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After over two months of idleness of many thousands of the miners of the bituminous coal region which has worked serious injury to many thou- sands of other workingmen by _ interfer- ence with industries in the deprivation of fuel, there is a probability, amount- ing almost to certainty, that the strike will be formally ended to-day by the ac- tion of a delegate convention of the miners concerned, at Columbus, Ohio, The length of the struggle with the paucity of its results as compared with the demands of the miners is a conse- quence of the mismanagement of the labor leaders. These, as usual, set the mark at a recognition of the uniformity of unionism and a rate for mining which conditions could not warrant. To secure these the demand was made that all the miners should strike, whether they were receiving the rate asked for or not. That the motive in this man- agement was to secure the advantage of the miners in their just demands for in- creased remuneration, rather than the advancement of unionism and_ their leadership, may be more than ques- tioned. To those who have watched the move- ment it would seem that all the advan- tages that have been gained might have been secured without so long a struggle, if they could not have been secured without a strike at ail. Just at the time of its beginning a general improvement in industrial conditions was manifest- ing itself in the increase of wages everywhere. There is little question that the mine operators stood ready, as soon as the conditions would warrant, to meet the reasonable demands of their employes. But such a method of secur- ing the advance would be no advantage to the labor leaders. To bring,them, selves to the front and make their lead- ership manifest, there must be a_ strike as great as they could manage to secure, and whatever apparent advantage might be gained would redound to their glory. This effect of unionism is responsible for the months of idleness and conse- quent suffering among the many _ thou- sands of poor miners, for the disorders and riots which, while small consider- ing the magnitude of the movement, have cost some lives, and for the antag- onisms which have lost many their places and caused the eviction of their families. In the prosecution of this strike changes were made in the methods of the managers as a result of the experi- ences in previous movements. It had been found that violence operated against the interests of strikers on ac- count of enlightened public opinion and so it was discarded as a weapon. In this regard the strike is unique—there was never one so great with so little destruction of life and property. But, even with this modification, the results, as already indicated, show that the union-managed strike is a failure. Like all other such strikes, the pres- ent has given the opportunity for the apostles of radical social changes to bring themselves into prominence. Thus we have the attacks upon the judicial branch of the Government, and the ranting of Debs and his ilk. But there is likely to come some good out of this agitation in that the more conserv- ative labor leaders have repudiated this feature of the movement and the division is likely to do much toward se- curing the retirement of the red-mouthed ‘‘reformers’’ to their proper station. mE ee reich FRANCE AND RUSSIA. Now that the enthusiastic demonstra- tions in France, on the return of Presi- dent Faure from Russia are all over, the French people may be at a loss to discover exactly what they were cele- brating. There is no doubt but that some sort of a treaty was signed during Faure’s visit to St. Petersburg, but it is likely that little more than a friend- ly alliance was formed. Russia would have nothing to lose by such a compact, and might in certain contingencies have considerable to gain. The exhibition of joy in Paris when Faure returned indicated a conviction on the part of the people that France and Russia had united against Ger- many, and that the alliance ultimately would force the latter to restore Alsace and Lorraine to the French. But the emperor of Germany was in St. Peters- burg ahead of the French President, aid from all accounts his reception there was of such a character as to guaranteea continuation of the friendly relations between the two empires. At any rate, it appears to be pretty clear that the Franco-Russian treaty is not an anti- German compact. It is hinted that the new treaty may be aimed at Great Britain, guaranteeing to help Russia in case of trouble over the Jatter'se¥static inter- ests, whiteotiie Czar is to stand by France in case it takes occasion to op- pose British aggrandizement in Africa, especially the permanent occupation of Eygpt and control of the Suez Canal. This view of the treaty’s purpose is plausible, but it does not imply any more offensive hostility towards Great Britain than that of vigorous diplomatic protest by the allied nations. In other words, France and Russia will unite in peaceful efforts to keep the British in check in Asia and Africa. It would thus appear that there has been no_ par- ticular occasion for the recent exbibi- tion of frenzied joy by the French peo- ple. SU EERIE ny The assassination of the President of Uruguay did not overthrow the Monte- video government. It still asserts its authority under a new head. The rebel- lion in the republic, however; is report- ed to be steadily growing, and the chances are that the insurgents will eventually triumph. If it would insure a stable government their victory might be accepted as the best thing that could happen to the country, but somehow the people of Uruguay do not stand by any government long. The value of the churches and the land on which they are erected in this country up to July 1,1897, is estimated at $680, 000, 000. France Number 729 A DANGEROUS DEMAGOGUE. One of the least pleasant features of the politician’s career 1s the necessity of his making more or less of a study of the sc:ence of demagogy. To the man of ‘‘lofty aims and high ideals’’ there is someithing more than unpleas- ant in the need tor watching every ex- pression and guarding every act to meet the requirements of popular public opinion when it involves that which is not in strict harmony with such ideals or Consistent with other obligations and relations. These reflections are caused by an in- cident of the receat meeting held in this city for the relief of the suffering miners of Spring Valley, Ill. There is no doubt of the need of relief for this afflicted town, but in the according of such relief it should not be forgotten that the conditions obtaining there are the direct result of union management. But in the incident referred to the Member of Congress from this district found it necessary to appeal to his esteemed con- stituents, the labor unions. This he did in a long panegyric of unionism in general, delineating what it has done for the amelioration of the laboring man. Thus all that has gone for the bettering of the conditions of labor, the shortening of hours, raising of wages, was dutifully and demagogically attributed to labor unionism. But there was something besides labor unionism which did not meet the ap- proval of the eminent statesman. Just why he should have found it pertinent to discuss the matter in connection with his eulogy of unionism does not trans- pire, but care was taken not to hold unionism responsible for it. This was the matter of strikes. Nowhere in his deprecation of this phase of labor dis- turbance, which as instigated by union- ism is directly responsible for the con- ditions the meeting was called to re- lieve, does he hint that there is any possible relation beween strikes and unionism. Ignoring the fact that the strike which he condemns is the most characteristic and common weapon of unionism, he pursues his laudations of the latter, ending with the following as- tounding statement: ‘‘I believe that the time is coming when treacherous, indeed, will be the workingman who is outside of the ranks of organized la- bor. "” If this quotation were an excerpt from the frothings of such apostles of anarchy as Debs and Altgeld it would appear in place and appropriate. Coming from a corporation lawyer of such prestige as Mr. Smith, there is in it that which is not far removed from treason to his em- ployers and supporters. It strikes the Tradesman that there is more than in- consistency in thus toadying to the pre- judices of the elements which are most inimical to the best business interests— especially for a railway attorney who passes the hat when he runs for office a d expects the manufacturers of the city to pay his campaign expenses, so that he may draw $5,000 a year and thus be able to subscribe $50 to a fund for the relief of miners who are the victims of the walking delegate. 3 : 4 3 San ee ee ake MICHIGAN TRADESMAN -Woman’s World Some New Women Probiems. Just at present a number of amiable philanthropists, who presumably have no troubles of their own to occupy their minds, are unduly alarmed about the new woman and her work. They de- scribe her as a perfect monster of indus- try, who works for mere love uf toil and without regard to gain. They say that she is invading lucrative fields of toil and forcing men to look out for other situations. Some wiseacres have even gone so far as to attribute the recent financial depression to her machinations and to say that it was not the tariff or the silver question that was at the bot- tom of the hard times, but the working woman. Nothing could be more meaningless than a discussion of woman’s right to earn money. It would be quite as much to the point and just as profitable to debate her right to breathe. Woman has, at least, a sort of step-sister-in-law inheritance in that provision of the con- stitution which gives to every one the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and if she chooses to pursue happiness down the same path men have trod, who is to say her nay? The bitterest sting in the woman question is that there should be any question at all. All that the newest woman asks is to be regarded simply and solely as a human being, and not as a woman. The world still clings with persistent faith to the fallacy that a woman’s nature and a man’s nature are entirely dissimilar and that the same things do rot make for happiness in both. A man will frankly admit that he couldn’t and wouldn’t put up with things that he expects a woman to ac- tually enjoy, and if she, too, is dissat- isfied, he feels aggrieved and that she is unreasonable. A man would bea dastard in his own sight if he sat down supinely and let someone else support him, yet for the life of him he can’t see why a woman rebels against grudg- ing charity or chokes on the bitter bread of dependence. A _ single Sun- day afternoon’s care of the children on the nurse’s day out has been known to reduce an able-bodied man to the verge of mental and physical collapse, yet he can’t imagine how his wife could ever long for a respite from the nursery. The answer to these conundrums has always been ‘‘woman.’’ Being a wom- an explained any supposed vagary. Because a woman was a woman she didn’t mind disagreeable things and had a curious power of extracting en- joyment out of adverse conditions; or if not enjoyment, at least resignation. Then one day it occurred to her that there was no virtue in being resigned to a thing she could change for the bet- ter and she set about altering condi- tions. She perceived that she was just as much the heir of all the ages as_ her brother and that he had no monopoly on the good things of life. Because she was a woman there was no use in her groaning over being dependent, when she might just as well be independent. Because she was a woman there was no need for her to lack the luxuries money buys, if she was able to earn it. She offered her labor in the markets of the world and it was found acceptable. That is the whole matter in a nutshell and is all there is to it. Any effort to drag in an ethical question, any more than in a man’s work, is absurd. It is possible that many women occupy po- | Sitious that some man would like to' the TOW! club to make muscle. There have. So does every other man whu has anything worth having. It may be that some women work who are not forced to it by dire need. If every man who has a competency should re- tire from business it would leave a great many vacancies for poor and deserving youths, but there would be a great stringency in the money market. Perhaps the new woman is yet too new for the world to realize that she is a blessing instead of a misfortune. All revolutions are disturbing at first, and it cannot be denied she has shaken things up and instituted a new order. After awhile, when we get settled down again, we shall realize that while she has not done much for herself, she has done more for man. She has forced him upward and onward. She has been the pacemaker, and he has had to do his best not to be outstripped in the race. One of the things for which men should be grateful to her is that she no longer has to marry for a home or to be supported. Many a man has been sac- rificed to this need or to a girl’s fear of being called an old maid. Now there is no longer any slur in the epithet. A woman may elect to remain single, she may come and go as she chooses, she may earn her living like a man,and spend it as she pleases without criti- cism or comment. The situation has its own peculiar charms, and is oftener of her choice than of necessity. The very words have ceased to have the same meaning. ‘‘An old maid!’’ used to mean a sour and disgruntled woman with no home or interests of her own and a consequent desire to meddle in everybody else’s affairs. Now, when we say of a woman, ‘‘She is an old m2id,’’ we mean a woman who is inde- pendent either through inherited prop- erty or her own labor; one whose life is full of clubs and studies and interests that keep her mind and heart fresh and sweet and young. That is not the kind of woman who lays snares to entrap a husband and who prays ‘‘any body, good Lord, anybody.’’ On the contrary, she is hard to please, and the man who wins the love of the modern woman, who does not have to marry either for a support or a career, may rest satisfied he is a pretty good sort, as our English cousins would say. Another blessing we owe to the new woman is the extinction of the brainless and muscleless dude who was satisfied to sit all day in a club window, sucking the head of a cane. In the old time when women fainted at the sight of a mouse and nibbled at bird’s wing, he was a possibility. With the advent of the splendidly athletic new woman, who can come in from a morning’s stiff work on the golf links as fresh asa flower, who rides and walks and swims and sails a boat, he became an absurd- ity that was bound to go. She chaffed him, she ridiculed him, she dared him to feats of strength, and when he fell behind exhausted, she mocked him as not being as much of a man asa wom- an. The bicycle bell of the first woman who ever made a century run sounded the death knell of the effeminate man. ‘*Don’t you sometimes wish you were a man, Miss Newgirl?’’ enquires the young Mr. Sissy of the comic papers, and she responds: ‘‘Why, yes, Mr. Sissy, don’t you?’’ and that settled the matter. The young Mr. Sissies could not stand to be derided by the up-to-date girl, and so they betook themselves to the golf links and the bicycle path and was uo vlucr Choice leit them. Very much the same thing may be said of incompetency in other lines. The new woman is leaving the lazy and incompetent man no place except the loafer's bench in the parks. She has invaded his colleges and universities, and if he wauts the prizes he must put in his best work to get them. She is in business to stay, and if he wants to hold the good places his utmost efforts will be none too good. If he wants to be an oracle to his family he must really read and think, for his wife and daughters are reading and thinking, too. It is a narrow view that sees any dan- ger in the new order of things. In as- serting their rights to achieve such free- dom and comfort as they may gain by working for meney, women have but laid claim to the common human right to do the best they can for themselves. If the new woman has pulled off the halo of glory that was wont to surround every masculine head, simply because it waS masculine, and smashed _ it, stil] women are just as anxious to admire and sit at the feet of man as they ever were. The only difference now is that they want to know that what they wor- ship is worth reverencing. They have simply raised the standard, and their very demand that he shall be stronger and wiser than they will be the step- ping stone on which the man of the fu- ture will rise to his highest possibilities. Dorotuy Dix. ey It is estimated that there is less un- employed unskilled labor in New York now than at any time since 1892. The city’s outdoor poor department has at present but few applicants for work,and the winter outlook is said to be most hopeful. Association Matters Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WISLER, Mancelona; Secretary, EK. A. Stow, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. F. TaTmMANn, Clare. Michigan Hardware Association President, Cuas. F. Bock, Battle Creek; Vice President, H. W. WEBBER, West Bay City; Treasurer, HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, Jos—EPH Knicut; Secretary, E. MARKS; Treasurer, N. L. KoEniG. Regular Meetings—First and third Wednesday oe of each month at German Salesman’s all. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, E. C. WINCHESTER; Secretary, HomER Kap; Treasurer, J. GEO. LEHMAN. Regular Meetings—First and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Retail Grocers’ Hall, over E. J. Herrick’s store. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREANOR; Vice-President, JoHn McBRaTNI®; Secretary, W. H. LEwis; Treas- urer, Loure SCHWERMER. Regular Meetings—First and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Elk’s Hall. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, GEo. E. Lewis; Secretary, W. H. Por- TER; Treasurer, J. L. PETERMANN Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association President, F. B. JoHNsON; Secretary, A. M. Daruine; Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, Martin Gafney; Secretary, E Cleveland: Treasurer, Geo. M. Hoch. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Bates; Secretary, M. B. Ho.iy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Camp- BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLLins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President. F. W. GitcHrist; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz; Secretary, PaH1tip HILBER;: Treasnrer. S. J. HUFFORD. tried, on the same (Diamond High Grade Winter Wheat Flour Sold on its merits. always used. Sold patent brands manufactured by Grand Rapids Mills. Ball-Barnhart=Putman Co., Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich. Once basis as best MICHIGAN TRADESMAN REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Wm. Reardon, Vice-President Reardon Bros. Mercantile Co. Wm. Reardon was born in Asphodel township, Peterborough county, Ont., in 1849, living there until he was 7 years of age, when his parents removed to Livingston county, Mich., where the family resided for two years, when they took up their residence at Birch Run. Mr. Reardon’s parents were born in Ireland, but came to Canada as chil- dren. Mr. Reardon received his edu- cation in the district schools of Saginaw county. At the age of 17, his ambition to enter upon business life led him to quit school and try bis fortune in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. After two years he returned to Michigan and, with the fruits of his success in the oil country, went into business at Clio as junior partner in the firm of J. V. Lons- bury & Co., dealers in general mer- chandise. This was in 1866. The part- re nership continued for three years, when Mr. Reardon went to Midland and es- tablished the firm of Reardon, Andrews & Co. In 1873, Mr. Reardon bought out his partners’ interests and took his brother, Thomas, into partnership un- der the title of Reardon Bros. For years they conducted one of the finest and most successful general stores in that lo- cality. In 1895 the business was merged’ into a stock company under the style of the Reardon Bros. Mercantile Co., with Mr. Reardon as Vice-President, and the establishment has come to be re- garded as one of the leading retail houses in the Saginaw Valley. The Midland Woodenware Co., of which Mr. Reardon was President and Manager, was one of the largest in Northern Michigan, and _ contributed largely toward the prosperity of Mid- land. This business was discontinued in 1895. Mr. Reardon has ever been a public- spirited man, wide awake to the _inter- ests of his own town and county. He is President of the Electric Light Co., also of the Midland Milling Co. Mr. Reardon is Lieutenant Colonel of the Third Regiment, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and is now being prominently spoken of asa candidate for commanding officer of the State at the next election. He is an ardent Ma- son, belonging to Saginaw Valley Com mandery, Knights Templar, and Salad- in Temple, Grand Rapids, besides hav- ing passed to the thirty-second degree. Mr. Reardon has been married over twenty-five years, and has two interesting young daughters, and a son who isa lawyer in Midland. Mr. Reardon is one of the most genial and courteous of men. He isan _ unus- ually fine conversationalist, possessing in a high degree the ready wit and quick repartee characteristic of the Irish race. He is full of faith in the future of Midland and wholly devoted to its interests, believing that it is yet to be one of the principal towns of the Saginaw Valley. His motto is, ‘* Busi- ness on business grounds—the amplest, promptest, most cheerful service for the least money.’’ His platform is, ‘‘Live and let live, fair play and half the road.’’ a Jeopardizing Trade-Mark Property. It is strange that a very considerable number of business men should, through carelessness or ignorance, seriously jeopardize this species of property. One of the greatest dangers is unwittingly to give an otherwise valid trade-mark a descriptive significance. This occurs when the trade-mark is a word which, although it be fanciful in itself, takes on a descriptive value so as directly to convey a meaning descriptive of the goods, their quality, grade, nature or character. This is most likely to oc- cur when the owner has different trade- marks for different gr:des of goods. If such marks do, in fact, designate dif- ferent grades of goods, they have lost their office as trade-marks and may _ be- come public property. But this danger may be present with respect to a sole trade-mark, as for example: The name ‘“Excelsior’’ is an ideal trade-mark, yet there is the fibered material, akin to shavings, which, as a stuffing for mattresses and upholstery, is much sought after, and this material being properly described as ‘‘excelsior,’’ the name 1s free tothe public. This be- cause the originator failed to assert his trade-mark rights, and, indeed, gave the descriptive quality to the name. He should have registered the trade- mark in the Patent Office, marked the name ‘‘Trade mark,’’ and_ should not have described his goods merely as **excelsior.’’ Another result of not registering, but relying merely on common-law _ protec- tion: We have in mind one or two not- able trade-marks lost to the originator by failure to register. It will answer to call one the ‘‘Lion’’ brand. The origin- ator thought a red lion very proper The trade-mark was not registered, and so it came to pass that ingenious imita- tions in different parts of our enterpri- sing country eventually became as nu- merous as the great Barnacle family and more discriminating, until, like old country inns, we had the blue lion and the white lion and lions piebald: lions rampant and liens courant; lions pas- sant and lions couchant and their kin- dred. To the complaint of the origina- tor, it was asserted that his trade-mark was distinctly a_ red lion, and that he was trying to broaden it to take in other men’s property. Testimony pro and con was as plentiful as ata modern trial for heresy and equally as determinate. The originator could have cleared the air had he registered before others adopted resembling marks, and had de- fined the one essential feature of the lion, with or without improvements on nature and with or without refererce to posture, Therefore, register all your trade- marks, register each distinct feature of each mark separately, and do not make a trade-mark describe the goods to which it is applied, or the object is defeated. a Some men are always figuring on impossibilities——butting their heads against a brick wall just to hear their brains rattle. — ee ee If our faults, as others see them, could be removed, there wouldn't be anything left of us. > If hovrs did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal? 260 S. Ionia St. New Catalogue of Tinware and Enameled Ware. just out. Drop us a postal for it. Wm. Brummeler & Sons, Manufacturers and Jobbers, Grand Rapids. This strictiv pure High Grade Powder I have re- duced to retail at the feliowing very low prices: 4 on. 10; 9 OZ. 15€; 1 lb. Guaranteed to comply with Pure Food law in every respect. O. A. TURNEY, Manufacturer, Detroit, Mich. 25c. HANDLE 5. C. W. CIGARS For sale by all first-class jobbers and the G.J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO.,, Granpb RapPibs. | | | | | Aaa AabaAa bb bb bb hahaa KNANA KAA ARAN AN ANAC HA ARAN AAR A ARAN ARAN A EAA skilled mechanies in this line. our work and our guarantee is good. PRACTICAL ROOFER>, Separators, Bicycles : Bring this ad. with you. SIA AA AE A NAS NO AAA RCA ACH AAA O nae nH eR AAR ANAC HRA A LO ' ' Does Advertising Pay? In order to learn the practical results of advertising, WE WILL REFUND RAILROAD FARE to and from Grand Rapids to all who come to Grand Rapids during State Fair week from within a radius of 50 miles who purchase 4 from us for cash goods to the amount of $10 or over. » Our stock is large and complete in Feed and Ensilage Cutters, and Shred- ders, Horse Powers, Grinders, Sawmills, Engines, Carriages, Wagons, Cream new and secondhand, Special prices on everything during state Fair week. the fair grounds, but wiil have a large show of our own at our store. ADAMS & HART, 12 W. Bridge St. AVVVEVV DEV VP VV UP UN USE V VPP UV VV VV UU VV Vv oy eV oy ONT GET WEF When in want of a new ro f or repairs you can save money by employing We have representatives covering the State of Michigan regularly, ~nd if you have a defective rovf. drop us 2 card and we will call on you, examine your roof and give you an e-tima'e of the cost of necessary repairs or putting on new roof. Remember that we guarantee all H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1868. AS AN ACA Wag aang TECTTEVTT every a7, Robes and Blankets. We have no exhibit on Harness, AAAAAAARAAARAAARARARABARARARAAARAAARISS: ANA y VIVUVIVVV SV UVV YS VOD DD FREE! Detroit Agency, 118 Bates St. Save your yeast labels and tin-foil wrappers —
  • -2 + Was President of the Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association. Adrian, Sept. 3—Martin Gafney died Aug. 31! and was buried yesterday. Death was caused by appendicitis. Mr. Gafney was born in Saulsville, N. Y., in 1834, his parents removing to this State fifty-three years ago, and settling in Palmyra.. In 1853 Mr. Gaf- ney opened a grocery store here, locat- ing on North Main street and remained there for five years, after which he built a store on Erie street, which he also occupied for five years. In 1863 he built the store in which he did busi- ness up to the time of his death. Mr. Gafney was always known asa thorough business man, upright and public spirited. Always having a pleas- ant word for everyone, it is needless to say his presence will be greatly missed. Mr. Gafney leaves a mother, brother, three daughters and two sons to mourn his departure. —____~-69<———___—- California Navel Oranges in London. The arrival of the famous giant seed- less oranges from California in London this season has created an extraordinary sensation in fruit-trade circles, not only on account of the malformation, which induced the growers to christen it the navel orange, but because of its mam- moth proportions, luscious flesh and ex- quisite flavor. Directly it came under the notice of auction buyers its reputa- tion was made at the first bid:- Grand Rapids Gossip Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Retail Grocers’ Hall Tuesday evening, Sept. 7, President Winchester presided. The first feature of the program was an interesting address by Wm. N. Rowe, Manager of the Valley City Mill- ing Co., who discussed the flour situa- tion at some length, assuring the mem- bers that the obnoxious local cutter had been cut off until such time as he would agree to maintain the established price on city brands. He called attention to the annoyance met with from the sale of brands put up in imitation of local brands, and also called attention to the tacit understanding between the millers and the grocers to the effect that the latter would push the sale of city makes in preference to outside brands in case the millers would agree to co-operate with the grocers in maintaining a uni- form price. Secretary Klap asserted that the mil- lers were carrying out the agreement more faithfully than the grocers were themselves. J. Geo. Lehman stated that he was pleased with the success of the system and had never seen anything adopted by the Retail Grocers’ Association which had caused so much satisfaction as the present method of selling flour. C. G. A. Voigt, the millionaire mil- ler, also addressed the meeting at some length, stating that the millers had lived up to their agreement with the grocers and that he was very much pleased with the success attending the new method. He also called attention to the failure of some of the dealers to push the sale of local brands as much as he would like and hoped there would be less complaint on this score in the fu- ture. Mr. Rowe called attention to the rel- atively lower price of winter wheat flour, as compared with the price of spring wheat flour, which would neces- sarily result to the advantage of the former. Martin Schram, grocer at 438 Jeffer- son avenue, was proposed for member- ship and the application was accepted. Homer Klap suggested the adoption of a button or badge to designate gro- cers on the city market. The sugges- tion was approved by Messrs. Dyk, Wagner and Lehman, and the latter moved the appointment of a committee to select sampies for presentation at the next meeting. The chairman appointed as such committee Messrs. Dyk and Klap. John C. Grebel presented the propo- sition, through the Secretary,for the use of the Association name on a label for a brand of cigars. The proposition was discussed at some length and finally laid on the table. Election of officers, being next in or- der, resulted as follows: President—Frank J. Dyk. Vice-Presidents—Julius J. Wagner, A. Rasch, E. D. Winchester, John J. Wit- ters, A. Lindemulder. Secretary—Homer Klap. Treasurer—J. Geo. Lehman. 2-08 Status of the Bean Market at St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 6—There seems to be a disposition on the part of Mich- igan holders of beans, as well as some of the holders in the larger markets, to force the sale of what they have on hand and clean up before new beans come in to interfere with the sale of the old. Speculative demand has let up en- tirely, and in the absence of consump- tive demand, which seldom if ever exists at this season of the year, and with a disposition on the part of buyers to hold off until they see how low beans will go, in all probability there will be further declines in price. There are a great many more old beans held in Michigan and Wisconsin than the trade in general had any idea Asso- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN of. The high prices brought them out. Beans showed up in localities where it was thought everything had been cleaned out. We have been flooded with telegrams lately urging us to sell beans, but we have been forced to say to all of these shippers that the buyers have stopped to take a breathing spell, as we predicted in our last week's cir- cular that they would most likely do this week. We have felt all Puss that the advance was too sharp to be main- tained in the absence of consumptive demand. It was the speculative de- mand that put the price up, and many of the country shippers grasped the sit- uation and sold at good round prices. We are not in position to predict the future. We regret that the price of beans could not be maintained, but the spec- ulators who had been forcing the price up lost heart when they found so many beans in sight, and are now showing a disposition to let the market take care of itself, and even let go ata loss the stock they had previously purchased. It will seek its natural level shortly and then some business can be done. Buy- ers are fearful of further declines and, therefore, will not take hold. This is natural. MILLER & TEASDALE Co. 2. The Produce Market. Apples—It is the unexpected which always happens and the statement that apples are a drug on the market will prove a surprise to many people who had come to regard the apple crop in this vicinity as practicallv a failure. Choice eating varieties command only $1 per bbl. and are sluggish at that. Beets—25c per bu. Butter— Separator creamery is strong at 18c for tubs and 2oc for jars. Fancy dairy has advanced to 15c and is not plenty even at that price. Cabbage—$2. 50 per Ioo. Carrots—25c per bu. Cauliflower—$r per doz. Celery—1o@15c¢ per bunch. Corn—Green, 5c doz. Cucumbers—3oc per bu. Eggs—Fancy candled command 14c for case run and 15c for selected as to size: The receipts are about equal to the demand. Grapes—Home grown Wordens bring 15@2oc per 8 lb. baskets. Melons—Watermeions command 10@ 15c for best varieties. The demand has ceased to a large extent. The same is true, to a lesser degree, with osage and musk melons, which have declined to 5oc per doz. Onions—The market has declined to 35@4oc per bu. Peaches— Barnards command $1@1.25 and Early Crawfords range from $1.40 @1.60. The hot weather has caused the fruit to ripen with a rush, which is bad for both grower and shipper. Pears—Clapp’s Favorite and Bartlett command 75c¢ per bu. Plums—Bradshaws, Eggs and Green Gages fetch 60@8oc. Potatoes—Local buyers pay 4oc and bill out at 50c. The demand is strong and every indication points to a seasun of profit to both grower and shipper. Popcorn—Soc per bu. Peppers—Green, 75c per bu. Squash—2zc per Ib. Sweet Potatoes---Virginia stock com- mands $2.25 per bbl. Baltimore is in good demand at $2. Tomatoes—30@4oc per bu. lurnips —25c per bu. > 0. — The Conmercial Credit Co., Ltd., has just issued its seventeenth volume of confidential information for the use of its members. Besides containing a list of people who are not distinguished for their rapidity in paying their bills, it embodies a list of chattel mortgages, justice court and circuit court com- missioners judgments, -probate court proceedings and a synopsis of the laws of Michigan relating to chattel mort- gages, exemptions and limitations of actions. It is a valuable compilation and should be in the hands of every re- tail merchant in the city. AO Ask Visner for Inducement on Gillies’ New York spice contest. Phone 1589. : Pinar amie ammo “ibid an da achat anc The Grocery Market. Sugar—The anticipated advance oc- cured on Tuesday, when all grades ex- cept No. 4 were marked up a sixpence. Refiners are now well filled with orders, and believe they will continue to be for the next two months. It would not be surprising if tbey would contrive to produce a shortage during the canning season, and such a thing is very pos- sible. Tea—An advance is reported in Japan teas of $2 per picul (133 pounds), but it is not much affecting the market here, for there will be little further im- portation for this country, except as dealers here shall have bargains in the cheaper grades of teas. Trade is light, with no speculative interest. Provisions—Lard is about on the same basis as a year ago and may advance further, although this, if it occurs, will have to occur very scon, as the near-by packing season is approaching and this will greatly increase the supply of lard. There has been no change in the price of meats, except in the case of large hams, which have declined about Kc per pound. Picnics and small hams have held their own without changing in price. Dried beef still maintains its exorbitant price. Fish—There seems to be no limit to the price which mackerel may reach. There is no stock whatever down East, and reports from Ireland are for a short catch, with discouraging prospects. Cod is very firm and is moving better. Lake fish is strong, and with the approach of the cool weather the fish will be sold fresh instead of salted. Some handlers of lake fish prophesy an advance of 50 per cent., although this is considered extreme. Salmon is moving well at un- changed prices. Domestic sardines are very strong by reason of the scarcity of the fish. Cheese—The consumption of cheese is at present very large and the quality now and during the entire summer has ruled exceptionally fine. Much of the cheese now sold is branded in accord- ance with the new cheese law, which act as yet has not had any effect on the market. a The Grain Market. The wheat market during the past week took an opposite turn from the previous week and the longs were in clover. There was a continued advance during the entire week and to-day we note a still further advance of 5c per bushel without a hitch. All this is characteristic and has been anticipated as the situation grew stronger. Again we find that the visible decreased 666, - ooo bushels, while last year it increased nearly 1,000,000 bushels during the same week, and the visible is now smaller than it has been since Septem- ber, 1887. The exports from both coasts during the week were 6,200,000 bushels and_ yesterday we shipped 1,200,000 bushels. The question now arises, with this depletion of our wheat, How long will it take to moveall of our crop out of the country? In case spec- ulation is more of a factor, it will have to be watched sharply. At present we are loading wheat for Rio Janeiro, France, Belgium, Breeman, Antwerp and, in fact, to almost every importing point on the globe. Farmers seem in- clined to accept present prices, con- sequently there is a free movement of wheat from first hands. Reports from the Northwest also show that farmers are free sellers. The writer recently received a letter from a friend who * a NI ASNT LI NSTI TN SPT IES norm erences matin ees 6 sowed his wheat on April 27 and sold the crop on Aug. 27. The wheat was milled and made into bread on Aug. 28, or in four months afier sowing the wheat he had bread on his table made from this wheat—rather quick time. Corn and oats remain stationary. The visible in corn. increased 4,347,000 bushels, but in oats only 293,000 bush- els. The receipts of wheat during the week were 57 cars of wheat, 11 cars of corn and 5 cars of oats. Local millers are paying goc_ for wheat. C. G. A. Voier. ST | Purely Personal. Geo. Williams succeeds the late Burt Van Duren as_ house salesman for the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. Mr. Wil- liams is a groceryman by inclination and experience and will surely achieve distinction in his new position. C. M. Drake, of the commission firm of W. R. Brice & Co., Philadelphia, is spending a fortnight’s vacation in this State, whipping the streams for fish and visiting the creameries whose prod- uct he handles in the Philadelphia mar- ket. John Walbrink, of the firm of Wal- brink & Pixley, general dealers at Allendale, was recently requested by the W. C. T. U. of Allendale to transport a package of religious papers to the Kent county jail for the use of the prisoners who were religiously inclined. He did as requested, but his reception at the jail was of such a character that he is not open for such commissions in the future. Aaron Rodges, the veteran Ravenna druggist, recently spent the Sabbath with J. H. Hagy, specialty salesman for the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. On leaving the house, he showed his ap- preciation of the hospitality shown him by exchanging hats with his host. Later in the day he met a mishap by being on board the Major Watson when she got stuck on a bar in Reed’s Lake, and was compelled to wade ashore through the mud in order to catch his train. HO Movements of Lake Superior Travel- ers. Joe Carrol is again doing this terri- tory, selling shoes for a Rochester, N. Y., house. F. S. McCurdy (Jeness & McCurdy) is enjoying himself as only Fred can do. He sells the goods just the same. Sam Southern (Henry Disston & Sons) is again on deck, selling saws and nurs- ing a broken shoulder. The accident happned a month ago at Rhinelander, Wis. M. F. Stellwagen (manufacturers’ agent) has left bis home in St. Ignace for a seven weeks’ trip through North- ern Wisconsin. W. W. Wixson (Fletcher Hardware Co.) was called home Friday on ac- count of the death of his youngest child. Ce nh The vehicle, wholesale saddlery and heavy hardware business formerly con- ducted under the style ot Brown, Hall & Co. will hereafter be continued under the name of the sole owner, Sherwood Hall. ____<-_6 > W. H. G. Phelps bas opened a gro- cery store at Kalkaska. The Mussel- man Grocer Co, furnished the stock. - > 27. — Clemens Huxo!l succeeds Fothergill & Huxol in the foundry business at 391! Scribner street. > 2 - It is the small opportunities that you throw away that make other men rich. cmt paeenenenen none massa aaansesaepnansneseenanune avast an uestne tat ay ease 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce Construction on One Feature of the New Peddling Law. The following letter, written to Cas- sius M. Ely, Prosecuting Attorney of Cass county, by Attorney General May- nard, is self explanatory : Your favor of Aug. 16, requesting a construction of the hawkers and ped- dlers’ law, at hand and _ noted. particular question upon which you de- Sire information is as to whether parties acting as agents for a clothing firm in Chicago, engaged in soliciting orders for men’s ready-made clothing by go- ing from house to house—the orders to be sent to and filled in the city of Chi- cago—are subject to the license required to be paid in the hawkers and peddlers’ law of 1897. The consideration of this naturally divides itself into two heads: (1) Are the terms of the act under ques- tion sufficiently broad to extend to and include within the scope of its opera- tion persons engaged simply as agents soliciting business for a principal re- siding out of the State, the business so- licited being the purchase of articles manufactured outside of and to be brought into the State after the contract is made? And, (2), if the persons of that description come within the oper- ation of the act and would, by its terms, be required to pay a license, would not the act be unconstitutional, as applied to those persons? The first question is fully answered by a’glance at the law under question. Section one of the law provides: ‘‘ That it shall not be lawful for any person to engage in the business of hawking, peddling, or pawnbrokerage, by going about from door to door or from place . to place, or from any stand, cart, vehicle or in any other manner in the public Streets, highways or in or upon the wharves, docks, open places or spaces, public® grounds or public buildings in any township in this State, without first having obtained trom the township board of the township where such _ busi- amg is to be carried on, a license there- or. Under this section it is clear that any person engaging in the business of hawking, peddling, or pawnbrokerage, unless he comes within the exception of section eight of the act, must obtain a license therefor. As to the second question, it is, in my opinion, equally clear that the Leg- islature has not the right to impose a tax or a license fee upon agents who are soliciting orders for firms residing in another state, such orders to be filled by the importation of goods into this State, on the principle that no state has the right to lay a tax on inter-state commerce in any form, whether by du- ties laid upon the transportation of the subjects of that commerce, or on the receipts derived from that transporta- tion, or on the occupation of the busi- ness of carrying it on, for the reason that such taxation is a burden on that commerce and amounts to a regulation of it which belongs solely to Congress. This question has, in numerous in- stances, been before the United States Supreme Court and the principle above referred to was Jaid down in the case of Robbins vs. Shelby Taxing District, 120 U. S., 489; and subsequently re- ferred to and upheld in the cases of : Asher vs. Texas, 128 U. S., 129. Stoutenburgh vs. Hennick, 129 U. S., 141. McCall vs. California, 131 U. S., 105. Brennan vs. Titusville, 153 U. S., 289. The case of Robbins vs. Shelby Tax- ing District was a case in which the question involved was identical with the one here presented. Robbins was engaged in the city of Memphis, Tenn., in the sale of goods for a Cincinnati firm, exhibiting samples for the purpose of effecting szch sales, his employment being that which’is useally denominated as a ‘‘drummer.’’ This business was declared by the statute of Tennessee to be a privilege for which a license tax was required. The statute: made no discrimination between those who rep- resented business houses out of the State ieee ert The. and those who represented like houses within the State. There was, therefore, no element of discrimination in the case; but the conviction of Robbins for doing business without taking out the license provided for by the statute was set aside by the United States Supreme Court on the ground that, whatever the State might see fit to exact with refer- ence to a license tax upon those who acted as drummers for houses within the State, it could not impose upon those who acted as drummers for busi- ness houses outside the State, and who were, therefore, engaged in inter-state commerce, any burden by way of a li- cense tax. The opinion by Mr. Justice Bradley is elaborate and enters fully in- to a discussion of the question, citing many authorities. It affirms in the strongest language the exclusive power of Congress over inter-state commerce ; and that whatever may be the extent to which the police power of the State can go, it cannot go so far as to uphold any regulations directly affecting inter-state commerce. Inasmuch as the law upon this ques- tion is well settled and there can be no doubt as to the conclusion reached, I deem it unnecessary to extend this let- ter further. FRED A. MAYNARD, Attorney General. 9 Chicago’s New Ordinance to be Rig- idly Enforced. Chicago, Sept. 4—The sale, or offer for sale, or possession for sale, in the city of Chicago, of any fruit, berries or vegetables in short-weight packages; or in packages not distinctly marked with the weight or measure of the con- tents in pounds, quarts, pecks or bush- els, as the case may be; or packed so as to deceive the purchaser as to quality, whether by the use of colored netting or in any other way, is prohibited by an ordinance of the Common Council, which became valid April 12, 1897. The city authorities have been very lenient in dealing with this ordinance, on the representation of commission merchants and handlers that its enforce- ment, without time for preparation, would work hardship upon the shippers who had already secured their season’s packages. Public opinion, however, now demands that something shall be done to prohibit the future use of ‘*snide’’ packages——the _ short-quart berry boxes and the red tarlatan for basket covers. Accordingly, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Arthur R. Reynolds, called a conference of the representative fruit men of South Water street to discuss the ordinance and decide as to its enforce- ment with the least embarrassment and annoyance to legitimate business, while properly protecting the city consumer. There were present at this conference a good representation of the best men in the fruit business, some representative fruit shippers, Commissioner Reynolds and Alderman Charles F. Gunther, the author of the ordinance. The ordinance was read, section by section, and a full discussion had of its provisions. The representatives of the city expressed a desire to protect the best interests of the city, without inter- fering in any wise with trade, and were disposed to so construe the ordinance that it should be of the least possible injury to any legitimate grower or dealer. The opinion of the officers, in which the dealers generally concurred, was that, as the berry season is over, it would be no hardship to firmly announce that, from this time forward, honest quart boxes and honest barrels alone must be used, and that after September 1 the use of tarlatan, to deceive the purchaser of fruit, must be dispensed with. This will be in time to arrange matters so that no hardship shall be experienced by anyone. We earnestly advise the discontin- uance of the use of tarlatan of any de- scription in covering packages of fruit, the stopping the use of ‘‘snide’’ barrels and boxes, and, in general, a strict compliance with the ordinance, believ- ing it will be for the best interest of all concerned. GEo. W. BaRNETT. HO There can be no higher destiny with- out earnest perseverance. BARNETT BROTHERS Are still at their old location, 159 South Water Street, Chicago, in the center of the largest fruit market in the United States, with ample room, occupying the entire building. Well equipped for business, they are still in the front in handling all kinds of FPRUVTS DEPOSITS AT PRINCIPSL POINTS. Stencils furnished on application. ~~ Established We carry large stock Field Seeds—Medium, Mammoth, Alsyke, Crimson, Alfalfa Clover Seeds. Timothy, Orchard Grass, Biue Grass. Redtop Seeds. We buy and sell Beans, Potatoes, Onions, Cabbage, Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches, carlots and less. Bushel Baskets and Covers. Peaches—Early Alexanders now in market. Hale’s and Rivers peaches will soon follow. Give us your daily orders. MOSELEY BROS.. 26°28-30-32 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, Wholesale Seeds, Potatoes, Beans, Fruits. SEEDS New Crop Turnip. Garden Seeds, Implements, Lawn supplies. We are in the market for car lots or less. It any to sell, send good BEANS size sample and we will make bid for them. We are also buyers of Alsyke Clover and Pop Corn. If any to offer, kindly advise us. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., Grand Rapids. BUTTER Handled only on Commission. EGGS On Commission or bought on track. M. R. ALDEN, 98 S. Division St., Grand Rapids. killer & Veasdale Co. Pruit and FProduce Brokers Reans Potatoes GO1t Worth Whird Street, St. Lowis, tio. New Crop Timothy. Medium, Mammoth and Crimson clover. Alsyke, Alfalfa, etc. Orchard Grass, Red Top, Lawn Grass. Our Specialty Consignments solicited. Advances made. Reference: American Exchange Bank, St. Louis. Harris & Frutchey Will. buy EGGS on track at your station and can handle your BUTTER to good advantage. 60 Woodbridge Street, West, Detroit, Mich. Deal Direct with Fruit Headquarters The most satisfactory way to do it is to order by Mail, Telephone or Telegraph. Peaches, Plums, Pears, Apples, Melons, Grapes and all Vegetables. VINKEFIULDER COPIPANY, Grand Rapids. Write To-day. Fruits for Canning Everything now plentiful and prices within reach of everybody. Never finer. - Write for prices. Bunting & Co., Jobbers, Grand Rapids. USé TPadésman Goupon Books Saeluuiiamanananientaaanan csi eanreotan ne MICHIGAN TRADESMAN a GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Sept. 4—The Saturday half-holidays have come to an end and the stores are simply jammed from morning until night; in fact, it is likely that most of them will remain open al] day Monday, even tkouga it be a _ legal holiday. There have been so many bad days in the past that merchants pro- pose now to make hay every day they can. Business holds remarkably good in grocery jobbing circles and the steady influx of visiting merchants con- tinues. The markets are firm and there seems to be very little disposition on the part of buyers to shop around. They take what they want and pay the price and will fix a rate accordingly when they get home. A number of merchants are here from Michigan, some of whom are making their first visit, while others are here after an absence of many years. They all like New York as a market. Huge stocks of coffee here, immense supplies in sight on the way and a big crop due next harvest all tend to keep down the price of the cheering berry. Rio No. 7 is now worth only 63/c and there is only a common, everyday busi- ness doing. There are in store here and afloat 791,000 bags, against 520, 000 last year. The estimates of some give the world’s increase during August at 90,000 bags. There is very little do- ing in a speculative way and the tend- ency is downward. Mild grades have been in fair demand for the best grades and also for the cheaper sorts; but stocks are not large and no important transactions have taken place. here ts a little more cheerful feel- ing in tea. Orders have come to hand which indicate light supplies in many arts of the country and buyers here rom all directions have turned ina very decent amount of orders. At the auc- tion sales there is a firmer tone, and in some cases an advance of a cent or more was made. Twelve hundred packages of Formosa was sold. Refined sugar has shown more activ- ity than for sometime. Orders have come in freely, but no advance has been made in posted rates. There has been a pretty good demand for foreign re- fined, which is held at full value. Somewhat larger arrivals of domestic rice have taken place, but not enough to affect the general tone of the market. Dealers are firmly holding to their sup- plies and will part with the same only at full rates. Foreign sorts have ad vanced and business is not large, as buyers seem to think there has been too much of an appreciation. Domestic rice, fair to good, 4%;@4%c; prime to choice, 5@534c; Japan, 43, @5'c. Spices are firmer. This may be owing to unfavorable foreign advices. * Prices show no particular change and would- be purchasers were not over anxious, In molasses there is not much doing in a general way. Buyers and sellers seem to be disagreeing and the market has assumed a passive attitude. Some business has been done in jobbing cir- cles, but the season will hardly be called open until another month. Good to prime centrifugal, 17@21c; open kettle, good to prime, 26@28c. Syrups are steady. Prices are practically un- changed, but the general tone is in fa- vor of an advance. Good to prime sugar, I5@I18c. In canned goods, dollar tomatoes are freely prophesied. The whole market is active and brokers are urging sales with great animation. The chances are certainly in favor of an advancing mar- ket for some time to come and now is probably a good time to buy. It isa ‘bull’? market all through. Standard Maine corn is worth 7o@goc and the market is strong. Dried fruits are strong. Pacific Coast holders do not seem at all anxious to ac- cept the offers sent from here. Raisins are in most request and offers have been turned down. The situation, taken as a whole, is certainly in favor of the buyer. Evaporated apples are very firm and are held at 63@7c for nice goods. Beans are firm and the supply offer- ing is not large. Choice red kidney, $2.20@2.25; pea, choice, $1.20. Choice marrow, $1.45. The butter market has taken a down- ward turn and the tone is decidedly dull. Sellers are willing to make some concession and are urging exporters to come to the rescue. Fancy Western, 18c, The cheese market is—well, there is no cheese market. It is impossible to make sales except at a loss, and a good deal of stock is here without a single bid or prospect of one. Exporters are doing nothing and the cold storage warehouses must be used to a large ex- tent very soon. These remarks apply to both large and small size State full cream. A small fraction over oc is the top of the market and the outlook for the future is not very pleasant to con- template. The egg market is dull, with strictly fresh near-by goods fetching only 18c and Western 15@16c. One of the curious sights in the resi- dence portion of the city is supplied by the peddlers who are to be seen standing at the area doors of many of the houses in the most expensive parts of the city. They call to see the servants, as it is plain that nothing in their baskets could appeal to the persons who live in such houses. A few small articles such as pins, shoestrings, and short pieces of cheap cotton goods make up their stock in trade. They have nothing to offer that could not be bought at a lower price in the department stores, but they have learned that important principle of economics which says that the propin- quity and convenience of an article sometimes give it a value which it would never have otherwise. Soa great many of these peddlers manage to make a good living in the tenement districts as well as in the regiors where only well-to-do people live. They all lock prosperous and some of them are wom- en, although there is perhaps a major- ity of men and boys. This means of making a living might seem precarious to one not aware of the surprisingly | petite will be satiated to such an extent large profits that come from such small | that it will demand only 10,000 bushels tradings. When an Italian ina police|for its daily food. Besides this, 6,000 court the other day said that he had | barrels of bivalves will go abroad every made $60 in one day in selling fruit| week, mostly to England. Formerly from a street stand, it may well be un-| American oysters were not regarded derstood that there are greater oppor- | with enthusiasm by Englishmen. The tunities in similar occupations than one| first shipload sent over fell into the would expect to find. Even these street} hands of the health authorities, The peddlers going from door to door with | health authorities sat in solemn conclave articles that could be had of better qual- | upon those oysters and condemned them ity and at cheaper price elsewhere are| to be returned to the deep whence they among the most Erosperous of their race|}came. So they were thrown overboard. in that part of the city in which they| More shiploads went over, some of live—for they are all of one race and|which got past the health authorities come from their own quarter of the city. |and into the hotels and_ restaurants, New York eats more and better oysters | achieving such an instant and general than any other city in the country. Be-| popularity that there was a strenuous tween 4.000 and 5,000 bushels a day, |demand for the American _ shellfish, running 500 oysters to the bushel, is the} which has endured ever since. regular quantity. These are mostly the Ti high-grade oysters. Those that aren’t In Warren, Pa., the druggists propose quite so good are shipped to the West.|to close all their stores except one on For atime this shipment will reach|Sunday. Each of the stores will have 20,000 bushels per day; but within six|Sunday in turn, while the others will weeks or two months the Western ap-| give their employes a rest. R. HIRT, Jr., i Market St., Detroit. /~ Butter and Eggs wanted 2 Will buy same at point of shipment, or delivered, in small or large lots. Write for particulars. DELEGTED KALAMAZOO CELERY The choicest celery grown is shipped by The Ensing Celer oo,” ond Correspondence Solicited. jie iH i Mi, li NH] Satisfaction Gu: ranteed. DOKSVKSOK@) HXODXODOOQOGEOS)S) © GNSS vovov@ Butter and Eggs Wanted For cash at your station. Special attention to Apples, Peaches, Berries, etc. Hermann C. Naumann & Co., Main Office, 353 Russell Street, Branch Store, 799 Michigan Avenue, Detroit. ABSOLUTE PURE GROUND SPICES, BAKING POWDER, BUTCHERS’ SUPPLIES, ETC. FOR THE TRADE. THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY, PHONE 555. 418-4230 S. Division St., Grand Rap'ds. QOOOQOOOOO®© OOOQOQOQOOO® WRITE US. Do you want to know all about us? Write to Corn Exchange National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids. W. D. Hayes, Cashier, Hastings National Bank, Hastings, Mich. D.C. Oakes, Banker, Coopersville, Mich. PI PIR RT W. R. BRICE. gle Established 1852. W.R. Brice & Co., Commission Merchants | Butter, Eggs and Poultry | Lots. 23 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Write C. M. DRAKE. SPECIAL NOTICE. We want Live Poultry in (ar Load ET tio for Information. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MIcHIGANTRADESMAN Meee ELSING, Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpitTor. WEDNESDAY, - - - SEPTEMBER8, 1897. THE FIFTEENTH YEAR. With the issue of last week the Mich- igan Tradesman completed its tour- This week’s issue, therefore, marks the beginning of its fifteenth year. teenth publication year. With a larger paid circulation than that of any other trade journal of its class; with a rapidly increasing sub- scription list and a gradually enlarging advertising patronage; with a_ positive copviction that its field of usefulness is constantly expanding and that its circle of friends is correspondingly widening, the Tradesman enters upon its fifteenth thankful for past patronage and with every confi- dence in the future. year with complacency, THE PUBLIC AND FRANCHISES. If the policy which is said to be the favorite one with Hon. Seth Low, the independent candidate for Mayor of Greater New York, shall prevail—that a private corporation shall pay well fora public franchise—in that event the reflex influence must be of very considerable account in all other American cities and add largely to the general popularity of the idea. The campaign in Greater New York has not been either the beginning or the most pronounced assertion of such a doctrine. Many municipalities, at this time, of far less pretension than Great- er New York are exacting fair pay for the grant or use of public franchises and in so doing are largely decreasing their municipal burdens. In some in- stances taxation is being reduced to a minimum until the saving of general taxes by the corporation almost com- pensates for the payment of the fran- chise fee. Whatever the outcome may be in New York, the general public are now widely awake to the extent of their losses in the past and sources of income for the future from this fruitful field. There is a general tendency in this country, in fact, to resort to state so- cialism, or the operation by the com- munity of all its own franchises, but the better way for us, probably, would be to make these franchises valuable to the public: tteaSu.y theough-an-annual rental and continue to throw the diffi- culties and responsibilities of their Management upon private companies. , One thing is certain, however—the public will not longer be content to see its privileges used for the aggrandize- ment of private companies’ without either adequate, cheap and courteous service, on the one hand, or direct compensation to the public treasury, on the other. Either large rentals must be paid when the cost of service to the public is high or indifferent, or else the service must be so accommodating and at such a low price that the public feel they could do no better by public ownership and operation of the plants. The present campaign in New York will be watched with special interest with referenece to this very point. The various municipalities of the country are becoming aroused in the premises and it is hardly likely that in any com- munity hereafter the ‘“‘free for all’’ with ‘‘any kind of service to the pub- lic,’’ will as a policy again prevail. Citizens owe a duty to themselves and to their posterity as well as to capital in their midst. LABOR’S MISFORTUNE. By his declaration in favor of armed resistance to the courts of the country, applauding the Chicago anarchists and expressing his purpose to dispossess capitalists of the property ‘‘amassed at the expense of labor,’’ Eugene V. Debs has alarmed a good many people who are fearful that such a propaganda will precipitate a revolution on the part of the laboring classes. The man who talks open or forcible resistance to the Government in this country has rendered himself harmless except as to any personal conduct into which his fanaticism may lead him. We have been taught from the very begin- ning of our Government to revere our American systems and depend upon the ballot to right our wrongs. The idea of a large standing army for the purpose of maintaining our Government has never been popular, nor has such a necessity ever been admitted from 1789 to 1897. The Government has lived and lives to-day upon the conservative pa- triotism of the people. It has been one of labor’s misfor- tunes that men like Debs have forced themselves to the front as leaders, with extreme and often dangerous views, that, while not shared by any consider- able number of American workingmen, have yet been made to appear as the voice of organized labor and caused an unjust popular judgment against the poor dupes who blindly follow such leadership. The great body of Ameri- can laborers do not look upon capitai- ists generally as robbers and oppressors, but feel that there is a mutuality of in- terest and aims between labor and cap- ital. The sooner the conservative elements of organized labor repudiate the ex- tremists and close the mouths of the would-be leaders who talk ‘‘armed _ re- sistance’’ and violent methods, the bet- ter it will be for the cause of honest la- bor everywhere. The great masses of the people in all the departments of commercial and industrial life sym- pathize with the workingman, but they do not approve of Debsism. Organiza- tion, and the peaceful but powerful method of the ballot intelligently ap plied to evils of which labor complains, can accomplish revolution, without the necessity of a resort to force. In a word, the cause of labor is being hurt by its false and_ self-seeking friends, and the best remedy is to put only its most conservative as well as_ intelligent men to the front. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. Now that the time has come when re- covery usually sets in after the summer dulness, there is a decided increase noted on all sides in the ratio of busi- ness improvement. Increased resump- tion of manufacturing operations in all lines has given encouragement as to the development of purchasing power, and tbe merchants of the country are hastening to replenish their long-run- down stocks at a rate without precedent for this time of year. The stability of the movement in the direction of increased activity is indi- cated by the steady upward movement which continues in all branches of the stock market. Speculative efforts are made to bear certain stocks by pressure of sales, but any effect in this direction is followed by a prompt rebound to a higher level, to be followed again by the steady advance. The advance in prices of tron and steel products has been quite general, but as yet only 434 per cent. from the lowest point; and, while the demand has greatly increased for nearly all kinds of finished products, the resump- tion of many works also increases the output. The expected settlement of the coal miners’ strike will remove an im- portant cause of embarrassment in East- ern States and this great industry will then stand on a better footing. As might be expected, the high av- erages in the grain markets make them very erratic; but the movement for the week has scored an advance of about 5 cents for wheat, bringing it close to the mark set by the advance two or three weeks ago. Movement of this cereal and other grains has been phe- nomenal, the limit being the ability to furnish handling and storage facilities and means of transportation. The effect has been to produce a decided increase in the rates for the latter, in some cases of lake transportation amounting to I00 per cent. advance. In textile manufactures there is bet- ter feeling than at any time for years. In some cases prices have been ad- vanced beyond the market on purpose to check orders in the confidence that there will be improvement before the mills get out the orders now under way. The manufacturers of boots and shoes are still receiving liberal orders for this fall, although not enough to keep all concerns at work full time, and shipments in August were slightly smaller than in either of the three pre- vious years, although larger than in 1892. Spring orders are still held back to a large extent, as the advance in prices, although small compared with the rise in hides and leather, leads dealers to shrink from contracts far ahead. EXCESSIVE LEGISLATION. Governor Griggs, of New Jersey, re- cently delivered an address on ‘‘Legis- lation and the Needs of Reform in Law- making,’’ which has attracted no little attention. No country enacts so many laws as the United States, because, in addition to the National Congress, there are the Legislatures of the various states to reckon with. The life of the average law passed in this country is short, and it is a fact well known that very much of the legislation got through with an- nually consists of repealing in whole or in part laws previously enacted. Although the number of laws actually enacted bears but a small proportion to the number proposed, still a great deal too many are constantly added to the ;sunny and genial salesman. statute books. Out of the 14,584 bills and resolutions introduced in the Fifty- fourth Congress, only 948, or 6% per cent , actually passed. Eventhat num- ber was an enormous addition to the laws of the country. Fortunately, the legislatures of most of the states do not meet annually, nor do their sessions last as long as those of Congress. In proportion to the,time they sit, how- ever, they pass more laws than does Congress. As a result of this legislative activ- ity, so many laws are added to the stat- ute books annually that it is difficult for the legal fraternity to keep fully in- formed as to new acts. No lawyer makes any pretense of keeping abreast of the laws of any state but his own, and to do even that is no easy task. As a result of this excessive legislation, many laws are placed upon the statute books which should never have been put there; hence much of the time of every legislative body is occupied in repealing laws passed by its predeces- sors. How to remedy this propensity for over-legislation is a problem which even Governor Griggs fails satisfactorily to solve. Constitutional restrictions may prevent in some measure hasty _ legisla- tion by enforcing delay; but even the constitution cannot limit the right of the people to make laws through their representatives. The people will never submit to have their laws made for them by a body of educated lawmakers—law- yers, for instance—nor would it be wise to extend the veto power of the Execu- tive, nor subject the laws to the revi- sion of the judiciary beyond the existing power of the Supreme Court to deter- mine the constitutionality of any partic- ular act. The constant multiplication of laws and the constant changes in the eco- nomic laws of the country are decided- ly demoralizing to business. Jt is for this reason that business men dread the sessions of Congress and the meetings of the state legislatures, and always feel a relief when they adjourn. The people themselves are, of course, mainly responsible for excessive legis- lation. The average American has learned to look to Congress or to the legislatures for a remedy for every possible evil or abuse. The result is that the legislative bodies meddle with matters with which prcperly they ought to have no concern whatever. Under such circumstances it is not astonishing that much of their time is passed in undoing work previously done. Mexico’s determination to patronize her home industries, on the ground that her dollars are as good as gold, is the biggest advertisement she ever sent abroad and will develop her resources quicker than all other agencies com- bined. It is now settled that the injunction is the devil’s weapon. A judge in West Virginia has enjoined a minister from preaching the gospel. Florida is shipping sponges to Europe with profit, Turn about is fair play. Lots of sponges seen in American soci- ety have come from abroad. Cold customers like to deal witha It thaws "em out. Energy is the only kindling that can be depended on to start the fire of suc- cess. —. WOMAN AND WORK. Mrs. Charlotte Smith, President of the Federation of Women’s Clubs, re- cently went before a labor organization in New York City and argued that the competition by women with men in the various fields of labor is caused by the fact that such large numbers of men re- fuse to marry and support the women. In default of such support, the women are forced to go out from their homes to work for their own support. In this way women have been driven to invade almost every field of labor. These women, being wholly dependent on their own exertions, are in no position to stand out for higher wages, but, being at the mercy of employers, are obliged to accept from one-third to one-half the compensation ordinarily paid to men for the same sorts of work. In this way men are displaced by women at lower wages, and the men so turned out must find employment in callings with which they are not familiar, and always at re- duced compensation. Closely following Mrs. Smith comes Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who discusses the matter under the heading, ‘‘ Why All Men Should Marry.’’ The following extracts serve to show the trend of her argument : No matter to what independence woman may arrive in the matter of lib- erty of action, she finds no such pleasure outside of home life as is by nature and custom open to man. Since it is man’s prerogative to decide the question of his own and of some woman's life in this important matter, he who elects to be a bachelor ought to be ready and willing to pay a tax towards the sup- port of single women. Since he refuses to maintain one woman and receive the value of her affection and companion- ship in return, let him aid in the sup- port of many, with no reward save his own self-respect. Woman was intended by the Creator to be supported by man. Everything in the organization of the two beings indicates that fact. Man should earn money, woman should use it in tbe maintenance of the family. Man should give gladly, woman receive gratefully. The child-bearer should never be the wage-earner; and, however the modern woman may disdain the idea of being regarded merely as a child-bearer, we can never get around the fact that she was intended by nature to be the mother of man. If bachelors deprive her of the privilege they should hasten to relieve her of a life of self-support or depend- ence in her old age. Every sane-minded and healthy-bodied woman is entitled to three children. The world is maintained and society exists by the birth of children. Bach- elors who decline to become husbands and fathers should be taxed to supply what might be termed a ‘‘reparation fund.’’ If single women refused to draw upon this fund it could be used in the support of homes for the aged or in the education of orphans. The majority of single men in cities pay several hundred dollars a year in club dues. Of course, the dues are but a small portion of the expenses of club life. Any bachelor who is able to pay $too in club dues ought to be taxed $25 per annum for the support of single women over 40 years of age, besides a separate tax for the ‘‘reparation fund.”’ No man should be taxed until he has passed his 35th birthday, because until that age a man may be merely postpon- ing marriage to make himself worthy of it, but after 35 he is liable to settle down into chronic bachelorhood unless aroused to the necessity of action. No woman, unless an invalid, should receive the benefits of the bachelors’ taxation before 40, because many wom- en remain single into their thirties from choice, remembering that Cleopatra and Helen of Troy were both past that age when they inspired historic passions, and many mothers of successful families have married for the first time in thei. MICHIGAN TRADESMA late thirties. Butit is always a tragedy | when a woman passes into her fourth | decade with no companion by her side. | Unless she has some great life work, | like Florence Nightingale or Emma| Willard, her outlook is desclate and sad. | The simple fact is that the woman | question and the labor question are not only closely connected in every way, but they constitute two great problems | which society must solve in the near fu- | ture. The natural law of the sexes is/ that they shall be intimately associated and shall co-operate in the labors of life; but the tendency of the conditiors that are rapidly forcing themselves upon human society is to place the sexes in competition and to cultivate antag- onism. This is against the order of nature, and, while nature cannot be ex- tinguished, it can be moditied and its | Jaws can be turned from their ordinary | courses. The whole of human society and of human morals is built upon cer- tain established laws of association. Change these laws, and what effect will be exerted on the entire fabric of society iS a Most momentous matter for consid- eration. The census of 1890 gives the total numbers of persons in the United States at that time employed in gainful occu- pations as 22,735,661, of which 18,821,- 099 were males and 3,914,571 were fe- males. Of the latter, 1,667,698 were en- gaged in domestic service ordinarily considered appropriate to the sex, while the balance, 2,246,873, were engaged in all other occupations as follows: Agriculture. fisheries and mining.... ..... 679,523 Professional service, such as actors,artists, law, medicine, newspapers, etc.......... 311,687 Commerce, navigation and railroads. .... 228,421 27,242 Manufacturing and mechanical industries. . 1,02 (Rotate, 2 oe. ot , Here are two and one-quarter million of women engaged in work which in 1860 was wholly performed by men, and which probably no woman dreamed of entering, and these numbers of women mean just so many men who were driven into other fields for a support, or out of employment into dissipation, debauch- ery and trampdom, and nota few are to-day burdens on their women. For- merly, when the men went out to work and the women kept the homes, each industrious man could earn enough to support a wife and children also. Now, with the women at work at lower wages, many of them have to support families. This amounts to the women becoming the maintainers of the family, while the men are the recipients of that mainte- nance. This 1s a new situation, but is one that claims prominence. It is not the result of accident, but of growth. It is an evolution, and evolution is movement. Where is the movement go- ing toend? The time will come when women will refuse to undertake the sole care and maintenance of families. In such cases there will be no families, The beauty, delicacy and_ inferior strength of women in civilized races is due to the fact that they have been loved, admired, cared for and saved from hard labor as much as possible. Among savage peoples, the women are as powerful physically and as rugged in constitution as are the men. The wom- en perform all the hard labor, and al- most without exception are ugly. If the women of civilization are to become amazons, they will slowly revert to the primitive type of vigor and physical strength. Men hurrying to Alaska expect to make a fortune of a cool half million. Jt will be cool enough if they strike the gold fields when the dirt is frozen and cannot be washed. This brand was sold at the Island Lake Encampment and proved to be the leader, as its merits met with instantaneous recognition by the brave Boys in Blue. If you are not already handling “NEW BRICKS” please give them a trial. Ciark-FJewell-(YJells Zo, America’s Finest Fiour 25,000 barrels made every day. Largest produc- tion in the world. Always of uniform excellence. 25ts <> AL Brand Chat [Pecans Something ve Makes the Best Bread. ‘ N Makes the Most Bread. f\ Makes the Whitest Bread. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co., Western Michigan Agents, Grand Rapids. “rw, SL... LL. LOL. LO. LO. LO LO LO -LO. L LM Le Le . e N SSS ee ee ee ee 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Retail Credit Problem. Written for the TRADESMAN. The subject of credits is of perennial interest. The kinds of business, loca- tions and surroundings where it is prac- ticable to conduct a strictly cash-over- the-counter business are relatively few. The list comprises such kinds of busi- ness as depend most upon location and transient or passing trade, where the principal expense is rent, location serv- ing all the purposes of publicity. These may be practically cash stores, but pro- gressing from these in any direction the difficulties of credits increase. These difficulties are not all found in the dealing with customers of the most moderate means, with whom the need of credit is the lack of present funds— indeed, as a rule, the more abundantly blessed with wealth are the ones who like to obtain credit and are slowest in meeting such obligations. Thus, many of the fashionable stores in the larger cities suffer as seriously on this acccunt as the less pretentious enterprises else- where. To be sure, there is a large and honorable class of those possessed of worldly goods who take an interest and pride in seeing that all obligaticns are promptly met. These include the ones who have attained their wealth through effort in which the element of credit has figured— who ‘‘know how it is them- selves’'—or those of the more consider- ate, who have given the subject thought, and on general principles of rectitude and fair dealing are careful in this re- gard, appreciating that what to them would be of little moment may be ot the greatest importance to some _ hapless tradesman. There is one class of the stores catering to the most fashionable— the most snobbish—trade, in the great cities, in which credit is the rule; and it may not be considered a difficulty. These are the ones where the orders are given without reference to expense, where the aristocratic purchaser does not wish to stoop to the petty details of cost and payment. Such are willing to pay for the exemption, and the mer- chant charges to all, roundly and prop- erly, the loss and annoyance sure to be caused by many. But, in the vast sea of general trade, considerations of credit are on different bases. There is a pretty general idea that very much of it is the result of ne- cessity. Asa matter of fact, the neces- sity is more the result of the idea—the result of habit and of the almost univer- sal laxness in matters of business. It is largely owing to the fact that so great a proportion of the people cannot, through lack of education, keep money and spend it according to need. It seems to be the only way for such to run into debt and, under the stress of knowing they must pay, do so on receipt of their income from wages or elsewhere as quickly as possible lest it slip between their fingers, This trait is so widely prevalent that it has created and makes necessary the vast system of _ retail credits which is the great curse of trade throughout the country to-day. Thus, there is little use in’ preaching the desirability of conducting business on a strictly cash basis. Habits of sav- ing, and method in the management of finances, are matters of education, which cannut be imparted by a dealer to his patrons; so, if he takes a stand against all credits, it means the turning of a considerable portion of his trade to those who will meet the requirement. But it by no means follows that the dealer must resign himself to the pres- ent slipshod methods, which would show almost as great a lack of providence on his part as that which makes credit necessary to the customer. In the pres- ent system—or lack of system—there is no provision for the careful supervision and limiting of accounts, or for the se- curing of accuracy in the passbook and other entries. Thus it is that there are so often large accounts which have run beyond the ability of payment, or mis- takes and disputes have crept in, to the serious annoyance and loss of the busi- ness. These conditions may largely be remedied by the adoption of systematic methods of handling the accounts and credits. Means should be employed to bring all unduly lengthening accounts under constant notice, and the wise merchant is the one who earliest meets the difficulties and determines, if even in the wrong way, how the matter is to end. There are comparatively few cases in which it is not possible to meet the needs of those who have not yet learned to pay as they go without the passbook and the ledger with their disagreements and annoyances. Among _ these meth- ods may be noted cash cards of varying denominations for keeping the account of the trade, on which the transactions are indicated by a punch, or the nu- merous coupon systems, in which the dealer retains a positive evidence of the amount of the indebtedness in such form as to limit the transactions and secure accurate settlement. The cash system is the best. When people have learned to pay as they go, it will be universal. But that millennium is not here yet,and until it comes the problem of mana- ging this greatest hindrance to profitable trade will continue to engage much of the attention which might be better em- ployed. ROSENSTEIN. ~ a O She Had Her Nerve with Her. From the Shiawasse American. A certain business man of Owosso re- cently met with a case of pure nerve in one of the ‘‘gentler’’ sex which almost took away his breath. A woman came into his store and made a_ purchase which amounted to just 1o cents. She tendered a $5 bill in payment, claiming that was all the money she had. The merchant went after the change, which he handed to the woman, and _ then stooped down and picked up a dime which had dropped from his pocket and rolled under the next counter. .The woman asked him what the coin was and he told her to cents. She demand- ed it, saying she had dropped it. The man reminded her that she had just a few minutes before declared that she did not have any money except the $5 which she produced. Even then her nerve did not forsake her; but she didn’t get the money. ——__+_» 2. How Local Newspapers Can Help Trade. From the Traverse City Herald. The Milwaukee Clothing Co., which secured a reduction of license from the council, has discontinued business in the Brosch block and left the city. This was one of those concerns which cauld not continue to do a profitable business here because their money could not buy space in the local newspapers to adver- tise their goods in competition with the local merchants who help support the city and its institutions. ——_>_0 2 _____ Switzerland, although she spends only half a million dollars yearly on her army, Can turn out 100,000 trained men in two days in case of need, and has a reserve of 100,000 more and a landsturm of 270,000. The army maneuvers this year will be held in the mountains of the Engadine. ——__> 0+ ___ Oft the cloud that wraps the present hour serves to brighten all our future days. GOH TRADE AND EW CUSTOMERS Yes, they are both very de- , sirable. It’s just what every active merchant is seeking, and those most successful are using the co-operative system—giving their cus- tomers the benefit of their advertising bill. We Can > Help You Our business would not be constantly increasing were we not giving good service. We know how to manage Premium Advertising suc- cessfully and can instruct you how to conduct it on a safe and profitable basis. 4 Harvest Time That’s just what it is now for active advertisers. The above cut shows our No. 7 Parlor Table in Oak, Polished Antique finish, and is usually given with $25.00 to $30.00 in trade. We want to send you our catalogue, showing a fine line of useful premium goods. Then we believe you will send us a trial order, with which we include a full supply of circulars, coupons and placards, all sent on 60 days’ trial, subject to approval. Stebbins Manufacturing Co., Lakeview, Mich. MENTION TRADESMAN. Gorbin's Lightning Solssors Sharpener It isa daisy. Quick seller. Every lady wants one. Lasts a life- time. The only perfect sharpener made. Will sharpen any pair of shears or scissors in ten seconds. Made of the finest tempered steel, handsomely finished and nickel plated. SELLS AT SIGHT because every lady can see at a glance the practical benefit she will derive from this addition to her work basket. Her scissors will always have a keen edge. Put up one dozen on handsome 8x12 easel card. $1.50 Per Dozen. FOR SALE AT WHOLESALE BY TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, ICH. adage enna nena LIBRARY, 4k Darmrne Propric ND } GRA MICHIGAN TRADESMAN hi SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. Miss Rena Challender, Representing Jennings & Smith. Miss Rena Challender began her career asa traveling salesman two years ago, when she took out a line of cocoa- nut for Wetmore & Pride, of Chicago. She subsequently traveled for the Mc- Ginnis Oyster Co. and Bunte Bros. & Spoehr, manufacturing confectioners 37f Chicago. She has recently engaged to carry the line of Jennings & Smith and starts out on her initial trip for this house Sept. 20. Miss Challender has had a somewhat eventful career, considering her years, and she talks of herself so modestly and interestingly that the Tradesman is dis- posed to present the salient features of her life in her own words: ‘*T began life on a clearing in Lee- lanaw county, Mich., where I was born in 1872. As my parents realized that I must fight the battle of life alone, I was apprenticed at the age of 14 to the printing trade in the office of the Luther Lance, where a patent inside paper was printed on an old hand press. Here I learned the principles of my chosen profession from a thoroughly competent printer, who carefully taught me every point, telling me I must bave experi- ence in the business from ‘devil’ to editor. Within a few years I could ‘set a job’ or an advertisement for the paper, manage the press, pick up local happenings, read proof, etc. From the start I learned that in my struggles with the world I must not depend upon others, but invariably act quickly and with confidence in myself. I had worked at my trade only one year when the edi- tor went on a Western trip and left me alone to get out the paper by myself. As we had only the two outside pages to print, it being a patent inside, there were only two forms to make up. ‘*T shall never forget a funny little incident that happened. All went very nicely until press day came. It was an extremely hot day in August. I had my forms made up and on the press, and had just donned my press costume. It consisted of an old black shirt, a_ shirt waist with one sleeve missing and the other rolled up to the shoulder, and a little cap, which I wore to keep ink out of my hair. If my skirt had been ‘over- alls,’ as I often wished, I would not have had my accident. Doubtless the new woman would wear bloomers. ‘*We had exchanged the old hand press for a Liberty press that would hold our two pages, but we had 2,800 impressions to run off that hot day, and I was editor, ‘devil’ and ‘boss’ all alone. “*T got my press oiled, my ink in the fountain, and everything going nicely, when I heard some one in the office. I threw off the impression and left the press running, and as I started to leave my skirt caught in the cog wheel and got twisted in such a way that I could not get loose. 1 called, and who should come to my assistance but a very nice- ly dressed gentleman who represented some paper house! He wore a very nice light suit,and in turning the press wheel back to release me, each time that he bent over he rubbed against the ink bar- rel which stood by the press; and the amount of ink he rubbed off from the barrel made his light trousers a sight to behold. We were a pair to draw to—I, entered into competition with men. Many difficulties were encountered, but they were surmounted by careful atten- tion to business. I invariably received my just dues and wages, and was made ‘foreman’ of the composing room of the afternoon daily after serving one year at the case, and was also intrusted with the mechanical department. There were in the office four presses—a large cylin- der, a pony cylinder and two small job- bing presses. I held this position for two years, and was then sought out to assume charge of an _ illustrated, eight- page morning newspaper, where none but women were employed. | attended to the making up of the paper and acted as foreman of the office. in my _ ridiculous regalia, and he smeared with ink from head to foot. He asked for gasoline, ana after trying to get off the ink—and making himself look a hundred per cent. worse—left the office, forgetting to state his business and muttering something about country print shops. I have often wondered if he ever thinks of his experience with a girl ‘pressman’ that smeared him with ink. As for me, my paper came out all right after I got loose from the press, and my unknown friend unconsciously contributed to my advancement to the unique distinction of forewoman ina press room. ‘‘From this office I went toa daily newspaper office in Manistee, where I ‘‘After I had been a_ full-fledged printer six years I wanted other worlds to conquer,. and procured a position asa commercial traveler, which I have suc- cessfully maintained for two years past. The prejudice I have met with on the road has been slight and hardly worth mentioning. I once in a while meet a traveling man who ‘thinks a woman has no business on the road.’ But when I ask him to explain he can only say, ‘It is no place for her.” Yet that same man will step out of his way to assist me in making a sale. ‘*In my opinion there are few profes- sions or trades that a woman cannot en- ter, but to maintain her position she must closely: follow the independent line. It pains one to notice that so few rise above a mere mediocre existence and that many either settle down to the humdrum of a married life, where they live unhappy, or support their worthless husbands by their own toil. No woman who looks forward to the final rounding out of her life by an alliance with one of the sterner sex can expect to reach the topmost round of success in her pro- fession or calling; but, if successful, her contact with men will help her to chose a husband when the times comes. ‘*My experience on the road has not been unlike that of other women who have embraced the calling of traveling sales- man. People that see traveling sales- ladies have some very queer ideas and imagine a great many things. The questions are always asked: ‘Is it not awfully embarrassing to call at a place of business and show your sampies?’ ‘What do you do when a buyer refuses, etc.?’ I never think of feeling out of my place when calling on the trade. It is only a matter of business. I have my line of samples such as my cus- tomer handles, and I know he has to keep my line of goods in stock. The next thing is to get him interested in my samples. Most naturally he will say: ‘No, I do not want anything in your line to-day.’ Then I talk to him, get him to look at my samples, and when you get a. buyer interested enough to look at your samples you can, nine times out of ten, get some kind of an order. If even a small one, it’s a start- er. Womenare getting in the traveling commercial line now, and it will not be an uncommon thing after a while to see them handling a great many different lines. About the only line that will be barred to them will be the liquor busi- ness, aS 2 woman can’t go out and get drunk with her customer and sell hima carload of beer. ‘‘T find, in my experience, a great many of the commercial men are op- posed to our being on the road. I have had them make this remark tome: ‘I suppose when you women take outa commercial line you do your work for less money and cut your expense ac- count.’ Now there is the secret of the whole prejudiced feeling. It is impos- sible for a woman to travel on less than aman. There are many little things that take the place of cigars and similar other treats that the sterner sex are compelled to offer their customers. A lady has always more or less tipping to do for kindnesses shown by baggage- men and porters, and we stand the treat to have that free, independent feeling. No lady should humble herself to any- one for the sake of saving on her ex- D Ap pd. MICHIGAN. BELLE QUALITY OUR MOTTO ISLE PICNI THE FINEST OF ALL SUMMER DELICACIES FOR PICNIC PARTIES, OUTING PARTIES, FAMILY USE. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN pense account. You must be a good ‘business fellow’ in a thorough business way, and your customers and contem. porary salesmen will soon look on you as a woman of business and not one of the humble, please-give-me-an-order, plead- ing kind. ‘“How do I manage for trains? The Same as a man would. It makes no difference about the hour—I can always get up for my train and have never missed a train or lost a sample case yet. My two sample cases weigh about seventy-five pounds and I always carry them. The busman or the brakeman generally puts them on the train for a good cigar. In most towns I havea boy carry them for me, but if a boy is not in sight and my time is limited | carry them myself. But this does not occur very often. ‘‘The road is about the hardest work a woman can do. There is the constant Strain of interviewing different people. One must be scmewhat of a judge of human nature here. I can generally tell how to address my man the moment | see him. It comes natural What | say to one won't even feaze another. I like traveling very much and enjoy meeting business people. I do not think people are as cranky as the outside world im- agines them. I would rather have a customer say, ‘No’ than Yes’ at first. If a person is very easy and willing to buy, I look up his rating, for my house might object to filling his order. “‘One meets with very queer people. It is amusing to go to small towns and watch the people size you up. I have had the boys.and even women tollow me into a store and gather around to hear what I was saying and see what I was showing. They would gaze with open mouth and eyes, and sometimes a cus- tomer or I would tell them some yarn that would send them away discussing the wonderful thing. Then one meets queer people in business. One firm I cailed on I asked to see the buyer and the clerk informed me he had gone hunting. As it was my last store on the way to the train and an hour before train time, I thought I would make out my orders there, and asked permission of the clerk to write at the desk. He blushed and gave his consent. The desk was like the common, ordinary business man’s desk. I sat down to it and wrote for about twenty minutes, when I felt something move under the desk. [| pushed my stool back, and what should it be but the poor buyer, crouched there to hide from the ‘lady drummer!’ He came out on his hands and knees, look- ing over his shoulder at me and saying as he went out the back door: ‘Send me fifty cases of cocoanut. I won't say a word and don’t tell the joke.’ Well, it was too good to keep, and I had a good lot of fun out of it with the boys on the road, and I guess he has had to ‘set ’em up’ more than once on the strength of that joke. There area great Many such little incidents that happen that are very amusing. ‘“How do I spend my leisure hours? Well, in various ways. I gener- al'y carry some light fancy work, of which I am very fond, and while wait- ing for a train in some little lonely sta- tion I work on that. And then often one meets with other travelers who are also waiting for the train, and we play whist, cinch or whatever game pleases the crowd. Sundays are spent in writ- ing letters and reading, and it is most generally the dullest day of the week. “I think that traveling people have more to contend with than any other class. Their road is by no meansa path of roses. But a salesman or sales- lady must always be cheerful and not call on customers with a cloud on the brow, for it would spoil all. If I enter a store and find another salesman _ there I leave the place until he has finished, as the buyer would come to see what the lady wanted, and if I told him I would see him when he was at liberty his re- ply would be: ‘I am not busy now; I can see you.’ Then I should spoil the other fellow’s sale and could not get the whole attention of the buyer and would spoil both sales. I think commercial people should treat each other with courtesy,and women should not take ad- vantage of a brother salesman on the ground that they are women. I am not a woman suffragist, but I think if a woman puts herself in a man’s place she must do as he would under the cir- cumstances, and not complain of the heavy work. ““No woman should undertake to han- dle a commercial line unless she has a good, strong will of her own and lots of pluck, for a humble, complaining woman will surely fa:l and spoil the road for worthier sisters. I intend to make the road my business, and do not care for any other occupation. I think, if a woman works on a true business basis and does not go beyond a woman's limit and attends strictly to business, she will succeed. A woman need not be a crank, but, as ‘the boys’ say, ‘a good fellow ;’ and always gain the confidence of your customers. By dealing squarely with them you will keep your trade. always tell my customers exactly what they are buying, and do not exaggerate one mite. I hope some day we will have enough women on the road to have an association of our own.’’ —_—_e 20 —.___ Uses and Limitations of Condensed Milk. Dr. Charles G. Kerley, of New York, has reached the following conclusions as the result of an extensive experience in treating the maladies of children: 1. In the artificial feeding of infants, always determine as exactly as possible the percentages of the food constituents. 2. Condensed milk alone ji — is an in- different substitute for mother’s milk, no matter what the age of the infant may be. 3. Condensed milk alone should not be given after the third month. 4. Condensed milk, fortified, may be made an acceptable diet for infants; alone, it is a food upon which a certain number of children exist until age or a_ changed condition allows of a better diet; and inasmuch as there is nothing to take its place among the very poor, its value to them is inestimable. One of the projects to celebrate the inauguration of Greater New York is a great industrial fair in 1900. Circulars have been sent to business men advo- cating the scheme, and most of the re- plies so far have been favorable. ——_—__§_o9<.___ With the assistance of the latest ma- chines a piece of leather can be trans- formed into a pair of boots in thirty- four minutes, in which time it passes through the hands of sixty-three people, and through fifteen machines. —___—<_ 9 > _ It is said that if the earth’s atmos- phere were suddenly increased in thick- ness to 700 miles the sun could not pen- etrate it and the earth would soon be wrapped in ice. —_—_—_»0~.____ Only seventy years have elapsed since the first railway in the world was fin- ished. During that comparatively brief period 400,000 miles have been con- structed. cae ee Ny 3 The devil is proud of a grumbler, no matter whether he belongs toa church or not. SNTPTP HPN THEN TTY e YOU are a Grocer. We are interested in your welfare. We want you to succeed. If you don’t, we can’t. We make Flour. We want you to sell it. We believe you can make money at it. We make good Flour at a reasonable price. People want that kind of Flour. We call it “LILY WHITE.” It is no trouble to sell it. EVERYBODY likes it. Women are particular about Flour. Lily White pleases them. Please the women and you get the fam- ily trade. It is worth while. Order “LILY WHITE” Flour now. We guarantee it. Your money back if you want it. Valley City Milling Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. TOVPYPHENE PNET ren THTeNnY ShU A Ub dsab dba ab dds dd an. — a. — ean — ae — ea — a. — ea — er. — Cn — aa — McGRAY REFRIGERATOR AND GOLD STORAGE GO. Manufacturers of Fine Roll Top Butter and Grocery Refrigerators and Store Fixtures. COLD STORAGE AND COOLING ROOMS. KENDALLVILLE, IND, Sra es: SES) s STYLE F.,. FINISHED IN ASH, OAK, OR GEORGIA PINE. The above cut represents our Sectional Butcher Refrigerator, ten fect long, six feet wide, and eight feet high, with false front and front side, making total height of Refrigerator 9 to 9% feet, or any height made to orde... The walls are made four inches thick. They are packed with two inches of mineral wool (the best non-conductor of heat and cold known) and two Geichen nsec of paper. The front and front side are made of good beaded ash, oak or Georgia pine. The inside walls are made of good Tennessee yellow poplar. ‘The walls are all made in sections and are so made with lap joints held to- — with screws and lag bolts that they are perfectly air tight, but can be very easily put up or taken aqown. Retail : partition and quarter department are properly furnished with all fixtures necessary in a cool- ing room, Ice door only three feet from floor. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 The More We Have the More We Want. Any thoughtful person who has given consideration to the condition of the masses of the population of the world’s most Civilized countries knows that to- day the workpeople are better off in every way than ever they were before in any period of history. Even as late as a century ago the lower classes of many European coun- tries lived under conditions of extreme hardship. They were ground down by tyrannical and arbitrary governments, and they were impoverished by taxes which amounted in many cases almost to a confiscation of property. The nobil- ity had special rights and powers over the persons and possessions of the com- mon people, and it was the general degradation into which the French peo- ple were plunged that drove them into the bloody and ferocious revolution known as the ‘‘ Reign of Terror,’’ Since then all has been changed. The blessings of liberty are now enjoyed to a greater or less extent by the people of every Country, and there are no longer any slaves in the United States, in Brazil, Cuba or in Russia, while the light of education which shines out from millions of schools supported by the va- rious governments has had an enormous effect in bettering the condition of the people, who now think for themselves and know for themselves where once they were dependent for information upon their masters, or other privileged classes, and were forbidden to think at all. But the improvement in the condition of the people has not been confined to the acquisition of freedom and of edu- cation. It is seen in the lightening of their labor by machinery, in the in- crease of wages, and in the cheapening of all the necessaries of life and of not a few of the luxuries, putting them in the reach of millions of persons of classes to whom such indulgences were impossible within a few decades, Some figures, drawn from actual sta- tistical facts, showing the extraordinary progress in material welfare made by the people of this country and presented and grouped in an article in the Atlan- tic Monthly for August, by Hon. Carroll D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor at Washington, are instructive in this connection. A report made to the Senate of the United States in 1893, by the Committee on Finance, gives the course of wholesale prices and of wages from 1840 to 1891, inclusive, a period of fifty-two years. The report deals with seventeen great branches of industry. It shows that, taking 1860 as the standard at 100, rates of wages rose from 87.7 in 1840 to 160.7 in 1891; that is, an increase of 60.7 per cent. from 1860, and of 73 percent. from 1840 Taking an average according to the im- portance of the industries—that is to say, of each industry relative to all in- dustries—it is found that the gain from 1840 to 1891 was 86 per cent. On the other hand, the’hours of labor have been reduced 1.4 hours in the same period in the daily average. In some industries the reduction of hours has been much greater, while in others it has been less. There is no doubt about the increase in wages for the period mentioned ; but if the prices of all articles of consump- tion had correspondingly gone up, there- by increasing the cost of living, no special benefit would have accrued to the masses of the people. They would simply have been able to live as they had done previously. But what are the real facts? Accord- ing to the same report, taking all arti- cles on a wholesale basis and as com- pared with tbe standard of the year 1860, the prices of 223 articles were 7.8 per cent. lower in 1891 than in 1860; and taking 1840 as the Standard, with eighty-five articles the difference was 3-7 per cent. Examining prices of articles on the basis of consumption, leaving rent out of consideration, the cost of living, without counting wages, is shown to have been between 4 and 5 per cent. less than in 1860; and, taking in the fact that wages have materially increased, it is seen that while the peo- ple in this country to-day have lower costs of living than ever before, they earn higher wages. Appealing still further to the Com- missioner’s figures, it is seen that in 1850 the average annual earnings of each employe engaged in manufactur- ing and mechanical pursuits, including men, women and children, in round numbers were $247; in 1860, $289; in 1870, $302; in 1880, $347, and in 18go, $445. Here is a steady, positive in- crease in the average annual earnings of the employes in our great industrial pur- suits, In harmony with the steady increase of the earning power of the people, and with the cheapening of the ordinary expenses of living, is the fact that the people live in better houses ; they have better facilities of transportation to and from their work; by reason of better systems of sanitation both on land and sea, the people are saved from destruc- tive epidemics of disease which once devastated many parts of the country and from which the workpeople and their families were unable to flee. This freedom from frequent visitations of sickness to the workers and their fami- lies is a distinct gain, since their earn- ings are not so liable to be swallowed up by ill health. The enormous increase and improve- ments in the facilites for gaining edu- cation, and the multiplication and ex- traordinary cheapening of books and newspapers, have exerted an incalcu- lable influence in raising the condition of the people, and the century which is about to close, in respect to the numer- ous and brilliant inventions and dis- coveries in mechanism and electricity and chemistry, has done more to lighten and to dignify labor than was ever gained in all the previous centuries of the world’s existence. The obvious conclusion to be drawn from all this amelioration of the condi- tion of the masses of the people is that they should be contented and happy. But never, unless it was when the peo- ple of the nations, groaning under Ro- man despotism, were anxiously awaiting the coming of the celestial King, whose advent had long before been a subject of prophecy, has there been such popular discontent as now. Millions of people in this great, free republic are so carried away by this dissatisfaction with the existing state of affairs that they want to overthrow the entire political and social system of the country. This is not the expression of a few discontented demagogues, but it is proclaimed in hundreds of newspapers all over the country, and is the basis of an organized assault against the Gov- ernment, having fer its object the sub- stitution of communism and anarchy for governmental restraint and law and order, There seems no other reason for such an extraordinary revolution in popular WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR feeling than that, having already so % a ! ’ : : i ae contains the entire grain of wheat with greatly improved their condition, people only the fibrous covering removed. can brook no superiority in social or i) nlc nt ee 6 material position. They must either rise to the first rank in wealth and in- Qa fluence, or else -drag down all above be them. It is a laudable ambition that prompts men to desire and seek to rise to the summit. But the competition for the highest places is most arduous and exacting, = fhe more men get the more they covet. The higher the position to which they rise, if it be not the highest, the keener the rivalry and the more bitter the disappointment for those who lose. But when millions, realizing the hope- lessness of the’ struggle and yet are filled with a sense of their failure, it is not UMM strange that resentment and indignation cr eT should take the place of aspiration, and that these should address themselves to the work of dragging down and level- ing. FRANK STOWELL. “gap FRIRFIEL) It contains all the elements required to build up the daily wastes of the human system. Bread made from it is easily assimilated; is highly nutritious and is most palatable. i Every grocer should have it in stock. Manufactured by... GUARD, FAIRFIELD & CO., Allegan, Mich. 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DOOQOQOOQSGYS® 0465812. § HOOD HOG® HOSS" DOE OOOO POOOODOGCOQOODO DOOE ~=~-A-A->A-A.-@QA-QA-@QW-@BA-BA-ea-w - -a, -Wa, -a, BWa B .a -~ a ea ~ UIC SASS S SS eerrrcorrrrrrrreeTN Sul (0 the Front : s = OIE Sdalé Soap ¥ i THE LEADER OF LEADERS W AN No grocery stock complete without this brand. W AN MANUFACTURED BY yy AN WV ms Sonulté Soap Gompany, Detroit, Mich. ¥ AN ESTABLISHED 1850. W MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Kid Shoes for Men the Coming Spring Season. Every year, of late, we have heard more and more of the kid shoe asa summer foot covering for men. A few seasons back when the chrome-tanned goat shoe first made its appearance the experiment was looked upon with con- siderable interest and not without a deal of unfavorable comment. In short, it was dubbed a freak of the trade, in Many quarters. This past week I learned that a well- known and cautious manufacturer of men’s and boys’ shoes has given it as his determination to use kid exclusively in his colored lines the coming season in place of calf. Inferring from this that kid is, in this manufacturer’s judgment at least, no longer a theory, but a condition, in men’s shoes, I hastened to interview him, with the object of learning what had impelled him to this step. To my enquiries he said: ‘‘Yes, I have given a great deal of attention to this subject otf late and I believe I shall make no mistake in confining myself to kid in colors the coming season. ‘The reason for this departure is that colored calfskin bas not been satisfac- tory with me. Reclamations have been so great that I have not been able to get the profit out of the business that I should. I may almost assert that not more than one out of six pairs of col- ored calf shoes wear satisfactorily. ‘It is not the tanners’ fault. They are doing the best they can. They ac- knowledge, however, that the colored calf does not wear as it should, and _ the proof of it is found in every shoe store in the land, in the inscription on the wall, “We do not warrant colored shoes.’ Tanners are experimenting constantly with a view to producing a colored calf that will wear like black calf, and some of them are, I believe, getting very close to it by improved and new proc- esses. As it has been, and is now in most cases, the colored calfskin cuts to great disadvantage. The first cut breaks easily. The second cut is firm and all right. The third is much poorer. That is, this is the case if the cutting is properly done, but usually the skin is cut the quickest way possible.’’ ‘““Do you think many manufacturers will follow the same course as yourself?’’ I asked. ‘*No,’’ was the reply, ‘‘I do not. It isn’t every man that wants kid shoes. it isn’t every retailer who will buy kid shoes for men. The colored calf shoe is popular and a good seller, but I believe I can do a more satisfactory business on kid. I believe I can give better wearing shoes and that consumers will be better satisfied. I may be mistaken. Some seasons back I adopted kangaroo calf for my fine goods and pushed it. To-day I don’t use a foot of kangaroo calf. It was too light for my trade. They didn’t get the wear out of it that they wanted and consequently my kan- garoo calf shoes are now made from stock considerably heavier than regular kangaroo calf, which is suitable for women’s rather than men’s goods. The kangaroo calf-experiment was a fail- are. It is quite possible the kid one may be, but I believe I am right and shall try it.’’ **Won’t chrome calf fill the bill as well as chrome kid?’’ I ventured. **I don’t think so and I’ll tell you why, The chrome process of tannage shrinks the skin from 7 to 9g per cent. Now on goat, kid and sheepskins this is all right, because the texture of these skins is open and loose and the shrink- ing benefits them by giving greater firmness. With beef hides it is differ- ent. The entire run of beef hides from the calf to the bull are of close, firm texture and a shrinkage of 7 per cent. almost closes the pores, making it diffi- cult for the quick chrome process to penetrate thoroughly into it.’’ ‘*Then you don’t consider the chrome process suitable to beef hides?’’ ‘‘Well, I won’t say that. The pure chrome process I hold to be _ better adapted to goat, kid and sheep skins than to calf, but I find that tauners are adulterating or modifying the chrome process to reduce the shrinkage, and some of them are achieving very satis- factory results. I have samples of such a stock which I am going to givea thorough trial and I believe it will prove all that its makers claim.’’ ‘‘Then your change to chrome kid is practically an experiment and not par- ticularly significant?’’ I queried. “*Yes, that’s about the way of it. I believe [ can make more money out of kid by lessening the sum of reclama- tions and am going totry it. Still I believe there will be more kid shoes | worn by men next season than ever be- fore.’’ Referring the same subject to a kid man, I was told: ‘“*There will undoubtedly be more kid shoes worn by men next season than in the past. Kid is a porous leather and keeps the feet cool by admitting air and giving ventilation. Then it is soft and comfortable. Men who once wear a pair of chrome kid shoes learn and appreciate these features for sum- mer wear and are particularly pleased at the good service given. The leather has only one drawback—and that is _ its scuffing up, but this is not observed much except on pointed toes and, with toes growing broader, is not a serious fault. ‘*The colors will not be so numerous as the present summer. A medium brown will be the favored shade and ox- bloods, greens, purples, etc., will not be in it very extensively. Indeed, I don’t believe manufacturers will be so anxious to grab up fads another year. Retailers find it too easy a matter to fire back the goods on some pretext or other.’’—G. T. B. in Shoe and Leather Gazette. —_—__>0—.___ The Ideal Clerk. From the Hardware Reporter. He has not been discovered. When found, he will be possessed ot attributes that will distinguish him from his fel- lows. He will be neat and cleanly in person and dress, courteous and_pleas- ant in manner, not given to obsequious- ness, but having a dignity of manner that distinguishes the gentleman from the cad. He will be attentive to the wants and interests of customers and employers, serving them both at the same time and in the same degree. He will know the goods he handles, but will not know more than the customers about the goods they want. He will be quick, energetic, thoughtful, precise, attentive and obliging. He will consult the wishes and follow the instructions of his employer and will watch the clock at his home more carefully than he watches the clock at the store. He will keep his goods in order, display them to the best advantage at all times and under all circumstances. He will work for his employer as he would for him- self, and if he is a man of strict honor will work even harder. Such will be the ideal clerk. The trouble with dis- covering him now is that when he has about reached this point of perfection he goes into business for himself, ee MULE THE BABY NEATLY and you will have gained the friendship of the whole fam- ily. To succeed in doing this buy your children’s shoes from HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Grand Rapids. Our Specialties: Children’s Shoes, 2 Shoe Store Supplies, © © Goodyear Glove Rubbers. ss cciaeaneiieieii ee OOO 8 © @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ © © @ @ @ ©) @) © @ © © @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @) @ @ > We Manufacture — em Men’s Oil Grain Creoles and Credmeres in 2 S. and T. and ¥%4 D. S., also Men’s Oil Grain and Satin Calf in lace S and congress in 2 8S. and T. and % D. S., all Solid—a good western shoe at popular prices. We also handle Snedicor & Hathaway Co.'s shoes in mm Oil Grain and Satin. It will pay you to order sample 5 cases as they are every one of thema money-getter. We still handle our line of specialties in Men’s and Women’s = shoes. S We still handle the best rubbers—Lycoming and Key- stone—and Felt Boots and Lumbermen’s Socks. ; Geo. H. Reeder & Co., 19 South Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Do you sell Shoes? Do you want to sell more Shoes? Then buy Rindge, Kalmbach & Co.’s factory line—the line that will win and hold the trade for you. We handle everything in the line of footwear. We are showing to-day the finest spring line in the State—all the latest colors and shapes. See our line of socks and felts before placing your fall order. We can give you some bargains. Weare agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and carry a very large stock of their goods, which enables us to fill orders promptly. Our discounts to October 1 are 25 and 5 per cent. on Bostons and 25, 5, and 10 per cent. on Bay States. Our terms are as liberal as those of any agent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., 12, 14 and 16 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. CHOROR OHOHOROE OROEOROHOCROR CHOROROROCHOROHOROEOCHOHOS * + SPPPEEEereseerrrrerrerrees ...For this Fall... >} We are showing the strongest line of Shoes ever placed on this market by us. We are just as emphatic about our Rubber Line—Wales- Goodyear,—none better. & ~ } a } Big line of Lumbermen’s Sox. + } - + - $d h> Grand Rapids Felt Boots are our Hobby. Herold=Bertsch Shoe Co. 5 and 7 Pearl Street, . GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. + ~~ tErtrretettrerertretrettt se Hehehe eheh oh ePepep MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 16 What a Last Maker Has to Say of the Shortening of Lasts. In regard to the late craze for short- ening lasts, I think it is well that some one should bring the matter before the attention of shoe manufacturers, jobbers and retailers. When the Twentieth Cer- tury last was adopted and proved sucha costly failure, it was due to the fact that the extremists spoiled the fit, wear and appearance of the shoes made after that pattern and drove that style out of existence, resulting in injury to the trade in general. What I mean is this: they carried the length too far, made the lines from ball to toe too straight and thin, thereby giving insufficient room for the toes. Then again, many lasts were made out of the proportions gov- erning the feet. For instance, lasts were made with the break at the ball too short or too Jong, with draft too short and sides of last too thin. These same faults in a last with the top of the heel too far in at the back cannot fit the foot. Then there is a ruling fashion in the making of upper patterns which is all wrong and which had considerable to do with the long, slim, thin-toed lasts becoming a failure. People do not have feet like a jay bird, with the longest toe behind. In some cases the patterns were cut with such a crooked or curved beel and leg that the spreading of the ankle joints when the boot is but- toned or laced catches the ankle about one and a half inches above the counter. Thus the foot is forced forward from one-half to a full size, causing the shoe to slip at the heel and forcing the toes into the front of the shoe with insuffi- cient room; also inclining the heel of the boot to throw back, so it wears mostly at the breast of the heel. This caused the shank to flatten down. All these things I have seen in the Twentieth Century lasts and I have seen some graduated up in length froma size 4 to a 6 in length, with a 4 measure- ment in girth and used for a last with two Sizes extension toe. These things were bad. Are we go- ing to create another loss by shortening lasts without regard to the proportions of the foot? We have tacts that are in- disputable in regard to this matter and these are the foot and the shoe that it can endure. For instance, take a size 4 last. The foot that can wear that length will meas- ure in the size stick 2%3. This is not new or my invention. It is older than I am and in all my experience I have found it to be correct. A 2% foot can wear a 4 shoe with just room enough, if the toes are of a reasonable thickness. Any old experienced shoemaker will bear me out in this statement. There- fore, taking this for a basis of measure- ments for the length of lasts, and just coming from the Twentieth Century last, which made the foot look slim and natty, is it reasonable to suppose that the people, especially the ladies, are going to wear stub toes? If not, what then? Manufacturers will have to be careful how short they are going to make their shoes, or else the manufacturer who does use judgment, and is governed by a knowledge of how to fit the feet, will get the bulk of the trade the coming season. Those manufacturers who do not un- derstand, and cannot find a competent person to explain it to them, if they get left in a push for business owing to not having proper fitting shoes, will have the same old cry, ‘‘I lost on long shoes, now I have lost on short shoes.’’ The last makers will be blamed, when they are their best friends. If a shoe manu- facturer will go to a last maker who un- derstands his business and allow him (the last maker) to know a little about what fits, he will find that he will se- cure proper fitting lasts. Now the call is for lasts one-half to a Size extension toe. If you use one-half extension it may do to save leather, but is not enough to give the foot the ap- pearance required. Then, of course, consumers will call for a longer shoe, which will necessitate fitting the foot to a 5 B instead of 4 C, which means that you are selling from 5 to 9 instead of 4 to 7 to fit the same foot. My experience, after carefully keep- ing a record of lasts made to fit the feet, and looking over duplicate orders for sizes for lasts, has been that the average woman's foot will measure size 3 in the size stick. To fit the foot properly in length the last should be 5% size. In such a shoe the foot will have just room enough and not look squatty. This may seem a large shoe to some manufactur- ers, but try it, watch it, make lasts to fit feet, then decide. You will find that Iam right. I base what I say on thirty years’ experience at last making. Here is one way to determine the length of shoe fora given foot: Lift the foot off the floor, measure its length in the size stick, then stand on size stick and see the difference. Then stand erect, mark around the great toe, then step forward with the left foot, but do not lift right from floor, and before you take your weight off the right foot mark around the great toe again and you will find that the foot will advance and re- cede one-quarter inch in walking. This one-quarter inch shows that the 2%4 foot as it stands ina size 4 shoe advances and recedes one-quarter inch, a fraction less than a size marked inshoes. Then why not make this a standard length for a 4 model size and stick to it? If you make lasts shorter they must be worn by ladies whose feet measure 1, 1% to 2, which is below the average foot. Consequently a lady will tell a dealer, when he puts a shoe marked 5 on her foot, that she never wore a 5 before and she will look elsewhere to find the size she has always worn. I know some old shoemakers will say, ‘‘I used to make shoes by my old size stick, which was half a size shorter than the stick in use now, and they fitted all right.’’ Retailers sold more large sizes then than they do now, to fit the same feet, and they were stub toes and had bunions and corns, There is no argument about it. The foot demands comfort and style and a certain amount of leather, measure it whatever way you may. There is another trouble brewing on this same point. It is the tendency of some jobbers to demand of the shoe manufacturer a boot with just as long a vamp as the Twentieth Century shoe carried with two or three sizes exten- sion toe, and to keep the toes of shoes looking as light and as thin as were the extension toes; they demand a double lining, a box toe, etc., to make the boot strong. There is just one place for the vamp of a shoe,in my mind,and that is, make any style of vamp, so long as the seam does not ride on the joints of the foot, whether it be a two-inch or a four-inch vamp. Putting a four-inch vamp onto a 4 standard last closes the shoe so that the last cannot be pulled out. Conse- quently the foot cannot be gotten into the shoe, when the same boot could be worn had it a.vamp in proportion to a 2% foot. : When it comes to extending the toes of lasts, that can be done according to taste; but when it comes to the shorten- ing of lasts, you are running up against the feet of people who want comfort in footwear, whether the shoe man makes a dollar or not. If your shoes fit the con- sumer properly they will be worn and the demand will increase; while, on the other hand, if they are not good fitters they are given the go-by. Therefore, my advice to shoe manufacturers is to go slow in regard to shortening up their lasts. THos. W. GARDINER. ——_»s>t*>___ Pushing One Thing. Wm. Henry Beagle in Printers’ Ink. ‘*A shoemaker makes a good shoe be- cause he makes nothing else,’’ says Emerson, and the idea may be taken up with advantage in almost any line of business. A merchant tailor in a town of 60,000 population made some cas- socks for a few local priests. Now he is advertising himself in the Catholic papers and by circulars to the clergy of that church as a ““Cassockmaker,’’ and sends hundreds of these garments all over the United States and is kept busy the year around. At home he is sim- ply a merchant tailor doing a good business, while his out-of-town custom- ers know him only as a man whose par- ticular business is making cassocks, and who, making a specialty of this feature, is enabled to supply a better cassock and at a lower price than they can get elsewhere. Advertisements too often attempt to include the entire range of the store, when an announcement calling atten- tion to some particular article or line would be much more generally read and productive of results. To illustrate : If a grocer had an advertisement on cheese, pointing out the fact that he not only sold good American cheese, but also Roquefort, Neufchatel, Lim- burger, Du Brie, grated cheese, etc., it would do much more than cause a de- mand for cheese; it would emphasize the fact that he kept a variety of the best kinds of groceries, and the reader who wanted olives, macaroni, beef ex- tract or caviar would be apt to think that this was just such a store as he would be able to obtain them at. The shoe store that akandons the usual form of shoe advertising, with its technical descriptions and _ its alleged reductions, and hammers away at the one idea of the best and greatest. vari- ety in shoes at two dollars per pair (or whatever the most popular price might be) would, I am Satisfied, find the change a profitable one. ALL LEADERS STARK’S SPECIALTIES: Solid, Serviceable, Stylish Shoes MEN’S, BOYS’ YOUTH’S. Custom made for dealers to retail at $2 to $5. They have a record for nearly Half a Century of Uniform Reliability. Entire new line of samples now ready for winter of ’97 and spring of ’98. To insure an early cali and secure exclusive agency, address A. B. CLARK, Lawton, Mich. E. H. STARK & CO., WORCESTER, [IASS. > Kersey Pants—~-. order. Wholesale Dry Goods, Look over our line before placing your Just what you want at prices you can afford to pay. call if you wish it. Our salesman _ will Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. P. STEKETEE & SONS, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. “ and particularly I6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner The Good Effects of the Saturday Half Holiday. Written for the TRADESMAN. For a number of years the Retail Dry Goods Clerks’ Association, of Denver, Colorado, have made unceasing efforts to secure the Saturday half holiday dur- ing July and August. Until this sum- mer, however, their efforts have been without success. Every legitimate means had been used by the Associa- tion to secure the desired result. Sev- eral of the newspapers had espoused the good cause and frequently articles appeared in their columns urging the merchants to concede to the Associa- tion’s request. Committees visiting the different merchants in furtherance of the scheme were always treated with the greatest consideration and respect. Their arguments in favor of the half holiday were listened to with earnest attention but were always met with that ‘*stumper’’ of an answer, ‘‘We shall lose a great deal of money by closing our stores for a_ half day every week. Your argument is all in favor of the clerk. He loses nothing. He is paid for a half day’s work which he does not do. He spends the half day in the open air amusing himself at our expense, and the only result to us is the loss of a half day’s trade. You can hardly blame us if we do not think as you do in regard to this matter. You say that Eastern cities long ago adopted the Saturday half holiday. That is all very true; but you must remember that the condi- tions in the Eastern cities are alto- gether different from the conditions in Denver. As retail clerks, you are all aware that we have here a great deal of transient trade, that is, people who are here to-day and away to-morrow. This is especially true in the summer time, in July and August when the thousands of tourists from all over the country pour into Denver. This is their starting point for the mountains. Here, naturally, are laid in needed supplies for the wagoning and camping parties. A half day each week of this: trade we cannot afford to lose. Our regular trade we know would not desert us because they could easily accommodate themselves to the circum- stances of the case, but the transient trade would not do so—they would nat- urally go farther down town and buy what they needed at the smaller stores that keep open Sunday and every other day.’’ It was a difficult matter to offset this argument. Nevertheless, the Associa- tion did not despair; and, as each sum- mer season came and went, they con- tinued to sow the good seed, the most of which seemed to fall by the wayside. But some of it was destined to fall upon good ground, and from this grew and ripened the Saturday half holiday. One of our young and representative business men, who had always regarded the movement as one in the right di- rection, finally took the matter in hand and in one short week accomplished what the Association had for years been trying to bring about. The result was hailed with delight by the army of clerks throughout the city. A visit to the parks, gardens or boule- vards on Saturday afternoons, where picnic and wheel parties of clerks might be seen by the score, was convincing proof that they were making the most of their liberty. What good did the merchant get from it? He himself got a half day in which he could lay aside the cares of business and wheel or drive in the parks or on the boulevards if he wished to do so. He had the consciousness that, through his kindness, his employes were having a good time, were reveling in the lux- ury of pure outdoor air and exercise, were reinvigorated both in mind and body for the work of the coming week. But, best of all, there was a warm spot in the heart of every employe for the man who was willing to grant them the half holiday. Did trade fall off and did the mer- chants ‘‘lose a great deal of money?’’ I have waited until the end of the holiday season so that I could answer this ques- tion. Every store that closed reports that their trade during the two months exceeded the trade of the corresponding two months in any previous year, and I fully believe that this increase of trade is due to the fact that the half holiday has not only made the clerks healthier in body, but has brought about a health- ier state of things between the employe and the employer. I can state from personal observation that I have never seen better or more persevering sales- manship than that shown by the young men in my department since the half holiday began. There is a heartiness and an earnestness in it that never was shown before. Mac ALLAN, —_—_—_—~2.__ The Promise of Prosperity. If any persons think that prosperity means the sudden acquisition of great pecuniary wealth and the consequent ability to spend their lives in luxury and idleness, then very few of them will ever realize what they require to make up good times. The great body of the American peo- ple are more sensible and more _ reason- able than to indulge in such idle and foolish dreaming. Man’s lot is labor. He was put here to work, and by work only can he, prove his title to an hon- orable, useful member of the commu- nity in which he lives. Employment at fair wages is the most that any reasonable man can claim, but not all he has a right to strive for. He is entitled to all the wealth and honor he can gain by his honest exertions, and tbe whole of fortune is open to him if he can but win it; but he must begin with work, If, in announcing the arrival of better times and the approach of prosperity, we mean that the farmers have made good crops, with an extraordinary de- mand for some of their products and a fair trade in others, then the announce- ment will not be denied. If, in stating the situation, attention is called to the fact that, in the handling of the crops to supply active demands, railways are moving loaded cars as fast as they can,and are buying new cars and hiring thousands of new men to as- sist in the operation of their traffic, then it cannot be denied that some of the most unequivocal signs of a revival of business are at hand. If it be shown that every sort of busi- ness is being enlivened; that country merchants are actively buying goods in the cities, and that various industrial establishments are starting fires in fur- naces that have long been closed, and are employing people who have for some time been idle, then it is appar- ent that there is something solid and reliable in the talk heard on ail sides of a revival of business prosperity. The bank clearings in the chief cities of the country show large gains over those of this time last year. The com- mercial agencies report increased ac- tivity in trade and industries. The European food crops are largely defi- cient, and the European peoples are drawing heavily for breadstuffs upon the United States. This foreign business brings into the country much money which in an ordinary season would not come here. In the meantime the ex- ports of cotton and petroleum and other American products are making a great deal of business, and the promise is that before the lapse of many months this vast country will be humming, like a beehive, with busy industries and active investments that belong only to good times. The facts stated cannot be_ success- fully disputed, and they fill the people with well-grounded hopes, such as have not been cherished for many months, and they communicate to business a thrill of activity to which it has long been a stranger. These, to all reason- able people, are the sigus and concom- itants of returning prosperity, and they mean a condition of affairs that will increase, and expand, and grow, until it will flower out into the crowning glory of the good time which distinctly approaches a boom, but is better than any boom, because that is the last stage just before the collapse and inevitable catastrophe which follow good times, and comes at the moment when specula- tion is too rife, and business too much inflated, and times too good to last. Years must elapse before the next financial panic, and in the meantime those years, constituting a season of prosperity upon which the country is just entering, will be filled with com- mercial and industrial enterprises and great business activity. These are the conditions which make prosperity, and there can be no other sort. It is not made by acts of Congress, nor by any exercise of the powers of the Govern- ment, but by the people themselves, in the return of confidence in themselves and in the restoration of the confidence of capital in the people. This country is going to have a series of busy, fruitful years, and they will bring prosperity to those who know how to get the best out of the conditions they will create. FRANK STOWELL. I$ the Law Enforced in Your Township? Under the new law the operations of country peddlers can be con- siderably curtailed—in some cases abolished altogether—by the ener- getic enforcement of the statute. It is the duty of the merchant to see that the township board of his township enforces the law. The Tradesman has had drafted by its attorney blank licenses and bonds, which it is prepared to furnish on the following terms: LICENSES, 10 cents per dozen; 75 cents per 100. BONDS, 25 cents per dozen; $1.50 per 100 Please accompany orders with remittances. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. | = 4 public? NOVYVNTT VND ONOTOVONNNODNNNN their experiments. The manufacturers, by constant and judi- cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. WALA LeassAAAALe hak alLAbAkksLbbabbkbbdddbdbdbbdd NPevevnevevoveveneverovenenvevavennnennnvvvnven none They all say “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you Your own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their pew athe = = fs Who urges you to keep Sapolio? a — —? — Dp — wp — Dp — WwW — Dp —p — — Ww —~2 —p —_p — ww —p — ° Is - not _ = — Dp —W —ww —ww —p — ip —ip —_p i HA . ERE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Jas. F. HAMMELL, Lansing; Secretary, D. C. Stacut, Flint; Treasurer, Caas. McNotry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, S. H. Hart, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, fF. L. Day, Jackson: Grand Secretary, G. S. Vatmong, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, GEO. A. REYNOLDS, Saginaw. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President,"A. F. PEAKE, Jackson; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OwEN, Grand Rapids. Board of Directors—F. M. TYLer, H. B. Farr- CHILD,J as. N. BRADFORD, J. HENRY DAWLEY,GEO. J. HEINZELMAN, Cuas. S. RoBINson. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wrxson, Marquette. Another Salesman on Record on the Ledyard Monstrosity. Grand Rapids, Sept. 6—In your last issue I notice an article on the new interchangeable mileage book, written by L. M. Mills. I most heartily en- dorse it. No man is more familiar with ’ the wants of the traveling man than he. As to my position on this book, I cannot see where it can possibly be a practical thing. While we might sub- mit to placing in the hands of the rail- road corporation a sum of several mil- lion doliars to help them pay dividends or debts, there are so many opportuni- ties whereby we would never get any of it back that I cannot endorse the scheme. They are the judge and the jury. Anvthing that they should see fit to call violation would certainly have to go. Their instructions to the con- ductor are, ‘‘Don’t have any words. Let them kick.’’ You quietly submit—that’s violation. No $10 back. There are so many of these loopholes where they can take advantage and call it violation that I cannot see one chance in twenty of getting anything back for the covers of the book. Then, again, we have many cases when a traveler buys a ticket and before it is half used up, he quits the road or dies. Then he cannot use the balance. Who is the sufferer in this case? If the man is dead, he can- not sign his name for a new book, so cannot get pay for the old covers. This is an important feature. We must all die. Who gets the last rake-off? This should be called the endless chain in- terchangeable book, because it goes on forever. As regards getting our $10 back when the mileage is used up, the general opinion is that we can exchange the old covers at any ticket office. This is not the case. We must put up another $30 and leave the covers with the station agent for him to send for us, or send them ourselves to the Commissioner. After due time, we get our $10 back ; that is, provided we have not violated. The Commissioner scrutinizes the sig- natures on the original stub, then on all of the different pieces of coupons, and still further on the ticket that we give the conductor,as we must sign that or violate. So the chance seem to be ninety-eight to one that we are not en- titled to anything back. Of course, we are all the time being educated to a great system ; but I am afraid by the time we get educated, we won't have anything left to buy tickets with. As to the exchange part of the ticket, there are quite a number of the books in the hands of the travelers already. And they tell me that in no instance have they been able to get the coupons ex- changed for a ticket in less than four minutes, and in a number of cases it has been from twelve to fifteen. 1 won- der how it will work here in Grand Rapids on a Monday morning? Usually there are from seventy-five to 200 trav- eling men leaving here on the trains that leave between 7 o'clock and 7:45. Of that number, take 1oo for illustration : They want tickets for ninety different towns. Are those ticket sellers familiar enough with the different stations throughout the Central Traffic Associa- tiun to enable them to tear out mileage correctly without first examining a rail- way guide? I think not. This all takes time and I prophesy that quite a portion of that 100 would be obliged to take the afternoon train. Now, this ticket is issued for train No. 4. I un- derstand that the ticket reads for this train only. We must take this train, even if it is gone. If not, we violate. Now, I think if the traveling man can be induced to go down to the station the night before and get in line, he will no doubt catch train No. 4. Again, a change of route is made every day by some of the boys. They find out, after getting off the train at the destination of the ticket, that their customer is out of town. They find it out the last minute—too late to get the ticket required. The result is, wait for afternoon train, pay 3 cent cash fare, or violate. Now, it is a noted fact that at two-thirds of the stations the ticket agent is out helping load or unload bag- gage or express or attending to other train duties. To get him in and work ona ticket for six to ten minutes would cause a delay of the train, which would cause a discharge of the conductor, as his orders are to make his time card and all connectiors. Our houses em- ploy us to get orders—not lay around country depots trying to educate ticket agents how to tear out mileage. It is orders they want and to get them means making several towns a day. It is ab- solutely necessary to make every train each way. Our customers are often busy and we cannot get their attention until nearly or quite train time. To get their order we must have the last minute, which makes it impossible to get to the station in time to get the re- quired permit. This forces us to get on the train and pay a 3-cent cash fare, while we have in our pocket a ticket which has cost us 3 cents a mile. We must put up thecash or violate. I can- not but call this injustice. These circumstances are bound to exist. I am not- trying to tell any fairy tales, but quoting what does hap- pen with some of us every day. I can- not possibly see how this book can be practical and I have yet to find the first railroad man but who agrees with me. Of course, I have not run up against any of the general managers. Prob- ably if I had they would have told me that they know better what we want than we know ourselves. One other pleasant feature is, when we change roads at junction points, we have the privilege of calling on the ticket agent again and getting his_per- mit to ride over his line. This will be very pleasant, as it gives us exercise, and especially if it is about 2 o’clock in the morning and we are enjoying a good sleep in a sleeping car. We can get up and air ourselves and get needed exercise. I believe that a book could be gotten up and sold for $20, with a photograph attached to the cover, and that a circle could be punched out half on the cover and half on the photo that would throw all the safeguards around the book that would be required. All the railroad managers ask or claim to ask isa safe- guard against their side partners, the scalpers, and I think the photograph would cover it all. I might go on and enumerate the different phases where this book is ab- solutely unjust, but I cannot ask you to devote a whole paper to cover the subject. I think that I have pointed out briefly some of the principal ob- noxious features which are sure to show up every day in the year, and that I voice the sentiment of nearly or quite every traveling man. GEO. F. OwEN. 8 When your heart is bigger than your head you don’t In other words, be generous but don’t slop over. —_—_—_$§_ 2 —.___ It is almost an impossibility to con- vince some men who have inherited money that they haven't inherited brains, need a_ pocketbook. | Gripsack Brigade. Perry Barker (A. E. Brooks & Co.) was laid up ‘last week by an attack of tonsillitis. Profitable trade, like profitable crops, requires cultivating. Only weeds grow spontaneously. It is the little provocations we resent most bitterly. The great evils we al- low to walk on us. When a man fully realizes that he is doing poor business, he at once begins to do a good business. Don’t brag too much on securing a new customer. It might drive an old patron to a competitor. Experience sold at diamond prices would be cheap—but then no man would buy a secondhand article. A trade journal speaks of ‘‘a whole- sale jobbing house.’’ Why not men- tion sweet candy or dirty mud? Manners indicate breeding; actions reveal your character, and you are judged by the company you keep. We may not agree with a man’s poli- tics or religion, but we never question his ideas on finance when he pays his bills. Don’t trust any man who sees nothing but good, or the man who sees nothing but evil or who is indifferent to every- thing. An honest reputation obtained by doing your duty may be neither bril- liant nor startling, but it is conducive to happiness. When your expense account grows bigger each year it is best to make an inventory of your friends and lop off a certain class. A good name is a good thing to have on St. Peter’s ledger, but in this worid it is a good thing to have a bank ac- count behind it. The sympathy of the fraternity will go out to B. A. Beneker (Spring & Company), whose little daughter was killed by a street car accident last Monday. Wm. Boughton (C. E. Smith Shoe Co.), who has been confined for some weeks at Butterworth hospital, was able to be out yesterday. His condition is much improved, although he is still very weak. The Michigan Spice Co. was given a judgment against Geo. W. Sevey for $15 and costs last Saturday as the culmina- tion of a controversy resulting from “the retirement of the Spice Co. from. busi- ness. Mr. Sevey was given 30 days’ no- tice to quit, in accordance with a pre- vious arrangement, and was paid his salary for that length of time, although he found employment with Jennings & Smith within two weeks. Although Mr. Sevey lived at home during that ‘time, he insisted on his expenses being paid and withheld collections to cover this claim. The Spice Co. sued for the amount thus withheld and_ recovered judgment, as above stated. A Plymouth correspondent of the De- troit Tribune writes that paper as fol- lows: Traveling men who stop off here say that the members of the fraternity are giving the new _ interchangeable mileage book a frost. It has been re- ferred to as the Ledyard monstrosity and a scheme to create a sinking fund. There is a large amount of red tape at- tached to the little book, which is an- noying to the average knight of the grip. Many think the railroads have kept poor faith with them, and that the present arrangement is a poor fulfill- ment of promises made last winter when the State Association was about to appeal to the Legislature for a ticket. SILMCS, Prone: 490. 3 CANAL STO Hotel Normandie of Detroit Re- duces Rates. Determined to continue catering to popular de- mand for good hotel accommodations at low prices, we reduce the rates on fifty rooms from $2.50 to $2 per day, and rooms with bath from $3.50 to $3. The popular rate of 50 cents per meal, established when the Normandie was first opened, continues. Change of rates will in no way affect the quality, and our constant aim in the future will be, as in the past, to furnish the BEST accommodations for the rates charged. Carr & Reeve. The New Griswold House Has NOT reduced its rates but has 100 of the Newest Rooms in Detroit at $2.00 per day. Meals Fifty cents. Rooms with bath and parlor $2.50 to $3. Most ' popular moderate priced hotel in Michigan. Postal & Morey, Retr oit. Niic- fs. NEW CITY HOTEL HOLLAND, MICH. We pledge the Commercial Travelers of Michigan our best efforts. Rates $2.00. E. 0. PHILLIPS, Mgr. GOLUMBIAN TRANSFER COMPANY CARRIAGES, BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT WAGONS 15 and 17 North Waterloo St., Telephone 381-1 Grand Rapids. NEW REPUBLIC Reopened Nov. 25. FINEST HOTEL IN BAY CITY. Steam heat, Electric Bells and Lighting throughont. Rates, $1.50 to $2.00. Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts. GEO. H. SCHINDHETT, Prop. 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Auranti Cortex..__. 2 00@ 2 20} Auranti Cortes.. @ bol Maca oe. 5 5 Grand Rapids Mich Borvamit... |... 2 oo | 2ameiper, 3. @ 50 — — et Hy- @ 2 ’ e Capnnti eS 80 | Ipecac. ees @ 6 rarg Io : 5 Caryophylli Os} Heri iog @ 50 LiquorPotassa rsinit 10@_ 12 Pe 65 | Rhei Arom.. @ 50} Magnesia, Sulph 2@ 38 ; Chenopadii @ 4 00) Smilax Officinalis 1@ 60 Magnesia, Esti ‘bbl @ 1% i Cinnamonii. ........ 1 75@ 1 90| Senega........ @ 50/ Mannia,S. F . 60 = Cltronella. .... .... 0@ 4] Scillm....._ @ Wi Menthol «. .... 2.5, @ 240 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of ROCERY PRICE CURRENT’. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail are an accurate index of the local market. It is im- purchase, and those below are given as representing av- Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is the greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE. doz. gross Ars... 6 00 Comer On... 60 7 00 Hramond......._._. .. "50 4 00 Mares... 9 00 IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 Mica, tin boxes... .....75 3 00 Pare 5d 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. ‘3g Ib cans doz...... ee 46 lb Cans doz...... ee - tpcanadec. Acme. ag ib Cans3dor............ eae ae King poWOES 45 85 150 14 1b cans, 6 doz case...... 38 +6 Ib cans, 4doz case...... 66 L ib Cans, 2 doz cace...... 1 00 ® beans. 1 doz case...... 5 00 G oz Eng. Tumbiers......... 8 El Purity. a¢ Tb Cans per Goz......... ‘6 Ib Cans per doz ........ 1 20 . Sbeane per doc......... 2 00 Home. iq lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 ¥% lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 Tb cans 2 doz case...... 14 1b cans, 4 doz case..... 4 lb cans, 4 doz case...... 85 t i Gans, 2 doz case...... 1 60 Jersey Cream. 1 1b. Cans, per doz.......... 2 60 9 OF. Cans. yer doz.......... 12 6 OZ. Cans, per doz........... 85 Our Leader. eon. came vi) : wees... Peerless. os... 85 BATH BRICK. Peewee 70 een. --u0 BLUING. 1 doz. pasteboard Boxes... 3 doz. wooden boxes....... BROOMS. me. Catpet................ No.2 Carpet........ ee Mo, 8 Carpet................ me Sees... Por ee... Common Whisk............ Fancy Whisk.. Warehouse. ...... CANDLES. __ CANNED GOODS. Manitowoc Peas. Lakeside Marrowfat....... hemes Bg Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 20 1 90 DO at et ee ot 00 30 140 1 65 —_ ot CHEESE. a... ..... @ 10 Ambor @ 10 ai... @ 9% ae. @ 10 sgh nad TE RT ne @ 10% Gold Medal. ........ Hortrond............ @ 9% ieee @ 9% Sersey. @ 10 ememwer.. @ 9 Riverside. . 1 Lo @ 10 Se @ 9% fax . @ 9 —- @ Eeigen @ 18 Limburger........... @ 1 Pineapple... .....: 43 @ & Sap Sag0.....0 | @ 18 CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & Co.’s. Geman Swe... ...... ee ie nS 31 Srcatiast Coen... «s«s—«ié«éié‘ i‘é‘( ‘(aia CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz....... 1 00 Cotton, 50 ft, per doz....... 1 20 Cotton, 60 ft, per doz...... 1 40 Cotton, 70 ft, per doz ......1 60 Cotton, 80 ft, per doz ......1 80 Jute, GOTt, per dos ....... 80 Jute. 72 ft. per darz,,. On Chicory. Bulk ele 5 Red 7 COCOA SHELLS. Dib bare 2% Less euaniity..... ...__. 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAM TARTAR. 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes, .30-35 COFFEE. Green. Rio. a... 10 ooo. 12 ome Coleen a reaper 2. 15 Santos Date ee 11 Geet Prime... Peaperey 2 i Mexican and Guatamala. me ee foot... CO eee 18 Maracaibo. Prme...... e Me ee 21 Java. eer 20 Privess Growth... 000.650. 22 Mantennee 24 Mocha. RetGaseee 22 ee... Cts 24 Roasted. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands Fifth Avenne. .:._. eee Jewell’s Arabian Mocha....28 Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 254% Wells’ Perfection Java..... 25% Bameaiee oo 23 Valley City Maracaibo. ....18% idem teens. 14 Ipager Hlend....... 5. 1 ..: 12 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands Quaker Arabian Mocha..... 28 Quaker Mandehling Java. .30 Quaker Mocha and Java. ...27 Toko Mocha and Java......24 Quaker Golden Santos... .18 State House Blend.......... 16% Quaker Golden Rio.........16 Package. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including weight of package. In 60 lb. eases the list is 10ec per 100 lbs. above the price in full cases. Axzbecksc 11 00 CTA. ce el 11 00 McLaughlin’s XXXX......11 00 Extract. Valley City % gross ..... Polix 4% proms... ......... 1 15 Hummel’s foil & gross... 85 Hummel’s tin % gross... 1 43 CATSUP. Colmmbia, pmts.......... 42 Columbia, % pints..........2 50 CLOTHES PINS. Serom bores. = 40 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle.........6 7% owe ee Eee ee 5 75 Chemmpion «2.50. ..2. 2.22. 4 50 Magnolia eee Chalionge ec 3 50 Mee 3 35 COUPON BOOKS. Bete : = Tradesman Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000 books, any Genom....20 00 Economic Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom.... 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 = SMM oaiiit Universal Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 500 books, any denom....11 59 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Superior Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000_books, any denom....20 00 Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any denomination from #10 down. 20 books. 1 SOnOORE.........-... 2 ap Mopoors...... PUMORES. oc CB 500 books..... Es 10 00 O_O 17 50 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 oe panes. .....__. v5) DRIED FRUITS_ DOMESTIC pples. Co ee @ 3% Evaporated 50 lb boxes 5 @ 6 California Fruits. es... 9 @10 Bilackberrices..........: Pees ......---... 6 @ Pees... c.. -.. TR@ 9 | Pitted Cherries........ Proamoelicg.. 12 Staeppermes...........- California Prunes. 100-120 25 lb boxes....... 34 90-100 25 Ib boxes....... 4 80 - 90 25 lb boxes....... @ 44 70 - 80 25 1b boxes....... @5 60-70 25 lb boxes.. .... @5% 50 - 60 25 Ib boxes....... @ 6% 40 - 50 25 Ib boxes....... i. 30 - 40 25 lb boxes....... @ 44 cent less In 50 lb cases Raisins. London Layers 2 crown. Leudon Layers 3 Crown. London Layers 5 Crown. Dohestes Loose Muscatels2 Crown 4% Loose Muscatels 3Crown 5 Loose Muscatels4Crown 5% FOREIGN. Currants. ee oe 6 Vostizzas 50 lb case @ 614 Cleaned, bulk ..... --@ 7% Cleaned, packages........ @s Peel. Citron American 101b bx @14 Lemon American 101b bx @12 Orange American 101b bx @12 Raisins. Ondura 28 Ib boxes..... @8% Sultana 1 Crown....... @ Sultana 2Crown....... @9% Sultana 3Crown....... @10% Sultana 4Crown....... Snitana 5 Crown....... @il% Sultana6 Crown....... @il2 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 2411b. packages.......... 1% Bulk, per 100 Ibs..... ....3 50 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 2 40 Bulk in 100 1b. bags.......3 40 Hominy. DOAPPON 22. Flake, 50 lb. drums....... 1 00 ans. Dried lima = =). '| :.. See Medium Hand Picked....1 10 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 1b. box...... 60 Imported, 25 lb. box.. ...2 50 Pear! Barley. Common 4... ee eee 2 10 ae 2 30 Peas. MSrOen, Bee 80 Split, perth. | 8 Rolled Oats. Rolied Avena, Ubi..... .4 7 Monarch, bbI....<_..... 4 45 Monarch. 36 bbl... .....- 2 35 Private brands, bbl..... 4 2% Private brands, %bbl..... 225 Quaker, Gases. .......... 3 3 Sago. Gorman oo ae ee Wheat. Cracked bulk .....__..-.. 314 2a 2 1p pRekares -..... 2 50 Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @ 4 Georges genuine...... @ 5% Georges selected...... @ 5% Strips or bricks....... 5 @7% Halibut. Cites... 10 Sipe... 8. se 9 Herring. Holland white hoops keg. 70 Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. doz 268...... vi) o8...... 1 50 Regular Vanilla. doz Zon... | 1 20 fon... .. 2 40 XX Grade Lemon. Sn... 1 50 4o0z. ....3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. 2 Oe... .. 1% fon... 3 50 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. Mere REARS Miers = Quarter Megs... a io Gees 30 ie Came. 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. ORR ee 4 2 Mar Bers 2 40 Quarter Kegs......... <-.. oo Rie Coe 34 Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. Meee ie .. Half Kegs..... Quarter Kegs. 1 1b. cans. 9 OO x Holland white hoops bbl. 8 50] pyre... ee ceeceeseee. 30 . MOreeminde 0 le Calabria 25 | Round 000 ihe... Sicily. 14 Round 40 Ibs............. Rook 10 Beaton... in ee si ia MASON FRUIT JARS. Mess t Sa = oo wn een oe *,| Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 4 75 Mose 2) ime... 6 Quarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr'ss 5 00 Mess 10 lbs Sal ei eS la tl 1 = Half gal. 1 d’z. b’x, pr gr’ss 7 00 Mess 8 Ibs....-..- «+... 1 30 | Fruit Jar Rubbers. p’rer’ss 5 No. 1100 bs.......... -... 12 75 Mason Caps only. per gross 2 25 No.1 40 lbs.... ..... .... . 4) Glass Cover Fruit Jars. No i a Ls oS wiwlip oe em ia 43 “The Best” Fruit Keeper. No. 1 sue tte teat eeee ees 1 16] Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 5 50 = . oan rat tease neers. . ps oar, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss 5 %5 ANUe HH BU LUB. cc cccccccsecese 9 ’ Yo » F No.2 101bs. 199 alf gal. 1 d’z b’x, p’rgr’ss 7 75 Ne? Sie. 1 00 MINCE MEAT. Sardines. Ideal, 3 doz. in case......... 2 Russian kegs.............. 55 Trout MATCHES. No. £300 ibe... .... 4 00 Diamond Match Co.’s brands. No. 1 40 lbs. 1991 No. 9 sniphur........ .-.. 1 & Dot Wie St 55 | Anchor Parlor -.1 70 mot Sile....... 47 | No.2 Home..... Sib. sacka 0... 4 00 Of o i saeke 3% Be 24 Ib sheks 1. . ||. 3 50 1 le eaecks 3 50 23 1b. linen Sae@ks...:.... 32 oe ib. dinen S8ekR... 60 Bulk in barrels..... ee 2 50 Warsaw. 56-Ib dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 00 56-lb dairy in iinen sacks... 60 Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Solar Rock. SOD BROKER 21 Common. Granulated Fine............ 65 Medium Hine iD SEEDS. Pe 8 13 Canary, Smyrna _ o/ Caraway ...:.:...°.. 10 BO eee ce 5 Cuttle Bone............... 20 SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, injars....... ... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SPICES. Whole Sifted. AGEOO 9 Cassia, China in mats....... 10 Cassia, Batavia in bund... .20 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna -15 Cloves, Zanzibar Mace, Batavia. -60 Nutmegs, fancy. -60 Nutmegs, No. 1... 50 Nutmegs, No. 2........... 45 Pepper, Singapore, black... 9 Pepper, Singapore, white. ..12 Pepper; shot................ 10 Pure Ground in Bulk. Meyeee ce 12 Cassia, Batavia ............. 22 Cassia, Saigon... ...........35 Cloves, Amboyna....... .. 20 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 15 Ginger, African............ 15 Ginger, Cochin........ see Ginger, Jamaica............ 22 Mace, Batavia.... ......... 70 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20 Mustard, Trieste............ 25 NUMMNOCS ce ca 40@*0 Pepper, Sing., black.... Pepper, Sing., white....15@18 Pepper, Cayenne........ 17@20 Bee os eee tee ccs 18 SYRUPS. Corn. Barrem.........:..... Sogges Half bbis....... .... 24@25 Pure Cane. ee es 16 MOOG MONO oe 25 SODA. BOROR ee 5% Kegs,-English............... 4% | ae e Ere Be ORIEN OH tabi i sn etaicbcesn nee 3 1 e MeN IRE tc apnmieet: PR OR eae” i » = \ 3 al 1 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 SOAP. tedry. Arm. ‘s Brands. Armour's Fimily 2... .c. 27 Armour’s Laundry... ... 3 25 Armour’s White, 1U0s...... 6 25 Armour’s White, 50s....... 3 20 Armour’s Woodehuck..... 2 55 Armour’s Kitchen Brown. 2 Armour’s Mottled German 2 40 SII BOX 2% 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 7 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 65 JAS. 5. KIRK & GO.’S BRANDS. American Family, wrp'd....3 33 American Family, unwrp’d.3 27 Oe 3 33 Cupiten 2c 2 20 PAVOR (oor 2 50 Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 10 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 Blue India, 100 % Ib......... 3 00 MirROMNG. 3 75 Meg . 3 65 One box American Family free with five. Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. AGE // eeraker sl 100 cakes, 75 Ibs. Single Pex. 8 2 80 Sbex ie. 2 10 box Tote. ec: 270 eo Ue™ Lots 2 60 Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands. ea ata il ee Single bow 2) 2 65 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 60 10 box lots, delivered........ 2 50 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars ..2 7% Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars....3 75 Uno, 100 %-Ib. bars.......... 250 Doll, 100 10-0z. bars......... 2 05 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz ........ 2 40 Washing Powder. + - “s A Most Plansant, but Most Efective civ worus. C90 mewee. twOane 100 12 oz pkgs........... wees 3 OU STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. 40 L-ib packages............. 6 20 1 ib packases............. 614 Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 40 1-lb packages............. 6% Grp DOKeS (2)... LL... 7 Diamond. 64 10c packages ........... 5 00 128 5¢ packages......... .. 5 00 32 10e and 64 5c packages...5 00 Common Corn. 20:1 Ib. packages. ............ 4% 40 1 ib. packages. ../ 2.0.00... 414 20 1b. boxes...... 4 40 tb. boxes. 2 3% Common Gloss. 1-lb packages............... 4% Sib packages............... 44 6lb packages............... 4% 40 and 50 lb boxes........... 3 Bere 23% No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. 7 20 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Cat Bost: 5 69 DOM 5 56 Cebes 5 31 Pewdercd 3.0 5 3k XXXX Powdered...........5 44 Moma Ao. .b ot Granulated in bbls... ...... 5d Vo Granulated in bags.........5 06 Wine Granulated... 5 06 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 1y Extra Coarse Granulated...5 19 Diamond Confec. A........ 5 U6 Confec. Standard A.... ....4 94 MeO 481 NO ee. 481 Oe 4 el te 4 75 No. 5 475 No. 6 4u9 No. 4 63 No. 4 50 Nee 4 44 Ne 4 38 NO Mo 431 Ne 4 2 MO te 4 13 NO 4 U6 Nee 3 00 NO 3 94 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 475 Lea & Perrin’s, small.....2 75 Halford, large............ 3 75 Halford small....... ..... 2 25 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, small..... 2 6 TOBACCOs. Cigars. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. New Brick. 35 00 Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s b’d. Governor Yates, 4% in..... 58 00 Governor Yates, 43; in..... 65 00 Governor Yates, 544 in..... 70 00 Montoro 30 00 H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. Quintete 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. eC ( ~ ® S.€. WwW... H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. ear Greeme ss 35 00 VINEGAR. Malt White Wine...:.......-_. a Pure Cider 8 WICKING. No. @; pergross.............. 25 ING. 1, persross. 5... 30 NOLS, WEE RTOSS. 6... 40 INO: 3: PEPSRORS. ool. 5 Fish and Oysters Fresh Fish. Per Ib. Whitefish .... 6... .: . @ 9 IONE cc. @ 9 Biace Gass... | @ 10 a @ 15 Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4 inetch 8... @ 10 Live Lobster....... @ 18 Boiled Lobster...... @ ee. @ 10 Haddock ....... 2... @ 8 No. 1 Pickerel...... @ 8 me @ 7 | Smoked White...... @ 8 Red Snapper........ @ 10 Col River Salmon.. @ Mackerel .......... @ 12 Oysters in Cans. FH Counts... ...... @ 38 BeIOCE @ 32 Staridards.:.... 2... @ 2% Shell Goods. Oysters, per 100 ......1 25@1 50 Clams, per 100. .... 90@1 00 lee 35 00 Candies. Stick Candy. bbls. pails StOnGGre os 64@ 7% Srandara 7. H...... 62o@ 7 Standard Twist..... 6 @8 oO ea @ 8% cases d0mbe, S216 @ 6% Bia Ho... @ 8% Boston Cream...... @ Mixed Candv. Competition......... @ 6% Standard... @7 Heneee @i*% eeerve...... ..,.. @ i% Royal ...... @ i% Ribbon..... Senco @ Broken 0 @ CO @ 8 English Rock....... @ Kindergarten....... @ 8% French Cream...... @ 9 Dandy Pan...... ae @lvu Valley Cream.. .... @13 Fancy—In Bulk. Lozenges, plain..... @9 Lozenges, printed.. @ 9 Choc. Drops... |. 14 Choc. Monumentals @i2z Gum Dreps.......-. @ 5 Moss Drops....... @i% pour Drops. 9 6. @8* Emperiais: || @ 8% Fancy—Iin 5 Ib. Boxes. | | | aac Lemon Drops....... @av Sour Drops... | @bu Peppermint Drops.. @b6U Chocolate Drops ... @b6) H. M. Choe. Drops.. @i5 Gum Drops... ° @30 Licorice Drops...... 73 A. B. Licorice Drops @v Lozenges, plain.... @5u Lozenges, printed... @av Dpertals 0 @dv Metioes.... @55 Cream Bar... @av Molasses Bar ....... @50 Hand Made Creams. 80 @9I0 Plain Creams....... 60 @se Decorated Creams. . @90 String Reek. @bv Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Wintergreen Berries @5d Caramels. No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib. Dexes 20 @30 No. 1 wrapped, 3 Ib. POxen @45 No. 2 wrapped, 2 Ib, bakes Fruits. Oranges. Choice Naples. ne @ en @4 50 Rodis 160 Imperials........ @4 50 wu Baney. @5 00 Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. @3 50 Strictly choice 300s.. @3 50 | ancy 3608 000 G4 50 |} Ex.Fancy 300s...... @4 50 Bx Hodi. @5 00 Bananas. Medium bunches...} 25 @i 50 Large bunches...... 17 @2 00 Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs, Choice Layers aU: Figs, New Smyrna 14 tb boxes... || Figs, Naturals in JO ib bare Dates, Fards in 101b bomen Dates, Fards in 60 1b Capen ee Dates, Persians,H.M. B., 60 lb cases, new Dates, Sairs 60 Ib Cases Nuts. Almonds, Tarragona.. Almonds, Ivaca....... Almonds, California, soft shelled......... Brazils new........... DPEDET . Walnuts, Grenobles .. Walnuts, Calif No. 1. Walnuts, soft shelled Jalif Table Nuts, faney.... Table Nuts, choice... Pecans, Med....... _.. Pecans, Ex. Large.... Pecans, Jumbos....... Hickory Nuts per bu., Oia, new... Cocoanuts, full sacks Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Suns. Fancy, H. P., Flags Hogs Choice, H. P., Extras. Choice, H. P., Extras, Roasted seeee Ser eeee Gi2% | 1 @il Grains and Feedstuifs Wheat. Wheat. a Winter Wheat Flour. Local Brands. eae wae 5 50 pecond Patent = 2 UO See 4 80 eee 4 40 ee ae BOCEWHEAL 3 40 ae 3 7 3 Subject to usual cash dis- count, Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. esmer tes SIUSRCT SS ae asker a0 Spring Wheat Flour. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. Pillsbury’s Best ae. 6 05 Pillsbury’s Best 14s........ 5 95 Pillsbury’s best %4s........ 5 35 Piilsbury’s Best 4s paper.. 5 8 Pillsbury’s Best ~S paper.. 5 85 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Grand Republic, \s........ 5 90 Grand Republic, 4s. |. 5 Sb Grand Republic, yee........ 5 90 Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s Brand. Gold Med@aliseg 0 Core MCCA ee 90 ore Medal ee 5 80 Parisian, eee 6 UU Parisian, oe... : 5 90 Parisian 148... & 80 Olney & Judson’s Brand. COPCSOta 368 6 00 Ceresota, 4s reactors. oF Old Ceresota, %s.. Seeds ccesca, Oo ON Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Barer 6 00 Laurel, aS. lc Dee ee 5 80 Meai. Oe ie Granulisted 0 2 00 Feed and Milistuffs. St. Car Feed. screened .... 14 50 No. 1 Corn and Osts...... 13 50 Unbolted Corn Meal... | “13 00 Winter Wheat Bran... . «1 @ Winter Wheat Middlings..15 00 Nereenings 10 00 The O. E. Brown Mili Co. quotes as follows: New Corn. Car lote yo +. oe Less than ear lots......___ 36 Oats. Cer lots 22% Carlots, clipped...... aio. 254% Less than car lots......__ 27 Hay. No. 1 Timothycarlots....._ 9 00 No. 1 Timothy, ton lots. --.10 00 Crackers. The N. Y. Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter. Seymetr MEN 4 Seymour XXX, 3 lb. carton 4% Family XXX Family Salted X ,31b carton. 4% Salted XXX. 31]b carton... 4% Soda. Net ON. 4 Soda XXX, 3 Ib Carton.... 4% DO ee Zephyrette i et 9 Long Island Wafers....___ 9 L. Il. Wafers, 1lbearton __ 10 Oyster. Square Oyster, XXX.. 4% Sq. Oys. XXX,'1 lb carton. 5% Farina Oyster, XXX 4 SWEET GOODS—Boxes. PMR 9 Bent’s Cold Water......... 13 Berle HOse 6 Cocoanut Taiiy........... 8 Cones Cakes 8 Frosted Honey... 10 | Graham Crackers... ... 5 Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 5 Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 5 Gin. Snps,X XX home made Gin. Sups,XXX scalloped... 5 or Ginger Vania... |... 7 Rroperialg 6 duimples, Honey... ...| |. . 10 Molasses Cakes............ 6 Marshmallow ........ . & Marshmallow Creams..... 13 Pretzels, hand made ..... 6 | Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6 [mugen Cake 6 Sultands ....... ee 10 Sear imnech 6 Vanilla Sqaareé 2... 4 Vaniiia Waters... 1... 12 Pecan Wafers... 12 Miried Piente 10 Cream Jumbles ............ 11% | Boston Ginger Nuts........ 5 |Chimmie Fadden ........ 9 Fimeapple Glace... |... | 12 Fenny Canes 0.) 6 Marshmallow Walnuts.... 13 Belle Isle Pienic..... decease 20 Provisions. Swift & Company quote as follows: Barreled Pork. | | | | ee Clean back Deoncm.. .. Pie, aa Bean ni PO Dry Salt Meats. Beles ....... a Dees iimtra shorts...._.... Smoked Meats. j Hams, 12 lb average .... 10 Hams, 14 1b average ... 934 Hams, 16 1b average..... V4 Hams, 20 lb average..... 8% Ham dried beef......... 16 Shoulders (N. Y. cut). . a econ, clear, |. 8 Gf California hams......... 7% | Boneless hams........... 8% | COOked Ham ak | Lards. In Tierces. COMpenii i hee bye 90 Ib Tube... | advance Le 80 lb Tubs.......advance 14 SOI Tins ....._. advance 4 20 ib Paris... |. advance Wy 10 lb Pails.......advance % S10 Pale. advance % Sib Pais... advance 1 Sausages. Bologna... . 5 Lives. 6% Provkiort 7 ne 64 ete 6 Pomete 9 Head ehéeése. 6% Beef. Mixtra Mess 7 8 ROMCHCHN | 11 00 PP 11 00 Pigs’ Feet. Bats, ibs 80 a Os 40 ihe 1 50 a Oels, S0ibs 2 30 Tripe. Mate Silbe. oc v6) 3 BBS 40 ibe 1 40 BOIS, SO ibe... oa Casings. Oe. 18 Beef rounds Poe. 4 Beet middies 9% Se 60 Butterine. mols, Gling. 10 woud Gai. 9% Rolls, creamery ......... 13 Solid, creamery ......... 12% Canned Meats. Comed beef, 21b....... 2 10 Corned beef, 14 Ib....._. 14 U0 meast beef, 2ib.... |. 2 10 Potted ham a 1... | a6 Fottcd ham, %%6..._. 1 00 Deviledham, 4s....... 60 Deviedham, 45... |. 1 00 Fetted tongue 4s....... 6p) Potted tongue \s....... 1 00 Fresh Meats. Beef. Coreass ‘ Gi Fore quarters.... .... @ 6 Hind quarters......_. Te@ 9 Borms Ne: 2... 9 @l2 ee @i2 nme M4@ 7% <—.......... .. 4 @s Reases @ 3 | Pork. foremed. @s | CO @8 SeGmeerm. |. @ be oat ioag 544@ 8 Mutton. @Caréass Gg @7 Spring Lambe... ..... § @ 9 Veal. os 744@ 8 Hides and Pelts. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- ows Hides. Green 64G 7% | Par cured... @ 844 | wut Cured. 05... |. ateg Kins. @rcem 64@ 7 Nips, ured... |... 8%2@10 8 x Calfskins, green...... 74@ 9 Calfskins, cured...... 9 @10% Deaconskins .....:... 2 @30 | Pelts. Sheariings ........_.. 5@ 30) Lambs ..... 25 60 | Old Wool 90 | 2 | Oils. Barrels. Bocene @ily | XXX W.W.Mich.Hadlt @ 8% W W Michigan........ @8 | Diamond White....... ar | Gas. " @ea Deo. Naptha @ 7% | CO MEee 2 @36 | Se 11 @2i \ack, winter......... @ 8 | No. 12 Tubular, side lamp.14 0€ | No. 0 Tubular, Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, Sal, PErgat......... Gale 1urn Dashers, per doz... 85 Milkpans. 4% gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 60 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 5% Fine Glazed Milkpans. M4 gal. flat orrd. bot.,doz. 65 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 5% Stewpans. l. fireproof, bail, doz. 95 i roof, bail, doz.1 10 Jugs. 14 gal., per doz 40 te gal.. per doz oe |} 1 to 5 gal., per ga 6% Tomato Jugs. “i... ...... l., each. 7 Corks for 4% Corks for 1g: % gal., lg doe doeeoeee ‘ Ml., perdosz.. 20 ul., per doz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. 4 gal., stone cover, doz... 7% 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, perlb... 2 LAMP BURNERS, Ne. O San. . & Oe 50 NO SO ee 50 65 Vito. a Nutmes ..._.. “eeeu cou.) oe Ciimax..... .. 28 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. Per box of 6 doz. No OSs 1 75 No } Sun... . decade 1 88 Ne 2s... 270 First Quality. No. 0 crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 25 XXX Piint. Sun, ~] _ oO iNo. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 55 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. .. 2 75 No. 2 Sun, crimo top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 75 CHIMNEYS—Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped and abel 3 70 No.2 Sun, wrapped and labeled a No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and Iaheleg No.2 Sun, “Small Bulb,” for Globe Lamps...... 80 La Bastie. No.1 Sun. plain bulb, per oe No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per Oe. 50 No. 1 Crimp, per dos. ...__ 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. .... 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime (65¢ doz)...... 3 50 | No. 2, Lime (70¢ doz)...... 4 06 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 7 Electric. No. 2, Lime (70e doz) ..... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 40 OIL CANS. Doz. 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 1 gal galy iron with spout. 79 a ue 4 y iron with spout. ul galy iron with spout. ul galv iron with spout. al galv iron with faucet <4 iron with faucet 5 gal tine cans... ..... 5 gal galv iron Nacefas ... Pump Cans gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56 gal Til OMT mR wd ateae qu 3 281 Home Rule... ..... 10 50 9 gal Home Ruje.... ......19 60 | 5 gal Pirate King...... 9 50 LANTERNS. rho. OVabolr 4 25 NO. 1 Tabular... ... 6 50 No.13 TubularDash. .... 6 30 No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 No. 3Street Lamp ....... LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents.. ..... No. 0 Tubular, cases2 doz. each, box 15 cents....... 45 bbis 5 doz. 3 75 ote | No.0 Tubular, bull’s eye, | eases 1 doz. each, ....... 1 3 LAMP WICKS. | Ne. 6 pererosa..... 20 ,oO ERer eros Cs INO. 2 Or GrOGH ..... 3... 38 OL 2 DOF BYORR. 4... . |. . MR ol, 70 SARIS LAS an ta aA aces aan Se bE Ean: oe SOUSA REI OE- an “recanted ets MICHIGAN TRADESMAW Downed Old Nicotine. ‘*Did I ever tell you why I swore off smoking?’’ asked a veteran traveling man, as the younger members of the party lighted up their weeds and settled back for an after-dinner smoke. ‘‘ No? Well, I'l] amuse myself with a recital of my troubles, while you fellows are busy trying to make chimneys of your- selves. I think | must have had a, he- reditary desire to smoke. Anyhow, I started in before I had reached my teens, borrowing my respected parent’s old briar pipe and burning up his strong tobacco out in a secluded corner of the old barn. Of course, I was discovered and read a severe lecture on the danger to a boy’s health from tbe nicotine. Of course, I promised not to do it again, but somehow in my childish way I figured out that my health was as good as my dad’s and that if he could stand it I could. So I kept on sub rosa. One day, when | dropped a match and near- ly burned the barn down, I did geta fright and let the weed alone for a couple of weeks, but it was not long be- fore I was soon at it again. The older I grew the more I smoked, and between pipe, cigar and chewing tobacco, I managed to keep using tobacco pretty continually. The last thing before I went to bed in the evening I would drop a little chunk of juicy plug in my mouth and roll off to pleasant dreams. If I did not find it there in the morning it did not make much difference. Fora long time I did not realize how strongly the tobacco habit was becoming fixed on me. I always flattered myself with the belief that I could quit whenever | wanted to. One bright summer day | planned to go out with a friend to spend the day shooting in the country about fifteen miles from town. My friend did not smoke. In the morning when we were Starting, out I carefully provided a big pouchtul of tobacco, a handful of cigars, a pipe, and a generous hunk of chewing. ‘hese I did up in a bundle and dropped in the rear of the buggy with the guns. I had a little plug in my pocket, and this kept me pretty busy until we reached the _ shooting ground. The first thing I did was to look for my ‘supplies.’ You can im- agine my horror and dismay to find them gone. The bundle had _ been jolted out of the buggy on the way out. It was then that I realized what an im- portant part of my existence tobacco had become. All day long I suffered the tortures of Tantalus. I could do no shooting ; I was too nervous for that. I could do nothing but speculate on the possibility of getting tobacco to satisfy my longings. If there had been a place within five or six miles where I could get some I would have cheerfully gone. But there was not. My friend could not understand my sufferings, but he could see that I was suffering. He tried to get me interested in other. things in vain. Finally, I proposed that we go back to town early in the afternoon. He good-naturedly consented, and we started. My one idea when we started back was to get to some place where I could get a cigar as quickly as possible. But | never smoked the cigar I wanted so badly. I have never smoked it yet. Somehow the scales fell from my eyes before I reached town and I saw my- self wearing all the galling chains of abject slavery to a foolish habit. I made a declaration to myself then and _ there. I said, ‘Nicotine, old boy, you'll never have a chance to torture me this way again.’ He never did. It was the greatest battle of my life. The enemy did not die until he reached the last ditch, but I beat him.’’ > 0 The Cartridge Trust. From the St. Paul Trade Journal. The use of breech-loading rifles and pistols requiring copper and brass shells for their cartridges has greatly increased the ability of the soldier and huntsman to shoot quickly and with effect, and has given them ammunition easily carried and not apt to be injured by dampness, or even long-continued immersion in water; and the use of such ammunition has become world wide, and has amassed large fortunes for the concerns which control its manufacture. In this country, however, this indus- try has become a strong monopoly, and it would seem one which demands an outrageous price for its commodities. The list price for long cartridges, such as are used for sporting and military rifles, is about $30 per thousand, and the profits made by the jobber and _re- tailer are very small and closely calcu- lated. About the very best the jobber can do is somewhere between $26 and $27 per thousand cartridges. When, however, these cartridges are sold to the national and state govern- ments, these prices are very nearly cut in half, and the big contracts made with foreign governments are on a basis con- siderably lower. This condition of things exists in spite of the fact that copper, lead, gun- powder, fulminate of silver and other materials have depreciated in price from 33 to 50 per cent. since the manufac- ture became established, and wages have been almost equally reduced, and skilled hand labor replaced by marvel- ously ingenious and wonderfully effect- ive machinery. It is safe to estimate that a thousand cartridges to-day do not cost more than one-half as much to make as they did in the eighties, and yet there has been no material reduction in the price. Once in a_ while an ‘‘independent”’ concern starts in to make cartridges, but the few which have started have soon closed, it is said, through the purchase of the plant by the established concerns. It is certain that this pool of cartridge manufacturers is one of the strongest and relatively most profitable of all ex- isting combinations. a en = Effect of the New Ordinance on Chicago Shippers. Chicago, Sept. 6—The provisions of the ordinance are severe on fraudulent packing, but the representations of the commission merchants had a good effect with the Commissioner and the result is satisfactory. The chief offenders were snide dealers who repack fruit and thus defraud dealers by destroying the de- mand for their good fruit. Already there have been a great many commendations of the move, and, as far as heard from, Michigan shippers who pack honestly are heartily in favor of the move, as they feel that at present every one, hon- est or otherwise, is accused of dishonest practices. One of our shippers who has been shipping to us steadily for twenty-five years said to us: ‘‘It is just what we want. We are tired of being called frauds for the benefit of curbstone swindlers and dishonest packers.’’ Some small fry so-called commission mer- chants are trying to create the impres- sion that the committee appointed by the dealers themselves had procured the passage of the ordinance; ,while the fact is, they exerted all their influence to modify the harshness of its provi- sions, and collectively and individually worked hard to extend the time, so that all should have a chance to get ready; but there are always some ready to find fault. The only objection reported is from those who want to use tarlatan to palm off inferior fruit as good. It will not be long before fruit covered in the old way will be looked on with suspicion of being stuffed, both in the city and country. **Honest dealings and honest dollars’’ is the motto in the fruit business, and to that no one can object. BARNETT Bros. > No More Trade-Mark Frauds. The Treasury Department is making active preparations to rigidly enforce the provisions of Section II of the Dingley tariff act, which was carefully drawn for the purpose of preventing the importation of goods under counterfeit ed domestic trade-marks, etc. All laws heretofore passed have proven of little effect for this purpose, but the Depart- ment feels confident that the present law will protect American manufacturers in their property rights in their trade- marks, and in order to promptly put the provision into force instructions have been sent to officers of the custom serv- ice throughout the country. Elgin System of Creameries It will pay you to investigate our plans and visit our factories, if you are con templating building a Creamery or Cheese Factory. All supplies furnished at lowest prices. Correspondence solicited. A MODEL CREAMERY OF THE TRUE SYSTEM True Dairy Supply Company, 303 to 309 Lock Street, Contractors and Builders of Butter and Cheese Factories, Manufacturers and Dealers in Supplies. Or write R. E. STURGIS, General Manager of Western Office, Allegan, [ich. Syracuse, New York. BSS SSN eS3ese = Saye SS SABRES BAS SS SS CS BSS BSB Ka} : Gs Z \\i/ -Corn Hooks. ass a Ke hs UG if Oy We now have The Brooks Corn Hook. AW The Carver Corn Hook. ‘ The W. C. & Co. No. 1 bright. Ke The W. C. & Co. No. 2 blued. My Get in your orders now and be ready when the de- A : ue y v mand begins. ( Foster, Stevens & Co., Ds Ue Grand Rapids, Mich. Os 3S SSSI SS SS SOI SOI SOILS IS SEAS eS PeISaARaaS AAAs aaass Bes This is our FRUIT AND DELIVERY WAGON. Racks when desired. Furnished with Fruit The Best is none too good. See this and our complete line of hand made Harness, Carriages, etc. Write for new catalog. BROWN & SEHLER, Grand Rapids, Mich. ce ae : ¢ s = 2 i RRL SEPA: Ce ae Re Rea Mets as ta?) aa ne eae ate areas Sonate The Street Traffic Problem. Written for the TRADESMAN. One of the most urgent mechanical and economic problems pressing for so- lution to-day is that of self-propelling vehicles. The rapid increase of street traffic in the great cities is coming to make the condition in all of them al- most intolerable. All are familiar with the resemblance to pandemonium which is now the principal characteristic of every City street sustaining any consid- erable traffic. The barbarous use and treatment of draught animals in any such street is repugnant to all refined sensibilities and a blot upon our civili- zation. The injury wrought by the present methods of street traffic is manifest in many ways. Aside from the resemblance to bedlam, which makes the threading of one’s way by any means through the confusion a serious and hazardous task, there is, in the present method, tremen- dous waste of time and energy. Thus, the regulation of speed in the moving of all vehicles is the pace of the slowest. Stand and watch the movement cf the processions which are making noise and confusion enough for breakneck speed and note how painfully slow and labored is actual progress. The manifest ex- penditure of energy is always sufficient for many times the work accomplished, on account of the necessarily rough con- dition of the streets, with the need of provision to move the loads in the roughest and steepest places. It has long been recognized as a duty to the refinements of civilization that everything in municipal management repugnant to the finer sensibilities shall be as quickly and effectually removed as possible. The only exception to this rule is in the treatment of the accumu- lations of mud and other filth in the streets. In this regard the throngs mov- ing upon all our great city highways are long suffering, if not patient. The material deposited in the streets is either secured to its place, or to what- ever it may come in contact with, by being converted into a plastic mortar, or it is a source of contamination and disease by being converted into dust and propelled by what should be the health-giving breeze. Now, the general progress of economic science has gone beyond what warrants this situation. Methods of building streets and providing for the transit of passengers and freight through them have advanced to a point which should work a decided modification of the pres- ent unbearable conditions. But the conservatism of habit must necessarily operate to hinder the application of these, as of all, radical economic im- provements. But, while there seems to be so little accomplished in remedying the situation—while, indeed, the con- tinued increase of traffic is more than balancing the improvements and mak- ing confusion worse confounded—yet there is to come the amelioration of the present conditions. The problem has not been given up; and, while so little is said of it that many are becoming discouraged, quiet but rapid strides are being made toward a practical and effectual solution. In one direction the progress is being made in the improve- ment and cheapening of impermiable and smooth pavements, in another and more radical in the preparation for do- ing away with animal traffic. This lat- ter question is most complicated, for it not only involves great change of habit, but there must be a new education in a eS a ee a te aa tore coe one ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN the management of mechanical of animal power. Just now there seems to be the great- est progress in the development of me- chanically driven vehicles in France and England. Thus, accounts are fre- quent of automotor road races in the former country, in which the entries are numerous and the races successful. In England still greater progress has been made in the direction of systematic use of the new vehicles. We read that a company has just placed a dozen elec- trical cabs on the streets of London. These are similar in appearance to an ordinary cab, run with accumulators un- derneath, have rubber tires and are lighted Ey electricity. They are re- ported as giving every satisfaction. When it is considered how difficult the use of such vehicles must be, in the present conditions, it will be manifest that, with the confusion removed, there would be no doubt of their practicabil- ity. As in other mechanical inventions of this character, the European countries for a time seem to take the lead, and no doubt history will be repeated when Yankee genius comes fairly into oper- ation. Improvement will then come with arush, our streets will quickly feel the change and the perfected apparatus will be sent to displace the cruder ex- periments which are now marking the progress of the movement in Old World cities, NATE. instead Obscuration of the Merchant. From the Industrial World. One of the recent tendencies of the times, active now for several years, is the avoidance of the middleman in commerce. The individual consumer buys from the general supply house and ignores the retail merchant. The re- tail merchant ignores the wholesale dealer and buys direct from the manu- facturer. Production had exceeded supply and the manufacturer, hoping to dispose of his surplus product, opened negotia- tions directly with the retail dealer. The supply house, noting the enforced economies of the people, advertised cheap goods and built up a trade. The continuance of these methods is doubtful. The retail merchants, suffer- ing from the effects of the supply houses and the department stores, are organizing all over the country for ‘self- protection and co-operation. Within several months hardware associations have been organized in three or four Western States and the formation of similar organizations in other states is under discussion. Recognizing the evil consequences to himself of the tabooing of the middle- man, the retail dealer, to be consistent, must recognize the wholesale merchant, and cease buying from the manufacturer. The latter must discover that,by selling directly to the retailer, he has not in the general aggregate added a pound to the consumption of goods, but only confused previous methods of doing business. If it were to permanently cheapen the cost of goods to the ultimate consumer, there would he great difficulty in cor- recting the innovation. That it does not so cheapen the cost of the same class of goods is the verdict which many buyers are reaching. It is therefore very likely that most phases of the short cut channel are only temporary and that the current of trade will, with the return of normal business conditions, resume its old course. The occupation of the merchant or trader is in no danger of extinction or serious impairment. The needs of peo- ple are multiplying. Buying must be- come more general. It only remains for the trade, both wholesale and retail, to watch existing tendencies and -make adaptations accordingly. Organizations comprise one of the methods by which this may be accomplished, and organi- zations are being created to meet the emergency. Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS i er ena ean one 70 G@CHMENGN, QOMMING -2 oo. s ll 25&10 CGMS GIERCION ..< 3. oo... ec eee 3 60&10 AXES Mires Quality. S. B. Bronze ................. 5 00 iret Quality, B. B. Bronze................. 9 50 First Quality, S. B.S. Steel...... .......... 550 Daret Quality, DB. Steel... 2... 6... 10 50 BARROWS PEDPEROGG $12 00 14 00 RRORMNCER ss net 30 00 BOLTS Oe ee eo et 60&10 oo MICE PING 70 to 75 See isa re ie ene a. Cc, 5 BUCKETS OL, Be 832 BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Pin, figured. :................... 70&10 Wrongs NATO oi ce. coca c en 7O0&10 BLOCKS Ordinary Tackle... ........... 70 CROW BARS Caet Stee per lb 4 CAPS By 6 Ee perm 65 BGO Ore oi occ ces ew esac perm 55 CE perm 35 OES se ec, perm 60 CARTRIDGES MU WOEG eo oo cs 50& 5 Conerae Pe Dk 5 CHISELS PRICES TEURIRC e 80 MOCKEOGE PrAMING lk, oa 80 Soeket Corner.......... occas ee : Ee 80 RC, NN ee sg hoo cc kas 80 DRILLS MIGERG S Este SOOCHA es 60 Taper snd Straight Shank................... 50& 5 Morse’s Taper SHAME. oo. oo. oie scene oc 50& 5 ELBOWS Com. 4pieeo, Gin... oo. uc doz. net 55 1 2 CRRA TENORIO os ses oe one dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark’s small, 6G; lance, 6... ........... = Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30 FILES—New List INGwW AMmiCEICam ccc ce 70&10 MGR on oc Heller’s Horse Rasps.. cl. -€0&10 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ..... 28 List 12 13 14 15 aes co... 17 Discount, 75 to 75-10 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 60&10 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... ......... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 80 MATTOCKS OORT a 816 00, dis 60&10 RG EG. $15 00, dis 60&10 REO ess se eae $18 50, dis 20&10 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and _ Steel nails, base..... ... Wire nails, base.. ciucaiss Goce siss | aciecsoca Soto GO SvaMGe ce Base HOGG IGAUEVANES oc ck 05 SaavaNee ee 10 Or MRVE 20 4advance........ a ae awe 30 a aevanee ooo. 45 2 ecvance ........ 70 Fine 3 advance. 50 Casing 10 advance 15 Casing 8 advance 25 Casing 6 advance.. 35 Finish 10 advance . Pa Finish 8 advance.. 35 Finish 6 advance.. 45 Barrel % advance... 85 MILLS Coffee, Parkers CO sii. 6. ccs ccc aimee 40 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables... 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........... 40 \Cemee, MRtGrprine. os 30 MOLASSES GATES Stebbin’s Pattern.. . Snes cco NERO Stabpis Genuine 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring ............ .... 30 PLANES Ohio Tot Co.'s, famiey.... @50 GIOtR BCU ee on ons ccs came tncie nee 60 Sandusky Toe! Co.'s, fancy................-. @50 Dene. HiA-QUaHey. oo ec ce cee @50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS ry. AGG oot ca le 60&10&10 Common polished)... 0000000000 00.5 1... 7& RIVETS Brom ane Timed 6 ee ess. 60 Copper Rivets and Burs..................... 60 PATENT PLANISHED IRON “A? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ““B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. HAMMERS ao & Ces, new Tl........ ...--. = — Oe a aces a a a Ss Yerkes SEP AOAR oe cs s co sn cas = 4080 — 8 Solid Cast Stee! -30¢ li acksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 0c list 40810 23 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tim Ware... ......... new list 75&10 Japanned Tin Ware....... se ee 20&10 Grrasite Iron Ware..:.............. new list 40&10 HOLLOW — Ne 60&1 WMO ee 60&10 PRMONONI oe ot 60&10 —e Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3.. i dis 60&10 per ‘doz. net 250 WIRE GOODS OTUs ee 80 ol ee 80 OM ee eek esa ess as: 80 Gate Hooks and Wyee............). 522... 4: 80 LE Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ dis 70 ROPES Sisal +6 inch and larger............... .... 514 bo ee a ee 8 SQUARES pee ON PRO ee ee oc eos ss se 80 ry ang Hevole .. 8... NOM SHEET IRON com. smooth. com ee TONG 83 30 82 40 Ee 3 30 2 40 Oe BO occ ie, .3 6 2 6C Nos. 22 to 24... . 3 2 70 Nos. 25 to 26.. After partaking of ginger beer, ap- ples, nuts, chocolate, three bottles of ginger ale, and some sherbet and water at a picnic, and then putting away his regular tea at home, a_ nine-year-old London boy complained of a pain in his inside. The Coroner next day called it gastro-enteritisis. aa eee Cinematographes seem to be deciced- ly dangerous. A fire broke out ina Paris theater from one recently, pro- ducing a panic, as the audience remem- bered that the machine was ihe cause of the charity bazaar tragedy. - ~~» -0-~ England’s readiness for war is shown by the fact that the British troops in Crete have just been supplied with straw for bedding, the War Office hav- ing taken only four months and a half to provide for it. an = A law of the State of Massachusetts prohibits towns from offering more than $500 as a reward for the arrest and con- viction of a murderer. ea The assessed valuation of Wyoming shows an increase of $300,000 as com- pared with last year. American Cotton by American Work- men for the People of America. The following from the St. Louis Dry Goods Reporter of August 28, relative to the Merrick Thread Company and their relationship tothe retail merchant and consumer, is so true and forceful that we publish the article entire. It should be read by every retail merchant. This spirit of true Americanism will be appreciated and receive the substan- tial support that their independent pol- icy merits: The manufacture of thread for fam- ily use in the United States, with the exception of the Merrick (and possibly one other company) is virtually in the hands of a combination controlled by foreign capital. The Merrick Thread Co. have steadily refused to co-operate in any combination, and by so doing, have been a most disturbing element in the purposes of the thread combine, They have, by their competition, on more than one occasion, compelled the combination to reduce the price of their product, and thus put money in the pocket of the retailer. Were it not for the independent course pursued by the Merrick Thread Company, is it not fair to suppose that this combination of European capital would have extorted from the American consumer a much larger price for thread, which is a ne- cessity in the poor man’s cottage and the palatial home of the wealthy? That the thread manufactured by the Merrick Company is superior in quality to that manufactured by the combination is sufficienily attested by the fact that manufacturers use the Merrick almost exclusively, notwithstanding the com- bination threads cost less made for manufacturing purposes. The Merrick Thread Company, while standing as a barrier to protect the American public from the extortion that would otherwise be exacted by the thread combination, have also made it possible for the retail merchant to real- ize a fair profit from handling their product. As manufacturers, they go directly to the retail merchant, the re tail merchant, therefore, securing all the profit. When these prominent features are considered—that the Merrick Thread Company are connected with no com- bination, are purely an American enter- prise, that their make of thread is equal, if not superior, to that made by the com- bination, that their thread can be handled by the retailer with a larger profit—it ought not to require much re- flection on the part of the dealer to de- termine where he should place his thread orders, purely as a matter of business judgment, regardless of the feeling which in most ot us,ina spirit of sympathetic spontaneity, goes out to those who seem to be standing in their business methods for the interests of the American public. The Western agency of the Merrick Thread Company is at 177-179 and 181 Fifth Ave., Chicago. > 0m - In each eye of the common house fly there are about 4,000 facets. They are sO minute that they can only be detected under the microscope. WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. POR SALE—BOOT AND SHOE STOCK IN- voicing about $1,800. Best location and only exclusive shoe store in town of 2,400 inhabitants. Address No. 391, care Michigan Tradesman. x91 OR SALE—160 ACRES OF GOOD ROLLING prairie land in Brown county, South Dakota; 20 acres under cultivation; #4 per acre. Address R A. Wohlfarth, Aberdeen, So. Da. 386 OR SALE—SECONDHAND SCALES, RE- paired and warranted, at very low prices; we take secondhand scales in trade when parties want scales of larger capacity, ete. Address Standard Seale & Fixture Co , St Louis, Mo. 385 JOR SALE—GOUD CLEAN STOCK OF GRO- ceries and notions in country village; doing a nice business; can leave postoftice with pur- chaser. Reason for selling, poor health. Ad- dress G. W. Townsend, Watson, Mich. 387 ANTED—MY EGG AND BUTTER TABLES are how completed. Saves time, figuring; neatly printed. Order booked, price 50 cents. Cash must accompany order. G. M. Adams, Plymouth, Mich. 390 7 ANTED — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 381 OR SALE—JUDGMENT FOR $8.08 AGAINST Miles H. Winans, real estate agent in the Tower Block. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 382 NOR EXCHANGE—A WELL-ASSORTED drug stock that will inventory $1,200 for a stock of groceries. Address John Cooper, 340 Woodworth avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich. 366 NUR SALE—CLEAN STOCK GROCERIES and crockery, enjoying cream of trade in best growing city in Michigan. Lake port and center of fruit belt. Patronage mostly cash. Rent, $50 per month, with terminable lease. Stock and fixtures will inventory $3,500, but ean be reduced. Reason for selling, owner has other business which must be attended to. Business established five years and made money every year, Answer quick if you expect to se- cure this bargain. Address No. 358, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 358 | es SALE—ONE 100-HORSE POWER SLIDE valve engine, especially adapted to sawmill work, and fitted with a Nordberg Automatic Governor. Can be seen running any week day at Wallin Leather Co.’s tannery, Grand Rapids. . 313 ANTED—PARTNER WITH $2,000 FOR one-half interest in hardware, stoves and tinshop, plumbing and furnace work and job- bing, roofing, etc. Have several good jobs on hand and a well-established trade; best location in heart of city. Address Box 522, Big Rapids, Mich. Pa! OWN SEVERAL GOOD FARMS LOCATED in Ringgold and Union counties, lowa. ‘The best grazing country in the world—right in the midst of the celebrated Biue Grass region of Southern Iowa. Ali have No. 1 good soil ans can’t be beat for grain and stock raising. I want to trade any or all of these farms for a well established store. Write at once. A. O. Ingram, Mount Ayr, Iowa. 373 “ EXCHANGE—TWO FINE LMPROVED farms for stock of merchandise; splendia location. Address No. 73, care Michigan —— man. Ve J ANTED—1,000 CASES FRESH EGGs, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca, Mich. 249 PATENT SOLICITORS. JQREE—OUR NEW HANDBOOK ON PAT ents. Ciiley & Allgier, Patent Attorneys, Grand Rapids, Mich. 339 MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED_SITU ATION BY AN EXPERI- enced man as salesman or manager of gen- eral merchandise or grocery business. Referen- ces the best. Address No. .89, care Michigan Tradesman. 389 \ J ANTED—POSITION IN GROCERY OR general store; twelve years’ experience; qest of references; capable of filling any position of trust. C. Westmore, Norveil, Mich. 388 _ ANTED—POSITION BY MALE STENOG- rapher owning typewriter: experienced and accurate. Address Box 566, Grand Rapids. 375 po my ETVICALLY WW, Op bp Op pp On bn bn Oi bata baba harti sn tatahantrLintr PPO GF FOF OCOOFTOCOOCEOCOCOCOTCOTSCOCOOTCEOCOCOTEFCSTCCCCCTOCGCSTST EGS Mrs. Jones’ 1S prepared from Fresh Ripe Tomatoes and has a PER h/t Ha Peculiarly ECL FUNCOLORED | CRTC. 1i33)) *sju9d SI JO} SIJWIOY 9ZIS Id LNA js ] Large Fluted Bottle Retails for 10 cents. a 7 ae Ep FRO ' ay ae BA Aga tn8 ul Flavor iS: er ee CP era s ites: ‘ Petia to be ABSOLUTELY PURE and in conformity with the rigid Ohio state laws. Take no Chances and Sell Mrs. Jones’ Uncolored Catsup. and the best jobbers everywhere in the United States. WILLIAMS BROS. & CHARBONNEAU, Detroit, Sole Proprietors. | i i hh Home Made Catsup This Catsup has been analyzed by the Chemist of the Ohio Pure Food Commission and found At wholesale by Clark-Jewell-Wells Co., Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., Grand Rapids, The Stimpson Computing Scale Simplicity, accuracy, weight and Value shown by the movement of one poise. It is the acme of perfection and not excelled in beauty and finish. We have no trolley or tramway to handle. We have no cylinder to turn for each price per pound. We do not follow, but lead all competitors. We do not have a substitute to meet competition. We do not indulge in undignified Bees eS eS CS SS SS SES and unbusinesslike methods to make sales—we sei] Stimpson scales es on-their merits. Agents of other companies would not have to spend most all ot their iime trying to convince the trade that our scale was no good if the Stimpson did not possess the most - points of merit. Ail we ask is an opportunity to show you the Scale and a chance to convince you that our claims are facts. Write us and give us the opportunity. CERES JS) The Stimpson Computing Scale Co., Ro ELKHART, IND. Represented in Western Michigan by Cc. L. SENSENEY, Grand Rapids. Telephone No. 266. B Represented in Eastern Michigan by (6 R. P. BIGELOW, L Owosso. TVUC CCC TCU CVC CCC CCC CC VUE VC CVT CUCU CTU CCU VCC VC VCVCUCUCCCCVCCVUCVTVCCCCVCVTCVCCCCVTVCVCCCCT? POP OE GV GF OOF FOF OG FFF FGI IIE IIIS SSNS SE SESE W ISAS SS) ISN — AOSV SISeSes B32: S33 SSegss Ss) x PASS eS SS EES BE K CIES SO SSeS es SS es SSSSesesS SSeS ees CESSES CESSES SESS EES SK SS DY NOES AS SESS ESE SSS. PRANRAARA RRR The Cream of Wheat for Bakers Cannot be excelled. It is a perfect flour manufactured from spring wheat, in which the following points are prominently retained: Strength, color, water absorp- tion, amount and quality of bread. ~ ene x ae gS The Cream of Wheat for Grocers Is a trade winner. It is a scientific blend of the finest Dakota and Minnesota hard spring wheats and is un- equaled for family bread baking. You should handle this flour; it is a trade winner. Splendid advertising matter furnished. The Cream of Wheat Has for the past fifteen years been sold on the market and each year has seen a steady increase in its sales. It is the most profitable spring wheat flour for bakers, job- bers and wholesale and retail grocers to handle. The Cream of Wheat Is milled in a strictly modern 500 barrel roller process mill, in which only the latest improved machinery and highest skilled labor are employed. Each and every o sack or barrel comes to you fully guaranteed and is made with the aim of pleasing a class of bakery and family trade that are satisfied with none but the best. Write for prices and samples, eT RMON BF my Ieicdedeicicicdeicicicdciciodeds ROT TN ei Poti a eee st emer TI eR REI JOHN H. EBELING, Green Bay, Wis. 1 ee =