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Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN. [anager. Rare Chance for Small Capital. A plant equipped for planing, resawing, turning, inside tinishing, etc., costing originally over $10,- ooo, offered for about one-third that. Good condi- tion. Now in operation. Just taken on debt by present owners who have other business. Grow- ing city, 8,000 population. Fine surrounding country. Good opening forlumber yard. Certain- ly a snap. Easy terms. Lock Box 7, Traverse City, Mich. GOS S0OO00000 50900000000 004 $ li 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. 00000000 00000000000000 PREFERRED BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. a bbbbbbbbibbbaecbbhbibbbot i i i i hh a a ha a a hi hi ha hn ha i hn bo bo Commenced Business September 1, 1893. > A) Insurance in force........-.....-.......92,740,000-00 Wet Increase during 1897 ....-........-. 104,000.00 meee SSCtg 32,738.49 Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.......... None eet Diaities None Total Death Losses Paid to Date...... Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- CeCe ees 812.00 40,061.00 Death Losses Paid During 1897........ 17,000.00 heath tote tor t6o7.-- 0.8. 6.31 Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897.... 8.25 FRANK E. ROBSON, PREs. TRUMAN B, GOODSPEED, Sxc’y. CESSSSSSSTSSTSTT ST STT SESS) 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, rocHesTER, 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 Tuesday, June 21, until Saturday evening, June 25. Expenses allowed. Noharm done if you don’t buy. cy TRADESMAN COUPONS Save Trouble Save Losses Save Dollar " SHE OLD OLD STORY. Another Dealer Who is Paying Above the Market. The three letters herewith submitted are self-explanatory : F, W. Hrown, Ithaca: I notice in your paper each week what you have to say about A. C. Hager. Such people ought to be shown up and I am heartily glad that there is one trade paper inthe country which has the courage to expose irresponsible and fraudulent dealers for the benefit and guidance of the coun- try merchants and produce shippers of the State. Hager bothered me badly all this spring, and now we have another such a snag at Cleveland, Ohio, in the person of A. Sulter. He has been flood- ing the country with circular letters for some time, offering 1@3c more for eggs and butter than they are worth. He is offering 10%c for eggs on track to all my customers here, which made it bad for me, so | wrote him 1 would sell him a case of eggs at Ioc here. He accepted the offer and I shipped 160 cases, billed to F. W. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, notity Sulter. That was ast Satur- day, and Monday the car arrived there and he wired back, asking me to have the railway release the car and be would give 10%c on track here for two more cars. I wired him that he would find draft at the bank and that I would ship two cars more at his price, but Tuesday the bank wired our bank that Sulter’s draft was refused, so I ordered the car on to Philadelphia. I thought all the time it was a fraud, but determined to satisfy myself on that point. Such peo- ple ought to be advertised thoroughly. I know of a considerable number of people who have shipped him. I sold him, f. o. b. Ithaca, case count, so he had no reason for not paying for the shipment, especially as I agreed to take Y4e less than he was offering to pay in small quantities. A well-known Cleveland dealer: I! can not approve of Sulter’s methods, because I do not consider them strictly within the lines of good business. He has been following since Jan. 1 a cus- tom which will surely require a balance sheet to be made and Iam very much in doubt if it will be one that will show very much profit. Our market is 10% @tiic on eggs. Dairy butter in jars fetches 1o@i2c. I am offering to pay shippers within a certain freight rate limit 8!Zc on track for country butter, packed in tubs, pails or barrels. I give you this so you can judge which is the more businesslike and which, in your judgment, shows the more profit. I have my butter sold ahead, so that it will show a profit, while he is putting his in storage in the original packages, just as it comes in. He is getting large quantities of eggs at this time and has a large force of inexperienced girls who never handled eggs before at work, transferring them from the shippers’ cases, without candling, to his storage cases, which he puts into storage. You can imagine the result this fall, espe- cially with the condition of the weather we are having at the present time. I think you can judge from what I say what the result will be in the end. A large dealer at an Eastern market: We do not say very much in regard to other people, but there is a dealer in Ohio who ts operating on the same plan as A. C. Hager; at least, that is the general opinion on the street in our city. Some of his goods are being shipped bere and are selling for whatever they will bring, while he is paying high prices in the West. We do not tell you tbis because it hurts us any, as it does not, but it will probably hurt some of his shippers in Michigan if they per- GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1898. sist in sending him goods. We _ under- stand this man is offering 10%c on track for eggs. We have also received sev- eral of his circulars where he is offering 12%c for packing stock in Michigan. Packing stock is only worth ric deliv- ered in any market in the country. He will not pay any drafts on consignments, but so far as our inforamtion goes, turns them down. We think it would be to the interests of your people if you would look up this matter. Of course, we would not want our name brought into the matter, but as you and your valu- able paper represent fully 95 per cent. of the general merchants and shippers of Michigan, and they depend on you to look out for their interests, it strikes us that you ought to investigate the mat- ter thoroughly and post your readers, in case the investigation discloses the ex- istence of wrong business methods, The reports of the mercantile agencies disclose the fact that Sulter’s real estate is mortgaged for $5,500 and that the homestead which he inherited from his wife has been mortgaged to a bank as security for advances made from time to time. He refuses to make a statement of his assets and liabilities and ali efforts on the part of the Tradesman to secure a personal statement have proved futile. In the light of these facts, and in view of the effort he is making to secure shipments, and considering that he re- fuses goods when they are shipped C. O. D., the Tradesman advises due cau- tion on the part of its patrons in mak- ing shipments to Mr. Sulter. 0. The Grain Market. The wheat deal has suddenly come to an end. The exceptionally good grow- ing weather downed the would-be wheat king and naturally forced prices be- yond legitimate market values. All this worked to ruin a multi-millionaire, who not only lost his large gains, but prob- ably made inroads into his millions. The question now arises, Who will be the next foolhardy speculator to try to corner the wheat market? This corner- ing the wheat market has not been a success with any one. Leiter would have been successful had he not ex- tended it into the new crop months. During the past week we have seen a slump not only in the wheat market but in other grains as well. Cash wheat has dropped fully 8c per bushel since our last, while active futures dropped considerably more, especially in the Northwest. The exports have been very heavy. The visible decreased double the amount expected and under ordinary conditions would have been considered quite a bullish factor, but nothing could stop the downward movement. Corn, owing to the fine weather, is also weak, while oats seem to be a little better to-day, owing to the fact that the reports are not very favorable. The receipts of grain during the past week were 37 cars of wheat, 5 cars of corn and | car of oats. Local millers are paying 88c for wheat. C. GA. Voor, _ ——— The American Jewelry Co. has been organized for the purpose of embarking in the wholesale jewelry business at 80 and 82 Canal street, third floor. Number 769 Army Life As It Really Is at Camp i De Soto. Tampa, Fla., June 1o—To bea soldier and march off to war sounds patriotic and noble, but it is not until after one leaves home that he begins to realize that army life is full of hardships. We are now fairly well settled and our Camp presents a very creditable ap- pearance, as compared with the 2nd Georgia and 5th Ohio regiments, both neighbors of ours, When we first arrived here and saw the space allotted us as a camp ground we were not a little discouraged, as the ground was completely covered with thick scrub palmetto, commonly called cabbage palmetto. It was necessary to clear this away and was finally accom- plished after a week’s bard labor with axe, pick and spade, assisted occasion- ally, by some well-learned Michigan slang (?) phrases. It was amusing in the extreme to see the perspiration stand out and roll from the faces of some of our boys who at home never did any- thing harder than walk up Canal and Monroe streets, carrying a cane and smoking a cigarette. This happened to be pastime of a different sort entirely, but the boys did very little grumbling and set to work with a will. It is very warm down here in these regions, but, if it does not get any warmer, | am sure we can all stand it witbout difficulty, but it will scarcely be necessary to use the overcoats which we brought with us. The nights here are especially cool and pleasant, as we are favored with nice refreshing Gulf breezes. It is just cool enough at night to make it comfortable to sleep under cover. Were it not for this fact we certainly would suffer. We drill daily from four to five hours and it is for the most part extended order and battle formation, which is entirely practical in war time. We also devote much time to firings, only we wish we had some real live Span- lards to practice on. It would be more fun and make it all the more interest- ing. The excellent health of the 32nd is shown by the fact that tbere are only four persons in the hospital, while the Ohio hospital is nearly full. Three of our cases are measles. The people of Michigan have a per- fect right to be proud of her soldier boys, for they are winning honors right and left. People from Tampa, and other strangers wishing to see a fine dress parade, make for the Michigan camp and we try not to let them go away dis- appointed. We appreciate the fact that Michigan has sent her boys so well equipped. We make a strong contrast with the South- ern troops. Yesterday some Ohio troops were stationed on guard at a certain saloon nearby and inside was a very disorderly and drunken soldier. The guard either did not know its business or else was lacking in nerve to tackle him. Finally the crowd grew tired of the foolery and there came the cry from all sides, ‘‘Let the Michigan boys get at bim—they will put him out.’’ This merely goes to show that we are consid- ered good soldiers and know our busi- ness as military men. Wm. A. ANSORGE. — ee The President is so very busy that he really has no time to receive statesmen who call in the kindliest manner for the purpose of telling him how to run the Government, and he is also obliged to omit reading many of the provincial newspapers that are generally well sup- plied with advice. ' veges giemnapareity a panies Spratt ee ee eh cremtanite nyt fan ar tree Anprtalimstenaciina pe ode MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _Dry Goods Good Samaritan Work for a Fellow Clerk. Written for the TRADESMAN. Dave Kennedy, the clerk at the silk counter at Fisher & Rhoades’, for some reason which he couldn't account for, found himself watching Burt Snyder, a fellow worker at the linings counter. They had been working within sight of each other for months; but somehow, for the last four or five days, there was something about the boy which seemed to appeal to him. He hadn't noticed before how thin and long-drawn-out and overgrown the fellow was. Early in their acquaintance, he had looked Burt over and put bim down asa gawk, and so far had seeu no reason for changing his opinion. The fellow was careless, if not sloveny, about his dress, an un- pardonable sin in David's eyes, who saw no cause for that even if a fellow was a good comparison with Job’s tur- key. Soap and water are cheap even in times like these and a pocketknife is not an unattainable luxury. That period of life he had lived through and he knew what he was _ talk- ing about. A dollar a week, expended with care, would clothe fairly well any boy who stood behind the counter. And just look at that Snyder this blessed minute! If a fraction of the shine on that cheap diagonal! were deposited on his shoes they wouldn't need blacking again for a week; and if he should clean with a little benzine the lapels of his coat, he would look like another human being; and if he only would be consid- erate enough towards his fellow clerks, to say nothing about his customers, to step around to the neckwear department and invest a dime in a new necktie it would be an occasion for public rejoic- ing. Neckties were objects of great mo- ment with young Kennedy. He had thought deeply upon the important topic —years ago, it must in justice be stated, for he wasn't a fop nor anything like a la-de-dah at this period of his existence and he had reached this wise con- clusion: A necktie is the only place where a man has a chance to display any individual taste in his dress; the rest is conventional. He may, indeed, exercise his judgment as to quality and cost and he may be loud or subdued in regard to general effect; but it is that little spot at the neck that does or does not ‘‘give him away,’’ and consequent- ly he can not afford to be indifferent to it. Just look at Snyder’s tie now! A twenty-five cent made-up thing to start with, it had been worn until it was faded and ragged and sviled, and he had got into the habit of letting it go loose enough to display a sample of At- tleborough collar button, which did not improve the general effect. How could a feliow who had any respect for him- self go around looking like that! He turned his observant eyes to the fellow's face, to see if he could tind there an answer to his questions, won- dering how it had happened that in this neighborly intercourse of months he had not thought of it before. The ten-cent haircut of a month ago added no attrac- tion to that pale thin face and the black hair, tumbling uncared-for about the white forehead, made the hollow black eyes look almost ghastly and gave great- er prominence to the high cheek bones and the sunken cheeks. The mouth was pleasing; but what attracted and fixed the attention of the face reader aan an expression of hopelessness, ap- parently beyond all cure. Customers began to crowd about his counter and Kennedy was soon deeply engrossed in increasing his list of sales; but that face over there kept haunting him. Strive as he might, he found him- self constantly turning his eyes in the direction of the linings counter, and wondering why. Burt Snyder was noth- ing to him, but still he kept thinking about him—his white face, his longing eyes and the something akin to despair that seemed to attend every movement he made. What was it? He looked at to lunch time. That may have given direction to his thought —anyway, he looked over towards Snyder's counter at the instant that Snyder, attracted by Dave's glance, looked at him; and, hardly knowing what he was doing or why, Kennedy gave a good-natured nod to his fellow clerk, and, walking over to his counter, told him to get his hat and come along witb him to luncheon. ‘‘Come along, old man! I’ve been watching the clock for the last half hour. I'm hungry as a dog and I want you to come along and help me do myself ius- tice. Never can eat and enjoy it unless I have somebody with me to kind o’ encourage me, you know! Oh, yes, you are going with me, too,’’ for a flush in the thin cheeks announced the expected refusal. ‘‘I know I haven't been es- pecially neighborly, but that’s because it always takes me a long time to get ‘good and ready.’ Get your hat and come right along and let me show you how a Yankee and the son of a Yankee fills himself up when he’s hungry.’’ There wasn't any refusing that sort of invitation when Dave Kennedy choose to make it. The other fellows had re- ceived it ‘‘many a time and oft,’’ and just as often had come back to the store to sound the praises of the dinner and the hospitality and good fellowship of the general favorite. Burt had _ heard, and wished, and wondered if and why: but things wanted never came his way and he wasn't the kind to be always standing with bis dish waiting for it to rain porridge. When it did come, it found him dishless and, worse than that, wholly unprepared to lunch with any- body, especially with Dave Kennedy, who always looked as if he had just stepped out of a bandbox. ‘‘Why, Kennedy, I aint’ fit to go with you-—you see—’’ ‘‘Exactly. I overslept myself this morning and had just time enough to get here without a chance at touching soap and water, let alone eating my breakfast, so I’m totally demoralized, and ahead of you there. Weare going over to the Metropole, however, and will have a whack at their wash-room appliances. I guess we shall be pre- sentable by the time we get into the dining room. It’s wonderful, at certain periods in a man's life, what a change it is to him to wash his face! I’m in that condition to-day and I hope you are. ‘One touch of nature,’ you know, and ‘Blest be the tie that binds ;’ and, unless you are a great deal better off than | am, it’s a pretty dirty necktie that'll do the business for us to-day.’’ The Metropole is famous for its good luncheons and good prices, but it didn’t make anything out of two of Fisher & Rhoades’ clerks that noonday. Kennedy made a bet with his guest that he would eat the more, a bet which was promptly taken—and lost. Another luncheon was the wager to be paid, when both felt like it. his watch and found it read five minutes, SS I EE 4 4 SK ps ‘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 Ra This size 1s very popular, as the patterns show up beautifully. If you Dealers don’t keep our goods; they SELL them. prefer large samples we will cut them any length desired at the price of % the goods per yard. We have the best-selling goods on earth. Don't wait, order samples at once; it will be to your interest and we want you to represent us. } HENRY NOEE & CO., ¥ SOUTHEAST CORNER MARKET & MONROE STS., CHICAGO. } Complete price list and telegraph code will be sent with samples. 2 Vee SNE FOUTLH Of JU Uecoralions > Fiags on Sticks, or Unmounted Bunting, 3/2 cents to 8 cents per yard. P. STEKETEE & SONS, Jobbers, Grand Rapids, Mich. that Fits is the kind we sell. It wears better, is more comfortable, sells better and costs no more than the poorly-made, ill-fitting stuff some job- bers sell. You may have run short of sum- mer weights; if so, we are in position to fill all kinds of orders. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO., WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. QUASAAJAA AAA dbk Abd Ab 446.1444 dbd dd Ad 44.46 44h dd bd 4b J Jb dd bd bd rTUVIVIIVTUYIVIUVTUVIIYILVLIV LU UT LUy ty AUTIPHTPNIP HTN NOT NT ERNE PNP eOR erat? we ase agennraetn ony ——— PRY“ CORRES TARR Er re E a ee = aneemn: : i vat as MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 When both, on this occasion, had set- tled down to business, after the hunger pangs had been removed, Dave found his guest amenable to his advances up- on topics referring to personal affairs and almost without knowing it the two were soon talking of ways and means of getting on witb the limited income they both received. ‘It isn't so much the amount a fellow spends as it is the manner,'' said Ken- nedy, as he swung himself uimbly and gracefully into the saddle of his hobby. ‘Il wouldn't ask for over a dollar and a half a week to keep myself well clad— well clad, mind you-—and that withouta single twenty-five cent necktie or hand- me-down article of clothing. I can do it—I am doing it—and so can every other clerk in that store if he will. It takes care and calculation, but a_ tellow ought to be willing to do that much for himself. I don't know a better way than that, do you? There’s that Cranston he’s a pig. His wages are more than mine; and just look at him! He spends all he gets, and more if he can get any- body to lend him any money; and the rest can get along if they have a mind to. Don't you think so?’’ ‘‘Why-er, Kennedy, | that they can’t—always. For some rea- son or other, I feel as if you might mean me; and for the first time in my life, 1 am prompted to tell how I am fixed: I’m getting, perhaps you know, ten dollars a week. If 1 had that all for myself it would be easy enough for me to take a dollar anda half or two dollars for clothes and have something left after paying my board; but I can’t do that. I’m the oldest of five children, and father died five years ago. Out of my ten dollars I have to pay house rent and keep the rest of the family in food and clothes, except Charlie, who is earning three dollars a week. He is twelve years old and the others are younger. Mother does what she can; but that isn’t much after she gets through with her house- work. I needn't tell you that I like good things just as well as other fellows. I don’t fancy ready-made clothes and twenty-five cent neckties any better than have an idea you do; but I've got to wear ‘em or have the folks go hungry; and I can’t do that. These things are not pleasant to talk about, and perhaps I ought not to talk about them, but it does a fellow good sometimes to let himself out. If I could see some _ chance of things brightening I should be all right; but J don’t and, to tell you the plain truth, I feel sometimes like giving up. | should, it wasn’t for mother—she is worse off than I am, and she doesn’t know what ‘giveup’ means. Your theory is all right, Kennedy, and it will work practically in most cases; but it does cost more to support six than it does one, and with an income for one the outlook for the otbers isn’t encouraging. But perhaps this isn't going to last for- ever, and when my turn comes I shall be all the readier for it for having had this run of hard luck. Gee-whizz! we've just about time to get back to the store —come on;’’ and the two young men went back to their work, Snyder with a grateful regard for the kindness he had received, and Kennedy somewhat upset by an unexpected application of a theory which a limited experience had pro- nounced perfect. Itset him to thinking and wondering if something couldn’t be done for a fellow clerk whose lines had not fallen in altogether pleasant places. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. Om Women kiss each other merely to keep in practice. They don’t mean it. a ana nt mean ecm The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—The trade is very much exercised over the expected cut in 4-4 bleached cottons. They acknowledge the need of some drastic measures to place this part of the market upon a firm basis, but many believe that this could be much better secured by curtail- ment of production, or by the sale of goods in the gray accompanied by the placing of bleached goods ‘‘at value.’’ Low prices, they argue, will aid the mar- ket only temporarily, and will tempora- rily have an adverse influence upon the price position of brown cottons and print cloths, as well as upon other makes of bleached goods. Large num- bers of orders are undoubtedly being held back by buyers until some definite action is taken by agents. The demand may be sufficient to absorb the larger part of present stocks, but many fear that if a low price is once named it will be difficult to reach the old price level again. Dress Goods—There is no good rea- son to doubt that the fall season will be a good one if the conditions do not change except in such directions as seem probable now, and which the job- bers are preparing to take advantage of. Many of them are confident that the fall trade will be the biggest in the history of the business, but this is an extremely sunny view to take of the situation, and in the face of the present depression, shows, first, that the jobber is not to be held down by any ordinary bad luck, and further that the reasons for expect- ing this great increase of trade must be very strong. We should hardly be in clined to voice such optimistic views as many, but we do think that from all existing conditions, it is the only wise thing to do to prepare for a large vol- ume of business for this fall, and the chances are three to one that it will be a great increase over that of several years past. Silks--The feature of the silk market is the increased demand for fabrics and patterns of seasonable character. The slow business of the last two morths left considerable stocks in retailers’ and job- bers’ hands, but these have moved very rapidly during the last two weeks through special sales. Business has been so large that it has been reflected in the primary market, and buyers have been surprised at the small supplies of best selling lines that are available. Low-priced wash silks have sold at re- tail with especial freedom, and are hard to find in the primary market. High duties have restricted importations and supplies are than ever before. Plain and changeable taffetas are also in comparatively small supply, and are moving freely at very full prices, con- sidering the period of the season. Printed silks of nearly all kinds are big sellers with retailers. Indias, chinas, and twill foulards are especially active, but are held in such large suppiy, not- withstanding a more limited production than usual, that prices are somewhat irregular. The supplementary business that has been accomplished during the last two weeks was rather larger than wholesalers anticipated, and, owing to the fact that mills are now all employed upon fall goods, some good-sized orders had to be turned down. The indications are that plain and staple goods will be larger sellers this fall than usual, the leaders being satin duchesse, gros- grains, poplins, armures, bengalines, failles and peau de soie. In fancies there seems to be no doubt about the prominent place that wiil be occupied smaller | | S€ason. { by stripes, both vertical and horizontal | Bayaderes are a prominent feature of | every line of fancies, and jacquard bay- | aderes and corded barres are almost sure to be favorites. Warp prints are being pushed, with fair prospects of be- ing popularized. These and warp- printed ombers are the striking novel- ties of the season, but the business has | not progressed far enough to indicate the position they may hold. Carpets—IJngrain manufacturers have} already marked down prices for best extra super ingrains 2c per yard from last season's prices; in other words, to 47%%c per yard, imstead of soc, and other grades of ingrains in proportion. While this price is no doubt in part due | to the present low prices at which tap- | estry carpets have been sold, it is also | caused by a disposition on the part of | retailers this season, as well as last, to | obtain goods as near as possible to Wil- son tariff prices. Their reason for such | desire is refiected, they claim, by the consumers not as yet being in a position | to pay the advance asked, due to the in- creased cost of carpet wool, which is | not grown in America, and, as carpet | manufacturers claimed, was too high to} permit them to do a_ satisfactory busi- | ness. The change from regular goods | to the art square or broad carpet has also | made less business for the regular car- | pet, and the demand this season indi- | cates a continuation of the popularity, only of the art square, but also of | Smyrna, all wool and jute rugs, and the increase in machinery is along this line. | The masses of the people are continuing | to practice economy. Some very choice | lines of jute Smyrna are offered this | The most popular shades are | olives, blues, terra cotta and red cen- not | offered | before. inow used in 0. A. TURNEY, Migr., ters, in large sizes, 9x12, 7x10 and 6x9g feet, selling wholesale from $9.50 to $10.50 each, and small sizes, 30x60 inches, from $11 to $11.25 per dozen, wholesale. The manufacturers of jute and wool rugs look forward to an active season on their lines. Hammocks—Hammock manufacturers are anticipating a much larger demand this season, and some very attractive goods have been sold, with more value this year fora price than ever The goods, while more at- tractive, are also serviceable, and sharp competition can be relied upon to keep prices within the buyers’ ability to purchase this summer luxury, which is the country, as well as in more than ever before. - —~> 2 _ The pin is mightier than the sword— in the hands of a woman. JERSEY CREAM 6 02. 6 doz. in case 85c the city, Q OZ. 4 doz. in case $1.25 1 Ib. 2 doz. in case $2.00 DETROIT, MICH Ladies’ Neckwear Specialties Made to order, during this season of the year, in all the Up-to-Date Styles and in popular colors in Silks and Satins at popular prices. ENTERPRISE NECKWEAR CO.., KORTLANDER BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. To ESE ESD ESL RSL RSL ESL ESL ESL GRR GR GRMN GR GRMN SMM B Merchants: furnisl single order. merch we do the E gul Weha use a larg Soe and do Manuf. Tailor, our firm is well and favorably known. Our spring and summer Get your application in early, supply. We have a sample book that we will 1 without charge express prepaid to any good merchant who wishes to take orders for suits, either ready to wear or made to We manufacture all our own Clothing, We sell to furnish them the best not sell through agents. ants only. We book in the market, and are so well known that false colors like Black Snake acturers of Clothing, or American Mon- Black Horse Tailors, etc. ve been established twenty-five years, and not need to sail under mpire Tailors, or Royal or the Can you 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. books are all placed. for we will have er demand for our books than we can Yours very truly, Work Bros. & Co., Cor. Jackson and Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill. sina sae 4, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Charlotte—H. A. Blackmar has sold his drug stock to James Bryan. Lansing—Arthur Fry has purchased the meat market of Howard & Sons. Battle Creek—J. S. Kribs has opened a grocery store at 146 Champion street. Flint--Chas. H. Wolverton, of Foote & Wolverton, boot and shoe dealers, is dead. Rives Junction—Will Byrun, of Onon- daga, has opened a meat market at this place. Mt. Clemens—S. A. Cleveland has en- gaged in the jewelry business at this place. Bay City—D. J. Lewis succeeds Pierce & Lewis in the cigar and tobacce business. Jac.son—Cummins & Marvin succeed Marvin & Wilson in the boot and shoe business. Ishpeming—Samuel Collins has pur- chased the meat business of Oscar Fors- berg & Co. Beiding—E. Rutan continues the flour and feed business formerly conducted by E. Rutan & Co. Richmond—Jarvis & Co., dealers in general merchandise, have made an as- signment to C. S. Gilbert. Delray—The Delray Hardware Co. is successor to E. M. Alexander & Son in the hardware business. Maple City—O, W. Mix, who was en- gaged in the drug business at this place, died last week of consumption. Brutus—John P. Dimling & Co. suc- ceed Mrs. John P. Dimling & Co. in the general merchandise business. lonia—G, S. Cooper has engaged in the produce and cold storage business under the style of the Ionia Produce Co. Mt. Pleasant—Fred Vowels & Co. is the name of the new firm which has purchased the book stock of Bert Isbell. Sault Ste. Marie--Lamontagne & Lauzon, grocers, have dissolved. J. E. Lamontagne will continue the business. Ithaca—Will Iseman has purchased the grocery stock of F. L. Convis, who has engaged in general trade at Maple Rapids. Flushing—Dillon & Passmore have sold their mercantile stock to Gilbert & Sturtevant, of Sherman, who wil! remove the stock to that place. Otsego—J. K. Jackson has purchased the interest of his partner, H. B. Par- meley, in the meat business and will continue the business alone. Shelby—Geo. Hume & Co., of Mus- ekgon, closed the doors of the Tenney grocery store last week. The stock was purchased by H. L. Andrus. Oxford—S. A. Kellam has sold his grocery stock to Robert and Albert Marshall, who will continue the business under the style of Marshall Bros. Fennville—Geo. F. Goodrich has contracted to sell his drug stock to A. S. Lee, of Climax, who will continue the business at the same location. Detroit—M. Metzger, who for the past twelve years has been in the crockery and glassware business on Gratiot avenue, has opened a grocery store at 262 Gratiot avenue. Mt. Pleasant—Morrison & Dains have purchased the stock of boots and_ shoes of Walker & Peterson, at Ithaca, and will add it to their general merchandise stock at this place. Alma—C. C. Thompson and Otto Sanderhoff have formed a copartner- ship, under the style of Thompson & Sanderhoff, to engage in the hardware and implement business. St. Ignace—Patrick E, Murray and P. J. Murray have purchased the interest of M. D. Murray in the grocery firm of Murray Bros., and will continue the business under the same style. Jackson—E. L. Webb has_ purchased the interest of his late partner, John P. Crandell, in the firm of Webb & Cran- dell, undertakers, and will continue the business in his own name. St. Johns—The copartnership existing between A. A. Chick and Willard Lyon, under the firm name of Chick & Lyon, grocers at this place, has been dis- solved. Mr. Chick will continue the business in his own name. West Bay City—Frank C. Warner, for many years connected with the drug trade in this city, and for the past six months traveling representative for a New York wholesale drug firm, has opened a pharmacy at !o7 South Linn Street. Durand—Three weeks ago the shoe firm of Ash & Boyd sold their stock of goods to Oscar Ismond, of Owosso. He continued the business until last Satur- day, when Sheriff Scongale closed the doors, at the instance of the Rodgers Shoe Co., of Toledo, which alleges that the sale was a fraudulent one. Port Huron—The Port Huron Retail Grocers’ Association has elected Charles Ellsworth, President; R. M. Sherwood, Vice-President; S. W. Waters, Secre- tary, and C. M. Baumgarten, Treasurer. Committees have been appointed to make arrangements for the annual pic- nic, which is to be given within a short time. It is customary to close all gro- ceries and meat markets on the day of the annual excursion. Manufacturing Matters. Pickford—Geo. Walz succeeds Griffith & Walz in the flouring miil business. Stanton—Oscar Filkins has purchased the feed mili of J. S. Holcomb & Sons. Mt. Clemens —J. A. Weeks has been appointed receiver of the Mt. Clemens Creamery Co. Niles—The Griffith Paper Co. is erect- ing buildings for the purpose of estab- lishing a paper bag factory here. Sherman—F. M. Wheeler expects to transfer his lumbering operations from this place to Mackinaw in a short time. Lansing—W. K. Prudden is removing the branch factory of the Michigan Wheel Co. from Chicago back to this place. Orleans—The Orleans Creamery As- sociation has begun operations. E. D. Lambertson is President of the organi- zation and John Greenop will officiate as manager, Cadillac—A large dry kiln is being constructed for Mitchell Bros. at their maple flooring factory at Jennings. It will contain more than half a mile of steam pipes. Cheboygan—Pelton & Reid are re. ported to have bought $100,000 worth of Canada logs, cut on Spanish River, and which will be rafted to Cheboygan dur- ing the season. Three Rivers—Local capitalists are trying to secure the removal of the Ear] Ladder Manufacturing Co., located at Schoolcraft, to this city. It is a stead- ily growing business. Sidnaw—The planing mill formerly operated by Corbin & Mead, and which was destroyed by fire some time ago, is now being rebuilt and will be operated by J. C. Corbin alone. Bay City--The E. J. Vance Box Co. will rebuild its factory on the site of the one destroyed by fire about a month ago. The buildings will be one story high and cover a space of 128x140 feet. Union City—The Portland Cement Works have been sold to an English syndicate, which will increase the ca- pacity cf the works to 1,000 barrels. rhe price is said to have been $600, 000. Detroit—The Detroit Paper Bag Co. has decided to go out of business and has petitioned the Council to relieve it of the 1898 assessment on $1,600 worth of stock, which it agrees to get rid of In six weeks. Waters—St. Helens, formerly a lively burg, on account of the operation of the sawmills of Henry Stephens & Co., at that point, is said to have been entire- ly depopulated by the removal of the mill plant to this place. Arcadia—A veneer and fasket fac- tory, to cost $10,000, 1s bei.g erected here, which will be in operation about July 15. A Port Washington, Wis., furniture coucern purposes to erecta furniture factory at this place. Grayling—The Michigan Central has begun the work of building what is known as the Clear Lake branch of the Mackinaw division, which will lap a large tract of timber in Otsego county owned by Saliing. Hanson & Co., of this place. Thompsonville——The International Chemical Co has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 to en- gage in the manufacture of wood alcohol, the product of smoke from the new charcoal kilns here. Traverse City capital is interested in the company. West Branch--The Gale Lumber Co. has started its new sawmill and is cut- ting 50,oco feet of hemlock and hard wood daily. This concern bought the timber on several thousand acres of land in Ogemaw county of D. Wright & Co. last season and during the winter built a mill. Essexviile -The work of rebuilding the shingle mill of De Courval & Co., which burned the other day, is being rushed and the new mill will be run- ning some time next month. The con- cern has enough business in sight to keep the plant running overtime the re- mainder of the season. Detroit—The Dearing Water Tube Boiler Co. has filed articles of incorpo- ration, with a capital stock of $25,800, the whole amount of which is paid in. The business of the company is to make and sell water tube boilers under the A. C. Dearing patent, and to deal in steam engines, boilers and heating apparatus. The incorporators are Jacob Siegel, An- son C. Dearing, Arthur MacBean, Jo- seph Siegel and Charles W. Moore. —_—_—+_-0~_—__ Bank Notes. Capac—The Capac Savings Bank has been organized here with a capital of $20,000. John W. Porter, of Port Huron, is the chief promoter. Mulliken—The safe and furniture for the bank have arrived and been placed in Reed & Webster's store, where the bank will be located for the present. Scottville—A. J. McPhail, a Detroit banker, has secured option on property here on which he proposes to erect a bank building. J. W. Perkins, of Lud- ington, also proposes to benefit this vicinity by putting in a telephone line from the east through to Ludington via Custer and this place. Traverse City—The directors of the First National Bank have secured the services of Frank Welton, of Benton Harbor, for Assistant Cashier, Mr. Welton is a man of experience and comes here highly recommended. ae ->eo The less hair a woman has the more time it takes her to do it up. Wants a Cold Storage Plant and Prod- uce Buyer. Otsego, June 13—I write you for some information. Do you not know some good party that wants to put up a cold storage plant and buy produce here? If such a party would come here, he would have the support of the whole town. He could buy bananas, oranges, meats and fruit that has to be brought in here, and supply the stores here, where there is a good trade, and he could buy to ship away butter and eggs, as the market here takes care of only a part of the sup- ply. This is also a great potato and apple country, as well as a wool coun- try. If you know of some one and would have him come here, | believe we can make it for his interest to locate here. The Otsego Improvement Association, which comprises all the business men, will give the right hand of fellowship to any one who would come well recom- mended. GEO. E BARDEEN, Pres. 2 A Desperate Game. From the Ohio Merchant. The Michigan Tradesman has done yeoman service for the reputable trade in that State by exposing numerous fake commission houses, which start out with much blow and bluster, offer more than the market warrants for supplies and wind up by going up in the air higher than Gilderoy’s kite ever went. It is a desperate game, this fake com- mission business, where a man is always playing for suckers by offering prices which the market will not justify for goods, and then appearing in big ad- vertisements offering to sell those same goods for less money than other whole- sale commission men can sell for. > 02> ~ The St. Louis Potato Market. St. Louis, Mo., June 13--Receipts of new potatoes have lately been heavy and, In consequence, they have fallen in price. The first of “the week they sold for $1.05 per bushel, but closed this evening at 75c per bushel. If arrivals continue heavy, they will go still lower. Old potatoes still continue in fair de- mand, receipts being light. Prices con- tinue about the same, but, if new pota- toes keep going down, they will un- doubtedly carry old ones down with them. We quote to-day’s range of prices from 40@68c, as to variety, qual- ity and condition. Burbanks bring the top price. MILLER & TEASDALE Co. —___>2.__ Should Keep Firm Secrets. Junior Partner—We must discharge that traveler of ours. He told one of our customers that I was a fool. Senior Partner—I'll see him at once and insist upon his keeping the tirm’s secrets, HS On ice We have a large line of new goods in fancy shapes and unique designs, which we are offering at right prices. Samples cheerfully sent on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. Osssveecssvsesss0 e500 Orso rere eros June Weddings Are now on tap. We make a specialty of wedding invita- tions, both printed and en- graved on copper, and cheer- fully submit samples and quote prices on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. : : a SOOO OOCOOOOOOSS 9000000000000 : OE RENTON en mee a Grand Rapids Gossip The Grocery Marxet. Sugar—Refiners report a firm market at full but unchanged prices, with some oversales. A steady increase in the de- mand is looked for this week. Tea—Jobbers have advanced their quotations 3@1oc, on account of the new duty, and stocks are rapidly being depleted on account of the rush by re- tailers to secure supplies before the full duty is added to the staple. The importers estimate that we will import this year about a hundred million pounds of tea, Japan sending us 43,000, - ooo, China 27,000,000, Formosa 18,000, - ooo, and India and Ceylon 12,000,000. Last year the import was_ 113,000,000 pounds, an increase of nearly 20,000,000 over the 1896 import, despite the fact that a new law had gone into effect, shutting out of the country millions of pounds of tea below a fixed standard. The average cost abroad of the tea im- ported here last year was 13 cents a pound. The import of coffee was 738, - 000,000 pounds, the average value being a trifle more than 11 cents a pound. Coffee—There was a great deal of buying in a speculative way when prices were very low, and much of this stock in retailers’ hands is still to be moved. Not a little is also reported to have gone into consumers’ hands in a speculative way. However, prices are not likely to soon go to the low point recently reached, although there is no condition in the market to justify the expectation that very high prices will prevail during this crop year. There is an exceeding- ly large crop of Brazil coffee to come to market, and prices must be governed accordingly. Dried Fruits—Prunes are in’ very small demand and prices are unchanged. Stocks are not very heavy. Peaches are also in light demand at unchanged prices. Currants are dead and the price is unchanged. Raisins are selling slowly and the price is unchanged. A few seeded raisins comprise the only sales. Apricots are dull and unchanged. Canned Goods—Tomatoes are selling only from hand to mouth and the price is unchanged. Spot corn is dull, at no change since last week. There is a fair trade in new peas on spot. The crop will likely be rather short, especially on standards and the grades above. Sec- onds, however, will probably make up the deficiency. Prices so far made are the same as last year. The demand for peaches is very limited, with an oc- casional call for seconds of Eastern pack. Future California peaches are offered, and the sales of them have been quite large. Rolled Oats—All grades of rolled oats and wheat grits have declined. Spices— About everything on the list is held at full prices so that there isa firm market generally speaking. Rice—Prices of new crop Japan grades are about 1'4c higher than the opening of the season last year, while the report is of a light crop. Domestic stocks are scarce, although the acreage of present crops is reported to be con- siderably larger than that of last year. Sauces—It is now impossible to buy any of the Lee & Perrin Worcester sauce except that in jobbers’ hands. The Government refuses to permit the im- porters to take their goods out of the custom house until they shall give the recipe, so that duty may be hgured on it. This the importers refuse to do. Fish—Mackerel is in better demand, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN with prices unchanged. No change is expected in the next few days. Cod is moving fairly, but with nothing like a boom. Prices are unchanged. Lake fish are very scarce and the market is well cleaned up. There has been an advance of 25c per half barrel. Sar- dines have declined, because of the de- sire to unload their remnants before the syndicate takes hold. Tobacco—Prices of all grades have been advanced 3@6c, on account of the new war tax. a The Produce Market. Asparagus—20@25c per doz. for home grown. Bananas—There is report of scarcity and higher prices at Southern receiving points, which makes the market firm here. The movement is large. Beet Greens—25@3oc per bu. Beets—New, 30c per doz. bunches. Butter—All grades are a little stronger and higher. Factory creamery com- mands 1§@15c'%, fancy dairy 11@13c and packing stock g@Ioc. Cabbage—Home grown, 6oc per doz. Carrots—3oc per doz. bunches. Cherries—$1 per crate of 16 qts. for red or black. Cocoanuts—4@5c. Cucumbers—4o@soc per doz. for home grown ; 25@3o0c for Southern stock. Eggs—The market is a little stronger than a week ago, local dealers paying 8c on track, case count. Green Onions—12@15c per doz. for silver skins. Green Peas—75c per bu. grown. Honey—Dark ranges from g@loc. Light stock commands 12c. Lemons--The market is very lively, Messinas having advanced sharply, and Californias considerably. The demand is good and is on the increase, the weather favoring a good movement. Lettuce—j3oc per bu. for head. Onions—Dry stock from Mississippi commands $2.25 per sack; California, $2.50 per sack. Pieplant—30@4oc per about 50 lbs. Pineapples—Floridas, $1.75@2 doz. Pop Corn— 50c per bu. Potatoes--Old stock is a trifle weaker and a little lower, commanding 6o0c per bu. New stock fetches $2.75@3 per bbl. Radishes—toc per doz. bunches. Spinach--25c per bu. Strawberries—Home grown is in mar- velous supply at 60@65c per 16 qt. crate. The fruit is large in size and beautiful in appearance, but lacks the flavor incident to warm weather and plenty of sunshine. If the present cool spell con- tinues, prices are likely to go higher. Tomatoes—-$1 per 4 basket crate. Wax Beans—$I! per bu. a a Two Dollars to Detroit asl Return. The Michigan Central will, on Sat- urday, June 18, run another one of those popular week-end excursions to Detroit. Special train will leave Union Station at § a. - arriving at Detroit at 1 o'clock p. Tickets will be good to return on ain trains up to and in- cluding the morning train on Monday, for home package of 25 per June 20. Chair car will be attached at the usual seat rates. Bicycles carried free, WC. BLAKE, City ncaa Agent. a Georgia che: A carload of very fine melons has just been received by F. J. Dettenthaler, Grand Rapids. Get your order in quick if you want to be the first in your mar- ket to offer them. ee Warnock & McBain have embarked in the grocery business at McBain. The Worden Grocer Co. furnished the stock. ~~. 2. Mrs. A. Sanford has removed her drug stock from the corner of Fourth and Stocking streets to 175 Stocking street. ree a Miss Lareine Van Wetinga has taken the position of assistant book-keeper with Nelson Morris & Co. WAR —— How They Affect the ents and Their Customers. The war revenue bill is now a law, having been signed immediately upon its passage by President McKinley Monday. The measure is given im- mediate effect, but not until July 1 will it be applied in all its provisions; and then the present generation will ap- preciate what a luxury war is. The provisions of the new law, as they re- late to the banks, are not particularly onerous—at least not in comparison with the taxes imposed upon the banks during the rebellion. The tax bill of thirty odd years ago hit pretty nearly everything in sight, but the Spanish war taxes will not prove unduly burdensome, nor will their collection be difficult or complicated. It is probable that the customers and patrons of the banks will do more protesting than the banks themselves—but that is something that may be expected, at least until the business world has become accustomed to the new order of things. Banks with $25,000 capital, surpius included, will pay a special tax of $50, and on each additional $1,000 capital $2. Under this clause the Grand Rapids banks will pay approximately the fol- lowing amounts: Old National, $2,050; National City, $1,225; Grand Rapids National, $1,290; Fourth National, $700; Fifth National, $225; Grand Rapids Savings, $385 ; Kent Savings, $220; Peo- ple’s Savings, $250; State, $360; Michi- gan Trust Company, $610 and the Pen- insular Trust, $235—-a total of about $7,500. This tax will be paid by the banks direct and it is a tax that can not be shifted. - + + Some of the stamp taxes undoubted- ly will be shifted upon the cus- tomers, either directly or indirectly, in- stead of being borne by the banks, but the banks can not dodge them all, even if so disposed. Ordinarily, the banks would have to pay for the stamps on drafts and bills of exchange, but this burden can be shifted by advanc- ing the rates. Certificates of deposit will have to be stamped by the banks and whether the bank or the depositor pays will probably be arranged by agreement among the banks. The tax on dividend checks will be paid by the banks. The tax on express packages will hit the money sent by express. The banks do considerable out of town tele- phoning and telegraphing and the tax will increase expenses to some extent, but it may be remarked that the Govern- ment will not receive nearly as much revenue from this source as it would have were there not competition. The taxes on deeds, mortgages, leases, pro- test notices, checks, notes and most of the other papers that enter into busi- ness will be borne by the customers. Fully two-thirds of the business trans- acted is by check or draft and the tax will produce a great deal of revenue. It is probable, however, that the necessity of affixing a pretty two-cent stamp to each check drawn will have the effect of curtailing their use, especially for small amounts. The man with a 17 cent bill to pay will pay it in cash or postage stamps, instead of drawing his check forthe amount. Pay rolls will be paid in money, as most of them are, in- stead of by check, as is done in a few local institutions. The Chicago & West Michigan and Detroit, Grand Rapid & Northern systems pay employes by 5 is continued expenses upwards check and if this custom the tax will increase of $100 a month. The banks will be ready to provide customers with two kinds of check books by the time the law goes into effect or soon after. One kind will have the stamp printed in the center of the blank check, and these will be sold in books of too for $2. The ot‘ er kind will have a little blank square up in the corner where the stamp ts to be affixed. These check books will be given away, but with the understanding that the cus- tomer buys his own supply of stamps and does his own licking. The old stamp tax on checks was imposed early in the sixties, when the war Called for all the funds procurable, and it continued down into the seven- ties. Harvey J. Hollister bank cashier now in service and, in fact, almost the only bank official in town, who had a personal experience with the operations of the old law from the standpoint of the banker. J. Fred- erick Baars, now Vice-President of the National City Bank, E. H. Hunt, As- sistant Cashier of the National City,and Henry Post, of the Old National, all had experience with the law, but not from the first enforcement of the tax. There was much grumbling at first, but this soon died away and the business men took it as a matter of course. The tax was not so productive in those days, however, as relating to checks, because checks were not used to nearly the ex- tent they are now. There was general rejoicing when the tax was removed and, undoubtedly, the removal of the Spanish war tax will give far more sat- isfaction than its imposition. * * * is the only Speaking of war times, Mr. Hollister has a vivid recollection of the objections that greeted the old greenbacks and es- pecially from Democratic sources. The greenback was essentially a war meas- ure and was adopted as a dire necessity. Mr. Hollister remembers how scorn- fully John Godfroy looked upon the paper money and declared that before the war ended the stuff wouldn't be worth 50 cents a peck. Mr. Godfroy would have been right had he referred to the Confederate zreenbacks, but he meant Uncle Sam’s make-believe money and subsequent events have proven him wrong in his ot. . a has a It is essentially a Mich- igan affair, but it has recently become a Nebraska concern as well, and if so disposed can open a branch office in the home state of the boy orator of the Platte. The company has no intention to branch out and it becomesa Nebraska corporation merely to meet an emer- gency. It is executor of the estate of the late John W. Moon, of Muskegon. Mr. Moon owned considerable real es- tate and other property in Nebraska and to administer the Nebraska portion of the estate it was necessary under the Nebraska law for the Trust Com- pany to incorporate in that State. Arti- cles of incorporation were filed at Lin- coln, Neb., last week, with $20,000 capital. The Michigan Trust Company dual existence. a Ladies’ waists and gentlemen's laun- dried shirts at $4.50 rer dozen and up- wards. P. STEKETEE & SONS, Jobbers, Grand Rapids. oo > Gillies’ New York teas. "All kinds, grades and prices. Phone Visner, 800. Woman was born to love and be loved, and she fights it out on that line, 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Sensible Suggestions for the Summer Campaign. ‘“My dear child,’’ said Cholly to his little cousin, who was one of the win- ter’s pretty debutantes, ‘‘my dear child, have you decided how you are going to conduct your summer campaign?’’ “*How I am going to conduct my sum- mer campaign?’’ she repeated after him in amazement. A look of weariness and pain swept across his face. ‘‘There,'’ he said, de- jectedly, ‘‘it’s just as I suspected. Here you are about to plunge into a red hot campaign without a particle of prepara- tion. You don’t even know what line you are going to fight it out on. That’s the most distressing thing about women They never think until a thing is over, and then it is too late. I don’t want to discourage you, but you had just as well make up your mind beforehand that the summer resorts this season are go- ing to be well-nigh Adamless Edens and the girl who has any partners at the hops or invitations to moonlight strolls is going to need to know al! the points in the game she is going to play. ** Now, there are all sorts of girls and they have got all sorts of chances, but you want to sort of classify yourself and see in which type you will be most effective. It is nothing but superhuman vanity that makes a woman think she can be everything and do everything. In one role she is effective. In another she is absurd. You can't imagine Julia Marlowe doing a coon song, can you, or Della Fox thrilling you as Lady Mac- beth? There never was a more mislead- ing fallacy than the old theory that woman made herself fascinating by be- ing a creature of whims and moods, one thing one time and something else the next. Nabody in these days has got the time or is going to take the trouble to be always chasing around after a living conundrum. ‘*Now, being the daughter of a_busi- ness man, you have doubtless heard it said that nothing succeeds like success. Nowhere else in the world is that truer than in society. If you want to bea belle, and be admired, act like one. I have known provident girls who left orders witb their confectioners and were pursued by boxes of bon bons wherever they went. ‘So extravagant of Jack,’ they would murmur indifferently as they generously passed around the box, and first thing you knew some fellow was ruining himself for chocolate creams in an effort to supplant the mythical Jack. Now, my dear, Iam not my _ brother's keeper, nor his apologist, J simply state it as a fact that no man was ever known to admire a girl that no other man ad- mired. I don’t know whether we need each other’s opinion to brace us up or what it is, but you will observe that in every ballroom there are invariably a half dozen men falling over each other to dance with one girl, while another, just as pretty, just as desirable, just as good a dancer, sits neglected by the wall. ‘Never dance with another girl. It is a public announcement that you were overlooked by the men present, and an- other preferred before you, and so far is an admission of failure. You may not dance because you are tired or the weather is hot or for any other excuse that appears reasonably plausible, and still retire from the ballroom floor with honor and the air of a victor, but to dance with another girl is a mortifying confession of defeat. This does not ap- ply to long walks and talks with other girls. ‘The woman who is not beloved by her own sex, who does not have girl friends, and like girls’ society, is al- ways regarded with suspicion by men. Cultivate the society of other girls. Be nice to them and generous with them. Many a homely girl has got nice broth- ers, so shall the angel food you cast upen the waters return to you after many days. “Another thing, don’t be too hard to please. Kicking is a distinctively masculine ; rerogative. A disgruntled, dissatisfied, fretful woman is something hat strikes terror to the boldest heart, and the heroes have all gone off to the war this summer. Don't always be drawing comparisons. If, with infinite trouble, some young man manages to hire the solitary buckboard or the dilap- idated carry-all of the summer hotel don't enliven the occasion with remin- iscences of the time you went on some- body’s four-in-hand and had such a love of atime. If somebody gets up a sand- wich and beer supper and invites you don’t turn up your nose and say you can't eat anything but birds and cham- pagne. There is no other feminine charm equal to adaptability. The girl who can stand anything, who is ready for anything, who is willing to be pleased with everything that comes along, can give the spoilt beauty odds in the game and beat her every time. She is the one who is never left out when the hay rides and fishing excursions and tenpin par- ties are made up. ‘As regards the athletic business, I would counsel a happy medium. Be athletic, but not too athletic. The time has gone, heaven be praised, when it was considered interesting for a woman to be unable to walk a quarter of a mile, and for her to have to be dragged up every hill, but the modern girl is in danger of cverdoing things an the op- posite side of the question. The girl who has to be always duing something fatiguing, who can't be happy unless she is jumping around in the heat after a tennis ball or scorching somewhere on her wheel, is a terror beside whom the lackadaisical sister of the past was a peach. As you are strong, be merciful. Be ready to go on short excursions when you are asked, but don’t develop a mania for flagging the mountain or ex- ploring the country or hunting for grubby and buggy little plants, and ex- pect any man to go with you. If you do you are liable to find yourself deserted for the discreet damsel who stays on the veranda of the hotel and keeps her hair in curl. Also, bear in mind that the bicycle is fatal to beauty. The Venus de Milo would come off of a five-mile run looking like a red-faced Irish wash- woman. Still, you have always this consolation—an_ affection that with- stands a wheeling trip is built on the rock of ages and nothing else in life is liable to even jar it. ‘* “Everything is fair in love and war and at summer resorts,’ has long been a favorite motto with the girl who thinks it knowing to try to monopolize every man who comes along. She takes him off for long solitary walks and inveigles him into tete-a-tetes, and wild horses couldn't drag her into introducing him to another girl. Jt is a fatal mistake. He sets her down as selfish and jealous and, worse than all, she bores him to death. My dear child, no one person is the whole show in life. Two stran- gers can have little to say to each other, whereas the introduction of others into Wheeled de We de lf lr Twenty Years a Leader BSSSRDSOR VIP VV VEU VV VV VU EVV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV REY URE VUDVN Se FULLCREAM CHEESE, GRANDRAPIDS, 7 MICH. aa TVPVVVPPUV VV VEY VU VV VV DV) Invariably sold on its merits. Demand equal to the supply wile dele deeded weed eile Wud uvhld dd vielwe ve vidya vv uly s'vvdvevwuvvvrvvdved¥yylibdVva¥ eddy Always uniform in quality. on ante vii SARRSARRSARASARRSARED s aan DPASRSADRSSORSSOR NU PEN OPENVP UU UDEV UDUUSDUVVDUUVEV VV SUV VEY VV SUEY SV VU DT UN SRV N EAST AASS WorLD Bicycle ARE HANDSOME, STRONG, SPEEDY. A GENTLEMAN’S MOUNT. $40 $50 A FEW MORE GOOD AGENTS WANTED IN UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY. ADAMS & HART, SELLING AGENTS FOR MICHIGAN 12 W. BRIDGE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. $75 WORLD’S BEST © COW 5C. CIGAR. ALL JOBBERS AND G.J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. the conversation makes everything smooth sailing. It is better to be one of a charming group than a solitary bore. Never keep a man with you after he begins to get tired. Get tired your- self first. Anticipate the being bored feeling and send him off, and the chances are he will hunt you up the next opportunity because he will not be afraid of getting caught and having to stay. ‘*Don’t hint. The poor summer resort young man is seldom a disguised mil- lionaire. He is only an impecunious wretch who has all he can do to buy a few pairs of white duck trousers and a handful of neckties and give himself a couple of weeks off somewhere. Learn to pass the seductive soda water counter without a yearning glance. Cultivate a distaste for ice cream; and don’t im- itate those young women of diabolical ingenuity who spend the summer get- ting up something that costs money for the heathen. Charity begins at home in not fleecing the poor, down-trodden young men who do their humble best in dancing at parties all the season and helping out at teas. And remember that blessed is she who is not getting up a souvenir collection of any kind whatever and who leaves a man in peaceful pos- session of his neckties and fancy _ hat- bands and stick pins and belt buckles and buttons.”’ Cholly paused and lighted a cigarette. ‘‘Is that all?’’ enquired the little cousin. **All?’’ he echoed. should say not! gestions from the board of strategy. ‘*Cholly,’’ she said demurely, ‘‘don’t you worry. I'll be able to run that cam- paign by myself after I get there.’’ DorotHy Dix. ——__>#>___ His Explanation of a Rush. Mexican—Big earthquake to-day. American Tourist—Was there one? I didn’t notice it. Mexican—Not you _ see rush out from zee churches? Tourist—Oh, yes, I saw that; but I thought maybe the contribution box was going ‘round. —_——_—— iS > —— Got his Shoulder Straps Soon. =*Fuddy—You know Tom enlisted last month? Well, he has got his shoulder straps already. Duddy—You don't mean it! The idea of Tom being an officer ! Fuddy—Oh, he isn’t an officer. The shoulder-straps help him in wheeling his barrow when doing police duty. —__»#.—____ This is a tough world for women at best. They must either marry or be- come old maids. ‘‘Heavens! I It’s just a few sug- »” zee people An echo is the only thing that can flimflam a woman out of the last word. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Witivetndita— dudes to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 11—The coffee mar- ket during the latter part of the week was very dull. In invoices scarcely any- thing was done and jobbers generally reported orders for small amounts. The nominal quotation of Rio No. 7 remains at 63gc. The future is not without some considerable encouragement, however, and holders do not seem to beat all disappointed at the turn of affairs dur- ing the past three davs. Some of our large operators profess to see an excel- lent opportunity just now to advise gro- cers to take on liberal supplies. Total amount in store and afloat, 914,316 bags, against 746,357 bags at the same time last year. Mild grades have moved with a degree of dulness ‘‘deplorable to behold.’’ Good Cucuta, 8%c. Sellers and buyers both seem to be holding off and the wait may last for some time. The probability of a to cent tax on tea bad the effect of giving animation to the market and orders have come in with greater frequency than for a long time. As a rule, these orders were not for very large amounts, but their fre- quency made the aggregate very re- spectable. Interior dealers are taking considerable quantities and seem to be in a hurry for it, too. The sugar situa- tion is unsatisfactory. The volume of business is not nearly as large as last season, or as it generally is at this time of year. One theory is that supplies from independent refineries will soon be coming in and that a consequent de- moralization of prices will follow. But they may miss the mark if such is the belief. Granulated still held at 53>>: BRR 7 WV. ¥ MON 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. HOW CHEAP with them; 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 Cracker. people, keep Made by National Biscuit Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 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YOUR WHOLESALER SELLS ' TANGLEFOOT. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN fICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Epitor. WEDNESDAY, - = = JUNE 15, 1898. DISGRUNTLED GERMANY. Much surprise has been expressed, since the war with Spain began, at the attitude which Germany has taken to- wards the United States. France, sore over the bond question and fearful of Shylock’s ‘‘loss upon loss’* which is to be the inevitable result of a war between Spain and the United States, is expect- ed to show considerable opposition to this country. Austria, through her re- lationship to the Queen Regent, is in duty bound to show where her interests lie. Italy, just now, is especially sen- sitive over a contagion to which she is peculiarly exposed and Russia has a natural right, absolute monarch as she is, to growl angrily, like the bear sbe is conceded to be. But Germany, who seems to have every reason for thinking well of us, as if her action and opinion were of the greatest moment growls sur- lily, and grudgingly affirms that, on the whole, she may decide to remain neutral. This sort of performance began some years ago. Germany awoke one morning to find that her breakfast of American pork did not agree with ber. There were trichinae in it, she knew there were; and, although not a single por- cine wiggler could be found on the closest microscopical examination, and not a single death occurred in her ex- tensive bologna-eating family, the American animal-product was proscribed and is seen no more upon the German table. Has the Spanish aversion to the American pig found its counterpart in the nation bordering upon the Rhine? With the commendable desire of ex- tending trade, the American exporter shipped to Germany a cargo of apples. They were from the best orchards of the New World and something a little finer than the beer drinker of the Fatherland had seen. They met with the heartiest reception. Nothing too extravagant could be said in praise of the Ameri- cay fruit until one sorrowful day when the American apple was pronounced wormy and absolutely dangerous to the German stomach. That, also, was pro- scribed and appleless Germany growls and goes without the finest fruit she bas ever seen. Is it possible that from the ignominious apple mankind is to suffer again the untold woes of Eden? From the earliest beginning of our National life, the German has been found among us. No immigrant has been so welcome as he. Honest, indus- trious, frugal, painstaking and thoroughly in earnest, he came to stay, and induced his brothers and sisters to join him, until to-day there are hun- dreds of thousands of German residents in the United States, who constitute as loyal and patriotic a class of citizens as any within our borders, and who have always inspired a feeling of friendship and respect for the nation from which they have come. Is there anything here to account for the feeling of hostility which to-day exists in Germany towards this Government? There is, and always has been, among the Germans upon both sides of the At- lantic, a conviction that the United States, in some unaccountable way, owes her marvelous prosperity to German citizenship. The German has come to this country. He is found in all parts of it. Where he is he and his affairs flourish. His qualities, always good, have heen copied by the natives wher- ever he lives and works. This condi- tion of things has been going on un- questioned for years, and for years Ger- many, never too ready to give up an opinion once formed, has considered that matter settled. But recent years, with their thickly-crowding events, have awakened doubts in the German mind in regard to the United States. It isa nation of surprises. It is proving not an equal but a superior. It is surpass- ing her in trade. Its manufactures are, in quantity and quality,equal to her own, with alarming prospects of getting ahead. In every form of commercial development America is forging to the first place, This is not all: When the time came to put a stop to the inhumanity going on in Cuba, this country, with an in- significant navy and a handful of men called an army, and with an utter in difference for the opinion of Europe, Germany included, went at it as if she knew how, keeps at it as if she still knows how and 1s really acting as if any interference on the part of the Old World would be looked upon as an_ im- pertinence and resented as such. Last, but not least, the very existence of this Republic is a menace to mon- archial Europe. For over a century it bas been a practical ijlustration that men canrule themselves What is worse, the Republican idea has reached the Old World and has come to stay. Spain is in the last throes of feudal power. Italy has been for years pressing hope- fully towards the same end. France is a republican fact—and Germany may profit by these examples. No wonder, then, that Germany is looking at this country with menacing looks and words. She is finding out that she has been wholly mistaken. The United States does not owe her prosper- ity, or anything else, to the Germans. In extent of territory, in wealth of re- sources, in commercial endeavor, in progressiveness of thought, in the power and determination to act, this country has no equal and as a leader in modern ideas stands at the head of the line—a head, be it remembered, unadorned by a crown. Poor old disgruntled Ger- many! Cold storage ships for carrying pro- visions will go with the transports, Whales that give milk may finally be trained to follow battle-ships. The beginning of the end is at hand, so far as the war is concerned, and the end of the beginning must be lying about somewhere. This war wili wipe away many illu- sions. It will knock down the castles in Spain, DAWN OF A NEW ERA. Delegations of British merchants who have commercial and other important investments in Manila and the Island of Luzon have waited on United States Ambassador Hay, in London, urging that the United States shall retain con- trol of the Philippine Islands at the close of the war. Those gentlemen declared their belief that, under a stable and enlightened government, the natives would prove entirely peaceable and tractable, while the islands are rich in natural resources and susceptible of the highest develop- ment. In no country are the opportuni- ties greater for capital and enterprise, provided the islands were under a wise and intelligent government. The gentlemen know from experience that Spanish rule is one which discour- ages business enterprises and repels cap- ital, and that the legitimate profits of their business are mostly absorbed by direct and indirect bribes to Spanish officials. Without liberal largesses to secure the favor of the ruling class, these gentlemen tell the Ambassador that no business operations can be conducted under the regime of Spain. They represented tbat the position of the Philippine capitalists is one which prevents them from making a public declaration of their wishes. Should the islands remain under Spanish sov- ereignty, that government might make conditions burdensome for business men who were on record as desiring a change and who had made revelations about Spanish misrule. They can make known their desires only through secret diplomatic channels, as they have done, The Philippines are entirely ina state of nature, save in the immediate vicin- ity of the towns. The Spanish govern- ment has always pursued the policy of levying the most burdensome exactions upon its colonies, so that there is little or ro inducement to develop the coun- try, if even the means were at hand. Under the control of the United States the islands would be made to blossom with improved agriculture and to yield up their wealth as a reward of enter- prise and industry. There is much high and mountainous country, where the climate is said to be healthful. There is every reason to believe that a new era has dawned for those Asiatic islands, as it has for the Great Republic of the West. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. With the exception of the decline in wheat, amounting toa collapse of the speculative features of the trade, con- tinual dulness in cloth manufacture and some slackening of industries on ac- count of shutting down of work for an- nual repairs, the week has been one of continued activity, with strengthening prices in all important cases. The gen- eral improvement is reflected in advanc- ing stock markets and continued heavy transactions in clearing bouses, The factor which seems to have taken the speculative life out of the wheat market is the report of unprecedented crops from all parts of the country. For- eign demand and export movement con- tinue with such volume that the selling end of the market would seem to favor the high prices which have been pre- vailing, but the report of heavy yields from an increased acreage, with most other crops in an equally favorable con- ditiun, is too much for the buying end. Conditions of demand on account of the prosperous outlook for agriculture still keep the movement of the indus- tries concerned up to the highest vol- ume ever known in this country. Sales of agricultural implements are only limited by the supplies in many locali- ties. The iron trade, on this account, and because of the war stimulus, is still exceeding all records of output, and es- pecially at this season. The exceptions are those noted on account of need for repairs. The stimulation of the cloth industry on account of the war demand still con- tinues as a factor in the woolen goods situation, but the discouraging outlook in the cotton goods trade seems to have no mitigation. Low prices and small demand with heavy stocks give suffi- ciently dubious prospects. Demand for wool goods continues good and works are generally busy. Sales of boots and shoes continue to break records and there is a correspand- ing strength in hide and leather mar- kets. Bank clearings for last week were $1, 324, 766, 412, exceeding the report for the corresponding week in many years. Failures were 221, about the normal, although an increase of 43 over the re- markably small report for the preced- ing week, EARNINGS OF THE RAILWAYS. The Interstate Commerce Commission has added to the valuable statistics col- lected by it a report of the incomes or earnings of the railroads of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1897, which may be summarized as follows: The total gross earnings of the rail- ways, operating 180,027.65 miles of line, were $1,116,613,254. Of this amount, $314,859,516 was earnings from the passenger service, embracing passenger revenue, mail, express and miscellaneous items; $773,598,253 was earnings from the freight service, em- bracing freight revenue, stock yards, elevators and miscellaneous items. The other earnings connected with operation, such as car mileage, switching charges, rents and earnings from other sources, were $27,925,360. A small portion of earnings, amounting to $230,125, was not classified. The operating expenses for the year were $747,562,398, so that the income from operation was $369,050, 856. The figures show that the net earnings were something over $5,000,000 less for 1897 than for the preceding year. The total amount of dividends declared by all of the railway companies for the year ending June 30, 1897, was $57, 290, - 579, the dividends of the operated lines ranging about $30,000,000 a year. The total amount of taxes reported by the operating companies embraced in this Statement was $40,979,933. The rail- roads employ over 800,000 men in their various departments of operation. Of course, there are individual iines that do not pay any dividends, because they were built through regions that do not furnish sufficient business. There are others that were built under condi- tions of extreme improvidence and ex- travagance, but these are being weeded out by passing through bankruptcy, and the day will come when the entire rail- road interests of the country will be placed on a solid basis and pay under good management. As it is, many of the companies are in excellent condi- tion, and the roads in the aggregate handling more than a thousand million dollars a year show what a vast interest they are. Spaniards at Manila have been given Tope enough and they will succeed in hanging themselves, Te ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE. Although nothing except mere discus- sion and comment have resulted from Mr. Chamberlain's speech advocating an Anglo-Saxon alliance, there is not the least doubt that the great preponderance of sentiment in both this country and Europe is favorable to some sort of amicable understanding between the two great English-speaking countries. While public opinion is very general- ly disposed to favor the idea of an _alli- ance, it is fully realized that there are many practical difficulties whicha form- al alliance would present. An° offen- sive and defensive alliance such as is quite commonly proposed would imply that this country would have to keep its army and navy up toa standard much higher than has been the custom here- tofore. Thus, for instance, there would have to bea larger standing army and a larger navy. It would also be neces- sary for this country to have supplies in readiness for promptly equipping a con- siderable force of volunteers. It would be unreasonable to expect Great Britain to be prepared to take up our quarrels if we were not prepared on our part to render her valuable assistance in case of need. Although nothing tangible has yet been discussed, there can be no deny- ing that the agitation in favor of an understanding has created a very friend- ly feeling both in this country and in England. One of the first symptoms of this better feeling has been the. satis- factory solution of the Bebring Sea problem, which has so long been the cause of serious friction. It is understood that, as the result of an agreement recently concluded at Washington, the Behring Sea question will be adjusted and finally settled by the complete termination of pelagic sealing. The point was brought out in the course of the negotiations recently conducted between the representatives of the Dominion governmert and those of the United States that the pelagic sealing industry is no longer profitable to any considerable number of Cana- dians. This change from the conditions of a time when Canadian sealers went to Behring Sea by the hundred has ren- dered it easier for the Dominion gov- ernment to meet the United States on a common ground, since, according to the best information attainable, the indus- try has dwindled to insignificant pro- portions. This better understanding on so vex- atious a question is the first fruit of the agitation in favor of an alliance. The next result will doubtless be a formal recognition of the Monroe doctrine on the part of Great Britain, foliowed by an agreement on the part of this country to give Great Britain moral and mate- rial support in preventing the dismem- berment of the Chinese Empire, a mat- ter in which this country is greatly in- terested, as our trade interests in China are very great. Should we decide to retain the Philippine Islands as a result of the war with Spain, there will be an additional incentive to come to a satis- factory understanding with England with respect to the Far East. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. Even the most prejudicial opponents of the Nicaragua Canal have come to acknowledge its early construction as a necessity. It is true that the opposition to it has never been based on sense and _ reason, but on selfish schemes and interests con- nected with railways. The trans-con- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN tinental and trans-isthmian railways have fought most bitterly the piercing for a ship canal of the American isth- mus, because they thought it would draw trade from the railroads; but they gave not the least consideration to the necessities of the public defense. That has at last come to be a matter of the first importance after having been for so many years wholly neglected. It was only realized, after the country had been most rashly and unpreparedly plunged into war, that it is an absolute necessity that there should be some shorter route of communication for ships between the East and West coasts of the United States than around the Horn. A most striking object lesson was pre- sented to the world in the voyage of the United States warship Oregon. But the voyage of the Oregon was only one of the items in the overwhelming argument in favor of the canal. At this moment the Government is in the direst extremity of need for ships to carry troops and military stores from San Francisco to Manila. The ships can not be obtained on the Pacific coast, and _ it is entirely probable that they will have to be sent on a perilous voyage of 18,000 miles around the entire continent from some of the North Atlantic ports. For the lack of these ships, the most serious consequences may occur in the Philip- pines. The necessity of the canal for the National defense is plain enough now, but it is even more necessary for the purposes of American commerce. If the Philippines are to be permanently retained as American colonies, a ship canal will be indispensable. It will, in the opinion of Mr. Colquohoun, a dis- tinguished English engineer who has spent much time in the Pacific waters and countries, render greater service to the New World than the Suez Canal does to the Old. It will bring Japan, Northern China, Australasia and part of Malaysia nearer to the Atlantic cities of the United States than they are to England. It will thus benefit America in an infinitely greater degree than it will Europe, which will only use the canal in trading with the Pacific littoral of the two Americas, the South Sea _Is- lands, and possibly New Zealand. It will, moreover, give an immense im- pulse to American manufactures, espe- cially cotton and iron, and will greatly stimulate the shipbuilding industry and the development of the naval power of the United States. The $150,000,000 or $200,000,000 which it is likely to cost will be a fleabite to its enormous yield in financial and material advantages of every sort. As to the trans-continental railroads, it will increase their business, because it will vastly develop commerce with the Far East, and the railroads will carry all the passengers, mails and_ light traffic, which will be multiplied a thou- sandfold. Even the railroads, which have been the worst enemies of the canal, should now favor it. Eugene Debs had the chance of his life to be a useful citizen and a patriot by raising a regiment for the war from among his walking delegates. Like all men of his ilk, however, he would rather bide his time and indulge his passion for leadership in conducting an unlaw- ful, murderous and_ property-destroying labor strike than in assisting the Gov- ernment in times like these. Our modern Sampson batters down walls as easily as the old strong man destroyed temples, BANKING REFORM. Review of the Present and Proposed Systems. The system of issuing credit notes up- on commercial assets is not only sup- ported by economic theory and abstract reasoning, but has proved successful wherever tried under rational regula- tions, to the extent to which it has been logically divorced from governmental interference. The experience of the Bank of England has demonstrated the futility of regulations tying credit notes to a government debt. Since the pas- sage of the Bank Act of 1844,the British government has been forced, on several occasions, to suspend that Act in order to enable that gigantic banking institu- tion to meet emergencies by having re- course to its entire commercial assets, the great safety valve through which the continuity of its business upon a solvent basis has been made possible. It is a wonder the British government has not placed that Bank’s credits perma- nently upon commercial assets, which form the basis of the credit notes of all the leading banks in Europe. The Bank of France has over 250 branches and its note circulation is lim- ited to one billion dollars, the largest circulation of any single bank in the world. It is not required by law to hold evidences of the public debt nor any other specific security for its credit notes, but they are a first lien upon the mass of its available assets. No country in the world can, under anything approaching equal conditions, excel the record of France in the stability of credits. With her capital and ruler in the hands of an invading enemy, her government in the hands of a revolutionary com- mittee, her people subjected to the levy of a tribute equal to $25 for every man, woman and child in the country, the Bank of France maintained its paper within 2! per cent. of par, and this premium on gold never lasted beyond a short period of time. What a contrast with the Government paper of the United States from 1862 to 1865, when the premium on gold ran as high as 160 per cent.! And how much greater it would have been if the United States had been in the captive position of France, for during almost fifteen years after our civil war the premium on gold was greater than it was in France dur- ing their most critical years. How sig- nificant the declaration of that eminent French financier, Thiers: ‘‘The bank saved us because it was not a bank of state.’’ Truer words were never spcken. In the event of the overthrow of a gov- ernment, all prior public obligations are repudiated by the victors, and the value of credit notes based on such obligations disappears with the vanquished govern ment. Credit notes based on commer- cial assets do not depend upon the fate of governments, for under tbe rules of civilized warfare no government seeks to destroy or confiscate the individual property of a conquered people; it is only the public wealth that is so treated. This is the real reason why the Bank of France was enabled to maintain its notes at or near a parity during the time the government was practically in the hands of a foreign nation. Its notes were backed by the wealth of individ- uals and were not affected by fluctua- ting values of government obligations, nor would they have been materially affected if the government obligations had been entirely repudiated. While there is little probability of the conquest of the United States by any nation or 9 combination of nations, it must be ad- mitted that a credit system which is affected but little by such extreme shocks as wars produce would be a decided im- provement on our existing system. It is possible for a business asset system to outlive many changes of government without serious damage to trade or com- merce. . The Imperial Bank of Germany is not required to hold evidences of the public debt as a basis for its note circulation, but it must cover one-third of its notes with cash, and the remaining two-thirds is based upon commercial paper ma- turing in not more than three months, and bearing not less than two solvent names. There are evidences of a grow- ing feeling in Germany for a more lib- eral power of note issuance, as present regulations have proved embarrassing to their growing trade and commerce. The Austro-Hungarian Bank also pro- tects a portion of its credits with a coin reserve, and tbe balance is_ issued against commercial paper and_ other marketable securities. Bills of exchange drawn upon foreign places are a favor- ite security with this and many other European banks, because they are read- ily convertible into gold and are not affected by changes in the domestic market. The laws governing the circulatien of the National Bank of Belgium are sim- ple, but they embody much good sense in a few words, namely: ‘‘The amount of bills in circulation shall be repre- sented by easily negotiable securities. ’’ The philosophy of sound credits can not be better expressed than in these words. The note issues of the Bank of the Netherlands are based substantially up- on its commercial assets and are not confined within fixed limits, but it has to keep a metallic reserve equal to 4o per cent. of the aggregate of notes and deposits. These banks are monopolies in the matter of note issues in their respective countries, but their experiences have shown that even under monopolistic powers the commercial asset basis is thoroughly safe. The American people do not want the monopoly features of these systems, but are entitled to the benefits of the elasticity attendant upon banking upon business assets. ANDREW FYFE. —_—~> 2. ____ Spain will have to pay the United States many millions of dollars to settle the war obligations, and with no chance to squeeze more blood money from Cuba or the Philippine islands, she may be obliged to pledge her diamonds and sell her household furniture; but it can be said now that there is no money in the throne, unless it can be disposed of to relic hunters. ~~. ee There is no law to prevent people from cooking strawberries, but there ought tobe. The man or woman who degrades that delicate fruit by exposing it to artificial heat in the making of pie, pudding or tart is guilty of a mis- demeanor against the world of fragrance and sunshine. oe If a man can not do a blessed thing on earth of any importance or value that others can not do better, he can still keep himself conspicuous by finding fault with those who are doing good deeds. a A i People who want to ‘‘rally around the flag’’ should first rally around the re- cruiting office and offer to serve their country as private soldiers. lO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather “Slovaters” to Lengthen Little Peo- ple—Treating Not Popular. If the expectations of a Boston con- cern are realized the first question a shoe clerk will ask a prospective cus- tomer will be, ‘‘With or without ele- vators?’’ Of course, the tall or fairly tall customers probably won’t be _ interro- gated thusly, but the short dumpy little ladies, and the sawed-off and hammered down men will be the targets for the superior retail shoe clerk to shoot his queries at. Truly science is wonderful, and little did our grandfathers think that this country would ever see the house of a company organized for the purpose of making short people tall (and I came nearly saying long people short). Nevertheless such a company has been formed in Boston. In the announcement which the firm makes they say, ‘‘In- crease your height from one to four inches, without detection, by using our new invisible elevators. Can be worn in any shoe, etc.’’ If this be true think for a minute of the possibilities it brings forth. No longer will you see the smal] hen-pecked husband looking meekly up at his bet- ter half, but with elevators in his shoes he can be as big as she and will stand a fair show. You go down town to see a parade and if you are at the back of the crowd all you have to do is to work your elevators, and presto change—you are the tallest man in the crowd. Just imagine some of our respected citizens going down town in the morning five feet and a half tall and coming back at night a six-footer! What will come next I wonder. Per- haps we may yet have some system where tall men may be made shorter, or thin men fat. Strange things have hap- pened in this era of progress and stranger things may happen in the years to come. The bored and languid looking young man in the ladies’ high shoe depart- ment of one of our leading shoe stores was approached the other day by a plainly dressed lady who asked to be shown some shoes. The young salesman seated her and lazily brought out a pair of dark tan shoes. ‘I should prefer something a little quieter and more serviceable,’’ suggest- ed the customer. He gave her a long look which seemed to take in every detail of her toilet, and then, with the same languid air that characterized his first movements, brought down a pair of black sheepskin boots that had been in stock eight or nine months. Bringing one of these to her, he turned it gently around to show it while he remarked: ‘*] know just what you want. One of these will be good for any occasion— and will be very serviceable too.’’ ‘Oh, thanks,’’ murmured the custom- er, and enquiring the price she paid for the shoes and waited for her parcel and change. ‘*Nice weather we are having,’’ said the young man condescendingly, as he restored his shoes to order. ‘‘I’m so glad you like it,’’ said his customer, gazing wistfully into vacancy. Before he could be sure that no sar- casm was meant, the package came, and he counted the change into the custom- er's hand with a shade more of alacrity than he had seemed equal to before. Then she got back at him. ‘‘T am so glad to have met you,’’ she said as she got up. ‘‘It is such a com- fort to find some one who knows just what you want. Now, when I came in- to the store, I expected to buy a pair of patent calf boots that would have cost me seven or eight dollars, to wear to a wedding I shall attend to-night. But you knew what I wanted and have sold me a pair of boots for one dollar, a great saving for me, too. I thought I wanted the other, but you knew I! didn’t. Thanks, and good bye.”’ She walked out, and the young man saw her get into a carriage and drive off. He is busy hoping now that she doesn't know his employer, and no more does he try to make selections for pur- chasers, but is willing to let every cus- tomer choose for himself. ‘Do you want to see some fun?’ en- quired an Olive street shoe dealer of me one day as we stood together in front of his store. ‘‘Well,’’ he went on, ‘‘you just watch that beggar over there.’’ I watched, and this is what I saw. The beggar, a tall raw-boned fellow, stoodfon the curb of the opposite side of the street. Pretty soon I saw him drop what appeared to be half a loaf of stale bread into the gutter and saunter off down the street. He went about half a block and disappeared into an alley. ‘*Now,’’ said my friend, ‘‘you watch that alley down there and you will soon see him come again.’’ Sure enough he appeared a few min- utes later coming out of this alley and, turning, he came tuward us, stopping once or twice to beg a penny from some one. He soon came within a few feet of where he had been standing and all at once he made a dive for the piece of stale bread he had dropped into the gutter a few minutes before. At the same instant a small, scraggy dog jumped for the same piece of bread, and in an instant man and dog were rolling in the dirt fighting savagely for possession of the bread. In less time than it takes to tell it the street was blockaded with people, and when the dog finally got away with the bread, small coin was shelled out generously to a supposed starving man who shed copi- ous tears of gratitude. The dog was lost in the shuftle, but he rejoined his owner later,for my friend said that the same scene had been repeated three times within ten days, by the same man and dog. Some people would kick if they were going to fall heir te a fortune. I recent- ly went into a retailer’s store and he no sooner saw me than he began to kick first about the weather, then because trade was poor, and because wholesalers We have 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. ee ee ee “7 | RUBBERS+« New Lists on Kubber Goods for q ( ) 1398 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 are as liberal as those of any firm selling the above lines. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co. 12, 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ->- b>4 POOOOOOS 9999900 S 09990000 0099999990000006 0006006 90000 000000000000000000604 060 aoe OOOO OS OOO 600609006 0900000806 SboGbbdGb bd bb bb bbb bb bbb bo bob, bn bn bn babe lal POSS OOS HOO SOSOSSOSSDOCE vv a Vwuy MICHIGAN TRADESMAN were late in shipping goods. Now I personally know that this particular re- tail dealer is doing a splendid business, He has a nice store, employs several clerks and they are generally busy all the time. But he has fallen into a habit of kicking and seems to be unable to get out of it. His store was full of peo- ple the day I was in there and some of his customers must have heard some of his complaints and such things do not have a good effect on trade. It gives the impression that you are not pros- perous and up-to-date. Trade is fickle, and if they once get this into their heads, all you can do won't be enough to hold them. So I say to retailers quit your everlasting kicking and complain- ing. You only make yourself feel bad and drive away what trade you have. Put on a smile as broad as your face, and take thingsa little,easier. It doesn’t help you to think any to worry. He aie Away out in an enterprising little city of Eastern Kansas there is a shoe store that is run and controlled by two Ger- mans. They are brothers, these two, and think more of each other than is usual even for brothers, but to the casual observer they seem to get along about as well together as the traditional cat and dog. They are always quarreling back and forth when in the store to- gether, but when one is out and gone, the other is always trying to do something to please him. The first time I ever went into their store, (and they have a nice store), I first met the older brother, Claus. I introduced myself and told him I was a newspaper man and wanted to write them up, along with other people in his city. Claus immediately agreed, and began to give me data, when up comes Otto and shouts at Claus to know what he was doing, anyhow. Claus explained, but Otto didn’t take to the idea, and for full thirty minutes they quarreled about it. At the end of that time Claus went out disgusted, telling Otto in language that would hardly do to repeat that he was a fool. He was hardly outside of the door be- fore Otto came up to me and began tell- ing me about what I wanted, giving Claus all the credit for tneir success, and before Claus came back I was pretty well acquainted with the particu- lars. Since then I have become well acquainted with both brothers. But matter how often I go out there, they al- ways have the same fight over something. de ae ae A shoe salesman who travels for an Eastern manufacturer, the house sales- man for a local jobbing concern, and the writer were all sitting together in the no lobby of a down town hotel the other day, and something turned the conver sation to the subject of treating trade. I asked the [astern man if it were not true that the practice was dying out among salesmen. ‘Yes, it is,’’ he re- plied, ‘‘in the cities and in the Eastern States, but out here in the wild and woolly West it has simply taken another form. Years ago every time a salesman went to see the retailer he was expected to set up the drinks and cigars as often as the merchant could induced to take them. He was expected to treat the clerks all around and take some of them out for a time. Or, if he was there over Sunday he must invite his customer and his wife (for you always met his wife or daughter) to take dinner at the hotel with him. That kind of thing is no go anywhere now. But in its place has come the habit of giving the dealer extra dis- counts, or extra dating, and if he is married, giving bis wife a fancy pair of shoes. You are asked by the clerks to buy tickets to church sociables, and chances on rafiles and numberless other such things. So you see, while it is all done in a quieter.way, it amounts tothe same thing.’’ be k ul * Ps When the war is over and Cuba is free, and Uncle Sam has taken posses- sion of Porto Rico and the Philippines, I am going to one of the three places and start a shoe store,’’ remarked a voung fellow in one of the wholesale houses here to me. ‘‘I think it is the finest kind of a chance,’’ he continued. ‘‘T am rather of the opinion that the Philippines would be the best place if it was not so far away. You would have a good deal less of competition there than in Havana or San Juan, and I am rather of the opinion that money will be more plentiful there than in the West Indies. At any rate I think it’s a good scheme, and if I can get money enough, and some one to go with me, | shall try it" | This young gentleman might make an agreement with a clerk in a retail store down town who is trying to get some one to go to Japan with him and start an American shoe store in Tokio. He figures that a big business could be done with the foreign residents in Tokio alone, besides which he says that a great many of the japs are wearing American or European made boots and shoes. He says that the man first in the field will get the biggest plum and is trying hard to get some jobber or manufacturer to back him. So it seems as if thes2 two young. fel- lows might possibly form a partnership. There seems tc be no good reason why either of them should not be right in their ideas. They are both hard work- ers, and both are shrewd, quick-think- ing Americans. Here is a chance for some enterprising manufacturer to ex- tend his’ trade.—Shoe and Leather Gazette. TOT T TES ETE EEE EEE SSS CCS 2 © THE JOSEPHINE $1.50 Women’s Black Vici Counter fox. Coin Toe, Patent Leather or Stock Tips. Lace or Button. C, D, E and EE width; or same shoe lace with Vesting tops and_ stock Tips. The best and cleanest shoe in the market. Send fo: sample. MICHIGAN SHOE CO., Detroit, Mich. 81 and 83 Jefferson Avenue. ARGS. POS POSH ODDO 9O99099 99900000 F 00000000 60006000600600006 ¢ POOOSOS OOOOFSOOS OHS SCOOSHSSOOD Sranin, Yarios uous, We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. OO LOOOOOO 99000905 99590000 6 0056065466066566 66660006 Chas. A. Coye Manufacturer of and wh¢ 1 retail dealer in FLAGS, AWNINGS, TENTS, SEAT SHADES AND LARGE UPMBRELLAS Grand Rapids, [lich. POoe SOSSSOSS FEGOHHSSS 6OO0S6S6 SS SSSHSOSO p 1 1 resale 4 11 Pearl Street, J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. The Wilehigan Special Reports. Represented in every city and Main Office: Room 1102 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. Personal service given all ciaims. Judgments obtained without expense to subscribers FILOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel Mercantile figency Law and Collections. county in the United States and Canada. roads, car tracks, etc. repairs to pay for itself a dozen times over in a season. to any wheel, any saddle or any weight rider and to all wear. wabbling. be taken off or put on with an ordinary bicycle wrench. bicycle or hardware dealer put one on your wheel for a few days’ trial, or have him send for a sample post. fund your money. your weight. BERKEY SPRING SEAT POST COMPANY, Grand BICYCLE RIDING = 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 Saves strain on wheel and saves enough in It is not unlike an ordinary Adjustable No post in appearance and can Flave your If not satisfactory we will re- ln In ordering send exact size of seat post hole and | 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘Fruits and The Hen and the Cow. Sing ho for the brindle dairy cow, Sing hi for the little brown hen: Such a couple was never on earth below To feather the nest of men; With the golden products of good Queen Bess No udder can compare, While the snowy fruit of the cackling ‘‘b Brings a solace for every care. Men risk their lives for the shining ore Deep laid in a frozen clime When these faithful serva And peace at the self-same With pasture in plenty and b g They never will lack for feed; Their stock is at par at the grocery store For things that the farmers need Then, three times three for the And three for the female fowl! At the farmer’s door which they feed before No wolf has a chanee to howl. No poet’s dream ever hatched a theme More worthy a poet’s pen Than the kindly queen of the pastures green And the busy, cackling hen. a Proper Way to Prepare Pineappies and Bananas When one has lived where the pines grow it always seems a shameful sight to look upon the butcbery which over- takes the pineapple before it gets to the tables of those who do not know how to eat the fruit. Its rind is hacked off, the eyes are gouged out, and the meat is cut in slices, the juice runs away and is lost, the flesh is fibrous and the core is always left as an unpleasant central fact. And all this ill treatment of a delicious fruit because the rind and the eye in particular can sting the mouth like a nettle, although like the nettle they are perfectly harmless if properly handled. There is but one proper way to deal with the pine, and this ts it: Select one from small to medium in size, for in these the flavor is best, and never take one which has not both stem and crown. Remove the stem and throw it away, but after twisting out the crown keep it for future reference. In the shallow pit from which the crown has been twisted drive two strong skewers down through the central core until they just come through at the bottom. Then pull the skewers apart, and it will be found that the pine is split asunder from crown to stem. Then it is a simple matter to split the core, so as to divide again each half of the fruit. A little experience will bring the knack of thus dismembering a pine without squeez- ing out a tablespoonful of its juice. Put the pieces together in their natural po- sition, tie with a narrow ribbon, fasten the crown where it belongs and the pine is ready to serve by simply untying the bow of ribbon. It is eaten by separating each of the little squares of the rind from the rest and ripping the flesh to the core. By this means no juice is lost, the fibre splits along its natural line of cleavage, and the dreaded rind and eye serve as convenient and proper handles for conveying the fruit to the lips. Those who wish the very fifth essence of the flavor of the pine claim the crown for their portion. Pull off all the leaves carefully to the very heart and there will be found two dainty soft white leaves in a spike about half an inch long. Dip the tender morsel in a wee drop of tabasco and the flavor of the pine will linger on the palate fora day. It may seem the easiest thing in the world to eat a banana—just peel off the rind, eat the flesh, and rid one’s self of the outer covering either by throwing it down as a trap for the pedestrian, if no policeman is in sight, or else carrying it to some receptacle for rubbish, as the law provides. But the botanists have named the banana Musa Sapien- tum, by way of a hint that only the wise know how to get the best out of the fruit. Commonly the banana eater strips off the rind by pulling it down in rib- bons from the stem end, which never fails to leave several strips of a bitter fibre closely attached to the inner flesh, a fibre which spoils the flavor of the fruit, and is difficult to remove. If it is held necessary by a disordered taste to peel the banana in strips, one should at least begin at the bud end, when it will be found that the fibre bands come off with the rind, and do not adhere to the flesh. But the right way to get at the ute”’ oring them more, + she.” edible portion of the banana is to begin in the middle. Every banana is a modified triangle in sections, one side, the inner face of the curve, being nearly flat. Hold the banana with the stem end toward you and the flat side uppermost. With the thumb nail make a little cut in the sharper edge at the left of the fruit about its middle, a cut deep enough to secure a firm hold. Nowa steady pull will rip the rind from bud to stem along the edge, and continuing the pull the rind will unwrap itself in a continuous piece around the fruit, carrying with it every strip of inner fibre and the taste- less pith always found at the bud end. There will be no difficulty in doing this if the banana is at the right stage of ripeness for eating as a band fruit—that is, when the fruit has become yielding to the touch. Bananas to be cooked must be taken at an earlier stage If they are to be baked they should be taken just when the green color is beginning to change to the yellow of ripeness. Remove the rind and bake in a quick oven on_ but- tered pans. For frying they must be al- lowed to ripen until the rind is all yel- low, but the flesh is still hard. Squeeze the fruit steadily from end to end in the whole hand until something is felt to give evenly inside. Remove the rind and the fruit can be separated in three longitudinal segments. Dip in white of egg and plunge into a kettle of boil- ing olive oil. This is a Philippine re- cipe and no one who has ever tried it will be content witb a banana cut into disks or strips and fried to a greasy mush in a pan with butter. - —~-0--—_—— Strawberries Plenty and Cheap at Gotham. New York, June 13—The fragrance of the strawberry beds of Maryland and Delaware is wafted into the streets of the city long before daybreak now. Trains loaded with strawberries are dumped on this market in a way to make the eyes of the oldest veteran bulge. There never was anything like it heretofore, dealers say, and never were the strawberries so cheap and fine. Over the Jersey Central and the Penn- sylvania railroads come yearly all the large shipments to this city. West street, even for hours after midnight, is a very lively piace. Through that thoroughfare go the drays back and for- ward all night long across to the rail- road depots and to the ferries. Wed- nesday of last week was accounted the biggest day in strawberries thus far. It is estimated that 250,000 crates were disposed of. The shipments all this week are expected to be very large. The dealers say that the strawberry trade, as it is now understood, is of comparatively recent growth. But there is every prospect that the fields of Mary- land and Delaware will continue to fur- nish us with a supply. Cheap railroad transportation has had a great deal to do with bringing the strawberry beds of Maryland and Delaware so near to this city. One of the largest dealers in this market said: ‘“This city supplies, within a radius of 100 miles, everybody with strawber- ries. Each day's sales are gotten rid of as they are sent in. Never have straw- berries been so cheap and so fine as they have been this season. In order that the poorest might buy, boxes of Strawberries were sold at a cent. They were the same kind as sold at a_ higher price, only there were not so many of them. ‘*Now the berries nearer home will come in, and, of course, will bea very much superior article to those that are picked hours previously and packed and shipped hundreds of miles. But the Strawberries now put on the market these days from Delaware and Maryland are very fine and very choice, The ber- ries from nearby Jersey strawberry beds are very luscious. We never before got anything like them.’’ a a Time can not heal a woman's grief-—- if the grief happens to be a wrinkle. ~~» > It’s hard for a man to keep still, but for a woman it’s simply impossible. HARVEY P. MILLER. EVERETT P. TEASDALE. MILLER & TEASDALE CO. WHOLESALE BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION. FRUITS, NUTS, PRODUCE NEW POTATOES A SPECIALTY. 835 NORTH THIRD ST., ST. LOUIS, MO. Fanoy reamery Butter For fine retail trade, in the only Air Tight Fibre Pack- ages of 1, 2 3 or 5 pounds. . Creamery Market Prices. Maunard & Goon. Grand Rapids, Mich. N. WOHLFELDER & CoO.., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 399-403 HIGH ST., EAST SIDE, DETROIT, MICH. Ship to us your Butter, Eggs, Cheese and Potatoes and get Full Market Prices. Promptness is the essence of our success. We will buy your Butter and Eggs for Cash Correspond with us. We donot claim to be the oldest and largest commission house in the country, but in many respects one of the best. HARRIS & FRUTCHEY, Detroit Butter and Eggs es Any quantity at any station gets highest cash prices from me. R. Hirt, Jr., 36 market St., Detroit, Mich. Watermelons from Georgia Strawberries, Pineapples, Bananas, Oranges, ates. Lemons, Tomatoes, Green Onions, Radishes, Cu- AE cumbers, Spinach, Asparagus, Pie Plant, New Pota- toes, New Cabbage, Beets, Peas, New Dry Onions, Turnips, Carrots, Squash, Wax Beans. BUNTING & CO., Jobbers, Grand Rapids, [ich. The best are the cheapest and these we can always a supply. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Jobbers-Seed-Beans-Potatoes-Produce WE ARE IN POSITION TO FILL YOUR OR- DERS FOR FIELD SEEDS BOTH IN QUAL- ITY AND PRICE THAT SHOULD WARRANT YOU IN DEALING WITH US. MOSELEY Bros. . 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a pi in Ms — ee ee aa SR SE ee Sema a ae en > MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 Cheese as an Army Ration. Watertown, N. Y., June 13—There is a movement on foot. among the makers of cheese in Northern and Central New York and the cheese boards of which they are members to secure the adoption by the War Department of cheese as an army ration. The county of Jefferson alone produces 10,000,000 pounds of cheese every season, and other counties of the State have an output nearly as large. Should the War Department adopt cheese as a ration for the stand- ing army it would mean the payment to the farmers of New York State of hun- dreds of thousands of dollars annually. The strongest cheese board in the State is the Watertown Produce Exchange. The Secretary, A. W. Munk, believes that if those at the head of the Com- missary Department of the army had their attention properly called to the question, it would be considered, and probably in a favorable way. He says there is no element of a soldier's rations now issued that is equal to cheese in nutrition. He lived on salt pork and hardtack for three years in the South, when in the regular army, and so he has some experience on which to base his opinion. ‘*To-day,’’ says Mr. Munk, ‘‘the soldier’s ration is one of study in the Commissary Department. The constant- ly increasing production of cheese with- out a compensative increase in the de- mand is the cause for the low prices realized for the past few years. If cheese to-day were an army ration, in- stead of salesmen being offered 6 cents a pound they would be getting 8 to Io cents a pound for good, solid-boring, shipping cheese, this being the stock that would be required by the army. Just see what an enormous increase there would be in the consumption of cheese if it were an army ration.’ The Watertown Produce Exchange has adopted resolutions favoring the use of cheese in the army, which willbe laid before C. A. Chickering, the rep- resentative from this district in Con- gress, by Mr. Munk and Charles S., Kellogg, State Dairy Inspector. Similar resolutions will be adopted by other cheese boards throughout the State. The members of the New York State Grange have taken steps along the same line. Pomona Grange of Jefferson county, rep- resenting 4,000 farmers, has resolutions relative to the matter. Utica, N. Y., June 13—At the last meeting of the Utica Dairy Board of Trade, George McAdam stated that at Watertown there had been a discussion in regard to making cheese an army ration. A set of resolutions had been drawn and adopted there, asking the congressmen from this State to take some action toward making cheese a ration in the army. He moved that the chair appoint a committee to draft suit- able resolutions on the subject. President Wright said he had thought of introducing this subject himself, if no one else had madea motion. He served in the army in the Civil War and could say from personal experience that cheese was one of the most sought for articles of dieting among the soldiers. They had to buy it themselves then and pay 5oc a pound for it, but they always went for it when they could get it. He nominated for the com- mittee Messrs. McAdam, Porter and Merry, to which number the Secretary was added on nape = Mr. Merry. How Hay Is aadiod in Gotham. From the New York Sun. Almost all the hay sold in this city nowadays is baled; only the very small fraction of 1 per cent. of it is loose hay ; and a load of loose hay carried through the city’s streets would attract attention. The old style and long familiar hay bale, weighing usually from 180 to 210 pounds, was packed in a hand press, two or three men pulling on the lever. This bale was put up with sticks run- ning lengthwise of the package at the corners. Bales of hay put up like this come now from Long Island only ; a bale of the same style that is put up with a single stick comes from up the North River; but by far the greater part of the hay brought to this market Slane, eae aD aR EE GEE REI aa RE SE Te comes in bales much more:compact in form, occupying not much-more than half the space of the old bales, put up in presses operated by horse or by steam power, and tied with wire. The sources of supply are now New York State and other states as far west as Kansas. Baled hay put up in power presses is packed in third bales, weighing from ninety to a hundred pounds; half bales, weighing from 110 to 140 pounds, and full bales, containing from 200 to 225 pounds; but of all the hay thus packed, two-thirds is put up in bales of the smallest size, which stow with the great- est economy of space in shipment, are the most easily handled and most satis- factorily supply the various demands. The large bales brig $1 more a ton. The hay in them opens long, and, as a rule, the most expensive grades of hay are put up in large bales. American hay is exported in consid- erable quantities to South America, and in large quantities to Mexico, and un- der ordinary conditions to Cuba and to many other of the West Indian islands; and it is sent in large quantities to Eng- land. Almost all the hay exported is in bales of the smallest size. In some trop- ical countries the little tightly packed bales may be carried away from the port where they are bought, and off up the mountains by mules, a mule carrying two bales, one on either side. 0 Can’t Call Oleo Pure. Registration has been refused in the Patent Office to the use of the word ‘‘purity’’ as a trade-mark for oleomar- garine, for which application was made by the Capital City Dairy Co. It was rejected on two counts: First, as a trade-mark for oleomargarine, as it be- longs to aclass of words which are de- scriptive or advertising in character, and are, therefore, not registrable as trade-marks; also, for the further reason that, while it is not adjective in form, and may not be commonly employed to describe a quality, nevertheless it can not be successfully denied that it has a suggestive meaning; and if, as is claimed by the applicant, the word was used in a fanciful sense, then it cer- tainly has a tendency to deceive the ordinary buyer; nine housewives out of ten, on seeing an article of food marked purity’’ would conclude that the word was used to indicate a quality claimed to be possessed by the article. ~~ Oe Canning Season Opened in New Jersey. The great canning industry of South- ern New Jersey has begun operations for the summer season, and while the pros- pects are not particularly bright for a big season with tomato canners, yet the farmers assure the canning firms that the tomato crop will probably be large enough to supply the demand. Al- ready a great many contracts have been made for tomatoes at $7 per ton, which is somewhat higher than last year’s price. ——_---_-—~+ > The woman with a baby and the wom- an without a baby are always sorry for each other. a lein ‘Sone! of Creameries : E 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- fy plies furnished at lowest prices. Correspondence so- licited. R. E. Sturgis, Allegan, Mich. Contractor and Builder of Butter and Cheese Factories, and Dealer in _ Abeba ie aaa eta Ship Us yOUfesers BERRIES eic.,, and get —— ee and quick returns. BUTTER AND EGGS for cash at your station. Write us before ship- ping elsewhere. HERMANN C. NAUMANN & CO., Detroit, Mich. Main Office, 33 cil St., W. Branch Store, 353 Russell Street. v : We still want your v o w v v w : v v v “ the whe up a apo nh oboe nh abba ah oh * “? “~ “ *~ ad -* “ * ~ “~ “ “~ “~ “~ > “} ~ “~ *~ “ “ we “~ “o> By Rail, Wagon or Balloon # We have the best location in Grand Rapids for receiving and shipping promptly, and at the least expense, all seasonable Fruits, Vegetables, Berries, etc., Our customers profit by it in getting the freshest and cheapest. home grown and imported. PoP pep ah opuhupieoy A trial order will convince you. VINKEMULDER COMPANY, caano rains. Manufacturers and Jobbers of Spices, Baking Pow- der, and Grocers’ and Meat Dealers’ Sundries. SEEEEEE EEE EE EEE EEE EE EE Ey app heh eho} W. R. Brice. Est. 1852. C. 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. R. BRICE & CO. I4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Prevailing Topic of the Time Among Advertisers. The war has been quite as prominent a feature of the advertising columns of newspapers all over the country as of the news pages. It isn’t strange, for advertisement writers keep in touch with the predominant news topics of the day, which furnish the best material for the exercise of their ingenuity. When the Klondike was discovered, ‘‘gold,’’ *“nuggets, rich strikes,’’ and similar words and phrases headed the advertis- ing columns as well as the news stories, but these are all dropped now for the up-to-date war expressions. The most common phrases are ‘‘War on prices,’’ ‘‘ Victory over our competi- tors,’’ and ‘‘Wanted, ten thousand vol- unteers—to buy our goods,’’ the last four words being in small type, of course. ‘“*Manila bas fallen, and so have our prices,’’ is another. About in the same class are these: ‘‘War is not a new ex- perience for us; for forty years we have been fighting the makers and dealers in cheap and worthless goods,’’ and ‘*The latest bulletin from the seat of war is absorbing the attention of the people just now, and while you are waiting for the next, cast your eye over these prices.’ ‘‘We are not going to war at present,’ frankly admits one firm, ‘‘but will remain at the old stand.”’ ‘*Bombarding Havana will be an easy matter, ’’ says another, “‘but we are put- ting up batteries in the way of large stock and low prices that make our po- sition impregnable.’’ ‘Remember the Maine!’’ has been a favorite headline, and ‘‘The Maine question is where to buy the best goods for the least money,’’ has been much used. Dewey's victory brought out a new series. This is one: ‘‘Dewey cleaned ‘em out. It was such a glorious victory that we would like to name one of our stoves The Dewey, but we have so many good ones, it is hard to chouse the most appropriate.’’ And this is another: ‘‘The Maine has been remembered at Manila, and your Uncle Sam is in a lit- tle better mood. Merit always wins. Therefore the unbounded success of our goods.’”’ One of the simplest but best achieve- ments in this line is this, from an op- tician: ‘‘Spain will be driven from Cuba without a doubt. From now on you will read every line of war news. Will your eyes stand it? A pair of glasses fitted by us will prevent perma- nent injury.’’ oo Ss ~> 2 - What Saved the Only Man on the Train. He was the only man on the train who was not glowering with black looks over the pacific news in the morning papers. He did not even unfold the sheet in his hand, nor as much as glance at the double-column head as it lay face up- ward on his knee. Instead he gazed with unseeing eyes out of the window and whistled softly, with the time broken now and then by a smile that crossed his bearded lips. The girl directly opposite thought him handsome, and ascribed his preoccupied air to romantic reasons. And the older woman who sat with her glanced sharply across from time to time to see what the young man meant by rudely whistling in a public conveyance. But the looks of youth and age were alike lost on him, and after a while he turned his face toward the light and sang with such hearty untunefulness that his spectacled neighbor felt bound to remonstrate. ‘* Young man, ’’she said, grimly, ‘‘have you hired this car for your own use?’’ He stared at her blankly a minute and then flushed to the roots of his hair, ‘‘Was—was I singing?’’ he questioned, shame-facedly. ‘*You were making a horrible noise!’’ she replied, tartly. Then he laughed a wholesome honest guffaw, and leaned forward confidentially. ‘The joke’s on me,’’ he owned. ‘*Tell the truth, my baby has just cut a tooth, and—and I was thinking how cunning the little chap would look when he grinned !"’ The war light faded in the woman's eyes, and a smile touched the corners of her mouth as she beamed on the young father and questioned with deep interest : “‘Upper or under?"’ ——_——_»>-2 > Foreign Oranges Sold as Californias. The fraudulent use of California orange labels practiced by European shippers has been going on for a long time. There is said to be a consider- able quantity of these now on the mar- ket. These oranges are from an im- mense consignment sold May ioth Tin Montreal, Can. They came from Sor- rento, Italy, and Catania, Sicily. On the end of the box is the foreign brand and the name of ‘‘Joseph Maresca & Sons,’’ but stenciled clear across the top are the words, in big letters, ‘‘Cali- tornia—Sunflower Brand.’’ The follow- ing other brands, ‘‘ Belle of Santa Bar- bara,’’ ‘‘Golden’ Rod,’’ ‘‘ Riverside Belle,’’ ‘‘Excelsior’’ and ‘‘ Messina,’’ were fraudulently used. The oranges were sold at Montreal with the aid of these reliable brands and are not fit to eat. They are frozen and badly infested with the dangerous purple scale. Ser ——— a Ignore the Law Prohibiting the Sale of Oleo. During the past four or five months complaints have been made to the New York State Board of Health that oleo- margarine is being sold as butter, and it was stated last week that there have been no less "than too prosecutions for this offense in New York City and vicinity since January last. The selling of bogus butter in New York is a mis- demeanor, It is not the small restaurant- keepers, as a rule, who violate the law, but the proprietors of big hotels and restaurants. The offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200, or imprisonment of not less than one month or more. than six months, or both fine and imprisonment for the first offense, and by six Smonths’ imprisonment for the second one. —__—___o9.____ MUSKEGON SUNDAY TRAINS G. R. & I. trains are now running be- tween Grand Rapids and Muskegon every Sunday. Leave Union Station 9 a. m., returning, leave Muskegon 6:35 p.m. An inexpensive Sunday outing. 50 CENTS ROUND TRIP. ———_>-2 - Six women can talk at once and get along all right—but no two men can do ic. Ss ww eS > 5000 Pounds Butter, highest market price. Remember your interest to sell eggs | where youcan market your butter all the year around. q Also Hides, Pelts and Poultry. Reference: Any wholesale Grocer in Grand Rapids. EK. M. SMITH CEDAR SPRINGS, MICH. y <2_ 90 ON NPA NN Ss i = % By ze = we Bi Buffalo, N. Y. i ei D. E. Knowlton, Pres. and Gen’! Mgr. ue A ss we eek =e Serr. ee oak Les a ee Warehouse “B” & De # Warehouse “A” | Za pee : eS ex Capacity 600,000 cubic feet. | Capacity 500,000 cubic feet. 1G ae = ex Exclusively Poultry, Cheese, Fruit iG ex | and Miscellaneous S me utter and 4 is x Butt Egg | Storage. XZ aa Rates Reasonable. : eae 122 aR Don't try experiments. Store #$e% ea Low Insurance. | where you know your goods will 1S ex Liberal Advances. | be properly cared for. 1S a Ce we Za Correspondence Solicited. Se 3 a is FiNF; BABAR Se ARAB ARS CTY AC Sythe’ 3 a i > see am Fy see 3 > 3 3 3 * sae sa A 2 sae a 3 54 BEER EREN EN EN EN GN GNA CN CNN NEN GN ONAL LAAZ A NIITPNTPHPEPNEP NOT VOPNEneaT er ener oreneee ereneer ernereer erner tines Eggs Bring High Prices in Buffalo Correspond with your old friend, C. N. RAPP & CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 56 West Market Street. PNY YNPN HNP OND Buffalo Produce Exchange quotations sent free daily to all who request them. They solicit consignments of Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Produce generally, assuring prompt sales and immediate returns. They are a branch of the Grand Rapids house of the same name, which has been established eleven years. They refer Michigan shippers to the Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids Savings Bank and Michigan Tradesman, all of which are familiar with their standigg and acquainted with their methods and will cheerfully answer any ‘enquiries which may be made in regard to them. GUANA AAA dUh Uk JbA Nb GUA dbd J4A Jbk Abk ddd ddd Jbd J44 444 bb ddd ddd ddd ddd Jhb ddd UNA AU AAA TUA dk Nk bk Ub bk bh bk bd NUVIPververeerereorsen ert ee 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 trade to prepare for the wrath to come by putting in goods of a 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 Legislature and that it is guaranteed not to contain any deleterious acids or any- thing that is not produced from theapple. One hundred 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, ROBINSON CIDER & VINEGAR CO., Benton Harbor, Mich. SeseSeSeSe5e5e2525e25e2 e5eSeSe5e25e5e5e5e5eS WATERCRESS FOR MARKET. How a Regularly Organized Industry Is Carried on. It is not generally known that the raising of watercress for the city mar- kets is a regularly organized industry, carried on all the year around and_pos- sessing many interesting and peculiar features which distinguish it entirely from ordinary market gardening. Most people are familiar with the herb only as it appears upon their tables to gar- nish meats or other dishes, as a salad or in watercress sandwiches. If they have ever given a thought as to how it grows, they doubtless believe that it has been gathered from some country stream where it runs wild, brought to market and sold to the grocers and other deal- ers. A small portion of it may arrive in this way, but by far the greater part comes from watercress ponds or beds, where the ground is prepared and kept especially for the raising of the plant. There are so many considerations to be borne in mind when choosing a lo- cation for planting watercress that after a few of them are mentioned it will easily be seen why the patches are nec- essarily small and scattered wide extent of country. OVE! a Since it is a plant which grows only when sub- merged in running water, the first requisite for starting a bed is a good unfailing spring. This spring must be so situated that it flows gently down a slight incline out upon level ground, covering a reasonably wide bed. It is often possible to turn it in the de- sired direction, and to excavate the ground somewhat so as to widen the natural bed. Swift, rushing mountain streams, tumbling over rocks or flowing down steep inclines, are entirely un- suitable. The temperature of the water should be about 50 or 52 degrees, and it has been found that water containing lime is better suited than any other for the favorable growth of the plant. This OF is one reason for the establishment of the beds in Southern Pennsylvania, Maryland and_ Virginia, where the ground consists of limestone formations, and has an abundance of these moder- ately warm springs, the temperature of which never falls throughout the entire year, no matter how cold the weather. It is a curious fact that some streams which have apparently no peculiarities to distinguish them from others never- theless will not raise watercress. There is a certain stream in Western Penn- sylvania that seemed in every way favor- able, but after a short time it was no- ticed that the watercress planted there was dying. The owner was surprised, but thought the trouble was with the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN plants,and substituted others of a differ- ent stock. The same result followed, and after trying five varieties from as many different states he gave the mys- terious spring up in despair. It is not customary to plant the cress from seed, because in that case it takes a year or more before it is ready to yield for the market. So young plants are set out, and these are ready to be cut in from three to six months. The rapidity with which the watercress spreads as _it grows may be appreciated from the statement that a square yard of the plants as they are first set out will have developed by the time they are ready for cutting into from five to eight square yards, After it is planted the water- cress needs a certain amount of care, in order to keep weeds or other foreign matter from clogging up the stream and preventing the even, gentle flow of the water over the growing plants. Freshets must be guarded against, also, especial- ly in the spring, and the ever-present muskrat adds a third destructive ele- ment from which the ponds must be protected. The damage that he does is chiefly in the way of digging holes and undermining the banks and beds of the streams, thereby letting the water out and leaving the plants uncovered. The amount of the watercress that he eats does not amount to anything. Often two hundred dollars a year is spent in trying to exterminate the muskrats from a pond. A watercress pond in the midst of win- ter affords a peculiarly attractive sight. With the thermometer far below the freezing point, and with deep snow covering the ground and the branches of the trees, the patch of watercress stands out in striking contrast—a spot of vivid zreen at the surface of the pond. That the plants are able to grow and flourish under such apparently impossible con- ditions of weather is due entirely to the warm springs which feed the pond. It should be mentioned here that these springs are much larger than any seen in this part of the country, the water welling forth from some of them as if it were pouring from a barrel. Whena few such streams as this chance to be situated near each other they afford a location for an unusually large water- cress pond. In the winter the water loses its heat quickly after it comes to the surface, so that it is necessary to confine the water- cress plants within a small area around the mouth of the spring. As long as the water at about 50 degrees covers every part of them they thrive; but those which are on the outskirts of the patch frequently get the water when it I5 J. WILLARD LANSING BURGE D. CATLIN Lansing & Catlin Wholesale Dealers in Butter and Eggs 44 W. Market St. 103 Michigan St. Buifalo, N. Y. We have a good demand for Dairy Butter, especially that which is of uniform color, packed in tubs. Eggs are firmer, and good stock is selling freely. EARLY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 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. HORORRCHORCHOHOHOTOROROHOHOROHOHOHOHOROCROROROTONOE MQ BUEN A IN a eS & New Wall Papers ee ex i, a we Si S De Hy rs ex The largest and most complete stock in XE a the State. Write us for samples. % oe we a HARVEY & HEYSTEK COMPANY, 2 ma GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. = De 7; PM BARR GA TAR EBSA TATA AE REAP AE AR AR APART A PARP AE AB APAUE BENE NCE COFCO CORG CARCI CFCOICA GIA FCRIGHFCHIGACIGHIGGCES TESTIMONIAL GARFIELD, OHTO, We began in iSo¢ using the Butter Packages now — made by the Michigan Packaye Company. We have i id err since I i me «< t drie i ous: 4 > e4¢eCaaryencynaaneneenceantttl | paid them since that tir r One Thousand, One 4 POUNDS Hy Hundred and Fifty Dollars. We are very well pleased E.U.HERRICK 2 ai Hl with them and shall continue to use them and recom- E GRaND RAPIDS: 2. = Fan Butters = Ney Creamery Butt 2 i ale Mina || mend them to others. GARFIELD CREAMERY Co. C. , Fai, See’y, Paraifined, Parchment-Lined Butter Packages for 1, 2, 3 or 5 lbs.; only up-to-date package for butter. MICHIGAN PACKAGE CO., = Owosso, [lich. _ COOOSSSSSSS FE QOOOOQOOOW’ oO pp Sf BROY a ig i iii POOQOQOOQOOQQOOPDOQOOOQDODOOQOOE SS ee ee eee 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- They are for sale by all Ask for them. THE ALBERT LANDRETH CO., Manitowoc, Wis. Worden Grocer Co., Wholesale Agents. sults obtained. grocers. PCOMOOMQOOOO LC QDOQOOPOOQCPOODOGQO QOGQOGQOOOQOQOQOQOQOOO® POODOOOOOQOQOMQOQOOOQOOQOGOOQODMDOODOOOOGLHOOQOQOQODQOGQODO® OO QOOODOOOOQODQOOOQOOOO pe eae A ES NAR SATE RR MR AN am ISBN mae me aaa el OOO@Q@QO@OODE@ POOQOOOOQOQOGQOOSO $ $$ OSOSO06S8 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN has become lowered by the temperature of the air to 45 degrees. At that they refuse to grow well and below it they will die. The top leaves of the plants in the winter come just to the surface of the water, but if they shoot up above it they are sure to be nipped in the coldest weather. Since watercress is perishable stuff and has to be sent fresh to market every day, it must be cut regularly, in spite of cold or storms. Men often work in the ponds when the thermometer stands at zero, for even in the jatitudes where the beds are, the cold, owing to the height of the ground, is unbearable. In such weather it is possible to work only two or three hours in the middle of the day, so that a man who in fine weather could cut three barrels of water- cress in a day can cut only one-third of that quantity at a zero temperature. He wades into the pond, wearing high boots and heavy gloves, and cuts the stems under the water with a_ sharp knife. It impossible to keep his sleeves from getting wet, and in a_ few minutes his arms, from wrist to elbow, are encased in sheets of ice. The _ bar- rels in which the plants are to be packed are made ready while the men are work- ing in the ponds, and the watercress is transferred to them as quickly as pos- sible to keep it from freezing as it comes into coutact with the air. Under such conditions it is no wonder that there is often a scarcity of watercress in winter, for a certain amount of it is unavoidably lost on account of the cold. Throughout December, January, Feb- ruary and most of March it is cut under water in this way. During the rest of the year the work is much easier, for the tops of the plants are above the sur- face. 1S The shipping is done in the same way at all seasons. The cress is made up in- to small bunches, just as it is ordinarily seen in the markets, and these bunches are packed into barrels, between layers of ice, and shipped in the evening to New York. Here the barrels are at once put into cold storage; it is a peculiarity of the watercress handling in the city that allof it isdone at night. At about 7 or 8 p. m. the barrels are brought out, loaded upon wagons and delivered to the ‘‘ job- bers,’’ who in turn dispose of the water- cress in large or small quantities to the grocers and the retail trade in general. The ‘‘producers,’’ as the people who raise the watercress and bring it to the city are known, are through with their night’s work by 1 or 2 0’clock in the morning, for the cress must be on the stands of the jobbers by 3 or 4 o'clock, in order to be ready for the retail deal- COFFEES ers, who come at that early hour to make their purchases. The best season for the watercress trade is the winter. The demand for it falls off in the summer, because people are out of town and the grocers do not care to handle the plant in hot weather. The hotels and restaurants, however, continue to use large quantities all the year around. A _ barrel of watercress, containing on an average 300 or 350 bunches, brings $6 or $7 to the pro- ducer—or about two centsa bunch. ,The jobbers sell it for three or four cents a bunch to the retailers, who in turn charge their customers different prices, according to their notion of the proper profit to be made. The price of water- cress never varies greatly. It can not fall very low, as that of some other vegetables does, because of the expense of raising it and bringing it to market. - —> 2 >___-_— 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 a liberal patronage by the traveling pub- lic. The following is a condensed schedule: Daily. Lv Grand Rapids.........7:10am_ = 2:10pm_=—s-11:35pm Ar Chicago ............2:00pm ocfopm 6:30am oe... 3:02pm_)—s-11:45pm Ax Grand Rapids... ._. 9:30pm) =7:25am C. L. LockKwoop, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. The up-to-date metropolitan hotels now have employes known as ‘‘hotels valets,’’ whose duty it is to pack and unpack trunks and press clothes belong- ing to the guests. No charge is made for the service, but liberal tips greatly increase the wages of the men who per- form these functions. MAKE BUSINESS Importers of China and RICH DRINK SCOFFFFE of choice coffee with palatable cereals and other COM wholesome ingredients. Far superior to all POUND. “cereal” drinks. A beautiful Tea and Coffee Pot oso ! Stand given with each 2 pound package. Retails CeWs } for 13c a pound, affording retailer big profit. | Pleases customers. Order trial case and see how quickly it sells. WOODBURY & CO., mFrs.., CHARLOTTE. MICH. Manufactured by Woodbury &€p, Charlotte. Mich. |} ——_] Hy i] GOO© DOODODOOQDS© QOOQOQDOQOQODQODOOODO@DODDOOQOODODOOQODOQOOOQOOODDOOQOOS @ 2 All Grocers © who desire to give their customers the best Vinegar on the market, will buy © 3 LEROUX’S PURE CIDER VINEGAR @ “Red Star Brand.’’ A trial order will convince you of the merits of these goods, and a guarantee bond goes to every purchas- er protecting him in the sale of our vinegar. 8 THE LEROUX CIDER & VINEGAR CO., Producers, Toledo, Ohio. POHOGOOODOOODOSHOQOOODODOOODOODOOOHQOODOOQHOOD HOO POOE QDOOQDQOOOSO (@) e The richest grow in Mexico. Our Vanilla Beans Vanilla Extracts we make from the best Vanilla Beans, and such extracts have a richer, darker appearance than the extracts of other manufacturers, which are lighter colored because adulterated with Vanillin, a powder much like quinine, and we thiuk unsuited for delicate, wholesome flavoring of food. DE BOE, KING & CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Printed and plain for Patent FO Lp | N 6 PAPER BOXES Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, Crackers and Sweet Goods, Candy, Cough Drops, Tobacco Clippings, Condition Powders, Etc. Bottle and Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties. Ask or write us for prices. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO. PHONE 850. 81,83 ano 85 CAMPAU ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. New Pack We are now offering our 1898 pack of Canned Goods for future delivery. Com- pare our new prices with prices of spot stock and you will buy. MUSSELMAN GROCER CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Canned | SS _ Japan Teas Our “Royal Garden”’ tea has been famous in Michigan for ten years and now is a Staple with many grocers, who have tested its selling qualities alongside of various competition. The J. M. Bour Co., 113-115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, JOHN A. Horrman, Kalamazoo; Secre- tary, J. C. Saunpers, Lansing; Treasurer, Cuas. McNotry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, ©. C. SNEDEKER, Detroit; 2 Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans, Bay City: Grand Secretary, G. S. VaLMoRE, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W. S. West, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Borp Pantiinp, 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. Wixson, Marquette. Incidents of Army Life at Tampa Bay. Capt. Jas. N. Bradford (Olney & Jud- son Grocer Co.) favors the Tradesman with a recent letter from his son, James, who is with the 32nd Michigan Infantry at Tampa, from which the following ex- tracts are taken: During this part of the month the tide comes in very high, so we do quite a bit of swimming. This afternoon we went in while the water was over our heads. We had to paddle all the time or under we went. Great exercise, that! I am getting awfully lazy down here and hardly have ambition enough to eat. Everybody else, including the officers, are in the same boat, so I’m no _ excep- tion. The monotony is great, broken only by the arrival of the mail, mess or drill. From 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. we have nothing to do. At 12 o’clock we eat if we feel like it. Quite often some of the boys go without their meals for two days, for no other reason than that they don't like beans and punk. Our beef and potatoes are a thing of the past, as the stove is busy all the time baking bread. I understand we are to move somewhere very soon and that the bread is for our rations on the trip. 1 don’t know where we are going, and hardly anyone else does, either. If I did know I would not dare tell it in my let- ters, for Captain says that all mail from camp is opened before leaving Tampa. This is to prevent information useful to the Spaniards from being published in the newspapers. One of my tent mates, called Maud, and myself were walking about the grounds this evening. At one of the numerous soft drink booths Maud asked the man in charge if he kept Bull Dur- ham. ‘‘No,’’ was the reply, ‘‘but we have ham sandwiches.’' Close, wasn’t it? = We were paid off Sunday, so have plenty of money. The men who have lemonade stands about here are making all kinds of money everyday. Just after we were paid, many of the men went down to Tampa and proceeded to blow in a good share of their month’s wages. Great daggers and knives were some of the novelties invested in, and one man, the wagoner, returned from the city with a big 44-caliber horse pistol. 1 guess he expects to carry it, but I don’t think I would. All of our sergeants have been provided with Colt’s army revolvers and the officers with Spanish machetes. For a few nights after the big rain I slept on a small bill. We had fixed the inside of the tent so that the high part was in the middle and from there the ground sloped away. I had lots of trouble to keep from rolling out of the tent in my sieep. The next day I dug a shallow hole as long as my body,since which time I have slept like a log every night. We were issued new guns of the 1880 model Springfield. They are not as good as the repeating rifles, but they'll 0. All of the boys you know are well and, apparently, happy. The one who salutes officers and washes dishes is not well, but he’s always jolly. There hasn't been much kicking from our company, but we live better than the rest. The other companies haven't company funds with which to buy potatoes, etc., while we have. I don’t feel like kicking; in fact, | feel pretty well treated when I see the 69th New York regiment. They were on the road for nearly eight days with only two days’ rations. 8 me Movements of Lake Superior Travelers Marquette, July 13—The latest addi- tions to membership of the Lake Su- perior Commercial Travelers’ Club are as follows: A. W. Smith, Cleveland, representing Wm. Edwards & Co., Cleveland. L. C. Johnson, Winona, representing L. Gould & Co., Chicago. J. R. O'Neil, Detroit, representing ©. BP. Collins & Co. OQ. D. Hutchinson, Minneapolis, rep- resenting Consolidated Milling Co. J. P. Carling, Cleveland, repesenting lb. & G. HA. Bowman & Co. H. B. Auger, Detroit, representing James Walker & Son. J. G. Steward, Green Bay, represent- ing Wm. Frankfurth Hardware Co., Mtiwaukee. L. H. Richardson, Hancock, repre- senting Steele, Wedeles & Co., Chicago. H. M. Jordan, Marquette, representing Morrison, Plummer & Co., Chicago. R. G. Coleman, Marquette, repre- senting A. Harvey’s Sons Manufactur- ing Co., Detroit. Geo. T. Gallagher, Escanaba, repre- senting Pemberthy, Cook & | Co.: Menominee. Fk. F. Lewis, Evanston, IIl., repre- senting Joseph Beifeld & Co., Chicago. b. C. Barrett, Milwaukee, represent- ing Berger Bedding Co. The club has now a total membership of 184. J. C. Buckland (Cudahy Packing Co. ) did Marquette Saturday. S. A. Erickson (Edson, Keith & Co. ) was with us a week ago. E. L. Griggs ( Peerless Manufacturing Co.) is doing business in our midst. S. D. Rogers (B. T. Hoskins & Bro. ) is doing the iron country this week. R. G. Quinn (Taylor & Parrot) was in the Green Bay country last week. H. F. B. Wendelstein, the sweet singer from Green Bay, was in the iron coun- try last week. The hoisting of a United States flag over every school house is a good thing. An hour each week spent in military drill would teach the scholars the rudi- ments of tactics, so that they would know their hay foot from their straw foot when they grew up. Let military drill become a part of schoo! work. It would be much better than so much stress put upon foot ball, base ball, ete. OUIX, e a a It is not generally known that soldiers and sailors in active service can forward letters to their friends at home without postage stamps. Letters go to the chap- lain, surgeon or commanding officer, who writes his name and rank across the corner, and adds soldier's, sailor's or marine’s letter. This is then for- warded to the address given, and the postage collected; so it is not in any sense a franked letter. It is simply a courtesy extended to the men who may not be in a position to buy postage stamps. The postal service has repre- sentatives with every regiment, one man being detailed to take charge of letters, and in large camps there is a postal agent to take charge of affairs. The Government takes pains to see ‘‘that the tie that binds when circum- stances part, the nerve of feeling stretched from heart to heart’’ is not broken Oa It is rumored that Madame Rumor has a thousand tongues. They are all working in war times. a The most curious thing in the world is a woman who is not curious. ee If a man loves truth, let him tell it to everybody. Traveling Men Invited to Celebrate at Otsego. Geo. F. Owen is in receipt of the fol- lowing cordial letter from Geo. E. Bar- deen, the Otsego Foo Bah: [ don’t know whether you are to have a celebration in Grand Rapids or not. you are, of course that is your first love, but, if not, as President of this village, and as there are only a few of us left, we should all hang together. We propose to hold an old-fashioned cele- bration on July 4, with the salutes and so on in the morning ; and following after the trains come in with a procession of antiques, horribles, caliphothiaphicahns, not skipping the more refined organi- zations, such as the Grand Rapids and Kalamazeo Knights of the Grip. We have asked them to join us and without doubt they will be well represented here on that day. If you could come down here with a party of Knights of the Grip, while you know this is a small town and we can not do much toward entertaining you, more than making it a nice, agreeable 4th of July, in which we give free a good deal of entertainment to you, I be- lieve you would feel fully repaid, be- cause you would have the freedom of the town and its suburbs. Weshall have an ektra amount of root beer here which you can drink moderately. The girls will be in from the country, and you have no idea what pretty girls the coun- try affords. We will bave the usual races, tugs of war, swimmirg races, greased poles, greased pigs, probably a balloon ascension, tight rope walking, bowery dances, and I would say right here in relation to the bowery dances that every Knight can dance as many times as he pleases, providing he enter- tains his partner in such a way that she insists on sticking by him. We can arrange to have the trains leave here at any hour that will be ac- ceptable to those living and dead. A special meeting of Post E will be beld at Sweet’s Hotel Saturday evening to consider the invitation. Mr. Bar- deen is expected to be present for the purpose of explaining what a calipho- thiaphicabns is, ee Third Meeting of Michigan Hardware Dealers. Eaton Rapids, June 7—The third an- nual meeting of the Michigan Hard- ware Association will be held at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, July 13 and 14. All retail hardware merchants are cor- dially invited to attend. Judging from the fact that our membership has nearly doubled during the past year, and all signify their intention to be present, we predict that this will be the largest and most enthusiastic meeting that the Michigan Hardware Association has ever held. HENRY C. MINNIE, Sec’y. —— ~~» 9» Gripsack Brigade. Geo, F. Sehumm and W. A. Drury are now on the road for Geo. F. Owen & Co. Wm. B. Collins, formerly on the road for H. Leonard & Sons, has returned from California and taken the manage- ment of the newly-organized American Jewelry Co. Augustus F. Blanchard, traveling agent for the Michigan Wire & Iron Works, died of apoplexy Sunday at his residence in Detroit. Mr. Blanchard was 53 years old, a resident of Detroit for twenty-eight years, a Mason, a mem- ber of the Royal Arcanum, the Order of Chosen Friends, and the Maccabees. He leaves a widow and two sons—Clif- ford, of the firm of Blanchard & French, and Levaine, traveling agent for John J. Bagley & Co. Indianapolis News: A traveling man recently related an incident to show the inconvenience to the drummers of the thirty-dollar mileage book. He that at a small station on the Evansville & Terre Haute, a few mornings ago, there interchangeable Says were twenty pas- sengers with mileage books. The agent had to all the work about the station, as well as make out the exchange tickets, the mileage books not being good on the train. When the conductor was about to start, the traveling men notified him that if he pulled out with- out them, they would bring suit against the company for damages, until the passengers got their exchange tickets. The train was held at the station for twenty-three minutes. > o> Lost Her Pet Hog. The following notice is tacked to a roadside tree in Maine: Straid or Swiped-—-A young hog shote with the left ear cropt and tale gone. Also black spot on left hind hip and hole in other ear. Said bog shote dis- appeered from premisis of the under- cined ouner at nite under sircumstansis pointing to him being stole, said hog shote being a pet and not apt to go off of his own accord. Said hog shote answers to the name of Nellie and he will eat from the hand and can stand on perform and was told to wait his hind legs like a dog, and is of effeckshunate nature. Any one return- ing said hog shote or letting me know where he is at will confer a benefit on a invalid lady whose pet said hog shote was. +e If it be true, as reported, that England and Japan have reached a cordial un- derstanding, not only in respect to the future of China, but also in respect to the developments of our war with Spain, it Is a great point gained for the United States. The understanding is a_ benev- olent one as regards our interest. It is a good thing for Japan, which country has aggressive Russia for a neighbor, to have two such powers as the United States and England to assist in main- taining the balance of power in that quarter of the world. It is also a good thing for us, in case we decide to retain the Philippine islands as a help to trade with China, to have behind us until our navy is stronger the ample naval resources of England and Japan. A remarkable illustration of the scope of Mr. Gladstone’s power as a linguist was given many years ago when he ad- dressed an assembly on the island of Corfu in modern Greek, a little later spoke to an assembly in Florence in italian, a few days later conversed with ease in German with Bismarck, soon after responded in fluent French toa toast at a banquet in Paris, and then crossed the channel to deliver a five- hours’ speech in parliament on the bud- get. a - Spain would not appreciate peace at this time. She has not been whipped enough. a The bottle bas been shattered ; but the cork and Cervera still seem to be in It. THE CHARLESTON Only first-class house in MASON, MICH. thing new. Every room heated. Large and well- Every- Send your mail care of the CHARLES A. CALDWELL, formerly of Donnelly House, Prop. MANY LAKES AND STREAMS ii2ra Pine Eishine snd Delightful Pastime. Special attention and rates for such parties. Write to Mears Hotel. Wm Cherryman, Prop. HOTEL BUTLER. I. Ml. BROWN, Proprietor. Rates $1.00 and upward. Newly furnished and refitted through- out. Office and dining room on first floor. Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., LANSING. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. $2 PER DAY. lighted sample rooms. Charleston, where the boys stop. FREE BUS. Bp Sap tena acy bo edi gf ey MICHIGAN SS ee Sea ee a TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires F. W. R. Perry, Detroit - - Dec. 31, 1898 A. C. ScHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dee. 31, 1899 Gro. GunpRuUM, 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, Gero. GuNDRUM, 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—JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Formula for ‘‘Castoria.” The expiration of the patent on Cas- toria, and the decision of the courts that the name ‘‘Castoria’’ can not be appropriated as a trade-mark, has led to a general enquiry as to the composition of the preparation. The patent on the formula for castoria was granted to Dr. Samuel Pitcher, under date of May 12, 1868. The specific declaration as em- bodied in the letters patent was as fol- lows: The ingredients of the composition are senna leaves, bicarbonate of soda, extract of taraxacum, essence of win- tergreen, and sugar. To make the composition, take 20 pounds of senna leaves, 2 ounces of the bicarbonate of soda, 5 pounds of the essence of winter- green, 1 pound of the extract of taraxa- cum, 50 pounds of sugar, and Io gallons of water. The process of compounding such ingredients may be thus set forth: First, raise the temperature of the water to the boiling point, and then add the bicarbonate of soda. Next, add the sen- na leaves, and allow the temperature of the liquid to fall to 150 deg. Fahrenheit, or thereabouts, and keep it at or about such temperature for about two hours. Next, strain the liquid, or remove from it the solid matters, after which they are to be pressed in a powerful press, and the liquid expelled from them should be added to the rest of the liquid, or that strained out of them. Next, add to the liquid the sugar, keeping the temperature of the liquid at about 150 deg. Fahrenheit. Next, add the extract of taraxacum. This extract is well known in commerce, it being commonly sold by druggists, who prepare it in ac- cordance with a well-understood for- mula, which is set forth in the United States Dispensatory, which is a pub- lished or printed work in general use. After the sugar shall have been thorough- ly dissolved, the temperature of the liquid should be reduced to that of the surrounding atmosphere, after which the essence of wintergreen may or should be added. The whole should be stirred so as to thoroughly incorporate the in- gredients. The result is a sirupy com- pound, which has all the advantages of castor oil, besides useful properties not incident thereto. -- > ee + Rules for the Prescription Counter. Detroit, June 1o—The following rules, neatly typewritten, occupy a prominent position over the prescription counter of my pharmacy in this city: 1. Keep the prescription scales clean, and when they are not in use keep them covered. 2. Keep the dispensing bottles well filled and always perfectly clean. 3. Keep everything in its proper place. 4. After using a utensil, or a dis- pensing bottle, do not leave it on the prescription counter, but place it back where it belongs. 5. When compounding prescriptions do_not carry on a conversation with any one, 6. Keep customers out from behind the prescription case. 7. Label every package of drugs sent out, and when a poison, be sure and give the antidote. 8. When compounding prescriptions do not let your mind wander off to some- thing else, but remember that you hold in your hands the life of a human being, and act accordingly. g. Always charge prescriptions, or any other goods, — wrapping them up. . W. RR. PERRY. ee ae Improved Pharmaceutical Sieve. Professor Remington each year awards a gold medal to the student of the grad- uating class of the Philadelphia college who invents the most useful contrivance or device for pharmaceutical purposes. This year the medal was awarded to Jacob F. Strawinski for the invention of a pharmaceutical sieve. The points which Mr. Strawinski claims in favor of his invention are less liability to contamination, utility, compactness, durability, accuracy and cleanliness. The main point of difference between the apparatus and the ordinary sieve is that it consists of a single frame witha number of detachable sieve-plates, whereas ordinarily a nest of sieves is required for the powders of various de- grees of fineness directed by the Phar- macopoeia. ‘The apparatus may be de- scribed as follows: The frame or body of the sieve is made of brass lined with tin. At its base is a worm or coarse threading, over which a collar contain- ing a sieve-plate is screwed. The ex- terior of the collar is furnished with five finger holds, which enables the operator to screw it on firmly. The adjustment is quite simple, which merely consists in placing a sieve-plate of the desired mesh within the collar and attaching the latter as above described. —~> 0 ~—-- Fable of Two Pharmacists. In a Certain Town two druggists did Business. At least they lived there—one of them did Business. Meeting one Fine Day, the One said to the Other: ‘*Why is it that your Wife has to in- sert a V in the Back of your Vest, and eke the Front of your Trousers, while my Clothes hang, bag-like, about my Body?'’ The More Favored One, hav- ing learned of Yankees that it was a Part of Wisdom to ask Questions and not to answer them, thus responded: ‘‘Why is it that you, my Friend, furnish a roosting-place for Flies, lament the Decadence of Pharmacy, and decry the Methods of the Manufacturers, while the Musical Drip-a-drip-drip of the Tinctures percolating puts me at Peace with my Fellows?’’ The Original Inter- rogator having taken a Sudden Depart- ure, the Colloquy ended as quickly as it had begun. ~~» 2. A Muscle Tonic for Wheel-women. A lotion of cologne and quinine sulphate is said to be a most efficacious panacea for aching muscles—an excel- lent tonic for strengthening weak mem- bers suddenly called upon to do un- wonted duty. The lotion may be made by dissolving sixteen grains of quinine sulphate in eight ounces of cologne. It should be applied with brisk rubbing directly after the bath. This will serve as a preventive of cold, a pain allevi- ator and a tonic. ->eoo- The discovery of tartar emetic and antimony had a curious origin. The story was that a monk was very fond of chemistry, but the other monks were otherwise inclined, and objected to his following the pursuit. He worked a beautiful cup, and presented it to his brethren as a peace-offering. The cup was used for beer and wine, but those who drank out of it were sickened, the acid of the liquid dissoiving the anti- mony of which the cup was made and forming tartar emetic. —__—_-_-~}>_<———_—- Mail is quickly conveyed through the unpopulous sections of India by means of a relay system. Each letter carrier has a run of six miles, at the end of which stretch he is relieved by another carrier, who at once begins his run. The Drug Market. There are few changes to note this week. Opium—Is steady at previous prices, Morphine—Is unchanged. Quinine—Has declined twice in the past week. P. & W. is now 2g9¢ in 5 oz. cans, 34c in I oz. bottles. German is 22c in 100 oz. tins. Glycerine —Is very firm on account of high prices for crude abroad. Balsams—Copaiba is a little easier, on account of arrivals of largestock. ‘Tolu has declined. Essential Oils—Lemon, orange and bergamot are higher abroad, but un- changed here as yet. Linseed O1l—-There is pressure to sell by the crushers, and prices have de- clined. a an Up-to-date Methods. A man might be a scholar most pro- found and a graduate of schools in every clime, but if he’d try to run a drug store that wasn t up-to-date in every way he might as well throw his learning to the dogs. Nowadays a man must cater to appearances. It’s necessary to have something solid in the way of learning to back up the looks, but looks there must be, and good ones, too, if one wishes to dine at regular intervals. Let us have more of this logic. JOSEPH HOSTELLEY. Se Ta Never Took the Hint. Jackson—Well, what did your wife say to you when you got home so late last night? You know you were afraid she'd scold. Farleigh—My wife’s a jewel. She didn’t scold a bit. In fact, she didn’t even ask me where I had been or what had delayed me; but, late as it was, she sat down at the piano and began to play and sing. I tell you she’s one in ten thousand. Jackson—What did she sing? Fairleigh—‘‘ Tell Me the Old, Old Story. | —- > 0 Figures and Outlines That Put One Man to Sleep. Told by a real estate agent: ‘*T have learned of a cure for insom- nia. That is, I have heard what cures one man. He was here enquiring fora house to rent. I went with him to look at several. One on the list suited him with the exception that the walls of the bedrooms were not papered. I finally agreed to paper them. Then he said be must select the paper. I agreed to that, and when we went together to look at samples I saw he was very particu- lar, and in reply to my enquiry he said: ‘It means a good deal to me. I must have paper on the wall that I can twist into fanciful combinations. I must have figures in it that will count just so much in my calculations. There must be outlines which I can form into faces that I like. If the paper did not con- tain such figures, | could never go to sleep; I would worry about my failure to see what would be agreeable,and that would keep me awake.’ ‘*He had not found what he wanted when I left him.’’ Just the Tune. ne _took out a living picture show once, said the theatrical manager, ‘and I had several queer experiences. ‘We always bad trouble getting suit- able music, for one thing. I remember that we struck a certain town where the music was furnished by a seedy, freckle- faced young man, who officiated at one of those bangety-bang pianos. I asked him if he could think of music suitable to each picture as it was displayed. ‘*Oh, yes, certainly he could, and do it impromptu.’ ‘‘The performance opened. He was seated at the piano, and he turned to look at the first picture. It was ‘Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.’ ‘He didn’t hesitate an instant. Like a flash he turned and began pounding out, ‘There’s Only One Girl in This World for Me.’ ~~. ___— Any woman can sharpen a lead pencil —if you give her plenty of time and eer of pencils. - SPAI N WILL SETTLE never settles. ss : Dwight's Liquid Bluing : Manufactured by : ' The Wolverine Spice Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. ieeeeeececeeececececece a competitor. a PORTRAITS, BUILDINGS, MACHINERY, EVERYTHING. ENGRAVERS AMERICAN PLAYING CARDS Best Value for the Money. 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Chloride..... 15| Jalapa, pr........... oe Side a Sulphate, com’l..... 2] Maranta, ies... @ 35| Antimoni et PotassT 40G@ 50 Sulphate, com’l, by Podophyllum, po.... 22@ 25) Antipyrin.......... @ 80 bbl, per cwt....... Rhee 7%@ 100| Antifebrin. ___ @ 15 Sulphate, pure ..... TT Reet eng @ 1 25| Argenti Nitras, oz. @ 50 Flora ech occ cs. = 1 = acinar oe tee 10@ 12 alm Gilead Arnioa ...... Se 12@ 14 fameainesia.” = - 7 at aaeae ee eee ae ; - ee nae on = Serpentaria......... 30@ 35 | Calcium Chior., i @ 9 pene a Senega.............. 40@ 45] Calcium Chlor., see @ WW Folia ae eeeatia H @ 40/ Calcium Chlor., 4s. @ 2 Barosma............. 23@ «28 | Smilax, M........... @ %2%|Cantharides,Ruspo @ 7 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Sete 0.35 10@ 12| Capsici Fructus, af. @ nevelly....... ..... 18@ 25} Symplocarpus, Foti. Capsici Fructus, po. @ itt Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 2@ 30] dus, po............ @ 25| Capsici FructusB, po @ Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana ,Eng.po.30 @ 2%|Caryophyllus..po.15 2@ 14 dnd tin 122@ 2 Valeriana, German. 15@ 20| Carmine, No. 40.. @ 3 00 ss Urs. ee 8@ 10 Zingiber a... cee. 12@ 16| Cera Alba, S&F 50@ 55 Gummi ngiber j + 5@ 27 Cera Flava Se ig 2 Acacia, Ist picked.. @ 65 men, Cassia Fructus. |||, @ 3 Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 45| Anisum....... i @ Bice 5 Acacia, 3d picked. @ 35 | Apium (graveleons) 136 12 oe 2 Acacia, sifted sorts. =@ 28) Bird, ts.............. 4@ 6|Ghioroform.......". 60@ 68 Acacia, po....... ... SS 2 po. 18 10@ 12) Chloroform eauibbe @115 — Barb. p po. — 3 . ea oe teteeeeee 1 8g 1 = Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 25@ 1 50 ape....po.15 @ _ 12; Uorlandrum......... DOnGEGS, 20 25 Aloe, Socotri.-po.40 _@ 30| Cannabis Sativa. 41@ 4% Cinchonidine, P&éw 350 5 Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60 Cc donium i cle aiid cas % 100 Cinchonidine, Germ 2@ 30 Assafoetida....po.30 2@ 28] Chenopodium ...... 10@ 12) Cocaine............ 3 30@ 3 50 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 | Dipterix Odorate... 2 00@ 2 20/| Corks. list, dis. pr.ct. 7 Catechn is... |. @ 13 Feniculum Cees ae @ 10) Greosotum @ 3 — a g - eo ee... ; 2 a n......... bb. 7% @ 2 eee. ua........, CO Mie... % Creta, prep.... Cam horse. 4 0g 3) ut pee we. . bbl. 3% 4@ 4% Greta, prep ee, S z Euphorbium..po.35 @ 10| Lobelia...” SQ 4) men bee Galb @nUm.-.....-.. @1 00 Parl Canarian. ‘ 41@ 1% Crocus . ae 18 20 ee ne = 30| Sinapis Albu...) ||”! 4@ 10 yay Sea oe fl 50 3 Riso... po. 83.00 @3 00| Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12 — 10@ 12 matey setesees 3 3 = Spiritus Ether Sulph.... B@ W eres aces . 7 Emery, al — @ 8 ee pen DF re > OS 3 a5 | Emery, po... — See 2@ 35)! Prumenti..... 1 25@ 1 50| Ergota......... po.40 30@ 35 Shellac, bleached:.. 40@ 45 Juniperis Co. 0. T! 1 65@ 2 00 Fiake White... _. Rea & Tragacanth ......... 0@ 80) Juniperis Co... 1 75@ 3 50| Galla. ...... @ 2 Herba Saacharum N. E.... 1 9@ 2 10 cae 6 a 8@ 9 Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli. 2.. 1 75@ 6 50 Gotan” a — = Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto......... 1 25@ 2 00 Sie Rader aie “ >@ oe Lobelia...... oz. pkg 25 | Vini % = oo. 1 25@ 2 00 Toe thas Be Ox os Majorum ....oz. pkg 28 Sponges Gise by oo @ 12 Mentha Pip. .oz. pkg 23 | Florida sheeps’ wool Glue, white. ne 3@ 35 Mentha Vir. .os. pkg 5 | carriage — 2 50@ 2 75 | Glycerina...... |.” 154@ 2 Rue.......... oz. pkg 39 | Nassau sheeps wool Grana Paradisi |) =~ @~ 5 = Pkg = carriage... @200|Humulus........997) 23@ 55 ¥y ' PAE Velvet catia sheeps’ Hydraag Chlor Mite @ Magnesia. wool, carriage..... @ 1 25| Hydraag Chior Cor. @ % Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60| Extra yellow s eeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @ % Carbonate, Pat...... 20@ 22] wool. carriage.. @ 1 00| Hydraag Ammoniati _@ 1 10 Carbonate, K.&M.. 20@ 25j| Grass sheeps’ wool, HydraagUnguentum 45@ 55 Carbonate, Jennings 3@ 36 eon sean @ 1 00 Hh ee aera bec < = 70 or slate use.. % | Ic yobolla, Am. 75 Oleum Yellow Reef, for —< Indies, 7@ 1 00 Absinthium......... 3 25@ 350| slate use.......... @ 1 40} Iodine, Resubi...... 2 60@ 37 Amygdale, Dule.... 30@ 50 s fodeformm....... -... @ 4 20 suapiele, Amare. 8 00@ 8 25 yrups Epi @ 2 2 Driawe sema ene eed y 2 10@ 2.20) Acacia... ........ @ 50| Lycopodium....._.: A 45 Sean Cortex..... 2 25@ 2 40| AurantiCortes...... @ 50/ Macis ‘ 5 6 Se 2 40@ 2 50} Zingiber....... ..... @ 50| Liquor Arse= et By- i Cajiputi........... -- 80@ _ 85| Ipecac.. ie ace @ i G@rarciod «...:.... Q@ & Caryophyiii bee euees 7@ 80} Ferri ee es @ 50| LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 OGRE oie. aseseu'es 65| Rhei Arom.... ..... @ 50} Magnesia, Sulph.. am. 38 Chenopadii.......... 2% Smilax Officinalis.. 50@ 60 Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1% Cinnamonii. ........ 1s 1 70 | Senega.............. 50 | Mannia, S. F. --ecce DOO 60 Curonella. 0.4... 45Q 50 ed tae 60 | Menthol. ”..777: @2% ¢ Morphia, S.P.& W... 2 45@ 2 a S.N.Y. = & C. . 2 45@ 2 Meaeuns Canton.. @ Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ - Nux Vomica. ..po.20 @ OS Sepia... |... 15@ — Saac, H. & P. CO ee @ Picis Liq. N.N.\% gal. Mee ee eee @2 Picis Liq., quarts... @ Picis Liq., pints..... @ Pil Hydrarg.. -po. 80 @ Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ Piper Alba....po. 3 @ Pix Burgun. ee aa ale @ Fiumbi Acct. ....... 10@ Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ Pyrethrum, boxes H. ‘& P. D. Co., doz... @ Pyrethrum, pv...... 2@ a &@ Quinia, S. P.& W.. 294 Quinia, S. German. 2G Quinia, N.Y. 29@ Rubia Tinctorum. 12@ anaes BY 18@ Salacin.. 70 | Sinapis.. eo & Linseed, pure raw.. 42 45 | Sinapis, opt. @ 30} Linseed, boiled..... it 47 70 | Snu Maccaboy, De | Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 7 a aC eee oe = 3 = | Spirits Turpentine.. 33 40 | : 0's 1) | Soda Boras.......... 9 @ " 18 | Soda Boras, po... 3 @ nh | Paints 3BL. LB | Soda et Potass T art 26@ 28) Red Venetian 1% 2 4 1 00 —— ap ae . “— 2| Ochre, yellow Mars. ist 2 a 2 00| Soda’ Ash 3.0 4 Oc hre, yellow Ber 1% 2 @3 1 00 | Soda, iutohas.- i *@ 2 Putty, comme refal.. 2% 244@3 85 | Spts. Cologne.. @ 2 60 Saye stay “ pare. 2 24@3 50 | Spts. Ether Co.. 50@ BS Sees ee 13@ 15 18| Spt. Myrcia Dom @ ° | Vermilion, English. 0@ 75 30 | Spts. Vini Reet. bbi @ 2 48/1 Gq, Pant aifan oan? i mt zreen, Paris .. 164@ 20% 7 | Spts. Vini Rect. 4bbl @ 2 53) Green, Peninsular. 13@ 16 12 | Spts. Vini Reet. 10gal @ 2 56 Tes ad Boa cuir 546 8 1 20 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 755) pena white | 5% 6 Less 5¢ gal. cash 10 ds: . s Whiting, ana -: ; "@ oy 1 25 | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40@ 1 45 Whiting, gi haat @ 0 30 | Sulphur, subl 3%@ 4'4/ white. Paris Amer @ 100 10 | Sulphur, Roll. 34@ 4 Whiting, Paris Eng. ‘ oF) Temes... || Bae cli in . @ 1 40 = Theobroma —: ‘ie a Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 14/ Vanilla. . 9 00@16 00 20 | Zinci Sulph. @ 8 Varnishes a a No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Oils Extra Turp.....:... 1 60@ 1 70 BBL. @AL. | Coach Body . 2 75@ 3 00 =| Whale, winter....... 70 70| No. 1 Turp Furn. 1 00@ i 10 S| bata extra. ..... 40 45 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Luara. No t.....sl CUS 40 Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp 0@ 7% RRA ROI ne I Cc 08. 9 °o ° os ° S aN Co a oS ox Yo 3° ojo oD OASTo oo 9 o87O[o Q ° o co 9 9 e ° o oO o 0 Spofo Br ofo B76f0 S oB%orc%oro 9° 9 ov So ° 5) os eeore(oscenre(e ow WS Oo Co oO ™ ° So 3 0°, co a ° o ° Ghia jee aw 09 0° o oe o ° Gre Se 0° Ow 0%, °o o ° 0° ° o e 3 co Gro fo ey 0°, ANS S aw ° o ° ° oe ° We PURSES POCKET BOOKS AND shall sample in a few days a large and well assorted line of Ladies’ Pocket Books Ladies’ Purses Gentlemen’s Pocket Books Gentlemen’s Purses And invite your inspection and order Hazelitine & Perkins Drug Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PERRI IRI TRIED oe ° 3 36 se o o oe o> CPO ° ° ° G2 18orNo(00)>e ro J o' ow ° 2 O° ° ° °o 0 9J0¢p 9 10fn0 o o o 3 a ° COV? ow o D> AIfa ° ° co ° oy o> ele Go’ °° eo 826fo c °o so 2° ° eo o O° o 7? So co 6 ce 9 oS Vo oa o ° ze ° 09, o% co D10%y co 6h.0 S60 POX ‘ow oD ) CP Xs oe cS oAe(e Fox) ° a OCF ow) 2 HGrCD is) a Pole ( oo ow , o ~ o So o °o CPS Se 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. possible to give quotations suitable for a erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. 1 conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is It is im- AXLE GREASE. doz. gross Ae... hm 600 [aeons 60 7 00 Diamond ee 50 4 00 Frazer’s 3 9 00 IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 Ilica, tin boxes........ vis) 9 00 Parcicoe.. ....... _.- 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. . © CORN OE... ...... 45 a 85 ica Gas... s«i5s:«5«ss x Acme. 4 Ib Cans 3 doz............ = a6 Games con............ 1 lb cans 1 doz.. oe Arctic. 6os. Eng. Tumblers........ 85 El Purity. 14 1b cans per doz........-. % ¥% lb cans per doz ........ 1 20 i ihGans per doz......... 2 00 Home. lq lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 ¥ lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 Ib cans 2 doz case ..... 90 % : cans, 4 doz case..... 5 % 1b cans, 4 doz case...... 5 Ib cans, 3 doz case...... 1 60 Jersey eae 1 1b. cans, per doz. : 9 oz. Cans, per qa 1 6 om. Came, per dos......._.- Our Leader. 1 eee i. came. ................ . oe i Peerless. oS Queen Flake. 3 oz., 6 doz. case. . 6 0z., 4 doz. case 0 ox. 4 doz. case.... 1 Ib., 2 dos. case. 5 Ib., 1 doz. case. BATH BRIC . Amorioan ...... . ee ce English. . 7 2 00 25 85 R&R SAR ae een te S23 S8283 Sant See... Large, 2 doz.. vis) BROOMS. mat Ceres. 1 90 Mo. 2 Carpe... .. -... Noe scape... ............ PD no 8 arees,....-.......... 5 Pee Gee 2 00 ANDLES. o ee 7 ~a3 CANNED GOODS. [lanitowoc Peas. R Lakeside Marrowfat.. Lakeside E. J Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... Lakeside. Gem, Ex. Sifted. Extra Sifted Early June.... —_ or ft mt peat be gas Compa, pinte.......... 2 Columbia, % pints.......... 1 CHEESE a ..... a Butternus........... Carson City.........- coe @H8a KX RS oe a Jersey bower... eee... Springdale..... Brick 8 QO 92 SI =I 00 =3 CO GO OO =I RRA a Toe oreo .......... Pineappic............00 fae See... Chicory. AVDAHDSHASNSHOOSé - CHOCOLATE. Walter mar & — s. ———— - . ea oe RR CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz....... 1 00 Cotton, 50 ft, per dez....... 1 20 Cotton, 66 ft, per doz....... 1 40 Cotton, 20 t., per Gox......- 1 60 Cotton, 80 ft, per doz....... 1 80 Jute, 60 ft. per dos......... 80 Jute. 7 tt. par Gon... _..... 95 COCOA SHELLS. 20ib BRes. <5... ess quantity...........- 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAM TARTAR. 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes..30-35 COFFEE. Cae 12 Peapercyy ._.....-.-.-.....--- 13 Santos. aie 12 iGeoa .............._..__....- 13 Paap. Peaberry | oe i ~spagaga oat 4 Guatamale. i Fair i Good -. 16 Boney ..._.....-.......-...<. 17 Maracaibo Premise .... 2. 19 mie Java. emer... se 19 Private Growth.........------ 20 Mandehiing...............--.- 21 Mocha. Eotiation |. 20 eS a a 22 Roasted Clark-Jewell-Wells Co. ——— Fifth Avenue..... Jewell’s Arabian Mocha.. 3 Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24 Wells’ Perfection Java..... 24 Sppesies...-.... 2. - a. 21 Breaktast Blend ...__-. ..- 18 Valley City Maracaibo. ...18% Ideal Biend..........--.._-. 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. Avpuesio ..... -..-._. 10 50 Jersey... 10 50 "Ic! aughlin’s xXXY. MecLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago. Extract. Valiey City % gross 7S Felix % gross...... : 1 15 Hummel’s foil & gross 85 Humimel’s tin %& gross - —_—— PINS. 5 gross box CONDENSED MIL x 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle......... 6 % Coe 6 2 Doe 7 5% Champion .......-..-- .4 50 Mapnome ......... a 25 Challenge. ........-0........ 3 35 Reme 2 35 COUPON BOOKS. Tradesman 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 Economic Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books any denom....1! 50 1,000 books. any denom... 2) 00 Superior Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1.000 books, any denom....20 00 Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. Been eee 2 00 MODeoks =... ..........:,.- 3 peeks... :..- -:. 3.5 6 See pOens.... 2... 10 00 eres... 17 50 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 Credit —— 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Steel peeem. oo. % DRIED FRUITS—DONESTIC Apples. Buadriog.... ... Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @ 3 California Fruits. Reo... sc. @8% Biackberries........... Noctarines ............ @ 7% ee eo ee eee 64S 7% Pea 8 @%% Pitted perres. ..-... Premncues.....-....... Raspberries..........-. California Prunes. 100-120 25 lb boxes. ...... 90-100 25 lb boxes....... @ 54% 80 - 90 25 lb boxes....... @ 5% 70 - 80 25 lb boxes @°% 60 - 70 25 lb boxes @i* 50 - 60 25 Ib boxes....... @ 8 40 - 50 25 1b _— @9 30 - 40 25 lb boxes......-. @ lq cent less in 50 lb cases aisins. Lo 1don Layers 3 Crown. 1 45 London Layers 4 Crown. 2 00 Dencee Loose Muscatels2 Crown 3% Loose Muscatels3Crown 4% Loose Musecatels 4Crown 5% FOREIGN. Currants. Patras bbls... .--@ 74 Vostizzas 50 Tb cases. .@ 7 Cleaned, bulk ............@ @ &% Cleaned. packages. ..... Peel eel. Citron American 101ib bx @i8 Lemon American 101lb bx @12 Orange American 101b bx @12 Raisins. Ondura 2s if voxes.... Ry Sultana 1 Crown....... Sultans 2''rown ‘ Seltena - Crown... ... Sultana + Crown Qnitane 5 f-- wr Sultana 6 Crown Sultana package FARINACEOUS GooDs. 8 @ @ @i% a p. a —. 24 11b. packapes..........16 Bulk, per 100 =. Ne 410 Gri Walsh-DeRoo ‘Co.'s Brand. 9A 2 1b. packages...... 2 2 OO 28 200 th. barrels: .......__: 6 90 Hominy. Bameks og 2 50 Fiake, 50 lb. drums.......1 00 Beans. Dried 12S | ooo s::. 3% Medium Hand Picked....1 30 oni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 lb. box. 60 Imported, 25 lb. box. 2 50 Pearl Barley. Common. 62 Ss 2 00 (hoster .. .......3).....: 2 ee Magne 2 ee Peas. Green, bu See Split, pert 2% Rolled Oats. Rolled Avena, bbl.......4 15 Monarch, ie es Monarch, % bbi.........- 213 Monarch, 90 1b sacks...... 1 90 Quaker. cases. ......... 3 20 Perron, Canes... --. 2. - 1% Sago. een 2 4 East India ey 3% Tapioca. ~~ ee ee oe a 3% WORE oe 354 Aamo 40 11b. pkges.... 5 Wheat. Cracked, bulk............. 314 242 1b packages bub od diewe 2 50 Salt Fish. Cod. Georges cured.. Ls @5 Georges genuine eee @ 5% Georges selected @ 6 Strips or bricks...... 6 @9 Herring. Holiand white hoops, bbl. Holland white hoop % bbi Holland white hoop, keg. 35 Holland white hoop mchs = Norwegian... .... lL O Round 100 lbs............ 325 Reanue 2ihe............ 1a Nestea 3s. a 13 Mackerel. Mess 100 Ibs... --, 16 o° Mess ane 6 90 Mees Wins....... ...-... Te ces 8 ie... 1 48 No, 1100 i3bs... ... --S. 14 50 Net Bis... 6M No.1 i6ihs............... Po Hat Sie... -...-.-...- 1 30 Na Siping. ........... 22 No.2 4¢1bs 4 30 MoS Wing)... 115 No? Sie... .....)- 95 Trout No. 1 100 lbs. 5 50 No. t S)ibe......-..-. 2 50 a ‘ D.C. Vanilla . C. Lemon Zon... ..: 12 202. ... 3 Oz. 1 50 3 0s......1:00 4 oz. 2 00 £08, ...-: 1 40 SOx. ;.. 3 00 Cos.....: 2 00 No. 8 400 No. 8...2 40 No. 10. .6 00 No. 10...4 00 No. 27.12 No. 2T. 80 No. 3 T.2 00 No. 3T.1 25 No 4T.2 40 No. 47.1 50 ‘Northrop B Brand. — Len Van 2 oz. Taper Panel.. 7 1 20 2 os. Ove. ......... % 1 20 3 oz. Taper Panel..1 35 2 00 4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60 2 2 Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Vanilla. if doz = 20s......1 20 4205... 2 40 XX Grade Lemon. XX Grade FLY PAPER. Tanglefoot, per ES 30 Tanglefoot, c’se of 10:b’x’s 2 55 Tanglefoot, 5 case lots..... 2 50 Tanglefoot, 10 case lots.... 2 40 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. -.. hl 4 00 Hatt Kees... 3. Se Quarter Kegs. .-........--..,. 1 2 fin coe... a, 30 ip Gane... 2... 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Meee 22 i 4B rast Mees. Ouarer Hers ......--.-....- 1 35 1 1b. cans. < on Eagie Sie ire. Rees. >... 8 00 Half MOP eee 4 25 Guamer Regs :-.....-. -.. 22 tie Came: 6S. a. a HERBS. POMS 15 oes (0. 15 ee — S,5 th boxes......... 55 8. F 8, '3.and5 1b I can. 50 JELLY. ib pels... 35 ee 65 LYE. Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 Condensed. 4 doz.. 2 2 LICORICE. MO ee 30 eMOrE P-5) Be 14 eS 16 MINCE MBAT. Ideal, 3 doz. in case......... 2 2 MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s ee Anchor Parlor No. 2 Home..... Export Parlor... MOLASSES. New Orleans. Black leg ce a cen ll Par 14 Ceo ......: 20 Fancy . ee ck ae 24 Open Rettie 25@35 Half-barrels 2c extra. MUSTARD. Horse Radish, 1 doz.........1 75 Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz........1 7% wer Clay, No. 216...-........-.. 1 70 Clay, T. oe full count...... 65 fen; 00. 8:.. 2... 85 POTASH. 48 cans in Case. Mabuieee. 2. ol. 4 00 Penns Salt Co.’s.......... 3 00 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 5 25 Half bbls, 600 count........ 3 13 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count....... 6 35 Half bbls 1,200 count...... 3% RICE. Domestic. Carolina head......... .... 6% Garolina. Neo... ......:..:. Carols, Woe, 2.........-..- 4 Beoken st 3% Imported. oemem, MO04.... 3... 63% Japan, No.2.. ai Java, fancy Bead, 6 Java, AG, to 5% Table eer eae ee SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. Church’s “ - 28 80 DCIGRE Doe 3 15 Bees .....:..--.-. 3 30 Westone. oo 3 00 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis........ v6) Granulated, 100 lbcases.. 90 Tare Dies... =. 75 Lump, 145lb kegs........-. 85 SEEDS. a 9 Canary, Smyrna...... oo ee ee gs Co 8 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 60 OR 11 een Ipnngian.....:;... 3% M@rsead Hird. 3... 4% Mustard, white.. oo Poo ..0. ss. 10 BOG oe 4% Cathie Hone....-....5.... SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 3% Maccaboy, injars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 48 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Table. cases, 24 3-lb boxes. .1 50 Table, barrels, 190 3 1b bags.2 75 Table, barrels. 407 1b bags.2 40 Butter, barrels, 280 1b. bnlk.2 25 Butter, barrels, 2014 _——- 2 a Butter, sacks, 28lbs.. Butter, sacks, 56 lbs.. Common Gintien. 55 100 3 lbsacks..... cues eo Oth socks... ....7.... 2S 98 10-lbsacks............... 1 60 Worcester. SO 4 Ib. cartons.........,. 3 25 1i> 2410. SAeks...... .......4 00 mS i eae. 3% oo 14 1h. seeks... ....._ 350 oo 10. 10. BACKS. ... 5... 6s. 3 50 25 ib: linen Sacks. ...::... 0... 32 56 ib. Hnen sacks............ 60 Baik in barceie.....--.._.... 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 ae 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Solar 7 56-lb sacks.. oo ee mmon. Granulated Fine............ 75 75 Medium. Fine: |... 2.00.2... so LP S2) Dp Single box.. : ar ve) 5 box lots, delivered...... vl 10 box lots, delivered....... 3 65 JAS. 8. KIRK & CO. BUND, American Family, wrp’d....2 66 TO nn a, ee 2 75 AIOE ae 2 20 BAe 2 50 White Russian.. toee oO White Cloud, laundry.. Cael oe 6 x5 White Cloud, toilet......... 3 50 Dusky Diamond, 50 6 = 10 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 Blue India, 100 % Ib......... 3 = Maree 35 ton 2 50 Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. 100 cakes, 75 Ibs. Stage Hot. 2 80 Or let oe 2% a0 box Fors; . soe 2 70 Re BOR Tete a, 2 60 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars ..2 75 Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars....3 75 Uno, 100 %-Ib. MAR... 6.5 2 50 Doll, 100 10-0z. bars......... 2 05 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3doz..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz........ 2 40 SODA. TOR ee ce 5% Hogs: Bugiigh... .... :.... 4% SPICES. Whole Sifted. AAIOS oo 13 Cassia, China in mats...... 12 Cassia, Batavia in bund....25 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna........... 14 Cloves, Zansibar.......:.... 12 Maco, Batayia.............. 55 Nutmecs, fancy........... .60 Nuapmesces, No. 4.....-......- 50 Nutmers, No. 2......;...... 45 Pepper, Singapore, black...11 Pepper, Singapore, white. ..12 Popper, mek... .. «20... .- 12 Pure aan in Bulk. Allspice 15 Cassia, Batavia ............. 30 Cassia. Salven... 3... 5 40 Cloves, Zanzibar............ 14 Ginger, African...........- 15 Ginter, Coenin............. 18 Ginger, Jamaica............ 23 Mace, Batavia.........-..-. €5 iar. Ss 12@18 ees, -- ese 40@50 Pepper, Sing , mask... 12 Pepper, Sing., white........ 20 Popper, Cayenne eee ccediaree 20 Sage..... oo SYRUPS Corn Sauce eke eases 18 Har’ ‘bbia.. oe 20 Pure Cane. Pee oS i6 Oe Se ae es ote 20 Cee ee 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2l STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. my t-1b packases........___. 20 11D packeges,...... ___. . 6 634 Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 49 1-1b.packages............. 64% ele DOreN. Diamond. 64106 packages ........... 5 00 IS 56 packaces......... .. 5 00 32 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 Common Corn. 20 118. packapes.......... .. 5 40 11b. packages............. 4% Common Gloss. i> packages... _........ ate S10 packages. 2... ate Sib packages............... 4% 40 and 50 lb boxes _. Se macro... ... 7s. 3 STOVE POLISH. ae Y.-L. PRESCOTTE Ce w a ALL aan oz in case, gross.. No. 4,34 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. 7 20 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Domne)... 5 8&8 Ca feat... 5 88 oe ee i ee 5 88 a ee 5 63 Pampers oe, 5 63 XXXX Powdered......... .5 69 Granulated in bbis... ...... 5 38 Granulated in bags......... 5 38 Fine Granulated ........... 5 38 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 50 Extra Coarse Granulated...5 5 moma A... 5... 5 63 Diamond Confec. A........ 5 38 Confec. Standard A.........5 25 Os b TOBACCOS. Cigars. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. New Grick...... 0) 33 00 H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. Quintette ...... Se a 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. Cc > eo 22 ...- oe OO Michigan Cigar Co.’s brand. Ure Unkle Ure Unkle........ ety eda 35 00 Ruhe Bros Co.’s Brands. mr Thomas oo 35 00 mar William 0 Se. 35 00 Crab Pine 35 LO Generals Grant and Lee... .35 00 Spanish Hand Made........ 35 00 Crown Mie 35 00 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large... 4 75 Lea & Perrin’s,small... 2 75 Halford, large... 3 75 Halordsmai......, |... 22 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, small..... 2 65 VINEGAR. Malt White Wine, 40 grain.... 6 Malt White Wine, 80 grain.... 9 Pere Citet. 3. ao Pare Cider, Leroux... |. 11 Washing Powder. 5 2 < ‘A Bost Pessent, but Most CMective {aero OO 12 Of pres. 5.2... 3 50 WICKING. No. 6, persross....:....0-..: 2 NO: 1 pereress. 30 INO. 2 pereross.......:...... ING. 3, PEPRTORA |... 7 Fish and Oysters Fresh Fish. Per lb. Wanteish ...(-..... @ 8 rene @ 8 Black Bass.......... 8 @ 10 ManbUS............. @ 12 Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4 Bigebee oo. @ 10 Live Lobster....... @ 16 Boiled Lobster...... @ 18 Cod so .. @ 1 Bacdoce..-. 1... @ s No. ft Mickerel. .-... @ 7 Pe @ 6 Perens @ 2% Smoked White...... @ §8 Red Snapper........ @ 10 Col River Salmon.. @ zz Mackerel ...00. |: @ 2 Oysters in Cans. Fr. HU Counts... ..... @ 40 i. J. D. Selects... :.. @ 30 Shell Goods. Oysters, per iy.. .... 1 25@1 50 ‘ams par inn . aa Hides and Pelts. The Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as follows: Hides. Green No. 1... @9d Creen NO. 2.......... : @ 8 Cared No. f....... @10 Cured No, 2... cs... @9 Calfskins, green No. 1 @ 9% Calfskins, green No.2 @8 Calfskins, cured No. 1 @l1 Calfskins, cured No. 2 @ 9% Pelts. Pes, caen 50@1 00 Tatlow. NO ft @ 3 Lo ee ae @2 Wool. Wasned, ine ....... .. @18 Washed, medium...... @23 Unwashed, fine.... ...11 @l13 Unwashed, medium ..16 @I18 Oils. Barrels. es @11% XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt @ 8% W W Michican........ @ 8% Diamond White....... @i% 2.8. Gas... .... : @ &% Deo. Naptha ... a @7 DuMneer 6... occ... 2 @24 Mnging ...........:...01 @et B ack winter @s e e e ° Candies. Grains and Feedstufis Provisions. Swift & Company quote as Stick Candy. oe 2S, Wheat. «| follows: eli bbis. pails eer ee aren ae Barreled Pork. Sendai. ote: —— ee ee ee Standard Twist..... 6 @8 Local Brands. Back sale a a aay bl Cut oat @ 8% Clear back... ie ae Gases |ESteHie 5 9 | Shortcut.......... 12 50 Jumbo, 0b @ G4 |) Sccond Patent. = | 5 45 | Pig. 16 00 Reine nH ig sic | Seaiebe 9 11 Ou Boston Cream... Clear Oe Ce 12 v0 Aone | Dry Salt Meats. Mixed Candy. a un aaa co Bere 7 Competition.../..... 6 Subject to usual cash dis- Briskets ae ee 6% Standard) g 7 som, Extra shorts............. 8% conserve... @7%|__ Flour in bbis., 25¢ per bbl. ad- Smoked [Meats. Owe @ 7% | ditional. Hams, 12]b average .... 9 REDBOR @ 8% i Hams, 14 lb average ; 8% Broken @ 8% Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand Hams, 16 lb average..... 8% Cat Loaf. |. oT @ 34 | Diamond, is. 5 50 | Hams, 20 lb average... . 834 English Rock....... @8_ | Diamond, 4s................5 50| Ham dried beef....... |. 13% Rindergarten.. ae @ 34 | Diamond, 4a. |. 5 Bt cme (N. Y. cut) 6% rene a... : : ie. mec, Creer... 8 9 Dandy Pan....... g5" Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. California hams.... |||. 614 Valley Cream... .... @i2 GCusaker 35... |... Boneless hams........... 9 i ee Cooked Ham... | 10@13 Fancy—Iin Bulk. Giiaker 346 Lards. In Tierces Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% Spring Wheat Flour. Compoune. oo)... a. 456 Lozenges, printed.. @9 | Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. | Kettle... .........0 000000. 7% Choc. Drops........ @i4 : 55 1b Tubs. advance = 4 Choc. Monumentals @il Pillsbury’s Best %s........ 5 7% 1 801b Tubs....... advance 38 Gam Drops... @ 6 Pillsbury’s Best 148........ 5 6G 1 S0ib Tins ....... advance 3 Moss Drops. @8 Pillsbury’s Best \%s........ 5 551 20lb Pails... advance 5g Sour Drops. ce @ 9 Pillsbury’s Best 44s paper.. 5 55| 10 1b Pails.... |” advance % nperials @9Q_ | Pillsbury’s Best 44s paper.. 5 55 2 ace ecu advance 1 Ei MS. advance 13 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. 7 Fancy—in 5 Ib. Boxes. Sausages. Lemon Drops....... @50 meer ne ne 5% Sour Prope... @50 ee 6% Peppermint Drops.. @60 a eronmtor 7% Chocolate Drops. ... @60 ee 6% H. M. Choe. Drops.. @i FE menos ven nanen saan. 6 Gum Drops @30 Wemgee 9 Licorice Drops... .. @i5 Head cheese... 6% A. B. Licorice Drops @50 Beef. Lozenges, plain... @50 xtra Mess 11 3 Lozenges, printed... @50 Beneiogs “14 00 Impertads 0000) @5o Rump.. i ee Mottoes eM @55 aril. En o°o Cream Bar... || G50 1 ie Bost. Molasses Bar ....... @50 Kits, SO sO Hand Made Creams. 80 @1 00 4 Dol, lbs. 1 4y Plain Creams....._. 60 @9 a bbls, 80 Ibs...... aes oe Decorated Creams. . @90 iL Tripe. String Rock... @60 Bis ihe 70 Burnt Almonds..... 15 @ re Wintergreen Berries @60 Dis Cie 2 60 Casings. Caramels. PG ” es 16 No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib. Beef rounde 4 boxes @35 ' Beer miltidieg aa > 1 wrapped, 3 lb. —— a eS Sao Se 60 xen Tt... 50 uluth Imperial, 4s. ... . 5 65 Bu i ~~ 2 wrapped, 2 Ib, ss Duluth Imperial, %s....... 5 55 | Rolls, dairy. pee a 10 Ones an es 9h Sole Gate 9% Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand. Rolls, creamery |||)” a FE i — ae ee 5 7| Solid, creamery ......... 13% Gold Medal %gs............. 5 65 Canned ruits. Gold Medal Ms... ---+ 5 53 | Corned beef, 2 pga 2% Parisian, %s..... ---- 5 75 | Corned beef, 14 Ib.... || £3 00 Oranges. on 4s He eee otal os 5 = Roast. beef, 2 Ib....... 2.50 a@risian, ev © > ( lv Cal. Seedlings ...... @2 50 x Potted — -_ » | Square I ewes OC ee aa = Geta tee imenn 5 eo g - Less than car lots... 37 Farina Oyster, XXX....... 7 Sairs, 601b cases.... @ 4% Ha SWEET GOODS—Boxes. y- AS Oke —— No,1 Timothy arlots...... 9 00 | Bent’s Cold Water......... i4 No. 1 Timothy, ton lots....10 00| Belle Rose................. 8 Nuts. Cocoanut Tatty. ||| is —— pote 7 rae 1s cee oe Frosted Honey... ...... 12% Almonds, Tarragona.. @13 Fresh Meats. Graham Crackers ......... 8 Almonds, Ivaca....... @ll Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 7% Almonds, California, | Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 7% — a @13 Beef. Gin. ears ae meats 7% Brazil new............ @8 Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped.. 7% Bitperea @ii | Carcass es. 6%@ 7% | Ginger Gems............... 8 Walnuts, Grenobles.. @13 | Fore quarters......... 5%@ 634 | Imperials................. 8 Walnuts, Calif No. 1. @10 | Hind quarters........ 8%@ 9 | Jumples, Honey........... 11% Walnuts, soft shelled Loins No. 3........... 9 @ Molasses Cakes............ 8 Cale @ Ribs............ 0-0... 9 @l2 | Marshmallow ............. 15 Table Nuts, fancy.... @10 | Rounds............... 7 @8 | Marshmallow Creams... 16 Table Nuts, choice... ao | enkem...°....... . 6 @y Pretzels, hand made ..... 9 Peeans, Med... |. @8 | Plates .......... vtteee 3%@ 4 Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 7 Pecans, Ex. Large.... @10 Pork Super ake... 8 Pecans, Jumbos...... @i2 cima Se a Hickory Nuts per bu., Denne 44@ 44 | Sears’ Euneh............._. . Onig| new. 3... ... et CO! Toing ....:. ... @ 7% | Sugar Squares...... 9 Cocoanuts, full sacks @ 0 | Sheulders............. @ 6 Vanilia Wafers........... 14 Leat Lard... .. |. 84@ Pocan Wafere)............. 154} Peanuts. M Mixcd Picnic... 11% | Fancy, H. P., Suns. @7% Mutton. Cream Jumbles ............ 12 Fancy, H. P., Flags Carenes 002.) o.. 7 @8 | Boston Ginger Nuts........ 9% MoanteG 8... @ 7% | Spring Lambs... .....8 @9 | Pineapple Glace...... ..... 16 Choice, H. P., Extras. @ ike Veal Penny Cakes. .............. 8% Choice, H. P., Extras : Marshmallow Walnuts.... 16 oasted an 5% | Carcass - 64@ 8 | Belle Isle Picnic........... 10% Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, 46 gal,, per doz...... 4 1 to 6 gal., per gal fal. Gach. ....... 10 gal., each... — iz gal. cach....... ee 15 gal. meat-tubs, each,... 20 gal. meat-tubs, each....1 25 gal. meat-tubs, each : 30 gal. meat-tubs, each... .2 7 Churns. 2to6 gal., per gal..... 5 Churn Dashers, per doz.. Miikpans. ¥ gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 45 1 gal. fat orrd. bot.,each 43 Fine Glazed Miikpans. % gal. flatorrd. bot.,doz. 60 1 gal. flat orrd. bot.,each 5% Stewpans. % gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 985 1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.i 10 Jugs. Me GAL per dos............. 40 ial. perdoe.... ||... 48 Feo gal, pergal......... 5% Tomato Jugs. 14 El, Der GOs... ...,.... 42 AGet ¢aen |... wl... 5% Corks for % gal., per doz., 20 Corks for 1 gal., perdoz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. \% gal., stone cover, doz... 7% 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, perlb... 2 LAMP BURNERS. Ne Os0n 35 er No. 2Sun........... 60 Tomar. |... 50 pecurny. No. f........,.... 65 pecurity, NO, 2............. 8 Nasce 50 Climax, ...... 1 25 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. Per box of 6 doz. Ne Of na foun... ae RO 2 A First Quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 10 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 2: No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 25 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 55 No. I Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. .. 2 75 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled... 8 75 CHIMNEYS—Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped and labeleg.. i... 370 No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled..... 70 No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and le No.2 Sun, ‘Small Bulb,” for Globe Lamous......... 80 La Bastie. No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per a. ........ No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per eon... 1... 2 ee No. 1 Crimp, per dos....... 1 3% No. 2Crimp, perdoz.. . . 1 60 Rochester, No. 1, Lime (65e¢ doz). .... 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70c doz). - 400 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 70 Electric. No. 2, Lime (70¢ doz) ..... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 40 OIL CANS, Do 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 i gal galy iron with spout. 1 65 2 gal galv iron with spout. 2 3 gal galv iron with spout. 3 50 5 gal galv iron with spout. 4 3 gal galv iron with faucet 4 75 5 gal galv iron with faucet 5 25 S gal Tilting cane....._.... | 00 5 gal galv iron Nacefas.... 9 00 Pump Cans, 5 gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 | 5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56 | 3 gal Home Rule.... -10 50 | 5 gal Home Rule...._......12 00 5 gal Pirate King...... sce @ OG LANTERNS, Neo. 0Tubuliar..... a NO. 15 Tubalar..... . 6 50 No. 13 Tubular Dash. 6 30 No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 No. 12 Tubular, side lamp.14 0C No. 3Street Lamp........ 3 % LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box i0cents.. ..... & No. 0 Tubular, cases2 doz. each, box 15 cents....... | No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz. each. DO) By). cucu cl... 35 No. 0 Tubular, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each.......0. 1% LAMP WICKS, ING, O pee mroes. cu... CO eee NG. = perarom ............ 2 Ne. Spereroue......,:..16 40 OME ce ccc sc ccc ous | OO 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Reasons Why Business Organizations | Frequently Fail. Written for the TRADESMAN. There can be no organization or gov- ernment unless the individuals amenable to that organization or government sur- render every individual right which in any way conflicts with the rights which may be enjoyed by all. There must be a mutual concession of individual rights for the benefit and whole, or the organization or government will fail. When ary important propor- tion of the individuals under an_ organ- ization or government fail to receive benefits equivalent to the individual rights they have surrendered, they will rebel against the restraints imposed, and unless restrained by physical force | will overthrow the government or desert the organization. Loyalty and an empty stomach will not Business and profit are inseparable com- Activity without profit is not althaugh it sometimes has that long dwell together. pantons business, appearance. Among the things that contribute to the tions are: failure of iecal 1. Mutual distrust and competitive jealousy. 2. Lack of active interest on the part of all but a few leaders. 2. Want cers and members to push the of time on the part of offi- work of the organization and to look after its - vital Interests. 4. The limited field covered by a local organization can not always pro- duce results of sufficient value to hold the membership within the rules. 5. The conduct of tricky members who can _ not the refrain exasperating from cutting a corner at every oppor- tunity. If it is proposed to form a local or- ganization and the promoters happen to be the leading and most prominent merchants, the dealers at once imagine that it is another scheme of the big fellows to get the advantage of the little ones; and if, by reason of thei: prominence and acknowledged ability, they are chosen to fill the offices, then the small are sure that the ‘' big 1} smaiier ones fish’’ are about to swallow the ‘‘little fish’’ and they immediately scuttle for shallow water. On the other hand, if the scheme originates with the ‘‘small fry,’’ the large dealers wi]! have nothing to do with it. If, by reason of a more than usual endowment of Christian grace, these factions are brought to- gether in an organization, the enthusi- asm rarely lasts through one summer. After the first excitement incident to the ba:tle for ictory } j reform has dissolved into temporary » or two of the principal over one obstacles to legitimate busi- ness the menibers stay away from the meetings and leave the conduct of affairs to a few. One instance came to nnual meet for he elec bcd rs. up bet the preside: t, oping Oo se the a my notice in which, at i f offic ing nohody showed came hi end: he somebody else elected in his stead. The want of work of the excuse and, as time to spare organization is the usual the generally insufficient to produce mea sto} employ it, the work is neglected and the antici- competent pated benefits promised to the member- | ship do not materialize; consequently the most natural thing that could hap- pen is the failure of the organization. protection of the | business organiza- | for the | membership fee is | persons to attend to | | While there are a great many _ bene- fits to be derived from a_ local organi- | zation properly and enthusiastically con- ducted, its scope of influence is too nar- row to furnish a constant and tangible |supply of pecuniary benefits which are |necessary to keep up the interest and to render a membership too valuable to be sacrificed on slight occasion. The reforms capable of accomplishment by a lecal organization, when once at- | tained, are too apt to be soon forgotten ; jand, as ‘‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,’’ so is perpetual interest the life of an organization. But, to main- | tain the interest there must be perpetual and demonstrative returns’ for the money and effort expended. The only | restraint that will avail to hold in check | the propensity of the tricky members is | the intrinsic and practical value of the .» | membership. The only hope of thorough and per- manent eradication of the evils that be- set the retail trade lies in state and Na- tional embracing a com- prehensive system that shall guarantee |to the humblest member the protection j and benefits he pays for. A movement }on similar lines, I believe, was started some years ago, intended to embrace the lretail dealers in groceries and pro- visions, but it does not seem to have much progress; presumably, for | one reason at least, that the membership was too small to even pay the ex- |}pense of calling favorable attention to |the organization, much less to deliver | the proposed benefits. If such an organ- ization is capable of accomplishing the reform needed, and of supplying the benefits that it ought to furnish, the members can well afford to pay a rea- sonable membership fee to cover the legitimate expenses of the organization. An inadequate membership fee natur- lly indicates that not much is to be expected in return, and reminds one of the old colored preacher's text, ‘* Bressed im dey dat spects nuffin, kase dey ain't er gwine ter git nuffin! organization i made fee experi- Most retailers who have had local organizations express ence with themselves as disgusted with them, be- jcause for various reasons they have failed to accomplish the things prom ised and an apathetic spirit seems to have settled down upon the trade which will eventually prove its ruin unless there is an early awakening to a recog- nition of the only avenue yet open for relief, namely, practical, thorough and far reaching organization. The power to accomplish this is ap- parently beyond the unaided reach of the retailers themselves, for the reason that a man engaged in the retail trade has no time to spare from his business | to give the subject the thought necessary }to plan a practical organiz.tion, mech less to conduct it on successful lines. Organizing 1s a business of itself, and demands a talent peculiarly ts own, as well. as concentrated thought, a great of hard work and a great deal of time. No erganization, when completed, | will run itself--its managers must be on | duty continually to secure the best re- sults and to insure its perpetuity. An organization with the requisite scope, | practical features and successfully man- | aged would offer a membership so de- sirable and intrinsically valuable that no retailer could afford to remain outside on account of the loss of money it would | mean to him. Another reason for the failure of local | organizations lies in the fact that any | dispute or complaint of the violation of rules must be adjudicated immediately, deal LATA Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co. PAINT, COLOR AND VARNISH MAKERS Shingle Stains RANEN NEN ONONGNSS Wood Fillers Zz Ke ez Gi Sole Mfgrs CRYSTAL ROCK FINISH, for Interior and Exterior Use Corner 15th and Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio. RANA NENA NTN CAEN CNG GAGNON GRIGNGG YW Si Se Rae Bk aR xk Qe RRM RMR RRM MRD ovelly Blue Flame Oi! Stoves The by every one to be the Superior to and safer than Gasoline. Novelty is conceded best one now on the market. We sell it at factory price. Write for circular. Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids. PROPER e eee rere SP I ee ee 4 i i 4 ¢ P f iy - ey 2 4 Wee eW ava uby ull S Ciark-Ratha J ewell Uo. 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. Crea w Wala W alway and without appeal, by the factions di- rectly interested in the case; and whether the decision is just or unjust, the breach remains open, and widens until the organization is finally de- stroyed. It would seem that the most practical results could be secured by organizing each branch of ihe retail trade by itself, as there are certain trade secrets con- nected with every business that it would not be desirable to discuss im a mixed assembly, and each particular trade ‘“has troubles of its own,’’ as it were, that no ‘‘cure-all’’ nostrum can effec- tively reach. The various divisions could then co-operate upon matters in which ali are more or less interested. The greater the number of individuals embraced in an organization, and the more diversified their interests, the more difficult it is to handle successfully, and the only way to prevent serious dissen- sions is to keep every mind irrevocably fixed on the main object of the organi- zation —and that, in a business organiza- tion, is dollars and cents. I anticipate that it will not be very long until a strong combination of cap- ital will be formed to establish large branch stores in the nature of depart- ment stores, throughout the country, un- der one general management, which will effectually kill the small retail busi- ness. Iam aware that retailers in some lines congratulate themselves that their business will be exempt from _ interfer- ence in this connection on account of the margins being too small to offer a temptation ; but it must be remembered that the goods usually sold on small margins are invariably the necessaries of life, in the handling of which capital can be turned over many times ina year, and although the margins are small, the per annum percentage on the actual investment is larger than that enjoyed by a great many heavy invest- ors. Most of this margin in connection with the retail business 1s now paid out for expenses which a combination such as mentioned would save by reason of a more thorough system and concentration of effort; besides, a syndicate of such stores, covering the entire country, would save more in buying than the average net profits of the entire retail trade, as it is now conducted. The combination could, if necessary, operate its own factories and import its foreign goods without intervention. It is well to remember, in this connection, that the buying public has a tender feeling for the concern that sells the cheapest and it is therefore useless to look for a political remedy to protect a class who are iu the minority’and who have per- mitted their opportunity to meet the ex- igency of the case to go by default. Capital is said to be supreme, but co- operation is its master, as well as _ its savior, in many Cases. J. M. BANKER. ee of Acetyline is Danger- ous. From the Scientific American. There is real danger in using acety- lene; there is real danger in using dynamite; there is real danger in using any combustible gas. But the danger in using acetylene is one of pressure and explosive mixture. If the generator is tight, does not ieak, does not get hot enough to turn the water into steam, works at not over twenty pounds pres- sure (four inches of water being suff- cient. for house burners), contains enough water, has no open flame near it (light should come through a pane of glass in the partition), never allow the pressure to get so high as to blow out the flame, if the carbide can is not left standing around open (a lighted cigar or pipe will explode acetylene air mix- tures) and the lime removed outside, we think there is no danger. Wet gen- erators are popular in Europe, espe- cially for large plants. When the Use MICHIGAN TRADESMAN REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. C. E. Case, the Benzonia Merchant and Lumberman. Chas. E. Case was born at Gustavus, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1853. His antecedents were English, although his father and grandfather were both born in Connec- ticut. When he was 6 years of age, his parents removed to Benzonia, where, two years later, his father erected a water power sawmill, which is still operated as a planing mill under the style of the Case Bros. Lumber Co. The lad began his educaticnal career in the district school, where he made such progress 1n his studies that he was afterwards sent to Benzonia College. At the age of 18 he left college and went to Traverse City to work in a planing mill. At the end of two years, having suffered the loss of all of the fingers on his left hand, he returned to Benzonia and opened a general store for B. C. Hub- bell. Six months later he purchased the stock of his employer and continued the business in his own name for two years, when Mr. Hubbell, in turn, again became owner of the business. He then removed to Pierport and clerked in the general store of C. W. Perry for three years. After severing his connection with Mr. Perry, he scaled logs winters and worked in a shingle mill summers. In 1881 he embarked in general trade at Benzonia, when G. C. Hopkins pur- chased an interest in the business, which was continued for two years under the style of Case & Hopkins. He then be- came sole owner of the business, which he subsequently merged into a stock company under the style of the Case Bros. Lumber Co, Two years iater the store was divorced from the mill and was turned over to a new corporation under the style of the Case Mercantile Co. Mr. Case was married Aug. 15, 1882, to Miss Emily Lambert and has two children, a boy and a girl. He isa member of the Congregational church of Benzonia, which he has served as trus- tee. He belongs to the Masonic order, having filled the position of Junior War- den. He is also affiliated with the I. O. O. F., having held every office in the subordinate lodge, and with the K. O. T. M., which he has served as Com- mander, and also as a delegate to the bi-ennial great camp, which was held at Detroit last week. Mr. Case 1s Secretary and Treasurer of the A. B. Case Co. (Honor), Case Mercantile Co. (Benzonia), and Case Bros. Lumber Co. (Benzonia). He has served Benzie county as Treasurer four years and was also Township Treasurer two years. He attributes his success to hard work and close attention to de- tails, and those who know him best and appreciate the effort he has made to get to the front insist that he is entitled to a great deal of credit for the record he has made as a merchant and lumber- man; that his dealings with otbers have always been on the _ live-and-let-live plan; that bis influence in the commu- nity has ever been thrown on the side of good morals and good fellowship. Paris Green Labels The Paris Green season is at hand and those dealers who break bulk must Jabel their packages according to law. We are prepared to furnish labels which meet the requirements of the law, as follows: foo. 25 cents. 200 o - 40 Cents. oie ing we clcl am 5 cents. TOO en cae +o. son OL Labels sent postage prepaid where cash accompanies order. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. CHROHON OROROROROROROHOHOS THE OWEN ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR ys aie G0. Absolutely automatic Re- —quires no more care than a —small hand lamp. The only —generator in — Michigan that has been granted manufactured a permit by the UNDERWRIT- ERS’ INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, ~For fullinformation and prices —address the manufacturers, F. Owen & G0. Grand Rapids Michigan. at Wy THE KOPF ACETYLENE GAS MACHINE The best and most economical machine made for residence and store lighting. PUT AWAY YOUR KERO- SENE LAMPS AND HAVE YOUR OWN GAS PLANT. Your inquiries will have our prompt attention. <=" M.B. WHEELER ELECTRIC CO., Manufacturers GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Show Room, No. g9 Ottawa Street. Michigan Acetylene GOS Co., Ld. Jachlieonrm, Niichk.. Mt. Morris, Mich., April 22, ’08. THe Micnican Acetyiene Gas Co., Lrp., GEN1S:—I have used one of your 45 light machines since December last and being cheaper than cost of oii and chimneys; does away with heat, smoke and dirt; find it gives entire satisfaction, 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. e e a = Ruderoid Ready Rooiind : a & e * 3 x Will last longer than any other roofing now on the market. @ e We have full faith in its merits. But if you want other B 5 kinds we always have them at reasonable prices. Let us s a quote you prices, if you need roofing of any sort. e e es a & s H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, 3 : Detroit Office, foot of 3d Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. S * SOnOnOROROROROROROHOROHONONOHONOHOHOHONOHOHOROZOHORS of size, shape or denomination. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. a ee ee Four Kinds of Coupon Books are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective Free samples on application. 2 A MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ELECTIVE BOARDS. Wherein They Fail to Meet Modern Requirements. There are no other matters of local importance which have engaged so much public attention during the past ten days as those brought to notice by the report of the Committee on Teach- ers at a recent meeting of the Board of Education of this city. While the in- terests affected by that report are too purely of local importance to justify extended discussion in a paper of the character of the Tradesman, there is enough involved as to the constitution of school boards and their relations to the interests placed in their charge to warrant the attention of all interested in the of the schools of the State. Theoretically, the ideal government is an absolutely elective one; but in deal- ing with perscnal irresponsibility, with the charitable, with the tire, police and educational departments of cities, it has been found necessary to substitute for direct election the appointment of boards. In the endeavor to adhere as Strictly as possible to the mure demo- cratic principle many of the public schools of the country are still governed by elective boards. Others, recognizing that is too low a grade of intelli- gence in some Classes of society, or too much opportunity for the advance- of unfit characters as school offi- cials, use the less direct method of ro- tative appointment of a comparatively small board. That the latter method may be a necessity in some cases would seem to be fully demonstrated by the present contingency. The dangers arising from purely elec- tive school boards are various. Cor- ruption and bribery and similar abuses are made possible by the system. These are, perhaps, more from the fact that ihere is no remuneration pro- vided for the services of the members, and so it is natural, for too many who secure places on such boards, that they should claim for themselves or their friends such emoluments and_ prefer- ments as may accidentally come in their way; and from this the transition to more questionable practices is easy. There is another danger which is con- welfare there ment common stantly manifesting itself in varying degree in all elective school boards which has become apparent to an alarming extent in our city board. This is the tendency on the part of presump tive and sensitive ignorance to interfer- ence in the management of the detail of school matters. This tendency, which has long characteristic of the body in question,seems to have been in- creasing for a considerable time until it been a culminated in the interference in high school matters which created a consid- erable sensation some weeks ago. At that time it was deemed necessary for the proper con mittee of ibe Board to overbaui the programs of work, for the reason that certain of the members of the Board had staie.. tnat some. of the teachers were not doing as much work as should be required of them. In the Wature of taings it 1s scarcely to be expected that a Committee made up of ordinary found undertake the task of re- and regulating the work of such an tustitution without some friction pusiness men should be competent vising to re- sulting, so !t is not strange that some of the more ones on the com- mittee should have heard, or imagined, some criticisms of their awkward at- tempts as amateur educators. That such was the case, and that the offended members of the Board decided to bide sensitive their time until the next appointment of teachers should be made to admin- ister some wholesome discipline, is not only inferred from the report of the ap- pointing committee, but is so stated by the chairman himself. When the re- port appeared quite a number of the most experienced and progressive of the high school force had been dropped from the list or were degraded to work in the lower schools. Not only has the tendency to undue interference with school detail long been characteristic of this Board, but there has developed another tendency which is scarcely less pernicious, based on the same kind of presumptive ignorance —the arrogating to that body of undue authority over the teachers and other employes of the city schools. In fact, it would seem to have finally come to be accepted that these are employes of the Board. Thus it is that we hear talk of insubordination toward that body and there must need be discipline anda proper recognition of authority. The talk of discipline on the part of the Board, or its committees or officials, is an unqualified insult to every teacher fit to hold a position in our high school. If there is not enough of professional standing and dignity on the part of the faculty of that institution to place its members above the need of such ‘‘dis- cipline’’ then there are those who should be dropped from its membership. Not only in the high school but in all other departments of the school work of the city there is this undue assumption of authority on the part of the Board or a considerable proportion of its mem- bership. The teachers appear to have heen instructed that their first duty is to show proper deference to the Board, and trustees, and they have accepted the Situation as gracefully as possible not- withstanding their innate conviction that the assumption is unjust and un- warranted. The members of the Board have just is much right to authority over the teachers, or claim of recognition trom them, and no more than any other citi- zen. They are elected to perform cer- tain duties in the management of the schools, and when they have taken their bligations as officials, the line of their proper work clear-cut and definite. The fact that they work witbout remu- eration makes no difference. It is their duty to select eraployes of the city, not of the Board, according to the proper and universal rules of civil service. When an appointment is made_ through ‘‘standing in’’ with members of the Board there is a violation of the spirit of the obligation taken by the officials concerned. This is the only correct position. Any other drives out the independence and ndor which sre the mest valuable qualificztions of our best educators. Any otber puts a premium on policy and time-serving, which can only result in the degradation of the schooi system. The teachers dropped from the faculty of the high school are those who have shown the greatest enterprise in secur- ing spectal and extended training for the:r work. Their efforts in this direc- tion, with thetr wide experience as edu- cators,had properly placed them beyond the chance of losing their places, ex- cept at their own volition. It was nat- ural that such teachers should be un- reserved and frank in discussing the action of members of the Board in in- terfering with the school work, and so, by virtue of official prestige, in vio- lation of all rules of civil service, with- out consultation with the proper man- agement of the schools, and against outraged public sentiment, these insub- 1s ordinates are expelled from their places. Flour and Feed. Another week of dragging markets and further decline of prices! The sen- sational collapse of the Chicago wheat deal comes like a clap of thunder from a Clear sky and operators, for the time being, seem to be at sea, not knowing whether to buy or sell. Flour at once sympathizes with wheat, but the offer- ings are not large, because the supply of wheat has become so nearly exhausted that many millers are simply operating their mills a few hours a day to take care of the local trade. The near advent of harvest makes buyers very cautious, who fear still lower prices as soon as the new wheat begins to move. The situation is peculiar, and about the only safe way is to purchase from day to day a sufficient amount for the current needs of business. The city mills have been running fair- ly steady for the week, but next week the Model mills will be shut down for ten days to install a new water tube botler and for other necessary repairs. Millstuffs are in good demand and at fair prices for this season of the year. Feed and meal are a trifle lower, but the demand has been very good. Wn. N. Rowe. > > - Increased Acreage of Rice in South Carolina. The South Carolina rice crop this year, barring cestruction by storms, pro~ises to be at least 30 per cent. greater than the crop just marketed. The outlock is that the receipts from the crop of 1808 will be little short of 409 coo bushels, against about 300,000 from the crop of 1897. > ¢ > The most startling claim yet made for the Klondike region as a place of tem- porary residence is that it is an_ infal- lible cure for baldness. Intense cold is said to kill all germs and microbes and to stimulate the scaip, while nature does the rest. Even the dogs get as shaggy as Shetland ponies, and some of the re- formed baldheads who have tested the climate are willing to make affidavit that the country needs barbers more than missionaries. 0 If Spain’s honor could be satisfied, it would not be necessary to fire another gun at her. 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. — SY MALL DRUG STOCK FOR SALE. ADDRESS Dene, core See Tete (OR SALE—A PROSPEROUS DRUG AND grocery stock, invoicing from #4030 to $5,000, consisting of drugs, groceries, school books, wall paper, c:ockery, paints and oils and notions, in live town Carson City: best town of its size in State; brick store building in best location in town. Outside business averages inside running expenses. Reasons for selling, loss of partner and poor health. Kelley & Cad- well invite inspeciion. 625 [Bet SODA FOUNTAIN FOR SALE CHEAP. AddressJ.H Levin-on, Petoskey, 630 Mich. NV ERCHANTS—DO YOU WISH CASH QUICK 4¥i for your stock of merchandise, or any part of it? Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich. 628 OR SALE CHEAP—THE BEST EQUIPPED cigar and news store in Lansing; connected with the Hudson House: fixtures and every- thing in the room are cherry. M. Sternfield, Lansing, Mich. ee 626 V JANTEV—IMMEDIATELY, PsRTNER IN light manufacturing business, lady or gen- tleman, with $500 or $1,010 cash: government contracts; investigate. Address Lock Box 103, Grand Rapids, Mich. 624 EST LOCATION IN MICHIGAN FOR A cold storage and general produce dealer. Write to the Secretary of the Otsego Improve: ment Association, Otsego, Mich 631 ANTED—POSITION IN CLOTHING OR general store by an Alsalesman. Address F, care Michigan Tradesman. 622 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR HARD- wood timber-—Clean stock of shoes invoicing about $4,000, in one of the best towns in Michi- gan. AddressJ P., care Michigan Tradesman. 621 NOR SALE, ON ACCOUNT OF sICKNESS— Well-selected stock of dry goods, notions, men’s furnishings and groceries, in one of the best towns in Southern Michigan, located on Michigan Central Railroad. Stock will invoice about $8,000; annual sales, $18,000; store rent, #180 per year: nearest Competition, six miles; a bonanza for the one that means business. Ad- dress No. 623, care Michigan Tradesman. 623 ro SALE, CASH ONLY—CLEAN STOCK groceries, invoicing about $1,500. Reason tor selling, death of head member of firm. Ad- dress Jno. W. Lott & Son, Petoskey, Mich. 620 \ TILL EXCHANGE—-IMPROVED REAL estate fur boots and shoes or general mer- chandise valued from $8,000 to $10,000. Property will rent for $75 per month. Address A. C. E., care Michigan Tradesman. 619 } AVING PURCHASED THE LUMBER aND general merchandise stock at Norwood, Mich., formerly owned by the Rittenhouse & Embree Co., I offer the merchandise stock for sale at low price. It is one of the best places in Michigan for general merchandise business and the handling of fruit and other farm prod- ucts. The amount of business done in the last sixteen years has averaged about $3,000 per month. Reason for selling, wish to devote my whole attention tolumbering. Stock will inven- tory about $7,400. Terms, $5,000 cash. Write or eall on L.J. Nash, Norwood, M cb _616 iN EXPERIENCED KF: E OPPUOR'TUNITY FOR man with means to engage in the grist mill business in Leelanau county. Fine wheat coun- try. Acreage of wheat this year in easy access to mill,8 00) 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 tye BEST OPENING IN MICHIGAN FOR A an active business man with $'0,000 or $ 2,- 0u0 to step into a well-established, paying whole- sale business. For particulars, address Business, eare Michigan Tradesman 605 } AY, MAY H FOR $ AT RIGHT prices. Correspond with Michigan Produce Co., Lansing, Mich. 6u7 HAVE SMALL STOCK OF DRUGS AND fixtures in Ionia, taken on mortgage. Will sell caeap for cash or trade for productive real estate. Answer immediately. Wil! sell soon. W. W. Hunt, Under National City Bank, Grand Rapids. 596 KICK STORE FUR RENT—BEST LOCA- tion in city; will be let for any business ex- cept dry gocds and clothing. J. H. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich. 6u0 ‘OR 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. 589 VOR SALE, EXCHANGE OR REN i—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 | ees 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 ac EXCHANGE-—-FOK CLOTHING, DRY goods or shoes, very nice well rented Grand Rapids property. Address No. 552, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 552 a: EXCHANGE— FARMS AND OTHER property for dry goods, clothing and shoes. Address P. Medaiie, Mancelona, Mich. 553 J]ANTED—A PRACTICAL MILL MAN, with $1,000 capital, to take a one-half or full interest in a stave, heading and planing mill. 3,005 contract, with stock tofillit. Ali goes. Five years’ cut in sight. Side track te mill. Good reasons for selling. Address Stave Mill, care Michigan Tradesman. 546 BROOMS A BOMERS, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH- e grade brooms at all prices, for retailers only. Grand Rapids, Mich. 605 VOR 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 (YAY, HAY, HAY! FOR SALE AT RIGHT prices. Correspond with Michigan Produce Co.. Lansing, Mich. 607 yy ere eres. EGGS AND POUL- try; any quantities. Write me. Orrin J. Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. ol Gs tint J] ANTED — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 381 ANTED—1,000 CASES FRKESH EGGS, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, 556 Ithaca, Mich. FIREPROOF SAFES (Gee; M. SMITH, NEW AND sECONDHAND safes, wood and brick building mover, 157 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 613 MISCELLANEOUS. ae ATION WANTED BY YOUNG MARRIED man, registered pharmacist; excellent ref- erences; five years’ experience in retail and wholesale stores. Address 629, care Michigan Tradesman. 629 ANTED—A BUSINESS MAN WITH SOME capital to take charge of a furniture fac- tory, an old established line. L frankford, 53 West Bridge St. Phone 1236. 617 Travelers’ Time Tables. & Northeastern Ry. Best route to Manistee. MANISTE CHICAGO “*"sxNcee™ Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids...........8:45am 1:25pm #11: 30pm Ar. Chicago... --3:10pm 6:50pm 6:40am Ly. Chicago... . 7:20am 5:15pm *11:30pm Ar. G'd Rapids.. - 1:25pm 10:35pm * 6:20am Traverse at. Charlevoix and Petoskey. Ly. G’d Rapids 7:30am 5:30pm Parlor and Sleeping Cars on ‘abienoon and night trains to and from Chicago. *Every day. Others week days only. D ET ROIT feo — — Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:35pm 5:35pm Bx. DSM: 2... ts. 11:40am 5:45pm 19:2%pm Ly. Detroit.. --..-8:00am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids es 112: 55pm 5:20pm 10:55pm Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Ly. G R7:10am 4:20pm Ar. G R 12:20pm 9:30pm Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DEHAVEN, General Pass. Agent. GRAND Tenn nace ne (in effect May 15,-1898 ) Leave. * Arrive. + 6:45am.Sag., Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .t+ 9:55pm +10:10am.. Detroit’ and East.. --t 5:27pm + 3:20pm. ‘Sag., Det., N. Y. & Boston. - 12:45pm * 8:00pm... Detroit. East and Canada...* 6:35am +10:45am...... Mixed to Durand........ + 3:15pm WEST * 8:35am....Gd. Haven and Int. Pts....* 7:05pm +12:53pm. Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+ 3: 12pm + 5:32pm. .Gd. Haven and 7p recom +10:05am * 7:40pm...Gd. Haven and Chicago.. 8:15am +10:00pm...... Gd. Haven and Mil....... 6:40am Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlorcar. No. 22 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. 17 Wagner parlor car. *Daily. tExcept Sunday. H. Huenss, A.G. P. &T. A. BEN. FLETCHER. Trav. Pass. Agt., C. A. Justin, City Pass. Agent. 97 Monroe St. Morton House. GRAND Rapids & Indiana Railway Northern Div. Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack.. Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:15pm + 6:35am Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack... ........ $10:50pm MO oe es us. on oy wt 5: 25pm t11:15am Train leaving at 7 7:45 a.m. has parlor car, and train leaving at 2:15 p. m. has sleeping car to Leave Arrive -* 7:45am + 5:15pm Mackinaw. Southern — Prot Arrive CWCRAREE so es oe 8 7:10am + 8:25pm hs WANE oe ee a t - ‘10pm + 2:00pm Cincinnati....... ............. m * 7:25am 7:108. m. train has parlor o- to Cincinnati. 2:10 p.m. train has parlor car to Fort Wayne. 7:00 p. m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. Chicago Trains. TO CHICAGO. Ly. Grand Rapids.. as 10am +¢2 1*pm *11 35pm Ar. Chitago:?.. 2... 20vu~pm 9 10pm 6 30am FROM CHICAGO. Dy. Chicano. 3) oc. coc +3 02pm *11 45pm Ar. Grand Hanigs..........,..; 9 30pm 7 2am p Train leaving Grand Rapids 7.10 a. m. has buffet pnarlor car to Chicago. Train leaving Grand Rapids 11 35 p. m. has coach and Pullman sleeping car to Chicago. Train leaving Chicago 3.02 p. m. has buffet parlor car to Grand Rapids. Train leaving Chicago 11.45 p. m. has coach and Pullman sleeping car to Grand Rapids. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Lv G’d Rapids......... +7:35am +1:00pm 5:40pm Ar Muskegon........... fie nog 2:10pm 7:05pm Gorm Lv Muskegon....... .. ‘8: 10am +11:45am +4:00pm ArG@’d Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pm Sunday trains leave Grand Rapids 9.00 a. m. and 7. =e m. Leave Muskegon 8.35 a. m. and ¢Saturday only. LOCK 6.35 p tiexeust Sunday. *Daily. Cc. L. WOOD, Gen’! Passr. = oe Agent. V Ticket Agent Union Station. South Shore and Atlantic Railway. DULUT Ly. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I. aie _— +7 :45am Ly. oe Ciy.- 4:20pm Ar. St. Ignace...... be cas 20pm Ar. Sault Ste. Marie ; Pp Ar. Marquette...... Ar. Nestoria. . Ar. Mackinaw City... ...... G. W ABD, Gen. Pass. a Mar. side: E, C. ‘Oviatt, T Tray. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids Via C. & W. M. Railway. Ly Grand Rz ee. eae nepeekaess ee 7:00am Ar Manistee... Spears sey “12:05pm ota Ew Miawistee ee ca. joam = 4:lopm Ar Grand Rapids ...00.....0...., Feopm 9:sspm TRAVEL VIA F.& P.M. R. R. AND STEAMSHIP LINES TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN H. F. MOELLER, a.c. P.a HOLLAND & CHICAGO LINE. Ci cae Com rects at Holland with C = zo & West Michi an for Grand Rapids, Sagi: , Lansing, a oe all Northern points on he c & W. "M. x. also with C. & W. M. for Allegan, ace Bat- tie Creek and Toiedo, via C. & W. M. and D., T. & M. railroads. The elegant and fast steamers of this line leave Holiand daily atS p. m.; leave Chicago daily at 7 p. m., making close connections at Holland inthe morning with the Northern and East bound trains. Single Round Fare, Grand Rapids to Chicago $3.15 ; Fare, Allegan to Chicago 3:15 Fare, Holland to Chicago 2.25 Berth included. Through tickets c: = be purchased at all ——— on th sir & WM. » Ge RR. & Wand DT. & M. R’ys. & W. M. ee ieaving Grand R: iis at G25 Dp, a: uly makes close connection at Holland with steamers of this line for Chicag x0. Office; No. 1 State St., Charles B. ar ~hicago. Gen’1 F. & - Agt. POOR ECONOMY It is poor economy to handle cheap flour. It is never reliable. You cannot guarantee it. You de not know whether it will make good bread or not. If it should not make good bread —and poor flour never does— your .customer will be displeased and avoid you afterwards. You can guarantee... “Lily White” Flour We authorize you to do so. It makes good bread every time. One sack sold to-day will bring customers for two sacks later on. Order some NOW. Valley City Mitling Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. 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They do not contain old, second-hand photographs of scenes of Hawaii or Cuba: but are confined entirely to appropriate pictures of our different cruisers, battleships, gunboats, etc., with full descriptions of all their important features, giving their cost, equipment, date of commission, number and sizes of guns, number of officers and men carried, etc. They also contain views with descriptions of the best Spanish boats. All the scholars in our higher schools want a set of these for their splendid historical value. There is no better way to follow the war news intelligently than with one of these portfolios at hand. The present war is so largely a naval war that every man, woman and child in the United States is interested in everything appertaining to our navy and wants one of these portfolios, and you can give them one without any cost to you or them. THINK OF IT! 25 Cents’ Worth of Soap and a 25-Cent Portfolio Sold for a Quarter And 25 Per Cent. Profit to You! 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