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One of the results of education is to make men dissatisfied with the present and optimistic as to the future. Knowl- edge gained by investigation and com- parison sometimes reveals conditions that become less desirable as they are better understood. The citizen of to- day, were he put back into the first half of this century, would feel very un- comfortable with his environment. This is especially evident when we. consider the fact that both individual and collect- ive progress has ever been in a_ direc- tion that leads, through industry, free- dom of thought and action, and wise systems of National enterprise, towards the goal of general prosperity. Errant follies of factions have only generated centrifugal force enough to attract attention, and perhaps to dis- turb, for a time, the forward movement of the conservative mass. But its course has never been materially hindered or changed, because the business intui- tions of our peopie have steadied, if not controlled, the vagaries of enthusi- asts and calmed the elements of danger in the presence of every important crisis. Still, crude theories are ever in process of development, bringing us face to face with new schemes of Utopian policy that, if brought to the test of actual experiment by the whole, might eventually arrest true progress and end in social and business calam- ity. Since we cannot afford to allow every plan or theory of small minorities— based, as they are most commonly, on ignorance of history or long-established precedent—to control National policy, would it not be advisable to set apart a certain part of our wide domain as a proving ground, wherein the practical value of each theory might be tested on a smail scale? In originating large man- ufacturing enterprises, it is often nec- essary to disburse much meney upon preliminary experiments, to determine the most practical and profitable meth- ods of production, before expending large capital in constucting the plant. This business wisdom may be safely imitated in the more extensive field of National enterprise. The colonizing habits of the American people—in building up communities having such common interest that each reform would have undisturbed opportunity to develop all the good claimed for it, or, on the other hand, would furnish an object lesson as a warning to others—make this plan feasible. One of these advertised pians of economic reform may yet be brought to a test in the State of Delaware, if the efforts of its supporters shall be crowned with success. For months they have been carrying on a campaign of educa- tion there, with the view of controlling a field wherein the single tax theory can be practically applied. Should they prevail, we will, no doubt, have op- portunity to see how the new system of taxation will work when unhampered by adverse conditions. If it were not for constitutional restric- tions, it might be well to test the sound- ness of the radical silver theory in the same way—perhaps in Colorado, where the unanimity of sentiment on _ this problem is overwhelmingly in one di- rection. According to the reasoning of its advocates, silver and gold can be kept at the old parity of ratio if free coinage is restored by Congress, with- out regard to the action of other nations with which we have large commercial dealings. Ergo, a state of the union, supposing it to have autonomous powers, especially as to coinage, can as easily maintain such parity of value by its own unaided efforts, without re- gard to the financial conditions existing in other states. If not, why not? «It would surely save endless discussion of an unsolved problem, cost less to try the experiment and disturb to the least extent the business of the country; and the results should be as conclusive as if the test had been made on a larger scale. As to socialists and anarchists, a pa- triotic boycott would better meet their deserts, since they form an element that can never assimilate with the citizens of any civilized government. If their beliefs could be safely allowed to bear fruit, the most suitable spot on the earth's surface for them to operate is some island in mid-ocean—one of vol- canic origin and action would be nearer in harmony with the character of the colonists there congregated. We have had, hitherto, some party eruptions that, like boils on the human system, passed through the {usual changes of pathological condition until absorbed by the healthy tissues of the body politic. It is unfortunate that they have not served as a restraining influ- ence on generations that followed. But, so long as men, individually, prefer the wisdom bought only by personal ex- perience, a nation, being but an ag- gregate of the individual, is apt to suffer, at times, from a like mental ob- tuseness. The above suggestions may seem chimerical by daylight to many of my readers. But are they more so than scores of theories urged upon public fa- vor, whenever opposed by disputants in the ardor of debate? To all mercantile men every economic plan of reform, however exploited and championed, must be a matter of personal interest. Without being an active partisan, he yet cannot refrain from forming an opinion concerning its merits, and de- ciding whether it may or may not con- flict with commercial prosperity, the true touchstone of a nation’s progress. The business man, therefore, may well keep cool amid the war of conflict- ing opinions, for this is a large country, with a grand destiny before it, and it includes a large body of conservative citizens who are in the habit of tbhink- ing twice at least on questions vitally affecting the prosperity of all. PETER C. MEEK. —~—> «> The worst debts are not the uncollect- ible ones, but those contracted to main- tain follies. —_—_~> +> __—_ More galling than the great ills of life are its small jealousies. Number 667 THE REACTION IN SUGAR. The extent of the recent decline in sugar was such as to produce a_ feeling of profound depression in sugar circles all over the world. Without apparently any real change in the statistical posi- tion, prices declined fully a cent a pound within the space of a few weeks. Such a decline naturally represented an enormous shrinkage in the value of stocks of sugar held on speculation. The principal cause of the heavy de- cline was the forced sale of the liberal stocks of beet sugar accumulated in Hamburg. These stocks had been ac- cumulated in expectation of a sharp ad- vance which it was believed would fol- low the passage of the new German sugar-bounty law. No such improve- ment followed the passage of the law, however, owing to certain changes made in the character of the bill and the date on which it was to take effect; hence the liquidation by the disgusted speculators. The greater part of the decline hav- ing been caused by forced sales, it was reasonable to suppose that, as soon as the weakly-held stock was again in strong hands, prices would react, as nothing 1n the statistical position war- ranted the extensive decline which took place. The advance of last Friday would seem to point to the probability that the reaction has commenced. How far prices will now go on the up turn it is difficult to foresee; but the facts of supply and demand would seem to war- rant a very considerable {improvement over existing values. The season is now at hand when _ us- ually the largest consumption of sugar is experienced, namely the fruit sea- son. Owing to the shortage in the Cuban crop, the ordinary sources of sup- plies of raw sugar depended upon at this season of the year have been al- ready exhausted. Now that it is evident that prices have commenced to react, there is likely to be a brisk demand from all quarters, as there has hitherto been much holding back in the hope that prices would go still lower. The outlook for supplies for next season does not point to a superabund- ance. The beet crops of Europe prom- ise a probable increase of 600,000 tons if the weather continues favorable. This increase will not off-set the shortage which is likely to be experienced in the Cuban crop. By the time the next sea- son arrives the world’s visible supply will have been decreased to a point where the stocks will cease to be a source of weakness. Poor Recommend for the Husband. ‘*No,’’ said Mrs. Trett, *‘I always do my own shopping, and always buy the supplies for the kitchen. I can’t trust my husband to do anything of the sort. He hasn't a bit of judgment. A dry goods clerk or a grocer can poke any kind of stuff off on him at twice its value.’’ ‘*That’s the way with some men,’’ responded the caller. ‘‘By the way, what is your husband’s profession?’’ ‘*He runs a business college.’ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Bicycles . Wheelways and Road Improvements. Until quite recently the influence of the wheel has been given almost entire- ly to the general i:mprovement of high- ways, without special regard to its own peculiar needs further than the securing and maintaining of reasonably smooth and hard road surfaces. It is generally conceded that the modern movement in systematic road building in this country is the result of the demands of the wheel, beginning in the days of the high ‘‘ordinary,’’ in the vicinity of the larger cities of the country, notab‘y Boston, and greatly increasing and spreading through the wider influence of the ‘‘safety."” Among direct results of this influence organizations have been established in a large proportion of the counties and towns of the country for the purpose of securing systematic im- provements, and many of the state leg- islatures have taken favorable action in the same direction. Recently, however, the movement is assuming a new and more selfish, or at least more narrow, form. Instead of striving to secure the improvement of the whole broad highway through the enlistment of the interests of the com- munities to be benefited, it is turning its attention in the direction of secur- ing, by direct action, suitable paths by the roadsides for its exclusive use, ex- cept as incidentally they are shared with the pedestrian. The reason for this change in the movement seems to be that, while the general improvement of roads is progressing as rapidly as could be expected, it is yet far too slow to meet the requirements of the rapidly multiplying wheel. Thus local organizations are being instituted, largely for the purpose of prosecuting this feature of improve- ment. Already these have built paths sufficient to demonstrate the practica- bility of such work. A path is com pleted to connect Kalamazoo and Battle Creek which makes a trip between those cities ‘‘a dream of pleasure.’’ While this kind of,improvement is new, and the science of such path-building scarcely formulated, it has been found that the expense is comparatrvely light, and the organizations and enterprises are rapidly increasing. The first such enterprise is just being instituted in this city. While its ob- jects will be the securing of the rights and advantages of all wheelmen in gen- eral, its specific work will be the build- ing of such pathways. «The first pro- jected is the one between this city and Holland, about thirty miles. Although the project is only a few days old, the first general meeting of the organization not having been held, several thousands of dollars have already been secured, showing a sufficient interest and co-op- eration ot wheelmen. Some of the periodicals devoted to the interests of road improvement have deprecated this phase of the movement, fearing that the diversion of interest would be at the expense of the prime object of securing good highways for the whole country. It seems to me this fear is without foundation, for the rea- son that the good roads movement is now on a foundation independent of the special demands of the wheel. The education in that direction has pro- gressed until the future is assured. And whatever loss there may be in the direct influence by the adoption of paths will be made up in the good results of the improvement of these. Slight though such works may be, they will be object lessons in every community through which they may pass, that will result in a great impetus to the general road movement. Then the nature of the work of general improvement is such that direct contributions from wheel- men for that purpose could not be se- cured; the new paths are to be built by direct contributions from wheelmen, so that the work will not be at the ex- pense of existing resources for road work. On the whole, the promises to be of importance in the se- curing of suitable wheelways, and at the same time will be a valuable auxil- iary to the greater work of securing suitable permanent highways for all purposes. new movement NATE. __@ 6-¢____ News and Gossip of Interest to Dealer and Rider. It is with considerable amusement that one reads a discussion in an Eng- lish paper on how to put a stop to ‘‘scorching.’’ Over there they call it ‘furious’ riding. A plan which seems to meet with favor is the compulsory displaying of a number which shall be registered with some official. The idea is that if a bicyclist is going ata ‘‘furious’’ pace his number will be taken, and a policeman will go to his home and arrest him. It is suggested that this number be painted on both sides of the gear cover, most bicycles in England being equipped with this accessory. But it would be difficult to read this number on a swiftly moving bicycle ;so another plan urged is that a plate bearing it be suspended from the rear of the saddle. Then the number would be visible as the rider sped away. Of course, there would have to bea reg- ulation that coattails be worn so short as not to hide this plate. However, if a man was violating the law by going at an illegal pace, he would be willing to violate it some more by covering his number. Besides, at night the whole regulation would be useless, and It is at that. time that ‘‘scorching’’ is most dangerous. It is agreed that the best plan is to stop the bicyclist. At the meeting of one Town Council in England an Alder- man gravely proposed the use of a ‘man catcher,’’ consisting of a bam- boo hoop fastened to the end of a_ fish- ing pole. Another worthy thought there should be a law empowering anv one to throw a stick at the wheels of the bi- cycle, in order to stép the A Texas cowboy, with a lasso, would do well at this game. The complete success of the experiment of a police bicycle corps in New York ought to prove a valuable hint to the English authori- ties. Cycling circles are thoroughly stirred up over the question, and Sir Matthew White Ridley, the Home Sec- retary, has addressed communications on the subject to local officials and to cyling clubs in various parts of the kingdom, with a view to hitting upon some feasible and effective remedy. ie The accounts of certain cases in which persons were fined recently in England for fast riding indicate that the usual pace over there is more rapid than it is here. Thus there was great indignation because a woman was fined ten shillings and costs merely because she indulged in a speed of fifteen miles an hour in a suburb of Bristol. Police- men in citizens’ clothes timed her over “scorcher. / a straightaway stretch of designs of a mile, and the accuracy of their evi- | dence was not disputed. Complaint | was made, however, because there was | no testimony to show that she endan- | gered anyone by her act. as charged by the police. They told) the magistrate that they were going only | seventeen miles an hour, but admitted | having run into a policeman. A_rep- | rimand and a fine of five shillings and costs were meted out to them. | eee The crash cycling suits for men have | won much favor, and are worn a great deal. They are pleasing in appearance and cool. For short rides in the city they are specially desirable, but for long tours they are not so good. Ina rain storm they are particularly bad. They get soaking wet so readily that they | stick to one’s body and increase his discomfort. Woolen garments, on the other hand, are a source of warmth in the rain. Women who wear skirts say they are exceedingly light | and comfortable for hot weather. | eae ae A surprisingly large proportion of women riders do not know how to place the feet on the pedals. It is common on the Boulevard to see women riding with the pedals against the heels of their shoes. This is not only gawkish | to look at, but wasteful of energy. The proper place for the pedal to rest is on | the ball of the foot. There is greater leverage and more ease in this than in any other position. Another cycling absurdity is high French heels, which are to be seen on some women. It would be superfluous to speak about crasb | 20®QHOOO®OODOOQOOOOE women’s wearing pointed shoes on the €%@@@O@¢ Three Bir- |; mingham riders denied indignantly that | § they were riding twenty miles an hour, | @ exe = 2 i BIGYGLE DEALERS Write for prices on our I A wheel that you can retail at $50 to $60 and make good margins. Also write about our «AMERICA’’ “WORLD” and «PREMIER’”’ $100 wheels. 9 WiiJLESALE END RETAIL BICYCLES, GRAND RAPIDS. ¢ SBOSHSODHOQOOQOQOQOOO BUILT for BUSINESS It always pays to buy the best, and doubly so when the best costs no more than one not so good. The GARLAND. is the highest type of standard high grad- bicycles. Being one of the handsomest and prettiest wheels, it is the lightest and strongest. We want a few more good live agents. counts, It is worth your while to write us for catalogue First come, first served. C. B.. METZGER, SUCCESSOR TO PENINSULAR MACHINE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. and dis- i u p. f : spicane interest ee nse ae «imines encase a wheel. Nearly all of them do. The common cycling shoe for men is square in front. Perhaps women find the tooth pick shape comfortable. If they do, there’s nothing more to be said. oe ake That all cyclists are not mere ‘“‘scorchers,’’ bent solely on covering as many miles as possible, is shown by the bunches of wild flowers which many bring back with them from country tours. The rapidity with which these flowers wilt is the only drawback, but they can often be revived by placing them in water after clipping off the ends of the stems. Of course, they should be plucked on the way home, and as near the city as they can be found. Daisies are remarkable for the length of time they will keep fresh after being pulled. They will sometimes last from one week until another. Wild roses have been at their best lately, but unfortunately they wither almost im- mediately on being picked. The buds, however, can be brought home in good condition. Honeysuckle is now in rich bloom and is a delight to the eye and nostril of the passing cyclist. oe | It seems out of the question to say a final word on the subject of comfortable saddles, as each style has its adherents and opposers. A man who has tried a good many kinds finds the most satis- factory device to be a piece of felt fas- tened to the ordinary leather saddle. This felt may be bought of dealers in harness, and should be from. three- quarters of an inch to an inch in thick- ness. The price is $2 a pound, but four ounces will be found enough. This will be about six inches by eight. The corners can be cut off with a penknife, and the felt shaped to fit the saddle. The longer dimension should be cross- wise. Linen tape may be used in tying the felt firmly. Saddles are the source of so much discomfort that this experi- ment is worth a trial, especially as this particular rider has used the felt some thousands of miles with entire satisfac- tion. kK Ox The manufacturers of standard bi- cycles are not worrying nearly as much as some people seem to think. Rumors cf price-cutting and failures continue to be circulated. The makers of the high-grade wheels realized that there was to be trouble for some of the many new firms which have sprung up all over the country in the last two years, and they are not at all surprised at the result. Where so many inexperienced people tumble headlong into an enter- prise, failure is bound to come to many of them. Then the scramble for cheap wheels this year will be for the benefit of the makers of high-grade machines hereafter. Many veteran cyclists will tell you that at some time in jtheir career they have bought cheap wheels for economy, as they thought. They will then tell you that they will never again buy an inferior article when it comes to cycling. The purchaser is dis- satisfied and repairs and vexatious an- noyances follow. There will be plenty of high-grade wheels on the market next year, and most will be listed at practically the same prices that they were sold for this season, according to the makers. There will also be many machines which have been listed at $100 this year which will sell for much less than that price. The reason is that many of them were never really first- class bicycies. 2 You have no good reason to expect prosperity you do not deserve. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SECRET OF GOOD COFFEE. Nothing to be Compared With Pure Java. From the New York Sun. The coffee expert had finished eating the substantial part of his dinner, and the waiter had just brought to him the first one of his invariable two cups of coffee. The expert poured the hot milk into the coffee, tested the mix- ture, and his eyes shcne with delight as he exclaimed : ‘‘Ah, that’s a fine cup of coffee. It is pure Java, and of the best quality, and | think I can guess just how it comes that we haven’t the usual mix- ture to-night. ‘“You see,’’ he continued, *‘the coffee we usually get here is a mixture of half and half, Java and Maracaibo—and a very good mixture that is, too—but there is nothing like the pure Java. Now, what has happened is this: The restaurant man has sent in a hurry for coffee at a late hour, and the clerk who was to make the mixture has found the Maracaibo bin empty. So, rather than get out a fresh supply of Maracaibo, he has filled the order entirely from the Java bin. It was easy for him, but rough on his employer, for this Java is worth seven cents a pound more than the Maracaibo.’’ ‘*What is the best coffee in the world, and where does it come from?’’ one of his companions asked. ‘‘Java,’’ was the laconic answer. ‘‘But we read in novels about the heroes or heroines sitting down to a cup of the fragrant Mocha, and the term is used with an air of assurance, as much as to say that when it came to coffee there was but one kind and that was Mocha. What is Mocha?’’ ‘‘Mocha is mostly a_ tradition and wholly a fraud,’’ declared the expert. **There is no coffee grown about Mocha, but there are Indian coffees shipped from Mocha. The peculiarity of the Mocha of the trade is that it is com- posed mostly of round berries instead of flat berries of the more perfect coffees. These round berries, or peaberries, as they are also called, are simply _ill- grown, imperfect fruit. Most of what is sold for Mocha in the stores is made up from the imperfect berries which have been sorted out from the mild coffees of Mexico and Central America and Santos coffees. In some stores you can buy the genuine Mocha, and when you get it you are worse off than if you have the imitation. ’’ ‘*How is that?’’ ‘‘It is sure to be full of Quakers. ’’ ‘‘And what are Quakers?’’ ‘*The next time you go into a_ coffee store take up a handful of roasted coffee and spread it out. If it all looks alike in color it is free from Quakers, but if you find here and there berries which are lighter in color than the rest pick them out. These are the Quakers. ‘*When coffee is gathered, it has about the berries a soft pulp. To get rid of this the berries are put out on mats and left to fement. This rots off the outer pulp and it can then be got rid of. But this process of fermentation sometimes goes too far and affects the berries. This is more apt to be true with the imperfect berries than with the others. If you will take the Quakers and break them open, you will find that they present all stages of decay. Some of them are merely dry rotted and have no flavor of any kind. From this they will vary until you come to the worst ones, which swell like rotten potatoes when they are opened. One bean of this kind will spoil a whole grinding of coffee, and any coffee with Quakers will be bad. Mocha has more than any other kind.’’ ‘‘But suppose you get rid of the Quakers, how is the Mocha then?’’ ‘*Still bad. It has little flavor, and to make up for this lack the dealers give it a very dark roasting. Then they rec- ommend it to people to add strength to the light mild Java. It does add strength to the color of the extract, but that is due entirely to the burnt sugar and starch in the vegetable matter in the bean. Roasted peas would answer the same purpose. ‘There are two things which people imagine are guides to the goodness of coffee which are really of no conse- quence whatever. These are: The color of the decoction and the aroma of the coffee when it is ground or as this escapes from the pot in drawing. The color is due almost entirely to the roast- ing. This is true also of tea. The finest coffees and teas, when properly roasted and prepared to give out their finest flavors, will color’ the water but little. The real essences which give the flavor have practically no color. ‘‘The public seemingly knows but little of what the real taste of coffee should be. It confounds the bitter taste of the roasted vegetable matter with the entirely dissimilar flavor of coffee, and learns to like this so much that it in- sists upon having the coffee roasted so highly that any flavor of coffee which it might have had is driven off. As to the aroma, that is the true essence of the coffee. The reason that this is no guide to the quality of the berry is that there is just as much of this essence present | in the rankest coffees as there is in the mild ones. Your nose would be as de- lighted with the aroma from a lot of fresh roasted Rio coffee as it would with the finest Java. In the coarse-flavored coffees there are oils present whic spoil the extract. These oils are more or less volatile, and many of these coffees are improved by keeping them stored in hot places, such as under the roof in lofts for five or six years. Java does not need this. ‘‘Boston and its neighborhood have the best taste for coffee of any part of this country, and New York is next. Boston has its coffee roasted the light- est. We take a medium roast for our ordinary sales; but the Germans want their coffee roasted black. If you want good coffee, go to the dealers of the! highest repute and buy nothing but Java. Good coffees are standard as gold, and you needn’t be disappointed if you don’t get fine Java from a de- partment store or ordinary grocer for 28 or 29 cents a pound when the _ standard 3 ccale is 36 cents. Next to Javas come | the Maracaibo coffees, and Santos fur- | nishes some nice mild coffees. ’’ > 02> ___— | A Contrary Man. | ‘‘The most contrary man I ever | knew,’’ said Mr. Sizzlington, ‘‘was a |man who was so contrary that he had to | have his watch made to go backward. I | never knew how he told the time by _ it, inor how far wrong he could get by it; |but it was a satisfaction to know-that |twice a day it came right in spite of | Dim.” > 0. - It is a very common thing for a man | who has speculated and Jost his fortune |to commit suicide. It seems exceeding- | ly cowardly to thus leave his family not |only to bear the misfortune of his rash | judgment, but the sorrow and shame of |such a death; but the man who has not | bravery enough to live is generally too |selfish to think of others. It is, there- |fore, reassuring to hear of a better | spirit that animates a man in Connec- ;ticut. He has decided to commit. sui- cide, as he finds life not worth living; | but he proposes to make his taking off |a source of revenue to his family. He | intends to enter a cage in which live | lions are confined and allow himself to ibe torn to pieces by the beasts. He | proposes to charge $5 a ticket to those | who would like to witness the tragedy, ithe proceeds to go to his family. Now | this is something like. A man who in- | tends deserting his family and depriv- |ing them of his support should at least |try to make them a money equivalent. | Let us have fair play, even in suicide. | : << o = In Canada no campaign butttons, rib- | bons nor badges can be worn between |nomination and polling day. The \carrying of flags as a party badge is also forbidden. The penalty is a fine of $100 or three months in prison, or both. 9 9 9 9 9 ° ° 9 9 9 ° o o a 9 oO o o °o ° °o a ° a a a a o o a oe a °o a oO o y x ° o oO 2 9, ° Boro : S 9 ° 9 5 9, o ° 9 : : Soro . ae . OJOK%o > HERE ARE MANY lower priced flours on a Ae , the market than Ceresota.— Note the word a i, ° low priced.— We don’t say cheaper; there 3 o i . 7 : of Ave is a wide difference between low priced and 0}S26 3 AGN cheap. 9g Jace wy i! | Low priced generally means exactly the ofeg0 ° (ie . ’ ° ° opposite to cheap. Don't be led away by ONS z S ha tempting offers of something “just as good” at a little lower 7 c e price. If it was just as good it would not be mecessary to as ? 9 : tS : ' WS cut under the price of “Ceresota,” and the very fact that it ° : . GhO ne t has to be sold at a lower price ought to satisfy any one that a : _ . O ° it is mot as good. That is perfectly plain, is it not? Much ay sro plainer and simpler than the silver question. o}O¢6 ° . a J i ° Jace Respectfully, joe : ; 2 ney udgson ¢ Woro ° 9 = : eX rocer Lompany «s&s o NO 9; ° a SOLE DISTRIBUTERS. 3 9 Oro ° Grand Rapids, [lich. Q Oo 9, ° 9 o : 2, o 3 3 ° ne 9 o}S, 0 ° “xe 9 ae: ICRC OIEORIR RIES oy ° co 4 Around the State _ Movements of Merchants. Elkton—Deta Schultz has opened a meat market. Alpena— Daniel Knights, retailer, is out of business. Elkton—Isabella Cornell succeeds G. B.-Cornell in the drug business. Iron River—John Morrison, retail furniture dealer, is out of business. Detroit—Nichols & Goette succeed Omer A. Nichols in the drug business. Galien—Henry Fitterer, baker and confectioner, has removed to Chicago. Jackson—Enos & Hay, meat dealers, furniture n have dissolved, Joseph Enos succeed- ing. lackson—H. A. Grover succeeds Gro- ver & Butterfield in the grocery busi- ness. Algonac—J. P. Stewart succeeds Stewart Bros. in the grocery and meat business. 3enton Harbor—-Rowe & Lundy have opened a retail store at 214 Territory street. Coopersville—M. Durham Durham & Co. in the elevator, grain and coal business. Sand Beach—Philip Binkle Binkle & Gourley in the harness and hardware business. L’ Anse Campbell succeeds Peter Ruppe in general trade and the furniture business. Sand Lake—Hubbard & Latimer, meat dealers, have sold out to Ball, Nough & Co., formerly of Pierson. Wayland—Wharton & Allen, proprie- tors of the West Wayland market, have dissolved, Charles Wharton succeeding. Hancock—John Pinton will continue the hardware business formerly con- ducted by Jos. Pinton & Bro, Jackson—Riley & Harrison continue the grocery business fomerly con- ducted by Stephen H. Carroll. Ubly—M. C. Skinner, formerly en- gaged in the grocery business at Imlay City, has removed to this place. Galien—-W. A. Dunlap, proprietor of the general store of the Dunlap Co., has removed its stock to Battle Creek. Detroit—Herz & Molitor, First and Grand River avenues, have added fur- niture to their storage and transfer busi- ness. i Jackson—Mills & Smith, formerly en- gaged in the bakery business, have dis- solved. A. C. Smith will continue the business. Bay City—Anna (Mrs. Samuel) Lit- tauer succeeds Samuel Littauer in the grocery succeeds ft succeeds -John wholesale and retail liquor and cigar business. Calumet—John Clemo, Jr., and R. B. Mackenzie succeed Werner Nikander in the drug business, under the style of John Clemo, In, & Co. Allegan—Cook, Baker & Co. have added to their lines combination desks, bookcases and secretaries. They are showing twenty-five samples with the Klingman Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. Detroit—The L.- W. Thomm Cycle Co., doing business at 204 Griswold street, has filed a trust mortgage to I. N. Payne. There are five creditors mentioned in the mortgage. The ag- gregate amount of the indebtedness is $2,202. The company decided to go out of the retail business six weeks ago. Saginaw—Lester Hirschkowitz, a dry goods dealer doing business on Potter street, has filed two chattel mortgages— one for $6,127 to William Wolsky, of Clare, as trustee for three creditors, and (itors. His i|much more than satisfy the first mort- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN party, covering the claims of other cred- stock will gage. Kalamazoo—The Celery City Cycle Co., consisting of A. J. Holmes, Fr. OW. Holmes and F. W. Allen, bas turned its assets over to F. J. Moon as trustee. A chattel mortgage.for $3,145, on eighty bicycles, machinery and tools at 113 South Rose street was also given in fa- vor of Mr. Moon. The creditors named in the assignment are: Sterling Cycle Works, $600; Morgan & Wright, $340; Excelsior Supply Co., $500; Merchants & Manufacturers Warehouse, $29, and Barker & Hamer, $138. The assets are said to exceed the liabilities. Lack of capital to carry a large number of con- tract sales was the cause of the failure. Manufacturing Matters. Parshallville—John Bickhart, miller, has sold out and removed to Warsaw, Ind. Tekonsha—Amy & manufacturers, have Joseph. Wayland—C. C. Deane has invented a new hat case which he confidently ex- pects to manufacture and place on the market on a large scale. Cadillac—The mercantile business heretotore carried on by the Cummer Lumber Co. will be continued in con- nection with the Cummer & Diggins’ lumber interests under the style of E. G. Snider & Co., Wm. Snider, who has had the management of the company’s mercantile department for the past ten years, having taken an interest in that department. Phelps, removed cigar to | St Albion—Articles of association of the Albion Milling Company have been filed with the county. clerk. The officers of the corporation are N. S. Potter, of Jackson, President; 5S. B. Allen, Vice-President; L. J. Wolcott, Secretary; H. M. Dearing, Treasurer. W. B. Knickerbocker will occupy the position of general manager, under the direction of an executive committee, composed of himself, John Johnson and H. M. Dearing. The capital of the company is $120,000, $80,000 of which is paid in. The mill will be started at once. —___» ©»—___ Result of the Star Island Meeting. Detroit, June 27—At the meeting of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, which was held this week at Star Is- land, eighty-four candidates presented themselves for registration. Those who succeeded in securing registered certifi- cates are as follows: 3ion Arnold, Denton; Frank C. Hitchcock, Plainwell; William A. Hackett, Detroit; Charles R. ~° Horton, Northville; George M. Heath, Milan; Exmest W. Kurz, Detroit; |. K. Lip- pen, Battle Creek ; Patrick Looby, De- troit; George Lohrsortfer, Port Huron; Frederick C. Manchester, Port Huron; J. J. Masse, Chatham, Ont. ; Nora I. Mitchell, Hubbardston; James C. Mor- rison, Detroit; A. FE. Mulholland, Ithaca; George A. McDonald, Detroit; Charles H. Patterson, Jackson; C. W. Townsend, Vandalia; J. J. Van Haaften, Kalamazoo; Clarence A. Weaver, Detroit; George P. Wilder, Albion; Fred fF. Wanek, Detroit; Charles A. von Walthansen, Bay City; Frank Yott, Jr., Ann Arbor. Assistant registered certificates were granted to the following: Milton D. Bryant, Detroit; Lewis H. Cooper, Fowlerville; Harry E. Fox, Gaylord; John G. Harvey, Detroit; August H. Ludwig, Detroit; Henry Nankervis, Ishpeming; E. W. Wilders, Pontiac. F. W. R. PERRy, Sec’y. ‘the other for $18,175.80 to the same} probably not | iment No. 2 for 1896. Monthly Report of Secretary Owen. Grand Rapids, June 30—Up to this writing 495 members have paid assess- This is the larg- est number of members who have ever paid up so soon after the assessment was issued. It bore date of June 15 and is payable on or before July 15. Last year over a hundred of the boys failed to mail their remittances until July 15, so that they did not reach me until July 16. 1 hope they will do better this time, for, in the event of the death of sucha member between noon of July 15 and the receipt of the remittance by me, the insurance would be invalid. Twenty-one new members have been added to the membership roll during the past month, as follows: Julius C. Vogt, Saginaw. Joel R. Gay, City. Wm. Sempliner, Bay City. V. L. Garand, Detroit. Chas. E. Leach, Eau Claire, Wis. A. A. Weeks, City. E. B. Gillett, Muskegon. W. H. Price, Lansing. C. Malory, City. G. W. Lampkins, Chicago. W. L. Atwood, Kelding. R. B. Parmenter, Jackson. . F. Case, Saginaw. M. J. Wrisley, City. H. Rosenthal, La Forte, Ind. Hal. D. Chapman, Chicago. Chas. T. Riley, Cincinnati. J. J. Granville, Saginaw. S. S. Ramsey, Portland. W. A. Pitcher, City. A. P. Prosser, City. The list. of honorary members now comprises 134 names, as follows: I. F. Anderson, Wayne. Wm. Addison, Battle Creek. W. L. Andrews, Williamston. A. T. Bliss, Saginaw, W. S. Blackmore, Vassar. V. K. Brown, Carson City. E. D. Bennett, Cassopolis. S. Beatty, Utica. Bailey Bros., Tonia. C. Burke, Cadillac. J. Burt, Capac. H. E. Brown, Memphis. J. Brownell, Central Lake. J. F. Bower, Mendon. *. }. Brant, Benton Harbor. J. Bailey, South Haven. W. P. Beyer, Detroit. Z. E. Briggs, Stanton. W. R. Billings, Holland. F. G. Bennett, Galesburg. J. D. Billings, Traverse City. W. S. Barringer, Jonesville. S. O. Bush, Battle Creek. C. A. Brink, .Lakeview. W. H. Barney, Muskegon. E. C. Compton, Reed City. ID. A. Casterlin, Charlotte. *. Chiritree, Harrisville. H. C. Crosby, Hartford. J. W. Calkins, Clare. W. Cortright, Newaygo. W. J. Chittinden, Detroit. W. M. Comstock, Niles. E. Carl, Harrisville. . De Haas, Fremont. M. Dill, Lake Ann. G. W. Doliver, Niles. A. M. Decker, Lakeview. J. M. Dodge, St. Johns. G. H. Day, Mi. Pleasant. C. D. Farr, Sturgis. J. J. Freeman, Marcellus. G. J. Filmore, Quincy. J. Fisher, Detroit. F. Giddings, Lawton. J. D. Gleason, Milford. A. J. Godsmark, Battle Creek. J. Green, Battle Creek. Geo. Hook, Battle Creek. J. R. Hayes, Detroit. Fred. Hotop, Kalamazoo. E. J. Holland, Bellevue. E. C. Hinman, Battle Creek. W. P. Hetherington, Belding. L. C. Handy, Mancelona. L. L. Homer, Chesaning. Mrs. E. Howe, Midland. H. D. Irish, Grand Haven. F. H. Irish, Grand Haven. N. C. Johnson, Bay City. W. H. Jay, Imlay City. F. B. Jones, Fenton. Ed. Killean, Manistee. F. Kohl, Quincy. J. B. Kelly, East Jordan, a al \ M. V. Lott, Three Rivers. F. Lyon, Saginaw. Jas. Lyle, Fite Lake. M. Lignian, Bellaire. Chas. Lyon, Roscommon. F. H. Latta, Battle Creek. W. H. Lewisy Ypsilanti. V. A. McIntyre, White Cloud. T. M. Millikin, Sebewaing. C. H. Mehrtens, White Cloud. QO. F. Millard, Kalamazoo. Y. F. Miner, Lake Odessa. C. F. Meech, Charlevoix. D. D. Mitchell, Albion, Nye & Hamilton, Flint. M. M. Nowlin, Ypsilanti. Mrs. S. A. Osmun, Nashville. H. Oakley, Traverse City. H. E. Painter, Marshall. C. A. Patullo, Grayling. F. J. Parker, Cadillac. Parker & Son, Hastings. J. A. Pocklington, Dundee. S. H. Peck, Petoskey. J. A. Pearsall, Lansing. T. I. Phelps, Greenville. Fred. Postal, Detroit. G. W. Puefrey, St. Johns. H. F. Palmer, Colon. W. A. Palmer, Ithaca. E. M. Richards, Battle Creek. H. A. Read, Ludington. G. F. Renaud, Detroit. John Robbins, Manchester. Cc. B. Rogers, Springport. Mrs. B. A. Rhine, Delphi, Ind. M. Staebler, Ann Arbor. A. E. Smith, St. Louis. J. W. Smith, Rochester. M. D. Sly, Romeo. G. M. Shillinger, Standish. “W. M. Springseen, Litchfield. H. Stone, Homer. A. A. Sheldon, Mendon. W. M. Spice, St. Ignace. R. W. Swayze, Lowell. . B. Stearns, Big Rapids. E. A. Shafer, Northville. Jas. Stoken, Caro. Smith & Roe, Pontiac. J. H. & W. C. Swart, Detroit. F. Sandburg, Shelby. A. C. Stephens, Tonia. B. T. Skinner, Battle Creek. G. W. Trumble, Evart. J. R. Trimble, Mt. Clemens. Dick. Townsend, Ft. Wayne, Ind. J. R. Thomas, L’ Anse. A. S. Thomas, Durand. A. Vincent, St. Joseph. T. Wentworth, Lansing. A. L. Wilcox, Benton Harbor. J. M. White, Howell. e N. A. Waugh, Gaylord. E. E. Whitney, Plainwell. H. Whitney, Cedar Springs. J. F. Wildermuth, Owosso. E. Woolcott, Watervliet. W. M. Woodard, Kalamazoo. Geo. F. OWEN, Sec’y. Association Matters" Michigan Hardware Association President, F. S. CARLETON, Calumet; Vice-Pres- ident, HENry C. WEBER, Detroit: Secretary- Treasurer, HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids. Northern Mich. Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. F. Tarman, Clare; Secretary, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. WISLER, Mancelona. Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids, Aug. 4 and 5, 1896. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Bates; Secretary, M. B. Ho.iiy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, E. C. Wincuester;: Secretary, HOMER Kiar; Treasurer, J. GEO. LEHMAN. Regular Meetings—First and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Retail Grocers’ Hall, over E. J. Herrick’s store. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WurppLe; Secretary, G. T. CaMP- BELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, Byron C. Hix; Secretary, W. H. Por- TER; Treasurer, J. F. HELMER. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gitcurist; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association President, F. B. Jonnson; Secretary, A. M. Daring; Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY. Sabine 2 eae a nai THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Grand Rapids Gossip Chas. K. Gibson has removed his gro- cery stock from 53 Pearl street to 559 Cherry street, corner of Packard street. The grocery steck of Wm. Wiencz- kawsky, at 693 Broadway, bas been seized on chattel mortgage. Frank Neff has opened a grocery store at Grand Ledge. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. R. Kuiper has opened a grocery store at 395 Ottawa street. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. J. W. Brubaker and Arthur Seymour have formed a copartnership under the style of the Boston Tea Co. and opened a tea and spice establishment at 85 Canal street. On and after July 1, subscribers to the Red Book in Michigan will be served from the office of the Commercial Credit Co. A complete record of reports is now on file there. Outside buyers who represent a circle of retail dealers are beginning to be seen on the morning market. They come to Grand Rapids because they can secure a full line of fruit and produce without any trouble. While they could, perhaps, buy one or two lines of pro- duce a little lower at small points re- mote from a large market, the extra freight on less than carload shipments and the expense of traveling around from place to place to secure the nec- essary assortment amount to much more than the disparity in prices. The status of the market bonds has undergone no change. After the first firm which had bidden for the bonds declined to accept,them, as it was en- abled to do on account of no forfeit having been submitted, it was awarded to the next highest bidder. After several weeks’ correspondence this firm, evi- dently not succeeding in placing the bonds at a sufficient profit, also de- clined to accept them. They were then awarded to the third firm, which seems likely to complete the deal, hav- ing made a payment thereon. It is an insult and disgrace to the city to thus have its bonds apparently hawked about and begging for acceptance. The ask- ing of bids without requiring a deposit permits irresponsible brokers to submit bids with a view to making profitable sale of the bonds if they ‘can, or other- wise failing to take them. Such an op- portunity to bid against the future in the bond market costs them nothing and the chance of making a margin is worth their while. These bids were over $1,200 and $500, respectively, above the price that is finally realized. In the meantime the improvement of the mar- ket site is held in abeyance. Just why it is necessary that the cash for the bonds shall be on deposit before the plans are formulated is not apparent to the outsider, and the impatience in- creases that nothing is done in the di- rection of making the investment yield returns and provide a suitable place for the early morning merchants. NG The-Grain Market. The weakness in the wheat market continued throughout the week. Cash wheat closed about 3c lower and future wheat about 2c lower than it opened. It is unnecessary to enumerate the causes, as they have. been given often hereto- fore. However, the main factors for the decline were the smail exports, the large receipts and the small decrease in the visible, which was only 957,000 bushels, against 1,664,000 bushels the corresponding time last year, leaving 47,860,000 bushels of wheat in sight, or 3,229,000 bushels more than last year, and with the harvest nearly two weeks earlier. The fine weather and the fact that Russia is offering wheat for less than the United States also helped to depress prices. The foreiga advices re- garding the present crop show up some better than heretofore. For the present, at least, there is nothing in sight to lift wheat much above the present values. Corn and oats, owing to the extreme dull times, with no demand and_ hardly any trading, have fallen off. Corn has declined 1c per bushel, while oats are off fully 3c per bushel in the open mar- ket. The receipts during the week were: wheat, 28 cars; corn, 7 cars, and 12 cars of oats—quite a large amount of oats. The millers are paying 55c for wheat to-day. C. G. A. VorerT. a Put the Hour of Mailing on Your Orders. Written for the TRADESMAN. According to the rule lately inaugu- ratec by the sugar refiners, the price ruling at the time a mail order is mailed to a jobber is the price at which such sugar must be billed. For in- stance, an order is mailed at 9 a. m., June 26, and reaches the jobber at Io a. m., June 27. The price ruling at 9 a. m., the 26th, will be the price at which the sugar will be billed, no mat- ter what it may be at the time the order reaches the jobber. If dealers, in or- dering sugars, will always put the hour of mailing on their orders, it will as- sist the jobber very materially in mak- ing the correct price. Orders given to traveling salesmen are subject to the same rule. Supposing the price of granulated at 9 a. m. June 26, is 5.25, and a traveler takes your or- der at to o'clock, naming 5.25 as the price. An advance of 1c may have taken place at 9:30, of which he had, at the time of taking your order, no knowl- edge, in which case the jobber will ad- vance your price ‘sc. If a decline of léc has taken place, he will lower the price in like degree. The traveler vir- tually has no authority to make a_bind- ing price. This may seem, at first, arbitrary, but jobbers have been unable to buy of refiners on any other terms for years, and, as it applies to either an ad- vance or decline, it is eminently fair to all concerned. HEMAN G. BARLOW. —_—_—_» 2 >—__—_ Flour and Feed. A change has come at last and, in place of dull, dragging markets, there has been considerable enquiry and a disposition to buy more freely than for weeks past. The trade has, evidently, come to the conclusion that flour is cheap, and to secure a fair supply of choice old wheat flour for July business is, no doubt, a wise thing to do. The winter wheat crop is being har- vested and is, perhaps, the most irregu- lar and uneven as to yield of any crop grown for many years. The perfect weather of the past few weeks has en- sured for Michigan, not only a better yield, but grain of much better quality than was looked for in May. The grade of Michigan flour this year will be of superior quality. Feed and millstuffs are in better de- mand, with prices unchanged for the week. Wm. N. ROWE. Purely Personal. Wm. Sandell and C. E. Hill have formed a copartnership and engaged in the banking business at Belding under the style of Wm. S. Sandell & Co. Fred R. Fuller, formerly engaged in the drug trade at Newberry, but more recentiy in charge of his father’s drug store at Traverse City, died recently at Chicago from the effects of an attack of typhoid fever. Henry C. Waters, senior member of the hardware firm of H. C. Waters & Co., at Paw Paw, was recently married to Miss Cora B. Nelson, of the same place. Over Ioo guests were present to assist in celebrating the event. Marion F. Nichols, Ph. C., prescrip- tion clerk for Paul V. Finch, was mar- ried to-day to Miss Maggie Muskopf, of Beach City, Ohio. Tne ceremony took place at the residence of the bride’s parents at Beach City. Gaius W. Perkins, President of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.; has invited a number of friends to take a bicycle run to Cascade Springs on the moring of July 4. The party will meet at his residence at 181 Fountain street at 6 o’clock, taking breakfast at the Country Club. G. H. Gates, formerly Cashier of the Bank of Morenci, has disposed of his business interests there and August 1! will become a citizen of Detroit, where he assumes a responsible position with C. J. Whitney. His brother, W. R. Gates, Jr., will take his place in the clothing house of E. B. Butler & Co., and his interests in the Bank of Morenci have been purchased by the other partners. —__@ 6 @—____ High Priced, but Cheap. The Duplex Egg Carrier is not a ‘‘cheap’’ carrier, in the common ac- ceptation of the term ‘‘cheap.’’ It is the highest priced carrier in the mar- ket when first cost is taken into consid- eration, but it will be found the cheap- est in the end. It is high priced, because it is well made, of the best possible material—hard wood ; dovetailed and nailed corners; fillers made of papier mache thorough- ly saturated with asbestos, making it waterproof, so that it may be cleansed, in the event of its becoming soiled, by simply turning hot or cold water on It; the cover hinged to the body of the box and, when closed, locked with a device at once a marvel of strength and sim- plicity, which does away with all loss of time in looking for a detached cover and in finding a string and tying, as with the ordinary egg box. _ The Duplex Egg Carrier is cheapest, because it is best. With ordinary care it will last a lifetime. It has no ordi- nary strawboard fillers to wear out In a few weeks; no coil springs to lose their elasticity and become useless. HE) at should become rained on, the only effect will be to clean it, as it has no cloth cover to become detached and spoiled. One dozen of them will outlast twenty dozen of the other egg delivery boxes on the market. — ~—-+-.... Fourth of July Excursion Rates. Excursion tickets will be sold by the Grand Trunk Railway system, lines west of the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers, July 3 and 4, good to return up to and including July 6, at rate of one and one-half cents per mile each way for the round trip, between all stations. ——— —~—> o> Good dollars and good sense are the forces that turn the wheels of the mills. ee Cyclone value in Gillies’ (New York ) Our Jar brand Japan tea. Visner, agent. —_—_~»> 2s The Dodge Club cigar is sold by Ff. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. F. C. Eberling, Representing John H. Eberling, of Green Bay. Frederick C. Eberling was born in Green Bay, Wis., June 15, 1868, his an- tecedents being German on_ both sides. His father was a miller by trade before he removed to this country, while his grandfather was a miller for over half a century in the German Empire. He at- tended school at Green Bay until I9 years of age, when he went into the mill then conducted by his father, as shipping clerk. Two years later he was promoted to the position of traveling salesman, which he has filled to the sat- isfaction of all concerned for the past seven years, during which time he has covered the trade of Northern Michigan and Wisconsin. During the past few months he has extended his trade into Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsyl- vania, in consequence of which he is considering a change in his head- quarters, but whether he will conclude to locate at Grand Rapids or Toledo has not yet been fully decided upon. He is an Odd Fellow and a third de- gree Mason, having only recently en- tered the circle of the latter fraternity. The combination at Green Bay is an exceptionally strong one, the elder Eberling having grown gray in the mill- ing business. The eldest brother, John H. Eberling,Jr., has charge of the mo- tive power and the city trade of the mill, being a practical mechanic and electrician. The second: son is Fred- erick, who sells and superintends the placing of the goods. Will (f, the youngest son, has the management of the office and has charge of the book-keep- ing and credit departments. Mr. Eberling attributes his success as a salesman to the fact that he is a thorough master of the business, having a complete understanding of all the processes by which the golden grain is turned into the flaky flour. Like his father and his father’s father, he is steady-going, conducting his depart- ment of the business with as much seriousness as though he were the rep- resentative of a foreign country. -~>-2 - Railway System—Ex- cursions. . Grand Trunk Account of Fourth of July, excursion tickets will be sold to all points July 3 and 4, good for return until July 6th. Chicago and return at $3.90, good going July 3, 4, 5 and 6, and good for return until july 12th, account demo- cratic National convention. Buffalo and return at $12.30, good going July 5 and 6, and good for return until July 12, or by depositing them with joint agent at Buffalo, an extension of time can be had until Sept. 1, ac- count National Educational Association. Washington, D. C., and return $17.50, account Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, good going July 4, SG) ave, ae good for return until July 15th, or by depositing the tickets with joint agent time can be extended to July 31, 1896. For full particulars apply to any agent of the D. & M. R’y, or at the city office, 23 Monroe street. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Pass. Agent. Every Merchant Who uses the Tradesman Company’s COUPON BOOKS, does so with a sense of security and profit, for he knows he is avoiding loss and annoy ance. Write TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MEN OF MARK. Sherwood Hall, Sole Owner Brown, Hall & Co. Sherwood Hall was born at Mobile, Ala., Aug. 14, 1849. His father was a descendant of the famous Hall family of Ireland, while his mother was a member of the no less celebrated Mc- Cammon family of Scotland, the union of Irish Catholic and Scotch Presbyte- rian blood resulting, as might readily be imagined, in a man of strong individ- uality, positive likes and dislikes and untiring energy. Mr. Hall attended the public school of Mobile until the breaking out of the war, when he entered the St. Joseph Catholic College at Spring Hill, Ala., pursuing his studies there until 1865, when he tried his hand at several avo- cations, including that of ticket agent on the transfer steamer St. Elmo on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad. In 1868 he went to Minnesota and worked a year on a farm, returning to Mobile the year following. The demoralization in- cident to the war and the subsequent reign of the carpet bagger were decid- edly discouraging to the aspirations of a Southern youth, and it is no wonder that he should look beyond the Mason and Dixon line for a location in_ which to display the ability and energy of which he felt himself possessed. He arrived in this city May 6, 1870, and immediately entered the employment of his uncle, who at that time was con- ducting a saddlery hardware business under the style of Brown & Foster, the latter member of the firm being the late Wilder D. Foster, founder of the pres- ent house of Foster, Stevens & Co., whose memory as an enterprising Citi- zen and sterling business man is still cherished by all who knew him. Mr. Hali worked one halfday in the store, which was then located on Canai Street, spending the remainder of the day in the business coilege of Swens- berg & Parish, learning to keep books. Mastering the science of book-keeping after six months’ application, he was given the position of book-keeper for the firm, which he filled to the satisfac- tion of all concerned for several years. On the death of Mr. Foster, in Feb- ruary, 1873, his half interest in the firm was purchased by Mr. Brown and Mr. Hall, Mr. Brown furnishing the money and taking Mr. Hall’s notes fora fourth interest in the business. The firm name at that time was changed from Brown ® Poster to M. P. Brown & Co. In 1878 Mr. Hall increased his interest from one-quarter to one-third, and in 1882 Mr. Hall secured another third in- terest in the business, the other third being purchased by Martin L. Sweet, at which time the firm name was changed to Brown, Hall & Co. During the past week- Mr. Hall has succeeded in pur- chasing Mr. Sweet's interest in the business, so that he is now sole owner and manager of the business, which he proposes to continue under the same style as before as a compliment to the founder of the house. Owing: to the peculiar turn Mr. Sweet's affairs have taken, it would be only following prec- edent and the usual custom for Mr. Hall to permit the firm to go into liqui- dation and then buy up the assets at his own price; but the sterling qualities inherited from his Scotch-Irish parent- age led him to disregard the suggestions of his friends and the advice of his at- torneys and to insist on paying for Mr. Sweet’s interest all that it was actually worth, thus making a considerable ad- dition to the fund which will finally be distributed among Mr. Sweet’s credit- ors. At no stage of Mr. Hall’s career have the rugged honesty and sturdy de- termination of the man been more strongly exhibited than in this instance, where he could have added very con- siderably to his own possessions by pursuing the usual method of buying in assets at a low valuation, because one of the partners was so unfortunate as to be compelled to go into liquidation. A marked peculiarity of the house is the length of time the employes usually remain. Hermanus Hondorp, the pres- ent shipping clerk, has been identified with the house since 1873. John Groot- man, one of the traveling salesmen, has been constantly in the employ of the house in one capacity or another for the past eighteen years, while Horace Shields is the third book-keeper the community for the past twenty-six years affords an excellent example of the re- wards which come to a man who selects his business with care and stays by it early and late, through thick and thin, through sunshine and storm, until he achieves the fullest measure of success. Positive in his convictions, strenuous in asserting his own ideas, with little sympathy. for those who do not agree with him on most points connected with politics and the everyday affairs of life, Mr. Hall, nevertheleSs, possesses a wide circle of friends, who rejoice with him in his prosperity and who will be glad to note still further evidences of suc- cess. 0 When a Kansas man gets rich and wants to put on style, he doesn’t spend his good money on fast horses, or fine pictures, or yachts. He blows it in on SHERWOOD HALL AND FAMILY. house has had in the past twenty years. Mr. Hall was married Jan. 8, 1879, to Miss Annie Lowe, daughter of James Lowe and granddaughter of the late R. E. Butterworth, founder and godfather of Butterworth Hospital. The wedding ceremony was somewhat peculiar, in that it was solemnized in the Methodist church by a Baptist clergyman with the Episcopal service. Five children have blessed the union—one girl and four boys, the former being 16 years of age, while the boys range from 14 to7 years. The children have been brought up with a view to making strong men and wom- en of them, physically, and no better examples of rugged childhood are to be found in the city. The father is de- voted to his family, and it is a com- mon remark at Ottawa Beach, where the family spend the summer season, that, but for Mr. Hall’s stature and age, it would be difficult to determine, from his actions when playing with his boys, which is child and which is man. The family reside in a handsome home at 250 South Lafayettte street, and dur- ing the summer season at Ottawa Beach, where the children possess a handsome steam launch, the ‘Annie Lowe,’’ and numerous other appliances and imple- ments dear to the heart of childhood. When asked to what he attributed his success, Mr. Hall dismissed the subject by the three words, ‘‘Sticking to it,’’ subsequently adding, ‘‘and to the care- ful training received from the late Mar- cus P. Brown;’’ and his career in this a cyclone cellar. He knows the little ‘‘funnel-shaped’’ cloud will supply all the excitement he needs, and running for the place of safety will keep him in exercise. The latest triumph in this kind of architectue is a cyclone ‘pit which a wealthy Mr. Christie has just completed. It is dug down below the cellar of his house, and framed in with heavy and beautifully polished oak logs. In it are stored canned foods, cigars and reading matter, so that the occupants may amuse themselves while the clouds roll by. As it is possible that debris from the house would cover up the cyclone pit in case of a blow, dynamite and picks and shovels are also kept in the pit, and there would be no trouble about getting out. Mr. Christie feels now that he is prepared to lead the best Kansas society, and to give a storm party at a moment’s notice. +> 0 . Long distance telephones have been placed in the smailest Swiss villages, making it possible to communicate from one end of the country to the other, The fee ranges from two to eight cents a message. It is needless to re- mark that the Bell company does not have a monopoly of the telephone _busi- ness in Switzerland. —___> +. The pen that makes too free with other people’s names is apt to be the forerunner of the prison pen. SS a A good sign of prosperity is the ability to sign a check that will be honored. Saving a Client. From the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The ethics of the difference between the professional opinion of a paid ad- vocate and the honest conviction of a learned man were set forth by a well- known Enlgish barrister who died re- cently. The story is not to be fuund in the reminiscences which he_ pub- lished shortly before his death. It was a case of murder, and the client and counsel were closeted together. ‘‘Smith,’’ said the barrister, ‘‘of course I know you didn’t murder the man, but, as a matter of fact, did you do it with the butt end of a revolver or with a sticke’ ‘Sir,’ said Smith, ‘I swear I am innocent.’’ ‘‘I know that perfectly well, but you must tell me. For, if you did it witha revolver, I shall say to the prosecution, ‘Produce the stick!’ and if you did it with a stick I shall say, ‘Produce the revolver!’ ”’ The client paused and _ scratched his head meditatively. ‘‘It was the butt end of a revolver, sir.’’ ‘‘ That’s right !’’ said the counsel; ‘‘I think I can get you. off now.’’ —~> 30> Lucky Thirteen. From the Washington Evening Star. ‘*T believe that the number 13 brings me good luck,’’ said P. T. Thornton, of Louisville, at the Metropolitan. ‘‘I don’t know whether or not it was be- cause I was born on the 13th of the month, but I have watched it _ for years, and whenever there is a combi- nation in which 13 appears it is a lucky one for me. I am as much of a crank in favor of the number 13 as any one can possibly kbe/against it. If I am having a dull business on the road I ask the hotel clerks to give me room No. 13. It is remarkable how many hotels there are that have no room with that number, and I am told that lam the only man who ever asks for a room with that number. Most men object to being given such a room.”’ +7 California Orange Season Closing. The orange season is practically at an end in California. There are a few scattering carloads of Mediterranean Sweets, St. Michaels and Valencias still to go forward, but all of the Navels have been sent East. About 5,600 car- loads have been shipped, and the early estimates varied between 8,000 and 10,000 carloads. The prices realized have been the best for the past five years. —~> 0 -~e Combinations on manufactured prods ucts are Causing new concerns to come into the field, whose equipment will soon be paid for, as they are enabled to run to their fullest extent and make large profits. As the capacity for ab- sorption by a combination has its limits, even if outsiders are willing to be taken in when they have become well estab- lished, it is merely a question of time as to when it will have run its course. Prices are then likely to drop lower than before the combination was formed, as the capacity for production has been greatly increased and the finances of the general trade are in shape to sustain a vigorous fight for a good footing.—Iron Age. Ge ——— ae — Several manufacturers of Fall River are preparing to urge a curtailment of production by mills in that city, begin- ning the first week in July and con- tinuing alternate weeks during the sum- mer or until business shows material Improvement. It is understood that signatures will be asked to an agree- ment to shut down, and it is also said that efforts will be made to induce other manufacturers in New England to join the movement. By stopping alternate weeks or by running four days a week manufacturers hope to keep their trained help around them. >> r The Secretary of Agriculture has again postponed until March 15, 1897, the provisions of the act of March 2, 1895, regarding the inspection and shipment of dressed meat. This is the third time that the postponement of the enforcement of the law has been made upon the ground of its lack of practica- bility. eect en aera ere ea THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 icIcedTcIcoIeIceIedcIedoIedede WORDEN GROCER CO. ¢ IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS oe Corner Ionia and Fulton Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. jededode se Se PWRBRULAUMRURALBARARRLRRPRURLAMHRRA HR / ) p ———— (Or — ay at —— er SSS ee ee aceon ——<—— 3p vdvdy WW WHA MRRMMD Pre RARE RM RARE AIR Re Rr Re eRe eRe oie PRUE EE REVERE RRR RR eRe 4 WHHMRRMRHARMMM BIW ur New Quakeress Japan 16as 4 Are arriving and the trade can now be supplied with them. Our efforts during the past year to furnish a high grade Tea direct from Japan have been appreciated by our customers, and we shall continue to import only the highest grades of Teas produced in that country, and always at the lowest prices consistent with high quality. It is our purpose to keep the highest grade of goods in all lines of Groceries that the trade will buy, as it is our desire to fully maintain the reputation we have established for keeping choice goods and for square dealing. Our stock is full to repletion with seasonable goods, and we want your business. 9P-2RAP- IRAP IRAP IR RAPE IPRA AE Sedotodods 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MICHIGAN IPADESMAN 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. Communieations invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lieation, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subseribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. 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. WEDNESDAY, - = = JULY 1, 1896. SOCIALISTIC TENDENCIES. The rapid spread of socialistic polit- ical doctrines in this greatest of all the world’s republics in this age is one ol the most startling signs of the apparent failure of a democratic-republican form of government. In the beginning ot this republic the ablest men were sent to Congress and to the state legisiatures, and were put into all the official places. Consider what wonderful assemblages of great men were the two houses of Congress, even up to the period of the civil war. Every state was represented there by its foremost citizens, and these would favorably compare with the best statesmen of every leading country in the world. The state legislatures were the schools in which senators and con- gressmen were trained, and every City and country community was sure to be represented in the legislature by its most distinguished and worthy sons. But those times have passed away. For the past third of a century the pub- lic representative assemblages of every sort have been rapidly deteriorating, and there is no promise of any improve- ment. The people no longer seem will- ing to follow the men who are most competent to lead them, or it may pos- sibly be that they do not have an op- portunity. The politics of every town and community, and it may be almost said of every state, are dominated and con- trolled by bosses or by powerful private interests. The consequence is that men of in- ferior abilities, often of inferior integ- rity, and commonly men who are sub- servient to the interests whose creation they are, get into official places and representative positions. Men are put in nomination by political bosses or by great business corporations, and party discipline is invoked to force the peo- ple to vote for them, and in this way men are elected to prominent public places when they are able to command no popular enthusiasm and not even public confidence. When the people come to realize that their alleged repesentatives are too often the real representatives of trusts, of corporations and of private interests, and when it is seen that the legislation accomplished is less for the public ben- efit than for private concerns, there is no wonder that a great body of the people would prefer a strong govern- ment that would work for the general good, to one which, while pretending to represent the people, is really the crea- ture of a class. Here is the cause of the socialism that is so rapidly growing up in this country. Itis a popular protest against class legislation. If there had been no congressional legislation and no judi- cial interpretation of the laws in favor of great corporations, there would be no popular demand for government con- trol of corporations. If there had been no high tariffs to create a wealthy and privileged class of manufacturers at the expense of consumers, there would be, in all probability, no demand by the Western miners for a government bounty on their silver product, and no demand by the debtor farmers of the West for the repudiation of half their debt, and no opportunity for speculators and adventurers of all sorts to seek the disorganization of all business, so that they may prey upon the necessities and profit by the financial ruin of others. This is the situation which has been caused by the apparent failure of dem- ocratic institutions, and it means, sooner or later, the abandonment of those institutions, unless a radical rem- edy shall be applied. What is the remedy? The only way in which any effective relief can be got is in the patriotism, the honesty and public spirit of the people. Bribery of public officials by reputable citizens in order to gain fa- vors and advantages in legislation must come to an end. Citizens of good posi- tion must refuse to profit by corrupt and unlawful acts of public men. Official honesty must be considered as sacred as is private honesty. Nominations for office must be made in primary elec- tions, which are guarded by the same laws as are used for the protection of public elections, and good citizens must consider it a paramount duty to take an active part in the nomination and election of officers. These are practical remedies in the power of the people. Will the people apply them? If not, then ruinous con- sequences must be upon their heads. If the people are not honest enough to maintain their democratic-republican institutions, then those institutions must perish. If the people are not patriotic enough to preserve a government of, for, and by themselves, they will finally see it fall into the power of a wild and furious mob, only, on the rebound of the demand for order and law, to see it seized by a despot. This Government was made by the people. They alone can destroy it. : Much credit is due Assistant United States District Attorney Newnham for the persistent and energetic manner in which he has prosecuted the Lamb gang. With meager evidence to begin with, he has succeeded in diverting to his office a mass of testimony which would engulf less clever criminals in a maelstrom of despair. He has mar- shaled this evidence with consummate skill and discretion, and to his aggres- siveness will be largely due the honor of depriving Grand Rapids of the further operations of the nefarious gang. There’s one thing that every commer- cial traveler endeavors to secure at any cost—the loyalty of his trade. He never allows his customers to think for a moment that there’s another firm in the world that can cater to their wants as well as his. —_—_—___»0+.—___ The way to resume is to resume work. ENGLAND’S NIGHTMARE. While it would be going too far to say that England is getting too nervous to ‘‘sleep the sleep of the gust, 7b 1S not too much to say that her slumber has, of late, been interfered with by a prodigious nightmare. The shadow of a paw belonging to a big black bear has haunted—is haunting—her and, with an oppressiveness all too real, rests like a weight upon England’s troubled heart. If the dark shadow would only come and go, ifnow and then a glimmer of the Northern lights could be seen behind it, the phenomenon would not be at all por- tentous; but the darkness settles down, and that means the settling of the sub- stance which makes the shadow. It means that, in spite of protest, the Russian railroads are slowly and as surely reach- ing the trade of Persia and Afghanistan. It means that the railroad to Herat is for something more than trade, as the island of Samoa meant something more than a coaling station; and, while it may not mean that Russia has designs on Korea, right there is the place for the harbor which Russia is determined to have, a fact which wrings a groan from the troubled sleeper. With that object secured, what next? The question is not hard to answer. A government _ that reaches from the fifteenth meridian on the west to the one hundredth and eightieth does not confine its thoughts to tradealone. The harbor, in a warmer clime, may be an objective point in trade lines; but the conquering of any part of Southern Asia for such a purpose shows plainly that conquest does not intend to stop at any harbor in Korea. With the largest ter- ritory in the world, the largest army and the largest accumulation of gold, will the Russian Empire be satisfied with the boundary line between her and China? And will Afghanistan, an in- significant strip of territory between Persia and the Chinese Empire, long remain the barrier between the Bear and British India? The paw of the beast is near enough already for Hindo- stan to see its gleaming claw. Is it any wonder that England's sleep is dis- turbed by the incubus that presses upon her? Russia has shown already what her power is over Japan. And there is no doubt about her intentions in regard to China. And Manchuria has yielded already to her powerful neighbor. Her territory is to be seamed with Russian railroads, to be dotted with Russian for- tifications and barracks and the same power is to make use of Chinese har- bors as she wills and to monopolize Chinese trade. An army of 100,000 men is to be raised and officered by Rus- sians. What is worst of all, all this has been done in such a way that England is powerless to prevent this evident partition of Chinese territory or secure a slice for herself. In addition to this, there are, to-day, in China, more than a hundred German officers and non-commissioned officers engaged in training Chinese troops; and, as if to add to the troubled sleeper’s distress, it is found that important trade conces- sions have already been granted to firms in Germany. How much of the real will be found in this hideous nightmare re- mains to be seen. The growing bound- aries of the White Czar have long been a serious cause of unrest to English statesmanship. If, as England fears, the warm harbor in the Pacific is meant for other purposes than trade; if, with that point gained, the southern bound- ary of Russia is pushed into China as that of British Guiana was into Vene- zuela, there is reason to believe that the white claw menacing India will be un- sheathed, that Turkey will yield still further to the inevitable and that ships {romethe harbor in Korea will sail from the Yellow Sea to the Red, and be strong enough to force a passage into the Mediterranean, to anchor, at last, at Constantinople, the future capital of the Russian Empire. If this be the burden of England’s unrest, it is, in- deed, a fearful nightmare, for the wak- ing therefrom will be only intensified by the fact which is rapidly reaching its culmination. Ge RASCALITY REBUKED. From present indications the crusade waged against fraudulent commission merchants of Grand Rapids by the Tradesman will culminate in clearing the atmosphere to that extent that it will be impossible for fakirs to thrive in this locality hereafter. B. F. Strifling and J. O. Smith are still fugitives from justice, Frank J. Lamb has been bound over for trial in the United States Court on a charge of fraudulent use of the mails and Chester A. Lamb will, in all probability, be bound over on the same charge before this week’s issue of the Tradesman reaches its readers. One of the most rascally pieces of work ever undertaken was the attempt of Chester A. Lamb to secure his credi- tors through the medium of his attorneys on 80 acres of land in Newaygo county, which proved to be absolutely worthless. But for the efforts of the Tradesman in ascertaining the character of the prop- erty, some of the creditors of Chester Lamb would, undoubtedly, have ac- cepted such security, only to find, later on, that they had been betrayed a second time. In their solicitude for the welfare and advancement of the ‘*common peo- ple,’’ the members of the ministerial profession are very apt to manifest a ‘‘zeal not according to knowledge.”’ Educated in the schools and seminaries, where they come little in contact with the realities of life, it is not strange that there should be a lack of practical common sense, that will frequently lead to complications that neutralize their usefulness in the cause of human ad- vancement. The Reverend T. E. Barr, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Kalamazoo, has been the cause of a serious factional fight in his congregation, which has culminated in the termination of his services, on ac- count of his persistence in inviting the co-operation of the labor agitators and union leaders of the city in his religious work, even going so far as to invite the trades and labor council to take charge of his evening services, the lead to be taken by prominent agitators in turn. The people, who come more directly into contact with the average labor leader than a minister is apt to, form a juster conception of the religious and moral character of such represent- atives of labor, and it is not strange that bis parishioners do not take kindly to their prominence in charge of the re- ligious exercises of the denomination. It is, undoubtedly, well that the min- ister should do his utmost for the ad- vancement of these classes especially, but his preparation for such work should be such as will enable him to discrim- inate as to the instrumentalities he em- ploys, that his efforts may not be ren- dered useless through the activities of the self-seeking upstarts of the indus- trial world. Se i> sali Te sentence aainoaRaer BN rhe pigs dmmacitniny* SaaS oem RH Rich Acmmacbaepee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 THE CASE OF GEO. H. SEMPLE. The case of Geo. E. Semple, who shot and killed President Wyckoff of the Bank of New Amsterdam, New York, because he refused to hand over $6,000, affords an interesting study for the alienist as weil as the moralist. His father went to New York from Chicago twenty years ago, and built up a_ busi- ness that was at first prosperous. Later, however, he met with reverses, and when he died he left very little to his son, who had been reared in luxury, and who, while yet a youth, found him- self wholly unschooled in the way of making a living. He was bright and active enough, but he seemed to lack what is known as a ‘‘business head,’’ besides being flighty and unstable. He tried various things, and finally secured employment in a department store. In time he became one of the head clerks, and then he engaged in another ven- ture, which was the beginning of more trouble. He fell in love with the daughter of a widow lady of some means. The relatives of the girl ob- jected to the match, because, as they put it, she would ‘‘be throwing herself away.’’ But at last they consented, and four years ago the couple were married, Semple then being 25 years old and his wife several years younger. Marriage with the daughter of a well- to-do widow would generally be con- sidered a lucky venture for a young man working on a comparatively small sal- ary, but it did not prove so eventually in Semple’s case. Soon after his wed- ding he left the store in which he had been employed, and started in business for himself as a cigar dealer. He adopted curious methods to draw trade, one of them being gifts of jewelry to good customers. Once thrown on his own resources, however, ill luck fol- lowed him again, and his cigar busi- ness proved a failure. He next took the New Jersey agency for an encyclo- pedia, and about a month ago removed to East Orange with his wife and child. He was sanguine of success, and ap- peared to be in excellent spirits, but it was noticed at the hotel where he stopped that he played pool much of the time. As another addition to the fam- ily was expected soon, Mrs. Semple was persuaded by her mother to come to New York. This she did on June to, the mother hiring apartments for her near her own. Soon after this, Semple lost his {position as a book agent. In the face of his previous failures, he had not the courage to tell his wife of his discharge, so he followed his usual cus- tom of breakfasting and lunching with his wife and mother-in-law in New York and then returning to East Orange. He was apparently cheerful and happy, but he told a business ac- quaintance that he was brooding deeply over the fact that he was unable to earn money enough to support his wife and child, and that all three were dependent on his mother-in-law. Finally, he be- came possessed of the mad idea of ex- torting money from some one, and the result was his assault on the kindly old banker and the taking of his own life. It would appear that Semple’s some- what flighty mind became still more unbalanced through brooding over what he considered his degrading condition. Otherwise he would have foreseen that, even had he succeeded in getting the $6,000 he demanded from the banker and escaping, the chances would be slim of his being able to use it without ultimate detection. Yet bolder schemes than the one he attempted have been carried out by men who were not only sane, but who calculated their chances with the cool shrewdness of unclouded minds. Semple was certainly sane enough to have some pride in himself and to feel humiliated because he was dependent on others. Whether he was in his right mind or not when he as- saulted the banker, his case is one of the most curious in criminal history. THE ANTI-OPTIONS BILLS. It is a rather remarkable thing that all the arguments made by the promoters of anti-option legislation, whether in the National Congress or in the various state legislatures, are intended to show that the system of trading in futures depresses the value of farm products. All the bilis, although drawn up as rev- enue measures, are meant to totally sup- press the ‘‘future’’ system, and the backing received by these bills comes mainly from the agricultural interests. As a matter of fact, the tendency of all speculation is to enhance the price of products, because it brings into ac- tive competition with consumers a_ vast amount of floating capital which aids in relieving the producers of the burden of carrying their produce until consumers are prepared to take it. The worst that can be truthfully said of speculation is that it sometimes has a tendency to in- flate values ; but the sufferers from this inflation are invariably the speculators or consumers, and scarcely ever the farmers. While it is true that the prices for all agricultural products have gradually de- clined of recent years, it is evident to the most careless student of events that the cause of this shrinkage in value is not speculation or trading in futures, but overproduction and keener compe- tition among the various countries pro- dJucing exportable surpluses of products, such as grain, cotton and the like. The main sustaining power for prices during the period when the staple crops are being rushed to market is specula- tion. Were this withdrawn, and the producers forced either to throw their crops on the market or hold them until consumers should be willing to buy, it is not Gifficult to understand that prices would be very much lower than is now the rule, while the range of values from the highest during the period when the crop has been nearly disposed of and the time of greatest pressure to sell would be extremely wide. Reference to the statistical tables of prices for leading products during periods prior to the inauguration of the system of trading in futures will show that in those times the range of prices was very much wider than at present, although the pro- duction of staple products was very much smaller and approximated much closer the world’s actual needs than is now the case. If any class has a right to complain of the system of trading in futures, it is certainly not the farmers, wko have everything to gain from the perpetua- tion of the system, as its inevitable tendency is to stimulate demand and enhance prices. ARMING AUXILIARY CRUISERS. Some years ago the postal subsidy bill was passed, providing for the pay- ment of a subsidy to American vessels for carrying the mails and for entering into an arrangement whereby they were to be examined by naval officers, and, if found suitable, carried on the list of reserve vessels to be used as auxiliary cruisers or transports in time of war. This law gives the Government the power to take possession of these sub- sidized vessels upon payment to the owners of their appraised value at the | time of taking them. A number of ships have qualified un- | der this law, and it is believed that the total number is now over thirty. On the list and at the head of it are the New York, Paris, St. Paul and St Louis, of the American Line, all being splendid vessels, which would make most efficient cruisers and commerce destroyers. The mere possession of these vessels and their presence upon the reserve rol] did not make them promptly available for service in the event of war. There were no guns available with which to arm them; hence they would only be of use as transports. The last naval ap- propriation bill,, however, contained a provision which will, in the course of a short time, correct this defect. On recommendation of the Navy Depart- ment, $400,000 was appropriated for the purpose of constructing guns for arming the auxiliary cruisers, and the depart- ment is already taking steps to at once commence work on these guns. The guns to be constructed for the auxiliary ships will be of the quick-fir- ing type of 6 and 4-inch caliber. These guns will be stored at the different navy yards, in readiness to be mounted on board of the vessels for which they are destined at the shortest possible notice. With these guns, supplemented by a number of small rapid-fire and machine guns, the auxiliary cruisers would be as formidable ships as the average second- rate cruiser, with the advantage of greatly superior speed. HEATHEN CRACKERS. The smail boy whose patriotism ex- presses itself on the glorious Fourth in noise and fireworks had better make the most of his opportunities this year. This is the last time when he can_ pur- chase burnt fingers and enough noise to run the neighbors crazy for the insig- nificant sum of a quarter. The manu- facturers of fireworks and firecrackers have formed a trust and the price is to be put up. One of the delightful nov- elties with which the idiotic practical joker will endear himself to his kind is a new cigarette. It looks just like any ordinary cigarette, and is put up in the same kind of boxes. The difference is that, when the user takes a puff or two, the loaded cigarette playfully explodes, throwing a small quantity of black pow- der in the smoker’s face. This little pleasantry is considered very amusing, and is a form of wit which will be much in evidence this summer. A _ trust that puts up the price of firecrackers will be warmly applauded by the adult members of the community. It is to be hoped that prices will go so high they will be prohibitive, so far as the giant cracker is concerned, and that our National holidays will not be made days of terror for nervous people on account of the explosive firecracker which always goes off when it is neither wanted nor ex- pected. A commercial traveler who has trav- eled in nearly every country of the world says that he nowhere experienced such extreme cold as in the interior of Labrador. He says that, before milking the reindeer, the milkmaid places a string in the pail, allowing one end to hang over the side. By the time the milking is finished the lacteal fluid is frozen solid and the maid takes hold of the string and, lifting the frozen milk from the pail, throws it over her shouldér and marches to the hut. | His Adventure with a Burglar Alarm. | From the Chicago Daily Tribune. A large Chicage jewelry house recent- ~ |ly appointed a new superintendent. Prior to his arrival the duties of the po- sition were filled by an employe, who was named as assistant superintendent. All entrances to the jewelry house, the windows, and the vaults are con- nected with electric wires, which run to detective headquarters and are there at- tached to a burglar alarm. Something was the matter with the alarm, and it went off of its own volition three times within the week prior to the new super- intendent’s arrival. As soon as the alarm rang, detectives were sent to sur- round the store, while one of their num- ber was despatched to the residence of the assistant superintendent, who went down to the store with his keys and ad- mitted the officers. The superintendent arrived Friday night. The jewelry store closed at noon Saturday. At 3 o'clock in the after- noon the burglar alarm at headquarters rang furiously. Officers went on a keen jump to the store, while another went, as usual, for the assistant superintendent. Some one had heard of the arrival of the recently engaged superintendent, and he was likewise sent for. The assistant superintendent reached the store first, and found that the bur- glar alarm had gone ona strike of its own accord again, and the officers were sent back to headquarters. The assist- ant superintendent went home. Ina few minutes the superintendent reached the store, unlocked the door and entered. His opening the door rang the burglar alarm at headquarters once more. Down came the detectives with a rush. They found the stranger superintendent walk- ing around in the store, peeping into this place and that, and here and_ there trying a vault door to see if it was se- cure. When he saw the officers he blew them up for being slow, and said that twenty places could be robbed while they were getting around. ‘‘[ am the superintendent here,’’ he said, ‘‘and this dilatoriness shall be reported, ”’ **Pretty good bluff, gray-headed detective, ‘‘but it won't work. See? You come along with us.’’ And forthwith they dragged him to headquarters. The superintendent had nothing with him to prove his identity, and he was compelled to submit to the humiliation of being taken under guard to the far South Side to have his char- acter vouched for by a subordinate. a An experiment is being tried ina large Pennsylvania mine which, if suc- cessful, will have an important bearing upon the coal mining industry in the future. The mine is worked as far as it is possible to get at the coal available under ordinary conditions. Many large pillars have been left standing because it was too dangerous to try to work them, if not Throughout this region much valuable coal has been lost from this cause. In his annual re- port the engineer of the mine estimates that the amount of coal left standing in these pillars is about 35 per cent. It is thought that fully 50 per cent. of this coal can be recovered. It is proposed to bore holes into the workings and then allow them to fill up with silt or fine coal dirt. This will penetrate freely to all parts of the mine, as it will be thoroughly saturated with water before it enters the surface openings. When this silt has become hard the old mine will again be opened up, gangways will be driven through the silt, and the coal which is left standing will thus be reached. The plan has already been tried with success in a small way. If its feasibility in large mines can be proved it will enable many mines to be reopened that formerly cost so much to operate as to leave little prospect of profit. that, said a impossible. mre ran errrmncsirs gunna eesmes rary west PRE ETT 10 The Money Question from a Woman's | Standpoint. ‘Have | I an opinion on the money question?’ repeated the New Woman, in reply to my query as to her v lews on the financial outlook. ‘‘Why, my dear woman, I’ve got a million!’’ I modestly intimated that one be sufficient. ‘‘Well, speaking as a woman,’’ she said, setting her immaculate collar and tie, ‘‘of course, I'm in favor of paper money. Silver isa — It ruins your gloves, and it’s so bulky it doesn’t leave a bit of room in your purse for samples. As for gold or silver as a standard, bless your heart, | don’t un- derstand the question a bit better than the men do. I ama gold bug. Now, for heaven’s sake, don’t ask me why It is one of the merciful provisions of would providence that women are not required to give a reason for the faith that is in them. ‘But I tell you what I think is of interest to women than whether the two great parties declare for free silver or a gold standard, and that is to get the money question sett led in our own families. That's trouble comes in with a 16-to-1 ratio. Half of the domestic unhappiness that you hear of has its right there. ‘Uhe monthly bills and the allowance are an unromantic source of discord, but they are the little rifts within the lute that paralyze domestic harmony. Of course, whe n I speak of domestic un- happiness’ being caused by money, d don’t mean the cases where the wife is wildly extravagant or the husband is a tyrant or a miser. I mean those plain, everyday cases, where a man is a good man, really wants his family to more where origin who have things, and provides well, but} THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN where the wife never has a cent of her ‘own to buy a thing she fancies, and where the monthly bills are growled over as a matter of conscience. I know that American men are, as a general thing, generous to their families—in a way. But what a way! Do you know, I often feel like saying to them: ‘Gen- tlemen, will you remember that women are human creatures, with like emotions to yourselves? Could we glory in the independence of American men, with- out feeling a like desire to be independ- ent ourselves?) We despise a man who has little enough spirit to live on the grudging allowance given him by even his father, and it humiliates us to have to go to you and ask you for a quarter for this or a half dollar for that!’ ‘Yes,’’? went on the New Woman, ‘‘no matter how much a woman loves her husband, no matter how devoted she is to her father or brother, to have to go to any man and ask him for money and receive his ‘What do you want with it?’ is a bitter shame, against which she re- volts in her soul. How many women do you know who say apologetically, ‘Tohn, I'll have to ask you to give me a little extra; I got so hungry downtown I just had to get mea little lunch,’ or ‘I asked Mrs. B. to lunch with me. She’s been so kind, etc.?’ Of course, John, being a gentleman, gives her the money; but think of her having to apologize and explain! Does John have to explain to Mary when he gets his lunch; is he abjectly apologetic when he asks a friend to have a smoke; does he tell her about it in order to explain the deficit in the exchequer? Why, he would get a divorce from a woman who expected it of him! ‘It is my lot to be with many work- ing women. Some of them are but illy paid; some are too frail to work ; some have hard taskmasters; but I have yet to find the first one who, in speaking of her lot, did not offset its hardships by saying: ‘But, oh, it’s so good to be independent—not to have to consult a soul about what you buy, or give apy account of what you do with your money. If you choose to wear your old frock and buy a lot of books, or go to the theater, nobody can say a word. It's freedom, and it’s worth working for.’ ‘‘Now, I do not believe in women’s having to work,’’ said the New Woman in an old-womanly way. ‘‘I think it’s a pity for every one who is forced by circumstances to earn her living outside of her home, but can you blame them? Until men will divide more fairly with their wives, not in the way of paying bills, but in giving them a regular al- iowance, just so long will women sigh for the opportunity of making money. If you will go to any woman’s exchange the managers will tell you they have the hardest time in keeping out the work— the embroidery and tatting and hand painting—of rich women who never have any money of their own, and try to take that way to earn a little pocket money. Why should a woman’ who keeps house, and attends to a man’s children, and receives his company, not be worth the pay of a housekeeper? That’s a common sense basis they might figure on. ‘I have spoken only of the wives of good men. When you come to the hard- fisted old misers, God only knows what women endure, and where they get the patience to bear it. The other day, in a New York paper, there was a story, the most pathetic, I think, I ever read. It told the story of two women, a mother and daughter, who came to a New York hotel, and deposited $1,400 with the clerk, which they told him they would draw against. They were country wom- en, wearing old-fashioned country clothes of poor material. Their hands were seamed with hard work, and their faces etched with the ineffaceable lines of poverty and poor living and priva- tion and dull monotony and despair. ‘‘It was plain that they had come to town to have a good time. They in- vaded the stores, and in a few days were adorned like Solomon in all his glory. They twinkled with jet and blazed with spangles. ~They got silk stockings and chiffon parasols, and all sorts of delicate and perishable finery. They went to the theater every evening, and were insatiable in their thirst for pleasure. Every day bundle after bundle came for them to the hotel, and the clerk paid for them out of the money deposited with him, until, at last, in making up his accounts, he as- certained that they had spent all of the $1,400 and were $30 overdrawn. He sent for them, and, to his surprise, the elder woman, when she heard it, burst into tears. Then the whole story came out. Her husband had been a hard and stingy man, living on one of the poor little farms in Vermont. Early and late they had toiled, denying themselves everything, always driven by’his grasp- ing. The daughter said she had never known a pleasure in her life. She had never had a new ribbon, or a holiday, ora joy. Always it had been work, work, work, early and late, without even a pleasant word from her father to sweeten it. At last he died, and left them, beside the poor little farm, a $1,400 insurance policy, and she had persuaded; her mother to go on a vaca- Ww Ww TRADEXG@XMARK TRADE J by first steamer, WwW Derrorr, June 12th, . The shipment of the Celebrated . WwW TRADE XIUARK J has arrived and all have been sent to our customers, and are now on trial. The shipment by second steamer will arrive in a few days. to any charity named by any party producing a better Tea, this offer to hold good until January rst, — W. J. GOULD & CO. Soe rte te a tue ot rane - TRADE “% TRADE 1897. > *JAPAN TEAS? We will donate $100.00 JaVuL N 1596. cr i ain Kae yuvil NM JOVULY nig W JOVYL MUV “YUL wan A cr “Egon vegan YUN —— ee tion and not come back until it was all spent. The mother cried bitterly, but the daughter declared passionately that she had had _ her fling. She had seen something of the world, and had gotten some joy out of it, and she was ready to go back, and she thought she had gotten the worth of her money. And they did go back to the old farm, the hotel people giving them tickets. ‘*Can’t you understand that? I can. I can see how anyone starved for beauty and color, and laughter, and light would pay any price for it, and not re- gret the bargain. I can imagine those poor women, who had lived on the coarsest and plainest food, eating lob- ster salad and ice cream for breakfast. I can even imagine the fearful joy with which they, reared to believe a play- house the deadly sin, haunted the theaters where the skirt dancer and_ the ballet were the features of the perform- ance. ‘Of course,some man will say, ‘That's the way women would throw money away if they had it.’ But they wouldn't. It was only the revolt against a lifetime of grinding down. Ifthe man had only divided fairly with them, no matter how small the amount was, they would never have felt{that way about it. **Really,’’ concluded the New Woman, ‘when you come to think about it, isn’t it a litle inconsistent that a man will trust us with his name, with his honor, but not his pocketbook? As_ for the rest of the financial question,’’ and she waved her hand airily and blew a kiss from the tips of her fingers, ‘‘I leave that to the men—I am only in- terested in the divide.’’ DorotHy DIx. - > © > - Women in Business. In 1890 there were, in the United States, 4,455 women doctors, against 527 in 1870. Three hundred and thirty-seven wom- en dentists, against twenty-four. Two hundred and forty women law- yers, against five. One thousand, two hundred and thirty- five women preachers, against sixty- seven. One hundred and eighty women land surveyors and engineers, against none at all in 1870. Twenty-five women architects, against one. Eleven thousand women sculptors and painters, against 412. Three thousand women against 159. Eight hundred and eighty-eight wom- en journalists, against thirty-five. Thirty-four thousand, five hundred and eighteen women musicians, against 5,735- t Three thousand. nine hundred and forty-nine actresses, against 692. Twenty-one thousand, one hundred and eighty-five shorthand writers, against seven. Sixty-four thousand and _ forty-eight secretaries and clerks, against 8,016. Twenty-seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven women book-keep- ers, against none in 1870. —_____-<0—____ Prices Reduced—Quality Maintained. John Phillips & Co., of Detroit, offer oak show cases, a polished, seven- teen inches high,of double thick French sheet glass throughout, bottoms covered with cotton plush, at $1.75 per foot—the best show case made for the money. —__>0»—_ Queen Victoria seems to have gone into the strawberry growing business. An English exchange says that she secured the Banksian medal at the Royal Horticultural Society’s show, the other day, ‘‘for a splendid exhibit’’ of the fruit. writers, - ee Everything in cigars at Bushman’s. _ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 NEW 1896 GRUP e Keep A-Goin’. If you strike a thorn or rose, Keep a-goin’! If it hails or if it snows, Keep a-goin’! *Tain’t no use to sit and whine When the fish ain’t on your line; Bait your hook an’ keep on tryin’— Keep a-goin’! When the weather kills your crop, Keep a-goin’! When you tumble from the top, Keep a-goin’! S’pose you're out 0’ every dime? Gettin’ broke ain’t any crime: Tell the wortd you're feelin’ prime! Keep a goin’! When it looks like all is up, Keep a-goin’! Drain the sweetness from the cup, Keep a-goin’! See the wild birds on the wing! Hear the bells that sweetly ring! When you feel like singin’—sing! Keep a-goin’! —___$_~» 2 — Accommodation in Business. From the Commercial Bulletin. Many business men forget that they are dependent on the public for suc- cess, and as a result they assume toward the public an air of superiority that is very much out of place. A business man should leam politeness in all deal- ings with the public, for one can never tell when politeness will bring its busi- ness reward. This is not saying that a patronizing attitude should be assumed before the public; it is unnecessary to carry it that far. True politeness comes first in consideration, and it is a factor in business that always brings good re- sults. We very often find business men as- suming an arrogant attitude before a customer, or it may be an_ indifference that is decidedly cooling on the one who comes in contact with it. To be successful in business we must be obliging in small things, and always courteous, even where annoyance con- fronts us, so long as that annoyance is not in itself an abuse of our kindness. There is the man who telephones us and never knows just what his errand is, or whom he wants to talk with. Be patient with this man, for he may become your patron. There is the man who comes into your office occasionally to use your tel- ephone. Do not freeze him to death with a look, but make him feel that he is welcome. This will pay in the long run. It is not to be expected that an office can be made a running place for some business man who prefers to use another’s telephone rather than hire one, but it is expected that the indi- vidual who seldom uses a telephone will be accommodated when he makes the request. It is natural many times to become snappish when snappishness is not the quality of disposition most desirable for the occasion of its use. Sometimes snappishness is a good thing, when its object is to arouse froma dreamy stupor some one who should be more active mentally. But snappishness as applied in business should give away to com- mon courtesy; we all appreciate the latter, therefore we should cultivate it as a personal characteristic. When we can say a man _ is courteous, we have paid him a higher compliment than to call him president of a country. But it seems useless to direct business men along correct lines. There is so much of selfishness in man that progress is slow. And yet it appears to bea duty to keep at it in the hope that some one will be able to work for the better. We often get mixed in our expressions ; we say a man should be courteous so that he can sell more goods. If we can’t have the action on a higher level than this, let us have it anyway, but when we find merchants selling more goods because they are courteous, we shall be better satisfied, because then trade is taking a natural course, follow- ing a natural action by a business man. —__—__»> 2-2 A local paper says that a mine of pure mica has been discovered in the moun- tains near Cranberry Creek, a few miles from Gloversville, N. Y. The mica appears to be «in ‘‘pockets,’’ and the owners hope to exchange it for the money now in the pockets of capitalists. New just arriving. year finer than ever before. the cou 1896 crop JEWELL CHOP JAPAN TEAS l Rich, delicious, delicate. Quality this Many jobbers throughout ntry still have on hand a large stock of 1895 crop, private chop mark Japan Tea, and must unload them on you or the other fellow. with us This is not the case \ . Nota pound of old Jewell Chop Japan Tea in stock. Buy Jewell Chop Teas of us, and you will get JUST WHAT YOU BUY, nice, tender leaf, frag- rant 1896 crop tea. |, M. CLARK GROCERY CO. —_~ —» ~ —» _— ) ——? —_—<> — —_—<> — _ \ SKE eeeTereHeTeeReTe TENET i The Stimpson Computing Scale. Co. begs to inform the trade that they have recently 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 EL. E.. Vice-Pres. ; Bucklin, Pres.; Isaac Grimes, Mell Barnes, Sec. and Treas.; After the 15th of this month our address will be Elk- hart, Ind. Edwin Finn, General Manager. Very truly yours, Stimpson Gomputing Scale 6o., ELKHART, IND. nvr ibdiabdbaddbabasdsaibne 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN More about Specialties. Written for the TRADESMAN. There was once a youth of robust frame and healthy appetite, having a doting mother who believed in gratify- ing the latter to its fullest extent. One day, after surfeiting her son with a din- ner of many courses, she insisted that he had not yet appeased his hunger, and should at least eat another slice of pud- ding. But he shook his head and de- clared that he was already satisfied. ‘But, dear Harry,’’ she said, can’t you just taste a little more—only a tart and a small piece of this delicious cake?’’ With a sigh and a groan, he replied, ‘‘ Perhaps I could, mother, it 1 stood up.’’ This story comes to mind when read- ing some comments by the editor of the Interstate Grocer, of St. Louis, who calls in question the animus of my ar- ticle on specialties that appeared in the Tradesman of June 3. After expressing gratification that the matter complained of was not an editorial, but only the heretical opinions of a contributor, he brings the whole force of his intelli- gence to neutralize its effect on the gen- eral reader, by saying that an attempt to reply ‘‘would be a waste of space.’’ He then goes on to say that the opin- ions of said. correspondent are ** weak and fallacious,’’ and asserts that ‘‘spe- cialites are always potential factors for success, when properly handled,’’ also that ‘‘the average dealer possesses busi- ness acumen and is not apt to aliow himself to be taken in by the manufac- turer He concludes by asserting that it is the duty of the mer- chant to ‘‘cater advisably and conserv- atively to the whims of the people,”’ as though they were the inciting cause in producing all the specialties that are forever knocking at the retailer's door. of a novelty.’’ In reply to these strictures from one who claims to understand what are the best trade methods, I would simply cal] attention to the prominent points of my article, condensed as follows Retailers, in yeneral, find that the fluctuations in demand for certain kinds of goods known as specialties are tan- talizing and difficult to account for; This fickle demand may be caused, Ir part, by the persistent attempts of pro- ducers to force upon the market a_ sur- plus of goods that compete with others in the same line; Producers are not content with im- proving the quality of each article so as to insure permanence of. demand on its merits, but crowd new goods, differ- ing only in name, upon the attention of the dealer before he has had time to get a local trade well established with goods fully as meritorious ; Upon refusal to order such competing goods, proprietors sometimes appeal to the customers of the dealer by round- about ways that often succeed in damaging well-established and profitable trade. too Commenting on the above facts, so common in the experience of merchants, I expressed no antagonism against a system that thus gluts the market both in necessities and luxuries further than to mention it as a practice that, unfor- tunately, exists and, though aggravating to the retailer, must be endured so long as: invention spurs enterprise to produce beyond the needs or desires of consumers. In admitting the existence of an evil so apparent toall, I advanced no opinions hostile tc legitimate busi- ness methods, merely favoring a course of careful discretion in stocking up 1 | with specialties as the only relief from this overproduction. The editor appears to intimate that the production of specialties, though multiplied beyond reasonable limits, is due to a spontaneous call for novelties on the part of the public, and his ar- gument and vituperation both follow this premise. But, if his premise is not true, all his censure upon my arti- cle falls short of a logical conclusion. All will admit that many products, both in staple goods and luxuries, have their origin in plainly expressed wishes of the public. Others appear in market to supply anticipated wants due to the caprices of fashion. Yet a large re- mainder are introduced in the hope to create a demand on the score of novelty, without having justification by reason of intrinsic value above othefs in the same line to recommend them to either merchant er consumer. A needless sur- plus of such goods has produced the condition spoken of ana grocers, drug- gists and general dealers all feel the pressure | attempted to describe. This is the ‘‘head and front of my offending,’’ which the Interstate Grocer resents as hostile to commercial ethics. Whether this be so or not I am_ content to leave to the sober judgment of all who do a retail business, and I have no fears for the verdict. In all discussions concerning trade methods there are, of course, different points of view, Writ- ing in the interest of the retailers, it was natural to treat the subject from their standpoint. If the statements made are true, there is no apology due the St. Louis critic. In closing this rejoinder, I havea few remarks to add, apropos of what has preceded, even at the risk of hav- ing them classed as ‘‘weak and falla- cious opinions :"’ While trying to account for the faliing off in demand for certain specialties, a careful observer may find a clue in one direction that is not complimentary to the honesty of some manufacturers. The common complaint of consumers, when asked for reasous why they dis- continue the use of an article once pre- ferred above all others, is that the qual- ity has deteriorated. This makes them the more willing to accept new favor- ites specially prepared to attract cus- tom. And these, in turn, fail, after a short trial, to give satisfaction. It is not the fault of the retailer. But he thus becomes a vicarious sufferer. Much of the adulteration in goods on the mar ket may be traced to this cause. The influence of trade journals may, therefore, be wisely used by insisting on fewer novelties and specialties until the majority of those now offered the public are kept up to such a standard of excellence as will be sure to hold trade when once secured. The dealer should not be expected to pioneer, with- out regard to its adaptability to his own local trade, every product of manufac- turing enterprise seeking the public favor. Manufacturers of staple goods would, no doubt, find greater profit in maintaining the quality of their prod- ucts than in duplicating grades of same quality under different names, besides saving much in the matter of adver- tising. And both jobber and retailer might well be grateful to them for pur- suing such a course. PETER C. MEEK. a The imports of frozen meats into England began fourteen years ago, and last year 2,500,000 sheep and lambs were imported, besides 180,000 beef quarters. all WE MAKE A SPRING wheat flour excelled by none. Our sales have increased rap- idly during the last year, and wherever 0 used it has given the best of satisfaction. Hundreds Michigan handle our winter wheat flour, like to have sell any spring wheat flour at “«Crosby’s Superior”’ the next time they send in an order. We guarantee the quality. VALLEY GITY MULLING GO. GRAND RAPIDS, HIGH. our flour has been of grocers in and we would all of them who order some of our ©.O© © OKO) © © © Why flour © © © ©. Write for Special Prices. Entire Wheat Four To Grocers in Grand Rapids and dealers generally: ay enormous prices for “Entire wheat” = the Eastern buy it from a Michigan mill, equally good, at a much less price? ery for the purpose and would like to confer with you on the subject. WM. CALLAM & SON, States when you can We have special machin- 215—217 N. Franklin street, Saginaw, E. 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I had an interview last week with a retail grocer who is famous for his price cutting, and for a minute he nearly up- set my preconceived opinions of this practice. I weathered the storm all right in the end though, but I had to do some pretty straight talking before I could convince him that it wouldn’t be good policy for every grocer to do as he has done. I was walking up Chestnut street when I met him. ‘*Hello,’’ he said, ‘‘why doesn’t that paper of yours stop hammering at the cutter?’’ ‘*Because it thinks the cutter is a pretty bad sort of fellow,’’ I said. ‘*Why is he?’’ was the question. ‘*Well, he demoralizes trade,’’ I said. ‘*Bosh!’’ was the reply. ‘‘ These fel- lows who are too weak to follow the cutter’s example only claim that to hide their weakness. You’ll admit, won't you, that the main thing in business is to succeed, provided you do _ it honor- ably?’’ I admitted it. ‘‘Well,’’ he said, ‘‘when I tell you a few things, I guess you'll] change your opinion of the cutter. I don’t say these things to be boastful, but merely to show you that, although I’ve been a cut- ter, I’ve made more money out of the retail grocery business than nine out of ten men you meet. ‘*T started eleven years ago with $60 in cash. I had some ideas about the grocery business and felt pretty sure they were good ones. So I _ hustled around and found the means of putting them into execution. My hobby is, as you know, cut prices and cash dealings. These are the foundation of my whole business career. To-day I have twenty- one retail stores and one jobbing house, and $80, 000 worth of real estate, $50, ooo of which is clear of all encumbrance.”’ ‘*Splendid,’’ I said, involuntarily. ‘*‘Wait a minute,’’ he said. ‘‘In the busy season I keep 158 employes going. I have one store where three clerks do a business of $1,200 a week. Every cent’s worth of goods which goes out of my store has left its value in cash in my drawer. Never once since I adopted the cash system have I broken it. How many of your non-cutters can say that?’’ ‘‘Do you mean to say that you've never broken the rule to anybody?’’ I asked, incredulously. ‘*That’s exactly what I do mean to say,’’ he answered. ‘‘Why, once a wholesaler who buys goods of me tried to get an arrangement to settle weekly. | said no. ‘Then he said he’d deposit $50 with me. I said no, too, because that would have looked as if I distrusted him, which I didn’t. He finally agreed that I was right and now buys of me spot cash. ‘‘Do you mind telling me what your average profit is?’’ I asked. ‘*Nota bit,’’ he said. ‘‘ My gross profit is 15 per cent., which is more than nine out of ten credit grocers make to-day. | live in good style and enjoy life. No- body owes me a dollar. Now what do you think of cutting?”’ I stood and looked at the man for a minute in genuine admiration. $80,000 in eleven years! Nobody can deny that this is a splendid showing. Then | recovered myself and rallied to the at- tack. ‘*My dear sir,’’ I said, ‘‘I grant you that you have been marvelously suc- cessful as a cut-price grocer. But doesn’t it occur to you that your own business faculty was the main reason for this? The cutting of prices in your casee| was only an incident; vou really suc- ceeded because you were a_ business man and possessed the elements of suc- cess in a peculiar degree. In other words, you are fitted to succeed in your special line. Now take the other gg out of the 100 grocers, and you'll find that they have not these peculiar faculties. They would break up their business in a year, because price-cutitng is an ex- tremely risky branch of the grocery business. Where you have the nerve to skate over thin’ ice, other grocers haven't, and it’s no discredit to them that they haven't. It’s all a matter of disposition. You’ve succeeded where others, were they to try the same methods, would have failed.’’ I stopped, chiefly because my breath had given out. ‘‘Um,’’ he said,** I suppose that’s so. ‘‘Who was it?’’ Tom Hunter. a Pleasing the Public. John Chester, in Printer’s Ink. The only way to attract the people is to please them; the only way to keep their custom is to continue pleasing them and anticipate their pleasures. You want to ‘‘keep tab,’’ as it were, on what they require, to constantly en- deavor to find out their wants and sup- ply them promptly. This can be done promptly through your salespeople. If goods be asked for that you haven't in stock, offer to get them. Get the address of the would-be purchasers, notify them when you have the goods, and let that be quickly. All that is trouble, but it is the kind of trouble that pays and builds up a solid, permanent trade. I have always claimed that the pri- vate reputation earned by a firm’s en- terprise was more stable than the public one earned by advertising. Shoppers are mostly women, and it is one of woman's most glorious privileges to talk, and she never fails to avail her- self of that privilege. Piease the wom- an and you have secured the family trade, besides recommending you to her friends. Displease her, and you have not only made an enemy of her but of her friends also. You will never please the public by being lax or unattractive in your ad- vertising. The people have come to be great and discerning critics in this re- spect. They criticise your ads, your matter and your methods much more than you think. Nothing stale, weak or silly, by way of argument, will ‘‘go down*’ with them. And you must not merely please them in words, but in practice. Promise nothing you are not prepared to perform when they visit your store. Because you happen to be doing a good business, don’t make the mistake of getting churlish with customers. That is a good way to lose all you have gained. At all times politeness paves the way to prosperity, the lack of it drives away your best trade. Don’t tire of taking pains to please the people, or of trying, by attractive methods, to gain new friends from day to day, Never let the report get abroad that you are disobliging or disrespectful. That will do you more harm than your best advertisement will do good. You really can’t afford to get irritated because a customer is somewhat hard to please. Remember, your place is to please the public if you wish to succeed. ° it is a great mistake to discriminate too much between the regular and the casual customer. The same means that made the first one permanent can make the second one permanent, too. Treat every caller as if he or she were regular traders at your store, and you will find that a good way to win friends. Affa- bility, anxiety to satisfy, an uncon- sciousness—real or assumed—of being put to any trouble or inconvenience— all these are instrumental in pleasing the public, and they are positive neces- sities in every store that is run with any idea of being a permanent success. —__—_» 0 »—___— 300 pieces dark fancy, full standard prints at 44%c, Glousterer brand. io STEKETEE & SONS. —_—__— 2-2 -_—. Wait for Bushman, of Kalamazoo. PDAPHRAROemnrnrernm—ems OrorworornsvO Wr orr Oo Yow rere" If you want a GOOD Cracker ask your grocer for OARISTENSON'S XXX BUTTER CHRISTENSON BAKING CO. Manufacturers of Crackers GRAND RAPIDS, ; and Sweet Goods....... MICH. A SOOSOSSOSOSOOOOSOS 2229 DOHOQOQOQOGQOQOOOOSOHSSSSOOOOOGOSO000 TRY HANSELMAN’S Goods which are sure to please. Once used always used. Sold by all dealers. Also fruits, nuts and fireworks. Y HANSELMAN CANDY CO., KALAMAZOO, MICH. 100000000 O8.000000.0:00000000 eeccesece eM uNr aaa mai laa si yiuiomauii: IREWORKS : IREGRACKERS LAGS é.. A complete line of staple goods at un- heard of 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. Qo to this material by writing vare’s nid ASPHALT ROOF COATING WARREN CHEMICAL AND MANUF IGTURING C0. 9 81 Fulton street, NEW YORK. 909000000 9OQOQOQOOO® It is Enough to Make a Horse Laugh 0OOOOOOO99OOO0000OOOQOQOQOOQOODOODOODOSOOOGES ———E——————— To see how some merchants persist in hanging to the pass book and other antiquated charging systems when the adoption of the Coupon Book System would curtail their losses, lessen the time devoted to credit transactions, enable them to avoid the annoyances incident to credit dealings and place their business on practically a cash basis. We were the originators, and original introducers of the Coupon Book System—beginning their manufacture at Big Rapids, Mich., in 1875—and our capacity is larger than that of all other manufacturers combined. chants are now using our books. We want as many more customers. We want you. logue and price list? TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Over 25,000 retail mer- Are you willing to receive cata- A postal card will bring them. GCOOOOOGQOQOQOQOGQOOQO OOS OOOO4 00008 4 ® ¢ ° . 4 : @ @ @ @ @) @ @) @ @ @ © © © @ @ @ @ @) @ @) @ @) @) @) © @ @) @ @) @ ® O ; @ © ¢ ° OOOO SQDOODOOOOOOOQOOOQOOOOOOOQOOO® 0000000000000 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Outing Shoes for Women. If your spirits are depressed ; if you are kicking and grumbling at the lack of trade and the lack of money when there is trade; if you are sick of the shoe business .altogether, read the fol- lowing from the New York Journal. It will do you good. It will assure you that somewhere there is a demand _ for footgzear—if it doesn’t make you smile at the lack of conception the writer dis- plays of conditions outside a certain contracted sphere : Three years ago the summer girl’s shoes were regarded as a minor part of her wardrobe. In fact, she needed to be provided with only two kinds—those for walking and those tor dancing. But since then times have changed. The athletic girl has revolutionized the shoe trade. There are shoes and boots this summer, not only for bicycling, riding, golf and tennis, but shoes for mountain climbing, trout fishing, fencing and basket ball, to say nothing of the many dainty slippers designed for dancing and piazza wear. The summer girl must own at least three different pairs of bicycle boots The newest are dainty enough to suit the most fastidious young woman in the land. They are no longer clumsy and ungainly, but are made with a_ pointed toe and a French heel and are altogether a very smart-looking boot. For warm weather the boot is invariably made to order to match the costume. One of the swellest pairs of bicycle boots in town is made of Russian crash, with the foxing in brown glace leather. The heel is a dainty Louis XV affair and the -toe very pointed. The boot reaches to just below the knee and fas- tens there with two straps caught through gold heart-shaped — buckles. Boots made entirely of glace leather, both in tan and black, are much in favor at present. One of the novelties of the hour is a glace boot made with an adjustable top. After the ride when the top is unbut- toned, the boot has the appearance of an ordinary good-looking walking shoe. 3eing made _ in this way, it serves two purposes admirably. Bicycle boots made of satin Francaise and trimmed with leather are also new. All the boots are unlined and are much cooler than they look. The av- erage bicycle boot, bought ready made, varies in price from $3 to $5. Those made to order come as high as $20, ac- cording to the material used. For hard wear the boot with the horsehide sole, which is pedal proof, is most in favor. Many of the summer boots are most eonspicuous. One pair recently made to order for a New York girl were of white canvas trimmed with bright red leather. If part of her vacation is to be spent camping out, the summer girl will need a pair of wading shoes. They are made of canvas, foxed with leather, and are worn over her ordinary shoes. They fasten with two straps and the unusual- ly heavy leather sole is studded with hobnails. For trout fishing these are invaluable, and also for long tramps through the uncleared woods, where marshy ground and rough stumps are met at every turn. For mountain climbing a less clumsy shoe is needed. Nothing is better for this purpose than a laced shoe of goat- skin, made with a_ projecting leather sole. The golf boot is frequently worn for extensive mountain climbing. It reaches just below the knee and is_ best looking when made of tan calf, neatly stitched. The golf boot laces up the front, fastening near the top with two straps. It is generally made with a round toe. [There are many novelties in riding boots this summer. All of them aim to be mannish in effect. Those entirely of patent leather are the most stylish. They are made with a stiff leg, but wrinkling near the ankle. The toe is pointed and | | | the boot reaches nearly to the knee. There are other riding boots, new this season, which are made of Russia calf and trimmed with patent leather. These, also, are much in vogue. The fencing shoe is, perhaps, the oddest which the athletic girl wears. It is a low shoe, made of black buckskin and patent leather and trimmed with some bright shade of leather. The soles are of felt, and attached to the shoe for the right foot is a leather projection up- on which to rest the foil. These shoes bought ready made cost $3. Many of them are of white buckskin, instead of black, and are trimmed with a strap across the front of scarlet, blue or greer- leather. The back of the shoe is patent leather. ! The tennis shoe varies little from sea- son to season. It is always a low shoe, generally of canvas and made With a corrugated rubber sole to prevent slip- ping when running across the court. This year the only novelty is the shoe made to order of white canvas and trimmed with straps of leather matching the tennis costume in color. The low bicycle shoes, a pair of which every wheelwoman should wear, are best made of tan or black dongola, with rub- ber soles. The bathing shoe most in favor this season is of canvas, with straps across the instep, which give it much the ap- pearance of a sandal. It is made with a rubber sole and can be bought in either black, white or dark blue. When purchased ready made the straps are of canvas and there are but two of them. But the summer girl fond of things novel will remove the canvas straps and sew in their place gay ribbons, which she will wind around her _ shapely ankles and then tie some distance up her leg in a pert bow. The shoe designed specially for bas- ket ball will also be found useful for outdoor wear generally. It isa little lower than the ordinary walking shoe, laces, and is of donogla leather. The toe is round and the thick sole is made of rubber. Hh —~<>9>—_ ul Prepared to Remain. A young man who clerks in a Mon- roe street clothing store recently called on a young lady on Livingston street to spend the evening. When he arrived there was not a cloud in the sky, so he carried no umbrella and wore neither goloshes nor mackintosh. At Io o'clock when he arose te go, it was raining pitchforks and grindstones. ‘‘My, my, my!’’ said the nice young lady, ‘‘if you go out in this storm you will catch your death cold.’’ “I’m afraid I might,’’ was the trembling answer. ‘*Well, I'll tell you what—stay all night; you can have Tom’s room, as he is visiting uncle and aunt up in the country. Yes, occupy Tom’s room. Excuse me a minute, and I’li just run up and see if it’s in order.’’ The young lady fled gracefully upstairs to see if any tidying was necessary. In five minutes she came down to announce that the room was in readiness, but no Charles was in sight. In a very few minutes, however, he appeared, drip- ping wet and out of breath from run- ning, and with a bundle in a newspaper under his arm. The nice young lady greeted him with: ‘'‘Why, Charles, where have you been?:”’ ‘*Been home after my nightshirt,’’ was his reply, as he hung his hat up_ to drip. —___»0 > A new use has been discovered for hops, namely, the curing of bacon. It is found that a sprinkling of hops in the brine when bacon and hams are put in pickle adds greatly to the flavor of both, and enables them to be kept an indefinite period. oe The first shipment of oranges from Southern California was made in 1879, from the Wolfskill ranch, now a resi- dence portion of Los Angeles. The freight charges are said to have been $1,000. —_—_—~» 0. Ure Unkle is at Bushman’s. OUR SAMPLES FOR FALL of Boots, Shoes, Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, Grand Rapids Felt Boots, Lumbermen’s Socks, Are now on exhibition at our salesroom, and in the hands of our travelers. Kindly hold for them. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO., 5 and 7 PEARL STREET. SOOOSOOOOSOSOOSOSOHOOSOOHOHOHHOHHOSHOHOSS Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., 12, 14, 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Factory Lines are the Best Wearing Shoes on Earth. We carry the neatest, nobbiest and best lines of job- bing goods, all the latest styles, everything up to date. We are agents for the best and most perfect line of rubbers made—the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods. They are stars in fit and finish. You should see their New Century Toe—it is a beauty. If you want the best goods of all kinds—best service and best treatment, place your orders with us. Our references are our customers of the last thirty years. Is your stock complete for spring trade? Look it over and write us for samples in Misses and Children’s. Our Bob and May is the best grain shoe made. For a Kangaroo calf, we can give you one that competition cannot meet. You ought to see our Berlin Needle toe, Misses’ and Childs’ Dongola; this is the neatest shoe out for spring. Our Little Gents’ 9-13, 1-2 is on Needle Toe and as tony as any made. Our Rochester Misses and Childs’ Dongola they all swear by. Send us your order for turns 2-5 and 4-8. Hirth, Krause & Co. GRAND RAPIDS. FUCCCCCCUCCUCCVCCUCCCUCUVCVUUVUVCVCUUVCUUVUUVUVUUCTVUUCUVUVUUV VV VV VV ' GVUOCOGTOCSOCOODOSOCODO OTST TATCTSTSTOTOOST CTC CSS CCS OO TO Can fill your order promptly in any style of TENNIS GOODS you may need. yrYyYVvvuVvVvVvWW?TW?e* CVUVUVUVVUVVUVY Prices as low as the lowest. C. L. WEAVER & CO., Wholesale Rubber Footwear Exclusively. DETROIT, MICH. ToOCCCCCCVCCVCVCVTVCVCVVVVVVVVVYVVVVVY" VPUCCCCCTCCCCCTCTOCECEICT ECVV revvwvvvevevvvvvvvuvvvv-. VOUS CTCCCCCCCCTC CCC . TuUVCUVCCCCCCCCCCCVCCUVCVCUUCUVUCUVUUUUVUUU VU UUVUVUUUVUVUV VU VV VUVUV VV VV GVUVCCTCCTCCCCOOCCTCCCTCOTC OOOO COCO O OEE OOF OOOO Ce ne -— SivoractaraoMee Re ear Experience of a Writer Who Finds No Comfort in Shoes. Eleanor Corbett in New York News. Heelless shoes, like those worn in the gymnasium, must be, I should think, almost more fatiguing to the toot than no shoe at all, and if worn every day through the summer for any length of time, wouldn't they be likely to depress the arch of the instep? But there! is there any style of foot- gear, as now worn, which conduces alike to comfort and to the preservation of the natural symmetry? I doubt it. Certainly, neither Louise Quinze heels nor Razor toes are correct from a hy- gienic point of view, nor are they com- fortable, even though, from long habit, we are able to ignore their disadvan- tages and imagine they don’t cramp our extremities or endanger our equilib- rium. But I am not sure the so-called **com- mon-sense’’ shoe is, in the long run, preferable, but it’s certainly very un- sightly. A 190-pound acquaintance was here the other day in a pair of boots constructed on the Kahler last, which is as broad at the tip of the toes as across the ball of the foot; and in this case, the latter, being of generous proportions at best, the result in this square-toed abomination was something paralyzing. It looked, too, as if the very roomi- ness of the shoe would produce slipping and friction and, as the best shoemakers will teil you, a too-loose shoe is as likely to afflict its wearer with corns and bunions as a very tight cne. There would be fewer of these, though, whatever the style of shoe, if people better understood the care of the feet. The woman who comes in from a jaunt or a shopping expedition, tired and ‘‘all-over achy,’’ will loosen her hair and throw aside her corset, but unless her shoes are actually hurting her, ten to one she'll keep them on— especially if she must go out again in a few hours. But if she would bare her feet, sponge them off with alcohol and water and slip on fresh stockings and another pair of shoes, even though the latter be as snug as those just taken off, she will find. that her feet are rested and strengthened to a comforting degree; whereas, if she keeps on warm, damp stockings and thrusts her feet into old, loose slippers to swell and spread, even for an hour, they will ache and burn twice as badly when she again squeezes them into her street shoes. Those same shoes, whatever their style or material, will probably be con- siderably larger than those she used to wear a few years ago ; and the craze for all manner of outdoor exercise, walking included, is responsible for this in- crease—-that and the fashion of ex- tremely pointed toes. Previous to their advent and during the decade in which I have been writing up women's habiliments, I once in- quired in a big shoe store what number shoe the average woman demanded. ‘*Four and a-half C,’’ was the answer ; but now she gets cne several sizes longer. I, who wear only a moderate toe, get a half-size longer than I used to, but when I go a shopping, I hear other fem- inine customers asking for fives and sixes. One woman, indeed, of only or- dinary size surprised me by very audi- bly wanting ‘‘a seven D,’’ anda friend who used to wear a four B now needs a SiX. So I have come to the conclusion that the story-teller who prates of his hero- ine’s ‘‘tiny feet’’ is. talking of the has- been rather than the is-now. California’ girls and women have dis- covered that when they would look their smallest and prettiest about the feet they must wear a boot of black satin—not a slipper, mind you, but a high, buttoned boot, fitted without a wrinkle. And this, they assert, gives a microscopic smallness to the member it encloses, so I give it as a pointer ‘*to whom it may concern.”’ And likewise this: Don’t take it too much to heart, nor let yourself be filled with envy when your dearest friend brags of her 2% or 3 shoe; for remem- ber, a size in shoes in only one-eighth THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN , of an inch, so if she wears a 2% and you a four, there is really less than a half-inch difference in the length of your shoes. Now, isn’t that a comforting bit of information? —_____»)~¢?__ - Push Tan Shoes Now. From the Shoe and Leather Gazette. Carrying over shoes from one season to another these days is not merely un- business-like, because it ties up money, but it is dangerous, owing to the rapid changes in styles. Trade to-day is not on the staple lines that it used to be. The Opera and Square toes are not the only ones that must be carried. Dealers are obliged to stock up on the up-to-date goods that change more or less each season. Not only this, but there is the tan shoe, that must be handled now during the spring even in the smaller towns. These complications of trade make it highly important that the retailer keep the closest possible watch of the condition of his stock, buy cautiously and avoid carrying over goods that are in favor this season, but next year may be completely out. Colored goods require special atten- tion. To illustrate, last summer the correct shade for tan was a light one. It was impossible to make leather too light for a great many buyers. The toe, too, was a medium point and the shoe was not well cut. There was little com- fort in it and it brought corns as well as pain. This summer the shoes have been darker. Not only that, but they have been cut on different patterns, more pointed, but fuller in the ball and long drawn out—-as comfortable, in fact, as any common-sense ever made. The '96 shoe is a radical change from the ‘95 article and the latter can only be sold at a reduction, and a heavy one. Re- tailers carrying tans over from last year have not only had their money tied up, but have been obliged to cut prices to dispose of the stuff. The coming year bids fair to see even a more decided change in the de- mand for colored shoes than the past. Instead of a brown, a dark red, called ox-blood—a sort of brown with a dash of red in it—will, it appears, be the fa- vored shade in men’s, and possibly in women’s also, next spring. Further than this, there seems to be a general impression that the pointed toe is not going to be so well likeda year hence as it is to-day, but that a medium round toe will be asked for. This is a disputed point, many careful observers claiming that the Razor and Needle will survive 1897 and perhaps longer. There is sufficient doubt about this, however, to make it advisable to close out pointed-toe tans as far as pos- sible during July. It is not good business to carry these goods over. Even a small profit is bet- ter than taking chances and holding them. If your colored goods are light and ox-blood or chocolate shades are the only ones called for, get some stain and color them dark. Push them; make a selling price and clean out your stock. You will only have about a month or so more to do it in. —_—__$§_~» 20> No Competition in Thread. It is announced that the Clark and Coats thread companies have formed a complete combination. The terms of this amalgamation were formed with the idea of decreasing the expense in the distribution of their output. It is said that the plans formed will materially lessen the cost of putting their goods upon the market, and thus do away with the double expense of agents, ad- vertising, etc. There has heretofore been no real rivalry between the two concerns, as the Coats people have usu- ally supplied the markets in the East and the Clarks have taken care of the Western end of the business, while in Europe each company has been repre- sented by the same agent, which was a material saving in expense, and this is the method that they propose to inaugu- rate here, aud hereafter no competition of any sort will prevail between these two companies. 15 LEEEELEL EEE E EEE ETE EET TL BOSTON « RUBBE The Largest and most Complete Stock in the Country. eS Lumbermen’s and Wool Boot Overs. Light Rubbers in Newest Styles and Lasts. All Widths and Sizes. W. A. McGRAW i GO), DETROIT, MICH. EXCLUSIVE RUBBER HOUSE. derrrerrrrerrrrerrrrrrrrrt ahh hb bh bi hhbbr bh bt te tr tr te tate bata tn ter tnt trata tn tatu Lu pripupupufrad purtrdtd dr er ee + ad + + od Sa Se ad ad ad 9 ad + Sad Heeenahapapeahpopopo pepe GVVVVEVE ECO CCOCOCCOCOCCTT We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. te bo bp be te bp be bp bn bn be be be bn be he be hr hee be hn hn hn ale baton nhanhoulr PPP PVE FETE EST TSEC C CCS C VEEN” GUCCCCCEC UV ahhh hh teh tr tr tr tr tretrtrthabrtririrtdrbrdDdhrBbBQy:]OGO aoe ebb bbb hh hhh pete te te preter te tate tata tr tata tual purpraartuda tuptrttrtbrbdddtDn RPLPPLPG POPPE PEED POPPE POPP OPC POPE EES TCT CSE OE Michigan OTK a LUInDer 60. Grand Rapids, Mich. 508, 509 and 510 Widdicomb Bld. N. B. CLARK, Pres. W. D. WADE, Vice- Pres. Cc. U. CLARK, Sec’y and Treas. ea a We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1896. COSOSOOSOOOOOOSS OOOSOSOO successors to REEDER BROS. SHOE C0. Michigan Agents for Lycoming and Keystone Every Merchant Who uses the Tradesman Company’s COUPON BOOKS, does so with a sense of security and profit, for he knows he is avoiding loss and annoy RuDDeTS ance. Write TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids and Jobbers of specialties in Men’s ra — Felt Boots, DO YOU USE Lumbermen’s Socks. STENCIL Lycoming Rubbers Lead all other | Brands in Fit, Style and Wearing Qualities. Try them. OSOSOSOSSOSOSSSOOOSOSOOS Get our prices—will save you $s¢ DETROIT RUBBER STAMP CO., 99 Griswold St., Detroit. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Programme for the Hardware Deal- ers’ Convention. Eaton Rapids, June 30—The follow- ing program has been arranged for the first annual meeting of the Michigan Hardware Association, which will be held at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, July 8 and Q: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 5 | Rell call 2, Selecting Cemmittee on Creden- tials. g. | FReCEeSS. 4. Reading of minutes. s. President’s address. 6. Report of Secretary and Treas- urer, 7. Report of committees. 8. Unfinished business. g. New business. 10. Election of President. 11. Election of Vive-President. 12. Election of Secretary and Treas- urer. 13. Election of two members of Ex- ecutive Committee. 14. Election of Investigating Com- mittee. 15. Appointment of Entertainment Committee. 16. Adjournment. THURSDAY MORNING. 1. Paper—Good points for the wel- fare of a hardware merchant, from one nearly a lifetime in the business— Charles F. Bock, Battle Creek. Discussion. 3. Paper —Improved methods of book-keeping—E. A. Tillotson, Sagi- naw. ‘ 4. Discussion. AFTERNOON SESSION. 1. Paper—Clerks and arrangement of stores—Sidney F. Stevens, Grand Rapids. 2. Discussion. Paper—Sports—Fred Zimmerman, Marine City. 4. Discussion. A banquet for Thursday evening and a boatride for Friday afternoon are be- ing arranged by our Detroit friends. H. C. MINNIE, Sec’y. oo. : A Study in Wire. From the American Grocer. At a hardware store in a country vil- lage the following dialogue occurred : **Have ycu any copper wire?’’ ' Ves. Sin | ‘How much?”’ ‘Thirty cents per pound.’’ ‘‘ How much does this coil weigh?’’ ‘*Five-eighths of a pound.’’ ‘‘I’ll take it and also a_ paper of double tacks. I want to fix a runner for some vines. '’ ‘* Ah, then you do not want copper wire, for it stretches and soon your vines will sag, for they are heavy, and in time will break down. We havea wire specially adapted for trailing vines, which costs only one-quarter as much as copper, is flexible and better adapted for your purpose. And you will require something heavier than tacks, which we also have specially for adjusting the wire. The above indicates a successful sales- man. In the instance related the clerk noticed, from the buyer's manner, that he was inexperienced, and with con- summate tact stated that they did a large business in fixings to support vines running over porches, and therefore he would suggest a change, which the buyer saw at once would save expense, time, trouble and future annoyance. The seller at once won his customer and his confidence. Many would argue that buyers gen- erally know their business best, and that they would regard it as a bit of imper- tinence to suggest a change in an order. The salesman ought always to inspire the confidence of the buyer and make him feel that seeking his interest is advancing his own. Many rely almost wholly upon the statements of a_ seller, and if they are misled or deceived, or if they are allowed to bring dissatisfac- 2h & tion upon themselves through the in- difference of a salesman, they become dissatisfied with the store. There is an offensive way of indicating to a cus- tomer by manner and speech that the goods they ask for are not what they want; but the true salesman is a sort of mind reader and uses his knowledge with tact and discretion solely witha view of making his service entirely sat- isfactory at the counter and when his goods are put to the test. See Hardware Association and Prices. From the Age of Steel. Heavy The advanced price of steel and ma- terials generally has, by force of cir- cumstances as well as by example, ex- erted a powerful influence on the heavy hardware markets. The new conditions presented by organized control of the principal materials have not only afford- ed the opportunity, but in the case of many lines rendered it absolutely nec- essary for advances to be made in the goods into which these materials largely enter. But since in times of compara- tive dulness it is difficult, if not impos- sible, to bring about a proper readjust- ment of prices of the finished goods to the enhanced cost of the strongly con- trolled materials, save by concerted and harmonious action, the formation of as- sociations of various kinds and degrees among the affected manufacturers is a natural sequence of the situation. There are numbers of them, some revived on the ruins of previous failures under im- proved methods of organization, and others fashioned in the light of bor- rowed experience, so to speak. Among the organizations which may be men- tioned offhand as now in the field (either new or old) might be mentioned those having to do with the following items of heavy hardware, or more or less closely related goods: Bar iron, hoops and bands, roofing iron, sheet copper, tin plate, stamped and pieced tinware, many lines of agricultural implements, steel goods, hay and manure forks, etc., bolts, nuts and screws, shovels, scoops and spades, strap hinges, etc. a —-—2. eo. an The night watchman in Albany, Mo., rings the big bell when he thinks that the clouds indicate the approach of a heavy storm. Peeerrrrrrrersy Delivered from cars into your store at Manufacturers’ Cash Prices. —=a Qe Drop postal NOW to 840 E GO Grand Rapids. Hee abe obpuhnhupahupepabapopey PLE ESTEE EE ETS obo epupehehopohepepepepeoep Orto C. J. BERNTHAL Joun T. F. HornnBuRG New York Electro Plating & Mid 60. Electro Platers in GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL, BRASS and BRONZE; also LACQUERING. Gas Fixtures Refinished as Good as New. West End Pearl St. Bridge. Citizens Phone, 1517. 3 doors South of Crescent Mills. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Weatherly | and Electric Fixtures; Galvanized Iron Pumps and Well Supplies. GRAND RAPI DS. Best equipped and largest concern in the State. SOOSOSSSOSOOOOSOSOOSOSOO || Cornice and Slate Roofing. Every kind ’ Hot Air Furnaces. OOOSSOOSSOOOOSOOOOHOOOOOOO The Potato Bug is abroad Plumbing and Steam Heating; Gas of Sheet Metal Work. 99 Pearl St., EB ANION VOrOTeerNeOrNONE NOTE RPT NEneRH TOrNTe VEPNTA NOR NtT STE tTPEZ in the land. We have The Eclipse Sprinkler The Globe Sprinkler The Bartholomew Siiter Get in your order early so as not to get left. Mfrd by J. CREQUE, JACKSON, MICH. Write for special prices. ARE DINGS > ye aT Ee EupnituPE Oy Te fein Ca 7: RAC PATENTE eee aan ron TRADESMAN COMPANY 4 N \3 y aU ta GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ——_— < LTR, Foster, Stevens & 60., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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The work of unpacking and set- ting up goods is considerable, and the following suggestions are designed to save time and labor and injury to the goods : If possible, arrange to have a room in the rear of your store for unpacking goods; it can also be used for a repair shop, thus keeping the dust and dirt raised from settling on your stock. All goods which are to have casters should be turned on top or side and bored and castered before the packing is removed. For Nos. 2 and 3 Philadelphia casters use 7-32 bit, and No. 4, 4% inch. The twist drill bit is good for boring into the end of the grain. In unpacking bureaus, dressers, etc., where the casters are packed inside, turn the case bottom up, being careful not to have any tacks or nails under it, loosen the burlaps or papers all around, turn them down until you can get at the drawers to get the casters, and drive them in before turning the case over. Drive out tacks with hammer and cold chisel, taking care to strike away from the finished surface to avoid splitting it. An iron bar, sixteen or eighteen inches long, drawn out thin at the end, is a convenient tool for unpacking, both for taking out tacks and prying open crates and boxes. Wrap burlaps from each firm by them- selves and mark each bundle with name and date of invoice, for convenience in returning. Sort and save the excelsior and large sheets of paper; the small and torn sheets may be stowed away and used to pack goods in farmers’ wagons. In setting up dressers and similar case goods, first put on the pulls; then fit the drawers, if necessary. Smooth- working drawers are a_ great help in selling furniture. Rubbing a_ bar of soap across the ends and edges of a drawer will often make it work easily, and a door that binds may be remedied in the same manner. Next, clean the mirror, and lay toilet frame and mirror face down on your bench, and put on the friction hinges; also screw cleats to frame while in this position. Set the base with front against the wall or bench and screw the frame to it. A brace and screw-driver bit may be used to good advantage for this purpose and fora great many others, and if you draw your screws across a bar of scap before turn- ing them in, they will go very much easier. The commode back should be put on in the same way as dresser frame, screwing cleats to back first. Go over the whole case with some good furniture polish, taking pains to remove mars and bruises. When beds are packed with head and foot together they should be turned on the side before unpacking so that the foot cannot drop when the cords are cut. Part of the cheap beds should be repacked as ‘on as received, tying head and fo : together in one bundle and using the slats to tie them with, two in front and two at back on each side. They are then ready to load into wagons to go into the country; it saves time in loading, and they ride safely. They can be shipped short distances by rail packed in this way. Baby carriages are best set up by turning the body bottom up and _screw- ing the springs to it first, measuring to get them in tbe right place; then bolt the gear to the springs, and lastly put on the wheels. The backs of single lounges may be tacked in place with a couple of nails and should then be securely screwed on. In setting up bed lounges screw the cleats to the lounge first, letting them run down on the leg; then when the back is put in place the cleats help to hold it until the screws are in. The back legs to a bed lounge need to be well braced, as the cleats being screwed to them makes a heavy strain and often opens up the joints in the frame. It is a good idea to put in an extra glue block or short brace to strengthen the leg. In unpacking picture mouldings, it is well to leave the wrappers on a part of each pattern, but each stick should be marked with the invoice, number and cost and selling price. Also a part of each invoice of chairs might be left wrapped to save repacking when sold to go into the country or to be shipped by rail. The legs and rounds to K. D. chairs can be more easily polished up before the chairs are set up, and all parts, not only of chairs, but of all goods, should be cleaned up and all mars and white spots removed before they are put away; then, when the goods are called for, you know they are in good shape. The Foolishness of Scolding. Deacon in Furniture News. If one is going to bea good citizen he will do well to recognize a public evil when he sees it. Some men are so dense of wit and perverse of heart that they ‘call evil good, and good evil,’’ as the old Hebrew prophet said. You can find men in your own community who say of such things as dens of vice and of the saloon that they are a necessity and a good thing. However, I began to say that it is not only necessary that a man know the evil. when he sees it, but that he know the remedy for the evil and how to ap- ply it. I know a man (and in my list of acquaintances I can multiply him by one hundred) who can tell a_ political or a social evil as fanas ke can see it. As soon as he spots it, he begins to scold about it. He is a deacon in the church, too, and he scolds every man who fails to measure up to the moral law. He flusters around like a_bob- tailed horse in fly time and wrinkies his brow and spoils his temper over the sins of others. Then he falls down ex- hausted and doesn’t do another lick at reforming the world. It has taken all his spare energy to do the scolding. Now what is the good of scolding? Did you ever know the son of a scold- ing woman to come to any good? Last week, while passing a house, I heard a woman from the door call, ‘‘Billy! Billy! Come right into the house this instant or I'll skin you alive! Billy, you hear me? Come right here or I'll break every bone in your body.’’ Billy was a five year old lad, and his mother must have been forty; but her shot glanced off his youthful skin like peas off a potash kettle. Scolding wastes the steam the Almighty meant you to use in running your construction train for the grading up of society. Scolding is destructive criticism. Al- most anybody can produce destructive criticism. It is easy enough to tear an old house down, I have helped do that myself, but it takes a man of some skill to build a better one. Bob Ingersoll can rip a bible to pieces in an hour and forty-five minutes for half the gate re- ceipts, but he couldn’t write a twenty- third psalm if he lived to be as old as Methuselah. Destructive criticism 1s good for noth- ing unless complemented by construct- ive criticism. If you take away a man’s superstition you should give him a reasonable faith. If you cut off his saloon, you should give him something better. If you kill his political party, you should lead him to something bet- ter. If you show him what a fool he is, you should offer yourself or another as a model for him to imitate. The man who had the devil cast out of him and failed to get a better tenant, though he had the rooms of his heart all ‘‘swept and garnished,’’ finally ended by taking back the old devil as a boarder, with seven others so much worse that I doubt not he was arrested for keeping a disorderly house—though the Scriptures leave this to be inferred. Therefore and lastly, while the evil should be assailed roundly and pointedly, the better way should be made plain and easy to the erring one. This means that you should henceforth work for society with some- thing more than your tongue. —_—__—_> 2 .____— Bushman has the cigars. ’ Hardware Price Current. 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An Old-time Resort for Canadian Hob- goblins. Written for the TRADESMAN. This is no ghost story. Business men have no time to read ghost stories. It is simply a sketch of the circum- stances which gave a ghostly name and unsavory reputation to a spot located in one of the oldest sectior of Ontario—a section which has furnished a larger quota in swelling the professional and business ranks of Michigan than any other portion of the province. To make the sketch more palatable I have sea- soned it liberally with spice, gleaned from the pioneer history of the locality, and a cursory glance at the character of the men who constituted the leading faction among its pioneer settlers. A glance at the map of Ontario will reveal a broad jut of land running out into Lake Erie, from the outer extrem- ity of which, running southeasterly into the Lake, is a long, narrow strip of timber. This strip is Long Point, and the protruding jut of mainland lies principally in the county of Norfolk. This section of Ontario has been known as ‘‘the Long Point country’’ ever since it was first settled, and it is claimed the first settlement made in old *‘Upper Canada’’ was made here. The only lake ports in this district, which have out- lived their day ahd generation, and still possess life enough to keep their piers replenished with sound planking, are Port Rowan and Port Dover. Be- tween these two points are the fossil remains of two other lake ports, long ago passed into, decay and ruin; and between these latter two, cosily nestled in the mouth of a deep, narrow, dense- ly-wooded ravine, is the quiet little leaf-embowered summer retreat called 7 a he ‘Gien.”’ I never could quite understand the proprietor’s motive in fixing up this little place. He is possessed of ample means but charges a nickel admission fee and sits ina cosy little office at the main entrance gate. He evidently is waiting and watching for visitors—or nickels, rather—and yet the only way at present to reach the place by water is to jump overboard, after the boat has got as near to the shore as it dare go, and wade or swim in. This might do for boys, unencumbered with baggage, but it is very inconvenient for ladies and for short gentlemen who cannot swim. To approach it by land neces- sitates a walk or chance ride of about four miles-over hills and through sand from the nearest railway station. In addi- tion to these difficulties, visitors who cannot slake their thirst with anything but pure ‘‘Adam’s ale’’ from the north- east corner of a deep, clean well must carry a jug and cake of ice with them or else be compelled to put themselves on a level with the beasts of the field and drink out of the creek. Still, not- withstanding all these drawbacks, the exceeding natural beauty of the place attracts a number of strangers every sea- son, and to these strangers I dedicate my story. These visiting strangers are not all aware that this same ravine which possesses so many natural charms where it delivers its babbling brook into the broad, placid lap of old Erie assumes an aspect of midnight gloom and _ utter loneliness a short distance up its wind- ing course. They are not aware that a tramp of two short miles would place them in a spot made notorious, more than a half century ago, by a series of mysterious, unnatural sights and sounds which continued a number of years, until, in fact, the entire region com- prising the Long Point country became thoroughly terrorized. This spot is ‘‘Spooky Hol!ow,’’ and it has acquired a place of some promi- nence in the pioneer history of the country. Near Spooky Hollow is a sleepy little old village containing about 200 in- habitants, which contained a larger population and was alive, wide-awake and prosperous when Michigan was an unbroken wilderness. Here was _ or- ganized the first Baptist church in the province, and here was built the first courthouse east of the Detroit River; and for years afterward all the settlers throughout the entire western peninsula of the province were compelled to bring all matters in dispute here for adjudi- cation. Sand hills abound here of the bald-headed variety, and farm buildings and fences look ‘‘as old as the hills.”’ Moss-covered tombstones may _ be seen in brush-entangled burying grounds a hundred years old. Nothing new, bright and modern is seen. eration after generation accept condi- tions, occupy premises and beccme re- conciled to surroundings as they are, believing that what was good enough for their fathers is good enough for them. The time is not far distant when the inhabitants of this particular local- ity must arise to newness of life or be buried beneath the ruins of their own homes. Gen- A little mass of ruins on the lake shore near Spooky Hollow still bears the high-sounding name of Port Nor- mandale. In its halcyon days it was known, also, as ‘‘The Furnace,’’ the manufacturing of stoves being its prin- cipal industry. It was a place of con- siderable importance in the province before the wet, unbroken prairie where the great city of Chicago now stands had become the part or parcel of even a well-defined Indian reservation. These stoves were peddled by wagon alk over the settled portions of Canada and the neighboring states, and it is said that one of these peddlers, coming around the head of Lake Michigan, stayed over night at a little log tavern which was the only structure standing on the area now occupied by Uncle Sam’s big Windy City, and while there refused a quarter section of land, which the tav- ern-keeper offered in exchange for a stove. The land offered now comprises the most valuable business portion of the city, but the peddler was too ‘‘smart’’ in his own day and generation to trade a real cast-iron stove fora whole township of worthless Illinois mud, and so’ he accepted an old sorrel mare and an _ In- dian saddle instead. This story con- tains a moral—it is this: Men may build cities with ink and paper when and where they will; but the trade cen- ters, great or small, which are built of hard brick and live mortar, and which stand the test of years, owe not their origin or location to the capricious calculations of selfish and short-sighted men, but to arbitrary conditions brought about by commercial development. Port Normandale lives only in the memory of a few surviving ‘‘old-timers,’’ while back of the remains, extending some distance from the shore, nothing but partially-buried old dwelling houses, and fragments of old orchards seen here and there on the plains of drifting white sand or among patches ot stunted oak grubs, remain as sad reminders of the industrial activity that once marked the place. ” TRY OUR NEW CIGAR “LITTLE JAKE" | Made in three sizes. 3 for 25c. 10c straight. i 2fora quarter. /HEMMETER CIGAR CO. 7 MANUFACTURERS, SAGINAW. MICH, The Great . van Twill Again I have the agency for this, the greatest 5 cent cigar ever made. Send orders by mail and they will have prompt attention. J. A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids, Mich. JSS CES IES eS IRS AES Representing the best & Russell Company, Chicago, Ill. 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Manufacturers of BRUSHES Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. 1 eee oe Grand Rapids, Mich. SISOS a SOSES IS Oct 0m THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Among the first settlers in the old Long Point country were many U. E. (United Empire) Loyalists. Outside of British American colonial history these men appear nothing more nor less than a faction of political fanatics. Toryism was their religion. Caste was the crowning dogma in their narrow creed. They believed in the divine right of kings and worshiped at the shrine of flunkyism; and so, when the American colonies resolved that old King George III had no divine right to demand further allegiance from them, this loyalist faction resented it as a sacrilegious act. They assisted their patron saint in the attempt to force their heretical fellow-colonists back within the fold ; and when the ‘‘red coats’’ bade Uncle Sam adieu, they shook the dust of the virgin soil of freedom and lib- erty off their feet and hied themselves into the Canadian wilderness, where they might nurse their loyalism and bawl ‘‘God save the King!’’ to their hearts’ content. Much praise is ac- corded these self-expatriated loyalists for their devotion to the ‘‘old flag ;’’ and if there is any glory in making such sacrifice for the sake of exchang- ing a political status of independency for one of dependency, then these men are certainly entitled to all there is in it. The man who settled upon the land embracing Spooky Hollow wasa ‘‘dyed- in-the-wool’’ tory. His loyalism was of the ‘‘blood and thunder’’ variety. The sight of an American flag would bring on an attack of the rabbies, just as the waving of a red rag destroys the equi- librium of a turkey gobbler. In his estimation a ‘‘yankee’’ was a vile wretch who had committed an unpar- donable sin. This man, whom I will introduce as Simon Blaisdell, was an eccentric character. He was self-con- ceited, self-willed, self-existent and, in fact, self-sufficient, his only use for friends, neighbors or human society be- ing for purposes of enriching self. Hav- ing brought considerable means with him, he was able to make a good start. He erected a two-story dwelling house down in the bottom of the ravine at a point where the lofty hills on either side were so broken up and tumbled to- gether as to make a crossing by wagon road an impossibility. This house be- came ‘‘the haunted house’’ of Spooky Hollow, and, although a century of the world’s history has been made since it was built, it is still standing. It is va- cant, of course, having been so for many years. It is an object of curios- ity to the present generation, but it was an object of terror toa preceding gen- eration, that have mostly passed away. The old house contains secret vaults and chambers built in solid masonry, so hidden that their very existence was not known to a living soul outside the family—indeed, it is more than probable that Simon Blaisdell alone knew of their existence, as he alone knew for what purposes they were constructed. Not until the old house was finally turned over to the moles and bats and to the tender mercies of the morbidly curious was the discovery made. Simon was egregiously avaricious. He took advantage of every possible op- portunity to increase his exchequer. He engaged in the tanning business, opened a general store and became a large land owner. He succeeded in accumulating what was considered in those days a fortune, but it disappeared as mysteri- ously as it was accumulated, and his descendants were not profited by it. While he occupied the house in the Hollow during the earlier years of his career, he ‘‘took in’’ all strangers who happened to pass that way with a_ suffi- cient amount of ‘‘tin’’ to pay for re- freshments and a night’s lodging. It is said that a wayfaring peddler of valuable wares went down into the gloomy Hollow one dark night and was never seen again, dead or alive. This was enough. It mattered not whether the peddler got up before daybreak and went on his way, or whatever became of him—if some neighbor above saw him go down at night, it was circumstantial evidence enough to induce that neighbor to whisper into the ear of the next neighbor that something terrible had happened down in the Hollow. Rumor is accumulative. Vague at first, it gathers strength if it can find anything to feed upon, assuming shape and form, until, finally, the stamp of authority is put upon it and it passes current every- where. It is not a difficult thing for overcredulous and superstitious people to transform a pair of imaginary twos into a real matter-of-fact four. Then again, it must be remembered that the only living witnesses of the wonderful things seen and heard in Spooky Hol- low, although wearing the silvery gray badges of old age upon their heads and occupying positions of honor, many of them, were the boys and girls during the time the peddler’s ghost held high carnival in the Hollow. It is well, therefore, to keep in mind the plasticity aud credulity of youthful minds while listening to the blood- curdling stories of these old residents. There certainly cannot be found in Canada or the United States a spot more appropriate for the spiriting away of a peddler or anyone else ; and when the proprietor of such a place is sly, greedy, and not in touch with the com- monalty around him, it would be quite natural for said commonalty to look upon the conditions as favorable for anything unusual or extraordinary. If Simon did eject the peddler’s ghost from its tenement of clay, the ghost has had ample revenge. While Simon oc- cupied the old house himself the ghost behaved itself, as ali respectable ghosts do, but when he moved up into the village and attempted to keep a tenant on the place, then the feddler’s ghost wandered out of its element and took up its abode in the old house and began a diligent search for its tenement of clay which was supposed to be secreted somewhere about the premises. One after another it drove Simon's tenants out until no family could be found sufficiently courageous to move in. It slammed doors, pounded floors, rattled window blinds, groaned and_ shrieked ; and when it had gained complete pos- session, in fee simple, of the entire premises, it commenced to show itself. Just why this peddler’s ghost assumed the form of a female is more than the ‘‘oldest inhabitant’’ can explain. It may have been a timid ghost, after all, and, like Jeff. Davis, put on petticoats to avoid capture. Whatever the reason may have been, ‘‘it’’ always appeared as a woman, sometimes headless, some- times bodyless and always attired in the white robe of night. When not headless, it always appeared with long black dishevelled hair and a facial expression of blank despair that troze the blood ir the veins of any dare-devil who ven- tured through the Hollow at night. The darker the night the brighter did the specter appear, as he, she or it was generally seen with a dimly-burning, half-consumed tallow candle in his, her or its hand. ~ If any of my writing ghost stories which will necessary, and yet remain strong enough | to shatter the nerves of a marble statue, I would advise them to visit South Nor- folk and interview the old residents. When the time came for Simon’s dis- | solution, his ghost, after a time, succeeded in bringing about a treaty of peace with the peddler’s ghost, since which time | peace and harmony have Spooky Hollow. There is one more circumstance to relate—and it is one which certainly puts a good deal of color into it then my task will have been faithfully performed. In the Blaisdell family were six daughters, who, for some in- scrutable reason, never marriec. Simon had gone to his reward, maiden Blaisdells continued to occupy the old village residence until the frosts of a late-autumn old-maidenhood froze up the wellspring of life. For many long years one of the sisters was kept a prisoner in a little dungeon of a room, the only window of which was kept boarded up. The door of this mysteri- ous chamber was constantly guarded, | and no communication reigned in —and whatever was allowed to pass between icant and the outside world. The only reason ever given by the family for this strange | conduct was that long-continued illness had reduced the invalid toa state of | nervous imbecility,and that the sight of any person outside the family threw her into uncontrollable spasms. In the | light of Spooky Hollow revelations this | Amelia Blaisdell must have been in possession of the terrible se- was no excuse. readers want data for | break | the official stamp of a notary public, if | After | these | | her enforced confinement in that gloomy | prison was sufficient evidence to justify the little world outside in the belief that Amelia wanted to divulge the secret }and that her sisters were determined |that she should carry it to the grave }with her inviolate. The years came land went; the boards remained on that | mysterious window, and the _ invalid | continued to live. The people finally |made up their minds that Providence i had a hand in it, and that Amelia could not die until she confessed the secret; | but there came a day when poor Amelia | was carried out of her gloomy chamber, | only to be placed in one gloomier still -one beyond the sting of idle gossip or, the necessity of human hands to guard its portals. Her secrets, whatever they may have been, were buried in the |tomb with her. The old village house, with its boarded-up window, is. still standing, dark,.vacaut and gloomy, | fit companion to the old ‘haunted in Spooky Hollow. | house’’ fan, with your advertisement neatly | printed thereon. The Tradesman Com- |pany is prepared to furnish you with fans, at the lowest prices consistent with E. A. OWEN. Vittoria, Ont. | > o> | A Cool juuaedios ae . {To your customers 1s an_ attractive ! | |good goods. Send for samples and | | prices. —____» 2+ | The generosity of Mr. Averoff, the | Greek merchant of Alexandria, deserves |wide praise. It will be remembered | thé it he gave $90,000 to restore the Stadion at Athens in anticipation of the | reopening of the Olympic games. He | has now declared his intention to ad- | vance $45,000 yearly until the struc- ture shall be completed in Pentelic | marble. cret of Spooky Hollow; and the fact of PSS SRS PSS ISIS PSMSISISIS RIS 0S 0) fee fhe) (jeneral Stampede oe oe From the Curse of Credit. 4 If you are a victim basis, send to us fora fre a fre Z fhe) fe) z fre fhe) fee) a z fis is Hundreds of merchants are now abandoning ‘the old-time credit system and discarding ‘the pass book for the cash and coupon book system, which enables { the dealer to avoid all the losses and annoy- ances ‘inseparably connected. with the credit business. and desire to place your business on a cash of our several kinds of coupon books, which will be forwarded free on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. PSPSPS PSS ISIS ISISISIS ISIS IS HS of the credit business catalogue and samples ssn senennnaneeell cnspenemaaanete IRENE ATONE Tat RAR RR ieee roe gage nhs 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Integrity and Bad Bills. From The Dry Goods Reporter. Financial panics like that whose effects still linger have always afflicted the commercial world since the discov- ery of credit methods, and probably al- ways will recur at longer or shorter in- tervals as long as there are borrowers and lenders. But the idea lately ad- vanced by a contemporary, that debt is no longer regarded with the same feel- ing it once was, is a more serious mat- ter. Happily, the charge, at least in this sweeping form, is not true. It is in the nature of credit to go on expanding until at the end of a certain period the bubble of confidence is sud- denly pricked by some unexpected cause and collapse follows. Capitalist and borrower both extricate themselves painfully from the debris of the wreck. One finds his business gone; the other sees his capital swallowed up. Under cover of hopeless failure the borrower often declares himself free from all_re- sponsibility and repudiates the debt. This, indeed, may be an act of dishon- esty—it often is. Yet there is another side, not one that excuses the repudi- ator of just debts, but one that shows where the lender, too, was rash and at fault. A story now going the rounds of the grocery papers will illustrate the point. A grocer complained that a bankrupt customer owed him $200, and one day dunned him for the hundredth time since bis failure. The delinquent bore it patiently, then straightened up and gave his side of the case. ‘See here,’’ he said, we might as well undertsand each other first as last. I consider that -it’s your own fault you lost this money. When I first began to deal with you I told you that I wanted to settle monthly. For six months | dinged at you in vain every month for my bill. You were too lazy to make it out, and the account climbed up. Now I'm in a hole and can’t pay it, and you're more to blame than I am, for you could have had your money if you had watched your business. ”’ Of course, the circumstances did not cancel the man’s indebtedness, but no- body will deny that there was some force to his argument. The moral is a larger one than a mere lesson of prompt- ness in sending bills. It points out the responsibility of every man who extends credit to others. it is his duty to watch that he is taking no more than reason- able risks. If there appears in recent failures to be an unusual amount of repudiation, it is only because things have gonea lit- tle beyond the safety point, not because there are any more dishonest debtors than in former generations. The mer- chants of the country are as honest, on the average, as ever in the country’s history. The great body of our busi- ness men are as well aware now as in former generations that integrity is the only sound basis of business success. Methods and fashions change, the young supersede the old, but this fact, true in the old, slow days, is still as true in the most up-to-date establishment. Business cannot be healthy with set- tlements on a basis ranging from Io to 50 cents on the dollar. But the fault must not be laid to a growth of dishon- esty, only to a passing era of overcon- fidence, often amounting to careless- ness, on the part of investors and cred- itors. oe —____> 0 .—____ Implied Warranty in Substituting. That a sale of an article by a partic- ular description constitutes a warranty that the article answers to that descrip- tion, is well settled. But the supreme court of North Dakota goes a step farther and holds that, because, when, in response to an order for an article described in a particular way by the purchaser, the seller delivers an article of that general nature, though not fully corresponding with such description, the law regards his act as equivalent to a sale of such article by the particular description set forth in the order, there- fore, he is to be considered to have war- ranted that it corresponded to such de- scription. The illustration furnished by the case under consideration, North- western Cordage Co. vs. Rice, 67 N. W. Rep. 208, is of an order for a quantity of pure manilla twine. The company of which it was ordered having assumed to fill the order, the court holds that it must be deemed to have warranted that the article delivered was, in fact, pure manilla twine. And, what is of not less importance, the court further holds that the acceptance by the purchaser of an article which does not correspond to the warranty, with knowledge of the de- fect, does not, as a matter of law, bar his right to rely upon the warranty. It is a Circumstance to go to the jury, on the question whether there was a breach, and possibly whether the purchaser has not waived his right to insist upon dam- ages for it. This is certainly a remark- able decision in some of its aspects. The court itself seems to realize this, and in anticipation of the applications that may be sought to be made of it in the future, without trying to forestall the exceptions which may have to be made in different cases, the court says that it believes it to be in the interests of justice, and to fairly express the sense of business men upon the sub- ject, that whatever form a warranty as- sumes, if there is in fact a warranty, the mere acceptance of the property will not, as a matter of law, bar a re- covery for a breach of the warranty, al though an inspection of the property would have led to a discovery of the breach, and that actual knowledge of the defective condition of the thing de- livered should not necessarily preclude a reliance upon the warranty. One rea- son for this is that the purchaser is often so situated that it is necessary for him to accept the article in its defect- ive condition. —_—__>2>__ How a Merchant’s Bluff Indicated His True Standing. From the Lewiston Saturday Journal. ‘* ’Tis true as the book,’’ says a Maine lawyer, ‘‘that more crimes are discovered through the efforts made_ to prevent discovery than in any other way. The mind of the wrongdoer is not satisfied with simply keeping still. It is uneasy and overcautious, and leads its owner pretty surely to do some act he would not have done if innocent. In just the same way shrewd business men read the minds of their debtors. Let an apparently prosperous man become seriously involved, and very often he will try to screen his real situation by doing things that imply a solvent con- dition, all for the purpose of deceiving his creditors. ‘‘A quarter of a century ago I was practising in a Western Maine village, and among my intimate friends was a young merchant who had apparently been doing a very successful business for several years. His credit was as good as almost anybody's in the town. To my great surprise, one evening, there came to me the principals of two large Portland firms, to whom my friend was indebted, and they requested an imme- diate attachment of his stock of goods. I protested that such a course was un- just and unnecessary. Then one of the merchants explained that a day or two previous he had received a letter from their debtor in which he casually men- tioned some proposed action of his which would involve a considerable out- lay of money. He didn’t believe the man really intended any such outlay, and he asked himself, ‘Why has he mentioned this?’ Conferring with his neighbor, he found the young man_ had at the same time written him an exactly similar letter. That was enough, and they decided to sue. Feeling almost sure they were wrong, I had the attach- ment made so secretly that none knew of it except those immediately con- cerned. The young merchant was im- mensely surprised, and at once got friends ‘to become his security on the Portland debts. But the developments of the next few months showed con- clusively that the merchants had rightly read . the meaning of the unusual letter, and that their debtor’s affairs were at that time rotten to the core. Only their prompt action saved their claims, which together amounted to something more than a thousand dollars," @ ©® 210 Jefferson Ave., = DOOQOOQOOQODOOH HOS SS SSO QOQOQOGQOGQOOOO now ready for inspection. 7 Our fall and winter line, which comprises 500 styles in Mens, Boys, Ladies and Children’s goods, DOOQGODOQOQOODSO}}H\OOOOOOOOS 00000000 00000000002 Ke) ° o ° ° O9R9 ° 9° o C) ° o ° ° ° ° ° ° ° 0 ° o o ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° x ° ‘o 0OODOOOOHOOOSS 0000000040000 000000009090909H0O9HOE IF INTERESTED IN CAPS . «.- Writeto... Detroit Cap Mig. Co., Originator of Novelties, ©9OOOOS0OOOOOQOQOQQOQOQOOQOO DETROIT, MICH. CQOODOQDOQOOQOQOOOO eee 20=22 N. 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Colors are all acid discharge, piece, and are fast colors. stripes and small neat figures. Place your order early. P. STEKETEE & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS. Patterns are Persians, dyed in the 4 REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Dr. Geo. B. Nichols, the Veteran Martin Druggist. Geo. B. Nichols was born at Naples, Ontario county, N. Y., June 12, 1827. His father was a Connecticut Yankee, while his mother was a Massachusetts Yankee, the former living to the ripe old age of 90 years, dying on his birth- day. The son attended the public school of Naples until 20 years old, when he taught school winters for five years, studying medicine between times with his uncle, Dr. Sprague, of Naples. He then took a course at the Geneva Medical College, graduating in 1852 at the Castleton (Vermont) Medical Col- lege. He subsequently practiced medi- cine at Naples for six years, when he removed to Michigan, locating at Mar- tin, where he has practiced medicine continuously for the past thirty-eight years, being the oldest practitioner in Allegan county. About twenty years ago Dr. Nichols opened a drug and stationery store, which business he has continued without interruption ever since. Dr. Nichols was married in 1863 to Miss Eunice M. Watkins, of Naples, N. Y. Seven children have blessed the union, six of whom are still living, all having grown to manhood and woman- hood, the youngest being 25 years of age. Dr. Nichols is a Mason and an Odd Fellow and attends the Presbyterian church. He has been town clerk and superintendent of schools and is, at present, President of the school board of Martin township. Until four years ago he was for many years a member of the board of examining pension sur- geons of Allegan county. ——__—»-0-e The Display of Wall Paper. There is plenty of room for improve- ment in the window displays made by the majority of decorative dealers at the present time. It is really surprising how little interest many of the trade take in the matter. A_ little good taste and common sense areall that are needed to obtain a good result, and even if these qualities be lacking, the following out of a few general rules will answer nearly as well. So many men make the mistake of ‘‘sticking’’ in their window half a dozen different sam- ples of various colors, about a square foot or two of each showing. The effect of such a display is patchy and inar- tistic. The first thing to aim at is to give the effect as nearly as possible that a fabric will have when hung ina room. To illustrate, let us take wall papers. Now, an incongruous assortment of papers of various hues and various styles not only is in very poor taste, but it does not convey to the eye of the possible customer what is intended. The effect of such a kaleidoscopic combina- tion of odds and ends is to kill the in- dividual beauty of coloring and design that the papers possess. Of course, in the case of a cheap gilt paper, for ex- ample, where the ground is practically colorless and the ‘design a little insig- nificant figure in gold, all this would “not hold true. In the first place, there is nothing in the paper to kill, and in the second place, it is not the kind of paper to make a display with or in any THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN necessarily mean that they should be the same color or the same _ pattern, for there is harmony in contrast just as well as there is harmony in tones. A scheme that the swell decorators frequently adopt—and there is no_ rea- son why a small dealer should not fol- low suit—is to form a solid background of paper. This is done by having a horizontal pole placed at a height of several feet, running the full width of the window, several rolls of the same wall-hanging are placed on the floor, side by side, directly underneath and a sufficient length of each_breadth is un- rolled to permit of its being thrown over the pole. In this way no waste results, it not being necessary to cut off any pieces. If desired, two different papers may be used in alternation in forming this background ; or if one is employed that is dark—say, for example, a plain green or India red—two or three strips of a paper in which the coloring is the same but lighter in tone, may be flung over the dark ground, and by catching it in at the center so that it partially reveals the dark ground a very fine effect can be obtained. In addition to this, one or two papers may be dis- played on racks in the foreground, al- ways remembering that the more of one display of any paper the better the effect will be. If a dealer is also interested in the upholstery trade, the addition of one or two dainty little bits of furniture in the window, and say a potted plant or two, will all serve to set off to better advantage the background of paper, giving the spectator a_ better idea of what the effect of the wall- hanging would be when hung ina room This selling of wall paper by means of sample books is a very convenient way sometimes, but the truth remains that no man of artistic ideas who has much interest in the decorating of his house would ever care to do what prac- tically amounts to buying wall-paper on faith. La Effect of Low Price of Wheat. The Boston Information Co. thus ex- presses its opinion on the effect of the low price of wheat: ‘‘With this cash property at 50 cents in Chicago and the near-by options only fractionally higher, the buying powers of the farmer, middle man and all others who have anything to do with the cereal are greatly cur- tailed. The cheaper the products of the farm are the less of them go to market, because, after paying freight, the dif- ference between what is received by the farmer and what it costs him to produce his crop is so small that he might better keep his property on the farm and take the chances of those better times that, in the parlance of many a Gotham writer, are just ahead of us. The price of wheat, then, and all other grains has its Gue effect upon the prices of securi- ties, and with a continuance of falling values on the Chicago board of trade and New York produce exchange, it is easy for Wall Street to become pessimis- tic on stocks. We are creatures of hope, but when one takes an unbiased view of the situation in general, and listens to the long-winded sermons as to what would happen if the pet theories of the writers were only carried to their proper conclusions, ~-prosperity, or even im- provement to any lasting extent, seems to be in about the position of the wisp es Senses ees SS Good as Gold. What are we speaking of? Manitowoc Peas Whether “legal” or not is uncertain, but Are they legal tender? they are certainly “tender.” THE ALBERT LANDRETH CO. MANITOWOC, WIS. Credit for the above idea should be given to the Norton Can Co. Minstrels, Chicago. SR Se Sear e nee LORS Len eE eee Ee sEeeaLe allall We fave “The Gold Standard?” We offer a substitute for Gold. tw pa SESS aeoe! ese Why 7 Ore es ESRI R Sete Sie Bie cs a ve Oye ee INO]] UBISLIB Parisian Flour Lemon & Wheeler Company, SOLE AGENTS. Parisian Flour Parisian Flour OSE SOAP Is what you should advise your custom- ers. People who have used it say it is the BEST. Will you allow us to give you POINTER 2+ > Law Points of General Interest. Even if goods have been delivered to a carrier consigned to the buyer, and insolvency occurs before they reach the actual possession of the buyer, the seller may exercise the right of stoppage in transitu to recover his possession, and thereby revive his lien. The right of stoppage in transitu is but an equitable extension or enlargement of-the seller’s lien, and is not an independent or dis- tinct right. A common carrier, undertaking to transport the baggage of its passenger, is held by the law to the strictest ac- countability, and if the carrier receives such baggage and undertakes its car- riage, it cannot be relieved from reli- ability therefor by anything save the act of God or the public enemy. One who purchases personal property from a conditional vendee, contractee, or lessee in possession thereof, with actual knowledge of the conditions on which his vender holds possession of such property, is not an innocent pur- chaser, and acquires only such title as his vender had. A note in the hands of an agent for collection cannot be reached by garnish- ment of the agent. Where the payee of a note after de- livery alters its date, such act renders the instrument void. A contract will not be rescinded for fraud where there is no offer to return the consideration paid. Where waiver of protest and notice is embodied in a note, it is binding upon subsequent indorsers of the note. The holder of a check cannot sue the bank on which it is drawn until such check has been accepted by the bank. In the absence of an agreement to re- pair, the tenant cannot recover for dam- ages for the want of necessary repairs. On failure to deliver goods sold, the seller is not liable for the loss on a pro- posed sale of which he had no knowl- edge. Entries in books kept in the ordinary course of business in the handwriting of a deceased witness are admissible in evidence. Purchasers of goods have an insurable interest in them, though title was not to pass till their arrival at destination, so as to make the carrier their agent. Contributory infringement is the in- tentional aiding of one person by an- other in the unlawful making or selling or using of the patented invention, or its parts. Fraudulent concealment by an agent of the amount collected for his princi- pal will prevent the running of the statute of limitations against the claim of the principal. A purchaser of personal property on credit from the person in possession, before payment of the purchase price, cannot claim the same asa bona-fide purchaser for value. The authority of one partner to exe- cute a sealed instrument of lease in the name of the firm will be presumed where his partner was instrumental in securing the lease. ~~. 2. The Porter’s Idea of the Traveler. Farmer (at door of country hotel, to porter)—Who are those respectably dressed men with those funny looking valises going in and out? Porter—Them’s commercial gents. Farmer—What, may I ask, are their peculiarities? Porter—Well, sir, they never leaves the hotel without tipping the porter. +0 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. The people all the time 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. 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We caution importers, manufacturers and dealers not to use our said trade mark, and give notice that we will protect our said trade mark against infringements, and admonish dealers to beware of teas, coffees, spices and baking powder branded “Absolute” not manufactured and put up by us. MIGHIGAN SPICE 60. SOLE PROPRIETORS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE «ABSOLUTE” BRAND. OF COURSE YOU HANDLE 4L10N COFFEE- For Sale by All Jobbers. rwwwrerrevrevrvrvrervrvrvrvrevrevrerrevrvwreyeWwTvTY’TvVY*" : SEE PRICE LIST ELSEWHERE. : A } cn @ a e e j $ EVERY PACKAGE 16 02. NET 3 i? rs ° > E 3 WITHOUT GLAZING. z : ¢ } y ¢ Perfectly Pure Coffee. 4 iin li, in in
  • “in if pt age man has no particular iii in Trade Methods. » Nez 2 i NSAI s2 s i & $2 YALE fi ent in this direction, careful study | prom pen and Ink 2 = J y — produce a “ean fee in ic chanees Bev PAS OL ix Pas PAS P ws ex ec nas Sai “xpert window dressers are paid sal- eT = which = rag. ok a with ee ee : a fey ee NCA Seis Iota OR IEES those yeeerved by lawyers, Clergymen|ia... ie. and even principles are! & and physicians, or even by those of the i dee as a ife, biases esue estes aS RES SISEIRE 3 A retail grocers. It is stated that John | vith new “3 tee oe re Sve Wanamakers window, dresser 5 Pald| the least starting ange sto be een] BE AA S NO EQUAL « | a ee | ire show the importance with which the a a eo se FOR CARRIAGES AND HEAVY WAGONS oS profession is regarded to the methods, expenses and fine sur- Iuminating and Lubricating OILS Naptha and Gasolines RSEASReiarene ste es ee Ege S ee us Office, Mich. Trust Bldg. Works, Butterworth Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. eT BULK WORKS at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rapids, Grand Haven, Traverse_City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City. 5 i us Highest Price paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels iS SUA aan tantantaasaesees aes ue : Le Le roundings of the business houses of the There hid ~ — ee present day? They would rub their pay '' pret bien ul ee eyes in bewilderment, and tell many a aoe a his acon ater ao story of their own day of simplicity and ingenuity purely. The sole object is “ economy and yet of great, honorable suc- present an aggregation of goods or ma- | CoS* All business men, and especially “al co. wall Seas igaentyr wl the younger firms, should recognize the pn $a passer-by and a... pinnae = new state of affairs and make a constant " ae : f | Not i study of the changes and development advertisement | or the store. NOotwo MeN | that are taking place. Judgment and will aim at this result in the same way, | nerve are required ina higher degree oe no rules or regulations can be than ever before. Business must have aid down. clear brains and stout hearts. It must The clerk. in the average country town | haye constant watchfuless and energy. It = a field oe oT of | must have regard not only for private Se i ee : : ny ke : success and expansion of firms cannot to window displays, for which reason | now take place without the prosperity he has no particular competition. .. |and growth of cities. The road to for- The usual grocery-store window dis- : 1 Sn a bas be haa tune in business is no longer the beaten play, where any effort has been put tort) track which can be followed from a i AER aR REID Bs i ee a sti tae 0 4 : © ro : ~ a. ry ~ a nt ui i | a2 ea 7 — goods, generation of a family. Each season : f = Lich ag ee reggie gg and each year are producing new ele- : ee eS ee 0! ments and relations in the situation im succeed, a window display must possess ingenuity, and need not necessarily em- body advertising for any particular goods, although if this can be intro- duced without seeming to be bald ad- vertising, its value will, of course, be connection with human progress gener- ally, and the wise and successful mer- chants will be those who join in the on- ward march with faith in themselves and confidence in the future. Bieter ca tek UG SUieneane asta eases heightened. FET ein A H 313 7 Get kind Of a eed eat | Ce Toeeh ee ee Howse fey ie which introduces mechanical move- Merchant—I hear you have left the ya! Ge ment into the window, such as flowing | ftrm you were with for the past year. j water, clockwork, etc. If this is not Traveler—Yes, they got too close for Bus Keeps axles bright and cool. Never Gums. Ree, a attainable, some miniature reproduction | me 11b-| oun BOXES 42 doz, in ease. 25 1b, Wooden Pails of a scene from life, such asa railroad} Merchant—How so? 5b.) (2doz. incase. Half Bbls. and Bbls. i Bsces prove the talk of the town by reason of | they wanted to give me a salary based train standing at the station, etc., will Traveler—How so? Great Scot, man, ise Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle, i its very unusualness. These are much | on the sales I made! easier than they look. Children’s toys TTT re i! can be used for the figures, with card- New Mexico’s claim to statehood rests 53 GRAND RAPIDS. b 1 utilized f Iwork, etc’ Th he fe hat she has a lati f eee” aia, at goer ‘ te wie eae uae ec pe § PER Hentai res ie Fe Peteiie ree afi ple" ota' heap fies DACA EAU Cats MAC N SU 2s 24. a“ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN —— PROFITABLE PURCHASES. Some Excellent Advice on How and When to Buy. General Storekeeper in Shoe and Leather Facts. In the preparation for the anticipated season’s trade the salesmen’s grips have been something enormous and crammed to the top with artistic creations in foot- wear almost calculated to draw one’s coin from his pocket from their very appearance ; but the country merchant is compelled to remember that these crea- tions de luxe are not for him or for his trade, and that he must buy sparingly of them, if he buys at all. The larger dealers buy their goods for summer long before this season opens, but the aver- age country store-keeper does not dare to make plunges in that way, and if he buys his goods a month ahead of the time he expects to use them he thinks he is taking a big risk. So, after the salesmen have catered to the wants of the more extensive dealers, they carry the stock for the smaller ones which is suitable for the season nearest at hand. This is to the small merchant’s advan- tage in some respects, for the reason that by this time the fiat has gone forth and the styles which will be most called for have clearly revealed themselves, so that he runs no danger of investing a large amount of money ina line of shoes of a peculiar style which may fail to ‘‘take.’’ It might seem as if he were getting the remainder of what had been offered to the larger dealers at the be- ginning of the season, and must be satisfied with a second grade of goods in the way of picking up the crumbs; but this is seldom a question worthy of consideration, and the danger he es- capes leaves the advantage mostly on his side of the transaction. The large dealer can experiment with different styles, and lose on one what he gains on another, until he finds the one which will be called for during the season, from the indications of the present de- mand, and the smaller dealer reaps the benefit of this trouble and expense with neither trouble nor expense to himself. Aside from this danger, however, the country merchant is always subject to another. His professional eye may be so charmed with the outline and finish of a certain style of shoe as to blind him to the all-important question, ‘‘Is it something which will be called for by my trade?’’ That is the light in which he must view everything of the kind which he purchases; it is the test by which everything must be judged. He may inspect, admire and appreciate the pretty things, if he can do so without being influenced to buy them, but, if he is so susceptible as not to be able to do that, he must shut his eyes and re- sist the temptation. The goods may be beauties, but they are not for him o1 his trade, and if he takes a ‘‘flyer’’ in them he will run a great risk of coming to earth mournfully, with his feathers bedraggled and a lot of fine, but unsal- able, goods on his shelves. The average merchant cannot afford to keep any such art gallery for his own amusement, and so, when he is thus compelled to keep one, his reflections will be anything but aesthetic, although they may take the form of meditations on the vanity of human wishes. ' It is much easier to buy goods than it is to raise the cash to buy them with, and, when the cash is already tied up in unsalable goods, the question of how to buy the absolutely necessary new ones is a mathematical problem whose solution is unpleasantly difficult. The average country community does not want such extra fine footwear. They will neither pay the price nor wear the shoes, for it really seems as hard to get them to do the latter as the former, and in such a community the merchant will have to carefully draw the line between that which he thinks isa pretty shoe and what his customer will think isa good and serviceable one. The shoe trade in the average country store is an exemplification of the old proverb that good goods come in small packages; at least that is the way they must be bought to prevent their ruining the buyer. In high-priced goods it is the best plan to keep only a few samples on hand, and order the pairs required from time to time from the jobber as the customer expresses his preference. They can be ordered by one mail and be received in the next, in most in- stances, and the average jobber will not make any objections to such orders, al- though they may be slightly inconven- ient to fill and the profit may be small on the single pairs, as business is busi- ness for them as for others and they get accustomed to that sort of thing from its frequent repetition. If they do ob- ject, why there are others. It is always best to consider the feelings of those from whom you buy, however, as well as those to whom you sell, and keep on good terms at both ends of the line. There is nothing gained by being surly and unobliging, simply because you know you can force a man to endure something for the sake of getting your trade. The people of whom you buy are just as much entitled to the treat- ment of gentlemen as you are yourself, and, if you do not treat them in that way, you are not entitled to such treat- ment yourself. That is one advantage of business organizations in that they show the good qualities which fellow- members of the trade possess when out- side of their office walls. One characteristic of the young men of the present, which is a disadvantage both to themselves and to their employ- ers, is that they early become imbued with the idea that they know all about the business and how it ought to be con- ducted, and as soon as they can scrape together a few dollars they set up for themselves. They utilize their small capital in paying interest on borrowed money, with which to buy their stock ; having no resources, when an emergency comes, they have to throw up the sponge. That is the story which we can see re- peated all about us day after day. Do- ing business on borrowed capital with nothing ahead is risky business at any time, and the man who pays interest is taking that much out of his profits or his receipts and getting no return. A horizontal advance of Io per cent. on all goods will often not pay the mere running expenses of the business, such as rent, salaries, and lighting, without the constant drain of interest to be paid on the stock which lies on the shelves as well as on that already sold. Some men seem to be able to come out suc- cessfully who start in with a chattel mortgage on their stock, but a young and inexperienced man is taking great chances when he attempts it. When a young man starts out in this way his employer loses a good worker, the business world gains an individual who, from force of circumstances, must be classed with the doubtful ones, who have all to gain and nothing to lose, and the young man himself often loses the little which he has of his own and a great deal which belongs to some one else, and also loses a good job as_ well. About the least uvpleasant thing which he discovers is the fact that he ‘‘cannot afford to pay himself his old salary,’’ for some of the other developments are much worse than this. The old system of apprenticeships may have been a bad and hard one in some respects, but it at least prevented young men from em- barking tos soon in business ventures for which they were not sufficiently equipped, either financially or in ex- perience. A little extra capital to meet emergencies is a very desirable thing, and it is always best to go somewhat slowly until it is obtained. A little pa- tience exercised at first will often save a great deal of trouble and worry in the future. — eee Satisfied customers are good advertis ers. Such are the customers who use Robinson Cider Vinegar, manufactured at Bentor Harbor, Mich. You can buy Robinson’s Cider Vinegar from the I. M. Clark Grocery Co., Grand Rapids. The buyer for a_ wholesale house should always treat the knights of the grip in the same manner as he would have them treat him. Respect begets respect. Flags and buntings at P. Steketee & Sons. 1883 1835 1887 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 UW II HAS GROWN WOWOOOOWWWOOWWWWOWO QOWWWOW SUSIIMARIZED HISTORY: 1883 1880 1888 1899 © 1896 ©) WWW Business Established Special Machinery Inlroducce Removal 10 Still Larger Quarters Largest Coupon Book Plant in the Wor In which we produce more Coupon Books than all the other manufactur- facts speak louder than words and conclusively prove that our books ket for the past thirteen years in or- der to have secured this demand. > TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. ©) Removal {0 Luger Quarters SS2 © asia a Mo Ue MRReat oabty ris anaaiabets cee saci imamate aid a ia ¢. ene + prntese See aRR Piaamtiodiets : oassiees Bo Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, S. E. Symons, Saginaw; Secretary, Geo. F. OwEN, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. J. Frost, Lansing. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, J. F. Cooper, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Chancellor, H. U. Marks, Detroit; Secretary, Epwin Hupson, Flint; Treasurer, Gro. A. REY- NOLDs, Saginaw. Michigan Division, T. P. A. President, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids; Secre- tary and Treasurer, Jas. B. McInnes, Grand Rapids. Gripsack Brigade. A poorly paid man on the road is gen- erally as poor in securing business as the pay he receives. The up-to-date traveling’ salesman carries an up-to-date line of samples and no other kind will do him. The man who succeeds on the road is usually the one who believes in himself, while the one who fails believes in fate. Push your business as a traveling salesman energetically, maintain its dignity and your integrity and you will come out all right. When a commercial traveler gets discouraged and loses his energy, then the sooner he quits the road the better it will be for himself and his house. Your personality as a salesman has some influence with the average buyer, while the methods of broaching your business and the treatment of your trade go a good way toward securing an order. Artificial training will never make a truly successful traveling salesman, for the duties of the position necessitate qualities that every Tom, Dick and Harry does not possess. Like the poet, he is born for his particular vocation. ‘*Old foggyish’’ and ‘‘behind the times’’ concerns are not in it when it comes to doing business on the Nine- teenth Century plan. This much every commercial traveler is aware of and he always endeavors to represent only an up-to-date firm. Miss Homeria A. Bouton, who has visited the furniture trade of Michigan for the past year for the Pentwater Bed- stead Co., will shortly quit the road and re-engage in the work of teaching school at Pentwater. Her successor is Wm. R. Compton, of Grand Rapids. It’s not everybody who goes on the road to sell goods that is fit for it, for some men were never cut out for com- mercial travelers. You see, traveling salesmen are born, not made, and if you were born a hod carrier, for good- ness’ sake get at it and make room for ‘some good man who is fitted for the work of a knight of the grip. Pope, in his ‘‘Letters,’’ says: fortune do her worst, whether she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and inde- pendence.’’ This is a noble aspiration for any knight of the pencil and order book, and therefore let him treat his customer from the standpoint of integ- rity and independence, thus knowing that he has done his duty toward his firm and to society. Jacob Vandenberg has exchanged his house and lot at 2 Wells street for the Frost farm, located one-half mile west of the Dennis corners, on South Divi- sion street. The farm comprises 50 acres, being well improved and _ excel- lently adapted for small fruits, in which branch of business Jacob ex- pects to engage quite extensively. Mr. Vandenberg can be found on the vege- " Let THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN table portion of the Morning Market and will be glad to shake hands with any of his former acquaintances on the road. The commercial traveler is an edu- cator—a missionary, if you please--for he labors in constant fulfillment of that divine edict, "Let there be light.’’ He it is who first bears the torch of en- lightenment into the benighted regions of the earth and blazes the way for the majestic march of civilization. Hence his advent, no matter where, is a har- binger of refined influence, more ele- vated tastes and habits, greater com- fort, elegance and luxury in all the ap- purtenances incident to human society. In short, the whole accessible feels his superb influence. At an adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Commer- cial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Associ- ation, held Saturday evening, Wallace Franklin resigned from the Board, on account of his inability to be present at all the meetings, and Geo. J. Heinzel- man was selected to act in his place until the annual meeting of the organi- zation next January. As intimated by the Tradesman last week, still further changes are contemplated, on the com- pletion of which the organization will be well equipped in all departments to carry on the work for which called into existence. Post C (Detroit) held its cursion and basket picnic at Island last Saturday. There were over 200 in attendance, and, of course, they had a fine time. At the Island there were some very exciting games. The ball game was won by the team cap- world it was annual ex- Sugar tained by Mr. Baier, and Capt. Dean's | team won the tug-of-war. Mr. Howarn was the fastest fat man, and J. B. Schran carried off the honors in the 1oo-yards dash. The ladies also had some excit- ing races. Mrs. Watson won the mar- ried women’s race, and Miss Lulu Dent was the first young lady across the line in the single ladies’ race. It has puzzled many traveling men why such men as ‘‘Hub’’ Baker and Johnny Shields should stop at the Amer- ican House, at Cadillac, in the light of Landlord Parker’s record as a common swindler. The explanation of this inconguity is that Baker and Shields both make a practice of buying up accounts against Parker at 25 cents on the dollar, thus securing a $2 rate at a net expenditure of 50 cents per day. The explanation is a plausible one, but the precedent thus established is by no means a desirable one. In view of Parker’s record every traveling man should shun the American House as_ he would a pestilence. seeming - oe TRADE CONDITIONS. The strengthening of prices conse- quent the adoption of a sound money plank at the St. Louis convention seems to be much more than neutralized by the reaction caused by the activities of the extreme silver elements. In pro- portion as these have manifested strength in the bolting contingent from the republicans and in the division of the democrats, there has been a_ further decline in products and industrials, un- til the financial world is looking with anxiety for the outcome at Chicago. In the case of wheat and other cereals the continued decline seems to find sufficient cause in the generally favor- upon able crop reports throughout the produc- | ing regions. Wheat has declined about three cents since the last issue of the Tradesman, and other grains in pro- portion, and the bulls in the market seem to have little hope of The unsatisfactory conditions in the iron market continue with increased intensity. The combinations are making a desperate struggle, but they have thus far operated to hinder demand and stimulate outside preparations for the production of their lines. The tinued contest under these circum- stances seems likely to lead to eventual disaster. Ccon- Bessemer pig shows a further decline and a reduction in coke is prob- able. The textile situation shows no im- provement. The shutting down of works on concerted movement in that direction under discussion. The only indication is that stocks in the han of retailers are small, as they have been buying from hand to mouth so long. every wn favorable s About the only encouraging features an improved outlook continued favorable and leather trades. The stock market has shared the gen- eral bear for coal and the situation in shoe tendency, probably enced by the same causes. gold is small. Bank clearings were smaller, falling below the billion again, but failures were not so Export of HumMer- ous—218 against 265 for preceding week. A Blow at Business. There is a great danger threatening in the half of what is anticipated in regard to them happens, it is difficult to see how X ray discoveries, and if one- business of any kind can be carried on. lf, aS is anticipated, the X ray shall |enable us to see into each other’s minds |as well as through each other’s bodies, a deadly blow will be struck at com- mercial prosperity. In the stock er, as the case may be, will be unable to keep to himself his reasons for wish- ing to sell or buy, and by business with anybody. The will be powerless to promote, for no- body will believe the glowing spectuses which he issues ; need to read them, for better. He can read the pro- one" can dt airy falsifications and that his *‘ things’’ are good for nothing. The real estate dealer will be unable to conceal the outs)’ in the property he dispose of, and the intended purchaser will, on his side, be powerless to keep from the owner knowledge of the fact that,on account of certain projected improvements, the property in question value. And so in all kinds of business. The inability to conceal one’s purposes, grounded hopes will make the transfer of any sort of property next to impos- sible. but also-in statecraft and and friendship. ceive must operate toward the abolition of all these. When the X ray is fully developed there can be no business, no and tery or Ceception, |sity, lapse into barbarism. Surely, the |X ray is not the purest ray serene that some folks ibe. It is a light which must cast a | baleful shadow over all things which ‘cae for the f —__@ © The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. | E, Bushman, Kalamazoo. PECK’ Pay the Best Profit. HEADACHE.......... seseceseeeeePOWDERS Fecovery. | hand continues and a are the general favorable crop reports, | intiu- | mark | Inar- | ket, for instance, the seller or the buy- | consequence | it will be practically impossible to do | promoter | nobody will | inner con-| sciousness of the promotor and see at a| glance that his schemes are founded upon | good } would | will in a few months double or treble in | his private information and _ his well- | And not only in business alone, | politics, love | The inability to de- | gain in lying, nothing to make by flat- | our high and | enlightened civilization must, of neces- | would have us believe it to | enlightenment of the} | world and the upholding of humanity. | Order from your jobber w N 1. stig) a BLIFTON HOUSE Michigan’ Popular Hotel. land Refitted Throughout. Remodeles |Cor. Monrece and Wabash Aves., CHICAGO. ‘tial attention to De- Located one bloek the busi scenter Come and see us. GEO. CUMMINGS HOTEL Co., Geo. 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SOSHOOESD 99990000 09900000000000008 TRADESMAN LTEMIZED LEDGERS Size 8 1-2x14—-Three Columns. ..o2 OO _200 t Qu 3 00 4 Quires, 4 . sw ‘ : ‘ 6 Quires, 4 4 00 Invoice Record or Bill Book. 80 Double Pages, Registers 2,80 in WOMGd,.......-...... . 82 00 sahsishbbbbbbcbbde bbobbboeoee TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. 99OOS9S 99996909900 OO00 pibibiin i> SOCrorrry 0O00000 050004506 4090000000 aa ba aie st staan ane ae agi Aa RACE crentttez" AT a SS TES eere ane Sa aa ant. 26 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. ScoumMaCcHER, Ann Arbor Five Years— - - Gero. GunDRUM, Ionia President, C. A. BuaBEE, 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, GEo. J. Warp, St. Clair. a rs : _ 4S. P. WairmarsH, Palmyra, Vice-Presidents 7G. C. Poiips, 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— - - PRIZES AND CONTESTS. Arranged for Annual Convention of the M. S. P. A. Grand Rapids, June 30—The follow- ing program of sports and contests has been prepared for the annual meeting of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical As- sociation, which will be held at Macki- nac Island Aug. 4, 5 and 6: PRIZES FOR PAPERS. For the best paper or ‘* Pharmacy :"" $5 in gold, offered by the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, Mo. For the best paper on ‘‘Chemistry :”’ $5 in gold, offered by F. E. Westervelt, representing Seabury & Johnson. For the best paper on ‘‘ Advertising a Drug Store:’’ the Bulletin of Phar- macy for one year, offered by the pub- lishers. For the best five display advertise- ments submitted, each contestant to sub- mit as many advertisements as he or she chooses (each contestant must be a member, or the wife of amember of the M. S. P. A.): First prize, Michigan Tradesman one year; second prize, Michigan Tradesman one year; third prize, Michigan Tradesman six months; fourth prize, Michigan Tradesman six months ; offered by the publisher. CARNIVAL OF GAMES. Tug of War (twelve men on each side): Each member on winning side will receive a quart bottle of Sloman’s Diamond Wedding whisky, offered by S. A. Sloman & Co., Detroit. Each member on losing side will receive a bottle of ‘‘ Lemo-Seltzer.’’ Potato Contest for Ladies (very easy) : First prize, one-half pint Wildwood Violets; second prize, one quarter pint Linden Bloom; third prize, one card of assorted odors; offered by Foote & Jenks, Jackson. Foot Race (single men) 1oo yards: First prize, too El Saladin cigars, offered by H. Rapids; second prize, one case Tangle- foot fly paper, offered by O. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. Foot Race (married men) 75 yards: First prize, one half-dozen quart bottles Ridgewood whisky, offered by Kort- lander Bros., Grand Rapids; second prize, one case Tanglefot fly paper, offered by O. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. Egg Contest for Ladies (awful easy) : First prize, one 5 pound box fine candy, offered by the Putnam Candy Co., Grand Rapids; second prize, one case of Tanglefoot fly paper, offered by O. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. 3icycle Race: First prize, one fine toilet set, offered by L. M. Miils, rep- resenting Morrison, Plummer & Co., Chicagu; second prize; one case Tangle- foot; third prize, one case Tanglefoot, offered by the O. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. Hurdle Race: First prize, 100 ‘‘ Drug- gist cigars,’’ offered by the G. J. John- son Cigar Co., Grand Rapids; second prize, one case Tanglefoot, offered by O. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. Base Ball Scramble: First prize, one gallon bottle of P., D. & Co.’s Euthy- mol, offered by ‘‘That man Church.’”’ Boat Race: First prize, one 5 pint Schneider Co., Grand [| bottle of Parke, Davis & Co.’s Cascara Aromatic, offered by ‘‘That man Church,’’ who represents them. Standing Jump with Weights: Prize, one quarter dozen Ridgewood whisky. Standing Jump without Weights: Prize, one quarter dozen Ridgewood, offered by Kortlander Bros., Grand Rapids. EVENTS ON THE BOAT. Waltzing Contest : First prize (ladies), one extra large pyramid Palmer’s **Vio- let Bloom,’ offered by Solon Palmer, New York; second prize (ladies), one case of Tanglefoot fly paper, offered by O. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. First Prize (gentlemen) : One _half- pound ‘‘ Dike’s Pepsin,” offered by F. Stearns & Co., Detroit; second- prize, one case of Tanglefoot fly paper, offered by O. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. Cake Walk: First prize (ladies), one 5 pound box fine candy, offered by the Putnam Candy Co., Grand Rapids. First prize (gentlemen) : one quart bot- tle White Rose perfume, offered by Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids. By Straw Vote—The Most Cranky Druggist: One box Thum’s Tanglefoot fly paper. Most Popular Druggist: One pound Keasbey & Mattison’s Bromo-Caffeine. Most Homely Druggist: One box Thum’s Tanglefoot fly paper. Most Handsome Druggist: One pound bottle Haan & Schrouder’s **Lemo-Seltzer.”’ Handomest Lady on the Boat: One extra large pyramid Palmers ‘‘Our Jack,’*’ offered by Solon Palmer, New York. Most Popular Lady on the Boat: One case of Tanglefoot fly paper, offered by QO. & W. Thum Co., Grand Rapids. AFTER THE FIRST SESSION. A capsule filling contest: Prize, a fine pair of prescription scales, offered by A. E. Dore, representing Fuller & Fuller Co., Chicago. These scales will be given to the one who can fill twenty- five No. 1 gelatine capsules with pow- dered willow charcoal in the shortest time. he capsules and charcoal will be furnished by Dorian M. Russell, of the Executive Committee. B. SCHROUDER, Sec’y. - Se The Drug Market. Acetanilid—Quiet and unchanged. Acids—Consuming demand continues quiet, with some jobbing movement. Salicylic manufacturers have reduced quotations, as a result of sharp competi- tion. Alcohol—Continues in fair demand for both grain and wood, with prices unchanged. Arsenic—Continues in small request at same nominal prices. Balsams-—Copaiba continues in good demand, with prices well maintained. It is claimed that the consumption of so-called pure balsam is much larger than the receipts, the difference being made up by adulteration. Tolu con- tinues in good demand, with price tend- ing upward. Peru and Canada fir still quiet. Barium, Nitrate—Continued scarcity has further advanced prices. Beans—Vanilla continues in good demand with firm prices on same basis. Cacao Butter—Continues quiet, with prices unchanged. Caffeine—Light jobbing demand at same prices. Cassia Buds—Active with prices well maintained. Cocaine, Muriate—Prices firm with increasing demand. Cod Liver Oil—Less active demand, with more favorable reports as to the Eastern catcb, has resulted in a re- duction of prices. Colocynth Apples—Continue in good jobbing demand for both Trieste and Spanish, with a tendency to advance prices of latter. Cream Tartar—Steady and unchanged with fair demand. Cubeb Berries—Quiet and unchanged. Cuttle Fish Bone—Quotations the same with fair demand. Essential Oils—Citronella is some- what unsettled and easier. Other de- scriptions are without material . change. Flowers—German chamomile is ad- vancing in price, on account of unfa- vorable crop reports. Insects firmer, with powdered advancing. American saffron continues easy with moderate demand. Gums—Asafoetida continues in fair demand. Camphor firm, quotations without change, with good demand. Leaves—Short buchu continue firm with unchanged prices. Senna quiet but firm. —_____@0— - The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. POODODODOODOOHDOOQODOOQOOOOOGOODOOODOOOGSE SMOKE THE AZEL OO®@ ©) © QDCOOOQOODOOOOOQOQQOOO® ®OOGQOOOQOOOO = be | 5c CIGAR Hand made long Havana filler. Send me a trial order. Manufactured by WM. TEGGE, pérroirt. micu. DOOQOGQOOQOOOOOOQDOOOOOODOGHDOODOOOOOQMDOOQOGOPDOPGOHOOOES OOOQOO® WE CREATE THE DEMAND This ad. below will run in all the leading State papers. S/d Lb ea JF NOT SATISFACTORY. ye : Dian YOUR DRUGGIST FoR IT: TAKE NO OTHER. Ae Le LL , , | bee THE ELECTRIC PILE CURECO., LAKEVIEW Pays the Druggist a Handsome Profit. Order of your Jobber. s e 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 yaluable 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 a ready demand, The trade is supplied by all good jobbers. Did National Whisky A meritorious whisky suitable for fine trade. HULMAN & BEGGS Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers, SOLE PROPRIETORS, TERRE HAUTE, IND. A. E. McGUIRE, Headquarters Grand Rapids ) Re eE nla uence Oe DAVE McCANN, Headquarters Grand Rapids § Sirhan cal RTA ANTES Write for prices. it Batavia brushed Fruits and Fruit Juices * the bestin the world, guaranteed ABSOLUTELY PURE. Write for price list to Sprague, Wamer & C0, CHICAGO, ILL., Sole Agents for the United States. Oe SN eictalaia ins 2° a ane . Asal: itt hake eau aban eR aaNet bt NEE Ish pitas EBA taer ch si asthe, Gi eet cane snideaaes: ceNok een bai NE Ish ot seein THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN LE PRICE CU me 5@ 1 0 : RRENT. Morphia, | Vo. = 1 65@ 1 90] Sinapis.......... @ Li a —_—— | nia, ie " oe mE q 18| Linseed, boiled..... 42 45 —Gum Camphor. Moschus Canton... 55@ 1 80 Snuff, Maccaboy, De - i tio = : Mosehtis Cai i. @ . oe ne ~~ si Spirits Turpentine. 33 49 Acidum one Nux Vomica. .. po. = 5K@ 80 | Snuff,Scoteh, DeVo's @ MIR T =]. = Acetict Conium ae... 3@ 65| Scillec Os Sepié 2. -E @ 10 Soda Boras. i q é al 2 gc tn a: a aan Germ: -§ 8@8 10 Copaiba...... 90@. 1 00 Toletan. ol . @ 50] Pe wo See ee 15@ 18 | Soda Boras, .. 7 @ 10 a cae Ser. - : 83 Boracic yerman 75@ 80 Px ODE. nee eens 150@ 1 60| Prunus virg.. ...... @ sey RCo i @ 1 00 Soda et Potass Tart 4G 2 Putty, fommercial.. 24 24@3 Carbolicum oT ns 40 a en 1 20@ 1 30 rg : @ 50 Picis . ja. N.N.&% gal. sean oo a 14G@ “2 | Putty. euele a at os Dats —......... 29@ aero ......... 2 ‘ Tinct aod... Soda, Bi-Carb... 3@ ae ea @ Citricum . HG Gs : ... 1 20a) 1 ures Oe i @ 2 00! Sod: He 6 ra bee o ag tricum ............ % 46| Gaultheria..... AX@ 1 | Aconitum Napel Picis Li Sede @ 2 00| Soda, Ash...... ‘ —— a 3@, 5| Geranium, ounce... “— 1 = Aconitum eo : Picis [ger aga @ 1 00 | Soda, Sulphas. a "8 a Vv American...... ... 1I3@ 15 Oxalicum .. iu 10 = —— gal.. 50@ 60 a ee 60 - Hydrarg...po. 80 @ — a ——: ee @ 2 60 aaa a —— “ 2 Phosphorium, dil... @ a --- - 1 25@-1 40 | Sloes and Myrrh... to | Piper Nigra. ..po. 22 SS Ce ireen, Peniustlar. "13618 eas , -- \ 45| dunipera. ... Bam S Amica... oY | Piper Albe 35 B30 | Sate. Vind tee! Lend, Red eos Salicylicum 55q@n 65. | Lav --.--+.. f 5O@. 200) Alas ee 50 | Eiper Alba....po. 35 @ 30 | Spts. Vini Rect. b @ 249\ 1 MG 5x pum. ........ 55@ 65 savendula Oona, Assafcetida fix Burg » 30] Spts. Vini Rect. bt a om Sulphuricum 13a Lavendula .......... a3... 7 50 urgun........ @ 7 | Sots. Vini Rect.gbb @ 2 34 | Whit NB 3 ; oo. 4@ | Limonis.......... Se * s,| Atrope Belladonna | Plumbi Ace 4 7 | Spts. Vini Rect. '%t @ 25 es. = a ae Seo. 1 40@ 1 60 | Mentha Piper. i. ae 3 = Auranti aa 60) Pulvis Sancongerer 1 10@ Ie | Spts. Vini Rect. a = 2 | Z aoe hite Span ‘ ‘e “a artaricum.......... saa, 40| Mentha Verid.... iS e@ 0) hee 50} Pyrethrum east 10@ 1 20} Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 39 wate Nase ka. 8 10 Ammonia a een 2 One 2 tc Benzoin Co.......... S “& P. D. Co., doz... @1 2 _ Less 5e¢ gal. cash 10 di aye. me wane = . as - 00 — 16 deg.....-.. 4@, 6 — Ounce... .... @ 50 cman ee 50 oa pe 2@ 30 | oe -— 4 = <) elif no qua, 20 deg....... 1@ Hive. .... eee eeee es TH § ‘antharides...... . 30] Quassie........... : oC preal Preps 1 a a ond Pr =. is Liquida. ..... 100 = Capsicum ........ 50 Quinia, S. P.& W.. on pod boon me Roll. s@ ar Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 Chioridum ........ 1L2@ 14 icis Liquida, gal... @ 35 Cardamon os / a5 Quinia S. German. 308 40 | acon le | aa 10 | D Bieing oie 9g | Catdamon Co....... “9 Quinia, N.Y... gna, 40 Terebenth Venice. 228 30 | Paint your buildings witt Aniline HOSMSPINI.. 2.) @ 1 00 CASGOr ......... 1 00 Rubia SSS oo 40 | Theobrome....... 420, 45; | , D air Black... 6. ees 2 on@ 2 25 | Rose, oumee.-..0.2. 6 506 8 50 | Catechu......... a 50 | or gga tama Se 25| Zinel Saiphi... we oy | ~~ liao oe eee 40@, vz | Cinchona............ Seer... » @ | 26) Zinci Sulph. a. 1@ 6 aint oe i 40@ | 45 | Cinehona Co..-. 2.1. = Sanguis as on o - uly a 2G Senta voveeee SR 1B) Coheed a Sapo, Wo... 10). 40@ = ; BBL. GAL. | Kade NT A. K. DEAN, ae Senti 500 0 Cubeba eT a Sapo, x. 10@ 12 | oa Winhter....... 70 a ‘ Cubere... po.18 & = | Ti _ ess., ounce. @ 65| Ga sia Acutifol..... 59 | S&PO. Ge... eee @ 15| Tard, No.1. sae Pi "Write for samples and prices: os 10 : meh is, ess., ounee. ‘onen Ca ssia Acutifol Go 50) Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22] 7 rd, No. 1.......... 40 3 | Write for samples and pri be ee ( 8 e.......0. fae igitalis. ....... .. a nib Tatiana 7 . ll Xanthoxylum.. .... 2%@ 3% Thyme, opt... @ 16 Hrpot...... — : wl ae .. ee Mhesbeomae ll 15 S — ae 35 = a - : | sae Giesiee............. @ Potassinm ~_ | Gentian Go21100.20" % : Ber @ 2 60 | Bi-Barb............ 15@ Glace cee 50 Terabin, Canada. 40@, 45 | Bichromate ..... "me i5 Guiaca ammon. ..., molatai. %@ 90| Bromide.......... ni 48@, 51 Hyoscyamus Jae — GEEDe aoe oe. 1x@ 15| lodine. ide weet wl ce orate..po. 17@19e 16@ 18 | lodine, colorless... Abies, Cyanide!) 00.) 50@ _ 55 | Kino Casshab eee 2| Todide...2....72.1... 2 9am 300 | Lobelia... oor aero atropurp * So a rt, pure © aK 38 Nee y ‘sigs vite itar 2 ee i 2) Potass Mitras, ope” sp 10| OPH plane Quillaia, gr’d....... 10 Potass Nitras.... So 3s Opi ee: Sassafras. 2.0... .... 12} Sulph 77 ne i = = teipapa Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d — 1518) mnanys 220000000 Extractum i — —— ae Glycyrrhiza Gl ¢ Chloroform... oT r ae a a Ye = . Cardamon.....)... 1 00@ 1 2 _ bloroform squibbs i eat @ = Coriandram......... %S Ww Chloral Hyd Crst. . Ammonia _@ )| Cannabis Sativa. 344@ Chondrus. 1 ta .. 58@ 60 | Cydonium....... ago 4 | Ginchonidine eee { Benzoinum. --. po. 30 = 5 Chenopodium ne 10@, Fs Cinchonidine, Germ al fl oS “— = —— Odorate... 2 WO 3 00 ae i. a y[s.........- : niculum G ° Ys | COTks, list, dis. pr.ct. Satechw’ Ei coe a @ i — po a 8 Creosotunt sain aoa. a ee au 4 | Cleta.......... bbL. 7 es Euphorbi 4a 50 Lint, grd....bbl. 2% E4@ 4 | Creta, prep... — n — “po. 35 @ 10 Robelta 0007 i 2g d Creta, precip oe Gane ol _@ 1 00 | Pharlaris Canarian. = o@, Mj | Creta, Rubra... ee ee 65@ 70 | Rapa.. 2B $) Crocus... —— —_ oo @ ; = Sinapis Alba. 00) *4@ 8 Cudbear 322002.) os @ 3 ( inapi a 1&5 | CupriSulph...- 2.7, Nati +++ PO. 88.00 ote pis en N@ 2 oo A Ee @ 40 eo Ether Sulph...2. Opil po. 3. 303. z: 2G 2 30 Aclemenninary W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50 aaa, a cabs Ce) 4o@ 6 | Frumenti, D. F. 2 ona 2 25 | Emery, y i shelag wisccica |G @ | Prumenty R.. : po 2 25 ae a Full line of staple druggists’ sundries = ange se 8 | Juniperis Go. 6. 81) 1 2500 1 50 Pleke Witte 40 We are sole proprietors of W pa aa ae janet & so ta 6] Flake Wi ‘ —* = s Michigan Catarrh Remed i \beinthium..os. he oe | Saacharum N. E.... 1 90@, 2 10 | Gambier....... an Je have in ck : cr z di . aaron = Spt. Vini Gani 1 6 50 | Gelatin, Cooper.. .. of Whiski = and offer a tull line Eupetoriam. =e 2 Vint Oporto ee 1 25@ 2 00 | Gelatin, French..... and es, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Najera oe pk 25 Alba. : Ca 1 25@ 2 00 Glassware, flint, box Ww aa at oe 2 edie 4ess than box. ss sia v on pkg 95 | Floridasheeps’ =a peas brown... P We pies ti scape recta eee oes oz. pkg arrlag 5 ilyeerina Tanacetum\ oz. ae = oe wool 2 00@ 2 7% fie po te ders and puarante ‘satisfaction Thymus, V..oz. pkg 5 carriage. 00 iS Grana Paradisi .... = = rile ie pane ar : oe “sane ee » 2 00; Bumnulas............ shape athe i i cd te Calcined, Pat ; 55@ ) wool, carriage @ 110 oe Mite — a rece e"them. ‘Send a bese ce DD, . Se Pras _ ydraag C 2 t : : ao See aon ee mate, Kk. 4M... We 5, loans ahcoes’ weal = roe oa rest Carbonate, Jennings 30 3B Oe oo wool, ‘ ae eee 2g ae x PArTIOge 0c. 3D drat 2 o Oleum Hard, for slate use.. = Soe Absinthium...... 3 25@ 3 Yellow Reef, for ree = alga — Amyadale, se: = é - Slate use.........: @ 1 40 ada. Resubi...... 3 80@ fare Amare . -: 00@ 8 25 Syrups noon gee . 2 W@ 3 00} Acaci: oo Berga 3 30@ 2 40 hati Cortes...... e = ee tes a 3 00@ 3 20| Zingiber....... ..... : » ce Catyophylli. a = a Ipeeae.... a 2 oo pee ig - si ee 5b@ 30) Perr jod....... a i 3 Sere Chenopadii tottee eee 35@ 65|Rhei Arom.......... @ =| neon ee a Hae Chenopai 2. © 2 50| Smilax Off wevaeseee | @ 50 | Magnesia, Sulph nnamonii. . 9 é Silas Cinalis... 50@ 60| Mz sia’ Sulph. bi eee a: 2 50@ 2 60|Senega.......... @ 50 aie eta oo Mannia, S. F........ 55@ es @ 50} Menthol... .,,.,.... fd eae ne st a ETAT I ea SSeS SSE ae ae PEERS RG RSME PE DN EN ath ae OE EO 28 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in They are prepare possible to give quotations S erage prices for average con dealers. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature o and are an accura purchase, and those Cash buyers or those o te index of the local below are given as representing av- f strong credit usually buy closer than estly requested to point out any errors OF omissions, as it 1s this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail d just before going to press uitable for all conditions of ditions of purchase. Subscribers are earn f the greatest possible use to dealers. market. It is im- AXLE GREASE. COFFEE. COUPON BOOKS. FARINACEOUS GOODS. doz. gross Green. Biscuitine. reais co : = Rio 3 doz. in ease, per doz..... 1 00 Castor Oil ......-.- 60 7 00 . S 55 Te wii a 18 Farina. Diamond ........--- = Good 19 a . a TD g OER a nie | ta ae ee IXL Golden, tin boxes 7 9 00 Paemeo. .........-.....--------- S Grits. Mica a 10 8 00 OE co og ee ww ee we ee 2 Walsh-DeRoo Spe 2 00 Paragon SS Se Peaberry .....------:sseeseees Sussiaey. ° Barrels ....---..-------->- 3 25 ee _—_, ane Flake, 50 1b. drums....... 1 50 o . ea ......-.-- 1% Ib cans doz....-. ------ 45 | Prime ......---- eae i a — — 4 4% lb cans Goz....--------- 85 | Peaberry nia” i Ce = nae ) ib cans Goz......-----.-- 1 50 Mexican and Guatamala. 8 1 books, per 100.........- 2 00 ae - nth _ - Acme. Fair Lececeveceseceess-21 | § 2 dooks, per 100.......--- 2 50 | tmported, 95 Ib. DOx......2 50 yg ib cans ee 45 ee ee ee eee oe 221% 3 books, per ec 3 00 ’ 1 Barl i% Ib cans 3 doz......------ | Fancy .....----ee cree eee ee ee 24 —_ per 100 Co 30 Sass Pearl Barley. ‘os 1 lbcans 1 doz.. ee . 10 books, per 100.......--- OBMPITS ...--.---e ee eer ee 2% Bulk. ‘ai ee 10 | Prime —_—_ Le 93 | $20 books, a ioe 5 00 | Chester .. ..-----+--+00° 1%@2 Dwight’s. milled... oe 24 “Su rior.’’ Peas. 1 lbcans per doz........- 1 50 Java. ve —. = eee — JaXon 1 Interior... 0000 1)... .25|8 1 books, per 100.......--- 9g 50 | Split, per Ib....----------- 14 Ib cans 4 doz case.. ... 45 | Private Growth........----++- 271% 2 books, per 100.......... 3 00 Rolled Oats. i4 lb cans 4 doz case...... g5 | Mandehling......-..---+---++- 28 | $ 3 books, per 100........-- 3.50 | Rolled Avena, bbl... +2 80 1b cans 2 doz case......- 1 60 Mocha. $ 5 books, per 100.......--- 4.00 — — Ybbl.....- : = a — a a ae 4 lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 Aen ....------ a S ecane See oe 2 40 se ~ Roasted. 3 Private brands, %4bbl....- 1 Ib cans 2 doz case.....- % | Quaker Mocha and Javya......32 Quaker, cases......---.---3 20 Our Leader. Toko Mocha and Java......-- 28 Oven Baked... ..--- 3 a4 Ib Cans......----.--.---- 45 | State a a 25 Eekeside oo... .-- 223 ic ip CAMB........_-.------- 7 ackage. deans lL) Se) Axenekie|..--.-- ---.--- 21 30 aes eit Coa 4 BATH BRICK. JErSeY....-2-- 6 ree eeee ee 21 30 Sant india......-..-. . = a. 7 **Universal.”’ Wheat. Snglish..-....-- oe 80 BRON Corr cE 8 1 books, per 100.....-....- 3 00 | Cracked, bulk. ..-..------- . 3 BLUING. Sih % 2 books, per 100..--..---- 3 50 242 1b packages....-.------ 2 40 PACKAGES. WiTEBUT GLAZE. | 8 3 books, per 100.....-.-.- 4 0 ne a (3 Pere, Ounces Nev. $ 5 books, per 100........-- 5 00 i #10 books, per 100........-- 6 00d Fish Canes 100 Equality Price 920 books. per 100......---- 7 00 ee ,) Se ee Above prices on coupon books : Caswets 120 Ibs. Same Price, | 272 subject to the Followins | Georges ae. ae QO Exrra ror Casinets. = re eer. . Seccomt Georges genuine oe @ S ’ oe 500 books or over...10 per cent | o- pe a a : ZC aa MeLauzilin’s XXXX..... 21 30} 1999 pooks or over. .20 per cent Strips or bricks...---- 6 @9 1 doz. Counter Boxes..... 40 KOFFA-AID. Halibut. oe 1 Coupon Pass Books, @hunks.....--------------- ‘ ee Can be made to represent any SIPS ee ee 2 09 denomination from $10 down. Herring. No. 2 Carpet.......- i 20 books 1 00 | Holland white hoops == 55 No. 3 Carpet..........-...-- 150 a Holland white hoops bbl. 6 50 eee oe Sean : - aes. "300 a Cee wags ae a 950 bOOKS.....---- _ 6 % | Round Sai —— W — a 500 books 10 00 | Round 40 ibs. .:------ 1 = Fancy Whisk.. ......------ 1 00 alana ae 10 0 | Sealed.......----s+e+0+0++° ee EE 2 23 1000 books.....- -------+---44 ciaihaiat CANDLES. Credit Checks. ist OO BS ae 13 00 2 gis + nf E Star Ib boxes... ot s00, any one denom’n..... 300) NO-l Sipe 00000 aw Paraffine ae 9 7 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 No. 2 100 hel: ie 8 00 CANNED GOODS. _ 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 001.9 40 Ibs... 200 eeee- 3 50 Manitowoc Peas. ae ae % | No.2 10 We. esses 95 Lakeside Marrowfat......- 1 00 a, Family 90 ee eee Lakeside E. J... ....------ 1 30 Apples. Family 10 lbs. ao Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... 1 40 | “ Sardines. - Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 65 | 3 doz in case.........-.---+- 5 aan sa . 3 Russian Kegs. iain He CATSUP. Extract. ' i ' : Columbia, pints.......... 4 25 | Va:iey City % gross .... 75 California Fruits. = i a aa = Columbia, % pints.......--- 2 50 | ~ lix sn ik oe 1 . ereeake 9 @il sy a | 7 umreel’s foil % Bross... cee f CHEESE. i; intakes. 12 ae eee 54@ Be. $B -- =~ ‘= =o hig RE @ 8 | CONDENSED MILK. | Peaches......-.---------- “a... UU Acme ee @ — 4 doz. in ease Peas... ...-.---<--2-s 8%4@ Nod Sibel 59 Elsie...---.---------- @ 1% ” sit Pitted Cherries........-. Whitefish. Gold Medal. ......-. Be Prunnelies.........---+-- No.1 No.2 Fam a ee Raspberries.......-.---- 100 lbs....---- 72 62 1% ca NE @ 7h California Prunes. MO ibe... . --- 320 2 80 1 = Riverside.. @ 7% 100-120 25 Ib boxes.....-. @ 44% | 10lbs.....--- 88 78 : 8 1b 73 65 29 sparta..... @ 7% 90-100 25 Ib boxes a @ 434 S..-. 2+: : [o....--.-- 10 80 - 90 25 boxes. .....- 5 — Gi Ma) 35 |b woxes.... @ 9% | FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Coe... i @ 2 60-70 25 lb boxes.. .--- @ 5 " a : / Limburger. .....--- @ 15 50 - 60 25 Ib boxes... -- @ 0% (Fl «~—S—« Jennings’. Pineapple.......--.-- @ 20 40 -50 25 lb boxes....... @ 74 earn : : Sap Sago......-.- - @ 18 30 - 40 25 Ib boxes. ....-- @ 7% a a Chicory. yy rent less in bags 2 On...-.. 1 20 Bulk .. 5 Raisins. 7... ... 1 50 mee noserceeseseees 7 N. Y. Condensed Milk Co.’s | London Layers.......- 1 10@1 30 4oz.. ...2 @ CHOCOLATE. orands. Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 4% 6 0z......2 00 Walter Baker & Co.’s. Gai’ Borden Fagle.........7 40| Loose Museatels 3Crown = 5 ia Gorraasn Saeet.......--..... ..22 a . _. ss ssree+eee6 25| Loose Museatels 4Crown 6 = 4 . pa PATER, ..- enw cee cose ee ass DAIEY ..-....---- 2 ---6 5 if] No. 10. .6 06 Breakfast Cocos.............- 42 ————— oo ee 4 50 FOREIGN. JiNo. 27.1 25 CLOTHES LINES. =" -. 2. : = Currants. ! } i No. 3 T.2 00 Cotton, 40 ft, per doz.......1 aaa 35 | Patras bbis.......---------@ 3} i se Cotton, 50 ft, per dez.......1 20 Vostizzas 50 Ib cases......@ 3% | J ij} No. 47.2 40 Cotton, 60 ft, per doz....... 1 40 Cleaned, bulk .....------- @ 5 | Ih WIL} D. G. Lemon Cotton, 70 . per 8 ee 1 60 | Cleaned, packages....---- @ 5% t Cotton, 80 ft, per doz....... 1 80 Peel Slooz..... Jute, 60 ft, per doz........-. 80 eer. ! Jute, 72 ft, per doz........-. 95 pao — = bs = HH!) 3 OZ... +++ 1 00 : mon Leghorn 2 x Mi, = A 6% 6-Ib bDOXES ....------- -e+e- 7 Common Corn. 20-lb DOXES....------ see eee 5 40-Ib DOXES....-------+e+ eee 4% Common Gloss. 1-lb packages.......-----++> 4% 3-lb packages.....-.-----++- 4% 6-lb packages....---------+- 534 40 and 50 lb boxes.......---- 234 Barrels .........-.-------.-- 2% SUMMER BEVERAGES. alhalla Wild Cherry Phosphate. —s “oa—gll case, 28-15¢ = Hel am ge i 25 tien vi aker’’ case, 24-25¢ and 94-15c bottles.......... 5 00 Free with above, Large Bot- tle, Easel and Advertising Mat- ter. Concentrated Extract for Soda Fountain, per gal...... 2 00 Root Beer Extract, 3 doz case, 2 25, per doz......... 3 Acid a 8 0z., I 2 00 Thompson’s Wild Cherry Phosphate “Hummer Case” con- tains 3 doz. One Big Bot- tle Free. 24 9z. 50c size, 1 doz. to a case 400. Special Soda Foun- tain Extract per gal. $2 00 Big Demon- strator tains 15 doz. 25e size, 1 doz 50¢ size, 1 jug and fixtures. See add. = G. J. jeune s brand SON SO .35 00 H. & P. Drug Co. ‘s brand. Quintette ........--....---- » 00 Clark Grocery Co.’s braid New Brick ...............- » 00 Michigan Spice Co.’s ro Avponite..........:. ...... 35 00 SOAP. Laundry. Gowans & Sons’ Brands. com... ee 31 German Family........-..- 215 American Grocer 100s..... 3 30 American Grocer 60s...... 2% Mystic White..........-.... 3 80 Vetoe |... 3 9 Oak Leaf. ..°...........-... 3 0 Gia Stole. _...\.......---..- 3 20 Happy Day.........-----+.- 3 10 con- |, JAXON Simgie. box.) 0 3 00 5 box lots, delivered... 2 9% 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 8 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s brands. OM. 3 25 Cotton O1....... 3. Mereerrres. 2s 4 00 ss ...................... 3 70 Henry Passolt’ 's brand. Single Sox ll . 5 box lots, delivered ... ...2 % 10 box lots, delivered....... 2% 25 box lots. delivered ..... 2 75h Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s ———. American Family, wrp’d...3 33 American Family. plain. 3.7 Thompson & Chute’s Brand. Single box. lal oe 5 box lot, delivered........ 2 95 10 box lot, delivered. ......2 85 25 box lot, delivered........ 2% Allen B. Wrisley’s brands. Yor special quotations on Old Country ask traveling man. Dell, 100 bars... 22... . 8). 2 = Good Cheer 60 I-lb.......... Single box, delivered ..... $2 5 box lots, delivered.. 7 00 10 box lots, delivered.......2 90 25 box lots, delivered....... 2 80 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio. hand, 3 deg cui 2 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 475 Lea & Perrin’s, small.....2 75 Halford, larme...........- 3 75 Halford small....... .....2 2 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, 3mall..... 2 6 INEGAR. Eeroux Cider......... .... 225. 10 Robinson's Cider, 40 grain. ...10 Robinson’s Cider. 50 grain. ..12 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Cut Poaft....00 02... ss... 5 37 Cubes 2.2.0.0... Powaerea ................. 5 2 XXXxX Powdered......... > 20 Mould A... 5 12 Granulated in bbls... ...... 4 87 Granulated in bags.........4 87 Fine Granulated...........- 4 87 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 00 Extra Coarse Granulated...5 00 Diamond Confec. A........ Confec. Standard A......... WICKING. No. @ pergross.... 0... ... .. 25 NO. 1 pergross............ .. 30 INO. 2, per STOsS.............. 40 NO.S, pergress..... 5 Fresh Meats. Beef. Carcass 8. 5 @6% Fore quarters......... 3 @4 Hind quarters a oe 6 @8 ems No. 3........... 9 @12 Se a 7 @s reowees . 1... . 54@ 6% @5 ame 5 @ Leal bard. .....:....... @6 Mutton. Carcass . See ec @ 6 Easter Lambs......... @i10 Carcass ......... oe @6 Candies. Grains and Feedstuffs Provisions. Stick Candy. Wheat. The Grand Rapids Packing bbls. pails Whee 55 | and Provision Co. quotes as fol- Soneare .......... 6 @7 Standard H. H...°.. 6 @7 Standard Twist..... . @it Cut Loaf.. _. 4@ 8% cases EvtiraH.H.......... @ 8% Boston Cream...... @ 8% Mixed Candy. Standard............ Q@7 Header |... ..... @ 7% COMServe...... ..... @8 Ce @ % ooo... CC... @ Premen ....- 2... @ Cut boat. ........... @ English Rock....... @ Kindergarten...... @ 8% French Cream...... @ 9 Dangy Pan...... _.. @10 Valley Cream... .... @13 Fancy* In Bulk. Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% Lozenges, printed.. @ 8% Choc. Preps. ....... 12 @i4 Choe. Monumentals @13 Gum Drops.. @ 5 Moss Drops......... @ 8% Sour Drope:......... @ 8% lperials ........... @9 Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops....... @5 Sour Drops.. : @50 Peppermint Drops.. @60 Chocolate Drops.... @65 H. M. Choe. Drops. . pia Gum Drops......... @35 Licorice Drops...... @i A. B. Licorice Drops @dv Lozenges, plain.... @55 Lozenges, printed.. @60 miperiais ...... 2... @60 oo ............. @65 Cream Bar.......... @aA0 Molasses Bar .... @50 Hand Made Creams. 80 @9 Plain Creams....... 60 @s0 Decorated Creams. . @90 Straw Hock......... @b60 Burnt Almonds..... i= @ Wintergreen Berries @55 Caramels. No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib. Ones @30 No. saweeed, 3 Ib. boxes @45 No. tea 3 2 Ib. boxes Fish and a Fresh Fish. Per lb Whitefish ........... @ Trout... @ 7 Black Bass.. Le @ 12% Halibut . 156@ Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4 loc... ....... @ 10 Live Lobster....... 15 Boiled Lobster...... @ Cod... @ 10 Haddeck........-... @ § No. I Piekerel.... .. @ 6 Pee @ @ Smoked White...... @ Red Snapper........ @ Col River Salmon.. @ Mackerce: ......... a 2 Shell Goods. Oysters, per 100....... 1 25@1 50 Ciams, per '00....... 90@1 00 Crackers. The N. Y. Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Seymour RMX ............ é Seymour as 3b. carton 5% Family XXX. 54 Family SS i 31b carton. 5% Salted XXX... 54 Salted XXX, 3 Ib carton. 534 Soda. Seaa SMR... |... 6 Soda XXX, 31b carton. 6% Noosa. City... .._.......... a Crystal Wafer 0). pom Long Island W afers.. _o L. I. Wafers, 11lbearton .. 12 Oyster. Square Oyster XXX. Los oe Oe Sq. Oys. XXX. 1 Ib carton. 64 Farina Oyster, X27....... 514 SWEET GOODS—Boxes. Anmeals 1... 10% Bent’s Cold Water......... 12 HeMG HOSE... Cocoanut Tairy............ Cofice Cakes..............-. Frosted Honey............. i Graham Crackers ......... Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 6% Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 6% Gin. Snps,X XX home made 6% Gin. Snps,X XX sealloped.. 6% Ginger Vanilla. ........... Pmperais:.... 05... 4 Jumoples, Honey.. Seine es 11 Molasses Cakes............ 8 Marshmallow ............. 15 Marshmallow Creams..... 16 Pretzels, hand made ..... 844 Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6% mugar Came........ 2... Smeets 8 12 Scace amen... ........... 7% Sears’ Zephyrette.. .......,10 Vanilla Square............ 8 Vanilla Watfers-........... 14 Pecan Wafers.........-..... 15% | Frat Cofee............... « 10 Mixed Pienic.............. 10% Pineapple Glace...... <1 4 Mee Winter Wheat Flour. Local Brands. Patents ..... _........, | Second Pateng. 3 50 Derene................... 3 30 ee Gre |... 8... eo Buckwreae..-.. <. . C.. 3 00 Bye .... eeeepe wee Subject to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand. Quaker, \s.. : 35 Guamer 4. . : 35 Quaker, Ms.. ..aco Spring Wheat Flour. Olney & Judson ’s Brand. Ceresota, i 3 8 @ereseta. Sfa- 0 3 75 Ceresors, 4s................ 3 70 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Grand Republic, %¢s........ 3 85 Grand Republic, js.. ..... 3 Grand Republic, %4s........ 3 70 Ww as er Co.’s Brand. Laurel, bee. ... au Laurel, seu 3 70 Laurel, a a 3.60 Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s ; Brand. Parisian, 1s. _o0o Parisian, \4s.. _.@2o Parisian. '%s.. 3 70 Entire Wheat Flour. William Callam & Sons quote as follows, delivered in Grand Rapids: woot... 4 00 10 9 cotton sacks.. 4 00 PiGg. ee. 3 & Py SS 3 75 Meal. Boleca ......_........ ww. 1 Granulated ........... 2 Feed and Millstuffs. St. Car Feed. screened ....13 25 No. I Corn and Oats. ......12 50 Ne 2Peeq 12 00 Unbolted Corn Meal....... 12 25 Winter Wheat Bran... ... 9 v0 Winter.Wheat Middlings.. Screenings... The ©. E. . = ‘Brown “Mill < quotes as follows: Corn. Dan tots... ...... oe Less than ear lots......... 3244 Oats. Caries 2. 21% Less than ear lots......... 24 ay. No. 1 Timothy. ton lots....13 50 No. 1 Timothycarlots...... 12 00 Fruits. Oranges. Fancy Seedlings Medt. Sweets........ mee 20 ........ 5 00 Messinas 200s........ Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. @3 00 Strictly choice 300s.. @3 00 Pancy 2e.......... @3 50 Fancy We ........ @3 50 Exeiras @3 7 | Bananas. | A definite price is hard to | name, as it varies according to | size of bunch and quality of fruit. Medium bunches...1 25 @1 50 Large bunches...... 1% @2 00 Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs, Fancy Layers 20 Ibs... ot ae Figs, C hoice ‘Layers 10 Ib.. Le. @10 Figs, Naturals in bags, new......... @ 6 Dates, Fards in 101b howes 1... @ 8 Dates, Fards in 601b Gasee @ 6 Dates, Persians, G. M. K., 60 lb cases. . @5 Dates, Sairs 60 lb —— ............ @4 Oils. Barrels. Roceme ..... @10% XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt @ 8% W W Michican........ @ 8 | High Test Headlight. . @7 1 Gae 2... @ 9% | eee Sapa es @ 8% Cvlder.............. 30 @38 | Engine................ 11 @2l | Biacu, winter......... @9 | Black, summer........ @ 84% | From Tank Wagon. | Boeene.......... @ 8% | | XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt. @ 6% D.S. Gas...... Hace os @7 Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle | quote as follows: Barrels. [Palacios ...._......... @11% Daisy Woite.........- @10% Red Cross, W. W.....-- @ 8% Water White Hadlt.. @8 Family Headlight... @iw Red Cross 8. Gasoline @10% Stove Gasoline........ @ 9% | Naph sl... @ 8% From Tank Wagon. Palaeme ........-....- @ 9% Red Cross W. W...... @ 6 Gaselmne.............- @i% lows: Barreled Pork. Mess 8 00 ee ae 9 00 Clear back.. ..... 86 merece. .............. 7 50 Be ee pO Dry Salt Meats. meres ........ |. ..-.... 5% oe «—...........,... 5 Extga shorts. : 5 Smoked [leats. Hams, 12 1b average .... 9% Hams, 141b average ... 94 Hams, 16 1b average..... 9% Hams, 20 lb average..... 9 Ham dried beef..... I% Shoulders (N. Y. cut). : 5% Bacon, clear. . ooo 7 California hams.. oe 534 Boneless hams........... 7% Cooked lam............. 10% Lards. In Tierces. Compound ee 44 ieee 4% Granger ................ dig Musselman’s Gold Leaf.. 5 Worden’s Home Made.. 64 Worden’s White Clover. 514 Cattgreme -.. 54 Cotosuet .. ee 5% So Ip Taps. ...... advance le 80 lb Tubs.......advance 14 Soin Tine ....... advance 4 20 ID Pails.......advance ly id Fails. ...... advance 34 5 ib Padis....... advance % 3 1p Fails....... advance 1 Sausages. Holegna |... 5 Dives... 6 Mreagefoce................ 7 Pome oo. .. 6 ieee oi... oe ey. Roe Ghoese............. 6 Beef. xtre Mess.............. 7 ee 11 00 Pigs’ Feet. 2a .......,lCUM boils, 40 lbe. ...... 1 65 Le peer eto" 3 00 ripe. Mis a... .. 2... (oy _ pod, Sie. 1 50 26 pbis, 80 tbs._......_..- 26 Casings. Pore... 25 Beef rounds..... _. 5 Beet middies............ 1 Butterine. Hows, Gairy............-. 84 Solid, dairy...... eo. 8 Rolls, creamery ......... Solid, creamery . Canned Meats. Comed beef, 2 ib....... 2 00 Corned beef, 15 mm... 4 00 Roast beef, 2 Ib....... 2 00 Potted ham, 5....... oe Petted Bam. ‘%48....... 1s Deviledham, %3....... wo, Deviled ham, —. 13 Potted tongue \s.. % Potted tongue i4s....... 1% Hides and ‘Pelts. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: Hides. ee ................. 3 @4 Part eared..........-. @ 5 Full Cured.. -9 @eé Dy ....... -5 @d Kips. green. _o @2 ee oh cured... 4.8 @6 Calfskins, green ao 4@5% Calfskins, cured...... 54@ 7 Deseonskins ......... 2% @30 Pelts. Shearings ...........5 @ WW lambs |. ........... BS @ (a Wool............ 49 @ 7 Wool. Washed. —. ......... ’ @i5 Unwashed ........ ... @12 Tliscelianeous.. Wallow ..-..-.......... 2 @2% Grease Butter......... ; @ 2 Switenes -..-....-.... 1%@ 2 Ginseng. . wa eancee et Goo: oe N a, Almonds, Tarragona. . @13 Almonds, Ivaca....... @ Almonds, California, soft shelled......... @123 Bragiis new........... @ 7 Miners ............- @10 Walnuts, Gren., new.. @i2! Walnuts, Calif No. 1. @lil Walnuts, soft shelled ae @ fable Nuts, fancy.... @12 Table Nuts, choice... @10 Pecans, Texas H. P... @ 9 Hickory Nuts per bu., Me @ Coecoanuts, full sacks @ Butternuts per bu.. Black Walnuts per bu @ Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Game Coema............-.. @ 5% Fancy, H. P., Flags Roasted. ........... @it Fancy, H. P., Associa- tion Roasted......-. @7 Choice, H. P., Extras. @i% Choice, H. P., Extras, / Roasted ........ .- @ 6 | Crockery and Glassware. FRUIT JARS. Mason—old style, pints... 6 50 Mason—old style, quarts.. 6 75 Mason—old style, % gal.. 8 75 Mason—1 doz in case, pts. 6 75 Mason—1 doz in case, qts. 7 00 Mason—1 doz in case,% gal 9 00 Dandy—glass cover, qts.. 9 00 Dandy—glass cover, 4% gal 12 00 LAMP BURNERS. No. Om. a ae 50 NG. 2 Oe. 7 OO 50 Secartty, No. f............- 65 Seeuriiy, Wa. 2............. oo Nigtece ................. oo oo it LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. Per box of 6 doz. We. @ Sam... 1 85 mo ft Sim... 2 00 Bo. 2 oae....2............. 2 80 First Quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled... 2 16 No. i Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 2 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 25 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 56 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 75 No. 2 Sun, — top, wrapped and labeled. 75 CHIMNEYS, Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped and labeled... 3 70 No. 2 Sun, W tapped. ‘and labeled... 4 70 No. 2 Hinge, Ww rapped ‘and ee ee 4 8% Fire Proof—Plain Top. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb...... 3 40 Ne. 2 San, plain bulb...... 4 40 La Bastie. No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per aoe 1 2% No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, 1 ee Os .. > 130 No. ic srimp, ;per doz.. . 1 No. 2 Crimp, per dox.. .... 1 @ Rochester. No. 1, Lime (@e dos)...... 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70e doz)... .. 400 No. 2, Flint (0c doz)...... 4 70 Electric. No, 2, Lime (70c doz) ..... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80c doz)...... 4 40 Miscellaneous. Doz. Junior, Rochester.. a Oo eee 15 Illuminator Bases......... 1 00 Barrel lets, > iow .......... 90 7 in. Porcelain Shades... 1 00 Case lots, dexz........... & Mammoth Chimneys for Store Lamps. Doz. Box No. 3 Rochester. lime 1&0 4 20 No. 3 Rochester, flint 175 4 80 No.3 Pearl top, or Jewel giass........ 18 5 2 No. 2 Globe Incandes. live............ te oe No. —" Incandes. Lo eee 200 5 8 No. 2 hol glags..... 210 600 OIL CANS. Doz. 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 60 | 1 gal galv iron with spout. 1 75 | 2 gal galy iron with spout. ¢ 3 gal galv iron with spout. 5 gal galv iron with spout. 5 00 5 gal galv iron with faucet 6 40 5 gal ‘Pilting €ans........-. 9 00 5 gal galv iron Nacefus ... 9 90 Pump Cans, 5 gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 5 gal Eureka non-overtlow 10 50 $ eal Home Kule.... -.... 10 50 5 gal Home Rule.. ~cac de OO 5 gal Pirate King.. Leouce ve 2 oe LANTERNS. No. O@Tubular..... .. 430 Ne. 18 Tupwiar... ...... 6 00 No. 13 TubularDash. .... 60 No. 1 Tub., glassfount.. No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 13 No. 3Street Lamp . 3% LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases | doz. each, box 10 centz........ 45 No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz. each, box 15cents........ 45 No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz. eee 40 No.0 Tubular, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each.... LAMP — No. 0 per gross... i= No. 1 per gross... oe No. 2 pergrog:............. No. 3 per grous.. 1... OF Mammoth per gee is) JELLY TUMBLERS—Tin Top. | 1% Pints, 6doz in box, per | “pox (box 00) . 1 70 | 14 Pints, 20 doz in bbl, ‘per | aoe (pel 35)...--......... 1% Pints, 6 = in box, per | box (box | % Pints, 18 aoe in bbl, per doz (bbl eee Of rath 15 SETS SEES Sasantiadte OLD taka Ne ee 30 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. FRAUD UPON FRAUD. Chester Lamb Attempts a Second Fraud upon His Creditors. On Wednesday of last week, Chester A. Lamb called at the office of the Michigan Tradesman and solicited a personal interview with the editor. He stated that he was completely prostrated over his arrest on a charge of grand lar- ceny, growing out of the seizure and clandestine shipment of the Averill furnishing goods stock, and that, before he was made any further trouble, he wished to place in the hands of the Michigan Tradesman sufficient property to secure those creditors who had sent him goods on consignment while en- gaged in the produce business under the style of C. A. Lamb & Co. The editor of the Tradesman informed him that it was his impression that these claims would aggregate about $1,000, and that, if he would bring to the office of the Tradesman a certified check for that amount, it would be turned over to the Peninsular Trust Co., as_ trustee, with the stipulation that the Trust Co. communicate with the creditors of the former firm and arrange an adjustment of their claims on an equitable basis. This he said he was unable to do, ow- ing to the fact that he had no spare money at his command, having ex- pended $300 as a result of the complica- tions arising from spiriting the Averill stock away by night to Cincinnati. He offered, however, to bring to this office at 4 o'clock that afternoon a trust deed of two lots which he claimed he owned on Lamb & Toren’s addition and a house and lot on Baxter street, both of which properties are encumbered by mortgage. The interview here ended, with the understanding that Mr. Lamb would put in an appearance again at 4 o'clock, and in the meantime the editor of the Tradesman arranged with the Peninsular Trust Co. to assume the trust, and also arranged an interview with ex- Judge Hatch—of the firm of Hatch & Wilson—for the purpose of drawing up the necessary papers. Mr. Lamb failed to put in an appearance, but in lieu thereof the Tradesman received a tele- phone message from Lombard & Hughes, attorneys doing business in the New Houseman block, announcing that Mr. Lamb had changed his mind, and that, if the Tradesman desired to com- municate with him again,it could do so through his attorneys. This, of course, ended the negotiations, so far as the Tradesman was concerned, and docu- mentary evidence in the possession of the Tradesman was thereupon placed in the hands of Assistant United States District Attorney Newnham, resulting in the arrest of Chester A. Lamb the next day on a charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. In the meantime the advice of Lamb’s attorneys began to manifest itself. On June 25 Lombard & Hughes sent out to some of the creditors of Lamb & Co. the following typewritten letter: Grand Rapids, June 25—-We have been retained by Chester A. Lamb & Co. for the purpose of arranging and adjusting matters with their creditors. They are in embarrassed circumstances and un- able to pay at present. The company is composed of Mr. Lamb and his wife. They have in- formed us that they own eighty acres of land, free from al! incumbrance, in the county of Newaygo, a portion of which is improved, a description of which is as’ follows: The west half of the southwest quarter of section one, of township eleven north, range twelve west, containing eighty acres of land more or less, the same being in the township of Grant. Their indebtedness in connection with their produce and commission business amounts to $547.02, which is distributed among the parties and in the amounts shown by the list enclosed. They inform us that they are desirous of paying every cent of this indebted- ness and believe that they can do so by the end of the present year. They do not ask that any discount be made, but desire a little time in which to make payment. They propose to secure the payment of these various sums by mortgage upon said land for the amount above mentioned, to be given to our Mr. James A. Lombard, as trustee for said creditors, conditioned that said sums, amounting in all to $547.02, shall be paid to him on or before the 31st day of December, 1896, to be by him distributed among the said creditors pro rata as fast as the same is paid in to him, and at such times as there isa sufficient sum paid in to make a dis- tribution practicable. Mr. Lombard will give a sufficient bond for the fulfillment of his trust. A mortgage has been executed and is in our hands awaiting the acceptance of this arrangement by the creditors. We have written all of them to the same effect to-day. Mr. Lamb informs us that the above is the best he can pos- sibly do by his creditors at this time, and assures us that the land is of suffi- cient value to protect the payment of these debts. We desire as early a reply as con- venient, in order that the matter may be promptly adjusted. The above arrange- ment will be made to secure all those who are willing to accept it. Yours very truly, LOMBARD & HUGHES. This letter was accompanied by the following schedule of creditors : C. H. LaFlamboy, McBride’s... .....---..-840 &3 A. M. Gardner, Middleville..............-.- 767 cc. W. Lome, Lacom.......--.-- ce ee 6 41 A. D. Stowe, Berrien Springs..........-.--- 29 10 Darling & Smith, Fremont...........------- 26 50 A. Stegeman, Allegan....... ......... ----- 49 47 Nienhitis Bros. Crisp..........---.....-.... 30 & E Halliday, Arhton..........-. --.--..--.. 16 D. P. Sprague & Sons, Coates Grove........ 26 50 H. M. Hampton, Glenwood..............--. 17 48 Bailey & Co., Detroit .............-------++-- 6 25 Bloomgarden & Ellenfield, Detroit...... .. 10 70 Cc. W. Armstrong, Bowen’s Mills......-...-. 24 56 Vv. Thomson & Co., Trufant ........---..... 42 06 Lichtenberg & Sons, Detroit.........-...-.- 4 20 Warner Bunay, St. Johms.........-.-.------ 29 36 John W. Rutherford, Hungerford.......... 10 70 i Hist. Jc., Petree... 69 50 Shisler & Near, Caledonia ... ...........-- 26 48 A. Gaynor, Breedsville............--.+---+- 14 20 A. 1. Martin Tnterlochen.._.__.._.._..... 360 Merrifield & Palmer, Six Lakes..........-.- 19 80 It is noticeable that this list of credit- ors includes only those dealers who have been inveigled into shipping Lamb & Co. goods by means of offers and in- ducements sent through the mails. Larhnb & Co. are not in ‘‘embarrassed circumstances’’ as regards all their creditors, being anxious to adjust only such accounts as have a bearing on the case now pending against Chester A. Lamb in the United States Court. The spirit animating him in attempting to secure a portion of his creditors was his desire to mitigate his offense, so far as possible, by being able to show to the court that he had made restitution, so far as lay in his power, for the wrong he had done by not paying for goods sent in on consignment and sale, in re- sponse to the letters sent out by him through the United States mails. It will thus be seen that Mr. Lamb’s repent- ance is of the deathbed order, coming only when punishment of a most serious character stares him in the face. It is considered that the case against him in the United States Court is an exception- ally strong one, and, as Judge Severens is not much given to leniency in such cases, it is to be hoped that the market will thus be deprived of the company of NO MORE BROKEN EGGS. Every Grocer Who Uses F. J. ROHRIG, Jr., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GOAL ond WOO LOUR and. FEED “Hl AY ond STRAW. Recleaned Oats a Specialty. Mack Ave. and Belt Line, DETROIT. FRUIT and VEGETABLES »=— are good and very cheap. Send your orders to Henry J. Vinkemulder, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (No. 1 Holds One Doz. Eggs.) THE DUPLEX EGG CARRIER In which to deliver eggs to customers SAVES MONEY. Every family should have a Duplex in which to keep eggs in ice boxes or refrigerators or on pantry shelves. For sale by all wholesale gro- cers and jobbers in woodenware GEO. H. CLEMENTS, 42 River St., Chicago. Gnaranteed that prices will be right. NEW CABBAGE ss We are Headquarters. I want you for a customer GEORGIA WATERMELONS BUNTING & CO., NEW POTATOES NUTMEG MELONS 20 and 22 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HUGH T. ALLERTON. WILLIAM HAGGSTROM. ALLERTON & HAGGSTROM GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS and Wholesale Dealers in FRUIT, VEGETABLES, VEAL, POULTRY BUTTER, EGGS and CHEESE....... \ Worden Grocer Co. 127 Louis St REFERENCES, Putnam Candy Co. es ) Burns & McGowan. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MOSELEY BROS., WHOLESALE DEALERS. New Southern Potttoes, Onions, Cabbage, Wolerme Fancy 300 and 360 Size Lemons. Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers. Bushel and Half Bushel Baskets and Covers. Send us your orders for baskets. Can make de- livered price baskets and covers carlots. We handle all kinds Field Seeds. Buy Beans carlots or less. Send us your orders. MOSELEY BROS., 26 to 32 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. WATERMELONS NEW POTATOES BANANAS Lowest market price guaranteed. Produce consignments solicited. STILES & PHILLIPS, Wholesale Fruits and Produce, GRAND RAPIDS. 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. 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 produced 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., — tec ) Citizens 1248. TELEPHONES | ey) 1248. J. ROBINSON, Manager. BS caremngperencra: > Br ee Siesoet Sri BENTON HARBOR, ICH. ee ‘ / + ; \ 4 ee a man who has reflected no credit on the produce trade of this city. eee The strangest part of the story re- mains to be told. As soon as the letters above referred to went out to the cred- itors of Lamb & Co., several of them were forwarded to the Tradesman, with the request that the editor exert his kindly offices in securing satisfactory adjustments. The Tradesman thereupon instituted an investigation, with a view to ascertaining whether the security as- signed for that purpose was ample to cover all the claims. A communication was immediately sent to the Register of Deeds of Newaygo county, asking him to ascertain the value of the land de- scribed in the letter of Lombard & Hughes. The response was prompt and conclusive, as follows: Newaygo, June 29—The land is not worth much. If I am not mistaken, $1 per acre is all it is worth, Isawa man this morning who has a 4o adjoin- ing this 80, and he said he sold it on a contract for $40, or $1 per acre. CuHas. K. CARTER, Register of Deeds. The Tradesman also wrote Jorgensen & Hemingsen, general dealers at Grant Station, relative to the land, receiving the following reply: We saw the Supervisor of Grant town- ’ ship and asked him to place a value on the property you enquire about. He asserts that the land is entirely worth- jess. He says he would not give $5 for the whole of it. Inasmuch as the Supervisor assesses the property of the township, his opin- ion is entitled to much weight, as it is based on actual knowledge of the property and real estate values in his township. ™ Inasmuch as these letters tended to place Lombard & Hughes in a pecul- iar position,as assisting in perpetrating a fraud on the creditors of Lamb & Co., the Tradesman communicated with Mr. Lombard and asked him to call at the office and present his version of the un- fortunate affair. He was, naturally, very much embarrassed over the letter from Newaygo, but asserted that he had sent out the original letters in good faith, as he was assured by Chester A. Lamb that the land was worth at least $1o per acre. He frankly stated that this was not the first time he had been de- ceived by the Lamb crowd, but asserted that it would be the last, and that, from now on, he would wash his hands of the whole affair, as he was completely dis- gusted with the manner in which the Lambs had deceived him on any and every occasion. Mr. Lombard’s state- ment possessed the appearance of fair- ness, and the Tradesman is inclined to believe that his statements were made in all candor and can be relied upon, as they are in line with the usual cus- tom of the Lambs, and tend to further discredit the professions of sincerity and repentance lately indulged in by the Lamb crowd, both father and son. In case Chester Lamb succeeds in evad- ing punishment at the hands of the United States Court on a charge of fraudulent use of the mails, a more serious charge will probably be lodged against him, that of perjury, inasmuch as he swore at the time he was arrested that the Newaygo county land was worth $10 per acre. This is a very serious matter, as the punishment for perjury is more severe than that for misuse of the mails, being about the same as the punishment for grand _lar- ceny, on which charge Chester Lamb must stand trial in the Kent Circuit Court. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Jared O. Smith and Benj. F. Stri- fling, who trained with the Lamb crowd and assisted them very materially in swindling the shipping public, are still fugitives from justice. The for- mer is wanted by the officers of the United States Court on a charge of us- ing the mails fraudulently, and the latter is wanted by the officers of the Kent Circuit Court on a charge of grand _lar- ceny. On the occasion of Chester A. Lamb’s visit to the Tradesman office, he stated that one reason why his father was so hard up now for ready cash was the treachery of F. J. Parker, who formerly conducted a swindling campaign at 33 Ottawa street, but is now landlord of the American House, at Cadillac. Chester claims that the senior Lamb taught Parker how to ‘‘do up’’ the trustful shipper, and assisted him in creating a surplus of twelve or thirteen hundred dollars, when Parker showed his appreciation of Lamb's efforts and services by leaving town without ‘‘divvying up a cent,’’ as Chester ex- pressed it. 0 -- : Where Shippers May Look for Honest Houses. Vicksburg, June 26—I thank you for the way you have shown up the com- mission house swindling business of your city, and I, as well as all shippers in Michigan, should be thankful to you for the good work done. There is one thing you left undone—that is, you did not tell us or give us the names of the commission houses in Grand Rapids which are O. K. JOHN LONG. In reply to the enquiry of the writer, the Tradesman begs leave to state that it can heartily recommend its advertis- ers in the commission house line as honest and reliable. Some of them may not be rated very high by the mer- cantile agencies, but they are honest and energetic and are entitled to the confidence of the trade. The Trades- man guards its advertising columns with zealous care, and every complaint made against a commission house is thoroughly investigated, with a view to arriving at a correct conclusion. Any house found derelict in making returns, or convicted of remitting less proceeds than the circumstances warrant, is dropped from our columns—if a_ patron of the Tradesman—and the trade warned to beware of such house in the future. Among the houses which have been exposed in these columns in times past are the following : O. W. Blain. Tucker, Coade & Parker. F. J. Parker & Co. O. Clyde Tucker & Co. Cc. E Bun) d&) Co. Aldrich & Co. Day & Co. BF. J. Lamb & Co. C. A. Lamb & Co. Smith & Waidelich. Jared O. Smith. B. F. Strifling & Co. All of these houses have been exposed and compelled to cease business, large- ly or wholly through the untiring efforts of the Tradesman in protecting the re- tail trade. To this list the Tradesman proposes to add a circle of swindling commission houses in Detroit, as soon as the de- tailed investigations now under way are completed and _ correct conclusions formed. >. Some people can’t mind their own business, because minding others so much has left them none of their own to mind. CHAS. A. COYE Manufacturer of Soe All Sizes and all Prices. 11 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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, July 9 and Io. Water Melons, coe ae Om oi... 5. F. d. Dettenthaler, — Fancy Lemons, Fruits and 117 and 119 Monroe street, (I (ler New Celery, Vegetables Grand Rapids Rie ig ig ne i THE MORTON BAG HOLDER i A strong, simple, adjustable, and cheap bag holder. / Wanted as Agents Dealers in genera merchandise. pee 4ipu fy j One, prepaid.............0 34 PRICE. | One Doz., prepaid....... 2 00 STAR MFG CO., kavamazoo, MICH. Three » Prizes Given in connection with Knox’s: Preserver. $25 to the man who packs the most eggs with Knox’s Preserver and gives the longest and best test, $15 to the second best and $10 to the third best Now you have a double chance to money. Send for booklet. CHAS. B. KNOX, Manufacturer, JOHNSTOWN, - NEW YORK. Also maker of the celebrated Knox Gelatines, make SEES AB AS aS ae EEE rs Scared (0 Deal =: The strenuous efforts some of our friends are making to try and convince the trade that they are still in the tea business are truly amusing The big bluff about the great decline in Japan the only pure Gelatines made. us es ne eS us as us as i cus as a <2 | = a” wy tea has petered out. Now,some of our friends evidently desire to build foundling homes and other charitable institutioifs out of the great profits realized from their sales of Teas. We are not in this line, but keep on sawing wood, sa isfied we can hold the fort against all competition. Our new teas have not arrived yet, but we have a line of Jim Dandies left over from last croup and they will give elegant satis- faction every time. We have just picked up a lot of Nibs—might name it His Royal Nibs—weighs 76 pounds, price 9 cents. We have a full line from this price up to 33 cents for a fancy grade of Japan Tea. We have just received a carload of fine onyx tables—retail value $8.50 ~a fit ornament for any parlor. We will give one of these elegant tables free with an order for three one-half chests of Japan Tea. This is a bonanza offer for any one—in fact, the offer of a lifetime. Send in your orders. Samples mailed with pleasure. —— 6) THE JAMMED SAGINAW, MICH. DIEWART $0. LIMITED) ig PU SIUGt arama ane are are Ree NCETES ' f . a RIOR A AN EN RE REC REE A EN RL NA ON SAN THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 27--June has been rather a quiet month in the grocery jobbing circles in this city, taking everything into consideration. Stores have not been crowded with out-of-town buyers and those who have been here have exercised great caution in making purchases. It seems to be the control- ling idea to take smail amounts of goods and come often. Undoubtedly, this is the part of wisdom. It is useless to overlook the fact that there is some anxiety among the business men as_ to the future. It is conceded that we will have one of the hottest campaigns, tak- ing the country at large, we have ever seen. This alone will unsettle business for awhile, but there’s a good time coming, boys, wait a little longer! Sugar has been bobbing up and down in quite a lively fashion during .the week and this applies to the ‘‘ finished product’’ as well as to the stock market. Firmer cables are coming from abroad and holders are feeling in a more cheer- ful mood. Raws closed to-day on the basis of 3c for 96 deg. centrifugal. Granulated declined about 3-16c without making any unusual stir, and has since advanced 1-i16c, closing steady. The demand has become brisker and some good-sized orders have been placed within a few hours. Foreign refined is meeting with steady sale. German gran- ulated is quoted at 4 7-106c. Coffee has been neglected, with Rio No. 7 held all the week at 13c for 1n- voice lots. Buyers showed no desire to purchase ahead of immediate wants and so matters have ranged during the past six days, although at the erd of the week there came more cheering news from abroad and prices made a week ago are, perhaps, more firmly held to- day than they were yesterday. coffees are steady and really desirable goods are held at firm figures. Sales have not been of large volume, and, In fact, transactions are usually simall in Viild mild coffees, but orders enough have been received to make a very fair total. Teas remain in about the same con- dition as usual, although at the moment there is, perhaps, a little more trading, pending the arrival of the next steamer, about July 8. at auction have been rather slimly attended some of the time and quite an effort has been re- quired on the part of the auctioneer to keep his audiences awake. The rice market is decidedly in favor of the holder. Advices from primary points are very tirm. Foreign is closely sold up and, as there are but 750 tons afloat, it will be seen that the outlook for lower prices is not good, Some sales of carload lots have been made. Head rice has sold for 6c, but this is nominal. Few transactions of importance taken place in spices, the largest being a sale of 50 tons of Singapore pepper at 5c. Dealers seem to be satistied with the drift of affairs, but admit that there is great room for improvement. There has been a quiet trade in mo- lasses during the week. First-class stock is readily taken at full rates, and the market is well cleaned up. Foreign grades are firm; in truth, itis very hard to find any at all. Syrups are in light supply in first hands and, consequently, firm. Choice to fancy sugar syrups command 17@24c. During the he canned goods Sales week the market has been quiet and few trans- actions have taken place. It is a busy time for canners, however, and, as yet, prices are not firmly established. The strike of the fishermen on the Columbia gives satisfaction to brokers here, as they can now make arrangements for the future. Dried fruits are quiet. Quotations are low and seem to indicate very small profit to anybody. New dried apricots have been offered here at 7@&c f.o. b. at point of production (San Joaquin Valley). Butter has shown scarcely any change in price for some time, the best cream- ery holding at 15%c, and from this there is a sudden drop to ‘‘anything you want.’’ The demand is compara- tively light. The cheese market is not altogether satisfactory. Trading has been light and supplies have accumulated to such an extent as to be a very decided load to carry. Small colored fancy is worth vc. Eggs are in ample supply and selling at 13%4c for the very best near-by stock. Of Course, there is no accumulation of such eggs, as compared with other sorts. Aside trom the best, the kind that are good enough for ordinary use are sell- ing freely at 11 4c. There is a better market for beans than prevailed last week. The stock of pea beans is decidedly light and_ they are quotable at $1.05@1.07¥%4. Choice Marrows, $1. 10@I!I.15. Provisions have been quiet and are a shade lower. The failure of the Brunswick Hotel to continue business profitably seems diffi- cult to understand, in view of the ap- parent prosperity of most New York hotels, which rarely give evidence of any appreciable decrease in business. | Several years ago some of the newer hotels up town complained of the busi- ness depression from which they, in common with every branch of industry, suffered, and one new hotel up town published the most pathetic details of the efforts to stem the tide through the summer months. But the hotels are un- usually well filled when applications for rooms are made, and there is no dimt- nution in prices evident to persons seeking hotel accommodations. Even during the months in which the demand is slightest the decrease in prices is small, and in most of the hotels down town there is no desire on the part of the proprietors to secure occupants per- manently. The reduction in such cases is little, and one seeking rooms ina first-class hotel rarely discovers anything in the attitude of the proprietors which might be taken to indicate anxiety for patronage. The Brunswick long ago lost a large share of the restaurant and bar patronage, and doubtless that seri- ously affected its prosperity. People who go to hotels nowadays are exacting in the matter of details, and electric lights, porcelain bathtubs, and brass bedsteads are common enough in the newer establishments to make them ap- pear necessary everywhere. Failing to offer such inducements, the old-time houses have suffered most. But the building of new hotels, which continues actively, seems to negative any impres- sion as to the lack of profit in this business here. A close watch is kept on this city’s letter carriers. Every carrier's name goes into the ‘‘black book’’ the minute he is employed, although he probably doesn’t know it. When missing mail is traced beyond the clerical department the inspectors at once turn to this black book. They learn from it which car- rier’s route each letter should have gone to, and they find the carrier's record. There is a cross after his name for every letter that has gone astray on his route. One carrier was convicted here several years ago of stealing let- ters, and the black book showed two lines of crosses after his name. His route was changed several times, but his record was always bad. Of course, most of the letter carriers have one or two crosses after their names, and _ they usually indicate letters that were lost through no carelessness of theirs. The record of the carrier suspected, how- ever, was so bad that the inspectors shadowed him and got the evidence on which he was convicted. ‘‘Letter car- riers who choose to be dishonest,’’ said a Post Office official, ‘“can become so skilled that they can pick out a letter containing money by simply feeling of the envelope and tapping it with their fingers. Asa rule, however, the letter carriers are a very honest, hard-working lot of men, and they are as energetic as the inspectors in ferreting out the thieves.’’ 2-7 oe Money, like fire, is a good servant, but a bad master. A thorough business education enables one to make it a good and faithful servant. Fruits and Produce. The past week has still further im- proved the fruit prospects in the Fruit Belt of Western Michigan. The man- ner in which appletrees are overloaded is becoming a subject of serious con- cern to the growers, who are devising all manner of means to relieve the trees of the weight. The grapevines appear to have recovered from the effects of the severe winds early in the season, new shoots having taken the place of those which were blown off. As the season progresses the prospect for the ‘‘iron- clad’’ varieties of peaches fails to im- prove, but the more tender varieties, such as Crawfords and Barnards, will be a full crop. More young orchards are coming into bearing this year than there are old orchards going out of ex- istence, in consequence of which the quality of the fruit will be very much improved. Beans—The receipts are light, as | farmers are too busy to take the time to |market a product which is so low in | price as dry beans. The weather is fa- | vorable for the growing Crop. Beets-——20c per dozen. Butter--Fancy dairy commands quick- er sale and a little better price, owing to the falling off in arrivals. Best grades easily fetch IIc. Factory creamery is still selling at 14c, but will probably spring a little in price, in case the fancy dairy continues to grow firm and scarcer. Cabbage—joc per doz. for home grown. Cherries—-This is, probably, the last week that stock will be offered in any quantity. Black easily bring $2.25 per bu. and sourare in fair demand at about 25c per bu. bess. Cucumbers—20@4oc per doz. Currants—Cherry command 80c_ per 16 qt. case. Small red are in fair de- mand for preserving purposes at 50c per crate. Eggs -Common candled command 9c per doz., while seconds (bakers’ stock ) bring 6c. This is the time of year when neither farmers nor dealers should hold their eggs for any considerable length of time. The market reporter of the Tradesman saw a shipment of 20 crates come into a commission house this week which ran one-quarter black eggs and one-quarter seconds, only half the shipment passing muster before the candle. This condition necessarily en- tailed considerable loss on the part of the shipper, who could have avoided considerable of the shrinkage by send- ing in his eggs promptly, six or eight crates ata time, instead of waiting until he had accumulated a larger quantity. If dealers would go over their shipments carefully—or, better yet, candle their eggs as they take them in—the com- plaints over lossage and shrinkage would not be so general. Egg Plant—goc per doz. Melons—Georgia watermelons are in ample supply, commanding 20@25c. Nutmeg bring $1 per doz. Onions—Home_ grown, Green, 15c per doz. for Peas—Green June, 35c per bu. rowfat, 40c per bu. Potatoes— Local dealers hold Missouri stock at oc per bu. The price cannot very well go any lower, as the freight is 25c per bu. from point of shipment. Southern growers have met the same bitter experience this spring that North- ern growers were compelled to face last fall and winter. From all over the South come complaints of growers who are ruined because they borrowed money in expectation of paying it back from the proceeds of their potato crop and are unable to do so, owing to the low price —and no price—prevailing all through the spring season. Radishes—Charters command 8c per doz. bunches. China Rose bring toc. Raspberries—Black, 60@75c per crate of 16 qts. Red, $1@1.25 per crate of 16 qts. Seeds—Hungarian and Common Ger- man Millet bring 60@75c per bu. String Beans—75c per bu. = $1 per bu. Silver Skins. Mar- Tomatoes—Illinois stock brings goc per 4 basket crate. Whortleberries—The market has been giutted for several days, but is in much better condition at this writing. Dry stock brings $1.50@1.75 per bu., while wet sells ordinarily at $1.25, and has gone as low as $1. The prospects are for higher prices, as the quality im- proves. . —~> 0 > ~ Licorice in Tobacco. The idea of curing tobacco with licorice wss first conceived by Spanish sailors. The sailors had made repeated attempts to bring tobacco across the ocean, but they found that the salty at- mosphere, to a certain extent, spoiled it. Finally the idea was conceived of sprinkling the .tobacco with licorice water, and they found this kept it sweet and fresh. Their plans became known to a man named Cavendish, at Nor- fork, Va., and this man was the first to make licorice-cured tobacco in the United States. This tobacco was uni- versally known as navy tobacco, and from that time it has been so called. WANTS COLUMN. “Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. | AOK SALE—RETAIL GROCERY ON ONE OF the best corners in Grand Rapids. Liberal terms if well secured. I want to retire from active business. Grand opportunity for grocery man. Address ©. K. Gibson, 559 Cherry street. 60 NOR SALE—GENERAL STOCK OF GOODS, e.nsisting of dry goods and boots and shoes, cheap for cash. at Munith, Mich. Stock in- yo ces 3,500; old established trade; leading store intown. Address L. C. Townsend, Jack- son, Mich. 55 pepe CASH WILL. BUY A REMINGTON $25 typewr terin first-class condition, Thum Bros. & Schmidt, Grand Rapids, Mich. 54 _ SALE—A BAKERY, DOING WHOLE- sale and retail business. Brst location in Address S. A. Potter, 500 South t, Grand Rapids, Mich. 52 NOR SALE—A CHOICE LINE OF CLEAN drugs aud medium-priced fixtures. Will invoice about $1,500. Must sell,owing to bad health. Might take sound trade. For particu- lars address Decker & Slaght, Agents, 74 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. 58 NOR SALE—GOOD PAYING GROCERY * store and stock in thriving town. Address E. D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich. 51 NOR SALE—DRUG SfOCK AND FIXTURES, invoicing about $1,50", in best city in North- ern Michigan. Best of reasons for selling. Address Drugs, ca'e Michigan Tradesman. 42 NOR 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. \ddress No. 45, care Michigan Tradesman. 45 a SALE—STAPLE AND FANCY GRO- cery stock, invoicing about $1,400, located 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 Grand Rapids. Division stree MISCELLANEOUS. \ YANTED—?TO EXCHANGE GOOD GRAND Rapigs real estate for stock of mer- ehandise. Address No. 969, care Michigan Tradesman. 969 COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX- tures, to exchange for real estate. Will in- ventory apout $1,500. Dunton Rent & Collection Ageney, Grand Rapids. 59 W ANTED—AN ASSISTANT REGISTERED pharmacist. Address No. 57, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 57 RICK STORE £OR RENT, NASHVILLE, Mich. Best opening in State for general stock. Address W. A. Aylsworth, 79 @lark street, Chicago, Ill. 56 V ANTED—LOCATILON FOR A BANK. COR- respondence confidential. Address Bank- er, Marine P. O , Detroit, Mich. 49 ees RENT—CORNERSTORE WLTH SHELV- ing, counters, ete. Excellent location for first-class grocery. Dunton Rental & Collection Agency, 63 Lyon St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 46 oe EGGS, POULTRY AND VEAL Shippers should write Cougle Brothers, 178 South Water Street, Chicago, for daily market reports. 26 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 ANTED TO CORRESPOND WITH SHIP- pers of butter and eggs and other season- able produce. R. Hirt, 36 Market street, — 95 ANTED—SEVERAL MICHIGAN’ CEN- tral mileage books. Address, stating price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman.