A y SG eee 7S > CEI D CLENOES ESS SESSA IPIQNES OR ce se ie Ke ee Aa ar er arn (CG 4 é NW Ve oN A Na G7 Ca SE. s &@ & Gites s | Cy ai aeAX Feo 9) ee Wy yp Ie, bY aN wh . " C ] CN a ~ Y . y eG ea Na PSS OK LZ BD = Nae DINGS ee PUBLISHED WEEKLY © (5 CZ aT <2 aA $e IS aD LE SIE SGP SSS SSIS SS BS SS LES Volume XV. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1898. Number 767 MAN’S-FRIEND iZe : ee 30 inches wide; ‘so inches deep; soinches high. Made of selected oak, of choice grain, and beautifully finished. Has every convenience for filing private papers for handy reference. The workmanshipis high grade in every partic- ular. By closing the roll top the entire desk, including each drawer, is locked automatically. We would recom- mend dealers to sell the above desk at $18 to $20. Our wholesale price to you is $13.7§. Our large catalogue a — containing full line mailed on receipt af 4 one-cent stamps. i = THE WHOLESALE FURNITURE COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. avuawv ued uywy vaya Everything in the Plumbing Line Everything in the Heating Line Be it Steam, Hot Water or Hot Air. Mantels, Grates and Tiling. Galvanized Work of Every Description. Largest Concern in the State. WEATHERLY & PULTE, 99 Pearl St., Grand Rapids = BAARARARAAAR ARR R ARRAS Our Stock of Wall Paper and Paints is New and Fresh from the Factory. Every Wall Paper Design is of 1898 make. Picture Frames made to order. C. L. Harvey & Company, 59 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. We are not connected with ar PEEP SA PQA SA CBASASBAPBAEA. vy other firm using our name. ZOO ECO UP ES WORLDS BEST Cv / 5C. CICAR. ALL JOBEERS AND G.J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Popular aversion to flies is growing, and Fly Destroyers are coming into greater use. Of all means for their destruction Tanglefoot is the most practical and the best on account of its greater efficacy, cleanliness, endurance and cheapness. TANGLEFOOT Sbdled Stoky FU Paper ONE OF THE MOST PROFITABLE THINGS YOU SELL. To increase your sales of Tanglefoot wv let your customers see it in actual use v YOUR in your store, in the Holder; ¥ WHOLESALER They will follow your example. @ Every customer to whom you sell a box of g SELLS Tanglefoot will remember it with pleasure This is why the sale of Tanglefoot increases yearly. every day of the summer. . TANGLEFOOT. PRICE, 30 CENTS A BOX.—$2.55 A CASE. DEWEY SMOKES THE “MR. THOMAS” The Most Popular Nickel Cigar on Earth Ruhe Bros. Co., Makers. 3 ’, Factory 956, 1st Dist. Pa. .s F, E. Bushman, Representative, ° Kalamazoo, Mich. Mail Orders Solicited. a ee PPAR ROAR re ANG-AdUISeration L6AGUG > ; reseammay & cus GOMPRESED TERS WIS WASLNI A THE INTEGRITY OF EACH !IS THE CONCERN OF ALL. As placed on the market in tin foil and under our yellow label and signature is ABSOLUTELY PURE Of greater strength than any other yeast, and convenient for handling. Neatly wrapped in tin foil. Give our silverware premium list to your patrons and increase your trade. Particu- OUR LABEL lar attention paid to shipping trade. Address, FLEISCHMANN & CO. Detroit Agency, 118 Bates St. Grand Rapids Agency, 26 Fountain St. MNO. oy. ws $1,000. THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Walsi-Dé X00 Milling 60. having duly made affidavit and signed contract required, is a member of The Anti-Adulteration League. Members of this league guarantee the Absolute Purity of their Flour by a sworn statement and a Bond of One Thousand Dollars. Relying thereupon The Anti-Adulteration League guarantees that the Flour made by this mill is Free from Adulteration of any kind, and engages to collect from its owners, managers or proprietors the sum of $1,000 upon our f csimile Signature ocsi HA tohewam Lr, COMPRESSED % oF oe ms @o 3 ay ss EO 4 receipt of proof to the contrary. Signed, The Executive Committee Anti-Adulteration League. F. L. GREENLEAF, Chairman. W. C. Ep@ar, Secretary. or se sr or sr sc se or Se se scor sr seer oc ore Se Se oe So SesceseSeSeS25e25e5e525e525e25e2 eS5esSeSeseseseseSeseseseSesekr ee : : : : : : New Pack URE.... Long hiavena filler, e Gigar SUMATRA WRAPPER HAND MADE ecee UN KLE 10c. Cigar / ¢50.00-THOUSIND We are now offering our 1898 pack of <00- HUNDRED | Canned Goods for future delivery. Com- 0000000000000000 Canned 0OO 09 00009OO 09 O040000060000000006 SJ S CEMIS APIECE // i , ash au f For 5c. / BEST CIGAR FOR THE PRICE MONEY Chn PRODULE /! e pare our new prices with Prices Of Spot ra stock and you will buy. a ° Michigan ; MUSSELMAN GROCER CU., Cigar $ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. @ Co. | ¢ ¢ Big Rapids, | $ Mich. ° ¢ HO OOOO SSOS SSE HOSS HOSOSS55 OHSS HSOS 995900 S 09606006 BICYCLE RIDING ——_y Is made a pleasure by the use of a BERKEY ADJUSTABLE SPRING SEAT POST A seat post especially adapted to gentlemen’s and ladies’ wheels. Overcomes the jar and sudden shocks caused in running over rough roads, car tracks, etc. Saves strain on wheel and saves enough in repairs to pay for itself a dozen times over in a season. Adjustable to any wheel, any saddle or any weight rider and to all wear. No wabbling. It is not unlike an ordinary post in appearance and can be taken off or put on with an ordinary bicycle wrench. Have your bicycle or hardware dealer put one on your wheel for a few days’ trial, or have him send for a sample post. If not satisfactory we will re- fund your money. In ordering send exact size of seat post hole and your weight. BERKEY SPRING SEAT POST COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. There Never Was a Better Time to push high-grade coffees. Our Coffees not only help to retain old customers, but make new ones as Schaar aaallTTl ol y y foundation. The J e M. Bour Co., MAKE BUSINESS — Y OY Ry “Al A 9, AW N & Fa 113-115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. A RAE LTE a see tan 4g Re yorcreyy pene ree thf ~ ata Dh RP a << evs akprenneteenaanaes een 9 tay ene Seer ane en Volume XV. — SOSCSCTTSTSTTSTSS WILLIAM CONNOR now shows a full line of Fall and Winter Clothing. Has the largest line of Kersey Overcoats and Ulsters on the road; best $5.50 Kersey all wool overcoat in market, all manufactured by KOLB & SON, rocnesten. N. Y. If you wish to look over my line, write me, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., or meet me at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich , from Thursday, June 2, until Monday evening, June 6. Expenses allowed. No harm done if you don’t buy. Conaroanrerenrarerrenence25 SOS 0909900000 900006000000% ve lf You Hire Help_—— You should use our Perfect Time Book ~~ —and Pay Roll. Made to hold from 27 to 60 names and sell for 75 cents to $2. Send for sample leaf. BARLOW BROS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ree PREFERRED BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. bn & bn by by bn bn be by bn bo bn bn by bn bn lo, bn, bn, bn > > > > > > > > > > > > > a > a a » a > a > > Commenced Business September 1, 1893. insurance in force... ......¢2--.-- . ... .62,740,000.00 Net Increase during 1897 .............. 104,000.00 ee aoe... 32,738.49 Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.......... None Woeper Eaabiciess.. 0c le. None Total Death Losses Paid to Date...... 40,061.00 Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- icterie. e ee 812.00 Death Losses Paid During 1897. . : 17,000.00 Death Wate for i8g7.. 6... - 6.31 Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897.... 8.25 FRANK E. ROBSON, Pr TRUMAN B. GOODSPE ED, SxEc’y. COMMERCIAL CREDIT GO., LIMITED, 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. £OO 99000000 996000000000004 FIRE 4 4 ‘ v INS. ? 4 SO. .4 4 4 4 OOOOOOOCY Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBarn, Sec. ooo THe MERCANTILE AGENCY R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN, lanager. Rare Chance for Small Capital. A plant equipped for planing, resawing, turning, inside finishing, etc., costing ‘ori xinally over $10,- ooo, offered for ‘about one-third that. Good condi- tion. Now in operation. Just taken on debt by resent owners who have other business. Grow- ing city, 8,000 population. Fine surrounding gang! Good opening forlumber yard. Certain- a, a sNAp. Easy terms. Lock Box 7, Traverse it i= TRADESMAN COUPONS Save Trouble Save Losses Save Dollar GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1898. HARD TACK. How It Is Made and Why It Keeps So Long. Since the Yanko-Spanko war began, the Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, New Orleans and other branches of the National Biscuit Company have been receiving enormous orders for hard tack for the army, but the Grand Rapids branch has been passed by in the dis- tribution of the patriotic favors. ‘‘Re- member the Maine’’ will uot be stamped on any of the products of the Grand Rapids factory, nor will the soldier boys from here have the satisfaction of know- ing that they are sharpening or break- ing their teeth on a home-made article while doing their best in a Southern clime to fill up on army rations. That the Grand Rapids factory did not have a share of the army orders is not due to any lack of facilities, nor to any un- willingness on the part of the local man- agement to participate in the work, but it is owing entirely to good business rea- sons. When the Michigan troops were in Michigan they had more luxurious fare than hard tack. When they moved out of Michigan they landed at a place nearer some otber producing point. Hard tack can be shipped to the South- ern camps at a material saving in freight from other branches of the Na- tional Biscuit Company, especially Phil- adelphia, New Orleans and St. Louis, than from here, hence these branches get the business. Since the Michigan boys started for the front, there has been some local demand for hard tack, but it is a demand based largely on curios- ity to know just what hard tack is and just how hard it may be. S. A. Sears, of the local company, will probably order a few cases of real hard tack, that the friends of the Grand Rapids soldiers may know what the stuff is like. In trade circles this staple of army life is not known as hard tack. It is called hard bread, but it is understood that the trade name does not iniprove its flavor in the least, nor make it easier to eat. It is made of flour and water and differs from the ordinary cracker in that it contains neither salt nor ‘‘shorten- ing.’’ It is essential that an army ra- tion shall be able to stand any climate and be kept indefinitely without dete- riorating, and this is why the hard tack is unsalted and unshortened. The salt would draw the moisture, soften the cracker and in warm weather invite mould and worms. The lard or butter, if used, would in the course of time spoil and make the rations taste bad. Hard tack made of flour and water and without any of the usual ‘ trimmings’’ will ‘‘keep’’ for years if kept dry and will not be much harder or tougher after a long siege than when fresh from the oven. In size and shape the hard tack or bread looks like the familiar soda cracker. It is three inches square, about three-eighths of an inch thick and is **pricked’’ like other crackers. The best quality of flour is used and the manip- ulation of the dough is the same as in the manufacture of soda crackers. When the ‘‘bread’’ comes from the cut- low and altaailad rollers, it is passed into the oven and baked thoroughly. In ordinary times it is then packed into five-pound pasteboard boxes, but in these piping times of war, it is put up in fifty-pound wooden boxes and rushed to the front for the soldier boys to feed on. Except for the lack of salt and shortening, the hard tack is fairly pal- atable, and unless very old is not so very hard. Asasteady diet, it becomes somewhat monotonous, but long and scientific tests have demonstrated that it is nutritious and sustaining. If kept an undue length of time, the hard tack is liable to become wormy, but sea- soned soldiers rather like it the better for having a few ‘‘skippers.’’ The ra- tions for the tars in the navy are the same as for the soldiers, except the sailors call their provender ‘‘sea biscuit,’’ in- stead of hard tack. oe The Grain Sincket. Everything has an end, so has the fa- mous and probably the largest and_hot- test-contested May deal that has existed since there has been dealing in wheat, notwithstanding many of the bulls pre- dicted that prices would be forced up on the last day of the noted deal, the same as they did with the Hutehinson deal in September, 1889, when wheat went to $2 per bushel. However, in this May deal it dropped Soc per bushel, with a thud. The closing price on Saturday was $1.75 per bushel, but yesterday it opened at $1.49, and within half an hour it dropped to $1.25, where it closed. The whole world will say Amen! and hope it will not be repeated, as it really does more harm than good. The weather being exceptionally good for. the grow- ing crop has helped to depress futures as well as cash wheat, and it looks now as though we would have the largest crop ever grown, barring accidents. There is not much wheat offered from first hands, as it is well cleaned up. However, there are isolated cases and some parties who would not sell when wheat touched the top are still hold- ing it. Corn and oats have fallen in the wake of wheat, although not to such an ex- tent. Corn dropped about 2c per bushel, while oats declined about 6c. At present all cereals are inclined to- ward lower prices, but opinions are for naught and any change in the specula- tive temper may boost prices again. Taking everything into consideration, the receipts have been very fair, and were as follows: wheat 41 cars, corn II cars and oats IO Cars. Local millers are paying $1.00 for wheat. CC. G. A: VoIer. —__<9___ Li Hung Chang thinks the Yankees are the greatest fighters on earth, next to the Japs.. The Japs threw a rock at China and broke it, and made China pay for the damage done. oe = Julia Ward Howe’s ‘‘Battle Hymn is not the greatest now. There is an- other him and they call him Dewey. SS a It is hard for a defenseless little har- bor to remain neutral when it has coal to sell. ” Number 767 Status of the Hager Failure. A. C. Hager, who aspired to figure as the egg king of Michigan, and was only prevented from doing so by the lack of $50,000 fresh capital, is now in Lake Odessa and insists that within a few days he will call a meeting of his creditors at Grand Rapids for the pur- pose of effecting a settlement of his in- debtedness on the basis of 25 per cent. cash and 25 per cent. paper. He claims that a Boston gentleman has advanced the money necessary to make the first payment as soon as the creditors sign the agreement to settle on the proposed basis. When asked to state what bis in- debtedness was, he asserted that it would aggregate about $14,000, as near as he could estimate. When asked how much he owed Martin Datema, of Grand Rap- ids, he said ‘‘about $400.’” As a matter of fact, he owes Mr. Datema $1,400, and when informed that such was the case, he stated that perhaps he did, but he could not tell definitely, because his books had not been written up for sev- eral weeks. If all of his indebtedness is in the same shape as the Datema ac- count, so far as his books show, he must owe $49,000; and while it is possible that he could inducea Boston gentleman to advance 25 per cent. of $14,000, it is somewhat doubtful whether he may be able to find anyone who would be so foolish as to advance 25 per cent. of $49, 000. The Tradesman has no idea that any creditor of Mr. Hager will ever geta cent, but if he can induce anyone to ad- vance any money for the purpose of making a pro rata distribution among the creditors, no one will object. Local attorneys assert that if Hager does not act promptly in the matter they will cause his arrest on a capias, and that the refusal of the Lake Odessa Savings Bank to honor the checks which were held longer than the law provides before protesting will result in suits being brought against the Bank in the Ionia county Circuit Court. A creditor who visited Lake Odessa a few days ago remarked to the Trades- man, on his return: If I had ever seen Hager before I shipped him eggs, I would not have trusted him witha cent's worth of goods. The appearance of the man is enough to condemn him, in my estimation. He looks to me like a man who has lost his head, and how he ex- pects to re-engage in business, in the face of the record he has just made, is more than I can understand.’”’ ~~» 2. The cotton goods ial is rather stronger. A little advance in print cloths may be regarded as the barometer of the business, but there is really much more improvement in goods than this slight advance would indicate. As not much gain in this industry can be at- tributed to large demands by tbe Gov- ernment, the situation is highly encour- aging. 9 <-- If the Spaniards can not outwit the Yankee pigs, they will try to outrun them. SA The summer girl will be covered with American flag colors this summer. ae ee seth hii lineal ee aia patient firs ai rant Serine te Sb MICHIGAN TRADESMAN a The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons-—-Standard and three- yard brown sheetings and drills continue in good demand, and nearly all lines of brown cottons of four yard make and heavier occupy a very strong position. Duck is very firm at recent advances of 20 per cent., but some mills are less actively employed upon Government contracts than was the case up to this week, and can make more prompt deliv- eries upon regular orders. The export trade in duck has not been as large as was expected, but the home demand for ounce duck is quite active. Denims, cheviots, stripes, checks and plaids are all moving with considerable freedom, and’ prices of leading makes are held much more firmly than was the case two weeks ago. Fancy tickings of heavy weight are very well ordered, but the more staple lines, especially those of lightweight coarse yarn construction, are rather slow of sale. Ginghams —Ginghams are as active as anything in the mar«et, and the weather does not see much ot a hindrance to the sale of fine zephyr varieties. Staples and dress style ginghams sell freely, and buyers are stimulated to take larger amounts than usual because of threat- ened advances in prices held over them. Prints—Seasonable prints of all kinds are quite active. Napped prints are in fair demand, and considerable dark work in the more staple lines is being moved at low prices. Carpets—-The frequent auction sales have been claimed by some to be an effort to save traveling expenses, by drawing the buyers to the New York market, and those who send their sales- men out, it 1s feared, will be confronted with the answer, when soliciting a cus- tomer to place orders, ‘No; I will not look at your line as I can attend the sales and buy cheaper.’’ This is not likely to ‘‘cut much ice’’ in the long run, however, as the cost of traveling, as well as loss of time, will more than offset the difference in price at which the retailer can place his order with a salesman representing a reputable man- ufacturer. The retailer will be willing to pay more money as the country re- covers from the depression and effects of the war. The buyer who expects he can continue to purchase carpets at free wool prices will get left. It is a fact that all wool extra super ingrains can not be made for less than 46%c with duty wool. To expect a manufacturer to sell fur less than 50c will mean a corresponding reduction in the quality of stock used. As it is, many would prefer to buy a C. C. super with a good standard filling to an inferior all wool carpet. Jute and Smyrna carpets and rugs and art squares continue to receive attention. Blaukets—The blanket market has been considerably stirred up on account of the large orders that have been booked on Government contracts. They have cleared the market of nearly all stocks of colored goods, all wool, and some that have a_ hard twisted cotton warp. The blankets called for in the specifications are not really what was wanted, but as the matter had to be rushed, there was no time to change the specifications, as it would necessitate considerable ‘‘red tape’’ in such a movement. The calling for these blankets has, however, cleared off a large quantity of the stocks that were on hand in colored goods, and it also ‘lies off some of the white goods, for the medical department has taken about half silver gray and half whites, and the navy department has taken all white blankets. The weights are five, six and seven pounds, although these are pretty heavy for the Southern countries. Be- sides the contracts for the Government, there have been large orders taken for the different states where troops were equipped before the Government had an opportunity to place orders. These goods were in some cases bought by job- bers, who sold them to the state, and in other cases were called for by indi- viduals, who took the opportunity to speculate. On the whole, however, the effect will be excellent on the blanket market, and will pave the way to good prices and a splendid business for next season. Hosiery—The importers of hosiery have been their own masters this season and have been able to dictate terms more fully to buyers than ever before. This is largely on account of the scar- city of goods wanted, particularly in fancies. The demand has been large, and it has been hard to supply it. There seems to be just as many of the staple plain goods soid as ever, and the fancy business has been entirely additional Orders for fall goods have been excel- lent with the importers and there is no lack of confidence in the business. There is an improvement in the general run of prices for staples whicb has been particularly noteworthy. A number of new styles of fancies have been placed on the market recently by importers that are particularly neat and attractive, generally being milder in tone, and run- ning to two-tone effects, either black and white, blue and black or some sim- ilar combination of stripes or checks. ———~>-0 <> - Grand Maccabee Excursion to Detroit. Tuesday, June 7, 1898, via D. & M, division of the Grand Trunk Railway System, on account of K. O. T. M. and L. O. T. M. grand review. Special train will leave D. & M. depot at 6 a. m., arriving at Detroit at 11 a. m., returning leave Detroit 9.30 p. m., making a fast run to Grand Rapids. Members of the order and the public are cordially invited to go on this spe- cial. Fare $3.10 for the round trip. Tickets will be on sale at D. & M. city office or at depot. C. A. justin, C. P. A:, 97 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. HO The Voice of Experience. Edith—Oh, Ethel, what shall I do? Jack says he supposes it’s all over be- tween us and that he’ll send my presents back. Ethel (experienced)—Tell bring them. ———_> 2. Good Reason. Dimpleton—Do you know, old man, | don’t spend so much money now as | did before I was married? Von Blumer—How’s that? ‘*Well, I don’t have it to spend.”’ 8 The name of Smith heads the list of names in England and Scctland, but in Ireland Murphy leads, while Smith is fifth. In proportion to the population there are more Smiths in Scotland than in England, for in Scotland one person in every seventy is named Smith, while in England only one person in every him to seventy-two is a Smith. The Smiths are well used up in Ireland, beating such favorites as the O’Briens, the Ryans, the Connors, the O’Neills, the Reillys, the McCarthys and the Dohertys, the four leaders of the Smiths in Ire- land being the Murphys, Kellys, Sulli- vans and Walshes. 2. Simpsons and Pacific black and white and grey prints, 33/c. P. STEKETEE & Sons. Warm Weather Coming = « Also new arrivals in summer Wash Goods. Organdy from 5c to 20c. Dimity from 4%c to 15c. e Lawns, Lappetts, Ducks, White Goods, Percales and new plaid cotton Dress Goods. Full standard prints, fancies, blues, madders and staples, 4c. Buckles, Belt Pins. New lines of Belts, Belt Write for samples. P. Steketee § Sons, Jobber's, Grand Rapids. weve mmo =—PacMER'S . Foc a = eae Ole et A” ee ae” HEPYETVOPNE OPN NENT NOP EP NTH NTPNNR TET ILS =e Cut NS 12-GV, WEEE ITNT NEPNEPNNerNer NNT NNT en en en er en er erie enter as to the quantity you can sell, try a sample lot. Prices $7.50 to $42 per dozen. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO., VMO\RSANE RapIOS cH. dN QUAGNM UMA GUb AUN JUN ANA bk Jbb db abd bd ddb ddd a = = a = _ ea SS eo. = = = a = oa = oa— = = = = oa = o— = = oa = = = a. = = ea = = i SS the goods per yard. to represent us. SEES SaaS SS SS SSS ES BAS eS This size is very popular, as the patterns show up beautifully. prefer large samples we will cut them any length desired at the price of : 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 HENRY NOEE & CO., SOUTHEAST CORNER MARKET & MONROE STS., CHICAGO. Complete price list and telegraph code will be sent with samples. ISAS Dealers don’t keep our goods; they SELL them. Carpets All grades cut at wholesale. You Carry Only Samples We carry the stock. When you make a sale, send us the pattern number, size of room or quantity wanted and we will ship your order the same day as received —sewed if desired. OVER 3,000 DEALERS are now han- dling our carpets profitably. Let us start you to success. For One Dollar We will send you a book of Carpet Sam- ples containing about 50 patterns—size 9x18 inches. These samples are cut from the roll, so you can guarantee every carpet as represented—in style, color and quality. No picture scheme or Misrep- resentation. Every sample is finished, numbered and quality specified on ticket, so you can make no mistake when order- ing. Wealso make up books as above, 18x18 in., which we will furnish For Three Dollars If you SASSO OES SISA SAIS AIS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN BANKING REFORM. Review of the Present and Proposed Systems. ‘“Reader’’ asked a question we did not answer last week, viz., ‘‘Is not the proposed system somewhat along the lines of the so-called wild-cat system which prevailed prior to 1861?’’ Yes and no. Each banking system must have some points of general similarity to every other one in existence. The comparison will apply equally well be- tween the present system and the dis- carded one. Banking consists largely in furnishing credits, with the attendant necessity of requiring pledges for their re-payment, and this operation is much the same the world over, whether the parties to the transaction are individ- uals, corporations or a combination of the two. There are people who do not believe in allowing banks to exist ur interest to be charged. Such people are constantly laying all the ills of society to the banks and generally have a great deal to say in condemnation of the so- called wild-cat banks, as well as existing ones. The wild-cat banks were, as a rule, fairly good or bad in proportion as the systems under which the different states allowed them to operate were good or bad. In many states the banking laws were thoroughly bad and in such states bad banking prevailed. We pre- sume the standard of honesty among men, bankers included, was at as high an average then as it is now, and if this is so we can not account for the superi- ority of the present system upon other grounds than the greater virtue of the system itself and the increased efficiency resulting therefrom. The lessons learned from the evils growing out of the old system made possible the better one of to-day—the best we have ever had. The proposed system will be as much supe- rior to the present one as the present one is superior to the so-called wild-cat system. The business men of this country have prepared a draft of a banking and cur- rency law wherein the line of cleavage is rigidly drawn between the good and bad of past laws, and they are not going to be stopped in their efforts to obtain a scientific banking system because someone cries ‘‘wild-cat’’ and talks about ‘‘similarities.’’ A careful examination of our banking history prior to 1861 will furnish some reasons why we should adopt the com- mercial asset basis. It is a historical fact that out of those isolated, incom- plete and, in many states, wretchedly regulated systems, the only ones whose notes passed at par throughout the Union or at a discount equaling only the then cost of exchange were those which is- sued notes upon their commercial as- sets without pledged securities and which guaranteed the value of their is- sues by prompt redemption in coin on demand. Among the banks of this class were those of the New England States under what was known as the Suffolk system. Another was the State Bank of Indiana, which passed through the crisis of 1857 without suspending specie pay- ments and succeeded in retiring its cir- culation and liquidating its debts with- out loss to its creditors when the Gov- ernment forced the suspension of specie payments by the issue of the demand notes of 1862. The least successful banks were those which, under the state laws, were compelled to base their credit notes on state bonds and other fixed, long-time securities, and they were the first to succumb under adverse business conditions. In those states which seceded from the Union the state bonds, which were held asa basis for credit notes, shrunk in an appaling de- gree. Even some states of the North were affected in the same way. In Wis- consin, the Bank Comptroller called upon the banks to make good the de- preciation of State bonds, and _ they were only saved from complete collapse by the Legislature suspending the calls for additional securities. The Comp- troller declared that ‘‘a general failure was imminent unless relief in some shape was granted.’”’ The basing of a National currency upon the pubiic debt proved fatal to some of the state currencies before the civil war; and, perfect as_ the security seems for bank notes under the National system, it has always followed the ups and downs of Government paper money, and from 1864 to 1879 they were never any nearer par in coin than were the Government obligations. We should have a banking system entirely divorced from government necessities; the latter can be taken care of through a conserv- ative exercise of the power of taxation and should not be allowed to weaken the credit system of the country. A crisis in governmental affairs need not of necessity create a crisis in business affairs, but the two will ge band in hand so long as the banking business of the country is made subservient to the necessities of government. Witness the condition of Spain, where the credit system has been subverted to meet the needs of a reckless government. Not- withstanding the fact that they have re. sorted to every device known to legisla- tors in attempts to stay the inevitable depreciation of their currency, their credits have dwindled to about one- third of their original value and their entire banking system is but a dilapi- dated wreck, in the ruins of which lie the prostrated industries of the people. ANDREW FYFE. > 0 > The costliest flag in town can be seen in the window of a Broadway jeweler, says a New York letter. I[t represents an outlay of $18,000, This flag is made of diamonds, rubies and sapphires. It is very small for its worth—only 7 by 4 inches—but it looks big to the people who stop to size it up. It has thirteen stripes and forty-two stars. The white stripes are of small diamonds—8oo of them. The red stripes, of course, are of rubies, the same in number and size as the diamonds; but for the blue field are about 300 sapphires with forty-two dia- monds for stars. 0 The cultivation of the camphor tree in Florida has been so successful that this section promises to be a formidable competitor with the Far East. In China, Japan and Formosa, but a small portion now remain, owing to the wasteful methods of obtaining the gum from the trees, which in many cases were cut down entirely. In Florida, on the other hand, it has been found that camphor could be produced profitably from the leaves and twigs, obtaining a pound of the gum from seventy-seven pounds of the cuttings. The tree requires no. fer- tilization, and is extremely ornamental. a The sheriff of Allen county, Ky., besides attending to his official duties, buys and ships stock, operates a flour mill, is interested in and devotes a por- tion of his time to one of the largest mercantile houses in Scottville, con- ducts a farm successfully and is the power behind the throne in other indus- tries of minor importance. —__—o 0» ---- Tramps do not keep out of the army because they fear death. They fear work and the discipline that will make them wash themselves. Patriotic Neckwear ———. for ladies and gentlemen. Good variety of up-to date styles Send us a trial order, and if not satisfactory in any way, you may return all or any portion. ENTERPRISE NECKWEAR CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. “OE SE SE SOE SEE RE OE EOE ROE OE EE ROE DE SOR SOP SN LOR SER SR SR SER Se She Son OP SP SR OT To Merchants: We have a sample book that we will furnish without charge express prepaid to any good merchant who wishes to take orders for single suits, either ready to wear or made to order. We manufacture all our own Clothing, and do not sell through agents. We sell to merchants only. We furnish them the best book in the market, and are so well known that we do not need to sail under false colors like the Empire Tailors, or Royal Black Snake Manufacturers of Clothing, or American Mon- gul Tailor, or the Black Horse Tailors, etc. We have been established twenty-five years, and our firm is well and favorably known. Can you use a book of samples to advantage? If so, send in your application and we will send you our next book which will be ready July tst. Our spring and summer books are all placed. Get your application in early, for we will have a larger demand for our books than we can supply. Yours very truly, Work Bros. & Co., Cor. Jackson and Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill. National Biscuit Company, It pays any dealer to have the reputa- tion of keeping pure goods. It pays any dealer to keep the Seymour Cracker. There’s a large and growing section of the public who will have the best, and with whom the matter of a cent or soa pound makes no impression. It’s not HOW CHEAP with them; it’s HOW GOOD. For this class of people the Seymour Cracker is made. Discriminating housewives recognize its superior FLAVOR, PURITY, DELICIOUSNESS and will have it. If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade o1 particular people, keep the Seymour Cracker. Made by Grand Rapids, Mich. Po NO EM ME ER Ore SS > a a a ae ae a rua. Se es . MICHIGAN TRADESMAN State — Movements of Merchants. Hart—Will Burdick has opened a bazaar siore. Cadillac—E. G. Rice opened a shoe house here. Flint—Wm. E. Fellows has opened a jewelry store at this place. Warren—F. J. Weigand has opened a grocery and dry goods store here. Richmond—Adolpbh Meyer succeeds Wm. Fenton in the meat business. Manistique—Chas. P. Hill has en- gaged in the grocery and meat business. Freeport—Hoard & Co. have pur- chased the general stock of H. D. John- son. Howell—Stone & Fishback have sold their grocery stock to J. H. Kilpatrick & Co. Charlotte—John E. Haun has em- barked in the grocery business on South Main street. Acme--Ueberroth & Widmer are pro- prietors of the new meat market estab- lished at this place. Otsego—A. E. Randall has sold the Home bakery to his brother, Charles Randall, of Kalamazoo. Detroit—The Jas. T. Eaman Coal Co. succeeds Jas. T. Eaman & Co, in the coal and wood business. Hancock—The Finnish Co-operative Store Co. has been organized to conduct a general merchandise business. Leslie—B. A. Davis & Co. have pur- chased the furniture stock of W. H. Withrow and added it to their own stock. Lansing-—-The Michigan Produce Co. has completed a hay warehouse in the rear of its main building on Michigan avenue, Stittsville—J. K. Seafuse is erecting a store building, which he will occupy with a general stock, including a line of drugs. Three Rivers—The boot and_ shoe store of J. B. Handy has been closed by virtue of a chattel mortgage held by the First State Savings Bank. Ferry—W. E. Gunn has purchased W. A. Young’s interest in the general stock of Young & Gunn and will continue the business in his own name. Byron—Morgan & Muringham have sold their meat market to Geo. Down- ing, of Gaines, and removed their stock of groceries into another store build- ing. Carson City—The hardware firm of A. B. Loomis has been changed to the Loomis Hardware Co. Mr. Loomis will continue to conduct the business as heretofore. Saginaw—Edward Champion, man- ager of the Grand Union Tea Co,’s store in this city, wili take charge of the stationery business of the late W. F. Twelvetrees. Bellaire—A. I. Goldstick has leased the store building formerly occupied by August Banowske with his tailoring stock and will put in a stock of dry goods and clothing. Hudson—E. L. Brooks, who has had a stock of goods in the Dan Brown store for the past six months, has sold out to Frank Stowe, of West Unity, Ohio, who wiil remove it to his store in Holgate, Ohio. Alma—Tubbs & Woodard, meat deal- ers, have dissolved partnership. ‘The former has formed a copartnership with his son, under the style of Tubbs & Son, while the latter has associated himself with F. W. Hooper, under the style of Woodard & Hooper. & Co. have Warren—C. E. Osborn, of Caro, will shortly embark in the grocery business at this place. Hancock—Wm. Whittle, for several years engaged in the general store of North & Son at the Quincy mine, is contemplating establishing a _ general store on his own account at the Arnold mine. Athens—Lynn Doty has associated himself with Robert and A. C. Wisner, who formerly conducted their bardware business under the style of Wisner Bros. The new firm will be known as Wisner Bros. & Doty. McBain—W. O. Cromwell has uttered a chattel mortgage on his interest in the McBain Mercantile Co., after all its debts, either present or those con- tracted in the future, are paid. By this act Mr. Cromwell has protected the in- terests of the merchandise creditors of the firm, as his interest therein is not open to attachment by reason of any outside liabilities. Mancelona—Jess Wisler has begun the construction of a two story and base- ment brick building, 32x60 feet in di- mensions, which he expects to have completed by Sept. 1. He will utilize the building as a warehouse for agri- cultural implements and vehicles of all kinds. The structure will include iron columns, plate glass front and many modern conveniences not usually found in a building of that kind. Manufacturing Matters. Hulbert——Hulbert & Cheesebrough succeed the Hulbert Lumber & Cedar Co. West Bay City—Wm. Goldie succeeds Wm. G. Pierce in the manufacture of coiled hoops. Saginaw—Briggs & Cooper are suc- ceeded by the Briggs & Cooper Lum- ber Co. in the sawmill and lumber busi- ness. Sparta—A. S. Balbuis, A. E. Hin- man and A. H. Jacobs have formed a copartnership under the name of the Sparta Manufacturing Co., to manufac- ture fruit packages, potato crates, etc. Adrian—The Burnham Screen Works, of Hillsdale, is considering the idea of removing to this place, on account of better sbipping facilities, providing buildings worth $8,000 and a site be do- nated. Fifty men are employed. Detroit—Articles have been filed in- corporating the Detroit Popcorn Novelty Co. The capital stock is $5,000, with $2,500 paid in. Following are the in- corporators: J. B. Smith, 248 shares; Seth E. Smith and J. B. Draper, 1 share each. Howard City—L. C. Hicks has sold bis harness stock to H. Kinnee, who has removed the stock to his own store. Mr. Hicks expects in the near future to establish a skirt factory here, in com- pany with his father, who resides in Kalamazoo. Sault Ste. Marie—A woolen mill plant is being put in at this place by G. J. Griffith. The buildings will be two and a half stories high, covering a ground space 24x80 feet in dimensions. A. H. Janes, of Reed City, will be superin- tendent of the new enterprise. Central Lake—The Cameron Lumber Co. has purchased the sawmill and plan- ing mill at Ellsworth formerly operated by the Elisworth Lumber Co., includ- ing store building, houses, stables, etc., and wiil conduct operations hereafter at Ellsworth as well as at this place and Torch Lake. In order to have ample capital to operate the Ellsworth plant, the capital stock of the corporation has been increased from $150,000 to $170, 000. Norwood—The Rittenhouse & Em- bree Co. has sold its lumbering and gen- earl merchandise business to L. J. Nash, of Manitowoc, Wis., who will continue the business under the management of G. V. Nash. The purchaser contem- plates the sale of the store building and general stock, in which case he will push the lumbering business more than ever, Manistique—The Burrell Chemical Co. began operations last week. Only three kilns were fired, but as soon as the contracts for the fuel supply are closed, the plant will be operated to its full capacity. Ninety cords of wood will then be used daily, which will produce 4,500 bushels of charcoal and 270 gal- lons of refined wood alcohol ready for use. An enormous amount of water is used in tbe operation of the plant, it re- quiring six pumps, with a daily capac- ity of 1,728,000 gallons, to supply the de- mand, Saginaw—The affairs of the planing mill firm of O’Donnell, Spencer & Co. have dragged along, every move made which promised success being switched just on the eve of consummation. The latest idea is to let the parties holding the mortgages dispose of the lumber in the yard and the book accounts and thereby realize upon their claims, and the plant which has not been mortgaged be taken by the unsecured creditors and operated under a board of two trustees. It is not known if this latter plan will fall down. Saginaw—Bliss & Van Auken have shut down their mill plant, having man- ufactured all of their timber. The mill is reported as having cut about 4,000,000 feet this season. It is also rumored that the mill will go out of commission permanently. Last year it produced more lumber than any other mill on the river, over 30,000,000 feet. The firm has a large stock of lumber in the yard and will probaby continue to operate the yard and planing mill. Mr. Van Auken is interested in a gold mine in Montana, and has gone out there to superintend the erection of a stamp mill. Flour and Feed. The flour market during the past week has been extremely quiet, everybody waiting for a culmination of the excit- ing speculative May wheat deal in Chi- cago. The end has come and, during the last two business days of the month, such a collapse came as is rarely wit- nessed, the price of wheat dropping from $1.75 to about $1.25, or, in round numbers, the price dropping 5oc per bushel. Other markets sympathized, but not to the same extent, because none were proportionally as high. Chicago has been running a deal this year com- paratively above other markets and, in a measure, holding aloof, not believing in the forced speculative values. In consequence, flour has not reached the high level of prices indicated by the top prices in wheat, and will not have so far to drop. . The highest price paid on this market was $1.35 per bushel. The city mills have been running steadily and, for the most part, have orders on their books which will keep them busy until July 1. Millstuffs are quiet, with prices tend- ing a shade lower. Feed and meal are in fairly good demand, with prices well sustained. Wm. N. Rowe, —_——_---—~<>_- 0 ——___-------— W. C.. Hopson enjoyed a fishing expe- dition to LeRoy very early in the week. In order to get there in time, he started Saturday night, Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. Hides stili hold high in price and firmness, there being enough demand to keep the market cleaned up. Many tan- ners, however, prefer shutting down to paying the prices asked. Light stock does not advance to correspond with the heavier, which is desired for Govern- ment orders. Not enough pelts are being offered in the State to make a quotable market. Tallow has lost the little advance it had and has gone back to the slow drag it has exhibited fora long time. There is no good reason for an advance, as there are large stocks of old tallow and oils in the country suitable for soapers’ use. Wool is firmer and in more demand, with increasing sales, but no higher prices prevail. Prices West help to sus- tain the market East and, with Govern- ment orders, give our mills something to do. There seems to be more conserv- ative action on the part of Western buyers, who are not inclined to pay the extreme high prices they started out with, but are now more in conformity with markets East, which are much be- low foreign markets, which fact pro- hibits importing. Wo. T. HEss. +» 2._____ Echo of the Chicago Supply Co. Swindle. From the Alpena Echo. Alpena county farmers are being called upon by Collector Corrigan, of the Drovers’ National Bank of Chicago, which concern holds notes averaging $75 apiece against sixteen Alpena farmers. It will be remembered that the noto- rious Chicago Supply Co., which oper- ated in this section some years ago, sold bills of goods to several farmers, in payment of which it took notes, which afterward were sold to the Drovers’ National Bank, the Supply Co, then go- ing out of business. The Alpena parties put up a hot fight against paying these notes, claiming that they had been done up; but the Supreme Court ruled against them, and Collector Corrigan is now in their midst looking for a settlement of the bank’s claims. HS Md PIG Cars Q We have a large line of new 2 goods in fancy shapes and 3 unique designs, which we are } offering at right prices. Samples cheerfully sent on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. Liquid Bluing that Settle? THE WOLVERINE SPICE CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. will not : E : MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 Grand Rapids Gossip The Grocery Marxet. Sugar—Refiners report moderate sales, which they attribute to the fact that the spring demand has been backward, owing to the absence of warm weather. The country generally has light stocks of sugar on hand and a great improve- ment in the demand is expected as soon as the fruit season fairly opens. Prices are unchanged, but the tone of the mar- ket is firm. Teas—There is not the least inclina- tion on the part of the retail trade.to anticipate wants in teas, nor to buy with the expectation that there may be money in the speculation. However, there are reports from the Orient to the effect that there will be from 1o to 20 per cent. less of those teas that com- monly sell at 20 cents and lower. It will be remembered that these teas have been unusually light in supply throughout this entire crop year because, chiefly, the inspection laws were more rigid than usual. It is well enough that the production in Japan will be less this year, and perhaps it is less because this country is taking so much less of these grades. Coffee—The Arbuckle house is now able to fill all its orders, but Lion coffee is still in arrears. There is also a very good demand for bulk coffees. The gen- eral market shows signs of weakness as compared with a week ago. The im- portation of coffee has not been very greatly impeded by the war, and the stocks, both in this country and abroad, are ample. Dried Fruits—The recent advance in raisins is fully maintained, The move- ment is rather better and stocks of de- sirable goods on the coast are being cleaned up. In the way of low grade raisins few more are coming, and the greater part of those sent here are now cleaned up and out of the way of hot weather. Apricots have advanced Ic. Prunes are still very strong at the ad- vances last reported. Peaches are also unusually strong, and pears are scarce and hard to get. The Government is purchasing in large quantities in several lines of dried fruits, thus giving an unwonted tone to the market. No changes are to be noted in the price of foreign dried fruits. Canned Goods—The canned goods market has not been so active during the past week. The large speculators in spot tomatoes who have been keep- ing the market alive are off for a few days, pending other orders from the Government. Spot tomatoes are quieter, therefore, but all sold go at full prices. When the Government needs more to- matoes, the market will probably sharp- ly advance. No further advance has oc- curred in futures, and the demand is not unusually large. The spot market for corn has not advanced beyond the 2%c oted last week, and the demand is very fair and the market firm. No pea packers have named prices on the new pack yet. Spot peas are selling very slowly at unchanged prices. Peaches are in very small demand at un- changed prices. Spices—Foreign advices are quite firm and the spice trade generally is in good conditien, so that it is supposed that the market will not show much weakness in the near future. Tobacco—John Orr’s Sons, wholesale grocers of Steubenville, Ohio, have sent to the member of Congress representing that district a protest against the pro- vision of the War Revenue bill taxing the stock of tobacco in dealers’ hands. Some of the reasons given in this pro- test are as follows: Present plugs and packages of tobacco are made and marked to sell at 5 cents, 10 cents, etc., which means a loss to the retailers if a 6 cent tax is added. Retailers will re- fuse to buy present styles from jobbers, but will insist on getting the new styles, and jobbers will therefore have a_ stock of goods which will be unsalable. The expenses to wholesale and retail dealers of opening every case of smoking to- bacco to stamp every package will be very great. The expense to the Gov- ernment will also be considerable. - > ee The Produce Market. Asparagus —15@25c per doz. for home grown, Bananas—The demand is steady, with a rather firm sentiment prevailing. There are ample supplies, however, and there seems to have been no trouble in getting enough fruit to take care of the demand. Beet Greens—25@3oc per bu. Beets— New, 30@35c per doz. bunches. *Butter— Dairy commands 5@lIoc, rang- ing from fair to fancy, and factory creamery is in moderate request at 14%4c. ‘ Cabbage—$2.50@2.75 per crate of 5 oz. Carrots—3oc per doz. bunches. Cocoanuts—4@5c. Cucumbers—soc per doz. for home grown, which are scarce. Illinois stock, which is greatly inferior to home grown, commands 35c. Eggs—The market is a little stronger, on account of a higher range of values in the East. On account of the cool weather, the quality is holding up well, the proportion of poor eggs being so small that most of the transactions are still made on the basis of case count. Local dealers pay 8c on track, holding at 8%c case count or gc for stock candled for the best city trade. The tendency of the market is undoubtedly toward higher prices. Green Onions—to@12c per doz. Green Peas—$1.25 per bu. Honey—Dark ranges from g@loc. Light stock commands 12c. Lemons—There is a decided advance in the market this week, owing to unex- pected shortness of the California sup- ply, and the consequent advance of the Messina market on the East coast, owing to the unusually light supply for this country. The advance ranges from 5o0c a box on Messinas to 25c on Californias. Lettuce—S8c per Ib. Onions—Dry stock from Mississippi commands $1.50 per bu. Oranges—The market is well sup- plied. The quality of the stock is very good for this season of the year. No changes are to be noted this week, but the market is firm at the last advance. Pieplant—4oc per box of about 50 lbs. Pineapples—Medium Bermudas com- mand $1.50 per doz. Floridas are in good demand at $1.75. Pop Corn—Soc per bu. Potatoes—Old stock is lower and weaker, commanding 50@55c per bu. New stock is higher and firmer, ranging about $1.40 for red and $1.50 for white stock. Radishes—toc per doz. bunches. Spinach—25c per bu. Strawberries—Illinois fruit is about played out, recent arrivals being small in size and inferior in quality. To- day’s arrivals went off fairly well at $1.75. Obio and Indiana stock is com- ing in in good shape,commanding $2.25 for the former (24 qts.) and $1.50 for the latter (16 qts.). Benton Harbor berries will begin to arrive the latter part of the week, probably starting in on the basis of $2 per crate. As usual, the Benton Harbor crop is a large one, the quality being fine and the size all that could be desired. Tomatoes—$3 per 6 basket crate. Wax Beans—$1.25 per bu. ——__~» 4. Gillies’ grades and prices. New York teas. All kinds, Phone Visner, 800. TWO FAILURES. Why Ira Hatch and Martin Goossen Could not Succeed. A dozen years ago Jra Hatch aspired to do the leading down-town grocery business. He was educated as a gro- cer, and had he been content to pursue the beaten path of trade, he might have been in business to-day or have retired with a competence. Instead of handling good goods and getting fair prices, he scoured the country for ‘‘seconds,’’ ‘“soaks’’ and ‘‘culls,’’ and kept the papers full of cut-rate prices which served to demoralize the trade and create no end of uneasiness in the minds of inconsiderate consumers. Nearly across the street from Hatch was E. J. Her- rick, who has never been accused of selling goods for less than cost and probably never will be. When a cus- tomer insisted that he could get a can of corn of Ira Hatch for 1o cents, where- as Herrick's price was 15 cents, Mr. Herrick smiled significantly and re- marked, “‘I don’t keep that kind of corn.’’ This sort of argument, persist- ently pursued day after day and week after week, gradually undermined the cutting competitor to that extent that he was forced into bankruptcy, and creditors to the tune of fifteen or twenty thousand dollars curse the day they ever wrote his name on their books. Mr, Herrick still pursues his business on the old plan, owns a brick block on Monroe street, a home on Paris avenue, a sum- mer cottage at Ottawa Beach, has a com- fortable bank account from which he discounts every bill and is able to look people in the face and pay Ioo cents on the dollar. Ira Hatch, on the other band, is homeless and practically pen- niless, with few friends and no ad- mirers. Not all who are familiar with the cir- cumstances, however, are willing to con- cede that Hatch’s failure was due to price cutting. Some assert that Hatch’s personal habits and the expense they in- volved were enough to disrupt any busi- ness, while others assert that his own dishonesty was so apparent to his clerks that some of them could hardly be blamed if they followed his example. That Hatch is anything but an exponent of the highest ideal in tonesty is clear- ly demonstrated by his enforced resig- nation from the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners under peculiar cir- cumstances. When the other members of the Board charged him with soliciting bribes from saloonists and keepers of brothels, he practically admitted the truth of the charges, but refused to re- tire until he was given to understand that, if he persisted in remaining, the other members would resign in a body and publicly state their reasons for so doing. There are still other ways in which the retail grocer may invite and meet disaster. There are none who accuse M. C. Goossen of manifesting the more prominent characteristics of the career of Ira Hatch, yet there are unfortunate features affecting his enterprise scarce- ly less potent in preventing success. A year ago a committee from the Retail Grocers’ Association called on Mr. Goossen and asked him to renew his affiliation with the organization. He declined to do so on the ground that such action on his part would be a pos- itive damage to him, inasmuch as the interchange of views and opinions by ‘‘experienced and successful grocers’’ like himself served to ‘‘guide younger and less experienced grocers’’ and ‘“start them rightly on the road to suc- cess.’” In the light of the mortgage ut- tered by Mr. Goossen on May 23, it would appear that even Mr. Goossen could afford to sit at the feet of some grocers younger in years and experience than himself and learn the first princi- ples of successful business. One of the most serious defects in Mr. Goossen’s make-up is his innate antag- onism to standard brands. This is shown in the miscellaneous character of his stock, which is a veritable hodge podge of odds and ends, in which pri- vate brands predominate and standard brands are conspicuous by their ab- sence. The same spirit also cropped out in Mr. Goossen's fight against the yeast companies, growing out of their action in changing from bulk te foil goods. Mr. Goossen insisted on handling the article in the old way, although it is contrary to every principle of clean- liness and convenience, and carried the warfare to that extent that he established a rival agency to handle the by-product of a Chicago vinegar factory. It is very generally conceded that vinegar yeast is inferior to spirit goods, but the agency has been continued, with in- different success, requiring time and at- tention on Mr. Goossen’s part which should have been devoted to his legiti- mate business. The retail dealer who undertakes to build up a trade on exclusive goods and petty specialties alone will fail to achieve any extended success, because such a policy involves a degree of . picayunishness and slavery to detail which unfits him for the wider interests and broader theories of an ideal com- mercial ¢areer. There are ways in which the genuine hustler can achieve any de- gree of success, even in such a conven- tionalized trade as selling groceries, but they do not lie in the direction of set- ting the correct principles of business at defiance and pursuing a policy which arrays the dealer in opposition to those members of the trade who _ believe in the principle of live and let live and act on that belief. Mr. Goossen has oc- cupied an antagonistic attitude toward bis neighbors in trade ever since he en- gaged in business, seldom joining them in any movement undertaken in the in- terest of elevating the grocery business. Whether he assumed this position in the belief that he was thus enabled to attract attention to himself and provoke public controversy, or whether it was due to his innate disposition to pose as an ‘‘off horse,’’ is a matter of conjec- ture. Unfortunately for him, however, his methods lacked the originality which sometimes characterizes the career of the ‘‘off horse,’’ so that,in maintaining an independent attitude, he not only lost the co-operation of the trade but failed to gain the respect and admiration of the consuming public. >.> — The Michigan Light Co., which claims to control the sale of calcium carbide in this State, announces that it proposes to make Grand Rapids the distributing point for Michigan and that as soon as the warehouse now in process of construction is completed, it will sell carbide to consumers direct on the basis of 4% cents a pound in !oo pound cans. & Shay drug stock, at the corner of East street and Fifth avenue, and will continue the business at the same _loca- tion, 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAIN Woman’s World How to Hold a Man After You Have Caught Him. It is one thing to attract a man and quite another to keep him attracted, to hold him after he is attracted. A wom- an of average physical and mental charm can attract all the men of her acquaintance for a time, she can attract some of them for all time, but she can’t attract ali of them for all time. It takes a very extraordinary woman to do that. Men have always thought themselves in- teresting subjects, and no wonder, for since the day when Mrs, Eve-Adam was set up in the sun to dry, woman has looked at them through the glasses of maidenhood, wifehood, widowhood and spinsterhood. Of course, the results have been various. A young girl, a middle-aged wife, a widow, and a spinster fell to talking about this subject not long ago. *“You’re all always railing at me for having so many beaux and never getting a busband,’’ said the girl in reply to a remark. ‘‘Maybe it’s my fault and maybe it isn’t. I haven't quite settled in my own mind whether it is ornot. I have settled one thing, though, and that is that it is one thing to attract a man and another to hold him after he is at- tracted. When I once set my head to draw a man to me! can do it,but I have never yet been able to keep one that I wanted in the least. Why? That’s what I'd like to know. Perhaps it is because my nature is too yielding with those of whom I am fond, or it may be that I de- mand too much of a man when I| am in- clined to care for him. I rather think, however, the trouble lies in the fact that I permit friendship to ripen too rapidly when I meet a congenial spirit. Philosophers tell us that friendship is the slowest fruit in the garden of life, and yet I force it to perfection as a flor- ist does his lilies at Easter time, and you all know that forced flowers and fruits decay very soon. Friendship is the most beautiful attribute of human nature, and nature will not be hurried. I wish I knew what the trouble is.’’ ‘“‘Why, I don’t think it is hard to hold a man after you’ve once attracted him,’’ said the wife, who has the repu- tation of still being sweethearts with her husband, although she has grown chil- dren. ‘“‘You make a mistake in really yielding to a man whom you've at- tracted. You should smile and smile and only seem to yield. A woman who wishes to hold a man should never al- low him to understand her thoroughly. She should be to him a sweet mystery. The mysterious interests us all. That's our nature. We cling to what we don't quite understand in the hope of solving the problem. I’m getting to be an old woman, but I never let a day pass with- out mystifying my husband. I make an enigmatical remark that he has to think about, or I do, or refuse to do,something that makes him open his dear kindly eyes and stare; but, mind you, I am gracious and loving with it all. Then I coquet with him. It is a sad day for a husband when a wife leaves off her mask of coquetry. You know flirting is one thing and coquetry another. A re- fined woman is born with a sweet spirit of coquetry, but the art of flirting is acquired, and is generally somewhat vulgar. You can coquet and be perfectly sincere, but flirting is merely another name for insincerity. But I was talking about holding men. It’s a very good plan to coquet with them and to see to it that they do not read your every thought, word and deed. Of course, we are only looking at this.subject from’ a mental view point. Weare speaking of how to hold men in that way and not by physical charm, for there is no ele- vating happiness to be derived from the latter method. It would be senseless to say that women have not held men in that way for a lifetime, and perhaps in the life to come, but I doubt if there has beeu a peaceful satisfaction to either in such bondage.’’ ‘‘You accuse the girl here of waver- ing affection,’’ rejoined the spinster in her most metallic voice. ‘‘ You do her wrong; she is but seeking a constant man. If she ever finds one, she won’t have any trouble in holding him. Of course, she can attract men by the wholesale. Any woman can, and I don’t add if she has good sense. Brain is not a necessary commodity in attracting men, but flattery is. Some sour old maid has said that there never was a man so homely, so halt, so deficient in beauty or brain, that he could not get a wife when he wanted to; but I think she misstated her proposition. There never was a woman so unattractive but what, if she set her mind to it, she could at- tract some man long enough to get him where he couldn’t get away if be wanted to. It's all well enough for young peo- ple and married ones to have their jokes about old maids; but I assure you most of us are self-elected. However, if a woman, after she has attracted a man, wishes to hold him, she must take care not to be teo clever. Men like women who are just clever enough to grasp their cleverness and are just dull enough to admire it immensely. If woman wants to hold man,she must admire him and make him feel it. She needn’t keep ding-donging into his ears how much she admires his wit or stupidity, as the case may be, but must feel admira- tion and look it and seem to breathe it. And if she does that, another woman ten times prettier, cleverer and richer, but with less subtlety, couldn’t drag him from her side.’’ ‘‘This talk of how women can attract and hold men strikes me as being very strange,’’ spoke up the widow, and the old maid smiled significantly. ‘* Nature made women to be won and men to win. I think it is easy enough for a single girl or woman to both attract and hold men. Women look at their men admir- ers, but do not examine them. Buta woman examines her husband and he examines her, and so frequently both are put to it to know how to hold each other, to retain each other as comrades, as friends,as well as in the closer relation- JERSEY CREAM 6 oz. 6 doz. in case 85c¢ 9 Oz. 4 doz. in case $1.25 1 Ib. 2 doz. in case $2.00 0. A. TURNEY, Mfgr., DETROIT, MICH Important to every merchant who wishes to secure the best trade in his community that he should use great care in selecting his goods. We would say to such mer- chants that we are prepared as usual to supply your demands, as we keep the choicest goods in every department that can be procured. It is useless to at- tempt to build up a trade that will be enduring, on cheap goods. Furnish your customers with Lakeside Peas Duchess Corn Quaker Corn Dinner Party Fruits and Vegetables Quaker Coffees Quakeress, Queen and Princess Teas and other high grade goods which we can furnish you, and you will find it very easy to hold your business. Worden Grocer Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. : , intimate and less familiar in their re- lationsbip to each other, each would re- tain the charm for the other that they found so dear in the days of sweetheart- ship. Married people are so apt to mis- take familiarity for intimacy, for close- ness. A man and his wife may be ship. If husband and wife were more very familiar with each other and still be as far apart as the poles. When a woman marries she should make every effort to retain her girlish modesty, her love of privacy. She should make her- self as beautiful as possible, but she shouldn't under any conditions allow her husband to see how she does it. A rose, aS an expression of one of God’s most beautiful thoughts for his children, is a lovely thing to us; but if we knew exactly what that rose was, how it was made, we most likely wouldn’t care half so much for it. ‘‘There’s another reason why the aver- age woman Can not hold the men she at- tracts: She unfolds herself to them too quickly and too suddenly. This should be the most gradual process. She should be one thing this morning, another this noon, and still another when the stars come out. I do not mean that she must be deceitful, but she must be a creature of many moods, and _ in such a way that the man should realize that it is only the moods that are different; he must be sure that it is always the same dear girl. The girl struck the keynote of her ill- success in keeping her men friends when she said she demanded too much of them. That is a bad mistake. It’s all right to demand a lot in the way of affec- tion and attention from a man, but don’t let him know that you are demanding it. This knowledge is power to him. Make him feel that it is a blessed privilege to love you and do things for you. Last, but by no means least, woman must adore man’s superiorities if she would attract and make him her own for all time.’’ ‘“You’ve all given me so many point- ers on how to keep my men friends,’ concluded the girl, ‘‘that I’m more mixed up than ever. If I could put Harry’s soul into Tom’s body, and Dick’s brain there, I'd be all right. Then my friends wouldn't complain of my not being able to hold a man after I've attracted him long enough to make him a husband. You see, I like one thing in one best,and another thing in another, and so I go flying around with all for a time until—well, until they get tired of me, and then I light my candle again and another set of moths flutter into my life. I liked what the spinster said about my seeking a constant man, and, frankly, I wish I could hurry and tind him.’’ se >__ It is proposed to use the peat bogs of Germany as sources of energy on one of the canals of the country and in the manufacture of calcium carbide. The bogs of the valley of the Ems cover some 13,000 square miles, and the prop- osition has been made to erect a 10,000 horse power electric plart in the district which would consume annually some 200,000 tons of peat, equivalent to the amount yielded by 200 acres One acre of bog averaging to feet in thick. ness Contains about 1,000 tons of dried peat, and the amount produced by 430 square miles would afford as much heat- ing power as the 80,000,000 tons of cual mined annually in Germany. ——_>0.___ A Manchester (N. H.) hosiery com- pany Is now engaged in running off 100,000 pairs of hose for the War De- partment. They are all-wool, heavy and rather long—in fact, the regulation gray bose known to all old soldiers, and made strictly in accordance with the specifications, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, May 28—The war makes business good among grocery jobbing houses and some large Government or- ders having come to hand, the market on certain lines, especially some kinds of canned goods—notably tomatoes—is pretty closely sold up. Prices are firm and advances have been made which are well sustained. John F. Pupke, an old-time merchant, was buried Friday. He began in the wholesale grocery business in 1858— forty years ago—with Horace K. Thur- ber, and both became rich, although they did not continue as partners. As a general thing jobbers report a quiet market in coffee. Indeed, it is difficult to see how it could be other- wise with the huge supply available. The rate of sterling exchange has ad- vanced at Rio, causing some apprecia- tion in the price of coffee there. Afloat and in store the supply aggregates 982, - 180 bags, against 733,890 bags at the same time last year. No. 7 is held at 6%c. Mild coffees appear to be doing a little better and holders do not seem to feel warranted in making any con- cessions. Good Cucuta is fetching 83¢c; prime to choice, 9% @I12c; fair to good Guatemala, 12@1Sc. On Tuesday 32,654 packages of tea will be offered at auction—the largest amount ever offered here at one time. The result will be awaited with consid- erable interest. Meantime trading in the article isalmost nil. Prices are un- changed. Scarcely anything is doing in an invoice way. Raw sugar is firm. The market has been very strong all the week and im- porters seem to have things their own way. Refined has been rather quiet and jobbers do not seem to be inclined to add to their holdings, which are gen- erally said to be quite large. Quota- tions remain the same. The weather has been very unfavorable, but if we can have a few clear days it is likely the sugar market will show increased activ- ity. Canners will begin to take large quantities. A sale of about roo tons of Singapore black pepper was made during the week at 8@8'%c. The general market is quiet but steady and prices are practically without change. The rice market is strong and prices are firmly adhered to. The actual trad- ing was not large, but holders are con- fident as to the future. Prime to choice Southern, 6%@6%c. The week has been very quiet as_ re- gards molasses, and orders have been for small quantities. Still, prices show no signs of weakness and dealers are confident of good trade a little later. Good to prime New Orleans Centrifugal, 16@25c; open kettle, 29@32c. Svrups are firm and stocks are pretty closely sold up. Canned goods remain very firm, es: pecially tomatoes, both for spot and fu- tures. Spot Maryland and Delaware goods are held at $3.12'4@1.15; Jerseys, $1.15@1.20, and the latter figure seems to be pretty firmly established. Gal- lons are very scarce, and are held by few dealers. Uncle Sam's orders have upset all calculations which were made six weeks ago as to the course of the canned goods market. The butter market makes a favorable showing for sellers and best Western creamery is strongly held at 161%4c; firsts, 15'4@16c; seconds, 14%@15c; Western imitation creamery extras, I4c; firsts, 12%@13c. The arrivals of but- ter bave been light and the market is pretty wll cleaned up There is not an excessive supply of the finest grades of cheese and the tone of the market is firmer than last week, although prices are low, 7c being the outside quotation for full cream small cheese. The egg market has been fairly active and quotations are firm and somewhat higher. Near-by stock moves freely at 13@14c for selected grades; Western se- lected, 11'4@12c; fresh gathered West- ern, !2@i24c. 7 POOR ECONOMY It is poor economy to handle cheap jflour. It is never reliable. Association Matters Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WIsLER, Mancelona; Secretary, E. A. Stowg, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. F | TATMAN, Clare. Michigan Hardware Association President, Cuas. F. Bock, Battle Creek; Vice President, H. W. WeEgBBER, West Bay City; Treasurer, HENRY C. MInNig, Eaton Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, Jos—EPH KNIGHT: Secretary, E. MaRKs, 221 Greenwood ave: Treasurer, U. H. FRINK. You * , Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association cannot guarantee it. You President, FRaNK J. Dyk; Secretary, Homer Kuap; Treasurer, J. Geo. LEHMAN. ds not know whether it will make good bread or not. If it should not make good bread Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREANOR; Vice-President, Joun McBRaTNIE; Secretary, W. H. Lewis; Treas- urer, LOUIE SCHWERMER -and Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, Gzo. E. Lewis; Secretary, W. H. Por TER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. poor flour never does— your customer will be Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association displeased and avoid you President, F. b. JOHNSON; Secretary, A. M. You DaRLING: Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY. afterwards. can guarantee... “Lily White’ Flour We authorize you to do So. 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. Bates; Secretary, M. B. Houiy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WarrpLe; Secretary, G. T. Camp BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLuins. it makes good bread every time. One sack sold to-day will bring customers for two sacks later on. Order some NOW. Valley City Mitting Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. BOROROCHORCEOROHOEROOCROHOR Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gitcurist; Seeretary, C L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz; Secretary, PH1tip HILBER: Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, THos. BromLEy; Secretary, FRANK A. Percy; Treasurer, CLARK A. Purt. Little Giant Sprayer An improvement over all others. Does work that no other Sprayer can, as it throws a spray either up or down. Just the thing for spraying all kinds of Small Fruit Trees, Vines and Plants. Throws a mist with such force as to reach every part of the tree or plant with one action. Very economical, Tank holds Full directions and formulas as it saves enough compound in one day to pay for itself. enough to spray 600 to 800 hills of potatoes. for using furnished with each sprayer. Manufactured only by Wm. Brummeler & Sons, 260 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 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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 - that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpitTor. WEDNESDAY, - - = JUNE I, 1898. ENTERPRISE IN WAR. There are two ways of conducting military campaigns. One is by quick movements and sudden attacks for which the foe is generally unprepared. The other way is by slow movements, always waiting to be attacked, fighting as little as possible and endeavoring by such means to wear out the enemy. The first method has always been adopted by all the great soldiers of every age and nation. The second has been used by many commanders, but seldom with success. The only distinguished example of success in the waiting, re- treating and dodging policy was made by Fabius, the Roman Consul, who was sent out to meet Hannibal. Hannibal, who was probably the most brilliant soldier the world has ever pro- duced, was a ‘‘lightning fighter.’’ His movements were so swift, the blows he struck were so sudden and terrible, that no army could stand before his power- ful assaults. He crossed the Mediter- ranean Sea and invaded Italy, and ai- though cut off from every base of sup- plies and forced tu live upon the coun- try, he defeated every Roman army sent against him, with such slaughter that they ceased to fight him; but,constantly retreating as he advanced, he final- ly succeeded, in the course of thirteen years, in wearing out the army of the great Carthaginian. Fabius, who was the Roman commander that adopted this dodging strategy, has had his name given to the sort of tactics that are adopted by commanders who have some important object in delaying battle, or are too timid to take the responsibility of risking it. But the Fabian policy is nearly always a failure when it is persisted in. It is extremely valuable when used to gain time or maneuver for position; but the soldier who pursues it with the persist- ent design of avoiding the responsibil- ity of battle, unless he be the possessur of unlimited resources, while those of the foe are limited and are being frit- tered away by delay, can accomplish nothing but failure. Persistent retreat- ing and refusal to fight have only the effect of demoralizing troops and de- stroying their prowess and pride and their readiness to fight. The fighting generals alone are they who have ever accomplished many great achievements in war. Washington, on account of the small- ness of his forces and their imperfect equipment, used evasive strategy a great deal; but he never neglected an oppor- tunity to strike, and his blows were delivered with great suddenness and effect. He was not one of those men who wait to be attacked and then re- treat. He maneuvered with the greatest activity and enterprise, and was in every way a most aggressive fighter. Only the greatest commanders are proof against surprise, because they have already considered every move on the military chess board and have pro- vided against every contingency. The number of great commanders, however, is exceedingly limited. All the others are men of more or less ability, and they are all liable to be surprised by some sudden and unexpected movement. It is by his ability to surprise and defeat an enemy that the great commander is known, but he must be himself proof against surprise. This is the sum of strategy in war, and it was tersely ex- pressed in the homely language of For- rest, the Confederate cavalry leader, when he said: ‘‘The secret of victory is to git thar first with the most men.’’ A writer in the London National Re- view for May sets down the great mili- tary feats of surprising the enemy, achieved during the century, to be these: Napoleon in Italy, 1800. Napoleon in Germany, 1805. Napoleon in Champagne, 1814. Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley, 1862. Lord Roberts at the Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan, 1878. Lord Wolseley at Tel-el-Kebir and the capture of Cairo, Egpyt, 1882. To these must be added the victory of Dewey at Manila, Spanish East Indies, May 1, 1898. In an entire cen- tury the names of only seven command- ers are mentioned as masters of that lightning strategy that strikes when ut- terly unexpected and paralyzes and destroys the power of the stricken foe. Victories will, of course, be won in the present war with Spain; but there is no reason to believe that there will come forth out of obscurity another one of those great masters of war. May 18 the fradesman surprised _ its readers by announcing the failure of A. C. Hager in a three column article set- ting forth the salient features of the fiasco. May 25 the Tradesman presented further facts relating to the failure, in- cluting an article detailing the relations of the Lake Odessa Savings Bank to Mr. Hager and the possible liability in- curred by the Bank as the result of its failure to protest the Hager checks ac- cording to law. Notwithstanding the fact that the failure involved serious losses to hundreds of Michigan ship- pers, nothing appeared in the daily press relating to the matter until May 27, and then only a paltry seven lines! Yet there are some merchants whe insist that they get all the commercial news they care for in the daily papers! And the merchants who take this position are the ones who suffered the most se- verely at the hands of the Lake Odessa egg king! Ex-Secretary Herbert says that the great victory of Dewey at Manila will teach a lesson to every Spanish sailor. What it ought to do, in addition to that. is to teach a lesson to all of those Americans who shivered with fear when war was declared, lest the Spanish navy would prove superior to our own, and who were actually in doubt whether a rich and powerful nation with 75,000, - ooo people could whip a bankrupt coun- try with a population of less than 18,000, 000. SHORTSIGHTED SHIPPERS The most important lesson to be learned from the Lake Odessa failure, aside from the inference that a man of moderate means can not pay above the market and survive the ordeal for any considerable length of time, is that mer- chants and shippers are frone to take too much stock in quotations and do not take sufficient pains to acquaint them- selves with the financial standing of the men to whom they consign their prop- erty. This unfortunate tendency in trade finds a recent illustration in the experience of a Philadelphia house which has conducted a branch estab- lishment here during the past two sea- sons for the purpose of securing supplies of eggs. Possessing an exceptionally good rating by Dun & Co., with long ex perience in the egg and butter trade and with ample facilities to handle large quantities of goods, this house was prac- tically forced to abandon the Granda Rapids market several weeks ahead of the time they had scheduled to remain, because the Lake Odessa operator per- sisted in sending out cards quoting prices abcve what any reputable house could reasonably pay on the basis of either present or prospective markets. A recent letter from the house in ques- tion serves to explain the situation in a few words: We are very much pleased with our Grand Rapids deal, because the quality of our eggs is ahead of any other lot in the Philadelphia market. We regret ex. ceedingiy that we had to pull out of the field several weeks sooner than we ex- pected, because we could not stand the ruinous competition. Had it not been for that, we would still have a branch house in your busy city. And if we could have any reasonable assurance of the support of the merchants, we would open there again this summer, but we fear that if some one else should offer Y%c more for eggs or butter, we could not get the goods. What are eggs selling there for now? Also what is dairy worth? Do you think we would be able to get goods at a living profit if we should open up there? There is an old saying to the effect that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but candor compels the state- ment that too many merchants appear to have a higher respect for a 1o-cent quo- tation from a worthless scamp whom they have never seen than they have for a g-cent quotation from a house which has a large capital rating, backed by many years of honorable dealing. This ought not to be the case. The merchant who takes a trade paper—and the dealer who “ oes not take several trade journals in this day and age of the world is_ un- worthy the name of merchant—always has a place to which he can appeal for information and advice. It is the duty of the trade journal to post itself on the standing, character and methods of those who appeal to the retail trade for patronage and shipments, and _ hearty co-operation between the trade journal and the merchant will effectually pre- vent the recurrence of such a gigantic swindle as Mr. Hager has _ perpetrated upon the retail trade of the State. Al- though a few of the Tradesman’s patrons were caught in the snares of the Lake Odessa egg king, it is a source of great Satistaction to the Tradesman to be able tu state that nine-tenths of the loss sustained by the failure falls on the shoulders of those who are not enrolled on the subscription list of this journal. The ratings of mercantile agencies are generally correct and letters of recom- mendation from local banks are some- times reliable, but the trade journal which is constantly on the lookout for pointers pertaining to the well-being of the trade has facilities for obtaining in- formation relative to those who are so- liciting shipments which make _ its admonitions and warnings vastly more valuable for the guidance of the shipper than all other sources of information combined. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. The week presents a record of almost uniform, although moderate, improve- ment in prices and business activity throughout the country, but more notably in the Central and Northwestern States. The principal exception as to price movement is the break in the wheat speculation which has attended the closing of the May deals. As an ex- ponent of the general tendency to mod- erate improvement there has been a steady increase in the price average of all standard stocks, both railway and in- dustrial, although somewhat greater in the former. While the war situation hinders local activity in the stock mar- ket, there is much assurance in the fact that foreigners are manifesting a good deal of interest and are buying quite extensively. The strength in the wheat situation was maintained remarkably until the close of the May deals, notwithstanding the fact that the high cash prices pro- duced an unprecedented movement for the season of the year. The break seems to be the natural culmination of the great Lieter deal, aided by general bear- ish news of unexpectedly good crops and shipments from the other wheat- producing countries. While the fall of from 2oc for cash to 50 cents for specu- lative prices in a single day would seem almost alarming, it must be remembered that the level is yet above previous prices for many years. The general business of the country is altogether larger and more satisfac- tory than most people realize, but the fact is, there is much confusion on ac- count of depression of prices. It is trying to most producers that they can not get a fair return for their wage out- lay and their expenditures for materials; but nearly all the great industries are now in that uncomfortable predicament. Prices are very slowly advaucing from the lowest, and there seems to be no fair probability of any rapid advancing prices of manufactured products for some time to come, and yet cost of ma- terial and of wages leaves the manu- facturer scanty profits, if any. The manufacturers are doing a heavy busi- ness, but with extraordinarily low mar- gins of profit, and perhaps not before in fifty years has the percentage of profits been so low as it is to-day. In the long run this is well for the indus- tries. They are capturing foreign con- tracts of large importance and are put- ting themselves in a fair way to control markets which they have never before been able to reach. The iron and steel trade, for instance, is sending ship plates to Glasgow and Belfast. Although the two orders are only for 5,600 tons, and not of the highest importance, they mark the way for future business and show that Americans are ready, in this industry at least,to confront any foreign competition. There has been a slight fall in prices of Bessemer pig at Pitts- burg, but not in antharcite iron at Phil- adelphia, and there are reported heavy sales of Southern pig at Chicago and other Western points. The Spaniards were tired of remem- bering the Maine, and they were given Manila to remember. ENCROACHMENTS OF WOMEN. A wail from the unhappy—wholly of men—-is heard from time to time in the business world the burden of which is that the encroachments of women are materially affecting not only the wages of men but their chances of employ- ment. Time was when the woman was contented to do housework, sewing be- ing a part of the housework, and, if she knew enough, to ‘‘keep school.’’ But that time has now gone by. For some reason, hard to explain, these occupa- tions supposed to be peculiarly feminine are not looked upon with favor and the young woman who wants it to be under- stood that she is somebody, has turned her back upon the three primitive em- ployments and, like her brother, has de- termined to strike out for herself and, like him, has determined to do what suits her best whether it is feminine or not. Nothing seems to appall her. Jn cer- tain lines of work it was natural for her to turn her deft hands for self-support; but, not content with these, there is hardly a vocation which she is not look- ing at with longing eyes and, when op- portunity offers, without su much asa By-your-leave, she enters upon the work she thinks she likes. This has been going on so long now that the wail has become a protest against the constant encroachments of women upon the oc- cupations of men. lt was once supposed that the matter of physical strength would settle the question; but, when we find that the per cent. of women engaged in agricul- ture, fisheries and mining has increased 7 per cent. during the last twenty years, it shows, small as it is, that the omni- present woman in those realms of labor is making encroachments and _ is deter- mined even there to hold her own. In trade and transportation, during these same twenty years, the increase has been 5.26 and in manufacturing and mechan- ical industries 6.74, a record which shows the encroachment to be going on at something like 3 per cent. The provoking part of the whole mat- ter lies in the fact that the woman, in spite of all predictions to the contrary, is proving an alarming success. It was supposed that she was yielding to an impulse and that, after she had made a trial and failed, she would be satisfied and that that would be the end of it. Instead, the trial has ended in success. Asking no odds—and certainly receiv- ing none—she has taken up the work which her hands‘have found, patiently, ploddingly and perseveringly, kept ever- lastingly at it and in numberless in- stances has shown herself not equal but superior to the sex who is complaining of having its occupations encroached upon. With this for the probable reason, it may be profitable to notice how rapid the increase has been during the double decade mentioned. As _ artists and teachers of art the percentage has risen from 10.10 to 48.08. The number of women book-keepers, clerks. and sales- people has passed from 3.47 to 16.93. In 1870, there was one woman architect in this country; in 1890, there were 22. At the former date there were no women chemists, assayers and metalurgists where in the latter there were 46. In 1870, there were 67 women ministers; in 1890, 1,234, showing pretty conclusively that the advantages of the pulpit have been recognized and appropriated. During the twenty years under review the number of women dentists has in- creased from 24 to 337. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Other statistics might be given which show conclusively that women have widened their labor world and will con- tinue to widen it; but the essential point, after all concessions in that di- rection, amounts to this: What of it? Have men a monopoly in the world of work, and is it for them to decide what either sex shall do or shall notdo? The needle, throughout all time, has been conceded to be the woman's implement of industry—but that has not barred out the tailor from its use; and, while cus- tom seems to have decided certain kinds of employment to be masculine, that same custom has shown itself to be so warped by prejudice as to make its de- cisions of little value—not valuable enough, at all events, to have it granted without question that a woman’s en- deavor to support herself is an ‘‘en- croachment’’ upon anybody. It is respectfully suggested, then, to him who wails over the widening of woman's world that mankind has too soon made up its mind that certain forms of work are peculiarly his own. Were that true, there might be an en- croachment. It is not true, and en- croachment is, therefore, impossible. Whether the woman decides to pull teeth or to preach the gospel, to teach school or to wash dishes, the ability to do im- plies the right to do, and no man can justly challenge that right, nor can he justly interfere with its exercise. A negro, born a slave in Alabama, and his master’s chattel until early manhood, is the wealthiest man in Guatemala and one of the multi-mil- lionaires of the day. His name is Knight, although travelers in Guatemala would scarcely know it by the familiar Spanish cognomen—Don Juan Knight. The late President Barrios of Guatemala estimated his friend Knight's riches at over $7,500,000. His annual income from his vast tracts of coffee fincas, his gold mines, his enormous banana _ plantation and his farms of vanilla beans, his banking and steamboat stocks, besides the debts’ interest on money Guatemala borrowed from him, is over $400,000. He lives in a beautiful home in the suburbs of Guatemala City and is cease- lessly busy looking after his immense interests, Modern warfare is full of surprises, but the most astonishing feature is the ease with which the nation that is prepared annihilates the one which is not. We had a foretaste of this in the wars of Germany with Austria in 1866, and with France in 1870, but it was shown more plainly when Japan knocked out the giant of the Orient and Greece was wiped out by Turkey last year, The Spanish-American campaign promises to advance the records for complete- ness of destruction on one side and immunity on the other. The science of war has been so studied in times of peace that the element of chance ap- pears to have been almost entirely elim- inated. The individual counts as noth- ing ; the nation is everything. War is rapidly making the United States a cosmopolitan nation. War is always a quick educator. Whatever else it does, it sharpens the wits and broad- ens the minds of nations. The present war is yet very young, but it bas al- ready made the United States a nation of students of history, geography and international relations. The nation has learned more of the world in the last few months than years of peace would have taught it. COMMERCIAL EXPANSION, The press dispatches announce that two commissioners from the Philadel- phia Commercial Museum are now en route to China, to secure, if possible, larger and closer trade relations be- tween the United States and the Celestial Empire. These commissioners will meet a third member of the commission at Shanghai, It is generally agreed that it is pos- sible to increase our commerce with the East by just such moves as the one mentioned. Both China and Japan are friendly with us and lovk upon us as the most up-to-date people commercially in the world. Such Western customs and policies as Japan has adopted have been modeled largely after our manner of doing things, and China has looked with suspicion upon the approaches of all other peoples than our own. Our position as a Pacific power gives us advantages in distances and ocean freight rates and the trade we now en- joy in the East has been one of steady development for some years past. With the Philippines we already havea large commercial intercourse and there ought to be no very great difficulty in work- ing up an increased trade on the main- land of Asia. In fact, the outlook com- mercially for us ought to be brighter in the East than in any other direction. The population to be supplied in Asia and the Eastern islands is six times our own population and is just beginning to buy extensively of American and European goods. However, we can not expect to obtain that great trade in the East without going after it, as Europe has done— and possibly fighting for it! It is this rich prize for which Russia, France and Germany are now contending, with a view to shutting out England, America and Japan. Wherever Great Britain ob- tains a foothold we, with all others, have an open field, but not so where the continental powers of Europe secure control. It is from this fact that our interests in the Kast are kindred to those of England. Next to controlling the seats and routes of the world’s commerce ourselves it is to our interest to have Great Britain control them. The action of the Philadelphia Com- mercial Museum has another noteworthy significance. It is another evidence of the growing disposition, frequently re ferred to in these columns, on the part of our manufacturers and business es- tablishments to push the foreign trade of this country. The ‘‘home market’’ has at least ceased to monopolize atten- tion here and the necessity is becoming recognized, and in a practical way, of expanding our trade beyond home boundaries as was never dene before in our history. Great things in the line of commercial development unquestionably lie ahead of us. CITIES AND SUBURBS. An intelligent writer in one of the magazines recently discussed the rela- tions of suburbs to cities and pointed out the influence the growth of the for- mer exerted upon the development of various enterprises in the latter, these enterprises in turn having the effect of constantly pushing population farther and farther from the business centers. The most prominent effects of the growth of the suburbs of the large cities is the wonderful development of rapid transit, of solid roadways, of water and light service, these comforts and con- veniences naturally crossing city bound- aries and following population for gy miles into the country. The extension of these public conveniences draws still greater crowds from the centres of pop- ulation to the outskirts. Old homes are abandoned, apartments are given up and the rich and poor alike leave the city to business uses and seek residence in the suburbs. Death rates grow smaller, the population becomes healthier and rud- dier in appearance and living is cheaper. In working this transformation the troliey lines and electric light wires are the greatest agencies, of course. The increasing popularity of suburban life is crippling the financial resources of cities by removing millions of dollars’ worth of personal property beyond the reach of city taxation and lessening the value of property left within city lim- its. Hence there is the constant effort on the part of the cities to obtain an ex- tension of their boundaries. The city continues to encroach upon the suburbs and the suburbs are as constantly fight- ing against incorporation. There is really no good reason, how- ever, why citizens of suburbs should op- pose the extension of the corporate boundaries. Air and room once ob- tained, selfishness should not seek to avoid contributing to the expenses nec- essary to maintain the public improve- ments in which all are so vitally inter- ested. The best home is one that is protected by the city and yet is outside the heat and turmoil and objectionable features for residence that are met in the center of population. The suburb that is a part of the city will always en- joy additional conveniences from the mere fact of its being within the city lines. The idea to grasp is that a man does not lose his vital interest in the upbuilding of a city because he moves beyond the corporate limits. There is such a mutuality of interest between city and suburb that they ought always to be under one government in order that all may justly contribute to the com- mon expense while enjoying common benefits, In a word, it pays a city in many ways to see its suburbs grow and it will always pay a suburb to grow as a part of the city. When this proposition is more generally appreciated we. shall cease to see that now common _ hostility among suburkanites to any effort to in- corporate them in the city proper. Two-thirds of all the letters which pass through the postoffices of the world are written by and sent to people who speak English. There are substantially 500, 000, 000 persons speaking colloquially one or another of the ten or twelve chief modern languages, and of these about 25 per cent., or 125,000,000 per- sons, speak English. About 90,000,000 speak Russian, 75,000,000 German, 55,000,000 French, 45,000,000 Spanish, 35,000,000 Italian and 12,000,000 Por- tuguese, and the balance Hungarian, Dutch, Polish, Flemish, Bohemian, Gaelic, Roumanian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian. Thus, while only one-quarter of those who employ the facilities of the postal departments of civilized governments speak, as their native tongue, English, two-thirds of those who correspond do so in the Eng- lish language. Gladstone never displayed the weak- ness that came to Tennyson when the poet, towering high above all royalty in greatness, allowed himself to be ap- pointed a lord by an agency that had no power to increase the natural nobility of the man. lO Shoes: and Leather Helped a Dissatisfied Woman Make up her Mind. It was in a little country store in a little country town, where the patronage is chiefly that of counrty people. Not that it is not in an aristocratic neigh- borhood, for it is. Along the Hudson are the palaces of millionaires and multi-millionaires, but it is needless to say that they do not asa rule patronize the little country store for bonnets, gowns or boots. So upon one occasion, when a visiting cousin of one Mrs. Multi- Millionaire felt that she needed a new pair of boots, she turned up her small nose in disdain when she was advised to try the coun- try store. Nevertheless, it was a case of necessity, or she thought it was, so the man in the shop was electrified one day at the appearance in his establish- ment of Mrs. Multi- Millionaire’s cousin. He recognized in his customer a wealthy woman, and made haste to serve ber to the best of his ability. In- cidentally be made up his mind that she could serve him by taking a pair of shoes which he was particularly anxious to dispose of. They were good shoes, and that was the only trouble with them. They were of fine French kid, 4% double A width. They had -been or- dered by a customer who did not take them, and they were a drug in a shop where customers looked upon a pair of $6 shoes as a wicked extravagance. ‘*T would like,’’ said this new cus- tomer, ‘‘a pair of your best French kid boots.’’ The regular customers always asked for shoes. Several pairs of boots which were brought out and tried on were found to be unsatisfactory. Then tke six-dollar boots came, and they were really a_per- fect fit. ‘‘Why, these are delightful,’’ said Miss Multi- Millionaire's cousin, as she stood up and viewed the boots witha critical air. ‘‘! don’t think my New York bootmaker could do better than this for me,’’ and she looked pleased and relieved. ‘‘How much are they?’’ ‘Five dollars, ’’ said the shop-keeper. He was very anxious to get rid of those shoes, and to do it was worth sacrificing a dollar. The pleased expression faded from the face of the customer. “‘T am afraid they slip a little at the heel,’’ she said, discontentedly, wrig- gling the toes inside the pretty little boot and making an effort to move the heel. ‘‘And they do pinch my toes so. I’m sure they’re too short.’’ ‘“*Yes, I’m sure they are,’’ answered the man, realizing in a moment that he had made a great mistake, and with calm patience he took off the boots, but- toned them, and, putting them in a box, placed the box on a high shelf. Then he took out one pair of boots after another, some—and perhaps he knew it—were too long, some were too short and some were too broad. The customer was becoming tired and worn out. There was nothing right until finally what was apparently a sudden recollection struck the shopman. ‘*Now I bhave,’’ he explained, ‘‘a pair of custom-made boots, made fora very nice woman, who did not take them, and it occurs to me that they would just fit you.’’ Thereupon, climbing to the high shelf again, he brought down the identi- cal boots that the customer had before tried on. She slipped a foot into one of them and gave a sigh of relief. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘‘Why didn’t you tell me of these be- | fore?’’ she exclaimed, ‘*They are perfect. they?’’ ‘‘Nine dollars,’’ answered the shop- man, stolidly, but with a feeling of pal- pitation in the region of his heart. ‘‘]’ll take them,’’ said the customer, with another sigh indicative of her re- lief and satisfaction. And the proprietor of that shop went to sleep that night with a light heart and am easy conscience. He had helped a dissatished woman to make up her mind and was four dollars in pocket by the transaction. reproachfully. How much are ’ - > erm ~ Good Things Said by Up-to-Date Shoe Dealers. Ladies will be joyfully surprised to find in our, boys’ department just the shoe for ladies for spring wear. Many are finding out the fact that boys’ shoes on ladies’ feet are among the sensible, up-to-date ideas. For stormy weather nothing can be more grateful and grace- ful and useful as a foot covering, avoiding all the nuisance of rubbers and overshoes and increasing the sense of security, for no woman who has not worn them can imagine how strong they feel on their feet and how much more able to cope with treacherous pavements woman feels herself to be when shod with these shoes; they are well worth a trial.—A. J. Cammeyer, N. Y. Story about shoes. Whether a half dozen lines or that many columns, it would be sure to be interesting—when it’s about Wanamaker shoes—on account of their uniform excellence and very moderate prices. Wish we could make the story long enough to tell you of the many, many good things in our shoe store. As it is, we must confine our- selves to-day toa single offering each, for men and women, and a few for the children. Read the next three chapters. —John Wanamaker, N. Y. A man and shoes and closely interested in each other about this time. Springtime is new shoetime, and men are buying lots of shoes these days. I’m getting a big part of their trade because I’m a_ bound-to-please shoe man. I have every possible kind and style and weight of shoes that men need. I know I’ve something in stock that will satisfy every customer. Of course I have ladies’and children’s shoes of all descriptions.—Charles J. Jones, Bangor, Me. Forward, march! Advance! ! is the watchword of this house. No retreats are sounded, no sleeping sentinel is on duty here—the ‘‘Big Store’s Army’? is ever ‘‘on guard’’ watching and _protect- ing the interests of their constituents— the people.—Lazarus, Columbus, Obio. - >eom - Mean of Him. ‘Before a man is married,’’ said the minstrel orator, ‘‘before a man is mar- ried he is only half a man.’’ ‘*There!’’ said the married women to their escorts, ‘‘how do you like that?’’ ‘“And after he is married,’’ continued the orator, ‘‘he is nobody at all.”’ We have . spring are AN A line of Men’s and Wo- a 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. lonia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. | | SNe Wa SS NaWataNaNalabalay: SA Be e « i = Michigan Shoe Company @ ee 81-83 Jefferson Ave., we Bs Detroit, Michigan. 2h We take this means of announcing to the trade the ve at death of our honored President and _ co-worker, te oat Wm. A. McGraw. = a The business established by the deceased will be ee Aa continued by his associates under the same style, pe oat pursuing the same lines which rendered the house so ee Zr deservedly popular under his management, eS ae MICHIGAN SHOE COMPANY. mse ef Ke 2 BAT AE ERE EE PAT EE Tn RAE AEA AR AEA BARA ABABA AE ABANE ENN GN GNER ENGR GN GRR GN GNC N CNN GN GAN GN NNGNN ES LS FFFSSSIS SSE FI SIS IF IFS SI STFS IFFT SSF FF SSF STSFSFSS ) FPFFEFSFPS SSF SSS STS PISS FSS ITSS » SBLEEEEESEEEL E44 4446446466444664446646646464664664646464646664 Make every mother’s heart glad. HEADQUARTERS FOR CHILDREN’S Sav We have them in Black and Tan, Lace or Button; sizes 1 to 4. BABIES’ SOFT SOLES ” hag VESTING TOPS TAKEN IN PREFERENCE TO HOT CAKES FFFFFFSSSSSTTS HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. FOOTWEAR Grand Rapids, Mich. SHARARRRAAHEALALERHAAHAAHOEDHODDD See | ee ! RUBBERS«+ New Lists on Rubber Goods for 1898 and 1899, We are agents for the Boston and Bay State Rubbers— the best wearing goods made—and we solicit your busi- ness for the same. Our terms and discounts areas liberal as those of any firm selling the above lines. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co. 12, 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 42 Aah .4baeep WYO YORI IOP INNNNA INEZ NT ITPNEPNO ENP ET NTT Wr = = = = = = = = 3 = = = | — 3 = = — = 3 = = — = = = = N “Remember the Name’ ALES (JOODYEAR The best RUBBERS on earth for general wear and shape. Place your orders for them with us, avoiding the rush and advance in price later in the season. 5 and 7 Pearl St., Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., °*™2°= “ace State Agents for Wales-Goodyear and Connecticut Rubbers. AUAADA AAU bAbA.AbAJ6A466.Jb6.444.466.444.466. 464.44. J4hJ4hJ6h Jd Jd dd dd ddd UNAM AA AA AUA AU dU Nk bd bk AUS Ub bd ddd ddd CETERA se iewtcnaeaninannn to a va err mance MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ODD JOBS FOR WOMEN. Queer Work Undertaken by Metro- politan Shoppers. New York, May 30—Although the ‘‘shop girl’’ is the most conspicuous employe in the big retail stores, there are im each one a dozen women em- ployed for special and peculiar services whose salaries would easily pay the wages of more than too girls who stand behind the counters, this being ex- clusive of the floor walkers and regular heads of departments. First, there is the buyer, who is a per- son of distinction among the employes, and who is treated with marked consid- eration by her employers. She receives a salary varying from $1,000 to $5,000 a year, according to her experience and proved ability. She must be a woman of tact, of taste, and of discrimination in selecting her goods, and, what is eveli more important, she must possess the business sense that will enable her to gauge the public demand for certain articles and the trend of coming fash- ions and fancies, as well as those that already exist. She has to be able to foresee how high a certain rage will run, when it will probably come to an end and what amount of goods they will be able to work off on their trade while it lasts. Most stores now employ about an_ equal number of men and women as buyers. The latter purchase exclusively infants’ wardrobes, lingerie and all the dainty and delicate wares that are essentially feminine. A number of the stores have had their best women buyers abroad recently se- lecting the most attractive things that France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain manufacture for the spring trade. Shopping all over Europe with the purse of a millionaire business in one’s hand is a thought to breed envy in the breast of the ordinary woman. The responsibility attendant upon _ this wholesale buying expedition, however, of what is going on takes the edge off the pleasure to some extent and causes the buyer to earn every cent of the goodly salary and expenses paid out to her. Then there is the detective in the store, who makes from $25 to $50 per week. She has to be a woman of varied resources and talents and unerring in- stincts, carrying with her an accurate estimate of everything in the store, its arrangement and value, being ever on the alert and yet seemingly unconscious. She must be able to read character, too, to discriminate between apparent and actual guilt; to know the profes- sional from the amateur shoplifter, and to have a combination of firmness and gentleness in approaching those of whose guilt she is satisfied. One mis- take on her part may be overlooked, but more than that will endanger her position. Her eternal vigilance must be mixed with a large ingredient of caution and good judgment. ‘“‘Our detectives never make a mis- take,’’ said one of the heads of a large dry goods house. ‘‘They let manya guilty one escape rather than makea possible false accusation, and when they detect any one you may be sure that they have abundant proof of guilt before they take a step.’’ The superintendent of a still iarger store declared that, while they had half a dozen women detectives scattered among their acres of merchandise, they had little trouble with theft, and that there was far less of it than is generally supposed. In _ the comparatively rare cases that they do encounter, the articles taken are often of such small value, and the person who takes them is evident- ly so far from being a professional thief, that the matter can be settled quietly. ‘*We find it the best policy to err on the side of leniency,’’ he added, ‘‘and we never expose any one unless it is an extremely aggravated case. I think we lose little in the course of the year through what is termed ‘shoplifting.’ ’’ Another kind of detective is. the woman who is known as the ‘“‘shopper,’’ and who, in the guise of a wealthy cus tomer, goes about rival stores and ob- serves the details of their current busi- ness, the Zlines--uponZ which? they are making “special runs, their qualities, prices and other facts which may be of use to her employers. As_ well-dressed customers with well-filled purses are often hard to please, she arouses no sus- picion by seeming to be very fastidious, plying the clerks with questions and de- manding to see the whole stock before making a selection. A part of the shopper’s duty consists in visiting a fashionable modiste, find- ing out what gowns and wraps are be- ing made for prominent society women and perhaps getting a glimpse of some exclusive designs. She has the privi- lege of ordering, being measured and fitted for an elegant gown for herself; but alas! that is the limit of her glory. It must straightway find its way to the house that employs her, where it serves for a model, which is speedily repro- duced in a dozen gowns for their own trade. She does get something more than this empty satisfaction out of her work, however, for she is provided with a home in a suitably fashionable district while posing as a swell and ordering her wares to be sent to her, and she is also fitted out with the finest of under- wear, in order that she may appear to be of the proper class and condition in life when she is being fitted. Her salary is about the same as that of a good de- tective: In some stores the duties of shopper are assumed by the regular heads of de- partments, although it is not so easy for them to get such exhaustive informa- tion, as they soon become known, and are less obligingly waited upon than the supposed-to-be extravagant customer. An even more pecultar occupation is that of the ‘‘ window gazer.'’ She is not an employe of the high-class stores, but of their more lowly rivals, who have to make up for their disadvantages of lo- cation, etc., by resorting to all kinds of schemes to attract customers. Their windows have been arranged so as to display their best wares and most fetch- ing bargains to the utmost, the ‘‘win- dow gazer’’ begins her work, She looks like an ordinary, well-to-do shopper, and makes her way along the street in an inconspicuous manner un- til she gets in front of the store by which she is employed. Then she stops so suddenly that the crowd behind her stop also. She lets her gaze wan- der, as if irresistibly, toward the win- dow. Other gazes follow her. She walks slowly up to the window and fas- tens her eyes upon its contents still more intently. A few others do likewise, and the nucleus of a crowd is formed which grows until the pavement is blockaded, and not a soul but the window gazer knows what he or she is looking at. But they are all trying to find out, and in the meantime they have noticed in front of what store they are, and several have seen things in the window that draw them inside, and the ‘‘window gaz- er’s’’ mission is accomplished. This individual makes good money while she keeps her position, but it is necessarily short-lived, as even with frequent changes of costume she can not help being recognized after a_ short time, and a new ‘‘gazer’’ must take her place. ~~» 2 - Largest Searchlight in the World. The greatest electric searchlight in the world, now being erected at Fort Monroe to guard the entrance to the Chesapeake, has a beam of light nine feet in diameter. It will illuminate an object 1oo miles off and can be seen on the clouds at evena greater distance. The light 1s gathered into a nine-foot beam which has an estimated intensity of 90,000,000 candles. The light revolves six times a minute. It was manufac- tured in France, but American gener- ating apparatus has been substituted for that built abroad, and the dynamos, engines and boilers are to be duplicated in case of accident. The beam of light from the lamp will illuminate a news paper at a distance of 100 miles. Oe - A bad reputation is a hard thing to lose. ¢ ® e o @ a ae ® 3 SS HFOODOOS OOD OO6S6 OO OOHOOO $$9999O5S $456654 4 HHO40000 eo 3 7 z 3 SAN :‘ $ 3 $ SOF OOOOO0O 09900906 000000000006000606000600600000006 Granip, Riss Piers, We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. SOSSSSSS OF SSOS6S 6 HO06F06 HO SSSSSSOO Michigan Bark & Lumber Co., 527 and 528 Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. C. 4) (ARG. President. W. D. WADE, Vice-President. M. M. Crark, Sec’y and Treas. Sell us your Bark for Cash We respondence solicited. Cor- The Rodgers Shoe Co., We have the best line of $1.00 Creoles, Pedros and Satin goods in the market, but we pride ourselves on our high grade goods in Men’s and Women’s. Toledo, Ohio ~ Made to Order Shoes We excel all for style, quality and price. If our agent does not call on you drop us a postal. THE RODGERS SHOE CO. A Big Lift In Business ese se Se Se Se Seso Seon call : Are our FREIGHT ELEVATORS of any capacity. Our SCALE TRUCK is and 800-Ib scale combined with the regular warehouse truck. We also make Engines, Boilers, Smokestacks, Iron and Brass Castings, Steel Culvert Pipe and General Machine Work. Repairs done in any part of. the state. any hour, day or night, by long distance phone. Lansing Boiler & Engine Works, Lansing, Mich. Se Se Se ee eee eee eseee SeseSeSeesessesSeSeSeseseseSe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A yet prepare re = a4 c H bcock. c et e reig tf a2rneets Vevarim gr ure ana reprinted b ear M7, Zivee ag " e - is y which the departs working ‘ arse wor o $6 enerica eniarge x 3 . a 2¢gr ay pr BCts T+ namoblet firs bows the ¢d end ence c tr - re < ? r st rr 0 a re ge . 3 . exe r r Sr face ripest ea z petit ner 2 2 the ~oria nce caretyu a rhe astes and requirements 2 g S rdger he hic ¢ —_ m2 se 30s gliv met bi , ar apgricultura! pr Aurer peaking * 6 2 he shiect the Bie a rt acts relative r expor trade show how rt4 sa far ur exporters to fa the ex rex « oT Oe 3% 3 erit that < reat mre c grea ; 3 z i * hecomes a the re tia ; styic a z y fancy of the the natu garded. the differ materia c . t trade countries. The style of package that popular tn one quarter may prove to be a decided disadvantage in another. Only recently our exporters discovered that one of the why butter did not find a sale ir th readier England was because it had been practice to ship it in round tubs, such as are commonly used for packing the ar- ited States, whereas the Gritisb market make a In or- but- the square package more ticle in the Un customs of ' desirable. der to compete successfully in the ter markets of the United Kingdom, therefore, American exporters find it al- most as essential to regard this prefer- ence for a square package as it is to satisfy the British taste in respect to the color and flavor of the article itself. of such illus- ‘Upon the careful observance matters of taste and custom trated by these references to our trade in the largely our future success in with other uations for the world’s mar- kets. In this contest for trade the first requisite is a thorough knowledge of the met. To assist in sup- is the object 9 as are foreign matter of butter depends competing conditions to be plying such of the Section of Foreign Markets. a knowledge The bulletin goes on to show the methods by which the Agricultural De partment is striving to obtain and dis- seminate knowledge of foreign require- ments which will aid in the develop ment of export trade and to advertise our products abroad in such manner as will eventually attract favorable attention to them and overcome unfa- vorable prejudice where such exists In regard to practical results of the work so far accomplished in regard to the butter trade in particular, it says: ‘The United Kingdom is the princi- pal butter market of the world. Dur- ing the calendar year 1897, according more jact American | | export trade ; Sion ane {j pas our CASH for your We want to exchange ~- BUTTER »» E@GS oe Pie che 04 te rei Brit xt any quantity, at _ Station. Write us be- = mpored daricg v7. fl ©" HED ANN C, NAUMANN & CO., Detroit, Pich. sek Gk es Sel 60 Fie: o ee ee Ce Branch Store, 353 Russell St , op. Eastern Market. 2). N. WOHLFELDER & CO.., : COMMISSION MERCHANTS iniceting Seles wile hess 399-403 HIGH ST., EAST SIDE, ee DETROIT, MICH. ) he superiority o r agriculture Shi, s your Butter, Eggs, Cheese and Potatoes and get ee ee ee ak a Full Market Prices. ee ——e Any quantity at any station gets g up almost entisely within the highest cash prices from me. pers “ss further development. Sim- = -R. Hirt, Jr., 36 Market St., Detroit, Mich. were ius ¥ ur compet tore the ta te ( 1 tur 3 + } 1 - - cr Correspond with us. We donot claim to be the oldest and largest commission overstock our < a r ase f utr’ i many respects one of the best. prices, the De é VE iD HARRIS & FRUTCHEY, Detroit vercome tn tk J. WILLARD LANSING BURGE D. CATLIN as Lansing & Catlin Wholesale Dealers in Butter and Eggs 103 Michigan St. Buffalo, N. Y. purpose was among foreign buyers that Un butter is as aru nished had years it yad I gra British consumer gen } very best obtainable. Ir to send abre lower whereas the req the order to refute this unfavorabie opin eraiiy 11Tes of our butter and convince the fore the weather ng warmer, greater care should be taken with dairy purchaser of its superior q rality, products ‘re is a good demand for Butter for storage purpose, and we can handle plan of making experimental ship large receipts of both Butter and Eggs, as trade is active. Write us for produce e : uota Ss. We solicit vour consignments. of our best grades to the British mar- These of | ket has been put into operation. ; ESTABLISHED 189 shipments, made under the direction 7 ——— the dairy division, consist of selected lots of the finest American creamery T. L. BRUNDAGE, butters, prepared with special reference to the requirements of the foreign con- sumer. Thus far they have been con- | signed the London market, they are disposed of under the super- | of a representative of the De- who sees that each package is | plainly labeled and advertised in order | to show its United States origin. In this | way it is hoped to remove the prejudices | that have existed abroad in regard to our butter and to prove to the satisfac- tion of the British importer that the best grades produced in the United States compare favorably with the finest re- ceived from other countries. When this reputation for our butter is once fairly WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANT 54 and 56 Central Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. to where vision partment, 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 established in England the disposal of our surplus product in the British mar- A N D VEC E | A Bi ES ket will be a matter of little difficulty.’ The results of the Department’s work can not fail to be greatly advantageous to all branches of the butter industry of this country. Will please your customers and make you money. Popular prices prevail. Ask for quotations. F. J. DET TENTHALER, 117-119 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BORORAOTOROTORORCRORORCHOROHOHOROHORORC ROROROHOECE ++. - Find out what nature intended you for, get at it, and stick to it and suc- ceed, meses ee alma asc fais oy ent iste x eaten eee Smee ep eae esa pala inamnnagapamerant en soln eel nt a ten rr ne TIT — ie “a2 samt cASeeteanetieaeintetitatiennennmm Ry panne eae — i —eeeints i nent eS SSS waa a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN OS American Butter in the Orient. Consul Harris writes from Nagasaki, Japan: ‘‘There was imported into the port of Nagasaki, during the year 1897, 33,884 pounds of butter, mostly from the United States and France. Small quan- tities were received from Australia, Denmark, Canada and Holland. The butter is packed in tubs and tins; that in tubs is from the United States, each tub containing about 60 rolls of two pounds each, in brine. The tub butter is mostly used for cooking purposes, and retails now for 65 sen (32% cents gold) per pound; the table butter comes in tins holding half a pound, one pound and two pounds—the one-pound pack- age being the favorite. French tins are stained either red or gold, or a combi- nation of the two colors. The names of the brand, the manufacturer and the place where manufactured are also painted on the tin, thus giving the package a very bright and neat appear- ance; the soldering, too, is smoothly and nicely done. A small amount of butter is imported in tins from the United States. The packages are the same size as_ the French, but are not as neat in appear- ance; the soldering is not as smooth, the tins are not stained, and they soon become rusty. The label of the man- ufacturer, being printed and pasted on the package, soon gets loose, and, if the package remains long on the shelves, it becomes covered with fly specks and dust and its appearance prejudices the consumer. The result is that the pack- age is sold for cooking purposes and the dealer loses money. I find no complaint of the butter coming from the United States; objections are confined to the package. From importers here, the largest two being Americans, I learn that not in five years have they lost or had to sell for cooking purposes a package of French table butter in tins. Consumers will not purchase any other than Freuch butter for table purposes, if it can be had, as they know from long use that they can depend on its quality. The neatness of the package also, toa great extent, controls its sale; it must be pleasing to the eye before the consumer will even think of purchasing. Pound packages sell for 75 to 80 sen (37% to 4o cents gold). At present the demand for fine table butter is from the foreign population almost exclusively, although a few Japanese buy the best article reg- ularly. It is my opinion that the im- ports of butter into this port can be in- creased by educating the natives to its use, which can easily be done by re ducing the price. The best French but- ter costs the importer in his store here 65 sen per pound, which is equal to 32% cents gold. There is no good reason why the but- termakers of the United States should not control, to a great extent, the im- portation of fine table butter in Japan, as they now do the butter in tubs. To gain that control, the manufacturer must see that the butter and the package are ‘‘gilt edge;’’ the standard must be kept up, and every precaution taken to hold the trade. [he importers here are ready and willing to give United States butter the preference as soon as they are as- sured that they will have no trouble in selling the package.’’ Consul John Goodnow at Shanghai, in his consular report for May, gives in- teresting information as to butter trade in Shanghai. He says that most of the Shanghai butter comes from France, but good American butter is welcomed - reliable parties; modernly equipped plant; whenever it appears, notwithstanding the preponderance of the French article. It commands a _ price of about 45c per pound and is gaining ground. Further in the report the consul says: “It is folly to send poor butter to this market and all shipments should be hermetically sealed in tins or jars. To allow a fair average to the retailer, so that he will find it to his interest to push our butter, it should be laid down here at 25c gold, per pound. I must reiterate one point—do not send poor butter. The journey and the climate are hard on butter and the best in New York is poor enough by the time it is put on the table at Shanghai. The Euro- pean and American consumers are will- ing to pay for a good thing.’’ - > > Sisdiesiuicn Culture in Missouri. The Missouri Agricultural College Ex- periment Station has issued a bulletin, prepared by Frof: J. C. Whitten, the horticulturist of the station, upon the winter forcing of asparagus in the open field in Missouri and the asparagus cul- ture in this State. The bulletin makes the surprising statement that the finest quality of asparagus may be profitably grown in the open field in midwinter in Missouri and describes the method of its culture. Steam is brought in di- rect contact with the soil, heating the whole asparagus bed uniformly. The asparagus thus produced is larger and of a finer quality than that raised by any other method. Besides, the bed produces longer. This asparagus recuperates by being allowed to grow one summer witb- out cutting, while asparagus transplant- ed for forcing is ruined by the process. The forcing of a plant of asparagus 25 feet square in this way for two months costs only $1.82. Steam was turned into the six tunnels along the asparagus plot a total of 17 minutes daily, and produced a yield of aspara- gus at the rate of 9,982 bunches per acre. The experiments were under the immediate care cf Joseph Ambs, of St. Louis, the station gardener. The bul- letin describes in detail the culture and care of asparagus beds and states that Missouri is as well located as any state in the Union for such culture. A de- scription is given of the character and variety of young plants to be set and the cultivation of them and when the bed is properly prepared. Fertilizers are discussed. The bulletin will be of great value to all interested in vegetable culture. Copies may be had free by addressing Dr. H. J. Waters, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. ->-0oo - Queered the Sale. An_ indignant Kansas merchant bas brought suit against a local paper be- cause he claims that by a curious typo- graphical error it queered for hima big clearance sale. The advertisement read: ‘‘More furniture, bedding and rugs than we care to carry in stock.’’ The compositor made it ‘‘bugs,’’ and the suit is the :esult. 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 me- chanical refrigeration, with an improved system of perfectly dry circulation and change of air in rooms; intermittent 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 2% 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 5,000 cases finely candled eggs for April and May deliveries; also several cars creamery butter; correspondence solicited. Address Hyge- ia Crystal lee & Cold Storage Co., Uniontown, Pa. SSITHPTHISTP SEPT Nn SHP Tsar aeer rene str nr snrvtrenr ent tfL2 Eggs Bring High Prices in Buffalo Correspond w them. been established eleven Fourth National Bank, Tradesman, years. WPNONNOPNNA NNT EP VERNA EP orton Ter enter be made in regard to them. ith y C. N. RAPP & CO. Buffalo, N. Y. 56 West Market Street. Buffalo Produce Exchange quotations sent free daily to all who request They solicit consignments of Butter, Produce generally, assuring prompt sales and immediate returns. are a branch of the Grand Rapids house of the They Grand Rapids Savings all of which are familiar with their standi: with their methods and will cheerfully answer any enquiries which may ir old friend, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and They same name, which has refer Michigan shippers to the Michigan 1g and acquainted Bank and MUbAUN dN Abk NA dbb bk Jhb bk dbk bk bk bk db cdd AUUAUAAAMAAUAAAAJSAUAdAA4bb 444464 4444468 444446 4b 44h Jb bd JAA JbLDNS DEEDD YOU IN DEALING WITH US. MOSELEY BROS. 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST. Jobbers-Seed-Beans-Potatoes-Produce GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SEEDS The | and vest are the cheapest these we can always sup ply ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. HARVEY P. MILLER. EVERETT P. TEASDALE. MILLER & TEASDALE CO. WHOLESALE BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION. FRUITS, NUTS, PRODUCE NEW POTATOES A SPECIALTY. 835 NORTH THIRD ST., 830 NORTH FOURTH ST , ST. LOUIS, 10. RIPE Strawberries at consumers’ prices. Lemons, a Va toes, Tomatoes, Green cumbers, Spinach, New Cabbage, Beets, Pineapples, Bananas, Oranges, Onions, Radishes, Cu- Asparagus, Pie Plant, New Pota- Peas, New Dry Onions, Turnips, Carrots, Squash. BUNTING & CO., Jobbers, Grand Rapids, [lich. COTS TOSS STO OO STO IG ) To Ho sent a first-class Roller and Rye Flour Mills in our market, or will buy the same on the basis of cash: 2029222 Detroit pn & Manufacturing Co., 27 Farmer Street, Detroit, Mich. 3: WANTED WM. SMITH Capacity one carload a day. short notice. price list. a Manufacturer of EGG CASES, FARMERS’ CASES, EGG CASE FILLERS ODORLESS FILLERS AND EXCELSIOR. Prompt shipment on Will make any case desired. Write for We compete with all other manufacturers. EATON RAPIDS, [llCH. 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Must Small Meat Dealers Go To the Wall? Written for the TRADESMAN. During the last few years of financial depression and hard times, the state- ment has often been made that a war would improve existing conditions more than any one thing which could happen to the country. Now that the opportunity is offered to demonstrate the truth or error of this prediction, a large class of small business men who were discon- tentedly waiting for something to turn up find themselves face to face with serious conditions; and, while it is likely that the present war with Spain will ultimately result in a great com- mercial revival, it seems more than probable that many small dealers who were doing business at the beginning of the war will not be able to hold out against adverse circumstances long enough to reap the benefits from im- proved conditions. The wholesale and retail meat dealers of the State are a numerous class of small tradesmen who will suffer great hardship from the changed conditions consequent upon the prosecution ofa great war by this Nation. Already the news begins to come of the closing of many small shops and meat houses in cities and villages throughout the State. The conditions which bring about these results in connection with this line of business, although not apparent on the surface, are easily understood when the real facts in the case areknown. ‘True, the long-wished-for time has come when the price of meat can be put up, but the increase in the selling price does not nearly equal the increase in the cost of live stock and carcasses of dressed meat. A majority of the men engaged in this line of trade have only a limited supply of ready cash and must buy largely on credit. Moneyed men are becoming very suspicious and conservative and decline to extend credits. The small dealers are most embarrasse1 by the recent increase in the cost of live stock for the reason that this increase has been greatest on the grade of stock which they handle, namely, common cows, bulls and oxen and light handy cattle. The extremely high prices which have been paid of late, in all markets, for canners’ cattle are occasioned, of course, by the in- creased demand for the canned product for army and navy equipment. Some quite ordinary fat cows brought $4 per hundred-weight in the Detroit live stock market last week and were sent to Chi- cago. There is little prospect cf relief in the near future, as the outfitting of an army of 200,000 men is no small matter when the meat which thev eat must be drawn from an available supply of common cattle much smaller than has been known for several years. It is pos- sible that the early advent at Chicago of ‘‘Texas grassers’’ will relieve the situation to some extent, but it seems hardly probable that the supply of com- mon cow-stuff will again equal the de- mand during the present season—or, in fact, during the next two years, no mat- ter what the circumstances which con- trol the trade. So much for the conditions which at present stimulate the demand for com- mon, cheap grades of cattle. The de- mand for good handy butchers’ cattle for home consumption is influenced by conditions equally important Immedi- ate relief in this latter case is not to be hoped for. The demand for stockers and feeders has been strong for the last two years, but during the last few months the demand for this class of stock has been becoming more active, from week to week, and bids fair to increase, rather than grow less, as the season ad- vances. A peculiar fact which has char- acterized the stocker trade of the pres- ent season has been the marked effort on the part of buyers of this class of stock to purchase well-bred, half-fat cattle, the very thing which the butcher needed most in his business. The effect of such conditions can not be otherwise than disastrous to the interests of local meat dealers. Western cattle received from Chicago during the last year have been of such poor quality as not to be available for the better class of local butcher trade and there is little doubt but that these conditions will grow worse instead of better, as the season advances, for it is a fact acknowledged by all who are acquainted with the de- termination of Western ranchmen that they positively refuse to sell any native stock which can be used for breeding purposes. The effect of the active stocker de- mand upon the veal trade is of great importance. Very few well-bred calves, or even those of common scrub stock which are thrifty, are allowed to go to the block. Growers and feeders are watching all markets very closely and picking up nearly all of the stock which is really fit to kill and shipping it West or taking it out into the farming dis- tricts to recruit the local herds of breed- ing animals. The effect of the above conditions upon the general quality of our local supplies of dressed veal can easily be imagined. The scarcity of sheep has kept prices for mutton and lamb on a high plane for the past year and present indications seem to offer. little encouragement. Spring lambs are scarce and high and the yearling lambs coming to hand at present are entirely too fat and heavy to suit the demands of the trade. The prices at which live hogs have been selling during the past winter have been quite out of proportion with the cost of other meats, but the exigencies of war are beginning to affect this branch of the trade, also, and prices are going up rapidly. Pork is. still by far the cheapest meat in sight, but all indica- tions point to a higher range of values at an early date. It should not be for- gotten that it is only five years since live hogs brought $7.90 per hundred- weight at Chicago during the month of May, with nothing then in sight which compared with present indications of a large consumptive demand before an- other crop is available. . H. Mack. ——__2 20. When a mind like Gladstone’s is sized up, it makes the whole rcyal family seem small. | | + Elgin System 19 Creameries It will pay you to investi- gate our plans and visit our factories if you are contem- plating building a Creamery or Cheese factory. All sup- plies furnished at lowest prices. Correspondence so- licited. R. E. Sturgis, Allegan, Mich. Contractor and Builder of Butter and Cheese Factories, and Dealer in Supplies. eseseseseseso Se525e25e2Se25e25e25e25e5e25e5e5e5 prisexesicnmiienaresid® ¢ Re ex < Buffalo Cold Storage C0, § 2 Buffalo, N. Y. ig ee D. E. Knowlton, Pres. and Gen’l Mgr. a ex F —e 3 NG gt Fin eg 4 ee i , we eh RENNIN e: 4% a NEN GNGNGNGN Bxt . Bi Warehouse —-— | Warehouse “p” 2 4 le me tes eH Capacity 600,000 cubic feet. Capacity 500,000 cubic feet. iG ra : : or Exclusively Poultry, Cheese, Fruit S B and Miscellaneous # Butter and Eggs we Sis Storage. a BM Rates Reasonable. , : 2) CA oe Don’t try experiments. Store $23 Bs Low Insurance. | where you know your goods will S ex Liberal Advances. | be properly cared for. i, oe . a. Ee mn Correspondence Solicited. we y = Za ae, SISA BABES SEAS EAEAR AEE SAR B: Se; ee ZOE LAN CANN NANG GN CNN NN GN ONAN CGN CONRAN RRR N NEES ce a The Food Commissioner has begun an aggressive crusade against cheap vinegars which are not up to the legal standard. It will be well for the retail fr trade to prepare for the wrath to come by putting in goods of recognized purity and strength, and we beg leave to call the attention of the trade to the fact that Robinson’s Cider Vinegar is always up to the standard established by the i -gislature and esescesebesesesesesesa that it is guaranteed not to contain any deleterious acids orany- thing that is not produced from the apple. One nundred dollars in cash stands back of this guaranty. Ask your jobber for Robinson’s vinegar and insist on having no other. If your job- ber will not get it for you, order direct from the manufacturer, u ROBINSON CIDER & VINEGAR CO., Benton Harbor, Mich. LO® LEKMOGOGOQDOOQDQOOOO© HHQDOGDDOOHOHOOOOO®© HOOQOQOQOOEOOOOOQOQOO’ @ © who desire to give their customers the best © Vinegar on the market, will buy @ 5 © LEROUX’S PURE CIDER VINEGAR “Red Star Brand.’’ A trial order will = convince you of the merits of these gocds, * and a guarantee bond goes to every purchas- = er protecting him in the sale of our vinegar. 3 THE LEROUX CIDER & VINEGAR CO., Producers, Toledo, Ohio. @ PCODQGQODOQGOSHOOQGOSO #1010105019191e DOOQOQOOGQOO..00Xo, #.8Koexe QQQDOQOOOOEO & RICH DRINK SCOFFEEE of choice coffee with palatable cereals and other Ay wholesome ingredients. Far superior to all COMPOUND. 0!) “cereal” drinks. A beautiful Tea od Coffee Pot 6 Stand given with each 2 pound package. Retails Manufctured for 13¢ a pound, affording retailer big profit. W red by | Pleases customers. Order trial case and see how ety ao, quickly it sells. ariotte, Perit, Mi WOODBURY &CO., mers. CHARLOTTE. MICH. nd a FOUR DAY LIMIT. New Rule Shortening the Term of Free Storage. From the New York Commercial. Produce Exchange men who are dis- tributing agents for Western merchan- dise have no intention of submitting, without a contest, to the decision of the railroads not to store goods longer than four days at the New York terminals, transferring them after that to ware- houses at the expense of the consignee. Before this decision was announced, last week, goods had been allowed to re- main in the terminal warehouses for an indefinite period, and no word of com- plaint had been heard about this custom until the announcement of the railroads. Among those who inveigh against the injustice of this action of the railroads there are not wanting some whv declare that the companies are working entirely in the interests of the storage ware- house concerns in which directors of the railroads are interested. ‘We should like to know what is at the bottom of this decision,’’ said Horace W. Calef, of the Produce Ex- change. ‘‘It looks very much as though we were being victimized in order that some one may make money out of us. If the goods are not removed at the time stipulated by the railroads they are to be carted away by any one whom the company may designate, and if the storage warehouse is only across the way the carrier can charge whatever he pleases, for no one will look after the interests of the consignee. Then, when they are stored, the storage warehouse- man can charge twice or thrice the usual amount and have us at his mercy, for we will have no agreement with him, and he will have the goods to hold on- to until he is paid. It is a most arbi- trary proceeding all through, and we shall fight it to the end. ‘‘What business man can be sure of taking his goods from the hands of the railroad companies within four days after their arrival in New York? Sup- posing there is some mistake in the biil of lading of goods arriving from the West, and it is necessary for the con- signee to write back and have the mat- ter straightened out before getting the goods, or supposing that there is a de- lay in the notification of the despatch- ing of the goods, or supposing halfa dozen other things that are always hap- pening in the rush of busi: ess—is a man to be put to the trouble and ex- pense of rescuing his goods from the hands of storage warehousemen and paying all sorts of charges on them _be- cause of these unforeseen happenings? We think that seven days would be short enough allowance of time for free storage. ‘It is a distinct advantage to the Western exporter who has the choice of several Atlantic ports, while the New York exporter has only one. The West- ern man can send his goods to Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or even to the Southern ports, and meet with fair treat- ment at the terminal, while in New York we are fenced around with all manner of unjust charges. In _ other cities the wishes of interior concerns are catered to, while here we have to fight for our rights all the time. Our terminal expenses are heavy enough now, and if the commerce of this city is to increase they should be reduced and not added to as the railroad companies are doing in this instance. ‘I am aware that the railroad com- panies say they are cramped for room, owing to the limited facilities granted by the city, and there is some truth in this, but it is time that the matter was agitated thoroughly, and this we intend to do.”’ Mr. Calef was one of many prominent members of the Produce Exchange who expressed similar views. “It is such an outrageous proceed- ing,’’ said H. M. Bogert, ‘‘that I do not see how the railroads can refrain from changing their decision when they fully realize what an injustice they are doing to the New York business men who receive goods from the West.’’ ‘‘I have written two letters to the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN IS ;Grand Trunk lines,’’ said W. W. Pat- rick, ‘‘and am waiting to hear what answer they wiil make. The arbitrary action is most unfair to the flour trade, and we shall fight it until some conces- sion is made.’’ “‘It is a most obnoxious measure, ’’ Andrew M. Sherrill declared, ‘‘and will have the effect of driving business to other cities. The railroads in their own interests should refrain from taking steps that antagonize the merchants ot New York who are interested in the Western trade, "’ ; ‘‘We are feeling very indignant in the fruit and bean trade,’’ Stephen H. Wakeman said, ‘‘and shall join forces with any one who takes action to induce the railroads to change their decision.’’ “‘It will injure trade,*’ remarked Ed- ward D. Robinson. ‘‘There are too many hindrances to making a living profit without the railroads putting us at the mercy of storage warehousemen. ’’ ‘*There should be some means of successfully fighting a measure of that Kind,’ Sard Dayid C. Link, “and we shall find out what it is and put it to the fullest possible test. Meanwhile | suppose there is nothing to do but sub- mit, although we feel very angry about Cn +0 The Mission of Compound Lard. From the Grocery World. Although compound lard at times be- comes a nuisance on account of its tend- ency to masquerade as pure, there is no doubt that in times like the present it does a great deal of good in keeping the price of pure lard within bounds. Old lard authorities assert that if there were no compound lard at present on the market the pure would go to Io to 15 cents per pound. This it used to do in past yéars when hogs were scarce with the demand good. If it were not for compound lard pure lard would be selling to-day easily for Io cents per pound, and possibly more. There is about 2 cents per pound differ- ence between the two, and this makes the mixed product a safety valve for the pure, preventing it from going beyond a certain point. About four or five years ago pure lard reached a price of 13 to 14 cents per pound. Compound was selling at 10 to 11 cents, and if it had not been for this the price of the pure would have gone much higher. ——~> 0 -e- What Bad Butter Color Can Do. Another case of fatal poisoning from swallowing ‘‘less than a teaspoonful’’ of a butter color supposed to contain some prep2ration of coal tar is recorded. The victim was a 2-year-old boy of Chippewa county, Wis., who was dis- covered in the act of tasting the con- tents of a bottle containing the color, It was taken away from him almost in- stantly, but the mother was not greatly alarmed (supposing that a material sold for use in butter could hardiy be dan- gerous), and did not send for a_physi- cian until four hours later, when the child began to vomit. Collapse and coma followed, succeeded by an agoni- zing death in the afternoon of the next day. > em - American Butter in China. J. C. Goodchild, late manager of the Hongkong hotel, the largest hotel in the colony, imported last year from San Francisco over 1,200 pounds of pickled and creamery butter. He placed it on the table and _ his guests had to eat it. The result was that it was liked, and residents of the city fell into the habit of sending to him for rolls for their pri vate use. He imported it in barrels of one hundred rolls, each roll weighing one and three-fourths pounds, and it was laid down in Hongkong for from 26 to 32 cents per pound. > 4. How He Greeted His New Brother. Father—Well, Tommy, how do you think you will like this little fellow for a brether? Tommy (inspecting the infant some- what doubtfully)—Have we got to keep him, papa, or is he only a sample? W. R. Brice. Est. 1852. Cc. M. Drake W.R. Brice & Co. Philadelphia’s Leading Hustling Commission Merchants REFERENCES: W. D. Hayes, Cashier Hastings National Bank, Hastings, Mich. Corn Exchange National Bank, Philadelphia. Western National Bank, Philadelphia. Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids, Mich. D. C. Oakes, Coopersville, Mich. E. A. Stowe, Michigan Tradesman. PROFIT AND LOSS. To our Friends and Shippers in Michigan: While we had our branch house in Grand Rapids many of the country merchants did not sell us. Why: Because some other people quoted higher prices. Did they get their money? Nit! About all they received was quotations. We have been here in this same store for nearly fifty years, have always paid a hundred cents on the dollar and shall do the same for the next fifty years. We want your Butterand Eggs every week on commission, and you can rest assured of quick sales and prompt returns at full market value. Eggs are selling here this week at 12 cents. Dairy Butter, packed in clean sugar barrels, is selling at 10'4@12 cents, and we can handle all you can ship. Fancy Creamery Butter is selling here to-day at 15@16% cents, with prospects of higher prices all along the line. Let us have your shipments every week. Yours for solid business methods, W. KR. BRICE & CO. DOOOQOQOOOMHDOQOOOQOOQPOOOQODOGQOOQOOOOOOOODDOQOQOQOOE OOQQDOQHDOOOD® AY TO HANDLE BUTTER Instead of packing in heavy 2 stone crocks or wooden tubs, | put it in our Paraffined Parchment=Lined Butter Packages 4 POUNDS E. J.HERRICK BRAND RAPIDS Ney Creamery Buttet : sc OTT | 1] ” They are light, strong and neat. HOOOOQODOOODOODQOOO® DOOOOOOE POGOOQOQODOODOQ®DOOQDOOOOOOOOOO® Michigan Package Co., Owosso, Mich. PCOOOOODS QOOODOOOQOQDOOOQDOGDOOOOQDO©OOOQODOODQODOOGQODO©GHO©OOQODO®DOOO® Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, FOLDING PAPER BOXES ‘snus cae 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 CoO. 81,83 ano 85 CAMPAU ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OOO OOOO (© © GQOQOQQOOOO Printed and plain for Patent PHONE 850. Our Flavoring Extracts stand the Pure Food test. bottles and guaranteed to give satisfaction. us a sample order and be convinced. DE BOE, KING & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 16 and 18 South Ionia Street. Put up in full measure Send IG MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Status of the Cheese Market at Utica. Utica, N. Y., May 31—Early last week the prices of cheese declined Yc in New York, ostensibly because the goods offered were fodder stock and |it was necessary to keep them moving. There was also some apprehension lest the receipts might prove considerably heavier. Owing to a break on the Erie railroad, the cheese due in New York on Monday did not arrive, and on Tues- day when they did come, together with the proper arrivals of that day, the re- ceipts of the two days ran up to 7,000 boxes. Had this continued, the price of cheese would have gone lower still, but fortunately the receipts diminished and it became evident that there would be no more stock than could be used, providing the course of events was not again disturbed. On Thursday, how- ever, the steamship companies gave it out that freight room for cheese on the boats sailing Saturday would be scarce, and business was brought almost toa standstill or was done on a conditional basis, with the provision that if the stock taken had to be held over to the next week the price should be governed by the current prices then ruiing. With this understanding the receipts of large sized stock were fairly well cleaned up. In small sizes there was a very good trade during the week. Home buyers are apparently short of last year’s goods, and are taking new cheese rather than pay the premium demanded for old. There is fully 1'4c difference now between them, and this premium works decidedly in favor of new stock. Of course, the old is in comparatively small compass now and _ is concentrated in a few hands, where the price is stiffly maintained. Those who want that class of goods must pay for them in accord- ance with their value, and not accord- ing to the fluctuation on the everyday market. The best price for new white and colored large, and small colored cheese is 714c. Small white seems to be more pientitul and somewhat in surplus, and their value does not exceed 7i{c. The best light skims sell slowly at 6@6%c, while the heavier skimmed stock is hard to dispose of at prices 1@2c lower. The weather of the past week was highly favorable for the production of milk, There was considerable rain and grass grew rapidly. The yield of milk at the factories is increasing, but not so fast as might be imagined, because there are many calves that have not yet been disposed of. A year ago last week we had weather cold enough to make a light skimming of ice on water standing out of doors, but there was no frost here last week nor did the thermometer go below 40 degrees. But we doubt if the flush of milk will be reached this week, particularly if the weather remains as cool as it has been. Large cheese was 13,c higher a year ago than it is at present, and small cheese 24%c higher. The drop from those high prices, however, was sud- den, being 1!{c in the week correspond- ing to this week. Although our fodder cheese is not yet all marketed, or at most only just marketed, those who xe ee have watched the course of events, and know how small the production of cheese has been down to the present time, do not look tor any heavy decline this season. It is not believed that the war ought to exercise an unfavorable effect on the cheese market. Grain and meats are almost unprecedentedly high, and this fact ought to favor a steady rising market on cheese. If the production continues tu be on a moder- ate scale, it would not be unreasonable to look for an improvement in the price of cheese before the first of July. = >7es> Legitimate Outcome of the Depart- ment Store. When in a department store, if there is anything you want and don’t see, just ask a floor-walker and he will direct you. You may have to walk half a mile, but you will find it. Here is a program of a busy woman who puts in an_after- noon at a department store—all under one roof. First she goes to the legal department and gets some advice as _ to her liability in case a certain damage suit is brought. Then she goes to the meat market and purchases some chops and a roast. Afterward she ascends to the photograph gallery and sits for one dozen cabinets. On her way downstairs she stops at the dentist’s and has a tooth extracted and makes application at the intelligence office for a maid servant. She goes tc the waiting room and writes several letters. Then she visits the bicycle department and sees an exhibi- tion of fancy riding. At the music counter she selects several songs and hears them played. While wandering around she buys an assortment of sun- dries—flower seeds, kitchen utensils and ribbons. Suddenly she remembers she needs a dog. So she goes to the dog department. After that she is manicured and has her hair dressed, buys two theater tickets and takes a dancing les- son. There afe other things to be done and found in a department store, but not all in one afternoon. > What will it come to? Already one department store has talked of putting in free vaudeville shows for the enter- tainment of patrons, and another has wondered if it would not be a good idea to have a popular price hotel annex for the convenience of out-of-town patrons. When the railroads extend branch lines to the department stores and the visitor is landed inside the main entrance he won't have to go outside the building to find all the luxuries, the conveniences and the proper forms of entertainment to be had in a big city. _ > ee — New Kind of Servant. Husband—Anything you want down town to-day, my dear? Shall I order some more of that self-rising flour? Wife—We have plenty left; but I wish you would stop at an intelligence office and order me a self-rising servant girl. Fi llc = It is rather discouraging to a man to be forced to wait until he is dead in or- der to discover what a good fellow he was. for fine retail trade, in the only Air Tight Fibre Packages. OL 1, 2, 3:0r 5 Ib. Creamery Market Prices MAYNARD & COON, Grand Rapids, Michigan. fq Manufacturers and Jobbers of Spices, Baking Powder and Grocers’ Ny we vw ee a Wi a Wea vi Wahiawa ieee eal alae a AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARAAARAAAAAABAAAARAAARARARAAARARAR, ~ « ty LALA NATTA Now Settled , in our new building at 14 and 16 Ottawa Street, with ample side track, elevator and storage service at your disposal. If you care to profit by e% our liberal assortment of seasonable Fruits and + Vegetables at the most economical market price, ask for our free market review, to be mailed to you regularly during the season. Vinkemulder Company Grand Rapids. and Meat Dealers’ Sundries. FUN ARAAAREARAR AAAAAAARAAAAAAAR, Grocers’ Roll-Top Refrigerators Made in Oak, Potish Finish, packed with Mineral Wool and Charcoal Sheathing. Eight walls to save the Ice. Upper cabinet for small Cheeses, Yeast, Butter in Rolls, Etc. Cold storage below. Ice put in from either end. Made in two, three, four and five rolls. The larger sizes have a place tor scales just over the central rolls. A most elegant fixture at a price which will soon pay for itself in increased sales and saving of ice. NET PRICES 2 Koll...-...__....$50:00 S hot... $65.00 it How... 5... -. $75.00 S& Rel............ Se5.00 Special Refrigerators for Butchers, Ho- tels, Ice Cream Dealers, Etc., constantly on hand or made toorder. Send for catalogue. Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Nf Tradesman Company Grand Rapids. DOODOODOOODOOOQOOQOLYBOOGDOQOOODOOQOD®© DOOCDQDOOOOOGOGOODHOOQDOQOQOOQDOOQHDOODOOQOOODOOQHOOOOOOOQOOOOS @ @ Manitowoc Lakeside Peas Those who are familiar with Lakeside Peas fully appreciate them and know their value. We have made the canning of peas a scien- tific study and feel amply repaid by the re- sults obtained. They are for sale by all grocers. Ask for them. THE ALBERT LANDRETH GO., jlanitowoc, Wis. Worden Grocer Co., Wholesale Agents. DO OOO00000O SF OOQOOQOQOOE POOQDDOODOGOOOOGOH OOS $9OO OOGHOOQOQOOOO OCODOOOOOOOOE® @ POOODOQOQOOQODQOOOQS DODQDOMDOQOGQOO\O.YLODODOOQOOQOOOOE’®© MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, JOHN A. Horrman, Kalamazoo; Secre- tary, J. C. SaunpgErs, Lansing; Treasurer, Cuas. McNotry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, C. C. SNEDEKER, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J. J. Eyans, Bay City; Grand Secretary, G. S. Vatmorg, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W.S. West, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Boyp PanTuinp, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. Owen, Grand Rapids. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wrxson, Marquette. Experience Necessary to Success on the Road. I have traveled twenty years and never missed a season. I have been married eight years and spent only one Christ- mas with my wife. But I would rather be a traveling salesman than a lawyer or a doctor. Perhaps it is true that to succeed at anything a man must prefer that thing. If I am to be guided by my own experi- ence, there are also other essentials to even a reasonable success. Know your goods, know your market, know your customers. Work by day and travel by night. Keep your digestion and your temper even. Keep your eye clear and your hand steady, and tell your custom- ers the truth—not fairy stories, not even “*good stories.’’ The commercial traveler who carries a pistol, a pack of cards, a bottle of whisky and a box of cigars in his satchel doesn’t hold out. Asa type he is rapidly disappearing. The mer- chants of the United States have gotten educated beyond him. Goods are no longer sold on friend- ship. They must have merits of their own, and they must be offered for sale at the right time. Anticipation is half the battle. In the development of this country the part played by commercial travelers is rarely considered. Yet it is a most im- portant one. But itis a great deal easier to go out and doa‘thing than it is to tell how it is done. Instead of the commercial traveler’s work being a picturesque spree, with good stories, good cigars and_ perpetual parlor car seats, it is after all governed by exactly the same rules as those which regulate any other business. -He is the middle man_ between the seller and the buyer, and he must command the respect of each of them. In order to do this he can’t well avoid being truthful, courteous and polite. In- stead of loafing, drinking and exchang- ing jokes with the people along his route, he must work hard each day, say one town a day, and travel by nights to the next stopping place. It is hardly necessary to say that he must feel well and keep well to be able to do this, and his digestion must be equal to almust any kind of food he finds. If my own experience is of any value to young men who may think of start- ing out in this business, they are wel- come to it. I began on the road about the time I reached my majority; al- ready I had served a useful apprentice- ship in the retail trade. Why was that useful? Because you can’t sell goods unless you know them; you can’t convince a customer unless you can answer his questions and an- ticipate his objections, There’s no use wasting time in trying to make friends with bim unless you can sell him goods. Drinking with him and telling him good stories does not count for much nowa- days. It’s more and more straight goods and straight business, Every week I get letters from friends asking advice about the road. I believe it is true that I am the oldest man in my line, dry goods specialties, travel- ing out of New York. For twenty years [ have made regular trips through the Southwest. I have never carried a pis- tol in that time,and never needed one— in spite of the saying that when you need a pistol in Texas you ‘‘need it like h—l.’’ I never saw trouble that I felt I had to take any part in. Indeed, I never carried a weapon since my early days, when there were not so many railroads and I had to make wagon trips sometimes by night, from one backwoods town to another, with a colored man driving me anda rifle on the seat by my side. When a young man asks how he can start all I can say is, begin in a small way. Experience and reputation, in your line, are absolutely necessary to secure employment with a good house at good money. Until you have these, try for them as a retail salesman anywhere. Unknown quantities are not wanted in big houses. There are certain kinds of trade, such as the shoe, the hat and the clothing, which do nearly all their business by means of traveling salesmen. And they do nearly all of it in four or five months of the year. These salesmen go out in May and June to take their fall orders, and they go again in November and De- cember to take their spring orders. A salesman who would travel ten months in the year and carry five times as many goods could not sell any more than they do in four or five. Which in- dicates that there are two kinds of sales- men, the ‘‘pikers,’’ who grind away all the time, and the men who bunch their hits, to use a baseballism, anticipate their customers’ demands, sell spring goods, say, in my line, in November and December, go out in March to keep in touch with their customers and then spend the warm months in New York selling goods in their own houses to their road customers who have come on there to buy for the fall. While it is true that it is the advance business that pays, it is also true that there isn’t any man who can make what I call a salary unless he sells goods in New York as well as on the road. While merchants came to New York twenty years ago more than they do now, it is still true that they continue to come on now at certain times. It is in New York then that the traveling salesman who has been in their stores and mixed with them knows what they want. For integrity traveling men are away above the average. The old-timer who drank hard and told stories is no longer ‘‘in it.’’ The merchant of to-day knows when he is ‘‘getting a run for his money.’’ It doesn’t do any harm to ‘jolly’ him a bit; naturally, you wouldn’t take your troubles to him. Tact and truthfulness generally win. And sometimes you tell him a story you have heard. Concentration is what pavs the house as well as its travelers. Know your market, know your customers and know your special line of goods. Every suc- cessful road salesman has offers to take out side lines. But I have always re- fused ; it’s better to have one thing to sell and to sell that and nothing else. In all my twenty years on the road I have never been insulted, never had a personal altercation. And the _one Christmas that my wife did spend with me she traveled 2,000 miles to do it. But I love my_ business. give it up, even it does *‘ I wouldn't if, like some habits, unfit a man for anything else.’’ HENRY W. CHAPMAN. ee Gripsack Brigade. The commercial traveler seldom gets rich, not because he does not earn enough, but because he does not save enough. He spends a dollar the way a rich man does a dime, and everybody loves him for it, especially if they get the dollar. A large number of the wholesale deal- ers in New York and other large cities are paying their traveling men their regular salaries while they are in mili- tary uniform. The money is sent to their families, or, if single, kept by the firm until their return. Wm. A. Townsend, for the past six years in the retail and wholesale depart- ments of H. Leonard & Sons, takes the road for the old-established house of the Toledo Tinware and Manufacturing Co., covering Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Northern New York. I. W. Bird has retired from the Franklin House (Montague), leaving it vacant, and has _ leased the large resort hotel at Sylvan Beach. During five years at Montague, Mr. and Mrs. Bird have made many friends among the commercial travelers, whom they expect to greet at their new hostelry. The ninth annual convention of the Travelers’ Protective Association of the United States is being held at Omaha this week. The sessions began Tuesday forenoon and close Friday forenoon. Joseph Wallerstein, of Richmond, Va., is a candidate for re-election as Presi- dent. Chicago, New Orleans and St. Louis are in the field for the next con- vention. Louis Ochs, of New Orleans, took 200 live alligators to the conven- tion, to be distributed among those who promise to vote for New Orleans. A traveling salesman of considerable experience, in speaking the other day concerning the introduction of new lines of shoes, remarked: ‘‘ Manufacturers who get out new lines of footwear fre- quently expect immediate returns in the shape of orders. They don't seem to take into consideration that any new line which is shown to the trade re- quires several seasons in which to work up any considerable amount of business. Manufacturers who put up new lines of goods before the trade must not blame the salesman altogether if a good busi- ness is not immediately secured on them. No matter how meritorious these goods may be, there are so many rival lines that the best salesman in the world can’t accomplish immediate results.’’ A Boston shoe salesman said the other day: ‘‘A good many traveling men who are not able to sell certain parties on the first two or three visits take it for granted thereafter that they can never sell them. If they call on these firms at all they make a perfunctory visit, merely enquiring if there is anything in their line and dodging out almost be- fore an answer has been given. Anyone who makes up his mind that he can’t sell a party will never sell him. The only way for a salesman to do is to keep right on calling when he is making his trips and putting his best foot forward in the way of argument for his line. If he keeps on doing this, he will with- out doubt eventually makea sale, but ee if he merely says, ‘‘Good morning’’ and then walks out, he can’t expect anyone to run after him and ask permission to place an order.’’ 28a - New Route to Chicago. Commencing May 15, 1808, a through car line will be established between Chicago and Grand Rapids, operated by the Grand Trunk Railway system and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway, via Vicksburg. Trains will arrive at and depart from Dearborn station, Chicago. This sta- tion is on Polk street, between State and Clark streets, is only three blocks south of the postoffice,and near the down town business and hotel districts. Other railroads using this staticn are the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Wabash, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville, and Erie. No transfer will, therefore, be neces- sary for passengers to or from the above mentioned lines. Important stations on this through car iine between Chicago and Grand Rap- ids are Valparaiso, South Bend, Mish- awaka, Ind., Cassopolis, Macellus, Schoolcraft, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo and Plainwell, Mich. The equipment used in providing this service will consist of new standard vestibuled day coaches. Pullman buffet parlor cars and the latest designs of Pullman wide vestibuled, gaslighted, twelve section drawing room sleeping cars. It is believed that the character of this equipment and the convenience of the schedules will be such as to merit : liberal patronage by the traveling pub- ic. The following is a condensed schedule: Daily. Lv Grand Rapids.........7:10am 2:10pm 11:36pm Ar Chicag -2:00pm 9:10pm ; Lv Cl ro 3 Y oo... 3:02pn Az Grand Kapids........ 9:30pm Cc. L, Loexwoon, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. - > ee — Grand K. O. T. M. Excursion. Via the Michigan Central to Detroit, Tuesday, June 7. A special train will leave union station at 6:15 a. m., ar- riving at Detroit at 11:15 a.m. Re- turning, leave Detroit at 7 p. m. Tick- ets will be sold at the very low rate of $3.10 for the round trip. W. C. BLAKE, City Ticket Agt. . ——¢ a Bank clearings show the usual con- traction for the last week of May, al- though they were 30 per cent. larger than for the same week of last year. The amount was $1,188,828,000—10 per cent. less than for previous week. Fail- ures showed an increase of 20, number- ing 2A1. a ~ Put who do not like each other in a tight place and they will bury their differences, and very likely both get tight together. men MEARS HOTEL, Whitehall, Mich. Newly furnished and renovated throughout. Es- pecial pains taken to please Commercial Men. Brass and string band in connection. Rates reason- able. Carriage at trains and boats. Wm, Cherryman, Prop. HOTEL BUTLER. 1. M1. BROWN, Proprietor. Rates $1.co and upward. Newly furnished and refitted through- out. Office and dining room on first floor. Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., LANSING. THE WHITNEY HOUSE Rates $1.00 to $1.25 per day. Complete Sanitary Improvements. Electric Lights. Good Livery in connection. State Line Telephone. Chas. E. Whitney, Prop., Plainwell, Mich. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. $2 PER DAY. FREE BUS. THE CHARLESTON Only first-class house in MASON, MICH. thing new. Every room heated. Large and well- Every- lighted sample rooms. Send your mail care of the Charleston, where the boys stop. CHARLES A, CALDWELL, formerly of Donnelly House, Prop. IS i re MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs-=-Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires F. W. R. Perry, Detroit Dec. 31, 1898 A. C. ScHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1899 Gro. GunpRUM, Ionia - Dec. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph Dec. 31, 1901 HENRY HEIM,Saginaw -— - - Dec. 31, 1902 President, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Secretary, Gro. GuxpRuM, Ionia, Treasurer, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Examination Sessions. Star Island—June 27 and 28. Marquette—A bout Sept. 1. Lansing— Nov. 1 and 2. All meetings will begin at 9 o’clock a. m. ex- cept the Star Island meeting, which begins at8 o’clock p. m. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President—A. H. WEBBER, Cadillac. Secretary—-CHas. Mann, Detroit. : Treasurer—JouNn D. Murr, Grand Rapids. The Druggist as a Photographer. I do not mean that the druggist should compete with the local ‘‘artist’’ in fur- nishing four tin-types for a quarter, or ‘‘Ivory-types, this style, $2 per dozen,’’ but he should be what one might term an ‘‘expert amateur.’’ He should know enough of photography to be able to take a good and effective bit of land- scape,to get up striking effects in pic- tures of the little folks and to compose a group of picnickers before the lens. Many who are tempted to take up photography fear that they can not mas- ter the art—a fear often too well founded, for in it there are but few masters—but while it is difficult to ‘‘master’’ the art, it is amazingly easy to take a snap shot which will be sat- isfactory to the operator, if not to the subject. If tbe druggist has a series of views, figures or groups taken by himself on view as a demonstration of the fact that ‘‘anybody can take a pic- ture,’’ these timid people will be en- couraged to spend their money for photographic materials. The primal field of usefulness of the hand camera is to photograph ‘‘the baby.’’ If the druggist is blessed with a big-eyed, curly-headed tot of his own, he should study lighting and _ pos- ing effects on her or him. If not so blessed, he should borrow a baby from a neighbor, the prettier the better, and get up a series of photographs which will be worth showing of themselves, and doubly worth showing on account of the personal interest attaching to the sub- ject and the photographer. The great charm which attaches to many amateur photographs of children lies in the fact that the camera has caught them unawares in perfectly natural poses, full of unstudied grace and frequently rich in unconscious hu- mor. These photographs please because the subject is well chosen, and are pleas- ing even although somewhat faulty from a technical point of view, and this fact iS encouraging to the _ prospective amateur who has a babe in the house. Next in interest to photographs of children rank those of groups, but it un fortunately bappens that both children and groups are difficult to ‘‘take.’’ The lens of the ordinary hand camera, such as is most popular with amateurs, is lacking in ‘‘depth,’’ the result of which is that in taking groups unless the persons composing the group are very carefully placed, some of them will be out of focus. The main point for the amateur to observe in this class of work is to have each member of the group as near as possible equally distant from the camera. To effect this, the group should be arranged on the arc of a cir- cle of a radius equal to the distance from the central figure of the group to the lens of the camera. In such photo- graphs it is also unwise to endeavor to crowd the plate with figures, as those on the extreme edges of the plate will be more or less distorted. All of these points, however, will be found brought out in the various hand books cf photography with which the market is so plentifully supylied. I have found that albums containing specimens of the druggist’s art serve a good purpose if placed where those who sit and wait may look them over. By beguiling the time they make the period of waiting seem shorter. When the views and groups are of local scenes or people and are properly labeled, as they always should be, they will prove of in- terest even if not exceptionally artistic or well executed. In fact, a few tech- nical faults will rather serve to encour- age beginners who see that photographs of well-selected subjects may be of in- terest despite unskillful treatment. There are many other ways in which the results of the work with the camera may be utilized, one of the most in- genious of which is for the druggist photographer to ‘‘take’’ everything he can which has any local interest what- ever—take photos of picnic parties, public meetings, occasional crowds of any kind and mount these on cards on the front of which appear the name and business of the druggist in a modest, neat type, while the back bears an ad- vertisement of the store and of any spe- cialty being run by tthe druggist. These pictures should be prominently dis- played, in conjunction with an an- nouncement that the choice of any of them would be given to customers pur- chasing, say, two dollars’ worth of goods. A record of the goods pur- chased can be kept by giving to each customer a card bearing figures on the margin, which are to be punched to correspond with the amount purchased at different times. When the entire amount settled on, it may be two or two and a half dollars, has been pur- chased, the punched card is exchanged for any of the photographs desired. Any experience* which the druggist may have had in photography will prove a bond of mutual interest between him- self and his customers, and will! also place him ina position to give advice on technical details, which will be much appreciated by beginners. Aside, however, from the commercial advantages of heing a photographer as well as a dealer in photographic sup- plies, any druggist who has any artistic impulses whatever will find much pleas- ure in the pursuit of photography.— American Druggist. a If the young women who are anxious to got to the front as nurses during the present war can show medical certifi- cates tbat they possess immunity from yellow fever, have had a hospital train- ing, are over 30 years of age and not more than 50, and can present indorse- ments from some member of the Daughters of the Revolution, there is a slight prospect that their applications may be considered. This is not in- tended to unduly discourage the patriot- ism of the large reserve army of would- be nurses, but may help to sift out the applicants for the time being. 2-2 Even the quietest woman can make a bustle if she wants to. >> >__- After man came woman—and/7she has been after him ever since. The Passing of Alexander Smith. J. W. Gilbert in American Druggist. Alexander came to me recommended as a youth who had considerable ‘‘get up and get’’ about him, so I took him on a month’s probation, to see 1f I could enlighten him in the mysteries of com- pounding medicines. He had been with me about two weeks when he began to show evidence of genius that was more remarkable than commendable. His pet ambition was to concoct some wonderful nostrum, that would cure any- thing from a sore throat to an ingrown toenail. If he hadn’t put his theories into practice, nothing would have occurred, but he longed to see his own produc- tions stamp out disease in the human system. He was alone in the store one day when an elderly lady came in and en- quired for the ‘‘boss.’’ ‘*Do you refer to the young man who has charge of this establishment, or to the man who simply owns it?’’ ‘*T would rather see the man who pays you your salary. I want something for chapped hands.’’ ‘“*‘Here you are, madam; Alexander Smith’s Society Cream, when once used, means a farewell to chapped hands. Twenty-five cents—Thank you.’’ She took her purchase and walked out. In a short time he had dispensed sev- eral bottles of ‘‘Smith’s Liver Agita- tor,’’ ‘‘Smith’s Hair Renovator, war- ranted to grow hair on a bald fur coat,’’ and ‘‘Smith’s Electrified Oil.’’ When I came back, Alexander was busy experimenting. The first object that met my gaze was the store cat hav- ing a series of convulsions on the floor. The store smelled like the lee side of a slaughter-house, and Alexander was stirring a muddy-looking liquid ina big mortar. I asked him what in the name of the sacrei horned spoon he was trying todo. Before he could explain an elderly lady came in with both hands done up in cloths and asked for a glimpse of ‘‘the runt who sold her So- ciety Cream.’’ She was followed by a very sick looking individual who carried a bottle of Liver Agitator in one hand and a potato masher in the other. The returns began to come in rapidly. Electrified Oil patients witb blistered skins and a righteous wrath demanded satisfaction of the most sanguinary sort. It took me twenty minutes to get things quiet and after I got the store cleared, I took Alexander behind the prescription case, and said: ‘‘ Young man, you came to me recommended as having considerable ‘get up and get’ about you. I want you to put that qual- ity into active use immediately. There’s your hat.’’ Alexander gave me a_ reproachful look, and took a lingering farewell glance at his ‘‘remedies’’ and went forth into tbe glad sunshine, with bitter thoughts, feeling that his genius was not appreciated. The next day a card bear- ing these words: BOY WANTED appeared in the window, and I was careful to select one from the appli- cants whose bump of scientific research was not so largely developed. > 2. The Drug Market. There are few changes to note this week. Opium——Is steady at prices. Morphine—Is firm, in sypmathy with the price of opium, but no advances have taken place. Quinine—Powers & Wightman and the New York Quinine & Chemical Co, reduced their prices 2c per oz. last Thursday. Foreign is steady at un- changed prices. Beeswax—The market is firm, owing to scarcity. Corks—Higher prices will soon be made by jobbing trade, as manufac- turers have already advanced the com- mons. The Spanish war is the cause of this advance, as most of the corkwood comes from that country. Glycerine—The demand is active and an advance has taken place, on account of crude having advanced abroad. Higher prices are surely coming. Nitrate Silver—The price has been advanced by the manufacturers Ic per 0z., on account of advance in metal. Oil Anise—Is firm and advancing. A woman can talk as sweet as peaches and cream to another woman she hates, while two men would be punching each other’s heads before they had exchanged a dozen words. unchanged AMERICAN PLAYING CARDS a competitor. Best Value for the Money. Quality and price put together are sure to win, and we have got them. offers the inducements that the American does. Rover Playing Cards are the cheapest enameled card on the market, and at the price are without No other line of playing cards Send for samples and prices. /THE AMERICAN PLAYING CARD CO., KALAMAZOO, MICH. The Hard Luck une is never sung by retailers who offer Queen Flake Baking Powder and Northrop Flavoring Extracts. Sold at good profit and low prices, quality considered, and guaranteed to give entire satisfaction. Manu- factured only by Northrop, Robertson -& Carrier, Lansing, Michigan. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Declined— Acidum — Mae... |. 33@ 50 —— Ce. @ +50 Aceiicum............ 8 6@8 8 eee oo . . 15@ : 25 Oltan ...... . @ 50 Benzoicum, German 70@ 75 | Cubebe.............. 9@ 1 Franus yvirge......... @ 50 Heraere. @ & Exechthitos ........ 1 00@ 1 10 Tinctures Carbolicum......... 2@ 41 Mrigeran . ... 1 00@ 1 10} Aconitum NapellisR 60 Citricum ............ 2@ 44|Gaultheria..... .... 1 50@ 1 60 Aconitum Napellis F 50 Hydrochlor......... 3@ 5/| Geranium, ounce. CQ ta Aree es 60 Nisrecwm . ......... 8@ 10} Gossippii, —_ gal. 50@ 60) Aloesand Myrrh.... 60 Oxalicum........... 12@ 14| Hedeoma.. ---+ LOO E10) Aenea 50 Phosphorium, dil... @ 15| Junipera. 1 50@ 2 00} Assafcetida ..... 11) 50 Salicylicum. ........ 60@ 65 Lavendula ...... 11, @ 200} Atrope Belladonna. 60 Sulphuricum. ...... 1%@ 5|Limonis............. 1 30@ 1 50/ Auranti Cortex..... 50 Tannicum .......... 1 25@ 1 40| Mentha Piper....... 1 60@ 2 20/ Benzoin........... 60 Tartaricum.......... 38@ 40} Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60) Benzoin Co. oe 50 Morrhue, gal....... 1 10@ 1 25} Barosma 50 Ammonia . S : s De rcr ces ceess ov TAVIGIa 4 00@ 4 50 | Cantharides 15 Aqua, 16 deg........ 4m 61 Olve 7@ 3 00| Capsicum.......__. 50 Aqua, 20 deg........ 6@ = 8| Picis Liquida. .... 10@ 12] Cardamon.......... 5 Carponag...:........ 12@ 14} Picis Liquida, gal.. @ 35! Cardamon Co... ... 5 Chioridam.......... me Wikies WO t0 Cagis 1 00 Aniline —. settee es c @ : . @ateena 5 Black. . - 8 0@ 2 35) Sneetnt 2.200. 4 #9 | Cinchona.. 50 ee ee . 3 nchona Uo.. 60 Browe 80@ 1 Sabina. . (Gloua. 50 Red «...-.-- seer sees 45@ 30 oS RETO 250@700|Guneba. ..1.°22777 50 Yellow . Sele ee oe 2 50@ 3 00 Sassafras............ 55@ 60] Cassia 7. qutifol sees 50 Bacce. Sinapis, ess., ounce. @ 65] “><5:> acutifol Go 50 Cubese........ po.18 13@ 15 Co 7@ 1 80] vizi ws 50 Juniperus........... 6@ 8|Thyme............. 40@ 50] Brgoc......... 50 Xanthoxylum.. .... 2@ 30| Thyme, opt......... @ 1 60! Ferri oe . 35 Theobromas ........ 1@ 20 i 5 Balsamum es a ee .. 50 J entian Co......_ Copatba: ....--....._- & 2 75 | Bi-Carb. — 15@ 18 Galea 70] Nee Terabin, Ganada.... 45@ 50| Bichromate 1... - © oe ale BNE =“ +. on = oi tem es Cortex Chlorate..po.17@i9e 16@ 18 | Jodine, color! 21 Px Abies, Canadian.... 18 Cyanide. .....° 7... Pe 40) pa a Ro tie 2 60@ 2 65] wenn” = Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30 as Ye i 350 Euonymus atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com @ iG - mica........ 50 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt... 10@ 12 Obii, ¢ rcainaes io. Prunus Virgini...... 12 | Potass Nitras.. a 00@ i Oi, - mp grated. ; 50 Quillaia, gr’d....... 14 | Prussiate.. toe Sage Ss ee amin em Sassafras...... po. 1 12| Sulphate po .. ... 15@ 18 — Baa eal a 50 Ulmus...po. 15, er'd 15 Radix a | 50 Extractum Aconitym ........... 0@ W aS au 50 Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 4@ 25} Althe............... 22@ 25/| Serpentaria. ....... 50 Glycyrrhiza, po..... Jo | Amenvsa 1.0. 10@ 12} Stromonium........ 60 Hematox,15lbbox. 1@ 12] Arumpo...... ...... @ 2%/| Tolutan.............. 80 Hematox,is........ 1s 14) Calamds 26 40) Valerian 2) 50 Hematox,%s....... 14@ 15|Gentiana...... po. 15 122@ 15| Veratrum Veride 50 Heematox, 4s........ 16@ 17} Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18| Zingiber............. 20 Ferru oe Cansden . @ 60 lliscellaneous rastis Can BB | 2 Ss 7 35 Carbonate Precip.. 15 paiebece, Alba, a 103 20 Hines eee Nit 4 P me 38 Citrate and Quinia.. 225) Inula, po............ 15@ 20] Alumen 24@ 3 Citrate Soluble...... 75 | Ipecac, po...... 1... 2 80@ 3 00/ Alumen, gro’d. -PO.7 3@ 4 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40 | Tris plox....p035@38 35@ 40] Annatto 40@ 50 Solut. Chloride..... 15] Jalapa, pr........... 25@ 30]/ Antimoni, po._.... @ 5 aes, com’l..... 2|Maranta, \%s.... |. @ 35! Antimoni et a. 0@ x = =—* by se Podophyilam, po.. 2@ = Antipyrin ee @ 80 Sulphate, pure ..... 7 | Rhei, cut... — . i 25 te g 50 Flora HG By... %o@ 1 35) Arsenicum.......... 10@ 12 enien . 2@ 14 eceea 35@ 38] Balm Gilead ee: 38@ 440 Anthemis.......... 18@ 25| Sanguinaria...po.15 §@ 18| Bismuth SN... 40@ 1 50 Matri oa 30@ 35 | Serpentaria......... 30@ 35) Calcium Chior, te @ 9 ST aaa Renera CO 40@ 45|CalciumChlor.,%s. @ 10 Polia Similax,officinalis H @ 40} Calcium Chlor., ys. @ kr Barosma............. 23@ 28| Smilax,M........... @ 25| Cantharides, Rus. @ = Cassia Acutifol, Tin- POM po.35 10@ 12| Capsici Fructus, af. @ t& nevelly:..... ....- 18@ 25} Symplocarpus, Feeti- Capsici Fructus, po. @ 15 Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 2@ 930] dus, po............ @ 25| Capsici FructusB. po @ 6 Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana ,Eng.po.30 @ 2%/|Caryophyllus..po.15 2@ 14 Gnd 368..:... ...¢; 12@ 20 Valeriana, — 15@ 20} Carmine, No. 40..... @ 3 00 Ura Urel ............ 8@ 10 Zingiber a.. . 2@ 16| Cera Alba,S.& F 50@ 55 ieimaue @insiber yj. 23@ 27| Cera Flava........_. @ 42 Acacia, Ist picked.. @ 6 — ee Ca $ 33 Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 45] Anisum.. @ 321 cestrarta g = Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 3 Sha ts (graveleons) 13@ 15/ Cetaceum...... 1). 7’ @ 4 Acacia, sifted sorts. @ Bi teteis... - '.. 4@ | 6 Ghisvofamn. 111 60@ 63 Acacia, po....... ... 60@ 80| Carui.... 2.11 po.18 10@ 12 Chloroform: squibis @115 Aloe, Barb. po.18@20 12@ 14/|Cardamon........... 1 25@ 1 75 | Chloral Hyd Crs 25@ 1 50 Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 @ 12} Coriandrum......... SQ | 10) Ghanacis: 00 = Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 @ 30 pr cea Sativa. . I@ 4% Chon art ip BQ 35 Ammoniac.......... 55@ «60 cra Ces %5@ 1 00) Cinchonidine, Germ 2@ 30 Assafostida....po.30 25@ 28} Chenopodium ...... 10@_12| Cocaine 30@ 3 50 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 Dipterix Odorate... 2 00@ 2 20 Corks, lst, dis pret 7 Catechu, Is.. a @ 13|Feniculum......... @ 10) Graneata pr.c @ = Catechu, %S......... @ 14/| Fonugreek,po...... 7 7) Grete (| -bbi. @ Catechu, 4s......... @ 16 eee 3%@ 4% | Creta, prep... @ 5 Camphore . 40@ 43) Lini, grd.... bbl. 314 4@ 4% nate a a a Euphorbium..po. 35 @ Mikes: | |. 35@ 40! Greta’ ‘ia a 4 Galbanum........... @ 1 00| Pharlaris Canarian. 4@ 4%| Grocus _. ae I8@ 20 Gamboge po........ 6@ 70) Rapa............ 44%@ 5] Cudbear....__ @ 24 Guaiacum..... po. 25 @ _ 30{ Sinapis Albu........ “@ 8} Cupri Sulph. 5@ 6 Kino........ po. 83.00 @ 3 00/ Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12) Dextrine....0/27.')"' 10@ 12 — veteeees 2 = = Spiritus Ether Sulph EEE BE 9 eet... 2... . 4 | Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 2 59 | Emery, al —— ae s CP eliag Oe 3 He 8 *S | Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25 ere 8... @ 6 Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 | Frument! 1 25@ 1 50 Flake Wil igi Po 0 % Tragacanth 50@ 80 | Juniperis Go. 0. 'T-: 1 65@ 2 00 | Flake White........ = = Sees manta Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 50 | G8 @ 2 Herba Saacharum N. F.... 1 9@ 2 10 | Gambier. 22.) s@ 9 Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli...._. 1 75@ 6 50 oa Cooper. . @ 6 Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto.......__ 1 25@ 2 00 os atin, French..... 35@ 60 Lobelia...... oz. pkg 25 | Vini Alba. . -. 1g 205 | Casewere, yee. box = ree. -< pkg = Sponges Glue, brown. ie i 328 ye oe Lo 5 Florida sheeps’ wool Giue, white... |. 13@ 25 Rue on one $9}. Catriage..-... 2... 2 50@ 2 7% | Glycerina........... @ 20 TanacetumV oz. a 99 | Nassau sheeps wool Grana Paradisi .... @ Teel Vv . i z. pk, 5 carriage... 5 @ 200! Hamuins.... 5@ 55 ¥ : 8 Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chlor Mite @ 8 rhigeaetl wool, carriage..... @ 1 2% | Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ Calcined, Pat..... .. 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @ % Carbonate, Pat...... 22| wool. carriage... @ 1 00| Hydraag Ammoniati @ 110 Carbonate, K.&M.. 20@ 25] Grass sheeps’ wool, HydraagUnguentum 45@ 55 Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36] carriage........... @ 1 00} Hydrargyrum....... @ 70 Hard, for slate use. @ %/| Ichthyobolla, Am.. SQ Oleum Yellow Reef, for indigo 2. 7a@ 1 Absinthium......... 3 25@ 350] slate use.......... @ 140 a Resubi...... 2 60@ 3 = OGOEOM 5 Anniaie: a 8 cog 8 = Syrups Lupulin. noe g 2 25 ARSE ec. --. 2 10@ 2 20} Acacia . eign @ 50/| Lycopodium........ ee 45 Auranti Cortex..... 2 2@ 2 40} Auranti Cortes... .. G tei Mees |... 3: vi) Bergammi. 2 40@ 2 80 | Zingiber....... ..... @ 50} Liquor Arse= et Hy- Catt... ....: 8@ 8jIpecac......... @ @) drarciog.......... @ B® Caryophylli......... %@ 80|Ferrilod..... ...... @ 50/ LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 eRee os 35@ 65/Rhei Arom.... ..... @ 50| Magnesia, Sulph.... 2@ 3 Chenopadii...... ... @ 2 75 | Smilax Officinalis 50@ 60| Magnesia, Suiph,bbl @ 1% Cinnamonii......... 1,60@ 1 70| Senega.... ......... @ 50| Mannia,S.F....... 30@ 60 ieronella. ..... 45@ .50 | Scille.. Wi @ »0/| Mentho:. O2% -. 2 45@ 2 70 nee 18 | Linseed, pure raw. Morphia, S.P.& W. @ Morphia, S.N.Y. Q.& | Sinapis, opt......... @ 30 Linseed, boiled..... Ce Oe 2 45@ 2 70 | Snuff, Maccaboy, De Neatsfoot, winter str Moschus Canton... bof |} Voes.. @ 34! Spirits Turpentine... Myristica, No.1_.... 65@ 80 | Snuff, Seotch, DeVo's @ i Nux Vomica. . - po.20 @ Soda Boras.. 9@ iti} Os Sepia. 16@ a Soda Boras, po.. eeee. 9@ ii | Paints Pepsin Saac, H. & P. | Soda et Potass Tart. 2@ 28 | Red Venetian Bee. @ 1 00| Soda, Carb.......... 1%@ 2 Ochre, yellow Mars. — Liq. N.N.% gal. | Soda, Bi-Carb. 3@ 5! Ochre’ yellow Ber. ee a @ 2 00 | Soda, Ash.. 3%4@ 4) | Putty, commercial... Picis Liq., quarts... @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas.. @_ 2! Putty: strictly pure. Picis Liq., pints..... @ 85} Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60 | Vv guaiiaen. DP me Pil Hydrarg.. -po. 80 @ 50/|Spts. Ether Co...... 30@ 55| American Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18/Spt. Myrcia Dom... @” 00 | Vermilion, English. Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30| Spts. Vini Rect. bi. @ 2 48 | GeTmillon, Eng Piix Burgun........ @ _ 7| Spts. Vini Rect.%4bbl @ 2 53| Green, Peninsular. Fiumpi Acet......_. 10@ 12) Spts. Vini Rect.10gai @ 2 56| Lead, Red.. Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @25 | Lead. white. Pyrethrum, boxes H. Less 5¢ gal. cash 10 days. lw hiting, Ite eo & P. D. Co., doz. . @ 1 25 | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40@ 1 45| whiting wilder’ Pyrethrum, pv ede 2>@ 30) Sulphur, Subl....... 3%@ 4%) white, Paris Amer. Quassie.. _. 8@ 10) Sulphur, Roll. 34@ 4 | whi ting, Paris En Gains’ - P. & W. 33 33 Tamarinds...... 8@ 10; = cliff * uinia xerman. 25@ 34/| Terebenth Venice.. 28@ 30) Universal Prepared. Quinia, N.Y..... ... 33@ 38| Theobrome.. | we ‘Pasemashientuas Rubia Tinctorum.. 12 if} Vauita 9 00@16 00 | Selah nc PY se | Ainei Suiph.._..._.. 7@ 8 Varnishes Salacin - 3 00@ 3 10} Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50| Oils | Beira ‘Turp. — a = be. | | BEL. dab. | Coseh Body... ane. aC = 1 | | _— ae bees = 70 | No.1 oe : ane, Cera... ... 4 Extra Turk Damar.. Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22] | Lard, No. 1.......... 35 40 | Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp 46 48 65 7 34 BBL. 1% 1% 3 1% % siete @3 214 23 24 2%@3 1 i} - 160@ 17 5@ 3 1 00@ i 5a >» ww ‘ 70@ 3@ 15 0@ 1 Se 10 75 5@ 1 s oo ow a °o ° ERO oe ° o o [=) AND os ° 2X80 yo ° o o Ne o PURSES Bora ° a 9 3 ° J SJ a A _ Fn ee oct’ We and well assorted line of 6h Oo 3 AS °o ° oO. o o DC 0 axes cw shall sample in a few days a large Ladies’ Pocket Books 3° a Ladies’ Purses Gro 0}02 0, ‘aw L) c ~ oO Me so J Woo ° Gentlemen’s Pocket Books oO So oO o ° Gentlemen’s Purses ° o ° 2 9G of o ° = bebe 2 ow o a 09 9 o ¥) 0° Qe? 2H °o owGewe'o 0 2 of g o ° Drug Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. And invite your inspection and order. Hazeltine & Perkins Sie ¥) o ° RIC ICICI CREO TRIER 5 ° ° 20... ° ° ° ° ° ° ° o ° owe ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ees BOOKS o 9, S 5s) 0 S DD x e o os os S O° (07 “ae bow &) Cro a o 0 » °o “ee Yo o 210% o }Rqo)K oO 6 oe 9 oo ow J 210fo oc we os oS owt oo 2 'o w) es ode Go $) 0 Oo DEO £759 (0)% Go ‘of ao oe D ‘0%, oD C4 7d oha FowCo % a 0 maps (Hh Go’ ») 6 3 2 eo G 6 3 »} ° 5 Cho DIX on o 2 e ‘oe °o o °° ° e876fo 0? ° Lj oa Jee Sow ‘J ° o° MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. It is im- possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- erage prices for average conditions of purchase. Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is AXLE GREASE. doz. gross Been 55 600 Camr Or... 2... o 70 earn... 50 400 Race... Uh UmGDUlUCOU TXL Golden, tin boxes 7 9 00 Ilica, tin boxes........7% 9 00 Pirarcn........ . oS C0 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. ~ 0 Cana Goz............. 45 i ip sane doz. ............ 85 Ib cau doz. i. Acme. ag Ib Cans 3 Gox...........- 45 ib Gans 3 dos............ D . 2 comet ioe... 1 00 ee 10 Arctic. 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.......- 85 El Parity. 44 lb cans per doz........-. Vt) % lb cans per doz ........ 1 20 1 lbcans per doz......... 2 00 Home. iq lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 % lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 lb Cans 2 doz Case ..... 90 14 1b cans, 4 doz case..... 45 % 1b cans, 4 doz case...... 85 1 lb cans, 2 doz case...... 1 60 Jersey Cream. 1 Ib. cans, per doz...... —_. oo 9 oz. cans, per doz.......... 1 2 6 oz. Cans, per doz.......... 85 Our Leader. acme 45 oe % [ team... Peerless. i ih cans ....... ea 85 Queen Flake. S08. G@G08 cane............ 2 6 oz., 4 doz. case 0 oe See. 1 G08 caxe............ 4 80 1 ie., 2 G08. Case... .......: 4 00 A 9 00 BATH BRICK. oe 7 Se OC 80 BLUING. oo so... 40 ee BROOMS. et Carpe... 1 90 Be Scere, ....... ...._. 1% a scare. .............. 1p Me Scare. ............:. 1 Passer Gere 2 00 Ganon Weik............ @ Pes Waek..............- 80 Waronouse.............-. 25 CANDLES. a _ A 8 Paremme...... --..-.----__. 8 CANNED GOODS. Manitowoc Peas. Lakeside Marrowfat....... 95 iekemae %. J... .........- 115 Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... 1 20 Lakeside. Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 45 Extra “ae Early June....1 75 A Columbia,- pints.......... 2 00 Columbia, % pints..........1 25 CHEESE —. ..,. @ 8% Ambo @ 8% nyion... @ 3 Peete @ 9 —————— @ 8% ee @ BY Gold Medal... @ ideal .... @ &% Jersey @ 8% Lenawee . @ 8 Riverside. . @ 8 Springdale @ Bex... @ i! Edam.... . @ 70 Leiden .... o WwW Limburger @ 2 Pineapple.. —— & @ ap oe @ i7 Chicory Baik -.... 6 Red . CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & Co.’s. German Sweet .......... 23 Peete. 5. ca 34 Breakfast Cocoa.............. 45 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz....... Cotton, 50 ft, per dez Cotton, 60 ft, per doz ...... Cotton, 70 ft, per doz. ..... Cotton, 80 ft, per doz ...... 1 Jute, GOT. per Jos......... Jute. 72 ft. ner das,. ‘a COCOA SHELLS. oe RESSERS 2% Less quantity............ 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAM TARTAR. 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes..30-35 COFFEE. Green. Santos. —s ...... C..........e. 12 —. ............_..----.. 13 ee ee Posberry ........... .---.---- 15 Mexican and Guatamala. — aa. 15 oen |. .: . 16 Seacy . -. 17 Maracaibo —— ... 19 mie... a. 20 Java. jncorier.... 19 Private Growth........-.-+--- 20 Mandehling.........-----+-++- 21 Mocha. Meelintion _.....-....-----.-..- 20 is... ..-...--,-.- 2 Roasted. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands Fifth Avenue..... 2 Jewell’s Arabian Mocha... .29 Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24 Wells’ Perfection Java..... teens ” Seneaipp ..........- ----.--- 1 Breakfast Blend..........-. 18 Valley City Maracaibo. ....18% Saeal Bieed..........--.-... 14 Leader Blend....... .. ---- 12 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, also 4c a pound. In 601b. cases the list is 10c per 100 lbs. above the price in full cases. Areeeeio 2 3... 10 50 Seraey. 22 10 50 ficLaughiin’s XX*X...... McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago. Extract. Valley City % gross... 63) Poeltx 36 Gross...... -...- 115 Hummel’s foil % gross... 85 Hummel’s tin % gross 1 42 CLOTHES PINS. 5 gross boxes.... .........-. COUGH DROPS. C. B. Brand. 405 cent packages ........ 1 00 CONDENSED MIL&. 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle ........ 6 % aoe... ..62 Bee 5 7% Guemgpion ............-....- 4 Megn Challenge........... Dime ....... COUPON BOOKS. Tradesman Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 100 books, any denom.... 2 500 books, any denom....11 1,000 books, any denom....20 Economic Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 100 books, any denom.... 500 books any denom....1 1,000 books, any denom....20 me SSss Ssss Sone oor Universal Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Superior Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any denomination from 810 down. Pe oeeme 3... 1 00 50 be00KS...:...... 00 Pp poeks .......-... 3 00 Be neens. wo cc... Se neoke. wc ep beaks ..: ..-..:..... Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 1000, any one denom’n..... 2000, any one denom’n..... a DRIED FRUITS—DONMESTIC Apples. Sandee. ............. eo Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @ 8 California Fruits. Apeieots.....-.......- @S% Biackberries Nectarines .. — ht a0 DUN asses SSR Poems 8. Pitted Cherries........ Prunnelles............. Raspberries..........-- California Prunes. cj @ 14 cent less in 50 1b cases aisins. Lendon Layers 3 Crown. 1 London Layers4 Crown. 2 Dehestss.._..---.------- Loose Muscatels2 Crown 3% Loose Muscatels3Crown 4% Loose Muscatels 4 Crown % FOREIGN. Currants. Patras bps. .: ...-..:--_--- Q®7 Vostizzas 50 lb cases......@ 7 (Cleaned, bulk -....---..-- Cleaned, packages......-- @ 8 Peel Citron American 101b bx @13 Lemon American 10 1b bx @12 Orange American 101b bx @12 sins. Ondura 28 |b boxes.....8 @ 8% @8ea 4 e 4, % Sultana 1 Crown....... @ Sultana 2Crown....... @ Sultana 3Crown....... @ 7% Sultana 4 Crown....... @ Qnitana 5Crown....... @ Sultana 6 Crown....... @12 Sultana package....... @14 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Parina. 2411b. packages..........1 © Bulk, per 100 lbs..... .... 4 00 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.'s. 242 lb. packages........-... 2 %5 200 TD. HORS... 5. oes. c 4 13 Hominy. aa ......--... 2 50 Flake, 50 lb. drum Dried Lima . % Medium Hand Picked....1 30 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 1b. box..-. 60 Imported, 25 Ib. box.. Pear! Barley. Common...... 2 00 iGnemer.. ... 22 Empire ..... a 3 00 ace Bio. A 95 plist, por ip....-.__-...-.-- 2% ‘o) Rolled Avena, bbl.. 4 55 Monaren, bbl...-.-..-.. - 4 40 Monarch, % bbl.......... 2 35 Monarch, 90 1b sacks...... 210 Quaker. cases........ ce oe Bacon, Cases............<: 1% Sago. a ee 4 Mast midia......-.... 3% Tapioca. Flake ....... 34% Pee 35 Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges.... 5 Wheat. Cracked, bulk.-........... 314 242 lb packages...........2 50 Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @5 Georges genuine...... @ 5% Georges selected...... @ 6 Strips or bricks....... 6 @9 Herring. Holland white hoops, bbl. Holland white hoop % bbi Holland white hoop, keg. 35 Holland white hoop mchs 80 Morwermn... ...........- 00 Round 100 ihg............. 22s Beend 1 ipe........-.... 1 30 Peete 13 Mackerel. Mead 000 The. 16 30 eee Oe ee........:..:... 6 90 More 40 105.....-. ....... 2 oe Mocs 8 ite. ...2......, . 2s Ho, 2 100 ibs... ...... 14 50 No.1 401bs 6 10 oot woe... 1 60 ne: ©. Sie: 2. cc... 1 30 No. 2 100 lbs.. . &@& No.2 401bs.. 4 30 mae Bip 115 mo. Sibe..:- 95 Trout No. 1 100 lbs... 5 50 mot 0... ...... 2 50 Moe.t tie... cw... 7 . 2 bs Jennings’. D.C. Vanilla D. C. Lemon 7Os....... oo x... @ So Oz....-.1 30 so. ....1 oe.. ...2 Z 6os.,....3 i. No. & 1960 No. 8...240 No. 10. .6 00 No. 10...4 00 No. 2T.i1 Neo. 25. SS No. 3 T.2 00 No. 35-1 No 4T.2 40 No. 47.1 50 Northrop Brand. Lem Van. 2 0z. Taper Panel:. 7% 1 20 Pon. Oval... 75 1 90 3 oz. Taper Panel 35 2 00 4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60 2 25 Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the Reguiar Grade Regular Vanilia. doz img) 20Z.... .1 20 | 402...... 2 40 XX Grade Lemon. m2oz......3480 it ; eee 1a is; XX Grade ‘|° Vanilla. Tanglefoot, per box........ 30 Tanglefoot, c’se of 10 b’x’s 2 5 Tanglefoot, 5 case lots..... 2 50 Tanglefoot, {0 case lots.... 2 40 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. WON ee ee 4 00 Peat Mere. see 2 26 Quarter Hees. ............0.. 1 2 [ie ooo... tw. 30 OEE 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Bere 425 Peat Bees Se Cnarer Week. 8. 2. 1 35 Pip Gans. 2... ... 3... 34 Eagite Duck—Dupont’s. oe .. . ..8 00 eS 425 Quarter Kegs.. . 2 25 tio, coms....... oo HERBS. a 15 OR ee INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb boxes......... 55 8. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib boxes.... 50 JELLY. Bip pets... 35 ee LYE. Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 Condensed. 4 doz. ae LICORICE. Pere. 30 Ooo. 25 ee ee 10 MINCE MBAT. Ideal, 3 dox. in Gare. .... .... 2 2 MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s brands. Be. 9 eee... .-. 1 6 AMONOT PAROT.. 00.6.5 05... 1 70 Noe Home................: 110 ieporm Paror............ 2. 4 00 MOLASSES. New Orleans. a a 11 Por... 14 OS Se a 20 Pons 24 Onen Bettic...........<.-- 25@35 Half-barrels 2c extra. MUSTARD. Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1% Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz........1 % PIPES. oy, OO oee......... LZ Clay, T. D. fulicount..... 65 Geb, Nes. 0 85 POTASH. 48 cans in Case. ees... .-....... ‘ 4 Penna Salt Co.’s..... 3 00 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... 5 95 Half bbls, 600 count....... 3 13 : Small. Barrels, 2,400 count...... 6 35 Half bbls 1,200 count...... 3% RICE. Domestic. Carolina head.... Lon oS Carolina Ne.) ...-.....-.. 3 Cazotima Nov2:............ 3 Browom... (230: es: 3% imported. eapan MOT... 4). 6% Japan, No.2..... . 6 dave, Tancy bead.........: 6 pave met... 5% Wemie.... <1. eae SALERATUS. Packed 60 ibs. in box. Church’s ... ee Deland’s . 2. Dwight’s... .-8 30 Tayiors..........- ss Se SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis....... . Granulated, 100 lb cases.. 9) Te BINS. Lump, 145lb kegs 85 SEEDS. Beiee. |... i 9 Canary, Smyrna......... 3% ee A 8 Cardamon, Malabar .. 6 Ole ry oe ee it Hemp, Russian......... 3% a in Mustard, white....... .... 5 rT 10 a em sy oul 4% Curie Bene... 93 :,.. 3. 20 SNUFP. Scotch, in bladders......... 3 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Table, cases, 24 3-lb boxes..1 50 Table, barrels, 100 3 1b bags.2 7: Table, barrels, 407 1b bags.2 40 Butter, barrels, 2801b. bnlk.2 25 Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.2 50 Butter, sacks, 28lbs......... 25 Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... Common Grades. MOOS ID SREER..... ......... 1 90 bi aces... 1% Se 1010 SRCES 1 60 Worcester. 50 4 Ib. Gartone........... 3 25 115 236lb. BAeks..... ......- 4 00 GO 5 Ib. sacks.. a Sie ip stews... ...... 808 Soto 1b. sacks........ ..3 50 28 Ib. linen sacks..... 1 oe 56 lb. linen sacks... + OO Bulk In barves.............. 2 50 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-lb dairy in iinen sacks... 60 —— 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Solar Rock. S6ib saekS. 00. ok. 21 Common. Granulated Fine............ 75 Médinis Pine... 3t % SOAP. Sage pes 2% 5 box lots, delivered........ 27 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 65 ’ JAS. 8. KIRK & C0.’S BRANDS. American Family, wrp’d....2 66 Tee... ele 2 4o ES 2 20 DONO ce ie 2 50 White Hessian... ..........2 36 White Cloud, laundry...... 6 25 White Cloud, toilet.........3 50 Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 10 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 Blue India, 100 % Ib......... 3 00 Birnenme.-- cos 3 50 oe 2 50 Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. 100 cakes, 75 lbs. Single box..... - 2 oO eae, 2% Pe box tots. 2° Bo OOk OS... 2 60 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-Ib. bars ..2 7 Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars....3 75 Uno, 100 %-Ib. bars. ........: 2 50 Doll, 100 10-oz. bars.........26 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz ........2 40 SODA. beans 2... Kegs. English ! 4% SPICES. Whole Sifted. AOS os 13 Cassia, China inmats..... 12 Cassia, Batavia in bund... x Cassia, Saigon in rolls Cloves, Amboyne. Cloves, Zanzibar. Mace, Batavia.... cee Wutmoegs, fancy........... 60 Neusmces, No. t......:......8 Nitmers, No. 2....... .... 45 Pepper, Singapore, black...11 Pepper, Singapore, white. ..12 Pepper, shot... 12 Pure Ground in Bulk. Ae... 15 Cassia, Batavia é Cassia, Saigon... Cloves, Zanzibar. Ginger, African Ginger, Cochin.. Ginger, Jamaica Mace, Batavia.. Mustard...... DUemegs,...... ..:. Pepper, Sing , blac Pepper, Sing., white Pepper, Cayenne... Sage..... SYRUPS. Corn Bare. csc 18 Balt. DOM... oe 20 Pure Cane. Peer. 16 O08 i 20 COR es pa) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2l STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. 40 Lib packages............. 6 201 Ib packages............. 6ig Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. <0 1b packages............. 6% Sip borer (. Diamond. 64106 packages ........... 5 00 BS Sc packares......... ..5 60 32 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 Common Corn. me iih. packages......:... .. 5 a6 i1b. packases.........__.. 434 Common Gloss. lib packages............... 44 Sip paekages...... - 4% Clip packaves .....-........ 40 and 50 1b boxes. i Bie Rarrels ' os STOVE POLISH. SS ameline J. LS Lad tat eA ce No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross. . SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Domino ..-............._....5 65 EE 5 88 Crashed -...t 5 88 Ces ee 5 63 Poweereds 000. 5 63 XXXX Powdered...........5 69 Granulated in bbls... ......5 38 Granulated in bags......... 5 38 Fine Granulated......... 9 35 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 50 Extra Coarse Granulated...5 50 Mould Ac 5 63 Diamond Confec. A........5 2 Confec. Standard A.........5 25 1 TOBACCOS. Cigars. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. New Erick..............., 33 6 H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. Guintetie ...... <5... 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. C Michigan Cigar Co.’s brand. Ure Unkle re Unkle. c< o.oo sos $5 00 | N 9 -Ruhe Bros Co.’s Brands. Mr. Phomas.:. 260.6... 35 00 Sir William......... ..._. 96 60 Glob Wine... 3s 66 Generals Grant and Lee... .35 00 Spanish Hand Made........35 00 Crown Wine... |... 36 Oe TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large... 4 75 Lea & Perrin’s,small... 2 75 Halford, large........... 3 7% Halford small... ..... 235 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, small.....2 65 VINEGAR. Malt White Wine, 40 grain.... 6 Malt White Wine, 80 ss 2 Pore Cader oo... 3.00510. "10 Pure Cider, Leroux.......... 11 Washing Powder. R USA oy, 1c" OO oz pees 2... S oe WICKING. Mo. © pereross.............. & NO. 1, poreross........_.. 30 NO. 2: pergrogs........-..... 4) INO. S pereross ............. Fish and id Oysters Fresh Fish. Per lb. Whitessh .......... @ s Trout . oes @ 8 Black Bass. 1... 6 @ Pale ............ @ Ciscoes or ee =o « Bluefish. ioe @ 10 Live Lobster....... @ 16 Boiled Lobster. . @ 18 Coe @ WW Haagdoek............ @ 8s No. 1 Pidkere!...... @ 7 Fire...) 3... @ 6 OCC R @ 2% Smoked White...... @ 38 Red Snapper. ...-... @ 10 Col River Salmon.. @ }2 Mackerel i @ wv Oysters in Cans. F. H. Counts. @ 40 Fr. 2. D. serects..... @ 30 @ 2 Shell Goods. Oysters, per 100... ._.. 1 a 50 MYams nar 100 ne The Cappon & Bertscb Leather Candies. Grains and Feedstuffs Provisions. ‘ite Swift & Company quote as Stick Candy. _. ao ods follows: bbls, pails NO. a a iis mead (NeSiea 1 00] rose oe Standard H. H..... 6%@ 7 ee ee eee = Standard Twist..... 6 @8 Winter Wheat Flour. pr et Cut Eoat..:....... @ 8% Local Brands. oa oo : cases : oa eam ees ae oamo, a2 ID ........ @ 64 ——..lt 710 ee............ 1 Extra Ho o 8% | Second Patent............. 6 60 Bean ST 11 00 Boston Cream...... Straight See Sala ae oss cis C10, a 12 U0 toes ET ; = Dry Salt Meats. i d d H POI, cow a. “ oO ~ ; : —— as —_ when 4 00 a Gy ess x Jompetition......... ee ee 4 50 ci aaa = i ee @7 Subject to usual cash dis- Extra shorts............. 6% Conserve 00 |. @ 7% | count. Smoked [Meats. Koval Gi% Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bb]. ad- | Hams, 12 lb average .... 9 Riboon (00.0.1. @ 8% | ditional. Hams, 14 lb average 834 Beizen' @ 8% Hams, 16 lb average..... 8% Cotte @ 8%| Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand Hams, 20 lb average..... 814 English Rock....... @s | Diamond, Ys. 0 6 75 | Ham dried beef ........_ Kindergarten....... @ 8% | Diamond, %s.....) es , 6 75 | Shoulders (N. Y. —~. 6% — Cream. @ 34 | Diamond 34a. .... 1.6 2 aoe ag i 9 Dandy Pan... ... 10 , i Ckrcon (in ta thes Jalifornia hams. Se ee « 6% heen > o4 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Boneless hams........ | a ‘ 0 Oe 70 Hand Made Creams. 80 @1 00 4 bbls, 401bs........ 1 50 Plain Creams. 60 @90 % bbls, ibs. 2 69 Decorated Creams. @90 ripe. piring Rock... | @60 Kits lbs... |)... 70 Burnt Almonds.....1 25 @ 4 bbls, ee 1 50 Wintergreen Berries @é60 % bbls, 80 lbs... 2 6 Caramels. sin Casings. a 16 o— : hid eee. a ox Beet rounde 0000011 4 Mas: 1 wrapped, 3 ib. —= a Mees | EE bo @50 Duluth Imperial, %s....... 7 00 Drees evee cee eee ceee 60 No. 2 2 wrapped, 3 2 Ib. Duluth Imperial, 4s. ..... 6 90 a boxes Duluth Imperial, %s....... 6 80} Rolls, dairy.. 1 10 Solid, dairy 9% a <== | Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand. Rolls, Creamery... |... 14 -- Fruits Gold Medal %s............. 7 25 | Solid, creamery -.20.2.., 13% 7 Gold Medal je. ... 0... 7 15 Canned Meats. PIES Timi | Gold Medal tas 7 05 | Corned beef, 21b . = Sian: Parisian, %s. 7 25 | Corned beef, . Bo... £3 00 Cal. Seedlings ...... @ Parisian, 48....../...../ 1 715 ae beef, 2 Ib...02.: 2 50 Fancy Navels 112.. @3 09 Parisian, %48................ _— Potted bam, 4s. 1 = f @3 0 i Bei. a Cee ede oes. @3 50 Olney & Judson ’s Brand. Deviled ham, = a1... 70 nase Sg CO ie, 7 25| Deviledham, 4s...” 1 10 ae aie @* 79 | Geresota, 4s. 7 15 | Potted tongue - _ a Lemons. Coreseta, tea 7 05 Potted ee *a8 oe Strictly ae = = 50} Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. i k in : ctly choice 300s.. 3 50 ‘ , Fancy 360s or 300s... @4 U0 eee ee rac kers. Ex.Fancy 300s.... . @i £0 Tauren’ a aa a Ex.Fancy 360s...... @4 50 aurel, 4s. ee The Ne Mabeemiad Biscuit Co. Meal quotes as follows: Bananas. ct Butter, Medium bunches...1 25 @1 50} Bolted . . 2 25 | Seymour Xxx. 7 Large bunches...... 1% @2 00 Granulated 0 2 50 vue aee” 3 Tb. carton 7% amily XXX 7 Foreign Dried Fruits. Feed and Milistuffs. Family XXX, 31b carton. ™% Figs. St. Car Feed. screened ....17 50| Salted XXX................ 7 oe No. 1 Corn and Oats..... -16 59 | Salted XXX, 3Ibearton... 7% : ee _ ‘oe Unbolted Corn Meal ...... 16 00 ™ ue ee f i Winter Wheat Bran. -14 00! oan xxx a. a Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as Fancy, 12 1b boxes... @ 14 cee a Middlings. .~ we Soda XXX, 31b carton... 8 follows: Imperial Mikados, 18 & : : meee, CM 8% Hides. , = ee Par @ Corn. Zephy nae. tewces Of i) i / *ulled, 6 1b boxes... @ 13) car lots.. o 3g | Long Island Wafers... |_| 12 Green Now, «= @ 84 | Naturals, in bags. SO ca ce a 40 | LL. Wafers, ilbcarton _. 13 Cured No. 1. LO aaa | Dates. Outs. Oyster. Cured NO. 2)... 0... @ 8% | Fards in 10 1b boxes @s8 >» | Square Oyster. > 7 Calfskins, green No.1 @ 8% | Fards in 60 Ib cases @eé | Car lots. . - +++. 82 | Sq. Oys. XXX.'1 lb carton. 8 Calfskins, green No.2 @7Z_ | Persians, G. M’s..... @5_ | Cariots, clipped. Sdn te eas an 39 | Farina Uyncer, X32... ... 7 Calfskins, cured No.1 @10 Ib cases, new...... @6 | Less than car lots. ....... 37 SWEET GOODS—Boxes. Calfskins, cured No.2 @ 8% | Sairs, 601b cases... @ 4% Hay. Animals Bad aaa aston ennn 11% —= =| No.1 Timothy arlots...... 9 ap | Bents Cold Water......... 15 Pelts. | No. 1 Timothy, ton lots....10 00 | Belle Rose ................. 8% : Hl o | Nuts. Cocoanut ape ea, 13 Felts, €g€n...;:....... SO@t 00 | Ce nl ———E—E——— —— a .. a 11 ‘Tallow. Froste Honey. ee, 13% Lae eae Tarragona. 13 Graham Crackers ......... Bi NOC @ 3 Almonds’ Ivacae ee ah Fresh Meats. Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 8 ee. @ 2 Almonds, California, Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 8 Soft sheled....__... @13 Beef. Gin. Snps,XXX homemade 8 Wool. Brastanew |. @8 Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped.. 8 / | bers @u_ | Carcass ............... 6%@ 7% | Ginger Gems............... 8% Washed, fine _-....... @is Walnuts, Grenobles . @13 Fore quarters. -. 5X%@ 6i4 bipetais 8% Washed, medium...... @23 Walnuts. Calif No. 1. @i0 Hind quarters 8G 9 Jumbles, Honey........... 12% Unwashed, fine.... ...11 @13 Walnuts, soft shelled oes NO 9 @12 | Molusses Cakes............ 8% Unwashed, medium ..16 @I18 Coie. ean @ aa. ttteteeeceeee 2D @12 Manhmallow ....... 16 ———— | Table Nuts, fancy.. @io | Rounds............... * @8 | Marshmallow Creams..... 17 ‘Table Nuts, choice... @g |Chucks............ 64@7 | Pretzels, hand made ..... ¥% Pecans, Med....... ... @s_ | Plates ................ @4 | Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 7% Pecans, Ex. Large. . ALU Pork Sugar Ce 8% Pecans, Jumbos...... @i2 i _ | Sultamas............... 13% Barrels. Hickory Nuts per bu., TCO ol, @: Sears’ Lunch..... ta. O86 Ohio, new.... @i6o| ems @ 7% | Sugar Squares............ 9% Eocene @i1% | cocoanuts, full sacks it 60} Shoulders... ......_- @ 6 Vanilla Waters ........... 15 XXX W.W.Mich. Hdlt @ 8% P Beat fame... : 64@ Pecan Waters... .......... 16% W W Michigan........ @ 84 eanuts. Mixed Piewte 00) 12% Diamond White....... @ 74 | Fancy, H. P., Suns. @7 Mutton. Cream Jumbles . eee 5 Gee... @ 8% | Fancy, H. P., Flags Caress ........ ...... 7 @8 Boston Ginger } Mute 10 Deo. Naptha .......... @i Roasted...... @i Spring Lambs... .....8 @9 Pineapple Glace Bee ony os 17 aseangg Seed eee eee 2 @34 Choice, H. P., ‘Extras, @ 4% Penny €ukes............... 9 Engine... .........11 @21_ | Choice, H. P.. Extras, Veal. Marshmallow Walnuts.... 17 B ack. winter : @ z Roasts? 5 Careage ... 2... |... 64%@ 8 Belie tale Pienic........... 11% 5 5 13 5 5 Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, 56 gal. perdes........... 1 to6 gal., pen - . - 8 gal., each..... ace ae 10 gal., each. eee. 12 gal., eac a oe 15 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 20 gal. meat-tubs, each. . 25 gal. meat-tubs, each. 30 gal. meat-tubs, each... .2 Churns. ~toGgal pereal......_. 5 Churn Dashers, per doz... 85 Milkpans. M% gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 45 1 gal. flatorrd. bot.,each 4% Fine Glazed Milkpans. % gal. flatorrd. bot.,doz. 60 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 5% Stewpans. 4% gal. fireproof, bail,doz. 8 1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.1 10 Jugs. 4 Gal. perdos............. 40 ‘a Gal. per dos... ........ 42 Ptes eal. poreal...___. 5% Tomato Jugs. 20. perdes. .... tt 5% Corks for % gal., per doz.. 20 Corks for i gal., per doz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. \% gal., stone cover, doz... 75 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, per Ib.. 2 LAMP > BURNERS. No. 0 Sun. 35 RU 40 No. 2 Sun. 60 3epgiay 50 Security, No. 1. 65 Security, No. 2 85 Nites ...... 50 Co 1 2 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. Per —_ of 6 doz. No. 0 Sun. 1 tae No. § Sum...... beeen aes no 25m 218 First —.. No. 0 Sun, crim wrapped and labeled... No. Sun, — wrapped and labe ea. No. 2 Sun, crim wrapped and aaa" XXX Plint, No. 0 Sun, crimp wrapped and ec No. 1 Sun, crimp wrapped and labeled. Ne. 2 Sun, crim wrapped and labe a CHIMNEYS—Pearl To wrapped cp 2 Ly wrapped “a label al stad No. 2 ee wrapped and labeled. . No. 2 Sun, “Small “Bulb,” for Globe Lamps......... La Bastie. _— 1 Sun. plain bulb, per | 210 Ps 2 25 ‘oP, 80 No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, hae doz 1 50 No, 1 Crimp, per eas 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per dog... ... 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime (65¢ doz). .... 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70¢ doz)...... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz).. eu cee 4 70 Electric. No. 2, Lime (70c doz) ..... 4 00 No. 2) Flint (800 doz)...... 4 40 OIL CANS. Doz. 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 1 gal galv iron with spout. 1 65 2 gal galv iron with spout. 2 87 3 gal galy iron with spout. 3 50 5 gal galv iron with spout. 4 75 3 gal galv iron with faucet 4 75 5 gal galv iron with ene 5 25 5 gal Tilting cans. . &8@ 5 gal galy iron Nacefas... - 900 Pump Cans, gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 gal Eureka non-overtiow 10 56 gal Home Rule..... _....10 50 gal Home Hule.... ......12 0@ gal Pirate King...... «so LANTERNS, No. @Tabuisr..... ....... 4 25 No. 1B Tubulay.... 6 No. 13 Tubular Dash. - oe No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 No. 12 Tubula ey side lamp. 14 0C No. 3Street Lamp...... 3% LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents.. ..... 45 No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz. each, box 15 cents... .... 45 No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz. nen, DO) ee ws 35 No. 0 Tubular, buil’s eye, cases 1 doz. each......... 13 LAMP WICKS. No @ per groe.......... 15 ING. 5 ner Grogs, ..4:....,.... 21 NO. 2 per @rogs ....... 65... 30 No. 3 per gross....... dua a 22 Fae cea oman iar ensisescees dicacongsoaeele oneesananteree a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware — Sale of Sundries by the Hardware Dealer. From the Stoves and Hardware Reporter. On every side one hears the advice that dealers in hardware will have to broaden their lines to successfully com- pete with the department stores, which are making some havoc in hardware trade. There are stocks which can em- brace sundries that do not occupy much space in the store, yet pay a good profit and sell readily. Where a demand is found for it this may be in sporting goods, which have not everywhere been ousted from their place by the prefer- ence for bicycle riding, although it is well known that the cycle trade which may be done ought to compensate for the decrease in the sale of sporting goods. When speaking of sundries, bi- cycle accessories might be included in the list. Although patterns are always changing more or less, they are suffi- ciently stable to admit of the investment in a varied line of them. Among other things it would be well for the hardware dealer to have an employe witb para- phernalia to do the repairing which is absolutely necessary at times. If peo- ple are not — to find rather un- usual goods like groceries, etc., in de- partment stores, then they will not be shocked at what the hardware man may choose to keep in conjunction with his stock. In truth they may be highly ap- preciative of the convenience in being able to procure different goods at the same place. Sales are facilitated in a marked degree by the mere fact that people go into the store to buy a certain thing and see another they fancy or need and buy italso. An example of this is the woman who comes into the store to buy some utensi] and sees lino- leum mats and buys one or two of those, which are both useful and ornamental for the floor. - ee - A Hardware Fable. From the Iron Age A ara was returned to the hardware man with a blade broken off short. ‘‘How did you break the blade?’’ asked the hardwareman. ‘‘I broke it while cutting a little soft pine stick,’’ said the man, who, like our beloved Washington, never told lies about hatchets, knives or other articles of hardware. ‘‘ Very well,’’ said the hard- ware man, ‘‘I will give you another and return your broken knife to the manu- facturer."’” Seon after this a small, well-dressed boy came in _ threw down a 25-cent knife which also had a blade that had come to grief, and the boy said, ‘‘Knife’s no good.’’ ‘‘What is the trouble?’’ asked the hardware man. ‘‘I broke it whittling on a little pine stick,’’ said the boy, who wasa regular attendant at a Sunday school. ‘*You shall bave another, my boy.’’ During the week there were three ad- ditional! knives returned, all of which had been broken cutting little pine sticks, and each of the purchasers was given a new knife. But one day a ragged little fellow came into that store and said, ‘‘I broke that knife you sold me,and I want to buy another. It wasa good knife, but dad tried to get a cork out uf a bottle with the small blade, and I broke the large blade trying to split a big hickory stick.’’ The hardware man threw his arms around the little boy’s neck, and, in a voice choked with emo- tion, said, ‘Take a dozen knives, my dear little fellow, a_ bicycle, a fishing rod, a sled and anything else that you would like to have. You are the first one to return a pocketknife to me that did not say it was broken by being used to whittle a little pine stick.’’ —____—_» 2.____ Look After the June Weddings. It is obvious to all practical people that a merchant can not expect to se- cure any of the benefit which the June weddings bring, unless he makes some well-directed efforts to secure it. We realize that a great deal of this trade goes to the larger cities, many people making special trips for this purpose, yet a large share of it will fall to the local merchant's lot if he will make at- tractive and complete window displays of goods suitable for the occasion which his stock contains, and also advertise the goods simultaneously in the news- papers. At such times it might be ad- visable to get up a circular letter. This could be mailed to those whom the merchant knows are about to enter the bonds of matrimony, as in every me- dium-sized town such an exciting event is heralded abroad for months previous to its consummation. Goods suitable to their needs could be described in this letter, by ali means quoting prices, as but few are so rich that they are above figuring on the cost of their outfit. Where practical, some discounts might be hinted at where a large quantity is bought on cash payment. Where pos- sible, people like to save something, es- pecially where a heavy expense is be- ing incurred. A demur may be made that a discount swallows some of the profits, but it doesn’t consume them nearly so effectively as a competitor may. We would strongly advise hard- ware dealers to make the fitting out of newly married couples one of the prin- cipal features of this month’s business. NR How to Utilize the Show Window. Why should not the hardware dealer have a summer opening in his store as well as other merchants? Has he not goods which are intended for summer use fully as much as the diaphanous fabrics displayed at the dry goods stores? Surely, then, such an opening may be made, which should do some- thing toward increasing trade. It is true that the spring trade is not wholly over, but it requires a good deal of ur- ging to sustain it, and this is one of the means by which it may be prolonged into the summer. A sensible, if not poetic, display might be made of sum- mer stoves and all goods for summer use. Such displays are not hard to make, but require some care and thought in their arrangement. At this period of the year a fresh green background should be used, composed of foliage, wbich can be readily obtained; let branches of palms overhang the arch at the back corners, filling in the vacant spaces and giving the effect of a vine- wreathed kitchen. At one side the lat- est designs of, say two summer stoves, could be placed ; then all the rest of the equipment could be naturally arranged so as to look homelike and convenient for working purposes. It would be more effective if there were only nec- essary articles put in this. display. They would appeal more strongly to passers-by and cause no confusion, be- sides giving an opportunity to show each article to the best advantage. a How Shoe Eyelets Are Made. Shoe eyelets are made of brass, by machines whose operation is almost en- tirely automatic. Three or four ma- chines are required to produce the eye- let in the form in which it is sold, the brass being fed into the first machine in thin, flat strips. As sold to the shoe manufacturer, the eyelet is turned down jat one end only. The eyelets look as much as anything like so many little hats with narrow brims, and without any tops in the crowns. The upper end ot the crown, which is like the end of a little cylinder, is put through the hole in the shoe, the finished brim or flange of the eyelet resting against the leather upon the outside. After the eyelet has thus been put in place, its inner end is turned down up- on the leather by a machine made for that purpose. In the manufacture of the eyelets a number of very slight vertical indentations are made at equal distances apart in the outside of the eyelet around the smooth, straight end. When the shoe machine slashes down the inner side of the eyelet, the metal parts at these indentations are spread uniformly, thus giving it a secure hold. ~~ 0 -e Had Good Backing. Biggs—I wonder if Diggs has — money behind him? Higgs—He had the other day when I saw him; he was leaning against a bank. HARADA AAA AIA Novelty Blue Flame Oi Stoves ae mR RR RR Superior to and safer than Gasoline. The Novelty is conceded by every one to be the best one now on the market. We sell it at factory price. Write for circular, Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids. ede De She cba Sy be De he be che he She he Se Se SE Ae AI FI I OR Rar Ree Clark-Rutka- Jewell Co. lonia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Opposite Union Depot. New Wholesale Hardware House New House, New Goods, New Prices. Call and see us when in the city. Write us for prices. Clark-Rutka-Jewell Co. VW VV 1 i], WUD ADEE UD UE ENDED) DEAD DAUD AWD D AA REN = Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co. S a PAINT, COLOR AND er MAKERS Shingle Stains Fillers s Sole Mfgrs CRYSTAL. ROCK F INISH, for Interior and Exterior Use Corner 15th and Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio. THE OLD CLERK. Pathetic Picture Frequently Seen in the Business World. He is a familiar figure in almost every business house—the old clerk, White-haired, thin, with clothes that are always of a decent black and scrupu- lously brushed, he has sat behind the same desk or stood behind the same counter tor dear knows how many years, growing thinner and older and mustier as the time went by. Sometimes we meet him in the early morning going down to office or store, walking the same route he has trod for twenty or thirty years with a regularity so perfect that the very policeman on the beat might set his watch by his movements Often, late at night, when we are going home from the theater, we see him through the iron-grated window, still bending over his ledger, for he works slowly nowadays and must work overtime to make up his accounts. His eyes are growing dim, and he fumbies with his glasses, his hands are losing their trick of deft penmanship and his brain its swiftness. He does not understand it, but the fly boys all about him, young enough to be his sons, rush through thei tasks and are out and gone while he is still laboring over his. Slowly but sure- ly it is being borne in on him that he can not compete with them. In the manager's office he is already becoming a problem. Customers have begun to complain of his slowness. A man, not intentionally cruel, called out that he wanted somebody who was alive to wait on him, not that old fossil. A woman complained that he had not matched a sample, and asked why they kept blind people. The old clerk heard them, and it sounded like the knell of his own foreboding thoughts. He knows that the time is coming when he must go. He has seen it happen before with others. First, he will be retired to some other department with less work and less pay. They will remember for a time the many years of faithful serv- ice, in which he has seen the firm grow from small beginnings to present wealth. Then, after a time, they will forget even that, and one day, when he _ has been slower than usual, or some mistake has passed unnoticed by his dim eyes, they will send for him to come to the Presi- dent’s room and he will be told that they think it best to puta boy in that de- partment—somebody who is young and quick and can get about swiftly. Some- times they give him a little pension. Oftener not, but in either case he goes out a poor, heartbroken old man. They talk to him of enjoying leisure, but he has never learned the art of idling, and he hangs about the store, after he is dismissed, walking by it through sheer force of habit. To others it is a com- monplace enough store or office. To him it is the mausoleum where lies buried his youth, with all its dreams and hopes and ambitions, and there is a tear under the smile on his wintry old face as he says that he has left Blank & Blank’s and has got too old to work. — 0 - The Foundation of a Great Fortune. Not long since, John D. Rockefeller told how he used to sleep under the roof, where he could hear the rain and through which he could see the sky. ‘‘I bad a hard struggle to get a foot- hold,’’ he said. ‘‘Asa boy just out of school, I found myself looking for a sit- uation early in life. I walked all over town in an attempt to find something to do. I visited every railroad office, every store, and, in fact, every place in the city where I thought I could find employment. Everywhere I met with discouragement, until I found one man, God bless him, who took me into his office and gave me work, and that man was H. B. Tuttle. That was the begin- ning, and a few years later I started a little business of my own with a_part- ner. In a short time came a crisis in our affairs, and it was necessary for our young firm, which was beginning to branch out, to raise mere money. I re- membered my friends and acquaint- ances, and called on them, one after another. Many expressed the most pro- found interest in our firm, but that’s all. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN “‘Just at this critical moment I be- though me to try the bankers, and I finally visited the office of a dear triend of mine—I mean T. P. Handy. He asked me how I proposed to conduct my business and how much money I wanted. Gentlemen, it was an enormous sum, and I scarcely dared to name it to him; it was $2,000, ‘All right, Mr. Rock- efeller, you can have the money,’ said Mr. Handy; and, as | went out of that bank, full of hope, I stood up straight and erect, as | then considered myselt one of the business men of Cleveland, you know.’’ He then read from a little yellow-covered book, which was his ledger in boyhood. ‘‘I place great value on this little book,’’ he said. ‘‘I have not seen it before for twenty-five years, but you could not buy it for all the modern ledgers in New York and what they would bring in. It reports what | received and paid out for several years. Here is an item: ‘Income from Jan- uary 26, 1855, to January 26, 1856, $50;’ and I| lived within my income. Out of that I paid my washerwoman, my board, and saved a little and put it away. I see that I paid in the Sunday School one cent, which was ail I could afford. I was as independent in those days as Mr. Astor. I remember the clothes I bought—not fashionable, but cheap and good. ““My clothing, from November, 1855, to November, 1856, cost me just nine dollars and nine cents. Here are some bits of extravagance which had escaped my memory: ‘One pair of gloves, $2; mittens, three shillings; gave away $5.58; missionary cause, No- vember 25, 15 cents ministerial student, Io cents; night society, 75 cents; Sab- bath school, 5 cents; present to Sunday School superintendent, 25 cents.’ I was living in Cleveland then; I must have felt sorry for New York, for here is an item, ‘Five Points Mission, twelve cents. ’ ‘* All these little things helped me to get into sympathy with many under- takings, both religious and philan- thropic. My opinion is that no man can trust himself to wait until he feels charitable; he must give away some money continually.’ ‘*Get all the money you can; get it fairly and justly, and then give away all you can."’ This man, whose clothes cost him nine dollars a year, has given $7,000,000 to Chicago University, and his other chari- ties are so large that he employs a man on a large salary to look after them. ‘“What is success?’’ asks Mr. Rock- efeller. ‘‘Is it to get money? Is that success? Who is the poorest man in the world to-day? fhe poorest man | know is the man who has nothing but money, nothing else in the world but money—only money. ’’ Money alone will not bring happi- ness. The respect of our fellowmen and the consciousness of right doirg are es- sentials to a life that can be called suc- cesstul. ———~> 0 2- Retaining Home Trade. In making an effort to keep his trade at home, a merchant should show cus- tomers that they can obtain a portion of their supplies at his store, and they can gradually be taught to depend on him more and more. This can be_ brought about by more frequent visits on the merchant’s part to the source of sup- plies to keep his stock well assorted. Lower cost in transportation will enable him to sell hif goods more cheaply than they can be bought at remote points, and by impressing these facts on the minds of customers he can induce them to buy their goods from him. a a The Truth for Once. ‘‘Gosh durn you and your old gro- cery!’’ shouted the man. who had backed up against the fresh paint. **Didn’t you see that sign, ‘Fresh paint?’ ’’ asked the grocer. ‘Of course I did, but I’ve seen so many signs hung out here announcing something fresh that wasn't that I didn’t believe it.’’ ——__> 0. ___ Between a woman’s yes and no, a man could not stick a pin. 23 We Are the People Our new Acetyle ne Gas Generator, which has been before the Board of Underwriters for several weeks, has received the approval of that organization and we are now pre- pared to execute orders for all sizes I ly. We claim for our generator su strength, simplicity of construction, dura bility, economy in operation ande capacity, and candidly believe tha spection of our machine and a comparison with the generators of other manufacturers will result in the selection of our generator. Illustrated catalogue and price list furnished on application. All enquiries promptly and carefully answered. Grand Rapids. M. B. Wheeler Electric Co. Michigan Acelylene GOS GO., Ut Jacizeorm, NEictx. Mt. Morris, Mich., April 22, ’98, THE MICHIGAN ACETYLENE Gas Co., Ltp., GEN1S:—I have used one of your 45 light machines since December last and find it gives entire satisfaction, being cheaper than cost of oil and chimneys; does away with heat, smoke and dirt: gives a better light than coal gas and is equal, if not superior, to electricity, and can cheerfully recommend it. Very resp’y, MANN’S CASH STORE, Sproul & McGurrin, General Agents for Western Michigan. DISPLAY ROOMS, 184 E. FULTON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE OWEN ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR Geo. F. Owen & 60. —Absolutely automatic —quires no more care than a The only small hand lamp. —generator manufactured —address the manufacturers. Michigan. Re- in — Michigan that has been granted -a permit by the UNDERWRIT- —ERS’ INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. —For full information and prices Grand Rapids + OC skilled mechanics in this line. our work and our guarantee is good. PRACTICAL ROOFERS, When in want of a new roof or repairs you can save money by employing We have representatives covering the State of Michigan regularly, »nd if you have a defective roof, drop us a card and we will call on you, examine your roof and give you an estimate of the cost of necessary repairs or putting on new roof. Remember that we guarantee all H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 6 ESTABLISHED 1868. 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 ON} GET WEF Four Kinds of Coupon Books are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. Seer eee cer ainesereesemenrnenerernnneeae pene eee Bik A se 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Echoes from the Lake Odessa Egg King. Hastings Banner: Many anxious creditors desire to know the whereabouts of Lon Hager, of Lake Odessa. Hager, whose credit up to the time of his de- parture was good, offered New York prices for eggs and ‘‘he paid the freight.’’ The result was that eggs were rushed to him by the carload. He sold about $20,000 worth of hen fruit and then departed without leaving any direc- tions as to where his future address would be. We understand several firms of this city were taken in. Hastings Herald: A butter and egg dealer in Lake Odessa has skipped out and we are informed that Joseph Rogers, of this city, was let down about $600. It seems that the Lake Odessa man agreed to pay so much for the goods that it would not pay Mr. Rogers to ship East, but like all men who swell the market at one end and are not able to hold it up at the other, they will in time make themselves scarce. We are also in- formed that H. Mosher, of Cloverdale, donated about $160 and G. Otis, of Shultz, shelled out about $75. And there are others, Delton correspondence: Bb. C. Pen- nock was at Lake Odessa last Friday looking after the man he sold eggs to, but the man has gone nobody knows where. B. C. is not the only one. There are others who would like to see him. Holland City Times: Attorney George E. Kollen kas started suit this week against the Lake Odessa Savings Bank in the Jonia county Circuit Court to re- cover the sum of $2,300 for the sur- rounding country merchants for eggs shipped to A. C. Hager, a wholesale dealer at Lake Odessa. Nearly every one of the merchants in the surround- ing country were shipping eggs to A. C. Hager, for which Hager sent checks. The country merchants sent these checks to the Lake Odessa bank through their local banks, and the Odessa Bank, in- stead of promptly protesting these checks on the day they were received, held them for several days. The coun- try merchants, believing that the checks had been paid, shipped more eggs to Hager, but on May 14 the Lake Odessa Bank protested all the checks. Two or three days later Hager disappeared. According to law the Lake Odessa Bank can be holden for the amount of the checks and suit was brought accordingly. It is known that nearly every one of the merchants in the surrounding villages of Hamilton, Fillmore, Overisel, Noor- deloos, Zeeland, East Saugatuck, Saug- atuck, Vriesland, Borculo, etc., were victims to the amounts of from $200 to $600. Attorney Kollen believes that the amount can be recovered from the Lake Odessa Savings Bank. >.> _ Marking Goods in Plain Figures. From the Dry Goods Economist. We have received from an out-of-town subscriber a request for some advice as to whether goods should be marked in plain figures. At first sight it might seem that the marking of goods in characters unintelligible to the customer savored of antiquity~-of the days when every store had two or three prices and the shopper ‘‘traded’’ in the _ literal sense of the word. This form of mark- ing is calculated to give the customer a sensation of uncertainty as to whether she is being asked the lowest selling price and to make her feel apprehensive lest the quotation may be put up or down according to her appearance. For this reason, with the lower classes of trade, the marking of gocds in plain figures is usually found the best policy. Confidence on the part of the shopper is thus inspired, while she is afforded a good opportunity to study the quality of goods and form an idea as to whether she can afford an article or not. In this way goods become silent salesmen. On the other hand, houses which do a fine trade seldom mark their goods in plain figures. And the reason of this is very clear: A lady who buys a made- up garment or a hat has no desire that her neighbor or acquaintance should know what she paid for it and will shun a store which would give another woman an opportunity to say: ‘‘See that suit Mrs. So-and-So is wearing. ] saw that marked $35 at Blank’s. Retail concerns which also do a job- bing business frequently find it very disadvantageous to mark their goods in plain figures. It is embarrassing to have wholesale customers say, ‘‘It 1s not fair for you to charge me that price, when I see that you are selling the goods yourself at retail for the samme fig- fee Some retailers, however, who are job bers, also, have taken a broader view. They mark their goods in plain figures and tell their customers who buy at re- tail, ‘‘Yes, we have made that price and we can not do any better for you at wholesale. We do not know how long we shall sell those goods at retail at that price, but you will observe that we are open and above board about it. You know just what we are doing, and if you feel that you can not afford to pur- chase the goods we shall have to let that part of the bill go.*’ This question of marking prices is one in which, as the adage says, cir- cumstances alter cases. The merchant ought to figure out which plan is better adapted to his trade and watch the workings of the method employed. Sometimes it 1s quite practicable to mark prices in plain figures in one de- partment and to use private marks in another. 8 — Excursion to Detroit. On June 6 and 7 the Michigan Central will sell excursion tickets to Detroit, on account of the K. ©. TF. M. Great Camp and Great Hive reviews, at one fare for the round trip. Good to return until June 11, inclusive. W. C. BuLakeE, City Ticket Agt. —__$_»+—.___ M. B. Hazeltine, Secretary and Treas- urer of the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., bas purchased a half interest in the duck and drill goods factory of Geo. H. Connor & Co., at Chicago, and will remove to that city and assist in the management of the business, which will hereafter be conducted under the style of Connor & Hazeltine. Mr. Hazeltine’s successor with the Drug Co. is Lee M. Hutchins, who was identified with the drug business of W. R. Cutler, at Ionia, for about a dozen years, but for the past eleven years has been connected with the wholesale drug house of Williams, Davis, Brooks & Hinchman Sons and its predecessors, Williams, Davis, Brooks & Co. and James E. Davis & Co. Mr. Hutchins enters upon the duties of his new position June to. ce eee Frank Jewell (Clark-Jewell-Wells Co. ) attended church on the Little River Sunday, ostensibly so as to be able to fish on that siream all day Monday. He met a mishap Sunday in the loss of his lunch basket, which rolled down the bank and floated away. This naturally suggests the query, What was Mr. Jewell doing on the bank of the river Sunday? - > 0 > -— The statement in last week’s issue that the R. L. Carl Furniture Co. had been organized at Charlotte by R. L. Carl and W. G. Wisner is incorrect. Mr. Carl will conduct the business in his own name, Mr. Wisner being in his employ. —~> 2 > Any big coal pile will do for a naval base of supplies if protected by gun- boats that will prevent the enemy from coming and stealing the pile. ——__~»9<____ It seems that there is nothing too good for our military men these days. Gen- eral Merritt is going to have a young and pretty wife. i The Spanish squadron sent out to destroy Dewey won’t have the least bit of trouble in finding him. Time to Crush the Serpent. Frem Boots aud Shoes Weekly. It is announced that the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union of America proposes to begin a vigorous agitation throughout the country for the purpose of increas- ing the demand for shoes bearing the stamp of that organization. All labor unions are to be requested to !nstruct their members to wear only union made shoes. It is understood that the Hatters’ Union bas decided to impose a fine up- on any member wearing shoes not made by union labor. Gradually, it will be seen, the claims ef union tyranny and slavery are being wound around the people of this coun- try, and sometime, if matters go as they are going, liberty, which we prize so much, will be a thing of the past. Men are no longer permitted to work in certain lines unless they belong to a union; and now an effort is to be made to compel people to buy union-made shoes and, probably, union-made every- thing else. It may be necessary for the general public to refuse to purchase anything that bears a union stamp. That would be a very good way to meet this tyran- nical movemeit on the part of the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union. It is pretty nearly time that the people of this country put their becl upon the snake of labor untonism and crushed it. It is not too much to say that thousands of men connected with unions in differ- ent parts of the country would be only too glad to be emancipated and have an opportunity once more to exercise the rights ot freemen, to be their own mas- ters, work for what wages they please and as many hours as they please. a “MUSKEGON SUNDAY TRAINS G R. & I. trains are now running be- tween Grand Rapids and Muskegon every Sunday. Leave Union Station 9 a. m., returning, leave Muskegon 6:35 p. m. An inexpensive Sunday outing. 50 CENTS ROUND TRIP. The largest fruit plantations in the world are in Jamaica. They are owned and operated by an American company, the area of whose fruit farm is 44,000 acres. They own 28,000 acres and the other 16,000 acres are held by them un- der lease. Their principal crops are bananas and cocoanuts, and last year they shipped 3,000,000 bunches of bananas and 5,000,000 cocoanuts, be- sides other fruits, to America and else- where, employing twelve steamers be- longing to the company. ~~ -0 > --- All the sii babies up to eros have been named Dewey; but there may be more coming along to be called Samp- son or Schley. ~> om —- Come to think of it, the French are becoming real polite to us the past few days ~ 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. BUSINESS CHANCES. Wit iL EXCHANGE—-IMPROVED REAL estate for boots and shoes or general mer- chandise valued from $8,000 to $10,000. Property will rent for $7 per month. Address A. C. E., eare Michigan Tradesman. 619 ] AVING PURCHASED THE LUMBER AND general merchandise stock at No wood, Mich., formerly owned by the Rittenhouse & Embree Co . I offer the meichandise stock for sale at low price. It is one of the best places in Michigan for general merchandise business and the handling of fruitand other farm prod- ucts. The amount of business done in the last sixteen years has averaged ab ut $3,000 per month. R ason for selling, wish to devote my whole attention tolumbering. Stock will inven- tory about $7,500. Terms, $5,0 ¢ cash. Bele = or call on L.J. Nash. Norwood, Mich 616 A T #3,00) CASH WILL BUY A FIRST- class, clean stock of general merchandise in a lumbe:ing town in Northern Michigan; also good farming country. Annual sales, $30,000. Good reason for selling. No better chance in existence for capital invested. Ad- dress No. 614, care Michigan Tradesman. 614 VOR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, GROCER- ies, hardware, crockery, dry goods, notions, ete , i. voicing about $3,600; a great bargain for cash; large building; weil located in a thriving Northern village. Address No. 615, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 615 NOR sALE—DRUG AND GROCERY STOCK iu best town in Southern Michigan; good trade, good reasons for selling. Address No. 610, care Michigan Tradesman 610 INE OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPERIENCED man with means to engage in the grist mill business in Leelanau county. Fine wheat coun- try. Acreage of wheat this yearin easy access to mill, 8 00u acres. No opposition within twen ty-six miles. Mill site furnished free. Best of shipping facilities either by rail or water. For further particulars address Empire Lumber Co., Empire, Leelanau Co., Mich. 602 OR SALE—wRUG STOCK IN GOOD RAIL- road town of 800 inhabitants. Only drug and wall paper stock in town; part cash, re- mainder on easy terms. Good reasons for sell- ing. Address Otis Jones, New Buffalo, —_ rP\HE BEST OPENING IN MICHIGAN FOR an active business man with $10,000 or $ 2 Ou0 to step into a well-established, paying ahiane- sale business. For particulars, address Busine ss, eare Michigan Tradesman. 60) OR SALE—DRUG STOCK; OR WILL TAKE partner with small capital. Address No. 609, care Michigan Tradesman. 609 HAs HAY HAY! FOR SALE AT RIGHT prices. Correspond with Michigan |} roduce Co., Lansing, Mich. 607 VOR SALE—A DESIRABLE CORNER PRUG store, hardwood mcdern fixtures. Price low, terms easy. Address Opportunity, care Mich: igan Tradesman. 612 I HAVE SMALL STOCK OF DRUGS AND fixtures in Ionia, taken on mortgage. Will sell cneap for cash or trade for productive real estate. Answer immediately. Will sell soon. W. W. Hunt, Under National City Bank, Grand Rapids. 596 RICK STORE FUR RENT—BEST LOCA- tion in city; will be let for any business ex- cept dry goods and clothing. J. H. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich. 600 NOR SALE—GENERAL STOCK: STORE TO rent; good location, good trade. Will sell cheap for cash. Royce & Rolison, Hamburg, Mich. 599 POR RENT—DOUBLE STORE BUILDING in Opera House block, Mancelona, Mich., best location in town; best town in State. Ad’ dress Julius H. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich. 580 OR SALE, EXCHANGE OR REN 1—LARGE two-story store and residence building in town of 1,000 population in Northern Indiana; stone basement, 120 feet in dimensions. Inves- tigate. Address No. 575, care Michigan Trades man. 575 PUR 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- ecantile 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 POR SALE— BUILDING AND GENERAL stock; best farming section in Michigan. No trades. W. H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich. 500 NOR EXCHAEGE FUR 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 O EXCHANGE—FOR CLOTHING, DRY goods or shoes, very nice well rented Grand Rapids property. Address No. 552, care Michi- = Tradesman. 552 rRXO EXCHANGE— FARMS AND OTHER property for dry goods, clothing and shoes. Address P. Medalie, Mancelona, Mich. 553 ANTED—A PRACTICAL MILL MAN, with $1,000 capital, to take a one-half or full interest in a stave, heading and planing mill. 3,000 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 BROOMS BOMERS, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH- e grade brooms at all prices, for retailers only. Grand Rapids, Mich. 605 OR SALE--MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED and equipped broom factory and good trade. Other business commands our attention. Ad- dress No. 584, care Michigan Tradesman. 584 COUNTRY PRODUCE We eee EGGS AND POUL- ; any quantities. Write me. Orrin J. Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 604 ‘ANTED — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 381 ANTED—1,000 CASES FRESH EGGS, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca, Mich. 556 FIREPROOF SAFES NEO. M. SMITH, NEW AND SECONDHAND safes, wood and brick building mover, 157 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 613 MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—A BAKER. NONE BUT FIRST class workman need apply. Red Trout Bakery, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 618 ANTED—A BUSINESS MAN WITH SOME capital to take charge of a furniture fac- tory, an old established line. I. Frankford, 53 West Bridge St. Phone 1236. 617 ANTED—POSITION IN GROCERY. Il make a specialty of teas and coffees; age, 27. Frank Bentley, Ludington, Mich. 598 Travelers’ Tim MANISTEE & “tener Chas. A. C e Tables. Best route to Manistee. as. e oye Vie € & Wo Me Gallesy. ae CHICAGO and West Michigan R’y Ex Grand Rapids... |, oom Dec. 1, 1897. Aw Manistee) 2): oe W " — ly Diamistee. tee se oe yi 4:Topm FLAGS, A NINGS, TENTS, Ay Grand Mapids ...../...0...... s ccopm ¢ 55pm mos ; pm 9535p SEAT SHADES AND Lv. G. a eee... 8:45am 1:25pm *11:30pm eee neon ee ee Ar. Chicago.. 3: 10pm 6:59pm 6:40am LARGE UMBRELLAS Ly. Chicago............ 7:20am 5:15pm *11:30pm TRAVEL Ar.G'd Rapids ...... 1:25pm 10:35pm * 6:20am VIA 11 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, lich. Traverse Sen Charlevoix and Petoskey. Ly, Gd Rapids) 0) ... 7:30am 5:30pm = & P NI R R a - Parlor and one Cars on ica and * * * J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Cc night trains to and from Chicago AND STEAMSHIP LINES 5 , HONEY | Counset * Every day. Others week days onlr TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN ® e * H. F. MOELLER, a. a. P. a. DET ROI Grand Rapids & Western. 9 Nov 21, 1897. ee = e| Special Reports. Law and Collections Detroit. e THE FORGOTTEN PAST s : Ly. Grand Rapids.... —_— 1:25pm 5:35pm : = Represented in every city and county in the United States and Canada. + Pere... 1:40am 5:45pm 10:20pm a Which we read about can never be " \ Lv. Detroit. emis = 8 :00am 1: — = = e Be all ae ein tee kaa : Main Office: Room 1102 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. —_— “SF. GIANG Hapics..... ~ 55pm 5: a : P ¢ rice ci : iai udements obtai 77 c 5 > i nates, Miami Ciidmiiie. . Gedeccon: Secaiatiiil cli ies eee . ersonal service given all claims. Judgments obtained without expense to subscribers Ly G@R7:10am 4:20pm Ar. G R12:20pm 9:30pr | @ uA . : oo Se Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit e ae, Tees ee ae Joo eee | To es IECVCLE SUNDRIES Gro. DEHavEN, Genera) Pass. Agent. = Sa a 3 e ace eee en S One of the largest stocks in Michigan. Prices right. Service prompt. Fe GRAN Trunk Railway System . TRADESMAN COMPANY, e | Write for our '98 catalogue with dealers’ net price sheet. ’ Detroit and Milwaukee Div = GRAND RAPIDS. e ADAMS & HART 4 a @| ; (In effect May 15, 1898 ) OuOuOCHORONOHOHONOHOLCHOEEH. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Leave EAST. Arrive. + 6:45am Sag., Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .+ 9:55pm +10: 19am. |. Detroit and East.... ..¢ 5:27pm + 3:20pm. .Sag., Det., N. ¥: & Boston..+12:45pm y * 8:00pm... Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am 410:45am...... Mixed to Durand.......: + 3:15pm = WEST e 4 * 8:35am.. .Gd. Haven and Int. Pts....* 7:05pm a +12:53pm.Gd. Huven and Intermediate.+ 3:12pm + 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+10:05am 3 * 7°40pm...Gd. Haven and Chicago..... 8:15am ag 410:00pm...... Gd. Haven and Mil....... 6:40am # Eastward—No. 16 hus Wagner parlor car. No. ’ 22 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. ta No. 17 Wagner parlor car. ne SEE Hitomi 2,0. 77-8, of the United S fates of America, C. A. Justin, City Pass. Agent. 97 Monroe St. Morton House. } 4 To \3 GRAND Rapids & Indiana Railway ' HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, ager_3, 3 satlesmnem and workmen, and all claiming or a Northern Div. Leave Arrive oldi h Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am + 5:15pm GREETING: holding through or under you, E Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack.. + 2:15pm +t 6:35am : Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack... ........ 10:50pm Cagiiee 45: 25pm til: 15am Train leaving at 7: :45 a. m. has parlor car, and ereas a Sore at 2:15 p. m. has sleeping car to } it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Seemnaee: . Leave Arrive i \ cone. -- poem —- New Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY Complainant, that ; j Wayne... 2). _....+ 200pr :00pm ° a A : ; . : . : : ci tana ‘* 7:00pm + foe it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District e 1 t i ti. vA ‘ : : r * " / y ee of New Jersey, against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be relieved touching the matters therein 7:00 p.m train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. complained of, and that the said Chicago Trains. TO CHICAGO. Ly. Grand Rapids...t7 10am +2 19pm *11 35pm 5 Ar. Chicage......... 20pm 9 10pm 6 30am BN FROM CHICAGO ¥ liv Caicago ... .-. --.... - +3 02pm ge 45pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... Zs _ 3 9 ¢ = — a lai ‘tled k es a Train leaving Grand Rapids 7.10 a. m. has Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a tr e i buffet parlor car to Chicago. Train leaving P 8 ade-mark for scouring soap, Grand Rapids 11 35 p. m. has coach and Pullman sleeping car to Chicago. Train leaving Chicago 3.02 p. m. has buffet Wow € ere ore : parlor car to Grand Rapids. Train leaving J j we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY Chicago 11.45 p. m. has coach and Pullman sleeping car to a= Rapids. uskegon Trains. KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, ea Rapides $1:00pm 45:40pm uader_the pains and_penalties which may fall upon you and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do Ar Muskegon...... —— 2:10pm 7:05pm absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word ‘‘SAPOLIO,” or any word or words Ly Muskegon....... .. $8:10am +11:45am +4:00pm substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring ane ean ies Sr waae san —_ soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, =. m. Leave Muskegon 8.35 a. m. and 6.35 +Except Sunday. *Daily Saturday only. Gen' Past edt eae By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as vc. BLAKE, a “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, en. WEST BOUND. Ly. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I. _ — +7 :45am that which is not Complainant’s said manufacture, and from n any way using the word ‘“‘SAPOLIO” in any false or misleading manner. Lv. Mackinaw City..........-. 4:20pm at { Ar. St. ae ae aoe 0am ——- y 255, The honorable MELVILLE W. FUuLLerR, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the a —— 2:50pm 10:40pm United States of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New Ar. Soe bp onse ab secen enero ns — eon Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seis ieee i eight hundred and ninety-two. 1 ; SEAL [sIGNED Ly. He. +6:30pm 4 ———. ti1:l5am 2:45am S. D. @LIPHANT, } eg vee esas — 4:30am v. Sault aries. ee Clerle . Ar. Mackinaw City........... 8:40pm 11:00am ROWLAND COX, . HIBBABD, Gen. Pass. Ast. Marquette. Complainants Solicitor G. Ez. Cc. ‘Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids FOUR REASONS oo ae aK ae ge Go eS ik ame T ry MANUFACTURED BY ws J¥.L.PRESCOTT & CO. See ae eee no substitute without injury to their trade. 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