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Jobbers Teach
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The P. J. Sorg Co., of Middletown,
Ohio, has been taught a lesson by the
wholesale grocery trade of Michigan
which it will not soon forget. For years
it has been the policy of the company to
enter into all manner of schemes and
offer all sorts of baits; to drop the
price on the jobber as soon as he had
ordered a full stock, and to raise the
price as soon as he had taken orders for
goods not yet in stock; in fact, it has
appeared to be a mania with the Sorg
house to attempt to entrap the jobber on
any and every occasion. ‘Thoroughly
disgusted with the vacillating policy of
the house, and angered at repeated acts
of alleged treachery, the jobbing trade
have finally taken matters in their own
hands and dealt the house a blow from
which it will, probably, never recover
in this territory.

The occasion for taking decisive
action was the attempt of the Sorg house
to introduce Q and Q plug ata price
that would enable it to compete with
Battle Axe. The usual price for this
brand was 30 cents, but on May 15, the
Sorg company issued a ‘‘highfalutin’’
circular to the trade, announcing that it
had concluded to put Q and Q on the
market in two space cuts at 15 cents a
pound, so that the consumer could buya
pound of the goods for 20 cents or one-
half pound for 1o cents. The jobbers of
Michigan took hold of the goods with
energy and succeeded in selling large
quantities of the brand on the basis set
forth in the circular letter of May 15, as
the cut was considered an unusual one
and the goods were regarded as good
value. The remainder of the story can,
perhaps, be best told in the words of a
local jobber, who said:

‘‘We sold 450 butts of Q and Q at 15
cents, but, for reasons best known to it-
self, the house failed to ship us but 55
butts, and a little later on we were sur-
prised to receive a circular from the
factory announcing that the price had
been raised from 15 cents to 17 cents a
pound. On communicating with the
other jobbers of the city and State, I
found that they had been caught in the
same trap and a meeting of the Exec-
utive Committee of the Michigan
Wholesale Grocers’ Association was
convened at Detroit to consider the
matter. The Committee went over the
matter in detail and decided to notify
the Sorg company that it must fill the
orders already booked in good faith or
cancel the orders for Q and Q sent in
by the wholesale grocery trade of Mich-
igan. The company refused to ship the
goods, preferring to cancel the orders,
and,as a result of its action,no Q and Q
is being sold ing this State; in fact,
there is a feeling all along the line that
the jobbing trade of Michigan will sell
just as little of the Sorg brands as_pos-
sible, as we believe that we ought to
put an end, once for all, to the mach-
inations of a house which treats the
jobbing trade, the retail trade and _ its
own salesmen as though they were foot-
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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1896.

The Drug Market.

Acetanilid—Small demand and _in-
creasing competition have resulted in a
reduction in prices.

Alcohol—Grain is unchanged in price,
with fair demand. Wood is firm and in
good demand.

Arsenic— Foreign demand has strength-
ened the market for powdered white un-
til prices have been advanced.

Balsams— Copaiba is in good demand
and prices are steady. Tolu continues
firm. Peru and Canada fir remain quiet.

Barium, Nitrate—Strong demand for
consumption has resulted in an advance
in price.

Beans—Vanilla continue in good _ job- |

bing demand with firm prices.

Cacao Butter—Quiet, but prices con-
tinue firm.

Caffeine—Quiet, with only small job-
bing demand.

Cassia Buds—Prices firm
ot good demand.

Cocaine, Muriate—Prices are main-
tained notwithstanding small demand.

Cod Liver Oil—Continued dulness has
resulted in further decline in price.

Colocynth Apples—Advances in_ for-
eign quotations have caused a strength-
ening here amounting to an advance on
inside prices.

Cream Tartar—Fair demand with
change in quotations.

Cubeb Berries—Quiet and unchanged.

Cuttle Fish Bone—Fair consuming
demand with prices steady.

Essential Oils— Anise and Pepper-
mint are weaker and prices of some
brands have been reduced. Other oils
are unchanged but quiet.

Flowers—Arnica, small demand has
unsettled prices and market is unsteady.
German camomile is strong with good
demand. American saffron is quiet and
moves only for jobbing.

Glycerine—Prices continue firm un-
der quiet demand.

Gums—Asafoetida, demand fair at
same prices. Camphor is in quiet de-
mand, but prices are firm, as a result of
foreign advices. Kino is in fair request
as season approaches.

Leaves—Buchu are
Senna, quiet but firm.

Manna—Quiet but unchanged.

Menthol—Has again declined in
price, on account of reaction in foreign
markets.

Morphine— Quiet
quotations.

Opium-—Quiet, with little doing.

Quicksilver—Dull, with unchanged
quotations.

Quinine—Unchanged and steady.

Roots—Ipecac, quiet and unchanged.
Jamaica ginger continues firm notwith-
standing easier foreign conditions.
Mexican sarsaparilla continues to ad-
vance.

Seeds—Canary, quiet and _ steady.
Dutch caraway and Russian hemp are
easier. Mustard is in small demand,
which has unsettled quotations. Ger-

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in fair request.

with unchanged

man rape, unchanged and steady. Celery
continues its downward tendency. Cori-
ander is in small request and unsteady.
Spermaceti--Firm, with small offerings
on account of scarcity.
Sponges—Quiet and steady.

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Sugar of Milk—Price has declined
somewhat and market is unsteady.

Strontia, Nitrate—Continues firm at
the advanced price with active demand.

> 37>
The Other Side of the Controversy.

Walton, July 6—In your issue of June
24, I notice an article, headed ‘‘ Robbed
Her Husband,’’ which, in justice to all
parties, needs some corrections.

In the first place, Mr. Levinson
he had been married but a short time
when he ‘‘discovered a systematic pil-
fering from his stock,’’ which he traced
to his wife, she acknowledgirg her
guilt. He also says that the ‘‘money

says

land goods had been shipped clandestine-

ly to her people.’’

Now, the truth of the matter is that
Mr. Levinson had no stock to pilfer
from during the first two and one-half
years of his married life, he being em-
ployed as clerk by his father, and it was
during that time that his wite received
all those ‘‘evidences of his generosity, "’

which were discontinued when _ his
father discharged him.
After having been left to his own re-

sources for about a year, his father con-
cluded to try him again and sent him to
Sault Ste. Marie with a stock of goods,
where they remained about a year and
then returned to Petoskey, losing about
$400 worth of goods in shipping, he
claimed. His next venture was at Ben-
ton Harbor, where he failed in business.

Now, the goods which were ‘‘shipped
to her people’’ were goods which they
had bought and paid for, for themselves
and their neighbors, in answer to his
wife’s representations that he was sell-
ing goods so much cheaper than the
regular dealers could sell them (which
was true).

So far as his decrease in stock, with-
out a corresponding increase at his
banker’s, is concerned, it is directly the
result of his love for the gaming table,
with which he is about on a par with
the horse that can trot just fast enough
to lose.

Mr. Levinson appears to ignore his
stay at Benton Harbor, where he took
his wife's clothes from her and locked
them up in the store and otherwise ill
treated her until he drove her to leave
him and return to her home, where she
remained over six months and until he
came to her and begged and promised
everything that was good if she would
go back to him; neither does he speak
of Petoskey, where he managed to make
her carry a black eye a good share of
the time, and where he got a sound
thrashing from a total stranger for mis-
using her before said stranger knew that
she was his wife and he had a perfect
right to abuse her; nor does he say that
he carries a loaded cane to protect him-
self from molestation in future, should
he conclude to have a little divertion at
the expense of his wife.

In your article above referred to you
say that his ‘‘integrity has not been as-
sailed.’’ Why? Because he is among
strangers, who do not know his record,
but if you could be present at every
place where he has lived, when that ar-
ticle is read, you would, probably, hear
remarks that would cause you to think
there was no integrity in the case to as-
sail.

The money that Mr. Levinson found
and took from his wife was a paltry $4
which she had saved from her house-
keeping allowance, and the valuable
silks and ribbons were small remnants
that he had given her from time to time
for her own use.

I hope this will be satisfactory to you
and that you will be willing to give both
sides of the case a fair showing.

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Sunday in Berlin.
Written for the TRADESMAN.

Give an American a week in a for-
eign land, and he is ready to write a
book on what he has seen and heard.
Give him a month and _ he declares,
‘‘This is plaguy interesting over here.
How I wish | knew enough to write on
this ‘stuff.’ ’’ At the end of a year he
declares he knows absolutely nothing
about the country.

Any one can easily go through just
such an experience in the city of Berlin
alone, that cosmopolitan city where Jew
and Gentile, white and black, rich and
poor, high and low, sit next to each
other in the street ears or brush past one
another on the streets. One minute one
is forcing his way through the narrow,
crooked streets of the Middle Ages, the
next is rushing to catch an electric car.
Is it any wonder that a German is never
surprised over anything? But the Amer-
ican—well, he is different; he constant-
ly finds something to open his eyes
over.

But nothing is a greater revelation to
him than the manner of observing Sun-
day in this great capital. The Germans
long ago came to the conclusion that
Sunday was made for man, not man for
Sunday. The American is surprised,
dumbfounded, horrified, over his
cousin’s version of the iaw. He de-
clares at once that the American Mis-
sionary Society ought to send delegates
to this benighted land. He assumes the
office pro tem and goes to work. But
the Germans are a little slow—to ac-
cept inconsistencies—in fact, reason is
not lacking in their composition, and—
well, the tenderfoot has become ac-
climated. It reminds one of the story
of the man who was lodged in Bedlam
Asylum on account of the disagreement
as to whether he or the world was
crazy.

But Sunday morning in Berlin. In
the first place, the visitor is cheated out
of his extra morning nap. The car-
riages, omnibuses and street cars keep
up a regular clatter, in which cannot
the sound of loaded wagons rolling over
the paved streets plainly be distin-
guished? But he has the consolation of
finding mail at his plate at the break-
fast table, and, if the right letter is
not at hand, he has the comfort of know-
ing it may come by the second delivery.
He has scarcely time to finish his coffee
and rolls when the sound of churchbells
warms the cockles of his heart. Serv-
ice begins at 9:30 in a fewchurches but
in a majority at 1o o'clock.

The streets wear a different air after
their extra Saturday night cleaning.
The faces of the ‘‘Droschke’’ drivers
look broader, ruddier and _ jollier than
on weekdays, and fairly shine from
soapsuds. Even their blue coats have
had an extra brushing, the capes are
laid back with extra. precision and
those who have been rewarded with
plenty of ‘‘Trinkgeld’’ the previous
week proudly wear buttonhole bouquets.
The street car conductors look as digni-
fied as the country boy studying for the
ministry. The provision shops are all
open and people are hurrying to and
fro, as though it was their first, last and
only chance to obtain something to eat,
‘‘for,’’ as the German Frau says, ‘‘ must
we not eat on Sundays just the same as
on other days?’’

Many of the church buildings have
great age to iend to their dignity. Some
are crowded, some are empty. Though
it is estimated that there are ten women
to every man in Germany, a prepon-
derance of the fair sex is not in evi-

 

dence at morning service. The ‘‘ Haus-
frau’’ must stay at home and get din-
ner, ‘‘for,’’ as she declares, ‘‘the pota-
toes would not get cooked if she went.’’
There is something unaccountable about
the potatoes, which must resemble the
race in solidity. No matter how early
the stranger gets up, the potatoes are
being pared and the pot is on the stove
ready for business. But the sermon—
well, it has a familiar strain even in a
strange tongue. The only difference
between the American and the German
preacher is that the one cannot speak
his mind freely on account of the Em-
peror, the other because of his rich and
influential parishioners.

The service closes in time to attend
a concert at noon. Some of the finest
concerts, in which artists take part, are
given at the same hour the Grand
Rapids man is standing in file waiting
for his mail. All the leading orchestras
give, also, a concert at 6 p. m. The
music, though classical, is in a_ lighter
strain, and this night smoking is not
forbidden. The phlegmatic Frau eats
her lunch, which she has_ brought
wrapped in a piece of newspaper, and
drinks her beer, while her substantial
‘‘man’’ drinks his beer and smokes.
The air gets bluer and bluer until,
finally, the musicians are scarcely to be
distinguished through the thick haze,
and one finds himself with red and tear-
ful eyes.

‘The theaters generally each give cne
play or opera—and sometimes _ two.
The tickets are cheaper Sundays, and
so it has become a family time, when
fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters
are out in full force, and in gayest at-
tire: and, it matters not where one is,
there is always fuod to be obtained. In
Germany, one does not have to depend
on hat lunch boxes and cane drinking
cups.

If one is more inclined to go to the
museums or art galleries, he finds those,
also, full of families. The Mutter is
carrying a bvuncing babe, while the
Vater is dragging a couple of frisky
boys by the hand, while several sedate
lads and lassies follow in the rear. The
patience of the German parents ought
to become as proverbial as Job's. They
will stand before masterpieces of art
and explain all the details to the young-
sters, who are just aching to run and
play.

But one finds the parks even better
places to study family life. These re-
sorts are crowded, in pleasant weather
—or would be were there not so much
room. There are always several bands
stationed at different points about the
grounds, who alternate in making the
air sweet with sound. The children
have plenty of room to frolic and are
allowed to to their hearts’ content. No
matter what pretty clothes they wear,
there is never a shrill voice near at
hand telling them to keep out of the
dirt. The fathers and mothers sit in
the shade, sip at their beer and talk
philosophy—perhaps. The Germans are
connoisseurs of beer. The whole fam-
ily will sample the same glass and pass
judgment thereon. All goes merry until
evening when, tired out, all makea
dive for the street cars. The little dirty
hands of the children still clasp
straggling branches of wilted flowers,
as they nod and _ finally fall asleep in
their seats. The mother wears a care-
worn but calm look as she tries to catch
two winks of sleep. The father sits,
impassive, looking neither to the right
nor the left.

The American, after he has seen all

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this, is, no doubt, ready to go to even-
ing service. There is a German church
connected with the American Metho-
dist Society which is much attended by
Americans. The service begins at 6
p.m. The congregation belong to the
‘‘The young men and women
are solicited to come forward and help
with the singing.’’ The instrument ex-
presses itself in jaded tones, but the
young voices are clear and true. The
sermon boasts not of oratory but is sim-
ply an earnest appeal from the _ heart.
Then there is a recess. The congrega-
tion cordially greet one another and
visit together ; but all seem to be wait-
ing. Presently a little humpbacked sis-
ter comes into the room, tugging a
great pitcher scarcely smaller than her-
self. She fills the large mugs with
steaming coffee, and cracksa joke while
she passes. She is followed by another
little dump of a woman, lugging an im-
mense basketful of sweet rolls, after the
style of Franklin's penny loaves. All
eat, drink and are merry, trying to fin-
ish the mountain of bread and the sea
of coffee, ‘‘for, do not the proceeds go
to the church?’’ Then the women and
the men congregate in separate rooms
for their ‘‘society meetings.’’ The
women begin to sing. If the tune is
not pitched right, several try to get it
right. It is growing dark and there is
no chance to use books, but the hymns
are familiar. The janitor gropes
around to light the gas; but the people
wait patiently fifteen or twenty minutes
—until he ‘‘gets the hang of it.’’ The
minister’s wife reads a discourse which
she has prepared on **The Wisdom of
Solomon,’’ ‘‘The Trials of Job’’ or
‘*The Work of Moses.’’ This is fol-
lowed by a practical discussion. Some
one wants a servant, or a new boarding
place is sought, and an appeal is made.
Mrs. Johanna Ejichelsdoerfer’s troubles
are talked over. Each and all are in-
terested, talk freely and express their
opinions unreservedly. Then they
kneel down and pray for help. - Next,
they turn around, find out what time it
is and make a bee line for their hats, as
everybody must be at home by ten
o’ clock.

As one crosses his own threshoid, he
finds the father still romping with the
children, and the mother doing a bit of
sewing by the lamp. Across the way
are merry dancers, treading the light
fantastic. But soon silence reigns,
broken only by passing cabs or cars and
the voices of revelers going home. The
moon and stars look down on a sleep-
ing city.

ZAIDA E. UDELL.

Berlin, Prussia.

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The Mercantile Guerrilla.

There can be no question but that ir-
regular methods of doing business are
among some of the more prominent
causes of demoralization and disaster.
It is an old saying that there is no sen-
timent in business, and ina strictly com-
mercial sense this is so. It is, however,
impossible to separate the man from his
business. If he is avaricious or tricky,
if he is vain or pretentious, if he lacks
in judgment or is overloaded with im-
pulsiveness or indiscretion, he carries
his vices or failings into his business,
as he does his skin into the bathtub.

He may be submerged in groceries,
dry goods, hardware or pig iron, but
the man in the center of the pile colors
his business, as the glass of a signal
light makes it red or green. The idea
that a man leaves his character, whether
good or bad, on the street side of his
office and is cut and dried to a certain

shape, as is a paper collar or a tin
soldier, is a prevalent yet a mistaken
notion. If a man has a character he
cannot hang it up witha latchkey—if
he has none, being in business will not
supply the missing article. In our
business establishments, as in Noah’s
Ark, the clean and the unclean, the
lamb that eats grass and the wolf that
eats lamb are all enclosed in the same
establishment.

This menagerie will always exist and,
no matter how business men may organ-
ize for mutual protection and how per-
fectly they may formulate their maxims
of trade, the vices as well as the vir-
tues of men will showthemselves. Uni-
formity of character is impossible,
either in cats or dogs, men or women.
Hence the secret of much that is dis-
creditable, selfish and irregular in busi-
ness lies beneath the lining of the vest
and the curvature of a rib. Bad debts
are piled up in pyramids; the constable
and the sheriff rake in the fees at all
seasons of the year; dishonest men fill
up their shelves with goods that are
never paid for; men rush into business
with as little fitness for it as a blind
man would have in running a locomo-
tive, and others seil goods at a loss, ex-
pecting to find golden eggs in the nest
of a dead goose. All this is possible
behind a stone front and a gilded sign-
board, or an elegant office chair, or in
an artistic enclosure of bronzed lattice
work. Hence the world of business can
never be free from its troubles and_ un-
certainties, its fools or its knaves.
There might be less of these, however,
if these evils were not encouraged as
they too often are. In pushing busi-
ness, prudence is often forgotten, in-
ducements are offered to unreliable
men and risks assumed that savor more
of a betting ring than a business house.
Prices are butchered and values demor-
alized, and one might as reasonably ex-
pect to make a necktie of a rainbow as
to secure prosperity by such means. It
is done, however, every day and_ those
who hire the piper must pay for the
music.

FRED WOODROW.
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Hardware Notes.

Steel wool has been introduced as a
substitute for glass paper in Germany.
It is made of threads of shredded steel
with sharp cutting edges, works more

uickly and uniformly than sandpaper,
: not gum or clog, and, being ftlex-
ible, can be used
rate carvings.

Hardware men have not, asa rule, ad-
vertised to the same extent as those
engaged in other branches of trade, nor
can the reason for such abstention be
discovered. Their business is fully as
capable of expansion and would un-
doubtedly feel the benefit of geod ad-
vertising to aS great an extent as any
other we could mention, but a conserv-
ative feeling has prevented them from
availing themselves of the undoubted
spower and push of printer’s ink.

The manager of a_ large St. Louis
hardware store has adopted a simple
little device to aid in keeping up his
stock that is worthy of mention. On
every shelf box he hangs, by means of
a screw-eye, a small washer. This
washer is painted red on one side and
white on the other. When a clerk, in
making a sale to a customer, finds that
the goods in the box need replenishing,
he simply turns the washer with the
white side to the front; otherwise the
red side shows. The stock clerk can
thus tell, by simply glancing along the
shelves, what goods need his attention,
and the manager has only to run his eye
along the rows of washers at any time to
know the condition of stock. When the
same man gets in a new style of pad-
lock or- anything else the demand for
which he wishes to test, he makes a
cross with a red pencil on the shelf box
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

_Around the State __

Movements of Merchants.

Muskegon—J. D. Sheridan has as-
signed his drug stock to John T. Ryan.

Battle Creek—A. Greaves & Co. suc-
ceed A. M. Shearer in the bazaar busi-
ness.

Grand Blanc—E. J. Cross has pur-
chased the grocery and dry goods _ stock
of Salisbury & Cross.

Lansing—The Potter Cowles Co.,
which was engaged in the furniture
business, has dissolved. The business

will be continued by Cowles Bros.

Lansing—Wm. E. Trager, meat deal-
er, has admitted his brother to partner-
ship. The business will hereafter be
conducted under the style of Trager
Bros.

Benton Harbor—Rahn_ Bros. have
opened a new shoe store at 113 East
Main street. They will manufacture a
line of their own, besides carrying
those of outside firms.

Kalamazoo—H. P. Kauffer and E. S.
Roos have bought the quarter interest
held by Edward H. Ranney in the
Dunkley Celery Co. Mr. Ranney will
retain no interest in the business.

Belding—J. E. Doherty & Co., who
recently opened a branch of their Clare
furniture store here, have shipped the
stock to Coleman and abandoned the
field, satisfied that one furniture store is
adequate to meet the demands of the
town.

Reed City—R. D. Wood and Mrs. L.
M. Buck have formed a copartnership
under the style of R. D. Wood & Co.
and embarked in the bakery, confec-
tionery and fruit business. The new
firm began business July 2 in the build-
ing formerly occupied by Kirk Bros.
& Co.

Charlotte—W. C. Hubel transferred
his shoe stock June 30 to C. S. Ship-
man, of Sturgis. July 3, Ainsworth &
Wickenheinser, of Toledo, attached the
stock on a claim of $1,200 on the al-
leged ground that the sale was fraudu-
lent and without proper consideration.
Hubel has left town and his present
whereabouts are unknown.

Holly—The grocery and saloon of
John Forester have been closed on a
chattel mortgage, held by an Ypsilanti
brewery. Last Friday Forester shot at
a traveling man named W. A. Smith, of
Pontiac, because he thought he saw the
man ina compromising position with
his wife. The two events, following so
closely, caused considerable comment.

Manistee—Somerville & Wood cele-
brated the Fourth early this year. A
windowful of fireworks exploded July
3, and only energetic effort prevented a
general conflagration. Cannons, fire
crackers, sky rockets and Roman
candles were promiscuous for a while,
but the flames were confined to the win-
dow and the damage did not amount to
over $25.

Lansing—A. Spanolio, an Italian fruit
dealer who has been in_ business here
several years and made a snug little for-
tune, has disappeared, witb his family,
and it is thought 1s about to sail for
Italy. He left the town owing the
Caribbean Banana Co., of New York,
for a carload of bananas, and _ officers
hope to stop him before he sets foot on
an Atlantic steamship.

St. Johns—The Union National Bank
of Chicago has commenced suit against
Robert M. Steel for $16,264, attaching
his hotel property. Mr. Steel is justly
indignant over the action of the Bank,
in view of the fact that he is in an ex-

 

cellent financial condition, and asserts
that he will move to set the writ of at-
tachment aside and also commence suit
against the Bank for heavy damages.
West Bay City—A prominent mer-
chant here made up a firecracker of
great size and put it in his window.
Some unsophisticated person feared that
if it were exploded some one would be
killed or a brick block would be blown
down. This led to a petition to the
Common Council remonstrating against

the discharge of the cracker. There
were a dozen signers. They are now
kicking themselves, having learned

that the cracker was simply for adver-
tising purposes and did not contain any
explosive material.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Manchester—G. E. Schultz

bave sold their flour mill to E.
german.

Galien—John Redden is succeeded by
Frank Redden in the flouring mill busi-
ness.

Kalamazoo—Tte Botsford Paper Mill
Co. has changed its name to the Wolver-
ine Paper Co., the Kalamazoo Circuit
Court entering such an order Monday.

Jackson—The Leggett Spring & Axle
Co., of Pittsburg, which recently at-
tached $8,000 worth of axles belonging
to the Collins Manufacturing Co., has
accepted a comproniise settlement and
released the property. The Collins
works will start up soon.

Saginaw—-The report of the State Salt
Inspector for the month of June shows
the following figures: Manistee county,

& Son
S. Ha-

190,050 barrels; Mason, 73,122; St.
Clair, 49,729; Saginaw, 38,822; Bay,
27,672; Iosco, 25,011; Wayne, 9,683;

Midland, 400. ‘Total, 414,489 barrels.

Saginaw—The George W. Robinson
Co., dealer in lumber, has assigned to
Thomas Jackson. Liabilities are about
$26,000, with assets estimated at from
$15,000 to $17,000. The continued busi-
ness depression proved too much for
limited capital. The company removed
from Detroit to Saginaw about two years
ago.

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Good Advice to Country Merchants.

McBride's, July 3—When you have
farm produce to sell, do not be too hasty
in disposing of it, just because some one
in the commission business quotes you
a higher price than the market will al-
low, as those are the men (or would be
called men) who intend to rob you, and
that kind of a thief is the worst we
have to contend with. They are much
worse than a murderer or a highway-
man, as they break and steal the chain
of pleasure in business life—confidence
in mankind. When you ijearn of a dis-
reputable concern that is trying to ‘‘do’’
their fellow man in the manner in which
the gang that has just been broken up
by the Tradesman has been doing, if
you will notify the Tradesman it can
soon dispose of that kind of robbers.
The country merchants of Michigan can
thank the Tradesman for breaking up
one of the worst gangs of robbers that
ever operated in Western Michigan; and
any merchant who is not a subscriber to
the Tradesman should send in his dollar
at once and thus show his appreciation
of the good work done.

C. H. LAFLAMBoy.
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Trot Out Your Back Numbers.

Grand Rapids, July 6—If£ any drug-
gist has any back numbers of the pro-
ceedings of the Michigan State Phar-
maceutical Association prior to 1894, I
would be glad to hear from him, as d
have several requests from pharmaceu-
tical colleges which wish to have them
on file.

BENJ. SCHROUDER, Sec’y.
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The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F.
E, Bushman, Kalamazoo,

Particulars Relative to the
Mackinac Meeting.

Further

Grand Rapids, July 7—Only thirteen
years ago a few druggists of this State
met at Lansing, banded together, and
styled themselves the Michigan State
Pharmaceutical Association. Out of it
sprung the Pharmacy Law, which every
one who is conducting a legitimate drug
business will say is of great benefit to
himself; for, if everyone was aliowed to
handle drugs, druggists would soon find
a great difference in their daily sales.
It is true the law is not what it might
be, but whose fault is it? I say it is
our own fault; because we do not lenda
helping hand to our Association; be-
cause we do not attend the yearly meet-
ings; because we do not pay our yearly
dues, and no one will miss the $1 a year
spent in our own cause when its returns
are tenfold. Excuse the ‘‘curtain’’ and
stop long enough to give it some
thought.

The coming meeting on August 4, 5
and 6, which will be held on Mackinac
Island, will be one of exceptional in-
terest. Mackinac Island, the most pic-
turesque spot in the universe, is_ the
place where everybody has a good time.
If you have never been there do not miss
this chance, for you will be royally en-
tertained.

Between this coming and the next
meeting the Michigan lawmakers will
have another session, at which session
we want a few important changes made
in our law, which we cannot obtain un-
less we stand as a unit.

Come, Brother Druggists, spend a
few days with us at Mackinac, geta
little recreation and you will feel as if
you have done some good to your fellow
being and yourself. All pharmaceutical
associations are the fountain head of
our pharmacy laws, so, if your Associa-
tion is not a success, your law is not
what it should be. Every druggist and
drug clerk, wife and sweetheart, Is
invited. Should it be impossible for
you to be present, send your $1 mem-
bership fee or, if you are a member,
send your $1 for dues to the Secretary.

The following special committees
have been appointed :

Entertainment—-M. G. Bailey,
kinac Island; O. S. Boyington, St. I[g-
nace; F. W. Perry, Detroit; Dr. John
R. Bailey, Mackinac; Geo. Gundrum,
lonia: © AL Wilber, St. Ignace; I. 5S.
Cooper, Cheboygan; C. A. Bugbee,
Traverse City.

Reception—Pres. Geo. J. Ward, St.
Clair: D. FE. Prall, Sacisaw; ©. E:
De Puy, Stockbridge; S. P. Whitmarsh,
Palmyra; Michael Reidy, Corunna; S.
E. - Parkhill, Owosso; Dr. C. B. Col-
well, Jackson; H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor ;
Fred Price, Sault Ste. Marie; J. E.
Peck, Grand Rapids; Prof. A. B. Pres-
cott, Ann Arbor; C. N. Anderson, De-
troit; James Vernor, Detroit; Geo. Mc-

Mac-

Donald, Kalamazoo; F. D. Stevens,
Detroit; M. G. Bailey, Mackinac
Island.

Games and Boat Races—-That Man
Church, Detroit; B. E. West, Grand
Rapids; E. C. Varnum, Jonesville.

Excursions and Refreshments—D. S.

Cooper, Cheboygan; A. J. Dayton,
Grand Rapids; Geo. S. Seibert, Iron
Mountain; A. O. Speckhard, Fort

Wayne; A. M. Todd, Kalamazoo.

For the Waltz Party at the Island
House—-Dorian M._ Russell, Grand
Rapids; F. F. Ingram, Detroit; Thos.
Hefferman, Baldwin; H. Kephart, Ber-
rien Springs; F. Inglis, Detroit.

H. L. Thayer, Superintendent of the
Mackinac Island State Park, writes Mr.
Bailey as follows:

In reply to your verbal request, also to
the letter of Benj. Schrouder, regarding
the use of one of the buildings here at
the fort, and also of part of the grounds
for ‘‘a carnival of games,’’ etc., by the
‘*Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation,’’ for its meeting this year, you
may reply in the affirmative. Probably

the building will be the ‘‘ Hospital, ’’
near the eastern part of the fort grounds.
The writer will be pleased to do all in
his power to assist in making your meet-
ing pleasant and successful.
Come one, come all!
BENJ. SCHROUDER, Sec’y.

 

 

 

 

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Grand Rapids Gossip

 

The Morning Market is now very
much in evidence, and for the nex tthree
months it will be worth a day’s journey
to visit Grand Rapids for the purpose of
inspecting the largest and most diver-
sified assortment of fruits and vegetables
to be found anywhere in the country.

Jos. J. Tucker and Wm. E. Barrett
have formed a copartnership under the
style of Tucker & Barrett for the pur-
pose of opening a wholesale lumber yard
at Benton Harbor, using the same yard
formerly occupied by the Globe Lumber
Co. The firm will make Grand Rapids
headquarters, all the office business be-
ing transacted at this end of the line.

 

Chester A. Lamb, who was arrested
by the United States Marshal on a
charge of using the mails for fraudulent
purposes, had a hearing July 1 before
Commissioner McQuewan, who consid-
ered the evidence sufficient to remand
the respondent to the grand jury and
increased the amount of his bail from
$500 to $1,000. Only two witnesses were
sworn—John W. Rutherford, of Hunger-
ford, and the editor of the Tradesman,
the former being the complaining wit-
ness in the case.

 

The Tradesman _ has heretofore called

attention to

the outrageous express
rates exacted by the Western Express

Co. for transporting packages to Upper
Peninsula points. ‘The charge for Ioo
pounds from Grand Rapids to Marquette
is $2.75, which is identical with the
rate from Grand Rapids to New York.
Agents of local express companies as-
sert that they are powerless in the mat-
ter, inasmuch as the Western Express Co.
is a Canadian institution and_ not
amenable to the laws and customs of
this country. Unless some concessions
are made soon, shippers will become
discouraged over the prohibitive rates,
which act as an embargo, and discon-
tinue express shipments altogether.

The telephone situation has become
decidedly interesting during the past
week. Contrary to general expectation,
the Bell people removed all the phones
ordered to be taken out July 1—various-
ly estimated at from 450 to 750 instru-
ments. The withdrawal of so many
phones has, necessarily, crippled the
service to that extent that the Bell sys-
tem is, practically, valueless, and the
Tradesman would not be atall surprised
to see the Bell people abandon the field
entirely in the course of a few months.
In the meantime, the Citizens company
has added daily to its list of connec-
tions, has steadily improved its service
and is making friends by the dignified
course it is pursuing in the face of com-
petition of a decidedly peculiar char-
acter. The management claims it has
already more telephones in use than the
Bell company, and that within a month
it will, probably, have double the num-
ber. Connections are gradually being
made with outside exchanges and ina
short time the State service of the local
company will, probably, be superior in
this section of Michigan to that ever
enjoyed by the Bell company. The Cit-
izens company is meeting with some
trouble from line cutting and other diffi-
culties of a peculiar character, but the
people are exceptionally patient and put
up with inconveniences with commend-
able forbearance.

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Cyclone value in Gillies’ (New York)

Our Jar brand Japan tea. Visner, agent.

 

 

Purely Personal.

Robert G. Steel, the well-known St.
Johns business man, was married July 7
to Miss Nettie Conn, of St. Johns. The
bridal tour includes a large number of
interesting points in the East.

Harry Stowitts, head clerk for E. J.
Herrick, has been confined to his bed
two weeks with malarial fever. He is now
convalescent, but will not be able to re-
sume his duties behind the counter for
a couple of weeks yet.

Daniel Steketee (P. Steketee & Sons)
started in on a_ three weeks’ vacation
Monday. With a view to’ witnessing
the ‘‘greatest circus on earth,’’ he has
gone to Chicago to act as a spectator in
the Democratic convention.

EF. M. Sly, the Bay Shore general
dealer, was recently married to Miss
Ethlyn Seegmiller, of Cadillac. The
bride and groom are enjoying the honey-
moon in the copper country, and will be
at home at their new and spacious home
at Bay Shore after July 25.

Sidney F. Stevens left Tuesday for
Detroit to attend the annual meeting of
the Michigan Hardware Association, be-
fore which he is scheduled to read a
paper Thursday on the subject of

‘Clerks and the Arrangement of
Stores.’’ Mr. Stevens is accompanied
by his wife.

Angus J. Rankin, the Shelby hard-

ware dealer, was married June 30 to
Miss Maud Carroll, the ceremony o0c-
curring at sunrise at the home of the
bride’s parents in Shelby. The happy
couple immediately started on _ their
bridal tour, which includes visits to
Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands,
Montreal and the birthplace of the
groom in Quebec.

Geo. P. Stark, the veteran merchant
at Cascade, is probably the only man in
Michigan who uses a fireproof safe as
a carriage block. The circumstances
which led Mr. Stark to utilize his safe
in this manner were very unfortunate.
Burglars raided his store in 1887, drill-
ing a hole in the door of his safe large
enough to insert a fuse, the explosion
of which blew open the door. No money
was kept in the safe, but it was the con-
tainer of a large number of valuable
papers—mortgages, notes and contracts
—all of which were taken by the ma-
rauders and never returned, although
every effort was made to regain posses-
sion of the documents, which were of no
possible value to anyone but Mr. Stark.
lhe absence of the papers rendered it
exceedingly difficult for Mr. Stark to
effect collection, in some cases, as those
who had uttered notes and other evi-
dences of indebtedness demurred pay-
ing anything on account until assured
that the original obligations would not
turn up against them. The safe was
rendered useless as a_ receptacle for
documents of value and has since done
duty as a carriage block.

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The Grain Market.

There were no strong features devel-
oped in the wheat market during the
week. Cash wheat held its own and fu-
tures are about tc higher. Harvesting is
nearly completed and the threshing is
looked forward to to verify the opinions
regarding the yield.

The visible made a small decrease of
661,000 bushels, which put a damper on
any upturn. St. Louis reported 81,000

bushels of wheat received, most of
which was new. Kansas supervisors
report 1,000,000 acres more in wheat

than the Government crop report shows
—a discrepancy somewhere. In about
two weeks we may see an increase, in-

 

stead of a decrease, in the visible.
The exports were limited, being only
2,076,000 bushels, against 2,672,000
bushels the corresponding time last
year. This was all used by the short
operators to depress prices. We cannot
see anything at present to change our
views regarding the price of wheat.
Taking all things into consideration,
wheat is very low.

There is nothing new to report in the
coarse grain market. The large amount
of corn on band and the fine condition
preclude any advance. The same is
true of oats. Oats are cheaper than
they have been at any time during the
last thirty years. In 1847
sold at 10 and 12c per bushel.

The receipts during the week were
rather diminutive, being only 27 cars of
wheat, 2 cars of corn and 4 cars of oats.
The receipts in Grand Rapids during
the month of all grains were Igo cars,
being 128 cars of wheat, 25 cars of corn
and 37 cars of oats. During this period
Detroit received only 188 cars of grain,
66 of wheat, 58 of corn and 64 of oats—
not a bad showing so far as wheat is
concermed.  .

Grand Rapids received nearly double
the amount of wheat that Detroit did,
and it was all by rail. Millers are pay-
ing 55c for old wheat. While new wheat
is being talked of, none has, as yet,
been seen, except some small samples.

I hope to be able to say something
about new wheat in my next report.

C. G. A. Vorer.
+2.
Fruits and Produce.

they were

Apples—75c per bu. for home grown.

Beans--Receipts are small and the de-
mand light, causing a slight easing off
in values.

Beets—i5c per doz.

Butter— Fancy dairy is coming in
more slowly than it has for several
months, in consequence of which the
market’ price has advanced ic, best
grades easily fetching 12c. Factory
creamery—as predicted would be the

case—has sustained a similar advance,
being now held at I5c.
Cabbage—6oc per doz. for home

grown. ‘The advance in price is due to
the growth of the heads, which are fully
25 per cent. larger than a week ago.

Cucumbers—20@25c per doz.

Currants—Cherry command 80oc per 16
qt. case. Small red are in fair demand
for preserving purposes at 50c per crate.

Eggs—-Common candled command 9c
per doz., while seconds (bakers’ stock)
bring 6c. The market is dull and_ all
offerings meet with slow. sale. Un-
candled stock brings 7@8c.

Muskmelons—Little Gems bring 75c¢
per doz.

Onions—Home grown, $1.25 per bu.
Green, toc per doz. for Silver Skins.

Peaches—The first lot of Alexanders
put in an appearance July 7 and sev-
eral bushels were brought in the next
morning. The stock is worthless, ex-
cept to look at, but the novelty of be-
ing able to handle home grown peaches
at least a week earlier than ever before
impelled local dealers to pay about $1.50
per bu. The price will, probably, go
to 75c per bu. before the end of the
week.

Peas—Marrowfat, 50c per bu.

Potatoes—The market is fairly steady
at 4oc, although occasionally a break to
35c occurs. ‘The stock is now coming
from Southern Illinois and is excellent
in quality.

Radishes—Charters command Ioc per
doz. bunches. China Rose bring 15c.

Raspberries—Black, 60@65c per crate
of 16 qts. Red, 75c@$1 per crate of
16 qts.

Seeds—Hungarian and Common Ger-
man Millet brings 60@75c per bu.

String Beans—soc per bu.

Tomatoes—lIllinois stock brings goc
per 4 basket crate.

Watermelons—-The market is well sup-
plied with Southern stock, commanding
16@2o0c, according to size and quality.

Whortleberries—The stock now com-
ing in is much improved in quality and
condition, readily commanding $2. per
bu. The demand is good and the pros-
pects are excellent for a long and pros-
perous season for both shippers and
dealers.

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The Grocery Market.

Sugar-—-On account of easier markets
in Europe and a decline here in raws,
refiners announced a decline
No. 4

Monday—

16€ on and ‘%c on all other

rades. The demand is steady, but not
s large as was expected considering
that the fruit is here and that
canning is going on all over the coun-
try. What turn the market will take
next is a conundrum—except, of course,
to the gentlemen of the American Sugar
Refining Co., who manipulate the mar-
ket to suit themselves.

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season

Salt—The Michigan Association an-
nounces a decline of 5¢ per barrel.
Cheese—The cheese market has ruled

steady during the week, with a good de-
mand and receipts well cleaned up.
Considerable quantities of cheese have
been taken during the week for cold
storage, despite the unfortunate experi-
ence of previous seasons. Prices are
gradually moving upward. The Lenawee
county makers have advanced their quo-
tations 4c.

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Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Asso-
ciation.
At the regular meeting of the Grand
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association,
held at Retail Grocers’ hall, Tuesday

evening, July 7, Vice-President Wagner
presided.

The special soliciting committee of
the annual picnic announced that it had
already secured pledges of voluntary
contributions to the amount of $182.
The report was accepted.

On motion of j. Geo. Lehman, the
Executive Committee was instructed to
contract for the printing of the picnic
program on the most advantageous
terms.

On motion of H. Klap, the Secretary
was instructed to invite the grocers of
Holland, Grand Haven and Muskegon
to join with their Grand Rapids fraters
in celebration of the anniversary.

On motion of Mr. Lehman, E. A.
Stowe was requested to see that the
event received the proper publicity in
the daily papers.

‘phere being no further business, the
meeting adjourned.

Ce
Flour and Feed.

The flour trade the past week has
been exceedingly quiet, buyers evi-
dently expecting lower prices with the
movement of the new wheat crop, and
while they may hold the key to the sit-
uation, we are inclined to look fora
gradual strengthening of values during
July. The disappointing yields, as re-
ported by thrashers from the Southwest,
and the damages from rust and cool
weather in the Northwest, will havea
tendency to check short selling to some
extent.

Owing to the taking of the usual semi-
annual inventory, the city mills were
shut down a day or two last week.

Millstuff continues dull, with prices
dragging on the bottom, although the
demand is sufficient to absorb the out-
put from week to week.

Wm. N. ROWE.
—_—__—~> 2.
Doing Well.
‘*So Russet has gone into the shoe
business. How is he doing?’’

‘‘Fine. He's selling his goods right

and left.’’

 

—~> 2.

A New York genius has invented a
magnetic hairpin. For what object the
new article for female use is intended
is not stated, but the presumption is
| that it will not drop out of the coiffure.

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Bicycles

FEW DECORATED WHEELS.

Cyclists Practical about Their Clothes
and Machines.
From the New York Sun.

The bicycle has been recognized as
a machine so distinctly practical in its
purpose and intended for real use, and,
moreover, hard that it is rarely
subjected to any greater decoration
than the bunches of colored ribbons
which a year ago appeared with great
frequency on the boulevards. Even
these, to the relief of most riders, have
disappeared and every ardent bicyclist
believes that nothing ornaments a wheel
so much as the evidences of a long hard
ride. There is usually more conscious
pride in this decoration than a gilded
wheel and a solid gold lamp would
bring to the face of a genuinely enthu-
siastic wheelman. Painted frames in
light colors are seen more or less but
they usually have some especial signifi-
cance, indicating the maker or the
rider's club or possibly nothing more
than a vagary of the owner’s taste. The
frames are not painted in pale blue, red
or yellow with the idea of ornamenting
them but to-make them easily distin-
guishable. The taste for the simple
businesslike wheel has grown so within
the past year that even the nickel-plated
machines, once the ambition of every
beginner, have grown rarer. Greater
familiarity convinces every rider that a
bicycle is meant for business and any
effort toward decoration seems a_ reflec-
tion on the owner’s purpose.

Riders go through something like the
same process in regard to the develop-
ment of bicycle costumes. After they
have once learned to ride, the details of
the suit become the absorbing question.
It may be a man ora woman but in
either case the interest in this question
becomes equally great. The tint and
pattern of the stockings, the color and
texture of the suit, the shape of the cap
and the problem of shirt and necktie
occupy the new wheelman’s profoundest
thoughts. Combinations of pink shirts
and dark brown suits, of blue shirts and
gray plaids, run through his mind dur-
ing his waking hours and trouble his
dreams. The cut of her skirt, as well as
the color, whether she shall wear an
Eton jacket or a Norfolk, whether high
boots or leggings are more comfortable
and whether a_ sailor hat or a Tam 0’
Shanter is more becoming, are some® of
the questions that worry the woman _be-
ginner. It is only after they are settled
that one can safely prophesy whether
or not the interest in riding is going to
be lastirg or a fad that will not survive
the accumulation of the wardrobe.

Faint-hearted riders generally exhaust
their enthusiasm in their preliminary
details. After these questions have
been decided, the interest in the wheel
abates, even if it proves still strong
enough to accomplish a few discreet
rounds of the Park and a possible jour-
ney to Claremont as a long trip. But
the bicyclist with real possibilities of
becoming a steady rider soon passes be-
yond the question of the frivolities of
the toilet. What is merely smart or be-
coming yields to what is comfortable
and useful. Highly polished tan shoes
and gaiters give place to the low bi-
cycle footgear, which is comfortable if
hideous. Gradually the whole outfit un-
dergoes this transformation, and many
a man who commenced his career with
the idea of being at once the gloss of
fashion and an expert, persistent rider
develops into a lightly clad, peak-
capped scorcher in baggy gray woolen

use,

clothes, without a regret for his aban-
doned grandeur. In a terse degree, the
women submit to the same _ process,

once they bave become regular riders,
without a pang or a secret longing for
what constituted more attractive, if less
comfortable, bicycle togs.

When the interest of a rider turns to
decorating his or her wheel, however,
there is grave cause for doubt as to his
real interest in the machine for its own
sake. Fitting it out with cyclometer,

 

an elaborate kit, and every possible ap-
pliance that may make it appear more
useful is a stage of the mania which
everybody who can afford it is likely to
pass through. There is not necessarily
any indication of real danger in this.
The best riders have gone through this
phase of the disease and come out safe.

But the women—usually it isa wom-
an—who have taken to silver or gold
plated, ivory-handled, and jewel-lamped
bicycles have naturally incurred the
suspicion of having got the wheel for
something more than the sake of riding
it. There have not, as yet, been many
of these wheels manufactured, and of
the few turned out several were avowed-
ly made for purposes of advertising.
Some of them have accomplished that
result without the same candor on the
part of their owners. But the con-
viction on the part of the riders that a
bicycle is intended for business has
kept down the number of these ma-
chines to a figure surprisingly low in
view of the enormous number of wheels
in use.

Lotta, the actress, was one of the first
women to buy a silver-plated wheel,
and that was more than a year ago,
when only a few had been manufac-
tured. It was not bought for her own
use, but intended as a wedding present
fora friend. It was rather elaborately

decorated in solid silver, had ivory
handles, and was throughout silver-
plated. Lotta herself rides a more

serviceable wheel, and is earnest enough
in the sport to take more interest in the
use of her machine than in its ap-
pearance. Lillian Russell's gold-plated
bicycle may be as useful to her for rid-
ing as it is to her press agent, but it
has proved valuable enough to him to
make the investment a good cne what-
ever she paid for it. There are other
actresses who have silver-plated wheels,
but few of them have been so effectively
used for advertising purposes as Miss
Russell’s. Few men have bought
them.

Richard Mansfiefd’s agent sent out a
report to the effect that the actor was
contemplating the purchase of a wheel
of solid gold, but nobody ever heard
whether or not he really bought it.
Probably he didn’t. A man’s wheel
silver plated and decorated in solid
silver was exhibited for months last
winter in a jewelry store on upper
Broadway. It attracted a great deal of
attention, anda knot of people stood all
day in front of the place. But it has
not been sold yet. With it was a wom-
an’s wheel costing $450, and this was
bought shortly after it was finished.
The man’s wheel cost only $325. It had
ivory handles with decorated _ silver
ends. The front fork, which was
decorated with applied scrolls of solid
silver, was nickel plated. The rest of
the machine was silver and_ nickel
plated, and the lamp and watch at-
tached to the bicycle were of silver
plate. But this finery evidently ap-
pealed only slightly to men’s taste, aa
it succeeded in creating no demand for
more machines of the same kind. One
conviction of every man on the subject
of the bicycle is that, however fine it
may be, $100 is about the highest price
to be paid for it.

A Chicago firm which had one of
its wheels decorated by a jeweler in or-
der to use it for an advertisement was
willing to pay $2,000 for the job, but
that, of course, had no bearing on the
public demand for such machines. An
Englishman of title who was wandering
through a famous jewelry shop up town,
one day last winter, looked in vain for
something to take to his wife asa
specimen of the American silversmith’s
work. He had bought her a bicycle,
and the jeweler suggested that he com-
bine both gifts and let him decorate
the wheel. The Englishman accepted
the advice, and one of the most elab-
orately decorated wheels ever made in
this city went to the Englishman's wife
abroad, where doubtless it is regarded
as the sort of wheel used by every
American rider. Some wheels have had
decorations etched or engraved on them.
Other wheels have the monogram or ad-
dress of the owner marked on the silver
or nickel-plated fork of the handle bars.
But this process, useful as it is for iden-

 

tification, damages a wheel when it
comes to disposing of it, and for this
reason the practice is not widespread.
Really, magnificence in a wheel,
with such possible decorations as
precious stones and applied gold, has
still to come, and doubtless such deco-
rations will be long delayed. Nothing
pleases the rider so well as a neatly
kept, businesslike machine, unless it is
the temporary marks of hard usage.
Silver and gold ornaments work against
any such good purpose, and precious
stones would be fatal to hard work and
usage. When such luxury begins to ap-
pear, the decadence of the wheel wiil
have commenced and it will be a_ toy
instead of an article of utility. The
absence of any demand for richly deco-
rated machines shows how remote any
such view is at present. The average
man or woman rejoices too much in the
possession of a good wheel to trouble
about the applied silver, the etchings,
or the precious stones. The early dis-
appearance of the colored ribbons
proved how slight a part any aesthetic
considerations play in bicycle riding
among people who care for it for its
own sake.

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WON AND LOST.

How a Fortune Slipped Through the
Fingers of a Poor Tailor.
From the New York Sun.

For the first time in many years the
police of this city are making war on
the East Side lottery men. Next to
policy, the traffic in lottery tickets has
for many years been the most flourishing
gambling business in the Hebrew quar-
ters. Scarcely a man among the thou-
sands who crowd the tenements of Es-
sex, Stanton, Eldridge, and other East
Side streets, but has purchased his lot-
tery ticket as regularly each month as
he has eaten his breakfast each morn-
ing. The lottery ticket is looked on
with awe when the head of the house
digs it up from the bettom of the stock-
ing, where it is kept with the other
family valuables, to compare the num-
ber on it with tbat on his neighbor’s,
and the holders never stop hoping that
some day the drawing, away off in trop-
ical lands, will bring them the fortune
they have been awaiting so many years.

You hear of policy and craps and
other gambling games all over the East
Side. The people there play these games
openly, but one rarely hears mention of
the lottery. The players talk about it
among themselves, but they don’t dis-
cuss it with outsiders. That isthe result
of the carefully planned system to
which the lottery agents have brought
the sale of tickets.

Every one who purchases a ticket is
told that to talk about his ticket or the
lottery to anybody puts the organization
in danger, and that means that the
ticket he holds is absolutely valueless.
The holders of tickets are made to feel,
too, that they are a_ part of the great
game, and their fears are worked upon
by the information that they are liable
to arrest and imprisonment if the fact
that they have purchased or hold lottery
tickets becomes known to the police.
These and other clever precautions have
contributed to make the lottery business
on the East Side a comparatively safe
one.

A little story, told between heart-rend-
ing sobs, by a poverty-stricken Polish
Jew tailor, who has for years worked
fifteen hours a day for $5 a week, has
brought the matter to head, however.
His story, more than anything else,
should help to break up the traffic, for
it shows how vain are the hopes and
ambitions stored up in every Hebrew
household for the glorious future which
is to come through the medium of the
lottery ticket Perhaps the experiences
of Jodek Simon, whose home is a mis-
erable, windowless room, many floors
up in an Orchard street tenement, will
serve better than anything else to illus-
trate the way the average Russian and
Polish Jew is brought into the toils by
the dealer in lottery tickets.

Simon is a Polish Jew, and he came
to this country five years ago. He was a
tailor in the old country, and he left his
wife and five children behind when he
came to America, meaning to send for
them as soon as he had saved enough
money. For a year the man earned
about $3 a week. Then his fidelity was
rewarded by the people for whom he
worked, and rates were so materially,
advanced that he managed to earn $5 a
week after that.

Prosperity had a bad effect on Simon.
He began to mix a little more with the
people, and on Saturday nights he
would visit the saloons and coffee-
houses where his neighbors were wont to
congregate. There he learned to shake
dice and to play cards, and there he
heard the talk of lottery tickets.

Once a week a dapper little man
would come into the saloons and coffee-
houses. He wore a small leather satchel
slung across his shoulder by a long
strap. Time and again Simon saw this
man come and take a position in a cor-
ner. Then he would draw out a_pack-
age of tickets from the satchel, and
Simon’s countrymen and_ neighbors
would surround him, each paying a sum
of money and getting a ticket in ex-
change. When everybody had_ been
supplied the dapper man would shut the
satchel with a snap, take a drink with
anybody who asked him, and walk out.

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

When Simon asked what it all meant,
he got peculiar winks and significant

leers. This went on fora long time,
and then some one told Simon about

the lottery, about the great chance a
man had to win a fortune on the invest-
ment of one dollar, and Simon went
home with his head ip a whirl.

The next month Simon bought a
ticket. A friend introduced him to the
dapper little man and for three years
Simon was a regular purchaser of lot-
tery tickets. Sometimes he bought one,
sometimes two and three, the money
for them coming out of the little money
he could save from his meager earn-
ings. He says that he frequently went
days without proper nourishment in_ or-
der to get together enough money to pur-
chase his tickets. During all of this
time, he says, he never won a cent.

Once in a while, a neighbor who had
been purchasing tickets for years
would win $5 or $1o, and then every-
body would congratulate him on his

luck, and the lottery business in his

immediate vicinity would take on a

boom.
But six

months or so ago, when a
drawing

in the lottery took place, it
went around the district like wildfire
that some one in New York had won
the $15,000 prize. Simon was only one
of the hundreds who rushed home that
night and dug up the lottery ticket they
had been cherishing, to see if it bore
the winning number. And the _ poor
tailor almost fainted when he saw _ that
he had won. He went around the
neighborhood like a crazy man, telling
everybody of his luck and of how he
could now bring his wife and children
over to America. The few dollars that
he had left to his name went for drinks
for the friends who sprung up on all
sides to congratulate him. And _ that
night Simon slept with the winning
ticket clutched tightly in his hand.

Two or three days later the dapper
man came around inquiring for Simon.
When he saw him he took him to one
side and told him that he was author-
ized by the lottery company to cash all
winning tickets. By that he meant, he
said, that he would forward the ticket
to Honduras. Then he explained that
there would be commissions, bribes to
customs officials and others, express
charges, insurance, and a dozen other
expenses which would bring the win-
nings down to about $8,000. At least
six months must elapse before the
money would reach New York, and per-
haps, after all,the agent said, it would
be better for Simon to sell the ticket for
cash and let some richer man do the
waiting.

And so, after much parleying, Simon
accepted a $7,000 check for the ticket,
signing a receipt for $15,000. After
giving him the check the agent offered
to get it cashed. That would cost $200,
he said, and Simon agreed to the pro-
posal. When he got his money it was
just $6,800, and he considered himself
in great luck to get that, as he undoubt-
edly was. He gave a relative the $800,
and with the balance he started for
home. The lottery business went on,
the dapper man sold tickets each month,
and everyone hoped to some day dupli-
cate Simon’s experience.

Three weeks ago a_ ragged, half-
starved looking man made his appear-
ance in Orchard street. No one recog-
nized him until he made himself known,
and then they saw that it was Simon,
the man who, they all supposed, was
rolling in wealth and luxury on the other
side of the water. Simon’s tale was a
short one. The Russian customs off-
cials received information of his coming
from this side, he said. They asked
him for the money he had, and when he
denied that he had any told him that
they knew better. They searched him,
stripped him of every cent he had, kept
him in confinement a few days, and
then sent him back. That was Simon's

story, and it spread around the East

Side with wonderful rapidity. His old
employer heard of it and gave him back
his old job, and once more Simon Is
working for $5 a week—onlv he isn’t
buying lottery tickets any more.
>.

Wait for Bushman, of Kalamazoo.

 

What Modern Methods Have Done
for the Bicycle.
R. H. Kane in Hardware Dealers’ Magazine.

It is amusing. when one comes to
think of it, to hear the croakers cry out
against the way bicycles are ruining all
sorts of trade. Recently a local paper

sent out a man to look up the matter, |

and he feund the livery stable keepers,
the theaters, the carriage builders, the
jewelers and lots of other people setting
up a yell that the bicycle was sending
them all headlong to bankruptcy. While
trade may be dull with these people,
there is no truth in the charge that the
bicycle is to blame for it, or at least
very little foundation for the charge.
The bicycle business is going ahead of
other lines of trade simply because it 1s
the only line of business that is up to
date and in keeping with the times. Bi-
cycles are built on modern ideas; they
are improved every year. Many makers
don’t wait a year, but take up any im-
provement in bicycles as soon as it is
suggested. They spend thousands of dol-
lars in experiments, many of which re-
sult only in loss. It would be a very
safe wager that there is more money
spent in one year in attempts to im-
prove the bicycle than has been spent
in trying to improve carriages in the
last twenty.

Five years ago the average bicycle
weighed fifty pounds. This year they
average under twenty-five. it’s doubtful
if the modern carriage isa pound lighter

than it was ten years ago. Bicycle mak- |

ers and wheelmen spend thousands of
dollars and issue tons of literature ad-
vocating improved roads.
have the carriage makers ever spent tn
that way? The makers of half a dozen
of the leading bicycles spend more
money advertising their wheels than is
spent by all the carriage makers in the
country. Take the bicycle shows in the
country and consider the thousands of
persons who are amused and _ interested
at a cost of millions of dollars to the
makers. No other trade in the country
attempts anything in that line.
town of any size in the country has _ its

| Fall and Winter trade,
How much |

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i bicycle show. Do the carriage builders,
ithe jewelers, the tailors, and what not

boom their business in that way?

The fault is not with the bicycle; it
is with the other trades, which attempt
to do business to-day with the methods
of fifty years ago.

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Dictator and Dictated.

A very pretty young girl was sitting
in a Wealthy avenue car the other day.
At the corner of Sheldon street a grocery
salesman boarded the car and sat down
beside the young lady.

‘‘Why, Nellie,’’ said he,
you been so long?’’

‘*Home,’’ said Nelly demurely.

‘Thought you were hammering some
old typewriter for Plunk & Piunk.’’

Well, I amt.’

‘*What are you doing?’’

‘Em married.’

‘*Married!’’ exclaimed

‘*Whom’d you marry?’’

' Horace Plank.

The face of the youth grew blank.

‘*T can't see what you married him
for.

Nellie blushed, and then dimpled in-
to an amused smile. ‘‘I got tired of
having him dictate to me.’’

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A man may be judged by the com-
pany he keeps, especially if the com-
pany happens to be dogs.

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guaranteed.

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WEDNESDAY, - - - JULY 8, 1896.

BICYCLE LAWS AND POLICE.

The operation of the bicycle ordi-
nance, recently enacted by the Grand
Rapids Common Council, has been a
matter of sufficient interest to amount
to a sensation. Instead of incorporating
the provision first proposed, requiring
the use of bells when necessary to warn
pedestrians, the section on that subject
is made to require the ringing of bells
thirty feet before passing a crosswalk—
a plan which has been tried and dis-
carded in many cities and villages.

For two or three days after the ordi-
nance became operative this provision
was disregarded. Then arrests began,
and the first day over 400 riders were
stopped by the police. The offenders
were not taken to police headquarters—
their names and addresses only being
taken. Among these were many of the
most prominent citizens—business men,
lawyers, etc. As might be expected, the
raid resulted in an amount of bell ring-
ing which quickly became a nuisance.
Some riders put as large a number of
bells on their wheels as possible and all
sorts of schemes were projected for the
ringing of the bells automatically. For
two or three days there was a bell ring-
ing carnival.

 

Soon after the enactment of the ordi-
nance, Morris White, a bicycle sales-
man for Perkins & Richmond, ex-
pressed his intention of testing its
validity. For two or three days he was
unmolested, but when the arrests began,
he soon became a victim. Notwith-
standing the fact that his offense was
exactly the same as that of the great
number apprehended, his treatment by
the police officials was decidedly differ-
ent. He was taken promptly to police
headquarters and, after being subjected
to the indignity of a search, was placed
in a cell, pending the arrival of his
bondsmen.

This disgraceful and outrageous con-
duct on the part of the police officials is
without excuse or palliation. That Mr.
White should have expressed a wish to
test the ordinance was in no sense a re-
flection on the police department, and
the excuse given by some of the officials
that he was ‘‘carrying a chip upon his
shoulder’’ is entirely impertinent. The
insult was wholly gratuitous and indi-
cates a degree of petty vindictiveness
on the part of those concerned in it that
is a disgrace to the city. It argues
a low appreciation of the importance
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should arrogate to themselves judicial
functions in discriminating between
respectable citizens in a technical
offense of this kind and inflict penalties
in accordance with their petty, childish
spites. It was a fitting termination of
the episode that it should transpire that
the arresting officer had sworn falsely in
his information in that Mr. White was
arrested before he had passed a cross-
ing.

ST

TRADE SITUATION.

The general trade situation, as might
be expected in view of the midsummer
season of taking accounts of stocks,
shutting down for repairs, etc., with
the increased political interest, repeats
the story of dulness with still greater
intensity. About the only line in which
there is a favorable exception is that of
leather and its manufactures. Prices
in these lines continue remarkably firm
and shoe factories are busily employed.
Petroleum and anthracite coal are slight-
ly advanced. Aside from these, the sit-
uation is decidedly bearish in every
quarter.

The promising prospects of the wheat
crop, both in this and foreign coun-
tries, are sufficient to account for the
continued downward tendency in that
cereal, and the same condition obtains
with corn and other grains. The prob-
ability of any material advance in these
products seems decidedly remote.

The iron situation continues the same
tendency of demoralization—combina-
tions contending against diminishing
demand. The only change is that the
shutting down for repairs, etc., and the
efforts in the direction of curtailing
output, have produced some results and
the stocks on hand are increasing with
less rapidity, or even diminishing.

In textiles it is the same old story.
The small margin between the cost of
cotton and the manufactured goods is
compelling mills to close in an increased
ratio. The reduction in prices, in some
cases, has been sufficient to move goods
quite largely, but there is little comfort
in this when it is necssary to go so low
as 2% cents in prints for that purpose.

As might be expected, the situation in
the stock market has suffered no less
than other lines. There has, however,
been the encouraging feature in that
foreign demand has been greater than
could be expected in view of the silver
controversy in this country. The little
activity that has been manifested is al-
most entirely owing to foreign inquiry.

There is a favorable indication in the
increase of the bank clearings, which
considerably exceed the billion point,
amounting to $1,103,000,000. Failures
were 257, against 218 for the preceding
week.

 

TS

Anew soporific, to which the name
pellotin has been given, has been dis-
covered in a Mexican cactus called
anhalonium. The native Mexicans eat
slices of the plant, which they call
‘‘pellote.’’ Its hypnotic alkaloid has
been separated by Dr. Hefter, of Leip-
zig. One grain of pellotin is equal, in
its effects, to fifteen and a half grains of
trional and to thirty-one grains of hy-
drate of chloral. It is effective in
quieting delirium tremens only in large
doses.

The commercial traveler who is not
gentlemanly and considerate of the best
interests of the man whose business he’s
after is likely to do more harm than
good. The days of ‘‘the cheeky travel-
ing man’’ are past.

 

SIX HUNDRED TO ONE.

A Bay City dispatch conveys the fol-
lowing information :

The strike in Wheeler & Co.'s ship-
yard will be one of the most serious dis-
agreements of the kind which has ever oc-
curred here. The company refuses to
discharge one employe, a non-union
man, and 600 members of the union say
they will not do a tap of work until that
one objectionable employe is disposed
of. The company is protected in its con-
tracts against loss arising from _ strikes,
and fears nothing in that regard.

Such boy-play on the part of union
men is thoroughly characteristic of
union methods. Six hundred workmen
may lay idle and 600 families may go
hungry, rather than permit one poor
devil of a non-union workman to earn
his living in an honest manner. Such
is the magnanimity of unionism! Such
is the ‘‘brotherhood of man,’’ concern-
ing which the unions prate! And such is
the ‘‘universality of mankind,’’ which
is predicted in such glowing colors by
labor leaders for the halcyon days of the
future when unionism, shall be trium-
phant and all shall bow their heads to
the mandate of the walking delegate.

 

Senator Perkins, of California, is in
a peculiar plight, owing to certain rash
promises made sixteen years ago when he
was Governor of the State. He was
very popular, and it got to be quite the
fashion to name baby boys after him.
The fond fathers and mothers kept him
informed of these christenings, but in-
stead of sending a check to each name-
sake, as was doubtless expected, Mr.
Perkins wrote letters, in which he said
all manner of nice things, winding up
as follows: ‘‘When George Perkins
Jones is grown let me know, and I will
send him to college.’’ He never im-
agined that he was to be United States
Senator sixteen years later, but there he
is, and the letters are coming. home to
roost. Already four young men named
George Perkins Something have put in
their claims for a college education, and
the Senator thinks there are at least
thirty more of them. ‘‘I’ll have to honor
their drafts,’’ he says, with a grimace,
‘‘eyen if it bankrupts me.’’ The man
who wants to perpetuate the name of
Perkins should pay for it. i

 

Grand Rapids is to be congratulated
on her emancipation from the operations
of the Bell telephone monopoly. For
years she has paid heavy tribute to
alien capitalists, but the appearance of
local competition in the field has re-
duced the price of telephone service
about one-half; and if there are any
profits on the business on this basis,
they will be divided among Grand
Rapids people, instead of still further
enriching Detroit and Boston capitalists
who are so fortunate as to be the pos
sessors of muchly- watered Bell stock.

 

It is estimated that 250,000 bicycles
are owned within a radius of fifty miles
of London. As the majority of them are
medium grade wheels, they are said to
represent an outlay of £3,000, 000. From
Jan. 1 to the last day of April, twenty-
seven new bicycle companies were
formed in England, witha capital stock
of a quarter of a million sterling, and
last year fifty companies were formed,
with an aggregate nominal capital of
over half a million sterling.

 

Business should be a life work with
the man of business. Every detail in
his line of business should be carefully
prepared for, thoroughly understood and
built on a plan to stay and grow with
the years,

rit is the bicycle scorcher.

 

The records of new railroad building
in the United States in 1896, published
in the Railroad Gazette, show that 717
miles of road have been built during the
first half of the year. Last year 622
miles of new road were built up to July
1, and the record in 1894 was 495 miles
between Jan. 1 and July 1. In 1893, it
was 1,025; in 1892, 1,284; in 1891,
1,704, and in 1890, 2,055 miles. It will
be seen how greatly railroad extension
has been checked by the conditions of
the past few years, and there are no
substantial signs that any large relative
increase is to be expected in the near
future. Much the largest mileage
credited to any one company, out of the
total given for the six months, is that
built by the Kansas City, Pittsburg &
Gulf, nearly 140 miles, in Arkansas,
Texas and the Indian Territory. The
detailed statement of the new mileage
by states shows that California built 102
miles of road, much more than any other
state.

 

 

The position Grand Rapids is assum-
ing as a grain market isa matter of much
comment among the trade. For years
this city stood second to Detroit in this
respect, but she has now distanced the
City of the Straits and expects to be
able to retain possession of the cham-
pionship belt. During the month of
June Grand Rapids received 190 cars of
grain, while Detroit received 188. The
receipts of wheat were 128 cars here and
66 in Detroit.

 

The Tradesman heartily commends
the project to enlarge the scope of the
Northern Michigan Retail Grocers’ As-
sociation and change its name to the
Michigan Retail Grocers’ Associa-
tion. The work undertaken and accom-
plished by the organization has never
been sectional in character or effect
and there is everything to gain, and
nothing to lose, by increasing its scope
and influence.

TTS

 

The general supposition that the Ger-
man system of working things in the
War Department is beyond reproach
would be disproved by a recent incident
connected with the dispatch of a detach-
ment of troops to Africa. It was discov-
ered, after the troops had departed, that
the telegraphic apparatus had been left
behind.

 

Shippers should always ascertain the
standing of commission firms before
consigning. A long list of references is
not sufficient. In many cases the banks
or agencies referred to do not know the
house giving the reference, or, if they
do, would refuse to say anything unfa-
vorable as to their responsibility.

TS

 

The connecting link has been found.
A good
specimen, stooping over on his wheels,
with his back humped up, is, for all the
world, a near resemblance to a hand-or-
gan man’s monkey when the animal is
running along a gallery railing to make
collections.
——

If the devil had not had considerable
experience with political campaigns, it
might make him nervous to hear the
edict going forth from each political
party that the whole country is going to
invade his regions unless the other side
can be defeated.

Leen EE

 

 

‘When two men get in a beer saloon,
and get about half drunk, the way they
lie about the country and their wrongs
is simply scandalous,

 

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Serena

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

CAMPAIGN STUFF.

Now that the political campaign is
fairly begun, the people are being re-
galed with facts and figures tending to
prove the statement that we are the
worst of slaves and that a few wealthy
men own the country and are riding it
to death.

The very reverse is true. No country
on earth comes so near being owned by
the bone and sinew, the middle class,
so to speak, the voting population, and
therefore the governing power, as the
United States. Referring to the esti-
mates of the wealth of the fifteen lead-
jag nations of the earth, made by an
English statistician, and in which the
United States is placed first, with
something over sixty-four billions of
dollars’ worth of property, a contem-
porary comments:

‘‘While the statement is gratifying
from one point of view, it is likewise
appalling from another. It is gratifying
to our National pride to know that
America heads the column of rich and
powerful Nations. At the same time it
is most appalling to know that all this
wealth is in the hands of a favored
few.’’

All this wealth in the hands of a fa-
vored few! There are about 14,000,000
voters in the United States and of the
number some 7,000,000 own homes.
There were four and a_ half million
farms owned by almost as many owners
in 1890, according to the census, and
their value alone was but little short of
one-fourth of the aggregate wealth of
the country. There were as many
more homes or lots owned in corporate
towns and cities, of a value as large as
the farm lands, thus showing that half
the voting population of the country
owned homes and half the wealth of the
nation!

Of course, many thousands of these
farms and homes have been temporarily
mortgaged, the mortgages representing
the means of obtaining homes in a new
country, but the holders of the actual
wealth in the United States are far from
‘‘few,’’ and the average life of a mort-
gage with us is less than five years. No
people on earth are so independent as
the middle classes in America. There
are many great fortunes, it is true, but
many of these are fictitious and fluctua-
ting in their values.

The fact is, there is no campaign
stuff so baseless to-day as these calam-
ity howls about a poverty-stricken and
oppressed people in the United States.
There is poverty and there are homeless
people, but not in proportion to the
popuiation as found everywhere else on
earth, and not because a ‘‘few people’’
own the others. This is a grand coun-
try and with the grandest possibilities
for the poor man of any other nation in
the world.

 

 

THE SITUATION IN CUBA.

It is now very clear that no recogni-
tion of Cuban belligerency is to be
hoped for during President Cleveland’s
administration, unless the Spaniards
themselves force such a course by harsh
treatment of Americans or by gross
mismanagement of their campaign.

Now that the rainy season has set in,
active campaigning has in a measure
ceased, and both sides are seeking to
avoid as much as possible any impor-
tant engagements. The Cubans are
utilizing the respite for active recruit-
ing and the importation of supplies of
arms and ammunition, while the gov-
ernment forces are endeavoring to pro-
tect themselves as much as possible
from the deadly effects of the climate.

Notwithstanding the activity of the

United States revenue marine and the
efforts of the Spanish warships, the
landing of filibustering expeditions,
with men and supplies, goes on practi-
cally without cessation. Scarcely a
week elapses without the report of the
successful landing of an expedition.

How so many expeditions can suc-
ceed in landing on Cuban soil without
meeting with opposition from the Span-
ish cruisers surpasses comprehension.
It certainly argues gross inefficiency on
the part of the naval branch of the
Spanish government. Were a_ proper
force of vessels maintained in Cuban
waters, and the coasts thoroughly pa-
troled, it would be practically impos-
sible for large expeditions to success-
fully land.

In the meantime definite information
from Consul-General Lee is being
anxiously awaited. General Lee’s mil-
itary experience and training enable
him to form a very accurate idea of the
exact, state of affairs in Cuba froma
military point of view, and the govern-
ment will, no doubt, be largely gov-
erned by the advices received from him.
There are many signs that the new Con-
sul-General is displeasing the Spanish
officials by his independert course and
determination to fully investigate all
that is going on around him. -

Time to Put Stock in Order.

Those who inventory twice a year
will, of course, have the fact clearly be-
fore them. Those who do not may be
apt to overlook the fact that the time is
so near and maybe put off the duty of
redycing the stock until necessity com-
pels them to do so in order not to carry
goods over to the next season.

It is high time to begin to get stocks
in order. A comparatively small cut
now, when people are buying freely,
will move many slow lines that would
otherwise develop into regular stickers
and be slow at any price thirty or sixty
days later. Call the attention of your
help to this fact.

Do more than this: make ita rule
for them to place all old goods and slow
sellers on the counter for your inspec-
tion at least once a week. Be very
suspicious of the department in which
the clerks tell you there are no such
goods to be found. That department
usually makes the worst showing when
facts and figures appear in black and
white on the inventory.

‘Don’t grumble and find fault with the
clerks because slow goods are found
and cuts have to be made. This is the
surest way to make them smooth things
over and try to hide the real condition
of the stock, and this smoothing over
always leads to rocky roads later on.
Clear the way as you go along, and you
will have steady and easy traveling.
The people who richly deserve repri-
manding are those who are too lazy and
too indifferent to push the boulders out
of the way—who will not avert them-
selves to try to work off old stock and

slow sellers. With these be very severe.
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The Country and the City Boy.

It 1s said to be a singular fact that a
country boy will succeed in the city,
and become a partner in our largest
firms much oftener than a boy born in
the city. The great secret of the suc-
cess of the average country boy is his
perfect willingness to be useful, and to
do what he is required to do and do it
cheerfully ; and, secondly, they do their
Hwork well. A city boy has many ac-
quaintances; a country boy, none, and
the latter is not called to stop and talk

 

when sent out by the merchant.

 

  

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WORDEN GROGER GO.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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You can’t fool
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. Is
it not so?

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will bear the strictest analysis.
Its pleasing flavor recommends it to everyone.

# THE NEW YORK BISCUIT C0.

GRAND RAPIDS.
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Causes and Remedies of Fraud and
Embezzlement.

Statistics show that, during the past
ten years, bank-wreckers, embezzlers,
and defaulters have robbed the people
of this country of over $100,000,000, an
average of over $10,000,000 per annum ,
and this state of things has been grow-
ing worse the past two years, for the
year 1892 shows robberies by the above-
mentioned methods of about $9,000,000,
while 1893 shows about $19,000,000, 1894
about $25,000,000, and 1895 showed over
$4,000,000 to July I.

These sums probably do not represent
what was actually taken during those
years, but simply the amount of the
robberies discovered, the money having
been taken during a period of possibly
many years, and the fraudulent acts
covered for the time being by falsifica-
tions and false reports. The depressed
condition of business latterly prevail-
ing, and the consequent inability of
those who were using the funds in-
trusted to their care for illegal purposes,
to realize on their schemes, have forced
their institutions to the wall, and in-
vestigation has developed the true con-
dition and discoveréd the robberies. 1
speak of these acts as ‘‘robberies, bor
I believe in calling them by their true
name. Whatever may be the social po-
sition of a man, when he makes illegal
use of the funds of a public office or of
a financial institution intrusted to his
care, or connives with others in so do-
ing, he becomes a thief, just as much
so as the man who at night blows open
the safe and takes what he can find.

Any state of affairs which will allow’

the robbery of over one hundred mil-
lions of dollars in ten years is certainly
appalling, and calls for active meas-
ures, first to ascertain the cause, and
next to provide the prevention. The
cause may be attributed to that desire,
which seems to pervade all classes, to
‘*get rich quickly’’ and to live extrav-
agantly. The means by which the
riches are obtained are too little con-
sidered. It is unfortunate that political
and social power are too often measured
by riches, and the temptation to attain
such power is greater than many men
can withstand.

Banks are public institutions, institu-
tions of trust, and the public have the
right to feel that their interests are fully
protected there. But at present there
seems to be more danger from the
trusted officer and employe than from
the burglar. Formerly the greatest dan-
ger was to be apprehended from the
skilled burglar, who could blow open
the vault doors, ‘‘crack’’ the safe, and
make off with the money ; but now it is
the skilled financier or bank clerk, who
coolly and quietly abstracts or misap-
plies the funds, falsifies the accounts,
and makes away with millions where
the burglar got thousands. The bur-
glar, a rough character, brought up to a
life of crime, makes no pretense of any-
thing else; the other, reared with all
the advantages which education, refine-
ment, and moral surroundings can give,
poses as an honorable gentleman ; often
is at the head of Christian and chari-
table organizations; stands as a leading
pillar in the church; wins the confi-
dence of those around him, and then de-
liberately robs them, by using illegally,
in private speculation, the money in-
trusted to his care, seeming to forget
that it is not his own, but is only held
in trust.

As a general rule these robberies by
fiduciaries are not committed in one
stroke. Once in a while an officer or

 

employe deliberately helps himself to
all the money in sight and leaves for
foreign parts, but much more often the
money is drawn out by degrees, as
needed for the schemes at hand, and
taken in such a way as to disarm sus-
picion, The delinquents almost always
begin in a comparatively small way, of
course intending to return the money
abstracted as soon as the profits from
the scheme into which they have em-
barked are received; and, of course,
every such scheme is ‘‘a sure thing, |)
Once in, the demands for more money
to carry on the undertaking increase,
the profits do not materialize, the first
wrong step has been taken, and there is
no such thing as stopping. Years may
elapse; the load gradually becomes
greater and greater; falsifications
have to be made and false reports sworn
to, until finally a financial crisis takes
place, all business is depressed, the
wrongdoer cannot realize on his specu-
lations, his institution totters and final-
ly falis. Then an investigation takes
place, his criminal acts are discovered,
and the prison doors close upon the last
scene, or he becomes a fugitive from
justice. l

In the case of the employe, he gen-
erally begins by keeping bad company
and needs money to continue his dissi-
pation; or he is induced by a
‘“‘Hiend’’’ (?) t “take a fiyer” mm
stocks er wheat or cotton, so he makes
a ‘‘temporary loan,’’ or aids his
‘‘friend’’ outside to do so, by falsifying
the accounts, and so takes his first false
step. It is then only a question of time
when the end will come. Many cases of
robberies by employes never reach the
public, friends settling the loss, and the
employe being allowed to resign quietly.

Besides this ignis fatuus of specula-
tion, by which many a good man has
been ruined, there are the many gam-
bling-houses, especially in our cities,
where unfortunately too often both the
trusted official and employe are patrons.
No man who gambles in any way or
patronizes the horse races or pool rooms
should be allowed to fill any position in
a financial institution. No one can ob-
ject to a man’s investing his own money
in legitimate enterprise of any kind, but
the public have a right to know whose
money is being invested by one filling
an office of public trust or in a bank.

Too often a banker enters the politi-
cal field. He aspires to be a_ political
leader, to go to Congress, or, perhaps,
to be governor. To do -this requires
money, plenty of it, and the spending
of it freely. He must be ‘‘hail fellow’’
with the ‘‘boys,’’ and must contribute
liberally to the campaign fund; he
checks heavily on the bank, overdraw-
ing his account, thus misapplying the
bank’s funds; the institution is wrecked
and with it his reputation.

With banks the heaviest robberies are
generally committed by means of dis-
counts and overdrafts. Some may claim
that the term ‘‘robberies’’ should not be
used in reference to acts of that nature;
that money obtained from the bank by
an officer by means of notes discounted
unsecured, or checks paid with no
money to his credit, is not a robbery. I
contend that an officer of a bank natur-
ally stands in a different relation to the
bank than does a depositor; that he is
in duty bound to protect the interests of
the bank ;: that, if he overdraws his ac-
count in that bank, he misapplies the
funds of the bank; that, if he obtains
money from the bank by means of un-
secured loans, for the purpose of using
it in speculative schemes, he misap-

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GRAND RAPIDS.

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wherever our flour has been
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Hundreds of grocers in
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like to have all of them who
sell any spring wheat flour at
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plies the funds of the bank.
banks have been wrecked by the mis-
application of funds, and the depositors

Many

and stockholders robbed. And this isa
crime, as stated in Section 5209 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.

Many banks
fraud, the ‘‘

have been started in
capital stock’’ being paid
for by the individual notes of the
stockholders, these notes never being
paid, but renewed when the bank ex-
aminer is expected. Yet it is reported
as ‘‘capital stock paid in,’’ the whole
scheme being to start a bank for the
purpose of obtaining deposits and
thereby getting funds with which to
speculate. Companies have been or-
ganized by the officers of banks, with a
few outside ‘‘in the ring,’’ for the ex-
press purpose of having other names by
which loans could be obtained from the
bank, not daring to use their own names
further. The names of fictitious per-
sons or companies, or mere “‘straw men,”’
have been used upon paper, the main
obiect being to obtain the money from
the bank in an apparently legitimate
manner, to allay suspicion so far as
possible.

Loans have been obtained from other
banks by the officers upon purely ‘‘ac-
commodation paper’’ of outsiae par-
ties, the beneficiary not indorsing the
paper, the money being drawn by the
officer, or credited to his account, by
means of a credit slip signed by the
officer, no record appearing, however,
as to the beneficiary. Loans have
been obtained by officers upon good and
well-secured paper, which has been
afterward removed from the bank and
worthless paper substituted. I have
seen unsecured overdrafts by officers
and their friends-up into the hundreds
of thousands of dollars, the ledger pages
torn out upon the advent of the bank
examiner, and the books falsified ; and
these proceedings have been carried on
for years, until failure came, and the
careful investigation that followed dis-
closed the facts. I have known banks
to.have their individual ledgers made
without any numbering tothe pages, for
the express purpose of enabling them to
remove leaves without exciting suspi-

cion, whenever necessary to conceal
some heavy overdraft or fraudulent
transactions. Double sets of ledgers

have been kept by an officer of a bank
when drawing funds from the bank il-

Jegally, one ledger representing the true

condition, the other falsified so as to
cover the frauds, the bank examiner
seeing only the falsified set. Failure of
the bank and investigation discovered
the real state of affairs. Officers cf
banks, while acting as tellers, have ab-
stracted the mecney, charged it to
‘‘notes discounted, ’’ and, upon the ad-
vent of the bank examiner, have substi-
tuted fraudulent paper manufactured for
the purpose, with either forged or fic-
titious signatures, and appearing to
bave been’entered upon the discount
register.

Banks have been robbed by the fraud-
ulent use of certificates of deposit and
clearing-house due bills; but, if the
records of these are properly keptg it is
impossible to continue this long without
discovery unless there be collusion, or
the officer himself keeps the record,
which latter should never be allowed.
In the issuing of all vouchers of this
character, it is a great safeguard if
they be signed by two officers, one of
them keeping a separate record, thus
making a check upon the clerk or offi-
cer issuing the voucher.

Clerks sometimes, through fear of

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

being discharged if they refuse, feel
obliged to make entries in the books
which they know to be false and intend-
ed to cover fraudulent transactions. It
would be better if the clerk would re-
fuse to be a party to any such trans-
action, as otherwise he becomes an ac-
complice and is liable to criminal pros-
ecution. The moment the clerk makes
his first false entry, whether in book,
statement, or report, knowing it to be
false and for the purpose of deceiving,
he places himself in the power of the
officer who directed him to make it. He
is then within the meshes of the net
that will sooner or later drag them both
down. Clerks who derived no benefit
from the fraudulent transactions of their
superiors are now serving their sen-
tence in the penitentiary for just such
acts. Whether they are convicted or not,
however, their standing is affected. My
advice to all such is to be firm in refus-
ing, take a careful memorandum of the
transaction and its fraudulent bearing,
and all facts relating to it, for evidence,
and inform the Comptroller of the Cur-
rency at Washington, D. C., who will
no doubt be glad to receive any private
information to aid in the discovery of
fraud, and a word to him will be suffi-
cient to set a proper investigation on
foot that may avert a failure. If every
bank would have printed, in plain tyre,
a copy of Section 5209 of the Revisea
Statutes, and hang it in a convenient
place within the working body of the
bank, it might be the means of deter-
ring some from making the first false
step, for comparatively few clerks know
of this section or its provisions and
penalties. Some now serving sentence
would, I know, have thus been saved. |
have had it from their own lips.

The innumerable methods adopted to
obtain money from banks illegally, and
the consequent falsifications in the at-
tempt to deceive, or to conceal such
actions, are surprising. I doubt if it
would be wise to detail them further in
an article of this kind. But it may be
set down, almost asa rule, that, where
there has been embezzlement or misap-
plication of funds, falsification of the
accounts or false reports, sometimes
both, may also be found as a natural
accompaniment. )

How to prevent the peculations, em-
bezzlement and falsification of accounts
by employes has been the subject of
much thought by bank officers. Some
employ the expensive method of keep-
ing a double force of clerks, one set
working at night to verify the work of
those employed during the day; some
shift the clerks from desk to desk at un-
certain periods; some organize an ex-
aming committee among the clerks;
some employ experts to make a com-
plete audit once or twice a year; and
some contract with an expert to examine
and audit one department a month, no
one, not even the bank officers, knowing
which department will be examined
next. Of the methods named I have
seen the most satisfactory results ob-
tained from that of employing experts to
make an audit, either a general audit
or by departments, monthly. An audit
made by experienced men who have no
interest in shielding any one, and who
will thoroughly examine and prove each
department, and make an honest re-
port, is certainly one of the most satis-
factory safeguards a bank can employ.
How to prevent the robberies by officers
of financial institutions, and public
officers, is a more complex question,
but a complete and impartial audit by
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THE MICHIGAN

 

TRADESMAN

 

 

regular periods, is likewise the best
safeguard here.

Too many banks pay their employes
insufficient salaries, the responsibility
not being considered as it should be.
This is an unwise policy. Some of the
best banks not only pay their employes
well, but induce them to become stock-
hoiders, thereby making them personal-
ly interested. I think this will be found
by those who try it thoroughly to be the
best plan.

Too little care is often evinced in the
selection of officers and employes for
financial institutions, the former being
too often chosen on account of popular-
ity, and the latter too much for influ-
ence. In some sections a reprehensible
practice prevails in obliging employes
to obtain a certain line of deposits.
This should never be done; no employe
should ever be placed in a position of
obligation to a customer. Such a situ-
ation has often proved the snare by
which he has led to temptation
and ruin. It is the duty of the directors
and stockholders to try to influence de-
positors to bring their accounts to a
bank, and this should never be made
the duty of employes.

The habits of

been

officers and employes
should known and should be
considered at all times. An officer or
employe with a salary of $1,500 to
$3,000, for instance, who is known to
be living at the rate of $5,000 or more
per annum, should be a subject of most
careful investigation. There should be
ne sentiment in it, and any director or
stockholder knowing the facts should
take steps to see that such an investiga-
tion is made.

A very stringent law should be
passed, making it a crime for any
broker to either solicit, directly or in-
directly, or to speculate for, any officer
or employe of a financial institution.
The temptation and risk are too great.

be well

The directors are those elected by the
stockholders to manage the bank or
financial institution. They elect the
executive officers and should be ina
measure held responsible for the acts of
those officers. It too often happens that
the officers, with one
who are in
allowed to

or two directors

‘the deals’’ with them, are
run the institution to suit
themselves, holding a meeting possibly
only once a year to elect officers.

No officer or employe should be al-
lowed to have an account with the bank

’ with which he is connected, unless it be
the only bank in the town, and then
only under rigid restrictions. Severe
restrictions should be laid upon the
power to obtain loans or discounts from
their bank, either directly or indirectly,
by officers, directors, or employes.

No officer or empioye handling the
money should be allowed to make the
records, and all the transactions for the
receiving and paying of money should,
if possible, be recorded twice, by sepa-
rate individuals, one being a check up-
on the other.

The discount register, as it is usually
kept ,is incomplete. It should be acom-
plete history of each piece of paper. As
usually made, it stops with ‘‘when
due’’ and ‘‘amount;’’ it should further
state ‘‘when paid or protested’’ and
‘‘amount paid or protested,’’ the paid
items being entered in black ink and
those protested in red ink. It will then
be a comparatively simple matter for
anyone—a committee of directors, bank
examiner, or the discount clerk himself
—to prove the notes on hand. It should
also have an extra column for numbers,
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newals the subsequent and preceding
numbers, that renewals may be easily
traced. Every renewed piece of paper
should retain its original number as
well as its new number.

Wherever the bank is large enough
to permit of the extra force, the indi-
vidual ledger book-keepers should never
be permitted to balance the passbooks
of customers, this being done bya clerk
especially designated. In any cases
where it seemed impossible to obtain
the passbook, the checks and the de-
posit slips should be obtained by this
clerk and the account verified from
these vouchers.

Looseness and carelessness in methods
are often the door through which fraud
enters. Many banks make a great mis-
take in permitting their clerks to ab-
breviate or make ‘‘short cuts’’ in writ-
ing up the records. It often enables
them to leave the bank earlier in the
day than otherwise, but something more
than that should be considered. In no
business should the records be more
complete im all their details than ina
bank. ‘‘Short cuts’’ often open the
way for irregular transactions that may
be intended to cover fraud.

In so many cases it has occurred that
an investigation after the failure of a
bank has developed the fact that fraud-
ulent acts have been committed for sev-
eral years, and apparently successfully
concealed from the bank examiner,
that it has raised the question as to the
real value of bank examinations by
National bank examiners. From the
nature of a bankexamination, as usually
carried on, and the large number of
banks that the examiner has charge of,
it is almost impossible by such exami-
nations to prevent frauds’ being com-
mitted and being concealed for a _ pe-
riod. Instances have no doubt occurred
where the bank examiner has failed to
do his duty, either through negligence
or by permitting himself to be influ-
enced by friendship or otherwise. Bank
examiners, I am _ sorry to say, are not
beyond the reach of temptation. They
have been known to commit peculations
when examining banks, by abstracting
small sums from the ‘‘reserve cash"’
while counting it, knowing, as they do,
that this cash is kept intact in the
vault, seldom being recounted except
when a portion is needed for use, and
the longer the time before the discovery
of the shortage the less liability of be-
ing suspected. They have borrowed
heavily from banks in their district, in
many instances the loans never being
repaid, thus putting themselves under
obligation to the banks they are ex-
pected to examine impartially.

It is too often the case that bank ex-
aininations are made hurriedly, and
consequently important detail is natur-
ally overlooked. I have seen examina-
tions made of the teller’s cash, where, if
the examiner had taken the trouble to
look at the previous day’s settlement, he
would have seen a list of ‘‘carry-
items, ’’ represented by checks and tick-
ets, running into the many thousands of
dollars, which did not appear in his ex-
amination; and he would futher have
found, had he taken the pains, that
these ‘‘carry-items’’ were checks of an
officer of the bank, and that they had
appeared daily for many months, and
had been added to the ‘‘legal tenders’’
and reported as part of the ‘‘reserve’’
in the ‘‘reports of condition’’ to the
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a systematic robbery could have as
prevented.

The fee system in the payment of
bank-examiners is no doubt responsible
for much of the hurried and
examinations,

superficial
as it is to the interest of |
every examiner to have as many banks
under his charge as possible, some men
taking more than they can possibly do
justice to. If bank examiners were paid
a stipulated salary, instead of fees, were
obliged to give a bond for the faithful
performance of duty, and were selected
more for their knowledge and exferi-
ence, as judged by an examiantion, it
would be a great benefit to banking and
the community at large.

A small corps of competent men as
special examiners would, I think, prove
a useful addition to the force. Such
men could be sent to banks reported
weak or irregular in their methods by
the bank examiner, and make such in-
vestigation as seemed necessary to dis-
cover the real cause of the weakness or
irregularity. Such an examination
might prevent more serious trouble and
loss to the depositors. The failures of
financial institutions shake the confi-
dence of the people, and everything
should be done to ward off such a
calamity. These men would also be
useful in examining failec banks where-
ever criminal action is suspected.

Men cannot be made honest by _legis-
lation; but such restrictions can be
placed upon their actions, and they can
be put under such supervision while
acting in a fiduciary capacity, as to
make it difficult for them to do much
injury before discovery. This is as
much as we can hope to do under _ pres-
ent conditions. Many of the laws gov-
erning the acts of financial agents are

loosely drawn. Even Section 5209 of
the Revised Statutes is so drawn that
shrewd and unprincipled men _ have

taken advantage of it and escaped pun-
ishment. Several attempts have been
made to have this section amended, but
without success. The rules and regula-
tions governing the actions of both offi-
cers and employes of financial institu-
tions should be very plain and positive,
and should be enforced with military
exactness. There should be no division
of responsibility, and each man should
be held to a strict accountability.

Beyond all these rules and safeguards
must be a higher idea, the idea that
high character should stand first; that
any wealth obtained through other than
strietly honorable means is nothing less
than robbery and is a disgrace. In-
culcate these ideas in the minds of the
young and growing generation, and our
‘‘era of fraud and embezzlement’’ will
pass away.

A. R. BARRETT.

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Only Complete Sets Sold.

*A young lady was asked the other
day by her uncle to make some pur-
chases for him, of which he gave her a
written list. The first item was ‘‘Scott’s
Emulsion,’ and, after glancing at it, the
intelligent young woman made straight
for a certain large book shop, where
she was received by an equally intelli-
gent salesman.

‘‘T want a copy of Scott’s Emulsion, ’"’
said she casually.

‘*Scott’s what?’’ said the clerk.

‘‘Scott’s Emulsion,’’ replied the
maiden.
‘‘Oh, yes,’’ was the answer. ‘Well,

you see, we don’t sell Scott’s works ex-
cept in complete sets. ”’
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It is said that Comptroller Eckels
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tion.

THE MICHIGAN.

A Safe Investment.
From the Omaha Trade Exhibit.

If a business man were asked if he
would invest in an article that would
yield him one thousand per cent. he
would be iikely to answer in the affirm-
ative. Every business man has this op-
portunity. Some embrace it and some
do not. The article that pays this enor-
mous per cent. is within the easy reach
of every man. It is so cheap and so
easy to acquire that some people ignore
it and will not give it room in the es-
tablishment. Yet right here is com-
mitted one of the most expensive mis-
takes it is possible fora business man to
make. It has been the cause of manya
failure and its liberal use has built up
many a lucrative business. All good
business men understand this and seek
its aid. It is nothing more nor less than
politeness, the genuine sort. Not that
strained, shamy kind, that says plainly,
you feel it a duty incumbent upon you,
and that you will endure it as well as
possible because your interests demand
it, but true and natural politeness that
is no respecter of persons. The man
who is innately polite has one of the
chief requisites for a successful business
career. It is capital upon which to do
business and it brings sure and certain
returns.

The man in business should never
forget to be a gentleman. A churlish
answer may drive a customer away from
a store. No matter how trivial the pur-
chase, the man who rightly understands
his business will be all attention toward
the customer. Courtesy shown the pur-
chaser of a spool of thread to-day may
lead to the sale of a dress pattern rext
week. Real innate good breeding is
always shown in matters of small mo-
ment. Any merchant is likely to be po-
lite to the purchaser of a large bill, but
it does sometimes require real fortitude
to keep from showing annoyance with
some fussy customer who insists upon
looking at everything in the store and
then goes away without buying any-
thing. In such cases the merchant
should remember it is the customer’s
way, that he pursues the same course
at every store he goes into. Eventually
they have got to purchase and, if you
have not offended them, they are likely
to come back to you, for such customers
are not uniformally well treated. They
may tot deserve to be, but this does
not matter. If you allow yourself to de-
viate from a certain line of conduct on
one occasion, you make it easier to do
it another time; and again it is not all
of politeness that it is due the recipient.
One’s own self-respect is at stake. They
owe it to themselves if to no one else,
and, if they so far forget themselves as
to treat a customer discourteously, or
even show annoyance, they themselves
are the greater sufferers.

Invest freely in politeness and see
that every one connected with your es-
tablishment uses it freely.
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He Knew Too Much.

A story istold of a meek-looking
stranger, with a distinctly ministerial
air, who applied for permission to look
over a large rubber factory. He knew
nothing at all about the rubber business,
he said, and, after a little hesitation,
he was admitted.

The superintendent showed him
about in person, and the man’s ques-
tions and comments seemed to come
from the densest ignorance. Finally,
when the grinding-room was reached,
he lingered a little, and asked in a hes-
itating way:

‘‘Couldn’t I have a specimen of that
curious stuff for my cabinet?’’-

‘*Certainly,’’ replied the superintend-
ent, although it was a compound, the
secret of which was worth thousands of
dollars, ‘‘certainly, cut off as much as
you wish.’’

With eager step the visitor approached
the roll of gum, took out his knite,
and wet the blade in his mouth, and—

‘‘Stop right where you are!’’ said
the superintendent, laying a heavy hand
upon the stranger. “‘You area fraud
and a thief. You didn’t learn in a
pulpit that a dry knife won’t cut rubber.”

So saying, he showed the impostor to
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14.

One Way to Advertise a Cash Busi-
ness.
Written for the TRADESMAN.

In a certain village in Ontario there
is a grocer who has adopted the ready
pay system and, judging from appear-
ances, he is making a success of it.
He commenced business several years
ago and fell into the common habit of
‘rusting Tom, Dick and Harry. Of
course, the experience he gained was the
common experience of all who extend
credit to this proverbial trio. Tom,
Dick and Harry are the same old fel-
lows the world over. Tom pays his
bills promptly; Dick pays his, too, but
it generally costs about all they are
worth, in shoe leather, stationery, post-
age stamps, patience and all the other
Christian graces and virtues before you
can get him to make up his mind to
pay them, and Harry—well, Harry
never pays. The grocer in question
owns a fine farm, besides considerable
village property, and so it required an
experience of several years to clearly
demonstrate the fact that a business run
on this plan must, sooner or later, make
its exit from the little end of the horn.
If he had been blessed with less capital
he might have learned this great truth
sooner and saved much valuable time.
But he learned it just the same as all
others before him had learned it, and
just as all who follow in his footsteps
will learn it.

When this lesson is learned one of
two things must be done—either shut up
the ledger or shut up the shop. Some
effect a sort of compromise by retaining
Tom in full fellowship, anathematizing
Harry and putting Dick on a kind of
probation. Those who effect a com-
promise of this kind are still learners
in the school of experience. They have
another important lesson to learn; and,
when the task is ended, they will know
that compromises of this kind are im-
practicable. Experience teaches that
Tom, Dick and Harry are interchange-
able parts of one inseparable whole ;
and so, when we trust Tom, we frequent-
ly find, to our sorrow, that it was Harry
we trusted, and, when we deny Harry, we
sometimes find that we have killed Tom,
and we find this to our sorrow also.

Our grocer was satisfied with his first
lesson in experience. Life was too
short to fool away any more valuable
time sitting at the feet of Experience,
and so he put into practice the knowl-
edge already gained. He made up his
mind to trust no man, let his name be
Tom, Dick or that other fellow; that he
would have his pay in either cash or
produce for every dollar’s worth of
goods that went out of his store, and
that he would buy all produce offered
and pay the market price—iess trans-
portation charges—in either cash or
mechandise. This was two years ago
and, as before stated, he is making an
apparent success of it.

The man who sells for cash can sell
cheaper than he could when he sold _ on
credit, especially if he sells as much as
he formally did. No sane man will
deny this proposition; but the trouble
has always been, and still is, to find
some certain way of impressing this
fact on the mind of the public. The
public is skeptical in judging the pre-
tentions of business men, whatever may
be the adopted form of their presenta-
tion. A practical demonstration is the
only way of overcoming this natural in-
credulity on the part of the buyer.
Show him in some positive manner that
he is saving money by trading with you
and he will stick to you like a brother.

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

There are, of course, different ways of
doing this. But one way might provea
success in.one place and be an utter
failure in another.

But my object in writing this article
is to show how one grocer does it.
There are three stores in the village, two
of them giving credit extensively. The
village trade comes mostly from the
farms. The credit merchants advertise
quite freely by poster and in various
other ways, there being no paper pub-
lished in the village; but our cash gro-
cer does all his advertising by word of
mouth behind his own counter. He
keeps posted on his neighbor’s prices.
It matters not how often they may
change their prices, this man will know
it at once. It is an essential part of
his peculiar system of doing business to
keep posted on this subject and he has
ways and means of accomplishing it.
He sells every articie a little cheaper
than the others do; and, when the sale
is effected, he tells the buyer what he
would have been obliged to pay at the
other stores. He never omits this  stat-
ing of the number of cents saved by
buying of him, even though the cus-
tomer may have purchased similar ar-
ticles two or three times before during
that same day. Of course, he is a thorn
in the flesh of his competitors and
everybody, even his own customers,
calls him an old crank. He seems to
glory in this, however, for he realizes
that it is the very thing that brings him
in the dollars. His competitors carry
heavier stocks, not because they have
more capital, but because they carry
more lines and sell on credit. He con-
fines his stock to staple lines; and, as
he always has the cash with which to
replenish, he is, therefore, in a position
to keep up his stock with a smaller
working capital. It matters not what
tactics his rivals may adopt, he always
keeps a little inside of their selling
prices, and he proves it to every cus-
tomer at every saie. He keeps posted
on the cash market price of produce,
and from this he never deviates, re-
gardless of the prices the other fellows
may offer. They pay in trade and he
pays in cash or trade; and, as trade at
his store is better than cash spent at
the other stores, a good share of the
produce he handles is paid for in trade.
That paid for in cash brings him no
direct profit, of course, but neither does
it occasion loss; and, while the other
fellows stand about idle during these
dull times, he is always busy, which, of
itself, is far more profitable to any
man.

In explanation of the statement made
that trade at his store is better than cash
spent at the other stores, it is only nec-
essary to remember that this is a_ local
country trade. In the cities and the
towns a merchant may adopt a sliding
scale of prices to suit all cases; but, in
a place like this, he cannot do this with
safety to his business. Farmers, above
all other classes, are suspicious and
mistrustful. They watch the merchant
and they watch each other. A bait
thrown to one would be scented by the
others before the sun went down, and
then the merchant would have music
about his ears that would be lacking in
harmony, to say the least.

The case in point shows that the cash
man can seil goods cheaper than the
credit man—that is, on a safe and
profitable basis, of course; and it shows
that, when the cash dealer does sell
cheaper, he must demonstrate the fact
to the public in some practical way be-
fore the public will believe it.

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Getting the People

Is There an Eighth Commandment in
Advertising?
John Tweezer in Keystone.

A bright New York journal devoted
to the art of advertising is largely
made up of reduced facsimiles of the
best current advertisements printed in
the daily newspapers in all parts of the
country. The argument of its publisher
to the prospective subscriber is that
these superior samples can be profitably
employed by the reader 1n his own busi-
ness by making slight changes; or with-
out change, in many instances, except
as to name and address. It is a bold
renunciation of the Eighth Command-
ment, in respect of the fruit of one’s
brains—a challenge to the rights of
property in the literature of advertising.

Is the publisher of the advertising
journal right or wrong? And, first, is
there such a thing, at this tail end of
the Nineteenth Century, as pure and ab-
solute originality in literature? Is not
every one who puts pen to paper an un-
conscious thief, however honest his in-
tentions?

The history of advertising in literary
form—-an art which has only been de-
veloped in the past decade—is too brief
to afford data for conclusions based on
the philosophy of history; we shal!
therefore consider the question from the
standpoint of general literature, of
which advertising is a part.

I believe it could be easily proved
that there had been no absolute ‘*in-
itiation of what is essentially new’’
since the first roots of thought were
planted in prehistoric times. Our very
speech is the fruit of numberless mar-
riages of dialects. We are the final
product, mentally, of every thinker who
has lived for forty centuries. The wis-
dom of Solomon, the fervor of the in-
spired prophets, the speculations of
Plato, the singing verse of the poets
of all time, the deductions of Bacon,
Kant and Newton, the despair of Dante,
the hope of St. Paul, the genius of
Shakespeare, the melody of Bach, have
alla part in the fiber of the modern brain.
We could not shut ourselves out from the
influence of the past if we would.’’ In
spite of our most heroic determination
to be original, we are all literary resur-
rectionists. ‘‘Our brains are full of old
material that has lost its labels.’’
Goethe says that all that is wise has
been already said; our business is only
to improve the form of its saying ; ‘* All
truth,’’ says Matthews, ‘‘is a unit,
hence every man who has_ mental
strength to break through the shell and
husk of things and penetrate to their
very heart and core, must, of necessity,
bring back the same report as his pred-
ecessors.’’ Since the truth is the same
always and everywhere, it must, in the
nature of things, suggest the same ideas
—aye, the same words, often—to differ-
ent writers, living at different periods,
speaking different tongues. No one but
the Creator is continually creative; the
human mind is essentially passive and
receptive. The ancients called Memory
the mother of the Muses; it is the germ,
the root, of all mental products. When
Shakespeare wrote, all that had ever
been written or thought before was cen-
tered in his wonderful brain, and he
assimilated this material into his own
mental capital. He vitalized what had
already existed. Lander said of him,
when it was shown that Shakespeare
pilfered freely from the Italian poets,
‘*Ves, but he was more original than
his originals. He breathed upon dead
bodies and brought them into life.’*
The fact is beyond question that every
man’s mind is modified by every word
and every suggestion which he ever al-
lowed to act upon his consciousness.
Shelley was right when he said that the
poet is ‘‘in one sense the creator, and
in another the creation, of his age.”’

Who can put his finger upon any one
of the thousand thoughts that flit through
his brain and declare, ‘‘That is my
very own?’’ Who can trace the origin
of every one of the myriad of ideas that
have fallen upon his mind like dust,
since infancy, impalpable and ever ac-

 

 

 

cumulating? We absorb thought un-
consciously, as we breathe, and _ it
thence becomes an_ undistinguishable
part of ourselves. Ruskin says that all
men who have feeling are taught by
every person they meet, and enriched
by everything that falls in their way.
The greatest is he who is oftenest aided.
Emerson asks, ‘‘What is a great man
but one of great affinities, who takes up
into himself all arts, all sciences, all
knowables as his food?’’

I could fill this page with examples
of literary pilfering by the most ‘‘orig-
inal’’ of all the great writers of ancient
and modern times, from Homer to this
latest day. In many instances these ap-
parent pilferings are merely the coinci-
dence of saying the same thing in the
same way—even in the same words; but
in a vastly greater number of examples

the ‘‘borrowing’’ can be traced. Aris-
totle, Virgil, Dante, Milton (‘‘the ce-
lestial thief’’), Shakespeare, Pope,

Voltaire, Goethe, Coleridge, Brougham,
Calhoun, Lincoln, Choate, Moliere
(who was ‘‘ouly Plautus ina French
court-mask’’), Chaucer, Adam Smith,
Mirabeau—every writer, in fact, who
has left a name in history has used the
thoughts and ideas of others in his own
compositions. They were not, there-
fore, plagiarists, petty pilferers, ig-
noble thieves; but were endowed with
what Professor Flint calls ‘*that most
valuable sort of originality which en-
ables a man to draw with independence
from the most varied sources—the origi-
nality of Aristotle and Adam Smith.’’

As there is nothing new to say, he
is most original, in these latter days,
who gives to other men’s. inchoate
thoughts artistic development and ex-
pression; who lays a firm hand upon
shapes that have floated vaguely before
a thousand eyes, and gives them fixity
upon the canvas; who nourishes the bud
until it fructifies. ‘‘The question is
not one of priority, but of truth; not of
chronology, but of successful assimila-
tion and expression; not whether we
have nicely discriminated our borrowed
thoughts from our own, but whether we
have breathed our own convictions into
the thoughts that have got mixed up in
our skulls.’’ Emerson somewhere fine-
ly says that thought is the property of
him who can entertain it, and of him
who can adequately place it.

The whole question as to the propri-
ety of adopting another’s advertising
idea to one’s own uses hinges, I think,
upon the form of one’s adaptation of
the idea—upon the manner of its use.
One can gather from the whole field of
advertising the valuable material which
he afterward can work into his own
creation—as a bee rifles a thousand
flowers, to organize the stolen material
into higher forms of good. But if, in-
stead of extracting the honey, and mak-
ing a new compound distinct from its
constituent substances, the advertiser
transplants the flowers bodily, stalk and
root, into his advertising space, he is a
thief, pure and simple. The difference
is illustrated in the dispute between the
two broom sellers: ‘‘I do not under-
stand how you undersell me,’’ said one,

‘*for I steal my materials.’’ ‘‘The ex-
planation is simple,’’ replied the
other; ‘‘I steal my brooms _ ready
made. ’’

One can have no guaranty as to*the
originality of his ideas and the novelty
of his conceptions; but he can be orig-
inal in the form in which he expresses
them. The only real iniquity which
tempts him is to assert that these stolen
sweets are his own creation—to claim
original authorship of other men’s
ideas, forms or expressions. Let him
steer clear of deception in this particu-
lar, and not avow original ownership of
his borrowed wealth. Let him, as did
Moliere, ‘‘take his property where he
finds it;’’ let him gather ideas from
other advertisers, where he will; let
him filch an idea in typography here,
a turn of expression there; but let him
so assimilate these gathered fragments,
so marshal and arrange them, as to
make them his own, and so furnish to
the next gleaner the rich treasure of an
originat product. And for him the
Eighth Commandment shall have no
terrors !

 

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Carte net 30 00
BOLTS
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Clerks’ Corner

The Liquor Habit from a Business
Standpoint.

 

 

From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

Not long ago there came into the
Gazette office in St. Louis a young man.
He wasadressed like a tramp. His hat
was originally a low-crowned felt. His
face was clean, but unshaven. His
coat as in rags almost, his flannel
shirt as bad and a worn-out belt sup-
ported a pair of trousers that had seen
better days months before. On his feet
were a pair of big, ugly, rough brogans,
that had already begun opening to the
weather and that showed the effect of
weary miles of walking. He approached
my desk and, seeing me busy with a
gentleman, sat down to wait.

As I glanced at him something struck
me as familiar under that repulsive ex-
terior, but it was not until] was at leis-
ure and he spoke to me with, ‘* Well,
don’t you know me?"’ that I could place
him. That voice carried me back toa
country town hundreds of miles away
and I looked at the owner of it in an
astounded way as I shook his hand.
I was surprised to see him because the
last I had heard of him he was a_ shoe
clerk in a California town in charge of
a successfui store. I was dumbfounded
to see him in such garb because the last
time I had seen him he was dressed,
figuratively at least, in silks and
satins and had obtained for the asking
whatever his fancy craved.

+ *

That young man’s father was the rich-
est man in the town in which I was
born. He owned a big shoe, dry goods,
clothing and grocery store, a grist mill
and acres of land. That young man
was an only child and whatever he
asked for he was given. Every sum-
mer his parents went to the seashore
and the boy had traveled all over the
East before he was sixteen. At home
he was the master, practically, and he
received every advantage of education
that he could be made to receive. He
was bright and quick to learn, a good
musician and an interesting conversa-
tionalist.

oe eee oe

During those years he and I were
playmates and friends until he left town
and went to a near-by city. Then his
father lost most of his fortune through
speculation and died, leaving the
widow just about enough to live on the
rest of her life. The young man had in
the meantime changed rapidly from a
upright and petted youth to an arrogant
young man with a penchant for fastness.
He drifted westward, found a place in
a Spokane shoe store, became a com-
petent salesman and manager and rose
to such esteem that he was sent toa
California town in charge of a shoe
store.

oe

He did well there—too well, for his
prosperity made him ambitious to lead
the local society and the pace became
swifter and swifter until his dissolute
habits hurt the business; his employer
heard of how things were going and
hurried down to look into matters.
Needless to say, he discharged the
young man, who left town, continued
his debauches and only ended them
when his money had run out. Then he
found work on a railroad, drifted to
Texas, dropped lower and lower and
finally landed in St. Louis a tramp.

No one who knows me will accuse
me of being a prude or a temperance
lecturer, but I want to say here that I
wish every clerk who reads this could
know my feelings when I shook that
young man’s hand and thought of the
old days, when he said to me, with
shame showing through the sunburn and
beard, ‘‘ You never expected to see me
in this shape, did you?’’ It was an ob-
ject lesson that a man would be an idiot
not to profit by. And yet such things
happen every day. Some of my read-
ers who are to-day occupying excellent
positions and who are esteemed and fre-

 

spected may be to-morrow in the same
condition as this old friend of mine.
ae ae

This subject has a peculiar influence
on me just now because this week that
young man’s mother was reported to me
as being much worried over him, He
had written that he was clerking in an
East St. Louis shoe store and since the
tornado of May 27th nothing had been
heard of him. I don’t believe he was
in an East St. Louis shoe store. With
all his faults he had the redeeming trait
of being ashamed to let his mother
know his actual condition.

One day this week I was in a local
jobbing house when a man came in
asking for knives to sharpen. One of
the proprietors pointed him out to me
and asked if I knew who he was. I did
not. ‘‘No?’’ said he, ‘‘why, that fel-
low is one of the best shoemakers in St.
Louis. Put him in any place in a shoe
factory and he will hold it down. He
and his brother used to manufacture
shoes here as Blank Bros.’’ ‘‘What,’’ I
exclaimed, ‘‘he’s not a brother of Jim
Blank!’’ ‘‘ Yes, that’s who he isand if
he would let whisky alone he could se-
cure a good position with any shoe
house in town instead of picking up a
precarious living sharpening knives.’’

Sel ae

When will men realize the injury they
are doing themselves by drinking
liquor to excess or cultivating a taste
for the deadliest enemy they can have?
I am speaking only from a business
standpoint, not from the stronger moral
one. It is an absolute impossibility for
a man to be a drunkard and manage a
business. It is an impossibility for a
drunkard to hold respect. The embryo
man of business should mark this down
as the first rule of his career, on strictly
business grounds, ‘‘Let liquor alone.’’

a ok ae

There are many good business men
who take a drink now and then. There
are many who like beer and who like
whisky. On mere business grounds you
cannot say that these men who take a
drink now and then or who take limited
quantities at certain stated intervals are
to be condemned. They abstain from
its use sufficiently to prevent the liquor
affecting their brains. This is danger-
ous ground and it is certainly unbusi-
nesslike for a young man to endanger
his whole life, his reputation and his
self-esteem for the gratification of a
mere habit.

ele

Clerks should take this matter under
consideration and look at it from an
impartial standpoint. It isa big, a tre-
mendous question and merits all the at-
tention that it can be given. Every
young man who drinks liquor is con-
fronted with the same possibility that
confronted the two men above men-
tioned. Both were able, well educated
and possessed of discretion, yet both
fell. You can look about you and_ find
any number of similar examples. Is
the example to be profited by?

—____—~>-2<s__—_-
Decidedly Inaccessible.

In a Western town a small number of
zealous people decided to put up a Y.
M. C. A. building. A committee was
appointed and they sent for a contractor
to undertake the work.

When he came the first thing he did
was to inquire in a very worldly and
matter-of-fact sort of a way into the
financial resources of the organization.
The President replied:

‘‘Never fear, sir; we are sure of
funds; the Lord is on our side.’’

‘‘That is all very well,’’ replied the
contractor, ‘‘but I want some one I can
send the sheriff after if necessary.’’

—___+_-_~+>-_9<—_____-

A feature of the Paris Exposition of
1900 will be a_ section devoted to the
history of Christianity from the begin-
ning to the present day, with represen-
tations of the temple of Jerusalem, the
scenes of the life of Christ, pagan and
Christian Rome, Constantinople and
the lives of the saints.

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The S.C. W. is the only nickel
cigar. Sold by ali jobbers
traveling from Grand Rapids.
We do not claim this cigar to
be better than any 10 cent
cigar made, but we do claim
it to be as good as any 5 cent
cigar that is sold for a nickel.

  
 

 

 

 

 

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Manufacturers of Crackers GRAND RAPIDS,
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Michigan Knights of the Grip.

President, S. E. Symons, Saginaw; Secretary,
Gro. 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. REey-
NOLDs, Saginaw.

Michigan Division, T. P. A.
President, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, Jas. B. McInnes, Grand
Rapids.

 

Gripsack Brigade.

Dollars are good friends.

Necessity is the mother of the blues.

Stick to your business and your busi-
ness will stick to you.

Never put off until to-morrow that
which you ought to do to-day.

‘“The business is waking up,’’ said
the hotel porter, as he aroused the
drummer for the early morning train.

Make a legitimate profit on your
sales. This is something every com-
mercial traveler ought to bear constant-
ly in mind.

A good buyer is one who can buy
salable goods at the lowest price in
quantities which he can conveniently
handle and pay for.

Move your business— don’t Jet it move
you. Quiescence is contrary to the laws
of the universe; g¢verything in the
world is constantly moving.

It is only the best business policy that
pays in the long run, and you should
make it your business to investigate and
find out what that policy is.

If at your first visit you don’t suc-
ceed in securing an order from a_ pro-
spective customer, try him again on your
next trip, but never give up trying.

Geo. P. Cogswell, formerly Western
Michigan representative for the old
firm of H. S. Robinson & Burtenshaw,
is now on the road for Snedicor & Hath-
away, of Detroit. He is handling a line
of specialties.

The traveling man who erects a_ plat-
form of trickery to assist him in secur-
ing trade is not building on a firm foun-
dation. Such a platform will go to
pieces every time because it has flaws
in it; it cannot hold.

Cornelius Crawford can be found any
bright Sunday morning at Comstock
ark, where he has two horses in train-
ing for the fall races. Next to his wife
and children, Cornelius admires his
horses more than anything else he pos-
sesses.

You must have entire confidence in
the line you carry if you want to make a
success of it, for if you feel, before you
take hold of a matter, that you can’t
push it for all it’s worth, then let it
alone, because it is nine to one it will
prove a failure.

If trade is slack on the road for a lit-
tle while, don’t get discouraged by sit-
ting down and grumbling over the mat-
ter. Such a course won't help things
along a little bit, for at such times it is
always best to keep up a cheerful front
and redouble your efforts.

Investigation discloses the fact that
John Shields (Lemon & Wheeler Com-
pany) is not paying his hotel bills at
the American House (Cadillac) with ac-
counts against Landlord Parker, pur-
chased on the basis of 25 cents on the
dollar. He is trading out an account
which Parker owes the Lemon & Wheeler
Company. The Tradesman is pleased
to make this statement, in justice to all
concerned,

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN

Philip Wendover has retired from the
grocery business at 816 Hall street and
gone on the road for the Equitable Re-
fining Co., manufacturer of lubricating
oil at Cleveland. His territory includes
all the available towns in Southwestern
Michigan and Northern Indiana.

A commercial traveler follows his vo-
cation for a living. He also proposes
to hold onto his trade year in and year
out and to increase its volume if pos-
sible. It stands, therefore, to reason
that he can’t afford to effect sales
through misrepresentation of goods and
lying.

To cut prices below the percentage
of profit is something that should be
avoided, if possible, by every commer-
cial traveler. Such proceedings only es-
tablish a precedent that will be difficult
for you to overcome sooner or later and
that is bound to react on the firm you
represent, as well.

Brains are certainly needful in the
make-up of a traveling salesman, and,
while brains cannot be purchased, they
can be developed by study and prac-
tice; but with the largest equipment of
brains success does not follow unless a
fellow shows application, industry and
energy on the road.

Samuel B. Morrison, formerly on the
road for the Olney & Judson Grocer Co.,
but now representing the Shields- Morley
Grocer Co., of Colorado Springs, is in
town for a few days, the guest of his
brother, Jas. A. Morrison. Sam. puts
in most of his time in Cripple Creek,
which, with its environs, he reports as
having a population of 35,000 people.

Every traveling man can call to mind
certain co-travelers who seem to suc-
ceed in securing business where others
fail. This class of hustlers are usually
said, by the boys, to be lucky, but
none know the fallacy of this popular
supposition so well as the successful
salesmen themselves. The latter attrib-
ute their successful efforts, to a large
degree, to energy, because energy is the
power that bridges difficulties every
time.

A traveling salesman who was going
from New York to Boston by the Fall
River boat was ‘arrested for asking
passengers who had no baggage to check
a trunk through to Boston for him.
The salesman had eight trunks, and as
only 150 pounds of baggage is allowed
on one ticket, he took this method of
getting all eight through without extra
charge. When the salesman was ar-
raigned in a police court the presiding
magistrate discharged him, as there is
no State law or corporation ordinance
prohibiting a man from getting other
people to check his baggage on their
tickets.

Grove F. Ballard, son of Chas. F.
Ballard (New York Biscuit Co.), is ex-
pected home in August for a fortnight’s
visit with his father. The young man
entered the Navy as an apprentice when
14 years of age and has cruised around
a considerable portion of the globe, his
last cruise being to the Sandwich
Islands on the Bennington. During the
past few months he has been a student
in the gunnery school at Washington
and, on the completion of his vacation,
he will go to Newport to finish his
course at the gunnery school there. In
case he becomes sufficiently proficient
in the art, he expects an appointment as
ship’s gunner on one of the warships
of the White Squadron.

A special meeting of the members of
the Michigan Commercial Travelers’
Association was held at the Hotel Cad-
illac (Detroit) last Friday afternoon for

TRADESMAN 17

the purpose of listening to the report of | () M M EF R C | ) | H FE
the special committee appointed at the |

December meeting for the purpose of | Iron Mountain, Mich.
recommending needed changes in the Lighted by Electricity. Heated by Steam.
working plans of the organization. The ee

report was printed in full in the Trades- “a 4. Gea -*
man three weeks ago. Sentiment ap- ; » Prop.

peared to be about evenly divided be- H OT E L BU RK E

tween those who wished to see no change
G. R. & I. Eating House.

made, those who favored the adoption
CADILLAC, MICH. -

of a graded assessment and those who
All modern conveniences.

believed that the maximum amount of
insurance caried by each member should
be reduced from $2,500 to $2,000. The] (¢, BURKE, Prop. W. 0. HOLDEN, Mgr.
subject was discussed at some length,
when final action was deferred until the | ‘
annual meeting in December.
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Urgent Appeal for Assistance.

Chicago, July 3—I dislike very much
to burden you or impose on your time
and generosity, but my circumstances | ;
are such that I am in need of immediate |
assistance, and respectfully ask you if
you can kindly interest yourself in my
behalf and see some of the boys, with a SELL THESE
view to their coming to my _ assistance.
Since writing you before, I have been ( IGARS
informed by the President of the Home |
for Incurables that they will admit me and give customers good
to that institution and care for me_ the satisfaction.
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John Phillips & Co., of Detroit, sell |

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CLIFTON HOUSE

Michigan’ Popular Hotel.
2emodeled and Refitted Throughout.
'Cor. Monroe and Wabash Aves.,

CHICAGO.

Moderate rates and special attention to De-

The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. |
E. Bushman, Kalamazoo.

 

Cutler House in New Hands.

H. D. and F. H. Irish, formerly landlords at |
the New Livingston Hotel, at Grand Rapids, | a. Se een
have —— the — House, a Grand Haven, | _—o. a
where they bespeak the cordial co-operation | : cena
aud support of the traveling public. They will GEO. CUMMINGS HOTEL CO.,
conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class | Geo. Cummings, Pres.
house, giving every detail painstaking at-| Geo. Cummings is an Honorary member of the
tention. | Michigan Knights of the Grip

‘WHITE PLUME GELERY

Finest Flavor. Just coming.

OSCAR ALLYN,

Sole Agent for Grand Rapids, 106 CANAL STREET.

Loeated one block
Come and see us.

 

 
 

 

 

Prompt Returns for Consignments of
Dressed and Live Poultry,
Veal, Butter and Eggs.

Personal attention to all orders.

ALLERTON & HAGGSTROM,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

COMMISSION

BUTTER and EGGS EXCLUSIVELY

98 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Our Prices are
Lowest on...

Home Grown Celery,
Georgia Water Melons,
Nutmeg Melons.

 

 

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

-Chemicals

Drugs-

STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.

One Year— - -c.

 

A. BUGBEE, Traverse City

Two Years—_ - - S. E. PARKILL, Owosso

Three Years— - F. W. R. Perry, Detroit

Four Years— A. Cc. ScoumacueR, Ann Arbor

Five Years— - Gro. GuNDRUM, lonia
President, C. A. BuUGBEE, T; averse City.
Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit.
Treasurer, GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia.

Coming Meetings—Marquette, Aug. 7 and 8.

Lansing, November 4and5.

MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL
ASSOCIATION.

President, Gro. J. Warp, St. Clair. a

1 > u §S. P. WuirmarsH, Palmyra;

Vice-Presidents ; @ ©. Paris, Armada.
Secretary, B. ScHRoUDER, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer, WM. Dupont, Detroit.

Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzpure, Grand

Rapids: F. D. Stevens, Detroit; H. G. CoLMAN,

Kalamazoo; E. T. WEBB, Jackson: D. M. Rus-
SELL, Grand Rapids.

 

 

See Goods.

One of the most important matters
connected with the mercantile business
is the marking of goods. In doing this
three objects should be kept in view:
Profit to the merchant, ready sale, and
satisfaction to the customer. This last
object is often lost sight of, but we in-
sist that a policy on the part of the
salesman which does not aim at secur-
ing satisfaction to the customer is a
slighted one, and will ultimately prove
quite disastrous to the dealer. A cus-
tomer will pay for a suit of clothes a
price which will yield to the merchant
a fair profit, and ‘yet be content with his
bargain, but were a sack of sugar
marked to yield half as large a profit, a
customer would feel that an attempt had
been made to impose upon him. On
some kinds of goods, then, customers
will willingly allow the merchants a
good profit, but others they will pur-
chase only at a very small margin above
cost.

It is the duty of the salesman to con-
sider all the circumstances attendant on
this feature of his business, as, the
amount the capital invested ought to
earn, the probable amount of the year’s
sales, the running expenses of the es-
tablishment, the kinds of gocds handled,
the competition to be met, the class of
trade catered to, what will and will not
satisfy his customers, etc. A volume
could be written upon this one feature
of mercantile business, but practice, ex-
perience and native good judgment are
the only means by which a salesman Cat
become proficient in it.

Having considered every circumstance
which ought to influence him in mark-
ing the goods, the salesman should make
his prices and then adhere to them. A
rumor that a house has two or more
prices, according to the customer who is
buying, will rapidly and soon
create a distrust very hurtful to his busi-
ness. It is unfair, undignified and
downright dishonesty to make different

to different customers, other
being equal, such as quantity,
etc. Uniform-dealing, one-price
command a respect among cus-
which sliding-scale dealers never

spread

prices
things
time,
houses
tomers
enjoy.

Careful investigation has shown that
in nearly all cases of bankrupt retail
dealers a large proportion of the goods
on thei: shelves were unmarked, and
hence in a condition of confusion which
could not but result in loss and disaster.
The retail dealer who puts his goods on
the shelves without marking them is
tolerably certain to learn by bitter ex-
perience, sooner or later, the folly of his
course; and the wholeale dealer who
fails to keep a suitable record of prices
as the market fluctuates is omitting a
vital feature of success.

 

To have a system in all our ae
ments, it must be obvious to every one,
is of the most vital importance. With-
out it one can be disturbed with every
wind that blows, and at the end of his
financial year he does not know how
much profit or loss he has summed up
during the year. His books are left un-
posted for months, accounts are neglect-
ed, invoices are heaped in one corner,
and his stock, while almost empty in
one department, is crowded in
In buying from different manufacturers

another.

adopt the plan of having a printed
sheet with the name of the different

goods bought from them, with stock
quantity marked above; all that has then
to be done is to look over those articles
enumerated on the sheet, and mark
against them the amount of stock actuai-
ly held at the moment. This principle,
it will be seen, provides against over-
stocking and saves a large amount of
time and trouble. A stock book should
be kept, into which the amount of each
invoice should be posted, and into which
the cash and credit tor each day should
also be entered. You could thus sum
up your stock, cash and debts within an
hour. Of course, all would be entered at
cost price. It is now more than ever
necessary to know ‘‘how to stand’’ as
you go along, and this system might be
adopted by many with very great ad-
vantage. To obtain a firm basis it is
imperative that it must be of slow
growth. We cannot grow in a day to
the full strength of manhood, or reach
the zenith of our fame in a few years.
It takes a period of time of somewhat
long duration to attain a firm footing,
therefore no one should allow the fre-
quent struggles and disappointments of
life to render him incapable of carrying
on its affairs. Courage is one of the
most ennobling attributes bestowed upon
man. It can only result from a sound
moral aim and a determined resolution
to face the difficulties of life as they ap-
pear. It we have made an entrance into
commercial life with a limited capital
it becomes necessary to live carefully.

Goods should be bought often and in
smal] quantities, so that anything new
may be picked up and_ sold while it

bears a good profit. Many have a de-
cided enmity toward new goods, but if
they are caught up at the proper time—
that is, before your competitor in the
trade has an opportunity to do so—the
great majority of them obtain a ready
sale and are influential agents in bring-
ing back yourcustomers. Having stock
on view to the public is one of the best
means of attracting attention. If we
could but tell the hardware dealer of
fifty years ago the amount of money he
lost by having stock out of sight, he
might admit that we are advancing and
obtaining a handsome sum by the prog-
ress made in this direction. A com-
plete frontage of giass, with enough
space in front to have on view some
leading lines outside, is a valuable ad-
dition. The front of the store should be
laid out with long tables, whiie shelf
goods should be neatly kept at the sides.
Customers will walk along and pick up
many an article merely because it is
in view. Occasional changes in the
display cause a renewed attraction, and
have the desired effect of retaining a hold
upon the public. Windows should be
well dressed and changed in accordance
with the season of the year. What is
termed ‘‘pushing the trade’’ is almost
compulsory in these days fof increasing
competition. A call occasionally upon
customers, although no orders are ob-
tained, keeps one in touch with the

 

other, and is frequently the means of
doing a large business. When custom-
ers are far apart, it is then businesslike
to make a call and solicit an order.
The opportunities offered are great and
manifold in this direction. Attention
to the trivial package of tacks is as
much required as to the ton of nails.
Life is composed of little things which
make or mar each of us and determine
our results. An alertness, an attention,

 

and an easy manner to the small cus-
tomer go far to build upon, and make
us fitted for larger opportunities.

B. F. CUMMINGS, JR.

 

The Dodge Club cigar is sold by P.
E. Bushman, Kalamazoo.

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A meritorious whisky suitable
fine trade.

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Write for prices.

HULMAN & BEGGS

Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers,

SOLE PROPRIETORS,
TERRE HAUTE, IND.

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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 astick of gum. In the first
place one should have an object in view. It is
more than probable that chewing gum merely to
keep the jaws in operation will not produce any
marked benefits. If one is troubled with dis-
ordered stomach, however, the right kind of
gum will not only correct the trouble, but keep
the breath from becoming offensive. There is
but one gum made that is really meritorious as
a medicinal gum, and that is Farnam’s Celery &
Pepsin. Mr. J. F. Farnam of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
is the most extensive grower of celery in the
world, and his knowledge of that toothsome
plant has been turned to account in the form of
the pure essence of celery which he has incor-
porated with pure pepsin into chewing gum.
Celery is a splendid nerve remedy and pepsin is
equally valuable for stomach disorders. To use
this gum regularly after meals there can be no
question as to the ultimate recovery from indi-
gestion or any other form of stomach trouble.
Druggists and dealers generally are finding a
ready demand. The trade is supplied by all
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and Fruit Juices

the best in the world,
guaranteed

ABSOLUTELY PURE.

Write for price list to

wogue, Warner & C0.,
CHICRGO, ILL.

Sole Agents for the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hematox, 4s.....-. 16@ 1%| Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18| Zingiber.............
wieeies Hydrastis Canaden . @ 30 eee
: 15 Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 35| Ather, Spts. Nit.3F
ieanmepeary ora Sag Be Hellebore,Alba,po.. 15@ 20) Aether, Spts. Nit.4F
Citrate and Quir * 0 Inula no. of... 15@ 20] Alumen....... ..... 24@
Citrate Soluble...... 59 | PeCaC, PO........-.. 1 65@ 175| Alumen, gro’d..po.7 3@
Ferrocy anidum Sol. 15 Iris plox....po35@38 35@ 40] Annatto.............
Solut. Chloride..... 2 Jara, PE. 3... 40@ 45] Antimoni, po.....
Sulphate, com'l. .... “| Maranta, W4s........ @ 35} Antimoni et PotassT
Sulphate, com'l, by 2 Podophyllum, po.. 15@. 18] Antipyrin....
bbl, per cwt....... See ee 7@ 100| Antifebrin. .. voce
Sulphate, pure _..- ‘ ay a @1 = Argenti Nitras, oz.
Flora ict py. 8@ 1 35| Arsenicum..........
TT 12@ 14| Spigelia. .. a 38 | Balm Gilead Bud .
OO 1K 25 Sanguinaria...po. 15 15| Bismuth S. N. i
Matricaria ........-. is@ 25 | Serpentaria - aoe 35 | Calcium Chlor., Is.
: CEN 60 | Calcium Chlor., 4s.
Folia mo a — Hi aie Calcium Chlor., 4s.
Barosmis........--.-- a = mitax, MM... 25 | Cantharides, Rus. )
cane r Aawitel, Tin- i Scilie po.35 10@ 12 | Capsici Fruc tus, ¢ ry
nevelly res — = aol Feeti- @ & a - meeieen po.
Cassia Acutifo x co < J@US, DO... 25 | Capsici FructusB,po
Salvia officinalis, ‘4s Valeriana, Eng. po.30 @ 2%) Caryophyllus..po. "3
and 348...... .---- 12@ 20} Valeriana, German. 15@ 20/ Carmine, No. 40.....
es 8s@ 10 _—* ecole ee aa 16 | Cera Alba, S&F.
isis fimpilerj —._..... ee 20 | Cera Filava..........
Coccus
cia, Ist picked.. @ 6d ——o Nacsia Mivetus ||
peony 2d eed. @ 45| Anisum....... @ b oe mane
Acacia, 3d picked.. @ = 7. (graveleons) — 16 | Getaceum............ 5
Acacia, sifted sorts. Q 3 irc : @ £§&/Chioroform......._ . “S
Acacia, po........... 60@ 80 = ieee ees po. 18  10@ Ric thloroform, squibbs @ 135
Aloe, Barb. po.20033 M@ 18) Cardamon. --.....- 1 O4@ 1 3 | Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 15@ 1 9
oe, Cape ....po. lo oS ee ai oe Chondrus. .... 2 25
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 @ 30|Cannabis Sativa.... 34@ 4 } ana sakey a Pew > 4 20
Ammoniac.......... S@ 60 | Cydonlum 75@, 1 00 Cinchonidine, Genn Zia)
: € » °
Assafeetida....po.230 22@ 25| Chenopodium ...... 10@ 12 | Goeaine 5 30@ 5 50
Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 | Dipterix Odorate... 2 90@ 3 00] Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. es
Catechu, Is.......... 13} Foeniculum ......... @ 15\| Greosotum @ xX
Catechu, § a @ oe —- €|Creta.........bbi7 @ 2
Catechu, %48......... 16) Lini................. 2% Creta, prep... ’ is
Camphore .. Heals n@ 50 = grd. -bbl.2% 34@ 41 Greta, ~ % 11
Euphorbium. “po. 35 @ 10 Lot a 35@ 40) Creta, Rubra........ @ 8
Galbanum........... @ 1 00| Pharlaris C anarian. 3%4@ 4! Cyoecus .... 50@ «5D
Gamboge po......-. 65@ 70} Rapa.. --+ 4%@ 5) Qudbear ........022! @ 24
Guaiacum..... po. 35 @ 3 Sinapis Albu... oe 1@ 8 Cupri Sulph 5@ 6
Kino........ po. $3.00 @ 3 00 | Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12) Dextrine..........111 10@ 12
nary settee sete es a = . Spiritus Ether Sulph......... TG
ag “po. #3.5803. 40 2 250 2 30| Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50 Emery, all numbers @ &
Shellac 4u@ go | Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 Oo@ 2 25| Emery, po..... ..... @ §
soe aahed 100 45 Frumenti . 9 20, 150 E FeO... ........ DO; 40 30@ 39
Shellac, bleached... D Juniperis C ‘0. 0. p 1 6a, 2 00 Flake White........ R@ 15
Tragacanth ......... 0@ 80 guniperis Co.... ___- 1 t@ 3 50 | Galla. . sete eeee @ 2
Herba Saacharum N. E.... 1 90@ 2 10 Gambier... agra = =
Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli... ._. 1 75@ 6 50 Gelatin, eae .: @ wv
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto......... 1 25@. 2 00 Gelatin, French..... 30@_ 30
Lobelia....... oz. pkg oi Vint Aina... 1 25h@ 2 00 ao 60, —"
Majorum ....0z. pkg 28 _ Les t i ... :
a Pip..oz. pkg 23 / Sponges Glue, brown... __.. @ kb
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 95 | Floridasheeps’ wool Glue, white | Sa
Rue oz. pkg 39 | _ carriage.. 2 0@ 2 | Glycerina...... ._.- 19@ 26
Tanacetumv 02. pkg 99 | Nassau sheeps ‘wool Grana Paradisi .... @ 15
Thymus, V..oz. pkg 25 | _ carriage. @ 2 00| Humulus............ 2@ 5d
sind : Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chlor Mite @
Magnesia. wool, carriage..... 1 10| Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ &
CGalecined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60) Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @
Carbonate, Pat. 0@ 2 wool. carriage.... @ 85/| Hydraag Ammoniati @ &
a = &M. = = Grass sheeps’ wool, : Hydrargyraan:. + “2 _
Carbonate, « ennings 3@ 36 Carriase a & Varareyrum.......
0 Hard, for slate use.. @ 7%|Ichthyobolla, Am... 1 25@ ; =
leum Yellow Reef, for indice D
Absinthium......... 3 25@ 3 50 Slate Use.......... @ 1 40} Iodine, Resubi...... 3 80@ 3 0
Amygdale, Dulc.. 30@ 50 Ss Jodoform............ @ 470
Amygdale, Amare . § 0@ 8 25 yrups Depo 2). @ 22%
Anisi. . 2 0e 3 00 | Acacia . ae @ 50/| Lycopodium........ 0@ 6
Auranti ‘Cortex.. 3 30@ 2 40 | Auranti Cortes...... @ cei Maen... 6@ 7%
Cofputi. oS ee —_ 3 20 = ee e — —— a et Hy- @ x
ete. <<... =; 7 pecac.............. @ + rare 1Od......:... 20
Garranlesili ea 55@ 60) Ferrifod... 000... .. @ 50/| LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12
Cedar...... oath adie BQ 65 | Rhei Arom.......... @ 50| Magnesia, Sulph.... %@ 3
Chenopadii. Decora @ 2 50| Smilax Officinalis... 50@ 60} Magnesia, Sulph,bbl @ 1%
Cinnamonii. ........ 2 DO@ 2 60| Senega.............. @ 50| Mannia,&.F........ OQ &
Gitrenclia. .... .... S5@ GO| Seitie...... ... : @ 50| Menthol... ......... @ 5 50

 

 

 

 

Morphia, S.P.& W... 1 65@ 1 90
Morphia, S.N.Y.Q.&

te... 1 55@ 1
Moschus Canton... @
Myristica, No. 1..... 65@
Nux Vomica...po.20 @
Gs Sea... ...__..- 15@
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.

D. ey See ee ce @ 1
~~! sig. N.N.% gal.

eee... @ 2
Picis Liq., quarts.... @1
Picis Liq., pints. .... @
Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 Qa
Piper Nigra...po. 22 @
Piper Alba....po. 35 @
Pix Burecunm........ @
Plumbi Acet........ 10@
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1
Pyrethrum, boxes H.

& P. D. Co., dos. .. @ 1
Pyrethrum, pv...... 277@
Quassiv....-.....--- 8@
Quinia, S. P. & W. 37@
Quinia, §.German.. 30@
Guinia NY... ...... 35@
Rubia Tinctorum.. 1L22@
SaccharumLactis pv 24¢
Sein 3 00@ 3
—o Draconis. . 40@
Sape, W............ 12@
Sape, mM... _........ 10
Sane Ge. @
Siedtitz Mixture.... 2 @

 
 
  

 

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Snape. 00 @ 18| Linseed, boiled..... 42 45
Sinan, O......... @ 30 | Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 7
80 | Snu ee De Spirits Turpentine.. 33 40
40 Voge... @ # | Paints BBL. LB’
80 | snuff, oamahl DeVo's @ 3! Red Venetian...... 1% 2 @8
10 | Soda Boras.......... .@ | Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4
18 | Soda Boras, po...... 7 @_ 10} Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3
| Soda et Potass Tart. 26@ 28} Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3
00 | Soda. Carh.......... “@ 2 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3
| Soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5| Vermilion, Prime
00 | Soda, Ash........... 3%@ | Ameorican.......... 13@ 15
00 | Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2 | Vermilion, English. 70@ 7
8 | Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 @ | Green, Paris ....... 5 @ @
50 | Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55| Green, Peninsular. 13@ 616
18 | Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00 (head) Reg. 54@ 5%
30 | Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ 2 4| Lead, white........ 544@ 5%
7 | Spts. Vini Rect.4bbl @ 2 54 | Whiting, white — @ ¢
12 | Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ 2 57| Whiting, gilders’. @ 9
20 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 59| White, Paris Amer.. @ 100
| Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. | Whiting, Paris Eng.
25 | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40@ 145] cliff ............... @ 1 0
30 | Sulphur, San)... 246 3| Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15
5 Sulphur, Roll. 2@ 2%
| Tamarinds.. . s@ 10} eat a ts at
a | rmarsHarth Weniee 22 30 | | Paint your buildings —_
40 | Theobrome.. . LR@
14 Vania... 9 — 9 | Prepare alnl
26 | Zinet Salph........-.
10 Oils |
| ae _ GAL. | Wade by A. M. DEAN,
| ale, winter. .....- a 70 |
ined ote. 53 go | 306.N. BURDICK ST., KALAMAZ00, Mich.
7 Sand Not. 40 > | Write for samples and prices.
22| Linseed, pure raw.. 40 43 | It is the most durable
} | paint made.

 

 
  

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& PERKINS @
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Importers and Jobbers of

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Dealers in

© Paints, Oils
and Varnishes

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Full line of staple druggists’ sundries.
are sole proprietors of Weath-
erly’s Michigan Catarrh Remed
We have in stock and offer a
of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines,

We

and Rums.

We sell Liquors for medicinal pur-

poses only.

We give our personal attention to
mail orders and guarantee satisfaction.
All orders shipped and invoiced the
we receive them.

same day
trial order.

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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only,

in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail

dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. It is im-

possible to give quotations suitable for all conditi

ons of purchase, and those below are given as representing av-

erage prices for average conditions of purchase. Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than
those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as It 1s
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AXLE GREASE.
doz. gross

Aseors.. .. eo 6 00
(actor Gil. .........._ 6) 7 00
miaeong........_...- 50 5 50
mars... 9 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00
meee 8 00
Pecacon... __-.... __-99 6 00
BAKING POWDER.
Absolute.
1p Carin doz... 45
i Ghee Gor ._........ 85
[ caps doz. ...-.._. 1 50
Acme.
1 ib cans3 dor............ 45
<ibeanss@or.....-....
f eancidoec........... 100
a ll
Dwight’s.
tf ibcans perdoz......... 1 50
JaXon

44 Ibcans4dozecase..... 4
4 lb cans 4 doz case..... 8
1b cans 2 doz case...... 1 60

Home.

14 1b cans 4 doz case...... 35
% lb cans 4 doz case...... a
Ll db cans 2 Gez case...... 90
Our Leader.
iran ==... 45
cams... 75
[| Meee... ....... £0
BATH BRICK.
——...Ll 70
foes 80
BLUING.

 

1 doz. Counter Boxes..... @
Gon. Cases, per ero...... 4 50
BROOMS.

Bp. i Carpe... .-..._...... 2 09
aoe. t:CiC«#tN¥ . 1 65
wo eieroee............ .. To
ee ee
oe Com ............ . 200
Come WHiek............ &
famcy Weick. ....... 1 00
Warce mice. |... SB
CANDLES.

Hotel 40 lb boxes...... 9%
Bear a0 tp OweS............... B86

Parafire _

CANNED GOODS.
Manitowoc Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat....... 1 00

ee 7...

Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... 1 40

Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 65
CATSUP.

Columbin, pints.......... 4 2
Columbia, % pints.......... 2 50
SHEESE.
ae. @ 8
pee ee. @ 7%
ee @ 8s

Gold Medal.........
igeal..... eee. So 3
es Q 4
ee ee a
——-. ....-. ao &
—............. @ 8
—- ............ @ 10
pos... @i Ww
Leiden. eee ee @ 20
acter... @ 15
Peeeawe.,.-...... .. @ 2
Bap pee... @ 18
Chicory.
Bulk be ee eke 5
—. 7
CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.
acerenn Swees............... 32
Soa
Brenktact Cocos.............. 42

CLOTHES LINES.
(Cotton, 40 7t, per doz....... 1 00
Catton, 50 1t, per doz.......1 20
Cotion, 60 ft, per doz....... 1 40
Cotoen, 70 t, per cdos.......1 @
(Cotton, 80 ft, per doz....... 1 80
Juee, Git, per doz......... 80
Jute, 72 tt, per doz.......... &

CLOTHES PINS.
ee 45

COCOA SHELLS.
ire 2%
ees Guantity............ 3
Pound packages......... 4

CREAS TARTAR.
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35
Strictly Pure, tin boxes...... 37
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COFFEE.
Green.

Rio.
air. 18
_  ———————————————eeee i9
See 21
can :
Peery 23

Santos.
Eaic ee
Gapd |... 20
Pome... 22
ee 23

Mexican and Guatamala.
ear ae
coo. 22
Fancy ee eee
Maracaibo.
rime ..... -- oe
Mite

Java.
mscror.
Private Growea.............-. 27
Mandemiing.........-..__.-. 28

Mocha.

Tmibawon .. ... 25
Avabian ...........__....._ 2s
Roasted.

Quaker Mocha and Java......32
Toko Mocha and Java...... 28
State House Blend ........- .- 25
Package.
Aspuekic... 62h Se
Ce 21 30

Aa j Se
“SON COFFEE
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Ded STL OCHUAGES. MARCI Sa 2a

“Atay Cuaages We

Cosas 160 ibs. Equality Price
- 60° } less 2c per Ib.

Casinets 120 Ibs. Same Price,
Cf Extra ror Capinets.

MicLaughb -n’s XXXX. ....21 30
KOFFA-AID.

 

S Goz i Case. = 5 2
Extract.

Valley City % gross ..... 7

— ie... 16

 

Humme!’s foil % gross... 85
Hurmme’stin % gross... 1 43
CONDENSED MILK.

4 doz. in case.

  

EET OTT ray

Bees cere
ee

       

Saar BEN

N. Y. Condensed Milk Co.’s
brands.
Gali Borden Eagic......... 7 40

——. .... ee
Dewy
aero -..........
ee 4 2
Dime ee oe

 

Peerless evaporated cream.5 75

COUPON BOOKS.

 

 

 

S 1 boGks, per 00..__...... 2 OO
% 2 books, per 100.......... 2 50
® 3 books, per 100......_... 3 OO
€ 5 books, per 100.......... 3 00
$10 books, per 100.......... 4 00
$20 books, per 100.......... 5 00
‘*Superior.’’
S i books, per 100.......-.. 2 50
% 2 books, per 100......_... 3 @
® 3 books, per 100.......... 3 50
® 5 books, per 100.........- 4 00
$10 books, per 100.......... 5 00
#20 books, per 100.........- 6 00
“‘Universal.’’
8 1 books, per 100.......... 3 00
$ 2 books, per 100.........- 3 50
% 3 books, per 100.......... 4 00
% 5 beoks, per 100.......... 5 00
210 books, per 100_....-.-.- 6 00
$20 books. per 100.......... 7 00

Above prices on coupon books
are subject to the following
guantity discounts:

200 books or over... 5 per cent
500 books or over...10 per cent
1000 books or over. .20 per cent

Coupon Pass Books,

Can be made to represent any
denomination from #10 down.

20 books ...._-....--.-._- 1 00
SeeoGns..........-_ 2). 2 00

Mobooks..-.....-_..-_.. 3 00

Sep BG0KS...-....------.--- 6 25

A CE 10 00
1000 baeks...... --...--_-.- 17 50

Credit Checks.

500, any one denom’n..... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00
200, any one denom’n..... 8 00
Bisel panch. .00 0

DRIED FRUITS—DONESTI

Apples.
Gumamed. 230... ....... @ 3%

Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @ 6%

California Fruits.

Aeageom...-..---- --.-. 9 @il
Bilackberries............-
as. tt 54@
ooo 5 @14
Pears... _............. Bae
Pitted Cherries.........-
Prannelles.,........-----
Raspberries........ ----
California Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes...... @ 414
90-100 25 lb boxes....... @ 4%
80 - 90 25 1b boxes..... @ 5
70-80 2 ib boxes..<.. .- @ 5%
60 -'70 25 lb boxes.. .... @6
50 - GO 25 lb boxes....... @ 6%
40 -50 25 1b boxes....... @, 714
30 - 40 25 1b boxes....... @ 7%

lg cent less In bags

Raisins.

London Layers........1 10@1 30
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 41,
Loose Museatels 3 Crown 5

Loose Museatels 4Crown 6
FOREIGN.
Currants.

Paris Gbis....-. @ 3%

Vostizzas 50 lb cases......@ 334

Cieaned, bulk .....-...__. @ 5%

Cleaned, packages.......-@ 5%

Peel.

Citron Leghorn 25 lb bx @I13
Lemon Leghorn 25 |b bx @l1
Orange Leghorn 25 lb bx @I2

 

 

 

Raisins.
Ondura 29 lb boxes...... @
Sultana 20 lb boxes...... 7 @8
Valencia 301b boxes.... @
EGG PRESERVER.
Kmox’s, small size... -....... 4 80

Knox’s, large size... ......- 9 00

 

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Biscuitine.
3 doz. in ease, per doz..... 1 00
Farina.
—......... 3
Grits.
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s.......2 00
Hominy.
Barmrek 2. 3 2
Flake, 50 1b. drums....... 1 50
Lima Beans.
3... 4
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 10 lb. box...... 60

Imported, 25 lb. box......2 50
Pearl Barley.

 

 

Euapire _.....:--....--...- 2%
(neeeer .. ...2.-...-. 1. 1%@2
Peas.

Green, be. css 90
Split, perlb............--- 2%
Rolled Oats.

Rolled Avena, bbl.......2 80
Rolled Avena, %bbl....... 1 55
Monarch, bbl..........- 2 5d
Monarch, % Dbi.........- 1 40
Private brands, bbl..... 2 40
Private brands, %bbl.....
Quaker, cases.......-..--- 3 20
Oven Baked ...........-- 3
Dgkest@e .... .--.... 2 2
Sago.
ee 4
Hast India........_. Soe
Wheat.
Cracked, bulk..........--- 3
24 2 lb packages........... 2 40
Fish.
Cod.
Georges cured........- @ 4
Georges genuine...... @5
Georges selected...... @6
Strips or bricks......- 6 @9
Halibut.
Comks
Stripe... .---..---.. :
Herring.

Holland white hoops keg. 55

Holland white hoops bbl. 6 50
Norwerian..- ......-...--
Round 100 Ibe....-...--..-- 2 30
Ronna 40 ibs............- 110
eh 10
Mackerel.
No. 1 160 Ths...--.-..- -... 13 00
Mol @ie......-.-- --— 5 50
No.l ie .-........-... 1 4
No. 2 100 lbs. 8 00
No.2 40 is. ....<....-.-.. 3 50
No.2 Wie. .-..---.-.-- 95
Family 90 lbs.........-----
Family 10 Ibs....-...-.---.
Sardines.
Russian kegs........-.---- 55
Stockfish.

No. 1, 100 1b. bales......... 10%
No. 2, 100 1b. bales......... 8%
Trout.

No.1 M@ibs. ........_.-. 5 50
Net ibe 2 50
No.1 Bite....-.........- 70
Mo.t Site..........--..- 59
Whitefish.

No.1 No.2 Fam

200 Ips... -- 72 62 iv
tbs.:.... 320 288 1
ijios. OSS 78 33

oie. ...... 73 65 29
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
sma Jennings’.

  
 
 
  
   

D.C. Vanilla
_o...... 1 20
s02..... 1 50
toz.. ...2 68
60z.....:3 0
No. 8...4@0
...6 00
i] No. 27.1 25
Hi No. 37.2 00
I|| No. 4 'T.2 40
1D. C. Lemon

m2Oz..... do
fl 3 0z....-- 1 00
|| 4 0z.. -..1 40
1 6 0z......2 00

No. 8...2 40

 

 

 

Souders’. -

Oval bottle, with corkscrew.
Best in the world for the

money.

Regular
Vanilla.
doz
m 2 OZ...... 1 20
= 6og...... 2 40

XX Grade

  

PER.
Tanglefoot.
“Regular”’ Size.

Less than one case, per box 32
One to five cases, per case.. 2 75
Five to ten cases, per case. 2 65
Ten cases, per case........ 2 55
“Little” Tanglefoot.
Less than one case, per box 13
One to ten cases. per case.. 1 45
Ten cases, per case........ 1 40

FURNITURE
Cleaner and Polish.

Henderson’s ‘‘Diamond.’’
Halt Pint.... .:.

 

GELATINE.

Knox’s sparkling..... bet cece 1 10
Knox’s acidulated........... 1 20
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

—_ Be eee eee eece ccc ae 4 00
ae Gees, ................ 22
QuarterKegs....-. ........- 12

ii> cans..-....

oo WO CONS. 18
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
hen 4 00
Halt Kegs..-....-.._- a. 2%
Quarser Kegs............ 13
11) cams. . of
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Keen 8

Host Mees. 4 25

QuartermMegs.....-.... 2 2

ee 45
HERBS.

SAGO. 15

ORS 15
INDIGO.

Madras, 5 lb boxes......... 55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 1b boxes.... 50
JELLY.
ib PAE 36
i ib patie. 44
Soib pats.... --.2 3... 66
LYE.

Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20
Condensed, 4 doz........... 2 2
LICORICE.
PE 30
ee ee ee 25
eG ee ce 14
Roe 10
MINCE MEAT.

    

Mince meat, 3 doz in case..2 7

Pie Prep. 3 doz in case...... 2 75
MATCHES.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No. 9 suiphur..:.....:... 1 65

Anehor Parior.............. 1 70

Mo. 2 Home................. 110

Export Parior.............. 4 00
MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar house............. . 10@12
Cuba Baking.
Ordingry.: 005.0000. o 12@14
Porto Rico.

Pree 8. se _ 20
eee 30

 

New Orleans.

 

ae... 3c. 18
eee 22
tra wood................ 24
WOO 27
Raney oc 30
Half-barrels 3c extra.
PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3 60
Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 30
Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count........ 4%
Half bbls, 1,200 count...... 2 88
PIPES.

Clay, No. 216... 1 70
Clay, T. D. fullcount...... 65
Cen. Ne@.3........ 0... 1

POTASH.
48 cans in case.

Bamps. oo 4 00
Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 00
RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head.............. 6%

Carolina No.1............. 5

Carolina Noe. 2............. 4%

Broken ae
Imported.

Japan, Nor... 5

vopen. NO? .............. aig

seve, WO.f. 4%

eave, NO 2... ag
Pane 4

  

  

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.
(hurts ........... |...... 3 36
Delanas............ 3 15
oe 3 30
Paylors. 3 00

SAL SODA.
Granulated, bbls........ :
Granulated, 100 lb cases..1 50
Eup, bbis...... ......... 1
Lump, 145]b kegs.......... 110

SEEDS.
WG 13
Canary, Smyrna........... 6
Caraway... . 10
Cardamon, Malabar ..... 80
Hemp, Russian.......... 4
Mixed Bird............... 4%
Mustard, white........... 6%
POppy 0... 8
—— ............ 4
Cuttle Bone... 20
SNUFF.
Scotch, in bladders......... 37
Maccaboy, injars........... 35
French Rappee, in jars..... 43
SYRUPS.
rn.
Barrer 14
malt bplg... 16

Pure Cane.
i 16
Good .......... 20
Cheese fl 25

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.
ANigpies o.oo 9%
Cassia, China in mats....... 10
Cassia, Batavia in bund....15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32
Cloves, Amboyna........... 15
Cloves, Zanzibar............ 10
Mace, Batavia.... ... .....70
Nutmegs, fancy............. 65
Niupmess, No. 1............. 60
Nutmers, NO. 2....... ....- 55

Pepper, Singapore, black.. "10
Pepper, Singapore, white. . .20

  
  

Pepper, shot... 16
Pure Ground in Bulk.

Alismes 0 ss. 10@15

Cassia, Batavia .. oes.

Cassia, Saigon...
Cloves, Amboyna
Cloves, Zanzibar.

eee 0
Ginger, African............ 1p
Ginger, Cochin............. 20
Ginger, Jamaica............ 22
Mace, Batavia.... ..... 60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste.:.......... 25
Mutmices. 40@60

Pepper, Singapore, black9@12
Pepper,Singapore, whitel5@18

Pepper, Cayenne........ 17@20
MB 1
‘*Absolute’’ in Ib. Packages.
OS ‘5
Cinpamon..............._. 6
(loves 70
Ginger, Cochin............. 7
ee 2 10
Ce v6)
Nutmegs..... I a
Pepper, cayenne .... .... 7
Pepper, white ............ ®
Pepper, black shot........ 60

BOWOn os 1 50
‘*Absolute ’’Butchers’ Spices.
Wiener and Frankfurter....16
Pork Gousage...-: 2... cs 16
Bologna and Smoked S’ge. .16
Liver S’ge and H’d Cheese..16

 

 

 

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SALT.

Diamond Crystal.
Cases, 24 3-lb boxes......... 1 60
Barrels, 190 31bbags...... 27
Barrels, 40 7 lbbags...... 2 50
Butter, 56 1b bags........... 65
Butter, 20 14 lb bags........ 3 00
Butter, 280 lb bbls.......... 2 50

Common Grades.
1900S Tpaacks..... -....-...- 2 60
60510 sacks.... ........... 1 85
98 tftp saeks..............- 170

Worcester.

50 4 Ib. cartens........... 3 25
41> 241d. sacks..... ......- 4 00
6O 5 Ib. sacks.......-....- 30
92 14 Vp. saeks..... .....-. 3 50
$610 lb. sacks.............3 50
23 1b. linen sae@ms............ mo
56 lb. linen sacks............ 60
Bulk in barrels.............. 2 50
Warsaw.
56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30
28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15
Ashton.
56-lb dairy in iinen sacks... 60
Higgins.
56-lb dairy in linen sacks . 60
Solar Rock.
5SE1p saemS......-._--... --.. 22
Common Fine.
Saginaw ........---.-+-+-ee- 68
Manistee ....--....--..- -.- 68
SODA.

Boxes. 25.00 5%
Kegs, English.........------ 4%
STARCH.

Diamond.
64 10c packages .....------ 2

  

00

128 5¢ packages fee -» 00
32 10¢c and 64 5c packages...5 00
%

634

Kingsford’s Corn.

20 1-lb packageS.....-..-----
40 1 lb packages......-.-.---
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss.

40 1-lb packages.....-..----- 6%
6Ib boxes. ........-.- --.-- 7
Common Corn.
20-Ib DOXES.....----- eee ees 5 !
40-Ib bOXeS........---+++-++ 4%
Common Gloss.
1-lb packages........------- 4%
3-lb packages.......- Ci as
6-lb packages.......---++++- 54
40 and 50 lb boxes.......-... 2%
Barrels ........----------:-- 234
SUMMER BEVERAGES.
Wild Cherry Phosphate.
“Little Giant’? case, 28-15¢e bot-

fee 2 50
“Money Maker’’ case, 24-25¢ and
24-15¢ 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 2, per doz......... 75

Acid Phosphate, 8 oz, per

Se eee 2 00

Beef, ae and Wine, pints, per
@0n. 500. .....

Thompson’s

Wild Cherry

Phosphate

“Hummer

Case” con-

tains 3 doz.

25e 8 oz bot-

tles, % 00.

oz. 50c size, 1
doz. to a Case
400. Special
Soda oun-
tain Extract
per gal. $2 00.
Big Demon-
strator con-
tains 15 doz.
25e size, 1 doz
50c size, 1 jug
and fixtures.
See add.

ey
G. J. Jone ‘s brana

SON

ti % P. Drug Co.’s ar
Quintette ..............-..- 35 00

Clark Grocery Co.’s brand.
New Brick 35 00

Michigan Spice Co.’s —
Absolate....<....... 2.22. 5 00
SOAP.

Laundry.

——— & Sons’ Brands.
Crome 3 10
German Family. ..........- 2 15
American Grocer 100s..... 3 30
American Grocer 60s.>.... 2%
Mystic White.............. 3 80
Eoime 2 cece oe
Oak Leaf...... eae ate cee 3 00
Old Style. ............ . 3 20
Happy Day.........-...--.- 3 10

 

 

 

JAXON

Simple Bow. 1.8... 3 00
5 box lots, delivered....... 2 &
10 box lots, deliv ered.. .2 8
Lautz Bros. & Co.'s brands.
Beme 3 25
Coton Of... 5 3
Mamscries. 4 00
Master... Se

Henry Passolt’s brand.

 

Single pox. ........-

....0 OO

5 box lots, delivered . _.& 2

10 box lots, delivered....... 2 8

25 box Jets. delivered. ..... 2%
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s brands.

 
 
     
   

American Family, wrp’d...3 33
American Family, plain... 2 27
Thompson & Chute’s Brand.

Single OL, 3 00

5 box lot, delivered........ 2 95
10 box lot, delivered. ......2 8
25 box lot, delivered........ 2%

Allen B. Wrisley’s brands.

Wor special quotations on
Old Country ask traveling man.
DoH, 100 bars... ...... 2... 2 a
oOWVOLN 1- ER eas
Single box, delivered ..... 25

5 box lots, delivered.......3 00
10 box lots, delivered...... 2 90
25 box lots, delivered....... 2 80

Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40
Sapolio, hand. 3 doz ........ 2
TABLE SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 40
Lea & Perrin’s, small.....2 75
Halford, large............ 3%
Halordsmall....... ..... 225
Salad Dressing, large..... 4 5
Salad Dressing, 3mali..... 2 6

AR.
Eeroux Cider =. 8... 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 hisshipping point,

 

 

 

including 20 pounds for the
weight of the barrel.

Gust boat... oe |
Domino .............. 2... 5 25
Cubes 5 00
RPowderea .................. 5 00
XAXX Powdered......... .» 2
Mould 4... 5 0U
Granulated in bbls... ...... 47
Granulated in bags.........4 75
Fine Granulated............ 475
Extra Fine Granulated..... 4 87
Extra Coarse Granulated...4 8&7
Diamond Confec. A........ 475
Confec. Standard A......... 4 62
Ne ff... 4 37
Neo fe 4 37
_ s...., 4 31
No. 4 ..4 25
No. b.... 4 25
No 6... 418
NGO ©... 412
Na Sf... 4 06
No ¢ .. 4 00
NG Me 3 94
a 3 87
ie: 8 3 81
oe 3
IG. 14 3 50
WO. See ee oo. 3 2%

WICKING.
No. @ per gross.....-...-...- 25
No. I persgronss.............. 30
INO. 2 per e@rogs.............. 40
NO.d, Per Sroas.............. v5)
Fresh Meats.
Beef.
Careasa 0... > @G%
Fore quarters......... 3 @4
Hind quarters........ 6 @8
Eoims Ne g.-_........ 9 @12
Hee 2... cl. ek SS
HOGHGS .0 0.0... 54@ 6
CHUCKS... ... 2... 4@5
Piaten ...... 1... 24@ 3
Pork.
Dressed os 4 @4%
BOGS @ 6%
Shoulders. .........:.: @5
Leaf tard............. @ 6
_—

Carcass . sae Oo Ge
Easter Lambs......... 7 @8
Carcass .......:.:.... 5 @6

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Provisions.

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

Candies. Grains and Feedstuffs
Stick Candy. Wheat.
bbls. pails | Wheat. . 5d
Standar@ ...-..._..- 6 @7 Winter Wheat Flour.
Standard H. H...... 6 @7 Local Brands.
Standard Twist..... 6 @7 Patents ... __..--...... 48
Cut oat... .....- 714@ 8% | Second Patan 3 50
Gnsen | Siraieme. 3 30
Extra a. ... @ 8% CE EO Sey
Boston Cream...... @ 8% a 1... oe
Mixed Candy. Pick wheat ........... . 0
Cader mY ve .... | 2
a Ce € 714 oauble ct to usual cash dis-
Conserve..... ;
oa CT @ 7 Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad-
Binbog io i @ ee pean B L
Broken @ en Grocer Co.'s Bran
. i on Cniamer ts... Se
English Wock...10) | Quaker, Ms. 3
Kindergarten....... @ 8% net) feo. ‘
Brénch Cream ee @o Spring Wheat Flour.
Dandy Pan. ||. |. @N0 Olney & Judson ’s Brand. __
Valley Cream.. .... @i3 |° leresota, ‘aS rete eet e cee eee es 3 85
i Cereseta tis... ... 3 75
Fancy ~In Bulk. | POeresots Ses 3 70
Lozenges, plain..... @ 8's | Ball-Barnhart- Putman’ s ——
Lozenges, printed. . @ 8% | Grand Republic, ‘s........ 3.8
Choe, Drops.. ‘12 @i4 Grand Republie, 148..
— prope > Grand Republic, %s........ :
* IPs : a» Word G >
Moss Sees. ae @ ay | 1, a — — s Brand.
Soeur Drops. ......... @ 8% | Laurel, 4s...... : 70
Imperials ........... @9 | Laurel; eens 3 60
Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand.
Lemon Drops...... @50 Parisian, *45................ 3 §>
Sour Drops... Ne @A5v Parisian, 5...... |... 2s
Peppermint Drops.. @60 Parisian. \es.... oe
Chocolate Drops.... @6 Entire Wheat Flour.
H. M. Choc. Drops.. @id William Callam & Sons quote
Gum Drops......-_.. @35 as follows, delivered in Grand
Licorice Drops...... @i5 Rapids:
A. B. Licorice deal @50 Wee. 4 00
Lozenges, plain.. @55 10 Ib. cotton sacks.......... 4 00
Lozenges, printed . @60 Eis ._ so
Imperials . i . @60 —e.... i. 2 ae
Matioes...-. .. @65 ‘Meal.
Cream Bar.......... @ 50 Boe 1%
Molasses Bar ..... @50 Granwiated 0
Hand Made Creams. 80 @90 Feed and Millstuffs.
Plain Creams. .. 6 @se St. Car Feed. screened ....13 25
Decorated Creams.. @90 No. 1 Corn and Oats.......12 50
String Roek.....s... @b0 No. 2reea............ .... @
Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Unbolted Corn Meal....... 12 2
Wintergreen Berries @55 Winter Wheat Bran... ... 9 WO
@ ce
Caramels Winter Wheat Middlings. . “10 00
No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib. : Se€recnimes......._... 8 50
boxes . @30 The 0. KE. Brown Mill Co.
No. 1 w rapped, ‘3 Ib. quotes as, follows:
boxes @45 Corn.
No.2w rapped, 2 2 Ib. — . DO
boxes Less than — lS a
ats.
: Cae lots... .. Loe co.) oe
Fish ‘and aes Less than car lots......... 28
Fresh Fish. a Timothy, ton lots....13 00
Per lb. | No. 1 Timothycarlots.. 11 50
Whitefish ........_.. @ 8 —— = =
a @ 7
Black Bass.. @ Ww
Halibut . w.. 1. 2KG ji
Ciscoes or Herring... @ 4 Oranges.
ss .... @ 10 Tange el ‘
Live Lobster....... @ hating sees
Boiled Lobster...... @ i Medt. Sweets........
Cod . oe @ 10 1be-176 ue. ......... 5 00
Haddock. @ 8 Messinas 2008. ....... 5 50
~ 1 Fieckerel...... @ 6 Lemons.
ike. os a strictly choice 360s > on
Smoked White...) otis. .|~|—6—lC6Se
| Strictly choice 300s.. @3 00
Red Snapper........ @ Faney 360s @3 30
Col River Salmon.. @ Pages ae G )
Mackerel 11)... |. @ 20 Sates 300s. ee a as ai
Shell Goods. | Pen concn 7
Oysters, per 100.0... 1 25@1 50 _ ,_ Bananas.
Clams, per 100....... G1 00 | A definite price is hard to
—————— oT name, as it varies according to
Cra Sei oe =~ of buneh and quality of
c ruit.
ers. Medium bunches...1 25 @1 50
The N. ¥. Biscuit Co. quotes Large bunches......1 75 @2 00
as follows: ids a — Dried Fruits.
utter. igs, Fancy Layers
Seyimeur SUN... 54 20 Ibs... Iz @
Seymour XXX, 3 1b. carton 5% | Figs, Choice ‘Layers
Family XXX.. _ oie 10 ib... oe @10
Family XXX, 31b carton. 53 | Figs, Naturals. in
Salted XXX... 54 baes. new......... @ 6
Salted XXX. 3 Ib carton. 5% | Dates, Fards in 101b
da. bomes ..... a @t%
Sade SES 6 Dates, Fards in 60 1b
Soda XXX, 3lb carton.... 6% | Cases .... ....--. . @6
ee 7 | Dates, Persians, G.
Crystal Wafer. 00... 10% | _M. K., 60 Ib cases @5
Long Island Wafers....... 11. | Dates, Sairs 60 lb
L. I. Wafers, 1Ibcarton .. 12. | _Cases_.-- _@4
Oyster.
Square Oy some OA... 54
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1 Ib carton. 614
Farina Oyster, XXX.... 54
SWEET GOODS—Boxes. Eocene ...... @1014
Ae 10% | XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt @ 8%
Bent’s Cold Water......... 12° | W W Michigan........ @é
Belle Rose 8 | High Test ———- @i
Tt SC 8 a , 8. oe wees @ a
Cofee Cakes......._....... 8 | Deo. Naptha .... : @ |
Frosted Honey............. ii | Cybeder 30 @38
Graham Crackers ......... 8 | Mogae 1 @21
Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 6% | Black, winter. a 9
Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 6% | Black, summer........ @ 8%

Gin. Snps,X XX home made 6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= Tank Wagon.

 

 

Gin. Snps, X} xX sealloped.. 64 | Hoeenc........... 8%
Ginger Vanilla............ s | XXX W. -W. Mich.Halt. @ 64%
Heperals o tS Gag. @ 7
Jumoies, Money........... 11 |

Molasses Cakes............ & Seofield, Shurmer & Teagle
Morshimatiow ............. 15 quote as follows:

Marshmallow Creams..... 6 | Barrels.

Pretzels, hand made ..... S36) Palacine 000000. @11%
Pretzelettes, Little German 614 | Daisy White.......... @10%
Sugar ao -8 | Red Cross, W. W...... @ 8%
Sultanas ................... 12 | Water White Hdlt.. @8
Sears’ Pune ‘4 | Family Headlight.. @i7
Sears’ Zephyrette.. ......., 10 | Red Cross S$. Gasoline @10%
Vanilla Square............ 8 Stove Gasoline........ @ 9%
Vanilla Wafers .... | 1) Napniee @ 8
Pecan Wafers....... . es From Tank Wagon.
EE 10 oe @9
Mixed Plenle.............. 10% | Red Cross W. W...... @ 6
Pineapple Glace...... «---- 15% | Gasoline.............. @ 7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Grand Rapids P

acking |

and Provision Co. quotes as fol-

lows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess .
Back Do.
Clear back
Shorteéut.. .. .
a. .........
oe ...........,........
Wamiy ....
Dry Salt Meats.
Relies... ,
eer. .............,.
Extra Shors............
Smoked [leats.
Hams, 12 1b average
Hams, 14 lb average
Hams, 16 lb average....
Hams, 20 lb average....
Ham dried beef..........
Shoulders (N. Y. cut).
macen, cleke, |... .....
California hams.........
Boneless hams...........
Cooked lam........_...
Lards.
=
Family. ..
Granger. eee.
Musselman’s Gold Leaf..
Worden’s Home Made...
Worden’s White Clover.
Cottelenc ...............
Cosgumen oo...
So I Tabs... .. advance
80 lb Tubs...... .advance
Sui Tins ....... advance
20 lb Pails.......advance
10 1b Pails.......advance
5 lb Pails.......advance
31d Pails.......advance
Sausages.
os... .,....,.
...........,.
Preuerors................
Pork a.
Pied...
Weomege
Mead Gheese.............
Beef.
is eee...
Boneless

' sin
Kits, 15 lbs... Le.
\q bbls, 40 ea
c. bows. Sibs............
Tripe.
Hits, 16 Ibe... digs Cede.
been, Se ipe............
1 bbls So lbe.........
Casings.
Me...
Beer rounds... _.........
Beet middies............
Butterine.
ole, dairy.............
Solid, dairy
Rolls, creamery ........-
Solid, creamery .........
Canned Meats.

 

Corned beef, 2 lb
Corned beef, 15 Ta
Roast beef, > Ib..

Potted Ham, Ws......-
Potted ham, ‘%s
Deviledham, 4
Deviledham, %48.......
Potted tongue i4s.......
Potted tongue s......

Hides and |

Perkins & Hess

8 00
9 00
8 7

10 00

In Tierces.

7 00
11 00

8Oo
i 65
3 00

noe
x

 
 

pay as ‘fol-
lows:
Hides.
Green ....... ... 2 Gs
Parc cured............ @ 5
Full Cured.. -—.... 9 @e
aaa 5 @i
Kips. green... ..... ..2 @4
Kips, Gured........... 5 @6
Calfiskins, green...... a @ 5%
Calfskins, cured.... .. re@ 7
Deaconskins ......... ® @s
elts. |
oa ............ 5 @
Lambe ..... ant eae ko Gh as
os woe........... | 40 Qa wit
Wool.
Washed _ 10 @15
| Unwashed ...... 5 @
Tliscellaneous.

oe 2 @2%
Grease Butter......... | @z
ae 14@ 2
Ginseng

 

Nuts.

 

Almonds, Tarragona. .
Almonds, Ivaca. :
Almonds, California,
soft Sened
Breas bewW...........
Miiponms ..............
Walnuts, Gren., new..
Walnuts, Calif No. 1.
Walnuts, soft shelled
Calif
Table Nuts, fancy
Table Nuts, choice...
Pecans, Texas H.P...
Hickory Nuts per bu.,
Ohio Sea,
Cocoanuts, “full sacks
Butternuts per bu....
Black Walnuts per bu
- Peanuts.
Pancy, H. F.. Game
Coeks......-...
Fancy, H. rs Flags
Roasted. .
Fancy, H. P., Associa.
tion Roasted. . :
Choice, H. P., Extras.
Choice, H. P., Extras,
Roasted

 
 

> 50 | Mason—!1 doz in case, pts.

| Crockery and

Glassware.

- FRUIT JARS.
Mason—old style, pints... 5 25
Mason—old style, quai. .
Mason—old style, % gal.. 8 00

Mason—1 doz in Case, qts. 6 50
Mason—1! doz in case, gal 8 50
Dandy—glass cover, qts.. 9 00
Dandy—glass cover, 4 gal 12 00
LAMP BURNERS.

he. oO oen...............

‘ 45
be 50
be ey
(0 50
Security, Woe. 1........ ba
Security, No. 2. 85
NOtmce ........ a...
vee 11%

LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common.

Per box of 6 doz.
No. O Sum...

 

 

No. 1 Sum...... Lote. 2
No. 2 Sem... wl. 2 80
First ‘Quality.

No. 0 Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and labeled.... 2 10
No. I Sun, crimp oy
wrapped and labeled.... 2 25
Nea. 2 Sun, — top,
wrapped and labeled.... 3 25
XXX Flint.
No. @ Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and labeled. 2 55
No. i Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and labeled.... 2 75
Ne. 2 Sun, Crimp top,
wrapped and labeled.... 3 75
CHIMNEYS,
Pearl Top.
No.1 Sun, wrapped and
labeled. ... 3 70
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and
labeled. 4 70
No. 2 Hinge, Ww rapped and
labeled... 4 88
Fire Peeet—Htue Te.

No. 1 Sun, plain bulb...... 3 40
Ne. 2Sun, plain bulb...... 4 40
La Bastie.

No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per
— ........ 25
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per
doz ee Se ede 1 50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz....... 1 35
No. 2 Crimp, perdos.. .... 1 @
Rochester.
No. 1, Lime (65c doz)...... 3 50
| No. 2, Lime (70e¢ doz).. .. 4 00
No. 2, Flint (Ge doxz)...... 4 7
Electric.
No. 2, Lime (70e doz) ..... 4 00
No. 2, Flint (60e doz)...... 4 @
Miscellaneous. Doz.
Junior, Hochester......... 50
Nites .......... 2... 15
Iiiuminator Bases......... 10
| Barrel lots, Sdog.......... 90
| 7 in. Porcelain Shades..... 1 00
| Case lots, 12 dex). /0 1... 90
|

Mammoth Chimneys for Store
Box
0 4m)
5 4 80

amps. Doz.
| No. 3 Rochester. lime 1 :
| No. 3 Rochester, flint 1
|} No.3 Pearl top, or
Jewel glass.. : 1% 52
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
lime i... 1m sh
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
fimt .. Le
No. 2 Pearl ‘glass. id
OIL CANS.
gal tin cans with spout..
1 gal galv iron with spout.
gal galv iron with spout. 3 00
gal galv iron with spout. 4 Ov
5 cal galv iron with spout. 5 00
og
g
g

scr

00 5 8
6 00
Doz.
1 6U
1%

ate

Bas

al galv iron with favcet 6 00
9 00
9 90

al Tilting cams........

| al galv iron Nacefus ...
Pump Cans.

15 gal — steady stream. 9 00
| 5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50

3 eal Home Rule.... ..... 10 50
5 gal Home Kule.. 120
5 gal Pirate King.. nonce . 00
LANTERNS
No. O0Tubular..... . 400
No. 18 Tubalar... ..... 6 00
No. 13 Tubular Dash. . 66
No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00

No. 13 Tubular, side lamp. E 3 00

 

No. $Street Lamp ....... 7%
LANTERN GLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 centz...... 45
No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz.
each, box 15cents..... 45
No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35. :
No.0 Tubular, ‘bull’s ‘eye,
cases 1 doz. each... 1%
LAMP ee,
| No. 0 per gross. i.
a +6
2 er Soest, ........-.., 50
Pong th ed... 2 oF
| Mammoth per doz......... @%

JELLY TUMBLERS- Tin Top.
1% Pints, 6doz in box. per

box (pox OU) ... ao

4 Pints, 20 doz in bbl, ‘per '

a OE eee ae 19
% Pints, 6 in box, per

box (box 75

| % Pints, = a in bbl, Per
| "dos (bb! 35) .

 

22

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

 

News from the Metropolis---index to
the Market.
Special Correspondence.

New York, July 4—The weather has
turned intensely hot and, as the week is
rather given over to the holiday, there
is no great amount of interest shown
among grocery jobbers. Many of the
exchanges closed Friday as __ well
as Saturday and, altogether, trading is
of small volume. There have been no
important transactions, nor any remark-
able changes in prices. The stock mar-
ket has taken a big slump without any
reasonable cause and it is likely that the
whole movement has been that of spec-
ulators.

Coffee has attracted about as little in-
terest as anything and the volume of
business has been very light, scarcely
anything passing in an invoice way.
Quotations are unsettled and the rates as
given must be considered nominal. On
Thursday there was a sale of 2,000 bags
Rio No. 7 at 114c, prompt shipment. We
have here this week a representative
from one of the old coffee firms of Ric,
who says Brazil will have the largest
crop this year she has ever produced, so
the prospect is good for cheap coffee for
some time to come. The visible supply
of the world July 1 is likely to show an
increase of 150,000 bags.

Sugar, both raw and refined, is dull.
Cables from abroad were all of an “‘ir-
regular’? or ‘‘dull’’ character, and the
whole tone of operations was of a_holi-
day nature. Refined has fluctuated frac-
tionally, and at the close granulated is
worth 47%c. There has been a _ better
demand, which was anticipated. De-
liveries have been promptly made and,
upon the whole, the market is in fairly
good condition.

In teas the market is summarized as
‘‘no change,’’ ‘‘dull,’’ ‘‘same old
story.’’ These are the replies received
by the seeker after information among
those who are supposed to be in a _ posi-
tion to know how things are running.
The market is ina state of suspended
animation. Those interested are hoping
for a turn for the better after a little.

While the rice market has been hardly
as active as last week, prices have been
very well adhered to, and this applies
both to foreign and domestic. For the
better sorts of the latter there is in-
creased inquiry, and, at times, it is
with difficulty that a sufficient quantity
can be obtained to meet the require-
ments. Japan is worth 4@4}¢c.

Pepper is firm. When you have said
this you have said about all there is to
be said in the spice line. The demand
is not active in any line, but dealers
are not expecting a great amount of
animation at this season. Manufactur-
ers require a minimum amount of spices
at this period and no great activity is
looked for for the next two months.

In molasses there is a small volume
of business being done in the better
grades of domestic, which fetch full
rates. Under grades are dull and are
quoted at nominal prices.

In syrups there is a steady volume of
trading going on, but the volume of
business is not large. Prices are said
to be well maintained and it is probably
as good a time to buy as has existed for
some time.

Canned goods have been going out at
quite a satisfactory rate during the
week and in some things the stock of
old goods must be pretty closely sold
up. Prices have shown little fluctua-
tion. Tomatoes have been doing pretty
well and, if anything, the tendency is
upwards. California fruits are well
held and, although the demand is as yet
rather small, the prospect is not at all
discouraging for the packers of the
Golden State. Crop prospects con-
tinue splendid and from the peach re-
gions of Maryland and Delaware come
glowing reports, while the arrivals from
Georgia are becoming quite free now.
Canned goods of 1896 will be very much
in evidence this fall.

There has been a little spurt in
lemons for the Fourth, but they are still
here in such large supplies that the tone
of the market is not materially better.

 

There is a moderate demand for
oranges, bananas and pineapples.
Butter shows a large amount of stock
affected by the heat. First-class goods
bring about the same prices as have

prevailed for a fortnight. Upon the
whole, the market is lifeless.
Cheese is dcing nothing. A little

trading has been done by exporters, who
seem to want the cheapest stuff they can
get. Arrivals have aggregated about
the usual number of boxes and a good
share of them have been put. into cold
storage.

Eggs are firmer. There is sufficient
enquiry for strictly fresh goods to keep
the market well cleaned up, but much
is going into cold storage.

Peas and beans are doing better and
for the latter the demand is very good
for the season of the year. Prices have
advanced a trifle and are well held.

Dried fruits are dull, with very few
transactions taking place.

Provisions continue on the low plane
lately reached and the prospects are not
good for any immediate advance.

Stocktaking has been in progress this
week, and this has been another cause
of dull trade. It is hoped the returns
will show up well, but it is probable
that there is room for improvement.
Next week will be one of the most in-
teresting periods for New York since
the war.

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The Giving of Presents with Tea.

Tea is the favorite line of the men
who give away chromos and crockery,
and this recently moved President
Rohrs in addressing the New York Re-
tail Grocers’ Union to say to them that
the grocers usually pay too little atten-
tion to tea and too much to other
things. He urged his associates to
‘‘talk tea’’ and convince the public
that they sold better and cheaper tea
than the gift enterprise men. As the
chromo man depends largely on adver-
tising, Mr. Rohrs advised more abun-
dant and aggressive advertising, and
he made an extremely good point when
he urged the retail grocers who desired
to suppress the gift nuisance not to pat-
ronize manufacturers who resorted to
the same device to popularize their
wares. Men who will not give presents
must not receive them. The gift evil
is a very real evil, and there is no royal
remedy for it. The fundamental fact is
that a man who gives away crockery
and glassware cannot sell as good tea
for a given price as the man who does
not; part of the public is hopeless, but
another great part can be convinced, if
the grocers go about it in the right way,
that the cost of the gift comes out of the
quality of the article purchased, and
that they are not receiving something
for nothing.

here is delight in visiting a store in
which goods are nicely displayed and
cleanliness abounds. What is the ap-
pearance of your store interior? Look
about you and decide on some improve-
ment.

—_—__—_» 2.
A Suggestion of Economy.

Lady (in dry goods store)—I will look
at your material for towels.

Clerk (recently transferred from the
dress goods department)— Yes, ma’‘am ;
something that won’t show dirt?

+ 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.

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.

Ee ea

India rubber has been generally con-
sidered absolutely water tight, but ex-
periments with a_ hermetically-sealed
rubber bottle of water show that it is
not.

—_——~> 2.

Ure Unkle is at Bushman’s.

 

Evidently Struck a Poor Market.
From the Wayland Globe.

One of our fruit growers shipped 24
crates of currants to the Pottlitzer Bros.
Fruit Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., and the
statement received by him read as fol-
lows:

24 Cases Currants..............-... $12 00
EXpress......-.-..-2--- +--+: oe 20
Commission..-.......-..-.-.... 2. 1 20 8 40

$3 60
Dear Sin—We trust this sale will care ~
your entire satisfaction and be the recipient of
future shipments from you. Yours resp.
PorrLitzeR Bros. Fruit Co.
The agent of this house, who has been
here, we are told, informed the owner
of the fruit that he would pay $2 per
case, or 8 cents per quart, and in this
way induced the shipment to be made.
The shipper paid $6.96 to put the cur-
rants on the cars, thereby making him
the loser of the fruit and $3.36 in cash.
The beauty of the whole thing is the
note of explanation at the bottom. We
do not publish this to injure the com-
mission house, for we dare say the fruit
was handled to the best of its ability,
and at other times might have netted
the shipper a good profit. We refer to
the matter so that our readers may un-
derstand some of the disadvanatages
fruit growers are liable to undergo.

Everything in cigars at Bushman’s.

 

————~ Fancy Lemons,
Bananas,
Fruits and
117 and 119 Monroe street,
Grand Rapids

F. J. ROHRIG, Jr.,

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in

GOAL and WOOD FLOUR ond. FEED

HAY and 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.

 

 

Gnaranteed that prices will be right.

I want you for a customer

NO MORE BROKEN EGGS
Every Grocer Who Uses

 

(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-
eers and jobbers in woodenware.

GEO. H. CLEMENTS, 42 River St., Chicago.

 

(Inder New Celery,
Vegetables
NEW POTATOES

NEW CABBAGE

F J. Dettenthater
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GEORGIA WATERMELONS

NUTMEG MELONS

We are Headquarters.

BUNTING & CO.,

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.
REFERENCES; Putnam Candy Co.

127 Louis St.,
) Burns & McGowan. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

TEETER Inge } Citizens 1248.
TELEPHON ES; Bell 1248.

 

MOSELEY BROS.,

WHOLESALE DEALERS.

New Souther Pololoes, Onions, Gobboge, Wolemelons

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

Lowest market price guaranteed.

STILES & PHILLIPS,

Wholesale Fruits and Produce,
GRAND RAPIDS.

BANANAS

Produce consignments solicited.

 

 

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How He Changed from Credit to

Cash.

Strolier in Grocery World.

The cash system in all right. I’m as
heartily in favor of it as any man_ pos-
sibly can be, for 1 see so much credit
misery in circulating among grocers all
over the country. The cash system has
to be watered properly, however, or it’s
a boomerang.

One thing I had forcibly impressed
on my mind last week was that every
grocer who attempts to change from a
credit to a cash basis ought to let peo-
ple know it a while beforehand. It does
no good to spring it on them suddenly.
As a rule it makes them angry and costs
the grocer their trade. That was the
deduction 1 drew from the experience I
had last week.

While on business in a certain nearby
neighborhood [| slipped over to a grocer
who is an old friend of mine. He has
always done business on a credit basis,
and many’s the sermon I’ve given that
man to turn from the error of his ways
and do a strictly cash business.

Greatly to my surprise, on my last visit,
I found that he’d changed from credit
to cash, and I happened to get there on
the very day when the new scheme went
into effect.

‘*Hello, old man,’’ he said as I went
in, ‘‘I’ve been converted. ”’

‘*What do you mean?’’ I said.

‘‘T’m a cash grocer,’’ he said, beam-
ingly.

I instantly congratulated him, and
asked him how the new idea was_ work-
ing.
at isn’t working at all yet,’’ he
said; ‘‘it only goes into effect to-day at
g o’clock.’’ It was then nearly that
hour.

‘*What have you done to announce
it?’’ I asked.

‘*How do you mean?’’

‘Why, by advertising, circulars, or
anything like that. Haven't you let
people know about it?’’

‘‘Oh, no,’’ he said; ‘‘they’ll have to
find it out for themselves. If I’d told
them they would have stayed away.
Now they'll come to the store, and when
I tell them they won’t like to refuse to
buy, and there you've got an entering
wedge for their future cash trade. These
cards will tell ’em.’’

He pointed to several cards tacked
about the store: ‘‘On Monday, June
29th, I will commence selling for cash
only.’’

I saw at once that his whole scheme
would be a failure, for it was started
terribly wrong. I didn’t tell him so,
however, for | knew that he’d discover
it himself soon enough. I decided to
spend the morning with him in watch-
ing the way the new thing worked.

Nine o’clock came pretty soon, and I
saw my friend the grocer involuntarily
brace himself. He seemed to scent the
conflict afar.

The first customer was a little girl,
evidently the child of an old credit cus-
tomer. i

‘‘Mamma wants six pounds of gran-
ulated sugar, two pounds of rice and a
dozen nice lemons, and if you'll please
— them up, I'll take them home my-
self.

The goods were wrapped up and the
grocer footed up the amount. ‘‘Fifty-
eight cents,’’ he said.

‘‘Just put it on the book, please,’’
said the little girl, handing it up.

Then came an awkward moment for
the grocer. If it had been a grown per-
son he could have talked intelligently,
but the child couldn’t undertsand his
long explanation.

‘‘Why, you've always put it in the
book before,’’ she piped, not sure
whether to cry or not.

Miles more of explanation from the

rocer.

**Well, I'll have to go then,’’ said the
child. *‘Mamma told me to have the
things put in the book. I'll be back if
she gives me the money.’’

The three packages stood on the coun-
ter the whole morning. The little girl

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

didn’t come back,
said she lived just around the corner.

An old gentleman came in next.

‘*Gimme a pound of coffee, Rio and
Mocha mixed,’’ he said, ‘‘and if it
ain’t any better than that you gave me
last I'll send it back.’’

I saw the grocer wince, as he thought
of the explanation he’d have to make
this gouty old party in a minute.

When the coffee was wrapped up the
old man, also apparently a credit cus-
tomer, grabbed it and _ started for the
door. The grocer hesitated a moment
but rose to the occasion.

‘*Mr. Brown,’’ he began.

The old man turned impatiently.

‘*{ must ask you for the cash for that, ’’
said the grocer. ‘‘I start a cash _ busi-
ness to-day. You see,’’ he went on
apologetically, ‘‘I can’t afford to extend
cred—’’

I was watching the old gentleman dur-
ing this explanation and saw him get
purpler and purpler with indignation.
I thought for a minute he was going to
bite somebody. While the grocer was
going on with his little tale of woe the
old fellow cut him short by slamming
the bag of coffee down on the counter.
The bag burst with a slash anda shower
of coffee flew everywhere. The
paused to pick one out of his collar.

‘‘Do you mean to insinuate, young
man,’’ said the old fellow, in a voice
that could be heard a mile away, ‘'that
I’m not to be trusted? Why, what do

you mean by insulting a man old enough |

to be your grandfather? Why, if I
thought you meant that 1’d_ break your
impudent neck !”’

*-Oh, my dear—’’ started the grocer.

‘*Shut up!’’ roared the enraged credit
customer, who wasn’t particularly im-
pressed with the beauties of the cash
system just then. ‘‘Keep your buggy
old coffee! I'll never come into your
one-horse place again!’’ Then he went
out. The grocer started to sweep up the
avalanche of coffee. He looked a little
sad.

‘You made a big mistake,’’ I said,
‘‘in not letting everybody in this place
know you were going to do a cash _ busi-
ness. You see what you’ve got yourself
into, don’t you? A whole day of this
sort of thing will kill you!’’

Fortunately a_ terrific storm came up
just then, and it lasted the greater part
of the day, thus keeping the people
away from the store. At my suggestion
he had a half-column advertisement in
his local paper that afternoon announc-
ing the change to take effect one week
hence. But he lost the old man’s trade.

——___—~» 2.

Searching for Names for Cigars.
Correspondence Indianapolis Sentinel.

I am told by a man from whom I
sometimes buy cigars that there isa
wholesale cigarmaking firm in New
York which has offered $1,000 for the
best name for a new brand which they
are at present selling as ‘‘the un-
named.’’ He went on to say that the
number of trade-mark names which the
manufacturers throughout the country
pay the Government a fee for register-
ing would astonish the average citizen,
and judging by a recently issued list
which he showed me, he is quite correct
in his opinion. I was_ particularly
struck with the manner in which the
current events of the time were seized
upon for names. The worlds of the
drama, of music, of politics and of his-
torical events have all provided names
for brands of cigars recently, and even
if they are not all put on the market,
the manufacturers, so my _ informant
said, would make use of the majority
of the titles. For instance, a Philadel-
phia firm has registered such up-to-date
brands as the ‘‘Gen. Weyler’’—how
they expect a Cuban workman to make
such a brand I cannot imagine—"‘ Prof.
Roentgen,’’ ‘‘New X Light,’’ ‘‘New X
Ray,’’ ‘‘Popular Loan,’’ ‘‘ President
Krueger, ’’ '‘ Transvaal’’ and ‘* Richard
Olney,’’ while a New York firm has the
‘‘Dr. Fridtjof Nansen’’ and ‘*The
Fram,’’ which, I hardly need add, is
the name of Dr. Nansen’s little ship.
Another local firm exploits the fame of
a recently prominent prima donna by
registering five brands named ‘‘ Yaw,’’
‘‘Yaw Bouquet,’’ Flor ‘de Yaw,’’
‘*Yaw's Choice’’ and ‘‘ Yaw’s,High G.’’

though the grocer |

grocer |

|

| gan to learn the typewriter he derived
|considerable amusement as
| profit from practicing on two sentences,
|‘‘John quickly extemporized five tow
|bags,’’ and ‘‘The quick brown fox
| jumped over the lazy dogs.’’

| tained all the letters of the alphabet, and
| by writing and rewriting them the posi-

tion of the letters becomes fixed in the
| mind.

SALT

When the King of Denmark first be- |

well as}

He was |
told that both of these sentences con-

SALT

If you want anything in the line of salt, write to us for prices.
It will be to your advantage to do so.

ION L.. DEXTER & CO.

12 Griswold St., Detroit.

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The file cutters of Manchester, Eng-
land, and district, owing to the brisk-
ness of trade, are pressing their em-
ployers. to return to the prices which
were departed from over twenty years
ago.

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A Chinese firm has commenced the
manufacture of wine and champagne on
a large scale with the grapes ot North-
ern China. Hitherto the grapes have
been used only for eating.

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opposition. Our specialty is black teas. Cash is our motto. We want ae

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@ absolutely free as extra inducement very handsome mirror canister, r
@ 10) size, worth $6.00. We will pay freights and send goods on approval. D>
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“Where are we at?”’ é
of many a merchant at the present time, but
“Where are we drifting to?” is amore serious

It begins to look very much like a fight for
existence and prudent merchants are keep-
ing close to the shore, buying only what they
cannot get along without and paying cash

We are not accepting any new credit ac-
counts, but sticking close toour platform and
we are gratified at the results.
ceived more cash mail orders the past 10
days than ever before.

tractive manner, to sell at $35 per M.

the table with 500 cigars.

box, Fancy at $3.25 per box.
We also quote our Bon Ton cheese at
64 cents and rolled oats (Douglas & Stuart's)
All standard brands of
roast and canned beef, 2’s, at $175 per dozen.
Special lot of one-half pound cans potted
meats at 70 cents per dozen.
at 35 cents per dozen; ‘9's, 75 cents per dozen.
This beats Armour’s own price, but we are
overloaded and want to sell.
Brawn at $1.60 per dozen.
eash, with order in current exchange.

SAGINAW, MICH.

is puzzling the brains

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teas tosell at 12 cents, good fair leaf and styie, e
weighing 70 pounds; it is a decided bargain. :
We quote Extra Fancy lemons at $3.75 per
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Hints to Hardware Dealers.
Lewis Garrison in Hardware Dealers’ Magazine,

Large dealers in hardware all over the
country are acquiring the use of the
duplicate slip for the record of sales in
their business. The duplicate slip is a
pad of paper about ten inches long,
with a carbon paper between. When a
sale is to be recorded the paper is
turned over, and what is written on the
top sheet is copied on the other side by
means of the carbon paper. The slips
are torn apart and one goes to the cash-
ier with the cash and list of goods sold,
and the other is put by the clerk ina
box under lock and key. Ifthe goods are
to be charged and no cash is paid, it is
written on the duplicate slip and the
purchaser’s name and address given.
The box that is locked is under the
charge of the proprietor or manager,
and in the evening, after the close of
the day’s business, he counts over the
cash slips and notices if they balance
with the book-keeper’s account.

Under the old system a clerk that in-
clined toward dishonesty could sella
knife, for instance, to a friend for $I
that was marked to sell at $1.50, or
again, he could get the regular selling
price and only turn in $1. The man who
checks up the cash slips at night is_en-
abled to know what price the articles
should sell for by running over the prices
and numbers that are written on the
slip.

The duplicate slip is handy and ac-
curate in the recording of the sale of
steel goods, paints, refrigerators, or
any of the heavy goods.

The case of goods’ being returned
for exchange, and the difficulty of some
dealers in ascertaining the price that
the goods sold for, should not trouble
any merchant. All goods in a hardware
store ought to be marked, and by so do-
ing it protects both customer and dealer.

The method of marking goods in
hardware establishments is principally
by the use of characters for the cost
price. The selling price is marked by
letters which all firms are familiar with;
such as X-B-L-O-C-K-H-E-A-D. Some
object to marking the selling price on
articles in plain figures for the reason
that some regular customers expect a
little lower price to be made them. As
all reliable retail merchants wish to sell

- at one price, it is better to have a plain

mark.

Price lists are important features in
a hardware establishment. If a man
from a distant city writes for prices, the
quotations should be copied in a book
tor the purpose, and indexed. If orders
are received, all that is necessary is to
turn to the list book and find the prices
quoted. This careful system is more
valuable on account of the fluctuations
of prices in the hardware market.
Screw, bolt and other lists that are sent
by manufacturers to retailers should be
placed in a conspicuous place in the
store for ready reference.

The display of goods to acvantage
hampers the thoughts of hardware men
as much as anything else. About 15,000
different articles compose the stock of a
well-regulated hardware store. The
box system is the best way to show up
the greater amount of goods. The box
system is a series of drawers that slide
in shelves, with samples of the contents
disclosed to view on the outside.

The best way to get rid of undesirable
or siow selling goods is to ‘‘put a
price’’ on them. Every dealer knows
what that means. The cut price on the
articles can be widely advertised in the
daily papers and it will not be long be-
fore the undesirable goods are turned
into cash. The advantage of turning
slow selling goods into cash can readily
be seen. An article that sells for $10
might be kept on the shelf for ten years
in order to get a profit. If sold for $8
here is the figuring. The money ob-
tained can be placed into good goods.
The other way of keeping goods ten
years to make a profit will prove a_ loss
in the long run. Figure buying three
times a year, and in ten years the mer-
chant would have turned his money
over thirty times, and got a profit on the
articles each of the thirty times.

The best, and, in fact, only, way to
keep the stock of a hardware store clear

 

from dead stock, is to go through it and
lower the prices. I know a firm who
have invoiced certain articles for six-
teen years. They would not bring $10
now, as they are out of date. Years ago
they should have been sold for cost or
less, when the dealer saw it was dead
stock. The cost for the lot was estimated
to be $50. Suppose the dealer had re-
ceived $50 cash. Turning it over in
goods in his business three times a year
would have been $150, besides the profit
on the new articles. It would have
made a man almost worth enough to re-
tire at the end of sixteen years.

One of the best systems for the listing
of catalogues and price lists has been
originated and is now in use by a firm
in Columbus, O. Previous to the new
system the hundreds of catalogues re-
ceived from different firms were put in-
to bins that were numbered. On a paper
was written the article which the cata-
logue gave the price and description of.
A great many manufacturers make more
than one iine of goods. Some make
planes, rules and other things, and these
are listed in the same catalogue. The
difficulty came in when the books were
to be filed. The clerk did not know
whether to put it in bin No. 3, that was
under the heading of ‘‘planes’’ on the
paper, or whether it should be classsed
as ‘‘rules.’’ It necessitated the order-
ing of as many catalogues as articles
delineated. Even then the catalogues
were apt to be placed in the wrong bin
after use, and would consequently get
mixed up in a short time.

Catalogues for reference are now filed
by this firm alphabetically and indexed
ina book for the purpose. For instance,
all catalogues from firms that deal in
a special article like sporting goods are
filed under the letter ‘‘S.’’ The various
lines they manufacture are entered in
the index book. All the various articles
that a firm manufacture are classified,
and the names of the manufacturers are
placed under various lines. Of course,
an experienced buyer is supposed to
know the firm that make a certain ar-
ticle, but this system is done asa_safe-
guard, and for rapid and easy reference
is unexcelled.

- —~> 20>
Annual Convention of Northern Mich-

igan Grocers.

The annual convention of the North-
ern Michigan Retail Grocers’ Associa-
tion will be held at Grand Rapids on
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 5 and
6, convening at 10 o'clock on the day
first named. On the afternoon of the
second day those in attendance will join
the Grand Rapids retail grocers in cel-
ebrating their tenth anniversary picnic
at Reed’s Lake. Among the special
topics already assigned are the follow-
ing:

Mutual relations of grocer and fruit
grower—Hon. Chas. W. Garfield, Grand
Rapids.

The exemption laws again—Robert
Johnson, Cadillac.

Co-operative buying among grocers—
N. H. Beebe, Big Rapids.

Money in the potato business—Jess
Wisler, Mancelona.

What steps should be taken to secure
the re-enactment of the township
peddling law?—Hon. C. K. Hoyt, Hud-
sonville.

My experience in shipping produce
outside of Michigan—E. E. Hewitt,
Rock ford.

How the food laws should be enforced
—Hon. E. N. Bates, Moline.

Is the basket branding law enacted by
the last Legislature a desirable one?—
John W. Densmore, Reed City.

The Grange and the P. of I.—What
next?—John E. Thurkow, Morley.

Is it desirable to pay cash for produce
instead of store trade?—J. H. Schilling,
Clare.

Some rules which dairy and egg ship-
pers should always observe—M. R.
Alden, Grand Rapids.

 

The dead-beat—New thoughts on an
old subject—W. D. Hopkinson, Paris.

It is not unlikely that this convention
will witness a considerable change in
the organization, a movement being on
foot to enlarge its scope and change its
name to the Michigan Retail Grocers’
Association. The work of the organiza-
tion has never been of a sectional char-
acter, and the Tradesman sees nothing to
lose and everything to gain in the pro-
posed change, inasmuch as such an in-
novation would give the grocers of
Michigan a representative organization,
the same as the druggists and hardware
dealers of the State have in their re-
spective associations.

As the Republican State Convention
will be held at Grand Rapids Aug. 5,
delegates to this convention can take
advantage of the low transportation
rates accorded those who attend the for-
mer gathering.

—_>2>__——
The Hardware Market.

General trade for June has been very
fair in staple goods, but ina general
way it has not been up to the average.
Steel and wood goods for use in harvest-
ing have been unusually brisk and in
many lines jobbers, as well as manufac-
turers, have more than sold their prod-
uct.

Wire Nails—The Association has re-
affirmed the existing prices for July,
which are $2.65 rates at mill and $2.85
rates from stock. The principal outside
mills who were cutting prices have
joined the Association, and it is believed
that it is now stronger than ever and
that it is able to hold the present figures
during the remainder of the year if the
management deem wise to do so. The
jobbers of the country are anxious for
the Association to reduce the price, but
whether it will accede to the jobbers’
wishes is an open question.

Barbed Wire—As the season is nearly
over, prices are not as firm as they were
and desirable orders are accepted at a
trifle lower price.

Window Glass—Owing to the regular
summer shut-down, an advance of 5 per
cent. has been made and the present
discount is 70 and 5 by the box and 65
and 1o by the light. Should there be
any difficulty in arranging terms with
the glass workers, so that the shut-down
should extend into the fall months, we
may look for still further advances, as
the stock of glass in the hands of job-
bers and manufacturers is not very large.

Steel and Wood Goods—Owing to the
splendid crops everywhere prevailing,
the demand for these goods has been
unusually heavy. Stocks of cradles and
rakes have been completely cleaned out,
and the makers claim they have no more
timber on hand out of which to make up
more, and by the time they could get it
ready the demand would be over.

Sheet Iron—Orders have been placed
for fall shipments and the market is
firm.

Bar Iron—Is firm, as all the iron mills
are now closed down, waiting for an ad-
justment of the wage scale with the
workmen. According to newspaper ac-
counts, there is a good deal of feeling
and it is doubtful if any easy settlement
is secured.

Augers and Bits—A new discount has
been adopted in this line and a uniform
discount is now made of 65 per cent.
The list on augers has been changed,
which can be had from your jobbers for
the asking.

 

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Conduct business on business princi-
ples and it will yield satisfactory results
all ’round.

 

Association Matters

Michigan Hardware Association
President, F. S. CanLEToN, Calumet; Vice-Pres-
ident, HENRY C. WEBER, Detroit; Secretary-
Treasurer, HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids.

Northern Mich. Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. F. TATMAN, Clare; Secretary, Ee. 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, Tuos. T. Bares; Secretary, M. B.
Houiy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND.

Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association

President, E. C. WincHEsTER; 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. WHIPPLE; 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. Jounson; Secretary, A. M.
Daring; Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY.

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
25cents. Advance payment.

BUSINESS CHANCES.

JOR SALF—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 C. K. Gibson, 559 Cherry street.
60

 

 

 

 

25 CASH WILL BUY A REMINGTON
je) typewriter in first-class condition. Thum
Bros. & Schmidt. Grand Rapids, Mich. 5

YOR SALE—A BAKERY, DOING WHOLE-
E sale and retail business. Best location in
Graud Rapids. Address S. A. Potter, 500 South
Division street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 52

OR SALE—GOOD PAYING GROCERY
store and stock in thriving town. Address
E. D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich. 51

NOR SALE—STAPLE AND FANCY GRO-
cery stock, invoicing about $1,400, locatqd in
live Southern Michigan town of 1,200inhabitants;
good trade, nearly all cash. Reasons forselling,
Other business. Address No. 907, care Michigan
Tradesman. 907

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

ANTED—STOCK OF GENERAL MER-

chandise in exchange for 160 acres of finest
hardwood timber land in Wexford county,
Michigan, close to Grand Rapids & Indiana
Railroad, and two mills valued at $2,000. Ad-
dress Lock box 45, Reed City, Mich. 61

ANTED—TO EXCHANGE GOOD GRAND
Rapiis real estate for stock of mer-
chandise. Address No 969, eare Michigan
Tradesman. 969
COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX-
tures, to exchange for real estate. Will in-
ventory apout $1,500. Dunton Rent & Collection
Agency, Grand Rapids. 59

 

 

 

 

SS ASSISTANT REGISTERED
pharmacist. Address No. 57, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 57
RICK STORE FOR RENT. NASHVILLE,
Mich Best opening in State for general
stock. Address W. A. Aylsworth, 79 Clark
street, Chicago, 1. 56
|S gp ta 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 und 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, Detroit.
95.

 

 

YATANTED—SEVERAL MICHIGAN CEN.
tral mileage books. Address, stating
price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman. 869

 

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

 

 

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