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STRUEBE, Sandusky, Ohio, The President of the United States of America, To HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, ager 5. salesmem and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, GREETING: Whereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District ot New Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be relieved touching the matters therein complained of, and that the said ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap. low , Cherefore, we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY KOCH, your a attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, der the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do or desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word ““SAPOLIO,” or any word or words substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring soup mot made or produced Ly or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, . By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is not Complainant’s said manufacture, and from in any way using the word ‘“‘SAPOLIO” in any false or misleading manner. ° Aitness, The honorable Metvitte W. FuLrer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, {szax] [sicnED} S. D. OLIPHANT, ROWLAND COX, Complainants Solicitor Travelers’ Time Tables. CHICAGO“ "sme Going to chicas: uv. @’d. Rapids ........ 8:30am 1:25pm +11:00pm ar. Chicago............ 3:00pm 6:50pm + 6:30am Returning ie —_ < 7:20a, : +11:30pm Ar. ma pecs ; aan si + 6:10am uskegon and Pentwater. Ly. G’d. Rapids Peet link 8:30am 1:25pm 6:25pm Ar. G@’d. Rapids......... 10:15am .... .3 10:30pm Manistee, Traverse City and Petoskey. Lv. G’d Rapids........ 7:20am 5:30pm ........ Ar Manistee........... 12:05pm 10:25pm ........ Ar. Traverse a yas 12: 40pm 11: on cies 6 Ar, Charlevoix.. Sp oo se dr. Poioskey .......... 4:56pm © ons cee os 4:55pm Trains arrive from north at 1:00p.m. and 9:55 p.m. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CABS. Chicago. Parlor cars on afternoon trains and sleepers on night trains. North. Parlor car on morning train for Trav- erse City. +Every day. Others week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen: ral Pass. Agent. DETROIT, tan Going to Detroit. Ly. Graud Rapids...... 7:00am 1:30pm 5:25pm Ar. Detroit... 55... 11:40am 5:40pm 10: 10pm Returning = Detroit. Lv: Detroit...2..5 5720.6 7:00am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... 12:30pm 5:20pm 10:45pm Saginaw, Alma and ' Gieiacie. Ly. GR7:10am 4:20pm Ar. G R 12:20pm 9:30pm To and from Lowell. Ly. Grand Rapids.....- 7:10am 1:30pm 5:25pm Ar. from Lowell. ..... 12:30pm 5:20pm THROUGH CAR 8ERVICE, Parlor cars on all trains between Grand Rap- tds and Detroit and between Grand Rapids and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent. GRAN Trunk Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Div. Eastward. +No.14 +tNo.16 +tNo.18 *No. 8 Ly. G’d Rapids.6: _ 10:10am 3:3)pm 10:45pm Ar. Ionia...... 7:40am li:ifam 4:34pm 12:30am Ar. St. Johns..5:25am 12:10pm 5:z3pm 1:57am Ar. Owosso....9:00am 1:10pm 6:03pm 3:25pm Ar. E.Saginawl0:50am ....... 8:0upm 6:4vam Ar. W.Bay C’y11:30am .... ... $:35pm 7:15am Ar. Punt: .. 10:05am ........ 7:05pm 5:40am Ar. Pt. Heian iabae eee ies 9:50pm 7:30pm Ar. Pontiac.. 10-58am 2:57pm 8:25pm 6:10am Ar. Detroit.. 11:50am 3:55pm 9:25pm 8:05am Westward. For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts.... 7:00am For G’d Haven and Iutermediate Pts.. ..12:53pm For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts.... 5:12pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Traius arrive from the east, 6:35a.m., 12:45p.m., 5:U7p.m., 9:55 p.m. ‘Trains arrive from the west, lu:05a.m., 3:22p.m., 10:15p.m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parior car. No. 18 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. lo Wagner parlor car. E. H. Huewes, A. G. P. & T. A., Chicago. Bren. FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt., Jas. CAMPBELL, City Pass. Ageut, Ne. 23 Monroe St. GRAND "itu ur Northern Div. Leave Arrive Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am ¢ 5:15pm Trav. C’ . Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:l5pm + 6:30am CIBC ons) 65s aces + 5:25pm tli:l0am Train leaving at 7:45 a.m. has parlor car to Petoskey and Mackinaw. Train leaving at 2:15 p.m. has sleeping car to Petoskey and Mackinaw. Southern Div. Leave Arrive Asians ls cea + 7:luam ¢ 8:25pm Wh WEG. oe as esis sees cae + 2:00pm t 1:55pm CAGCRRNE 0555 oy eck sen tae * 7:00pm * 7:25am 7:10a.m. train’ has parlor car to Cincinnati 7:00p.m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Lv @’d Rapids..........t7:35am +1:00pm 15:40pm Ar Muskegon.......... 9:00am 2:10pm 7:05pm GOING EAST. Ly Muskegon....... .. 48:10am +11:45am 4:00pm ArG’d Rapids... . 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pm Hegercas ‘Sunday. Dally. A. ALMQUI C. L. Lockwoop, “tenet Agt-Un. Sta. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. Every Merchant Who uses the Tradesman Company’s COUPON BOOKS, does so with a sense of security and profit, for be knows be is avoiding loss and annoy ance. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids TT ree Or apa Volume XIV. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1897. Snedicor & Hathaway 80 to 89 W. Woodbridge St., Detroit, Manufacturers for Michigan Trade. DRIVING SHOES, MEN’S AND BOYS’ GRAIN SHOES. Smith Shoe Co., Agts. for Mich., O. and Ind. The Michigan Trust 60., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acts as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Trustee. Send for copy of our pamphlet, ‘Laws of the State of Michigan on Descent and Distribution of Property.” Commercial Oredit 60., Limited) ESTABLISHED 1886. Reports and Collections. 411-412-413 Widdicomb Bldg, Grand Rapids. 990000000000 004 < FIRE; ” INS. co. Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBarn, Sec. 900000000 00000000000 ooo $ gy THE bo & a a & FUVVUVUVVUVVY 3 The...... PREFERRED BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY wef 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, DETROIT, Michigan. OLB SOK Established nearly one-half a century. Wholesole Glothing Mir, Rochester, N. ¥. All mail orders promptly attended to, or write our Michigen Agent, William Connor, Box 346, Marsh.ll, Mich., who will show you our entire line of samples. Mr. Connor will announce in the next issue of this paper dates when he will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids. OUK Sr | 5 AND7 PEARL STREET. svctoree —TTadeSMal COUPONS ve Losses Save Doilars REGULATION OF RAILWAYS. The present session of the Michigan State Legislature convened after a polit- ical campaign in which the matter of dealing with corporations, especially those engaged in transportation, was made a prominent issue. The Governor of the State made his attitude toward these corporations the principal feature of his canvass, and carried a phenom- enally Jarger vote apparently on ac- count of the popular interest in the subject. Just what was to be done in the way of regulating the roads was largely a matter of conjecture as far as any direct statements of the new Executive were concerned; but it was’ promised for him that he would do all that could be asked to make the roads comply with the standard which had been made for them in pogular opinion in the matter of rates, taxation and the Management of their corporate affairs. The popular confidence that he would do all this was based on the fact that, as Mayor of De- troit, he had waged a long warfare—of varying success—with the several street car companies of that city. But, contrary to the general expecta- tions, there have not as yet appeared any systematic efforts for the accom- plishment of any particular work in the direction indicated. To be sure, bills have been presented or noticed bearing upon the subject, some said to have been prompted by the Governor; but none have been presented or pushed in a way to indicate that any systematic effort would be made to gain the prom- ised results. There seems likely to be sufficent activity in this direction to meet the views of constituents, but little show of any actual accomplishment. As yet, there has been no move made toward securing the use of interchange- able mileage tickets, a reform demanded by the principal business interests, and one which might be easily accom- plished. But it seems more to the pur- pose of the would-be reformers to make the necessarily futile effort to secure a two-cent rate, as such a move hasa more tangible appearance in the eyes of the people. There is no question but that there are many ways in which railways and their Management may be properly regulated ; but, in view of the reports of the con- edition of the roads throughout the coun- try, and in Michigan, it may well bea question whether such regulation should include the drastic measure of reduc- ing the passenger rates to a uniform two-cent basis. The report of the Rail- way Commissioner as to the condition of the Michigan roads was not one that would warrant any movement in the di- rection of lessening the amount of re- ceipts—indeed, the Commissioner gives it as his opinion that, unless the situa- tion improves, a considerable mileage of the roads will be abandoned in the immediate future. The roads of Michigan are probably in no worse condition than the average throughout the country ; but the showing for all is decidedly discouraging. Ac- cording to a recent article by the emi- nent statistician, Robert P. Porter, a = one-half of the railway investments of the country are nonproductive, and the average returns upon the other half are distressingly low. There are probably few who realize the tremendous invest- ment there is in the aggregate of the railway interests of this country. Ac- cording to the same authority, the amount is only exceeded by one other interest, the farming land, and _ that but little, comparatively. The railway investment is no less than $12,000,000, - ooo, while that of farms is $13,000,000, - ooo. All the manufactures of the coun- try combined are considerably less than half the investment in railways. Now, when it is considered that near- ly or quite one-half of this vast outlay, an amount exceeding all the manufac- turing investments of the country, is nonproductive—and Michigan is_prob- ably little, if any, better than the aver- age—is it reasonable to propose a ma- terial reduction of passenger rates with- out some amelioration of these condi- tions? The railway problem is a serious one. The abandonment of lines is a recourse to be employed only at the direst ex- tremity, for it involves practically the loss of everything. These companies will continue the operation of losing lines for a long time, in the hope of eventual improvement. ~ That there are many ways in which they may be helped, and so the people helped, by legislative action there is no doubt. Thus, the furnishing of free transporta- tion and reduced rates to certain classes should be prohibited, and all trans- actions should be put upon a correct business basis. Then, instead of legis- lation in restriction of the receipts, there should be devised measures which will secure a more economical service, undue competition should be restricted, and the Government and the peopie should co-operate in making the rail- ways of the country reasonably produc- tive to the investors therein as a means to the general welfare. —_—_~>-9 Viewed from a Distance. New England Grocer: The annual supper tendered the working force of the Tradesman Company, Grand Rap- ids, on Franklin’s birthday, Jan. 16, was doubtless a most pleasant occasion. Editor E. A. Stowe is one of the reli- able men in trade journalism—a man who believes a trade paper can be run without cutting prices of advertising, and who appreciates the loyal support of his employes. Long life to the Mich- igan Tradesman and all its working force! New York Merchants’ Review: We have received a copy of the bill of fare of the annual supper tendered to the working force of the Tradesman Com- pany, Grand Rapids, on January 16— Franklins birthday. This company publish our esteemed weekiy contem- pory, the Michigan Tradesman, and do a large engraving, printing and_ bind- ing business. The well-known advo- cate of grocers’ rights, E. A. Stowe, is President of the company. The list of dishes discussed by the banqueters was such that we have little doubt that they all enjoyed themselves. a How much you read is of less conse- quence than how much you think about what you have read. Number 698 PRISON LABOR AND ROADS. It would seem to the observer that the movement for good roads is likely to receive a considerable impetus from the agitation so widely prevalent against the productions of convict labor as_ ele- ments in the problem of industrial com- petition. Tie State of New York has undertaken the solution of the question in earnest, aS a consequence of the adoption of the constitutional amend- ment prohibiting the sale of convict- made goods in the State. After casting about for all the ways of employment possible in the production of such articles as can be used by the State in its penal and charitable institu- tions, itis found that a large proportion of the convicts must yet remain idle. As a consequence, all possible means of securing their employment are re- ceiving attention and discussion. That this discussion will eventuate in some practicable plan for the utilization of such labor for the public good in the way of road improvement, as well as the prosecution of other public undertak- ings, Can scarcely be doubted. A significant phase of the question has developed as a result of the wide- spread abuse of authority by the local courts in that State, by which prisoners are sentenced for a sufficiently long term to enable them to be taken to the peni- tentiaries under the rule refusing terms of less than sixty days, for the purpose of securing the fees of the officers for the delivery of the prisoners. Thus a sentence of sixty days is often imposed when the nature of the offense does not warrant it, and when the placing of such criminals among the hardened con- victs in the State institutions isa means of spreading moral contagion. In con sequence of this, and of the inability of the State to keep such prisoners em- ployed, it is suggested, in the last re- port of the State Prison Commission, that the several counties should care for and use their own convicts rather than have them boarded in penitentiaries at great expense and thus lose their labor. Coming as this agitation does in con- junction with the wide-spread interest in the good roads movement, it will be strange if plans for the utilization of the convict labor on highways are not formulated and tried. Just now, New York is taking the lead in the matter of prison regulation, and is one of the most active states in the matter of road improvement. But there is an extended and growing feeling in all the states against the production of prison goods for sale in the markets, and all will watch the experiments of the Empire State with the greatest interest, and movements will follow elsewhere very quickly when the right methods become sufficiently demonstrated. A The Ohio Legislature is to consider a bill forbidding the promiscuous distri- bution by patent medicine venders of pamphlets and bills describing the symptoms of diseases. +> 2. The city of Philadelphia is more than twice as large as Boston, but arrests for drunkeuness there the past year pnum- bered only 23,107, against about 36,000 for Boston. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Bicycles The Meeting. We met, ‘twas only yesteiday, Ith ught he passing tair Aid when I lett nert- ber way My cead was vight as alr. We met, ‘tw 7s evening in the street, sh- wo kK my breath . way. Aud bum ly filing at wer Leet, 10 passion I gave sWay. We met, but on'y met to part, Aud ls re paiu to teel; I wear her iusege o'er my heart— The image of ae whe l. Sige, Rovse. 8 News and Gossip of Interest to Dealer and Rider. A new gear has been introduced in this country by an English inventor which has aroused considerable interest among racing men. The gearing Is done on the crank and then transmitted to the back chain pulley by a pulley ol an equal instead of a larger size. Whiic the device is somewhat novel, its ad vantage can only be ascertained by practical use. It is felt that such an appliance is necessary on a front driver, but that on a rear driver the required ends are gained in a much simple: manner with the ordinary two pulleys of different sizes and one chain. With this device there are two chains, fou: chain wheels, and two toothed wheels. * + £ There is likely to be a great demana for gear cases by American riders thi: year. The case is used abroad by ali road men and is found to bea great protection to the chain, keeping it clean from dust and adding to its ease of running. Americans have heretofore avoided the use of the gear case, due tu its added weight of from two to fou pounds, but its decided advantage has now become so well known that the manufacturers anticipate a call] for the attachment this season. * * While it is doubtful if the average bicycle rider is anxious to make any radical departure from the ordinary type of bicycle, the number of peculiar or freak models that will be offered to the public this year promises to be quite large. A Western manufacturer has turned out a new wheel with frame work of wood, excepting the front forks and head piece. The seat is connected to the wooden frame, which is circular in form. The model reduces the weight and makes an attractive-looking ma- chine. 9 - The Bicycle Exhibits. Written for the TRapEesMaN. Saturday night closed the winter cycle show in Chicago, after a week of the most extensive and successful business of and ever held in the West. The attend- ance was very large, estimated at 200,000 admissions in all. The business trans- acted in the way of placing orders was extensive, although many of the larger dealers complain that the smaller ones carried off the lion’s share. But the reason given !s that it was not expected that the larger houses would depend much upon actual transactions, relying more on the general value of their ex- hibits in the way of advertising. Many of them state that the cost of these ex- hibitions is charged entirely to advertis- ing account. The consensus of opinion seems to indicate that the annual exhibitions are likely to be permanent, although some of the houses would prefer their discon- tinuance, or at least the limiting to one great show, either in Chicago or New York—the Western exhibitors contend- ing, naturally, that it should be the tormer. The expense attending these exhibits is very considerable—from $5,000 to $10,000 for each exhibitor, taking both the Chicago and the New York shows ito consideration. Then the interruption to the work of the traveling salesmen, and to the regular routine of placing goods, is very con- siderable. While the Western exhibit was a very extensive one, that to open next Satur- day night in the Grand Central Palace will be still greater—the greatest that nas occurred in the history of the cycle trade. It is estimated that the cost to the trade, including decorations, rentals and other expenses, will foot up no less than $1,000,000. There are goo spaces to be rented by nearly 500 manufactur- ers. Last year the show was visited by 4,000 dealers. Many of the manufacturers at the Chicago exhibition favor local exhibits to precede the opening of the wheeling season by two or three weeks. It is probable there will be more of such ex- nibits this season than last, as they seem to serve the excellent purpose of getting up an enthusiasm for the bene- nt of the retail trade. NATE. a The Outlook for the Bicycle Season. From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin. Manufacturers and jobbers are now ready to tell the world about the things they will do the coming season regard- ing bicycles. The styles for the year aave been generally decided on. There may be some remodeling on the part ot some manufacturers as the result of pointers picked up at the Chicago cycle show, but the greater number of manu- tacturers are settied as to the styles they will manutacture, and have already made models for their jobbers, and aave issued printed matter advertising the new things they have for 1897. Uhere will be little change in the styles trom those of last year. In general it may be said that there will be a hand- somer average wheel on the market this season, which rule will apply not only to the higher priced machines, but to the cheaper ones as well. : The enamel and trimmings are looked to more carefully. There will be a greater variety of colors than there is in shoes, which is saying a good deal. Stripings and flowers will be more of an element in the exterior decoration. The frames will generally present a more nnished appearance, this being espe- cially true of the higher grade wheels. Che flush joint, while it does not add to the strength of the wheel, does add to the finished appearance, and will be an item in selling. Manufacturers have not hesitated to add a little weight to the wheel to give it a better appear- ance, and aiso to give it more durabil- ity. The road wheel will weigh not far trom twenty-four to twenty-five pounds this season, a very sensible weight. The gear will be higher than last year, seventy being the standard in this mar- ket. With the higher gear the heavier wheel is demanded, to stand the strain. There are a great number of little changes about the pedal region. In these changes the thing sought after is greater durability, and _ simplicity. Less parts, greater ease in changing, for cleaning or repairing, and greater strength have been the points in view in this simplicity. A better protection against dust in the bearings, a saving of wear by making the lubricant go di- rectly to its desired place, easy adjust- ment of every adjustable part are points that have been made in favor of the wheel of 1897 as compared with that of previous years. Though there are few radical changes, it is generally conceded that the wheels of this year thus far shown are superior to the products of the factories in any previous year. The factories in general have shown some conservatism in manufacturing wheels this year. They are not prepared at this date to flood any part of the country with their finished wheels. Though some of them have a fair stock in hand, there are many that have hardly finished machines enough to supply the desireu samples. ‘There 1s already some delay in sending samples to their retail agents. It will be as well tur ageuts whvu have decided upon the line ot wheels they will carry this year to put in orders immediately for their sample wheels. ——__—_ 0 -e Counting the Cost. Charles Paddock in Printers’ Ink. It is much better and wiser to figure on the expense of advertising betore dving it than after it 1s done, but un- tortunately everybody does not follow the better plan. It they did, there would be much saving of heartaches, auxicties and disappoimtments. Noth- ing could be worse tor a new advertiser than an elastic appropriation, one that ne draws upon at will and uses indis- criminately. The principle of rigid economy should be applied to the ex- penditure of every dollar in the pur- chasing of space. No money whatever should be spent returns for which do not appear reasonably certain. Experi- menting in unknown channels should be caretully avoided. Such _ tentative efforts are all right when made by the seasoned advertiser, but the new begin- ner has no business **monkeying’’ with them. lt is a mistake to make any contracts for which you cannot pay, in the hope that your advertising will be profitable enough to enable you to meet your bills. [he advertisements may be successful, but if they are not, what then? You should count the cost at first and have wherewith to meet it. Then you know exactly where you are and how much you can afford to invest. You will pos- sibly have to make provision for more than the first output, because returns do not always come in as quickly as one wishes, so wisdom would dictate the holding of part of your appropria- tion in reserve. And do not forget that part of the ‘‘cost’’ of advertising is patience. One has to wait, sometimes longer than is pleasant, for the seed to take root and grow. Of course this waiting is more or less dependent on the quality of the seed and the ground in which it has been sown, but a wait of some duration is inevitable. That is why impatient people should not adver- tise unless they are prepared to count the cost to their patience. They are on the ‘‘anxious seat’’ of expectation all the time. When a merchant buys a bill of goods he is careful to count the cost as he figures on his probable profits or losses. If he sees a loss ahead, he won’t buy. if he doesn’t see a pretty certain profit ahead, he won’t buy. And unless an advertiser is sure that he can afford the cost, and has a likely chance of getting good returns, he had better keep his money in his pocket. Sanna aik Sanaa A standing advertisement in a trade journal often does more to strengthen the credit of a house than would a big bank account. Money in Tangerines. The prediction about the price of Tangerine oranges has come true. In August it was said that Tangerine or- anges would bring $14 a box. An ac- count of the sale of six boxes of Tan- gerfne oranges November 28th showed that they brought $90, or $15 a box, gross. ‘hey netted $12.24. Lhe Tan- gerine crop of the State will not exceed 500 boxes. —_--+--~»> 2. ‘*From this time on,’’ said he, when the only woman who had ever rejected him passed from his sight, ‘‘from this time, mine shall be the delight to wreck vengeance on wcman._ I shall be a shoe clerk, and instead of selling them shoes one size too small, with my persuasive manner | shall make them buy still smaller.’’ 8 It has become a maxim among the quick thinkers in the trade that it does not pay to carry goods of any kind from one ‘season to another, and they close them out at the best price obtainable ere the season is past. RIDDEN BY WORLDS HEAVIEST RIDER A few more good agents wanted. ADAMS & HART, SOLE DISTRIBUTERS, GRAND RAPIDS, ICH. asm A Sixty-Dollar Wheel | Women are surely , Wheelers Pratt 237 T. PREFPPPPS PPS PPPPPP EEE PEP EE PEPE Our Full Roadster and Ladies’ double tube Model D Clippers are not experiments. a neat, well-built, honestiy made, well finished and well equipped ladies’ better than invest in one of our $60.00 wheels. ‘These bicycles are not cheap bicycles. “high grade” if we couldn’t make a finer wheel and didn’t care what we said. They are worth $60.00 or we wouldn’t ask it. so good. These are satisfactory bicycles, and will give satisfaction every time. Over 4,000 sold in ’96, and not a dozen dissatisfied customers that we know of. Those who desire or gents bicycle, cannot do We might call them There are cheaper wheels but none etre aD N ‘ . ar (an aeins (Kee (6- eee Be Seta Se eee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 8 The Danger of Encroachment. The Government of the United States presents the most complex political sys- tem that has ever been devised and maintained in successful operation through fundamental social and indus- trial changes. Mr. Gladstone said, a good many years ago, that its constitu- tion was the most nearly perfect product of human wisdom that had ever been struck off at a singie effort. It must not be supposed, however, that the organic law of this country was elaborated on strictly a priori principles. The con- stitutional convention of 1787 consulted the history of the whoie past, and espe- cially the history of the Continental Confederation under the government ot a simple representative chamber which, although it undertook to exercise to some extent the functions of all the three natural divisions of government, found itself at the advent of peace al- most wholly incapable of dealing with the many important questions then pressing for immediate — settlement. Intelligent observers and__ practical thinkers saw that it was absolutely nec- essary, first, to separate the legislative, judicial and executive branches, and then to secure their mutual independ- ence. Such, in the rough, was the new scheme of federation. But the authors of the constitution were very prudent men. They did not deem it safe to confer an unlimited power of legislation upon Congress, or to leave the Pres:- dent entirely free and irresponsible in the disbursement of patronage, the con- trol of the army and navy, and the con- clusion of treaties with foreign coun- tries. The power of the judiciary is necessarily unlimited, except insofar as its province is defined by the constitu- tion; but the judges are appointed by the President, and are subject to im- peachment for grave misconduct, al- though not for errors of judgment, which can only be determined by the court of last resort. The independence of the judiciary is further secured by the provision that the judges shall hold their offices during good behavior. The complexity of the system as a whole was, of course, greatly increased by the continued existence of the several State Governments with reserved rights, and by the division of Congress into two houses; but it is the purpose of this article only to insist upon the supreme importance of maintaining the sepa- rateness and, within certain limits, the independence of the three great co-or- dinate branches of the General Govern- ment. General Washington alludes to this question in that ever-memorable Fare- well Address which he left as a legacy of patriotism and wisdom to his coun- trymen for.all time to come. After re- ferring to the ills to be apprehended from ‘‘irregular oppositions’’ to the Government's acknowledged authority, from the disposition to propose changes upon the credit of mere hypothesis, from an intense partisan or factional temper, and from sectional rivalries and jealousies, he said: ‘‘It is impor- tant, likewise, that the habits of think- ing, in a- free country, should inspire caution, in those intrusted with its ad- ministration, to confine themselves with- in their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding, in the exercise of the powers of one department, to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroach- ment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of Govern- ment, a reai despotism. A _ just esti- mate of that love of power, and prone- ness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks, in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depos- itories, and constituting each the guard- ian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by ex- periments, ancient and modern; some of them in our own country, and under our own eyes. To preserve them must be as necessary as to institute them. If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the con- stitutional powers be, in any particular, wrong, let it be corrected by an amend- ment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. [he precedent must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit which the use Can, at any time, yield.’’ From time to time the question of prerogative, or exclusive authority, has been a source of conflict between the legislative and executive branches. fhe immense responsibility imposed upon the President, the variety of his duties, and his power to check legisla- tion by veto render the administration of his office peculiarly liable to criti- cism. Washington and Jackson were as bitterly denounced in their times as Cleveland has been in his. But there has been very little disposition on the part of the people to curtail the power of the Chief Executive. The other day, Senator Turpie, of Indiana, argued that Congress has authority to recognize the independence of a new foreign gov- ernment because Congress represents the supreme power of the people. He seemed to imply that the power or sov- ereignty of the people was not repre- sented by the Chief Executive, or, at most, not to the same degree. But if that is what he really meant, it should be said that a more untenable proposi- tion could hardly be advanced. The main business of Congress is legisla- tion, and the President has more power over legislation than fifty members of the Senate, or than a hundred and fifty members of the House of Representa- tives. It is said, sometimes, that his power in this respect is purely negative, but that view will not bear a close analysis. He votes for a measure when he signs the bill embodying it. His signature is his affirmative vote. It is true that he may refuse to sign a bill that he is unwilling to veto, and may allow it to become a law by simply keeping it in his own hands for a period of ten days. In such a case his course is similar to that of a Congressman who declines to vote either for or against a bill. Moreover, the President and Vice- President are the only officers of the United States who are voted for by the people of all the States. They are chosen, it may be said, by the Electoral College; but the electors, appointed by the people of the several states, cast their votes under instructions which they do not dare to disobey. The Presi- dent and Vice-President are usually elected as the nominees of a party, and owe their nominations largely to the fact that they are supposed to be in ac- cord with the policy and principles of a party. It may happen—indeed, it has happened—that the chosen President and Vice-President bave received a minority of the popular vote; but it is well known that the majority of the Senate is elected by the Legislatures of States whose total population is a small part of the population of the United States. But it is not worth while to pursue this line of argument further. It may be fairly open to doubt whether Mr. Ol- ney is correct in his contention that the President has exclusive authority to recognize a new government—jurists differ in regard to that question—but Senator Turpie did not strengthen his case by claiming a general superiority for Congress on the ground that it alone represents the supreme power of the people. The truth is that there is no absolute supremacy vested in any one of the three great departments of the Federal Government. Each department discharges its special functions under the operation of the checks provided by the constitution. CE FRANK STOWELL. The lives of some people are open books ; the lives of others blank books. Sells Best Because it salts best, tastes best, keeps best— is best. DIAMOND LERYSLAL SALT. See Price Current. Diamond Cry: tal Salt Co., St. Clair,Mich, _ celine RO usage enema ents = PEBKINS & HESS, i> ss Hides, Furs, Wool and Tallow We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use. - Grand Rapids. 3 ooo SSOOOOSS 009009000 G9SGSS 4565666606666 6660608 Nos. 122 and 124 Louis St., 00000000 DON'T GET WEF When in want of a new rovf or repairs you can save money by employing Michigan regularly, - We have representatives covering the State of nd if you have a defective roof. drep us a card and we will eall on you, examine your rvof and give you an e-timare of the cost of necessary repairs or putting on new roof. our work and our guarantee is good. Remember that we guarantee all H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, PRACTICAL ROOFER>, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1868. generar skilled mechanics in this tine. 00-0-0-0-0-0 BASACASASCAPCASCA. CA CA CA ECA SA. CASASACGASCASCASCA Good Cuts Help Sales Sales are what you want— and whatever will help ‘em will help you. Our good cuts are helping sales fo. others—they may as well help yours. Our prices are unusually low considering the quality of work. Sampe sheet No. 2 out this week. Mailed free on application. Grand Rapids. SASCASA CASA SAECACACACA SA CASA SACGASCAECACA SA CACASACACASA Tradesman Company, DPPC PEED CHP EH EPEC ECOEMEPED EOE UD a eee siimeie eG” NER ane i ; : i : q + : Ps = 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Saginaw—L. H. Flues succeeds Plues & bacon in the bakery business. Camden—Wm. Ewing will shortly open a Lew hardware store here. Mt. Ciemens—G. E. Clark succeeds J. G. White in the drug business. Alpena—Hamulton bros. have pur- chased the grocery stock of Paul Dane. Millington—D. McLean succeeds Mc- Lean & Seeley in the grocery business. Big Rapids — Jacob MHangstorter, meat dealer, has sold out to Frank Angel. Benton Harbor—Rowe Bros. succeed Rowe Bros. & Summerill in the meat business. Millington—A. C. Allen succeeds A. C. Allen & Co. in the drug and grocery business. Owosso— Paris & Son’s grocery stock has been purchased by A. Byrne, ot Saginaw. Calumet—The drug stock of John Clemo, |r., bas been closed on chattel mortgage. Holiy—The H. M. Church Drug Co. succeeds Howard Church in business at this place. Holland—J. A. Vander Veen succeeds C. Blom, Jr., in the confectionery and bakery business. Stockbridge -W. E. Brown & Co. succeed Nichols & Brown in the drug and grocery business. Otsego—Temple & Chase have sold their bakery business and grocery stock to Williams & Pierce. Ann Arbor—Frederick J. Gerstner succeeds Wm. Gerstner in the bakery and confectionery business. Charlotte—W. H. McBride, under- taker and furniture dealer at North Star, has removed to this place. Saginaw—J. D. Draper continues the grocery business formerly conducted under the style of A. O. & J. D. Draper. Merrill—Lamon M. Russell continues the harness business formerly conducted under the style of John V. Russell & Son. Coleman—The Coleman Hardware Co. has filed chattel mortgages cover-- ing stock, to John M. Moriey, of Sagi- naw. Saginaw—C. H. Becker, boot and shoe dealer, filed chattel mortgages ag- gregating $2,829.20. S. W. Jenning is trustee. Holland—C. Blom, Jr., has sold his confectionery stock to E. A. Van der Veen, who will continue the business at the same location. East Jordan—F. E. Boosinger, gen- eral dealer, has formed a copartnership with his brother, Jobn A., under the style of Boosinger Bros. Saginaw—The stock of E. A. (Mrs. E. S.) Crawford, dealer in wall paper and decorating materials, will be dis- posed of at mortgage sale. Holland —Pessink & East, proprietors of the Holland City Steam Laundry, have dissolved partnership. The busi- ness will be continued by Oscar J. East. Detrcit—Robert Keller bas sold his drug stock at the corner of Third and Warren avenues to Miss Ida M. Covey, a skilled pharmacist who has clerked for him two years. He will devote all his time to other business. Flanders—The general store of Will- iam G. Carney was burned to the ground Jan. 25. The postoffice was located in the building, but most of the Govern- ment property was saved. The loss is about $1,500; no insurance. St. Louis—G. L. Spicer, meat dealer, | bas removed to Alma. Detruit—Samuel P. Wilkus has sued | /some way got a steel chip into one eye. the Majestic Building Co. for $5,000. He says he engaged space in the build- | ing when it was proposed to devote it to department stores, but now finds it | has been leased to the Mabley & Good-! ictllow Co. Traverse City—-M. E. Haskeil has resigned his position as,.manager of the book and stationery store of Lyon, Beecher & Kymer. M. B. Holley, for- merly owner of the business, and lately a salesman in the sture, has accepted the position vacated by Mr. Haskell. Eaton Rapids— The C. H. Cowan stock of groceries and fixtures, which was inventoried at about $700, was sold to Jos. D. Powers, at public auction, at 32 cents on the dollar. The book accounts, which were inventoried at 3154, were sold to Mr. Cowan for $10.25. Union City—George W. Buell, suc- cessor to Buell & Spring, hardware dealers, has filed mortgages for $3,400 in favor of two local banks. A _ former mortgage in favor of Mrs. Charles Spring brings the total up to $5,000. {be store is in the possession of the sheriff. Detroit—Grunow & Patterson have filed articles of association with the County Clerk, to engage in the whole- sale and retail drug business witha rep- resented paid-in capital stock of $6,000. Oliver H. Grunow holds 300 shares; B. E. Patterson and Alfred E. Patterson, 150 each. Bay City—Thomas Grow, doing a clothing business at Pontiac under the name of Grow & Co. and in this city under the name of Grow Bros., filed a trust mortgage Feb. 2 covering his stock to secure creditors whose claims amount to $16,654.56. J. Lounsbury, of Pontiac is named as the trustee. Muskegon—Julius Rosenthal & Co., clothiers doing business at the corner of Terrace street and Western avenue, have sold out to G. L. Rosenthal, of Syracuse, N. Y. Sol Rosenthal, who has been conducting the clothing store in the Mason block, will continue the business as manager, and will consoli- date the stocks shortly. Northville—The banking house of J. S. Lapham & Co. is to erect a new fire- proof bank building in the spring,and a large two-story and basement library building and hall is to go up, a num- ber of new houses are to be built, and the indications are good for a very per- ceptible increase in business at the fac- tories, which are now running on short time. Fennville—A Business Men’s Asso- ciation was recently organized here, with F. S. Raymond as President, Theo. Wade Vice-President, Charles Bassett Secretary, and Jesse Hutchinson Treas- urer. The main objects of the Associa- tion are the protection of business in- terests and the advancement and build- ing up of the village and _ country around it. Kalamazoo— The Kalamazoo cold stor- age building, owned by A. C., J. B. and F. C. Balch, burned Feb. 2, to- gether with its contents, which included nearly 5,000 barrels of apples, several thousand dozen of eggs and large quan- tiites of butter and beer. The fire caught near the top of the building and the firemen could make no headway fighting it. The fire probably caught from plumbers working there arranging an ice tank to be filled the next day. The loss on the building and contents is about $25,000; insurance, $11,000. Belding—Ed. Lamb, the grocer, at- ‘tempted to take a steel hoop from a pickle barrel a few days ago, and in His physician advised kim to go im- mediately to Detroit and consult a spe- cialist, who would save the eye if it were possible to be done. Mr. Lamb did as advised, but the occulist said that the injury was so serious that he could give him no hope of saving the sight. Kalamazoo—The friends of Julius Schuster regret exceedingly his deter- mination to leave Kalamazoo and settle in Milwaukee. Many have called upon him and urged him to reconsider it and remain in the city where he has spent over thirty years of his life. Mr. Schus- ter told his friends that he regretted the necessity of his going away fully as much as they. The firm of Desenberg & Schuster will go out of business after a long career. Mr. Schuster contem- plates embarking in the dry goods trade at Milwaukee. Bay City—A suit of more than usual interest was decided in the Circuit Court one day last week. Hibbard S. Clossen, of Lansing, sold Buck & Leighton, of this city, 750 dozen oi eggs. The purchasers declined to pay for them after receipt, on the ground that they were too old, that they had been limed for two years, whereas they ordered fresh limed eggs, meaning eggs not more than a year old. They claimed that they talked with the defendant by telephone and specified what kind ot eggs were wanted. In a letter they re- ferred to ‘‘the limed eggs.’’ Judge Maxwell held that the letter was evi- dence, while the telephone message was pot, and he directed a verdict for the plaintiff. Detroit—Judge Frazer took from the jury the case of Stevens & Todd, the druggists, against Madame M. Yale, the complexion beautifier, for alleged breach of advertising contract. He di- rected a verdict for Madame Yale on the ground that both parties were not subject to the alleged agreement. The firm agreed to purchase $250 worth of cosmetics from the Chicago face artist, and in consideration the Stevens & Todd’s name was to be used in all the local advertisements of Madame Yale's preparations. After eight months an- other drug firm’s name was_ substituted in the advertisements. The court held that the agreement was too indefinite as to time and other conditions. It ceased to bind the drug firm, the court decided, the moment the consignment of goods agreed upon was purchased and paid for. Manufacturing Matters. Zeeland—The Zeeland Furniture Co. has declared a dividend of 7 percent. Drenthe—The Drenthe Creamery Co. paid a semi-annual dividend of 15 per cent. last week. Coldwater—The Coldwater Oil Stove Co. has started up its factory witha full force of men in all departments. Menominee—The Menominee Iron Works Co. has declared a dividend of 6 per cent. on the capital stock as the profits on last year’s business. Jamestown—The directors of the Jamestown Creamery Association have declared a sémi-annual dividend of 20 per cent., making 38 per cent. for the year. Gowen—John Hansen, proprietor of the Gowen creamery, recently became entangled in the machinery of the mill and fractured the kneepan of the left knee. Muskegon—B. H. Tellman, G. H. Tellman and J. Cooper have formed a copartnership under the style of Tell- man Bros. & Co. for the purpose of em- barking in the manufacture of baking powder and extracts. East Tawas—The Holland & Emery Lumber Co. has discontinued the sale of merchandise, the stock being divided as follows: Groceries to James Hamil- ton; hardware to Richards Bros. ; dry goods and clothing to A. Barkman. Buchanan—The Hatch cutlery fac- tory, about to be removed to Kalamazoo, has been a great traveler. It was started in Elyria, Ohio, and went suc- cessively to Kensington, I1]., South Mil- waukee, and finally, in 1894, to Bu- chanan. Muskegon—The Enterprise Foundry Co. has had a change in management and ownership. W. B. McLaughlin has purchased the interest of W. H. Miles and assumes the partnership with E. J. Sherwin. Mr. Van Yantzen becomes Secretary. Dorr—While many of the co-operative creamery establishments in Michigan have proved finacially unprofitable the past year, the creamery at this place made extensive improvements to _ its plant the past season and declared a cash dividend of 15 per cent. to the fortunate farmers who conduct the in- stitution. 1detroit—Articles of association of the Watson Machine and Novelty Works have been filed with the County Clerk. [he purpose outlined is the manufactur- ing and jobbing of all kinds of metal work. , The capital stock is $6,000, all paid in. The organizers are Nelson H. Watson, 270 shares; George N. Brady, go shares, and R. McCleland Brady, 240 shares. Detroit—Schwanbeck Bros. have filed aiticles of association with the County Clerk. The object is the manufacture and sale of moldings, picture frames, easels, show cases and similar articles. The capiatl stock is $50,000, of which $34,000 is paid in. The stockholders are Gustave A. Schwanbeck, Wm. H. Schwanbeck and Louis H. Schwan- beck, 800 shares each; Henry E. Beer- ling, 600 shares, and Guy C. Smith, 4oo shares. —__—_-$~>-0—___ List of Creditors of M. Kelley & Co. L. M. Hartwick, assignee for M. Kelley & Co., dealers in clothing and men's furnishing goods at Hart and Shelby, favors the Tradesman witha schedule of the creditors, showing the total liabilities to be $4,561.54, divided among forty creditors in the amounts set opposite their names: Tipe ek, MO ee we oe ca ee $ 450 Rochester Neckwear Co, Rochester. ........ 8 75 Robeces, Rotter & Co, Utes, oss ccs eke 134 00 Desbecker, Wei.i & Co., Kuffalo..............- 953 09 lyke & Buhop, Gloversville. | 8 105 00 Mason, Campbeil & Co , Johnstown..... .... 18 60 een Te Pee, Ce nn ie oe ea 200 00 Friend & Marks, Milwaukee..... .. .cco-... 24 00 Romadks ros, MAWwhOhOs. 0.4.2.5. oes ay ¥2 Racine Shoe Co., Racine A eed dukes ¢ 3 00 LaCrosse Knitting Works, LaCrosse.......... 2 50 Sprague Umbrella Co., Norwalk. ....... ..... Ir 55 Goshen Shirt Manufacturing Co., Goshen..... 18 00 A. C. Staley Manutacturing Co., South Bend.. 119 09 Grossman, Michealsohn & Co., Chicago...... 12 00 -. G: Sterac & Co, € miteee. 11 oO J © Gosrent & Coa.) Chicago. 255s. ec 2. « 36 50 Hino Ruboer Co, Chicago. .... .... +. -.es or 35 Woolley & Co., Ctuceg6 50 oe eos cues 132 58 Conyne Manufacturing Co., Chicago......... 6 63 (. G. Tsesoid. © taraes. 8, os. 6 55 Longley, Low & Alexander, Chicago......... 48 83 Piast hoe: Crea ies ee oe 32 75 Becker, Mager ® Co. Chics... S. 710 47 Oceana County Saving Bank, Hart..... ..... 45° 00 Citwens Hachange Bank, Hart............-.- 150 00 We nO, Se 580 co Richardson Silk co., Belding. :...:. . .-.:- I 03 Reed City Robe Tannery, Reed City......... 12 50 Valley City Manufacturing Co., Saginaw, E.S. 57 00 Churchill & Webber, Shelby. .........---....- 100 00 The Nonpareil Manufacturing Co., Detroit... 37 00 Marvin M. Stanton, Detrost: 0... 2.5.22. . 179 96 Walter Buhl & Co,; Detroit. ....... ccecoseoe e's 179 63 A. pamece Co, Detrom. oo... o.5..5s45 ee II 02 Enterprise Neckwear Co., Grand Rapids...... 13 75 Wurzburg Jewelry Co., Grand Rapids........ 11 10 Ideal Clothing Co., Grand Rapids ........... JO 02 Michigan Clothing Co., Ionia......06....%..- 72 25 Cooper, Wells & Co., St. Joseph........... +. 22 65 Se ne, eae ae eee Te MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip C. B. Metzger, manufacturer of the Garland bicycle, will open a display room at 6 Canal street March 1. Vandusen & Supernaw will shortly open a grocery store at Norwood. The Worden Grocer Co. has the order for the stock. __G. D’Ooge has opened grocery store at the conrer of Quimby street and North avenue. The Musselman Grocer Co, furnished the stock. The United States Cigar Co., for- merly located on the fifth floor of the Weatherly & Pulte building, has re- moved to the third floor of the Leppig block, 54 Lyon street. Jacob Datema, formerly of the firm of Hedges & Datema, has opened a dry goods and grocery store at 704 Madison avenue. The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the grocery stock. —__—_~+2~._____ The Grocery Market. Sugar—Values remain unchanged but there is an element of uncertainty as to their steadiness, owing to the position of the raw article, and the rather re- mote prospect of a sugar war induced by the roasted coffee fight. Provisions—Peculiar conditions still prevail—weak and declining hog prod- ucts and a rising market for live hogs. Several causes have contributed to the weakness in value, and these are the general depression of businesss, the mid week decline in wheat and heavy selling by English houses. Canned Goods—The market is rather quiet, although prices are well main- tained throughout. Tomatoes are still firm at the full price but offerings thereat are comparatively scarce. No advance in price is in sight at present, although the trade implictly expect it. Corn is very dull, with hardly any en- quiry. Holders are very firm in their ideas, however, and corn is almost sure to advance, if higher prices for toma- toes materialize, as it usually advances in sympathy with the latter. Besides this, the statistical position of corn would constitute a good reason for an advance. Peas are quiet, without any enquiry to note. The price is un- changed, and there is no immediate prospect of fluctuation. Rice—The situation is strong, as stocks throughout the country are light and the forward supply short of any year in the last decade. Advices from the South note free movement at all points along the Atlantic Coast, with prices firmly manitained. In New Orleans the apparent volume is among the largest the present season, due to speculative transaction outside of reg- ular demand. Foreign styles are firmly held, as there is sharp movement abroad, and every indication points toward higher prices. Dried Fruits—The demand is grad- ually increasing and a good spring trade is anticipated. Prunes are seling rather better than they have been, but there is still considerable room for improve- ment. Low prices are the cause. No lower prices are expected on prunes, and the probability is that the opening spring trade may bring a slight ad- vance. Peaches are very firm and me- dium grades are in fairdemand. Fancy grades, which constitute the bulk of the supply in this city, are not so well en- quired for. Prices on all grades of peaches, however, are well maintained and a better business all around ‘is ex- pected, with probable higher prices. Currants are rather quiet on the basis of lower quotations. Raisins have not been selling so well, although prices are just as firm, if not firmer. Stocks are being reduced gradually. Molasses—-The price is unchanged, with no probability of fluctuation. There is a good supply of all grades, except fancy open kettles, which are out of the market. The supply of poor molasses is very large and will probably prevent any chance of higher prices. ——__> 2+ ___ The Grain Market. The past week has been one of con- tinual drooping in the wheat market. The decline during the month was fully toc per bushel. To-day there was a plump drop of 2c per bushel on both cash and futures, which was caused by the report that wheat had declined id in Liverpool. When the visible came in, showing a decrease of 1,700,000 bushels, prices reacted tc, while in former years, with the present condi- tion of things, an advance of fully 3c would have been in order. Our visible is 49,500,000 bushels, which is less than it has been at any time since 1892. While cash wheat dropped to 84%c in Detroit, Grand Rapids millers paid 80c. The long-an- ticipated good sleighing is here, but it does not bring as good wheat movement as was expected. The dollar wheat that has been looked for seems to be farther off than ever, notwithstanding the scar- city of the article. It is unnecessary to go into the details of this matter. The fact is, there is no wheat in farmers’ hands. If there was, at least some of them would sell. There seems to be no demand for flour, even with the de- pressed price of wheat. A few of the older heads buy a very little, but proph- esy lower prices. They may come but our honest opinion is, that we will see higher prices, although there seems to be antipathy at present against any higher prices. With our receipts of winter wheat only about one-quarter what they were during the correspond- ing week last year, and with good ex port demands, we cannot see what will make prices go lower. But when an article is so cheap that it has to go beg- ging, the price will surely decline. Corn and oats are hardly worth men- tioning, as the trade is only ncrmal and prices are very low, with no signs of recuperating. The receipts during the week were: wheat, 24 cars; oats, 6 cars—a very small amount. This goes to show that wheat is not very plenty. Millers are paying 80c for wheat. C. G. A. Vorer. Purely Personal. Wm. E. Elliott, Manager of the El- liott Button Fastener Co., is away on a fortnight’s trip to the jobbing centers of the West and South. Byron J. Robertson, the all-round hustler of Breedsville, in company with his wife and daughter, Fern, will spend the uext two months in Florida, in search of health and recreation. Frank A. Rockafellow, President of the Rockafellow Mercantile Co., at Carson City, was married Jan. 14 to Miss Altha Vallian, of Lockport, N. Y. The Tradesman extends congratula- tions. ——<-o It has been estimated that 1,250,000 pounds of wool was clipped from the 250,000 sheep in Alabama last year. —__--—_» 0» No advance on Gillies New York teas Phone- Visner, 1589. re Meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Retail Grocers’ Hall on Tues- day evening, Feb. 2, Vice-President Merrill presided. A. W. Rush & Co., grocers at 217 East Bridge street, applied for member- ship in the organization and were ac- cepted. Secretary Klap read the following let- ter from the Secretary of the Detroit Retail Grocers and Butchers’ Protective Association : At the last meeting of our Associa- tion, the Kendall Manufacturing Co. received some attention. Our members do not approve of the methods em- ployed by this house, and it is our in- tention to ‘‘get after’’ the corporation. [ have been instructed to write you in connection with this matter to find out how you conducted your crusade against this house and the result of same. We are preparing a bill to present to the Legislature to amend the wage ex- emption law and will have coptes out in the course of a few days, when I will send you full details. We meet again next Wednesday and would be pleased to receive your reply in regard to the Kendall Co. to present to our members at that time. Secretary Klap was instructed to reply to this communication as follows: Nearly eighteen months ago our As- sociation passed resolutiors discourag- ing the sale of Soapine by the retail grocers of this city, no doubt for the Same reason your Association is dis- cussing the matter; and while there are still a number selling the article at the present time (owing to the false prom- ises of their agents, made at different times since the adoption of the above resolution, to discontinue their unbusi- nesslike methods of disposing of their goods), we are all of the opinion that the resolution is the only way in which the Kendall Manufacturing Co. can be ‘‘brought to time.’’ We are pleased to note your activity in the premises and hope your crusade will result favorably to the retail grocers of your city. Allow me to thank you in advance for a copy of the proposed bill you intend having introduced at the present session of the Legislature in regard to the ex- emption law. B. S. Harris stated that he no longer has any calls for Soapine at his store. A. Brink stated that he had sold very little of the article, on account of the great number of competing articles in the field. He said he took hold of it a second time because the agent assured him that the difficulty between his com- pany and the Association had been ad- justed. Mr. Harris stated that the agent told him the same story, but that he would not accept the sale of the article with out better authority. He subsequently learned that the agent’s assertion was a misstatement. Secretary Klap reported that he had consulted the Prosecuting Attorney in regard to the Sunday closing move- ment, witb the result that several of the grocers who had been in the habit of keeping open on Sunday had received letters from the Prosecuting Attorney, warning them to cluse their doors on that day. A. W. Rush suggested the enactment of a city ordinance in regard to Sunday closing, covering the same as the State law, on the ground that prosecutions under the State law would engender an- tagonisms and bring stigma on the or- ganization, whereas a local ordinance would be enforced by the police de- partment. i Messrs. Rush, Brink and Harris were appointed a committee to take the mat- ter under consideration and act in pur- suance of their best judgment. Secretary Klap stated that he would start out next Monday on his annual calling trip among the trade. Mr. Brink called attention to the fact that the local oil companies were selling oil at retail nearly as cheaply as at wholesale. Mr. Rush gave the members present a good talk on the oil question and ad- vocated making the Retail Grocers’ Association the liveliest organization in the city. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. >-e2. | Come One, Come All. From present indications, the con- vention of the Michigan Retail] Grocers’ Association, which will be held in this city February 24 and 25, will be the most largely attended of any meeting ever held by the organization. The en- tire program is not yet completed, but a number of assignments have been made as follows: ‘‘How the food laws should be en- forced’’—Hon. E. N. Bates, Moline. ‘The exemption laws again’’—Rob- ert Johnson, Cadillac. ‘‘Co-operative buying among. gro- cers’’--N. H. Beebe, Big Rapids. **My experience in shipping produce outside of Michigan’’—E, E. Hewitt, Rockford. ‘'Is the basket branding law enacted by the Legislature a desirable one’’— John W. Densmore, Reed City. ‘*What effect has the sale of butterine on the price of dairy butter’’—J. Ma- son, Clare. ‘*Retail grocers’ associations; their objects and benefits’’—W. H. Porter, Jackson. ‘*Reasons for the January slump in eggs’’—M. R. Alden, Grand Rapids. ‘*The peddling manufacturers’’— E, Marks, Secretary Detroit Retail Gro- cers and Butchers’ Protective Associa- tion. ‘*The retail grocer’’—W. H. Porter, Jackson. it was proposed to hold business ses- sions Wednesday forenoon and_after- noon and a_ banquet Wednesday even- ing. Additional business sessions will be held Thursday forenoon and after- noon. Every retail grocer in Michigan is cordially invited to attend the conven- tion, as matters of paramount interest to the trade will be presented for dis- cussion and action. a Excellent Showing Made by the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. The annual meeting of the stockhold- ers of the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Company was held in its office last Wednesday ; 2,918 out of 4,000 shares of capital stock were represented The following Directors were elected: A V. Mann, Muskegon; C. T. Hills, Muskegon; George W. Gay, D. M. Amberg and ©. F. Conklin. W. Fred McBain and Charles H. Hackley were elected to fill vacancies of A. J. Bowne and A. V. Pantlind. The officers were re-elected as follows: President, J. W. Champlin; Vice-President. George W. Gay; Treasurer, William H. Anderson ; Secretary, W. Fred McBain; Assistant Secretary, Henry L. Bogue. The fol- lowing were elected members of the Executive Committee: William H. An- derson, chairman; George W. Gay, Edward Lowe, O. F. Conklin, J. W. Champlin. The company paid a semi- annual dividend of 3 per cent. on the capital stock. Its statement shows a large increase in assets, surplus and re- insurance reserve. In Michigan its premium income was over $100,000, do- ing the largest business in its own State of any Michigan company. The com- pany operates in thirteen states and has just added the States of Massa- chusetts and Pennsylvania. It has over 500 agents reporting direct to the home office. In the year 1896 it sustained 692 losses and paid $157,394.12. It has paid since organization $1,008,029. 11 in losses without any litigation. Keep insured. No merchant can afford to risk his capital, credit or stock without being fully covered. Lack of proper insurance will injure your credit. Keep insured. a We never realize how much we are capable, of enduring until the test comes. 2 4 ¢ : ¥ ‘ 7 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN AS TO PROSPERITY. An esteemed friend of the Tradesman, who gives some consideration to eco- nomics, is very much puzzled at the prob- lem which confronts him in the lack of general prosperity existing at this time. His proposition may be thus stated: A year or so ago, when heavy ship- ments cf goods were being made from the United States to Europe, the fact was accounted for by the statement that the people of the United States owed abroad more money than their exports of produce could fay for, and, there- fore, gold had to be shipped to pay thre difference. Asa serious industrial and financial stagnation was pressing upon the people of this country, the exporta tion of gold was associated with the general depression and was assigned as one of the causes of it. Now, the exportation of Americar products has assumed immense propor- tions, so that not only do they serve t pay all debts due abroad, but they create a large balance in favor of the United States, and, as a result, there is no more exporting of gold to Eurupe: but, on the contrary, Europe is sending gold to this country to pay debts. Here is a condition of foreign trade radically different from what it wasa year ago but still there is no great revival of prosperity, and this is what puzzles the gentleman referred to above. The trouble with the questioner is that he takes a superficial and limitec view of a broad and extended subject. It will be in order to enquire: What is prosperity? It is upon a proper under- standing of the matter that any usefu consideration of so important a subject must be based. The notions of what prosperity is are widely different if they be regarded only from the standpoint of each individual. If a man had the only bakery, or bar room, or grocery, or dry goods store, i1 a particular community, and was abl: to monopolize all the trade in his line. he would consider himself as special]: prosperous and times as very good; but the majority of the people in that com munity might consider times extremely bad and themselves entirely ‘‘out ot luck. ’’ From this it will be seen tha: much depends on the point of view. It is plain, then, that, in defining prosper ity, a broad and general, and not a per sonal and narrow, view must be taken of the conditions required to produce it Some further illustration of this will be useful. The first note of dissatis- faction and cry of hard times came from the farmers of the United States, and it was heard jong before the finan. cial panic of 1893. The Western farm- ers complained of the low prices of their grain, while the Southern farmers were intensely dissatisfied with the low prices of their cotton. [The former were constantly talking about the good times when wheat was worth a dollar a bushel, while the latter lamented the change of circumstances which had brought cotton down from 12 and to cents a pound to 6 and 5 cents. But, in the meantime, for years, up to the panic of 1893, busi- ness of every sort had been very active; factories of every description were in full operation; the railways were taxed to their capacity in transporting mer- chandise and passengers, and new rail- way lines were being built at the rate of 4,0co and 5,000 miles a year, and in 1887 the new mileage for the year was near 13,000. These were good times for everybody except the farmers. The masses of the people were at work earning fair wages, while the prices of food and all other necessaries were lower than had ever before been known. Money was being |actively employed in investments and jenterprises of every sort, and finally, about a year before the hreak-up of 1893, speculation of the wildest sort be- came rife throughout the country. From this brief recital of facts, well known to all who have given proper at- tention to the subject, it will be seen that there is no such thing as_ universal prosperity, because the very conditions which bring advantages and benefits to some onerate at the expense of others, and, while the masses of the people were enjoying cheap food and clothing, they were doing so at the expense of the farmers, who were lamenting the low prices of their products. Suppose flour were $10 a barrel, calicoes 15 cents a vard, and sheeting and shirting at from so cents toa dollar. The farmer would he rolling in luxury, while the work- neople would have to stint themseives in bread and clothes. The impossibility of ever establishing ‘ny commercial and industrial condi- tions which will make everybody rich ind prosperous has induced many think- ers to adopt socialistic notions in which they dream of a paternal government which will take from the rich to give to the poor and keep up a constant and systematic distribution of benefits to the entire population—an utterly impracti- cable scheme. To come back to a reasonable and practical definition of prosperity, it means that condition of affairs in which the entire able-bodied population is en- zaged in productive labor at fair wages. When this shall be realized, there will be a general activity in busi- iess, with money liberally invested in the development of the natural resources f the country, including the building £ railroads. Of course, there will be nany persons who are dissatisfied: but ‘hat will be the only general prosperity ‘hat will he possible in this world. The question of exports and imports comes in as a side issue. There is sothing specially important in itself as ‘0 which way stands the balance of ‘rade. Everything depends on circum- tances. When the United States was shipping large amounts of gold to Europe, it was because widespread dis- trust had-been created concerning the American money standard, and there was a general apprehension that Amer- ican securities and obligations, public and private, might be paid in depre- ciated dollars; therefore, such securities were sent back in great numbers and forced on the markets. Foreign invest- ments were closed out, too, and the money carried abroad. For this reason the exports could not pay the debts due abroad, and gold had to be sent out to settle the accounts. This adverse bal- ance of trade was not the cause of the ffnancial panic in this country, but one of the injurious results of it. Now that the exports from the United States greatly outvalue the imports from foreign countries, and leave a large balance in favor of the United States, so that gold has to come to pay it, that does not mean that prosperity is re- stored. It does mean, however, that the rigid economy to which the American people have been driven by the hard times has compelled them to stop buy- ing abroad, and has forced them also to buy as little as possible at home, and so debts have been paid, the bankrupt concerns have dropped out, and many old scores have been settled. This does not mean that prosperity has been restored, but that business has settled down to bed rock, and is ready for a fresh start upwards. ‘That is the whole of the matter. It means that times are going to get better, and that the movement will be henceforth upwards. To come back to imports and exports, it makes no difference to a man’s pros- perity how much he buys, provided he is able to afford the expense; but it makes a difference to other people, be- cause so much more money is put in circulation and so much more of the products of labor are consumed, all of which helps to general prosperity. The miser who hides away his money is al] the time getting richer, but he is an enemy to general prosperity. To se- cure prosperity for the greatest num hers, the people must be put to work at producing wealth for general circula tion and consumption. The moving force in all this is confidence, which induces the capitalist to risk his money in the various industries and enter- prises, and he will only do so when he helieves that he will have due security for his investment and a good prospect of making a fair profit on it. 0 Influence of the Working Woman. The question of the working woman is one on which there is bound to be a diversity of opinion. The political economist, with an ample income of his own, looking at the subject from an impersonal point of view, is apt to say that women have lowered wages, and that in communities where women are the bread-winners—as in places where women work in mills and factories— the men belonging to them are noto- riously shiftless and worthless. Re- lieved of the support of their families, men have less incentive to labor. On the other hand, the working wom- in, looking at the question from the intensely personal standpoint of her own experience, will say that the opening of almost every occupation to woman has lone nothing but good; that the wom- an who ate the bitter bread of depend ence in other days, who was half starved, illy clad, is now as free to make a living as any man, and her achievements and earnings are only measured by her own abilities. Aside from this view of the subject it is interesting to note the influence the working woman has had upon the rest of the world of women. It has been like a pebble cast into a pool, whose ripples nave spread in every direction until they have reached even the women of fashion who stand upon the further shore. No one can doubt that she has dignified labor. Almost every family, from the highest to the lowest, has some woman in it who has, either from choice or the force of circumstances, hecome a working woman. The ex- ample of so many women so occupied with the practical affairs ot life has been contagious. It has deepened and broad- ened the purposes and aims of all wom- ankind. There are few even of the fa- vored daughters of fortune who have neither to toil nor spin, who have not some serious interest in either club or study or philanthropy with which they concern themselves. Another result of the advent of women in the working world has been to teach them the advantage of punctuality and the value of time. The average woman is a spendthrift of her own and other people’s days. It is a continual sur- prise to her through life that the trains won't wait for her and that the theaters do not defer their performance until she gets her hat on. The first sharp lesson the business woman gets is that things must be done on time; that noth- ing can be put off, and this invaluable bit of experience she passes on to her sisters at home. Not the least in importance is the fact that through the business women other women are coming to understand more about the value of money. It has al- ways been one of the most cherished masculine theories that women were en- tirely incapable of understanding any- thing about finance. A_ father who had hundreds of thousands of dollars to leave his daughters would let them grow up in such absolute ignorance of such matters that when they came _ into possession of their fortunes they did not know whereabouts on a check to sign their names. A man harassed with busi- ness losses will let his wife go on igno- rantly spending money and making hills he cannot pay. The result has been that women have been the victims of all sorts of dishonest men, who have robbed them of their money because they had not been taught to take care of it. The business woman knows better, and it is largely through her influence that it has come to be looked upon as silly, not interesting, for a woman not to under- stand the rudiments, at least, of finan- cial transactions. In New York one of the fads of the winter among fashion- able women is belonging to book-keep- ing classes. Taking it all in all, the influence of the working women has been wholesome and salutary. She has her faults, as who has not? But she has brought the genius of common sense and _practical- itv into a sphere that is only too prone to sentimentality, and for that alone the world owes her much. —___»>2»___ Minuteness of Railroad Book-Keeping. Few persons outside of the offices of great corporations know anvthing of the care and minuteness with which the svstenis of accounts keep track-of every detail of operation. The character of these accounts was illustrated the other day by an anecdote told by an ex-divi- sion superintendent of the Pennsvlvania railroad regarding an item of two cents. Some one had told of an outlay of some- thing like $100 in clerk hire and other expenses made by the United States Government in collecting and account- ing for a sum of one cent, which had to he covered into the Treasury in order to make a clean balance sheet. Then the railroad man spoke up. ‘*T had an experience somewhat sim- ilar,’’ he said, ‘‘when I was clerk of the shops on the division where I was afterward in charge. We were about halfway from Philadelphia to Pittsburg and we had to have a whisky jack sent from Harrisburg to our shops. At the rates of freight which the railroad charged itself for material transported I figured that we owed the main line two cents upon that whisky jack and sent 'n a report, which made it possible for the other division to collect that amount from ours. That amount had to be en- tered in a number of books beyond ours, but in ours it became a matter upon which some very intricate figuring had to be done. Every general item of shop expense had to be apportioned to eigh- teen different accounts, in accordance with a system of percentages which had been adopted, and no two accounts were of the same value. Therefore, when I paid out that two cents I had to divide it up into eighteen unequal parts, and charge it up to the eighteen different accounts. ”’ ——->_6 The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them. 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His name wasn’t Jones, or anything like it, but that’s what he’ll be in this story, just the same. Jones was an old-fashioned grocer, non-progressive, conservative, stubborn, but successful. He made a comfortable sum of money out of his grocery store, partly because he kept first-class goods and partly because he and his father before him had grown up with the town and had the confidence of its people. Jones had a son—a clever young fel- low who, when I first knew the old man, was about 14 years old. His father sent him to the local public school and gave him the very best chance he could. Early in his son’s life Jones had got an idea that he was cut out for a grocer, and he let that idea grow on him until it became a passion with him. Any- body could see with half an eye that the young fellow was cut out for anything but a grocer. He was of a different type altogether. When he was about 16 years old he fell in witha civil engineer and speedily developed a remarkable liking. for that profession. He did_some | ceed, - little work around for this “engineer, who afterward told me that the boy would have made a splendid surveyor had he had the chance. Well, the youth finally mustered up enough nerve to ask his father to allow him to learn the profession. The old man, who wasn't so young as he once was, was looking eagerly forward to the time when the boy could take the busi- ness off his shoulders. He opposed the suggestion strongly and flatly refused to let the boy study. The latter wasa rather mild-minded youth, reluctant to engage in a squabble with anybody, and the upshot of it was that he finally gave up his civil-engineering ideas and resolved to enter the store. When he did so he was about 20 years old. Jones was a hard-headed, horse-sensed man, and he put the boy in at the very bottom—sweeping the store and doing other equally pleasant things. In two years the son knew as much about the business as he ever would, which wasn’t much. He could wait on customers and keep the books after a fashion, but so far as taking charge was concerned, he wasn’t in it fora minute. I think the old man saw it, but he was too grim to admit it, even to himself, When the boy had been in his father’s store about three years and three or our months, Jones was disabled with a paralytic stroke and the whole burden of the business was suddenly thrown upon the son’s shoulders. He made as complete a failure as any man could possibly make and the business un- doubtedly would have gone to the dogs if the old man hadn't fartly recovered after a few weeks. He didn’t get able to go about or to do any work, but only recovered his clearness of mind. This was a gigantic aid to the son, who de- pended absolutely upon his father’s say-so for everything. The son ran the store by proxy for several months. It didn’t do quite as well as when Jones himself was at the active head; that was not to be expected, but it went along measurably better than it would have done had the son run it himself. The old man died. The day he suc- cumbed to a third paralytic stroke that store, I suppose, was doing a business of $20,000 a year. It was making a liv- ing and considerably more for Jones, and had the right man been at the head, would probably be doing so yet. The right man was not at the head, however. The son made break after break. Any salesman could impose on him, and the worst of it was that he didn’t learn by experience. He'd get bitten by an unfortunate purchase one week only to go down the next. Right and left he caught it, and his name was the synonym among jobbers’ salesmen for miles around for pure and simple incompetency. No business will stand this sort of thing long, and the grocery business Jones left behind soon began to crumble. The son was utterly incapable of sizing up to the situation; but remember that it was not he who placed himself in_ it. I was in this town one day about two weeks ago, and watched the sheriff sell the remnants of the stock Jones took such pride in keeping full and com- plete. The son had failed inside of two years after his father’s death. He took that business in 1895, solvent, prosper- ous, profitable, owing nothing, and in 1897 he turned it over to the sheriff. It was a Clear case of wrecking—but the son wasn't to blame, any more than the chisel is to blame for the misstroke of the stone cutter. I saw the son at the sale. He wasa prematurely-aged, old-young man, with hair gray at the temples, and wearing the genuine, unmistakable air of an unsuccessful man. His clothes were shabby, his shoulders were bowed; he had been the square peg in the round hole. I don’t believe in speaking ill of the dead, but that father wrecked his son’s life just as surely as the son had wrecked his father’s business. He had attempted the impossibility of changing a man's whole bent and _ tendencies; of setting a man down in an _ uncongenial environment and expecting him to suc- Largest Assortment FIN TINTIN SIN TINAIN FIN TINIIN FIN IN IBN IN IN IBN NINN IRN IN IBN IN IN Lowest Prices... FINTINIIN IN IN IINIIN IBN IIN IN IN IBN IN IBN IBN IN IN IN IN IN EN No matter what may be your requirements in the line of printing, there is an establishment in Grand Rapids which can meet your requirements. The establishment is known as the . Tradesman Company RRERERIDRRRBRRARABRRAAARRBAAANDIOIN and it is located in one of the finest office buildings in the city, the . New Blodgett Building occupying two floors, each 66 x 132 feet in dimensions, which is the largest floor space utilized by any printing establish- ment in Western Michigan. Why deal with establishments which have not the necessary assortment or experience to turn out first-class work when the same money will buy full- count, full-weight, artistic work? Remember we have the Largest Floor Space Best Equipment Most Complete Facilities — 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Timely Hints for Live Retailers of Shoes. From the Shoe and Leather Gazette. Josh Billings said: ‘‘M: dere fellow, yu kan’t git ennything out ov this world unless yu ask for it,and yu ain’t a-goin’ to git mutch ennyhow unless yu insist on it.’’ + = + From Italy comes the latest quick- tanning method, which requires the usual forty-eight hours. It is strikingly odd that ail these quick-tanning meth- ods that nobody adopts require just forty-eight hours. + + * If the breast of the heel is blacked the shoe looks neater, but sometimes appearance is not so much the cause of the blacking tbereof as the quality of stock used in the making of the heel. + < = Shoe workers’ wages in the East are being reduced quite generally, in order that manufacturers may cut prices to Western jobbers. This is a mistaken policy that will prove its own short- comings later on. * + * This is a hard year for rubbers, there- fore every possible advantage must be taken of every rain, no matter how slight. Push the goods out early and late. Show them in the window with appropriate cards and catchy prices. oe oe Impress on lady customers the great importance of having neat-appearing footwear. It is a fact that untidy or well-worn shoes spoil any costume, and women should be made to know this. It may make them buy more shoes. + + + Patent leather trimmings are not in- dulged in as recklessly as they were. Especially in cheap shoes elaborate decoration was the rule a few seasons ago, but the tendency now is toward more taste and less glitter in ornamen- tal work. + + + For wheelwomen an attachment has been patented consisting of a clasp which fastens to the shoe top, leggin or stocking and is connected to a piece of round elastic pinned to the skirt, pre venting the latter being blown about by the wind. + + = Women who have large feet which they do not feel proud of can have them reduced in size in photographs by the use of a microscope lens reversed There is only one trouble with this scheme—it is only practical in photo- graphsand can’t outdo nature in real life. * x The manufacturers of a inedicated in- sole designed to prevent too liberal perspiration of the feet say, ‘‘Sweaty feet are the cause of more colcs and resulting evils than all other causes combined.’’ This may bea trifle ex- aggerated, but there is a great deal of truth in the assertion just the same. + + + Coin toes are gaining favor for wom- en’s wear steadily. Jobbers who have heretofore stuck to Razor and Needle toes with persistence are leaving them and going to the round toe variety. In the West and South, however, the pointed style goes out slowly. is likely to prove permanent in measure. It great c+ + Something new for the bootblack stand has been devised which is said to hold the foet in proper position. On the ordinary stand a man must bear most of his weight on his foot while getting a shine. Otherwise it slips about. The improvement ts of the same order as the old-time standard used by photographers when a five-minute ex posure was necessary. A rest is screwed up against the back of the foot above the heel, not interfering in the least with the manipulation of the brushes. ‘££ The National Recorder, a journal for inventors, gives these as subjects for shoe trade inventors to work on. An improved construction which will pre- vent the entrance of water through the lacing openings; a sole-cutting ma- chine provided with means whereby the size or shape of the sole may be regu- lated; a simple and effective stretcher which is adapted to stretch the shoe at any point where it may bind upon the foot of the wearer; a device for creas- ing uppers, which may be used either separately or as an attachment to a shoe sewing machine; means for attaching India rubber to soles for the purpose of making the same water-tight or for adapting the same to be used as base ball or tennis shoes, where it is a de- sideratum to prevent slipping. + * * Many manufacturers turn out splen- did samples and try honestly to keep the run of the goods fully up with this mark, but fail because of lack of uni- formity. Their shoes won’t run smooth. One pair is a quarter too good, the next a quarter too poor. The trouble is with the workmen. They don’t select their stock right. Every manufacturer should make his foremen and responsible aides stand on their own bottoms. They should be paid to do their work right and should be made to do it right all the time or lose their heads. Retarlers should keep manufacturers posted in a friendly way on the inequalities in their goods. The chances are that the man- ufacturer is as much bothered about the matter as is the retailer, and complaints in caustic language only make him pugnacious. —____> 2. ___ The Window Frosting Nuisance. There is a small fortune and the grat- itude of thousands of window dressers and storekeepers in store for the man who will devise some way of keeping trost from windows. The nuisance and all the loss and annoyance it causes have been fully discussed, and many schemes have been tried which for a time have seemed successful. There are partial remedies for the difficulty, such as keep- ing the window inclosed and heated, or by boring holes,and, by admitting the outer air, preventing the sweating. Liquid preparations have been made also which were thought for a time to solve the difficulty, but all have failed of com- plete success. Any of the plans that have been mentioned are worth trying, but they are of no avail in case ofa sudden change of temperature or an ex- tremely cold day. A scientific discussion of the problem is given by an exchange, and some valuable and interesting facts are given which may assist some one to the solu- tion. It says: ‘*To remedy any trouble, we should first get at the cause; and if we contrive to remove the cause, we have removed the trouble. The rea- son frost, as we term it, accumulates on windows in winter time is because moisture condenses on the glass, and then, the glass being below the freezing point, the atoms of moisture are frozen. lf the temperature of the room is high enough to maintain the glass above the freezing point,the water remains fluid, and the situation is spoken of as “‘steam on the windows.’’ Air has the property of keeping in mixture a cer- tain percentage of water, in the shape of transparent vapor. The temperature of the air in a great degree governs the percentage of moisture. In winter time, when a cold air is prevailing, there 1s but little moisture in the air; and when such air is heated in a room, it lacks the amount of water which should ac- company the temperature. To remedy this, all modern heaters have water at- tachments, to grve out a certain amount of vapor to correct the lack of the proper humidity of the air. Probably, in most stores and living rooms, the amount of water diffused in the air would be the proper moisture for about 60 degrees F. If such air comes in con- tact with glass or metal cooled below the freezing point, the moisture is sure to condense and freeze. On the surface of the situation, it would seem that we have but two visible solutions to the problem ; first, to keep the degree of moisture down so that none will be de- posited on the glass; second, to keep the glass at a temperature above the condensing point. Neither of these plans is practicable, and this, in a great degree, accounts for the fact that so far there has been no satisfactory plan proposed for abating this mid- winter nuisance. The best plan which has ever come to onr notice has been to have the show windows built as bulk windows, and the inner sash _ placed so as to have the window in fact a com- partment by itself. This will remedy the condensation *of moisture on either the outer or inner glass in the daytime. At night, if gas or oi] lamps are burned in the show windows, the combustion of such gas or oi! will produce moisture, and condensation will follow. Electric lighting is, of course, free from this objection. A good illumination for a bulk window constructed as described can be secured by placing the lights in- side of the inner glass, and throwing the light down by concave reflectors. The inner sash must be arranged to have small glass dcors,-to permit ac- cess to the window. ”’ People Who Lift and People Who Lean. There are two kinds of people on earth to-day, Just two kinds of people, no more, I ray. Not the sinner and saint for ’tis well un“erstood The good are halt bad and the bad are half good. Not the rich and the poor, for to count a man’s wea.th, You must first know the state of his conscience and health. Not the humble and proud, for in life’s little epan Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man. Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years Bring each man his laughter and each man his tears. No; the two kinds of people on earth I mean, Are the people who lift and the people who lean. Whererer you go y°u will find the world’s masses Are always divided in just these two classes. And oddly enough. you wi'l find, too, T ween, There is only one litter totwenty who lean. In which class are you? Areyou easing the load Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road? Or are you a leaner, who lets others bear Your portion of labor, and worry, and care? ELLA WHEELER WILcox. Misses’, Children’s. oe GRAND oo : : : : : : In selecting your spring stock, do not omit adding our celebrated lineof .. . OHINESE OALF GO to your SHOE department, if you want the very best values for your trade. name on the shank. 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VV VV OV OO UOUCOCUCUCUCCUCCECUCUCECCEVCOUVCCUCCCCVC CCC OCT S AND JOBBERS OF Ageuts for the IV VVVVVUVVUVUVVVCVVCUVCVCVCUCVCVCVCTCCUCVTVCCCCY. FUG OO OOOO GOOEOWETGTETGOCOGETSTGOIT OTE STSTWS al OOOO OOOO OCCOWCCCCTCC ESC OCDCSCDCGCCOCCCSCCCCITGE SHOE EYELETS. One of the Few Things Sold by the Million. There are many things that are sold by the gross and not a few that are suld by the thousand, but there are not many that are sold by the million. Among the things that are so sold, however, are shoe eyelets. Shoe eyelets are made of brass, by machines whose operation is almost en- tirely automatic. Three or four ma- chines are required to produce the eye- let in the form in which it is sold, the brass being fed into the first machine in thin, flat strips. As sold to the shve manufacturer, the eyelet is turned down at one end only. The eyelets look as much as anything like so many little hats with narrow brims and without any tops in the crowns. The upper end of the crown, which ts like the end of a little cylinder, is put through the eye- let hole in the shoe, the finished brim or flange of the eyelet resting against the leather upon the outside. After the eyelet has this been put in place its in- ner end is turned down upon the leather by a machine made for that purpose. In the mannfacture of the eyelets a number of very slight vertical identa- tions are made at equal distances apart in the outside of the eyelet around the smooth, straight end. When the shoe machine smashes down the inner side of the eyelet, the metal parts at these in- dentations and is spread uniformly, thus giving it a secure hold. Eyelets are made of various sizes in diameter and of various lengths of shank or cylinder, according to the thickness of the material with which they are to be used; and after they come from the machines they are fin- ished in great variety. Some are fin- ished white—these are silver-plated ; some are gilt finished and some are cop- pered. Eyelets are Japanned in black or in various shades of russet; they are, in fact, made in any size and of any color that may be desired. Sooner or later the Japanning wears off, exposing the brass. There are now made shoe eyelets that are covered with celluloid, which keep their color, but these are more expensive than the kinds com- monly used. Shoe eyelets are packed iu boxes con- taining 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 250,000 and 500,000 each. Eyelets of the kinds most commonly used are sold according to sizes and styles at prices ranging from $60 to $135 amillion. Some of the celluloid covered eyelets sell for as much as $500 a million. The sale of shoe eyelets depends, of course, somewhat upon the prevailing style of shoe. When button shoes are more generally worn not so many shoe eyelets are sold through their sale is al- ways very large. Eyelets are made for a wide variety cf uses, up to the great eyelets that are sewed into the corners of sails, through which the sail is lashed to the end of the boom or yard. Taking them alto- gether the number is enormous; of shoe eyelets alone there are sold in this country some thousands of millions an- nually. Cash Brigade Possibilities. From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter. It cannot be too thoroughly impressed upon the merchants of the West that henceforth they must do business under changed conditions. The severe de- pression and competition of the last three years have produced a distinctive type of merchants, who may be collect- ively described as the cash brigade. Even during the darkest times the merchants of this brigade have actually made some money. Why? Because they are personally alert, active, aggres- sive men, with the business insight to see the change taking place in their conditions. They push their business, ush their employes, push their compet- itors, push themselves. They are cash buyers, cash sellers, and continuous, careful advertisers. Their stores are clean, attractive, inviting; they insist on that. Their employes are obliging, appreciative; they must be. And _ per- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN sonally they let nothing distract their attention. They keep their eyes fixed on the business in hand as intently as if it were a triphammer or a buzzsaw in motion. The members of the cash brigade are not worrying themselves personally about what Congress is going to do with the financial qu¢stion, or the reciproc- ity question, or the revenue question. [hey are not losing any sleep over the price of corn or farm products. Things that they cannot change they are leav- ing to time and to the men who have been elected to fix them right. They are going on the theory that the thing to do is to make the most of the oppor tunities at hand, and that if these are fewer than could be wished, then hit them the harder. These are the men who understand their environment and who have the in- telligence to make the most of their possibilities. They, and they alone, are to be the successful merchants of the future. Three years of the civil war educated a million of American boys into veteran soldiers equal to any that ever foliowed the banners of Wellington or Napoleon. Three years of business depression and uncertainty have produced in the West- ern States a brigade of experienced vet- eran merchants who are the equals, in skill and ability for conducting their affairs, of any merchants that the com- mercial history of the world can fur- nish. These men one and all belong to the cash brigade. These are the men for whom the busi- ness triumphs of the present and near future are reserved. The possibilities of success are all theirs. It becomes clearer every day that the merchant who wishes to prove himself the man for the hour and the circumstances must adjust himself to the changed conditions that have placed the cash dealers in the van. These men have been the first to de- cipher the signs of thetimes. They fully realize that they must buy goods for cash and save their discounts if they would make a profit and remain in business. Merchants more or less isolated in the country are likely to overlook the sweeping nature of this change for the imperativeness of the natural forces be- hind it. Most of them realize that the day of long credits is disappearing, but they have not yet awakened to the fact that to cling to the old way has come to mean commercial suicide. Yet to all who can see things from a great center like Chicago the truth is clear. Less than five years has worked a revolu- tion in the conditions affecting success for the retailer. The hard times have hastened it, although it would have come in any event. The same economic laws that are forcing the cash system upon the retailer are at work in other ways upon the manufacturer and job- ber. The tendency toward centraliza- tion, quick turning of stocks, and cash buying is as irresistible as the advance of a glacier. The only men in the com- mercial world who can survive and flourish are those who stand from under and take new and higher ground. That is what the members of the cash brigade have already done, and what every merchant should do at the earliest pos- sible moment. Think this matter over. Make up your mind that the only way to succeed under existing circumstances is to sell for cash. Join the cash brigade! —___—»2»—__— There are two things in a woman that the man of refinement admires equally as much as, if not more than, beauty, and those are a pleasant voice and a cheerful disposition. There is not a man in the world brave enough to cope with a woman who whines. He will put himself to any amount of trouble to avoid her. Fortunately, though, whin- ing is going out of fashion. It is now considered, and rightly, more womanly to meet trials and troubles, both small and great, cheerfully. If your trouble be a great one, however, you may risk telling it to your best man friend, be he lover or brother, feeling sure that he will do his best to aid you; but never venture meeting him with a bundle of imaginary woes, © olin a Excelsior. The shades of night were not yet drawn, When ina mill where wood is sawn, A lot of boys were tu/d to haul Away the stuff that carvers call Excelsior. Soon *neath these curls made into packs, They stagger forth with loaded vacks; Across the way there stands a shop Where into bins they softly drop Excelsior Next day some skilled mechanics come; Sharp need es ply; swiftshuttles hum; Huge sacks are wade w th corners square, And scheming hanes depusit there Excelsior. Soon after this, a great big store Hangs out the sig .: ‘ ForSale Some more Of those hair mattresses, the kind You want.’ But here again we find Excelsior. In polities as well as trade Reforms are often |ikewise made, Not of the hair and wool they laud, But of that cheap and shoddy fraud, Exce'sior. And Destiny will sometimes puff A Prophet with such fulsome stuff That in the place cf heart aud brains The inquest shows inthe remains Excelsior. 0-2 We are told that the leading attrac- tion at the Paris Exposition in 1goo will be a ‘“‘Big Bike,’’ the largest wheel ever constructed. The saddle and handlebars will overtop all the other buildings in the gay city of Paris. Spiral stairways are to lead up through the tires, and visitors will be permitted to ascend for ‘‘a price.’’ The back- bone of the great bicycle will be a ban- quet hall, where at one long table 600 persons can sit down and make merry. The saddle will be a platform on which 100 people can be accommodated in the open air. In the handlebars will be vast picture galleries. a a Hereafter no member of the Masonic fraternity in Minnesota can sell intoxi- cants, and 100 persons now in the liquor business will be expelled from the order if they do not change their occupation. I5 . el This st : =: Pingree 4 JP | on “ae Rober ol | é S all our “Neverslip” Vv PaTenTeo 7 Bicycle and Winter ~ pep ez igee Shoes. dice DO YOUR FEET SLIP? The ‘*Neverslip’’ gives elasticity and ease to every step taken by the wearer. It breaks the shock or jarring of the body when walking, and is particularly acapted to all who are obliged to be on their teet. None but the best of material used im their makeup. Every walking man should have at least a pair. ADH. REDER& successors to REEDER BROS. SHOE CO. Michigan Agents for Lycoming and Keystone Rubbers and Jobbers of specialties in Men's and Women’s Shoes, Felt Boots, Lumbermen’s Socks. Lead ali Style and Wearing Try them. Lycoming Rubbers Brands in Fit, Qualities. other fine grades as high as 2oc. PRINTS, Hamilton, Windsor, new colors and designs. y. STEKET Our New Spring Fabrics | Are now ready for inspection. WASH GOODS of all kinds from the cheapest 5c Ginghams to sons, Allens, Cocheco, Merrimack and Washingtons in all Es DRESS GUODS, Plaids, Mixtures, Coverts, Plain and Fancy Weaves at from 74 to 42c. per yard. Be sure and see our line before buying. Wholesale Dry Goods. Pacific, Garner, American, Simp- EE & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS. CHOROROROTOTOHOROROROTOHOS NEW EMBROIDERIES WHOLESALE VOIGT, : — ~“GRAND RA HERPOLSHEI NEW LACES Our own importation. MER & CO. DRY GOODS, PIDS, MICH. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. An Average Egg—Advantages of Cold Storage. Correspondence Minneapolis Commercial Bul- i tin. Dirty eggs are a disgrace to the ship- per and salted eggs are a disgust to the receiver. No hen was ever guilty of producing either variety, so the de- moralizing touch of man comes in to reduce the grade and lower the cash value of the average egg. How can a salted egg remain a fresh egg? How can ‘‘salt junk’’ still be a juicy roast? How can salted mackerel continue to carry in stock the freshness and richness of early youth? There is no law against salting eggs— even our game law doesn’t touch the case, so the thoughtful housewife can con- tinue to provide for winter's needs from summer's abundance as long as the salt holds out and the hens don't strike, but it is an awful sin to swindle the unsus- pecting storekeeper with the result of her imprudent prudence. What is the matter with salted eggs? Let me teil you. The first act of salt on an egg is to knock out the one, only, overtowering virtue it has, which is its freshness. Then follows the next stage of the disease and the albumen shrinks away and the yolk hardens and hecomes attached to the shell, and the ‘‘X rays’ of a candle reveal a vacuum where once fulness existed, and worthlessness where once real value was in sight. There is, then, no law prohibiting the salting of eggs, and we have no ob- jections to raise against it, but we dk object to marketing salted eggs, for i: this lies the ‘‘overt act’’ of which we complain. To sum up the case, we would say, the only strictly honest thing an egg salter can do is to keep the salted stock for home consumption, and never. under any circumstances, allow it to go into circulation under the cover of a saline falsehood. The mummy of Potipheri VII. comes nearer being a plump, healthy man of the present Anno Domini than a salted egg does to being a fresh one. It is an axiom that quality is the prime essential on which grade is fixed and value established, but in the item of eggs, quantity is a parallel virtue, and as long as thev are sold by count, this factor will hold good. Those ‘‘cute little eggs,’’ the foot- note of the litter, the appendix to the nestful, the terminal cackle of that series that count one but are not really half a one, and which slip out of dis- honest fingers under the convenient de- ception that ‘‘Aneggzanegg,’’ is another unpleasant feature at the market end of the transaction. We would draw the line at Guinea eggs, which belong to the ‘‘under-size grade,’’ and with them all of those half- grown samples of what a hen usually Carries in stock. An average egg is what an average hen will produce in the discharge of an average day’s work, and the average buyer wants an average egg every time. This is the equilibrium of trade—the ‘‘value received’’ of merchandising where sixteen ounces are given fora pound and thirty-six inches make a yard. Our counsel is, that you save such hen efforts at home—this is to the poul- try raiser—and 1f the country merchant is foolish enough to ‘‘take them in,’’ we would most heartily counsel him to be wise enough not to ship them to mar- ket. Cleanliness and freshness and _ size- ness are the three prime factors that constitute ‘‘An Average Egg;’’ there- fore, be clean, be good, be honest, and stand by the hen that lays a standard egg. ‘+ * * There are several kinds of cola _stor- age. When it came to be popular to ship eggs any distance, the pasteboard egg case was invented. Before that date eggs were packed in oats, bran, straw and anything that might keep them whole on their travels. But the egg case has proven the thing that fills the bill. But this same case is liable to be a detriment to the egg in storage. The paper about the egg collects the damp- ness about the storage room and, becom- ing musty, makes the egg taste. Every- one knows that an egg is almost as sen- sitive to taints in the atmosphere about it as a roll of butter is. It is simply a little slower about it, because a little thicker skinned. The egg, then, lying in its musty case, will take up the musty smell, and when it comes to you on toast at the table you detect the smell, and know it for a storage egg. Tosave this‘loss from dampness is the last step in the advance of storage for eggs. The chemical storage plan is about as near this as anything can be. If eggs can he placed in a room, set by a button to a certain temperature not to be changed a degree, and with no ice within reach to dampen the atmosphere, the liability to dampness in the egg cases is verv slight, and this is the idea of chemical storage. This helps the hen amazingly. She can lav her eggs in the warm _ sea- son, the which men gather up and store, and during the cold munths she can rest and refresh herself—or refresh man by following her eggs to market. This storage scheme is also a great aid to the men who eat eggs, for it keeps the market lower than it otherwise would be. Before the storage scteme, and when the egg supply has been cut off from this market by snowdrifts, ] am told by com- mission men that eggs have gone as high as &2 cents a dozen, and that eggs had to be kept locked up in burglar- proof rooms as coal has sometimes had to be when the trust wanted to make a little money on the side. But the mar- ket cannot go verv high these days, all hecause some thoughtful men gather -ggs in the spring and store them. Here comes the difference between the civi- lized man and the savage. The former can sit by his fire and eat eggs at 15 cents a dazen, while the savage could vat eggs only in the egg season, and then he had to let himself over high cliffs and imperil his neck to get a few gulls’ eggs with a rank, fishy flavor. —_—_—_0<___ Why Men Do Not Talk Shop at Home. ‘‘I’m so glad to find you in,’’ said Mrs. Brown, as she entered her hus- hands’ office; ‘‘I was afraid you might he out, and I have so much to tell you, dear.’’ ‘*Something very important?’’ replied Brown interrogatively, and in a tone which plainly said, ‘‘Couldn't vou have waited until evening? You see I’m awfully busy.’’ And he turned to the papers upon his desk as a hint that he hadn’t a moment to spare. ‘Well, no, perhaps not so very impor- tant,’’ said Mrs. Brown, paving no at- tention to her hushand’s discourage- ment; “‘but then it is so nice and cozy here, and you know we don’t often have a chance for a quiet talk together.’’ ‘‘Aren't I home—’’ ‘‘Oh, yes, Henry; you are home every evening; I'll say that to your credit. But it is so nice to come here and see you. ‘But, then, I'm pretty busy this morning.’’ ‘‘I know; but I must tell you what that girl of ours has done. After breakfast this morning, she hadn't a bit of hot water to wash the dishes in, and her work was delaved a good half-hour in conse- quence.’’ ‘‘But, my dear—’’ ‘‘I know what you are going to say. You think I ought to give her a good talking to And so I did. But what does it amount to? Only last week I told her to shut her dampers so’s the oven would _ heat, and when I went into the kitchen they were wide open and the coal was almost burnt out and the oven was as cold as a stone.’' ‘‘I’m afraid, my dear—’’ in- terrupted Brown, taking up a new lot of papers. ‘‘Of course you are afraid, Henry, and soam I. I expect nothing else but that there will be an explosion or something one of these days. And, by the way, did I tell you that another of those Wedgwood cups was broken? It's the third withina month Really, I believe I shall go distracted. And there’s that new carpet in the hall; it’s a sight to behold. The buffalo moths have got into it and you could shoot peas through any part of it. And that reminds me that we didn’t get the clothes dry on Monday, and—’’ ‘‘But, I don’t tell you about household matters when -_ ~ at home? But I must be : but I can't, really cannot, |go'ng. I'll try to come in again in an sao ue io oe a you tell | hour or so. — Brown did not come of these things when I'm at home?’’| in again in an hour or so. But it isa “Why, Henry Brown !"’ exclaimed Mrs. curious circumstance that from and B. ‘Tel! you when you are at home? after that visit, Brown never talked The idea! Don’t you have so many |Shop at home. other things to talk about when you are i ql Se at home? How could I interrupt you License for Foreign Salesmen. to talk about my domestic affairs when| Representative Fischer,of New York, you have so much to tell me about the| has introduced a bill requiring a sales- way the office boy tires you, and about} man from a foreign country to prucure the distracting manner in which your| gq license from the collector of each in- partner refuses to do things as you want/ternal revenue district in which he them done, and what a nuisance that|transacts business. The license fee is Mr. Robinson is who never knows when | fixed at $500, and a penalty of $1,000 is to go, and about the bad spelling of| prescribed. The bill is urged by the your type-writer, and— Why, Henry,| Merchant Tailors’ Association of the aren't my evenings sacred to your busi- | United States and by various importers ness affairs? How can you ask me why | of New York. HEN FRUIT ——- Is always seasonable. Eggs “just laid” get the very highest market price with me. R. HIRT, JR., Market St., Detroit. M. R. ALDEN gy —_NMISSION (ll FF EXCLUSIVELY my dear,’’ broke in Brown, ‘“‘T’ve got work to do. Of course, I sympathize Write me 98 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS. “BEANS We are in the market daily for BEANS, POTATOES, ONIONS, carlots. large samples beans with best price you can furnish carlots or less. MOSELEY BROS., WHOLESALE SEEDS, BEANS, POTATOES, 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST., : GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DOWN TO ZERO Send Are our prices on Nuts, Figs, Honey, Grapes, Lemons, Oranges, Cranberries, Spanish Onions, Sweet Potatoes. STILES & PHILLIPS, Both Telephones 10. 9 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. ALL VARIETIES AND SIZES ORANGES AND APPLES SWEET POTATOES, CELERY, ETC. J. M. DRYSDALE & CO., WHOLESALE FRUITS AND PRODUCE, SAGINAW, E. S., MICH. Pure Mincemeat is the ‘Upper Crust”’ from MEADER & KNUTTEL, WEST SAGINAW. APPLES Any kind $1.25 per barrel. SWEET POTATOES, CAPE COD CRANBERRIES, SPANISH ONIONS, ORANGES, LEMONS, FANCY WHITE CLOVER HONEY. BUNTING & CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 20 & 22 OTTAWA STREET, & MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Jan. 30—Local trading has been seriously hampered by extreme cold, making it very dangerous to ship fruits, and after the cold came the snow, which has delayed shipments to some extent, although, with our present street- cleaning facilities, snow doesn't loaf around very long. With these exceptions we have had a fair average trade and jobbers are fairly well pleased with the outlook. An encouraging incident, too, is the favor with which Lyman Gage’s appointment as Secretary of the Treas- ury is regarded. With so representative a man at the head of this bureau, our: large, dealers are already looking ahead with unwonted confidence. Trade is bound to take a new lease of life at once and we shall soon be in the full tide of re- turning prosperity. So mote it be! A result of the coffee-sugar war has been to bring package coffees into prominence in the East. Heretofore one might run his legs off in this city looking for ‘‘Ariosa,’’ or, in fact, for any other coffee in packages, without finding it, and such has been the case in other cities. But now we will have coffee in packages and sugar in ‘‘car- tons,’’ each weighing exactly a certain amount—no more, no less. Your cor- respondent has frequently purchased two pounds of coffee, which was weighed by careless clerks and actually overran from two to four ounces the amount actually paid for. Now the patent weighers ‘‘split a_hair,’’ and here is where one of the ‘‘economies’’ of the trust or monopoly comes in. During the week the deliveries of Brazil coffee have been very large, amounting to 109,152 bags, against 79,000 bags last week. The market closes lower for No. 7, which is quotable at 9%c. For mild grades the demand has been of a fairly satisfactory character and the position is strongly in favor of holders. Mocha, 22% @23C¢. The demand for sugar has been light and rather unsatisfactory for refined, with quotations unchanged from a week ago. Stocks are increasing in a man- ner by no means satisfactory and the result is that raws are very dull, neither refiners nor importers showing any in- terest in the situation. Orders for re- fined by mail have been infrequent and buvers in person have been. few and far between. Sales of invoice lots of teas have not been made. At auction slight interest was displayed, and yet the general tone of the market is better than in the past. In rice the condition of affairs is very satisfactory, a very good demand _ pre- vailing here both for foreign and do- mestic, with the former taking the preference, as a general thing. Orders have come from all parts of the country and especially from the South. Java, 4c; Japan, 4c. Singapore pepper is making a record and other peppers are acting in sym- pathy therewith. Advices from abroad are very strong for this line of goods Other spices are moving slowly. Prices are practically unchanged, although the probability is that we shall have no lower figures on anything. There is a quiet market in molasses for the general run of goods, but for fancy sorts of New Orleans there isa steady enquiry from many quarters and stocks are pretty well cleaned up. Prices are practically the same as have pre- vailed for some time. Syrups are in light request, although, as is the case with molasses, for extra fine goods the enquiry is sufficient to keep stocks well in hand. Canned goods are mighty quiet. The recent advance has taken a step back- ward and we havea dull and dragging tone to the whole range of goods. Some articles—notably tomatoes, peas, apri- cots and_= gallon apples--have been shaded 2!'4@5c rather than lose a cus- tomer. Strandard No. 3 Jersey tomatoes are held at 80c in New York—if the holder can get it. If not, he will take 77%c. Salmon is steady and without particular change. The demand is simply to fill everyday wants. In foreign green fruits, as noted, the weather has been ‘‘agi'n’ ’ shipments. Little business has been done and at prices showing ahout the same range that has prevailed for some time. Some anxiety is felt as to the effects of the cold wave in the Far South. If Florida has suffered a setback like that of a few winters ago, it will be a paralyzing stroke. In dried fruits prices show no _partic- ular improvement and this is especially true of domestic fruits, evaporated ap- ples and the smaller varieties. In for- eign dried the demand is of an average character. In butter the demand has been light and the receipts, while not especially are still sufficiently ample ty prevent any advance in rates and the outlook is not particularly encouraging for holders. The cheese market is strong. Stocks are light and prices are very firm. Full cream, II %c. The cold weather has curtailed the supply of eggs and prices show a sharp upward tendency. Best Western are held from 17@togc. Beans are steady and without notice- able change. Pea beans, 95@o07%c; medium are held firmly at $1.05@1.07 4. The sales of one of the big depart- ment stores here aggregated for the last four months of 1896 $3,000,000 or $750,- 000 per month. Considering that it was a year of political excitement, the amount can be considered fairly good. —_——__ 0. The Minnesota Legislature After the Department Stores. The State Senate of Minnesota, under a resolution introduced by Senator Theden, of Minneapolis, has appointed a committee for the investigation of the methods of department stores. The fol- lowing are some of the questions put to the owners of special retail stores: Are they (department stores), in your opinion, good or evil enterprises for the city or state? In what way do you believe them to be an injury? Have they competed with or injured your business in any way? Is it true that in your line you can sell many specialties as cheap as they are now sold in department stores as per their advertising? Why de you not advertise in a similar manner? Have you any knowledge of the going out of business by retailers from the ad- vent of the department stores? Have rents depreciated during the past six years? What has been the effect of the de- cline in the number of independent re- tailers in your city— laborers, mechanics lawyers, doctors, church revenues, job bers, brokers, manufacturers? Do you think the quality of the goods sold by department stores equal to that of those sold by the regular dealers? Are department store clerks of equal ability to ordinary store clerks? Are their wages about the same as those paid in ordinary retail stores? Is it not a fact that department stores employ mostly female and child labor? If so, does this not deprive many men with families of employment in this and many other lines which have hitherto been a certain and safe source of liveli- hood? Can a like degree of trade, culture, morality and property be maintained in a city where the trade is a monopoly? Do department stores advertise at low prices goods which they do not have when called for, or have in such small quantities that they are disposed of to a few early buyers, and late comers take other goods at high prices? The following are from the list asked of the department store representatives : Do you consider it possible for a woman to live comfortably on the aver- age or lowest wages you pay? What methods do you pursue to attract trade? How much did your advertising amount to during the past vear? Do you advertise tc = goods cheaper than a._non-department store? If so, how and why can you sell cheaper? Can the small stores maintain their standard, or must they give way to the new methods of doing business? Is it not true that poor wages make a poor standard of living? Do you ever advertise genuine goods and replace them with seconds at sale? The following are from the list asked of labor organizations : In your judgment, is the wages paid by department stores to men with fam- ilies sufficient to maintain a family comfortably? In your estimation, is it possible for a young woman without a home to sup- port and clothe herself comfortably on four dollars per week? In your opinion, has the advent of de- partment stores brought with it a de- mand for cheaper labor? In your opinion, what effect has the employment of men and women in de- partment stores on the marriage statis- tics of the country? What effect has such employment on the moral aspect of the community? —___2 0. New England Apple-Growers Melan- choly. New Hampshire apple-growers and shippers are evidently not in a position to be congratulated. A newspaper pub- lished in that State says that the returns from apple shipments to England from Hillsborough county this season show the business to have been a dismal fail- ure, and on the last lot shipped abroad the farmers will not only not makea profit, but will be obliged to lose the apples and pay a charge of 1% cents on every barrel. This is the most disastrous apple year in the history of the coun- try. The actual cost per barrel was 60 cents. For the various shipments the farmers have seeenee go cents, 84, 80, 50, 48, 4744, 19%, and on the last ship- ment there is a charge of 1% cents per barrel. Wholesale Forel ae ae =) EG ON Ond Domestic Fruit ond Vegetables OYSTERS BEAT: THEM ALL. The only exclusive Wholesale “yster Dealers in Grand Rapids. Prompt attention given to Mail and Wire O.ders. ALLERTON & HAGGSTROM, 127 Louis St. GO DOQOQOOOODEO QOMQOMOOOPQQDOOQOOOO ANCHOR BRAND OYSTERS Prompt attention given telegraph and mail orders. See quotations in price current, F. J. DETTENTHALER, Grand Rapids, Mich. POODOQOQOOOOO "8 @ ® S XOXO) DSSVSXODSSXSO)GSS1SGSSVSDSSSOXSKDOS) SVSVSVSVSV*V™NKE QDODODOQDODOOQOGOO1'90 dg VRAMARAAIIIIIIIAR Of course he is doomed to and thus spends his time in with modern methods. If interested in the When? _ vertising, PEER EMRE RET 4 The Indian Brave longs fer the good old times when hunting was easy; and in The Ghost Dance he thinks he sees the signs of their return. Disappointment But so likewise is the Business Man who sighs for the days when trade came unasked; Hugging a Phantom instead of meeting modern competition —~eell ¢ Hunting is better than Dancing. for Indians. Advertising is better than Waiting, for Business Men. — eel What? consult the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. Sede De De De De De Se De Se hee ee De Where? and How? of Ad- VEEP PPP RePeeRe eee er y * ” 8 eee sh at Wa eel ys en einer Is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner Avoid Too Much Familiarity—Keep Good Company. People are touchy on the subject of their names. If you can’t remember a customer’s name or can’t recall it don’t give the fact away by continually call- ing him ‘‘Mr.’’ and then end it with a pause. Let the name goentirely. Say, ‘‘sir’’ or ‘‘ma’am’’ if it’s an elderly person and if it’s a young person you can best dispense with all titles. Act as if you knew the name perfectly. Sometimes it will happen that the name of your best friend will get chased away into the cobwebby corner of your mind and you can’t remember it, although it may be the commonest name in the calendar. It is always well to know and use the customer’s name if pos- sible, although not the Christian name on too short acquaintance. Strangers should be left nameless rather than the name asked and then used. Ifa _ stran- ger orders a thing delivered, it is time enough to ask for the name. If pos- sible, the name should be obtained from some other source and carefully remem- bered. It pleases any customer to be addressed by his name when he doesn’t expect it. If on his second visit a stranger's name is not known, he isa little put out. He thinks the store is of a chilly character. If, however, his second call finds him greeted as though he were an old patron, and he is wished a good morning with his name attached thereto, he sets the place down asalive, anxious to please and a good place to trade. = = = No clerk is too good to wait upon any customer—remember that. If you don’t QS 87,¥7 want to attend to the wants of any patron who may come in you had best get out of the clerking business. It’s galiing sometimes to wait on a certain class of trade, but in the clerk’s posi- tion one must make up his mind to grin and bear it or he will not prove popular with his employer. es An indifferent clerk is a_ store nui- sance. If a clerk takes no interest in his work, merely attending to business because it’s the best job he can get, he is not only wasting good time, but in- juring his employer as well. The mer- chant who employs an indifferent clerk should soon learn his failing and if he continues to offend should fire him bod- ily. A slighted customer will not forget the slight. Nor will it be charged against the clerk merely, but against the store. * * Xx Of poor policies, that of cutting the price when a customer starts to leave is one of the worst. It makes the customer suspicious. The average person has more respect for a one-price house than for one that shades prices on the slight- est pretext. Moreover, such a store soon becomes known and its peculiarity taken advantage of. Nobody will buy except after a tedious process of beat- ing-down until they believe they have reached the very bottom. One price is the only rule for a successful mer- chant in a good comumnity, but that one price need not be a high one by any means. ee When the clerk of good judgment leaves an employer he will do so with a clean sheet behind him if possible. Aiding in the circulation of dispara- ging stories, giving away business secrets \eee SS / SW JAMS BISMARCK @ CARSOVI he three leading brands in the State and the best that can be produced for the money. Increase your trade by handling them. Free samples of Jamo and Bismarck to introduce them. W.. oe’ a ZB or speaking in a slighting manner of a former employer is mighty poor policy if not worse. No man isa hero to his valet. Sometime it may be desirable to have a friend in the person of the former employer. Circumstances alter wonderfully in a_ twelve-month. If good cannot be said, say nothing. ee There are better places to loaf than around billiard rooms, saloons and liv- ery stables. If you have more time than you can use, get a bicycle and ride it, go fishing, go and see your girl, read, write, study literature, mathematics, music, take exercise—anything but loaf around where ‘‘sporting’’ is the princi- pal topic of conversation. It is unfortu- nate that the honorable old term ‘*sport’’ has fallen so low that it is al- most a synonym for ‘‘fake’’ or ‘‘cheat.’’ eae ae The clerk who takes pride in his pop- ularity with customers is on the right track if he doesn’t permit pride to de- velop into the big head. When a clerk’s good opninon of himself leads him to be overbearing to the other clerks,and to pick the customers he will favor with his attention, he has struck the toboggan slide sure. The alert em- ployer notices things. So do customers. So do the other clerks. It doesn’t take long, and pretty quick there’s a sudden dull thud and a clerk is out of a job. x + = Employérs are usually better posted on the clerk’s shortcomings and good points than the clerk imagines. There are few employers who cannot tell pretty nearly what each clerk is worth to them and what one is not worth much. Try- ing to fool the boss is seldom profitable. —Shoe and Leather Gazette. g0 ROASTED EA KAKAVLA WG Cash Prize and Diploma for Best Essay. Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 15—We do not believe the Michigan Tradesman can do a better work for its readers than to lay before them the ideas of successful gro- cers on ‘‘ How to Successfully Conduct a Retail Grocery Store.’’ To this end we have decided to offer, with the permission of the Michigan Tradesman, a prize of $25 in gold, and a diploma, for the best essay written by a retail grocer on the subject, ‘‘ How to Successfully Conduct a Retail Gro- cery Store.’’ Essays entered in the competition must not exceed 2,000 words in length. They must be written on one side of the paper only and mailed to the editor of the Michigan Tradesman on or before April 1, 1897. Each essay must be marked witha fictitious name, the real name of the writer being enclosed in a sealed en- velope and sent in the same package with the essay. The prize will be awarded by a com- mittee of three judges, one chosen by the editor of the Michigan Tradesman and one by us, these two to choose the thirc judge. Some of the essays entered in the competition will be printed from time to time in the Michigan Tradesman. The essay to which the prize is awarded will be printed in the issue of May 5. ' NATIONAL CASH REGISTER Co. Mlle. Borniche, an eccentric old lady who died some time ago in Paris, leaving a fortune of $600,000, had one extraordinary diversion. She used to have herself wheeled about the town of Mary-sur-Marne in a_ wheelbarrow, to the intense delight of the small boys of the place, who acted as her hody- guard. She used to make her gardener count all his fruit daily, and one of her whims was to have fresh vine leaves put on her statues of gods and goddesses every morning. Now her will is being contested by her heirs. COFFEE . GOULD & CO., IMPORTERS AND COFFEE ROASTERS, DETROIT, MICH. is a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 A Hamilton Drummer Proves Himself “a Modern Job. Written for the TRapEsMaAN. ‘““Nice roads now,’’ said the Simcoe liveryman, as he unbuttoned his fur overcoat and took out his watch; ‘‘we were just forty-five minutes driving over.’’ ‘*Ye don’t allus have sich nice roads when yer driving these commercial fel- lers around the country, do ye?’’ piped in a chronic old loafer sitting on a nail keg. ‘*Well, I guess not,’’ replied the driver ; ‘‘sometimes it’s mud up to the hubs ; sometimes the mud’s all stood up on end and froze harder than Pharaoh’s heart, making it absolutely impossible to drive faster than a slow walk without danger of breaking the horses’ legs, smashing the rig or spilling the trunks, and sometimes the rain, snow, hail, sleet, cold and thunder and lightning are something terrible; but it makes no dif- ference—when a drummer gets ready to go he goes, and all the combined fury of the elements cuts no figure in the business. ’’ ‘“Mighty hard on hosses an’ rigs,’’ put in an old farmer who sat on a bag of beans smoking an old clay pipe. “‘You betcher boots ’tis’’ came from the nail keg in corroboration of the farmer’s remarks. ‘*I suppose you charge enough to make up for it all,’’ querried the sole clerk of the wayside store, as he warmed the bottom of a tin of lard pre- paratory to dumping it out. **Charge?’’ repeated the driver, witha twinkle in his eye. ‘*What do you sup- pose I keep a livery stable for? If] were to charge a farmer or a_ neighbor what these fellows pay me, I would have my establishment pulled down on my head by a vigilance committee before |] had time tosay my prayers. But, then, it’s all right. Ap ordinary human _ be- ing values his own life too highly—say ncthing about his respect for horse flesh and road wagons—to try to bend the ele- ments and every kind of road obstruc- tion to his own sweet will. When the drummer has a point to make he makes it. He orders the necessary means and never asks the price. He must simply go, and whoever is instrumental in sending him on his way presents his biil and the drummer pays it without a kick or a squeal. The only time a drummer ever kicks is when we fail to pull him through on schedule time. You remember the first day of the freeze-up after the last thaw?’’ **I do,’’ came from the naii keg. ‘‘I went aout to ole Blinkers to look ata spring calf ’e wanted to trade me fur—’’ ‘*Well, sir,’’ continued the livery- man, addressing the clerk, who had finished the deal with the lard customer and joined the crowd around the stove, ‘‘] had the worst drive that day I’ve had for years. The night before, a drummer called me up from The Mel- bourn and said he wanted a drive to Renton, baggage consisting of three large trunks weighing 1,300 pounds. He wanted a start at eight o’clock in the morning and a return in time to catch the afternoon express, west. It was a nine mile drive and every foot of it, except the first half mile, was the stick- iest kind of clay. The bottom had fallen completely out, making the road almost impassable. It turned cold, you know, during the night, and in the morning it was froze up harder than blixum, and cold enough to freeze the face off of anything but a drummer I think a heap of my horses, and I tell you what it is, I hated to pull out with that drum- mer and his 1,300 pounds of truck. I knew that it was not frozen deep enough to hold up the team in all places, and I doubted the possibility of their being able to pull through. I went around to The Melbourn and held a private confer- ence with my man. I pointed out the danger of the undertaking, and told him it would be impossible, at any rate, to get back in time for his train. But it was no use. He had willed to go to Renton and go he would. He said the merchant down there had written his house wanting to know why their man never called on him, and, therefore, he must go down and take his order. Well, we loaded up, and started on time, and when we struck the clay the curtain rose. There’s a blacksmith shop about halfway, and we pulled up there for re- pairs about ten o’clock. We had made four and a half miles in two hours and pulled off three shoes and smashed one spring. It was past one when we reached Renton, and there wasn’t a dry hair on the horses. There is no hotel there and we had to go without our din- ner, but I put the team ina friend's barn and fed them. And now comes the funny part of it: that fellow didn’t give the drummer an order for a cent's worth of stuff, and wouldn't even look at his samples. Well, we got started on the home stretch about half past two, with a furious blast of icy sleet in our faces. I never felt so sorry for a drum- mer in my life as I did for that fellow. He never swore a word, and, thinking that he was too mad to swear, I heartily and with the best of intentions indulged in a few prohibitory remarks for him. Before he had gone two miles one of the big trunks fell overboard. After tugging in vain trying to reload it, [ left the mute drummer in charge of the team while I went to the nearest farmhouse for help, and when I saw the smile that played around that dium- mer’s mouth under his frosted mus- tache, and heard the soft, mellow tones of his voice, as he graciously thanked the farmer for his services, I made up my mind he could swear as well as | could if he wanted to. Well, sir, from that time on, that poor fellow rode on his trunks, exposed to the frigid blast, being on his knees a good share of the time, and it was all he could doto keep that upper trunk from being ditched an even twelfth of a dozen times. Swear? Not he. But would you believe, sir— that fellow actually hummed a gospel hymn whenever the icicles on_ his mustache broke loose from his chin and made it possible for him to do so. It was six o’clock when I unloaded him at The Melbourn, and he was nearly frozen to death. The new Salvation Army barracks is located near my stables and that night they had a big blow-out by way of a dedication serv- ice. They seemed to be enjoying them- selves immensely, judging by the racket they made, and I thought I would go over and see what they were doing. When I entered, the drum and tin-horn corps were putting in their best licks, and when the noise subsided, a series of short prayers followed. One of the voices had a very familiar sound. It was a masculine voice, soft and mu- sical, and it gave utterance to a feeling of thankfulness for mercies received and blessings enjoyed that was quite refreshing as I thought of our experi- ences of the day. Then came another interval of blowing and pounding, and after that a series of fervent exhorta- tions. The army was in full muster and every one had his or her say. Young misses, gray-haired matrons, young castaways claimed by nobody, reclaimed, weazened-faced old bums, and a great variety of back-alley frag- ments of humanity that had _ been gathered up and renewed and washed— yes, washed, for the present, at least— were all there to testify to the wonderful healing properties ‘of the Christian faith. It began to grow a little monot- onous and I was in the act of leaving the place when my ear once again caught that rich familiar voice. Mov- ing about, I saw a full-faced, neatly- dressed gentleman of about thirty-five years, standing in the full glare of a gas jet, with arms extended, and pouring forth a stream of honeyed words of consolation for the downtrodden and the afflicted. I stood spellbound and listened as the silver-tongued exhorter pled with his audience to accept the Savior and find peace for their troubled souls. Who do you imagine that man was?’’ **Great gosh!!’’ exclaimed the nail keg, ‘‘ye don’t purtend to say it was that air drummer?’’ “Yes, sir, just as true as—all right, I'll give the horses a pail of water. Gimme your grip and when I whistle, climb in and we're off. E. A. OWEN. Lavender is still used in English linen closets, but the supply is threat- ened with extinction. The growers in the village of Hitchin, one of the chief centers of the lavender industry, assert that, owing to a succession of bad sea- sons, the plant is dying out there, and that, moreover, they cannot compete with foreign imitations of lavender water. The business of growing and manufacturing lavender is mainlv in the hands of Quakers. It does not pay to be natural when all smells on earth can be so cheaply manufactured. To Restrict Credit. Atlanta, Ga., has a retail grocers’ association that is the real thing. This association has just adopted a rule that all applicants for credit should be com- pelled to sign this application blank : APPLICATION FOR CREDIT. ea a EEE ee Name ow Co eetgen¢e. ...-......... Oeenpativn........... ..... .....Momiiily Salary Cr teenie Amouuts Wanied Each Give the name and address of the merchants you have been dealing with for the past twenty- TOU Ce Do you own any real estate?....... Ts the deed in your name?.... .. If not, in whose name is it? ..... Is if cnewmbered? ... ......,.... How long have you lived in Atlanta oS es in Pulew county? ......... ..... If we agree to cred't you how do you wish to setiie Aeconni—weenly?........ eee... Monthly? ae ee Willy u promise to pay your bill promptly?..... ApplieenG as cnetNre. 28 In rm questing you to make this application on this form, the Retail Grocers’ Association of 4t- lunta seeks to protect your interests and their own by extend ng credit to those who are worthy of it and withholding it from those who are not entitled to credit. If the grocer loses no money by bad debts, he is able to sell the prom pt psyer cheaper. Our motto is to give justice. to all buyers. Prompt paying men will fill out and sign this Drones and deadbeats will cum- application. plain The merchant who offers to enter your name on his book before this application is made out and signed by you is unreli.ble, unworthy and has deliverateiy fal-ified his word to the R&TAIL (¢ROCERS’ ASSOCIATION, Merchants in other cities, and in small towns as well, might very profitably fol- low the lead of Atlanta’s grocers and adopt a similar rule and blank. Credit is altogether too easily obtained, and a system of this character would serve to make the credit end of the business more profitable. —_—_—_+ 02 A farmer near Bartlett, Neb., har- vested forty-one bushels of good peanuts from. three-eighths of an acre of ground last season. The peanut will grow to maturity almost every season in Ne- 'braska, and the sandy soil is just right. simplicity course, on treated. annoyance, know us. (Jupretentions Attractiveness in printing does not always imply ornamentation; is sometimes more effective—it depends, of If your printer has not made a life study of art in good printing he will not succeed in getting the best results. work is important, and you want it as it should be, and without any Personal interview by appointment if desired. Cradesman Company, Grand Rapids. much the subject to be If the it will pay you to Se ee 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware The Hardware Dealer and His Second Hand Stove. Written for the TraDESMAN. My friend, the hardware dealer, was unfortunate. Some household goods had been left with him for sale, and the attendnat circumstances were such that he was really trying to dispose of them. He had made several unsuccess- ful attempts in that direction, so that when the village Chronic called to see about the parlor stove, he was not espe- cially demonstrative. He had seen the Chronic before and knew him likea book. The Chronic would bother around for half a day and then decide that he did not want the stove; at least, such was the opinion of my friend, the hard- ware dealer. ‘‘Whereabouts is that air heatin’ stove of Billy’s?’’ ‘*Over at the house. ’”’ ‘Waal, I jes’ wanter Goin’ over there now?’’ "Moe, 1. hadn't tmtended to. I’m pretty busy.’’ ‘““Waal, I dew wanter see that air heater awful bad. The woman's be'n after me more'n a little to see about gittin’ it. Ye couldn’t knock off fer five minutes, could ye?’’ ‘*Don’t see how I could; but you can look at it just as well without me. Here’s the key.”’ ‘*Thanky, thanky. Much obleeged, too, an ' I'll bring it right back soon’s I look it over good—How much be ye askin’ fer that air heater?’’ ‘*Five dollars.’’ ‘*Five dollars! Gee whiz! Et mus’ be a powerful good secent hand _ heater to be wo'th that money. Be’n used much?’’ ‘“Why, you just go over and see for yourself. I think the stove is in good shape, but you'll have to be your own judge. It’s not my stove at all.’’ ‘*Waal, then, mebbe I'd better go 'n’ see; but it must be a extryordinary bang fired good stove ef it’s wo’th that much. Anythin’ go with it?’’ Met a thing.”” ‘*Gosh! I allers git furnitur when I buy a stove. Hain’t the’ no poker?”’ **Not a poke.’’ ‘*The’ mus’ be a shovel, hain’t the’?’’ ‘‘No. Nothing at all. Just the bare stove, "’ ‘‘How about throwin’ in a len’th o’ pipe with it?) That’s allers rulable in buyin’ stoves; I’ll leave to the hull crowd,’’ and the Chronic looked ap- pealingly at the small knot of loafers which was just beginning to be _ inter- ested in the conversation. “‘Betcher neck, Uncle,’’ several in chorus. pipe with a stove. fer without pipe?’’ In these little differences of opinion between buyer and seller the crowd al- ways takes sides against the merchant. ‘*That’s the p’int I was amakin’,’’ continued the Chronic, strengthened for the fray by the decided encourage- ment. ‘‘An’ another p’int in the same line is this: What’er’s the pipe wo’th without the stove—’’ ‘‘Twenty cents a joint,’’ interrupted my friend, the hardware man. The Chronic glared at him for a mo- ment as if undecided whether to go away without finishing his business, or challenge him to mortal combat; but at length, ignoring the remark entirely, he resumed : look at it. answered ‘‘Allers git stove- What’s a stove good ‘My p’int is this: Stove’s no good. without pipe. Puipe’s wo’thless without a stove. One goes’ with t’other; t’other goes with one. Ever’body ad- mits that. Now, what I’m atryin’ to git at is, if I buy that air heatin’ stove, be ye agoin’ to throw ina len’th o’ pipe with it?’’ ‘‘No, [’m_ not,’’ firmly replied my friend, the hardware dealer. **Waal, now it’s be’n admitted by all han’s that it’s rulable, an’ the proper thing to do. What I wanter know now is, why won’t ye do it?’’ “Tf I went over to Pete Jones and bought a loaf of bread, would you give me a pound of butter to eat on it?’’ ‘“That air’s a matter foreign to the subj—’’ ‘‘Would you do it?’’ interrupted my friend, the hardware dealer. ‘‘Why, no, I don’t s’pose I would.’’ ‘‘Well, then, Uncle, why should I give you a joint of pipe if you buy a stove of Billy Simms? Now, you'd bet- ter go and look at the stove if you want to. You'll find it just where I told you and $5 is the price—no more, no less.’’ +) When the Chronic returned he wore a more cheerful expression on_ his grizzled face. ‘“That air hain’t such an awful bad heatin’ stove,’’ he ventured. ‘‘Course it hain’t the lates’ style, nor nothin’ like it, but it looks like it might be a tol’able good fire keeper of a cold night, ’n’ we don’t go much on style to our house no how.”’ Then he stopped and_ considered a while, weighing his forthcoming de- mands carefully. Atlength, they being in satisfactory order, he proceeded : ‘One o’ them air little nickel-plated acorn things what goes onto the top of the hinges on the little door’s broke off. I s'’pose ye'd put another one on there?’’ ‘“Of course,’’ said my friend, the hardware dealer. ‘"N’ the isinglass is all busted out in the little winder in front. Ye. orter put that in, too.’’ ‘To be sure.’ ““"N’ the top lid’s cracked. I don’t s'pose they cost much, anyway. Ye'd better gimme another one fer that.’’ ‘All right. "’ ‘‘Them air rods what runs up through: it is burnt pretty bad, too,’’ said the Chronic, gaining courage at my friend's new-found amiability, ‘‘an’ ye orter put them in new, too, hadn’t ye?’’ ‘“Why, certainly. 1 can do that just as well as not.’’ ‘‘An’ the grate’s got kinder warped. How’d it be about havin’ another one o’ them?’’ ‘‘Just the thing exactly. We'll put in a new fire back and the urn on top must be getting shabby. I presume you'd like that replaced, too. And, by the way, there are some chairs over there and a little table. You might like to have them. Just what you need with the stove.’’ ‘‘T was a thinkin’ them things orter go with it,’’ said the Chronic, much pleased at the turn matters seemed to be taking. ‘‘And while you're putting so much expense on the stove, you might as well order a new bottom and have another body put in. That and a coat of car- riage black ought to make it practically as good as new.”’ ‘Me put expense onto it?’’ ‘“You? Why, of course. You didn’t think for a minute I was going to do that on my own hook, did you?’’ ‘‘Why, I—ye—"’ ‘* All there is to it, you order and pay for the repairs and 1 put them on. I'll do you a good job, too, and work cheap. Is it a go?’’ ‘‘How much d’ ye say fer the stove?”’ ‘*Five doilars.’’ ‘*Bes’ ye kin do fer cash?’’ ‘The very best.’’ ‘*Put in a j’int o’ stovepipe?’’ "Not a pipe.’’ ‘‘Gimme time on half of it?’’ ‘‘No, sir. Terms are spot cash.’’ ‘‘Waal, the ole woman wants it or I wouldn’t bother. Ye couldn’t take a couple o’ cords o’ wood onto it, could ye?”’ “NOG ‘‘Nor some petaters?’’ ‘*No.”’ ‘‘Waal, write me out a receipt in full an’ yer money’s ready.’’ GEO. L. THURSTON. © © SAP PAILS... That will hold Sap AND SYRUP CANS .. Which do not Leak. Our sap pails are full size and are guaranteed not to leak, They are mad: almoststraight, flaring enough to pack con- veniently. Our syrup cyns are double seamed, both top aud bottom, with packed screws. Prices lower than ever. Send for special quotations. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Pieced and Stamped Tinware, Dealers in Rags, Rubbers ard O:d Metal, 260 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. Telephone 640. e e a SUEVVVVVUVVVVVSVVVs VVVUVVeVTVUTVvs ‘ We carry in stock all sizes of Cauldron Kettles, including : 3, 5, 6 and 8 Pails 22, 30, 45, 60 and 90 Gallons The Kettles we handle are superior to many as to smoothness, weight and finish. We are making special low prices, which will be quoted up- on application, stating how many and what sizes are wanted. FOSIGL, SI6vens & G0. The Hardware Market. Conditions of trade in a general way are fairly satisfactory, although there are none of us but could take care of more business, if it were offered to us. While dealers are not manifesting a disposition to buy with any great free- dom, they are still inclined to keep their stocks in better shape than for- merly. While we do not think it a wise policy to_buy any more goods than one can pay for, we do find that dealers who are in shape to take care of their bills as they mature are certainly not making any mistake in buying freely at the present market prices. It is be- lieved on the larger lines of hardware that it is impossible for prices to go lower, and should we have tbe revival in business that we are all looking for- ward to, it is quite evident that we will have to pay more for goods in the fu- ture than we have in the past. The re- cent snow in all parts of Michigan, as well as in various parts of the country, has had a tendency to revive business quite perceptibly, and should our snow not leave us, we think we may all look for a good trade during the coming month. Wire Nails—We regret to say that, as yet, there is no evidence of advancing prices in this article, and while there is no decline, we must say the market does not appear strong. It is said by manufacturers of nails that at the pres- ent price, they are lower than they ever were, and should there not be a change in some direction, many factories would have to be shut down, as they are not getting cost for their product. We be- lieve nails at the present price to be a good purchase and do not see how any one can make a mistake in buying lib- erally for their spring business. We quote at present, wire nails from stock, $1.65 to 1.75, and from mill, $1.45 tc $1.50. Barbed Wire—-Nearly all dealers have placed their crders for carload pur- chases for spring shipment. We feel that they have acted wisely, as the price is low and buyers are fully guaran- teed against any decline, so they are not taking any chances of lower mar- kets. Véhile there may be a temporary weakness in this article, owing to the intense Competition now prevailing, we do not think that any of us may look for a much lower price. We quote at present painted barbed wire from stock at $1.75, and from mill at $1.50, with the usual advance for galvanizing. Sheet Iron—-Manufacturers are not disposed to enter orders for future ship- ments on sheet iron, as they do not be- lieve the present low prices will last into the spring. The demand, both for common and galvanized iron, is quite good and many factories have sold ahead their entire capacity for the next sixty days. Bar Iron—Prices that have been rul- ing of late have not been as firm as_ the dealer might wish. The low price of raw material has affected it quite ma- terially, as well as lack of orders from many branches of trade that at this time of the year are usually placed tor future shipments. We think that at the present time har iron is as low as it ever has been. Miscellaneous—The recent combina- tion that was formed by all the bolt and nut manufacturers, whereby they were enabled to make material advances in all lines pertaining to their manufac- ture, has gone to pieces, and at the present time prices are very much de- moralized. Jobbers as yet have made no MICHIGAN TRADESMAN material change in their discount, as they are waiting for a few days, until the market reaches bottom. We may look for quite a decline in the course of a week. Owing to the scarcity of material that goes into the manufacture of wool twine, there has been a decided ad- vance and prices are now being quoted from 6@6%c per Ib. for spring ship ment. Those that are posted advise us that we may not look for any lower prices. In sheet copper there has been an advance, owing to advance figures on ingot copper. While this advance is small, it indicates that purchases now made are wisely done, as lower prices for the spring will not prevail. Jobbers as yet have not made any change in their prices. Market reports from other quarters are as follows: St. Paul: As the severe snowstorm and blizzard which has prevailed in this section of the country for the last week interferes with traffic, both by rail or road, orders have not been as _ plentiful as dealers might wish. Omaha: Trade in this section starts out remarkably well, and we are all looking forward to good spring trade. Chicago: Orders for shelf hardware are only in moderate volume, but deal- ers are placing orders very freely for barbed wire and nails, believing that at the present prices they are making no mistake. Philadelphia: Traveling men are sending in very liberal orders, consid- ering the uncertainty of general busi- ness. Orders for future shipment are coming in in very satisfactory volume and indications al! point to good spring trade. nD Bicycle Agencies. From Hardware. As this is the important season of the year when the bicycle manutacturers are making every effort to obtain re- sponsible agents, it becomes a matter uf some consideration to the dealers in the hardware trade that they should make application for the agency of a strictly high grade wheel with the sale of which they could feel confident profit- able results would be obtained. The dealer possesses every advantage from the standpoint of the manufacturer to make a safe, energetic and responsible agent, and if he but knew the usual methods adopted for obtaining repre- sentatives, he would readily compre- hend why so many weak agents are representing excellent cycles deserving a large distribution, the assignment of which was made because the weak man was backed up by some of his wealthy triends who really ‘‘desired to see the young man do something for a living.”’ Such an agent is of no more advantage to the best interests of the wheel he has under his care than an_ undertaker would be to solicit business for a young physician. —- ——~ 0 me ---- No Bananas for England. The cable brings word of another fail- ure to ship bananas from jamaica to England, and thus furnish English tables with a fruit which has become very common in this country. Disaster has attended every attempt of this kind. The first was made by the merchants of Jamaica, who chartered a fast steamer for the purpose, but the entire cargo had to be thrown over- board. The second attempt was made with unusual precautions, each bunch of bananas being crated separately and an elaborate refrigerating apparatus being employed to reduce the temperature. The refrigerating apparatus broke down and the voyage was abandoned. The third attempt, which has just been made, resulted in the fruit reaching England in such bad condition that it was all condemned. * Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS SC 7 Jennings’, Serene 2510 Jennings’, imitation .........._.. - - 60G10 AXES First Quality,S. B. Bronze... ...... 5 00 Harst Gualiiy, 0. Bronge 9 50 Miree Guali¢y 3) 60S Steet 0s ae Fost Quality, DB. Steel) ese BARROWS SOO $12 00 14 00 Carden net 30 00 BOLTS RU 60 Curmiage HOW MBE 70 Te 4010 BUCKETS Re $3 25 BUTTS, CAST Case Loose Pin figured... 70&10 Wreueht Narrows T5a10 BLOCKS Ordinary Packie... 1... 70 CROW BARS Canteen -- per Ib 4 CAPS ee per m 65 Cee ee per m 5d ee per m 35 Voge, Ces en perm 60 CARTRIDGES Hem Pires o- oct oe oS Central Fire ee ee 2d 5 CHISELS NOGHeS Fitmee 80 POCHES Limmine 80 el 80 BOCKeO OHCER ee. su DRILLS MOmes HL SiOcEs 6. 60 Taper and StraightShank................. |. 50k 5 Morse’S Tapershany | ee ELBOWS Com 4 ece, Gin doz. net 55 COMMUN 1 25 SOUSA dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark’s small, $18; large, $26................30&10 ives, bot: Zecca 25 FILES—New List NEW AMOMCAN 7O&10 i 70 Heller s'Horse Raspa..... 8... eee GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ..... 28 Tist 2 14 15 ... 17 Discount, 75 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...+...........60&16 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... ......... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 80 MATTOCKS ee Oe $16 00, dis 60&10 fn Be... ce. $15 U0, dis 60410 Mime $18 50, dis 20&10 MILLS Coffee: Parker Cos... 40 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables. .. 40 Coftee, Landers, Ferry & Clark's. ........ . 40 Coles Mutcrprice 30 MOLASSES GATES Stebbin’s Pattern..... oe ee CUES COMMING 60410 Hnterprise, self-measuring .......... . .... 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base..... ... ee 1 6 Wire nails, base.... 1 7 mt Ce SR Base 10 te WG eevenee. a. Ud Saves ics 10 CO re 20 ae cae Tne 3u See eau ce 45 ee a a qu Mame aogvemee oo 50 Commer 10 acvanee.. 15 Cpe SAvaee ee 25 Cone Odevance ec ce 35 Pintsl (advance ...... ......... e5 Dee Gees $5 Finish 6advance........ a 45 Marvel @ BOCNNES 85 PLANES Onio Tool Co.'s, famey oc... @50 Se hee 60 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy... @5v mene, Gratauaiity................. -. Goo Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS OP GMS i a GOK 10410 Comingm, POMSHEG. 0. 2 T& 5 RIVETS rm er Pines 8 60 Copper Hiveta and Burs. .................... 60 PATENT PLANISHED IRON ‘A’? Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ““B”’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 20 Broken packages \c per pound extra. HAMMERS Maydole & Co.’s, new list........ S ee ce Ss Yerkes € Piumb’s.../02022722022222022 dis 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......... ..30e list 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30¢ list 40&10 21 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tin Ware....... . .......new list 75&10 eapeanned Tim Ware... ol, 20&10 Granite ron Ware............._... new list 40810 HOLLOW WARE ree — 60410 eee 60&10 Sere 6010 HINGES Gale Ciate et ee dis 60410 RO per doz. net 2 50 WIRE GOODS 80 80 80 80 LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ dis 70 ROPES pasal. 36 inch amd larger... ...... 1... CG ee 9 : SQUARES eCer OT icc... 80 ay eee eve ee oaeaics SHEET IRON com. smooth. com. Nee Wie... $3 30 #2 40 ee Pete 8 3 30 2 40 Wee Betis... 3 45 2 60 Nee Se meee... 3 55 270 i 3 7 2 80 No. 27 3 80 2 Be eee n eel cee ae 90 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND PAPER Bit ace Oe dis SASH WEIGHTS Sori Evee per ton 20 00 TRAPS Reece! Game... |... Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 60&10 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70&10410 MOmusG, CHONGE....... 1.0... per doz 15 Mouse, delusion............_.... per doz i 3 WIRE Brews Market 6 Bnnenred MAPMet. el 75 Copper Mageee.. T0&10 OO Se ee 62% Cappered Spring Steel.......... ........... 50 Barved Fence, galvanised ................. 7. Haroce Pence, pamited........:............ ia HORSE NAILS a dis 40&1C CO 5 WORGRWOREI i aie Oe WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 COCR GGRMING i |. 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 80 Coe's Patent, malleable. ..........:........ 80 MISCELLANEOUS Bird (eee. 8 50 Ee CCI. 80 percwes, ew Tame...) 4... 85 Casters, Bed and Piate............. .... 50&10&10 Dampers, America... oo... 8. 50 METALS—Zinc Cm eum Cie 64 Forte |... 6% SOLDER ee 12% The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. TIN—Melyn Grade lenis IC, Chiavcoal. .............. --€5 % eee Ie Ceereoe) ce 5 % moxie 1X. Charcoal .............. 7 00 Each additional X on this grade, 81.25. | TIN—Aliaway Grade Neeia Wey, Chavena) 2... ccc ee eae 0 Creom 8. eeee ee Ceereen, Pe Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. ROOFING PLATES poe IC, Crareom), Desh... ................. 4uee 1X. Charveaal, Dean ................... muses fc), Cravegal, DOA... ..... .......... 14x20 IC, Charcoal, All»way Grade......... 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........ 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, Aroren SESS =oursoau Ssseses -_ 2 t per pound... WM. BRUMMELER & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, Pay the highest price in cash for MIXED RAGS, RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES, OLD IRON AND METALS. for ofer on “Any Old Thing.” Ever 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. 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN AFTER THE CYCLONE. A Strained Situation Which a Cloud- burst Relieved. W. L. Alden in New York Sun. “*Yes, sir,’’ remarked the landlord, as he sat tanning himself on the veranda ot the Middleville hotel, “‘as you Say, this town has sprung up like a mush- roum in the night. Why, only five years ago there were only two houses here, aud uow we have the biggest population ot all the towus in Northern Minnesota. The two houses were pretty smail ones, too. Mune stood just where this hotel is Standing, and it was nothing more than a one-story, two-roomed shanty. Capt. Martin’s house, which generally stood on a kuoil about a quarter of a mile from here, wasn’t much bigger.”’ ““What do you mean when you Say that your neighbor's house ‘geueraliy stuod ona knoll?’’”’ I asked. **Wasn tit in the habit of staying in the same place?’’ **Why, what with cyclones, and cloud- bursts and one thing and another, that there house did do considerable travel- ing while it was in this section. What became of it atter it left here, I can’t precisely say, but I rather think it made its last journey when it went down tu West Antioch. it was a curious surt ot house, being put together with ropes instead of nails, which was probably one reason why it ljasted as long as it did, **You see,’’ continued the landlord, “TI was the first settler here. I took up a quarter section ot land, and with the heip of two mules and a Norwegian, | put up my bouse and went to tarming. About six months later along conies Capt. Martin, and allows that be will farm the quarter section next to me. He was a man about 60 years old, whu had been a seafaring man ail bis days, and, like most seafaring men, be wanted to be a farmer, altnougn be didn't know beans trom a bull's tout. Furst along 1 thought he was a sociable sort ot old chap, and he and me used to spend our evenings together. But | tound out that he wouldn't take any advice, and when I toid him that he was a blamed fvo: for building a house on a knoll ina country where cyclones were aimost as common as Suakes, he got mad and dropped my acquaintance. He was as touchy as he was opinionated, which is Say!ng a good deal. “*Well, be built his house with the help of a couple of men trom Lucullus, which at that time was the nearest set- tlement to us, and was considered to be seven miles trom here, aithough now that Middievilie bas grown clear up to the southern beundary of Lucullus, it don’t seem to be so tar away. I told you that Martin’s house was put together with rope lashings. The Captain said that no laud carpenter knew how to build a house, and that he hadn't any confi deuce in nails, and didn't consider them shipshape. His house was much the same thing as mine except that it had a veranda on one side, where the Captain used to walk up and down and look at things through a telescope. * Between my lang and Martin’s there was the highroad, although at that time it wasn't often that anybody passed over it; and by the side of the road and just at the toot of the Captain’s knoll ran the Pomponoosuc River. It don’t look much like a river at this time of year, and you could jump across it most anywhere, but just you wait until the spring freshets set in and you'll ad- mit that it is right smart of a stream. I’ve kuown halt a dozen men—sober men, too—to be drowned in the Pompo- noosuc, which is more than the Lucullus people can say for their miserable little river. One of the last things that I said to the Captain befure he and me had a coolness was that he had better dig a cyclone pit. You know what that is, I suppose. No? Weil, then, I'll tell you. It’s just a hole in the ground, about six feet deep, covered with a trap door. When you see a cyclone coming you get into your cyclone pit and shut the door until the trouble is over. It’s the only safe way, for if you stay in your house you're liable to be crushed to death, and if you stay outdoors, the cy- clone will pick you up and carry you to Kingdom Come. But old Martin wouldn't hear of digging a pit. He allowed that if a cyclone did come he calculated to be on deck and see it out. He said it was ail very well for me to skulk down below, seeing as I was only a lands- man, but tnat he considered that tbe quarter deck was the proper place for him in bad weather. i made my cy- clone pit nearly opposite his house and Cluse to the road, tor | calculated to use it as a handy place for keeping shovels and spades and rakes and such, and save the trouble of bringing them up to the house. Capt. Martin used tu sneer a good deal at my pit and called it ‘the giury bole,’ which | cunsidered to be Irreligious, as well as ungentieman- ly. However, the day came when he would have beer glad to have a cyclone pit, and to be able to climb down into it without my knowledge. ‘*Tne Captain hadn’t been living in his new hvuuse above six months when the great cyclone of 1887 came along, aud | don’t doubt that you have hearu of it. It was about 10 o'clock of the morning, and it was at least 20 degrees hotter than it is to-day, although it was only the middle of June, instead of the middie of August. There wasn’t a breath of air stirring, and the sky hada sort of greasy, coppery look that made you tee] sort of sutfocated just to louk at it. The mules and the Norwegian were lying under a tree down in the sorghum held, and | was making a pre- tence of weeding my onion bed, al- though I didn’t make much headway with it. I happened to turn around, and there in the Northwest- was a little patch of cloud, which | was glad tosee, ihinking,as | did,that perhaps it might mean rain. But while | was looking at it 1 could see it was spreading as fast as a gallon of petruleum would spread if you dumped it intoa millpond. In a few minutes pretty near one-half the sky was covered with a cloud that was as black as Pittsburg coal smoke. The way it spread reminded me of a parcel of men laying a carpet on the stage of a theater. You could see the upper edge of the cloud rolling over and over in great thick masses. All of a sudden a light breeze sprang up that blew direct- ly toward the quarter where the cloud came from, and I knew then that we were going to have a big storm, and that the wind was drawing toward it. I'he next thing I saw was a sort of fun- nel that seemed to drop from the middle’ of the cloud. The lower end kept twist- ing and squirming like the tail of a snake when you've got your boot-heel on its head. 1 didn’t wait any longer, but | just dropped my hoe and made a bolt for my cyclone pit. There was no mistaking what that funnel meant. There was the biggest kind of a cyclone on its way, and it was coming straight for me. I wasn’t on speaking terms with the Captain then, but as I came near his house and saw him standing on his veranda and lashing himself to one of the posts with a rope, I sung out to him to come with me if he valued his life. He only said, in a mighty cool and condescending way, ‘I don’t re- member asking you for any advice, my man.’ ‘‘That made me _ so mad that I didn’t waste any more time nor breath on him, but lifted the cover off my pitand jumped into it without stopping to use the lad- der and pulled the cover on again. ‘*By this time the cyclone was mak- ing itself heard. First there was a low, rumbling sort of sound, like a railroad train makes when it is a good way off. It grew louder and louder, until it got to be a kind of shrieking roar, like a hundred big church organs mixed up with a dozen or two steam whistles. It was as black as night in that pit, ex- cept when the lightning flashed, for there is always more or less lightning playing around the funnel of a cyclone. It seemed as 1f no expense was spared in making that cyclone as variousand enter- taining as possible. Just when the roar- ing was at its loudest there came an awful crash that made the earth shake, and then the sound began to weaken, and in a few minutes it had died away, and the place was as still as a man’s house when he comes back to it from his wife's funeral. ‘* *So far, so good,’ says I to myself. ‘Now I'll clamber out and see if there is anything left of my house, and the mules, and the Norwegian.’ But when I tried to lift up the cover of the pit I could stir it only a few inches, and that didn’t let in any light. I couldn't un- derstand what that meant, but being a smoker, of course 1 had my matches with me, so I struck a light and inves- tigated. I found that there was a sort of board flooring above the cover of the pit which prevented me from lifting it, and | knew that the cyclone had drupped something just over my head. **Luckily there was a crowbar among the tcols standing in the corner of the pit, and | hunted it up and got to work as well as I could in the dark. It didn’t take me very long to burst a hole in the flooring that I spoke of, and after I had made an opening, and let in the light, I saw that there was a house on top of me. I set to work again with the crow- bar, and presently 1 was able to climb out, and found myself in a small bed- room. I didn’t stop to examine it, but opened the first door I came to, and there I was in Capt. Martin’s sitting room, face to face with the old man. [The furniture was all upset, and the sides of the house were slanting one way and another, but there was no mis- taking that it was a house, and that Capt. Martin was there looking none the worse for having been through a cy- clone. ‘* ‘So you've been and broke into my house with a crowbar, have you?’ he asked. ‘ Perhaps youdon 't know,my man, that you have committed a burglary and 1 can have you arrested for it.’ ‘‘ “Perhaps you don’t know _ that you’re trespassing on my land,’ said 1. “I never gave you no permission to put no shanty on my land, and if you don’t take it off mighty sudden there’s a prospect that there'll be shooting.’ ‘* “You don’t know much about law,’ says the Captain. ‘I never put my house on your land. It was done by what the underwriters call ‘‘act of God or public enemies,’’ and if you was a sailor, you'd know that nobody can be held responsible for such occurrences. ' ‘Just then he saw me looking out of the window toward where my house had been, and he said, ‘‘The last I saw of your house she was scudding before the wind, and heading about southeast, or mebbe a little east of that. She was making, as I should judge, about thirty knots an hour. It'll take you consider- able time to overhaul her, and you’d better give chase at once.’ ‘* *T ain’t anxious for to stay in your house,’ says I, ‘and I'll leave it this minute. It’s my duty to warn you that if you set foot on my land there'll be trouble. As for the matter of your squat- ting with your house on land that don't belong to you, I'll see a lawyer this very day, and | calculate you’ll wish you hadn't.’ ‘‘With that I made him a bow and left him. He came out on the veranda and said, ‘It you're looking for them mules, and that there Finn of yours, you'll be wasting your time. I saw a couple of mules about sixty feet in the air, and when they do come down they won't be of any further use, considered - as mules.’ ‘*My house and everything else be- longing to me was clean gone, but I was that mad at the Captain that I didn’t care a straw about it. I walked straight to Lucullus, which the cyclone hadn't touched, and I hunted up Squire Gibbs and laid the case before him. He said that he couldn’t see as Capt. Martin could be held liable for tres- passing, so long as he stayed in his house and didn’t step outside onto my land. ‘You can't set his house afire or anything of that kind,’ said he, ‘with- out getting into trouble. No more can you. move it while he is in it, for that would be an assault on him. But I don’t see anything to hinder you from getting a team of oxen and some rollers handy, and the first time he comes up to Lucullus to buy groceries you can lots write JOHN H. Or you can get small lots from 29008 00900000 COOSOOSOSOOOOOCOTOOOCOCOOCCS 9000000000000 000S0OO00 1080000000080 068 SESSssssessssssssssesssccsssecssssssses TIssssssssssssssssssessssesssseses sss sss: 0008000 Commence the New Year Right Handle Ebeling’s Spring Wheat Flour. It is a trade winner. GREEN BAY, If you handle car EBELING, WISCONSIN. S. S. SCHILLING, PETOSKEY, MICH. oe 5 Ta WATSON & FROST, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Would be glad to quote you prices. move his house back onto his land, and he can’t find any fault.’ **Squire Gibbs was a first-class law- yer, and | knew I’d be a fool if I didn’t follow his advice—after paying $5 for it. So | hired a tent that I could sleep in until such time as I could run up an- other house; and I laid in provision and a yoke of oxen and some rollers, not forgetting a small hydraulic jack. When | got back to my farm | pitched the tent right in front ot Martin's shanty, so that I could keep a good watch on him, and | went to work with the help of a couple of men trom Lu- cullus to build me another house. You see, the full force of the cyclone had passed over just where my house had stood, while only the outer edge of it had struck the Captain's premises. That accounts for the fact that my house had been carried clean away, while his had only been picked up and car- ried a few rods. As for the mules and the Nowegian, they were scatteed all over Minnesota. It was said that some of the Norwegian was picked up about thirty miles from here, but it wasn’t ever satisfactorily identified, ‘*Capt. Martin's house happened to be planted in such a way that one cor- ner of it projected a few inches onto the highroad, and he was able to get out of a window and into the road with- out coming onto my property. How- ever, he didu’t feel easy to leave the house alone, for fear that | might med- dle with it, so he stayed at home for the best part of a week, when his provi sions or his whisky or some other neces- sary run short, and he had to walk over to Lucullus to lay in a fresh stock. This was what I had been waiting for, al- though 1 never hinted itto him. He used to come out on the veranda and remark in a general way, without ad- dressing himseif to me or any one else, that he was mightily pleased with his new location and wouldn’t change it for any other building lot in the whole State. | never said anything to him ex- cept to remark, also in a general sort of way, that if any rascally old sailor should set foot on my land he would have a hole bored through him so quick that he would never know what hurt him. Neither of us felt that it would be judicious to quarrel, you understand, and so we confined ourselves to remarks that neither of us was obliged to take any notice of. ‘‘l waited about an hour after the Captain had gone, thinking that he might turn back in hopes of catching me in the act of meddling with his house. At the end of an hour I felt safe enough, for it was certain that he must have gone on to Lucullus, and that he couldn’t get back before dark. So 1 called the men that were working on my house, and we jacked Martin’s shanty up with the hydraulic jack, and had her on rollers in next to no time. Then I hitched the oxen to her witha double oxchain and started her towards the road. In the course of an hour | had her planted square across the mid- dle of the road, so that nobody could possibly get by her, and I had my fence put up again, and the ground smoothed out where it had been cut up by the rol- lers, and then I sat down and waited for the Captain to return. “It was ro o'clock and the night was pitch dark when I heard Martin coming along the road and singing. I knew from his style of singing that he had filled himself up with whisky and I cal- culated that he would be considerably surprised when he found out what had happened. He never saw the house un- til he had walked bang up against it with considerable of a crash. Presently he says to himself: ‘Here’s a house anchored right in the fairway, and with no riding light displayed. Thishyer’s a pretty state of things.’ Then he hails the house in his loudest voice and wants to know how she is, and where she is from, and where she is bound to, and what sort of an everlasting fool her captain might call himself. Not get- ting any answer, he swore he would climb aboard and wake the anchor watch with a belaying pin. But after fum- bling around for some time and ham- mering on the door and smashing a few own MICHIGAN TRADESMAN panes of glass, a new idea struck him. 'Thishyer’s a derelict; that’s what she is,’ said he. ‘I'll just stand by her un- til daylight and see if a salvage job can’t be made out of it.’ That was the last that I heard of Capt. Martin that night. He lay down in the road close alongside of the house and was asleep and snoring the snore of the just in less than a minute. Then I went to bed myself, considering that there wouldn't be any more performances that night. ‘The Captain woke up before I did the next day, and when | came out of the tent he was nowhere to be seen, having unlocked his door and gone into the house. About noon he came out on the veranda, looking pretty savage, and | remarked to one of my men that nobody but a_ born fool would put his house m the middle of the public road, tor he would be certain to be fined tor obstructing the road. Martin didn’t sav anything, which sort of riled me, so I said to the man who was nearest to me that I wanted him to go straight up to Lucullus and tell the Sheriff, with my compliments, that Capt. Martin's house was standing directly across the road, so that I couldn’t get by it with the oxen, and that it was the Sheriff's duty to see that the road was keptclear. The man naturally did as he was told, and in the course of the day the Sheriff rode down and investigated things and or- dered Martin to take his house out of the road. ‘* *T didn’t put it in the road,’ said the Captain, ‘and there ain't no pos- sible way of taking it out of the road without putting it on the property of that individual alongside of you.’ ‘* “Heaving cuss words at one of our leading citizens,’ says the Sheriff, ‘won’t help you. I’ll give you two days to take your house out of the way, and if at the end of that time I find it still in the road, I’ll make kindling wood of it and arrest you into the bargain. You hear me. ‘*The Captain heard him well enough and knew that he meant business. However, he didn’t condescend to make any answer, and I could see that he was determined to let his house stand where it was. The truth is he couldn’t do anything else. He couldn’t haul it back onto my land without committing a trespass, and he couldn’t haul it on- to his own land without first getting it across the river, which was more than he or any other man could do. My own idea is that, if it hadn't been for the cloudburst that happened the next after- noon, Capt. Martin would have waited for the Sheriff with a shotgun, and the Sheriff, being one of the brightest minds in our section, would have had his re velver ready, and before the work of demolishing the house could begin there would have been one or two corpses ready for the Coroner. ‘*You know what a cloudburst is? Well! that is astonishing. A cloudburst is what we calla sort of Noah’s flood without any ark. You see, some big cloud, that holds perhaps a million tons of water, suddenly goes to pieces, and the water all comes down at once, the same as it does at Niagara Falls. Thishyer cloudburst that I am speaking of took place thirty or forty miles above here, and the whole lot of water ran into the Pomponoosuc River and swelled it into a raging torrent that swept every- thing before it. I heard it coming just before it reached me, and I went for that hili yonder as fast as I could run, and just managed to reach it in time. Before I started I hailed the Captain, and told him to run while he could, but he pretended not to hear me, and re- marked, as if he was speaking to the universe and all the rest of mankind, that the curse of thishyer country was the confounded impertinence of the lower classes. He was one of those men that nobody can help except with a club, he was that everlastingly obstinate and conceited. Martin saw what was going to happen just as well as I did, and just before the flood struck his house I saw him trying to rig up a sort of steering gear by lashing a plank to one of the veranda posts. Then the flood, which came down like a wall six feet high, burst on the house, and away it whirled. The Captain’s steering oar wasn’t of the least use, and before he went out of sight he dropped it and sat down on the railing of his veranda, with an arm around the post and his pipe in his mouth, as comfortable as you please. I watched him for the best part of a mile, and I couldn’t see but what the house was doing very well, and that the chances were that it would bring up in some safe locality before reaching the Muskingum Falls, which are seventeen miles from here. ‘Anyway,’ I says to myself, ‘here’s an end of trespassing on my property and blocking up the public road, and an end of a mighty disagree- able neighbor.” The Sheriff, when he came the next day and found that there wasn't any work for him to do, said pretty much the same thing. ‘*What became of Capt. Martin? Well, his house floated ashore pretty nizh onto seventeen miles from here, and the Captain never so much as got his feet wet. When the water went down it left the house on the most valuable corner lot in West Antioch, just where the peo- ple had calculated to put up anew opera house. Of course, the owner of the lot made trouble for Martin, and Martin made trouble for him. There was no less than fifteen separate lawsuits going on at the same time between them, and the prospect was that they would both die of old age before the courts would find out who was in the right. Capt. Martin made an arrange- ment with a grocer in the town to heave in all his supplies through a window, and he luopholed the walls of his house and made it shotproof, and swore that he would never leave it alive. He never did, for one day he got so particularly mad that he had a stroke, and when the Coroner broke into the house a few days later he tound Martin lying on the floor dead. ‘*Yes, sir, what with cyclones and cloudbursts and prairie fires and_bliz- zards and such like, Northern Min- nesota is a middling lively place. However, we folks that live here never 23 allows ourselves to worry over what may happen tomorrow, and then again, may not happen for the next twenty years. Besides, it would take a ‘first-class cy- clone or a tremendous big flood to move a house that is built so solid as this yer hotel is, so you needn't be afraid that you'll tind yourself sailing through the air or floating down the Pomponoosuc— that is, so long as you pays your board regular, as I am free to say you always has done, and I presume you always will do.’’ The Debt We Owe to Liberty. Shall we who in the mighty West Set foot upou a king’s decrees Let vulture Spain hide in her nest The fair pearl of the Southern seas? In selfish ease we watch the fight And say, “How fine their battle-rage!” Yet, lending nothing of our might, We forfeit our own heritage. We mock the Briton’s cautious plan Amid the Sultan’s bloody work, But while we prate of love of man, May not the Spaniard mutch the Turk? We praised Kossuth. Mazzini’s name And Garibuldi’s warmed like wine: Remembering them, ‘tis to our shame We aid not Cuba's wavering line. | know not whether black or white They be who strive to make her free; They seek the sun at darkest n ght And prove their right to libe: ty. I know not whether white or black, Nor care, since Lincoln’s strong arm caught The: urled whi; o’er the bondsmun’s back, Aud a wronged people’s freedom wrought A Latin people gave us aid And dared for us to break a lance; To Cuba let the debt be paid We owe to liberty and France. Hark, the long Caribbean wave Moans on the island beach and dies; We, with our lion's strength to save, Fe] the shame growing in our eyes. No, we are not a coward land, A sword flash with our sympathy;, Let us help rear, with practised hand, A new republic of the sea. MEREDITH NICHOLSON. is Sura a aR ORIG ORION Are You Pushing Wald Bite Bas 2s ve in it? Lezasreae Are you selling Sa i your flour trade for all there is Are you selling a flour that gives complete satisfaction ? can guarantee to give satisfaction or money refunded? selling a flour that you know is the best fur the money in the market? If not, “LILY WHITE” a flour that you Are you you should sell flour. above. Valley City Pasties anAlneneOste We have described it Milling Co., $32 ig GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ill LUG aN MB aus cea NGE SEBO AIEE SOR! 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN How Bashful Blinker Lost His Type- writer. W. J. Lampton in New York Sun. How pretty she was as she sat with her shapely nngers dancing on the key- buard of ber typewriter. 1 tnink in tne time to come when this shali have become the classic period tor the tuture centuries, as the ancient Greek is the classic for us of this time, that, instead of the maiden with the dis- tatt as we have, they will have the maiden at the type-writer, as one of the beautitul figures that make art everlast- ing. ter eyes were so blue, her cheeks were so pink, and truly, ber hair must have been transplanted trom the banks of the Pactolus, whose shifting sands were crystals of pure gold. Tne man sat near her dictating a let- ter. On the window pane next to the street were the words “‘Hurford, Blinker & Co., Biokers,’’ and the man dictating was the Blinker of the hrm. He was also the Hurtord and the Co., seeing tnat he had bought out everybody else, tnucluding the well-known name of the firm. And what a man was Blinker—Haver- hill Blinker. A bachelor ot torty years’ experieuce, a business man of large ano increasing wealth, a calculating specu latur, a good ail ‘round teliow, ana among women the very protutype anu Syuouym ot basntulness. To .see him bow and smile to and at a lady when meeting her would have led the musi criticai to Say he was a courtier of the Courtiers, Dut 1f it became necessary to: hii to gu beyond the bowing and sinil- ing limit, lite bad no turther charms for Havernill Blinker. Strange to say, tov, De was uot always.conuscivus of his weakuess, and there were times when he realiy tauught ne was quite a ladies’ nau. When he recovered from one of these latter attacks be was always surrouuded by a large circle ot sympathizing friends (inale). Uutil wituia six months he had never been abie to persuade bimselt that the real and only way tu accustom himseit to toe use ut a wuman’s society was to employ a “‘lady type-writer,’’ and then he did it because a relative of his, his auut, in fact, im a neignboring town, had asked him as a special favor tw belp tne daughter ot an old schvol trieud of hers, in sure distress, wno was quite a skilled stenographer and type-writer. It was entirely beyond the comprehen- sibility ot Mr. Blinker’s aunt that Mrs. Blinker would give her employmeut, but the aunt thought he might know Suineé one who hau a place tor her. Iherefure, woen he wrote to his aunt Saying that he would give the young wuillan a place in his office at $404 Mouto she was more than surprised—she was delighted, and sent the golden haired daughter of her dear old school friend rignt over to her nephew. The day she made her nrst appear- ance Mr. Biimker was out when she called about 11 o'clock, and the office boy and the clerk having insisted upon her remaining for a tew minutes until Mr. Blinker snould return, she sat down near the window and waited, never once noting the fact that the office boy and the clerk were each putting in every moment of his spare time watching ber and wondering what the mischief busi- hess an angel right from heaven had with Mr. Blinker. When Mr. Blinker finally appeared, and the office boy and the clerk col- lapsed, he hadn't the least idea who she was, and his heart began to pound so on the inside ot him that he thought it was the janitor turning on mure steam and shaking up the radiators in the office and halls. It was the very first time he had ever seen a woman tn his office, and the experience was so en- tirely novel tnat tor an instant he was speechless. ‘‘Is this Mr. Blinker?’’ she enquired, rising to meet him as he came _hesita- tingly toward her. ‘*Yes’m,’’ responded Mr. Blinker, feeling as if he were a schoolboy about to be licked for pasting a wet wad on the wall. ** May | enquire to what lam indebted for the honor of this visit, ma’am?’’ Blinker would no more have made such an egregiously silly and _ stilted speech as that to a man than he would have tried to have told the truth in Chi- cago, but this wasa woman, and Blinker was not responsible. ‘*Your aunt,’’ said the visitor, with a roguish twinkle in her eye, but Blink- er didn't see it any more than he saw profit in honest politics. **I—I—I beg your pardon, ma’am,"’ he stammered. i The very idea of his saying ‘‘Ma’am’’ to a girl like that! It would have been criminal if Mr. Blinker had been re- sponsible. Then she told him who she was; and the way Mr. Blinker began to assume airs and strut around as if he were a mighty potentate with a lot of subjects was as fuuny as it could be, Now she had been with him ‘six months, and he sat near her dictating a letter, : In the midst of it he stopped short. - He had been tempted to do this many times betore. He had studied the mat- ter thoroughly, as he thought, and _ hav- ing Considered it in every light and de- liberated upon it for many days, and having tried to accomplish the desirea result by every means in his knowledge, ne had at last determined to do this. Therefore he stupped in the midst of it. ‘‘Tam very sorry, Miss Prince,’’ he began, quite abruptly, and as if he wanted to get through with the dis agreeable task in a hurry, ‘‘but 1 am atraid | shall have to lose you as my type-writer.’’ She clutched suddenly at the sides ot the machine as if to support herself, ‘*Ww-w-hy,’’ she stammered with quivering lips, ‘“‘why, Mr. Blinker, what have I done that [ should be dis- charged without warning?’’ ‘But I’m giving you warning,’’ be said, half with bravado, halt with apology. ‘*You don't have to go right away.’’ “‘t do not want to goat all until | know why | am going,’’ she argued. ‘This is all I have in the world, and | am entitled to know why I am _unfitted tor this.”’ ‘Oh, it isn’t your fault, exactly,’’ he went on evasively. ‘‘There are such things, you know, as misfortunes, which can scarcely be classed as faults. In your case, Miss Prince, your misfortune is that you are too pretty,’’ and Mr. Blinker actually tucked his head to one side and simpered at her. She had been suspicious for a long time, as most women are when they Nave their wits about them under cir- cumstances similar to those surround- ing Miss Prince and Mr. Blinker, and she almust smiled through the mist that was gathering in her eyes. ‘‘You have always said, Mr. Blink- er,’’ she pleaded, ‘‘that you liked to see pretty things in your office.’’ He coughed nervously, uneasily. How many things he had said to her he did uot know. How many more he wanted to say he did know. What he was uow saying he did not know how he was ever going to finish. ‘IT know that,’’ he admitted, ‘‘but sometimes, you know, my dear Miss Prince, a man cannot always have what he wants. As long as I was a bachelor, Miss Prince, I could do as I pleased, but I am to be married, at least I hope so, and you know a man’s wife some- times differs with him on what may seem to the world at large to be quite trivial points, ’’ Married! At one blow all her castles were thrown to the earth, with not so much aS a corner standing to show that they had ever been other than crumbling ruins, True, he had never said anything definitely to her, but there is so much more in what. is never said, and daily out of the unspoken affinity which surely existed between these two congenial people the more foolish woman had constructed such hopes as women cher- ish to the end of time. That he had thought enough of her to warrant ~ these hopes, a thousand thousand wordless witnesses testitied. Now thus, in the very midst of the work that he had given to her to do for him, and that she loved to do because it was for him, the blow fell. ‘*Yes?’’ she responded to his state- ment, inthe faint, pathetic questioning that fills a woman’s voice when she is thus called upon to face her heart's doom, and her hands_ unconsciously sought to go on with her work. ‘*Yes, Miss Prince,’’ he said, with no sound of sympathy in his voice, ‘‘and | am pretty sure my wife will not permit you to remain here as my _ type- writer. 1 may say,’’ and he simpered again, ‘‘as my pretty typewriter. ’’ She never so much as saw the simper, and in that far Mr. Blinker should bave thanked his good fortune. ‘*} have thought the matter all over, ’’ he continued, ‘‘and | leave it to you as a fair-minded woman whether it is my duty to gain a wife and lose a type- writer, or vice versa?’’ By this time she had recovered from the primary shock. She had even be- gun to wonder how he had ever mustered up sufficient courage to propose to the future Mrs. Blinker. She even went turther, and made up her mind that the lady was a widow, and had _ used the traditional wiles of the widow on the unsuspecting and bashful Mr. Blinker. **By all means, Mr. Blinker,’’ she said coldly, ‘‘gain the wife. The world is full ot type-writers, but it is not every day thata man can get a wife— at least such a wife as you deserve,’’ and in spite of herself there was some- thing soft in her tone that she did not want to be there. Mr. Blinker noticed it, too, but he didn’t stop to comment upon it. ‘*Good for you, Miss Prince,’’ he laughed. ‘‘I knew you were a woman of sense.’’ She shrank as if she had been touched with a hot iron. ‘* Thank you, Mr. Blinker,’’ she said. ‘Now, if you please, we will go on with our work,’’ It seemed as if a whole lifetime had passed since she had written the last word ; and as she bent down over it, as if the better to see what it was, a tear fell upon the line. This Mr. Blinker also observed, but said nothing, seeming to enjoy it. ‘*Before we do, Miss Prince,’’ he said, ‘‘may I ask a favor at your hands —-a promise?’ ‘*What is it—yes,’’ she answered. Mr. Blinker braced himself. ‘*That, if this woman whom I am soon to ask formally to be my wife,’’ he said, ‘‘should refuse me, you will marry me,’’ For an instant the girl looked at him, then she rose to her feet, her eyes fairly blazing. Mr. Blinker saw that the tigress was about to spring, and be was frightened. ‘‘Wait, stop!!’’ he exclaimed, hold- ing up his hands as if to shield himself from the blow. ‘‘Hold on until I tell you who the woman is. It's you, Miss Prince— you — you — you! Won’t you marry me? Will you be my wife? Haven't you always known I didn’t care a darn for any woman on earth but you? Ruth, darling, don’t look at me like that !’’ Mr. Blinker was going all to pieces mentally and emotionally, and the young woman took pity on him, for it dawned upon her all at once that the more bashful a bachelor is the more ridiculous he is in love, and the only way to prevent a tender emotion from becoming ludicrous is to accept it on the spot. Which she did, and Mr. Blinker never had another pretty type-writer. 8 Haven’t Struck This Section. ‘‘There is,’’ says the New York Re- tail Grocers’ Advocate, ‘‘a gang of sharpers out among the grocers, trying to swindle them in a new manner. Two of them will walk into astore that is for sale and offer to buy it. One will make an offer and then go away apparently not ready to pay the price asked. The other will then remain or come back soon afterwards, introducing himself as an agent and asking a commission, if he should be successful in making the other man buy the store. The next day the pair will come back, making an offer which is accepted, and the buyer will give a check on account. After he has gone out of the store the alleged agent will take his commission, if he can get it. The check isn. g.’’ Association Matters Michigan Hardware Association President, HENry C. WEBER, Detroit; Vice-Pres- ident, Cuas. F. Bock, Battle Creek: Secretary- Treasurer, HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WisLEk, Mancelona; Secretary, E. A. StowE, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. F. TatTman, Clare. ae Grand Rapids, Feb. 17 and 18, 1897. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, Tuos. T. Bares; Secretary, M. B. Houty; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, E. C. WINCHESTER; Secretary, HoMER Kap; Treasurer, J. Gro. LEHMAN. Regular Meetings—First and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Retail Grocers’ Hall, over E. J. Herrick’s store. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Camp- BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLuins. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, Byron C. HILL; Secretary, W. H. Por- TER; Treasurer, J. F. HELMER, Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gitcurist; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association President, F. &. JOHNSON: Secretary, A. M. DaR.ine; Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Karz: Secretary, PHitip HILBER; Treasurer. S. J. HUFFoRD. TRADESMAN : Reaches the buyer The buyer sells the goods--- 3 The goods you have to sell The moral is plain—USE THE TRADESMAN, LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION. CommercialTravelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President. Jas F Hamme t, Lansing; Secretary, D. ©. suaGutT, Flint; Treasurer, Coas. McNo.ry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, S. H. Hart, 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 Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, A. F. PEAKE, Jackson: Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. F Owen, Grand Rapids. Boari of Directors—F. M. Tyier. H. B. Fatr- cHILD.Jas. N. BRaDForD. J HENRY DAWLEY,GEO.- J. HEINZELMAN, CHAS. S. ROBINSON. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown. Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson, Viarqueite. Gripsack Brigade. E. H. Poole, who formerly repre- sented the Standard Oil Co., is now on the road for the Dingman Soap Co. It is only a few years since the com- mercial traveler used to look at every competitor as an enemy. Organization and association have changed all this. When Shakespeare said that ‘‘age does not wither nor custom stale his infinite variety,’’ he likely referred to the man hustling for business on the road. Everybody wants a ‘‘sure thing’? if he can get it, and therefore, in doing business, the commercial traveler likes to eliminate, as much as he can, the element of risk. F. V. Freeman, for the past four years on the road in this State for the Chicago Rubber Clothing Co., of Ra cine, has engaged for 1897 with the World Manufacturing Co., of New York, taking the same territory as be- fore. The semi-menthly social party of Post E (Grand Rapids,) which was held at Imperial hall! last Saturday even- ing, was weil attended and proved to be one of the most enjoyable entertain- ments of the series. There were no sideshows and no elephants— just danc- ing and cardplaying. The next party will be held at the same place Saturday evening, Feb. 13. Owosso Times: George W. Haskell, of this city, received notice on Tues- day of his appointment as one of the deputy food inspectors under the new State Food Commissioner, E. O. Gros- venor, of Monroe. No better man could have been found for this important work, and we predict Mr. Haskell will prove to be just the man for the position. His selection gives excellent satisfac- tion to the Republicans of the entire county. The salary is $3 a day, with alli expenses paid by the State. “‘IT was in the Upper Peninsula last week, ’’ remarked a well-known traveler, ‘‘and stopped for dinner in a sawmill village, where a hashery is conducted by the wife of one of the mill hands. The food is tough, and a meal usually comprises a dish of fried bacon, swim- ming in grease, yellow jaundice bis- cuits and boiled coffee, for which the modest landlady charges ‘us drummers’ half a dollar, while anyone else is asked to pony up but a quarter. On the wall in the place called the dining room hangs the motto: ‘Feed my Lambs.’ On this occasion, as I stepped in the dining room J met a Detroit salesman, who had just about finished his meal, and the disgust on his usually smiling countenance was plainly visible, .ag. he MICHIGAN TRADESMAN got up from the table and, taking out bis well-filled wallet, asked the land lady ‘How much?’ ‘Half a dollar, sir,’ was the response. ‘All right, madam,’ said the Detroiter, ‘but I would suggest to you one thing, and that it that you take down that motto up there and place one there instead reading, ‘Shear My ‘Lambs.’ ’’ The Cranks We Meet on the Road. They say ‘‘it takes all kinds of peo- ple to make a world,’’ and no one is in a better position to verify this adage than the commercial traveler. The crank, like ‘‘the poor, we have with us always.’’ There may be cer- tain favored localities where he does not exist; if so, I am traveling in the wrong territory. The werst crank we meet on the road is the ‘‘new man’’—not new in the sense of the ‘‘new woman,’’ but the young fellow who has just started out, filled with erratic and original theories of commercial and social problems, with an idea that he is the ‘‘real thing.’’ How tired he makes us! He, perhaps, comes from a home of the plainest and most modest pretensions, yet no hotel is good enough for him. (f he arrives at midnight, he kicks be- cause the best room in the house has not been reserved for him and insists that the landlord should have anticipated his arrival; he keeps the bell boys on the jump; rattles the waiters and dis- gusts the guests generally. After a few trips he either braces up or is called in, and the place that knew him knows him no more. While many of my best friends are among the hotel men, yet they are not always the genial, jovial, all-round good fellows they are pictured. I sup- pose reasonable allowance should be made for them, as the countless annoy- ances incident to their business must be enough to ruin the most angelic dispo- sition. Often they seem to vent their spite upon us by making confirmed dyspeptics of us or by consigning us to a cold storage room, with an arrange- ment called a bed, which appears like a relic of barbarism left over from the Inquisition—a veritable rack of torture, conceived in a hotter place than the aforesaid room. Lest I do him a seeming injustice in this enumeration of cranks, | must not ignore the ‘‘frosty’’ hotel clerk. How some of those fellows anticipate us with a glance if we presume to question them regarding the arrival or departure of a train! With what withering sarcasm we are informed that there is stationery in the writing room, if we so far forget ourselves as to enquire for paper at the office! With what a positive air he as- sures us that there is no mail for us, when subsequent investigation reveals a letter containing a_ long-looked-for check or, perhaps, a letter from our wife—if we are so fortunate as to pos- sess that necessary adjunct to human happiness. These are but a few of the experiences we have all doubtless had with the individual referred to. While this sort of fellow is exceptional, yet none can deny his existence. Probably the most common species of crank we meet is the cranky buver. How amusing to witness the important and blase air of certain dealers in the smaller towns! I have observed that these things are governed by geometri- cal ratio—the more insignificant the town and the smaller the volume of business conducted, the greater the con- ceit and bombast of the buyer. I once approached a buyer whose introductory salutation was, ‘‘Well, what the d—1 do you want?’’ I informed him that I wanted him to try and be a _ gentleman, however painful the effort might be, and that if the experiment proved a success I would state my business on my next trip. Experience has taught me that it pays to bea gentleman; but when one encounters a case like the one cited, one is justified in adopting the other fellow’s tactics. Time and your patience would scarce permit of a more complete or compre- hensive enumeration of the various forms of cranks we meet on the road. | do not wish to infer that all with whom I come in contact are cranks; on the contrary, I find comparatively few such. I have merely referred to a few freaks whom I have a dim recollection of hav- ing met in the course of my travels. A traveling man must, of necessity, become something of a kicker himself. He seems to be a mark for everyone, and unless he has a full appreciation of what is due him, and insists upon his rights, he will be continually imposed upon. In conclusion, let me suggest that we all start out on the new year with the idea of doing what we can by example and precept to minimize the number of cranks. Let us go forth with a firm be- lief in the universal brotherhood of man; let us practice toward mankind in general those virtues which appeal most strongly to our better selves; let us So govern our actions as to make the name of ‘‘drummer,’’ as borne by us, a still greater honor in the future than it has ever been in the past! JoHN J. Busu. 8 The New Officers Take Hold. Flint, Feb. 1—Ata special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Michi- gan Knights of the Grip, held at Hotel Downey, Lansing, Saturday, Jan. 30, all the members were present. The bonds of the Secretary and Treas- urer were presented and accepted by the Finance Committee, and the books of the organization were turned over to the newly elected officers. On motion, it was decided to hold the next annual convention at Kalamazvo on Dec. 28 and 29, 1897. A vote of thanks was tendered Post H, of Port Huron, for its kind invita. tion to hold the next convention of the organization at that place. The following resolution, presented by Director Peake, was adopted: Resolved, That the members of this Board hereby tender their heartfelt thanks to the retiring Secretary and Creasurer for the efficient manner in which they have discharged the duties devolving upon their respective offices and tor the courtesy at all times ex- tended to their fellow members. The following bills were audited and an order drawn on the Treasurer for the payment of same: Geo. B Owen, salary.) ooo $21 67 oy. Beest, Gaiacy 2s a § S$ A. F. Peake, attendance at Board Meeting.... 4 1c F M Tyler, attendance at Board Meeting.... 3 81 J R. Wood, attendance at Board Meeting..... 5 02 B. D. Palmer, attendance at Board Meeting .. 45, Geo. F. Owen, attendance at Board Meetung.. 3 95 has L. Stevens, attendance at Board Meeting 5 36 F. R Streat, attendance at Board Mee ing..... 6 10 C. McNolty, attendance at Board Meeting..... 2 23 D. Uc. Slaght, attendance at Board Meeting.... 4 48 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned, to convene March 27, at the Downey House, Lansing. DELL C. SLAGHT, Sec’y. >» ____—. A well-known clergyman of Boston went to an eminent dentist of that city to get a new set of teeth made. Ina few days the work was finished. The parson, who possessed a voice pitched in an almost feminine key, stepped up in front of a long mirror and began to grimace, opening his mouth wide so as to show his new teeth. Suddenly he burst out with the exclamation, ‘‘Jesus 25 Christ!’’ The dentist was a very reli- gious man, and, not knowing that his patient was a clergyman, protested niost vigorously when the exclamation was repeated two or three times” even Stronger than before, against what he considered blasphemy. The good dom- inie turned from the mirror in astonish- ment, and said, **My good friend, I'm not swearing. It’s thirty years since I've been able to pronounce the name of my blessed Redeemer without whis- tling. ——> > We could all be great men if we could be measured by the great things we in- tend to do to-morrow. FREE CHECK ROOM Aelinglom EUROPE4NHOTEL. Entircly New J.T. CONNOL Y, Pr -prietor, Grand Rapids, 52.8. Ionia St. Opposite Union Depot. NEW REPUBLIC Reopened Nov. 25. FINEST HOTEL IN BAY CITY. Steam heat, Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. Rates, $15) to $2 00. Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts GEO. H. SCH!NDHETT, Prop Cutler House in New Hands. H. D. and F. H. Irish, formerly landlords at the New Livingston Hotel, at Grand Rapids, have leased the Cutler House, at Grand Haven, where they bespeak the cordial co-operation aud support of the traveling public. They will conduct the Cutler House as a strietly first-class house, giving every detail painstaking at- tention. Commercial House Iron Mountain, Mich. Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam. All modern convenience s $2 per day. IRA A. BEAN, Prop. THE WIERENGO E. T. PENNOYER, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. Steam Heat, Electric light and bath rooms. Rates, $1.50 and $2.00 per day. A CLEAN SHAVE while you take a snooze is quickest acquired at FRED MARSH’S barber shop in Wonderly Building, at Grand Rapids. GULUMBIAN TRANSFER COMPANY CARRIAGES, BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT WAGONS 15 and 17 North Waterloo St., Telephone 381-1 Grand Rapids. BUSINESS , / Ly Qlifl/ [pt A t SUMUVEALMT . DETROsT, ACSCL. L: ading Rusiness Training Institution of America. Is e@ mposed of five supe:ior sho ols, viz. Busi e-s, Shorsha d English. tenma ship and Mech nical Diawing 11-19 Wilcox St. W. F Jewell, P kK Spencer. OOOO OORT OOOO OOOO) >a SELL THESE CIGARS and give customers good satisfaction. HDOKQOOOVE © HOQOQOQOOD® exe 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires Dec. 31, 1896 - Dec. 31, 1897 C. A. BueBEE, Traverse City S. E PaRKILL, Owosso” - F . W. R. Perry. Detroit - Dec. 31, 1*92 A. C. ScoUMAcHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1899 Gro. GunpRoum, Ionia - - Dee. 31, 1900 President, S. E. ParKILL, Owosso. Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Treasurer, Geo. GuNpRuM, Ionia. Coming Examination Sessions—Detroit, Jan. 5 and 6; Grand Rapids, March 2 and 3; Star Island (Detroit), June—; Upper Peninsula, Aug. —. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, G. C. Partires, Armada. Secretary, B. ScoRoupER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, Coas. Mann, Detroit. Executive Committee—A. H. WEBBER. Cadillac; H. G. Cotman, Kalamazoo; Gro. J. WaRpD, St. Crarr; A. B. STEVENS, Detroit; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. The Drug Market. Alcohol—Market for grain is unsettled and values are rather irregular, due to continued competition. Alum—Only an average amount of business is going forward, but tone of the market is steady. Balsams—Copaiba is decidedly strong and has advanced. Peru, dull. Beans—Mexican vanilla in first hands are being steadily held. Tonka, no change as to the quiet condition of the market. Bismuth Preparations—- Manufacturers have marked up prices 4oc per pound, the raison d’ etre being cables from London announcing an advance of soc in the metal. Some are inclined to the belief that the control of the metal is again in the hands of a syndicate and a further advance is anticipated. Cassia Buds—Outlook is particularly encouraging, as demand is active and supplies are limited and firmly held, and cable advices from China report strong conditions there. Stocks in London and Hamburg, also, are said to be practically exhausted. Castor Oil—Trading moderate, values steady. Cocaine—Has declined 25c per ounce. Cream Tartar—Market firm. Cubeb Berries—Market inactive but reasonably steady. Essential Oils—An_ easier feeling characterizes anise. Copaiba is higher, in sympathy with the balsam. Cubeb has been again reduced. Lemongrass is firmer. Sanderson’s lemon is lower. Also sassafras. Flowers——Prime quality German chamomile are growing scarce. Amer- ican saffron has met with a reduction. Gelatine—All varieties are higher, due to the advance across the water. Glycerine—No change to note in prices, but competition is still keen and the state of the market is more or less unsettled. Gums—Asafoetida remains active in a speculative way, and some consumers are buying in anticipation of future wants. Camphor is again lower, by 2c per pound. Local refiners assign as the cause the peculiar course of foreign markets. But still, cables from London report an advance in crude. Fresh ar- rivals of England refined are being kept out of the market on advices from abroad. The situation is, to say the least, perplexing. Juniper Berries—The bulk of the new crop is reported as rain-soaked, and the supply of prime quality is limited and quotations are firm. Leaves—Short buchu remain strong, the tendency being upward, and the market is reported as active, with values firm. No change in prices of any of the varieties of senna, but the market is quite active. Mercurial Preparations—Manufactur- ers have advanced quotations, the higher markets for quicksilver being the cause. Opium—Market depressed, owing to continued liberal receipts and small de- mand, and values are lower. Quicksilver—Higher prices abroad have influenced a firmer market here and quotations have advanced. Quinine—Has been reduced 3c per ounce by all manufacturers. Roots—Tame as to general market and there are no mentionable changes in values. Supply of Mexican sarsa- parilla is abundant and the market is easy. German dandelion is marked by an absence of offerings. Jalap is quiet. Ipecac is slow of sale at the recent re- duction. Seeds—All varieties of canary are exceedingly dull and nominally steady. Cables report Dutch caraway as slightly firmer as regards primary markets and spot quotations are steady. Sup- plies of Russian hemp are abundant and prices are a shade lower. Millet is also a trifle lower. Mustard, all varie- ties quiet. Rape is a degree higher. Sponges— Market quiet. —_—__»> 2» Carelessness in Handling Medicines. From the Pharmaceutical Era. A Baltimore druggist has got himself into a peck of trouble by prescribing for a woman who complained of her poor appetite. After listening to her symptoms he gave her a box of pills containing pepsin, quinine, iron and nux vomica, which she took home and placed on the diningroom mantel. Her baby boy get hold of the box, swallowed the pills and in less than twenty min- utes was dead. The Baltimore newspapers have opened the vials of their abuse upon the druggist, but it would seem to us that in this case the mother wasto blame. It is true that the State law prohibits a druggist, unless he is a graduate of medicine, from prescribing for a pa- tient, and this is as it should be. The trouble arises when we come to define prescribing. It is unreasonable to sup- pose that people are going to paya doctor every time they have an ordinary cold or a sick headache. It is equally unreasonable to debar a druggist from giving advice as to what medicine a — from such trifling ailments shall take. That the pills contained poison does not, to our way of thinking, prejudice the druggist’s case one whit. It is not his business to find out whether the cus tomers have children or not and warn them accordingly. In a general sense all medicines, even food, are poisons if taken to undue extent. Suppose that the child had drunk the contents of a bottle of eau de cologne and had suc- cumbed thereto, would the druggist who sold the bottle be responsible for the death because he had not warned the mother that eau de cologne was not the best thing in the world for infants in arms? And, if not, why not? No, the blame for this lamentable ac- cident is clearly attributable to the care- less habit of so many households in the keeping of medicines. It isa safe wager that if the box of pills had been fur- nished with all the blazonry of skull and crossbones in red, it would still have been put on the diningroom mantel within easy reach of the children, There is really nothing noteworthy in this Baltimore tragedy except inasmuch as it tends to lend force to a homily so often preached, so little listened to, that just alluded to. Every day in the year, in thousands of households all over the country, dangerous medicines are placed on the ‘‘diningroom man- tel,’’ as it were, within easy reach of the children. It is a matter of wonder- ment that more tragedies of the kind to which we have made reference do not occur. All the same, there are far too many, and all the more pitiful because so easily preventable. But the way to prevent them is not by pounding the druggist. Reform the families. Proposed Draft of Measure Amending the State Peddling Law. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall not be lawful for any person to engage in the business of hawking, peddling or pawn- brokerage by going about from door to door or from place to place or from any stand, cart, vehicle or in any other manner in the public streets, highways or in or upon the wharves, docks, open places or spaces, public grounds or pub- lic buildings in any township in this State without first having obtained from the township board of the township where such business is to be carried on a license therefor. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the township board of every township of the State, immediately after this act shall take effect, to fix the amount of such license, which shall not in any case ex- ceed the sum of one hundred dollars or be less than ten dollars. Sec. 3. The actions of the township board in fixing the amount of such li- cense shall be by resolution, which shall be spread at length upon the records of the proceedings of the board and the same may be annulled or amended by resolution of the township board, passed at any subsequent meeting thereof and spread at length upon the records of its proceedings: Provided, That such res- olutions, or any resolution, annulling or amending the same shall not take effect until twenty days after a written or printed copy of the same shal] have been posted in five of the most public places in the township. The person or persons posting copies of any such res- olution shall make and file with the township clerk proof by affidavit of the fact of such posting. And in all suits, actions and proceedings where the pas- sage of any such resolution by the town- ship board, or the posting of copies thereof as above provided, shall come in question, a copy of such resolution, and of such affidavit, certified under the hand of the township clerk, shall be prima facie evidence of the due passage of such resolution and of the posting of copies thereof. Sec. 4. Licenses granted under this act shall not be transferable, and shall expire on the first Monday of May next after the granting thereof. Every per- son to whom a license shall be issued under this act shall give a bond in the sum of fifty dollars with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the township board, conditioned that he will carry on said business in a quiet and orderly manner, and that he will faithfully ob- serve all the laws of this State and the rules, regulations and ordinances of the township or village where his business shall be carried on, in relation to said business. Sec. 5. All sums received for licenses granted under authority of this act shall be paid into the township treasury of the township granting the license, to the credit of the contingent fund. Sec. 6. Every person who shall be found traveling and trading, or solicit ing trade, contrary to the provisions of this act, or without the license required by any resolution of any township board passed in pursuance thereof, or contrary to the terms of any license that may have been granted to him as a hawker, peddler or pawnbroker, shall be deemed guilty of 2 misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof before any court of com- petent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, or by impris- onment in the county jail for a period not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the dis- cretion of the court before which the conviction may be had. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of each township in this State to see that this act is enforced and in case of any violation thereof to immediately notify the prosecuting at- torney of the proper county and take all proper steps for the prosecution of the offender. Sec. 8. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prevent any man- ufacturer, farmer, mechanic or nursery- man residing in this State from selling his work or production by sample or otherwise, without license, nor shall any wholesale merchant having a regular place of business in this State be pre- vented by anything herein contained from selling to dealers by sample, with- out license, but no merchant shall be al- lowed to peddle, or to employ others to peddle, goods not his own manufacture, without the license provided for in this chapter. Sec. 9. All acts or parts of acts in- consistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. ——_>2>___ Plenty of California Honey. A great honey-produing country like Southern California is never entirely drained of its honey. Many of the trade supposed that, owing to a total failure of the crop this past season, good honey would be scarce and command a higher price. But small lots keep coming for- ward, which shows that considerable honey is held over every year. It would require several total failures to strip the market of honey, or to even advance the price. ——_>_2 > ___ There is a mighty change already in motion as to the methods of retailing merchandise, and it begins to look as though the merchant with a specialty would enjoy his own again. Time, the great regulator, has set a new pace, and the wheels of progress, now already in motion, will smooth out the obstruc- tions in the commercial highway of the small but deserving retailer. PATENT MEDICINES Order your patent medicines from PECK BROS. ULF CO Son Plummer & Company. Chicad BOVERNOR YATES A Seed and Havana Cigar as nearly perfect as can be made. The filler is entirely long Havana of the finest quality—with selected Sumatra W rapper. Regalia Conchas, 4% inch, $58.00 M. Rothschilds, 4% inch, 65.00 M. Napoleons, 54 inch, 70.00 M. All packed 50in a box. We invite trial orders. Morrison, Plummer & C0. 200 TO 206 RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO. ttt ttt MASTER’ The best 5 cent cigars ever made. Sold by BEST & RUSSELL CoO.. Cuicaco. Represented in Michigan by J. A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids. Ca ee ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Balsam Copaiba, Oil Cop»iba, Bismu'h, Mercurials. Declined—Gum Camphor, Gum Opium, Oil Orange Oil Lemon caine, Saff on Quinine, Aleohol Linseed Oil , Oil Cubeb, Oil Sassafras, Co- Acidum — Mac. bo ; 65 Aceticum............ 8 s@s 10) COpaiba...... ...... i2 30 Benzoicum, German %5@ 80 ns Se ee 90@ 1 00 Boracic.............. @ 15| @xechthitos ........ 1 20@ 1 30 27@ +©39| Erigeron............ 1 20@ 1 30 u@ 46 Gaultheria..... .... 1 50@ 1 60 3@ 5 | Geranium, ounce... @ vey : ae 8@ 10 a gal.. ‘ ry : 60 Oxalicum ........... 10@ 12] “edeoma..... ...... 10 Phosphorium, dil... @ 15 — tette tee es 1 50@ 2 00 Salicylicum. ........ 45@ 50} Vavendula.......... HK@ 2 00 Sulphuricum. ...... 1%@ 5 Limonis... Ce ce oie oie 1 21@ 1 4 Tannicum .......... 1 40@ 1 60 — oe teense : oe 2 20 Tartaricum.......... HG 36 Morrhus, gal. 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Is........ 22... 41@ 6 Acacia. po....... ... 60@ 80) Carui.......... po.18 10@ 12 Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 14@ 18|Cardamon........... 1 3@ 1 7% Aloe, Cape .... po. 15 @ 12|Coriandrum......... se Ww Aloe, Sootri.. po. 40 @ 30| Cannabis Sativa.... 3%@ 4 Ammoniac.......... 55@ : oe ences ee eee = 1 . foetida....po. 30 % . oO 1 ee Seen 8 Ge & | tapes Ones. 20 30 Catechu, 1s.......... @ 13] Feniculum......... @ 10 Catechu, %8......... @ _ 14| Fonugreek,po...... 1G 9 Catechu, \s......... @ 6) ut 24@ 4 Camphore.... .... 42@ - oe -.-bbl.2% 3%@ « u rbium..po. 35 O71 robes. .......,..... x ee Ee , a g 100} Pharlaris Canarian. 34@ 4 Gamboge po........ 65@ 70} Rapa............ 22. 44@ 5 Guaiacum..... po. 35 @ Sinapis Albu........ 7@ 8 Kine... ... po. $4.00 @ 4 00| Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12 —— eee see om g S Spiritus ee = Z Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50 aa ee iG 7 Ge | Erumenti, D. F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25 Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 See oe | i= Tragacanth ......... @ Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 50 Herba en a : a 2 10 Absinthium..oz. pkg . 25 | Spt. Vini Galli...... T@ 6 50 Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto......... 1 25@ 2 00 Lobelia...... oz. pkg 25 | Vini Alba........... 1 3@ 2 00 ee pkg = Sponges entha Pip..oz. : Mentha Vir. oz. nie er want : wa Rue. 33) oz. pkg 3 wccene oases oT 4 TanacetumV oz. pkg 17 aaa Ps @20 Thymus, V.-os. pkg 7 Velvet extra sheeps’ Magnesia. wool, carriage..... @110 Calcined, Pat..... .. 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ Carbonate, Pat... ... 22] wool. carriage... @ Carbonate, K.& M.. 20@ 25| Grass sheeps’ wool, Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36 earriage.... 0.2.2. @ 6 Hard, for slate use.. @ % Oleum Yellow Reef, for Absinthium......... 3 25@ 350] slate use.......... @ 140 Amygdale, Dulc.... 30@ 50 oe Amygdala, Amare . 8 00@ 8 25 yrups Ais)... ..... 2 one © oa | Acaeia ............ @ 50 Auranti Cortex..... 2 00@ 2 20} Auranti Cortes...... @ 50 Bergamii... ... 2 25@ 2 30 | Zingiber...... ae @ Cajiputi.... - %@ _ 80{ Ipecac @ 60 Caryophylli 53@ 58 / Ferri Iod @ 50 Cedar... >... .-- 85@ 65] Rhei Arom.......... @ 50 Chenopadii.......... @ 3 25 | Smilax Officinalis... 50@ 60 Cinnamonii. ........ 2 25@ 2 50 | Senega.............. @ 580 Citronella. .... .... S@ 40} Scillm...... ... @ 0 Sette Co... Tolutan...... poe Prunus virg.. ...... Tinctures Aconitum NapellisR Aconitum Napellis F MIOCK Aloes and Myrrh.... Amica. Assafcetida ......... Atrope Belladonna. Auranti Curtex..... Bensem. .... Benzoin Co.......... Barong 28... | Cantharides........ Capsicum ........ Cardamon........ : Cardamon Co....... Cane Catceha, Cinchona.........,.. Cinchona Co........ Columba ............ Cubena Cassia Acutifol..... Cassia AcutifolCo . Digitalis rete. Ferri Chloridum.... Gentian. Gentian Co....._.... Guisea Guiacaammon...... Hyoscyamus......., iene Iodine, colorless.... Mie Eopela... MePE Nux Vomica........ Opii Ovii, camphorated. Opii, deodorized.... MASA hatany......... Ree. Sanguinaria . .. Serpentaria ..... Stromonium .. Tolutan........ ce Valerian Veratrum Veride... Zingiber. SISTS) SSS Miscellaneous Asther, Spts. Nit. 3F ther, Spts. Nit.4F Algmen | Alumen, gro’d..po.7 Anmatio..... 0°. Antimoni, po....... Antimoni et PotassT Antipyrin.......... Angiiebrin. ......_. Argenti Nitras, oz .. Arsenicum. |... Balm Gilead Bud .. Bismuth S.N. ..... Calcium Chlor., 1s.. Calcium Chlor., %s. Calcium Chlor., ys. Cantharides. Rus. po Capsici Fructus. af. Capsici Fructus, po: Capsici FructusB,po Caryophyllus..po. 15 Carmine, No. 40..... Cera Alba, S.& F .. Cera Fiava.......... cece. Cassia Fructus...... Centraria.. |... Cetaceum.........._. Chloroform.......... Chloroform, squibbs Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 Chondrns. | Cinchonidine,P.& W Cinchonidine, Germ Cocame Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. Creosotum. ........, Crete... 5... bbl. 7% Creta, prep.......... Creta, precip........ Creta, Rubra........ Crocas os Cudbear ......... Cupri Sulph.... Dextrine........ : Ether Sulph......... Emery, all numbe Emery, po... .. | Ergota.-...... po. 40 Flake White........ Gallia... — ~~ &5EE89EONES ow Gelatin, Cooper ' Gelatin, French..... Glassware, flint, box Less than box..... Glue, brown. ce Glue, white.. Giyeerina «. 0... Grana Paradisi .... Hronnius...... 3... Hydraag Chlor Mite Hydraag Chlor Cor. Hydraag Ox Rub’m. Hydraag Ammoniati HydraagUnguentum Hydrargyrum....... Ichthyobolla, Am... 1 ind@izea | Iodine, Resubi...... 3 Iodoform............ Eaipun os Lycopodium ........ nei aes Liquor Arsen et Hy- drarg lod.......... LiquorPotassArsinit Magnesia, Sulph.... Magnesia, Sulph,bb] Mannia, S. F Menthol... .. a eS 30@ S8a80 55 Bees 83555050000 om w Se dd8e Ste 28. 8 RE ~d08edS809 eseseesedsé sti9 ae wrWwe SSKow8 RAKSSSS on 50880 § _ wo -_ SuFonFKHK BPSLSSSUSSSSSASSSSHAASSLSsRssssyysyrsygsnwweveuseewe 60 Morphia, S.P.& W... 1 75@ 2 00| Sinapis.............. @ = 18| Linseed. pure raw.. 28 39 Morphia, S.N.Y.Q.& Sinapis, opt......... @ 30} Linseed, boiled .... 30 33 CC Ce. 1 65@ 1 90| Snuff, Maccaboy, De Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 70 Moschus Canton.... eo Bt VYou.......... ... @ 34| Spirits Turpentine... 33 38 oe ee A “= ; re ies ‘ $ = ux Vomica...po. 1 o Gras... Os Sepa ens 15@ 18] Soda Boras. po. 12 8 Paints BBL. Ls epsin Saac, H. : oda et Potass Tart. " Red Venetian... ... 1% 2 Der. @ 1 00| Soda, Carb.......... 1%@ = 2| ochre. yellow Mars. in 2 = Picis Liq. N.N.% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5 Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3 OOM tes @ 2 00} Soda, Ash........... 34@ 4 Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3 Picis Liq., quarts.... @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas....... @ _ 2! putty’ strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Picis Liq., pints..... @ 8 | Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 6! Vermilion rime Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50} Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55! American.......... 1 15 Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18/Spt Myrcia Dom... @° 00 Vermilion, English. 7@ 7 Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30 Spts. Vini Rect.bbl. @237| Green, Paris © 13% 19 Pitz Borgun........ @ ~~ 7| Spts. Vini Rect.%bbl @ 2 42) Green. Peninsular. 3@ 16 Plumbi Acet........ 10@ 12] Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @ 2 45| Lead, Red........... ByY@ 5X Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20] Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 47| Lead: white... |’ 54@ 5% Pyrethrum, boxes H. Less de gal. cash 10 dars. Whiting. white Span @ 7 & P. D. Co., doz... @1% Strychnia, Cr stal... 1 40@ 1 45 Whiting, gilders’....— @ Pyrethrum, ys... 30@ 33] Sulphur, subl....... 2%@ 3 White, ParisAmer.. @1 00 Mase... 8@ 10} Sulphur, Roll.... . 2@ 2% Whiting, Paris Eng. — SP. & W.. i 2 ee ia Louies Po 3 S oe @1 #” Quinia,S.German.. 1 5} Tererenth Venice... : J i ( Quinia, NY... 22@ 2% | Theobrome........ 583.0 Pn ee 8s Rubia Tinctorum... 12@ 14] Vanilla............. ee pv ‘ an . so Zinei Sulph......... 7@ 8 Varnishes SMe Sanguis Draconis... 40@ Oils — : oe : = Sapo, W............. R@ i4 BBL. @AL. | Coach Body......... 2 7A@ 3 00 Sapo, M.... ......... 10@ 12) whale, winter....... 70 70} No.1Turp Furn.... 1 00@ 1 10 Sapo. G........... .. @ 15| Lard, extra.......2: 40 45| Extra Turk Damar.. 1 58@ 1 60 Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22] Lard. No.1.......... 35 40|Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ 75 COLCOOCOOCOLCOCOOCOUOCOOOOOOOWOOOOO S- Soluble Extracts Lemon and Orange Syrup Hydriodic ) Acid U.S. P. Hazeltine & Perkins D9DDHDDOQOOOS We manufacture Essence Pepsin Equal to the best in the market. Test it. One teaspoonful will curd one quart of luke-warm milk. Price per pound Soc; per gal. $3.50. SASCAOEHUS De Boe’s Soluble Elixir Flavoring For making a brilliant simple elixir with- out the trouble of filtering. Full directions on each package. Price per pint Soc; per gal. $3.50. c= ClO BSASAOCEHUD; For making brilliant syrups of Orange and Lemon. No precipitates will form in using our soluble extracts. Can also be used for soda fountain syrups. Price per pound 75c; per gal. $5.00. BASACEHPED And the 2% Syrup. This Syrup will be found to possess all the alterative effects of the preparations con- taining salts of thiselement. We guarantee these Svrups to be unchangeable and will not deposit free iodine. Price per pound 1% 50c; per gal. $3.50. Price per pound 2% 75c; per gal. $4.50. BASCACEHUD, MOOOOOWOCOwOCe owe Drug Co. 999999999999995 28 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. AXLE —_-—. sic CHEESE. COUPON BOOKS. FARINACEOUS GOODS. Souders’. PICKLES. = pee @ Medium. jaw . tc 0 10%@ Parton. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Diamond.--.2.2...::1'50 5 50| Gold Medal... |. Bulk ...... ............... 3 | Best in the world for the| Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3 50 Frazer’s.........: 175 «= «9. 00 | Edeal...... 1.1. 2 Grits. money. Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 25 1X L Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 “sien ee . Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 2 25 ane oe Small. Paragon... ......."..55 6 00) Oakland County... g . Hominy. a Grade Barrels, 2,400 count. ....... 4 50 oe ee mon. , 1,200 count...... BAKING POWDER. ree @ Flake, 50 lb. drums....... 1 50 doz . . “ee 2% Absolute. Springdale ... @ Lima Beans Os...... B PIPES ib eanedoe. 45 ee ee @ : | 40z......150 r cibeansdos. Li ed Oe Tradesman Grade. Dried ttteseese ce. BY Clay; NO. 216 1 70 1 Ibcans doz............. 150] Veiden............... @ 19 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Regular | Clay, T. D. fullcount...._! 65 a iSaaeenrenr. ee @ 15 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 Domestic, 101b. box...... 60 il iw Vanilla. bos 1 hee 5 Eineapple pee. 60 @ 9% ae pane: any oe. 2 50 | Imported, 25 Ib. box.. ... 2 50 = r doz Perlis... ee 1,000 books, a —_s 00 Pearl Barley. 0 DERS i Son.....-% ” — 1 Ibcans1doz.........). 100 Chicory. ‘ ? : ie Common... ok 1% CLEGANY ) 40z...... 240) 48 cans in Case, Pee a 10} Balk a Economic Grade. Chester... 2 FLavorinc XX Grad ee 400 El Purity. Red 7 | Mipine 2% one | Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 00 44 1b cans perdoz......... V6) CATSUP. = ae. any denom. soe : » Pies mon. % Ib cans per doz ....... 1 20] . : . ooks, any denom.... 2 | . ICE. 1 lbcans per doz..... "222 00] Columbia, pints.......... 425] 500.books, any denom....11 50 Green bin 80 Pos...... 150 RICE F Columb! pint 2 50 i i Jo ype is te "+ 01 1,000:books, any denom....20 00 | Split, gh ce oer 2% fos. ....3.00 Domestic. Ib juz case...... 35 : olled Oats. A Carolina head.............. if He) aes aoe cosa cae 55 | > gross boxée. 3 + 45 Rolled Avena, bbl......3 % egg Conuinn ye See 5 1b cans 2 doz case...... 90 COCOA SHELLS. Monarch, bbl........... .3 25 Carolina No.2.........1..! 4% a es 20 ib ba it Monarch, % bbl.......... 1% Sie | jigp Broken > V : BB... 2... eee. 2% Private brands, bbl..... 3 Ou oan. = a! Less quantity... - 3 Private brands, %bbl.....1 63 cc. Imported Pound packages..:...... 4 Universal Grade Quaker, cases............. 3 20 A +4 = cans, ; che case... CREAMS TARTAR. [ Sago. GLUE. em, a. Sel cee uice cea ch 5% 72 lb cans, 4dozcase...... 85 Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35 50 books, any denom.... 150] German ..... ae 4 ( POA NO Be lg ” se =n — 1 99 sieketiy Puse, Gin boxes” ST |- Sep backe mee Sen. be Ge a -2 "W6 | Juctenen Liquid 05, Pere; | eta OO Bonn eens. 4% a ur Leader. pe COFFEE : = — any ee = Wheat. Jackson Liquid, 20z....... a a a 5 a ' , OoKs, any denom.... nega dasa iewicin igs aie . Jackson Liquid, 3 0z....... 1 30 SALERATUS. ee ee reen. ; ees ey _ pom 150 =n Superior Grade. r Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Peerless. Fair r 17 50 books, any denom 150 GUNPOWDER. Cheres 3 3C ie eae Sas 2 oe "181 100 booke: ae panes 2 50 Fish DONG a 3 15 BASKETS. Prime. 9} 500 books, any denom....11 50 . Rifle—Dupont'’s. Dwight’s ese eae 3 30 olden 0 20 | 1,000 books, any denom...'20 00 ARON 3 00 Peavery ces te. 22 Cod. MCR ec ...4 00 Sieben Coupon Pass Books, Georges cured......... @4_ | Half Kegs........1’ ..2 2 SAL SODA. Fai " 19| Can be madeto represent any | G°0TS@S senuine...... @ 4% | Quarter Kegs... --1 25] Granulated, bbis........ .1 10 oe ee 20 | Qcmomstnetion fenus tab anee ¥ | Georges selected...... @5 |11b cans...... oe ---- 301 Granulated. 100 Ib cases. _1 50 GO0d oe eee eeee ees - -20 2 + | Strips or bricks....... > OS [Te eans. 18) Lump, bbls...... ......... 1 Cee rrr “"9g| 20 dDooks.................. 1 00 Halibut. Lump, 145lb kegs... 2.111 1 10 CADETTY ---...--.....-.-..... DO eeeRS oe 2 00 Chunk 10 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Mexican and Guatamala. abeeka ue 3 “ Strips sabia dead dasa 9 SEEDS. : OOKS..........2....... 6 25) CUTADB------ 22 --- ee ee ee De — oo 10 00 Herring. ee ee 18 i. eee a ee ee ee 2 25 | Canary, Smyrna...... |... 4 esha Yo reece ect e eee ee eee eee Holland white hoops bbi. 8 00 —— Kegs............... 1) Caraway ............ 0 S:andard Bushel.......... 1 25 Maracaibo. Credit Checks. Norwegian... ............ nn a aa 80 Rita Such eee 23 : Round 100 Ibs............. 2 50 Hemp, Russian.......... 4 ee ne 24 | 500, any one denom’n..... 300/ Round 40lbs............. 1 30 Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. Mixed Bird... 4% % Lushe!, bamboo de"ry. 3 30 ani. 1000, any one == sees dad | RR at a a 14 Mustard, white....... 1. 6% % bushel, bamboo del'ry. 4 00! Interior............. a sen pac 9g een ere 8 2 Mackerel. Ree g 00| POPPY .......- 0. 8 1 bushel, bamboo de1y. 5 00| Private Growth BONE espe ancruticre saa cs No 10s 8 11 00] Half Kegs.....0200000000007 425 a pesca arect are snes 5 i Tron strapped, 50 extra. | o Meandeniing 8 28] DRIED FRUITS—DOMESTIC | No.1 40lbs.... 1.0) 21”! 4 7% | Quarter Kegs................ 2 25 VU Hone. --.-.-....... 20 Diamond Clothes, 30x16.. 50 J 5 | 1 lbcans 45 : a . 2 Mocha. Ne. t ibe 125] *40Cans.... .......... 2... SNUFP, Braided Splint, 30xi6..... 400 tiation 25, Applies. No. 2 0 lbe 8 ATH BRICK. ee = (et oe 3 HERBS. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Aenerbea Seen tsine st @ No.2 10 be, Maccaboy, in jars..........! 35 Rata 80 Roasted. Evaporated 50 1b boxes. @ 4 Family 901bs.............. Sage 15 | French Rappee, in jars... 43 _ BLUING. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands California Fruits. Family 10 lbs.............. Hope cs pote 15 Fifth Avenue..... a Sardi SYRUPS. Jewell’s Arabian Mocha DECORA oe oe 11%@ dines. Wells’ Mocha and Java Blackberries........... Russian ORR os 55 INDIGO. Corn. pF Wells’ Perfection Java Nectarines -6 @ Stockfish. ATO 12 o Pe Sancaibo - wazagunt a . — 9 | No. 4, 1001b. bales......... 10% | Madras, 5 lb boxes......... 55| Half bbis.....0 01000122! 14 & prg | Idea Blend Pitted Cherries.. || 2.1, Se 84) 8. F.,2,3and5 1b boxes... 50 Pure Cane . : Leader Blend....... 7! Prumnelies.....02 0.2... ee = : i UIN Worden Grocer Co.'s Brands Raspberries............ co JELLY. BRE nope nnensocetesneyee eee) Oe. nie el ; ae mo | Guaker Mocha and gava.-.39 California Prunes. S 15 Ib pails Tamia SA - 30 ae ' i oko Mocha and Java......25 | 100-19095Ibboxes....... @ | = wove Slem pats. > 12 doz. Cases, per gro...... 4 50! Quaker Golden Santos... 93 _- = — ais e 44 er PT a a 60 SPICES. BROOMS. State House Blend.......... 22 80 - 90 25 Ib boxes....... @ 4% ae aoe iron Me. Carpet) 1 90 Package 70 - 80 25 lb boxes... .. @ 5% = = aCe . : - : = LYE. Whole Sifted. Cre 1% : ug . 60-70 2% Ib boxes:. .... @6 | ini.” 3 Allspice No. 3 Carpet -.. 150] Below are given New York! 9° 69 35 Ib boxes oui oo 2. Sassi, China in mais... ..2 18 ea eCnenet” """* 9 ge | prices on package coffees. to ’ oe A)... St ee. 69 61 29 | Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 | Cassia, China in mats....._ 10 Pasior ee c a : 209| Which the wholesale dealer 30 i 40 5 Ib cone settee @ 1% Condensed, 4 doz........... 2 25 Cassia, Batavia in bund... 20 Gaiduinen Whink: eee tee toeat: fetes tem | SS FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Chow Saigon in rolis......32 Fancy Whisk... g9| New York to your shipping - LICORICE. FT evee) AMDOFDR........... 15 Warehouse. ............._’ 9 95| point, giving you credit on the Raisins. Jennings . Cloves, Zanzibar............ 9 coe invoice for the amount of Mace, Batavia........ .....60 " CAKE FROSTING. freight buyer pays from the London Layers 3 Crown 1 60 D.C. Vanilla TO... eee eee ee eee ee eee 30 | Nutmegs, fancy....... -60 Nacretoin, per doz......... 2 40 | market in which he purchases London Layers5 Crown. 2 50 202 1 20| Calabria .................... % | Nutmegs,-No. 1....-.. - £0 Two doz. in case assorted flav- | to his shipping point, including Dehesias r : 3 50 a Sicily... 2... ee. eee. 14 | Nutmegs, No. 2...._.. w+ 45 ors—lemon, vanilla and rose, weight of package. In 60 Ib, Seat winches oe “3M OS... 1 50 ot.. 10 | Pepper, Singapore, black... 9 CANDLES. cases the list is 10¢ per 100 lbs. Loose Museatels 3 Crown 614 4oz.. ...2 00 Pepper, Singapore, white...i2 Me 7 above the price in full cases. Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 74 Sal... 3 00 MINCE MBAT. Pepper, shot................ 10 a bedeeee eee ee ; Arbuckle Pe mia tues 5 00 FOREIGN No. 8...4 00 Rael Seek ts ial ie Pure Ground in Bulk. oo Secrets 5 ns peeecyes— fn ne ee SGU 5 ° id ’ * ete eee CANNED GOODS. TicLaughlin’s XXXX._|_14 50 eggeaieceeers Sete Currants ||No. 27.125 P —— Manitowoc Peas. Extract. : Be MATCHES. Cassia, Batavia............. 22 Lakeside Marrowfat....... 100! valiey City % gross 75 | Patras bbis................@4% }] No. 3 T.2 00 Cassia, Saigon... ...........35 Lakeside E. J... .......... 120) Felix % gross ..... ... 1 18. | Vostizzas50 Ib cases... ..@ 4% No. 47.240} Diamond Match Co.’s brands. | Cloves, Amboyna.......--.'20 Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... 1 40] qummel’s foil %& groas g5 | Cleaned, bulk ............ @ 5% LL No.9 sulphur............... 1 65| Cloves, Zanzibar............ 15 Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 65 Bummei’s tin % gross 1 4g | Cleaned, packages........ @ 6 4 D. C. Lemon Anchor Parlor........ 170 | Ginger, African..........., 15 CHOCOLATE. Kneipp Malt Coffee. ne | | eee 0 eee! pee eo = Walter Baker & Co.’s. 1 1b. packages, 50 1b. cases 9 | ¢ : 3 100 Export Parlor........ -400) Mace, Batavia... .......°°79 German Sweet........ ae. : itron American 101b bx @14 vareenten Mustard, Eng. and Tri u 1 lb. packages, 100 1b. cases 9 » Eng rieste. .20 Premium, ........ cose ee Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 40z.. ...1 40 MOLASSES. Mustard, Trieste........... 5 Breakfast Cocoa .. 42| CONDENSED MILK. Orange American 101b bx @12 Nutmegs, ............... 40@.0 CLOTHES LINES. 4 doz in case. Raisins ae New Orleans. Pepper, Sing., black ....10@14 Lotton, 40 ft, per doz....... 1 00; Gail Borden Eagle........ 6 7% : No. 8...2 40 Pepper, Sing., white. ...15@18 Cotton, 50 ft, per doz.......1 20] Crown ..........-..........16 25] Ondura 28 th boxes...... @ 7% tlre ehh osag EE ee 11 | Pepper, Cayenne........ 13@20 Cotton, 60 ft, per doz....... ROM ec sce 5 7% | Sultana 1Crown........ @ 8% Se 0 loan... 14 | SARC. ------ ose e ee eeeeeee 8 Cotton, 70 ft, per doz.......1 60 ene 8 ae Sultana 2Crown ...... G9 al OG ccc. csc: 20 SODA Cotton, 80 ft, per doz....... 1 80 | Magnolia de 4 25 | Sultana 3Crown........ @ 9% p NO. 37.1 85) Pancy .020 222222222022 24 : Jute, 60 ft, per doz......... OO | Ceres. oo ook os 3 50; Sultana 4Crown........ @ 9% No. 4T.1 50] Open Kettle............... ODED | MOMOR ee i ol 5% Jute, 72 ft, per doz.......... . % .Dime..... a: faserccws .oe+r++-8 35 Sultana 6 Crown........ QW - Half-barrels 2c extra. Kegs, English,.............. 4% (LEED RIND ORS ae } i MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 24 3-lb boxes......... 1 60 Barrels, 190 31bbags......2 %5 Barrels, 40 7 lbbags...... 2 50 Butter, 56 1b bags........... 65 Butter, 20 14 1b bags........ 3 00 Butter, 280 lb bbls..........2 50 Common Grades. Mes Myeeers.. 2.8... 2 60 OU 5-1 S6CKS..-. 1... 5... 1 85 2S Pi-lb sacks............... 1 70 Worcester. 50 4 Ib. cartons........... 3 25 1% 2410: Sacks... ....... 4 00 mo & bP RAenS.... b..lc.. 375 Be th 1D. SaeRe. 2 5... 3 50 2070 Woo seers. 2:02.52... 3 50 28 ib: linen sacks............ 2 Se ib. linen eAcks............ 60 Bulk in barrels... ......... 2 50 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks . 60 Solar Rock. 56-lb sacks.. Joo ae Ceiiaess ie: Rawinaw 0. 60 oe... Cf. Ce STARCH. Kingstora’s ¢ —— 40 1-Ib packages... eS 20 1 lb packages............. 61% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 40 1-lb packages............. 6% Cin PoOrce 8... c... 7 Diamond. 6410c packages ........... 5 00 128 5c packages.. .. ..9 00 32 10c and 64 5c packages.. -5 00 Common Corn. i oor... 5 40h beeee. 3... 3... 4% Common Gloss. L-Ib packages............... 4% 3-lb packages. . Gib packages............... oa 40 and 50 lb boxes........... morte = SOAP. Laundry. Armour’s Brands. Armour’s Family.......... 2 70 Armour’s Laundry........ 3 25 Armour’s Comfort......... 2 80 Armour’s White, 100s...... 6 25 Armour's White, 50s....... 3 20 Armour’s Woodchuck .... 2 55 Armour’s Kitchen Brown. 2 00 Armour’s Mottled German 2 40 Single a Sete e ee cole 2 8 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 = 10 box lots. delivered.. "27 JAS. 8. KIRK & 60.’S BRAS. American Family, wrp'd.. 3 33 Awerican Family, unwrp ‘a. 3 27 Dene 38 33 Camsuee 2 20 Savon ... = ne oe Dusky Diamond. 5% 0z...... 2 10 Dusky Diamond, 58 0z -3 00 Bueindin oc 3 = Kirkoline.. Se ey: MOB ee co 3 ‘ Lautz Bros. & Co.’s pessane~7 . Acme 2 85 SOBER. oo. te. 2 8 5 box lots, delivered... ...2 80 10 box lots, delivered....:.. 2 5 25 hex Ints delivered. 2 65 Thompson «& Chnte’s Brand. —“—_ Mel ora ee, 3 00 5 box lot, delivered........ 2 95 10 box lot, delivered........ 2 85 2 box lot, delivered........ 2% Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands. Single box... .. ‘ 5 box lots, delivered. 10 box lots, delivered Allen B. Wrisley’s Brand Ss. Old Country, 80 1-Ib. bars ..2 15 Good Cheer, 60 Ah ib. bars....2 35 Uno, 100 %-lb. bars.......... 2 +0 Doll, 100 16-02. bars......... 23 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 local treight 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. Cue boat: 4 87 DOO 4 75 Mes os 4 50 Powaeree@ oo 4 50 XXXX Powdered .4 62 MOUIG A ..4 50 Granulated in bbls... ...... 4 2% Granulated in bags......... 4 2% Fine Granulated............ 425 Extra Fine Granulated..... 4 37 Extra Coarse Granulated. ..4 37 Diamond Confece. A........ 4% a Standard A......... 412 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 4% Lea & Perrin’s, small. Halford, iarge........ Halford smali....... ....- 2 25 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, small..... 2 65 TOBACCOS. Cigars. G, J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. Sc. W.......- H. & P. Drug Co.'s brand, Quintette 35 Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. New Brick 35 00 VINEGAR. Leroux Cider......... .. ereeee 10 Robinson's Cider, 40 grain....10 Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain. ..12 WICKING. No. 0, per gross.. 25 No. 1, pergross.. :_ = INO: 2, per Bross... co. .: 40 INO. 3, per S10Rs............ vb) Fish and Oysters Fresh Fish. Per lb Whitefish .......-... @ 9 Me cc @ 8 Black Bass. . @ 10 Paltout .... @ 12%» Ciscoes or Herring. . @ 4 Bienen. ..22. 20... @ 10 Live Lobster....... @ 16 Boiled Lobster...... @ 338 Cog @ Ww Haddock... .. ...... @ 8 No. 1 Pickerel...... @ 8 PUG ec @ 7 Smoked White...... @.8 Red Snapper. . @ 1% Col River Salmon.. @ 13 Mackerel .......... @ 2 Oysters in Cans. FE. A. Counts... ...... @ 38 F. J. D. Selects...... a Selects -..... . -...- @ 2 F. J. D. Standards. . @ Ww AmenoOrm. 0.2... @ 18 Standards... ce @ 16 Favorite .........+. @ i4 Oysters in Bulk. a ine a. 2 00 Extra Selects........ 1 60 Belegtse 1 40 Medinigs.... 0.0... 110 Baltimore Standards 95 Clee oo... 1 2% SUL DS. 6, ve.c @ 125 Shell Goods. Oysters, per 100.......1 25@1 50 Clams, per 100....... G1 00 Candies. Stick Candy. bbls. pails Standard... 2... |. 54@ 7 Standard H. H.. d4@ 7 Standard Twist..... 6 @7 Cus doar... TH@ 8% cases [oa as 23 ae ee @ 8% Boston Cream...... @ 8% Mixed Candy. Competition......... @6 SUHMGREG. or... @ 6% vo @i Comserye,..... ..... @7 Raver @7% ee @ 8% Bromen .... 8... @ 8 Cue Eoat. co .... @ 8 English Rock....... @ 8 Kindergarten....... @ 8% French Cream...... @9 Dandy Pan.......... @io Valley Cream.. .... @13 Fancy—In Bulk. Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% Lozenges, printed.. @ 8% Choc. Drops........ @i4 Choc. aoa @i2% Gum Drops......... @5 Moss Drops......... @7% Sour Drops.......... @ 8% Emperiais............ @ 8% Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops....... @50 Sour Drops. ........ @50 Peppermint Drops.. @60 Chocolate Drops.. @6 H. M. Choe. Drops.. @i Gum Drops......:.. @35 Licorice Drops...... 7 A. B. Licorice — @a50 Lozenges, plain.. @55 Lozenges, printed... @bo Imperials eee ee. @60 Mottoes......... a @65 Cream Bar...... @.0 Molasses Bar ....... @50 Hand Made Creams. 80 @90 Plain Creams....... 60 @s80 Decorated Creams. . @90 String Roek......... @t0 Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Wintergreen Berries @55 Caramels. No.1 ———— 2 Ib. Bowes @30 No. V1 wrapped, 3 Ib. ee @45 No. 2 wrapied, 2 Ib. . Fresh Meats. Beef. Carcass 0... - 5%@ 7 Fore quarters......... 4 @6 Hind quarters........ 6 GM Loins No. 3........... 8 @Ii2 Ribs ne ia eee “@ 5 heat Lard. ............ @ 5% Mutton. Carcass cc 6 @7 Spring Lambs......... 7 @8 Veal. Cateass 6 @8 Crackers. The N. Y. Biscuit Co. quotes as Coton: Butter. MeCvHIONT RS ss 6 Seymour XXX, 31b. carton 6% Family XXX 6 ee ay 3lb carton.. 6% Salted X 6 Salted XXX. 3 1b carton. 6% Soda XXX Soda XXX, 3 1b earton.. 6% Sede, (ley ls, T% Zophyictie eee Coe -. 10 Long Island Wafers....... 11 L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton .. 12 Oyster. Square - 5% b>. > 6 Sq. Oys. XXX.11b carton. 7 Farina Oyster, XXX....... 6 EET GOODS—Boxes. RAGES ccs 11% Bent’s Cold Water......... 13 Helle Hes ee Cocoanut Taffy............ 9 Coffee Cakes... ........... 84% Frosted Honey............. 12 Graham Crackers ......... 8 Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 7 Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 7 Gin. Snps,XXX home made 7 Gin. Snps,XXX sealloped.. 7 Ginger Vanilla... .. |... 8 PPAPOTIANS ooo. 8% Jumples, Honey........... 11 Molasses Cakes............ 8 Marshmallow ............. 15 «Marshmallow Creams..... 16 Pretzels, hand made ..... 8% Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6% Sugar Cake... 3... 8 SCAG ee 12 Sears Lanch:... TM Sears’ Zephyrette.. ..... ..10 Vanilla Square........... 8% Vanilla Wafers........... 14 Pecan Wafers... ... ...... 16 Wrote Coffee. |: ..... 10 Mixed Ficnic.. .....3..... 10% Cream Jumbles ............ 11% Boston Ginger Nuts........ 8% Chimmie Fadden........ a Pineapple Glace..: i. Grains and Feedstuffs Wheat. Wheat. . poo 8u Winter Wiicet £ Flour. Locai Brands. Paton 5 00 mecond Patent. 00/11... 4 55 eeiene 4 30 ae 3 $0 Graham 4 3 Buckwheat | : = ee Subject to usual cash ‘tis. count, Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional, Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand. Qeamer Me 4 50 naker sq. 4 5u Quaker 46.0. 4 5u Spring Wheat Flour. Olney & Judson ’s eo Ceresota 368 475 Ceresota, a! 4 6 Ceresota tis 4 60 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Grand Republic, \s........ 475 Grand Repubiie, \s.. .4.¢5 Grand Republic, %s........ 4 60 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Daurel ta. 4 75 Eaurel 4s. 0 | age Mager 36500 4 6U Lemon « Wheeler Co.’s Brand. Parisian, %s........ oe Parisian, AAS. . wio-s «1: Go POriban Me abe Meal a 1 50 Granuiated 1% Feed and Millstuffs. St. Car Feed. screened ....10 75 No. 1 Corn and Oats....... 9 7 Unbolted Corn Meal....... 9 v5 Winter Wheat Bran... ... 9 00 Winter Wheat Middlings..10 00 cles. ti. 8 Ov The O. E. Brown Mill Co. quotes as follows: New Corn. Car lots.. 2 oe Less than ear lots......... 26 Oats. Car lots. ... | Carlots, clipped.. ae oe Less than car lots... <2 Hay. No. 1 Timothycarlots..... 10 00 No. 1 Timothy, tou lots....11 vv Fruits. Oranges. Fancy Seedlings Mexicans 150-176-200 @3 00 Cal. Seedlings....... 2 50@3 Ou Lemons. Strictly choice 360s... @2 50 Strictly choice 300s.. 2 50 Maney a00s...... |... @3 ov Ex.Fancy 300s...... 3 25@3 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 @1 50 Large bunches...... 1% @2 0 Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs, Choice Layers 10 lb eee cee area @10 = New Smyrna PO ee @l4 Figs, Naturals in Ih bags... @7 nee. F a in 101b eee ee. @8 — hae in 601b ——- .... ........ @6 Dates, Persians,G.M. K., 60 1b cases, new @6 Dates, Sairs 60 Ib CARER ol @5 Nuts. Almonds, Tarragona. . @l12 Almonds, Ivaca....... @ll Almonds, California, soft shelled......... @12 Breasts new... @7%* rte @i Walnuts, Grenobles .. @12 Walnuts, Calif No. 1. @10 Walnuts, soft shelled Cane @12% Table Nuts, fancy.... @ll Table Nuts, choice... @10 Pecans, Med....... ... @ 9 Pecans, Ex. Large.... @10 Pecans, Jumbos....... @i2 Hickory Nuts per bu., Ohio, new. Cocoanuts, eo Butternuts per bu.. Black Walnuts per bu we b> ¥ Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Game J 4% Fancy, H. P., Flags Moastod Choice, H. P., Extras. Choice, H. P., Extras, Roasted oo wa x © 88 © &&O8 ® at Provisions. Swift & Company quote as follows: Barreled Pork. Mess tee. | 6 a 8 7 Clear back.. 8 5u Short cut.. ices oe ee 11 50 See ~o& Want 9 0C re Salt Meats. Bellies . > Besieged 5 Myara Shorts... 2... .. 43% Smoked [leats. Hams, 12 lb average .... 9% Hams, 14 1b average 9% Hams, 16 Ib average..... O14 Hams, 20 lb average..... 835 Ham dried beef.......... 10% Shoulders (N. Y. cut). 54 Pacem. clear....... .... 7 California hams........ 5% Boneless bams..........- Sh Cooked ham..........__. 104% Lards. In Tierces. Campamngd................ 3% Bee 534 oo to Tupe....... advance Lp 801d Tubs........ advance 4 S01b Tins .......advance 4 oo Th Patis..... .. acvance be 10 lb Pais....... advance 34 Sip Pais....... advance % 31D Pals. ...... advance 1 Sr. Boloena ........ —. 5 River: ............... 64 Frankfort. . 64 Pork ’ BLy meee 6 Tore... 9 Hea Cheese 6% Beef. Mitra Mess... |... 7 Mametess <1... 10 00 OUP 10 00 Pigs’ Feet. Bits, 5 ihe....... 38 4 bbis, Oe 1 5u i. bis O06 ibe... ...... . 2 30 Tripe. _—; ree = 14 bbls, 40 Ibs. - 1 % bbls; 80 ibs...._... = a es Peg. oo 18 Beef rounds.. 3% Beef middles............ 8 SMCCN 60 ~ 9a Rolls, dairy.. aoe 10 Selim, Gairy.. 9% Rolls, Greamery........ Solid, creamery ...... . Canned Meats. Corned beef, Zz lb....... 2 00 Corned beef, 14 i... 14 00 Roast beef, 2 Ib....... 200 Potted ham, —...... = Potted bam. oa... 2 Deviledham, is....... 60 Deviledham, ‘4s....__. 1 00 Petted tongue Ws....... 60 Potted tongue %s....... 1 00 Hides and Pelts. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: Hides. Green 4%@ 5% Part Cured: ........... @ 6% Pall Guved..:.. 6%4@ 7% De 6 @8 Kips. green.. --- 44@ 5% Kips, cured.....- --- 64@ 8 Calfskins, green...... 64.@ 8 Calfskins, eured...... i%@ 9 Deacenskins ......... 2 @30 elts. SCARHINgS ........... 5 10 oe ee Old Weel... ........ 40@ 75 urs. Pe COG BEGHE oi. cel. Mushrats... Mea For... ....... .. Gray Fox.. 4 Cross: Wow ...... . a... Cat Wid... Cat, House. .......... Bisner,............... vee... Les Martin, Dare is Martin, Yellow ...... sl gh te Ca EER IS Se Wor... Oar. a GAVGR oui cs: 2 WW@ Deerskin, dry, per lb. 6 BD 25 Deerskin, gr’n,perlb. 10@ 12% Wool. Washoe =... - @i6 Unwasned 2.0.1... 5... @12 fisestiiabatue.,. a 2@s Grease Butter......... | @?2 sweemes |... ........- 1%@ 2 iON os. 2 HOG@2 Oils. Barrels. DCeme 2. @1014 XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt @ 8% W W Michioan........ @8 High Test Headlight. . @7 PPS. Gee... @9 Deo. Naptha : @ 8% Cylinder .. ---30 @38 ngine ey lack, winter......... @9 Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEW ARE. Butters. a6 wal., per dew.......... 50 lto@ gal, per gal...... 5% Sonal pereal ........... tide 10 gal., per gal.. oo bie 12 gal., per gal.. _.. 64% 15 gal. meat-t ibs. per gal.. 8 2u gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 8 25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. lu 3U gal. weut tubs, per gal... 10 Churns. ztoGeal, pergal........ 5% Churn Dasners, per doz... §& Milkpans. % gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 60 1 gal. fat or rd. bot., each 5% Fine Glazed Miikpans. % gal. flat orrd. bot.,doz. 65 1 gal. flatorrd. bot.,each 5% Stewpans. 4% gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 85 1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.1 10 Jugs. oa Sal, per doz... 2... 40 ‘4 gal. perdos.... _....... 50 1 to 5 gal., per gal. oe. 6% Tomato Jugs. % gal., per doz.. oa oe I gal..é-ch..... 7 Corks for be gal., per doz.. 20 Corks fur 1 gal., nti doz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. % gul., stone cover, doz... 7% 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, perlb... 2 LAMP BURNERS. ne OS... -_ 2 Te No. 2 Sun eee 73 Teer 50 Security, No. ,..... , 65 Security, No. a, 85 Nutmeg ........ oo Climax.. 50 LAMP CHIMNEY S—Common. Per box of 6 rac No. 0 Sun. ha tan. ........ No. 2 Sun... First ‘Quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 10 No. I Sun, crimp top, wrapped and inbeled. 23 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. -_so XXX Flint. No. © Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 55 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. .. 2 75 No. 2 Sun, crimp _ top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 75 CHIMNEY S—Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped and Abeleg No 2 Sun, wrapped and — labeled... No. 2 Hinge, wrapped ‘and “ek Ba. 8s No.3 Sun, ‘ “Small “Bulb,” for Globe Lampe......... 80 La Bastie. No. oo plain bulb, per Sere Gt ceecmeee deere a. 2% “ ° Sun, plain bulb, per Ca 50 No. 7 Crimp, per des....... 1 No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. .. . 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime (6c doz)...... 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70e doz).. .. 4 06 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 70 Electric. No. 2, Lime (70c doz) ..... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 40 OIL CANS, Doz. 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 1 gal galv iron with spout. 1 65 2 gal galv iron with spout. 2 57 3 gal galv iron with spout. 4 0v 5 gal galv iron with spout. 5 00 5 gal galv iron with faucet 6 00 5 gal Tilting cans. oo 5 gal galy iron Nacefus ._. 9 90 Pump Cans al Rapid steady stream. 9 00 5g 5 gal Eureka non ———- 10 50 3 gal Home Rule.. 5g 5g weaas U0 50 al Home Rule.. -....2 al Pirate King.. — oe LANTERNS. No. @Tubular..... eT No. 18 Tubular... .:.... 6 50 No. 13 Tubular Dash. - 6 30 No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14 0C No: 3Street Lamp ...... 3% LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents...... . -£ No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz. each, box 15 cents........ 45 No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz, each, bbl 35 No. 0 Tubular, bull’s eye, eases 1 doz. each. LAMP WICKS. No. 0 per gross. +. ae WO. f per Bross... 3... oo No. 2 per gross.. oe | No.3 per gross... ercchig cutee 58 Mammoth per eet 70 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People An Advertising Epic. Bus ness slack, Mercnant sad. Hid his name, He blame. Sense came back, Wrote an ad. Custom came, ‘Trade was good. Known to fame. Pec ple came. Merchant same Aa. renewed. While he had Nay ad. He was mad! Business bad. Now he swears, On his oath, Busine-s cares Come from sloth In advertising. ———_> 2. ____ Art of Reaching aud Holding Trade by Advertising. Last week, under this head, I called attention to some things advertisers should not do. In this article I desire to point out some essentials of profitable and economical advertising. First, let us look at the question of practical economy. How often the solicitor of advertising hears the re- mark, ‘‘Oh, I can’t afford so much space. Half the amount I am now us- ing will do just as much good, and | can save so much expense.’’ In nine cases out of ten, such a re- mark is made by a man using already only a half or perhaps a quarter as much space as his business actually de- mands and will more than pay for in increased profits. Now, bere is an illustration: A is doing business on a capital of $15,coo His store room will admit of carrying $25,000 worth of goods, which increase may be easily handled by the force of clerks employed on the $15,000 basis The added stock will demand no greater outlay for rent, light, heat or clerk hire. It will mean an additional expense of a few dollars, only, for insurance. He 1s using advertising space costing him, for the year, $500. His profits, figuring them at Io per cent., above cost of sell- ing, if he does a $15,000 business, amount to $1,500. But A 1s a wise mer- chant, and isn’t satisfied with this, so he doubles his advertising bills, making them: $1,000. In far less time than would seem possible to the uninitiated, A is handling $25,000 worth of goods a year ; the only increase in expense is a trifle for insurance and $500 more for publicity. Ten per cent. profit on $25,000 is $2,500 per year. Deduct $500 from this, and we find that the extra advertising has not only paid tor itself, but added dollar for dollar with itself to the yearly profits of A. This is not a superficial illustration, but is a fact, demonstrable in _ thou- sands of instances. Double the amount of money you now spend for publicity, up to a reasonable point, and for every cent so expended you are not only re- imbursed, but there is a definite gain in profits. Of course, the above argument is predicated on the basis of using the ut- most care in the writing of the adver- tisements, the use of good judgment and forethought in placing the same in the proper channels, and so surround- ing advertising expenses with every safeguard that the returns cannot fail to be satisfactory. ‘*But,’’ says B, ‘‘I tried that, last year. Instead of a double six-inch space, I contracted with our local paper for twenty-four inches, which, while the cost was almost double, didn’t bring me in a dollar’s worth more profit.’’ And I have no doubt B is right. But let us look into the matter. B doubled his space, but did he double his ‘‘brains?’’ In other words, did he, in preparing his advertising, double his, care and painstaking effort to make it profitable? No! I'll tell you what he did do. He wrote an advertisement something like this: BROWN & GO. —DEALERS IN— Dry Goods, Gfoceries, Boots and Shoes. Full line always in stock. 1-2 Slow St., Sleepy Fown, 1D. Y. This he sent to the printer on Janu- ary 1. Along sometime in March, when the printer saw that his type was being worn out, he called on B and _in- sisted that he change his advertisement. ‘*Well,’’ drawls B, in a sleepy tone, ‘‘I haven’t time to be fixing up new advertisements every day. Change it to suit yourself and put in anything you want to.’” The printer does so, which means that he merely changes the style of type—not the language. The readers of the Tradesman, who, of course, are progressive and up to- date in all matters pertaining to busi- ness, may consider the Brown picture overdrawn, but I can assure them to the contrary. I have heard such remarks as B made to the printer hundreds of times, and not so long ago, either. And this is only one of the many different ways in which money is wasted in advertising. I.can only enumerate a few: Carelessness in preparation, is, I con- sider, the greatest evil. Each adver- tisement should receive the closest study and the strictest criticism. You can- not afford to say, ‘‘Oh, anything will do—it’s only an advertisement.’’ Mod- ern buyers judge of.a firm by its adver- tising. If it shows care, the reader knows that firm is careful in its selec- tion of goods. If it carries an absolute conviction of truthfulness, the reader knows the house is reliable and honest. If it goes into a careful depiction of values and details, the reader knows at a glance if such an article as he desires is to be found in that store. If it con- veys a certain courtesy and kindliness in its general tone, the reader knows that dealings with that house will be carried on pleasantly and in a manner which satisfies both customer and mer- chant. He also knows that an advertiser who writes a pleasing advertisement surrounds himself with clerks who are gentlemanly in their deportment, and therefore make a visit to that store a pleasure as well as a matter of business. To sum up the facts, every advertise- ment 1s a sure delineation of your busi- ness character. If you exhibit those qualities which appeal to the sensible and conservative, yet progressive and aggressive, side of human nature, you attract customers of the best sort, for their appreciation of such qualities places them in the ranks of the finan- cially solid citizens. If, on the other hand, your publicity shows neglect, carelessness, lack cf in- telligent descriptive matter, and a gen- eral deficiency along this line, the oniy trade you can hope to win is that of the lazy and shiftless element, for this class, if any, never read the newspapers. Let us suppose that B is writing a let- ter to a person whom he desires to secure as a customer, knowing that his trade is worth a large amount annually. Does he leave such correspondence to one of his clerks? Does he say to a man in his employ, ‘Oh, write a letter to Jones, and put in anything you please, ’’ and then dismiss the matter from his mind? Not by any means. B sits down at his desk and ponders. ‘‘What is the best thing to say to Jones which will be a convincing argument why he should give me his trade.’’ And when B has decided on a policy to be pur- sued, he consecrates the best efforts of his mind in clothing that policy in words at once so fitting and conclusive that Jones cannot fail to be impressed and influenced in B’s direction thereby. Not only does B do this, but when his first effort is completed, he goes over it carefully with the pruning-knife of pru- dence, and carefully lops off all such twigs and shoots as are liable in the least to carry an unfavorable impression. And, at last, when B has produced just the epistle which good judgment and careful thought convince him is sound in argument and attractive in form, he doesn’t mai] it at once, but proceeds to beautify it still further by the mechani- cal skill of the typewriter. Not until it has received every ad- vantage which brains, skill and mechan- ical embellishment can give to it does the important business letter start on its mission of influencing and controlling the recipient. How much greater, then, should be the care used in preparing the adver- tising. Instead of costing two cents for postage, the advertisement may cost anywhere from ten toa thousand dollars. Instead of being intended to reach and influence one person, it aims to guide and control the buying interests of the community, and in so much greater de- gree is the public advertisement the criterion of the merchant's business acumen and capacity for suiting his trade. NEMO. * * * Subjoined are a few pattern advertise- ments, selected from some of the best which have recently come under our observation : ‘‘Behind the Bars’”’ of a mosquito netting, in a hammock, is the place to sieep in summertime. But @ now when it’s cold and drear, genuine comfort is found sleeping between our XXXX Al double width blankets, soft as eiderdown (near!y), warm as July. wearable as iron. S ecial prices on all bedding goods this month. C990800000006 0000000006 The Oldest Inhabitant cannot remember another such a winter seasun as this: balmy instead of biting air; raiu and mist instead of snow and sleet; mud instead of sleighing; No- vember weatbe’ in Decen ver and part of January. Such is tue cau-e of our d sconient, and the reason we shall start a Clearing sule Monduy that will CLEAR. We are caretul buyers. aud wou d have been selu out “slick and clean’? had the weather been co der. However, it dvesn't do any good to find fault because we've lost the profit on half our winter goods, and our customers are going to get it: su here's a cherry - nd cordial invitation to attend the greatest movey-saving sale in your experience. Oecceoooscsoosecoooosee PQODQDODOOODE FTES PQQDOQOOOO© QOOQOQOOGS Oeccccoosscoeeees ¢ €QOO0OOO¢ ©) | 00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0000 What oa You Think & of an offer from us of a half-a-dollar coin with every pair of $3 shoes you bought this week? You'd pronounce it a snap and take advantage of it very quickly, wouldn't you? Well, we're doing something equal to that offer in selling our regular $3 shoes at only $2.50 a pair. We deduct the half a dollar. If we asked full price, which the shoes are fully worth, and presented you with the coin, you might recogni.e the saving more Clear'y, but we leave it to your intelligence to just as fully appre- ciate th- gift in this selling of $3 shoes fur $2.50. 8 We have every size and style. ° ie A Shoe’s Good Name... cannot be made in a day, nor in asingleseason. Its merits must be demonstrated. Peop'e must wear i a_ reasonable length of time before they \ will place the stamp of ap- proval upon it. The Biank Sho--, which we re!l yeu at @ only $2.50, has been worn for en ee fully two years. Every sea- son, those people whw wore it betore ask foritagain They take it in preference to most $3 shoes. If you wore it one season youd want it again, like the rest of them. , Try it this Spring. — SS. eo Grace and Sense. It may sound strange, or look odd in type, but there can be grecefulness in sensible shoes ju-t as well as not. The trouble with most of the sensible shoes is that they are clumsy and » wkward in appear- ance, and ofttimes in rea ity. But that’s been overcome in the newer and better styles. We can now sel you either men’s or women’s shoes that pos- sess all the comtort-giving and health-protecting —- and yet are graceful in shape. You should see them. DOOOMDOOOPOOQOOOOOOQOOQOOOOE© For Sloppy Weather. ® @ ® 1) ® ; One day of freezing and one day of © thawing—that’s the way it's been go- © ing this winter, and that’s what © makes the walking miserable—not a only in ‘he country, but in the best- 6 paved cities. 6 It is just the sort of weather that © = demands the wearing of rub- ers 3 We've an immense stock of the i best grades of rubbers of all sorts ~ and sizes. There are nene lower © priced, and none higher in quality 6 at the price. (@) Pree Monee s g wd RS : 3 » “i | i ~ 3 ; ee LIFE IN OLD MEXICO. Some of Its Features Briefly Set Forth. From Modern Mexico. The ladies never flirt. American apples are retailed for $1 a dozen. ‘The women have not yet adopted the bicycle. Soldiers wear a linen uniform when on fatigue duty. Good household servants are paid from $4 to $8 a month. Cigarettes are made of pure tobacco, and are very cheap. You clap your hands to stop the street car or Call a waiter. Men arrested for drunkenness are made to sweep the streets. The devout Catholic always raises his hat while passing a church. There are free band concerts in all the cities at least once a week. You can hire the finest cab on the street for two silver dollars an hour. It is quite the proper thing to take a little nap after the midday meal. The peons wear sandals made of sole leather, and prefer them to shoes. Church bells are rung as fast and sharp as fire bells in the United States. You may listen for a year and never hear an angry word spoken in Spanish. It never gets cold enough to kill the grass or the leaves on the hardier trees. The bananas that are considered best by many are only about two inches long. The largest business houses are closed for au Hour and a half in the middle of the day. Turkeys are driven to market through the main streets of the cities, just like sheep. Even the peon’s wife has a piece of drawn work to cover her husband’s din- ner basket. The departing lady kisses her lady friends on both cheeks at the door or on the street car. The Federal telegraph has recently inaugurated a night service, and ten words can be sent for ten cents. Nobody chews tobacco, but nearly everybody smokes cigarettes, including most of the women ot the lower classes. White paper is one of the things that are expeusive. Ordinary newspaper costs about Jo cents (silver) a pound. One of the favorite sweets for children is sugar cane. It 1s sold in pieces about eighteen inches long for 1 centavo each. You can buy all the beautiful flowers you can carry home in a half bushel basket for an American half dollar. Babies and children all wear half socks, and are happy with bare legs when Northern visitors require over- coats. , Cigars that retail for ten cents are said by good judges to be equal to brands that sell in the States for twenty- five cents. The weather is not a subject of com- ment unless it is bad. It is, asa rule, so fine that it furnishes no variety of con- versation. The stamp law is very thoroughly en- forced. Every form of commercial paper, from check to contract, contrib- utes to the revenue. The hiss is used almost as universally as among the French, not only to attract some one’s attention but to denote dis- approval. The street car mules make better time than in any other country in the world. About half of the time they are kept on a full gallop. Horses with tails more than twelve to eighteen inches long are rare excep- tions, as the tails of fashionable coach horses are invariably docked. Everybody shakes hands both at meeting and parting, even though the visit may be on the street corner and lasts only two minutes. Banks are capitalized for immense sums and have very strict regulations, and failures among these institutions are practically unknown. The politeness the common people show each other and their affection for their children area never-ending source of pleasure to foreigners. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Every one is required by law to keep a bowl of water in the entry way of his house for the convenience of dogs, so that they will not go mad from thirst. The waiter will give you a complete change of plate, knife, and fork with every separate order of meat or vege- table, and the style is to eat but one thing at a time. Very few horses are used except for carriages. The little mules pull and Carry immense loads. Big two-wheeled Carts are used,almost exclusively for all kinds of drayage. . There is an excellent Federal tele- graph system, and nothing can happen in the whole republic of any importance whatever that President Diaz does not know of it almost immediately. j A gentleman would almost feel dis- graced to be seen carrying a two-pound package or his satchel on the public Streets. Servants and carriers are so cheap that such work is always left to them. _ Fires are almost unknown. Cooking is done with a little charcoal in stoves made of masonry, and as the houses are universally built of stone and bricks, and have no chimneys, there is little chance for conflagrations. Gentlemen rarely drive, and Mexican ladies never do. they do not have their own carriage and coachman they hire cabs. There are very few rigs, even in the City of Mexico, that can be hired without a driver. Aside from fresh fruits, which are al- ways served abundantly, dessert is al- most unknown on the average home or hotel table. A dulce, or simply a sweet of some kind, is served at the end of the meal, but it rarely consists of more than a very small portion of preserved fruit or one little tart about the size of a dollar, Everybody buys a lottery ticket once a week, Even the peons gather up ten cents for a fraction of a ticket, and many people claim that, as it is the only real luxury or pleasure they can afford, they should not be deprived of it. Many families give the servant money for the lottery ticket when she goes out to do the marketing, and some firms even keep a lottery account, setting aside so much each month for the purchase of tickets. >. ____ The Demand for Thermometers. A dealer in thermometers said that under ordinary conditions the sales of thermometers were about ten per cent. greater in winter than in summer. Chere were more people, and so more buyers, in town in winter, and he thought, too, that people are more in- terested in the temperature of winter weather than in that of summer. If there should be a prolonged spell of very hot weather in summer the sale of thermometers would increase enough to make it equal with the usual sale in winter. Alike cold spell in winter, however, would increase the sale in that season, so that, take it altogether, the average sale of thermometers was great- er in winter than in summer. —_—-+$—~>-0~- When strict attention to business and a stock of the right styles of right goods at right prices does not produce busi- ness for you in your community, it would be wise to move to some other location. Your community is surely dead. —_~> 0. ____ Joseph H. Choate, the great New York lawyer, who was a candidate for the United States Senate, is worth at least $2,000,000, earned in the practice of his profession. He is a nephew of Rufus Choate and a graduate of Har- vard. —_—_~>.____ Advertising your business is as legit- imate as paying rent. Merchants should look upon it as their right-hand bower— something potent, if persisted in, to bring legitimate returns on the outlay. ———_>_2.____ A newly-patented nail for use in fas- tening the soles on shoes has the tip made smaller than the body of ibe nail and soft, so it can be easily turned to clinch*it when driven in. CSSSISSISTELEEEL ELE: NINE POINTS IN LAW 3 w. Jo. Ww CK BKC oO CK Cin oi Ue J De Dee ee) i ‘Tis said possession is. But to wide-a-wake dealers the possession of our MINCE PIE is More, It’s Profit, Satisfaction, Quick Sales, New Customers, etc. MINCE PIE Is the latest departure in the baking art —a wholesome and nutritious cake, em- bracing most charming flavors. REMEMBER —14 cents per pound takes the pie. Write for sample. N6W YOrk Bisoult 60. Grand Rapids, Michigan. AECL Ah oN oC Cie Ye Ye Se Je Ye Ye x fs a Ba o a a i o re be te e Cals 3 ACRES A DAY SELF-LOCKING HAND POTATO PLANTER See that stud?) See thet slot ? Unlocked \ aan ready \o oben \ ‘ here show The Jaws of we “CURENA’ SELP-LOCKING HAND POTATO PLANTER Almost closea \| bul not \ yet locked Notice that the beak does not lock until the jaws are nearly closed. 50% BROS ye G-R- mien When the beak is pressed into the ground it unlocks; when the beak is withdrawn it instantly locks again. Therefore the planter is locked at all times when not actually in position for planting. Retail price of the ‘ EUKEKA,” $1.25; of the “PINGREE,” $1.00. Liberal discount to the trade. The “Eureka” patent Seed and Fruit Sack. Retail price, 50c. Just the thing for use with the hand potato planter. SOLE PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS. GREENVILLE PLANTER CoO., Successor TO EUREKA PLANTER Co., GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN. 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Opportunities of Trade. Written for the TRabESMAN. One of the most beneficent of the laws governing the evolution of character, the gaining of that higher moral and mental status which distinguishes one individual above the average of his fellows, is that all attainment must be the result of effort. It 1s through the operation of this law that there 1s such a thing as a ‘‘natural selection,’’ as the evolutionists term it, which 1s advanc- ing the race by the survival of those 1n- dividuals who put forth the greatest effort. In the decision of the question as to who shall be chosen to lead in the ad- vance there are usually two factors, gen- erally operative in varying degrees: one of these is found in the surround- ings ot the individual, the other in his natural endowmeuts. It 1s a common observation that the most energetic and progressive peoples of the world are those compelled by the vicissitudes of their environment to put forth considerable effurt for the preser- vation of life. To be sure, there are many instances where the battle is su severe that only a stunted existence is the price of victory,as in the inhabitants of the most inclement regions. But these are very few compared with the numberless millions of the denizens ot what are considered the most favorea climes, where the tempered breezes are sufficient shelter, and where, at all sea- sons, the truits of ‘earth are to be hau for the gathering. There is an instruct- ive lesson in the fact that vast num bers are destroyed by the enervation oi such comfort and plenty where one suc- cumbs to the undue severity of the mosi rigorous, stormi-beaten shcre. And it is scarcely necessary to cite the examples of the so-called sons o! fortune among the progressive peoples, whose lives are failures for the want o1 incentives to etfort. In this case, how ever, there are exceptions to the univer sality of the condemnation of these ‘*favorites of fortune’’ in that there are individuals here and there who escape the fate of their fellows through the operation of the uatural characteristics which constitute the other tactor in the decision of leadership referred to above. The degree in which the personal equation signifies varies greatly in the different avocations of civilized life. There is in the character of many trades and employments only the opportunity for a mediocrity of effort and of result. The artisan has his task apportioned. A certain amount of work, with a cer tain Compensation, is the outcome ot each day s set routine. In the perform- ance ot this task, with the preparation of habit and practice, there is really little effort. And the recompense in the development of any marked character is as small as the stipend earned. And thus with a majority of the ordinary oc- Cupations—each day’s task comes to hand and the performance of it Is easier than its neglect would be. But there are some occupations in which there is opportunity for all the capabilities of effort the individual may possess. Pre-eminent among these ts that of trade, with its complement. in- dustry or manufacture. In trade there may be, and too often is, the low level of mediocrity. There may be either the lack of physical, moral and mental energy to keep the subject alive to every opportunity, or there may bea lack of the intellectual insight neces- sary to enable him to see the strategical advantages within his reach, It is noticeable that in the mercantile life there is the greatest degree or va- riety of attainment. There are ‘‘mer- chant princes’’ in great number, and there are very many from the ranks of trade who are prominent in public and philanthropic life. These are they whose early surroundings were such as to call furth the degree of effort which, supplemented by the natural endowment of an aptitude for work, was sufficient to select them to be the leaders of their tellows. To the man actuated by a de- termination to develop all there is of character in him the opportunities of the business life are infinite. WARREN N. FULLER. —___~> 0. Jottings from the Saginaws. Retail Clerks’ Union, No. 65, gave an annual masquerade ball at Teutonia nall Wednesday evening. It was a great success, both socially and financially. [There were a great many maskers and at 11 o’clock all uncovered their faces. Frank Bowen, who covers Northern Michigan for J. Baur, of Toledo, was nere last week. ‘‘Frank’’ reports trade oad, with big ‘‘B,’’ but better than in January of last year. Beach & Co., the West Side tailors, will remove February to to the building tormerly occupied by the Second Na- tional Bank. The Hoyt Dry Goods Co., which has conducted business in this city the past eight years, leaves February 1 for Clevelard, where it will occupy one of the finest store buildings in the country. According to W. C. Phipps, ot Phipps, Penoyer & Co., the citizens ot the United States spend over one hun- ired million dollars annually for to- bacco, or about $1.50 per head for every wan, woman and child in the country. While the use of tobacco appears to be on the increase, the trade has changed sreatly in the last few years, especially in plug tobacco. He says that a few years ago the popular retail price ot plug tobacco was 40 to So centsa pound ; uow it is 20 to 25 cents a pound, ana very little is retailed above the latter agure, Poipps, Penoyer & Co. will probably supply their watchman with a_ther- mometer. The steam pipes in their store froze and it was necessary for some good church member to do some ‘hot’’ talking to keep warm. Isaac Bearinger, who owns the build- ing which the Huyt Dry Goods Co. will soon vacate, is one of the largest prop- erty owners in the city. Report says that he will form a stock company to engage in the dry gouds business, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of the Hoyt Co. The retail grocers of the Saginaws held a meeting at the office of Spangler & Davis the other evening, when it was decided to hold the third annual ban- quet of the fraternity on Thursday, february I1, to take place at A. QO. U. W. hall on the West Side. John Mc- Bratnie, Geo. Holcome, H. J. P. Graebner, P. F. Traenor and A. D. Spangler are the committee appointed to effect the preliminary arrangements. lt promises to be a_ very pleasurable event. ——_>> > ____ Timely Warning Against a Rascal. Worcester Mass., Feb. 1—The latter part of October last, a man calling him- self James Murray started a. retail cash frocery store in this city. He _ repre- sented to the wholesalers that he had been traveling for a wholesale produce house in Canada and, happening to stop over a train in this city, was impressed with its appearance and decided to start in business here. He claimed to have a casb capital of $2,200 and bought goods of the wholesalers, paying half cash and was given 30 days’ credit on the balance, paying cash for gvods bought in the meantime. When the bills became due, he paid them promptly and, naturally, was given further credit. He now began sending for goods, forgetting to send the money every time, and the cunsequence was that, when he disappeared on the night ut Dec. 24, a few days before the sec- ond lot of bills became due, he was ow- ing the wholesalers about $2,000. As, judging by his conduct here, it is our opinion that he started in business here with the intention of defrauding his creditors, and as we think he may uave played the same trick before, it 1s possible that he has now started again somewhere under a differentname. The undersigned wish to warn all the job- bers of the country against the man and make it difficult for him to meet with the same success that he had here. He is a man between 30 and 35 years of age, about 5 feet io inches in height, weighing about 160 pounds, smooth tace, dark brown hair. He has rather shifty grey eyes, and speaks in a low, rather moderate tone of voice. He dressed, while here, in a long black frock coat, and black soft felt hat, which, with his smooth face and pale com- plexion, gave him a rather clerical ap- pearance. If any jobber whom this circular reaches has recently commenced selling a man as above described, it will be for his interest to watch him sharply and have nothing but cash dealings with him. Any information regarding the man would be appreciated. E. T. SMITH COMPANY. ——_> 2 Flour and Feed. During the past week there has been an active enquiry for flour, but buyers have hesitated because of the downward tendency of wheat, hoping each day to be able to buy at a lower price. For the present, at least, the decline seems to have been checked, but an upturn, with steadier markets, is now in order, The outlook is for a much better de- mand from this time on, which wil] create a more lively demand for cash wheat at grain centers where stocks are comparatively very light, especially for winter wheat. Stocks of flour are not large, but when an active demand from consumers (who are now eating up their winter’s supply) begins, a higher range of val- ues may be expected. The city mills are doing all they can, with the lim- ited supply of wheat at hand. Bran and middlings are in better de- mand, with prices firmly held. Feed and meal are more active since sleizh- ing began, while prices are nominally unchanged for the week. Wa. N. Rowe. —_> +. ___ The Produce Market. Apples—Local dealers hold carefully selected Spys and Steel's Red at $1.50 per bbl. and other varieties at $1.25. Butter—Fancy dairy is in plentiful supply at 12@13c and factory creamery is Slow sale at Ig9c. Receipts continue liberal, Cabbage—so@55c per doz., according to size and quality. Celery—15c per bunch. Cider—$q4 per bbl., including bbl. . Cranberries— Dealers huid Cape Cods at $1.75 per bu. and $5 per bbl. Eggs—The market 1s well supplied with shipments of fresh stock, which find an outlet on the basis of 12c. Oc- casionally 1c more is obtained for small lots of extra fancy stock. Grapes—Malagas bring $6 per keg of 65 lbs. gross. Honey—White clover is in fair de- mand at 12}44@13c. Buckwheat is not so salable, bringing 8@1oc, according to quality and condition. Onions—Sharp advances have oc- curred during the past week, handlers now paying 75c for all offerings of choice stock, which they hold in a small way at $1 per bu. Potatoes—Handlers pay 15c for stock in carlots on track. In a small way dealers find no difficulty in obtaining 25c per bu. Squash—Still scarce and high, good stock readily commanding 3c per |b. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln-dried Illinois are in good demand at $2 per bbl. WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. XCHA’SGE FOR LIVERY sTOCK--.0 ACRES of excellent land near LaFontaine, Ind. Can lease it any time for oil and gas. Large wells near by. Price, $5,000. Audress N. H. Winans, 2 Tower Block. 200 POR SALE—S1O.K OF GENERaL MER- chandise, including diugs. Ouly drug store intown, M H. Mccoy Est., Grandville, Mich. 198 OR SALE—LARGEST BAKERY BUSINESS iu Grand Rapids, including confecti*nery nd delicacy store and rstau'ant at 97 and 99 Canal street. Established twelve years. Good business every day and night. Iliness compels quick sale at a bargain. Pait pay upon easy terms. Joseph Tschauner. 191 YOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—A WELL-KtPT stock of general merchandisein a ve:y good town Address A. B., Grant Station, Mich. 196 | es SALE—STOCK OF GKOUCERIES IN- voicing about $1,00), in a live Michigan town. Good trade, nearly all cash. G od reasons tor selling. Address 197, cure Michigen Trades- man. 197 NUR SALE—83,800 Drug Stock, ¢:c., first-c ass in every pa:ticular; nice Room and Low Rent; at a Bargain if taken at once. Fine chance fora guod Druggist Call aud see me. tl © Cunningham, Kendallville, Ind 192 UDA FOUNTAIN, -ARGE ANY ELEGANT and for sale cheap. Crozier Bros. Double noe Store, Grand Rap'ds. 193 YOR SALE OR BXCHANGE - FOUR MODEKN c ttages in good repair—three nearly new, ail reurced—for snle, or will exchange tor clean stock of dry goods Address Lester & Co., 2i1 North Ionia street, Grand Rapids 194 NOK SALE CHEAP— GOOD 60 AC KE FrUlt nnd grain farm.s ven miles from Al egan; .ood buildings; dandy location. Or will ex- change for a stock of dry guods. Address No. 85, care Michigan Tradesman. 185 VUR SALE—SIX 8 FT. ROUND FRONT show cases—metal and wood—in good order, o..50 each, boxed. The Converse Mtg. Co., Newaygo Mich. Isv NUR SALE OK EXCHANGE FUR S81UOCh OF merchandise—Fvrty acre farm near Hart, #v0u buildings, ¥00 bearing fru’ttrees. Address o. 7 care Michigau Tradesman 1.9 a. \Gn—PUOR MEKUHAN DIS OK SELL —sv ac e farm two wiles fiom siation, near Perkiungs, Upper Michigan; land nrst Class. Write tor fuil description. P. A. Bredeen, Es- c naba, Mich. 183 MALL SHOE SYOCK WANTBLU—CUORKES- pond with XXX, care Michigan ——— 184 HAVE 120 ACKEs OF THE FI.EsT HAKD- wood timbere, laud in Northern Micuigan “with some improvements, weli wa:ered, an oalf a mile froma beautitul lake, which I de- sire to trade for stock of groccries, buvts and shoes or clothing. Address Box 404 Harbor Springs, Mich. 182 re SALE FOR CASH—STOCK GROCERIES and crockery invoicing between $3,00U aud 05.500; good luca.iou; good Chuice siock. Will sell cheap. Good chance for someone. Ad- dress D, Carrier No. 4, Battle Creek, Mich. 177 rf.O EXCHANGE—53 ACRES ADJOINING thriving village iu Gratiot county for mer- chandise. Address Lock Box 27, Baldwin, Mich 174 aS STAMPS AND RKUBBEK iYPE. Will J. Wel.er, Muskegon, Mich. 100 SOR SALE- AT A BARGAIN THE WAT- rous’ drug stock and fixtures, located at Newaygo. Bb stl. cation and stock in the town. Enquire of Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 136 (OR SALE—IMPRUVED 8 ACKE FAKM IN Oceaua county; or would exchange for merchaudise. Address 380 Jefferson Avenue, uu-kegon. 110 OR EXCHANGE—TWO FINE IMPROVED farms for stock of merchandise; splendid location. Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades- man. 7 MISCELLANEOUS. yu GOOD sELCONVDHAND UR new two-horse covered peddli:.g wagon. Must tea bargain. Addiess K. & B., care Mich- izan Tradesman. 199 V ANTEV—SLIUATION As CLERK IN clothing, furnisbings and shoe trade, or traveling salesman. by married man of 2/, with s X years’ experience in business. Add.ess No. 187, care Michigan ‘Trade-mn. 187 Was thD-PUSITION AS BOURKE, KR or office clerk by a married man of twelve years’ experience in the banking business. Can furnish best of references. Address H. N. S., Box 379 Lakeview, Mich. 186 ANTED TU CORKESPOND WITH SHIP- pers of butter and eggs aud other season- able produce. R. Hirt, 36 Market street, ear oe Strike while the ~ ee Iron Is Hot and send us your order for OLD COUNTRY SOAP while tH you can secure one box free | with every order for 10 boxes. NU [ lon: s Profit WOW JACKSON nee Niniee ail NOS tare ert JACKSON LIQUID GLUE £° Shake off the Dragging Chains, /% _ of Credit has stood the test of time and is everywhere recognized as one of the leading brands on th market. This offer holds good for a short time . only, being subject to withdrawal at any time. WHEN CONDITIONS FAVOR YOU ALLEN B. WRISLEY CO., Chicago. MAKE USE OF THEM. PLUG AND FINE CUT TOBACCO “Everybody wants them.” “You should carry them in stock.” For sale only by MUSSELMAN GROGER 60. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. yrvvuvvvuVvvVvVvVYvVvVTeVeVvVe?* POOP PP PF FOSS OS by abandoning the time-cursed credit system, with its OP OOOO OOS STG FSG 4 . q 4 4 4 4 q q 4 q 4 4 4 q Ad losses and annoyance, and substituting therefor the 3 OOUPONBOOK SUStEM which enables the merchant to place his credit trans- sABA.A®Q AB. QA .Q, BW. QQ QW. WM. W.-W. ww BW. BW. A. w.@w - STANDARI OLD. DEALERS IN actions on a cash basis. Among the manifest advant- ages of the coupon book plan are the following: ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING No Forgotten Charge. No Poor Accounts. No Book-keeping. No Disputing of Accounts. No Overrunning of Accounts. No Loss of Time. No Chance for Misunderstanding. NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES Office and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Weare glad at any time to send a full line of sample books to any one applying for same. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, BWYDQDOQDHH!O® Bulk works at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rapids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Al- legan, Howard City, Petoskey and Reed City. Mi Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasolitie Barrels. Or C CF a : Peseta Riven grace ones th Our New Hub Runner. In Time of Peace Prepare for War Winter is coming and sleighs will be needed. We ake a full line of Patent Delivery and <~¢aP6ASUF6 SIGICHS. WRITE FOR PRICE LIST. The Belknap Wagon Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Dayton Money Weight Sys- tem is right. It measures for the same amount of your customers’ money. It makes clerks and proprietors as care- ful in weighing as when mak- ing change. Its sensitiveness proportionate to the price per pound is the M | It is twenty times more sensitive at 60 cents per pound than at 3 cents per pound. Money Weight Machines are more sensitive than pound and ounce scales. weight at 3 as at 60 cents per pound., while with our mone cent overweight. You are giving every month enough overweights with you TNA MT -_ PROFITS | SURPRISE YOU! x2 ee eS Yet even at 3 cents per pound our Pound and ounce scales give just as much over- y weight system it is impossible to give more than a quarter of a r pound and ounce scales to pay for fitting your store up with our money weight machines. It costs you nothing to investigate our systems. Write us. THE COMPUTING SCALE COMPANY, Dayton, 0., U.S. A. ~ ~ IN ~ ~~: az WANTED In Exchange for Farms and Cash. Good Stocks In Exchange for Timber Land. In Exchange for City Property. Merchandise In Exchange for Money. In Exchange for Live Stock. »> Make your wants known through the wants column of the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GYPSINE Is the permanent wall finish, and trade on Gypsine is the permanent wall finish trade. Why? Because Gypsine gives such good satisfac- tion to the consumer that, after using Gypsine once, he will- have Gypsine and nothing else. Send for prices, color card, and plan of local advertising for the dealer to mal POUT er a, Ps ee BAL be cem\ tome (fu ace a at aa = ea Tre =a ) DIAMOND WALL FINISH co, > GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. en a