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During all the dozen years that he had sat upon a high stool from eight o’clock in the morning until six at night, Mr. Crump had never been known to be late for his work. A more methodical, careful man never hung over a ledger or balanced a cash book. At length he reached the well-known staircase, opened the office door, and stood still for a moment in surprise. Young Carter, the assistant bookkeeper, was there before him, already at his work. Mr. Crump smiled grimly. “So you’ve made a_ beginning, young, man,” he said. ‘‘Well, we’ll see.” Carter’s face flushed a little as he bade the older man good morning. The fact was that Crump, who had married rather late in life, had a_ bright-eyed daughter named Anna, with whom Robert Carter had fallen very much in love. It was only on the pro- ceding evening that things had come to a crisis, and somewhat to the young man’s surprise. Mr. Crump had rejected the pro- posed engagement. He did not like young Carter. He did not approve of the young fellow’s fashionably cut collars, nor of his searf-pin, nor of his cane. Such things Mr. Crump considered were the signs of a frivol- ous disposition and unsteady habits. Nor did Mr. Crump approve of the snatches of comic songs which Carter was continually humming. He suspected that the young man frequented variety shows, and spent more money on cheap cigars, novels, and outings than was proper for one in his posi- tion. Besides, Mr. Robert Carter was us- ually the last of all the clerks to make his appearance in the morning, and this was, in Mr. Crump’s eyes, a very bad sign. It was plain to the old man that Carter was now making an attempt to earn his good opin- ion. ‘Time will show—time will show,” said Mr. Crump, in rather an aggravating way, as he unlocked his safe, and set about his work, Soon the other clerks began to arrive, and then came Mr. Mason, the acting partner, a tall, pale man, with long black whiskers. Mr. Cook, the senior partner, only came to the office twice a week, to examine the bank book and see how things were going on. Mr. Mason opened the letters, and soon ap- peared at Mr. Crump’s desk with a small sheaf of them in his hand. Th@&se were let- ters in response to which small sums of money had to be sent, and it belonged to Mr. Crump to attend to them, for he had authority to sign cheeks for the firm for sums up to $500. Mr. Crump first made a list of the pay- ments he had to make and then went to his safe for his check-book. As he opened it to write the first check he was surprised to find that the counterfoil belonging to the last check which had been taken from the book was not filled up. He could hardly believe his eyes. Never in all his life had he writ- ten a check without first filling up the coun- terfoil with particulars of the amount, the date, and the person to whom the check was sent. But his surprise changed to dis- may when he took out his cash book and found that he had only drawn nine checks the day before, the counterfoils of which were all properly filled up, whereas a tenth check had been torn out of the book. For a moment he sat as if stunned. Could any one have stolen the blank check? He always kept the key to the interior portion of the safe, in which he kept the check book; but it was just possible that some one might have got hold of the key, taken an impression of it in wax, and had a false key made. He had heard of such things. He leaned his head on his hands and tried to think. When had he closed the safe last night? About 4 in the afternoon, before any one had left the office for the day; for he remembered that he had gone out on an errand for the firm shortly after 4 o’clock and that when he got back at half-past 6 everybody had left, and the place was in darkness. If the blank check had been stolen, the theft must have been committed last night —or this morning? Could the safe have been opened before his arrival? He remem- bered Carter’s unusually early appearance, and threw a suspicious glance at the young man. Then a simpler solution of the matter oc- curred to him. It was very possible that, in tearing out the last check he had drawn the day before, he had torn out two by mis- take, folded them up and sent them off to- gether. This would, of course, account for the appearance of the check book. He de- termined to write at once to Spring & Com- pany, to whom he had sent his last check, and ask whether a blank check had not been sent to them by mistake. Then the questioA arose—should he men- tion {the circumstance to Mr. Mason? On consideration Mr. Crump thought that it was not necessary to do so. Mr. Mason was rather a hard man to deal with, and a confession would ruin the character for | carefulness which the cashier had so long enjoyed. And he fully expected that in two days at most he would get a letter from Grand Rapids enclosing the slip of paper which had cost him so much anxiety. The next day was Tuesday; and accord- ing to his invariable custom on that day of the week, Mr. Cook made his appearance in the office. Business had not long com- menced, when everybody in the establish- ment was aware that something unusual had happened. Mr. Mason was closeted with his partner for a few minutes, and then went hurrying out of the Office, re- turning with Mr. Jeffreys, the manager of the First National Bank, at which the firm kept their account. Then Mr. Jeffreys left, and came back accompanied by one of his cashiers. Then a bell was rung and Mr. Crump was sent for. With a beating heart and a cold sweat on his brow the cashier obeyed the summons. “Bring your check book, Mr. Crump,” said the senior partner. This was done, and a tall man, whom Mr. Crump had not noticed up to that time, stepped up to the table and glanced at the check book along with Mr. Cook. “I thought so,” exclaimed the old gentle- man. ‘‘Here’s the place from which the check was taken; Here is the counterfoil. The numbers correspond. What made you do it, Crump? You are the last man in the world from whom I would have expected such conduct.” “Do what, Crump. “Do what?” echoed his employer with a contemptuous smile. ‘Who did you get to do this little bit of work for you?” As he spoke Mr. Cook tossed a check across the table. Mr. Crump took it up and read: ‘‘The First National Bank Pay Jos. Beckman, or order, Three Thousand, Two Hundred and Ten Dollars. Cook & Mason.” He looked up bewildered. The tall man in the frock coat watehed him narrowly. **Who is this Beekman?” asked Mr. Cook. ‘“‘T don’t know, sir.” “You don’t know? You see that the check has come from your book?” “Yes, sir.” “Did you give it to any one?” ‘*No, sir.” “Did you miss it?” “Yes, sir; I missed it yesterday; and I wrote to Spring & Company, to whom I had sent the one before that, thinking that I had torn out two by mistake.” ‘That rather points to his innocence,” whispered Mr. Cook to the tall man at his elbow. “It may be only a clever plant, sir,” re- turned the other. ‘You did not put that letter among the others to;be copied in the letter-book,” put in Mr. Mason. Crump hung his head. “Is the check —” he began, after a pause. “Of course it is forged,” answered Mr. Cook. ‘And was it paid?” “Yes; it was paid yesterday.” Mr. Crump shuddered, took a long breath, and waited. “Now, Crump, you had better make a clean breast of it,” said Mr. Cook aftera few moments’ silence. ‘Tell us who this man Beckman is; tell us where the money has gone—it can’t be all spent already— and it will be none the worse for you.” Mr. Crump felt a choking sensation in his throat; but he plucked up courage enough to say, “I have told you already, sir, that I know nothing about it. It was only yesterday morning that I noticed that a check had been taken from the book.” ‘Why did you not mention it?” asked Mr. Mason. “I thought I had torn it out myself along with the one I sent to Spring & Company. ‘But it may have been torn out by any one in the office during the day before?” “Yes, sir,” replied Crump. ‘I don’t see how any one could have got at the book, for I am very careful; but it is possible.” ‘*The thief has probably got a profession- al forger to copy the signature from an old letter,” said Mr. Mason, taking up the slip of paper. ‘‘It is beautifully imitated. I would not have detected it myself.” “It is plain that the thief must have been some one in the office, though probably he had an accomplice outside,” said Mr. Jef- freys. ‘‘A stranger would not have known that the firm had so large a balance at the moment. Is there any one of your fellow- clerks whom you think may have had a hand in it?” he added, turning to the cash- ier. **No, sir.” ‘Is there any one who keeps loose com- pany, or any one who is in the habit of spending too much money?” Mr. Crump thought of Carter, and hesi- tated for a moment. ‘Speak, sir, if you are wise,” said Mr. Cook sternly. ‘I have sometimes thought that Mr. Car- ter spent a good deal on dress, and so on; but not more than many young men,” re- plied Mr. Crump. But as he spoke he sud- denly remembered Robert Carter’s unusual- ly early appearance on the preceding morn- ing, and a suspicion arose in his mind. Without intending it he allowed his thoughts to appear in his face, so that his protest— sir?” faintly uttered Mr. “I know nothing whatever against Mr. Carter”—had but little effect. Crump was sent back to his desk, and Carter was sent for. He came back to the clerk’s room in a state of great indignation, having strenuously denied any knowledge whatever of the forgery. The result of a consultation between the bank manager and the partners was that, as Crump could not account for the loss of the check, he had probably stolen it; and that, although there was not evidence enough to prosecute him, he must be dismissed at once. As to Car- ter, they determined to allow him to remain where he was, and keep a close watch on his proceedings. Poor Walter Crump went home that day like one ina dream. He was dismissed as the accomplice of a forger! And he eould not say that, in the circumstances, he had been treated unjustly. The check had been entrusted to him, and he had lost it. It was, apparently, at least, his fault that the crime had been committed. He almost wondered that he had not been sent to prison. When he reached his own house he sat down in front of the fire without speaking, and even his favorite daughter, Annie, could not make him say what troubled him. How could he tell his children that he, their father, had been dismissed from his situa- tion on suspicion of having robbed his em- ployers of thirty-two hundred dollars. About $ o’clock in the evening a knock came to the old man’s door. It was Robert Carter. Crump started to his feet in indig- nation. Was this fellow, whom he sus- pected to be the real criminal, to come and gloat over him in his misery? But befere he could speak Carter had come into the room and held out his hand: ‘I came to tell you, Mr. Crump,” said he, *‘how sorry we all are in the office about this. None of us believe you had anything to do with it, of course. It will all come out, likely, in a day or two.” The old man stared at him for a minute or two without speaking and without taking Carter’s hand. *“Go way!” he cried at last. ‘How dare you come here to insult me with your sym- pathy? You! I faney you are the one who knows most about it.” Annie turned from one to the other with bewildered, terrified looks. Fortunately she was the only other one of the family in the room. ‘What is it, father?” she cried, clasping her hands. ‘‘What is it you say Robert knows more about than any one else? Oh, tell me what has happened?” “Go to your room, girl,” said her father, sternly. ‘*There is trouble enough without your meddling in it. Stop,” he continued, as the girl slowly left the room. ‘You see that young man. I forbid you to see him, to write to him, to receive any letters from him. He—you will know soon enough.” *“What, sir!” cried Carter, his eyes blaz- ing with indignation. ‘‘Do you say that J —that I took the cheek? Why, it was an impossibility, even if I had wished to do such a thing.” ‘‘Leave my house, sir!” was the old man’s reply, as he reseated himself in his chair. He had by this time persuaded himself that in some unguarded moment he had left his key in the safe, that Carter had taken an impression of it and had a false key made, and that he had got some clever forger to imitate the firm’s signature. But he knew that no one would believe him, that appear- ances were all against him, and that it would be impossible for him now even to earn his bread. He looked upon Carter as the man who had ruined him, and in his misery and unreasonableness he fancied that one of the young man’s objects was to throw suspicion upon him, to reduce him to poverty and make it impossible for him to refuse to accept him as Annie’s husband. But in this the old man determined he would never yield. Carter protested once more against the in- justice of the cashier’s suspicions, and then left the room. At the street door he met Annie, who was waiting for him. “Oh, Robert,” she exclaimed in a low voice, ‘‘tell me what has happened.” “Somebody at the office has forged a check for over $3,000,” he replied. ‘It had been taken from your father’s book, and— and—he fancies I took it—I, who had noth- ing to do with his safe whatever.” ‘‘And do they imagine it was Robert was silent. *‘And you came here to say you didn’t be- lieve it? Oh, how good of you!” ‘‘But he thinks I am the thief. You don’t, Annie?” ‘‘No, Robert; I am very sure of that. Only, I can’t see you so long as my father - Robert’s only answer to this was a sigh, and with a hurried good-by the lovers parted. * * % % * * *% Weeks and months went by, and the mys- tery of the forged check remained unsolved. Mr. Cook insisted that the firm should bear the loss, which Mr. Mason thought the bank ought to repay, as they were legally responsible for the money. “No,” said the old gentleman, ‘they may be legally responsible, but I don’t see that they ought to suffer. The check itself was in our hands, and we allowed a thief to get ahold of it. The bank did all they could. The forged signature is so like yours that no one could tell the difference; and the bank cashier tells me that the man who cashed it showed him letters addressed to himself as ‘Joseph Beckman’ (the name on the check), and showed him his card, say- ing that he was an attorney. Of course he wasn’t. The thing has been most cleverly planned, and I am quite at a loss to think who put that poor fellow Crump up to it; but it seems to me we can’t let the bank suf- fer. We cannot afford to let it be known we had done so. No other bank would keep our account.” Of course poor Walter Crump could not find another situation, though he would have been glad to take the lowest place in an office. The wolf came to his door in earnest. Annie, who had a situation in the city schools, was the chief support of the family; and the poor girl was pale and thin from long hours and scanty meals. It was about five months after the day when the cashier was dismissed in disgrace that one day Mr. Mason left his office at half-past 1, his usual hour for going out to lunch. Half-past 1 was also the time when it was Robert Carter’s turn to go out for half 9 an hour; and Mr. Mason had hardly had time to reach the street when the young man left his desk, went into Mr. Mason’s room, entered a small closet in which a wash-basin was fitted up, anc proceeded to wash his hands. This was a high misde- meanor, especially as accommodation was provided for clerks in another part of the building, but Robert Carter preferred Mr. Mason’s closet, and always used it when he had a chance of doing so. On this oceasion, however, he had barely begun his ablutions when he heard the outer door of the office slam, and then he heard Some one, whom he judged to be his em- ployer, come into the room. Fortunately the door of the closet was nearly closed, so that the young man was invisible to any one in the center of the room. ‘*He has only come back for his umbrella,” said Robert to himself; “there is no need of my moving. If I keep quiet he will be gone ina minute. No! Some oneelse has come in with him. What shall I do?” Mr. Mason had already closed the double doors which led from his room to the outer Office, and Carter was serewing up his cour- age to the point of confessing his presence, when the first words spoken by the stranger fell upon his ear, and made him stand as still as a .‘one. **You can take your choice, as I said in my letter. Hand me over another hundred, or Tl turn State’s evidence. What’s five hundred dollars out of three thousand. I had all the risk, and you—” *‘Silence—will you?” hissed out Mr. Ma- son, in an angry whisper. “I can’t give you five hundred dollars, for I haven't got it. But I will give you one hundred now, and one hundred next month. After that you can ‘peach’ if you like, for you shall get no more out of me. Anything would be better than living a slave to a man like you.” ‘“‘Hand over the hundred then,” said the other after a pause; and then there was a slight rustle of bauk-notes. “You had better leave the country,” said Mr. Mason in a low tone. ‘The bank cashier who cashed the check might meet you in the street.” “TH take care of that,” replied the stranger; and after a few more words had passed the two men left the oftice. All this time Carter had been standing half paralyzed, first by fear of discovery and then by astonishment. But he under- stood this much, that this stranger was the man who had cashed the forged cheek wn- der the name of Beckman; that Mr. Mason knew it, and so far as denouncing him to the police was giving him the money to hold his tongue. Yes; and more than this, the stranger was threatening to expose Mr. Mason. What it could all mean Carter could not comprehend; but he saw one thing plainly enough. ‘The important point was to find out who this man was, and where he lived. In a moment Carter ran out of the room, siezed his hat, and rushed down stairs. He was just in time. Mr. Mason was leaving the foot of the stairs, going up the street, while a well-dressed man, who had evidently just parted from him, was walk- ing rapidly in the opposite direction. Carter followed the stranger to the Palmer House, where he took a seat in the front end of a sable car. Carter sat down in the rear end of the car and watched the man intently un- til he ahghted and entered an inferior-look- ing house by means of a night-key. “Ah?” said Carter to himself, ‘I have you now!” He waited a few moments, and then knocked at the door. It was answered bya dirty, ship-shod girl. ‘Does Mr. Williamson live here?” in- quired the young man. ‘No, he doesn’t.” ‘‘Wasn’t that Mr. Williamson who came in just now—Mr. Williamson, of Benton Harbor?” “No, it wasn’t. That was our first-floor, Mr. Cromer. You’ve made a mistake.” “So I have. Beg pardon, ’m sure’— and Carter turned away. Carter then went to the nearest police station and narrated his discovery. That night Mr. Cook received a visit which caused him some surprise—and so did Mr. Cromer. No sooner was the latter gentle- man in the hands of the police than he con- fessed the whole matter. Mr. Mason had known Mr. Cromer, who was a scoundrel with a respectable appear- ance and a plausible manner, for some time, and had selected him to be his tool. He had sent poor Crump out on an errand the afternoon before the morning when the check was missed; he had come back to the office after the clerks were gone, and had opened Crump’s safe with his own key and abstracted the blank check. This check he had himself filled up and signed with the firm’s signature in the usual way, so there was little wonder that the cashier at the bank paid it without any suspicion. He had, no doubt, ealeulated that the bank would have to bear the loss; but, as it was, he had cheated Mr. Cook out of two thou- sand dollars, for, as he himself had but a third share in the business, only one thou- sand out of the three had to come out of his own pocket. Mr. Mason saved his partner the trouble: of trying whether he could make him erimi- nally responsible for what he had done; for when the police went to look for him he had disappeared. Probably he had seen Robert Carter following his accomplice, and, scenting danger, had saved himself while there was time. It turned out after-~ ward that he had been speculating largely on change and was sorely in need of money to pay his losses. It was some consolation to Mr. Cook to think that his dishonest partner had not profited much by his theft. As for Walter Crump, he was offered his. old place, with an apology and a handsome. present to boot; and he still keeps the books. which he had so long under his eare. He has not quite overcome his prejudice against Robert Carter, and he always regarded it as a hard thing that he should have to owe his. reputation and deliverance from poverty to that particular young gentleman. How- ever, as things were he could do no less than inform Carter that he had done him an injustice, and that he would be happy to see him in the evening whenever it suited hint to call. The color came back to Annie’s cheek and the light to her eyes when she heard the good news; and it was not many weeks before she became the promised wife of the young man who discovered the secret of the Mysterious Forgery. hy ; The Michigan Tradesman. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hlorcantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State. E. A. STOWE, Bditor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1886. Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Beige. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—Geo. B. Dunton. Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. Traverse City Business Men’s Association. President, Frank Hamilton; Secretary, C. T. Lockwood; Treasurer, J. T. Beadle. Business Men’s Protective Union of Cheboygan. President, A. M. Wesgate; Vice-President, H. Chambers: Secretary, A. J. Paddock. Luther Protective Association. President, W. B. Pool: Vice-President, R. M. Smith; Secretary, Jas. M. Verity; Treasurer, Geo. Osborne. Ionia Business Men’s Protective As- sociation. President, Wm. E. Kelsey; Vice-President, H. M. Lewis; Secretary, Fred Cutler, Jr. Merchants’ Union of Nashville. President, Herbert M. Lee; Vice-President, C. E. Goodwin; Treasurer, G. A. Truman; Sec- retary and Attorney, Walter Webster. Ovid Business Men’s Association. President, C. H. Hunter: Secretary, Lester ‘Cooley. (® Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. NO WORK, NO CREDIT. The experience of every strike has been that the merchants who help workmen through a period of labor trouble invariably find themselves ‘‘left” when work is resum- ed. This was the experience of the Mus- ‘kegon trade on the occasion of the great strike at that place several years ago and the same was true as regards the strike in the Saginaw Valley last summer. Mer- chants who sympathized with the strikers and furnished them with the necessaries of life while they are out of work were given the cold shoulder as soon as pay day came around again and the men were able to li- quidate. Such injustice caused many mer- chants to give up the battle and others to bend unwonted energies to keep on their feet. In the event of a strike among the the furniture workers of this city, the re- tail trade would do well to keep these facts in mind and govern themselves accordingly. Is the jobber to blame for much of the in discriminate cutting carried on in the gro- ~eery trade? Such a question may seem to be without} significance, but an affirmative -answer is by no means as ridiculous as ~would appear at first thought. No one will deny the statement that those who cut the most fail the oftenest, and that the number of failures would decrease if jobbers gen- erally would refuse to compromise their claims for less than a hundred cents. The assurance of the retailer that the jobber will surely compromise, no matter how bad the failure or how reprehensible may be the eauses which brought it about, is so strong an incentive to dishonesty that it would be impossible to estimate the scope of its in- fluence. The man who sells goods at cost, or less than cost, does so with the express understanding that if the game is a losing one he will throw the loss on the jobber; and in nine cases out of ten the jobber up- holds the cutter in such questionable prac- tices by encouraging him to continue and offering to sell him all the goods. he may need. The only remedy for the cutting nuisance lies in a reformation on the part of the jobber—a refusal to sell goods to any dealer who does not insist on a decent profit and a refusal to compromise with any retail- er who fails from selling goods too cheap. The outbreak of Anarchist violence in Chicago has affected very seriously the labor situation. It has tended to discredit, some- what unjustly, the strikes for higher wages and shorter hours, as having furnished the occasion for violence of this kind. It is true that the workingmen’s associations have been prompt and decided in their de- nunciation of the murderous policy of the Anarchists. But the public remembers that up to a few months ago the Anarchists were allowed to carry the red flag in the general parade of the workingmen, and that many acts of the strikers for the last few weeks have been in the line of the bomb-throwing which cost the Chicago policemen their lives. So at once the support of public opinion has been withdrawn from the labor movement, and the heart has been taken out of the movement itself in a great de- gree. The ugly acts of the Anarchists have held the mirror up to the passions which have had much too free play among the strikers. TuE TRADESMAN is in receipt of the first delinquent sheet issued by the Ionia Busi- ness Men’s Protective Association, which is a credit to every member of the organiza- tion. The Ionia Association goes a step farther than any other organization in the State, with the single exception of the Traverse City Business Men’s Association, by classifying all poor-pay customers. Class A includes those ‘‘Able to pay, but slow and careless.” Class B is composed able through misfortune,” and Class C is made up entirely of ‘‘dead-beats.” In ad- dition to the above classification, the num- ber of times the person has been reported is also stated. The first list contains the names, addresses, occupations and ratings of nearly 300 persons, forming, as Secre- tary Cutler tersely states in another col- umn, “The most interesting and highly- prized thing the Ionia business man has seen for many a day.” Kalamazoo’s grocers are to be congratu- lated on the remarkable growth of their as- sociation, as well as the evidences of sta- bility already exhibited by the organization. The success already achieved by the Kala- mazoo association is sufficient proof that the grocer movement has come to stay. AMONG THE TRADE. é IN THE CITY. Austin Travis has moved his jewelry stock to Muskegon. Cc. R. Shear succeeds Mrs. G. W. Wil- liams in the confectionery and notion busi- ness on West Bridge street. Frank Smith has purchased Jas. E. Bey- ins’ store building at Leroy and engaged in general trade at that place. P. Steketee & Sons furnished the dry goods and Cody, Ball & Co. supplied the groceries. Dr. R. A. Shouten, who removed his drug stock from this city}to Holland less than a year ago, has returned to Grand Rapids and re-engaged in the drug business on Charles street, just south of Wealthy avenue. A. T. Kellogg, of the firm of Kellogg & Wooden, grocers at Kalkaska, has purchas- ed the Simmons & Connor grocery stock on South Division street and added a full line from the repository of Arthur Meigs & Co. The Curry & Holmes grocery stock was not sold at foreclosure sale according to announcement, as Glark, Jewell & Co. and John Caulfield, who are joint owners of the second mortgage, got out an injunction re- straining the sale on the ground that a por- tion of the first mortgage was given without consideration and that the mortgage was given by one partner to secure his individ- ual indebtedness and should not bind both partners. Local cigar jobbers are being deluged with circulars from Eastern cigar manufac- turers announcing the termination of their relations with the International and Pro- gressive unions. Tbe manufacturers all give as areason that they submitted to the original demands of their respective unions, but that the exactions have lately become so numerous and tyrannnical that it is impossi- ble to concede them. ‘The jobbers assert that non-union cigars made in first-class factories, areasarule, better made, look bet- ter, afford a better profit and give better sat- isfaction than the union goods. AROUND THE STATE. “W. E. Converse, hardware dealer at Wes- ton, has sold out. Bickford Bros., Capac, have sold out. Wagar Bros., tobacco and cigar dealers at Charlevoix, have sold out. W. C. Arnold has sold his drug stock at Ludington to R. M. Keys. J. F. Brown succeeds F. Shellman in the grocery business at Lakeview. H. E. Cobb succeeds Clark & Cobb in the furniture business at Bay City. Fildew & Son succeed Wilson & Fildew in the drug business at St. Johns. M. M. Giltner succeeds Giltner & Shelley in the drug business at Grass Lake. Stiles & Acker succeed E. U. Stiles in the hardware business at Vermontville. J.C. & W. W. Watts succeed B. F. Watts in the jewelry business at Ann Arbor. Norman Weaver succeeds Weaver & Yeagley in the grocery business at Hudson. Jennison & Co. succeed Tousey & Jen- nison in the hardware business at Bay City. McKeon & Daily succeed McKeon, Her- rion & Co. in the dry goods business at Bay City. John Baninga will engage in the grocery business at Muskegon, locating on Third street. : Wm. L. Trevedeck succeeds Armstrong & Trevedeck in the grocery business at East Saginaw. Cotharin & Son, boot and shoe dealers at Detroit, have been closed out under chattel mortgage. Thys Stadt, the Spring -Lake hardware merehant, has gone to Pipestone county, Minn., to locate a new settlement for Hol- landers. J. P. Visner, of the late firm of Visner & Dendel, general dealers at Hopkins Station, has removed to Allegan and engaged in the lumber, wood and coal business. J. C. MeCowan has traded his general stock at Hesperia for a farm near that place. The new owner is O. A. Matteson, who was formerly engaged in trade at Hesperia. J. W. Saunders, formerly engaged in trade at Aurelius, has engaged in general trade at Paris. The grocery stock was furnished by Robinson Bros., of Lansing, E. J. Evans placing the order. hardware dealers at MANUFACTURING MATTERS. The Jackson paper mill employs thirty hands and the daily product is from 5,000 to 8,000 pounds of paper. Fell, Hill & Co., Petoskey, have an en- tire new force at work in their shingle mill, the old men having struck for more pay and less hours, which was refused. The Greenville barrel. factory has sus- is a livelier market. The Chicago labor troubles have affected the factory by throw- ing a large number of men out of work. Stewart & McLaughlin succeed Toumlin- son & Stewart as proprietors of the Eagle foundry at Allegan. Mr. Tomlinson will put in a feed mill and continue the manu- facture of honey sections, Wilder plows, ete. STRAY FACTS. Bronson needs a bakery. A fruit exchange has been Benton Harbor. Five large brick stores are in course of erection at Dowagiac. ; Fewless Bros. have purchased Jas. Broderick’s meat business at Kingsley. The new salt well at St. Clair is 500 feet deep and-growing deeper at the rate of 20 feet a day. A. T. Fletcher, grocer and meat dealer at Battle Creek, has been closed on chattel mortgage. Frank E. Austin, of Cass City, has in- vented a contrivance for pressing rags into square bales. S. H. Perkins has sold a half interest in his tin and furnace business at Adrian to Joseph Baier. Weter, Fanning & Co., of Richmond, mond, Macomb County, have nearly 50,000 dozen of eggs in pickle. The Jackson Iron Co., at Negaunee, has a body of ore 100 feet wide, and unknown depth. This promises to be the largest vein of its kind ever discovered. The Saginaw Valley Salt Association pro- poses to erect a building in Chicago for the storing of salt, which will require 1,000,000 feet of timber and lumber. —————————».> > Retail Dealers’ Exchange. As stated by THE TRADESMAN a couple of weeks ago, a project is on foot for the organization of a Retail Dealers’ Exchange, to be composed ot retail dealers in every line of trade. The movement is supported by nearly every business man in this city and is taking shope in the following form: We, the undersigned, hereby join in a call of business men for the purpose of consider- organized at ing to be given by notice in the daily pa- pers. ee : The object of the organization is to cor- rect the numerous abuses to which the trade is now subjected, to adopt a plan for gain- ing reliable information as to the standing of those with whom the members do a credit business and for the general advancement of the business interests of the city. Spring & COMPANY, Foster, STEVENS & Co., HovusEMAN, DoNNALLY & JONES, E. S. PIERCE, H. LEONARD & SONS, VossEN Bros., EATON & LYON, PAuL W. FRIEDRICH, STANLY & SCHROEDER, J. MINER, J. C. HERKNER, A. PREUSSER, A. MAy, J. A. STRATTON, THoMAS & CRIPPEN, J. L. WILKES, NE SON Bros. & Co., L. B. VAN LEUVEN, Scotr & WILLIAMS, Voret, HERPOLSHEIMER & Co., J. F. FERRIS, CoLr & BROTHER, BRADFIELD & Co., F. GRANELLO, MorGan & AVERY, SueiverR, WEATHERLY & Co., W. S. Gunn & SONS. _——>_— -9 <> Good Words Unsolicited. C. Merryweather, grocer, Ishpeming: ‘‘Your paper is good.” H. Van der Haar, meat dealer, Holland: is a good paper.” H. M. Marshall, general dealer, Lawrence: “T like your paper.” S. Buckner, grocer, Luther: good and valuable journal.” eee costs 40 cents ..costs 30 cents cece costs 10 cents ~ ....-costs 35 cents a eae costs 50 cents ea costs 8 cents “Tt “T think itis a L. O. Johnson, druggist, Bellevue: “Your paper meets with my approval.” J.S. Barker, hardware, Sand Lake: ‘I do not want your valuable paper stopped.” Reader Bros., general dealers, Scottville: “Wecan’t get along without THE TRADESMAN.” C<. W. Peters. grocer, Bangor: “Like the paper very much. Would not do without it.” Hatch & Baker, hardware dealers, Lyons: “We have no fault to find with THE TRADES. MAN.” Mackinaw Lumber Co., lumber manufactur- ers and general dealers, St. Ignace: ‘‘We like it very well.” Hopkins Mfg, Co.. lumber and general deal- ers: “We find many good articles in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.” P. Medalie, dry goods, Cadillac: ‘I enclose one dollar because I see the great necessity for just such papers as yours.” Samuel A. Hewitt, general dealer, Monterey: “T am well pleased with the paper and consider it more valuable than the high-priced jour- nals.” A “Fermentum” the only Reliable Com- |. pressed Yeast. ,See advertisement. /ean be sued, without their consent. The Government Cannot be Sued. KALAMAZOO, May 15, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Str—Can the United States Gov- ernment be sued in any court of law? An early reply will oblige Yours truly, O. K. BuckHovUT. Neither National or State Governments This idea comes down from the old common law, which held that the king was the law and that the king was present, in supposition, at every law court. The principle was incor- porated in the laws of this country and found lodgement in the eleventh amend- ment to the Constitution, which provides that The judicial power of the United States shall not beconstrued to extend to any suit in law or equity commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state. Persons having claims against the Nation- al Government can have them adjudicated by presenting them to the Court of Claims, at Washington, and a similar provision ex- ists in regard to claims against States in the shape of Boards of Auditors. +» “John,” she said at the breakfast table the other morning, ‘‘don’t you think this oleomargerine is better than ever?” ‘“‘I do. Very likely the grocer has sold you axle- grease by mistake.” CUSHMAN'S MENTHOL INHALER Neuralgia and Headache Quickly Relieved by Cushman’sMenthol Inhaler Menthol has attained deserved notoriety by external application, but it remained for the Menthol Inhaler to so utilize the valuable remedy as to get the full me- dicinal effects. The air passing over the Menthol is completely saturated or mentholized, and in this high- ly concentrated and minutely divided state is applied directly to the delicate net work of nerves so thickly distributed throughout the nose and head, giving quick relief from neuralgia and headache. All druggists should keep it. Retail price 50 cents. Sold by all jobbers of drugs. 4 A Simple Cure for Dyspepsia. Probably never in the history of proprietary medicines has any articje met success equal to that which has been showered upon Golden Seal Bitters. Why, such has been the success ot this discovery that nearly every family in whole neighborhoods have been taking it at the same time. Gol]pen Seal Bitters combines the best remedies of the vegetable kingdom, and in such proportions as to derive their greatest medicinal effect with the least dis- turkance to the whole system, In fact, this preparation i8 so balanced in its action upon the alimentary canal, the liver, the kidneys, the stomrch, the bowels, and the circulation of the blood, that it brings about a healthy ac- tion of the edtire human organism that can hardly be credited by those who have not seen the remarkable results hat have followed its use. Sold by Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. THE OLD RELIABLE Perry Davis Pain Killer, Established 1840. All Druggists Should Keep It. PRICES TO THE TRADE: Per Bottle. Per Doz. BY 1 80 RAE Is ss aad se sa he eae 25 Medium Size................... 50 3 60 EAPO SIZE. «sce oa sce nes dees 1 00 7 20 Beware of Imitations. There is but One Pain ........... cakedhcdeenee tems eek Me Is aad a vn iahc cue iee eck > cae WO GOTO on cc ccccveve He Rear eee ee meee thee eran eee HAAEL TINE & PERKINS DRUG UO WHOLESALE Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, gr, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Gils, Varnishes, aul Druggist’s Suniries MANUFACTURERS OF Elegant Pharmaceutical Prepara- tions, Finid Extracts and hlixirs tl ac acentdaele Whiting, Manufacturers of Fine Paint and Var- nish Brushes. THE CELEBRATED Pioneer Prepared Paints. ALSO FOR THE Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu- facturers of Hair, Shoe snd Horge Brushes. WE ARE SOLE OWNERS OF Weatherly’s Michivan Catarrh Care Which is positively the best Remedy of the kind on the market. We desire particular attention of those about purchasing outfits for new stores to the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACIL- ITIES for meeting the wants of this class of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the most approved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special ef- forts in this direction have received from hundreds or our customers the most satis- fying recommendations. Wine aud Liquor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for the DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit the high praise accorded to us for so satis- factorily supplying the wants of our custom- ers with PURE GOODS in this depart- ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of the celebrated WITHERS DADE & C0,’S Henderson Co., Ky., Sour Mash and Old-Fashioned Hand-Made, Copper- Distilled WHISKY S. We not only offer these goods to be ex- celled by NOOTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects. to most that are exposed to sale. We GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis- faction and where this brand of goods has. been once introduced the future trade has. been assured. We are also owners of the Draggists Favorite Rye Which continues to have so many favor- ites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gils, Brandes & Fine Wines. We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to: make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list., such as Patent Medicines, Etc., we invite your correspondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. Hazeltine _ & Perkins _ Drug Co. The Michivan Tradesman . & MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E, A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, (Entered at the Posto: at Grand Rapids as Senseo Matter.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1886. City Clerks as Country Merchants. ‘Wm. H. Maher in American Grocer. I often recall my school days and school mates, and smile over the ambitions and ideas that we boys had. I had nothing either in myself, my relative, or my sur- roundings of which to boast, but nearly every other boy had someone possession for which 1 envied him. Perhaps he was more of a favorite with the girls, or his father was rich, or he had relatives who were great men, or other parts that made him popular. I remember my special admiration for Jimmy Slowen came from the fact that he had an uncle who was a great merchant in New York. To be storekeeper in our village was a great thing, and a position that a boy might look upon with awe; but to bea leading house in great New York was more than a badge of nobility. It cast its lustre so far that even Jimmy was lifted up by it, and when he quoted his New York uncle we boys felt that it was an honor to be in his company. For years Jimmy and his brothers talked of the possibility of their uncle some day remembering them, but not till Jimmy was thirty did the great man do anything for him. Then he did all he could do; he died and remembered them in his will. When I opened my morning paper and saw the announement of the death of the great and rich New York merchant, I at once sent up a wish that Jimmy might at last be benefitted; and later, when details of the will were given, I saw that he and his brother were down for $10,000. It was ‘twenty years since he and I had been at school together or had met, but I doubt if any friend near him was more sincerely glad ‘for his good luck than I was. The boys (we always think of our school- mates as boys) had been clerking in a city of some 30,000 inhabitants, and their first move after getting their money was to go back to our old village and negotiate for the purchase of a stock of general merchandise there. They paid a good price, but they were quite well aware of that. The stand was a good one, the stock was in fair con- dition, and they considered a few hundred «dollars as of small consequence. In this view, too, they were probably right. Many men slip up on the purchase | of a business because they figure that the | seller is asking a little more than his stock and fixtures will inventory. A man came | to me for advice two years ago about just | such a purchase. He figured that the busi- | ness was worth $4,000 as it stood, but the Seller wanted $4,600. I advised him if he | ‘was satisfied that the business was a good | one, not to let a few hundred dollars stand in | the way; that he ought to remember that he | was buying something that could not be in- ventoried, and that had cost money to build | up. He concluded he would hold off a few days, but the seller found a purchaser at his | price. My friend would have then paid the price, but it was too late, and the purchaser | had the best of reasons far being satisfied | with his bargain. Buying a business is not like buying a coat of a barrel of flour; it is | like buying bonds for a life investment. If you have proof that they have been good dividend-paying property, the premium that you pay for them, if not foolishly high, is of little consequence. But, aside from this consideration, which ‘was a sensible one, the Slowen Brothers had another argument, and that was their $10,000. What were a few hundred dol- Jars when they had $10,000 in the bank sub- ject to their check? They looked upon a few hundred dollars as of small importance, -and bought the business on the seller’s | terms. The truth is that $10,000 is a goodly sum of money. I remember once in saying to myself, and saying it seriously, ‘If I ever get to be worth $10,000 I shall stop work- ing, invest the money at 10 per cent., and with $1,000 a year live a very contented “and easy life. At that date money was doaned readily on the best security at 12 per cent., but I thought I would not be| greedy, and so figured.on the basis of 10. If some one had kindly died for my benefit | just then, and left me $10,000, I would | probably felt as my friends, the Slowens, | did, that I had enough to last me forever. But I started to tell about the Slowens’ store. The boys took great pleasure in changing the room so that it lost the village grocery | look and took on city airs. Their delivery | wagon was bought in the city, their adver- tising matter was after city fashion, and they laid in a stock of goods such as the old village had never seen before. Of course, the old fogy competitors sneered and ridiculed them, and equally, of course, the boys boasted that they would run the old fogies out of town. Merchants know that there is a class, larger or smaller, in every city and village that always gravi- tates to the new comer. Most of these peo- ple have pretty good accounts standing un- paid at the other stores, but a certain pro- portion of such trade is good pay. "lee constituency came to Slowens at | Mail. once, greatly encouraging them, and they held on to a good share of the trade that formerly belonged to their predecessor. Their success was sufficient to cause the older dealers to take steps to head them off, and the boys met each cut by cutting under it. And while the other stores only cut on a few things, the Slowens got their backs up and cut on everything. They began to draw trade from towns twenty miles away, and did a very large business. It seems to me that if I had started busi- ness with $10,000 in the bank it would have made me feel rather sore to watch that ac- count grow smaller. I would have figured to myself: That deposit gives me credit. I will buy on time, sell and collect to meet my bills, but I will not touch that account unless I am obliged to, and then I will pay back tbe amount the very first minute I can. But the Slowen boys did not figure that way. They were doing a large credit busi- ness and increasing their stock and their lines, and they consoled themselves by say- ing that what they took out of the bank they had on their shelves or in book ac- counts. Both boys were married and each bought a house for himself. They were interested in all public enterprises, and particularly in- terested in politics. If their old uncle could have looked at them from his place in— heaven (surely no New York merchant will go to the other place!), Ae must have felt that his bexuest was bringing great happi- to them. : In about three years from the date that I saw notice of their good luck, I found a line in Dun’s weekly sheet that surprised me. It read: Slowen Bros., general merchandise, as- signed. I was in the village the other day and asked about them. Their assets had paid 31 cents on the dollar, and the two were back in the city again clerking. I hope the uncle does not know it. TIME TABLES. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. MO ies cla 9:00 am +Day Express.............. 12:33pm 9:25pm *Night Express............ 10:40pm 5:45am Muskegon Express......... 4:20pm 11:20am *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 1:00 p. m., and through coach 0n9:15 a. m. and 10:40 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. ‘ Leaves. Arrives. RURSORG 5 oo cee ec ses cccy a 420pm 7:30pm EOPORS.. 5... 8:00am 10:50am Ng trains arrive and depart from Union De- Arrives, 4:30 pm pot. The Northern terminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J.H. CARPENTER, Gen’! Pass. Agent, J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. Going West. Going East. 7200p M........ Houghton ....... ... 8:30am 3:00 pm, D..... Marquette ........ A, 1:00 pm 2:05pm,A..... Marquette......... D, 1:40 pm 10:40am........ BORBW 565... 4:5 SDRAM. ....... St. Ignace.. 8: 6:1bam........ Mackinaw City....... 9:30pm 5:00 pm........ Grand Rapids........ 10:30 a m Express trains Nos. 1 and 2 make close con- nections at Mackina traland G. R.& I. R. Connections also made at St. Ignace with steamers of the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company and all lake steamers. _ At Marquette with the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, for all Lake Superior points. A. WATSON, Gen. Supt., Marquette, Mich. . W. ALLEN, Marquette. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Leave. Arrive. Ex.and N, Y. Ny. NY, Mail. Mail. Ex. a.m. a.m. p.m. 7:50 Dp..Grand Rapids...Ar 9:50 7:15 BIOT. 655. PT ean ee 8:32 5:48 10:05...... Kalamazoo......... 7:30 = 5:00 11:40...... White Pigeon...... 5:50 3:30 ‘ p.m. a.m. oe Ue SOIBAD... 2 .55.,...., 11:15 10:40 Ms ss5s Cleveland .......... 6:40 6:30 ; a.m. p.m. 3:30.22... Buffalo .... .. .... 11:55 11:55 -m. p.m. a.m. 5:40 8:00...... Chicago ........ Lv 11 30 8:50 A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at1p.m., carrying passengers as far as Allegan. All trains daily except Sunday. J.W. MCKENNEY, General Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent, p.m. 5:58 6:55 9:50 a.m. 715 8:20 -m,. BS: a.m. ~ Leaves. +Steamboat Express. 6:25am *Through Mail............. 10:40am 10:50am +Evening Express......... 340pm 3:50pm *Limited Express.......... 8:30pm 10:45pm t+Mixed, with coach........ 11:00am GOING WEST. t+tMorning Express......... Ll +Through Mail............ 5: +Steamboat Express....... 10 WOM oe asco seco c cece. *Night Express............. 5: 5:35 am t+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:25 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. PorrEr, City Pass. Agent. GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. ‘ Arrives, Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30am 11:30a m Ft.Wayne&Mackinac Ex 4:10pm 5:05 pm G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 7:00a m GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. £:05 pm Mackinac & Ft.WayneEx..10:30am 1 Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac.10:30 p m All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:05 o’clock p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Petoskey and Mackina®. Train leaving at 11:30 a. m. has onan Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw ity. South—Train leaving at 5:30 p.m.bas Wood- ruff a Car for Cincinnati. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’) Pass. Agent. 1:10pm 5:10pm : 7:10am Pp Pp P a Leaves 7:15 5:30 1: a Pp 45a Michigan Central. DEPART, +Detroit Express....................... 6:00 am WHION MORWIOUN) 656s iss coc dcess sce ck 12; *Atlantic Express...................... TWAY PROUIG oo os ois ode cencsee sce k. ARRIVE. *Pacific Express................. Niele ea MOON cb ths oie edecsbabblsc lc LAL +Grand Rapids Express............... "a MUNG ocd as ch be iecc cn. tDaily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express. irect and prompt connection made with Great Western,: Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Perlor Car for Detroit reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:36 a. m.,and nm 3:05 PB m. next A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. with drawing room car attac 6:00 am 3:30 p m 10:35 p m 5:15pm oad with Michigan Cen- |: . DIRECTIONS Ag We have cooked the corn in this can | sufficiently. Should be Z'horoughly Warmed (not peemues> adding piece ot }P Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gill [if of fresh milk (preferable to water.) [fh Season to suit when on the table. None genuine unless bearing the signature of OS CHILLICOTHE ILL ES "EN ay THis EN? Q Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with Go The Sugar Situation. The future of this staple is still surround- ed by a good deal of uncertainty, no one ap- parently possessing faith in the situation for either a rise or fall. The future no doubt to a great extent depends upon the beet sowings, and these at present are still not known. Licht says that there is a possibility of only 150,000 tons increase. The majority of well informed parties place the inerease at about 10 per cent., or a crop equal to 1884-85, which by the way was the largest ever known. A good deal of uncer- tainty exists with regard to France. If, however, the advantages offered by the gov- ernment with regard to the bounties may be taken as a basis of calculation, the yield in that country will increase enomously. President—P. Ranney. First Vice-President—O. K. Buckhout. Second Vice-President—Hugh Beggs. Secretary—M. 8. Scoville. Treasurer—Julius Schuster. Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Tues- days of each month. Soliloquy by S. Tuck. From the Retail Grocers’ Advocate. T was a big fool. I knew I was caught By that musical box and those spices I bought; Every tane that it plays sounds like the rogues’ march. The pepper’s most dirt, the mustard most starch! Why did I leave And lead me to su I should have known better. the cry Of all my patrons. Oh, why did I try To get something for nothing? It was but a my good judgement to sway, ffer, my trade to betray? “Pure goods” is snare; l’ll know better in future, of such goods [’)l beware. Oh, why did I heed not the Union’s advice, To march under its banner and deal in pure spice? To shun all fine presents, offered but to deceive. I now would be happy, | now would not grieve, If the adviceI had followed and joined that grand band of true-hearted grocers, the best in the land. —_—<—-o-—-— Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association, which was held on the 11th, was well at- tended. President Ranney presided and Secretary Scoville officiated as scribe. R. Arthur Stone tendered his resignation as First Vice-President, on account of his hay- ing retired from the grocery business, and O. K. Buckhout was promoted from Second Vice-President to fill the vacancy and Hugh Beggs was elected Second Vice-President. The Treasurer reported the finances of the Association in a flourishing condition. Several grocers stepped forward and joined the Association by signing the consti- tution and paying the initiation fee. President Ranney then introduced Irving W. VanZandt, of Rochester, who addressed the Association at some length, detailing the growth of the Eastern organizations and the good results already accomplished by con- certed effort. He referred to the victories gained over the dead-beat and peddler nui- sances, the good fellowship following in the wake of riper acquaintance among the grocerymen, and the necessity for organized opposition to the twin evils of the trade— adulterated goods and fictitious labels. He asserted that a reaction was setting in in favor of pure spices and unmixed syrups and that the time was not far distant when the consumer would refuse to be satisfied with adulterated goods, no matter how cheap they were. Editor Stowe, of THE TRADESMAN, on being called on for a few remarks, referred to the recent organization of three new as- sociations in the State, which swelled the total number to twenty-five. He spoke of the benefits to be derived from a State asso- ciation and bespoke for the State movement the same enthusiasm the grocers have ex- hibited in the local organizations. He sug- gested that the Kalamazoo Association create a new feature in the shape of a Complaint Committee, to whom could be referred all complaints against members for the purpose of prompt investigation and settlement. President Ranney commended the sug- gestion, and the Association resolved to put it into practice, selecting as such commit- tee Messrs. M. Desenberg, W. L. Brownell and Romain Buckhout. After the transaction of the usual routine business, the Association adjourned, to meet again on the evening of May 25. ———_—> 2 The Grocery Market. Business and collections are both fairly good. Sugars have taken a strong downward movement, which verifies the prediction made by THE TRADESMAN two weeks ago that the staple would go to bottom figures before the advent of the usual June boom. Other articles in the grocery line are about steady. : Candy is steady. Nuts are steady. Oranges are higher. Lemons are also a little higher. eT doubt somewhat behind their German com- French manufacturers of beet sugar are no petitors at present, but the large induce- ments now offered to improve their method by the new bounty will no doubt stir them up. On the same basis as the German out- turn the present bounty will amount to $2.16 per ewt., or within a trifle of the low- est market price recorded. With such a bounty continued for any length of time, France would supply the 500,000 tons now exported from other continental countries. The statistical position is not as strong as it was, and the decreased consumption is being felt. The stocks in Europe, Havana, Matanzas and the United States at uneven dates are 24,725 tons more than last year at corresponding dates, the stocks in Havana and Matanzas being, on May 1, 114,424 tons, against 77,944 tons last year, besides the stocks in other parts of the island being in excess of corresponding date last year. er Sugar and the Strikes. From the New York Sun. The strike at the Brooklyn sugar re- fineries had the effect of advancing the price of loaf sugar in this market to seven and five-eight cents a pound, and other refined sugars in proportion. Had the strikers suc- ceeded in obtaining the increase of wages they demanded, and had the workmen en- gaged in the manufacture of the materials and machinery used in sugar refining ob- tained a similar increase, the price would probably have risen three-eights of a cent more. In this case refined sugar could have been profitably imported from Europe, and the American refineries would have to be closed. It is no wonder, therefore, that their owners resisted the proposed increase of wages. They might as well shut up for want of labor as for want of custom. This is only one out of many illustrations which might be adduced of the complicated and delicate character of manufacturing in- dustry, and of the peril of violently inter- fering with its development. Any attempt by either employer or employed to obtain a greater profit than is warranted by the laws of trade is bound to fail. —————————»> > Ionia Business Men Pleased with Their Association. TontA, May 12, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Srr—I send you to-day a copy of our delinquent list, No. 1, issued by the Ionia Business Men’s Protective Associa- tion. For an Ionia business man, it is the most interesting and highly-prized thing he has seen in many a day. The Association here is prospering finely and is generally pronounced a great success. Every mem- ber—and that means nearly every business house in the city—is highly pleased with the working of the Association. It is do- ing a noble work here in Ionia. Shall be glad to exchange lists with you hereafter. We have receiyed several from you. Yours Respectfully, FrED CUTLER, JR., Secretary Business Men’s Association. >> Bangor Ripe for Organization. BANGOR, May 14, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: Drear Sm—I would like some informa- tion as to how to proceed to establish a Te- tail grocers’ association in our village. We feel the need of one here, and as I see by THe TRADESMAN that you have taken quite an interest in this direction I write for a form to commence operations with. Any light you can give me on the subject will be gladly received. Yours Respectfully, Cuas. W. PETERS. [Mr. Peters has been forwarded the neces- sary blank forms and Tur TRADESMAN shall expect to hear of association No. 26 within the next fortnight. | ——_>--_>-— Hides, Pelts and Furs. Hides are quiet. Pelts are lower and very dull. Wool is lower and week. Tallow is quiet. —— “Silver King” coffee is all the rage. One silver present given with every 1 pound ‘American Field.” package. Reliable Com-| #5. | WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. | : DRIED FRUITS—DOMESTIC. TEAS. | Apricots, 25 I DOXeS......-.-. +... ee eee 25 | Ja Oo , £ Se ed tee bone ¢ . PAN OFdINAryh... 2... cee ceceee cece e ence 18@20 ' i ’ Ped, ol OG. oie kvcseks < 2 fair 25Qz These prices are for cash buyers, who pay | Egg plums, 25 boxes........+-.-.++- @ 20 Jane ane eee arenes Ce aaa, ror promptly and buy in full packages. | Pears, 25 BD WHORES... oe cece eee nee @ Mh | FOpA GUse..... 2... cece ce eeeeses ous ad AXLE GREASE. Ac pr ooo 50 boxes....... Be MRL. «<5 ocak cans oveneesneae 300.50 ‘ o in| Peaches, Michigan.....-.....+-+e++++5: @12%% | Gum POwder........... cccccccecccceccccees 35Q5 a abies = pecan 35 * pails. a Raspberries, 50 t boxes... baer asaeceees @ 2 We oy sks cc ac dd aks tecseessees: Sis5@6e Diamond x re - 60\Fraziers, 23 pails.1 25 | eke DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN. on A oe ocak a dane deccasceacesesedse4as 25@50 eae. 2 50 POM see cece ee cnee ence nsec sean es senn es a 2 : SNUFF. 9 CG on hc bs vo ace cees onstine cease > @ Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..... Q® 2 BAKING POWDER. pemen zoel De 0s uk eee anes a neue @ i4 MEGGGDOS «oo ci ccckaasccuess @ 5d Arctic u% tb cans, G@ doz. CABO. <2. --- 475] Bananas Aspinw co 2 50a . Maple Leaf... .. 2... seeeeeee ee eee ners 90 Best American....3 08) White Marseilles..5 60 arene oo Gailforr : nae S0G4 % eas —— ea eee ae , 00 cos a eae: 3 75|White Cotton Oil..5 60 Guano Saitanenae cist ru eats aw ae { sae “0 AS, French... 2.0... 2.0. cece cece eee ences 6d ig Five Center...3 90/8 POC 3% et rniA, BG. a ccecenns 4 25@+ 50 Peas, Marrofat, standard, Erie............ 1 50 Nickel Ae 3 45) See bawnke oe, 5 3 Oranges, Jamaica, bblis..........-..++. BO ci ky ene chokes ste mhrb een can cenees 70 | Gem................8 35|London Family. os 60 ee Petrie tesnecsnss secs seen : Peas, Fink, Dwyer & Co.........0.-05 1 SPICES. oy Oranges, Valencia, cases.............. Pumpkin, 8 ® Golden................0+2+. i Ground. Whole. Sieeeey TEOOEIR. «5-008 sren se ee ness Succotash, standard.............eee sees 75@1 40| Pepper.... 16@25|Pepper Oranges, Naples. ..............--.+++-. Se ec as 1 00 aioe para Pais allenic steeccesere a OEHe GOOING. «ooo... ks ce ccds cceuss: 6 00@6 25 Baa ana tycaind 227222 i ie 20| Clnnamion.......-1e@W Gaeta -.--..--.-10QIA | Lemone: Galiforuia. 220020000000. 6 25@6 50 CHEESE. Cloves Gh eh db oe 15@25\Nutmegs, No.1.. @60| Figs tavern new. © ere pA 7 gy ¥ : > > e inY re v °° a —" & £ 9 DW Mew tm we wee mn enn ne Bee, 4 Michigan fuli cream...........0..0++ @12 Westen Up IBE te eae No. 2.. @5v Figs, Bags, 50 1. ........ 2c eee cece eens ? @ 1% Half Skim............0052 cere eee ee ee 9 @10% Cayenne Fe casas: Dass pee ey sey Deter oa ae 2 is la ae hee. DREMEL TUES tan — Dates, 4 do do ...... . G5 4 STARCH. Dates, ag apt tT ei ag eh od CHOCOLATE. Electric Lustre. .........-.-0++-+s+ 200+ ., @ 20 | Dates, % eC od RROEEE 37% |German Sweet....... g3| Niagara, Laundry......-.....+++-++++ 34@ 4 | Dates, Fard 10 ib Gare Bake 6... .s. 6c 35| Vienna Sweet ....... 22 ng @1OSS ..-. 2. eee eee eee vette @ 5% | Dates, Fard 50 tb ohn q » a anes ee RUMP, COP. occ sens anes nen oet @ 6% Wietaikhinhinness ae COCOANUT. é scat 5 0% | Dates, Persian 50 i box ® fb.......... @ 8 shia naiaieiik ili xs cis ncticces ae ee ee Pee 2 252 60 O acGCcos MS, pis siecwscseanens @28 | Quaker, laundry, 51D... 2.2.6.2... 66. @4 0}... PEANUTS. ° Maltby’s 1 WAHMs cues tae @26 : SUGARS. Prime Red, raw ® D...........-. eee 4 @4% . senor eas ad creas pl out Tost. as @ 7% aetee on so we ee een e cess eeeeee @5 —- Se idamesdaseueauneesie ies 2 Neos cacao cenass @ 71% | Fancy H.P.dO GO ...... sees e essen: 5% Manhattan, pails.........-.0.s--s0se0 @20 | Granulated, Standard...............-+ G 6% —_ WIE, VEO .«--00 oe seceasense , é 38 COFFEES. Confectionery A...............eceee eee 614 | Hancy HP, Va dO 2.0... eee eee ee ee 6%4@ 7 Green Roasted. Standard A... ..... 2.00... cere eens eens @b 44 | He P. Va... 2. ee eee e eee ee eee eee es @6 CIS: ogiie lo... .......;.-: et 1 ee rn oer ieee sneer cae ae a Golden Rio......... 3 \Golden Rio......... 16 No. 2, Extra C Oe a aw cece euscnee 53%@ 5% | Almonds, Tarragona...............+.. 1b @16 AND toh eo. eye 13 Santos ee T7 No. 3 Cc LS iuaks Cane weds wb eb cds aed Ania one 54@ 5% - WEIR k obi dnc en de dads 0s seee @b Maricabo. Ae) mam Martoabo ee ait as $ De Ue ele lle eeledesenen en b%@ Be B we CRTEOPUUEN oo oo cnc cnececccacs 4 @1 4 Me nie seeus 20@25 Wea ou. 24@26 a unesend (wheues 56 @5 NI ick dc awaddededecedwasadeces 8 @9 i 0. G. Java 24 |O0. G.Jav 28 Ch ee PR, se ess 2 5, OMTR. 65 cadens 28 |. SYRUPS. Shestnuts, per DU......-.-. 6... eeee eens LAB 5 Mocha ..2.\....--.- 95 |Mocha... .........- 28 — PO oes ca ccc yee ces ase ae 22@26 | Filberts, Perel Res ae 1S eit a eed Coons oS SS ES 24@27 a MPOOIOUI, 65 csc oi ciecsd seas 10 @ll COFFEES — para Wee Corn, 0 gallon kegs................05 oa Walnuts, Grenoble.................... awals The largest amount of good tobacco for the | pi worth’s 8 Sig : _ Com, 5 gallon kegs.............+05- D 1 35 a a Moen nessa shenetanesnas POPU Beakeens sates ten te. ona: 378 é|,Pure Sugar, DbD]............ 0.2.02 ce eens 22@26 PTETICD. «0... ee eee eee ee eens 8 @ll least money. : uot x Oe eee Ce saa an ve halen es 13% nce Bapares@ HO). cco... os s-5ssaees- ae . CRO IIG o ox os cae da sdcas Ok Pe rene 13% 13% 13 Pure Sugar 5 gal kegs...............5. @l1 50 Pecans, Texas, H, P............---+--: 9 @183 AND EXTRA GOOD a ioe S cece cece ener entree ees 13% a4 13% . TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. c - ey 100. Sadi os Veseucceatbas 8%4@ 9 Lecce eeere seeteeen erence : 3M ur Leader..........33)Old Time.. 35 | Cocoanuts, bucasvadscankeatanssvee! | GOe MAUHONS cc lia secs caicdens oes 134% 138% 13 | Our Block 60. Ur Ae lainey 3m . rn a4 ur Block..........-- | Underwood’s Capper 35 ei E ‘1 N "B ¢ , [ J r | i + a tg seen ee sees eeeeeeeneees e ai pvee Vom.....-..- Sere ES 45 PROVISIONS 9, @ (67) | ne Swee WOO si ect acs 32) Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35 , NS. rer CORDAGE. May Queen....... .65) Atlas... 35 The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision C . : 1+ ey lag gear ubenatey 9 arenas Apa ea alld t f n le These goods are all UNION MADE, and | 60 foot Jute..... 100 {50 foot Cotton. ..1 60 sony Zee... -., ibiedaues 38 | quote as follows: ' ware . i : : "2 foot Jute ..-.- 125 |60 foot Cotton....1 7% rk AmericanEagle67| Mule Ear............. 65 >ORK . “a - oe duly = Ww ith the Union | s>Foot Cotton....1 50 |72 foot Cotton....2 00 = Meigs an seeceeeses on Poansate Be eo aa it Mess, Cutenie onaninn nee. aa bel. No sc: ace s fr is fac- : et : Pi sade ences: 50|Old Congress......... 41) Clear, S eee ee Or abe 0 SCAB work goes from this fac CRACKERS AND SWEET GOODS. Rita Maal... cas mink 5 + une cg blah ahaha aban: 11 00 tory. Every employee is a Union man and as X XXX @Db : —_ ening aansee oS) Bane MII ssn ae sce mit is at on 13 30 : enosha Butter.............++- 6% | Indian Queen........ 0|Hair Lifter....... ... 30 to famite cloar, short | se 2 a K. of L. Seymour Butter..........----- 5 Bull Dog............ *57/\Jim Dandy........... 38 oe gr og Aor sel RENE CUB. 5-5. s en nt 1a 0 : ‘ Butter fi Crown Leaf 66\Our Bir 38 | Clear, A. Webster, new ..........+++. 12 50 If your jobber don’t sell it, your order di- | Paney Tutéer..2010000. 000000 “% Canaan 66 Our Bird a 3e | Extra clear pig, short cut...0..00..00 10.18 1 rect will be filled promptly at prices quoted, | 8, Oyster.......-+-+-:--00000 5 Globe nee eeeee ees 65 Sweet Pippin........45 a tee oo and delivered to your railroad depot free of —— sere or oe 5 Pat Mvsdesanes 70) Boston clear, short GNM, cc. uc freight Danae OOOk.......ccsccesees - 4% ‘ SMOKING Clear DAGR. GNORE CUS... 5.656 ccc ccce cesses: 13 00 reight. aot. . @ 1% ‘ - Standard clear, short cut, best............13 25 curl Dea Yobenen Works, (Ge: ae dol Right Hours... um DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES, } Be Maks sancesees 30) Big ours.... 24 » Qloar : oe g Orks, ae BD Ercan het nee ss eteaee +h ene 7 ~ alee. * seeder a iaeky geek ludwbbeedes 30 Long Clears, ee ca genearces seenanes 6 Covineton, Ky. BOSEON .... 2-20 eeeeeeeeeereseers uby, cut plug...... I a saci niy caanet 5 ‘ Reeeer neste Shee esahenases 6 , Ky og ol ae RRS et : Navy Clippings...... 26|Two Nickel.......... 24} short Clea — sce tai hdc ty :. ee ee eT Ting | LORACE nw eeeeee sees: 15|Duke’s Durham. ....40 meme csscvnecsasekesthe tes 64 tcemaia deaceaseuns ei Hard Mieke 82|Green Corn Cob Pipe 26 a jaa... weccccecccenseuaece He: Sens ewes ceed ESE NS ee 8.0 0 A 9s eae a ae pdt eh Dobe aegypti ahh 5 eee wtb calc ea chasseenns ne ou 15% Qld Tar. cig aan... 26 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. emer corner tas ore 7/2 rthur’s Choice..... 22\Uncle Sam...........28 | Hams, heavy........... 93% Ginger S Bape. ees, " 84% | Red Fox............++ 26|Lumberman ......... 25 Me ce 10° — 7 Peon ag ea sent eree sees is 8% Wikis ac sd svexs 28| Railroad Boy......... ME oie pace cc vs ce snuenss cot hating ag ee ae Gold Dust............ 26|Mountain Rose....... 18 | Boneless Hams. best.................c.202--10 ” ae Bi Gold Block........... 30|Home Comfort....... 25 | Boneless Hams............-.. 9 Lemon Wafers SeSE ET SEO ee 2 13% Seal of Grand Rapids _|Old Wea. 60 | Boneless Shoulders.......... pie i i iC pies 6% oo gene rman 13% eg CO. tans erect 25)8eal of North Caro- Breakfast es os cure ucck si 1% : peers tagae nT ete a8 ; Wa OF... 05 fC, fe OB a5 case anes 4g | Dried Beef, extra quality..............-... 6 en ake meas aa Miners and Puddlers.28/Seal of North Caro- Dried Beef, Ham pieces. : ee, . ie Croatia GEMS... .cecsa cscs es ses 138% Standard ae ang ciab ia rth Caro- re ame ens “ Bagleys Gems 13i% 1dard ..........+++ 20|Seal of North Caro- LARD. aa 9} Old Tom.........-++++ S5) HG. GOR.. cosas cone BV RIGIOON aca ccs cee odes 51, 8. & M. Cakes po ee a, a & Jerry......... sGeol a ae Caro- NE ia vscd ss scckon naan se en rm , . fone ee ree a 88? 42| JOKOM.... 2... 200-0000: 25| lina, 160z boxes....42 | 50 Round Tins, 100 cases..... eeletka $3, yf fy i FISH. Traveler ............. 35 King Bee, longeut.. .22 ninemsn ke: | Bloaters, Smoked Y ve | D Me oa in un co as 25\Sweet Lotus.......,.. 32 ; : eee |! fh : d Yarmouth............. 75| Maiden 25 Sweet Lot > a Ne in Rae GR ccs 3i4@4i | Pickwick Cia... «.: 40\Grayling ..........2.. 32 | 20 Ib Pails, 4 pails in case............... 6% fi ni ee ei 2 a Nigger Head......... 96\Seal Skin...:......... 39 | 3 Pails, 20 im @ CaSe...... 2.6... seen ees 7 Y oabus q OuUbatd 2 woNOuS moe aaQr COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apbles—Choice fruit is scarce, readily com- manding $3 per bbl. Asparagus—40c per doz. bunches. Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@75e ® bu. for unpicked and hold ordinary hand-picked for $1.10@$1.15. Beans—String, $2 per bu. Beets—New, ‘0c # doz. bunches. Butter—Michigan creamery has put in an ap- pearance, being held at 20c.# I. Dairy is in fair demand at l4@lic. Butterine—Solid packed is held at 18@l5c. Cabbage Plants—40c # 100. Carrots—30c @ doz. Cucumbers—8vc # doz. Cranberries—Dull and featureless. Those having any on hand are trying to unload at any price offered. Cheese—April full cream commands 12c. Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced, 3@3c. Evaporated, 64%@ic, according to quality. Dried Peaches—Pared, 15c. Eggs—In plentiful supply and weak. Job- bers pay $@lvc and sell for 10@10%c. Honey—Easy at 18@14e. Hay—Bailed is active and firm at $15 per ton in two and five ton lots and $13 in car lots. Lettuce—l2c ® hb. Maple Sugar—7@8c. Mint—25c # doz. Onions—Green, 10c #% doz. bunches. Ber- mudas, $2.75 @ bu. crate. Yellow Danvers, $2.50 % bbl. Pop Corn—Choice new commands 24%c @ hb and old 3c # b. Potatoes—Practically no market, buyers generally refusing to pay more than 25c for either Rose or Burbanks. New potatoes com- mand $1.75 # % bu. crate. Pieplant—2c #® b. Poultry—Secarce and high. Fowls sell for 10@10%c; turkeys, 2c. Ducks are out of mar- ket. Radishes—2'c #8 doz. Spinach—s0c # bu. Straw berries—$2@2.50 # 24 qt, crate. Tomatoes—F lorida, $2.25 ® 44 bu. box. Tomato Plants—40c # 100. Turnips—Out of market. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—4e lower. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 81; Fulse, 78c; Clawson, %8e. Corn—Jobbing generally at 44@45c in 100 bu. lots and 38@40c in carlots. Oats—White, 40c ingmall lots and 35@36c in car lots. Rye—48@50c B bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ® cwt. Flour—No change. Fancy Patent, $5.50 # bbl. in sacksand $5.%5in wood. Straight, $4.60 ¢ bbl. in sacks and $4.80 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 # bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 #@ ton. Bran, $15 ®@ ton. Ships, $15 #@ ton. Middlings, $16 ® ton. Corn and Oats, $17 # ton. MISCELLANEOUS. Hemlock Bark—Local tanners are paying $4.75 per cord for old bark, and making con- tracts for new bark on the basis of $5.50 per cord, delivered, cash. Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.75 @ Db for clean washed roots. Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers are authorized to offer standard goods at 35 and 5 per cent. off, and second quality at 35, 5 and 10 per cent off. COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, Portland Cement.........--+- «++ nee GUNN vs. RAN. A Card lkrom the sxin Hardware Com- pany. GrAND Rapips, May 17, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: Dear Srr—In your last issue there is reference to a disagreement between this company and eMr. R. B. Sheeran. Know- ing that your paper is read by many who are acquainted with him, and to whom we are selling goods, and hope to sell more, we will ask you to say, that while Mr. Sheeran had a small working interest in this com- pany, and came with the intention of stay- ing five years, we felt justified in forming anew company, with him out, because he was not competent to fill the position he oc- eupied. And this ean be done legally. Our partnership was dissolved by the death of Charles W. Gunn, and by reason of it we could have wound the~ business up entirely, had we seen fit. Mr. Sheeran has never made an offer to sell his contract for five thousand dollars, and had he done so his proposition would not have been accepted. Yours respectfully, THE GUNN HARDWARE Co. ee be The Hardware Market. Business and collections are fair. ers’ hardware is in good !emand. Nails are without change. Other articles in the hard- ware line are about steady. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN HS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Oufttits. ? 83, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. BRESTER & FOS, Manufacturers’ Agents for Saw and Grist Mill Machinery, Planers, Matchers, Mou!ders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machin- ery, Saws, Belting and Oils. CAN AUTOMATIC INJECTOR, “LASUVN GH NO L8ad r a MICH Depot for Independence Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample pulley and be- come convinced of their superiority. Write for prices. 130 Oakes St., Grand Rapids, Mich. : OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes us follows: OYSTERS. Maar Fork COs. oo or ck edi ds cheeks 40 Melee 20. oie eee eee a es 35 FREAN FISH. ee 2s, bk dees 1s os oh eee @1o HOGGQCCE . ... ...52-%;- Se ee ace Gi eh en 2 @ky% MIAO TOUT cs nk as ein ads Saas @i7 er ee i eae ei @Q 4 Ot oe i ak os Ca be a cw pees 10 @l1 WoieGer 62 i. eee @8 COOM+! RAGE, Quay, Killen & Co. Gaucote as follows, f. 0. b. at Grand Rapids. STAVES. Red oak flour bbl. staves......... M 6 50@ 7 00 Elm vs " ease ee anes M 6 50@ 6 00 White oak tce staves, s'dandj’t.M 20 00@23 00 White oak pork bbi. ~*~ “ M 18 50@20 00 He®ADS. Tierce, dowelled and circled, set.... 1b@ 16 Pork, - ee ae 2 13 Tieree heads, square..........% M 23 09@26 90 Pork bbl. * ” cess eee M 18 0O0@20 00 Basswood, kiln dried, set............ 41@ 4% FLOUPS. White oak and hickory tce, 3t’t. M 11 CO@I12 50 White oak and hickory “* 7%t’t.M 10 00@11 00 Hickory flour bbl................M 7 00@ 8 2% WB, POM Ok ee ve eke wrens M 6 25@ 7 00 Ash, flat racked, 6% f’t........... M 38 bias 4 25 BARRELS, White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M_ 1 00@ 1 10 White oak pork barrels, machine.. 85 «95 White oak tard tierces............. 1 15@ 1 25 Beet and lard half barrels ....... 15@ 90 Custom barrels, one bead.......... 100@ 110 Fiour Darrels.. 5... i. ss oases te 30@ 87 | Produce barrels..... ..........+...- 23@ sso | isin | HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows | for dry stock: | Me IGMP. oo co coe ee 3 A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Tick. ldgtcas is ai eae 16 0020 OD Ohio White Lime, per bbl 1 00 | Birch, Nos. Land 2...............0065 @25 00 Ohio White Linie, car lots... 85 | Black Ash, log-run............-22+65+ @I13 00 Louisville Cement, per bbl........---- 1 30 | Cherry, log-run......... 2.2... cceeeee 25 00@30 00 Akron Cement per bbl........--+.-+++ 30 | Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2............ +066 45 00@50 00 Bi:falo Cement, per Dbl.....-------++: _ £ OO fF hepryy GU ciskcs dec caclscs cies sees @10 060 var lots =“ Mester eeee nee 1 05@1 10 | Maple, log-run.......0... 00.02. cee 15 00@17 G0 Plastering hair, per bu......-----+ +++: 25@_ 30 Maple, soft, log-run...............6. 12 WO@14 00 Stucco, per bbl......-..-. eee eee eee 1% | Manic, Mis. L000 2......<-s+s-0.0005- @20 00 Land plaster, per ton.......----+-+++++ 3 50 | Maple, clear, flooring..............+. @25 00 Land plaster, Car lots......---+++++++++ _ 2.50 | Maple, white, selected............... @25 09 Fire brick, per M.........----eeeeeee ee $25 @ $35 | Red Oak, log-run..........2.2. 0.0000 @18 00 Fire clay, per bbl.......... sekpeeb esses 3 00| Red Oak, Nos.] and2.......... a @2 COAL. ‘ “naa Bed oak No. 1, step plank.......... oe 00 Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots.. | Walnut, log-run,..... 2... cece eee ees 55 00 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 0@6 25 | Walnut, Nos. Land 2...... ie eee eee @5 v0 Cannell, car lots........--s2e+eeereees 6 00 Walnuts, culls.............-.++. eee: @25 00 Ohio Lump, car oes poe aa : 10@3 a are Ca a raed hace ceeise's sada i“ = ra or Cumberland, car lots.. 5O@5 MPTURD wees csnceecenens Sea 3 50@4 00 | Whitewood, lom-ruti............2, i 00 Build- ; Dardware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages, AUGERS AND BITS. RUOM s ONG BEVIS. oe. ok oo. Sik vn ccc ducuss dis60&10 De Wi Or Oi ai cd ewe enna ces dis60&10 PP oa es in saa kieiee sa osae ye uns dis60&10 WOW a a es eae a aaa cee dis60&10 ca aoe eek aes sca uasansee dis60&10 WOON ai vce csc in hen nee wan eeeeeceeeses dis40&10 SORT @S’, BONING. coco. 6 6 ses secs eeee dis 25 Jennings’, Imitation: 0.20.06. ceeceese dis50&10 : BALANCES. Dee ccc ei ey beens dis 40 BARROWS. PROUT on ee tak aes $ 18 00 MN ick ch clei es dans bee bee net 33 00 BELLS. a ace oa cack coun eal dis $ 60&10&10 Cow Deed cy babes deubnleceadsenus cas is 60&10 MOA oo vee esc eac ethan ise eesessee (63 dis 30&15 CRO oa) lume dg clas ce scan ne is 25 RN PONG ob in ca de dis 60&10 a BOLTS. SHOVO: noes sss er inea Wi ev weecadeneues dis$ 40 ener Oe os cc cacca vee dis 5 ae 6k cca cas 04 be Oey deco te ae acni is 30& oa cakicccuuses as dis OT Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 60&10 Cant Darrel HOUG. o.oo oc. so. occ accnce dis 60&10 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 60 Cast Square Spring................... dis 60 Me Og ey oes ec acs dis 60&10 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60&10 WOME BOONE io oo cccicc cocoons dis 60&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 60 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush ees ees keen dol dace ces, dis 60&10 WVOR EM erica ce sad he lan secs eke dis 6010 BRACES. PRE, os oh cannes ced ccc was cccsaadess dis $ 40 NS eon ds bane dsc ues oo ccacaceeds dis 50&10 Nk ceca bec lauasec uu. dis 50 4": BOE hon cs aed sd cece beesccascee dis net : BUCKETS. ee i $ 350 Well, swivel............. bebien ccheaads . £00 BUTTS, CAS”. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 70&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed... .. dis 70&10 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60&10 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin. ...............5. dis 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver PON os shoes ea ee ic cused pandas is 60& 5 We ODIO. ics cc cha cance ces dis 10&60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 10&60 Meio li ee ee Tl alee a dis 75 FOR ORE soa cer d ec celiecl cas dis 80&10 Re PN Occ a ce a es dis 80&10 Pune, PHONONES. . i... 8... .. dis 70 CAPS. Me i es > $ 65 GE A Ot ae “ne 0 ee ee Seams deh wae aees cess cus 35 BL NE ene va 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 Rim Fire, United States................ dis50&10 MS PE oe occa ca alece as, dis30&10 ‘es CHISELS. Sock WR occas uss caeeeneaas dis 75&10 POG FOR ioc ck kc ce cc ccecs dis 75&10 PS Cis ce oe cc cased dis 75&10 OMOe POM oe a ce dis 75 sutchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 ON eck eee iae cde acess ese cee COMBS. OUrry, TWrONCG'9.o65 5. 5. 55 coco ec se i x MEOROMMIEN occ iicas eu ccilac.. dis ge COCKS. Meneses, Hacking's....-........5:. .....4... 60 Re i 60 PON eed se aae ages te ead hac kae ceeds 40&10 Oo 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 02 cut to size.............. Bb 2 BAM, PERO TA NO ck on dans ccecas 31 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. 2 Cee ONE, PN ao oiscc dacs, DRILLS Moree a Bit SGGCK.... ..... 2... cnncce dis 40 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 40 Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis 40 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, © 1M... . os ccc esce sss doz net $.85 CO ci i esc accncheuceuacducs dis 20&10 POW oe, dis 4%&10 ‘ EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 : _ FILES—New List. American File Association List...... dis 55&10 Disston’s bas sass dene ce puenduesenclc. dis 55&10 THO FC KIOCRE oon cco coe. ccc voce acca dis 55&10 pod tT og Ee ae se Tee dis 55&10 PR silos cee t ssc ickb cee cca a, dis 55&10 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 5510 GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. MAGOORO BOOB. 5 oo loo oa ca eis ocak dis 25 WOR aie ae, dis 25 Yerkes & Phamn’s................53.. dis 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 Biacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 50&10 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60&10 Kidder, wood track..................- dis 40 HINGES. Cee, Chee, UR Book oc cnc cee c nce dis 60 Foi eee ecu baie ckcs per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% M4 ee ene 3% Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net 8% Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net 7% Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net i% Pe I oes occa decks. dis 65 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware............ccccacecece 3U Japanned Tin Ware...............cc.0ss 25 Granite Iron Ware... ........5......600e 25 a. HOES. $ ge a cio cacy ceded ce, 11 00, dis 60 MANU ey. asad scat cease ce beic esc 11 50, dis 60 WI Gah ods so oe dv Gre Na oc o occas 2 00, dis 60 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.......dis 45 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ 45 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..... 45 Door, porcelain, trimmings............. 45 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain......dis 7 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. .. «---. 40&10 WRI ins ise ice cc cuedso ccccuecus dis 45 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis 45 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s............. dis 45 WAI oe aki Sn ed wa ee ou yaad aces dis 45 PPE ive ciewccccns ccdeenacdaa dis 45 LEVELS. Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 70 MATTOCKS, Pe TEN os oa os ace hyn den cans $16 00 dis 60 Hunt Eye Wei uad css ek cessed $15 00 dis 60 PR Olin bs dat aces chawkaed ences $18 50 dis 20 & 10 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post. handled............ dis 50 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers8 C0.’8............c0cce. dis 40&10 Coftee, P.S.& W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 60 Cotfee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...... dis 60 COMO, TVICOPOVING, 06. cccccarncccoaases dis 25 MOLASSES GATES. POET © PAGROEED 666 oc iccencncacccde ccdes dis 70 Bi@UOIY © GOTUING. 0 i. cones ce ccacncoecs dis 70 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 NAILS. Common, Bra and Fencing. TOE We GO oon voc rads weeks cecce sass @ keg $2 20 Be OG aoa os don cok b cawckenyecanas 25 OR I i ia heb nacnbacecs cass cues 50 Me A ohio co cae inn hepa ed ceasns 75 Te os oi cs vac cies 04 Ge cs anne canece 1 50 THE TINO GAVONOS. 6 oo ok 5 oe vce c dens deeenctcs 3 00 AOR WRG OI iad avchennaseecencessan 1 75 Finishing (10d Sd 6d 4d Size—inches § 3 21 2 1% Adv. @ keg $125 150 175 200 Steel Nails—2 35. OILERS. Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent. ............ dis60Xi0 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 Birese OF OCODMEE, «2... 6c vince cei secs anus 0d dis 50 WE ooo ks cen icdcescec cae per gross, $12 net PN ho oss chs Sea eae ath 50410 PLANES. Ohio TOO! Co.'6, Tena ak. cong ev cckinens dis 15 COTA PUN ag og) cae dn a che ve ues eed anne dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Bench, firstquality..............0.cceeees dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. ...dis20&10 PANS, BUG, BOUND oi icacen eli cnacheinsss bndeds dis 50&10 Common, polished...............2. 6.45 dis60&10 TOO Rik soo ban o5cebhnk linn sieenascey' b 6 RIVETS. TROD ANG TIMNOG . 0... oe eins eceeeces dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 60 HOOPS. 2 "PATENT FLANISAED IRON. ‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos.25 to27 9 Broken packs %c ® b extra. ROPES. Sinal, 44 ith. GG TARTOL: . «5 <5. cn ce ce cnndee 8% NRE is os ew cca deds nakcddcnsecd Caeee 15 SQUARES. WO I ak ov ccc ese ke pecdsc cease dis 70 EE NR oc ok c i busin cade cece dis 60 ON oc So sc cddevincenced sandess dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. TON, POY Bo ou ck cobb ea cdaaceds $4 20 $2 MOO BN OP Oe an ik bbc a cd ko deceased 4 20 2 90 MUA Be UO TR cc i'g'c on he Ce osun sevens 4 20 3 00 Nos. 22 to 24..... dou adeess es aseuns 4 Ww 3 10 Ge Oh ki socks och ede c eens 4 40 3 20 TT vs os dnc gckcwesact Shas 4 60 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In CAskA OF G00 Bie, BD DD... 2. oc. .ccccnccens 5% In smaller quansities, # M.............. 6 TACKS. Mrmerioen, Gil Winds... ... << ccsaccsaes dis 60 WE, Ae I, og onc ov de nc ccccswdaes dis 60 Pe LE RT oko ha os ak ecvs ce ceanc dis 60 eg FOF ee err | 60 eB ig cae dca ca cs ccneuens dis 50 MR POA gs oi chicas ccansdaes dis 50 Common and Patent Brads.......... dis 50 Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis 5 Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis 50 Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....... dis 45 Leathered Carpet Tacks........... .dis 35 TINNER’S SOLDER. UD PO 8 oa cs nant coc cacccccesets 12 50 Market Half-and-half........... se bees 15 00 Strictly Half-and-half.................. 16 50 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. Ic, DORIA, COBIOORK 6 onc oan cccicadcccceas 5 75" IX, pi Rr ee 7 25 IC, We, COI bn 5 ccc cctacctceseuus 6 25 IX, 12x12, Charcoal .......... vectdlasha 77 IC, TA Cg 6 oc in oc ecccaendsces 5 75 IX, 14x20, Charcoal..... wea eduesecaaacs 72% Ts WAR COMPO oo on oc cc ce cnscanaase 8 IXXX, 14x20, Charcool.. 10 IXXXX, 14x¥20, Charcoal. 25 IX, MEN. CUMIOOGL 6 o4 oc ccccnccccedeua 1 DC 100 Plate Charcoal...........cccccees 6 50 DA, 00 Pilate Charcoal... .......ccccseces 8 50 DAs. 100 Plate Charooal. ... 6. .c.ccccacees 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 2 Reipped Chareoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. I NOE NGS ig ok oad nn cndcs acaccdsees 5 25 BE, ER, EM ck ivccs codcnceencceds 6 75 WORM, MI, BO ond oc cca cececacccueces 11 00 TO, TN, Ee oo hn ve cn dcccceneas toast 14 00 TIN—LEADED. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 50 IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ . 700 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 11 00 LX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........ 14 00 TRAPS. rien cn es dee gsceeccueeess 60&10 OneidaisCommuntity, Newhouse’s.......dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10 MON oe oak Fea cae ekcveneaa 60&10 er ae We ee, CO, oon a cac oc en cenncecsas 60&10 Me, GUOMOOR, «5c cas desc acansenceeces 18e @ doz UME, GONURNIOUL, yoo oc oc coon cccncecce $1 50 B doz WIRE. METRE POOPING, 55. coca sd ceccnscseness dis 67% Nees MERGE, 5 oo cc so ca ccc, venues dis 7 MII OtE MEP 6 oo gs cca ccccccceecene dis 62% OM BO 6 onda cn occ leassecccauas dis 55 PITRE POND, gc 6 IMPERIAL, alarge square style ppt up three cakes in a box, each one wrapped, milled and per- fumed. This is undoubtedly the best 10 cent cake ever put on the market. Comes in Honey, Glycerine, Oat Meal, Elder Flow- erand Bouquet.................. OAKLEY’S MAGNOLIA, an extra large, pure milled, oval soap, as- sorted 12 cakes of Rose, Honey, Elder Flower, Magnolia, Glycer- ine and Windsor in display box OAKLEY’S ELITE, one of the fin- est. 3 oval cakes, wrapped, in display chromo box SYLVAN BOUQUET, three hana- some oval cakes in box, the lot to be sold at ten cents complete. Assorted varieties and colors per dozen boxes................. KIRK’S FLAKE WHITE, an ele- gant cake of fine toilet soap. Pure white, and warranted to please, 3 wrapped cakes in box. VIOLET COLOGNE, something to sell at “Three cakes for 50 cents.” The most richly scented and elegantly put up soap on the market. Fine enough for Queen Victoria. 8 cakes in box.1 Peta vas eee Le 46 wr io Gross. | 5 40) 5 50. Special “Ten Cent” Toilet Soaps | # doz. Gross. 8 00 | DAKOTA ENGRAVED, elegant crystal Match Safes, or ‘GREAT REDUCTION S FRUIT JARS. Tooth Pick Holders. | Per doz. Gross. | SARATOGA HAT, a glass threaded hat as shown in cut. Comes as- sorted in Crystal, Blue and Am- MOY OOM HOBNAIL HAT, similar shape to above, but inimitation cut glass design. Assorted in five colors 75 8 50 These are the leaders, but we earry half | a dozen or more other styles in stoek, which | Should be seen, if possible. | Glass Water Sets. | wie IH | | Nt Mason's Porcelain No Charge for Cartage. Lined ' Orders Solicited. Write for (Juotations, | | | } } SS “ = aon A staple Summer Line of Presentation Goods, useful and handsome. Per doz. No. 86 ROSE, as shown above, 4 pieces... 6 50 No. 110 BASKET, Water Sets, 5 pieces, assorted colors, blue and canary...., 8 50 | No. 86 SQUARE, colored Water Sets, 5 pieces, very heavy imitation eut glass, | | blue canary and amber............... 12 00 | Patented Jan. 5,’?5. Re- 5, , z ee d June Pat, April 25, Si 4 The “Lightning” Self-Sealing Glass Cover flint glass, large crimped tray. FRUIT JAR. | Engraved wreath, each:............... + te Uses the simple principle of the beer- ms water scene, each.......... 2 5u | bottle Stopper. Easy to seal, and the sim- |POLKA DOT, light blown water set, 5 plest of all to open. “Only one joint to be pieces, large amber pitcher. Assort- made air-tight. Every jar warranted. ed color tumblers and bowl, 12 in. brass Write for quotations; bottom prices guar- TOV COON oe 1 50 | anteed. I ! | | | | | The Drummer and the Fish. “‘No, I don’t want any fish” said a drum- mer to the waiter, ‘‘and you'll oblige me by keeping the fish as far away from my plate as you possibly can. What have I got against fish? Well, I'll tell you. Last week I was up in Northern Michigan, and one day was driving to a country town forty miles from the railroad to collect a Dill of goods. A big storm came up, and I got lost, and drove around till dark before I found a place to stop. Just at dark I halted before a little log hut, the first house I’d seen since before noon, and asked the wo- man if I could get some supper and stay all night. She said she reckoned I could, and so I unhitched and prepared to stay. Hadn’t had a bite to eat since morning, and was as hungry asa bear. The little hut wasn’t ‘very inviting, but I saw a big fish lying on a bench, and it looked so toothsome that I could hardly wait for supper to be got ready. The woman of the house scolded her chil- dren and about the weather and the logging shows, gave mea detailed account of her husband’s peculiarities and failings, and told me that there was measles in the family of her next-door neighbor, eight miles away, and she was sore afraid her boys would catch em. She didn’t make any move to- ward the fish though, and it seemed to me I'd starve if I didn’t get something to eat gretty soon. Finally, however, she went s he fish, and I began to feel better. But if had the queerest method of cleaning the scales off a fish Lever saw. She took it by thé tail and pounded it against the wall and the door-frame. This wasn’t very inviting to me, inasmuch as the fish had evidently been out of water a week or two, long enough at any rate, to smell rather loud. But it wasn’t a marker to what followed. The first thing I knew she was mad at one ot the boys for letting the dog in, and she grabbed the youngster by the nape of the neck and drew him over her knee and qanked him—with the fish. Nor was that all.! “The dog went to smelilng around the pantry, and that made her so furious that she took after him and raced him about the one room of the hut, every few seconds giving him a slap with the fish. When she got through the scales were about all off the fish, and she lost no time in cleaning it, but some way or another my appetite seemed to leaveme. I don’t know as the fish was wMurt any, but I pretended I was sick and lunk off to bed. 1don’t believe I’ll ever at fish again.” ~~ - > Whom Not to Credit. I. People dependant upon the profits of keeping a boarding house. If they own real | : . | their wits. III. Never trust the class who live a That includes the curbstone brokers, the frequenters of bucket shops, the men who have no office. IV. The peopie who never square an account. Those who habitually leave a bal- ance invariably increase it and finally for- get to liquidate. V. The sick, infirm or destitute out of sympathy. The store is not a hospital or almshouse. Give to the poor, but not credit. VI. Themen who make their wives earn the most of the family support. VII. The lazy. Men who lounge about town the whole or part of the week are not the sort that pay their store accounts. VIII. The reckless buyers. Those who habitually live beyond their means. The putters on of ‘‘style” regardless of conse- quences. IX. Everybody who acts on the idea that the world owes him a living. X. Anyone whose habits wholly or par- tially disqualify him for work. The men who will frequently lose a day to play base ball, go to horse races, on picnics and excursions, are poor payers. ————=_-2 a A Light Loss. Gray—You are looking very sour tliis morning, Green. Green—I’m feeling very bad, very bad, indeed. You see I forgot myself last night, was out with the boys and drank too much and lost— Gray—Good gracious! your wallet, did you? Green—No, but I’m afraid I lost my char- acter. Gray—Pshaw! Don’t be downcast about that. It isn’t as bad as if you had lost some- thing valuable. — _———— <> What the Boycott Would Lead To. From the Savannah News. Indeed, the boycott and strike are a worse form of tyranny than are any of the means employed by capital to accomplish its ends, because capital does not attempt by violence and lawlessness to rob labor of its freedom. When labor uses the boycott and strike, however, it aims not only to control itself, but to control capital by coercion, if not by actual force. If the boycott is carried out to its legitimate conclusions, it will bring the business and industries of the country to a standstill. ' _———>--——— Among the New York millionaires con- nected. with the grocery trade are Pierre Lorillard and H. 0. Havemeyer, each of whom are reputed to be worth $6,000,000. John and Charles Arbuckle and H. K. You didn’t lose POTATO ES. We make the handling of POTATOES, APPLES and BEANS in car lots a special feature of our business. If you have any produce line, let us hear these goods to ship, or anything in the from you, and will keep you posted on market price and pros- pects. Liberal cash Agents for Walker's Patent Butter Worker, FARL BROS., Commission Merchants. Chicago, T11. LS7 S. Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Water St., advances made on car lots when desired. See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle. A.B. KNOWLSON, O Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO,, MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, PEHEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. BFALUAS Makes a Specialty of of OLNEY, SHIELDS & CO. WHOLESALE CROCERS, 4nd IMPORTERS OF TEAS. New, fresh and bought J | | | Our Stock is complete in all branches. at latest declines and for cash. | We have specialties in TOBACCOS by no other jobbers in the city. SOLE AGENTS FOR McAlpin’s Peavey Plug. The P. V. is the Finest Tobacco on the market. ALSO SOLE AGENTS FOR MENDEL & BROS.’ Celebrated CICARS, Finer quality and lower prices than any handled in the market. VISITING BUYERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL AND EXAM- INE OUR STOCK, AND MAIL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND CARE- FUL ATTENTION, 5 and 7 Ionia Street, and CIGARS possessed Grand Rapids, Mich. F. J. LAMB & CO, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eigss, Cheese, Etc. Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Crates and Fillers. 8 and 10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich, ORDER. Our Leader Smolrine Our Leader Fine Cut 15c per pound. 38c per pound. Our Leader Sherts, | Our Leader Cigars, 16c per pound. $30 per M. ‘The Best in the World. Butter and Eggs, Lemons and Oranges, Cold Storage in Connection. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each. 97 and 99 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Michigan or personal property to a fair amount credit judiciously. Il. Avoid thenew comer until his record has been examined. Ask for references if strauger. Get his record. Clark, Jewell & Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR Dwinell, Hayward & Co,’s Royal Java Coffee. Thurber are each worth about $2,000,000, and R. M. Colgate, B. T. Babbitt and [Geo. VY. Hecker are each the possessor of over $1,000,000.