GE. aN aS AG Ze R OY ee Gy j £ SON teh as) is Bee Se naa aa CBP NA AB at) f 4 ay © Mos Gs ‘ or Vi ip c Pied S G a N\ 2) a= Ee by G KG “s fe YS = ed F \ Fe 4 ee OW 4 ETS SORRY Bo Pe = 2 $ a a Y sare ei aK ee NS PED) ae ee ZED Z5 A ewe a" ‘ + PUBLISHED WEEKLY ee Neer TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS! $f x ae AY Sy Lb Wy TP X eG ST WEP SHH my OKRA. Ss SS SEAS YO) Jy OD SSS ZZ Volume XV. (RAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1898. | Number 760 : OOP 99000000 FOSS 2000 $9009 O06 90900906 60000008 en ° ‘Tts not in nature to command success, but we'll do mor: Sempronrus, well deserve it MUSTARD wereus SAUCE. BAYLE’S HORSERADISH MUSTARD Is the ORIGINAL and GENUINE Horseradish Mustard. THE OWEN ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR ° ° ; ° % ® > C4 4 ? ee * : ; a —Absolutely automatic Re- & Fre S} , et * —quires no more care than a ee si i i 3 —small hand lamp. 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Jobbers of Cal- cium Carbide, Acetylene, Bicycle and As placed on the ne in tin foil and under Table Lamps, and a full line of Acetylene $% our yellow bed: 1 signature Apparatus. Acetylene Gas is the best G4, ABSOLUTELY Pu JRE and cheapest light in the world. Esti- we mates furnished and contracts taken : a OF greater strength chiding Fen Oana en Endorsed by the Board of Underwriters. tT COMPRESSED Z convenient for basi dling. “Neatly w rapped in The Buffington Generator is the most een ~ fol. ponige ops: aiverware pean. Het 0 complete and simplest in the market. ier your patrons and increase your trade. Particu Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for further Ae lar attention paid to he ig trade. Address, | information to the above company, or to | FLEISCHMANN & CO. Sproul & McGurrin, General Agents for Western Michigan. DISPLAY ROOMS, 184 E. FULTON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SUVIPVIPOP EP ererververerervernernernerntrnnnenrerertrnertnrNHPHHTLe seeeeeererereoeveveveveseconerereronoosvororooooes GANNED FRUIT CANNED VEGETABLES t LET US TELL se YOU SOMETHING ast season, we are having an unprecedented sale on all kinds Detroit Agency, 118 Bates St. Grand Rapids Agency, 26 Fountain St. PAPA DO OOrwrsrworrr——der sare Owing to the Re glee, of Canned Goods. about Acetylene Gas Musselman Grocer Company 3 Grand Rapids, Mich. : a Don’t let your stock get low. Look out for higher prices on Tomatoes. Ask our salesmen about those Nunley, Hines & Co.’ "s Apparatus. = It_ will interest you. l. B. Wheeler Electric Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. SFM AU dik A dUA di dk du di Adi di ddd Adi dA UL TTTT STS TT TT OTTO TOTO TU TU YY YUU BICYCLE SUNDRIES i Four Kinds of Coupon Books — ne of the largest stocks in Michigan. Prices right. Service prompt. jo: . factured b oe all pes axe the seinive: Ys is, t Write for our '98 catalogue with dealers’ net price sheet. ee ape ee : ee Mata of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on applicati ADAMS & HART, | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ellow Peaches. CANNED FISH CANNED EATS: WIPYEPVOPNDT HEP EP EP erNerNeroer eer orton UNAM AN TUN AAA Ak bk dUk bk bk Jb db dk ddA ddd Rte ee 1 BF FPF FS SPSS SESE SESS SS SSSE SSS SSSSS SSS SSS SSSFSTSTFSSTSS rs + * + * + ¥ *e > + oe *e >> ILL x FLY BUTTONS \ scientifically compounded,non-cathartic poison, killing flies or ants quickly. 6 thick 3% inch diameter sheets of green paper, with red label, retail at 5 cents. : FOR THE TRADE 30 cents per doz., in tancy counter display CEE: boxes of 3 doz., coupon in box, which equals eee 5 cents per doz. off. It pays to push for coupons. tee COUPON PREMIUMS For 2 Coupons, Rubber Dating Stamp, CES i : 3 TEESE ‘ worth 4o cents; prints, ‘Paid,’ “Ans’d,’” Stee *Rec’d,” “Acp’d,” “Ent’d,”’ and dates to 1903. For 3 Coupons, Patent Pneumatic CECE Ink Bottle worth 60 cents; pressure into funnel top brings up ink from center of =e a4 bottle; no thick ink with this. For 6 Coupons, 14 gross Fly Buttons, delivered. tee r c . - c ‘ at TO START YOUR TRA DE We furnish through jobber. free Test samples for your customers. We are the only firm doing this; it increases sales 500 per cent. Try it. If your jobber don,t fill your order, upon receipt of price we ship direct, paying charges. ORDER FROM JOBBERS. THE FLY BUTTON CO., MAUMEE, OHIO. : SBLELELELELELEELELELELELEEELELE REDE EEDA ASAEAEEEELELSY GHthe FOOOOOOSSSS 0690606 SS 8905986 SOS OCE SPOCPIOSCOCOOOSOSOOOOS URE.... / Long Havana Filler, 5¢ Cigar Hf —_—_—_—- / SUMATRA WRAPPER HAND MADE Ry | SR If . / eccece UNKLE / a / ace S // $50.00-THusAv0 |) 10c. Cigar $00- HuNDRED // SCENE APrECE |/ BEST CIGAR FOR THE PRICE Mower caw PROD || Lr For 5c. Michigan Cigar Q Big Rapids, | Mich. 99099905600 HOO44440046000000000606 OS OOOOH OOS SSE OOO6S £0890606OFSSSHOF $HGSGGOGOSSSOOOO TOSS TOSS TST OTTO TT OU UOT TOTO O OOOO UO We are the Only Jobbers uf WALL PAPER in Michigan We carry over 1,000,000 rolls in stock. Our line is very complete. Our prices the low- est. Samples on application. HARVEY & HEYSTEK CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. QQAALAAQHAAKRYAH DY LOD 99999900 09909906 66006000006 00000006 VSCSSTS TSS TST TSUSTS ) Elgin System of Creameries It will pay you to investigate our plans and visit our factories, if you are con- templating building a Creamery or Cheese Factory. All supplies furnished at lowest prices. Correspondence solicited. 4 ot os S tag Aes: ae SS A MODEL CREAMERY OF THE TRUE SYSTEM True Dairy Supply Company, 303 to 309 Lock Street, Syracuse, New York. Contractors and Buiiders of Butter and Cheese Factories, Manufacturers and Dealers in Supplies. Or write R. E. STURGIS, General Manager of Western Office, Allegan, [lich. Printed and plain for Patent Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, FOLDING PAPER BOXES sce: cxsnts:cost Candy, Cough Drops, Tobacco Clippings, Condition Powders, Etc. Bottle and Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties. Ask or write us for prices. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO. PHONE 850. 81,83 ano 85 CAMPAU ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. 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 Maiestic Building, Detroit, Mich. Personal service given all claims. Judgments obtained without expense to subscribers FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel hee cider cede avd deddvddddddddedddvadveduveuddduddivdveddvendveddtduddiuddings. Awnings Tents ‘yg it] (8 : = Best goods and lowest prices in the State. All work guar- anteed. Send for prices. | CHAS. A. COYE, 11 PEARL STREET. = BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARAAAA AAA THE EUREKA” ~o ee agOHILLS IN S cae 2 INS 0 GROUND. MEDIy p a 0 9 rs IN | HOUR soe eS (Get SOtL 2 ' 2 \S LIST PRICE: ‘3 “ EUREKA pune, $1500 Pre poz “ DINGREE pam, 12,00" « “EUREKA'SacK, 7,00 © DISCOUNT SO ome “EUREKA” PATENT TERNS For Sale by Jobbers. ; ae pl NOup Mi st Ss ABB OTH ON OMe Ang SEED AND FRuit SACK Liberal Discount to Dealers. 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 best finished and most durable Stick Handle Planter on the market. N S HEAVY Sc, The “EUREKA” and the “PINGREE” are the only 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 Mirs., Greenville, Mich. L / ‘ 1 | 1 ? oe QC eee... sew... = om ction cae nce... irre ts...cceeR u. ¢ AT } ’ ~) S e Py 87 NW RZ) ml Py (7) a ) a nd alls " ) ON xe Volume XV. Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. 300ks arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WiITZLEBEN [Manager. The Commercial Credit Company, Ld of Grand Rapids, Mich. We guarantee the payment of all moneys col- lected by our representatives in the United States and Canada when claims are receipted tor by us. L. J. STEVENSON, Manager and Notary. R. J. CLELAND, Attorney. + H> 9OOOOOO0 000000000000 HE FIREs¢ + v INS. 7? a Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBarn, Sec. 9909999099 000000008« Gee eeneeeer rn teeersnestes OOVOOOED» AAMOAAD $: Prices, styles, fit and make guaranteed by @ ¢ KOLB & SON, : OLpssrt, most reliable wholesale cloth- ; ing manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y. See our $4 Spring Overcoats and Suits. our Michigan agent, WiLtt1am Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., or meet him af’ Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, from Thurs- day, April 28, unti{ Tuesday, May 3. He has been with us 16 years and will use you right Customers’ expenses allowed. e , Bt eats i? @ Spring line of fine goods—excellent. Write 2 ° e FOSOOOS O0000000 0400000600 PREFERRED BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. Commenced Busjness September 1, 1893. Insurance in force... 2... :.-.-.. 2.1. $2,740,000.00 Net Increase dating 1897)... 61: 0.202, 104,000.00 a 32,735.49 Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.......... None meper Ridbinges. oo a None Total Death Losses Paid to Date...... 40,061.00 Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- ORCIARES. 812.00 Death Losses Paid During 1897 ....... 17,000.00 Death Mate for a6]... coe. oie ee 6.31 Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897.... 8.25 FRANK E. ROBSON, Pres. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, Sec’y. Blank Books Inks, Mucilage, Etc., and all kinds of Office Nick Nacks. Examine our new device for copy- ing letters. Will M. Hine, Commercial Stationer, 49 Pearl Street, 2 and 4 Arcade, / Grand Rapids, Mich. Seccceccecececeecece : TRADESMAN COUPONS 3FSF3F3F333F33333333>>: Save Trouble Save Losses Save Dollars GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1898. FROGS’ LEGS. How They Vary in Grade and Price. One of the summer delicacies of the table is frogs, and frogs are now in market. The frogs come with the birds and flowers in the spring and, although not so sweetly melodious, they are bet- ter to eat than some birds. Who dis- covered the edibility of frogs and when has not been preserved in history, but tradition tells us that it was a French- man who lived long, long ago. How the discovery was made is not told even in legend. It may have been by acci- dent and possibly it was a ‘‘ground hog case,’’ but blessed be the memory of him who did it, whether he'did it by accident or design or was forced to it by dire necessity. The French, recog- nizing a good thing, became a nation of frog eaters, and frog eating has become with them almost a national character- istic. The French, however, no longer have a monopoly on the fondness for the swamp songsters. Frogs grow in this country, and a good sized appetite for them has developed in this land of free- dom, and the appetite is steadily in- creasing in size. The frog has won a warm place in the heart—which is close to the stomach—of the American peo- ple and nowhere is the warm spot any warmer than right here in Grand Rap- ids. The coming of the frog is now hailed with joy, the table is spread in his honor and around the table gather devotees to do justice to his memory. And yet, some of those who to-day are most fond of the frog, a few years ago looked upon him with suspicion and distrust, and even with a qualm of the stomach. The frog has improved upon acquaintance, however, and whether flesh, fish or fowl, he is looked upon with favor and his circle of admirers and acquaintances is steadily growing. It is, perhaps, needless to say that frogs are not served whole, like lobsters, nor with just their heads cut off, like fish. Any one can tell how frogs are dressed for the table. The whole frog business, except the eating of them, is mostly a boy’s business, and it is fitting that to him those who do not know should go for information. It may be said, however, that only the hind legs are eaten, and for that matter the hind legs are about all there is of a frog any- way. The legs are cut off at just the right place, neatly stripped of the pretty green tights which cover them in life, and are then fried in a batter, and they are then good enough for any king to eat and dainty enough for any fair maid to nibble at. Frogs for the market are brought in mostly by boys, but grown men engage in the hunt, and when they make a business of it, as some of them do, they make good money. The frogs are found in the swamps and marshes and small lakes and along the streams and creeks, and there are three ways of catching them. One way is to creep up behind the frog while he is singing and catch- ing him by hand; but this is slow, un- satisfactory and uncertain, for there is no telling when he may look around and escape with a jump. Another way is to go for him with a spear. To the end of a light pole is attached a pair of prongs or barbed tines. When the frog is seen basking in the sun the spear is cast before his suspicions are aroused and he is impaled before he knows what has happene*. Some of the spear frog hunters are so expert in the cast that they can make.a bull (frogs) eye every time and never mar the dainty legs. The third way is to fish for frogs with hook and line, using a bit of red flannel for bait. The red is a bait which the frog can not resist, and as he grabs for it he is caught on the hook and hauled in. This sort of fishing is not without interest and excitement, and many prefer it to the spear. Still an- other way is to shoot the frogs with an air gun, but not many practice this method. When frogs are offered in the market, they are graded according to size into five classes. The smallest are called ‘‘grass'’ frogs—little fellows scarcely worth picking—and are worth about 5 cents a dozen in the market The or- dinary frogs, that is, frogs about a year old, and which would, if given the chance, grow toa larger size, are held at lo to 15 cents a dozen. The next size larger, that is, the legs of frogs that have grown more, are worth 25 cents. Then come the ‘‘medium buils,’’ frogs two years old, worth 4o to 50 cents a dozen, the legs weighing six or eight pairs to the pound. The ‘'full bulls’’ are the big three or four-year-old frogs and they are worth 65 cents to $1a dozen. Three or four pairs of legs will make a good pound and they are as dainty eating as the breast of any spring chicken. Frogs are found in all the marshes and swamps around this city, and the frog hunter can go in almost any direc- tion and find what he is after. Many are caught in Reed’s Lake and Saddle- bag swamp produces great quantities of them. The choicest frogs brought to this market, however, come from Barry county, from the lakes and ponds in the vicinity of Hastings. Gunn Lake, with its numerous bays and bayous, is a great frog producer and they grow to large size. A few miles south of here an enterprising farmer with a small lake on his premises has a regular frog farm and he makes money in raising them. He has the lake fenced in, both to prevent the frogs getting away and to guard against poachers upon his pre- serves. He feeds his ‘‘family’’ on liver and rough pieces of meat cut fine and they grow to enormous size. He lets the frogs grow until they are worth some- thing in the market and ships extensive- ly to Chicago, Cincinnati “and other points. Some of the ‘‘farm’’ frogs weigh, alive, a pound or more, and they are more than half legs. When men engage in frog bunting they usually travel in pairs and are rarely out more than two days. It is nothing uncommon for a pair of hunters to bring 50 or 60 dozen to market in a bunch, and there have been instances where double this quantity has been mar- keted in a single haul. The boys who engage in the business do not accumu- Number 760 late such stocks, but are satisfied with a few dozen. Instead of selling at the market, the small boys often peddle their ‘‘game’’ from house to house and in some instances enterprising boys have regular customers whom they keep sup- plied during the season. _ — > op _ Novel Window Displays in Williams- port. Merchants in Williamsport, Pa., which by the way is one of the most beautiful and thriving towns in the Keystone State, have adopted a novel window show to attract the attention of passers-by. It is nothing more nor less than the utilization of one of their show windows as a temporary habitation for birds, fowls cr animals. In one place J noticed a family of maltese cats, includ- ing tabby and three playful kittens. In a neighboring window I saw a hen with her brood of chicks, apparently as happy as they would have been in the farm yard. Sawdust was provided, in which the mother hen was taking her morning sun bath. In the same en- closure were four rabbits, two wee white fellows and a pair of old-fash- ioned ‘‘Mollie Cottontails.’’ Still an- other enterprising West Branch mer- chant put up a free show consisting of a beautiful fox terrier with a litter of puppies. His competitor a few doors away offered the combined attraction of a flock of bantam chickens and a big Cochin rooster. The back of this win- dow was protected by a wire netting reaching about halfway up to the ceil- ing. On this screen was perched the cock of the bantam family, crowing de- fiance to all comers. A bevy of quail, a parrot and a tame crow were the happy family in one of Fourth street’s most fashionable millinery stores. In every case the second show windows were tastefully arranged with exhibits of the wares dealt in. Judging from the crowds attracted, this fad is a drawing card. It is an easy transition from the avairy or kennel to the display of wares for the eyes of the average passer-by, not a few of whom were shoppers. A candy store which had adopted the fad came _ in for the greatest share of trade, captured from the sightseers, many of whom were children with pennies to spend, and in cases where the tots were accompanied by adults it is natural to suppose that the amount spent by children was often augmented by more extensive purchases made by their elders. N. TRISSEL. 0 Peanut Oil to Displace Olive Oil. In view of the fact that there is a su- perabundance of peanuts raised every year in Virginia, North Carolina and other parts of the South, the suggestion is made that peanut o1] be used more extensively in pharmacy and be per- mitted to take the place to acertain ex- tent of olive oil. Prof. S. P. Sadtler recently produced an experimental soda soap from the oil extracted from Amer- ican peanuts. In reporting the fact he remarked significantly that the bulk of the Castile soap made in Marseilles is made from African peanut oil. The average grade of American pea- nuts is slightly inferior to the Fast Afri- can peanuts in oil-producing value, but experience has demonstrated the excel- lent quality of the American peanut oil. ptacaritntis eect nner epee cen a eaaenapaemsacmgesese ae salah aire aoe wee ee wt : 2 & 3 $ Sean! - damasks MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods : The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—Orders for bleached out any fez . good demand,and some of the bes are well oversold. The demand for cal- | icoes is in a fair state, but prices are somewhat irregular. The overproduc- tion at Fall River still . Market, and preven hangs over the a - prices. The low price of exerts a genera! infiuen tire mar«et. Woolen Goods —Many woolen manu- | facturers are now ‘“*baving their troubles,’’ as a result of making goods} to meet "" exclusively, price demand without taking into consideration other | conditions. These are the manufactur- | ow realize that the trains and run both ways, ’ and that goods can be returned to them by the same routes by which they were originally shipped, and just as quickly. The hard- ships thus suffered may not prove en- tirely an unmixed evil, as the lesson to ers who 1 wagons "" be learned may be of iasting value to The war talk has hada decidedly depressing influence on the entire woolen goods market. The opin- ion expresséd in many quarters is that a declaration of war would be followed all concerned. unprecedented stagnation in the woolen goods industry, although here and there is some optimist who pro- fesses that just the reverse will be the result of a beginning of hostilities be- tween this country and Spain, although he does not make his reasons for this opinion very clear nor convincing. Not- withstanding probable war and other disturding elements, prices on all wool- en go-ds offered remain firm and steady, and wholesale clothiers are marking their fall goods in accordance with this season's woolen. prices, notably Clays and kerseys, which proves con- clusively that they do not anticipate any break in the woolen market later, otherwise they would mark these staples nearer to old prices, basing their ac- tion on their belief in their ability to buy the woolens later at their own price. Lace Curtains—The Nottingham lines, both in white and ecru shades, are in very fair demand, and sell wholesale at from 50c to $2 per pair. There should be about six weeks’ more good business, unless something turns up to stop it. There are no goods of any amount in Nottinghams imported. Tapestry Carpets— Manufacturers thus far have had a very fair season. Some claim that they might have done more business. It is hoped that the improve- ment among the masses of the people next season will have been such as to permit them to purchase more freely. Jobbers are quite well supplied witb tapestries and velvets. Manufacturers are now engaged in sampling on this line. Next season will find more com- petition. Rugs—Japan has begun in Sakai the by an ivariety of pattern imarvel, even to the initiated, and the "| rapidity with which the choice patterns {and colorings are sold out is a testi- manufacture of rugs, of which the warps wir entcemerenn ee eerste eprom seeteten eer : Loi 2 Shirt Waist Fabrics a Feature with the City Trade. From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter ye had a very large The sale of as been unprecedent- r this purpose have been -cial feature with manufac- a : turers of fine co suit that special departments for shirt waist stuffs have been opened in all the big dry goods s tores. Lhe number and s shown are almost a mony giving as strong proof as need be | required in behalf of the popularity of , | the shirt waist for ‘98. The experience ot 'g7 with thin shirt | waist fabrics has taught the trade that more practical materials are required for such purposes. this season are in heavy woven cloths, as gingham, madras, cheviot and Ox- ford cloths, pigques, ducks and linen shirtings. and smooth, and in checks, stripes ana plaids of all kinds. Patterns are about equally divided between stripes and All of the waistings | The best ginghams are fine} piaids. In plaids there are a good many | Scotch effects and also a number of one color plaids, as blue, pink, red and green, barred off with white lines Tis sue gingham, or poplin, as it 1s_ called | by the newer name, is a novelty this year in fine thin woven cotton, and will be popular for warm weather, together with the many new lace stripe ging- bams. Bordered Chambray ginghams are new, and make up into effective shirt waists. Tufted ginghams are also new, and are shown in all sorts of pat- terns. The most popular shirt waist fabric however, is madras cloth. This may be obtained in a great variety of regular shirting patterns and in fancy effects or bold stripes and plaids. The quieter patterns are, however, the correct thing, such as warrow stripes in one strong color with white and fine checks. Chev- lots in the coarse open weaves and basket effects will be used for shirt waists especially intended for outing wear, as golfing and cycling. They are to be had in about the same patterns and colorings as the madras cloth. Open mesh white cheviot in fine lace weaves is the swell fabric for pure white shirt waists. This cloth comes in several grades and weights. Pique in white and colors promises to be a popular waist fabric. French piques in color, with printed Dresden figures, stripes, dots and checks, are shown in the lighter weight, especially adapted for waistings. Printed patterns on pique are given preference over the woven effects,as the latter are too heavy to make comfortable waists. Solid color piques barred off with white to form checks and plaids are among the choice novelties. Plain white pique comes in for a large share of attention, owing to the popularity of the pure white shirt waist. Linen waistings in white grounds with colored dots and stripes are cool and crisp looking, and will hold starch well. These lines are in small, neat effects without much color. Choice shirt waist fabrics command good prices. Ginghams in fine qualities cost from 30 to 60 cents, madras cloths sell from 35 to 50 cents in choice patterns, and cheviots are about the same. Printed iinens cost 60 cents. Piques in white and colors range in price from 40 cents to $1 a yard. ——_»> 2. Adversity has sharp teeth. VPN YON TA NT PNTO NOT VER NDT NEP NTE NP NONE Nt | } \t! Mi f j WSiog SS CS ~—J, CASI SS Cay Q SISSIES BSR SS Zays SSS SSaSSaS Sass i sy Dealers don’t keep our goods; they SELL them. a BS iN, ad a Up By { uv Uy Yy Ua Ne 4 Cy De Al) NG All grades cut at wholesale. ad me You Carry Only Samples 2G XG We carry the stock. When you make a YA VS sale, send us the pattern number, size ad Ne of room or quantity wanted and we will AY) XG ship your order the same day as received a YE —sewed if desired. ( De OVER 3,000 DEALERS are now han- & AG dling our carpets profitably. Let us start y QS you to success, A HH it Me For One Dollar ue OU We will send you a book of Carpet Sam- Wy Ni ples containing about 50 patterns—size 1) wa 9x18 inches. These samples are cut ®@ Os from the roll, so you can guarantee every OS Dy 1 Dp quality. No picture scheme or Misrep- resentation. Carpet as represented—in style, color and Ka fe Every sample is finished, i, numbered and quality specified on ticket, {J (7 so you can make no mistake when order- G (Uy de ing. Wealso make up books as above, WF fh iid = = 18x18 in., which we will furnish PA) IMA — iw) A F T y) { AY or Three Dollars a py This size is very popular, as the patterns show up beautifully. fi 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. If you p _ Ke aa XS} NEN 2 = Se HENRY NOEE & CO., p SOUTHEAST CORNER MARKET & MONROE STS., CHICAGO. J SS } Complete price list and NS yb I telegraph code will be sent with samples. Be NSBR SDAS ON 29s SSO SONISOEIE Oss BUSS by WABSAAS AAS EAS SaaS Bw SUTIPNTP VEEN NET NEP ePNPNRT NTP er nrNrNorNerNnr enn ver ier ierNerteT Innes "UO os is jah) Nr Ss N indssbuad Among the very latest in this line that promise to be big sellers are the Canopy Tops, in black, white and colors. You cannot afford to be with- out them. Our line of Eng- lish Glorias and All Silks with paragon frames and steel rods, in assortment of handles, range of prices and values given, is by far the best we have ever shown. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. UUMNAW AMA AUb AMA UUk db dk db Ak NI = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SeSeSeocer See sree oc se Straw Hats Men's, Ladies’ and Children’s. | Tam O’Shanter Caps Yacht Caps New [Ideas for 1898. P. ST EKETEE & SONS, Jobbers, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sciacca a SeseseseseseSesSesesesesesese DPM AK, 4 ® as a eee eee i MI Some Advice About Shopping. Written for the TRADESMAN. It is the proper thing to make calls among half a dozen merchants to see what goods they have on hand and _pre- vent time hanging heavily on the hands of the clerks; no matter whether you desire to purchase anything whatever— you Can at least have a little recreation and see and be seen. When you enter a store do it in a nonchalant manner, as much as to say, ‘‘I'm not particular whether [I purchase anything, but thought | would call in and look over your stock.’’ If you are one of the masculine gender and have no_ particu- lar business there anyway (and it’s no- body's business if you don't have), walk straight to the counter scales, if there are any in sight, and bob them up and down sharply for a minute or two to find whether they balance prop- erly. If the weights are brass, knock one against auvother to find out whether they are solid and properly hardened or simply incased. If the clerks are all busy just then, seat yourself on the counter and reach across the desk, if possible, and examine the day-book or an open account that may be in sight, whichever is convenient. If this will not attract the attention of some one to wait upon you immediately, then pound your boot heels against the side of the counter until noticed. You probably know that it is the duty of some one to come from the farther corner of the store to enquire if you want anything, whether you do or not. It is also the polite thing for either sex to walk around behind the counters without in- vitation and stand so as to fill up most of the aisle and remain in that position examining the goods, perfectly oblivious to all else; never mind how many times the clerks may be obliged to crowd past you--they are nobody but servants any- way, you know, and are there to serve the public. If you are out of money, never think of asking for credit before selecting the goods. Cause people to think that under no circumstances would you accept credit. It is easy, after the article is put up for you, to carelessly remark that ‘‘you have no change with you;’’ and, as you turn to go out, say that ‘‘you will hand it in,’’ and that ‘“no entry need be made of it.'’ If, then, the merchant should be so _forget- ful of politeness as to insinuate that he is not acquainted with you, and desires to know your name, reply to him rather curtly that ‘‘you guess you are good for that amount,’’ and that ‘‘you could readily buy the entire establishment ;’’ then, suddenly remembering (?) that you have a little money with you, pay bim at once, disdainfully remarking that ‘*there are other places to trade where they are not quite so particular.’’ All this will doubtless cause him to consider you a lady or gentleman, as the case taay be. Ten to one, he will apologize. And here is a capital idea, also, that I came near forgetting, and that is, should a merchant ask you a dollar for an article, offer him 75 cents for it, and at the same time gratuitously inform him that ‘‘you are offering its full value.’’ Of course, he will be thankful for the information, although he may conclude to wait for a rise in the mar- ket. In the meantime, you can return in a few minutes and tell him that, ‘‘as you are obliged to have it, you will be under the necessity of suffering the im- position!’’ If you wish to purchase a liquid, never bother to take anything with you to hold it; ask the merchant to loan you something. If this rule were MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 followed, ie worl nish more than from twenty to forty bot- tles and jugs daily. If you visit a drug store for liquid medicines, never take a vial with you; and should they dare charge you a few cents for one, remon- strate with them at once and say rather tartly that ‘‘you bave dozens of them at home which they can have if they will send for them.*’ (You are not obliged to add that they are old and worthless, having contained horse medicines and poisons, pitch, tar and_ turpentine; whether you have any vial or not, it will show him that you consider it small business refusing to ‘‘throw in’’ a vial and cork ona ten-cent trade). Never admit that any man knows more about the goods he is selling than you do. When a merchant tells you that he is selling an article at cost because it is out of style, faded or damaged, don’t you believe a word of it; tell him, with a wise look, you know all about that, and remark that ‘‘he is making at least 50 per cent. profit at the price named.’’ He will doubtless silently applaud your wisdom and regard you as a person of superior judgment. In fact, treat every merchant as if he required watching— you and I know most of them do- and, should he, in the burry of business, make a mistake in your favor, don’t think of calling his attention to it and attempting to rectify it, as he might stigmatize you as ‘‘green.’’ By following the above advice, shop- ping will become an easy and pleasant pastime, whatever old fogies may say to the contrary. FRANK A. Howie. Oe Where | Lost My Heart. Written for the TRADESMAN. Soft fell the twilight from the summer sky, And gray the garden grew; Alone we thought we wandered, you and I, But Love went, too. Yet all the while no word of him we spake— We talked of trees and flowers and birds; But still his mystic music seemed to shake Through all our words. Each word of yours I counted, even as gold A miser gioateth o’er; And twice and thrice the precious sum I told, And then once more. Each look of yours, the flowers you gave to me, These were as jewels then; Aye, as rare jewels ravished from the sea For lordly men. Those sweet tuberoses, with their meaning, lead To joy’s ecstatic thrill; The ‘‘dangerous pleasures”’ neither cared to heed, Alluring still. The flowers have faded, in a book; Our talk has faded, too, in part; But still I know that in that twilight walk I lost my heart. The honeysuckle’s scent is in the air; It is the same sweet hour; I turn and see a face to me more fair Than any flower. And in that face I strive to read my fate, And in those wondrous eyes; And trembling in the balance, as I wait, My future lies. Sweet memories of the days gone by Are ling’ring still with me; But ah, they’re broken with a sigh— All, all for thee; And yet those memories, like a piercing dart Sent with intent Divine, Sadly, regretfully, thrill the heart Still wholly thine. I dream I wander with you, even now; I see the boughs that blend Their glorious green o’erhead, and wonder how Our walk will end. Do you e’er dream of it as wellas 1? Do you think of it yet? I shall remember it until I die; Shall you forget? i E. W. Rowe tt. ee eae J. D. Mackay, for many years the leading millionaire railroad magnate in the West, recently applied for work in Anderson, Ind., factories. He has lost his $5,000,000, death has claimed his wife and daughter, he is penniless and homeless and wants to get a new Start in life. His son has accepted a posi- tion as brakeman onarailroad. Mackay is past 50 years of age. | Lot be ohiiped to fur- he Gem Union Suit is the only combination suit in the market that has given per- fect satisfaction. Being double breasted, and elastic in every portion, it affords comfort and convenience to wearer that are not obtained in any other make. We are the sole manufacturers and patentees and are prepared te supply the trade witha great variety of qualities and sizes. given to mail orders. Globe Knitting Works, Grand ras Special attention AN OPPORTUNITY “2z"=3.""2. ; | 4,000 agents are now Canvassing with our line of samples, earning from $50 tt I) to $200 per month. We want 4,000 more active, reliable men to take the places Vey \ not yet filled. a ? Many concerns advertise themselves as “‘tailors to the trade,’? but we are ee | the original and only manufacturers on a large seale of “‘ready-to-wear”’ Ye clothing exclusively for consumers. We don’t wholesale! We don’t retail! y a ‘There is but one small profit between the first cost of our gar id the | /| | men and boys who wear them. We run our own plant : t send out are cut from the cloths we make up in our factory. Wecutsu a ii; sand ata time. Hence the iow prices we offer. ‘These goods bear the trad 3) Nie WHITE HORSE BRAND. \ A superb outfit and advertising matter furnished ts. Do you not think with all these advantages you could interest your friend secure their orders for clothing? The w orkmanship and trimmin very garment. Men’s Suits $4 to S15. Boys’ Suits $3 to &9. Men’s Trousers 75c to S4, We also operate one of the largest Custom Departments where garments are actually cut and made-to- measure by the most skillful workmen. The trade mark for this department is WHITE CITY BRAND. blanks from this de o outfits you can partment without charge. The prices for suits are $12 to $ tw meet the taste and purse of every man and boy in your cor y. We pay our agents a lib eral commission. Don’t miss this chance. Write for part ars to Dept. G. EK. WHITE CITY TAILORS, 222-226 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO. SORORORORORSC HORORSCTOROHOROHORSCHOCROROROROHOROZOZORE WENDY » FADER UE UE VEU UAE ALLA Dy XS = » ADELE DEDEDE bE DEDEDE ADEE NDE DEDEDE EEE ie Nin ee PSS SENN a ~ = j ee 2 ring Trade = em XE a leo) = XZ a will be very satisfactory % a to you if you install our we ea System of Advertising iss ae now. We are offering a SS or bs A e XE, 2 | Ind t & 2 Special Inducement @ = XE a for new customers. ES Ba i S) ex Write and we will tell: ea ee you about it. Ps ea é a cs =e e ° E : Stebbins Manufacturing Co., & lez ra . . ° Zz ex Lakeview, Michigan. iG a mete s = (Zz et N. B. We want a few more ws ex Commission men who wish a GS a good side line. Zz, a Mention TRADESMAN. we a SERENE NNER EATEN ATEN ANNAN 2 EAE AAR RNS SAR 4, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Jackson—J. C. Norris will open a grocery store in a few days. Morrice—Cates & Eagon have opened a meat market at this place. Butler—D. L. Pierce, general dealer, has removed his steck to Hillsdale. Alpena—Ash, Eller & Co. succeed Ash Bros. in the hardware business. Grand Blanc—Sawyer Bros. have opened a meat market at this place. Portland—Derby & Robinson contiune the grocery business of Moore & Derby. Ludington——Dan McDonald has opened a grocery store on James street. Manistee—Johnson & Dalquist have engaged in the grocery business at this piace. Bendon—H. H. Olds has sold his car- riage and implement stock to Ed. Vaughn. Robinson—Wm. Foster has re-en- gaged in the grocery and flour and feed business. Traverse City—A. H. Miller has opened a grocery and notion store at this place. Cedar Springs—R. S. Woodworth is opening up a stock of bazaar goods ‘at this place. Clifford—Buffum & Perry succeed Maud D. (Mrs. Jno. W.) Buffum in general trade. Howell—Miner & Johnson continue the grocery and boot and shoe business of J. H. Miner. Morenci—A. T. Smith, dealer in dry goods, groceries and shoes, has removed to Three Rivers. Kalamazoo—Richmond dealers, have dissolved, mond succeeding. Twining—R. J. Entriken, of Breck- enridge, will shortly open a hardware store at this place. Morenci—G. W. Acker has removed his stock of dry goods and notions from Reading to this place. Hastings—F. D. Baker and H. E. Pancoast have purchased the cigar fac- tory of Geo. H. Millard. Elmdale—E. L. Grant has purchased the dry goods, grocery and boot and shoe stock of Lester Grant. Ann Arbor—Herman Walters, formerly with E. Duffy, will shortly open a gro- cery store on East Ann street. Fennville—Everett Betzer has pur- chased the Chas. A. Freeman shoe stock and will continue the business. Port Huron—Frank W. Faulkner has opened a wholesale commission house, dealing in butter, eggs and fruit. Hancock—Arthur Finley & Co. is the name of a new firm which succeeds J. S. Stringer in the grocery business. Dowagiac—C. Redding & Co. suc- ceed C. Bakeman & Co. in the flour and feed and confectionery business. Sturgis—Chas. Thompson has re- moved his grocery stock to Detroit, where he will re-engage in business. Charlotte—Lamb & Spencer have leased the Shepherd brick warehouse for use as an egg depot the present sea- son. Crystal City—F. C. Rottger and C. B. Fitts have formed a copartnership and embarked in the grocery and meat busi- ness. Ithaca—W. K. Ludwig has sold his stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shees to Henry McCormick, of Au Sable, who will take possession May 1. Mr. Ludwig retires from trade on ac- count of poor health. meat Rich- Bros., Thos, Jackson—Mrs. Cunase, J|_cated on North Cooper street, bas closed out her stock of groceries and retired from trade. Hudson—Harris Bros. are closing out their stock of harnesses and horse fur- nishings and will remove to Battle Creek. Croswell—D. & B. Stern are suc- ceeded by Benj. Stern & Co. in the dry goods, grocery and boot and shoe business. Petoskey—Geo. E. Hensel, of Mil waukee, has assumed the management of the Pecple’s drug store, succeeding Ford Robbins. Marshall—The ‘partnership existing between H. L. Day & Son, lumber and coal dealers, has been dissolved, H. L. Day succeeding. Petoskey—E. D. Ellis has purchased the meat market owned by Will Ken- nedy and will continue the business at the same location. Kalamazoo—M. E. and H. H. Ben- nink have opened a grocery store at 619 West Walnut street under the style of Bennink & Co. Alpena—The hardware firm of Ash Bros. has been dissolved and a new partnership formed between John Ash and Gustave Eller. Morrice—H. Pierce & Co. have pur- chased the building owned by the late B. F. Grout and will occupy same with their grocery stock. Quincy—H. A. Groves, of Fostoria, Ohio, has purchased the grocery stock of Hevendeen & Jones and will take im- mediate possession. Marshall—Hindenach & Mast, drug- gists, have dissolved. The business will be continued at the same _ location by A. L. Hindenach. Charlotte—John Crout has sold his bakery and eating house to Miles Thorpe, of Marshall, who has already taken possession of same. Bad Axe—E. H. Crosby & Co. are building an addition to the rear of their store building, thus making room for an enlarged grocery stock. Hartford—Mrs. M. C. Conklin has purchased the ladies’ furnishing goods and cloak and millinery stock of Paul- ine T. (Mrs. John) Heald. Coldwater—The partnership existing between Adams & Perry, grocers, has been dissolved. The business will be continued by Jos. B. Perry. Altona—Martin B. Armstrong, gen- eral dealer, has put in a line of cloth- ing In a separate store building he re- cently purchased of Eli Lyons. Ishpeming— Blumenthal & Rutenberg, of the Star clothing house, have closed out their stock and opened a depart- ment store at the same location. Hancock—Andrew Bram, who recent- ly purchased the N. Lindbohm stock of drugs and medicines, is having the store building refitted for his use. Alma-—Chas. E. Pettyjohn has pur- chased the stock of the Alma Mercantile Co, and will continue the business un- der the style of Chas. E. Pettyjohn & Co. Ludington—Mr, Clausen, of East Lud- ington avenue, has purchased the gro- cery stock of S. D. Moon and will con- tinue the business at the present loca- tion. Holland—Matthew Notier has sold his dry goods and grocery stock to John, Gerrit and Ben Dumez. John and Ben were with P. Steketee & Sons twelve years, and later with Spring & Com- pany, Grand Rapids, and Gerrit has for years been with Rutgers & Tien, at Graafschap. So :th: Lvon-- ES. R:-- Spencer aad ¥, A. Welcao, of Belding, Lave purchased the J. E. just general stock, Mr. Welch assuming the management of the busi- ness. Lansing—Chas. Brodhagen, who has been on the road for a wholesale house for the past year, has opened a harness shop two doors south of the Hudson House. Hillsdale--H. D. Tisdale has pur- chased the drug stock of Chas. S. French, who has conducted the business since the death of his father, Dr. F. French. Bangor—H. W. Ganson, driven from Chicago by the department stores, has located here and opened a dry goods, ladies’ and men’s furnishing goods and millinery store. Coloma—F. W. Bryant, formerly pub- lisher of the Coloma Courier, has pur- chased propeity on the main street ad- joining the bank and opened tbe Cen- tral bakery and restaurant. Manton—J. Ward Bailey bas retired from the merchandise business on ac- count of ill health. The stock reverts to C. B. Bailey, who will continue the business at the same location. ithaca—J. L. Sinclair has filed mort- gages on his stock of groceries to the amount of $520—$200 to the Ithaca Sav- ings Bank and $320 to Mrs. J. L. Sin- clair. E. H. Ashley is named as trus- tee. Marquette—F. B. Spear, engaged in the forwarding and coal commission business has taken his two sons, Frank and Phil, into partnership. The firm name will hereafter be F. B. Spear & Sons. Morrice—H. C. Hodges has _ pur- chased the building occupied by the F. E. Purdy grocery stock and will remove his hardware stuck there. Mr. Purdy will remove his stock to another loca- tion. Manufacturing Matters. Flint—The style of the Flint Panta- loon Co_ has been changed to the Flint Pantaloon & Woolen Co. Bay City—The Michigan Chicory Co. will incorporate about May 1 under the style of the Michigan State Chicory Co. Smith—D. Cochrane has purchased ground on which to erect a roller process flouring mill and has let the contract for the necessary machinery. West Bay City—Ross-Bradley & Co., who operate a planing mill here, man- ufacturing lumber and boxes, have changed their style to Bradley, Miller & co, Owosso—C, J. Shaw has retired from the Castree & Shaw Co., founders, and formed a copartnership with A. Steg- gall, under the firm name of Steggall & Shaw. Negaunee—Erick Laitilia, who has been engaged in the manufacture of carbonated drinks at Ely, Minn., has purchased the bottling business of Phil Hogan at this place. Belding—C. R. Herrick & Co. is the name of a new firm organized for the manufacture of burial cases and caskets. The company is composed of Chas. R. Herrick and Mort E. Peck. Saginaw (W. S.)—Wm. Rousch, E. M. Thal and Fred Fuchs have engaged in business under the style of the Rousch Tanning Co. They will give special attention to Cordovan tanning. Allegan—E. A. Post and F. A. Lang- don have formed a copartnership, un- der the firm name of E. A. Post & Co., for the manufacture of burial casket handles, patented by Mr. Post. Saginaw—The Wolverine Cigar Co. has completed the construction of a 20x 40 foot addition to the rear of its fac- tory building and will enlarge its busi- ness and increase its force of workmen. Hillsdale—A. Worthing and H, 0. Alger have formed a copartnership for the purpose of manufacturing shoe leather. New machinery is being in- stalled and an addition being built to the plant of the Robe Manufacturing Co. Republic—Work on the new log and traffic railroad from Escanaba to this place will be begun as soon as the ground becomes settled. Twenty-five miles will be built and operated this year and the remainder in the following year. Detroit—Articles incorporating the Tivoll Brewing Co. have been filed with the County Clerk. The capital stock is $125,000, of which $50,000 has been paid in. Following are the incorpo- rators: Bernard Verstine, Frantz Brog- niez and Louis W. Schimmel, 3,333 shares each; Edmund Joncas, 1 share. Holland—B. Riksen has disposed of his stock in the Scott-Lugers Lumber Co. to G, J. Schuurman, formerly con- nected with the corporation as a stock- holder. By the deal Mr. Riksen be- comes the owner of the store occupied by J. B. Van Oort, on Eighth street. Mr. Schuurman will take charge of the lumber yard. Middleville—Dr. Nelson Abbott has purchased the drug stock of W. H. Severance and will conduct both the Severance business and his own store until he finds a purchaser for either stock. Mr. Abbott is of the opinion that Middleville is capable of sustaining two drug stores but that three is one too many, which principally -influenced him in making the purchase. Detroit—F. A. Thompson & Co. has been organized as a corporation, with a paid in capital of $21,200, to manufac- ture drugs, chemicals and pharmaceu- tical preparations. The shareholders are F. A. Thompson, Edwin E. Conely, John E. Clark, Fred Guenther, Fred G. Kendrick, Henry C. Raymond and Orla B. Taylor. The officers are as follows: Edwin F. Conely, President; John E. Clark, Vice-President; Fred Guenther, Secretary, and Frank A. Thompson, Treasurer and Manager. —>_¢ Why the Cash Carrier Case Has Not Been Tried. Pratt & Davis, attorneys for Julius Steinberg in the infringement suit brought against him by the Consolidated Store Service Co., of Boston, send the Traverse City Eagle the following ex- planation for the delay in bringing the matter to trial: In the first place, after the suit was commenced, we obtained the consent of Mr. Nichols, the attorney for the C. S. S. Co., to waive the preliminary injunc- tion on the ground that Mr. Steinberg was pecuniarily responsible, and if the C. S. S. Co. recovered, it could collect a judgment for the use of the carrier after as well as before suit was com- menced., In the second place, the trial of the case has been postponed to allow the questions involved to be decided in other cases now pending in the United States Court in the Eastern District of Massachusetts, the determination of which would practically settle the rights involved in the case against Mr, Stein- berg. While there is no express stipu- lation to that effect, we have requested such delay, and we understand the case has been allowed to remain in statu quo for that reason. —_—_0.____ New York teas. All kinds, Phone Visner, 800. Gillies’ grades and prices. aN Bee aN Bee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN a Grand Rapids Gossip A. Visser has opened a grocery store at 213 Bates street. The Olney & Jud- son Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Geo. Miedema has opened a grocery store at 77 Quimby street. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Paine & Brown have engaged in the grocery business at Ballard. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co, furnished the stock. John N. Louckes has opened a gro- cery store at Ottawa Beach for the sum- me. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. Mrs. H. Klassen has engaged in the grocery business at 13 Houseman street. The stock was furnished by the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. G. A. Beelby and W. D. Phippen have embarked in the bicycle business and general repair work at 22 Fountain street under the style of Beelby & Phip- pen. Geo. F. Sinclair has sold his interest in the Heyman Company to David and Benjamin Wolf and retired from the office of Vice-President, which he has held since the incorporation of the in- stitution. Nicholas Popma, for several years clerk for C. Striker, the Grandville avenue grocer, has opened a grocery store at the corner of Godfrey and Drie- borg avenues. The Ball-Barnhart-Put- man Co. furnished the stock. Boynton & Proos, plumbers at 282 Jefferson avenue, have dissolved part- nership. Chas. W. Boynton will con- tinue the business at the same location and Martin Proos will re-engage in the same business at the corner of Fifth avenue and East street. Having settled with many of his creditors on the basis of 25 cents on the dollar, Paul V. Finch is now offering 50 per cent. to those who still hold out. He is doing very little business, com- pared to what he was doing prior to his collapse, and the general impression is that he is planning to seek fresh pas- tures where his reputation as a bank- rupt will not operate against him as seriously as it appears to do here, Walker & Fitzgerald have taken pos- session of the Joseph Tschauner bakery and restaurant, 97 and 99 Canal street, by virtue of a $2,000 mortgage given to Mrs. Jos. Tschauner, by Felix Young, of Bay City, to whom she sold the bak- ery in January. Felix Young transferred the business to Harry Pollie, of Grand Rapids, who, Mrs. Tschauner avers, is depreciating the stock and business so as to leave her no security for her mort- gage, Another irresponsible so-called col- lection agency is undertaking to secure a foothold in Grand Rapids—The Van Alstine, Cliff & Co. Mercantile Agency, alleged to have its headquarters at Quincy, [ll]. Enquiry at Quincy elicits the interesting information that the name of the concern does not appear in either the city directory or telephone di- rectory, from which it is fair to infer that the institution has not yet reached preponderant proportions. The sole owner appears to be Wm. A. Van Al- stine, who occupies desk room only in a small room in the Stein building, where he does business under the name of the Quincy Collection Agency. Mr. Van Alstine originally resided in Michigan, where he traveled for a plow factory. He Is represented to the Tradesman to be insolvent, having only recently: taken the gold cure for dipsomania. —____» 2. The Produce Market. Apples—Home grown cellar stock— Greenings and Baldwins--commands $2 per bbl : Bananas—The market is high, having advanced 25c per bunch. The demand is very active, and prices are higher at point of purchase. Beans—Jobbers pay 60@7oc for coun- try cleaned, holding city picked at 90@ g2c in carlots and $1 in small quanti- ties. Few beans are coming into mar- ket at this time. Butter—Choice stock still holds its own, dairy bringing 14@15c for choice and 15@16c for fancy. Creamery is in good demand at !9@2oc. Beets—35c per bu. Carrots—25c per bu. Cucumbers—$1.25 per doz. for South- erm grown. Eggs—The price has held up well, considering the season, local dealers continuing to pay 8c on track. One reason for the firm position of the local market is the apparent strife on the part of Ohio and Indiana dealers to se- cure Michigan eggs, in some cases offers as high as oc on track having been made. The quality has not im- proved quite as rapidly as was ex- pected, the proportion of dirties and small eggs being still too large. Green Onions—toc per doz. Honey—Dark ranges from g@utoc. Light stock commands 12c. Lemons—The demand is very good for the season. Prices hold steady at values quoted last week. Lettuce—Grand Rapids Forcing is in ample supply at 12%c. Onions—Dry stock has further de- clined to Soc. Oranges—Seedlings have been show- ing an easy feeling this week, but there is a general feeling that navels are to advance, for prices here are now about the same as on the coast, and of course this state of the market can not exist very long. The movement is excellent under the low prices prevailing. The quality of the most of the fruit is high, and gives good satisfaction. Pineapples—The market is _ fairly well supplied, dealers holding at $3.25 @3.75 per dozen. Potatoes—The local market is about sc lower, dealers having reduced their paying prices to 45@5oc and their sell- ing priceto 55c. The St. Louis mar- ket appears to be stronger and higher, judging by the following report from the Miller & Teasdale Co. : The mar- ket here on potatoes has improved some this week. The weather has been more favorable. There has been an advance of from 1@zc on the better grades of stock, such as Burbanks and Rurals, which are selling here now at 63@64c. Either of these. varieties have to be fancy, bright, clean stock to bring these prices. There has been 4@5c advance in common stock. During the slump in potatoes, while the weather was bad and the market was glutted with com- mon stock, the better grades, especially white varieties, did not decline in sym- pathy with the lower grade stock,and we have not seen the advance in them which has been experienced in low grade mixed potatoes. Radishes—Louisiana are in ample supply at 20c. Cincinnati are scarce at 25¢. Sede —Tiediliy, prime, $1.40@1.45; Medium clover, $3@3 25; Mammoth clover, $3@3.40; Crimson clover, $2.25 ; Red Top, $1@1.10; Alfalfa, $3.75@4.50; Alsyke,. $4.50@4.65; Orchard = grass, $1.60; Kentucky bluegrass, $1.30@1.50. Spinach—soc per bu. Strawberries—2oc per qt. Tomatoes—6oc per basket. Vegetable Oysters—2oc per doz. —_—___—~> 0. — Coloma—The Star Steam Laundry has been removed here from Buchanan. Evan J. Bonine and L. D. Brody are the proprietors. BANK NOTES. Exceptional Record on Burglaries and Defalcations. Most of the banks in this city are members of the American Bankers’ As- sociation. The Association is a national organization and its aims are to pro- mote in various ways the interests of banks and bankers. It meets annually and at these annual conventions papers relating to banking matters are read and discussed, and even more important than the papers and discussions, the members, assembled from all parts of the country, get acquainted with one another and thus a spirit of fraternity and good will is promoted. The Asso- ciation has at least one practical pur- pose in that it has a protective feature to guard against the wiles of robbers, burglars and thieves. If an Association bank is raided by burglars or robbers the very best detective talent is put to work on the case and neither pains nor expense is spared to run down the vil- lain. In some of the banks will be seen a small piacard to the effect that the bank belongs to the Association, and this in itself is a protection, for pro- fessional thieves know that to tamper with that institution would be unhealthy. et It is worthy of note that none of the banks in this city have ever been raided. In other cities the banks have suffered from burglars or have been held up by daylight highwaymen of the Jesse James type, but no incident of this kind has ever been recorded in connection with the banks here. Against burglarous raids the banks now are as thoroughly equipped as modern invention permits, with solid vaults and more solid safes, time locks and electrical devices for giving alarms, and various other pre- cautions, including an alert police force. Before the police force was or- ganized on its present basis the banks used to employ a watchman to make the rounds, but this was given up long ago. eee The only loss any of tbe Grand Rapids banks ever suffered from robbery, so far as is now recalled, was from a breach of trust rather than a bold bad raid. The Old National Bank once had a janitor who proved unfaithful. If money was left outside the vault he made way with it. He was watched and caught in the act and served a term at Jackson. His pilferings reached a_ considerable amount but most of it was recovered. es Although none of the banks have ever been visited by daylight robbers, not one of them but is prepared for such an incident. In the desk of every bank cashier will be found a revolver, and many of the paying and receiving tellers are similarly armed. The weapecns are usually in a position where they can be instantly grasped should the emergency arise and it is probable that the robber would have an interesting time of it should a hold-up be attempted. Much would, of course, depend upon who got ‘‘the drop,’’ and whether it would be the robber or the man behind the desk will never be known until a robbery actually takes place or is attempted. It must be confessed, however, that while the revolvers look wicked, it is barely possible that in actual use they might in some instances prove more dangercus to any other person within range than the would-be robber. Expertness in handling a revolver has not yet been madea qualification for a cashier or a teller, and some of those who have guns con- Send Fifleen Cents for a three months?’ trial subscripiton to “THE BOOK-KEEPER™ A handsome 100-page journal for ect Count t Mor y, Bt ¢ Ete Price $1 a year, The Book-Keeper €o., Lid. Dept. {5 Deirvit, Mich r stantly by their elbow freely admit that to hit a barn door at ten paces would test their skill. — eS While speaking of bank robberies and burglaries, it may be remarked that there are other ways of cleaning up the surplus. There have been cases on record where bank cashiers have taken hasty trips to Canada or to some other foreign shore and where trusted clerks have suddenly turned up missing. [It is to the everlasting credit of the bank cashiers of Grand Rapids that instances of this kind have not occurred here. Bank cashiers have erred in judgment in making loans, but not one of them in the history of Grand Rapids banking has been a defaulter. The bank clerks have equally as good a record—at least instances of shortages and embezzle- ments, if they have ever occurred, have never been made public. In this mod- ern day, however, the banks do net take many risks from the dishonesty of em- ployes. The clerks are all under bond. ~~ e« * Another pleasant exemption to be recorded in connection with the Grand Rapids banks is that none o* them have gone to the wall. In the eariy history of the city wildcat banks started on a capital of wind and confidence went down; but the present generation of financial institutions, dating back about forty years, have successfully stood up against every storm. In the panic four years ago, when the banks ali over the country were suspending payment or taking advantage of the law requiring notice to be given before deposits could be withdrawn, the banks here met all demands with spot cash. Not one of them showed evidence of distress, al- though, now that it is long since passed, some of the bank cashiers wi ! admit it was a period of anxiety and dread, with constant apprehension that some wild rumor would precipitate a crash. The banks weathered the storm and to-day stand high in commercial circles for their stability and soundness. + + = In the local elections last week, Cass county voted $40,000 court house bonds; Muskegon county voted $25,000 high- way bonds; St. Louis voted $20,000 electric light and water power bonds. Owosso voted bonds for bridge building purposes, Jackson for street paving and water extension, Hillsdale county for court house, and Manistee for water works. tl ee Thomas L. Baxter, Auditor of the Chicago Lumbering Co., at Manistique, resigned his position last week and went to Chicago, where he committed sui- cide. He was unmarried and had an aged mother, who is traveling in the South. ——--> 6 -- — Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine, President of the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., is spending a fortnight at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the guest of his son-in-law, Geo. B. Douglass. He is accompanied by his family. ——— ae ee Robins are all right; but spring isn’t really here until your neighbor hangs her canary out of doors. i a aes eae ety te. 6 DRUG STORE CLUBS. Stories Told by a Choice Collection of Liars. M. Quad in American Druggist. Having an hour or two of spare time in the evening, I went to the village drug store to be entertained. I had known the ways of the village drug store since boyhood, and had no fear that I would not be weli received and made to feel at home. Only four of the regular liars had assembled when I en- tered the place, but six or eight more soon made their appearance. The meeting opened with fifteen persons present, but some of them were enly callers, like myself. The counters on both sides of the store were occupied by sitters, as well as the three or four chairs, and for a time [ was ill at ease. It seemed as if I ought to buy some- thing, if not more than a stick of gum, but one of the regular liars assured me that there was no use throwing money away. The druggist ought to feel proud and glad to have the club meet there. If he wasn't—if he gave the least hint that he wasn’t—then they would take their “‘custom’’ elsewhere and he might go to grass. : Before the regular proceedings were begun there was an interchange of news of considerable interest tome. I learned that farmer Johnson's red bull had troken out of the pasture that day and torn down ten rods of rail fence: also that a carpenter named Abbot had cut his thumb with a chisel; also, that Mr. William Taylor had decided to paint his barn a sky-blue. There was other news, but not of such startling nature. Of the fifteen men, fourteen chewed tobacco and the odd one was_ lonesome. Of the fourteen only seven had any of the weed with them, and those who didn’t have proceeded to borrow. When all was finally ready, and the woman who had entered the store for a piece of court-plaster had got it and gone out, the first liar started off. It was an ad- venture of his in the early days of Cal- ifornia and before he got through he killed two men and discovered a gold mine. Every man in that crowd knew that he was lying to beat the band, but they listened to him with absorbing in- terest and applauded him when he had finished. A man who came in fora hair-brush and heard the last of the story became so excited that he bor- rowed a match and forgot his errand. Liar No, 2 was the proprietor of the local sawmill, but there was no saw- dust on his hat. He said he was in New York once when a young man, and being dead broke he crawled under a banking building to sleep. An hour after midnight he was awakened by the advent of two men, who had a big augur with them to bore a hole through the floor. He kept still while they bored, but as the gold coins came rattling down he frightened the fellows off and filled his hat and pockets and decamped. There was a general groan of blank despair when he said he got away with but $11,000. They thought he ought to have gone back with a wheel-barrew and two coffee sacks and taken the last stiver.» He had lived to regret that he didn’t, he said, but at that time his worldly experience was not great. Liar No. 3 was a grocer, who had closed up his store in order to come over and lie. I didn’t anticipate much from him, as he had a short neck and stubby fingers, but he acquitted him- self excellently well. Before going into the grocery business he kept a flouring mill in Indiana, and one day, when all the stones were running and he was _ in- specting the product from time to time, he suddenly discovered that every hop- per was turning out Paris green. That was his first idea, hut when he came to examine closer he found bits of green- backs. In one of the hoppers, among the unground wheat, he discovered ten $1,000 bills, and these were rescued un- harmed, and shoved down into his breeches pocket. Three or four days later be learned that a bank had been robbed of $300,000, and that the rob- bers, when arrested, said that they had hidden the money in a farmer's wheat MICHIGAN TRADESMAIN bin. This was the wheat that came to his hoppers, and he had ground up $280,000 of it, as well as spoiled two barrels of flour. No one had the im- politeness to ask him if he returned the $10,000 to the bank, but when he said if he had found the whole boodle he should have presented the town with a hand fire engine, his liberality was duly applauded. I think even the drug store man heaved a sigh when he thought of that fortune being ground up in the way It was. I could see that liar No. 4 was looked upon with distrust as he began to clear his throat. He had lately joined the Good Templars, and there was a suspi- cion that he might have pledged him- self to let lying alone as well as whi ky. He hadn’t, however, as events proved. He first announced that he had never told the story before, fearing to be dis- believed and ridiculed, and he hesitated now, although among his best friends. He was fishing to be pressed, of course, and after the pressure he said that he was one’ night awakened from a sound sleep by some one whispering in his ear. He at first thought it was his wife, although she generally dug him with her elbow when she wanted to arouse him, but as he rose up he saw that she was sweetly sleeping. He was about to fall back and pick up his snore where he had dropped it when a voice from out of the darkness of the family bedroom came to his ears: ‘*Richard White, there Get up and follow me!”’ The voice was that of a woman, but of no woman who bought shoes at his store. Ashis wife was of a jealous dis- position he crawled carefully out of bed and got into his clothes and followed a faintly outlined form downstairs and out of the back door and across the yard to the barn. Several times he sought to grasp the form, but it always eluded him. At the barn the figure wabbled about for a while, as if it had had too much beer, and then suddenly vanished. The liar didn’t exactly know what to do, but concluded to enter the barn and see if everything was safe. To his amazement he found the family cow twisted up in her rope and standing on her head. Had his coming been de- layed two minutes longer there wouid have been no milk for breakfast. After rescuing the cow he returned to his bed, but hardly got snuggled down when the same mysterious voice came whis- pering: ‘*Richard White, I have saved the life of your S25 cow, and I want you to quit drinking and join the Good Templars. Will you do it?’’ ‘“‘T will!’’ answered Mr. White, and that’s the way he came to be a member of the order. If there was any question about the Spirit visiting him and speaking the words it did, how should he have known about the cow? If he did not see the spirit, how did he follow it? And Stronger proof still—when the spirit spoke to him the last time its voice woke up Mrs White, who bounded out of bed in jealous fury and hunted the whole house over for a woman. Not one man in all that gathering sneered or ridiculed or argued against Mr. White, as he half expected. On the contrary, each one of them announced his earnest belief in such things, and each and every one had had startling experiences. It was 11 o'clock when liar No. 5 be- gan his tale, which was about a haunted house, but I didn’t remain to hear the end. The druggist, who lived a mile from his store, was fidgeting about, and I felt to pity him. I asked for a dollar bottle of consumption cure, feel- ing that he ought to be requited, but he kindly replied that I was under no ob- ligations and he hoped to see me again. SELES Co Os Ea At the Quick Lunch Room. Proprietor—Don'’t you want some of this pepsin gum? Best thing in the world for indigestion. _ Newcomer—But I never have indiges- tion. Proprietor—That makes no difference. You will have it in a few days. ‘T any rate, all our customers have it, and we sell lots of this gum. is trouble! Plea the Term to Drop “Drummer.” It is now a good time to discuss the appropriateness, or rather misappro- priateness, of the term ‘‘drummer’’ as commonly applied to commercial trav- elers. I forever most seriously object to being thrown, any longer, into the same pot with hotel drummers, quack doctor drummers, gambling hel! drum- mers, besides a long list of drummers for callings entirely foreign to that of a commercial traveler. The term ‘‘drummer,’’ as applied to commercial travelers, is very rarely used now in the East, and when it is so used is intended only as an opprobrious epithet, spoken in a contemptuous and derisive manner of some cheeky mis representative of the profession. The time was, when the business of selling goods on the road was in its infancy, that almost any “‘scalawag’’ with suffi- cient amount of gall could obtain a po- sition on the road; but now the situa- tion is entirely changed, and has been so for a number of years. Such a man could not get a position to travel for any first class house, not even on com mission, The manner of doing busi- ness through the commercial traveler has become a fixed part of the machin- ery of the commercial world, and rep- resentatives of manufacturers and whole- sale merchants have a regular territory allotted to them, and, as a rule, the married man very soon selects some central point in which he takes up his abode, locates his family where he can enjoy their society, and endeavors to acquire a heme, thus becoming a citi- zen, and helps along the business of the town, to the extent of the wants of his family, for the necessaries and some of the luxuries of life. The unmarried traveler is not very slow in taking pat- tern from his elder brother in the pro- fession; he keeps his weather eye open on his trip over his territory, selects some demure little damsel, lays siege to her heart and goes and dues likewise, So why should the term ‘‘drummer’’ be applied to us, as if we were an ostra- cized class of beings, to be avoided and shunned as if coming in contact with us would breed a pestilence? Strong The commerciai traveler of the pres- ent day is the peer of any representa- tive of the leading professions, not ex- cepting any of them. He represents the capital employed in the entire manu- facturing and mercantile interests of this country; he is the accredited and confidential agent, and his principals are responsible for his contracts, and ihey, therefore, are careful to select only the shrewdest business men they can find, who will represent them with credit, aud when they occasionally find that they have made a mistake in their Selection, they very quickly and quietly d'spense with the services of their un- worthy representative, and he drops out of the ranks of commercial travelers and seeks some other calling more fit- ting to his calibre. We, as commercial travelers, are rep- resenting our employers, and our cus- tomers in negotiating with us are talk- ing to the manufacturers and wholesale merchants of this country by proxy. Our employers would not be so disrespect- ful as to apply some slang phrase or name to these gentlemen when they visit their respective counting rooms in the leading cities, so why is it that we, their representatives, should always be spoken of in contemptuous terms? Our employers never address or speak of us as ‘‘drummers,’’ but always use the term travelers, representatives or agents. The term of ‘‘huckster’’ or ‘‘ peddler"’ would be as applicable to merchants and brokers as that of ‘ drummer"? js to the representatives of manufacturers and wholesale jobbers. I think j{ the boys on the road would take this matte; in hand and. resent this epithet as a; insult wherever applied to them, would go very far towards correct the evil. GEO. F. BurcHARD ~~» 0 A Virginia woman who owns a 1i}:); land has gone into the business of rajs. ing sheep. She spent $25, paying s: a head for ewes, and then turned he; flock into her pasture land. She raised what she could care for on her land, selling the rest as soon as they were o/ marketable age. She gave only about one hour a day to them and paid a_ boy 50 cents a week to keep the sheep's sheds clean and the fodder cut up. She has been in the business about five years The first year she came out $40 ahead of her experiment. At the end fourth year she had a ‘flock of sixty ewes, all she could keep with her pas. turage, and in wool and mutton she found she had a clear yearly income $450. of the er enn eneo‘es $ lf You Hire Help—_ : a eo ra You should use our % 3 $ $ Perfect Time Book 3 $ ~——and Pay Roll. $ 3 Made to hold from 27 to 60 names 3 @ and sell for 75 cents to $2. é : Send for sample leaf. $ ¢ ; BARLOW BROS., 3 $ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ; > ¢ Siceebenthetedeaebiewcces? — FFERING HUMANITY, READ 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 skill, when I was given up to die, Imiracu lously had my attention called to Frye’s Quickstep, which saved my life, and Iam now 2 well man. | 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 people know 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 m Chicago at the clothing factory of John G. Miller & Co., 276 and 278 Franklin St., until May 1, to look after my clothing customers. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN / yp BROTH anal aaa OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. The popular demand for low priced clothing is becoming uni- versal and in submitting to the inspection of our customers this line of Men’s Suits at $2.50 and $3.35 we wish to assure them that these garments, notwithstanding the extreme low prices we are quoting on them, are manufactured in a manner that will enable the trade to sell them with the best of satisfaction to their customers. In FIT, STYLE and WORKMANSHIP these suits rank higher than any similar offering ever made. Our ability to undersell any job- bing house in the country on these goods is due to the fact that our contracts are made for immense quantities, and in purchasing them from us you have every assurance of buying from headquarters. DESCRIPTION. 40870 Our staple leader in spring and summer weight fancy mottled cheviots. Suits cut in a 4-button | round sack style, strong lined, all inside seams bound, 4 outside pockets with laps. Pants and Wests (0 Migten black cheviot, best selling suit ever produced | fgy the money. Cut in a 4-button round sack | style, 4 outside pockets with laps, 1 inside pocket, | Per Suit. strong black lining, pin striped sleeve lining, all | inside seams are igi, Pants and vest to icine. j Extra heavy blue black cotton worsted. The leading suit in the market for the money. Cut in a q 4-button round sack style. 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OUTFITS. *243 rWRITE FOR SPECIAL CATALOGUE =& REGISTERED ~ TRape MARS WU Fe S [4 0 ace bees ab oes MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted te the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. _ ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Sommunications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Epiror. WEDNESDAY, - - = APRIL 13, 1898. GREAT SANITARY WORK. We profess in this country to be pre- eminently progressive and liberal in the way of supplying needed public improvements and in the protection of the public health, but now and then we learn something from abroad that is calculated to take some of the conceit out of us. Mexico—poor and contemp- tuously-regarded Mexico—is now fur- nishing an example of enterprise that is worthy of admiration throughout the United States. That a country supposedly so back- ward and so short of financial resources should undertake the vast sanitary im- provements in progress in the federal district of Mexico is, indeed, a cause for wonder. And, yet for several years past, slowly but continuously, the work of cutting through great mountains and changing the drainage system and sew- erage plans of an immense city has been going on. The cost has mounted into millions and_ still millions are to be expended. The City of Mexico, 7,000 feet and more above the sea, is in a valley sur- rounded on all sides by great peaks. The valley is full of lagoons with no outlets. For centuries the filth has ac- cumulated, and only by the altitude, supplemented by extra exertions in keeping the streets clean, has the death rate been kept down. Still it has been abnormally high--among the highest on the continent. It was finally deter- mined by the Diaz government to cut an immense drainage canal from the city to the surrounding mountains, to then cut through or tunnel the latter and finally rearrange the entire drainage and sewerage of the city, so as to con- nect with this canal. It was a project worthy of the patience and the skill of the old Aztecs and it has been in progress now for several years. The message of Diaz sent to the Mexican congress the other day calls attention to the continued satisfactory prosecution of the work. The tunnel and canal have been virtually com pleted, and streets are being extended, blocks of buildings removed, and great sewers pushed forward throughout the City of Mexico to make the necessary connections with the canal. ‘*When fin- ished, this work,’’ says Diaz, it is to be hoped, will completely revolutionize the sanitary conditions of the city.’’ The main point of interest for us is the distinct, enlightened recognition by the Mexicans of the overshadowing importance of protecting the public health. Millions are regarded as_noth- ing compare,to the necessity of lowering the annual death rate and adding to the comfort of the citizens. There is no narrow weighing of human life against the dollar in this big Mexican under- taking ; no hesitation because the work will be costly! Would there were in more of our American communities the same liberal and intelligent view of sanitary impor- tance, above its commercial measure- ment, that is exhibited by the Mexican authorities in the ancient capital of the Montezumas. OUTLET FOR SURPLUS CORN. Some time ago the Tradesman re- ferred to the experiments undertaken by scientists by which it was proposed to make the great corn crop of the United States more valuable, just as the cotton crop had been made worth more to the planter through the new uses to which the seed had been put. These experi- ments, although helpful, will never sup- ply the place of a world-wide demand. When the latter occurs the American farmer can begin to count additional dollars and dream of greater wealth. It begins to look now as if this long- hoped-for demand was in sight. A week or two ago over 1,000,000 bushels of corn for foreign shipment was engaged at St. Louis and nearly 2,000,000 bush- els in Chicago~all in one week. Last year, the official reports now tell us, the United States sent in corn and corn meal about 200,000,000 bushels to Europe. This was a goodly amount in itself, but the encouraging fact about this shipment was the great increase over the preceding year, the gain being 65,000,000 bushels! That was a remark- able expansion in this line of export and if maintained at anything like the same ratio for four or five years would consume our surplus of corn and either raise the price of the grain consider- ably or stimulate a greater production. The use of corn and meal by the Europeans and Asiatics would be as great a boon to the Old World as to the United States. There is no healthier food for man or beast and it is compar- atively cheap. The underfed millions abroad could do nothing better to add to their physical and financial comfort than to begin the extensive use of American corn as a food. For America, of course, the general introduction of this additional food product into for- eign homes would mean millions of more money here for our exports, and the corresponding improvement and prosperity of the agricultural classes. AON cea As it has been shown that flax can be cultivated with profit in Oregon, tests are to be made of the capabilities of the soil and climate of the State in the pro- duction of other fiber plants. One en- terprising farmer is to sow thirty acres to hemp this year, and offers a quantity of seed to other farmers who care to try the experiment. Seeds of the abutilon and ramie plants are also to be distrib- uted, and the Oregon Railway and Nav- igation Company is to make a test of cotton, which has hitherto net been grown in so high a latitude. Of the fiber plants named, the abutilon is the least generally known. It is sometimes called the American jute, has a fiber running the whole length of its six feet of an- nual growth, and is said to be superior to Indian jute in strength and dyeing qualities. It is used for fine cordage, carpet-filling, matting, etc. DISMEMBERMENT OF CHINA. There is now no doubt that France has made demands upon China in the shape of a proposition for the lease of a naval station and other privileges of a commercial character. With Russia, Great Britain, Japan, Germany and France occupying points along the Chinese coast, it is evident that the dis- memberment of the Celestial Empire is no longer a dream, but a reality. The holding of a few ports on the coast does not of itself involve the lop- ping off of any great slice of territory, but the planting of the flags of the powers of Europe at these points is practically a division of the territory of China to be exploited hereafter. Hence- forth we will hear of the Russian sphere of influence in China, of the British sphere of influence, and so on. The occupation of Port Arthur by Russia means that the entire eastern end of the Empire, including the best por- tion of Manchuria, will eventually be absorbed by the Muscovite power. Eng- land's seizure of Wei-Hai-Wei means that Engiand will gradually extend her influence over Central China, while France is sure to expand her frontiers so as to include a large slice of Western China. The action of England in leasing Wei-Hai-Wei has created no little sur- prise, because that place is actually in the possession of Japan. That there ex- ists an understanding between Japan and Great Britain appears certain. It also seems likely that Japan feels very keen- ly the leasing of Port Arthur, from which she herself was excluded by pressure from the powers to Russia. The unrest of the Japanese because of the recent trend of events is now the most serious feature of the Eastern sit- uation. Japan is steadily preparing for a struggle, and it is believed that it will not be long now before she is ready to strike. A POPULAR REFORM. The mothers and fathers who are ex- ercised from time to time as to the whereabouts of their ‘‘wandering boy to-night’’ will read with no little de- gree of satisfaction the announcement that up to the present date more than 300 towns of the United States have adopted some kind of a curfew ordi- nance—compelling youngsters to keep off the streets after a comparatively early hour in the evening. This fact will excite some surprise, tco, among those who have sneered at this kind of reform and regarded it as a proposed return to the old ‘‘blue laws.’’ The simple truth is, it isan admirable police regulation and in keeping with existing statutes prohibiting the sale of liquors to minors and denying to the immature youth the right to trequent saloons and certain kinds of amusement places. The streets of a large town, or a city, are the nurseries of vice and crime, and to allow boys or girls of 15 years of age, or under, or boys or girls even of 16 or 17 years, to loiter and loaf in the streets at night is to invite their corruption and destroy their chances for usefulness in thousands of cases, Of course these curfew ordinances do not prevent the youth of the commun- ity from going from place to place for legitimate purposes, or from accom- panying a proper guardian anywhere. The object is to clear the town of young loafers and hoodlums and Arabs after nightfall, both for the community's benefit and that of the youngsters them- selves. It is not surprising that such a prac- tical, useful and promising reform should be steadily recommending itself to the good sense and moral sentiment of hundreds of American communities and it would be gratifyimg to see it spread extensively. The type of architecture now gener. ally known as ‘‘Chicago construction’’ has at last been put to the severest pos: sible test and has emerged from the trial tiumphant. In the earthquake at San Francisco a fertnight ago the de- struction was general among buildings constructed in accordance with the old rules of architecture. Solidity of foun- dations and thickness of walls did not avail as protection against the seismic shocks ; but the nineteen-story Spreckels building, the tallest in the city, was not injured in the least, although it swayed like a tree ina storm. Nothing could be more conclusive as to the stability of these sky-scrapers, which are merely interlaced skeletons of steel beams veneered with brick, stone. or terra cotta. Nothing can disturb their equi- librium. The only disaster possible would be an actual yawning of the earth which should engulf them entire. Otherwise they are proof against any- thing shert of bombardment by high- power guns. One result of the fnancial depression —one of the good things that often come out of evil—has been the back-to-the- land movement among urban people. The illusions that drew thousands from the farms to the cities have been shat- tered by the hard conditions entailed by the panic. The vital, ever-present, in- escapable necessities of life are bread and butter, and these the city can give only at second-hand. Whatever storms may strew the industrial sea with wreck, food, shelter and clothing are assured to the man on the farm, while the idle workman of the city must walk the streets in vain search for work. A bill has passed the New York Leg- islature creating a commission to inves- tigate the causes of the decline of the commerce of New York City. Those causes are not far to seek. For more than half a century, through the agency, largely, of the Erie canal, New York had almost a monopoly of the great Northwestern trade. She now has _ sev- eral energetic rivals for that trade, and the canal, having become antiquated, has ceased to have the preponderating influence which it so long exercised. In the natural course of events Gotham has ceased to ke the whole thing, and that is all there is of it. For years past there has been a large . membership in Congress opposed to the rapid building of our navy. These men have flippantly replied to all appeals to their patriotism and good sense that whenever we needed boats badly ‘‘we could buy all we wanted!’’ The impos- sibility of getting just now the kind of vessels we need is another indication of the fact that it takes a long time to cut wisdom teeth. The Shawneetown disaster again calls attention to mankind's propensity to build towns in the most dangerous and. undesirable sites that can be found. The future is rarely taken into consider- ation in starting a town. A nation that oppresses Cuban women and children will steal coal, and Uncle Sam should look after his depots of steam coal, come | j BANKING REFORM. Review of the Present and Proposed Systems. Since the termination of the rebellion there has been no attempt made ata general revision of our financial system, and such legislation as we have had has been along the line of patching up and strengthening the system, rather than attempting to change it. The vast sum of credits forced into circulation by the necessities of the times led the financiers of the world to doubt our capability of absorbing them without over-taxing our resources. That this feeling existed in the minds of most of the people of our country is evidenced by the fact that the greenbacks were not brought to a parity with gold until almost fifteen years after the close of the war. One thing that intensified this condition was the possibility of poorly considered legislation. We are proud to refer to the history of our legislation upon this subject, for such a_ reference shows that, while the American people may make mistakes of judgment in minor matters, they are always honest in purpose and in the long run right in principle. After the war we undertook the task of retiring our credit notes as quickly as the condition of things would permit. In 1875 we passed the law by which the Government promised to re- sume specie payments in 1879, and greenbacks rose to par with gold before the act went into effect. This act con- vinced the entire commercial world not only of our purpose to make our prom- ises good, but also of our ability to do so, From that time until 1893 the busi- ness conditions of this country were fairly normal and nothing occurred to test the weakness or strength of our cur- rency system, or to direct public thought towards an enquiry or investi- gation as to its weakness or strength. The panic, coupled with the agitation for the free coinage of silver, put our system to the test and the greenbacks, which we had considered as_ good enough for all practical purposes asa credit money, proved to be a source of danger and weakness. The Govern- ment had undertaken the work of re- demption and had promised to maintain the parity of all forms of money and credit notes. ‘The fear of a silver basis led to the gathering together of our greenbacks and their presentation for re- demption in gold. The Government could do naught else than keep its promise and redeem them. But under the provisions of law they were imme- diately re-issued and again presented for more gold, thus forming what Pres- ident Cievelaud so aptly termed ‘‘an endless chain for depleting the reserve of gold held by the Government for re- demption purposes.’’ This disclosed the dangerous nature of such a system of credit notes and made peremptory issues of bonds for goid absolutely nec- essary, with the only alternative of a resort to a silver basis. Thoughtful men began to question the necessity or desirability of the Government keeping such notes outstanding and being com- pelled through them to assume practi- cally all the work of redemption, while the banks escaped all such responsibil- ities. Such an object lesson was well calculated to make sensible men con- clude that the Government should go out of the banking business, and to start a movement to make the banks assume their rightful duties in the work of is- suing and redeeming the credit notes necessitated by the exchanges of the country. This movement has resulted in the preparation of a bill by the House Banking and Currency Commit- tee containing the following provisions: 1. A division of issue and redemp- tion is established in the Treasury, and notes redeemed in gold are not to be again paid out unless under exceptional conditions. 2. The work of redeeming United States demand notes is placed upon the national banks. When the banks deposit legal tender notes with the Treasury they are to receive national reserve notes in exchange for them, and the banks are obliged to redeem these notes in gold, excepting that the Government as- sumes their redemption in case of the bank’s insolvency. 3. National bank notes will even- tually be founded on, and a first lien upon, the general business assets of the bank issuing them. This change will take five years, by a gradual reduction of the bond deposit now required. 4. National banks can issue current notes based on their commercial assets to the aggregate of their deposit of United States notes with the Treasury. The Treasury notes of 1890 are to be even- tually dealt with in the same way. 5. A national bank may issue credit notes equal to 60 per cent. of its capital without tax. If it issues over 60 per cent. it pays a tax of 2 per cent. on the ex- cess up to 80 per cent., and on all issues over 80 per cent. of its capital and up to too it will pay a 6 per cent. tax. This tax will allow an increase of credit notes in cases of emergency and force their return to the bank for redemption when the emergency is over. 6. The bank notes are secured by a note guarantee fund, of gold, equal to 5 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN per cent. of the entire circulation of the banks, and if it falls below this per- centage through the redeeming of the notes of failed banks, the solvent banks may be called upon to replenish it to the extent of 1: per cent. per annum. These notes are also secured by a first lien upon all bonds and other assets of the banks. 7. The national reserve notes will be a legal tender until received by the Government from failed and liquidated banks and canceled. 8. Silver dollars are redeemable in gold; silver certificates are redeemable in standard silver dollars. The parity of silver with gold is secured by a gold redemption fund deposited in the issue and redemption department of the Treasury and equal to 5 per cent. of the amount of silver which has been coined. g. Silver certificates are to be issued only in denominations of one, two and five dollars; legal tender reserve and currency notes in denominations of ten dollars and over. to. National banks are to pay a tax of % of 1 per cent. semi-annually upon their capital, surplus and undivided profits, and are to be permitted to es- tablish branch banks under such regula- tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Our following articles will be devoted to a discussion of the merits of this bill, and we feel confident that a thorough understanding of it will secure its endorsement by every fair-minded citizen. ANDREW FYFE. In Iowa there is a co-operative colony which has been in existence for fifty-one years and is prospering, its success in a line where others have failed being ascribed to the modest wants of the Dutch people who compose it. It is known as the Amanna Society and is located at Homestead and _ vicinity, growing from a beginning with 3,000 acres of unbroken prairie to over 57,000 acres of cultivated lands, on which, in addition to Homestead, there are seven little villages of stone and brick dwell- ings. The co-operative idea is strictly carried out, and no one colonist is_bet- ter supplied with worldly goods than his fellows. Each, on entering, deposits all he has in the common store, and if he cares to withdraw, his contribution is returned to him. Each man is allowed $30 and each woman $20 a year for clothing, but the money may be spent for other purposes. Up to a few years ago, only Dutch was taught in the schools, but now the young people are learning English. There are many men and women among the colonists who, born and bred on American soil, can not speak the English language. 3 THE WORLD’S GRANARY. It has been commonly supposed that the great wheat-producing area of the United States is largely east of the Miss- issippi River; the fact is that what may well be termed the ‘‘world’s gran- ary’’ is west of that dividing line. Some interesting facts on the subject are gathered and set forth in the New York Railroad Gazette, and the chief facts therein stated are here given. It appears that Northern Illinois in its earlier years produced wheat chiefly, not being able to market any other crop, and down to the war it was a large producer of wheat. But not long after the war the north third of the State virtually ceased to produce wheat, and for something like thirty years it has for the most part imported its bread- stuff. Yet the State, as a whole, con- tinued to grow wheat, and as late as 1879 or 1880 it was credited with a pro- duction of 60,000,000 bushels—more than any State had ever produced in any one year down to that time. Now it seems that last year the whole State failed to produce enough for its own bread—only 11,500,000 bushels—while the consumption of the population of 1890 is more than 17,000,000 yearly. Wisconsin, which has until recently been counted as peculiarly a wheat Staie, although the cultivated? area has never been very large, last summer pro- duced barely enough for its own use. Iowa, which is one of the most purely agricultural States, although not a great wheat State, last year had, perhaps, 4,000,000 bushels more than it will need for bread and seed. It will be observed that Ohio and In- diana, which are important agricultural States, are not even mentioned among the wheat producers. Whence then, comes the vast treasure of golden grain that gives bread, not only to the Ameri- can people, but to many others besides? From Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas, which are credited with 145,000,000 bushels in 1897. The two Dakotas are also large wheat growers, although last year their crop was lighter than usual. California, Oregon and Washington are wheat States, but they do not figure in the business east of the Rocky Moun- tains. > o> The generation of illuminating gas from wood has been successfully ac- complished by a Frenchman. The method is similar to that of the manu- facture of coal gas, but is said to be simpler and cheaper. The wood used need be only of a low quality, and any kind of chips originating from the use of carpenters’ tools, as well as ordinary sawdust, may be utilized to advantage. Ruhe Bros. Co., Makers. Factory 956, 1st Dist. Pa. , EVERY MAN LIKES “MR. THOMAS” The Best Nickel Cigar in the State. F. E. Bushman, Representative, Kalamazoo, Mich. . Apri aes AEE aunauaneie ¢ 3 Py $ ' lO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Minding Your Own Business. Every now and then I am forcibly reminded of the fact that the millen- nium will have arrived when we learn to mind our own business. But it will be an Eveless Eden, with- out a single woman in it. No woman has yet arrived, or shows signs of arriving, at the point of grace where she can behold another person making a pie without putting her finger in it. It has always been that way. And it has always been her bane. She has broken her heart over other people's sorrows. She has lain awake nights, and lost sleep, over other pecple’s wor- ries. She has brought on more nerv- ous prostration trying to run other peo- ple’s affairs, and stirred up more heart- burnings and jealousy and _ hitterness and strife than all other causes com- bined, just because she would not mind her own business. It is a distinctly feminine mania, the end whereof is trouble and _ tribulation. The average man feels he has got about all he can manage with his own affairs, and trouble enough of his own, without borrowing his neighbor’s. The aver- age woman attends to her business in the intervals she isn’t speculating about why the Browns don’t send their chil- dren to the public school when Brown is only on a salary, and the Smiths, across the street, can afford new carpets this season. And the queerest part of it all is that, by some quirk of feminine logic, this unwarranted meddling with other people’s affairs is accounted a virtue. A woman’s definition of another woman who was a Selfish creature wouid be one who attended strictly to her own busi- ness and didn’t interfere with some remedy of her own when the children next door had the croup. This inability to attend to ber cwn business, and leave other people to run theirs without any assistance from her, goes a long way towards explaining many of woman’s failures. It is one reason why so many women break down. They try to carry the universe on their shoulders. They could manage well enough with their own work and bear with sufficient fortitude their own troubles, but when they add to that the accumulated afflictions of everybody in the neighborhood, they collapse under the nervous strain. It is doubtless a pity that Mrs. Jones should be such a poor manager and so wasteful and ex- travagant; it is much to be regretted that young Blank doesn’t go to work and support his widowed mother; possibly it is a crying shame that the Gray baby should be fed on sauerkraut and beer in- stead of sterilized milk; but, after all, we are not responsible for these affairs, and there isn’t a blessed thing we can do about them. The Jones and the Blanks and the Grays of our respective neighborhoods don't want our advice, and wouldn’t take it at any price, and we merely wear ourselves into frazzles with unavailing worry over something that doesn’t in the least concern us, Of course, when there is any real need for a Solomon, we all feel capable of speaking right up, but it is well to oc- casionally reflect that other people are almost as capable of running their own affairs as we would be. ‘This is always a surprise tous. There was probably never a marriage when everybody in the community didn’t feel that they could have made a much more judicious selection for both parties than they ! made for themselves, yet uivurce is,e.t ideas about couking cr pulitics or comparatively rare. Every one of us is. dead sure that we could bring up everybody else’s children much better than they are doing it, yet the children go along turning out all right in spite of our predictions to the contrary. We ‘really aftlict ourselves about these mat- ters. We are reduced to tears because Sally So-and-So is going to marry the man she wants, instead of the man we think would suit her, and we aggravate our souls in vain because little Mrs. Somebody Else lets her babies play in the back yard with the cat instead of hav- ing them folding paper mats at the kindergarten. If the sympathy we lav- ish on people who don't want it and don’t need it, and the amount of wasted energy we expend on other people's affairs, could be applied to some useful purpose it. would revolutionize the world. It sounds a bit contradictory to say that a woman’s fondness for having a finger in every pie is at the root of the servant girl trouble, but it is a fact, nevertheless. In trying to attend to her own business a woman often overdoes it. She attends too much. When a man hires a clerk or a hook-keeper he permits him freedom to do the work, within certain lines, pretty much as_ he pleases, in his own way. If he accom- plishes satisfactory results it is all that is necessary. No one nags him con tinually or aggravates him witb petty and infinitesimal, hair-splitting details about the way he does it. When he is in the midst of making outa bill or adding up a column of figures, the pro- prietor doesn’t rush in with a few sug- gestions or take a hand just long enough to knock the other man's system silly. On the contrary, he knows it would simply put the clerk out. But that is tbe helpful device we use to wards our servants. We never let them plan anything out or do it in their own way or have a chance to use any mind and judgment if they happen to have any. There is no reason a servant shouldn’t be treated as rationally as any other employe. It is but right the mistress should require that certain work should be done by a certain time, but after that, why not leave them free to do it in their own way? Every one who has ever tried it knows that the most aggra- vating and nerve-rasping thing in the world is to have some one stand over you while you work, with a continual flow of suggestions. ‘‘Put a pinch more spice in,’’ ‘‘Don’t use quite so much sugar,’’ ‘‘Roll the crust a little thin- ner.’’ It is enough to drive one crazy, and there is no wonder too many cooks spoil so much good broth. If the mis- tress would attend to her business a lit- tle more in the house, and let the cook run hers a little more in the kitchen, we shouldn’t have to get up so many mornings and cook breakfast because our servant has taken herself and her outraged feeings to some other woman with other *‘ ways.”’ One of the saddest effects of our not attending to our own business is the perennial family row. We speak of it as lack of sympathy, as unfilial conduct, we give this and that high flown reason, but the plain truth of the matter is that at the bottom of nearly every one of the family quarrels, that are so pathetic and so cruel in their estrangements, is some woman who wouldn’t mind her own business. A man marries, and the woman he brings into his family has been reared differently, and has differ- religion irom ibe women of his own family. It might be thought that the world is big enough and wide enough for them all to find occupation and amusement without attempting to in- terfere with each other. But not so. First thing anybody know, shis mother or sisters begin to try to regulate his wife’s table or wardrobe or manage her chil- dren for her. Or perhaps she starts out on a Missionary campaign to try to ed- acate her husband's people up to her blue china standard. Anyway, trouble begins right there, and peace packs its grip and departs on the lightning ex- press for parts unknown. Every living woman has seen this thing happen over and over again. Just think of giving up a brother's love, of being separated from him by a barrier crueler than death, of having a son’s door opened to you only on sufferance and to know that you are the most unwelcome guest that ever crosses tbe threshold! Isn't ita pretty high price to pay for the doubtful privileze of trying to run another wom- an’s business? And isn’t It strange that women won't be warned, and remember that ‘‘hands off’’ is the motto on every woman's door and that one defies it at her peril? Of course, we shall have no more gos- sip when we learn to attend to our own business. We shall be occupied in pay- ing our own bills, instead of wondering how other people can pay theirs. If Mr. Clubman is out of nights, we sha’n't spend the time in pitying his poor wife and speculating if her cocking or tem- per drove him to drink. We shail mere- ly presume the clubman knows his own business, and at any rate it isn’t any of our affair. We shail be able to go and come as we please, without taking the neighborhood into our confidence or offering explanation or apology, for so long as we infringe on nobody else’s rights, no one will trouble themselves about our movements. And what a peaceful, easy, restful time we shall bave, if only we can learn to mind our own business and let other people’s alone. Dorotuy Dix. Se It has been said that it is beiter to in- vent a sauce cr a safety pin as a means to wealth than to discover a gold mine. The estate of the late C. Wheeby Lea, of Lea & Perrins’ sauce fame, has been appraised at £1,070,000, equivalent to $5,350,000. The deceased’s late partner left a fortune of nearly equal amount— amassed, like Mr. Lea's, wholly from the famous sauce. The recipe of this preparation was given to them when they were chemists in a modest way of business at Broad street, Worcester, by the late Lord Sandys, who had picked it up casually in his Indian travels. The firm kept it by them for years with- out suspecting the wealth it embodied. Lord Sandys called at the shop when all the world was beginning to talk of the appetizing sauce and humorously sug- gested that he would like to share in the proceeds. The late Mr. Perrins re- plied complacently that Lord Sandys might share in the profits if he would stand behind the counter and assist in the sale. ———___-~?>____ Parisian women are discarding birds for animals as trimmings for their hats. Small chinchillas, not unlike rats in appearance, have become a favorite form of adornment, and it has been Suggested that the new fad, if carried as far as the wearing of birds, may even extend to guinea pigs, kittens and pup- pies, New Thoughts on an Old Subject. Those of us who are in the way of reading the comic papers have regarded the alleged aversion of men to mothers- in-law as merely a kind of stock-in- trade joke that was a conveniency to cheap wits. It seems, however, that the feeling is recognized, as such, in law, aS in a recent case where a man sued his mother-in-law to recover some property, the jury were closely questioned as to whether they enter- tained a prejudice, either generally or specifically, against mothers-in-law that would prevent their rendering a just verdict. At last twelve good men and true, presumably bachelors, were found who testified to having no feeling on the mother-in-law question, and the case proceeded. Probably very few men would admit to being influenced by the stale and silly gibes at mothers-in-law, but that they have great weight is proven by the attitude that almost every man takes towards his wife’s mother. He has been warned by the comic papers that she will attempt to manage him and run his house; that she will incite his wife to acts of independence, and ‘‘put her up’ to defying his opinion. So he is on his guard. He looks upon her with suspicion, and is apt to think that the most harmless suggestion is unwar- ranted interfering. To a certain degree this feeling may be traced to a not unnatural jealousy. The young husband is always very self- important. He expects to be all in all to his wife. He is determined to be the arbiter of her destiny,the oracle who knows it all, the supreme court that lays down the law. Innocent and unsophis- ticated little brides don't, as a rule, see this at first. They blunder out with ‘* Mother thinks you ought to do so and so,’’ or ‘‘ Mother says something else,’ and out of the blow they deal their husband’s vanity springs much of the dislike to mothers-in-law. Men seldom understand a woman's affection for her own people. They do not realize how deep the flower of love strikes its roots into the home where one was born, and that no matter how tender the hand that transplants it, some of the heart fibers must still cling to the old soil. If awoman could sunder the old ties without regret, if she could forget the faithful love that has cher- ished her and guarded her and sacri- ficed itself for her at every step, what a poor, disloyal creature she would be! How worthless any affection that one so shallow-hearted could give! Let the man who complains of his wife wanting to see her mother think of that. As a matter of fact, the man is want- ing in the very first element of common sense who chooses a woman for his wife whose mother is distasteful to him. For what the mother is the girl is almost sure to be. If the mother is charming, tactful, broad and liberal in her views, a good manager, rest assured that no man goes wrong in marrying into that family. If, on the contrary, she is slov- enly, extravagant, loud-voiced, shrew- ish, no matter how gentle and attractive a daughter may seem, with increasing years and less desire to please, she will grow into such a woman as her mother. Choose the mother- in-law first, and then the wife will be a dead sure matri- monial tip to any man. —___> 0... Out of His Element. Patience: ‘‘What is the cheapest- looking thing you ever saw about a bar- gain counter?’’ Practice: ‘‘A husband waiting for his wife.*’ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN H. LEONARD & SONS, GPOCKErY, Glass, Lamps and HOUSE FUPHISHING Goods GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Wholesale Bargain Gounter Supplies |ONIOND ss (Roane > v4 ~T_f = Ask for Crock She Serger Ask for Crockery and Glassware areata j7{ CILBERT BLOCK 4H CATALOGUE { {Dm mt mom me me eel — og Ce A rol da Nee =——ae Importers and Jobbers of Flr —— ty 149) 0 | 1y a: | FULTON ST 4 __ eR idl PERRI UC Ht a } Zt jnial = | first floor of which our office and wholesale sample room will be located. square feet. Two blocks from Union Depot. provement for the quick despatch of goods and convenience of customers. Our business now occupies Cut showing the new seven-story addition to our wholesle stores, corner Spring and Fulton Streets, Four elevators, steam heat, electric lights and every modern im- All grades, all kinds, all prices of Crockery, Glass and Stoneware. cB Agency for | i Alfred Meakins «English White Granite.’’ &| = Johnson Brothers «‘English Semi Porcelain.’’ ne | Knowles, Taylor & Knowles ial ee Domestic Earthenware. Gant, 2s oT = | 225 Men Employed in the Manufacture of Refrigerators. Dan | Into every one Hit | i ; | of our Refriger- | | THE LEONARD ators We put | twenty years’ | knowledge and | experience. | That means more than we | can explain here. The enor- mous success of . our Refrigerat- « ors has brought /2 out many worth- © less imitations. Your only safety is to look for our ' trade mark and CLEANABLE IS A PERFECT on the 110,000 | A Few Faots--Read Them insist upon hav- ing **The Leonard Cleanable.’’ | We are abreast of the times. Our prices are from 15 to 30 per cent. lower than those of | : many firms handling the same goods, as our facilities are superior. We show new and reduced prices on every line of HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES and NOVELTIES, the re- sult of constant hammering to get our goods before Don’t the people lower than ever before. wait for agents. We can save you Children’s Carriages. . | money on quick orders and prompt ship- Over one hundred and fifty numbers | y 1 I I E from which to select, ranging in price ments. If not received drop postal at once from $2.50 to $39.00. FooT-OPERATING ; BRAKE on every carriage sold FREE OF @ CHARGE. Any carriage furnished with rubber tire wheels at a slight advance. for spring catalogue. | | | Two complete lines of Ice Cream Freezers i any size from 1 to 20 quarts. Also all / kinds of Ice Picks, Chisels, Shaves, Ice ; Cream Dishers, etc. Wagons, Toy Carts, Children’s Velocipedes and Tri cycles, Croquet Sets or Hammocks until you have had quotations from us. | ence. H. Leonard & SONS, Grand Rapids. any fancy prices. ~ x We invite special attention to our line of “MONARCH” Blue Flame O11 Stoves and Gasoline Stoves. Nothing has been spared to make this line the finest finished, most durable and best operating stoves in the world. Sure to give the best satisfaction. We carry every- thing in the line of stoves. Write for catalogue. Do not place your order for Iron or Wood Express; The “TRUMAN.” A guaranteed wheel with high grade equipments. The finished result of the finest workmanship and mature experi- Thoroughness marks this wheel at every point. Don't pay Write for terms. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN . Shoes and Leather Minor Shoe Notes. A Chicago retailer displays an im- mense papier mache shoe for men’s wear in his window display. A man who has a good thing in foot- wear and doesn’t let the people know it is not getting all the trade his offering is entitled to. A Virginia retailer presents to cus- tomers buying $6 worth of goods a medalion painting which is said to make a very handsome house ornament. No matter how much time or money you put in on your window display, if perfect cleanliness is not a part of the plan it doesn’t do full justice to your efforts. Two things tend to bust a man in the shoe business. One is selling goods too light, through lack of leather, the other is selling goods too heavy—with age, A new wrinkle in the back stays for men’s shoes is to have them come down over the counter and, instead of follow- ing a straight line to the heel, curve gracefully toward the shank on either side of the heel. Wooden shoes are now used to quite an extent by people working at ice cream making, and also used in ice houses, where the floors are covered with crushed ice which is constantly thawing, and their use for these pur- poses seems to be on the increase. The one dollar oil grain creole is again in evidence and may be consid- ered a sign of the times. This shoe has been a barometer of the leather market for the past two years and when it sees the shadow of a five cent a pair raise it at once goes into retirement. Among the new things on the market is a new stain or dye for coloring satin slippers any shade desired. This is an opportunity for retailers to change their soiled white satin slippers into a golden brown, ruddy red ora brilliant black at a small expense. The demand for men’s shoes in tan, cut from kid stock, is getting pretty general this season in the West and the style is popular. The experience last year with this light stock for men’s wear appears to have been in its favor, hence the increased call this season. It cer- tainly makes an ideal, light weight summer shoe. There is a_ good deal of speculation among the trade at this time as to the new price lists on rubber footwear which are due to appear May 1, but as facts are not at hand, and as rubbermen are never elastic at this season of the year, the trade will, as usual, have to bide its time. A very effective display for a window in a shoe store is a collection of leath- ers introduced among the shoes. The various shades of kid and Russia calf now on the market will help greatly to make a most striking display and one that is fully in keeping with -and very suggestive of the business you aim to call attention to. One of the new wrinkles in footwear which has made its appearance in New York is ladies’ Juliets made from plaid silk and plaid cloth, with wood heels covered with the material to match the vamps, making some very striking effects in footwear for house and even- ing wear. Do not assume, because we have had a run on silk vesting tops this season that the style will continue. It is sub- ject to change as all other styles of foot- wear and must be looked upon as mere- ly a fancy of the hour. The old saying that there is nothing like leather holds good in this case and observers of pass- ing events can not fail to notice that the return to an all leather shoe is fre- guent and sure. ~~» in Good Things Said by Up-to-Date Shoe Dealers. We must apologize for not giving every customer careful attention. It has been impossible during the first of the rusb—now we are better able to, with more help and better system.2 When we said that we needed money, and that to raise it we would sacrifice the entire stock, we little thought that such a re- sponse would follow. Yesterday people waited on themselves—with the sole idea of securinz shoes at such extraor- dinary prices. To-day everyone shall be waited on unless the rush is even greater yet. We have amply provided. —Stoll’s, Washington, D. C. Children and birds are very much alike, as both are always singing and always in motion. Birds do not need shoes, but children do, for their feet are their wings. Children must have leath- er, and good strong leather, for they use their feet all the time except when they sleep and dream their sweet dreams. When they dream we do not want them to think of bad_ shoes that stick nails into their heels or toes, nor bad leather that has broken, nor bad soles that have fallen off. So we have only the very best shoes that can be made for them. We are praised and not blamed, and not only by the children, but by their parents and guardians also.—Cammey- er’s Shoe Store, N. Y. Shoemaking is going on every day— for we start makers on lots aggregating five to twenty thousand pairs. Amd so is shoe planning—often it is three months from the time a shoe idea is adopted before it is worked out into a thoroughly satisfactory shoe. Then it knocks fur storeroom and some other lot —the yesterday’s best—must go. That is what is back of this week’s shoe selling—and money losing. And some of the ordered-out lots are not yet all fin- ished. Yesterday fifteen hundred pairs came in—spick and span from the mak- ers’ benches—$5 shoes at $3. They sbow no crossed-off price—never had a mark on them until last night, but they are of our $5 lots.—John Wanamaker, Phila. —--_~> 9 Looking Through the Cases. ‘“Yes,’’ remarked a shoe jobber who was taking the cartons out of the case of shoes and examining the contents, ‘“we intend to look into every case that comes from the factory before it is sent out to our customers. Of course, it is not always possible to look at every fair of shoes, but by looking into a dozen cartons we can form a general idea of how the goods run. ‘‘It is very important to do this, as we often find little matters which can be corrected without much trouble. For instance, here is a shoe to the up- per of which a little piece of white paper from the carton has adhered. It can be taken off in a moment by a little careful manipulation without at all in- juring the appearance of the shoe. This morning I found a shoe in the top of which a little tack had been im- bedded. I was able to remove it with- out the least injury to the upper stock. Now if either of these pairs of shoes had gone out to the dealer without our seeing them they would probably have been returned to us as damaged and we would have had to pay 25 to 5ocents expressage, which would have gone a good way towards doing away with our profit on the entire case. So you see it pays to put in considerable time every day examining the goods carefully be- fore they are sent out to our trade. ’’ i ee Revival of Button Shoes. From Boots and Shoes Weekly. The fall samples which are being made up in the factories furnish con- clusive evidence that button boots on womans’ footwear are _ increasing. There is no doubt on this point. Not only is this noticeable in the Lynn fac- tories, but information comes from Rochester and other centers that a greater provision is beiag made in fall samples for button boots. Manufactur- ers are not governed by the cost of get- ting out goods, because there is scarce- ly any difference between lace and but- ton boots, although what little there is is in favor of the latter. Button boots have suffered for several seasons past, but they are now undeniably upon the gain. ———_>-2.___ We are all willing to admit the total depravity of some one else. yVVvVVUVUUUVUUUUUNW VT UVUUUVUUUVUUUUUUUUUUUUCUCUCUUUCUCCCCCCCCC FU GOGO GOOG OOS COCO OCS OOO EFT OO OOOO OOS EOS TOES SSDS DPE PEGG OUR RIVER SHOE We carry it in Oil Grain, Bengal or Kangaroo Calf NONE BETTER e © Buy ours and Increase your Business Herold=Bertsch Shoe Co., 5 and 7 Pearl St. OT VEO EOE OT OCOSOSTSC OGIO SG Putra baba ba tn bint rn tatiana bn tn br br tp tn ta ty bn btn ti te tp tp tp dp ah ODP POO EE VTE UE EO OSE OC OCT | EEE a eee anges ee ene enn ea ES WARARARASAPAPA Solid as a Rock « Our prices on shoes are lower, with the Quality Better than ever. Please note the following: ( Men’s plump, first quality, Satin Oil, Coin Toe Tip, ) No. 45.- Sole Leather Counter, Solid Inner Sole, Solid Out - $1.00 | Sole and Slip Sole, Fair Stitch, Bals, 6 wide, | No. 46. Same Shoe, Plain Globe Toe, Bals, $1. No. 47. Same Shoe, Plain Globe Toe, Congress, $1. Send by number for a sample case of each of above. You cannot do without them, as they are the best shoe in the country for $1.00. P.S. We purchased these goods before the advance, and our trade shall have the benefit as long as they hold out. 81-83 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Michigan Michigan Shoe Company, A Sa aa = Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co. % ae Zz, B we Ze Successors to we a Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., te : : 2% Manufacturers eZ a And Jobbers of ue om we aM XE a BOOTS AND SHOES Be gy tes S Our Spring Lines are Complete. Xe Your Business Solicited. Se we “12, 14 and 16 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. g » 4 aay s acneaalll STN TN CA TATR TARTANA GATATEN TA CALETA CAEN TAA DETROIT FLEXIBLE DOOR MATS STANDARD SIZES 16x 24in. 20x 30in. 24x 36 in. Retail for $1.00 upwards. Any dimension to order. Made of Flat Wire. The Latest and Best. Supplied by Fos‘er, Stevens & Co. and the mfrs. Write for prices. THE DETROIT SAFE COMPANY, 67-85 East Fort Street, Detroit, Mich. SEELEELELEEEEEEESEEEEEESEEEEEEEEEREEESEEEESE SESS SEN ; LOOMIS & GASSENMEIER... MANUFACTURERS OF SHOW CASES For all kinds of goods. Secondhand show cases on hand and evchatged, .,.. 2 -. .. 612 Michigan Avenue, East = Lansing, Michigan FF FFFFSTSSFTTSSSTFTSSTSTTTTSFTFTFSFTFFSSTTFFFFFFS HG # ELSE HDHS KLFFFFSSSSS SS ISS @ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I3 Golden Shoes. May bought golden shoes for her boy, Golden leather from heel to toe, ~ With silver tassle to tie at the top, And dainty lining as white as snow. I bought a pair of shoes as well, For the restless feet of a little lad; Common and coarse and iron tipped, The best I could for the sum I had. ** Golden,”’? May said, “to match his curls;” I never saw her petted boy; { warrant he’s but a puny elf, And pink and white, like a china toy. And who is he that he should walk, All shod in gold, on the king’s highway, While little Fred, with a king’s own grace, Must wear rough brogans every day? And why can May from her little hand Fling baubies at her idol’s feet, While I can hardly shelter Fred From the cruel stones of the broken street? Ienvy not her silken robe, Nor the jewels’ shine, nor the handmaid’s care, But, ah! to give what I cannot— This, this is so hard to bear. But down Ili crush this bitter thought And bear no grudge to pretty May, Though she is rich and I am poor, © Since we were girls at Clover Bay; And ask the Lord to guide the feet, So painfully and coarsely shod, Tit ‘ner are fit to walk the street ‘That runs hard by the throne of God. ‘*Good bye, friend Ellen,’”’ ‘Good bye, May: What dims her eyes so bright and blue, ~ As she looks at the rugged shoes askance? **T wish my boy could wear those, too; But he will never walk, they say.” So May, with a little sigh, has gone, And I am left in a wondering mood, To think of my wicked thoughts alone. It needs not that I tell you how I clasped my sturdy rogue that night, And thanked the God that gave him strength And made him such a merry wight; Nor envied May one gift she held, If with it I must also choose The sight of little crippled feet, Albeit shod in golden shoes. HO Loaded, as Usual. About ten years ago a tanner in Penn- sylvania discovered that a preparation of zinc was a valuable adjunct in tan- ning. It gave weight and a fine texture to leather. He tanned with it and sent a carload to a commission house in New York. A currier looked it over and expressed his willingness to pay the price. A couple of sides were thrown off the pile. They were marked thirteen pounds. ‘‘Here,’’ said the currier; ‘‘put those sides on the scales; they are about a ten-pound pattern.’’ The weight was correct, as marked. ‘‘What kind of a d—d fraud is this,'’ said he, as he cut open the side and showed the glint of the zinc with which it was weighted.’’ He didn’t buy. The trans- action reminded one of Mark Twain’s story of the ‘‘Jumping Frog,’’ or the better one about John C. Southwick, the New York leather dealer, who was a practical joker. One morning John walked down Sixth avenue, and in Parker's restaurant saw a fish labeled, ‘'The biggest shad in New York.’’ John went in and enquired the weight. ‘*T’ll bet you a bottle of wine,’’ said he to Parker, ‘‘I can bring a shad from the market to-night that will weigh more.’’ Parker took the bet. John went to Fulton Market and picked out the big- gest shad he could find. Then he bought some fine shot and filled the fish with it, That night he walked into Parker’s with a couple of boon com- panions and his fish. It was weighed, John won the bet and the wine was drunk. A couple of hours later the cook opened the shad, and about three pounds of shot rattled out on the floor. There was, of course, some bad lan- guage used, but the wine had been finished. Parker got his revenge by putting the fish and shot in his window, labelled, ‘‘John C. Southwick’s shad! Loaded, as he usually is!"’ ~~ 0 -e Reminiscences of Childhood. Childhood is a good thing. It is something all of us have had more or less experience with. It is a pretty difficult matter to get along in the world without being a child at some period of our careers. Childhood is the flush budding of life’s young spring. It is the season of fairy dreams and golden ambitions, and cramp colic, and seed ticks. And, as we grow old, as the ghostly shadows of the great after- noon steal athwart our pathway, we love to sit down and recount the joys of the vanished past. We love to recall the exhilarating thrill which filled our breast when we stuck our thumb in our mouth and looked in at the dining room door just in time to see the fat chicken leg we longed for vanish down the threat of the local preacher. How cold and desolate the world looked! How we longed to hear a motion to adjourn! How we yearned to hand in a long _let- ter of regrets! In fact, we threatened to go exclusively into the yearning business. Another pleasant memory that comes back to us mixed up with rose mist is that of pushing a wheel- barrow along the margin of a stony brook for the purpose of gathering up a job lot of stone-bruises. Then what noble aspirations thrilled our soul when we stole into the pantry and lassoed the fruit jar with a bowstring, and witha manly pull landed it on the floor with such violence that the cranky old _ bot- tom followed the example of South Car- clina and seceded from the Union! And with what rapture do we recall the tidal wave of joy that swept over us when mother came softly in and wrapped us in the downy folds of the broom handle! 2+ Indian Paints His Russet Shoes. From the Washington Post. One of the Delaware Indians who has been in Washington on business con- nected with the tribe called at the Cap- itol the other day for a pow-wow with Representative Curtis of Kansas. He wore a spectacular pair of shoes, which a few hours before were beautiful rus- sets, purchased at a store uptown. Ar- raying himself in his newly-acquired shoe leather, Poor Lo started out for the Capitol. He decided that the russet color was not to his liking, and, after due enquiry, perched himself on a boot- black’s chair, where he insisted that nothing but the blackest polishing would do for his sandals. The bootblack pro- tested, but the Indian got his shine, paid for it, and proceeded on his way. Passing a drug store where some paint- ers were at work, he took a brush and daubed the shoes with a color to his taste. Then with blankets and feathers he proudly tramped on to make his congressional call. Es Rubber Shoes for From the Washington Post. Enterprising Yankees from New Eng- land are already coming to the front with their devices for use in time of war. One of the most novel of these was brought to the attention of a Rhode Island congressman last week by one of his constituents. It is an elliptical rub- ber shoe, intended for soldiers on the march. The advantage claimed for the shoe, which has been patented in this and other countries, is that it is easier on the foot, irritates the nerves less and enables the soldier to walk or run farther in a day than in any other kind of foot- gear. The Rhode Island congressman was requested to urge the adoption of this shoe for wear in the army. = o> oe Baby Rubber Soles. Shoemakers are now frequently called upon to fasten two little strips of rubber across the sole of babies’ shoes at the ball of the foot. This is done to obviate the constant tendency to slip back that attends the babies’ initial efforts at learning to walk. Every one who has noticed a baby taking its first erratic steps from chair to chair, slipping back until the little soles are worn almost as smooth as glass, and has felt his own ankles ache with sympathy at the strain, will count this idea worth general adoption. Soldiers. Offered to Show Her Strawberry Mark. From the Anaconda Standard. ‘‘There,’’ she said, as she finally got the check properly endorsed and handed it tothe paying teller. ‘‘I'd like to have the money, please.’’ The young man scarned it carefully and then looked at ber. “Is there anything wrong with it?’’ she enquired apprehensively. ‘No; I am sure it’s all right. Only we have our rules here, and before we can let you have the money you will have to be identified. ’’ ‘‘But the friends I am: visiting took a trip out into the country with my mother this morning.’’ ‘*Then you will have to wait until to- morrow.’ ‘But I need the money to do some shopping with this afternoon.’’ ‘“T’m very sorry.’’ ‘‘Is it absolutely necessary to be iden- tified?’’ she asked plaintively. ‘* Absolutely.’’ ‘‘Well, I suppose I can manage it. Will the bank be open for am hour?’’ TN essa ‘Then I’ll hurry home and put on my evening gown. It’s a great deal of trouble, but it’s the only way, and I’m glad I thought of it.’’ “I don’t quite understand. ’’ my right shoulder, and everybody who has read anything at all knows that there isn't any better identification than a strawberry mark”~’’ —~> 0 - Told in a Few Words. Customer: ‘‘Is the cashier in?’’ Clerk: “Yes: he's in.” Customer: ‘‘Where is he?’’ Cleve: ~— In Canada,’ Customer: ‘‘Is the proprietor in?’’ Clerk: | No: he's out. Customer: ‘'How much?’’ a > o> When a man divides all his property among his relatives, he should sit down and send for the fool killer. ‘“Why, | have a strawberry mark on | The Acme Perfection Display Fixtures We desire to cali the attention of mer- chants to the utility, beauty, durabil- ity and cheapness of the Acme Win- dow Exhibiting Rack. It is unnec- essary to point out the fact that the merchant who has a constantly varied and well-dressed show window is as well advertised, and much more cheaply advertized, than the store- keeper who spends large sums for newspaper space and does not give much attention to his show windows. Write the ACME MANUPFACTUR- ING CO., Battle Creek, Mich., for illustrated catalogue, showing dis- play fixtures that would be very use- ful to you. We have. . = A line of Men’s and Wo- men’s Medium Priced Shoes that are Money Winners. The most of them sold at Bill Price. We are still making the Men’s Heavy Shoes in Oil Grain and Satin; also carry Snedicor & Hatha way’s Shoes at Factory Pricein Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’. Lycoming and Keystone Rubbers are the best. See our Salesmen or send mail orders. GEO. H. REEDER & CO., 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan Bark & Lumber Co., 527 and 528 Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. C. U. CLARK. President. W. D. WADE, Vice-President. M. M. Crark, Sec’y and Treas. We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1898. Correspond- ence solicited. LEFT SSIF TIFFS ITF FIF FTF FSIS ITF FF FSF F SSF IFS FFF TFTFSIFF FFFFSF SS FS TS SSS SS SSIS SSIS SSO SS as SESESELELELELE LOS : et é . Gran: Karips) Micui, We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded: Correspondence Solicited. Oe eet. ig , 4 W.A.PHELPS. President: 3g C-FEYOUNG VicePresideng C SELELELELELSEODLELESY I4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Detroit’s Experience With Peddlers and Alleged Farmers. Written for the TRADESMAN. The farmers, gardeners, smal! fruit and vine growers in that part of Michi- gan tributary to Detroit have been, for some time past, asking for an explana- tion of the causes which are combining to make the prices for their products so low. Many of the most important prod- ucts of the garden and vineyard have not brought enough, during the last two years, to return to the grower the money acutally expended in growing the crop, leaving nothing to compensate the husbandman for his labor and the interest on the necessary investment in land and toels with which to proper- ly cultivate it. The producer is not the only one who has been watching devel- opments in connection with the trade in garden produce and perishable fruits. The city dealers in these commodities, both at retail and at wholesale, are watching with no little apprehension present tendencies in local trade cir- cles. There are those who believe that conditions can be greatly improved by the rigid enforcement of more stringent trade regulations, while others insist that the trade in these products of na- ture must always be controlled by the law of supply and demand. To the candid, disinterested observer, however, it seems as though some local regulations could be adopted and en- forced which would prevent, to some extent, the demoralizing results which often follow close in the wake of an oversupply and the scarcity which is sure to follow. There are other natural products the supply of which is prac- tically inexhaustible and for which there is only a limited demand, the trade in which is uniform and even, simply, because, as a rule, no irrespon- sible men are allowed to handle them, The dealer who controls a large remun- erative trade and_ has the business ca- pacity to keep his trade well in hand, so that he may make the most of it for himself and the men who ship to him, if he be a commission man, will pre- fer to sacrifice an entire consignment of goods rather than to ruin his business and that of others engaged in the same line, by pushing his stock into an al- ready overloaded market, thus injuring the trade for the entire season. A case in point occurred early in the season of 1897 in connection with the berry trade of Detroit. Ona certain Saturday all local commission men received large consignments of berries in a very bad condition, which they closed out to the peddlers at extremely low prices. Be- fore noon of that fateful Saturday the “*nickel a quart’’ cat-call—which, by the way, will ruin the berry trade of any city—was ringing merrily down the streets and avenues, sounding the knell of the season's trade in this important commodity. There is not a shadow of doubt but that it would have been bet- ter for all concerned if the local com- mission dealers had dumped these half. rotten berries instead of glutting the market with such a large quantity of stock for which so little money could be obtained. In either case a falling off in receipts was sure to follow; but the confidence of shippers could have been soon restored by a careful handling of succeeding consignments had not the trade of the entire city been seriously injured by this sudden radical cut in values. The die was cast, however, and it was absolutely impossible to ob- tain a decent price for that variety of fruit during the remainder of the sea- son. The peddler would not buy in the morning at fair prices and get out and sell his stock, as he had been doing hitherto, but would hang around the wholesale houses until the heat of mid- day had rendered the fruit less salable, and then buy the half-rotten stuff at a low price. Was it strange that the peo- ple who bought fruit of these peddlers suddenly discovered that they did not care much for berries anyhow? Is there any other method so certain to diminish consumption as this plan of selling to the public, even at a low price, a worthless article? True, in the case referred to above, legitimate deal- ers continued to do a limited amount of business, but their trade was curtailed and they were annoyed while endeav- oring to.do the public a favor by selling a first-class article at a fair price; in a word, the ever-present ghost of the cut- rate Cat-call hovered over the trade and rendered it of little value either to the grower, the shipper, the local dealer or the consumer. It does not follow that an individual isa rank monopolist, or that he is conspiring against the public weal, when he lifts his voice in favor of rules and regulations which will help to secure more uniformity in price and quality and decrease the opportunities and temptations to defraud a gullible public. Two facts have long since be- come apparent to all experienced ven- ders of table supplies, namely, the mat- ter of a few cents, more or less, for an article which just suits the taste is not missed by the buyer, and that no price was ever low enough to make amends for an outraged palate. It is doubtless more difficult to estab- lish and maintain a uniform scale of prices for agricultural products than for any other line of goods handled by the trade, owing to the peculiar circum- stances which influence values at differ- ent seasons of the year. There are short seasons when those connected with the produce trade of the city are largely at the mercy of the conditions which at those particular times affect the visible supply. Municipal, state and national laws are extremely jealous of the rights of the producer. And properly so. He is allowed to dispose of the fruits of his labors without let or hindrance from the authorities so long as he deals squarely with his customers. As a result of these conditions, an oversupply sometimes comes to hand and business must, of necessity, be done at a very smal] profit. At other times just the opposite of the conditions referred to exists and prices seek a high level for the time being. City dealers are often inclined to mag- nify the loss in trade which they sustain on account of house-to-house retailing by farmers and market gardeners. These men are too busy to spend much time during the busy season peddling from house to house when they can find customers who will buy at wholesale, Many farmers get better prices for what they bring in than do the regular retail dealers, and that which is sold too low is so widely scattered as to have little influence. The class of traders who have worked the greatest injury to the general prod- uce trade of Detroit, aside from the cut- throat tactics of the irresponsible ped- dler, have been the fly-by-night country hucksters who pose as farmers. Up to a few months ago, this rather shrewd, and completely unscrupulous, class had everything their own way, bringing in Promptness is the essence of our success. We will buy your Butter and Eggs for Cash Correspond with us. We do not claim to be the oldest and largest commission house in the country, but in many respects one of the best. HARRIS & FRUTCHEY, Detroit ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. The best are the cheapest and these we can always supply. PrbreLruPreLaadah aaah bh tab tr tnt de Me Bn de tek te te te b> Pub ubahaLnhanka ta Lin Mn Mn Mr Lj Mh dn te day OEE OE OCS ESSE G ES FSG . ee ee ee we ae eee > 3 : 4 » $ EGGS WAN I ED 2 : q 4 . > » $ > Will buy them in any quantity on point of $ 3 shipment or delivered. 2 4 > > q < » $ mc. FIT. ee. 3 3 PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT. $ > 36 MARKET ST., DETROIT, MICH, < eb eb a a a aa a a AVOUT OC CCUCUFTCCCOCOC CCC CCC NOOSE GOES FINO DIDI PD EPP PPA OPAEO SG POO UP Er?’ fay )©6WM. SMITH Manufacturer of | a EGG CASES, FARMERS’ AND EXCELSIOR. Capacity one carload a day. CASES, EGG CASE FILLERS \ ODORLESS FILLERS I ' short notice. L | price list. Prompt shipment on Will make any case desired. Write for We compete with all other manufacturers. EATON RAPIDS, MICH. Detroit Commission & Manufacturing Co., uy 27 Farmer Street, Detroit, Mich. Fae uae irl el BEANS AND POTATOES CARLOTS ONLY. MILLER & TEASDALE Co., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. oe : Wanted Creamery and Dairy Butter fn for cash. Correspond with us. We have the trade on Creamery. “MAR AAGS AAR AR ACR NAC AN ena nen rene ASAT ACAN AMA ARO AKAM ERE CHUA rndaanacenacgny Se ert er SESSTEES SSSCTESCSTRSTELSTT ESTE SECasrs ivddvduvdudvvevvdudvvddys “ Some Wholesale Grocers claim they charge no commission on Butter and Eggs SEORBSS a vv Neither do we when you give us an opportunity to buy your shipments for cash, which enables you to buy your groceries where you can get = = : |. values for the least money. It’s money that talks. Write for prices. Hermann C. Naumann & Co. Detroit, Mich. a Branch Store, 353 Russell St., op. Eastern Market. RAAAAAARAAARAAARARARAAARA AAR AAA Main Office, 33 Woodbridge St. produce by the carload and selling it in direct competition with local dealers without paying a cent of rent or license. One year ago last January, an ordinance passed the Common Council of Detroit which provided that all wholesalers not having regular places of business in the city, and who did not themselves grow the articles which they offered for sale, should pay a license of $100 for the privilege of doing business in the city. There had been, for some years, an or- dinance on the city’s books which pro- vided that none but farmers were to be allowed the privileges of the public markets ; but, instead of insisting upon the rigid enforcement of this ordinance as they should have done, the aldermen granted special privileges to certain of their friends to retail on the markets, thus rendering obsolete the ordinance and encouraging a vicious and demor- alizing practice. Of late, however, the practice of granting special privileges has been largely discontinued by the aldermen and they have themselves shown a disposition to help along the cause of reform in trade methods. A step which indicated the change in the opinions of the members of the Com- mon Council upon this important mat- ter was the passage of a peddlers and hawkers’ license ordinance requiring the payment of a license of $25 and _ the filing of a $200 bond as a guaranty for the responsibility of the individual en- gaging in the business of peddling as a means of livelihood. The importance and necessity of protecting local trade interests had evidently forced itself up- on the Council through seeiug the great numbers of empty stores which were staring them in the face in all parts of the city, and the downcast and disheart- ened feeling which seemed to pervade the entire trade in some lines. As stated, these measures were passed by the Council, signed by the Mayor and went into force as city ordinances. It was right at this point that the most difficult part of the work began for the local pioneers in trade reform. These matters had been allowed to goat such loose ends for so long that it was very difficult to induce city officials whose duty it was to enforce these new ordinances to take hold of the work with any degree of earnestness, There were a few well-known private citizens who kept hammering away at the officials until they were induced to take up the work and prosecute it with a consider- able degree of thoroughness. There were certain difficulties which presented themselves, however, which rendered almost impossible the conviction of the parties arrested upon complaints made under these ordinances. In connection with the ordinance against indiscriminate wholesaling the greatest obstacle was found to be the inevitable claim made by the offenders —tbat they were farmers. ‘These worthy gentlemen would ship ina carload of produce by rail and run the car in on a side track in some quiet, outlying dis- trict. Dressed in blue jeans and other farmerlike attire, with an old wagon and a team of horses which had the ap- pearance of having just arrived from the country districts, these make-believe farmers succeeded in fooling some of the shrewdest of the officials who had the courage to make an attempt tu en- force the ordinance. This condition of things did not last long, however, for the officials soon ‘‘got next to’’ their little game and could recognize them as soon as they saw them and would im- mediately begin to ply them with ques- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN tions as to the legitimacy of the enter- prise in which they were at present en- gaged. These fellows were evidently ‘‘up to the times’’ in all of the tricks necessary to the successful prosecution of the business of wholesaling produce, but there very few of them who were proof against the everlasting quiz- zing which they got from the officers after they warmed up to the work. In the majority of cases they would turn over the remainder of the carload un- sold to some regular wholesale dealer and shake off the dust from their feet and depart, to return no more forever. If, by chance, one of these enterprising gentlemen plucked up courage and came again, the second dose was usual- ly all that was needed, for it is useless to say that the ‘‘loving kindness’’ shown him by the dealers to whom he went with the culled-over fragment of his load was not of the kind which, in the taking, creates a desire for more of the same nature, As to the legal proceedings taken in connection with the entorcement of the wholesale ordinance, there were none worth mentioning, and the actual results in the cases which were brought were anything but satisfactory to the friends of the ordinance, owing to the difficulty in collecting evidence. The tireless work of the officials in sizing up these merchants of rural ‘‘make-up,’’ and the assistance given by the regular deal- ers and the farmers who visited the mar- ket every day, soon cleared the city of this class of traders and relieved the legitimate trade of the embarrassing competition which resulted from their peculiar and unwarranted methods. The work of enforcing the peddlers’ ordinance, to which reference was made above, was not nearly so successful, however, owing to certain conditions, which will be explained in a future communication, which will be a short history of a year’s experience with a $25 peddlers’ ordinance in Detroit. I write concerning this question, not because I expect the general reader to have any interest in the local bearing which the facts connected therewith may have, but rather because I am convinced that cir- cumstances are much the same in other cities, and am also of the opinion that a knowledge of the experience which we have had here in Detroit may help to make any effort made in the same line in other cities more effective thorough. fi. Et. ~o> Oe Negation in Rhyme. A certain young man who went out West, a few weeks ago, soon after his arrival sent the following back home to his papa: were and MACK. ““Some skies are blue And some are dark: Please send me fifty— Your son, Mark.*’ The father, not wishing to be outdone by his son, sent back the following re- nly : ey “Some skies are blue And some are pink; I'll send you fifty— I don’t think.” To furnish Western dealersfor their Eastern trade for season of 1898; cold storage in quantit- ies to suit up to 15,000 cases of eggs and 30 cars butter; moderate rates and liberal advances to reliable parties; modernly equipped plant; me- chanical refrigeration, with au improved system of perfectly dry circulation and change of air in rooms; intermitteut and continuous circulation, also gravity system; these systems are the latest and best known in cold storage practices; our eggs are said to be the finest on the Philadelphia market this past-season; fine distributing point; only 245 hours to Pittsburg, and quick transit by both Penn Central and B. & O. to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington; we are authorized to purchase for our local cus tomers 5,030 cases finely candled eggs for April and May deliveries; also several cars creamery butter; correspondence solicited. Address Hyge- ia Crystal lce & Cold Storage Co., Uniontown, Pa. IS WE ARE IN POSITION TO FILL YOUR oR- DERS FOR FIELD SEEDS BOTH IN QUAL- ITY AND PRICE THAT SHOULD WARRANT YOU IN DEALING WITH US. MOSELEY BROS. 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SEED Jobbers-Seed-Beans-Potatoes-Produce When You Begin to See Anything Green Think of Vinkemulder. When you need anything Green send your order to Vinkemulder. We have choice Dry Onions, Parsnips, Bagas, Carrots, Old and New Cabbage, White Beans, Pop Corn, Onion Sets, New Lettuce, Pie Plant, Green Onions, Spinach, Radishes, Vegetable Oysters, Oranges, Lemons an Bananas. Will bill at our lowest mail order prices. The Vinkemulder Company, Grand Rapids, Mich, STRAWBERRIES from the South will soon be cheap and within reach of everybody. All Green Vegetables—Tomatoes, Green Onions cumbers, Spinach, etc. Oranges, Lemons, Bananas. Jobbers, Grand Rapids, Mich. Radishes, Cu- BUNTING & CO., ESTABLISHED 1893 T. L. BRUNDAGE, WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANT 54 and 56 Central Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Only Exclusive Butter and Egg House in the City Want to correspond, with those who have butter and eggs to ship. Can handle large quantities. EARLY FRUITS AND VECETABLES Will please youy customers and make you money. Popular prices prevail. Ask for quotations. F. J. DET TENTHALER, 117-119 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SHORORRCHOROROTORCHORONORCHOROHOROHOHOCHCHOROROHOEOHO SNUIPHTPNOP LETHE NE TOPE NTE NOP NT NUT ver HerNT Tor erNeT ior oerNRD ir NerNtTES C. N. Rapp & Co., 3 Commission Merchants 56 West Market St., Bufialo, N. Y. We solicit consignments of Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and We are a branch of the Grand Rapids house of the same name, which has been established eleven We refer Michigan shippers to the Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids Savings Bank and Michigan Tradesman, all of which are familiar with our standing and acquainted Produce generally, assuring prompt sales and immediate returns. years. with our methods and will cheerfully answer any enquiries which may be made in regard to us. ANA AUA AAJA JALdAA UAL 444AA 4444644 Ub JA 44dA 44d JL JAA bb db dU dbLINS NITING FOR PRODUGE DEALERS TEVPNTPIO INVERN PNR NUP eT ITP TEPER ate MAMAN GUA dA dbk bk db Jb bk JbA Jbb db abd dbl Tradesman Company Grand Rapids. I6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, April g—While continued suspense over the political situation has checked trade in some lines, local ex- citement centers in Wall street. During the past week the coffee market has been active and prices advanced brisk- ly, No. 7 Rio selling on Thursday at 7c. This was followed by a reaction, buyers holding back for the political situation to turn one way or the other, and to-day the market closes dull with No. 7 Rio held at 6%c. Mild grades have been steady, with only a moderate business transacted. Jobbers generally have large stocks on hand, but show no disposition to hurry sales. Good Cu- cuta is held at 9%@o9%c; Maracaibo, fair to good, 8!4@9%c; Padang _ Inte- rlor, 23!4@3Ic, as to grade and mark; Mocha, 1614 @Ioge. The market for raw sugar has been firm, values remaining the same as quoted last week—35¢c for Miscovado 89 test and 4!-2 Use of Liquid Glass in vation. From the London Grocer. The use of a water-glass solution in Egg Preser- the preservation of eggs is probably the best-known process yet available for keeping eggs good, inasmuch as it is accompanied by fewest disadvantages. Water-glass or Wasserglas, as the Ger- mans call it, is a very curious sub- stance, well known in certain indus- tries, but almost unknown to the gen- eral reader. A better name for it is sol- uble glass. It is called a glass because it is an alkaline silicate, and it is termed soluble because it will dissolve in water, or rather will mix with water very easily. In appearance it looks like a thick sugar syrup and might easily be mistaken for it. It is made by fusing silica, for example quartz, with sodium or potassium carbonate, adding a little smdl] coal in order to aid the reaction. The commonest grades are manufactured by fusing two parts of quartz sand with one part of sodium carbonate and one-tenth part of small coal. Most of the soluble glass or water- glass which is on the market is used for making artificial stone, but large quan- tities are used for rendering wood fire proof, as a detergent, and tor protect- ing natural stone of good quality but which does not weather weil. These uses suggest the reason why water-glass is so useful in the preservation of eggs, for in solution it enters the pores of the egg and probably combines with the calcium carbonate of the egg-shell, forming an impervious cement which prevents the ingress of air and the germs which it may contain. It ought to be puinted out ‘that treatment with water-glass, as with lime water, will reduce the elasticity of the egg-shell, so that when the contents-of the egg swell during boiling, the shell will crack un- less relief is afforded’ by puncturing one end with a fine needle immediately before cooking. In order to use water-glass successful- ly, the following plan should’ be adopted: ‘Take one part by measure of water-glass (one gallon) and ten parts by measure of water that has been well boiled and cooled (ten gallons). Place the water and the water-glass in the ves- sel in which the eggs are to be pre- served, and stir the ingredients well together; then put in the eggs, or the eggs may be packed in the vessel first of all, which is perhaps the better plan, and then the mixture of water and water-glass poured over them until the topmost layer is completely covered. The reason for boiling the water is obvious to anyone who knows that the process of boiling kills any putrefactive germs which may happen to be in the water at the time, but great care must be taken that the water is not used hot or even warm; it should be cooled down to the temperature of the air before the water-glass is mixed with it and the mixture poured over the eggs. On the whole, it is the best plan to purchase water-glass of the best quality, and even then it is quite cheap. It is generally bought by the cwt., and, although the market varies, it ought to be procurable at about Ios. or 12s. a cwt. The reason why we recommend purchasing the best is that sometimes common kinds of water-glass affect the fingers in handling and if such is employed there will probably be trouble with the workmen, who are quick to object to anything which, as they say, ‘‘perishes’’ the hands. Eggs kept in this solution of one part water-glass and ten parts of boiled water have been known to keep good for at least nine months, but it goes with- out saying that the eggs must be fresh when they are immersed in the solution. - ~>-2 - Ignorance No Excuse for Sellers of Oleo. The Internal Revenue Collector has received the following letter from Com- missioner of Internal Revenue Scott: With reference to the applications which have been made for the relief of certain grocers in your district from special tax and penalty which have been assessed against them as retail dealers in oleomargarine, on account of their having sold oleomargarine which they had bought as butter and sold suppos- ing it to be butter, the following state- ment of the settled ruling on this sub- ject is made for the information of all concerned : There is no warrant of law for holding that persons who sell oleomargarine by retail are not required to pay special tax as retail dealers therein, if they show that they sold it as butter, sup- posing it to be butter. Such a ruling would establish a precedent that could only result in great detriment to the revenue, and would be contrary to the rule of construction of a revenue law, laid down by the Supreme Court, that it must be construed in favor of the rev- enue to prevent evasions, In view of the stringent provisions of the law relating to oleomargarine, it is incumbent upon all persons engaging in the sale of butter to take great pains to assure themselves that the substance they buy and sell as butter is, in fact, genuine butter and not oleomargarine. If they neglect this duty and accept the mere allegation of the persons sell- ing to them that it is butter, and it turns out, after they have themselves sold it, to be oleomargarine, they must bear the consequence and pay the tax which the law requires shall be paid for such sales. But where it is clearly shown that persons have sold oleomar- garine under the mistaken impression that it was butter, they are entitled to relief from criminal prosecution on the account of having made such sale with- out payment of the special tax, although they can not be relieved from the tax; and these facts may also be regarded as ground to support claims for abatement of the 50 per cent. penalty when assess- ments have been made in such cases. +> 2. The Father’s Diagnosis. Mrs. Smilax: ‘* Henry, I really believe Freddy is going to be a doctor when he grows up. I heard him tell Mary that she must be careful of her health, and that pie was considered burtful.’’ Mr. Smilax: ‘‘It looks to me as though he is more likely to become a lawyer. I noticed that he had two pfeces of pie at supper last evening.’’ Association Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WisLER, Mancelona; Secretary, E. A. Stows, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. F. TaTMAN, Clare. Michigan Hardware Association President, Cuas. F. Bock, Battle Creek; Vice President, H. W. WEBBER, West Bay City; Treasurer, HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, JosePpH KniegHT; Secretary, E. MaRKs, 221 Greenwood aye; Treasurer, C. H. FRInNK. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, Frank J. Dyk; Secretary, Homer Kuap; Treasurer, J. Geo. LEHMAN. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREANOR; Vice-President, Joun McBRATNIE; Secretary, W. H. Lewis; Treas- urer, LourzE SCHWERMER Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, Gzo. E. Lewis; Secretary, W. H. Por- TER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association President, F. B. Jowunson; Secretary, A. M. Daruine; Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLark; Secretary, E. F. CLevE LAND; Treasurer, WM. C. KoEHn. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Barges; Secretary, M. B. Houtiy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. Wuirpie; Secretary, G. T. Camp BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLiins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gitcurist; Seeretary, C L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz; Secretary, PHitip HILBER: Treasurer, S. J. HUFFoRD. : St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, Tuos. Bromuey; Secretary, FRANK A. Percy; Treasurer, CLARK A. Purt. WR. Brice. Hastings, Mich. advertisement. ship us f. o. b. cars, your station. can ship. Ship sure. a Established in Philadelphia 1852. W.R. BRICE & CO. WHOLESALE CASH BUYERS OF EGGS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. REFERENCES: Corn Exchange National Bank, Philadelphia. Western National Bank, Philadelphia. W. D. Hayes, Cashier Hastings National Bank, Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids, Mich. D. C. Oakes, Coopersville, Mich. E, A. Stowe, Michigan Tradesman. Our mutual friend, Editor Stowe, says we have hada change in politics in the shape of a new mayor, and that we should have a new We haven't time to write much, but here is what we have to say: We are here buying Eggs for Cash, and want all you can Write for prices on Eggs and Butter. Our Philadelphia house is also badly in want of Fancy Creamery Butter on Commission, and it will pay you to ship all you possibly can- They have the best market on fine Creamery in the United States, Cc. M. Drake. We want all the Roll Butter you W. R. BRICE & CO,, Grand Rapids, Mich. W. R. BRICE & CO.,, Philadelphia, Pa. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 ‘Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Joun A. Horrman, Kalamazoo; Secre- tary, J. C. SAuNDERs, Lansing; Treasurer, Cas, McNo.ry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, C. C. SNEDEKER, Detroit: Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, F. L. Day, Jackson; Grand Secretary, G. S. Vatmorg, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, GEO. A. REYNOLDS, Saginaw. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Boyp PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OweEN, Grand Rapids. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. H. P. Wollaver and John Foster, of Owosso, have gone on the road for the Corunna Shoe Co. Mr. Wollaver will cover Wisconsin and Illinois and Mr. Foster will travel in Michigan, Frank W. Parsons, formerly general salesman for the J. G. Butler Tobacco Co., of St, Louis, has taken up his resi- dence in Grand Rapids and undertaken the handling of a line of specialties, Frank M. Tyler has made a new ar- rangement with the Howard Furnace Co., by which he acquires exclusive control of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Northern Indiana. His son, Edgar M. Tyler, will travel with him and as- sist him in effecting sales. Fred L. Frost, a traveling man well known all over the State, died suddenly of pneumonia Monday at the Palmer House, Chicago. He had been with Morley Bros., of Saginaw, for seven- teen years, and at the time of his death was in the employ of Wallace, Smith & Co., wholesale harness dealers of Mil- waukee. Deceased lived in Grand Rapids for a number of years, but of late made his headquarters at the Gris- wold House, Detroit. Deceased was 38 years of age, married, a member of Grand Rapids Elks, was affiliated with the Saginaw Knights of Pythias and the Michigan Knights of the Grip. He will be buried in Vermont, his natal State. There is a queer combination at Adrian in the person of H. F. Wyatt who runs a cut-rate drug store and makes a bluff at running the Lawrence House. Neither is very well run and neither is very creditable to the man who figures as pioprietor. What he loses on his drug sales he probably makes up by charging the traveling public at the rate of $2 per day for ac- commodations which would be dear at $1. To the credit of the traveling men it may be stated that Wyatt seldom has the opportunity of entertaining a sales- man a second time, one experience be- ing quite sufficient to last a lifetime. Unless the Tradesman is misinformed— and the opinion herewith stated is based on numerous complaints of a similar character—Mr. Wyatt would be more at home tending bar in a frontier saloon or conducting a bull fight in Cuba than he is in attempting to manage a drug store or hotel. He was apparently born without any of the attributes of a gen- tleman and has not improved his oppor- tunities since that time. ——__—_>-2.___ The Grain Market. The fine weather kept the wheat mar- ket in a drooping state during the past week. The large Northwestern receipts, were more than 10,000,000 bushels, proved bear arguments. This, coupled with the fact that the visible showed only a small decrease of 94,000 bushels and the Government crop report came in showing 86 per cent. ofa crop against 81.4 per cent. last year and 77 per cent. in 1896, also had its effect. However, prices did not decline. The visible is only 7,500,000 bushels less than last year and 29,500,000 bushels less than in 1896. It looks now as though present prices would hold, but that dollar wheat would not be reached at initial points. May wheat in Chicago holds around $1.06, but there is no trading. It is surprising that the visible does not de- crease faster. As stated in former reports, the flour trade is not of a rushing nature, as is usually the case when prices are droop- ing. Buyers seem reluctant about plac- ing orders. It is entirely different with mill feed, as it is very scarce and prices are firm. Coarse grains, as is usual, remain steady, notwithstanding the visible de- creased 2,500,000 bushels, We might mention that the visible in corn is 40,000,000 bushels, against 20,000,000 bushels at the same time last year. _ The receipts during the week were large, being 64 cars of wheat, 13 cars of corn and I! cars of oats. Millers are paying goc for wheat. C. G. A: Vorer. —~> 0 Movements of Lake Superior Travelers J. R. O'Neil (C. P. Collins & Co.) is with us. J. B. Tucker (Hammell Cigar Co.) is now the musical conductor of the Ham- mell Cigar Co.’s Concert Co. So Says his advance postal cards. Asa crayon artist, Mr. Tucker is no slouch. Jobn Dillon is in the Upper Peninsula again. H. I. Telling (Guthman, Carpenter & Telling) is calling on Upper Penin- sula friends and selling shoes on the side. Irving is a busy boy. Robbins, erstwhile manager for the Ferguson Hardware Co. (Soo), has resigned. Mr. Van Lou succeeds Mr. Robbins. A. Boex (United States Biscuit Co.) circulates the Upper Peninsula regularly. W. G. Carah (Merrian, Collins & Co.) did the iron country last week. F. C. Comstock (Roundy, Peckham & Co.) mixes bicycles with his grocery business. His house has the agency for a prominent wheel. G. F. Gengnagel (National Cash Reg- iste Co.) is doing the Upper Peninsula. Mrs. G. is with him. J. W. Gray (E. P. Stacey & Son) can snore louder than any other man on the road. Passengers on the Soo line can- non ball train so testify. ~~ 0 - Excellent Advice to Potato Growers. From the Ludington Appeal. It will be remembered that for sev- eral years so many late-planted and un- ripe potatoes were shipped from North- ern Michigan that the reputation of this portion of the State for sending out sound and good stock was damaged aud dealers could not find market tor our crops. The Appeal is glad to state that a great many farmers learned a lesson, and much earlier planting of the late potatoes resulted last season. Accord- ing to reports all along the shore from Ludington northward, the potatoes shipped out last fall were first class, be- ing thoroughly ripe and mostly clean stock, There is no more need for hay- ing scabby than green or frost-killed potatoes for the market, and now that Northern Michigan has redeemed _her- self, it is to be hoped that potato grow- ers will unite in keeping our reputation unspotted in the future. If we do, it will mean five or ten cents a bushel more on the average to the farmer. —_—_—_0~<._____ the enormous world’s shipments, which Talent is unminted gold. GONE BEYOND. Death of Wm. Boughton, the Veteran Shoe Salesman. Wm. Bougiton, traveling representa- tive for the C. E. Smith Shoe Co., died at Butterworth Hospital Sunday and was buried this afternoon from the Wealthy Avenue Baptist church. The following biographical sketch of the de- ceased appeared in the Michigan Tradesman of July 24,1895: ‘‘In that district of merry England’’ which is known as Windsor, a town which takes its name from the famous castle which is one of the residences of the Queen, Wm. Boughton was born on May 13, 1841. There are few towns fairer to look upon than Windsor as it dots the English meadows at the foot of the stately castle; there are none so rich as she in historical incident and royal story, and the boyhood passed here was keenly alive to all that clustered around the royal pile. What a place to study English history, in the shadow of the very walls which the Conqueror erected for his home! And what boy born and bred in the neighborhood of Runneymede_ would ever forget the Magna Charta after his feet had visited that famous valley and _ his eyes had seen the very table upon which the precious document was signed! Reared among such scenes, the boy made the most of the schools of Wind- sor until he was 14, when he began his business life as clerk in a grocery store in his native town. On reaching his majority, he left England for America, and came to Detroit, May 1, 1862. For two months he was with his uncle on a farm at Grosse Pointe near Detroit, and July 5th of the same year he obtained a position as clerk in the retail shoe store of Stephen Smith, of Detroit, where, with him and with Stephen F. Smith & Co., his successors, he remained for fifteen years—five years as clerk, three years as shipping clerk, and seven years on the road, the firm, in the meantime, having gone into the jobbing and man- ufacturing of boots and shoes. On the failvre of this firm he took a position with R. & J. Cummings & Co., a wholesale shoe house of Toledo, with Western Michigan as his territory, re- maining with them for eight years. On their retiring from business, he took a position covering the same terri- tory with H. S. Robinson & Burtenshaw, of Detroit. He remained with this firm and their successors, H. S. Robinson & Co., eight years, closing his connection with them Feb. 1, 1893, when he took a position with the C. E. Smith Shoe Co., of Detroit. His territory comprises the northwestern section of the Lower Pen- insula of Michigan, the Upper Penin- sula and a part of Wisconsin. Twenty-five years ago Mr. Boughton took his first degree in masonry in De- troit. He now stands on the 32d round of the ladder in the Scottish rite. He is a member of De Molai Commandery Knights Templar; of Saladin Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, as well as an Elk—organizations, every one of them, whose shields are emblazoned all over with ‘‘Good will to men.’”’ It is to be regretted that much which might have been written here, aside from the business career which has been Closely followed, has been proscribed. ‘‘Kind hearts are more than coronets’’ and the story which tells of a thoughtful care for others can never be out of place. It is pleasant to remember how- ever, that those who read _ these lines and are interested in them, will be sure to see the part which has been omitted and will be just as sure to end the nar- rative with ‘‘Inasmuch as ye have done it to the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto Me!’’ a Reopening of the Popular Haven Route. April 11 the Grand Trunk Railway System placed in service their fast steamboat train, leaving Grand Rapids at 10. p. m., arriving at Grand Haven 11 p. m., making close connection with Grand Crosby Transportation Co.'s steamers, arriving in Milwaukee at 6.390 2. mn, Connections made at Milwaukee for all points West and Northwest. As in for- mer years, this train will have attached an elegant Wagner buffet parlor car. Rates via this line are less than going all rail. Berths on steamers are free to passengers holding first-class tickets. For information apply at City Ticket Office, 97 Monroe street, Morton House, or at depot. - ~> 2

Methods of Curing the Morphine Habit. One of the most prominent symptoms of the morphine habit is the utter Jack of truthfulness manifested by the pa- tients regarding the use of the drug. It can never be told from their statements whether they are using it or when they have stopped using it. Consequently it is necessary in all forms of treatment to place the patient under the constant supervision reliable person, and as well to confine him in most in- stances to some particular room, other- in some way obtain the of some wise he will drug. There are three different ways of with- drawing the drug from the patient: 1. Abruptly. Confine the patient and withhold the morphine or opium. 2. Rapid withdrawal of the drug. 3. A very gradual withdrawal of the drug. We may say that the first method has not given, generally, very satisfactory results, inasmuch as it frequently gives rise to profound symptoms of collapse. The second method seems to be the most desirable. In some instances it has |proved very satisfactory to make up a | solution of the drug and every time a portion is taken to fill up the bottle with an equal quantity of water. In a very short time the solution will become so attenuated that practically none of the drug is taken. The slow method is open to the ob- jection that it takes too long a time,and the attendants and the patient generally become discouraged, and the results are not satisfactory. One of the most important indications during the withdrawal of the drug is the stimulation of the patient by easily di- gested food in as large quantities as can be taken. This is one of the most diffi- cult parts of the treatment, as the patient is generally nauseated and the digestive powers are very feeble; diar- rhoea is also apt to supervene. This lat- ter symptom is best combated and can generally be controlled by the use of mild astringents. The restlessness can probably best be controlled by the use of such hypnotics as chloral, potassium bromide, etc. Alcohol should not, gen- erally, be employed for this purpose, as it is likely to produce the habit of al- coholism. Coca has been administered in some instances with satisfactory re- sults, but, on the whole, it should not be employed, inasmuch as the patient may acquire the cocaine habit, which is far worse than the morphine habit. ——_—_>0>—___ The Drug Market. Opium—The market is very firm at unchanged prices. Morphine—Has at last responded to the advance of opium and _ has been marked up ioc per oz. Quinine—German and New York have declined 4c per oz. The selling price for German in Ioo oz. tins is 20c per oz., making price of New York in 5 oz. tins 25c. P. & W. have reduced their price 2c per oz., making 5 oz. tins 27c. The market is very firm at the decline, with large speculative buying, although man- ufacturers will sell speculators but small quantities. Cocoa Butter—Has been advanced abroad and our market is much _ firmer. Cod Liver Oil—Has advancd about $2 per bbl. of 30 gallons. Baisams—-Copaiba very active at advancing prices. Tolu is in light stock and very firm. Barks—Orange peel is scarce and has advanced. Prickly ash stocks are low and an advance has taken place. Crushed soap, for reasons given last week, is still advancing. Essential Oils—Anise has declined. Cajiput is easier. On account of com- petition, cassia is unsettled and the price has declined. Copaiba is tirm, in sympathy with balsam,and will prob- ably be higher. F lowers——German advanced. is chamomile have r Se A double life can not have a single virtue. ‘Carbolate Dapvot | 9 CULTS creaine POCKEL Inhaler 1S GUARANTEED TO CURE Ail druggists $1. W.H. SMITH & CO., Props., CATARRH Buffalo, N. Y. GE ORES igbibhet bat i C.B.e 12 << > \ 0 Dropsi ” sreerertoend f ay MANUFACTURED BY ng THE C.BLOM, op. igi CANDY Co., EEA HOLLAND,- MICH; 3 APERRERR Ly ll ly 6 i, PEEP pBepotrepe For Sale by Leading Jobbers. P| M PLES blackheads, boils, blotches, freck- | ; { les, eruptions caused by ingrow- 9 ing hair, skin that is soft and wrinkly, or rough or ’ swarthy, in fact, all complexion difficulties should 9 | be treated with SCHROUDER’S LOTION, $ a scientific preparation for keeping the skin smooth, firm and clear—it produces and preserves 92 healthy glow to the complexion ; perfectly harm- q less, At drug stores 25e per bottle ; by mail 3c. @ 8. Schrouder, Pharmacist, Grand Rapids, Mich. "eecoecceeo eccer a Established 1780. Walter Baker & Co, Dorchester, Mass. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of &» PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES on this Continent. S No Chemicals are used in Trade-Mark. their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put up in Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best plain chocolate in the market for family use. Their German Sweet Chocolate is good te eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri. tious, and healthful; a great favorite with children. Buyers should ask for and be sure that they et the genuine goods. The above trade-mark is on every package. Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass. LTD. $500 Reward! To any person who can find any adulterations in our Pure Flavoring Extracts. For over a year our business has yrown surprisingly, with slight effort of ours, sim- oo. oe é ply upon the widening appreciation of the superior quality of our goods. And some of our older competitors are cowardly trying to misrepresent our goods when they have dis- placed their own. street welcome you April 25th. Our new and larger laboratory and salesrooms at 16 and i8 S, Ionia De BOE, KING & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. ——_@ RICH DRINK sc ca ais ee) | SCOFFEFE |! of choice coffee with palatable cereals and other - COMPOUND i} wholesome ingredients. Far superior to all | & | “cereal” drinks. A beautiful Tea and Coffee Pot | @Bix% Stand given with each 2 pound package. Retails | Manufactured by | 1 wy Woodbury &Cp, ett. Mich, RARERE COMPOUND quickly it sells. for 13c a package, affording retailer big profit. Pleases customers. Order trial case and see how WOODBURY & CoO., mers.. CHARLOTTE. MICH. The Cheapest Enameled Playing Card ON THE MARKET IS THE market for the money. wants in every way. NO. 20 ROVERS Has a_handsome assortment of set designs printed in different colors—Red, Blue, Green and Brown; highly finished, enameled, and is the best card in the Each pack in a handsome enameled tuck box. in one dozen assorted designs and colors. gross. We make a full line from cheapest to highest grades, and can meet your If you are handling playing cards for profit get our sam- ples and prices before placing your order. They may help you. THE AMERICAN PLAYING CARD CO., KALAMAZOO, MICH. Put up A good seller. List price $20 per Beloré the War lay in a Supply of oe as yy ® f \ ow i an 06 Gigars. Sold Dy All Jobbers. G. J. JOHNSON GIGAR GO., Mirs., Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Declined—Turpentine. Acidum Acetic... .....2... 8 6@8 8 Benzoicum, German “— 5 ereere.. os. 15 Corbolcum:........ 20 41 Ceericum... 0.5... N@ 2 PyOrOGMOL......... 3a 5 Nitrocum . cues 8@ 10 OeGiCUM........... 122@ 14 Phosphorium, dil... @ 6 Salicylicum. ........ a 65 Sulphuricum........ ¥@ 5 Tenseuns .......... : me 1 40 Tercericui.......... 3 40 Ammonia Aqua, 16 deg........ 4@ 6 Aqua, 26 deg........ 6@ 8 ae 12@ 14 oreo... ..... 12@ 14 Aniline BiaGe... 15.11... 1. 2 Ole 225 Brown .......,..... 80@ 1 00 oe 4@ 50 Yellow . ctw © CO S OC Baccez. Cubere.... 2... po.1s Be & oan pord........... 6a 8 Ranthoxyium...... =@ Balsamum OPONeS. 5..5....... SBe Pee @ 2 40 Terabin, Canada.. 45@ 50 Tolutan.. 50@_ ~=s«60 Cortex. Abies, Canadian... 18 a a 12 Cinchona Flava..... 18 Euonymus atropurp 30 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 Pranas Vireini...... 12 Quillaia, gr’d....... 14 Sassafras...... po. 18 12 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Extractum Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 4@Q 2% Glycyrrhiza, po..... 23q@ 30 Hematox,15lbbox. l11@ 12 Hematox, Is. B@ 14 Hematox, Ys .. ues 14@ 15 Hematox, ee 16@ 17 Ferru Carbonate Precip.. 15 Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25 Citrate Soluble...... 5 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40 Solut. Chloride..... 15 Suiphate, com’l..... 2 Sulphate, com’l, = bbl, per cwt. 50 Sulphate, pure . a z Plora Aveiee oc. 12@ 14 Anenemis. 1.056, 5... 18@ DB Bec .......... 30@ =35 Polia Barosma............. 23@ 28 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- tt MEVEHY....: ..... 18@ 2% Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 2@ 30 Salvia officinalis, 4s ee Ee R@ 2 re Uee..........,.. 8@ 10 Gummi Acacia, ist picked.. @ 6 Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 45 Acacia, 3d picked.. @ & Acacia, sifted sorts. a Acacia, po. 60@ 80 Aloe, Barb. ‘po. 18@20 12@_ 14 Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 @ & Aloe, Socotri. -po. 40 @ 30 Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60 Assafcetida....po.30 2@ 2 Bensomnum ......... 50@ 55 Caecum, t.......... @ 8 Catechnu, }6s......... @ tt Catechn, M8......... @ 16 Camphore : 40@ 43 Euphorbium. po. 35 @ 6 GCAipenam .... @100 Gamboge po........ 56@ 7 Guaiacum.....po. 25 ao ws» Ming... 2... po. 83.v0 @ 3 00 Maestro --.. us: @ 60 Mrre . o @_ 40 Opii...po. 84. 104. 30 3 25@ 3 35 SOGMAG.... 2.0.12... 2@ 35 Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 Tragacanth ......... 50@ ~=-80 Herba Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 Lobelia...... oz. pkg 2 Majorum ....oz. pkg 2g Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25 BMG. eco. oz. pkg 39 TanacetumV oz. pkg 22 Thymus, V..oz. pkg 2 ee Caicined, Pat. . 55@ ~=««60 Carbonate, Pat.. Le CR ee Carbonate, K. & M. 200@ 2% Carbonate, Jennings 3@ 36 Oleum Absinthium......... 3 25@ 3 50 Amygdale, Dule... 30@ =50 Amygdals, Amare. 8 00@ 8 25 Ae ee 2 10@ 2 20 Auranti a. aes 2 2@ 2 40 Bergamii............ 2 40@ 2 50 AT cc a 85@ Caryophyiii .. ve. 8) Ga 35@ 6 Chenopadit es es @ 2% Cinnamonii......... 1 60@ 1 70 Citronella. ......... 45@ 30 Conium Mac.. 35@ oo ecco tc. i 10@ Canebe sl . 9@, Exechthitos bee ace 1 00@ Mrigeron 1 00@ Gaaitheria :... |. 1 50@ Geranium, ounce. @ powippii, Sem. gal.. 50@ Heaedma |. 1 00 Junipera. . 1 50@ L avendula .. bee e eae 0G OMS 1 30a Mentha Piper... .. 1 60@ Mentha Verid. 1 50@ Morrhue, gal.. oo, 1 10@ MYTCra 4 00@ Ohve T5Q Picis Liguids.._.. _. 10@ Picis Liquida, gal... @ icing IQ Hosmaring. |... @ Rose, ounce........ 6 50@ Scene v0 40@ Sabina . 90@ Santal. . 250@ Sassafras. 000000 07 55@ Sinapis, ess., ounce. @ —..... 40@ iyane. 40@ Thyme, opt... ._. @ Theobromas ........ 15@ Potassium Bi Cary... 15@ Bichromate......... 13@ Bromide...) |. 50@ Ore 1I2@ Chlorate. - — 16@ Cyanide. . 3 Iodide. . 2 60@ Potassa, Bitart, pure 280, Potassa, Bitart, com @ Potass 8@ Potass ideas. 1@ Prussiate 20@ Sulphate po 16@ ae 20@ he 28 i 10@ Arum po @ Calamus ...... 20@ Gentiang |. po. eo Glychrrhiza... pv. 15 16@ Hydrastis Canaden . @ Hydrastis Can., po.. @ Hellebore, Alba, pe.. tk&@ PIA, pO 156@ Tpec ac, po.. 2 0@ Iris plox.. .. P035@38 35@ SMGpS, Pro. 250 Maranta, Ys.. @ Podophyllum, po.. 2 a T@ Heel. ent... @ Rhei, pv.. a | Spigelia, Sete eal, 35Q Sanguinaria. . -— 15 @ Serpentaria .. é peters 40@ Similax, paisa H @ Smilax, M. @ erie. 0. 35 10@ Symplocarpus, Feeti- dus, po.. @ V aleriana, Eng. po. 30 @ Valeriana, pare 15@ Zingiber a.. \ Ra Aetoers . 23@ —. Shishi... 0. @ Apium Gutta 1L3@ Bee. te 4I@ Carat... |. - 5 we Caréamon.. |. | 123@ Coriandrum....', 8@ Cannabis Sativa.. I@ Cydonium a 75 Chenopodium ...... 10@ Dipterix Odorate... 2 00@ BOascuinw ... |||. @ ee ” Heh ae 7@ 34@ Lint, _grd. cease - bbl. 3 I@ Lee 35@ Pharlaris — 4a Rapa . 44@ Sinapis Alea 1@ Sinapis Nigra....... 11@ Spiritus Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ Frumenti, D. F. R.. 2 00@ Framenti ..... 1 3@ Juniperis Co. 0. T__ 1 65@ Juniperis Co . oe Saacharum N. ] 1 9@ Spt. Vini Galli 1 B@ Vint Oporte... |... | 1 25@ Vini Alba.. 1 2 20) decaen Florida sheeps’ wool COMIAGR 0 oc 2 50@ Nassau sheeps wool carriage. . @ Velvet extra sheeps’ wool, carriage. .... @ Extra yellow sheeps’ wool. carriage. . @ Grass sheeps’ wool, Curmage.. @ Hard, for slate use. @ Yellow Reef, for piste Wse......... @ Syrups Acacia. @ Auranti Cortes. bese aie @ SueeOere Lk @ een @ Best fod... @ mel Arom.... <...: @ Smilax ee @ Senega... @ Sellis., Liye ‘ @ OD et bt te mt pe OO DO OD? 09 WDD = DO DO RX Ss aS € ro o SSSSSSSSS BHI Og. 0.5.5.1 .. WORMEAM 5.60, k. Prangs virg. 10... Tinctures Aconitum NapellisR Aconitum Napellis F POCR Aloes and Myrrh.. APMGS. l,l. Assafcetida ......... Atrope Belladonna. Auranti Cortex Benzo Benzoin Co Barosma ©8e Ospeiéum 3... Cardamon oo Cassia Acutifol Cassia Acutifol Co . Digitalis E eeoec eee Iodine.. Iodine, coloriess. Kino. . Myrrh. Opii a Opii, cam a Opii, deodorized. . a Tolutan. ees, Miscellaneous Ather, Spts. Nit. 3F Aither, Spts. Nit.4F Alginen Alumen, gro’d. -po.7 Annatto. ec. pO... ‘aeamenans et PotassT Antipyrin oe Argenti Nitras, oz. Arsenicum. . Balm Gilead Bud | Bismuth SN it Calcium Chlor., Is. Calcium Chlor.. i ifs. Calcium Chior., 4s, Cantharides, Rus. po @ c apsici Fructus, af. @ Capsici Fructus, po. Capsici FructusB, po Caryophyllus. -po. 15 Carmine, No. 40 |... Cera Alba, S. & F | Cera Flava C J0ce as C ey —— Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 25q Chondrns, ___. Cinchonidine,P.& Ww Cinchonidine, Germ Cocaine 3 Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. Greosotum, 6. | @ Cram. bbl. 75 @ Creta, prep. @ Creta, precip........ %@ Creta, Rubra......_| @ ae. 18@ Cnopear @ Capri Salph oo) 5@ Dextre. 10@ Ether Sulph......._. TH@ Emery, all numbers @ Emery, Be @ a 40 30@ Flake White - 12@ Gala. @ Gambier) 0707) 8@ Gelatin, Cooper. . @ Gelatin, French.. 35@ Glassware, flint, box Less than box.. Glue, brown. | |: Glue, white Glycerina . eis Grana Paradisi 0 Ramune Hydraag Chlor Mite Hydraag Chlor Cor. Hydraag Ox Rub’m. Hy draag Ammoniati HydraagU nguentum Hydrargyrum....... Ichthyobolla, Am.. Indigo. 131 oo Hofooookedis SIH DO we OD fodoforn.- es a Papen Lycopoditm,........, Macis Liquor Arse= et fhy- rar ied LiquorPotassA rsinit Magnesia, Sulph.. Magnesia, Sulph, bbl Mannia, S. F Men thoi. 5008 Botée & sessssys e RBS x t ui mano SE CESHS SESS S SSCS ESSE SY ee war ge BR SSSS8Ss yet CUS OO ez & WSK wT Morphia,S.P.& W... 2 25@ ari a S.N-Y.@. & Cee 2 23@ iseediens Canton.. Myristics, No.1 .... 65@ Nux Vomica. ..po.20 @ Os Sepia.:.......... 15@ Pepsin Saac, H. & P. a @ Picis Liq. N -N.% gal. é Picks Lig., quarts. ... @ Picis Liq., pints. .... @ Pil Hydrarg.. -po. 80 @ Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ Piper Alba....po. 35 @ Pilx Burgun.. ive @ Pa Agel... 10@ Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ Pyrethrum, boxes H. “&P.D. Co., doz... @ Pyrethrum, PY a 2%@ GRA. 8@ Quinia, S. P. & W.. 27 Quinia,S.German.. 2 Quinia, N.Y. 25@ Rubia Tinctorum.. i SaccharumLactis pv 18@ pase 8. 3 00@ 3 Sanguis Draconis. . 40@ pipe Wo. LRe@ Sapo, ee 10@ pane Ge @ Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 2 50 Sinapis eee @ 18| Linseed, pure raw.. 40 43 Sinaois, Ops......... @ 30| Linseed, boiled..... 42 45 250} Snu , Maceaboy, De Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 70 ai. Yor... @ | Spirits Turpentine.. 34 40 80 | Snuff, Faia DeVo's @ & 10 | Soda Borda...) : @ i 18 | Soda aie pO... =. i Paints BBL. LB | Soda et Potass Tart. 2 28 | Red Venetian... ... 1% 2 @ 1 00 | Soda, Carb.......... 1%4@ 2) Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4 : | Soda, Bi-Carb ele 2@ 5 | Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3 2 00| Soda, Ash........... 34@ 4 | Putty, commercial.. 24% 24%@3 1 00 | Soda, Sulphas cc @ 2 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 24%@3 85 | Spts. Cologne........ _ .@ 2 | Vermilion, Prime 90 | Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55} American.......... 13@ 15 30 | or, Myreia Dom... @ ° 00| vermilion, Engiish. 7@ 7% 30 | Spts. Vini Rect. bb). @ 2 42) Green, Paris H 340 19 7 | Spts. Vini Rect. 4bb! @ 2 47] i Penineniay -, | Green, Peninsular.. 16 12 | Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ 2 50| Lead, Red......... oan 6 1 20 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 52 | Lead, whe 5%@ 6 | Less 5e gal. eash 10 days. _lw hiting, white Span @ i 1 3 | Stryc hnia, a etal... i 40@ 1 4 | Whiting, gilders’ | @ » 30 | Sulphur, Subi....... 24@ 3 | White, Paris Amer.. @ 1 00 10) Sulphur, Roll.... . 2@ 24)\w hiting, Paris Eng. 32 | Tamarinds.......... 8@ 10| gir @ 1 4 = | Terebenth Venice. . Oe SO ie ns pe 1 15 on | acne CEN : 08 ‘ U event Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 ‘al oo D0@, , 20 Zinci Sulph.. | 7@ Varnishes}; No. Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 50 | Oils Extra Purp......... 1 60@ 1 70 1 | BBL. GAL. | Coach Body......... 2 73@ 3 00 12 | Whale, winter....... 70 70| No. 1 Turp Furn.... 1 00@ i 10 15 | Lard, extra......... 40 45 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 22 | Lard, oe 35 40 | Jap. Dryer,No.i1Turp 70@ 75 Conchas Puritano Perfecto of 250. of 250. 4 oe fe Wedding Boquet A superb ten cent cigar in three sizes A handsome cigar lighter and iene itl each 500. The best 5 cent cigar on the market at One box of 25 cigars free with each purchase A BOON = COME CIOAD Lo ok. kk oe One ie of 25 cigars free il each purchase Equal to any cigar on the market for the price... Send us a sample order. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. oe IGAR [DEPARMENT & We have added the following Cigars and solicit a trial order ey oe oe oe oe & oy Oe ed aes tities saseace BE S5G.Ge Se Es aay EE . ae oo oe The Dollar $35.00 The Challenge at $33.00 The Fumado at $30.00 Grand Rapids, Mich. oe = oe , 2 > oy 2 OM oe oe Oe ~ oy Sean 20 MICHIGAN) TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT’. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. possible to give quotations suitable for a erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. It is im- 1 conditions of purchase, and those below are given.as representing av- Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is AXLE GREASE. doz. gross Peers 550 «66:00 oro... .. ep 867 ef TE 50.60 4 Preece... ...........- 2 920 IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 Mica, tin boxes ote d 1 9 00 Paragon... .. . 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. = Deedes... jw. 45 i Sa Gon... 85 Tb can edoz...... _ a Acme. ib Canes dos............ 45 .; ip Canes does............ BD . tbeemeiGoe........... 1 00 a... - Arctic. 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........ 85 El Parity. 44 lb cans per doz......... v6) % lb Cans per doz ........ 1 20 1 Ib cans per doz......... 2 00 Home. 3¢ lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 \% Ib cans 4 doz case...... 5d Ib cans 2 doz case ..... 90 JAXON 14 1b Gans, 4 doz case..... 45 % lb cans, 4 doz case... ... 8 1 beans, 2 doz case...... 1 60 Jersey Cream. 23>: Gans, per dor.......... 2 00 9 oz. cans, perdas...... |: 13 6 oz. Cans, per doz.......... 85 Our Leader. eae 45 cee. 75 : wee... 8... 1 50 Peerless i> came 2... 85 BATH BRICK. pee ee 70 Se ana 80 > BLUING. Small, 3 doz.. _.. = Large, 2 doz. oes BROOMS. Mo. 1 Carpe... .... .. oe No. 2 Carpet.. 123 No. 3 Carpet. io No. 4 Carpet.. ~.. & Pere Gen... cs. oe 2 00 Common Whisk. . _ -_ Resey Whisk, .....00.. 80 aeons... ... s.. .... - 22 CANDLES. __ EEE SSUES SSA ose eres 7 EE cia en mee 8 eo a 8 CANNED GOODS. Planitowoc Peas. Lakeside Marrowfat....... 95 tekesige mJ... .........- 1% Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... 1 20 Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 45 Extra Sifted Early June....1 CATSUP. Columbia, pints.......... 2 Columbia, % pints.......... 1 Ss Acme. ae. ee —e Bei eee eine J non eee aoe cca Lenawee —.-._-..... Lo Sprimpdaic..... .... D Brick OPPHOOSHOSOHOO ‘CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz....... 1 00 Cotton, 50 ft, per doz....... 1 20 Cotton, 60 ft, per doz....... 1 40 Cotton, 70 ft, per gon....... 1 60 Cotton, 80 ft, per dosz.. -1 80 Jute, Git, per dos......... 80 Jute. 72 ft. per =<. ..... COCOA SHELLS. i> bee. 2% Less quantity............ 3 Pound packages... 4 CREAN TARTAR. 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes. .30-35 COFFEE. Green. Rio. I S EGC CaO MpIClcu Erbin ca 10 Oe 12 eee ee 13 Geen 14 Peasy 2. 15 Santos. — ..... 14 —- ..... 15 —-.......... .. ....... Peaberry | creer e ee etc 17 Mexican and Guatamala. a... aa. ae eee 18 Maracaibo ee 20 ae Java. oe es 20 Pevete Goowen... 0... 22 ee... 24 Mocha. eaten 22 Avopeen >... 24 Roasted. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands Witten Avenue... --.....- 28 Jewell’s Arabian Mocha... .28 Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24 Wells’ Perfection Java..... 24 a 22 Breekiast Giend........... 18 Valley City Maracaibo. arse cece: tee 14 beeger Bien... .: .. 2. oe Package. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including weight of package, alsol%ca pound. In 60lb. cases the list is 10c per 100 lbs. above the price in full cases. Beene 10 00 OTN a cs, 10 50 MeLatiin’s XXXX.. 9 50 xtract. Valley City = crores ..... v6) Moeux % arose... :. 1 15 Hummel’s foil % gross.. 85 Humme!l’s tin « ZTORS... 1 42 CLOTHES PINS. Sarcnstews = ss... 40 COUGH DROPS. C. B. Brand. 40 5 cent packages ........ 1 00 CONDENSED MILE. 4 - 83 case. Gail Borden Eagle.. ..6 ewe 25 Dee ee 5 75 Gheeepion .... 450 me ne 425 NN oe en et 3 35 Pee 3 35 COUPON BOOKS. Tradesman Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.. | 250 500 books, any denom.. ..11 50 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Economic — 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 fi 7 7 iG a UI Ae ce | “aco 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 g 500 books, any denom.... 1,000 books, any denom.... Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any 20 00 denomination from $10 down. BeNOR oS . 1 00 ee 2 00 Peperee.......... 3 00 Pe ROGes. c See neeEs... 10 moO peeks....-. <-. -:..... 17 25 00 50 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 1 00 6 Cc 1000, any one denom’n..... 2000, any one denom’n..... Steel punch. ... DRIED PRUITS—DOMESTI Apples. Suneres. @5 Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @ 8 California —— —- ee @s Blackberries........... Nectarines............ 74 Pearnoe. 6% 7% Pears. . 7 Pitted Cherries........ Prapneies............. Raspberries............ California Prunes 100-120 25 lb boxes....... @ 3% 90-100 25 Ib boxes....... @ 414 80 - 90 25 lb boxes....... @ 4% 70 - 80 25 1b boxes....... 5 60 470 25 lb boxes... .... @ 5% 50 - 60 25 Ib boxes....... @%™ 40 - 50 25 lb boxes....... @ 8% 30 - 40 25 lb boxes....... 44 cent less in 50 1b cases Raisins. Lendon Layers 3 Crown. 1 45 London Layers 4 Crown. 2 00 Denenias .. . se. Loose Muscatels2 Crown 3% Loose Musecatels 3Crown 4% Loose Muscatels4Crown 5 FOREIGN. ee: Patras bbis.. 7 Vostizzas 50 Yb cases. a7 Cones, aE .....-...... @ 8 Cleaned. packages. ......- @s Peel Citron American 10 lb bx @13 Lemon American 101b bx @12 Orange American 101b bx @12 Reties. Ondura 28 Ib boxes.. Sultana 1 Crown....... Sultana 2Crown.. . Sultana 3 Crown Sultana 4 Crown Sultana 5 Crown Sultana 6 Crown. Sultana package....... FARINACEOUS Goops. 2s Farina. 24 1 ib. packeres.........:1 & Bulk, per 100 The...:. .... 3 50 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 215 Bulk in 100 1b. bags....... 3 00 Hominy. Ce ee 2 50 Flake, 50 lb. drums....... 1 00 Beans. Dried bien. 3 Medium Hand Picked....1 00 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 lb. box...... 60 Imported, 25 lb. box.. ...2 50 Pear! Barley. Oommen os oe 1 7% CUBE oc 2 00 Magee 2 50 Peas. pee Oe 89 Bett, per Ma. ss, : Rolled Oats. Rolled Avena, bbl.......4 00 Monaren, bel... .-..... .3 8 Monarch. NE oo ccs 2 Private brands, bbl..... Private brands, %bbl..... Quaker, Gages, ...........: 3 20 iron, COS6........5... ...- 1% Or on cs ok Soyo 3% East India........... oo Wheat. Cracked, bulk............. 3% 242 1b packages........... 2 50 es Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @ 5 Georges genuine...... @ 5% Georges selected...... @é Strips or bricks....... 6 @9 Halibut. Ce ee icy. ieee 9% UR 8% Herring. Holland white hoops, bbl. 10 25 Holland white hoop % bbl 5 50 Holland white hoop, keg. 75 Holland white hoop mchs 35 Pores... .-....-..... 11 00 Hemi 200 ls... -...... s% honmnd ibs. ............ 1 30 a 13 Mackerel. Mos 0 tee. 16 30 oe Oe Ike... ........... 6 90 woes 20 ee... 1 82 moe 68 ie............... TS Me. £100 ibs.......... —... 14 50 Ft Soe... 6 10 Mo, 20 Ihe... 1 60 Nek Rie 1 30 eo. 2 ie... 9 50 Ras Bee... Lk... 4 60 Bec wim... 107 Moe Sibs......... 88 Sardines. Russian kegs........ 55 Trout. mo. tip ie 5 50 eo. t oe... 2 50 Mob Wie: .: 7 Meat Gime... 59 Whitefish. No.1 No.2 Fam oop ibe... 2: Sm 87 26 40 lbs 11.300 269 140 ee, 83 73 43 Te... 69 61 34 = ee ESTABLISHED 1872 Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. QUDERS |) 202.1 ELEGAN? XX Grade FLY PAPER. Tanglefoot, per box........ 30 Tanglefoot, c’se of 10 b’x’s 2 55 Tanglefoot, 5 case lots..... 2 50 Tanglefoot,‘10 case lots.... 2 40 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. ORR ce 4 00 RICE MOPS ec 2 25 Quarter ee: .1 23 a lb. cahs.. = \% 1b. Cans. 18 Choke iene -eeenln s. OE ee kee ars 4 = cat tn ee Quarter Kegs. beep esee cece. : 4 35 Pie Cees 220, 34 Eagie Duck—Dupont’s. Ree 8 00 TATE Mire aes 42 Quarter Kegs.. ... 2 1 lb. cans. a 45 HERBS Sages oe 15 POS 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb boxes......... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 1b boxes.... 50 JELLY. 1b 1D PONS. 40 SO pais. 2 KRAUT. BOITO 2 oe ce. 3 50 Half barrels. 35.0.2... 2 00 LYB. Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 Condensed. 4 doz ..........2 LICORICE. Pore. ....: RIEU oo 25 Ce 14 OG oe a 10 MINCE MBAT. Ideal, 3 doz. in case......... 23 MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s brands. we, 9 Gyles 1 6 Angher Fariet. 2.0000 o2.: i 70 MO. 2 OMG. ic a 110 Export Parlor... ...05.....: 4 00 MOLASSES. New Orleans. aOn 11 ee 14 OO 20 Fancy . ee 24 Open Rete ee 25Q35 Half-barrels 2e extra. MUSTARD. Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 75 Horse Radish, SOO8. co 45..3 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz.. ik @ PIPES. oa i. ie ee 1 7 Clay, T. D. fullcount...... 65 Con, Mo: 8. 85 POTASH. 48 cans in case. cy ae eee S 4 00 Ponne Salt Co.’s........... 3 00 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 5 25 Half bbls, 600 count........ 3 13 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count....... 6 35 Half bbls 1,200 count...... 3 7% RICE. Domestic. Carolina head...... 614 Carolina No.1. 5 Carolina No. 2.. ong ae RO ee es as 3% imported. fepan, Bo.3..............- 5% Japan, No. 2.. baste Java, fancy head.) 6 Java, MO Bc 5 Teme... oe SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. ee ce ee 30 Deena es 3 15 OIRO oo ee 3 30 Ayer Ge ee 3 00 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis.......... 7 Granulated, 100 lb cases.. 90 DAMP DOS 2... ois 75 Lump, 1451b kegs.......... 85 SEEDS. Oe so es: 9 Canary, Smyrna........... 3 COTAWAS ee 8 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 69 erery oe a 11 Hemp, Russian........... 334 Mixed Hive... 0. 3. 4% Mustard, white....... ... 5 POO coe . OB ee ce Cutee Home 2" |B SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders..... ee Maccaboy, injars........... 35 French ippee, in jars. 43 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Table, cases, 24 3-lb boxes..1 50 Table, barrels, 100 3 1b bags.2 75 Table, barrels, 407 lb bags.2 40 Butter, barrels, 280 1b. bnik.2 25 Butter, barrels, 2014 Ibbags.2 50 Butter, sacks, 28 lbs 25 Butter, sacks, ae 55 Common Grades. MOsipssees .... 199 COSI sacks 1% 28 16-D saeks..- 2. 1 60 Worcester. SO 4 Ib. cartons... ..::.... 3 25 D> 26ro. eee. ;.. Lk. 400 OO. S ib. gaeks.... 62. | 3% 22 14 lb. — pce cme Oe 30 10 10. ameks.... ....2...: 3 50 28 lb. linen a oo ewes 32 56 lb. linen sacks.. as 60 Bulk in barrels....... oe "2 50 Warsaw. : 56-Ib dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-lb dairy in iinen sacks... 60 ny og 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Solar Rock. SO1D SO0KS or .... 21 Common. Granulated Fine..... Deutaice 79 mo@iam Fine... 2. es SOAP. Bingte hex 27 5 box lots, delivered........ 27 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 65 JAS. 5. KIRK & GO.'S BRANDS. American Family, wrp’d....2 66 ee a 2 95 ARO 2 20 RM cece ee 2 50 Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 10 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 Blue India, 100 I Me a 3 00 Kirkoline.. th ee ee OG re 2 50 Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. 100 cakes, 75 Ibs. Maer BOR es 2 80 5 box lots.. Fiour and Feed. The situation of flour, like that of wheat, is unique, and the flour buyer is even more careful and cautious about buying, now that the bulls have an in- ning, than when the bears were unduly depressing values. Both wheat and flour have been so much higher on this crop than for sev- eral years previous that buyers of flour are extremely cautious, and the more so as we are now approaching the time for} another harvest. Considering stocks of both wheat and flour in all positions the world over, together with the present outlook for crops in this country and in Europe, the true situation is one of great strength. In the event of war the trend of prices would, doubtless, very soon be much higher. However, there are arguments on both sides and just how the situation would be affected is problematical. The statistical position regarding stocks, crops and the world’s needs is exceptionally strong, and we are of the opinion that better prices will be obtained for the new crop of wheat than are now generally anticipated. Stocks of flour in this country are light and the demand may soon be expected to increase with the general activity of spring trade. Millstuffs are still in good demand, but at prices a shade lower. The de- mand for feed and meal is slackening somewhat with the advent of warmer weather, but prices remain unchanged. Wm. N. Rowe. - +> 3e< - Hides, Pelts, Furs, Tallow and Wool. Hides remain firm at the decline, with a tendency toward higher prices if quality shows improvement. ‘The de- mand is for all that can be offered. Pelts are scarce and weaker in price, as there is no demand for wool. Furs remain firm and in good de- miand at lower prices, as created by London sales. Tallow is in better demand for soap- ers’ use; also grease for oil pressing. The price remains low, with no hope of improvement without a war demand. Wools are neglected, with light sales. Prices hold firm. There seem to be no weak spots and holders are confident of the future, although the present trade is not of sufficient magnitude to make a quotable price. These facts are at- tributed to the war scarce, there being no other solution offered to the problem. Wo. T. HEss. The hardest work a dude can do is to stand on a corner near a church with the hope that some foolish young lady will allow him to carry her prayer book home. ——- —~>-8 If Spain insists upon war, instead of justice, the explosive blow against her will be external, internal and eternal. > 0. Spain has something more than _bull- fighting to do now. Retail Grocers and Commission Men at Loggerheads. Detroit, April 12—During the past winter many of the retail grocers of this city have suspected that some of their best customers were being quietly sup- plied with a considerable part of their daily household supplies by dealers who were nominally doing a wholesale busi- ness- At the last regular meeting in March the Retail Grocers and Butchers’ Protective Association took up the ques- tion and a committee was appointed by the President to investigate the charges and, if they were found to be true, ask the offenders to desist. The committee drafted an agreement which specified that the practice of selling household supplies to private individuals was to be abandoned by all who signed the agreement. Wholesale dealers were to be allowed the privilege of furnishing the hotels and larger boarding houses and the boats visiting Detroit, with supplies in wholesale quantities, the only practice which was objected to be- ing the selling in small quantities to individuals, At the last regular meet- ing of the Association, held April 6, a report from this committee showed that the entire wholesale grocery trade of the city and the gardeners who visit the public markets had signed the agree- ment, but that the commission men had refused to do so until the retail dealers would sign a similar agreement not to receive goods direct from country ship- pers. This action upon the part of lo- cal commission men was made the sub- ject of an animated discussion in which nearly all of the grocers present took an active part. The sentiment of the meet- ing was strongly in favor of pushing the matter to a legitimate issue and Marks was instructed to canvass the re- tail trade of the city and ascertain what the feeling was, in general, with those outside of the Association, as well as among the members who were not pres- ent at this meeting. The grocers pres- ent were emphatic in their condemna- tion of the practice of indiscriminate retailing by wholesale dealers and in- sisted that they would not deal with men who persisted in refusing to dis- continue the practice. 5 Oe He Was Engaged. ‘Do you cut the pie in four pieces or five?’’ asked the landlady, sweetly springing her star catch question. ‘*Six,’’ answered the applicant for a job. : 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 payment. --s BUSINESS CHANCES. a igen BUILDING LOT ON OAKDALE AVE- nue, Grand Rapids, for sale or exchange for lumber, shing!es, brick, merchandise, bicycles, or whatever you have to trade. Address Box 101, Leslie, Mich. 572 _ SALE, EXCHANGE OR REN !t—LARGE two-story store and residence building in town of 1,000 population in Northern Indiana; stone basement, 120 feet in dimensions. Inves- tigate. Aduress No. 575, care Michigan Trades- man. 575 NOR RENT—THREE-STORY BRICK BUILD- ing, whole or part, main floor 22x110, ele- gantly fitted, vestibule front, steel ceiling, fitted with cash system and all modern fixtures; best location in town for dry goods or department store; one of Michigan’s best cities. For par- ticulars address H., care Michigan Trades- man. 573 \ ANTED—TO BUY A SECOND-HAND soda fountain. Please write, giving full description of fountain and price of same. Otis Jones, Druggist, New Buffalo, Mich. 576 LOURING MILL FORSALE CHEAP—FULL rolling process flouring mill machinery, in excellent condition, thoroughly equipped in every particular; capacity 240 bbls; 90 horse power Corliss engine, representing an outlay of over $16,00, will be sold for less than one-fourth value. Purchaser can lease building or remove machinery as he prefers. Address D. B. Ainger, Receiver First Nat‘onal Bank, Benton Harbor, ich. 577 he RENt(—THE FIRST AND SECOND floors and basements of the brick building numbered 12 and 14 Lyon street, recently occu- pied by Hirth, Krause & Co.; suitable for mer- cantile or manufacturing purposes. Also the large hall on the third floor over8 and 10 Lyon street, especially arranged for fraternal socie- ties. Apply to Wm. McBain, Agent Estate of Jas. W. Converse, 433 Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids. 578 OR SALE—LARGE DESIRABLE STORE on best street. Address Mrs. B. Brewer, Owosso, Mich. 571 J] ANTED — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 381 fer gretneno ging FORA SMALL AND well-assorted new stock hardware. Ad- dress No. 564, care Michigan Tradesman. 564 v= SALE—FIRsT-CLASS GROCERY, MEAT market and crockery stock, located in one of the best towns in Michigan; best location in the city. Good reasons for selling; a bargain for the right person. Will sell for cash only. Address No. 568, care Michigan Tradesman. 568 VOR SALE— BUILDING AND GENERAL stock; hest farming section in Michigan. No trades. W. H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich. 500 YOR SALE—50 FT. LOT WITH STORE building and small dwelling, on principal business street in Traverse City. Address F. Brosch. 566 OR SALE—I HAVE FOR sALE CHEAP A complete cigar factory, including tables, chairs, moulds, presses, zinc lined boxes, book- keeper's writing desk, iron safe with burglar proof chest, cigar boxes, labels for two brands of cigars which have a wide reputation, and everything ready to go on with the business. It is the factory formerly known as the United States Cigar Co.. on Lyon street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. It must be sold to satisfy creditors and will be sold meus The factory consists of three large rooms and can be rented for $10 per month, 54 Lyon street. For particulars, address C. O. Smedley, 15 and 16 New Houseman Bldg., Graud Rapid-, Michigan. 559 JOR SALE (NO TRADE)—ONE OF THE L finest and Lest suburban drug stores in this City. Sati-factory reasons for desiring to sell. Address briuggist, 1169 Wealthy Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. 551 NOR EXCHAEGE FOR GROCERY OR MER- chandise stock—Choice section land near Jamestown, North Dakota. Dakota lands in great demand for farming or stock raising. Carl Dice, Monroe, Mich. 534 rPyO EXCHANGE—FOR CLOTHING, DRY goods or shoes. very nice well rented Grand Rapids property. Address No. 552, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 552 y ANTED—1,000 CASES FRESH EGGs, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca, Mich. 5d6 7 EXCHANGE — FARMS AND OTHER property for dry goods, clothing and shoes. Address P. Medalie, Mancelona, Mich. ya PRACTICAL MILL MAN, with $1,000 capital, to take a one-half or full interest in a stave, heading and planing mill. 3,00) contract, with stock to fillit. All goes. Five years’ cut in sight. Side track to mill. Good reasons for selling. Address Stave Mill, care Michigan Tradesman. 546 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 PATENT SOLICITORS. 4 ATTORNEYS, 20 YEARS’ PRAC- tice. Ideas developed. Drawings a spec- ialty. Reasonable rates. Dennis Rogers, Grand Rapids. 534 yREE—OUR NEW HANDBOOK ON PAT- ents. Ciiley & Allgier, Patent Attorneys, Grand Rapids, Mich. 339 a MISCELLANEOUS. 7 ANTED — REGISTERED PHARMACIST, one whois single and a good cornet and violin playe: preferred. Steady position and fair wages. Must be able to take position May 1. Other musicians may apply. Address R. Gidley, Empire, Mich. 574 ITUATION WANTED — BY FIRST-CLASS tinner on furnace, general job and tin work. Some knowledge of plumbing; twenty years’ experience; best of references furnished; mar- ried Wishes steady employment. Address No. 563, care Michigan Tradesman. 563 ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST; good references required; permanent po- Sa offered. Address J. H. Chapman, Mears, ich. 57 ANTED — POSITION IN GENERAL store by one who speaks German and has had years of experience and is capable of taking charge of a store. Address No. 560, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 560 ANTED—POSITION IN HARDWARE OR grocery and dry goods store. Large ex- perience in store business. References furn- ished if desired. Address No. 565, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 565 ANTED—BY MAN OF NINE YEARS’ experience, position as manager of gen- eral store. Have had experience in al! lines; can also do book-keeping of any kind and would do same with other work. Address No. 519, care Michigan Tradesman. ITUATION WANTED-REGISTERED PHAR. macist, married, 27 years of age, registered 8 years, country and city experience. Best of references given. Address F. 8. Tuxbury, Elk Rapids, Mich. 530 553 Rare Chance for Small Capital. A plant equipped for planing, resawing, turning, inside finishing, etc., costing originally over $10,- ooo, offered for about one-third that. Good condi- tion. Now in operation. Just taken on debt by present owners who have other business. Grow- ing city, 8,000 population. Fine surrounding country. Good opening forlumber yard. Certain- o a SNAP. Easy terms. Lock Box 7, Traverse ity, Mich. sy ve S15 oR wre eee: i aie tla a ‘ 2 » . sien iE amenne EAE Ea uaclssiaet tein es Brie Sad Oe aed a Travelers’ Time Tables. CH IC AGO" and nd Wet Wigan R'y Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids.. --8:45am 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar: Chicage..........._. 33: 10pm 6:50pm 6:40am Gy. Chieare..:...... |. 7:20am 5:15pm *11:30pm Ar. G’d Rapids.. . 1:25pm 10:35pm * 6:20am Traverse city, ‘sili and Petoskey. Ly. G’d Rapids ---. ¢:e0am 5:30pm Parlor and Sleeping Cars on eae and night trains to and from Chicago. *Every day. Others week days only. DET ROIT Grand Rapids & Western. 9 Nov 21, 1897. Detroit. Lv. Grand Rapids......7:00am 1:35pm 5:35pm Ar. erro... es. 11:40am 5:45pm 10:20pm Ly. Detroit. --8:00am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids.. ‘12: 55pm 5:20pm 10:55pm Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Lv. G R7:10am 4:20pm Ar. GR 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. GR AN Trunk Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Diy (In effect January 19, 1898.) Leave. EAST. Arrive. t 6:45am .Sag., Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .+ 9:55pm 710;10am..... .. Detroit’ and Haat.... ..¢ 5:0%pm + 3:30pm..Sag., Det., N. Y. & Boston. +12: ena *10:45pm.. Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am 21 0G... Mixed to Durand........ + 3:15pm WEST * 7:00am....Gd. Haven and Int. Pts....*10:15pm +12; 53pm. Ga. Haven and Intermediate. + 3:22pm + 5:12pm....Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi....+10:05am +10:00pm...... Gd. Haven and Mil.. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor ‘car. “No. 18 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. 15 Wagner parlor car. *Daily. — Sunday. E. H. Huewgs, A.G. P. &T. A. Bax, FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt., A. JUSTIN, “- Pass. Agent. No. 23 Monroe St. ROROCROROROEORONOCHOZOROCHOESO NZ. NYZ. e Ss we DP SH SSSS 5222222222252 a | WROD LE LLL BE FF FLOODS iPooR «i? * . : R 7 ¥ W e s W W = e. Vy e E : W y = KCONOMY : ¥ ¥ s e| W It pays any dealer to have the reputa- W . e| W tion of keeping pure goods. W = It is poor economy to s| WW It pays any dealer to keep the Seymour W e handle cheap flour. It e W Cracker. W e is never reliable. You e W There’s a large and growing section of W Ss cannot guarantee it. You e| W the public who will have the best, and W ~ de not know whether it | NY] with whom the matter of a cent or soa W . will make good bread or S| W pound makes no impression. It’s not W . not. If it should not | W HOW CHEAP with them; it’s HOW W . make good bread —and e W GOOD. W : poor flour never does— e| W For this class of people the Seymour W . your customer will be | W Cracker is made. W = displeased and avoid you e AN Discriminating housewives recognize AN ° afterwards. You can = a its superior is guarantee . ® a ow. AW. : s MN FLAVOR, PURITY, = “Lily White” Flour 3. 4A in “Lily White” Flour § DELICIOUSNESS By e x ne AW. = ceri: you te de e WN and will have it. MN : _— a" none S AN If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade of AN 5 aay a One men S AN particular people, keep the Seymour AN = sold to-day will bring e AN Ceichine Made by JN a customers for two sacks e j \ fir s later on. Order some ° M ‘ : ‘ AN : : : #® National Biscuit Company, “ a NOW. ® AN AN ; : mM ids, Mi AN 3 Vaitey City Mitting Co. $) jf Grand Rapids, Mich. , : Grand Rapids, Mich. HN wewwww le : I SEOROROROTOROROROCROCOHOHOREG ° G R A N Rapids . hapa Saal Northern Div. Leave Arrive Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am + 5:15pm Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:15pm t 6:35am atay. © ¥, PECORRGU GA MACK... ........ +10:50pm Gaditiae. 0... ce. + 5:25pm t11:15am 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 ee Ee eae + 7:10am + 8:25pm WG WOENO. cee t 2: 10pm + 2:00pm Cincinnati.. 7:00pm * 7:25am 7:10a.m. train has parlor be sy Cincinnati 2 10 p. m. train has parlor car to Fort Wayne. 7:00 p. m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Le Gd Rapids........- +7:35am +1:00pm +5:40pm Ar Muskegon........... 9:00am 2:10pm 7:05pm GOING EABT. Ly Muskegon....... .. +8:10am +11:45am 14:00pm ArG@’a Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pm +Except Sunday. *Daily. {Saturday only. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. and Ticket Agent. DU LUT ; South print se Atlantic WEST BOUND. Ly. Grand Rapids (@. R. & L )tiL: 10pm +7:45am Ly. Mackinaw City..:........- 7:35am 4:20pm Ar St lenace.........<....... 9:00am 5:20pm Ar. Sault Ste. Marie........... 12:20pm 9:50pm Ar. Marqnetée.....-.:...5..... 2:50pm 10:40pm Ar. Westome. os. 5:20pm 12:45am Ae: Teh, <- . ce. . +. Stsuam EAST BOUND. iy. Dasae es +6:30pm Ar. Nestoria................ . til:lbam = =2:45am Ar. Marqnette................ 1:30pm 4:30am Ly. Sault Ste. Marie.......... o-c0pM .....-. Ar. Mackinaw City........... 8:40pm 11:00am G. W. Hresarp, 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. P. a. THE FORGOTTEN PAST Which we read about can never be ENGRAVERS icici COLOR eae re NALF-TONE Vs s meee reecabirechtaare a ZINC-ETCHING eri ae? WOOD ENGRAVING TRADESMAN COMPANY -—~— GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. forgotten by the merchant who be comes familiar with our coupon system. The past to such is always a ‘‘nightmare.’’ The present is an era of pleasure and profit TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. SORCROROROROHOHOROZOCHOHE ssiivenvenvevevernereeveeneenervervenvenveneenerneaneyity = They all say = S=== “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell \( you that they are only — to get you to aid their \ new article. : : : Sf ft = + Ses 4 Who urges you to keep Sapolio? Is it not the | public? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. WUAAALAALeeaeaaaeeeekee esses bkkkkkkddbdddde Sonnrvnnovnnvyannvenn Tildddddididdddidddddddssdddd S A C R | | C S AL. | Gi p — GIO OOO III OI I OG IOI IT NN ! ok’, A\ PLANT OF THE.# | & LANSING LUMBER CO. i ; =: DEALERS IN ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING wf HIS property is one of the finest equipped plants NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES Office and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Bulkjworks"at Grand: Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Caaillac, Big Rap ids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City, Fremont, Hart, Whitehall, Holland and Fennville a a. mn A plants| of its kind in the State. It is fitted with the ® latest improved and best kinds of woodworking machinery, centrally located on one of the principal avenues of the city | and everything is complete for any first-class business adapted | to such a plant. The property must be sold to settle an, estate. For further particulars address, Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. Horace Lapham, or Chas. C. Longstreet, - _ Ome eae LL LL LL winmia SSESSESSS ES SES SESS SSCS ee Ah Ah Ae A Ae anngungeeagee “There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune: Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.’---Shakespeare. Lansing, Michigan. “ives “ts a Wasting, Losing--=Lost : Is the song of the old pound Keeping, Saving---Saved Is the song of the Money and ounce method. Weight System. You can join hands with the thousands who are using the Money Weicutr System, and be successful in business if you only will. Yours for success, THE COMPUTING SCALE CO., Dayton, Ohio. seat SE aCEn ESET SU SDORSRSEORENSEO — SNNNENNENNTE | a PRE RARER eT Henge, Monsees: aa, 1 nae aI ea — a A SN — es