‘ a > The Michigan Th adesman. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1886. NO. 140. PLUG Ti msActOS Z ) REO TIN TAC. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, STATE AGENT FOR Fermentum, THE ONLY RELIABLE Compressed Yeast. Man’f’d by Riverdale Dist. Co. 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. WHIPS & LASHES AT WHOLESALE ONLY. Goods at jobbing prices to any dealer who comes to us or orders by mail, for ca&h. G. ROYS c& CO., Manufacturers’ agents, 2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Special Plug ‘Tobaccos. lbutt. 3 butts. SPRING CHICKEN .38_ .36 MOXIE 130.38 ECLIPSE 30, 30 Above brands for sale only by OLNEY, SHIELDS & GO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GUSTAVE A. WOLF, Attorney. Over Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407. COLLECTIONS Promptly attended to throughout the State. References: Hart & Amberg, Eaton & Christen- son, Enterprise Cigar Co. PINCGREE &SMITH Wholesale Manufacturers Boots, Shoes and Slippers DETROIT, MICH. BQ ¢ 3M #8 S23 af me ga" £ > & 2eec¢ SOF i Ra me ("Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber Company._&} Office and Factory—11, 13, 15 and 17 Woodbridge street West. Dealers cordially invited to call on us when in town. A, H, FOWLE, House Decorator and Dealer in FINE WALL PAPERS, Room Mouldings, Window Shades, Artist Materials PICTURES, PICTURE FRAMES, And a full line of Paints, Oil & Glass. Enamel Letters, Numbers and Door Plates, and all kinds of Embossed, Cut and Ornamental Glass. Special attention given to House Decorat- ing and Furnishing, and to the designing and furnishing of stained glass. 37 Ionia Street, South of Monroe. The true remedy has at last been discovered. It is Golden Seal Bitters. It isto be found at your drug store. It makes wonderful cures. Use it now. It will cure you. It is the secret of health. Laundry Soap MANUFACTURED BY OBERNE, HOSICK & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. PIONEER PREPARED PAINTS. Order your stock now. Having just re- ceived a large stock of the above celebrated brand MIXED PAINTS, we are prepar- ed to fill all orders. We give the following Guarantee : When our Pioneer Prepared Paintis put on any building, and if within three years it should crack or peel off, and thus fail to give the full satisfaction guaranteed, we agree to repaint the building at our expense, with the best White Lead or such other paint as the owner may select. Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JIBW HELE R. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. WE LEA D—OTHERS FOLLO W. = is valuable. The d Grand Rapids MMIFTEe Business College is a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send forJournal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address Peck Bros., Drugvists, Grand Rapids, Mich, BELKNAP Wagon a Sleigh bo ANUFACTURERS OF Spring, Freight, Express, Lumber and Farm WAGONS! Logging Carts and Trucks, Mill and Dump Carts, Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material, and have overy facility for making first-class Wagons of all kinds. {Special Attention Given to Repairing, Painting and Lettering. Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich. TO THE RETAIL GROCER. Why don’t you make your own Baking Powder And a hundred per cent. profit? I have made mine for years. Twelve receipts, including the leading powders of the day, with full directions for preparing,—the re- sult of 30 years’ collecting, selecting and experiment- ing, sent for a $1 postalnote. Address Cc. P. Bartlett. Baldwinsville, N. Y. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mailand Express promptly at- tended to. = Albert Coye & Son, DEALER IN AWNINGS, TENTS, Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers, Hammocks and Spread- ers, Hammock Supports and Chairs, Buggy Seat Tops, Etc. , Send for Price-List. 73 Canal St. JUDD c& COO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden, Parties in want should NHBDS Secs GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. TLCANAL STREET. ==" PLUG TOBACCO. TURKEY .39 Big 5 Cents, oO Dainty $A fine revolver | 22 BULKLEY LEMON & HOOPS WHOLESALE GROCERS, GRAND RAPIDS, EATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a full line of SW. Venable & Co.'s PETERSBURG, VA, PLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. PARTNER WANTED. A man with twelve to fifteen thousand dollars to take interest in a first-class furni- ture business, well established. Good saw mill in connection with the furniture factory. Factory and mill situated in good locality. Timber plenty and cheap. Address E. Howard, Gobleville, Mich. FOR? SALE, Saw Mill, Shingle Mill and 840 acres of timber land, situated in Osceola county. The land is estimated to contain 15,000,000 shingle timber; 550,000 feet green pine; 3,000,000 hemlock; 900,- 000 red oak, birch and maple. About 20 acres is covered with good cedar. The land is nearly all suitable for farming purposes. Price of land and timber, $5 per acre. Price of timber alone, $3 per acre. The millis in good order and is now in operation. It will be sold for $1,600, one-third down and balance on time with good security. For fuller particulars, ee on or address, W. L. Beardsley, Hersey, ich. Granello, MERCHANT TAILOR, LEDYARD BLOCK, 1OT7 Ottawa St. Suitings for Manufacturers, Suitings for Jobbers, Suitings for Retailers, Suitings for Traveling Men, Suitings for Clerks, MICH. AND Overcoats for Everybody. FOREIGN “AND DOMESTIC WOOL- ENS AND WORSTEDS, THE BEST MANUFACTURED. FINE AND SER- VICEABLE TRIMMINGS. SUPERIOR WORK AND THE PROP- ER STYLE FOR THE WEARER. ALL AT PRICES THAT WILL IN- DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER. SEED CORN, While our stock lasts, we of- fer to the trade FOR SEED: Leaming Early Dent, Corn, 56 to bu. for $1.50 Red Blazed, 8 Rowed....... ~ es 1.75 Yellow Yankee,8Rowed... ‘“ * 1.75 Grand Rapids Seed Go. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. An Enterprising Firm. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. can al- ways be relied upon not only to carry in stock the best of drugs, but have secured the agency for Dr. Pete’s 35-cent Cough Cure, which they warrant. It will cure all Throat, Lung and Chest diseases, and has the reputation of being the best Cough cure ever discovered for Con- GROCERS IN COUNCIL. The Early Closing Movement—The Bogus Butter Question. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association, which was held on the 18th, was largely attended. Presi- dent Herrick presided and Secratary John- son officiated as scribe. Applications for membership were re- ceived from Geo. T. Grady, Thos. Keating, Rhine Osting, Pell & Fisher and Jacob P. Maus, all of whom were elected members of the Association. These accessions swell the total membership to eighty-four. President Herrick referred to the action of the Common, Council relative to the ped- dler license and suggested that the members of the Association call upon the Mayor and request him to favor the trade by making the license as high as he ean consistently. Secretary Johnson, at the request of the President, read the following article con- demnatory of the sale of bogus butter: The proposition in Congress to tax oleo- margarine under the internal laws, if adopted would be an effectual way to iden- tify the product, and to secure its sale for what it actually is. We heara great deal from those who are interested in the manu- facture or sale of this article about the legal persecution they are suffering from those who wish to monopolize the market for but- ter made from milk. They claim that oleo- margarine is as healthy as the purest butter, and much more palatable than a large part of the “‘rancid stuff” sold at the groceries. We wonder that some enterprising friend of the compound thus defended does not come boldly into the market with the oleo- margarine in its natural state, and sell it if he can on its own merits. We never heard the slightest objection to such a course. But is not the very manufacture of this article denounced? Yes; but only because it is made to imitate genuine butter. If it was offered for sale in such guise that no one could be defrauded by its sale there would be no outery against it. As the process is patented there is no secret in its preparation. We will not re- peat here the method of extracting the fat and preparing it for use, as we have often given it, and it is not a very pleasant theme for those who are troubled with a squeam- ish stomach. The manufactories in this country are cleanly, and great pains are taken to deodorize the product and to make it sweet both to the taste and smell; but not a pound of it could be sold for common use if it was duly labeled and the entire opera- tion was described in legible print on the package inclosing it. A little cream or milk is stirred into most of it to give ita butter flavor, and it is colored to resemble the product of the farmer’s dairy. The object of these additions is to enable the dealer to sell it for genuine butter, and that is our sole objection to the manufac- ture. We do not think it is sufficiently un- healthy (if, indeed, it is in any way deletor- ious to health) to be denounced on that ac- count. But it is made on purpose to be im- posed on the consumer for another and a very different article. Say what they will, the manufacturers are aiding and abetting a fraud. They are turning out on article that is common fat extracted from the carcasses of animals compounded with gastry juice ‘made from macerating the stomach of a sheep or pig,” and coloring and flavoring it to imitate butter, with the sole view of env- abling those who deal in it to impose on the public. The manufacturer may sell to the wholesale dealer every pound of it for ex- actly what it is, but he has designed it fora fraudulent use, and he knows that the con- sumer will be cheated by it. He is morally as guilty as if he stamped every pound of it ‘‘Pure Orange county butter,” and retailed it as such at his own door. We are often answered that the butter makers color their product, and the oleo- margarine manufacturers are only following their example. It is true that winter-made butter would be pale if a little annatto were not added to make it resemble the summer churning. ‘This is so far an imposition, but the article sold is really butter, and the con- sumer, if he likes the flavor, is the victim of a very mild fraud. Inlike manner a sec- ond grade of coffee is often polished and shaken up with a little coloring to give ita fine green tint, making it more attractive in the market. But this is no excuse for the man who prepares split peas and sells them as a substitute for coffee, or grinds up chie- ory and other well known adulterants and turns the compound over to a dealer to be retailed as genuine Mocha. All brandy, even the purest sold, is color- ed, the natural product being a very pale hue; this does not justify the addition of eolor and flavoring mixtures to common alcohol for the purpose of passing it off on unsuspecting customers as pure cognac, which is solely the product of the grape. The truth is that if the element’ of fraud was eliminated from the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine the entire business would collapse and be discontinued. We care not how many chemists certificates (we always thought it a shame they can be bought so cheaply!) dre obtained setting forth that this fat, with the gastric juice from the pig’s stomach, as aforesaid, is as healthy as the best butter, and much more to be desired than a poor product of the dairy, there will be no demand for it from any quarter unless it is so prepared that the customer can be cheated into buying it. With a view of proving to us his honesty a manufacturer once introduced us to a gro- cer in Brooklyn who bought the oleomar- garine from him for what it actually was, and who sold it as he claimed, to his cus- tomers on the same terms. We called on the grocer to furnish us the names of cus- tomers who knew what they were buying. He gave us three and we visited them. They were boarding-house keepers who frankly confessed that if their boarders knew what they were eating they would leave their houses. ‘The boarding-house keepers, bought it because it presented the appearance of good butter and could be obtained at only half the price. We are not therefore persecuting the man- ufacturers of fat from the carcasses of dead animals with a yiew of “destroying an im- portant American industry.” We are sim- ply opposing the manufacture and sale of bogus butter. If these ‘‘honest” manufac- turers will leave out of their animal fat only what they add to cheat the consumer into the belief that he is eating dairy butter, they may fry out every dead animal they can buy from Minnesota to Texas, give it all the gastric juice they can find in the stomach of every pig that is killed, and get all the trade they can for the pale product. It is the flavoring and coloring to cheat the consumer that show the fraudulent charac- ter of the whole business. Collector Cooper presented a letter from amember of the Association, written toa delinquent stating that if the latter did not pay an account by a certain date he would be reported to the Association as a dead- beat. This is such a manifest usurpation of the privileges of the Law Committee that the President stated that hereafter members should not make such statements, but sim- ply state that the men would be reported to the Association as delinquents. It is the duty of the Law Committee to say whether a man shall be classed as a dead-beat. Reports from various parts of the city showed that the early closing movement was general, except on Grandville avenue ahd in a certain portion of the Seventh ward. A committee was appointed to at- tempt to bring the refractory dealers in line. The question of calling a State conven- tion was discussed in all its bearings, and a eall will probably be issued in the near fu- ture. The Collector reported $54.69 collected since the last meeting, and the Treasurer reported a balance on hand of $29.99. The meeting then adjourned. —>-9- <> The Egg Preserving Nuisance. From the New York Tribune. The egg-preserving business demoralizes the principal of supply and demand as ap- plied to fresh eggs. If it could be wiped out at a stroke and only fresh eggs were allowed to be sold, the inducements to meet the demand would be sufficient to make their production a regular and constant busi- ness the year around. As it is, the summer eggs produced by careless and indifferent farmers in the remote country districts are gathered up and preserved to be pushed up- on the winter markets at prices only a few eents below those of fresh eggs, often not nearly so much as the actual difference in value, allowing the old ones to be entirely sound, which they often are not. Well-informed egg consumers know that in a great many cases two new, fresh laid eggs are worth as much for their use as three preserved eggs which look quite as good in the shell. Such people are always willing to pay an extra price for eggs which they know to be fresh, but they distrust all eggs which have passed through several hands and buy only of known producers. This is one of the reactionary benefits of the preserving business. But it is only the few who are able to profit by this condition of things, although the number is constant- ly on the inerease, as consumers learn that there is substantial advantage in buying direetly from producers, though at an ad- vanced price. Meanwhile, many farmers who were sell- ing eggs in summer at about 12 cents a dozen, to come back to their local markets in the winter in competition with their own fresh productions after paying somebody else a profit, have taken a personal hand in catering to the supply of stale eggs and others seek the recipe for preserving. If I had the only one in existence I would burn it, but unfortunately the nuisance cannot be thus abated. Of course farmers would not sell preserved eggs for fresh, but so long as the former control the price of all, they do not feel called upon to advertise their age, any more than the bogus-butter dealers do their wares. It is diamond cut diamond all around. There are, perhaps, a dozen methods of egg-preserving, with many modifications of some of them. ‘That in most general use, and probably most practicable, is the liming method. The larger concerns with which Lam acquainted use about a bushel of un- slaked lime and a peck of fine salt, to fifty or sixty gallons of pure water. ‘The lime is carefully slaked and the salt and remain- ing water afterward added, when the mass is left to deposite the lime till the solution becomes clear. The more common practice is to draw off the solution at this stage, leaving the sedimentary matter in the slak- ing tub, though in some cases the eggs are put in without the removal of the sediment. In some eases, and formerly it was pretty generally the practice, when the vat or ves- sel in which the eggs are preserved is near- ly full a cloth is spread on top of them and the sediment spread upon that as a cover. This is kept under the surface of the liquid so as to remain wet at all times. The ob- ject sought in this arrangement is to more thoroughly fill the pores of the shells, which is supposed to be effected by the constant precipitation of the minute particles of lime through the cloth. Whether this very fine theory is sound or net, it is undoubtedly well to keep the eggs covered. Some preservers go to the extreme of pouring all the sediment back upon the eggs after they are placed in the brine. Others, though I doubt if very many, spead a layer of washed sand over the precipitated matter to keep the eggs from contact with the lime and save labor in cleaning them for market. In some cases the proportion of lime used is very much smaller and of salt larger. I have no doubt that those who use only a peck of lime to fifty gallons of water keep the eggs quite as well, but it is doubtful if the results are any better for the inerease of salt, though that may be the case where the temperature of the storeroom is not un- der full control. Very little or very much eare is expended upon the after preparation of the eggs for market, according to circumstances. When they are to be sold on their good looks, and perhaps passed off by the retailer for fresh, they are twice washed; at first in cold water, afterward in hot water to dry them quickly. They are next examined minute- ly for any adhering particles of lime, which are removed with fine sandpaper. They are then placed in racks for ecandling, afder which they are packed for market. Any defect, however slight, discoverable by the eandling process, consigns an egg to the second grade, which is sold to less partieu- lar customers. There is always much complaint of the quality of limed eggs. They are often said to have thin, watery whites. It is not the effect of liming, but of original condition. They are gathered from the ends of the earth and are of every conceivable quality. The hens are fed anything, everything a starving hen will eat, or not fed at all, as the case may be, and there is nothing but which may be reasonably supposed to con- tribute its quota to a case of preserved eggs. My acquaintance with the ice-house and other methods is more limited. A good live egg would undoubtedly keep a long time in cool spring water; so it would in a cool cellar, and I would rather trust the cel- lar till after somebody else has tried the ex- periment. = > —<—.- Points for Retailers. The weakest spot in every merchant is where he thinks himself to be the wisest. A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is fortunate. He can use or reserve them at his will. It is a part of every dealer’s business to keep his capital actively at work earning interest. He fails to do this when it is idle half the time. Another very essential lesson to learn is, for the dealer not to invest in anything which is likely to take up his time and di- vert his attention from his regular business. In making an estimate of the price or value of any specific lot of goods in an auc- tion room, the dealer ought to know the private sale price of the same, so as to not overbid it. When the stock of goods is once all paid for, the ordinary monthly receipts pays all the monthly purchases and expenses. Any amount of money left over may be regarded as surplus profits. A retailer who has a good paying busi- ness, which requires his time to keep it in due order and profitable condition, out to discard in his investment all idea of specu- lating or profiting in any way on the money invested, except simply by the interest. Knowledge of human nature—the ability to penetrate, as it were,finto the recesses of others’ minds, and to decide how they will act—is a most valuable acquisition to the merchant or to any one who buys or sells goods, and should be cultivated to the full- est extent. As a rule when a dealer is in financial dif- ficulty, lawyers are not good advisers. As a class they are not of a compromising char- acter. Everything goes according to law with them, The best advisers under such circumstances are fellow merchants of ex- perience and uprightness. When an insolvent dealer has fairly and honestly conducted his business, both be- fore and after failure, so that his creditors cannot justly make any objections, he may confidentially rely on getting a compromise if he fully and fairly shows his position and offers to pay all that the creditors could themselves realize from the assets through an assignment. Whether any venture in business is a rash one or not depends very much upon the man who manages it. If he has carefully caleu- lated all the risks and guarded against them, it may be simply a bold undertaking whieh, in its results will do him eredit. But if recklessly undertaken, without prudent safeguards against the dangers which en- viron it, its disastrous termination will bring shame and disgrace on its projector. ——~ _ -2- <> Oil Inspector La Du has issued a citeular to oil dealers, stating that while heretofore intentional violators of the law have been promptly prosecuted wherever found, cases of violation apparently arising from ignor- ance or wrong construction of the law have been charitably dealt with. The time has come when this must cease. Ignorance of the provisions of a law so long in existence and enforcement as the Michigan oil law is inexcusable, and will no longer be accepted as a barrier to prosecution. The law must and will be enforced. Benj. Newkirk has been cashier of the Jackson City bank for thirty years. The Michigan Tradesman. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Horcantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State, E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1886. Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Rindge. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—Geo. B. Dunton. Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. Traverse City Business Men’s Association. President, Frank Hamilton; Secretary, C. T. Lockwood; Treasurer, J. T. Beadle. Business Men’s Protective Union of Cheboygan. President, A. M. Wesgate; Vice-President, H. Chambers; Secretary, A. J. Paddock. Luther Protective Association. President, W. B. Pool: Vice-President, R. M. Smith; Secretary. Jas. M. Verity; Treasurer, Geo. Osborne. Ionia Business Men’s Protective As- sociation. President, Wm. E. Kelsey; Vice-President, Hi. M. Lewis; Secretary, Fred Cutler, Jr. Merchants’ Union of Nashville. President, Herbert M. Lee; Vice-President, «C. E. Goodwin; Treasurer, G. A. Truman; Sec- retary and Attorney, Walter Webster. Ovid Business Men’s Association. oeeat, Cc. H. Hunter: Secretary, Lester oley. (@" Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. STOP THE STREAM. The question of some general restriction upon immigration, which will save the country from a deluge of all the most ob- jectionable elements of Europe and Asia, is once more under discussion. The renewal of theanti-Chinese disturbance on the Pacific coast, the colossal petition to Congress ask- ing that a permanent prohibition be laid on “Chinese immigration, and the abominable misconduct of the Anarchist element of “German, Polish and Bohemian immigrants in Cleveland, Chicago and Milwaukee have emphasized the need of a more careful dis- -erimination. The fact is that every disturb- ance in Europe sends us a great body of the disturbing element. The attack on the life of the Emperor of Germany sent us Social Democrats and Anarchists by the myriad. The struggle between the Teutonic and Sla- vonie races along the great dividing line has driven hither multitudes of the most ignor- ant and degraded labor of Eastern Europe. The friction involved in the transition from old to new in Italy has driven to America hundreds of thousands of ill-taught, un- trained and passionate Italians. And the pressure of Chinese population on the food supply of their coast has furnished us and every other coast or island of the Pacific with coolies innumerable. In a word, we have social problems of nearly half man- kind added to those which our own circum- stances have entailed upon us. Our natur- alization laws forbid the admission to citizenship of persons not ‘‘well affected to the government of the United States.” Why not forbid their immigration? This rule would suffice to include Socialists, Anarchists, Mormons, and other disturbing elements. Or if we admit them, we should accompany the refusal of citizenship by ex- elusion from political associations and pol- itical agitation of all kinds. This, together with the enforcement of the law against the importation of labor, would furnish a feasi- ble solution of our problem. — In spite of repeated assurances that the jabor troubles were over, Chicago still con- tinues to be much disturbed. The arrest of Anarchists continue, but are fewer, while the number of workmen, especially of Poles and Bohemiams, who are on strike is still large. The courts are making ready to bring the arrested men to trial, and one judge has been instructing the grand jury as to the limits of free speech. His position is that any speech is exempt from legal conse- quences which does not lead to illegal acts. To this definition we should take decided exception. Any speech which is manifestly calculated to incite to illegal acts is proper- ly to be held criminal, while speech that has not that criminal intention is innocent, whatever its effects. It is quite possible that words which had no evil intention, when addressed to a mob of desperate men, may be so received by them as to prove an incentive to crime. Are we then to punish their author? Was Felix Holt justly pun- ished for the speech which led the mob to plunder and wreck Treby Manor, when his real object was to get the mob away from the whisky vaults? The double role which France has played for some time past, of an atheistic republic at home, but the orthadox champion of Ro- man Catholic missions abroad, seems likely to come to at end. The emperor of China has taken steps to have the Roman Catholic missions in that country entirely dissevered from France’s diplomacy. To effect this, he has entered into direct relations with the Papacy, and is negotiating a sort of con- eordat which will make French interven- tion of no use to the church. The Papacy is not unwilling to accede to this, as the course taken by French statesmen at home has not made the Roman Court disposed to favor the extension of French influence fe 8 es ol a abroad. In a few years the Roman Catholic missions will cease to be centers of French diplomatic intrigue. As in New England, the great textile manufacturers of Philadelphia are uniting to resist unreasonable demands on the part of associations of the working men. The usefulness of such a union of capitalists will depend very much on the spirit which ani- mates it. If it be characterized by a tem- per of mere class antagonism, it will only add to the difficulties of the situation. If it show an honest desire to do whatever is just and fair, and a readiness to submit moot-points to an impartial arbitration, it may do much to pave the way out of the chaos of conflicting interests. SS A number of the rubber factories in the combination are considering the necessity of advancing rubber goods 5 per cent., which would change the present discount to 35 per cent. The occasion for the advance, if an advance takes place, is a sharp upward tendency in the price of raw rubber and the changes in the labor market. The red flag and the boycott are two im- portations from Europe which will never take root in the soil of free America. The man who champions either may safely be set down as a dangerous person—as one who would stab a friend in the back with- out provocation. A note to the editor of THe TRADESMAN from a leading grocer of Big Rapids cén- veys the intelligence that the merchants of that place are on the verge of organizing. With Big Rapids in the field, tally twenty- six associations for Michigan! i peeeeeamemmmmnantl The man who advocates the boycott is de- void of honesty and is a traitor to his coun- try. He is a man whom decent people gen- erally gives a wide berth. AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. J. A. Dupree has purchased the grocery stock of M. Newberry on South Front street. O. Ball has engaged in the grocery busi- ness at Morley. Clark, Jewell & Co. fur- nished the stock. A. Hilliards has put in a sawmill four miles west of Ashton. Hester & Fox fur- nished the mill and power. Zenas E. Allen has added a six inch moulder to his furniture factory. Hester & Fox furnished the same. L. McCurdy, has engaged in the grocery business on Stocking street, near Fourth street. The stock was purchased at this market. B. F. Archer has engaged in the hardware business at Ferry. The stock was furnished by Foster, Stevens & Co., A. D. Baker placing the order. Geo. T. Grady is enlarging his grocery store on the corner of Spring and Island streets by widening the building ten feet, making it 27 feet in dimensions. “ory 27x27 John Demstra has engaged in general trade at the Otter school house, two miles east of Forest Grove, in Jamestown township, Ottawa county. Olney, Shields & Co. furnished the groceries and Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. the dry goods. I. R. Wilson has sold his picture and pic- ture frame business at 39 Canal street to J. W. Crater, who was formerly engaged in the saloon business here, but who has con- ducted a cheap jewelry and auction busi- ness at Ionia for several months past. Saddlery hardware dealers are rejoicing over the news that a sharp advance has oc- curred in a considerable number of common grade goods, in some cases amounting to 124% per cent. Local jobbers are fortunate in having full stocks of the goods affected by the advance, which will give them an opportunity to get back some of the loss sustained when the goods declined. Agent Hill, of the Merchants’ Despatch, has arranged to run a refrigerator car from here to White Pigeon every Tuesday, con- necting with a through train on the main line of the L. S. & M. S. Railway. In the event of a Dairy Board of Trade being es- tablished at this market, he will run a re- frigerator car out of Grand Rapids every Tuesday and Friday morning, connecting at Detroit with the fast trains running east. Geo. G. Whitworth, for several years past city and suburban salesman for Foster, Stevens & Co., has gone on the road for the Furniture Caster Association, a corpor- ation in process of organization, to be com- posed of W. R. Fox, Julius Berkey, Geo. G. Whitworth and several other gentlemen. The object of the company is to engage in the manufacture and sale of the Fox pat- ent caster socket and track plate, which, it is claimed, is destined to supercede all other devices of the kind now on the market. Agricultural implement dealers assert that the present distrust among business men is by no means absent in farming com- munities, as the farmers areinclined to view the situation with more alarm than is con- sistent. Many farmers who intended to purchase new machinery the present season have deferred purchasing until next year, giving as a reason that they ‘‘do not know what minute the damned strikers may come out in the country and stop their men plow- ing in the fields.” Ridiculous as such ap- prehension appears in the eyes of business, | May 29. interferring with the sale of farm imple- ments and machinery. Tur TRADESMAN has unquestioned authority for the statement that on the ter- mination of the present partnership relation in the firm of Nelson, Matter & Co., next March, the business will be merged into a stock company under the corporate name of the Nelson & Matter Furniture Co. The capital stock will probably be placed at $300,000 and an effort will be made to distrib- ute it into as many hands as possible. With this endin view, an opportunity will be given the foremen and good workmen in the em- ploy of the firm to take stock in small blocks, and as a guaranty that the ‘‘freez- ing-out game,” so often worked under such circumstances will not be resorted to, the stock will be made non-assessable. AROUND THE STATE. E. F. Knapp, grocer at Eaton Rapids, has sold out. W. B. Mott, druggist at Baldwin, has sold out. West Bros. succeed J. R. West in general trade at Novi. G. A. George, furniture dealer at Stanton, has been closed by the sheriff. Joseph Jacobs, clothing dealer at Sturgis, has removed to Battle Creek. Geo. E. Childs succeeds M. S. Ellmore in the jewelry business at Flint. B. J. Whelpley has sold his general stock at Hoytville to E. L. Halliday. A. E. Bailey succeeds A. E. Bailey & Co. in general trade at Spring Arbor. Gage & O’Brien succeed G. S. O’Brien in the grocery business at Dowagiae. Irwin & Carey succeed Jeremiah M. Ir- win in the grocery business at Jackson. Conrad Bros. have taken possession of the Chas. Young drug stock at Otsego. Turk & Starker have purchased the cloth- ing store of Antoine Kudnerr, at Pontiac. Armstrong & Ferguson, druggists at Mid- dleville, are succeeded by J. W. Armstrong. The grocery store of C. J. Russell, at Bat- tle Creek, has been closed on a chattel mort- gage held by A. R. & W. F. Linn, of De- troit. C. H. Adams, the Otsego druggist, re- cently recovered the body of his five-year- old son, who was downed about eleven weeks ago. H. E. Batsford, who has been assisting C. H. Adams, the Otsego druggist for sev- eral weeks past, has returned to his home in this city. Frank B. Watkins, general dealer at Monterey, is erecting a new store building at Hopkins Station and will engage in gen- eral trade at that place. John R. Bartlett has been admitted to partnership in the firm of G. B. Manwaring, hardware dealer at Imlay City. The firm name will hereafter by G. R. Manwaring & Co. R. C. Hunter, who recently sued his brother at Lakeview, John E. Hunter, for damages ‘‘for bringing the name of Hunter into disrepute,” obtained judgment by de- fault. Elmer Desvioignes, has sold his stock of drugs, at Lake City, to W. J. Roach, who will continue the business. Roach was for- merly a book-keeper for H. J. MeMillan, the lumberman. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Manchester is to have two cigar factories in the near future. A stareh factory is soon to be established at Marshalltown, Iowa. R. H. Purcill, of Negaunee, and R. J. Webb, of Florence, will establish a factory for the manufacture of powder and nitro- glycerine. STRAY FACTS. Roscoe & Speicher succeed R. Roscoe in the bakery business at Mancelona. FE. S. Howard succeeds J. D. Bloodgood in the meat business at Dowagiac. Geo. F. Cross succeeds Cross & Walker in the lumber business at Standish. Shavalier & Stevens succeed Newberry & Shavalier in the sawmill business at Petos- key. J. B. Connor succeeds Connor & Wood in the agricultural implement business at Paw Paw. The Detroit Lumber Co. will put a new gang into its mill at Menominee the coming summer. Gates Howes succeeds Darwin & Howes in the manufacture of lumber and shingles at Evart. Wright & Ketcham, of Saginaw, are pay- ing $5.50 a thousand for elm logs, on the bank, near Sears. Sheridan business men have music in their souls. They will chip in a quarter apiece that the band may play on the street every Thursday night. A new vein of salt has been struck in the Mackinaw Lumber Co.’s well, at St. Ignace. There are 600 feet of brine in the well of 70 per cent. strength. A Jackson retail grocer, who has been in business for many years, claims to have $30,000 of unpaid accounts on his books, which he is willing to sell for $200. Parker & Blood, of Laingsburg, have patented a flour bolter, which is said to bea good one. Other Laingsburg parties have applied for a patent on a unique nut fasten- | plated, the Alpena mills through the south branch of the Nenelon river. Fred. C. Bostwick, son of a prominent Kalamazoo business man, is in jail at East Saginaw, charged with obtaining goods un- der false pretenses. Bestwick began life with every prospect of an honorable and suecessful career, but he became addicted to drink and has sunk to the depths. Only a few months ago he married an estimable Paw Paw lady, who hoped to reform him. —_—_- Purely Personal. Frank Hamilton, President of the Trav- erse City Business Men’s Association, pass- ed through the city last Wednesday, on his way home from Saco, Me., where he attend- ed the funeral of a relative. Robert Hunting, who has been confined to his house for a couple of months in con- sequence of a badly sprained foot, hopes to resume his duties at the office of the Mer- chants’ Despatch about June 15. Smith Barnes, general manager of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., at Traverse City, and Harry Montague, manager of the grocery department of the same house, were in the city last Friday, on their way home from Chicago. Deacon Birdsall, the urbane, courteous and handsome cashier at Peck’s drug store, can be seen these pleasant evenings gliding gracefully along on a spie-span, nickle- non-corrosive, non-explosive, top- action, ocillating, vibrating, pendulating bicycle, which he has lately invested in. John Read, Tom. Belknap, Frank Sokup, Had. Pearl, Ote Watson and Bill Smith, who made a memorable visit to Rice Lake last season—memorable in the amount of liquid refreshments taken along—are ar- ranging to make a pilgrimage down Grand River this summer. The party will be re- 'inforeed by Oscar Blumrich, Fred. Temple and Wm. Woodworth, and the liquid gro- cery feature of the commissary department will be correspondingly increased. D. W. Archer, the prince of canned corn packers, put in a day or two at this market last week. He was persuaded to book orders for five or six carloads of his celebrated corn and could easily have secured orders for as much more had he been so disposed. The factories at Chillocothe, Il, Atlantic and Council Bluffs, Iowa, will be operated to their fullest capacity this season, 2,200 acres of sweet corn having already been arranged for. ” ———»>2 a The Wool Market. The wool season has now fairly begun, all the extensive handlers having put their buyers in the field. The market starts in at about 21 cents for washed and one-third less for unwashed, although higher prices are frequently paid for choice lots. The preference is for medium grades, fine wools being from two to three cents lower than last year. ee ces Putnam & Brooks earry an immense stock of nuts of all kinds and are prepared to fill all orders, however large. L. §. Hill & Co. Fishing Tackle A Specialty at Wholesale and Retail. Dealers are invited to send for our new Illustrated Catalogue for the trade only. Tackle until you have received our prices, as we have many new and desir- able goods, with prices guaranteed as low as the lowest, on Rods, Reels, Lines and Leaders, Snelled Hooks and Hooks of every variety, all sizes of French Trout Baskets with capacity 6 to 25 lbs., new Cane Poles, Artificial Baits, etc., and a general line of Sporting Goods. L.S. HILL & Co. 21 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MIcH. BATON & LYON, Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of er. The crockery, glassware and fancy notion | store of George Young, Manistee, has been closed on chattel mortgage by Frank E]- wood. The stock will be sold at auction Logs to the amount of 75,000,000 to 80,- 000,000 feet are, this season, to come from the Hubbard lake region,of the Alpena dis- men it nevertheless exists and is seriously BOOKS, Stationery & Sundries, trict. Rayburn & Son are driving them to 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Don’t purchase your Spring Stock of Jobbers HOGLE & C egar works. gs Legal Test Oils. Salt. Agricultural Salt. Warsaw Salt; pockets, all sizes, and barrels. West Michigan Agents for Prussing’s Celebrated Vin- Write for quotations. Warehouse: Lee’s Ferry Dock, Michigan Water White and Manistee and Saginaw MUSKEGON, MICH, Reference: Banks of East Saginaw. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. J.T. BELL & CO., Saginaw Valley Fruit House * And COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Dealers in all kinds Country Produce & Foreign Fruits. East Saginaw, Mich. | a WHI WON BEHREN & SHAFFER, STRYKER, OHIO, Manufacturers of Every Style of TE ASH OARS. Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. Address as above Spoon Oars made of Best Spruce Timber. ROWING SPOON OARS FOR BOAT CLUBS MADE TO ORDER. FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, Designers mneravers and Printers Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading Feature. 49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich. We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete. pondence solicited. O.W.BLAIN & CO., Produce Commission ierchants, DEALERS IN—— Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Southerd Veeotables, Ete, ) E All orders filled at lowest market price. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties. Corres- NO. 9 IONIA ST, MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, or 50 cents for three weeks. Advance pay- ment. Advertisements directing that answers be sent in care of this office must be accompanied by 25 cents extra, to cover expense Of postage, ete. e ee position as book-keeper and general office man by a gentleman of large experience. Would prefer a lumbering firm or large manufacturing concern. Address and refer to Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops. 140tf AOR RENT—Desirable brick store building in a thriving farming town, twenty miles from Grand Rapids. Good opening for gro- cery or general stock. Address Store, care THE TRADESMAN. 140tf AOR SALE—Stoek of general merchandise and house and lot, on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay, near rai'road. Small amount required down. Address “Zero,” care THE TRADESMAN. 145 yo SALE OR EXCHANGE—Farm of 120 acres in southern Michigan, 100 acres im- yroved. Large frame house and barn, and arge orchard. Willsell on long time or ex- change for a stock of boots and shoes or gro- eeries. Address L. B. C., care THE TRADES- MAN. K° R SALE—A drug store. One of the hand- somest drug stores in the State, doing a splendid business, in a town of 12,000 inhabi- tants. Stock, ete., will inventory about $3,500. Average cash sales, $25 a day and increasing. No paint and oils carried in stock. Owner wishes to go into manufacturing business at once. Address, for full particulars, Aloes, care TRADeSMAN Office. 138tf Re SALE OR EXCHANGE—Two pieces of store property situated on a maiu busi- ness street. Will sell cheap or exchange for stock of general merchandise. Address Fred. C. Yonker, box 1970, Muskegon, Mich. 142 rs SALE—A stock of groceries and fix- tures in a splendid location. Low rent and a good trade. Willsell for cash or trade for good city property. Address No. 10, TRADES- MAN Office. 138tf A WANTED—For an article used in every house. I cangivealive mana good aying job in every town in the United States. or particulars, address with stamp, A. Retan, Pewamo, Mich. 148* Fo SALE—Desiring a change of climate, on account of poor health, I will sell at a bargain my stock of merchandise, consisting of dry goods, groceries and boots and shoes. Stock will invoice about $2,500. I will sell or rent store building on terms to suit purchaser. If you mean business, call on or address. C. L. Howard, Clarksville, lonia Co., Mich. 142* BRADFORD, WHOLESALE iG rBACct FULL LINE OF ALL STAPLE PLUGS KEPT IN STOCK. | Sole Agents for Celebrated L. C. B., American Field, Pan- tilla, Our Nickle, The Rats, Fox’s Clipper. 76 South Division St., Gand Rapids, Mich. EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE. ORDER SAMPLE M By MATL. F YOU WANT —To get into business, to sell your business, to secure additional gepitel. to get a situation, if you have anything for sale or want to buy anything, advertise in the Miscellaneons Column of THE TRADESMAN. A twenty-five word advertisement costs but 25 cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks. “Will Deal Fairly With Delinquents.” From the Lowell Journal. The Business Men’s Association of Low- ell will deal fairly with delinquents, giving them ample time to pay up their accounts. The dead-beats who fail to clear their rec- ord will be listed and published. The ob- ject is protection, not revenge. Dead-beat- ism as a profession must be discouraged. Should be on File in Every Office. From the Big Rapids Wide Awake. Tue MicnIGAN TRADESMAN, of Grand Rapids should be placed on file in every merehant’s office. Its quotations are relia- ble, and its general information is of great value to every business man, and costs only one dollar a year. MOULTON & REMPIS, Manufacturers of SETTEES, ROOF CRESTING it SS a LAWN VASES, And Jobbers in Gray Iron Castings. WRITE FOR PRICE-LIST. 54 and 56 North Front Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. se we give Drugs & Medicines STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. One Year—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Five Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. President—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. OFFICERS. President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. First Vice-President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. : Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens, Detroit, Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. Secretary—S. E. Parkell, Owosso. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—Jacob Jesson, Geo. Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W. R. Perry and John E. Peck. . Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids. Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, Tuesday, October 12, 1886. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—Wm. L. White. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. __ : Board of Censors—President, Vice-President and Secretary. : Board of Trustees—The President, Wm. H. Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wm. L. White. : Committee on Phasmacy—M. B. Kimm, H. E, Locher and Wm. E. White. Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeurren. Committee on Legislation—Jas. D. Lacey, Tsaac Watts and A. C. Bauer. oS Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each month. Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November, Next Meeting—Thursday evening, June 3, at “The Tradesman”’ office. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. Organized October, 1883. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Dupont. : First Vice-President—Frank Inglis. Second Vice President—J. W. Caldwell. Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B, Salt- zer. Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month. Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. OFFICERS. President—R. F. Latimer. Vice-President—C. D. Colwell. Secretary—F. A. King. Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey. Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E. Foot and C. H. Haskins. Annual Meeting— First Thursday in November. megane Meetings—First Thursday of each month. Saginaw County Pharmaceutical So- ciety. President—Jay Smith. First Vice-President—W. H. Yarnall. Second Vice-President—R. Bruske, Seeretary—D. E. Prall. Treasurer—H. Melchers. Committee on Trade Matters—W. B. Moore, H. G. Hamilton, H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and R. J. Birney. Regular Meeting—Second Wednesday after- noon of each month. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. OFFICERS. President—Fred. Heath. Vice-President—J. C. Terry. _ Secretary and Treasurer—L. B. Glover. Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Wednes- day of each month. : Next Meeting—Wednesday evening, May 28. A DRUGGIST’S JOKE. How it Led to the Discovery of a Silly Girl’s Adventures. : Boston Correspondence New York Sun. A joke by a druggist’s clerk in Dedham has brought to attention a queer case of a wealthy young girl’s infatuation for a con- viet, Richard Rafferty, who has been an amateur minstrel performer, with the stage name, ‘‘Dick Rolph.” He was arrested four months ago for vagrancy, and commit- ted to the House of Correction. Dick was made fireman. He posed asa martyr. In Wilton, Me., lives a wealthy gentleman whose daughter was sent to Boston a few months ago to complete her musical educa- tion. She made her temporary home with a prominent family in Dedham. Curiosity led her to visit the county jail several times. There she met Rafferty, with whom she fell in love. He said he was going to reform, and that when he was released he would turn over a new leaf and endeavor to win back the respect he had lost through in- temperance. A correspondence was secretly begun and the young woman employed a milliner in town, who recently gave up business, to convey her letters to Dick. Her last letter, written on May 1, she began with ‘‘Dear Dick,” and urged that as he would be liber- ated in three days, she hoped he would re- form. She said she had selected a secluded spot for a meeting, and she directed Dick to go under the covered bridge on High street, then turn to the right, and go over the rail- road crossing and into a field directly at the left, and then she would meet him at the **Bars.” Rafferty admits that the meeting took place, and Chief of Police Drugan says that he saw the young woman in company with Rafferty after 2 o’clock in the morning. Several clandestine meetings were held be- tween the pair, some of them lasting until after 4 o’clock in the morning. The girl was then escorted by her lover to the house of their milliner friend, it being too late to return to her residence on Village avenue. The young woman, in consequence of get- ting caught in the rain during one of those meetings, had a severe cold. Her lover, in order to show his devotion, went to a drug store in the town and asked for same cough medicine. The clerk gave Rafferty a sam- ple bottle of cough syrup. Rafferty re- quested the clerk to put a label on the bot- tle, tearing off the sample label. The clerk for a joke placed a label on the bottle which bore the word ‘‘poison” and “‘ten drops for adose.” The bottle was wrapped up with- Batterty knowing the nature ¢ Le ea label, and was sent by messenger to the young woman. The bottle was discovered in the sick chamber, and aroused suspicion that the young woman had partaken of some of the liquid. A physician was summoned and all the facts were finally ascertained. The young woman became very ill, and her father and mother were sent for. The whole story was told to them, and the girl will be closely watched and taken home. Rafferty has an engagement with the ‘‘Wild West” show, and was to leave to-day to meet. that combination. ————~ _-2 =< Am Ende Still Followed by Misfortune. From the New York Sun, 20th. When druggist Charles G. Am Ende, of Hoboken, {caused the death in that city a year ago of the Misses Ella and Marguerite Holtz by putting morphine instead of quin- ine ina prescription, he was so overcome with grief that he took poison. He recov- ered, however, but he resolved at least to retire from the drug business. His store, on the first floor of the three-story brick building on the corner of Washington and Seventh streets, was the finest in the city, but he transferred it and the stock to Henry Franke, who had been his clerk for more than fifteen years. He was tried for man- slaughter, but was acquitted. He then be- gan to feel that inactivity could not undo his fatal blunder, and soon afterward he formed a partnership with his former clerk. He refrained from putting up prescriptions, and spent his time in the laboratory, in the third story of the building, where the firm manufactured chemicals and antiseptic pre- parations. Three men were employed there, Edwin Spoerri, John Wickinan and Theo- dore Heyser. At 11 o’clock yesterday morning Mr. Am Ende came to this city. Half an hour later, while the three men were at work in the laboratory, an explosion occurred, and in an instant some inflammable liquids had caught fire. The three men rushed for the door, but because of the dense smoke they were unable to reach it. The burning liquids had been scattered over them, and when at length they found anavenue of escape, they were hardly able to move because of the burns they had received. Spoerri and Wick- inan succeeded in crawling out of the win- dow facing Seventh street to an adjoining building. They made their way to the street, and were carried to St. Mary’s Hos- pital. While these two men were making their escape Heyser made his appearance at a third story window on the Washington street side of the building. His face was terribly blistered and his clothing was par- tially burned from his body. He stood for a moment at the window, as though unde- cided what todo. The flames were close behind him, and smoke was pouring out of the window. People in the street below cried to him to jump, and he took their ad- vice. He leaped on an awning over the drug store windows. This broke his fall. He rolled off, but he struck the sidewalk on his feet. He walked to St. Mary’s Hos- pital. The firemen confined the fire to the room where it started. The laboratory was to- tally destroyed, and Mr. Am Ende estimates his loss at $5,000. The stock in the drug store was damaged by water to the extent of $3,000, and Henry Hankins, who owns the building, places his loss at $1,000. Am Ende’s loss is covered by insurance. At the hospital it was said that Heyser was the only one of the injured men who is likely to die. His face and body are a mass of burns, and his head had swollen to twice its normal size. The cause of the explos- ion is not known. ———____—~<-9-<—__———_- Test for Gum Arabic. To test gum arabic for adulteration with dextrine, add 15 drops solution of ferric chloride, 15 drops saturated solution of red prussiate of potash, and 5 drops dilute hy- drocholorie acid, 1,165 specific weight, to 60 centimeters water. If 3 centimeters of this reagent are added to 6 cubic centimeters of a 20 per cent. solution of the gum to be tested, pure gum gives aclear yellow, syr- upy mixture, which remains unchanged for eight or ten hours; but if the gum was mixed with dextrine, the yellow color changes within an hour, and in two or three hours it turns blue. —__> 2 The Drug Market. Business is fair. Collections are quiet. Morphine, cinchonidia and castor oil have declined. Carbolie acid continues to hard- en. Camphor is firm, but not quotably higher. Oil lemon and bergamont are weak. Quinine is extremely dull at the 5 cent de- cline, on account of 15 per cent. lower prices on genuine bark. 9 Five distinct perfumes obtained from the orange tree may be named as follows: 1, the true orange flower odor, obtained by the en- fleurage process of digestion with a fat; 2, oil neroli petale or oil neroli bigarade, pre- pared ‘by distillation from the flowers of the sweet and bitter orange respectively; 3, oil neroli petit grain, by distillation from the leaves and unripe fruit; 4, oil of orange Por- tugal, obtained by rolling the fruit in a spiked cup known as the eculle; 5, commer- cial oil of orange, obtained by expression or distillation, from orange peel. Hart Argus: The druggists of Mason county have formed a pharmaceutical so- ciety, and their secretary has written prom- inent druggists of this county, to see if Oceana county druggists do not want to join in and form a Mason-Oceana Asso-ciation. Putnam & Brooks are headquarters for fire-works and fire-crackers. Early pur- chases advised. Plenty of Practice. “Are you having much practice now?” asked an old doctor of a young beginner. “Yes, sir; a great deal, thank you.” “Ah, Iam glad to hear it. In what line is your practice particularly?” ‘Well, sir, particularly in economy.” ———-2<___ The Kind of Poison to Get. Husband (desperately)—Life has no lon- ger any charms for me. Ill kill myself. I'll take poison. Wife (calmly#—Well, if you do take poi- son, my dear, get the kind that’s advertised ‘Don’t die in the house.’ ” > Professon A. B. Prescott says: ‘‘So far the artificial derivatiyes of quinoline, under trial as medicinal agents, do not appear to be sufficiently stable compounds to be satis- factory articles for general use. But it is not at all improbable that stable artificial quinoline compounds, having distinct medicinal value of their own, may be brought into permanent use. And it need not sur- prise us at any time to learn of the labora- tory conversion of chinchonine into quinine, by methods which may or may not be economical in manufacture.” The saints have a pretty full contingent in the patent medicine line. There is St. Jacob’s oil, St. Joseph’s salve, St. Patrick’s bog salve, St. Bernard’s vegetable pills, St. Catharine’s water and St. Nicholas’ salve. ‘“FRermentum” the only Reliable Com- pressed Yeast. See advertisement. CUSHMAN'’S MENTHOL INHALER J) (E Headache Quickly Relieved By Using Cushman’s Menthol Inhaler. It acts as by magic, the Mentholized Air penetrating directly to the nerves affected. Carry it with you. It is convenient to use at any time. No liquid to drop or spill. It is cool and: refreshing, taking the place of the smelling bottle. Durable and cleanly; will last six months to a year. All druggists should keep the Menthol Inhaler. It sells at sight. Retail price 50c. A Million Dollars. Millions of dollars would be saved annually by the invalids of every community, if, instead of calling in a physician for every ailment, they were all wise enough to put their trustin Golden Seal Bitters, a certain cure for all dis- eases arising from an impure state of the Blood and Liver, such as Scrofula inits various forms, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Female irregularities, Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder, Exposure and Imprudence of Life. No person can take these Bitters accord- ing to instructions, and remain long unwell,! provided their bones are not destroyed by min- eral poison or other means, and the vital or- gans wasted beyond the point of repair. Gold- ed Seal Bitters numbers on its list of cures ac- ve a great celebrity, being used as a tam- ily medicine. Sold by Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. 143 THE OLD RELIABLE Party Davis Pain Killer, Established 1840. All Druggists Should Keep It. PRICES TO THE TRADE: 2 Per Bottle. Per Doz. POUT PO ona as 52s + so ene ces dk 25 1 80 Medium Size....<..........1.4- - 50 3 60 NBO BIN. ee as cs ee he cs 1 00 7 20 3eware of Imitations. There is but One Pain iller. Get the Genuine. J. N. Harris & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O. Proprietors for the Southern and Western States. For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. Allen’s Lung Balsam The Great Remedy for Curing CONSUMPTION, Coughs, Colds, Croup, And Other Throat and Lung Affections. t3"We call your attention to the fact that the old Standard Remedy, ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM, is now put up in three sizes—25 cents, 50 cents and $1 per bottle. NO se ivcakane we ences ses $1 75 per dozen PORTIA ooo inn oe bb ccd ok beet eee et 3 50 * eo ee ako ck wns 7 00 ’ J. N. Harris & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O. Michigan Drng Exchange. Mills & Goodman, Props. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. Wy An Seer drug clerks, either pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, honest, industrious and willing: to work on moderate salary. s iy OR SALE—Stock of about $2,000 in Barry Co, 1n fine farming region. Would prefer to sell for cash, but will give time on half if well secured, POR SALE—Stock of $7,000 in Grand Rapids, well located and doing fine business. Will sell on liberal terms. VOR SALE—Desirable stock of about $1,200 in southwestern portionof State. Must be sold on account of other business; terms very easy. VOR SALE—The finest business north of Grand Rapids. General stock of about $15,000. Would prefer to sell whole stock, but will sell any section separate. OR SALE—Stock of $3,000 in growing town on the lake shore in midst of peach region. Will sell only with residence. Doing business of $10,000 per annum. yo SALE—Very desirable stock of $6,000, well located in Grand Rapids. Will sell whole stock on very easy terms, or half inter- est for cash. Ate many other stocks, the particulars of which we willfurnish free on application. For SALE—Dentist office and practice do- | Se other. business of $2,000 per annum. No dentist within 10 miles.) Must be sold by NTE AUN fos siccas 0k cuaeeccntecdvs WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, Advanced—Cloves. Declined—Quinine; eastor oil; cinchonidia; morphia, P. & W. Licorice, extra select.............. Rhei, from select to choice.......1 00 Rhei, powdered E.I................ Rhei, choice cut cubes........ chk 2 Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 ~ _ o rpentariaf.............. iio Seneka....... PEER oot SMES Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... ACIDS. POCUIC INO, Bivins loc es oases aes scene 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 PPR ic Gaye c ii ck eal ae sera cess 35 @ 38 Oe ee ee eee 70 @ Vv Muriatic 18 deg............0...00- 83@ 5 PUIUIG BOOS os oo clive cscs aces - il @ R PREG oo ace cep teed us ee ee ens 10 @ 12 Sulphuric 66 deg................... 3 @ 4 Tartaric powdered...... Shea wauet 50 @ 53 Benzoiec, English............. B Oz 18 Benzotc, German.................- 122 @ bb NN ss iad dwanansantese RnR @ bb AMMONIA. WBPDOMBEG oes cn es ce sec scccs gh 122 @ 4 Muriate (Powd. 22¢)..............6- 14 Aqua l6 deg or 3f... .............- 38 @ 5 AGue 18 Ges Or £0 oo5 ow sce eke nee 4@ 6 BALSAMS. I oo oss ben shan wanveeceeene 38@42 Be aie obscene ne 40 OE aon os woe ks ec cs 175 A hac aans | Wee seve ssae neue 45 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ ll Cinchona, yellow...............66. 18 TE, BOO a io oaks co dae a cannes 13 Elm, ground, pure................. 14 Elm, powdered, pure.............. 15 BASEATTAS, Of TOOL... .. os00cr.0ceess 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Bayberry powdered............... 20 Hemlock powdered. 18 WPMD ose li essee ie 30 BORD BPOUNG. 6 vii cece cece ccs ese 12 BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 1 10c)........ @1 10 FIORE is co caneane cs ceases _ 8 @ 7 Oy os cca oan cas 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 i boxes, 25c)... 27 Licorice, eee ure..... ens 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9 Logwood, 1s (25 boxes).......... 12 Lgowood, %s GO icigenesi 13 Logwood, 4s Ee eens sat 15 Logwood,ass’d do .......... 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. . PA dnd pac lan seas 13 @ 16 Chamomile, Roman............... 25 Chamomile, German.............. 30 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes..............+++: 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 20c)...........- 12 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 PPATOOIIIG 66 oe oo ck vo wasn os scien 28@ 30 Arabic, powdered select.......... 80 Arabic, Ist picked................. 80 Arabie,2d picked................6. 7 Arabic, 3d picked................- 60 Arabic, sifted sorts................ 50 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 20 BON 701 ooo oa es ge ncawae << ss 55 WOE oe, ak cee can os 2@ 27 Catechu. 1s (% 14c, 48 16¢) ...... . 13 Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40 Galbanum strained................ 80 ROO oe cic liaa sa ties icccens 80@ 90 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 Kino [Powdered, 30c].............. 20 TI eo areas cect tc seaeess 1 2% Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 4c)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $4 60)....... ae 3 Shellac, Campbell’s................ 25 Shellac, English................... 22 PCUGO, DATIVG. ..5 555 ot nose cose ces 20 Shellac bleached................4.. 30 SUPAURODUILD «oo coc nc ccc nccessencece 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. PU oo oc os ac ho hans cn de we cone enaene 25 ck hah eae ee cc aeanhe nase eanen 25 PROD ROCRUDE. «5a sac ce cane cent wuaeses ness 2 a nn ag nee eke ceca seess 40 POR CTIAG oon os esate dc ce ne ee ns nena tnssace 24 BOGE MOTO PAT 6 on. ac i ec cc cs cece es aceo ns 35 I oo ica ce wane te enc ce esse ones ca cueees 25 TN an a go ang ike cclemet cn cnaene aus 30 MNO oa ad ae coin a dactwens 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... 4 00 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7 ae ace eae ee PROSDDAIO oon os ne ce ccs e hens seen ane 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)........... 13 @ 14 Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & 4s, 1c)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 3 @ 3d Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 50 Senna, powdered...............06. 25 MOMMA TIDNIVEL!.. .... 00.65 vecaveee 25 MO oe os cane aa vecatawes 10 BOAO a oe cic w coke teas ce cee 35 OVO oa vcr dich pe seap ch seconde 30 I ee a cos wesc onan es cae 35 PRONG, POs os acc ni vance anceccess 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 50 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00 Whisky, other brands............. 110 @l1 50 AV, OE TID, 3 5c oc cnc ecacencceness 135 @1 75 A, PETA, goons vaca cece eens ces 200 @3 50 TN ooo ie en eo nance cases 175 @6 50 Catawoa Wines.. ............26 o: 125 @2 00 Te a oa hs cs as sae 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 7 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 a ceca vac csken es 65 OILS. AUMONG, BWOOT noo nics occas sc ce cs ce 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified..............0004 45 ee eck ees ‘ 1 80 Bay ® 02.... 50 Bergamont.. é 3 00 CBCP oc. s ens -- 142@1 60 NEO cs ai kone he IE 175 Cajeput ............... ‘ 15 yaa s acee ee 85 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 35 OO 6 os a ewan ss chee aceeens 75 ee eligi anda di ec 1 50 CAME EAVOR, Nec koa ens -8 gal 1 20 Cod Liver, best......... cia 1 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 a OW ick sees | cans cane 9 00 MEIN oc snd cece hese enncab arene 1 60 OO on cass ah cccdeecsceseeds 2 00 PPOPOOIIID TW OB. oo os cscs coos s nines 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 35 URIOE WOO 6 oo. oa is an ca cc ca ns ake 50 miner DOTTION.... 0... 6 0.cceccces 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01 Lavender garden Ws iciee 1 00 Lavender spike GO ounce ke 90 Lemon, new Crop................+- 3 00 Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 2 75 TOONS oo ce anos oc ae ne ca ccc ne 380 WA, PAAR ni ce esac ce sens ae 90@1 00 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian .......... 2 75 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 2% Origanuim, NO. 4d. .........cssceces 50 TOV EL occ cece cnn cde cece cues 1 00 Peppermint, white................ 3 90@4 00 TRO OR ones voces a es encase 8 00 Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) 65 Pi RN ek. Sa os ceases ew anve ee 2 75 cease ce as ee 1 00 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 Sandal Wood, W.I........... 7 00 Sassatras......... 45 Spearmjnt . @7 50 Tansy y..... 400 @4 2% EAE COG GE GIO) ccs e sc cc ese eccass 10 @ 122 WINTETOTOOR «oo okie cb ccaede canes 2 25 Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... 3 50 WOYEOER .0 0. fon ieee cobs wks deaees 2 00 POTASSIUM. PEOPITORIE oo os Sra as oes cs 8 Ib 12@14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 37@40 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28¢)......... 22 Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 3 00 Prussiate yellow..........c..cccee 28 ROOTS. ON os ac coat ce ee cea kanes 20 Me OU oss ose cac tases 2 Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 17 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and %s.... 33 Blood (Powd 18¢)...............46- ‘ 12 Calamus, — disse eckedacuhieee 20 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 35 Elecampane, powdered............ 20 Gentian (Powd 15c)................ 10 Ginger, African (Powd l4c)........ I @ 12 Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 17 Golden Seal (Powd 25¢)............ 20 Hellebore, white, powdered....... 20 Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 1 20 alap, powdered................... 30 Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. 18 20 80 50 20 00 25 65 60 4) 20 Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 15 alerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢).... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 15 Bird, mixed in packages........ 5 @ 6 Canary, Smyrna.............. ae 4: 6 Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c). 15 @ 18 Cardamon, Aleppee..............- 1 16 Cardamon, Malabar................ i 2% RO oa ceo iss nese ee iu eas 15 Coriander, pest English........... 10 NIN kl ib cacusdckssvecacs 15 oak Cadac cece 38%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 344)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 7@ 8 Hemp, Ruesian...............-. 44@ 5% Mustard, white Black 10c)........ 10 eenee 2. Serayette si ttocancass ee 75 pe, English. jade 7 be ee i eo a ° 14 : SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau ° We 434. 2 00 Velvet Extra do do 110 Extra Yellow do GO edu 85 Grass do OO ueass 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, OO eden caass: 1 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) ® ga.... Zé Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27 Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 aaeene eR ois c na ceca scene 45 Melee b 2%4@ 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9¢)...... _— 8@ 4 ADNAO, PTIME.... 2... 5. cccccccecs Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. Blue Pill (Powd 70e)............... t 45 Antimony, powdered, com’... .. 44@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7 BETO BOT oa ne co dds ic cuccccasess 50 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 75 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 PROG, TO oo conc ccna cccccuc. ce 2 00 ee ee 700 @9 75 2 30 50 7 RUN WME oobi ie xc bods cane cece 6@ Borax, refined (Powd llc)..... ... 9@10 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 25 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, Atrican pow’d... 22 Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... 14 COPTAINO, FG. OO, ooo cc cc cc cc nccess 4 00 ve ee 14 Calomel, American........... 7d Chalk, prepared drop......... 5 Chalk, precipitate aE é 12 Chalk, red fingers............ 8 Chalk, white lump.......... 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 2% Colocynth apples.................. 60 Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 50 Chloral do do __eryst... 17 Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts.. 1 jd oo Os er @ 47 Cinchonidia, P. & W...... Seis 1s @ 2 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 13 @ 18 Cloves (Powd 25¢)...............00. 23 @. 25 COGNINGA oo... oc. coc. 40 Cocoa Butter............... esau als 40 Copperas (by bbl l1c)............... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 70 Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ib box.. 15 CARN oc cia ccc aces cece 50 CHGDOAY, DYING. 5... 6 cos cccacesces 24 Cuttle Fish Bone...............000. 20 oc oc hces cn cccucvaes 12 Dover’s Powders.................. 110 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Ergot powdered................... 65 Et er Squibb's.... eed auaes asin 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Epsom Salts (bbl. 13g).............. 2@ 3 ME TO oi nv nec ce we ness 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 60 RY Wn ca ka cae cvecca cs 14 Grama Paradiac. ............ccccse 15 Gelatine, Cooper’s............ 90 Gelatine, French ............. ne 70 45 @ Glassware, flint, 70 & 10, by box 60 & 10 less Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Giie, CAMEL. ..:.... 6. 6.0se 122 @ Glue, white........ 16 @ GIVCGFING, PUTE...... 6... cece cccces 16 @ SIONS AG ANG MB... .. 5... oc ccc cc css 25@ FOGOLORIN GB O46... 5 oo cw cnc s cae ccu ce. Pee ee vee ec loin cess 85 Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 35 @ Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes @1 Iodine, resublimed................ 4 Isinglass, American............... 1 eee cc. BOnGon Purnig.. .. .. 2... ©. T...... 2... ..cscccccscccvcessesll@ Zero Ce ee ee ee ee ee ELTINE PERKINS DRUG CO, WHOLESALE eee Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 8g, gr, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF rns, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, an Drogeist’s Sundries MANUFACTURERS OF Elegant Pharmacentical Prepara- tions, Floid Extracts and Elixirs Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. Whiting, Manufacturers of Fine Paint and Var- nish Brushes. THE CELEBRATED Poneer Prepared Paints ALSO FOR THE Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu- facturers of Hair, Shoe snd Horse Brushes. WE ARE SOLE OWNERS OF Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Core Which is positively the best Remedy of the kind on the market. We desire particular attention of those about purchasing outfits for new stores to the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACIL- ITIES for meeting the wants of this class of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the most approved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special ef- forts in this direction have received from hundreds or our customers the most satis- fying recommendations. Wine and Liquor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for the DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit the high praise accorded to us for so satis- factorily supplying the wants of our custom- ers with PURE GOODS in this depart- ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of the celebrated WITHERS DADE & C0,°S Henderson Co., Ky., Sour Mash and Old-Fashioned Hand-Made, Copper- Distilled WHISKY S. We not only offer these goods to be ex- celled by NOOTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects to most that are exposed to sale. We GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis- faction and where this brand of goods has been once introduced the future trade has. been assured. We are also owners of the Driggists Favorite Rye Which continues to have so many favor- ites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gils, Braudles & Fine Wines We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim ta make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list, such as Patent Medicines, Etc., we invite your correspondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. The Michigan Tradesivan. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. KE, A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, (Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1886. EIGHT HOURS OR TEN? The question raised by the renewed agi- tation for the reduction of the hours of labor from ten to eight a day, is one which cannot be dealt with off-hand. at. Seems plain that the change is desirable “if it be practicable. But we do not think it possi- ble to decide upon its practicability in ad- vance of all experience, or of a more ample experience than we have had as yet. Wheth- er we have reached the point at which eight hours of labor from the laboring population of the world is sufficient for the industrial needs of the world, we cannot tell. We should need something like omniscience to decide that. But we think that the indica- tions point that way. Ina very great number of branches of productive industry our powers of produc- tion have increased in the last twenty years to a far greater extent than the twenty per cent. reduction now asked in the hours given to production. But again how far this increase has produced new conditions which make a fresh demand upon the time of the laborer, we cannot tell. To take a familiar parallel, the invention of the sew- ing-machine has not reduced the amount of time needed for the making of a lady’s dress. It has merely substituted elaboration for simplicity. There is one country to which the friends of the movement appeal with great confi- dence. Insome if not all the Australian colonies an eight hour Jaw has been in force for years. The law is now accepted as wise and proper by all classes. In at least one colony the anniversary of its adoption is an annual holiday. vanced more rapidly in wealth during the recent decades than even America has. There has been no such decay of wages, profits and savings as the opponents of the eight hour plan fortell for us. There is force, however, in the objection that this eight hour demand should have been the outcome of an international move- ment. Our producers may be seriously em- barrassed by the competition of countries whose laborers work for longer hours and therefore for lower renumeration. But if this is found to be true, the remedy will be found in laying further restrictions upon the competition of such countries with our- selves. American workmen. It is their business to demand that’ while the duties of the Tariff shall stand as the law specifies for countries which have and enforce an eight hour law, they shall be twenty per cent. higher for those which do not. There is no argumentative force in the objection that ‘the workingman is asking for ten hours’ pay for eight hours’ work.” The day’s wages is not fixed with reference to the number of hours for which the wage- earner works. Both the hours and the wages are fixed by a general consideration of what is fair to the workman. The pres- ent status has been reached as the outcome of a good deal of struggle on both sides. What the workingman has obtained has been determined largely by the public opin- ion of the community, which fixes the standard by which the American workman must live. The workman makes his appeal to both public opinion and the power of as- sociation in asking that the hours of labor shall be reduced. If he succeed, this will effect no reduction of wages, for the stand- ard of his living will not be lowered. He will be paid at the old rate for the new tale of hours. His employer, it is said, cannot -afford this. If his employer were bound by law to sell his goods at a specified price, he probably could not. But prices are as ad- justable as wages. The workman’s labor being a greater element of cost than before, will be added to the price, where the profits are not excessive. A general rise in prices is not a calamity. A general fall of prices, much as we have had for the last thirteen years almost with- out interruption, is much more calamitous. That this fall has been caused by a general over-production though the improvements in the methods of manufacture seems almost capable of demonstration. In proposing to work eight hours a day instead of ten, the workingmen propose to produce more com- modities than they did ten years ago. It is no answer to the demand to say that other classes work more than eight hours a day. It is quite true; but ought they to do so? Mr. Herbert Spencer told us that we generally work much too hard, and that the gospel of relaxation is one which we need to take to heart. Was he not right? Most of us work much too hard and for too many hours. We are burning the candle at both ends all the time. The American of a cen- tury ago was a leisurely mortal. He took his time, and seldom was hurried. He gave more time to the affairs of the community, and less to the work of accumulating wealth. He had leisure for that eternal vigilance which he was fond of describing as ‘‘the price of liberty.” On the whole he was a happier man, if not so rich a man as his descendant. His chances of dying of heart disease, apoplexy r nervous prostra- Yet Australia has ad-|P This remedy is in the hands of the | P° were distinctly less. Perhaps the demand for less exhaustive labor on the part of the workmen may help others to sober reflection on this question of over-work. OWDER This Baking Powder makes the WHITEST LIGHTEST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits Cakes, Bread,ete. TRY IT and be convinced Prepared only by the Arctic Manufacturing Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. TIME TABLES. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, Os sas ee coe ceees 9:00am 4:30pm +Day Express.............. 12:3 pm 9:25pm *Night Express............ 10:40pm 5:45am Muskegon Express......... 4:20pm 11:20am *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 1:00 p. m., and through coach o0n9:15 a. m. and 10:40 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. FIXpPIeSS...........2--s02s000 4:20pm 7:30pm BORMORS , o.oo. os sense ne 8:00am 10:50am All trains arrive and depart from Union De- ot. The Northernterminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’! Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. Going West. Going East. 7:30 pm........ Houghton....... ... 8:30am 3:00 pm, D..... Marquette ........ A, 1:00 pm 2:05pm,A..... Marquette......... D, 1:40pm 10:40 am........ NAMOy........5..--->.> 4:50 pm 7-25am......-.- St. Ignacé............ 8:15 pm 6:15 8mM......., Mackinaw City....... 9:30 pm 5:00 pm........ Grand Rapids........ 10:30 am Express trains Nos. 1 and 2 make close con- nections at Mackinac City with Michigan Cen- traland G. R.& 1. R. R. Connections also made at St. Ignace with steamers of the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company and all lake steamers. At Marquette with the Ma ette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, for aM Lake Superior ints. A. WAT : Gen. Supt., Marquette, Mich. E. W. ALLEN, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent, Marquette. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Leave. Arrive. Ex.and N.Y. * N.Y. Na YY; Mail. Mail. Mail. Ex. p-m. am. a.m. p.m. 4:40 7:50 Dp..Grand Rapids...Ar 9:50 7:15 5:58 9:07...... AIIGDAR J... .555.55- 8:32 5:58 6:55 10:05......Kalamazoo......... 7:3) 5:00 9:50 11:40...... White Pigeon...... 5:50 3:30 a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. 4:15 65:10...... "OIRO: cess s0 0025 11:15 10:40 8:20 9:00...... Cleveland .......... 6:40 6:30 p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m, 2:40 3:30...... Bumalo .... .- .s- 11:55 11:55 a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. 5:40 8:00...... Chicago ........ Lv 11 30 8:50 A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at1p.m., ay fe passengers as far as Allegan. Ali trains daily except Sunday. J.W. MCKENNEY, General Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30am 11:30am Leaves Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex 4:10pm 5:05pm G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 7:00am GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:11am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. £:05pm 5:30pm Mackinac & Ft. WayreEx..10:30am 11:45am Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac.10:30 pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:05 o’clock p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac. Trainleaving at 11:30 a.m. has combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw City. South—Train leaving at 5:30 p.m. bas Wood- ruff pone Car for Cincinnati. Cc. L. LocKWwoop, Gen’) Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express. ..... 6:20am 6:25am +Through Mail............. 10:40am 10:50am +Evening Express......... 3:40pm 3:50pm *Limited Express.......... 6:25pm 6:30pm +Mixed, with coach........ 11:00am GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 1:5 pm 1:10pm #Through Mail............ 5:00pm 5:10pm +Steamboat Express.......10:40pm 10:45pm WER OG ookis es css de oo eae 7:45am Be oe Express............- 5:10am 5:35am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:25 a. m. Express make close connections at O’vosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. The oe Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. Porter, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Michigan Central. DEPART. +Detroit EXpPress.........-...+eeeeeeees 6:00 a m DAV EXDPTeSS..........cccceeecccvceces 12:45 9m *Atlantic EXpress.........---sseeeeeees 10:40 pm tWay Freight........-..- cee ee eeee cece 6:50am ARRIVE. *Pacific EXPress.........-.-.-eeeeeeees 6:00am WN ie cabo c ioss coche ine eases sce 3:30 p m +Grand Rapids Express..............- 10:35 p m Ve Pele Gaahd asa pe ohoe 5:15pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily, Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific —— rect and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in sgme depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Psrlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10: a, m.,and 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves at4p. daily Sunday with , weld asce. DIRECTIONS df We have cooked the cornin this can | sufficiently. Should be Theroughly Warmed (not cooked) adding piece ot }7¥ HN] Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gill of fresh mil referable to water.) FF Season to suit when onthe table, None |F= ‘ . genuine unless bearing the signature of Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with signature and stamp on each can. Amos $. Musselman 2 Snecessors to Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, Wholesale Grocers. AGENTS FOR MUSSELMAN’S CORKER PLUG AND RUM CIGARS, The best and most attractive goods on the market. SEND FoR SAMPLE Burr. SEE QUOTATIONS IN PRICE-LIsT. F. J. DETTENTHALER, : JOBBER OF OYSTERS & FISH, BUTTER AND BGGS, CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED, 117 MONROE ST, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. P. STERETEE & SOM, JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, AND NOTIONS, B33 Monroe St.. AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers { American and Stark A Bags { Wall Paner2 Window Shades At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. House and Store Shades Made to Order. 68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. Nelson Bros. & Co. A Specialty. JENNINGS MANUFACTURED BY JENNINGS & SMITH, _ Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co., Flavoring Hxtracts! ABSOLUTE ~ SPICES Warranted to he Pure Goods. Manufactured Only by TELFER & BROOKS, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Importers and W holesale Grocers. Solilc Agonts for “Jolly Tar’ Plug Tobacco. Daniel Scotten & Co.'s “HIAWATHA” Piug Tobacco. Lautz. Bros. & Co.s SOAPS. Niagara STARCH. Dwinell, Howard & Co. g Royal Mocha and Java. Royal Java. Golden Santos. Thompson & Taylor Spice Co.’s “Mag- nolia” Package Coffee. SOLE PROPRIETORS “JOLLY TIMRm’ Fine Cut Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods on the market. In addition to a full line of staple groceries, we are the only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment of fancy groceries and table delicacies. Mail orders are especially solicited, which invariably secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. 25, 27 and. 29 lonia St.and 51, 53, 99, 57 and 59 Island dts, Grand Rapids, Mich. PUTNAM & BROOKS Wholesale Manufacturers of PURE CANDY! ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, FIGS, DATES, WM. SEARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. tion, or of ending his days in a madhouse, drawing room car a ing at Grand Rapids at 10:35 p.m. | ' .. Cass. H. NonBis, Gen’l Agent. GRAND RAPIDS, 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Mi essed The Michigan Tradesman. Maxims for Merchants. A buyer needs a hundred eyes, a seller not one. To believe a business impossible is the way to make it so. A merchant must keep at the helm and steer his own ship. Beware of little expenses, as small leaks sink big ships. Never chase a lie, let it alone and it will run itself to death. Avoid extreme credit. This is a tempta- tion that may lead to ruin. If you are prospering in your business do not make too much show. Keep your word, be honest, and consider a good name as equivalent for capital. Speak very little in business; rather pump others than be pumped yourself. Keep your eye fixed upon the mark, and don’t flinch when you pull the trigger. Some merchants lose an hour in the morn- ing and look for it all the rest of the day. Keep your books neatly posted up to the day, and arrange your papers systemati- eally. Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least who is in- different about all. Consider everybody sharper than your- self; take the meaning of people, not their words, as a guide in business. In business, work on positive facts; do not let hope predominate too much. In other words, don’t be visionary. A good paymaster is the lord of another man’s purse. Go with the business tide if possible, and avoid going against it. Punctuality is the hinge of business. It is a virtue that all men reverence in theory, and but few carry out in practice. A man is neither good nor wise nor rich at once; but by softly creeping up the hill he every day betters his prospect, till at last he gains the top. Every first-rate man of business can cre- ate a first-rate business. By such a man obstacles of time, situation, poverty and competition can be overcome. Bankruptcy is a woe which no man should wantonly provoke. He that has once de- scended that fall has enough to weigh upon his heart for years. Every business is what it is made to be; put that very thing, so far from proving that every man may have a flourishing bus- iness, shows that the incompetent man is sure to be always at the foot of the ladder. ———_—_>-o-__—__— Seconds Brands Packed in Baltimore. From the Baltimore Price List. Below will be found a list of seconds brands packed at this market which go out under fictitious names. Our purpose in keeping these latter before the public is to prevent unscrupulous meddlemen from im- posing them on buyers as standards, after having bought them as seconds: Carroll Co. Packing Co. Frank Albert. Brown, Tatem & Co. Barnes & Connor, H. Byer—Cambridge, ——Beckwith, Chesapeake, Chester River, Dexter & Co., C. R. Dayton & Co., Edwards & Perry, Elder, Brewster & Co., J. Greenwood & Co., Samuel Hodges & Co., John Hall & Co., C. C. Lawrence & Co., Lord & Wallis, Marsh & Brown, M. Martyn & Co., Nunley, Hynes & Co., Ross & Co., Stewart Bros., Stanley Bros. & Co., R. Scott & Co., J. B. Thomas & Co., Tyler & Dolman, J. T. Williams & Co., R. Williamson & Co., P. Wheeler & Co., J. Walker & Co., Harry Webster, McShowfaith & Co., Archer, Allen & Co., Baker & Brown, J. M. Berry, Ht. Brill & Co., Coltingham Canning Co., J. W. Durham & Co., W. H. Elmore & Son, John Fisher & Co., Griffith Preserving Co., J. Jones & Co., E. H. Lyons & Co. L. Lutz, Wm. Maxwell, “W. H. Myer, H. Nelson & Co., Russell & Bros. John Sheppard, Spencer Wright, Somers, Foote & Co., Vinton, Baker & Co., P. Werner & Co., Webster & Co., Winfield & Co., W. Young & Co. rrr A Heartless Decepton. From Puck. , ‘J understand you haf vailed in peesness, Mr. Levi?” ‘Yes; I was unvortunate in a brivate sbeculation. Dot vas not the vorst. I vas deceived.” “How so?” “In my assignee. He was a scoundrel. He vorked his vay into my convidence, unt made me bay ninety-six ber cent. Did you effer hear of such an oudrage?” —_—————_— 2 Wait & Young, general dealers at Kings- ton are succeeded by A. C. Young, who has removed the stock to Caro. G. W. Stevens & Son succeed Stevens & Henderson in the brokerage business at De- “at a WY c penne, WOR See Wail <= an Ti 92.84.56 & 68 SUUTH WATER STREET CHIGAGL. 9, Order a case from your Jobber. Firtl Weight. One. Pound See Quotations in Price-Current. CURFISS, DUNPON & C0, Paper: CORDAGE, WOODEN WARE. Wool Twine, Binders’ Twine, Tarred Felt, Tarred Board, Building Board, Etc. LYON SsT., GRAND RAPIDS. L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE. CARY & LOVERIDCE, GENERAL DEALERS IN Fire and Burglar Proof SAFES Combination and Time Locks, LL Toma Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. SPRING & COMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN . Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS ETC.. ETO. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, Paivan & Brooks ‘OR ORANGES, LEMONS, Figs, Dates, ETC. Fs. or Tu SMOBING TOBACCO, Manufactured by the National K. of L. Co-operative Tobacco Co, RALEITGE, N. C. Arthur Meigs & Go. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Wholesale agents for the STATH OF' MICHIGAN. This is the only authorized K. of L. smoking Tobacco on the market. The stock of this corporation is all owned by the K. of L. Assemblies in the U. &S., and every member will not only buy it himself, but do his utmost to make it popular. Dealers will therefore see the advisability of putting it in stock at once. We will fill orders for any quan- tity at following prices, usual terms: 202,46: 402,44: 802,43: 16 02,42, ARTHUR MEIGS & C0., Wholesale Grocers, 77, 79, 81 aud 83 South Divisio St, Grand Rapids, Mich Dry Goods. The following quotations are given to show relative values, but they may be considered, to some extent, ‘‘outside prices,” and are not as low as buyers of reasonable quantities can, in most instances, obtain them at. It will pay every merchant to make frequent visits to market, not only in respect to prices, but to keep posted on the ever-changing styles and fashions, many of which are never shown “on the road.”’ WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, ?-t..17 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 19 Androscoggin, 7-4..1444! Pepperell, 11-4......22 Pepperell, 7-4......138 |Pequot, 7-4......... 14% Pepperell, 84......15 |Pequot, 84......... 16 Pepperell, 9-t...... Be reauos, 94.:..,...; 18 CHECKS. Economy, 02....... Park Mills, No. 100.15 Park Milis, No. 50..10 |Prodigy,oz......... 8% Park Mills, No. 60..11 (Otis Apron......... 8%4 Park Milis, No. 70..12 ‘Otis Furniture..... 84 Park Mills, No. 80..13 | York, ! o2.......... 9% Park Mills, No. &..14 | York, AA, extra 02.12% OSNABURGS. Plain. Plaid. PU odds ccass 64%; Alabama. ......... 6% TE oo ceca esos Biel AVOOEe .. . cos sccss 6% OGRE gc iccccacs- 6 © [QQQHMIG oc ccccaces Oe BO@OGHCRY 2... 00:4 8% Louisiana .......... 6% Bg cca condscs BA ROI@GO .. cc ca ceccccs 6% Be ca ccc ancss TM) BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36...... 84|Gilded Age......... 74 Art cambrics, 36... 944!Greene,G 4-4 54 Androscoggin, 4-4.. 74/ Hill, 4-4............. 7% Androscoggin, 5-4. .12%| Hill, 7-8............. 6% Halo, 44. .......-. BAHOMG, &4...-.<504s; 6% BPMN, 4. oo. cs 0c 6 \King Phillip cam- Boott, O. 4-4........ GA) DEC, SO. noose csacs 9% Boott, E. 5-5........ 7 |Linwood, eee 7% Boott, AGC, 44..... 9%|Lonsdale, 4-4....... %% Boott, R. 3-4....... 5%4|Lonsdale cambric.10% Blackstone, AA 4-4. 6%|Langdon, GB, 4-4... 8% Chapman, X, 4-4.... 544!Langdon, 46........ ll Conway, 44... . .. 64%|Masonville, 4-4..... 7% Cabot, 4-4......... . 6%|New York Mili, 44.10% Cabot, %-8.........+. 6 |New Jersey, 44.... 8 Canoe, 3-4.......... 4 |Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7 Domestic, 36....... 74\Pride of the West..10% Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 8'4|Pocahontas, 4-4.... 7% Davol, 4-4.......... 8 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 7%|Woodbury, 4-4...... 54% Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 6%|Whitinsville, 4-4... 6% Fruit of the Loom, W hitinsville, 7-8.... 6 eambric, 4-4...... 11 |Wamsutta, 4-4...... 9% Gold Medal, 44.. .. 644! Williamsville, 36... 8% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 5ba| SILESEAS. OO. 6 5 nce e aes 17%! Masonville S....... ll PR WR csc cc cacees EE EOUGORIG 5 oi. 5 cocks: 9% GN oii ceugecesss 10 jLonsdale A......... 14 PT os ha bance «s BS TVietory 0. .60i0450. 5% HInGR OGD ......6<% MH [VIGUORY occ ceases, 6% 1 ee ee 4 Vietory D).... s..s. 84% MI soc 6a ccncees Jae Victory B.. .. occas 10% Vig os CE ae I [Ppeenex &.....2.56. 19% Hed Crosa.......;:.- TA Phcemix B.... ....0 10% Masonville TS...... 8 (Pheonix 2X..... .. 5 PRINTS. Albion, solid........ 54% iGloucester .......... 5% Albion, grey........ 6 |Gloucestermourn’g.5% Allen’s checks......544;Hamilton fancy....6 Ailen’s faney..... 5%4|Hartel faney........5% Allen’s pink...... ¥|Me¥rimac D......... 6 Allen’s purple.......i 4|Manchester ......... 6 American, fancy....5%/Oriental fancy......5% Arnold fancy........ 6 |Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid......... 5 |Pacific robes........ 6 Cocheeo fancy...... 6 |Riechmond...........5% Cocheeco robes....... 6% |Steel River.......... 5% Conestoga tancy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6 Eddystone ..... .... 6 |Washington fancy..5 Eagle fancy.........5 |Washington blues. 5 Garner pink.........5%| FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.... 6 |Indian Orchard, 40. 7 Boott M, 4-4........ 74\ Indian Orchard, 36. 6 Boston F, 4-4....... 6% | Laconia B, 7-4...... 13 Continental C, 4-4.. 64% Lyman B, 40-in..... 9 Continental D, 40in 7% Mass. BB, 4-4....... 54 Conestoga W, 4-4... 644,;Nashua KH, 40-in.... 74 Conestoga D, 7-8... 454;/Nashua R, 4-4...... 6% Conestoga G, 30-in. 5 “|Nashua O,7-8....... 6 Dwight X, 3-4...... 4% |Newmarket N...... 5% Dwight Y,7-8....... 544; Pepperell E, 40-in.. 63 Dwight Z, 44....... 5%| Pepperell R, 4-4.... 6% Dwight Star, 4-4.... 6 |Pepperell O, 7-8.... 534 Dwight Star, 40-in.. 7 |Pepperell N, 3-4.... 5% Enterprise EE, 36.. 434|Pocasset C, 4-4..... 6% Great Falls E, 44... 6%/Saranac R.......... 6 Farmers’ A, 4-4..... 54%|Saranac E.......... 7% DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ......... 7 |Johnson Manfg Co, Amoskeag, Persian 9 | Bookfold......... ly i ES aes Johnson Manfg Co, ONO icc cc udens 6 dress styles......10% Berkshire ......... 6 |Slaterville, dress Glasgow, fancy.... a ie 6 Glasgow, royal.... 6% |White Mfg Co, stap 6% Gloucester, new |White Mfg Co, fane 7% MUGS once cess 7%{White Mant’g Co, Pikes ............ %%4| Earlston.......... 7 Lancaster .......... TD NGONGOR osc cc cacaess 7 Langdown ......... 7 (Greylock, dress Renfrew, drees.... 9 | StYlOS ....<.cccces 10% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..15 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 22 Androscoggin, 8-4..16 |Pepperell, ll-4..... 24 Pepperell, 7-4......15 |Pequot, 7-4.........16 Pepperell, &4...... IT j|Pequot, &4......... 18 Pepperell, 9-4...... 19 |Pequot, 9-4......... 20 HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic A, 4-4..... 6%|Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 64 Atlantie H, 4-4..... 64|Lawrence XXX 40. 7% Atlantic D, 4-4..... 5% Lawrence LL, 44... 5 Atlantic P, 4-4...... 5 iNewmarket N...... 5% Atlantic LL, 44.... 494: Mystic River, 4-4... 5% Adriatic, 36......... 74'Pequot A, 4-4....... 6% Augusta, 4-4........ 6%|Piedmont, 36....... 6 Boott M, 4-4........ 6 (Stark AA, 4-4....... 6% Boott FF, 4-4....... 6% Tremont CC, 44.... 4% Graniteville, 4-4.... 5% /Utica, 4-4........... 10 Indian Head, 4-4... 6%|Wachusett, 44..... 6% Indiana Head 45-in, 11%|Wachusett, 30-in... 5% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...17 |Falls, XXX......... 15% Amoskeag ‘“* 4-4..12%/Falls, BB....... ..11% Amoskeag, A...... 11% Falis, BBC, 36......19% Amoskéag, B...... 11 |Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeag, C...... 10%|Hamilton, BT, 32.. 9% Amoskeag, D...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, E...... 944|Hamilton, H....... 8% Amoskeag, F....... 9 |Hamilton fancy... 8% Premium A, 4-4....17 |Methuen AA....... 11% Premium B........16 |Methuen ASA...... 16% Extra 4-4 da shhneaes 16 j|Omega A, 7-8....... 10 Co Ae ee 12% )\Omega ACA, 7-8....13 Og | ea 14 |\Omega ACA, 44....15 MO es a cba ncacnnes 14 |Omega SE, 7-8...... 24 MME TG occ acecavcaces 16 |Omega SE, 4-4...... 27 bck ke ccdcces 19 \Omega M. 7-8 ...... 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 \Omega M, 4-4....... 25 Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 |ShetucketSS&SSW 11% Cordis No. 1, 32..... 15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. 2........ 14 |Shetucket, SFS ...12 Cordis No. 3........ 13 |Stockbridge A..... 7 Cordis No. 4..... 114% Stockbridge fancy. 8 18% | Falls, XXXX....... | SOFT CAMBRICS. Washington........ 44%4|Royal Globe....... 4% 8. S. & Sons........ BICKOWE 6 05 < vcccsesces 4h GRAIN BAGS. American A....... 14%|Amoskeag......... 14% Stark A..<. ..... Ol DENIMS. AN ics cove cee GAiOCs OC,’ . no. cc eccsass 9 Everett blue....... 12 |Warren AXA......11 Everett brown..... 12 |Warren BB........ 10 Otig AAA. <4 <.---- bE i Warren CC. «6.2.43; 9 Obie OH... 3.5 5.5.5. 10 |York, blue......... 12% PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville........ 44@5 |S.S.&Sons..... 4% @5% Masonville..... 544@64/Garner ......... 4% @5% WIGANS. Red Cross.......... 614 |'Thistle Mills........ 6 PR ick cacdccss © POR i oe ss ccnccdaass 6% GATTIOR oc ccccccces 7 SPOOL COTTON. BRPOORSG ooo oo ccs ses 50 |Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N.T..... 55 Mills ball sewing.30 J.& P. Coats....... 55 iGreen & Daniels...25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 (Stafford ............ 2 Willimantic 3 cord.40 |Hall & Manning. ...28 Charleston ball sew Holyoke...../...... 25 ing thread........ 30 CORSET JEANS. Armory ...........- 7 |Kearsage........... 634 Androscoggin ..... 7%|/Naumkeag satteen. 634 Canoe River........ _ 5%4|Pepperell bleached 8% Clarendon........5@54/|Pepperell sat....... 8 Hallowell lmp..... 5% |Roeckport........... 6% Ind. Orch. Imp..... 544|Lawrence sat....... 6 EMOOIIG 6 occ cncceccs 7 A Spanish vessel laden with molasses went ashore on the Florida coast some days ago, and all but one of the crew escaped, thanks to the assistance of the residents of that neighborhood. When the wreck broke up and the casks of molasses began to come ashore, the captain and the crew stood by with axes and broke them up as fast as they came within reach, refusing even the empty easks tothe men who so recently helped save their lives. Groceries. Cirocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon. OFFICERS, President—H. B. Fargo. First Vice-President—Wm. B. Keift. Second Vice-President—A. Towl. Recording Secretary—Wm. Peér. Financial Secretary—John DeHaas. Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. 1. McKen- zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A. Towl and E. Johnson. Finance Committee—Wm. B. Kelly, A. Towl and E. Johnson. Committee on Rooms and Library—O. Lam- bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie. : Arbitration Committee—B. Borgman, Garrit Wagner and John DeHaas. Complaint Committee—Wm. B. Keift, D. A. Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot, R. S. Miner and L. Vincent. : Law Committee—H. B. Fargo, Wm. B. Keift and A. Towl. . Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An- drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer. Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday evenings of each month. : Next meeting—Wednesday evening, June 2. RETAIL GROCERS’ ASSOCIATION OF GRAND RAPIDS. ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 10, 1885. President—Erwin J. Herrick. First Vice-President—E. E. Walker. Second Vice-President—Jas. A. Coye. Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson. Treasurer—B. S. Harris. Board of Directors—Eugene Richmond, Wm. H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, Henry A. Hydorn and W.E. Knox. Finance Committee—W. E. Knox, H. A. Hy- dorn and A. J. Elliott. : Room Committee—A. J. Elliott, Eugene Rich- mond and Wm. H. Sigel. Arbitration Committee—James M. J. Lewis and A. Rasch. Complaint Committee—J. George Lehman, Martin C. DeJager and A. G. Wagner. Collectors—Cooper & Barber, 69 Waterloo St., Eagle Hotel block. c Annual meetings—Second Tuesday in Novem- ber. Regular meetings—First and Third Tuesday Evenings of each month. _ Next meeting—Tuesday evening, June 1. Farnsworth, Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association. President—P. Ranney. First Vice-President—O. K. Buckhout. Second Vice-President—Hugh Beggs. Secretary—M. 8. Scoville. Treasurer—Julius Schuster. Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Tues- days of each month. The Boys and the Cucumber. The festive cucumber is out, The small boy hovers nigh, A second-hand tooth-pick in his mouth, A twinkle in his eye. What makes the grocer eye him so, And shake his head and sigh? Full well he knows his time has come, That boy has got to die! For weeks that man has tried to keep A cucumber in view, This is the last one of the pile, And this is the last boy, too! Those seven boys that lived near by Had used the poor man so, That he was forced to Paris Green! Six of those boyg lie low. The cat that ate the rat poison In Frost’s new funny book— Was not a circumstance to these Poor boys, who this food took. Their mothers saw them swelling up, But did not stay to see; They heard the sound as on they rushed And sat behind a tree. The pieces they could not retain, Because theyiflew so high; And never did they know the cause Of this flight to the sky. The grocer turned to weigh some fish, The boy! was no more seen, Gone with the festive cucumber And the dose of Paris green. ——-—<>- <> The Muskegon Association Again on Deck. From the Muskegon News, 20th. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association, which was held at Good ‘Templars’ hall last evening, was attended by about twenty-five representa- tives of the fraternity. E. A. Stowe, editor of Tr MicHIGAN TRADESMAN, was pres- ent by invitation and addressed the Asso- ciation on the growth of the grocery move- ment in this State, and of the benefits al- ready secured by several organizations by means of concerted action. He said thata movement was on foot to hold a State con- vention of grocerymen at Grand Rapids sometime during the summer, and that the Muskegon Association should send a full delegation. As there are about a 100 grocers in the city, and only about fifty of them belong to the Association, each member was instruct- ed to bring in one or more applications for membership at a special meeting, which will be held on Friday evening. RESULT OF THE SECOND MEETING. MUSKEGON, May 22, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Srr—According to promise, I send you below a record of the proceedings of our adjourned meeting, held last night. We had a large and enthusiastic meeting, all the principal dealers in the eity being pres- ent. - The roll call of officers showed all present except H. B. Fargo, who is sick, and Gerrit Wagner, who is out of town. Applications for membership from D. Christie & Co., John B. McCracken, H. Cummings and John Banniga were received and accepted, omitting the usual rule of electing members. : It was moved and supported that all mem- bers of the Association withdraw all quota- tions of prices in newspapers and dodgers by the 24th of this month, which was car- ried unanimously. The meeting then adjourned for one week. Wa. PEER, Secretary. a A The Grocery Market. Business is fairly good and collections are fair. Sugars have begun to advance, as is usual at this time of the year, and package coffees have advanced 4 cent. Other arti- clers in the grocery line are about steady. Oranges and lemons are in good request and prices are firm. Nuts are steady and unchanged. Peanuts are higher in first hands for best grades. Figs and dates are steady. Bananas are more plenty. >.<. __ Putnam & Brooks are handling large quantities of oranges and lemons. Orders for car lots or less given prompt attention. ‘“Fermentum” the only Reliable Com- pressed Yeast. See advertisement. _ Smoke the celebrated ‘‘American Field.” fox & Bradford, sole agents. OUR ROLL OF HONOR. We, the undersigned wholesale dealers of Grand Rapids, hereby pledge ourselves to the Retail Grocers’ Association, not to sell goods in our respective lines to consumers: OLNEY, SHIELDS & Co., HAWKINS & PERRY, F. J. Lamp & Co., BULKLEY, Lemon & Hoops, Amos MUSSELMAN & Co., Fox & BRADFORD, O. W. BLAIN, Tra O. GREEN, MOosELEY Bros., BuntTinG & SHEDD, W. F. Gipson & Co., S. C. PEER, CLARK, JEWELL & Co., Copy, BALL & Co.. JENNINGS & SMITH, JOHN CAULFIELD, Frep D. YALE & Co., TELFER & BROOKS, EATON & CHRISTENSON, LupWIG WINTERNITZ, Mon. & KENNING, HAZELTINE & PERKINS DruG Co. >> 2 Retail Dealers’ Exchange. As stated by THE TRADESMAN a couple of weeks ago, a project is on foot for the organization of a Retail Dealers’ Exchange, to be composed ot retail dealers in every line of trade. The movement is supported by nearly every business man in this city and is taking shope in the following form: We, the undersigned, hereby join in a call of business men for the purpose of consider- ing the advisability of organizing a Retail Dealers’ Exchange, time and place of meet- ing to be given by notice in the daily pa- pers. j The object of the organization is to cor- rect the numerous abuses to which the trade is now subjected, to adopt a plan for gain- ing reliable information as to the standing of those with whom the members do a credit business and for the general advancement of the business interests of the city. Sprine & CoMPANY, Foster, STEVENS & Co., HovusEMAN, DoNNALLY & JONES, E. S. PIERCE, H. LeonarD & Sons, VossEN BrOsS., Eaton & LYON, Pau W. FRIEDRICH, STANLY & SCHROEDER, J. MINER, J. C. HERKNER, A. PREUSSER, A. MAy, J. A. STRATTON, THOMAS & CRIPPEN, J. L. WILKES, NELSON Bros. & Co., L. B. VAN LEUVEN, Scotrr & WILLIAMS, Voigt, HERPOLSHEIMER & Co., J. F. FERRIS, CoLE & BROTHER, BRADFIELD & Co., F. GRANELLO, MorGAN & AVERY, SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & Co., A. D. ESLER, Bemis Bros, J. VANDERVEEN, Peck Bros, Minus, LACEY & DICKINSON, F. B. WINEGAR, Joun H. BEEKMAM, A. Jonunson & Son, PALEN & HEROLD, G. R. MAYHEW, ADAMS & Co., LEONARD BENJAMINS, ZEIRLEYN & CARSTENS, F. VAN DriELE & Co., CASWELL, BROS., A. H. Fow1, E. E. WALKER, HERRICK & RANDALL, E. R. WILson, JOHN KENDALL & Co., R. H. BRENNEN, NELLIE BUCKLEY, BENJ. PYLE, M. D., JAS. R. FRASER, GEO. G. STEKETEE, J. BARTH, S. N.SWatson & Co., VANDERVEEN & WITMAN, W.S. Gunn & Sons. a Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. The Milford creamery turns out about 2,000 pounds of butter per week. Kalamazoo Herald: J. R. McCall has sold a creamery outfit with a capacity of 2,- 000 pounds of butter per day to parties in St. Louis, Mich. Arrangements have been completed for the establishment of a creamery at Port Huron. A stock company has been formed with a capital of $5,000, land and building leased, and the machinery is expected to ar- rive soon. The company will begin opera- tions as soon as the machinery can be placed in working order. Agent Hill, of the Merchants’ Des- patch, has returned from atrip along the line of the C. & W. M. Railway, taken for the purpose of ascertaining whether the creameries on that road will warrant the es- tablishment of a dairy refrigerator line. He found the Hartford creamery to be making 2,300 pounds per week, the Bangor cream- ery 800 pounds, the Holland creamery 3,000 pounds and the Zeeland creamery 800 pounds. In case he can arrange for a re- frigerator car over the C. & W. M. at regu- lar intervals, the Paw Paw creamery will forward its product to Hartford and the Whitehall creamery will ship its product so as to catch the car at Holland. > -o 8@ 6% Gur Trrone, tt DDS. ... .... 6.566 co... 5 Ob Moss Drops, in pails................... Moss Drops, in bbls ............... wade Boer Drone. 1) DONIN................... Broome, 1 GS. .2.......:......,.,. Imaperials in bbig... ............. - 1Y@l FRUITS Bananas Aspinwall...................2 50@4 @ Oranges, California, faney............ @4 ’ Oranges, California, choice........... @42 Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................ Oranges, Florida.. APemon, OGIO. ...................., (ranges, Nanicg................ |, Lemons, Choice... 2.2.0.2... 0 ccc. 6 GE 25 ee ee 6 25@6 50 Bema, CAMtonnia...... .-->—_——_—— Good Words Unsolicited. 8. H. Rinker, drugs and groceries, Fenwick: “Like the paper splendid.” A. Retan, general dealer, Pewamo: ‘Send it along another year. Don’t want to be with- out it.” E. 8. Houghtaling, grocer, Hart: ‘Thanks to TRADESMAN for its good work and for its — he country grocer.” The Gripsack Brigade. John D. Mangum was in town Monday. John Smyth, late with Ludwig Winter- nitz, succeeds J. M. Chaplin as city sales- man for Telfer & Brovks. “By Gee” started out again yesterday, after three months’ of enforced idleness. His clothes don’t fit as tight as they used to. Edward Pike, formerly with F. J. Lamb & Co., has gone on the road for S. A. Wel- ling covering his trade by means of a wagon. John Eaman, the granger-looking traveler for the Fuller & Fuller Co., of Chicagd, was in town a couple of-days last week, a guest at the Michigan House. Dave E. Brackett, formerly with D. T. Fargo, at Sheridan, has gone on the road for S. A. Welling, taking the territory southwest of Grand Rapids. Battle Creek Call: Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Kel- sey gave an informal reception to the Battle Creek members of the Travelers’ Protective Association on the evening of the 15th. Gus. Sharp and Dr. Josiah B. Evans now sport $30 diamand pins, which were pre- sented to them by a plug tobacco manufac- turer in consideration of their good looks. Wallace Franklin has gone to the New Pool of Bethesda at Cowlesville, N. Y., in hopes of curing the stiffened joint received by jumping from a moving train at Owosso two or three months ago. Secretary King, of the Railway Associa- tion of Michigan, write Secretary Caro that round trip tickets to the Jackson convention over every railway in the State will be sold at one fare on the 27th and 28th, good to re- turn up to midnight of the Bih. This con- cession includes members of the T. P. A., their families and friends. W. D. Downey, the little groceryman, will celebrate the month of roses by wed- ding Miss Robbins, the charming daugh- ter of Capt. Robins, of Grand Haven. Downey was in town last Saturday, inquir- ing the price of furniture, from which his friends infer that hedoes not propose to the tyranny of boarding house life. Grover Cleveland, Ad. Baker and Little Downey will all be married about the same time next month. As soon as Grover heard of it, he proposed that the three couples take their wedding trips together, but the latter did not acquiesce. Grover evidently thought there would be no danger of going astray or ‘‘getting strapped,” if he could get in such good company. Harvey Baxter, who has been with Fos- ter, Stevens & Co. for several years and for three years manager of the order depart- ment of the wholesale store, succeeds Geo. G. Whitworth as city salesman for Foster, Stevens & Co. Mr. Baxter’s thorough ac- quaintance with the business in all its de- tails, coupled with his extended experience, makes him peculiarly fitted for the posi- tion. The Gunn Hardware Company is now represented on the road by the following travelers: Jas. L. Lees, who sees a portion of the city trade and takes in the D., L. & N. and C. & W. M., south; A. H. Nichols, who visits the balance of the city trade and the towns within a radius of forty miles; ‘has. M. Norton, who calls on the North- ern trade. A fourth man will be commis- sioned within a week or ten days. Frank Weaver, the Manton grocer, sends Tue TrapesMAN the following enquiry under date of the19th: ‘*Ask Charley Rob- inson and Steve Sears what luck they had fishing at Manton. They went from this point last night to catch fish. Robinson fell in the water and was inso deep that his ears flopped on top of the water. He was hauled out ina demoralized condition, his clothes were torn and he was otherwise in bad shape. He only got a few bites, and they were mosquito bites.” Mecosta Sentinel: It was not generally supposed that it was known outside of our immediate vicinity that our streams were stocked with speckled trout, but on Wed- nesday, a gentleman from Grand Rapids quietly dropped into town, took a look at the stream atthe north of town, and was surprised and astonished at the immense numbers of trout to be seen, in plain view, of various sizes and lengths. Charley has- tily got 6ut his fishing tackle, secured bait from one of our merchants, and made all arrangements for a big catch. Upon arriv- ing at the stream, a misstep sent him in over his shoe-tops, but nothing daunted he made his cast, raised him and landed on the bank a fine specimen—a horned dace, and the trout question was then and there satisfactorily settled. Successful trout fish- ing i hazardous at times as dealing in pork options. ————-__ > -- > Fully Organized. The organization of the Gunn Hardware Company has been completed by the elec- tion of W. S. Gunn, Will A. Gunn, E. F. Uhl and Frank Berles as directors, who in turn have selected the following officers: Fresident—E. F. Uhl. Vice-President and General Manager—W. S. Gunn. Secretary—A. S. Goodman. Treasurer—Will A. Gunn. oe Oe The Hardware Market. Business is good and collections are equally encouraging. Nails have declined 5 cents, steel nails being firm and iron nails weak at the decline. The trade in builders’ hardware is excellent. No new develop- ments have come to light in barbed wire, the demand for which is tolerably fair. Other articles in the hardware line are about steady. ‘‘Fermentum” the only reliable compress- ed yeast. See advertisement. — VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: Smith Barnes, general manager Hannah & 1 Mercantile Co., Traverse City. arry Montague, manager grocery depart- ment Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., Traverse ity. Frank Hamilton, Hamilton & Milliken, Trav- erse City. Nicholas Bouma, Fisher. Walter Struik, Forest Grove. J. F. Clark, Big Rapids. : Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. James Colby, Rockford. M. A. Massie, Greenville. Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. C. Stocking, Grattan. Frank Sommers, Dorr. C. E. Coburn, Pierson. J. L. Handy, Woodstock. Fred Euller, Deer Lake. M. E. Walling, Walling Bros., Lamont. W.H. Hicks, Morley. Geo. N. Reynolds, Belmont. J.C. Scott, Lowell. Silas Lowe, Burnip’s Corners. John M. Cloud, Cadillac. Geo. Carrington, Trent. Geo. W. Beyins, Tustin. J. Grutter, Grandville. J.J. Wiseman, Nunica. John Gunstra, Lamont. Mr. Smith, Smith & Ballard, Ada. N. DeVries, Jamestown. Frank B. Watkins, Monterey. C. K. Hoyt. Hudsonville. M. J. Howard, Englishville. Jas. Riley, Dorr. J.C. Hill, Manton. John Smith, Ada. F. P. Dunwell, Ludington. E. B. Joyce, Cannonsburg. G. B. Hansen, Hudsonville. John D. Lange, Sparta. R. Monteith, Otsego. G. A. Bottje, Grand Haven. C. W. Skellinger, Rockford. James Buckley, Buckley & Daggett, Petos- ey. Mr. Hesseltine, R. K. Hesseltine & Son, Cas- novia. Jos. Raymond, Berlin. Wm. Pipp, Eine Bros., Kalkaska. Mr. Bergy, A. & E. Bergy, Caledonia. D. B. Galentine, Bailey. Dave Holmes, with West Michigan Lumber Co., Woodville. Paine & Field, Englishyille. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. 8S. S. Dryden, Allegan. Mr. Bode, Bode & Keeney, Ferry. Mr. Wright, Cutler & Wright, Morley. Geo. D. Barden, Woodland. G. F. Cook, Grove. C. EK. Coburn, Pierson. R. Wertman, Zeeland. Andre & Son, Jennisonville. C. Durkee. Altona. Jas. Toland, Ross. Mr. Tanis, Den Herder & Tanis, Vriesland. H. M. Harroun, McLain. P. Wyngarden, Vriesland. John Spring, Spring & Lindley, Bailey. John Kamps, Zutphen. A. Purchase, South Blendon. Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam. Moedyk, DeKruif & Co., Zeeland. J.C. Hill, Manton. John Yeakey, Wayland. G. L. White, Barnhart & White, Mancelona. A. C. Barkley, Crosby. S. M. Geary, Maple Hill. John Gunstra, Lamont. M. Lutz, Caledonia. W. P. Andrus, Cedar Springs. G. Ten Hoor, Forest Grove. T. J. Sheridan & Co., Woodville. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. H. Callner, Muskegon. W. Black, Cedar Springs. John Scholten, Overisel. R. G. Smith, Wayland. John Demstra, Forest Grove. G. N. Reynolds, Belmont. J. F. Clark, Big Rapids. O. Ball, Morley. Geo. Lentz, Croton. W. H. Hicks, Morley. Neal MeMillan, Rockford. Dr. J. W. Kirtland, Lakeview. N. DeVries, Jamestown. Childs & Carper. Childs’ Mills. k Cee EEE Hides, Pelts and Wool. Hides are without change. Pelts are quiet. Tallow is flat. Wool is quiet, and but little yet offered. COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples—Entirely out of market. Asparagus—3ie per doz. bunches. Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@75e #8 bu. for unpicked and hold ordinary hand-picked for $1.10@$1.15. Beans—String, $1.75 for % bu. crate. $2.25 @ 25 bu. erate. Beets—New, 40c 8 doz. bunches. Butter—Michigan creamery is in fair de- mand at 17@18e. Dairy is a drug on the market at l4e. Butterine—Solid packed is held at 14e. Cabbages—$4 per crate of about fifty heads. Cabbage Plants—35c #2 100. Carrots—25e ® doz. Cucumbers—5ie ® doz. Cheese—April and May stock of Michigan cheese is in good demand at 11@11%e. Cranberries—Out of market. Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced, 3@3%c. Evaporated, 6%@ic, according to quality. Dried Peaches—Pared, lic. Eggs—In pientiful supply and weak. Job- bers pay $@lvce and sell for 10@10%c. Honey—Easy at 13@l4ce. Hay—Bailed is active and firm at $15 per ton in two and five ton lots and $13 in car lots. Lettuce—12c # tb. Maple Sugar—7@8c. Mint—25c # doz. Onions—Green, 10c # doz. bunches. mudas, $2.75 #@ bu. crate. $2.50 ® bbl. Peas—Green, $1.50 ® bu. box. Pop Corn—Choice new commands 24%c # b and old 3c ® b. Potatoes—Old stock is about played out. New potatoes are in good demand at $2.50 per bu. sack or $5 # bbl. Pieplant—lc # hb. Poultry—Scarce and high. 10@10c; turkeys, 12c. Wax, Ber- Yellow Danvers, Fowls sell for Ducks are out of mar- ket. Radishes—18c.# doz. Spinach—‘0c # bu. Strawberries—$2 # 24 qt, crate. Tomatoes—Florida, $1.75 @ \% bu. box. Tomato Plants—40c @ 100. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—No change. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 81; Fulse, 78c; Clawson, 78c. Corn—Jobbing generally at 44@45c in 100 bu. lots and 38@40c in carlots. : Oats—White, 40c in small lots and 35@36c in car lots. Rye—48@50c # bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 # cwt. Flour—No change. Fancy Patent, $5.50 # bbl. in sacksand $5.75in wood. Straight, $4.60 @ bbl. in sacks and $4.80 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 @ bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 #@ ton. Bran, $15 # ton. Ships, $15 @ ton. Middlings, $16 $ ton. Corn and Oats, $17 ® ton. MISCELLANEOUS. Hemlock Bhrk—Local tanners are paying | $4.75 per cord for old bark, and making con- tracts for new bark on the basis of $5.50 per cord, delivered, cash. Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.75 ® b for clean washed roots. Rubber Boots and Shoes--Local jobbers are , authorized to offer standard goods at 35 and 6 per cent off. per cent. off, and second quality at 35, 5 and 10, Mr. Lovely, Denton & Lovely, Howard City. |. Manufacture of Matches in This City. GRAND RAprps, May 21, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR SrR—I notice some controversy in your paper about matches. Along about 1870 a match factory was started in this city by John A. Harriman, who came here from New Hampshire for that purpose. Mr. Harriman is now Clerk and Register of An- trim county, this State. He continued the business for several months, but it evident- ly did not pay, for he went out of the busi- ness. The factory was operated on the West Side, near Bridge and Front streets. * 2% £€ THE TRADESMAN has written Mr. Harri- man, requesting him to prepare a short his- tory of the enterprise here, for publication. Another attempt was made to engage in the manufacture of matches on a small scale about two years ago, but the enterprise fail- ed through lack of capital and because of the poor quality of goods turned out. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN BS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. 5 o ee 1ELD ide! SFE Bul "IE Wonison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, cS. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. MESTER & FOR, Manufacturers’ Agents for Saw and Grist Mill Machinery, Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machin- ery, Saws, Belting and Gils. MICHICAN AUTOMATIC INJECTOR. “LEMUVW AHO NO LSagd Depot for Independence Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample pulley and be- come convinced of their superiority. Write for prices. 130 Oakes St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. ~ COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, — A. B. Knowltson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 85 Louisville Cement, per bbi............ 1 30 Akron (Cement per bbl................ 1 380 Buialo Cenient, per bbl............... 1 30 Carlots ‘ Oe ca ek 1 05@1 10 Pinstering bair, per bu..........0...4. 25Q 30 PHUMCOO, WEE DU... ars onc cs ay choane 175 Land plaster, per ton...,.............. * 3 50 Land plaster, car lots.................. 25 Fire brick, per M..........+,..; neebias $25 @ $35 MPO GAY, HOE DOL oi cc cc cen canes 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$5 75@6 60 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 (0@6 25 CAMO, CHE 1OTB. og. cece cc cece eens @6 60 O10 EAD, CAN 1OUR. .... 4. co ae os 3 10@3 2 Klossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. 4 50@5 00 Portiand Cement... 255. 6.2 Goa. oes 3 50@4 00 OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. POW VORM COUN i aed ccs oaks 40 FRESH FISH. OP ee Be ee ae @10 PROT os a occ a hoc ec @iTt OOP eis ied wea cs ac eve ieee 12 @12% WOROR INOW TPOUS. ooo eee neg acces ues @ 6 ORO oc ao he hack hck hear ecuesapevae @ 4 OM a ee aks ee es 10 @l1 WA Gs sie dese @i7 COOPERAGE, Quay, Killen & Co, quote as follows, f. o. b. at Grand Rapids. * STAVES. Red oak flour bbl. staves......... M 6 50@ 7 00 Elm ~ bai gO oS M 5 50@ 6 00 White oak tce staves, s’d and j’t.M 20 00@23 00 White oak pork bbl. “ ** M 18 50@20 00 HEADS. Tierce, dowelled and circled,set.... 15@ 16 Pork, " oy ; 13 Tierce heads, square.......... 8 M 23 09@26 90 Pork bbl. ‘ ee 8 M 18 00@20 00 Basswood, kiln dried, set............ 4@ 4% HOOPS. White oak and hickory tce, 8f’t. M 11 00@12 50 White oak and hickory ** 7%f’t.M 10 00@11 00 Hickory flour bbl................ M 7 #@ 8 25 ee Ow ak idee ee M 6 25@ 7 00 Ash, flat racked, 6% f’t........... M 38 50@ 4 25 BARRELS. White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M 1 00@ 1 10 White oak pork barrels, machine.. 85@ =—«95 White oak tard tierces............. 1 15@ 1 25 Beet and lard half barrels......... T5G 90 Custom barrels, one head.......... 1 00@ 1 10 ORE ONTO os oo iies ss case neces 30@G@ 87 Produce barrels..... .............. 283Q@ HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock: Basswood, log-run................... @13 00 PAPO OMNI ois vans ok ch cc eo dct 16 00@20 00 Bireh, Nos. 34nd 2... 6.625.605 .050 @25 00 Black Ash, log-run................... @13 00 Cherry, log-run. de ..............0005 25 00@30 00 Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2................. 45 00@50 00 CRETE, CU i ee oki caccdnncckas @10 00 Manie, log-Fun ss. ono. keke cans 15 00@17 00 Maple, soft, log-run................. 12 00@14 00 Maple, Nos. land 2................... @20 00 Maple, clear, flooring................ @25 00 Maple, white, selected............... @25 BOG Oak, lORPUT oes ois cc in vn ve wc ces @18 oe Red Oak, Nos.] and 2........... 2... @22 00 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......... 5 00 Wainit, iom-ran.. 6... or 00 Walnut, Nos. land 2............... @i5 00 WY I, Biss ks vs viv cards oo bean 00 or Elm, log-run.......... cr beens Sis 00 White Ash, log-run..................14 16 00 Whi WOR PO oo sch cea dhacs 00 Dardware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGERS AND BITS. WOW, OME ORV iy ccc cca kas dis60&10 Wee Pe i ase iene dis60&10 OME ee clb asks ea caneceu sey eceasds dis60&10 WO a a esses ccs orcnidcs. dis60&10 a cs cares cekccev cues as dis60&10 WM iasle eels ddausee 44 os pn sacduenss dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine..................... dis 2% Jennings’, imitation........... ........ dis50&10 : BALANCES. Bere ee, dis 40 BARROWS. BRO ee i Se $ 15 00 WAN oo ave isc alee cig dae net 3&3 00 BELLS. Moog, ee dis $ 60&10&10 ini ee A EE On a dis 60&10 ie dis 30&15 OOM eee i a, dis 25 PNG r. PANGGNE os ico. cc. dis 60&10 ‘o BOLTS. Wa ieee cava Ws Oh bceb a kesecu. dis PIANO HOW GE, oo... cask cc ncocsece rg 80 BE a a eee koe es es ecko ceesce lc: dis 30&1( CT ee dis ve) Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 60&10 Cast Barre: Holts............0605605., dis 60&10 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 60 Cast Square Spring................... dis 60 Ce CBO ccc, ...dis 60&10 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60&10 Wrouent Banare ..... ................ dis 60&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 60 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush eae el ec cuciadacia ccs... dis 60&10 MUG BOGE. loo dis 60&10 BRACES. WOOT ok hoc GN a sane aces ccc; cess sc. dis $ 40 PEON oo oko bo oak cco eg cer ascc cas dis 50&10 Po oii ace cbs cine dis 50 Po EE ey dis net BUCKETS. ete a. kos... $ 3 50 WOE BWINGR och ec, - 400 BUTTS, CAS”. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 70&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed*.. ..dis 70&10 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60&10 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 6010 Wrought Loos® Pin.................. dis 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver ecole face i cae hove fis 60& 5 EOE PONG. ioc cic das bocce cane dis 10&60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 10&60 bol i a dis 75 Pen, CIOUE Go ooo conse ccu ccc, ohkeedes dis 80&10 Pe, EP OVROP Sei cc cack ack, dis 80&10 Hen, BUGparG G..............).. 0: dis 70 CAPS. Mee cca aa Goa er m $ 65 oe =e 60 Oey oak... 35 iol, 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 Rim Fire, United States................ dis50&10 COMNMRT PG ie eee ci ce dis30&10 CHISELS. OOMOE WIIG dis 75&10 POOMOG BOONOIIG oe occ oo oc cece es ce | dis 75&10 Boeket Comer... .......csc0-. Lic deess dis 75&10 POGROS PEMINE. oo. ce ee ia cee dis 75 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 eo ee net COMBs, Curry, Lawrence’s..... ............ i ‘ MORON MIER ee bg a COCKS. Brass, Hacking’é....................... 60 Pie 60 i i, Ce 60 COPPER, Planished, 14 02 cut to size.............. 8b 28 Damen, Seen The, ee. 31 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. 21 ee... hCG DRILLS more & HM Stock,........-.......... dis 40 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 40 Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis 40 ELBOWS. Com, 4 niece, 6 in.................. doz net $.85 Competed... dis 20&10 BONUS ee dis %&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. ' Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 : FILES—New List. American File Association List...... dis 55410 Disston’s eS a -9- <__—_—_- Make Friends of Your Customers. From the American Grocer. Civility pays. Moroseness drives away trade. Meeting a customer with a glum countenance, serving him with no word of cheer or comment is the way to ruin the business. A word of welcome, a bit of pleasantry, a judicious allusion to some noyelty or fresh line of goods will fasten patronage. Permanent trade is worth more than transient. Nothing will secure it so quickly and surely as making one’s self agreeable to all comers. That does not mean a familiarity which offends, nor im- ply a spirit of fun or joking liable to dis- please. Never neglect a customer in hand for a new-comer, except by consent. Serve everybody in turn, even though a child, POTATOES. We make the handling of POTATOES, APPLES and BEANS in car lots a special feature of our business. If you have any of these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us hear from you, and will keep you posted on market price and pros- pects. Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired. Agents for Walker's Patent Butter Worker. EARL BROS., Commission Merchants. 1S7 Ss. Water St., Chicago, Il. Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK. e See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle, A.B. KNOWLSON, 3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN . BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. PHREAEINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and fea LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. ? BS FA LUAS, Makes a Specialty of Butter and Eggs, Lemons and Oranges, Cold Storage in Connection. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. No.1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ me 1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each. OLNEY, SHIELDS & CO. WHOLESALE CROCERS, And IMPORTERS OF TEAS. Our Stock is complete in all branches. at latest declines and for cash. We have specialties in TOBACCOS and CIGARS possessed by no other jobbers in the city. SOLE AGENTS FOR McAlpin’s Peavey Plug. The P. V. is the Finest Tobacco on the market. ALSO SOLE AGENTS FOR MENDEL & BROS.’ Celebrated CIGARS, Finer quality and lower prices than any handled in the market. VISITING BUYERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL AND EXAM- INE OUR STOCK, AND MAIL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND CARE- FUL ATTENTION. : 5 and 7 Ionia Stree New, fresh and bought Grand Rapids, Mich. F.J. LAMB & CO. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fruits, “Vegetables, Butter, Hgsss, Cheese, Etc. Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Crates and Fillers. 8 and 10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ORDER Our Leader Smoking Our Leader Fine Cut 15c per pound. 33c per pound. Our Leader Sherts, 16c per pound. Our Leader Cigars, $30 per M. The Best in the World. Clark, Jewell & Co. i SOLE AGENTS FOR 97 and 99 Canal Street, ee mepeteeeher Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s RoyghJava Coffee a