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Free samples on application. : e = TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. © 8 nem : 7. eee e a This class of work, involving Special attention in venti- BOROHOHOHORSHOUOROTONONOEONOECHOHOEOHOES ZONOEC HONORS @ lation and circulation, is a distinctive feature in the heat- ® ing business. We have attained special distinction in such construction. We invite enquiry from school boards. @_. ae e WEATHERLY & PULTE GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. @ OL@LOLOLOLOLE L200 L202 ““"Tés not in nature to command success, but we'll do more. Semprontus, we'll deserve it.” MUSTARD wersus SALICE. SOP 00000000 00000000 09000000 99000000 6000000000000000 : BAYLE’S HORSERADISH MUSTARD Is the ORIGINAL and GENUINE Horseradish Mustard. WHY NOT TRY THEM NOW? vs OR centuries the English have been known as great mustard-eaters—the greatest in the world. They differ from the Southern races, such as the French, Spanish, Italian, etc., in that they rank condiments higher than sauces. True, they manufacture and export ® 2 ® @ ; ° © e \ sauces, but they prefer for their own use condiments, and the greatest of all condiments is ; mustard, The average Englishman delights in having his mustard prepared for him fresh every day. Sd N N\ Sd There seems to be a reason for this, Sauces, although a petizing, are made with drugsand @ are more or less disguised in their nature and artificial in their effects, Mustard, on the con- | trary, strengthens the natural tone of the stomach, increases the flow of the gastric juice, and | ——w thereby promotes the general bodily health. It is probably on account of this power of giving i life to the system and enabling it'to throw off unhealthy products that the English in former ® years used mustard as a medium of purifying the blood in skin diseases and similar ailments. | SS For some time past we have made quite a study of mustard, its proper preparation and the | ; ¢ $ ¢ A = ® o 4 5c CIGARS SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS. G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Mfrs., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. reservation of its qualities. Our line of mustards is quite complete, and each and all will be ound to be so put up and packed as to last for years in perfect condition For Sale by SOLE MAKER... Wholesale and Retail Grocers GEO. A, BAYLE, Throughout the United States. ST. LOUIS, U. S.A. See SOOSSOSS 90000099 0000006060600000606000006006 OOo =e: oe, a, Me, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra > DS. DH. HS SS SS SO OO a oo oe QF FIOSOO OOO OOOO OSS ssss>. \ © DDDHHHHHHHHH}HHO - Are You In Earnest about wanting to lay your business SA. qa | ~— Gc. = —_ SSesee HNOWW LOWE 6 DEALERS IN ¥ ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING Wy propositions before the retail mer chants of Michigan and Northern In- diana? If you really are, here is your - opportunity. The Michigan Tradesman devotes all its time and efforts to cater- ing to the wants of that class. It doesn’t go everywhere, because there are not merchants at every crossroads. NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES W Office and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., W Ww GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. v W W ) It has a bona fide paid circulation. Has just what it claims, and claims just what it has. It is a good advertising medium for the general advertiser. Te? dics at better ¢coh a Bulk-works‘at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rap- We'll make it better right along. ids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City, Fremont, Hart. Whitehall, Holland and Fennville Sample and rates on request. Grand Rapids. QQDDHHHDHHOH}HDHHHOS WUINOOOWOWOWIOWOOOWK Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. MOOOOOOHOOOGGO 6) lOO Elgin System of Creameries' It will pay vou 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. Rr o~, ; « . 7 oe. = et # a vi = ae 3 Sees eae S a a S Foe A MODEL CREAMERY OF THE TRUE SYSTEM True Dairy Supply Company, 303 to 309 Lock Street, Syracuse, New York. Contractors and Builders of Butter and Cheese Factories, Manufacturers and Dealers in Supplies. Or write R. E. STURGIS, General Manager of Western Office, Allegan, [Mich. Exclusive Agency For Kent, Allegan and Ottawa counties of the celebrated Buffington Acetylene Gas Machine The best and cheapest light in the world. Estimates fur- nished and contracts taken. Endorsed by the Board of Un- derwriters. The most complete and simplest in the market. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for further information. Sproul & McGurrin, 184 E. Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. PEEEAEESESEESEEESESEEEEEEEEEREEEEE SESE ESEEEEEEEEEES LOOMIS & GASSENMEIER... MANUFACTURERS OF SHOW CASES For all kinds of goods. Secondhand show cases on hand and exchanged. te te te te te He te He he te He he HG FFFFSFSSSSISS 612 Michigan Avenue, East = FSF SSSSSSFSSSSTS STFS SSSSSSSSSSSTSTTS Lansing, Michigan THE EUREKA” 2 LIST PRICE: : “ EUREKA eure, $1500 Pre poz “ DINGREE prem, 12,006 « “EUREKA'S«ck, 7,000 © DISCOUNT TERMS PATENT SACK For Sale by Jobbers.~; Liberal Discount to Dealers. SEED AND FRUIT a POOR Cough Drops THE C.BLOM, ur! ECONOMY It is poor economy to handle cheap flour. It is never reliable. You cannot guarantee it. You CANDY Co., HOLLAND,- MICH: do not know whether it +f will make good bread or SEEPS GR not. If it should not make good bread —and poor flour never does— For Sale by Leading Jobbers. your customer will be 2 PROLeSN AS displeased and avoid you afterwards. You can guarantee... The Leader of all Bond Papers (/ a Made from New Rag Stock, Free from Adulteration, a ae Perfectly Sized, Long Fiber P “Lily White” Flour » 4 Magna Charta ) We authorize you to do « b | so. It makes good bread Bond » every time. One sack { : r | sold to-day will bring q se » | = customers for two sacks |@ Carried in stock in all the 7 | later on. Order some ( standard sizes and weights by } s NOW. ’ TRADESMAN COMPANY | § { R » $ Valley City Mitling Co. q Manafacturer’s Agent, } |e 4 GRAND RAPIDS. i$ Grand Rapids, Mich. ) a EF¥ aw a a CHORCROROCHOROCHOROROCOCHOEOR Having added a Folding Box and Printing Department to our Regular Box Factory, occupying two floors in addition to our already large establishment, we are prepared to make Folding Boxes, printed or plain, of every description, including tuck end bottle cartons for extracts, toilet articles and family medicines. We also make a specialty of cartons for cereals, dried fruits, mince meats, crackers, bakers’ sweet goods, candies, cigar clippings, etc. We make Folding Boxes with tuck ends, lock ends, or square ends, and ofall kinds of stock, from plain strawboard to the finest enameled folding box boards in all colors. Our facilities for box and bottle labels are unexcelled. We make a specialty of gold leaf work, embossing and all kinds of odd-shaped label work. Write us for samples and prices. We wiil guarantee first-class work, save you excessive freight charges and fill orders in less time than is ordinarily taken by Folding Box Manufac- turers in the East. Address GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO., 81, 83 & 85 Campau St., Grand Rapids, Mich. J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. FLOWERS, MAY & MOI.ONEY, Counsel The Michigan Mercantile Agency Special Reports. Law and Collections. Represented in every city and county in the United States and Canada. Main Office: Room 1102 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. Personal service given all claims. Judgments obtained without expense to subscribers The ‘*EUREKA”’ for 1898. With Improved Tube and “Stud” Lock. As the tube is largest at the bottom, perfectly round all the way down, and free from obstructing bolt or rivet heads, it cannot clog, and as the “Stud” Lock relieves all tension on the front jaw, it cannot pick up the seed. The “EUREKA?” is 20 per cent. faster in light or mel- low soil than any Stick Handle Planter made. THE PINGREE” The “PINGREE,”’ with “Stud” lock. “The handiest gec : Ro: best finished and most durable Stick Handle Planter on 2BOHILLS IN 2S 4 ACRES IN 9 <> BNE OD GROUND. MEDIUny the market. C&Eon * LS IN | HOuR Le ee ers * Be FeO 00 HN HL The “EUREKA” and the “PINGREE” are the only Zo on pe Hand Potato Planters with Self-Locking jaws or adjustable depth gauge. As the jaws lock automatically the instant the Planter is raised free from the ground, the potato cannot drop through, nor can it force the jaws apart so as to permit the earth to enter between them and thus crowd the seed to the surface as the beak enters the ground. Every tool warranted to work perfectly. GREENVILLE PLANTER CO., Sole Mfrs., Greenville, Mich. tna. Volume XV. PREFERRED BANKERS — LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Commenced Business September rf, 1893. Insurance im force... >... . $2,'746,000.00 Net increase durimg 1807 ....° |. 104,000.00 Prot Misses 32,738.49 Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.......... None ines Pidgmies | 8 None Total Death Losses Paid to Date...... 40 061.00 Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- ti 812.00 Death Losses Paid During a... 17,000.00 Meath Kate for toy. os 6.31 Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897.... S.25 FRANK E. ROBSON, Pres. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, Sec’y. ; 99OO000O909O9OSSSSCOOC OE If You Hire Help —.- You should use our Perfect Time Book ~~——and Pay Roll. Made to hold from 27 to 60 names and sell for 75 cents to $2. Send for sample leaf. BARLOW BROS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICi. #OOOOOS4 400009000000 00 © OOOO OOOO S9OOO0 45 OOS4E SHO PHSOSIOSIODSOSOO OOD e QOcpest, most reliable wholesale cloth- ing manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y., are KOLB & SON Our Spring Line ready— Winter Line still compiete, Best $5.50 all wool Kersey Over- coat, and best $5.50 Ulster in market. batance of our Fall Line, and our entire AAPA IAT See Spring Line. Write our Michigan Agent, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call on you. Mr. Hotel, Grand Rapids, from Saturday, March 17st Connor will be at Sweet’s until Wednesday, March 23d. > PP PLP OIL I ALOIS LALO IA The Commercial Credit Company, L’t’d, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Collects all kinds of debts from all kinds of debtors for all kinds of people and in all kinds of piaces in the United States and Canada. L. J. STEVENSON, Manager and Notary. R. J. CLELAND, Attorney. “APP DORDOOSO GSP OOO OOOOOO E TH FIRE ¢ v INS. ¢ 7? iO. 6 q { 9O9OOOO. . Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pies. W. FRED McBam, Sec. Wealden ivdiduNvdu vee dda dtdddiddd ey Fancy Calendars = The Tradesman Company has a large line of Fancy Calendars for 1898, to which it invites the The Company is also equipped to inspection of the trade. prepare and execute anything in the line of specially designed calendars, either engraved or printed. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1898. OUT OF SEASON. Epicurean Demands Supplied by Home Enterprise. If our grandfathers could return to earth, they would see many things that would surprise them, and the surprising things would not by any means be con- fined to the wonders of invention and development. The patriarchs returned to earth would, deubtiess, be amazed at the trolley cars and telephone, and then, going to dinner, would be equally as- tonished at the possibilities of the mod- ern midwinter menu. It is possible they might look upon the electrical and steam appliances as uncanny-— at least, they would not pretend to understand them—-but when it came to things to eat, they would expect to be right at home and to find at least a few familiar dishes to partake of. New potatoes, new peas, fresh lettuce, young onions and new radishes in February would probably surprise them even more than the workings of the trolley car. Fresh strawberries and new pie plant in March would be as amazing as the steam lo- comotive. Broilers and mushrooms would be as strange to them in mid- winter as a pond of ice in midsummer, And yet these unseasonable things to eat are well known in this modern age. Some of them are made possible by improved methods of transportation and others by improved methods of grow- ing. The new potatoes, peas, beans and tomatoes come from the Sunny South and are landed in the markets here al- most as fresh as when they leave their native soil. The lettuce, radishes and onions are home grown in hot houses and broilers and mushrooms are also products of home enterprise and _ in- genuity. Broilers are young chickens, eight to ten weeks from the egg, and when properly cooked are as tender and sweet and juicy as chicken can be. They are delicacies for the invalid and choice morsels for the banquet board, and if waited for to come in the natural course of events, as our grandfathers were compelled to do, they would not be due yet for four or five months. Broilers in March are as much of an artificial prod- uct as lettuce or radishes. The only natural thing about them is the original egg. The mother is a machine and the warmth that gives life to the embryo comes from a kerosene lamp. The broilers are all incubator chicks, and they are brought into the world ~ by wholesale. For tbe first ‘‘crop,’’ the eggs are placed early in December, and a ‘‘loaded’’ incubator wil! hold too or more. It takes an egg just as long to hatch in the incubator as the eggs that the old hen sets on, which is three weeks, and the warmth is supplied by a lamp which is constantly kept burn- ing. The eggs are turned from time to time by the attendant and when the time comes for the chicks to come forth, the attendant is on hand to lend any of the infant chicks too feeble to emerge alone such assistance as may be needed. The chicks are kept warm and are fed and cared for as tenderly as any mother hen could or would do, and in eight or ten weeks they are ready for the mar- ket. The wise broiler grower does not put all his eggs to hatch at one time, but tucks them in at intervals so as to have a successive crop, the first coming into market about this time and the iat- er broods at intervals of a week or more until the spring is well advanced, or un- til the natural grown broilers are ready. The first broilers are now in the market, but it is too early yet for them to have a very warm reception or to command anything like fancy prices. The late- grown chickens of last fall are still ten- der and fresh, and they can be had so much cheaper than the incubator chicks that they are in demand. Along in April and May, however, the winter- grown broiler will be in demand, and where they command only 11 and 12 cents now, they will then easily bring 25 to 35 cents a_ pound, live weight. The broiler market is supplied mostly by local growers. There are several in- cubators in town, the largest one on the West Side, and there are also growers at Allendale, Saranac and Ionia. The product is so large that considerable quantities are shipped to Detroit, Chi- cago and other points. Mushrooms, essentially a summer product in this climate, are an all-the- year-around article in the Grand Rap- ids markets. They are grown in the old plaster quarry on the West Side by Allie Apted, and while the home market con- sumes ouly about Io to 20 pounds a day, he has a_ product of 30 to 40 pounds a day, shipping the surplus to Detroit and other points. In the fall wagonloads of barnyard refuse and rich black earth are drawn into the quarry and-the soil is properly worked into beds and left to heat and ‘‘ripen.’’ When the condi- tions are right smali bits of spore are pushed down into the soil, and then all that has to be done is to wait for de- velopments. The beds are placed far within the quarry, and in winter and summer the temperature is practically the same. It is intensely dark and the mushroom gardener has no weeds to pull or -cultivating to do. He just waits. In the course of time, some morning when he enters the quarry he will find the beds dotted over in patches with white spots, and these spots quick- ly develop into mushrooms. The local demand has greatly increased in recent years. Four or five years ago ten or twenty pounds would have answered ail the purposes of this market for a week, while that quantity is now consumed in a single day. The quarty-grown mush- rooms are good until the outdoor article is found in the fields and barnyards, and the natural-grown fungi drives the quarry-grown out of market by reason of its cheapness. Mushrooms have been grown in dark corners of hot- houses, but their cultivation has never been sufficiently successful to encourage the business. In other cities where plaster quarries do not exist regular cellars are built for mushroom cultiva- tion and in Paris the old catacombs, the home of the long-since dead, are utilized. The spore, used as ‘‘seed’’ for planting the mushroom beds, comes in the form of bricks and is imported from France and England, although some of it is produced in this country, Number 754 An Unlucky British Trust. From the London Economist. At a time like the present, when the attention of investors is being so per- sistently invited to combinations and amalgamations intended practically, if not admittedly, to create industrial monopolies, the dividend announcement of the Salt Union appears opportunely as a note of warning to those who are being misled into the belief that enter- prises of the kind have real prospects of becoming permanently successful. When the Salt Union was formed we ventured to warn the public against subscribing to it; but the combination was introduced under what were de- scribed as highly favorable auspices, and it made such a brave start witha 10 per cent. dividend for 1889 that the ordinary shares went to a substantial premium. In the following year, how- ever, the dividend was reduced to 7 per cent. ; then for two years in succession 5 per cent. was paid; for 1893 the dis- tribution was 3 per cent. ; for the next year 2 per cent.; for the next 2 per cent.,and for 1896 1 per cent. was paid. And now, not only is the ordinary div- idend *‘passed,’’ but only 14 per cent. 1s proposed to be paid on the 7 per cent. preference shares; so that the descent has of late years been very steep. The unsatisfactory result is attributed in the market to the unfortunate trading with the United States and with India; and it is reported that the directors are conferring with the large shareholders in the hope that a scheme may be ar- ranged for getting the undertaking out of the mess. The task is not an en- viable one, for the Salt Union is enor- mously capitalized, and the product in which it deals is, happily, found in most quarters of the globe. It is sincerely to be hoped that the history of the Salt Union may act as a deterrent to investcrs who may feel tempted to join in one or other of the combinations that are being so freely talked about, for the process is as inimical to the interests of the country as a whole as it is usually sconer or later unprofitable to those whose capital is embarked in it. One of the essentials of all these attempted monopolies is to raise prices, but it generally happens that the advance is confined to the home markets, so that, with the larger profits exacted from consumers in Great Britain, the combinations may be the better able to _undersell their compet- itors abroad. While so much is being said about the necessity of obtaining fresh markets for our products, it is certainly a matter for careful considera- tion whether it is really an advantage to the country generally that the estab- lishment of these new markets should be effected at the expense of the con- sumers at home. Meanwhile, the ex- ample of the Salt Union is not calcu- lated to encourage imitators in other lines of business. — >>> — The discoverer cf Mount Bischoff, the greatest tin mine in the world, which has paid $7,500,000 in dividends, died a short time ago practically penniless. ‘‘Philosopher’’ Smith, as he was called, had a pension of $1,000 per annum from the New South Wales government, but it did not enable him to make provision for his wife. The New South Wales parliament was accordingly asked to continue half the pension in her favor, which it did by a large majority. When Mount Bischoff was made into a stock company Smith took a large number of shares, but, losing confidence in his own discovery, sold them for a song. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods Tne Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—The heads of depart- ments in the jobbing houses express themselves as feeling positive that un- less there is a decided change in the market conditions in the near future, they will have to pay at least ‘sc ad- vance on two or three of the leading tickets; in fact certain lires that are short have already been advanced a trifle. Prints and Ginghams—The market for prints and ginghams has continued steady, without any particular feature. In the jobbing houses the best business was in wash goods, and ginghams, zephyrs, etc., have been in iarge de- mand; in fact, a fair business has been done from the very cheapest ginghams to the highest priced domestic and im- ported fabrics. Fancy printed fabrics in the primary market are firm asa rule, and in lines of organdies and other sheer goods, running from 7%@ 15c per yard, there is a steady, un- abated demand, and it is fair to assume that several tickets are securing a slight advance. Silks—The sales of dress silks have been very good during the winter, but from the preparations that are being made for the coming spring and sum- mer, dealers are having every reason to expect a much better season of busi- ness. Plain goods are going to be much more popular than strines and plaids, as the latter patterns have become some- what passe. Changeable silks are not likely to take quite so well as they have done for a year or two back, as the styles of goods are changing ; in change- ables this year, there is to be noticed a difference, in the formation of both the warp and woof of the silk, from what has been usually seen, in that they are of a ligbt and a somewhat darker shade of the same color, thereby giving a shaded effect, instead of being of con- trasts, as have been used so much. The designs shown in this season's goods are very tasty, neat and well chusen, and there are very few very gaudy things that will be used. Prices are consider- ably higher than they were a little while ago, the reason being on account of the rapid rise in the price of raw silk. These advances in values affect the amount of buying being done but very little, for if a person wants a thing he generally purchases it, regardless of whether it costs a little bit more or not. Carpets and Rugs—Reds and greens appear, from all indications up to the present time, to be the shades which will be the most popular in carpets dur- ing this season. All the dealers are looking forward to a rather satisfactory trade in the carpet and rug lines, and tor that reason have, in a way, prepared accordingly, taking ina few more goods, perhaps, than they ordinarily would, if money did not appear to be circulating somewhat better than it has been doing. Prices, as a rule, are not so very much higher than they have been for some little while back. The tendency among purchasers is for no especial patterns, the flowery, empire and common or or- dinary patterns all selling about as well as each other, but the colors that are being chosen usually, in the general run of cases, border on the red or green shades. Rugs are selling about as well as they always do, although almost all the call is for domestic goods, as it is in the carpet trade. Every one nearly in the carpet business anticipated the great advance there would be in the duty on all kinds of imported straw Mmattings, and so brought in a good deal of these goods before the bill went in force, so that now for a while one is able to secure this special article at a much more reasonable price than he would have been able to do if dealers had not done this. Linings—Linings of all kinds, but cot- ton goods and satines, principally, are in a very quiet condition, and business in general is pretty poor. There is hardly any demand to speak of; what there is is of but very little conse- quence. Silesias and satines are about the only things that areselling. Speak- ing of prices, it can be said that they are lower than they have been, because | of the large supply of these goods al ready manufactured, and of the recent | drop in the price of cotton. everything looks rather blue, because of the stopping of what is usually a very zood demand for all kinds of good; from the different New England cotton manufacturing towns, tor when such a number of operatives are thrown out of work as has been done by these strikes, none of the local dealers care to have much extra stock on hand which would not be very likely to be sold. Furs—The past fall and winter sea- son has been a satisfactory, but by no means very flourishing, one in the ladies’ fur garment trade. In the early part a large number of collarettes ana shoulder capes were worn, on account of the urusually mild weather, and tb:- of necessity caused a demand for a | kinds of muffs, but the best seller was the small, plain, 24-inch muff, although the decorated ones sold pretty well. Heads, but tails, principally, of the various small animals have been us+d very largely in trimming up the ga - ments this season, and they will also be used a good de3l next fall and wii.- ter. However, lately the call has becn for heavier wraps, instead of the light ones, and seal coats and jackets have sold about the best in this way, for now the prices on seal skins are about a: low as they will be for sume time, ow- ing to the stopping of their being brought into this country. The electric seal has been a fair seller, owing to _ its cheapness, and some people are just now trying to get cheaper priced goods, no matter if it does not wear half as well as one real, good, higher priced one would. Some marten and the blue fox have been used quite largely for all purposes, but in speaking of the lighter fur, there has been quite a good deal of alpaca used in making shoulder cap-s and some collarettes, too. For evening wear, during the chilly summer even- ing, there will be very likely quite a number of these light fur garments usei. Trunks— Dealers in trunks and bags are pretty confident of a rather good season of business in those lines during this coming spring and summer, partly because of the poor trade of last sea- son, which held back the demand for a number of these goods’ which were needed at that time, and because, from the present general appearances, there seems to be a little more in circulation than there was a year ago. There area great many novelties in trunks being shown, such as those with fancy trim- mings, and those with a number of leather straps on them, but the most of them are of canvas rather than leather. Dress suit cases of all sizes are very likely to be in excellent demand, as they always are, and hand bags, too, of the most improved and regular patterns are sure to sell pretty well. In this business, as in a good many others, | A 4 i Dealers don’t keep our goods; they SELL them. Carpets All grades cut at wholesale. You Carry Only Samples We carry the stock. When you make a sale, send us the pattern number, size of room or quantity wanted and we will ship your order the same day as received —sewed if desired. OVER 3.000 DPA RS dling our carpets profitably. you to success. For One Dollar We will send you a book of Carpet Sam- ples contaming about 50 patterns—size gx18 inches. These samples are cut from the roll, so you can guarantee every carpet as represented—in style, color and quality. No picture scheme or Misrep- resentation. Every sample is finished, numbered and quality specified on ticket, so you can make no mistake when order- ing. Wealso make up books as above, 18x18 in., which we will furnish For Three Dollars This size is very popular, as the patterns show up beautifully. If you prefer large samples we will cut them any length desired at the price of the goods per yard. We have the best-selling goods on earth. Don't wait, order samples at once; it will be to your interest and we want you to represent us. are now han- Let us start HENRY NOEE & CO., SOUTHEAST CORNER MARKET & MONROE STS., CHICAGO. D x Dy iui Complete price list and telegraph code will be sent with samples. Y WA el a Caen oe a : AV SONS DISS 23. 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"e De = EYER ARE REX wae wae we we e. wae we wae ae ve AY we ae we we we wae we ae we at y Yond ZS NTN AN CaN CANNON ANON NG GAN ONAN GN ON GAGNON ON CLC SS SS TS TS SS STS SS SS SS TS SS 8 SS SS Ss SS a “ the - Overshirts 3 4, 7 eee oe i 3g 2% At $2.25, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, in 2% ¥; i / i a i 2% printed Cheviot, Madras and Twills Pi % i ; : : . ws 2% Laundried shirts with or without collars; soft 4% % : : : : : a a front: or laundried plaids and stripes, $1.50, 4% va ateg, a ai ‘ : ws ay, Na $6.00, $7.50, $10.50. We have a job of about o% y 2 em 10 dozen $4.50 grade to close at $3.50 regular. 2% we : - i a els Ww 2% Large line of Men’s Hats, Children’s Caps 2% % : Bae fs i ins 2% and Boys’ goods in Felt, Flannels and Straw 4% % ies po from 45¢ to $12.00 per doz. ws éy, oq e e * =P. 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Of course, in church we say that we have done the things we should not have done and have left undone the things we should have done, but that’s a general state- ment. In private we are even willing to go a step farther. We admit we are not as spiritual minded as we should be and that our hankering after the higher life is not very intense or real, so long as things are going our way in this, but as for the plain, everyday sins we have committed, we are free to confess we should never have believed it of our- selves. Now, there's the matter of lying, for instance. Only, when we speak of the thing in regard to women, we don’t use that horrid word. We would be furious if any one accused us of such a thing. Still a fib isa fib, after all, and the number it takes to get one through a season is legion. Looking back, it seems like it was all a tissue of false- hood, and you wonder if it was worth while. Don’t you remember, one day, when you were in a Saturnine mood, and you stood aside at a tea and listened to the voice of society as it went by, and interrupted it as it talked. ‘' Dear Mrs. Jones, so glad to see you.’’ (Might have known that horrid, pushing thing would be here; wonder how she got in- vited, anyway.) ‘‘Ah, you here, Mrs. Brown! So pleased to see you!”’ (Wouldn't care if J never saw her again as long as I live ) ‘’Such a charming frock!" (She’s worn that to every- thing she’s been to this winter.) ‘‘Is that Mr. De Smithe singing? What a fine voice!’’ (For calling pigs.) ‘‘Oh, Miss Blank, I hear you are going to favor us with one of your delicious rec- itations ; is it true?’’ (If that demon re- citer is going to perform, I'll go.) ‘*Dear Mrs. Hostess, so sorry, but I really must tear myself away. Every- thing has been so charming, and your tea ig quite the most beautiful one I have seen this winter.’’ (Thank heav- en, that’s over. Never saw so many stupid people together in my life. Won- der where she got ‘em. ) And poor Mrs. Hostess, whose very knees are giving away under her through sheer weariness, heroically forces an- other sickly smile to her face and en- treats you to stay, and you know just as well as if you were a mind reader and could see her thoughts that she is in- wardly thanking heaven that another person is gone and that she will soon have compromised her indebtedness to society at 40 cents on the dollar. Of course, we say, and we devoutly hope that the excuse will go with the recording angel, that it can’t be MICHIGAN TRADESMAN helped; that society would become a howling wilderness if everybody went about saying what they thought, and that civilization would be shocked out of existence by the mere presence of the unadorned truth. JI, for one, don't believe it. We have gotten in the way of telling a lot of transparent falsehoods that no one believes and that we don't expect any one to believe, and _ it is more than likely that most people would be glad to return to a simple and direct way of speaking if only they had the courage to do it. Suppose such an innovation could be introduced and telling the truth could be made fashionable. White lies would become as passe as puffed sleeves, and even tbe useful and ubiquitous tarra- diddle would be discarded with other out-of-date personal belongings. Just think how it would simplify things and what a lot of trouble it would save us! First and foremost, we should revel in the luxury of telling the truth about our pocketbooks. No need for any more beating about the bush and making ex- cuses why we do this and don’t do that. We should simply say we can’t afford it, and that on a calico dress and boiled mutton income we can't wear mirror velvet and eat champagne dinners. Now we dodge, and bluff, and prevari- cate, and pretend our economies are the result of choice and not necessity. Our doctor has positively forbidden turtle soup, dor't you know, and we make our own frocks because we can't find a dress- maker who seems to understand our pe culiar style. Whoever heard of a woman who went to a $3 a week summer resort in the woods because of its being cheaper? Nobody ! She always goes for the quiet, and she is careful to tell usso Wehave all met the sister whose diamonds are forever locked from human eyes in her husband’s safe, and laughed in our sleeves at the one who was always _talk- ing about her butler and her maid, when we knew well enough she kept only one girl and helped herself with the cooking. Most pitiful of all is the woman who is ashamed of her work, who takes boarders for company, and sells embroidery at the Woman’s Ex change hecause she is so fond of fancy | work, and these things accumul te so, you know, keeping up to the end the | pathetic fiction of wealth she never had, or that has long since vanished. If anyone were deceived by these ab- surd falsehoods there might be some slight justification in them, but they area dead waste of raw material. No- body is so unsophisticated and so silly as to believe them. People work be- cause they are poor and need the money, they do without luxuries be- cause they have to, and no amount of flim-flam excuses is ever going to con- vince a suspicious world to the con- trary. It is an appalling thought that many a woman spends her entire life in weav- ing a tissue of deceit and falsehood and that from the cradle to the grave there is not a_ single place where she can stay the soles of her feet on truth and be at peace and rest. She spends her days trying to hoodwink the world and make it believe she is richer and more tashionable than she _ is She starves the children to give a pink tea like ber rich neighbor; she wears a silk frock over a ragged petticoat ; she grows old and haggard and sick and nervous in trying to keep up appearances. She reads the society columns in the papers and talks glibly about the Bullions’ tea and the Croesus’ dance. She affects familiarity with the rich and swell. If she has ever known, by chance, any | distinguished person, she drags his| name into the conversation by the heels | or the head, anyway, so it gets there, and she can refer to what Governor So- and-So ‘‘said to me,’’ or Senator Something-or-other and I were on’ the same train.’’ Such pretences would be infinitely amusing if they were not also infinitely pitiful. How one longs to say to such a woman: ‘‘My dear madam, come down into your own class and be comfortable and happy. Don’t fib any more about the people you don’t know or the invitation you did not get. Tell the truth—that you have not the money to entertain and live like the ultra fashionable and that you don’t belong to that set. one knows, anyhow.’ The untruth that takes the shape of compliment and merely indicates the teller’s desire to make herself agreeable is, perhaps, a fault that leans to virtue’s side, but it must strike every observing person that even that amiable weakness is altogether overdone. It is the fashion to be superlative. Every one is ap parently, so far as words go, overcome with rapture every time you meet them. If you paint they do not hestitate to tell you that you are a second Rubens; if you sing, Patti is not to be compared with you; if you write, you are a George Eliot or an Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Of course, no one but the idiotic take these things seriously They are a mere facon de parle1, which you promptly discount at about go per cent., but the result is that it has taken all the sweetness out of the word of praise you are really hungering to hear. You know well enough that a casual ac- Every- ‘the time | o | quaintance can’t possibly pine for your society, but you would like to know | whether she would like to see you again. You know well enough you are not a | genius, but you would like to know if | your work seems good at all to another. | But you never will. The exaggerators have left the sincere nothing to say. There is, too, a darker side to tbis subject. For the most part women’s falsehoods are the graceful little fibbing ;that deceives no one and is compara- }tively harmless. Few women are so cruel and so heartless as to tell a false- hood outright that will injure another, yet they do not-hestitate to emborider a story with a suspicion and pass it on as a fact until, at last, its deadly work is done and a character is blasted. Wom- en are much more reckless in this re- gard than men. They know they are seldom called on to account for what they say, or vouch for a story, and they elaborate it unintentionally and un- meaningly. I know we all do it. There isn’t a day of our lives we don’t tell things that would scare us out of our wits, 1f we were called on in court to swear to them. I heard a good story the other day about something like this: In a party of men and women each one was Called on, in turn, to tell what they esteemed the most important attribute in forming character, and to give the name of the person who they thought best 1 —— it One gave sterling integrity and illustrated it by Lincoln. Another tact and Madame De Maintenon aS an example, another loyalty, with Washington as an example. At last it came to a very plain spoken woman, who gave truth, and added, ‘‘and I don't know of any example, living or dead."’ The pursuit of truth would bea pleas- ing and novel Lenten diversion. Let's all try it, and see how the er un- adorned truth fits into modern life. Dorotuy Drx. FLSLEELELELEPLELELELALALREDEALEDEAE ADEA AEDES AEA ALEDAS Saves rssssses PRPSPPSSSTHT ESOS SOT OSS eee ere os PURITY AND STRENGTH! ++ $3 tt. e 9 09,’ - + +3 Fleischmann & Co.’s Compressed Yeast $t 3 + As placed on the market in tin foil and under = our yellow label and signature is $3 Sth yj our Facsimile Signature ce = 2 € 3 iol COMPRESSED Hy h i YEAST oa tin foil. convenient for handling. your patrons and increase your trade. lar attention paid to shipping trade. 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HINE, ARCADE BOOK STORE EXCLUSIVE AGENT. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DEALER IN BLANK BOOKS AND ALL OFFICE SUPPLIES. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Stanton—J. Hansen, of Gowen, is soon to engage in general trade here. Elsie—Preston & Blunt succeed Miss Hattie Kester in the millinery business. St. Johns—Mrs. H. W. Holton has purchased the millinery stock of Miss Hattie Hicks. Dundee—John F. Beeken has bought E. T. Hardy’s interest in the grocery stock of Hardy & Porter. Sonoma—John Rolfe bas purchased the store and stock of C. N. Woolcutt, general dealer and druggist. Otsego —E. F. Hinkson will open a grocery store in the building recently occupied by G. D. Woodgate. Caseville—Fred Gonder, will soon be ready for business at the “old stand. Fire can’t down him. Ionia—W. E. Knapman, of Detroit, has engaged in the merchant tailoring | business, locating in the Tower block. Houghton—Robert Hill succeeds John | McKeand as the Cudahy kee. Lapeer—The Lapeer Mercantile Co. has filed a chattel mortgage for $7,509 in favor of the First National Bank Lapeer. local representative for Casnovia—Miss Mattie A Booth has | charge of the branch shoe store recently opened here by the Booths of Cedar Springs. Saginaw—The firm of Borden & Niederstadt, wholesale produce dealers, has been dissolved, Mr. Niederstadt retiring. Durand—A. E. Dutcher and L. L. Conn, of St. Johns, have opened up a shoe store. business. Detroit—Walter E. at 358 Fort street east, has given to Lee | & Cady a $1,000 chattel mortgage on his stock. Sturgis—Rehm & Smith, of Muncie, Indiana, have purchased Mrs. H. R. Snyder's shoe stock and will continue at the same location. Fremont—Miss Alice Walker suc- ceeds the Misses Madlin & Holt in the millinery business. Miss Madlin leaves soon for California. Union City—Willie Barrett, of Sher- wood, will shortly move his hardware stock to this place and go into partner- ship with his father. Caro—This place boasts of a new shoe firm, the members of which are Chas. Husted and H. Smith. The name wil! be Husted & Co. Adrian—Chas. Boyd, who has dis- posed of his meat market at Delaware, Ohio, is soon to engage in the whole- sale meat business at this place. Alma—A. J. Smith, of Detroit, has opened a tailor shop in the Cohoon building. He has with him A. Waters, who was his assistant in Detroit. Springport—J. A. Stansell bas pur- chased the interest of S. J. Hammond in the grocery firm of Hammond & West. The new firm will be known as West & Stansell. Belding—Porter & Forbes, of the Model Market, have dissolved partner- ship and T. H. Porter is now sole pro- prietor. Mr. Forbes has returned to his former home at Fremont. Petoskey—Miss Edna Van Slyke, of Belding, is to move her millinery stock here, where she will engage in business again with Mrs. W. L. Jack- son. The change will take place about March 1, the grocer, | Packing Co., of Milwau- | of | The latter will manage the | Burlage, grocer | | Byron—A. W. Hoisington has pur- ichased a stock of crockery and glass- /ware and will occupy the Orr store in the near future. He will continue the drug business in his new quarters. | Edmore—Max Preysz has severed his /connection with Heath's drug store and |gone on the road for a Detroit drug frm. Chas. Vandeberg, of St. Lovis, has taken his place behind the prescrip- tion case. Orangeville—Geo. W. Kern, formerly engaged in the drug business at Prarie- ville, has purchased a_ business lot at this place and will erect a new store building, in which be will install a new drug stock. Eikton—A. J. Aldrich has moved his store building here from Grassmere, a distance of almost ten miles. The | building was loaded on sleighs. Grass- |mere, which was once a thriving lum bering town, is now nearly deserted. Traverse City—W. D. C. Germaine and H. S. Hull have sold 10,000 bushels of potatoes to Salmon Brown, of K1l- | burn, Wis. The price paid was 55 cents per bushel. The potatoes are being |loaded on cars for immediate shipment. Portland—R. D. Stewart has pur |chased the stock of wall paper and |fancy goods owned by the late George | Smith and has moved them to the Dix- ison building on Kent street. The | jewelry stock has not yet been disposed of. Kalamazoo—The Sperry & Hutchin- son trading stamp crowd have aban- doned this field, the store here having been closed and the remnants of the stock clandestinely shipped out of the | city, leaving numerous holders of stamps to deplore their losses. Cadillac—E. Gust Johnson, who has been employed for the past eleven |years with J. Cornwell & Sons and their predecessors, LaBar & Cornwell, | has purchased Wm. Hoag's interest in the grocery firm of Snider & Hoag. The new firm will be known as Snider & Johnson. Belding—Melvin Sprague, of Ionia, |has purchased the bakery business of | Frank Howk, and will add a line of | confectionery, tobacco and cigars and shelf goods. Mr. Sprague comes well recommended. Mr. Howk goes _ to Seattle in a few weeks, and has sinister designs on the Klondike regions. Hancock—Friends of Henry Stark, who lately made an assignment for the benefit of himself, have become inter- ested in the affair and offered to settle with the creditors on the basis of 50 cents on the dollar. The goods are still in the Kauth block at Hancock, under the custody of Assignee Tamblyn, and the creditors would certainly secure more by the above offer than can be realized on the sale of the assets, as the expense of teamsters, lawyers, apprais- ers, rent and officers amounts to a heavy sum. Muskegon—The Sperry & Hutchinson trading stamp exchange has evaporated, so tar as Muskegon is concerned, the goods in the local store having been clandestinely moved out of the city un- der cover of darkness. The stock of the stamp store has recently been dwindling perceptibly, and finally a number of merchants entered protests, stating that if the display was not better kept up they would withdraw from the Associa- tiion. A week ago last Saturday A. P. Conner & Co., one of the heaviest pur- chasers of stamps among the local firms, decided to pull out of the scheme, which announcement probably decided the fate of the stamp store. Eaton Rapids—S. C. Olmstead and Wm. Olmstead have purchased Amos McKinney’s grocery stuck. The busi- ness wiil be conducted under the firm name of S. C. Olmstead & Son. Otsego—The Geo. H. Fisher grocery stock was recently seized by W. C. Edsell & Co. and Sherwood Bros. by virtue of chattel mortgages aggregating $1,350. The stock was subsequently sold to Olds & Stout, of Plainwell, who will continue the business here under the personal supervision of J. A. Stout. Feunville—George J. Stephenson is packing up his drug and grocery stock, preparatory to moving it to Bangor, where he has purchased from b. J. Robertson the stock which Mr. Stephen- son sold out about six years ago. The store building vacated by Mr. Stephen- son will at once be occupied by Clar- ence N. Menold, who will move his drug stock here from Bloomi: gdale Manufacturing Matters. Marquette—The large works of the Michigan Polygonal Turning Co., after being Clused nearly five years, will soon be re-opened by Chicago and Oshkosh parties. Adrian—The Wolf Creek butter and cheese company has leased its factory for the coming season to L. W. Baker. The factory will begin operations April 1. Montague —A. L_ Dickinson has pur- chased his paitner’s half interest in the Montague Roller Mills, so that he is now sole owner. Mr. Calkin, the miller, will remain in Mr Dickinson's em- ploy. Maple Rapids—Orin D. Casterline and Edwin Burt have rented the grist mili of S D. Adams, and are repairing and thoroughly renovating the same Mr. Fred Casteriine has been placed in charge. Benton Harhor—Ora Chapman_ has purchased of A. F. Schoeltz a half in terest in the Benton Harbor Bicycle Works. The plant is to be enlarged and the business increased during the coining season. Holly—The Michigan Manufacturing & Lumber Co. intends to do an exten- sive business in shingles this year. It has contracted for the output of two milis in the northern part of the State and is negotiating for other cuts. Traverse City--Greilick Bros., of Greilickville, have purchased the steam barge Haywood of the Howell estate in Chicago. The vessel will be fitted out with new machinery and will be used for transporting lumber for the firm. Ontonagon—A new sawmill is being erected on the Flint Steel River by W. B. Miller, of Tustin. It is expected it will be in readiness to operate by April 1, and will at once begin cutting a large bill of timber for the Government break water. Saginaw —The Saginaw Leather Man- ufacturing Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $5,000 to manufacture belts, pocket-books and other novelties made from leather. Wm. Barie is Pres- ident of the corporation and Louis Mautner will act as Secretary and Treasurer. Slights—The lumber plant of Kelley & Covell and the business connected therewith, consisting of sawmill, shingle mill, general store, etc., have recently come into possession of the trustees of the estate of John C., Lewis, who was formerly President of the First National Bank of Traverse City. John Gillis has been engaged to Manage the busi- ness for the trustees, Schoolcraft—The plant and machinery of the defunct Schoolcratt Table Co, has been sold to local parties, who pro- pose to manufacture refrigerators. Crisp—The stockholders of the Crisp Creamery Co. have purchased the equip- ment of the Union cheese factory, of New Holland, from the proprietor, Jacob Van Dyke, who has become one ft the stockholders and will have a po- sition in the creamery after March 1. Chassell—The Sturgeon River Lum- ber Co. will put in 1,000,000 feet more of hemlock logs than last year, giving the company a total of 2,500,000 feet this year. The mill will start May 1 and will run day and night after May 15 through the season. The intended cut this year is 20,000,000 feet. Adrian—The Gibford Manufacturing Co, Ltd., has been incorporated, with $5,000 capital stock. The cor»orators are K. A: Watts, Seth Geapi H.C. Smith, Jessie Gibford, Robert .. Gilli- land, Chas. B. Smith and E; B. Gib- ford. Bicycle chain-cleaners) 1d other specialties will be manufactur }. Holland—The Bay View © urniture Co, has purchased the so-callt bending works plant and will operi itasa table factory. The capital. itock is $18,000 and the stockholders ar: Henry Pelgrim, Peter De Spelder, C. Cook, H. H. Karsten, of Zeeland, Herman Van Ark, J. G. Van Putten and John Van der Veen. Escanaba—The Business: Men’s As- sociation will look up a number of desirable sites for manufacturing in- stitutions, so that quick action may be taken when an applicant for a_ location in the city is found, instead of having to fool around so long in finding a site that some other city will have time to step in and secure the plum. —-—~> -0 <> Why She Felt Acquainted. A Boston lady of the most reserved and exclusive type was waiting for her change at the glove counter in one of the large stores when she was ap- proached by a very large, gaudily dressed and loud looking woman, who held out a pudgy hand in a green kid glove, and said: ‘‘Why, how do you do, Mrs. Blank?’’ Mrs. Blank ignored the _ proffered band, and, drawing herself up stiffly, said frigidly: ‘‘I do not think that I know you, madam. "’ ‘No, I spose not,’’ replied the wom- an, In nowlse embarrassed by the cold- ness of her reception, ‘‘but I’ve knowed you by sight for a long time, and now I’ve got a hired girl who worked at your house once, a year or two ago, and she's told me so much about you that I feel real well acquainted with you. Pleasant day, ain't it? Well, if she ain't polite to sail off without so much as a word! Shows her raisin’, anyhow!”’ > 2. The citizens of Philadelphia seem to be already reaping the advantages of the tranference of the gas works from municipal control to a private company. In less than two months the candle power of the gas has been notably im- proved, and further improvement is promised just as soon as the new ma- chinery gets into working order. There has been no increase in the price of the gas, neither has there been any decrease. oe TS There are some things to be said in behalf of French courts after all—for instance, they don’t allow attorneys to talk ad libitum and ad infinitum and other such gibberish outside or inside the record. - +. 0 : The cheapest thing a politician can be is to be a jingo. It requires no brain and no money; nothing but wind whistled through long ears into silly heads. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is strong, with every indication of a higher range of values. Tea—There is no further advance to note and there probably wi!! be none until the demand improves. There ought to be a good demand for tea all over the country at present, but for some reason or other it fails to material- ize. The method of holding the New York auctions of tea has been changed. Instead of being held weekly, they will hereafter occur on the first Wednesday ia every month and buyers will have to take whole lines instead of small por- tions thereof. Coffee—Brazilian grades are easy, although there is no change in quota- tions. In the milder grades the market is more firm for desirable lines. It is reported the Mexican crop will be about 25 per cent. short of last year, and the Guatemala about 4o per cent. under a year ago. In fact, it is claimed by most of the trade that all the Central American crops will be short as com- pared with a year ago. Although it is generally believed the Maracaibo crop is a full one, receipts have not been large. Canned Goods—Tomatoes are quiet and but little is doing. Prices are un- changed, but the market is unquestion- ably easier. The demand for corn is rather limited and some orders have been taken at shaded prices. The mar- ket, however, nominally rules at the old basis. Peas are in very small demand, aud the Baltimcre market is slightly easier. A few California peaches are being sold, together with a few seconds, all at unchanged prices. Dried Fruits—There is an upward tendency in prunes. California loose raisins are quiet and prices are unset- tled, varying according to holder and quality. Off-grade stock will only be taken at inducingly low prices, but the demand does not seem to be heavy. Standard grades are reported to be somewhat scarce, both here and in California. The demand for currants is light, and the market remains un- changed, with a steady feeling. Prunes are moving along very well. A_ strong feeling prevails in the apricot market. Peaches of good quality are reported to be in light supply. The demand for these is also light. Medium and low grades are in fair supply and prices are well maintained. Starch (N. Y. Commercial)— Owing to higher prices of raw material—corn, potatoes and wheat—manufacturers and importers of starch and dextrine have more elevated views concerning values and an upward tendency is very dis- tinct. As noted several days ago, there was an advance in cornstarch and im- ported and domestic dextrine. In re- gard to starch, it may be said that sell- ers are advising their clients that it would be better for them to buy right away, in order to forestall an advance, -which, they say, will come in the near future. Some of the manufacturers have already sold ahead of their output of powdered and pear! cornstarch several weeks. Considering the season of the year, there is a good movement of this article, buyers, as usual, hastening to secure supplies in an advancing mar- ket. Cable advices from abroad would warrant, it is said, at least 4c on im- ported dextrine, but values are held on ee lo an even keel by spot supplies pur- chased before the advance. Fish—With the exception of mackerel, there is a strong Lenten demand for everything in the fish line. Cod is in good demand at unchanged prices. Values are well maintained. Lake fish is also in good demand at unchanged prices. Salmon is selling well at steady prices, and no fluctuation is expected soon. Sardines are still held at the ad- vance. >a The Produce Market. Apples—Home grown Northern Spys are about the only thing in the market, commanding $3.75@4.50 per bbl. They range from choice to fancy, but run mostly to choice. Bananas—Receipts are regular at present, and the fact that desirable shipping stock can be depended upor is increasing the movement from outside. A big trade on this line is looked for this spring and steady prices can prob- ably be depended upon. Beets—25c per bu. Butter—Factory creamery is steady at I9@2o0c. Dairy is still scarce and high, commanding 15c for fancy, 14c for choice, and 12@13c for ordinary. Cabbage—The country appears to be full of stock, in consequence of which there is no particular shipping demand from any direction. The price ranges from $2@3 per too, according to size and quality, Carrots—3oc per bu. Celery—Choice stock per bunch. Eggs—Supplies are coming in freely and, in spite of the strong demand, quotations have declined to 12c, with indications of still lower prices in the near future. Green Onions—15c per doz. Grape Fruit—Values are unchanged. There is a fair movement, with ample supply. Stock from Florida and Cali- fornia is in market. Honey—Dark ranges from g@roc. Light stock is higher, commanding !2c. Lemons—The movement, while not large, is fully up to expectations for the season of year. Bulk of supplies in sight are California stock, and run very fancy in quality. Values are unchanged, although concessions are made on large- sized orders. Lettuce—Grand Rapids held at 15c per lb. Onions—Quotations have advanced, prime stock commanding 85@goc per bu. Oranges—Arrivals of Coast fruit con- tinue liberal, so that the market is well supplied on stock from the different districts and on sizes. The reasonable prices that developed before values set- tled to a steady basis have largely in- creased the movement, and one of the biggest years on record is looked for for this market. Mexicans are in fair sup- ply, but short on some sizes, and lati- tude should be allowed when ordering goods from that district. No change in prices is reported from last week. Potatoes—The market continues strong and the demand good. Local buyers pay 48@s55c, but as high as 6oc is be- ing paid at some of the buying points where competition is strong. Sweet Potatoes—Illinois Jerseys com- mand $3.75 per bbl. is held at 20c Forcing is Has No Sympathy for the Victimized Jobbers. Corning, Feb. 26—I am glad you have the sand to give it to those jobbers who help cut the throats of honest retail dealers who pay Ico cents on the dollar for their goods. I wish that more would make them squirm. Paul Finch and the Wayland Mercantile and Manufacturing Co. did an enormous amount of damage to the legitimate retail trade of this section and every wholesaler who sold either concern goods deserves to go in sack- cloth and ashes for feeding fuel to the flames. Evi RUNNELS. —__$_»2+.—____ Gillie’s New York teas. All kinds, grades and prices. Phone Visner, 1589. Excellent Record Made by the Local Banks. The condition of the city banks, as shown by the official statements of Feb- ruary 18, is not radically different from the condition revealed by the statements of December 15, and with only two months elapsing between them it could hardly be expectcd that there would be much difference. There have been some changes, however, and these changes are for the better. As compared with the statements of December 15, the five National banks in the city have an_in- crease of $424,223.43 in their loans and discounts, a decrease of $246,922.14 in their cash resources and an increase of $277,868.33 in their deposits. The four savings banks have an increase of $69,274.28 in their loans and discounts, an increase of $109,964.84 in their bonds and mortgages, a decrease of $27,201.80 in their cash resources and an increase of $171,749.92 in their deposits. A consolidated statement of all the banks will show an increase of $603,462.55 in loans, discounts, bonds and mortgages, a decrease of $274,127.94 in cash resources and an increase of $429,618.25 in de- posits. A further examination of the state- ments will show that the National banks have increased their interest bearing certificates $24,394.15, and that the commercial deposits subject to check have increased $76,063.04. The com- mercial deposits in the savings banks have decreased $28, 351.63 and the sav- ings deposits have increased $200, I01.55. In addition to their deposits, the Na- tional banks have deposits from other State and National banks to the amount of $1,407,331.09, as compared with $1,222, 736.05, an increase of $184, 595.04. The statement is certainly very en- couraging. In two months the loans and discounts alone have increased $493,497.71, which means that just so much more money is being used in ac- tive business operations now than in December. This increased demand for money is also shown by the reduction of idle and reserve funds carried by the banks. The increase in the savings de- posits has been notable, and a large proportion of this increase has been in the savings accounts carried by the sav- ings banks and not in certificates. This means, if it means anything, that the laboring classes are putting away money from their earnings for future use. The large increase in the deposits from out- of-town banks would indicate a surplus of funds in the surrounding towns. a Hides, Furs, Pelts and Wool. The hide market is strong, without change ot price. Scarcity rules; many tanners are seeking stock in new places from where former purchases’ were made, and are at a loss where to supply their wants. An old dodge seems to be worked by Ohio dealers on a more ex- tensive and far-reaching scale than for- merly, by buying in the Northwest and selling for Ohio take off, which bring a higher price as a rule. Tallow is firm in price and in good demand, without any material advance. There were larger sales for Liverpool the past week, which shows foreign interest in stock at our prices. Furs are uormal and without excite- ment, awaiting the outcome of sales this month in London. The extreme weather of late has curtailed the catch. Pelts are lower and more in conform- ity with wool, yet still higher than wool market indicates. Some large hold- ings have let go at less price per piece than asked a month ago and a month’s later take off. There has been little or no trading in wool the past week East or West. Halt blood was an exception if any, as some sales were made of this grade at an advance. Manufacturers are not in market to any extent, but are using up present supplies to fill orders on hand. Speculators are making quite an effort to obtain supplies at old prices, but as holdings are firmly held above their ideas little ismoved. There appears to be a bear in the market when the man- ufacturer comes, and he is looking for something cheaper, which is_ hard to find. Holders feel strong in their po- sition, as stocks are light as compared to amount being ground up, and an ad- vance is but 6@7c above the low point touched under free trade, while the duties are 11c and wool higher abroad. Wm. T. HEss. = o>? > The Grain Market. A weak wheat market prevailed dur- ing the past week until a decline of fully 4c per bushel had been recorded and it looked Saturday after the close that prices would sag still further, as all news seemed to be of a bearish na- ture. Argentine shipments were quite large. In India and other localities where harvesting is in progress, reports show that the yield is in excess of what was expected. While European stocks are at a very low ebb, their markets were also depressed. However, when the market opened on Monday every- thing seemed to change for the better and prices were up Ic from Saturday's closing market. Cables came in strong- er. The visible showed a large de- crease of 1,345,000 bushels, which was double the amount expected. The re- ceipts in the Northwest are falling off. Large exports advanced prices, so that what was lost last week was made up again, notwithstanding there was only one bull in the market and that was the much-talked-of Leiter. This only cor- roborates what has been said in previous atticles that he can put wheat to $1.50 per bushel if he isso inclined. May options are neglected and the trade has been switched to July options. To say the least, wheat prices are very irregu- lar and this makes it extremely bard for the manufacturer of flour. Notwithstanding the increase in both corn and oats was of good size, these cereals showed remarkable strength and prices were well maintained. The receipts by cars during the last week were very liberal, having been 69 cars of wheat, 13 cars of corn and 8 cars of oats. Millers are again paying 92c, or 3c above last Saturday’s price. Cc. G. A. Vorer. a a A Handsome Metal Paper Cutter And book mark combined sent free of postage under sealed cover on receipt of ten cents in silver or stamps. The latest, best and most serviceable ad- junct of every library and office. Ad- dress Geo. H. Heafford, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill. a Acetylene Gas, the New Light. Furniture City Electric Co., Agents, Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rap- ids. Telephones, electric light plants, everything electrical. A Arthur Lane, book-keeper for Philip Graham, will shortly open a grocery at the corner of Eighth avenue and South Division street. a B. C. Mansfield & Co. have opened a meat market at 135 Seuth Division street. S MICHIGAN TRADESMAN VENGEANCE OF IRONWOOD. Episode of a Reform Wave in the Gogebic Region. In the spring of 1893 a wave of re- form swept over the town of Ironwood. It was time. Filled up with the min- ing population which had collected aud coagulated there ever since the first prospector in the Gogebic country gazed at the sparkling black lump of mineral he had picked up, and with the prophetic eye of science discovered the millions of dollars under his feet, the town had grown darker of reputation as it had grown larger. But at a certain point in its growth ‘the social and re- ligious instinct began to be felt Chat was the beginning of the end of law lessness, the last outbreak of which ts the subject of this bit of incidental his- tory. Ironwood, in its regenerated charac- ter, had its antithesis in Hurley, just across the Montreal River, which at that point is on the boundary line he- tween Michigan and Wisconsin’ Hur- ley was, during the eighties, the tough- est town in the United States. Its dance halls were the vilest, its gambling dens the crookedest, its traffic of vice the most glaring, and its bad characters the most dangerous in the West. It was Hurley that fostered the stockades, where kidnapped women were fenced within a large inclosure and guarded with rifles and bloodhounds aga.uost chance of escape by the masters who made an infamous living from their slavery. A crusade started in Chicayo tore down the stockades, liberated the women, and forever put an end to the foulest blot on the history of the de- veloping Northwest, perhaps the foulesi in all American history. It was not done without bloodshed. The men who conducted that unholy business, desper- ate characters all, were not driven from the country. They became the dive- keepers and blac«legs of Hurley and Ironwood. As the two towns grew, the baser ele- ment collected more and more in Hur- ley. Even there it was held in subjec- tion. Men were not shot in the streets, nor was open crime countenanced; but vice in its various forms flourished un- restricted. Painted women plied their calling in the variety halls, and there was not a square gambling place run- ning. ‘ acter, partly because there were bigger Mining interests on its side of the river, lornwood outstripped its neighbor, and when in the spring of 1893 it elected the Captain of the Norrie Mine Mayor it was the bigger place by several thousands, and the better place by a still larger majority, its citizens boast- ed. In fact, ‘‘over the river’’ was an expression of none too fair repute in Ironwood. W. B. Winthropp had achieved the unenviable reputation of spending too much of his time over the river In the case of another man, greater offense might have been less remarked. But Winthropp was, in a sense, a_ public character, a superintendent of the com- pany which furnished [Ironwood with water from its reservoir, a_ short dis- tance up the river, on the Hurley side. It was whispered that his dissipations were interfering with his attention to business. On such a point Ironwood, in its new consciousness of virtue, was touchy. Winthropp was criticised; but he had many friends who stood up stoutly for him. He was a big, bluff, hearty, easy-going sort of man; the kind that makes friends easily. More- over, there was no specific allegation against his professional capacity. The water works company of which he was superintendent was a private corporation, but Ironwood regarded the plant with complacent civic pride Hurley had no water works worthy of the name. By the contract with the city the intake was to be up the river well bevoud a point opposite the mine loca- tions, as the settlements around the _lo- cations drained their sewage in open gutters into the river. Winthropp had mapped out the pumping station, the reservoir and the intake. He declared that when spring came Ironwood should Partly because of its better char- | have as good water as any place could boast. Spring came late that year. When the break-up came, in the last of March, Ironwood, built on a marsh, was one huge swamp. With the coming of April there was a great deal of malaria and some cases of typhoid. The doctors said it was due to the swampy nature of the ground. The people sniffed cautiously at their drinking water and wondered if the doctors were sure, One man, a hardware merchant named Prentice, filtered the water. He found the residuum inhabited by ‘small rep- tiles of uncouth design, and charac- terized by a faint but undesirable odor. What he had discovered he mentioned abroad. Some said that it was worth consideration. Others said that the doctors knew what they were talking about. Merchant Prentice found him- self achieving undesirable notoriety as a ‘‘kicker,’’ and said no more, but his household from that time drank no water that was not boiled and filtered. lt may be appropriately stated here that all the Prentice family were alive at last accounts. Other persons began to talk about the appearance and bad taste of the water. Some of the doctors gave way a little and admitted that the water might not be quite up to standard, but 'after the snow melted off it would be better. Anyway, there was no more sickness than there had been every year. On the whole, however, it would be just as well to boil all water before drinking at present. That advice received such attention as all half-hearted counsel receives; that 1s, none at all worth men- tioning. On the morning of April to ‘‘Rome'’ Baker, supply clerk for the Aurora mine, was in his office when he saw eight sturdy Swedish miners‘come up from under ground, where they should bave been working. ‘What’s the matter with you, men?’’ he asked, going over to them. “Av tark I not vork to-day,’’ said a b:g fellow. ‘‘Ai tank I got pretty bad back |" All the others complained of pains in the back and head. Their faces were flushed and their eyes bright. Baker learned that they had been in town and had drunk the water there three days before Previously their drinking water had been from the pure springs in the mine. By night all eight were in the company hospital. Before morn- ing they were raging in delirium. Ina week three were dead, and two more followed them in the next week Mean- time the other hospitals were filling up. Men were stricken in the mines, on the streets, and in their places of business, and were helpless in the space of a few hours. By the middle of April Iron- wood was in the throes of a true epi- demic of typhoid of the most malignant type. It struck almost as swiftly as cholera. Its victims succumbed, in cases, within five or six days, while those who overcame the poison lay abed for weeks and arose with shattered con- stitutions. Ill enough could Ironwood face such a visitation. Its hospitals were crude; its doctors few. There were no nurses, and in typhoid the nurse is more than the doctor. What physicians there were were worn out with the constant and in- creasing demands upon them. The big barracks of company hospitals soon filled up. The town authorities threw the armory open. Three days sufficed to crowd it. Two vacant buildings were hastily fitted up. In four days the doctors in charge were forced to deny applications for admittance. There was a lack of cots and bedclothing. Men sent their own mattresses and_ bed- clothes to the hospital, and slept in chairs or on the floor. Women volun- teered as nurses Aid was seut from neighboring places, but the plague zrew and spread. At last Ironwood recognized the fact that its powers were too weak. The Mayor telegraphed to Chicago for assistance, and in reply there came, as swift as steam could bring them, twelve young doctors from the hospitals and twenty five trained nurses to the aid of the stricken city. For those doctors and nurses it was the experience of a lifetime. population which was outside the hos- pital they but almost hopelessly fighting the epi- demic, and the other half terrorized, brutalized, drowning their tears in drink and debauchery. Women ran in the streets shrieking and wailing for their dead. Men wallowed in the gutters or raged through the town in the delir- ium of drunkenness. When two per- sons met they asked each other: ‘*How do I look? Do you see any sign?’’ And still the epidemic claimed new victims. No sooner had a_ cot been emptied and a coffin filled than another patient took the vacant place. Soon there were no coffins to be had. The dead were buried in pine boxes, and buried as quickly as might be. | j found half sternly, bravely | |once that Of the|and everywhere they commanded and entreated people to drink no water with- out first builing it, for they knew at it was in the water that the poison lay. Nearly all the local doc- | tors had come around to that view, also, for there was unimpeachable proof of it. |A typical one was that of five of the | companions were not taken. ' similar cases could be cited. | three, | hydrant, disregarding the protests of the Aurora’s miners who came into town: being thirsty, drank from a other two. Two days later they were down with the fever. Their two wiser Scores of One man refused to be convinced— Superintendent |W. B. Winthropp. ‘“‘The water’s as good as it ever was,"’ he declared. ‘*These Chicago | doctors are meddling fools. If there’s There | - was almost a continuous procession to} and from the cemetery. Over in Hurley, too, typhoid was making itself felt, but to a slight extent compared with the | Iti was a city of fear and trembling and | the cry, ‘How long, OQ} terrible conditions in Ironwood. weeping, and Lord?’’ went hearts. What human beings could do the re- liet corps from Chicago did, and nobly. 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It’s living here in this swamphole that brings the fever.’ While he was blustering in this way one day, and a crowd of his adherents were applauding him, one of the doc- tors approached him. “You are the superintendent of the water works, I believe,’’ he said. ‘Ves: that's me.’ ‘‘Are you going to take any steps to discover how your water is polluted?’’ ‘*Any man that says it’s polluted is a liar,’’ cried Winthropp. He had_ been drinking, and was flushed and excited. ‘I'll see you all in hell before I'll tear up my plant to suit a pack of fools that don’t know enough to stay at home.’”’ ** Then, I'll tell you what | believe,’ said the physician, looking the super- intendent in the eye. ‘‘I believe you know what is wrong, and sure as there is a just God you'll pay with your life for the lives you’ve destroyed. ’’ Winthropp turned white. as ‘I haven't got the fever,’’ he cried. ‘IT haven't touched the water—not a drop of it.’’ Then, seeing how he had be- trayed himself, he rushed at the but bystanders interfered away to get drunk. The young doctor’s words were pro- phetic, and that very night the prophecy began to work itself out, but in a far different way from what he meant. There was a meeting of citizens in the open lot by the railroad starion. Several well-known men addressed the meeting, warning the men against the water. ‘‘Winthrop says it ain’t the water,’’ cried a voice. ‘*Then let us find out,’’ man. | Prot. other, and he was led said aclergy- Vaughan, of the University of Michigan, who is a college acqaint- ance of mine, is an eminent authority upon such matters. I will write him about it. After he has analyzed the water he will report upon it for us.’’ The meeting adjourned. Prof. Vaughan replied to the communication asking that the reservoir be drained and some of the sediment at the bot- tom sent to him. To this the water- works people interposed objections—a very foolish and useless proceeding con- sidering the state of public feeling. The reservoir was drained on a warm, sunny day, and as the exhalations arose from the slime at the bottom the men on the banks turned and fied. Two jars of the slime were secured. One was sent to Porf. Vaughan, the other was kept for a very private experiment. Some of the contents of the jar spread upon bread was fed to two white mice. The sturdier of the mice lived three hours. In the course of time Prof. Vaughan’s report was received. It was brief, and the pith of it was this: ‘‘The man who permitted the reser- voir to get in such a condition is guilty of criminal negligence.’’ It was read before a sub committee of five, and received in silence to the end. Then said the Chairman: “‘Gentlemen, this must be kept quiet for the present. You know as well as | how much Winthropp’s life would be worth if it were known.’’ But it was known, nevertheless Ru- mor carried it swiftly. By the follow- ing afternoon it was all over the town Meantime a small party had visited the spot where the intake for the pumping house should have been. They failed to locate it; but some rods_ below, just opposite the tivo largest drains from the locations on the hill, they found the mouth of the pipe. All those weeks it had been sucking in death from the sewers and distributing it among the people. The investigators went back to town and found a meeting in the lot by the station. Nobody had called it; it had simply collected to demand the report of Prof. Vaughan. It would have Eeen madness on the committee's part to refuse to give the report. It was read. There was an uneasy through the crowd. A man climbed upon the fence and told of the discov- eries at the intake. The murmur be- came a growing muttering. One of the ministers raised his voice hurriedlv: ‘“*Remember, men,’’ he cried, ‘this is no time for lawless procedure. With murmur | the shadow of death still hanging over us—"’ He stopped as a writhing serpentine object shot up into the air over the heads of the mob and coiled down again. It was a rope. The mob in- terpreted it. ‘String Winthropp up!’ Two men pushed through the crowd and ran down the street. They were constables. The ministers and a few other influential citizens called out to the men, imploring them to disperse peace- ably. The appeal was addressed to dull ears. There were gathered in that place cowards who for weeks had lived in the deadly fear of death that breeds mur- der; there were calmly murderous Swedes from the mines, whose comrades had dropped beside them; there were desperate men fierce with the pain of recent bitter losses; there were the vag- abond loaters who, in a mass, kill with the animal instinct of cruelty; and in one and all there was the knowledge that in this case lawlessness stood for swift and simple justice. Against such a body of men what could the efforts of the few upholders of the law gain? Nothing but time. Time for the two constables to reach Winthropp’s_ house, and cpff him, still blustering, but struck to the earth with terror, and run him out of the back door, through the yard, around twistings and turnings, then five’ miles up the river tc the ford, across that and down to Hurley. The mob found him not at home. Where was he, then? The question went from mouth to mouth, and it soon found an answer. ‘‘With Illinois Annie! With the woman he left his wife and kids for and spent his time with while our folks were dying!’’ shouted aman. ‘ He’s gone over the river.’’ ‘‘For the last time,’’ rejoined an- other, and there was a fierce laugh. ‘To Hurley!’’ was the word. But it was now dark. The crowd separated to get lanterns and weapons. They met in an hour. The two constables, ar- rived at Hurley with their prisoner, in- tending to lodge him in the jail, heard the tramp of marching feet on the Hur- ley bridge; saw the flicker of many lanterns swinging in a long line. ‘‘God help me!’’ cried Winthropp, breaking down. ‘They're coming for me. Give me a chance for my life.’’ The constables consulted hurriedly. Then they took the handcuffs from his wrists and bade him make for the depths of the woods as he valued his life. With the hour of death close at hand, Winthropp ran_ straight to the house where his paramour, known as I!- linois Annie, lived. Straight to that house went a deputation from the seek- ers in silence, found Winthropp there, and told him he had not fifteen minutes to live. Had he anything to say? Then came a pitiable spectacle, for he who had been so assured in speech, so bla tant, could now find no word He opened his mouth and the jaw hung loose, as if it were broken. ‘There was adry click- ing in his throat That was all His knees weakened and his captors sup- ported him, unresisting, out the door, while the terrified women ran from the place shrieking. Back of that house which stands on the outskirts of Hurley is a hill covered with scrub pine, and ina clearing on the top zrows a lone tree. Around this tree the mob had gathered to await the coming. of the deputation with the prisoner. All was done in order. Winthropp, asked if he had anything | to say, stared wilc-eyed, in the bright moonlight, around the circle of faces, but spoke nothing. It is doubtful if he was then sufficinetly master of his un- derstanding to know the meaning of it all. The rope was thrown over a limb and fixed, and as the body rose with a rush the thunder of many hoofs was heard from Hurley bridge. A rescue party of the law-and-order element had been organized, and were | coming on horseback. They rode straight for the hill, jumped from their horses, and run up into the clearing. There was nething that could be called a mau in sight; only a few black shad- ows that melted with a rustle into the surrounding blackness, and in the cen- ter, swinging loose in the soft breeze, the black substance that been Winthropp. had > 2 Manuf icture of Wood Alcohol. It 60 per cent. of wood may be converted into liquid. The strongest hydraulic pressure would not squeeze one-half of one per cent. of moisture from wood, but by putting the same materia! into an iron retort and converting it in- to charcoal by means of heat, the gases and smoke, to the extent of fully 65 per cent. of the weight of the wood, may be condensed into a liquid called pyro- ligneous acid, and from it are ob- tained wood alcohol, acetate of lime, and wood tars. 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There has been enough in the succes- sion of sensational reports as to the Spanish situation to give speculators plenty of variety, although the wonder is that in the face of it all declines have been so small. During the reaction in November the decline in both railway and trusts was more in three days than during the last week of most agitation, and that without apparent cause. That the decline was so small and was limit- ed to speculative stocks is an evidence of the general strength of the situation. The only product which showed any decline was wheat, which in its specu- lative characteristics shares more or less of the vicissitudes of the stock market. The reason why the decline on account of the political situation was so small is that the reports of earnings, especial- ly of railways, are so favorable. These not only show a great increase over those of last year but exceed the earn- ings of the corresponding periods of 1892, the banner year. When the differ- ence in prices is taken into considera- tion the enormous increase of traffic will be apparent. In the face of continued heavy export movement wheat declined three or four cents, owing to speculative causes. Wheat exports since July 1 now exceed 151,300,000 bushels, against 114,200,000 bushels for the corresponding period of last year, and are only exceeded by the record of one year in the past. This is the more notable in view of the fact that the export of corn is beyond all records, even exceeding the unprecedented out- go of last year by 14,000,000 bushels. Thus it is not strange that there was a prompt rally from the decline of last week and that the white cereal is gain- ing again this week, The iron situation continues to show great strength in nearly all lines. The price of Bessemer has advanced 15 cents. The demand for manufactured forms continues beyond precedent in everything but rails and nearly all works are pushed to their capacity. Textile manufacture shows encoura- ging features in most lines. The price of cotton has scored another advance, which is credited to the improved de- mand and strength in cioths. On the other hand, there is some disappoint- ment in the outlook for the woolen goods trade; not but that it will be heavy, but some lines have been pushed beyond warrant. The movement of boots and shoes continues heavy, Eastern ship- ments for February exceeding those of any Corresponding month. A notable feature of the general situ- ation is the heavy distributive trade, es- pecially in the Middle West. In many localities the season has opened beyond precedent or expectation. An important and significant feature is the demand for agricultural implements. As an example, Kansas City, the most im- portant distributing point in this in- dustry, reports the demand exceeding all records, with sales limited only by the ability to deliver orders. The ratio of bank clearings continues fully as great as for preceding weeks, although the total was reduced by the holiday. Failures were only 183, against 269 for preceding week. THE CHINESE LOAN. After announcing to the world that a foreign loan would be unnecessary, China has finally arranged such a loan with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, in conjunction with a large German bank. The loan has, therefore, been floated under British and German auspices, which means that Russian in- fluence has received a setback. The Chinese loan is for $80,000,000, at 3’2 per cent., to be secured by un- pledged revenues and_ the customs re- ceipts from certain new parts to be opened to foreign trade. It is, there- fore, evident that Great Britain has suc- ceeded in forcing the opening of addi- tional ports to commerce and the ac- ceptance of the policy that Chinese trade must be open to the whole world. Although the United States entertains only the friendliest sentiments toward Russia, any policy aiming at the dis- memberment of China would be antag- onistic to our commercial interests; hence the success of the efforts of Great Britain in preventing the absorption of China cannot but be very favorably re- ceived in this country. Grand Rapids was honored last Fri- day witb a visit from a representative of the American Sugar Refining Co., who bore an autograph letter of intro- duction from President Havemeyer. His mission here was to investigate the charge, voiced through the columns of the Tradesman of Feb. 16, that the American Sugar Refining Co. had been putting up sugar short weight. Investi- gation disclosed the tact that the charge was sustained, inasmuch as an average shortage of two pounds per barrel was established in the case of recent ship- ments of sugar. It is claimed that pres- ent shipments are put up full weight and that no further criticism can be made on this score. During the past week Sperry & Hutchinson have abandoned their trad- ing stamp stores at Muskegon and Kal- amazoo, and report has it that they will shortly pull out of the State altogether, owing to the lessened interest in the trading stamp system. Reports from other states are to the same effect, from which the Tradesman concludes that Lincoln’s observation to the effect that all of the people cannot be fooled all the time is probably true. In a recent return made to Congress by Postmaster General Gary he states that it costs this country $48, 080, 282.01 to transport the mails and $44,047, 530. 39 to handle them. The aggregate num- ber of pounds handled he places at 582, 727, 661, ARE WE GETTING THE BEST? The visit of the Spanish warship Vizcaya to New York harbor enabled the public to obtain some useful infor- mation as to the character and cost of naval construction abroad and to make some comparisons not altogether to our credit. The Vizcaya is an armored cruiser, as we call our New York or Brooklyn, or as the Maine was sometimes called. She cost about 3,000,000, has a speed of 21 knots, carries two 11-inch guns and ten 5.5-inch guns. She has a low free- board, presenting the minimum of tar- get for that kind of vessel, and an ar- mor belt of 12 inches of steel. She was built by the Spaniards who are not sup- posed to equal us in shipbuilding skill. In addition to all this she has a draught between her coal bunkers and magazines for protection, which our ships have not, and can carry coal to last her for 10,000 miles at two-thirds speed. The New York cost as much as the Vizcaya, has no greater speed, has but a 5-inch armor belt, a lighter battery and is higher and more vulnerable. The Mainewas lighter armored, had an inferi- or battery, had nothing like the coal ca- pacity and was four knots slower than the Vizcaya. Yet the Maine and the Texas were called second-class battle- ships and cost as much as the Vizcaya. Experts do not hesitate to say that Spain in this ship got far better results for the money than we have obtained for any ship that cost about the same amount. And yet our constructers have had the benefit of the experience of foreign na- tions in everything pertaining to naval building. They brag that we have ‘‘the up-to date’’ navy, but actual compar- isons, in speed, armament and _ cost, with some of the latest foreign types do not bear out our bureau's claims. A matter that neither the public, nor Con- gress, has given sufficient weight to is the fact that many of our types were strongly opposed by the old-line offi- cers who had seen the navies of foreign powers. But bureaucracy rules in the Navy Department and the bureau’s theorists were listened to while many of the rear admirals were given no_hear- ing. The fact is, we rarely, anywhere, in Government service or elsewhere, get as much for our money and our pre- tensions in this country as they do abroad. But we have the fortunate and happy faculty of imagining always that we have the best of everything! Every day last week the receipts of the Government exceeded its expendi- tures. The total excess was $2, 257,922. For the month up to Saturday the re- ceipts from customs amounted to $14,- 436,715, a gain over the same period last year of a little more than $3, 250, 000. The receipts from internal revenue were $10,948,535, a gain of about $564, - ooo. It is expected by the Treasury officials that the receipts from customs for March will be larger than usual, and, as there will be small interest pay- ments due, the month will yield a sur- plus of $5,000,000. The excess of ex- penditures over, receipts for the first year of the present administration, ex- clusive of Pacific railroad payments, will be about $24,000,000, as compared with a deficit of about $47,000,000 for the first year of ‘the last administration. Pa aa a Unless money can be cbtained by some extraordinary means, the schools of Minneapolis will be closed for the yearon April 29. The appropriation was scanty and no mere can be obtained until the next budget. Forced to econ- omize, the Board of Education has man- aged to provide for two months more of school than was thought possible, but its resources are exhausted, and there is likelihood that the children will lose two months of schooling. A remedial scheme, suggested by a local clergyman, is un- der consideration. This is to raise the necessary funds by popular subscription to a loan fund. In return for the money advanced the trustees would issue cer- tificates bearing a nominal interest and so worded as to be payable only when the city shall make good the amount by taxation or bond issues in due legal form at some future time. As there would be no legal security for such a loan, citizens will probably hesitate to subscribe ; but the local papers are ap- pealing to public pride to save the honor of the city and to do justice to the children and to the teachers, While officials at Washington give out calming assurances that there is noth- ing out of the usual in movements at points of defense and army stores, in- cidents like this tell their own story: The British steamship Strathtay an- chored in the lower bay of New York, Friday, while its skipper, Captain McKenzie, went shoreward in a rowboat to telegraph to the agents of the ship from Sandy Hook station and receive orders. He had often done the same thing before. As he drew near the Government dock he heard the warning call of a sentry. Captain McKenzie asked why he could not land. The sentry said the skipper would have to get a written pass from Colonel Ludlow of the United States Army to get access to Sandy Hook in these times. It has remained for a Poughkeepsie drummer to take a firm and aggressive stand toward the ravages of the baggage smasher. On one of his late trips he noticed that individual using his sample trunks rather severely, more so than was absolutely necessary. This raised the ire of the plucky knight of the grip and he shoved a pistol under the nose of the smasher, calling a halt. But the other fellow also had a gun and fora while the passengers were afraid of a scene. The last thing heard in con- nection with the case was that the drum- mer had caused the baggage-man’s ar- rest and was suing the railroad for dam- ages. A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature providing that ‘‘no person shall place or maintain within 500 feet of a state highway or of a parkway or boulevard an advertising sign or a picture or a poster intended to serve as an advertisement, if the superficial area of the said advertise- ment, either by itself or in connection with others within 20 feet of it, exceeds 10 feet square.’’ It is further provided that any person violating the provisions of this act shall be fined not to exceed $100 tor each week during which the violation continues. A foreign paper says that the Emperor of Germany has directed that two offi- cials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and a certain hussar hold them- selves in readiness to depart for Fried- richshrue the moment a dispatch is _re- ceived announcing the death of Prince Bismarck, the ex-Chancellor. The mission of these functionaries is to place the seal of the empire on all the Prince’s papers before any have been removed. This is hardly a mark of confidence. His Majesty appears to fear certain revelations. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 THE CARE OF GREAT CITIES. The government of Cities presents the greatest difficulties with which states- manship and philanthropy have to con- tend. The people of the rural districts are nearly always dissatisfied. They see and hear of the vast wealth and the lux urious living enjoyed by a few people in the cities and they imagine that such living is the rule in cities and that this wealth has been got by fair means or foul, but chiefly by foul means, from’ the country people and their products. That sort of notion, which prevails to a large extent in the country districts of the entire Union, has caused a bitter and widespread prejudice against cities and city people. Therefore it is that country people, coutrasting their lot with that of the wealthy classes of cities, become, to a large extent, dissatisfied ; but if they knew that in the cities there is the greatest amount of human misery and vice and that the wealthy class, which they envy, make up but a small part of the population of cities, there would be taken in the country a more intelligent view of the actual situation. The first great question of statesman- ship is how to make the people of a na- tion self-supporting. In the rural dis tricts, and in countries where the towns and cities are small, the solution of the problem is very simple. The people, by even simple systems of agriculture, can dig their living out of the ground, and, unless it be ina time of unusual drought, or when other conditions occur which cause a failure of the crops, the country people need never suffer a day for the necessaries of life. In the cities the situation is vastly different. Nine-tenths of the people live by their labor, employed by corpo- rations or individuals in the numerous industries and other complicated proc- esses of city life, and if, for any reason, great factories and mills should stop work, or extensive employers of labor should become bankrupt or financially embarrassed, thousands, and sometimes hundreds of thousands, of the inhabit- ants of cities are liable to be thrown out of work, with no resource for the support of their families. It is the care of the cities that de- mands the wisest statesmanship and the purest philanthropy. The country people can always take care of them- selves. It is the enormous growth of cities in the past few decades in the United States that has created the diffi- cult political problems that to-day trouble and perplex the patriotic and thinking citizens of this great republic. In the early part of the present century, when Thomas Jefferson was President, the United States had only six cities of over 8,000 souls To-day there are nearly three hundred. At the beginning of the Nineteenth Century only four Americans out of each hundred lived in cities. In 1890 twenty-seven out of every hundred were city people. At the present rate of increase, more than one-half the population will be in cities within fifty years. It has been well said that the growth of cities in size and numbers has_ been outstripped by their growth in influ- ence. To-day, as never before, they are the controlling social and moral and economical centers of the world. Lon- don sets the keynote for England and her colonies; St. Petersburg for Rus- sia; Paris for France; Berlin for Ger- many; Vienna for Austria. What is said and done in the great cities is re- peated around the world. The causes of their dominant influence are obvious. The power of co-operation, which makes a hundred men working together able to effect more than a_ thousand separate men; the “power of the press, which daily recites the doings of the town in the ears of the world; the power of wealth, which attracts attention like a gilt sign, and may be used to advertise anything, good or bad; the power of fashion, which makes men and women go with the crowd—all these powers have made the cities mighty, and will make them mightier, for good and_ for evil. If these statements are true of Euro- pean countries, so much the more are they true of the people of the United States. In a vast country like this, with an already great and rapidly-grow- ing population exercising universal suffrage, with the will of a bare ma- jority empowered to control and gov- ern, to make or unmake laws, and to en- force or ignore them, the influence of cities exercises peculiarly powerful in- fluence upon the nation, and the great aggregations of wealth inthe cities more and more incline the people to worship wealth and to covet the power it gives. Add to all this the enormous amounts of muney spent by city govern- ments in the mere acts of administra- tion, and the consequent opportunities for and temptations to official corrup- tion, and the difficulties of governing the cities will be apparent. Take the city of New York in its present condition It is said that, some 275 years ago, Manhattan Island, on which a large part of the city stands, was bought from the Indians for $24. The population has increased from 33,000 to 3,300,000 in little more than a cen- tury. Think of the tremendous massing of wealth there, where the daily busi- ness transactions amount to nearly $100,000,000 every day; the capital in manufactures alone is equal to $1,000, - 000,000, and the annual wages to $400, - o00,coo. Think of the gigantic politi- cal power which centers in a city with an annual expenditure of $70,000,000 a year for city government and adminis- tration—more than it costs to maintain state, city, town and county govern- ments in twenty of the Southern and Western States and territories—main- taining an army of 30,000 municipal employes, larger than the entire stand- ing army of the United States. What tremendous problems are in- volved in providing a government for such a city; indeed, for any large city How carefully ought it all to be guarded from the control of rapacious, unprin- cipled and irresponsible politicians and demagogues. Is it possible to surround the administration of such power with too many restraints? Every patriotic and thoughtful citizen will say that everything possible ought to be done to protect the people from those beasts and birds of prey. Leaders of the recent uprising in the Philippine Islands, who have arrived at Hong Kong, say that the Spaniards put down the rebellion in a way similar to that they have tried in Cuba—by brib- ery. Besides giving the rebel leaders safe conduct out of the country, they paid them $600,000. It is said the money will be used to purchase im- proved weapons and plenty of ammu- nition, when what is expected to bea successful revolution will begin. Although poverty may bring sorrow, riches create inquietude. “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP.” Lawrence’s immortal words should be the motto of the American Govern- ment and people in regard to the Maine. Don’t give up the ship! It must be re- moved from the harbor of Havana. Let it be raised, repaired and restored to the navy. Why not? It lies in only six fathoms of water, ina harbor protected from rough seas, close to shoal water, a floating dock convenient for us to fit the bulk temporarily to be floated to the New York navy yard, where every pat- tern by which the ship was built is at hand for immediate duplication of parts. By raising the ship everybody can see for himself whether plates bulge inward or outward. There can then be no dispute over divers’ statements. This of itself is desirable. Economy, patriotic sentiment, the need of as early a return of the vessel to service as practicable, urge to this course. The Maine equipped for serv- ice represented an outiay of $5,000,000. To replace it with a new ship of like character would cost nearly as much in money and at least three years of time. (Nine years elapsed between the author- ization and completion of the Maine. ) The forward part of the warship is blown to pieces, but from forward of amidship to the rudder nothing is in- jured. The costliest parts are intact. To reconstruct the stern parts would be a simple matter. Constructor Hichborn is quoted as saying: ‘‘The ship is not materially injured abaft the boiler spaces, and if every ounce of metal for ward of its engine compartment is worth- less, for less than $1,000,000 he will! un- dertake to have tke ship brought to New York and sent to sea more formidable and powerful than ever’ within six months, as the maximum time limit.’’ Can the ship be raised? Let Congress authorize the Secretary of the Navy to put that question to the wrecking com- panies, and contract forthe work Mod- ern engineering, and American in- genuity and pluck, will do the rest. If it costs two millions, or three, to recover and rehabilitate the Maine the navy will have regained a formidable ship for less than a new one can be built, and in much less time. Besides, the Maine is endeared to the American people by its terrible experience in their service. They favor its resurrection and restora- tion to the active list of the navy. ‘Don’t give up the ship!’’ IMPROVING THE DEFENSES. If the present war scare has done damage to business interests by unset- tling confidence in Wall Street, and giving speculators a chance to depress prices, it has at least afforded the ad- vocates of improved National defenses an opportunity of successfully impress- ing their views upon Congress. It ap- pears that the average Congressman can only be impressed with the importance of making preparations for war when brought face to face with a good chance of a fight while unprepared. Such _ be- ing the case, provident and far-seeing people cannot be blamed if they make the most of the fears of Congressmen to secure grants for defense purposes which could not be hoped for under any other circumstances. A month ago there did not appear to be the ieast chance that the Senate would pass the bill providing for an in- crease of the army by the addition of two regiments of artillery; but since the disaster to the Maine, the bill bas been passed, with but little, if any, de- bate, and promises to be got through the House as easily Efforts are also being made to secure the passage of an improved National militia law, to take the place of the existing obsolete stat- ute, which has remained practically un- changed since the beginning of the Gov- ernment. All who have given the ques- tion of National defense a single thought have realized that the defense of the country must depend mainly up- on the militia. It is, therefore, neces- sary that there should be some law pro- viding for the prompt mobilization of the militia force in time of trouble. The war scare will also be useful in enabling the naval authorities to get through Congress certain measures cal- culated to greatly strengthen the naval service. The first of these measures in point of importance is the authorization of several large dry docks. The fact that the country does not possess a sin- gle dock in which our large battle- ships could be received isa great source of uneasiness at the present. time. An- other source of uneasiness is the lack of proper provision for re-enforcing the personnel of the navy. At the present time the number of officers and men in the naval service is not sufficient to properly man the ships in commission, all of which are undermanned. Were it necessary to commission the ships now laid up or repairing, or were the auxil- lary cruisers from the merchant marine called into service, the Navy Depart- ment would be seriously embarrassed to provide officers and men to take charge of them. In order to provide against this con- tingency, a bill has been introduced to provide the regular naval service with a reserve from which it could promptly draw in time cf need. This bill pro- vides for the enrollment of officers and men from the merchant marine of per- sons belonging to certain callings en- gaged in coastwise service or fisheries. It also provides for the better equip- ment of the naval militia and the build- ing of a certain number of torpedo boats to be used by them. This measure appears to bea prac- tical scheme to increase the strength of the navai defenses of the country at small cost, and it is hoped that Congress will adopt it while in the humor to give the defenses of the country proper con- sideration. The bankruptcy bill, which has just been passed by the House, generally follows the tines of the Torrey measure. In the two preceding congresses the House passed a similar bili. It was twice favorably reported in the Senate, but failed to pass. Last April the up- per chamber ignored the recommenda- tion of its committee and passed a sub- stitute measure, known as the Nelson bill. This provided only for voluntary bankruptcy. The bill which the House has again passed retains the involun- tary clause, that is, provision is made for compelling insolvent debtors to dis- tribute their assets equally among their creditors. Ample safeguards for honest men engaged in business are provided. But when a debtor undertakes to cheat his creditors by putting his property secretly out of his hands or doing some other act of bankruptcy, the creditors may intervene, have him declared a bankrupt and compel a fair distribu- tion of his assets among all his creditors. The House passed the bill as a whole by a vote of 158 to 135, but on a _ sepa- rate vote on the involuntary provision the affirmative majority was only 16. The Senate may again insist on elim- inating this provision. If it does, the bill will be hardly worth passing. id MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SHACK STORES On the Frontier, and Some of Their Peculiarities. Written for the TRADESMAN. I had passed a number of years in the drudgery of clerkship in a retail gro- cery store in Chicago. In the spring of 1881, | had attained that age when the average young man feels a desire to seek ‘‘pastures new''—in other words, the roving spirit had come upon me. This longing to see new territory be- came so strong that I determined to re- sign my position and jouruey into the West. As I| strolled Gown Clark street on a pleasant afternoon, after settling up with my enployer, and receiving a hearty ‘‘God speed,’’ my attention was attracted to a group of jolly-appearing fellows, smartiv uniformed in Unele Sam’s blue. Floating above their heads was the glorious Stars and Stripes. This was the entrance to a recruiting Station, and the idea popped i::to my head that here was my opportanity to see the country at the expense of the Government. In the stairway was a large poster, with the attractive legend, ‘‘Men Wanted for the United States Army."’ After a few interrogations of one of the soldiers, who replied promptly and « our- teously, as a “‘boy in blue’’ is always known to do, he conducted me to the office. After some preliminaries, 1 took the oath of fealty to the military power of the United States, which func tion, I musi confess, was performed in a costume prevalent in the time of Adam, before he secured tie fig-leaf trousers. I was then conducted to an- other room, where were piles upon piles of uniforms and overcoats designed to distinguish the ‘‘brave boys’’ from not only the common herd, but policemen. Proudly I ylanced in the mirror at the reflection of myself, and no royal robes of purple ever gave their wearer more Satisfaction than did this neat suit of blue give my humble self. I soon found that I had been assigned to duty in the 2d Cavalry, then stationed in Texas, and was notified that I must leave tor the scene of my future exploits in about an hour. This was, indeed, rushing matters, but I managed to ob- tain sufficient time to bid farewell to my former employer, whose eyes bulged out like saucers when he saw my mar- tial habiliments. In three days’ time, together with other recruits, I was in San Antonio, from which point we marched to Fort Davis, where we were assigned to our respective commands. Having given my occupation as that of grocery clerk, I was delegated for duty as Commis- sary’s Assistant and ordered to report at the commissary store. Vaguely won- dering of what sach work might con- sist, I started in search of ‘‘the store.’ No elaborately dressed show windows were in sight, and no sign of ‘‘ Groceries and Provisions’’ rewarded my diligent search, so | immediately gave up the problem and began to ask questions. A sentry smiled and silently pointed out to my verdant eyes a large ‘‘dobe’’ building, with windows about eighteen inches square, heavily barred with iron, and resembling far more a prison than a building occupied for peaceful merchandising by Uncle Sam & Co I entered the only door to be seen—a heavy oak door, of sufficient width to drive a wagon through—and reached the interior. The floor was of Nature’s original handicraft; but the dirt was compact and smooth from the heavy | tread of army boots. ‘The walls ee frescoed with whitewash, and absolutely | bare. I soon found the commissary officer, | who turned me over tothe “‘clerks’’ to} receive the goods necessary for my com- mand. These ‘‘clerks,’’ in a Govern ment Store, are nothing more nor less than privates drafted for this duty. The contrast between this depart: | mental store of Uncle Samuel, where | was a stock of goods valued at abou: | $100,000, and the attractive emporiuims of trade to which I had been accustomed was startling. While, to the inexper enced eye, these multitudes of boxe- and bales were in inextricable confu sion and hopeless disorder, yet, it: reality, the strictest order pervailed. A Majority of the goods were in hogs- aeads, barrels and boxes Cords ot bacon—and when I say ‘‘cords. ot bacon’’ I speak advisedly, for there were at least two hundred tons of this product in sight—were piled about. which the clerks often used as a side- walk, in their haste to fill orders. This was not a ‘‘cake walk,’’ but a veritable “bacon walk.’’ Coffee, flour, hard-tack, sugar of a very dark complexion, beans, baking pow der, salt, pepper, vinegar—all the accom- paniments of a soldier’s ration—were soon weighed out and piled into a buge army wagon, subject to my order. On: of these wagons will carry the complete stock for an ordinary grocery stock, fixtures and all, and then bave room to spare. They are drawn by six mules. Benue ennar ara aR ener ae y Having a few minutes to spare, I ex tended my explorations in this gigantic store. Here, everything needful for the soldier's physical necessities and com- fort is kept. Various brands of cigars and tobaccos, good and bad, may be purchased by officers and men, at far less cost than even large retailers can buy them. These and all other goods are furnished at actual cost, including transportatron and insurance, to the Gov- ernment’s soldiers. For instance, pure creamery butter, packed in hermetical- ly sealed 3-pound cans, tasting as fresh as though iad out of the churn, sells tc the soldier at.an average of 1o cents a pound. Sometimes the price goes as low as 8 cents, but it is never more than 15. While butter of this class sold in Chicago at 28 to 35 cents, Uncle Sam supplied his customers with butter made in Massachusetts for about one- third that amount, and that in a coun- try about three thousand miles remote from the great trade centers. Truly, our Uncle Samuel is a close buyer. It was amusing to see the clerks, in stead of decorously reaching up to the shelves for articles, as fitting to ail modern ideas of store-keeping, diving headfirst into boxes, »ow bringing forth a box of toilet soap, then a roll ct macaroni, next a botile of chow chow, or some other article,and hurrying with it to the rapidly increasing pile to which it belonged, in completion of an_ order. My search for knowledge was inter. rupted by a soldier of Irish birth, with the euphonious cognomen of ‘‘Speed’’ Murphy, who remarked: “‘Sergeant, yez have nu vinegar nor soap atall. We can’t live without vin egar for our beans,-an’ to make our dhrink of, sure; an’ ye’ll not luke 2. Bent Out of Shape. Peaprisor—Weat are you taking back, there? Waiter—Customer sent back ; says he couldn't cut it. Proprietor (examining it)—Take it back to him at once and tell him he'll have to pay for it We can never use it again; he has bent it all out of shape. this steak ' Butter Wanted : HERMANN C. NAUMANN & CO., DETROIT. Main Office, @-ssweee 33 Woodbridge St. Will buy or handle on Commission nt Branch Store, 353 Russeil St., op. Eastern Market COSC CSSSCSSS are not from Spain; Rumors of War don’t influence our business. Our Northern Spys they’re grown right in Mich- igan, and are the best Apples offered. Oranges, Cape Cod Cranberries, Honey, Lemons, Bananas, Sweet Potatoes, Red and Yellow Onions, Spanish Onions. BUNTING & CO., Jobbers, Grand Rapids, Mich. Se252e5e2SeSe25e25e25eSe2525e5e2S25e25e2525e25e2S5e25e25e5e5e2. BUT TER. mu Market St., Detroit. eI Scr oitiaa ei of all grades bought at point of shipment. R. HIRT, Jr., Produce Commission Merchant. BEANS AND POTATOES CARLOTS ONLY. MILLER & TEASDALE Co., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. PEAS, 24 and 26 North Division St., We are in the market to buy BEANS, POTATOES Onions and Onion Sets, Clover Seed, Allsyke, Pop Corn, etc. If any to offer, Telephone, Wire or Write us, stating quantity. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., GRAND RAPIDS. We solicit your business because we feel that we can do your shipments justice in the full sense of the word. We offer no extraor- dinary inducements—no one-half cent or more above the market, no top price for goods irre- spective of quality—but what we do offer and guarantee every shipper, whether of a single package of butter or eggs, or a carload, is the very best service any strictly responsible, experienced house in this or in any market can give. If you are satisfied to have your goods sold upon their merits, wish to enjoy the advantages of a large, established trade, and be assured of square, liberal treatment, correspond with us; or, better still, mark us up a few shipments. Harris & Frutchey, Commission Merchants, DETROIT, MICH. ee nee ie a oR — - a t + Relation of the Commission Merchant to the Shipper. The subject assigned me for presen- tation at this representative gathering of one of the most important branches of industry in our country is one of no inconsiderable importance, and, at the Same time, in order that it may receive just treatment at my hands, | find my- self in somewhat of a delicate position. I am aware that often—aye, too often— we think the commission merchant is ostracized and subjected to unfair crit- icism and unjust judgment because sufficiently precautionary measures have not been taken by the shipper and _pro- ducer. The commission merchant is a neces- sary factor in nearly every branch of trade, and it is tair to state that with all the perfected arrangement of the grain and live stock trade of Butfalo, representing in value millions of dol- lars annually, nine-tenths of the amount passes through the hands of the com- mission merchant. The real and suc- cesstul commission merchant must be an expert judge of goods in his line; he must have a large acquaintance with the trade in general, a favorable locality in which to do business and a substan- tial capital. He must at all times be posted on the tendency of the market, as well as present market values, and also command the respect of the trade. Of necessity, a commission merchant or middleman is wanted to act between the farmer or shipper and _ the retail dealer, and the first thought of the pro- ducer or shipper is, With whom can | entrust my goods? He consults his bank or some mercantile agency or, possibly some friend who tells him of one or several responsible houses in the mar- ket he has in mind whose ain it is to treat all shippers alike and to sell as promptly as expedient with best results the goods entrusted to his care. Let me emphasize the fact that great care should be used in selecting a house which has the ability to dispose of both small and large quantities of produce and one which has had experience in business and is financially responsible for the prompt returns of all sales sent on consignment. Confidence by the shipper and _ pro- duce dealer is necessary in the commis- sion merchant. When satisfied that you have selected the right man, that he will do all in his power to obtain for you the best results possible, taking advantage of the market in every in- stance, consign him your goods. Grave carelessness is too often made in_ ship- ping a house before even its record is learned. Because a house floats the country with attractive letter heads and circular price currents, telling how many years it has been in business, and that it is prompt and reliable, with ap invitation to look it up, is no guarantee that it is what it represents itself to be. Look it up and satisfy yourself as to its standing before you entrust your busi- ness to its care. Neglect to do this has brought many a shipper to grief, with the result that good houses have come in for unjust criticism and the ‘‘ban’’ is placed upon the trade in general. In- vestigate carefully the standing of a commission merchant before you put your business into his hands and less adverse judgment will result, and less contumely will be heaped upon the en- tire profession. If your bank says to ‘“not only go light, but go very light,’’ it is time to look further. It is easy and a very important mat- ter to find the ideal house | have de- scribed and it is worth the time it will take you to get the information correct- ly, and then when thoroughly convinced of the truth of the examination, place your confidence in such a commission merchant and house to which to con- Sign your shipments. Do not fail to write him at the time of shipment, giv- ing full details thereof. Do not hesitate to ask such a house for daily or semi- weekly quotations on the goods you are shipping and to keep you fully posted on the market as to receipts, sales and advisements as to prospects for further shipments, A shipper writes and encloses bill of lading. He has shipped 25 cases of fresh eggs. The commission merchant may tell one of his customers that he can sell him a nice lot of fresh eggs to arrive that day, and he disposes of them as a fancy lot ata fancy price and, on arrival, the stock is examined and it is found that a larger percentage of the eggs are badly settled, with some rots and brokens. ‘Then the purchaser says, ‘'Can't use at any price; the stock is too old.’’ The loss in candling is quite heavy and a shaded price must be taken for the best in the shipment. Confi- dence ts broken between the commis- sion merchant and the shipper. A creamery writes, ‘'We ship you this day our entire week’s make of butter, which is very fancy,’’ adding, ‘‘ Enclosed please find gross weight and _ tare marked on each tub accordingly.’’ The shipment arrives and it is found on ex- amination that the butter shows up salvy, flat of taste, loss of flavor and only grades as common. Upon weigh- ing a tub to a customer, to whom much persuasion has been used to purchase, it is found the weight is one pound short. The price obtained is for ordi- nary make of creamery, guality far from fancy. The shipper upon receiv- ing his returns claims an injustice has been done him and doesn't ship any more; in fact, there has been an error of judgment on the part of the shipper and confidence is broken on the part of the commission merchant and results are not what they should be by far. The best results obtained by both shipper and commission merchant are from those shipments that the shipper sends that are well and carefully packed and put up for market as directed and are in quality as represented. In this en- lightened country, where an education is provided for every boy and girl if they improve the opportunity, all can very distinctly understand the terms used_ in business, so that few misunderstandings can take place. If misrepresentation is used or practiced by both shipper and commission merchant, the results cannct be far from disastrous; but if honest representation by shipper and commission merchant, honest sales, prompt returns, thorough posting of mar- kets, then the best results must be ob- tained. Allow me to say that the relation of the commission merchant to the shipper and producer is that of a middleman The middleman becomes the agent or employe of his shipper. In order that the best results may be brought about, a relation of confidence must mutually be entertained one for the other. The commission merchant, to inspire the confidence of the shipper or producer, must be a man of integrity, ability, ex- perience and financially responsible. On the other hand, that confidence be en- tertained by the commission merchant in the shipper and producer, the latter must be possessed of integrity and all MICHIGAN ~ TRADESMAN representations be honest in every way. By so doing the best results can be | realized by both parties interested. GEO. R. WILLIAMS. Buffalo, N. Y. a The Folly of Over-Charging. From Hardware and Metal Merchant. {f a merchant does not make a_ profit | out of the goods he sells it is only a| question of time before he will be com- pelled to go out of business. That is just as certain as it is thata river will run dry if its source is cut off. But there is a wrong way as well as a right way of securing profit. And to follow the wrong way is almost as bad, as to make no profit at all. One of the ways which some mer- chants follow in their desire to make| profit is by charging one or two cents per pound more for this commodity, or a dollar or two more for that article than the ruling market price warrants. | Aside altogether from the injustice of such a procedure, it is a most foolish one. Nine out of every ten of the customers | thus taken advantage of will discover the fact before a great while, and then nine times out of ten there will be a parting of customer and merchant. We have no reference to the fact that | one merchant often finds himself being | i6 undersold by another who is cutting prices. We merely have reference to | the man who makes a practice of per- | Sistently charging his customers in ex- | cess of the market prices for his wares. That there are those who are doing it |iS not supposition. We know it tora jfact, and could give names if neces- | Sary. In these days of keen competition it is not the merchant who exacts for his wares more than the ruling market price that obtains success and earns a com- petency. It is the merchant who is energetic, up-to-date, rich in ideas, and who turns his stock over frequently. Verily, he that overchargeth his cus- tomers is like unto the man who goeth | into his cellar and pulleth the plug out |of the tap-hole of his wine cask, for when he overchargeth a customer he certainly releaseth the plug of confidence that is so essential to the keeping of trade. - ~em_ A Paris paper relates that a Belgian manufacturer has taken out a patent on a new kind of mouse-trap in which a small music-box takes the place of cheese or bacon as a bait, it being well known that mice are attracted by music, SUE cai ie cae - A flow of words is no proof of wis- dom. 7 NAC RAM eeeadvua dvd dvvduaveadveudveueveuddvadveudveudreddvuduvcu¥uweuvert¥euvuvedveddveuedve ne The New Collapsable Crate and Box i For Shipping all kinds of Fruits, Vegetables, Meats, Eggs, Etc Saves 6214 i r the car r¢ upcn all sides w = AAAAA Saves tw: a a bu Saves one-half pi le, oughiy ventilated in transit, and ; Tes for your produce. Its cost saved at once. Llustrated circ ree THE COLLAPSABLE CRATE AND BOX CO., "5 AMegan st. E.. Lansing, Mich. apayanAAAAMAAA¥AANARSARAEAA4»42849289394948433399834942304892924983398048 AARARADBAAARAAAABABBABIINNS PIV VPVVV PV Vovu VOVVVVVV IVD VY PYVV SVP POTATOES BEANS SEEDS We buy DAILY: Potatoes, Beans, Clover Seed ; if any to offer, Wire or Write Us. Send Liberal Samples Beans, Seeds. MOSELEY BROS.., Established 1876. 5 a Wie a WWW valle wie eed We 26-28-=30-32 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Jobbers of Seeds, Potatoes, Beans, Produce. @ a : ANCHOR BRAND . a 4 3 a ~ rR * 2 = & e e O Y S ee S J ¢ ® . Wil please your customers and make you money. . e Popular prices prevail. Ask for quotations. s : F. J. DET TENTHALER, e S 117-119 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ® ORCRSHLSATSLE SSISLSESEE SVS LOIS TORS ROROTS TO Re TOBE ROEORO UN ON NN A ZN te es We Want @ = LG a ’ First-Class Grocers & to handle our PARAFFINED & ~ ee TTT PARCHMENT LINED SS) le BUTTER PACKAGES and are willing to offer liberal se ; a « ‘ oe (Zz inducements. Write us. we e e eS Michigan Package Co., & oa Owosso, Mich. Ss SONDRA BERBER BARBER BABA BIA BAEA BABAR A BABAR ABA RAR AB ABABA. ZEANAN GN GANGA NCAA NCAA ANCOR GN CON GANONG GN GN GN GN GN GN CNG HR Send I6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Feb. 26—It has been a week of some anxiety in business circles and this was reflected in the disturbed condition of things in the Stock Ex- change. The feverish feeling will crop out once in a while, in spite of all that cooler heads can do. All of the hotels in the business part of the city are crowded every night just now, and the many buyers who are here are largely responsible. Vacant rooms are scarce, for the demand exceeds the supply. Many of the buyers have to content themselves with the houses farther uptown, so great is the rush. They are a jolly lot, are these buyers, whose time, after business hours, 1s spent in all kinds of innocent amuse- ment. Not only the jobbers and the hctels, but the amusement managers and many others, profit by their visits. Jobbers in ladies’ skirts and the cheaper grades of dresses for ladies and children are entering a vigorous pro- test against the out-of-town buyers for patronizing the wholesalers who deal in goods that are manufactured in sweat- shops. The articles are sold at such rates that the wholesalers, who pay liv- ing prices for the manufacture of their goods, cannot compete with the dealers in sweat-shop products. There is no at tempt at denial on the part of the buy- ers that they are patronizing such deal- ers. They claim that there is a de- mand for the cheap goods, not only trom the poorer classes, but from the more wealthy people as well. The mat- ter is of grave importance to the job- bers, and is made more so by the fact that there seems to be no way to remedy it. There is even talk of having it brought to the attention of the Mer- chants’ Association. On every hand there is indisputable evidence of steadily returning business prosperity. Evidences from every de- partment of business are constantly ac- cumulating that new enterprises are be- ing started, money is plenty, trade is increasing, prices are improving, and new life and energy are everywhere ap- parent. Manufacturing industries are reviving, labor is being employed, idlers are disappearing, the prices of farm products are rising, our foreign trade is increasing, also the business done through the Clearing House of New York as compared with that of London, all furnishing confirmatory proof of increased prosperity in this country. Coffee remains quiet and practically unchanged. Business is certainly not crowding and buyers are taking only enough to keep them going. Roasters of lesser degree fear that the huge con- cerns will make further cuts, and so seem to have adopted a policy of taking only what they need from day to day. Rio No. 7 remains at 6c. The amount afloat is 1,172,511 bags, against 718,157 bags at the same time last year. Mild coffees are about steady. The volume of business is of an average character. Good Cucuta, g9@9%c. East India growths are quiet, but prices are firm. Dealers appear to have a fairly good supply of sugar on hand and orders have not been as numerous as last week. There has been, however, a pretty firm feeling and the quotation of 53 -6 Movemenis of Lake Superior Travelers Conflict next night at town. Of plugging for the L JEAR BUCK. Some charitably inclined Marquette friends took pity on L. B. Young (Michigan Stove Co.) and E. B. Clark (Banner Tobacco Co.) Sunday and in- vited them out to a square meal. They did the occasicn justice. J. J. Alger has done the Upper Penin- sula in the bicycle business. The following are the late additions to membership of the Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club: Oscar Hopperstead, Menominee; J. A. Gon- zalez, Grand Rapids; E. A. Strauss, Cincinnati; H. A. Ziem, Oshkosh: L. B. Young, Detroit; C. B. Burt, Chi- cago; W. J. Sampson, Houghton: H. ms Decker, Chicago: J.B. Tucker, Alma; Will J. Engel, Ishpeming. Robert F. Fee (Banner Cigar Co.) is with us again. F. S. McCurdy (Jenness & McCurdy) is doing the Upper Peninsula this week. We do not see so much of Fred, now that he has part of Ohio tacked to his territory. L. D. Packer has severed his connec- tion with C. Elliott & Co. We're sorry to loose ** Pack.’ A. F. Wixson, Sec’y. > 4. A pen carrying a small electric lamp to prevent shadows when writing has been patented in Germany, Yonie Yonson Tank Hae Bace Bal Club. Travarca Caity, Feb. 28—Sae, Mais- tar, aie rote yo lattar so yo gattang mae yob bae R. R. Co. gate. Ate skal tank yo bane bout som lake dos fallar gat- tang Franchise bae Wastarn Ball lage — gud lang taime gattang rady makang yor maind up. Aie skal tal yo aie yange mae maind; aie skal yump das yob bae R. R. Co. Aie tank aie gattang batar schame; drumar faliar tallang mae Omahaw gattang Bace Bal Club, an Gran Rapid bane laft out on cold. Aie tank bae masalf Anson bane Sweede fallar, an bane gude Bace Bal mans. Aie rote ham lattar an tal ham aie tank aie gattang tame bae Gran Rapid. Hae tal mae bane gude millioms in at. Dacon Ellas makang in 2 yar Saxteen Tousand Dolar. Yumpang Yarusalam ! aie tank bane gude tang. Aie skal tal yo of yo kan kal matang bae dam _ fans bae Gran Rapid an gattang Franchase bae mae. Aieskal gattang gude Sweede Mans Club an skin all dam onder fallar. Aie skal gattang all Sweede mans lake Anson, an avry fallar a Colt. Aie skal vant not much halp from Caity. Yust tal dam fallar, of aie bane gattang Bal Park for noting, an Strate Car fallar bane gavang mae Fime Hundrad Dolar, an Hotal mans kape mae Club free, aie skal gattang tame out saight. Aie bat mae Tan Dolar aie tickal dose fans. Aie bane rote lattar to all dam fallar aie skal hav on tame. Aie skal tal yo bout at. Yo skal kape at quiate tall aie gattang Franchase. Aie skal have all Sweede mans, aie say—mana- gar an playars. Aie skal gattang for managar Yon Kalaim, bae Dunham House, Manastee. Yon Managed das Manastee tame las yar. Hae bane gude on, aie skal tal yo. Aie gattang for catchar Yorge Dunham, Manastee, Hae bane hard hittar, too. Aie bane gattang Yim Duncan, Manastee. Hae bane wharlwand for patchar, aie tal yo. An das allarond playar for 1st Bace, Will Wait, Manastee; an yo bat yo, hae vill vait tall hae gattang gude bal avry taime. Aie tank hae skal vait all sumar af hae kant make Hom Run. Aie gattang bae 2d Bace, Pete Oleson, bae Leroy. Pete bane gude on, aie bat yo. Pete kapang his mussal up al taime shootang Rabit an fishang whan hae skal not play Bal. Aie skal bav bae short stop das nimbal lattle cus, Rob Yonson, bae Cadilaca. Hae yumpang roun so quick, aie tal yo. 3d Bace bane coverad bae Labe Carpantar, Baldwin; an bae gol! hae don’t lat som bals gattang bae ham, aie bat yo. Aie gattang bast feeldars in hole biz- nass. Aie gattang Norm Slade, hae Saganaw; Will Cortwright, bae Ne- waygo; Ezra Gilbert, bae Sherman. Aie bat yo, aie skal subsprize dos fans. Yontilaty mans an Change Catchar, Byron Davenport, Gran Rapid. Hae ban korkar aie skal tal yo. Aie skal Carray tree extra mans—Yarlie Brooks, Yoe Reed an Frank Pierce. Yust ta! dam fallars aie skal hav das Y. M. C. A. Yimnasty Rom free for Boys fattang damsalvas. Aie skal no go Sout bae practica das sprang; hae bane so lat. Aie tal yo, Maistar, das tame bane vorid batars, an Gran Rapid fan bane havang gude taime rootang bae das Gattang taime. Hole matang, an rote mae lat- tar. Aie bane on han bae taime Bel rangang. YONIE YONSON. P. S.—Aie skal tal yo, Yud Rice, bae Sweet Hotal, bane frend bae mae, an aie tank hae go mae bale bon. Y,. Y, P. P. S.—Aie skal do gude tang bae Gran Rapid. Had Bachar, aie tank, vill bane on mae resarva last. Y. Y. ——__ > o> How to Treat Drummers. The fact that a man isa traveling salesman does not mean that he is en- tirely devoid of feeling. He must, necessarily, learn to curb his temper and mask his annoyance when treated discourteously, but this does not mean that he does not feel such treatment. It requires but little time to be cour- teous to traveling salesman, and this courtesy will,as a general rule, be heart- ily appreciated and richly repaid. Every salesman has occasional bargains and most are human enough to offer these first to those who are courteous. Many of the travelers are unusually bright men; in fact, it requires a bright man to be a good salesman; and having, as they do, unusual opportuni- ties for observation on account of the number of stores which they visit, they can frequently offer suggestions of great practical utility as to the conduct of business or the introduction of novel- ties. Hints thus gained will often more than repay the druggist for the time de- voted to the salesman. If it happens that a drummer should come in at an inopportune time, it does not necessar- ily follow that the druggist should neg- lect his own customers, but he can nearly always make an appointment for some hour when he is less likely to be occupied, telling the salesman, however, that he is either likely or not likely to purchase as the occasion may be. Polite- ness is one of the cheapest commodities at our command, and politeness on the part of the buyer is as essential to suc- cess as it is on the part of a salesman. . ~~ American Butter for China. Good butter sells in Hong Kong for from 38 to 62 cents per pound in gold. The American Consul at that port in- sists that there is an opportunity for the sale of American butter and canned milk in that market, which articles are now mainly supplied by Denmark, Aus- tralia and France. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. THE WHITNEY HOUSE Rates $1.00 to $1.25 per day. Complete Sanitary Improvements. Electric Lights. Good Livery in connection. State Line Telephone. Chas. E. Whitney, Prop., Plainwell, Mich. Hoskins & Company COMMISSION BROKERS. GRAIN, PROVISIONS and STOCK 176 Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich. Hodges Building. New York, Chicago and St. Louis. SUFFERING HUMANITY, READ! Private wires: A REMARKABLE CASE Having suffered with rheumatism and constipa- tion for over twenty-five years, and my case having been pronounced hopeless last summer by the best medical skiil, when I was given upto die, I miracu- lously had my attention called to Frye’s Quickstep, which saved my life, and Iam now a well man. I have since recommended this remedy to my friends and so many have ordered itthrough me that I keep it on hand for humanity’s sake. Price, $1.00 per bottle. Nearly all Michigan peopleknow me. My home address is 5406 Kimbark Ave., Chicago. Grand Rapids people can obtain this remedy from my customer, John Benson, the clothier, 26 Monroe St., upstairs. Stephen T. Bowen. I will be in Chicago at the clothing factory of John G. Miller & Co., 276.and 278 Franklin St., from Feb. 20 to April 1, and hope my trade will make that establishment headquarters while in the city. eet ee gaan Bese en ede OF is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires F. W. R. Perry, Detroit - Dec. 31, 1898 A. C. ScHUMaCcHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1899 Gro. GunprRvM, Ionia - - - Dec. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLpDs, St. Joseph - - Dec. 31, 1901 Henry HEIM, Saginaw - - - Dec. 31, 1902 President, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Secretary, GEo. GuNpRuvM, lonia. Treasurer, A. C. ScHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Examination Sessions. Grand Rapids—March 1 and 2. Star Island—June 27 and 28. Marquette—A bout Sept. 1. Lansing— Nove 1 and 2. All meetings will begin at 9 o’clock a. m. ex- cept the Star Island meeting, which begins at 8 o'clock p. m. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President—A. H. WEBBER, Cadillac. Secretary--CHas. Mann, Detroit. : Treasurer—JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Patents in the Pharmacopeceia. While I desire to see the Pharmaco- poeia revised along liberal lines, I do not believe that any patent or special preparation, no matter what its charac- ter or from whom it emanates, should be incorporated. The mere fact thata preparation is placed on the market by a firm of prominent manufacturing chemists as a specialty, with its for- mula patented, and that it is a medic- inal agent of great value, is no more an excuse than if it came from some lesser source, as far as the principle goes. If the Pharmacopoeia is to be the authoritative guide both for the phar- macist and the physician, then place no preparations therein for which the working formula is not given, and which, being patented, would prevent the profession from the free use of the same. I fully recognize the medicinal value of some cf the patented prepara- tions, but do not think it the business of the Pharmacopoeia to promote the private affairs of any persons, no mat- ter what their prominence. The dis- pensatories and text-books will deal with these fully enough, and there can be no objection to this, but let us leave them from the Pharmacopoeia _ until such time as their incorporation will bring with it the freedom to use the processes of manufacture. The sub- gallate of bismuth, although a chemical of much medicinal value, was rightly omitted from the last revision on ac- count of the process and formula being patented; but this objection can no longer keep it from a place in the Phar- macopoeia, since the patent is now conceded to be worthless, and its prep- aration can be undertaken by whom- soever may see fit. Amony the army of synthetical preparations there are some of great value, medicinally, but they should be kept out of the Pharmacopoeia while their processes of manufacture are protected by patents, else where can we draw the line? FRANK EDEL. oe The Drug Market. Opium—Is very firm at the last ad- vance, with higher prices probable. The report of damage to the growing crop has been confirmed. Morphine—Is as yet unchanged and an advance is probable within the next few days. Quinine—Is prices. Alcohol—Is very firm and an advance is looked for within the next few days. Chloral Hydrate—Has declined. The new duty of 55c per pound is not in the Dingley bill and importers are now only paying a duty of 25 per cent. weak at unchanged Glycerine—Is in good demand and steady. The present low range of prices will probably hold during the season. Essential Oils—Anise is in fair de- mand at unchanged prices. Bergamot is steadily advancing, on account of higher prices in the primary markets. Cajiput is scarce and high prices are well maintained. Clove is firm and tending upward, under the influence of higher prices for the spice. Sassafras is in large demand and prices are firin. Buchu Leaves—Are in short supply and price is firm. The Government has assessed a duty of 3c per pound on laurel leaves, claiming that they are under the head of spices. This has advanced the price 3c per pound. Seeds—German fennel is scarce and higher. Russian hemp is advanced abroad and the price has been marked up here. Spices—Are very have been advanced. tending higher. vanced about Io per cent. 9 Keep Abreast of the Times. Read the advertisements of others. Notice what your neighbor says of his goods, and how he says it. Then model your own advertisements a little differently. Make them distinctive of you and your store. If they’re nota success solicit the aid of one who knows; it will pay you. Lend your ears to the experience of your fellow men, and don't be a clam yourself. Raze old fogy traditions. Eschew ancient methods whose death-knell has long since been tolled, and wake up to the times. Read your pharmaceutical journals. Question the drummer before he de- parts. He’s just the one to give you some happy suggestion or a bit of timely news. Ask him what Smith is doing in Brownville, and what Brown is doing in Smithville. Build on the idea of others. Pay your respects to your contemporary on the corner below. Don’t just borrow his goods. Leave the store for an hour to-day, and each day hereafter. The change will do you good. Take a turn about town, go through the shops, peer into the windows, and see what is going on around you. Keep conversant with the progress of the times.—Spatula. active. Gingers Cloves are still re Evidences of High Living. A member ef the police force came across a boy the other day who was wheeling home a load of oyster cans and botties, and, curious to know what use the lad could put them to, he made a direct enquiry: ‘‘Going to throw them over into our back yard,’’ replied the boy. ‘‘I took two loads home yesterday.’’ ‘*But what do you use them for?’’ “It’s a trick of the family,’’ grinned the lad. How trick?’ ‘*I’d just as lief tell,’’ continued the boy, as he spit on his hands to resume hold on the barrow. ‘‘We are going to have some relashuns come in from the country. We may not have much to eat, but if they see these cans and _bot- tles and boxes they'll think we've had isters, champagne, figs, and nuts till we've got tired of em, and are living on bread and ttaters for a_ healthy change.’’ The officer scratched his ear like a man who had received a new idea —_—_—_» 2. Cerosie, a new product, extracted from the scum rising on sugar cane juice, is claimed by a French chemist to have the properties of ordinary bees- wax, which it resembles in appearance. a ee According to the latest figures China owes her creditors the sum of $193,525, - 000, Nutmegs have ad-. What to Avoid in Writing Advertise- ments. Written for the TRADESMAN. I have below put into condensed form a few of the pitfalls into which the in- experienced advertisement writer is liable to tall, explaining why these er- rers should be avoided. Common sense will teach how to keep from them. 1. Writing an advertisement without thoroughly understanding the subject. No man can write descriptively of Africa without having seen the country with his own eyes. Neither can any- one write a convincing, truthful adver- tisement of an article he has never seen, or is familiar with through hearsay only. First study the stock to be sold, and then you can write profitably about it and ‘‘get the people’’ to buy it. 2, Using stilted phraseology—-high- sounding words. In writing a book, the successful author uses such language as will please the masses he intends to gain as readers. What suits your ideas may not be suitable for your public. Clothe your advertisements in such language as will please and attract the greatest number of ;eaders. 3. Vulgarity and slang. The class of human kind given to the use of either of these blots on the purity of English are not usually a class whose custom is particularly desirable. Besides, an ad- vertisement writer has no right to sup- pose that any of his readers wish to read such publicity. It is an offered insult, and uncalled for. 4. Joking—except unusually good and new, and then very seldom. A good salesman rarely jokes when talking business. A_ good advertisement is the best of salesmen, and therefore avoids spoiling its opportunities for talking business by the use of stale pleasantries. If you are inclined to be humorous, buy space in the funny column and keep your witticisms out of your advertise- ment. 5. Misleading statements. No jockey ever sold a horse, claiming or implying it to be perfectly sound, when, in fact, it had ringbones, but that it was dis- covered by the _ purchaser. This statement applies to any class of mer- chandise, and the discovery of falsity, in the slightest degree, will be at the expense of custom and profit. 6. Fulsomeness. By this, I mean using much verbiage in description of an article, when a few plain, terse statements will serve the purpose much better. This florid style is very well for circuses, but doesn’t pay in selling sugar or Calico. 7. Vagueness. A stained glass win- dow in a cathedral is an object of de- light, but no cne can see through it the beauties of the church within. ‘* Pretty talk’’ does well for young lovers and babies, but it will not sell goods. Make the glass of your advertisement win- dows so clear that the merits of the arti- cles spoken of will shine through like the noonday sun. 8. Exploiting too many articles at once. Unity—‘‘oneness’’—is the great underlying principle of successful ad- vertisement writing. Select the article with care, and tben talk about it as though it were the only article in the world and your life depended on your success in telling people of it. g. Writing sufficient to comfortably fill twenty inches for a ten-inch space. Novels printed in small type, unless they are by noted authors, are avoided by those whose time is valuable or eye- sight bad, while even poor writers find sale for their books if they are printed legibly. Make your space fit the ad- vertisement, not the advertisement the space, and make them both come within the bounds of common sense. to. Advertising standard goods for sale ‘‘below cost to make room for spring stock.’’ This old fable is worn utterly threadbare. Not one buyer in five hundred believes that you have paid one dollar in cash for a standard article and are foolish enough to sell it for ninety-seven cents. 11. Dulness. If you cannot write something bright, original, attractive and convincing, allow the space con- tracted for to remain blank, rather than smirch its purity and your own reputa- tion aS a progressive business man by taking refuge in old, worn-out, custom- destroying advertisements. Better say, if a druggist, ‘‘ Poison sold in quantities to suit all purses,’’ than ‘‘Smith & Co., Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, Pre- scriptions carefully,’’ etc. The first may startle some one. The latter will only put them to sleep. NEMO. a Filling Petrolatum into Small Bottles. A chemist who handles large quanti- ties of petrolatum writes in Spatula: ‘* After trying nearly every method that I could think of, I have found nothing to equal a water-bath with a faucet lead- ing from the inside vessel. The inner vessel should have a bottom which tapers almost to a point, to which the faucet should be connected. By using a vessel like this it is an easy matter to fill bottles with petrolatum quickly and neatly. There is on the market a filler of this kind, the price of which, I think, is $1.50, which is less than a tin- ner would ask for making a single in- strument of this kind. This filler is well arranged and of a size suitable to the wants of the retail pharmacist. ’’ i + ~... --4 5 Magnolia ... 4B — eee ie chen le 3 35 Dim 3 35 Tradesman Grade. 50 books, any denom.. 100 books, any denom.. 500 books, any denom.. 1,000 books, any denom.. Economic Grade. 50 books, any denom.. 100 books, any denom.. 500 books any denom.. 1,000 books, any denom.. Siting sane Universal 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 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 810 down. BO MGGRS ices 1 00 WHOGEN....::..:.:....... 2 0e oweees ... 3 3 00 Pe OR a, ae ee rere 1000 books... oe oe Credit ‘Sie. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Becel peer. 3... . v3) DRIED —. DOMESTIC Apples. Suudried.. @ 54 Eva porated 50 ib ‘boxes, @ 84 California Freits. Anos ..... 6... T4@844 Biackberries........... Necesrmes............ @ 7% Poe 8 @ Bis Pears. 86% Pitted Cherries. Prenngrein.......... Sepocroon........... California Prunes. 100-120 25 Ib boxes....... 90-100 25 Ib boxes....... utetns. Lendon Layers 3 Crown. London Layers 4 Crown. Denosms.... Loose Muscatels 2 Crown Loose Muscatels 3 Crown Loose Muscatels 4 Crown FOREIGN. Currants, Petree Hoe @ 74 Vostizzas 50 lb cases...... @i* Cleaned, bulk 84 Cleaned, packages........ @ 8% Peel. Citron American 101b bx @13 Lemon American 10 lb bx @i2 Orange American 101b bx @12 Raisins. Ondura 28 ib boxes.....8 @ 8% Sultana 1 Crown....... @ Sultana 2Crown....... @ Sultana 3 Crown.......9%@10 Sultana 4 Crown....... @ Sultana SCrown....... @ Sultana 6 Crown....... @12 Sultana package....... @i14 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Parina. 241ib. packaces..........1 % Baik; per 100 the... .... 3 50 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 2-15 Bulk in 100 lb. bags....... 3 00 Hominy. Berets. ce 2 50 Flake, 50 lb. drums....... 1 00 Beans. Dried tame 2 oo) 3 Medium Hand Picked....1 00 Maccaroni and — Domestic, 10 1b. box.... 60 Imported, 25 lb. box.. ... ..2 50 — ae. Common... coo ae ete 2 00 Meee 2 50 Peas. fren Oe 89 Split, per lb.. ee Rolled Oats. Rolled Avena, bbl. 3 99 Monarch, ba ae ae Monarch. i 2 06 Private brands, bbl..... Private brands, —_. Quaker. cases. .... 3 20 Huron, cases...... 1% Sago. German ooo. 3% Mess Inga ae Wheat. Cracked balk). 6... 334 2421b packages ces seals e 2 50mg Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @5 Georges genuine...... @ 5% Georges selected...... @6 Strips or bricks....... 6 @9 Halibut. RI a 9% Sc ee es . 8% Herring. Holland white hoops, bbl. 10 25 Holland white hoop % bbi 5 50 Holland white hoop, keg. 7 Holland white =— mchs 35 Norwegian... ..:.- li 00 Round 100 Whe... 25:22... 8 25 owes & IGe.....;:....;. 1 60 ON ce, 14 Mackerel. Mens 100 ibs........... ... 16 39 Been 20 16... ...... 6 90 meee 10 ee... . se. 1 82 Mess & ibe.....- 1 48 ee 14 50 No.1 401bs 6 10 ee be ee ee i 60 met Sie... (co... 3c... 1 30 No. 2 100 lbs. 9 50 No.2 40 ibs 4 00 No.2 WOe, :. cicscs. 5.3: 1 07 MO.2 8 108.:::.::..5. 25:5 88 Sardines. Rewsian kegs. ............. 55 Trout. PO, 1 OR is thee as 5 50 MO.) Sie...) 2 50 Bo. t ie... 70 Det Beets ccie. 59 Wy hitetish. No.1 No.2 Fam coy Ibe... ..... Chm 20 26 wipe... 3 . 26) £46 ie... 73 ~ ciee........ 60 61 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. den : D.C. — D. C. Lemon SOs.,.:..4 oo Sox..... Sox.....4 50 Sos... .1 & 4a. ...2 08 4 0z i & Sos......3.0 o..... 2 00 No. 8 £00 No. 8...2 40 No. 10. .6 00 No. 10...4 00 No, 27.123 No. 27. 8 No. 3T.2 00 No. 37.1 35 No 47.2 40 No. 47.1 59 Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the ae GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. BOS ee es ee Oe ace : Quarter Kegs. Keene De OO ok eee Soe CAME ee 18 a Choke Bore—Dupont’s. egs Half Kegs.. HERBS. See 15 Beye ee i5 INDIGO. Madras, 5 Ib boxes......... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb boxes.... 50 JELLY. 15 - PO ceo 40 ib wate 7 KRAUT. ASTOR ot ees vs, ee Oe Patt BaPPOIe, 5... oss, 2 00 LYE. Condensed, 3 dos .......... 1 20 Condens6éd. 4 dat __...-.... 2 2 LICORICE. epi eee eee es 30 OORROEIE 5c: i s4 e323 535 5 BY cs ec Sere Eki c is sce 14 ee ee ase ee 10 MINCE MBAT. Ideal, 3 doz. in case......... 2 2 MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s brands. Wo. 9 saioner,...<.-...-...- 1 6 Anoner Taner...:.5:.....- i 70 NO; e HOMO. cc... is... 1 10 Bevor Pariee......... 42.5: 4 00 MOLASSES. : New Orleans. BOGE occ sectaee cat cas: il ME oc es eee eed 14 OE ee eee ta 20 ee es ae 24 Open Bethe... s,s 25Q@35 Half-barrels 2c extra. MUSTARD. Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 % Horse Radish, 2 doz........ 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, igen. 2.2: 1% aaa Claw, oO. S16... 1 70 Clay, T. Dp full canst... .. 65 Sea: eS. 85 : POTASH. 48 cans in case. a 4 00 Penna Sait O0.'s...1..121.. 3 00 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 5 25 Half bbls, 600 count........ 313 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count....... 6 35 Half bbls 1,200 count...... 3% RICE. Domestic. Carolina head......... .... 634 Caroling NOt. 5... ,.).. 5 Carolina nes Bee 4 Broken.. bie poo 2. ee Imported. : Japan, No.1... 534 Japan, No. 2.. ieee ee Java, fancy beads 6 Java, eb. 5 Tere. .... 5... ee SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. CHUPGI as cic ciccacc sccsceee 3 3C DOIRPIR ods gcc cas aes 3 15 MOWARIES 55 oh kad i ys 3 30 ter 8 3 00 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Table, cases, 24 3-lb boxes..1 50 Table, barrels, 100 3 1b bags.2 75 Table, barrels. 407 1b bags.2 40 Butter, barrels, 2801b. bnlk.2 25 Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.2 50 Butter, sacks, 28lbs......... 25 Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 55 Common Grades. MOOS ID GAGRS.... Si eco ss. 1 70 O051p ShcRs. .....-. 2.5... 1 55 2810-1) SQGKS.... 2. .... 55.8: 1 45 Worcester. 50 4 Ib. cartons....... +e 115 2%1b. sacks..... -4 00 60 5 Ib. sacks........ 3% 22 14° Yh, sOeks..... <2... 3S 20 0: Th. gecks............- 3 50 28 Ib. linen sacks............ B74 56 lb. linen sacks............ 60 Bulk in barrels.............. 2 50 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy im drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Higgins. 56-lb — in Hnen sacks 60 a 56-lb ao 21 Common, Granulated Fine............ 9 Medium Fine dip ce oe SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis.. 75 Granulated, 100 1b cases.. 90 Lump, bbls. . Pons ae Lump, 1451b kegs... a oe ea a 85 SEEDS. oo... 9 Canary, Smyrna........... 3 a 8 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 69 EN ee 11 Hemp, Bussian.......... 314 Btisee Hire. cc... 4% Miuiterd, wiite....... ... 5 Poppy a 8% — Pda cede sen sce ce un oie 4% Cettes BORO. ...5.......... SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars....... so oe French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SOAP. Risete UON.., 2 7 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 70 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 65 JAS. 8. KIRK & GO.’S BRANDS. American Family, wrp’d... American Family, unwrp'd. H 3 es es ce 3 33 Cabinet...... ieee ll ecee coos 2 20 BAVOH. ooo. ive tes. a8 2 50 Dusky Diamond, 50 6 0z....2 10 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 02....3 00 Blue India, 100 3 eso oe 3 00 Morcoune:-.. tk 3% oe. oe 3 65 Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. 100 cakes, 75 lbs. Bimevio Pot... 8. uses 2 80 Bb UBK 1008... oc. oe ae HO OO Mote oc oe ae oo UOs 1908... se 2 60 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars ..2 75 Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars....3 75 Uno, 100 %-1D. bars. ......... 2 50 Doll, 100 10-02. bars.........2 6 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 oe. Maewe 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 dee 2 40 SODA. OO oe onda eg ese 5% coo “English ee acess 4% SPICES. Whole Sifted. Allspice ..... See a Cassia, China in mats. es 12 Cassia, Batavia in bund... 22 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 82 Cloves, Amboyna.......... 19 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 10 Mace, Batavia............-.56 Nutmegs, = pele ce obese -60 Nutaers, No. 1............. 50 Nutmegs, No. 2 Seok eS gage 45 Pepper, Singapore, black...10 Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12 Pepper, shot.............--- 12 Pure Ground in Bulk. PEO is oe oe 12 Cassia, Batavia ..... eer 22 Cassia, Saigon............. 40 Cloves, Amboyua...........18 Cloves, Zanzibar............ 13 Ginger, African ............ 15 Ginger, Coenin.-5.... os. 18 Ginger, Jamaica............ 23 Mace, Batavia.............. Mustard, Eng. and Trieste.. Mustard, MPTIQBERS <2 oos nace ce 20 PeNees Se toy £0 Pepper, Sing , —_ es a, 12 Pepper, Sing., white........ 15 Pepper, Cayenne Shige ape Seas 20 MGs Sia pis oe a cc ae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2! STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. aU t-ib HAGKARER............. 6 Ut ib packases 1... 614% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 40 Lib paekages............. 6% Dib pOrOS. Diamond. 64 10¢ packages ..... ..5 00 128 5¢ packages.. oe 32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 Common Corn. 20 Sib. packages.......... .. 5 a0 1 Id: packages.........._.. 434 Common Gloss. Pb packaces. .... |... 4 o1p PACKMRCS. 4 6-lb packages. . s---- 4% 40 and 50 lb boxes. os 2% Saree. 23, STOVE POLISH. / aeeanaa) vb, PRESCOT i ae eis Bi seec 4 50 1% 20 No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross... SUGAR. Below are given New York VINEGAR. Malt White Wine Pure Cider eed Wee eee so oak 8 Washing Powder p A Most Plangant, Dut Most EMective — te pete ernie 00 12 oz pkgs............ «es @ OO WICKING. No.0, pereress.... 1.02... |. 25 ING. T pereross. 0 |. 30 No. 2; Bererosgs. 2... 40 NO. 3, pereross.. || vi) Fish and eepibce: Fresh Fish. Per Ib. ce ee @ 8 ree @ s Black Bass.. a @ 2 ete cs @ 15 Ciscoes or epi t @ 4 Bluefish... @ ib Live Lobster....... @ :0 Boiled — ie: @ 22 Cod ... @ Ww Haddock.. a 8s No. I Pic kerel. a, @ °§s Pace... . @ 7 Smoked White... @ 9 Red Snapper. : @ 12 Col River Salmon. @ 12% Mackerel... | @ 18 Oysters in Cans. prices on sugars, to which the} F. H. Counts........ @ % wholesale dealer adds the local | F. J. D. Selects...... @ freight from New York to your | Selects.............. @ & shipping point, giving you] ¥. J. D. Standards.. @ 20 credit on the invoice for the| Anchors............. @ 18 amount of freight buyer pays | Standards........._. @ 16 from the market in which he| Favorites.........._ @ purchases to his ——- ore including 20 pounds for e weight of the barrel. Oysters in Bulk oe 57a] ©. E Counts..... _. @1 75 eee 3 7a | Extra Selects. ...... Gi 50 Jo a Le “ap SOlCeIS @1 25 Cales e Anchor Standards.. @1 10 me a St ndards........... @1 v0 i. 4 ae ie diag Oia git, 1 O0@ & Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. > ar ao ; on . New Bitee. 33 00 Martin, Yellow . -. 19 1°50 er 5 60@ 9 00 H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. Wore 7@ 1 50 MIMAE OR oO) Beer 7 00O@15 00 2 ; BOON Or 2 00@ 6 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. Beaver Castors....... @ 8 0 Opossum.. ba 6 Deerskin, dry. per Ib. b@ Deerskin, gr’n,perlb. 10@ 15 Wool. Washes 14 @23 Unwashed ........ -14 @I7 Miscellaneous. BOW cs. ete Caawines Ba 00} Tallow... os. se 2%@ 314 Grease Butter......... : @e H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. | Switches ...........". 1%@ 2 Star Green................ -30 50| Ginseng............... @3 00 Grains and Feedstuffs Candies. Stick Candy. bbis. pails Standard. ......._... 6%@ 7 Standard H. H..... 64@ 7 Standard Twist..... 6 @8 Gut Boat... |... |. @ 8% cases cumbe S2ib |. @ 6% torah wy. @ 8% Mixed Candv. | IE | - Competition. ........ @6 SeOnGare |... @7 COnserye ..... @T% oyal @i% RePOOn oe. @ 8% Broken ... @ 8% Col D086... @ 8% English Rock... @8 Kindergarten. . @ 8% French Cream...... @ 8% Daney Pan. @10 Valley Cream.. .... @i2z Fancy—In Bulk. Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% Lozenges, printed... @ 8% Choc. Drops i Se @l4 Choc. Monumentals @ii Gum Drops @ 6 Moss Drops. @s8 BeurDrops..... @ &% Pepertain . @ 8% Fancy—in 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops.. @av Sour Dagpe | |. @iv Peppermin t Drops @eu Chocolate Drops .. @tu H. M. Choc. Drops. @ia Gite Drops... @30 — me Dropa..... @i5 B. Licorice ins @dv paras plain. @av Lozenges, printed. @50 imperials .... . . a. @av MOtoce. @55 Cream Bar @av Molasses Bar ... @50 Hand Made Creams. 80 @i 00 Plain Creams. . 60 @90 Decorated Creams... @90 String Rock...) @bv Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Wintergreen Berries @bu Caramels. No. 1 aes 2 |b. box @30 No. | wrapped, ia) Ib, Poxee @45 No. 2 2 wrapped, 3 a Oranges. Mexicans 150 176-200 @3 0v0 Cal, Seedlings ...... Q2 2» hep Navels I . @2 % POCO 216 @3 00 | Cloice @ Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. @3 00 Strictly choice 300s. . @3 25 Maney S60a.. 0 | @3 25 Ex. Fancy 300s... @3 50 Ex.Fancy 360s:..... @3 %% Bananas. Medium bunches...1 25 @!i 50 Large bunches...... 17% @2 00 Foreign Dried aie Figs. Choice, 101b boxes. 12 Extra choice, 14 1b Dene @ Fancy, 12 lb boxes. @ 14 Imperial Mikados, 18 lb boxes. @ 14 Pulled, 61b boxes... @ 2 Naturals, in bags. . @ 6% Dates, Fards in 10 lb boxes @8 Fards in 60 ib cases @ 6 Persians, G. M’s. @ 5% 1b cases, new...... @E6 | Sairs, 60 Ib cases. @ 4% Nuts. Almonds, Tarragona.. @12 Almonds, ivaca.:..._: @ii Almonds, oo soft shelled. . @13 Brasisnewg. @9 Spee @l10 Walnuts, Grenobles . @12 Ww alnuts, Calif No. 1. @i0 Ww alnuts, soft shelled Cane oe @3 Table Nuts, faney.. @10 Table Nuts, choice.. @ 9 Pecans, Med @ 8 Pecans, Ex. Large.. @li0 Pecans, Jumbos....... 12 Hickory Nuts per bu., Ohio, new. .. @1 60 Cocoanuts, full sacks @4 50 | Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Suns. @7 Fancy, H. P.. Flage Roasted... @7 Choice, H. P., Extras @4% Choice, H. P., Extras, Roasted :... 5 Wheat Winter Wheat Flour. " Local Brands. | Patents .... erie aa ee Second Patent. a a 5 00 Straight. . 4 80 Crear 4 40 Ab 475 | Bucwwieag .... . 630 ae ese Sale i ka oo 3 U0 Subject to usual cash dis- count, Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional, Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Quaker, \s.. t 60 Quaker, \S., 4 60 Quaker, \s.. 4 60 Spring Wheat Flour. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. Pillsbury’ Bent 3 ‘a8.. a Pillsbury’ Beste 1S. Pillsbury’ S Best 48 i 5 Pillsbury’s Best %s paper.. 5 Pillsbury’s Best 348 paper.. 5: Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s head. Grand Republic, 768. ® 50 Grand Republic, 148.. 5 40 Grand Republic, %s........ 5 3u Lemon & Wheeler Co.’ 8 Brand. Gold Medals... 5 65 Gold Medalte. ... S56 Gold Medal yas ele, 5 45 Parisian, . & & Parisian, = - o oO Parisian. 4s 5 45 Olney & Judson’s Brand. Ceresola: 368... |S SO Ceresota, 4s.. Ceresota, ee | Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Laurel, 4s. . . 2 50 Laurel, 48.. . 540 Laurel, Les. . -_ & ao _—,. Bolles 1 7 GCranuisted 9 2 Feed and Millstuffs. St. Car Feed, screened ....16 00 Ne. Com and Oats! (45 00 Unbolted Corn Meal.. .14 50 |= | Winter Wheat Bran. 14 06 | a | Winter Wheat Middlings. -1i 00 screenings, 1... 13 00 | New Corn | Carlos... 33% Less than car lots 7 | Oats. Can lot 1 | Carlots, clipped. 324% Less than car lots__ 35 Hay. | No. 1 Timothy arlots.. 9 00 No.1 re ton lots.. 10 00 F resh Meats. Beet. Carcass . 64@ 7% Fore quarters... 54@ 6 Hind quarters.....___ TAG 9 hones Nes 9 @I12 ee -_s Ge | Rounds - 64@ 7% | Cane aaa | cl qs | Pork. | Dressed .... @ ih a @7% | Shoulders. . ac | | Leaf Lard.. -.- 5K@ Ratton. COPCGRS oo 7 @8 Spring Lambs...-._._. 8 @9 @9 Barrels. Ce ee @i1% ¥Xe W.W.Mich.Hdlt @ 8% ww Michigan eee ce. @8 So Wohte. @7 eee ee ei @ 8 aoe ‘Naptha eee eo, @i% Cytinder 25 36 Engine... .. -1i @2i Berk. winter. Qs Provisions. Swift & Company quote as | follows: Barreled Pork. Mess 10 Back ‘ 11 00] Clear back IU 50 oT: 10 50 Pe. 14 U0 Bean 8% Family a 10 50 Dry Salt Meats. [Belves ...... . 6 Briskets 534 Extra shorts \ d14 Smoked eats. Hams, 12 lb average... 9 Hams, 14 1b aver rage 834 Hams, 16 lb average... 8l4 Hams, 20 lb average.... 7% Ham dried beef.. . Shoulders (N. Y. ¢ rut) 6 Bacon, clear. 4 @s California hams... 6 Boneless hams..... 8 | Cooked ham............ 8@ii Lards. In Tierces. VOmpeumed .... i howe 614 55 1b Tubs... .. advance 14 80 1b Tubs....... advance 6 30 1b Tins .......advance ae 20 lb Pails. -- advance % 10 lb Pails. ......advance % Sib Pasig | advance i 3 1b Pails.......2dvance 11g Sausages. Bologna .... a ee 6% Branzforg...,.. |... a fork 6% Biood .. aie eae a 6 Tongue ... 9 Head cheese. a 6% Beef. | ttre Mess... 8 an | Boneless ...... | 2 25 BEM .- 1 oo Pigs’ Feet. Hits, 15 ibe. |. 80 \4 bbls, a0 The. 1 50 Ye bbls, 80 lbs.. 2 80 Tripe._ Kits, 15 lbs.. . % 4 bbls, 40 Ibs. 1 40 % bbls, 80 lbs...._. 2% Casings. ee 16 Beef rounds.. _ a Beef middiles.. as 10 See 60 Butterine. Mors dkirg 10 Bolid, dairy...__. 9% Rolls, Creamery ........ 14 Solid, creamery . : 13% Canned Meats. Corned beef, 215 Corned beef, 4 1b i oo 14 75 Roast beef, ee a iD Potted ham, s.. 50 Fotted bam, i¢s.... |. 1 00 Deviled ham, me... 60 Deviled ham, a....... 2 OO | Potted tongue 4s....... 60 }E otted ‘ongue “48 a io] |Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, % gal., per doz.... ' SU 1 to 6 gal., per gal. yy | 8 gal., per gal r% | 10 gal., per gal.. te | 12 gal, per gal..... - oe | 15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 8 | 20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 8 | 25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 10 | 30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal.. 10 Churns. | 2,t0 6 gal., per gal. . (6s¢ | Churn Dashers, per doz... 8 Milkpans. % gal. fat or rd. bot., doz. 60 | 1 gal. flat orrd. bot.,each 5% Fine Glazed Milkpans. | % gal. flat or rd. bot.,doz. 65 | 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 5% Stewpans. % gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 8% 1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.1 10 | j Jugs. | 34 gal., per doz.. 40 | % gal.. per doz. 500) | 1 to 5 gal., per gal. 6% | Tomato Jugs. | % gal., per doz...... 70 | teal eaen | q | Corks for % gal., per doz.. 20 | Corks for 1 gail., per doz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. | 4 gal., stone cover, doz... %5 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 | Sealing Wax. | 5 lbs. in package, per lb.. 2 LAMP BURNERS. No. 6 Sun..... _.. oo [No.1 San... LL . = Ba 7 [SOOM ee [oceuriy, NGO! ae sectriy Noe lle ; Nutmeg <<. | Climax... . 1s |LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. | Per box of 6 doz. | No. | Coan... 1% Ce 1 8 Nes Sag 27 First Quatity. ino. 0 Sun, crimp | Wrapped and label ed. 210 |No. 1 Sun, crimp | wrapped and iabelea 2 2% iNo, 2 Sun, crimp D, | wrapped and abaied.” . 8 | XXX Flint. |No. 0 Sun, crimp Op, | wrapped and labeled. . 256 | No. # Sun, crimp op, | wrapped aad labeled.” 2% No. 2 Sun, crimp wrapped and nel iis 7 CHIMNEY S—Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped an ie 7 No. 2 Sun, “wrapped and label ion... 4 70 No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labele Bd. 4 No.2 Sun, “Small “Bulb,” _ Crackers. for Globe L amos. 80 | The Nation: ul Biscuit Co, | La Bastie. | quotes as follows: | No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per Butter. ~ doz ee ae eee aac | 1 2 | Seymour XXX . eG Sou Sie plain bulb, = i Seymour XXX, 3 lb. carton 64% doz : 1 50 Family XXX... 6 No.1C rimp, per doz. a. . | Family XXX, 31b carton 644 | No. 2 Crimp, per doz. i 60 | Salted XX) ae 6 Rochester. | Salted XX} - carton, °% | No. i, Lime (65¢ doz). .... 3 50 oda. | No. 2, Lime ( (706 dos)...:.. 4 | Soda XXX .. 7 | No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...” 4 70 | Soda XXX,31b carton. es Bie =| fete 1a | No.2, Lime (70e doz) ..... 4 00 | Long Island Wafers....|.| 11 No, 2, Flint (80¢e doz)...... 4 40 | L. L. Wafers, 1 1b carton rm OIL CANS. Doz. | Oyster. 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 | Square Oy ster ane... 6 |1gal galy iron with spout. 1 65 | Sa. Ove. SMW t Ib ec arton. 7 2 gal galy iron with spout. 2 87 | Farina Oyster, XXX.. 6 |3galg —_ ae oe ar 7 | | 5 gal galv iron wi Hl 5 ve a oo oy, | 3gal galy iron with faucet 4 75 Bent’s Cold W ater......... 13i, | )gal galv iron with faucet 5 25 B ile R Soe ees ns a 10 gal Ting Cons... |, 8 00 Coe ee ae gy, | 5 gal galv iron Nacefas ... 9 00 Coffee Cakes........ es Pump Cans Frosted anes «oes... 19% | 9 GAl Rapid unas Stream. 9 00 | Graham Crackers ... 8 |5gal Eureka non-oy — 10 56 | Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 7 3 gal Home Rule.. -10 50 Ginger Snaps, XXX city. < |ogat Rome Rule.... ......, 12 00 Gin. Sops,XXX home made 7 5 gal Pirate King.. ne oe | Gin. Snps,XXX sealloped.. 7 L ANT EREIS. | Ginger Vanilla... |. 5 No. OYubular..... ose - Combine in Enameled Ware. The long-talked-of combination among the enamel-ware manufacturers appears to be a reality at last. Word was re ceived from St. Louis last week to the effect that all of the Neidringhaus plants had been combined with those of the Agate Ware Co., of Chicago, the Pitts- burg Stamping Co., the Illinois Manu- facturing Co. and the Ohio Stamping Co. It was said that about $10,000,000 of invested capital is represented in the new combination. When asked what the purposes of the combination were, one of the officials of the Central Stamp- ing Co. said: ‘*‘Like a majority of the combinations that have taken place in a number of trades lately, we are going to try and increase our profits by de- creasing the cost of production.’’ Wire Nails Barb Wire Plain and Galvanized Wire Inter your the advance. order spring shipments Foster, Stevens & Co., now for and save Wholesale Hardware, Grand Rapids, Mich. r Loses SYRUP CANS Round and Square Sap Pails and Sap Pans Write for prices, Wm. Brummeler & Sons, Manufacturers, Grand Rapids, Mich. Factory and Salesrooms 260 S. Ionia St. oF € Re se nahin ch Realte Sea aR A Game Two Can Play At. Written for the TRADESMAN. There are, at this moment, two men on the sunset slope of life who are sat- isfied that an enthusiast can go too far with his idea of reform. Those two men are a grocer by the name of Bost- wick and an occasional writer whose last name begins with S. The two have for some time been indulging in scatter- ing broadcast their condensed wisdom free of charge, all of which has been poured upon the head and shoulders of a certain clerk whose name is Morris— Will Morris. The readers of this column may remember that Mr. Bostwick was more than aggressive in his attempt to reform certain undesirable habits in his clerk, while the other old fellow complacently looked down from his tran- quil heights to pour his philosophic balm upon the troubled waters of strife going on below, with an occasional and timely ‘‘ Peace, be still.’”’ The genuine reformer, always enthu- Siastic, radiates his earnestness from a common center on the just and the un- just alike, and there, in this case, is where the mischief began. Middle life, especially that period where ‘‘the grey is mingled with the brown,’’ knows positively that it is more blessed to give than to receive—advice; and, while de termined to dispense it in large doses in season and out of season, he is equal- ly determined not to receive any, no matter how small the quantity. Well, the time came when young Morris concluded that turn about was fair play and naturally enough turned his attention as a reformer to Mr. Bost- wick and—most unnaturally, as I think —to me. Among other habits, which I do not feel called upon to enumerate, Mr. Bostwick is given up, body and soul, to smoking. So what does this young Martin Luther do but ‘‘go for’’ his employer, who may tell his own story as he told it last night to me: ‘I was pulling away for dear life on my old briar, when in walked Will. “Whew!” says he, ‘how like the devil it smells in here. Heavens! you can cut it with a knife. Let me open a win- dow so | can breathe. O, I know your pipe-fodder cost enough’—Pipe-fodder ! Did you ever hear anything quite so bad as that?—‘more’s the pity—and | know all about the expense of your meerschaum ; but you're puffing your life away just the same and making your den and your clothes smell like the Old Nick. What makes you do it? Don’t you kwon there’s nicotine enough in that amber stem to kill at forty rods? Well, I do if you don’t, and so does Mrs. Bostwick; and she’s offered me— don’t you wish you knew how much?— if I can get you to stop. I stopped playing billiards when you asked me to, and shut down on what little whisky 1 swallowed, and all that, because you wanted me to. Now I want you to throw that nasty old pipe out the window and not smoke any more of that kind of to- bacco, because it's better for you—and will bring me in a neat little sum, be- sides. Will you do it? Say! will you? Let me have the foul thing now and send ‘er flying. Come!’ and I’ll be kicked if that cub didn’t take my pipe out of my mouth and throw it into the fire! I was so-——— mad fora minute that I couldn't speak. Then the whole thing took a turn and I've been laughing at it ever since. Isn't it the funniest thing you ever heard of?"’ It was, and I said so—a great deal funnier, anyway, than what took place in this very room no longer ago than MICHIGAN TRADESMAN night betore last. My room is always open to Will and he comes in when he wants to and stays as long as he likes. I happened to be out later than usual, and when I came in about eleven o'clock Morris was wrapped up ina book we both think a good deal of, and didn’t take any notice of me. We have a brand of cigar we both like, and each buys one for the other fellow when he gets one for himself. So I took Will’s cigar, cut the end off and laid it within easy reach. The young fellow took the cigar, glanced at me, and then, with the queerest look in his eyes, a look that seemed to bore a hole right into mine, and that lasted, it seemed to me, for five minutes, put down his book, placing the cigar in his mouth very deliberate- ly; and then, with the air of the Great Mogul, motioned me to a chair—he had mine! With a look of penitence ap- propriate to the existing condition of things, I sat down upon the edge of the indicated chair. After a pull or two, that confounded Will Morris began: ‘‘T wonder if you haven’t been hav- ing a schooner of beer?’’ The question was a surprise, but I admitted the charge with a schcolboy nod. ‘*That Englishman treated you.'’ It was not a question, but I admitted the impeach- ment. “‘f have an idea that that port wine which you like with your whist and your cigar is making your nose red: and I know it gives you a bad breath. Do you think you'd better keep it up? I never could stand that combination —an evening of wine and cigars with a top-off of beer; it always upset me and sent me home skating. It doesn’t seem’’ —you ought to have heard that fellow emphasize seem-—‘‘to affect you, in that way, but it’s getting in its work on your nose, for a fact; and I'd stop it. Don’t you think you'd better? Say ! don’t you think you had?’’ You could have knocked me down with a feather! I felt a flush of wrath rising in my cheeks, and turned to Will Morris to give him a crusher. I didn’t give it. That boy’s face, with a tenderness that I never dreamed he had for anything human, had an ex- pression of pleading earnestness which completely unarmed me. Anger gave place to something else; and, with a ‘Well, Will, I'll think about it,’’ we turned pleasantly and easily to the book the boy was reading. Do you know, I haven't any use fora reformer under forty! Earlier than that they don’t seem to understand their business. , RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. ———_>_9____ He Obeyed the Summons. ‘*Is there a man in all the audience, ’’ demanded the female speaker on wom- an's rights, fiercely, ‘‘who has ever done anything to lighten the burden resting on his wife’s shoulders? What do you know of woman’s work? Is there a man here,’’ she continued, folding her arms and looking over her audience with superb scorn, ‘‘ that has ever got up in the morning, leaving his tired, worn out wife to her slumbers, gone quietly downstairs, made the fire, cooked his own breakfast, sewed the missing buttons on the children’s shoes, darned the family stockings, scoured the pots and kettles, cleaned and filled the lamps, swept the kitchen, and done all this, if necessary, day after day, uncomplain- ingly? If there is such a man in this audience, let him stand up. I should like to see him.’’ And far back in the hall a mild-looking man in spectacles, in obedience to the summons, timidly arose. He _ was the husband of the elo- quent speaker. It was the first chance he had ever had to assert himself. Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS Se 70 Jeniinen genuine =o oo . 25410 Jennings’, imitation re 60410 AXES Hirst Quality, S. B.Bronze............. 5 00 Hirst Quality, DB Bronze... | 9 50 First Quality, S. B.S. Steel...... | 11]. .. oC Barsy Cushy, DB Stee 10 50 BARROWS eT --- 812 00 14 00 Caden net 30 00 BOLTS eS eo 60410 Varnee Dew iat ag to 75 a 50 BUCKETS Wel pain --63 2 BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Pin, figured............... «+... C0GeRO Wrought Narrow w+ on oo AOGEIG BLOCKS Ordinary Tackle. ._.... Lo ee. 70 CROW BARS Cale See .- per Ib 4 CAPS a per m 65 niekaC F. ... rt net tense eon... OCR On 5d ee er 35 ee per m 60 CARTRIDGES on Pe --.00& 5 Cone ire 2B& 5 CHISELS ROGGE Fe 80 Docket. Eva 80 packet Comicn ee. 80 ROCKO See 80 DRILLS Morse’s Hit Stocks .... 1. 60 Paper and StraightShank. |... . 50d 5 Morse’s TapérShank ' . bOd& 5 ELBOWS (Om 4piece Gin. | |. doz. net 00 ee 13 Se ee cia age ag EXPANSIVE BITS Clark’s small, $18; large S25... SIO ives” 1 Os 22 25 FILES—New List CW ARCA TO&10 CRO — 70 Heller's Hoteo Raspes -60&10 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26: ee 28 List 12 13 14 15 ec . 17 Discount, 75 to 75-10 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...............60dé10 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... ......... 7 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 8U MATTOCKS mere Be $16 UU, dis 60&10 Huns Bye... |... beeen eee $15 UO, dis 60&10 Pee 8. mt ennnss «core OES OO, GIS 20010 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. mtee! Nails, base..... . .. “ Wire nails, base..... 17 re aOU Ree ee Base Mito Gadgyanee st US Savane 10 DONG 20 Segvance og 30 SO 45 a 70 Pincgasavance. 50 Conic TOGGvenee. 15 Coes Savane 25 Case Gadvanee oo 35 PURE SU OURNeR 5 Pisien Sagvance 35 Piss Gages 45 DArrcl A aevamee 85 MILLS Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...... .. 40 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleabies. ul 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s.... . 40 once Mutermice 30 MOLASSES GATES pecobi Ss PACE. 8. | |. Ob eur Ss Gemne 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring ........:... .... 30 PLANES Onio Tool Co.'s, fancy............. @50 CG Ce 60 sanGushy Fool Cas, faney. 1.1... |. @50 Bench firstqualitg, 5 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS ee 601010 Common, polished............... ieee. 70& 5 RIVETS ron and Vinea oo 8... 60 Copper Rivets and Bars. ..._..........._... 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 %c per pound extra. HAMMERS Maydole & Co.’s, new list........ ie ie ie ee dis 25 Merkos @rinmi' sg... dis wW&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......... ..30¢ lim. 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c lis. 40é10 23 : HOUSE FURNISHING GOODs: Stamped Tin Ware....... ....... - new list 75410 capanmed tin Ware 20&10 Grane ian Ware. new list 40&10 HOLLOW WARE ron... a “+a. re Bees n+ op OUMO Spiders «+» OOG10 HINGES Cm Care Lee . dis 60&10 oe ---- per doz. net 2 50 WIRE GOODS Brent. ..... .... ee 80 EO ee 80 ot oe i 80 Gate Hooks and Eyes........... Se eee 80 LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ dis v0 ROPES Sisal, % inch and Intec... citeee es Ole Monte... 8 SQUARES Steel and Iron. .... 21... beeeemscee ccu4, Try and Bevels ... ... aoe SHEET IRON com. smooth. com. noe ttm. ae 82 40 MOS tee ae 2-40 Nea Witee 2 80 2 45 NOR Melee eae 2 55 Nos. 2 toa 26. ...... el, 2 2 6 No. 27 3 20 2% Ail sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND PAPER rang acek GG SASH WEIGHTS See ee ton: 30) On oo 50 peee| Game... i 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 5 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70&10 Mouse, choker..... -. per doz 15 Mouse, delusion..............__. per doz is WIRE Peet Oke 75 Annealed Market 5 Copperca Marmct ee Ate 62% Coppesea Spring Steel... 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized ............ -+ oe Barbed Wence, painted.) |. kt Be HORSE NAILS AA Oae a ae ae 5 NOH WOERtGE 8 aie WRENCHES Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 CecaGenmine oo 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, Wrought ....... 80 Coes Patent, malleable. ............ 80 MISCELLANEOUS Bara Cagee 50 Pure Cimerm 80 peecwe New ligt... ........ 85 Casters, Bed and Plate............. 2... 50&10&10 Dampers, American. 50 METALS—Zinc OM DOURG Clete 64 Per pOgne 6% SOLDER The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. TIN—Melyn Grade mei Chace... 05% axe 1, Charcos! ............... a 2 muse IX. Chazeoal.............. ica. © or Each additional X on this grade, 81.25. TIN—Allaway Grade ett IC, Charcoal... ........_... a 5 00 iw Cuareeat. ee [Gxet YX, Coaecoal................. an Peete Charcoal eee Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. ROOFING PLATES i4xco IC, Charcoal, Dean.................... 5 08 iaxoe [% Charcoal Dean .................... 6 66 auaco FC, Charcoal Dean. ...... ........... 16 @@ 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 4 50 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 5 50 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 9 00 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 11 00 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 14x56 [X, for No. 8 Boilers, } / 14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, ¢ P&T Poun 1... 9 ~ — Ttemized Ledgerse Size, 8!4x14—3 columns, Za (ires. 100) Paves... .-$2 00 'S quires, 240 pares... ..... - 2 matic ole ee 3 00 S Guaves, 400 pees se ec oes 3 50 OF RES, 40) DA ae INVOICE RECORD or BILL BOOK. So double pages, registers 2,880 invoices...... $2 oo TRADESIIAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. eee ohh, it igen * 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The End of a Good Man. M. Quad in American Druggist. If it had been found necessary for his friends to raise a little purse to bury John Q. Slack when he died the other day, and to puta Suitable stone at the head of his grave, | should have telt hurt had | been lett out of the affair. 1 had known and appreciated him fora score of years, and it can be truthfully written in his case that death loved a shining mark. John Q. Slack was a druggists’ sun- dries man. He started in with the firm when it had nothing but Epsom salts and tooth-brushes to get orders tor, and he the only traveler, and he died know- ing that his house was rated at half a million doliars aud had a dozen men on the road with a big trunk apiece. John went right to the head of the profession the tirst day he started out, and he never ljost the position. He was the right man in theright place. At the first hotel he stopped at he tound that half a dozen ola drummers trom New York, Boston and Philadelphia had pre- empted all the best rooms. They were there for various houses which could have bought and sola his a hundred times over. Those drummers’ were used to the best tn the land, and ex- pected to see at least every second man take off his hat tothem. They were running the dining-room, the office, the biliiard-room—in fact, all the hotel, when he arrived. He had got a pointer down the road, and he arrived on an engine hired tor the last run of fifty miles. He had telegraphed ahead for a carriage, and he reached the botel with the borses on a gallop. As he was told by tbe clerk that all the best rooms were taken, he offered to rent the hotel for a week, and although the arrange- ment was not Closed, they turned an old drummer out and gave him a parlor. He rushed upstairs and down, out around town aid back, and when he finally tound time to draw a _ long breath he explained to the wondering and bewildered people: ‘Philadelphia was making a corner on Epsom saits, and Boston was making one on tuoth-brushes, and our house was fighting both. Tank God, we have busted ’em, and there wiil be no raise in prices! e From that day John Q’s position was established, as was that of his house. For months and months his house was unable to pay full salaries, and his watch and pin and overcoat were al- ways in pawn, but no one ever knew it. John Q. bad the cheek of a Government mule and the tongue of a woman. He would leave hotel bills bebind bim where other men had been arrested; he would take orders where other men had failed in disgust. There might be other drummers at the hotel, but they came in only after John. If one of them bought a whole seat in a parlor car he bought half ot another car for himself; if any one bragged about a lower berth he bought two or three sections. He was always, at least in imagination, fighting rings and corners and trusts for the benefit of the trade, and every drug- gist on bis long route was so grateful to him that not a shilling of his trade could be diverted. He was aman who knew the worth of gall in his profes- sion, and he had gall bytheton. It wasn't impudence—it wasn't exaggera- tion to be seen through as he boasted— it was something to catch admiration as he leaned carelessly on the desk of the hotel office and said: ‘*Sorry I've got to leave this evening, but 1’m going up to Chicago by special train to bust that ring on quinine. They've put up a miilion dollars to cor- ner the market, but I’ll knock ’em cold within twenty-four hours. I've instruc- tions from our house to bust it if it takes three million dollars to do it. If they make their corner, quinine is to go up fifty per cent.’’ ohn Q. was not a liar. He simply said things. If any other drummer had said them they would have been hooted down, but coming from his mouth they were entitled to belief and respect. In his quiet, calm way, but a way which always duly impressed all listeners, he would lay down his billiard cue and say: **Gentlemen, please excuse me, but I see a boy at the door.with a telegram. Of course it is for me. It’s about that castor oil syndicate in Buffalo. 1 thought I had ’em downed, but if they have bobbed up again I'll wipe ’em off the face of the earth!’’ The telegram was for him, and the syndicate had ‘‘bobbed,’’ and he would rush to the telegraph office to send twenty different dispatches. He used to receive so many telegrams that it got to be believed he carried a boy and thou- sands of blanks with him. They came to him every half hour of the day, and up to ten o'clock at night, and as he opened them he always had something to say about trusts, syndicates, tons of uinine, carloads of flaxseed and hun- reds of barrels of alcohol. Other drum- mers envied him, but he was above envy himself; many drummers hated him, but he was too busy to hate back. When he left the hotel in the morning to call upon the local druggists be didn't go plodding along on foot like other drummers, and neither did he hurry himself. He might go the rounds or be might drive out into the country and not return until a late hour. When this was the case he would drive to the druggist’s house and rush him out of bed to get orders for chest-protectors, sponges, tooth-brushes, or what not, which were bound to advance thirty per cent. before the next morning. As I said before, John Q. never lied. Nobody ever doubted his word, even when he casually remarked, after read- ing a long telegram, that his house had just established a branch at Bombay, making the fifteenth abroad. Once when he had hurt his hand and couldn't hold a pen, a crowd of us heard him dictate a_ 300-word telegram to the President, giving his views and the views of his house (but his first) on the tariff ques- tion, so far as it affected alcohol. He said he would spend $3,000,000 to defeat the high duty imposed, and he made threats as to what the electors of Amer- ica would do, but I can’t remember that any of us said to each other that the telegram would never get out of the hote], or that the $3,000,000 was all in his eye. A good man_ has departed this life. He was a good man and a good drum- mer. His cheek was right and his tongue did no wrong. There was a place in life for him and he pushed himself up the ladder and filled it. I do not know what awaited -him on the other shore, but I am sure if there was a front seat lying around loose he el- bowed his way through the crowd and took it, and sat down with the proper dignity and announced that his house was ready to supply all demands at the lowest possible figures. In the Chase For the Almighty Dollar des Don’t forget that the best place to buy your Coupon Books Is the Tradesman Company,.% which makes the largest line and carries the largest stock of any house in the country and is the only manufacturer which stands back of its product by an absolute guaranty as to % % accuracy. The Spanish government may have had no mines in Havana harbor, but it begins to look as if somebody got hold of something equally as effective and used it. >??? It is now possible to photograph 7 human voice. This will be useful stump speakers who have nothing ne voice to give to the country’s Cause. os —©—26. —_ The last two descendants of Christo- pher Columbus are said to be occupants ofa aera in Cadiz. WANTS COLUMN. Advertisements ‘will ‘be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance Dayment. : BUSINESS CHANCES. NOR SALE—COMPLETE GROCERY STOCK, with fixtures: established trade; best in vestment in the city. Address No. 523, — Michigan Tradesman. 23 Fork -~ALE OR EXCHANGE FOR STOG ac OF xc ods—150 acres of pine and hardwood tim- berin Upper Peninsula. G. E. Hain, Fremont, Mich. 522 Vy YJANTED GOOD SECOND-HAND SODA fountain in two parts, of 12 syrups each. Must bs cheap. Watace Bros., Benton — Mich. 21 Fee “EXCHANGE- RESIDENCE LOTS, | — frum all incumbrance, for hardwood timber lands or improved farm. Address T, Lock _Box 56, Monroe, M ch. 524 JOE SALE—ON E SAWMILL COM PLET E, except boiler and engine. foronly #1U0. Ad- dress A. H. Young & Co., Hartford, Mich. 520 NOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR FARM— $3,500 hardware stock in good town with no competition. Address No. 518, care Michigan Tradesman. 518 JARTNER WANTED—WITH CAPITAL TO manufacture something in wood. Have plant in best shipping town in Central Michi- gan. Address Day, care Michigan Tradesman. 517 Crore sETE PICKLE AND VINEGAR WORKS for saie for one-fourth its value; capacity 25,000 bushels; situated in section very favora- ble for growing vegetables: best of railroad fa- cilities. J. E. Cristy. Ringwood, [1]. 516 F°E, “SALE—CREAMEKY AND CHEESE factory outfit, on easy terms; price, #450. Whittemore & Phinney, Tawas City, Mich. 507 JILL PAY CASH FOR STOCK OF SHOES, clothing or general merchandise worth from $5,000 to $25,000. Address No. 511, care Michigan Tradesman. 511 I RUG STORE AND FIXTURES FOR SALE eneap; located in a good town; part cash, balance on time, to suit the purchaser. ‘Address J. W. Balecom, Ek Rapids, Mich 512 OR SALE—ALL OF THE WOOD WORKING machinery, belts, shafting, pulleys, stock carts, cabinet benches, etc., ete., in our furni- ture factory; also a Rhodes automatic band saw sharpener, one edger with chisel, pointed tooth saws, with extra teeth, and one set of Knight's sawmill dogs. Address the Converse Mfg. Co., Newaygo, Mich 514 pee: SALE—STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GRO- ceries and shoes. Will sell or rent building. Reason for selling, poor health. Address L. Schrock, Clarksville, Mich 499 POR SALE—BUiLDING AND GENERAL stock; test farming section in Michigan. No trades. W H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich. 500 Ko SALE—THRKEE STORE BUILDINGS (all well rented), fine modern residence, two vacant lots and 80 acre farm near prosper- ous city, in exchange for stock of merchandise. Address Thos Skelton Coldwater, Mich. 493 \ ANT ALL KINDS OF GRAIN IN CAR lots. Name price or ask for bids. Rhodes Co., Grain Brokers, Granger, Ind. 479 HAVE A PARTY WANTING GROCERY OR general stock. Must be a bargain. I have buyers for any line of merchandise. W. H. Gil- bert, 109 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. 440 WASTED — — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 381 ts EXCHANGE—TWO FINE IMP ROVE b farms for stock of merchandise; splendid location. Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades- man. %3 PATENT SOLICITORS. J.REE—OUR NEW HANDBOOK ON PAT- ents. Cilley & Allgier, Patent Attorneys, “rane } Rapids. Mich. 338 MISCELLANEOUS. V TAN TED—BY MAN OF NINE YEAKS’ experience, position as manager of gen eral store. Have had experience in all lines: can also do book-keeping of any kind and would do same with other work. Address No. 519. care Michigan Tradesman. 519 W "ANTED—SALESMEN, BOTH LOCAL AND traveling, to sell our lubricating oils and greases, either as a special or side line. Salary or commis-ion. Special inducements to hustlers The Empire Oil Co , Cleveland, Ohio. 515 5 fog acl ae et BY REGISTERED pharmacist of eight years’ experience, college education; capable of managing; best of references furnished. Address No. 503, care Michigan Tradesman. 506 Absolutely auto- © matic. Requires — no more care e than a smali.= tis 4 il it Oo Fi i it ict oe handlamp. The only generator e manufactured in © Michigan that . hasbeen granted © a permit by the ~ UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE S ASSOCIATION. For full informa- tion and prices, e address the S manufacturers, Bee al 9 s Travelers’ Time Tables. CHI C AGO and West Michigan R’y Dec. 1, 1897. Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids...........8:45am 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicage... >... .... .. 3:10pm 6:50pm 6:40am Ly. Chicago-.... ........ 7:20am 5:15pm *11:30pm Ar. G@’d Rapids......... 1:25pm 10:35pm * 6:20am Traverse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey. by. @d@ Rapids |... 7:30am 5:30pm Parlor and Sleeping Cars on afternoon and night trains to and from Chicago. *Every day. Others week days only. DET RO IT Grand Rapids & Western. 9 Nov 21, 1897. Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:35pm 5:35pm AY. Detrois. 5... 8. 11:40am 5:45pm 19:20pm by: Detroit... _.. 00am 1:10pm 6:10pm 8:00a Ar. Grand Rapids.....12:55pm 5:20pm 10:55pm Saginaw, Aima and Greenville. Lv. GR7:10am 4:20pm Ar. G R 12:20pm 9:30pm Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent. GRAN D —- si isco Diy (In effect January 19, 1898 ) LAST Leave. is . Arrive. + 6:45am.Sag., Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .+ 9:55pm +10:10am... ...Detroit and East.... ..+ 5:07pm + 3:30pm..Sag., Det., N. Y. & Boston..+12:45pm *10:45pm... Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am WEST * 7:00am....Gd. Haven and Int. Pts....*10:15pm +12:53pm.Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+ 3:22pm + 5:12pm....Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi....+10:05am 710:00pm...... Gd. Haven god Mil... ... Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car. No. 18 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. 15 Wagner parlor car. *Daily. ae Sunday. E. H. Huewss, A.G. P. & T. A. BEN. FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt., C. A. Justin, City Pass. Agent. No. 23 Monroe St. GRAND Rapids & = “mene Northern Div. Leave Arrive Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 7:45am + 5:15pm Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 2:15pm + 6:35am Cece. ee + 5:25pm +til:15am Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has parlor car, and train leaving at 2:15 p. m. has sleeping car to Mackinaw. Southern Div. Leave Arrive CROMNAE oo. ae + 7:10am ¢ 8:25pr We WAV ices ce ea + 2:10pm + 2:00pn Cintimneg ss * 7:00pm * 7:25am 7:10a. m. train has parlor car to Cincinnati 2:19 p.m. train has parlor car to Fort Wayne. 7:00 p.m train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly G’d Rapids......... +7:35am +1:00pm +5:40pm Ar Muskegon........... 9:00am 2:10pm 7:05pm GOING East. Ly Muskegon....... .. 48:10am +11:45am +4:00pm ArG'd Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pm +Except Sunday. *Daily. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. and Ticket Agent. DULUT ; _— a — Atlantic WEST BOUND. Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & —— +7:45am Ly. Mackinaw City............ 7:35am 4:20pm Ar St temgee.: co 9:00am 5:20pm Ar. Sault Ste Marfe..-:..- 12:20pm 9:50pm AY. Marquette... 50... 5.5. 2:50pm 10:40pm dr. NGSIOFER. oo ees 33, 5:20pm 12:45am Ar. Duluth.......... Stcbeeege es) cls 8:30am EAST BOUND. Biv ee +6:30pm Ar. NOSGOMA t..0c los. til:l5bam 2:45am Ax. MATGMELIO. 2.6... scat 1:30pm 4:30am Lv. Sault Ste. Marie.......... Soopm a... Ar. Mackinaw City. .......... 8:40pm 11:00am G. W. Hisparp, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids TRAVEL VIA F.& P. M. R. R. AND STEAMSHIP LINES TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN H. F. MOELLER, a.a. Pp. a. Gaba wvwwe Gobobbbbbbbbbbbbhbboin tn FF FOG VG FV UV VV VU OV VU VS SSG i LoS PODOSO OS SOD OOOOOOOO999OS 999090006 0000000000000 0000 9DOOSOOO 00000909009 00000 00000000 00000006000000606 Established 1780. Walter Baker & Go, 10. | ae Largest Manufacturers of ee PURE HIGH GRADE ‘" COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES on this Continent. GANNED FRUTS se | GNNED VESETBLE shortage of fruit in our State last season, we are having an unprecedented sale on all kinds of Canned Goods. Musselman Grocer Company Grand Rapids, Mich. Don’t let your stock get low. Look out for higher prices on Tomatoes. Ask our salesmen about those Nunley, Hines & Co.’s | CANNED FISH =| CANNED AT Dorchester, Mass. The Oldest and ore No Chemicals are used in Trade-Mark. their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put “ in Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best plain chocolate in the market for family use. SO 9OSO9O0O OOS 060060600 60600066 664 ; QDONAAAAAAHAQAAAQAAQKOAHAKAQNQAHNAKKQARAN ADO AQAZODVDOOIVDID0009N Their German Sweet Chocolate is good to eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri. tious, and healthful; a great favorite with children. Buyers should ask for and be sure that the get the genuine goods. The above trade-mar 1s on every package. Walter Baker & Co. Ltda. Dorchester, Mass. TOTS TST SSS SOOO SOS OU OU UU UU UU UUUY Four Kinds of Coupon Books are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. Conggacas The President of the United States of America, To HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, ager 3, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming of holding through or under you, GREETING: Whereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be relieved touching the matters there:n complained of, and that the said ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap Mow, Cherefore, we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under yu uader the pains and penalties which may fall upon you_and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do ‘absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word ‘‘SAPOLIO,” or any word or words substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is not Complainant’s said manufacture, and from in any way using the word “SAPOLIO” in any false or misleading manner. @ ° AVitNe55, The honorable MELVILLE W. FULLER, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of che United States of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, [sear] [sicnzD} S. D. OLIPHANT, Clere ROWLAND COX, Complainants Solicitor l= LSS DES CDSS IIT IIIS Shake off the p | ry Ashley, Mich., Jan. 6, 1898. WW Dragging Chains ; | a STIMPSON ComputiNnG ScaLE Co., - SEK O | rN Elkhart, Ind. W AN Gentlemen—After using the Stimpson Computing W WN Scale (2) years, was persuaded into changing for a Dayton W a Computing Scale, and, after giving it a fair trial, am very free : AN to say that I am only too pleased to return to my first love on W AN the opportunity’s presenting itself, and now know positively W WN I have had all the Dayton Scales I ever wish to use as longas yp AN I can get the Stimpson at the same price. W (Signed) A. N. PALMETER. W Se W , SIPS § .— GOMPUTING. By abandoning the pass book and other out-of-date methods of keeping track of the credit transactions of a retail store and adopting in their stead the modern method of handling credit accounts, the COUPON BOOK SYSTEM By means of which the credit transactions of a retail business can be placed on a cash basis and annoyance and loss supplanted by peace and profit. We make four different kinds of Coupon Books, all of which are \ j sold on the same basis, irrespective of grade or denomination. We W cheerfully send samples of any or all of our books on application, confi- CoALE Hl W dent that our prices are lower than those of any other house in our line, 09 one quality of work and accuracy of workmanship considered. W TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. SS Ss SOIEASSSn SIN BAAS SaaS eS SST HSS SOS SAIS AO OCS AAS Aes Ay 4 4 MN MN , \ \ \ \ AN NN \ to \ a ‘JU Money Weight System Is so Simple ) A Ghild Gan Understand tt It is just simply this—it saves what has heretofore been given away. ist. Itis asystem. 2nd. A systematic check on overweight. 3rd. Weighs all merchandise in its money value. 4th. Enables you to handle your goods as safely as you do your cash. 5th. On pound and ounce scales losses don't show, and you don’t realize what you are giving away. 6th. By the MONEY WEIGHT SYS- TEM nothing escapes you. It gives you what belongs to you. HONEST PROFITS. 7th. Over 40,000 merchants in the United States are users and endorsers of the MONEY WEIGHT SYSTEM. For any information desired address THE COMPUTING SCALE CO., Dayton, Ohio. Sn ——