‘ ey La STS ae id: a) ws >= AI ca 7 P DPMS PRC an Cr a oe (CARN G eat, D | eh oy ip D) Dee ae a Ores Wy p 3 <3 a SIN ea es EPEC Deo na 7 ane CU » 9 AOC GIRS ARICA ae ON Chee @PUBLISHED WEEKLY % 775 SW SE Sa Cl AN CS SAFE DE SP LOD IFT YORU ERE : NBS Qs Pay aac e O / ae BG NW ON nN DS (we 5 as ee ce G7 Xs Z (CT IN ae NRW VWZLZ SWS i TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS Ge Ss (XN (SF : = Volume XIV. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1897. Number 719 | The Age of Dust f 4 f T he Old Way, | | l'pustpown.. | | Th pee ale Dustow yt | Is Past. a ely Re Ea | eS ero = = Hows: Use 3verly Bros. & Co.’s celebrated ‘‘Dustdown.’’ It will save you 100 per cent. on CHICAGO. FFP a your, investment by preserving your stock from dust. You save time, trouble and stock. No matter how much dirt may have accumulated on your floor it will prevent the dust from rising when you sweep. No sprink- ling, no sawdust, no scrubbing, no dust. Dust cannot rise, but curls up. Ask more about it. BYERLY BROS. & CO., Manufacturers, 154 Michigan Ave., Chicago. G2 LLLP ~~ , : : \) Good Yeast is Indispensable W Fleischmann & Co.’s is the recognized standard of excellence. \{/ Put up in pound packages for bakers and in Tin Foil for family use. W oman, W Loe A) G ony & ° WW es Yellow label W Facsimile Signature eae ft. fo an 2a) = Hides. Furs, Wool and Tallow « We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use. Grand Rapids. WL UU ANN UMN TUN TUk GUN AAA db ANA Abb MUA GUA db J4A bb Jb4 bb JUN dbb ddd iS from Ripe ba Banda hin tn te Lr tte bn tn tin tn bn te he bn te br be hr tins nbn ta tanta tnd Matin tin tints Bplay hasa WTC) Lu OY ’ P ) ‘ 1 Ne Saar Ohad if 004) Large Fluted Bottle Retails for 10 cents. eT Qi Trhous F Berit tag edd: EE TAPP cae a er Seba baa ba bata ta bn hn hn hb te dn tn tn tn dM be Me be bh te be te tp te an Mrs. Jones’ Home Made Catsup prepared Fresh ‘Tomatoes Peculiarly Delicious Flavor This Catsup has been analyzed by the Chemist of the Ohio Pure Food Commission and found to be ABSOLUTELY PURE and in conformity with the rigid Ohio state laws. Take no Chances and Sell Mrs. Jones’ Uncolored Catsup. At wholesale by Clark-Jewell-Wells Co., Ball-Barohart-Putman Co., Grand Rapids, and the best jobbers everywhere in the United States. » WILLIAMS BROS. & CHARBONNEAU, Detroit, Sole Proprietors. Sr Dahan Ln Ln hn hla Mn Mi Mn Mn Mn Mi Mi Mi Mi i Mi Mi Mi Min Mn Ma Mn Min i Mi Ae i Ml Mn i Mi i he tl lM te le | ) ba bn bn be bn be bn bn by Dn bn by bn be FEV V VV VU rye VY *SJU9d SI JOJ SIIVIEY 9ZIS Wid [NG ee en NF OG EV VEE EEUU TEU UCC CCC rvyvvuvuvVVYyYVYVvVvVVVVvVV_VvVTVTVTVTeTC TTC CTC TC CCC CTT CCC CVCCCCCCVCCC?C?™ Bn Bata De bn bn tn be TT NOP SE OST EV ETS rue VeVeVVVw C. H. STRUEBE, Sandusky, Ohio, SUBSTITUTE FOR ie: tie I corrEE SN pe MANUFACTURED BY Agent for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Established 1780. Walter Baker & Co, Dorchester, Mass. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of efy PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND | || GHOCOLATES on this Continent. LTD, DY No Chemicals are used in Trade-Mark. their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put up in Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best plain chocolate in the market for family use. Their German Sweet Chocolate is good to eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri- tious, and healthful; a great favorite with children. Buyers should ask for and be sure that they get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 1s on every package. Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. va =i cette emnanante nin ranean ag Abie Oy mig rT This strictiv pure High Grade Powder I have re- duced to retail at the following very low prices: =~@i 6 oz. 10c: Q OZ. I5C; 1ib. axe. Guaranteed to comply with Pure Food Law in every respect. O. A. TURNEY, Manufacturer, Detroit, Mich. Jobber of —~ mai Umbrellas, Parasols and Walking Canes. Special attention given to mail orders for anything in our line. Largest Assortment in Michigan. QA. 58 Monroe St. 5 Grand Rapids. ere 97 2 * (j Moth Proof # Cf ¢ ¢Cedat= gem 33 TRADESMAN : Chests 2 § (TEMIZED » a ¢ Seca § LEDGERS . beginning. wf 2 : # Made of 2 Size 8 1-2x14—Three Columns. # Tennessee Red Cedar. — @ S Giitios: eb uaees 2 00 # Orders and correspondence from the @ 3 Quizes 0 pages. 2. .0. 2 50 ® trade only, solicited. 2 4 Quires, 320 pages............. 3 00 & U.S. RED CEDAR WORKS, $/% 5 Suites da pene 28 g Nashville, - Tennessee. Ceheeheedeeseesansaaey a ne ee ee 80 Double Pages, Registers 2,880 in- I HAVE FOR SALE WORCRB 8c oe es a stock of furniture and crockery here. There are only two furniture stores in the city and one may soon quit. The town is growing rapidly. We have a new railroad and new factories are coming. A better site could not be found. HENRY C. SMITH, Trustee, ADRIAN, MICH. TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. ACS AG AO fe OOS AAA AAS RACHA CA AACA AAT ON AC HR R A eae Race nace nar anacenarenacenacenarcnara EDGARS SUGAR HOUSE EXCLUSIVE DEALERS IN SUGAR-SYRUP-MOLASSES SEND YOUR MAIL ORDERS TO Ww. HH. EDGAR & SON, PETROIT. PEF VVSVUS IVE VSP UST V VST UUSP VV SEU YTV VOUT U YTV VU VEU UU UU UE VUTEC VSP VU SEE OPV VSO OYSPV USI USE YY J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel The Michigan Méroantile Agenoy SPECIAL REPORTS. LAW AND COLLECTIONS. Represented in every city and county in the United States and Canada. Main Office: Room 1102, Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. .—Promptness guaranteed in every way. All claims systematically ont pone | ce. Terms N. B handled until collected. Our facilities are unsurpassed for prompt and eificient se: and references furnished on application. GGral) Regrigerator aw Gold Storage C0. MANUFACTURERS OF Fine Roll Top Butter avd Grocery Refrigerators. Designers and Furnishers of all kinds of Fixtures for all kinds of Stores. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. This Roll Top Butter Refrigerator has two double thick glass doors and one bev- eled French plate mirror in the center. q - Not How Cheap But How Good; | - We warrant our make of wagons and consequently | I produce no cheap or inferior work. Buyers of the Belknap make of wagons do not find it necessary to constantly repair and replace. Catalogue on application. NN 8 arene a Pd ime Belknap Wagon Co., -Grand Rapids, Mich. OE ON Volume XIV. PATENT MEDICINES Order your patent medicines from PECK BROS., Grand Rapids. COMMERCIAL GREDIT 60., Ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Private Credit Advices. Collections made anywhere in the United States and Canada. q % FIRE} t @ INS. ¢ S 7” co. «4 ; rd 4 SAA aaa aaa neh area ah oi We wish to ; establish a branch of our business in every town in Michigan where we are not now represented. No Capital na Required. MEN’S SUITS AND OVERCOATS $4.00 to $30.00 WRITE FOR INFORMATION. WHITE CITY TAILORS, 222-226 ADAMS ST., : CHICAGO. The Preferred Bankers Life Assurance Co. Incorporated by > 10 MICHIGAN BANKERS Maintains a Guarantee Fund. Write for details. Home Office, Moffat Blidg., DETROIT, MICH. FRANK E. ROBSON, Pres. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, Sec’y. Michael Kolb & Son Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, Rochester, N. Y. Established Nearly One-half Century. Write our Michigan representative, William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call on you, or meet him as under (cuatomers’ expenses ailowed) and he will show you best line of Kersey Over- coats, strictly all wool, raw and stitch edge, at $5 and $7; prices, fit, quality and make guaranteed. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., with above samples and a few sum- mer goods to close at 60 cents on the dollar, on Wednesday and Thursday, June 30 and July 1, so you can have them for 4th of July trade. COST OF THE CUBAN WAR. An interesting report at this time has just been issued from the Department of Agriculture at Washington touching the effects upon our Cuban trade for two years past of the insurrection in our island neighbor. The report confirms all that has been said with reference to the costliness of this war to our commerce. There are classes of citizens in this country whose public action and views of public questions are controlled abso- lutely by a dollars and cents considera- tion. They will cry out at no abuse so long as it does not touch their pocket, and will approve any contemptible course on the part of the Nation that offers a continuance of conditions under which they are making money. To this class the showing of our crippled com- merce with Cuba ought to appeal strong- ly. The vast bulk of the people need no special reports to arouse their active sympathy for the struggling patriots. This publication by the Agriculture Department shows that during the last fiscal year ending in 1806 the total value of our Cuban trade amounted to only $45,548,610, as compared with $102, 864, - 203 in the year immediately preceding the outbreak of hostilities. This was a falling off in less than three years of more than 50 per cent. Returns already available for the current fiscal year in- dicate a still further decline, the records for the nine months ending March 31, 1897, placing the total value of the trade for that period as low as $14,926,817. At this rate the figures for the fiscal year 1897 will hardly reach $20,000,000, or less-than one-fifth the value recorded for 1893. During the early years of the present decade our Cuban trade had _ re- ceived a material impetus, the years 1887 to 1893, inclusive, showing unin- terrupted gains, and, but for the open- ing of the war, a still greater expansion, it is predicted, probably would have followed. It must be remembered, too, that this loss of trade has been caused largely by the barbarous, medieval methods of warfare pursued by Spain, contrary not only to the usages of modern civilization but to the common impulses of human- ity—a course that would have justified an interference, even although we were not so deeply interested financially. The above figures do not include our losses of American property and invest- ments on the island, said to amount to some $30,000,000 more. Nor does this report mention the indignities heaped with impunity upon American citizens in Cuba. ee A LAND WITHOUT POLITICS. The Mexican Herald, published in English in the City of Mexico, congrat- ulates our neighbors across the Rio Grande that Mexico is without politics and that the government and people are working to the one end of material de- velopment down there, with a blissful absence of political parties or political contention of any kind. It will not do to conclude from this fact, however, that Mexico is an Eden without the serpent. There is a decided lack of party politics in Russia, and GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1897. there is not much partisanship apparent on the surface in Turkey ; still, we would not name Turkey and Russia as the homes of model government, nor their people as the happiest in the world. The truth is, Diaz, except in name, is a dictator. He rules with an iron hand encased in a glove of velvet—he is the state. Mexican politicians have long since learned that fact and the press is careful to recognize it. Political con- tention is bad enough, but the suppres- sion of all political discussion is worse. We have large numbers of people in the United States who take no interest whatever in politics, and their very in- difference is one of our chief troubles. They permit designing men to control primaries and select officials, when, if they would but actively throw them- selves into the political fights, better government would result. This class with us is largely the business element. In all free governments politics is natural and inevitable. The absence of political strife is an indication of despotism at the head of affairs. How- ever, this is just what Mexico needs for atime. A strong arm to bring order and progress out of the chaos that so long prevailed exactly fits the condi- tions in Mexico, and will be necessary until the people have wholly outgrown the revolutionary spirit of other days. To that end, therefore, and for that par- ticular people, it is gratifying to hear the Mexican Herald declare that a busi- ness-like administration is attending strictly to business and working for the good of Mexico and all of Mexico. General Diaz takes an impartial interest in the affairs of the whole country. He has said he would like to live fifty vears to see the Mexico of the future. We can all join in the wish that he might, for it will be his great monument, a mod- ernized, prosperous and contented na- tion. >> Traverse City as a Potato Market. “From the Grand Traverse Herald. Saturday practically closed the season for potato buying in this section. Heretofore the season has closed about May 1, but owing to the failure of early Southern crops, caused by heavy floods, there has been a better demand for Grand Traverse potatoes in Chicago and other markets South and East. A study of the quantities bought by local buyers will prove of special inter- est to everyone, and perhaps the total amount will prove a surprise to many. This has been a better year for pota- toes than several former years, the prices having generally been higher than for several years. Last year the maxi- mum price paid was about 12 cents a bushel. This year the maximum price paid was 26 cents, although that figure prevailed only one day. However, large quantities were sold for 15, 17, 18 and up to 22 cents, although early in the season large quantities were sold at from 6 to Io cents. It is estimated that the average price was not less than Io cents. Some buyers place the average at 12 cents. The total amount brought up in this locality, largely in Traverse City, aggregates nearly 500,0v0 bushels. Of this quantity about 50,000 bushels were shipped to Chicago by the North- ern Michigan Transportation Co., the greater portion going by rail to various other points, Number 719 Rise and Progress of the Commercial Traveler. In the economy of nature there seems to have been no especial provision made for the commercial traveler, but, like Topsy, he ‘‘just growed.’’ Like the meteor, he was cast off some larger planet, discovered an orbit for his ex- clusive use and went into business on his own hook. As we find him, he is beyond question a product of the nineteenth century, a child of its circumstances, the result of its commercial conditions. Recent modes of travel and the facilities for the transportation of merchandise have had much to do with the origin and usefulness of the commercial traveler of to-day. Like men of every calling in life, the traveling man has been moulded and fashioned by the influences and condi- tions of his environments. Owing to the many different kinds of people with whom he has to come in contact in the course of his business life, he has had to become thoroughly educated in the science of human nature. He has had to learn to accommodate himself to every condition and circum- stance in life, to learn the vulnerable points in human nature,and how to take advantage of this knowledge. Hence it has been said of him that he can fall in love quicker and oftener; change his politics and religion on shorter notice; laugh or cry with less provocation ; bor- row more trouble or happiness fora longer time, on poorer security, ata less rate of interest, than any other living man. In times past it was thought that a man was not qualified for a traveling salesman until he had been graduated from all the schools of vice on earth— an opinion which was not only enter- tained by tbe commercial traveler him- self, but liberally shared by the whole civilized world. They were expected to be dishonest because their customers were dishonest, immoral and dissipated because they were encouraged in it by the trade. Many of those who have *‘sown their wild oats’’ profusely, and in many _ in- stances mildly transgressed human laws and escaped their punishments, have dearly suffered the penalties of violated physical and moral laws, which are im- mutable and inexorable in their de- mands for justice. In contemplating the faults and vices of the tew, we must not become blinded to the virtues of the many, for fairness demands that, while we reproach the unworthy ones, due honor should be accorded those to whom their calling has always been sacred. Commercial men are by no means all total abstainers, and may never be, but it is a notable fact that fewer of them use intoxicating drinks each succeeding year. Fewer bottles disgrace the trav- eling man’s grip, and even where they may yet be found, the owner of said grip and bottle is always ready with a studied apology for this unholy com- panionship, and usually explains that he carries the stuff for medicinal pur- poses only. D. B, HEREFORD, vee ceeeeeceenes reais henner 8 sere er see sees st hee nas Pomens rakes asa a sa pancetta siete a mst cat ees ee i nee eMd feat tata lb Sats tor Secon pons Diletta 96 pn ha te Thaccn AU dnetidrenta eek athe EOS cian detain dg WIEN AB rc duebiea SP RT ee ADT ee ee ee WATER, DUST AND MUD. A Suggestion As to Keeping Them Out of the Streets. Written for the TRADESMAN. Someone has given the definition of ‘‘dirt’’ as ‘‘matter out of place.’’ So it may be said that the great contest be- ing constantly waged against that aux- iliary of ungodliness may be considered as a struggle to keep matter in its proper location. Perhaps there is no place where this definition is more manifestly pertinént than in the management of water, the symbol of purity, and the ele- ments of fertility which it is vainly striv- ing to keep subdued in city streets. As long as city streets are the contin- uation of country roads, and especially to be traversed by _ horse-propelled vehicles, after passing along such roads there must, necessarily, be a constant accumulation cf earth and other sub- stances. While our American Cities are new and the pavements only !n patches, the accumulation is so rapid that the contest to be waged is a hopeless one. In such cities the soil gathered up by this constant work of shoveling up the refuse is devoted to the filling of low places, or the shallow waters, where in many cities, as in New York and Chi- cago, much valuable land has_ been claimed from the harbors and lakes by means of this refuse. Of course, as cities become larger, with more extended and complete sys tems of cleanable pavements, the ac- cumulations from such sources become relatively less; but, on account of the increased traffic in these, there seems to be just as rapid a distribution of rub- bish and dust. It is probable that in such crowded streets these must be ac- cepted as irremediable evils; but it is worthy of enquiry as to whether, in smaller cities and in the less densely crowded streets of the larger ones, there may not be better ways of dealing with this problem than those now employed. In the present methods of dealing, or trying to deal, with the problem of re- storing these substances to their proper place, or removing them from the wrong one, there is very little of scientific methed, or, indeed, of any method. Brooms, shovels and scrapers, or their equivalent in more elaborate machines, are the means depended upon for the removal of such accumulations when the quantity becomes intolerable; and until then it is sought to keep them confined to the surface of the streets by constant wetting, except as transported by the feet of pedestrians and the wheels of vehicles. It seems to be accepted that there is no solution of the problem which does not involve the constant living and moving in a mudhole. It seems to me that the present meth- ods of dealing with this matter are about as unscientific and slovenly as could well be devised. There appears to be enough of effort and expense to serve some effective purpose if it were better directed. Experiments are made with street sweeping and cleaning ma- chines and organized effort is employed in the bodily removal of the accumula- tions, but these efforts seem to be based on the idea that there must be a suffi- cient accumulation to warrant them be- fore they are put forth; that is to say, streets are only to be cleaned when they are dirty, consequently there must be a considerable portion of the time when they exemplify this condition. And during this time it seems to be neces- sary to hold the filth in bounds, so far as possible, by a liberal use of water, to MICHIGAN TRADESMAN keep it out of lungs and from the shelves and counters of the trade served by these streets. With the same effort applied in a more scientific and practical manner, much might be accomplished, not in striving to remedy the nuisance when it becomes intolerable, but in keeping the streets reasonably free from mud or dust at all times. In the present methods, includ- ing not only the cost of removal of the dirt, but that of the constant sprinkling to keep the dust confined, there isa considerable of expenditure, sufficient to accomplish much more if differently applied. The most effective dirt remover is the element so freely used to keep it within bounds as mud. Its efficiency in this direction is suggested by its use in sub- duing the most refractory substances in hydraulic mining; and it is sufficiently familiar to us in its occasional employ- ment to flush some of the principal streets. Now the suggestion that I would make is that, instead of applying the present expense in the way of the bodily re- moval of the dirt with brooms, scrapers and shovels, and in the constant wetting with carts, there should simply be a more frequent and thorough application of the water under strong pressure. In- stead of flushing the principal streets once a week or less frequently, let it be done every night or in the morning be- fore traffic begins. It would not bea very expensive undertaking to prepare suitable apparatus to apply the water in the right quantities and with the right degree of force to properly remove the comparatively small accumulation of each twenty-four hours. Just what modification in the arrangement and management of catch basins, frequency of flushing sewers, etc., might be nec- essary would be a matter to be deter- mined; but there would be no serious difficulties involved in this direction. If the principal streets of a city like Grand Rapids could be cleaned in _ this manner every day, with a proper regu- lation ‘as to the throwing of sweepings and refuse from buildings into the streets, there would need to be very lit- tle sprinkling for the purpose of confin- ing dust. There might be some days when such sprinkling would be desir- able for coolness, but the loss of its use at such times could be_ better borne than the present intolerable condition. NATE. —>-9 > — Chance for a Bargain. ‘‘] have a first-class ‘97 bicycle for sale at bargain counter figures,’’ was the admission ground through his teeth by a swell young man who holds him- self irresistible with the fair sex. ‘‘What’s happened ?’’ ‘““Been made a_ sucker of, that’s all. Was taken in as easy as the fellow that goes all the way to New York to buy sawdust. Put on my most fetching uni- form the other morning and took a spin out the road. Ten miles from town, if it’s a rod, I encountered as pretty a little woman as you ever saw; dainty from head to foot and full of snap. But she had broken the chain of her wheel and four links were gone. ‘Maiden in distress, ’ thought I,and was all gallantry. ‘“ There was a horse tethered to grass near by and I appropriated the rope, the steed kicking up his heels and start- ing toward Kalamazoo. While I was adjusting the rope to her wheel to tow her back to the city, a handsome _look- ing fellow pedaled slowly by and seemed disposed to stop, but I froze him out with a smile that told him I was look- ing after the job and he went on. “She was’a cute little jollier and thanked me so often and was so sorry for the trouble she was causing me_ that| unique tandem. At the door we met the I took a great liking to her. But it was | fellow who had passed and he thanked tough wheeling and I'll give you my; me for bringing his wife in. He didn’t word that for the last five miles that girl | think he could have managed it. I was was heavier than a load of hay It was|too nearly paralyzed to do anything but more hard work than I had done since I| glare. Next day an old farmer taxed was a boy. But I hauled her right home, | me $1o for turning his horse loose. Sell? although everybody was grinning at the/ I'd give the wheel away.’”’ A Child can«understand each and every mechanical point embodied in the Business Clippers. Our aim has been to produce a bicycle with the least possible number of parts. We know, from an experience of almost 10 years de- voted to the manufacture of safety bicycles only, that the fewer and simpler the parts the more satisfactory the bicycle. A Business Clipper fis Simplicity ‘tseif. All Clipper Bicycles are made to wear, to please and satisfy the rider. We could make cheaper bicycles, but they would not be so good. No practical improve- ment is left off a Clipper. If it’s ona Clipper, itis right. If it’s not, it may be. “All the World Loves a Winner” = & Our ’Ninety-Seven yp Complete Line of M are the . ( Supreme Result of our Year's of Experience Send for Catalogue. , -@ MONARCH CYCLE MFG. COQ. \\ CHICAGO NEW YORE LONDON Send nine two-cent stamps for a deck of Monarch Playing ' Cards, illustrating Lilli ssell, : ie Remedies Sa Wate Sane’ Re a he Ss ELSES SELES EEL EL ELE > BICYCLE SUNDRIES = EVERYTHING UP TO DATE LAMPS, TIRES, PEDALS, : o SADDLES, LOCKS, BELLS, =a oe PUMPS, CEMENTS, ETC. S ADAMS & HART. . S WHO! ESALE BICYCLES and SUNDRIES. _ oO Send for Catalog and Discount Sheets. 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids. - YUVQQQQQQQQQgQQgQQgQQqqgqngng0g000gd 000 9 pen sete MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 GONE BEYOND. Death of the Tradesman’s Regular Contributor. The readers of the Tradesman who have so long been familiar with the con- tributions of S. P. Whitmarsh, either under his own name or the non de plume of Peter C. Meek, will feel a per- sonal loss in the announcement of his death, which occurred at his home in Palmyra, Sunday evening, June Io. For some time previous to his death Mr. Whitmarsh had suffered from poor health with indications of heart weak- ness. The day of his death was spent in visiting with his son, Rollin, of Adrian, and he seemed.to be in his usual health until an hour or two after his son’s departure, when he was strick- en very suddenly with heart disease, living but a few hours The funerai was held at the home in Palmyra on Wednesday. The quiet of Mr. Whitmarsh’s later life of over a quarter of a century as a druggist in Palmyra was preceded by a career of considerable activity as a pio- neer ip Southern Michigan and in Cali- fornia and Mexico. He was of New England origin; his father, Deacon Alvah Whitmarsh, having been a native of Hampshire county, Mass., as was also his mother, whose maiden name was Naomi M. Clark. After living a few years in Springfield, Mass., the family removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1841 became pioneers in the develop- ment of Illinois, settling in Princeton. There the father died in 1862. Alvah Whitmarsh is remembered as a man of strong conscientiousness and _ positive convictions. As might be expected of such a character in that day he wasa decided abolitionist whose love of jus- Oldest tice made his hatred of slavery very in- tense. Samuel P. Whitmarsh was born in Springfield, Mass., July 8, 1831. He was to years of age when the family re- moved from Brooklyn to Princeton, III. There he attended the school established by the ‘‘Hampshire colony’’ where he prepared himself as a teacher. He then learned the trade his father had carried on, that of carpenterand joiner. In 1848 he came to Lenawee county, Mich, en- gaging in the work of teaching; a year or so later returning to Illinois. In 1852 his thirst for wider activity prompted him to undertake the overland route to the New Eldorado, California. After an adventurous journey, requiring six months’ of time, he reached his des- tination and engaged as a miner and prospector, and occasionally worked at his trade as a carpenter. Thirteen years spent in California, Mexico and Lower California gave him all the activ- ity and adventure he cared for and in 1865 he returned, settling in Ohio. Two years later he returned to Lenawee county, conducting the drug and grocery business in Palmyra until the time of his death In October, 1865, he was married to Mary Steele, daughter of Solomon and Laura Steeie. Two children were born to them, Rollin H. and Olive. As might have been expected from the ancestry and training of Samuel P. Whitmarsh, his principal characteristics were his thorough conscientiousness and regard for the welfare of those about him. Theactivity of disposition which had prompted his wide travels did not cease in his taking up the quiet life ot a village merchant, but made itself man- ifest in the prosecution of literary and scientific studies, and he soon became widely known as a writer for technical and trade journals. His contributions to the Tradesman began about ten years ago and few issues have appeared since that time which did not include contri- butions from his pen. His range of sub- jects was large, his’ judgment being held in such high esteem that he was given carte blanche to write on any topic which he might select. He always wrote to the point and made himself so clearly understood that there could be no mis- taking his meaning. All his work bore the impress of deep thought and careful consideration, nothing being done _has- tily and no statement bordering on harshness or malice was ever permitted to creep into his work. Mr. Whitmarsh took a fatherly inter- est in the fraternity of writers which comprise the staff of the Tradesman and on many occasions welcomed a new contributor in such a cordial manner that he immediately felt he was at home. The condition of his health was such that he was unable to attend but one of the annual reunions of the Tradesman staff which are held each year on Frank- lin’s birthday, but his excellent address on that occasion will long be remem- bered by those who had the privilege of listening to it. The inner life of Mr. Whitmarsh was excellently set forth in an address given at the funeral by Dr. J. H. Reynolds, a brother-in-law of the deceased, from which the Tradesman quotes as follows : * * ¥* I first knew him in 1868, and have been intimate with him for twenty- nine years. I knew him well—better than any man I ever knew socially, morally in a_ busine SS capacity, and religiously Socially, always genial and hearty, in a business relation he was.the soul of honor. His moral life was pure and irreproachable, and religiously he was so far advanced in the relations of God to man that I have listened to his wis- dom with wonder and admiration. It seemed ta me that the lessons taught him at his mother’s knee, the words of wisdom that fell from his father’s lips during all his childhood and youth had been remembered, and every lesson added to by the careful study in all his after life, had founded him so thoroughly in the doctrine of one Personal God, and the Divine Christ that it was not a matter of faith and belief, but a matter of knowledge and truth. His was no Sunday religion. It lasted all the days of the week and all the weeks I knew him. In all the twenty- nine years I had the pleasure and honor of his acquaintance, I never knew of one dishonest or dishonorable act he ever did. I never knew of one tempta- tion that ever caused him to swerve one iota from the truth. His character was not the result of some sudden conver- sion; it was the result of a lifetime of right-doing and teaching. * * * THE VALUE OF GARE Io THE BUSINESS IT BRINGS OUR LATEST SUCCESS CUBANS Contain all the good qualities of a rapid seller, with strong points reinforced. Write for samples. 10 — ii D OOOO OO9S9909$O0S 9699006 69999946 6666464646 6444494499555 09900065 HHH605059H995904 $900566669599946660660606 This is the Counter You Want | The “Peerless The best, most convenient and most durable counter 99 made, covered by a full mechanical patent issued April 27, 1897. Do not be misled, but buy the latest. Write for prices, description, etc. We manufacture all our own nothing but the best kiln-dried lumber in their con- , eae struction. The frame is made of maple, the top, front and the dis ieces of an edisdieas material. They are finished in antique, rubbed and polished, and would counters, and use and gables of oak or ash, be the center of attraction in the finest equipped grocery. FOLDING BATH TUB CO., Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, Marshall, Mich. POOOO10O 000000 000000000000000000 000000000000000009000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000020000000000 90000000 SOOO SOSSHOO9999O9S 9946966900 000000 4 MiCHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 Around the State Movements of Merchants. Glenn—C. W. Holtslander will shortly open a grocery Store. Pomona—Melvin Alwood will shortly open a new grocery store. Eau Claire—W. A. Ward has added a line of jewelry to his drug stock. Decatur—Mrs. E. M. Herlan will re- tire from the millinery business. Leroy—Nettie Klingsmith will close out her grocery stock and remove to an- other location. Ludington--—Joseph Sahlmark wili shortly embark in the drug business at 315 James Street. Filer City—Frank Davis has gone to Dundee, where he will engage in the grocery business. Ludington—Fay Thorne will return to California as soon as he can dispose of his grocery stock. Six Lakes—O. D. Van Deboget is erecting a grain elevator here. It will have a capacity of 8,000 bushels. Bellevue—Chas. York has purchased the general stock of Lee Peck & Co. and will continue the business at the same location. Maple Rapids—The dry goods and grocery firm of Tyler & Co., of this vil- lage, has sold its stock to John Gardner and Frank Redfern. Traverse City—-L. Roscoe, of the firm of Roscoe & Child, has retired from the meat business. Geo. Child will con- tinue the business at the same location. Edmore—Since last November Geo. Wager, the potato buyer and shipper, purchased of the farmers of this section 139.000 bushels of potatoes, or 257 car- loads. Petoskey -F. L. Woolston, formerly with White & White, of Grand Rapids, will have charge of the prescription de- partment of the Petoskey Pharmacy this season. Hastings—Jacob A. Hangstorfer has sold bis meat market to Frank Kurtz and returned to Big Rapids, where he will re-engage in the meat business with one of his brothers. Charlotte—C. M. Cochrane, who re- cently sold his grocery stock at Big Rapids to Terry Laughlin, has removed to this city and engaged in the same business in the Jackle block. Thompsonville—John A. Evetts, who recently sold his hardware stock to the Thompsonville Hardware Co., is con- sidering the feasibility ot engaging in the hardware business at Bailey. Jackson—Oscar Schmid, the popular young druggist, recently wedded Miss Ellen, daughter of James G. O'Dwyer, of the wholesale millinery firm of O’Dwyer & Ward, Detroit. The happy couple will reside here. Portland—Chas. Culver, Jr., has sold his interest in the bakery establishment of Culver & Holmden to his partner, who will continue the business under the style of Harry Holmden. Mr. Culver has returned to Carson City. Schoolcraft—The Kalamazoo County Bank will hereafter be conducted as a private instead of a State bank, and will commence at once to do business un- der the name of the Kalamazoo County Bank of C. C. Duncan & Co. E. W. Bowma, who has been connected with the bank for a number of years, has sold all his interest here and will hereafter give his entire time to the Central Bank of Wm. Shakespeare & Co., of Kalamazoo. Chas. E. Stuart will re- main as cashier under the new manage- ment, Thompsonville -—W. A. Anderson, who recently sold his general stock to 1). E. Slawson, formerly identified with the Saginaw Hardware Co., at Saginaw, is making it warm for the delinquents who neglect or refuse to liquidate, by suing them in justice court for the amounts due. Charlotte—R. C. Jones has entirely overhauled his elevator, which has been leased to Ferrin Bros., of Detroit, who are now in possession and doing busi- ness. The bean elevator has been es- pecially fitted to meet their require- ments, the system adopted enabiing them to handle large quantities. Saginaw—Adam Klemm has sold his drug stock on Gratiot street to Fred Plesner, who will continue the business. Mr. Klemm has not determined what his future movements will be. He estab- lished in the drug business on Michi- gan avenue about two years ago and a few months ago removed to Gratiot street. Muskegon—The C. A. Rumsey & Co. millinery store has been closed and the stock, which is valued at about $1,000, has been sold to J. George Dratz. It will be immediately closed out and the business discontinued. Rumsey & Co. have been unable to meet the demands of creditors. All of the unpaid claims were assigned to Foote, Read & Co, of Cleveland, the principal creditors, sev- eral days ago and they made the sale to Mr. Dratz. Napoleon—Chas. Ray has been ad- judged insane and sent to the Kalama- zoo asylum. About a year ago he be- came interested in Revivalist Middle- kauf, who now conducts the missionary school at Grosse Pointe, near Detroit. He became so absorbed in religion that he sold his grocery stock tor a pittance, declaring he was commanded to join the revivalist and follow his teachings. Ray also declared he had been commanded to marry a Miss Houseman, of Spring Arbor, aged 18, and take her along. He persisted in his. attentions to Miss Houseman and finally assaulted her guardian and grandtather, which led to his arrest. He is 30 years of age. Manufacturing Matters. Manton—O. C. Craft is arranging his sawmill for the manufacture of broom handles. Dewitt—John Shively has leased the flouring mill here and will continue the business in partnership with his father. Ithaca—George Richardson has pur- chased the stock of lumber and fence posts formerly owned by Monfort & Salter. Greenville—H. B. Slocum has pur- chased the Hubbardston flouring mills and he and his son have taken charge thereof. Coldwater—Ground has been broken for the two-story and basement brick factory building of the Tappan Shoe Manufacturing Co. Thompsonville—Langeland & Co. are considering the feasibility of removing their planing mill and box factory from Muskegon to this place. Middleville—The Keeler Brass Co. has about completed its new foundry. The engine has been moved to the rear part of the factory and new furnaces are be- ing put in, Cadillac—Increasing business at the Cadillac Handle Works has made it necessary to plan for more buildings. Fifty-one men are employed at the fac- tory and 60,000 hard maple broom handles are shipped each week. Portland—The Goss Chair Commode Co. has been re-organized as the Michi- gan Commode and Cabinet Co. The corporation has a capital stock of $10,000, all paid in, held by over thirty local business men and citizens. C. C. Dellenbaugh is President of the corpo- ration and W. F. Selleck 1s Secretary. Sebewaing—The Sebewaing Lumber & Manufacturing Co. is a new corpora- tion formed here for the purpose of car- rying ou a general business iu lumber and operating a planing mill. The cap- ital stock 1s $11,500, and it succeeds the Sebewaing Manutacturing Co., which has ceased to exist. C. F. Bach is President, Richard Martin is Vice- President, Chas. W. Liken Secretary and Treasurer and F. F. Winter Gen- eral Manager. - > - Paper Yielding Handsome Returns. Doubtful Lansing, June 29—Receiver Stone, of the Central Michigan Savings Bauk, 1s congratulating himself upon his success in making collections on old and worth- less paper. He came out whole on the deal with the State Fair people, having been paid the face value of the note for $8,000 which the Bank held when it failed, besides interest to the amount of $250. °. You would be surprised,’’ said the Receiver, “‘if you knew how much money | have been able to collect upon paper which was classified as doubttul. 1 believe that I have been able to collect a greater proportion of the doubtful paper than | have of that classified as good. Here is a letter which I received last night,’’ said the Receiver, produ- cing the document. ‘‘It is from Elmer P. Newman, who will be remembered by many citizens on account of his con- nection with several Lansing institu- tions. He ran a drug store here, but tailed along about 1890 on account of his speculations, and went away owing considerable money. The Bank held his note for $275, given in 1890, and it was turned over to me with other poor paper. One day I received a letter trom Newman, who was at Denver, en- closing a small amount to apply on the note, which would have been outlawed by this time but for the payments which he made from time to time. Last night I received this letter, enclosing a check for $200, which pays the note in full, interest amounting to $99 and about $10 besides, which I shall return to him.’’ Newman is now in Denver, where he is engaged in the manufacture of pianos. He claims to have one of the finest pianos on the market and is now getting on his financial pegs again. In a recent letter he states that he will pay every cent he owes in the East, and his course in the Bank matter is an indication that he will keep his word. ———> 2. Preparing a Programme tor the Grand Ledge Meeting. The work of preparing a programme for the fourteenth annual convention of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical As- sociation, which will be held at Grand Ledge, Aug. 3, 4 and 5, is being ac- tively undertaken by H. G. Colman, of Kalamazoo, and E. F. Phillips, of Ar- mada, energetically assisted by Secre- tary Schrouder, of Grand Rapids. Prof. Prescott writes that he will be on hand with a line of technical papers from the Pharmacy School,and John J. Sourwine, of the firm of Sourwine & Hartnett, druggists at Escanaba, has been invited to attend the convention and divulge his plan of preventing the cutting of prices on proprietary goods. It is un- derstood that Mr. Sourwine has some entirely original ideas on this subject, having made the topic a study for years, during which time he has evolved a plan which is likely to revolutionize the sale of patent medicines from the man- ufacturer to the consumer, WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. : Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. ANTED—TO BUY A STOCK OF BOOTS and shoes for cash—#2,000 to $5,000. Ad- dress J. F. Muffley, Kalamazoo, Mich. 332 Wax 1ED TO SELL OR TRADE FOR GOOD drug stock, one of the finest fruit farms in Allegan county, one and one-half miles from railroad station. Address J. Fisher & Son, Ham ilton, Micn. 331 JARTIES WISHING TO BUY, SELL OR exchange real estate or merchandise, any qu-ntities or description, can depend upon Townsend & Morous, of Jackson, Mich., for quick and responsible dealing. 318 NYONE LOOKING FOR GOOD INVEsT- ment can hear of a splendid ready-made eciothing and furitishing goods business to be disposed of, situated in the great peach center of Michigan; only clothing store in the town: doing a veiy Jucrative business on a small capi- tul. As his is a bona fide, and in every way a solvent and profitable business, with excellent reasons for dispusal, none but principals need apply to Wm. Connor, Box 345. Marshall, Mich. 39 kek SALE—CLEAN HARDWARE STOCK; doing good business; best location in Grand Rapids; xcod reason for selling; no exchange. Address Hardware, care Michigan Tradesman. 325 re SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise and fixtures; inventory $1,700. Address Postmaster, New Salem, Mich. 324 4 & EXCHANGE—A GOOD LIVERY STOCK, doing a good business, for a stock of gro- ccries. Address No. 327, care Michigan Trades- man. 327 VOR SALE—CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TO secure an old-established grocery business, lucated on best business street of Grand Rapids. Stock all clexn and selable. Rent reasonable. Wood yard and feed store in connection. RKea- son fo: sel'ing, owner has other business. Stock and fixtures will inventory $2,500. Trade mostly cash. Act quickly, as owner will sell to first applicant with necessary cash. Address No. 326, care Michigan Tradesman. 326 TRO EXCHANGE FOR STOCK OF MER- chandise—160 acres of good Northern Ne- br:ska land, five miles from town. For particu- lars address F. Opocensky, Niobrara, Neb. 321 POR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise, inventorying about $4,500, located in a thriving town in Central Michigan. Wouid take a small farm in part payment, if location is desirable. Address No. 320, care Michigan Tiadesman. 820 UR SALE—GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF GRO- ceries, queensware and notions in town of 7.0. Good reasons for selling. Doing a nice vusiness. For terms address Lock Box 15, New- pert, ind : 317 Fe SALE—ONE 1'00-HORSE POWER SLIDE vaive engine, especially adapted to sawmill work, and fitted with a Nordberg Automatic Governor. Can be seen running any week day at Wal in Leather Co.’s tannery, Grand Rapids. 313 OR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRUGS, IN- ventorying about $800, located in live town of 600 people. Will sell stock for cash on basis of present value. Address No. 309, care Hazel- tine & Perkins Drug Co.. Grand Rapids. 369 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK IN ONE OF THE best towns in Michigan, doing a business of $6,200 yearly. Expenses low. Reason for sell- ing, other business. Inspection solicited. Ad- dress No. 308, care Michigan Tradesman. 308 ANTED—PARTNER WITH $2,000 FOR one-half interest in hardware, stoves and tinshop, plumbing and furnace work and job- bing, roofiug, ete. Have several good jobs on hand and a well-established trade; best location —— of city. Address Box 522, Big Rapids, eh. 298 ay Ahree ARE THE OLDEST, LARG- est and best laundry in the city of Grand Rapids. We do considerable business out of town and want more of it. We want good live agents in towns wher? we do not now have any. We pay a liberal commission and give satisfac- tery service Terms on application. American Steam Laundry, Oite Brothers, proprietors. 289 YOR SALE OR TRADE FOR STOCK OF merchandise—180 acres of choice timber land. on Section 2 of the Haskel land grant, Buchanan county, Virginia; title o. k. Address se) No. 262, care Michigan ‘Tradesman. 262 UBBER STAMPS AND RUBBER TYPE. Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 160 OR EXCHANGE—TWO FINE IMPROVED farms for stock of merchandise; splendid location. Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades- man. 73 ANTED—1,000 CASES FRESH EGGS, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca. Mich. 249 MISCELLANEOUS. a agg aang WANTED—AS BOOK-KEEPER or store manager by middle aged man of wide experience and‘ best of references. Ad- dress No. 333, care Michigan Tradesman. 333 ANTED—CIGARMAKERS, ROLLERS OR bunch makers, male or female, by G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., 15 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 330 Save Trouble asvsbeices TRADESMAN GOUPOMS See ee AP aah MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Gelders Bros. have removed their grocery stock from 222 Alpine avenue to 214 Alpine avenue. J. Feenstra, dealer in dry goods and boots and shoes at 205 Jeannette street, has added a line of groceries. The Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock, H. T. Allerton has purchased the in- terest of William Haggstrom in the fruit, produce and commission house of Aller- ton & Haggstrom and will continue the business in his own name. Hartmann & Metzger have purchased the formula of the preparation known as McCane’s breakfast drink and will actively engage in the manufacture of the article at 346 Fourth street. Reuben L. Bliss has sold his meat market at 708 Wealthy avenue to Floyd E. Moody, of Pentwater, who will con- tinue the business at the same location. Mr. Bliss will engage in the meat pack- ing business at 84 and 86 South Divi- sion street. It is probable that there are substan- tial advantages in the manner in which the work on the new market is being prosecuted, or it would be done with greater rapidity. These advantages are supposed to be in the line of decreased cost of filling in the approach and, pos- sibly, in the doing of some other parts of the work to better advantage. When it is considered, however, that the city is losing the interest on the investment; that the producers are subjected to the cost and discomfort of maintaining a morning street market, and that a few weeks more of delay will destroy the possibility of revenue to amount to any- thing, for this year, the advantages to be gained by it must be considerable to be warranted. The Grain Market. Wheat in wheat centers has been on the downward grade during the past week ; in fact, both cash and _ futures have declined fully 3c per bushel. Spring wheat is about 2c per bushel higher, so it will be seen that the values of spring and winter wheat are gradual- ly coming together, which has been an- ticipated for sometime. It looks now as though there was nothing more to advance prices. However, the visible shows another enormous’ decrease, 1,879,000 bushels, leaving only 18,000, - ooo bushels in sight, but in these times statistics go for naught and we will have to conform ourselves to the situation. _In other times, with the same situation of affairs surrounding us, wheat would be selling at $1 per bushel, but, as above stated, things appear to go by op- posites this season. The Argentine ex- ports during the last six months have been extremely small; in fact, hardly worth mentioning. The French crop is supposed to be short about 30 per cent. Our own crop is only normal, the Rus- sian crop is tather below the usual amount and India has none to export. Yet, with all these facts staring us in the face, prices arelow. The hard times must certainly have some influence or else we would see better prices, The weather has been very favorable of late for the growing crop,and had it been so along earlier in the spring, we would have had at least 20 per cent. more wheat. Wheat seems to be scarce, still there is enough moving so that the mills are kept in operation. Corn has advanced about tc _ per bushel, but vats remain unchanged. It seems there is not much interest taken in these cereals. The receipts during the week were sixty cars of wheat, which is probably three times as much as Detroit received during the same period. Detroit is los- ing her grip as a wheat market. We also received four cars of corn and thir- teen cars of oats. Where the oats go to is a mystery, as there is a large amount of home grown oats in this locality. Millers are paying 75c for wheat. C. G. A. Voier. —— -9- <> -- _ Flour and Feed. The week has passed without any particular demonstration of activity, al- though winter wheat millers are receiv- ing more orders for prompt shipment than the limited supply of available wheat will permit them to accept. Some orders are being booked for future months on the basis of future option prices; and, while this may be business, it is a pernicious practice and demoral- izing to the trade in general, particular- ly so when there is a manipulated mar- ket and future selling is at so great a discount. The practice is a hazardous one for both buyers and sellers. The Grand Rapids mills are running at about two-thirds capacity and still have difficulty in securing a wheat sup- ply. Michigan flour this year from the ‘new crop will, undoubtedly, be of ex- tra fine quality, which should enable Michigan millers to run steadily for some time after the crop begins to move. Millstuffs move slowly. Prices are low for this time of the year, but as midsummer approaches an advance of $1 to $2 per ton may reasonably be ex- pected. Feed and meal are in light de- mand, with local prices nominal and un- changed. Ws. N. Rowe. Telephone Topics. Grand Rapids—The Bell people are now offering to put in business phones at any price the customer is willing to pay. In some cases, free service for an indefinite period is offered. All resi dence telephones are free. Three Rivers—In its attempts to kill the new telephone company, whose ex- change will start up July 1, the Bell company offers to put in house tele- phones for $6 and store telephones for $18 a year. The new company has 75 subscribers. Lansing—The directors of the Lan- sing Telephone Co. have declared a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. They have accepted the proposition of the State Telephone Co. to connect with the Detroit exchange, fixing the tariff at 25 cents—one-half the price charged by the Bell. a Wanted—Cigarmakers. Rollers or bunch makers, male or fe- male. G. Johnson Cigar Co., 15 Canal St., Grand Kapids, Mich. an ea Ue Merrimack Shirting Prints. P. Steketee & Sons are selling Merri- mack Shirting Prints at 4 cents per yard. - > o> ——. on Miss Grace Van Hoesen, book-keeper for Nelson Morris & Co., has gone to California on one of the Christian En- deavor excursions. She will scale Pike's Peak and inspect Yellowstone Park on the way out, returning via Arizona and New Mexico. oe Gillies New York Teas. All kinds, grades and prices. Phone Visner, 1589. The Grocery Market. Sugar—Refiners report that they are oversold on softs. Jobbers seem to have a good stock of granulated on hand the country over. This is done because of the certainty of the advance of sugar under the new duty. It is thought that as soon as the tariff goes into effect, the refiners price of sugar will reach Sc. Retailers have but moderate stocks, and although the buying has been reason- ably free, there is no indication of ex- citement among retailers. Sugar seems, however, to be good property at pres- ent prices. Reports from Louisiana show that prospects are favorable for the largest crop of cane ever raised in the South. The season has been a little backward, but at present is altogether favorable. The promise of beet acreage in Europe is larger than last year, al- though that was considered excessive. The bounties on sugar production there are stimulating the business out of pro- portion to what it would be did the laws of supply and demand alone affect it. Tea—-Prices have not declined further during the week, although the market is still inclined to be easy. Public offer- ings made in New York last week were received indifferently, and had to be bought in by the owner. News reaches the importers from Japan that if prices decline any further the crop will prob- ably be affected. No further decline in Japans, however, is expected. Coffee— Reports from abroad show that receipts at Rio and Santos are larger and that Brazils are seeking for buyers. The European market is quiet both on Brazils and mild grades. The world’s visible supply of coffee is now about twice that of a yearago. This can but have the effect to hold prices to a low level. The high price of tea,com- bined with the low price of coffee, has tended to increase the consumption of the latter in this country, and the pros- pects being fcr a continuance of these conditions through this season, the con- isumption of coffee may be expected to increase. The local trade is very good. The speculative spirit seems to be en- tirely out of the market, and retailers are buying only for reasonable needs. Fish—The catch of mackerel off the cape coast is lighter than had been ex- pected. While the usual catch is from 15,000 to 20,000 barrels, the catch this season has been but 2.000 barrels. This is partially due to the bad weather pre- vailing. The imports of salt mackerel at Boston from the first of the year to date are 9,073 barrels, as against 3,539 barrels for the corresponding period of last year,and 2,830 barrels for that peri- od cf 1895. Rice— The market is firm because of the expectation of tariff additions. If the bill passes, the market is certain to advance. The domestic planters are banking on the proposed advance, and activities in the rice country are ac- cordingly increased. Canned Goods—Some trade _ is being done in tomatoes, and the market 1s practically unchanged, although occa- sional lots at shaded figures are offered. The future of the tomato market is hard to predict. No immediate advance can be expected, and no decline is ex- pected, although the latter is more prob- able than the former. The demand for canned peas is not as lively as the low prices would seem to warrant. The trade is holding off very noticeably, and prices are unchanged. A small pack of corn is expected and present stocks are light, with the demand in accordance. Prices are,unchanged. Dried Fruits—Prunes are tn fair de- mand only. The price all arcund is un- changed. Peaches are also cleaned up and there would bea good demand if there were any stocks. The price is un- changed. Hardly anything is doing in currants, only a few, entirely of the cleaned variety, selling. The price 1s unchanged and the trade will be small until the new crop comes in. The de- mand for 3 crown raisins is a little bet- ter, but that for the other sizes is small. Prices are unchanged. Crackers—The New York Biscuit Co. announces a decline of %c on crackers, ginger snaps and some lines of sweet goods. Provisions—While the Chicago pack- ing is now about 175,000 hogs in excess of last year, since March 1, the receipts at that point are only 30,000 in excess— there having been smaller shipments to the extent of 145,000, this latter fact suggesting that Eastern slaughtering establishments have drawn upon that market much less than fast year, and quite likely have not made up this difference by supplies’ from other sources. The liberal manufacture of hog product in its influence on market values appears to be fully balanced by the large current distribution of product at the existing low position of values, and there is an advance in comparison with a week ago for leading articles, the greater improvement being in lard, for which there has of late been a strength- ening seatiment. Last week's export clearances were large of both meats and lard, and considerably in excess of cor- responding time last year in both in- stances. Suggests a Personal Fire Patrol. Grand Rapids, June 28—In the last issue of your paper I noticed a few comments in regard to the chief of our fire department stopping to thrasha jan- itor in the Blodgett building, because said janitor had presumed to put out a fire without he consent of the chief. This reminds me of a little incident which occurred in a small city ina Western state where I spent a_ few months of my life. It so happened tbat the boundary line between two states passed through this city and was sup- posed to be defined by a certain street. That portion of the town in the eastern- most part we will designate for con- venience as A,while that portion west of the state line was known as West A. The two towns, although virtually one, were incorporated as two and each Maintained its own government, which in each case included a fire department. One night a fire broke out in a build- ing occupied as a saloon, which was lo- cated on the street which was supposed to detine the state line. The depart- ments from both towns responded to the alarm, but discovering where it was, each claimed jurisdiction and demanded that the other retire. Both refused to leave the scene, but neither made any effort to extinguish the fire until the dispute as to jurisdiction was settled. The result was. the owner was obliged to stand by and see his property go up in smoke, with hardly a hand lifted to prevent it. I did not suppose that the fire depart- ment of a city like Grand Rapids would be guilty of methods adopted by depart- ments in little country villages; and it is to be hoped that, it our fire chief in- tends to insist on the honor of extin- guishing every fire himself, he will turn himself into a night watch, and personally patrol every building in the city at the same time. EVANDER. H. R. Putnam, the S.C. Wi cigar salesman, will begin a week's vacation. This may sound like a dream, but they cannot keep up with the orders and _ al- low sufficient time for the goods to properly season betore shipping ; conse- uently must do something to stay the ood of orders from the trade. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Minor Features of the Ege Market. From the New York Produce Review. Egg collectors who are depending up- on Eastern distributing markets for the disposition of their country purchases will do well to adopt a very conserva- tive basis of operations for a while, un- til the relation of summer production to summer consumption is better known. Until quite recently the heavy with- drawal of stock into cold storage has been a very important factor in furnish- ing an outlet for collections and, while production naturally decreases somewhat during June, July and August, it is not at all probable that it will fall off enough to compensate for the reduction of out- let. One of the elements of summer firmness in egg values, and a very im- portant one, is extreme heat. This, by destroying a relatively large percentage of the production, is one of the chief factors in enhancing values of choice, well-kept and well-handled eggs. The predominance of cool weather this spring and summer must be taken as an_ unfa- vorable feature by holders of accumula- tions, and we should strongly advise that prices on current collections be kept on a low and safe basis. . 2. In one of our egg stores headed by two partners one of the firm is inclined to favor the idea of selling eggs case count at all seasons; the other is op posed. A few days ago the house re- ceived a consignment of Southwestern eggs which were weak and undesirable; the salesman sized them up pretty quickly and sold half of them to a cheap man at $2.70 per 30 doz. case; the ‘‘loss off’’ partner sold the balance ‘‘loss off ;*’ they netted $2.55. - = + It seems queer that we can sell the finest eggs practically case count—or with a fixed loss, which is the same thing—and the poor goods also case count, and yet have to sell the medium qualities loss off. ee Take it altogether the trade in under- grade eggs, which are bought chiefly by the cheaper class of Jewish dealers, is about the most satisfactory just now. These people buy goods case count and pay cash. And we venture the opinion that they make as good a percentage of profit as the high-toned dealers who cut each others’ throats in competition until there is no profit left except the loss claims. ae There is very little doubt that if the system of selling eggs in New York could be changed to case count at all seasons there would be a speedy im- provement in the average quality of our receipts and an enormous saving to the trade by the closer grading at primary points and the rejection of stock too poor to be useful. The continued pack- ing of poor and good together would soon become very unprofitable. | e+’ During the spring large quantities of live poultry and eggs arrive in the same car and up to this time receivers have advised shippers to send their stock to- gether. Weather is now so warm, how- ever, that it is not advantageous to ship the stock together, as the heat of the poultry, even if in the car fora few days, weakens the eggs to a noticeable extent. The Live Poultry Transporta- tion Co. is constructing a car which will have a solid partition, enabling shippers to load poultry in one end and eggs in the other; the car is lined, for the protection of the eggs, and in this way it should be a very popular car with small shippers, particularly in spring and summer. > 0 e.-— Enormous Increase in the Production of Creamery Butter. From the Grocery World. The representative of a large Minne- sota creamery stopped in Philadelphia last week and while here gave some in- teresting facts regarding the very large increase in the production of butter during the past year or two. He stated that in his section alone 500 new cream- eries had been established during the past year, and that in his opinion from 1,500 to 2,000 new butter manufacturing establishments had been added to the list within the year in the dairy sections of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. This increase in the number of cream- eries is an extremely important matter, for it directly governs the ruling price of butter. Every indication points to an enormous increase in the production of butter this year. The receipts at New York for June show an increase of from 15 to 25 per cent. Notwithstanding the large increase, however, we are not in sight of any glut; neither are we likely to be for a long time tocome. At pres- ent there is a demand for all the butter produced. There is a considerable ex- port demand and a great deal of butter is being bought for speculation. A well- known local commission merchant stated last week that fully 50 per cent. of the available supply of butter had been bought speculatively and was now held in “storage for a better market. If the supply of butter gets so large that it can't be used in the ordinary way, it will be used in place of lards, so that there is still a wide, undeveloped field which is liable to prevent an oversupply for years to come. Even at the present low prices, butter is being made at a profit. It is esti- mated that it costs 10 cents per pound to produce butter in the West, while it is shipped here and sold at 15 cents from first hands. >. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association. Jackson, June t19—\ special meeting of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion was held June 15. President Lewis announced that the purpose of the meet- ing was to appoint committees to carry out the work necessary to make success- ful the sixth annual excursion and_pic- nic of the Association. He also stated that there were representatives present from some of the resorts, who desired the privilege of inviting the Association to points represented by them. The following were appointed as the General Committee on Excursion, with the privilege of adding such additional members as might be necessary and to proceed at once with the work with power to act: Byron C. Hill, N. H. Branch, B. G. Champlin, H. C. Eddy, J. L. Petermann, I. H. Fuller and Geo. E. Lewis. Mr. Lester, of the Lake Park and Casino, explained the beauties and va- rious attractions of his place in Mau- mee Bay, near Toledo; F. C. Badgley spoke for the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw Railway and the Clam Lake Resorts, situated ten miles from the city. Other speakers spoke for Goguac Lake, near Battle Creek ; Sylvan Lake, near Pontiac; Island Lake, the encamp- ment for the State troops; Baw Beese Park, near Hillsdale; the Seven Islands resort at Grand Ledge. Ou motion, the whole matter was left in the hands of the Committee. The Secertary read the copy of a let- ter which had been sent to the Chief of Police, relating to the enforcement of the law relating to the licensing of hucksters and peddlers. On motion, Hon. Geo. E. Lewis (President) and Hon. J. L. Petermann (Treasurer), both aldermen, were appointed a_ special committee on the enforcement of the law relating to hucksters and peddlers. W. H. Porter, Sec’y. — << >_ Brighter Horizon for the Grower. The opening up of a demand for po- tatoes, peeled, sliced and dried, like apples, promises to give a fresh impe- tus to potato cultivation, as decay will be prevented and freight cost lessened. The potatoes are peeled and sliced by machinery, soaked twenty minutes in strong brine, drained and dried ata temperature of about 194 degrees. Be- fore using the slices are soaked from twelve to fifteen hours,and then have all the freshness and flavor of new potatoes. ———-2——_____ It is a blessing to have opinions; it is a curse to be opinionated. Potato weather. melons very sweet. “De breed am small, But de flavah am delicious,” Says the native this year, owing to their dry Our first car of is here. Show the first melons in your city this year and let others follow. Georgian They are CHERRIES now in are very nice and late cherries will be very scarce and poor. Our Florida Pineapples from India River are the finest in flavor and good keepers. Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, Onions, Spinach, Radishes, Let- tuce, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, New Potatoes, Summer Squash, Wax Beans, New Peas, Cabbage. All seasonable vegetables. BUNTING & CO., Jobbers, 20 & 22 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. : : Citizens Phone 555. JOBBER OF Fruits and Produ MANUFACTURER OF he Vinkemuldér Gomp 66 Absolute” Pure Ground Spices, Baking Powder, Etc. We will continue to put up Baking Powder under special or private labels, and on which we will name very low prices, in quantities. We make a specialty of Butchers’ Supplies and are prepared to quote low prices on Whole Spices, Preservaline, Sausage seasoning, Saltpetre, Potato Flour, etc. We a‘so continue the Fruit and Produce business established and successfully conducted by HENRY J. VINKEMULDER. THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY, Successor to Michigan Spice Co., 418-420 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS. any. H. T. ALLERTON SUCCESSOR TO ALLERTON & HAGGSTROM Jobber of Fruits and Vegetables, is welcoming all BANANAS Peas, Beans, Onions, Spinach, Radishes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Both Telephones 1248. old friends and many new ones at the LEMONS old stand. ORANGES Tomatoes, New Potatoes, Summer Squash, etc. Grand Rapids, [lich. 127 Louis Street. SEEDS prepared to meet market prices. Wholesale Seeds, Beans, Potatoes, or send orders. MOSELEY BROS., The season for FIELD SEEDS such as CLOVER and TIMOTHY is now at hand. When ready to buy write us for prices Will bill at market value. 26-28-30-32 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. OROROHOROROROHOHOROROHOHOROHOHOTOROROROROROROHOHOE We are SEASONABLE SEEDS Millets, Hungarian, Fodder Corn. GARDEN SEEDS, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. Alfred J. Brown Co., Wholesale Seed Merchants, Grand Rapids, Mich. CHOROROROHOHOROROHOHONS RORORORORONOROROROHONOHOHOE Good outlet. 98 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND 00,000 Pounds Butter Wanted to pack and ship on commission. Eggs on commission or bought on track. R. ALDEN, RAPIDS. ate BS é oa es ba sae 2 2g OIL ee i GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---lndex to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 26—We have had a week without excitement, with trade among jobbing grocers about up to the average, and with prices showing no tendency to advance—steady on some lines and weak in others Many are clearing up preparatory to taking stock and are reducing their supplies to the lowest possible notch. The coffee market has been especially sluggish and the demand has hardly been lively enough to keep the ‘‘blood in circulation.'’ Roasters have about all they seem to need for some time and in- voice business does not appear to cut any figure at all. At the close we have Rio No. 7 at 7%c and hardly to be called steady at that. The visible sup- ply continues very large, as compared with last year, aggregating 717,596 bags, against 348,282 bags in 1806. Very little has been done in futures and the market seems to be standing alone from day to day. Mild grades are weaker and the demand has been quite light, 133¢¢ being a full rate for good Cucuta. East India sorts are moving at practi- cally unchanged quotations. The American Coffee Co., which is only another name for Havemeyer, is putting in readiness two large buildings in Brooklyn, wherein the company will roast coffee. The sugar market has been rather more active during the last day or two, although there is room for improvement. The demand for granulated, especially, has been more pronounced. Foreign sugar holders are not urging sales, as they anticipate an advance before long, made necessary by the tariff revision. At the close granulated is quoted at 43¢c. Raw sugars are steady. Importers and refiners are unable to reach an agreement in many cases and the former are holding on with a firm grip. In teas practically all the advance of a month ago has been iost, and at the public auctions prices are now about as low as they have ever been. The huge quantities reported as coming to this country are not indicative of any great advance in prices and we shall probably have as cheap teas as ever. More steam- ers are on the way with tea than was ever before reported at any one time. A good business has been done in rice this week and the demand has been chiefly for foreign sorts and the better grades of domestic; in fact, of the latter there is not much here but the better grades. Prime to choice domestic, 4% @5 xe. Spices are dull and dragging. Very few transactions have taken place and no interest whatever seems to be dis- played as to the future. Prices are practically unchanged. Molasses is quiet. Quotations are steady. The demand seems to have been mostly for low grades and at very low rates. Grocery grades have met with very cool reception and altogether the outlook is not particularly encoura- ging. {bj SIS SNR ASS oa WAS ASISASZ EES SAS} Ki Do you want to know Ki all about us? Y Write to YF Corn Exchange National Bank, 4 Philadelphia, Pa. CS Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids. W. D. Hayes, Cashier, Hastings National Bank, Hastings, Mich. D. C. Oakes, Banker, Coopersville, Mich. CASES MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Syrups are in bettter call and quota- tions are well sustained. Canned goods are steadier. There has been a fairly active demand for peas, but the price has been so low that they were Certainly a safe purchase. The ag- gregate of transactions will foot up a very respectable amount. Cheap corn has been moving until the market is pretty well cleaned up. No. 3 tomatoes are worth trom 60@65c; gallons, $2. Lemons have taken a_ new lease of life and there has been an advance of 23@5oc per box. If this hot, lemonade weather keeps on, we may all be happy yet. Oranges are selling more freely; in fact, the whole line of fruits is pick- ing up. Possibly it all may be only the demand tor the Fourth, but anything is better than nothing. Quotations are changing daily and it is hard to quote exact prices good for over 24 hours. Dried fruits are in little demand, al- though for extra qualities there is some demand. California prunes are_ re- ported as pretty well sold up. The butter market remains in a com- paratively satisfactory condition and the best is still held at 15c. The quality shows some falling off and much that is arriving will not grade up to mark, even if it was such when packed. The hot wave is influencing the arrivals. Cheese is quiet. Ittakesa very choice quality of either colored or white to fetch over 8%c. Small size are accum- ulating and are now worth about Ic less than the large sizes. Not much _ is do- ing in an export way. Part skims are plenty—too plenty—and selling at all prices. Arrivals of eggs have not been large during the week, but the hot weather of the last day or two has had the effect of causing a good deal of stock to show signs of deterioration. Twelve cents is about the top notch for near-by fresh eggs, with choice Western 10o%@liIc. Beans show little change. Some Mar- rows have sold for export at $1.15 and red ‘kidney at $1.17%. New potatoes are worth from $1.75@2 per bbl. Arrivals have been large and the tendency is toward a lower basis. A carload of California peaches will be offered at auction Monday—the first of the season. Ten to one they will be peaches in looks only! Samples of new California dried apri- cots show excellent quality. A well-attended meeting of the tea trade was held on Friday for the pur- pose of appealing to the Senate to place a duty on teas. The wholesale grocery trade, including importers, is now pretty much all on the west side of the city. This change has taken place steadily during the past ten years, the latest to move being the well-known firm of Wolff & Reessing, who will be at 44 Hudson street after July 1. A. R. Elliot, well known among the trade papers of the country, will start on an European trip with his wife next week Elliot came here from Chicago some ten or twelve years ago, and from a humble beginning has succeeded in working up a handsome income in_ the advertising business. NE aS W. R. BRICE. Established 1852. | Orange Competition from Mexico and Jamaica. The temporary loss by Florida of her prominence as a producer of oranges has afforded a golden opportunity to Jamaica and Mexico to acquire prestige in the orange market. Mexico and Jamaica have a great advantage. in immunity from frost, and in both countries there exist conditions favorable to the pro- duction of superior oranges at low cost. The Mexicans now have good facilities for shipping their products by rail to the United States. Lands and labor are cheap there, and, with our low tariff on oranges, they can afford to grow oranges for the American market for less than would pay the orange-growers of Cali- fornia and Florida any profit. ~ >> The imports of France for 1896 were $40,000,0co more than in 1895. The in- crease in exports for the same period was $6,000, 000. 7 Elgin System of Creameries. It will pay you to plans, and visit our factories, if you are investigate our contemplating building a Creamery or Cheese factory. at lowest prices. licited. All supplies furnished Correspondence so- R. E. STURGIS, Allegan, Mich. Contractor and Builder of But- ter and Cheese Factories, and Dealer in Supplies. On Track Cold cash, hot cash, spot cash or any kind of money we prices for BUTTER station. Write us. will pay in highest and EGGS at your Harris & Frutchey, Detroit. i an ii Heel ii Hedy te Hl 1", 1) Hitt lien R. HIRT, Jr. Market St., Detroit. Butter and Eggs wanted. Will buy same at point of shipment, or delivered, in small or large lots. Write for particulars. Ship Your Butter and Eggs for Cash at your station to HERMANN C. NAUMANN @CO. Main Office, 353 Russell St. DETROIT. Branch Store, 799 [lich. Ave. ___-@ BOTH PHONES +703. & Special Attention to Fruit and Berries in Season. Correspondence Solicited. REFERENCES: Detroit Savings Bank, or the trade generally. Thirty Long Years b> Of experience enable us to excel all experimenters in giving you the Best Goods for the Price as is seen in CLYDESDALE SOAP SCHULTE Premium given away with Clydesdale Soap Wrappers. SI CSR5onc SYS YS] > yg CS S {SSeS a ew ew ST C. M. DRAKE. W.R. Brice & Co., Commission Merchants Butter, Eggs and Poultry 23 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | | | 1 | SOAFP CO.. DETROIT, MICH. SA OASIS. ey je == ¥ SPECIAL NOTICE. if No doubt you will be visited Ot at this season of the year by numerous smooth - tongued AY solicitors, anxious for your Pal business who will make all eu kinds of promises to get your goods. Take our advice and look up the reputation of the house that makes you these promises before shipping. You will find us rated Fifty to Seventy-five thousand dol- lars, credit high, and for 45 long years we have been one of the leading solid houses of Philadelphia. SEN Bas SS as aS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Ces, Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Epiror. WEDNESDAY, - - - JUNE 30, 1897. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT. While the North Americans have been pushing their transcontinental railways until they have built one in Canada, three or four in the United States, and one in Mexico, to span the territory that lies between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Russians, who are the only pecple who possess a continuous landed domain across Europe and Asia from the Pacific to the Atlantic, have not been idle in carrying out their great trans- continental railway enterprise in the Eastern Hemisphere. The Transsiberian Railroad begins at Tscheljabinsk, on the frontier be- tween Russia and Siberia, and will run to Vladivostok, on the Japan Sea. The total length in Siberia will be 4,747 miles, while that part of the line in Russia already completed gives a length of 1,500 miles more, making a. total length of over 6,000 miles from the Rus- Sian ports of the Baltic to the Sea of Japan. . More than a third of this gigantic en- terprise is now completed ; during 1895, g18 miles were constructed. At the same rate of progress, the line will be finished within two or three years. Several branch lines are to be constructed later ; that from Kiakhta to Peking will have a length of from 600 and 700 miles, A traio traveling at the rate of speed of the Pullman service between New York and Chicago would be able to make the journey between St. Peters- burg and Peking in five days; that is to say, it will be possible to reach Pe- king from London in eight or nine days, instead of thirty, the time required to cross the Atlantic, America and the Pacific. While waiting for the raising of the capital to construct this branch, work will be continued on the line across Manchuria, from Nerchinsk to Vladivo- stok. The latter is separated from Nagasaki, Japan, by 600 nautical miles, and from Vassunga (near Shanghai) by 1,000 miles. Efforts have been made by the Bel- gian government to influence, by means of the Dover-Ostend Line, the enormous travel between England and the conti- nent. Within a few years the Belgian government has completely transformed its channel service; splendid packets have been put in commission, some of which are among the fastest boats in the world. These vessels easily make the crossing from Dover to Ostend in three hours. The latter city has become the head of the great international ex- press lines, putting London in rapid communication with European cities, the Orient and Egypt by means of spe- cial trains running without charge from Ostend to Constantza (for Constanti- nople), from Ostend to Trieste (for Al- exandria), and from Ostend to Wirballen (tor St. Petersburg). By the train, called the ‘‘Nord Express,’’ the dis- tance between London and St. Peters- burg can be covered in fifty-two hours. With a speed of only 35 versts (23.3 miles) per hour, travelers who leave London may reach Japan in sixteen days and China in seventeen days. The new railway will put Europe in com munication with a population estimated to be in the neighborhood of 450,000, oco souls (comprising China, Japan and Corea), about a third of the population of the globe. These remarkable achievements sug- gest another which will grow into great importance in time. It is the construc- tion of a railway from the United States up the Pacific Coast to the narrowest part of Behring Sea. From some point there a ferry will be established to carry passengers across to Asia, and thence, by the Siberian and European lines, all paits of the continent will be reached by land, and England will be accessible by the short ferry across the channel. With the exception of the water transit at Behring Straits and the Straits of Dover, London will be reached by rail from all parts of the Western Hemi- sphere. The importance of Alaska asa gold producer will hasten its settlement and development, and the time will not be long before it will be penetrated by railroads. Then the project for rail- ways through Mexico, Central and South America will finally be carried out until there will be continuous rail transit from Patagonia to the Arctic seas, to connect with the Transamerican and Transas- iatic and European railroads. As the world progresses and business develops, the element of time will be- come more and more an important fac- tor in commerce, and everything pos- sible will be done to shorten the dura- tion of transit. For this reason rail- roads will be resorted to, and ocean carriage abridged as much as_ possible. The enormous development of railways will be one of the wonders of the world. Millionaire W. B. Bradbury, who was twice convicted of spitting in the San Francisco street cars, has been compelled to spend twenty-four hours in jail for his second offense, as the judge refused to impose a fine.- Brad- bury applied to a higher court for a writ of habeas corpus, but that tribunal denied the application. His case was the first test case under the new anti- expectoration ordinance, and his fate will probably be a warning. This case gives an opening for a man like Debs to form a new political party, called the Bradburian Lovers of Liberty. They would be heard on the stump all over the union and proclaim man’s _ inalien- able rights to spit and makea hog of himself wheresoever he may be dis- persed about the earth. Hot weather is bad enough, without Debs; but it seems fate that Debs should turn up every hot season with some new social disturbance. It is the height of folly to give up at- tempting because you have failed. Fail- ures are wonderful elements in develop- ing the character, SLOWLY DISMEMBERING CHINA. One of the worst results of the recent defeat of China by Japan has been the merciless way in which the great Euro- pean powers that stood aloof while the fighting was in progress have taken ad- vantage of China’s helpless condition. It is true they prevented Japan from ab- sorbing a good slice of the Chinese mainland; but in return for their kind offices, the powers have forced China to turn over to them considerable grants of territory, as well as other rights and concessions, which are infinitely more humiliating and dangerous to the future integrity of the Chinese Empire than would have been the cession of a con- siderable strip of territory to Japan. As a result of the war, China has lost not only Corea and Formosa, but has been forced to cede the control of the Liao Tung peninsula to Russia, and to grant that power the privilege of run- ning a railway south, through Manchu- ria, to connect with the great Siberian Railroad. France, another one of the powers which intervened to save China, succeeded in wresting a considerable strip of territory adjacent to her pos- sessions in Tonquin, together with valuable commercial concessions. The success of France and Russia in securing grants from China was looked upon as a great blow to British prestige in the Orient, but recent developments prove that England has been quite as successful as any of her rivals in plun- dering the Chinese carcass. The con- cessions to France were actually in violation of a previous treaty with Great Britain. The British government was not slow to take advantage of this fact to compel China to make a new and more advantageous treaty from the Brit- ish standpoint. By the new treaty Great Britain en- gages to recognize as_ belonging to China a large tract to the south of the Namwan River, but in the whole of this area China is not to exercise any juris- diction or authority whatever. The ad- ministration and control will be entirely conducted by the British government, who will hold it on a perpetual lease from China. In addition, China cedes to England the Shan State of Kokang, the area of which, some 4oo square miles, is not less than that of Muang U. | By article nine ot the old convention, goods carried between Burma and China were only permitted to cross the frontier at Manwyne and Sansi. Now any other routes between Burma and China found to be in the interests of trade are to be opened. The Chinese government also agrees to consider the construction of railways in Yunnan, to be connectéd with Burmese lines. There are other pro- visions for the appointment of British consuls at different points, and the es- tablishment of British traders with privileges identical with those of the treaty ports. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. While there is yet some disappoint- ment that there is not a more rapid in- crease in the general volume of trade, with a recovery of prices, it is conceded on all sides that there is a positive and general improvement in the industrial situation throughout the country and in the demand, not only for the necessities and staples, but for luxuries as well, There are many who comment on the business situation who can see no im- provement unless it amounts to a veri- table boom. To such the quiet revival of consumption and demand, in spite of the approach of the season of midsum- mer dulness, has no significance; but to those who recognize the desirability of a gradual resumption of business actiy- ity the present outlook is decidedly en- couraging. While the tariff revision has been made the occasion of unusual spec- ulative activity in some lines, such as wool, there is in the fact that the work of revision is nearly finished an assur- ance which is helpful in all lines, There is now enough decided as to the rates to be imposed to enable the trade to estimate the basis upon which it must figure. This removes the hinder- ing uncertainty from many lines which have been awaiting the results, The continued improvement in_ in- dustrial and railway shares, which has progressed almost without a slackening since the middle of May, is a substan- tial indication of the fact of general business revival. Of course, it is not to be claimed that there is no anticipa- ting of the future in the increase of values, but such increase is based on so firm assurance of future prosperity that It amounts almost to a certainy. A steady rise in prices for six weeks, without a reaction in spite of specula- tive efforts, is something to be relied upon as an index of returning trade and industrial activity. That there is not a more decided im- provement in demand for textiles is considered as a discouraging element. But the fact that there is a positive in- crease, however slow, at the season of summer dulness is a sufficient cause for congratulation. Already the demand for fall goods is assuming fair propor- tions in many places. The prices of iron ores are still de- moralized, probably for speculative rea- sons, and the prices of manufactured products show no advance on the aver- age. But there is greater demand for material for building and the manufac- ture of agricultural implements. Sales of structural plates for ship-building and bridges have been noticeably large. Another significant item is'the sale of over $2,000,000 of iron pipe for Australia in competition with the Old World. The fact that the contract was awarded to this country would indicate that prices are at the minimum here. The minor metals—tin, lead and copper—all show increased activity, with some ad- vance. The fact that it is between seasons with wheat, with the small receipts, seems to have made that cereal especial- ly available for speculative manipulative handling. The good crop reports and decreased export demand are not enough to keep the price from advancing. The continued demand for gold in Eurcpe caused the export of $5,300,000 last week. It is not considered that’ there is any significance in this that should have the least disquieting effect in this country. Bank clearings de- creased 7 per cent. from preceding week, to $979 000,000. Failures were I1 less than preceding week, or 215. In England the stores of the Army and Navy Co-operative Society sold merchandise to the amount of £3,044,- 515 during the year ended on the first of last February, the gross profit being £397,230 and the net profit £167,835. The share capital of the society doing this enormous business is only £60,000. The man who doesn’t know it is loaded and the man who rocks the boat have now been joined by the man who looks behind him while cn the wheel. The fool-killer finds plenty to do yet a while. ornare empresas MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE AGENTS OF CHANGE. The mail-clad knight of the Middle Ages was a formidable warrior. En- cased in iron from spur to plume,armed with lance and sword and battle-ax, mounted upon a_ horse whose strength and endurance enabled him to sustain this weight of metal, his preparation for the close, man-to-man contests of the wars of those days was as complete as smiths and armorers could make it. He could dash through a troop clothed in leather or woolen stuff as easily as an iron-clad ship could break through a line of wooden vessels. But the iron- clad knight has had his day. His bones are dust, his sword is rust and his shield hangs with helmet and breastplate on a wall of some ancient castle or modern museum. He was wont to look back with scorn upon the ruder weapons of a still cruder age, and no doubt it seemed to him that he had been served by the last and highest possible advance in the art of military equipment. Now, his old castle and mighty fortresses, built centuries after he had passed away, are out of date and absolutely useless for defense. It has not been necessary to knock them down with cannon balls, The discovery of gunpowder and the demonstration of its power have settled the question. New weapons, new sys- tems of fortification, new tactics fol- lowed as an inevitable consequence. Then all that involved a new organiza- tion. It was found that there were a great many things that could not co- exist with gun-powder. That simple compound was itself enough to give feudalism a death blow. The king was greatly assisted in his struggle for su- premacy over the powerful and often contumacious nobles of his realm by an agency which put the knights on a foot- ing with common soldiers in the ranks, so far as mere fighting was concerned. Formerly armies were composed largely of the retainers of feudal chieftains, who mustered and led them in_ person, and who ciaimed from them a degree of personal allegiance that was hardly compatible with the unity requisite to the thorough organization and discipline of an army which depends for its effi- ciency, most of all, upon the perfect subordination of all its parts to the authority of a commander-in-cbief. Now it has become a comparatively easy matter to collect armies by the efforts of recruiting officers appointed directly by the crown. It is not necessary to indicate that succession of political changes which logically ensued upon the downfall of feudalism. Gunpowder, of course, was not the sole cause of the general changes that civil institutions and social customs underwent at that time; but the great part it played is recalled here in order to direct attention to a parallel in the history of industrial development. The part played by gunpowder in effect- ing epochal changes in military equip- ment and organization was inferior, in its general importance to civilization, only as to the part that has been played by steam in changing the instruments and methods of production and_ in effecting a complete reorganization of labor. To be sure, the interval is long. After the Crusade, after the War of the Roses, after the discovery of a new world in the Western Hemisphere, after the religious wars that so long disturbed the peace ot Europe, after the establish- ment of the independence of the United States, after the French Revolu- tion, began those changes which can be ascribed directly to the employment of steam as a motive power. It must also be admitted that some extremely important industrial changes were almost immediately consequent upon the col- lapse of feudalism. When the old baro- nial estates were, by one cause and an- other, broken up, the disbanded tenantry made their way in crowds to the towns and cities and found employment in weaving and other handicrafts. Manu- facturing began to flourish, and, when maritime adventures and discoveries stimulated commercial activity, manu- facturing enterprise was ready to re- spond to the increased demands of ex- change. But in the course of time in- genious and expensive machines were invented and put in operation, and the factory system gradually absorbed al- most the whole class of independent ar- tisans. When the workman no longer owned the tools of his trade he ceased to be a master workman and became altogether dependent upon the daily wage earned in an employment that was by no means always certain. The growth of business compelled continual divisions and subdivisions of labor, un- til the workman was no longer able to learn the whole of his own craft, and so became still further dependent upon the prosperity and good will of bis em ployer. But the factories, with their expensive machinery, required large investments, and could be operated suc- cessfully only by companies or very wealthy individuals. Then, after the necessary Capital was secured, after the plants were established and the wheels set in motion, competition came to cut down the profits or take them wholly away. The response to this difficulty is consolidation of capital, unification of organization. The world’ would, perhaps, have reached this stage at last if the Capacity of steam as a motive power had never been discovered, but that agent has ac- celerated the speed of the movement a thousandfold. Moreover, it has rendered a retrograde movement impossible, be- cause the machinery which the employ- ment of steam has brought into use de- mands the expenditure of sums beyond the dream of the richest capitalists of former times. Now, not only is the in- dependent artisan gone, but the manu- facturer of moderate means has disap- peared also. So it is that chemical discoveries and mechanical inventions spring from the human brain and _ be- come controlling powers in human _his- tory. And this succession of cause and effect here is more inevitable than many people imagine. If one remonstrates with a company that purchases a_labor- Saving machine, on the ground that it will throw men out of employment, the reply is that the company has no _alter- native. If it refuses to purchase the new machine it will not be able to compete with rival companies which are using it and can undersell any concern that does not use it. What is to be gained, either for the employer or for his employes, by a course which forces him out of business? The end is not yet, perhaps; but no man foresees it clearly. Some men come out ahead because they are not afraid to take chances; others come out behind because they do not know chances when they see them. 2 A German statistician has calculated that of every 1,000 persons too reach the age of 75, 38 the age of 85, and only 2 reach 95. 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Pillsbury’s Germos Flour contains over four times as much phosphates as ordinary white flour, and it possesses the fine digestive qualities of malt extract and pepsin, which are naturally présent in the wheat germ, and which are developed by spe- cial methods arrived at after a long series of exper- iments in our expert department of wheat analy- sis, thus enabling us to do what was impossible be- fore, namely, to successfully use the valuable wheat germs in flour without fear of detriment. As the wheat germ contains the vital principle of the evolution of the grain,so there is in Pills= bury’s Germos Flour the life-giving quality of sound health to the whole body. This flour will and should stand in the same re lation to other health flours as the celebrated brand of PILLSBURY’S BEST, which has for over twenty years stood at the head of all other regular brands of white flours. Families using this flour in connection with PILLSBURY’S BEST will secure the same hygienic benefits that are claimed for any of the so-called whole-wheat flours, the most of which are frauds, as they are not what they purport to be. Put up in 12% and 24% pound sacks and sold on a basis of $4.80 per barrel. latk-Jewell-Wells $0., Western Michigan Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich. OIC FOG, WOW, OFC FOG WOW, or Waterers ®,° sbi. \ tres v WZ WO FO’! te : 5 ss : 55 Ss Ss : Ss % 5 i : : i CLO FLO FROZE FOZ WZ ear WOW, LO-SO-S O° FO FIO FO GR FO BPFELZRS 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’ s World American Men the Best. ‘*American men are the best husbands in the world,’* writes Lillian Bell in an article entitled, ‘‘On the Subject of Husbands,’’ in the Woman’s Home Companion. ‘‘If these dissatished American wives could only know that an all-wise Providence had, in the Ameri- can man, given us the best article in the market, and that when we rebel at out lot we are simply proving that we do not deserve our good fortune, they would never even discuss the subject of having any other nationality. ‘*Ot course, in every nation there is a class of men who are as noble, high-minded, as chivalrous, as even the most captious American girl could wish, But I refer to the general run of men born outside of America—a _ native selfishness amounting to a sort of cal- lousness ; a lack of perception regarding the fineness of womanhood’ which, summed up in a few words, might he called a mental brutality, which well nigh unfits them for close social contact with the super sensitive American woman. And just as surely as Ameri- can women persist in disregarding this subtle, yet unmistakable, truth, just so surely will they lay themselves open to these soul bruises of which American men, aS a race, are iucapable of in- flicting. I say they are incapable of inflicting them, because American men, in the face of everything said and writ- ten to the contrary, are, in regard to women, the finest grained race of men in the world. If at first you are inclined to question the truth of that statement, consider the men who have been edu- cated abroad. How much is left of their Americanism? To be sure, they are cultured. They understand music and art, and always wear gloves; but are gloves essential to a happy home? **Now, this is all general. I beg that the wayfaring man, though a fool, will not imagine that these strictures are true of every man who is not an Amer- ican, or that all American men are per- fect. I hardly think, on the whole, that I need fear that I shall be thought to consider all men perfect. But I do wish to state clearly and frankly my admira- tion for American men asa race. And when an American man is a gentleman, he is, to my mind, the most perfect gentleman that any race can boast, be- cause his good manners spring from his heart. and there are a few of us old- fashioned enough to plead that polite- ness should go deeper than the skin.’ a - Hospitality and Economy. Seldom does the unexpected guest suspect the makeshifts that his un- looked-for appearance makes necessary. ‘“Your ma, Miss Annie, desires you to remember,’’ said the old darky butler to the daughter of the house just before dinner, ‘‘not to partake ob de course ob chicken breasts, kase Colonel Brown is comin’, and dey ain’t nuff to go round.’ ‘“All right, Caesar,’’ answered his young mistress with the best of inten- tions, but at the table she became inter- ested in the conversaton, forgot her in- structions and took her share of the for- bidden dish. ‘I did not realize what I was doing, she said afterward contritely, ‘‘until I heard a dismal groan from Caesar, be- hind my chair; but Colonel Brown’s manners were better than mine; there was only one left, and mamma came os last, and he took it. I thought it so nice of him, as most people would have refused it and made mamma uncom- fortable. But Caesar could not get over my action. He kept rolling his eyes re- proachfully at me whenever he passed.’”’ A lady whose hospitality was mingled with economy, and who was giving a luncheon at the Waldorf, thus instructed her daughters : ‘‘Three portions are quite enough for six, and with the two Smiths, ourselves, Jennie D. and Miss A., there will be seven. So remember, Mary, you are to refuse sweetbreads; Minnie must refuse chops, and I will refuse the dessert.’’ But, to the good lady's consternation, her girls got hopelessly mixed; both refused sweetbreads, and both took chops, making the short allowance of the latter most obvious. A country lady appearing unexpected- ly at the house of one of her intimates about luncheon time was welcomed by the latter with effusion. ‘“‘ITam so glad you came!’’ she ex- claimed, ‘‘for I have some people to luncheon, and I want you to stay and help me entertain them !’’ and upon the other's feebly protesting, for she had rather counted upon her friend’s hos- pitality, the lady of the house contin- ued : ‘Yes, you really must stay; it will not make a bit of difference, as my table is a round one; but there is only one thing—my cook was rather over- crowded, so I sent to Delmonico’s for an entree of woodcock, and I only sent for the exact number. I cannot refuse them, as they come to me last, and, be- sides, it would make it awkward for the woman on my left. But I will put you on the right side of the table, and,-as that will be in the early stage of the helping, it will be quite unnoticeable if you let them pass you.’’ Of course, the friend promised, and equally, of course, forgot, taking the woodcock, while her hostess said to her- self sotto voce: ‘‘Whata goosel was to ask her to stay. I might have known she woulda take all she could get!’’ +02 She’ll Wish She Wasn’t New. When her duty’s manifolded, And her hours of e ase are few, Will a change come o’er the Spirit Of a woman who is “ new ?”’ When she’s drawn upon a jury Or is drafted for the wars, Will she like her *‘ freedom ”’ better Than the ‘chains’? she now abhors? When she’s running for an office And gets “left”? and has the blues, Won’t she wish that she was back in The ‘‘ oppressed”? old woman’s shoes ? When the ship of state she’s steering *Mid a storm of mad abuse, Won't she wish that for the ballot She’d ne’er thought she had a use? w he *n she finds that she is treated uike a man,’’ oh, tho’ she’s longed se just that, won’t she be tempte d Ofte ‘ntimes to think she’s wronged ? When no man e’er gives his seat up Ina car, or deigns to hold Her umbrella w he ‘n it’s raining, Won’t she wish that she was ‘ old?” Won't she think the men “ just horrid,” Left to hustle for herself Where she’s looked on as a rival In the race for power and peit! When man’s reverence no longer Is accorded as her due, W hen he treats her as a brother, She'll be sorry that she’s new! —__—_$_—»2__ Woman’s Way. Young Husband—Been shopping? Young Wife—Yes. Young Husband—Been economical? Young Wife--So much so that I felt positively ashamed of myself. Young Husband—Well, money have you left? 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Kalamazoo, Mich. 426-428-430 East [ain St. PREP EUPPeeeePeerereyY PEEP R Ree ee Ree reer ery 4 he Che De dhe De dhe Se She She De She he Dee De 4 MICHIGAN TRADESM Episodes in the Life of a Country Dealer. Written for the TRapESMAN. She was a dainty, brisk, neatly dressed damsel who one day quietly glided into the store with a flat package in one hand, a pencil in the other, and a ‘‘Get there Eli’’ expression of countenance. Standing in front of the showcase she beamed on me a _ business smile that shed effulgence through the intermedi- ate atmosphere, and in clear mellow voice asked, ‘‘Are you the proprietor?’’ I felt a premonition of some design outside of regular business masked by her dulcet tone and graceful figure; yet to maintain a well-earned reputation for telling the truth when fairly cornered, | replied, ‘‘Yes, Miss, at your service.’’ She began to plunge at once into the details of her scheme. Drawing a sheet from the package, she said, ‘‘I have here a_ nicely written notice of your business, which will be well displayed in a weekly paper having a large circu- lation in this town.’’ Thereupon she proceeded to 1ead quite rapidly and in monotone a wonderful eulogy of my stock in trade, garnished with the most superlative adjectives extolling quality, price and treatment of customers—be- sides piling up so many complimentary allusions to my reputation as a phar- macist who had superior knowledge of drugs and skill in compounding them that it fairly took away my breath. In fact, it was a gorgeous ‘‘write up,’’ far beyond what my imagination, if left alone a whole day witha dictionary, could accomplish. I felt confounded to think a perfect stranger could create such a rainbow of sentiment over what seemed to me commonplace, lifting me out of my environment upon a moun- tain height of exaggeration, with only a single admitted fact for a fulcrum. My native modesty took fright, and sank below zero in the self-registering ther- mometer of sober second truthful thought. Still I had presence of mind enough to rise to the occasion in a business point of view and ask ‘‘how much for that?’’ Knowing that although ‘‘ words were cheap,’’ yet when woven into an advertisement of such flowery verbiage they might have a great market value I was surprised at the moderate terms of the response. ‘* We will send you twenty- five copies of this paper-for one dollar. You will find it worth ten times that sum in securing increase of custom.’’ She informed me that many other deal- ers had invested more largely and found profit in so doing. She hoped as I was the first one solicited in this village that I would give a liberal order to test the advantage of this advertising method. Here memory came to my aid through a vision of the past, when I once suc- cumbed to the blandishments of a dam- sel in the same line, who took my money for twenty copies of a weekly paper bearing a like fulsome notice and gave assurance that a three months’ subscrip- tion would be included, so that I could see that the contract was fairly carried out. In very truth I only swapped cold cash for bitter experience—since a small package of one issue was all that came to hand. Encouraged by this review, reason took a front seat in further dis- cussion with the present charmer, and negatived every proposition however varied in form, until at last with the sweetest of apologies for positively de- clining her tempting offers I obtained release from an importunity that had become quite painful. I have for years,zmet unscathed the tactics of the book agent, who inflicts intense mental torture by closely follow- ing publisher’s instructions and, fixing his basilisk eyes on the victim gives him the full text ot the program from Alpha to Omega. But he is not to be mentioned in the same breath with the handsome female solicitor of fake ad- vertising. Nothing can so well stiffen the backbone of the dealer’s resolution in time of trial as the memory of one practical lesson. But there are others who prey upon his susceptible nature by many specious arguments appealing to his public spirit and to his desire to maintain the character of a progressive merchant. The hotel register scheme is one that sometimes catches a tew_ thoughtless victims; but only once, for the results are seldom visible to the naked eye of the investor, however sharply he may scan the horizon of future possibilities for a modicum of profit. Then there is the smooth plausible gentleman, whose age and appearance denote respectability that invites confi- dence, in addition to the list of dealers in adjoining towns which he exhibits as proof of the legitimacy of his enterprise. Alas! he also rides a hobby and isa fakir prolific in promises that are doomed to die intestate without issue or assets. Eis plan of advertising is to sell space in a directory for cash in advance, which entitles each subscriber to a free copy. The transaction is all regular and businesslike, closing with a printed receipt properly signed and dated. The latter is filed away in good faith, and when time has healed the mental wound caused by misplaced confidence, another entry is placed in the column headed ‘*Fool Tax’’ that silently marks the grave of departed hopes. Another avant courier of prosperity appears on the scene at intervals in the guise of solicitor for a collecting agency. Here suspicion is wholly disarmed since no honorarium in advance is even sug- gested. The dealer calls to mind many customers whose accounts have been hung up until they are over-ripe and likely to drop entirely outside the statute of limitation, and beyond the reach of law or moral suasion in any event if he depends on his own personal efforts. The visitor depicts the remarkable effi- ciency of the system he represents as the last, best, and only reliable method of squeezing reluctant debtors into sub- mission, and explains that this patent process costs the creditor nothing but a reasonable percentage (graded as to size of accounts) of the gross collections. He is asked only to place his name on their list of clients and send in such accounts as he finds most unprofitable. This prop- osition being evidently safe ard_ satis- factory, is accepted and all prelimi- naries soon arranged. ~ But as an appendix a new feature is added in the shape of insurance against dead-beats, and consequent loss in the future. It is explained that having so many lists of delinquents on their books the company is able to offer (on pay- ment of a small sum in advance), to furnish subscribers quarterly statements showing names of those whose credit is utterly bad—thus giving the advantage of a local commercial record at a nomi- nal cost. Then by the momentum of previous assent the last nail is clinched in a scheme that involves troublesome correspondence, deferred expectations, and a subsequent feeling of disgust that, like bitter medicine, is wholesome only when its taste has been forgotten. One who escapes all the casualties of business in the forms above noted dur- ing a long series of years may consider himself fortunate. Asa general thing nearly every dealer at some time pur- chases a morsel of similar experience. Some even have been known to meet the flimflammer on the level but failed to part with him on the square. S. P. WHITMARSH, AN Many men representing to sell Elsie Cheese are selling W nV. other makes under our name. Elsie Cheese can only be W bought direct from the Factory or from the Musselman Grocer Co., of Grand Rapids. Elsie Cheese are all stamped “Michigan Full Cream, Factory No. 12.” Elsie Cheese has maintained its high reputation for twenty W WN years and is the best selling Cheese on the market. bl \ AN M. S. DOYLE, ets. micu. W M Fi w AM \ A aN “wy NM = ® COFFEE VSssssss TSS ee" () v YW & y = i ar y a a lh a ® COFFEE wsssssse 7 Di, ‘Six. **You’re just a little early. I don't think he has come down yet. Sit down and wait until he comes and I’ll point him out to you.’’ The boy seated himself, at my invita- tion, and I went on with some work which his question had interrupted. As he sat watching everyone who came in and everything that was going on around him, I could not help wishing that the manager would give hima place. He had a little square tin box in his hand. Suspecting that it was his lunch, I asked him what he had in the box. ‘‘My lunch. You see, if I get a job, I want to begin right away. That's why I came around early. I want to put ina full day. ‘‘And if you don’t get a job?’’ ‘‘l’ve got to; if not here, then in some other place.’’ ‘“You seem very anxious place. Why?’’ The next moment I was sorry I had asked the question The bright, hope- ful look vanished from the lad’s face. His lips began to tremble and his bright eyes to fill with tears. ‘*There, there, my boy; don’t tell me anything about it. You want to havea sunshiny face when the manager comes. How old are you?’’ ‘I’m thirteen.’’ Just then the manager came _ in; and, as he passed my counter, I stopped him and told him that here was a boy who wanted a place. The boy’s appear- ance seemed to please him, for he said, not unkindly, *‘So you want a job, do you?’’ ' wes, sit.” ‘*Have you been working anywhere?’’ ‘‘No, sir, I] baven’t ever worked yet.’’ ‘*Do you think I could depend upon you to run errands, carry packages, ve ai ‘*O, yes, sir. I always used to run er- rands for dad.’’ ‘*What’s your name?’’ ‘*Redney Howard.’’ ‘‘That’s a pretty good name for a red- haired boy. Well, Redney, you can come to work to-morrow morning. I'll pay you $2 a week.’’ ‘‘T could begin to-day, sir, if you wanted me to.’”’ ‘“Could you? Well, you may. Come with me and I'll show you where to hang your hat and what I want you to do just now.’’ As Redney turned to follow the mana- ger down the aisle, he looked back at me, his freckled face wreathed in smiles the memory of which stayed with me for many a day. I did not see him again to speak to for several days. Sat- urday, just at noontime, he came to me and, in his straightforward way, said: ‘‘Mr. Allan, do you take a Sunday paper?’’ ‘“Yes, Redney. Why?’’ ‘‘T thought if you didn’t have a reg- ular carrier you might take one from to geta . me. I’m goin’ to try to get a lot of fel- lows to promise to buy the Sunday News from me. Then I could have a regular route and be sure of sellin’ all my = papers. ’’ S ‘Have you secured any subscribers yet?’’ ‘*No, sir, not yet; vou are the first one ay I’ve asked.”’ S ‘‘Well, Redney, you may put me S down for one. I'll see what I can do for you with the others in my depart- LEFOOT SEALED ° STICKY FLY PAPER : < TANGLEFOOT, ; ment.’’ Six subscribers was the result of the = : | ser a canvass in the dress goods department S rf ml y IS S and Redney went back to his work radi- me SAVES ends r ce y ~ ant and happy. Toward evening he came to tell me that he had seventeen subscribers. 2 **How much will you make out of it?’’ 2 > LOTS OF * Just 52% cents. {[ will have the mall us WORK delivered before 9 o'clock in the morn- a ing.” From this time on, I watched Redney ~ I wanted S SAVES o LOTS with a good deal of interest. to see how he would wear and develop. Push and energy such as he displayed _@NE c¢ OF THE im MOST °c y : PROFIT- ¢ it | i ABLE YY, S were sure to bring success, not only in ’ OF 2 THINGS the present, but in the tuture. The ten- S = derness which my question had brought} so GOODS TO SELL ec to the surface the first day I had seen as ~ him kept me from asking him ques- tions about himself. Luck favored me, sa ie eo - however. Redney had been with us 2 = about a month, and one. afternoon 2 S chanced to pass my counter on his way ay ~ out with a package under his arm. He PRICES 1897 looked up at me with a smile and, rec- _ wean sane ei ognizing the woman upon whom I was 2 Bo ssa ie $ he Deion ee ae oS waiting, raised his hat like a little gen- S naman i 5 oS tleman and passed out. 30 cents per Box s 43 cents per Box e ‘*God bless that boy!’’ exclaimed the . Sete ae ae woman. ‘‘If ever there was a born hero, = 6 it’s Redney Howard.’’ VVQVQQQQQQQQQQQd|dgdIdIIdgdIIdAId|O I ““You know him, then?’’ I said. ‘‘Know him? Yes; and I’m proud of it.’? “Semen GCOMCMOOGOOQOH.GHDOQLOSO QGOOQOQOOQOQQOQOOOO© H1OQOQOOQOOOES ‘‘T have been greatly interested in| © him since he has been with us, but have, for several reasons, refrained from asking him questions. If you wouldn't mind, | would like to know something about him.’’ **Well, his father,a hardworkin’ man, died just about six weeks ago, and ieft him an’ his mother with nothin’ in the world but the littie home they live in; an’ she, poor thing, is not long for this world, either. Well, the neighbors did what they could for them; but there’s none of us any too well off, sir, an’ it was little we could do. So Redney, like the little man that he is, put his shoulder to the wheel an’ started out to get a job. Sure, he couldn't help findin’ work with that smilin’ face of his, an’ all the neighbors a-prayin’ for him besides. When he came home that ) era p> ; id DUST One application will keep the dust off your shelves tor six months. It is a good deal cheaper to use than not to use it. Write for a free book that telis all about DUST= LESS. GOQOQOQOOOQOQOODO #0K0KEXOXGHOE DOQDOOQOS None genuine without our label and signature. OO® - : Taye tate CON EY ad _ DUSTLESS is a floor dressing, to be put on with a mop. It is not sticky, but it prevents dust from rising just the same. ‘° HANES GOOGCQOOQOQOQDOOOOGE$'6:OQOOOGQOOQODOQOOOHHOOOS::GOOCO Profits ‘A. grocer’s profits are notoriously small. In the course of a year he loses a great deal of money because of dust. Dust makes groceries unsalable. People will not buy things to eat that do not look clean and inviting. Stop that leak in your profits! Stop it with DUSTLESS! 80 E. Ohio St., - CHICAGO. evenin’, a-whistlin’ and a-smilin’, we all knew that our prayers bad been answered. An’ it was a real praise meetin’ we held in Widow Howard's cottage that night. What, with his job in the store here an’ his Sunday papers, he's makin’ enough for him an’ his mother to live on. The mother, poor thing, bein’ handy with her needle, can | { A EN make over his father’s clo’es for him; ANDARD $300 but it won't be long till Redney has no ACCOUN eT one to look after but himself. He’s sure Y $300 to come out all right, though, for he has ee EARNED. more pluck than many a grown man.”’ Uae ¢ When the woman had gone I began to speculate upon what could be done to lighten the boy’s burden. ‘‘ Enough to get along on’’ and ‘‘his father’s old clothes’’ seemed to me pretty hard lines. 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OROHOROHORONORORORONOHONOHOROROROROROROHONOHOHOHOE Save A by writing us : at once about our Special Of- fer that we are now making to introduce our Duplicating Account System, which The Standard Account System is a The Standard Our Duplicating supplies are good for either yo Hundreds of merchants are lt will save you time, money and trouble. We will MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 story. ‘‘Redney is the best errand boy we have ever had; and, depend upon it, I shall see that he advances, ’’ It was an easy matter to interest the men around me in Redney. Indeed, his own pleasant way and willingness to do whatever he was asked had gained for him the good will of every clerk in the store, so that odd jobs, such as cleaning our bicycles and taking them down stairs in the morning and _ bringing them up at night, were given him, thus materially increasing his income. Six months slipped away and Redney was given a_ place as stock-boy in the domestic department, with pay of $4a week. He came to me during his noon hour to tell me of his good fortune. “Say, Mr. Allan! Just pinch me good and hard once, will you?’’ ‘*What for, Rednev?’’ ‘‘Oh, | just want to feel sure I ain’t dreamin’. You see, the manager has given me a better place and bigger pay and I can’t hardly believe it’s true. He told me, if | become as good a stock- boy as I’ve been an errand boy, he’ll give me a still better place whenever there comes an opening.”’ Redney’s happy face would have cured a pretty stubborn case of the blues could the person with the blues have seen it that day. ‘*Say, Mac,’’ said the manager to me later in the day, ‘‘you ought to have seen that protege of yours this morning when I told him J was going to give him a better place. It was worth ten dollars to watch that smile of his grow.’’ Redney has seen several promotions since then, for he is now one of our brightest young salesmen; but I doubt if any advance ever gave him more pleasure than that first one did. Mac ALLAN. NO The Value of Credit. Correspondence Dry Goods Chronicle. Is there anything under the sun that will fill the place of credit? I believe not. If there is, | have never met with it. Cash is the only available substi- tute, and even that fails in many in- stances. There are firms in New York that will refuse to open an account for cash with a man who has nocredit; they will have no business transactions with anyone who has not a current credit rating in this market. Yet those same firms will not hesitate to open an ac- count with a man whom they find rela- tively well rated. A wholesale firm flatly refused to sell goods for cash to a merchant who had no credit rating. Reference showed that he always paid cash and neither sought nor received credit. The firm in question refused to sell him; they had no assurance of his soundness, no other testimony of his disposition to play fair other than that he paid as he went, so they positively refused to do business with him. He asked no ac- commodation at their hands; he wanted goods and would pay on the spot, yet they positively refused to place his name upon their books in any capacity what- ever. This only goes to show that no ‘*record’’ is a bad record. _ The man who is not rated good is bad. Some men will persist in judging every man a rogue until he is proven honest. Be careful of your creed; you can have no more precious possession than a good name, nor more valuable capital than a good credit rating. The practice of having your check received by your creditor the day it is due instead of sending it on that day isa trifling thing, yet it will not go unnoticed. Trifles like this supplement your rating in dol- lars and cents and help to stiffen it. Make no promises you cannot keep, and whether prompt or slow be as good as your word. eo a a ees If we try to please everybody we shall have the respect of nobody. NO TEARS ALLOWED. Terms on Which the Stenographer Was Employed. From the Chicago Post. She was a dainty little thing, and the old gentleman appeared to be prepos- sessed in her favor right from the start, but there was evidently something that made him pause. ‘‘Look here,’’ he said in his blunt fashion, ‘‘I like you and your references are all right. You run the tpyewriter as if you knew all there is to know about it, and you don’t look like a girl who would be sick every third day and want to get away an hour or two early all the rest of the time, but before I engage you I want to have a clear understanding with you on one subject. ”’ ‘‘Yes, sir,’’ she replied, enquiringly. ““Of course,’’ he explained, ‘‘I ex- pect you will be satisfactory, but if you are not there must be no doubt about my right to discharge you.’’ | Cértaimly not,” ’ ““If I want you to go I’ll just have one of the clerks put a note on your desk or leave it with the cashier, and you're to take that as final.’’ **Naturally,’’ she said, him in some surprise. ‘‘You're not to enter any protest or file any objections,’’ he persisted; ‘and, most of all, you’re not to weep.’’ ‘Why, I suppose I can ask you why—’’ “You can't ask me a thing,’’ he broke in. ‘“‘If you get a note asking you to quit you’ve just to put on your things and walk out without a whimper or question of any kind. Is that under- stood?’’ **It is,’” she replied. ‘‘Have I your promise to live up to that agreement?’’ ‘““You have. But it is such an ex- traordinary request that—I—I—"’ ‘*Young woman,’’ said the old gen- tleman impressively, ‘‘I’ve been in business here for fifty years, and up to the time woman got a foothold in the business world I was in the habit of en- gaging and discharging clerks as seemed to me best from the standpoint of my business. In an unguarded mo- ment, however, I was induced to hire a young woman to run a typewriter for me, and after I found that she wasn’t satisfactory to me it took me over eight weeks to discharge her. 1 left a note on her desk and she promptly came in and wept on mine. I turned the job over to various subordinates, but each time she came into my _ private office to do her weeping, and inside of a week she had the whole force wrought up to a point where business was being neglected and she was still drawing salary just the same. Woman in_ business may be all right, but when it comes to getting her out of business somebody else can have the job. However, if you'll makea solemn promise to go without a single weep if you don’t suit, Ill’ try you.’’ Oe King Cole. looking at ’ Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. So old King Cole Got his pipe and his bow], But his fiddlers, where were they? They had mounted their wheels, each jovial soul, And merrily ridden away! So old King Cole Spurned his pipe and his bowl, And he said to his slave, said he: ‘Well, I guess I'll go for a bit of a ‘roll,’ So fetch my bike to me.” —___~<0~»__ Great Opportunity to Visit the Sea- shore. The Grand Trunk Railway will run an excursion to Portland, Me., Satur- day, July ro, at the rate of $12.50 from Grand Rapids. Tickets will be good for return journey to and including July 21. The very low rate tor this occasion should be an inducement to the travel- ing public to visit the seashore. For particulars apply to Jas. Camp- bell, CC. P. A., 23 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, “TH6PE are Others” but none but the World Chal- lenger that will never be rele- PATENTED MAY 2,1893. IMPROVED MARCH 17, (897 gated to the rubbish depart- ment. Its construction is scien- tifically adapted to its use. Does not get out of place, it being attached to the pail. Two minutes to charge it to last 40 days. Keeps fruit and tobacco clean and holds them at par in weight all the time. Write us for particulars. DEVEREAUX & DUFF, Manufacturers and Proprietors, OWOSSO, MICH. M.L. IZOR & CO., 100 LAKE STREET, ” CHICAGO. Exclusive distributers for Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska. AAARARARARARAA When it comes to advertising. They say they are afraid it won't pay. This class of mer- chants, however, are constantly growing less as they become acquainted with the advantages offered by using The Co-opera- tive System—giving the customer the ad- vertising expenditure, instead of paying it all to newspapers and bill posters. We here show cut of our No. to Antique Oak Parlor Table, with brass bead trimming. It’s a fine Premium and ts generally given with $25.00 in trade. Just drop us a postal to-day and we will send you a Catalogue of useful house- hold articles. We believe you will give usa trial order, with which we in- clude a full supply of assorted coupons, circulars and placards—all sent subject to approval on 60 days’ trial. STEBBINS MANUFACTURING CO., LAKEVIEW, MICH. [MENTION TRADESMAN] 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Good Things Said by Up-to-Date Shoe Dealers. Low shoes often occasion distress at the instep, but that is not bcause the shoes are simply low—they are not made right. The low shoes we have on sale are made to fit as snugly as a well-made glove. You get the benefit of a cooler shoe with none of the discomforts of a shaky one.—Bee Hive Shoe Store, Eliz- abeth, N. J. Cool weather makes the oxford and low shoe season backward, shoe man reckless, blind slash at prices to boom business. To-day’s victims are (etc. ).— Partridge & Richardson, Phila. No one need fear that there will not be warm weather to appreciate and en- joy a pair of these cool, soft and com- fortable shoes, at the same time mak- ing a saving of $1 on each pair.—A. J. Cammeyer, N. Y. The shoe store is always alive to the interests of its patrons—it never fails them. At no time since we went into the shoe business has anyone sold better shoes at equal prices—seldom have our qualities been met. These oxford ties are another example of our ability to sell you the best grades at the least money.—W. V. Snyder & Co, New- ark, N. J. A big pile of cash isn’t necessary these days to buy a pair of good _ shoes. Improved machinery, our methods of buying and selling and the sometimes hard-pressed condition of the manufac- turers enable us to sell you better shoes to-day for $2 than we could have solda couple years ago for $3—and we sell a better shoe at $2 than any other shoe house in Central Pennsylvania.—H. Johnson, Altoona, Pa. —_—_<»6»—___ What Constitutes Success in Its Best Sense? From Boots and Shoes Weekly. How many people would have hesi- tated to say a month ago that Barney Barnato, the celebrated South African diamond king (worth nobody knows how many millions), had made a success of life? They would have based their opinion on the millions he has accu- mulated in a few years. To-day he lies in his grave, a suicide, driven to self- destruction by the numerous cares and responsibilities of the different enter- prises he was engaged in. Was he a success? Wasn’t he a colossal failure? The successful man need not neces- sarily be very rich. The simple ac- cumulation of money or property does not always constitute success in life. A man who devotes all his energies to getting more, when he has enough, is not adding to his measure of success. The really successful man is the com- fortable man, the one who has a suffi- cient income from some source or other to preclude the possibility of want and enable him to live comfortably, and possibly with some degree of luxury. Not long ago we heard of a man who, as a boy, made up his mind to be rich, and all his energies of mind and body were bent in the direction of making money. His progress towards wealth was slow at first, but became after a while quite rapid, until he brought up against an impassable obstruction— broken health. He could neither eat nor sleep. It was a severe case of nerv- ous prostration, his physician said, and his only hope for prolonging life was to absolutely abandon al! business and devote his entire attention to resting for an indefinite period. He disposed of his business at a sac- rifice, managing to save enough from the wreck to enable him to live with his family in a modest way. Leaving the city entirely and purchasing a small place in a quiet country village, he de- voted himself to building up his shat- tered health. He had a garden in which he worked when he felt like it, and had not much else to do but rest. Health came back slowly but surely in his case, as he had stopped work at the right time. Ina year he was a different man; in two years he was completely restored to health. He worked when he pleased, fished a little, hunted a lit- tle, read a good deal, went on trips about the country and enjoyed himself thoroughly. Which was the successful portion of his life? That in which he was strug- gling madly for money and hoping to become extremely wealthy, or that in which he was really enjoying life for the first time in a quiet way in a retired spot in the country? There can be but one answer to this question. Don’t let us all the time associate wealth with success. A man may bea success in every respect and not be very wealthy. The successful man is the one who gets the most comfort and enjoy- ment out of life from boyhood to old age, and not the one who accumulates mil- lions and is cut off almost in the prime of life by reason of overwork. Wealth in many cases, far from bringing happiness, may bring much misery. It isn’t so long ago since we read that one of the Vanderbilts, worth many millions, was unable to eat even a plain oyster stew without distress resulting from dyspepsia. He would, no doubt, give more than one of his millions for the health and appetite of one of the hod-carriers on the numerous buildings he erects. The man who labors with his hands, even though he does not accumulate money, has much to be thankful for. He does not need to envy the rich man. He has a wealth of health and strength which few rich men possess. Favors Button Shoes. Says a shoe manufacturer: ‘‘I have noticed a paragraph in several papers regarding the reduction in the call for the studded and lace boot and the added demand for button boots. I should think this possible, judging from my observa- tion. And it is not only the ladies who having their patience tested by the ‘confounded studs,’ as I hear many wearers Call them. Why, if the studded shoes were especially ordered by the tailors they could not be more especially favored. How the studs saw off the bot- toms of men’s pants before they are scarce showing wear in any other direc- tion is so apparent that it needs only to be suggested to be realized. This saw- ing process must be cured, or studs will be out of date for men’s goods. There is no mistake about that, as I note each year more and more grumbling concern- ing this evil in shoemaking—for that is what it is. For man or woman, accord- ing to my point of view,nothing in foot- wear is so neat and nobby as the button boot. Just you look about and see if this is not true.’’ 2+. The Little Widow. She is cunning, sometimes witty; Free and easy, but not bold; Like an apple, ripe and mellow— Not too young and not too old; Half inviting, half repellant: Now advancing and now shy; There is mischief in her laughter, There is danger in her eye. She has studied human nature; She is schooled in every art; She has taken her diploma As the mistress of the heart! She can teli the very moment When to sigh and when to smile. Oh, a maid is sometimes charming. But a widow, all the while! Ah! “old fossils,” nearly fifty, Who are plotting, deep and wise; Ye “ Adonises”’ of twenty With the love-light in your eyes! You may practice al! the lessons Taught S Cupid since the fall, But I know a little widow Who can win and fool you all. No Concern of Yours. Never allow yourself to become im- bued with the idea that, because your employer is not managing his domestic affairs just in accordance with your conception of the matter, he is in- dulging in a luxurious style of living at your expense, and express your opinion of his course in no measured terms. Your employer’s movements are no concern of yours. If you consider your salary inadequate, and cannot get an increase by asking for it, either keep quiet about it or go elsewhere, © NeW Prices on Rubbers LYCOMING, 25 and 5 oif. KEYSTONE, 25 and 5 and 10 off. These prices are for present use and also for fail orders. Our representative will call on you in due time with our specialties in Leather Goods, Felt Boots, Lumbermen’s Socks .. . and a full line of the above-named rub- ber goods, and we hope to receive your orders. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., 19 South Ionia St., QOOOQOOQOOQOOOGQOOOODQOOQOQOQOGDQOS © @ © 6) ©) @) This represents our Boys’ and Youths’ Oil Grain Water Proof Shoes, made of very best stock to wear, nice fitting and good style; size of Boys’, 3-5; Youths’, 12-2. Every pair warranted. Write for prices or send for samples on approval. These shoes meee feet dry, look nice and no rubbers are need ed. SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY €0., Detroit, Mich. Also makers of the celebrated Driving Shoes. Grain Creedmoors and Cruisers. Michigan Shoe Co., Agents for Michigan. ® $40000000000000000000000es Se ©® POD DOOQODOVG\$ QOOQOQE OO’ PCOOQOQOOQOOOODOGQOOOFSOOSGCODQDOQOOQOOS® DOOGQOQOOOOE OCOODO©OOQOGOOOOOOOOOOQOOOQOQOOO® OPCOOOOQGOQOOOQOOO® Now that the price is right be sure you get the right brand. The Goodyear Glove Rubbers December tst dating. Don’t overlook this. Hirth, Krause & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. POOOQOOOO@ QOOQOQDOOO®© QODQOOOOPOGOOQOMDOOOQOOOPQOOOQOOOQOO * latest colors and shapes. can give you some bargains. See our line of socks and felts before placing your fall order. ~ Do you sell Shoes? Do you want to sell more Shoes? Then buy Rindge, Kalmbach & Co.’s factory line—the line that will win and hold the trade for you. We handle everything in the line of footwear. We are showing to-day the finest spring line in the State—all the We Weare agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and carry a very large stock of their goods, which enables us to fill orders promptly. Our discounts to October 1 are 25 and 5 per cent. on Bostons and 25, 5, and 10 per cent. on Bay States. any agent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Our terms are as liberal as those of Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., 12, 14 and 16 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. $b} } this market by us. Goodyear,—none better. 5 and 7 Pearl Street, + php ehhh epee} We are just as emphatic about our Rubber Line—Wales- Big line of Lumbermen’s Sox. Grand Rapids Felt Boots are our Hobby. Herold=Bertsch Shoe Co. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET EEE “hp GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. eepeh hhh epee * 3 3 ELEEELEEEEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEL ...For this Fall... We are showing the strongest line of Shoes ever placed on } 8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 16 JANE CRAGIN. Cy ana Jane Review the Steps They Have Taken. Written for the TRapESMAN. Strong as his will was, there were days when the spirit of Cyrus Huxley sank within him; and these days were not brightened by the evident convic- tion on the part of Jane that it was well with him. Never before had she seemed so near as now. Never had she_ been willing to show that she felt so near to him. Not aday went by that she did not give, him some sweet sign of ten- derness, but always with a something suggestive that Marjory Marchland had a stronger claim to him and that Dr, Day must now be taken into account. His vase was daily filled with the red- dest of red roses. A_ thousand little at- tentions which an affectionate sister would give to a dearly loved brother he was now constantly receiving, with the thought on her part that she could now repay, without fear of being misunder- stood, the great indebtedness to Cy which had so long been a pleasing bur- den to her. To Cy, however, the slightest of these attentions was the source of unspeakable suffering. It was a constant reminder of what he had lost, and created in him at last an uncontrollable desire to win her even now; or, if that could never be, to have one single minute of happi- ness when his arm should, during that one blissful minute, encircle Jane Cra- gin’s waist, and his lips should leave upon hers the seal of his undying love for her. As the thought grew it gave him little rest. He watched her going out and her coming in with an intensity which increased as the days flew by. He left his door open to hear the rustle of her garments as she came and went long the corridor that separated their apart- ments. He was found oftener in what early became his favorite seat in the deep bay window, where Jane seemed now to like to come with some fancy ar- ticle in hand for her busy fingers, while she and Cy ‘‘visited’’ together, and to gether looked out upon the mountain glories of the Western sky. Here, with an artlessness and an earnestness quite unknown to Jane, she talked of the Doctor and how they early became acquainted; how, in some strange way she never could understand, he seemed drawn to her and she to him; how they soon found that something deeper than interest existed between them ; and then one evening, when the afternoon ride had been longer than usual and they were coming home under the shadow of the mountains, they found out what that ‘‘something deeper’’ was and a new world was born to them both. She talked to him of these things with- out reserve--that was the hopelessness that chilled the listener’s heart—and_ in a thousand ways it became known to him that she was making a confidant of him, because she had known him so long and, now that he was himself en- gaged, he could better understand her and sympathize with her. Then, as if fearing that she had been too much taken up with her own affairs and must make amends for it, she would make Marjory Marchland her theme and dwell on that young lady’s marvelous beauty and, better than that, upon the number- less virtues and excellencies which that young woman possessed. It was during these delightful inter- views that the future of the Milltown store was fixed. The business was to go on under the same firm name until Sidney Benton finished his course at college, when Jane would turn over to him her interest in such a way as would be convenient for him. They were to go abroad for a year, the Doctor and Jane, and then would settle in some al- titude where the climate would be ta- vorable to him—in Colorado— Denver perhaps. Cy was to live at the home hotel in Milltown until the house he had been planning so long could be built—‘‘ What in the world is the matter with you, Cy? You look as if I had stuck a needle into you!’’—and by that time the Doctor and she would be com- ing back and could visit him and Mar- jory and see how fine and delightful it all was. Dear old Milltown! How strange it seemed not to be going back to live there any more; and how she did hope that Marjory wouldn’t prevent Cy from thinking of her once ina while. He was going to miss her a little while at first, anyway—there was some com- fort in that—and she did fondly believe that the old office would keep her in his mind a long, long time; and then, as if the tide of memory lifted her from her chair, she went to the window where the man was sitting, put her arms about his neck and burst into tears. ‘*You mustn’t think, Cy, because I have been talking in this heartless way, that I don’t care any longer for Mill- town and for you. I do care much, very much, and I shall like you always —always! At first, I couldn't think of it, and told the Doctor so; but, when I saw how happy you were with Marjory, and that the old life couldn’t go on as it had been going on, and especially when the Doctor—urged me to say— what I knew I wanted to say, I—I—knew it was for the best. I shall miss, though, the old times and the old ways so much, Cy! The very things that vexed me once, and that I thought I hated, look different to me now and I am sorry—al- most—to leave them; but I do want, above all things, to have you think of me often and kindly—and you will, won’t you?”’ ‘‘Forget you, Jane! Forget you!’’ (his voice was trembling as he spoke). ‘‘Don’t you know, Jane Cragin, you, above all women, that a man---that I never—’’—‘‘love but once’’ was his thought; but he remembered his resolu- tion and with an effort bent his words to his purpose—‘‘could forget you if I tried ever so hard? The past is dearer to me than it can ever be to you, and Milltown and what it holds will bea constant reminder of the woman who showed me by her happy life that my own was worth the living.’’ He could not go on; but he asked himself why he should not, here and now, improve the last chance fortune might give him. ‘*Jane,’’ he said at last, ‘‘do you not see that you, and only you, can ever be the wife of my soul? Do you not know that home, love, happiness—-all that it craves is centered wholly in you? These tears of yours are not for Milltown, but forme. Years have gone by, only to increase our love for each other. Let us not prove false now to the only real affection that either of us has ever known and that has bound us together so long. These lately spoken vows—what are they to the unspoken ones of years? Let them not bind us, Jane. Let us say —you to your friend and I to mine—that we have spoken hastily, that these promises we cannot keep; and, then, Jane, let us be happy in our love, as we ought to have been years ago. Let us have an early home-going—to-morrow, to-night, now! Will you not say so?’’ He clasped her to him with the strength of the despair that controlled him. He kissed her as he had longed to do—not once, but again and again, until a wild hope entered his heart that Jane’s passiveness meant the one great joy of his life. He released her at last and waited for the decision freighted for him with life or death. She quietly withdrew from him, looked at him with a tenderness he had never seen in her eyes before, and then, as gently as his mother would have spoken, made answer. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. rs Fourth of July Rabiersion Rates. Excursion tickets will be sold by the Grand Trunk Railway, lines west of the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers, july 3) 4 and 5, 1897, good to return up to and including July 6, at rate of one fare for the round trip, between all stations. >.> The gossamer iron made at Swansea, Wales, is so thin that 4,800 plates are needed to make an inch in thickness. Represented in Michigan A. B. Glork LOWlOn, Mich. i who will promptly re- = ply to any en- quiries con- cerning the goods manu- factured. rset A f ; ‘; ’ mae ee uD -QNBer United Siates-America, —————— PSS 0GS on Capone ss OUD For only one cent youc examine YOUR LEAKY roof and tell you why it leaks and how much it will cost to ‘‘stop that hole.” We have had 28 years’ experience in this busi- ness, and are reliable and responsible. We have men traveling all the time and can send them to you on short notice. All kinds of roofs put on and repaired by can have an expert H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE, CAMPAU & LOUIS. DETROIT OFFICE, FOOT OF THIRD STREET. MCHGA BARK 5 GLUNBER CU, 527 and 528 Widdicomb Bld. Grand Rapids, Mich. c.U. CLARK. Pres. W. D. WADE, Vice- Pres. MINNIE M.CLARK, Sec’y and Treas. eSeSeSeSe5eS5e2 We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1897. Correspondence Solicited. ees eee ee Sa bSbGbbGbGbGGbG bb GbhbGbbb bb bnbn nbn bo Gobo & We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. ERA OF CHEAP COODS. Shoddy Stuff Not Worth Store Room Sells Rapidly Now. The proprietor of a large dry goods store, Commenting upon what he termed a public craze for cheap goods, said that he was selling now great quantities of stuff to which he would not have given store room five years ago. Our daily papers are filled with advertise- ments nearly all hammering on the one idea—the cheapness of the goods. That this is producing an undesirable and, in fact, pernicious effect can be easily seen. The amount of shoddy dry goods, the worse than ugly and short lived furniture, the gaudy and frail novelties, the useless Japanese rugs and other sim- ilar abominations which are sold in such enormous quautities prove that the public taste is in a bad condition. Dress goods which fade and wear out in a short time are not cheap at any price. Cheap furniture is the most expensive sind of an investment; the love of cheap finery and gaudy ornamentation be- speaks a low condition of public morals. The production of cheap goods_ bene- fits neither buyer nor manufacturer. The latter,as a rule,is ashamed to place his trade mark thereon and to get the cost of production down must degrade his labor, and in time is himself set aside for another who by greater energy or more exacting grinding has suc- ceeded in underbidding him. Such a policy is worse than temporary make- shift—it is annthilation uf business honor. People who buy such stuff have gained nothing. It lasts so short a time that they are always kept poor replen- ishing the same and do not see that in face of the fact that goods are said to be cheaper than ever they are in fact dearer than ever to them. There is a man in Chicago who makes high-class furniture out of genuine, carefully selected woods and by _intelli- gent, well-paid mechanics. Such a piece of furniture costs from two to four times as much as something which looks like it. Such a piece lasts a life- time and is a welcome family heirloom. The thing that looks like it lasts but a short time and then serves no purpose of moral effect, which, | maintain, the well-made piece surely does. An ele- gant piece of furniture is a constant object lesson in thrift, economy and the wisdom of always doing our best. This well-made furniture is really cheap. In ten years a family which slowly buys of it has something which will always slease and serve them and the family which has spent as much in the same time in the other kind has nothing but a lot of imperfect trash. I know another tradesman in Chicago who probably knows more about the hardware business than any man in the United States. His integrity and busi- ness judgment are unquestioned. He won't sell ‘‘junk,’’ but he is not mak- ing as much money or selling nearly as much hardware as departments in large department stores. People are not get- ting better values in buying the cheap stuff. They think they are, but they are not. Good tools are also family heirlooms. When cared for they seem to do better service with age. The man who sits down and figures the cost and then figures the life of each article knows that cheap stuff is not economy, but such men are rare. They are edu- cated otherwise. They are swayed by the most potent and subtle force? of modern times—advertising—and adver- tising of to-day in Chicago daily papers MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is almost monopolized by department stores and retailers who claim public patronage because they ‘‘sell cheap.’’ Of course, a healthy public senti- ment should be invoked to appreciate the good and spurn the bad. This isa mere platitude. The man who makes and the man who sells the best things has not done his duty when he stops with making and selling. He must tell the people what he is doing. It isa duty he owes himself. It is a duty he owes the people. The Christian religion is the best advertised religion in the world. It rests upon the most potent advertising that ever appealed to a hu man heart. The man who could suffer death to espouse a cause advertised it in a manner which left no doubt as to that man’s sincerity. The makers and sellers of good things are not doing their full duty to society. They cannot expect people to come and hunt them out. They cannot expect people to think and become educated along lines when it is their duty to do this for them. The most of the people do things because others tell them to do it—not in response to commands, but as a result of appeals to them in such a manner as plays to best advantage upon the foundations of activity, the emotions, the passions and ambitions. It is a duty of every man who can do a thing well, who makes a good thing, who sells a good thing to tell people about it. Tell them all about it. Tell them in a manner which is adapted to their condition, their means and their understanding. The people ‘can afford to pay the expense of being told. The maker and dealer can afford to make the investment in means and methods which may be necessary to inaugurate a systematic method of telling. In other words any maker ot a good thing and any regular dealer in a line of good things should consider the investment in advertising in this light. It is sim- ply buying public favor. A business man buys what he wants. Advertising is nothing unless it is truthful, and thereby an advantage to those influenced by it. It is nothing unless it brings stability in price and an increased mar- gin of profit to the advertiser. Adver- tising is influencing men. It is making opinions in other minds. Has human- ity yet evolved a nobler calling, one more worthy of master minds and con- secrated hearts? JOHN LEE ManHIN. —_—_>0~<.___ Milwaukee has a large German popu- lation, and in response to an assumed demand on the part of this element the German language has been generally taught in the public schools. So wide was the supposed demand for this branch that it was presumed that par- ents of pupils desired them to be taught German if they failed to notify the teacher to the contrary. This made the teaching of German practically com- pulsory, it having occurred to only a few parents to ask for the release of their children from this study. It has now been decided to reverse this alter- native, and to require parents, before their children are admitted, to Say ex- plicitly whether they wish them to study German or not. There was only slight opposition to the change in the rule, and the action is significant as indica- ting a change in sentiment in what has been a strong pro-German community. It is expected that there will be a very great reduction in the time and atten- tion devoted in the public schools to this study. There is one advantage in buying Wash Goods now— THE PRICES ARE LOWER On account of some lines not being complete, a general reduction has been made on these goods. We expect to CLEAN THEM ALL OUT. BAO GP FOURTH OF JULY will soon be here—don’t put off buying your FPLAGS Till the last minute. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS. Our low prices is the reason of our big flag business. All sizes. P. STEKETEE & SONS, Monroe and Fountain Sts., = GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Brownie Overalls are good sellers. Mail orders filled promptly. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, Girand Rapids, Mich. oprague’s Patent dWN GanOples and Seats ON THE LAWN AT RENAPPI, A Beautiful Lawn Shade. Easily handled. Does not hurt the lawn. and comfort for a dozen or more people. Made only by THE SPRAGUE UMBRELLA CO., NORWALK, OHIO. A beautiful Lithograph sent free on application, Affords rest MICHIGAN TRADESMAN i7 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Jas. F. HAMMELL, Lansing; Secretary, D. C. Siaeut, Flint; Treasurer, Cas. McNoury, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, S. H. Hart, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit. United Commercial Tray Travelers of Michigan. Chancellor, H. U. Marks, Detroit; Epwin Hupson, Flint; Treasurer, NOLDs, Saginaw. Secretary, GEo. A. REy- Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, A. F. PEAKE, Jackson; Secretary and Treasurer, GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Board of Directors—F. M. Tyrer, H. B. Fair- CHILD,JAsS. N. BRADFORD, J. HENRY DAWLEY,GEO. J. HEINZEL MAN, CHAS. S. ROBINSON. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. Only inferior men are superior to hard work. It is not so much natural ability that wins as the way it is used. A hole is always deeper after you get intu it with no ladder in sight. A business that is not worth advertis- ing ought to be advertised fcr sale. If traveling men don’t organize for their own protection, they won't receive any. Truth plays the same part in a horse trade that ham does in a railroad sand- wich. Honor and shame from no conditions rise; act well your part—and always ad- vertise. A daily case of ‘‘Katzenjammer’’ is not conducivesto the upbuilding of a big business. You may know more than your cus- tomers, but it isn’t good policy to prove it to them. If you want to find the full value of your portable property, lose it in a rail- road wreck. A good salesman always takes Pope’s advice that ‘‘the proper study of man- kind is man.”’ E. E. Wooley (Root & McBride Co. ) has established his headquarters at Sylvan Beach for the season. ‘“The boys’’ should remember that the trouble market is always easy and can be borrowed at low rates. When a 22-caliber salesman tries to shoot with a 48-caliber gun something unpleasant is going to happen. Don’t take upon yourself the moral responsibility of telling a man he is going to lose money on anything. A young salesman who is above tak- ing advice from men of greater experi ence has a weak steering apparatus. August Dieterle, formerly with E. F. Mills & Co. (Ann Arbor), has engaged to travel for Edson, Moore & Co., of Detroit. You can talk dull trade to your cus- tomers until they quit buying goods, believing it necessary to economize. Don’t do it. When a house sends out judicious advertising or a competent salesman, they invariably come back with money in their pockets—for the house. A Traverse City correspondent writes: Mrs. E. M. Rice, the south side mil- liner, has embarked in new business and is now traveling for the Gold Medal flour. Mrs. Rice started on the road June 2 and is now in Port Huron. State Agent George Gane was in the city to- day and says that Mrs. Rice is meeting with flattering success and that she en- joys the work. A. D. Baker (Foster, Stevens & Co. ) leaves Saturday night for Niagara Falls, N. Y., where he will spend a week with his mother. He will be accom- panied by his son. A merchant with a large gob of gray matter under his hat always treats a traveling man with kindness and con- sideration. He knows from whom he gets the ‘‘pointers’’ that put money in his purse and has too much sense to kill the goose that lays the golden egg by incivility and harshness. The intellectual and moral honesty of the average traveling man has passed into a proverb. He should embrace every opportunity of showing up frauds, shams and humbugs. Some may fool them for a while, but the majority of them are so thina drunken Indian could read a Dutch almanac through them. The Grand Rapids drummer allows nobody to excel him in the social features of the life of a traveling man. He'll take up a merchant's baby in his arms—red-headed, cross-eyed, lantern- jawed from the day it was born and pigeon-toed genealogically for a thou- sand years back of the flood—and ac- tually make its father think the thing was born to be beautiful. C. E. Case, of Benzonia, Tradesman as follows: er, traveling salesman for J. H. Copas & Sons, Owosso, has added to his pres- ent occupation that of drum major for the Benzonia concert band. He goes to Cadillac with the band Saturday, July 3, and to Manistee, July 4 and 5. Fred says that he has the best amateur band in the State and that he is not afraid to walk with any of them. A. L. Braisted, the elephantine trav- eling representative of the Voigt Mill- ing Co. and C. G. A. Voigt & Co., is out on the warpath again, after an en- forced lay-off of two weeks as the result of a severe injury to his left leg, sus- tained in trying to board a moving freight train at South Boardman. The catastrophe was witnessed by Ad. Baker, who insists that the spectacle afforded by Braisted rolling down an embank- ment and landing in a heap at the _bot- tom was worth going a thousand miles to see. How so ponderous an individual could take so severe a tumble and not sustain more serious injuries is little less than miraculous, Harry Jiencke: To say that all trav- eling men have side lines would be a sweeping assertion, Sidelines are sup- posed to be worked during spare time. [ know of some of the boys who use all their spare time, and some time that can’t be spared, flirting with pretty girls. As long as they are single it is a pleas- ant side line; the girls like it and the boys—well, they show good taste. Some carry games; so long as nothing but spare time is used, it helps to pass away many a weary hour. There were some who carried Jim Corbett; that was foolish. Side lines,commercially, is the point at issue. A traveling man selling goods on commission has in a true sense no side line, no matter how many ar- ticles he may carry. They afford him a source of revenue he is justly entitled to, but where the firm pays expenses and salary, all time and energy should be devoted to its interest, and no matter what excuses may be offered, it cannot be too severely condemned, even with the firm’s knowledge and consent. It is only human to look upon personal gains first. The same time and energy de- voted to the regular line will, in course of time, realize more salary by in- creased sales, writes the Fred G. Hoop-, made them white. The Old Timers on the Road. Among the very early traveling men we read of, there comes to my mind one who started out with a full line of sam- ples, but, strange to relate, he had no territory. The fact of his lack of ter- ritory was, indeed, the prime cause of his starting. He didn’t carry his sam- ple case, but his sample case carried him. He traveled and traveled, but never made a town. He gave orders, but never took an order. He didn’t work on a salary, nor did he receive any commission, but he got there just the same. His line consisted of a choice collection of elephants, kanga- roos, hippopotami, bears and various other birds. He also had snakes the entire trip. But if he had Ararat, it was not discernible until he had com- pleted his journey, and realized that he had had a ‘“‘rattling’’ good time, as many travelers have had since his day. As soon as Noah found that he had some territory that could be worked, the first thing he did was to get rid of his sam- ples and quit the business, preferring the cultivation of the grape; and from that day to the present there has been no better judge of good wine than the old-time traveler. The first case we have any record of where a man had to sell his samples to get back home was that of Joseph’s brethren, and Joseph was the sample. But there is abundant evidence that in recent years many such cases—sample cases—have occurred, not, however, as a rule among the old timers, for they have learned ‘‘what befell, and what may befall,’’ and they know how to ‘‘conclude from ‘both and best provide for all.’’ If an old timer sees that he is going to be short he knows enough to write, ‘‘Dear House: I am still with you. Please honor my draft for fifty,’’ etc. Another old timer who wanted to hunt up new territory was that man who started out in 1492, and who, after hav- ing worked Isabella to the queen's taste, proceeded to open up the vast territory that now furnishes a fruitful field for the army of traveling men that go up and down the highways and byways of America. There are many other types of oj timers. We still have the ‘‘car load’’ old timer, who looks with disdain upon the small orders of to-day, and sighs for the good old days of big orders, gone forever. ‘‘In my time,’’ be would say, ‘‘it was thus and so. When I made that territory, I wouldn’t take an order for less than a car—’’ of perfum- ery, for instance, etc. Then there is the old timer whose heart has grown bigger and bigger, as the frosts of many winters have touched his thin itocks and He has been a close observer of humanity in histravels and, having learned the lessons of sympathy and love, his generous impulses have been quickened by the scenes he has witnessed. He is ever ready to respond to the-cry for help or to reach out the hand to lift up a fallen brother, for among the old timers there are a few who have fallen by the wayside and who need the uplifting of their more fortunate brethren. The young traveler of to-day will be the old timer a little later on, and he will do well if he is as jolly, as light- hearted, as generous, aS wise, as straight, as honorable and as energetic as the average oid timer found to-day in the ranks of the fraternity. The old timer loves a good cigar, a good dinner, a good bed, a good story, and, above all, a good order. He dear- ly loves his home, and longs for the time when he can lay aside the grip and the sample case, and get acquainted with his family before it is too late. He doesn’t love night trains. He doesn’t love to get out of a warm bed, and into acold ‘bus. He doesn’t like a tough steak. He doesn’t like to be called by mistake at 4 o'clock in the morning when he left a call for 7. He doesn’t like to ‘‘double up,’’ two ita bed, and four in a room. He doesn’t like to give up 50 cents for a dinner that the farmer who sits beside him gets for 25. So, he has his likes and his dislikes, and is, after all, only human. HARRY WILSON. ‘Telephone 381-1 Hotel Normandie of Detroit Re- duces Rates. Determined 1 to continue catering to pepular de- mand for good hotel acc¢ dations at low prices, we reduce the rates on rooms from $2.50 to $2 per day, and rooms with bath from $3.50 to $3. The popular rate of 50 cents per meal, established when the Normandie was first opened, contirfaes. Change of rates will in no way affect the quality, and our constant aim in the fature will be, as in the past, to f ish the BEST accommodations for the rates charged. Carr & Reeve. Chass. E. Whitney, Prop. Suomen Mich. as any inthe Sanitary conditions distance telephone. Whitney House Best house in town and “eo State for $1.00 are comple te. Cutler House at Grand Haven. Steam Heat. Excellent Table. Com- fertable Rooms. WH. D. and F. H. IRISH, Props. GOLUMBIAN TRANSFER COMPANY CARRIAGES, BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT WAGONS 15 and 17 North Waterloo St., Grand Rapids. Commercial House Iron Mountain, Mich. Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam. All modern conveniences. $2 per day. IRA A. BEAN, Prop. NEW REPUBLIC Reopened Nov. 25. FINEST HOTEL IN BAY CITY. Steam heat, Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. Rates, $1.50 to $2.00. Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts. GEO. H. SC HINDHETT, Prop. a" bit r YOU Young men and women acquire the greatest inde- pendence and wealth by securing a course in either the Business, Shorthand, English or Mechanical Draw- ing departments of the Detroit Business oe? 11-19 Wilcox St., dana W.F. Jewoll, P. KS er WM. BRUMMELER & SONS, GRAND ) RAPIDS, Pay the highest price in cash for MIXED RAGS, RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES, OLD IRON AND METALS. Send us a list of what you have and we will quote you our best prices thereon. eee 3 li You Hire Help— ; eo You should use our * 3 Perfect Time Book $ e 3 Made to hold from 27 to 60 names 3 and sell for 75 cents to $2. e : Send for sample leaf. 3 S 3 BARLOW BROS., $ $ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. : ® SOOOSOSS 6 $04 00996900060 Is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires Dec. 31, 1896 Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, 1898 Dec. 31, 1899 Dec. 31, 1900 Cc. A. Buesrs, Traverse City 8S. E. PaRKILL, Owosso - - F. W. R. Perry, Detroit - A. C. ScHUMACHER, Ann Arbor Gro. GuNpRUM, Ionia - - - President, S. E. PARKILL, Owosso. Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Treasurer, GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia, Coming Examination Sessions—Star Island (De- troit), June 28 and 29; Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. Lansing, Nov. 2 and 3. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, G. C. Paiiures, Armada. Secretary, B. ScoRouDER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, Cuas. MANN, Detroit. Executive Committee—A. H. WeppeEr, Cadillac; H. G. Cotman, Kalamazoo; Gro. J. Warp, St. Cram: A. 6. Sravens, Detroit: F. W. Perry, Detroit- The Cultivation of the Castor Bean. The castor-oil plant has been culti- vated since the earliest historic time, and specimens of it supposed to be over fowr thousands years old have been found in Egyptian tombs. It is peren- nial in India, its native country, but as it has spread into less congenial cli- mates it has lost that habit, like the cotton-plant, and is known to us as an annual. It is commonly supposed that the plant will grow wherever Indian corn will thrive, and this is true where it is meant to be used as an ornament, but a recent circular published by the United States Department of Agricu- ture points out that it can only be grown effectively in commercial quan- tities in warm climates, since its only value is the oil content of the seed, and the general truth which is applicable to nearly all oil-bearing plants holds in regard to this one, namely, the warmer the climate the larger the per cent. of oil. Some varieties of the castor bean will mature seed ir the northern half of the Indian corn belt of the United States, but the plant cannot be cultivated there so as to yield paying quantities of oil. It needs a deep, fertile, loamy, friable and well-drained soil, and then where the climate is sufficiently warm it will yield from twenty to twenty-five bushels of beans to the acre, containing from fifty to sixty per cent. of oil. The seeds, after being soaked for twelve hours in tepid water, should be set five or six feet apart each way, two ina hill, and when three or four inches high the weaker plant should be removed. The weeds should be destroyed and the ground kept loose by surface stirring. The seed spikes should be collected as soon as the pods turn brown and_ before the seeds drop out of the pods in handling, and placed in the sun until the seeds are partly free from the pods. Frequent gatherings are necessary, so that only such spikes are removed as are in proper condition. The seeds are first cleaned; then, after being gently warmed,are placed under a screw-press, which liberates a whitish liquid. This is mixed with water and boiled for some time, and the impurities are skimmed off as they rise. Clear oil is at length left on top of the water, the mucilage and starch being dissolved and the albumen coagulated by heat, forming a whitish layer between the oil and the water. The oil is further clar- ified by boiling, which drives off the acrid volatile matter. The Italians have a special method of preparing the oil which rids it of its nauseous flavor, and in this country medicinal oil is manufactured by cold expression from the crushed beans. The oil is largely used in soap manufacture and for ma- chinery. It is the thickest and heaviest of the oils. > es - Where the Cutter’s Profits Lie. From the Pharmaceutical Era. People sometimes wonder how it is possible for cutters to sell certain arti- cles at the prices they do and not lose money. All sorts of explanations have been advanced, such as purchasing in quantity lots and saving the discounts, or charging any loss up to the advertis- ing account, and so on. And, too, it has been asserted that the cutter dilutes his alcohol as near to the burning point test as he can safely go, that his water of amomnia is ‘‘not as strong as we used to get,’’ that the witch hazel basn’t the same satisfactory odor that we are accustomed to. On the ‘‘little drops of water, little grains of sand’’ principle this will undoubtedly account for some of the profits of a ‘‘less than cost’’ business. But another dodge has been discovered A cutter in St. Louis is accused of selling by apothecaries’ weight candy which he purchases on the 16 ounces to the pound basis. A pretty fair profit in the difference between the troy and avoirdupois pounds! This in- genious individual finds himself in trouble with the City Inspector of Weights and Measures who, misguided man, cannot be moved by specious ar- gument from his position that in hfs department a pound must weigh 16 ounces of 437% grains each; troy weight is not recognized as an equivalent sub- stitute. Wouldn’t the public be angry if it knew of these pettty swindles practiced occasionally, mind, we say occasionally, by some cut-rate concerns? Some good missionary work might be done by ad- vising the public to invest in a hydrom- eter and a pair of scales and test its liquid and solid purchases from ‘cheap stores. The public doesn’t want cheap drugs, even at cheap prices, if it knows it, and it does hate to be swindled. a Steady Depreciation in Tartaric and Citric Acids. Speaking of the market for citric and tartaric acids, the London Chemist and Druggist says: Concentrated lemon juice has never been lower in price than during the season which has recently closed. We believe that business was done within the past two or three months at £11 2s. 6d. per pipe f. 0. b. Messina. And even now /12 5s. f. o. b. is considered an acceptable quotation. That price is based on a yield of 64 oz. of citic acid per gallon. A pipe of 130 Old English, or 108 Imperial, gallons therefore rep- resents 520 lbs. of citric acid, costing the manufacturer, inciusive of freight, about 5%%d. per Ib. in the crude state. At a selling price of 1s, 1%d. per lb. for the B. P. article there is consequent- ly a fair margin for working expenses and manufacturing profit. It is the mid- dleman whose gains have been curtailed, not the least because the makers take good care to prevent the market from being swamped by second-hand sup- plies, Formerly tartaric acid, like citric, was very largely used in the textile in- dustries. But the consumption of the acid in cotton-printing and Turkey-red dyeing appears to have fallen off a good deal. On the other hand, its employ- ment in mineral water manufacture has grown very much, and the requirements for baking powder making, especially in the United States, are much in excess of what they were a_ few years ago. There is a certain correspondence in the price fluctuations of citric and tartaric acids, and the difference in the selling quotations of the two shows a tendency to grow smaller and smaller. Up to the year 1877 citric acid was seldom less than twice as high in price as tartaric, In 1873, when citric reached 4s. od. per lb., tartaric acid sold at about ts. 7d. per lb. But latterly there has only been a price difference of from 3 to 5 per cent. between the two articles. a a en a Sponge fishing in the islands- of Greece for the season of 1897 has been ruined by the war, and it is expected that there will be much distress among the fisher people and a scarcity in the sponge market, with a consequent rise in prices. A correspondent writes from Symi: ‘‘Our islands are in a state of complete despair. In consequence of political events, not only are all means of communication interrupted, but the divers have the greatest difficulty in obtaining any money. Not a single boat has gone out, and none will be able to go for a long time. The condi- tion of Calymnos is still more pitiable. I hear from there that starving men stop and rob you in the streets,’’ The Drug Market. Trade in this line is much better than a year ago, with prices firm and collec- tions good. Opium—The large holders in New York advanced their prices loc per pound on Saturday, with an intimation of another advance of !oc to-day. As there is no question of a duty of $1 per pound being placed on the article, high- er prices may be looked for from now on. Quinine—This article is very firm at ruling prices. Acids—There is no change to note in any article under this head. Bismuth Preparations—Prices have been reduced by manufacturers Ioc per pound. Buchu Leaves—The market is very firm. Stocks are being depleted and an advance in prices is looked for in the near future. Mercurials—Are very firm, on account of the advance in quicksilver, Morphine—This article has not yet advanced, but will undoubtedly do so within a few days, on account of the ad- vance in opium. Linseed Oil—Is firmer with an up- warc tendency. a Necessity of Extinguishing Imaginary Values. Written for the TRADESMAN. While the tendency of all tariff legis- lation is to hamper business and to in- vade every department of commerce with uncertainty, another element which is hindering the coming of a long- looked-for prosperity is the determina- tion of the trading world to insist upon doing business upon imaginary values. Sometime—it makes no difference how long ago it was—a booming tidal wave lifted prices to an unprecedented height and beyond all reason; but the owners of property with these imaginary values are making them the basis of negotiation and are wondering where all this pros- perity is which was sure to come with the inauguration of Mr. McKinley. Not long ago, in a panic-stricken city of the size of Grand Rapids, a hotel property was thrown upon the market. It had never been gilt-edge property ; but once, in the height of a boom which to the sanguine had all the promise of a permanency, the owner, during a doubt- ful business talk, fancied he had refused a five hundred thousand dollar offer for his hotel. It never was worth a fifth of that sum. In its palmiest days and in the palmiest times it could have sold for but little more. When it became known that the property was on the market, a would-be purchaser madea fair offer for it. The offer was indig- nantly rejected, the owner being unwill- ing to entertain any other proposition than one based upon the imaginary value of the estate. It is a single in- stance, but there are too many like it; and this, with the others, shows plainly enough that good times are not coming until business can stand upon something besides imaginary values. It is, perhaps, well enough, when times are piping, for a man with a dol- lar in his pocket to conclude that it is ten and to proceed accordingly; but it is hardly in the line of wisdom and of common sense, common as _ that com- modity iS supposed to be, to let his im- agination run away with his judgment, and then find fault with the Government and the tariff because business is not importuning him to take a hundred dollars for what he knows is not worth fifty cents. R. M. STREETER. THUM BROS. & SCHMIDT, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 84 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Special attention given to Water, Bark and Urine Analysis. awe MASTER’ “VIIM A” é.. The best 5 cent cigars ever made. BEST & RUSSELL CoO., Cuicaco. Represented in Michigan by J. A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids. Sold by The Right Reverend Smilie Jorkins and the eminent Professor Adolphus Au- \ gustus Whoopemup both predict that the \, S. C. W. Cigar will be smoked by the best people on Mars in 1go0. There is no better cigar in this or any Ask Grand Rapids traveling men about them. other world. For sale by leading jobbers and by the manufacturers, G. J. J0nnson Cigar Co. GRAND RAPIDS. , iy ) if! SS => od MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Opium. Declined— Acidum ooo Mac GS} Seitin Co... @ paloma S$ ses io) Copaiba....- 1 20) Forman) oo @ 50 Face German 80@ _ 85| Cubebe.......... @ 1 00} Prunus virg. : @ 50 Boracic.............. @ 15 paccmasitos 20@ 1 30 Tinctures Carbolicum ......... 20@ 41} Grecron .......-.... 1 20@ 1 30] Aconitum NapellisR 60 Ciipleum 0 40@ 42) Gaultheria..... .... 50@ 1 60] Aconitum —— F 50 Hydrochlor ......... 3@ 5 prince me Oacmggaey o 7 | Aloes.. 60 oe 0} ZOssippll, Sem. gal.. 50@ 60 . 3 pen no a on - medcoma,,. 1 0O@ 1 10 Aloes and Myrrh. = Phosphorium, dil; §@ 15 preset “rrssso-s++ 1 50@ 2 00) Assafoetida . | : 50 Salicylicum. ........ 59@ 55 “ys Ne +++ ss %1@ 200] Atrope Belladonna. 60 Sulphuricum. ...... 1M%@ 5 cee i Meat eeee ees 1 20@ 1 40} Auranti Cortex..... 50 TORMICUM ......++4% 1 40@ 1 60 yen Wiper. ..... 1 60@ 2 20] Benzoin............ 60 Tartaricum.......... 36@ 38 | Mentha Verid....... 2 6§@ 2 7%| Benzoin Go... 11” 50 Morrhue, = oe 1 00@ 1 10] Barosma _.. 50 — = i 4000 4 50) Ganthartdes. 2222 8 Aqua, 16 deg........ ve. 5@ 3 00] Capsic a 5 Aqua, 20 deg... 22. 6@ 8] Picis Liquida. ... 2. : 25 Carbonas............ 12@ 14} Picis Liquida, gal.. @ 35/ Cardamon Co... |” "fy Chloridum .......... a, | cing ome 1 A Castor 1 00 Aniline oo beets es ee 2 4 on | Coneee 50 e og | OSH, OuNCE........ > é ( Ce 5 Black 2 0@ . = ee 40, 45 Seaceeae Ce 2S — we ctet ee eees a3 os — tsrrseeee- 90@ 100] Golumba .... 2.217777 50 oe Poa e Santa). | 8 Sam 2 oe Yubeba. bans r Wellow. 2.62... 2 50@ 3 00] Sassafras.....1 11! a ' 35 eae ies cone = Baccez. Sinapis, ess., ounce. ' - 65] Cassia Acutifol Co. 50 5 eee 0o 19 D nS 5 —— le cle oS ae Z 30 Xanthoxylum.. .. 2@ 30| Thyme, oe. _@ 1 60} Ferri Chioridum.. 35 tintin Theobromas ....__.. 1G 28 Gentian 0 50 Potassium Gentian OG... 60 Copaibs............ @©@ & i Guiaca 50 ‘ Bi-Barp.. os. 1.) 15D | IS | Artec cette x Peru. @ 2 60] 2. i ye ye | Guiaca ammo 5 Terabin, Canada.... 40@ 45| Bichromate ......... @ 15 ieemianac sv 50 Tolutan. 0... 80@ 8] — ae dace = = Modine. coe 5 Cortex Chlorate. “po. 17@i9e 16a «18 — colorless. © Abies, Canadian.... iS) Cyanide (00 @ 55lrone ao 30 MR os See Set 6) a ot - Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart,pure 29@ 31| woe Vorica 7777 So Euonymus atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart,com @ 15] Quy | mica........ 50 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt.. 8@ 10 borg ao %5 Prunus Virgini...... 12 | Potass Nitras......_. 1 9| oe) Teck rorated. ~ Quillaia, gr’d....... Ie | Prosgiate.. 6 1, 25@ 28! ¢ pu, deodorized.. 1 50 Sassafras...... po. 18 = Sulphate po........ 156@ 18 oa oe. se Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 5 Radix oe = Extractum Aconitym...... |. 0@ BW Sanguinaria a a0 Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25] Althe........00. 0... 22@ 2% /| Serpentaria......... 50 Glycyrrhiza, po..... ag 30 | Anehusa 12@ 15] Stromonium... .... 60 Hematex,tsibbox. ti@ %t2| Arum po..........._. @ | sun. 60 Paematox.is ....... 13@ «= 14} Calamus ...... 20@ 40) Valerian i 50 Hematox, tes... a = era oe po 5 92@ h Sipe nea Veride... = Hematox, 4s...... 6@ «| Glychrrhiza...py.1 i6@ 1s8| Zingiber............. 2 Ferra Hydristis Cane” & BI uher, smu oo @15 een cc ane oO 35 | Serpentaria ......... 30@ = 35 oe C ‘hlor., Is. @ 9 Folia a aes a 40@ 45/| Calcium Chlor., @ 10 milax,officinalis 40 Calcium Chior. 4 a & Barosma............. 15@ 20] Smilax, M........... g 25 | Cantharides, ra M. @ 75 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Seihe 3. po.35 10@ 12] Capsici Fructus, af. @ 18 pevelly.:.... ..... 18@ 25} Symplocarpus, Feeti- sir Fructus, po. @ 1b Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 25@ 30 GUS: PO. @ 25/| Capsici FruetusB, po @ 6 Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana, Eng. po.30 @ 2/|Caryophyllus..po. 15 1@ 12 ene M6... .s Lo 2@ 2 Valeriana, German. 15@ 20} Carmine, No. 40... @ 3% Ure Urs... i 82 Zingiber a. eee oe 12@ 16|CeraAlba,S.&F | 50@ 55 Gummi Zingiber j. ......... 2@ 27 pr Pee 40@ 42 a @ 40 Acacia, Ist picked.. 65 oscige a was Acacia, 2d ino g 45 | Anisum....... po. @ 12 oo saa a e = Acacia, 3d Picked. @ = Spm 6 igraveleons) — >| Cetaceum,. @ 4 Acacia, sifted sorts. 4 Tr 6| Chloroform......_ | 60@ 63 Acacia, po........... 60@ 80 Cie... po. 18 10@ 12 oe Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 14@ 18} Cardamon........... 1 25@ 1 % C Sherer Hyd on 156 3) Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 @ 12) Coriandrum......... &@ EG Seen no 20 25 Aloe, Socotri--po.40 _@ 30 Cannabis Sativa 3%4@ 4! Cinchonidine,P.&W WU@ Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60 C aontam. /.. 6... 7@ 1 00 Cinchonidine’ Germ b@ 2 Assafoetida....po.30 22@ 2%} Chenopodium ...... 10@ | 12| Cocaine............. 3 55@ 3 75 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 | Dipterix Odorate... 2 90@ 3 00] Gorks. list, dis. pr.ct. 65 ones, is. | ‘ 3 = a sete eeeee 6 2 Creosotum. . @ x atechu, 8... cenugreek, po...... ¢ Crota...... bbl. 7 @ 2 Catechu, \%s......... ee Cie. %@ 41 Greta, prep..... 5 Camphoree ... a = = is grd.... bbl. 2% 26 a Creta, —— oS il orbium. -po. sitaas tories < Cret. Upra..... Galbanum........... @ 100 Pharlaris Canarian, 34@ 4 es Eee 25 30 Gamboge po........ 6@ 70) Rapa............ ... TAS «Si Codtesr GO Guaiscum ee = @ . ee — ete e eens iS < Cupri Sulph......... 5@ 6 nO... ..; po. 4 napis Nigra....... @ |) Dextring. | 10@ 12 = Di ee a othe wea . 2 Spiritus Ether Sulph eis ata T5@ 90 Virn........- Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50 Emery, all eens @ 8 a GBS. 2 soe 2 go | Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25 | Emery, po.. 2 RCT ete 40@ 60] Brumenti’. 25@ 1 50 Ergota. 0,0), po.40 30@ 35 Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 Juniperis Go. 0. 1. 1 65@ 2 00 Flake White R@ 15 Tragacanth ......... 50@ 80 Juniperis Co......., 1 75@ 3 50 Galls i ae @ x Herba Saacharum N. E.... 1 90@ 2 10 Gambier aoe ie Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 sae = oe cee : % 6 50 Galata ne 350 [ t .OZ. ini imc mie 200) ee ee es . a ~ aividiee 1 2 2 00| & “a. 60, 10610 og ao pkg = Sponges Glue, brown........ 9@ 12 Mentha Vin oe Oke 35 | Florida sheeps’ wool Glue, white...) 177! 13@ 25 Rue on whe sg | Carriage... .. 2 50@ 2 %5 pacing oe e = See Nassau sheeps wool xrana Paradisi .... li TanacetumV oz. pkg 22 ae oh ¢ CAmriAge. 5... 200 Bumuing 2 55 Thymus, V..oz. pkg oo) Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chlor Mite 80 Magnesia. wool, » carriay ee. 1 10 Bees Chior Cor. @ 7 Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60| Extra yellow sheeps’ ydraag Ox Rub’m of Carbonate, Pat...... N@ 2 wool. carriage.... 85 | Hydraag Ammoniati _@ 1 00 Carbonate, K.& M.. 20@ 25] Grass sheeps’ wool, HydraagU — 45@ 55 Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36 Carriage... ....... @ 65| Hydrargyrum. @ 5 Hard, for slate use. @ 7% Ichthyobolla, Am... 1 25@ 1 50 Oleum Yellow Reef, for Indigo, ... .. . tee 100 Absinthium......... 3 25@ 3 50| slate use.......... @ 1 40| Iodine, Resubi..._! 2 60@ 3 40 Amygdale, Dulc.. 30@ 50 lodoform............ @ 4 20 Amygdale, Amare. 8 00@ 8 25 Syrups Lopeting @ 2% ee see Sic soe = 2) Beeew.... . 50| Lycopodium........ 5¢ 55 A ti Cort 3 Op 2 | Aurantic t g 50 | Macis 65 ‘a oni ortex..... 2 3 uranti Cortes...... rl : S| Armeiner..... .: .... @ 50| Liquor Arse-. et hy- om Si ipecac... |... ..... @ 60). Grariod. ||... @ 2% Som. G0} Werrifod............ @ 50| LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ . 12 35@ 65] Rhei Arom.......... @ 50| Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ 3 Gaeeeands —— @ 4 00| Smilax Officinalis... 50@ 60 Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1% Cinnamonii. ........ 1 80@ 2 00} Senega.............. @ %O| Mannia,S. F........ 50@ 60 Gitronella. -o< 5 50| Sellim...... ... . @ 50 Mee 3: oo @ 2 40 20 eee. Morphia, S.P.& W... 1 9@ 2 @ =| Linseed, pure raw.. 28 31 Morphia, S.N.Y.Q. & | aaok a ho ig eee @ | Linseed, Boiled a. oa 33 SC ee 1 8@ 2 10} Snuff, Maecaboy, De | Neatsfoot, winterstr 65 7 Moschus Canton. - | vou 2.3 @ | Spirits Turpentine.. oy 40 Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ 80) Snuff,Secotech,DeVo's Go x! Nux Vomica.. - po.20 @ 10) Soda Boras...... 6 @ 8 | Pp = Sepia.. 15@ = 18/| Soda Boras, po. .. 6 @ 8 aints BBL — epsin Saac, H. & P. | Soda et Potass Tart 26@ 28 | Red Veneti: 2 D. Co. @ 1 00] Soda, Carb. Boe 3 ee if 5 = Picis Lig. N.N.% gal. | Soda, Bi-Carb. 3@ 5] Ochre yellow Ber ik 2 @8 Ce @ = 00} boas, Ash... 344 4) Putty. e& mmercial oY 2%@3 Picis Liq. quarts... @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas....... @ | 2/ Putty) strictly pure. 2% 2% @3 Picis Liq., pints..... @ | Spts. Cologne... @20))\vernilion Prime | Pil Hydrarg.. -po. 80 @ 450; Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55! American. 13@ «15 Piper Nigra... po. 22 @ 18/|Spt’ Myreia Dom.. @ ° 00| Vermilion. E nglish 70@ 5 Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30) Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. @ 2 42] Green. Paris 13%@ 19 Piix Burgun....... @ 7| Spts. Vini Reet. 4bbl @ 2 47| Green, Peninsular.. 13@ 16 Plumbi Acet........ 10@ 12) Spts. Vini Reet. 10gal @ 250) Lead. Red 54@ 6 Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20/| Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal = @ 2.52 at oa ie ar Pyrethrum, rag Less 5¢ gal. cash 10 days. hiting, whiteSpan _ °6 * & P. D. Co., doz. 1 25 | Stryehnia, Crystal... 1 40@ 1 45} iting wilders® @ 0 Pyrethrum, py... 33 | Sulphur, Subl..... 2%@ 3] White, Paris Amer.. @ 1 00 Quassiz... 8@ 10/ Sulphur, Roll.... . 2@ 2% | Whiting, Paris Eng. : Saimin’ S. P. & W. @ Sli Tamarinds........__ 8@ 10 cliff . nie @1 #0 uinia, S. German. 29) Terebenth Venice... 28@ 30 bie . 5 Quinia, N.Y. > 20| Theobroma....... LQ 45) Universal | repared Lets Rubia Tinctorum. ie fi Vanitia.............. 9 Ob@16 Gy aa actis si 18@ 20/ Zinci Sulph. ae 7@ 8 | Varnishes Salacin.._... 3 00@ 3 10 lw 1" i . 9 Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50 Oils eral en ; on : = Sapo, _ toa e et eau ww 12@ . | BBL. @AL. | Coach Body 2 7@ 3 00 — a oo 0@ 15, | Whale, winter....... 70 70| No.1 Turp Furn.... 1 00@ 1 10 po, G..- Se a] band, extra... 40 45 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Siedlitz Mixture ‘20 Se) | Mand Not | 35 40 | Jap.Dryer,No.i1Turp 70@ 7% e ® a 35-5 Ee e-o-g, PFS ee SSS SSE slindry Department We invite examination of our remodeled and handsome sundry department now in charge of Mr. J. H. Hagy. cases complete lines of the following goods. We display in sample show Perfumes Soaps Combs Mirrors Powder Puffs Tooth, Nail, Hair, Cloth, Infant, Bath, and Shaving Brushes Fountain and Family Syringes Key Rings Cork Screws Razor Strops Tweezers Razors Violin, Guitar and Banjo Strings Atomizers Suspensory Bandages Toilet and Bath Sponges And many other articles too numerous to mention. Goods are up to date and prices right. razeliine & Perkins Drud Go Grand Rapids, Mich. 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. ~ Oca a . It is im- possible to give quotati ; c LO§ ations suitable f “ erage prices for avera itable for all conditions of dP ge conditions o s of purchase, and th . —~ ho have poor credit. shes sabia Cash buyers or those i to di given as representing av- o make this feature of the greatest ate — requested to point Pepe ex usually buy closer than ible use to dealers rors Or omissions, as it is . at > AXLE GREASE. doz. gross CHEESE. erie ce ee a COUPON BOOKS FA Diamond ol ee 7 00 | Amboy... 2.0.2.2... $ i aD ee pcan - 40 See. qt 7 | oh ef BFret---+--.-------- @ 7 B Farina. Oval bottle, with cork SALT Frazer's. 8 00 Elsie ....-.2- 2+ -0-, @ %% -— oo ee — wee 8 screw. Diam , ica — 87 9% oe ee @ 8% WwW Grits i money. or the Cases, 243 — Crystal. Sree a 55 6 OX oe 2 ie nee . : BS oS 6 00 | Ideal ...... 1% eRoo Cocs. ..... 2 an. tae 3 Si Idea ree seen @ ik Hom 2 00 Regular Barrels, 100 3 1b bags......2 7% DER. Lenawee oe ao F Barrels iny. Grade Butter 98 It ao Dee ase ae ee ee eee - a. a gl aac 9 95 rT, > a 14 Ib cans — s sie se oe g 8 s Flake, 50 Ib. drums. ~... q 00 mao Butter, 2) 4 so a we Se 5 Seammetale ee @ 7 T 7 Dri Lima Beans. ee patie’ 20 14 Ib page... 8 00 Bib eae a s ee 5 a radesman Grade. — eee 3% foe, 4 50 er, 280 1b bbls..........2 50 Acme. Bam 02000000"... @ 1% | sod books, any denom:... 2 90 oe ee 44 1b cans 3 doz... _ | Limburger Ss (fe oe fepectol = tex oe Vetiia, | ayes % lb cans 3 fe $3 Pineapple i. @ 15 1,000 b oks, any denom....11 50 — Pea ve ea ] ee Bie ewehi cc . i ib cans 1 doz.. oe Ln. “eo ,000 books, any Genom. ...20 00 | Common igi Si 3 A ee oct. : ae Chicory 8 50 Economic Grade. Chester oe 1% ELEGAN S fl 4 On... 3 » — ed 4 lb aa Purity. Bulk . 100 a any denom.... 1 50 Empire ...... ae Qu vc xx Gre 15 24Ib. sacks. : 4 on Purity. | ou a 5 7 ooks, any denom.... 2 50 Peas. ee XX Grad 115, 61h. Hacks 4 : cute don. 3 : 300 books, any denom lt 50 Green, bu...... Seen le 60 5 Ib ae = can ber don 0 oe sila: ,000 books, any denom....20 00 Split, per Jb. ee 80 on. = 14 lb. ake. = 3 sur, | | | eee ~ WSS so... i0 1b. sacks. : a —— e Columbis, pints ce ‘ 2 ~sesastade igre c 3 40 \ Rovat 4 4 “7: oo = oa linen sacks PESTA = ie : bis ot ] arch, oe ‘ j Sh o linen sacks. 2 Ib cans 2 doz case ..... 0 5 gross —— PINS. oem aR =| Paneer bine = bodes i + pe i Reweotabl act | Vr = _ ee 8 : 0 ~ ee 40 = ati ra nds, eb. 2 3 91 F | , i, aallian | 563. airy MSs . oe SHELLS. co universal Grade. oe wo sab aay ae i % , EN 5 : oks, any deno —_ = ial a BS | Less ain sasne: | wae oa te — : A : : = = at Less quail rene 5 ; =00 insect — — 7 = Scag ae . cae a 4 56-1b dairy Pag remy 15 Ve s, 4 doz case... >| CREAN TARTAR - y oe _ * " ‘Tp eane: {dos eit. oe S ee —— any denom....20 00 Wheat. 3% | Jackson Liquid, 1 oz per doz. HHiggia: sacks... 60 __ Jersey Cream. Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35} 5 uperior Grade. Cracked, bulk............. 3 Jackson Liquid, 202... .... eC linen 1 cco a7 Strictly Pure, tin boxes 37 = ae any denom 1 50 242 1b packages.... 2 40 Jackson Liquid, 30z..... 1 = Solar R aaa 60 1b can per dog nna 2 00) ety COFFEE. ooks, any deno So aa : -* . 130] 56. : ‘ock. ton ea, per do : : COFFEE. 500 books, any eee 50 at ee GUNPOWDER. ib Sacks 21 a sing _epoaks, aug denem 3 3 Fish. Kegs Rifle—Dupont’s. aia Fine. . a ae re —. ———. a | Manistee 0000201 70 oo cca be nae eee ms Cod. Quarter Kegs....... 1.1... ae er 70 oe en eevee 2 oe eee et ——— eured.4.../. @ 3% 11b cans Ae i .cucet 36) Gegteh. 4 — ae Bis = ean 2 ati hs 8 genuine...... @ 4° | % Ib cone acer mae 301M , in bladders......... 3 ile : ee 20 b boa mp | Georges selected... @5_ | x_,Choke Bore—Dupont’s. accaboy, in ja 7 ae m | golden 2 150 books. ee 2 oo | Sttips or bricks....... 5 @8 we Bore—Dupont’s. 18 | French ek eae 1 86 BASKETS. Fai — 250 books. 22 --22-co0o01 6 a3] BERS scans Le ag nearer 2% se — pe Fain eos veeeesceteresseces 19 ta ne agg veoeees 10 00 Strips... ogee 9 Sparen Rega A Alepice sae , Ea rr ae 6 00 ate a ¥ eee es ee dees ae ] 2 . gir Ban, Plime ooo 21 aon ame reiit Checks. Holland white hoops keg. 60 in Duck—Dupont’s. Cassia, China in aan. oe > Eps Mexican and Gite ' iia 23 | 1000, any oan oe - 300 cng hoops bbl. 7 50 | Half 25 Cassia Saigon tn oe FET). a2 rican and Guatar a 5 00 Norwegian... ........-... : Quarter Kegs.....20..0.2.. 0 2% Cloves, ho 32 Bea peeeeereeen ae —— = 8 St me 2 50 Se = Cloves, Zanzibar.. 1D oe = eee a seas 1 = aa LICORICE. _—. Batavia.: 2 A es = mai S; f Deine — —— Sund Apples. —__ Calabria ..............0. 0.0. 3 Nutmogs, Now 1.0.0 100000 50 ee i ree 23 ena ae 6 sa Se Bee 10 50 | Roe celica a te 8 | pan eae 24 rated 50 Ib boxes. @4 mess 10 Tos...... : i : : ous : 50 at ‘MIN ss isi ek eis 10 ee Singapore, black. i 7 Standard Bushel Interior .... : Apricots nia Fruits. Mess 8 lbe 05 ny | Ideal, 3.4 oa epper ahh : Extra Bushel....... 25 | Private Growth......2......- 25 | Blackberrie; o qe | NO. 1 WO Ibe..- 9 50 VS OCMATCHES. | 2 ee Pere Grout 7 5 ae 7 | Mandeblin . 27 | Nectarine : No.1 40 lbs.... tt Se koe Pure Ground in Bulk. (SPEC eg e yaar ne 28 | Peaches SS... : eS No. : 10 — eer me : 2 No en Co.’s brands Alisgiee round in Bulk. 3% bushel, bamboo del’ J: 5 a. - agama ie 9 NO. Bibs ee Anchor Parlor.............. iS oe eee ce 2 font ie 153 pation “Mocha, on | EEE Guersios 8"O No. 2 100 Ibs... ne z eae eg 1 o Cassia, on ee 2 i ake 8 2B) maton nen 2|Pited Gh sete saa Le ~ nag ua aa 110 Cloves, Amboyna........... 35 a Clothes, 30% 6. tra. 59 | Clark-J —— Raspberries........... 12 Has ihe . = _ "HOLASSE a —_ oeree Zanaibar. oe i tamond Cloth es, BOxI6... 2 50 | Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’sB ee ee Sardines. 5 Ss. Gan itn 15 ; ae. 4 00 | Fifth Avenue.. .’s Brands California Pr a ee 7 ec Sritetgarnamick. [genet y ambien 3, | BIBS gas Black. ren Poe ax SMF, Samat. —— lw s’ Mocha and Java... 254% | 80-90251 emee... 1. 3% | No. 2, , ee OM orca reerscuioaaeates 18] Mustard, Eng. at ae elis’ Perfection Java. ....25 21 70-805 b boxes....... 4 0. 2, 100 1b. bales... Ne ROE earn nance tensed go ; Mustard, Eng and Trieste. . BLUING ae 2544 | 70-80 25 1b boxes... Tront. Fancy ois cvevccseteeseee 94 | Mustard, Tries ee NG. Val 4 60 - 70 25 1 ~o- @ 2% 1 No.1 pen Kettle...... 25@35 jeans 0@5 Valley City Maracaibo. ....18% oe Ib boxes... @ 4¥ | No. 4 108 Ibe 400 aan Pepper ting. binck ... oa ee ek ; -50 25 Ib boxes...-... 5 4 9) IP’ : Pepper, Sing.) white... 19@8 “ily as | See ee... @ 74 55 | Clay Ti epper, caine. Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand lq cent oe piece 1 7 | Clay, T. D tulle ount...... 1 eee an a ae oe Mocha 31 Rel oe a aa | | : Sin cea sre eee | ee 1 an uaker Mocha ion as mae pa 3 Crown. 1 55 sbbitt eld = oko Mocha and Java......25 | Dehesias ayers5Crown. 2 50 Penna Sait Halt bi = ee oche and Java. 2 Dales ee 3 95 Penna Salt Co.’s........... gop | Hat bie 12 State House Blend ae ‘oose Muscatels? Grown 4% a i Se : 1 doz. pasteboard Boxes Quaker Golden Mie 7 oan wpe ec aM ead es . 3 doz. wooden boxes....... 1 20 Package. .....17% | Loose Muscatels 4Crown 64 Half bbis, oO — eee : BROOMS one Below are given New Y FOREIGN Half bbls, 600count........ 3 20) Gholee . o.oo oT 2 No. 1 Carpet . prices on package coffee ork Curran . Small. — co No. 2 Carpet. ee .199| Which the wholesale go a sapere ca sairval A og — se so Sia cee 1% mich, the wholes de ene 8 @ 5 Half bbls, 1,200 count...... 4 40 eee eel eis ee No. 4 Carpet oe York to your shi ae oe SG 6 esti s os : 3 Parlor Gem .... . 1 15 point, giving you credit ae Cleaned, packages oe @? “a oo Common ae 2 00 —— for the amount ee ce ee eeotae Fo = oe : Fancy Whisk.. 70 | freight buyer pays from the Citron Ameri mit aoe = cok i Boney Wat . . : raret h yer pays from the poe a 101b bx @i4 — was ce oe . Armour’s Brands. fos 89 anes pomt ses | J x @i2 og ce ee rmour's Family es...: CANDLES. weight of aaeiek an range American 101b bx @12 imported. 3 Armour’s a r- os 270 oo : cases the ligt te Ide per 100 Ibs, | Ond : Raisins. Japan, No.1....... : Armour’s White, 100s...... 3 25 oe 7 eias ten eciee cae Ss. Sateen 28 ib boxes...... @ : Japan. No. 2.... ay 5% | Armour’s White, oo 6 25 z es x |e 0 1 out mney eae @ ig: ional. Jane, NO, Boo... -. .... § | Armour’s Woodehuck .... 3 20 a 2 — : cule irre mo By | Ao. antia =O Keen WONG. ooo ais ix —* Kitchen Brown. 2 90 Lakeside ~ nen gag ficLaughlin’s XXXX......12 = Sultana 4 oon ce @ 30z...--.1 50 3 on. "4 pst | a ; [cee 1 00 Vv Extract. Risk @ 40z.. ...2 00 402. coo} 0) | Camary, Smyma..!-.0.2... 4 mt | 7 -% a. »] Lakeside, Cham. of Eni 1 30 — City % gross . ri] FLY PAPI @ Sos......3.00 6 = ees 2 0 Caraway sie a 0 bakestde, Cham. of ang. 1 40 ee: J tS Tengicloot. — 19 ; = cs = Cardamon, Malabar aie 4 CH ; gross... ; No. 10. No. 10...4 emp, Russian........... eee . Bu eis | s No. Ort 9 a "f = Mixed — viets esas 4 | Single box... German Sweet a Kneipp Mait Coffee No 3 T.2 00 No. 37.1 35 Mustard, white....... ... so) ote delivered....-.-. 2 10 Premium. ..... go 11 Ib. packages, 80 ib. case’ o 4T.2 40 No. 471 5 Poon 6% | 10 box lots. deliyere ee oo Breakfast Cocoa...._ 2 ‘eae 100 lb. one : Hox pass - oak i sae an aS iy Ss stn ah : eo 1p | Cuttle Bone... so ao pec 40 ft, per — 1 00} Gail B 4 ae R : “INDIGO. ” Pa ae American rosie teat Cotton’ 6 - per — days —— Eeee......... 6 7 cue cas wor see cees es 30 oes. a Bib b oxes Cuureh Serene tne a oe aos) : , i ieee : gular. case of 10 boxes..255| and 5 lb boxes... hae ee 3 80 | Cabinet.......... $8 a 18] Somme Me e75| Regn, ean 2 a ‘... SO and’s..... ae Gen 3 33 Cotton, 70 ft, per dog.......1 60) Champion ..--.--.. tein meen eishen ee ee 380 | SAVORS aaa ceca 250 Jute, 60 ft per a doz....... 1 80 Magnoll 4501 Li ar, 10 case lots. paiis..... ae scapes POR cc nesses aa 3 30| Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz. = : ; : eg 7 ce ee ee ree ee eee fe ce usk D 5 5 es Jute, 72 ft, per aes. ME 80 | Challenge... -4 25 | Little ae bet... 13 a> pails. oe SALSODA. __ — Dusky Diamond 308 on. 0 eo . % Dim 3 50 , case of 15 box pails.... .... gg Indie, 100 Th ) vacates 1B) ES a i Be ee lame cat pe ee vo et : eine : ranulated, 100 Ib cases : _ , per,box of 50...... 75 Senna i aoe aE : = ——) bbls: ee SUR "3 aS es, eee um Se “AueriediFamily a ake... : ke fae? ar. Ae Family Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. 701 ID. parca acme, Single box.. i342 5 box foe es 3s oo 10 box lots. 25 box lots.. . Acme, 6011b ¢ lakes. Single box... 3 00 ew Wee 2 90 10 box lots 2 8 25 box lots. . 2 80 One box free with 5 5: “two boxes free with 10; five ‘boxes free with 25. Acme, 5 cent size. Single box. 2 85 5 box lots.. lowes ae eae 10 box ee a 2 70 oo Oe PONE 2 65 Acorn, 120 cakes, 75 lbs. OO 2 85 Sree toe... 2% 1 bes WOts. 2... 2 70 roc ae a ep a 2 65 Marseilles White. 109 cakes, 7 Ibs. SIO UON ce. 5 Tremor 5 65 Py com 10s oo. 5 60 2 box lots ... 3 oe 100 cakes, ‘5 ‘cent size. Simic OO... ec. ce 4 00 OPOM 106 3 90 Moe ots. eS 25 box pe soo. o Oe Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. 100 a * id lbs. Single box. .2 85 Ce 2 80 i Ox 160s... se f » ~» Single box... . . 5 box lots, deliv ered...... 10 box lots, delivered. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-Ib. bars ..2 % Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars....3 co) Uno, 100 1b. bars.......... 2 50 Dol, 100 10- oz. bars. 8 Oo ine Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz .....2 40 Sapolo, hand, 3 doz .......- 2 40 —— Powder. “Se ‘R hE Kr FOO 2 Of pees......-...-.... 3 50 STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. 40 1-lb packages........ 20 1 lb packages..... 6 . 6% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 402-1) peckages............. 6% ie POKER Ug . .... 7 Diamond. 64 10¢ packages ..5 00 198 Sc packages......... .. 5 00 32 10¢ and 64 5¢ packages...5 00 Common Corn. 201 boxes... ...... ....... 4% MPO WOON. cose ce ch cs occs 4% MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _ Candies. — — l-lb packages... a 3-lb packages De 4 Ott packages... 4% and 50 Ib boxes........... 2% Sarrels ae STOVE POLISH. No. 4,3 dog mease,... | |. 4 50 INO. 6, 3 dog in case... a 20 SUGAR. Below are given prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Cut Loaf Pome 8 Cubes .... ee a. _ en oe XXXX Powdered..... Mould ee i Granulated in bbis... ..... .¢ Granulated in bags Fine Granulated. . Extra Fine Granulated.. New York Extra Coarse Granulated. ..4 88 Diamond Confec. A........4 % Confec. Standard A......... 4 63 Sf 4 50 _ +... 4 5u0 No fs 4 50 No +... 4 50 Oe Se 4 44 Me Oe 4 38 mee fe 4 2% Ne oe 419 no. 9. 413 HO. 0s 4 00 MO 3 88 =... 3 81 Pe ee 3 9 Ne 3 56 ee ee 8 44 GU Oe 3 38 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 475 Lea & Perrin’s, small.....2 7 Maltord, lame... ...... .: 3% Halford small. | ee Salad Dressing, large. . 4 55 Salad Dressing, small..... 2 & TOBACCOS. gars. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. Now Briek.......2........: 35 00 Morrison, Plummer «& Co.’s b’d. Governor Yates, 44% in..... 58 00 Governor Yates, 43; in..... 65 00 Governor Yates, 54 in.....70 00 Monier. .. 30 00 H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. Ouimtette 0 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. . © Ws .35 Miscellaneous Brands. . American Queen. .33 00 et 135 00 Michiogn 35 00 oval Rmiene. 5... : .35 00 PA MOOR 35 00 VINEGAR. Leroux Cider. <0 Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain. 10 Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain. rare ee No. 0, per gross. . ou 25 No. 1, per gross 30 No. 2) wer eross uc , 40 No. 3, per gross v6) Fish and Oysters . Fresh Fish. Per Ib. Waieee ......,.... @ § eo ., eo Ff Bisee Basa... 2... @ 10 PA bOG. @ 12 Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4 Binchen. 8... @ 10 Live Lobster....... @ i7 Boiled Lobster...... @ 19 COG rs @ 10 FIGGGOGE oll a s&s No. fF Fickerel....:. @- 7 PIRG oo... ce. @ 6c Smoked White...... eo 7 Red Snapper........ @ 10 Col River Salmon... @ Mackerel ..:....... @ 15 Oysters in Cans. WV. H. Counts........ @ 4 Shell Goods. Oysters, per 100.. -1 25@1 50 Clams, per 100...... ‘ 1 00 Stick Candy. . b BR Standard H. H..... Standard Twist Cut Loaf bls. pails Mixed Candv. Competition... ..... Standard Reader... |... Conserve... .... Bova mien bees Cit Boat... English Rock Kindergarten....... French Cream... __ Dandy Pan... Valley Cream Fancy—In Bulk. Lozenges, plain Lozenges, printed.. Choe. Drops... Choe. Monumentals Gum Drops. a. Moss Drops. Sour ao Imperials . wSaervuiwhan ww ~ QOHHHOOOA SPP we Fahcy—-In 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops.. @50 Seur Drops... @50 Peppermint Drops... @60 Chocolate Drops.... @6v H. M. Choe. Drops. @i5 Gum Drops... |. @30 Licorice Drops...... @i5 A. Be oo @50 Lozenges, plain.. @5 Lozenges, printed... @5v PHpCriBIS @50 Monece @55 Cream Bar. @50 Molasses Bar ....... @d0 Hand Made Creams. 80 @90 Plain Creams. - 60 @so Decorated Creams. @9 Serine Hock... |. @b60 Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Wintergreen Berries @55 Caramels. No. 1 wrapped, 2 lb. boxes @30 No. i wrapped, = Ib. boxes os @45 No. 2 wrapped, 2 2 ib. boxes Oranges. Seedlings. Wt @ aca @ 150-176-200..... @3 50 Med't Sweets Oe @3 25 IoG-T76- 200 .......... @3 50 Messinas. Fancy 200s.. @3 50 St. Mic ha nels, re a Ee @A 50 Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. @3 25 Strictly choice 300s.. @3 25 Fancy 360s.. @4 00 Ex.Fancy 3008... @4 50 Bananas. Medium bunches...1 25 @I1 50 Large bunches......1 7% @2 00 Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs, Choice Layers Ry. @ Figs, New Smyrna 14 and 20 1b boxes. @I12 Figs, Naturals in 30 1b. bags,.. @ 6 Dates, Fards in 101b boxes Lo @ 8 Dates, F ards in 60 1b cases .. @6 Dates, Persians, H.M. B., 60 Ib cases, new @ 5% Dates, Sairs 60 Ib cases @ 4% Nuts. Almonds, ‘Tarragona... Almonds, Ivaca....... Almonds, oo soft shelled. . Brazils new Pipers Wainuts, Grenobles .. Walnuts, Calif No. 1. Walnuts, soft shelled = ee ae Table Nuts, fancy.. Table Nuts, choice... Pecans, Med eee ius Pecans, Ex. Large.. Pecans, Jumbes....... Hickory Nuts per bu., Olio, new. Cocoanuts, full sacks Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Suns. Fancy, H. P., Flags MOOStOG oo. 5. Choice, H. P., Extras. Choice, H. P., Extras, Roasted Grains and Feedstuffs Wheat. Wen Winter Wheat Flour. Locai Brands. Peer 4 6U meconG Patent... 4 25 ss. ...... 4 05 CO 3 70 Graham eee, .. £@ Buckwheat -_2@ we. 2 @& Subject to usual cash dis count, Flour in bbls.,25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand. Cuber te. 4 20 ater Ww... 4 20 Wesker “e000 4 3 Spring Wheat Flour. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. Pillsbury’s Best 148.._..... 4 60 Pillsbury’ Ss Best \4s.. 4 50 Pillsbury’s Best 44s... .. 4 40 Pillsbury’s Best 1gs paper. 4 40 Pillsbury’s Best 48 paper.. 4 40 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Grand Republic, \%s........ 4 60 Grand Republic, 4s.. ..... 4 50 Grand Republic, \s........ 4 WwW Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand. Parasia 368............... 4 6b Parisian, i - 450 ror Se. 4 40 Olney & Judson ’s Brand. orcs tc... Cerenate, Wa... 4 50 Ceresota, 4gs 4 40 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. bane sa 4 60 Laurel, 4s (2 oO Laurel, %s. - 44 Meal Boke 1 50 Cranmiated =... if Feed and Millstufis. St. Car Feed.’screened .... 12 50 No. 1 Corn and Oats... .__ i ¢ Unbolted Corn Meal....... 11 00 Winter Wheat Bran... . . 9 Ug Winter Wheat ; Middlings. . 9&0 Screenings. : . 8 00 The O. E. pertain Mill Co. quotes as follows: New Corn. a 1. 2a ca. en Car iots.....,... 30 Oats. Car late, 22% Carlots, clipped. . 24 Less than car lots.. 27 Hay. No. 1 Timothycarlots.. -. 10 30 No. 1 Timothy, ton lots ._.12 00 oe The N. Y. Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter. pevymour X43 jl. 4 Seymour XXX, 3 1b. carton 4% Family XXX.. 4 Family XXX, 31b> carton. 4'4 Salted XXX... 4 Salted XXX, 3b earton. 4% Soda. OGG MM coo 4% Soda XXX. Sib carton... 5 hoaa. Cig... 5% Zephyrette....... i. Long Island Wafers....... 9 L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton .. 10 Oyster. square Oyster, XNN...... 416 pa. Uys. XX. ft Ib carton. Big Baring Oysser, SEN... | 43g | SWEET GOODS—Boxes. Oe 9 Bent’s Cold Water......... 13 Bette Bose... 6 Cocoanut Tay... . 1... 9 Coffee Cakes... .......-... 8 Prosted Honey............. 10 Graham Cracker 6% Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 5 Ginger Snaps, XXX city. 5 Gin. Snups,XXX homemade 5 Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped... 5 Ginger: Vaan. ........... 1 POAORUMIS co. 6% Jumpbies, Honey........... 10 Mortasses Cakes... ........ ib MOTSEINANOW ........ 20... Marshmallow Creams..... 3 Prétzels, hand made ..... 6 Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6 poeer Cake. 3... 6% CON i Sears’ Lunch.. _ oe Sears’ Zephy rette.. ie Vanilla Sousre.:......... % Wemitla Walters .2...... .:. 12 Poeun Water... .... ....«. 12 BEGG COO cess. 9 Mermod PiGMe 10 Cream Jumbleg............ 11% Boston Ginger ee Lae 6 Chimmie Fadden . Ges Fineappice Glace...... ..... 12 POniy Camogie. owe ice ce 6 __ Provisions. Swift “ Company quote as follows Barreled Pork. ae. 8 00} a 9 00 | Clear back. 9 00 | Short cut.. 8 50 a 12 50 pean 8. lc. 8 00 Family .- 650 Dry Salt ‘Meats, Bettice. (2) 5% Briskets . .. o Extra shorts.. ae os 434 Smoked eats. Hams, 12 1b average ... 10 Hams, 14 lb ave 9% Hams, 16 lb ave 7 944 Hams, 20 Ib average. S34 Ham drie Zoo. ......... lis Shoulders (N. Y. cut). 6he Bacon, clear...... <<. OOOCt California hams......... 644@7 Boneless hams.......... BL Cooked ham.. on il Lards. i Tierces. Compound.... 3% Kettie. oa iG. S | 5d lb Tubs...... advance Le | 80 lb Tubs.......advance bg | 50Ib Tins .......advance hg Be a Pass. ...... advance be 10 lb Pails.......advance 4 5 lb Pails....... advance % Sib Pals....... advance 1 a Bologna ........ 5 Liver.. eee k eee 644 Frankfort... ue, 6% Pork . “eee B44 Poca ........ 6 fousuc .. ... 9 Head cheese bee 6% eef, Mears Moss 7 00 Boneless - 950 Rump.. . 80 Pies? Feet. Bits, 5 ihe..... 8o ie bbls, 40 ihe 1 50 Me bbls) 80 the 2 80 Tripe. mien ihe. LT. 5 i Dols, 2) ibe............ 1 40 4% bbls, 80 lbs. 2% Collies. Fe 18 Beef rounds. 3% Beef middles..........__ . | See 60 | ances Rolls, dairy.. i ae 10 Sel, Gaivy.... 944 Rolls, creamery ......... 13 Solid, creamery ....... . Bs Canned —* Corned beef, 2 .... 2 Corned beef, 14 ib. ao -14 00 Moast Geer, 2ih....... 3 15 Potted ham, 14s. . Potted Ham, ‘is....... 1 00 Deviled ham, 48. ace Oe Deviledham, 45....... 1 00 Petted tongue ae... 60 Potted tongue \s....... 1 00 Fresh Meats. Beef. Carcass oe . 5467 Fore quarters....... 144@ 6 Hind quarters....... 7 @ &%& bois No. g.......... 18 qe Ming... 8 @l2 ROmnes ol . 644@ 7% -oes........... 4 @5 Eiaegs 2. @ 3 Pork. CO , @ 4% —_ @ 6 ees @ 5% beat tard... wc. 54@ 8 ee Capea ........ a. as Spring Lambs.. i 9 @l0 Veal. as ....... Ss @7 Hides and Pets. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- ows: Hides. —-........... .. 5s @* rar cured............ @ 6% Full Cured... - 6B4@ 7% Day 2.5. 8 Be Kips. green. Oe. — Character of Circulation. Every day advertisers are coming to recognize better value of character cir- culation, and to understand more of the inutility of circulations that are figured according to size rather than quality. Big figures only talk now when consid- ered in conjunction with desirable cir- culation. Advertisers have begun to realize that quality and quantity are co- existent in a good medium; that the few who are probable buyers are better than the multitude who are not. Any sensible man knows that one gold pin is worth twenty brass ones, but it is only recently that the bulk of advertisers have come to appreciate the same _ idea as applied to newspaper circulations. It has always been the figures—in fact or fiction—that have appealed to the un- thinking advertiser. A hundred thou- sand circulation among poor people was «preferred to a 20,000 circulation among the rich, for what possible reason, be- yond the glamour of figures, nobody can imagine. But the inevitable reaction has set in, and it is of very little use talking up big circulations now unless the publication has also other claims for consideration. : It is the same with a trade journal. One thousand paid subscribers are worth more to the advertiser than 10,000 papers sent out gratuitously. A journal having 6,000 paid subscribers is more valuable to the advertiser than a paper which sends out 60,000 copies for free distribution. 2 Paris boasts of an official rat catcher. He has served his town in this capacity for more than thirty-five years, and he tells with pride that during that time he has caught, unaided by a trap, more thap a million rats with his own hands. wie is extremely proud of his profession, and on his card is emblazoned a crest formed by two rats rampant. Now- adays the labors of the strange man are not particularly remunerative, but dur- ing the siege the official rat catcher made a smal! fortune. Then not only the common folks but the purveyors of the great restaurants were only too glad to pay a franc for a well-fed rodent. Indeed, at some times the price of a plump rat ran up to 3 francs, or about 60 cents. The official rat catcher and his assistant search out their victims in the famous Paris. sewers, and he fre- quently sells his tiny animals to people who are fond of turning the creatures together and betting on their abilities to fight. ——>-4>—___ _ The shortest way to do many things is to only do one thing at once. TRADESMAN The Produce Market. Asparagus— Home grown has advanced to 30c per doz. bunches. Bananas—The demand for bananas was never so great on this market as_ it is to-day. Not only is this the case here, but it is so the country over. This demand has caused an advance of 20c this week on the Gulf, and the advance here is 25c on all good to fancy stock. There are very large arrivals, but some orders have been turned down for want of fruit. Beets—z2oc per doz. bunches. Butter—The market is steady at 14c on creameries, which is a full cent bet- ter than the parity of New York and a half cent better than Chicago. Choice dairy fetches 9@Ioc, netting the shipper about 8c. Those who have cold storage are putting away ample supplies in an ticipation of a drought later in the sea- son, which would send prices up several cents. Cabbage—Home grown of excellent quality and fair size is held at 75c per doz. i Cauliflower—$1.25 per doz. Celery—25c per bunch. The quality is improving and the offerings are in- creasing. Cherries—Home grown red and white command $1 per crate of 16 gts. Black cherries will begin to come in the latter part of the week. Cheese—Although the receipts are large and the demand not what it should be, the market is not likely to weaken from the prices quoted this week. The lowest point has probably been reached. Cucumbers—Home grown are in am- Eggs—The market 1s a trifle weaker than a week ago. Fancy candled stock is still held at gc, so that the shipper gets about 7!4c, case count, on track. ple supply at 30@35c per doz. Lemons—The hot weather has sent lemons up 75c¢ a box, and the volume of business done is very large. Eastern markets are aiso advanced. Californias and Messinas are both in good request. Stocks in this market are not very large. Melons—Scarce and high in price, on account of the floods in some sections and the drought in others. The quality of the arrivals is excellent and dealers find no difficulty in securing 25@3oc for their supplies. Onions—-Southern stock is scarce, and higher, having advanced to $1.25 per bu. Green are large in size and fair in quality, commanding 12c_ per .doz. bunches. Oranges—The market is very firm, although no marked advances are to be noted. The movement is fair. Stocks are good for this season of the year. Peas—Declined to 5oc per bu., with prospect of still lower prices in the course of a week. Pineapples——-Fancy Indian River (Florida) command $1.40@1. 50. Potatoes-Old are slow sale at 25c. Large and ripe stock from Arkansas easily fetches $1.10, while small and green stock from Tennessee is taken less readily at goc. Radishes—Charter and China Rose command g@1oc. The quality of both is fine. Seeds—Meduim clover, $4.50@4.75 ; Mammoth clover, $4.75@5; Timothy, $1.40@1.60; Hungarian, 75@8o0c; Com. mon or'German Millet, 65@7oc. Squash—1Il]linois stock, 4c per Ib. Strawberries—5o0@6oc per crate of 16 gts. Receipts of hcme grown are likely to continue all next week, unless the weather continues moist and muggy, which ripens the fruit rapidly in poor condition. Many growers have ceased picking altogether, on account of the low prices now ruling. Tomatoes— $1 per crate of 4 baskets. Turnips—Home grown command 20c per doz. Wax Beans—Mississippi, bu. ; Illinois, 75c per bu. a $1.25 per He Knew What He Wanted. A lily white, blonde young man en- tered a well-known furnishing goods store a few days ago to purchase some collars. After examining the various styles, from the low water mark to the twenty-eight story flat, he selected two at 20 cents each. ‘They are three for 50 cents,’ the clerk. ‘‘Well, give me two.’ ‘* Better take three for half a dollar,’’ repeated the clerk. “‘T only want two.’’ ‘‘Yes, but two costs 40 cents, and you get three for 50—one for a dime. See?’’ said the clerk. “Can’t I buy two?’’ anxiously en- quired the blonde young man, ‘‘! only want two.’’ ‘‘Of course; but you save to cents by taking three,’’ said the clerk. ‘‘I’Tl just wrap up three for a half dollar.’’ ‘‘Look here. I know what I want. You wrap up two collars.’’ ‘‘But, sir—’’ ‘‘T want two collars, and I have 4o cents to pay for them, and—"’ ‘‘You lose-a dime; three for 50,’ in- sisted the clerk, as he reluctantly wrapped up the neckwear. ‘‘T don’t care a d—n!’’ howled the blonde young man ina rage. ‘‘I know what I want—two collars, a beer anda nickel to pay my street car fare home. See? Now can I get two-collars for 4o cents or not?’’ and the blonde young man foamed at the mouth in his right- eous indignation. He got the two collars. The clerk swooned. He hadn’t thought of the ‘*beer and the street car.’’ Oe - A writer in the Medical Review maintains that coffee is responsible for the large number of blind men one sees in the streets of Moroccan cities. The Moorish merchants drink coffee all day long, and it has been noticed that many of them lose their eyesight between 45 and 50. , said a 7 Wm. L. Freeman (Worden Grocer Co.) has located his family for the sum- mer in their new cottage at Mich-Ill-Inda resort, near Whitehall, 2 E. A. Moseley (Moseley Bros.) is ex- pectéd home this week from New York and other Eastern markets, where he has been for a fortnight. The Geddes Box Lid and Display Card Holder C®© Adjustble to hold display cards and box covers at any angle. Send for special price on large quantities. ©® KENDALLVILLE BOX LID HOLDER CO., Kendallville, Indiana. Travelers’ Time Tables. CHI C AGO and West Michigan R’y June 20, 1897. Going to Chicago. Lv. G. Rapids. .8:35am 1:25pm *6:25pm *11:39pr Ar. Chicago....3:10pm 6:50pm z2:duam 6:4.an Returning from Chicago. Ly. Chicago............ 7:20am 5:15pm * 9:30pm Ar. G’d Rapids......... 1:25pm 10:49pm * 4:00am Muskegon. Lv. G’d Rapids..... .... 8:35am 1:25pm 6:25pm Ar. G’d Rapids........... 1:25pm 5.:5pm 10:45ar Traverse City, ee etoskey and Bay ew. Lv. G’d Rapids......., 7:30am 11:30pm 5:30pm Ar. Traverse City..... 12:40pm 5:00am 11:10pm Ar. Charlevoix........ 3:15pm 7:30am ...... Ar. Petoskey.......... 3:45pm 8:00am Ar Bay View.......... 3:55pm .8:lUam ...... PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. CHICAGO. Parlor cars leave Grand Rap ds 8:35 am and 1:25 pm; leave Chicago 5:15 pm. Sleeping cars leave Grand Rapids *11:30 pm; leave Chicago *9:30 p m. TRAVERSE CITY AND BAY VIEW. b Parlor car leaves Grand Rapids 7:30 a m; sleeper at 11:30 p m. *Every day. Others week days only. Go. DEHAVEN, General Pass, Agent. D ET ROIT Grand Rapids & Western. 9 June 20, 1897. Going to Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:30pm 5:33pr Ar. Detroit............ 11:40am 5:40pm 10:2)pm Returning from Detroit. Ly. Detroit........ .....8:00am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... 1:00pm 5:20pm 10:55pm : Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Lv. G R7:1 4:20pm Ar. G R 12:20pm 9:30pm Parlor cars og all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. ‘Trains run week days only. Go. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent. G RAN D Trunk Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Div (In effect May 3, 1897.) EAST. Leave. y Arrive. t 6:45am..Saginaw, Detroit and East..+ 9:55pm +10:108m....... Detroit and East.... .. + 5:07 pm + 3:30pm. Saginaw, Detroit and East..+12:45pm *10:45pm... Detroit, _ = Canada...* 6:35am * §:35am....Gd. Haven and Int. Pts....* 7:10om +12:53pm.Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+ 3:22pm t 5:12pm....Gd. Haven Mil: and Chi....+10:04am * 7:40pm....Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi....* 8:15am +10:00pm...... Gd. Haven and Mil....... + 6:40am Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car. No. 18 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. 15 Wagner parlor car. *Daily. tExcept Sunday. E. H. Huewss, A. G. P. & T. A. BEN. FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt., Jas. CAMPBELL, City Pass. Agent, No. 23 Monroe st Rapids & Indiana Railway June 20, 1897. GRAN Northern Diy. Leave Arrive Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 4:15am *10:00pm Trav. U’y, Petoskey & Mack...¢ 7:45am ft 5:10pm Trav. C’y, Petos. & Har. Sp’gs.t 2:20pm t¢ 9:10pm Cadillac : + 5:25pm +11:10am Petoskey & Mackinaw... .....+11:10pm + 6:30am Train leaving at 7:45 a.m. has parlor car u Petoskey and Mackinaw. Train leaving at 2:20 p.m. has parlor car to Pe- toskey, Bay View and Harbor Springs. Train leaving at 11:16 p.m. nas sleeping cars to Petoskey and Mackinaw. Southern Div. Leave Arrive Cincinuati.......... -.-t 7:10am + 8:25pr Ft, Wayne... ; ...t 2:00pm + 2:10pm TERIMINSZOO sos ssc cveenet, <5 + 7:00pm + 9:10am Cincinnati, Louisville & Ind..#10:lapm * 4:05am MGlIAMASOO ><. ok Sc ee. + 8:05pm + 8:50am 7:10a.m. train has parlor car to Cincinna: 2:00p.m. train has parlor car to Fort Wayne. 10:15p.m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Louisville. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Lv G’d Rapids.......... +7:35am +1:00pm +5:40pr nV. GO Hapias. .. ss ck. cece +9:00am +7:00pm Ar Muskegon........... 9:00am 2:10pm’ 7:40.m Ar Muskegon... 2.0.6.6 2505, 10:25am 8:25pm Ar Milwaukee, Steamer........ 4:00am GOING BAST. Lv Milwaukee, Steamer....... 7:30am Lv Muskegon....... ..¢8:10am +11:45am +4:10pm Lv Muskegon... ..............- ¢ 8:35am {6:35pm Ar@Q@’d Rapids. . . 9:30am 12:55pm 5§:3)pn Ar G'd Rapids....-.... 0... 05. 10:00am 8:00pm +tExcept Sunday. *Daily. {Sunday only. Steamer leaves Muskegon daily except Satur- day. Leaves Milwaukee daily except Saturday and Sunday. A. ALMQUIST, C. L. Lockwoop, Ticket Agt.Un. Sta. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. ECORD OF » WOOL PURCHASES Wool dealers should provide themselves with one of the Tradesman Company’s Improved Wool Records, by means of which an accurate and com- pact account of every purchase can be kept. Sent postpaid on receipt of $1. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. INCLUDES THE ITEM ‘Ice Cream Lost or Wasted.” The New Round Grand Rapids Ice Cream Cabinet Will make ciphers of the figures opposite this item. It is handsome and in keeping with Soda Foun: tain surroundings. Its looks please customers. Its convenience enables the dispenser to serve custom- ers promptly. Its economy in ice and cream will please every owner of a fountain. Made in sizes from 8 to 40 quarts. Send for Description and prices. Chocolate Cooler Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. tt +t + o +t ttre + + tt rrr ret tt + + ~~ +} t+ t+ + + + + + - + + + + t+ > + ~ + + & & ~ * *~ The Albert * * t‘rrrrr rr tee + ~The Universal Verdict Manitowoc Lakeside Peas have sold the best of any line of canned vegetables this season. In fact, they are now hard to se- cure and will be until new pack. Price is advancing daily. tells the story. Manitowoc, Wis. Worden Grocer Co., Agent. | | This Landreth Co., “* + + + > >-+ + + + > Tas "4 a “ +e 4774474 4+ 4 4 4+ 4 4 4 trerre t+ ALL JOBBERS SELL THE FAMOUS CT UT AND AH Ma THEY ARE Sema cert a FOR Seats It is a pleasure to smoke them. They are up-to-date. soley area omnaetom erent Ot tee ba ever made in America. Send sample order to any Grand Rapids jobbing house. See quotations in price current. We like to sell things that sell. Do you? LEATHER AND NON- ELASTIC WEB SUS- PENDERS Sell. We guaranteeit. Orderand repeat. Others do. GRAHAM ROYS & CO., MNFRs, FITCH PLACE, - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our Big Money for you to show the Michigan Galvan- ized Iron Washe. with reversibl washboard.