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Why ManlOWOG PEGS | Are they legal tender? ‘Whether “legal” or not is uncertain, but they are certainly “tender.” she PROFIT SATISFACTION PLEASURE All derived by keeping in stock and selling OEARD MOOORTED ICED HONEY FINGERS (TRY THEM RRR RRR seen eees The rarest of midsummer dainties. eye The combined result of skill Be 2 and superior iis oe ee. is 36 per cent. or more profit on every pound you sell and the satisfaction of having the pleased customers come again. eu Coie se You cannot afford to miss handling such a trade oe winner and universal favorite. Made only by THE ALBERT LONDRETH 60, MANITOWOC, WIS. Be Credit for the above idea should be given to the Norton Can Co. Minstrels, Chicago. WORDEN GROCER CO., Sole Agents for Grand Rapids and Vicinity. cece cents Salannl The New York Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. Q ¥stablished 1780. Waller Baker & Co.,!2. , Dorchester, Mass., The Oldest and j 3 Largest Manufacturers of Sh aa P URE, HICH GRADE , COCOAS NGHOGOLATES on this Continent. ; No Chemicals are used in their manufactures. Their Breakfast «Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one centa cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate is the 2 plain chocolate in the market for family ite is good Their German S jweet_Chocola' to eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri a healthful; a great favorite with children. Buyers should ask for and be sure that they get the genuine Walter Baker & Co.’s . goods, made at Dorchester, Mass. — 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0000000000 9 PEPE SEES EEE EH} Wore’ Li ASPHALT ROOF GOATING : eee ae ee aa : Did you ever 3 WARREN GHEMICAL AND MANUFACTURING CO., : 81 Fulton street, NEW YORK. 1120 Chamber of Commerce, DETROIT. 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-000000000 ONLY FRESH CRACKERS Should be offered to your customers. During this warm weather order in small lots and often. Our new Penny Cakes and German Coffee Cakes are winners. CHRISTENSON BAKING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. when dry. You can get full information in regard Try the S. C. W. Cigar? If not why not? Are you afraid of 5¢e cigars? Just try your favorite 10e cigar and the S. C. W. at the same time, and if you cannot tell the dif- ference draw your own conclusion, All jobbers handle them. e 2900000009 0000000000000000 000000000 00OHOO OOOOH 9OO? f. i. JONNSON Cigar (0., 3 . 3 $ PERKINS & HESS, se" Hides, Furs, Wool and Tallow $ nen $ in 3 : ’ Tene 3 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 3 We'carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use. > 4 3 Nos. 122 and 124 Louis St., - Grand Rapids. 3 0OOO060060600000000000000000000000000000000000008 $ ? ? $ $ ? $ $ ? $ ? $3 “HOW i MAKE MONEY” Sell Old Country Soap” It isa big, pure, full weight, solid one und bar (16 oz.) which retails for only Scents. Get the price you can buy it at from your Wholesale Grocer or his Agent. One trial and you will always keep it in stock. DOLL SOAP 100 Bars in Box, #2.50. This isa Cracker Jack to make a run on, and it will be a winner for you both ways. Manufactured only by ALLEN B. WRISLEY CO., CHICAGO. 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 ur refrigerators or on pantry shelves. Forsale by all wholesale gro- cers and jobbers in woodenware. GEO. H. CLEMENTS, 42 River St., Chicago. » & & 4 fb 4 4 4 4 Ly 4 4 4 4 bp Lp, Lr br bn br Lr by Lp vwrvvvvuvvuvvvvvvvvvvVvvVvvVvVvVv VV Vv > > > @ > eo @ > @ > > eo e \ @ > @ > e ® > > > 3 = Size 8 1-2x14—Three Columns. $ ® e @ 2 Quires, 160 pages ...........92 00 @ @ 3 Quires, 240 paves... ........ 2 @ @ 4Qaires, 220 pages............. 3 Ov . 2 @ 5% Quires, 400 pages...... ...... 350 o 3 6 Quires, 480 pages............- 4 00 : : Invoice Record or Bill Book. : 2 s% Double Pages, Registers 2,-80 in- z 2 I ee $2 00 eo @ oo @ 3 $ < 3 TRADESMAN COMPANY $ > GRAND RAPIDS. . @ q DAYTONS STERLINGS BEN HURS PHOENIXES STORMERS RELIANCES ROMANS PENINSULARS Make us a cash offer and,if anything near manufacturer’s price and we can fill the order, will do so. PENINSULAR WHEEL 60., 13 Fountain St., next to Peninsular Club, Grand Rapids, Mich. TR AMAES Oa ae Avs FURNITURE Sain are Rae ; MEE) 11277 AE De GRAND. RAPIDS, MICH. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency THE BRADSTREET COMPANY ; Proprietors. EXECUTIVE OFFICES— oe 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y. Offices in the principaf cities of the United States. Canada and the Europeancontinent, Australia. and in London, England. CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres. GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE— Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. & AND 7 PEARL STREET. The new substitute for Cream of Tartar, Is, in fact, better than:Cream of Tartar for all culinary purposes and is a very - wholesome product. Cheaper to con- sumer and more profitable to dealer. Manufactured by WOLVERINE SPIGE GD, Grand Rapids, Mich. For Sale by all Wholesale Grocers. WE TOLD YOU oO! For trade’s improving, All goods are moving Wherever Butter Workers are sold. Then cease complaining, Be self sustaining, And work your butter before it’s old. SWEETENS RANCID BUTTER ATINALLAVAd SUOT0DS Place your name on a postal card ad- dressed to THE CHURN 60, BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, When you wish to know anything about this machine. Don’t forget the Tradesman when writing. _auanEumnag Standard Ol G0. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating Naptha and Gasolines ee Office, Mich. Trust Bldg. Works, Butterworth Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee ee BULK WORKS at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rapids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City. SERRE ae erates cra ced tee te EEE Highest Price paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels —— Tendency of the Times Owing to the introduction of improved labor-saving machinery, which enables us to materially reduce the cost of the output of our coupon book department, we have decided to put the knife into three grades of our coupon books and make a sweeping réduction in the price of our Trades- man, Superior and Universal grades to the following basis: 50 books, any denomination, 8 : 50 100 books, any denomination, 2 50 500 books, any denomination, 11 50 1,000 books, any denomination, 20 00 Notwithstanding the reduction, we shall hold the quality of our out- put up to its present high standard, making such further improvements from time to time as will add to the utility and value of our system. We shall still follow the practice of the past dozen years in prepaying transportation charges on coupon books where cash accompanies order. We are the dnly manufacturers of coupon books who stand back of our output with a positive guarantee, paying $1 for every book of our manufacture found to be incorrectly counted. The trade ¢ are warned against using any infringements of our coupon systems, as the manufacturers will protect their rights and the rights of their customers, and will prosecute ali infringers to the full extent of the af i w oe ©) anne engaging in the business, a dozen years ago, we have spent thousands of dollars in perfecting our system and bringing it to its pres- ent high standard of excellence, having put in special machinery for nearly every department of the work, and keeping constantly employed a force of skilled workmen who have had many years’ experience in the cou- pon book business. We still lead the world in the manufacture of special coupon books for special purposes, and solicit correspondence with those who use, or wish to consider the adoption of, something more elaborate than our regular books. : TRADESMAN ee GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. © © © ®© © © ' ' sone amnseimpmmmme Volume XIV. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1896. COMMERCIAL CREDIT GO., Ltd. ESTABLISHED 1886. _ Reports and Collections. 411-412-413 Widdicomb Bldg, Grand Rapids. rvvv—vvvvvvvvvvvvyvyvwyvs were VCC SCC CCV CCU UC SCS ew THE ’ FIRE < 4? v INS. 4 ‘ co. « 4 4 4 Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBar, Sec. , 4 lb tL 4 4 4 bb bbb & 4 2 4 > 4 FVVVVVVVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVUVGrG GOLUMBIAN TRANSFER COMPANY Garriages, Baggage and Freight Wagons.... 15 and 17 North Waterloo St., Telephone 381-1 Grand Rapids. The Michigan Trust Co., Acts as Executor, Administrator Guardian, Trustee. Send for copy of our pamphlet ‘‘Laws of the State of Michigan on Descent and Distribution of Property.” hb bh bbbbhae od FVVVVVVV VV GFUGVVUIVUVV > > > > » Grand Rapids, Mich. The desirable Wholesale Premises at No. 19 South Jonia street (cen- ter of jobbing district), compris- ing five floors and basement, with hydraulic elevator, and railroad track in rear. Excellent location for wholesale business of any kind. Apply No. 17 South Ionia street. Telephone 96. D. A. BLODGETT. EVeTY Dollar Invested in Tradesman Com- pany’s COUPON BOOKS will yield handsome returns in saving book-keeping, be- sides the assurance that no charge is _ forgotten. Write TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. The...... PREFERRED BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY sees 0f MICHIGAN Incorporated by 100 Michigan Bankers. Pays all death claims promptly and in full. This Company sold Two and One-half Millions of In- surance in Michigan in 1895, and is being ad- mitted into seven of the Northwestern States at this time. The most desirable plan before vhe people. Sound and Cheap. Home office, LANSING, Michigan. Save Trouble Save Losses Save Dollars Tradesman Goupons REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. C. A. VanDenbergh, the Howard City General Dealer. Charles A. VanDenbergh was born at Warren, Herkimer county, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1852, his antecedents on his father’s side being Holland. He lived on a farm until 24 years of age, work- ing on the farm summers and attending district school winters. He then took a commercial course at the seminary at Lima, N. Y., and in April, 1873, re- moved to Belding, this State, where he entered the employment of Wilson, Luther & Wilson, with whom he re- mained four and a half years, spending about one-third of the time on the road and the remainder of the time in keep- ing the books cf the firm. He then bought a half interest in the drug stock of his father-in-law, W. P. Newcomb, with whom he remained in _ partnership until the spring of 1883, when he re- moved to Howard City to take the man- agement of the general stock of Devine & VanDenbergh, who at that time car- ried dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, and have since added grocer- ies. In October, 1888, Mr. VanDen- bergh purchased the interest of his partner, since which time he has con- ducted the business in his own name, and since 1893 he has occupied a new two-story brick building erected and owned jointly by himself and_ his brother. Mr. VanDenbergh was married in May, 1873, to Miss Florence New- comb, of Belding, and the family circle includes three children—two sons and a daughter. Mr. VanDenbergh is a member of the Forresters, but has not affiliated with any other secret organization. He has been President of the village and member of the Board of Trustees and Director of the School Board, and hap- pens to occupy the latter two offices at the present time. He attributes his success to steady hard work, and _ those who know him and are acquainted with his methods insist that he is richly en- titled to the prosperity which has come to him since he established himself in trade at Howard City, thirteen years ago. The Bicycle and Morals. Written for the TRADESMAN. During the earlier history of the mod- ern bicycle much criticism was urged against it as an engine of physical de- struction to such as should adopt it. All sorts of dire predictions were made as to the disastrous consequences to young men if it should come generally into use. Later, when women first began to yield to its enticing influence, to have listened to the exclamations of horror and predictions of physical evil one would have thought the perpetuity of the race was in danger. Experience in the almost universal adoption by both sexes in certain classes and localities has demonstrated that not only are the criticisms and fears wholly without war- rant, but that the wheel in almost all cases is conducive to the highest phys- ical health. While this result of experience is now so fully demonstrated that the health critics may be fairly said to be silenced, there is another, even more serious, ac- cusation brought against the new in- strument of progression—it is disastrous to the morals of the communities where it is in general use. This charge, which has been urged to quite an extent re- cently by many well-meaning and in- fluentia! people high in philanthropic circles, cannot be so quickly answered by experience, as the moral effects are not so obvious. It is my opinion, how- ever, that a careful investigation of the situation would tend to disprove it. In a general way it is a reasonable assertion that a means of exercise which produces the best results in the physical condition is, in a general way, of moral benefit on the principle of ‘‘a sound mind in a sound body.’’ Then, unless some specific charges can be brought, it must be assumed that the tendency is good. As to the question of temperance the concensus of opinion seems to be that the influence of the wheel is salutary. The man who enjoys the exercise of the wheel is not so likely to desire an _arti- ficial stimulant. Observation has shown that where the wheels prevail saloons do not flourish. This influence may be ascribed by some to the fact thata clear head is needed to safely manage the frisky steed, but it is probable that there is more to be credited to the gen- eral healthful tendency. Nor has its influence been good for the cigar trade among the young. It is a matter of ob- servation that there is comparatively little smoking on wheels. The question of its influence on re- ligion might seem to have somewhat of the wrong side. Much complaint has been made that its temptations have lessened attendance upon religious serv- ices, that Sunday has been made a day of pleasure through its enticements. While this criticism may have some seeming foundation, it must be borne in mind that the novelty of the wheel may for a time cause it to have undue at- traction, even to the neglect of the more solemn duties and pleasures of the day. But it is yet to be shown that the pre- ponderance of its inuflence is in the wrong direction even in their regard, Number 677 for there are worse ways in which the day may be spent than on the wheel. Before a verdict is rendered against it in this regard there must be considered the numbers which have been brought out into God's pure air and sunlight from enervating, unhealthy places for loafing or places far worse. The more liberal of the members of the clergy are recognizing this fact and are not join- ing in this kind of criticism. But many good mothers in Israel are crying out against its immoral tend- encies, particularly on account of its adoption by young women and girls, l suppose largely for the reason that it requires short dresses, bloomers and such like, and that it is generally im- modest for the gentler sex. It is natural that early training and convention should exert a strong influence with these good souls, and that modern bi- cycle costumes should shock their sen- sibilities. But this is alla matter of custom. Even now such costumes have become so common and familiar, where wheels are much used, that they are as little noticed as dress of the ordinary length, and it is coming to be recog- nized that a suitable bicycle costume is just as modest as any other. Then, as to the increased mingling and comradry between the sexes brought about by the pleasure of riding, there might seem to be cause of apprehension on the part of these same good mothers. Certainly the French dowager would be greatly shocked to see the increased lib- erty taken by the American girl through the aid of the wheel, for the lack of re- straint and supervision in this country has long been a matter of comment to the French critics, and yet it isto be shown that the extreme care of the French duenna_ has produced a higher standard of morality that country than we enjoy. It is coming to be ad- mitted that the mingling of the sexes in healthful mental or physical exercise is conducive to general morality. How- ever, if careless mothers permit undue liberty of inexperienced girls and boys on account of the wheel, their criminal foolishness cannot be too strongly con- demned. But where such instances ac- cur occasionally or this account there are other ways that are much worse in which custom in this country sanctions too much liberty without supervision. I need only to cite the fact that girls are permitted to receive visits from their ‘‘fellows’’ often alone until the small hours. If there could be inaug- urated a crusade against this it would accomplish much more in the cause of morality than any efforts against the wheel. in The bicycle is a great innovation. It is impossible that it can take its place without creating some disturbance and apprehension on the part of the more conservative. But while I would not give it undue credit as a promoter of morality, I think I am warranted in say- ing that the world is better for its ad- vent even now,and that its influence for good will increase as it assumes its per- manent place in the world’s economy. NATE, i $ : ‘ oF 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. News and Gossip of Interest to Both Shipper and Dealer. Woolf & Laib, a commission firm in New York that has been among the heaviest receivers of poultry, have gone out of business. They claim that there is no money in the business and that shippers owe them $5,000 in over- drafts. ee There is hardly any excuse fora ship- per getting ‘‘stuck’’ by dishonest com- mission houses. There are a great many solid, honorable and trustworthy com- mission houses in all the great markets. In nearly every instance where we hear of a shipper sustaining a loss, it is found the goods were shipped to a house that made an offer that seemed to be better than any of the old conserva- tive firms would make. Stand by the old houses, the houses of known reputa- tion, and consign tempting offers and unreasonable promises to the waste bas- ket. + The practice of New York merchants returning a half cent above the highest quotations for creamery butter, regard- less of quality, has been practically done away with. Reports to the con- trary are based on isolated cases and should not be accepted as a true state- ment of the situation. The frequent and heavy failures in New York have con- vinced sensible creamerymen that a commission merchant who gives good service and prompt returns is_ entitled to a full five per cent. commission, and they have learned there is no real ben- efit to be derived from driving close bargains with the receivers of their product. * * * Some day, a man with brains and an air of cleanliness about him will come along and locate in a community where creameries are owned and operated by that class of farmers who think that ‘‘anything is good enough for a cream- ery,’’ ard this clean, shrewd man _ will build a creamery that will be so fine in its appointments from cellar to gar- ret that it will make all the others look like soap factories. He wil! adopt the modern ideas of the best posted men in the country. He will spend dollars where farmers have spent dimes, he will have tile floors, porcelain walls, an office for the buttermaker, a_ labora- tory for the milk testing, perfect drain- age and ventilation. He will have in- viting walks of gravel or cement, mac- adamized approaches to the creamery for the milk wagons, a lawn that will cost a few hunded dollars, cropped close and clean by the boys in the creamery. His buttermaker will have to know his busi- ness from a practical and _ scientific standpoint, and the man at the receiv- ing can will have the powers of a czar. Bad milk will be sent back to the patron with crape on the can. The creamery man will be called a crank, but people will come hundreds of miles to see his creamery, and its reputation will soon become known among the dealers who are looking for a superlatively fine arti- cle, and the strangest thing of all will be that this man will prosper and make money while his competitors stand aghast at what they regard as_ wasteful extravagance. * * We learn uf a Newark, N. J., firm that is getting consignments from West- ern creameries by offering a cent above the market price, and after getting a trial shipment and making returns ac- cording to promises, they ask for larger shipments, and when they arrive the returns are made for about two-thirds actual value, and as an excuse they say the quality is away below their stand- ard and they can’t get any more for the goods. Some of the shippers have been caught by this game for different amounts, and still they complain of al- lowing sharpers to exist, when they are furnishing the means for them to do business. *x * * Eggs during the month of August just closed averaged in New York nearly 13'4c, which is a remarkably good showing in the face of rather poor busi- ness conditions and against receipts of 189, 375 Cases. - ee We exported five times the quantity of butter in August, 1896, that was ex- ported in August, 1895. The smallest quantity sent abroad in the past ten years was in August, 1894, when 584 packages were shipped, and the largest quantity was in August, 1896, when 61,000 packages were sent abroad. ee The Revolt against Shoddy. From the Dry Goods Reporter. The watchword of the times is good value for the price. Shoddy goods at cheap prices have been put to the test and found wanting. Never in the his- tory of the mercantile business have values been more carefully examined. Shoddy goods are receiving almost no attention in the preparation of new stocks for the coming fall season. At the beginning of the financial stringency, four years ago, quality as well as price was cut. People, in en- deavoring to economize, demanded cheap stuff. Merchants, in order to cater to their trade, were obliged to stock with inferior goods. Manufacturers, in turn, set to work upon shoddy articles. As the consumer instituted the de- mand for such articles so has he revolt- ed against them. A season or two of such purchases has proven conclusively that-trash is not cheap at any price. It is better for the consumer to buy a good article for twice the money and have half as much. It is better for the mer- chaut to sell less goods and have them honest. Shoddy goods are a source of dissatis- faction and disgust from first to last. The manufacturer does not represent them as they are when selling them. The jobber touches lightly on their good points. The honest retailer hates himself when offering them to his cus- tomers. The consumer, who, inthe end, 1s the greater sufferer, retaliates by changing his patronage to another merchant who is no more honest than the merchant who sold the goods, and who, under the same circumstances, would have done the same thing. ‘Ihe merchant, in turn, blames the jobber or manufacturer from whom he buys, each seeking a scape- goat upon which to place the burden of shoddy. Thus repudiation is passed back and forth along the line. The present demand for better goods is an encouraging sign. It indicates a healthy state of affairs; honest goods at houest prices; plain, more substantial and more practical things in place of cheap, tawdry articles that lose their freshness before leaving the counters of the retailer, and which, when out of fashion, are absolutely worthless and hence a dead loss. The time of honest values at honest prices can come none too soon to be welcomed by the dry goods trade. All hail the day when the retailer has no de- mand for goods that disgrace him, when the jobber can honestly recommend what he selis, when the manufacturer’s stamp is a guarantee of pet faith. +>eo It is stated that only one- Senin of her requirements are now imported by Japan, as against 67 per cent. six years ago. 2 porns erraeereemicceapssceeanensinet ease eee aaa TRY DETROIT MARKETS FOR FRUITS AND PRODUCE. has finest location to get highest prices. Write _& I i1IR I - JR.. him at 34 and 36 Market Street. BARNETT BROS. Will make a specialty in handling Fruits of all kinds, and APPLES a a in particular. Those having large orchards will do well to correspond with them. Information wiil be chee: fully furnished. Deposits at principal points. Stencils furnished on application. 159 SO. WATER STREET. CHICAGO. M. R. ALDEN — GOMAISSION At EXGLUSIVELY 98 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS. MOSELEY BROS., 26=28-=30-32 Ottawa St., - GRAND RAPIDS, [TIICH. ——WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—— Clover and Timothy Seeds And all kindsof Field Seeds. Also Jobbers of Peaches, Pears, Plums, Apples, Etc. Bushel and Half-Bushel Baskets—Buy and Sell Bexns Car Lots—Send us your orders. ROUSHOHSHONSDORSRETONSRORORSOHORORSRORSRORORORSRORERS ° If in the market corre- s 5 spond with us. Weare § a the largest shippers in ® @ a ce a . Michigan. e e s ALFRED J. BROWN CO., : - GRAND RAPIDS. = SCROROROHOROHOROROROROHOROHOTOTOROCHOHOROROROROROHOROE GCOODOODOOOOODOOOOSGOOOOOQOOQOOOQDOQDOOQOOE QDOHOMQQOOGQOOOOQOOOOE DON’T DELAY ORDER PEACHES art once PEARS, PLUMS, APPLES, MELONS, GRAPES, VEGETABLES. Mail or telegrapi: orders to me will save you money. S HENRY J. VINKEMULDER, $ GRAND RAPIDS. GODHGOGHHSHDHOSGH}OGOOO\ HO GOGO 010101010107#:6GOGOQOQHEOQHOOOSQOO POP OOO 00009009000$000000009000000000000000660000006 PEACHES ° 7 PLUMS, GRAPES, SWEET POTATOES, BANANAS, MELONS : STILES & PHILLIPS, oe Wholesale Fruits and Produce, GRAND RAPIDS. Do hone 19. Rosen 099999949009 000F $0000006 0000000000000000 Peaches, Plums, Sweet Potatoes We are Headquarters. BUNTING & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. sececoeoeooooeses Packed the coming season by ik "p & fm Allerton & Haggstrom | Maine preg Who have purchased privilege from the BEAT Mi ae 20 and 22 Ottawa St., : a nee PUTNAM CANDY CO. Both telephones 1248. Wholesale Fruits, Vegetables and Produce of all kinds. We are in reccipt of daily shipments of oysters from Baltimore and New York. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 8 The Morning Market. While the rush of the peach season is pretty well over, there is still enough with the large display of vegetables to make the market a place of interest. The offerings of all fruits have declinea, except grapes, which are now coming in in great profusion and selling at as- tonishingly low prices. Applesseem to be between seasons—late for summer and fall fruit and early for winter. Peaches are falling off rapidly in quan- tity and quality. The variation in qual- ity noted last week has increased until now some of the poorest, as well as some of the best, can be found there. The variation in price has kept pace with the quality. Taking the season as a whole, it may be accounted a success- ful one for both grower and jobber. A greater quantity would have been at the expense of profitable prices, if all could have been sold. As it is, the growers seem to have disposed of everything and that at prices which, while com- mencing so low as to cause apprehen- sion, have steadily strengthened just rapidly enough to keep up a healthy tone through the season. Considering the general business depression and the low era of prices, the peach men are to be congratulated. Not so much can be said for the other fruits. Vegetables continue in abundance and all at the same low scale of prices which has obtained all the season, except that potatoes have shown a healthy advance, selling now at 30 to 4o cents. Reports of the yield from the principal produc- ing localities are decidedly unfavorable —‘‘small potatoes and few in a hill’’ is the report everywhere. But this isa better situation for both the farmer and the shipper than such an_ universal abundance as Jast year. It is better to market half a crop at 30 or 4o cents than a whole one at to cents or no sale at any price. But little attention seems to be given the subject of a new market. So little has been heard of it recently that it has almost disappeared and both sellers and buyers have accepted the situation as though it were to last indefinitely. This is the second season that Ionia street has been devoted to this use. More in- convenience has been suffered this year than last, on account of the principal southern thoroughfare, South Division street, being closed for paving. This has greatly increased the traffic on Ionia street and the market has been found considerably in the way, causing a good deal of trouble in blockades and con- fusion. This has been borne uncom- plainingly, as though it was not the fault of the Common Council that the proceeds of the bonds, which are beg- ging for disposal, have not been real- ized and a market built on the new site. The season now drawing to a close will, probably, be the last in which the market will be held in the open street, like that of a country village, unless what seems hardly possible, the Council should succeed in fooling away another year without selling the bonds; so that as the advancing cold of the chilly mornings drives the farmers from their posts it will be for the last time. With the aid of comfortable stalls where the goods may be unloaded and attractively displayed the season can be consider- ably lengthened. That the market of such a city as Grand Rapids should be subject to the vicissitudes of the weather —should have to dodge showers—is cer- tainly a ridiculous situation. The work on the new market ought to have been principally done this year. Thus it could have had deliberation sufficient to have assured the best plans and the most economical outlay of the money. Labor and prices of material have been at the lowest ebb, and the employment has been greatly needed. It is probable that these conditions will be changed another year. The appro- priation will not accomplish as much and the work must be rushed to be ready for the next harvest. But there seems to be no practicable way to ex- pedite the matter. How Eggs are Inspected in the New York Market. Eggs are purchased by large dealers in two ways: so much per dozen; ‘‘case count,’’ or so much per dozen, ‘‘sub- ject to candling.’’ ‘*Case count’’ means as they run in the cases, a full case containing 30 dozen eggs. ‘‘Sub- ject to candling,’’ means payment for eggs that pass the candling inspector and are, therefore, classed as good. In ‘‘candling’’ eggs the inspector has a small, dark-lined room. He sets three cases before him, about the height of a table. in the center is a full case of eggs, on either side cases into which to deposit ‘‘strictlies,’’ and ‘‘freshes.’’ Nearby is a case for ‘‘rots’’ and ‘*spots’’ and another for ‘‘cracks.’’ On the case from which he inspects is a candle and behind it a black cloth hung on the wall. He picks up six eggs in his left hand, takes two in his right hand, and holds them close to the can- dle, juggling them swiftly before the light and in a moment he has them sorted. The way he determines the age of an egg is by the ring he sees through the shell. Every fresh egg has a small air space at the top. When the egg isa month old the albumen becomes slightly thin and watery and the air space larger. In 60 days the albumen is still more watery and the ring has come down further. A month or two longer and the ring is almost in the center of the egg, and it is pretty sure to be bad. Cracks are easily detected in ‘‘can- dling.’’ In shipping eggs those even very slightly cracked are put aside, for they would be sure to be detected by the inspector at the other end and thrown out, to the loss of the shipper. When the albumen of an egg becomes watery the yolk floats up and if the egg lies long it will stick to the shell. When an egg of this kiud comes before the candle it shows a dark spot against the shell and it is set out asa ‘‘spot.’’ This spot is often the result of an egg lying for some time on the damp ground or in a wetnest. Sometimes the egg shells look strangely mottled or freckled when held against the candle. This is the result of having been packed in salt, an old-fashioned custom still in vogue on farms. It injures the sale of eggs whenever detected, as buyers do not like to buy salted or limed egzs in these days of cold-storage. An inspector can pick out an egg that has been in cold storage by its pale or faded color, and can tell a salted egg by the ‘‘ring’’ generally being near the center of the ees. . . In the early summer inspection ‘‘candlers’’ often open a case of eggs to find newly-hatched chickens peeping within it. The case may have stood on the sidewalk or on country _ station platforms in the sun for days and the heat has performed the duties of a mother. This would not happen if farm- ers would separate the fowls into sexes and keep them apart all summer and they would their eggs by the better keeping quali- ties of them. Some inspectors use elec- tricity in inspecting eggs, but the old- fashioned way of inspecting them by | gas or candle is said to be the most | satisfactory. ->-oom Where Ignorance Was Bliss. From the St. Paul Trade Journal. ‘‘T remember,’’ saia a St. Paul job- ber the other day, ‘‘a story about an old-time merchant of this city, who, after many years of business life, .finally decided to hire an expert to go over his books and to ascertain the exact condi- tion of his business. After a long in- vestigation the accountant turned to his employer and said,‘Why, Mr. ——, you have been insolvent for twenty years!’ ’’ FU make more money out of | | ‘*‘That reminds me,’’ said another | jobber, ‘‘of an old customer who finally | failed, and I went down to see him and |to look into his own affairs. I soon saw ithat it was a bad break and asked him why he had not long ago called in an expert to straighten out his books. ‘Why,’ said he naively, ‘I did think of doing so several times, but I was al- ways afraid that if I did I should find out that I was busted.’ ”’ F. J. ROHRIG, Jr., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GOAL ond MOND PLO ond FEED HAY ond STRAW. Recleaned Oats a Specialty. Mack Ave. and Belt Line, DETROIT. LL CREAM CHEESE. Warner’s Oakland Co. Brand is reliable and of superior quality. Try it and you will use no other. FRED M. WARNER, Farmington, Michigan. DYOTERD Celebrated Anchor Brand are the best in the market. See quotations in price current. F. d. DETTENTHALER, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BALED HAY AND OATS CAR Right from the “first hands.” Be sociable. LOTS Write for prices. NIMS & HOUFSTATER, Lake Odessa, Mich. THE EGG F.W. BROWN. OF ITHACA. | FADING. CHAS. MANZELMANN, ROOMMAKERSoFMICHIGAI \ A full line of Rrooms and Whisk Brooms in the LARGEST PLANT IN THE STATE. Write fur prices. Factory and Office: 741=749 Bellevue Ave., DETROIT, MICH. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OYSTERS H. M. BLIVEN, FISH, POULTRY AND GAME. 106 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. we aE ONLY THREE YEARS \ business BUT—if you want a “strictly commission” house to give you returns promptly and satisfactorily to bid for future consignments, correspond with _LAMEBE & SCRIMGEHH of Detroit, who guarantee shippers highest market prices. 43-45 WEST WOODBRIDGE ST. We Guarantee our Brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VINEGAR. Tc ~ny one who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids, or ar.ything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS We also guarantee it to be of not less than 40 grains strength. ROBINSON CIDER & VINEGAR CO., J. ROBINSON, Manager. BENTON HARBOR, [iCH. eerie et SNM peat an THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements wy Inerar ¢ : ~~ t - - r Ww nr 2. “ t ru a pr céry wag tr road vi Lester r r < Ww < t r . . War $ zg t ait ‘ ax =i with the Cerit Hardware C f pune — — stare v tra Jane w , st a i 3 Wl was ft en- The ery us Ss at (Jtseg ¥ i Ay was ‘i ¢ + 7 , y $+ Sarr % anid , e ¢ eo mo 15. Manufacturing Matters. ding—Nev lloyd has ew flour mill will be erect- Si a S ¥ > Ldr K k Alig _ r s er = € | ufacturing 3 Se cucr - + - < e [ St - heir rdwere ISiness t Lake A as sent a Detr eyes Cars ruggists e sufferers -_ mM en aoe ee nee Superior purc i the stor b. ang irers will probably contribute. Grand € a % con- The Minor Lumber Co. has duct it as a branct I ly. The Jetroit—H. T. Bush & C filed ; The articies srporat iwill doa eek, after a renera merc tiie f ward gy ania commiss business ir s Munising—The main building of the capital stock of $20,000, Munising Leather Co. will be 80x800 has been paid in. feet in dimensions and five stories high. Lansing—-H. Kositchek has sold the|It is partiy up and presents a fine ap- stock of goods at 106 Washington avenue, ; Pearance across the Bay. ; i lowing which every _ his personal following from going else-| which is made from the f The Produce Market. s—There is, practically, no : r a a vas “+ and the prospects for winter are by no mear i county alone c approximate being fine in col I Reports t : oa as os. 1 are to the etiect that | everywhere fram irom preva hiestte DUtter moderate dema at 16c. Cabbage—Stock was never finer than ee 7 Ss ali Ss market an per 100 when purchasex paler. c ver bu per bu. oa” Rur¢ Celery—The market has advanced a little on account of the recent rains in- juring some of the stock which would otherwise have been in market by thi e. Good stock readily command 15¢ per bunch. “Crab Apples- finer in quality, s —Arrivals nan 1 Never € or appearance. 25@30c per bu. “ggs continue small and per 'v. | unsatisfactory, in consequence of which ” dealers have advanced the price on fancy candled stock to 12!4c. While the average offering is very much im- proved, there is still opportunity for further improvement, which will occur he weather becomes cooler. “gg Plant—75c per doz. G4 Oye I par a st E Moore’s AE Rist nace y and Niagaras go begging at 7@8c e Clerk’s Personal Friends. jfor 5 1b. basket and to@tzc for 8 Ib. aceutical Era. |package. Catawbas are now in fair de- i llowing’’ of | mand at toc for 5 Ib. basket. he} Musk | + = Melons—About at an end, as pt j| they have become so cheap that growers tc |prefer to leave them cn the vines. ca | Hundreds of bushels have been sold on of ithe market here at 15@2oc per bushel. ‘ t ’ Onions Dry, 40oc per bushel. : Peaches—Another week will pretty st; nearly wind up the season, except for | Chilis, which will probably last a fort- night yet. Fancy Late Crawfords and | Wheatlands command $1.50@1.75 per »| bushel, while Chilis are in fair demand }at SI. Pears Bells and Bartlets are in fair ; demand at $1 per bushel. | Peppers—Green, 75c per bushel. Plums—About out of market. The | Season has been a very unsatisfactory jone in every respect, except from the standpoint of the consumer, as the |} prices have been too low to afford any | margin of profit to the grower and little, |if any, margin to the dealer. | _ Potatoes—Prices have taken a spurt during the past week, owing to the fact | that the early crop is pretty nearly over jand the late potatoes have not yet put }in an appearance. For three days this | week the price has ruled at 35@40c per i bu., but the indications for late pota- jtoes are not as reassuring as could be | wished, owing to the fact that there is a large crop in the East and a larger crop in the West than last year. While it is true that there has been considerable |loss from stock rotting on low ground in it will | the Central States, it 1s feared that the sf soberness al-| East and the West will fill up the gap, ‘ f sf even the/| So that there will be very little hope for generation, | higher prices for the Michigan crop . fol- | than prevailed last season. Quinces —-$1.25 per bu. strive to secure. [t is 4 i Sweet Potatoes—$}3. 25 per bbl. for people, who will like to trad him | Jerseys and 32.50 for Baltimores. because he is attentive, polite and good| Tomatoes—25c per bu. natured when he waits upon them. The! — ee ““boss"’ never distorts his features when Soap Made from Dirt. he observes this following, and his only} The most curiously-made soap in use regret is that a salary will have to be! is that supplied to the stations of the raised some day, to keep the clerk and London and Northwestern Railway Co., } atand grease washed out of their meat cloths. There is another where. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Fred G. Rice has opened a grocery store at 75 Pearl street. The Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. C. V. Weller, dealer in notions and furnishing goods at Cedar Springs, has added a line of groceries. The Mussel- man Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Robert Massey, manufacturer of cigars at Traverse City, will remove his manufacturing business to this city about Oct. 1, occupying a one-story frame factory building now in process of construction at the corner of Pine and Second streets. Clarence Vanderpool has on exhibi- tion at the Stornhouse drug store, on West Leonard street, a number of boa constrictor skins, handsomely tanned, which were presented to him by L. F. Sunlin, who is traveling with the Ring- ling Bros. circus and menagerie. The exhibit is so attractive that it should have been made at the State Fair. S. M. Vinton, who recently sold his general stock at Leetsville to A. L. Moon, has removed to this city and taken possession of the Ward homestead, in South Grand Rapids, which he re- cently purchased. Mr. Vinton has not fully decided upon bis career in his new location, but will take a long respite from business cares, as an offset to the fifteen years’ continuous application to business at Leetsville. At the urgent solicitation of the retail grocery trade, the compressed yeast companies catering to the local trade have finally decided to discontinue the distribution of premiums in exchange for yeast labels. The practice was never congenial to the grocery trade, for the reason that it involved a degree of de- tail decidedly distasteful to the grocer, besides affording provocation for mis- understandings, which too frequently de- veloped into serious disputes, culmi- nating in ill feeling and loss of trade. The new arrangement goes into effect Wet. | 1. —~> 0-e- The Grain Market. The wheat market was rather tame during the week. There was no en- couraging news for either buyers or sell- ers and both remained passive, espe- cially as there were two holidays (Sun- day and labor day). ‘The shorts put out no new lines and the longs evened up, so the trade shows no change. While the exports were large, being 3,369,000 bushels for the week, the receipts were also large, and we may expect this for a few weeks. Notwithstanding the fact that the harvest was earlier than is usual, the visible does not show the large increase that it did last year and in 1894. The increase in the visible was only 921,000 bushels—rather moderate. One thing should not be lost sight of and that is that Duluth alone shipped 26, 500,000 bushels during the past nine- teen, weeks, against 9,500,000 bushels during the corresponding time in 1895. To sum the whole matter up and ex- press it ina few words, it is a ‘‘wait- ing market.’’ Perhaps the Government crop report, which will be issued to- morrow, may give something more definite for the trade to work on. Coarse grain, especially corn, 1s weak, as this crop is virtually matured. Regarding the crop in our own State, | will say that the writer is of the opinion that we will be able to ship some_ corn out instead of importing it. The past season has been an ideal one for a corn crop. It has been just the contrary with oats. Just when a little rain was need- ed, it was too dry in many sections, and, when it should have been dry, it rained altogether too much, thus dis- coloring the oats and also making them light weight. The receipts of grain were very mod- erate, being only 32 cars of wheat, 3 cars of corn and 5 cars of oats. The mills are paying 54c for wheat, against 55c one week ago. C. G. A. VorGt. ~~» 2-2 ___- Flour and Feed. Within the past few days the demand for flour has been steadily increasing and, from present indications, the trade is beginning to realize that flour is cheap and about as safe a commodity for investment as can be found. Reports continue to come in regard: ing the shortage of both spring and winter wheat crops and the very serious damage to the short winter wheat crop since harvest in the States of Ohio, In- diana and Illinois on account of the ex- cessive wet weather. Fortunately, this section of Michigan has wheat of ex- cellent quality, although short in quan- tity, and flour from our city mills is in good demand. Millstuffs, feed and meal are in fair demand and prices are steady. There is not much advance looked for until the advent of winter. Wma. N. Rowe. a a ee Condition of Growing Crops in Mich- igan. Lansing, Sept. 2.—Light frosts have visited nearly all sections of the State during the week, but they were con- fined to lowlands and generally the damage has been very light; otherwise the weather has been generally favor- able to crops and farm work. Corn has matured quite rapidly and continues in fine condition. Considerable corn has been cut and this work is now becom- ing general. The general verdict of correspondents is that ten days more will put the crop beyond danger of frost and that the yield will be one of the heaviest known in Michigan for some years back. Fotatoes, in many cases, are yielding poorly; the continued wet weather during the summer was detri- mental, causing many of them to rot in the ground; in addition to this, corres- pondents also report that, while the tops are very heavy and luxuriant, there are few potatoes in the hill. Millet has been cut during the past week and a fine crop secured. Pastures are in ex- cellent condition, while the yield of fruit, especialy apples, peaches and pears, is very heavy, the fruit being of fine quality and of good size. The weather has been very favorable to farm work; much threshing has been done and this work is now very near com- pletion. Plowing and fitting the ground for fall seeding has also been rapidly rushed in all parts of the State. Con- siderable wheat has been sown and also some rye. Bean harvest has quite gen- erally been in progress and a fair yield is being secured, although in some local- ities the crop has been badly damaged by the continued wet weather of the past summer. —__$_»2.—__— M. S. Scoville, the Kalamazoo grocer, is spending a week in Eastern Michi- gan, the guest of friends at Holly. Mr. Scoville seldom takes a respite from business cares and richly deserves such a breathing spell. Ce The Lemon & Wheeler Company cleared two carloads of Japan tea from Yokohama last week, the second clear- ance during the present season. ee The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. The Grocery Market. Sugar (Shipping List)—The market has moved along without the occurrence of any specially interesting events. Prices have been held at the old list rates. Perhaps the most important feature of the week was the semi-official announcement from the office of the American Sugar Refining Company that prices of refined sugar would not be changed this week. The interpretation put upon this statement was that the company was anxious to remove from the minds of the country the idea that there would be a decline in prices early next week. Many orders were held back on this supposition, but in spite of this the business for the week shows a very good total. Most of the soft grades are delayed a little in shipment, owing to the oversold condition of the market. It is thought that the country is quite bare of supplies and that there will be a good steady demand from now on. Canned Goods (Shipping List) —There has been no increase in the demand _ for any class of goods coming under this head. In California canned fruits to arrive there is comparatively little busi- ness doing. The feeling on the coast, however, appears to be steady and there is no pressure to sell. Advices just re- ceived from Baltimore state that the peach packing season is near its end The pack will be about the same as last year, and will, it 1s reported, consist of a larger percentage of seconds, as the packers have found it impossible to get enough fruit of desirable quality to make any sort of a showing in extras and standards. In Baltimore the mar- ket.is firm, but there seems to be little business doing. The tomato pack, it is reported, will be rather light. Many of the factories are shutting down; some, it is said, for lack of funds and others because the price of 50c represents no profit. Peas are moving very slowly and the market is rather easy. The low prices quoted for string beans have at- tracted some attention to this article, but no business of consequence is re- ported. Corn is not wanted apparently. The State pack this year, it is said, will be regulated with closer reference to the demand, as the packers are buy- ing their stock by the ton instead of contracting for it by the acre, and therefore will not be under the neces- sity of packing the green stuff in order to keep it from ‘“‘going to waste.’ There has been no further change in the price of corned beef. The demand from home and export buyers is fair and the market is firm. American sar- dines are firmer, owing to the reported shutting down of the factories as the re- sult of small supplies of fish and the unprofitable prices obtainable. Provisions—A total of 225,000 hogs represents the killing of Western packers the past week, compared with 240,000 the preceding week and 165,000 for the corresponding time last year. From March 1 the total is 7,355,000, against 6,075,000 a year ago. The week shows a gain of 60,000 for the week and_ 1,280, - ooo for the season, compared with last year. Prices have been moderately re- duced. The reduction in manufacture for several weeks past and the liberal distribution of products are bringing about a decided decrease in stocks at the prominent markets, but the fact that remaining supplies are large, with the prospect of fairly good offerings of hogs right along, operates against such an ad- vancing tendency as the trade have been hoping for. Other causes have had a share in checking speculative in- terest in these and other products, and the prevailing belief is that there is likely to be a continuance of the re- strictions in trade matters for some weeks or months to come. There was quite a decline in the visible stocks of lard the past month, notably so at Chi- cago and European markets, while the recent large clearances for export made an increase in the supply afloat. The aggregate, however, marks a decrease of 45,000 tierces for the month, which would be quite a strengthening element in the market but for the exceptionally large supply remaining in sight. The past week’s exports were again liberal of lard and were large of meats. The markets have probably seen their low points, and unless monetary matters in- terfere there should be expected some degree of shaping toward higher values. Tea—-There are no changes in price to record and there are no indications that there will be any in the next eral weeks. The receipts of new crop teas are about normal. Stocks of tea in the country are not too ample, although there is believed to be plenty for the demand, to be maintained during the season. Cheese—The make still ccntinues good and the quality is improving from day to day. The trade look for an provement as soon as the September cheese is ready for holding for fall and winter months. sev- Dealers expect present prices im- in both demand and prices Buyers are generally in. the market at this season for a winter sup- ply, but this year may prove an excep- tion on account of the depressed condi- tion of business, for which reason they are not apt to lay in as large stocks as usual, if any atall. The will be to let and dealers carry the coods, the buyers taking their supplies idea factories from day to day as they need. Rice—Receipts of rough thus far have been 50 per cent. less than last year, per cent more, and, as a natural sequence, mar- ket rules sellers’ favor. This also holds true as to the old crop and_ prices are further advanced on everything of merchantable character. Reports con- cerning the crop the Atlantic Coast are slightly discouraging. On the other hand, good progress is being made with the crop in the Southwest. Foreign styles are much more active than for some time past and it is evi- dent that they will hold place the season through. Fi while sales of cleaned are in along > 22> How to Preserve Apples. To keep apples and other fruit, store the barrels in a cool place. Heat de- stroys more apples than does cold, and alternate freezing and thawing is also disastrous. The location for the storage of apples is therefore more important than anything else. Store only sound and perfect apples, and do not allow even one to be bruised, as an imperfect apple may injure all in the barrel. — a French Apprehension over Maize Oil. Some apprenhension is being felt in the olive-oil district in the South of France on account of the statement that the manufacture of oil from maize is developing into a new industry in the United States. It is feared that some day this maize oil will be a serious competitor of olive oil. ———_—__-_~>--< J. L. Farnham, the veteran Mance- lona merchant, is spending the week in the city, visiting friends and taking in the State Fair. ee Gillies’ New York Teas, all kinds, grades and prices. Phone 1589. Visner. ae eT aes ee AMERICAN MONEY. ties were en $s and a poor qua were ts were kept in tobacco. It al tender and severe penalties wer acted for refus- ing to accept it in payment of debts. s were erected in which this Warehouse commodity was stored I like certificates of deposit, wer: issued by tobaccc which passed as currency. Counterfeiting to- bacco notes was made a felony. It was also wisely provided that ‘‘any person who should be absent from divine serv- ice on Sunday should be fined one pound of tobacco.’’ In spite of all laws and penalties, however, tobacco rapidly declined in value. An effort was made inspectors » Inspectors, Cocker, *Address by W. J. vention Michigan Bankers’ Association. President Commer- | cial Savings Bank of Detroit, at annual con-; = ee nn THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN “at # + ‘ore ft ious expedient at payil m in paper money. As this did not pass at its face value, the sol- diers lost about one-fourth of what was due them. The first, therefore, to suffer from a depreciated paper currency were the loyal defenders This easy method of pay! i ing an abundance of money was rapidly adopted by the colonial legislatures and an epidemic of paper currency swept through the colonies. In Rhode Island alone, which had a population of not to exceed 20,00c persons, two mil- lion dollars of paper money was issued. It was the custom of the kings of the Middle Ages to reduce the weight of coins, but to retain their nominal value, a popular and expeditious way- of cheat- | | ing the people. But ‘‘no kings, how-| | ever tyrannical, ever debased i money | Me reditors com- payment of their were forced to inflicted Payne, in the advo- ‘There area ying estates erewithal to pay were re ere on & or ey et ms * rye pm oe et > ) ft was bad c ney was much worse. B aklin, who, before the R War, had favored in P € issue of paper money, p gress that the bills to be bear interest, to prevent ciating. This sugges- first issue dvised that d back upon more. This proposed that the id in hard money. e of the war, ap- ue was past remedy. € continental money iD sual and oppressive measures were adopted. Congress de- ischarged contracts of HOSS n bills worth, perhaps, itieth of their nominal value. 1€ UnWary ran into debt, while cun- ning creditors waited for payment until the continental bills should cease to be a legal tender.’’ It is a remarkable that, when Congress issued an ir- redeemable paper currency, the people, nh proportion to their numbers, were more opulent than the people of France, who rendered them efficientaid. Judge Story, referring to the legal tender laws of this period, says: ‘* They entailed the most enormous evils on the country and introduced a system of fraud, chicanery and profligacy which destroyed all pri- vate confidence and all industry and en- terprise."’ Continental money rapidly depreciated in value, regardless of all laws and penalties. Forty dollars was paid for a hat,$1oo for a pair of shoes, and $75 for a bushel of wheat. George Washington declared that a wagon load of paper money would hardly buy a wagon load of provisions. One thou- sand dollars of rag money was finally worth but $1 in silver. In 1780 it ceased to circulate. It is a curious fact that, in spite of the financial distress which existed in the colonies during the Revolutionary War u pted. ared that any person who would not ceive it at par should be regarded as public enemy and be liable to forfeit | hatever he offered for sale. ‘*Trade| ecame a game of hazard. Unscrupu-| 1 d constantly de- | /cible statement: pout making pur- | and the rapid depreciation and worth- lessness of continental money, luxury | prevailed to a considerable extent in jthe cities and lavish display was not y | infrequent. Extravagance in living is one of the sure accompaniments of cheap money and it is the inevitable re- sult of reckless speculations ina de- preciating currency. Our Civil War was no exception to this rule. A rapid- ly depreciating currency forces a rapid rise in prices and shrewd speculators, by anticipating rapid changes in values, secure large gains. John Fiske, in his admirable work, ‘‘The Critical Period of American History,’’ makes this for- ** The worst feature of this financial device is that it not only impoverishes people, but bemuddles their brains by creating a false and fleet- ing show of prosperity. By violently disturbing apparent values, it always brings on an era of wild speculation and extravagance in living, followed by sudden collapse and protracted suffer- ing. In such crises the poorest people— ‘those who earn their living by the ‘suffer the most. | circulate. | money. t, but at that time} ireally add a million _indeed deplorable. sweat of their brows and have no mar- gin of accumulated capital—always Above ail men, it is needs sound * the laboring man who money and steady values. At the close of the Revolutionary War, the condition of the country was Farmers were un- able to pay their debts. The produce of their farms scarcely met current ex- penses. Poverty and distress generally prevailed. All business was practically at an end and money almost ceased to The colonies had no credit abroad ; their securities were worthless. Recourse was had again tobarter. The editor of the Worcester Spy announced that subscriptions for his paper would be received in salt pork. While great losses were incidental to the war, the distress occasioned by cheap money was much greater. A well-known writer of the day on finance, Petatiah Webster, says of continental money: ‘'‘We have suffered more from this than from every other cause of calamity. It has killed more men, pervaded and corrupted the choicest interests of our country more and done more injustice than even the arms and artifices of our enemies.’’ Regardless of past experiments which had worked so much evil to the coun- try, the apostles of cheap money again went about preaching that the poor man needed more money and that the only solution of the then existing financial troubles was again to issue paper There were, at that time, as there have been and still are in the country, person’ who thought that the Government could, by merely calling a quantity of paper a million dollars, dollars to the wealth of the country, and that any one ;who thought differently was an igno- ramus. As such men are usually active and clamorous, converts were readily made. Money had become so scarce that many men were easily made to be- | lieve that a debased currency which cir- | culated freely was, after all, much _bet- ter than a good currency which they rarely saw. Persons heavily in debt hoped with cheap money to get some relief, The struggle was bitter and_pro- tracted. On one side, it was declared that the evils which affected the country could only be cured by building up _ manufactures and by encouraging com- merce and by practicing a strict economy; on the other side, it was urged that the only panacea for existing troubles was cheap money. Some of the colonies, impressed with the whole- some lessons of the Revolutionary War, refused to try again a repeated and dis- astrous experiment and they insisted on a sound and a stable currency. They were tired of attempting to create wealth out of nothing. Rhode Island and some of the other colonies plunged headlong into the rag money craze. The farmers, as a general rule, favored cheap money. Coercive measures to en- force the acceptance of paper money were resorted to, armed mobs interfered with the courts of justice, judges were removed for declaring that a forcing act was unconstitutional, violent outbreaks THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 occurred, the militia was called out and bloodshed followed, as in Shays’ Rebel- lion. Crowds of idle men on street cor- ners discussed the currency question and the disputes often ended in blows. The farmers, astonished and enraged at the rapidly rising prices demanded by mer- chants for their goods, refused to sell anything to the detested shop-keepers. The merchants shut their shops, and the farmers ‘‘threw away their milk, used their corn for fuel, and let their apples rot on the ground.’’ Food began to be scarce and distress prevailed. The more violent the threats to make the people take the paper money, the more rapidly it depreciated in value. Hap- pily for the country, the Federal Con- stitution was adopted and the States were prohibited from emitting bills of credit or making anything but gold and silver a legal tender in payment of debts. Ever since the adoption of the Con- stitution the American people have had little reason to feel proud of their mon- etary history. The effort to establish a sound and stable currency has, until within a few years, been a lamentable failure. We began with a depreciated currency. Then we tried the experi- ment of establishing United States banks and of authorizing them to issue paper monev. These banks answered, for a time, a useful purpose, but, be- coming entangled in the political con- tentions of the time, they soon ended their brief existence. Afterwards the country depended largely upon the cir- culation of banks chartered by the authority of the states. The incon- veniences and losses occasioned by ‘‘wild-cat money’’ are well known. People were again carried away with the strange delusion that a super- abundance of money would make the Nation rich. Not again until the Civil War was paper money issued by the Government. In the War of 1812, it was proposed to issue legal tender notes, but the mischiefs of a paper currency were then so well remembered that Congress refused to issue them. Other nations have sustained long and ex- haustive wars without resorting to bills of credit and making them legal tender in payment of public and private debts. Able financiers are generally agreed that the issue of paper money during the Civil War was unnecessary and un- wise and has been the cause of many of our present financial troubles. Values were abnormally inflated, owing to a rapidly depreciating currency, and ever since the war there has been a_contrac- tion of values and consequent loss and financial distress. Happily, some of the evils of paper currrency have been averted by the adoption of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, which provides that ‘‘the validity of the pub- lic debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for service in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.’’ When paper money was issued by the Government, President Lincoln, whom all men now honor regardless of party affiliations, pledged the honor of the country in these memorable words, ‘‘Every dollar of that money shall be made as good as gold.”’ Shortly after the adoption of the Fed- eral Constitution, the free coinage of gold and silver, as provided by Hamil- ton, was adopted by Congress, and the ratio between the two was fixed at 15 to 1. Fifteen ounces of silver were de- clared equal in value to one ounce of gold. This was the market ratio at that time in Europe and America. Soon after the adoption of this ratio, silver depreciated in value, so that gold as bullion was worth more than in coins. The result was that gold coins almost entirely disappeared. The country was practically on a silver basis. In 1834 the ratio was fixed by Congress at 16 to 1. But sixteen ounces of silver in the markets of the world were worth more than one ounce of gold. The result was that silver was withdrawn from circu- jation and gold took the place of silver coins. ‘The country changed to a_ gold basis. It is an invariable rule, without any exception, that the cheaper money will drive the“dearer out of circulation. In 1873, after a full discussion of the subject for three years in Congress, the silver dollar was demonetized. Both political parties voted for this alike and all the Senators and Representatives from the silver states approved of the measure. This, oddly enough, has been designated ‘‘the crime of 1873.’’ For twenty-five years before the passage of the act, silver dollars had ceased to cir- culate. Since 1873, owing to the great increase in the production of silver, and the restriction of its use by many na- tions, it has rapidly depreciated in value, until to-day the market ratio is about 32 to I. It is now proposed that the Govern- ment shall declare that sixteen ounces of silver shall equal in value.one ounce of gold, although in the markets of the world one ounce of gold will purchase thirty-two ounces of silver, and then force into circulation a debased cur- rency in payment of public and private debts. A premium is thus placed upon improvidence and dishonesty by the partial repudiation of debts, and upon frugality and business sagacity is in- flicted the penalty of partial confiscation and unavoidable loss. It is a ‘*mon- strous fallacy that a great nation can be enriched by debasing its currency.’’ Francis A. Walker, one of the ablest ad- vocates of bimetallism in the United States, makes this significant statement: ‘*Leaving all considerations of honor or duty out of view, and having reference exclusively to the economical interests of society, we may confidently say that the man who advocates the scaling down of debts by act cf government for the sake of encouraging trade and _pro- duction shows himself so ignorant of history as to bea wholly unfit adviser in respect to the present or the future.’’ In this country of abundant resources and of unusual opportunities for the ac- cumulation of wealth, people plunge headlong into rash speculation, seek unusual and rapid means of acquiring a fortune, mortgage their farms to buy more land, contract heavy debts in the hope of future gains, and, when con- traction in values occurs, clamor for cheap money to jiiquidate indebtedness. Distrust and lack of confidence follow, capital lies idle and the people suffer. The conditions to-day closely resemble the agitation and distress existing at the close of the Revolutionary War. Debtors are arrayed against creditors, banks are denounced, capital is held accountable for present distress, courts are condemned, angry discussions on the currency are frequent, and cheap and abundant money is declared to be the only panacea for present financial troubles. The bitter experiences of our earlier history are ignored and the warnings of our ablest financiers have apparently no weight. History cannot name a man who has gained enduring honor by advocating the issue of a depreciated currency. Bancroft, the great American historian, forcibly says: ‘‘It impairs all certainty of possession and taxes none so heavily as the class who earn their scant pos- session by daily labor. It is the favorite of those who seek gain without willing- ness to toil; it is the deadly foe to in- dustry. No powerful political party ever permanently rested for support on the theory that it is wise and right. No statesman has been thought well of by his kind in a succeeding generation for having been its promoter. ”’ —~> 2 How Heavy Advertising Prolonged the Life of a Firm. One of the facts deduced from the recent Fargo failure at Chicago is that advertising saved the concern from bankruptcy much sooner. A year ago the concern began a campaign of publicity that was altogether too exten- sive for its resources. It is said that no less than $100,000 was spent by the concern in the last year for publicity, chiefly for bicycle-shoe advertising. Hardly a magazine could be picked up that did not bear the company’s ad. The result of this extensive advertis- ing was that the concern received more orders than it could fill promptly. The proportion of the business became too great for the house to carry with the) means at hand, and hence the very means that, under proper limitations, would have helped to pull it out of the hole pushed it in st.ll further. Again, the advertising of the house was far more extensive than the busi- ness would warrant. There was not profit | enough in the goods to cover the ex- pense of $100,cco for a year,or anything like it. This is merely an instance that comes to hand that reveals the faults of some advertising. Some men have made terrific advertising splurges and suc- ceeded, but usually where this has been done there has been a far heavier profit | on the goods advertised than is the case | with shoes, or there was sufficient capital on hand to increase the business so as to take care of the demand resulting | and to hold the firm on its feet until col- lections were made. There are retailers who are making | the same mistake, though the majority | are erring on the contrary side of the | fence. There are retailers whose ad- vertising expense is out of proportion with their facilities for doing business. In such cases what would otherwise be | good advertising becomes poor adver- | tising, because the merchant swamps | himself in trying to do business enough | on a limited capital to make the ad- vertising pay. NIHAEL KOLB & SON Wholesale Glothing Manutaclurers, ROCHESTER, N.Y. Mail orders promptly attended to, or write our representative, WILLIAM CONNOR, of Mar- shall, Mich., to call upon you and you will s e a replete line for all sizes and ages or meet him at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, any time during State Fair week (Sept. 7 to 12), at the Cushman House, Petoskey, Monday, Sept 14, or at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Thursday, Sept 17. A CLEVER MERCHANT will not allow an advertisement relative to the |g ods he handles to pass unnoticed. What is more profitable to a grocer than a rapid growth of his Tea trade? This can be at- tained by p rehasing where teas have been ju diciously blended by an expert. The results of properly blending are that a tea is produced of finer quality at lower cost. In bidding for your | trade we are willing to give you the benefit of the extra profit. Our current advertisements brought us a large number of inquries through which we effected many sales, which demon: trates that our mer- chants are strictly up to date and always willing to investigate to better their condition. Are you one of them? If not, why not? Our blends have proved themselves winners wherever placed. If you are still doubtful we will prepay freight and and send goods on approval, permit- ting you to return them if unsatisfactory to you. We also send absolutely free with first order (only) of 100 pounds one very handsome counter canister, 100 pound size bevelled edge mirror front, worth fully $64.00. If you are a prompt paying merchant let us hear from you with re- quest for samples or send trial order to be shipped on approval, GEO. J. JOHNSON, Importer and Blender of Teas. Whole- sale Dealer in High Grade Coffees. | 263 Jeferson Ave., and 5! and 53 Brush St., Detroit. Mich. Simplest and Most Economical ~ Method of Keeping Petit Accounts. File and 1,090 printed blank bill heads...... 82 75 File and 1,000 specially printed bill heads... 3 25 Printed blank bill heads. per M ... ......... 125 Specially printed bill heads, per M... . .... 1% TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. A Sde She be De De She De Ge dhe De De De he She Se De NT OF GONFIDENGE oN oe 4 circles. country and restore confidence. us in the State, that we carry other firm dares to. credit. slump within the next ten days. the same—4o cents for quarts, one dozen in a Case. CUERER ERR UEP E RRR RRR is the foundation of lots of trouble, both in business and family The whole country lacks confidence at the present time. The gold bugs insist that the remedy lies with them. ites, upon the other hand, assert that they are going to save this We have confidence in ourselves that no firm can undersell Michigan, that we can sell many articles at a lower price than any We base all this upon the fact that we are a cash concern. We can buy cheaper for cash than any one can upon the finest We certainly are in a position to sell cheaper. All we ask is an opportunity to prove our assertions have no confidence in the present price of sugars and expect a big We have a carload of Mason jars on hand. 55 cents for half gallons, packed Cash with order in current exchange. THE JAMES STEWART €0., (LIMITED) SAGINAW, E. 8., ICH. Se Sa She De De She She De De de De De Dee De De The silver- the handsomest line of teas in We Prices remain PREY PREP ERR ERR Rey 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MICHIGANTRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the a Blodgett a Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payabie in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the | Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Epiror. WEDNESDAY, - - - SEPTEMBER 9, 1896. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. iv exceeds the| iread ida ae with reas-j| —— situati : Ene h has — ity an “a in in prices. most co shows an ap- r*) < , v very, i reco hile foreign 1 speculation prices are fairly last week in | Thursday, when nce of about half the tendency is xport continu 1€S peculative purchases of iron best posted believe he ebb in that for the week pre- ctivity is much Prices of advance, mand f: : as to be scarce] y appreciable. Not over c no The textile situatior some en- couraging features, tho resump- | ti s yet balan y others} cle ] I whi improvement in aes is | i for. Cotton goods are improv- | i demand and prices in some have been advanced. Cotton has} nced from 7.67 to 8.50 in spite of | faverable crop statistics. Shoes con- tinue in good demand, especially in the} West. Many jobbing centers, notably Chi-| cago, St. Louis and Minneapolis, report 'terest in it will while all | respect oO | day a national character, Tel; | deck, ;peror William, a marked dry goods and hardware. improvement in demand for | THE FOURTEENTH YEAR. The issue of last week completed the Bank clearings show an increase of 10 thirteenth publication year of the Mich- per cent. ures number ceding week. 336, against 352 for pre- A DECLINING HOLIDAY. The celebration of labor day in this city was not a success, as compared with the event of former vears, in that there seemed to be little enthusiasm in the ranks of unionism for the occasion. The parade was greatly diminished, some of the principal unions not being epresented at all. Indeed, had it not ' been for the afternoon demonstration of carriers, the holiday would little more than an letter have amounted to the annoying interruption to business and labor. It is scarcely probable that in- revive to any consider- able extent and it certainly will never | become premanent. The national holidays, to become per- manent institutions, must be for all the A —— devoted toa class It is the effort of or- ized my to make such a holiday the one under consideration. The ll minority of those enrolled under of unionism arrogate to the title of ‘‘labor,’’ and are required to observe and the day, its celebration is so conducted as to exclude the great mass hemselves |of the people and to make apparent the i fact that there is a division into the two lasses of *“‘labor’’ and the rest. If, instead of trying to give the holi- its promoters would make it a holiday for themselves, done by other organizations and ocieties, — might be some reason or its existence and it would receive co- operation and support as other such holidays do; but “‘labor’’ is not con- tent with that—its day must be a national day, even though the great majority of the people are excluded. This fact ee it to failure, for there are so 1y Common ties of interest in all our that any such division on es cannot be permanent. En- interests will break down the g lines and the membership of organizations will lose their enthus!- asm for observances which array them against such interests. A “‘‘labor’’ holiday in our nation of laborers is not needed—we have national holidays enough. A class holiday, if such an one could exist, would only be a source of division, of unrest and dis- sention. Therefore, the fact that the in- terest in this holiday 1s declining isa f upon which the country is to be congratulated. s is fo yw me life Princeton University has issued a pamphiet of letters from successful raduates to show that the careful - stu- d can get through that college on $300 a year. It is a noteworthy indica- tion of the spirit of the age that science education are making their strong- to the poor, from whose the most of those who at- ranks come S| tain distinction in these fields of labor. The sinking of the German warship attracts attention in the press. - cace Itlis still | According to the Peking Times, after hands were called on three cheers were given for Em- and then all joined and sang a hymn as they went she struck, all bands |down. This was much grander than dy- ing in bed, where so many people usu- ally die. for those of last week. Fail-! igan Tradesman and the present issue therefore marks the beginning of the fourteenth year. The general editorial and managerial policy which has been pursued in the past will be continued in the future, with such variations as may be neces- sitated by changing circumstances. Be- lieving that organization Is a more powerful instrument for the reformation of trade abuses and the attainment of desired results in business life than any other weapon, the Tradesman will continue to advocate organization with all the vigor it can command, and the influence and income of the paper will be freely used, at all times, to further such end. Incidental, but not subservient, to organization, the Tradesman wiil con- tinue to advocate what it deems sound business methods; better education of the merchant; more care in buying; more promptness in paying; greater shrewdness in selling; more time for recreation and reflection; better feeling between business men and those with whom they come in contact; more thorough understanding and more cor- dial co-operation between retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer, to the end that the demoralization incident to price cutting may be curtailed and legitimate margins assured. The Tradesman is vain enough to think that it has made some headway in this direction in the past and is sanguine that its future work will be productive of even better results than have been achieved in the past. The Tradesman feels under deep obli- gation to its patrons for the loyal sup- port they have given the publication through the panic period now drawing toa close. While many journals have been compelled to curtail expenses and suffer reduction in both size and circu- lation, the Tradesman has increased its subscription list over 1,000 names, is furnishing its readers on an average of 25 per cent. more matter than was the case three years ago, while the employes of its establishment are receiving the same rate of wages in vogue prior tothe panic. But for the faithful support of its subscribers and the hearty co-opera- tion of its advertisers, such a condition of things could not have been possible. The Man with a Remedy. On all occasions of public excitement, whether due to social, industrial or po- litical causes, the man with a remedy or a prophecy is to be found at every corner. He may be a wise manora fool, a statesman or an anarchist, a competent leader of public cpinion or a blatant demagogue, but, be he one or the other, he is sure of a crowd at the corner or an audience in an auditorium. The peddler of nostrums, with his pills and balsams, and his list of miracles performed on the blind, the halt and the maimed, always secures the public ear, and what is laying around loose of faith and cash. The blind see, the lame walk, and the deaf hear. Men with a crook in the spine, a lazy liver, or a dead kidney are reconstruct- ed and renewed, and the fame of the medical wizard finds its way into every back street in the city. When he is gone, and the old ailments return, some men privately kick themselves, and others divide their time between the family doctor and the stool of repent- ance. The colored lights have gone out, and the house fronts that were all gold and glory are once again but smoke-stained and weather beaten boards. The same kind of a crowd, the same type of cheap faith, and the same miracle worker are in evidence on all occasions of public excitement. The ear that never cracks at what it hears, and the mouth that never refuses ac- commodation to a calf’s foot or a whole ox, are in brave array. Men, otherwise of a steel-sinewed and practical nature, that could never be tempted with a gold brick or fooled with a plugged dime, are rattled like a crowd ona sinking ship or in a burning theater. The strangest notions and the wildest of wild-cat ideas are accepted as are thirty- six inches in a yard and the rules of arithmetic. Fads that are as thin as rainbows and falsities broad as a barn door are accepted as pure gospel. Impossibilities, as the growth of a beard on a billiard ball, or wings on an oyster, become plastic as putty and as easy as cracking an egg. Statistics that have as little to do with the issues in- volved as the price of a horse shoe has to do with an eclipse of the moon are believed in as is the Koran of the Mus- selman and the Bible of the Christian. Camels go through the eye of a needle without injury to their hump or hide. Mole hills that could be covered with a peck measure are mountains with their bald heads in a cap of clouds, and promises that are nothing but bags of wind are believed in with the faith ofa child. Under such conditions of recep- tivity and delusion, the man with a remedy for all ills and wrongs has the opportunity of his life. He is let loose. Fences are down and doors. open. Theories spread like oil on cambric or ink on blotting paper. Opinions ex- ploded long ago furnish gas for new balloons. Old hobbies show up with a new Coat of paint, and others crude and evanescent as the work of a soap artist on the mirror of a bar-room spread their panoramic illusions on the public mind. This condition of things, how- ever paradoxical it may seem with an intelligent and practical people, is un- deniable. It is a mystery and yeta fact, a paradox and yet a verity. Individualism is lost in an anarchic mass. Parties and even nations become temporaily insane and the most mo- mentous of questions and the gravest of issues are disposed of with as little re- gard to consequences as is a blind mouse in going down the throat of a cat. It behooves all men at such crisis times to do their own thinking. If this was done the man with a remedy would cease to be a public danger. Men would not sneeze when another takes snuff, nor follow the bell wether of a flock of sheep when he goes over the fence into the ditch. What is wanted in the decision of all grave public ques- tions is robust, broad-shouldered, steel- sinewed, positive private conviction. It is to be confessed that even with a progressive people there is too little of this kind of manly independence. More of this granite and less of the usual putty is needed in the building up of a great nation. Less of mud_ slinging and more of candid and unprejudiced investigation would save us the mockery of being a free people with others to do our thinking. If there is anything in history that has majesty it is the sov- ereign will of an intelligent and earnest people, and what there is of somber tragedy in its events is that of human folly, where the blind lead the blind and both fall into the ditch. FRED Wooprow. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 John Law and His Financial Scheme.* There is no question before the Amer- ican public that is being discussed so generally, and with so much earnestness and persistency, as the question of finance. It is the all-absorbing question of the day, and is debated in season and out of season, in the school, on the platform, on the farm and street corner, by the theorist, the statesman, the poli- tician and the demagogue. But the sub- ject is not new. For over 200 years the question of what shall constitute the money used in settlement of balances has received the earnest attention of the world’s brightest financiers. The world has never been without its self-constituted financial teachers, as is fully demonstrated by the large number engaged at the present time in trying to educate the people as to the true status of the gold, silver and paper cur- rency of this nation. It is not our intention at this time to discuss the finances of the day, or de- bate the silver question, which has been urged so persistently upon the attention of the American people within the past few months. Our purpose is to present for your consideration one section of the financial history of the past, which relates more particularly to the world’s first experiment with paper money as a substitute for coin, and bring promi- nently before you the danger attending an excessive inflation of representative money in any form. The earliest, and perhaps the most famous, advocate of fiat money was John Law, the author of what is known in history as ‘‘Law’s _ Financial Scheme,’’ who was born in Edinburgh, April 21, 1671. His father was a gold- smith, who, following the example of his fellow craftsmen in London, was really one of the bankers of Edinburgh. His son, John, early imbibed the crude ideas of banking then in vogue, but it was not until he had squandered the large fortune left him by his father that it suddenly occurred to him that he possessed a fund of financial wisdom that ought not to be lost to the world. Having made an utter failure in the management of his own money, he was like hundreds of men of the present time—anxious and willing to take the management of the finances of their fellowmen, even after they have demon- strated their incapacity to successfully manage their own. Being without money, and unwilling to earn his living by manual labor, Law went to London, where, by his pleasing address, he readily obtained entrance into the best society of the day, maintaining him- self in luxury by gambling and other questionable transactions. Accepting a challenge, he killed his antagonist in a duel in 1695, and was convicted of mur- der, but managed to escape after sen- tence of death had been pronounced. We next hear of him in Amsterdam, where he became much interested in the credit operations of the bank, and immediately devised a plan the disas- trous failure of which has given him an unenviable place in history. About the year 1700, five years after the incorporation of the Bank of Scot- land, Law returned to Edinburgh a zeal- ous advocate of paper currency, and sought from the Scotch Parliament a charter, that he might put his scheme into practical operation. The shrewd Scotchmen of his native city were not convinced by his arguments or influ- enced by his sophistry, and his system of credit banking and paper money, the adoption of which he said would make every one rich, was rejected. Law then visited Paris and sought to obtain from the government a favorable considera- tion of his plan, but was expelled as a gambler by the astute Louis XIV. He then made a tour of the Continent, stop- ping at all the large cities, everywhere presenting his currency scheme, which was as often rejected. His fascinating manners readily gained him admission to court circles and, by his success at the gaming table and other speculations, he accumulated a large fortune, which greatly aided him in his intercourse *Address delivered by Theo. C. Sherwood, State Banking Commissioner, at annual convention Michigan Bankers’ Association. with royalty. In his travels he learned of the death of Louis XIV. and, being informed that the finances of France were in a deplorable condition, the mer- cantile and manufacturing industries nearly ruined and the laboring class reduced to the very lowest depths ot poverty, he quickly decided that now was the time, and Paris the place, to make himself famous as a financier, by giving to the world a practical illustra- tion of the wonderfully seductive theory of transacting a banking business on credit alone. In order to fully comprehend the causes which made _ desirable the adoption of the financial system of this world-renowned financier, it is necessary to refer to the events which led up to and rendered possible the success of such a scheme and made the French people such easy victims to the wiles of one of the sharpest stock gamblers in the world’s history. Under the long and eventful reign of Louis XIV. France not only achieved her greatest success but she also suffered the most ignominious defeats and hu- miliating reverses. If the king, by a lavish expenditure of the nation’s wealth, built cities, erected palaces and adorned pleasure grounds on such a scale of magnificence as to challenge the admiration of the world, he also, by his viciously immoral life, his need- less wars and his cruel persecutions, alienated the respect of his subjects, in- tensified the hatred of his enemies and brought down upon himself the bitter criticism of the student of history. No monarch was ever surrounded by such a galaxy of illustrious men, and no sov- ereign ever had such loyal assistance in the cares of state as that rendered by Colbert, his prime minister, and Lou- vois, his minister of war. Under the former the nation’s finances were carefully guarded and the resources of the country encouraged and developed, while Louvois organized the military forces for the exigences of vast military campaigns, the success of which made the power of France felt throughout the world. When Colbert died in 1683 and Louvois in 1691, the glory of France began to wane and her military power to grow dim. The surrender of the king to the Jesuits brought on the per- secution of the Protestants, which dec- imated the cities of France and sowed the seeds of discontent, anarchy and revolution, while the disastrous wars with Germany, England and Spain, during the latter years of his reign, im- poverished the people to the very verge of bankruptcy. This was the condition of affairs in France at the time of the death of Louis XIV. and the arrival of Law in Paris. Never in the history of the world were the times so propitious for a new departure in finance, or the people so ready to listen to the seduc- tive arguments of the theorist and the demagogue. The Duke of Orleans, Regent during the minority of Louis XV., not only had to contend with the social and financial embarrassment handed down by his predecessor, the least of which was the public debt of nearly 2,000,000,000 livres, but, by his own reckless, infa- mous prodigalities, under the direction of his prime minister, Cardinal Dubois, the debt was increased until the embar- rassment was so great that his friend, the Duc de Saint Simon, one of the great patricians of the court, proposed, as a remedy, national bankruptcy, affirming that it would be a salutary les- son to the rich plebeian capitalists not to lend their money. At this period, when the financial condition of France was at the very lowest ebb, when the poverty of the cit- izen was most keenly felt, and when national bankruptcy seemed to be the only alternative, John Law came for- ward and offered to relieve the necessi- ties of the government, pay its national debt, promote commercial enterprises and stimulate every branch of business, if allowed to use the credit of the nation for a national bank, the chief function of which was the issuing of a paper cur- rency. The French financiers were surprised that such a proposition could be serious- ly entertained, but those officers who were contending with the embarrassed condition of the national treasury, while opposed to the State’s turning banker, were willing to favor almost any prop- osition that promised relief, if some one else would take the responsibility of the experiment. As a compromise, in May, 1716, the government granted Law a charter for a private general bank of issue and dis- count, under the name of Law & Com- pany, with a capital of 6,000,000 livres. The bank was allowed to issue paper money redeemable in specie, discount bills of exchange, and, in order to make the business acceptable to the State, Law agreed to accept at par govern- ment securities, then at 80 per cent. discount. In a few months Law had issued bank notes to the amount of nearly 20,000,000 livres, but their circulation was limited to a few large cities until in Aprii, 1717, the government decreed that Law’s bank notes should be accepted in payments for imports. This act was a long step towards the formation of a national bank, which was the end towards which Law had been working. Eis bank at once became popular with the masses and was, to all appear- ance, successful and prosperous, at- tracting the attention of the Duke of Orleans, whv imagined he beheld in Law a Moses who was to lead them out of the-financial wilderness. In August, 1717, Law suggested to the French government the propriety of utilizing their possessions in North America discovered by La Salle in 1682, which extended from the Gulf of Mexico north on the west side of the Mississippi River, including the terri- tory now comprising the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana and a part of Wyoming. ‘The soil of the Mississippi Valley was sup- posed to be the most fertile in the world. Wonderful stories were told of the abundance of gold and silver found in the mountains, while the climate in the Valley was considered superior to that of Italy—in fact, the territory was advertfsed as a veritable Paradise. Law's proposition was to have this territory ceded to a stock company, the shares of which were to secure the cir- culation of a national bank and retire the debt of the government. A company was soon formed, with a capital of 100,000,000 livres, divided into shares of 500 livres each, and re- ceived, by royal decree, sovereign and proprietary rights over the Mississippi Valley, with power to construct forts, raise troops, develop mines and _ colo- nize the country ona scale consonant with the spirit of the times. The government funds, which had fallen to one-third their face value, were exchanged at par for the stock of the new company if the subscriber paid in- to the bank one-fourth their face value in specie. The stock of the company was quickly taken at par and Law's financial scheme was about to achieve a wonderful success. With the incorporation of the Mississ- ippi company, a which many of the government officials were stockholders, it was comparatively easy for Law to consummate the one ambition of his life, and December 4,1718, by royal de- cree, his private bank, two years and six months after its incorporation, was transformed into a national bank, with Law as Manager and the State as_ secu- rity. Within four weeks bank notes to the amount of 1,000,000,000 livres were issued. In May, 1719, another royal edict transferred to the Mississippi company the East Indian and African trade, and the capital of the consolidated company increased to 312,000,000 livres. Law’s financial project was now no longer a visionary scheme—-it was a reality, a brilliant financial success. Law, the State, the Mississippi company and the Bank were now one. All that remained to be done was to assume the financial administration of the nation, and, with the proceeds of the new shares, pay off the public debt and lend the king, who was anxious to borrow for personal use, 1,000,600,000 livres at 3 per cent. in- terest. The proposed payment of the public debt and the investment of this large sum at 3 per cent. interest, with the king as security, together with the in- flation of the bank currency to nearly 20, 000, 000,000 livres, caused the French people to go wild with speculation. The shares of stock of the Mississippi company daily increased in value, and the streets of Paris thronged with peo- ple willing to pay twenty or thirty times their original cost. The street called Quincampoix, the Wall Street of Paris, became the meeting place of the great- est lords and the humblest citizens, vy- ing with each other in the purchase and sale of bonds and speculative property. So great was the excitement, it became necessary to close the two ends of the street with gates open from 6 a. m. un- ti! p. m. Every house on the street harbored brokers by the score. The excitable French people had gone speculation mad. John Law was now the greatest man in France. He was declared a public benefactor. Honors were conferred up- on him, his house was thronged with the best society that Paris afforded, princes of royalty considered it an honor to re- ceive his salutation. He was appointed Controller-General of the finances of France and elected a member of the French Academy: Nor was his fame confined to France; it extended far and wide and strangers flocked to Paris to behold the man who had made every one rich and no one poor. No thought was taken for the future, every one was so intoxicated with the success of the present Golden Age which they sup- posed had come to stay. Money was abundant, everybody was rich. The lackey of yesterday was a millionaire to-day. People who, from necessity, had heretofore walked now rode in their coaches, with liveried servants in at- tendance. New furniture adorned their homes. Land and farm products, manu- factured articles and works of art rose rapidly in price and prosperity was seen on every hand. The manufacturers of paper for bank notes could hardly supply the demand. Of course, the bills of the bank were payable in gold and silver; but no one, for the time being, wanted specie. Paper money was more convenient and was accepted in payment of taxes and everything produced in France. The credit of the bank was unlimited. Its notes were secured by the capital of the bank and ‘‘the great company of the West,’’ as the Mississippi company was now Called; and back of the bank and the Mississippi company were the honor and wealth of the French nation. Could anything be more secure? During all this time Law never made known the number of shares of stock of the Mississippi company he had issued, or the amount of paper currency his bank had outstanding. No one made the inquiry and, further more, no one seemed to care, as the security was con- sidered ample. In their issue Law seems to have been controlled by the law of supply and demand. Like all stock gamblers, he was no respecter of persons, and every one who brought to his bank specie or government securi- ties was, in exchange, furnished with bank notes, which he, as Controller- General, readily accepted in payment for bonds of the Mississippi company, which he was always willing to issue, It is but fair to state that John Law was honest in his convictions. He really believed that paper money could and would be used in piace of gold and sil- ver in business transactions. Although the bank notes were payable in specie, he honestly thought that, with the credit of the nation back of their issue, no one would ever ask ior their redemption. He forgot, as has many a man since his day, that old commercial rules made law by international usage cannot be abrogated or abolished by the mere edict of a king, a parliament or a con- gress. From the earliest times, gold and silver, based on their commercial value, have been the acknowledged medium of exchange between nations, 2 atti = aioe 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and he is either a knave or a fool who thinks he can successfully substitute fiat money for that which the world at large recognizes as real money, viz., gold and silver. Government currency, bank notes and bills of exchange are used in all- civi- lized nations as expedients in times of emergency, or for convenience in the transaction of business; but, in the set- tlement of balances, gold is now the basis, because all enlightened nations have agreed that it shall be so. It was this fact that stood in the way of the permanent success of Law's financial scheme and made its failure sure and complete. The day of settle- ment came at last, and came, as do all monetary disturbances, when least ex- pected. The bubble, which was ex- panded to its utmost extent, could only float when the atmosphere was calm and unruffled. The financial storm was now gathering and those who were the least able to withstand its fury were the last to perceive its approach. Themen of leisure, who had nothing to occupy | their attention but questions of the day ; the financiers, whose only thought was their investments, and the foreign mer- chants, who had carefully studied the situation from the beginning, were among the first to perceive the gather- ing clouds of disaster and ruin. The Prince of Conti, one of the most powerful nobles in France (thought by some to have been a sort of silent part- ner in this gigantic swindle and, there- fore, well informed as to its nature), annoyed to find that his ever-increasing demands for ‘‘hush money’’ were dis regarded, presented at the bank the large amount of bank notes in his_ pos- session and demanded payment in specie. Then other nobles, financiers and foreign merchants did the same, until the specie supply was exhausted, Then came the beginning of the end. Brokers held hurried consultations on the street, messengers were sent to notify their clients that the bank had refused payment of its notes. Financial darkness seemed to settle down upon Paris and business men were, for the moment, paralyzed with astonishment. Could it be possibie that the bank guar- anteed by the French nation and further secured by the great Mississippi com- pany was unable to redeem its notes, and that the scheme of the great finan- cier had failed? But a short time was given to speculation or discussion of the situation. Soon the noise of hurry- ing feet was heard upon the pavement, as excited individuals rapidly made their way to the bank, only to find it closed. The storm had come. The bubble had burst. The excitement was intense. Men who, a few months before, did not want their bank notes redeemed, now that there was nothing with which to redeem them, loudly bewailed their fate. Agents received notice to ex- change bank notes for any kind of property. Orders were issued to bro- kers to sell the bonds of the Mississippi company at any price, providing the payment was made in specie. Men ran hither and thither with blanched faces, hoping for the best, fearing the worst. Law sought to stop the panic and sustain the inflated values,by issuing an order, as Controller-General, declaring that the value of paper money should be 5 per cent. above that of specie, and requiring holders of coin in excess of a certain amount to exchange it for bills. But no decree or law could restrain the people. They were as anxious now to dispose of their bank notes and boncs as they were a few days before to procure them. Everyone wanted to sell, and sell for gold or silver. Business be- came demoralized and thousands of families who, a few months before, had thought themselves rich were now hope- lessly ruined. The government, becoming alarmed, issued an order deposing Law from the controllership, abolished the bank and deprived the Mississippi company of its home monopolies and its connection with the revenues of the State. Now that the mischief was done, the government could do no less than re- move the cause, knowing well that order | | : : could not be restored or the financial excitement allayed unless heroic meas- ures were adopted. But no proclama- tion or decree could remedy the evil al- ready done or place the public back where it was, financially, before the ex- periment of credit banking and paper money was adopted. The reputation of the bankers and brokers as financiers was gone and the credit of the nation well-nigh ruined. To say that John Law was honest in his intentions does not palliate or ex- cuse the great injury he did the French people. Neither did it relieve the poverty of the citizen. For many years the nation was financially embarrassed, from lack of confidence in the honesty and ability of those in authority, and all on account of one man’s ignorance of the fundamental principles of finance. Contidence being the chief foundation stone upon which a sound and _ success- ful financial structure is builded, the adoption of any new or untried system is a dangerous experiment and should, in a majority of cases, be rejected, es- pecially if the promoters are novices in finance, speculators or visionary fanat- ics. As a commercial corporation the Mississippi company lingered until No- vember, 1720, and disappeared, only to be remembered in its inception asa beautiful vision, in its fruition as an irridescent dream, and in retrospection as a horrible nightmare, an object les- son for future generations. : John Law, who, for nearly three years, had been the ideal financier, was now considered the greatest of swindlers. Men who, a few months before, had been ready to do him honor were now anxious to do him violence. Heart- broken and poor, he escaped to Eng- land, where he tried to regain his for- mer prestige but, having lost confidence in himself as thoroughly as the public had lost faith in him, utterly failed. For several years he was a pensioner on the bounty of the Marquis de Lassay, his early friend, and finally died, in Vienna, March 21, 1729, poor, unhon- ored and only remembered as the author of Law's Financial Scheme. —_—_—_>9»____— A Tall Cheese Story. The Daily Telegraph says a chemist has discovered a process by which cheese, after being subjected to the op- eration of certain acids and the action of a modicum of heat, becomes admir- ably adapted for the purpose of sculp- ture—is better, in fact, than the finest marble, since it can be made _ flawless, cut easily, and then hardened to a point more durable than granite, while pre- serving the most delicate expression the artist is capable of putting into a countenance. Thus every notable man may have his statue carved out of the cheese of his native country, which in itself would be a great honor, without taking into account the stimulus given to an important local industry. In cities and towns where wars and sieges are not unknown the invention will prove of even greater importance. A_ besieged people in want of fcod might easily subsist for a certain time on the monu- ments of their great men, who would thus render a double service to their country. The inventor also claims that cheese may be so manipulated as to form a capital substitute for ivory and cellu- lord, and thus become useful for much ornamental work. Indeed! -- The richest man in Formosa is a Chinese merchant named Ling-Yeng. His wealth is estimated at $30,000,000. He took part in the recent insurrection against the Japanese occupation of the island and is now a fugitive in Pekin, where it is said that he is using his money to secure an appointment as con- sul, in order that he may return to the island without danger of being executed by the Japanese. FER ai, 8 ds. MGSO A boy walked into a merchant’s office the other day in search of a situ- ation. After being put through a cat- echism by the merchant, he was asked: ‘‘Well, my lad, what is your motto?’’ ‘Same as yours, sir,’’ he replied, ‘‘same as you have on your door— ‘Push,’ ’’ He was engaged. SSO SI II III IIIS) ZS ASP ASRS SESS SSSEEGSSANSES TTL ER LLG PAT Manufacturing the best Dakota and Minnesota | Hard Spring Wheat Four Owned and operated by SARASRAS SAINEN in the world. JOHN H. EBELING, Green Bay, Wis. SCAT? IEIS} 5 SES Ww (SE) y o oJO¢o OK0 °o ° no ° OS = o ° 0 9 9S o a 3° a ° 0 Qo 9 o o J Gro OJOoro oar . SS 6 9 9 OJO¢o Oro oa The movement of one poise gives the weight in pounds and ounces and the value in dollars and cents at the same time. All bearings are made from best tool steel and pivoted, thus insur- ing sensitiveness indefinitely. Our motto—weight and money PC What a User Says. The Stimpson beats the world. L. M. THORN, Saline, Mich. o o °o o o oS ° o 26 oS ae Go od eo J0f0 Go ° ° ° oe ° 5 0° J oS AS fo oS is eo Nf go ‘5 STIMPSON COMPUTING SCHLE 60, ELKHART, INDIANA. FERRIC RIK oS) Fo os {-} o PO: ° o NEW 1096 GROP —-----@ _ New 1896 crop JEWELL CHOP JAPAN TEAS just arriving. Rich, delicious, delicate. Quality this year finer than ever before. Many jobbers throughout the country still have on hand a large stock of 1895 crop, private chop mark Japan Tea, and must unload them on you or the other fellow. This is not the case with us. Nota pound of old Jewell Chop Japan Tea in stock. Buy Jewell Chop Teas of us, and you will get JUST WHAT YOU BUY, nice, tender leaf, frag- rant 1896 crop tea. |. M. CLARK GROCERY CO. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The New York Apple Crop. Medina Correspondence Buffalo Express. The apple market has opened at $1 to $1.25 a barrel. It is reported that two buyers of winter fruit for the English market have been traveling through Western New York for several weeks endeavoring to find the choicest fruit for export, and after thorough exami- nation decided that a strip north of the Ridge Road and extending north from Gasport to north of Knowlesville and nearly to the lake contained the choicest fruit to be found anywhere, and that the buyers contracted with growers for about 31,000 barrels at $1.25 and $1.50 a_ bar- rel. It is feared that there will be a scarcity of barrels to ship the enormous crop, and cooper shops are running night and day. Even if the coopers could keep up with the demand there is a probability of shortage of barrel stock, and prices have gone up from 25 to 30 cents on barrels not already contracted for. Ifthe price of $1 or more can be maintained, Orleans and Niagara counties will reap a fortune from their apple crop. The trees are loaded so heavily with fruit that it requires the greatest effort to keep them from col- lapsing, and it is no uncommon sight to see an orchard in which each tree has from five to ten props under its limbs. Fall fruit is coming into Medina rapid- ly now, and when the market for winter fruit opens, a rush is expected. Every available vacant property is being se- cured for apple yards and _ storage, and it is expected that a large part of the crop of Western Orleans and Eastern Niagara will pass through the hands of Medina commission merchants and_ the buyers from the East who are stopping herg temporarily. nO Selfishness a Help to Courtesy. Deacon in Furniture News. Paradoxical as it may seem, selfish- nesS may sometimes produce courtesy and self-restraint. I saw an exhibition of this most marvelous alchemy not many days since. A railway freight agent was endeavoring to persuade a bumptous buyer for a wholesale grocery to order his goods shipped over a cer- tain road. The buyer had a grievance against the road and a bad way of ex- pressing it. Light headed,low minded, intemperate and overbearing, he meta- phorically slapped the freight agent in the face and spat upon him with large show of contempt. The freight agent was paid a salary for taking such abuse with equanimity. To give the buyer bad talk back meant loss to the railway and probably a loss of position to the agent. It was a fine study to see the agent answering with even temper and fine courtesy the little fellow who was heaping abuse on him in lurid and unprintable language. Very likely the grocery house had a just grievance against the road, but this only made the agent’s position more trying; for there are none so hard to forgive as those we have wronged. That competition, which is almost pure selfishness, has made millions of courteous salesmen, and has done more to break down tions than anything except christianity. In fact, this competition, to produce this courtesy, must be curbed by christianity, either in the salesman, or in his neigh- borhood. 2» The Making of Tacks. The first tacks were made by hand. The operator used a vise and dies. A bit of metal was held by a clamp, and the head was made by striking a blow with a hammer. Later on, machinery began to be used, and now metal is fed into an enormous apparatus that will cut out nearly 300 tacks a minute. The processes are extremely interesting and a tack factory has many visitors. The machinery is automatic; narrow strips of metal are fed in and clipped off; the heads are made by pressure, and it lit- erally rains.tacks into large boxes placed underneath to receive them. They are then poured into a rattler, which is a rapidly revolving cylinder, through which a jet of air is forced under high pressure. This removes all of the dust artificial class distinc- and loose particles. Black lead is sometimes put in to give them a polish, and then they pass on to the sifter, which sorts them and takes out the im- perfect tacks, leaving the good ones to be passed on and dropped into a box, from which they are taken to be packed by quick-fingered girls. A good work- woman can pack 1,600 pounds of tacks a day. When one realizes that many of these machines are going, and that the tacks at this rate are being sent out to market, the wonder grows where all the tacks go to. 2-2 Headaches from Eye Sirain. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, in Medical News, says there are many headaches which are due directly to disorders of the refractive or accommodative ap- paratus of the eyes. In some instances the brain symptom is often the most prominent, and sometimes the — sole prominent symptom of the eye troubles, so that, while there may be no pain or sense of fatigue in the eye, the strain with which it is used may be inter- preted solely by occipital or frontal headache. The long continuance of eye troubles may be the unsuspected source of insomnia, vertigo, nausea and gen- era] failure of health. In many cases the eye trouble becomes suddenly mis- chievous, owing to some failure of the general health, or to increased sensi- tiveness of the brain from moral or mental causes. > 20. As Necessary as Capital. One of the elements for success is a firm belief in one’s own powers. This does not imply egotism. The first is as necessary as Capital to achieve success, for without it there can be no. self-reli- ance. The last is nothing but inordi- nate vanity, which in the long run usu- ally makes the possessor of it a sub- ject for amusement or contempt. A quiet reserve force, backed by ability, is more effective in commanding re- spect and winning confidence than all the bluster that can be brought forth. From belief in one’s own powers come courage, perseverance and the will necessary to do battle. In commercial life it 1s those with the ability to do and will power to overcome who suc- ceed in forging to the front. 0 Damage by lightning is unmistakably increasing, according to the director of the statistical office of Berlin. Various causes are assigned, such as the em- ployment of electricity in various in- dustries, the continual change of form of the earth’s surface by deforestation, drainage, etc., and the impurities in- troduced into the atmosphere by the growing consumption of coal. Professor Von Bezold showed that, for Bavaria, the fires due to lightning increased, from a yearly average of 32 in 1833 to 1843, to 132 in 1880 to 1882, while the number of persons struck by lightning and of those killed rose from 134 and 73 respectively in 1855 to 186 and 161 in 1885. An interesting fact noted is that persons struck generally perceive neither lightning nor thunder, but re- ceive the impression of being enveloped by fire. 8 - Counterfeit postage stamps, with the head of the republic reversed, have been found in circulation in Rio de Janeiro. The police, in investigating the matter, interviewed a prominent dealer, who saidl that he had purchased some of them for collectors under the impression that they were genuine, but ‘‘errors.’’ Stamp collectors should be on their guard. a An inventive genius has turned out a coffin which, when it is opened, has the appearance of a luxurious couch. The sides, ends and the corners are fitted with silver hinges and drop toa perpendicular. The corpse is permitted to rest on this couch exposed full length. It was a foregone conclusion that sooner or later the folding bed idea would break in on funerals. ——_-> 2. Good thinking is good so far as it goes. But good thoughts not carried into action are as good as seed corn that never sprouts. WHOLESALE GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS aR 61 Filer Street, Manistee, Mich. Telephone No. 91. Aa tata tatada data Lr Ment Ln Me tin Mn Me Mn Me se be te te te de Pudr Sr bannn Sins in Minter tn dn Mn Me Me Me Me Me te te te i te NN FFF EE VEE VUE ESTOS S'S JESS PLUG AND FINE CUT TOBACCO ree eV VVC CCC CUCCUeCe JESS FUG OV VO VE VV VUE EVE EEE EEUU Sa tatn dna ha Le tn tinh Ln Mr Le Mn Mn den Min Me Mn hn Mn Me he hin Mn tn Ma Ln hn hn a i “Everybody wants them.” only by MUSSELMAN GROGER G0., JESS rvyVvVvVvVvVVvVvVvVvVvVvVYVYYVveVvVvVuVvVYvVveWVTr?GT?' 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WOLVERINE SOAP Will not only give satisfaction to your customers, but your inheritance of trade will con- If you wish an up-to-date soap at a right price, write for particulars to WOLVERINE SOAP CO., Lock Box 459, Portland, Mich. 99O9099S090000006000060000606670096060606 ee ee ee ee ee QUARE PEG AND THE ROUND HOLE.” lf he does, he will have no trouble with his cus- tomers; if he doesn’t, he’s a square peg in a round hole. bbb bb bb & br b bn bo bn by bn by be, br bn bon, bn bn bn, be be bn bn bn bn bn bn dn VVUVVVVVVYYVVVvVYVVvYVvVvVvVvVvVYYVVVYYVYVvVvVvVVVYT 2 ay ethined mates aes ribet a sleperctetent 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather American Footwear Designs. From the Shoe and Leather Facts. There are no other industries in this country that occupy a more command- ing or enviable position than do those of shoes and leather. Recently the fashion papers and trade journals have been filled with lengthy accounts of the Paris summer fetes, which pronounce the styles for the coming twelve months in practically everything that goes to make up the apparel of those who would be fashionably dressed, except in the matter of footwear. In shoes, however, thanks to the ingenuity and superior progressiveness of American designers and manufacturers, this country sets the pace to-day for practically the whole civilized world. But recently leading members of the trade in Paris freely confessed that so-called French styles in footwear have become largely mere im- itations of the latest creations in Eng- land and this country, the American designs being most copied. The novel texture and color which form the basis of a costume for the French woman, and which her Ameri- can sister is so desirous of imitating, play no part in influencing the footwear of the American belle or her more _pro- saic companions. It has scarcely been a decade since it was deemed almost essential, in order to insure her proper Standing in society, that she should wear shoes in which ‘‘French’’ kid played a conspicuous part. What had taken centuries to develop by the French tanners their American brethren have surpassed in a few years, and American kid can to-day truthfuliy be characterized as the standard. Con- stantly increasing quantities are being disposed of, not only in France, Eng- land and Germany, but also in most of the other foreign countries. It will thus be seen that the producers of leather and footwear occupy a most enviable position and one of which they have much occasion to feel proud. a Evolution in Trade Methods. From the Shoe and Leather Facts. Everything in life is changing. Rev- olution and evolution seem to be going on everywhere. Scenes, methods, habits, tastes and even principles are radically changing. It is a new life, with new ways and new aspirations—not the least startling change is to be seen in business life. What would the rich old manu- facturers or merchants of half a century ago say to the methods, expenses.and fine surroundings of the business houses of the present day? They would rub their eyes in hewilderment and _ tell many a story of their own day of sim- plicity and economy and yet of great, honorable success. All business men, and especially the younger firms, should recognize the new state of affairs and make a constant study of the changes and developments that are taking place. Judgment and nerve are required in a higher degree than ever before. Busi- ness must have clear brains and stout hearts. It must have constant watch- fulness and energy. It must have re- gard not only for private interests but the public welfare. The success and expansion of firms cannot now take place without the prosperity and growth of cities andtowns. The road to fortune in business is no longer the beaten track which can be followed from a_ genera- tion of a family. Each season in each year is producing new elements and re- lations in the situation in connection with human progress generally, and the wise and successful manufacturers and merchants will be those who join in the onward march, with faith in themselves and confidence in the future. a a Dilatory Debtors. From the Shoe and Leather Facts. In these days, when we hear so much about long credits and slow pay, it is interesting to note that the Government, in spite of a popular theory to the con- trary, is one of the most dilatory and unfeeling debtors in the world. The country is full cf slow debtors, some be- cause of inability to meet their obliga- tions and others from absolute mean- ness, but none of them take their time in standing off a creditor as does Uncle Sam. The city of Washington is filled, during the session of each Congress, with a large number of persons from all sections of the country who are there urging the payment of hundreds and even thousands of old claims that ought to have been paid years ago. The un- fortunate people who trusted Uncle Sam on his reputation have gone year after year, in many instances, to his repre- sentatives, seeking long-delayed jus- tice, but have as a ie met disappoint- ment. Many of them have grown gray in following their claims and have lost money, strength and mind in the cease- less rounds and heartlessness and red tape incident to Congressional action, and yet haunt the Capitol and depart- ment corridors as so many ghosts of a former age. Salaries are generally paid promptly, but experience shows that, when the average citizen does the Gov- ernment a good turn at an opportune time, or has his property destroyed when the Government is responsible for its protection, and does not obtain the cash at the time, he does not get it for years, if ever. That this is not as it should be goes without saying, but just how the remedy is to be brought about is hard to sug- gest. Most likely it lies in the election and appointment to office of such men as have a correct knowledge of business and business methods, and these can only be found in the ranks of the various business callings. —__4-o___ A Commendable Rule. From the Shoe and Leather Facts. One of the most noticeable things in the business world during recent years has been the growth and recognition of the fact that satisfactory services cannot be obtained from a dissipated employe or one of loose habits. Most of the leading corporations, and especially the railroads, make sobriety a prominent qualification of those seeking employ- ment with them. While almost human machinery has, in a measure, taken the place of hand labor, still it requires a clear brain and steady nerve to properly operate such machinery and to secure the greatest possible results therefrom. This, of course, is only possible where employes pay the proper amount of at- tention to those laws of health the dis- regarding of which means partial in- capacity or mental and physical wreck, if not speedy death. We are reminded of this subject by the fact that a leading Ohio shoe man- ufacturing house recognizes the im- portance of looking after the morals of its help and is endeavoring to elevate them, so far as possible, to the extent of requiring its employes to sign a pledge to abstain from the use of tobacco and intoxicants during working hours. When this. pledge is violated, the offender is discharged. A careful eye is also kept on female employes, and no girl or woman with a bad name, or who gives evidence of an evil character, is employed. The result is said to be highly satisfactory, the employes not only being benefited in many ways, but the firm also securing a much higher grade of work than would be possible under other circumstances. As has been stated, the tremendous development in modern business meth- ods has undoubtedly been more _instru- mental in bringing about reforms in the direction indicated than all the efforts of the so-called reformers. This gives to business a commendable feature that is too often overlooked. —_——__> 2. A Question of Weights. Customer (to grocer whose weights have long been under suspicion—You made a mistake in that pound of sugar I got here last night. . Grocer—How so, sir? Customer—Don’t know. It was over- weight. Grocer—Ah! Customer—Yes—there were sixteen ounces in it! PIES PDEA SSSA ', GOODYEAR We carry a complete stock of all their specialties in Century, Razor, Round and Regular Toes, in S, N, M and F widths, also their Lumberman’s Rubbers and Boots. ( : GLOVE RUBBERS your fall order for Rubbers. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SAAS SISSIES : CIN 25ST SSeS SOS SF OUR SAMPLES FOR FALL of Boots, Shoes, Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, Grand Rapids Felt Boots, Lumbermen’s Socks, Are now on exhibition at our salesroom, and in the hands of our travelers. Kindly hold for them. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO., 5 and 7 PEARL STREET. GOMIBINATIONS (Order sample cases on approval) Womens. 0000) 00. $ .83 a pair. Youths ...... a 1.04 a pair. BOYSi:- cece. ee ace CH Sees Li 1.30 a pair. Men sooo eo cen. 1.65 a pair. PONS. cccissso. 2008 Bait, High Grade Wool Boots Used. G.L.WEAVER & 60. Wholesale Rubber Footwear, DETROIT, MIGH. Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., 12, 14, 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Factory Lines are the Best Wearing Shoes on Earth. We carry the neatest, nobbiest and best lines of job- bing goods, all the latest styles, everything up to date. We are agents for the best and most perfect line of rubbers made—the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods. They are stars in fit and finish. You should see their New Century Toe—it is a beauty. If you want the best goods of all-kinds—best service and best treatment, place your orders with us. Our references are our customers of the last thirty years. * * sola OLD FRIENDS . Who Were Early Enrolled as Sub- scribers to the Tradesman. If there is any one thing, more than another, which is gratifying to the Tradesman, it is the manner in which its subscribers stay by the paper when their names are once enrolled on its subscription list. Such attachment is by no means unusual with a trade jour- nal, but the feature is none the less ap- preciated because it is common with other journals of similar character. Between the reader and the editor a rela- tionship of mutual trust and confidence gradually assumes such proportions that the one feels dependent upon the other for encouragement, assistance and ad- vice. It is a matter of much pride to the Tradesman that 113 of the mer- chants (or their successors) who began taking the paper with its initial issue— thirteen years ago—are still on its sub- scription books, as follows: Allendale—G,. H. Walbrink. Alden—-R. W. Coy. Alanson—E, R. White. Altona—R. Willett. Ashton—A. Mulholland. Bailey—Lindley & Lindley, Fenton & Son. Bangor—S. DeLong. Battle Creek—Amberg & Murphy. Big Rapids—C. B. Lovejoy, W. H. Hicks. Burnip’s Corners—Adam Newell. Berlamont—E. H. Luce. Bowen's Mills—C. W. Armstrong. Cadillac—A. E. Smith, Drury & Kelly Co. Caledonia—A. & E. Bergy. Carson City—B. F. Sweet. Casnovia—A. Norris & Son, F. H. Bitely. Cedar Springs—G. W. Sharer. Charlevoix—A. T. Burnett & Co. Chicago, Il].—W. M. Carpentier. Coral--Shook & Son. Cross Village— O. H. Shurtleff. Coates Grove—A. C. Wait. Conklin—N. Harris. Coopersville—R. D. McNaughton, J. B. Watson. Dorr—E. S. Botsford. Denison—Susie McLellan. Dalton-—Peter Zalsman. Eastmanville—J. A. Wagner. Elmira—Craven & Co. Elwell—Phelps Bros. Escanaba—J. N. Mead. Evart—J. H. Voller. Fife Lake—E. Hagadorn. Fremont—Fred Marshall, Rutherford & Misner, J. Dursema. Freeport—Moore & Shepard. Galesburg—Brown & Co. Gobleville—Myers Bros. Grand Haven—D. Gale, Ball & Co., Jacob Baker, Fred A. Hutty. Grand Rapids—Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co., F. C. Beard, B. S. Harris, Dr. H. E. Locher, G. S. Putnam. Harbor Springs—W. J. Clarke. Harvard—P. F. Stocking. Hersey—-H. T. Lewis. Holland—H. Walsh. Hopkins Station—Furber & Kidder, F, B. Watkins. Hubbardston—M ilo. Bolender. Hudsonville—L. M. Wolf. Harvey, Ill.—N. G. Burtt. Kent City—J. T. Perham, Power. Lamont—Walling Bros. Lowell—John Giles & Co. Luther—Osborne & Hammond. Ludington—-Dr. M. A. Carroll. Lyons—F. T. Gleason, E. N. Thayer. Mancelona—C. E. Blakely, Roden- baugh Bros., J. L. Farnham, Wisler & Co Va A. OE. Manton—F. A. Jenison. Mecosta—M. Carmon. Monroe Center—W. H. Brownson. Moline—Hon. E. N. Bates. Muskegon—A. Towl, Geo. Hume & Co Negaunee—Kirkwood & O’Donohue. Newaygo—S. K. Riblet, S. D. Thompson, D. Millard. Newberry—C. H. Bayley. THE MICHIGAN Otsego—C. A. Barnes, A. L. Van Horn. Pierson—S. M. Geary. Prairieville—G. A. Blackman, W. L. Brown. Ravenna—A. Rogers. Rockford—John J. Ely, W. F. Hessler. St. Johns—O. P. DeWitt. Saranac—-Henry Frace. Saugatuck—D. L. Barber & Co. Sand Lake—M. V. Wilson. Sherman—E. B. Stanley. Shelby—W. H. Shirts, J. R. Wylie & Bro. Spring Lake—Mrs. Anna Mulder & Son. Sumner—Samuel Bigelow. Sparta--R. A. Hastings Drug Co. Sylvester—-J. H. Loucks. Thompsonville--I. J. Quick, Edgar Campbell. Trufant —L. C. Whittew. Traverse City—S. E. Wait, B. H. Rose & Son. Trent-—-Carrington & North. Vicksburg—-Manfred Hill, John Long. Watervliet-—Walden & Merrifield. White Cloud—A. G. Clark & Co. E. L. Carbine, of Battle Creek, has taken the paper since the second issue and four have received every issue since the fourth number: Harrietta—J. C. Benbow. Rockford—C. F. Sears, Jackson Coon. Vermontville—-W. H. Benedict. Three have been with us since the fifth issue: Howard City—-Chas. A Vandenbergh. Morley—Wellington Jones, John E. Thurkow. Four have taken it since the sixth is- sue: Big Rapids—C. F. Mynning. Grand Rapids—J. D. Van Wyck, B. D’Ooge. Springport—Geo. E. Harris. Three have read it since the seventh issue: Grand Rapids—E. Fallas. Kalkaska—G. W. Wooden. Leetsville—S. M. Vinton. R. Osterhof, of fFerrysburg, has taken it since the eighth issue and twenty-six have been constant readers since the ninth issue: Boyne City—Wm. Gardner. Chicago—Wm. W. Smith. Coral—T. M. Stryker. Detroit—R. S. Wolford. Elk Rapids—J. S. Cromie. Evart—O. M. Bush. Frankfort—Fred Kern. Fremont-——J. R. Jacklin, K. A. K. Wagar. Freeport—-I. E. Moore. Grand Haven—J. W. Verhoeks & Co. Grattan—John M. Reid. Greenville—Wm. Bradley’s Son. Holland—T. Van Dyke. Ionia—W. R. Cutler. Mason—-Vandercook Grocery Co. Muskegon—Derk A. Boelkins. Owosso—A. T. Thomas. Sheridan—Wood & Co. Spring Lake—John B. Perham. Sturgis—Henry S. Church. Traverse City—J. W. Milliken. Vriesland—-Christian Den Herder. Whitehall—Andrew Kroogstad. Woodland—D. B. Kilpatrick. Three have perused the paper since the tenth issue: Grand Rapids—M. Bro. Muskegon—Wm. Nested. West Olive—Mrs. H. M. Gokey. E. R. d’ Arcambal, Rochester, N. Y., has taken it since the eighteenth issue and seven have read it since the nine- teenth issue: Bellaire--Geo. J. Noteware. Drenthe—H. Bakker & Son. Grand Rapids—Leendert Luikaart. South Boardman—J. H. Murray. Traverse City—H. A. Langworthy. Tomahawk, Wis.—R. W. Hall. Wexford—Dr. D. W. Connine. Four have been on the list since the twentieth issue: Grand Rapids—B. Zevalkink. Hartwick— Alfred Davis. Lakeview—C. N. Smith. Watervliet—R. E. Wigent. Mulder, H. Treusch & TRADESMAN Four have been constant readers since the twenty-first issue: Grand Rapids—B. Jonker, Chas. Pet- tersch, N. Silvius. Monroe Center—W. H. Brownson. David Cornwell, Monterey, has taken the paper since the twenty-second and three have been subscribers since the twenty-third issue: Dushville—G. O. Adams. Grand Rapids—Clark & Cole. Sparta—C. C. Darling. E. H. Stow, Pompeii, has been a faithful reader since the twenty-fourth issue and Thos. S. Freeman, Grand Rapids, has taken it since the twenty- sixth issue, which marked the date of its enlargement from a four page to an eight page paper. The Tradesman has a warm spot in its heart for these old familiar names which have appeared continuously on its mailing list during the past thirteen years and has designs on their stomachs, in the shape of a complimentary ban- quet, at the end of the twentieth year of publication. ae Courtesy is a buffer that may turn in- to a helpful push what might otherwise have been a disastrous collision. 15 This stamp ap- pears on the Rub- Pingree .; 1? S ps ber of all our ‘‘Nev- e a s a @ PATENTED erslip” Bicycle and FEB 2% 1892 Winter Shoes. e e a e ™ PINGREE & SMITH, Manufacturers. BOROROROROROROROROROROHCE TL AEDER GOO successors to REEDER BROS, SHOE C0. Michigan Agents for Lycoming and Keystone RUDDETS and Jobbers of specialties in Men’s and Women’s Shoes, Felt Boots, Lumbermen’s Socks. Lycoming Rubbers Lead all other Brands in Fit, Style and Wearing Qualities. Try them. @ EXGELSIOR BOLTS WANTED We are in the market for 500 cords of basswood excelsior bolts, for which we will pay spot cash on delivery. For further particulars address J. W. FOX EXCELSIOR COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. & Pulte, 99 Pearl St., GRAND RAPIDS. and Electric Fixtures; Galvanized Iron Cornice and Slate Roofing. Every kind of Sheet Metal Work. Pumps and Well Supplies. Hot Air Furnaces. Best equipped and largest concern in the State. 3 || Plumbing and Steam Heating; Gas Weatherly OSE SOAP Is what you should advise your custom- ers. People who have used it say it is the BEST. © 4E iw Clippes Pew Qbppers New Olippers @/yew Clippers > ©) J =p 4 ew (ippers out Jamaica avenue. was ridin on the ri not injured. broken. Miss Hines was taken home in the coach, and aside from the se- vere fright was none the worse for the accident today.—Exchange. Pratt—202 New Clippers | % — ~ ©< Al. CYCLING ACCIDENT, Miss Mamie Hines Fell In Front of a Coach. Sunday afternooa Miss Mamie Hines, 153 Union street, Flushing, N. Y and her friend, Miss Nellie Duin. of Locust street, girls of fourteen and fifteen years, engaged two Clipper bicycles of Philip Denning and started for a ride They met two coaches coming abreast. ahead, passed safely, but Miss Hines, as she approached the team t, seemed to lose her control of her wheel. stant, and then fell squarely in front of the horses. Miss Hines grasped the collar on the horse nearest the sidewalk, hung for an instant and then scrambled out of the way. Thomas Burke, driver of the coach, was not able to check the team instantly and the coach passed directly over the bicycle, which was bent into almost an unrecognizable mass of steel, rubber and wood. Strange as it may seem, though the frame of the machine was twisted into a shape which it would be impossible to describe, not a piece of the tubing nor one of the brazings was > WVew Clippers CVew@linpers ew Clippers C/few Clippers Sp y sp> Miss Dunn, who Ske wobbled for an in- As she went off the wheel Her clothing was torn, but she was Those single tube Clippers do stand the racket. G. R. Cycle Co., —— rrohhlYEO)nYfyO srockli@QyrayO L — ~~ ©<: sro aroma ea wis antnninairosdabneelat atts 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner Intelligent Effort Invariably Brings the Best Returns. From the Shoe and Leather Gazette. In the race for success there is no doubt that chance plays great part, and too many people take this as an argu- ment to justify them in waiting for something to turn up rather than doffing their coat, getting out into the open and hustling. No man can expect his luck to bring him wealth, honor or fame, and be even reasonably certain of tan- gible returns. There is just one way to proceed in order to be in the least de- gree sure of the partial fulfillment of an ambition. That way is to work for it. Ordinarily, it is as easy or easier to work and work hard with an intelligent direction of that labor than it is to loaf. Many clerks who are most of the time acting as braces to counters or wearing out the store settees could improve their condition by ascertaining the truth of this assertion. -_ oe It is intelligent effort that brings the best returns. A clerk may get down in the morning, do his routine of work effectively and go home at night at the regular hour and _ still be practically wasting histime. He will not realize that his weekly salary is the least im- portant portion of his reward. He cught to know that the knowledge he is _ gain- ing and the experience are bound to yield him big returns some day if he takes the proper interest in his work and builds with the bricks that are at hand. An exchange cites an instance of the success of a clerk who recognized these facts, and the narrative is worth atten- tion: A bright young man, just from the country, entered one of the large city stores as a salesman and showed his capacity for business by quickly ac- quiring a large personal trade. He rapidly passed older and more experi- enced salesmen and incurred no little disfavor with some of his envious fel- low clerks. It provoked their jealousy to have good customers make special request to have this young man wait on them. When they found out the secret of his popularity, many of them also found they had formed habits of work- ing that almost entirely deprived them of the ability to become as good a sales- man as this young countryman, whose experience, previous to entering the larger field, had been confined to the little village store owned by his father. He, with his fresh, receptive mind, discovered, very soon, the secret of the success of the best salesmen in the big store. The other clerks were satisfied to ascribe success to ability to pull the wool over the old man’s eyes, or to some accident of relationship. The young man from the country at once saw that success was the result of the ability to sell goods. He _ was satisfied that ‘‘the old man’’(he never thought or spoke of the proprietor in such terms, however), was only looking for real business ability. He felt himself able, but his great study was how to show his capacity in the shortest possible time. He discovered there were more good customers than the really good salesmen could handle and that many new people came to the store every day. He also observed that the average salesmen were practically indifferent as to whether they pleased the customers or not, and that they attempted to judge customers by this or that standard, and their in- difference was usually gauged by the probable importance of the person they were waiting on. Only a very few seemed to havea personal trade. He was convinced that, if he could make people ask for him, his success and advancement were as- sured. He accordingly set about to make acquaintances. His appearance attracted very few to him. He was evidently a new clerk and people at least expected those with experience to be best able to serve them. The young man, being the latest ad- dition to the force in his department, was obliged to follow the custom and take such customers as the other clerks did not want. However, he kept his eyes and ears open and improved every opportunity to do some, ever so slight, favor for a customer. He made him- self perfectly familiar with the stock and often made suggestions, politely, which pleased the customer. Often he would see a customer leave the counter hav- ing failed to get suited. The shrewd young man would have in mind just such goods as he felt she would want and would politely stop her before she left the store and show her the goods which the other clerk was too careless to look for. He would also manage to learn the customers’ names and also to have them learn his. - 2 2 In many ways he added one after an- other to those who would insist upon having him wait upon them, until the Eroprietor was forced to recognize his value, and advancements followed rap- idly. eae oe This young man became a very suc- cessful merchant afterwards, in one of the smaller towns, where he preferred to live, rather than in the city. While he might have been more prominent had he remained in the larger sphere, he was satisfied with less money, less honor, perhaps with less worry, less anxiety and more real comfort and en- joyment than are the lot of the very ‘*successful’’ merchant in the large cities. He also enjoyed the conscious- ness of having well earned his success, by diligent use of the talents with which nature had endowed him. As this was gotten from the gentleman’s own lips, we trust the good example he set his fellow clerks years ago may live on, do- ing good to those who read it. a A Gloomy Miller. John J. McCann, of the Cumberland Mills, Nashville, Tenn., discourses on the flour situation somewhat gloomily, as follows: The evangelist has been abroad in the land, and the energizing influence of the gospel of milling has been dis- pensed, not only in the word, but in the spirit. Many are on the anxious seat, asking, ‘‘What shall we do to be saved?’’ May the powers that rule over the destinies of men give them a lamp for their feet and a light for their path, is the prayer of this amen corner, brother-in-law of the church. Modern methods of selling flour were conceived in sin, born in iniquity, and were never found in the Koran or creeds of the world, but had an abiding place only in the encyclopedia of Satan. The last millers’ meeting I attended had just thirty-three of the brethren on the mourners’ bench. The meeting was opened by the entire congregation sing- ing: Come, humble miller, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve; Come in your poverty, by debt oppressed, And make this last resolve: I’ll quit my sins, yes, Lord, I will, Though greedy hosts oppose, That I may settle my washing bill And have lucre in my clothes. The parson arose and _ said: ‘‘ Breth- ren, my text is found in the thirty-third chapter of Resolutions, and reads as follows: ‘A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, and there are none so blind as he that won’t see a cent of money in his business.’ First, brethren, where be we at?) Nowhere. Ask some banker to buy your stock in the mill and he will answer. He will tell you that your mill business is like an unfenced grave- yard. No need of fence, because them what’s in can’t git out, and nobody what's out don’t want to git in. What do your balance sheets look like? Just like East St. Louis, brethern, after the cyclone had struck it. That’s the signs o’ the situation, brethren. Our aspira- tions have all been too high, brethren, and our prices have been too low.”’ >.> Satisfying a grudge and cutting one’s throat may be very satisfactory for the moment, but both leave a disageeable residuum for some one to clean up. Siale Falr_yjeck Our Traveling Men will be in the house from Monday till Friday, September 7 to 10, they will be pleased to show visitors our stock of DRY GOODS AND MEN’S FURNISHINGS of which we have a complete line, all dealers invited to call and inspect our goods. P. Steketee & Sons, Wholesale Dry Goods. 8 to 12 Fountain Street. eqD... a 24. aap ( DRY GOODS MERCHANTS AND MILLINERS 2 Are cordially invited to make our store headquarters during week of State Fair CORL, KNOTT & CO. Importers and Jobbers of RIBBONS, SILKS, VELVETS, FELT AND CLOTH HATS AND MILLINERY NOVELTIES. 20-22 N. DIVISION ST. icailis iii cece 2 QNOOWWOWWLC 9 € oe Sh O °° 3 ] 3 3 OOP ° oa ° Qe o 3° oO ° ORR ° eoSGaSGoa ° ° odo ° ° ° owGo ° ° ° 2H | COOOGAGE © x ° 9. a ° eS ’ = HAMMOCKS a © c $7.00 to $42.00 per dozen. ss 2 ? Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, 3% ose Wholesale Dry Goods Je Nef Grand Rapids, Mich. RP 6) 6 Pe ow Oo ow a °o Se fo (F oN ° 9 2 DAF) QnP 2° 9 8 S)uKo 9 9 DQ? HNAQe J 2DEACSD 2s CREPE PLOW ORDO Or Pue OO ow “ a Of ; PeVveuVvVCVCVCUVCVCUVCCVCUCVCCCUVCVUUVCUCUCUVUUVCUVUVVUUVCVUVUVUVUUVTUVUUUVTVUWN POGGIO GSS SESS DE SCE OES OOS ODES ESS IES SIS SSSSS SSS q $ > $ 2 4 q > : 2 $ S 3 $ € $ In large or smal] package—quarters, halves, pounds or five pound 2 $ boxes. Just the thing for Summer Resorts and fine trade gen- 2 $ erally. An endless variety of the toothsome dainties to be found a $ at the manufacturers’, 3 4 $ A E BROOKS & CO 5 AND 7 SOUTH IONIA STREET, 3 3 AL. °9 GRAND RAPIDS. > y~wworwerw@weorrwwrervwrwrvrvvvrvrvrevwevvrevrevrvrevwvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvyv% # POGGOE GEO ODS DISD EPI ESE EDT EIT ESET EET II a is TRY HANSELMAN’S Fine Ghooolatées ald Bon Bons Goods which are sure to please. Once used always used. Sold by all dealers. Also fruits, nuts, etc. HANSELMAN CANDY GO., 4 KALAMAZOO, MICH. 2 AMORA IG ERE IE Rea 5 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers 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. REY- NOLDs, Saginaw. Michigan Division, T. P. A. President, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids; Secre- ri cay Treasurer, Jas. B. McINNEs, Grand pids. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, A. F. PEAKE, Jackson: Secretary and Treasurer, J. H. MCKELVEY. Board of Directors—F. M. Tyrer, H. B. Farr- CHILD, GEO. F. OWEN, J. HENRY DAWLEY, GEO. J. HEINZELMAN, Cuas. S. ROBINSON. Gripsack Brigade. Work more for profits than sales. The best positions on the road, as_ in other avocations, are for the best men. Isaac G. Turner is working the city trade for Robert Massey, the Traverse City cigar manufacturer. Price cutting is a case of ‘‘cutting off the nose to spite the face.’’ There's too much lost and nothing gained by it. Frank E. Chase has gone to Detroit to meet his wife and daughter, who have been spending the summer with friends on Cape Cod. Systematic business methods is the cry of the hour, and this demand must be met. Everything is being reduced to a science and why not business? No more ‘‘soft snaps’’ in sylvan re- treats and at the Northern resorts, boys. It’s guing after business now and a de- termination to get it, if it is to be had. The plain fact that the commercial traveler must act largely upon his own judgment and business ingenuity is one of the reasons why he wields a mosi powerful influence in the success or failure of the firm he represents. Wilbur S. Burns has taken the posi- tion of Michigan traveling representa- tive for Gowans & Sons, of Buffalo, the engagement dating from Sept. 1. Mr. Burns has had no previous experience on the road, but announces his inten- tion of mastering the details of the business with all possible dispatch. The easy-going man on the road _ gets into trouble because he gives credit too indiscriminately. The credit question is a most important and vital one. Study it constantly and hew steadily to line of your best judgment, letting the chips fly where they may. They won’t hit any really desirable customer in the eye. The salaries of commercial travelers are based to-day solely upon the show- ing of profits made through - sales. Whether the man on the road is remu- nerative and fulfilling the mission as- signed him, which is to make money for his employer, or whether he is an unprofitable investment, is the result by which his services are judged by the house. M. M. Read, representing E. B. Mil- ler & Co., of Chicago, has returned to Ypsilanti from Henderson Harbor, N. Y., where his family spent the heated term in their summer home. Mr. Read insists that Lake Ontario is the gem of the Great Lakes, albeit he isa loyal Michigander and swears by Michigan resorts as well as Michigan men and methods. Fred Ephlin, who has represented Lantz Bros. & Co. in the Michigan field for the past eight years, will hereafter divide his territory with W. A. Drury, who has covered Northern Michigan several years for Swift & Company. If Mr. Drury succeeds in selling as many goods as his co-worker has been able to place, he will receive the congratula- tions of his friends everywhere. Conservatism in business is the motto to-day of careful, provident houses. Competition was never more active than at present, hence profits on all products are surprisingly low, therefore expenses and expenditures have been made to correspond to these results. Owing to these facts, however, the responsibility of the trade is better, more stable and worthy of confidence than at any time in the last decade. Oscar Allyn has been tendered the position of Michigan representative for M. Mills & Co., oyster packers of Bal- timore, and has decided to accept the offer, as it isan unusually flattering one for a man possessing no previous ex- perience as a traveling salesman. Mr. Allyn is confident that he thoroughly understands the ins and outs of the oyster business and his friends expect to see him achieve a large measure of success in his new field. There are thousands of people who thoroughly believe that lying is neces- sary in order to do business. If this be so, then the biggest liar must be the most successful business man. Is he? Not much. The liar may flourish for a time but his prosperity is based on a false foundation and the end is but a matter of time. No man can prosper in business when the public loses confi- dence in him, and people soon find out the man unworthy of confidence. J. H. Fildew, of St. Johns, traveling representative for Baidwin, McGraw & Co., was in town a couple of days this week on business connected with his telephone enterprise in Central Michi- gan. Mr. Fildew has lately completed a line from St. Johns to Lansing, via Dewitt, and has several extensions of the system under advisement. He isa firm believer in the theory that the backbone of the Bell monopoly can be broken and is rapidly making a prac- tical demonstration of the truth of his belief. Frank C. Adams, who represents the Cody-Ivison Shoe Co., of Cleveland, has returned from Gunn Lake, where he spent the heated term with his family in their handsome summer cottage. Mr. Adams has relinquished his trade in Wisconsin and Minnesota and starts out about Sept. 20 on a four months’ trip to California, going via Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon and returning via Utah and Colorado. He will be ac- companied by his brother, A. S. Adams, who represents the Powers & Walker Casket Co. Believe in your line. Be sure it is right and then rush it along for ali it’s worth. The trouble with some of the boys is lack of enthusiasm. There are men who tackle the road with no more enthusiasm as regards their calling than a ton of ice, and no more magnetism than an old rubber boot. Such men can’t sell goods They may be truthful, earnest and industrious but they’re too cold. It is such men that change their line with every season and sooner or later make room for some one else on the road. It matters not what calling, or what line men take up in any one of them, the qualities of application, patience and perseverance must be manifested if one would reap a sure reward of pros- perity. Ordinary business faculty will | succeed when coupled with the ‘‘stay- | ing qualities’? which have characterized | all eminent successes, while the erratic can't-wait man misses it in nine cases out of ten. Stick-to-it-iveness is the| golden key which unlocks the sealed | door of fortune, and the patient, plod- ding commercial traveler may find in- spiration in the numberless examples of untoward circumstances which illus- | trate the human achievements through- out all history. a Quarterly Report of the Directors of the M. K. of G. Grand Rapids, Sept. 7—The regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Di- rectors of the Michigan Knights of the Grip was held at Lansing Sept. 5, 1896, ali of the members of the Board being present. Secretary Owen presented his finan- cial report for the quarter, showing total receipts in the death fund of $3, 126 from Assessment No. 1, $36, and from Assessment No. 2 $3,o90—and in the general fund, from new membeis, $46, for all of which he held the Treasurer’s receipts. The report was approved by the Finance Committee and adopted and placed on file. Treasurer Frost presented his report, showing total receipts in the general | fund of $408.83 and disbursements of | $207.05, leaving a balance on hand of | $201.78. In the death fund the receipts were $3,181.27 and the disbursements $1,000, leaving a balance on hand of $2, 1S 1. 27. The report was accompanied with a certificate from the City National Bank, of Lansing, showing that Treasurer Frost had the above amounts in the bank to his credit. The report was ap- proved by the Finance Committee and adopted and placed on file. Two communications were read from John McLean and on motion were re- ceived and placed on file. A communication was read from FE. G. Chambers, of Frankfort, regarding a railroad grievance. The Secretary re- | ported that he had written Railroad | Commissioner Billings, also W. R. | Burt, President of the Ann Arbor Rail- | road, and had also called upon Attorney- | General Maynard and had been assured | that the matter should have prompt at- | tention. The communications were | accepted and placed on file. | A communication was received from | J. C. Wittliff, of Port Huron, stating | that the traveling men of Port Huron | e were about to organize a Post and ask-/|@ ;@ > ’ > i® gave the letter H, so Port Huron’s Post|@ ing for a letter for it. Secretary Owen will be known in Post H. The following bills were properly | audited by the Finance Committee and | the Treasurer was instructed to draw orders for the amounts: Tradesman Company, stationery......... Secretary salary account............... Treasurer Salary account.............. ... S. E. Symons, attendance board meeting.. Geo. F. Owen, attendance board meeting. F. M. Tyler, attendance board meeting.... A. F. Peake, attendance board meeting John R. Wood, attendance board meeting B. D. Palmer, attendance board meeting.. F. R. Streat, attendance board meeting... Geo. F. Owen, for receipt issued.......... \ the organization as | | KR _ Se oD 10 02 UL Re OSS SENS a —_ Proofs of the death of Oscar E. Cart-| Ba wright, of Detroit, were presented and on | motion a warrant was ordered drawn for | $500 in favor of Nota A. Cartwright, | beneficiary. | Director Peake moved that the Secretary be allowed $17.87 as expenses to Chicago in attendance as delegate representing the Michigan Knights of the Grip before the General Passenger Agents’ Association regarding the 1,000 interchangeable mileage ticket. Adopt- ed. It was moved and carried that a war- rant on the Treasurer for $150 be made on the death benefit fund in favor of the general fund, as provided for in the constitution and by-laws, Article 12, Section 3. The following resolution was present- ed by Director Tyler: Resolved—That the f President ap- point a delegate, to any Passenger | COOG®DGOOOOGHOGOODOOOP®OOOOO RO ; $ which January Agents’ Association meeting may be held between now and | 1, 1897, if in his judgment he deems it |advisable, expenses to be paid by this | Association, the same as the Board of Directors. The Board then adjourned to meet |Nov. 21 at the Downey House, Lan- sing. GEO. F. Owen, Sec’y. 2 ~<—- The man who tells lies to make him- self popular plays with a boomerang that comes back on the bound and knocks him silly. ~~. The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. HOTEL BURKE G. R. & I. Eating House. CADILLAC, MICH. All modern conveniences. C. BURKE, Prop. W. 0. HOLDEN, Mgr. Cutler House in New Hands. H. D. and F. H. 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Cummings is an Honorary member of the Michigan Knights of the Grip. pet tye teen ne nade state sisal naeratettedinetctta 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. - C. A. BUGBEE, Traverse City - S. E. PARKILL, Owosso . F. W. R. Perry, Detroit Four Years— - A.C. ScoumMacHER, Ann Arbor Five Years— - Gro. GunpDRUM, Ionia President, C. A. BUGBEE, T: averse City. Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Treasurer, GEo. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Lansing, November 4 and 5. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, G. C. Parties, Armada. _ Secretary, B. ScHROUDER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, CHas. MANN, Detroit. Executive Committee—A. H. WEBBER, Cadillac; H. G. Cotman, Kalamazoo; Gro. J. WaRD, St. Clan; A. B. STEVENS, Detroit; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. One Year— - Two Years— Three Years— The Drug Market. Acetanilid—The market is stronger, due to an advance in prices of raw ma- terial, and values will likely see an- other advance in the near future. Acids—Moderate seasonable demand, but orders are mostly of a jobbing char- acter, and, aside froma slight decline in tartaric, there are no changes of im- portance to note. Alcohol—A steadier market for grain is reported. Wood is finding a contin- ued steady outlet. Arsenic— Demand for powdered white is fairly steady, under moderate en- quiry. Balsams—Market for copaiba is said to be active for small jobbing parcels. Tolu, demand good, with strong up- ward tendency. Peru, a quiet feeling seems to prevail. Canada fir, also, is dull and slow of sale. Beans—All varieties of vanilla are ruling firm and there is a moderately active demand from general consuming channels. Cacao Butter—Light spot stocks only are moving. Market is quiet but firm. Cantharides—Liberal sales of Chinese are mentioned, and holders’ exhibit more interest. Cassia Buds—Fairly good consuming demand and strong. Castor Oil—Quotations have met with a decline of %c per pound at hands of manufacturers. Chloral Hydrate—Former range of prices for consumers’ wants is in evi- dence. Cocaine—An early advance is antici- pated, as holders seem not at all anxious to become sellers. Coculus Indicus—Business is good as to consuming outlet and prices are firm. Codeine—Firmer, although quiet. The price for pure in bulk has been ad- vanced by local manufacturers. Cod Liver Oil—Enquiry shows no particular change, but the jobbing de- mand is fair. Colocynth Apples—Prime Trieste are steady. Cream Tartar—The market steady, with values fluctuating. Cubeb Berries—Still dull and nomi- nal as to price. Essential Oils—Dealers have ad- vanced quotations for anise. Cassia, also, is ruling stronger. The large crop and heavy arrivals of pennyroyal have resulted in an easier market. Spot values of Baltimore wormseed will probably be reduced, owing to the en- couraging reports regarding the new corp, but, as these reports are not to be relied on, owing to their confliction, the true condition is conjectural. Pep- permint is exceedingly dull; nominal as to quotations. Flowers—Arnica, market quiet and values are unchanged. Chamomile, is un- strong, with good demand to report. American saffron continue quiet. Glycerine—Light enquiry, tame mar- ket—such is the state of the market. Gums—Consumptive demand for asa foetida is fairly good and steady. One ounce cakes of Japanese camphor re- main active and firm. Nothing men- tionable in other descriptions. Gam- boge, dull and easy. Holders of kino have advanced the price. The market for Aleppo tragacanth still shows a stronger tendency. Leaves—Prices of short buchu are maintained and there is a moderate consuming demand. Dealers and con- sumers are awaiting arrivals of new crop of senna, which is somewhat quiet. Coca, nothing new to report and values are somewhat nominal. Menthol—Rather slow of sale; quo- tations nominal. Morphine—Prices are at the former range; market dull. Naphthaline—Enquiry is for small lots only, but prices are well kept up. Opium—No changes in the market, it being dull and without any special features. Quicksilver—Firmer, with an ad- vance in inside quotations. Quinine--No new features have de- veloped since our last report. Referring to the situation the Pharamceutical Era remarks: Not since quinine was a dol- lar an ounce, and cheap at that, has the trade been more surprised than during the last three weeks. That was in the old days when quinine was first admit- ted duty free, and a good many people bought heavily, thinking it could never go lower. It. did become cheaper. Within the last four years it has sold below 17c an ounce, and it was to save the market from such degradation that finally the association of manufacturers was formed. Since then quinine has been steadier. The large stock in Lon- don was gradually reduced from 3,000, - 000 ounces in 1894 to a little over half that quantity at the present time, and prospects seemed bright for an advance of rates, rather than a decline. The re- cent sweeping reductions have brought heavy losses to speculators who took the common view, and the action of the as- sociated manufacturers is one of those commercial mysteries which are only cleared up afterward. There has been talk about a firm of Java cinchona rais- ers who have erected works of their own for the manufacture of quinine, and it has been suggested that it was in order to discourage that enterprise that the price has been suddenly lowered. There is also said to be an English concern organized to fight the regular associa- tion. What retail druggists want to know is whether quinine is going high- er or lower. The fact that at the great auction sale of cinchona bark in Ams- terdam a week ago, prices ranged Io per cent. under those at the previous sale a month before, may have some bearing upon the question. It would excuse another cut in prices. But, on the other hand, it is the unexpected that always happens, especially when an association seeks to control the mar- ket. Altogether, the present seems a good time not to gamble in quinine. Roots—Business entirely of the job- bing nature. No special change in prices of any variety. . Seeds—No changes of consequence have occurred for the past week as to quotations, and the general market has been uninteresting, although there has been some demand on the part of the consuming trade. Sifted Italian anise is a trifle weaker and quotations de- clined somewhat. Canary, all varieties are dull, and prices are nominally steady. A good business is still doing in Dutch caraway, so it is reported. Smail lots of Italian fennell are meet- ing with a moderate demand. Russian hemp is a notch lower. There is a bet- ter consuming request for mustard. Poppy has again advanced. German rape is firmer, due to foreign cables an- nouncing a short crop of new, and spot values have been advanced. Celery has met with another decline. Coriander remains unchanged and is moderately steady. Improved situation is noted as to primary sources. Cardamom, scarce and jobbing demand fairly active, with prices firm. Sponges—Market tame and feature- less. Prices are nominally unchanged and there is nothing new to say regard- ing primary sources for Florida, Nassan or Cuban descriptions. —___~> 2 >____ Getting Trade Started. About the greatest difficulty is over- come, in working to obtain business, when you get the customer into the store. Every merchant has had occasion to say to himself, ‘* My goods and prices are all right. If I can get the people in, success is assured, for they will buy.’’ How would it do to get up an _ attrac- tively worded circular letter telling about the new stock and asking people to pay the store a visit, ‘‘just to look,’’ even if they do not wish to buy. Ask the clerks to address envelopes to their friends, and sign enough of the letters with their own name to go to these peo- ple. It will be more of a personal invita- tion than people usually get to visit a store and they will be apt to respond more readily than they would to the or- dinary circular letter. The clerks will probably look on the plan with favor, for they must realize that their position is more secure when business is good, and they will want to do what they can to help it along. If a coupon is enclosed in each letter, good for some inexpensive souvenir, or a discount of five per cent. on the pur- chase when presented, it will help to draw people in, and should prove _ well worth the cost because ot the benefit de- rived. This idea could be used whether you have a regular opening or not. In case an opening is held, the use of the coupon should be confined to the opening day. Otherwise it might well be made good for one week. Thus people who would not find it convenient to come on a par- ticular day would come sometime dur- ing the week if the inducement or sou- venir or five per cent. discount was offered. a ae Investigation has lately demonstrated that coal may lose as much as 33.08 per cent. in weight from exposure to the weather, while the loss is made even more considerable by the deterioration in quality. —_—__»s 2 >—___ The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. PECK’ S oe Pow bens Pay the Best Profit aa The Etiquette of Gum Chewing. More properly speaking there are certain rules, not etiquette as some would have it, to be ob- served in abstracting the sweetness and_ reduc- ing the obstinacy of.a stick of gum. In the first place one should have an object in view. It is more than probable that chewing gum merely to keep the jaws in operation will not produce any marked benefits. If one is troubled with dis- ordered stomach, however, the right kind of gum will not only correct the trouble, but keep the breath from becoming offensive. There is out 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 good jobbers. 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Declined—Anite Seed, Celery Seed, Linseed Oil Acidum Aces. .......-... 8 10 Benzoicum, German @ 80 Boracte: 2... #..... @ & Carbolicum ......... 29@ 40 Gitrievm =... .. 15... H@ 46 Hydrochlor ......... 3@ 5 Nitrocum .... 8 S@ 10 Oxaneuin..:.: .:.. 10@ 12 Phosphorium, dil... @ 15 Salicylicum. ........ 50@ 55 Sulphuricum. ...... 14%@ 5 Tannicam .......... 1 40@ 1 60 "Partaricum,-........ 36G «88 Ammonia Aqua, 16 deg........ 4@ 6 aa 2 Gee... .. .. 6@, 8 Carbonas........... 12@ 14 Chloridum......... R@ 14 Aniline ack... 0 ce, 2 OO 2 owe oleate .. et 00 ee ooo: 45@ +50 Norow. ...-5-.....- 2 50@ 3 00 Bacce. Cubese,....... po.18 183@ 15 SUnIperus.... .. 8... 6@ 8 Xanthoxylum.. .... 3@ 30 Balsamum 45@ 50 a. B28 Terabin, Cana 406 5 Tolutan.. os 7@ 80 Cortex Abies, Canadian.... 18 Cassie .-... 61... .... 12 Cinchona Flava..... 18 Euonymus atropurp 30 Myrica Cerifera, po. 2) Prunus V irgini. on 12 Quillaia, gr’d i. 10 Saesairas.... 2.) |. 12 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Extractum Glycyrrhiza Si A@ 2% Glycyrrhiza, po..... 23a 30 Hematox, 15 e box. Li@ & Hematox, Is ........ 1B@Q 14 Hematox, ee 14@ 15 Hematox, 48....... 16@ 7 Ferru Carbonate Precip... 15 Citrate and Quinia.. 23 Citrate Soluble...... 80 aero maneom Sol. 50 Solut. Chloride..... 15 Sulphate, com’l..... 2 Sulphate, oars dass bbl, per ewt. 35 Sulphate, pure. ao. 7 Flora MPOtOe oo... 12 14 Anshemis .........<. 18@ 2% Meatricaria .......... 18@ 2% Folia eros. .....- 2... 15@ 20 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- [ nevelly....-....., 18@ 2% Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 2@ 30 Salvia officinalis, 4s end S68. 000.0 ... 122@ =20 Urea Urat...-- 2... .. 8s@ 10 Gummi Acacia, ist picked.. @ 6 Acacia, 2d picked... @ Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 3 Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 8B Acacia, pe... 60@ 80 Aloe, Barb. po. 20@28 14@ «18 Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 @ iW Aloe, Socotri. po. 40 @ 30 Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60 Assafostida....po.30 2@ 2 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 Catechu; i5..... 02... @ i: Catechu, %s......... @ 14 Catechu, 4s......... 16 Camphore .. 50@ 55 Euphorbium. -po. "35 @ 10 Gaibarum......... .. @ 1 00 Gamboge po........ 6a 7 Guaiacum..... po. 35 @ 3 Mino. ..-... po. $4.00 @ 4 00 cng eee @ 65 =o. ........ @ 40 oon. -po. §3.5003. 2 50G@ 2 60 Shellag. 0). 410Q@ 6 Shellac, bleached... 0G 45 Tragacanth ......... 0@ 80 Herba Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 Lobelia...... oz. pkg 25 Majorum ....0z. pkg 28 Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 Mentha Vir. - pkg 25 Ree... 2. Zz. pkg 39 TanacetumV ce pkg 22 Thymus, V..oz. pkg 2» Magnesia. Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat.. ... ‘ 22 Carbonate, K.&M.. 20@ 25 Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36 Oleum Absinthium......... 3 25@ 3 50 Amygdale, Dule.... 30@ 50 Amygdale, Amare . 8 00@ 8 25 A ek 2 50@ 2 60 Auranti Cortex..... 3 30@ 2 40 Bereantt .o.2 3 00@ 3 20 Cayiputi....5....:. ae = 5 Caryophylli Ss aes 53@ 58 Camer cc. rr: 35@ , 65 Chenapadsl TS @ 2 50 Cinnamonii. ........ ag 2 30 Citronella. .... .... 60 Conium Mac........ 33@ «65 Copaiba. 90@ 1 00 Cabebe.............. 1 50@ 1 66 Exechthitos ee 1 20@ 1 30 Exiveron ............ 1 20@ 1 30 Gaultheria .... .... 1 50@ 1 60 Geranium, ounce. @ 7 Gossippii, Sem. gal. 50@ ~=s«60 Hedeoma.. ‘ces, 0 Sogn F 46 Junipera. +. 1 Jos Lavendula.......... 90@ 2 Dimonis. 2... 1 30@ 1 50 Mentha Piper...... 1 60@ 2 20 Mentha Verid....... 2 F@ 2 % Morrhue, gal....... 2 00@ 2 1¢ Myrcia, ounce....... @ 50 Oye. i T5@ 3 00 Picis Liquida. .... 10@ 12 Picis Liquida, gal.. @ CU ou an, NG % Rosmarini.......... @ 1 00 Rose, ounce........ 6 50@ 8 50 Sacer 40@ 45 Samim ¢ 1 00 Patear i . 2 50@ 7 00 Sassafras...........- 50@ 55 Sinapis, ess., ounce. @ 6 Namie... 2. 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Nit4F 3@ 38 Alomen (0 24@ 3 Alumen, gr poy 3@ 4 Annatto....... .. #6 Antimoni, po....... 4@ 5 AntimonietPotassT 55@ 60 Avtipyrin 00.1... @ 1 40 Antifebrin . ..... @ i Argenti Nitras, oz . @ 5d Arsenicum......... 10@ 12 Balm Gilead Bud .. 38@ 40 Bismuth S.N. ..... 100@ 1 10 Caleium Chlor., 1s.. a 2 Calcium Chlor., %s. @ 10 Calcium Chlor., 4s. @ 32 Cantharides, Rus.po @ % Capsici Fructus, af. @ b Capsici Fructus, po. @ b Capsici FructusB spo @ Bb Caryophyllus..po. 15 10@ 12 Carmine, No. 40..... @ 3% Cera Alba, S. & F_ 50@ 55 Cera Flava.......... @ 4 Coecens @ 4 Cassia Fructus...... @ BX Contrary @ WwW Cetaconm.. |. @ 4% Chloroform.......... 0@ 63 Chloroform,squibbs __@ 1 35 Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 15@ 1 30 Chondrus. ..... 20@ 2% Cinchonidine,P.&W 15@ 20 Cinchonidine, Germ 7 @_ 14 Cocaine 0 7 5 55@ 5 7 Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 65 Creosotum. . @ xX Creta | bbl. = =6@ 2 Creta, prep.......... @ 5 Creta} precip....__! %@ 1 Creta, Rubra........ @ 8 Creuse W@ 55 Cudbear ........ a @ wz Cupri Sulph......... @ 6 Dextrine....... 10@ 12 Ether Sulph......... T@ MW Emery, all numbers @ & Emery, po... @ 6 Ergota......... po.40 30@ 3 Flake White........ R@ 15 Ga @ 2% Gambier............. s@ 9 Gelatin, Cooper. . @ 6 Gelatin, French..... 30@ 50 Glassware, flint, box 60, 10&10 Less than box... 60 Glue, brown.. @ ik Glue, white ........ 13@ 25 Glycerina...... .... 9@ 26 Grana Paradisi .... @ 15 Bamulug. 00 2@ 5d Hydraag Chlor Mite @ Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ & Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @ Hydraag Ammoniati @ 9% HydraagUnguentum 45@ 55 Hydrargyrum....... @ 60 Ichthyobolla, Am... 1 25@ 1 50 Tadigo. 73@ 1 00 Iodine, Resubi...... 3 80@ 3 90 lodoform............ @ 4 70 Lupaling {50 4... @ 2% Lycopodium ........ 0@ 6 DO OOtN es 6@ Liquor Sure et Hy- Grarg lod... ...:. @ 2w Useeerremndaiaatt 10@ 12 Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1% Mannia, S. F...... 63 Menthol... . Coes @5 50 Morphia, S.P.& W.. — S.N.Y.Q. & oe Moschws Canton.. Myristica, No. 1..... Nux Vomica...po.20 Os Sepia.. a -— Saac, H. & P. Picis Liq., quarts.. Picis Ligq., pints..... Pil Hydrarg.. -po. 80 Piper Nigra... po. 22 Piper Alba....po. 35 Piix Burgun. et cace Plumbi Acet........ Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 1 Pyrethrum, boxes H. . 1 T@ 2 00 90 40 80 10 18 Ny ry SSE SS5aQSEKGOGO © ‘el. x 8 mt DD 8 ‘&P.D. Co., doz.. 13 Pyrethrum, PV eee 30 Quassis.:........... 10 Quinia, S. P.& W.. 31@ 36 Quinia, S. German.. 23@ 30 @uinia, N.Y......... 22@ 34 Rubia Tinctorum... 12@ 14 SaccharumLactis pv 4Q@ 26 Rarmsem 3 00@ 3 10 Sanguis Draconis.. 40@ 50 Pepe. Wo... 12@ 14 Sapo, Mw ow. 10@ 12 Sapo, G..... @ 1 Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22 Sines... 88. @ is Sinapis, opt.. @ 8 —_ , Maceaboy ee dee. @ # snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s @ 34 Soda Boras.......... 1@ ww Soda Boras, po...... 74 Soda et Potass Tart. 26@ 28 Seda, Carb.......... 1%k@ 2 Soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5 SOGn Age... 3%@ 4 Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2 Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60 Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ «bb Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00 Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ 2 37 Spts. Vini Rect.44bbl @ 2 42 Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @ 2 45 Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 47 Less 5c gal. cash 10 da 4 nm Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40 1 45 Sulphur, Subl....... 24@ 3 Sulphur, Roll. : 2@ 2% Tamarinds.........- = Terebenth Venice... 28@ Theobrome....... . 2 5 LC 9 — 0 Zines Sulpn......... Olls : BBL. GAL Whale, winter....... 70 70 Lard, extra......... 40 45 Tard, Ne. fo... ..... 35 40 Linseed, pure raw.. 30 33 Linseed, boiled..... 82 34 Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 70 Spirits Turpentine... 30 36 Paints BBL. LB. Red Venetian... ... 14% 2 @8 Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4 Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3 Putty, commercial... 2% 24%@3 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Vermilion, Prime Aveorican.......... 13@ 15 Vermilion, English @ Green, Paris De Be Sm Green, Peninsular... 13@ 16 Bu@ 5% 54@ om WwW hiting, white Span @ 7 Whiting, gilders’. @ #9 White, ‘aris Amer.. @1i10 Whiting, Paris Eng. Cm Le. @i# Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 Varnishes No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 Batre Tiep......... 1 60@ 1 ~ Coach Body......... 2 7%@ 3 : No.1 Turp Furn.... 1 00@ 1 10 Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ 7% Importers and Jobbers of DRUGS Patent Medicines "32 Chemicals and DEALERS IN PAINTS, OILS and oe, VARNISHES Full line of staple druggists’ sundries. We are sole proprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy. We have in stock and offer a full line of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES AND RUMS. We sell liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satis- faction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them, Send a trial order. azeltine & Perkins Drug 60., Br: — 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 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 conditions 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 is our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. _——s F E i t ' 2 ' PE NB AE IESE, A TAO AE OA AXLE GREASE. oe soocea SHELLS. a COUPON BOOKS. FARINACEOUS GOODS. Souders’. a New Orleans. - : doz. gross eee ‘ Oval bottic, with corkecrew. 17." tt: ss 6 99 | Li ty. : Biscuitine. : Meee ee is GOOR ca. soe. OU z ea i a. : . Pound packages be 4 8 doz. in case, per doz.....100 | Best in the world for the Extra ee 4 2 Diamond...........-..50 550 CREAM TARTAR. Farina. Choice ..........+.+-.-++- 27 : : Maes an 9 00 Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35 ee 3 Regular — Pe tues dace orec oe 30 * F IXLGolden,tinboxes75 9 00] Strictly Pure. tin boxes... . Grits. Grade Haif-barrels 3c extra. = — eS 70 : - Tartarine | (ooo Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 2 00 — PICKLES. ¥. erage. <2. : 55 Hominy. Oz Tedium. = BAKING POWDER. COFFEE. Bares 0 3 25 = ace 1 = Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3 60 : ‘ ciate Green. Flake, 50 1b. drums....... 150 eee Half bbis, —— eee 2 30 a & crass Rio. Lima Beans. mall. a = ibeansdos...... 1... 45 | pair 18 Tradesman Grade. pied 00a Soar Barrels, 2,400 count........ 4% x z Mihbeantdor 2.2.2... 85 Gana Ta dsp dS SG REG A a 19 i doz Half bbls, 1,200 count...... 2 88 - ce ee ee 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. PIPES. : a Prime ........-......+-+- Saco 21! 100 books. any denom.... 2 50| Domestic, 10 1b. box...... 60 | 20z...... 1 20] Clay, No. 216 170 i. Acme. — See eee eT 21| 500 books, any denom....1) 50| Imported, 25 Ib. box...... 2 50 Soe 7 2 40] Clay, T. D. fullcount.....) 65 he 44 lb cans 3 doz............ leaps mason ear 23 | 1,000 books, any Genom. ...20 00 Pearl Barley. Cob, No. 8.000 1 Po a ib Cams 3 Gez............ % Santos. SSPARIER se 2% XX Grade POTASH ¥ : = caneidoe........... 2 = a ee ae 19 Economic Grade. ReteT .. 2. 1%@2 i — 48cansincase. ie on ee eo ae Oe ga 20 50 books, any denom..:. 1 50 Peas. stil] 2 oz.....- 460 | Babbites: 6: 4 00 : Dwight’s. Pram 22| 400 books, any denom.... 2 50] Green, bu............-.... 90 | 4.02. ....3 00 Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 00 ‘ 1 lbcans per doz......... 159 | Peaberry .....---.--eee-see ees 23] 500 books. any denom....11 50| Split, per PDs ce: 2% RICE. = ee Mexican and Guatamala. 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Rolled Oats. XX Grade Domestic. % iemcideccs.. ie Rolled Avena, Dbbl......3 85 Vanilla. | Carolina head.............. 6% = % Ib cans 4 doz case..... 8 | Good —- 7 escccees = = ane 1% ae = ; Dee. : j ES ae ii a >, ln PE SPER ce we wens mm SMB ees oe Se ea i il ai a a = = —— oe 190) Pones —— a=, = a 3 10 La Ww 40z...... 356 Groken ot + : ¥ . ivat s, See..... 1 68 rted 14 1b cans 4 doz case...... 35 | Prime g Priest a os a a ae 3 20 FLY PAPER. Japan, —t ; 5 % % lb cans 4 doz case...... Stiwiee oe aS 24 Oven Baked......... oe Tanglefoot. Sapam. We. Boe. 414 Z 1 We eans 2 doz case...... 90 sietvecual nadie Tokeeide °... oe “Regular’’ Size. gave, NO.4 cl 4% & Our Leader. adit 95 _ : Sago. Less than one case. per box 32] Java, No. 2................. 434 : ae eager ee ee = 0 books, any denom.... 150] German............ ...++: 4 One to five cases, per case.. 2 75 oe es 4 Le eee 7 | Mandebling...............-... 9g| 100 books, any denom.... 250] East India............... 3% | Five to ten cases, percase. 2 6 SALERATUS. : ae 150 - : 3 Ee 500 books, any denom....11 50 Wheat. Ten cases, per case........ 2 55 Packed 60 lbs. in box. @ BATH BRICK. ocha. 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Gracked, bulk. .0/0.0000 3 “Little” Tanglefoot. COC oe ce 3 3C : nevedinien “ ieintien 00260 25 242 1b packages........... 240 | Less thanonecase, perbox 13] Deiand’s .................... 3 15 — =» Aeeiae 28 Superior Grade. One to ten cases, per case.. 1 45 de sl settee tee e ee eee wees 3 30 nena Seo eeted. ieds canes 1a : Ten Cases, per case........ dap) DAYIOFR. 8 ce 3 00 : uaker Mocha and Java.....30| 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 Fish. GELATINE. Scenatesen eee = oko Mocha and Java........27| 500 books, any denom....11 50 Knox’s sparkling............ 1 10 + sense 9 ea Cae 72 e State House Blend............ 24 | 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Cod. Knox’s acidulated...........1 20 wimg Shae Cases. -t “ Package. Books Georges cured......... @3% Lump, 1451b kegs... 1.12211 10 Avbuckie 600000... 17 50 ie crea : Georges genuine...... @ 4% poner sc SEEDS Jersey. 4... 17.50| Can be madeto represent any | Georges selected...... @5 Rifle—Dupont’s. Anise. . 13 [cLaughlin’s XXXX..... 17 59 | denomination from #10down. | Strips or bricks....... SOS ere 4 00| Canary, Smyrna... 2.2... Mitoeks....2.-. -. ee 1 00 Halibut. Par oo... on Caramel 10 KOFFA-AID. Ketgeks. 20020 2 00} chunks Quarter Kegs................ 1 25| Cardamon, Malabar ..... 80 100 bOOKS.......-------+++- aa... PWD cans. 2 30 | Hemp, Russian........... 4 = = ese ged Sores..... SSD BOOKS... . ..-. .--- see ee : = ae Herring a. : a 75) iro Giee............... 4% 2 doz. Cases, per gro...... D) De a) sis «ROO DGOKS._...-...... <2..-- : S ite... saps ong _? _300 books : 50 | Holland white hoops keg. 55 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. = ee WENO 2s 6% BROONS. 1000 DOOKS...... --+---+-+5- 17 Holland white hoops bbi. 6 50| Kees ae ASG te een cbs Non 8 Ne: earpet 2 00 Credit Checks. Norwegian... ....:....... Half Wie cc ; = Cultle Bone. ae 4 cee. 1 65 Round 100 Ibs............. 2 30| Quarter Kegs..............13| £SNUFR. 20 fetta 1 50 500, any one denom’n..... 300i pound 40Ibe........... 1101 fir C8 1 25 SNUFP., e eT 1 20 1000, any one denom’n..... S00 aoalad ee CANS... --. 6... eee eens - 3841] Scotch, in bladders......... 37 3 ee 2 00 2000, any one ae: = “Tlackerel. Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. or an in jars. .--....... 35 ‘ ee ; S Steel punch. .........----- Cie ius Kegs eee ee 8 00 ae ee 43 aoe So. DRIED FRUITS—DOMESTIC | No.1 40lbs.......... .... a) | emanate a aig 4% Gan “ Nat bie 1 29 | Quarter Kegs................ 2 25 | parrel . . CANDLES. Apples. wa Sabie ee Fp CMON. 2 secc tes... tk: Sine ua aon ceehic dese cue @, a. ee ee @ m% | Noe Wits............-.- 8 50 HERBS. Pure Cane. aoe. “g Evaporated 50 Ib boxes. @ 4% | Pamily 90 Ibs............-. Pee. ee 16 CANNED GOODS. California Pruits. Family 10 lbs.............. pees a= a... Tanitowoc Peas. 8 Sardines. : : Lakeside Marrowfat....... 1 09 | 3 doz in case................ 5 B 2 es ae Russian kegs.............. 55 oe ae ee. 55 SPICES. S Lakeside B,J... 1 30 Extract. Nectarines ............+- SHO | ao. 1. 10012 ee wae See oe en 7 Whole Sifted. : akeside, Cham. of i 8 et ee ee ll a ee... .. .. .- 5 14 5 .- DBIES........6 BPIOG oo es 4 Lakeside, Gem, Ex. sifted. 1 6 oo = ee Bu * | No.2) 100 1b. bales......-. 8% | 15 1b pails — - Geom, Chins insu CATSUP. Hummel'sfoil 4 gross... 5 | Pitted Cherries.......... maa nie.” eee ae Columbia, pints.......... 4 95 | Hummel’s tin % gross... 1 43] Prunnelios...------------ No.1 40 Wbe.200000000.0022 2 20 | 80% pails... 6 | Gloves, Amboyna. 2... 4g Columbia, % pints.......... 250| CONDENSED MILK. — rae ae No.1 10 Woe. 2s. 63 LYE. inaiade = CHEESE. 4 doz. in case. Californ runes. 0.1 8 isis a 53 Condensed, # dos .......... 120 Mace, Batavia..............70 E = | Nutmegs, fancy........... - 65 Adee @ ™% 100-120 25 lb boxes......- @ No.1 No.2 Fam | Condensed, 4 doz........... 2 25 | Nutme Jo. 1 : — shes il @ 8 2 i Ib boxes....... 2 - _ soee bees 6 25 5 ra 1% LICORICE elmices, No. a ee Se : ae Ty, " ree ieee ss 280 260 00 : Singapore. black. caten Op. o. -e 70 - @ eee a ae a aa Pepper, Singapore, white. .20 Ble @ 8 60 - ° SU oo. ioe . 4 eo Slimane 20 Gold Medal.. wi ate i i Hn 40 - @ Robe Pure Ground in Bulk. Weal Pee a @ 7% 30 - @ FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Alenia 00 00 10@15 — a ee @ 8 “4 os MINCE MBAT. Cassia, Batavia ............. 17 oe 2 ec @ Jennings’. ec I EE Cassia, Saigon.............. 35 a eae. os : 7 Raisins. D.C. Vanilla = Cloves, Amboyna........... 15 % a Warner's Oakl'd Cy @G@ 7 London Layers........ 1 10@1 40 9 aa 1 20 eae Tee Sor earn 10 f ‘ Be ee ae: Loose Muscatels2 Crown 4%} |PPRRERREy Uren Ginger, Cochin............. = Edam... @1 00 : E Loose Museatels 3Crown 5% 3 OE... .. 1 50 Ginger, Tae ee 20 ! Leiden eo @ w® : oa Condensed Milk Co.’s| Loose Muscatels4Crown 6 40z.. ...2 00 Mace, Batavia.......... ease at Li ee 5 | brands. ‘ , and Tries ‘ee Ptntenele.. ane 3 = Gail Borden Eagle......... 740 FOREIGN. 6 072...... 3 00 paces ne and Trieste. .20 i —— -. on... oe No. 8...400 Mustard, Trieste............ 25 : Dais 5% Currants. MUGMCRS, o.oo 40@60 ¢ chiens. on ag Seingeeree ss == No. 10...6 00 : Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 é Bulk ae : tee ae — ee ee 2 : ||No. 27.1 25| Mince meat, 3 doz in case. .2 75 | Pepper,Singapore, whitel5@18 4 Red ? ane 33 ee as . ieee . si ') No. 37.2 00 | Pie Prep. 3 doz in case...... 9 7% gi Cayenne........ 17@20 ¥ CHOCOLATE. Cleaned, packages........ @ 6 [| No. 47.2 40 MATCHES. “Absolute” in’ i{ib. Packages. ‘ Walter Baker & Co.’s. Peel. 4D. C. Lemon | _ Diamond Match Co.’s brands, | Allspice........ .......... % : Ce see ii No. 9 sulphur............... +5) Coanareon......... 3... 5 a Pe 31 Citron Leghorn 25 lb bx @13 202 75 | Anchor Parlor. ...1 70 | Cloves.................200. 70 be Breakfast Cocoa............. 42 Lemon Leghorn 25 lb bx @ll1 as No.2 Home.... 1 10 | Ginger, Cochin............ v6) : CLOTHES LINES. Orange Leghorn % lb bx @i2 3 0z....-.1 00] Export Parlor..............4 00 ers bene tee cece e teas 2 2 Cotton. 40 ft, per doz....... 1 00 ‘Raisins. 402. ...1 40 MOLASSES. Nutmegs..... a cee Yotton, 50 ‘, por Gos....... 1 20 Ondura 29 Ib boxes. @ So8...... 2 00 Blackstrap. Pepper, Cayenne .... .... ® } Gotten’ wT on re eee ; 2 Sultana 1 Crown........ @6% i No. 8...2 40] Sugar house............. -10@12 poeetee — au D ; Tn ot cor des. 1 Sultana 5 Crown........ @ No. 10...4 00 Sa aa Cee 60 ae eo 80 Valencia 30 1b boxes... @ . ae Cuba Baking. “absolute **Butchers” Sploes Jute, 72 ft, per doz.......... 95 EGG PRESERVER. Sen stiel nn se | eee eee CLOTHES PINS. . il : Porto Rico. Pork Sausage................16 5 gross boxes 4 Peerl ted Knox’s, small size........... 4 80 OS Sod TN oo sn so ah wee 20 | Bologna and Smoked S’ge. .16 ee eerless evaporated cream.5 75 Knox’s, largesize... ....... 9 00 AMG ie oes cee sss 30 Liver S’ge and H’d Cheese..16 ae ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 24 3-lb boxes.........1 60 Barrels, 1°90 31b bags 2 tb Barrels, 40 7 lbbags...... 2 50 Butter, 56ib bags........... 6& Butter, 20 14 1b bags........ 3 00 Butter, 280 1b bbls.......... 23 Common Grades. 10S thegers. 2 60 ep sens...) Se 1 85 Se 31-1 Saeks. fe. .. 58 ce if Worcester. 60 4 16. cartons. .....2.... 3 25 if oo oeces..... .......4 G@ 5S Th sacks... .. 3 oo ee bp. Seees..... ... mee TO geeks... ..... 28 lb. linen sacks. 56 lb. linen sacks. 60 Buik in Darreis....... 22.2... 2 50 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-1b dairy in iinen sacks Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks Solar Rock. 56-lb sacks.. - ee Ue Commnen Ries. ROR 60 Mamistce 2.5. 8. a SODA. Boxes. oe Kegs, English. ee. 4% STARCH. Diamond. G£ 0G. packages ........... 128 5c packages.. ‘ 32 10c and 64 5c packages... Kingsford’s Corn. ses 20 1-lb packages............. 6% 40 1 lb packages............. 614 Kingsford’s Silver Gioss. 40 1-lb packages............. 6% Gib bOtCS 2.2... .... 7 Common Corn. 207). DOZGS....-.5... ....... 5 i) peeee.................. 4% Common Gloss. 1-Ib packages............... 4% Sib packages............... 4% 6Ib packages............... 5 40 and 50 lb boxes........... 2% GETCIS oo 2% SOAP. Laundry. Gowans & Sons’ Brands. oe... 3 10 German Family............ 215 American Grocer 100s..... 3 30 American Grocer 60s...... 2% Mystic White.......-...... 3 80 ee Se ee 3 9 Oa beat... -..-. |... 2. . 3 00 One eevid: 200.0. 3 20 Happy Day.. . 30 Stagie box... 2... .... 3 00 5 box lots, delivered.......2 95 10 box lots. delivered....... 2 85 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s brands. American Family, wrp’d...3 33 American Family, plain....3 27 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s brands. Neeser seuss. lc. 3 25 Cotton Off... 5% Mersemies. et 4 00 SRE ee 3 7 Henry Passolt’s brand. Binsleveg. 0.6... 5... 3 00 5 box lots, delivered... ... 2% 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 85 25 box lots. delivered.......2 7% Thompson & Chute’s Brand. Single ox. 200.50... 3 00 5 box lot, delivered........ 2 9 10 box lot, delivered. ......2 85 25 box lot, delivered........ 2 75 Allen B. Wrisley’s brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars...3 00 Good Cheer, m 1-lb. bars....3 90 Uno, 100 3{-lb. bars.......... 2 80 Doll, 100 10-0z. bars....... 202 20 Single box, delivered _....3 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 40 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the loeal freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Cir Loaf... ae Se Domino . fee ol Canes. 5 00 Powdered ..............._..5 68 XXXX Powdered......... .5 12 Mod ACs .5 00 Granulated m DAIS... 1... 4% xranulated in bags. 4% Fine Granulated............ 4% Extra Fine Granulated..... 487 Extra Coarse a . 4a Diamond Confec. ee ga Standard . oe 4 62 BO Bees mee 4 50 No 2 eee 4 50 OO Be 4 50 Ne fo 4 50 NO. 444 No. 6 437 42% N 4 4 06 4 00 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 4 75 Lea & Perrin’s, small..... 2 i Halford, large. So 3 73 Halford small....... 2... 2 2 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, 3mall..... 2 6 TOBACCOS. Cigars. G. J. Johnson’s brand e. Wo. H. & P. Drug Co. ‘bran ee ee > 00 Clark Grocery Co.'s braid. New Briek. o's 35 00 Michigan Spice Co.’s brand. ADBOINSG..- o.oo. oo, 35 00 VINEGAR. Leroux Cider... ss... 10 Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain....10 Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain. ..12 WICKING. No. © pergross:... .... 25. 1. 2 No. 1, pergross..... Coe No. 2, per gross.. . ING. 3 per eroes. 8... v6) Fruits. Oranges. Fancy Seedlings Bodis 2008 205.0. .U @5 50 Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.,. @3 50 Strictly choice 300s.. @4 00 Fancy 360s8.......... @4 50 Maney Sous. .:.. 1... @4 50 Bananas. A definite price is hard to name, as it varies according to size of, bunch and quality of fruit. Medium bunches...1 25 @I1 50 Large bunches...... 175 @2 00 Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs, Fancy — 20 Tbs See @9 g Naturals in eae coe eke @5 Dates, ‘Fards in 101b a7 i al aa hh ‘ ‘nee. vaste in 60 1b CHBGR oy @ 6 Dates, Persians, G. M. K., 60 lb cases. . @ 4% Dates, Sairs 60 lb CASee ee ee: @ 3% Candies. Stick Candy. bbls. pails eandare os, 6 @i Standard i. H...... 6 @7 Standard Twist..... 6 @i a THe 8% cases Extra dH... @ 8% Boston Cream...... @ 8% Mixed Candy. enerd....... .... @7 Peagen @ 7% Comserve... 2 5. @ 7% Boyar. 20. @ 7% ee Se @ Broken... |. G@ 84 Out beat. a@ English Rock. ...... @ 8% Kindergarten....... @ 8% French Cream. ... _. @9 Dandy Par... ... @10 Valley Cream.. .... @I13 Fancy - In Bulk. Lozenges, plain..... @ 8} Lozenges, printed.. @ 8% Citee Drops... .... 11 @l4 Choe. Monumentals @A3 Gum Drops......._. @5 Moss Drops.. @ 8% NOt Props... 2... 1. @ 8% Eeaperiais - os @ 9 Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops....... @50 peur Drow......_. @50 Peppermint Drops.. @60 Chocolate Drops.... @65 H. M. Choe. Drops.. @i5 Gimme Props....._... @35 Licorice Drops...... @i A. BE. oo @50 Lozenges, plain.. @55 Lozenges, printed. @60 Imperials .. . @60 Mottoes........... @65 Cream Bar.....- @a0 Molasses Bar ..... @50 Hand Made Creams. 80 @9 Plain Creams... . 60 @so Decorated Creams.. @90 String Hoek... @60 Burnt Almonds..... is @ Wintergreen Berries @55 Caramels. No. ee Ib. boxes @30 No. i od. 3 Ib. box ee @45 No. 2 ee 2 - boxes .. - Fresh Meats. Beef. Carcass . cases. OD @ OS Fore quarters acu. 34@ 4% Hind quarters...._... 8 Eoins Nos ... 9 @I12 TOps sl. - T%@ 9% Bowne |. 54@ 6% Chneis -. ....... 4@5 Piatee 24@ 3 Pork. Dressed . secucces., £ @ ae POPGR @8 maOtiaers. .. @ 5% beat tard... 2... @ 5% Mutton. CMrCGss (3.02... 2.1. 5 iG Spring Lambs......... 7 @s Veal. Careasa ....... 54@ 7% Crackers. The N.Y. Biscuit Co. quotes as Po Butter. pevmoeur eRe... 514 5 Seymour XXX, 3 1b. carton 5% Patty A ee 14 Family XXX, 3 1b carton. 534 Salted NN 544 Salted XXX..3 1b carton... 5% Soda. Soga 228 os 6 Soda XXX, 3 1b carton. 6% Soda, C ity” eevee a. 7 Zephyrette ee eee geese Ll 10 Long Island Wafers....... 11 L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton .. 12 Oyster. Sarees Oyster, SXX. -.. Hig Sq. Oys. XXX.1 Ib carton. 614 Farina Oyster, XXX.. 514 SWEET GOODS—Boxes. a 10% Bent’s Cold Water......... 12 GMO ROGGE 22 Cocoanut Taty............ 8 Gotree Cakes... 8 Mrosted Honey. ............ ll Graham Crackers ......... 8 Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 6% Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 6% Gin. Snps,X XX home made 6% Gin. Snps,XXX sealloped.. 6% Ginger Vanilla... 3.0... 8 Prgertals ce ks 8 Jumples, Honey........... ll Molasses Cakes............ 8 Marshmallow ............. 15.5 Marshmallow Creams..... 16 Pretzels, hand made ..... Ye Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6% Bugar Cake... ........... 8 Seltapas 6... os Sears’ Lunch....... oe Sears’ Zephyrette.. ....... 10 Vanilla Square............ 8 Vanilla Wafers........... 14 Pecan Wafor.......0 2... 2. 15% Fruit Coffee.......... ee Mixed Pieni¢ 2... co 0 6. 10% Pineapple Glace...... css A Grains and Feedstuffs Wheat. Wheat.. 8 54 Winter Wheat Flour. Local Brands. PRtOn6S 20s eo. 3 70 mecone Pateng ........... 3 20 Seeee 3 00 2 2 FO Cree 2% Buckwheat ......... 3 00 ye 2 50 Subject to usual eash dis- count, Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. Worden Grocer Co.’s nme Gaamket Se 3 35 emer 345... 3 35 Quaker, 4s... i. . 3% Spring Wheat Clan. Olney & Judson’s Brand. OTOROTE, 2682. 3 Ceresota, #48 ee 3 7 Ceresota, i ie eras 3 6 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Grand Republic, s........ 3 80 Grand Republie, 4s.. 3 70 Grand Republic, %s........ 3 65 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Damrel is. 3 85 Laurel, 4 3 7% Laurel, % 3 Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s ‘Brand. Parisian, 1gs 3 80 Parisian 6... |. 3 70 Passa 366.00 3 65 Meal. Bolted .......... 1 60 Graneiated oo. 1 8 Feed and Millstuffs. St. Car Feed. screened .12 00 No. 1 Corn and Oats.. -11 50 ING. 2icea 11 00 Unbolted Corn Meal....... 11 00 Winter Wheat Bran... ... 8 00 Winter Wheat Middlings.. 9 00 Screenings... co The O. E. ‘Brown “Mill Co. quotes as follows: Corn. Car tots... _o.. Zeng Less than ear lots......... 28 Oats. Car MS cl. 20 Less than ear lots......... 24 Hay. No. 1 Timothy, ton lots....11 00 No. 1 Timothycarlots...... 9 50 Fish and nee Fresh Fish. Per Ib. Wartensh 6.1... @ 8 POS cs @ ¢@ Bisek Haas... .. .. @ 8 Hams 2.8... @ 15 Ciscoes or Herring. . @ 4 Blaehah oS. @ 12 Live Lobster....... @ 18 Boiled Lobster...... @ 20 ee. @ 10 Heqdeer........... @ 8 No. i Pickerel...... @ s&s Cl @ 6 Smoked White...... @ 8 Red Snapper........ @ & Col River Salmon.. @ 1 MecMCrCE .......... @ 2 Oysters'in Cans. EF. B. Counts........ @ 3 FW. J. 1 Selects... .. @ 35 Porous... @ 30 F. J. D. Standards. . @ 30 a @ 2 Standards. . @ 2 Shell Geods. Oysters, per 100....... 1 25@1 50 Clams, per 100....... 90@1 00 Oils. Barrels. BOGGHG. . 2c. @10% XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt @ 8% W W Michigan........ @ 8 High Test Headlight. . @Z 2. GOA... @ 9% Deo. Naptha .......... @ 8& Cymader.......... 30 @38 Mais. es 11 @21 Blaek, winter......... @9 Black, summer........ @ 84 From Tank Wagon. MOCGMO co... @ 8% XXX = ¥ Mich.Hadlt. @ 6% eS. GER @7 Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle quote as follows: Barrels. PeIaeine ooo @l1% Daisy White.......... 1034 Red Cross, W. W...... @ 8% Water White Hdlt.. @8 Family Headlight.. @7 Red Cross S$. Gasoline @10% Stove Gasoline........ @ 9% INSpeee @ 8% From Tank Wagon. BOING 25. @ 9% Red Cross W. W...... @ 6% GABOLING... 2. 6656553 @i™ Provisions. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as fol- lows: aoe a Clear sae Short cut. . i —rt —_ — Sees 8 el. PIBMOGS ol: Smoked [eats. Hams, 12 1b average .... Hams, 14 lb ay erage Hams. 16 1b average grog Cc x 10 _ So Hams, 20 lb average..... 9% Ham dried Sect... .... 9% Shoulders (N. Y. —. 5% Bacon, clear. . 7 California hams......... 534 Boneless hams........... 7 Cooked ham. ......__._.. 10% Lards. In Tierces. Campenni... 4 OO 4% Ree 5 So ID Tubs....... advance Ly Seth Tabs... ... advance 14 oulb Ting ....... advance 14 ole Palle ...... advance le i ie Pails. ...... advance 4 5 Ib Pails.......advance % o10 Padis. ...... advance 1 Sausages. tt 5 PVG 6 ee < ee 6 eee foe Head cheese...... 6 eef. Hates, Mess. | |. 7 00 BORG oo 10 00 igs’ Feet. Mots, 1 es. 80 4 bbls, 40 lbs... 1 65 % bbls, 80 Ibs..... 3 00 Tripe. mite Se. % a6 bers, ie... 1 50 ? Gols, Gola... 2% Casings. roe. 25 Beef rounds... 5 Heel midd@ices 7 Butterine. Hons, dairy. : 844 Solid, ane. ee 8 Rolls, creamery . ae Solid, creamery ......... Canned a Corned beef, 21h... ... 1 90 Corned beef, 1B 1b ues 13 00 Mmoase pect, 2h... .... 1 90 Potted ham, SA... 7D Potted ham, —......, 123 Deviled ham, _ to. 7d Deviledham, ‘{s....... 125 Potted tongue as ei 75 Potted tongue \s....... 12 Hides and Pelts. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: Hides. Green. 3 @4 Pant Cured... @ 5 Pull Cured........ 5 @6 Pe -o9 @i7 Kips. os .......... 3 @4 ie €ured oo... 5 @6 Calfskins, green...... 4@5 Calfskins, cured. ..... 5 @ 6% Deaconskins eee 23 @320 —- ae os 2 @ Lambs .. Us| ai, 35 Old Woal 49 @ 7% Wool. Washed . ...... 10 @13 Unwashed... _.. 5 @10 Miscellaneous. Fallow : @ 2% Grease Butter......... @ 2 WNCNOR iKd 2 Cimene : 2 50@3 00 Nuts. Almonds, Tarragona. . Almonds, Ivaca....... Almonds, California, soft shelled Brazils new. Filberts Walnuts, Gren., Walnuts, Calif ‘No. 1. Ww alnuts, soft shelled Jo ee Table Nuts, fancy.. Table Nuts, choiee.. Pecans, Small.. Pecans, Ex. Large.. Pecans, Jumbos....... Hickory Nuts per bu., Ohio Cocoanuts, full sacks Butternuts per bu.. Black Walnuts per bu Peanuts. ies Game Fancy, H. Cocks . Fancy, H. py Flags Roasted Fancy, H. P., Associa- tion Roasted Choice, H. P., Extras. Choice, H. P., Extras, Roasted —_ w pee novo mw Ostio & a & wo ba o uw @ €8 © © SPPNP SHNNNN OOOH Od QO #2 Crockery and Glassware. FRUIT JARS. Mason—1 doz in case, pts. 5 00 Mason—l1 doz in case, qts. 5 2 Mason—l1 doz in case,% gal 7 25 Dandy—glass cover, a. 9 00 Dandy—glass cover, % gal 12 00 LAMP BURNERS. ne. OC Sue, 45 OE Bi, 50 Ne 7 POE . = mecurmy, NO Fo... 65 Sects Ne s............. a Be. 1 15 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. Per box of 6 ~~ re Oe 1 85 Be ison... 2 00 me 2 Sue. 2 80 First Quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, _wrapped and 1: a i 2 10 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 25 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 25 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled... 2 55 No Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. . 2% No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labe oa.... 3% CHIMNEYS, Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped ane fabeied 3 70 No. 2 — wrapped and labeled... 4 70 No. an wrapped ‘and labeled 4 Fire Proof—Plain Top. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb.....- 3 40 No. 2 Sun, plain bulb...... 440 La Bastie. No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per cen... 25 No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per eeu eas 50 No. + Giles per doe....... 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. .... 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime (65e doz)...... "35 No. 2, Lime (70e doz).. .. 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 70 Electric. No. 2, Lime (70e doz) ..... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80c doz)...... 440 Miscellaneous. Doz. dunior, Rochester......... 50 Nie 15 Illuminator Bases......... 1 00 Barre] lots, Soe... 90 7 in, Porcelain Shades... 1 00 Case tots, 12 dos.......... Mammoth Chimneys tor Store Lamps. Doz. Box No. 3 Rochester. lime 150 4 20 No. 3 Rochester, flint 175 4 80 No.3 Pearl top, or Jewel glass........ 13% 53 No.2 —— Incandes. es % 510 lim No 2Giobe Incandes. iL Ee 2 5 No. 2 Pearl glass..... 210 6 OIL CANS. Do 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 i gal galv iron with spout. 1 3 4 5 6 2 =e 2 gal galy iron with spout. 3 gal galv iron with spout. 5 gal galv iron with spout. 5 gal galv iron with faucet Seal Tilting Cans. ..... |. . 9 5 gal galv iron Nacefas .. Pump Cans, gezee sessesae § 28 5 gal Rapid steady stream. 9 5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 sgal Home Rule.... ..... 10 5 gal Home Rule... i Swal Pirate King... .. ... 9 LANTERNS. No. OTabalar..... ...... 425 No. 1:5 Vulaler:......... 6 50 No. 13 TubularDash. .... 6 50 No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14 00 No. 3Street Lamp . . 3% LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents........ 45 No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz. each, box 15 centy........ 45 No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz. onen, HOE. 3.6... cL. 40 No. 0 Tubular, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each. oe LAMP WICKS. Nes, O per Srdgs.... .... 5... ; 24 No. 1 per Bresso... 36 No, 2 per erees........ 5. 50 No. 3 per grosd...... ecu 80 Mammoth per doz......... v6) JELLY TUMBLERS—Tin Top. 3g Pints, 6 doz in box, per box (box 00) . 1% Pints, 20 doz in bbi, ‘per mon (RB). ee % Pints, 6 doz in box, per % Pin is 18 do in bhi, a n oz in per dos (bb. i) 35). ee - Pig SO Oe ee Re aN i Bat MRNA oueeees Ch ONS: Sait Risen THE MIGHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware The Hardware Market. General trade continues in about the same condition as reported last week. There is a moderate movement of mer- chandise in nearly all lines, asa general rule, owing chiefly, no doubt, to the existing uncertainty in political and financial matters, which affects the hardware trade as well as other branches of business. In the larger markets and among certain manufacturers a better feeling prevails—a feeling that as soon as there is a restoration of confidence, a revival of business will take place amongst all classes of trade. Retail merchants, as well as jobbers, report a very moderate trade. There is no dis- position among manufacturers to make any concessions in price, as they feel that it is not a question of prices that retards the ordering of goods and that it is useless to offer inducements, as it will have no effect in increasing the volume of business. Only in lines of goods maintained by associations is there any special profit being made. Wire Nails—There is no change in price on wire nails and no indication that there will be for several weeks to come. The Association, at the last meeting, reaffirmed the existing prices for September and withdrew the guaran- tee which had been in effect for several months. While this withdrawal of guarantee created a certain amount of fear among the jobbers—they believing that it was the beginning of a prepara- tion for a lower price—it is now be- lieved that the guarantee withdrawal was not for that purpose, but that it had been so abused, because it was of such a broad nature, that it was absolutely nec- essary to withdraw it. In conversation with nail manufacturers it is believed that there will be no change in price until after the first of the year. We quote at present $2.65 rates at mill and $2.85 from stock. Barbed Wire—The barbed wire mar- ket is sluggish and the volume of busi- ness is very light. Prices remain fairly steady, but there is a perceptible tone of weakness in the market, and anyone desiring to place a good sized order, no doubt could obtain concessions. The demand at present is principally on No. 14 and No. 15 steel baling wire, and it is quite difficult for jobbers to keep a full assortment. Window Glass—No agreement has been arrived at between the glass work- ers and the factory owners and it is not believed that any factory will resume operation before October or Novem- ber 1. At present the stocks in the hands of all manufacturers are very broken and it would be impossible for anyone to get a full assorted car from any one factory. Notwithstanding this condition, and the firmness of price at which glass is held by the manufactur- ers, there is a weakness of price among the glass jobbers. The prevailing prices at present seem to be about 70 and Io per cent. and in smaller quantities 70 and 5 per cent. is the usual quotation. Shot—-The shot market is not charac- terized by its usual regularity, but there is no change to note in price among the jobbers. The Coming Era of Prosperity. Written for the TRADESMAN. The Barings failure in London, five years ago, gives the name toa panic which marked the beginning of a long depression in the trade of Great Britain and her dependencies. In the mother countries there was a great decline in many of the leading industries and strikes and industrial disturbances were frequent for a considerable time. In the colonies, especially in Australia, the depression amounted to almost a paralysis. Failures were widespread and destitution and suffering prevailed everywhere. The wave of business disaster did not fairly reach this country until two years later, in the panic of 1893. At that time the English speaking nations may be said to have all been in a condition of industrial prostration. To what degree the situation in this country was de- pendent on that among other of the English peoples is a matter of theory or conjecture. It is probable that many of the causes of the depression were common to all. Nor was this condition confined to the English nations. The wave broke upon the shores of the Continent and the great centers of industry, particularly in Belgium, were subjected to the most violent disturbances, threatening the very foundations of society. Through their conservatism and care- ful attention to the fostering of home industries, Germany and France were comparatively exempt from the more serious disturbances. Indeed, the mis- fortunes of the rest of the industrial world were the opportunity of the for- mer, whose patient, persistent pushing of business in new fields in competition with England started that country into a period of unprecedented industrial prosperity, while all the remainder were still suffering from the effects of the de- pression. As England was the first of the Eng- lish speaking countries to fall into panic conditions, she was also first to start on the way to recovery. So quietly as al- most to escape comment she has im- proved in financial condition and has begun to take hold of foreign trade with her wonted vigor. First it was noted that a great improvement was manifest in the fiscal condition of the govern- ment, revenues were greater and the country was suprised with a handsome surplus, instead of the deficits which had been the order. Now there is coming to be noted a remarkable revival in the export and import trade, especially the former. The increase was first manifest in July of jast year. Comparing the exports for the seven months ending at that time with those of the corresponding time this year, the gain is found to be no less than $68,000,000, showing an increase which means unwonted prosperity. This increase is mainly in the despatch of railway material to China, Japan and the Argentine Confederation, indicating that the colonies are not yet far ad- vanced in recovery. What share has this country in the returning wave of prosperity? That she followed in the depression makes the inference fair that she will not be far behind in the recovery; but, more than this inference, there are manifest rea- sons why she has not long to wait. All the conditions, save one, are now fa- vorable to an immediate change. With abundant harvests of everything needed for export especially, with those exports already rapidly increasing, with posi- tive and decided improvement in the financial situation, the only condition lacking is confidence—the only bar to the rapid return of prosperity is dis- trust. W. N. FULLER. A ALANA ALAA ALAA A A ALAA LALA LA La HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATO T00LS 9 FA Belknap oan Co., . Grand Rapids, Mich. | DOES IT PAY? —t atte CERTAINLY IT DOES. ~<@ipe j I take no chances. 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