly  bought  for  a  cent  a 
pound  more.  This  machine  is  also  proof  against  down-weights  and  cuts 
all  the  butter from  the  tub  that  we  pay  the  wholesaler for.

T he  S tr an d  C o m p a n y,

By  Sidney  R.  D ixon.”

It  Will  Do  As  Much  For  You

Everybody  buys butter and  everybody is  attracted  by  the  Kuttowait 
outfit. 
It’s a trade  builder as  well  as a money  saver.  W e can  furnish  you 
with  cartons,  with  any advertising you  w’ish  printed  on  them,  so  that  you 
may  sell  y o u r  ow n  brand  of  p rin ts.  L et  u s  show   you.

Kuttowait Butter Cutter Company

Agents  wanted 

68=70  North  Jefferson  St.,  Chicago,  111.

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bossed  silver,  or  silver  and  enamel, 
that  I  can  not  resist  the  temptation 
of  having  them  around  in  my  room.” 
“ As  for  me,”  said  another,  “ it  is 
simply  to  put  my  mother-in-law  into 
a  rage.  Then,  too,  smoking  permits 
of  graceful  little  tricks  of  prettiness 
and  coquetry.  A   cigarette  calls  at­
tention 
it, 
and  your  mouth  is  bound  to  be  no 
ticed  when  smoke  is  coming  out  of 
it.  W hy. 
I  never  smoke  when  men 
are 
looking  that  I  don’t  shape  my 
lips  a  kiss  at  every  curl  of  smoke 
that  I  pout  out.”

that  holds 

the  hand 

to 

Then  up  spoke  a 

frank  widow 
“ Between  you  all  and  little  me,”  she 
said,  as  she  sent  a  whiff  of  smoke 
whirling  upward  from  her  lips,  and 
with  the  understanding  that  it  does 
not  go  any  farther,  I  have  quite  a 
practical  reason  for  smoking. 
I  have 
two  suitors  and  expect  to  marry  one 
Indeed,  I  wouldn’t  mind 
of  them. 
becoming  the  wife  of  both 
if  they 
and  the  law  assented,  for  they  are 
alike  rich.  Now,  one  of  them  is  an 
inveterate  smoker,  and  the other does 
not  smoke  at  all.  The  non-smoker 
has  a  jealous  disposition,  as  I  found 
out  when  receiving  a  call  from  him 
very  soon  after  the  other  man  had 
departed.  Knowing  the  keenness  of 
the  form er’s  scent  for  anything  in-1 
dicative  of  flirtation  in  me,  I  had  tak 
en  the  latter  into  the  library  to  enjoy 
his  cigar,  so  that  there  wouldn’t  be 
any  taint  of  tobacco  in  the  drawing­
room,  where  I  was  to  receive  his 
I  fancied  I  was  safe  enough; 
rival. 
but 
tobacco  had  no 
sooner  got  next  to  me  than  he  began 
to  sniff  like  a  terrier  for  rats.
“ ‘.Oh,  you  smell  the  violet, 

I  re 
marked  for  I  had  sprinkled  my  hand­
kerchief  p recau tion ary  with  pel 
fume.

the  hater  of 

“ ‘It  isn’t  violet,’  he  replied. 

‘It’s 
cigarette  smoke,  and  it  isn  t  on  your 
handkerchief/  which  I  had  held  to 
his  nose, 
in  your  hair,  which 
happened  to  be  close  under  that  same 
nose.

'but 

"1  saved  m yself  by  confessing  that 
I  had  fallen  into  the  habit  of  smok 
ing  cigarettes.  That  wasn’t  so,  for 
I’d  never  taken  a  single  whiff,  but 
something  had  to  be  done  quick,  and 
it  was  a  happy  thought  that  allayed 
his  jealousy. 
I  begged  him  to  for­
give  and  indulge  me  in  my  supposed 
indulgence,  and  the  dear  fellow  said 
he  would.  But  I  had  to  take  to  cig­
arettes  to  back  up 
iny  word,  don’t 
you  see?  And  that’s  how  and  w hy  I 
became  a  cigarette  fiend.  Now,  one 
of  my  men  enjoys  seeing  me  smoke, 
the  other  enjoys  smoking  with  me. 
and  I  enjoy  it  both  ways.”

Clara  Belle.

Why  Some  Women  Smoke.
for  women 

Is  it  fashionable 

to 
smoke  in  New  York?  Yes  and  no. 
Modish  women  do  smoke,  and  not 
only  behind  the  doors  of  their  bou­
doirs,  or  as  a  daring  exploit  at  lively 
dinners,  but  openly,  and  quite  as  a 
matter  of  course. 
It  has  become 
usual 
in  some  of  the  smart  circles, 
whenever  refreshments  are  served  to 
women, 
to  pass  cigarettes  without 
any  ado  or  excuse  or  apology,  and 
the  women  smoke 
if  they  want  to, 
without  exciting  much  comment.  But 
for  every  hundred  of  our  really  fash­
ionable  women  who 
in  the 
tobacco  habit  there  are  a  thousand—  
yes,  two  or  three  thousand— who  do 
not. 
is 
fashionable  in  New  Y ork  for  women 
to  smoke,  and  far  more  fashionable 
not  to.  However,  the  habit 
in­
creasing  rapidly. 
It  began  with  fe­
male  loafers— there  is  no  doubt  about 
that;  it  was  helped  into  quasi-respec­
tability  by  tourists 
for 
they  returned  to  tell  us  that  it  was 
“ done  in  the  best  circles”  of  foreign­
ers;  and  now  it  has  come  to  a  point 
where  a  woman  doesn’t  hurt  her  rep­
utation— unless 
on 
other  grounds— by  being  seen  with 
a  cigarette  between  her 

it  may  be  said  that 

is  assailable 

in  Europe, 

indulge 

lips.

So 

is 

it 

it 

girl, 

It  is 

to  make 

if  they  wished 

Permit  me  to  say  right  here  that 
I  don’t  smoke,  and  don’t  believe  I 
ever  shall;  yet  I  see  no  good  reason 
why  I  shouldn’t  if  I  wanted  to.  But 
I  wouldn’t  sneak  out  of  sight  to  do 
it.  An  idea  that  I  have  seen  broach­
ed— that  of  reserving  special  com­
partments  in  railway  cars,  and  rooms 
in  restaurants,  for  women  to  smoke 
in— strikes  me  as  absurd. 
stu­
pid  to  wish  to  hide  the  habit  as  if 
it  were  a  crime.  W omen  smoke  rath­
er  for  the  sake  of  men  than  for  their 
own,  so  let  them  smoke  in  the  regu­
It  Is 
lar  smoking  cars  or  sections. 
only  the  young 
fresh 
from 
boarding  school,  who,  to  try  the  first 
cigarette  presented 
to  her  by  her 
cousin,  shuts  herself  up  in  her  room. 
For  all  other  women  smoking  would 
be  a  mark  of  sociability,  a  gracious 
way  of  putting  men  at  their  ease.  It 
is  as 
the 
somewhat  doubtful  compliment;  “ I 
wish  I  were  a  man.”  Partitioning  off 
women  who  smoke 
inviting 
to  dinner  none  but  humorists  or  none 
bnt  inventors.  A   single  humorist  or 
a  single  inventor  shines  when  he  is 
alone;  merged 
in  a  number  of  his 
kind  he  is  neglected.  So  one  woman 
smoking  in  company  attracts  atten­
tion,  she  seasons  the  company  as  a 
dash  of  seasoning  improves  a  salad; 
put  in  several  dashes  and  the  salad 
is  spoiled. 
It  would  be  unreasonable 
nowadays  to  wish  to  deprive  men  of 
the  presence  of  young  women  brave 
enough  to  make  a  public  avowal  of 
their 
tastes.  But  if 
they  please  to  resort  to  special  cars 
or  rooms  we  can  not  quarrel  with 
them  and  must  leave  them  at  liberty.
At  a  reception  that  was  attended 
by  women  only,  and  w’here  as  many 
as  twenty  took  cigarettes  when  they 
were  passed,  a  discussion  of  the  prac­
tice  arose. 
“W h y  do  you  smoke? 
was  the  question  that  went  around. 
“ I  do  not  care  for  smoking,”  said 
one,  “but  the  cigarette  boxes  are  so 
pretty,  in  rosewood  and  crystal,  em­

caprices 

like 

and 

is 

Vocal  Chords  Work  Hard.

It  is  simply  the  vocal  chords  which 
vibrate,  not  the  throat. 
In  the  lower 
notes  the  whole  length  and  thickness 
of  the  vocal  chords  are  used,  the  thin 
edges  being  employed  for  the  highest 
ones.  Thus  in  speaking  for  a  minute 
or  two  there  is  sufficient  vibration  en­
gendered  in  the  throat  were  its  walls 
of  a  solid  nature  instead  of  soft  and 
flexible  to  shatter  and  destroy 
it. 
Every  minute  we  speak 
vocal 
chords  vibrate  from  20,000  to  40,000 
times.

the 

Fans
For
Warm
Weather

N othing  is  more  appreciated  on  a  hot  day  than  a  substan­

tial  fan.  E sp ecia lly  is  this  true  of  country  custom ers  who 

com e  to  town  without  providing  them selves  with  this 

necessary  adjunct  to  comfort. 

\\ e  have  a 

large 

line  of 

these  goods  in  fancy  shapes  and  unique  designs,  which  we 

furnish  printed  and  handled  as  follow s:

IOO. .  . 

..$ 3 .0 0

200 .........  4-50
300. .........   5-75

40 0 ............ $7.00

5° ° ............
1,0 0 0............

S.00

15.00

W e  can  fill your  order  on five  hours’  notice,
but  don’t  ask  us  to  fill  an  order  on  such  short  notice  if  you 

if  necessary

can  avoid  it.

T radesman 
Company

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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u t t e r s  Eg g s

Observations  of  a  Gotham  E g g   Man.

The  estimates  and  reports  of  stor-  j 
age  holdings  at  the  larger  cities  at ; 
less j 
~,se  of  May,  indicating  a 
ti
y  than  was  held  at  these  cities j 
•ar  by  about  21  per  cent.,  oc-1 
•d  some  surprise  among  a  good j 
of  the  trade  here;  there  had j 
\  general 
impression  that  the 
e  holdings  on  that  date  would 
closer  to 
figures 
.Ur  reports  indicated,  this  im­
than
pression  being  based  upon  the  rapid- 
itv  with  which  stock  had  accumulat­
ed  in  this  market  during  May.

last  year’s 

s t <

W e  think,  however,  that  the 

esti­
mates  may  be  depended  upon  as  sub­
stantially  correct;  they  are  also  borne 
out  to  some  extent  by  the  monthly 
report  of  the  associated  warehouses, 
which  showed  a  total  stock,  in  about 
twenty  houses  reporting,  of  899,400 
cases  at  the  close  of  May,  against 
1.164.400  cases  at  the  same  time  last 
year.  This  is  a  little  greater  percent­
age  of  reduction  (22V2  per  cent.)  than 
shown  by  our  estimates  for  the  four 
larger  markets,  and  tends  to  verify 
the  previously  expressed  belief  that 
the  deficiency 
storage
would be found  somewhat  1
bol din
great«*r  tlilan  in the large  cities  alone,  j
The rec•cipts  <if  (:ggs  at  the  princi-
been  decreasing

pal  mark-ets  have
rather m<>re  ra|)idl y  during  the  past  ¡
f e w  week s  than th<•y  did  at  the  same  |
F o r  the  week  ending |
time  1ast year.
June  Î?  tli e  aggregate  arrivals  at  New  j
York, C b 1C a ££ Q. Bo ston  and  Philadel-
phia  ,,vorc;  270.894  1cascs,  against  237,-
4.?“  cases  for  the  corresponding  week 
Inst  year,  showing  a  smaller  excess 
than  at  any  time  since  the  latter  part 
of  April.

general 

in 

year  ago 

Reports  from  our  local  cold  stor­
age  houses  indicate  that  present  ac­
cumulations  in  the  warehouses  of New 
York  and  Jersey  City  are  now 
in­
creasing  at  a  slower  rate  than  at  this 
time  last  year  and  as  our  local  re­
ceipts  are  very  nearly  the  same  as 
a 
this  points  to  an  im­
proved 
consumptive  demand.  The 
May  statistics  indicated  a  trade  out­
put  just  about  even  with 
last  year, 
but 
it  is  thought  that  the  more  or 
less  hysterical  agitation  of  methods 
prevailing  at  the  packing  houses  may 
have  had  a  considerable  favorable  ef­
fect  upon  the  consumption  of  eggs.

I11  view  of  the  relatively  large  win­
ter  production  of  eggs  last  January 
and  February  it  is  reasonable  to  ex­
pect  an  earlier  and  greater  shrinkage 
than  usual  this  summer,  and  there  is 
little  probability  that  the  shortage  in 
storage  accumulations  now  report­
ed  will  be  lessened  during  the  sum­
mer  months;  and 
demand 
should  continue  relatively  as  good  as 
it  appears 
to  be  now  there  would 
seem  to  be  a  fair  prospect  of  more 
than  the  usual 
late  summer  reduc­
tion.

the 

if 

These  considerations  have 

given 
holders  of  fine  storage  eggs  a  little 
more  confident  feeling  and  there  have 
been  some  enquiries  for  prime  lines

on  the  part  of  dealers  who  declined 
to  put  goods  away  earlier  in  the  stor- j 
age  season.

Another  carload  of  eggs  packed  in  j 
the  cardboard  egg  cases  was  recently  j 
received  here  from  an  Illinois  ship-  j 
per.  The  stock  arrived  in  good  con-  | 
dition  as  a  rule,  although  a  few  cases  j 
were  signed  for  in  bad  order.  This j 
i*.  not  unusual,  however,  even  when  j 
wood  cases  are  used.  A   further  ex-  j 
pression  of  opinion  about  the  merits j 
of  this  case  has  been  heard 
from 
the  jobbing  trade  and  it  seems  to  be 
the  universal  opinion  among 
them 
that  the  case  could  not  be  safely  used 
for  the  distribution  of  candled  eggs 
If  jobbers  should  ad­
to  retail  trade. 
here  to  this  opinion 
it  would  be  a 
fatal  obstacle  to  the  introduction  of 
!  the  case  for  general  use.

W e  understand  that  wood  suitable 
I for  building  egg  cases 
is  becoming 
! scarcer  every  year  and  there  is  un- 
i  doubtedly  a  good  opening 
a 
I  suitable  substitute.  But  to  be  suc- 
! cessful  the  substitute  must  be  strong 
j  enough  to  stand 
rough 
handling  and  it  must  be  so  construct- 
! ed  as  to  be  easily  opened  and  easily 
j closed.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.
!  view.

ordinarily 

for 

He  Bought  Apples  by  Measure.
Mr.  Ferguson,  who  had  passed 

a 
grocery  store  on  his  way  home,  laid 
a  sack  of  apples  on  the  kitchen  ta­
“ T hey’re  big  red  ones,”  he  said, 
ble. 
“ from  Colorado,  and 
the  best  you 
ever  tasted.”

“ W hat  did  you  pay  for  them?”  ask­

ed  Mrs.  Ferguson.

“That’s  what  I  was  going  to  tell 
you.  The  grocer  said  he  didn’t  sell 
them  by  the  peck.  They  were  two 
for  five  cents. 
I  asked  him  what  half 
a  peck  would  be  worth.  He  figured 
a  little,  and  said  they  would  cost  me 
40  cents. 
I  took  ’em  before  he  had 
time  to  back  out.  Buying  apples  by 
the  piece  is  too  expensive  for  family 
use.”

Mrs.  Ferguson  emptied  the  apples 

I out  on  the  table  and  counted  them.

“ There  are  only  fifteen  of 

them, 
“ He  cheat­

George,”  she  announced. 
ed  you  out  of  one.”

“ I  wouldn’t  be  as  penurious  and 
unbusinesslike  as  you 
a 
thousand  dollars!”  he  snapped,  slam­
ming  the  door  behind  him  as  he  went 
out.”

are 

for 

The  Smallest  She  Had.

A  conductor  on  the  Reed’s  Lake 
street  railway  had  such  a  good  run 
of  business  Sunday  afternoon  that  he 
had  difficulty  in  keeping  himself  sup­
plied  with  small  change.

'Flic  conductor,  however,  managed 
to  get  along  fairly  well  until  a  w om ­
an.  carrying  a  tiny  infant,  boarded 
his  car.  W hen  he  approached  the 
woman  for  her  fare  she  handed  him 
a  $5  bill.

“ Is 

that 

the  smallest  you  have, 
madam?”  queried  the  conductor,  fear­
ing  another  stringency  in  change.

The  woman  looked  at  the  conductor 
and  then  at  her  baby,  and  made  this 
surprising  reply:

“ Yes;  I  have  been  married  only 

twelve  months.”

“ I  niver  was  so  sold  while  I  have 
been  workin’  on  the  road,”  said  the 
conductor  afterward.

Redland  Navel  Oranges

We  are  sole agents and distributors of  Golden  Flower  and 
Golden  Gate  Brands.  The  finest navel oranges  grown]in 
California.  Sweet,  heavy, juicy,  well colored  fancy  pack.
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14.16 Ottawa S t 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

NEW  CHEESE
4 4'‘Warner’s Cheese”

B E S T   B Y  T E S T
Manufactured  and  sold  by

FRED  M.  WARNER,  Farmington, Mich.

Butter,  Eggs,  Potatoes  and  Beans

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and  quick  returns.  Send me all  your shipments.

R.  HIRT. JR..  D ETRO IT,  MICH.

Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers

Constantly  on  hand,  a  large  supply of  E gg  Cases  and  Fillers,  Sawed  whitewood 
and  veneer basswood  cases.  Carload  lots,  mixed  car lots or  quantities  to  suit  pur­
chaser.  We  manufacture every kind of  fillers known to the  trade,  and  sell  same  in 
mixed cars or lesser quantities to  suit purchaser.  Also  Excelsior,  Nails  and  Flats 
constantly in  stock.  Prompt shipment and  courteous  treatment.  Warehouses and 
factory on  Grand  River,  Eaton  Rapids,  Michigan.  Address

L   J.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Eaton  Rapids.  Mich.

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CHANCE  FOR  FARMERS.

Stockyard  Sensation  May  Set  Them 

To  Raising  Cattle.

W ritte n   fo r  th e   T rad e sm a n .

“ I  had  a  letter  the  other  day  from 
a  friend  in  Chicago,”  said  the  grocer 
to  the  meat  dealer,  “and  he  stated 
that  the  people  of  the  W indy  City 
are  putting  a  big  boycott  on 
the 
products  of  the 
stockyards.  Now, 
what  do  you  think  of  that?”

“ It  suits  me,”  replied 

the  meat 
dealer. 
“ I  am  selling  meat,  but  I 
have  no  sympathy  for  the  packers.” 
“ I  guess  they  are  pretty  hard  on 
suggested 

the  independent  dealers,” 
the  grocer.

“The 

independent  dealers 

could 
take  care  of  themselves,”  was  the  re­
ply.  “ if 
the  competition  wasn’t  so 
unfair.”

“ For  instance?”
“ W ell,  when  I  get  hold  of  a  bad 
bargain  in  meat  I  have  to  face  a  loss 
or  poison  my  customers.  According 
to  the  newspaper  reports  the  packers 
don’t  face  a  loss.  In  that  case  it  is 
the  consumer  who  gets  it  in  the  neck, 
and  the  packer  makes  a  profit  where 
I  would  record  a  loss.  That  is  not 
fair,  is  it?”

“ It  is  not  fair  to  the  public,  any­

way.”

“And  there  are  the  rebates.  How 
can  I  do  business  and  pay  more  for 
freight  than  do  my  wealthy  rivals? 
I  am  not  opposed  to  honest  competi­
tion,  but  I  want  the  people  to  know 
the  situation,  and  I  guess  they  are 
finding  it  out.  That  is  w hy  I  rather 
like  this  racket. 
I  have  never  had 
trouble  with  the  packers,  but  I  have 
known  them  to  drive  a  good  many 
small  dealers  out  of  business.  This 
will  be  harder  to  do  now,  for  this 
rip-up  will 
the  raising  of 
cattle  in  Michigan,  and  the  indepen­
dent  men,  save  under  one  condition, 
can  supply 
themselves  with  meat 
without  depending  on  the  packers. 
Yes,  sir.  old  man,  you’ll  soon  see  cat­
tle  grazing  on  a  thousand  hills 
in 
W estern  and  Northern  Michigan.”

lead 

to 

“ I  hope  so.”  replied  the  grocer.  “ It 

would  help  the  farmers.”

“ You  bet 

it  would,  for  they  will 
get  good  prices  for  their  meats.  Peo­
ple  will  pay  well 
for  meat  grown 
near  home  and  handled  by  a 
local 
I  can  see  that  in  my  trade  al­
man. 
ready,  and  the 
finding 
it  out.  You  bet  they  are.  W hy,  I 
have  often  wondered  w hy  farmers  did 
not  feed  their  grain  and  hay  instead 
the 
of  bringing 
other  day  when  a 
in 
here  with  a  dressed  beef  I  asked  him. 
W h at  do  you  think  he  said?”

it  to  market,  and 

farmer  came 

farmers  are 

“ Y ou’ve  got  me  guessing.”
“ He  said  that  when  farmers  raised 
enough  cattle  to  have  any  effect  on 
the  market  the  packers  cut  dressed 
meat  prices  until  they  got  them  so 
low  that  the  local  cattle  men  could

not  afford  to  do  business.  Again,  he 
declared  that  the  stockyard  people 
would  send  men  out  into  the  country 
to  purchase  cattle  on  the  hoof  and 
pay  prices  which 
left  only  a  small 
profit.”

It  enables  them 

“ I  don’t  understand  that.”
“W hy,  it  keeps  the  trade  in  their 
hands. 
to  supply 
their  meat  dealers  with  country  cat­
tle  and  still 
leaves 
them  a  profit. 
That,  to  their  mind, 
is  better  than 
having  the  farmer  sell  to  the  dealer, 
which  would  leave  them  out  of  the 
game  entirely.  The  packers  are  not 
in  business  for  the  fun  they  get  out 
of  it,  you  may  be  sure.  T hey  have 
millions 
invested,  and  they  are  not 
asleep.”

“I  rather  think  they  will  need  some 
thing 

of  their  millions  before  this 
blows  over,”  said  the  grocer.

the  cleanest, 

“ Blows  over!  People  will  not  soon 
forget.  The  packers  will  find  plenty 
of  men,  scientific  and  professional, to 
declare  that  the  methods  at  the  stock- 
yards  are 
and  most 
healthful,  and  the  most  philanthropic 
that  any  one  ever  heard  of,  and  then 
more  Government  inspectors  will  be 
appointed,  and  in  a  short  time  things 
will  be  driftng  along  in  the  old  way—  
all  except  the  demand. 
I  think,  m y­
self,  that  the  stories  told  about  the 
yards  are  exaggerated.  You  see,  it 
is  the  yellow  papers  which  are  print­
ing  the  blackest  stories.”

“ I’ve  been  through  the  yards  sev­
eral  times,”  said  the  grocer,  “and  they 
never  looked  good  to  me.”

“A   slaughter  house  can  not 

be 
made  to 
look  good  to  any  person 
save  him  who  is  making  money  out 
of  it,”  was  the  reply. 
“ It  is  for  the 
interest  of  the  packers  to  keep  their 
products  as  clean  and  as  healthful  as 
possible. 
I  believe  they  have  tried 
to  do  this,  except  in  cases  where  it 
was  a  question  of 
throwing  away 
tons  of  meat.  T hey  bucked  at  that, 
and 

they  alw’ays  will.”

“W ouldn’t  it  pay  them 

throw 
away  the  diseased  meat?  W ould  they 
have  to  increase  their  prices  if  they 
did  so?”

to 

“ I  honestly  believe 

it  would  pay 
them  to  do  business  with  the  public 
on  the  square.  Here  is  what  it  will 
lead  to  in  time:  John  Brown  has  a 
farm  out  here  in  the  country. 
It  is 
a  pretty  good  farm  and  he  has  been 
raising  grain  and  hay  for  the  mar­
ket.  He  has  never  raised  cattle  for 
the  market.  Now,  here  comes  this 
howl  against  the  stockyard  products. 
Brown  sees  that  there  will  be  a  de­
mand  for  Michigan  cattle.  He  knows 
that  people  will  not  stop  eating  meat 
for  long,  because  they  have  always 
eaten  meat.  He  understands  that  just 
as  soon  as  the  newspapers  quit  stir­
ring  things  up  there  will  again  be  a 
demand  for  the  flesh  pots.  W ell,  he 
sees,  too,  that  people  will  not  look 
with  favor  on  meat  shipped  in,  so  he

gets  some  cows  and  goes 
meat  business.

into  «the 

to  pay 

they  will  have 

“ Perhaps  a  hundred  farmers  in  this 
section  will  do  the  same  thing. 
If 
the  packers  buy  their  cattle  on  the 
hoof 
fancy 
prices. 
I  rather  think  they  will  pay 
fancy  prices  and  get  the  cattle,  for 
I the  reason  I  have  already  given.  At 
any  rate,  the  consumer  will  be  bene­
fited  and  the  farmer  will  make  more 
money  under  the  system  I  have  out­
lined 
the  old  plan  of | 
lugging  everything  off  to  the  city  in 
lumber  wagons.  Money 
cattle? 
Under  normal  conditions.  Oh,  yes, 
this  meat  sensation  will  help 
the 
farmers  who  are  quick-witted  enough 
to  take  advantage  of  it,  and  it  will 
get  consumers  in  the  notion  of  en­
quiring  where  the  meat  they  are  buy­
ing  was  raised  and  butchered.  There 
in 
are  thousands  of  acres  of 
land 
Northern  Michigan  which  can 
be  |

than  under 

in 

land 

into  good  grazing 

in  a 
made 
year  or  two,  and  I  expect  to  see  a 
lot  of  fine  cattle  up  North  in  about 
two  years.  Then,  unless  the  pack­
ers  buy  the  products  of  these  small 
ranches,  you  will  see 
them  pulling 
out  of  small  places.  You  would  be 
astonished 
com ­
pletely  the  Chicago  men  have  Michi­
gan  covered  with  ice  houses  and  sup­
ply  stations.  They  have  more  such 
branches  now 
they  will  have 
in  another  year.”
it 

figured  out  about 
right  to  please  the  farmers,”  said  the 
grocer.

if  you  knew  how 

“ You’ve  got 

than 

“ You  just  wait  and  watch,”  was  the 
reply,  “ and  you’ll  see  that  I  am  no 
false 
farmers  don't 
know  it  yet,  but  this  meat  sensation 
i-.  all  in  their  favor.”

prophet. 

The 

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26

BAD  FOR  THE  NERVES.

W hy  the  Grocer  Gave  Up  the  In­

stallment  Business.

W ritte n   fo r  th e   T rad esm an .

"There  must  be  a  heap  of  money 
in  the  easy  payment  business,”  said 
the  customer  as  a  giant  automobile, 
brass, 
all  glittering  with 
polished 
went  bowling  by  the  store. 
"Those 
engaged  in  it  seem  to  have  all  the 
luxuries  of  life.”

“ I  guess  they  earn  them,”  replied 
the  grocer.  “ It  isn’t  all  pleasure  with 
them.  All  their  days  are  not  passed 
in  swift  machines  on  sunny  country 
roads.”

The  customer  scented  a  story.
"I  guess  you  know  something  about 

the  business,”  he  said.
The  grocer  nodded.
"I  stood 

it  about  a  month,”  he

of  kittens.  There  was  one  narrow 
window  giving  on  a  foul  street  and 
another  giving  on  a  fouler  alley.  The 
| whole  building  smelled  badly.  The 
roof  leaked  and  green  mold  was  visi- 
ble  on  the  window  ledges  and  on  the 
landings.

“ A  pale 

little  woman  with 

leave  the  sewing  machine 

tired 
eves  arose  as  we  entered,  but  she  did 
not 
at 
which  she  had  been  working.  The 
collector,  who  was  a  decent  sort  of  a 
chap,  explained  to  her  that  he  had 
been  ordered  to  remove  the  furniture 
I if  all  back  payments  were  not  made 
I at  once.  The  woman 
looked  dully 
at  us  both  as  he  talked,  as  if 
the 
voice  came 
from  a  great  distance 
and  she  did  not  quite  comprehend 
I the  meaning  of  the  words  she  heard 
Then  she  clutched  at  the  sewing  ma­
chine.  as 
strength
might  protect  it  from  the  collector 

slender 

if  her 

haps  he  had  recollection  of  the  num­
ber  of  times  she  had  counted  it  over, 
always  trying  to  make  more  of 
it 
than  there  really  was.  The  mother 
nodded,  and  the  boy  dashed 
away 
with  a  happy  shout.  W hen  the  moth­
er  counted  the  money  after  the  col­
lector  had  gone,  there  was  more  in 
the  pile  than th purse had held.  When 
the  collector  made  his  report  at  the 
office  he  was  told  to  let  the  furniture 
alone  so  long  as  the  woman  paid  her 
rent  and  kept  it  together.  Oh.  the 
installment  men  are  not  all  heathens. 
And  the  strange  part  of  it  is  that  the 
money  was  paid  within  a  week.

“ Now.  this  case  turned  out  all  right, 
but  how  many  do?  No,  sir;  you  don t 
catch  me  in  the  easy  payment  busi­
ness.  There  are 
too  many  dead­
beats.  There  are  too  many  cases  like

Always

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When  our custom­
some­
ers  want 
thing 
they 
place  tneir  order 
with us.  The best 
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in  the  state.

fine 

Walker,  Richards  &  Thayer

M u sk e g o n ,  M ich .

said.

"That  must  have  been  long  ago.” 
“Oh,  it  was  quite  recent. 
I  got  a 
glimpse  of  all  the  modern  methods, 
you  may  be  sure.”

“ W hat's  wrong  with  the  business?” I 
to 

asked  the  customer,  determined 
worm  the  story  out  of  his  friend.

the 

"In  the  first  place,”  said  the  gro ­
cer,  “ one  has  a 
lot  of  professional  j 
dead-beats  to  deal  with.  Why',  our j 
house  used  to  send  out 
linest I 
goods,  on  small  payments,  to  people 
who  wanted  them  for  only  a  week, 
and  who  were  satisfied  to  make  the 
one  payment  just  to  make  a  show­
ing  before  friends  or  relatives  for one 
for  one  night.  In 
week— sometimes 
the 
language  of 
the  modern  high 
school,  it’s  fierce.”

“ O f  course  such  customers  are  in 

time  shut  out ? ’  asked  the  customer.

the 

“ O f  course,  but  there  are  enough 
of  them  to  keep 
installment 
houses  going,  all  the  same.  People 
who  seek  to  put  on  a  front  are  the 
plagues  of  the  easy  payment  man. 
The  passion  for  display,  the  passion 
to  appear  wealthy  when  poverty 
is 
peering  in  at  the  door  is  strong  in 
the  human  breast,  and 
lands  on 
the  installment  man  good  and  plenty. 
All  he  can  do  is  to  take  the  goods 

back,  and  sometimes  they  are  in  such J 

shape  that  the  loss  is  a  serious  one.

it 

“ Is  that  why  you  quit  the  busi­

ness?”  asked  the  customer.

The  grocer  smiled.
“ I  quit  it  for  sentimental  reasons,” 

he  said.

“ Sentiment  will  not  mix  with  busi­

ness.”

“That’s  why  I.  quit.”
The  customer  waited  while  the  gro­

cer  did  up  a  package  of  pepper.
“There  is  another  feature  of 
is  worse  than 

the 
the 
business  which 
other,”  said  the  grocer. 
"I  refer  to 
the  removal  of  goods  from  the  homes 
of  the  deserving  poor.  I  did  not  like 
that  part  of  it.”

“ I  should  think  not,”  said  the  cus­
tomer,  knowing  of  the  kind  heart  of 
his  friend.

“ I  did  not  own  the  business, 

of 
course,”  continued  the  grocer, 
“ and 
I  was  sent  out  with  the  collector  to 
remove  goods  when  payments  were 
not  promptly  made.  You 
I 
started  in  to  learn  the  business,  and 
began  at  the  bottom.  One  day  we 
came  to  a  cheap  little  flat  which  look­
ed  about  large  enough  for  a  basket

see, 

“ ‘You  mustn’t  take  my  sewing  ma­
‘Baby  and  I  will 

chine.’  she  said. 
starve  if  you  take  it  away  from  us.’ 

“ Now,  what  can  a  man  with  a  heart 
in  him  do  under  such  conditions?  W e 
looked  about  the  dim  rooms  in  the 
hope  that  something  might  be  done, 
but  there  was  hardly  a  thing  that 
didn’t  belong  to  the  installment  firm.
If  we  took  all  that  was  included  in 
the  contract  the  woman  would  be 
obliged  to  leave  the  place  at  once  or 
sleep  on  the  bare  floor  and  eat  un­
cooked  food.  W hile  we  hesitated  the 
woman  spoke  again:

“ ‘Don’t  be  afraid  you  won’t 

get 
vour  money,’  she  said. 
‘I  know  Gene 
will  send  the  money  just  as  soon  as 
I  was  watching  for 
he  can  earn  it. 
the  postman  when  you  called. 
I  ve 
saved  some  money  for  you,  but  not 
near  enough.  See  here.’

to 

the 

take 

"T he  woman  emptied  the  contents 
of  a  ragged  little  purse  on  the  table. 
There  were  only  dimes,  nickels  and 
cents— not  enough  to  buy  one  of  us  a 
dinner. 
1 he  collector  did  not  take 
the  money.  He  told  her  that  she 
might  as  well  keep  it,  as  he  was  or­
dered 
furniture  unless 
payment  was  made  in  full.  He  finally 
asked 
if  there  wasn’t  some  relation 
or  friend  in  the  city  she  could  go  to?
“ ‘There  isn't  a  soul  in  the  world 
that  I  can  go  to  for  help,’  was  the 
reply. 
‘Gene  lost  his  place  here  be­
cause  of  the  strike,  and  I  don’t  know 
where  he  is.  He  may  be  tramping 
through 
I 
know.’

the  country, 

for 

all 

“The  woman’s  voice  broke,  and  the 
collector  looked  out  of  the  window. 
Then  an  inner  door  opened  and 
a 
child’s  voice  asked:

“ ‘Did  the  man  bring 

letter, 
I  am  to  have  cookies  when 

mamma? 
the  letter  comes.  You  promised.’ 

the 

the 

“The  mother  motioned 

child 
away,  but  he  remained,  gazing  round­
eyed  at  the  two  strange  men  in  his 
mother’s  room.  Then  the  collector 
took  the  kid  on  his  knee  and  told  him 
that  he  had 
just  met  the  postman 
down  by  the  corner,  and  that  he  had 
the  letter  in  his  hand  and  would  be 
along  presently.

“ ‘And  you  take  some  of  mamma s 
money  and  go  right  down  to  the  bak­
ery  and  get  the  cookies  now,’  he 
added.  The  child  took  the  money 
but  eyed  the  mother  doubtingly.  Per-

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the  one  I  have 
I 
can  get  a  living  without  taking  the 
bed  from  under  the  unfortunate.” 

just  mentioned. 

“And  yet— ”
“And  yet,”  interrupted  the  grocer, 
“ collections  must  be  made.  W ell, 
let  some  other  chap  make  them. 
It’s 
the  cash  grocery  trade  for  me.” 

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

Problem  Over  Which  Experts  Dis- 

gree.

One  of  my  customers  is  a  man  who 
has  lucid  intervals  most  of  the  time, 
but  has  occasional  paroxysm s  of  in­
sanity.

One  afternoon  about  two  weeks  ago 
he  came  into  my  office  after  every­
body  else  had  gone  home. 
I  had 
just  finished  writing  up  my 
cash 
book,  and  had  ruled  it  off  and  brought 
down  the  balance  on  the  debit  side.

He  said  he  wanted  to  pay  some­
thing  on  account,  but  that  it  must  be 
entered  on  that  day,  and  not  on  the 
next.  T o   humor  him  (as  I  needed  the 
money)  I  agreed  to  scratch  out  my 
figures  and  lines  and  to  enter  his  pay­
ment  that  day.

He  started  by  asking  me  what  bal­
ance  I  had  on  hand,  and,  rather  than 
have  a  row  with  an  insane  sane,  I 
read  the  figures  to  him.  He  wrote 
them  on  a  scrap  of  paper  and  divided 
the  amount  by  three.

He  then  said  that  he  could  divide 
any  number  by  three  that  had  certain 
peculiarities;  and  he  said  that  if  any 
number  that  was  exactly  divisible  by 
three  should  be  subtracted  from  the 
quotient  he  had  obtained  by  dividing 
my  cash  balance  by  three 
the  re­
mainder  would  also  be  exactly  divisi­
ble  by  three.

For  instance,  $8.70  was  exactly  di­
visible  by  three.  So,  having  divided 
my  balance  by  three,  he  subtracted 
$8.70  from  the  quotient;  and  he  show­
ed  me  that  the  remainder  could  be 
divided  bv  three.

He  then  remarked  that  he  was  go­
ing  to  pay  me  a  whole  lot  more  than 
the  re­
that,  and  so  he  multiplied 
mainder  above  mentioned  by 
itself, 
and  gave  me  his  check  for  an  amount 
equal  to  that  product.  He  then  took 
out  of  his  pocket  a  check  that  he  had 
received  for  $406.26  and  indorsed  that 
over  to  me.

I  now  noticed  that  my  new  balance, 
after  entering  these  receipts,  would 
be  exactly  ten  times  m y  original  bal­
ance.

I 

the 

the  old  balance  and 

I  started  in  to  make  my 

entries, 
and  had  proceeded  only  so  far  as  to 
get 
lines 
from  my  cash  book,  when 
erased 
something  happened. 
found  out 
afterward  that  the  lunatic  had  been 
taken  with  a  violent  frenzy  and  had 
suddenly  struck  me  a  terrific  blow  on 
the  side  of  my  head.
W hen  I  recovered 

consciousness 
the  crazy  man  had  disappeared.  He 
had  taken  the  checks  he  had  given 
me,  as  well  as  every  cent  from  the 
cash  drawer.

Even  worse  than  that,  he  had  torn 
up  m3'  cash  book  and  thrown  it  into 
the  open  grate,  where  nothing  re­
mained  of  it  but  a  bunch  of  ashes 
and  a  few  charred  cinders.  A b so­
lutely  the  only  fragment  that  remain­
ed  of  it  was  the  credit  side  of  that

last  day’s  work,  which 
floor  near  the  fireplace.

lay  on 

the 

This  contained  only  a  few 

items. 
The  figures  brought  forward  had been 
burned  off  and  as  I  had  scratched 
out  this  balance  (in  red)  and 
the 
sum  (in  black)  I  had  no  record  of 
what  my  balance  was,  and  I  could 
not  and  I  can  not  remember  it.

But  I  recollect  his  peculiar  way.  He 
divided  my  old  balance  by  three,  and 
from  the  quotient  so  obtained  he  sub­
tracted  $8.70.  The  remainder  he  mul­
tiplied  by  itself  and  he  then  gave  me 
besides  a  check 
for  $406.26,  and  I 
noticed  that,  after  I  should  make 
these  entries,  my  cash  balance  would 
be  just  ten  times  my  old  balance.

I  have  had  two  expert  accountants 
figuring  at  this  thing,  but  their  calcu­
lations  of  my  original  balance  do  not 
agree.  There  is  nearly  $20  difference 
between  them. 

Frank  Stowell.

Red-Headed  and  Well-Read.

“ It’s  funny  how  sensitive  some  peo­
ple  are  just  because  they  happen  to 
have  red  hair,”  said  a  boot  and  shoe 
salesman  the  other  day. 
“ Now,  there 
is  a  young  fellow  who  is  the  head 
book-keeper  for  a  big  wholesale  dry 
goods  house  in  this  city  whose  hair 
is  so  red  that  he  is  afraid  to  have 
it  cut  for  fear  he’ll  bleed  to  death. 
He  wears  whiskers,  too,  and  when 
the  wind  blows  through  them  they 
look  like  a  flambeau  in  a  torchlight 
procession.  He’s 
fight, 
though,  if  you  say  a  word  about  his 
hair. 
In  addition  to  being  a  good 
accountant  he  is  a  well-read  man,  is 
well  posted  on  nearly 
literary 
topics  and  all  the  topics  of  the  day. 
The  other  day  a  customer  from  Ionia 
county  went  into  the  store  and  call­
ed  the  book-keeper  up  to  the  win­
dow  in  his  little  glass  office.

ready 

all 

to 

“ ‘Hello,  old  man,’  said  the 

tomer.

cus­

“ ‘Hello,’  rejoined  the  book-keeper. 
“ ‘Say,  I  understand  you’ve  read  a 
good  many  books,’  said  the  customer.
“ ‘Yes,  I’ve  read  quite  a  few,’  said 
the  accountant,  wondering  what  the 
man  was  driving  at.

“ ‘Fiction?’
“ ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Poetry?’
“ ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Science?’
“ ‘Yes.’
“ ‘W orks  on  medicine?’
“ ‘Yes,  some.’
“ ‘Have,  eh?  T hat’s  what  I 

like. 
Have  you  read  Trolsch  on  the  ear?’ 

“ ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Have  you  read  W ilson  on 

skin?’

the 

“ ‘ Yes.’
“ ‘Have  you  read  Holmes  on  sur­

gery?’

“ ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Have  you  read  W illiam s  on  the 

eye?’

“ ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Have  you  red  hair  on  the  head?’ 
“ ‘Y e— no— here,  drat  your 
impu­
dence!’  yelled  the  accountant.
“ But  by  this  time  the  man 

from 
Ionia  county  had  made  good  his  es­
cape  out  the  front  door,  and  the  ac­
countant  went  back  to  his  desk  and 
slammed  his  ledger  down  with  a  bang 
that  sent  cold  chills  up  the  backs  of 
the  other  clerks.”

Another  Artificial  Guttapercha.
Still  another  chemist  is  in  the  field 
with  an  artificial  guttapercha.  Herr 
Gentsch.  of  Vienna,  has  produced  an 
artificial  guttapercha  from  a  mixture 
of  caoutchouc  and  palm  rosin. 
It  is 
asserted  that  its  resistance  is  superior 
to  that  of  the  nature  product,  but 
that  it  consolidates  less  easily  and  is 
more  glutinous,  while  its  cost  would 
be  only 
the 
natural  product.

two-thirds  of  that  of 

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JOSEPH  CHOATE,

The  Greatest  American  Diplomat  and 

Lawyer.

When  Joseph  Hodges  Choate  one 
year  ago  left  the  court  of  St.  James 
as  retiring  ambassador  for  the  Unit­
ed  States  Government  he  left  lasting 
fame  behind  him 
in  that  Mecca  of 
the  world’s  diplomacy.  Under  another 
title  Chari es  Francis  Adams.  John 
Lothrop  M otley  and  James  Russell 
Lowell  had  been  his 
predecessors, 
while  with 
the  title  of  ambassador 
Thom as  F.  Bayard  and  John  Hay 
had  left  diplomatic  records  there.  But 
among  these  the  name  of  Choate  is 
written 
in  the  eye  of  British 
and  American  appreciation.

large 

On  this  side  of  the  water  there  had 
been  criticisms  of  some  of  the  earlier 
representatives  of  the  United  States j 
Government. 
“ Lord”  James  Russell 
Lowell  especially  had  been  an  Am er­
ican  characterization  of 
that  poet- 
statesman  who  had  gone  to  London, 
where  long  before  he  had  establish­
ed  himself  in  English  letters.  Others 
had  been  criticised  for  too  close  ap­
plication 
to 
a 
queen’s  court.

the  social  side  of 

income 

a  professional 

Joseph  Choate,  attorney  at  law,  put 
aside 
that 
might  be  ransom  for  a  prince,  took 
his  Government’s  pottage  purse,  and 
in  the  garb  of  plain  Brother  Jonathan 
seated  Brother  Jonathan  on  equal 
level  close  at  the  side  of  John  Bull, 
emphasizing  the  fact  that  there  was 
Jonathan’s  permanent  place.  Bull 
was  pleased  in  a  moment,  and  when 
King  Edward  finally  broke  the  prece­
dents  of  British  royalty  and  dined

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

law, 

this  Yankee 

the  attorney  at 

with 
Joseph 
Choate  broke  another  British  prece­
dent  and  allowed  .Queen  Alexandria 
to  precede  the  K ing  into  the  state 
dining  room.
But  when 

diplomat 
came  away  after  six  years  of  Broth­
er  Jonathan  insistence  at  John  Bull’s 
gilded  court,  a  kingdom  bade  him  a 
state  farewrell,  while  at  the  steam­
ship  pier  in  New  York  a  horde  of 
newspaper  reporters  and  photogra­
phers  seized  upon  him  and 
tested 
anew7  and  unsuccessfully  the  life-long 
reputation  of  amiability  in  the  per­
sonality  of  Joseph  Choate.

W ho  but  an  amiable  Yankee would 
have  arisen  to  that  occasion  when  at 
a  British  state  function  a  peer,  mis­
taking  the  Ambassador 
in  his  con­
ventional  evening  clothes  against  a 
background  of  gold 
lace,  addressed 
him:

“ Call  me  a  cab!”
“ You  are  a  cab,  sir,”  was  the  po­

lite  return  from  the  Ambassador.

“ Call  me  a  cab  immediately!”  glow ­

ered  the  peer,  raising  his  voice.

“ You  are  a  cab  immediately,  sir,” 
returned  the  Ambassador 
the 
suavest  possible  manner.  W hen  the 
mistake  was  disclosed  to  the  noble­
man  there  were  extreme  apologies  on 
one  side  and  a  hearty  laugh  on  the 
other.

in 

When  President  M cK inley  chose 
this  leader  of  the  American  bar  to 
represent  the  United  States  at  the 
court  of  a  queen,  the  country  of  the 
A m bassador  was  the  country  of  Jo­
seph  Choate’s  pilgrim  ancestry.  The 
first  pilgrim  father  of  the  name  had

come  to  Essex,  Mass.,  in  1645,  and 
while  Joseph  Choate  always  has  giv­
en  the  pilgrim  father  his  due,  he  has 
insisted  more  strongly  upon  the  dues 
of  the  pilgrim  mother  who,  enduring 
all  that  the  pilgrim  father  ever  did, 
“had  also  to  endure  the  pilgrim  fa­
ther!”  Thus 
Ambassador 
Choate  went  as  the  accredited  repre­
sentative  of  the  United  States,  he 
took  Joseph  Choate  for  the  adminis­
tration  of  the  office. 
Further  as  a 
business  proposition  he  had  paid  for 
the  privilege.

when 

to 

There  is  a  wide  margin 

the 
wrong  column  of  profit  and  loss  when 
a  man  gives  up  a 
law7  practice  of 
$100,000  a  year  for  the  $17,5°°  ° f  that 
Government  office  abroad;  there  is  a 
wider  one  w'hen  that 
has 
said,  “ I  would  rather  be  the  leader 
of  the  New  York  bar  than  to  be 
President  of  the  United  States.”  Still, 
having  attained  that  leadership,  this 
ethical  and  professional  ambition  may 
be  waived.

lawyer 

in  state 

Joseph  Choate  went  to  the  court 
of  St.  James  as  Joseph  Choate,  ac­
cepting  in  that  glittering  concourse 
of  diplomatic  regalia  the  mere  even­
ing  dress  which 
functions 
marks  the  flunky  in  his  part  of  serv­
itor.  But  before  he  was  done  Joseph 
Choate  had  made  his  conventional 
black  a  regalia  of  regalias  for 
the 
United  States  embassy.
time 

Joseph 
Choate  point  of  view  in  money  mat­
ters  may  be  seen  in  the  remark  of  a 
friend  at  the  New  York  bar,  w7ho 
said  that  “only  Bob  Ingersoll  and 
Joe  Choate  could  find  so  much  time

the  same 

the 

At 

for  fun  out  of  positions  which  could 
bring  them  $100  a  day.”  That  Choate 
never  failed  to  appreciate  this  posi­
tion  and  his  opportunities,  however,  is 
shown  on  an  occasion  when,  address­
ing  the  judge  of  a  court  in  an  im­
portant  case,  the  judge  turned  in  his 
chair  and  began  a  conversation  with 
Instantly 
an  attorney  sitting  near. 
the 
speaking,  and 
when  the  judge,  noting  the  silence, 
turned  toward  the  speaker  with  rais­
ed  brows,  Choate  took  out  his  watch:
“ I  shall  require  just  forty  minutes 
to  make 
this  argument,”  explained 
the  lawyer  from  the  dead  silence  of 
the  room. 
“ In  that  forty  minutes  I 
shall  have  to  ask  for  the  undivided 
attention  of  the  court.”

lawyer  stopped 

It  was  this  dignity  of  seriousness 
which  lies  behind  Joseph  Choate’s  in­
herent  wit  and  humor  which  in  the 
beginning  puzzled  the  British  court. 
But  when  after  dinner  London  state 
had  reconciled  the  two  qualities  of 
the  man 
the  student  of  diplomacy 
can  appreciate  how  easily  and  inform­
ally  one  of  the  great  diplomatic  in­
cidents  of  two  great  nations  became 
world  history:

“Are  you  ready  to  enter 

into  a 
treaty  of  arbitration  with  us?”  asked 
the  Yankee  Ambassador 
of  Lord 
Lansdowne.

“W hy,  it  goes  without  saying  that 
we  are,”  was  the  hearty  response  of 
the  British  Premier.

And  with  the  farewell  of  England 
to  Ambassador  Choate  it  may  be  said 
that 
the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain  were  on  a  clearer  national

A   D a y ’s  Business  B alanced 

in  Five  Minutes

Your  present  system  allows  the  dollars  that  represent 
the  profits  of ; 
r  business  to  slip away.  You cannot keep 
track  of all  the  money handled in your store, except with the 
most  perfect  system.  You  might  not  miss  a  half-dollar or 
dollar  a day, but such a leak makes a big hole in your profits.
Our  new  system  tells  at  any moment how much money 
you  should  have.  Five hundred  thousand  retail  merchants 
have  used  this  system.  Leaks  and  losses  are  reduced  to 
a  minimum  where  our  system  is  used.

Drop  a  line  to  our  nearest  agency  and  our  salesman  w ill 
call  and  explain  this  system. 
I t   costs  you  nothing  ana 
places you  under  no  obligation.

M l

The 
N.  C.  R.
Company 
Dayton  Ohio
Please explain to me what kind of a 
register is best suited for my business 
This  does  not  obligate  me  to  buy

V

N am e

A  o. 0 / me n

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

far 

from  his  place 

is  his  country  place  at  Stockbridge, 
Mass.,  not 
of 
birth.  Something  more  of  his  point 
of  view  of  life 
in  his 
reply  to  a  question  from  one  of  his 
old  Massachusetts  friends:

is  suggested 

“Joe, 

if  you  were 

not 

Choate,  who  else  would  you 
er  be?”

Joseph 
rath­

“ W ell,  come  to  think  of  it,  I’d  rath­
hus­

second 

er  be  Mrs.  Choate’s 
band.” 

Hollis  W.  Field.

He  Increased  the  Number. 

“ Such  a  change,”  said  Senator  T ill­
man,  apropos  of  a  certain  bill,  “ would 
be  about  as  satisfactory  as  the  change 
that  a 

landlord  once  made.

“ A  woman  came  to  see  this  land­
lord.  She  wanted  to  look  at  a  house 
that  was  to  let.  The  man  sent  a  clerk 
to  show  her  over  the  house,  and  on 
her  return  she  said:

“ M  like  the  house  very  well.  There 

is  only  one  thing  that  I  object  to.’ 

“ ‘W ell,  madam,  any  reasonable  al­
teration,’ 
landlord  murmured 
suavely,  ‘would,  provided  you  took  a 
three  years’  lease— ’

the 

“ ‘I’d  take  a  three  years’  lease,’  said 
‘if  only  the  house  had 

the  woman, 
more  closets.’

“ ‘The  number  of  closets  shall  be 

doubled,’  said  the  landlord.

“ ‘V ery  well,’  said  the  woman,  in  a 
the 

pleasant  voice,  and  she  signed 
lease  then  and  there.

“ A fter  she  was  gone  the  landlord 

called  in  his  clerk  again.

“ ‘John,’  he  said, 

‘take  a  carpenter 
over  to  No.  37,  and  have  him  divide 
each  of  the  closets  in  two.’ ”

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and  social  footing  than  ever  before 
in  history.

is  said  he  “ never  acted  with 

W ithout  his  diplomatic  mission* to 
Great  Britain,  however,  the  name  of 
Joseph  Choate  would  have  had  per­
manent  place 
in  the  history  of  his 
own  country— not  in  a  political  sense, 
being  the  stanch  republican  of  whom 
it 
a 
party.”  Once  he  was  a  candidate  for 
the  United  States  Senate  from  New 
York.  Platt  was  his  opponent  in  the 
race.  How 
individual  republi­
can  stood  in  politics  beside  the  mas­
ter  of  political  machinery  is  shown 
in  the  votes  that  gave  Platt  the  sen­
atorial  seat— 142  to  the  insignificant 
7  votes  cast  for  Choate.

the 

But  the  Choate  ambitions  already 
had  been  declared  when  he  expressed 
the  preference  for  leadership  of  the 
N ew  Y ork  bar  rather  than  for  the 
presidency  of  the  United  States.  He 
was  in  love  with  the  law.  The  sen­
timent  found  expression  on  one  oc­
casion  in  Chicago  when  he  addressed 
the  American  Bar  Association  at  its 
annual  gathering:

its 

involves  the 

from  age  to 

“ W e  love  the  law  because  among 
all  the  learned  professions  it  is  the 
only  one  that 
study 
and  the  pursuit  of  a  careful  and  exact 
science.  T heology  once  was  consid­
ered  an  immutable  science,  but  how 
age! 
it  has  changed 
And  medicine?  H ow  
theories 
succeed  each  other  in  rapid  revolu­
tion  until  good  methods  and  healing 
doses  and  saving  prescriptions  a  gen­
eration  ago  now  are  condemned  and 
empirical. 
all  the  past  is  adjudged 
Meanwhile  the  common 
law  makes 
void  the  past  where  the  fault  is  and 
preserves  the  rest,  as  it  has  been  do­
ing  for  centuries. 
*  So  long  as
the  Supreme  Court  exists  to  be  at­
tacked  and  defended;  so  long  as  the 
public  credit  and  good  faith  of  this 
great  nation  are  imperiled;  so 
long 
as  the  right  of  property,  which  lies 
at  the  root  of  all  civil  government, 
is  scouted,  and  the  three  inalienable 
rights  to  life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit 
of  happiness— which  the  declaration 
of  independence  proclaimed  and  the 
constitution  has  guaranteed— are 
in 
jeopardy,  so 
long  will  great  public 
service  be  demanded  of  the  bar.”

* 

famous 

These  are  the  ripened  observations 
and  judgments  of  the 
young  man 
who,  with  the  handicap  of  riches  and 
of  a  kinsman  who  was 
in 
the  law  before  he  thought  to  begin 
its  study,  once  said  he  had  succeed­
ed  “ in  spite  of  his  advantages.”  One 
of  these  “advantages”  may  have been 
Rufus  Choate,  a  cousin. 
If  so,  the 
effect  of 
this  particular  advantage 
seems  to  have  been  to  drive  the  young 
Joseph  Choate  to  New  York  as  a 
new  field.  Even  in  New  York,  how­
ever,  his  celebrated  kinsman  still  was 
the  doubtful  advantage.

law 

firm 

pects  of  the  young  man,  and  in  1859 
invited  Joseph  Choate  to  join  with 
him  in  business. 
For  twenty  years 
prior  to  the  choice  of  Choate  as  Am ­
bassador  he  had  been  the  practical 
of  Evarts, 
head  of  the 
Choate  &  Beaman. 
In  these  years 
whenever  it  was  known  that  Joseph 
Choate  was  one  of  the  attorneys  on 
it  was  common 
any  side  of  a  case 
comment 
it 
worth  while  to  sit  through  a  court 
session.  W it,  humor,  sarcasm  Repar­
tee  and  m asterly  eloquence  were  pos­
sibilities  that  drew  disinterested  spec­
tators  to  the  ordinarily  dull  routine 
of  the  courts.

that  one  would 

find 

judge  or 

jury.  A lw ays 

Tall,  of  impressive  figure  and  mas­
sive  face,  this  master  of  law  and  di­
to  reach 
viner  of  men  knew  how 
either 
in 
general  practice,  much  of  it  before 
juries,  he  had  a  directness  in  going 
few 
after  a  verdict  which 
of  his 
compeers  could  block. 
In  the  famous 
trial  of  Stokes  the  attorney  for  the 
defense  remarked  in  court:

“ M y  client  is  tired  of  lawyers;  they 
have  cheated  him  enough.  Now  he 
prefers  to  put  the  matter  before  a 
jury.”

“ I  sincerely  hope  my  brother  has 
done  nothing  to  forfeit  his  client’s 
confidence?”  was  Choate’s  utterance 
of  mock  concern 
the 
court.

shook 

that 

in  the 

And  shall  one  question  his  mas­
for 
tery  of  satire,. when,  speaking 
Architect  Hunt 
famous  suit 
against  Mrs.  Paran  Stevens,  dwell­
ing  upon  her  humble  origin  and rapid 
rise  in  the  social  world,  he  bowed  in 
deference  to  the  sex  of  the  defense 
and  said:

“A t 

last  the  arm  of  royalty  was 
bent  to  receive  her  gloved  hand.  How, 
gentlemen  of  the  jury,  did  she  reach 
this  imposing  eminence?”  pausing for 
the  effect. 
“ W hy,  upon  a  mountain 
of  unpaid  bills!”

It  was  the  Supreme  Court’s  decla­
ration  of  the  unconstitutionality 
of 
the  income  tax  law  upon  which  some 
of  the  fame  of  Joseph  Choate,  law­
yer,  rests. 
In  some  of  the  great  will 
contests  of  the  last  century  he  was 
counsel.  He  was  attorney  in  the  a c­
tions  taken  against  Huntington 
for 
transactions  in  Central  Pacific  Rail­
road  stock,  with  Roscoe  Conkling  on 
the  other  side.  .  He  was  one  of  the 
committee  in  New  York  which  serv­
ed  to  break  up  the  famous  Tweed 
ring. 
a
foeman  against  whom 
controversial 
any  man  needed  to 
forearm.  Once, 
asked  the  secret  of  his  success  at  the 
bar,  he  smiled  out  of  his  unruffled 
amiability  the  answer:

Everywhere  he  has  been 

“ Through  the  study  and  the  under­
standing  of  law,  and  by  fighting  in 
the 
then  doing  more  and 
harder 

in  the  courts.”

fighting 

courts; 

“ Rufus  Choate’s  young  cousin  has 
come  down  here 
to  practice,”  was 
the  early  comment;  “let’s  go  and  see 
how  he  compares  with  the  old  man.”
The  comparisons  were  not  flatter­
in g.to   those  familiar  with  the  meth-1 
ods  of  Rufus  Choate,  but  it  was  not 
long  until  the  observant  ones  began 
to  note  that  the  young  man  with  the 
famous  name  was  winning  his  cases. 
W illiam   M.  Evarts  was  one  of 
the 
first  of  the  lawyers  to  see  the  pros­

To-day  Joseph  Choate  is  74  years 
old, 
looking  years  younger  through 
his  habits  of  life,  which,  he  says,  never 
permitted  him  to  eat  or  to  drink  too 
much,  and  which  never  allowed  him 
to  miss  a  good  night’s  sleep.  His 
wife  was  Miss  Caroline  D.  Sterling, 
daughter  of  wealthy  parents,  to  whom 
he  was  married  in  1861.  There  were 
five  children,  of  whom  three  are  liv­
ing.  Mr.  Choate’s  home  life  always 
has  been  ideal,  and  his  ideal  home

BOUR’S

Quality
Quality
Quality
Coffee

There  is  a  fashion  in

as  well  as  in  dress 

Bour’s  coffee 

is  the  accepted  standard

Unquestionably  the  Best

The  largest,  most  modern,  high-grade  roasting  plant 

in  the  world.  Branches in  principal cities.

Sole  Packers of the 

celebrated

Royal  Garden  Teas

The  J.  M.  Bour Co.

T oledo

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

30

JOLLY  GOOD  FELLOWS.

Term  Most  Applicable  To  the  Trav­

eling  Man.

W e  sing  the  song  of  the  trade  pro­
ducer.  W e  even  break  a  rule  and 
drink  to  his  prosperity.

He  has  many  aliases.  He  is  called 
a  “ drummer”— inappropriate  term;  a 
if  all  in  busi­
commercial  man— as 
ness  were  not  commercial  men; 
a 
trade  ambassador; 
in  short,  all  can 
run  over  the  various  terms,  but  the 
one.  seldom  used,  but  always  implied, 
and  the  really 
one— a 
jolly  good  fellow— is  the  one  he  de­
serves.  because  it  fits.

appropriate 

At  conventions  of  the  trade  he  is 
always  in  evidence.  He  is  really  the 
sparkle,  the  spirit  of  the  wine,  with­
out  whom  all  would  be  prosy  busi­
ness  and  dull  care.  As  a  chaser  of 
dull  care  his  equal  has  yet  to  be 
found. 
The  nature  of  his  calling 
makes  him  a  versatile  man.  His  wits 
are  constantly  keen,  kept  so  by  the 
stress  of  his  chase  after  the  elusive 
order.  The  business  strain  must  have 
its 
let  up  at  times,  so  he  gets  his 
entertaining  qualities  by  association 
with  his  fellows  whom  he  casually 
meets  in  his  travels.  Whatever there 
is  in  him  is  brought  out  by  this  con­
tact.  and  he  develops  into  a  good  tell­
er  of  stories,  can  sing  a  bully  good 
song,  can  recite  poetry  or  prose  as 
well,  and  sometimes  better,  than  the 
gentlemen  who  make  that 
a  busi­
ness,  and  he  has  been  known  to  cut 
a  fancy  caper  with  his  feet  in  a  fash­
ion  to  win  plaudits  of  the  best  judges. 
How  can  you  match  such  qualities? 
One  day  he  may  have  to  assume  the 
harness  of  business  management  as 
a  partner  in  the  enterprise  his  ability 
has  helped  to  create,  but  then  lie  is 
11 o 
traveling 
missionary,  and  is  not  the  good  fel­
low'  we  are  now  talking  about, 
al­
though  made  of  the  very  same  tim­
ber.

care-free 

longer 

the 

At  conventions  he  is  commonly  the 
first  on  the  scene,  due  to  his  training 
of  “getting  there.”  The  hotel  man 
knows  him.  and  pretty  near  the  best 
in  the  house  is  his,  even  if  the  ac­
commodation  has  been 
previously 
over-sold.

It  takes  him  about  a  second  to  or­
ganize  himself 
into  a  committee  of 
one  on  entertainment  and  reception, 
and  his 
is  the  most  effective  work 
in  that  line  that  is  done,  because  he 
naturally  knows  everybody.  He  is  the ! 
best  “mixer"  in  the  entire  company 
because  his  tact  is  a  matter  of  second 
nature.  Does  he  not  have  to  em­
ploy  the  quality  every  day  in  his  busi­
ness?  He  performs  more  introduc­
tions,  lays  the  foundations  for  more 
future  friendships,  and  gets  the  so­
cial  ball  in  quicker  motion  than  any­
one  else  can.

There 

is  no  authentic  account  of 
his  having  been  known  to  sleep  on 
such  occasions.  His  room  is  a  con­
venient  place  in  which  to  change  ap­
parel,  but 
if  he  stops,  the  wheels 
stop,  so  he  has  never  been  known 
to  close  his  eyes,  that  is,  no  one  can 
prove  it.

It  is  not  unusual  that  there  are  as 
many  of  him  in  evidence  as  there  are 
members,  and  if  he  should  suddenly 
be  snuffed  out,  oh!  the  dullness  that 
would  ensue.

He  is  the  unattached.  He  comes 
because  the  boss  thinks  it  proper.  He 
also  comes  because  he  likes  a  good 
time  himself,  and  is  willing  to  do  his 
part  in  keeping  the  ball  a-rolling.  He 
is  by  no  means  a  passenger  in  the 
enterprise.  He  pays  his  way, 
and 
sometimes  a  good  deal  more.  He  is 
the  real  entertainer.  There  are  the 
set  entertainments,  of  course,  but  they 
are  far  apart.  He  is  entertaining  all 
the  time.  He  is  the  social  lump  of 
cotton  that  fills  in  the  gaps,  and  pre­
vents  jars,  sends  the  laugh  around  and 
makes  a  man  feel  as  if  he  had  really 
been  to  the  convention.  He  comes 
pretty  near  being  the  indispensable.

After  the  convention  is  over  and  all 
have  wended  their  way  homeward,  the 
traveling  man  remains  over  Sunday, 
preparatory  to  resuming  the  business 
grind  on  Monday.  That  Sunday  is  his 
halcyon  time.  He  is  gathered  with 
his  fellows,  all  congenial  spirits.  The 
burden  of  entertaining  has  passed. 
The  time  of  rest  has  come.  Then 
supervenes  the  quiet  chat,  the  analysis 
of  character  of  those  met  during  the 
week,  the  computation  of  reputations 
at  their  real  market  value,  not  the 
price  set  upon  them  by  their  possess­
ors— and  there  are  some  vertical  dis­
counts  applied  in  some  cases,  as  these 
gentlemen  are  shrewd  judges  of  char­
acter  as  well  as  of  worth.

At  conventions  it  is  true  they  are 
the  unattached,  the  non-member,  the 
visitor  by  courtesy,  but  without  their 
presence 
like  a 
j convention  at  all.

it  would  not  seem 

Like  Abou  Ben  Adhem,  may  their 

tribe  increase!

The  Triumph  of  a  New  Idea.
It  has  been  a  subject  of  comment 
that  the  usual  features  of  the  Sun- 
day  newspapers  showed  too  little  va­
riety.  A  recent  departure  in  Sunday 
journalism  has  met  with  popular  rec­
ognition  and  approval.  The  great  il­
lustrated  weeklies  and  monthlies  no 
longer  have  a  monopoly'  of  the  pe­
riodical  field.

Conan  Doyle  received  $25,000  for 
the  American  serial  rights  of  his  last 
story, 
the  highest  price  ever  paid 
for  similar  rights.  Anthony  Hope. 
Jack  London,  Sewell  Ford  and  many 
other  popular  novelists  contribute  to 
the  publication  which  set  the  pace  by 
paying  this  record  price.  Celebrated 
men  and  women  write  constantly  for 
it  on  all  subjects  of  timely  interest. 
Clever  verse,  wit,  humor  and  inter­
esting  miscellany'  complete  a  most  in­
teresting 
is 
profusely 
leading 
artists. 
In  fact,  the  Sunday  M aga­
zine  of  The  Record-Herald  main­
tains  the  highest  standard  of  periodi­
cal  literature  throughout. 
It  gets  the 
best  at  whatever  cost.

table  of  contents. 
illustrated  by  the 

It 

Distinction  With  a  Difference.
“W hat’s  the  difference  between  vi­

sion  and  sight?”

“ See  those  two  girls  across 

. the 

street?”
“ Yes.”
“ W ell,  the  pretty  one  I  would  call 
a  vision  of  loveliness,  but  the  other 
one— she’s  a  sight.”

Much  of  the  average  man’s  energy' 
is  generated  by  his  better  half’s  ex­
travagance.

W e  are  either  m anufacturers  or  large  jobbers  of 

everything  that  pertains  to  the

Glass or Paint Business

Note  the following:

W e  are  m anufacturers  of

Leaded  and  Ornamental  Glass 

Bent  Window  and  Plate  Glass

W e  are  large  jobbers  of

Window,  Plate,  Picture,  Skylight and  Figured  Glass  and 

Mirrors,  Paints,  Oils,  Varnishes,  Brushes 

Ladders and  Painters’ Supplies

We  Carry  in  Stock  a Complete  Line  of  Sash  and  Doors

W estern  M ichigan  D istributors 

for  products  of  the

ACME  WHITE  LEAD  &  COLOR  WORKS

Valley  City  Glass  &  Paint  Co.

30-32  Ellsworth  Ave.

Bent Glass  Factory,  81*83 Godfrey Ave., Cor.  P.  M.  R.  R.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Johnston Glass Company

Manufacturers of Window Glass

We are prepared to furnish all  sizes and  qualities  of  W indow  G l a s s. 
Hand blown and tank  made.  Our goods are strictly up to  the  standard  of 
quality.  Packages are well made,  neatly and uniformly  branded.  Excel­
lent  shipping  facilities.  Courteous  treatment. 
Shipments  direct  from 
factories. 
It  is  worth  something  to  secure  uniform  quality,  boxes  and 
branding.  We also  operate  the  most  extensive  grinding  and  chipping 
plant in the  United  States,  furnishing plain  D.  S.  Ground,  D.  S.  Chipped, 
One and Two Process,  Geometric Chipped,  Enameled Glass,  Lettering and 
and  Sign  Work,  etc.,  etc.  We can  ship an excellent variety of widths  and 
lengths.  Want orders of any size from  lights to car loads.  Cases contain 
about  100  sq.  ft.  Boxes contain about  50 sq.  ft.  W r it e  U s  fo r  P r ic e s .

JOHNSTON  OLASS  CO.

Hartford City, Ind.

T H E   F R A Z E R

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FRAZER 
Axle  Grease

FRAZER 
Axle  Oil

FRAZER 
Harness  Soap

FRAZER 
Harness  Oil

FRAZER 
Hoof  Oil

FRAZER 
Stock  Food

A lw ays Uniform
Often  Imitated

Never  Equaled

Known
Everywhere

No Talk  Re­
quired to Sell  it

Good  Grease
Makes  Trade

Cheap  Grease 
Kills  Trade

W m O m S ^  H

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

31

JUST  A  SQUARE  DEAL.

Treacherous  Methods  Do  Not  Pay  in 

Business  Life.
W ritte n   fo r  th e   T rad esm an .

after 

The  banker  sat  back  in  his  chair 
and  regarded  his  visitor  with  close 
It  was 
attention. 
banking 
hours,  and 
the  customer  had  been 
admitted  to  the  President’s  private 
office  because  he  had 
a 
good  patron  of  the  institution.  A t  the 
moment  of  the  interview  he  looked 
depressed.  There  was  a  look  on  his 
face  which  belied  the  spirit  the  man 
had  always  shown  in  business  enter­
prises.  He  almost  cringed  before  the 
representative  of  ready  cash  who  sat 
in  judgment  upon  his  prospects.

long  been 

“ It  is  irregular,”  the  banker  said, 
twirling  his  eyeglasses  in  his  fingers. 
“ I  doubt  if  the  board  would  pass  the 
paper.”

The  customer  bridled  at  the  word. 
and  his  eyes 

came  up 

chin 

His 
flashed.

“ W ell,”  he  said,  “suppose  you  give 
them  a  chance  to  turn  down  my 
paper.”

The  President 

looked  up  keenly. 
There  was  a  new  note  in  the  custom­
er’s  voice.  He  waited  for  him  to  say 
more.

“ I  have  been  a  good 

customer 
here,”  he  continued.  “ I  have  paid  this 
bank  thousands  of  dollars. 
I  have 
done  more. 
I  have  kept  a  business 
going  which  made  it  possible  for  a 
dozen  smaller  concerns  to  exist. 
I 
am  in  as  good  shape  so  far  as  assets 
above 
liabilities  are  concerned  as  I 
ever  was.  The  trouble  is  that  I  have 
been  crowded  by  the  Eastern  people. 
Competition  does  that.  They  attack 
my  goods,  they  attack  my  shipping 
facilities,  and  now  they  attack  my 
I  can  win  out  if  this  bank 
credit. 
will  stick  by  me. 
If  it  will  not  I 
go  the  wall,  carrying  a  dozen  firms 
down  with  me  and  throwing  a  thous­
and  men  out  of  employment. 
I  have 
stated  my  case,  Mr.  President.”

The  customer  lighted  a  cigar  and 
leaned  back  in  his  chair,  his  eyes  fixed 
on  the  line  of  cupids  marching  round 
and  round  on  the  pictured  ceiling.  The 
President  pondered,  his 
eyeglasses 
swinging  in  his  circling  fingers.  Then 
the  customer  said:

an 

“T hat’s 

odd  notion— putting 
cupids  and  representations  of  senti­
mental  things  on  the  ceiling  of 
a 
bank.”

said. 

“ You 

The  President  smiled.
“ You  are  the  same  old  George  Har­
submit  your 
row,”  he 
case  and  drop  the  subject. 
I  won­
der  if  that  faculty  has  helped  to  keep 
you  young— to  leave  you  still  a  young 
man  at  the  age  of  50. 
It  is  a  quality 
of  the  mind  which  I  have  always  en­
vied  in  others.”

to 

rest 

“ In  early  youth,”  replied  the  cus­
tomer,  “ I  learned  to  play  my  hand  to 
the  utmost  of  my  ability  and  leave 
the 
Providence— and  the 
banks.  T o  tell  yau  the  exact  truth,  I 
do  not  much  care  how  this 
thing 
comes  out.  Modern  business  seems 
to  be  based  on  the  theory  of  Niccolo 
Machiavelli,  who  proclaimed  in 
‘The 
Prince’  that  a  man  ought  never  to 
keep  his  word  when  his 
interests 
would  be  jeopardized  by  so  doing.  He 
preached  treachery  and  craft,  and 
I 
guess  a  good  many  modern  business

men  have  been  making  a  study  of  his 
writings.  Business,  as  a  result,  is  a 
grab  game,  and  I  have  had  about 
enough  of  it.”
The  banker 

customer 

eyed 

the 

grimly.

“ You  ought  not  to  kick,”  he  finally 
said. 
“ You  have  been  successful  and 
you  have  never  resorted  to  the  meth­
ods  of  which  you  complain.”

“ I  am  glad  to  hear  you  say  that," 

replied  the  other.

“ If  you  recall  the  men  with  whom 
you  have  done  business  during  the 
past  twenty-five  years,”  continued  the 
banker,  “you  can  pick  out  the  ones 
who  have  been  square  in  their  deal­
ings.  The  crooked  ones  are  not  in 
business  now,  while  many  of 
the 
others  are.”

“ Yes,  I  believe  you  are  right,”  was 

the  reply.

fair  game. 

“ I  am  going  to  help  you  through 
this  trouble,”  said  the  banker, 
“not 
because  I  think  you  have  always  done 
the  right  thing  at  the  right  time,  for 
I  know 
that  you  have  made  mis­
takes,  but  because  you  have  always 
and 
stood  up  to  your  agreements 
Sometimes  1 
played  a 
have  doubted  your  business  ability, 
but  I  have  never  doubted  your  hon­
esty. 
instances  when  a 
little  crooked  work  would  have  placed 
you  on  top  of  the  bunch.  Now,  wait 
until  I  get  through.  Your  competi­
tors  have  played  double  and  your 
friends  have  betrayed  you.  but  we  al­
ways  knew  just  where  to  find  you.  T 
am  not  going  to  put  your  paper  be­
fore  the  Board. 
I  am  going  to  get 
you  the  money,  and  you  can  arrange 
with  me  for  the  securities.”

I  know  of 

There  w'ere  two  little  round,  glis­
tening  spots  on  the  customer's  cheeks 
as  he  rose  from  his  chair  and  grasp­
ed  the  banker’s  hand.

"I  can’t  say  what  I  think  now,”  he 
said;  “but  I  am  glad  that  you  under­
stand.  Oh,  I  am  not  in  the  hole  by 
any  means  so  far  as  solvency  is  con­
cerned.  The  securities  will  be 
all 
right,  and  you  will  never  regret  the 
decision  you  have  made  to-day.”

“ There  is  nothing  personal  in  this 
“ I  am 
transaction,”  said  the  other. 
doing 
to 
loan,  and  because  I  know  the  man 
I  am  doing  business  with.”

it  because  I  have  money 

The  banker’s  looks  told  a  different 
story.  The  banker  and  the  customer 
had  been  intimate  friends  for  years.

"There  will  come  a  time,”  continued 
the  banker,  “ when  men  who  are  doing 
business  now  on  borrowed  capital 
will  be  obliged  to  shut  down.  Their 
methods  are  wrong.  Character  counts 
Securities 
for  more  than  collateral. 
may  depreciate  in  value, 
lands  may 
become  valueless  because  of  improve­
ments  in  other  directions,  flourishing 
enterprises  which  are  gilt-edged  to­
day  may  become  back  numbers  be­
cause  of  competition.  The  thing  which 
will  bring  money 
is 
character.  Now,  don’t  think  I  mean 
to  read  you  a  lecture  on  honesty,  for 
you  do  not  need  it.  I  am  stating  a 
condition  of  the  future.”

future 

the 

in 

“The  time  you  predict  can't  come 
any  too  soon  to  suit  me,”  said  the 
customer.

“ W hen  I 

look  over  the  newspa­
pers  in  the  morning,”  said  the  bank­
er,  “ I  am  ashamed  of  my  race  and

age.  Men  who  have  been  trusted  for 
years  show  the  yellow  and  go  off 
with  stolen  money  and  a  shameful 
record  of  friendships  betrayed.  Every 
man  is  now  watching 
every  other 
man.  and  the  time  will  come  when 
the  effort  will  become  too  much  of 
a  task.  Character  will  rule  the  world 
in  time.  Now,  take  your  case:  You 
have  been  plugging  along  for  years, 
doing  business  as  an  honest  man 
should  do  business.  You  have  done 
business  with  thieves,  but  you  have 
never  adopted  their  methods.  Doubt­
less  you  have  often  felt  discouraged, 
thinking  that  your  methods  were  not 
experiences 
appreciated. 
teach  you  differently. 
I  know  some­
thing  about  the  financial  interests  of 
the  W est,  and  I  tell  you  that  bankers 
are  already  beginning  to  look  at  the 
man  closer  than  they  look  at  his  se­
curities.”

To-day's 

"I  guess  I  can  do  a 

lot  of  hard 
work  after  this,”  said  the  customer, 
“ It  is  a  m ighty  fine 
with  a  smile. 
thing  to  be 
especially 
when  the  appreciation  takes  the  form

appreciated, 

of  ready  cash. 
thousand  dollars  within  a  week.” 

I  shall  need 

fifty 

“ Come  here  and  get  it,”  replied  the 
“ W e  will  look  over  the  de­
banker. 
tails  to-morrow.  And  don't 
forget 
that  character  wins  where  collateral 
fails.”

And  the  customer  understood.

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

Sillyisms.
following  quickly 
your  listeners  will  be  amused:

Read 

the 

and 

Simple  Simpkins  sang  a  song  of 
sixpence  as  the  sun  shone  silently  on 
the  shoe  shop  sign.

Sarah  sells  sea  shells  sewn  up  in  a 

sheet.

The  sick  sinner’s  sixth  sheep 

is 

sick.

Silent  Sambo  slumbered  safely  on 

the  shifting  sea  sand.
the  bands 

Break 

that  bind  you 

blindly  before  breakfast.

A  peck  of  pealed  pickled  pears  put 

I into  a  pale  pink  pitcher.

Peter  Plump,  the  pessimist,  pester­

ed  portly  Pat  Perkins

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Ready-mad«  clothing  has  been  so 
thoroughly  systematized  that  men  of 
almost  every  variation  in  form  and 
size  can  be  neatly  and  well 
fitted. 
W hy  should  not  shoes  be  made  with 
the  same  perfection  of  system  and 
classification?  There  is  a  great  va­
riety  of  shapes  of  feet  as  in  forms 
of  bodies,  heads  or  faces,  and,  be­
cause  the  feet  bear  the  weight  of  the 
body, 
importance 
that  they  should  be  properly  fitted.

is  of  greatest 

it 

for 

growth, 

classified 

Children  need 

shoes. 
Their 
feet  grow  very  rapidly  from 
6  to  13  or  14  years,  and  at  the  lat­
ter  age  are  about  as 
long  as  they 
will  ever  be.  No  conventional  shoe 
is  made  w-hich  provides 
this 
rapid 
consequently  most 
children  wear  shoes  too  short.  These 
force  the  great  toe  outward  and  make 
a  wide  toe-joint,  which  can  never  be 
wholly  restored.  This,  in  a  degree, 
causes  the  instep  bones  to  flatten,  or 
the  arch  of  the  foot  to  fall,  and  great­
ly  weakens  the  motive  power  of  the 
body.  A  special  last  providing  for  a 
wide  toe-joint  should  be  made  for  this 
class 
of 
shoes  (and  there  are  dozens  of  others) 
is  very  much  needed,  and  the  public 
are  vainly  demanding 
If  made, 
this  class  alone  would  keep  the  largest 
factor}- 
in  the  country  running  day 
and  night  and  would  not  even  then 
half  supply  the  demand.

feet.  This  one  class 

of 

it. 

A  large  proportion  of  feet  have  the 
second  and  third  toes  nearly  as  long 
as  the  great  toe.  This  form  requires 
a  wide-toe  shoe,  for  the  toes  are  the 
propelling  power  of  the  body. 
If  such 
a  shaped  foot  is  cramped  into  a  nar­
row-toed  shoe,  the  dorsal  bones  are 
wedged  together,  and.  becoming  in­
flamed.  people  think  they  have  rheu­
matism  in  their  feet.  This  inflamma­
tion  often  afifects  the  limb  up  to  and 
including  the  knee,  causing 
intense 
pain.  A  last  should  be  modeled  for 
thin,  bony  feet,  while  a  very  different 
one  should  be  provided  for 
short, 
thick,  fleshy  feet.

through 

Another  form  should  be  made  for 
to  be  on 
people  who  are  obliged 
their  feet  • continually 
the 
day.  such  as  salesmen,  school  teach­
ers.  nurses,  policemen,  railroad  men 
and 
should 
give  their  footwear  the  most  careful 
attention. 
Brain  workers  can  not 
afford  to  lose  or  waste  any  nervous 
energy.  Perfect  fitting  shoes  are  rest­
ful  to  the  whole  nervous  system.

expressmen. 

Students 

W hat  will  bring  about  a  decided  and 
permanent  improvement  in  footwear?
The  public  should  continuously and 
persistently  demand  from  the  retail­
er  a  shoe  which  shall  support  the 
arch  of  the  foot,  hold  the  heel  firm­
ly.  prevent  great  strain  upon  the  an­
kle  joint,  and  provide  room  enough 
for  the  toes.  Such  a  shoe  must  be 
made  on  a  comparatively 
straight 
last,  with  no  “ spiral  twist.”  and  with­
out  freak  styles  in  the  shape  of  the 
toe.— William  H.  Richardson  in  Suc­
cess  Magazine.

His  Impolite  Query.

“Women  claim  that  the  way  to  get 
on  with  a  man  is  to  give  him  plenty 
of  nicely  cooked  food.”

“ W ell,”  answ-ered  Mr.  Sirius  Bar­
of 

irritably,  “why  don’t  some 

ker, 
them  try  it?”

Statement  of  Correct  Principles 

Footwear.

in 

The  subject  of  footwear  seriously 
concerns  almost  every  individual,  as 
most  of  us  use  our  feet  the  greater 
part  of  waking  hours.  Physical  cul­
ture 
is  receiving  the  keenest  atten­
tion.  and  walking  in  the  open  air  has 
been  scientifically  demonstrated  one 
of  the  best  forms  of  general  exercise, 
and  one  of  the  greatest  benefits  to 
health. 
For  this  reason  the  proper 
clothing  of  the  feet  becomes  of  vital 
importance.

Sixty  per  cent,  (we  might  be  more 
nearly  correct  if  we  said  75)  of  adults 
have  some  form,  or  degree,  of  flat 
foot,  often  causing  the  most  excru­
ciating  pain,  affecting  the  whole  nerv-^ 
ous  system,  and  reaching  to  the  brain. 
The  beginning  of  nervous  breakdowns 
is  very  often  caused  by 
iill-fitting 
shoes.

The  human  foot  has  the  most  com ­
plex  mechanism  of  any  portion  of  the 
body.  There  are  twenty-six  bones, 
to­
peculiarly  constructed  and  put 
gether.  each  yielding, 
bending 
or 
moving  in  some  way,  whenever  the 
body  is  in  motion.  O wing  to  the  del­
icate.  flexible  structure  of  the  bones 
they  are  especially  liable  to  deformi-  I 
ty.  Their  functions  are  a  marvelous 
provision  for  strength,  elasticity  and 
freedom  of  movement,  and  should  be 
carefully  studied.

The  most  important  part  of  a  shoe 
is  the  heel  (inside),  next  is  the  arch, | 
then  the  ball  and  toe.  Unless  the 
shoes  are  adapted  to  meet  the  nor­
mal  features  of  the  foot,  there  is  al­
ways  discomfort,  often  even  torture 
in  walking.

What  kind  of  shoes  are  worn  and 
wherein  do  they  fail  to  meet  the  nat-' 
ural  requirements  of  the  feet?  Most 
of  the  present  style  of  shoes  are  too 
long  from  the  back  of  the  shoe  to 
the  ball,  too  short  from  the  ball  to 
the  toe,  and  give  little  or  no  support 
to  the  arch  of  the  foot.  The  heel 
inside  of  the  shoe  is  made  unneces­
sarily  large  and  too  flat.  This,  with 
the  entire  lack  of  support  to  the  arch, 
allows  the  foot  to  slide  forward 
in 
the  shoe  while  walking,  and  causes 
a  tremendous  strain  upon  the  cords 
and  muscles  of  the  ankle  joint,  which 
is  the  beginning  of  flat  foot.

The  heel  of  the  foot  is  round,  or, 
egg-shaped,  -  and 
more  accurately, 
should  have  a  similar  shape  to  rest 
on 
in  the  shoe.  The  heel  receives 
the  whole  weight  of  the  body  first, 
and  should  receive  normal  support.

little 

There  are  many  details  and  tech­
nical  features  regarding  the  construc­
tion  of  the  heel  of  a  last  which  are 
important  to  the  wearer,  but  in  which 
manufacturers  show 
interest. 
The  shoe  should  also  hold  up  the 
scaphoid  or 
bones.  Nine- 
tenths  of  the  strength  of  the  foot 
comes  down  the  inside  of  the  instep 
into  the  great  toe.  This  shows  the 
need  of  support  for  the  arch,  and 
calls  for  the  most  scientific  and  pains­
taking  modeling  of  lasts.

instep 

A ll  Hard  Pan  Shoes  Look  Good

A .

on  the  outside.

B ut  it  rem ains  for  the  original  and  genuine 

shoe  of  this  name  to  be  as  good  inside  as  it  is  out.

Counters,  inner  soles  and  careful  shoe  m ak­
ing,  the  parts  of  a  shoe  you  can ’t  see,  are  as 

essential  to  good  hard  wear  as  are  good 

lum ber 

and  good  carpenter  work  to  the  stability  of  a 

building.

And  this  is  where  the  real  H ard  Pan  excels. 

Its w orkm anship  and  leather  are  all  of  the  best 

both  on  the  surface  and  underneath.

Our  trade  mark  on  the  sole  is  our  guarantee 

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Is  a  Mighty  Good  Test

Take a  mental inventory of the  shoe dealers in  your town who 
were  in  business five  years ago,  who  had  a  notion  that  they could 
sell  shoes  made of  something else  than  good  leather
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But  if you  are wondering  why you  are  not  making money and 
v\hy on  earth  you cannot  sell  more  than  one  or two pairs  of  shoes 
to a customer  try a case of  Hard-Pan  shoes that  stand  the  racket 
andfit.  Sohdcom fort  in  every  pair  and  the  satisfactory  “ come 
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Some  Sprightly,  Singular  and  Serious 

Shoe  Stories.

W hat  shall  we 

charge 

for 

our 

wares?

How  to  mark  them,  and  how  to 

sell  them.

Those  are  the  two  questions  which 
in  the 
two 

probably  cause  more  worry 
shoe  business 
which  vex  us.

than  any  other 

And  it  is  a  pair  of  questions  that 
you  can’t  settle  permanently  because 
you  can’t  construct 
the  people  all 
alike.  Now  you  or  1,  when  we  go 
into  a  store,  want  to  feel  that 
the 
goods  are  marked  in  plain  figures  on 
which  there  will  be  no  deviation,  and 
that  those  figures  represent  the  very 
lowest  possible  notch  at  which  they 
can  be  sold.  There  is  a  sense  of  se­
curity 
feels 
where  he  is  sometimes  able  to  get  a 
shading  of  the  price.

it  which  one  never 

in 

On 

from 

there 

it,  when  a 

the  other  hand, 

is  no 
fel­
getting  away 
low  goes  into  a  store. 
I  am  talking 
now  of  a  store  outside  of  any  line  in 
which  he  is  particularly  posted.  And 
he  knows  the  proprietor  pretty  well. 
W e’ll  call  it  a  furniture  store  because 
that’s  where  a  shoe  dealer  has  to  go 
once  in  awhile,  and  it  is  as  far  from 
the  shoe  trade  as  undertaking  is  from 
the  business  of  selling  infants’  out­
fits.  when  a  fellow-  goes  in  there  and 
sees  a  dish  marked  like  this:

XZ6

875

in 

something 

Xow  I  don't  care  whether  you  are 
a  regular  dealer 
or 
other,  or  only  a  plain  man  from  the 
side  streets  who  never  sells  anything 
but  his  old  clothes  occasionally,  and 
once  in  a  while  a  house  and  lot.  if 
the  dealer  turns  the  price  tag  over 
in  his  hand,  casts  his  eyes  up  to  the 
ceiling,  muses 
the 
said  eyes  half  closed,  and  whispers 
that  if  you  want  that  dish  you  can 
for  just  seven  dollars  and 
have 
seventy-eight 
someway 
pleases  you.

a  minute, 

cents, 

for 

it 

it 

in 

I  know,  because  I  am  a  firm  believ­
er 
the  one  price  to  all  system, 
and  yet  when  I  go  outside  of  my 
it  sort  of  flatters  me 
own  business 
and  makes  me 
feel  good.  Now  I 
know  in  my  heart  of  hearts  that  that 
dish  was  probably  marked  too  high, 
in  plain  figures,  on  purpose,  and  that 
it  cost,  in  all  human  probability,  not 
to  exceed  $6.60,  yet  it  was  less  than 
the  mark  that  I  got  it  and  I  couldn’t 
help  feeling  flattered,  and  yet  noth­
ing  could  induce  me  to  sell  my  goods 
that  way.

For  one  thing,  that  merchant  with 
whom  I  speak  of  trading  will 
just 
have  to  keep  it  up. 
It  won’t  satisfy 
me  hereafter  to  go  in  there  and  buy 
at  the  mark,  so  I  say  in  selling  shoes, 
and 
in  shoes  more  than  any  other 
merchandise,  it  is  necessary  that there 
be  no  halfway  measures. 
It  must  be 
either  one  way  or  the  other.  One 
price  in  plain  figures  and  stick  to  it 
if  you  lose  custom,  or  a  high  price 
with  a  view  to  dickering.

Now  I  honestly  think  that  the  man 
who  marks  his  shoes  after  the  lat­
is  going  to  clean  up  more 
ter  plan 
the  3rear 
money 
in 
the 
if  he  can  hold  his  trade  than 
merchant  who  marks  his 
footwear 
on  the  one  price  plan,  for  the  reason

the  course  of 

a 

customer  wrill 
that  occasionally 
come  along  who  does  not  banter  and 
will  get  soaked  for  the  .limit  price 
and  never  notice,  but  it  does  seem  as 
though 
job 
to  hold  trade.

it  would  be  a  horrible 

The  trouble  in  coming  to  a  decision 
on  this  matter  is  that  it  is  a  dealing 
with  that  peculiar  complication,  Hu­
man  Nature.  And  it  is  a  dealing  with 
it 
the 
customer  and  the  dealer.

its  complexities 

in  both 

in 

Some  shoe  men  can  hold  a  trade 
on  the  banter  plan  where 
another 
dealer  wrould  go  all  to  pieces,  and, 
on  the  other  hand,  there  are  dealers 
who  can  and  do  sell  shoes  on  the 
one  price  to  all,  plain  figures  plan, 
where  another  dealer  would  make  an 
awful  failure. 
It  is  all  in  the  wTay 
you  go  at  it.

The  man  who  puts  an  honest,  fair, 
living  price  on  his  shoes  and  then 
with  a  frozen  face  and  independent 
sneer  says.  "Take  ’em  or  leave  'em,” 
in 
may  sell  enough  shoes 
business,  but  he  couldn’t  sell 
’em  to 
me.  And  I  think  that  I  am  a  fair 
average  sample  of  the  way  custom­
ers  are  made  up  for  the  shoe  busi­
ness  or  any  other  business.

to  stay 

than  even  with 

A  man  who  is  selling  goods  on  the 
one  price  to  all  plan  in  my  opinion 
needs  more  of  he  “happy  to  see  you” 
manner 
the  other 
plan,  and  yet  I  know  a  lot  of  good, 
honest  men  in  the  trade,  who,  as  soon 
as  they  adopt  the 
fixed  price  plan 
adopt  with 
indifferent  man­
ner  which  will  do  more  to  drive  away 
custom  than  any  other  manner  which 
a  footwear  dispenser  can  assume.  I 
don’t  know  why  it  is,  but  the  man­
ner  seems  to  go  with  the  plan  natural­
ly,  and  it  takes  an  effort  to  divorce 
them.

the 

it 

It  is  a  sort  of  virtuous  feeling  that 
have 
seems  to  say,  "Now,  here.  I 
bought  footwear  so  good  to  sell  in 
this  store  that  probably  I  am  a -fool 
when  most  of  m y  competitors  are 
selling  a  much  inferior  article  which 
looks  just  as  well.  And  I  have  figur-  1 
ed,  and  figured,  and  cut  and  trimmed 
the  price  until 
low  that  I 
am  ashamed  to  look  the  laced  shoes 
in  the  eyelets,  and  if  you  ask  me  to 
throw  off  another  cent  you 
insult  | 
me.”

is  so 

it 

The  poor  customer  doesn’t  know. 
He  has  to  be  educated  and  my  ex­
perience  is  that  every  minute  we  put 
into  this  education  pays.  But  it  must 
all  be  with  the  happy  manner.

it 

in 

the 

friend 

I  have  a 

is  coupled  with 

furniture 
business  who  has  the  reputation  of 
being  the  most  careless  man  who  ever 
attained  commercial  success  and  got 
rich 
in  business.  O f  course  a  man 
has  to  lay  awake  nights  iri  that  busi­
ness,  when 
the 
undertaking  department  to  avoid  suc­
cess,  but  that  has  been  debated.  It  is 
a  wonder  to  a  great  many  people 
that  he  doesn't  go  all  to  smash.  He 
never  seems  to  know  anything  about 
the  value  of  his  stock.  He  will  keep 
showing  you  goods  until  you  happen 
to  strike 
thing  you  want 
and  then  he'll  act  almost  as  though 
he  was  deprecating  his  own  stock. 
"That  dresser,  he  will  say,  “ do  you 
like 
it?  W ell.  I’m  glad  somebody 
does.  The  fact  is  it’s  too  good  for 
this  town,  T  guess.  W hy,  when 
I 
bought  that  dresser  I  thought  that

just  the 

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give  you  the  quality  and  price 
that  bring duplicate orders.  We 
quote  you  our  “ Wizard”  winter 
wheat  Hour  at  $4.20  per  barrel  in 
assorted  sacks  F.  O.  B.  Grand 
Rapids.  Same  Price  to  every= 
body. 
See?  Call  and  know  us 
better.
Grand  Rapids  Grain  &  Milling Co.

L.  Fred  Peabody,  Mgr.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

I 

it  would  be  a  great  hit. 
only 
bought  one,  but,  do  you  know,  you’re 
the  first  man  who  ever  seemed  to  ap­
preciate  it. 
I'll  be  very  glad  to  get 
rid  of  it,  good  as  it  is,  and  you  can 
have  a  bargain  on  it,  if  you  want  it.”

“ How  much?”
Then  he  will  begin 

looking 

that 
dresser  over  for  the  price  mark.  He’ll 
take  out  drawers  and  turn  them  up­
side  down,  look  on  the  inside  of  the 
frame,  turn  the  whole  thing  around 
to  get  at  the  back  and  then:

“ W ell,  it’s  probably  had  a  tag  on 
I  don’t  remember 
If  you 
It’s 

and  got  lost  off. 
’Twas  enough. 
what  it  cost. 
want  it  take 
it  along  for  $12. 
been  around  here  long  enough.”

I’ve  had  that  thing  happen  with  that 
particular  merchant  half  a  dozen 
times,  and  to  this  day  I  don’t  know 
whether  he  really  just  guesses  at  a 
price  or  whether  he  has  some  sort 
of  a  secret  mark  somewhere  and  only 
pretends  that  he  can’t  find  it. 
It  goes 
with  the  man,  anyway,  and  it  would 
be  a  dangerous  experiment  for  the 
average  salesman  to  adopt,  particular­
ly  the  shoe  salesman.

Another  question  which 

is  much 
debated  is  the  percentage  profit  plan. 
That  is  to  mark  everything  at  just 
25  per  cent,  of  the  cost  price 
for 
profit  and  do  it  every  time,  regardless 
of  goods.  That  is,  if  a  shoe  costs 
it  close  to  $2.50,  according 
$2,  sell 
to  whether  you  are  selling 
in  even 
I  am  speaking  now 
or  odd  figures. 
of  the  bill  price  regardless  of  dis­
counts  and  also  regardless 
the 
cartage,  freight,  insurance  and  other 
costs  which  might  be  added,  and  there 
are 
dealers 
the  country  who  mark 
throughout 
their  goods  on  just  this  plan.

literally  hundreds 

of 

of 

for  running  expenses,  that 

Now  the  plumber,  when  he  does  a 
job  for  you,  figures 
it  up  in  detail. 
So  much  for  the  cost  of  the  goods,  so 
much  for  labor,  so  much  for  mate­
rial,  etc.,  and  then  he  adds  15  per 
cent, 
is. 
cartage,  freight,  insurance,  clerk  hire, 
book-keeping,  etc.,  and  then  on  top 
of  this  he  adds,  say,  10  per  cent,  for 
profit.  And  that  profit  means 
the 
profit  that  is  to  pay  for  living  and 
everything  outside  the  store.  Also  the 
gain  in  financial  standing  from  year 
to  year.  The  man  who  goes 
into 
business,  invests  capital,  takes  chances 
and 
for  himself  at 
the  end  of  the  year  only  what  would 
be  a  reasonable  salary  for  his  serv­
ices 
losing 
time.

is  running  behind  and 

then  cleans  up 

O f  course  the  shoe  dealer  can  not 
figure  on  his  stock  as  the  plumber 
figures  on  a  job,  but  he  can  figure 
on  a  certain  percentage  to  add  from 
an  average.

let  him  set  down 

The  way  to  do  it  is  thus:  For  a 
year 
in  separate 
accounts  his  freight  and  express  ex­
pense,  his  cartage,  his  delivery  ex­
penses,  if  he  has  a  delivery,  his  heat, 
light,  clerk  hire,  insurance,  wrapping 
paper  and  twine,  brooms,  stationery 
and  other  like  supplies,  rent,  or  an 
allowance  for  it,  if  he  owns  his  store, 
advertising  and  any  other  regular  ex­
pense.

Now,  at  the  end  of  the  year,  we 
will  suppose  that  he  has  done  a  busi­
ness  of— for  easy 
figuring— $10,000. 
Ilis  rent  has  been  $400,  his  freight,

cartage  and  express,  $100;  his  heat, 
$50;  light,  $60;  clerk  hire,  $500;  insur­
ance,  $50;  advertising,  $50;  supplies, 
$50;  or  $1,260 
numbers, 
which  must  be  made  before  there  is  a 
dollar  for  the  proprietor;  or  12  6-10 
per  cent,  of  the  sales 
for  running 
expenses,  or  about  15  per  cent,  on 
I the  cost.

in  round 

Now,  in  making  up  a  schedule  of 
cost  on  a  shoe  that  is  billed  at  $2 j 
I that  would  make  the  cost  $2.30,  to 
j which  should  be  added  whatever  you 
want  for  a  legitim ate  profit,  say  10 
per  cent.,  which  brings  the  shoe  to 
$2.50,  or  practically  that.

Now  that  is  figuring  sales  with  no 
losses  and  everything  bringing  the 
mark,  but  the  trouble  with  this 
is 
that  a  great  deal  of  stock  has  to  be 
|  closed  out  at  cost  or  less 
in  order 
to  keep  the  stock  clean,  and  there  are 
sales  gotten  up  with  cut  prices  which 
I have  to  figure  in  the  result,  so  that 
j  in  order  to  carry  this  plan  out  an  al­
lowance  must  be  made  in  the  second 
instance  for  these  drains,  and  this  is 
the  hardest  bit  of  figuring  of  all  to 
I the  dealer  who  wishes  to  know  to  a 
fraction  how  his  business  is  paying 
I  know  one 
him  all  of  the  time. 
dealer  who  gets  at  this  by  his 
in­
voice  at  the  end  of  the  given  year,
I obtaining  his  present  worth  and  de- 
from  what  his  present 
i  ducting 
worth  would  have  been 
if  the  full 
10  per  cent,  of  net  profit  had  been 
made,  and  this  difference  becoming 
for  the 
following  year  the  amount 
to  be  added  to  the  other  expenses  in 
figuring  up  the  cost  of  doing  busi- 
I ness.

it 

O f  course,  in  doing  this  all  sums 
drawn  out  for  proprietors’  personal 
use  during  the  year  have  to  be  add­
ed  to  the  real  present  worth  before 
subtracting  from  the  theoretical  pres­
ent  worth.

How  do  we  do  it  here  in  Laster’s 
Lair? 
In  'just  that  w ay  except  that 
we  do  not  stick  to  it  when  it  comes 
to  adding  the  profit.  W e  figure  all 
of  those  items  on  the  per  cent,  basis, 
into  the  cost,  but  in  deciding  on  a 
selling  price  we  are  governed  by  the 
goods  themselves  and  their  possibil­
ities  of  getting  prices.

it 

For  instance,  if  that  $2  shoe,  costing 
fig­
to  buy  and  vend  $2.38,  as 
looks  as  though 
ures  up, 
it  would 
bring  up 
in  $3.50,  that  is  what  we 
mark  it  and  that  is  regardless  of  the 
actual  percentage  of  net  profit  we 
have  decided  that  we  must  have,  and 
we  have  many  a  debate  on  the  sub­
ject,  too,  and  sharp  ones,  but  the  price 
once  fixed,  there  it  stands  until  it  is 
changed  by  general  consent. 
is 
j never  changed  on  individual  sales  in 
I  Faster  &  Fitem ’s;  not  these  days.

It 

The  whole  question  is  one  of 

the 
most  important  in  the  shoe  business, 
and  it  is  for  every  dealer  to  decide 
for  himself,  just  according  as  he  is 
built.— Ike  N.  Fitem 
in  Boot  and 
Shoe  Recorder.

Moving  the  Machinery.

from 

is  m oving 

Ann  Arbor,  June  26— The  Ypsi- 
lanti  Underwear  Co. 
its 
machinery 
the  Ann  Arbor 
branch  to  the  Ypsilanti  factory,  which 
means  that  the  Ann  Arbor  end  will  be 
closed  as  far  as  any  machine  made 
goods  are  concerned,  except  for  the 
finishing.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

struction  and  finish.

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Reasonable  Prices.

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MANUFACTURER

Oxfords 

SUMMER 

Tennis

“Three Words With  But a  Single Meaning”
It  hasn’t failed in 6000 years. 

It  may  be 
U a l l U I v I   wet>  ^py  bot or  pOSSibly  cold,  but  it  will  surely  come,  and 

is  bound  to  come. 

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for summer wear are  C O M F O R T A B L E ,  E CO N O M - 
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L rU W   D i l U C S  
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V/\/«|4 c*Ji  V a HI* 
and  don’t  let it  run  out on low shoes.  We
I   U U 1  O l U v I V   have a  fine  line  of  Oxfords  and  Tennis
"  
Shoes,  both  leather and  rubber sole,  all  colors,  for  everyday and  Sunday  wear, 
for  Yacthing,  Tennis,  Golf,  Outing,  Etc.,  and  call  your attention especially  to 
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Wholesale  Boots,  Shoes and  Rubbers 

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*% 

p Ne w t o r k

Ï.KET.

Barnet Bison Cloth

would  be  a  blessing  to  those  who  use sheepskin  linings,  because 
its  skin  would  cut  without  much  waste.

A  Sheep  100  Feet  Long

is  practically  sheepskin  by  the  yard  and

Is  Better than  Sheepskin

Barnet  Bison  Cloth
as  a  lining  in  place  of  sheepskin  is
A Square  Deal  for  the  Consumer

B E C A U S E   C O A T S   L I N E D   W IT H   IT  

Cost  him  less.
T h ey   are  honest  in  quality.
B ison  cloth is porous,  and  so allow s  skin breathing. 
It  is  pliable,  adaptable  and  com fortable.

Bison  Cloth

Is  the  best  lining  ever  put  into  a  coat.
It  w ill  outwear  the  garment.
It  is  more  healthful  than  any  skin  or  fur  can  possibly  be.
It  w ill  keep  the  wearer  strong  and  well,  in  addition  to  warm.

BARNET  TEXTILE  COMPANY,  Troy,  New  York

B E   S U R E   your  new  D uck,  Corduroy  and  L eather  coats 
leading 
A ll  the 
F o r  particulars 

are  lined  with  B A R N E T   B IS O N   C L O T H . 
m anufacturers  of  th^se  goods  are  using 
it. 
write  to

Cooper Clothing

is  at  the  front  in

Style,  Quality  and  Price

Always  satisfactory  in

Make,  Pit  and  Value

H.  H.  Cooper  &  Co.

Utica,  N.  Y.

T >

J

7714c  for  standard  Maryland  f.  o.  b. 
factory.

to 

summer 

There  is  a  fair  demand  for  butter 
of  the  better  grades,  and  a  good  deal 
is  being  sent 
resorts, 
which  are  being  thronged  to  the  doors 
and  which, 
in  the  aggregate,  make 
heavy  demands  on  the  supply  here. 
Extra  creamery,  21c,  with  an  occa­
sional  lot  fetching  y2c  more;  imitation 
creamery,  I7@ i8c;  factory, 
I5@ i 6c; 
renovated,  i 6@ i 8c.

Cheese  is  doing  better  if  the  quality  I 
meets  requirements.  Full  cream  has 
shown  decided  improvement,  although 
the  quotation  of  ioj^c  seems  to  be  the 
top.  Skims  have  sold  pretty  well  for 
both  export  and  home  trade.

New-laid  eggs  are  in  good  demand, 
and  with  ligher  arrivals  the  situation 
favors  sellers.  W estern  stock  ranges 
i6j£@ i7c  for  firsts  and  I5@ i6c  for 
seconds.

Prospects  Bright  at  Lenawee’s  Me­

tropolis.

Adrian,  June  26— Although  he  has 
been  Secretary  of  the  Adrian  Business 
Men’s  Association  only  since  the  last 
annual  meeting,  Fred  B.  Stebbins  has 
taken  hold  of  the  work  with  an  earn­
estness  and  zeal  which  indicate  that 
his  work  will  attain  the  high  standard 
set  by  his  predecessors.  Mr.  Stebbins 
is  a  native  of  this  place,  and  one  of 
the  city’s  hustling  real  estate  men. 
The  Association,  in  the  four  years  of 
its  existence,  has  done  much  good  for  I 
the  city.  Although  not  many  new  in­
dustries  have  been  landed,  yet  many  | 
poor  ones  have  been  kept  out.  One 
of  the  principal  accomplishments  of 
the  Association  the  past  year  was  the 
bringing  to  the  city  of  the  Eames 
Pulley  Co.,  of  Three  Rivers. 
In  or- 
der  to  bring  the  company  here  and 
reorganize  it  as  the  Adrian  Pulley  Co., 
$12,500  worth  of  stock  had  to  be  sold  1 
here.  This  was  done,  notwithstanding j 
the  fact  that  several  hundred  thous­
the 
and  had  teen 
months  shortly  preceding 
for  wire 
fence  stock.

subscribed 

in 

Many  factories  have  wanted  to  lo­
cate  here,  but  wanted  bonuses  beyond 
the  city’s  reach.  The  Association, 
however,  endeavors  to  furnish  sites 
for  new  industries  locating  in  the  city. 
At  the  present  time  the  Association 
has  assurances  from  a  large  manufac­
turing  company  in  Detroit  of  its  in­
tention  to  locate  in  this  city,  but  the 
name  of  the  company  is  being  with­
held  until  the  final  arrangements  have 
been  made.

The  recent  special  election  voted  to 
bond  for  $75.000  for  a  general  sewer 
system  which  will  especially  relieve 
the  factory  district  and  will  make 
available  much  good  land  for  factory- 
sites  which  can  not  now  be  used  to 
advantage.

Building  New  Power  Plant.

Chelsea, 

June  26— The  Glazier 
Stove  Co.  has  broken  ground  for  a 
new  power  house  that  will  be  75x100 
feet.  This  is  the  second  large  build­
ing  the  company  has  built  this  sea­
son,  the  first  one  being  50x150.  The 
new  power  plant  will  be  built  on  the 
latest  ideas  known  for  this  kind  of 
building.

A  

lie  by  any  other  namç  doesn't

sound  half  §o  insulting,

Special  Features  of  the  Grocery  and 

, 

Produce  Trade.

Special  C orrespondence.

New  York,  June  23— The  week  so 
far  as  speculative  coffee  was  concern­
ed  has  been  one  of  slight  ups  and 
downs,  and  at  the  close  there  is 
a 
rather  better  feeling  than  prevailed 
a  week  ago.  Not  much  change  has 
taken  place  in  quotations  and  the  va­
riation  has  been  from  5  to  10  points. 
A  moderate  jobbing  demand  has  ex­
isted;  but  only  moderate.  The  retail 
trade  is  taking  just  enough  in  the  way 
of  supplies  to  tide  over  and  nothing 
more.  The  semi-annual  stock-taking 
will  soon  set  in  and,  of  course,  stocks 
are  kept  as  low  as  possible  until  after 
that  event. 
In  store  and  afloat  there 
are  3-398,549  bags,  against  3,751,841 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year.  Rio 
No.  7  is  fairly  steady  at  7$4 c.  Mild 
grades  have  moved  in  a  small  way, 
and  quotations  show  no  change  what­
ever  for  W est  Indian  coffees.  East 
India  are  steady  and  without  varia­
tion.

A   sugar  market  characterized  by 
decided  activity  is  what  we  have  had 
this  week.  W ithdrawals  under  pre­
vious  contract  have  been  active  and 
new  business  has  reached  a  very  re­
spectable  total.  No  surprise  will  be 
occasioned  should  an  advance  come  at 
any  time,  but  at  this  writing  the  level 
of  the  past  few  days  is  maintained.

Buyers  of  teas  seem  to  think  the 
quotations  most  too  steep  and  will 
not  take  hold  with  any  degree  of  in­
terest.  Japans  are  well  held  and  seem 
to  show  an  upward 
tendency,  al­
though  there  need  be  no  alarm  about 
any  particular  advance.  Proprietary 
brands  are  doing  well,  but  some  re­
tailers  say  they  are  hard  to  move  after 
the  novelty  has  worn  off.

The  rice  market  is  quite 

strong. 
The  drouth  in  producing  districts  is 
becom ing  something  of  a  factor,  and 
the  output  may  not  be  as 
large  as 
hoped  for.  Quotations  are  without 
change  and  are  very  firm.  Demand 
is  fairly  active.

Little  is  doing  in  spices  beyond  an 
every-day  trading.  Buyers  take 
the 
smallest  possible  quantities,  and  a sort 
of  vacation  dulness  seems  to  be  over 
the  field.

Molasses  is  not  in  very  abundant 
supply,  especially  the  better  grades  of 
grocery  stock.  Still,  there  is  no  scarc­
ity,  and  the  demand  is  only  such  as 
exists  in  midsummer. 
are 
steady  and  unchanged.

Syrups 

Canned  goods  have  been  very  quiet. 
Peas  are  perhaps  attracting  more  at­
tention  than  anything  else,  and 
the 
pack  is  likely  to  be  limited  in  some 
sections  owing  to  clod  and  drouth.  A  
local  trade  paper  has  sent  many  en­
quiries  to  packers  of  corn,  asking 
about  the  present  status  of  the  article. 
Replies  indicate  a  decrease 
the 
acreage  of  from  25  to  50  per  cent,  of 
that  of  last  year,  and 
the  packers 
seem  to  show  little  enthusiasm  over 
the  outlook.  Tom atoes  move  slowly 
within  the  range  of $ i .05@ i .io@ i .I2J£ 
for  Maryland.  Futures  are  quiet  at

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JUST  TIRED  OUT.

Knew  When  He  Had  Reached  the 

Limit.

W ritte n   for  th e   T rad esm an .

When•  the  dry 

goods  merchant 
reached  his  store  yesterday  morning 
he 
found  Lemar,  one  of  his  best 
salesmen,  waiting  for  him  in  the  of­
fice. 
the
w i irking  force  of  the  est;ablishment
flaislied into  the  merchant's brain,  al-
thOligli Lemar  did  not  look particular-
Iv­ agg ressive.

trouble  with 

Visions  of 

“ Wh at’s  up?”  the  rnercli ant  asked.
Lem;ar  stood  before  his employer
in the strong  light  from  a large  win-
d<>\v  fcir  a  moment  and  said:

"Looik  me  over  and  you will  see.”
I .cm;ar  was  slender,  and tall,  and
pa le  of face,  and  his  should ers  droop-
ed forward  as  lie  stood  Joeiking  with
the  mer-
tir ed  eyes  into  the  face  of
nervous
eli ant. Now  and  then 
a
c< »ugh came  from  his  throat,  and  the
strength.
efi'ort
He  wa s  certainly  all 

seemed  beyond  his

in.

"I  se:e,”  said  the  filer ch a;lit.  with  a
'"1  have  dreaded  this time,  and
SH;h. 
1 have tried  to  get  you  cmt  of  the
st <ire  f<»r  a  day  or  two  at  a time,  but
yo'll  wcmldn’t  go.  Now  yourve  reach-
ed the point  where  a  day  or  two  will
no•t  an swer.  and  I'm  up 
a
in  the matter  of
toiugh proposition 
he !p."

iigainst 

"1  am  sorry."  replied  Leralar.  with  a
'"I  would  stay  on  if I  thought
s igfli. 
I  (:ould hold  out.  but  there is  no  use.
I  :sin ml d  be  in  a  box  in  tw o  months.
It’s a c ase  of  get  out,  Mr.  Hanley.”

'I  can  see  that,”  replied the  mer­

ch ant.

"Where  are  you  gcline?"

Tnto the  woods.”
•Wh: man,  you  are 

for  roughing  it."

in no  shape

"I  don't  intend  to  rough  it. 

1  am j 
after  the  air  of  the  woods,  the  breath 
of  the  pine,  the  rest  that  comes  when 
you  know  that  a  person  can’t  come  I 
at  you  for  a  day  or  a  week  at 
a 
I'm  going  to  have 
time.  Pd ess  you! 
the  laziest  time  on  record,  and 
I’m 
going  to  have  it  away  up  in  North­
somewhere  between 
ern  Michigan, 
Petoskey  and  Cheboygan,  on 
the I 
lakes  which,  connected  by  a  shallow 
canal,  constituted  the  United  States 
mail  route 
the  old  days,  before 
the  pine  was  cut  off."

in 

“ I  have  heard  of  that 

country." 

said  the  merchant.

"It  is.  of  course,  not  so  wild  as  it 
was  twenty  years  ago."  said  the  sales­
man,  "but  there  are  still  great  possi­
bilities  for  rest  there. 
I  don’t  even 
know  the  names  of  all  the  lakes,  but 
I  know  the  country.  There’s  Crook­
ed  Lake,  and  Indian  Lake,  and  Mul­
let  Lake,  and  there  is  the  long  wind- 
ing  canal.  There  are  fish  up  there, 
too.  And  there  are  high  banks  where 
the  sun  shines  all  day.  and  where 
the  trees  talk  to  one  at  night."

The  merchant  laughed.
"It's  a  bad  case  for  you."  he  said,  j 

"I  think  you  will  have  to  go."

"Arrangements  all  made.’’ 

replied  I 
“ I  wish  you  could  come.  | 

Lemar. 
too."

“ Can’t."  was  the  slow  reply.
"I  really  believe— ”
The  merchant  stopped  him  with  an  | 

uplifted  hand.

“ Don't  tempt  me."  he  said.  “ Some­

time  when  you  are  here  I  may  take  I

the  trip,  but  certainly  not  when  you 
are  away.  You  are  not  going  alone?"
"I  should  say  not.  A  fellow  has 
got  to  be  a  mighty  good  sort  of  a 
I  chap  to 
live  all  alone  with  himself 
j  for  a  month  and  not  commit  suicide.
I  Horace  and  Elmer  are  going  with  me. 
We  have  been  planning 
two 
weeks.  That  is,  they  have  been  plan- 
j  ning.  and  I  was  to  join  them 
if  I 
found  it  impossible  to  remain  in  the 
I  store  through  the  summer."

for 

"I  see.  Going  to  camp  out,  I  sup-

"No,  siree.  We're  going  to  have 
a  boat  built  at  Petoskey  and  launch 
I  it  on  the  first  lake. 
It  will  be  a  house 
! boat— about  twenty  feet  long  and  sev- 
I en  feet  wide.  There  will  be  a  can- 
|  vas  house  on  one  end,  where  we 
I shall  sleep  and  sit  on  rainy  days.  At 
I  the  bow  there’s  to  be  an  oil  stove 
;  big  enough  to  do  our  cooking.  The 
boys  have  the  supplies  all  ordered.
I and  we’ll  be  superintending  the  build- 
j  ing  of  the  boat  day  after  to-morrow.
:  W on’t  it  be  bully?"

"Hut  how  will  you  get  such  a  clum­
If  you
in  a  cr ift  like  that  you’ll have

sy  boat  through  the  water? 
trave
to  w<>rk  your passage/'

first 

"N. it  on  your  life 1  When  we want
to  mt ve  we’ll just  throw a  line  t j  the
little steamers that  pass through  the
lakes every  day— and  there  you are.
Lazy life?  Well,  I'll  1ie  there and
sleep for  the
tlirt e  days. and
after that  I  may  take  s(ifile  littl e  in-
terest
I  think  the bovs
have elected me  cook.
jut  I’ll soon
fix 
I can
teach them  t j  respect my 
idea s  of
sleopi f i g   both day  and night 
f 3i*  a
week. Wait until 
they get  at my
initial meal! That  will settle  it i”

in  the fish. 

tllat.  all

I guess 

right. 

"It surely  i
not  expensive

a  great
said  the merchant.

scheme,

and

:ar 

fare

Just

it  cosi s. 

\\  by.  these  summer 

"It won't  ci »st  us  five dollars each
fur  tlle  month,  except
or  the boat
and
to  Petos cey  and re­
turn,” said  Lemar. 
"And  we  can sell
the  boat  for all 
see
how  much  better  it  is  than  to  go  to 
some  summer  resort,  where 
you’ve 
got  to  dress  and  entertain  and  be  en­
tertained. 
re­
sort  cottages  are  hot,  noisy  and  full 
of  creeping ’ things.  You  go  to  one 
of  them  for  a  rest  and 
you  hear 
babies  crying  all  night.  You  get  in­
ti»  a  quiet  nook  among  the  trees  and 
think  you’ve  got  a  day  with  a  book, 
and  along  comes  a  bevy  <>f  giggling 
girls  with  a  lot  of  dudes  tied  to  their 
apron  strings,  or  some  tired  mother 
puts  up  a  hammock  next  to  you  and 
swings  a  squalling  kid 
and 
forth  until  you  are  ready  to  go  off 
the  handle.”

back 

"I  gave  up  summer  resorts  years 

ago,"  said  the  merchant.

thousand and one

"We've  gnt  ;a  lot  of  l\fire  netting."
continued  1hemlar. “ and we’ll  be ab­
solutely  mi >sqilito proof.  W e  sbai]
anchor  out
in the lake at  night ,  so
there  need be no fear  o;f  snakes and
the 
and
insects  of  the  earth.  Oh,  I  had  a  trip 
liKe  this  once  on  a  Southern  stream, 
and  I  know  just  what  is  coming  off. 
W e’ll  be  up  there  in  the  sweet  corn 
season,  and 
it  will  be  quite  a  new 
sensation  to  slip  over  a  fence,  under 
the  moon  and  steal  a  few  roasting 
ears.  There  are  farms  all  along  there.

reptiles

from  the 

some  distance 
lakes.  O f 
course  we  can  make 
to  the 
farmer  in  some  quiet  way,  but  I  just 
want  to  steal  som ething!”

it  up 

“ You’ll  be  living  in  a  cave  next,” 

laughed  the  merchant.

" I ’d  like  to,"  said  Lemar. 

"I'd  like 
to  go  out  \\  est  and  live  in  the  moun­
I’m  sick  of 
tains  for  three  years. 
all  this  work  and  worry. 
I've  been 
with  you  for  five  years,  and  I've  had 
no  one  but  m yself  to  care  for,  and 
how  much  do  you  think  I’m  ahead? 
1 wo  dollars  a  week!  Five  hundred 
dollars!  That’s  the  net  gain.  W  ell. 
I’ll  come  back  healthy  and  strong, 
and  we  ll  leave  the  boat  up  there  if 
you  want  to  use  it.  Sorry  you  can’t 
come  now."

"O f  course,"  said 

the  merchant, 
"your  salary  will  continue.  Draw  if 
you  need  any  money.”
And  Lem ar  hustled 

to  his 

off 

Northern  Eden. 

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

Baking a  Great Trade.

in 

industry 

The  baking 

the  world  of 

The  baking  trade  is  a  great  trade. 
A  great  industry  needs  great  men  to 
work  it.  or  it  cannot  take  its  proper 
place 
commerce. 
The  baking  industry  is  a  great  indus­
try. 
needs 
in  the  ordi­
great  men.  Not  great 
nary  meaning  of 
term.  Not 
the 
great  in  the  tinsel  gewgaws  of  aris­
tocratic  birth  or  wealth,  but  great 
in  mental,  moral,  and  physical  pluck; 
great 
business 
ability,  men  of  the  great  heart  tribe 
— great  men,  not  little-hearted  mani­
kins.  All  bakers  who  have  worked 
at  their  calling  for  fifteen  years  or 
more  are  great  men,  because  they 
are  the  embodiment  of  mental  and 
physical  energy.  T o  be  a  baker  for 
any  length  of  time  involves— creates 
— greatness.

in  mechanical  and 

they 

quick-thoughted. 

Bakers  ftiust  be  alert,  strong,  w ill­
ing  and 
Bakers 
Work  at  a  time  when  other  people 
sleep,  play',  or  hold  holiday.  Bakers 
must  work  while  at  work;  many  oth­
er  kinds  of  tradesmen  can, 
if  they 
like,  rest;  have  a  day  off  in  the  m id­
dle  of  a  job,  and  begin  to-morrow 
where 
left  off  yesterday;  not 
so  the  baker,  having  begun  the  job, 
he  must  go  on  to  the  end  and  finish 
it.  Though  death  lays  its  hand  upon 
a  helper,  though  mother  or  child  is 
sick 
baker 
must  go  on  with  his  work,  must 
bake  the  dough  he  has  made,  or  ii 
will  be  spoilt  and  wasted.  Yes,  bak­
ers  are  great  men,  great  in  heart  or 
muscle, 
in  humility,  or 
in  suffering.  All,  all  have  some  ele­
ment  of  greatness  about  them.

unto  death, 

in  patience, 

still  the 

John  Blandy.

Half  Was  Better  Than  None. 
The  doctor  from  Saginaw  couldn’t 
smoke. 
It  was  not  that  he  had  scru­
ples,  conscientious  or  hygienic;  but  a 
cigar  was  poison  to  him.

He  was  dining  in  Bay  City  upon 
one  occasion,  ad  after  the  meal  was 
over  became  conspicuous  among  the 
men  by  being  the  only  one  to  de­
cline  a  cigar.

"W hat! 
bis  host. 
lose  half  your  dinner!”

not  smoking?”  protested 
"W hy,  my  dear  fellow,  you 

"\ e s,  I  know  I  do,”  meekly  replied 
the  doctor,  "but  if  I  smoked  I’d  lose 
the  whole  of  it!”

How  To  Keep  a  Husband  Happy.
I  have  made  the  discovery,  says  a 
sensible  woman,  that  I  can  save  my 
husband— who 
is  a  hard  worker—  
much  unnecessary  w orry  if:

By  keeping  the  domestic  machinery 
well  oiled  I  spare  him  the  bother­
some  details  of  my  daily  life,  unless 
it  is  something  that  he  can  help  or 
prevent. 

*

I  keep  a  memorandum 

of  my 
I  do  not  call  him  back  from 
needs. 
the  corner  to  get  a  letter  to  mail  or 
a  sample  of  silk  to  match.  When 
possible  I  do  the  marketing.

Rather  than  call  on  him  for  a  va­
riety  of  household  tasks  I  ask  a  few 
definite  things  to  be  done  each  day. 
This  saves  him  the  annoyance  and 
helps  me  more.

I  insist  that  he  buy  his  own  clothes, 
because  my  selections  do  not  always 
please. 
I  keep  the  garments  in  per­
fect  repair  and  in  their  proper  places.
I  do  not  pry  into  the  details  of  his 
business,  nor  visit  him,  nor  telephone 
to  him  during  business  hours.

I  cheerfully  assume  the  social  du­
ties  arising  from  his  business  rela­
tions,  such  as  dinners  to  his 
col­
leagues,  etc.

I  cultivate  promptness— especially 
if  we  plan  to  go  for  a  drive  or  a 
visit  I  am  ready  at  the  proper  time.
If  he  disarranges  the  pillows  or 
scatters  the  magazines,  I  do  not  find 
fault.  W e  live  in  our  home.

I  live  well  within  our  income.
Because  it  is  his  wish. 

I  have  the 
heavy  work  done  out  and  save  my 
strength  wherever  possible.

Tactful  Landlady.

The  boarding  house  mistress  look­
ed  at  her  latest  guest  with  a  firm  but 
cheerful  expression  of  countenance, 
and  allowed  the  faintest  hint  of 
a 
smile  to  play  over  her  features.

“Oh,  no,  I  never  have  any  trouble 
with  my  boarders,”  she  said,  briskly. 
"I  don't  see  any  need  of  nagging  ’em 
if  they  don’t  do  just  as  they  would 
in  their  own  homes,  and  as  they’d 
like  to  be  done  by;  but  I  generally 
let  them  see 
in  some  w ay  when  I 
don’t  approve  of  their  doings.

“ For 

instance, 

there  was  Mr. 
Cranston,  one  of  my  table  boarders, 
a  real  well-meaning  young  man,  but 
pretty  careless.  He  sits  down  at  the 
end  of  the  table  near 
little 
shelves  where  I  keep  my  extra  china, 
and  he  got  in  the  habit  last  summer 
of  coming  in  in  a  hurry  and  laying 
his  hat  right  on  top  of  the  plates.

those 

“ W ell,  it  didn’t  look  just  right,  but 
I  didn’t  nag  him  about  it.  W hen  he’d 
done  it  half  a  dozen  times  I  just  put 
a  sheet  of  sticky  flypaper  in  on  top 
of  the  plates.

“ He  never  said  anything  about  it, 
for  he  knew  what  I  meant  after  that 
night.  That’s  why  I  say  if  folks  will 
use  tact  they’ve  no  need  to  have  any 
trouble  with  boarders— not  a  bit.”

You  Must  “Grip”  the  Day’s  Work.
Tw o  dangers  threaten  every  execu­
tive.  He  can  get  so  far  away  from 
the  blood  and  bones  of  his  business 
that  he 
loses  his  grip  on  the  day’s 
work.  Or  he  can  hug  petty  routine, 
department  matters  so  tight  that  the 
big  needs  and  opportunities  romp  by 
unobserved.  The  sheriff’s  flag  marks

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

the  end  of  both  courses.  The  way  of 
success 

lies  between.

Clamp  down  the  line  between  over­
sight  of  your  business  and  too  close 
attention  to  details.  Get  the  work 
done,  but  keep  time  to  think 
and 
plan.

Every  department  of  your  factor}" 
or  store  needs  you  six  days  a  week, 
says  System.  Not  your  bodily  pres­
ence  so  much  as  your  personality—  
the  conviction  that  the  slightest  slump 
in  sales,  output,  quality  of product  will 
bring  the  chief  pounding  down  to  find 
the  sticking  point  and  fix  the  blame.

The  only  way  to  hold  this  beliet 
in  you  at  its  legitim ate  work  of  earn­
ing  profits 
in  touch— to 
know  your  business.

is  to  keep 

You  can  not  do  this  by  looking  over 
your  balance  sheet  once  a  month  at 
a  weathered-oak  desk  in  the  front  of­
fice.  You  want  detailed,  bed-rock 
facts  and  first-hand  news  of  what  is 
happening  at  your  lathes,  your  coun­
ters,  your  shipping  room— down  on 
the  firing  line  where  profit  and  loss 
never  quit  quarreling.

! 

Bound  To  Be  Polite.

Not  long  after the war a circus came 
It  was  the 
to  Montgomery,  Alabama. 
; 
first  circus  that  had  been  there  in 
long  time  and  attracted  an  immense 
crowd,  especially  of  negroes. 
The 
most  interesting  feature  of  the  enter­
tainment  was  a  balloon 
ascension. 
The  negroes  had  never  seen  anything 
of  that  kind  and  regarded  the  specta­
cle  of  a  man  sailing  up  into  the  clouds 
very  much  as  they  would  have  looked 
upon  Elijah  going  up  in  his  chariot 
of  fire.  The  balloon 
away 
eight  or  ten  miles  and  came  down 
in  a  field  in  which  some  negroes  were 
plowing.  Terrified  at  the  spectacle 
of  a  chariot  coming  down  from  heav­
en.  they  verily  believed  that  the  last 
great  day  had  come,  and.  remember­
ing  all  their  shortcomings,  fled  away 
in  terror  at  the  approach  of  the  awful 
Judge.

sailed 

One  gray  headed  and  rheumatic  old 
negro  was  unable  to  get  away.  He 
could  follow  the  plow,  but  he  could 
not  run,  and  the  chariot  came  down 
upon  him  with  terrible  swiftness. 
In 
that  awful  moment  his  whole 
life 
rushed  upon  him.  He  thought  of  all 
the  petty  sins  he  had  committed  and 
the  ghosts  of  a  hundred 
chickens 
seemed  to  rise  up  in  judgment  against j 
him.  But  in  that  desperate  emergen- j 
cy  his  mind  did  not  desert  him  and 
remembering  that  politeness  always 
counted  with  his  earthly  master,  he 
quickly  decided  to  greet  the  Lord  of 
heaven  and  earth  in  a  becom ing  style. 
As  the  aeronaut  touched  the  earth 
and  began  to  untangle  himself  from 
the  meshes  about  his  car,  the  old 
darkey,  with  an 
of  profound 
obeisance,  removed  the  wool  hat  from 
his  shiny  pate,  bowed  low,  and  said 
with  pious  unction:  “ Mornitv.  Mars 
Jesus,  how  you 

le f  your  Pa!”

air 

Willing  To  Divide  Time.

Mr.  Spat— Now,  if  you'll  just  listen 

to  me—

Mrs.  Spat— Oh.  you  can’t  convince 

me.

Mr.  Spat— Probably  not,  but  if we’re 
going  to  spend  the  rest  of  the  night 
in  argument  I  want  my  share  of  the 
time.

Hardware  Price  Current

AM M U N ITIO N .

Caps.

G.  D.,  full  co u n t,  p e r  m ............................   40
H ic k s’  W aterp ro o f,  p e r  m ......................  50
M usket,  p e r  m .................................................   75
E ly ’s  W aterp ro o f,  p e r  m ..........................  60

Cartridges.

No. 22  sh o rt,  p er  m . ..
No. 22  long,  p e r  m ___
No. 32  sh o rt,  p e r  m ..
No. 32  long,  p er  m ___

.2  50
.3  00
.5  0d
.5  75

No. 2  U.  M.  C.,  boxes  250.  p e r  m . . . . .1  60
No. 2  W in c h este r,  boxes  250, p e r  m . .1  60

P rim e rs.

Gun  W ads.

B lack  E dge,  N os.  11  & 12  U. M.  C.. .  60
B lack  E dge,  N os.  9  & 10.  p e r  m . .. .  70
.  80
B lack  E dge,  No.  7,  p er m . ..
Loaded  Shells.

N ew   R ival—F o r S h o tg u n s.

No.
120
129
128
126
135
154
200
208
236
265
264

D rs.  of  oz.  of
P o w d er  S hot

P e r
100
$2  90
2  90
2  90
2  90
2  95
3  00
2  60
2  50
2  65
2  70
2  70
D iscount,  o n e -th ird   an d   five  p e r  cent.

Size
S h o t G auge
10
9
8
6
5
4
10
8
6
5
4

4 
4 
4 
4 
4V4 
4% 
3 
3 
3V4 
3% 
3% 

1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1
1
1%
1%
1%

10
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12

P a p e r  Shells—N o t  Loaded.

No.  10,  p a ste b o a rd   boxes  100,  p e r  100.  72 
No.  12,  p a ste b o a rd   boxes  100,  p e r  100.  64

Gunpowder

K egs,  25 
tbs., p e r  k e g   .............................4  90
%  K egs,  12% lb s.,  p e r %  k eg   ...............2  90
%  K egs,  6%  lbs.,  p e r  % k e g ....................1 60

Shot

In  sa c k s  c o n ta in in g   25  lbs.

D rop,  all  sizes  sm aller  th a n   B ...........1  85

A U G U R S  A N D   B IT S

Snell’s 
|  Je n n in g s ’  g en u in e 
|  J e n n in g s ’ 

................................................................   60
......................................  25
....................................  60

im ita tio n  

|  F ir s t  Q uality, 
...................6  50
F ir s t  Q uality ,  D. B. B ronze  ................... 9  00
F ir s t  Q uality , 
.................7  00
F ir s t  Q uality,  D. B. S teel  ......................10  50

A X E S
S. B. B ro n ze 
S. B. S.  Steel 

R ailro ad  
G arden 

..........................................................15  00
.............................................................. 33  00

B A R R O W S.

B O L T S

S tove 
C arriag e, 
Plow  

.......................................................................70
.....................................  70
....................................................................   50

new   lis t 

I  W ell,  p lain  

B U C K E T S .

............................................... ..  4  50
B U T T S ,  C A S T .

C ast  Loose,  P in ,  figured  ..........................  70  j
W ro u g h t,  n a rro w  

.........................................  60

C H A IN .
V4  in.  5-16  in.  %  In.  %  in.
Com m on.
. .. 7   C . . . . 6   C . . . . 6   c ___ 4% c
B B .................. ...8 V 4 c___ 7V4c___ 6% c____6  c
B B B .............. ...8 % c ....7 % c ....6 % c ....6 % c

C ast  Steel,  p e r  lb .............................................  5

C R O W B A R S .

C H IS E L S

S ocket  F irm e r...................................................   65
S ocket  F ra m in g  
............................................  65 j
S ocket  C o rn er...................................................  6 5 1
S ocket  S licks......................................................  65

E LB O W S .

Com.  4  piece,  6  in.,  p e r  doz...............n e t.  75  I
C o rru g ated ,  p e r  doz..................................... 1  25
...........................................dis.  40*10
A d ju stab le  
E X P E N S IV E   B IT S
C la rk ’s  sm all,  $18; larg e,  $26 
Iv e s’  1,  $18;  2,  $24; 

.................  40
3, $30  .......................  25

F I L E S — N E W   L IS T

N ew   A m erican  
N icholson’s 
H e lle r’s  H o rse   R asp s 

............................................70*10
70
70

.................................................. 
...................... 
IDAM
IRO N .
15 

f* A I  \ / A M I 7 m  
G A L V A N IZ E D  
12 

N os.  16  to   20;  22  a n d   24;  25  a n d   26;  27,  28 
L ist 
17

16 

14 

13 

D iscount,  70.

G A U G ES.

G L A S S

S ta n le y   R ule  a n d   L evel  Co.’s ...........60&10

Single  S tren g th ,  by  box  ................... dis.  90
D ouble  S tre n g th ,  b y   box  ................. dis.  90
B y 
.........................................dis.  90 j
H A M M ER S

lig h t 

th e  

M aydole  &  Co.’s  new   list  .............dis.  33%
........................dis.  40&10  j
Y erkes  &  P lu m b ’s  
M ason’s   Solid  C a st  S teel 
....3 0 c   lis t  70  j
H IN G E S .

G ate,  C la rk 's  1,  2,  3 ......................dis.  60*19

H O LLO W   W A R E .

P o ts...................................................................... 50*10
K e ttle s ................................................................ 50*10
S p id ers..........................  ...................................60*10

H O R S E   N A IL S .

A u  S able.............................................   dis.  40*10

H O U S E   F U R N IS H IN G   GOODS.

S tam p ed  T in w a re ,  n ew   lis t 
9apu«M   Tinware  .......... 

.....................  70
10*10

 

IRO N

B a r  Iro n  
L ig h t  B an d  

.................................................2  as  ra te
..........................................3  00  ra te
K N O B S— N EW   L IS T .
D oor,  m in eral,  Ja p .  trim m in g s 
j  D oor,  P o rcelain ,  Ja p .  trim m in g s 

...........  76
. . . .   85

L E V E L S

S tan ley   R ule  an d   Level  Co.’s ___ dis.

1  600  pound  c ask s 
j  P e r  pound 

M E T A L S — ZIN C
........................................................  8%
M IS C E L L A N E O U S

...........................................  8

Bird  Cages 
..................................................... 40
|  P u m p s.  C istern ..............................................75&10
Screw s,  N ew   L ist 
.......................................  85
C asters,  Bed  a n d   P la te   .................. 50&10&10
D am pers,  A m erican .......................................  50

M O LA SSES  G A T E S

S teb b in s'  P a tte rn  
..................................... 60&10
j  E n te rp rise ,  s e lf-m e a su rin g ........................  30
PA N S

F ry ,  A cm e 
C om m on,  polished 

............................................60&10&10
.................................70&10

P A T E N T   P L A N IS H E D  

IRON 

“ A ”  W ood's  p a t.  p lan 'd .  No.  24-27..10  80 
“ B "  W ood's  p at.  p lan 'd .  No.  25-27..  9  80 

B roken  p ack ag es  %e  p er  lb.  e x tra .

P L A N E S
j  O hio  Tool  Co.’s  fa n c y   ................................   40
|  S cio ta  B ench 
.................................................   50
S an d u sk y   Tool  Co.’s  fa n c y  
..................  40
I  B ench,  first  q u a lity   .....................................  45

N A ILS .
|  A d v an ce  o v er  base,  on  b o th   S teel  *   W ire
S teel  nails,  b a se  
.......................................... 2  35
W ire  n ails,  b a se  
........................................ 2  15
I  20  to   60  a d v an c e   ......................................... B ase
......................................... 
j  10  to   16  a d v an c e  
5
......................................................  20
.....................................................  30
.....................................................  45
........................................................ 
70
.............................................  50
..................................... 
15
25
....................................... 
.......................................  35
.......................................  25
.....................................       35
.........................................  45
.......................................  85

6  a d v an c e  
!  4  ad v an ce 
.  3  a d v an c e  
2  ad v an ce 
F in e   3  ad v an ce 
C asin g   10  ad v an ce 
C asin g   8  a d v an c e  
C asin g   6  a d v an c e  
F in ish   10  a d v an c e  
F in ish   8  ad v an ce 
F in ish   6  ad v an ce 
I  B arre l  %  ad v an ce 

R IV E T S .
!  Iro n   an d   tin n ed  
................  
C opper  R iv ets  an d   B u rs 

 

50
......................  45

R O O FIN G   P L A T E S .

14x20  IC.  C harcoal,  D ean 
........................7  60
14x20  IX,  C harcoal.  D ean 
...................9  00
20x28  1C.  C h arco al,  D e a n .....................15  00
14x20,  IC,  C harcoal,  A llaw ay  G rade  7  50 
14x20  IX ,  C harcoal  A llaw ay  G rad e 
..9   00 
20x28  IC,  C harcoal.  A llaw ay  G rade  15  00 
20x28  IX ,  C harcoal,  A llaw ay  G rade  18  00 

R O P E S
j  Sisal,  %  inch  a n d   la rg e r 

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

i  L ist  acct.  19,  ’86 

.................................... dis.

SA N D   P A P E R
SA SH   W E IG H T S

Solid  E yes,  p e r  to n   ...................................28

S H E E T   IRON
....................................................3
10 to  14 
j  N os. 
....................................................3
¡  N os. 
15 to  17 
....................................................3
N os. 
18 to  21 
N os.  22  to   24 
3
.................................4  10 
N os.  25  to  26  ................................... 4  20 
4
No.  27 
...............................................4  30 
4
All  sh e e ts  No.  18  a n d   lig h te r,  o ver 
in ch es  w ide,  n o t  less  th a n   2-10  e x tra . 

S H O V E L S   A N D   S P A D E S

9%
50
00

60 
70 90 
00 ! 
00 i 
10 
30

F ir s t  G rade,  Doz 
........................................ 5
Second  G rade,  Doz  ...................................... 5

50 ^ 00 I
Vi  @  % 
............................................................  21
T he  prices  of  th e   m a n y   o th e r  q u alities 
of  so ld er  in  th e   m a rk e t  in d ic a ted   by  p r i­
v a te   b ra n d s  v a ry   acco rd in g  
to   com po­
sition.

S O L D E R

S teel  an d   Iro n  

S Q U A R E S
........................................60-10-5 i

T IN — M E LY N   G R A D E

10x14 
IC,  C harcoal 
14x20  IC,  ch arco al 
10x14  IX ,  C harcoal 

............................... 10  5 0 1
.................................... 10  501
.................................. 12  00:
E ach   ad d itio n a l  X   on  th is   g rad e,  $1  25

T IN — A L L A W A Y   G R A D E

10x14  IC,  C harcoal 
..................................   9  00
14x20  IC,  C h arco al  .....................................  9  00
10x14  IX ,  C harco al 
................................. 10  50
14x20  IX,  C harco al 
..................................10  50

E a c h   a d d itio n a l  X  on  th is   g rad e,  $1.601 

B O IL E R   SIZ E   T IN   P L A T E  

14x56  IX .,  fo r  N os.  8  &  9  boilers,  p e r  lb  13  !

T R A P S

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

Steel,  G am e 
75
..4 0 * 1 0  
O neida  C om m unity,  N ew h o u se’s 
O neida  C om ’y,  H a w ley   &  N o rto n ’s . .   65
M ouse,  choker,  p e r  doz.  holes 
...........1  25
M ouse,  delusion,  p e r  doz 
......................1  25

W IR E
.............................................  60:
B rig h t  M ark et 
.........................................  6 0 1
A nnealed  M ark et 
C oppered  M ark et 
....................................50*10  !
T in n ed   M ark et 
......................................... 50*10  I
........................   40 j
C oppered  S p rin g  
S teel 
B arb ed   F en ce,  G alvanized  .....................2  75
B arb ed   F en ce,  P a in te d  
.........................2  45

B rig h t 
S crew   E y e s 
H ooks 
G ate  H ooks  a n d   E y e s 

W IR E   GOODS
n i n e   u u u u s
..............................................................80-10
................................................. 80-10 1
..............................................................80-10  i
...........................80-101

W R E N C H E S

B a x te r’s  A d ju stab le,  N ickeled 
............... 80
................................................... 40
Coe’s  G enuine 
Coe’s   P atent  A gricultural,  W rought  70-10

37
Crockery  and  Glassware

S T O N E W A R E

Butters

%  gal.  p er  d o z..............................................   48
1  to   6  gal. p e r  d o z.......................................  
6
...............................................  66
each 
8  gal. 
10  gal.  each 
...............................................  70
12  gal.  each 
.................................. '................  84
.........................1  20
15  gal.  m e a t tu b s,  each  
20  gal. m e a t  tu b s,  e a c h ...................................1 60
25  gal.  m e a t tu b s,  e ach  
.........................2  25
...........................2  70
30  gal.  m e a t tu b s, e ach  
Churns

2  to   6  gal.  p er  g a l.......................................  6%
C h u rn   D ash ers,  p e r  d o z ............................  84

Milkpans

F ine  G lazed  Milkpans 

%  gal.  flat  o r  ro u n d   bottom ,  p er  doz.  48 
1  gal.  flat  o r  ro u n d   bottom ,  e a c h .. 
6 
%  gal.  flat  o r  ro u n d   b o tto m ,  p e r  doz.  60
1  gal.  flat  o r  ro u n d   bottom ,  e a c h .... 
I 
%  gal.  fireproof,  bail,  p e r  d o z ...........  85
1  gal.  fireproof,  bail  p e r  d o z ............... 1  16

Stewpans

Jugs

%  gal.  p er  d o z.................................................   60
Vi  gal.  p er  d o z ............................................. 
45
7%
1  to   5  gal.,  p e r  g a l..................................  
2

5  lbs.  in  pack ag e,  p e r  l b .......................... 

S E A L IN G   W A X
LA M P   B U R N E R S
.......................................................   35
.......................................................   38
.......................................................  50
........... 
85
............................................................  60
..............................................................  60
MASON  F R U IT   JA R S  

No.  0  Sun 
No.  1  S un 
No.  2  Sun 
No.  3  Sun 
T u b u lar 
N u tm eg  

W ith  Porcelain  Lined  Caps
P e r  g ro ss
...................................................................5  00
P in ts 
Q u a rts 
.................................................................5  25
.............................................................8  00
j  %  g allon 
L ap s..........................................................................2 25

F r u it  J a r s   pack ed   1  dozen  in   box.

j 

 

 

LA M P   C H IM N E Y S — Seconds.

P e r  box  of  6  doz.

Anchor  Carton  Chim neys

E ach   chim ney  in  c o rru g a te d   tu b e
No.  0,  C rim p  to p ...........................................
.........................................
No.  1 ,  C rim p  to p  
No.  2.  C rim p  top 
.........................................

Fine  Flint  Glass 

No.  0,  C rim p  to p  
No.  1,  C rim p  to p  
No.  2  C rim p  top 

in
.................
...............
....................
in
.............
No.  0,  C rim p 
No.  l.  C rim p  t o p ...................
No.  2,  C rim p  to p  
.................

Lead  Flin t  Glass 

to p  

1  70
1  75
2  75
Cartons
............... 2  00
....................3  25
....................4  10
Cartons
....................3  30
....................4  00
....................5  00

Pearl  Top  in  Cartons

No.  1,  w rapped  an d   labeled 
No.  2,  w rap p ed   a n d  

labeled 

................. 4  60
............. 5  30

R o ch ester  in  Cartons 

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 
No. 

2  F in e  F lin t. 10 
2. F in e  F lin t, 12 
2. L ead  F lin t. 10 
2. L ead   F lin t, 12 

in.  (85c  d o z .) ..4  CO
in. ($1.35 doz.) 
7  50
in.  (95c  doz.) 
5  60
in. ($1.65 doz.)  8  75

E lectric 

In  Cartons
2. L im e (75c  doz.) 
(85c  doz.) 
2,  F in e F lin t, 
2.  L ead F lin t,  (95c  doz.) 

............................4  20
............4  60
..............5  60

No.  1,  Sun  P la in   T op,  ($1  doz.) 
. . . . 5   7Ç 
No.  2.  Sun  P la in   T op,  ($1.25  doz. ) . . 6  91

LaB astie

O IL   CA N S

1  gal.  tin   can s  w ith   sp o u t,  p er  d o z ..l  26
1  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith   sp o u t,  p e r  d o z .. 1  28
2  gal.  galv.  iro n   w ith  spout,  p er  d o z . . 2  10
3  gal.  galv.  iron  W ith  sp o u t,  p e r  d o z ..3  15
5  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith   sp o u t,  p er  d o z ..4  15
3  gal.  galv.  iro n   w ith   fau cet,  p e r  doz.  3  75
5  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith   fa u c et,  p e r  doz.  4  75
5  gal.  T iltin g   c a n s 
.................................. 7  00
5  gai.  galv. 
................. 9  06

iron  N a ce fa s 
L A N T E R N S

N o.  0  T u b u lar,  side  lift  .............................4  65
No.  2  B  T u b u la r 
......................................... 6  46
...............................6  50
No.  15  T u b u lar,  d a sh  
..................7  75
No.  2  Cold  B la st  L a n te rn  
No.  12  T u b u lar,  sid e  lam p  
.................. 12  6fl
.......................... 3  50
No.  3  S tre e t  lam p,  each  

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

L A N T E R N   G L O B E S  

0 T ub.,  cases 1  doz.  each, bx. 
10c  50
0 T ub.,  cases 2  doz.  each, bx. 
15c  50
0 T ub., bbls.  5 doz.  each ,  p er  bbl.  2  00
0 T ub., B ull’s eye,  cases  1 dz. 
e.  1  25

B E S T   W H IT E   C O TTO N   W IC K S  
Roll  co n ta in s  32  y a rd s  in  one  piece. 

0, %  in.  w ide,  p e r  g ro ss  o r  roll.  25
1, %  in.  w ide,  p e r  g ro ss  o r  roll.  36
2, 1  in.  w ide,  p e r  g ro ss  o r  roll.  4k
3, 1%  in.  w ide, p e r  g ro ss  o r  roll.  85

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

CO UPO N   B O O K S

books,  a n y  d en o m in atio n  
50 
............1  50
books,  a n y  d en o m in atio n  
100 
............2  50
..........11  50
books,  a n y  d en o m in atio n  
500 
1000 
books,  a n y  d en o m in atio n   .......... 20  00
A bove  q u o ta tio n s  a re   fo r  e ith e r  T ra d e s ­
m an,  S uperior,  E conom ic  o r  U niv ersal 
g rad es.  W h ere  1,000  books  a re   ordered 
a t  a  
sp eciall) 
p rin ted   co v er  w ith o u t  e x tra   ch arg e.

c u sto m ers 

receiv e 

tim e 

CO U PO N   P A SS  B O O K S 

C an  be  m ad e  to   re p re se n t  a n y   d en o m i­
n a tio n   from   $10  dow n.
........................................................1  50
50  books 
100  books 
...........................................  
2  50
500  books 
..................................................... 11  50
1000  books 
......................................................20  00
C R E D IT   C H E C K S
500,  a n y   one  d en o m in atio n  
1000,  a n y   one  d en o m in atio n  
2000,  a n y   one  d en o m in atio n  
Steel  punch 

................. 8  M
.................8  06
................6  66
................ ......................  76

Men’s 
Soft Shirts

T h e  dem and  for 
its  best  and  we  still

them  is  now  at 
have some  pretty

stuff  to  offer  at  follow ing  prices:

sorted 

Plain  W h ite  Satine..............................................
F an cy  Pattern  F ab ric  D ark  Grounds,  A s­
..................................................................
P lain  Colors,  A s s o r t e d ......................................
Plain  E cru  or  Cream ,  S o li d .............................
Plain  or  F an cy  Tans,  Solid...............................
Plain  Colors,  M ercerized,  A sso rted .............
M ohair in  P lain  Colors,  A sso rted ..................
M ohair  in  T ans,  S o lid ........................................
B lack   S a tin e s ........................ $4  40,  $6.00  and

$4 50 per  dozen

7 5° per  dozen
9 00 per  dozen
12 00 per  dozen
13 5° per  dozen
15 00 per  dozen
15 00 per  dozen
15 00 per  dozen
9 00 per  dozen

Work  Shirts

Exclusively  Wholesale 

A sk  our  salesm en  or  call  to  look  us  over.

GRAND  RAPIDS  DRY  GOODS  CO.

shirts. 
range  of  prices  is  $2.25,  $4.00,  $4.25  and  $4.50  per  dozen. 

W e  also  call  your  attention  to  our  fine  stock  of  work 
It  com prises  all  that  is  saleable  in  this line  today and 

Pre=Inventory Sale

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Now  Going  On

A ll  regular  lines  and  all  broken  lots  and  odd  lengths  of

Summer  Wash  Goods

including

White  and Colored Lawns and  Dimities 

Batistes,  Organdies,  Madras 

Piques,  Chambrays,  Etc.

are  being offered now  at alm ost ridiculously low  prices to  clean 
up  before  taking  inventory.  T h ey  must  go  within  the  next 
ten  days,  and  we  strongly  urge  you  to  visit  our  w arehouse  in 
person,  or  mail  us  an  order  for  an  assortm ent  of  these  sale 
goods  as  we  know  you  can  m ake  good  m oney  on  them. 
A 
personal  visit  here  would  w ell  repay  you,  as  you  could  pick 
up  so  many  seasonable  things  your  trade  requires  and  which 
you  can  sell  quickly  at  a  big  m argin  of  profit.

Get Your Orders in  Before the  Assortments 

Are Too  Far Gone

The  Wm.  Barie  Dry  Goods  Co.

Wholesale  Dry  Goods 

Saginaw,  Michigan

38

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

D r y G o o d s

Weekly  Market  Review  of  the  Prin­

cipal  Staples.

Dress  Goods— This  market,  it  is  ex­
pected.  will  open  at  approximately  the 
same  time  as  the  high-grade  woolens I 
and  worsteds.  At  the  present  time 
the  market  is  quiet.  The  demand  for j 
fall  and  winter  has  developed  along j 
the  lines  that  were  heavily  taken  on  j 
the  initial  orders.  The  reorders  have 
been  of  fair  volume,  centering  to  a 
large  extent  upon  the  fancy  woolens. 
Broadcloths,  however,  still  remain  the 
only  fabric  upon  which  there  is  any 
consensus  of  opinion  as  to  continu­
ance  in  favor. 
It  is  pretty  generally 
believed  throughout  the  market  that | 
broadcloths  will  prove  to  be  good  I 
sellers.  The  more  pronounced  gray 
effects  will  not  continue  in  favor  for  j 
next 
they  were | 
heavily  taken  on  initial  orders,  there 
is  already  to  be  noticed  in  the  re­
order  business  a  tendency  towards  the 
quieter  effects. 
For  the  spring  of  i 
1007  it  is  believed  that  the  softer  and 
smaller  checks  and  plaids  will  be  in | 
good  demand.

spring.  Although 

Mercerized  Fabrics— It  has  been 
stated  by  certain  of  the  buyers  now  in 
the  market  that  the  prices  will  force 
clothiers  into  taking  mercerized  fab- | 
rics,  notwithstanding  their  prejudice  I 
against  them.  If  this  is  true,  it  means 
that  the  mercerized  fabrics  will  be  in j 
a  strong  position  as 
the | 
spring  of  1907.  The  selling  agents  are | 
realizing  this  and  in  the  lines  opened I 
and  to  be  opened  a  very  large  and 
effective  assortment  has  been  prepar- 
ed  for  the  trade.

regards 

Linings— The  past  season’s  business 1 

In  some 

it  has  been 

has  been  in  many  respects  an  excel­
lent  one,  and  promises  to  continue  so 
for  the  immediate  future.  One  large 
house  handling  linings  states  that  its I 
business  has  been  over  125  per  cent. I 
larger  for  this  season  than  last  year, 
In  fact, 
which  was  its  banner  year. 
all  houses  specializing 
in  this  class 
of  cotton  goods  have  enjoyed  an  ex­
ceptional  year. 
instances 
the  demand  has  been  greater  than  the 
supply,  and 
impossible 
to  meet  all  demands  with  prompt  de­
liveries.  A  large  amount  of  the  in­
crease  has  been  due  to  the  call  for 
dress  linings  made  by  the  exceptional 
demand  for  sheer  fabrics.  The  cut- 
ters-up  on  men’s  wear  are  now  com­
ing 
into  the  market  very  generally 
and  their  orders  give  promise  of  be­
ing  of  very  good  volume.  Although 
percalines  have  been  taken  very  heav­
ily,  the  sateens  are  now,  said  to  be 
coming  in  for  a  share  of  the  business. 
The  well-known  and  well-advertised 
brands  of  linings  have  been  among 
the  leaders  in  the  heavy  demand.

Carpets— T he  carpet  trade  is  in  a 
rather  peculiar  condition.  There  are 
no  stocks  accumulated  in  either  re­
tailers’  or  jobbers’  hands,  yet  orders 
are  not  being  received  by  manufactur­
ers  to  the  extent  that  the  situation 
would  seem 
initial 
orders  taken  at  the  opening  were  not 
for  as  large  a  yardage  as  many  manu­

justify.  The 

to 

the  reports 
facturers  expected  and 
the 
from  the  average  salesman  on 
road  do  not 
indicate  that  retailers 
are  very  anxious  to  buy  at  present. 
W hile  the  average  salesman 
is  not 
taking  many  orders  for  large  yardage, 
they  are  all  taking  some  orders  that 
in  the  aggregate 
fair 
volume  of  business. 
Undoubtedly 
some  manufacturers  are  more  fortu­
nate  than  others  in  securing  a  large 
share  of  the  business,  for  it 
is  un­
deniable  that  some  mills  are  pretty 
well  sold  up.

represent 

a 

A rt  Squares  and  Rugs— The  de­

for  art  squares 

mand 
is  moderate.  ! 
Manufacturers  who  have  been  fortu-  j 
nate  in  suiting  public  taste  in  color-  | 
ing  and  design  are  doing  a  fair  vol- I 
time  of  business,  while  others  not  so 1 
fortunate  are  doing  very  little.  The 
demanod  for  rugs  made  from  rags  for  j 
summer  use  is  good,  and  large  quan­
tities  of  them  are  being  sold.  Sm yr­
na  rugs  are  in  fair  demand.  Made 
up  rugs  in  tapestry,  Brussels  and  vel­
vets  are  having  a  large  sale.  Tapes­
try  velvets  are  selling  freely,  as  are 
the  high-priced  W iltons.  Axm inster 
rugs  are  selling  well.  B y  many  the 
demand  for  rugs  is  said  to  be  phe-  j 
nomenal  and  as  far  from  being  satis­
fied  as  it  was  a  year  ago.  A t  first 
many  were  inclined  to  look  upon  the  j 
rug  branch  of  the  business  as  ephem-  | 
eral;  that  it  would  die  out  in  a  short 
time.  On  the  contrary,  it  has  grown  | 
with  each  season  and  is  now  regard-  j 
ed  as  a  permanent  branch  of  the  car- | 
pet  industry.

in 

Bleached  Goods— It  is  now  gener- j 
ally  believed  that  there  will  be  no 
further  revision  of  prices.  W hat  con­
cessions  have  been  made  here  and 
the  market  have  become 
there 
eliminated  by  the  buyers 
following 
the  lines  of  the  least  resistance,  thus 
strengthening  the  weak  places  in  the 
market.  Buyers  are  said  to  be  pretty 
generally  realizing  that  the  low'  bot­
in  bleached  goods  have 
tom  prices 
is  reported 
been  reached.  Business 
as  better,  although 
is  still  w'hat 
might  be  termed  as  spurty 
rather 
than  steady. 
It  is  now  generally  be 
lieved  that  the  next  half  year  will 
witness  a  very  good  amount  of  busi­
ness  done.  Some  nice  contracts  have 
been  received  in  the  market  for  future 
deliveries.  The  bleacheries  are  re­
ported  as  doing  all  the  business  they 
can  get  from  the  mills.

it 

throughout 

the  country 

Fine  Goods— The  spring  lines  for 
1907  have  been  contracted  for  to  a 
large  extent.  The  mills  are  still 
in 
a  very  strong  position  as  regards  fu­
ture  orders. 
The  prices  continue 
steady  and  firm  at  the  figures  that 
have  been  holding  in  the  market.  The 
demand 
is 
turning  more  and  more  to  the  better 
lines.  The  sheer  goods  in  both  plain 
I  and  fancy  lines  are  “sold  up”  into  the 
latter  part  of  next  year,  and 
is 
j  predicted  that  in  some  lines  a  short-
ge  is  certain  for  the  season  of  1907. 
j The  advance  in  prices  has  forced  the 
retailer  to  place better grades of goods 
upon  his  shelves.  He  finds  it  easier 
to  teach  the  consumer  the  value  of 
purchasing  high-grade  goods  than  to 
explain  v'hy  an  advance  has  been 
made  upon  the  price  of  the  cheaper 
lines.  The  country  is  prosperous,  and 
as  a  natural  consequence  business  is

it 

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Strong  at

by using our

15c  a  Month
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We guarantee  every  lamp
W rite for M. T. C at­
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them  and our gasoline 
system .
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A   Mine 

o f Wealth

A well-equipped creamery is 
the best possession any neigh­
borhood  in  a  dairy  section 
can  possibly  have,  for the fol­
lowing  reasons:

1. 

It  furnishes  the  farmer 
a constant and profitable mar­
ket  for  his milk  or cream.

2. 

It relieves the merchant 
from  the  annoyance  and  loss 
incident  to  the  purchase  and 
sale  of  dairy  butter.

Get  our  prices  and  try 
our  work  when you need

Rubber  and 
Steel  Stamps 

Seals,  Etc.

send  for  Catalogue  and  see  what 

we  offer.

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99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit,  Mich |

3. 

It  is a profitable  invest­

ment  for  the  stockholders.

We  erect  and  equip  cream­
eries  complete  and  shall  be 
pleased  to  furnish,  on applica­
tion,  estimates for  new  plants 
or 
for  refitting  old  plants 
which have  not  been  kept up.
We  constantly  employ  en­
gineers,  architects and  super­
intendents,  who  are  at  the 
command  of  our  customers. 
Correspondence  solicited.

Hostings  Industrial  Co. 

Chicago,  111.

Fourth  of July Decorations

We  carry  a  large  line  of  Wool  Bunt­
ing  Flags,  Cotton  Bunting  Flags,  Cotton 
Flags  on  Sticks  and  Silk  Flags,  also  Flag 
Bunting  by  the  yard.

N O TICE  All  staple  Prints  have 

been  reduced  to  5c  the  yard.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons

Wholesale  Dry  Goods 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

from 

will  soon  be  ready  for  occupancy.  The j 
shipment  of  machinery 
the] 
Utica  plant 
to  Flint  will  be  com­
menced  at  once.  The  company  will 
manufacture  automobile  and  vehicle 
parts. 
■  I
Fostering  An  Old  Established  In­

dustry.

in  an 

Ypsilanti, 

June  26— De: iring 

to j 
build  up  this  town 
industrial! 
way,  the  Council  voted  a  new  site 
and  building,  the  cost  not  to  exceed j 
the  Michigan  Pressed | 
$5,000, 
in  exchange  for  the  old. j 
Steel  Co., 
The  company  was  organized  in  this 
city  a  few  years  ago  and  has  out­
grown  its  present  quarters.

for 

Efforts  will  be  made  to  secure  new | 

factories  for  this  city.

is 

this  city  and  which 

Another  factory  that  had  its  b irth ! 
in 
rapidly | 
growing,  is  the  Michigan  Ladder  Co.,  j 
manufacturers  of  extension  and  step j 
ladders.  A t  present  the  company  em- j 
ploys  thirty-five  men  at  the  factory 1 
and  has  eight  representatives  on  the j 
road. 
the! 
present  plant  will  be  secured,  as  more I 
room  is  necessary.

New  acreage  adjoining 

James  E.  M cGregor,  Tracey  L. j 
Towner,  Frank  Fletcher  and  E ugen e! 
Miller,  of  this  city,  have  leased  the ■ 
Ypsilanti  Canning  Co.’s  plant  and  are 
operating  it.  The  principal  products 
will  be  tomatoes  and  corn,  of  which 
great  quantities  will  be  canned.  A l-1 
ready  the  output  of  the  factory  has 
for  by 
been 
the  best 
wholesale 
in  Michigan  and ] 
Ohio.

contracted 
trades 

An  architect,  visiting  in  this  city, j 
there  are  more  cement  block I 
says 
houses 
in  this  city  than  any  other I 
town  or  city  of  its  size  in  Michigan. 
Several  more  are  in  the  course  of  con- ! 
struction.

H e’s  the  Boy.

Hotel  C lerk— W hat  did  the  great 

singer  wish?

Bell  Boy— He  rang  to  see  if  there I 
was  anyone  in  the  hotel  who  would  I 
run  over  a  few  things  with  him.

Hotel  Clerk— Send  up  a  chauffeur,  j
Genius  go.es  to  mediocrity  when  it 

wants  to  borrow  money.,

bound  to  reflect  the  comfortable  con­
dition  of  the  consum ing  public.

It 

is  essentially 

Underwear— Men’s  balbriggans  are 
now  the  centre  of  activity  in  the  un­
derwear  market.  A ll  of  the  dealers 
in  this  kind  of  goods  are  enjoying 
the  largest  business  in  their  history. 
All  kinds  of  stories  may  be  heard 
about  the  quantity  of  business  being 
done.  M ost  of  these  are,  however, 
greatly  exaggerated. 
For  the  most 
part,  so  far,  it  has  been  of  the  “ land 
office”  variety,  buyers  being  so  anx­
ious  not  to  be  overlooked  that  they 
“drop  in”  at  the  selling  agencies  as 
a  sort  of  reminder. 
This  order  of 
things  is  a  direct  reversal  of  the  old 
order. 
the  manu­
facturers’  year,  as  was  last  year,  and 
all  effort  on  the  part  of  buyers  seems 
to  be  directed  toward  getting  as  near 
the  top  of  the  list  as  possible,  in  order 
that  good  deliveries  may  be  the  bet­
ter  facilitated.  There  has  been  no  ob­
jection  raised  to  the  prices,  chiefly 
because  the  increase  has  not  been  of 
sufficient  moment 
to  warrant  any. 
W hatever  the  ideas  of  the  buyer  were 
in 
in 
placing  his  orders,  and  he  placed  them 
to  such  an  extent  that  the  output  of 
one  large  manufacturer  was  sold  up 
in 
five  days.  T w o  more  are 
well-nigh  sold  up  and  others  are  so 
closely  in  line  that  it  is  a  matter  of 
but  two  or  three  days  before  all  will 
be  in  the  same  position. 
The  only 
cause  for  w orry  in  such  a  situation  is 
that  much  good  business 
the 
Twice  the 
has  to  be  turned  away. 
amount  of  the  present 
production 
would  seem  to  be  the  absorptive  ca­
pacity  of  the  market.  T o  some 
it 
would  seem  a  difficult  matter  to  be­
lieve  that  there  could  be  any  cause 
for  worry  after  such  a  remarkable 
run  of  business.  However,  the  turn­
ing  away  of  business  is  distasteful,  no 
one  likes  to  do  it;  so  that  for  this 
reason,  if  no  other,  there  is  cause  for 
worry.  T o  be  able  to  meet  the  de­
mand  is  the  ambition  of  every  manu­
facturer. 
to  allow 
business  to  go  must  of  necessity  be I 
far  from  gratifying.

this  regard,  he 

T o  be  obliged 

lost  no 

time 

just 

fact 

New  Power  Company  in  the  Field. | 
Flint,  June  26— The  Oak  Park  Pow ­
er  Co.  capitalized  at  $60,000  has  been 
organized,  with  Charles  S.  Mott, 
President;  Chas.  M.  Begole,  Vice 
President;  W illiam   G.  Doolittle,  Sec­
retary  and  Treasurer.  The  company 
will  furnish  power  for  the  Buick  and 
W eston-M ott  plants,  and  other  indus­
trial 
in  Oak  Park  sub­
division.

institutions 

The  W eston-M ott  Co.  has  been  or­
ganized  to  take  over  the  business  and 
assets  of  the  W eston-M ott  Co.,  of 
Utica,  N.  Y.,  which  will  locate  in  this 
city  within  the  next  sixty  days.  The 
new  company  was  organized  with  a 
capital  of  $500,000,  nearly  all  of  which 
has  been  subscribed. 
The  officers 
are:  Chas.  S.  Mott,  President;  John 
J.  Carton,  Vice  President;  Arthur  G. 
Bishop,  Secretary;  W illiam   G.  Doo­
little  Treasurer.  These  officers,  with 
Frederick  H.  Hazard,  of  Utica,  N. 
Y.,  comprise  the  board  of  directors. 
The 
the  ac­
commodation  of  the  new  company, 
which  has  been 
in  process  of  con­
struction  the  past  several  months,

immense  building 

for 

Brownie  Overalls

The Same Old  Reliable Sizes

to 15.............................. $3.25
Age  4 
to 15................................ 3.50
Age  8 
Age  11 
to 15................................3.75
Orders  shipped  same  day  received.

l j u i i l m - M -   (

i . o T i n x i   ( b .

« B a a i P i B M a P S i .  M i e n :

Two Factories

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

C o m m e r c i a l
T r a v e l e r s

Mich ii 
•esident
Pt
s  oer
u re r .  John
Unii ÖOGì•and  Co
ZOO *  (ri
ama 
Fi in
Graiad:  Rag
Seni

Klockseim ,  L an sin g ; 
Day.  Ja c k so n ;  T re a s- 
D etroit.

T rav e le rs  of  Michigan 
W .  D.  W atk in s,  K al- 
?.retary,  W .  F .  T racy .

Council  No.  131.  U.  C.  T. 
selor.  Thom as  E.  D ry den ; 
Treasurer.  U.  F.  Jackson.

Experienced  Salesmen  Stand  Shock 

of  a  Turn  Down.

Fifteen  years  on 

have 
taught  me  that  grit  is  the  first  requi-

the  road 

is  little  use  for  a  man  to  begin  a  ca­
reer  as  a  salesman  unless  lie  has  this 
quality  well  developed  as  a  founda­
tion  for  all  his  work.  Many  of  the 
other  essentials,  such  as  knowledge 
of  human  nature,  tact,  address,  factl- 
in  managing  his  movements  on 
itv 
business
the  road  and  closing  tip 
l  effort.
to
But  his;  experience  on
11  not  be  calculated  to  de­
in  the  man  who  is  nat-
k-kneed" and  easily  dis-

application 

1 l'ir ed  by

>P  1»

time

af 

Discouray 

cements

that 

salesmen

have  to  meet  are  numerous  and 
kind  to  appall  a  man  who  has 
the  stuff  of  fighters  in  him.

and 

am  not

railroad 

speaking  of  physical  fear 
A  great  many  men  wh- 
>i  c<
could  take  care  of  themselves 
in  £ 
fight  and  whose  thoughts  are  ncvci 
darkened  with  anxiety  as  to  possible 
hotel  fires 
accidents 
lack  the  kind  of  moral  courage  tha' 
it  takes  to  face  the 
i 
prejudice  of  prospects, 
to* persist  in  the  face 
cles. 
It  takes  unshak? 
in  one’s  self  and  one
feel,  when  repulsed,  that  lie 
a  mistake  in  choosing  his  vocation, 
o"  else  he  is  in  the  wrong  territory, 
or 
and 
line  which  other  men.  more  pecttliar- 
lv  adapted,  might  represent  with  suc­
cess.  but  not  he.

is  connected  with  a  house 

nr

they  put 

from  me until

from experience

After  fifteen  years  on  the  road  I  can
that prospects us  se
ay 
.•ho  welciome  a  sales;man with  any
Th
xhibition of  eagernes s  to place  an i  sales;
rder  with1  him  are  rare.  T don't  re­ 1 alike
to 1 and  j
all  any prospects  wlll 0  wanted 
through j liver«
my  good s 
sheer  force  of  salesmanship  T  made ] 
them  want  to  do  so.  \\  hatever  man-  j 
ner  of  objection 
forth, 
whether  it  were  unreasonable,  irasci-  j 
or  j 
hie.  petulant,  coldly 
if  mis- 
based  on  some  substantial, 
taken,  conviction,  as 
their  best  j 
interests,  the  fact  remained  that  they 
all.  or  practically  all.  objected  at  the 
start.  The  monotony  of  meeting  a 
broadside  of  objections  of  all  sorts 
and  from  every  quarter  every  day  is 
about  as  severe  a  trial  as  it  is  possi­
ble  to  conceive— and  it  follows  that 
when  one  has  acquired  some  expert­
in  overcom ing  them,  his  suc­
ness 
cess 
is  satisfying  in  proportion.

indifferent, 

to 

What  many  salesmen  find  most  ex­
asperating  are  the  objections  that  are

his 

leave 

diverting 

such  | » X  

little  opening  for 

emphatic  negative 

finds  his  courage  rapidly 

it  for  himself. 
Making  an  opening  under 

| obviously  insincere,  and  are  handed  I  No  matter  how  brilliant  a  man  is 
out  merely  as  an  excuse  for  terrain-  his  wits  are  apt  to  desert  him  in  the 
interview.  Most  of  these  face  of  a  direct  and  brutal  turndown 
ating  the 
are  stereotyped. 
If  "times  are  dull”  | unless  he  has  that  fundamental  quali- 
the  prospect  does  not  dare  place  an  ty— G R IT.  W hen  the  prospect  has 
order;  if  his  establishment  is  full  of  spoken  an 
and 
customers,  he  is  "too  busy,  and hopes  turned  away,  the  salesman  who  has 
the  salesman  will  call  next  week;”  or  not  been  gifted  with  staying  powers 
else  the  weather  is  too  cold  or  too  hot 
evaporat- 
Sucli  objections  are  always  deliv-jig-  So  great  is  the  power  of  sugges- 
ered  with  a  finality  that  would  seem  tion  that  with  the  brusque  no  and 
to 
further j gesture  of  dismissal,  a  senes  of  un- 
conversation  And  vet  there  always  heppy  images  arise  in  this  salesman  s 
is  an  opening  if  the  salesman  knows  mind.  He  sees  himself  as  he  must 
appear  in  the  prospect s  eyes  and  to
how  to  make 
chance  observer s  _   defeated.
ibbed  like  a  school  boy  who  has 
conditions  is  only  a  matter  of  catch­
been  guilty  of  an  impertinence,  and 
in­
ing  the  prospect's  attention  and 
i having  ingloriously  to  pick  up  his 
thoughts 
terest— of 
j grips  and  crawl  out  of  the  place.  He 
from  the  proposition:  “ Here 
is  one 
|  sees  prophetic  visions  of  similar  oc­
of  that  great  army  of  salesmen  come 
casions  in  the  future:  awful  sessions
into  buying 
to  wheedle  me 
sorne-
e  me 
imo  uuvmg 
{„.n r  with  his  manager,  whom  he  expects
, 
a 
to  the  more  favor- 
thing  or  other, 
.  , 
..., 
roast  him  for  lus  inefficiency,
able  proposition:  Here 
a  man  wno 
_  wun  and  the  general  crumbling  and  decay
has  something  new  in  my  line— wno | 
of  all  the  personal  plans  which  he 
has  news  that  I  want  to  hear.
has  erected  on  the  hope  of  doing  well 
on  the  road.  Overwhelm ed  by  the 
exaggerated  magnitude  of  the  “ disas­
ter”  his  wits  are  for  the  moment  too 
to 
submerged 
work 
fails 
to  come  to  the  rescue  by  suggesting 
a  way  to  arrest  the  prospect's  atten­
tion  and  captivate  his  interest.  He 
ca.n  not  invent  any  manner  of  pro­
cedure—  until,  when  some  time  has 
passed  and  he  finds  himself  distant 
from  the  scene  of  the 
it 
strikes  him  that  if  he  had  only  “ got
„
about  such  and  such  a
feature  of  Ins  line  the  customer  might
I have  pricked  up  his  ears  and  have
[been  willing  to  listen,  after  all.

W hen  the  salesman  learns  to  put 
himself  into  the  buyer's  place  he  be­
comes  aware  that  the  monotony  of 
business  is  as  great  a  strain  to  his 
|  prospect  as  to  himself.  He 
quits 
I  feeling  that  the  customer  who  turns 
him  down  promptly 
is  necessarily 
|  cither  a  savage,  a  bigot  or  a  numb­
skull. 
Instead,  it  dawns  on  him  that 
|  the  buyer  is  a  long-suffering  individ- 
j jial  who  has  had  in  the  past  frequent 
|  occasion  to  regret  placing  orders,  at 
j salesmen's  solicitations, 
goods
that  did  not  move  off  well.  He  tin-  i 
1 
derstands  that  the  man 
on  the  defensive  and  that  if  he  does

for 
. 
is  naturally |  _ 

discouragement 
ingenuity 

, , , , * .  
.................. . 

,,  Dm  a  word 

for  him.  His 

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to  the | 
salesman's 
is  because 
lie  is  weary  of  being  importuned.  He 
recognizes  the  fact  that  such  a  buyer.  .

first  word 

1 we ve I

interest  in  any  good  business  proposi­
tion. 
if  it  is  only  presented  to  him 
with  a  dash  of  originality— if  some 
piquant  fact  about  it  catches  his  at­
tention  unaware.

Give  a  man  of  the  dauntless  type 
incorrigible  prospect;
m ay  he  e x p e c t e d   to  take  an  to  deal  with,  and  the  more  severe
,  __   A ______ 
i 
h i»
turndown,  the  readier  he  will  he 
with  some  expedient.  He  does  not 
find  himself  paralyzed  hv  a  sense  of 
Instead,  the 
the  injustice  done  him. 
desperateness  of  the  situation 
is  a 
spur  to  his  faculties.  He  remembers 
Once  he  has  schooled  himself  to 
in  the  nick  of  time  what  that  other 
i believe  in  the  humanity  and  approach- 
salesman  would  have 
remembered 
! ableness  of  all  buyers,  the  salesman 
too  late,  and  launches  squarely  at  his
I learns  to  take  his  attention  off  the
¡.¡prospect  some  striking,  piquant  fact
nrehmmarv  turndown  and  to  fix 
it  J 
.1
1  1 
,  about  his  line.  And  such  again  is  the
instead  on  devising 
remark  | 
power  of  suggestion  that  the  pro 
which  will  change  the  prospect's  “ no, 
pect  forgets  the  tiresomeness  of  be­
T  don’t  want  anything”  to  “ well,  let 
ing  importuned  by  salesmen,  and  the 
fact  that  he  is  being  circumvented—  
he  remembers  only 
that,  after  all, 
there  may  he  something  of  “pith  and 
moment”  in  what  this  fellow  has  to 
say.

e  what  you’ve  got.” 
s  remark,  which  is  to  give  the 
nan  an  opening,  is  seldom  twice 
his  quick  wit  must  invent  it. 
ust  what  it  is  to  he  and  how  de- 
d  depends  upon 
circum- 
Grit,  therefore,  is  the  first  requisite 
tances  and  the  apparent  disposition 
of  a  salesman.  He  must  be  endowed  j 
>f  the  man  to  whom  it  is  addressed. 
with  an  abundance  of  the  quality  if
is  calculated  to  take  the
tc, 1  11 -1.- 
ucceed.  He  must
prnspe ct's  thoughts  away  from 
the 
salesman  and  the  fact  that  he  is  per- have  the  active  courage  that  invent;
and 
s,stent  in  the  face  of  the  customer’s  I resources,  suggests  arguments 
dismissal,  and  to  direct  them  toward  preserves  to  him  his 
self-command, 
some  striking  feature  about  the  sales-  Nothing 
less  will  a\ail  him  at  t  e j 
man’s  line— some  novelty  that  is  sure  crucial  moment  when  he  feels  that 
salesman- 
to  strike 
This  is  not  such  a  difficult  feat  as  it  shiP  are  dipping  away 
from  him ' 
sounds,  for  however  bored  the  pros-  through  the  unreason  and  unmanner- 
pect  may  be.  or  how  prejudiced,  the  hness  of  the  rough  old  world, 
fact  remains  that  he 
One  of  the  reasons  why  salesmen 
cerned  in  all  matters  relating  to  the  on  the  road  to-day  fare  better  than
formerly  and  round  up  bigger  com­
potential  profits  of  his  business— and 
missions  for  themselves  and 
larger 
what  the  salesman  has  to  offer  must, 
profits  for  the  concerns  they  repre­
in  the  nature  of  things,  bear  this  rela­
intelligent
sent 
tion.

interest  his  chances  of  success  m 

is  vitally  con- 

the  more 

customer’s 

expect

lies 

the 

the 

in 

if 

T
/

4  0

sales-management  now 

methods  of 
employed.
O nly  a 

in  most 

few  years  ago  the  sales 
manager’s  chair, 
concerns, 
was  occupied  by  a  man  with  no  ex­
perience  on  the  road.  He  was  usu­
ally  one  of  the  officers  of  the  com­
pany,  well  acquainted  with  the  manu­
the  business  and 
facturing  end  of 
the  routine  of 
the  house  depart­
ments,  but  lacking  in  the  knowledge, 
in 
foresight  and  patience  essential 
successfully 
the  move­
ments  of  men  on  the  road.  His  no­
tion  of  management  was  severity  and 
relentlessness 
the  man 
up  to  better  efforts;  and  he  believed 
Conservatism  the  better  part  of  fair­
ness 
good 
work.

in  acknowledging 

in  "jacking 

directing 

their 

Nowadays  it  is  common  to  find  in 
the  sales  manager’s  place  a  man  who 
has  been  promoted  from  the  ranks 
of  the  selling  force,  and  who  knows 
intimately  the  territory,  the  class  of 
trade  and  the  peculiar  problems  with 
which  each  man  under  him  has  to 
deal.  He  instructs  his  men  individ­
ually  as  often  and  as  thoroughly  as 
possible;  gives  them  every 
advan­
tage  and  selling  help  that  he  can;  de­
lights  in  their  success  as  in  the  suc­
cess  of  a  comrade,  and  is  patient,  al­
though  not  less  exacting,  in  dealing 
with  the  occasional  delinquent.
The  m ajority  of  salesmen 

in  all 
lines  have  benefited  by  these  changed 
conditions.  As  a  result  they  serve 
their  firms  with  a  higher  quality  of 
loyalty  and  with  the  hardy  ambition 
that  stimulates  pluck.— D.  F.  Dear­
born  in  Salesmanship.

The  Habits  of  a  Gentleman.
suh. 

Major  Blublud— W ell, 

and 

what  are  your  habits?

Daughter’s 

I 
j gamble  occasionally,  play  the  races 
and  drink  whisky.

lover— W ell,  major, 

M ajor  Blublud— M-m-m!  And have 

you  anv  bad  habits,  suh?

Traveling  Men  Say!
HermitageEuropeanHotel

After  Stopping at

in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

th a t it b eats them  all for elegantly  furnish­
ed rooms a t th e ra te  of  50c.  75c,  and  Si .00 
per day.  Fine cafe In  connection.  A  cozy 
office on ground floor open all night.
Try it th e next tim e you are there.
J.  MORAN,  Mgr.

Alt Can Pas* Cor. 

E.  Bridge and Canal

Livingston  Hotel

Grand Rapids,  Mich.
In  the  heart of  the city, with­
in a few  minutes’  walk  of  all 
the leading  stores,  accessible 
to all  car  lines.  Rooms  with 
bath,  $3.00  to  $4.00  per  day, 
American  plan.  Rooms with 
running water,  $2.50 per day.
Our table is unsurpassed— the 
best 
in 
Grand  Rapids  stop  at  the 
Livingston.

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J.  Charles  Ross,  of  Standart  Bros., 

Ltd.,  Detroit.

is 

J.  Charles  Ross  was  born  Feb.  12, 
1872,  at  W oodstock,  Ontario,  his  an­
tecedents  being  Scotch  on  both  sides. 
When  he  was  5  years  old  his  father 
died,  leaving  a  fam ily  of  five  children, 
of  which  Charles 
the  youngest. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  until 
ib  years  of  age,  the  last  two  or  three 
years  of  which  time  he  worked  Sat­
urdays  and  during  vacations  for  the 
C.  P.  R.  Telegraph  Co.  and  Dominion 
Express  Co.,  and  acted  as  local  cor­
respondent  and  agent  for  the  Detroit 
Sunday  papers.  He  then  accepted  a 
position  with  D.  B.  Phillips,  in  the 
Pee  Hive  department  store,  where  he 
remained  four  years,  continuing 
to 
represent  the  Detroit  paper.  He  then 
took  a  course  in  the  W oodstock  Busi­
ness  College,  working  Saturdays  at

dealers 

the  Bee  Hive.  A fter  graduating  from 
the  business  school  he  worked  some 
time  as  special  agent  for  the  Domin­
ion  Life  Assurance  Co.,  of  W aterloo, 
Ont. 
In  the  spring  of  1893  he  accept­
ed  a  position  in  the  hardware  store 
of  W .  H.  Byrne,  of  Detroit,  believing 
that  the  United  States  offered  greater 
opportunities  for  the  young  man  than 
Canada.  He  remained  with  this  es­
tablishment  until  1895»  when  he  ap­
plied  for  a  position  with  Standart 
Bros.,  Ltd.,  wholesale 
in 
hardware  and  sporting  goods.  His  ap­
plication  was  accepted  and  he  began 
working  in  the  order  room,  where  he 
remained  about  eight  months,  when 
he  was  given  charge  of  the  silverware 
and  cutlery  department  an  dalso  as­
sisted  the  salesmen  on  the  floor.  He 
remained 
in  this  capacity  one  and 
one-half  years,  when  he  was  given  a 
position  on 
the  road,  his  territory 
covering  the  Michigan  Central  from 
Kalam azoo  to  Michigan  City,  Ind.,  the 
G.  R.  &  I.  from  Kalam azoo  to  Reed 
City  and  the  Pere  Marquette  to  Lud- 
ington  and  the  towns  between  these 
points  and  Lake  Michigan.  Mr.  Ross 
sees  his  trade  every  thirty  days  and 
gets  home  every  week.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  silverware.

Record  Keeper  of  Kennedy  Tent  No. 
904,  Detroit,  for  three  years.  Upon  re­
tiring  from  this  office  to  go  on  the 
road,  he  was  made  a  Post  Commander 
by  special  dispensation  from  the  Great 
Camp  in  recognition  of  services  ren­
dered  the  order.  He  is  a  naturalized 
American  citizen.

Mr.  Ross  was  married  July  22,  1902, 
to  Miss  Esther  Evans  Davis,  of  Grand 
Haven.  They  have  one  child,  a  girl 
2l//2  years  old,  and  the  fam ily  reside 
in  Grand  Haven.  Mr.  Ross  does  not 
care  for  base  ball,  foot  ball,  fishing  or 
hunting,  preferring  to  spend  his  spare 
moments  with  his  family.  He  is  a 
lover  of  nature  and  enjoys  a  quiet 
day  in  the  woods  or  on  the  water.

Mr.  Ross  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
house  of  Standart  Bros.,  Ltd., 
the 
Vicksburg  Manufacturing  Co.  and  a 
plantation  company  in  Cuba.  He  at­
tributes  his  success  to  having  been 
honest  with  all  people  with  whom  he 
has  had  dealings,  and  to  the  fact  that 
he  has  always  lived  up  to  the  adage 
that  it  is  better  to  wear  out  than  to 
rust  out.

Organization  of  a  Smith  Campaign 

Club.

Although  organized  but  a  few  days 
the  W illiam   Alden  Smith  Traveling 
Men’s  Club  promises  to  have  a  large 
membership  and  will  no  doubt  be  a 
factor  of  much  importance  in  the  sen­
atorial  campaign.

Nearly  every  traveling  man  who has 
the 
subject 
been 
approached  on 
joined  the  Club  at  once. 
It  is  an  in­
teresting  fact  that  several  Democrats 
are  numbered  on 
the  membership 
rolls.  Their  influence  among  Repub­
lican  friends  may  help  Mr.  Smith  con­
siderably.

Several  traveling men have taken out 
membership  lists  and  are  circulating 
them  among  their  friends.  One  such 
list,  which  was  circulated  on  the  Sagi­
naw  train  Monday  morning,  secured 
the  names  of  thirty-two  out  of  thirty- 
four  traveling  men  on  the  train.

The  following  pledge  is  signed  by 

those  who  join  the  Club:

W hereas— Our  faith  in  the  integrity, 
stability  and  fidelity  of  Hon.  W illiam  
Alden  Smith  as  Congressman  during 
the  past  twelve  years  has  never  been 
shaken,  and

W hereas— W e  have  always 

found 
him  ready  and  willing  to  undertake 
any  effort  in  behalf  of  the  traveling 
men  and  business  public;  therefore, 

Resolved— That  we,  the  undersign­
ed,  hereby  subscribe  our  names  as 
members  of  the  “Wm.  Alden  Smith 
Traveling  Men’s  Club,”  and  pledge 
ourselves  to  work  and  vote  for  the 
election  of  W illiam   Alden  Smith  as 
United  States  Senator  to  succeed  Sen­
ator  Alger.

W e  further  pledge  ourselves,  each 
for  himself  and  to  the  others,  to  make 
every  effort  to  influence  our  friends 
and  acquaintances  in  his  behalf,  be­
lieving  that  as  United  States  Senator 
he  can  be  of  increased  usefulness  to 
the  people  of  Michigan.

Mr.  Ross  is  an  attendant  at 

the 
Presbyterian  church  and  is  a  member 
of  Zion  Lodge  No.  1,  F.  &  A.  M., 
Kennedy  Tent  No.  904,  K.  O.  T.  M., 
Detroit  Court  M yrtle  No.  6,570,  A.  O. 
F.,  and  Lady  Stanley  Circle  No.  103, 
C.  of  F.,  Woodstock,  Ont.  He  was

Grocery  Club  Which  Clubbed 

the 

Contributor.

Niles,  June  26— Prosecuting  A ttor­
ney  W hite  has  not  decided  what  ac­
tion  to  take  in  the  case  which  has 
been  appealed  to  him  concerning  the 
“grocery  club.”

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

A   certain  woman  organized  a  club, 
a  number  of  other  women  going  into 
it,  the  idea  being  to  purchase  a  quan­
tity  of  groceries 
from  a  Pittsburg 
mail  order 
firm,  with  which  prizes 
were  to  be  given.

The  organizer  of  the  “club”  collect­
ed  a  bunch  of  money  from  the  mem­
bers,  who  confidently  expected  their 
groceries  and  chances  on  the  prizes, 
but  neither  came,  and  after  asking  the 
organizer  about  it  and  not  receiving 
the  kind  of  answer  they  expected,  the 
members  appealed  to  the  prosecutor.
The  organizer  claims  that  she  sent 
the  money  to  Pittsburg,  and  that  she 
got  a  receipt  for  it  from  the  firm,  but 
says  that  she  lost  the  purse  in  which 
she  kept  the  receipt.

The  prosecutor  says  he  dislikes  to 
send  a  woman  to  jail,  and  hopes  that 
she  will  make  good  whatever  loss  her 
patrons  sustained  in  some  way  with­
out  his  interfering.

This  afternoon  the  organizer  had  a 
consultation  with  a  local  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  it  is  said  the  affair  may  be 
settled.

Commends  the  Front  Cover  Selec­

tions.

An  old-time  patron  of  the  Trades­
man  writes  as  follows: 
“ I  want  to 
commend  you  for  the  choice  selection 
of  reading  matter  which 
you  have 
been  placing  on  the  cover  page  of  the 
Tradesman.  The  one  from  Folk  I 
used  as  a  basis  for  a  talk  not  long  ago 
The  one  which  appears  under  date 
of  May  30  I  have  recited  twice  at  dif­
ferent  public  gatherings;  the  first  time 
I  used  it  illustrating  the  way  the  roads 
were 
laid  out  from  here  to  Good 
Haven,  over  which  I  used  to  travel 
so  frequently  just  before  my  marriage, 
and  you  know  it  was  so  frequent  that 
I  learned  every  path  between  the  two 
It  was  before  a 
points  of  interest. 
gathering  of  old  settlers  who 
lived 
in  and  around  Good  Haven  and  you 
can  imagine  the  amount  of  amusement 
it  afforded  them,  knowing  of  my  fre­
quent  wanderings  both  with  and  with-1 
out  a  guide.  The  next  time  I  used 
it  was  before  a  farm ers’  gathering  il­
lustrating  the  way  the  early  roads 
were  laid  out  in  this  country.  I  am 
very  glad  to  receive  it  in  this  form.  I 
will  say  further  that  your  paper  goes 
to  our  home  and  my  wife  reads 
it 
even  more  than  I  do.  W e  appreciate 
it  very  much.”

Takes  the  Retailer  Into  Considera­

tion.

entirely 

expended 

Arbuckle  Bros,  have  decided 

that 
part  of  their  advertising  appropria­
tion,  if  given  to  the  retailer,  will  re­
sult  in  a  larger  increase  in  their  busi­
in 
ness  than  if 
newspapers  and  magazines. 
This 
money  is  devoted  to  purchasing  val­
uable  and  useful  store  and  household 
furnishings;  the  sort  of  things  the  re­
tailer  must  have,  and  must  draw  on 
his  bank  account  to  get. 
Instead  of 
giving  these  premiums  on  the  increase 
in  the  sale  of  their  A riosa  coffee,  as 
is  the  usual  custom,  the  retailer  gets 
a  certain  number  of  vouchers  with 
every  case  of  Ariosa  coffee  he  buys. 
As  these  vouchers  bring  merchandise 
of  recognized  value,  made  by  the  best 
known  manufacturers,  they  are  valua­
ble,  and  it  behooves  the  retailer  to 
not  only  see  that  he  gets  all  that  are

41

j coming  to  him,  but  to  carefully  save 
them  until  he  has  a  sufficient  number 
to  entitle  him  to  something  he  needs 
j and  would  otherwise  have  to  pay  cash 
for.  From  the  retailer’s  point  of  view 
the  most  attractive  feature  of 
this 
proposition  is  the  fact  that  he  is  not 
asked  to  push  an  unknown  product 
to  get  these  vouchers.  On  the  con- 
trary,  the  sale  of  all  the  package  cof­
fees  in  the  country  put  together  is 
not  as  great  as  Ariosa  alone.  A s  Ar- 
buckle  has  created  the  demand 
for 
Ariosa  the  retailer  is  certain  the  goods 
won’t  stay  on  his  shelves,  as  is  usual­
ly  the  case  when  the  retailer  is  af­
forded  an  incentive  to  push  an  article.

The  Grain  Market.

There  has  been  very  little  change 
j  in  wheat  prices  the  past  week,  quota­
tions  being  practically  unchanged, 
j July  wheat  is  selling  at  82% c  in  Chi­
cago,  September  the  same  and  De­
cember  ic   premium.  The  visible  sup­
ply  shows  a  decrease 
1.255.000 
bushels  for  the  week.  There  has  been 
only  a  moderate  movement.  H arvest­
ing  is  progressing  satisfactorily  in  the 
South  and  W est,  and  the  quality  is 
reported  as  very  good  and  the  yield 
as  running  up  to  the  average.

of 

Corn  holds 

firm,  having  gained 
about  ic  per  bushel  since  one  week 
ago.  There  was  an  increase  in  the 
visible  amounting  to  246.000  bushels. 
There  has  been  a  large  trade  and  fair­
ly  free  receipts  from  first  hands.  The 
quality  arriving  is  fine.

Oats  are  steady,  prices  being  prac­
tically  unchanged  for  the  week.  Old 
oats  will  be  in  good  demand  for  the 
next  sixty  days  and  we  can  see  no 
reason  for  lower  prices,  at  least  for 
the  present.  There  has  been  a  de­
crease  in  the  visible  supply  of  997.000 
bushels. 

L.  Fred  Peabody.

Claude  M.  Crit tenden,  city  salesman 
for  C.  D.  Crittenden,  was  married last 
evening  to  Miss  M ary  Mills,  of  Te- 
cumseh.  They  had  arranged  to  take 
a  carriage  to  Clinton,  five  miles  away, 
and  take  a  train  from  there  to  Jack- 
son,  but  their  associates  unhitched the 
horses  from  the  hack  and  drew  it  to 
the  center  of  the  village,  where  they 
kept  guard  until  a  pair  of  mules  could 
be  obtained  and  hitched  to  the  vehicle, 
and  the  bridal  pair,  accompanied  by 
best  man  and  best  lady,  were  driven 
into  the  country  until  after  the  train 
had  left  Clinton.  The  happy  couple 
will  make  a  brief  wedding  trip  and 
will  take  up  their  residence  at  41  Coit 
avenue.

J.  E.  Sutton,  who  has  represented 
E.  B.  Millar  &  Co.  in  this  territory 
for  the  past  eight  and  one-half  years, 
with  headquarters  at  Grand  Rapids, 
has  handed  in  his  resignation  to  take 
effect  July  1,  when  he  will 
locate 
somewhere  in  the  Empire  State  and 
work  the  jobbing  trade  of  New  York, 
W est  Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio 
and  Michigan  for  several  large  manu­
facturers  of  specialties  for  the  trade. 
His  successor  is  Ernest  Edgren,  who 
has  been  with 
the 
past  eleven  years  and  who  has  been 
assistant  cashier  in  the  house  for  the 
past  five  years.

the  house 

for 

The  coming  of  sorrow  may  be  the 
for 

the  prayer 

answer 

to 

best 
strength.

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

in  the  services  of  a  specialist  who 
makes  her  living  at  undoing  the  mis­
chief  done  by  the  woman  who  dyes 
her  hair  not  wisely  but  too  well.

Druggists  should  be  very  careful  in 
regard  to  this  matter,  as  henna  often 
disappoints  and  turns  the  hair  green. 
Numerous  damage  suits  have  been 
brought  against  druggists  and  hair 
dressers  for  this  reason. 
It  is  best 
to  be  careful  and  avoid  all  responsi- 
j bility  of  recommending  or  advising 
any  special  formula  or  process.

The  Drug  Market
and 

quiet 

Opium— Is 

without 

change.

Morphine— Is  steady.
Quinine— Is  dull  and  tending  lower. 
Cantharides,  Chinese  and  Russian—  
Are  very  firm  and  advancing  on  ac­
count  of  scarcity.

Oil  Peppermint— Is  very  unsettled 
and  will  be  until  the  new  crop  is  mar­
keted.

Oil  Citronella— Is  very 

firm 

and 

tending  higher.

Oil  Cloves— Has  advanced  on  ac­

count  of  higher  price  for  the  spice.

Buchu  Leaves— Are  very 

firm  and 

tending  higher.

Goldenseal  Root— Has 

advanced
and  will  be  very  high  again  this  year.
Cloves— Have  advanced  and  are  still 

tending  higher.

Gum  Shellac— Has  again  advanced 

and  is  tending  higher.

Hen  Food.

There  is  much  humbuggery  about 
dosing  (or  doping)  hens  to  make 
them  lay,  just  as  there  is  about  giving 
a  man  “tonics”  to  make  him  feel  like 
work.  Sanitary  living,  which  includes 
pleasant  surroundings,  plenty  of  open- 
air  exercise  and  wholesome  food  are 
the  best  tonics 
for  men  and  hens. 
But  occasionally  a  man  requires  dos­
ing,  and  maybe  hens  do,  too,  and  here 
is  a  formula  for  an  “ egg-producing 
food”  which  may  be  found  worth  try-
ing:
Gentian  ............................................. 1  dr.
............  
Capsicum 
I  dr.
Fenugreek 
....................................... 1  dr.
Black  antimony  .............................2  drs.
...........................................6  ozs
Licorice 
Reduce  all  to  a  powder  and  thor­
oughly  mix  them.  A  tablespoonful  in 
the  food  for  two  or  three  dozen  hens 
every  day^  or  two  is  the  quantity  to 
be  used.

 

New  Fountain  Beverages. 

M ay  Queen  Lemonade.

Sweet  Catawba  wine  .......... 2  fl.  ozs.
I  fl.  oz.
Messina  lemon  syrup  ..........
I  fl.  oz.
Pineapple  fruit  s y r u p ..........
Depurated  orange  juice  ..  .. J/2  fl.  oz.
shaker,
strain  into  a  12-ounce  glass and  fill
up  with  ice  water.

Agitate  thoroughly 

in  a

M ay  Party  Lemonade.
I  fl.  oz.
W hite  Bordeaux  wine  ..........
I  fl.  oz.
Messina  lemon  w in e ..............
I  fl.  oz.
Sweet  orange  syrup  ..............
I  fl.  oz.
Pineapple  fruit  svrup  ............
Depurated  pineapple  juice  . V2  fl.  oz.
Proceed  as  before.

Maypole  Phiz.

Pineapple  fruit  w in e ............ 2  fl.  OZS.
I  fl.  oz.
Messina  lemon  svrup  ..........
I  fl.  oz.
Raspberry  fruit  syrup  ........
Proceed  as  before  and  fill  glass  up

with  plain  cold  soda  water.

tion.

Michigan  Board  of  Pharm acy. 
P resid e n t—H a rry   H eim ,  S aginaw . 
S e c re ta ry —A rth u r  H .  W ebber,  C adillac. 
T re a s u re r—Sid.  A.  E rw in ,  B a ttle   C reek. 
J.  D.  M uir,  G ran d   R apids.
W .  E .  C ollins,  O w osso.
M eetings  d u rin g   1906—T h ird   T u e sd ay   of 
J a n u a ry ,  M arch,  Ju n e.  A u g u st  an d   N o ­
vem ber.
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  A ssocia­
P re sid e n t—P ro f. 
J.  O.  S chlotterbeck, 
F ir s t  V ic e-P re sid en t—Jo h n   L.  W allace, 
Second  V ic e-P re sid en t—G.  W .  S tevens. 
T h ird   Vice—P re sid e n t—F ra n k   L.  Shiley,  j 
S e c re ta ry —E.  E .  C alkins,  A nn  A rbor.
T re a s u re r—H .  G.  S pring,  U nionville. 
E x ecu tiv e  C om m ittee—Jo h n   D.  M uir, 
G rand  R ap id s;  F.  N .  M aus,  K alam azoo; 
D.  A.  H a g an s.  M onroe;  L.  A.  Seltzer,  D e­
tro it;  S.  A.  E rw in ,  B a ttle   C reek.
T rad e s  In te re s t  C om m ittee—H .  G.  Col- 
m an,  K alam azo o ;  C h arles  F.  M ar...,  D e­
tro it;  W .  A.  H all,  D etro it.

Ann  A rbor. 
K alam azoo.
D etroit.
R eading.

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How  To  Use  Henna  On  the  Hair.
A  correspondent  in  one  of  the  daily | 
newspapers  mentions  the 
following 
process  to  produce  the  much-admired 
reddish-brown  glint 

in  the  hair.

Before  using  the  hair 
shampooed, 

should  be 
thoroughly 
care  being 
taken  that  the  sides  and  back  of  the 
head  are  washed  perfectly  clean  and 
that  the  grease  and  suds  are  rinsed 
out  properly.  The  shampoo  should 
not  contain  anything  stronger  than  a | 
bit  of  soda  dissolved  in  the  water,  as  I 
potash,  fo’-  instance,  will  change  the 
color  of  the  hair  and  act  on  the  dye.  | 
Now  the  hair  is  thoroughly  dried  and 
if  henna  is  used  the  hair  is  dipped 
into  the  henna  tea.  The  tea  is  made 
by  taking  two  ounces  of  henna  leaves 
and  pouring  on  them  a  quart  of  boil­
ing  water.  Put  the  leaves  and  water 
in  a  preserve  jar,  seal  and  let  stand  J 
liquid  when  j 
over  night.  Heat  the 
ready  for  use  and  dissolve 
in 
it  a 
tablespoonful  of  the  following:
Powdered  henna 
...........................2  drs.
Acetic  a c id ........................................ 1 dr.
Powdered  rhubarb 
....................... 1  dr.

Rinse  the  hair  in  this  and  then  dry 
in  the  sun.  This  method  applies  to 
drab-brown  hair.

The  dark  brown  locks  require  to  be 
rinsed  in  half  peroxide  and  half  water 
after  being  washed  and  dried  for  the 
first  time.  A fter  they  are  dried  for 
the  second  time  the  simple  henna  tea. 
without  the  powder,  is  poured  over 
them  and  the  roots  of  the  hair  soaked 
with  it  for  a  few  moments.

The  saffron  tea  is  for  dead-brown­
looking  hair,  the  kind  that  has  a  gray- 
ish  gleam  to  it  without  there  being 
any  real  gray  hair  visible.  The  saf­
fron  tea  is  made  of  an  ounce  of  saf­
fron  to  a  pint  of  boiling  water.  The 
infusion  should  stand  over  night,  cov­
ered.  and  be  heated  again  for  use  like 
the  henna.  The  hair  is  rinsed  in  this  j 
tea  after  being  washed  and  dried,  and 
the  last  application  is  dried  in  the  sun­
shine.

W hen  the  tinting  has  been  over­
done  and  a  too  vivid  color  produced 
the  effect  can  be 
toned  down  by 
smoothing  the  hair  with  a  few  drops 
of  pure  olive  oil  on  the  palm  of  the 
hand.  But  the  reddish  glint  is  no 
longer  either  beautiful  or  becoming 
when  it  becomes  vivid  enough  to  call

Perfume  Made  in  Germany.

Vice  Consul  Fuller  writes 

from 
Hanover  that 
the  German  perfume
industry  is  now  one  of  the  most  im­
portant  and  successful  in  the  world, 
rivaling  that  of  France  or  England. 
He  describes  it  in  the  following  let­
ter:

Some  of  the  biggest  factories  are 
in  Leipsic,  but  Berlin,  Carlsruhe  and 
Hamburg  are  important  centers  of the 
trade.  There  has  been  a  vast 
in­
crease  in  the  last  few  years  in  the 
diversity  of  essential  oils  produced 
from  plants  and  forty  varieties 
of 1 
those  plants  are  employed 
the 
in 
German  factories,  which  use  as  well I 
such  products  of 
lands  as j 
nutmeg,  cinnamon,  camphor,  balsams, 
pepper,  musk  and  ambergris.

foreign 

from 

fresh 

flowers 

The  production  of  the  essential  oil 
is  expensive,  ranging 
about 
$227  a  pound  downward,  according' 
to  the  scarcity  of  the  oil  in  the  plant. 
W ith 
the  distillation, 
takes  place  as  near  the  place  of  pick­
ing  as  possible,  as  the  fresher 
the 
products  the  better.  The  stills  con- j 
tain  about  3,300  pounds  of  flowers 
and  the  necessary  amount  of  water. 
Great  care  is  taken  as  to  the  amount 1 
of  heat  supplied  and  to  its  regularity, 1 
the  process  being  thoroughly  control­
led,  an  excellent  product  resulting.

stirring  constantly.  Let 
twelve  hours. 
cleansing.

for 
It  will  be  found  very 

stand 

He  who  lives  to  make  himself  hap­
py  is  of  all  men  the  most  miserable.

Clothes  don’t  make  a  man,  but  they 

influence  others  in  sizing  him  up.

Commencement 

U U U I V 3  

Exercises
Grand  Rapids  Stationery  Co.

29  N.  Ionia  St., 

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

School  Supplies

Holiday  Goods
Wholesale  Druggist

W ait fo r  th e  big  line.

M uskegon,  M ich.

FRED  BRUNDAGE 

Window  Displays of  all  Designs

an d   g e n eral  ele ctrica l  w ork. 
A rm a tu re   w in d in g   a   sp ecialty .

J.  B.  W IT T K O S K I  E L E C T .  M N FG.  CO., 

19  M arket  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

C itizen s  P h o n e   8437.

Dessartz’ Syrup for Whooping  Cough, j
Ipecac  ........................................   30  parts
......................................... I0°  Parts
Senna 
......................................   30  parts
Thym e 
Red  p o p p y ...................................I25 parts
Magnesium  sulphate  ............. too  parts
W hite  wine  ...............................750  parts
........... 75°  parts
Orange  flower  water 
Sugar,  a  sufficient  quantity.

is 

for 

infused  for 

The  ipecac  and  the  senna  should  be 
macerated  in  the  wine 
twelve  j 
hours,  and  the  product  strained  and  j 
filtered.  The  residue  is  mixed  with 
the  other  ingredients,  and  3,000  parts 
of  boiling  water  is  poured  upon  the 
mixture,  which 
six 
hours,  strained  and  expressed.  The j 
product  is  mixed  with  the  vinous  so- j 
lution,  and  the  orange  flower  water 
containing  the  magnesium  sulphate  is 
added.  T o  100  parts  of  this  mixture 
190  parts  of  sugar  are  added,  and  a 
syrup  is  made  by  simple  solution  on 
the  water  bath.  This  syrup  is  an  old 
and  well  tried  remedy  for  whooping 
cough  in  children,  the  dose  of  which 
is  from  30  to  60  gms.  daily,  according 
to  Dorvault.

Improved  Green  Soap.

Dr.  A.  E.  Reeves,  in  the  Medical 
W orld,  says  the  following  makes  a 
very  fine  green  soap;  Heat  20  ounces 
of  raw  linseed  oil  to  140  deg.  Fahren­
heit.  Dissolve  6^4  ounces  of  caustic 
potash  in  33^2  ounces  of  hot  water; 
add  4^2  drachms  of  carbolic  acid  and 
same  amount  of  oil  of  bergamot  with 
2  ounces  of  alcohol;  allow  to 
cool. 
The  heated  oil  may  then  be  added,

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Though  people’s  tastes  vary  in 
regard  to  perfumes  as 
in  other 
things,  we  have  one  odor  that 
seems  to  be  a  universal  favorite. 
It  is

Dorothy  Vernon

It’s  as  near  a  perfect  perfume  as 
we  have  ever  seen  and  it’s nothing 
strange  that  it pleases  so  many.  It 
has  an  indescribable  odor  because 
there  is  nothing  as  delightful  to 
compare  it  with. 
It  is  lasting  but 
still  delicate.  You  will  like  this 
perfume,  we  are  sure.  Price  50c 
oz.

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A cldum
A ceticum  
. . .  ------  
B enzolcura,  G e r ..  70
B oracic 
.................
.........  26
C arbolicum  
C itricu m  
...............   50
H y d ro ch lo r 
SO
......... 
8 0
N ltro cu m  
.............  
................  1 0 0
O xalicum  
P h o sp h o riu m ,  dil. 
O
8 alicylicum  
...........   4 2 0
. . . .   144 @
S ulp h u rlcu m  
T an n icu m  
..................7 6 0
T a rta rlc u m  
...........   8 8 0
A m m onia
A qua,  18  d e g .. . .  
A qua.  20  d e g . . . .  
C arb o n as 
C hlorldum  
B lack 
B row n 
R ed 
Yellow 

4 0
6 0
.................  1 3 0
..............  1 2 0
A niline

.................... 2  0 0 0 2   26
......................  80 0 1  00
............................   4 6 0   00
...................2  5 0 0  3  00

C ubebae 
J u n lp e ru s 
X an th o x y lu m  

B accae
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20
18
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20 
15 
12 
24
51
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14
15 
17
16 
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65 
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15
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70
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B alsam um
C opaiba 
.................  46
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T era b ln ,  C an a d a   60
.................   85
T olu ta n  
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A bies,  C a n a d ia n .
C aasiae 
..................
C inchona  T l a v a ..
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M yrlca  C erlfera.
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Q ulUala,  g r ’d 
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A rn ic a  
A n th em is 
M a tric a ria  

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G lycyrrhlxa,  p o ..  2 8 0
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H aem ato x ,  la  
ISO  
H aem ato x ,  H « - ..  1 4 0  
H aem ato x ,  44 s  ..  1 6 0  
C arb o n ate   P recip .
C itra te   a n d   Q uina 
C itra te   Soluble 
. . .  
F erro cy an ld u m   S 
Solut.  C hloride  ..
S u lp h ate,  com ’l  ..
S u lp h ate,  com ’l,  by 
bbl.  p e r  c w t ...
S u lp h ate,  p u re  
..
F lo ra
.............
...........
F e lla
...............
B aro sm a  
C assia   A cutifol,
T ln n ev elly   ___
C assia,  A c u tifo l.
S alv ia  officinalis,
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A cacia,  2nd  p k d ..
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...........
Aloe,  C ape 
Aloe,  S ocotri 
0
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...........  55©
A m m oniac 
A safo etld a 
...........  35©
..........  50©
B en so in u m  
C atech u ,  1b 
......... 
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C atech u ,  44 s 
. . .   ©
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C atech u ,  44» 
C o m p h o rae 
.........1  12@1  16
B u p h o rb lu m  
_ 
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G alb an u m  
........... 
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G am boge 
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G u alacu m  
..p o 3 5
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K in o  
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...................
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M y rrh  
.........po 50
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3  1 0 0 3   15
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55® 65
S hellac.
55® 65
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E u p a to riu m   ox  pk
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M ajo ru m  
. . .  ox  pk 
M en tr a   P ip .  ox pk 
M en tra   V er.  ox pk
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............... ox  pk
T a n a c etu m  
. . V . .. 
T h y m u s  V . .  ox  pk 
M agnesia 
C alcined,  P a t 
.. 
C arb o n ate,  P a t . .  
C arb o n ate,  K -M .

Oleum

A m ygdalae,  Dulc. 
A m ygdalae,  A m a
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90 0 5   00
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.................
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P ru n u s   v lrg  
T in ctu res

................l   1 5 0 1   25
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C ubebae 
I  E v e c h th ito a   ___ 1  00©1 10
...............l   0 0 0 1 10
E rlg e ro n  
............2  2 5 0  2 85
G a u lth e rla  
G eran iu m  
.........ox 
75
G osslppll  Sem   g al  50©  60
H edeom a 
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J u n ip e ra  
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L a v e n d u la  
...........  9 0 0  2  76
................. 1  0 0 0 1   10
L lm o n ls 
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M e n th a   P ip e r 
M en th a  V erid 
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M o rrh u ae  g al 
. . 1   25@1  60
M yrlcla 
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...........
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.................
B enxoln 
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B enzoin  Co 
B aro sm a 
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C & ntharides 
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...............
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.................
18  G en tian  
B ic h ro m a te  
16  G en tian   Co  ..........
B rom ide 
80  G ulaca 
...................
C arb  
............ 
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C h lo rate 
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14  H y o scy am u s 
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88 
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Iodine,  colorless 
P o ta ssa ,  B ita r t p r  8 6 0   82 
K ino 
P o ta ss  N itra s  o p t 
7©  10 
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P o ta s s   N itra s  
8
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R hel
S a n g u in a ria  
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T o lu tan  
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V e ra tru m   V erlde.
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A conitum  
A lth a e  
...................   30@  35
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...............  
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A   25
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...............   2 0 0   40
G en tia n a   po  15..  12©  15
G ly ch rrh tza  p v   16  16©  18 
H y d ra stis,  C an a d a  
1  90
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H ellebore,  A lba. 
In u la,  po 
Ipecac,  po 
Iris  plox 
Ja la p a ,  p r 
M aran ta ,  44 s 
P odophyllum   po. 
R bel 
R hel,  c u t 
R hel.  pv 
S pigella 
■ a n u rln a rl,  po  18 
S e rp e n ta rla
S enega 
............
Sm llax,  ofll’s 
S m llax,  M 
Scillae  po  45 
S ym plocarpus 
V alerian a  E n g  
V alerian a,  Ger.
Z in g ib er  a  
Z in g ib er  j

........................  75© i  00
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A plum  
(g rav e l’s)
B ird, 
C aro l  po  15 
C ard am o n  
C o rian d ro m  
C an n ab is  S a tiv a  
C ydonlum  
C henopodlum  
. . .
D lp te rlx   O dorate.
P oen lcu lu m  
.........
F o en u g reek ,  p o ..
................ ........
L lnl 
Lfnl,  grd.  bbJ.  244
L obelia 
.................
P h a rla ris   C an a ’n
R ap a  
.......................
S ln ap is  A lba  ___
S ln ap is  N ig ra   . . .
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F ru m e n ti  W   D .  2  00@2  50
F ru m e n tl 
.............l   25@1  5o
Ju n ip e ris  Co  O  T   1  65@2  00
J u n lp e ris  Co  ___ 1  7 5 0 3   50
S ac ch a ru m   N   B   1  90®2  10 
..1   75@6  60
S p t  V inl  G alll 
V inl  O porto 
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V ina  A lba 
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.............3  0 0 0 3   50
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F lo rid a  S h eep s’  wool
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N a ssa u   sh ee p s’  wool
c a rria g e  
V elvet  e x tra   sh ee p s’ 
wool,  c arria g e ..
E x tr a   yellow   sheeps' 
wool  c a rria g e   .
G rass  sh ee p s’  wool
c a rria g e  
...........
H a rd ,  s la te   u s e ..
fo r 
Y ellow   R eef, 
.........
S y ru p s
....................
A cacia 
A u ra n ti  C o rtex   .
Z in g ib er 
.................
Ip ecac 
F e rrl  Io d   ............ ..
R hel  A rom  
. ,  
. . .  
S m llax   Offl’s 
S enega 
...................

s la te   u se  

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

M iscellaneous

...........  20
...........  60
.........  40i
................... 1  75

A eth er,  S p ts  N it 8f SO® 
A eth er,  S p ts N it 4f 34© 
A lum en,  g rd   po 7 
3®
A n n a tto  
.................  40©
4©
A ntlm onl,  po  . . . .  
A ntlm o n l  e t  po  T   40®
A n tlp y rin  
©
.............  
A n tlfe b rln  
©
............  
A rg en tl  N itra s   oz 
©
A rsen icu m  
...........  
10©
B alm   G ilead  b u d s  60© 
B ism u th   8  N . . . . 1   85©1 
C alcium   C hlor,  I s  
C alcium   C hlor,  H s 
C alcium   C hlor  % s 
C an th arld es,  R u s 
C a p sid   F ru c ’s  a f 
C apslcl  F ru c ’s   po 
C ap’l  F ru c ’s B  po
C arp h y llu s 
C arm ine,  No.  40
C era  A lba 
C era  F la v a  
C rocus 
C assia  F ru c tu s
C e n tra rla   ___
.............
C ataceu m  
C hloroform  
..........  32
C hloro’m   Squlbbs 
C hloral  H y d   C rssl  35
C h ondrus 
...............  20>
C inchonldlne  P -W   38< 
C inchonid’e  G erm   3 8 ^
C ocaine 
..................3  g0@4  00
C orks  lis t  D   P   Ct. 
75
C reosotum  
©  45
........... 
C re ta  
® 
........bbl  75 
3
©  
C reta,  p re p   ___  
5
9©  u
C reta,  p recip  
. . .  
© 
. . .  
C reta.  R u b ra  
8
C rocus 
................... 1  i 5@ i  20
................. 
©   24
C u d b ear 
.......... 6%@ 
C upri  S ulph 
8
7 
D e x trin e  
................... 
10
E m ery ,  all  N os.. 
g
©  
E m ery ,  po 
© 
g
........... 
E rg o ta  
-----po  65  60©  66
E th e r  S ulph  ___   7 0 0   go
F la k e   W h ite   ___  
12© 
15
©   23
C alla 
.......................  
G am bler 
...............  
g<a 
9
G elatin,  C o o p e r.. 
©  go
.  35©  60 
G elatin,  F re n c h  
G lassw are,  fit  box 
L ess  th a n   box 
..
Glue,  brow n  ___   n ©
16©
G lue  w h ite   ...........  
G ly cerin a 
..............12 44 @
G ra n a   P a r a d is i.. 
©
H u m u lu s 
.............  35@
H y d ra rg   C h ...M t 
® 
H y d ra rg   C h  C or 
© 
H y d ra rg   O x  R u ’m   © j 
H y d ra rg   A m m o’l 
©1 
H y d ra rg   U n g u e’m   50© 
. . .  
H y d ra rg y ru m  
©
Ich th y o b o lla.  A m .  90©1
In d ig o  
.......................  
7 5 0 1
Iodine.  R esubl 
..3   85©3
Iodoform  
............... 3  9004
L u p u lin  
.................. 
©
L ycopodium  
85©

P   D  Co 

H y d ra rg   Iod 

L iq u o r  A rsen   e t 
©  25
. .  
L iq  P o ta s s   A rsln lt  10©  12 
M agnesia,  Sulph. 
2© 
3
M agnesia,  S ulph  bbl  ©  1 %
M annla.  S  F ___   45©  60
M enthol 
............... 3  3 0 0 3   40
M orphia.  S P A   W 2 3 5 0 2  60 
M orphia,  8 N  Y  Q2 35 
M orphia,  M ai. 
..2   35 
M oschus  C a n to n .
M y rlstica,  N o.  1  28 
N u x   V om ica  po  16
Os  S epia 
.............   26
P ep sin   S aac.  H   A
........... 
P lcis  L iq  N   N   H
.............
P lcls  L iq  q ts   . . . .
P lcis  Liq.  p in ts.
P ll  H y d ra rg   po  30 
P ip e r  N ig ra   po  23 
P ip e r  A lba  po  35
P ix   B u rg u m   ___
P lu m b l  A cet 
P u l v is  Ip ’c   e t Opil  1 8 0 0  1  50 
P y re th ru m ,  b x s  H  
©  75 
A  P   D   Co.  dox 
P y re th ru m ,  p v   . .   80©  26
Q uassia« 
...............  
8© 
10
Q ulno,  S P A   W . .20©   SO
Q uina,  S  G e r...........20®  80
Q uina,  N .  Y .............20®  30

. . . .   12©

g al  doz 

O l  00

„„

D eV oes 

R u b ia  T in cto ru m  
12©  14 
S a c ch a ru m   L a ’s.  22®  25
S alacin 
...................4  5 0 0  4  76
S an g u is  D ra c ’s . .  40©  50
.............
Sapo,  W  
Sapo,  M 
.............
.............
Sapo,  G 
S eidlitz  M ix tu re
S ln ap is 
.................
„ 
S ln ap is,  o p t 
. . . .  
Snuff,  M accaboy,
©  51
............. 
©  51 
Snuff,  S ’h  D eV o’s 
9 0  
Soda,  B o ras 
. . . .  
11
9 0  
l l  
Soda,  B oras,  do. 
Soda  e t  P o t’s  T a rt  2 5 0   28
Soda,  C arb   ...........  144® 
2
3 0  
Soda.  B l-C arb  
5
Soda,  A sh 
...........  344® 
4
Soda,  S u lp h as 
0  
2
S p ts,  Cologne 
©2  60
S pts,  E th e r  C o ..  50©  55
S p ts,  M y rcla  Dom   ©2  00 
S p ts,  V inl  R ect  bbl  ©
S pts,  V i’i  R ect  H b   @
S p ts,  V i’i  R ’t   10 gl  ©
S pts,  v r i   R ’t   5 g al  © 
S try ch n ia,  C ry st’l  1  05®1  2f  I 
. . .   244© 
S u lp h u r  Subl 
4
S ulp h u r,  Roll 
...2 4 4 ®   344
T a m a rin d s 
10  |
g® 
Ferebenth  V enice  28®  30  1
T h eo b ro m se 
. . . .   45®  50

.. 
.. 
.. 

........... 

V anilla 
................. 0  00©
Z inci  S ulph . . . . .   7© 

|

Oils
bbl.  gal.
_  
W hale,  w in te r 
..  70©  70
7 0 0  
80
L ard ,  e x tra   . . . .  
L ard .  No.  1 ____   6 0 0   65
L inseed,  p u re   ra w  40®  43 
...4 1 ®   44 
.L in se e d ,  boiled 
65®  70 
N e a t’a-foot,  w s tr  
..M a rk e t 
I  Spts.  T u rp en tin e  
Paints 
bbl. 
L.
..1 %   2  ®3 
R ed  V en etian  
O chre,  yel  M ars  1%  2  ©4 
Ocre,  yel  B er 
..144  2  0 3  
P u tty ,  co m m er’l  24*  24403 
P u tty ,  s tric tly   pr244  2% ®3 
V erm illion,  P rim e
15
V erm illion,  E n g .  75©  80
G reen,  P a ris   ___   24  @30
G reen,  P e n in su la r  14^
............... 7 u t
L ead,  red  
L ead,  w h ite  
..........7U (
W h itin g ,  w h ite  S 'n  
W h itin g   G ilders’..
W h ite,  P a ris   A m ’r  
W h it’g   P a ris   E n g
, v
................... . 
©1  40
U n iv ersal  P re p ’d  1  1001  20 

.........  13© 

A m erican  

cliff 

V arn ish es

No.  1  T u rp   C o ach l  1001  20 
E x tra   T u rp  

........ 1  80a

W e  wish  at  this  time  to  inform 

our  friends  and  customers  that  we 

shall  exhibit  by far  the  largest and 

most complete  line  of new and  up- 

to-date  Holiday  Goods  and Books 

that  we  have  ever  shown.  Our 

samples  will  be  on  display  early 

in  the  season  at  various  points  in 

the  State  to  suit  the  convenience 

of  our  customers,  and  we  will 

notify  you  later,  from  time  to  time, 

where  and  when  they  will  be 

displayed.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

ADVANCED

DECLINED

&

 

7%@   8 

........ 

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

Raisins

50 
. . . . .   55

L ondon  L a y e rs,  3  cr 
L ondon  L a y e rs,  4  c r 
j C lu ster,  5  cro w n  
j L oose  M uscatels,  2  c r 
L oose  M u scatels,  3  c r   7 
L oose  M uscatels,  4  c r  
7% 
L.  M.  Seeded.  1  lb.  7%@ 8% 
L .  M .  Seeded.  X  
lb. 
S u ltan a s,  bulk 
S u ltan a s,  p a ck a g e  

. .   55  J a m a ic a   G in g ers 

C o co an u t  M acaro o n s  ..1 8  
................
P e e rle ss 
D ixie  S u g a r  Cookie 
. .   3 
.............
R iv ersid e 
F r u it  H o n ey   S q u a re s  12%
...........
S p rin g d ale 
F ro ste d   C ream  
................8
.............
W a rn e r’s  
..........10
F lu te d   C o co an u t 
......................
B ric k  
F ig   S tick s 
........................ 12
...................
L eiden 
.................... 8
G in g er  G em s 
. . . . .
L im b u rg e r 
G ra h a m   C ra ck e rs  ___    8
........... 40
P in eap p le 
G in g er  S n ap s,  N .  B .  C.  7
S ap   S ag o  
.............
H a ze ln u t 
U
S w iss,  d o m estic 
H ip p o d ro m e 
.................... 10
S w iss, 
im p o rted
H o n ey   C ake,  N .  B.  C.  12 
C H E W IN G   GUM 
H o n ey   F in g e rs.  A s Ice. 12 
A m erican   F la g   S p ru ce 
..............12
H o n ey   Ju m b le s 
B eem an ’s   P e p sin  
..................................   90 j H o usehold  C ookies  A s  8
E d a m  
B e st  P e p sin   ......................  45  Iced  H o n ey   C ru m p e ts  10
............................   8
B e st  P e p sin ,  5  b o x e s ..2  00 I Im p erial 
......................  50  J e rse y   L u n ch  
B lack   J a c k  
.................. 8
..........10
L a rg e s t  G um   M ade 
S en   S en  
.................. 20
............................  501 K re a m   K lip s 
................12
S en  S en  B re a th   P e r’f.  95 I L ad y   F in g e rs 
...........................11
S u g a r  L o a f 
Y u c ata n  
............................   50  L em on  G em s 
..................10
¡L em on  B iscu it  S q ......... 8
...............16
......................................  5 '  L em on  W afer 
B ulk 
, „  
.
R ed 
...............8
.......................................  7  1 L em on  C ookie 
11 
@ 100 
..
.  8
7 {M ary  A nn
6 j M arsh m allo w   W a ln u ts  16
— »■
c ' 
j M uskegon  B ra n ch ,  iced  11
j  M olasses  C ak es 
...........8
_________  ________________________________________  
.............   22  j M outhful  of  S w eetn ess  14
..............................   41  M ich.  F ro ste d   H o n e y . .12
12
............. ................  35  N ew ton
........................8
..........................  8
COCOA 
....................«___   35  i O atm eal  C ra ck e rs  ___ 8
.................................... 10
....................16
................8
...................................  42  P e n n y   C akes.  A s s t.. . .   8
......... 15
........................12

1  00  C leveland 
2  00 ¡C olonial,  % s 
C olonial,  % s 
E p p s 
j  H u y le r 

..................................  2 8 1 N u   S u g a r 
N ie  N a cs 

..............................   45  P in eap p le  H o n ey  

..........................  28  M ixed  P ic n ic  

__________ __________  
G erm an   S w eet 
P rem iu m  

......................  5 0 [L em   Y en 

W a lte r  B ak e r  A   C o.’s 

........................  41  O kay 

F A R IN A C E O U S   GOODS 
6

Beans
¡D ried   T im a  
..1   75@1  85
¡M ed.  H d   P k 'd  
; Brow n  H o llan d  
..............2  25
Farin a
24  lib .  p a ck a g e s  ............1  75
j B ulk,  p e r  100  l b s . ......... 8  00
Hominy
• F lak e.  50lb.  s a c k ........... 1  00
P e a rl.  2001b.  s a c k  
. . . . 3   70
[P e a rl.  100lb .  s a c k   ___ 1  85
j  M accaroni  and  Verm icelli
• D om estic,  101b.  b o x .. .   60
Im p o rted .  25Tb.  b o x ...2   50
.............................2  15
¡C om m on 
¡C h e ste r 
...............................2  25
E m p ire  
................................3  25
..................11% ¡G reen,  W isconsin,  b u . . l   40
G reen,  S cotch,  b u ........... 1  45
| S plit,  lb ................................. 
4
Sago
¡ E a s t  In d ia  
...........................6%
¡G erm an ,  s a c k s 
..................6%
[G erm an ,  b ro k en   p k g .... 
F lak e,  110  lb.  sa c k s  . . .  .7 
P e a rl.  130  lb.  sa c k s  . . . . 7
P e a rl.  24  lb .  p k g s .............7%
F L A V O R IN G  
E X T R A C T S

70  j 
80  B a k e r's  

...............   ¿ [M a la g a  

Pearl  Barley

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

C H IC O R Y  

Tapioca

E ag le 

Peas

G allon 
S ta n d a rd  
>4 lb. c a n s 
lb.  c an s 
¡lib .  c a n s 

................... 
R asp b erries 
.............  
.............................3  75  V an  H o u ten ,  % s 
...........   12 P lu m   T a r ts  
....................... 7  00  V an   H o u ten ,  % s  ............  20 ¡P re tz e ls ,  H and^ M d.. . . .   8%
. . . . .   40 | P retzeU ettes,  H a n d   M d.  8% L   .
Houteaa.  % s 
........................12  00  V an
H o u ten ,  I s  
...........  72  P retz e lle te s.  M ac  M d.  7% 
Salm on 

....................  35 O ran g e  Slices 
..................  33  O ran g e  G em s 

R u ssian   C a v ia r 

@ 

85  i C om m on 

F a ir 
...................1  25@1  40 ¡C hoice 
S tra w b e rrie s 
j F a n c y  
.............  
...................1  40@2  00  C om m on 
T o m ato es 

F a ir  

1  10 

F'air
Good
F'ancy 
S ta n d a rd  
F a n c y  
F a ir 
..
Good 
.
F a n c y  
G allonsC A R B O N   O IL S  
P erfectio n  
W a te r  W h ite  
D.  S.  G asoline 
76  G asoline 
87  G asoline 
D eodor’d  N a p ’a
C ylinder 
E n g in e 
B lack,  w in te r 

Barrels
...........
. .
. .
.........
..........

.............. 29
..................16
C E R E A L S

B re ak fast  Foods 

@1  36  C hoice 
1  40 j F a n c y  
@1  S O jP eab erry  

”  

F a ir  
| C hoice 
@10%  ] 
@10 
¡C hoice 
@15 
F a n c y  
@19 
@19  C hoice 
@13% 
@34%  A frican  
@22 

..  9  @10% 

A rbuckle 
D ilw o rth  
J e rse y  
L ion 

B o rd eau   F lak es. 36  lib .  2  50 
C ream   of W h ea t,  36 2Ib.4  50 
E g g-O -S ee,  36  p k g s ...2  85 
E xcello  F lak es.  36  lib .  2  60 
Excello, 
la rg e   p k g s ... 4  50
F o rce,  36  2  lb .................. 4  50
G rape  N u ts.  2  doz.........2  70
M alta  C eres.  24  l i b ___2  40
M alta  V ita.  36  l i b ...........2  85
M apl-F lake,  36 
l i b . . . . 4  05
P illsb u ry ’s  V itos.  3  dz.  4  25 i o rd e rs  d ire c t 
R alsto n ,  36  21b.................4  50 ' ”   ’’ 
S u n lig h t  F lak es, 36 1Tb. 2  85 
S u n lig h t  F lak es,  20  lg s 4  00
V igor,  36  p k g s................. 2  75
Z est,  20  21b........................4  10
Z est,  36  sm all  p k g s... 4  50 
O ne  c ase  
.......................... 2  50
........................ 2  40
F iv e  cases 
Special  deal  u n til  J u ly   1,
O ne  c ase  fre e   w ith  
te n  
O n e-h alf  c ase  free   w ith  
O n e -fo u rth   c ase  free   w ith 
F re ig h t  allow ed.

cases.
5%  cases.
2%  cases.

C re sc e n t  F lak es

. 

|

Rio

-____  

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

COCOA  S H E L L S

................... ...  2%

In-er  Seal  Goods.

28  R aisin   C o o k ie s ............... 8
* 9   D o i c i n   C n n f r i i u !  

| V a n _______ .
% s 
% s 
COCO A N U T

......................  41 R evere,  A sso rted  
......................  42 R lchw ood 

S a n to s 
...........................13%  ¡W a te r  C ra ck e rs 

..........................13%
..................................... 14%
................................16%
................................ 20

D u n h a m 's  % s ............  26
D u n h a m 's  % s  &  % s ..  26%
D u n h am ’s   % s  ...........   27
..........   28
D u n h a m ’s  % s 
B u lk  
................................   13
! 201b. b a g s 
j L ess q u a n tity   .............. ..   3
i  P o u n d   p a ck ag es 
. . . . ...   4
C O F F E E

9  
........... 14
..............................8
...................................  8
R ube 
..............10
S co tch   C ookies 
Snow   C ream s 
................16
.......................-16
S now drop 
..............9
Spiced  G in g ers 
Iced . .10 
Spiced  G ingers, 
. . .   9
Spiced  S u g a r  T o p s 
S u lta n a   F r u it 
................15
....................  8
S u g a r  C ak es 
S u g a r  S q u ares,  la rg e   o r
sm all 
.............................    8
............................   8
S u p e rb a  
Sponge  L a d y   F in g e rs  25
.............................11
U rc h in s 
V anilla  W a fe rs 
..............16
V ien n a  C rim p  
..................8
W av erly  
..............................8
.__  
__
(B e n t
 
......................................14%  !  &  C o.) 
16
..................................16% j Z a n z ib a r 
............................  9
................................. 19 
M aracaibo
.................................... 16
............................... 19 
M exican
..................................16%
..................................19
G u atem ala
......................... 
15
..............................¿2
j F a n c y  A frica n  
.................17
O.  G.........................................25
P .  G........................................31
Mocha
A rab ian  
..............................21
Package
........................ 15  00
........................ 15  00
..............................15  00
.................................. 15  00
M cL au g h lin ’s  X X X X   sold 
to   re ta ile rs   only.  M ail  all
to   W .  F .
M cL aughlin  &  Co.,  C h ic a ­
■
go.
E x tra c t
H olland,  %  g ro   boxes 
95
F elix,  %  g ro s s .............. 1  15
H u m m el's  foil,  %  gro.  85 
H u m m el’s   tin ,  %  gro.  1  43 
N a tio n a l  B isc u it  C om pany 

Doz.
....$ 1 .5 0
A lm ond  B on  B on 
A lb e rt  B isc u it 
............. 1.00
.............................. 1.00
A n im als 
B reem n eris  B u t. W a fe rs  1.00 
B u tte r  T h in   B isc u it. .1.00
C heese  S an d w ich  
.........1.00 
C ocoanut  M acaro o n s 
..2.50 
C ra ck e r  M eal 
.75 
F a u s t  O y ster 
F ig   N ew to n s 
F iv e  O’clock  T e a  
.........1.00
F ro ste d   Coffee  C a k e ... 1.00
..............................1.00
F r o ta n a  
G in g er  S naps,  N .  B.  C. 1.00
G ra h a m   C ra ck e rs 
-1.00
L em on  S n ap s 
.....................50
M arsh m allo w   D ain tie s  1.00
O atm eal  C rack ers 
_1.00
O y sterettes 
......................... 50
P re tz e lle tte s,  H .  M. 
. .1.00
R oyal  T o a s t 
.....................1.00
................................1.00
S altin e 
S a ra to g a   F la k e s 
............1.50
S eym our  B u tte r 
............1.00
........................ 1.00
Social  T e a  
Soda,  N .  B.  C.................... 1.00
Soda,  S elect 
.................... 1.00
S ponge  L a d y   F in g e rs . .1.00 
S u lta n a   F r u it  B isc u it. .1.50
TTneeda  B isc u it 
.................50
TTneeda  J in je r   W ay fer  1.00 
U n eed a  M ilk  B is c u it.. 
.50
V an illa  W a fe rs 
..............1.00
W a te r  T h in  
....................1.00
Zu  Z u  G in g er  S n a p s .. 
.50
Z w ieback 
...........................1.00

M cL aughlin’s  X X X X  

N ew   Y o rk   B asis

C R A C K E R S

J a v a

I

B ra n d  
B u tte r

Soda

S eym our.  R o u n d ...............6
N ew   Y ork,  S q u a re   ___ 6
F am ily  
.................................. 6
S alted,  H e x ag o n .................6
N .  B.  C.  S oda  ..................6
....................  8
S elect  Soda 
S a ra to g a   F la k e s 
..........13
Z e p h y re tte s 
................... 13
O y ster
N .  B.  C.  R o u n d   ...........   6
N .  B.  C.  S quare,  S alted   6
................... 7%
F a u s t,  Shell 
S w eet  G oods
. . . : ....................10
A nim als 
....1 0
A tlan tic,  A sso rted  
B agley  G em s 
..................8
B elle  Isle  P icn ic 
..........11
B rittle  
.................................11
C artw h eels,  S  &  M . . . .   8
C u rra n t  F r u it 
................10
.........................16
C kacknels 
Coffee  C ake,  N .  B.  C.
p lain   o r  iced 
..............10
C ocoanut  T affy  
..............12
........................ 10
C ocoa  B a r 
C hocolate  D ro p s 
............16
C o co an u t  D ro p s  ..............12
C oco an u t  H o n ey   C ak e  12 
C o co an u t  H ’y   F in g e rs   12

CREA M   T A R T A R

B arre ls  o r  d ru m s 
B oxes 
S q u a re   c a n s 
F a n c y   cad d ies 

...... 29
...................................... 30
........................ 32
..................35

D R IE D   R F U IT S  

S u n d ried  
E v a p o ra te d  

A pples
..................7%@  8

..................10@11

C alifo rn ia  P ru n e s 

100-125  251b.  boxes.
90-100  25tt>.  b o x es  . . @ 6  
80-  90  251b.  boxes  ..@   6% 
76-  80  251b.  box es 
7 
60-  70  251b.  boxes  ..@ 7 %  
50-  60  251b.  box es  ..@ 7 %  
40-  50  25tb.  box es  ..@   8% 
30-  40  251b.  b oxes  . .  @  8% 
% c  less  in   501b.  cases.

C o rsican  

C itron
....................  @21
C u rra n ts

Im p ’d   1  lb .  p k g ...  @  7%
Im p o rte d   b u lk   . . .   @  7%

P eel

¡L em on  A m e ric a n  
O ra n g e   A m erican  

......... IS
.........IS

Rolled  O ats

R olled  A venna.  b b l.........4  90
S teel  C ut,  100  lb.  sac k s  2  50
M onarch,  bbl......................4  65
M onarch,  90  Tb.  sac k s  2  30
Q uaker,  cases 
................3  10

C racked  W h ea t
......................................3%
. . . . 2   50 

B ulk 
24  2  Tb.  p a ck ag es 
C A T SU P

C olum bia,  25  p ts ...........4  50
C olum bia,  25  %  p t s . . . 2  60
S n id er’s   q u a rts  
............. 3  25
S n id e r's  p in ts  
................2  25
S n id er’s  %  p in ts  
......... 1  30
C H E E S E
...................... 
A cm e 
C arson  C ity  ......... 
E lsie 
.......................  
E m b lem  
...............  
.......................  
G em  
Id eal 
........................ 
J e rse y  
.................... 

@11
@11
@14%
@11%
0 1 5
0 1 4
@11%

.................1   ZU 

Jennings

s  , 
I>eiP;
75
I "   O Z .  X  H llfc l 
1 3
3  oz.  T a p e r .........2  00  1  50
N o.  4  R ich.  B lak e 2  00  1  50
T erp en eless  E x t.  L em on 
Doz.
N o.  2  P a n e l  D.  C ...........  75
N o.  4  P a n e l  D .  C ...........1  50
N o.  6  P a n e l  D.  C . 
00
T a p e r  P a n e l  D .  C ...........1  50
1  oz.  F u ll  M eas.  D.  C ...  65
2  oz.  F u ll  M eas.  D.  C . .1  20
4  oz.  F u ll  M eas.  D .  C ..2   25
M exican  E x tr a c t  V an illa
Doz.
N o.  2  P a n e l  D. C .............1 20
N o.  4 
P a n e l  D. C.............2 00
No.  6  P a n e l  D. C .............3 00
T a p e r  P a n e l  D .  C ...........2 00
1  oz.  F u ll  M eas.  D .  C . .  85
2  oz.  F u ll  M eas.  D.  C ..1   60 
4  oz.  F u ll  M eas.  D.  C ..3   00 
No.  2  A sso rted   F la v o rs  75
A m oskeag,  100  in   b ale  19 
A m oskeag,  less  th a n   bl  19% 
G R A IN S   A N D   F L O U R  

G R A IN   B A G S 

Jennings

W heat

No.  1  W h ite   ....................  80
2  R e d ..........................  82
W inter  W heat  Flour

L ocal  B ra n d s

...............  
................. J »®  P a te n ts  
...............................4  75
............... 1.00  S econd  P a te n ts  
..............4  50
............................ 4  30
S tra ig h t 
S econd  S tr a ig h t 
........... 4  10
C lear 
....................................3  50
G ra h a m  
.............................. 3  75
B u ck w h e a t 
......................4  40
R ye 
.......................................3  75
S u b ject  to   u su a l  c a sh   d is ­
c o u n t
F lo u r  in   b a rre ls,  25c  p e r 
b a rre l  ad d itio n al.
W o rd en   G rocer  Co.’s  B ra n d
Q u ak er,  p a p e r 
............... 4  10
Q u ak er,  d o th  
.................4  30
E clip se 
..............................4  10
K a n sa s  H ard   W h e a t  F lo u r 
F a n c h o n ,  % s  d o th   . . . . 4   80 

W y k es-S ch ro ed e r  Co.

Ju d so n   G rocer  Co. 

S p rin g   W h e a t  F lo u r 
R oy  B a k e r’s   B ra n d  

G olden  H o rn ,  fam ily . .4  70 
Golden  H o rn ,  b a k e r’s . . 4  60
C alu m et 
............................4  80
W isco n sin   R y e  ............... 3  75
Ju d so n   G ro cer  Co.’s  B ra n d
C ereso ta,  % s 
..................6  30
C ereso ta,  % s  ................... 5  20
C eresota,  % s  ................... 5  10
G old  M ine,  % s  c lo th ..5  00 
Gold  M ine,  % s  c lo th ..4  90 
Gold  M ine,  % s  c lo th ..4  80 
Gold  M ine,  % s  p a re p ..4   80 
Gold  M ine,  14s  p a p e r. .4  80 
L em on  &  W h e d e r’s   B ra n d
W ingold,  % s  ....................4  95
W ingold,  % s  ....................4  85
W ingold,  % s  .................... 4  75
B est,  % s  d o th   ................5  25
B e s t  % s  clo th   ................5  15
B est,  % s  d o t h ............-..5 05
B est,  % s  p a p e r 
............5  10
B est,  % s  p a p e r 
............5  10
B est,  w ood  ........................ 5  25
W o rd en   G ro cer  Co.’s   B ra n d
L au rel,  % s  c lo th ..-.__ 5  10
L au rel,  % s  d o t h ...........5  00
L au rel,  % s  &  % s p a p e r 4  90
L au rel,  % s  ........................ 4  90

P illsb u ry ’s   B ra n d

W y k es-S ch ro ed e r  Co. 

Sleepy  E ye,  % s  c lo th ..4  90 
S leepy  E ye,  % s  c lo th ..4  80 
Sleepy  E y e,  % s  d o t h . . 4  70 
S leepy  E y e,  % s  p a p e r. .4  70 
S leepy  E y e,  % s  p a p e r. .4  70

A R C T IC   AM M O N IA

12  ox.  o v als  2  doz.  b o x .. .75 

A X L E   G R E A S E  

F r a z e r's  

Dorn. 1  P lu m s 

................................   85
M arro w fa t  . 

Plum s
Peas 
 

|  E a rlv   J u n e  

tin   boxes,  3  dox.  2  35 j 

lib .  w ood  boxes.  4  dx.  8  00 ! E a rly   J u n e  S ifted  1 25@1  65  1 ° " v'~  
lib . 
..........................1  00@1  15
3%Tb.  tin   boxes,  2  dx.  4  25  P ie 
lOIb.  pails,  p e r  d o x ...  G  00  Y ellow   ....................1  50@2  2
I5!b.  pails,  p e r  d o x ...  7  20
25!b.  pails,  p e r  dox-----12  00

Peaches

Pineapple 
....................1  25@2
Pum pkin

75 j V an illa 
1  35@2  55  C arac a s 

B A K E D   B E A N S  
C olum bia  B ra n d

G ra te d
Sliced
F a ir

¡E ag le 
1 ©0@1  60 I F ra n c k ’s 
.................... .. 
S eh en er’s 
*“ 
C H O C O L A T E  

p e r do x ...........  9 0 1  „

1Tb.  can, 
21b.  can,  p e r  dox.......... 1  40
31b.  can,  p er  dox.......... 1  80 I  ^  a n c J'
A m erican  
E n g lish  

......................   75
.................................  85
B LU IN G  

B A T H   B R IC K

A rctic  Bluing

.2

BROOM S 

Sardines

..................2 15 

Dox.
6  ox.  ovals  3 dox. b o x ------- 40
16  oz.  round  2  d<w.  box. .75 | C o ra   R iv er 
ta ils  j   so@ l  85 ¡W ebb 
• Col’a   R iver,  fla ts  1  90@1  95  ¡W ilbur,
No.  1  C arp et
.........1  20@1  30 j W ilbur,
R ed  A lask a 
N o.  2  C arp et  ....................2  35 i  p in k   A lask a
No.  3  C arp et 
P a rlo r  G em  
C om m on  W h isk  
F an cy   W h isk  
W areh o u se 

<3  3%
1  D om estic,  % s..3
..................J 
....................2  40  D om estic,  % s .. . .
D om estic,  M u st’d   5%@  9
........... 
............... I  2 0 1C alifornia.  % s .. .U   @14
C alifornia.  % s ...l 7   @24
F ren ch ,
# 1 4  
*4s  ___ 7
% s  ___ IS @28 
F ren ch ,
Shrim ps
I 
Succotash

@1  00

.............1 2 :0@1  40

..................... 3  00

B R U S H E S

1  00

Index to Markets

By  Columns

Col

A m m onia 
Axle  Grease 

A
............................  1
......................  1
B
B aked  B ean s 
B luing 
B a th   B rick  
B room s 
B ru sh es 
B u tte r  C olor 

.....................  1
..................................   1
........................  1
................................   1
..............................   }
......................  1

C onfections 
C andles 
C anned  G oods 
C arbon  O ils 
C atsu p  
C ereals 
C heese 
C hew ing  G um  
C hicory 
C hocolate 
C lothes  L in es 
C ocoanut 
C ocoa  Shells 
Coffee 
C ream   T a r ta r  
C ra ck e rs 

.......................... 11
...............................   }
.................   »
.......................  
!
..................................  
f
................................   8
..................................   *
.................   8
................................  8
............................  8
J
............................  8
......................  8
..................................   8
.................   4
..............................  3

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

D ried  F r u its  

.....................  4

F arin aceo u s  Goods 
F ish   a n d   O y sters 
F ish in g   T ack le 
F la v o rin g   e x tra c ts  
F resh   M eats 
F r u its  

........   6
..............10
. . . .   5
.....................................11

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

G elatin e 
........................  »
G rain   B ag s 
G rain s  an d   F lo u r  ...........  5

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

H erbs 
H ides  an d   P e lts  

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

.............10

•

Jelly  

......................................   «

L icorice 

................................  6

M
M eat  E x tra c ts  
.................   6
........................  6
M ince  M eat 
M olasses 
..............................  6
M u stard  
...............................   6

N u ts 

O lives 

......................................  H

..................................   0

P ip es 
P ick les 
P la y in g   C ard s 
P o ta sh  
P ro v isio n s 

. . .  ; ............................  0
................................  G
...............   G
..................................   6
..........................  G

Rice

S alad   D ressin g  
S a le ra tu s 
Sal  S oda 
S a lt 
S a lt  F ish  
Seeds 
Shoe  B lack in g  
Snuff 
Soap 
S oda 
Soups 
Spices 
S ta rc h  
S u g a r 
S y ru p s 

...............   7
............................  7
............................  7
........................................   7
............................  7
....................................   7
.................   7
......................................  8
.......................................  8
......................................  8
....................................   9
..................................   8
..................................   8
...................................
..................................   8

T e a  
T obacco 
T w in e 

........................................  8
..............................  9
..................................   9

V in eg ar 

...............................   9

...........

..............................  9
.....................  9
................  10

W ash in g   P o w d er 
W ick in g  
W oodenw are 
W ra p p in g  P a p e r 
Y east  Cake

N

O
P

S

T

W

Shoe

Scrub
Solid  B ack   8  in ...............   75
Solid  B ack,  11 
i n .........  95
P o in ted   E n d s 
.................   85
Stove
No.
................................1  10
No.
.................................1  75
No.
...................................1  00
No.  8 
...................................1  30
No.  7 
.......................... ‘. . . . 1   70
No.  4 
No.  3 
...................................1  90
W „  R  &  Co.’s.  15c  s iz e .l  25 
W .,  R.  &  Co.’s,  25c  size.2  00 
E lectric  L ig h t, 
8 s........ 9%
E lectric  L ig h t,  16s-----10
...................   9
P araffine.  6s 
Paraffine,  12s 
W icking 
............................20

B U T T E R   COLOR 

C A N D L E S

........ 9%

C A N N E D   GOODS 

A pples

. . . . 4  

C lam s

.........85® 

C lam   Bouillon

1  00
3Tb.  S ta n d a rd s  — . 
G allon 
................... 3  50 @3  60
B lackberries
21b....................................90@1  75
S ta n d a rd s g allons 
50
B eans
B aked 
.....................   80@1  30
R ed  K idney 
95
S trin g  
.....................   70@1  15
W ax  
.......................   75@1  25
B lueberries
S ta n d a rd  
@1  40
............. 
@5  75
G allon 
...................  
B rook  T ro u t
2tb.  cans,  s p ic e d ... 
1  90 
L ittle   N eck.  1Tb.  1  00@1  25 
L ittle  N eck,  21b. 
@1  50
B u rn h a m 's  %  p t.......... 1  90
B u rn h a m ’s  p t s ................3  60
B u rn h a m ’s  q ts ..................7  20
R ed  S ta n d a rd s  .1  30@1  50
W h ite  
1  50
.................................60@75
F a ir 
Good 
...............................85@90
.................................1  25
F a n c y  
F ren ch   P eas
S u r  E x tra   F in e  
...............   22
..........................19
E x tra   F in e  
......................................   15
F in e 
................................   11
M oyen 
G ooseberries
S ta n d a rd  
..........................  90
H om iny
S ta n d a rd  
..........................  85
L o b ster
S ta r.  %tt>............................. 2  15
S ta r, 
l i b ..............................3  90
P icnic  T ails 
....................2  60

C h erries
...................  

Corn

M ackerel

M u stard ,  1Tb......................1  80
M u stard .  21b......................2  80
Soused,  1%  lb ....................1  80
21b......................2 80
Soused. 
T om ato, 
1Tb......................1 80
T o m ato . 
2Tb......................2 80

H o tels 
B u tto n s 

M ushroom s
...................   15®
.................   22 @
O y sters

Cove,  1Tb.....................
Cove,  21b...................
Cove, 
lib .  O v a l.. .

10

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.

I

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~ 

j ,  

............»

m n n   « 

I S av o n  

s n í i p p  

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

9 7 ! ix . l__ 

Gunpowder*

ln  blflddAr« 

........... £   Î E ™ î -   » * * “"

..............39%  I  ^   h**1®-*  *?  JPa.............. 3  00 ¡J a p   R ose.  50  b a rs  

........................... ........57i£ .i5 ° 8? ’  per  ]*>.......................  28  W h ite   R u ssia n   ......... 

...2 2   00 i ?   I~?>, 

- .- ..- ...1 0   00 1 Scotoli 

Beef 
..........................U   M 

Bolted 
2  Qo ■ 
. . . . . . . . . . .  
Golden  Granulated 
3   Qô 1 5 * ^   M ess 
a -   C a r  F a e d ^ i S a i  á   £2 ¡ B oaalœ » 
N o.  1  C orn  a n d   G a ts  22  5 0 I K lanP.  new
C orn,  cra ck e d   ............... 22  00 s t,
-
Q >rn  M eal,  co arse  
.. 
O d  M eal,  old  p ro c ___ so  00 ‘ ¥?  iS S ,'’  40  n>aL 
W in te r  W h ea t  B ra n . . 21  0 0 ;i  kmWS' 
.............................. 3  75 f B oro  N a p h th a  
W in te r  W h e a t M id’n g  22  00 i 1  b 
Cow   F eed   ........................21  M  L tt 
„  J riPe 
»«. 2 n i ? ........« 
N o.  3  M ich ig an  
C o m  
C asin g s 
r-71/  I
C orn 
H ay 
*’*  B eef,  ro u n d s,  s e t
.........
N o.  1  tim o th y   c a r  lo ts  10  50  g e e f   m id d le ^   » ft 
N o.  1   tim o th y   to n   lo ts  12  50 : ^ ee*>’  p e r  bun d le  -----
_  
Uncolored  Butterine
Sage 
H o p s 
C au rel  Leaves 
S en n a   L e a v e s 

....................................   25 j Solid  d a iry   ...........  
. 

H E R B S  
. .7 ..  ...7 ..;;.* .*  

1*5  j R olls, d a iry   . . . .  . 101fc@ ili* 

- ----- -4 .^**................7  7 a ! 

...............   15 
............ 

C an n ed   M eats 

,__ .  SO A P  

- ..........-   —-. - - .- .a , 
. . . i l f e ’ J a x e n  
J -  s -  K irk   &  Co.
. 
—-----—  —  

.1   191
1  85  Jaxr»ntr a l  ° lty   S oap  C?- 
..................................s  w
..........................  
............... 3  35
. . . , . 4   00

i h ä -b ä t s   « s r ^ j S g a s   g S S ^ . : : : : : : 5  
2a
. 7 7 3 0
........... 44
an
........... 34

j P in g su ey .  m edium  
, i P in g su ey ,  choice 
-3  00  P in g su ey ,  fa n c y  
i ™  
, 
I C hoice 
.A m e ric a n   F a m ily  
A m erican   F a m ily   . . . . . 4   00  F a n c y  
S is ®  g a r a ^ s r i st„ 

.  Young  Hyson

o*»*
. . . .   3  i s  I 'J 810! '   m edium  

1 6 1  D om e,  oval  b a rs   ...1**3  00 L ,  
4a j S a tin e t,  ov al  .................... 2  15 ¡M edium  
70 j S n ow berry,  100  cakes* .4   00  C hoice 
¡F a n c y  

¡ P r o c t o r   &  G am ble  Co. 
Jvo^yf  «' ¿¿* 7 . 7 / 7 I T " !   00  Ceylon,  c h o ic e 3 
iXo ry *  10  «*■ 
.................  
TO B A C C O  
Fine  Cut

.....................* 7 5   F a n c y  

E n g lish   B re ak fast

2  7a ! ^ o rn ,o sa*  fa n c y   .............. 42
............. 25
*3  00 I A m oy’  choic« 
..................32
...............................20
...........................*. ..30
........ ........................w
32
...........1 ,

L I C O R irp  
. C E  

...........   2 50 ! ^ t? r. ........................................ 3  25 j
  25 ; C orned  beef,  2 
.........17  50  »  L A N T Z   BROS.  A   CO.
¡C orned  beef,  14 
5  t t .   p alls,  p e r  d o z ...l  85 ; ^ * ¥ * 7  b f e f  •-,-**•*  °° @ 2  50  A ^ S e ’ 30 
49 (P o tte d   h am ,  14s 
la   lb.  p ails,  p e r  p a i l ... 
...........   45 
¿5 1  Aom* K  
........... 
30  lb.  pails!  i e r P : : :   7 6 1 P o tte d   h am ,  % s 
;  D eviled  h am ,  1 4 s .........   45
. .  I A cm e,  100  cak e s  . 
5 n |D ev iled   h am ,  % s
P u re  
M%ft e r '1 } 00 
3® J P o tte d   t o n g u e , ^ s  * 7  7   45 
g K S M T . „
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C alab ria
«_____’  . .  
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Iä Ä J S Ä S I S   Us?  B“rtw  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ '■ «
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R IC E  
R oot
@4
M EA T  E X T R A C T S  
.....................................
@5
H our’s,  H 
4  is l^ T T , 
A rm o u r’s,  2  ox.___  
..
Good  C h eer 
A rm o u r's,  4  oz. 
g  2u ! P bo,<^   J a p a n  
 
____ ___________ 
, 
@5%  O ld  C o u n try
A rm o u r's,  4  oz.
H e K-f»s   Ghaeago,  2  oz.*2  75 
h d ^   * * 
^ e b i ^ s ,   C hicago,  4  oz.  5  50  ^ ^ c e \ ^ h d * * * *  
L ie b ig s  Im p o rted ,  2 oz. 4  55 i  F a n e v   ¿ f *   hd  * * * *  c v  f  
L ieb ig ’s  Im p o rted ,  4  oz. 8  50 

»cm e> 7®  o®™  ...............3  fo  S w eet  Tom a
. - I f f » « *   b o m a
*3  *0  T eleg ram
3  15 Ì d ,   v ,
• -4  00 j P rairie* R ose
e  » . 
******

! A cm e,  25  b a rs 
! A cm e,  79  b a rs

....................4  09
.........

■ — 3  85 j H iaw ath a, 

S creen in g s 
F a ir   J a p a n

A.  B.  W risley  

S oap  P o w d ers 

51b.  p a ils .

Im p e rial 

J E L L Y  

. .   . .  

Plug

w ,. 

@10

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. 

I 

. 

 

C arolina,  ex.  fa n c y   6  @744  1 Snow   B o y ......... 

S A L A D   D R E S S IN G  
. .   ! C olum bia,  44  p in t  ___ 2  25  Gold  D u st,  100- 5c . . 
«  i ^ — ■—-.*  f *"*-  . . . . . . .  
|? j  C olum bia,  1  p in t  .......... 4  90  K irk o lin e,  24  41b... 

M O LA S S E S  
New  Orleans 
Fan cy  Open  K ettle
. . . . . . .  
Choice 
....... 
F a ir  
. .  
Good 
m i n c e   m e a t
M U STA R D  

H a lf  b arx ^s* 2 c* ex tra.  “   f ? i f 5 £ s '  H rg e .  1  d o z ..2  35 ¡B a b b itt’s  1776 

..................  S j D u r k e e s ,   larg e,  1  d o z ..4   50  P e a rim e  
..........................   1»  SR ??*6 ’3*  sm all,  2 uoz.,5  25! S oap in e 
S n id er’s,  sm all,  2  d o z .. 1  35 i B oselne 
A rm o u r’s
W isdom

S A L E R A T U S  

 

j 

. „  

o u , D w ig h t’s  Cow  

-3  15  N in e  O 'clock 

P a c k ed   60  lbs.  In  box.
!  4i 3 cae^.  6®  B»8-  in  box. 

...........................2  ID  R u b -N o -M o re  _____ 

H a m m e r........ 3  la   Jo h n so n ’s   F in e  
.......................3  00  Jo h n so n ’s   X X X
.............. 3  15  N in e  O ’c l o c k ^

C olum bia,  p e r  c a s e __ .2  75 :
_  
H o rse   R ad ish ,  1   d z ,. ..   l   75 ■ V^ 1  a- 
H o rse   R ad d ish ,  2  d z ’ 7 3   S O l S S S i . 8 
rt.  . w / t  
O L IV E S  
„   „  
i . - l f ^ W e m  
3  7s f F o r^ e
B ulk,  1  gaJL  kegs 
T w ist  .........
B ulk,  2  g al.  k eg s 
............................
M ill 
B ulk,  6  gaL  k eg s 
G re a t  N a v y  
...........
• ' 
M anzanilla.  8  oz. 
Smoking
. ..
" ' 2  fji  G ran u lated ,  b b ls.............  85  ! Sapolio,  h a lf  g ro   lo ts  4  50 1 
Q ueen,  p in ts  
. . . .  
" 4   ¿a  G ran u lated ,  1001b.  es.  1  09! Sapolio,  sin g le  b oxes. .2  25 1 S w eet  C ore 
.........
Q ueen,  19  oz.  . . . .  
  XX  L um p,  b b ls..........................  39  Sapolio,  h a n d  
................
Q ueen,  28  oz. 
*
. . .   w  ( L um p,  1451b.  k eg s 
............. .
S tuffed,  5  oz. 
90 
c a k e s ___ 1  801 B am boo,  18  o z ...
S tuffed,  8  oz. 
■ -1  45 
S tuffed,  10  oz.
.2  40
„  
C lay,  N o.  216 
..................2  70
C lay.  T .  D „  fu ll  c o u n t  65
Cob,  N o.  3 
......................  85

IS ?oul1ne’ 
Scourine, 
100
Boxes
' 
2?  10%  ib.  sacks7  : : : n   001Kesa- 
56  lb.  sa c k s 
28  Tb.  sac k s

100  c a k e s ...3  50  I  x   L,  51b.
SO D A
.............  M   i n u iivy  u e w
 
...........4% ¡ s.oId  mock

............... 2  25  F la t  C ar 
. . . .   95 ' S co u rin e  M a n u fa c tu rin g   Co  W a rp a th  

S A L T  
Common  Grades 
3  lb.  s a c k s 

Sapolio,  g ro ss  lo ts  ___ 9  00

¿ I B lack   S ta n d a rd  

S A L   SODA 

................... *3  „

............. 2  10 !

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

C adillac 

SOUPS

P IP E S

»  

a n ; 

f?  I C olum bia
15 !

7

*

♦ >

P IC K L E S  
Medium

W arsaw

B z m ^ w o o c m m t   . . . 4   75  I I   £ '   Ä
H a lf  bbls.,  600  c o u n t..2  88 1 
_  
B arrels,  2,400  c o u n t  . .  .7   00 
H a lf  bbls..  1,200  c o u n t  4  00 

Sm all

  Ä   * 2 ?   5 ^   t* 
28  lb.  d a iry   in  drill  b a g s  20 
Solar  Rock
|561b.  sa c k s 
.................. . . .   20
Common
G ran u lated , 
fine 
. . .   80
........... . . .   85
fine 
M edium , 

. . .

P L A Y IN G   C A R D S  

N o.  90  S te a m b o a t 
. . . .   85 
N o.  15,  R iv al,  a ss o rte d   1  20 
N o.  20,  R o v er  en am eled  1  60
r*o.  9s Golf, s a tin   finish 2  00
N o.  808  B icycle 
...........2  00
No.  632  T o u m ’t   w h is t. . 2  25 

48  c a n s  in   case

P O TA SH  
........................... ..  99
...............3 00

B a b b itt’s  
P e n n a   S a lt Co.’s

P R O V ISIO N S
Barreled  Pork
..................................

M ess 
F a t  B lack   ..................7  *16  75
S h o rt  C u t 
...................  26  59
S h o rt  C u t C lear 
.............16  75 i
B ea n  
................................... 14  sal
B risk et,  c le ar 
C lear  F a m ily  
0   ^   J?W   S a lt  M eats
S  P   B e l lie s ........................ 12%
B ellies 
............................ 
l l i z
E x tr a   S h o rts  ................. [  9

...........7 1 7   00
............... 25  00

Sm oked  M eats 

L ard
..................... 

H am s,  12  lb,  a v e r a g e .. 13 
H am s,  14  lb.  a v e r a g e .. 13 
H a m s,  16  lb.  a v e r a g e .. 13 
H a m s,  18  lb.  a v e ra g e . .13
S k in n ed   H a m s 
................13%
H am ,  d rie d   b eef  s e ts .. 13
B acon,  c le a r 
....................13
C alifo rn ia  H a m s  ..............9%  j
P icn ic  B oiled  H a m  
...1 4 %
B oiled  H a m  
.....................20
B erlin   H am ,  p re sse d   . .   8% 
M ince  H a m  
.........................9^
„  
C om pound 
714
P u re   ......................................
12 
to* 
t u b s . . .  .a d v a n c e   % 
t u b s . ., .a d v a n c e   %
6®  R*. 
t i n s .........a d v an c e   %
22 
20 
lb. 
i>aUs., .  .ad v a n c e   % 
10 
lb.  p a ils ... .ad v a n c e   %
1  n>.  p a ils .. . .ad v a n c e   1
3 
lb.  p a ils -----a d v an c e   1
_   , 
B ologna 
L iv er 
F ra n k fo rt 
P o rk  
V eal 
T o n g u e 
H ead ch eese 

S a u sag es
............. .............. 5
.............................. 
......................*.'  1
.......................... 
“   7
............................. 7*7*  7
.........................7 1   7
......................7

giz

S A L T   F IS H

Cod

• •13%

L a rg e   w hole  ___
@  6%
Sm all  w hole 
. . . .
0   6
S trip s  o r  b ric k s  ..7% @ 10
P ello ck  
...................
@  3%
Halibut
S trip s 
............................ ..1 3
........................
C h u n k s 
Herring
Holland
W h ite  H ood.  bbls.
11  50
W h ite  H oop,  %  bbls.
6  00
w  Mite  H ood.  keg.
75
W hite  H oop  m chs.
80
N o rw eg ian  
..............
lOOlbs................ ..3   75
R ound, 
R ound.  40Tbs.................. ..1   75
13
S caled  ___ t ................
No.  1,  lOOlbs.................. -.7   50
No.  1,  40Tbs.................... ..3   25
N o.  1,  101b s .................... ..  90
No.  1,  8Tbs....................
. .   75
M ess,  109Tbs......................13  50
M ess,  40Ibs.......................... 5  90
M ess,  lO lbs............................l  65
M ess,  8  lb s..........................1  40
N o.  1,  100  lbs.  ................12  50
N o.  1,  4  lb s......................... 5 50
N o.  1,  10  lb s ....................... l  55
N o.  1,  8  lb s ......................... l  28

M ackerel

Trout

W hltefish
N o.  1.  N o.  2  F a m
1001b............................9  75  4  50
501b............................5  25  2  40
101b ............................1  12 
60
50
92 
81b..................... 

S E E D S

..............................  
A n ise 
10
C an ary ,  S m y rn a   ___  
5%
C a ra w a y  
........................ 
9
C ardam om ,  M ala b a r  1  00
C elery 
............................  
15
H em p.  R u ssia n  
......... 
4%
M ixed  B ird  
.................. 
4
M u stard ,  w h ite  
.........  
8
F o p p y   ..............................  
9
R ap e 
................................ 
4%
.................   25
C u ttle   B one 

S H O E   B L A C K IN G  

H a n d y   B ox,  la rg e ,  3  dz.2  50
H a n d y   B ox,  s m a ll___ l   25
B ixby’s   R oyal  P o lis h ..  85
M iller’s   Crown  P o lish ..  81

46

II

C O N F E C T IO N S

Candy 

a... 
P a ils
i  S ta n d a rd  
...........  
71.
S ta n d a rd   H   H ___ 7 / 7   7 %
S ta n d a rd   T w ist 
Ju m b o .  32  R>........... _   Caf f ?
E xtra  H.  H.  .......... 
'  a73
B osto n   C r e a m ___ . 7 .7  IS
W  lb.  case  .................J3

T im *  S u g a r  s tic k

........... *

] 

Mixed  Candy

• G ro cers 
C om p etitio n  
Special 
¡C onserve 

 

.......... 
<
...................... 7
...................." " *   «j;/

 

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

1 0

C lothe«  P in s 

n d   h ead .  5  g ro s s   bx

. 

. 

. . . . . .  
* * * 

* *
.  ,. 
Egg  Crates
......... 2   40
iiu m pty  oum pty 
; N o.  L   c o m p le te .............   32
, No.  2,  complete
|  _  
Faucets 
|  C ork  lin ed ,  8  in 
c
j s  
| C ork  lined,  9  in. 
C ork  lined,  1«  in...'.'.'.'  «5 
C td a ry  %  ig 
Sa
I _  
T ro ja n   s p r i n g ..................  94
L d ij^ se  p a te n t  s p r in g ..  45 
N o.  1  com m on 
. . . . . . . .   75
3  p a t.  b ru sh   h o iu er  45 
i-tb -  c o tto n  m op  h e ad s 1  40 
' Id e a l  N o.
7  . . . . . . . . . . . .   90
P ails

Mop  S tick s

 

1 

. 

s  

wood

; .........

Tubs

...........  

Traps

Fancy-

2 S 2 &

Pails
. . . .

B roken 
e ,,*   t  — .  

m  D ro p s  8%

'-«rp»y  H e a r ts  

*"*"****«-..... 

??* K in d e rg a rte n  

............... I   S?  C adilla

»
. . . . . . . . . . .   s
L
, ,7 7 * * *   a  
. . 7 7   SI 
B on  T o n   C ream  
F ren c h   C ream  
a
11 
Hand  Made  Cream   -.IS  
£715“*?,  G ream   m ix e d " 13 
G  r   H orebotm d  D ro p   IS

Soap  Compounds 

..................3  75  O ^   H o n e sty  

Toothpicks 
. 7 7 7 7
................7
...........................'

«   n v . . . . . , i   S M iir r r
............................ 3  75 i T w i
s
.............................. 4  10  ¿?S y „ T a r 

....... 1  s? 
¿ - noop  S ta n d a rd   . . . . . . .
3"w ire.  C able 
3.  79
2^ w ire.  Cable 
................ *j  99
C edar,  a il  re d ,  b ra s s   .* 1 2 5
Paper,
-E ureka
F ib re
j  „  
l  H ard w o o d  
j  S oftw ood 
'7  
I  B a n q u e t 
- l  » 0 1 Coco  B on  B o ss   .
i Id eal 
•1  »0  F u d g e  S q u a re s  . 7 7 7  
P e a n u t  s q u a re s   . . . . . .
L .  
V>  s u g a re d   P e a n u ts  
. .  7  
’ M ouse,  wood,  2  holes  . 
4-  S alted   P e a n u ts  
. . .
M ouse,  wood,  4  h o le s.. 
. . . 7 !  
;  70  S ta rlig h t  K isses 
M ouse,  wood,  6  h o le s.. 
M ouse,  tin ,  5  h o le s ..7  
r  n  L ias  G oodies 
65 
. . . ,
P*?i n ........... .
■ 
. . . . . . . . . . .
R at,  sp rin g  
.  7 5 ! jb i* <fng«*.  p rin te d   .........
.. 
C n am p io n   C hocolate 
K ciipse  C hocolates  . . . .  
E u re k a   C hocolates 
. . .  
Q u in te tte   C hocolates
C h a m p i o n __
M oss  D ro p s 
L em on  S o u rs
m  p e n ai»  
I . . . . 5   50 I  Im p erials

. .. 3   40 R ed   C ross 
P a lo
,
........ 41
t  C en tr? 1  City 
Co. 
i H ia w a th a
>-••.35
L  L a u tz   B ros.  &  Co. 
Jax o Tn '  16  <«-  ....................2  40 i 
.77*37
B a ttle   A x
’ 4  nn | A m erican  E a g le  
. . .  
. 3 3
G old  D u st,  24  ¿ r g e 7 * * 4   59 j S ta n d a rd   N a v y   ___ 7*37
’ 4 9 0  l s P e a r  H ead ,  7  oz............. 47
*3  80 ¡ S^>€ar  H ead ,  14%  o z ..44
  ......................
t
.......................... 39
....................43
.........................'34
- v ,7 ° ^ y 
-----3  50
7« 
1 .........................................38
-----3  7 0 j :
P ip e r  H eid sick   ...........   99
.3  80
! g 001  Ja ck   ........................180
5  20  H o n ey   D ip  T w ist  .........40
.............40
............................  49
7  34 
-.52 
..32 
. .38

Cb€WS 
' Jf^H **«*  K isses 
G olden 
Gld  F ash io n ed   M oiass^ 
’G range 
J^ m o n   S o u rs 
P e p p e rm in t  D rops 
C hocolate  D rops 
H   m  
.  D ark   N o.  1 2 ...........
|  R R fer  S w eets,  a ss 'd  

..............................
SOjltaj.  Cream  O pw a*77l2
....................9  45  {7*1-  C ream   B on  B o a s 'l l
......................    M  
12
, . . . 7 i 2 
12
es  K isses,  10!b.  box  1  20 
54
Fancy— In  5Tb.  Boxes 
SS
. 7 .6 0  
. . . __gn
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S h(JC-  LL  a n d
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20-in .  S ta n d a rd , N o.  1  7 
ts -in .  S ta n d a rd ,  N o.  2  g 
16-in.  S ta n d a rd ,  N o.  3  5 
20-in.  C able,  N o.  1 . .. .7  
18-in*  C able  N o.  2
16-in.  C able,  N o
j N o.  1  F ib re   ___
. N o.  2  F ib re  
No.  3  F ib re
W ash   B oards
)  _  
...........
: B ronze  G lobe 
;  D ew ey 
i D ouble  Acme 
. . . . .  
i Single  A cm e 
. . . 7 7 1  
. . .  
IIxiuW e  P e e rle ss 
j S ingle  P e e rle ss  7 7 ]  
-N o rth e rn   Q ueen 
. . . .  
j D ouble  D uplex 
. . .
..25 
Good  D uck  ............. 7 ]
.27 
j  U n iv ersal 
. . . . . . . . . . ]
.31 
. .40 
, ,   W indow   C leaners
.40 
in. 
; 12 
¡14  in. 
....  
7  *
.40
.....................................
16 
in. 
................... 7 *
......................21
I 
..............49
;  11  in.  B u tte r  .................
................ 43
j 13  in.  B u tte r  ..................
A llspice 
.....................44
j 15  in.  B u tte r  .............7
C assia,  C h in a  in   m a ts.  12 I Y um   Y um .  1 %  o z _____7 3 9
j 17  in.  B u tte r  . . . . . .
C assia,  C an to n  
.............   2 6 ! Y um   Y um ,  lib .  p ails  ..4 9
i  19  in.  B u t t e r .........
................................ 38
C assia,  B atav ia ,  bund.  28  C ream  
j A sso rted ,  13-15-17 
j  A sso rted ,  15-17-19  ___ 3
C assia,  S aigon,  b roken.  49  C orn C ake,  2%  oz.............25
C assia,  Saigon, 
lib ...................22
C loves,  A m boyna 
. . . .
22  P low  Boy,  1%  oz................39
_  W R A P P IN G   P A P E R
! C om m on  S tra w  
.............
Cloves,  Z a n z ib a r  .........
26  P low  Boy,  3%  oz............... 39
M ace 
................................
55  (P eerless,  3%  oz.
i  F ib re  M anila,  w h ite . .*
45  P eerless.  1 %  oz.__  ___ ,.3 8
N u tm eg s,  75-80
F ib re   M anila,  c o lo re d ..
j N o.  1  M an ila 
N u tm eg s,  105-10 
.........  35
Air  B ra k e   T . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 8
......................39
C an t  H ook 
I C ream   M anila
N u tm eg s,  115-20 
...........   30
............... 32-34 f  B u tc h er’s  M an ila 
C o u n try   Club 
..........2
P ep p er,  S ingapore,  blk. 
15 
P ep p er,  Singp.  w h ite ..,  25
F o rex -X X X X  
'  W ax   B u tte r,  s h o rt c'n L   13
................. 30 
P ep p er,  s h o t 
.................  
!  W ax  B u tte r, full c o u n t  20
Good  In d ian  
....................25 
17
Pure  Ground  in  Bulk
S elf  B inder.  16oz.  8oz.  20-22 !  W ax  B u tte r,  rolls  ___ 15
Pop  Corn 
S ilver  F o am  
A llspice 
..............................   28
................... 24
w 
D an d y   S m ack,  24s 
C assia,  B a ta v ia   __ 7*  28  S w eet  M arie
.  65 
M agic,  3  d o z....................x  15
D an d y   S m ack,  100s.
. . .
...............   4 3 1 R oyal  S m oke 
C assia,  S aigon 
.2  73
S u n lig h t,  3  doz................1  99
P o p   C o m   F r itte rs ,  100s  50 
Cloves,  Z a n z ib a r 
S u n lig h t,  1 %  doz.............   59 
_  ____ _______
P op  C om   T o ast,  100s 
59
* T w N E
G inger,  A frican  
Y east  F oam ,  3  doz........ l   15 J  C ra ck e r  J a c k   . 7
  \   $ y  *”
G inger,  C ochin  ...............   u
Y east  C ream ,  3  d o z .. . .  1  09 j  C heckers,  5c  pkg.  case  3  50 
Y east  F o am ,  1 %  d o z /
S S S r-..J*“
.........  g | K S ~ í   A / r . . : : : : : : : : : î î
58  P ? P   C orn  B alls,  200s  . .  1  20 
M u sta rd  
....................13
18 
.6000
P ep p er,  S ingapore,  blk.  1 ^   w ^ i   “ m* t e l l s ...............2°
P ep p er,  Singp.  w h ite .,  2 8 1 
P ep p er,  C ay en n e 
S age 
ST A RC H  

1  6a  B rillia n t  G um s,  C ry».  60
1  85 ! A-  A.  L icorice  D ro p s ..90
«
2  30 j  L ozenges,  p lain  
j  L ozenges,  p rin ted
.............
.60
M otto es 
..................
C ream   B a r  77777*55 
G.  M.  P e a n u t  B a r  7 7 ^ 5 5  
H an d   M ade  C r’m s. .80@99
C ream   B u tto n s 
..............55
m rin g   R ock 
.................... 59
JX!/1mr * reen   B errie s 
..6 0
Old  T im e  A s s o r t e d __ 2  75
B u ste r  B row n  G oodies  3  50 
L p -to -d a te   A sstm t. 
. . . 3   75
T en  S trik e   N o.  1 ___   g  51
T en  S trik e   N o.  2 .........*g  06
te n   S trik e,  S u m m er  a s -

S P IC E S  
..............................   2 2 ' M y rtle  N av y  

C icero  C orn  C a k e s ___ 5
A zu lik it  100s

........................ 3  00 I i-m p s 
......................  99  K iln  D ried 

x w i m b
15  Cotton 
'

I D uke’s  M ix tu re 
J  D u k e’s   C am eo 

in  rolls.  55  ¡Com C ake, 

.1  la ! 
.2  00 
.3  25 ! 
.4  75 ] 
.2  25 I 
.3  25

„  
R ed   L e tte r 

.  Y E A S T   C A K E

I   X   L ,  18  oz.  p ails

! Scientific  A ss’t.

.........  18 
...........  

Cough  Drops

W hole  S pices 

F R E S H   F ISH

- . 7 7 .7 7 7 7 7 *  

75 j  Im p e rials 

W ood  Bow ls

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

V 'N E G A R  

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

’  1ID  öalIa

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

. .6  75 
■ 18  00

so rtm e n t.

p e r  box 

2%
4
4 

...........

. . .  „, 

__ 

..2

r 

!“

6 

K

. 

i

 

.........   20
....................................   20
C om m on  Gloss
lib . 
p a ck a g e s 
3tb.  p a ck ag es 
61b.  p a ck a g e s 
40  a n d   501b.  boxes 
B a rre ls 
C om m on  C orn
20Tb.  p a ck a g e s 
401b.  p a ck a g e s 

.......................2% @3
..............   5
. . .  4% @7

........... 4@5
.............   @4%
................ @5^
3@3%

C om

S Y R U P S  
..................; ..........23
.................*25

„  
B arre ls 
H a lf  B a rre ls 
201b .  c a n s  %  dz.  in  c ase 1  70 
101b .  c a n s  %  dz.  in  case 1  65 
51b.  c a n s 2 dz. In c ase 1  75 
2% lb.  c a n s 2 dz.  in  c ase  1  80 
„  
F a ir  
Good 
C hoice 

.................................. 
16
................................   20
............................   26

P u re   C ane

T E A  
J a p a n

S undried,  m edium  
. . . .  24
Sundried,  choice 
..........32
S undried,  fa n c y   ..............36
R eg u lar,  m edium  
..........24
R eg u lar,  choice  ..............32
R eg u lar,  f a n c y ................36
B ask et-fired ,  m edium   31 
B ask et-fired ,  choice 
..3 8  
B ask et-fired ,  fa n c y  
...4 3
N ib s 
.............................22024
S iftin g s 
Fannin*»  ............... 13014

.....................90 1 1

_ 
P e r  lb.
1 J  um bo  W h ite fish ___ <213
N o.  1  W h ite f is h ......... 0 1 0 %
«r  ,* 
M alt  W h ite,  W ine,  40 g r 8%  ¡T ro u t 
........................ ] g i o
M alt  W h ite   W ine.  80 g? 13 
H a lib u t 
P u re   C ider,  B A B   . . . .  14 
j C iscoes  o r  H e rrin g   @  5
P u re   C ider,  R ed  S t a r . . 12 
¡B luefish 
................i o % S ll
P u re   C ider,  R o binson. .13%  !  L ive  L o b ste r  .........  @25
P u re   C ider,  S ilv er  -----13%  j B oiled  L o b ste r  ....,] @ 3 0
.................................. fa, 10
Cod 
.................... 
|§   8
H ad d o ck  
P ic k e re l 
........................@10
................................ @  s
P * e  
P erch ,  d ressed  
...........@12%
.........@15
Sm oked,  W h ite  
R ed  S n a p p e r  ............... @  8
CoL _ R iv e r  Salm on 
.. @ 14
...................15^16
H ,D E S   A N D   P E L T S

N o.  0  p e r  g ro ss  ...........
No.  1  p e r  g ro ss  ...........
No.  2  p e r  g ro ss  ...........
N o.  3  p e r  g ro ss  ...........
W O O D E N W A R E  

Baskets
.  7 S,7 “ .........  1 1 0   M ackerel 

W IC K IN G

*  1  49 ' 

P u tn a m   M enthol  ............1  99
S m ith   B ros.  ...................... j   25

N U T S —Whole 
A lm onds,  T a rra g o n a  
A lm onds,  A v ica 
.........
A lm onds,  C alifo rn ia  s ft

..1 5

........................ 150*16
........................ 12013
F1Jberts 
..................  @12
Cal.  Mo.  1  ...............  
^ 1 7
W aln u ts,  so ft  shelled  @16 
w a ln u ts,  m a rb o t 
T ab le  n u ts,  fa n c y . . . @13
P ecan s,  M ed................... @12
P ecan s,  ex. 
la r g e ..  @13 
P ecan s.  Ju m b o s 
. .   @14

. . .  @ 

Hides

» I ;  

B u sh els 
M arket8’ 
S plint,  la rg e   7 7 /7 7 * 7 * 3   50
S plint;  m edium   7 7 7 7 3   25 f e f ”   g ° -   \   ......................U *   “ o B T nSS **  p e r  bu
M l n t-  »m all 
................. 3  00 I 

?  ......................| C ocoanuts

W illow ,  C lothes,  sm all 5  50  n   J  ^ in s ’  g reen   N a   1  12 
Bradley  Butter  Boxes 
21b.  size,  24  in  c a s e ..  72  r^'K s]t Jn s’  cured   No.  1. .14 
—  
31b.  size,  16  in   c a s e ..
51b.  size,  12  in   c a s e .. 
101b.  size, 
6  in   c a s e ..  60 
No.  1  O val,  250  in  c ra te   40 
No.  2  O val,  250  in   c ra te   45 
No.  3  O val,  250  In  c ra te   50 
N o.  5  O val,  250  in   c ra te   60

Butter  Plates

erree?  ,No-  2 

8  a 5 ,S i l ::::^77-S8  c s s T V S ’“
Shelled
qr,a n ish   P e a n u ts  

b  .............
cs/ 
.»   C alfskins,  cu red   N o.  2  12% Iv S iS i? “  P e a n u ts   . . 6%
63 i S te e r  H ides.  601b.  o v er  12%  |

_  
P e ,ts  
................. A lican te  A lm onds

W aln u t  H alv es
F ilb e rt  M eats 
........................6 0 0 1   40  Jo rd a n   A lm onds

tv* 
t I ^ hT 001 
L am b s 
S h e a rlin g s 
N o 
N o  2  7 7 7 7 7 7 *   1   V&  FaDn cy -.  H-  P-  Suns.
Choice,  H .  P.  Jum bo 
Choice,  H .  P.  Jum bo
................... 

.....................  @ 3%
U nw ashed,  m ed............ 26028
Unwashed,  fine  ...........21023

a»  i n   j  F an cy ,  H .  P .  S u n s 

...........40 0 1   25 

B arre l,  5  g al.,  e a c h ..2  40 
B arrel,  10  gaL,  e a c h ..2  55 
Barrel,  IS  gaL,  each. .2  70

Roasted 

S m   ’  P 

R o asted  

Chum s

P e a n u ts

Wool

3  ° W 

1 
2 

. . .

' 

................. 6% @ 7

ü@7%
@50
@35
# 2 5
@33
@47

..  5%

6% 
7 s

46

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

S p ecia l  P rice  C urrent

SOAP

B eav er  Soap  Co.'s

JU LY   AND  AUGU ST.

Would You Be Busy?

Busy  This  Summer,  We  Mean

For  fall,  too,  we  serve  you  unique­

ly  well  with  complete  displays  made 

in  The  Butler  Way  and  fully  ready 

for inspection,  on  or  about  July  15, 

IN  SIX  C IT IE S

But— also  alone  amoLg  jobbeis—  

■  P

right  now  we  are  affording  customers 

the very help  they need  for  A  BU SY 

In  summer— “   naturally’’— trade 

slumps  and  discounted  dollars  fail  to 

I  

i

draw.  But  GEN UIN E  bargains  do 

go  on  crowding  exclusive  5  and  10 

cent  stores— in  summer.

In  our  July  catalogue  is  a  special 

sale  of 

just  such  trade-compelling 

window  goods  as  those  stores  use—  

all  uniformly  priced  at  45  and  95 

cents  the  dozen.

Shall  we  send  YO U   our  July 

catalogue— No.  J580?

Butler  Brothers

Sample  Houses:

Baltimore,  Dallas,  St.  Paul  and  Broadway,  N.  Y.

Distributing  Houses:

New  York,  Chicago,  S t  Louis  (and  Minneapolis  after Jan.  I,  1907)

L  

i

O
 
J
t
e
e

AXLE  GREASE

M ica,  tin   b o x e s___ 75  9  00
P a ra g o n  
................... 55  6  00

BAKING  POW DER

B E E S E M
94 Tb.  cans.  4  doz.  c a s e ..  45 
941b.  cans.  4  doz.  c a s e ..  85 
lib .  can s,  2  doz.  e a s e l   60

Royal

size 

10c 
90 
541b.  c an s 1  35 
6oz.  c an s  1  90 
5£ lb  can s 2  50 
94 lb  c an s  3  75 
lib .  can s  4  80 
31b.  can s  13  00 
51b  can s  21  50 

BLUING

C.  P.  Bluing

Doz.
Sm all  size.  1  doz.  b o x ..40 
U irg e  size,  1  doz.  b o x . . 75

CIGARS

G J   Jo h n so n   C ig ar Co.’s  bd.
Less  th a n   500 
......................33
500  or  m ore 
........................ 32
1,000  or  m ore  ........................31
W orden  G rocer  Co.  b rand 

B en  H u r

P erfectio n  
P erfectio n   E x tra s  
L ondres 
L ondres  G ran d  
S ta n d a rd  
P u rita n o s 
P a n a te llas,  F in a s 
P a h a te lla s,  Bock 
Jo ck ey   C lub 

............................ 35
........... 35
...................................35
....................35
.................................35
.............................. 35
..............35
..............35
........................ 35

COCOANUT

B ak e r's  B razil  Shredded

70  941b .  pkg.  p e r  c ase   2  60 
35  94lb.  pkg.  p er  case  2  60 
38  94 lb.  pkg.  p er  case  2  60 
16  941b.  pkg.  p er  case  2  60

FRESH  MEATS 

Beef

.594@  794 
•794@  994
8  @14 
8  @12
7  @  8
5  @ 6
@  4
@  3

. . , .
C arcass 
H i n d q u a r t s m
Loins 
............
R ibs 
.............
R ounds 
. . . .
C hucks 
.........
...........
P la te s 
L iv ers 
.........

P o rk
L oins 
.....................
............
Dressed 
..
B oston  B u tts 
S houlders  .............
.........
L eaf  L a rd  

Mutton
.................  
...................  

C arcass 
L am bs 
S p rin g   L am b s 
Veal

@ 9
@1294
. .   @14

C arcass 

.................   594@  8

C L O T H E S   L IN E S  

Sisal

60ft. 
72ft. 
90ft. 
60ft. 
72ft. 

3 th re a d ,  e x t r a .. 1  00
3 th re a d ,  e x t r a .. 1  40
3 th re a d ,  e x t r a .. 1  70
6 th re a d ,  e x tra . .1  29
6 th re a d ,  e x t r a . .

Jute

60ft..........................................  
75
72ft..........................................  90
90ft..........................................1  05
120f t .............. .........................1  50

Cotton  Victor

50ft......................................... 1  10
60f t ..........................................l   35
70ft......................................... l   60

Cotton  W indsor

50ft..........................................1  30
60ft..........................................1  44
70ft......................................... 1  80
80ft..........................................2  00

Cotton  Braided

40ft..........................................   95
50ft..........................................l   35
60f t ..........................................1  «5

Galvanized  W ire 

No.  20,  each  100ft.  long 1  90 
No.  19.  each  100ft.  long 2  10

C O F F E E
Roasted

D w in ell-W rig h t  Co.’s.  B ’ds.

Sm all 
M edium  
L a rg e  

Linen  L ines
....................................   20
.............................     26
....................................   34

Poles

B am boo,  14  ft.,  p e r  doz.  55 
B am boo,  16  ft.,  p er  doz.  60 
B am boo,  18  ft.,  p e r  doz.  80

GELATINE

C ox's  1  qt.  size 
............1  10
C ox’s   2  qt.  s i z e ................1  61
K n o x ’s   S parkling,  doz.  1  20 
K n o x ’s  S p ark lin g ,  gro.14  00 
K n o x ’s  A cidu'd.  d o z ...l  20 
K n o x ’s  A cidu’d.  g r o ...l4   00
.............................1  50
N elson’s 
O xford 
................................   75
P ly m o u th   R ock 
............1  25
SA F E S

k e p t 

F u ll  line  of  fire  an d   b u rg ­
in 
la r  proof  safes 
th e   T rad e sm a n  
sto ck   by 
C om pany. 
T w e n ty   d iffer­
e n t  sizes  on  h an d   a t   all 
tim es—tw ice  a s   m an y   safes 
a s   a re   c arrie d   by  a n y   o th e r 
house  in  th e   S ta te . 
you 
to   v isit  G rand 
a re   u nable 
th e 
R ap id s 
in sp ect 
line  personally,  w rite  
for 
q u o tatio n s.

a n d  

W h ite   H ouse,  lib ...................
W h ite  H ouse,  21b...................
E xcelsior,  M  &  J,  lib ............
E xcelsior,  M  &  J,  21b............
T ip  Top,  M  &  J,  lib ...............
R oyal  J a v a   ................................
R oyal  J a v a   a n d   M ocha  . . .  
. . .
J a v a   an d   M ocha  B lend 
B oston  C om bination 
...........
Ju d so n  
G rocer  Co.,  G ran d   R ap id s; 
Lee  &  Cady,  D e tro it;  S ym ­
ons  B ros.  &  Co.,  S ag in aw ; 
B row n,  D avis  &  W arn er, 
Jac k so n ;  G odsm ark,  D u ­
ra n d   &  Co.,  B a ttle   C reek; 
F ielb ach   Co.,  Toledo. 

D istrib u ted  

by 

COND EN SED   MILK

4  doz.  in  case

G ail  B orden E ag le  _____6  40
.................................5  90
C row n 
C ham pion 
.......................... 4  52
...................................4  70
D aisy 
.......................... 4  00
M agnolia 
...........................4  40
C hallenge 
D im e 
....................................3  85
P eerless  E v a p ’d C ream   4  00
94  to  1  in.........................   6
194  to   2 
7
194  to   2  in ...........................   9
1%  to   2  i n ...........................   11
z 
15 
3  In.....................................
20
C otton  L ines

in.........................................

FISHING  TACKLE

in ............................ 

JVANnFft
SO A   P.

cakes, la rg e   size. .6 50
cakes, la rg e   s iz e ..3 25
cakes, sm all  s iz e ..3 85
cakes, sm all  s iz e ..l 95

100 
50 
100. 
50 
T rad e sm a n ’s  Co.’s  B ran d

B lack  H aw k ,  one  box  2  50 
B lack  H aw k ,  five  bx s  2  40 
B lack  H aw k, 
te n   b x s  2  25

T A BLE  SAUCES

H alford,  la rg e   ................ 3  75
H alfo rd ,  sm all 
...............2  25

Use

Tradesman
Coupon
Books

Made  by

No.  1,  10  fe e t 
.................
No.  2,  15  fe e t  ...................
No.  3,  15  feet 
...................
No.  4,  15  feet  ...................
...................
No.  5,  15  fe e t 
@ 11
@  <94 No.  6,  15  feet 
...................
@  9
.................
No.  7,  16  fe e t 
@  9
No.  8,  15  fe e t  ...................
@  994 N o.  9,  15  feet  ...................

10

20

Tradesman  Company

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.

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

BUSINESS-WANTS  DEPARTMENT

l i l s C i 'i i t !   LJ H e l d  

i fU>,  hraj  [ i „  

p v o

A d\C,  ti  > - lu L 'ï i t S  
li 

■  '

111í i üo u ¡ii - n  lu.

•c:lts  J  w o rc *  r ^K  ^,rsI 
^  

'  ^ ,ul1 

-  1,rs 

i n s e r t i o n   and  one  cent  a  w o r d   for 
f . a s h   m u s t   a c c o m p a n v   ail  orde rs.

B U S IN E S S   C H A N C E S .

B o r  Sale-—H a rd w a re  

W ho  w a n ts   a   n ice  clean   sto ck   of  shoes 
a n d   g e n ts 
fu rn ish in g   goods  a n d   g ro ­
ceries,  sto ck   a b o u t  $4,000?  A   p e p p er  mill 
ju s t  sta rtin g .  W ill  em ploy  a   n ig h t  a n d  
d a y   force,  also   a   ch ico ry   p la n t.  F o r  p a r ­
tic u la rs   a p p ly   to   B ox  33,  C apac,  M ich
___________ __________ __ _______________ 887
sto ck ,  w hole  o r 
h a lf  in te re s t  of  a   clean   a n d   u p -to -d a te  
« ^ Vare mSt99lc 
in 
S o u th e rn   M ichigan.  Good  tra d e ;  fine  lo ­
catio n .  S to ck   w ill 
invoice  a b o u t  $6,000. 
Good  re a so n   fo r  selling.  A d d ress  o r  call 
-t •  S r   B row n,  care   A rt  S tove  Co.,  D e­
?  
tro it,  M ich. 
L o r  Sale—H a rn e ss   sh o p   in   good  fa rm - 
m g   co u n try ,  n e a re s t  sh o p   30  m iles.  H av e 
look  a fte r.  A ddress 
o th e r  b u sin ess 
v\m .  F .  A sal,  R u p ert,  Idaho.________ 871

th e   b e st 

to w n  

«70

in  

to  

clo th in g  

T o .  E x ch an g e—$2,300 

stock, 
p ra c tic ally   new ,  fo r  d ry   goods,  g ro cery
o r  h a rd w a re   stock, 
B.  M.  B row n,  J a n e s -
ville,  W is.
, 
S ale-Im p roved,  farm , 
jo in in g   P o - 
to w n site,  u n d e r  crop.  F o r  p a rtic u - 
land 
la rs  w rite   W m .  R an n els,  P oland,  N .  D.

74

F o r  S ale—D ru g   sto re,  nice  fo u n ta in ;  no 
P h a rm a c ist, 

b a rg a in . 

opposition. 
A 
H oagland.  Ind. 

g75

h o r  Sale  o r  E x ch an g e—$3,000  sto ck   g en - 
eral  m erch an d ise.  Good  tow n,  good  trad e, 
i. 
iff1*1  foods-  R easo n   fo r  selling,  poor 
h ealth .  A d d ress  L ock  B ox 
11,  G aines,
M l™-  _______ _______________________ 876

. 
F o r  Sale—C heap,  a   p ra c tic ally   new   F ox 
I  ty p e w rite r.  A d d ress  N o.  877,  c are   M ichi 
!  g an  

tra d e sm a n , 

¿77

Old  coins  hav e  becom e  v ery  valu ab le 
1  t-a rg e   p rices  p aid   by  m e.  Send  50  c en ts 
Jo se p h   B ow en,  Coin  D ealer 
lo r  book. 
i M u rray .  O. 
S7a  ’
| „ F o r  Sale—L iv ery   sta b le   an d   sto ck ;  or 
|  w ill  sell  sto ck   a n d   re n t  stab le,  a t  a   b a r- 
? S am .  A d d ress  J.  M.  Boyd,  T ip to n ,  Mo
'  ----------------------- --------------------- ------------  879
i  M ust  sell  on  a c c o u n t  of  poor  h ealth , 
h a rn e ss  business.  T h e   only  shop  in  In ­
d ia n a   tow n  of  2,000.  M ight  ex ch an g e  fo r 
sm all  fa rm   or tow n  p ro p e rty .  D eC ourdres, 

j  xvnox.  m a . 

881

. 

resid en ce 

°J  • R fu t—-Store,  20x40, 

1 
|  p ro p o sitio n   an d   reaso n ab le. 

W an ted —T °   buy  a   d ru g   sto ck   in   a   good 
Loc? llty   m   M ichigan.  M u st  be  a   good 
S ta te   full 
p a rtic u la rs.  A ddress  No.  882,  care   T rad e s- 
m a n . ____________________________gg2
^  B or  Sale—F in e  
sto re  
a n d  
p ro p erty .  C lean  sto ck   of  g en eral  m e r­
ch an d ise,  w ill  invoice  a b o u t  $10,000  C oun­
te r  sales  o v er  $30,000  yearly.  C an 
re - 
duce  sto ck  
to   a b o u t  $7,000.  R eason  fo r 
1  selling,  o th e r  b u sin ess  here.  S itu ate d   in 
i ^ t r y   to w n   on  P .  M.  R ailroad,  in  fru it 
a?®1};,  A  b a rg a in   an d   m o n ey m ak er  fo r  a  
G eorge  K -  T aylor,  P u llm an , 
jM ic h e r' 
® 
Io7 
1  g ro w in g   city.  E .  R u ta n , 
C G reenville,  M ich. 
I  „ B o r   S ale—O ne  R em in g to n   ty p e w rite r,  in 
fg o o d   condition,  p rice  $40. 
O ne  L e tte r 
¿C opying  P re ss,  size  10x12,  com plete  w ith  
Ibook,  p ric e   $4.  T h re e   b a rre l  sw in g s  for 
I * se  *?  ? ro cery   s t°re ,  p ric e   $1  each. 
If  in - 
|M irch 
’  W rite  H a rd in g   &  Co.-  M oriey,
-.  W an ted —A t  L e  M ars,  la .,  a n   u p -to -d a te  
i b u sin ess  m an   to   re n t  one  of  th e   b e st  c o r­
n e rs   in  th e   c ity ;  double  sto rero o m ,  m od- 
«tnri”  ev ery   w ay   b u ilt  fo r  a  d e p a rtm e n t 
s to re ,  75  fe e t  p la te   g la ss  show   w indow s
1 n h o m fv ,i>?.eai15 -S  fo r  a   &en eral  sto re ;  w ill 
y hold  th e   build in g   open  u n til  S ep te m b e r fo r 
rig h t  p a rtie s.  C has.  E .  F la u g h e r 
th e  
o w ner,  L e  M ars,  la . 

c e n tra lly  

m ,t

883

884

357

h

F o r  Salfr—S to ck   g e n eral  m e rch an d ise 
$24 000 
invoicing  $6,000.  A n n u al 
S plendid  co u n try . 
B uild in g s  fo r  sale   or 
re n t.  L o cated   in   In d ia n   c o u n try .  T h ese 
people  d ra w   $50,000  y e arly   from   th e   gov- 
ern m e n t.  S plendid  o p p o rtu n ity .  Good  re a - 
son  fo r  selling.  S teele  B ros..  W h lteag le, 
UKia. 

sales, 

849

.  

846

location. 

tow n.  Good 

$9,000  sto ck   of  m erch an d ise,  12,000  oil 
am i  g a s 
C heap
munic  Dw ? if -   so o d   business.  M u st  be 
quick.  W ill  invoice.  A d d ress  B ox  72  I n ­
dependence,  K an . 
i  ¥t°r,  ®a*?—S to ck   of  stap le   d ry   goods 
lad ies  a n d   m e n ’s 
fu rn ish in g s,  cro ck ery ’ 
« a w - e   b ouse  fu rn ish in g   goods.  A   clean 
nn  o iiib   s ta Ple  a n d   salab le  m erc h a n d ise ; 
Si?o^4lckers’  c o rn e r  Store 
rap id ly  
g ro w in g   co m m u n ity .  M odem   ste a m   h e a t- 
■ ®d  b u d d in g   L o w est  c ash   p rice  80  c en ts 
th e   d o llar  a n d   only  c a sh   propo sitio n  
considered. 
O ne  of  th e   m o st  p ro m isin g  
^ c a iio n s   in  C hicago  A.  K oelsch  &  C o f 
lia a   L incoln  A ve.,  C hicago,  IU. 

in   a  

847
lady 
o u g h t  to   hav e.  M ailed  p o st-

.^■atest-  S o m eth in g   ev ery   y o u n g  

n lfd  
98t d BuffSo,  N .CY lt3  SUV6r  tG  P-  °   ^

S eco n d -h an d   sto re   fix tu res,  fine  condi- 
tion,  v ery   cheap.  A d d ress  E .  M.  S m ith  
C ed ar  S prin g s,  M ich. 

854

C heap  L an d s—W ild  a n d   im p ro v ed ;  th e  
g a rd e n   sp o t  of  M in n eso ta;  w rite   fo r  p rices 
M inn 
3'  L -  B   B ra n c h ’  R ound  P ra7rie 
—  ■ 
a   g ° od  ««-M O  sto ck   of  d75 
y° u  .have  a   good  lo catio n   an d  
w ill 
in te re st,  w ill  m ove  sto ck  
an y w h ere.  A d d ress  No.  857,  c a re   M ichi- 
g a n   T rad esm a n  

ta k e   a n  

865

357

8 

862

858

fo r 

ro llin g  

  In d V  28 

F ° r  _Sale—N ew   a n d   m odern  com olete 
c h a irs  a n d  
tah le« f 0 n i1ta ln ’ * w ith   sto o ls- 
nnr!.  Tv.T,£h-eap   f2.r   c a sh -  A d d ress  No.  858, 
care   M ichigan  T ra d esm an . 
f n ? l^ <iAe a w A lo te l  o r  A Pa r t m e n t  H ouse, 
fo r  sale.  H o u se  new   w ith   45  room s  all 
new   fu rn ish in g s  a n d   m o d em   conveniences 
com plete,  w ith   a   pro fit  of  $150  p er  m onth
t'iur,irKCatl° n ’x.th e   fin est  in  th e   b e st  city 
ch eap  
M ichigan.  R e n t  of  building, 
R easo n s  fo r  sellin g   w ill  be  ex p lain ed   *by 
correspondence.  S ale  on  c ash   b a sis  only! 
Don  t   corresp o n d   un less  you  m ean   b u si­
ness.  $4.500  w ill  buy  it.  A d d ress  No 
care   M ichigan  T r ad esm an  
359 9'
H o tei  F o r  Sale—^H otel  G oldsm ith,  L igo- 
S
room s,  b a r  b a r te r
shop,  pool  room ,  b u s  a n d   b ag g ag e  lin e  in 
connection  A d d ress  C.  E .  B enham .  P ro p  
L igonier,  Ind. 
F o r  Sale  o r 
. ■  b u ild in g s  a n d   w a ter, 

865
.S ale  F o r  C ash—B est  estab lish ed

tra d e   fo r  clean  sto ck   of 
a   , 15’000  ch ome  fa rm .  Good 
land 
s
fru it,  d a iry   o r 
®}**^?hle  a n d   used  
m iles  from   G ran d   R ap id s
,t<?ck.  O nly 
S K I
SSWps £ S E £ 128  c“ s 
.F o il  Sale  A  sto ck   of  g en eral  m e r­
ch an d ise,  in v e n to ry in g   a b o u t  $5,000,  e ith er 
fo r  cash   o r  on  tim e   to   a   resp o n sib le  p a r­
ty-  n - lso  s t? re   b u ilding  62x24  a n d   thrge 
d w elh n g   w ith   all  conveniences,  4  lo ts  and 
la rg e   o rch ard ,  e ith e r  to   sell  o r  fo r  re n t 
T e rm s  a n d   p rices  reaso n ab le.  A n  o ld -e s­
tab lish ed  
tra d e   a n d   m o n ey m ak in g   b u si­
ness.  Good  re a so n s  fo r  selling.  O nly  re ­
liable  p a rtie s   w ith   a t   le a st  $2,000  in  cash 
F o r  p a rtic u la rs   A ddress  N o 
865,  c are   M ichigan  T ra d e sm an. 
__- 
g en eral  m e rch an d ise  b u sin ess  in  b est  lo- 
ness°n  iQA-tOWI?’  d °m g   s tric tly   cash   busi- 
*s ona  1 o °   salf s’  *27-5°0- 
S tock  a b o u t 
*8,000.  C an  red u ce  to   su it.  F o r  p articu -
M,Vh  a d d re ss  B   M.  S alisb u ry ,  Shelby, 
m ien. 
r.o+iieCUto^i?  S_ale—A  fine  b rick   sto re,  lo- 
P^tion  on  th e   b e st  b u sin ess  c o rn e r  in  th is 
h u stlin g  
of 
th irty -fiv e   h u n d red
F o rt  A ti^ ddressw i i -  P -  P e ttit.  E x e c u to r 
o rt  A-tkinson,  W is. 
A ? r r   Sale—P ra c tic a lly   new   B u rro u g h s 
A dding  M achine.  S m ith   Y oung  &  Co 
L ansing,  M ich. 
s   “   g ^ 0’’
-  B or  Sale—W holesale  b ak ery .  Good  p a y ­
re tire
ing  busin ess.  O w ner  w ish es 
L a n PT r S arS  HddreSS  H -  M -   Care  M ich- 
ig an  
ggg
F o r  Sale—Shoe  sto ck   a t   a   b a rg a in :  lo- 
f n t hLr“f fine:.  OIily  s to re   w ith in   8  blocks; 
° f   c ity -  W ill  invoice  a b o u t
*9 0^ ®  
oki°0aW  
f-2®®  c a s h : 
reaso n  
D®e ’  J 3'  A d d ress  G u stav e  Spiegel 
1108  B ro ad w ay ,  r o r t   W ayne,  Ind. 

l  rad esm an . 

«‘i  seL a t 

to w n  

For

844

834

860

to  

to w n  

in   an   8,000  co u n ty   f e a t 

F o r  Sale—$8,000  sto ck   of  g e n eral  h a rd - 
in 
in   th e  
T S to ck   clean  an d   m od-
Good  In v e s tm ent,  c are   M ich- 

w a re  
q p a th e rn   K a n sa s.  B est  co u n ty  
e rn te\riP!L0p 
lg an   1 rad esm an . 
*„Kvr v.SaleT 'M illinery  a n d   fa n c y   goods  e s ­
ta b lish m en t.  E sta b lish ed   27  y e a rs  D o­
in g   p ro sp ero u s  business. 
R e tirin g   from
M ich1688'  B ra n ce s  L. 
L ew is,  S ta n to n , 
ivucn. 

ggo

850

w £ ? r „?a Q t7 36<?  acfn s ’  th re e   m iles  so u th ­
w e st  of  S p an g le;  40  a c re s   m eadow   la n d  
b alan ce  w h e a t;  p le n ty   w a te r;  w ell-im ­
proved.  F o r  fu r th e r  p a rtic u la rs   ap p ly   to  
ow ner,  A ndrew   P a tte rs o n ,  S pangle,  W ash
853

all 

a n d  

,w in g  

im p lem en ts, 
u p -to -d a te  

^ hi c h   ?s  a ,n  ex cellen t 

h i i   d^  are_ i
t0  o th e r  b u sin ess 
“2^®:  R em anding  m y  e n tire   a tte n tio n .  1 
fo r  sale   m y   sto ck   o f  h a rd w a re  
offer 
cro ck ery   a n d   sm all 
in 
good 
condition 
In - 
y fa to ry in g   a b o u t  $3,000.  W ill  re n t  build- 
loca- 
™ n -  , Be.s t   ,of  fa rm in g   la n d   a n d   a   sm all 
Good  g ra in   an d  
m a n u fa c tu rin g   tow n. 
P roduce  m a rk e t. 
In te re s te d   p a rtie s   in -
B iH em u t’ M 'if “ 8  “  
. T im b e r —A ^  p erso n  
la rg e  
4ra®ts  of  tim b e r  w ould  lik e  to   m e e t  w ith  
m ill  m an  
to   o p e ra te   sam e   on  s h a re s   or 
on  stu m p a g e   b asis.  Good  o p en in g   also 
fo r  sash ,  doors  a n d   shin g les.  A pply  No. 
821,  care   M ichigan  T rad e sm a n . 

W1U
co n tro llin g  

821

W ill  ex ch an g e  m y   fa rm ,  n e a r  to w n  

fo r 
f ^ h ^ a e s s   d escrib e  fu lly   w ith   p rice. 
J a s .  P .  P h illip s,  M an ch ester,  T en n . 

816

if. 

b a m , 

title,  house, 

_ F o r   Sale—S to re  w ith   o r  w ith o u t  stock. 
■9 ° ,? ^  fa rm in g   sectio n ,  only  sto re.  K en - 
dall  &  Slade.  S y lv ester.  M ich._______ 819
iw 'n n n  % . ve  ° r e —H a v e   expended  a b o u t 
f   m a c h in ery   a n d   in  developm ent 
w ork  an d   need  a b o u t  $15,000  m ore.  T h e 
equipped  w ith  m ach in ery ,
an d   will  be  a   su re   dividend  p ay er.  W rite 
to r  full  d escrip ito n   a n d   p a rtic u la rs.  T h e 
A pex  C opper  Co.,  C olorado  S prings,  Colo,  j
----  —___________ _____________ _______ 820 
j
t.Z °nr  !siMft;r:16L acres  t railes  trom  town;
clean  
im p lem en ts 
household  goods,  a n d   som e  sto ck . 
F in e  
ch an ce  fo r  ho m eseek er  to   g e t  s ta r te d   in 
g ro w in g   co u n try .  $3.500. 
J a m e s   E .  F re e   | 
B illings,  M on t. 
ggj  ’
vm 2r M i«ie  G ra.in  e le v ato r  a t   H u d so n - 
ville,  M ich.,  on  tra c k s   of  P.  M.  R y  n e a r 
m am   s tre e t  $700.  Good  c h an ce  fo r  live 
m an 
to   m ak e  som e  m oney.  V alley  C ity 
M illing  Co.,  G ra n d   R ap id s,  M ich. 
825  ■
\ Vuain ted —A t  once  fo r  cash,  sto ck   sh o es  I 
A ddress I 
1

clo th in g  
-L«ogk  Box  435f  G alesburg,  111. 
. I' o r  iS a,?~ -H ard w are,  plu m b in g   an d   tin  
fcnR   ^ ^ f d ,   m   Kood 
to w n   of I 
o.dOO.  S tock  less  th a n   tw o   y e ars  old;  will  ' 
invoice  a b o u t  $3.000;  will  reduce  to   s u it  I 
In v e stig a te   if  looking  fo r  a   good  bu sin ess  !
or   selling.  A ddress  G.  ! 
E .  B lockie  &  Co.,  Id ah o   F alls,  Idaho
86

o r  g en eral 

th riv in g  

stock. 

ref :

f

761 

th e   sto ck  

1.200  s h a re s  of  sto ck   in  a   w ell-equipped 
p ro p e rty   of  m erit.  You  can   get  th is  on 
th e   e a sie st  k in d   of  easy   p a y m e n ts  a n d   a  I 
5 °n u s  of  800  s h a re s   free. 
Send  $2  a i  
m onth 
fo r  6  m o n th s  a n d  
is 
yours.  $24  cash   b u y s  4.500  sh ares.  O ur  lit-  I 
e ra tiire   will  in te re st  you.  A ddress  J   D 
Jo h n sto n ,  S e c re ta ry ,  Box  161,  Newport," j
r o r   Sale—-Splendid  g ro cery   bu sin ess  in 
P - f t h e   best, cities  of  14.000  in h a b ita n ts   i 
d 4'e *. good  re a so n s  fo r  selling.  Box 
i
2o2.  P o n tiac,  M ich. 
o  W an.4ed.   T o   B uy—I  will  p ay   cash   fo r 
a   sto ck   of  g en eral  m erch an d ise  o r  c lo th ­
in g   o r  shoes.  Send  full  p a rtic u la rs   A d ­
d re ss  M artin ,  care   M ichigan  T rad esm an .
7:>6
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p ro p e rty  
? 
a ? d 
five 
from   c e n te r  of  b u sin ess  d istric t 
|l°e k s 
Pi J ^ PKd  y   g ro w in g  m a n u fa c tu rin g   city
sh ad ed   and 
paved  k ^ s t r e e t   beautl'fuH y 
estab lish ed  
p av ea 
B u sin ess 
tw e n ty   y e ars  and  a   su ccess 
in  every 
¡ny
p a rtic u la r.  S plendid  ch an ce 
fo r  an  
ioodmeOitvWhiCh  wfll  pay  st^dy^ivejil 
g ro w in g  
S plendid  o p p o rtu n ity   fo r  a  fa th e r  to   p u t 
a   ®9n 
a 
to  
p u rch aser. 
'aJ 
,n  m a n u fa c tu rin g . 
R eferl™ !®   p   e *g a g e  
S l ^ ^ a c e   E   a .  Stow e.  A ddress  No.  | 

’P  a   good  p ay in g   business. 
in d u cem en t 

resid en ce 
sto ck  

— B ine 
g ro c e ry  

p ro sp ero u s 

located 

s tre e t. 

, . p ty  

cash  

an d  

c a re   M iehtgan  T rad esm an . 

f»78

709

an d  

sto ck  

gro ceries, 

E ooated  in 

In v o icn g   $3.600. 

Z ^ o r   Sale— L um ber,  wood  a n d   coal  y ard  
O nly  coal  an d   wood  y a rd   in  tow n.  Good 
business.  A ddress  No.  709,  c a re   M ichi- 
§rin  T rad e sm a n . 
Q  B or  S ale—D ru g  
building. 
w   k «a Vd  b x tu re s.  $2.000.  tim e   on  build- 
fipf  ®alesJ a s t   year.  $7.002.  A d d ress  No. 
g21
621.  c a re   T rad e sm a n . 
„ .B o r  Sale— S tock  of 
boots, 
fb o es,  ru b b e r  goods,  n o tio n s  an d   g ard en  
th e   b e st  fru it  b elt  in 
M ichigan 
If  ta k e n   be- 
M n lt  pl?   l s t -’  w ill  sell  a t   ra re   b arg ain . 
M u st  sell  on  a cc o u n t  of  o th e r  busin ess 
Geo.  T u ck er.  F ennville.  M ich. 
to   buy  fo r  sp o t  cash,  shoe 
.}v.e  w an t 
sto ck s,  c lo th in g   sto ck s,  sto re s  a n d   sto ck s 
of  ev ery   d escrip tio n .  W rite   us 
to -d o y  
read v  
a n d   o u r  re p re se n ta tiv e   w ill  call, 
to  do  busin ess.  P a u l  L.  F ey reisen   & 
Go..  12  S ta te   St..  Chicago.  TR. 
54g
to   sell  y a u r  p ro p erty , 
fa rm   o r  b u sin ess?  N o  m a tte r  w here 
l°® ated.  sen d   m e  d escrip tio n   a n d   price. 
I  sell  fo r  cash.  A dvice  free.  T e rm s  re a ­
sonable. 
1881.  F r a n k   P. 
1261 
Çl?vela n d-  R eal 
A dam s  E x p ress  B uilding,  C hicago  HI
577
« „S fi!4  caf h   Pn c e s   Paid  fo r  coffee  sack s, 
s u g a r  ^ .c k s ,  flour  sack s,  b u rla p   in   pieces
I f  
r ^ l i l iam   Tn OSS  &  Co -  59  s -  W a te r 
a t,.  C hicago.  111. 

E s ta te   E x p e rt, 

D o  you  w a n t 

E sta b lish ed  

538

457

P O S IT IO N S   W A N T E D

W an ted —P o sitio n   a s  m a n a g e r  of  a   d e ­
p a rtm e n t  sto re,  b y   a   g e n tle m an   w hose 
la st  em ployer  h a s  d isco n tin u ed   th e   busi- 
ness.  H a s  h a d   fo u rtee n   y e a rs ’  ex p erien ce 
a s  clerk,  b o o k -k eep er  a n d   m a n a g er.  B est 
of  re feren ces  from   p a s t  em ployers.  O pen 
fo r 
A ddress 
M an ag er,  B ox  139,  R eed  C ity,  M ich

en g ag em en t. 

im m ed iate 

W an ted —E x p erien ced   b o o k -k eep er  a n d  
office  m an   w a n ts  positio n   w ith   w hole­
sale  o r  m a n u fa c tu rin g   concern.  E x cel- 
le n t  referen ces. 
A d d ress  No.  872,  c are  
T rad e sm a n . 

872

886

H E L P   W A N T E D .
experien ced  

W an ted —T w o 

salesm en  
"je n   u n d e r  th e   ag e  of  th ir ty   y e ars 
I p referred .  A pply,  g iv in g   referen ces,  s t a t ­
to   S tan to n «  
in g   a g e   an d  
G ran d   Ledge.  M ich. 

_^^nt_ada.  continued  on  next  page.

exp erien ce 
’ 

880

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Pertinent  Hints  From a Master Mind.
W illiam  G.  Mather,  president  of  the 
Cleveland-Cliffs  Iron  Company,  con­
ceded  to  be  one  of  the  most  astute 
iron  mining  men  in  the  United  States, 
significant  and  altogether 
made  a 
characteristic  speech  recently 
at  a 
dinner  party  following  the  launching 
of  the  new  Cleveland-Cliffs  Iron  com­
pany’s  steamer,  “ Michigan,”  at  De­
troit.  Mr.  Mather  is  a  far-seeing  busi­
ness  man,  possessed  of  the  rare  gift ! 
of  planning  and  administering  with 
best  results  other  industries  than  the 
mining  and  manufacture  of  iron.  The 
many  “side  issues”  of  the  Cleveland- 
Cliffs  company,  including  as  it  does 
the  management  of 
railways  and 
steamship  lines,  charcoal  and  chem­
ical  furnaces,  platting  of  towns,  re- 
forestration  of  waste 
lands,  opera­
tion  of  model  dairy 
fish 
farms,  a 
hatchery,  a  13,000-acre  game  preserve, 
extensive 
lumbering  operations,  and 
a  score  of  enterprises  involving  the 
outlay  of  thousands  of  dollars,  are 
testimony  to  the  masterful  executive 
ability  of  the  guiding  genius  of  this 
rich  and  powerful  corporation.  Mr. 
Mather’s  admonition  to  the  business 
interests  of  the  Lower  Peninsula  that 
it  was  missing  a  golden  opportunity 
in  not  cultivating  commercial 
rela­
tions  with  the  Upper  Peninsula  was 
made  after  a  careful  scrutiny  of  the 
field  and  an 
intimate  knowledge  of 
conditions  here.

in 

lower 

industry  developed 

Mr.  Mather  related  that  his  com­
pany  mined  the  first  ton  of  iron  ore 
in  the  Lake  Superior 
region,  and 
shipped  the  first  cargo  ever  sent  to 
the 
lakes,  continuing  to  oc­
cupy  the  position  of  leading  shipper 
until  the 
im­
portance  and  was  engaged  in  by  many 
corporations.  He  predicted  that  near­
ly  40,000,000  tons  of  ore  would  be 
shipped  during  the  present  year,  of 
which  his  company  would  ship  3.000,- 
000  tons,  about  the  percentage  it  has 
maintained  in  relation  to  the  whole 
for  some  years  back.  The  Cleveland- 
Cliffs  Iron  company,  or  the  persons 
connected  with  it,  were  the  first  to 
build-  ships 
the 
in  1873. 
Vienna,  Geneva  and  Genoa 
They  were  also 
first 
iron  ore 
producing 
steel 
to  build 
ships  for  the  ore  trade,  constructing 
the  Frontenac  and  Pontiac  in  1889, 
the  latter  boat  at  that  time  being  the 
largest  ore  carrier  on  the 
lakes.  In 
the  early  days  of  shipping,  a  profit 
of  twenty  per  cent,  from  a  steamer 
was  regarded  as  essential,  while  to­
day  a  maximum  of  ten  per  cent,  ob­
tains, 
that 
within  a  period  of  fifteen  years  a  ves­
sel  must  be  relegated  to  the  scrap 
heap  not  because  of  the  ravages  of 
wear  and  tear  by  use,  but  because 
they  are  obsolete.

the 
company 

owners  estimating 

the  ore 

trade, 

the 

for 

Mr.  Mather  spoke  pointedly  con­
cerning  the  attitude  of  Michigan  and 
Detroit  toward  the  Upper  Peninsula. 
He  referred  to  the  latter  as  a  terri­
tory  world-wide  in  fame— a  territory 
that  does  not  begin  to  produce  its 
own  requirements 
consumption. 
While  geographically  it  is  a  part  of 
Michigan,  in  all  things  else  it  actual­
ly  belongs  to  Wisconsin  and  Illinios, 
as  its  market  is  supplied  from  Chi­
cago  and 
in  that 
it  rightfully  be-
direction,  although 

its  trade  diverted 

in 

in  mail, 

overflowing 

freight  and 

longed  to  Michigan.  He  compared 
Chicago  and  Detroit  in  time  of  transit 
with  the  Upper  Peninsula  and  showed 
that 
express 
service  Chicago  held  an  advantage  of 
over  three  hours.  This  advantage  is 
not  a  physical  one  because  Detroit 
is  quite  as  near  to  the  peninsula  as 
is  Chicago.  He  urged  the  business 
men  of  the  Low er  Peninsula  to  seize 
that  which  rightly  belongs  to  them, 
the  trade  of  the  great  upper  penin­
sula  which  could  be  secured  by  im­
provement  in  the  lines  of  communi­
cation.  He  also  said  that  Michigan 
had  an 
treasury  and 
ought  to  do  more  for  its  timber  in­
terests,  and  while the country has been 
fairly  cleared  of  pine,  there  is  much 
excellent  hardwood  timber  still  stand­
ing.  On  the  subject  of  reforestation 
he  asserted  that  he  recently  found  to 
his  astonishment  that  Germany  has  a 
greater  teritory  reforested  than  the 
United  States.  He  thought  that  the 
State  of  Michigan  should  adopt  a 
consistent  and  continuous  policy  to- 
! wards  reforesting  and  suggested  that 
the  positions  of 
fire  warden  and 
game  warden  be  united.  A  definite 
plan  should  be  formulated  for  fight­
ing  forest  fires  and  he  was  also  of 
the  opinion  that  the  great  companies 
which  are  doing  all  that  they  can  to 
develop  the  State  and  exploit  its  re­
sources  should  have  some  considera­
tion 
It 
was  clear  that  Mr.  Mather  felt  that 
is  being  im­
the  Upper  Peninsula 
posed  upon  by  the  State. 
“ Michigan 
realizes 
the  Upper  Peninsula’s  im­
mense 
its 
corporate  wealth,  but  does  not  recog­
nize  its  rights,”  said  Mr.  Mather  in 
conclusion.

importance  as  a  part  of 

in  the  remission  of 

taxes. 

Willing  To  Take  a  Chance.

“ Ain’t  you  rather  young  to  be  left 

in  charge  of  a  drug  store?”

“ Perhaps  so,  ma’am;  what  can  I  do 

for  you?”

“ Do  your  employers  know  it’s  dan­
gerous  to  leave  a  mere  boy  like  you 
in  charge  of  such  a  place?”

“ I  am  competent  to 

you, 
madam,  if  you  will  state  your  wants.” 
“ Don’t  they  know  you  might  poison 

serve 

some  one?”

“ There 

is  no 

danger  of 

madam;  what  can  I  do  for  you?”

that, 

“ I 

think  I  had  better  go  to  the 

store  down  the  street.”

“ I  can  serve  you just  as  well  as  they 

can,  and  as  cheaply.”

“W ell,  you  may  give  me  a  two- 
cent  stamp,  but  it  don’t  look  right.”

The  Agent  Lost.

“ My  friend,”  said  the  agent  of  the 
Billville  brother,  “ let  me  sell  you  an 
accident  policy?”

“ Never  had  an  accident  in  my  life.”
“ But— you  may  have.  Ain’t  you 

about  to  marry?”

“Yes,  but  what’s  that  got  to  do 

with  it?”

“A   great  deal.  Suppose  your  wife 
was  to  get  angry  with  you  and  lam 
you  ’side 
fire 
shovel;  or  your  mother-in-law  might 
take  a  notion  to  break  every  bone  in 
your  body;  or— ”

the  head  with 

the 

But  the  Billville  brother  stopped 

him  right  there.

“ I’ve  thought  better  of  it,”   be  said; 

“ I’ll  be  durned  ef  I  git  marriedl”

Taking  Down  the  Blinds.

A   good  deal  of  fun  has  been  in­
dulged  in  over  ostracism  and  pub­
licity  as  preventives  of  w rong  doing, 
but  there  seems  to  be  considerable 
in  the  idea  after  all.  W hat  is  more 
to  the  purpose,  the  taking  down  of 
the  blinds  is  proving  a  panacea  for 
every  ill  so  far  complained  of.  For 
a  while  the  giving  of  the  cold  social 
shoulder  to  the  million-dollar  income 
had  about  it  all  the  elements  of  the 
grotesque,  but  it  has  been  found  that 
exposure  as 
ostracism  does  follow 
follows  disease 
certainlv  as  death 
and 
for  the  same 
reason. 
Every 
cause  has  its  effect  and  as  the  one  is 
wholesome  or  the  reverse  so  must 
the  other  be.  The  time  has  been 
when  there  was  no  going  behind  the 
dollar  or  the  enormous  accumulation 
of  it. 
It  was  a  blessing,  increased 
by  the  times  it  was  multiplied,  and 
the  people  came  to  worship  it  as  they 
did  in  the  Bible  story— with  the  same 
result. 
It  was  then  as  now  a  false 
god  and  led,  as  it  always  has,  to  dis- J 
aster.  Reason  returned  with  the  de­
struction  of  the  golden  calf,  and  the 
march  again  began  to  the  Promised 
Land.

in. 

and 

looked 

This  remedy  for  disease  is  by  no 
Its  modern  application J 
means  new. 
began  with  a  literal  taking  down  of 
I the  blinds.  The  man  behind 
the 
¡bar,  finding  that  the  red  curtain  at 
his  window  invariably  led  to  assault 
outside, 
from  the  temperance  hull 
quietly  and  effectively  avoided 
the 
j inevitable  onslaught  by  displacing the 
the  green  blinds, j 
red  curtain  with 
Then  the  blinds  came  down;  then  the 
curious  public 
the 
thirsty  portion  of  that  public  began 
to  quench  its  thirst  in  a  back  room 
by  a  back  door.  The  purpose  of  the 
bull,  however,  was 
accomplished. 
That  part  of  the  thirsty  world  whose 
conviction  of  crime  consists  in  being 
found  out— a  result  of  false-god  w or­
ship— concluded  that  drinking  didn’t 
pay.  W ith  the  removal  of  the  blinds, 
seeing  was  believing;  believing  crys­
tallized  into 
the  man, 
seen  through  the  saloon  window  or 
coming  out  of  the  back  door  ceased 
to  be  a  welcome  guest  at  society’s 
respectable 
the 
world,  recovering— slowly,  perhaps,
but  recovering— from 
the 
greatest  evils  that  have  so  far  cursed 
it,  owes  its  convalescence  to  the  tak­
ing  down  of  the  blinds.

conviction; 

doors 

front 

one 

and 

of 

in 

fastened  and  dishonesty 

Nothing  has  occasioned  greater 
surprise  in  the  recent  “ investigations” 
than  the  sudden  change  of  attitude 
on  the  part  of  the  investigated.  There 
was  nothing  to  investigate.  Business 
is  necessarily  private 
its  nature 
and  so  is  a  matter  with  which  the 
public  has  nothing  to  do. 
“ I  decline 
to  answer.”  The  windows  were  clos­
ed,  the  blinds  were  up,  the  office  door 
was 
inso­
lently  responded,  “ Busy!”  to  the  en­
quiring  tap  of  the  questioner  outside. 
Then  the  blinds  came  down.  Then 
the  pushed-back  hat  came  off.  The 
acute  angle  of  the  costly  cigar  sud­
denly  became  a  right  angle,  the  in­
cense-bearing  impudence,  unconsum­
ed,  finding  its  proper  place  at  last  in 
the  cuspidor. 
It  is  known  now  that 
the  same  questions  are  respectfully 
answered.  T he  public 
again 
in  at  the  window  with  the
looked 

has 

its 

turned 

if 
blinds  down;  society  astonished, 
not  shocked,  has 
cold 
shoulder  to  its  once  idolized  guest; 
the  golden  calf  is  hurled  again  from 
its  pedestal  and  the  pillar  of  cloud 
by  day  and  of  fire  by  night  is  once 
more  leading  its  hosts  to  Canaan!

W ithout  caring  to  follow   the  ac­
tion  of  the  courts  the  public  mind  is 
centering  its  interest  in  watching  the 
effects  of  their  decisions.  The  whole­
some  results  of  ostracism  are  seen 
on  every  hand.  T he  senator  is  find­
ing  out  from  bitter  experience  that 
“ all 
is  not  gold  that  glitters;”  the 
¡defender  of  the  trust  and  the  trust 
itself  are  beginning 
to  understand 
that  “ For  all  these  things  God  shall 
bring  thee 
judgment”  means 
I something;  and  the  millionaire  with 
his  nine-figured  fortune,  trying  to  es­
cape  in  foreign  lands  from  the  cold 
world’s  stare,  is  proving  beyond  all 
doubt  that  he  with  other  gatherers 
of  “ tainted  money”  is  yielding  to  the 
influences  resulting  from  taking  down 
the  blinds  and  the  ostracism   which 
follows  as  a  mere  matter  of  course.

into 

Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry  and  Beans  at

Buffalo. 

Buffalo,  June  27— Creamery  fresh, 
i8@2oJ4c;  dairy,  fresh,  I5@ i7c '>  Poor> 
13® 74C-

E ggs— Fresh  candled,  18c;  at  mark, 

i6}4@ i7tfc.

Live  Poultry  —   Broilers,  20@22c; 

F

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I2\4@i3c; 

fowls, 
ducks, 
geese.  io @ n c ;  old  cox,  8c.
Dressed  Poultry— Fowls, 
@13*3c;  old  cox,  io@ ioj4c.

B eans  —   p ea,  hand-picked,  $1.65;
I marrow,  $J.73@2-90>  mediums,  $2@
2.10;  red  kidney,  $2.6o@2-75-

Rea  &   W itzig.

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Leather  Tires  for  Automobiles.
Efforts  are  being  made  to  have 
automobilists  use  tiers  of  leather  in 
place  of  tires  of  rubber  this  year,  but, 
so  far,  owners  of  autos  have  not  tak­
en  kindly  to  the  tanned  hide  for  tires 
for  their  cars.  One  of  the  new  leath­
er  tires  on  the  market  is  made  of  oil 
tanned  hides,  treated  with  rubber  ce­
ment,  on  the  interior,  to  make  them 
air  tight,  and  covered  with  little  discs, 
or  washers,  on  the  outside,  so  that 
they  will  not  skid  in  turning  corners. 
It  is  said  that  one  reason  that  leather 
is  not  more  used  for  auto  tires  is  that 
it  will  not  stand  the  heat  of  “road­
burning.”

V

B U S IN E S S   C H A N C E S .

ju s t 

re fitted  

A  going'  flour  m illin g   p la n t  a n d   g ra in  
b u sin ess  fo r  sale.  L o cated   in   hrst-cl& ss 
Illinois  fa rm in g   d istric t.  M ill  200  bbl. 
a n d   u p -to -d a te   ■ 
cap acity , 
th ro u g h o u t.  T ra d e   estab lish ed .  T h e   com -  p, 
bined  b u sin ess  is  a   m o n ey m ak er  a n d   e x ­
cep tio n al  o p p o rtu n ity   fo r  th e   rig h t  p a rty . 
L ibera!  te rm s   in   p ay m en t.  W ill  co n sid er  J.» 
lan d   exch an g e.  R easo n   fo r  selling,  ag e 
a n d   a ccu m u latio n   of  b u sin ess 
in te re sts. 
W rite   fo r  p a rtic u la rs   to   H .  H .  E m m m g a, 
G olden.  111.

la n d s 

L an d s  fo r  sa le  

in  q u a rte rs ,  h alv es  o r  sec-  . 

in   M oosejaw   d istric t,, 
B est 
P ro v in ce,  S a sk atc h e w an ,  C an ad a. 
w h e at  la n d s  in  th e   w orld. 
Im p ro v ed   o r 
w ild 
tio n s,  $16  to   $35  p e r  acre.  37%  b u sh els  of 
w h e a t 
la s t  y e a r  p e r  acre.  P .  F .  Size, 
M oosejaw ,  Sask. 

«
self-m e a su rin g  
oil 
tw o   sy ru p   pum ps,  alm o st 
new .  A n sp ach   &  M ayer,  M anton,  M ich.

F o r  S ale—C heap,  one 

ta n k   an d  

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F o r  Sale—A  fine  g e n eral  m e rch an d ise 
in  a   live  co u n ty   s e a t  to w n   in 

b u sin ess 
N o rth e rn   In d ia n a ,  s itu a te d   in  a   sp len d id  x . 
a g ric u ltu ra l  co u n try . 
tw o   o th e r" *  
sto res.  P o p u la tio n   2.000.  In v o icin g   $5,000, 
w ill  ta k e   80  c en ts  on  th e   dollar.  O w n e r. 
h a v in g   o th e r  b u sin ess  o u t  of  tow n.  A d-* 
d re ss  No.  890,  c a re   M ichigan  T ra d e s-

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5  CEN T

House Furnishings

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Consists of 55  dozen  staple  house­

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Scrub Brushes,  Dippers 
Qraters,  Lemon  Reamers 

Bread and  Cake Tins 

Can Openers 

Salts and  Peppers 

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Total  Cost  $20.03 
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Profits  $12.97

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Total  Selling  $68.40
Profits  $21.09

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Contains  about  40  dozen  articles 

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Toilet  Soaps 

Hair pins  in  Boxes 
Feather Stitch  Braid 

Pearl  Buttons 
Hair Curlers 
Ribbons,  Towels
Total  Cost  $15.83 
Retails at $25.00
Profits  $9.17

10  CEN T

Notion

Bargain Assortment

Contains  about  30  dozen  rapidly 

selling  articles  such  as

Perfume, Talcum  Powders 
Gents’ and  Ladies*  Belts 

Heavy Cotton  Towels 
Wire Hair  Brushes 

Corset  Clasps 
Dressing Combs 

Men’s Garters,  Arm Shields

Total  Cost  $22.38 
Retails at $36.48
Profits  $14.10

“ FLYER”  ASSORTMENT

72  pieces of strictly first  quality double  coated

Amethyst  Enameled  Ware

Each  Piece  a  25  Cent  Bargain

Coffee  Pots 

3  only— 14 qt.  Rinsing  Pans 
6 only— 1
3 only— 11  Tea  Pots 
6 only— 240  Preserving  Kettles 
6 only— 260 Preserving  Kettles 
3 only—22 Sauce Pans  (Lipd.)
3  only— 6 qt.  Covd.  Stove  Kettles

3 only—3 qt.  Covd.  Buckets 
6 only— 20  Pudding Pans 
6 only— 21  Pudding  Pans 
6 only— 412  R.  H.  Dippers 
6 only—03  Berlin  Kettles 
6 only—6 qt.  Milk  Pans 
9 only— 30 Wash  Basins

Costs  you  $12.50.  Sells  for  $18.00.  Profit  50 percent.

A  good  Assortment  for  Special  Sale.  Can  be  sold,  “ Choice  for  25  cents,”  or may 

be  marked  in  the  regular way and  sold  at  a  larger profit.

Successors  to

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS 

Wholesale

H*" 

Leonard  Crockery  Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICIL

fare'refunded  under  the  perpetual  e e c .r e le .  plan  at

a  rand Rapids  Board  of Trade

Ask  for  “ Purchaser'*  Certificate"  show ing  am ount  of  your  purchase

Crockery,  Glassware

and

House-Furnishings

