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Several years ago the Tradesman ex- posed the fraudulent practices of the then firm of Tucker, Coade & Parker, in consequence of which the house was compelled to abandon the produce com- mission business. A year ago the Tradesman felt called upon to warn the trade against F. J. Parker—now landlord of the American House, at Cadilac—because he was con- ducting a swindle shop at 33 Ottawa Street. As a result of the exposure, Parker was compelled to shut up shop and leave town, at which time he ex- pressed much repentance for kis mis- deeds and promised immediate resti- tution. Up to this time, however, the repentance has not been sufficiently sin- cere to result in atonement. This week the Tradesman deems it a duty it owes the trade of Michigan and Indiana to expose the fraudulent prac- tices of one of the most dangerous as- sociations of swindlers which ever jin- fested a jobbing market. Aside from the moral aspect of the matter, the ex- posure is necessary from a_ business standpoint, for a continuance of the piratical methods of the gang for any considerable length of time would serve to make a large number of dealers ‘‘sore’’ on the Grand Rapids market, while the influx of fruit and produce which has been thrown on the market with no intention of making adequate returns therefor—and more often no _re- turns at all—-has demoralized the mar- ket to that extent that reputable dealers have been utterly unable to obtain full prices for goods purchased or sent in to be sold on commission. The Trades- man therefore stands in the twofold po- sition of protecting the country trade from imposition and upholding the credit and dignity of the Grand Rap- ids market. —_—___>0.___ THE SUGAR SITUATION. For some weeks past there appears to have existed a veritable feeling of de- moralization in the European sugar markets. Prices have declined steadily until there has been a shrinkage of fully 2 shillings per hundred pounds from the high figures of a month or more ago. The most remarkable part of this heavy decline appears to be the inabil- ity of any of the accepted authorities on the European markets to assign any sufficient reason for the depression. It is true that visible stocks have not di- minished as rapidly as was expected, but this halt in the consumption has been more apparent than real. The stocks were increased by the unloading by refiners of large surplus stocks of sugar they had accumulated in antici- pation of an advance, which stocks were returned to the visible supply. The actual outturn of the various crops did not show any increase over the es- timated production; hence there was no expectation of any increase in the stocks from that source. When the liquidation consequent up- on the recent flurry has been completed, there is every reason to look for a sharp reaction from the depression. Not- GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1896. withstanding the causes which appar- ently added to the visible supply, the general stocks are again on the down grade, and, as there is no prospect of their being added to for many months to come, the process of depletion, com- pared with last season, must become more and more rapid, until the strength of the statistical position will become too apparent to be resisted. From present indications, the revo- lution in Cuba must continue; hence there will be practically no crop made in the island during the coming year. The heavy loss in production represent- ed by the total failure of the Cuban crop will more than offset any increase which may take place in the beet-sugar crops. There is, therefore, every reason to ex- pect a recovery from the present de- pression at an early date, as well as a satisfactory range of prices during the coming season. The growing Louisiana crop promises a very large yield, as the stand of cane is excellent and the crop is making fine progress. It is, there- fore, to be hoped that prices will prove Satisfactory, as the sugar industry needs a few prospercus seasons to en- able it to fully accommodate itself to the changed conditions brought about by the loss of the bounty. The Drug Market. Acetanilid—Quiet and steady, with little demand. Acids—Fair jobbing demand with unchanged quotations. Alcohol—Prices firm with good trade demand for grain. Wood, active with unchanged prices. Arsenic—Quiet with unsettled prices, but no material change in quotations. Balsams—Copaiba, active, prices firm. Tolu steady with small offering. Reports of foreign advances have strengthened the market. Peru and Canada fir quiet and unchanged. Beans—Vanilla, the promise of strong demand and improved prices is being realized. Cocao Butter—Quiet and quotations unchanged. Caffeine—Prices unchanged, light jobbing demand. Cassia Buds—Good demand; prices firm but unchanged. Cocaine, Muriate—Improved demand has strengthened prices, which are un- changed. Cod Liver Oil—Quiet and small in- quiry. Colocynth Apples—Quotations un- changed and small demand. Cubeb Berries—Quiet jobbing de- mand. Cuttle Fish Bone—Steady with firm demand. Ergot— Market continues dull but with prospect of improvement, on account of short crop. ' Essential Oils—Prices have declined in lemon and bergamot and the general market continues quiet. Flowers—German camomile has ad- vanced 25 per cent. in two weeks, on account of crop. failure. American saffron continues unsettled with tendency to lower prices. Glycerine—Unchanged with fair de- with Number 665 mand for consumption. Gums—Asafetida, in small demand. Camphor, domestic refined is quiet with unchanged quotations. Leaves—Short buchu, fair consump- tive demand. Senna is in strong request on account of small crop prospects. Lycopodium—Prices firm but without change. Manna—Quiet and prices unchanged. Menthol—The downward tendency of prices continues with very little de- mand. Morphine—Quiet and unchanged. Opium— Quiet with no foreign ad- vices to influence prices. Quinine—Is in fair consuming. de- mand with prospects of firmer prices on account of decreasing stocks. Roots—Jamaica ginger, firm on ac- count of continued scarcity. Ipecac, quiet and featureless. Mexican sarsa- parilla, firmer on account of decreasing stocks. Colchicum, dull with declin- ing prices. Galangal, new crop coming in in prime quality. Seeds—General market conditions quiet. Canary, unchanged, small de- mand. Dutch caraway, fair demand for consumption. California mustard, improved jobbing demand at same prices. Coriander, unsettled, irregular prices. Celery, quiet and price tending downward. Spermaceti—Quiet and quotations un- changed. Sponges—Spot market in small quan- tities awaiting the crop outcome, which seems to promise more than average. Sugar of Milk—Quiet and unchanged. 7 — ea Effect of Chinese Competition. ‘*The Chinese must go,’’ is the cry of the journeyman tailor in New York, for the Mongolians have invaded the tailor- ing trade in their mild, unassuming way. Many small tailor shops exhibit signs announcing ‘‘trousers creased while you wait,’’ so that the owner of but one pair of the necessary articles may not kave to lie in bed or weara barrel while the crease is being put in. The price charged for the work by the tailors has been 25 cents. In the last few months the Chinese laundrymen have discovered that it is much easier to crease a pair of trousers than it is to polish a shirt. The result is that num- bers of them have embarked in the business and cut pressing prices to Io cents for trousers. This is a big thing fora New York dude, who can, for ten cents, have his only trousers creased while he waits, without trousers, in a Chinese shop. Bread is the most curious material out of which a ciock has ever been con- structed. There was, and may still be, in Milan, a clock made of bread. The maker was a native of Milan, who de- voted three years of his time to the task. He was very poor, and, being without means to purchase the necessary metal for the making of a clock, he set apart regularly a portion of his bread each day, eating the crust and saving the soft part. To solidify this he made use of a certain salt, and when the various pieces were dry they became perfectly hard and insoluble in water. The clock was of a fair size and kept good time. - +e A woman is capable of sublime sac- rifices of self in great matters, and of supreme selfishness in little ones, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Bicycle Bicycle Paths. The bicycle is coming more and more to be a factor in the road problem. Its sudden leap from exceptional use as a business vehicle, from its more common use as a means of sport and pleasure, to almost universal use for all purposes of individual locomotion has brought necessity for its recognition in thorough- fares. As long as it was considered in the light of a pleasure vehicle only, it never occurred to the minds of any but its riders that it needed a place other than it might find in the few properly improved highways. Its universality is rapidly placing it on a different basis. The spirit of churlish contempt which it so frequently encountered in many communities has been thoroughly disarmed. The towns and villages which seemed to delight in enacting annoying prohibitions and reg- ulations have come to recognize the de- sirability of its visits and such laws have been changed or permitted to fall into disuse. And not only so, but care has been taken to see that obstacles are removed so that it may find a conven- ient and pleasant pathway. Its visits are recognized as of value to every in- terest, except possibly to that of saloons. In larger towns and cities the ques- tion of giving it a proper place in the streets has already become urgent. In the older cities, where so many of the streets are paved with rough granite blocks, a most wasteful and barbarous arrangement for any purpose, the prob- lem is a serious one. In many such localities, for a long time to come, the necessary exclusion of the wheel will operate to the injury of retail trade, to the benefit of streets presenting a prac- ticable surface. The matter is receiv- ing considerable attention in the press of larger cities, and practicable routes, if such exist, are discovered into neigh- borhoods afflicted with rough pave- ments, and are minutely described for the benefit of wheelmen and, _ inci- dentally, of the localities. It has come to be fully recognized, in most cities, that future street improve- ments must be made with reference to the requirements of the wheel. The new vehicle asks no odds in cases where the streets are to be provided with sur- faces of reasonable smoothness. as as- phalt, brick, macadam or wood ; but where there are rougher surfaces and streets with ordinary gravel and cobble- stone gutters, such as are most usual in the outskirts of new cities especially, like Grand Rapids, it demands special provision. This, I say, has come to be recognized. In this city the question has been taken up and the Board of Public Works has instructed the en- gineer department that, in the prepara- tion of all plans for future improve- ments, the needs of the bicycle must be considered. An investigation to decide the most feasible plan providing for special paths, either at the center of the street, at the sides in a portion of the place usually occupied by the gut- ters, or between the curbing and side- walks, was also directed to be made. This is an indication of the considera- tion the subject is receiving in all the principal towns of the country. Little has been accomplished in spe- cial provision for wheels in country roads ; but much has been accomplished in the way of providing better roads for all purposes through its initiative. As in the city highway, it asks no odds where roads are properly constructed to accommodate any vehicle traffic. Much of the improvement, however, stops short of properly accommodating any traffic during muddy seasons, though wagons can, of course, make their la- borious way where there is no thorough- fare for wheels. In such instances—and they are still so numerous as to consti- tute the rule—attention is being turned to making the side path practicable. The wheel is a most efficient auxiliary in the preparation of such paths ; and it is only necessary to provide a surface of gravel, cinder, or other material not liable to be converted into thin mortar, to have a way thoroughly and perma- nently compacted through its agency and the aid of pedestrians that will solve the problem for such roads at very little expense. NATE. ee News and Gossip of Interest to Dealer and Rider. So many new riders have come into the field in the last year, and especially in the last few months, that it is not sur- prising that the question of gears is not fully understood. Many of these riders have no idea of what gear they are rid- ing, and if they were told that it was 63, or 66, or 68, or 70, the information would convey no definite idea to their minds. The terms now used to ex- press the gear of a bicycle are an in- heritance from the time of the old- fashioned high wheel—now sometimes called the ‘‘ordinary,’’ although, in fact, its rare appearance in public places nowadays makes it something ex- traordinary—when the size of the wheel depended on the length of the rider’s legs. In those times a 54-inch wheel was a common thing—that is, a wheel 54 inches in diameter. When the safe- ties came into use, they were geared by the wheels over which the chain runs so as to correspond wth the old idea of the diameter of a large wheel. Thus a gear of 70 is the same as to the distance covered by each revolution of the pedals as if a wheel 70 inches in diameter was ridden—something that. would be pos- sible only fcr a giant. A bicycle with this gear advances somewhat over three times 70 inches at each revolution of the pedals, or about I9 feet. The gear of a wheel is determined by the num- ber of teeth on the large and small sprocket-wheels. To ascertain what the gear is, divide the number of teeth on the large wheel by the number on the small one, and multiply by the num- ber of inches in the diameter of the rear wheel. Thus, on a 28-inch wheel, if there are twenty teeth on the front sprocket and 8 on the rear one, the gear will be 7o. *x* %* * Many riders still seem to be in igno- rance of the ‘‘rule of the road’’ that is generally accepted in the cycling fra- ternity. It is that, in passing another wheel or a vehicle of any kind going in the same direction, one should go on the left hand side, while in meeting a vehicle of any kind (that is, one coming in the opposite direction) the rider should keep to the right. By following these simple directions the liability to collision is greatly diminished. Of course, there have to be exceptions, but a rider who goes on the wrong side for any purpose should feel bound to ride slowly and to exercise the utmost care. This is especially the case in turning corners, where accidents are likely to occur. Nothing is more deserving of severe condemnation than the reckless- HELICAL TUBE PERMIERS! aar-We are away behind on our orders for these beautiful wheels. ‘A vital point _ : you can’t resist—Helical Tubing—see that twist.” We also have the _ amous ‘‘Monarch,”’ “‘America,’’ ‘‘March,”’ ‘‘Outing,”’ ‘“Envoy’’ and Others. Our Line of Wheels at $50.00 and $60.00 are Great Sellers. \ ADAMS & HART, Wholesale and Retail Bicycles, NO. 12 WEST BRIDGE STREET. s29 SELLS EASILY l O O = a FOR... .. ee ae ul Your Business is Incomplete If you have not added to it a line of high-grade and reliable Bicycles. True as this is, it is fully as true that nothing will so jeopardize your business and reputa- tion as a line of unreliable wheels, whose only virtue may be cheapness. GARLAND BICYCLES have established an enviable reputation wherever introduced. A Garland Agency contract is as good as greenbacks. C. B. METZGER, SUCCESSOR TO PENINSULAR MACHINE COMPANY. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Plumbing and Steam Heating; Gas Weatherly | and Electric Fixtures; Galvanized Iron Cornice and Slate Roofing. Every kind & Pulte, of Sheet Metal Work. Pumps and Well Supplies. Hot Air Furnaces. 99 Pearl St., GRAND RAPIDS. Best equipped and largest concern in the State. ; 9 eye Dodds Utility Every Dollar Cycle Neal Invested in Tradesman Company’s Mfg’d byAlexander Dodds, some returns in saving book-keeping, Grand Rapids. besides the assurance that no charge Trade supphed by Adams & Hart, Perkins & Rich- is forgotten. Write mond, Brown & Sehler, Frank Nichols, Studley & TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids Jarvis, and all the best dealers. COUPON BOOKS will yield hand- © od Te » i — oo — THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN : 8 ness of some youthful riders in turning corners at a high rate of speed. tet ee It is noticeable that the companies who insure against bicycle accidents expressly stipulate that no damages shall be collectible in case ‘‘the in- sured’’ is violating the law at the time an accident occurs. Strictly interpret- ed, this means that a man badly hurt while riding on the left side of a_ street or road would derive no benefit from his insurance policy. Insurance against bicycle accidents, by-the-way, may be obtained at low rates. One company, seemingly well conducted and financial- ly sound, will insure bicyclists to the amount of $5,000 at the rate of $2 a year for each $1,000. oe | ac A man in one of the suburbs found after leaving his bicycle alone for a short time that some one had opened his toolbag and abstracted the tools. The possibility of this being done has occurred to the minds of other riders. The tools ordinarily carried on a wheel are not of great value, but the loss of them may be the occasion of serious annoyance. It may become necessary in time for toolbags to be provided with locks in order to ward off the depreda- tions of persons who are mean enough to steal their contents. Such persons would not hestitate to steal a bicycle if they had a fair opportunity to do so without running much risk of being caught. oe | | oe New things continue to be brought out and displayed so as to attract the attention of wheelmen and possibly a few cents or a few dollars from their pockets. One of the latest is a new style of lock for the chain and sprocket wheel. It is a combination lock with three tumblers, and the purchaser can make his own combination, and as many combinations as he pleases. The difficulty with such a lock is that one might forget the combination, in which case the lock would have to be broken before the owner could do any riding. This combination lock is a_ rather clumsy-looking affair, but, as it is made of aluminum, it is light in weight. An- other novelty is a bicycle bell attached to the outer end of one of the grips on the handle-bars. A small rod or wire runs through the grip and connects with a button near the other end of the grip. The button is so placed that it can be conveniently pressed by the thumb, causing the bell to ring. They Want Bicycles. To show the extent of the demand for wheels by all sorts and conditions of men, some one has collected the fol- lowing advertisements which have ap- peared in recent issues of different papers : ‘‘Wanted—A good second-hand bi- cycle in exchange for dancing lessons. ”’ ‘‘A postage stamp collection for a first- class wheel.’’ ‘‘Have 800 second-hand chairs in good order, which I will give for two bicycles or one tandem.’’ ‘I will give a calf-bound Encyclo- pedia Britannica, worth $150, for a high-grade bicycle. ’’ ‘‘Wanted— A bicycle in exchange for an organ for a museum.”’ ‘*Marine oil painting, worth $100 for a bicycle.’’ ‘*A fine collection of Angora cats in exchange for a bicycle.’’ —_—_»+¢>___ The dividends paid by the cotton mills of Fall River during the quarter just ended show a decrease compared with those of the corresponding quarter of 1895. “A Place for Everything and Every- thing in Its Place.” Written for the TRADESMAN. ‘‘Good morning, miss. Please give me a bar of soap, a ten quart pail, and let me see a set of dishes—I’m in somewhat of a hurry,’’ said a lady, as she entered a Park avenue store, the other morning. ‘‘Yes’m,’’ and the girl began look- ing. ‘‘Let me see—where did I see the soap last?’’ she said, under her breath. After racing backward and _for- ward, looking here and there, she man- aged to find a bar tangled among the hosiery. ‘*One bar, did you say?’’ ‘Mies; miiss.”” ‘Oh, yes and a ten-quart pail. Well, it beats all, anyway,’’ she continued, talking to herself, ‘‘how things will get muddled up. Where on earth did Fred put those pails? Come to think, I saw them one time under that first counter. ’’ She promenades to the front of the store, draws out a rusty bottomed pail, one that had been soaked, along with the floor, on mornings past and showed it to the lady. Ten minutes had, by this time, been consumed in this wild goose chase, and you can imagine the impatience of the customer. ‘*This way for dishes, please.’’ ‘Well, might I ask keep those hidden, too?’’ ‘Oh, no, here they are now. But I’d never have thought of looking there, though,’’ she added to herself. ‘‘ But wait a moment—rather dusty’’ (wipes a plate with her apron). ‘‘You see, it’s been too warm to keep things just in trim; but then, ‘the boss’ ain’t very particular, so we clerks make work pretty easy.’’ ‘Yes, I thought so,’’ replied the lady ; but, before the girl had the dust off her plate and the price of the set named, the gong on the car sounded, the lady dropped a nickel for the soap, hurriedly picked up the bar and thrust it, without its having been wrapped up, into her handbag and rushed out to the corner. Any impression taken with her? Any trade lost? Money? Time? Why? Because there was no system, no order, no neatness—in a word, no business in that store. whether you ’ Does this apply to yours? If so get to work, for no business can be success- ful without an aim without work, system and continuity, based on ‘‘A place for everything and everything in its place."’ JACK. —-—>20 > Bargains in Prints and Indigo Blues. We have 25 cases Standard shirting prints, all new work, at 3%c and Io cases Indigo blues at 4c. P. STEKETEE & SONS. TT The man who got rich minding his own business would never have done it if he had not been a persistent reader. One of the best ways for the merchant to know his own business is to read everything that has a bearing upon it. Grateful for past favors, I announce full line samples Ready Made Clothing, Fall and Winter trade, ten trunks in all, Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s, have also closing out bargains Summer trade, 14 years with MICHAEL KOLB & SON, oldest Clothing Manufacturers, Roches- ter, N. Y., prices, styles, fit always guaranteed. WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, MARSHALL, MICH. Will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Thursday and Friday, June 18 and Io. o o 9° 9 °o 29649 9 ° 9 ° 9 9 ° 9 ° 9 ° 9 OOOO OOOO o a a a ew °o °o a o a °o o o o o o = 9, o ° ° o a NON o a ° OX ° oO; HAMMOCKS ge Z s $7.00 to $42.00 per dozen. g z o PRC Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, ew Wholesale Dry Goods Ga g o 7 Grand Rapids, Mich. Z 3 . oa a ° ‘oS. ° 9, oes 09° co o ° ] 9° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° 3 9 ° ° ° o ° ° o ° ° ° ° ° o ° ° ° o ° ° ° ° VOPVAPNOYET ED HE NEPNOP HER ET NerNrNeR ED ierNerNor Hen er iorNortor TET ItnEe —_ * ~~, “ e . ° << Trimmed Canton Sailors, for children, in all = colors, price $1.50 per dozen. . 3 Untrimmed Yak Sailors for ladies and S misses, price $1.25 for colors, $1.50 for white. Weare offering a good cloth Tam O'Shanter in all colors at $2.50 per dozen. Send for sample order. UORL, KNOTT & C0. Importers and Joobers of Millinery 20=22 N. Division St., Grand Rapids. 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Detroit—Fox & Hoy succeed Fox & Kushler in the tailoring business. Seney—A. E. Grace, grocer and meat dealer, has removed to Munising. Lake Odessa—C. G. Loase succeeds O. A. Lapo in the hardware business. Harbor Springs—The Adams Mer- cantile Co. succeeds G. C. Adams in general trade. Traverse City—-Lardie & Ransom suc- ceed Geo. W. Lardie in the commission business. Howell—Beurman & Marston _ suc- ceed E. M. Beurman in the grocery business. Evart—O. R. Bush, furniture dealer, has removed his stock tothis place from Big Rapids. Bellevue—The bazaar and grocery stock of W. A. Young is advertised for sale under chattel mortgage. Traverse City—E. R. Kneeland has sold his meat market to Black & Cole, who will continue the business. Sparta—A. B. Way has purchased the Hinman drug stock of Mrs. Paige and will continue the business at the same location. Blanchard—F. E. Standish, druggist, has admitted a partner, and the busi- ness will be continued under the style of Standish & Doxsie. Oscoda—Pack, Woods & Co. have sold their general stock to Fish & Dun- can, who will continue the business at the same location. Plainweil—A. B. Clark has sold grocery stock to Wm. J. Olds, who removed the stock to the store occupied by him as a grocery. Detroit—W. A. Fuchs & Co., deal- ers in church and society goods, have dissolved. W. A. Fuchs will continue the business under the old style. Houghton— The Hancock Business Men's Association has decided to do- nate a site for the proposed Finnish seminary to be erected there. Finnish citizens have already subscribed $5,000 towards the project. Plainwell—John D. Wagner has sold his clothing stock to John H. Hitchcock and Jos. H. Baldwin, who will continue the business under the style of Hitch- cock & Baldwin, Mr. Wagner retiring from trade altogether. Kalamazoo —The Bryant Shoe Co. suc- ceeds Barnett, Bryant & Babcock in the shoe business. The directors are M. J. Bigelow, M. B. Barnett and W. M. Bryant. M. J. Bigelow is President, W. M. Bryant, Vice-President, and Mrs. Barnett, Secretary and Treasurer. Ann Arbor—The Eberbach Drug Co. discovered June 16 that William F. Hanson, one of their clerks, had disap- peared and taken with him a good deal that did not belong to him. The firm is said to be the losers by $200 or more, but they don’t tell. So far the officers have not traced the missing clerk. Mears—-A. Mears, administrator of the Charles Mears’ estate, has sold the general stock formerly owned by the late Charles Mears to W. I. Compton and M. D. Girard, who will continue the business under the style of Comp- ton & Girard. Mr. Compton has clerked several years in the general store cf the Sands & Maxwell Lumber Co., at Pent- water, and Mr. Girard identified with the Mears store at the same place. his has building was Cadillac—The man who put inan ap- pearance here a couple of weeks ago, sailing under the name of C. W. Wat- kins and announcing his intention of opening « wholesale establishment un- der the style of the Cadillac Grocery Co., turned out to be a confidence man. He managed to secure several ship- ments of goods on consignment, which he reshipped to Grand Rapids, where he disposed of the plunder at slaughter prices. Watkins was vouched for here by, F. J. Parker, landlord of the Ameri- can House, who pursued a_ similar swindling campaign at Grand Rapids about a year ago. Manufacturing Matters. Menominee—Cody & Addis have con- tracted to log 30,000,000 feet of pine timber near Munising for Comstock Bros., of Alpena. The logs are to be cut in the Burtis mill, at Munising, the contract calling for the completion of the job within the space of two years. Detroit—The Sleeper Patent Flexible Insole Co has filed articles of associa- tion. The capital stock is $150,000, all paid in. The stockholders are: H. S. Robinson, 3,400 shares; Geo. W. —— 4,000; Geo. W. Sleeper, trustee, 3,000; Andrew W. Geatieck 3,400; Richard G. Elliott, 1,200 shares. Detroit—The Zenner-Raymond Disin- fectant Co., with a capital stock of $25, - 000, of which $12,000 is represented to have been paid in, has filed articles of association. The stockholders are R. KR. Howard, A. H. Zenner, Wm. V. Moore, F. F. Palms, Cameron Currie, Jas. H. McMillan and Clarence Carpen- Ler. Houghton—The rather unusual spec- tacle is presented of a mine which pays smaller profits as it grows larger. The Tamarack copper mine, while its No. 3 and No. 4 shafts, collectively known as the North Tamarack, have not proved as rich as was hoped, is still a richer and iarger mine than ever be- fore, but instead of paying $15 per an- num in dividends, as it has done in the two last years, will pay only $6 this year, a semi-annual dividend of $3, payable the last day of June, having been declared last week. Ishpeming—The present uncertainty afflicting other trades is causing dis- quiet in the iron and steel industries. The prosperous season which was _fore- cast from the busy ending of the season of 1895 may yet be realized, but the prospects cannot be called so hopeful as they were considered at the beginning of the year. The production of iron and steel will be large, but the trade authorities which predicted an output of 13,000,000 to 15,000,000 tons of ore for 1896 will be very likely to find the actual production nearer the 11,000,000 mark. One advantage reaped by the ore producers from the present unset- tled condition of the market has been the reduction of freight rates, which have shown signs of great weakness. From present indications the mining companies will be able to obtain very reasonable lake freights on their entire output for the year, though, as usual, October and November charters will command high premiums, as there is always a certain amount of business, even in the dullest seasons, which is held until the last possible moment, paying extra freights in corsequence. Sault Ste. Marie—The prospects for the development of the water-power canal are brighter now than they have been at any prevoius time. Ina recent interview Vice-President Clergue, of the Lake Superior Power Co., said that the plans for the larger or 400-foot de- velopment have been definitely aban- doned in favor of a work of smaller di- mensions. In order to construct a canal 250 feet in width, only a half dozen tracts of land more than the company now controls will be required. The company now holds options on the nec- essary additional lots, and Mr. Clergue says they will be purchased before the options expire. The balance of the op- tions held by the company will be_per- mitted to go by default. The company expects to begin active work as soon as is possible. This date will depend largely upon the advice of the com- pany’s engineers, who have the plans for the extensive work nearly completed and who are expected to be here within a few days. Mr. Clergue is positive, however, that actual work on the con- struction of the canal will be com- menced this summer, and that it will be rushed with all possible speed. The construction of the canal contemplated will develop a vast amount of power and will bea great thing for this city, as it will lead to the establishment of manufacturing plants here. 2 0- --—— Logical Sequence of an Unfortunate Experience. The following letter from a Saginaw county merchant shows the radical po- sition a man is likely to assume toward all commission merchants when he_ has been swindled by unworthy members of the craft: St. Charles, June 11—I am much pleased at the manner in which you ex- pose the swindling commission houses in your city and Detroit, and as I now feel, I would like to see nearly every one of them put in the penitentiary for life, as about nine out of every ten are swindlers. I have hada great deal of experience with so-called good houses and have been swindled by them—even this last winter—and will mention one or two instances. I sent some nice but- ter to Buffalo to two good houses, and, at that time, the grade of my butter was salable at from 18 to 20 cents. After waiting for some time for an ac- knowledgment of my shipment, I wrote one of the houses and received the re- ply that, if I had put up the butter in half barrels, it might have been sold at full quotations, but, as it was, part of it had been sold at 18 cents and the re- mainder would be closed out at once. I waited about two months longer and got returns for all at 10 cents per pound. The butter cost me 15 cents, so on the lot I sent I was out $23.68. I wrote the other house and they replied that they had sold most of the shipment and would make returns in a few days, so I waited, but not hearing fom them, I made draft on them through the Amer- ican Express Company for the amount of my shipment at 16 cents per pound, as they had written me _ that most of the butter had been sold at 18 cents. The draft came back, with 25 cents re- turn charges, with the notation that they did not remember ever receiving such a consignment. 1! then wrote the Brad- Street agency at Buffalo and they re- ferred me back to the Detroit office, and the Detroit office referred me to an attorney who did their business in Buffalo. I sent the account to the attorney, as suggested, and in a few days received a letter from him, stating that he had presented the claim to the house in question and that they admit- ted they owed me $25.50, and _ not $34.25. I wrote him to accept the $25.50 as settlement and to deduct his collec- tion fees and send me the balance. Now, I cannot get any reply from the attorney who collected the account. I cannot say too much against commission houses, good and bad, and I hope you will keep on agitating this subject in your valuable paper until you get them all in State’s prison, where most of them deserve to be. They have cost me sev- eral hundred dollars’ experience in the past five or eight years, and there seems to be no redress for shippers. By all means let the exposures go on! J. H. HAMMILL. The conclusions of the writer are, in the estimation of the Tradesman, de- cidedly unjust, as it is manifestly un- fair to condemn all the members of a craft for the shortcomings and mis- deeds of unworthy members. The trend of the letter should be a warning to reputable commission merchants every- where to unite in denouncing dishonest methods and curtailing the operations of questionable houses, as failure to purge the business of swindling institutions naturally causes retail trade to regard all ° commission houses with suspicion. The statement relative to Bradstreet’s Buffalo attorney calls for a thorough in vestigation and a prompt announcement of the exact facts in the matter, in case the agency in question expects the busi- ness public to regard its list of legal representatives with any degree of con- fidence. —_—_ > 2-2 Consummating Arrangements for the Jackson Picnic. Jackson, June 13—The general com- mittee on the fifth annual excursion of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association met June 12 and appointed the following sub-committees Location—L. Pelton, J. F. Helmer, J. L. Peterman, Hill. Tickets—B. S. Mosher, M. M. Whit- nev, M. F. Murray, N. H. Branch., Badges, Printing and Advertising— Geo. E. Lewis, B. W: Gl Porter, H+ C. Eddy, DS. Fleming. Transportation—D. S. Fleming, C. G. Hill, P. Haefner. Entertainment—P. Casey, H. Warner, Geo. W. Baker, T. E. Howard, M. F. Cottrell, M. Jj. Cummings, L N. Branch. The Committee on Location will be- gin active work at once. All of the railroads entering the city are anxious to get the largest crowd which goes from the city during the year and are very active in showing the merits of the different roads and resorts. Much discussion was had by the gener- al committee last evening in regard to the different locations, some favoring joining our Grand Rapids brethren ; some perferring Orchard Lake, while others advocated Devil’s Lake, Belle Isle and Baw Beese Park. An objection was made to Grand Rapids, on account of the transfer and loss of time in get- ting from the Michigan Central depot to the resort; but, as the committee had no idea of the intentions of the Grand Rapids grocers, they decided to wait until they had a proposition as to how and when and where the gathering was to be held in or around Grand Rapids. The committee will probably visit some of the resorts next week and be able to decide ona location soon afterward. There are many things to consider in connection with the management of such a crowd as the Jackson grocers have had for the past four years. They have al- ways tried to look after and give atten- tion to every one of those who attend the excursions, and, in the four that have been held, there has not been a single person injured, and they hope to maintain this record. We anticipate a larger crowd than ever this year. The people are getting very anxious to know when and where we are going and have been talking of it for the past three months. As it is — the event of the year, it is not to be wondered at. W. Hz. PORTER, Sec’y. Se o> Prices edinceed Sesality Maintained. John Phillips & Co., of Detroit, offer oak show cases, highly polished, sev- enteen inches high, of double thick French sheet glass throughout, bottoms covered with cotton plush, at $1.75 per foot—the best show case made for the money. —_——_ 0 The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. -0ef. Ure Unkle is at Bushman's s. Bushman has the cigars. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip UNWORTHY OF CONFIDENCE. Commission Houses Which Are _ Irre- sponsible and Unreliable. The Tradesman feels called upon this week to warn the retail trade against the following commission houses pur porting to do business at this market: Jared O. Smith. Smith & Waidelich. John Waidelich. C. A. Lamb & Co. B. F. Strifling & Co. Some of the reasons for warning the trade against the above are as follows: JARED O. SMITH. This man has worked with the ‘‘ Lamb gang’’ for several months. He was identified with the Lamb and Bunn crowd when they used 33 Ottawa street as their base of operations, and, until June 4, he was senior member of the firm of Smith & Waidelich, meat deal- ers and alleged commission merchants at 59 South Division street—which firm, by the way, succeeded (by means of seductive letters dictated by Frank J. Lamb) in capturing many shipments from country merchants. Smith asserts that he had no voice in the manage- ment of that department of the business, which was engineered by the senior Lamb, while Lamb asserts that he worked under the direction and control of Smith. Smith formerly owned a lot and two houses—one of which is the fam- ily homestead—at 142 South Prospect street, but he recently changed the title to his wife—for reasons which will be readily inferred by the business public. As soon as Smith sold his interest in Smith & Waidelich to John Waidelich, he began sending out letters—Lamb says he dictated them for him—solicit- ing shipments from the country trade. The Tradesman immediately demanded a statement from Smith as to his assets and general responsibility, when he ad- mitted that he had neither, whereupon the Tradesman informed him that it would be compelled to acquaint the trade with his condition and denounce him as unworthy of credit or confidence until he paid or arranged to pay every dollar on the indebtedness of the former firm of Smith & Wadelich. He pleaded earnestly against exposure and actually gave up a $50 note uttered by John Waidelich, to be applied on the account of Jorgensen & Hemingsen, of Grant Station, who had been so unwise as to consign a quantity of butter and eggs to Smith & Waidelich. Ee refused, how- ever, to turn over a check which he had in his possession, and, when assured by Hon. O. A. Ball and the editor of the Tradesman that he was not acting along the lines of fairness and frankness, he sneaked out of the office like a whipped cur. SMITH & WAIDELICH. This firm is no longer in existence, but dozens of Michigan merchants have ample reason to regard the firm with positive disfavor. Smith and Waidelich both assert that Frank J. Lamb en- gineered the commission portion of the business, dictating the letters, receiving the shipments, disposing of the goods and making returns when it was thought that a small check would influence a larger shipment. The Tradesman re- gards Waidelich as not entirely respon- sible for all the crookedness conducted in the back end of his establishment. He is, apparently, a well-meaning Ger- man lad, not thoroughly posted in the ways of the world or the wiles of the wary. He expresses great regret that he | duty. Those who have been caught by should have associate] with the ‘‘tammed rascals,’’ as he expresses it, and asserts that he will work likea slave for years to undo the wrong to which he has, unwittingly, been a party. JOHN WAIDELICH. As soon as Smith & Waidelich dis- solved on June 4, Frank J. Lamb began sending out the usual type written let- ters over the signature of John Waide- lich, who assets that Lamb had no authority for using his name in this manner; and, when questioned by the Tradesman, Lamb could not. recall whether he had ever sent out any such letters, nor could he recall that Waide- lich had ever given him any authority to use his name in such manner. C. A. LAMB & CO. Frank J. Lamb informs the Tradesman that C. A. Lambs wife is the — Co.”’ of C. A. Lamb & Co. and that she is worth considerable property. Asa wife is not competent to engage in business with her husband, under the laws of this State, Mrs. Lamb could be worth thousands of dollars, yet not a cent of her property could be touched by credit- ors of the firm. This firm—having the benefit of the ‘‘icy eve and stony heart’’ of Frank J. Lamb—has, probably, se- cured more shipments from country merchants than any other irresponsible house which has ever done business at this market. Chester Lamb is a genius and could have made his mark in the commercial world had he started out un- der different auspices. B. F. STRIFLING & CO. On being interviewed by the Trades- man, Strifling asserted that his partner is Chas. White, of 367% Clark street, Chicago. Strifling asserted that he owns a house and lot on Gelock street, Grand Rapids; an acre of land in Be- nona, Benzie county; three mortgages on farm property, aggregating $1,825; a section of land in Virginia, worth $20 per acre;a carload of lemons in the basement, all paid for, and $600 in cash —yet the man has been uncollectible for years and has the reputation of be- ing a dead-beat net. Until a short time ago he conducted a saloon of question- able repute on Kent street. Any deal- ings with him or his firm will involve the probability of loss. FRANK J. LAMB, Standing well in the background is Frank J. Lamb, whose fertile brain and cunning hand have conceived and _ exe- cuted some of the most clever swindling schemes ever devised. 7 > Annual Meeting of the Michigan Hard- ware Association. Eaton Rapids, June 12—The first an- nual meeting of the Michigan Hardware Association will be held at Detroit on Wednesday and Thursday, July 8 and 9. The headquarters of the Association will be at the Hotel Cadillac, where the sessions of the convention will be held. An excellent program, composed of topics of vital interest to the hardware trade, has been arranged. After the business of the convention has been finished, Thursday afternoon, the social part of the meeting will be taken up. A banquet for Thursday evening and a boat ride for Friday afternoon are prom- ised by the wholesale Detroit trade. The Association is in splendid shape for so young an organization, and it is expected that a large number of new members will be taken in at Detroit in July. Further information in regard to this convention may be obtained by ad- dressing the undersigned at Eaton Rapids. H.C. MINNIE, Sec’y. ~- 0 Decorate for the Fourth. As the National holiday is near at hand it is the duty of every one in busi- ness, and out of it, for that matter, to manifest their appreciation of this an- niversary by celebrating the day in as patriotic a manner as possible. It has been said that of recent years the observ- ance of this day is on the decline. To refute this assertion should be the aim of every one, and particularly those in business, as their calling brings them into greater publicity than those in pri- vate life. No better vantage ground for a display suitable for the occasion is offered the retail merchant than through the medium of an appropriately deco- rated window. > 0. - Alleged Infringement. Suit has been filed 2 in the United States Court, at Utica, N. Y., against Jacob Moschel, of 159 Peckam street, Buffalo, for using a computing scale which, it is alleged, infringes patents owned by the Computing Scale Co., of Dayton, Ohio. A similar suit has been filed in the same court against the Buf- falo Store Service Co., of Buffalo, and an injunction asked for restraining it from further selling the alleged infring- ing scale. Scales! Buy direct and save middlemen’s profit. Write for prices and description before Scales tested and re- paired. Satisfaction guaranteed. GRAND RAPIDS SCALE WORKS, | 39 & 41 S. Front St., Grand Rapids. Dale YOU PotalOcs.s% The Potato Bug is abroad in the land. purchasing elsewhere. Mfrd by J. CREQUE, JACKSON, MICH. Write for special prices. Z = ~ = = = = = = = = = — = =a — = 4 = = = = —~ = —= = —= = —= = —~ a —= = — N We have The Eclipse Sprinkler The Globe Sprinkler The Bartholomew Sifter Get in your order early so as not to get left. EPR roster, stevens & 60. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MULAN SUA SUh GNA AN SUA Nh bk bk dk bk Lb Jhb ANA Ubi Jhb ANA Jhb Jhb Jhb dbd ddd ddd IREGRACKERS IREWORKS LAGS AMUN AMA AAA AMA Jbb AAA Jhb dbh Abb Jhb bk JUL Lb Jb dbbdbh sb kb dkk bk bb shh Qbk hbk Jb Jhb chk bk Jb Jbh Abb bh cbA bu Jhb chk Akh JOk bd ddd ddd snr rrnrereerrertneenerrerenrrnenrnntseevenne ener UMA AU aUbdNh abba did A en gee line of staple goods at un- heard prices, together with all the novelties in penny, five cent and ten cent articles, in the market. Get our price list, mailed free on application. A. E. BROOKS & CO., 5 and 7 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 13—The week has been an uneventful one. Trade in job- bing circles has been quiet, but the vol- ume of business done has not been alto- gether unsatisfactory. The number of buyers here is not very great, and, per- haps, the most descriptive word that can be used regarding the situation 1s that it is a waiting one. Waiting for what? Well, no one knows, but some think it is because business men are on the anxious seat to learn just what the platform of the two great parties will be. New Yorkers are realizing that they must inaugurate a very lively ‘‘cam- paign of education’’ if they maintain the position they have held for so long. This applies to more things than one. The coffee market contains less of in- terest than for a longtime. Buyers show absolutely no interest, apparently, and prices are maintained with great diffi- culty. The amount of Brazil coffee afloat is considerably less than a year ago, amounting to 357,908 bags, against 578,213 bags last year. No. 7 Brazil closes at 134%c. Mild coffees are quiet and few transactions have taken place worthy of note. Pricesare, practically, unchanged and the tendency seems to be toward a steady range for some time. Mocha coffee is worth 211(@21%c. Padang Interior, 23'4@24Cc. The stereotyped description can be varied a little in the tea market this week. The offerings at auction were not quite as large as usual and the offer- ings were quite closely cleaned up. The effect was good, for next day on the street there was a much better feeling and quotations, for once, were fairly well adhered to. The agents of Ceylon and India teas report a satisfactory trade, and really they ought to be weli satis- fied. The increase in the consumption of these teas is marvelous. The sugar market has been quiet. Granulated is in fairly good request, but is not especially lively. Refiners report a delay of two to three days in the de- liveries, but this excites no wrath as yet. At the close on Friday the list price of granulated was an even 5C¢. Raw sugars are reported weak both here and abroad. “"First-class molasses brings full prices and, although sales made are mostly in small quantities, the outlook is excel- lent for holding to the present range of values. ==The syrup market is not very lively, but enough is doing to keep matters from stagnating. Stocks of the different kinds are ample to meet requirements Prices are practically unchanged. "The rice market is firm and sellers are firm in their estimate of values. While the most of the inquiry is for the better grades, all kinds sell quite freely within their own range of values and the out- look is for steady prices all along the line for the rest of the season. There is nothing new in spices. The market seems to be moving along in the accustomed channels and both buyers and sellers are waiting for something to turn up. Values are practically un- changed. In canned goods there is a short pack of peas. That’s about the only thing we have heard during the week. Bro- kers report a very quiet state of affairs. Not many new goods have been re- ceived, as yet. Prices are somewhat un- settled for new stock. New tomatoes, Maryland pack, have been offered at 6oc, f. 0. b. New Jersey, 70@72%c de- livered in this city. One-lb. California fruits are a new thing on the market. They can be retailed at Io cents. There is a fair demand for lemons and‘prices show some advance. Oranges are in light request. Pineapples are meeting with very little enquiry,and rule low. Bananas are quiet. While the ar- rivals here have been much smaller than last year, prices are lower by near- ly 20 per cent. Taking other ports into consideration, however, the total arriv- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ais are as large as they usually are. Watermelons are coming to town with some freedom and range from $15@25 per 100. Dried fruits are dull and purchasers are taking only enough to answer pres- ent enquiries. Prices are low and it is hard to see where interested parties find a profit on the present basis. Butter and cheese are both holding their own ard the quality is much _bet- ter than at some other times. Fancy Michigan, Ohio and Indiana eggs have sold at 12c._ Nearby stock is held at 13@13%c. —_-._+.-....._ The Retailer’s Credit. From the American Grocer. Over nine-tenths of the retail grocers sell goods on credit, and most of the number barely make a_ living, and some do not even gain that reward for their service to the community. The fault, however, is not so much with the system as the man. Recently we met two credit-giving store-keepers, one satisfied with the system and a money- maker, and the other a_ dissatisfied money-loser, although doing a large trade for his location. The one had re- duced credits to a system; the other frankly admitted lack of system and ‘‘too easy a nature; inability to say ‘no,’ or make collections. "’ The losses of the successful credit-giv- er average one-fourth of 1 per cent., and the cost of book-keepers and other expenses incidental to a credit business 1 per cent., making a total of 14% per cent. for the risks and expensesof cred- its. The advantages of the system are so many and great that they outweigh the cost of the service and justify the adoption of a credit policy, for credit ‘customers are free buyers and not so particular regarding prices as the cash buyers. The unsuccessful credit-dispenser finds that he is perplexed and subject to great loss, and that one-half the amount on his books must be classed as bad. Many of his customers have been owing a balance for a_ year or over; they trade right along, but instead of decreasing they add to the old balance. He says, ‘‘If I press the account-or stop it, then I am sure to lose the entire account, for my debtor will take offense and has no property which I can attach. What ought I to do?’’ We feel a deep sympathy for this dealer—-a_ hard-work- ing, honest, kind-hearted merchant, and whose case is typical of the condition of thousands. The trouble with this man and others is that they place too much faith in human nature; have not backbone enough to say ‘‘no’’ at the start ; not courage enough to check the growing balance, and afraid to stop the credit for fear of giving gffense, losing the customer and what he owes. The store-keeper should insist upon the settlement of old standing accounts by note or agreement, and enforce the payment of running accounts at some fixed period, and coax out small pay- ments from time to time on the old ob- ligation. No store can do a successful credit business that does not investigate as to the standing and responsibility of cus- tomers, establish gradings, and have a thorough system of rendering bills and making collections. We find that many do not take off the balances of accounts more than once or twicea year. It ought to be done every month, and each account gone over, examined aud looked after. In the large jobbing firms the credit clerk spends hours every day in going over tke ledgers and noting the condi- tion of every account. Why should there not be a similar inspection by the retailer? It is easier to stop the first delinquency than to neglect or pass it over in silence. The customer worthy of credit will never object to system and the enforcement of the adopted method. He expects his account to be sent in regularly, and ought to be made to feel that, if not paid by a certain date, he must expect a visit from the collector. Eternal vigilance is as much the price of freedom from losses by credit as the price of political or re- ligious liberty. Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS Gaels... s., Lo . 70 Jgennings , genuine. .._.........-.......-.... 25410 Jennings imitation ............_........ . G@clg| AXES First Quality. S. B. Bronze .............-..- 5 50 First Quality, D. B. Bronze.............-.-- 9 50 First Quality.S. B.S. Steel...... ...-...-.. 6% First Quality, D. B. Steel .................. 10 2 BARROWS Babee .......__....... $12 00 14 00 Gare net 30 00 BOLTS ee ieee tee ees +. 60 Carriage now list...................4...+-+.. 68 Oe eee dake ce 40410 BUCKETS Wel. plain. $3 2 BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Pin, figured......... <....-.---- 70 Wrought Narrow........... .. « dec -, > core BLOCK Ordinary Packie... ..........-...... ...... 70 CROW BARS @ast Steel... . --per Ib 4 CAPS Bigsis..... 8 Ce perm 65 re CF i......_......_......... oe 5d i i per m 35 Mesret... perm 60 CARTRIDGES Mins Hive... ...-..........., .-.....-.. . 0& 5 ee Bk 5 CHISELS a... ......... ......., 80 oe Pe. t.............. 80 Soece: Commer......-_..... .................. 80 Rocket SiHces........................ 80 DRILLS eee 60 Taper and Straight Shank. .. 00d 5 Mosse’s Paper Shank... ......-........ |. 50a 9 ELBOW Com. 4niece,Gim...... .......--... doz. net 60 Corucaica ...__-_- dis 50 Adjustable..........-..-..-..._.......... dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark's small, $18; large, #26................80&10 ives. 1. Sis: 2, a: 3 ee...........--....-.. 25 FILES—New List Now American ..................... .. Vale Nicholson’s....... i. 70 Heller’s Horse Rasy .6010 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ... 28 List 12 13 14 15 i... 17 Discount, 75 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.............-. 6016 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... ........- 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.........-.. 80 MATTOCKS Adse Hye...............-.... .... $16 00, dis 60&10 Bunt Bye..............-....-.-... $15 00, dis 60&10 Ce oa $18 50, dis 20410 MILLS @offee, Parkers Co.s........-....----:..---. 40 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables... 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’*........--. 40 Gofec, Enterprise.............. .-.......... 30 MOLASSES GATES Gigbhins PAteE 00 Stapp s Gemume.......-...-....-.......... 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring ....... 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base..... ... otc. oe > Wire nails, base..... eect eee tae 2 85 10 to 0 advance........-..--... ----.---.«- 5U ee 60 ee Cl... 7 ae une auc aes 90 eee 1 20 ee 1 60 Mines ........ tt 1 60 Case 10. . 65 deem en wie 75 Case 6.. 90 Finish 10. o Finish 8 90 Finish 6 10 Clineh 10 70 Clineh 8 80 Cimek 6... 90 Barcel & -....-._--......-.----_....--.... 1% PLANES Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy........--...--.------ @50 Seicia Bemen .......-. 2... 1. - +. ee 60&10 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy. @50 Bench, firstquality.............---.-- @50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood,........ 60 PANS ry, Acme ......--....-.--.-.- +--+ 2+ + 60&10&10 Common, polished..........---+--++++++- W& 5 RIVETS Iron and Timmed .... ...-..--.. ----:------ 60 Copper Rivets and Burs........----++--++++- 60 PATENT PLANISHED IRON “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 2c 920 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. HAMMERS / Maydole & Co.’s, new list.....-.. .----- dis 23% Hips... ---.. 2+. dis 25 | Verkes & Plumb s..............------..-. dis 40&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel Blacksmith’s Solid Cast - | Japanned Tin Ware..........-. | | 7 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tin Ware......--. -----.-new list 75410 Levee occa. Granite Iron Ware.......-..-...-...new list 40&10 HOLLOW WARE Foes... ..... us, os CORIO Moles Spiders ee ...60&10 HINGES Gaic. Clark's, 1.2, 9..............._._... Qa waale Cie | _..... er aoe nee Soe WIRE GOODS Bitent....... .....-......- ee. ee 80 Serew Wyes........... +----.+-1. 5. +, 80 Me 80 Gate Hooks and Byes......... 80 LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s....... . aig 70 ROPES Sisal, % inch and larger............... 5% ee SQUARES a 80 Try and Bevela.... ......-............ SHEET IRON com. smooth. com. Woe 1000 04....................... oe # 40 Moe tt. ....... .. 1.1... 2 ae 2 40 Bos. GO 2).............--_..,.. 34 2 60 ee ee eee, Se 2% Nos, 20 to 20. ..... Leteeecies Oe 2 80 No. 27 .. .2o 2 90 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND PAPER over 30 inches Liat sect © O6.......-.............. dis 50 SASH WEIGHTS Solid Bvesa ls ee ee ae TRAPS a 6010 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s. 50 Norton's 70&10&10 Oneida Community, Hawley & enorer 1.0... per doz 15 Mouse, Mouse, delusion. ......... .. per doz i 2% WIRE Briebt Maret.....-.......-....... -... vt) Anneal d Market See ee as %5 Coppered ee icc c ccc a PEGG MIAEMCE ieee ee a eee wee Coppered Spring Steel......... hte cea 50 Barbed Perec, galvanized ................. 2a Barbed Fence, painted...... 2 0 HORSE NAILS An Sabie........ asics On Se OEE dis 5 Morimwesterml...................... dis 10&10 WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 ee ae 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 80 Coe’s Patent, malleabie............-........ 80 MISCELLANEOUS WU Ce ce 50 Pumipe, Cidterm............ -..-..... 1... 75&10 eae 85 Casters, Bed and Plate............. .... 0&10G10 Dampers, American.................. 40X10 METALS— Zinc 600 pound casks.................... - 614 Perpouna.............. 6% SOLDER 4e@ ...- 12% The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. TIN—Melyn Grade 10x14 IC, Charcoal. ..... tee oe Moo tC Cliarcosl 4. |. es... ee Conte ie Charcoal... 8...) ee tee 1 Chaweoel........ .................. Gam Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—Allaway Grade Onde TC, Cemrere .... cece ee fee 5 00 fine 1 Cliazveoal ...... ..... ...-.-.-..... Oe 10n14 19 Cliarecoe).......................... ae 14x20 TX, Charcoal .... 6 00 Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. ROOFING PLATES $4090 IC, Chavedal, Dean.................... 14u) 10, Charcoal, DOOM. ........ «5. cones. 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean........ ......-... 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allnway Grade......... 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Gradc......... 20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........ 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, | 14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, { moumoan SSsessE ~ © per pound... TINWARE. We carry a full stock of Pieced and Stamped Tinware. Wl. BRUMMMMELER & SONS Manufacturers and Jobbers of TINWARE. Dealers in Rags, Rubbers, Metals, etc. nh 260 S. Ionia St. Grand Rapids, Mich. eee ane 70 | Steel Hand 30c list 40610 | SOAPS AOI API SOS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ese, Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. actical business t give their full ecessarily for pub- r 2 Of good faith. ve the mailing address of their papers changed as ofte s desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, nntil all arrearages are paid. Sample cop ent free to any address. Communicatior Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. Ce - f A. STOWE, Epiror. WEDNESDAY, - - - JUNE 17, 1396. THE WONDERFUL WHEEL. The bicycle is one of the most inter- esting mechanisms that has lately en- gaged general attention. Under the name of ‘‘velocipede, '’ or ‘‘speedfoot, ’’ this vehicle has been a subject of study and experiment for centuries. The four and three-wheeled velocipedes have long been known; but the two-wheeled speeder was considered impracticable, because of the supposed impossibility for the average person to maintain an equilibrium on a machine in which the two wheels are placed one before the other, revolving in the same perpendic- ular plane. So long as people were satisfied to theorize on the subject, the entire prob- lem of balancing one’s self on the bi- cycle was so formidable that it was left to be solved by tightrope dancers and other such professional acrobats. When, however, the apparent impossibility was tackled practically by plain sort of peo- ple it vanished entirely, and now per- sons of all ages, conditions, degrees of physical and mental development, and of both sexes, maintain their balance on the wheel with such ease and readi- ness that they positively wonder how anybody ever thought it difficult. The bicycle is now no longer a lux- ury. It has become an article of neces- sity, and many people wonder how the world has gone on so long without it. This wonderful wheel is now ridden for business, for pleasure, and it has actual- ly become an active remedial agent for diseases. It is extremely likely that not a few of the muscular movements of the hu- man body have been lost from disuse. Life under modern conditions cannot fail to exert a large effect in the evolu- tion of the bodily structure and func- tions, and certain offices and exercises which were once required, but are no longer so and would apparently serve no useful purpose, have been counter- developed or evolved out of use. There seems little doubt that the special conditions of modern civilized life which result from an extraordinary prevalence of sedentary habits in busi- ness ; the general riding in street cars and other conveyances, the use of ele- vators to supersede the walking up and down stairs, have decreased the ordi- nary strain upon the abdominal muscles of the body, and have finally weakened them from disuse. To this fact must be attributed to a large degree the preva- |larly in women. | It is in this connection that the use, | been a revelation. At first, the medical |men were disposed to criticise this ex- traordinarily popular machine with se- verity, and to prophesy that it would create not a few causes of serious dis- ease. They are not disappointed in this where the bicycle is used to excess, for then it is a most injurious affair; but where it is employed in a wise mod- eration it has produced effects on the human health which have proved to be remarkably beneficial. There is good reason to believe that proper exercise with this machine has brought into exercise muscles which had apparently ceased to perform any special service, and, having put them in active relations with other muscles which are ordinarily employed, has aroused sympathy and stimulated them to the performance of healthful and har- monious functional duties. But, leaving it to the medical pro- fession to reason out the physiology of this matter, the fact remains that mod- erate and prudent exercise with the wheel has produced beneficent effects in the cases of many persons who had _be- come, through lack of proper exercise, general ennui and the disorders that follow them, invalids and valetudina- rians. But there is one effect of wheeling that is its greatest drawback and is to be must carefully guarded against. It is the tendency to fast driving. The motion on a smooth and solid road is so easy, so swift, and is attained at so little cost of effort, that it realizes, more than any other motion, the idea of fly- ing. At such times there is always a temptation to increase the speed to the utmost, so that, instead of floating lightly along, the *‘scorcher’’ finds him- self straining every nerve to an extreme tension, and driving every muscle to the last point of his strength and en- durance. This sort of thing is not only positively killing to all who per- Sist in it, but it is killing to the unfor- tunate persons over whom the _ reckless riders drive, devoid, apparently, of every human feeling. The bicycle is, without doubt, the most popular and generally used ma- chine in the world, with the exception of the watch, and the day is not far dis- tant when it will be almost as univer- sally employed as is the pocket time- piece. The Tradesman's usually candid and conservative correspondent, Mr. Meek, in giving his experience in getting rid of that most common, most diminutive and most aggravating of rodents, the mouse, makes some statements which, if his integrity were not absolutely above suspicion, might possibly be doubted. In the case of the untimely demise of the individuals found on the shelves, his verdict as coroner, like many ver- dicts of judges in other courts, might be found erroneous on further investi - gation; but there can be no doubt that the efficiency of his psychological rem- edy is as stated, for an experience of twelve years puts that fact beyond ques- tion. It might be a query why he should let so valuable a remedy remaina secret during so long a period but for the fact that the improbabilities are so great as to require a considerable time for veri- fication. Of course, many of the sub- scribers of the Tradesman will lose no time in trying the new remedy, and the results will be watched with much in- terest. aie of abdominal disorders, particu- CHIGANRADESMAN | ey THE EVILS OF GAMBLING. Gambling may be properly defined to | be the putting up of a money stake up- ' the moderate use, of the bicycle has) on an issue which is to be decided wholly and entirely by chance. In England, whence most of the criminal law of the United States is derived, betting on horse races, or other trials or games of skill, is not prohibited, pro- vided the bets be not made in a_ public place, particularly in a_ public bar or place where liquors are sold, or in the street. At all times men have exercised the right to back their judgment of the speed of horses or of the skill of men in contests which are to be decided by the strength, agility, intelligence or other proper quality of the contestants. Staking money on mere matters of chance does not tend to encourage any sort of excellence in the training of men or animals, but is a mere device to gratify a demoralizing passion for gambling. The betting on chance be- comes all the more flagrant and demor- alizing when it is carried on under con- ditions where the conductors or proprie- tors of an establishment are able to pro- vide an arrangement by which they can take bets from all comers and hold spe- cific advantages over all. Such a concern 1s a poolroom, where bets are taken from any and every ap- plicant upon horse races or other events which occur at distant places, so that it is impossible for the bettors to see, know or judge of the skill or qualities of the contestants. Such betting is against the merest sort of chance, with no room for the exercise of judgment, which might be of assistance to the persons making the wagers. In every such case the bettor gets nothing for his money, save a possibility of winning by accident, as it were, and even this slight chance being at the risk of the honesty of the persons who conduct the gambling establishment. Without impeaching the honesty of any person who gambles, whether he be the conductor of the game or stakes money on it, the entire business is de- moralizing and destructive of public order and of the honesty and reliability of many who indulge in it. Attempts have been made to show that pool gambling is not more demoralizing than is dealing in stocks and wheat and pork futures, basing the claim upon the fact that such dealers have occasionally com- mitted suicide. If any such line of argument, be adopted, it must be extended to every class of business. There is not a trade or profession which can guarantee those who practice it against pecuniary dis- aster, against bad health, against loss of loved ones, against insanity, or against any of the evils which sometimes drive men to lay violent hands upon them- selves. Commercial statistics, made up from the experience of vast numbers of individuals for long periods, show that go per cent. of the men who enter mer- cantile life fail, sooner or later, and only 10 per cent. die successful and wealthy. As to dealing in commercial products for future delivery, there is no paying something for a chance in an accidental occurrence. The man who buys wheat for future delivery puts up a fund to bind the bargain and to pay the ex- penses of insuring, storing and other- wise caring for the merchandise, and he gets for it a guarantee that the wheat specified in the contract will be deliv- ered to him on the day stipulated. He may not only claim delivery of the goods at the time contracted for it, but he must accept delivery at that time, unless previously he shall have sold out his contract to some other party. This is speculation, because it is trading with the hope of making a profit on the purchase or the sale; but that is no more than is done in every com- mercial transaction. The man who buys to sell again would not do so, ex- cept for the hope and belief that he is going to make money by it, and, with- out such buying and_ selling, there would be no commerce. Every intelligent merchant looks for- ward to the probabilities of the crops and of other matters that can affect prices of the commodities in which he deals, and he regulates his business ac- cordingly and makes contracts to secure or to sell merchandise for delivery at some future time. Based on this judg- ment, other dealers in futures make similar contracts, but before the time comes for acceptance or delivery they sell out their contracts to other parties. Their deals are based precisely on those in which delivery is intended and exe- cuted, and all that can be said against them is that they are speculating. They are in no sense gambling against chances or a fraudulent game. TRADE SITUATION. The continued dulness as to large transactions 1s sufficiently accounted for. by the uncertainty as to financial dec- larations by the conventions. So that there is little to report beyond a con- tinuance of the conditions of last week. There was a tendency to recovery of prices from the low ebb of the preced- ing week in flour, lard, sugar, petro- leum and tobacco, while the steady downward trend continues for wheat, In- dian corn, oats, pork, cotton and prints. The general stagnation on account of iron combinations continues. Sales can only be made by a guarantee of the prices for a sufficient time to come by the pools. The nail pool has taken in one or two large concerns that were giving it trouble, which has strength- ened prices. The general tendency of prices, however, has been the wrong way and, in spite of further diminishing of output, stocks are accumulating. The flurry in wheat during the early part of the week was followed by a re- turn to the old basis, which seems to indicate its normal condition. Decline has been the rule with other grains. Cotton and woolen goods repeat the same old story of broken records for low prices, and still downwards, in spite of rapid curtailment of output. The decline in raw cotton and wool has been in proportion. Stock markets have had little interest, apparently waiting for financial planks. Some variation in prices was the result of rumors of a Cuban proclamation in the way of depression and recovery on account of prospect of gold being fa- vored at St. Louis. Gold exports were $2,400,000 for the week. Bank clearings show a decrease of 3 percent. Fail- ures, 234, against 236 for preceding week. ——— As an evidence that the market proj- ect is still alive and even progressing in the right direction, it is to be re- corded that a standing committee of the Common Council has been appoint- ed, consisting of five members. The constitution of the committee would seem to indicate that there will be in- augurated an increased rate of progres- sion, although it is scarcely probable that the work of the committee will re- sult in the preparation of the market in time for use this season. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT.|in excess. After charging a mass of Written for the TRADESMAN. commercial putty with the compound Among the ills that afflict humanity thoroughly mixed, [I placed a small the existence of animals and insects that | Ua"tity in each of a score or more of prey upon vegetation or disturb the pill boxes and distributed them in as comfort and security of householders | ™4?Y out-of-the-way corners. To ie furnishes occasion for continued meas- | 8teat delight the result was conclusive ures of self-defense. Traps and poison and satisfactory. Emigration at once have usually been relied on to prevent began, and continued at such a rapid the ravages of the former, aided by an| te that, in forty-eight hours, not a : alliance with their hereditary foes of }™OuSe was to be seen or heard about the same genus. Science has only par- the premises. Only an occasional mew tially succeeded in destroying the mul- was heard from my disconsolate mouser, tiform germs of insect life by the aid that, deprived of his natural ‘rations, of chemical combinations, and agri-| 45 forced to climb trees and forage culturists and householders are, there- | 72028 the feathered tribe. ; fore, obliged either to wage unceasing Thus, psychology solved the difficult warfare against enemies both visible and problem, notwithstanding no mark of invisible, or to suffer serious loss of tooth or claw appeared to show that the profit and personal comfort. Defensive compound was Caten oF even touched. tactics that seek total extermination of| This was, in effect, exchanging one the offending cause naturally find favor mystery for another ; but I am content with a suffering public. but each year with the substitution, because, after an brings new recruits to the invading | ©XPerience of twelve years, it has kept ceili: wlicedy elaile the Eick Moai: of in. both store and house free from all rodent ventive genius to overcome. The limits depredations. About once a year, when of this article forbid further discussion | 2" 24vance colonial agent appears, [| of the general subject; but a relation of gather up the containers and carne the my experience with one detachment of remedy, which has not yet lost its vir- the grand army may, perhaps, be of use tue. \ / ‘a cas eek One aggravating pest only remains to interfere with the proper condition of certain kinds of stock—that is a colony of large black wood ants, that forage around my syrup bottles, candy jars and sugar bins whenever the tempera- ture exceeds Go degrees Fahrenheit. If any reader of the Tradesman will sug- gesta deterrent for this foe of mercan- Why not include in your order this week, some or all of the following lines of goods: Orcester salt Ideal Gheese BIOOMs Ave. Coffee Salmon oleaks Sixty million pounds of Worcester Salt were consumed last year in the United States alone. It has become a household word from Maine to the Rocky Mountains. Cheap and Imitation goods may flourish for a short time, but genuine merit is sure to win in the long run. We are receiving large shipments of New Full Cream Cheese from our Ideal Factory. Ideal cheese has no superior, and but few equals. Add a 50 lb. can of our bulk Coffee to your order. We have all grades, and we positively guarantee satistac- tion. We handle O’Donohue’s full line. We have made a leader of Brooms. Ask your neigh- bor. Do you meet any manufacturers who want to make them for you at our prices? This is the season for canned salmon. Kinney’s Sal- mon Steaks will draw trade. They are very fine; all middle cuts. We are agents for them. I. M. Clark Grocery Co., tm Up to a dozen years ago, my store and dwelling were infested with colonies of mice from cellar to garret. Nothing eatable escaped their attention. In spite of strychnine, traps and the services of an expert mouser, they insisted on _ be- ing tenants at will— though not the will of the landlord. About that time a tel- a o> ephone was placed in the store, connect- ing it as a public station with the State lines. I soon observed that, occasion- ally of a morning, one or two mice lay dead on shelf or floor. In accounting for the mystery the poison theory had to be discarded, for I had long before abandoned that method of defense. Sit- ting as coroner on the remains, I was inclined to the opinion that the sharp, sudden ringing of the call bell had something to do with their case. A casual visitor who had been an amateur student of medicine suggested muscular rheumatism of the heart, since there was no sign of violence or poison. I was obliged, however, to officially sit down upon this diagnosis, because, though, referring to the Latin root, ‘‘muscular’’ was a proper adjective to apply to the corpus sine pectore, yet that disease did not seem to fit the evidence or oc- casion. The verdict, therefore, was made up and recorded as ‘‘death from acoustic sheck upon the nerve cen- ters.’’ I was confirmed in this con- clusion by the fact that, while putting up prescriptions in the small hours, on divers occasions, the signal bell had a similar startling effect on my own nerv- ous system. As the mortality in time totally ceased, my hopes of help from electrical science gradually faded, and I began to entertain a conviction that the long-sought-for relief must be found, not in annihilation of the intruders, but in playing upon their fears by. some mysterious agency in harmony with the principles of psychology. Brain struc- tures may vary, but the theory of deter- rent methods would seem to apply to animals as well as men, since fear and disgust are emotions common to each and form powerful factors in motives impelling to action. In searching for a proper deterrent, I decided, as an ex- periment, to test a certain combination of drugs that would appeal to one or the other of these mental conditions. Its base was arsenic, compounded with in- gredients usually harmless unless taken tile business equai to the one I have described, I am willing to exchange ex- perience with him. So far, all the ad- vice in this matter, received either by speech or print, has proved but the du- plicate of Job’s comforters. PETER C. MEEK. SE ENLARGE THE VETO POWER. It it were possible for the President to veto separate items in the» appropri- ation bills, it would doubtless prevent such wholesale jobs as the one recently noted by the country in the passage of the river and harbor bill. Meritorious projects and needed appropriations could receive executive sanction, while the petty robberies could be eliminated, and without the probability of being passed a second time over the Presi- dent’s veto, because sandwiched with really necessary measures. Instead of taking steps to have this power conferred upon the President, the Congressmen are rather disposed to cut off the veto power altogether. They do not want their little schemes exposed by a veto of specific items. They would rather see the entire bill defeated and all public work stopped than to risk a veto of their individual pet measures. Spoils and not patriotism is the guid- ing principle. Many bills for the regu- lar departments have gone _ through loaded down with objectionable, and in- deed questionable, features simply be- cause the evil was tacked onto the nec- essary. It is a tavorite scheme with our well-nigh conscienceless Congresses. The people would make no mistake in demanding greater latitude for the President’s veto and insisting upon the necessary amendments to give the Exec- utive the pcwer to veto a part or the whole. The people are growing in- different to their interests. Demagogues have misled ignorance until the coun- try suffers. If there is not soon a reviv- al of public interest in matters calcula- ted to secure purer and better and more expeditious and economical legislation, it will directly be too late to obtain needed relief except by revolution. Grand Rapids. ATP HeHeT Te HeTe TE TeRET THEE | The Stimpson Computing Scale Co. begs to inform the trade that they have recently —ai_ @ re-organized their company under the laws of the state of Indiana, with a capital stock of $100,000, and that they are now building a new factory in the city of Elkhart, Ind., and which will be ready for occupancy the 15th of June. The officers of the new company are H. E. Bucklin, Pres.; Isaac Grimes, Vice-Pres.; Mell Barnes, Sec. and Treas.; Edwin Finn, General Manager. After the 15th of this month our address will be Elk- hart, Ind. Very truly yours, Stimpson Gomputing Scale Go., ELKHART, IND. Mbdbdbdbabaddsdsdcad | Mabdbdbdbdbababdbdsasdsadin Wai 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Art of Reaching and Holding Trade by Advertising. What a man says is important, also that he does not say the same thing twice. In addition to this another im- portant point is how he says It. There is one thing the people want more than anything else in an ad, and that is the truth. It is just as wrong and a great deal more injurious fora merchant to falsify in his advertise- ments than it would be to do so over the counter. If he states falsely to one person it is bad, but if he prevaricates in his ad the whole town knows it soon- er or later; so as a matter of policy as well as morals merchants should make their ads truthful. * * Some years ago the London streets were startled by the gruesome appari- tion of ahansom cab conveying a dummy corpse, which proved to be the unlicensed advertisement of an Austral- ian melodrama. A little later the cur- iosity of the city was aroused by the appearance of a coach and four, bear- ing on the top two troopers and a bush- ranger—another advertisement, also un- licensed, of another Australian play. The iaw that forbids such displays is a salutary one. Electric transparencies carried about by men for advertising purposes have made their appearance. The transpar- encies are about three feet high and two feet wide, and the outside covered with advertisements. Within are four incandescent electric lights in red, blue, green and white globes. A stor- age battery, strapped about the waist of the bearer, furnishes the illumina- tion, and as he walks along he alter- nately lighs and extinguishes the lights, the result being a novel effect of rapidly changing colors, thus fulfilling the purpose—that of attracting fatten- tion. -— - * ‘‘Europeans don’t go in for news- paper advertising to anything like the extent that we do here,’’ says the New York Sun, ‘‘but they take the shine right off Americans for original schemes to attract attention to their shop win- dows. In London, Paris and the larger cities in Belgium the shopkeepers are continually devising catchy advertise- ments. Shoe dealers, hatters, safe- makers and men in various mercantile lines do the business up best, but the confectioners, pastry men and_ other small merchants are not far behind them. ‘*A shoe dealer in Brussels, who makes a specialty of a waterproof shoe, keeps a pair of the shoes standing ina pan of water in his window all day long. The water comes just up to the top of the soles, and the public are re- spectfully invited at all times to step up and feel the inside of the shoes and see that they are perfectly dry. Another shoe dealer in London made a specialty of shoes for bus drivers, and his greatest claim for them was that they were un- usually warm. He kept a pair of shoes embedded in a cake of ice in his show window, and anyone could walk in and fee] the inside of them and see that they were warm. ‘*A hatter in Antwerp, who manufac- tures a waterproof silk hat, keeps one of them over a pan, with a stream of water run- ning over it. I never passed this store once without seeing a crowd of people in his show window suspended standing in front of it, and I don’t doubt that this scheme brought him many a customer he would not have had otherwise. ‘‘In Paris a firm of safemakers em- ployed two men to stand in the window of their place all day and hammer on the lock of one of their safes with huge sledge hammers. The novel designs that confectioners and pastry cooks get up and put in their windows attract the attention and admiration of all foreigners. Every con- fectioner in Paris who goes in for win- dow advertising at all hasa big Eiffel tower of candy in his window; but, fine as the Parisian displays are, they are not nearly so handsome as those in Brussels. The amount of cake and candy which is wasted in window dec- oration in the big Belgium cities is amazing. I can't see what use the sweets can be after the things are pulled apart, and certainly no one can have any use for a huge castle or figure made out of cake and candy, unless it is used as a centerpiece on banquet table. ‘‘T have noticed in New York of late a tendency among small retail dealers to emulate the foreigners in this matter of window advertising. A Broadway shoe dealer is advertising his waterproof shoes like the Brussels merchant.”’ * — A tall man, with what appeared to be an ordinary silk hat somewhat the worse for wear, walked through the streets of New York the other night. Every few seconds a flash of light, like a halo, would startle all who saw him. Closer inspection showed a clever ar- rangement of electric lights in the hat, with a wire netting where the silk ought to be, and letters announcing the virtues of a superior brand of soap. The man accomplished the purpose of his walk, in some manner at least. A crowd of newsboys followed him, hooting. They may not be good customers for soap, but they gave him the comfortable sense of having made a sensation, which is about all that freak advertising ever does. A small shopkeeper at a seaside re- sort in Maine, says the New York Times, hit upon a very clever way to advertise his wares. Noticing the number of people gywho daily wandered along the beach to pick up shells, a new idea struck him. He gota lot of nice clean flat ones, and on the white inner side he had painted in red ink bis name and address, and what he had to sell. Every morning he sent a boy up and down the sand with a_basketful of these shell cards with orders to drop them along the beach. People were sure to pick them up, and he soon found that he did the best business of any of the little shops thereabout. ge ny An Original Card. Day Bros., merchants at Lacon, IIl., had a novel window display last week. Back of a fence in a show window was a pair of shoes marked $2.50. A pla- card read: ‘‘How can you get this pair of shoes without climbing the fence or opening the gate. Answer inside.’’ People stood before the window and guessed, and ‘‘agitated their think,’’ and then went into the store and in- quired. ’ ‘*Buy them,’’ replied John Day, and a good many bought. Illustrated Advertising. Drop a postal card to the Michigan Tradesman for a catalogue of many new and attractive cuts of different sizes which can be used in your advertising displays and obtained at very small expense. | BSED AASB SES ESOESEESES YG facture. - MIILLAR’S PENANG SPICES inh We assert that all goods put up under the above style are not only i i Ny CHAS. E. STORRS, Dairy and Food Commissioner. genuine, but that the selections for the manufactured articles are made from the highest.grade of stock, are of the highest possible grade of commercial purity, and packed net weight and will also 2 be found always unsurpassed in style of package, milling or manu- p) As proof of this statement, we take pleasure in submit- a ting the following testimonial from the State Food Commissioner: Di a Lansing, Mich., Feb. 25, 1896. E. B. MILLAR & CO., Chicago, Il., GENTLEMEN: K The December number of the Bulletin of this department Z gy contains the analysis of a sample of Pepper from R. B. Shank & Co., of p Lansing, produced by your firm. ad In a re examination of this Pepper it has been found that a mistake was Kes CAPACI SAAYSea) ( Coma VSAOSaeE CAs} 9 o ROOK o °o 00° a o 9 o 9° 9° 0° o Qa a 09}9009 o 9 e °o oO ° 9° ° o ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Respectfully yours, (Signed) C. E. STORRS, made in classifying it as an adulterated product, which correction will be published in the next number of the Bulletin. Dairy and Food Commissioner. E. B. MILLAR & CO., ; Importers and Grinders. NSS SABSSGASS tion of our new location. MIGHIGAN SPICE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. CHICAGO. ! 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Perfectly Pure Coffee. hb bbb bh bbhboeeoe POUGVUVVUVUVVUVY habbo bohbobhbbobbbbboao bb bbbthbbbbp tt bt bar wT TCT rT TCC eT CCT TTC ewe SS WOOLSON SPICE CO. TOLEDO, OHIO, and KANSAS CITY, MO. Quart ono ceeeevee cress Belt Galion. ........-... Gallon. The Only One. 2 cents wholesale Boa ueeel ccllea oes ucla 2 00 A Combined Cleaner, Polish and Disinfectant. Sample (% pint can) and prices sent to dealers free on receipt of business card and postage. See quotations in Grocery Price Current. W. F. Henderson & Co., Sole Manufacturers, 2952 Cottage Grove Ave., CHICAGO. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 CLIMATIC SUIT. New-Fangled Apparel to Revolution- ize Men’s Summer Dress. From the Chicago Herald. What are you working at now?’’ asked Harris as he dusted off the only vacant chair in Inventor’s workshop and glanced with some suspicion at a row of jars filled with loud-smelling chemi- cals. It was a blistering hot day and the sun beat through the dust-laden win- dows of the cozy little den until the air quivered with the heat. ‘*Pretty hot day,’’ said Inventor, as he’ poured a small vial of anhydrus-am- monia into a saucer and watched it evaporate. ‘*T don’t know whether it 1s or not,’’ said Harris, as he mopped a perspiring brow. ‘‘I am surprised that you should make such an assertion. Hot is only a relative term. What is called hot in Chicago would be deemed cool and _re- freshing on the Desert of Sahara. You should be more careful in your use of language. J should say it was a fairly warm day for this latitude at this sea- son of the year. I am not informed that it breaks any re ‘ords.’’ ‘*There are many things on which you are not informed,’’ said Inventor. ‘*The man who will compile an ency- clopedia on the things you do not know can count on me asa subscriber and an ardent admirer. ’’ Having said which Inventor continued his research into chemical mysteries and Harris had smoked three portions of tobacco with such fierceness that the blackened corncob pipe radiated heat like the surface of a locomotive boiler on a cold day. ‘*What do you think you are trying to do?’' asked Harris, as Inventor con- cluded an elaborate mixture of fluids and surveyed the result with a compla- cent smile. In the moment of his triumph Inventor forgot all past differ- ences and became talkative and affable. ‘IT have solved one of ‘the greatest problems of the age,’’ said Inventor, ‘and while I am not ready to make public its details I am willing to ex- plain to you the theory of my newly dis- covered system. The mass of the popu- lation of the world lives in what Is called the temperate zone. I suppose they are called temperate by reason of the fact that they have the greatest ex- tremes of heat and cold. As a matter of absolute fact, the highest records of heat have been taken in latitudes north of Chicago and the lowest records of cold have been taken south of the Brit- ish line. Both of these observations were taken from the same United States weather station. As I now recall the figures they were 127 degrees in the shade and 60 degrees below zero, a range of 196 degrees. This is the kind of weather that is served out to the people who inhabit the so-called temperate zone. || ‘*That is not my fault,’’ said Harris, ‘‘and I am willing to do anything in my power to have the system changed. What has all this to do with your latest discovery?’’ ‘‘It has everything to do with it, said Inventor. ‘‘The extremes of heat and cold are becoming more marked, es- pecially in this country, and_ unless something is done the race will become extinct. Have you noticed that we have reached a point where we have but two seasons in the year, winter and summer? That is a fact and there are scientific reasons for the same. The ‘beautiful spring, ethereal mildness come,’ and all of that tommy rot of which the poet sang fail to come in these the latter years of the century. Spring no longer lingers in the lap_ of winter. Summer arrives about the first of April and before winter can gather up his snowdrifts and blizzards he gets his nose sunburned and on several re cent occasions has narrowly missed be- ing sunstruck. Two years ago a Chi- cago man was caught out in a_ blizzard and frozen to death. This was ona Wednesday. The funeral was held on Friday and one of the pallbearers was prostrated by the heat. Of course, this was an exceptional case, but it is what we may expect any year. About the same time a party of boys were a skating on the lake. When they were out about ten miles summer arrived. The ice melted so fast that when the rescuing party reached the shore several of the boys insisted on going in swim- ming. Thrifty restaurant keepers froze ice cream in snow drifts in their back yards and served it to perspiring cus- tomers who sought the pleasant shade of the awnings in front.”’ ‘*What has all this to do with your in- vention?’’ asked Harris, as Inventor paused a moment. ‘‘T have invented a suit of clothes which can keep pace with our modern climate,’’ said Inventor. ‘‘Our race has gone along for centuries without making any scientific attempt to so clothe itself as to conform to climatic changes and conditions. In the winter we pile on enough clothing to keep out the cold. This is all right so far as it goes and is a fairly scientific method of keeping comfortable. But when it gets warm, what do we do? Take off the heavy clothes and _ substitute lighter ones. Now, that is no way to do. Heat is positive in its action, but cold 1s not. You can overcome cold—which is simply the absence of heat—but the mere removal of clothes, even if you go to the extreme of removing the last garment, will not make you comfortable when the thermometer is’ in_ the nineties. You must meet this problem with some positive remedy and I have found it. Hereafter, by means of my autothermo - frigid - summer-winter sys- tem of clothing, life will be worth liv- ing, even in New York.’’ ‘ What is the theory of your system?’’ asked Harris, who was becoming inter- ested. ‘‘T have simply adapted some well- known principles,’’ said Inventor, ‘‘and combined them with a recent dis- covery of my own. The cold producing qualities of anhydrusammonia are well known and understood. This fluid is only another name for pure distilled ammonia and its rapid evaporative powers, when exposed to the air, pro- duce intense cold by absorbing heat. I have succeeded in deodorizing ammonia and have invented a cloth which has a wonderful affinity for this fluid. Under my system a suit of this material will be worn next to the skin and in a small pocket will contain a vial of anhydrus- ammonia. This will connect with a dial or indicator shaped like a_ watch, which can be carried in the vest pocket. The wearer can consult this and by the movement of a small indicator adjust his temperature to any required degree. For people like Senator Tillman I shall make special sizes, warranted to over- come tropical heat. An ounce of anhy- drus-ammonia will see a baseball fan through a twelve-inning game without the dampening of a shirt collar. The man whose only aim in life is to ask the question, ‘Isthis hot enough for you?’ will be out of a job. One suit of auto-thermal-summer-winter clothes will last for ten years and the annual ex- pense for ammonia will not exceed 25 cents. ‘It is impossibie to overestimate the value of this invention,’’ said Inventor, ‘*and its effects on our National life and morals. The saving in the wear and tear due to profanity alone will more than defray the original cost of a suit. The fat citizen can await the advent of summer with perfect composure and will be proof against a St. Louis Aug- ust.’’ ‘*Suppose a drunken man turned on the cold and went to sleep. Would he freeze to death?’’ asked Harris. ‘‘T have so perfected the regulator that the ammonia circuit automatically closes when the temperature of the body reaches 60 degrees. Is there anything else you would like to suppose?’’ +» 2» A Cool Suggestion To your customers is an_ attractive fan, with your advertisement neatly printed thereon. The Tradesman Com- pany is prepared to furnish you with fans, at the lowest prices consistent with good goods. Send for samples and You can’t fool ‘ The people all the time f You buy inferior bakery goods because they are cheap and the salesman who sells them is a “good fellow,” but the trade will soon learn which grocer keeps the best goods and will patronize him, Is it not so? | | ( 20a 7 Sells oni ats merits. ‘ . * . * J Retails profitably at a low figure. - ) Is in constant demand. | Is an all-around cake for every occasion. Ul \ e e \ Not a Single Slow Thing about It. It is not made from poor flour, in- ferior fruit and rancid butter, but will bear the strictest analysis. Its pleasing flavor recommends it to everyone. ci NEW YORK BISCUIT C0. GRAND RAPIDS. prices. rs SO eran Sentara nee MESSER COMPUTING SCALES WHICH IS BEST? a 0 rs DEAR SIR: Your scale arrived allO. K. We are using it now for about a month, and like it very well, as it is accurate and very sensitive—a small piece of paper bringing up the balance. Are sorry that we didn’t discard any sooner our Stimpson Computing Scale, which we have used only about six months. Yours truly, BECK & SCHWEBACH, Dealers in general merchandise. To the Computing Scale Co., Day- ton, Ohio, U.S. A. THE “DAYTON” IS THE BEST! So over 23,000 Merchants say. ELST a ane nee are aR See are TE Ta Fieipap oman nena nne re eRe CERES 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A CENTURY HENCE. Excursion into the Realm of the Future Grocery World. H. F. Griffin in Grocery World. One sunny afternoon in May a grocer sat in his store, deserted save for his presence, in a small village within close reach of a large metropolis. His _busi- ness had fallen off considerably of late, for the reason that the town now con- tained four rival grocery stores, each bent upon securing the greatest amount of trade through the medium of price cutting, the result of strong competi- tion. If one grocer reduced the price on any class of goods, his competitors followed his example and in most cases went a trifle below him. The patronage cf the village fluctua- ted between the stores, now rushing to the place of the one where the latest cut had been made, only to surge back again to the grocer who cut still deeper than the others. The grocer's face betokened uneasiness of mind as he mused upon the tactics of his competitors in reduc- ing prices to such a point as to leave practically no profit at all, and his thoughts were of how long he could continue to meet the reductions and what wouid be the result of this endless slashing of prices. He reflected long and earnestly on the outcome of this eternal warfare, until his mind grew weary of the strain. At length he roused himself, and remem- bering the invitation of a jobber to visit his establishment when next in the city, he resolved to take the first train cityward and, while there, settle for his last bill of goods. Station after station was passed by the train bearing the grocer, who, in tent upcn his business troubles, had been carried far past his destination. Discovering this fact, he left the train at the next station, and found himself in the midst of a great city. How re- markably strange was this place, he thought. Everything seemed entirely different from what he had been ac- customed to. Street cars, Carriages, wagons and vehicles of all kinds, pro- pelled by electricity, sped with noise- less rapidity over streets of even sur- face. No unsightly telegraph poles or wires marred the beauty of the thorough- fares. The houses were all built of stone, artistically finished, and being ive appearance. Within the window the sides were covered with mirrors. The goods were arranged in_ tiers, in pleasing variety, and the reflection in the mirrors doubled the immensity of the exhibit and gave to it a tempting and inviting look. The grocer drank in the details of the exterior appearance of the store with envious delight and then joined in the throng of customers entering the store. What a difference from the ordinary grocery! It looked more like a banker’s office. The floor was of oak, highly pol- ished, and not a speck of dust could be seen upon it. All samples of goods were neatly set on shelves behind the counters and were protected by movable glass doors. Electric fans kept the interior delightfully cool. The same force was applied to racks, on which were dis- played goods that slowly went round and round, permitting of easy inspec- tion by customers. Seats were provided for all patrons and their wants quickiy attended to. The clerks were polite, cleanly attired and gentlemanly in manner. It was surprising how quickly business was transacted. A lady would enter and take a seat. An indexed catalogue with prices attached would be handed her by the polite clerk, who waited respectfully for her orders. She would state what she desired, and, after paying for the same, leave her name and address and depart. There was no attempt on the part of the clerk to persuade her to pur- chase more than she wanted, nor did he say, ‘‘Anything else, ma’am?’’ and then glibly run over almost the entire stock in the store without pausing to refill his lungs. The clerk made out a list of what was wanted, which was sent through a pneumatic tube to another department, where all goods were packed and shipped, and dispatched on their jour- ney in the electric wagon. The grocer’s amazement grew as he watched these things in open-eyed astonishment. He approached a pleasant, intelligent-look- ing -man giving orders in a quiet, au- thoritative way, who proved to be _ the manager, and with the view of satisfy- ing his curiosity engaged him in con- versation. ‘Been established long in business?’’ ‘‘Not long,’’ replied the manager. ‘* About a hundred years.’’ EAE Anan nena nenane RE Banners unio i THE BEST tour? Everybody claims their's to be. Some believe what they say; some know better; some don't know anything about it; but you want to know. You ought to know and you canknow. How? Easiest thing in the world. Leave it to your customers. That's what we did, and that’s why we sell more flour than any other grocer. in Michi- gan to-day. The flour that suits them best is the best, and that they say is Ceresota You who are handling it know that is right, Those who are not better climb into the band wagon while there is room. ake a Ee ae ae Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Sole Distributers for Western Michigan. BUG am aaaa apap apap ar arena GNS RS Sapa apa a ar GI uaeS TONE Hie EG of even height, presented a handsome ‘*\ hundred years?’’ repeated the appearance. The stores did not look | grocer. like stores at all, as he had known| ‘'Yes; that is, counting from the time them. No goods were piled upon the | the co-operative plan was adopted.’ pavement to obstruct pedestrians. NG| «*Neyer took much stock in the co- signs announced that this was Blank’s | operative idea,’’ said the grocer; ‘‘but famous store where bargains could be |you appear to be doing a mighty good had such as could never be obtained | juciness, ’’ elsewhere. There were no placards stat- ee , Very few businesses are not now ing that goods would be ‘‘reduced for | : are this day only.’’ All that could be seen | conducted on the co-operative basis, in the nature of a sign was a small alu- i. the manager, and experience has minum plate upon the outside of each | shown that it :s the most profitable plan store, bearing the name and the goods jof conducting a grocery store, and one ak ; | which overcame the evils of the old sys- tem of independent stores, in the opera- He walked on, admiring many new |_|: ; oaks £ th and interesting things he had never be- |t!0OR_ OF walch, by reason 0 ime Bence competition, men _ cut each other’s fore seen or heard of, until he saw upon | : the opposite side of the street a store | throats in their endeavor to undersell having a plate bearing the words, ‘‘Co- | O° another. But happily those days operative Grocery, Branch 1,”’ at which |are gone, never to return. Grocers, as he gazed curiously. Was that a grocery | well as other merchants, have seen the store? It certainly did not look like | Daneful results of the destructive policy one. Where were the barrels of apples | Price cutting that so strongly marked and the boxes of soap that generally ap- | the first stages in the evolution of trade peared in front of every progressive | towards the ideal conditions of trans- 5 ; ting business. grocery? Where were the brooms and | #© ee brushes and half chests of tea? What| ‘‘Well, how dic it come about that had become of the mackerel keg with | the co-operative plan was adc pted?”’ the briny smell, and the sack of coffee | asked the grocer. ‘I never read any with the wire guard to prevent mis- | thing about it.” chievous urchins from depleting it?| As the grocer finished speaking, his And the prunes, dried apples and | attention was attracted to a large clock, evaporated peaches that were supposed | which at the moment began to toll the to tempt passers-by to purchase? Gone, | hour, The figure of Father Time moved all gone; and, what was more amazing, | across the dial and _ with his scythe was the absence of cards announcing | struck the gong; the silvery chimes. re- that tea and coffee could be had at re- | sounded throughout the store. The clock duced rates, or that canned peaches | was a masterpiece of workmanship, and were one cent cheaper than any other in addition to possessing an astronom- store could sell them. | ical chart, illustrating the positions of The store with its large polished the planets, was a perpetual calendar, plate-glass windows, in which were ar- | showing the day, month and year. The tistically arranged canned and bottled | grocer’s eyes grew large and his mouth goods, farinaceous products, light | openea in astonishment as he saw just lunches and table delicacies of all|below the dial, ‘‘Wednesday, May 13, kinds, presented a cleanly and attract- | 1996."" © --yemeemenereees ° Oo REAT nae DEAL a Of trouble and loss might be saved by the retailer if he would buy his flour, feed, bran, corn and oats and everything in the milling line in mixed car loads of one firm. There would be less freight, no torn orsoiled flour sacks, no shortages and no delays. A great deal depends on how you manage the little things, and pennies are little things, but if you are trying to make a great deal of money Vaieytiy §=6$ }~EVERY Wilting Go... = ! Sole makers of + : C E NT . LILY WHITE FLOUR COUNTS DOOOOHHOOOO®: (( ° © OOO ©O© © OOO © OOOO OOO © . . OO OO . . . . . . ©© 7 - Grand Rapids, Mich. OOO © ©) ©) ©) ‘‘What is the matter with your clock?’’ he asked. ‘Nothing that I can see,’’ responded the manager. r ‘*The date,’’ said the grocer, point- ing with his finger. **t996—that is correct.’’ ‘*But this is 1896,’’ persisted the grocer. The manager turned aside to hide a smile. ‘‘Pardon me,’’ he said, a mo- ment later, and to convince the grocer showed him business letters and news- papers, all bearing the year 1996. The grocer was incredulous for some mo- ments and could not believe that 100 years had passed of which he had no reckoning. He was finally convinced that such was the case, and the conver- sation again turned to the grocery busi- ness. consumer suffered by the adulteration of goods, and the grocer suffered by rea- son of the constantly declining prices, the small margin of profits and the worry occasioned by fear of further cutting on the part of his competitors, making his lot a most unenviable one. ‘*This state of affairs existed over all the country. It was the same in every city and town, village and hamlet. What the consumers gained by the strife among grocers they lost in the poor quality of goods sold them, but neither had yet attempted to remedy the evils. At length, in order to protect the con- sumers and to raise the standard of food products, stringent laws were passed making it a criminal offense for any grocer to sell adultertaed food products, no matter who was primarily guilty of the adulteration. This, toa great ex- tent, prevented further adulterations and was a good measure for the benefit of the public. ‘‘The cutting of prices went on for some years, and was forced to such a point by the fierce competition that the outlook for the grocery business was anything but promising. The grocer who could reduce his personal expenses to the lowest possible limit, deny him- self and his family some of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life, and pay the lowest possible wages for help, had the best chance of withstanding the THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN siege of low prices and small profits. ‘‘It was at this stage that the co-op- erative idea was launched. It did not meet with much favor because it was not thoroughly understood, and because, also, one or two attempts had failed, by reason of little confidence in the plan and the lack of proper management. But something had to be done to pre- vent the downward tendency of prices and to raise the grocery business to the standard and dignity of other enter- prises. In desperation, a few grocers, more progressive than the rest, put their heads together and _ issued invitations for a meeting of grocers, to devise ways and means by which to better the condi- tions under which their stores were con- ducted. ‘This meeting was largely attended ated as economically as the same num- ber of stores combined under one man- agement. Each store keeps at least one book-keeper and one wagon. These are not busy all the time and mean a loss to the store. Four book-keepers and four wagons steadily employed can meet the wants of the dozen stores combined, and this is the principle upon which the co-operative store is conducted. ‘*That it is the most profitable plan of conducting a grocery store is evi- denced by the fact that this change took place nearly too years ago, and the grocers have not yet seen fit to go back to the old methods, in which they waged war upon one another as_ mortal enemies, and through which many sank into the sea of oblivion by the suicidal policy of price-cutting."’ 2 The grocer was roused from his dream by a customer entering his store. It was with a pang of regret that he realized he had fallen asleep in his own place and dreamed that times and conditions had changed; and the fact that it was only a dreamed was more vividly im- pressed by the customer refusing to pur- chase what she had originally intended to buy, because ‘‘it was two cents cheaper at Mr. Smith's store.’’ dor a A woman may have a catalogue of faults as long as a milliner’s bill; but, bless her, she’s the Lest thing on earth. WS” a> GS was” WONDER FANCY ROLLER MILLS SPRING WHEAT FLOUR For Sale Only by MUSSELMAN GROCER CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WONDER 13 © © ©.© WM. CALLAM & SON, 215—217 N. Franklin street, Saginaw, E. S., Mich. Write for Special Prices. ©.0.©:0:0:0:©.O.0:0:0:O:O.0:0:0:O'O.0.9. and the advantages of organization were « ‘*The best way to reply to your ques-| thoroughly impressed upon the grocers, | WONDER WONDER tion as to when the co-operative store|and the result was they resolved to com- began to engage public attention and | bine in order to protect themselves. As- TTT ETAT TTT Tc een TTT why it has been successful, is to review | sociations were formed by neighboring iia a little of commercial history,’’ said| grocers, the members of which pledged =~ eae ae ..2 4a the manager. themselves to keep prices at such points | ‘*In the beginning of the present cen-]|as to allow a fair profit on all goods, | tury competition was as bitter among |and to co-operate with one another in Dedede dude dv Dedede dude dv de Se Tedvde grocers for trade as it was in every other | building up, instead of tearing down, line of business. Every grocer tried to|the trade of each other. This was undersell his fellow-grocer, in order to|rigidly adhered to, and a_ new era of accomplish which he bent his energies] prosperity was begun for the grocer. to selling goods at a lower margin of} The bitter warfare was over. Grocers ov , “4 ov profit than anyone else. The survival} no longer felt a dagger’s point and each of the fittest meant that he who — ——— in the other a friend instead oR —— = ————— oe sell groceries at the smallest possible|of an enemy. Knowing by bitter ex- ‘6 a ” margin of profit had the best chance of] perience the evils ra he old system, oR Once tried---always used. oR succeeding, paradoxical as that might|none would undersell the man who was Although this flour has been in this market but a short seem, Prices would be reduced by one | now his friend, formerly his competitor. "’ time it has forced its way into favor by possessing real grocer to such a point that he hoped ‘*But did not some one grocer sell merit. What the consumer wants is a flour that will the others could not follow, and the|lower than the rest in order to sell a the greatest quantity of light, delicious bread : a othe barrel. ‘‘Laurel”’ will do that in every instance. public, ever alert to buy at the cheapest | more?’’ asked the grocer. ov Try it and be convinced. oe store, would flock to his place, to the ‘Certainly not; why should he? He We are exclusive agents for the sale of ** Laurel.” exclusion of others, he expecting by the} might sell more fora day or for a week, oy oh volume of his business to regain what] but at the end of that time he knew that WO RDEN G ROCER CO he had lost in the cutting of prices. all others would follow suit, and this ov "a oR ‘‘The merchants of that period, I be- | meant a change back to the old system, Cor. lonia and Fulton Sts. lieve, had a familiar motto that ‘Com-|in which there was neither peace nor ov GRAND RAPIDS, - - - = MICHIGAN. ov petition is the life of trade,’ and yet profit. Confidence begets confidence, ~~ they must have seen that it was usually | and each grocer, having confidence in . the death of the competitors. This himself, had confidence in all others. constant warfare was productive of Besides, money is a wonderfully con- . much bitterness. If Jones and Smith —— a. the = — were rocers, doin business in the] from this consolidation testimed that it : . : : . ° : ° ° ° ° ° - - - - _ _ . same Sek they would be|was the plan by which grocers were ©:©:©:O.O:O:O.O:O:O:OO:O'O.E.'O:O.O.O.O.O friends to all outward appearances, but | dragged from the depths of the pit into © i © one would watch with the eyes of a}which they had fallen, where they| \™% ove hawk the store of the other during the | fought like animals for an existence, © | qd lI © day for possible reductions, and each | onto the higher plane of living profits — ee would lie awake at night racking his|and allied friendship. © © brain to devise some way by which he ‘*The beneficial results accruing from| = i il oe could undersell the other and drive him|the association of neighboring grocers © To Grocers in Grand Rapids and dealers generaily: © out of business. proved the possibilities of greater) Why pay enormous prices for “Entire wheat” . ‘This deplorable condition of affairs profits by the co-operative store. The © flour trom the Eastern States when you can © brought in its train another evil. Adul-| increased earnings, resulting from the) 7° buy it from a Michigan mill, equally good, at AY teration was the order of the day in all|lessening of expenses by reason of the © a much less price? We have special machin- © ' goods not passing directly from the pro-| pooling of interests, could now be| 7. ery for the purpose and would like to confer © ducer to the grocer. Quality was for- plainly seen by everyone, and the co- © with you on the subject. ons gotten or ignored in the creation of | operative store of the present day was © © cheap articles demanded by every gro- the outcome. After repeated knocking and_ shaking of the door, the landlord came down and let mein. The next morning breakfast was not ready when I got up, but the landlord was in a good humor about it, saying: ‘ Every- body is sick about the house. You are the only guest, so I didn’t get breakfast ready.” He went out into the kitchen and in half an hour served a very good meal for me. I found that my customer was out of town, so had nothing to do but stay around the hotel all day. The landlord got dinner and supper for me and I asked, ‘Who is sick?’ ‘* My wife, two children, the cook, the waiter and the porter.’ ‘ *T should think you would get some one else.’ ** ‘Can't. They won t come.’ ‘* “Why not?’ ‘* «They are all afraid of the small- pox. I'm the only one who hasn't got it, and | feel the symptoms. I'll be in bed to-morrow, but I think the porter will be well enough to run the hotel by that time. He is sitting up to-day.’ ‘‘T paid my bill very suddenly and put myself under medical treatment when I reached the next town.’’ OPP PPPPPPPEPPPPEPPAP POPPA POPPE APPPPEPOCEPEBG RPP AEN OO OO OT ODO TD TT TT FF SSG SG EO OV NY FPANID Yarioss ue, We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. ne tp bp te tp bp i> te bp be te te i te bn bn bn bri 4 Latin ha tn dns aan hn nd GUVOTOCOSEC OOO EOC OCOOC CCE ECT EEE VV by be bp bn bn bn bn be bn hn he Le Le de he Me he Me Mn Me Me ha Me Ma Me Me he ha Me Me Mn Prey VV EVE EEE TEE EEE TEE eee eV be bn bp by bn bn be bn by te bn be te te te bn be be be be be bn be he bn he be be he hr tr nh hn hr hn hn hn hh hr hn hn hr hn hn hn hn hn sh SS SS SS Se ee Michigan Burk & Lumber C0. _ Grand Rapids, Mich. 508, 509 and 510 Widdicomb Bid. N. B. CLARK, Pres. Wy. DL WADE, Vice: Pres. CU. COA Sec’y and Treas. We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1896. Correspondence Solicited. BOSTON__ RUp Exclusive Rubber House of All Sizes and Widths BER ; W. A. McGRAW > & CO., DETROIT, MICH. yeovuvuCrVCVTVTVTVTVTVTVvVVTVVVvTG*. VVUVVVE ECC CCCCCCUCUVV A tirihhh btn tr ba tanta bata bn GOUVVVUVVV VV VY oe anon Ve GRAND RAPIDS Pee BRUSH CO........ Manufacturers ot BRUSHES Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses, Grand Rapids, Mich. 100080000 8000000S800S0008 0-0-0-0-0-0 varrer’s Liwit ASPHALT ROOF GOATING Contains over 90 per cent. pure Trinidad Asphalt : when dry. You can get full information in regard O J to this material by writing WARREN CHEMICAL AND MANUFACTURING CO., 81 Fulton street, NEW YORK. 1120 Chamber of Commerce, DETROIT. anon eaamatanncremte THE MICHIGAN nacre i st A RAE RE SR ANNE RE TRADESMAN Produce. Some Observations on Commission Merchant Frauds. Written for the TRADESMAN. While it has not been my misfortune to suffer, personally, at the hands of commission sharks, circumstances have made me somewhat familiar with their modes of operation, and I take pleasure in complying with your request to note a few suggestions on that subject. The peculiarities of the commission busi- ness make it especially liable to the op- erations of trade swindlers. There is, perhaps, no other line of trade that presents so many temptations to dishonesty as are met in the career of a commission merchant. One of the most frequent is the condition of the consignment when it is received. It is a constant tendency fer the receiver to exaggerate the percentage of deteri- oration which perishable commodities undergo, and then, if by sharp bar- gaining, he succeeds in making a favor- able sale, it is easy to claim and take the reward for his diligence and shrewd- ness and no one is the wiser. It is thus very easy for a dishonest man to fall in- to the practice of claiming damage and unsalability and compromising with the consignors to his own profit as the cir- cumstances and helplessness ot those who fall into his hands will permit. This temptation is so great that there are very many established concerns with ample ratings and excellent references ‘who are giving constant cause of com- plaint from victims all over the country, until it has become a very serious prob- lem in the commission trade. It is more particularly of a different class of swindlers that I propose to speak here—the class whose operations you have been exposing in the columns of the Tradesman. This class is prin- cipally made up from those who have received a training in the school of dis-- honesty referred to above. Graduated from this by circumstances, usually business failure, about the careful systematic devising of unquali- hed swindling operations. Indeed, necessary for a commission swindler to have had experience in the regular com- mission business, as it requires a prac- tical familiarity to carry it on, and es- pecially to effect sales of the consign- ments. these set fe is Ihe usual plan of operation is to se- lect a locality where the acquaintance of the chief promoter is such as to en- able him best to dispose of his plun- der. He then proceeds to devise a firm and style, keeping his identity carefully hidden. For this he takes the name and address of some irresponsible rela- tive or errand boy suitable to be used as a tool for his nefarious purpose. His next proceeding is to establish a credit for the new ‘‘house.’’ To do this there is an account opened at some local bank, with sufficient funds to makea suitable showing on the books. It does not take much and the swindler is al- ways provided with sufficient ready money. Suitably printed stationery then being provided anda type-writer hired, he is ready for operations. Cunningly devised circular letters are prepared and sent to lists of the most probable victims he can obtain. Correspondence is opened and, by making sufficiently favorable offers to command attention without exciting suspicion, he soon be- gins to get business. If the consign- ments are pretty small, for trial, and he sizes up his victim as good for a larger bite, they are sold and generous returns promptly made. Then, when the venture is large enough to warrant it, the fun begins. Frequently this is with the first consignment. Of course, it is essential to success that there be sufficient reference. The unpretentious but regular business at the bank provides this. Without a word to the bank officials the letters give a reference, in the printed heading, to the bank. ‘The inquirer writes and the question as to the condition of the ac- count warrants the bank in answering that their dealings have been satisfac- tory. This disposition of the matter is the shortest and most natural, and the officials never mistrust that they are parties to a swindle; and, by the time the inquiries begin to be so frequent as to attract attention, the ‘‘firm’’ will have gone out of business or changed its ac- count and reference to some other bank. As soon as this firm is fairly in oper- ation steps are taken to establish an- other, exactly similar, only different. The stationery is printed on a different quality of paper, in a different kind of ink. Constant variety and ingenuity appear in the preparation of the letters, and a collection of such that I have seen from a ‘‘group’’ of these firms shows many that are models of business style and brevity—calculated to deceive the very elect. The third ‘‘firm,’’ the fourth, and so on are put into operation in the same manner as the circumstances require. Addresses at residences, with occasional removals of the business headquarters, give sufficient variety in that regard, and it is sufficiently easy to get dum- mies to serve for the names. When the operations of one firm have progressed so far as to involve danger from too close inquiry it is allowed quietly to disappear. It will be readily seen to what an ex- tent such a swindle may be carried with impunity. The victims are scat- tered over a wide extent of country and it would not require many for each ‘*firm’’ to make the business profitable. What protection can be found against such sharks? The protection of enlight- enment. The condition of the commis- sion business brought about by this class of swindlers and the others referred to gives an exceptional opportunity to re- liable dealers. The operations of swin- dlers are carried on exclusively by means of private correspondence and circulars —the publicity of advertising would be fatal. Thus is suggested the proper means of bringing reliable houses to the contidence of shippers—let them adver- tise. In this way shippers will learn to deal only with well-known and well-ad- vertised houses. And _ it will become a more essential part of the business of shippers to learn of the reliability and permanence of their correspondents. This must be taken up as a careful study and he will be successful in avoid- ing loss who gives it the most system- atic attention. FRANK STOWELL. ee His Strong Point. ‘“‘Absalom,’’ said Mrs. Rambo, ‘‘have you time to take this carpet out and—’’ ‘*Don't ask me to do anything to that carpet, Nancy,'’ responded Mr. Rambo. : ‘I want to rest. ‘‘T think you're always wanting to rest when I ask you to do any little job about the house,’’ wrathfully rejoined Nancy. ‘‘ You’d be worth a good deal to a bicycle maker!’’ ‘* Why, my dear?”’ ‘Because you’ve got an everlasting tire.on you!”’ E, C. STILES. Cc. H. PHILLIPS, STILES & PHILLIPS, Commission Merchants. Wholesale Fruits and Produce Apples and Potatoes in Carload Lots a Specialty. 9 NORTH IONIA STREET. GRAND RAPIDS. TELEPHONE NO. 10. ESTABLISHED 1876. FIELD SEEDS. We have a full line extra choice Common and German Millet, White, Green and Scotch Field Peas, Clovers and Grass Seeds. Egg Case Fillers for Cold Storage and Shipping. Will be glad to trade at market price. If;you have any BEANS, mail us sample. No.1 Pine and No. 2 W. hitewood Eeg Cases. No.1 and No. 2 Write us for prices on Lemons and Oranges. MOSELEY BROS., Wholesale Beans, Seeds, Potatoes, Fruits. 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. BUNTING & CO., otFawberriés and NéW Potatoss We are Headquarters for New Fruits and Vegetables......... 20 and 22 Ottawa street, .....Grand Rapids, [ich. We Guarantee our Brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VINEGAR. Toany one who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids, or anything that is not pears from the apple, we will forfeit ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS We also guarantee it to be of not less than 40 grains strength. ROBINSON CIDER & VINEGAR CO., J. ROBINSON, Manager. BENTON HARBOR, IIICH. SALT SALT SALT If you want anything in the line of salt, write to us for prices. It will be to your advantage to do so. JOHN L. DEXTER & CO.,, 12 Griswold St., Detroit. STVON GONG GOKE | | Ask our salesmen to show you samples. UN BAKING OD, Manufacturers of Crackers and Sweet Goods, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ]HSSSHGHGOSOHOOQOOOSoOSO Gob bo bb b br br br br br bn bn, br by bn bn bo be bn by bn bn tp tn bp bp Nos. 122 and 124 Louis St., hAababhbhabhitied wwewwwewe _: QO TO TD OOF TD FOF OOF OF OF FGF IGF GOFF FFF FO FFT IOUT VV VU VIG VU GVO VCC CCC ¢ PERKINS & HESS, =" Hides, Furs, Wool and Tallow We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use. DHOOGSHSHS HSSHDGSDHOSSGOOGOboOOS OO 6 bb by &, br bn bn bn br bn br bn bn bn bn bn tn tn bn 4 in bd bi 4 4 4 4 4 FUVVVVVUVY = GrandRapids. i iin clinic artnet acini ini. lena lini cio livlilinbin amici bili, chat, and if he be a young man, per-|°! his father, he chose, haps the latest slang or the newest funny story. It has been said that a noted American after-dinner speaker depends largely on that class for his humorous stories; at all events, the commercial traveler has studied the art of pleasing, and he is a welcome figure at the dreary country hotels, where he pauses for a little time in his rapid flight through the sections remote from city influences. In some respects he is an oracle on mooted points, and his dictum on many phases of business or politics carries much weight. If, for instance, the commercial travelers of the country were unanimously to favor the passage /on his mother’s side. | railroad | years connected with the Grand of the proposed bankruptcy act, and) were to back their opinions with com- mon-sense arguments wherever they should go, it is hardly too much to say that in a short while the demand for the favored action would soon show itself in all sections of the country. Shrewd politicians of National fame have in the recent past declared that popular opin- ion in the West upon public questions like the tariff has been largely affected by the commercial travelers who have passed through that section, and there is strong ground for such belief. a oe a oe - Pine Egg Cases a Rideciiae: Pine egg cases deserve a place, along- side of No. 2 fillers, on the shelf where the antiquities of the egg trace are pre- served to gratify the curiosity of future generations. The trouble with pine for egg cases is that it is very liable to impart a bad flavor and smell to the eggs. This oc- curs in the presence of moisture. When eggs come out of a cold refrigerator car into a warm atmosphere they become damp—often wet—from condensation ; so does the case itself. This causes the pine to emit a strong, pungent odor, which taints the eggs. The same effect is noticed in damp and muggy -weather. We have observed a number of in- stances lately where eggs in pine cases have been returned from buyers, on the’ ground that they were ‘‘tasty,’’ though apparently fresh and sound. Investiga- tion has shown that the trouble was due entirely to the absorption of the pun- gent pine aroma from the wood. For holding in ice house the pine case is absolutely tabooed; and even for ordinary use in marketing stock for current demands it is a detriment un- der any but the most favorable condi- tions. It is best to pack stock in such a way as to give it the benefit of every outlet, and so as to avoid all accidents, The white wood case is far the best case made and should be universally adopted, at least for packing stock of first quality. A white wood case with medium fillers and a No. 1 filler at top and bottom layer is free from objection, and, if properly packed, should prevent many of the losses which often harass the less careful packer. _ <> -@ > - a A wise business man is never guilty of doing wrongly the same things for which he finds fault with his competitor. SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. John R. Oxnard, Representing Strong, | Lee & Co. John R. Oxnard was born at Guelph, Ont., Oct. 2, 1864, his antecedents being English on his father’s side and French His father was a for many Trunk system, and, although Mr. Oxnard had an opportunity to follow the footsteps instead, a com- mercial career. When 15 years of age he turned his feet toward Detroit, where he found employment as entry clerk man, having been in VOOQOOOQOOQOOQO OOOO . the then wholesale dry goods house of Chas. Root & Co. Two years later he was promoted to the position of assist- ant manager of the dress goods depart- ment, and two years later he was re- warded for faithful service by being given a_ position the road, which position he still occupies, covering the trade of Southern and Central Michigan, with satisfaction to all concerned. Mr. Oxnard is an Odd Fellow, being a member of the lodge at Reading, Hillsdale county. He is also a member of the Toledo Traveling Men’s Associa- tion and is a communicant of Grace Episcopal Church, Detroit. He is not yet married, but the reason for this condition is not readily apparent, as thousands of less handsome men have led fair ladies to the altar. Mr. Oxnard attributes his success to everyday hard work. He carries his grip six days a week and has never been known to complain because of overwork. on +> es The Dry Goods Market. Prints declined slightly last week. The mills are closing down to allow stock which is piled up to be sold out. All kinds of wash goods are low in price. Ginghams, both staple and fancy, are off in price, some jobbers quoting staples at 4%c Flannels are selling quite freely for fall delivery on account of the very low prices at which these goods are quoted. Cottons, both bleached and brown, continue low in price. Lawrence L. L. will not be sold after this season, as the makers have turned their machinery on hose and underwear, claiming that the profits are better in that line. Taffeta rustles still find ready sale, as well as percales and silesias. - > 2. A woman is a hero by the mere _ fact of her sex; fortunately for the rest of the world, she doesn’t usually know it. COMMERCIAL HOUSE Iron Mountain, Mich. Lighted by Electricity. Heated by Steam. All modern conveniences. So PER DAY. IRA A. BEAN, Prop. Cutler House in New Hands. H. D. and F. H. Irish, formerly landlords at the New Livingston Hotel, at Grand Rapids, have leased the Cutler House, at Grand Haven, where they bespeak the cordial co-operation aud support of the traveling public. They will conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class house, giving every detail painstaking at- tention. HOTEL BURKE G. R. & IL. Eating House. CADILLAC, MICH. All modern conveniences. C. BURKE, Prop. W. 0. HOLDEN, Mgr. ») COO Xe SELL THESE CIGARS and give customers good satisfaction. DOOODOGQOOGOGQGOGQOOOO’ on ULIFTON HOUSE Michigan’ Popular Hotel. Remodeled and Refitted Throughout. Cor. Monroe and Wabash Aves., CHICAGO. Moderate rates and special attention to De- troitand Michigan guests. Loeated one block from the business center Come and see us. GEO. CUMMINGS HOTEL CO., Geo. Cummings, Pres. Geo. Cummings is an Honorary member of the Michigan Knights of the ( Grip. oT t HIKE MONEY” sell “Old Country Sony” It isa big, pure, full weight, solid one pound bar (16 oz.) which retails for only d cents. Get the price you can buy it at from your Wholesale Grocer or his Agent. One trial and you will always keep it in stock. DOLL SOAP 10) Bars in Box, $2.50. This isa Cracker Jack to make arun on, and it will be a winner for you both ways Manufactured only by ALLEN B. WRISLEY CO., CHICAGO. 138 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals —————— STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. C. A. BUGBEE, Charlevoix Two Years— - - S. E. PaRKILL, Owosso Three Years— - F. W. R. Perry, Detroit Four Years— - A.C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor Five Years— - - Gro. GuNDRUM, Ionia President, C. A. BUGBEE, Charlevoix. Secretary, F. W. R. PERRY, Detroit. Treasurer, GEO. GuNDRUM, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Detroit (Star Island), June 23. Lansing, November 3. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, Gro. J. —— St. Clair. iia . 1. WuitTmarsH, Palmyra; Vice-Presidents jG ¢. Puitiips, Armada. Secretary, B. SCHROUDER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, WM. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. WURZBURG, Grand Rapids; F. D. STEVENS, Detroit; H. G. COLMAN, Kalamazoo; E. T. WEBB, Jackson; D. M. Rus- SELL, Grand Rapids. One Year— - - ——— How to Advertise a Country Drug Store. Helmbold in Printer’s Ink. About three years ago I availed my- self of an opportunity to purchase, ‘fon easy terms,’’ a drug store in a little country village. The store, then estab- lished four months, was about paying expenses, and must be pushed in order to yield daily bread. A general appli- cation of the business methods learned in the city might, in the course of years, have brought success, but such did not meet present demands. Two distinct classes were to be reached, the resident farmer and the wealthy summer cottager from the city. Clearly, two widely different methods were necessary. My clean windows, bottles and cases, while a necessary ad- junct to city trade, filled the country man with awe. The polished floor was incompatible with the real estate on his boots. He had always bought his few drugs at the general store, where he could spit without moving from his tracks. The window displays attracted a few farmers and more loafers. About half could read the cards and labels. They said I was catering to the city people and the city people passed me by as a country druggist. I wanted both ‘‘the worst way.’’ Be- ing a firm advocate of printers’ ink, I tried circulars, distributing them about the village and wrapping them with goods. No doubt they did some good, but did not pay for the printing and necessary detail. The principal county paper circulates among about two hun- dred farmers in my_ section and, al- though a rather expensive way to talk to that number, I engaged a two-inch space on first page by the year, coaxed the publisher for a neat border, and ad- vertised one specialty at a time, keep- ing my name and location prominent. While perhaps no one had ever sold enough of its specialty to pay, contin- ually it showed the farmer that I wanted him and that I had what he wanted. Once in the store I made him feel at home, and he came again. He soon learned the use of the cuspidor, and that I was interested in him without having time to visit much. The farm- ers now come from miles about, passing other stores, and their trade is well worth the trouble. All this cuts no ice with the wealthy summer residents. They brought most of their supplies from the city. I bought a little typewriter for eight dollars and made a hectograph for about twenty-five cents. With these I wrote a number of letters to the people I_ wanted, offer- ing them Pratt’s Astral Oul by the bar- rel at a price that saved them money and inconvenience. Received an order next day, and am now supplying a goodly number with that article. Every two or three weeks I send out a short letter offering some one article and quoting the price, and every batch pays well. I have worked up a nice trade in a certain line of candies thorugh a letter to the ladies. In spring, just when people are mak- ing arrangements to take ‘possession of their summer homes, they receive at their city offices a letter from me quot- ing oil, gasoline, mineral waters, etc., etc., in original packages, freight paid. A fair percentage send me their orders in preference to leaving them in the city, and the cost is trifling. Not long ago I obtained a polling list and sent out a hundred postal cards to as many farmers advertising my condi- tion powders. Each seemed to think 1 had sought him individually and con- sidered it a compliment. Needless to say the goods are going rapidly. Circumstances alter cases, and as the young lawyer said, ‘cases alter circum- stances.’’ Study the people you want to deal with, and don’t bother about the others nor about the general rules of advertising, if there be such. 2 Se “The Old Man.” Correspondence Truth. — Were I the head of a large concern, or the responsible executive officer of a great corporation, whether my age were twenty-seven or seventy-two, I should want all my employes or subor- dinates to call me ‘‘The Old Man,’”’ not, of course, to my face, or when they were addressing me, but among themselves, or when they spoke of me to their friends. ‘His Majesty,’’ ‘‘His Royal High- ness,’’ ‘‘His Excellency,’’ and the like all indicate that the persons to whom they are applied possess power, but, in this commercially democratic age and country, the one appellation of undis- puted autocracy is ‘’ The Old Man.”’ Applied to the head of a concern, it frequently indicates love, generally re- spect, and always complete submission to authority. It is as free from any sug- gestion of age as is ‘*Reverend.’’ It is never given when there is a question of authority or a smouldering rebellion against it. When ‘‘The Old Man”’ says a_ thing that settles it; there are no questions to be asked; there is no comment to be made. When ‘‘The Old Man’’ does something, or fails to do something, there is no criticism to be indulged in. ‘‘The Old Man’’ is the one person about the establishment who is abso- lutely his own master; whose coming in and going out are unhampered; whose encouraging word carries real weight, and whose reprimand indicates real danger; to whom ‘‘sir’’ is a right and not a courtesy. Long live ‘‘The Old Man!’’ And when, through his half-closed private office door, he hears the boys term him thus kindly, let him congratulate him- self that loyalty is in his service and that he has attained the acme of dig- nity. —>2+.>—__ the Lips of a Methodist Bishop. Every man has a right to acquire property by the legitimate means of activity, foresight, invention and in- herstance. _No man has a right to use his posses- sions to oppress his tellow-men. Every man has a right to the profit of his own labor. In that respect he is a capitalist. No man has a right to use his labor to oppress his fellow-men. Every free man has a right to refuse to work for another. No man hasa right to prevent an- other from working when and for whom he will. Every man is accountable to God for the use of his time, labor, and their outcome, wealth. $<» 0 >—__—__ The run of sardine fish on the Maine coast continues very light, and even the few packers whose factories are in operation cannot get enough to keep going. Since the season 9pened, six weeks ago, there have not been enough ses caught to supply one factory, it is said. Wisdom from The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. PECK’ Pay the Best Profit. HEADACHE. ......... esececseceee POWDERS Order from your jobber SMOKE SOL. SMITH RUSSELL CIGAR WM. TEGGE, Manufacturer, 127 Jefferson Ave., Detroit. Goods which are sure to please. all dealers. TRY HANSELMAN’S Ghocolates aid Bon Bons Once used always used. Also fruits, nuts and fireworks. HANSELMAN CANDY C0O., KALAMAZOO, MICH. WE CREATE THE DEMAND This ad. below will run in all the leading State papers. Tide hel me JF NOT SATISFACTORY. rs . Ud VU IU bh pi hee (/é HE DOES NOT KEEP /T, SEND TOUS. aie teat ves ngs] aba fem) ae) (a Pays the Druggist a Handsome Profit. Order of your Jobber. Batavia rushed Fruits and Fruit Juices the best in the world, guaranteed ABSOLUTELY PURE. Write for price list to Sprdgue, Warner & 0. CHICAGO, ILL., Sole Agents for the United States. The Etiquette of Gum Chewing. More properly speaking there are certain rules, not etiquette as some would have it, to be ob- served in abstracting the sweetness and reduc- ing the obstinacy of a stick of gum. In the first place one should have an object in view. It is more than probable that chewing gum merely to keep the jaws in operation will not produce any marked benefits. If one is troubled with dis- ordered stomach, however, the right kind of gum will not only correct the trouble, but keep the breath from becoming offensive. There is but one gum made that is really meritorious as a medicinal gum, and that is Farnam’s Celery «& Pepsin. Mr. J. F. Farnam of Kalamazoo, Mich., is the most extensive grower of celery in the world, and his knowledge of that toothsome plant has been turned to account in the form of the pure essence of celery which he has incor- porated with pure pepsin into chewing gum. Celery is a splendid nerve remedy and pepsin is equally valuable for stomach disorders. To use this gum regularly after meals there can be no question as to the ultimate recovery from indi- gestion or any other form of stomach trouble. Druggists and dealers generally are finding @ ready demand. The trade is supplied by all good jobbers. WHITE. SEOL A PERFECT WHISKY. BOLE. PROPRIETORS TERRE HAUTE, !ND- Hulman & Beggs, Sole Proprietors, Terre Haute, Ind. A. E. McGUIRE, DAVE McGANN, Michigan Rep- resentatives, headquarters at Grand Rapids, Mic THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Declined—Gum Camphor. Acidum Conium Mac........ som | Seilite Co ........... @ ws ee s@8 10| Copaiba...... ...... 90@ 1 00| Tolutan............. @ 50 ee: coe %@ 90 | Cubebe.............. 1 50@ 1 60 | Prunus virg.. . @ 50 Boracic ia @ 15| Exechthitos ........ 1 20@ 1 30 Tinctures Carbolicum ....... 29@ 40} Erigeron .......... - 120@ 1 30) Aconitum NapellisR 60 Ciiriewm ..--..-.... 4@ 46| Gaultheria..... .... 1 50@ 1 60] Aconitum Napellis F 50 Hydrochlor ......... 3@ 5| Geranium, ounce... @ 75! Aloes............. uD 60 Witrocum ........... 8@ 10| Gossippii,Sem.gal.. 50@ 60] aloes and Myrrh... 60 Oxalicum........... 10@ 12 Hedeoma. votes tease 1 25@ 1 40) arnica.....2 2.20.12. 50 Phosphorium, dil... @ 15|7unipera. ...... .... 1 50@ 2 00) Acsafetida ..... 1... 50 Salicylicum 55@ 65 | Lavendula.......... %X@ 2 00! Atrope Belladonna 60 Sulphuricum. ...... 1%@ 5| Limonis.. -++++- 130@ 150! Auranti Cortex..... 50 Tannicum "IIT 1 40@ 1 60 | Mentha Piper. .-__. 2 259@ 3 00) Benzoin............. 60 murtaetcuin |). 3xa, 40| Mentha Verid....... 2 6@ 275! Benzoin Co... 50) crane Morrhass) gal.) 2 Oo 2 26) Bag) = Ammonia Myreia, ounce....... @)| Ol Gaanase | 5 Aqua, 16 deg........ 4@ 6 ive 73@ 3 00} Cansic eee By fans 20 a pet aoe 6@ ~=s 8} Picis Liquida. : 10@ 12 Capecen ee = Carbonas........-... 12@ 14} Picis Liquida, gal... @ 35| Cardamon Co.__ ns hloridum ......... ioe ii Ricn = =. 9@ 9%] Cac 4 a c @ Castor. 1 00 Aniline Rosmarini.......... @ 1 00 Catechu i i ' i i i iu | 50 5 > or | Rose, ounce.. 6 50@ 8 50| Ginchona. 50 Bilge... |...) ... 2 OUR 2 eo een 40@ 45] Ginc ee a 80@ 1 00 i Cinehona Co....__.. 60 — ee ee 5@ 50 oo: ee 9@ 1 00} Columba 50 Se. 4 jm... eee 7 ele Se 5 Wenew. .........:. 2 50@ 3 00] Sassafras............ 50@ «5D oe aes tenes = Bacce. =, a | s § | Cassia Acutifol Co - 50 po. 1 15 | Tig Se 2 | Dicitalis. 5 <= oa, 40@ 50) Ergot 0 30 Xanthoxylum.. 25@ 30} Thyme, opt......... @ 1 80} Ferri Chloridum.... 35 Bie etei Theobromas ........ D@ 2) Gentian | a 50 Sa 45@ 50 Potassium Gentiumn Co... | 60 ere eee = i = Be Bare asa | 18 Guiaca . 50 @TU...--.- +--+. eee “y | Bichtomate (0.1) _/ 13@ 15 Guiaca ammon. one oe 60 Terabin, Canada.... 10@ 45] Rooinide 4g@ 51| Hyoscyamus........ 50 Moluten-...........- T5@ Geen nT | eee ae Noame 75 Cortex ; aoe -po. 17@19¢ 16@ 18 — colorless. . = bi anadian.... 8) Cyanide... 2... we Dis: 6 lU ¢ — CC Sl ledide 2 90@ 3 00 — tm eae oan icin 50 Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 30@ 33 Wes ¥en 50 Euonymus atropurp 30 “so enag roan com @ 1 Opi mea 0 = Myrica Cerifera, po. 2u | Potass Nitras -_ 8@ 10 mets caste nes % fae Virgini...... 12 | Potass Nitras.. '@ 9 OniL’ . eenanted . 50 Quillaia, gr’d....... 10) Prussiate....... .... 2@ 28 Gna eodorized.... 15 Sassafras............ 12| Sulphate po... 11). 15@ 18 Sh; ray aaa aH Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix Rhei es ae 50 Extractum Aconitvm...... .... 20@ 25| Sanguinaria | _- 50 Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 4@ 2% Oe 22@ 25 | Serpentaria......... 50 Glycyrrhiza, po..... 28@ 30 —— a R@ 15 nar se a = tox,15lb box. lUu@ 12 i o5 | POlutan........ aaa i fea «4 | Calamms 2 . 40) \sierian |... 5 Hematox, 4s....... 14@ 15 | Gentiana.___ _. po 1 12@ = 15| Veratrum Veride... 5 Hematox, 48....... 16@ iW Glychrrhiza py. i16@ 18) Zimetber............. 20 Seates Hydrastis Canaden . @ 30 * Tliscellaneous Carbonate Precip 15 | fidtlebore lbs SS gk Si Se ee eer =e Ss oa = e1lebore, Alba, po.. % 20} ther, Spts. Ni 34 38 Citrate and Quinia.. 225) Inula, po... ....... 1b@ 20| Alumen.... — * Me 3 Citrate Soluble...... 80 | Ipecae, po.. 1 65@ I 75} Alumen, gro’d. wm (4 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 50 | Tris plox p035@38 35@ 40| Annatto g Pot we 50 Solut. Chloride..... 15 | Jalapa, ee 40@ 45 Antimoni, po....... 4@ 5 Sulphate, com’l..... 2%] Maranta, \s........ @ 35! AntimenietPotassr 55@ 60 Sulphate, com’l, by Podophyllum, po.. b@ i8) Antipyrin @ 1 40 bbl, per cwt....... Shen 75@ 100} Antifebrin. ........ @ 1 Sulphate, pure ..... ( Rhei, eae @ 1 25| Argenti Nitras, oz __ @ 5d Flora a ot = 1 = Arsenicum. a 100@ 12 = Spigelia. ... ama «¢ alm Gilead Bud .. 38@ 40 pan alee en i oy Sanguinaria...po.15 @ 15| Bismuth §. N. 1 00@ 1 10 Matdcada | iu 1I@ Serpentaria _ 30@ 35 | Calcium Chlor., ‘ls. ' @ 9 oo Senega . 55@ | 60} Calcium Chlor., \%s. @ WwW Folia Similax,officinalis H @ *40{ Calcium Chlor., 4s. @ i Barosma............. 5 20 Serbian Mo @ B emerge Rus. po @ Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Seille 21 p0.85 10@ 12) Capsici Fructus, af. @ it; MevolNy. 50.5 22... @ 2 |Symplocarpus, Feeti- Capsici Fructus, po. @ 1 Cassia ‘eutifol, Alx. 25 30 Gus, po... @ 2) Capsici F ructusB, po @ 5 Salvia —— 48 Vv aleriana, Eng.po.30 @ 25} Caryophyllus. po. We fF and %s...... 122@ 20 Valeriana, Gérman. 6@ 2 Carmine, No. 40..... @3%75 Ura Urs... 8@ 10 —- ee 12@ = fon Alba, 2 e . 50@ od eroerj. ........_ 23g 2 Cera Fiaya... 40@ 42 ee ae — eee SS. See @ 40 acia, . | Cassia Fructus...... @ 2X Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 45] Anisum....... po. 20 @ 6 . Acacia, 3d pieked.. @ = ee (graveleons) — . ca a g 5 Acacia, sifted sorts. : ‘h] | i 8s Acacia, po........... 60@ 80] Carui.... po. 18 108 12 Chlorofori -saquibbs “a 1 5 Aloe, Barb. po.0@28 14@ 18|Cardamon........... 1 00@ 1 25} Ghloral Hyd Crst.... 1 15@ 1 30 Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 @ 12|Coriandrum......... 8@ 10] Chondrus. a 25 Aloe, Socotri. .po. 40 @ 30}| Cannabis Sativa.. 34e@ 4 Cinchonidine Pd &W 155@ 20 Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60} Cydonium........... — 1 00| Ginchonidine,Germ 7 @ 14 Assafoetida....po.30 22@ 25| Chenopodium ...... 12 | Cocaine........ .... 3 30@ 5 50 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 | Dipterix Odorate... 2 we 3 00! Corks, list, dis. pr.ct. 65 Catecha, iS @ iif cesar cea ele @ 7 Creosotum.......... @ 3% Catechu, %s......... Crea. bbl. 7 @ 2 Catechu, ¥4s.. — @ 16 4| Creta, prep... @ os Camphore.. . 47@ = 34@ 4 ta preeip.. r il Euphorbium..po. 35 @ 10 a £2... = 3 Galbanum........... @ 1 00| Pharlaris Canarian. 3%@ 2) Greasy) 50@ 5D Geet po...... i = = aaa aa *4@ Cudbeae @ 2 Guaiacum..... po. Si S Ae 7 816 i az Kino. a po. $3.00 @ 3 00 Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12 —— 10g 12 Mastic .....-....--.. o Spiritus Ether Sulph........ @ 9 oo po. 45 @ 40 ; ow é 2 eg | Emery, all numbers @ 8 Opt po GiSdo8.10 2 ah 2 33 | Brame YP go 28G 38] emery yo NP BS Sheliee. ... 40@ 60 oS Ras ". 1 o5@ 1 50 ae po.40 30@ 35 Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 J : ; nm Gee Fiabe White 2@ 15 Tragacanth 50@ 80 uniperis Co. 0... 1 65@, 2 00 Gall oe ees cces Juniperis Co........ 1 7%@ 3 50| Gala. ........... @ 2 Herba Saacharum N. E.... 1 90@ 2 10 Gambier tyveeet teens — g Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli...... 1 75@ 6 50 Gelatin’ ai *: 50 Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto......... 1 25@ 2 00 a atin = igh as £10 Lobelia...... oz. pkg S51 Vani Alba | 1 25@ 2 00| © “pag are, { — , 10¢ Majorum ....oz. pkg 28 Sponges Ge ean ce a : 9 sue, Brown... .__. 9@ 2 ——— = = = Florida sheeps’ wool Gine, white 2)... B@ 2 Rue "oz. pkg 39 carriage... 2 50@ 2 Glycerina .. —. ae 26 Sas Se ee 99 | Nassau sheeps wool Grana Paradisi ace @ bh TanacetumV oz. pkg 22 I d Thymus, V..oz. pkg 2: carriage. }200|' Humelus.. 2@ 5d 2 Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chlor Mite @ & Magnesia. wool, carriage..... @ 1 10} Hydraag Chlor Cor. 65 Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ «60 — sheeps’ os ye Rub’m. : = Carbonate, Pat... ... — 22| wool. carriage.... @ 8} Hydraag Ammoniati 95 Carbonate, K.&M.. 2 25 | Grass sheeps’ wool, HydraagUnguentum 45@ 55 Carbonate, Jennings 35 36) earriage........... @ 65| Hydrargyrum....... @_ 60 Hard, for slate use.. @ & Ichthyobolla, Am... 1 25@ 1 50 Oleum Yellow Reef, for ee 73@ 1 00 peceane ag oe 3 25@ 3 50 giate use.......... @ 1 40 lodine, Resubi...... 3 80@ - 90 ¢ 5 Odeform............ ql aoa eae. 8 no 8 4 Syrups lana. Se g 2 25 } Anisi.. -«s. & SOGe & OO} Acacia... : @ 50} Lycopodium........ 60@ «65 } Auranti Cortex..... 2 30@ 2 40} Auranti Cortes...... @ cs) Mace... |. 5 7 Bergamiy............ 3 00@ 3 20} Zingiber....... ..... @ 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy- Carpug............ MOG sa) Ppeeae.... t. @ 60 G@rarg lod... Q ww Caryophylli......... Sp@ 60; Werrifod............ @ 50| LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 Codes. 35@ 65] Rhei Arom.......... @ 50/| Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ 3 Chenopadii ieee " @ 2 50} Smilax Officinalis... 50@ 60 Magnesia, Sulph, ,bbl @ 1% nnamonii......... 2 OO@ 2 Gh) Semega .... 5... .... @ 580 annia, S. F........ Citronella. .... .... 55@ 60! Scille...... cs @ 50! Menthol... ......... @ 5 530 Morphia,S.P.& W... 1 65@ Morphia, S.N.Y Y.Q.& Co 1 55@ Moschus Canton.. @ Myristica, No. 1..... 56@ Nux Vomica...po.20 @ Os Sena... 15@ Pepsin Saac, H. & P. €o...:.. @ Picis Liq. Ye gal. gon. i. @ Picis Liq., quarts... @ Picis Liq., pints. .... @ Pil Hydrarg... po. 80 @ Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ Piper Alba....po. 35 @ Fitx Bureun........ @ Plombi Acet........ 10@ Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ Pyrethrum, boxes H. & P. D. Ce., doz... @ Pyrethrum, pv...... 27@ . ee 8@ uinia, Ss. P.& W.. 37@ Quinia,S.German.. 30@ Guimia, NV... .. 35@ Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ SaccharumLactis py 24@ SOIGeig wt 3 00@ Sanguis Draconis... 40@ ano, Wo. 12@ pape We 2 10@ pone. G |. Siedlitz Mixture.... 200 @ 1 1 moo et 90 80 4 80 | 10 | 18 | — le. eee ee. . oO Snuff, Sesteh, DeVo's Soda Boras...... Soda Boras, po...... | Soda et Potass Tart. Goce Caur.......... Seda, Bi-Carb....... OO | Soda, Ash. ......... 25 | 30 10 | | Spts. | Spts. | Soda, Sulphas...... Spts. Cologne........ Either Co...... Myrcia Dom... Vini Rect. bbl. Vini Rect.4bbl Vini Rect.10gal Spts. Spts. Spts. Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. | Strychnia, Crystal. . Sulphur, Subl | Sulphur, Roll. Tamarinds | Terebenth oa | a ol Vanilla... es Zinci Sulph. fee Oils Whale, winter....... Ard, Gxtra......... bara Net... | Linseed, pure raw. © ©) © S © © © H G D RUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of DRUG QOOOOQOQOOO AZELTINE PERKINS @© paint made. . . © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © Chemicals and Patent Medicines Dealers in Paints, Oils and Varnishes" et Full line of staple druggists’ sundries. We are sole proprietors of Weath- erly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy. We have in stock and offera of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, and Rums. We sell Liquors for medicinal pur- poses only. We give trial order. our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a wwe ee GRAND RAPIDS. TINE & PERKING DRUG Co. Gro ° ull line @ 18/| Linseed, boiled..... 42 45 @ 30) Neatsfoot, winterstr o 7 Spirits Turpentine... 33 40 @ 34 Paints BBL. LB: @ 34/ Red Venetian...... 1% 2 @8 7 @_ 10| Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4 7 @_ 10| Ochre, yellow Ber 1% 2 @3 26 28 | Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3 1%@ 2| Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 3@ 5| Vermilion, Prime 34@ 4) Amervican.......... Ie tb @ 2} Vermilion, English. %70@ %5 @ 2 @ Green, Paris ........ 6 @ @& 50@ 55) Green, Peninsular. 13@ 16 @ 2 00) Lead, Red. .......... 54@ 5% @ 2 40; Lead, white........ 5144@ 5% @ 2 54| Whiting, white Span @ @ @ 2 57| Whiting, gilders’... @ @ 2 59| White, Paris Amer.. @ 100 | Whiting, Paris Eng. * . 140@.1 45 | cae... @ 1 0 24a 3} Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 2@ 2%] F 20 Paint your buildings with 2@ 5 | vse Prepared Pain 7 ser. cat; MOOG DY ALM. DEAN, 70 70 306 N. BURDICK ST., KALAMAZ00, Mich. 40 43; Write forsamples and prices. 40 43 It is the most durable © © ©) © THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of t in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail he local market. It is im- possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnest our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than ly requested to point out any errors Or omissions, as It 1S AXLE GREASE. doz. gross Amora... ..-.-.._... 55 6 00 fCaeuer Onl... 60 7 00 Diamond............._30 55 Meaeces.....-......_- 75 9 00 IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 as 8 00 Pararen... ....... _39 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. iiIbecame@gez...... ..... 45 i ib Gams Gon. -.......-..- 85 aa 150 Acme. _ibcamssdor......... iibcamssdoegr........... | itbeansidos.. ......... 1 00 ae 10 Dwight’s. 1 lbcans per doz case.... 1 50 JaXon % Ibcans4dozcase..... 4 % lb cans 4 doz case..... 85 ib eans 2 doz case...... 1 GO Home. 4 lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 4 lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 t beans 2G: case... _- 90 Our Leader. ee 45 ee enee 5 Ib @nns. oe 1 50 BATH BRICK. ~merican | a Bnglish....... od SO BLUING. 1 doz. Hunger |'Oes... . 40 2s Ca es perere...._- 4 50 bROOTLS. 0 rpet 16 Carpet i 5U + Carpet. 1 20 wrlor ¢,em 2 0) mmon Whisk : 85 ey Whisk. -.. 00) srehonse 2 251 CANDLES. 4) 1 boxes. 9% Star #) ib boxes... .. 8% | Parafti: © .v Manitowoc Peas. Lakeside Mxrrowfat....... 1 00 Ee Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... 1 40} Lakeside Gem. Ex. Sifted. 1 65 CATSUP. | pase... aS 5 CANNED GOODS. | | i Columbia Colmmbia.. % plute.......... 2: CHEESE. i... @ %h% es @ % Higte ..-. . —- @ 8 Gold Medal......... SS a % -oreey. a@ t% aomewee.. eo im Riverside. ...._.._. @ 1% oo. @ mh aa @ 10 as @l w Seeeem -. @ 2 iaeoumeer. ......... @ 15 Pisces mo @ 20 Sap samo... @ 18 Chicory. — ... 5 — | |... 2 CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & Co.’s. Grasam Hwee... 2... ee aan 31 Breakfast Cocos.............- 42 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz....... 1 00 Cotton, 50 ft, per doz....... 1 20 Cotton, @it, per doz....... 1 40 Cotten, 7 ft, per doz....... 1 60 Cotton, 80 ft, per doz....... 1 80 Jute, Gift, per doz......... 80 Jute. 7 tk, per dez......... CLOTHES PINS. Seross eoxes...-..........___. 45 COCOA SHELLS. en 2% Less quantity............ 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35 Strictly Pure, tin boxes...... 37 | Wargame ............. eee 2 COFFEE. Green. Rio. EE 18 aot 19 Pam ...... 21 Roden | ee Peeper _-_.-._.. -___- 23 Santos. Oe oe ee 20 Pame Peabony 200 Mexican and Guatamala. Fair a Gose |. ee honey | 24 Maracaibo. Prac .... .-. 23 Mate... oe. 2 Java. incerioe 2b Private Growth.......-.......27 Mondeo. 28 Mocha. bition ...._............. 2 ion | Roasted. Qnaker Mocha and Java..... 32 Toko Mocha and Java........28 State House Blend............25 Package. Aronetie 21 30 a... | 21 20 ALON COFFEE (3 mn Ounces Nev. Casas 100 es Equality Price - 60 - f less 2c per lb. Casinets 120 ths. Same Price, 90 Extra ror Caginets. MhcLeugblin’s XA KOFFAS-AID. Sec mm case... 5 25 Pa Extract. Valley City % gross ..... % Toc Geo... ti. 1 15 Hummei's foi] % gross... 85 Hummei’s tin % gross 1 42 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. NX. Y. Condensed Milk Co. ® brands. Gaii Borden Eagle......... 7 40 O_o Baisg 15% Caamen 3. 4 50 Moroes 4 2 Dime 3 35 Peerless evaporated cream.5 75 COUPON BOOKS. ‘‘Tradesman.”’ ® 1 books, per 100.........- 2 00 8 2 books, per 100.......... 2.50 $ 3 books, per 100.......... 3 00 $ 5 books, per 100.......... 3 00 $10 books, per 100.......... 4 00 $20 books, per 100.......... 5 00 ‘*Superior.’’ 8 1 books, per 100.......... % 2 books, per 100...... § $'3 books, per 100.......... 5 % 5 books, per 100.......... 4.00 $10 books, per 100.......... 5 00 $20 books, per 100.......... 6 00 ‘‘Universal.’’ S 1 books, per 100.......... 3 00 $ 2 books, per 100...-.....- oo ® 3 books, per 0.......-.. 4 00 % 5 books, per 100...... . 5 00 $10 books, per 100.......... 6 90 820 books. per 100.......... 7 00 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over... 5 per cent 500 books or over...10 per cent 1000 books or over. .20 per cent Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. eepoemn ....---..--..._- 1 00 eo... 2 00 100 b0GK6.............-.... 3 00 Si noGEsS |. a EAObG@KS.......-......-...<0 op ep0 books... _...______ 1 a8 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Steel pumenh. .............. DRIED FRUITS—DONESTIC Apples. Sumaried:. @ 3% Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @ 6% California Fruits. Agetcoss...-.------ . & oi Biackberries.......-.-... Neetarmecs.............- 54G Peaches 8... 5 @i4 Peas 2 84G Pitted Cherries.......... Pronneles.............- Raspberries........ : California Prunes. 100-120 25 lb boxes...... @ 1% 90-100 25 Ib boxes......- @ 4% 80 - 90 24 Ib boxes..... . @os 70 - 80 25 lb boxes....... @ 5% 60-70 35 Ib boxes.. .... @6 50 - 60 25 lb boxes....... @ 6% 40 -S0 2 Ib boxes......- @ 74 30 - 40 23 Ib boxes....... @ 73% 1g cent less in bags Raisins. London Layers........1 00@1 25 Loose Museatels 2 Crown 3% Loose Musextels 3 Crown 4 Loose Museatels 4 Crown 5 FOREIGN. Currants. Patrag bble......-......._. @ She Vostizzas 50 lb cases......@ 4 Cleaned, balk _........... @5 Cleaned, packages........ @ 5% Peel. Citron Leghorn 25 1b bx @I13 Lemon Leghorn 25 |b bx G@ll Orange Leghorn 25 lb bx @I2 Raisins. Ondura 29 Ib boxes...... @ Sultana 20 lb boxes......7 @8 Valencia 30 ]b boxes.... @ EGG PRESERVER. Knox's, small size... ....... 4 80 Knox’s, large size........... 9 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Biscuitine. 3 doz. in case. per doz..... 1 00 Farina. Bak 3 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 2 00 Hominy. a... 323 Flake, 50 1b. drums.......1 50 Lima Beans. Dried .. |... : Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 lb. box...... 60 Imported, 25 Ib. box......2 50 Pearl Barley. Eeapire -....-. --- 234 @hester .. ............... agg Peas. iGreen, bU..........._..... 90 Spit. perib.......-.......| 2% Rolled Oats. Rolled Avena, Dbbl.......2 Rolled Avena, %bbl.......1 55 Monarch, bbl 2 Monarch, % bbi.......... 1 45 Private brands, bbl..... 2 40 Private brands, 4bbl..... Quaker, casesS............- 20 Qven Baked.............-3 & C—O Sago. German. |... ..: 8 Bast gia. ......... 3% Wheat. Cracked, bulk. ........-.<- : O42 ib packares.......-- © 2 40 Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @ 4% Georges genuine...... @ 6 Georges selected...... @ 6% Strips or bricks......-. 6 @9 Halibut. ee 13 Sirims-. 10 Herring. Holland white hoops keg 55 Holland white hoops bbl. 6 50 Worwerian... .-...---.--- Hound Ue) ipe............. 2 30 Round 40 ibs......-...... 110 Reaicd........-..... 10 Mackerel. No. 1100 ibs.......... _... 2 0D Ne i ibs. |... Soe Mot Mie ........ i 45 oa. 2 ee oe... --.--.--..- 8 09 maf @ie..............- 3 50 No.2 Mibe ..-........ 95 Wamity 90 Ips.........-.-.. Parity 10 tbs.......---..-. Sardines. Russian kegs........ os. 55 Stockfish. No. 1, 1001b. bales......... 10% No. 2, 100 lb. bales......... 8% Trout. Noi mole... 5 50 No t 40lbs ............_. 250 mo.f i198... 70 No.i Sihe........--.--- 59 Whitefish. No.1 No.2 Fam a ine......-.- 72 66m 20 aihs........320 300 tt 10 Ibs... .... .- 88 83 35 Gite...... 73 71 31 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Jennings’. D.C. Vanilla 2 O2...... 1 20 .o...... 1 50 Aon... ...2 Son....30 \ No. 8...4 00 | No. 10. .6 00 No. 2T.12 }| No. 37.2 00 | No. 4T.2 40 |] D. C. Lemon B2oz..... 3 OZ....-. 1 00 fi} 4oz.. ...1 40 ij 6 02 ce 2 00 h! No. 8...2 40 }\ No. 10...4 00 Hi No. 2T. 80 [| No. 37.1 35 || No. 47.1 50 Souders’. Oval bortle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Zee... vb) 408. ...<. 1 50 Regular Vanilla. XX Grade Lemon. mn 2 OZ.....- 1 50 | 40z. ....3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. an 2 Of... A i “a......30 FLY FAPER. Tanglefoot. “Regular’’ Size. Less than one case. per box = 22 One to five cases, per case.. 2 75 Five to ten cases, percase. 2 65 Ten cases, per case........ 2 55 “Little’’ Tanglefoot. Less than one ease, per box 13 One to ten cases. per case.. 1 45 Ten cases, per case........ 1 40 FURNITURE Cleaner and Polish. Henderson’s ‘‘Diamond.’’ ale Prat... ee 3 50 Gearm ... 8. 5 40 Balt Galion............._. 7% a ae... ........ 14 40 GELATINE. Knox's sparkiing...........- 1 10 Knox's acidulated........... 1 20 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. Ree 4 00 Healt Kees. ...-.)..... Quarter Kegs...... ee 12> Gams. 30 iM 1D Gans.....-............. 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Kees se Halt Were... Quarter Kegs. fap cams... 7. 1 Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. Mees 8 a. ec... QuarterMoegs .............. 2 eo Tap Cens. 45 HERBS. —...... 15 MOOR 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb boxes......... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib boxes.... 50 JELLY. 5) pes... .. 36 17 1b pails.. 44 oO 1D pals. ... ..:. 6... SB LYE. Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 Condensed, 4 doz........... 22 Mince meat, 3 doz in case..2 75 Pie Prep. 3 doz in case...... 2% MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s brands. Wo. 9 suipaur.............. 2 63 Amenor Parior.............- 1 70 ho.2 fome...........:.... 1 Export Parier......-....... 4 00 MOLASSES. Biackstrap. Saesr house... | . W@i2 Cuba Baking. Ordinary... _......-:.... Sagas Porto Rico New Orleans. Mor 18 iGeeag. 22 ixtra wOOd............ 24 Cues 27 ee as 30 Half-barrels 3c extra. PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3 6 Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 30 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count........ 4 7% Half bbls, 1,200 count...... 2 88 PIPES. Clay, WO. 210..........- 1 70 Clay, T. D. fall count...... 65 Cop, No.3... 1 20 POTASH. 48 cans in case, Bappios..-..- 0... OD Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 60 RICE. Domestic. Carolina head... ...... |. 6% Carenna Nei ........... 5 Carolina No > ........... 4% Broken... aig Imported. gapan, No.t 5 japan. No.2 =. =... .... 43g save, NO Fo . 4% eave nae................ 414 Paina ie SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. Churenrs 3. 3 Detand’s ....... 2... Dwight’s ... Wayiors.... ek SAL SODA. Granulated, bbls........ .1 10 Granulated, 100 Ib cases..1 50 Lump. ppis...... 1 Lump, 45ibkegs..........1 16 SEEDS. BINGE 13 Canary, Smyrma........... 6 Caraway ............ _.... 10 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 80 Hemp, Russien.......... 4 Mixed Gird..........:...- 4% Mustard, white........... 6% POppy .....-........ 1. 8 EE Cuttle Bone... UFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maceaboy, in jars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SYRUPS. Corn. Barrels... 14 Melt bbls. 16 ure Cane. Ear 16 Boon 20 choice... 25 SPICES. Whole Sifted. Alispiee .-3.. 20. 9% Cassia, China in mats....... 10 Cassia, Batavia in bund....15 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna........... 15 Cloves, Zanzibar. ........... 10 Mace, Batavia... ... ...._ 70 Nutmecs, fancy...........- 65 Nutmegs, No. 1............ 66 Nutmers, No. 2... 5 55 Pepper, Singapore, black...10 Pepper, Singapore, white. . .20 Pepper, sno0¢..-..-... 2... 16 Pure Ground in Bulk. Alspice ... ........:. ig Cassia, Batavia ....... 002.2) a CAGeia, SAO... ........... Cloves, Ampoyna....... co Cloves, Zanzibar.. -10 Ginger, Atrican............ 15 Ginger, Cochin.......:..:.. 20 Ginger, Jamaiea..........°° 22 Mace, Batavia.......... 60@65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20 Mustard, Trieste. ...... 2... 25 DtMmers 40@60 Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 Pepper, Singapore, white15@18 Pepper, Cayenne........ 17@2 NAS 18 ‘*Absolute’’ in {bl. Packages. MUISICe. ke) he 65 st. i Cleves 7 Ginger, Cochin............ 7 MaGe 210 MORAG. 22 7 Nutmegs..... RE Pepper, Cayenne .... .... 7% Pepper, wate .....:...... ‘epper, black shot........ 60 ea 1 50 ‘*Absolute ’’Butchers’ Spices. Wiener and Frankfurter....16 Cg eT 16 Bologna and Smoked S’ge..16 Liver S’ge and H’d,Cheese..16 ; j HE M ICH 1 i GA N T RADE ESM A N Q1 —* Diamond Ci arre YA 3-1 nd : Bar is, bb Cr Butter, — Donen er. U >I U ! maa” = - Hh ee : Lae | . er, B14 Te s 8 oS aS 1003 bs Ja Ib bags... =>? Common Gr ae Single he sacks oa ee a bn > Ue can <2 ade: 2 10 x] x aa Ss _* Ss 50 be ot Maes sacks... . 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She turned away trom the little glass between the win- dows, where, for the last ten minutes, she had been admiring the pretty face reflected from its clear surface. ‘*Come, hurry,’ said Lem, pa and I have had a hard forenoon’s work and I’m hungry as a bear. i ‘Come, Lemuel, we won't wait, and ’Relia, you set the children up and I’ll pour out the tea.’’ ‘It’s too bad for you to get so he’t up, mother,’’ said Lemuel, who was sitting down to eat in his shirt sleeves, ‘‘but we shall catch it, probably, with real cold weather ‘tore the month’s gone.’ ***What's the reason your pa don’t come in?’’ inquired Mrs. Gerry. ‘*Oh, he’s out talkin’ with Atkins un- der the maple.’”’ ‘That makes me think; where have you and your pa been haulin’ them stones all the forenoon?’’ ‘‘Up on the hill,’ said Lemuel, but he bent his head a little lower, as 1f wish- ing to conceal his face. "What for: | ' ‘‘There’s pa comin’, ask him, be’ll make it plainer to you than I can.”’ But it was some minutes before Mrs. Gerry referred to the matter; then it was brought to her mind by Aurelia’s exclamation of her father’s looking un- usually tired. ‘‘Ves,’’ he said, ‘‘haulin’ rocks such a day as this is pretty tough."’ “What are you doin’ it for?’’ in- quired Mrs. Gerry. ‘To stone a suller,’’ he replied. ‘‘Why, I thought you intended settin’ this house back and buildin’ on this spot, but I don’t know but I'd as lief go up on that hill; it’s awful sightly, though there ain't no trees, and these are so nice and shady. I declare we'll have to set some out up there right away. But what made you decide to go there?”’ ‘‘l ain’t goin’ up, leastways not to live, jest yet, but I s’pose I might as well out with the whole story now as any time. I don't calc’late to build for myself this spring, times is so hard, and city folks, you know, are glad to take them old farm houses around here to live in. Now, I expect they’d ruther have a neat little cottage and pay a good price for it, and I’m goin’ to build ’em one, and next spring we’ll have a little more money to put inter our own house. Atkins’s got it all planned out—a piazza, with crinkly gingerbread ‘round it. He’s quite a a-architect, Atkins is. What do you think, mother?’’ Mrs. Gerry had dropped her knife and fork and was staring at him as “if he had lost his senses. ‘*Buildin’ on my land, the land my father left me, and not sayin’ a word to me about it, and not goin’ to build for us this spring? I won’t stand it;’’ and bursting into tears, she rose from the table, went to the little bedroom and shut the door. ‘*I told ye so, father,’’ said Lem. ‘‘I knew jest how she'd feel when she had her mind made up for our own new house.’’ Mr. Gerry said not a word, but took his hat and went into the barn, while the children, who had never seen their mother in tears, sat looking at each other in amazement. Aurelia got up with a cup of tea and followed her mother. ‘‘Do drink your tea, mother,’’ she said, her own eyes glistening with tears. ‘* You'll feel better.’’ She took the cup, though her hands were trembling, and said: ‘I s’pose I was foolish to give away so, but "twas so sudden, and I'm all he’t up and tired, and I s’posed we was goin’ to have our new house right away ; but there, Aurelia, you go and get the little boys ready to go back to school and you go right along with ‘em and not touch the dishes. I shall get up by and by.’’ But she heard Aurelia clearing up in the kitchen. She heard Lemuel say: ‘Tl told him how it would be, but he thinks his way is the only way,’’ and she arose and went out where they were. ‘*Then you knew it, Lemuel?’’ Mes. ‘‘Why didn’t you let me know? He had no right to do it.’’ ‘It’s no use for me, or for you, to say a word, mother. I found that out long ago, and I’ve made up my mind to get out of this, and as soon as Bcb Ely gets me a chance I’m goin’ to Lan- caster in the machine shop, for ’Lecty Bowen has promised to marry me, and I’m goin’ to make a home for her. She shall not come here, even if father con- sents to a new house.’’ ‘‘I’'m glad for you, Lem, ‘Lecty’s a good girl, she’s got money in her own right, as I had, and I know you will never get it away from her, as your father got mine, but, I'll tell you—-Oh, there, I've got to be patient, but it’s awful hard. Why, Lem, I’ve worked so hard in this little house and every year he'd say-- Well, next year we'll be out of this and you shall have room enough.’ Jest think of how you chil- dren have always had to sleep in the old garret, partitioned off with quilts. It's a shame, with all our money. There, he’s callin’ ye.” ‘*T don’t care, let him call a while. | wish, aS soon as you can, you would go over and see ‘Lecty.’’ ‘*T will, my boy. When did she come to this conclusion?’’ "Last pipht.”’ ‘*Oh, dear, Lem, I’ve always thought that if I could have a decent house, witha parlor and a spare sleepin’ room, and a black silk dress, I shouldn’t want nothin’ else.’’ ‘*You shall have a nice silk dress to wear at my wedding,’’ said the young man gaily, kissing his mother, ‘‘for I shan't be married till I’m a little mite forehanded, I tell you.’’ ‘Come, Aurelia, it’s time you was goin’; make much of your schoolin’, for I expect every day your father’ll take you out, the same as he did Lemuel,’’ said Mrs. Gerry. Then she went to her round of duties. The kitchen floor must be scrubbed, for she had not time in the morning, and after that she was obliged to lie down on the old lounge, which was in one corner of the kitchen, where she gave herself up to the bitter thoughts and indulged in another fit of weeping. It was three o’clock, when the outer door unceremoniously opened and ‘*Aunt’’ Roxana Going, as she was called, walked in. ‘Wal, wal, somethin’ new to see you layin’ down—don’t git up forme. Abner was goin’ down to the village and I rode along with him and brought my knittin’, because I reckon he’ll stay quite a spell. I did want to know what you changed your mind for and was diggin’ a_ suller up on the hill? I all’ers s’posed you calc’lated to stay here, with a new addi- tion to the front.’’ ‘‘Well, people change sometimes, don’t they?’’ ‘“Yes, but Mis’ Gerry, you do look real kind o’ peak-ed. I don‘t like them red spots on your cheeks. You know all your family died with con- sumption, Marthy had the gallopin’ kind, I remember. Now, look here, you jest get some clover tops and steep ‘em and sweeten with honey, that’s good for night sweats,’’ said this Job’s com- forter. Mrs. Gerry rose and replied angrily: ‘‘When I am in consumption, I'll ask a doctor’s advice.’’ Then she went to their mind the stove, kindled a great wood fire and set about preparing cup custards for supper, after which two apple pies were THE Wee NSE | t iW) : aA MW a HOLDER { H 4 @ i} Se a be A strong, simple, ‘ “aii, adjustable, and Wy) cheap bag holder. Wanted as Agents Dealers in general f merchandise. j One, prepaid. .......-.__. $ 37 PRICE. ; One Doz., prepaid....... 2 00 STAR MFG CO., kavamazoo, MICH. : 7 Hepepopohepapohuhupepopohpepohep BLANK BOOKS INKS MUCILAGE STEEL PENS And all Office Supplies. a Lyon, Beecher & Kymer, Successors 10 EATON, LYON & CO. 20 and 22 [lonroe St. GRAND RAPIDS. HpepepepapehepahopePepehohepep Srrrrrrerrresr + + Delivered from cars into your store at Manufacturers’ Cash Prices. —=ai Drop postal NOW to W300. £ GE Grand Rapids. PEPE PEE EE EEL Hpepubepapohapohohopepehohp eepubepep hohe ohopopuhuhep Three Prizes Given in connection with ; a Knox’s g} @ Preserver. #25 to the man who packs the most eggs with Knox’s Preserver and gives the longest and best _ #15 to the second best and #10 to the third est. Now you have a double chance to make money. Send for booklet. CHAS. B. KNOX, Manufacturer, JOHNSTOWN, = NEW YORK. Also maker of the celebrated Knox Gelatines, the only pure Gelatines made. cost us more to buy ©} © 9 ° 09 Q ms cae foo 09 vo ow CP ° G o 9° o oa Jee °o Xd 3 AN: ] oO 3° a 9 a °o °o Ore rere i DRGs 2 Eee POE EREECEC IES = o oe o o ae oa fe aw a oa oe a ° oe o Soro which we will sell at 72 cents per doz. 4s at 75 cents per doz., and 4s at 35 cents. , but we wnt to keep them moving. We have just received a car of California Oranges, which thirty days, several parties wiring duplicate orders. Terms, as usual: cash with order in current exchange. SAGINAW, MICH. ° XK. 26 ° o o ° ° o ° ° Boro OASIo ° o a ° co} ° . ° io ° o o ° 9 ° ° ‘o °o o oO oS }ete ° ° So ° ° Sok o We have a long line of canned goods which are nearly Fonte 2 cleaned up, and we wish to close them out this month. To 2 S — one wishing a line of Peas, Corn, Beans, Succotash, 9 = 3 1b. or gallon Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Appricots, - > Cherries and Blackberries, we will quote prices that will a a catch their order, We have 700 cases Eclipse, Riverside 9 one and Superior brands of Tomatoes, which we offer at 65 cents x a per dozen in lots of 5 cases and upwards. on o All brands of Canned and Roast Beef, 2’s, at $1.65perdoz. 6 S We have a small lotof Fairbanks’ Potted Meats, % Ib. cans, Ora o We sell Armour’s They would Ps es we can sell at $2.50 per box. Also a car of nice Lemons, 9 = Zane 300’s, which we can sell at $2.25 per box. Our famous Bon 4 es Ton Cheese we bill out this week at 614 cents. We think e hin this is the bottom price for this season. Nofinercheeseis 95 sold in Michigan. We sell New York State cheese at 5% x val cents. The quality is not so good, but the price is very low. re > Bs pres The first of our new cropof Japan teas is due the end 9 of thismonth Weare taking orders for medium grade at 4 o es 18 cents, packed in patent tin cans, is nice style, good draw. S fir, This will make an excellent 25 cent tea. a = We have had an elegant trade on teas during the past a o O° Pee ow - ey (LIMITED) gs He, ow PEEPS EE ETSE ee ms = FE TE GIP ; PF PF PIF en wee +> SLL EE OPE LO : . THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 made and set out into the back room to cool. The sky had become clouded and the atmosphere so cooled that her efforts were attended with less discomfort than in the-emorning. But her whole nature was in revolt against the unjust pro- ceedings of her husband, and when, in one of his trips to and from the qyarry, he looked in, and asked _ her, half sheepishly, if she wouldn’t like to ride down to the village after supper and buy her a new dress, she repelled his evident attempts at reconciliation by replying shortly, ‘‘No, I’ve got calico dresses enough."’ By six o’clock the rain was falling fast, and Abner,SAunt Roxana’s son, had hastened to the village to take his mother home, refusing Mrs. Gerry’s invitation to stay to. supper, for which the extra cooking had been done. The old lady was inclined to ‘‘resk it,’’ as she said, and stay, for she enjoyed go- ing out to tea, and really wanted to know more about the new house on the hill, but she told Abner somewhat con- fidentiaily, ‘‘that if ever a woman was plannin’ to have her husband marry a second time, Mis’ Gerry was. And he’s so worldly about doin’ everything and gettin’ ready for the new house, you mark my words, he’s buildin’ for some other woman, * which was, ina measure, true, but not in the sense in which she interpreted it. Mr. Gerry announced after supper that, rain or shine, he’d got to go and see some workmen, and that he prob- ably couldn’t get back much before ten o'clock. Mrs. Gerry didn’t sit up for him, but was glad to be alone and _ think for a little while without interruption. As Mr. Gerry drove home alone he in- dulged in soliloquy, something after this fashion : ‘I’d no idee she was so sot. I think I’m right. She ought to be lookin’ out about savin’ for old age. We don’t know what’s comin’ to us; but, I vum, she’s been a good wife, and I s° pose, seein’ "twas her property, |’ id orter said some- thin’ to her about it.5 But Atkins says he knows of a party what he thinks will take it off my hands if I want to sell, and then she shall have her new house and her dress. Bless me! I didn’t think she had so much feelin’ about clothes till I heard her talkin’ to Lemuel; but git up, Fan, we shan’t git home to- night.’ The house on the hill was finished in due season, but there seemed to be great difficulty in securing a tenant. The city people said, who came to look at it, that they didn’t want a house to live in in the country, and the old farmhouses afforded them shelter from the rain and at night, which was all they wanted, so it was the 5th of August before anyone was settled, and then only forone month. Mr. Gerry's disappoint- ment was very great. His wife forbore any allusion to his mistake, nor did she intimate anything regarding their new house. The heat of summer had been intense, her work was really more than she had strength to do, and she became apparently indifferent to everything but her daily routine of drudgery. {Her cough and the pain in her side’ in- creased, and Lemuel, in vain, urged her to consult. their old family physi- cian. She had recourse to some cough drops, which, as they contained opi- ates, rendered her comfortable, and her family pleased themselves with the thought that she was getting well. Joel Gerry had done considerable thinking during the summer and some very profitable conclusions were the re- sult. About the middle of September, he said: ‘‘Lemuel, when are you going to be married?”’ ‘*As soon asI can earn money enough to buy a home for my wife,’’ promptly replied Lemuel. ‘Why, you get as much as I do, your board and clothes.’’ ‘*But that is nota home for my wife.’’ Why, don’t you calc’ late to live with us! ‘No, sir; I’ve partly engaged to go to Lancaster to go to the machine works this winter. I can get goodjgpay and I shall be very prudent. ’Lecty has some | money and we mean to have a home of | our own. Mr. Gerry stared at his son as if he | had gone suddenly demented. ‘‘Well, I don’t know as I blame ye much.’’ ‘*T don’t mean that my wife shall be a slave, as my mother has always been.’ Mr. Gerry winced, visibly. ‘‘ You needn't be sassy to your elders,’’ he re- plied, and walked out of the shed. Presently he returned ; Lemuel was still grinding the tools which he had been using. ‘‘Look here, Lem, what'll you/t charge a month to work for me? If you go away I can’t find anybody that'll ook out for my interests as you do, and it will worry your mother to have you go. You puta price and let’s settie this thing right up. It was now Lemuel’s turn to look surprised. Mr. Gerry continued : ‘*Your mother ain’t very strong. I think that house on the hill came pretty near bein’ the death ot her, and I’m sorry I’ve never said it before, but I’m goin’ to say it to her as soon as I can get my pride humbled a little more. Now, my idea is this: I’ve got enough laid by, though more’n half belongs to your mother, by good rights. You go and get married to ‘Lecty right off and go to keepin’ house on the bill, if it suits her. I’ve got men settin’ out trees up there now, so ‘twon't be so hot in sum- mer, and I’m goin’ to get out the stuff for our new house this fall and winter, so it'll go right up in the spring. I’ve engaged Jennie Ross to come out and work for us, so your mother won't have nothin’ to do but get well. She's goin’ to take things easy the rest of the time, or I'll know the reason why. The young man bad sued red and pale by turns. ‘Father Gerry, is this you? Do you mean it?”’ ‘Course I mean it,’’ answered he, trying to speak te but his eyes were full of tears. ‘“‘I ain't goin’ to keep Roxana’s tongue waggin’ about my killin’ my wife and ill-treatin’ my family any longer. I s’pose she ain't | been fur out of the way. I don’t know what I’ve been thinkin’ about myself.’ ¢ ana declared that she had ° ‘*Father,’’ interrupted Lemuel, ‘‘I want to tackle right up and go and tell |’Lecty. She said the other day she was a good mind to buy the cottage, but I wouldn't let her.’’ ‘Jo-el,’’ shouted Mrs. Gerry, ‘‘is Lem goin’ down to the village?’’ ‘No; want anything?”’ “Yes: I was goin’ to send more cough drops. Joel went in. She was making pies, as usual. He laid his hand on her ot. ‘*Louisy, I’ve heerd you say hat Jenny Ross was the only woman you could ever stand to do your work tor you. I’ve engaged her to come and help this winter, “cause there's goin’ to be a weddin’ and a new house in the spring—there’ll be new dresses to make for you and Aurelia, a new carpet for the parlor, and so forth.’ for some ‘joel Gerry, have you gone clean crazy?’’ ‘*No, Louisy, I hain’t, now. I hev been, i admit, but my reason’s kind o’ returnin’. ‘While the lamp holds out to burn,’ ye know.’ She turned and went to her place of refuge, the little bedroom, where all her children had been born, and where many times in the day she had gone in secret to ask strength and help from the never-tailing source. ‘‘l think Joel must be goin’ to be taken away,’ she said. ‘* He don’t look nateral, and he don’t seem nateral.’’ Spring came early and the new house was rapidly approaching com- pleticn. The family still occupied the ‘old part,’’ but Mrs. Gerry spent much time with the newly married couple, who were enjoying the comforts of the house on the hill. Jennie Ross assumed the care of the housework, and Mrs. Gerry said that, for the first time in her married life, of nearly twenty-five years, she had time to fold her hands in peace and quiet- ness. Her cough was somewhat trouble- some, but she laughed at all attempts that were made for ‘her to be under the care of a physician, though Aunt Rox- ‘the real, gen- > > oS = cr aS = E< gt " NM r AA NM MA ; ' } 24 ee” THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN oine hectic flush.’’ She persisted that it was spring fever; that yellow dock and dandelion bitters would set her up all right. Mrs. Lemuel had made all plans to go to the seashore with her as soon as they should be installed in the new part, which was nearly completed. One morning she informed ‘Lecty that she knew why she didn’t take so much interest in her new house as she ex- pected ; she said it had been kind of revealed to her that Joel was to be taken away. ‘‘First, I thought I should be the one to go, but it ain't so, I don’t think. It’s Joel. He’s growed to be such a saint that I ain't hardly ac- quainted with him. Think of his buyin’ me a new black silk! Tain’t like him at all” ‘*Aunt Roxana says she never did see anything like the way Gerrys have come up lately. She thinks the talk she made about Father Gerry cid some good,’’ answered ‘Lecty. ‘*And she’s about right, though she is a meddlesome old thing,’’ answered Mrs. Gerry. ‘‘T’ve heered that folks always give a party when they move into a new house. I should like to, and I mean to invite Aunt Roxana and let her see that I’m alive, and that I can show her as hand- some a parlor and as good a husband as they make nowadays. But it does seem strange what made Joel turn around ll to ence. "4 bad a vision, | think,’ who had just come in. ‘*Vision,’’ answered Jennie Ross, ‘‘I should think you did. I haven't any great opinion of a man who will about kill his wife with hard work, and then, when he begins to think he’s in dauger of losing her, turn ‘round, so’s to keep her drudgery a while longer.’’ Mr. Gerry was about to reply, when Mrs. Gerry touched her arm, saying: ‘Hold on, Jennie. If evera man was truly penitent, and trying to live down the past, that man is my husband, Joel Gerry.” ’ Mr. Gerry could hardly speak, but he finally succeeded in saying : ‘*I dreamed just before we built the new house, that we had moved in, and Louisy was about givipg a party, when all to once she was layin’ in a handsome coffin, with flowers all ’round her, and a new black silk dress on; then she sat up and said: ‘*T’ve got all I ask for—a new house, a nice parlor, and a black silk dress, but i wish I had a good husband.’’ When I waked up I felt so queer, and that dream haunted me for days, and I made up my mind that, if the Lord would spare us, she should have what she asked for. "’ said Joel, ~ O The Grocery Market. Sugar—Contrary to general expecta- tion, the entire line was marked down a sixpence Friday, in response to a similar decline in raw goods in Europe, and Monday morning brought another decline of the same amount along the entire line. The market is still weak and uncertain and the price may go still lower before the upward movement confidently predicted by many authori- ties puts in an appearance. Oatmeal—The American Cereal Co. has reduced the price of Rolled Avena 20c per bbl. Cheese—The market is weak and quotations average about %c lower than a week ago. Lemons—-Frices are weak, owing to the prevailing cool weather, which has restricted the demand very materially. \Inless the temperature rises, still further declines may be looked for in the near future. Tea—Prices are without material ‘hange. While there is little probability any further declines, it appears un- |.kely that values can be worked up to i higher basis. a ee The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. I”. Bushman, Kalamazoo. —~>-0 Everything in cigars at Bushman’s. CONFIDENCE GAME. How the Lamb Gang Secured Posses- sion of a Stock. One of the shrewdest deals ever en- gineered by Frank J. Lamb was the purchase, last week, of the Averill furnishing goods stock, located in the Jenks building, on South Division street. It appears that Chester Lamb owned a farm in Kentucky, about twenty miles south of Cincinnati. He obtained the property in a trade and was anxious to dispose of it in the same manner. He therefore placed the sale of the property in the hands of a man named Chas. E. Roland, who proceeded to work up Averill for a trade. The latter was not anxious to make a deal unless he could exchange the real estate for cash, where- upon Roland claimed to have found a man who would pay $10,000 for the land, on the alleged ground that oil had been discovered on the property. Roland’s proposition was that he and Averill should take a joint deed for the property, meet the alleged purchaser in Cincinnati and divide the proceeds— Averill to receive $5,000 for his stock and Roland to receive $5,o00 for en- gineering the deal. The bill of sale was placed in the hands of B. F. Strifling, to be turned over to Chester Lamb when Strifling received a tele- gram from Averill telling him that the deal had been completed by the pay- ment of the money. Averill and wife and Roland left for Cincinnati on the Thursday morning train, when Lamb immediately took possession of the stock, Mrs. Chester Lamb holding the fort during the daytime. During the afternoon Chester selected enough stuff from the stock to last a man a_ half dozen years, and a short time after Strifling came in and went through the stock in the same manner, selecting what he wanted. About to o’clock that evening the store was invaded by a number of men who had been selected by Lamb for the purpose of packing the stock, and by daylight’ everything had disappeared except the showcases and fixtures. Part of the goods were taken to Ada and the remainder to Grandville, both shipments being made to John C. Sincoe, Toledo. Chester Lamb met the goods at Toledo, and re- shipped them to Cincinnati. The only slip in the cog was a chattel mortgage lease which was held by landlord Jenks, who notified the Lambs that, if the goods were not returned or an_arrear- age of $150 rent paid within an hour, he would proceed against them criminally. It is needless to remark that the rent was paid. In the meantime the Averills and their representative arrived in Cin- cinnati, but no cash purchaser for the land put in an appearance. Mrs. Averill returned by first train and Mr. Averill came back as soon as he could pawn his watch. They immediately placed their case in the hands of At- torney Jamieson, who laid the facts be- fore the Prosecuting Attorney, who au- thorized the issuance of a warrant for Chester Lamb on a charge of grand lar- ceny. The sheriff at Cincinnati has been telegraphed to lodge him in jail, pending the arrival of the local sheriff, and the other members of the gang may be apprehended on charges of conspir- acy. The deal is one of the most cun- ningly devised schemes ever executed in this community, and plainly discloses the length to which the Lambs will go and the chances they will take when the opportunity of securing possession of a considerable property is presented. The fixtures and showcases left in the store in the Jenks building were sold by Lamb to J. A. Holland, Jr., for $100. Holland claims they are worth $700. Creditors of Averill replevined the property Monday on the ground that Lamb never had any title thereto. This serves to further complicate the matter, as it may open the way for another charge against Lamb. Later—The plunder has been located at Cincinnati and is now in the posses- sion of the sheriff, who is in hot pursuit of Chester Lamb and expects to capture him before sundown. : +0. Fruits and Produce. It will be noted that the Tradesman exposes a number of irresponsible com- mission merchants in this week’s paper. The disclosures this week are confined to Grand Rapids operators, but within a short time due attention will be given the Detroit market, which is cursed with a large number of irrespon- sible and unreliable dealers in the pro- duce line. Asparagus—So scarce as to be nearly out of market. Such stock as is com- ing in readily commands 30c per doz. bunches. Beans—The demand is so small that there has been another decline in prices. Beets—z2oc per doz. bunches for home grown. Butter—The market is without mate- rial change, dealers being permitted to make their own selections of choice dairy on the basis of toc, while factory creamery is in moderate demand at 14c. Cabbage—Home grown commands 75c per doz. Illinois stock is in fair de- mand at $1 per crate of 2 doz. Cherries—Sour fruit brings $1.50 and sweet fruit commands $1.75. The crop is large, but the canning demand is un- usually large. Cucumbers—Home grown, 35@4oc per doz. Illinois stock, 25@30c per doz. Eggs—-The market is dull and prices are not so strong as a week ago. Local handlers hold candled stock at toc per doz. Egg Plant—$1.50 per doz. Green Onions—Silver Skins, 12¢c per doz. Lettuce--Outdoor 4@5c per lb. Melons—Nutmegs command §$!.50 per doz. A carload of Georgia water- melons is due to arrive the latter part of the week. The stock will be sold on a basis of 25c¢ apiece. Onions—Mississippi stock commands $1 per bu. in bags or bbls. Home grown stock is no longer marketable. Peas—June, 75c per bu. Marrowfat stock, $1 per bu. Potatoes—Old stock still commands 2oc, but the tendency is downward. Missouri stock (new) commands 75c per bu., but the price will, in all prob- ability, go still lower before the end of the week. Radishes—Charters command 8c per doz. bunches. China Rose bring toc. Raspberires—Black, 8c per qt. Red, Ioc per qt. Strawberries—No stock to speak of will come in after the present week. Present offerings bring 4@6c per qt. String Beans—75c per bu. Tomatoes—California stock (wrapped) commands $1.25 per 4 basket crate. Mississippi stock brings $1 per 4 basket crate. Wax Beans—Home grown, $1 per bu. Illinois stock, $1 per bu. = eae The project to hold a Cotton States exposition in Chicago this fall” has fallen through. Some time ago Tennessee requested that the exposition be post- poned until 1898, and asked the other Southern States to concur with this re- quest. The fact that Tennessee in- tends to hold an exposition of its own this year was the cause of the desire for the postponement, and when the ap- proval of the other states interested was secured, the Chicago committee felt they could but acquiesce. stock commands WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. ILL EXCHANGE—-NEW STOCK OF staple millinery goods for shingles or lum- ber. stock consists of velvet ribbons. silk rib- bous, laces, tips and plumes (mostly black), crepe de chene, illusion, velvets, velveteens, etc.—no flowers or ornaments. Address Desenberg & Schuster, Kalamazoo. 50 POR SALE—GOOD PAYING GROCERY store and stock in thriving town. Address E. D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich. 5L VOR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES, invoicing about $1,500, in best city in North- ern Michigan. Best of reasons for selling. Address Drugs, care Michigan Tradesman. 42 YO EXCHANGE—FOR LIVERY OR GRO- cery stock 80 acre improved farm in fruit belt, Newaygo county. Z. V. Payne, Reed City, Mich. 43 NO EXCHANGE—FOR STOCK GOUDS OR improved farm, title perfect, 360 acres farm- ing land in Crawford county. Z. V. Payne, Reed City, Mich. 44 POR SALE—STOCK OF FURNISHING goods, hats, caps, boots and shoes, with good store fixtures and good trade; stock nearly all new: grand chance for right party: popuia- tion, 1,600; 400 men employed in factories; good farming country ‘round about. Terms easy, part cash. Address No. 45, care Michigan Tradesman. 45 OR SALE--DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES, invoicing about $2,000. Can be bought at a bargain. Surrounded by best farming country in Michigan. Best of reasons for selling. Ad- dress No. 36, cxre Michigan Tradesman. 36 V ANTED—TO EXCHANGE A NEW SEVEN room house and lot in Grand Rapids in first-class shape, with fine plastered cellar, price, $1,500, for stock shoes. Will pay a small eash difference. Address box 87, Bowling Green, Ohio. 37 VOR SALE—STAPLE AND FANCY GRO- cery stock, invoicing about $1,400, locatad in live Southern Michigan town of 1,200 inhabitants; good trade, nearly all cash. Reasons forselling, other business. Address No. 907, care Michigan Tradesman. 907 OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS HARDWARE and implement business in thriving village in good farming community. Address Brown & Sehler, Grand Rapids, Mich. MISCELLANEOUS. GOUD PHYSICIAN (REGULAR GRADU- ate) would like to hear of a good location. Address M. D., care Michigan Tradesman. 47 FOR SALE A LOT OF MEN’S FALL AND winter underwear in merino, natu:al wool and fleece lined; 20dozen pairs men’s, women’s and children’s rubbers and Alaskas, well as- sorted, and a few dozen Jersey overshirts, all for 50 cents on the dollar. A good chance to sort up. Converse Manufacturing Co., New- aygo, Mich. 48 ANTED—LOCATION FOR A BANK. COR- respondence confidential. Address Bank- er, Marine P. O., Detroit, Mich. OR RENT—CORNER STORE WITH SHELV- ing, counters, etc. Excellent location for first-class grocery. Dunton Rental & Collection Agency, 63 Lyon St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 46 YOR RENT—BRICK BUILDING IN NEW- berry, Mich. Best location in the village Specially adapted for drug trade. J. A. Shat- tuck, Newberry, Mich. 41 UTTER, EGGS, POULTRY AND VEAL Shippers should write Cougle Brothers, 178 South Water Street, Chicago, for daily market reports. 26 WwW NTED—BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, PO- tatoes, onions, apes, cabbages, ete. Cor- respondence solicited. Watkins, Axe & Co., g4-86 South Division St., Grand Rapids. 23 ANTED, BY APRIL 1—A LINE OF GOODS for Lower Michigan or Upper Peninsula; last six years in Upper Peninsula; the highest reference to character and ability. Address No. 970, care Michigan Tradesman. 970 y= TO CORRESPOND WITH SHIP- pers of butter and eggs and other season- able produce. R. Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit. 951 ANTED—SEVERAL MICHIGAN’ CEN- tral mileage books. Address, stating price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman. For Sale! Brick, Steam Roller FEED MILL Known as the Ostrander Mill, situated in the village of Willis, Washtenaw Coun- ty, Mich., fully equipped with Elevators, Bins, Hopper, Scales, Etc., for handling grain, on Main Street, and runs to Wabash rail road grounds, with side track. Sixty horse power engine and boiler. Liberal terms. Address, JOHN P. KIRK, or TRACY L. TOWNER, Trustees. Ypsilanti, Mich. te eae cnt a mens Ban ee a nom er rrrens