EZAROECS Pe , ey Poe My Ve ) Cn Oe Dp ( Sh (a aN Wa AK 23 g~ — (oes ee ASSES ey (Ra ok CG LIENS ) o> = ae hy) oF Ly ru Z, y Co vz 4 ZZ. eC is i y A faves VA aM ~ ¥: Q P ; = , : iS AWN ¥ Al » 8 [S) ) Hs A fy too RUE Nad EES pas: ae aE CaS SS : Se TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS ae: A DY $1 R YEAR & SE SILOS RESTS NEE : ZOOS Volume XIV. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1897. Number 718 Zz a ps COFFEE Tide mieencal m re ee recececee ee i a a VS989999S9S 222222 > ‘ceceecceee” It is the general opinion of the trade that the prices on COFFEE have about, if not absolutely, reached bottom. We are W sole agents in this territory for the celebrated bulk roast coffees of the A \ WOOLSON SPICE CO. WN Ask our salesman to show you our line of samples. AN ‘MUSSELMAN GROCER CO., Grand Rapids. a COFFEE § { COFFEE ¢ Seeeeeeceee” \* ae i) ie tl ci a i ce aE aul mt Advertisement i Tn an i dd should attract at- tention and impress its value upon the reader’s mind. Ef- fective and appro- priate illustrations help to do this. »% We prepare designs for all purposes and devote particular at- tention to the illus- trating of advertise- ments, booklets, cat- alogues, etc. % 2% Sketches and esti- mates furnished on application. | saververeererververnereerenervnrvereernereereerenevernersernereerer tres. GALL UP YOUR WIFE by telephone from your store: YOU WILL BE SURPRISED to learn at how little cost a perfect telephone line can be constructed if you write us for an estimate. We in- stall complete exchanges and private line systems. Fac- tory systems right in our line. M. B. Wheeler & Co., 25 Fountain Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. WM UU pete TOT ALAM ALL arr MUM UMM AAA JUL JA ANA AAA Jb Jhb AA AAA 444 bb bk 064 064 Jb4 ddd db dba ddd NUT er tara Not How Cheap But How Good SOCCOET ¢ OO 250F9SOO “ We warrant our make of wagons and consequently produce no cheap or inferior work. Buyers of the Belknap make of wagors do not find it necessary to constantly repair and replace. Catalogue on application. Belknap Wagon Ce., Grand Rapids, Mich. earl onses i HOt On ded SODA FOUNTAIN EXPENSE INCLUDES THE ITEM ‘Ice Cream Lost or Wasted.” The New Round Grand Rapids Ice Cream Cabinet Will make ciphers of the figures opposite this item. Jobber of ——eut Umbrellas, Parasols and Walking Canes. Special attention given:'to mail orders for anything in our line. Largest Assortment in Michigan. Chocolate Cooler Co., os GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 58 Monroe St. - It is handsome and in keeping with Soda Foun: tain surroundings. Its looks please customers. Its convenience enables the dispenser to serve custom- ers promptly. Its economy in ice and cream will please every owner of a fountain. Made in sizes from 8 to 40 quarts. Send for Description and prices. Grand Rapids. SNACK ACES RAE RATS Hee A AAR AKA AE ORE HALE R ARE RA AKER ALE AAT RA LEAR ACE RECA A AEE RAR A Ae A Oe ue < EF DGARS SUGAR HOUSE EXCLUSIVE DEALERS IN SUGAR-SYRUP-MOLASSES SEND YOUR MAIL ORDERS TO Ww. HH. HDGAR & SON, DPETROIT. TTT TTTTTTUT TTT TT TTT PVSPV VV TE UV TT UV EVV USP V UV UP PV PP UVP VV UE UU PVP U UU SVU PV VU VU UDP VU PVE V UVR P PUPS VU VU VUe VY J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel The Michigan Mercantile AGéNOY SPECIAL REPORTS. LAW AND COLLECTIONS. Represented in every city and county in the United States and Canada. Main Office: Room 1102, Majestic Building, Detreit, Mich. N. B.—Promptness guaranteed in every way. All claims systematically and persistently handled until collected. Our facilities are unsurpassed for prompt and dicient service. Terms and references furnished on application. for you to show the Michigan Galvan- ized Iron Washe. with reversibl washboard. Any kind of wringer can be used. Write for special inducements to in- troduce it. REED & CO., Eagle, Mich. 79:98O901909OOW95.00:0600 6 The Best On Earth Manufactured by Schulte Soap Co., Detroit, Mich. Premium given away with Ciydesdale Soap Wrappers. UNSER STARK... Comfortable and cheap, non-elastic web and leather suspenders. Seven orders in four months from one dealer. Will you try them? GRAHAM ROYS & CoO., FITCH PLACE, - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MAMMA MMMM MMW The leading modern methods are Photo-Zine Engraving Halfton Engraving Wood Engraving The Tradesman Company is fully equipped with complete machinery and apparatus for the rapid pro- duction of illustrations by any of these methods. Best results guar- anteed in every case. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. be he cba he Che Ge She Be She Se She See See GR GYRE FE GIR EP ARP FOP IR FIRE FIR RP OTP Ge GRA SI A A Ae ee ee ee i ssa ee ronan ere aaa ae SS Way Mee Lo Ke )) a ai —— << My) i ya Y / AY (~ i Hs Sj v Ye - Sa 4 AR) re) A DESMAN GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1897. We wish to ; establish a branch of our business in every town in Michigan where we are not now represented. No Capital Required. MEN’S SUITS AND OVERCOATS $4.00 to $30.00 WRITE FOR INFORMATION. | WHITE CITY TAILORS, 5 222-226 ADAMS ST., CHICAGO. Aad A a AAA The Preferred Bankers Life Assurance C0. Incorporated by 10 Maintains a Guarantee Fund. Write for details. Home Office, Moffat Bldg., DETROIT, MICH. FRANK E. ROBSON, Pres. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, Sec’y. Michael Kolb & Son Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, Rochester, N. Y. Established Nearly One-half Century. Write our Michigan representative, William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call on you, or meet him as under (cuatomers’ expenses allowed) and he will show you best line of Kersey Over- coats, strictly all wool, raw and stitch edge, at $5 and $7; prices, fit, quality and make guaranteed. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., with above samples and a few sum- mer goods to close at 60 cents on the dollar, on Wednesday and Thursday, June 30 and July 1, so you can have them for 4th of July trade. SIL. 949g 0000 00000000000000+ $ iINO FIRE iG 4 4 > INS. ; 3 4 4 4 4 Asse, MICHIGAN BANKERS co. Sy 4- « d a +r:. apt, Conservative, Safe. + *.¥. Cnswr un, Pres. W. FRED McBam, Sec. 2-2-3 Sees COMMERCIAL GREDIT 60., Lid. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Private Credit Advices. Collections made anywhere in the United States and Canada. eh bp hp hp hp ho ho hn Save Trouble serssei, TRADESMAN COUPONS THE EBB TIDE. The Extreme Decline—Prospects of Recovery. Written for the TRADESMAN. A considerable proportion of the staple articles of trade in this country have, within the past few months or years, broken all records for low prices, and then many have continued to de- cline, until quotations are reached which seem almost incredible even to those who are most familiar with the elements of cost of manufacture. Nat- urally, there has been much of specula- tion as to the reasons for this unprec- edented depression and as to the prob- abilities of recovery. Of course, ina general way the situ- ation is usually accounted for by charg- ing the decline to the effects of the panic and the overproduction conse- quent upon the destruction of consump- tive demand. There is no doubt but that a great proportion of the demorali- zation is thus correctly accounted for; but there are a number of other causes which deserve consideration. All of these have been discussed more or less, but to get a comprehensive idea of the prospects it may be well to briefly refer to some of them: Probably the most potent depressing influence outside of the one named is that of lessening the cost of production by improvements in processes and methods. Considering how long this factor has been operative, there is no doubt that it greatly exceeds any other cause of decline in its total effects; but, as considered for the time since the panic, its relative importance is less. The operation of this factor has been extremely variable. In some instances, stimulated by increasing demand, in- vention has been so effective that prices are lowered to a comparatively small fraction of those prevailing a few years ago. In other cases the change from this reason may be scarcely perceptible. Another element of: depression, which receives less of consideration as a direct cause of decline, is the compe- tition of other nations. The natural demand for cheapness has been met here and there by the cutting of the dikes of tariff and other defenses against the floods of cheap production in other countries, until the great total of the in- fluence of foreign competition may al- most dispute supremacy with any of the others. In some cases this may have seemed to conduce to the general wel- fare. Taken as a whole, however, its general influence in the depression of all prices, with the consequent lessen- ing of wages and consuming capacity, is a more serious result than is warrant- ed by any benefit in facilitating cheap supply. This demand for cheapness may be considered another cause of depression. The very fact that prices have been falling has been a continuing cause of the decline. There seems to have been almost a mania for cheapness—for de- manding concessions—caused largely from the simple fact that concessions have become the order of the day. When prices are fairly stable it is not difficult to effect sales at regular quota- tions, but when repeated concession is the general order it is expected in all cases. This fact has given the down- ward movement an impetus which has carried it, in a great number of lines, far beyond any warrant in proper cost of production and distribution, thus in- creasing the reduction of wages in these and dependent lines and operating to les- sen the rates of transportation. The question of the recovery of prices will depend upon the effects of returning business activity upon these and other minor causes of the depression. Some of the factors may, at first glance, seem to be permanent and uniformly opera- tive, yet a more careful study shows them all to be more or less responsive to improving conditions. The direct effects of the panic as an element will, of course, be the most directiy respon sive—will quickly vanish under the re- turn of confidence, which is its an- tithesis. The influence of improving conditions will be less in its effects upon the re- duction of cost by improvement in processes and methods. But in the de- cline the prevailing mania for cheap ness, with an exaggerated idea of the cheapening effects of the inventions in the minds of the producers, in very many instances has carried the prices far below the correct basis. The tend- ency in the swing of the pendulum of activity in the opposite direction wili be to encourage a recovery to the proper commercial basis of fair compensation and profits. With the increased earning and con- sumptive capacity of increasing activity lessening the undue demand for cheap- ness comes a disposition to properly regulate the influx of the products of those countries whose laborers are com- pelled to subsist on a small fraction of that demanded by our workmen. The influence of this movement is being felt in many lines already in slow, but sure, advances in quotations. That there is to come an era of the high prices which prevailed a few years ago is scarcely to be expected. It is not essential to business activity and general prosperity that there should be a return to the old standards. The oper- ation of natural and beneficial causes in reduction of cost must be recognized and accepted. But there is no question but that the ebb has been extreme in most lines of production, which must be followed by a healthy recovery which will carry all prices again to a fair liv- ing basis. How long this condition of activity, with its opportunities for in- dividual prosperity and establishment of business stability, may continue none may predict. That there will again come a reaction must be expected, but it is probable that the ill effects will be greatly modified by the lessons of the experiences of the past four years, and that the country will have learned to avoid many of the more serious conse- quences of such reactions. W. N. FULLER. ee Sidney F. Stevens has located his fam- ily at Highland Park for the season, Number 718 Questions Involved in a Bank Failure. Argentine, June 17—Taking it for granted that the editor of a trade jour- nal knows everything—especially every- thing about commercial law—and also that he is always willing and anxious to impart the same, and an abundance of time to do so, I take the liberty of asking you a couple of questions, which wish you would answer through the Tradesman, as the answers might be of interest to the trade: 1. C. has a regular account with a bank ; June 5 C. hires $500 of the bank for two months; July 5 the bank closes its doors and goes into the hands of a receiver, at which time the bank owes C. $200 on regular account. When the note comes due, Aug. 5, can C. oblige the bank to take his conimercial deposit of $200 toward the payment of his note? 2. July 1 C. gives a check on the bank to D. As the bank closed July 5, D. had had time to present the check for payment, but had not done so. Can D. oblige C. to take back the check or repay the bill for which the check was given? In other words, whose loss is it —C.’s or D.’s? ENOUIRER. 1. In case the facts are exactly as stated by Enquirer, C. has the right to insist that the $200 on deposit in the bank to his credit be applied on the $500 note. He cannot do this if the note is given by a firm of which heisa member and the deposit is an individual matter; nor can he insist on such dis- position of the balance in case the note is an individual matter and the deposit is a copartnership affair; nor can he apply the balance on the note if it is an account he has purchased subsequent to the bank going into the hands of a receiver. 2. The Tradesman is inclined to the opinion that the receiver of the bank would refuse to recognize D. in the transaction and that C. must settle his obligation to D. in some other way. The supposition is, of course, that the amount to the credit of C. will not be a total loss, as few failures of banks oc- cur wherein the depositors do not re- ceive dividends representing some _por- tion of their balances. = > & > : Druggists Will Meet at the Grand Ledge Resort. The Executive Committee of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Society met here Tuesday and decided to hold the fourteenth annual convention Aug. 3, 4and 5 at Grand Ledge instead of Lansing. This change was made on ac- count of the indifference shown by the Lansing druggists regarding the meet- ing. The following committes were ap- pointed : Reception—A. W. Haistead, Grand Ledge: Dr. G. J. Ward, St. Clair: C. N. Anderson, F. F. Ingram and J. E, Davis, Detroit; George McDonald, Kalamazoo; George Gundrum, Ionia; H. J. Brown, Owosso; E. T. Webb, Jackson; J. E. Peck and H. B. Fair- child, Grand Rapids. Entertainment—W. D. Church and Charles Mann, Detroit; J. D. Muir and F. E. Westerfeldt, Grand Rapids. ——_» 2. When the tide of commerce is at its flood is the time to hustle. No one knows this better than a traveling man after his first trip. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Bicycles Cycling from a Hygienic Siandpoint. Written for the TRADESMAN. The prominent place assigned by the Tradesman to the bicycle trade and the discussion of topics of importance and interest to the multitude of bicycle rid- ers who tead the Tradesman would seem to call for some criticism of the abuses that are creeping into its general use by all ages, sexes and conditions, from the child of 8 years old to the matron of 60. One of the most dangerous of these abuses of the fascinating exercise upon the wheel is the hippodroming character this delightful pastime has assumed. For the sake of speed, every law of graceful equestrianism is_ ignored, every line of beauty or graceful attitude is forgotten and the rider, in his indi- viduality,as shown in the role of scorch- ing, as it is called, is a libel upon the ‘‘human form Divine.’’ The advertis- ing cuts of celebrated scorchers we see in the newspapers are hideous carica- tures, with bowed back and rounded shoulders thrown forward, and eyelids turned up and fixed in idiotic stare, worthy the role of contortionists. Does military or gymnastic training recognize any of this unnatural posturing as com- patible with the laws of health or as contributing in any degree to manly beauty? If this evil could be confined to that insignificant class of professional cyclists, it might be tolerated, but, un- fortunately, they are setting an example that our boys and youth are swift to im- itate. Wesee evidences of this force of example on our streets every day. Surely the time has come when parents and guardians should take a hand in applying a remedy for this apparent evil. It is not necessary to deprive the boys and girls of the delights of cy- cling, but they should be made to realize the physical consequences sure to follow the habits I have described. With what composure can a parent reflect upon the possibility of a naturally superbly formed boy following a course of train ing for round shoulders, curved spine, pulmonary chest and distorted vision! Yet such cases may be seen in every place where bicycles are in use. These evils are all the output of the gambling contests and record-breaking meetings between professional sportsmen. _ Bi- cycling, rationally indulged in, either for business or pleasure, is as harmless and healthy exercise as horseback riding. The speed, to ensure ease and graceful cartiage, should never be more than six miles an hour. The handle bar should be raised high enough to ensure an erect position in the saddle, giving the rider the same natural position he would assume if well mounted on horseback. We frequently meet gentlemen bicyclists of this type, always to admire, and listen to the remarks of admiration from others. Asa rule, lady cyclists are free from the ridiculous abuses to which I have called attention. Evidently their native pride and dignity, as_ well as sense of propriety and appreciation of the beautiful, render them less liable to the errors I have enumerated. It is amusing, sometimes, to see ladies and gentlemen cycling in pairs. The iadies sit erect in their saddles, models of ar- tistic grace, while their escorts, with handle bars lowered, bend ungracefully over their wheels. W. S. H. WELTON. a 8 The Truth and the Trusts. Perhaps the most discussed subject in this republic to-day is the question of capitalistic combination for carrying on business operations. The agitators, taking advantage of the general interest in this question, have been quick to take up the cry that the liberties of our people, the resources of our land and the land itself are being acquired by the few and so utilized asto defraud the many out of their just and inalienable rights and privileges. Without taking the trouble to acquaint themselves with the truth, many citizens of the republic give credence to the assertions of the agitators, and out of the falsifications by malicious propagandists and the ig- norant credulity of their followers have arisen confusion, perplexity, discord and conflict. The only way to fight erroneous public opinion is to meet it with the weapons of fact and figure, and this is what conservative men are doing. The propagandists of hatred of capital,of hostility to wealth in general, and of discord and conflict have laid down the general propositions that a rich man is a criminal, that a corpora- tion is a conspiracy, and that, wher- ever a large combination of capital is |employed in business, it is employed to rob the many for the benefit of the few. Against these vicious propositions, in the abstract, it may be fruitless to argue, tor opinions are not easy to change, but there is a concrete side of the question which must appeal to even the opinionated ignoramuses who have been deluded by the empty assertions of the propagandists. Neglecting the slan- derous proposition that a rich man is necessarily a criminal, and the equally absurd proposition that a corporation is a conspiracy, the student of current affairs may meet the concrete position that capital in business is always em- ployed to rob the many for the benefit of the few, with substantial proof of the falsity of that theory. The record of market movement and prices is the weapon with which the student may suc- cessfully assail this pet theory of the crank legislators and of the falsification- ists in general. What does that record show? Does it prove that large combi- nations of capital have controlled stand- ard articles of consumption and _in- creased the cost of those articles to con- sumers? Take the most notable of these combinations. The Standard Oil Com- pany was formed in 1872, and it found the markets supplied with dear and dangerous illuminating oils. This com- pany employed scientists, inventors, mechanics and business men, laid pipe lines, reduced the cost of package and transportation, arid made illuminating oil safe. In 1872 dangerous oil sold at 25 cents a gallon, and in 1897 it sells for 6 to 8 cents a gallon. So much may be said for the oue great ‘‘trust.’’ The example of the one-great ‘‘corporation,’’ the American Sugar Refining Comgfany, is similar. This corporation was formed in 1887. It found sugar selling at 7 cents a pound, and in 1897 it sells the same grade of sugar for 4 cents a pound. The Cottonseed Qil Trust, formed in 1884, has reduced the price of standard summer yellow oil from 48 cents a gallon in 1884 to 24 cents a gal- lon in 1897. Among other capitalistic combinations are many that have similarly cheapened the products which they manipulate. The United States Rubber Company, formed in 1892, advanced prices far enough to insure a profit, but outsiders have compelled a_ reduction. The United States Leather Company has controlled since 1892 the sole leather output of the country, but prices have gone down until leather is selling at 1734 cents a pound, while the raw hides sell at 18% centsa pound. The National Cordage Company smashed itself in its attempt to smash others, and its suc- cessors are now selling for 6 centsa pound the same product that sold for 10 cents a pound before the original trust was organized. The Whisky Trust, formed in 1890, found alcohol selling at $1.44 per gallon, including the reve- nue tax of go cents, and to-day it is selling at $1.16 per proof gallon, in- cluding the revenue tax of $1.10. The bituminous coal producers combined in 1896, and sold coal at $2 tc $2.10 per ton, and to-day it is quoted at $1.70 per ton. The antharcite coal producers put stove coal up from $3 to $4.10, and after one year of combination they dissolved, and coal again fell in price. The tele- graph companies have been denounced as ‘‘gigantic conspiracies.’’ They formed a combination in 1866. In that year it cost $2.20 to send a ten-word message by wire from New York City to Chicago, and to-day it costs 40 cents. They have reduced the cost of such a message during thirty years proportion- ately to all parts of the republic. The business man in New York finds his ten-word message to St. Louis reduced from $2.25 to 40 cents, to New Orleans from $3.25 to 60 cents, to St. Paul from $2.25 to 4o cents, to Galveston from $5.50 to 75 cents, to San Francisco from $7.45 to $1, to Oregon from $10 to $1, and to the State of Washington from $12 to $1. The railroads of the country have likewise reduced the charge of moving a ton of freight a mile from 2.21 cents in 1873 to o 84 cent in 1897. Even these achievements, which are beyond dispute, do not tell the whole story. While these trusts, firms and corporations have so enormously re- duced costs to the consumers of the country, they have, on the whole, in- creased the average of the wages which they pay to their Jaborers. According to the theories of the agitators, all these combinations have robbed the people of their money and their liberty, but the record shows that the combinations, like business men in general, fail in some lines and succeed in others, that they have, by making use of scientific economics, reduced the cost of all stand- ard products to consumers, and that, instead of having robbed the people of any privileges or liberties, they them- selves have been subjected to restrictive legislation in the different states and in the national council. Thus do the plain truths and facts tell against the main in- dictment in the charge of the dema- gogues against the capitalists of the land. An illustration of the trust ques- tion was furnished in the recent col- lapse of several conspicuous and much- maligned combinations in the metal in- dustries. The moment these concerns dis- solved, the prices of their products were cut, and they were forced either to close their establishments or to cut down the wages of their laborers enough to cover the drop in prices. This, again, was contrary to the teachings of the demagogues, who have all along insisted that in ‘‘securing to labor its just re- ward or remuneration,’’ the ‘‘first and necessary step is the squelching of the capitalist.’” Indeed, wherever and whenever the demagogic theories collide with the commercial and_ industrial facts, there is a wreck, and it is never the fact that is wrecked. Demagogic agitation will continue so long as the agitators can find men toac- cept their falsehoods as truths and their © baseless claims as facts, but it seems probable that, with the spread of a more general knowledge of what has been ac- complished by the great capitalistic con- cerns, agitation must become a_ less harmful and a less dangerous evil than it has been. A. B. SALOM. ee Until a few years ago the wholesale price of ivory was $3 a pound. In consequence of the opening up of new districts in Africa to colonization the value has fallen to $2. An ordinary elephant yields about 120 pounds of merchantable ivory. BICYCLE ADAMS Send for Catalog and Discount Sheets. LE SUNDRIES LAMPS, TIRES, PEDALS, SADDLES, LOCKS, BELLS, PUMPS, CEMENTS, WHOLESALE BICYCLES and SUNDRIES. ETC. & HART. 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids. IF YOU'VE BEEN RIDING or selling unsatisfactory bicycles, bicycles without a name, a home, or a reputation, bicycles that were made to sell at a price too low and too cheap to give value received, ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME you were looking around for something better? We want you to “‘post up” on Clippers. We are sure you’d be satisfied if YOU RODE A CLIPPER? MADE BY THE P, 4#—97. Clipper riders rarely change their mounts. decade the Clipper has been known as a “satisfactory business bicycle.” ‘The wheel you ought to have at the price you ought to pay. CLIPPER PEOPLE, cranp rapips, micH. For nearly a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN JANE CRAGIN. Are Cy and Jane Altogether Happy? Written for the TrRapEsMAN. Miss Birkenmayer'’s intention to ‘‘ go home day after to-morrow’’ was not car- ried out. The announcements of the engagements, after the congratulations were over, were followed by such a series of functions as even that hotel had never before witnessed; and Miss Birkenmayer was of too much impor- tance to be spared at a single one of them. To add to the general rejoicing, Miss MacDonald's minister put in an appearance, was duly pronounced by ‘*the powers that be’’ as ‘‘one of the best fellows in the world, ’’and as prompt- ly ‘‘taken in and done for’’ by this coterie. Mrs. Walker also joined her husband; and, that Mr. Smith might not be left out in the cold, he placed his life and fortunes, for the time be- ing, in the hands of Miss Birkenmayer, and, so re-enforced, the round of pleas- ures began. ‘*The world loves a lover;’’ and, with six under the same roof—the minister was not backward in showing that he knew how to make up for any lost time in that direction—the weeks that fol- lowed were red-letter days, not only in the lives of the lovers themselves, but in those who were breathing there the love-laden atmosphere. There were dinners and receptions and parties of all sorts and conditions given in their honor. They rode and they walked, the center of all eyes; but, wherever they were seen together, it was Marjory Marchland and her devoted swain that seemed to find the greatest favor among the admiring lookers-on. Aside from Miss Marchland's great beauty and the happiness which seemed to envelop her like a halo, aside from the hearty goodwill which Cy had awak- ened in everyone with whom he had come in contact, there still hung around the two from Milltown the remnants of a great mystery. Had there, or had there not, been between them a tenderer relation than that which existed now? Miss Cragin’s devotion to Cy's comfort and her evident joy at his coming, the long talks, the walks and the rides they managed to take together at odd _ times and occasions kept an_ ever-present Why? continually in the foreground on Jane’s part; and Cy, especially since the announcement of the engagements in the little immediate circle of inti- mate friends, was the subject of constant remark, ‘*You needn’t talk to me!’ said the Chicago lawyer one day with his cbar- acteristic straightforwardness; ‘‘there’s a something going on in that fellow’s head—or heart—which I don’t like. He holds Miss Marchland in his hand like a delicious Bartlett pear which he is glad of; but he keeps his eyes on the one Dr. Day has with a yearning in them I don’t like to see. Of course, he is all devotion to Miss Marchland, and she’s too much taken up with him to notice what I'm free to confess may be all imagination on my? part; but, if you'll take the trouble to keep your eyes open, you'll find that Jane Cragin doesn't wink without Huxley’s ‘making a note on't." There’s something there, or has been there, mark my words.’’ “‘IT have noticed that Mr. Huxley is very attentive to Miss Cragin, but no man can serve two mistresses, any more than he can two masters, ’’ answered Miss Birkenmayer; and, while all you say may be true enough, I don’t think Miss Marchland has anything to com- plain of.’’ ‘‘T think,’’ remarked Mrs. Walker, ‘“‘that what Mr. Smith refers to in Mr. Huxley has its counterpart in Miss Cragin. They are both supremely happy ; they each know the other is so, and they are simply exchanging bliss- tul experiences in the eye-glances they are constantly giving each other. It seems to me the most natural thing in the world. Miss Cragin drops her fan. Mr. Huxley picks it up and presents it to her devotedly enough—the man couldn’t do it in any other way if he tried—but always, as I think, with the idea, ‘Here, Jane, I can’t do these things for you much longer and I’m going to make the most of my oppor- tunities while I haveachance.’ That’s all there is to the Miss Cragin side of the affair. Miss Marchland doesn’t lose any attention, so faras I can see. A more devoted lover she couldn’t ask for; and a handsomer one—well, it would make a disturbance in my family if I should say what I think, and I know Mr. Smith wouldn't sleep for several nights if I should say it. It’s all due, of course, to his magnificent health; but a finer specimen of physical man- hood I never saw, and I hope both of you two will try to grow into just that style as your health returns. I don’t see, for my part, if there ever has been anything between Miss Cragin and Mr. Huxley, how she ever could take the Doctor. Oh, I give the Doctor every point in his possession; but, to my mind, aside from the question of tem- perament, Miss Cragin is making a mistake, if she has any choice in the matter—I don’t think she has. It may be she did have; but, from what the Captain says about that first supper, I am inclined to think that Miss March- land has had it all her own way, and, what is more, would have had it even if an actual engagement had brought Mr. Huxley to Colorado to see his Jane! The idea, Miss Birkenmayer, of your standing quietly by and allowing this thing to go on without a single protest. What if she is as beautiful as Venus herself? And what if she did play the part of Queen Dido with that rich red rose, and play the wiiches with her at- titudes and the glances of her eyes? The thrush has charms as well as the bluebird, and the later-comer has been known to win the favor that the other thought secure. I’m not sure, if I could only get the Captain out of the way, but that even now Miss Marchland would find ‘Jordan a hard road to travel.’ But don't you believe fora minute that Miss Cragin would find any encouragement with Mr. Huxley, if she should do her level best.’’ If Cy could have heard the opinion which Mrs. Walker had ventilated it would have given him the greatest sat- isfaction. It was what he hoped for and what he worked for; but the keener eye of the attorney, strengthened by the great liking he had taken for the man, had seen the condition of things from the first, and was sorry for it. Jane was wholly deceived. At first, something akin to pique took possession of her, when Cy, with a candor not common to him, had told her so frankly of his ad- miration—and finally of his love—for Marjory ; and when, in the same mat- ter-of fact way, he announced that mat- ters between him and his lady love had been satisfactorily settled, it hurt her to be so summarily dropped. She found relief, however, in the thought that there was to be no scene, as she had feared there would be, when her own relations with the Doctor were made known. So, with a joy in her heart that happiness had come to them both, she gave kLerself up to the dreams and fancies which came to bless her by night and by day. To Cy, however, these did not come. His arm encircled the waist of the handsomest and loveliest woman _ his eyes had ever rested on; he heard from her lips the sweetest words that had ever blessed his ears, but the waist and the lips were not Jane’s and, press them as tenderly as he would, he felt, as he never dreamed he could feel, a misery as helpless as it was hopeless. The tendency of the two ladies to be con- stantly with each other only added to his trouble. It brought them more and more together and at times his suffering was almost beyond the point of endur- ance. Finally, he induced Marjory to believe that a one-seated vehicle was better for two than a two seated one for four, even if the four were the best of friends; and, from that time on, he managed to play fairly well the part he had chosen. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. Le ee Sample Circular Announcing the Adoption of the Cash Plan. B. P. Kurtz, grocer at Harriman, Tenn., announces his abandonment of the credit system in the following cir- cular letter to his customers : We believe the time has come when all merchants, to do business satisfac- torily to themselves and their patrons, must do it on a strictly cash basis. The times demand it, and we take this method to announce to our customers and the public that hereafter we shall sell goods for cash only. We mean that all goods must be paid for when pur- chased, either in money or coupons from the coupon books we sell. We will con- tinue to issue coupon books, because ex- perience has demonstrated that coupon books are so close to cash that they put the credit transactions of a store ona cash basis, enabling the dealer to give the customer the benefit of just as close prices as is possible where cash is paid over the counter on the occasion of every transaction. We keep the books in de- nominations of $5, $10 and $20, which must be paid for in advance, less a dis- count of 5 per cent. As stated, we take this stand because the times demand it, and must insist on its strict observance, and we hope you will realize that it is as much if not more, to your benefit as to ours that we do it. We propose to keep our stock as com- plete as the demands justify, with the best goods the market affords, and _ sell them at prices lower than ever sold here before, and lower than we know anyone who follows the credit system can sell them. We wish to thank you for your patron- age in tbe past and assure you it has been appreciated, as it has helped us build up a nice little business, and we ask that you give us a share at least of your future trade. Don’t cast this aside now and con- demn us for doing a cash business but look at it from your side. Consult our price list as issued and watch our adver- tisements and see who will have the gain in the end. We will promptly deliver all orders left at the store to any part of the city, and where customers use our coupon books or request us to do so, we will call each morning for your orders, and will render you every accommodation consistent with business. Burp FP. Kurz. The will of Mrs. Ellen B. French, of Beloit, Wis., bequeaths $5,000 to Beloit College, on condition that no vivisection shall ever be practiced in any of its departments, but if the stipulation is violated,the trustees are to pay over the amount to the American Humane Edu- cation Society of Boston. McGray Regrgerator w Gold Storage Co. Fine Roll Top Butter and Grocery Refrigerators. Designers and Furnishers of all kinds of Fixtures for all kinds of Stores. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. This Roll Top Butter Refrigerator has two double thick glass doors and one bev- eled French plate mirror in the center. 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Addison—F. T. McAdam has retired from the grocery business. Sturgis—Fred W. Shoecraft has pur- chased the Pierson cigar stock. Roscommon—A. C. Sly has purchased the general stock of Jas. H. Sly. Albion—Homer C. Blair succeeds White & Beebe in the drug business. White Cioud—Alex. Roach succeeds Miles Roach in the grocery business. Adrian—Chas. Dean succeeds Man- non Bros. in the confectionery -Eusiness. Vanderbilt—Gariepy & Maynard suc- ceed Chas.'Gariepy in the drug business. Escanaba—Beck & Nelson succeed Thorsen & Beck in the grocery busi- ness. Rapids River—Ed. Brunell has sold his meat Ebusiness to Thompson & Da- mour. Hopkins Station—Frank B. Watkins will add a second story to his brick store building. Honor—A. E. Paradise has opened a meat market here, placing Burk Curtice in charge. West Bay City—H. A. Harbeck, Jr., produce commission dealer, has removed to Bay City. Ironwood—Ellen (Mrs. S. A., Jr.,) Reid succeeds S. A. Reid, Jr., in the meat business, Battle Creek—N. A. Brown has _ pur- chased the cigar and tobacco stock of A. K. Prentice. White Pigeon—The general store of E. C. Wheeler has been closed under chattel mortgage. Dowagiac—Wallace Trowbridge is closing out his stock of groceries and will return to farming. Ironwood — Lawrence Garaglity, of Darwin & Garaglity, wholesale and _ re- tail confectioners, is dead. Albion—Mrs, A. A. Eddy has sold the College Hill grocery stock to Eugene Foote, a student, who will continue the business. Quincy—M. J. Ranson has purchased the McGiness stock of furniture and un- dertaking goods and will continue the business. Bay City—Arthur Des Jardins—better known as the French clerk—has taken a position behind the counter for the Mansfield Grocery Co Petoskey—W. A. Major writes the Tradesman that the grocery stock re- cently disposed of by him was his suburban establishment and that he will continue business, the same as hereto- fore, at his down town store. Sagmaw—A. J. Buckham, a graduate of the Pharmacy Department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, and formerly with Thum Bros. & Schmidt, of Grand Rap- ids, has taken a position in the pre- scription department at Loranger & Culver’s pharmacy. Adrian—The dry goods stock of Met- calf & Co. has been purchased by Ham- bleton & Co., of Philadelphia. Mr. Hambleton will remove to this city with his family, and permanently conduct the business after the present stock has been reduced by special sale. Mt. Clemens—M. R. Little has sold a half interestjin his grocery, crockery and meat stock to Fred Epley, and the firm will hereafter be known as Little & Epley. Mr. Epley has rare judgment and excellent taste in embellishing a Store and displaying the stock to the best advantage and will give the people of Mt. Clemens an opportunity of noting the work of a genuine artist in grocery display. North Adams—S. A. Haskell bid in the boot and shoe stock of J. Haskell at chattel mortgage sale and will con- tinue the business at the same location. Portland—Ionia county is to havea new town. It is located in Ronald township, near the Prairie Creek mill, and has been named Johnstown. The residents of that section will petition for a postoffice and Wm. Jones, of Butter- nut, will move his general stock to the new town. McBain—The McBain Grocery Co. has purchased a tract of timber land within a mile from the village and be- gun peeling the hemlock thereon with a force of 40 men. The company has also secured a contract to peel the bark on 240 acres of land two miles north- west of town, owned by the Grand Rapids Bark and Lumber Co. Manufacturing Matters. Pembina—Geo. Harter & Son have purchased the lumber business of M., E. Harter & Son. Decatur—M. P. Maxon is considering the advisability of removing his hoop factory from Union City to this place. Ovid—A. Behrendt has purchased the stock of tobacco of the Ovid Cigar Co. and opened a factory in rooms in rear of his store. Lyons—Jonathan Hale & Sons are putting ina new 9,000 pound turbine wheel, which doubles the capacity of their flouring mill. Saginaw—The American Potato Flour Co. has shipped 36,000 pounds of flour to New York, the third shipment of a like amount since April 9. Fouch—Henry J. Snohr has cut 600, - ooo feet of hardwood lumber for the Schomberg Hardwood Lumber Co. and shut down his mill for the season. Owosso—Byant & Co., of Mayville, have decided to erect a flouring mill in this city and have already let the con- tract for a 75 barrel mill, to be fitted with the latest improved machinery. Brooklyn—J. W. Blanchard has_pur- chased the flouring mill here and will run it in connection with his mill at Jefferson. A new flume and waste gate will be put in and other improvements made. Irving—H. C. Strong is now sole owner of the Irving mill property and already has his new feed mill in place and ready for work. The entire mill will be thoroughly overhauled and some new machinery added. Saginaw—The Feige Desk Co. prop- erty has been sold by Hon. W. R. Burt to the Welsh & Kerry Manufacturing Co., of Reed City, and the factory will be utilized for the manufacture of hard- wood boxes and hard maple flooring. West Branch—The Chicago Last Co. is to locate a factory at this place. The company has contracted for land for buildings and yard, and with W. W. Vaughn for timber. He is to furnish the concern with 2,000,000 feet of maple annually for twenty years. Menominee—The dead_ head logs taken from the channel of the Peshtigo River over a year ago and piled on the bank between that place and the Mari- nette road bridge will be rolled into the water this week and sent direct to the mill to be sawed before they again be- come water soaked. About 1,200,000 feet of these logs were taken out of the channel, many of them being raised from the bottom after the ice was cut, and hauled ashore. Most of the logs are of the Norway variety and contain a fair grade of lumber. >aginaw—The sawmill of Briggs & Cooper, on the west side, has not been operated this season. ‘The firm is run- ning a shingle and sawmill on the Hauptman branch of the M. C. Rail- way and the product is shipped to the yard here. The firm is running its planing mill and is doing a fair busi- ness. Saginaw—Gebhart & Estabrook in- tended to erect a planing mill on their premises last season in place of the one burned, but the depression in the lum- ber trade caused them to hesitate, and as yet no move has been made, and it is not known if a new plant will be built. Mr. Estabrook said _ recently that he should do nothing until the tariff question is settled. Detroit—The Detroit Bicycle Im- provement Co., Limited, has filed arti- cles of association with the Register of Deeds. The capital stock is $40,000, all paid in by patents, and the stock- holders are John T. Dodge, $19,900; Horace E. Dodge, $19,900; Michael J. Dee, $100; Fred S. Evans, $100. The company will deal in patents concerning bicycles and bicycle parts. Ovid—The company heretofore known as the Clinton County Fruit Co. will be reorganized in a few days as The Clin- ton County Fruit and Cider Co., witha capital of $30,000, of which $15,000 will be put in by two Chicago capitalists. The remaining $15,000 will be divided into $1o shares. Farmers may become shareholders by signing contracts to de- liver apples the coming season to the amount of the shares taken. Cheboygan—Negotiations are in prog- ress to start the sawmill formerly owned by the Whitehall Lumber Co. It is ex- pected that a contract will be closed to saw 10,000,000 feet of logs to be brought over from Canada, and which would have been manufactured in Canada had the tariff been kept off lumber. The $2 duty will bring millions of feet of logs to Michigan to be manufactured which otherwise would be sawed on the other side. Between Seedtime and Harvest Is a gcod opportunity to enquire about farming lands in South Dakota, only one day's ride from Chicago. Bountiful crops of Wheat, Corn, Barley and Flax reward the tiller of the soil. As a stock and dairy country South Dakota leads all the world. First-ciass farm lands with nearby markets can now be bought at from $10, $12, $15, and upwards, per acre, and this is the time to invest. For further particulars write to Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- way, Old Colony Building, Chicago, III. i A Frenchman has devised a means for converting grain into dough at one operation without milling, an invention which, if the claims of the originator are verified, will not only effect a revo- lution in breadmaking, but also make the miller’s occupation, like that of Othello, only a memory of the past. The grain, which is first soaked, enters one end of the machine, where it is crushed and disintegrated, the paste passing to the kneading machine in the other end of the apparatus, where it is aerated and kneaded into dough which may be preserved indefinitely without injury. All the nutritive qualities of the grain, the bran included, are pre- served, and the bread possesses greater nutrition and is more easily digested. ———_>22—___ The traveling men of the country will be gratified to hear that a heavy tariff has been placed on prunes. We hope they will make it prohibitive. WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. A LOOKING FOR GOOD INVEST- ment can hear of a splendid ready-made clothing and furnishing goods business to be disposed of, situated in the great peach center of Michigan; only clothing store in the town: doing a very lucrative business on a small capi- tal. As this is a bona fide, andin every way a solvent and profitable business, with excellent reasons for disposal, none but principals need apply to Wm. Connor, Box 346. Marshall, Mich. 39 ANTED—TO PUR: HASE A STOCK OF drugs in Michigan, southern part pre- ferred. Must be well located. Address Alva J. Ulrich, Parkviile, Mich. 328 Fe SALE—CLEAN HARDWARE S‘?TOCK; doing good business; best location in Grand Rapids; good reason for selling; no exchange. Address Hardware, care Michigan Tradesman. 325 NOR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise and fixtures; inventory $1,700. Address Postmaster, New Salem, Mich. 324 as EXCHANGE—A GOOD LIVERY STOCK, doing a good business, for a stock of gro- cries. Address No. 327, care Michigan Trades man. é JOR SALE—CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TO secure an old-established grocery business, located on best business street of Grand Rapids. Stock all clean and salable. Rent reasonable. Wood yard and feed store in connection. Rea- son for selling, owner has other business. Stock and fixtures will inventory $2,500. Trade mostly cash. Act quickly, as owner will sell to first applicant with necessary cash. Address No. 326, care Michigan Tradesman. 326 ANTED--A LOCATION FOR DRUG STORE in a country town. Dan’l Lynch, 30 Ells- worth Avenue, Grand Rapids. 322 JARTIES WISHING TO BUY, SELL OR exchange real estate or merchandise, any quantities or description, can depend upon L. C. Townsend, of Jackson, Mich., for quick and responsible dealing. 318 7: EXCHANGE FOR SFOCK OF MER- chandise—160 acres of good Northern Ne- braska land, five miles from town. For particu- lars address F. Opocensky, Niobrara, Neb. 321 YOR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise, inventorying about $4,500, located in a thriving town in Central Michigan. Would take a small farm in part payment, if location is desirable. Address No. 320, care Michigan Tradesman. 320 UR SALE—GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF GRO- ceries, queensware and notions in town of 700. Good reasons for selling. Doing a nice business. For terms address Lock Box 15, New- port, Ind. 317 VOR SALE—ONE 100-HORSE POWER SLIDE valve engine, especially adapted to sawmill work, and fitted with a Nordberg Automatic Governor. Can be seen running any week day at Wallin Leather Co.’s tannery, Grand — owt ANTED—DEALERS TO SELL SILVER cleaner. A new thing; does quick work; 10¢c packages at retail makes 8 ounces; sells it- seif; good margins; sample free. W. Gleason, Manistique, Mich. 311 POR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRUGS, IN- ventorying about $800, located in live town of 600 people. Will sell stock for cash on basis of present value. Address No. 309, care Hazel- tine & Perkins Drug Co.. Grand Rapids. 309 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK IN ONE OF THE best towns in Michigan, doing a business of #6,800 yearly. Expenses low. Reason for sell- ing, other business. Inspection solicited. Ad- dress No. 308, care Michigan Tradesman. 308 OR SALE—BAND SAW, MILL MACHIN- ery, lot of lumber carts, three show cases, one fire proof safe, lot of mammoth store lamps—all at closing-out prices. Address The Converse Manufacturing Co., Newaygo, — 306 ANTED—PARTNER WITH $2,000 FOR one-half interest in hardware, stoves and tinshop, plumbing and furnsxce work and job- bing, roofing, etc. Have several good jobs on hand and a well-established trade; best location in heart of city. Address Box 522, Big Rapids, Mich. : 298 ANTED—WE ARE THE OLDEST, LARG- est and best laundry in the city of Grand Rapids. We do considerable business out of town and want more of it. We want good live agents in towns where we do not now have any. We pay a liberal commission and give satisfac- tory service Terms on application. American Steam Laundry, Otte Brothers, proprietors. 289 Fee SALE OR TRADE FOR STOCK OF merchandise—180 acres of choice timber land on Section 2 of the Haskel land grant, Buchanan county, Virginia; title o. k. Address No. 262, care Michigan Tradesman. 262 UBBER STAMPS AND KUBBER TYPE. Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 160 NOR EXCHANGE—TWO FINE IMPROVED farms for stock of merchandise; splendid location. Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades- man. 73 ANTED—1,000 CASES FRESH EGGs, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca. Mich. 249 MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—TINNER WHO UNDERSTANDS hardware and implement business; steady job Write full particulars—age, qualification, etc.—in first letter. S. A. Howey, Lake City, M : 319 WANTEVW—BY A MIDDLE- ch aetee ATION i aged gentleman with twenty years’ experi- ence xs buyer and manager of a general store, now traveling Eastern states, who wishes to represent a good house in Michigan. Would commence on small salary. Best of references. Address No, 312, care Michigan Tradesman. 312 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 6 Grand Rapids Gossip Frank W. Burns succeeds Burns & McGowen in the meat business at 253 Jefferson avenue. P. Jordan has opened a grocery store at Elgin. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. R. Squire has opened a grocery store at Rockford. The stock was furnished by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. Hickey & Doueth will shortly open a grocery store at Hannah. The Wor- den Grocer Co. has the order for the stock. Peter Semeyn has opened acigar and confectionery store at 253 Plainfield ave- nue. The Musselman Grocer Co. fur- nished the stock. E. J. Emmons has embarked in the grocery business at 319 South Division street. The Worden Grocer Co. fur- nished the stock. M. W. Ryan has opened a grocery store at the corner of Spring and Island streets. The Lemon & Wheeler Com- pany furnished the stock. Beech, Cook & Co. have sold their elevator on West Bridge street to Watson & Frost, who will utilize the property as a flour depot and feed mill. Wm. Kale has embarked in the gro- cery business at the corner of Gold and West Fulton streets. The Ball-Barn- hart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. C. E. Gibson, whose grocery stock was destroyed during the recent fire at Bloomingdale, has resumed business at that place. The Olney & Judson Gro- cer Co. furnished the stock. H. S. Williamson (Benton Harbor), . E. Arney (Pana, Ill.), and H. D. Arnold (Jones) .have formed a copart- nership under the style of Williamson, Arney & Co. and engaged in the fruit business at 22 South Ionia street. J. A. Damon, whose drug and gro- cery stock at Weidman was recently destroyed by fire, has resumed business. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. fur- nished the drugs and the Ball-Barnhart- Putman Co. supplied the groceries. The De Graaf, Vrieling & Co.'s plant on South Ionia street, which has been idle for several years, has been leased for five years by the Wernicke Co., manufacturer of office files and book cases at Minneapolis, which will transfer its headquarters to this city about August 1. The new institution will furnish employment to about 4o hands and will prove a welcome addi- tion to the manufacturing interests of this market. —_§~<>90—_ The Produce Market. Asparagus—Home_ grown has _ ad- vanced to 25c per doz. bunches. Bananas—The market is steady, prices unchanged and the demand very good, with abundant supplies. Beans—Referring to the market on dry stock, the Miller & Teasdale Co. (St. Louis) write the Tradesman as fol- lows: There does not seem to be much future to beans before prices on the coming crop are established. Some otf the largest shippers in Michigan are offering to sell, for the latter part of July shipment, choice handpicked pea beans at 75c, delivered at East St. Louis, which means between 60 and 64c at Michigan shipping points. These beans are guaranteed to be good-keeping stock and of choice quality. You can see from this that nobody has much con- fidence in the future market. There are a good many beans yet to be shipped out of Michigan, so we are informed. The demand for beans at the present time is exceedingly light. We would not be surprised to see beans sell for less money than the present market in the course of a month or six weeks. Liberal supply, lack of demand and lack of interest in beans have a tend- ency to cause a decline in prices. We should like to be able to speak more encouragingly of the prospect, but from present indications we are not justified in doing so. Beets—25c per doz. bunches. Butter—Separator creamery is slow at 14c. Choice dairy fetches 9@utoc, net- ting the shipper about 8c. Those who have cold storage are putting away am- ple supplies in anticipation of a drought later in the season, which would send prices up several cents. Cabbage—Cairo stock in 2 doz. crates commands $1.65. Mississippi stock in 5 doz. crates fetches $3.50. Cauliflower—$1 per doz. Celery—Meager offerings of home grown are coming in and find ready sale on the basis of 25c per doz. The quality is excellent and the supply is expected to be more plenty from now on. Cherries—Home grown Sweets com- mand $1 per crate of 16 qts. Red and black cherries will begin to come in the latter part of the week. Cheese—The market has sagged a lit- tle from last quotations. Heavy supplies of spring make are coming, and the ——— has an easy tone in almost every ine. Cucumbers—Home grown are in am- ple supply at 30@35c per doz. Eggs—Local supply is large and de- mand is excellent. Candled stock is taken on basis of gc, so that the ship- per gets about 8c, loss off, or 7@7%4c, case count. Gooseberries—Practically without de- mand. Such meager offerings as come to hand are slow sale at $1 per 16 qt. case. Greens—Beet, 4oc per bu. Lemons—The market is very firm, al- though quotations are not advanced. This weather has the tendency to move stock very much faster than hitherto. An advance both in the East and in this market may soon be looked for. Melons—Slow sale on account of the high prices ruling for Georgia stock and the low price of berries, which are given the preference. Onions—Southern stock fetches $1 per bu. Green are large in size and fair in quality, commanding 12c per doz. bunches. Oranges—The stocks in hand in this market are larger than usual at this season of the year. This market is not likely to get many more car lots from the coast this season. Prices are un- changed, except that fancy seedlings are worth a little more. Peas—Home grown are in ample sup- ply and brisk demand on basis of 75c¢ per bu. Pieplant—ic per lb. Pineapples—Havanas are sold as low as $1 per doz. Fancy Indian River (Florida) command $1. 40@I. 50. Potatoes—New stock fetches 9oc@$1. Old is in fair demand at 25c per bu. Radishes—Charter, toc per doz. bunches; China Rose, 1Sc. Seeds—Medium clover, $4.50@4.75; Mammoth clover, $4 .75@5; Timothy, $1.40@1.60; Hungarian, 75@8oc; Com- mon or German Millet, 60@7oc. Squash —Illinois stock, 4c per Ib. Strawberries—Home grown are in their glory this week and Thursday is expected to be the ‘‘big day’’ on the local market. Prices are from 50@75c per 16 qt. case, according to quality of stock which is almost uniformly excel- lent, so far as size is concerned, al- though flavor is not up to the standard, on account of the lack of favorable weather. Tomatoes— $1 per crate of 4 baskets. Turnips—Home grown command 25c per doz. Wax Beans—$1.25 per bu. for Illinois stock. a Gillies New York Teas. All kinds, grades and prices. Phone Visner, 1589. Ethics of the Fire Department. It is commonly supposed that it is the duty of the Fire Marshal to direct the work of the fire department in ex- tinguishing fires, but a little incident which recently occurred in the vicinity of the Tradesman office tends to show that that official occasionally has other duties to perform as well. It appears that, while making his usual rounds through the Blodgett building Sunday evening, the colored janitor smelled smoke, discovered that the smoke came from a box containing paper clippings in the bindery department of the Tradesman office and promptly extin- guished the fire by means of a small hose attached to a faucet over a sink. In the meantime a guest at the Eagle Hotel noted the reflection from the rear windows of the office and turned in an alarm, although he noticed that the reflection ceased before the department reached the building. Having extin- guished the fire, the janitor rushed out to the front hall and informed the Fire Marshal, who had reached the scene of the trouble and was superintending the work of elevating the hose through the windows in the front part of the build- ing, that he must not throw any water ou the floor, because the fire was out and the water would do great damage. The Fire Marshal insisted on having his own way in the premises and the Janitor was equally determined that be should not, going so far as to block the way and attempt to pull back the hose which the firemen were dragging into the office. The Fire Marshal and janitor thereupon clinched, with the result that the head of the fire department was compelled to call for assistance, which came in the shape of two lusty firemen, who proceeded to demolish the janitor in the most approved fashion. The combatants were separated by an occu- pant of the building, who vouched for the authority of the janitor, whereupon the firemen ceased to be pugilists and sought the scene of the fire. Subsequent investigation disclosed the fact that the faithful janitor was enraged beyond rea- son by the Fire Marshal applying an offensive term to him, and those who witnessed the fracas assert that the spectacle of the head of the fire depart- ment stopping to thrash a janitor instead of proceeding to put out the fire—on the supposition that the fire really existed— was about as ludicrous a sight as could be imagined! ee The Tradesman concedes that the Fire Marshal was right and that the janitor was wrong in the positions they assumed. As a matter of fact, it is asserted that the moment an alarm is turned in, the building on fire ceases to belong to the owner, so far as the con- trol of the property is concerned ; that it passes into the hands of the fire de- partment, and that the word of the head of that department is law, subject to no dictation from any source. In extin- guishing the fire prior to the arrival of the department, the janitor incurred the displeasure of the firemen, who main- tain that it is the business of a janitor to turn in an alarm and direct the fire- men to the fire, instead of usurping the duties of the department in putting the fire out. This may be the correct theory, frem the standpoint of the fire depart- ment, but the writer has had some ex- perience along these lines and prefers to act on his own judgment, irrespective of the pet theories of any one. ee Nearly twenty years ago, while living in a rented house on Clinton street, the writer was awakened one night by the crackling sounds of fire in the base- ment. The fire was beyond the period of incipiency, and, although he could have saved most of the contents of the house, he started off to give an alarm, which he succeeded in doing. On the arrival of the department, it was found that there was not sufficient pressure from the mains to throw a stream, while the steamer then assigned to the hill district was unable to get up steam for several minutes, during which time the writer was compelled to stand by and see his entire earthly possessions go up in smoke—uninsured—while the build- ing he foolishly tried to save was in- sured for much more than its value! Moreover, the owner was able to elude the meshes of the law, and, through the connivance of the insurance agent, se- cure the payment of the entire insur- ance. = + = It is all very well to talk about fire to a child who has never been burned; but a man who has been through the scourge of fire and noted the inefficient work sometimes done by the fire department —and Grand Rapids has one of the best departments in the country-—will still maintain that the faithful colored man, blinded by smoke and guided only by a determination to protect and preserve the valuable property intrusted to his keeping, who quietly and quickly ex- tinguished an incipient fire of myste- rious origin, did his part quite as well and fully as effectively as the blustering official who rushed up the stairs five minutes later and applied the offensive term of ‘‘nigger’’ to the man who had thus usurped his authority and warned the department against the further des- ecration of the building. Ly The Grocery Market. Sugar—The position of this staple is gradually growing stronger anda higher range of values is surely near at hand. Tea—The trade in teas is dull. This is largely because the life that was felt a few weeks ago,and was stimulated by the tariff agitation, was an unhealthy one, and, with the passing of the possibility of a duty on tea,the interest in the trade passes. Coffee—The market is dull and featureless. Prices are still low, and the war is promising no end just yet. Rice—It is claimed that there is an advance of %@%c_ in Japan rice be- cause of the proposed duty on that ar- ticle. Trade in both domestic and for- eign sorts is light. Provisions—The trade has displayed much confidence in values,and the mar- ket has averaged ‘higher than the pre- ceding week for leading articles, after suffering some decline from the highest points reached. The speculative inter- est has been of fair proportions and the shipping demand good. The supply of hogs is maintained somewhat above ex- pectations, and the June marketings ap- pear likely to exceed the early calcula- tions, although it is not likely the movement will be as large hereafter as it has been. There has been some im- provement in the enquiry for lard for export. ———>- 0 —_____ Samuel Tobey, the veteran business man of Byron Center, was in town Tues- day. Mr. Tobey is now Treasurer of the Byron Center Creamery Co. and is giving that enterprise the benefit of his best thought and most painstaking efforts. 6 e Fruits and Produce. Efforts of Michigan Packers to Get Stock According to Value. The following circular has recently been sent to Michigan merchants by a large number of egg shippers. It is worth reading by packers inal] sections: We sent you circulars some weeks ago explaining how necessary it was that eggs, the most important product the farmer produces, should come to mar- ket in the best possible shape. We also explained to you and to the farmers that it was better for them if their eggs could be properly cared for before com- ing to us, and that it would be money in their pockets, because if we could get the eggs fresh and clean, we could pay closer to the Eastern market prices. Some of the farmers have heeded our suggestions, but the greater proportion of them seem to be too indolent or care- less of their own interests to go to a lit- tle trouble to make their most valuable product marketable. Asthe people to whom we sell will not buy the dirty and small eggs of us, we are compelled to notify you that our employes will now pay you a good price for your good eggs (clean, fresh and fair size) and a lower price for the dirty,stale and small eggs. It is not necessary that this loss should fall on you, as you should buy accordingly,and the loss would then fall only on those who by their carelessness deserve it. In order that those who do not know how to take care of eggs may have an opportunity to learn what is nec- essary, we append below simple direc- tions, which you can either tell to them or you can give them a copy of this cir- cular: In order to have your eggs fresh, gather them carefully every day and do not leave the nest egg in the nest until it gets old and stale. It is best to have a china nest egg. See that your hens have fresh, clean nests frequently and put them where they will keep dry, as damp straw ina few moments stains the eggs beyond redemption. When your eggs are gathered go over them immediately and if you find any that have got mud on them from the hens getting into the nests with dirty teet, or if they have dirt on them from any other cause, you can easily clean it off with a damp cloth, but you must wipe them dry immediately or the eggs will soon be spoiled. If you wait un- til the dirt has been on the shell several days it often leaves a stain on the shell which cannot be wiped off. Keep your eggs, while waiting until you can market them, ina cold, dry place and never put them in water, as if you do so it penetrates the pores of the shell and causes them to spoil rap- idly. Do not let them get damp or wet from any cause, as it often makes them moldy or musty, and then they are per- fectly useless; if they should get wet, wipe them immediately and save them as much as you can. Don’t put your eggs in bran, sawdust or anything that is dusty when ycu take them to market. It makes dirty eggs of clean ones and cannot be cleaned off. Never put them in saJt. It makes poor eggs of them at once. Do not hold your eggs long but take them to market at least every week, and oftener if you can, and you will always have desirable eggs to sell. It may be that you are busy from early in the morning until jate at night and that you cannot see how you can do any more, but you are working for what money there is in it, and if you will do these things we have suggested you will find that it will pay you better than most of the things you now do. — -—~» 0 -e— — -- Interesting Meeting of the Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association. Detroit, June 21—At the regular semi- monthly meeting of the Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association, held June 16, the special Committee on Peddling Ordinance reported a very complicated state of affairs. After the Common Council had passed the amendment to the ordinance and the matter had been placed in the Mayor’s hands for his approval, the peddlers (being on the alert) discovered that the law was not in effect until the Mayor had signed it, and that by tendering the $5 and de- manding a license, the Clerk was obliged to issue a license under the old ordinance. While the matter was in the Mayor’s hands, unsigned, about 200 peddlers secured $5 licenses, but when the ordinance was signed, a stop was put to their movement. It was then dis- covered that no bonds had been filed for any of the licenses that had been issued and all were declared invalid by the Corporation Counsel. Out of the 200 who had paid $5, only seventy-six had secured the proper license from the Mayor's office. The remainder have simply a receipt for the money paid to the Police Clerk. The next move on the part of the peddlers was through an attorney who had prepared a bond and tendered it for acceptance under the old ordinance, after the new law was in force, the object being to make good all the $5 licenses which had been is- sued. This was promptly refused by the Mayor and the matter will now be decided in court. The report was ac- cepted and the Committee given further time to continue the work. The Committee appointed to visit Vail & Crane presented a report through the Chairman, D. . Burnham, who had personally called upon Mr. Crane for a decided answer to the request of this Committee. Mr. Crane stated that he would not patronize Parker, Webb & Co. until this difficulty was satisfacto- rily settled and that he would notify Parker, Webb & Co. by letter to that effect. The report was accepted and the Committee discharged. Mr. Koenig being called to the chair, President Knight made a strong argu- ment in favor of securing the services of a competent person to solicit new members, cellect dues, and watch for violations of the peddling and market ordinances. This matter was referred to the Peddling Ordinance Committee, with instructions to engage some one and require a bond for the faithful performance of his duty. On motion by Duncan King, Jr., a committee was appointed to call upon the Corporation Counsel for an opinion on the milk ordinance. Messrs. King, Einfeldt and Schneider were appointed. President Knight opened the oil question by stating that he had been called upon by tbe manager of the Standard Oil Co. in reference to the difficulty now existing between the oil peddlers and the resident oil compa- nies. It appears from the statements of this gentleman that the oil peddlers’ union, consisting of 138 members, who have secured about 80 per cent. of the oil business of the city, are not satisfied and are possessed of a very strong de- sire to secure the entire o1] trade, they having called upon the oil companies and requested them to raise the price to grocers and dealers 1% cents per gal. This the oil companies refused to do. The peddlers, being determined to carry their point, got their heads to- gether, and made arrangements to get their supply from another source. The resident oil companies immediately dropped the price of o1] to 4 cents per gal. to enable the dealers to sell ata low figure and protect themselves against the encroachments of the peddlers. On motion of Mr. King, a committee of three was appointed to call upon the three oil companies and gather all the information possible and report at the next meeting. The Chair appointed as such committee Joseph Knight, E. Marks and L. De Clerg. Messrs. Schneider, Prue, Misner, Einfeldt; and Koenig were appointed a committee to arrange for an excursion and report at the next meeting. <. MARKS, Sec’y. Treat your clerks as men and human beings. You don’t know bow much they can do and save the employer they respect. SSE BEG ong. aces A man who is the picture of health need not get in front of a camera. FTFIZFLFFFTITZFITF ZS DT N IMOTHY. All kinds of FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS. Correspondence solicited. Your order follow, we feel sure. BEACH, COOK & CO., 128 to 132 West Bridge St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. will a e a a e ® a $ The season for FIELD SEEDS such as CLOVER and TIMOTHY is now at hand. We are 2 a prepared to meet market prices. When ready to buy write us for prices e e or send orders. Will bill at market value. a : MOSELEY BROS., = . Wholesale Seeds, Beans, Potatoes, 26-28-30-32 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. 2 BOROTOCROROHOCRORORORORORORORORCHOCTOUOCHOCHOROROROHORORO eee a a : SEASONABLE SEEDS 3: ; : 2 Millets, Hungarian, Fodder Corn. e - GARDEN SEEDS, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. e a Wholesale Seed Merchants, © e Som = Alfred J. Brown Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 2 BOROROHOROROCROROCHORORORSC RORORCEOCHOROCEOCHOROROROROCHORO We Are Getting Plenty -~~—~ or HOME GROWN STRAWBERRIES Write for our prices to you. BANANAS LEMONS ORANGES Peas, Beans, Onions, Spinach, Radishes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, New Potatoes, Summer Squash. ALLERTON & HAGGSTROM, Jobbers, Both Telephones 1248. 127 Louis Street. Grand Rapids, lich. Home=-Grown Strawberries AT GROWERS’ PRICES. Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, Onions, Spinach, Radishes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, New Potatoes, Summer Squash, Wax Beans, New Peas, Cabbage, Fancy Honey. All seasonable vegetables. BUNTING & CO., Jobbers, 20 & 22 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 00,000 Pounds Butter Wanted to pack and ship on commission. Good outlet. Eggs on commission or bought on track. M. R. ALDEN, 98 S. DIVISION ST.., GRAND RAPIDS. ‘The Vinkemulder Gompany. JOBBER OF Fruits and Produce MANUFACTURER OF “Absolute” Pure Ground Spices, Baking Powder, Ete. We will continue to put up Baking Powder under special or private labels, and on which we will name very low prices, in quantities. We make a specialty of Butchers’ Supplies and are prepared to quote low prices on Whole Spices, Preservaline, Sausage seasoning, Saltpetre, Potato Flour, etc. We a‘so continue the Fruit and Produce business established and successfully conducted by Henry J. VINKEMULDER. THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY, Successor to Michigan Spice Co., 418-420 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS. Citizens Phone 555. *: MICHIGAN TRADESMAN TOWNSHIP TAXATION. Full Text of the New 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. 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 shall 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, upon demand of the township clerk, a bond in the sum of fifty dollars with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the township clerk, 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 license 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 not producing upon demand of any per- son said license 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 a 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 the State to see that this act is enforced and in case of any violation thereof to imme- diately notify the prosecuting attorney of the proper county, whose duty it shall be to take all proper steps for the prosecution of the offender. Sec. 8. Nothing contained in this act shall prevent any person from sell- ing any meat or fish In townships out- side of any incorporated city or village, nor any nurseryman from selling his stock by sample or otherwise, nor any person, firm or corporation engaged in the sale of farm machinery and imple- ments, nor any manufacturer, farmer or mechanic residing in this State from selling or offering for sale his work or production by sample or otherwise, with- out license, nor shall any wholesale mer- chant, having a regular place of busi- ness, be prevented by anything herein contained from selling to dealers by sample, without license; but no mer- chant shall be allowed to peddle, or to employ others to peddle goods not his own manufacture without the license provided for in this chapter. Sec. 9. Sections sixteen to twenty- five inclusive of chapter twenty-one of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled ‘‘Hawkers and ped- dlers,’’ being sections twelve hundred fiftv-seven to twelve hundred sixty-six inclusive of Howell's annotated statutes, act number two hundred four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty- nine, being sections one thousand two hundred and sixty-six a to one thousand two hundred sixty-six e inclusive of Howell’s annotated statutes; and act number one hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take ate effect. Approved June 2, 1897. Filed June 5, 1897. a Justice is the last thing a bad man wants to see done. immedi- Every Dollar Invested in Tradesman Company's COUPON BOOKS will yield handa- some returns in saving book-keeping besides the assurance that no charge is forgotten. Write TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapis- -| at lowest prices. Ship your Butter and Eggs for Cash at your station to HERMANN C. NAUMANN @CO. Main Office, 353 Russell St. De TROT. Branch Store, 799 [lich. Ave. __@q BOTH PHONES 1703. > Special Attention to Fruit and Berries in Season. Correspondence Solicited. REFERENCES: Detroit Savings Bank, or the trade generally. EVERETT P. TEASDALE. Miller & “Teasdale EFPirwsit and Prodiswuce Brokers. BEANS s- mond jubilee with an enthusiasm born both of love and respect. The vast growth of the empire, its territorial extension, its increased power, resources, popula- tion and wealth; its progress in the arts and sciences and literature; its present commanding position in the world—all these are of course matters of congratu- lation and rejoicing during this great jubilee occasion, but, after all and above all, the liveliest gratitude of the British people and the proudest emo- tions of the hour should be stirred by the reflection that for sixty years the British throne has been occupied by one of the model women of the century, who has kept the crown untarnished and the court free from corruption or scandal and against whose name no honest man has ever whispered an ugly Story. DEBS AND HIS UTOPIA OF LABOR. Considerable space in the public press is just now being accorded to the gra- tuitous advertising of the socialistic schemes of that apostle of treason and anarchy, Eugene V. Debs. This ad- vertising enables this hero—or those for whom he serves, on account of his re- cent notoriety, as a figure head—to vic- timize a host of poor dupes who may be led to contribute to the further enrich- ment of such worthies. The announce- ments of plans and intentions are made in terms to enlist the attention and _ in- terest of the most gullible of the igno- rant class likely to be caught in the snares. The proposition is made _ to establish in one of the newer states— Washington, probably, on account of the socialistic tendencies of its consti- tution—a colony governed by the prin- ciples of socialism. In this paradise of labor working hours are to be re- duced from fifteen to four and all prop- erty is to be a trust in which all the colonists are to be shareholders. Cor- respondence is said to have been car- ried on with the Governor of the State, who is represented as favoring the views of these reformers. It is proposed, in the carrying of these plans into effect, to secure control of the State Government by the numbers of the colonists and the influence of the socialistic elements already there, and then, if necessary, to defy the military authorities and the Supreme Court by force of arms—indeed, the declarations of the purposes of these schemers are in terms as broadly treasonable as is likely to be tolerated in this age of toleration in speech which amounts to almost un- limited license in that direction. Few of the more intelligent who have given the matter attention think, fora moment, that this precious syndicate of schemers seriously contemplate the ac- tual establishment of such an Eden of social equality. It is significant that the association of these promoters took occasion, in the early part of their de- liberations, to vote liberal salaries to each of the members. While the ex- leader of law-defying rioters is probably a most valuable card in the hands of the managers of this enterprise on account of his hold upon the great masses of the ignorant, gained by his notoriety, the unfortunate frequency with which his usefulness continues to be interrupted by indulgence in the frisky cucumber would prevent his serving any purpose involving actual performance. Indeed, | this unfortunate propensity seriously interferes with the repeated appearance of the martyr hero on the platform nec- essary to keep him before his devotees, as illustrated by his failure to meet such an appointment last Sunday in Chicago. It is to be deprecated that the press of the country will even thus unwittingly lend itself to the furtherance of such swindling schemes. It is enticed into doing this by the use of the livery of labor in the furtherance of such schemes. If they can utilize their pres- tige in the American Railway Union in turning the remaining influence of that ruined organization to such a purpose and gain the adherence of some of the existing socialist bodies and then have the aid of the heedless press, there is no reason why such a movement will not yield a rich returns to the promoters. 8 DISREGARD OF OBLIGATIONS. The British government has refused to reopen the question of the protection of seal life in Behring Sea or any phase of the controversy, connected with the sea. This refusal is based upon the un- satisfactory outcome of the arbitration proceedings which decided against the United States in the dispute with Great Britain over our claim to exclusive jurisdiction in Behring Sea. The treaty under which the arbitration was held expressly stipulated that, in the event that the case was decided against the United States, compensation would be paid to the Canadian sealers for the damages inflicted through the seizure of their vessels. The amount of the damages was to be assessed by a commission. The award of the arbitrators was against the United States, and our liability to the sealers was admitted by a proposition to pay a lump sum to Great Britain in settlement. Although the British government promptly ac- cepted this offer of settlement,no money has ever been paid, and Congress has actually refused to appropriate the money. The United States is, there- fore, in default, and the principle of arbitration, of which we prate so loudly, has been ignored by our refusal to abide by the result of an arbitration in which we were one of the contestants. Not only has the United States refused to pay the amount of money awarded to the sealers, but the Government has been actually shameless enough to ask that the whole case be reopened and the award revised. Very naturally the British government has refused to con- sent to this. The national honor demands that this award should be promptly paid. Had Great Britain lost the case, and had an award been assessed against her, we would have long since insisted upon payment. The British government is certainly right in refusing to further consider Behring Sea matters until we pay the award to the sealers. GIVE BUSINESS A CHANCE. Some good, and the only good, which can come to this country from the com- pletion by Congress of the present tariff scheme will be in the likelihood that the business of the country will have peace and quiet for a year or two, per- haps for four years. There can be no prosperity in busi- ness except through peace and stable conditions of trade and_ industry. Whatever causes anxiety and uncertainty in the affairs ot the people reacts in- juriously on business. Is there a flood in the Mississippi valley or a drought in the Northwest? Then the entire business of the country is disturbed. Merchants in the stricken regions at once suffer in credit,and they are afraid to buy, even if they have cash, because they do not know whether or not their customers will be able to pay. The man- ufacturers in the East and the importers and jobbers in the cities are afraid to sell to the affected districts. The rail- ways leading into and through those districts suffer not only a great loss of trade, but the destruction or obstruction of their tracks and property interests. Thus it is that a calamity which ap- pears to be wholly local exercises most injurious effects upon business interests throughout the land. But how much more serious in char- acter and amount is the damage wrought by causes which disturb and disorder the vast business interests of the entire MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 8 commerce and every industry of the country. Such a cause is seen in the tariff-tinkering which is commenced just as soon asa different political party comes in control of the Government. For the last eight years the curse of tariff-making has been added to the destructive influences of the financial panic of 1893. First came the Mc- Kinley law, enacted during the Harrison administration; then the Wilson law created during the Cleveland adminis- tration ; now the Dingley law, with the usual confusion and disorder incident to the re-making of the tariff. The result is that the commerce and indus- tries of the country are kept so con- stantly in a state of disturbance, and the people are so plunged into anxiety and overwhelmed with uncertainty, that they limit their affairs to transactions of strict necessity. This sort of thing has been going on until the people are well-nigh desperate and are begging only to be let alone. Any sort of tariff, no matter how objec- tionable, is better than incessant agita- tion and uncertainty, and so the people will be thankful when Congress shall have completed the tariff, no matter what sort of a bill it may be. Then they can hope to have a little respite in which to carry on their business un- til some other political party shall get possession of the Government and be- gin again the work of doctoring the tariff and of plunging into confusion and chaos the commercial and indus- trial interests of the United States. What a godsend it would be if Con- gress could only meet once in ten years, instead of every year, and give the peo- ple an opportunity to revive and rebuild their prosperity. The only way in which it can be done is by the establishing of conditions of stability and peace. If people can be assured that there will be no tariff-tinkering, and no foreign war, and no domestic revolution, for a term of years, they will soon have a re- vival of business activity and those who have money will invest it in various undertakings and_ enterprises which have been waiting so long for a period of quiet and security. Weyler would make a great campaign chairman in a popular election—he can do more bluffing and lying on less capi- tal than any man in public life to-day. How much longer will the manhood of this country stand Weyler's atrocities and his persecution of helpless Cuban women? Unless the people utter a pro- test soon, and one that will be heard around the world, we are not entitled to be classed as a Christian nation. A man of science’ has estimated that a cigarette smoker sends into the air about 4,000,000,000 particles of dust at every puff, while another eminent scientist gives it out as his opinion that the average man’s eyelids open and shut 4,000,000 times in the space of a year. The latest argument against the cor- set comes from Bellaire, Ohio, where four young girls walking home from church were struck by lightning. Three of them wore steel corsets and were killed, while the fourth, who dis- dained fashion, was only stunned. The Connecticut Legislature passed at its late session a law requiring the use of such inks only on public records as are approved by the Secretary of State. The law goes into effect on July 1, and a penalty of $100 is provided for vio- lation of the act. Xcasasesesasasas eo t]he eimeiarebiy, Pillsbury’s Best Flour and Old Fashioned Lard is that of being able to give your customers a good cigar. me fs JE . we cee fone! J fete aR See sili SHE. es a og + EM sit ata ie Clark-Jewell- Wells Co.'s New Brick Cigar is the best 5c cigar on earth, Clark-Jewell=-Wells Co., SS i Next to the satisfaction involved in handline : | Grand Rapids, Mich. 10 MiCmiGAN TRADESMAN | SIXTY YEARS AGO. Sad Fate of an Old-Time Business Man. Written for the TRADESMAN. In a former number of the Tradesman I gave a truthful history of my initiation into the mysteries of the wholesale trade in merchandise. That bit of personal history is so interwoven with that of a mercantile companion, as _ well as trusted friend, that I make no apology to the readers of the Tradesman for nar- rating his history, in hopes that some of the incidents narrated may excite their sympathy. One of our best country customers was a rich farmer, for those days, living a few miles north of Canandaigua, named Witter. There were two sets of children, eight in all, the eldest and only child by the first marriage beinz the subject of this sketch. They were well educated, with an air of refinement that showed plainly in their intercourse and conversation. Although only meet- ing occasionally, there grew a bond of friendship between the son, Frederick A. S. Witter, and myself, that I never could quite understand. He often joked about his ‘‘cumbrous name,’’ as he ex- pressed it himself, and what a load it would be to carry through life. In many respects our tastes were the oppo- site. In dress he was what in these days would be called a dude, and was a little inclined to be proud of his good clothes and fine figure. He was very fond of ladies’ society, but the most bashful young man Iever knew. Some- times I noticed a tinge of melancholy in his moods, the cause of which I did not learn until years after. One day he came into the store alone, attired in his best suit, white Marseilles vest and gloves. In surprise, I said, “‘Fred, what is up now?’’ ‘‘Well,’’ said he, ‘‘I have come into town to see if I can’t get a situation in some store. Don’t you think you could help me?’’ I replied, ‘‘I will do all I can, Fred, but you will have to shed those fine clothes if you fill any situation I may be able to help you get.’’ He laughed as he said, ‘‘I’ve got plenty of old toggery at home and am ready to tackle anything that offers. It can’t be dirtier or hard- er than farming.’’ Luckily, I happened to know a clerk in a store who was going to throw up his situation the first of the month, on account of ‘‘the ceaseless round of drudgery,’’ as he expressed it. This I explained and told him plainly what he would have to meet should he have the good luck to secure the place. He said be was ready to put up with any- thing he could get as an opening to something better. In the morning I went to Mr. Daniels and told him I had heard his under clerk was going to leave, asking if it was true. ‘‘Yes,’’ he replied, ‘‘the work he does is not to his liking and I want to fill his place as soon as pos- sible,’’ asking me if I knew of any young man he could get. I then told him of my friend. He knew something of the family and expressed the fear that Fred would be too ‘‘tony’’ to fill the bill. After Ihad narrated my conversation with Fred he laughingly said, ‘‘Well, bring him around in the morning and I will talk with him.’’ I made an appointment for ten o’clock the next day. Returning to the store, I told Fred what I had done, with the suggestion that he drive home and change his dress suit for a business suit that I knew he had because I had sold him the cloth and trimmings only a short time before. He followed my suggestion and came back the next morning in good business shape. I went over to Mr. Daniel’s store with him. Giving him an introduction, 1 left him to negotiate for himself. He came back about an hour after- wards and showed me a copy of an iron- clad agreement he had signed binding himself for a year from the following Monday morning. I had no doubt about his success in filling the bill because I knew him to be too conscientious to sign an agreement that he would not live up to at any Cost. : This happened two years previous to the events that changed my plans and sent me to New York. As I expected, Fred became a favorite with his em- ployer, receiving a handsome raise in salary the second year. Having completed my arrangements for leaving home, I made the round of my friends, bidding them goodbye. The last call I made was on my com- panion and friend, Fred, which I in- tended should be something more than a formal call—a_ final social visit. ‘*Well, Fred,'’ said I, ‘‘this is the last evening we shall have to visit together in some time. Iam going to leave for New York Monday. ‘‘ Don’t be too sure of its being the last,’’ he replied ;’’ I am going with you. I shall go out home to-morrow and bid my father and _ step- mother and the children goodbye.’’ Jn surprise I asked, ‘‘ How long since that idea struck you?’’ ‘‘Ever since I heard you were going,’’ he replied. ‘‘Mr. Daniels doesn’t like to let me go, but my second year is up and I have made up my mind that I am built for some- thing on a larger scale than I can see in the future here.’’ ‘‘ Have you done any- thing toward getting letters of introduc- tion?’’ I asked. ‘‘O, yes,’’ was his answer; ‘‘I have not been idle, as you will see by looking at these,’’ throwing down several letters of introduction and recommendation. ‘‘I sha’n’t get lost if 1 don't strike a situation for a few weeks—you know I have a little money that I inherited trom my mother that will come very handy for us both in case of an emergency.”’ His determination that our fortunes should nct be separated for a moment quite overcame me. This feeling was soon changed to rejoicing that I was not to be separated from my companion and friend. We spent the evening together, calling upon some families among our customers where we had been in the habit of visiting; also on our employ- ers, Mr. Gorham and Mr. Daniels. The readers of the Tradesman already know the success the writer met with through the kindness of friends; but it was several weeks before my companion secured a situation to his liking. After our letters of introduction had been delivered, the next business in or- der was to secure a boarding place where we could enjoy the comforts of a home. Before leaving home we _ had been advised to stop at a little hotel called the ‘‘New England House,’’ on Broadway opposite Trinity Church, un- til we secured a permanent home. Une evening we were looking over the newspapers with the hope of finding something to suit us in the columns de- voted to boarding house advertisements when my eye caught the following: TO RENT—With or without board, in a strictly private family, one large room on the second story front, suitable for two gentlemen who desire the com- forts of ahome. No other boarders. Terms moderate. No. 25 Vesey street, west of the Astor House. References exchanged. PRE VORRERURREERERReeey The Day We GéleDrate =e ae We offer a complete line of FIREWORKS at rock bottom prices for the best quality goods, fire- We make a specialty of city displays. crackers, etc. ee Hanselman Candy Co. Kalamazoo, Mich. 426-428-430 East [lain St. be De be be Se Se be Sy De De de De De de De oe Se De De De De De de De De de De De Be De Me De The Glorious 4th PRPC PRRR eee rere rey Se. W, W.-W, BW, BW, BW, - W.-W. BW, . BM, . BW, BW, AM, .w, . Mw, - B.A BW. W -' OY POPP OE OE BD BD BD OD BDA ADD ODD AA A D- DEALERS IN ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES Office and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Bulk works at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Caaillac, Big Rap- ids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City, Fremont, Hart, Whitehall, Holland and Fennville. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I read it over, with the remark, ‘‘ How does that sound, Fred?’’ ‘‘All right,’’ he replied, ‘‘and, as it is early yet and the distance only four blocks away, sup- pose we look it up to-night. If we wait until morning the family may be scat- tered.’”’ To this I agreed and we started at once. We found the family to consist of a widow lady with one son and four daughters, two of whom were married and still living at home. One of them was the wife of a lawyer, the other of a shipping and commission merchant do- ing business in Broad street near the battery. The young ladies were about 14 and 17 years of age. They did not make their appearance at this visit but we were introduced to the other mem- bers of the family. After looking at the room and getting terms and exchanging references we left, with the promise to call the following evening. When we were in the street I asked Fred what he thought of the outlook. He replied, ‘*Favorably, if the references back up appearances, ’’ Upon looking over their reterences we met a singular coincidence. We were agreeably surprised to find the name of the Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Rector of St. George’s Church, to whom we had already delivered letters of in- troduction from our former pastor in Canandaigua. The family proved to be an old one, well known and_ respected. The widow, Mrs. Banta, owned the double house in which they lived, and had a small income besides. I after- wards learned the pathetic story of her life; but that would be out of place here. As agreed upon, we called the follow- ing evening, and, finding the references on both sides satisfactory, we literally shook the dust of the New England House from our garments and took pos- session of our new quarters. We were presented to the two young ladies, who were bright, well-educated, modest girls. The son, Weart, was a callow youth, an art student, and spent most of his time in the art studios. He seemed al- ways dreaming, imitated the artist style of dress and parted his hair in the mid- dle. Of course, he was his mother’s idol. He was named Weart after a fa- mous artist that flourished in New York about the date of his birth. Settled in a home, we resumed in earnest the work of finding a situation for Fred. Here again came in the kind offices of my new employers, the Messrs. Earle—Brotber Ed and Brother John, as they called each other. Brother John had heard of a new partnership formed for the purpose of importing and job- HFHOOGOGOGCoOododgddOd000000000000000 0000 bing silks, ribbons, laces, etc., and volunteered to introduce my friend to the parties, Messrs, Stearnes & Johnson, of Cedar street. My friend was successful in his ap- plication, entering at once upon his duties. He remained in their employ two years. His exquisite taste and good judgment they held in high esteem, they often entrusting him with the re- sponsibility of making large purchases. Before the expiration of his second year in the employ of Messrs. Stearnes & Johnson he was offered a large salary to enter the employ of that world-known firm of importers and jobbers, John P. Stagg & Co., of Pearl street. He con- sulted his present employers and they advised him to accept the position. In this situation he remained until he left New York, never to return. I now come to an event in Fred’s life where truthful history is stranger than fiction. For four years we had contin- ued this quiet home life in the family of Mrs. Banta and the pleasant society of her accomplished unmarried daughters, who were now grown to young woman- hood. The elder, Miss Louisa, was a blonde and very beautiful, faultless in figure and features. I have already de- scribed my friend, Fred, as inclined to be a little vain of his personal appear- ance, and I often used to detect myself speculating upon the fine appearance these two would make standing together at the altar; but I could nct detect any- thing in my friend’s attentions to her that looked that way. On her part, how- ever, I often saw undisguised efforts to say and do that which she knew would please him that told of something more than friendship. Fred used to attend the theater and opera frequently, but his invitations always included both the sis- ters. One day, to call him out, I said, ‘*Fred, I think Miss Louisa would enjoy your invitations to the opera better if Miss Helen were left out of the bill.’’ ‘‘That is the very reason why | always invite them both,’’ was his short reply. Things went on about as usual for some months, but I noticed that my friend was constantly on his guard against any attentions that would excite hopes in her heart that never could be realized. He never made her any pres- ents, all his attentions being such as she would expect from a brother. But I noticed that her mother treated Fred more like a son than an ordinary board- er, showing that she shared her daugh- ter’s secret. It was with considerable interest and some anxiety that I waited for what seemed sure to follow; but I did not have to wait long. 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I readily gave my prom- ise and he went on, his face assuming a more cheerful look as he proceeded to disclose a page in his history he had never before revealed to me: He began by alluding to our long and intimate friendship and the four years of pleasant home life we had spent to- gether in the Banta family. ‘* You,’’ he continued, ‘‘cannot fail to see that, through no fault uf mine, I am placed in an unpleasant position here. God knows that I have never given Miss Louisa any reason to expect of me any- thing beyond the sincerest friendship, and yet she is evidently cherishing hopes for the future that can never be realized. In addition to this, her mother is cherishing the same delusion. No matter what my real feelings towards Louisa are, there is a barrier between us that can never be passed.’’ ‘‘Why?’’ said I. ‘‘You have money and have reached an age to warrant you In assum- ing family responsibilities. What does Louisa lack that you would expect ina life partner? She is both beautiful and accomplished’’—He abruptly stopped me here, with the request to say no more. ‘‘I know that she is everything that I or any other man could ask or expect in a wife; but that dees not and cannot close the guif that yawns between us—it only widens it.’’ He saw that I was looking puzzled and perhaps thought him inconsistent, and proceeded: ‘‘Our .~B QB. WwW BW - BW BW BS BV BW BW - BW BW - BV ~ W It is not the highest fancy patent nor is it a straight You Wille = ¥ Look in Vain= ¥ For a flour that is more uniform W or that will suit all classes of W trade better than W * W bite”: 4 W grade; but it is an intermediate patent at a moderate W i Fd ee. . If — a LI, LP. LI. LP. DM LA LO LO LOA MP YESS SSSSSSSSIess that large class of people who use only one grade Y] of flour for all purposes. as ’ best four for ‘tall around’? use that can be found W W anywhere. It makes good bread and it makes good “a pastry. 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There runs in the veins of our family the blood of hopeless hereditary insan- ity, that has lingered there for genera- tions. God forbid that I should ever be guilty of the crime of transmitting the curse to others. Our parting after liv- ing so long under the same roof isa great grief to me, but I think you will give me credit for discretion in doing so. I shall leave to-morrow. My ar- rangements are all made. I am going to live in a strictly private Erench fam- ily where only French is spoken, take up a course of study in the language, and fit myself for a trip to France either on business or pleasure—perhaps both. I think you had better have an inter- view with Mrs. Banta to-morrow if you feel like it, as they will be wondering where I am.”’ Now I fully recognized in my friend a martyr to personal honor and Christian duty, and it added to the esteem in which I had always held him. In the morning I requested an inter- view with Mrs. Banta and narrated the conversation Fred and I had held the previous evening. When I had con- cluded, the tears were in her eyes. ‘*Noble boy!’’ she exclaimed; ‘‘I re- spect and love him now more than ever before. What a sacrifice to Christian duty and to us he has made.’’ I re- quested her to tell Louisa what I had told her. ‘‘No,’’ she said, ‘‘there isa reason why she should hear the story from you. She has too much good sense to make a scene. We have both lived in hopes that Fred’s generous friendship would finally ripen into a closer relation. But that is all over now. I will call her.’’ Louisa soon made her appearance, so radiant with health and beauty that I dreaded to repeat the story. Her mother intrcduced the subject by saying that | had a message to deliver to her from Fred. At the mention of his name her cheeks flushed, but as she caught sight of her mother's face they paled to the whiteness of marble. I related what | had already told her mother, and added something about Fred’s exalted sense of honor. I presume | was quite incoher- ent, as I was aware of being the most excited of the group. When I had fin- ished, through her quiet tears and trembling voice she replied: ‘‘ Fred has never given me any reason to expect anything from him but the warmest friendship and regard; but ever since we first met I have cherished the hope that time would work a change of his friendly sentiment into something much dearer to my heart than friendship. Now,’’ she continued, ‘‘I must ask you, Mr. Welton, to forgive me for having given place to the thought that you were In some way standing between me and my hopes of winning Fred's heart. Tell him that I honor him as much asI have loved him, and that I shall pray for him that this curse he dreads may be re- moved.’ Several years after I had left New York and found a residence in Michi- gan, I returned there on business, and with pleasure anticipated renewing my acquaintance with the Banta family. I found they had scattered. The mother was dead and Louisa had entered a con- vent a few months after the events | have narrated. To return briefly to the closing history of my friend, Fred: Within a year after he became an inmate of the French family he had mastered the language and been sent to the manufacturing dis- tricts of France to purchase and solicit consignments of French manufactured goods for his employers. A short time before I left New York I received a let- ter from him mailed at Paris, to which I immediately replied, telling him of my plans and giving him my future address. He continued making annual visits to France for several years, and always wrote me on his return to New York. The last letter I received from him spoke of failing health, and that he had made his last trip abroad, that he was arranging his business to return to the home of his childhood, that he feared that the impending evil he had dreaded so long was drawing near. | replied to this as cheerfully as I could, volunteering a litlte advice and ask- ing him to remember me to mutual friends if he should meet them. To this letter I never received a reply. Ten or twelve years later I visited friends in Canandaigua and, enquiring for my friend, was told that, after re- turning home, his health rapidly de- clined, his mind wandered and he final- ly became hopelessly insane and was confined in the asylum at Canandaigua, where he died a year later. ‘‘What of his property?’’ I asked. AsI expected, the reply was, ‘‘A will was found among his effects, executed two years before he returned home, giving all his property to the convent in New York whose sacred cloisters veiled his heart's ido] from the world.”’ Such was the fate of a brilliant man of business, a genial companion and faithful friend, in whose character were combined all the elements to entitle him to the grandest of all earthly titles —a Christian gentleman. W. S. H. WELTON. Owosso, Mich. OO - About Nervy Patrons. Tailor—Thought I’d met some nervy people, but— Shoemaker—What now? Tailor—I’ve had to press these trou- sers four times, and they are not even paid for. Shoemaker—That’s nothing. I went to collect a bill for a pair of shoes yes- terday, and the fellow kicked me out with them. —___> +. On His Wheel More. She—'‘Have you got your bicycle]. yet?”’ He—‘‘Oh, yes.’’ She—‘‘I don’t see you on the road as much this season as I did last.’’ He—‘*No, I’m on my wheel more now. 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I mean by that that, while some of them seem to be satisfied with the money returns. of the oldest chestnuts in the newspapers, there are others who are advertising Columbuses, never satisfied unless dis- covering something new in the pro- motion of the publicity of the wares they have to sell.’’ ‘Which reminds me,’’ said a man who looked like a New England Yankee once removed, ‘‘that I have been inter- ested in advertising for many years, and that I have circumnavigated the United States several times, advertis- ing various things from baking powder to steam engines. In these trips I have observed some things quite well worth the remembering, but certainly the most unusual bit of advertising I ever heard of came under my notice during a trip I made last year through Northwestern Texas. ‘‘In a trip made there some three years previously I had met a_ local character whom they calied ‘Colt’ Thompson, and after a talk with him at the hotel supper table, fcr he boarded at the best hotel in the town, I found that he had come from my native town in Massachusetts, and that we had known each other as boys there forty years before, when neither of us was more than ten years old. Though Thompson was a pretty hard citizen and had a record only a few Eastern men would be proud of, he was a good work- er, and as the agent of an arms manu- facturing company in the East, witha territory comprising several counties, he managed to live well and wear good clothes. Of course he gambled between times and did odd jobs of various kinds, but the profits in those lines were sim- ply used for spending money. He had shot several men and was accustomed to remark that he had to do it now and then in his husiness to show the merits of the goods he handled, and he always said that he would rather be _ horse- whipped than shoot a man with any other gun than that made by his firm— a loyalty that added much to his popu- larity and was a first-class advertise- ment for his weapons. ‘‘Which reminds me that Thompson was the-most enthusiastic advertiser I ever saw and he never let an opportu nity escape that he could use for this purpose. I saw him shoot a runaway horse one afternoon on the main street and when the owner’ complained, Thompson paid for the animal and had a half column article in all the news- papers on his guns as runaway pre- ventives. Another time, about mid- night, he discovered a fire in a store on a side street, and, instead of turning in an alarm by the usual shouting, he began to shoot his gun as fast as he could. The noise soon had the crowd out and the papers next day told all about Thompson's guns as the best fire alarms in use. On another occasion he offered the preacher who was going to preach at a shot man’s funeral $50 to help out the salary fund if he would say that he deceased had surely gone to heaven because he had been shot with one of Thompson’s guns. ‘*But I am digressing. His greatest advertising idea was his last one, to which I am slowly but surely coming. When I found I was going to be in Thompson’s neighborhood again last year I was pleased, for i had found him very interesting, and he had _ insisted when we parted that if I ever came that way again I must be sure and give him a chance to make it pleasant for me. I had not heard from him in the mean- time, and when I got to his town and asked at his old stopping place where he was, I was greatly pained, but not greatly surprised, to learn that he had died six months previously. It was not necessary for me to ask if he had died suddenly, ard I did not ask the ques- tion in that form, but I did ask what the row was about, and as the result of my enquiries I found that my friend Thompson had been called upon to act as a deputy sheriff in the arrest of a couple of very bad men from the mountains, who had been ‘shooting the town up.’ ‘They were customers of Thompson, but he did not give guarantees against disorder with his goods, and he was as glad to arrest these men as he would have been to do any other hazardous service. Thompson became separated from the Sheriff and posse about nocn, and no more was seen of bim until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when he was discovered by the Sheriff lying dead beside a big white boulder, and not fifty feet away, stretched flat on their backs, were the two toughs,’ quite as dead as Thompson. In the hands of each of the three were revolvers, and it was plain that the men had died game, although apparently the end was more sudden for the others than for Thompson. This was proved by the fact that just above him on the white surface of the stone he had scrawled in as big letters as he could reach, and with his finger dipped in his own blood, the words: ‘What else could have hap- pened when all three had Thompsons? Call on my successor before purchasing elsewhere.’ ‘‘That evening after supper I went to the town cemetery to visit the grave of my schoolmate, and on a plain white stone at his head was this brief in- scription, placed there by his friends: CoLtT THOMPSON. He Was a Good Man. Massachusetts sent him to Texas and Texas sent him to glory. ‘‘Which struck me asa pretty good advertisement in itself, but not com- parable from a business standpoint, with that other one written on a white stone in the blood of a New Englander among the hills of Texas.’’—N. Y. Sun. 0 A Tandem at Last. Augustus was a nice young man, in style quite up to date; Considered an authority in fashions new and miami And in the course of time he did as all young men will do, He met and loved a charming girl whose name was Helen Drew. Augustus had a wheel, of course, and often went to ride; He thought he was in Paradise with Helen by his side. Until one day his sweetheart said: ‘‘As sure as *m alive, “My w hee 1 goes just as fast as yours, and mine’s a "95 Augustus nearly had a fit; how such things must amaze This dreadful breach of e tiquette would haunt him all his days! And to his love that night he vowed, by all his hopes of heaven, With her again he would not ride till she bought a oO. Both lovers lost their temper, and some bitter words were said: He swore she had no feeling, and she wished that she were dead, But finally they compromised, forgot their words at random, Got married, and exchanged their wheels for a ’97 tandem, When it comes to advertising. They say they are afraid it won't pay. This class of mer- chants, however, are constantly growing less as they become acquainted with the advantages offered by using The Co-opera- tive System—giving the customer the ad- vertising expenditure, instead of paying it all to newspapers and bill posters. We here show cut of our No. ro Antique Oak Parlor Table, with brass bead trimming. It’s a fine Premium and is generally given with $25.00 in trade. Just drop us a postal to-day and we will send you a Catalogue of useful house- & hold articles. 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With the seller of shoes the struggle is confined chiefly to the matter of suit- ing the tastes and purses of his patrons. For conscience’s sake he will, now and again, mildly suggest the advantage to the shoe wearer of allowing the foot room enough to lie comfortably in the shoe. With the buyer of shoes the physical struggle between the foot and the de- sired shoe is often a serious affair; but the conflict of mind with looks and com- fort in the various shoes under consider- ation is often greater than the physical wrestlings with refractory shoes. It is incontrovertible that human feet, and, consequently, their artificial cov- erings, bear close relations to our phys- ical comfort or discomfort in a far wid- er and more important sense than that of the pinching, crowding of toes. and chafing of the skin that are sometimes inflicted upon us by our misguided choice of footwear. The reasons for these far-reaching in- juries to our feet can only be properly understood and averted by some intelli- gent ideas of the function of these mem- bers and of animal motions. An anatomist points to that wonder- ful mechanical construction, known to most mechanics, but especially print- ers, and called the ‘‘toggle joint,’’ as an illustration of certain movements in the lower extremities of man. In the - hand press this contrivance enables one man to exert a greater degree of power than could be obtained without its aid. Now, many of the joints of the human body act precisely on this rather eccen- tric principle. Take for instance the lower extremities. When we place our- selves in a slightly stooping position with the ankle, knee and _ hip-joint slightly flexed we may, by simply straightening our joints, raise a weight piaced on the shoulders far heavier than in any other manner; although, of course, it will be through a very small space comparatively. Now, in a natural state—that is, bare- footed—there would be but little incon- venience at the foot, but with short or narrow, unyielding shoes covering them, the feet could neither spread laterally nor lengthen slightly in their natural efforts to respond to the sinking of the arches of the feet, as they are held im- movably by their unyielding and close coverings. Therefore, pain and even danger would attend such attempts in ill-adapted footwear. Probably the average shoe buyer will never be induced to look into these mat- ters; but if there should be peradventure twenty, ten, or even five in a city who did, and who profited by it, then, at least, a small percentage of humanity would be benefited. It is difficult to overestimate the importance ot intelli- gent care for the feet, and, therefore, the judicious adaptation of shoes to the feet. That different uses for the hand and foot were designed is clearly manifest in the fact shown by the process of os- sification in the two different members. The bones of the foot ossify at an earlier’ period, and advance more rapidly in their development than do those of the hand. This isa wise provision of na- ture, for very little strength is required in the hand during the first few years of life, while the feet, at the end of a year or so, begin to find active employ- ment for their functions in sustaining the body, and in the act of walking. In selecting shoes, however, few peo- ple are at all disposed to sacrifice looks to comfort, and it is doubtful if many of them would even if they knew all about “‘toggle joints’’ and the compara- tive development of the osseous tissue in hands and feet. It is certain that the suggestions of a_ practical, experienced retailer would be helpful and_ profitable to many shoe buyers if they were sought or acted upon when gratuitously offered. But most of these self-confident people don't want suggestions that militate against the aesthetic appearance of the shod foot, as they view it. It has been ever thus, and probably will be until the end of time. So the discormfited retailer, of a humanitarian turn of mind, sighs as he looks over his assembled patrons, of almost every con- dition in life, seeking beauty in low or high grades among his stock, and shun- ning the wiser choice within reach, be- cause it seems too generous in its pro- portions if it will go on the foot with- out a tussle, and will not hug like a bear or a corset. The discouraged vet- eran among shoes notes this willfulness on the part of his medley of clients, and softiy murmurs, as he abandons all at- tempts at foot reform: “Rich slave to fashion, and poor slave to pride, Though never mingling, sitting side by side.” A glance at the modern shoe on pa- rade to-day would at first thought in- dicate a sort of shoe reform in the mat- ter of size. But is this really so? There is ample length, it is true, of the slen- der, ornamental front end. This length for the foot it encloses is, however, more apparent than real. True, the ends of the toes are now free from that former sudden ‘‘short stop,’’ as the ball player would put it, but in many instances the wearer has defeated the benefits that would otherwise be attained by selecting shoes that do not provide empty space enough beyond the toe width required for a comfortable flat position of the toes that fit the shoe. The consequence is, in many Cases, that the old-time side pressure is still ex- erted, and the toes rise in rebellion and overstep one ancther in their efforts to escape lateral crowding. But, quite apart from this deceptive length of shoe for the actual accommo- dation of the foot, there is still the old craving for a minimum size and a close hug in the relations of foot and shoe. This mania for small feet has long since become chronic, and, like other diseases of long standing, it is difficult of suc- cessful treatment; impossible, in fact, without the hearty co-operation of the patients themselves, which seems diffi- cult of attainment. Perhaps it must now be classed with the incurable dis- eases. Manufacturers, of course, naturally lend their efforts to help the wearers to this desideratum, and are sometimes almost at their wits’ end to produce this small effect, even by trying to procure some new kind of material that will aid the deception in its make-up, and render the feminine foot smaller in ap- pearance. If people will wear closely-fitting shoes, manufacturers might, for the best interests of the human race, unite, ina sma!l proportion at least, philanthropy with the irrepressible love of gain by adopting the most pliable materials for stretching to the capacity of exacting feet. Shoes, for some misguided mortals, ought to be able to stretch, like easy consciences, to meet the exigencies of the owners, LYCOTMIING, 25 and 5 off. KEYSTONE, 25 and 5 and 10 off. These prices are for present use and also for fall orders. Our representative will call on you in due time with our specialties in Leather Goods, Felt Boots, Lumbermen’s Socks .. . and a full line of the above-named rub- ber goods, and we hope to receive your orders. (ieo. H. Reeder & Co., 19 South Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. DOOQODOOOOOOGOOE This represents our Boys’ and Youths’ Oi! Grain Water Proof Shoes, made ofverybest 4 stock to wear, nice fitting and good Style; ‘ size of Boys’, 3-5; Youths’, 12-2. Every pair warranted. Write for prices orsend for 4 samples on approval. These shoes keep feet 4 dry, look nice and no rubbers are needed. q SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY U0., Detroit, Mich. Also makers of the celebrated Driving ‘ 7 Shoes. Grain Creedmoors and Cruisers. Michigan Shoe Co., Agents for Michigan. : Se 09000000000 000 ee State Agents for Wales-G00dyear Rubver ‘‘The Earth’s Best’’ Place your orders with our boys on the road. 5 and 7 Pearl St Our discount is 25 and 5 off. Herold=-Bertsch Shoe Co. Call on us when in the city. ., Grand Rapids. | QOMOOQ@QDOQOOQOQDOOC! December tst dating. ee ¥ @ QDOODODOGDDODOOOODOOQOOQOOQOOO DHOOOQOOOOOOQODOOOE Now that the price is right be sure you get the right brand. The Goodyear Glove Rubbers Hirth, Krause & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. OMMNDNONE PHOQDDOOODDOOHHOHOODHDHHOOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOOOS Don’t overlook this. @ COODQDO©OD DOODDOO®QDO©ODO©DODQODOO®DOOOOOOOO to sell more Shoes? ’s factory line—the line that will win Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., 12, 14 and 16 Peart St., Grand Rapids. CuOHOROHORORORORORORORORORORONONOHOHOHORONOHOROHOHOR e a e : = Do you sell Shoes? a * : D : 0 you want @ ° Then buy Rindge, Kalmbach & Co. . and hold the trade for you. We handle everything in the line of footwear. I We are showing to-day the finest spring line in the State—all the e@ latest colors and shapes. . = See our line of socks and felts before placing your fall order. We a can give you some bargains. e@ Weare agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and carry a very large $ stock of their goods, which enables us to fill orders promptly. B Our discounts to October 1 are 25 and 5 per cent. on Bostons and 2s, = 5, and 10 aa — rae em E terms are as liberal as those of e any agent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. a e Z e a © a If women could be brought to regard the question of the fitness of shoes in the light of reason and personal com- fort, they might be happy yet when shod tor the street, and the retailer's lot would be less irksome physically and mentally. Their loaded hips, their ponderous and awkward sleeves, their painfully compressed waists, and their cumbrous. shirt bottoms combine to render progression slow and_ difficult enough on the street without tight shoes. What would one of our modern-dressed girls accomplish in a competition with the Greek maiden ina foot race, such as the ancients used to encourage among the fair sex for the development and strengthening of the feminine physique? With this athletic race, however, the course for the female contestants was one-sixth shorter than forthe men. With us, under existing conditions, the handi- cap, in distance, could be greatly in- creased without the least danger that the dress-weighted, furbelowed, tightly-shod women would ever be in at the finish to take a prize. There is no danger but that the sup- ply of shoes will always equal and ex- ceed the demand. Feet are coming in- to the world now at a great rate; feet of all shapes and that will eventually stop growth anywhere between the Cin- derella type and the No. 9, E width. But the manufacturer is watching out for them, and is having his lasts made and his patterns drafted so that none of the coming feet need go without shoes unless they adopt the Kneipp fad for heaith. For the grand army of unborn feet there is an avalanche ot shoes in prospective, that shall be poured out in such numbers as to provide changes to the extent of five or six pairs to each pair of feet the year around. Whether these coming feet shall differ much from their predecessors in shape, whether the tastes of the owners shall revolutionize the shoe trade, or whether they shall disport themselves in short or long-toed footwear, who can tell? But of one thing we are reasonably cer- tain, and that is that the shoe trade will be able to meet all the demands in shapes and eccentric styles.—Boots and Shoes Weekly. 8 How to Say It. There is a large class who delight to shine in newspapers as wits or poets, and announce their wares in second- hand jokes or in doggerel fit to set the teeth of a dull saw on edge. If their object is notoriety or a laugh, this is the way to attain it; but if it be busi- ness, it would seem better to use the language of business. Leave clowns’ jests to the circus, and let sober men speak as they act, with directness and decision. The fewest words that will convey the advertiser’s ideas are the right ones.— Horace Greeley. ——_—~» 0. —___— The German Emperor seems to be determined to reign as an autocrat, if possible. His latest method of dealing with the representatives of his people is a curiously arbitrary one. Nota very long time ago the Reichstag refused to vote the money for an extension of the navy, which the kaiser was extremely anxious to effect. In spite of this set- back William went ahead and ordered the new vessels. More recently a simi- lar thing has happened, but it is in the army this time. The Emperor desired new cannon for the army, which would cost in the neighborhood of 230,000,000 marks. The Reichstag refused to ap- propriate the money,and again the Em- peror promptly placed the order. The guns are now ready for delivery at Krupp’s, and every one is wondering where the money is to come from to pay for them. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Creating Extra Trade. From Shoe and Leather Facts. The English are a nation of shop- keepers, and the rest of the world can undoubtedly learn a good deal by care- tully studying their methods. Take, for example, the present celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. It would be inter- esting to know just how much additional business will be done by British manu- tacturers and merchants in consequence. All the reports received are to the effect that English tradespeople are at present enjoying an exceedingly prosperous business season, attributable very large- ly to the celebration. Most branches of trade have been decidedly quickened by the preparations for the festivites, which are to continue through the month. In most lines of furnishings and wearing apparel special Jubilee articles have been mauufactured, and these are meet- ing with a ready sale at prices which bring a handsome profit. A big busi- ness has also sprung up within a few weeks in the manufacture and sale of souvenirs of all sorts. In designs they include practically everything which a vivid imagination can connect with the Jubilee. The great occasion has also attracted a very desirable class of tourists, who spend money freely. Representatives of all the powers of Europe will be pres- ent, ana the many social conventions at- tending upon such a gathering will add to the English tradespeople’s patronage, increasing it to such an extent as to make John Bull chuckle with glee as he feels the weight of his purse rapidly in- creasing. Of course the enthusiasm of the Eng- lish tradespeople over the Jubilee can- not be entirely attributed to their loyalty or patriotism, although they are not lacking in that respect. Their business acumen is keen enough to enable them to perceive that the opportunity is one which it behooves them to embrace to its full extent. It is worthy of note that the extra de- mand is largely for what are commonly classified as “‘specialites,’’ and _ the profits are much larger in consequence than they would be for mere staples. We have yet a good deal to learn in this country on the subject of the develop- ment of trade, and we cannot do_ better than to closely watch the methods which our English cousins are finding so profitable at present. ne Se The Holder of a Record. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. ‘‘Who is that lank party with the medals?’’ asked the drummer. ‘*That is our town champion,’’ the rural grocer explained. ‘* He has got his picture in the papers more times for bein’ cured of more different diseases than any man in the United States.’’ rvyvvvvuvvvwwvwvvvuvwvvvvvvvv FOO ESOC VV EEC OOCOC OOS COE Custom-made Men’s Boys’ and Youths’. ... Fine.. Shoes Worcester, Mass., June 1—Our new line of samples for the coming season will consist exclusively of SPECIALTIES IN FINE SHOES FOR MEN, BOYS AND YOUTHS. We have concentrated our line to Leaders Only. such as the trade de- It is the strongest and best line of Satins, Calf, Box mands, and at popular prices. Calf, Russias, Vicis, Enamels, Etc., that we have ever offered, both as to quality, style and workmanship. The line wili em- brace both [McKay Sewed and Goodyear Welt, from especially selected stock, made in all the leading styles, toes and lasts. If you wouid like to inspect our line, or any portion thereof, drop a card to our Michigan representative, A. B. Clark, Law- ton, Mich., who will promptly respond to E. H. STARK & CO. yvuvuvvvwvvvvvwvevvvuvvvvwvvvvvn your request. GUC U VUE EEO OU E OEE TOOT ST TST TET GG rvVvuvCvVvVTVTVTVTVTVTVTTVTVTVTVTVTVTVVVVVC"VC0C0C00077V707070707T00CTCV0"FN CPG OG GF GEESE ETFS SSS SESS NEV PUV UV E OVO EO O OEE UO VOU CUY 15 HOROROCHOHOHOCROCHOROROROROCHOHOROCHOROROHOHOROHOHORONEE Seti a erie Write us AT ONCE for our ee’ = =) Special Offers now making to in ing Account Systen ird Account Systen Bie sco SAVED is $300 EARNED. is highly endorsed by the Retail Grocers’ As duplicating system by which once writin System consists of Duplicating Pass Books, Duplic Ledger, which contains all the items and constantly s tomer’s account. This is worth investigating. Our D Cash or Credit Trade and can be used with your presen using it and enthusiastically endorse it. It will say write for free sample supplies and further particulars. very ¢ for either Hundreds of merchants are money and trouble. Why not alesman wanted in every town. THE STANDARD ACCOUNT CO., Elmira, N. Y. SCUOHROHROHSTOTOTOKOROLOTOLOROTOROROCAORSCHOLOLORCTONOH are good HOQOQOOOES QOOOOHQOOQOGQOOODODOOES QOODODOODOOGOODO©QOHOOS© DOOQOQOQOOO @ es @ @ ® Stoy our protits! it leak in y Stop it with DUSTLESS! DUSTLESS is a floor dressing, to be put on with a mop. | I It is not sticky, but it prevents dust from rising ju One application will keep the dust ' off your shelves for six months. It is a good deal cheaper to use than not to use it. Write for a free book that tells ali about DUST= LESS. st the same. 80 E. Ohio St., - None genuine without our label and signature. CHICAGO. GQ®© DOQDOODODODOQOOQOOOQOODQOOGODQDOOQODOQDOOQOOOO DDOOOOOGOH.HGH.HOOS: OO: a a oinenaRIRON, NIGTIGAN BARK | hh = a | ae aN 7 a \ 527 and 528 At a Widdicomb Bid. Eas Sac Grand Rapids, Mich. Cc. U. CLARK, Pres. W. D. WADE, Vice- Pres. MINNIE M.CLARK, Sec'y and Treas. We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1897. Correspondence Solicited. eee eee aa a >9O9O090090000000506900906699606999 00 SS9SH9H098 orerres i aio aor MICH.TRUST Pes BUILDING. f2 Om &: Grainy Yaris; wow, We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and [Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. >OO909000000009600000000006900660600 000966096 60000000 POD GROG SS FS VV VV OV VV VV VVUVU Ve VVVVVwVTY 9OO996OS 0090056 00694666 0006666 A bhb bbb hbbbhbhibbbi,bitbra,trintrtrtrt drhbothbaae I6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner How the Customer Came to Pay for the Shoes. Written for the TRADESMAN. It was almost closing time. The boot and shoe department, which communi- cated with the dry goods department by a large arched doorway, was altogether deserted. Only a few straggling custom- ers were to be seen and these were, for the most part, at the linings counter. 1 had just sold a black Henrietta cloth and had taken my customer to the lin- ings counter. This was exactly opposite the archway leading to the boot and shoe department. There was a large mirror fixed into the shelves directly opposite the archway, in which a great deal that went on in the shoe room could be plainiy seen by anyone in the linings department. I sold the neces- sary linings and was making out the check for them, when I chanced to glance through the archway into the above mentioned mirror. As I did sol saw a rough-looking man take a pair of men’s shoes from among a number dis- played along the shelf base and hang them across his shoulder by the string with which they were tied together. Where could the shoe salesmen be? | asked my customer to excuse me a mo- ment and went directly to the shoe de- partment. Just as I entered, a clerk came forward from the rear of the room and asked the man what he could do tor him. ‘*Oi want to git a pair uv rubbers to fit these here shoes,’’ said the man. **Oi’ve been ali over town.thryin’ to git a pair to fit thim an’ haven’t been able to yit.’’ The man’s nerve paralyzed me for a moment and I made up my mind to watch for further developments. The clerk took the size of the shoes and soon had a pair of rubbers fitted to them. As the man handed him the money in pay- ment for the rubbers, the clerk asked if he should wrap the shoes with the rub- bers. ‘*O, no; just lave the rubbers right on the shoes an’ Oi’ll carry thim over me shoulder.’’ ‘*Tom,’’ said I, addressing the sales- man, ‘‘aren’t we sole agents in town for the Bannister shoe?’’ “*Ves ; why?’’ “Simply this: those are Bannister shoes. I saw this man take them from among those displayed over yonder, and I have been waiting to see what he was going to do with them.”’ Tom ran his eye over the shoes along the base and exclaimed, ‘‘Why, sure enough! I had eight pairs of shoes on that base ard there are only seven now.’’ The man made a move as if to get out; but I told him that there was a policeman waiting just outside the door, so that it wouldn’t do him any good to run, ‘*Y’ain’t agoin’ to have me ‘rested, are yez?’’ ‘*It depends on how Mr. Jarvis looks at the case,’’ I replied. ‘‘Tom, go tell ? Mr. Jarvis to step here. The result was that the man paid for the shoes, and was so rejoiced when he found that he was not to be arrested that he bought a pair of shoes for his wife also. Upon leaving the store he held out his hand to me and said: ‘‘Oi don’t have wan bit uv ill will agin you, young feller; but Oi’m glad that it was your boss that had the say about what you'd de with me. I know be the look in them oyes uv yours that you’d ‘a’ sint me to the ‘jug.’ ’’ Mac ALLAN. Tokens for Labor Prohibited Except Under Certain Conditions. The following is the full text of the new law prohibiting the issuance of tokens or orders in payment for labor except where the employe requests or consents to such an arrangement: An act to prohibit any corporation from selling, giving, delivering or is- suing to any person employed by him or it, in payment of wages due for la- bor, or as advances on the wages of labor not due, any scrip, order or other evidence of indebtedness purporting to be payable or redeemable otherwise than in money except by consent of the employe, and to provide a_penaity therefor. Section 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact, that it shall be unlaw- ful for any corporation to sell, give, deliver or in any manner issue, di- rectly or indirectly, to any person em- ployed by him or it, in payment of wages due for labor, or as advances on the wages of labor not due, any scrip, token, order or other evidence of in- debtedness purporting to be payable or redeemable otherwise than in money; any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or im- prisonment for not more than thirty days or both, such fine and imprison- ment in the discretion of the court, and any such scrip, token, order or ‘other evidence of indebtedness issued in vio- lation of the provisions of this act, whatever its provisions as to time or manner of payment, shall be, in legal effect, an instrument for the uncondi- tional payment of money only on de- mand and the amount thereof may be collected in money byan holder thereof in a Civil action against the corporation selling, delivering or in any manner or for any purpose issuing the same; and such holder may be either the person to whom such instrument was originally issued or who acquired the same by purchase and delivery. Sec. 2, Any scrip, token, order or other evidence of indebtedness, issued in violation of the provisions of this act, and presented by the holder there- of, shall be taken as prima facie evi- dence, in any court of competent juris- diction, of the guilt or indebtedness of any corporation selling, giving, deliv- ering or in any manner issuing the same. Sec. 3. Any person selling, giving, delivering or in any manner issuing said scrip, token, order or other evi- dence of indebtedness in behalf of any corporation in violation of the provi- sions of the preceding sections shall be the defendant to the criminal action, and the corporation shall be held as de- fendant to the civil action. Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply, when any employe shall volun- tartly request or consent to receive scrip, tokens or orders upon any person, company or Corporation in payment, or part payment, of wages due, or to be- come due, to such employe. Sec. 4. All acts or parts of acts in any manner contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 29, 1897. —__—>4>—____- A clerk in a hardware store in Balti- more recently had an experience which may serve as a warning to other sales- men. He sold a customer $5 worth of tools, received a $10 bill and gave $5 in change. The purchaser felt in his pockets and said he had change and would take back his bill and pay in sil- ver. The clerk gave him the bill and received back his change, which the purchaser gave as the price of the tools. The flim-flammer then walked hurriedly out, and some time later the clerk be- gan to realize that he had lost $5 worth of tools. oprague’s Patent LaWN Oanoples an ON THE LAWN AT RENAPPI., A Beautiful Lawn Shade. Easily handled. Does not hurt the lawn. and comfort for a dozen or more people. Made only by (| Séats Affords rest THE SPRAGUE UMBRELLA CO., NORWALK, OHIO. A beautiful Lithograph sent free on application. NUTIPNOTNE ENT NE NENTNOr HET ener eerNereer eer reereerenrrer een eer ier We Manufacture Window Shades If you are in need of new shades for your store front send us the measurements and we will send you samples and prices. We also carry in stock, packed in dozen boxes, a big assortment of six and seven foot shades, with and without fringe, mounted on spring rollers, to retail at 25 to Soc. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. UMMA ANNAN dAN GAG AAA dNh dU JUN S44 Abb db Jbk J44 Jb4 bb dk ddd J4A db bb dd ddd VOPATPNPNOP ND NED NTP NNA NPAT TT NTP NET NTT LZ UMMA TTT AAA UAA UA bk dk bb dk db bk bd > A Loyal Citizen ———__ without a flag is the same as a soldier without a gun. FLAGS 4th of July will soon be here. Cotton stick Flags No. 1 to 12; cotton sewed bunting Flags 3 to 30 feet; all-wool standard bunting Flags 3 to 30 feet. The big business done in our flags is due to the fact that our Prices are always the lowest. P. STEKETEE & SONS, MONROE AND FOUNTAIN STS. % MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 CommercialTravelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Jas. F. HAMMELL, Lansing; Secretary, D. C. SLaGHT, Flint; Treastirer, Cras. McNo ry, Jackson_- Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, S. H. Harr, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Chancellor, H. U. Marks, Detroit; Secretary, EDWIN Hupson, Flint; Treasurer, Gro. A. REY. NOLDS, Saginaw. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, A. F. PEAKE, Jackson; Secretary and Treasurer, Gzo. F. Ow EN, Grand Rapids. Board of Directors—F. M. TYLer, H. B. Farr- CHILD,Jas. N. BRADFORD, J. HENRY DAWLEY, GEO. J. HEINZELMAN, Cuas. S. ROBINSON. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wrxson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. If busy law builders, diamond-studded walking delegates and other economic quacks would take a ‘'‘lay-off,’’ the commercial travelers would book more orders. The money that union labor has ex- pended for wind during the past ten years would buy bread enough to feed an army like Grant’s for forty years. Don’t sit ina hotel chair and snivel because your competitor sells more goods than you do. Shuck you ulster and hustle and make your business a nickel-plated stem-winder success. Leon F. Titus, who has been assistant paying and receiving teller in the Traverse City State Bank for the past four years, has taken the position of teller in the First National Bank of Traverse City. Ira Sell, who was connected with tke egg house of T. W. Brown, at Ithaca, died June 13 as the result of a sudden attack of heart disease. Mr. Sell bad made many friends among the trade who will regret to learn of his untimely demise. We see each year a statement of the earnings of the Pullman company and it has become a sort of chestnut; but a statement of how much its porters knock out of the traveling men with a whisk broom would be interesting read- ing. In choosing our representatives in Congress and our state legislatures, we consider politics too much and business too little. We send men to our legisla- tive halls whose judgment we would not accept ina calf trade. Why not send a few ‘‘drummers’’ to Congress? Nearly all traveling salesmen’s pay is to-day placed upon a commission basis, but the salesman doesn’t always get what his labor entitles him to. Many orders go to his house on account of his earnest work for which he never re- ceives credit. This is all wrong. The more wealth labor creates the more it should enjoy. Hudson Gazette: A. C. Adams, trav- eling salesman for a South Bend crock- ery house, who comes quite frequently to Hudson, is one of the cleverest sleight-of-hand men in the country. Adams is continually devising new tricks and does all his work in plain sight without mechanical aids. He particularly delights to mystify crowds about a store or hotel with clever man- ipulation of coin, handkerchiefs, etc. If he chose to go on the stage his repu- tation would soon rival Herman or Kel- lar. Adams has already been in de- mand for public performances at Ad- rian, Tecumseh and other places, and gave a fine parlor exhibition recently in this city. Geo. A. Sage (Hanselman Candy Co. ) | has shaved the upper portion of his face and caused his beard to be trimmed to resemble the French style. The change in his appearance is so remarkable that his best friends pass him by on the Street, while his customers decline to pay him any money on account until he presents credentials from the house to the effect that he is the same man who has been calling on them for the past half duzen years. Thirty years in the lumber business has given Joseph Schneider, who rep- resents Bliss & Van Anken, of Sagi- naw, in Ohio, an experience which makes him very valuable to his concern. Mr. Schneider has been with Bliss & Van Auken for the last four years and makes his headquarters at Toledo. He was born at Detroit, May ro, 1853, and entered the lumber business in _ that city in 1866. For a time he was with Jerome Eddy at Flint, but conducted a business on his own account from 1874 to 1879. Then he managed the retail department of Lindsay & Gamble, at Detroit, and later acted in the same capacity for Charles Kohn,at Nashville, Tenn. From there he went with the La Crosse Lumber Co., at Louisiana, Mo., and left that concern to travel for Bliss & Van Auken. C. W. Sparling, a midget formerly well known in this city through his work as traveling salesman for the former firm of Eaton & Christenson, died week before last at Kansas City, which city deceased had recently made headquar- ters while traveling for a Dowagiac firm. The body was taken to Kingsley for interment. The high esteem in which deceased was held by his Western ‘friends is shown in the following clip- ping taken from the Kansas City Times of June 14: "The funeral of C. W. Sparling, the tiny traveling man who died last week, took place yesterday afternoon. A procession of carriages three blocks in length followed the white hearse to Elmwood cemetery. At 3 o’clock the Knighs of the Maccabees, of which order the deceased was a mem- ber, conducted services according to the ritual of the order at Wagner’s under- taking rooms. Sparling was called by his brother knights ‘the Mascott,’ and they turned out in force to give him an honorable burial. A_ band of sixty-five pieces preceded the carriages. ’ “0 Movements of Lake Superior Travelers Harry Brilling (A. Krolick & Co.) is now doing the trade for the one hun- dredth time. Harry wouid be O. K. if he paid election bets. W. J. Dillon (Standart Bros.) was at the Soo last week, doing business. W. F. Mitchell, manufacturers’ agent, is out now on his first trip. He was lately manager for M. Church & Co., at the Soo. R. W. Ballentine (Peninsular Stove Co.) is now a kodak fiend—a late ad- dition. The directors of the Lake Superior Travelers’ Club will meet June 27 to name the date of their second annual complimentary party to their trade. A. F. Wixson (Fletcher Hardware Co.) goes to Detroit next week. Will take a vacation and see the sights. Mrs. Wixson accompanies him F. S. McCurdy (Jenness & McCurdy) expects Mrs. McC. to spend the sum- mer with him, with headquarters at Marquette. He can get ‘‘home’’ every Sunday then. The club house at Grand Marais is indeed a pleasant place for a traveler’ to spend an evening. The active mem- bers do their utmost to entertain us and are ever on the lookout for another ap- lication for honorary membership rom the visiting travelers. About fifty travelers belong now. OvuIx. | up remarkably well. The Hardware Market. General trade keeps up remarkably well, considering the early approach of July 1, at which time we usually look for a dropping off in the volume of busi- ness. Country dealers report a fair trade in all lines and, as their stocks are usually low, mail orders continue witha good deal of frequency and are well assorted in character. In general prices of hardware we have little to say, as manufacturers are not disposed at this time of the year to make any changes. There is in some localities, however, and on certain lines of goods consider- able talk of trouble with men, owing to articipated reductions in wages, which are to take place after July 1. It is be- lieved in many lines that the workmen will resist this reduction, which may result in closing down various mills, which will, no doubt, have a tendency to cause a slight stiffening in prices in lines of goods affected by any continued shut-down that may occur. Wire Nails—There is no special change to note in the price of wire nails, although the tendency at present writing is downward, notwithstanding the fact that manufacturers are doing all they can to prevent any lower prices being made. Jobbers are not disposed to buy freely, as they do not feel that speculation at the present time is war- ranted by the conditions existing. Prices remain without change in jobbers’ hands, although direct shipments from mill are shaded in some _ instances, quantity governing the price as well as date of shipment. From stock the mar- ket remains as quoted in our last report. Barbed Wire — Notwithstanding the fact that at this time of the year the consumption of barbed wire is supposed to be very moderate, the demand keers In sympathy with wire rods, the tendency of prices is downward, and it is believed by those who are e¢onversant with existing condi- tions governing the manufacture of wire that prices will be but a trifle lower, if any. We find, however, that any one so disposed could place a liberal order for immediate shipment and the market price would be shaded, but no one at the present time is disposed to buy be- yond his immediate wants. Prices from /stock remain as per our last quotation. Window Glass—The demand for win- dow glass is remarkably good. Prices are firm and jobbers, as well as manu- facturers, of glass, can see no reason at the present time why any concession in prices should be made. It is believed that the present discount will be firmly held and that it is only a short time be- fore it will be necessary to make an- other slight advance. Rope—There is no change to note in the price of cordage of any kind. The demand for same continues in mod- erate quantities. Reports from other follows : markets are as Chicago: Owing to the hot weather that has prevailed during the past week, the demand for seasonable goods has been very satisfactory. The outlook continues extremely encouraging. St. Louis: The prices in most lines are well maintained and the volume of business for the first half of the year bids fair to show considerable increase over the same period of last year. Cleveland: Trade in this section has very much improved in the past two weeks, Customers seem to be buying more freely—much longer orders- and larger in quantity—showing tbat they are “having better trade. Collections are very much better than last month. Louisville: Prices continue moder- ately low, except a slight advance in sheets, which indicates full order books rather than anything else. New Orleans: There is no particular improvement in the general situation, which is quiet. San Francisco: Spring trade is about over and has been about the same as last year. The prospect looks good for fu- ture business. Boston: General trade is not as good as this time cf the year should warrant, but, on the whole, it is by no means discouraging. St. Paul: Trade has been affected some by the unseasonable cold weathers which continued until June to, but, upon the whole, there has been no ground for complaint. Collections are as good as usual at this seasen. > ¢—_> The Macaroni Was Empty. ‘‘Didn’t the grocer send the maca- roni?’’ enquired the mistress, arrang- ing for the dinner. *“Yis, mum,’’ replied the cook ; ‘‘but Oi sint it back. Ivery wan of thim stims was impty.’ ~~» 0. = The system of vertical handwriting adopted by the school boards of many of the larger cities is held to have scored a triumph in Bosten already in turning out pupils who write rapidly and leg- ibly, the two prime qualifications in chirography. The paramount virtue in handwriting is legibility. No matter how pretty and artistic handwriting may be, if it cannot be read easily it falls short of its purpose. ‘Fhis is se- cured in a conspicuous degree in the vertical system, while a majority of pupils add to it both symmetry and grace. With such results it will not be necessary for graduates of the public schools to take a course in penmanship after they have entered a store or office, as they have frequently been required to do in cities that boast of the thorough- ness and efficiency of their public school methods. GOLOMBIAN TRANSFER GINPANY 15 and 17 North Waterloo St., Telephone 381-1 Grand Rapids. Commercial House Iron Mountain, Mich. Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam. All modern conveniences IRA A. BEAN, Prop. NEW REPUBLIC Reopened Nov. 25. FINEST HOTEL IN BAY CITY. Steam heat, Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. Rates, $1.50 to $2.00. Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts. GEO. H. SC sresienitiches . Prop. $2 per day. Vil Gay YO oe Young men and women acquire the greatest inde- pendence and wealth by securing a course in either the Business, Shorthand, English or Mechanical Draw- ing departments of the Detroit Business University. 11-19 Wilcox St., Detroit. W. F. Jewell, P. R. Spencer. Whitney House saz Eaa”giney: Pre Best house in town 2 State for $1.00 pe are complete. I as any inthe Sanitary cemditions istance telephone. Cutler House at Grand Haven. Steam Heat. Excellentfable. Com- fortable Rooms. H. D. and FP. H. IRISH, Props. I8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires Cc. A. BuesEg, Traverse City Dec. 31, 1896 S. E. PARKILL, Owosso - - Dee. 31, 1897 F. W. R. Perry, Detroit - - Dee. 31, 1898 A. C. ScuouMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1899 Gro. GunpruM, Ionia - - - Dee. 31, 1900 President, S. E. PARKILL, Owosso. Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Treasurer, GEo. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Coming Examination Sessions—Star Island (De- troit). June 28 and 29; Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. : Lansing, Nov. 2 and 3. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, G. C. Paruires, Armada. Secretary, B. ScHROUDER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, CHas. Mann, Detroit. Executive Committee—A. H. WEBBER, Cadillac; H. G. Cotman, Kalamazoo; GEO. J. WaRpD, St. CLlarr: A. B. Stevens, Detroit; F. W. R, Prrry, Detroit. Vicarious Sacrifice—A New Legal Remedy. Written for the TRADESMAN. It is interesting to watch the develop- ment of the human mind in matters that pertain to moral, sanitary and economic reforms. An illustration of the first is seen in a law to prevent the purchase of cigarettes by minors, which the good sense of our highest executive officer (who is himself an extremist in theory and unbalanced in his judgment on some questions of public interest) felt impelled to crush with a timely veto. As to the second reform, a late judicial interpretation of a certain law, if en- forced strictly by the agents appointed for its execution, will inaugurate a new departure in commercial jurisprudence. Perhaps if followed to inevitable results, it may return to perplex and confound its supporters. Since our code of laws have stretched to cover acts that in themselves are tree from evil intent, under the plea that society needs protec- tion from every possible form of human selfishness or lack of forethough for the comfort of others, no one inactive busi- ness is from the attack of some legal penalty that may lie in ambush for him. been safe Justice has been universally repre- of impartial mien, scales with which sented as a figure holding up a pair of to weigh evidence between opposing parties in suits at law. It is the boast of our judicial system that in the trial of a criminal, no matter how clear the evidence against him may be or how- ig be the offense ast flaw in the regularity yS may ever revolti charged, the of in his favor. may turn the scale years agoa sugh was arraigned for felony, the proceed! Only a few noted tt tried fairly and sentenced to years of Having many friends 1 in his case, they imprisonment. i interested of judge, for wise sanitary an that no more should be admitted than the room accommodate. In due time an appeal was taken by coun- sel to the Supreme Court on the plea that his client had been debarred from a fair, open trial, as conceded in the bill of rights because of this order of the judge, although every other priv- ilege sanctioned by precedent had been allowed. He secured a reversal of the sentence and an order for a rehearing upon this preposterous claim. Very lately a respectable grocer was arrested and held to answer a complaint under the State pure food law in that he had sold a quantity of mustard be- low the legal standard of strength. Had it been French mustard, reduced with saccharine and other depressing ingred- ients, making it a travesty on the name and too weak to stand alone, he would as the trial. order wm reasons, 1S spectators could safely have been exempt from prosecution un- der the statute; but it happened to be the powdered kind that comes within the limit of official investigation. The defense was that he bought the article from a reliable house in good faith ‘as pure and sold it without change in like good faith. The Circuit Judge, in har- mony with usual precedent, was dis- posed to accept this explanation, since it was not disputed ; but, to make a test case, he decided to instruct for convic- tion and allow an appeal to the highest court. That court sustained the first judgment on the ground that the makers of the law intended to punish the seller of such goods, however good and honest may have been his character or intent. The moral of this is that it is better to be a criminal of high degree than the innocent violator of a statute that allows none of the safeguards usually thrown around the wilful and persistent trans- gressor, although he may be a red- handed murderer. While the purpose of a pure food law is conceded to be just and really necessary to the public welfare, in the present era of fraud and excessive competition among manufac- turers, no man can truly maintain that the moral status of the grocer alluded to was different from that of his customer who in equal good faith bought and took home the unlawful compound to be used by the members of his family. How easy it would be for the legisla- tors to have embodied in the statute a provision by which an honest dealer could be as well protected as pawn- brokers are, who, without evil knowl- edge or intent, receive stolen goods in pledge. Such classes are never pun- ished, unless they refuse to deliver the goods or try to shield a guilty customer, although the presumption of wrong in- tent is far greater in their case on ac- count of the bad characters with whom they often have to deal. Why should not grocers and druggists also who may unwittingly transgress the letter of the law have an equal chance to show where the guilt lies, so that the real offender could, either by loss of trade if a non- resident of the State or by direct prose- cution if otherwise, be made to suffer for his misdeeds? It may be argued that legislators can- not discriminate in favor of special cases where it is essential to cover the broadest range in eradicating fraudulent practices that effect the entire commun- ity, and, besides, the grade of offense involves only a fine and, unless persisted in, no loss of reputation; but both law and judicial rulings now discriminate in favor of the worst criminals, many of whom escape justice while the taxpayers are mulcted in thousands to gratify the whims of counsel, and make no protest. Why should not offenders against the pure food law come under the same liberal construction, instead of being treated with specially vindictive meth- ods? I am convinced that the quality of food products receives less consideration from the great mass of consumers than quantity and price; hence they have not initiated this movement for legal re- form by petitions, as is usual when there is a long-felt want to be gratified. Their attitude on this question shows a pathetic neutrality. It is only through public spirited leaders, such as scien- tific, professional and business men that such movements for the general welfare are pioneered, carried past the danger- ous ordeal of legislative debate and put into practical operation. If its execu- tion can be kept free from the blunders and malpractices that have discredited the reform in Ohio, much good may re- sult. Had the statute itself been framed with a better regard for the rights of honest dealers and with a clearer pur- pose to attack only the guilty manufac- turer, including his local and distribut- ing allies, the interest of the public would be more efficiently served and its enforcement reflect honor on the State. However, should the spirit shown so far by the officer charged with its exe- cution be shared by his deputies, much of its unjust harshness may be miti- gated. Indeed, the result may be the time to improve the quality of food products now over-competing for as- cendency. Perhaps consumers, also, may be educated up to a standard of taste that shall enable them to enjoy what is purest and best and always be willing to pay what the best is worth. PETER C. MEEK. —___>2»—___ The Drug Market. Trade in this line is very good, es- pecially so in insecticides. There seem to be more potato bugs than ever and Paris green is in large demand. Opium—This article remains in the same position as noted in our last re- port. Quinine—Is very firm and in fairly good demand. Manufacturers are sell- ing sparingly. Essential Oils—Cajiput has advanced and the prospects are for higher prices. Other oils are steady. Gelatin—Has again advanced; owing to scarcity. Gum Assafoetida—Is firmer and an advance is probable. Camphor—Is unchanged, but is very firm. Camphor refiners are not able to fill their orders under ten days after receiving them. Quick Silver—Is very firm and has advanced. Mercurials have not as yet been affected, but an advance is prob- able. Linseed Oil—Is very dull and lower, although there is an active demand. —__» 22>—___ A politician finds vindication about the time he is buried. THUM BROS. & SCHMIDT, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 84 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Special attention given to Water, Bark and Urine Analysis. PATENT MEDICINES Order your patent medicines from PECK BROS., Grand Rapids. This 6 CW. Rapids road race. Drerporr, the famous “S. C. W. Giant,” who came in first at the great Grand The “S.C. W.” cigars, like the people who sell them, are always First in all competition. All first-class jobbers have them. G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Mnifrs., GRAND RAPIDS. “MA STTER - ooo The best 5 cent cigars ever made. Sold by BEST & RUSSELL CoO.. Cuicaco. Represented in Michigan by J. A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Declined—Linseed Oil. Acidum Aceticum............ 8 8@s 10 Benzoicum, German 80@ 8 Boraeic.............. @ 15 Carbolicum ......... 2@ 41 Cipricum .......-.... 2@ 2 Hydrochlor ......... 3@ 5 Witrocum. <........ 10 Oxalicum ........... 14 Phosphorium, dil.. @ Salicylicum. ........ 55 Sulphuricum. ...... xe 5 Pannicum .........- 1 40@ 1 60 Tartaricum.......... 36G@ S38 Ammonia Aqua, 16 deg........ 4m «6 Aqua, 20 deg........ 6a:S—=é‘8 Carbonas............ 12@ 14 Chloridum .......... R@ 14 Aniline Black... . 2 00@ 2 2 ree... 80@ 1 00 Wee oo 45@ Vetlow ..--.-....3... 2 50@ 3 00 Bacce. Cubewe........ po.18 18@ 15 Juniperus........... 6@ 8 Xanthoxylum.. .... 3@ 33 Balsamum Copaiba. .......-...- 60@ 6 a eee ee @ 2 60 Terabin, a - 40@ 45 Tolutan.. Lo... 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Bt. ct. 65 Creosotum @ % Creta....... a 2 Creta, prep @ 5 Creta, sain Po 9@ il Creta, Rubra........ @ 8 Grogaag 0G 2@ 30 Cudhear .... 5.0.2... @ za Cupri Sulph......... @ 6 Dextrine 2: 10@ 2 Ether Sulph......... B@ 9 Emery, all numbers @ 8 ——. PO @ 6 Ereota.: 5.0.02. po.40 30Q@ 3 Flake White..-.._.. R@ 15 Cale. @ 2% Gambier. 6.000 s@ 9 Gelatin, Cooper... .. @ 60 Gelatin, French..... 35@ 60 Glassware, flint,box 60, 10&10 Less than box.... 60 Glue, brown... |... 9@ Wk Gine, white... B@ 2% Giyeerina .. y@ 2 Grana Paradisi .... @ Homies... 2@ 5d Hydraag Chlor Mite @ 80 Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ WW Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @ 9 Hydraag Ammoniati @ 1 00 HydraagUnguentum 45@ 55 Hydrargyrum....... @ & Ichthyobolla, Am... 1 25@ 1 50 gee 75@ 1 00 Iodine, Resubi...... ? 0@ 3 °0 Iodoform.. ee @ 4 20 ELupeiin. 2. c: 2 2 Lycopodium ........ 5 55 Maciel 656, 75 Liguer Arse=. et hy- G@rare lod... a 2 LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 Magnesia, Sulph.... 2@ 3 Magnesia, Sulph,bbl @ 1% Mannia.S. F......... @ 6 MEGHANOE 6. i500 chee Morphia, S.P.& W... 1 9@ 2 20 Morphia, S.N.Y.Q.& Me ce. 1 8@ 2 10 Moschus Canton.. @ 4 Myristica, No. 1..... 6G 8 Nux Vomica...po.20 @ 10 ce Sepia... 15@ 18 eo Saac, H. & P. ieee decoys @ 100 Picis Liq. N.N. \% gal. , @ 2 00 Picis Liq., quarts.... @ 100 Picis Liq., pints. .... @ & Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ ww Piper Nigra... po. 22 @ 8 Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30 Pix Burgun........ @ 7 Flam Acet....:... ne 2 Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20 Pyrethrum, boxes H. & PD. €o., doz... eis Pyrethtum, py...... 0@ 3 ChBHAIeS oe, 8@ 10 Quinia, S.P.& W.. 2 31 Quinia, S.German.. 20@ 29 Quins, N.Y... 21@ 29 Rubia Tinctorum. . 1L2@ SaccharumLactis pv 18@ 20 SOMet 3 00@ 3 10 Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50 Sapo, W.......... 122@ 14 apo, we .......: 10@ 12 aoe. Go... L. @ t& Siedlitz Mixture 2¢e Sinapis.............. eo is Sinapis, ops......... @ 8 Snuff, Maccaboy, De Voom. 2... cc. @ # Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s @ #4 Soda Boras.......... 6 @ 8 Soda Boras, po...... 6 @ 8 Soda et Potass Tart. 26 28 Sega, Cart... ...... 1% 2 Soda, Bi- Corb 3@ 5 Soda, AG oo. 3%@ 4 | Soda, Sulphas....... a 2 | Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60 Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55 Spt’ Myrcia Dom... @ ” 00 Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ 2 42 Spts. Vini Rect.44bbl @ 2 47 Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ 2 50 Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 52 Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. Strychnia, Crystal... 1 400 14 Sulphur, sui....... 24@ 3 Sulphur, Roll.... . 2@ 2% Tamearinds..... 8@ 10 Terebenth Venice.. 23Q Ww Theobrome....... . 2a & | Vane ee 9 00@16 09 ine: Seip. ......-. 7@ 8 Oils BL. @AL. Whale, winter....... 70 70 Lard, Gktra......... 40 45 Dard, We. tf... 35 40 Linseed, pure raw.. 31 Linseed, boiled..... 30 33 Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 70 Spirits Turpentine... #4 40 Paints Red Venetian... .. Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 Putty, commercial.. 24 24%@3 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Vermilion, Prime American ee a ce oO 16 Vermilion, English. 7 % Green, Paris ........ 13%@ 19 Green, Peninsular. 3% «CO teed Med |......... 54@ 6 Lead, wnite.......- 5%4@ 6 Whiting, white Span = Whiting, gilders’... a White, Paris Amer.. @ 100 Whiting, Paris Eng. a @ 1 40 Universal Prepared. 1_00@ 1 15 Varnishes No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Butea Tarp... .... 1 60@ 1 70 Comes Decy......... 2 75@ 3 00 No. | Tarp Furn.... 10@ t Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Jap. Dryer,No.i1Turp 70@ 7 Hazeltiné & Perkins w2wesSSSSSSSee DPud 60. Sundry Department We invite examination of our remodeled and handsome sundry department now in charge of Mr. J]. H. Hagy. We display in sample show cases complete lines of the following goods. Perfumes Mirrors Soaps Combs Powder Puffs Tooth, Nail, Hair, Cloth, Infant, Bath, and Shaving Brushes Fountain and Family Syringes Tweezers Razors Key Rings Cork Screws Razor Strops Violin, Guitar and Banjo Strings Atomizers Suspensory Bandages Toilet and Bath Sponges And many other articles too numerous to mention. Goods are up to date and prices right. Hazeltine & Perkins DFud 60. Grand Rapids, Mich. 20 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. possible to give quotations suitable for all conditi press and are an accurate index of the local market. It is im- ons of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- erage prices for average conditions of purchase. Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as It Is our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE. doz. gross eee 55 6 00 Caer On... ee 7 00 Reassond............ ap 4 00 ae .........:... ae 9 00 IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 Tica, tin boxes. ....... TD 9 00 Poe. tt. 8 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. a4 Ib Cams Goxz............. 45 oe es............. 85 1 canmeGer...._.. 1 50 Acme. at ib CamnSdoe............ 5 % lb cans 3 doz.... ny 1 Ib cans 1 doz.... .. Soe... 10 El Purity. 1 lb cans per doz......... 5 i, ib cane per dor ........ 1 20 . ibe@ans perdos.......-. 2 00 Home. 4q lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 % lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 Ib cans 2 doz case ..... 90 14 1b cans, 4 doz case..... 45 % lb cans, 4doz case...... 8 1 ToGo, 5 Gon cace...... 1 60 Our Leader. ieee 45 ree v6) . oor... Peerless. Per doz. Standard Bushel.......... 123 mxive Boenel........ ....: 1% ae 30 % bushel, bamboo del’ry. 3 50 3% bushel, bamboo del’ry. 4 00 1 bushel, bamboo del’ry. 5 00 Iron strapped, 50c extra. Diamond Clothes, 30x16... 2 50 Braided Splint, 30x16..... 4 00 BATH BRICK. ee 70 ee BLUING. 1 doz. pasteboard Boxes... 40 3 doz, wooden boxes....... 1 20 BROOMS. SE et i eo eeeee................ Be. Sees... DO eet et et s oe aan week... Ce Fancy Whisk.. 80 Warehouse 2B CANDLES. CANNED GOODS. Manitowoc Peas. Lakeside Marrowfat....... 1 ine oD... ......... 2 Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... 1 Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & Co.’s. German Sweet .........-... Promiamn, ........ Breakfast Cocoa.. CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz.......1 Cotton, 50 ft, per doz.......1 Cotton, 60 ft, per doz.......1 1 1 Cotton, 70 ft, per doz....... Cotton, 80 ft, per doz....... Jute, ft, per dos......... Jute, 72 ft, per dos.. 2) | Valley City Maracaibo CHEESE. eee 8 @ % Ree @ T% ree a 77 Elsie .. Ce @ 844 em oo. @ 8% Gold Medal. ......_. T% ioe @ %& Pelee sc eo ¢ Penmaes. 2. @ 7% Rivers. 2c. @ 8 Sprimedaic..-__...- go < ao: mm Y eee @ % bosom... ....- @ 18 Limpereer....:-... .. @ 15 Piaceppe.......-<..- 4 @ % Bap Sag0... 02.2.2 7:. @ 18 Chicory. Bulk eae 5 Red 7 CATSUP. Columbia, . pints.......... 4 2 Columbia, % pints..........2 50 CLOTHES PINS. Seroes bOner.... .... 4... 40 COCOA SHELLS. a... 2% Less quantity..... 7 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35 Strictly Pure, tin boxes...... COFFEE. Green. Rio. ee ce 17 oe ee 18 Pe ee eee 19 ONGON 20 Peery 22 Santos. Pe 19 OGG ee 20 Pee 8 22 Peeper .... es z Mexican and Guatamala. ae. ee Gee | 22 eee a 24 Maracaibo. PR ein esi ke. 23 Bele se ee 24 Java. ae 25 Private Growih.........-..... 27 eee eee. 28 Mocha. meee. 25 i 28 Roasted. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands Bitte Avenue..... -..--.+. 28 Jewell’s Arabian Mocha. Wells’ Mocha and Java Wells’ Perfection Java BOBRRIDS oot | Leader Blend....... ‘ Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands | Quaker Arabian Mocha.....31 | Quaker Mandehling Java. .30 ; Quaker Mocha and Java....28 Toko Mocha and Java......25 Quaker Golden Santos.... .21 State House Blend..........19 Quaker Golden Rio......... 17% Package. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including weight of package. In 60 Ib. cases the list is 10c per 100 lbs. above the price in full cases. renee 2 12 00 DOr a oles. en 12 00 McLaughlin’s XXXX......12 00 Extract. Valley City % gross . % Felix % gross...... ad 1 15 Hummel’s foil % gross... 85 Hummel’s tin & gross.. t 43 Kneipp Malt Coffee. 1lb. packages, 50 1b. cases 9 1lb,. packages, 1001b. cases 9 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle......... 6% ANE ce oe a cca 6 25 Daisy ..... --5 75 Ciena 4 50 ee, 425 Challenge....... peeeeeccriee 3 50 WN ese cep tics eas 3 35 COUPON BOOKS. Pech Tradesman Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Economic Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 20 00 1,000 books, any denom.... Universal Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 100 books, any denom.... 2 500 books, any denom....11 1,000 books, any denom....20 Superior Grade. SSS ssss 50 books, any denom.... 1 100 books, any denom.... 2 500 books, any denom....11 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. PO ReeRS. 8 1 00 MO MRGRS............ 5,0 2 00 Me eoers. ... 3 00 ce eoees..............., € 2B eee... 10 00 O_O 17 50 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Beeel paren. ............52 D DRIED FRUITS—DONMESTIC Apples. Bumiieied... st @ 2% Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @ 4 California Fruits. BUEIOO UE 25-5 sco. oe ewes 9 @10% Blackberries........... Meptarimes. os... 6 @ Poecees. 3... TH%@ 9 POR i as nce Oe Pitted Cherries........ Eranucien.,....... 12 Baspperries............ California Prunes. 100-120 25 lb boxes....... @ 3% 90-100 25 Ib boxes....... 3 80 - 90 25 1b boxes....... @ 4 70 - 80 25 1b boxes....... @ 4% 60 - 70 25 lb boxes... .... @ 4% 50 - 60 25 Ib boxes....... @ 5% 40 - 50 25 lb boxes....... @ 74 30 - 40 25 1b boxes....... 14 cent less in 50 1b cases Raisins. Lendon Layers 3 Crown. 1 London Layers 5 Crown. 2 Denes ww 3 Loose Muscatels 2 Crown Loose Muscatels 3Crown 5% Loose Museatels4Crown 6% FOREIGN. Currants. pe ae @ 5% Vostizzas 50 lb cases......@ 5% Cleaned, bulk ............ @ 6% Cleaned, packages........ @Tt Peel. Citron American 10lb bx @14 Lemon American 10 1b bx @12 Orange American 101b bx @12 Raisins. Ondura 28 Ib boxes...... @ Sultana 1 Crown........ @ Sultana 2Crown........ @8 Sultana 3 Crown........ @ Sultana 4 Crown........ @ Sultana 5 Crown @ FLY PAPER. Tanglefoot. Restiar, per bOx............ 30 Regular. case of 10 boxes.. 2 55 Regular, 5 case lots........ 2 50 Regular, 10 case lots....... 2 40 Little, per bOX:. «a. 12-2. 55 13 Little, case of 15 boxes..... 1 45 Little, 10 case lots.......... 1 40 Holders, per,box of 50...... 75 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. —......... 2... | Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 2 00 Hominy. Barres 23... 2 2 Flake, 50 lb. drums....... 1 00 Lima Beans. Pea . ... : _ oe Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 lb. box...... Imported, 25 Ib. box.. ...2 50 Pearl Barley. Comme. o) ica.) ua) ee neers a 2 Pen 2% Peas. iGreen, Bik. 80 Bos, per ib..:.....:. 2... 24 Rolled Oats. Rolled Avena, Dbbl..... .3 40 Monarch, bbl..... . ¢ Monarch, % bbl...... o Private brands, bbl..... 2 90 Private brands, 4%bbl..... 1 60 Quaker, cases.-:-..:.....: 3 20 Sago. oan. 4 — oan... ...... Wheat. cracked, bulk. ...........- 3 212 ib packages.......... 2 @ Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @ 3% Georges genuine...... @ 4 Georges selected...... @5 Strips or bricks....... 5 @8 Halibut. aes 10 Strips... sre biciciel Sere spot 9 Herring. Holland white hoops — 60 Holland white hoops bbl. 7 50 Norweren ... 4.0.5... Bound 10 1s. .........-.. 2 50 Bound - 2 ibe.........-..- 1 30 Hesiod. 3. os 13 Mackerel. ee 10 59 Mess 40 los. 0.2 Mees 10 fs... oe: i. oe Mess 6 tbe... :.525 2. 2 oe Mo. 1 Os. : ee es 9 50 io. t Oe. cs. 410 aot wie... 110 MO: 2 (81S 4. ooo 91 MO. So MIDS ie 7 00 Mo. s 20s... 3 10 Me. 2 wees. 85 Sardines. Russian kegs.....-........ 55 Stockfish. No. 1, 10010. Dales... : .. No. 2, 100 Ib. bales......... Trout. No. 1200 ‘be...-... 4 00 No.1 40 ibs. 1 9) No.1 10158 5B No.1 8 1ibs ioe 47 Whitefish. Jennings’. D.C. Vanilla D. C. Lemon 2Os......1..09 C6... v6) SO... os-- 3 o2.. ....1 0 oo... ... £02......4 6 02.. Con... 2 00 No. 8 No. .2 40 mo. 10... No. 10...4 00 No. 2T.1 5 No. . 80 No. 3 T.2 00 No. 1 35 No 417.2 40 No. 1 59 ERBS. mee Secs es ee a ee ek s ONE ee iGo. Madras, 5 lb boxes......... S. F., 2,3 and 5 1b boxes.... 50 JELLY. th Oe ce. 30 a — Ses a eee bee 34 ae a LYE, . Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 Condensed, 4 doz...........2 % Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the Regular Grade Lemon. doz v6) Regular Vanilla. } | Sos. ..... | 40z......2 40 XX Grade Lemon. Mil 202...... 150 | 402. ....3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. Ji) 2oz...... 1% Son...... 3 50 GLUE. per doz. Jackson Liquid, 1 oz....... 65 Jackson Liquid, 2 0z....... 98 Jackson Liquid, 3 0z....... 1 30 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. \% Ib cans. : ipl a ibwiblece che 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. So a ee 4 00 OOO BOR. ec ce 2 Qnarter Kegs)... 2.2... k: 12 '3> Game oo ee Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. a 8 00 eee eee... 4 25 Quarter Noegs..... 2.2... 2 25 RIS CGOR oe ei 45 LICORICE. as eas chee ect eases 30 Calemrie oc p 3) Rigty oe 14 Ga Sec eaiin coups 10 MINCE MEAT. Ideal, 3 doz. in case......... 2 | AATC . Diamond Match Co.’s brands. No. 9 sulphur: .:.... 2.2. 1 6 Anchor Farior....<......5¢:. 1 70 Ne.> Wome... . 2.5. )..2.. 8 Export Parlor. ....... ..:... 4 00 MOLASSES. New Orleans. BiACe ee ll es 14 ee 20 cas ees ks. 24 Open Metiie.. ... oo. 25@35 Half-barrels 2e extra. PIPES. ie, TO: SIG) 170 (tes, 2. 2. tall oouns...... 65 iGen. Bes... 1 POTASH. 48 cans in case. MA Se ee cen c 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 00 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3 40 Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 20 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count........ 4 40 Half bbls, 1,200 count...... 2 70 RICE. Domestic. Carolina head.............. 634 Caraume Net... 2... 5 Cerotma No.2. ....... 22... - 4% PA ik oe oe ee 3 Imported. gape, Bet... sc. ee Japan, No. 2.. 5 Java, No. 1.. 4% OMG... coe 5% SEEDS. RIND ccs pepo aede ors aesee 13 Canary, Smyrna. ......055: 4 RORY cae es ced, Goch 10 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 80 Hemp, Russian... 62.2.5. 4 Mixed Bird.....-...:..:.. 4% Mustard, white........... 6% NE oss cee cn eee ae cea 8 _— os eb pau s rcs sae 5 Custic Bene... .. 2.5... SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs. in box. CRONE a ee ie aa oe 3 30 Derkee sn ... so. ce. 3 15 Dwight’s .. es 3 30 OWI ii ess uae 3 00 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbls.......... 1 10 Granulated, 100 lb cases..1 50 EOD, DDIB. oes woe se eens 1 Lump, 145lb kegs.......... 1 10 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 243-ib boxes......... 150 Barrels, 190 31bbags...... 2% Barrels, 40 7 lbbags...... 2 40 Butter, 28 lb. bags........... 30 Butter, 56 lb bags........... 60 Butter, 20 14 1b bags........ 3 00 Butter, 280 lb bbls.......... 2 50 Common Grades. 1003 Ip saeks..-: >) 2... 2 60 OO s-ip sacks... . 1 85 2p 1L-1p sacks. .............- 1 70 Worcester. 50 4 Ib. cartons..........: 3 25 TiS SMIP. SACKS. 2. ce 4 00 OO 5: tb Seens cc. 3 75 mead 1D: SACKS... 5... 3 50 3010 ID saeks.........:... 3 50 28 ib. linen sacKs............ 32 56 lb. linen sacks........... . 60 Bulk in barrels... 363.05. 2 50 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-lb dairy in iinen sacks... 60 Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Solar Rock. SOID SAGER 26.2. 21 Common Fine. SRO 70 Manimee ce SNUFP. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, injars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SPICES. Whole Sifted. BIee oo 9 Cassia, China in mats....... 10 Cassia, Batavia in bund....20 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna........... 15 Cloves, Zanzibar............ 9 Mace, Batavia.............. 60 Nutmegs, fancy.. 60 Nutmegs, No. 1.. ...50 Nutmoers, No. S.... 2... ...- 45 Pepper, Singapore, black... 9 Pepper, Singapore, white... .12 POpper, SHOG. 4. -.. 2s... ss: 10 Pure Ground in Bulk. GCG ee oe ols 12 Cassia, Batavia ............. 2 Cassia, Salgen........:..... 35 Cloves, Amboyna...........20 Cloves, Zanzibar... Ginger, African. Ginger, Cochin.. Ginger, Jamaica... sae Mace, Batevia.......... ociclee Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20 Mustard, Trieste............ 25 MUsMmers. os... es 40@50 Pepper, Sing., black ....10@14 Pepper, Sing., white....15@18 Pepper, Cayenne... - 17@20 Saas... cae SYRUPS. _ rn. Merrie... os 12 elt Obie. ls Pure Cane. Wee ee. a 16 Good... 20 a, 25 SODA. POMOS ee 5% Ners, Mogties. 0 4% SOAP. Laundry. Armour’s Brands. Armour’s Family.... Armour’s Laundry.. 3 25 Armour’s White, 100s.. 6 25 Armour’s White, 50s....... 3 20 Armour’s Woodchuck..... 2 55 Armour’s Kitchen Brown. 2 90 Armour’s Mottled German 2 40 SOAP. Single box... 0.3.5. eae 2% 5 box lots, delivered........ 27 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 65 JAS. 8. KIRK & GO.'S BRANDS. American Family, wrp’d....3 33 American Family, unwrp’d.3 27 TOMO ose yess cede ecco oe 3 33 MSBPMIOh ee io) ices eos cons 2 2 POMS pic ce ee oes es 2 50 Dusky Diamond, 56 oz...... 210 Dusky Diamond, 58 oz...... 3 00 Ie TOUS oo ct cc ws --3 00 ISBOUMG so. socks so csacnbae 375 TOR oc cee prea se cee ec aden coe Oe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. 25 box lots.. Acme, 60 i lb cakes. Singic OeR soo. 3 00 5 he Its. sc... .. 2 98 SG hee 1008.2. ec. 2 85 ie Olt Re ek 2 80 One box free with 5; two boxes free with 10; five ‘boxes free with 25. Acme, 5 cent size. Stugle pox. s... 2 85 Siew 10G oa s 2 75 16 DOs lets. oS ee 2 70 Oe Oe FR ce ee 2 65 Acorn, 120 cakes, 75 Ibs. Raper obec 2 §5 Soon pee... .......... ae wee oe... 2 70 Po mem MR ela 2 65 Marseilles White. 100 cakes, 7% lbs. Sie Oe 6 oss. 5% ea 5 65 WO Gee lets ct... 5 60 Op bow lore 2 . 100 cakes, 5 cent size. Single box.................. 4 00 ee eee 3 90 10 ee... 3 85 (OO 3 80 Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. Schulte’s Pamily...... ..... 2% gg Coe ee <2 Oo OG ee ce eee ce 2 50 Gocuen Mottled... -1 ee 3 25 Oleine, velitbe 2 55 Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands. Single box .-. 0 ..++.. -..-+: 2 65 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 60 10 box lots, delivered........2 50 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars ..2 75 Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. pre 75 Une, 100 %-10. bars.......... 2 50 Doll, 100 10- Of. Dare. ...1. -- 2 0 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz ........ 2 40 ae irsaiernl Sr F3) aa ‘A Mont Pleasant, but Most Effective 100 12 oz pkgs ce tase 6 3 50 STARCH. elansloee’s Corn. 40 1-lb packages............- 6 20 1 lb packages............-. 614 Kingsford’s Silver Gioss. 40 1-lb eeeeneet Ble ec 6% 6-lb boxes.. Sis ole etree Diamond. 64 10c peemeare noe deus ones 5 00 128 5¢ packages......... .. 5 00 32 10c and 64 Fe packages. -5 00 Common Corn. 201b boxes................-. 4% 40-Ib DOXES.........0cceee.0e 4 Common Gloss. ip Packases. 6 4 oa0 POCERPCR. 2 ll: 4 6-lb packages...... 41% s0'and 50 1b boxes. ......... 28% Rarrels coc: oe STOVE POLISH. Enamerine LP RTSALLt Aten No. 4.3 doa in case......... 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz In ease...... .. 7 22 SUGAR. Below are‘given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Cx Loat 2. le. 5 38 WOMEN oe 5 2 ames £2 ese 5 00 Powdered (22) 2... 2... 3 OO Rane Powdercd.......... 5.25 mom Ac... 5 OO Granulated in bbis... ...... 4 75 Granulated in bags......... 4 %5 Fine Granulated........... 4% Extra Fine Granulated..... 4 88 Extra Coarse Granulated...4 88 Diamond Confec. A........ 4 Zo Confec. Standard A......... 4 63 I ee. 4 50 Ne eo 4 50 WG Si 4 50 I 4 50 ee 4 44 ee Be 4 38 Nee fee 4 25 no 6... 419 Ne ee 413 Neo 4 00 INOe Be ce 3 88 WOO. Te es 3 81 Meo aS ee: 3 59 ee Be eee 3 56 No. 1... ce 3 44 RO PO ca cme anys 3 38 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 4% Lea & Perrin’s,small.....2 75 Histiowd tare... 3% Halford umiail. 2. co. 22 Salad Dressing, large.....4 55 Salad Dressing, small..... 2 65 TOBACCOS. be eta Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. Now mwick 200006 35 00 Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s b’d. Governor Yates, 4% in..... 58 00 Governor Yates, 4%; in..... 65 00 Governor Yates, 54 in.....70 00 Rote. 2. 30 00 H. & P. Drug Co.’s a RUS SCSe 20 a G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’ eae ( A ese lc oicle eneie 35 00 + loncaes Brands. American Queen........... 35 MARIOT YS lo 3 Michigan. Royal Knight. . oe Sub Rosa au ae ....00 Ue VINEGAR. Leroux Ciier......... ....+.+6 10 Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain....10 Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain. ..12 WICKING. NGO, per sross. -.. ss... 25 No. 1, Pereross.....- >... 8. 30 No. 2, per eross......-...-:.. 40 No. 3, = BIORR oes. % Fish and Oysters Fresh Fish. Per Ib. Waitegsh ..:...._..- @ 8 Treus. .. @ 7 Black Bass @ 10 Dalipat ............ @ 12% Ciscoes or Herring. @ 4 BInOHSR ols. os. @ & Live Lobster....... @ it Boiled Lobster...... @ 19 es @ 10 Madgoek,........... @ 8 No. 1 Pickerel...... a 7 Pine. oo @ 6 Smoked White...... Qa 7 Red Snapper. . @ 8 Col River Salmon.. @ Mackerel ........... @ 15 Oysters in Cans. FP. B..Counts:....... @ Shell Goods. Oysters, per 100....... 1 1 50 Clams, per 100....... 1 00 Candies. Stick Candy. _ pails Stanegarad. 2... 7 Standard H. H..... se 7 7 Standard Twist..... 6 @7 Ce @8 cases Mxtrat Bio... @ 8% Boston Cream...... @ Mixed Candv. Competition. ......:. @ 6 SOMA... ie oe @ 6% fe @i Comaerve. 0 @i BOVsE os ce. @i7i HOPE @ IOeGH @ eS @s English Rock....... @ Kindergarten....... @ 8% French Cream...... @ 8% Dandy Pau... @l0 Valley Cream.. .... @13 Fancy —In Bulk. Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% Lozenges, printed.. @ 8% Choc. Drops... 11 @l4 Choe. Monumentals @iz Gum Drops... ..... @ 5 Moss Drops....... @i% Sour Drops... 1.2. @ 8% Imperials ..... cia ge @ 3% Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops....... @50 Bear Irope......... @5u Peppermint Drops.. @b6v Chocolate Drops @bv H. M. Choc. Drops.. Dis Gum Prope... 2... .. @30 Licorice Drops...... YTS A. B. Licorice Drops @50 Lozenges, plain.. @dv Lozenges, printed.. @50 EUEPOTIAIB |... 6... @d5v mone. ............ @55 (ream Ear...... i @av Molasses Bar ....... @50 Hand Made Creams. 80 @90 Plain Creams....... 60 @s0o Decorated Creams. . @90 ering ROeK. 2... @60 Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Wintergreen Berries @55 Caramels. = Ww Tapped, 2 > Ip. ee eet oe ae @30 No. I wrapped, 3 lb. PORES os 45 No. 2 wrapped, 2 2 Ib. boxes .. Oranges. Seedlings ak Oe 0 ii6: Oe 2 Med’t Sweets. Oe ie EOU-TG- 200 5... 2s Messinas. Raney 2008......., St. Michaels. Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. Strictly choice 300s.. 200s ancy sO0e. 2.2... |... Ex.Fancy Sos) Bananas. Medium bunches...1 25 Large bunches...... is @ @3 50 @3 @3 50 @3 50 @A 50 @3 50 @3 50 @4 00 @4 50 @1 50 2 00 Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs, Choice Layers Oa Figs, New Smyrna 14 and 20 lb boxes. Figs, Naturals in a0 ib. bags... ...... Dates, Fards in 10 1b boxes a ea Dates, Fards in 601b eases oo Dates, Persians,H.M. B., 60 1b cases, new Dates, Sairs 60 lb COREA @ @12 @é6 @8 @6 @ 5% @ 4% Nuts. Almonds, Tarragona... Almonds, Ivaca....... Almonds, California, soft shelied......... Brasie new... 7... Pipers 2... eo. Walnuts, Grenobles .. Walnuts, Calif No. 1. Walnuts, soft shelled Calif Table Nuts, fancy.... Table Nuts, choice... Pecans, Med.......... : Pecans, Ex. Large.... Pecans, Jumbos....... gay vo a per bu., Ohio. Seconmnen: full sacks Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Suns. Fancy, H. P., Flags Roasted. . Choice, H. P., ‘Extras. Choice, H. P., Extras, Roasted hot pet fot pee a et et @GOH OHOHOD OO orw Oe © 2s or Ss @ 6% @ 6% @ 4 @ 5% Grains and Feedstuffs Wheat. te ee ee 73 Winter Wheat Flour. Local Brands. teuaw 4 60 mecona Patent... 2... 5... 4 25 PORN os es 4 05 Cites... ransia 2. eae Diee wees... 3 40 Bye es 65 Subject to usual cash dis count. Flour in bbls.,25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand. Giahee tee 4 20 Garber “sa... 4 20 ieasor 4 20 Spring Wheat Flour. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. Pillsbury’s Best %¢s......... 4 60 Pillsbury’s Best —.. 4 50 Pilisbury’s Best %s........ 4 40 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 40 Pillsbury’s Best 44s paper.. 4 40 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Grand Republic, 4s........ 4 60 Grand Republic, ts.. ..... 4 50 Grand Republic, ‘¢s........ 4 @ Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand. Pasian, 368................ 4 60 Parone Me |. 4 50 Parisian. 366,............... 4 40 Olney & Judson’s Brand. COROKOLE, 468.........,....... 4 OO Cereegen Wa... 2 oO Serecets. Soe) jk... 4 40 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. beurre. 48... 4 60 Laurel, _ Leyes euec ice SOU DemOr eR a a Meal. een... 1 50 Cranuiteg .... ..... 1 Feed and Millstuffs. St. Car Feed. screened ....12 50 No. 1 Cormm and Oats...... i! 50 Unbolted Corn Meal....... 11 00 Winter Wheat Bran. . . 9 Winter Wheat + Middlings. 9 50 Screenings.. i - 0 The O. - Rion n Mill Co. quotes as follows: New Corn. — oe... asa. SG Less than car lots......... 30 Oats. Car lots. ... Carlots, clipped.. as Less than car lots.. a Hay. No. 1 Timothycariots..... 10 50 No. | Timothy, ton lots ...12 00 ‘Crackers. ihe N. ¥. Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter. Seymour XXX... --._.. t Seymour XXX, 31b. carton 5 Pamily 22% ; 41 Family XXX, 3 ‘Tb earton.. 5 Salted XXX 4} Salted XXX, 3 ib carton. 5 Soda. trata 4% Soda XXX, 3 lb earton. 5 Soda, City.. .. of Zephyrette.. ooo. Long Island Wafers....... 9 L. I. Wafers, 1 lbcarton .. 10 Oyster. Square Oyster, XXX. 4% Sa. Oya. 2X. ib carton. , Faring Oyster, XXX ....... ly SWEET GOODS—Boxes. Avtieeis . 9 Hent’s Cold Water.......... 13 GHG BONG oo, 6 Cocoanut ee Su ot ce : | Coffee Cakes. . i. Frosted Honey.. Wea sta 10 Graham Crackers ......... - Ginger Snaps, XXX round. = Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 5% Gin. Sups,X XX home made 5% Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped... 5% Ginger Vauilla....... 2... 7 Dgietes 8 c 6% dumpies, Honey........... 10 Motssees Cakos............ 6% Marmeatow (..... 12 Marshmallow Creams..... 13 Pretzels, hand made ..... 6 Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6 Sumer Came. lol. 6% SUNURDAR a 10 Memes fame. oo) os)... 6% Sears’ Zephyrette.. ..... . 10 Varnilin Seuiare...)-...... 7 Vaniila Wafers... ...... 12 Pecan Waerers.....:.. 2... 12 Pewee Cowes... 9 Mixed Picnic .. - Cream Jumbles ..... ne Sn Boston Ginger Nuts........ 6 Chimmie Fadden.......... 9 Pineapple Glace............ 12 Provisions. Swift & Company quote as follows: Barreled Pork. o.,. 8 00 Le ae SS EE 9 00 Clee Hae 6. cls, 9 00 Ce 8 50 ee. os 12 50 oa ee ee 8 00 Pam oo... . 8 50 Dry Salt Meats. Bellies... .... : 5% ieee 5 Extra shorts.. le. 434 Smoked Thats. Hams, 12 1b average .... 10 Hams, 14 lb average ... 934 Hams, 16 lb average..... 914 Hams, 20 lb average..... 8% Ham dried beer.......... 1% Shoulders (N. Y. — . 6% Bacon, clear.. i 7 California hams.. . 64@ 7 Boneless hams.. a 844 Cooked ham.. as il Lards. in Tierces. COMING cs 3% a 434 66 Ib Tabs....... advance he 80 lb Tubs.......advance 1g ovin 27o8 ....... advance 14 20 Ib Pails. ......advanee Ye 10-16 Pails. ...... advance 34 Sib Pails. ...... advance % 3 lb Pails.......advance i Sausages. Boies ........ i. 5 Liver. . lesa aia a oe 6% Wrankfore 0 64 | Pork . eds owe eee g 6% EE RCN 6 Tore 4... 9 eee Gnéese:............ 6% Beef. mre Mea... DOMEese 2.5.6... 9 50 Rump.. ice ae .. $80 Pigs’ Reet. Bits, 15 Tbe... . i. oo ‘4 bbls, BO Me 1 50 i. bits, Sie... ... .. 2 oo Tripe. Mit be ls 1 eee, Se iee............ 1 wo 1. BOIS, SP ibe...: 6... 2% con. Fork . Le 18 Beef rounds... 00000). 3% Beet middies,.......... 8 ec 60 Butterine. tin, Glee 10 eee, CE 9% Molin, Creamory ........ 13 Solid, creamery ......... 12% Canned Meats. Corned beef, 7 ib....... 2 15 Corned beef, 14 lb..... .14 00 Boast beef, 2 W....... 2 15 Fotted ham, Ws....... & Potted ham, ‘448....... 1 00 Deviled ham, a —.. Deviled ham, oo Petted tongue 4s ao) ae Potted tongue %s....... 1 00 F resh Meats. Beef. Carcass ......: . d4@ 7 Fore quarters.. 5 @é& Hind quarters. 7 @ oe Doms Noa @12 ale. 2.8 ee a Cumemae e. . . £ @s Pisses 202 @ 3 Pork. PRG RNOG eo. @ i% Fie @ 6 Shoulders. ... “ @ 5% Leaf Lard.. 1. ee & bation: Carcass .... _€ @? Spring Lanibas 8 @i0 Veal. Carcass ...-... 6 @y Hides a Pelts. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: Hides. a 5 @& Part cured.. @ 6% Full Cured.. 64@ 73% CONE ce es 6 @s [ore Breen. .......... 56 @6 ee OUPee oo... 6%@ 8 Calfskins, green. oo 7 Calfskins, cured...... 7 8% Deaconskins ......... 25 @30 Pelts. Shearlings oo 5¢ 10 a Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, pergee...<...... 50 % gal., StoG gel, per@al........ 346 Sgal., pergal............ 6% I) Wal., Der eal, ....... 64 12 gal., perieal..... - oO 15 gal. meat-tubs. per gal. 8 20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 8 25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 10 30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 10 Churns. = to 6 gal, per gal......... 5% Churn Dashers, per doz... 85 Milkpans. \% gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 60 i gal. flatorrd. bot.,each 5% Fine Glazed Milkpans. % gal. flat orrd. bot.,doz. 65 1gal. flat orrd. bot.,each 5 Stewpans. % gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 85 i gal. fireproof, bail, doz.1 10 Jugs. ee 40 Onl. per doe... ....... & 005 @al., per gal....... .. 6% Tomato Jugs. i wal., pow Gos... .......... DE OE te ee 7 ‘ Corks for 4% gal., per doz.. 20 Corks for 1 gal., per doz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. ¥% gal., stone cover, doz... 75 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, perlb... 2 LAMP BURNERS. ee OO ak as - OF Gee. | ee 7 eee. 50 securey, Wa. ?............., & ROCmrINy, NO. B......45...., OO eee ee CHmax. te LAMP CHIMNEY S—Common. Per box of 6 doz. No. 0 Sun. : 1% Rea Eee 1 88 me eon... .... i... 2 70 First Quality. No: © Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 10 No. 1 Sun, Crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 25 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 25 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 55 No. 1 Sum, erimp top, wrapped and os i 2 No. 2 San, crim top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 75 CHIMNEYS— Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped and labeled. . 370 No. 2 Sun, ‘wrapped ‘and labele } 70 No. 2 Hinge, wrapped ‘and labeled : 4 8 No. 2 Sun, “Small “Bulb,” for Globe Lamps.. < Oe La Beastie. No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per ae 25 No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per cH 1 50 ay t C irimp, per Gos... ... 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per dos.. .... 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime (Ge dos)...... 3 50 | No. 2, Lime (70e doz).. .. 4 00 | No. 2, Flint (80¢ doz)...... 4 7 | Electric. | No. 2, Lime (70c doz) ..... 4 00 | No, 2, Flint (80¢ doz)...... 4 40 OIL CANS. Doz. | 1 gal galv iron with spout. | 2 gal galv iron with spout. 3 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 1 65 2 87 3 gal galv iron with spout. 4 00 5 gal galy iron with spout. 5 00 5 gal galv iron with faucet 6 = 15 gal Tune Cans.......... 9 Oo | 5 gal galv iron Nacefas ... | 9 00 | Pump Cans 5 gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 |5 gal Eureka non- ore 10 50 3 eat Home Rule... -.... 50 Saal Nome Hule.... ...... 12 00 | 5 gal Pirate King.. ee 9 50 LANTERNS. } OTOMAE. 0... ... 4 25 | No. 18 Tubular.......... 6 50 . is TubularDash. .... 6 30 . 1 Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 ls 2 Tubular, side lamp. pf 0c 3Street Lamp . LANTERN GLOBES. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents........ 45 ALAAA'A'L o00000 4 9 | No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz. each, box 15cents........ 45 | No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz. fie ay Rk eee 40 XXX W.Wiliichiidli = @ 8% aunt ae ee W W Michigan........ @s | cases! doz. each.. 1 2% High Test Headlight... @7 | LAMP WICKS. @8 | No.0 per gross.. ane @ 7% | No. | per gross. eucuee -_ 2 @a6 | No. 2 por grow... .... ..... 38 gz @2i_ | No.8 per grom............. 58 Black, winter......... @8 Mammoth per dos........ 70 pe secqures poe eso se satya somes 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Facts and Incidents Pertinent to the Hardware Trade. A. N. Oldman in Hardware. I had a call the other day from a sales- man who proved to be the worst speci- men of an indigo bag I ever saw. Blue! That was no name for it. He left a dull, leaden hue in the whole neighborhood. Did he sell me any goods? He did not. He said the country was going to the devil. He cursed McKinley and his administration. He was for free silver, free trade, free lunches—anything different from the things that are. He ran the whole country down from Maine to Texas—and when he got me into his frame of mind, he pulled out his sam- ples and, with a sigh, set out to sell me a bill of goods. I said to him: ‘‘Young man, why should I take on any more of a load, when the whole outfit is going to smash? I feel more like shutting up shop, pay- ing a cent on the dollar, and going in- to politics.”’ Even then he blamed the country, rather than himself, because he did not make a sale. Don’t send me any more boys of his build, Mr. New York. I like a sales- man who comes in witha smile, a new story, a fund of heartiness—such fellows as J. E. Sleight, George B. Main, How- ard Beach, Harry Hopkins, E. Bertram Pike, or Joe Limeburner. God bless them, and their whole con- nection. They are traveling sunbeams. + + It doesn’t do for anyone, especially one who is selling guods, to tell all he feels and knows. Something should be kept in reservation. I have a grandson who illustrates the point. A man drove up to the store the other day, and hailed me with: ‘‘I hear your son has a hoss to sell?’’ ‘‘Yes,’’ said I, ‘‘he has a fine little bay mare he would part with.’’ ‘*Fetch her out,’’ said he. We went back to the barn, followed by five-year Jim, my grandson. The mare was brought out, and the visitor was quite taken with her. He asked her age, looked her over, found out the selling price, and then asked, ‘‘Any bad habits?’’ ‘ No,’’ said I promptly. Young Jim stood with his hands in his pockets, his legs apart, his hat on one side. As I answered, he looked up, and in a shrill voice, exclaimed: **She balks!’’ ‘“*She does, sonny?’’ said the man. ‘“‘That’s a good boy, always tell the truth.’’ **The kid don’t know what he is talk- ing about,’’ said I. ‘‘Sometimes she shies, and that’s what he means.’’ Young America turned an indignant eye on me. ‘‘Now, grandpa, you know she does. Didn’t dad build a fire under her to make her go?’’ The stranger patted him on the head, and gave him a nickel. ‘*You don’t want her?’’ I said. ‘'No, I don’t think I do."’ I said nothing to the boy. He will know more when he is older. a e £ There is a painter in our town who is not very bright, but who occasionally stumbles on the right thing. The other day the General, whose past is shady in spots, was holding forth at a great rate, on the porch of my store. ' Pet, Ehoaias, said he, “is a great hider of weak spots. It covers the rust, evens up the rough places, fills the cracks and knot holes, makes the old look new, and hides the blemishes from the human eye. In work like this, Thomas, you are a deceiver, and yet a necessary evil.’’ ‘*Yes, General,’’ said Thomas, slowly, “‘don’t you want me to go over your rep- utation?’’ * * * Here are some maxims for clerks that I have studied out, in a long course of business : Never do to-day what you can shove off on a fellow clerk to-morrow. Keep at the back end of the store as much as possible, so that the other boys will have to wait on customers. Always keep a novel under the coun- ter to catch up when the old man is out. Keep your eye out for a soft snap. Don't do any more work than you are paid to do. Be the last one to come in the morn- ing and the first to leave at night. Don’t do a thing outside of your pre- scribed duties. Find fault with your place and salary. Show up the weak points of your es- tablishment to the clerks of other houses. Be as snappy with customers as you dare. Tell your fellow clerks all the things you hear against the boss. Threaten to leave whenever fault is found with you. Believe that the world owes you a living and act on that belief. If the above rules are strictly fol- lowed, you will be out looking for a job in about thirty days from date. +e There is a member of the Hardware Club who is young in years but is al- ready the active managing head ot a large retail and wholesale hardware _ es- tablishment. He was relating an ex- perience, the other day: ‘‘I was stand- ing near two clerks, who did not see me. The younger asked the other— who was ten years older than myself—in regard to a special discount. Said he in answer, ‘I don’t know. Ask the old man. ’ ‘‘T wondered whom he could mean. The clerk seemed to know, for he put Straight to the office, and asked for me. ‘“Was I offended? Not much. It was the proudest moment of my life. No man is ever ‘the old man’ about a store, unless he is respected and liked. It means power, appreciation, respect. When a man of my age earns that title, he ought to feel happy enough to go out and throw roses at himself.’’ + + ¥ ‘‘Speaking of preachers,’’ said an- other member of the Club, ‘‘reminds me of the colored pastor who met one of his deacons going home at midnight with a bag of chickens on his back. Said he, sternly ‘Deacon Jones, where you git dem hens?’ ”’ ‘*T stole em.’’ ‘*Yes, but where you stole em?’ ‘*What’s dat to you?’’ ‘‘Brudder Jones, is you so mean dat you won’t put you poor old pastah on?’’ + + 2 ‘“*‘When I was out West,’’ said the maker of tools, ‘‘a young man registered at the hotel, and set in to make things lively. The first night, he played poker with the landlord, and cleaned him out; the next night, he came home drunk, and whipped the cabman; the third night, he went up and down the halls, singing at the top of his voice, and daring the chambermaids to come out and embrace him. In the morning, they asked for the key of his room, and gave him his bill. He looked it over, and then said, with surprised pathos, ‘Don’t you make any discount to min- isters?’ ’’ —-_> 02> Advantage of the Tanaem over the Single Wheel. From the Rochester Times. The sociable element in cycling prom- ises to play an important part among the pleasure-seeking bicyclists this sea- son. Tandems seem to be in great de- mand among riders who can boast of ‘‘best girls,’’ and every other combina- tion which leads to propinquity of the sexes is having a fair trial. So far the tandem seems to have secured the larg- est following, but there is some differ- ence of opinion as to how the riders should be seated. A veteran of¢he road ventures the following opinion: ‘‘In one thing, at least, it has been definitely settled that lovely woman shall take a back seat. We have been a long time coming to this conclusion, for up to the end of last season the woman was placed in front. In this position she had the full benefit of the head wind and also obstructed the view of the real con- troller of the machine. ‘This form of cycling should become very fashionable. The vast increase of power which a properly constructed double machine gives to its riders must, sooner or later, be fully recognized by those who have hitherto gone in for two safeties to every pair. The reasons advanced in favor of tan- dem combinations are that the woman is free from the care which follows in the wake of the single rider, and that she has nothing to trouble -her except to stick on when the pace becomes fast. It is also argued that the man in front, when he feels fit, can go as fast as he pleases without fear of leaving his com- panion behind; that greater distances can be covered in the same time and with more comfort, and that by such an arrangement there are only two tires in- stead of four exposed to puncture. The tandem advocate winds up by saying that the ‘‘swing’’ which a pair attains at a fast pace is a pleasure unknown to the rider of a single machine. ——_>2.___ Laws do not protect a man’s life and property where the laws are not en- forced. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, Pay the highest price in cash for MIXED RAUS, RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES, OLD IRON AND IETALS. Send us a list of what you have and we will quote you our best prices thereon. BLUE FLAME OIL GOOK STOVE EVERY ONE FULLY WARRANTED. ee as. i FAT Ram No. Io! 1 Burner No. 102 2 Burners No. 103 3 Burners Discount 40 per cent. List - $ 5 00 List - 7 50 List - 10 00 Special discount for quantity. Send for circular. FOSTEX, STEVENS & CO., Grand Rapids. BROWN & SEHLER, MANUFACTURERS OF SS we 4am fi A Syl sO J HARNESS OF ALL KINDS. From choice selected stock and honest work- manship, for. wholesale trade. Satisfaction guar- anteed to customers. Jobbers of Carriages, Road Wagons, Surries, Implements, Spray Pumps, etc. Send for our New Cat- alogue before ordering elsewhere. West Bridge Street, Grand Rapids. 90-00-0-0-0 skilled mechanics in this line. our work and our guarantee is good. PRACTICAL ROOFERS, 9-0-0-0-0-0-0:0-0-0-0-0-0:0-0-0-0-0-00-0- ON} GET WEF When in want of a new roof or repairs you can save money by employing We have representatives covering the State of Michigan regularly, »nd if you have a defective roof, drop us a card and we will call on you, examine your roof and give you an estimate of the cost of necessary repairs or putting on new roof. Remember that we guarantee all H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, ESTABLISHED 1868. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. eens Effect of Legislation on the Produc- tion of Native Sugar. Matthew Marshall in New York Sun. The effect of legislation in stimulat- ing invention and industry was never more strikingly shown than it has keen in respect of this very article of sugar. At the beginning of this century the sugar obtained from the sugar cane was the only kind known to commerce. Chemists had succeeded in getting, at reat expense, small quantities of it rom other sources, among them beets, or, asthe English call them, beet roots; but commercially their discoveries were of no importance. When, however, about the year 1810, the blockade by Great Britain, in its contest with Na- oleon Bonaparte, of the ports. of urope, cut off the continent from sup- plying itself with sugar from toreign countries, the attention of speculators was turned to the beet, and with so much success that Bonaparte publicly visited the first large beet sugar factory erected in France, and decorated its superintendent, as a public benefactor, with the cross of the Legion of Honor. The peace of 1815 was a serious blow to the infant industry, but those who had embarked in it were not discouraged, and by dint of ingenuity and economy succeeded in maintaining themselves against the competition of cane sugar imported from abroad. Visitors to France, forty or fifty years ago, will re- member the surprise with which they regarded the peculiarly fine-grained white sugar, in little oblong cakes, the size and shape of dominoes, which was served them with their coffee, and which, they were told, was made from beets. It did not seem to have as much sweetening power as refined cane sugar, but it dissolved more. readily in the coffee, and answered its intended pur- pose very well. An imitation of it, called ‘‘domino’’ sugar, is even now made and sold in this country, and is largely consumed. Germany followed France, at a few years’ distance, in raising sugar beets and extracting sugar from them. For revenue purposes the Government laid a tax upon the raw beets, but, to en- courage the export of the sugar made from them, it allowed a drawback upon it calculated upon the assumption that Ir tons of beets would yield a ton of sugar. By carefully selecting seed, the amount of sugar in the root was in- creased, and by the adoption of the diffusion process of extracting the juice, in which warm water was passed through the beets, after they were reduced to pulp, instead of squeezing them in presses, a larger quantity of saccharine matter was obtained, and thus 8% tons of beets were made to yield a ton of sugar, with the result that tbe rebate allowed as on II tons gave, practically, to the manufacturer a_ considerable bounty, for which, in 1892, was substi- tuted a cash bounty, the tax on the roots being abolished. Austria and France also pay a bounty on sugar produced within their limits, so that in all these countries it costs the home consumer more for his sugar than it does the for- eign buyer. Many efforts have been made to abolish, by treaty, these oppres- sive and embarrassing bounties, but hitherto without success; and the ad- justment of our tariff to meet the diffi- culties they create is a perplexing prob- lem. However faulty, in principle, the artificial stimulus of beet sugar produc- tion may be, it has so far been effectual that of 7,000,000 tons of the world’s an- nual crop 4,300,000 tons now come from beets, and only 2,700,000 tons from the cane. Germany's share of the beet product is about 1,750,000 tons, that of France 600,000 tons, and that of Austria 750,90 tons, the rest being contributed by Russia, Belgium, Holland, and other countries. These figures, however, it must be observed, are not strictly cor- rect, the statistics accessible not being brought dewn to the latest dates, but they are nearly enough so to illustrate the subject. The nation’s consumption of sugar being 2,000,000 tons annually, costing last year $90,000,000 to import, the question whether we. cannot our- selves produce at least a part of what MICHIGAN TRADESMAN we need of it becomes one of great in- terest. The agricultural exports of this coun- try have hitherto been chiefly the prod- uct of the simplest and least skilled labor. Our wheat, for example, is cul- tivated with so little care that while, in Great Britain, with a much less ad- vautageous climate and natural soil, the average yield per acre is 33 bushels, with us it is less than 15 bushels, and in raising Indian corn, tobacco, pork, beef, butter, cheese, and other articles we have aimed rather at getting the greatest quantity for the labor expended than at improving its quality. Wages have been high and land cheap, and our farmers and planters for a long while did well, in spite of their slovenly methods, but of late years the condi- tions have changed. India, Argentina, and Australia successfully compete with us in growing cheap wheat, the beef and mutton from Australia take the market away from ours, we send abroad great quantities of butter, cheese, lard, and pork, but our epicures import the finer kinds. The consequence has been that in a glutted market, and the lower prices that result from it, our agricul- turists suffer, and complain that their calling has ceased to be profitable, but they have the remedy in their own hands. They must, either by improved processes improve the quality of their goods, or else, by the employment of machinery, they must cheapen their cost. If both these expedients fail, they musi turn their attention to the produc- tion of articles for which they can find an ample market at home, and one in which they have their foreign competi- tors at a disadvantage which cannot be overcome. Jf sugar with a protective duty, can be profitably raised in Louis- iana from cane, possibly it can be raised with profit in other states from beets. One thing is certain: the excess of any crop of which the quantity produced in this country is greater than that which can be consumed here must be marketed abroad,and the price obtained abroad necessarily fixes that which can be obtained at home. So long as we go on raising more cotton, tobacco, wheat, corn, beef, pork, lard, butter and cheese than can be sold to our own citizens the prices that we can get for the whole cannot exceed the price we get for the part we are compelled to export in order to sell it at all. No protective duty can raise its value in the market, be- cause the market is beyond the reach of any protection our laws can give. On the other hand, an article like sugar, of which we cannot possibly, for years to come, produce as much as we consume, so that we shall have none to export, can be protected, until under the stim- ulus of protection we increase the prod- uct beyond our own needs, and have a surplus over. Another thing, too, that the agricul- turists of this country should bear in mind is that they are not the only citi- zens who suffer from the low prices caused by a production in excess of the needs of home consumers. The coal miners, the iron miners, the steel rail- makers, and the cotton manufacturers are likewise unable to sell as much as they are able to produce, and’ those with whom the cost of production is above the limit of price obtainable for their product have had to stcp work. The farmers and the planters in this respect are no worse off than are the miners and the manufacturers. They have out- run the needs of the world and they must either remain partially idle, or they must find new kinds of employ ment in supplying wants now supplied by the foreigner. +>. A Rhymester in Jail. A prisoner in a county jail wrote the following in chalk on the door of his cell: He was a genial, smiling man, And drank his whisky plain, But since he signed the temperance pledge He never smiled again. ——_-> 02>. Some merchants try to find an excuse for poor business, others try to finda remedy—and usually succeed. What do you do? Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS ers. 2. ee 70 Jennings’, genuine i oe WOMEINGN EMINMUOM 000000001)... 5. 60410 AXES Mires Quality, §. B. Brome...) 2... so. 5 00 Pires Quality, D. BH Bromse.: i... 2.2.2... 9 50 Hires Quality. 5. © S. Steel. .. .......... S50 Pirss Quality, 1. B. Steel .................. 10. 50 BARROWS egress 2). a Oe 4 OP ee ee et Se 08 BOLTS Re ces 60&10 Caeeme new HAR ll. | te ee cl 50 BUCKETS Wol tegen. ee $32 BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Pin, fgured..................... 70&10 wiouen Narow.......7... ..... -- -0G10 BLOCKS Ordinary Tackle... ......... : oe kee 70 CROW BARS Cesestegr ee: .. per Ib 4 CAPS Bye tig... je... s.r 65 mien eG Fo. 6. es per me 5d Re ee heey ae le Oe 35 Manet. eae a perm 60 CARTRIDGES ae ree. i ., . ee, se Contre Fare. ......... .... eee 2d 5 CHISELS Seekot Wimmer................. ee, 80 ret Pies... ............ ck. 80 eee ee, 80 | MOGNGE SCM 80 DRILLS Maren St Sa@eme 60 ‘Teper Gud Sireientshank...................508 % Mores Taper Shane. 2... | Oe 8 ELBOWS Com. 4 piece, 6in..... st... On. Net 5d NE 25 PUCEEEON ee ls, dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark’s small, S18; largo, G.....-......... G10 vee 1 oo. 2 oo ee.................... 25 FILES—New List New Armcrican. .-. 70&10 RPGS 70 Peetier es mee Wbeee...................... 0&0 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ..... 28 List 12 3 14 15 1G... 17 Discount, 75 to 75-10 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...............00&16 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimimings.... ......... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 80 MATTOCKS Ade Bye... OF ais Gao Hunt Eye.. LS ee cc a $15 00, dis 60&10 Pee. ow ts... we Oe om, Gee ae NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base..... ... Loves. _.. 2 oo Wire nails, base..... ae at eer ........,............., ..... Bee mm be Waaveree U5 _—..... ....,.............. 10 Catvsrce. ..... 20 MO ee 30 Seavaree. a oe wea, 45 See ee 70 CE ee oS 50 Cuaue 16 etiyvanece..... . | Comme Haavenee.. oe 23 Oasing Gadyance...:......... 35 Finish 10 advance .. . ba] Prot Saeyvance cl: 35 Mean GaGvanee. 2... 45 OO 85 MILLS Comgec Pormers Ce 6. 40 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables. .. 40 Comtee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........... 40 Comoe, Tatewprrne 30 MOLASSES GATES Stephin se Patterns. cs. ok 5. CRD Bicou es Geltibe ce 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring ............ .... 30 PLANES inde Doel Ce. 's, fapey.. ts ... @50 Renee eee ee 60 Samiushy Pook Co.'s, fanéy................. @50 Beeee Gralqueey........ 2.5. oc--eo-.. oes @50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS Dey. Aeme .. 60&10&10 Common, polisnea.... =. 70d 5 RIVETS eum Stil DiNNOe ee 60 Copper Rivetsand Burg... .....-7...;........ 60 PATENT PLANISHED IRON ‘‘A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. HAMMERS Maydole & Co.'s. new Tist........ .....- dis 33% ee ee dis 25 Wemee & Pim oe. cc cele ee se dis 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......... ..30c list 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 20c list 40410 23 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tin Ware .... new list 75&10 enpened Til Ware... 2. 6... cen cs Granite Iron Ware.................new list 40&10 HOLLOW WARE Pee Lac. oes COLO Kettles ... a ... 60810 os... . .60&10 HINGES S. ‘ . dis 60&10 Gate, Clark's, 1, 2, 3. .. State....... ee ‘per doz. net 250 WIRE GOODS a oe ' 80 serew Byes........ eww euae eee 80 Ge ee es ee 80 Gate Hooks and Eyes. \ ies 80 LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............dis 70 : ROPES Bisel, 4 ten Gd TAreer............... .... Oe Mai. es... Ls... SQUARES Steel and Iron....... x nd Bevels ... SHEET IRON com. smooth. com. Pee, ee i ee 2 40 Noe ty Oo tT... ek 2 40 ee ‘ 2 6C ee. Stee ce 2 70 THOR, Sy OO aa. oo cece. osse 2 80 No. 2. ‘ 3 80 2 90 ll sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. ' SAND PAPER Lint acct. 00, S6...... ' ceed aes cee Ce SASH WEIGHTS Solid Eyes.... ee al acs .. per ton 20 00 TRAPS meee! Game.......... 8 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s...... 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70&10&10 Mouse, choker....... .. per doz 15 Mouse, délusion........... . per doz 1 25 | WIRE | Bright Market.... Leu eeueucd ee rb) meee Wormer. 8. 7 Coppered Market..... i , \ -70&10 Tine ee ae Copperca Sistine S0eet.......... .......... 50 Barbed Wence, ealvanised ................. 366 Barbed Fence, painted... 1 70 HORSE NAILS An Sabie......- «on ean Le A Putnam.. eee dis 5 Nonworterms............................4ae aa WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled ............. 30 Coe’s Genuine....... SN a Te 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 80 Coes Patent miaiieanie....... 6... lo. 80 MISCELLANEOUS Bind Cepes. i 50 Pome Cinter.. ee e 80 ae 85 Casters, Bed aud Piate............ ... HO&10410 Demers, Aerican..................... 50 METALS—Zinc GM pound casks. .................. 614 POE OUM ee 6% SOLDER 4@% . 12% The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. TIN—Melyp Grade re Chereoe .............. tie oo Davo 1C, Charcoal ............ ane ent 5 75 2x14 TX, Charcoal .... 2a Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. TIN—Allaway Grade Oy 4 TC, Chareoet nc 5 00 eee , Cearooal...... ..... ene aa a Matt ts, Charcoal)... ae TE CR ee ee 6 00 Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean... iad cepe as 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean mie iG, Charcoal, Dean. |...) |... 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..... 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Gradc..... 20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........ 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..... BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 4x56 IX. for No. 8 Ballers,).... 14x56 IX. for No. 9 Boilers, ¢ Pet Pound... 9 SB oumoau J = ewe ae G. R. IXX DAIRY PAIL. Yo Write for quotations and monthly illustrated Catalogue. Wii. BRUMMELER & SONS, Manufacturers and jobbers of Pieced and Stamped Tinware. 260 S. lonia St. = Grand Rapids, Mich Telephone 640 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 21—Hawaiian annex- ation and its probable effect on the sugar trust was the theme for discussion among the trade and nearly everybody else here last week. What effect will the pauper labor have on the ‘‘enlightened’’ laborers who are working in the Brook- lyn refineries at a dollara day? But there will be time enough to grapple with these questions when the time ar- rives. It is evident that there is going to be some very determined opposition to the treaty in the Senate, and the end is not yet. Business is better. Buyers are here in goodly number and,some of our job- bing houses are having all they can take care of. The demand is not so much for any one thing, but the aggregate shows up handsomely. The coffee market is in about the Same condition as last week, with Rio No. 7 closing at 75gc. There is not much doing in an invoice way. The bulls have rather a hard time. The bears say we shall soon see the visible supply over 800,000 bags again and they are looking for no advance in the near future. In store and afloat there are about 759,000 bags. In mild sorts little is doing in the way of cargo lots, but there have been a good many small or- ders. The ship Philadelphia came in Thursday with 10,500 bags of West In- dia sorts. Quotations are nominally the same. One of the old sugar retin- eries in Brooklyn is Undergoing exten- Sive overhauling and, it is said, will be put into the service of the Havemeyers as a coffee roasting establishment. Prices of refined sugar, both foreign and domestic, are held with a good de- gree of steadiness, although the demand during the week has been hardly up to the usual run and the supply has now overtaken the demand; at least, there is no waiting for orders to be filled. Dealers in foreign refined do not seem anxious to take orders for large lots and are holding on with confidence as to fu- ture prices. There is absolutely nothing doing in the tea market. This applies: both to invoice and smaller lots. Prices are, perhaps, 3c lower on an average than they were a month ago, but dealings are only for quantities as wanted every day. There is every conceivable range of prices. If one sort is in better request than another, it is Japans. The rice market is fairly firm and sales are making on a basis of former quotations. The tariff question still dis- turbs the market somewhat, but, as a rule, there 1s very little dickering over rates. Buyers take what they want, pay the price asked,and dealers are not urg- ing sales. Foreign grades, which have recently shown some advance, still re- main firm at last quotations. Nothing is doing in spices in invoice lots. Business is moving along ina dull and solemn manner and every- body is waiting for a better time later on. Pepper is the firmest article on the entire list, but buyers are not, seem- ingly,anxious to take a supply far ahead of daily requirements. In molasses a pretty fair business has been transacted by some firms with out- of-town grocers, but, as a rule, the mar- ket is not more active than usual at this period of the year. Choice grades of open kettle are most sought for. Syrups are going out in about the usual quanti- ties. A few sales for export to Great Britain are reported, but there is not enough business to create any enthu- siasm. Prime to fancy sugar syrup re- mains as last quoted—15@1oc. In canned goods, a good business has been done by some and with others the cry is of continued dulness. Goods that are strictly ‘‘up to the scratch’’ are not lacking for buyers, but there is a vast assortment of unknown labels wasting their sweetness on the desert air. There is a very wide range of quality and price—peas, for instance, being quotable from 47%c to $1.60, with all fractions between. Tomatoes are held at 65@o5c, the latter, of course, being for fine goods. Corn averages about 60c for N. Y. labels and Maine 5c higher. Dried fruits are dull. Stocks of Cali- fornia goods are pretty well cleaned up and the new season promises well. Strictly fancy Western creamery but- ter has been sold at 15c. It must bear close inspection to fetch this figure. Some butter goes abroad this week, but foreign trade is not especially encoura- ging as yet. There is a better demand for large full cream cheese, which now bring 83gc. Small size are less active and are held at 74%@7Xc. Receipts of eggs are ample, but the demand is quiet. Near-by fresh, 13c; Western, 11@11%c. Beans are quiet, with choice pea held’ at 85@87%c. Chcice marrow, $1.15@ 7/2: The bargains in straw hats this season are not confined so much as they for- merly were to the peddlers’ wagons in the streets. There was an outbreak of straw hat stores all over the city abouta month ago and these have become the scenes of the bargains. The buildings occupied by these stores appear to be to let and their possession by tbe hat sell- ers to be merely temporary. ‘The stores are scattered about every part of the town and evidently the promoters of this new departure believe that bargains are as much appreciated in one part of the town as the other. One of the respects in which the English makers of straw hats have deferred to the Amer- ican taste is very noticeable this year. Until straw hats become good style for town wear in England the hats im- ported to this country were heavy things lined with a band of white flan- nel, which of all available materials seemed the least to the purpose. But the English makers were not averse to learning something from the hats that went over from this country, and the polished leather hat band has become an institution in London as much ap- preciated as it is here. The opening of the season as usual brought out a num- ber of lurid hat bands, but they are probably incidental only to the early en- thusiasm which makes a man feel as_ if he wants the most complete summer- like outfit that he can get when the first warm weather comes. The Squad- ron A hat bands of blue and yellow rib- bon pervade the town, and from the frequency of their appearnace one would suppose that body included a great many more members than it really does. In some neighborhoods the troop rib- bons are particularly conspicuous, and four of them outside of the stage door of the Casino one night last week were plainly distinguishable even in a group of heads covered with towering feathers and luxuriant flowers. - O Heman Barlow is a very good man and a very good father; but the best of men and the best of fathers occasionally make mistakes, as the following aptly illustrates: Heman's pretty daughter, Miss Julia, affectionately known among her friends by the sobriquet of ‘‘ Toot,’ was recently taking a fond adieu of her paternal relative, preparatory to a trip to Chicago via boat from Holland. Bar- low Pere was giving her an unlimited quantity of excellent advice such as fathers know so well to bestow. The last good bye was said, the last loving kiss exchanged, and Heman gracefully jumped off the train just as the signal sounded. Duty done, and the train tapidly pulling out, what was his sur- prise and consternation to behold the form of his daughter swiftly springing from the rear platform to the ground. Cause: Heman’s advice was all right, but—he had forgotten his daughter’s valise (without which the Chicago visit could not be made) and left it gently reposing in the baggage room! Heman says he afterward hired C, G, A. Voigt to say a few words for him that would express the chagrin he felt at the de- nouement, and that C. G. A. proved himself amply adequate to the situation. Wout," The Grain Market. It is an exceptionally hard task to say anything of interest regarding the con- dition of the wheat market curing the past week. It was certainly very dull and if we were gifted in the use of pro- fane language (which the editor of this paper tries to make out we are), we would certainly be tempted to make good use of it. To make a long story short, wheat remains in statu quo. There were only some very light fluc- tuations. St. Louis bas received a car of new wheat and, had the wet weather not set in at Oklahoma when the harvest was at its height, which retarded thresh- ing, we think there would have been more shipped in. Baltimore aiso re- ceived a very nice car of new wheat rom Virginia on the 21st. Wheat in this section is heading out and it looks more favorable for a good harvest than it did last year. The millers of Grand Rapids have been making strong ap- peals to the farmers during the last three months to have them cut the rye out of the wheat, as there seems to be more than the usual amount of rye in the wheat this year, which is probably due to the large amount of rye grown in Michigan during the past three years. The laughable thing about it is, the De- troit Board of Trade men claim the credit for this being done. We note an article in one of the Detroit market letters which reads as follows: *‘Our agitation of the rye in wheat question has been productive of good results, as farmers in many parts of the State have profited by our advice and are cutting the rye This beats all, and the use-of some strong adjectives would certainly be admissible If our Christian friend of the Tradesman happened to hear of anything of this kind, he would prob- ably blubber over with choice epithets; but, as we are always meek, we will let the Detroit Board of Trade men bom- bast to their hearts’ content. Spring wheat is also coming along very nicely and it looks now as though (barring all accidents) we would have 515,000,000 bushels in the United States. The vis- ible made another large decrease ot 2,013,000 bushels, against 600,000 bush- els for the corresponding week last vear, leaving 20,473,000 bushels in sight. The following shows the amount of oats, corn and wheat in sight at about the same date during the last four years: WHEAT CORN OATS June 19, ’97, 20,473,000 16,278,000 10, 130,000 June 20, ’96, 48,841,000 9,095,000 11,105,000 June 22, ’y5, 46,224,000 9,499,000 8,615,000 June 23, '04, 56,956,000 7175,000 2,535,000 Coarse grains ruled about the same, as they were affected by the same in- fluences as affected wheat. The market on both corn and eats is very dull and we would not be surprised to see lower prices on, these grains, as the outlook for a fine harvest is very flattering. The receipts during the week were 33 cars of wheat, 6 cars of corn and 7 cars of oats. Local millers are paying 78c for wheat. The demand for flour is much better than it has been. C. G. A. Vorer. _ ££ 4 Among the methods adopted by Voigt & Co. to influence the growers to elim- inate the rye from their wheat fields was the gratuitous circulation of several thousand circulars reading as follows: During the past two or three years there has been considerable trouble in this State caused by rye getting mixed in the wheat. A large quantity of wheat that would otherwise be of fine quality is utterly ruined for milling purposes by the rye that is mixed through the rain, and many a dollar is lost to the armers that might easily and readily be saved by the exercise of a little care during the next thirty days to cut the clusters of rye out of the wheat fields. Michigan millers require the best grade of perfectly clean wheat in order to produce flour of as fine a quality as they have been making the past ten years or more. Michigan first grade flours are justly celebrated in the most discriminating markets, both at home and in foreign countries. This repu- tation cannot be maintained except by the use of first-class grain. Wheat mixed with rye brings only a low price in any market. Farmers cannot spend a little time to better advantage than. to go through the wheat-fields in the early part of June and cut the rye out clean. It might also be mentioned that letting rye remain in wheat will sooner or later deteriorate the wheat by the wheat run- ning into rye, making a mongrel wheat. Where at present Michigan has such a good name for its good quality of wheat as well as flour, it can soon be ruined if this letting rye grow in the wheat is persisted in. ee Local millers are much interested in the decided action taken by the Farmers’ Club of Hopkins and Monterey Town- ships, Allegan county, relative to buy- ing Michigan flour of Michigan millers. In a recent discussion of the subject, it is shown that Michigan wheat is quoted 11 cents above spring wheat, yet the millers from the spring wheat region ship flour into the State and retail it at 4oc per barrel more than winter wheat flour, thus insuring a larger return to the middlemen. It is shown that this spring wheat flour directly injures the farmer who has wheat to market, and the following boycott was declared on all merchants who keep other than Michigan wheat flour for sale: Whereas, The sale of flour manufac- tured from the spring wheat of Western States is detrimental to the best inter- ests of the Michigan wheat grower, and, Whereas, Certain merchants and deal- ers are offering for sale the products of Western mills in direct opposition to our best interests, and by so doing are injuring our home market and causing greater loss to the wheat grower and to business interests generally; therefore, be it further Resolved, That we, the undersigned citizens and friends of the farmer, agree to pledge our support and patronage to those merchants alone who sell the prod- ucts of our own mills and the flour from our Michigan wheat, and to protect each others’ interests as far as possible. a eg Flour and Feed. During the past fortnight the busi- ness transacted has been of a hand-to- mouth character, particularly in flour. The same conditions seem likely to follow until a better and more definite knowledge can be obtained of the out- come of the growing crop and the prob- able effect upon the market. There is a wide difference in the consensus of opinion as expressed in the sale of op- tions, as future months would indicate that, on the part of speculators, at least, there is a belief in lower prices. On the other hand, stocks are now abnormally low at home and abroad, so that every- thing offered for the first few weeks will go rapidly into consumption. The grain centers are practically bare of wheat, which elevators are anxious to carry for the charges, that their business may be profitable. There is likely, therefore, to be the same spirited bidding for the new wheat when it begins to move at what may be considered fair values. Choice old winter wheat flour is becom- ing very scarce and values are well maintained. Millstuffs are steady. Feed and meal are unchanged, with a light demand. : Wm. N. Rowe. o esa orem ppp wosuareuies: ee aE ENER iN Eg i Ay STD Travelers’ Time Tables. C HIC AGO and West Michigan R’y _ June 20, 1897. Going to Chi Lv. G. Rapids. .8: ‘am 1:2 opus ¥6.2 25pm *11:3)pn Ar. Chicago....3:10pm 6:50pm 2:(.am 6:40an Returning from Chicago. Ly. Chicago............ 7:20am 5: pm * 9:30pm Ar. G’ d Rapids ta - 1:25pm 10:4>pm * 4:03an Mus uskegon. Ly. G’d Rapids..... .... = ‘35am 1:25pm 6:25pm Ar. G’d Rapids........... 23pm 5. 5pm 10:45ar Traverse City, charisvoix, Petoskey and Bay Ly. G@’d Rapids........ 7:30am 11:30pm 5:30pm Ar. Traverse City..... 12:40pm 5: am 11: — Ar. Charlevoix........ 3:15pm +:30am Ar. Petoskey.......... 3:45pm 8:00am ....... Ar Bay View.......... 3:55pm 8:lvuam ...... PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. CHICAGO. - Parlor cars leave Grand Rap ds 8:35 am and 1:25 pm; leave Chicago 5:15pm, Sleeping cars leave Grand Rapids *11:30 pm; leave Chicago *9 :30 p m. TRAVERSE CITY AND BAY VIEW. Parlor car leaves Grand Rapids 7:30 a m; sleeper at 11:30 p m. *Every day. Others week days only. Gro. DEHAVEN, General Pass. Agent. DETROIT re Going ~ vara Ly. Grand Rapids...... 1:30pm _ 5: 35pn Ar. Detroit............. fA aon 5:40pm 10:2.pn eee — Detroit. Lv. Detroit... sat 00am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids ee + :00pm 5:20pm 10:55pm a: Alma and t Gceine Ile. Lv. G R71 4:20pm Ar. G R 12:20pm 9:30pr Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and a Trains run week days only. Gro. DEHavEN, General Pass. Agent. T GRAND 'rrroteana uiwanxee Di (In ~ joa 3, 1897.) Leave. AST Arrive. + 6:45am. .Saginaw, Detroit and East..+ 9:55pm +10:10am....... Detroit and East.... ..+ 5:07pm + 3:30pm..Saginaw, Detroit and East..+12: acm *10: 45pm... Detroit, oe Canada...* 6:35am * 8:35am....Gd. Haven and Int. Pts....* 7:10pm +12:53pm. Ga. Haven and Intermediate. + 3:22pm + 5:12pm....Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi....+10:05am * 7:40pm....Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi....* 8:15am +10:00pm...... Gd. Haven and Mil....... + 6:40am Bastward._No. 14 has Wagner parlor car. No. 18 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. 15 Wagner parlor car. *Daily. = Sunday. E. H. ewe. G. P. &T. A, BEN. FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt., Jas. CAMPBELL, City Pass. Agent, No. 23 Monroe st. G R AND Rapids & Indiana Railway June 20, 1897. Northern Div. Leave Arriv+ Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 4:15am *10:00pm ‘Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 7:45am t 6:10,m Trav. C’y, Petos. & Har. Sp’gs.t¢ 2:20pm + 9:lupa MO ai eke vom oe eee eg + 5:25pm +t11:10am Potnakey & Mackinaw... ... .+11:10pm + 6:30am Train leaving at 7: 45 a.m. has parlor Car to Petoskey and Mackinaw. Train leaving at 2:20 p.m. has parlor car to Pe- toskey, Bay View and Harbor Springs. Train leaving at 11:16 p.m. has sleeping cars to Petoskey and Mackinaw. ee: . Leave Arrive ae: nah é «-t 7:10am + 8:25pn. NO oe en ee : 2 00pm + 2:10pm Role. ice Nee cee eee 7:00pm + 9:10am Cincinnati, Louisville & Ind. 10 i pm * 4:05am Kalamazoo ............... -.., ¢ 8:05pm + 8:50am 1:10am. train has parlor car to Ciacinnat 2 p.m. train has prior car to Fort Wayne. 10:15p.m train has sleeping car to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Louisville. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly @’d Rapids.......... +7:35am +1:00pm +5:40pm Lv G@’d Rapids.. 3 ¢9:00am +7:00pm Ar Muskegon........... 9:00am “2: ‘0pm "7:00, m Ar Muskegon........... -...... 10:25am 8:25pm Ar Milwaukee, Steamer........ 4:00am @oINe EAST. Ly Milwaukee, ange 7:30am Liv Muskegon.. a 10am tl iin +4:10pm Lv Muskegon.. .... ¢ 8:35am 6:35pm Ar@’d Rapids... ..... “9:30am 2 55pm "B: 3).pm Ar Gd Rapids: ...:..26.:. 65.0: 1:00am 8:00pm +Except Sunday. *Daily ‘aangdies only. Steamer leaves Muskegon daily except Satur- day. Leaves Milwaukee daily except Saturday and Sunday. A. ALMQUIST, C. L. Lockwoop, Ticket Agt.Un. Sta. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. ECORD OF WOOL PURCHASES Wool dealers should provide themselves with one of the Tradesman Company’s Improved Wool Records, by means of which an accurate and com- pact account of every purchase can be kept. Sent postpaid on receipt of $1. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. SSSSSSSSSS3333N Ss 3333S * OOOO ae ew G7. POO EOP EOE OO OE OI IB MAI OB BD BD AD AD BD OAD AA? oes ayes ne me Oleh AN al ra * NOUGG t0 the Grocery Trade GE AN Many men representing to sell Elsie Cheese are selling a nV. other makes under our name. Elsie Cheese can only be AN bought direct from the Factory or from the Musselman r\) Grocer Co., of Grand Rapids. Elsie Cheese are all AN stamped “Michigan Full Cream, Factory No. 12.” / \ Elsie Cheese has maintained its high reputation for twenty Tate EO AN years and is the best selling Cheese on the market. Ten Cent Cigars rN M.S. DOYLE, ers. mich a Wiesccecceccececeececcececccs! y YS ee ee Sets PERKINS & HESS, is Hides, Furs, Wool and Tallow We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use. Nos. 122 and 124 Louis St., Grand Rapids. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT has made many good cus- tomers for many wise deal- ers. It’s the only SALT THAT'S ALL SALT. See Price Current, DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., St. Clair, Mich, It is a pleasure to smoke them. They are up-to-date. They are the best Oot ete: be ever made in America. Send sample order to any Grand Rapids jobbing house. See quotations in price current. Awnings a1 Tents Seer erereer ee reer 3 3 $ If You Hire Help—..- $ e FOR You should use our 3 B ds and low ices in the S , AD uN = alecssueed Sod eles F Perfect Time Book 3 CHAS. A. COYE, 11 Pearl Street. ~——and Pay Roll. 3 y @ ° I HAVE FOR SALE MANUFACTURED} |@ Made to hold from 27 to 60 names ¥ a stock of furniture and crockery here. There are BY 3 and sell for 75 et ae @ only two eae stores in the city = wey o Send for sample ca 3 00 t town is growing hice - alee a and ae? psa Peeled. me 4 oer 6 . BARLOW BROS. 2 A better site could not be found. ae e 9 o HENRY C. SMITH, Trustee, |C. H. STRUEBE, Sandusky, Ohio, |@ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 3 > ADRIAN, MICH. Agent for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. he! fi sstiTvervnvenvenvesnesntaneenvenvenenrenyeTytTyeTrtty titi = They all say = “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell { you that they are only trying to get you to aid their \ new cities 2 os 7s {| Who urges you to keep Sapolio? Is it not the public? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- ciousadvertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. WAAL LALaLLeLLLL LA MAkkkkkkkkkkklllll tls edbbdkbbbkds Syyynvnonennennenn Sills sy 4 \/ THE DAYTOR Cash or Credit 3 No need to bother over this question of selling for cash | ofa instead of credit. Adopt Dayton Money Weight Scales sccauiccantisntweiehine Capacity, 28 lbs; finish, enamel witl. The customer watches the beam balance at the money’s Biiitrinminss aeateo worth of his purchase, and almost involuntarily reaches for his purse and finds the correct change. No disputes with customers and saves time in THE DAYTON making change, to say nothing of its saving in the weights. MONEY-WEIGHT SCALE = Write us for illustrated description of our Spring Balance Money Weight Scales for your meat counter. Yours for Moneyweight and Profit Saving, FOR QUICK, "ONIHSIAM TWYANAO The Computing Scale Co. WEIGHS AND — = Dayton, Ohio. as accurately as money can be changed: DEALERS--Turn your money over! The enormous amount of advertising being done to familiarize house-keepers with the name of os 4 Zz EE ; cel SS ee ~ SS . td — aw 3 m 3] eo , RESGOTT in ar , r VYORK. NY. a WY; J a ~ - : i “aN . Y WITH A DAMP FLANN bi \ ia POLS WITH 8 FLANWEL Aes ps ‘ aN RES OR BRUSH. y By re eS pI, Ze yy Ae LSS Goss i Thee — = MO, ¢ jo =e uo’ Ss } 5° lg The Modem enables merchants to make quick sales and fair profits. Don’t load up with dead stock. ‘A nimble nickel is better than a slow dime.” THE VALUE OF A GARE 1S The BUSINESS IT BRINGS OUR 10 CENTS LATEST PER SUCCESS POUND Contain all the good qualities of a rapid seller, with strong points reinforced. Write for samples.