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Putnam, gives splendid satisfaction, and especially the part of the store where I show wall paper: customers can pick it out almost as weil as by daylight. Wishing you success, I remain H. DD HARVEY. SPROUL & McGURRIN, i] General Agents for Western Michigan. Display rooms, 184 E. Fulton St.. Grand Bapids. 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. 99 Ottawa Street. Hard Luck une is never sung by retailers who offer Queen Flake Baking Powder and Northrop Flavoring Extracts. Sold at good profit and low prices, considered, and guaranteed give entire satisfaction. Manu- Northrop, Robertson & Carrier, Lansing, [Michigan att i oe = =a ~~~. i a a J. H. Prout & 60., Proprietors of The Gity Roller Mills Howard Gity, Mich. ( 7+ 7. +. b, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in , : | Flour, Feed and Grain ( | See ? a ) Our Prout’s Best is a trade winner. Try it. , LEE LEE EO OOOO OE mT THE OWEN ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR —Absolutely automatic. Re- —quires no more care than a —small hand lamp. The only —generator manufactured in — Michigan that has been granted —a permit by the UNDERWRIT- —ERS’ INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. —For full information and prices —address the manufacturers. "Geo. F. Owen & Go, os t22i** WORLD’S BEST F C.W: 5C. CIGAR. ALL JOBBERS AND G.J.JIOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. -@ Public ovens are established on most of the residential streets of Japanese cities, where people can have their din- ners and suppers cooked for them at trifling expense. a It is nothing remarkable that citizens must have the stamps to get smoothly and safely through a war period! ‘hee 2r 770 THE PRICE OF BREAD. Nothing so clearly illustrates that the bound the fact of the whole world are together by people the golden chain of that when the price of an article of necessary daily consumption rises in any great produ cing country it in all other coun tries commerce as the fact rises demonstrated the recent rise in the price of wheat. in the United States. When the news was telegraphed across the ocean, there was a general rise of breadstuffs all over Europe. it is now realized his was strikingly Europe that when there is any deficiency in the grain crops of Russia and Hungary, which are the chief of the European wheat producers, the United States must be depended on for daily bread. The area of the wheat region of the United States is so vast that a general failure of the crop is well-nigh impos- sible, either from excessive cold in win- ter cr drought in summer, and it is be- coming well understood how essential is America to the welfare and happiness of the masses of the people in Europe. This does not depend so much upon the amount of breadstuffs America sends regularly to Europe as it does upon the fact that nearly always,in years of great crop failures, the United States has usually held the balance of power, so far as breadstuff resources were con- cerned, and in each instance their posi- tion and supply have determined the cost of the European loaf of bread, which. means the comfort and weal of the masses; for in Europe, bread and potatoes furnish about go per cent. of the nourishment of the laboring class. The profound effect of the recent rise in price of wheat in the United States is seen in the recent serious and bloody riots in Italy; inthe distress and suffer- ing in Spain; in the general dissatis- faction in Germany; in unrest and anx- iety in France, while millions of people in Russia are in need of bread; so that, while the American farmers have been full of glee at the high prices of wheat, many millions of people abroad have suffered most grievously, and millions at home have had to pay higher prices for bread with no corresponding rise in their wages. —_—__~« 9. For a nation at war to borrow $200, - 000,000 at only 3 per cent. interest and sell its bonds at par is an unprecedented thing. There is no nation in the world, except Great Britain, whose consols pay as low a rate as 2% per cent., that can get better terms from its creditors than that while there is peace. British con- sols are an indefinite loan, which adds to their value when investors face the problem of a steadily decreasing rate of interest, The United States is really second on the list to-day in respect to its National credit, for, although it pays 4 per cent. on its latest loan, this loan for 124 in the market, which makes an actual earning power of per cent. now sells Oa - There is no difficulty in finding heroes in a navy in which every man is a hero when he has a chance to be, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—Drills are somewhat more active than other brown goods, ex- cepting duck. Both duck and drilling is prohting by continued large contracts for grades suitable for Government use. Many mills have turned their whole pro- ductive capacity upon such goods. The price position of this part of the mar- ket continues very strong, but is un- changed. Denims have been the favor- ite with buyers of colored goods recent- ly, and several leading makes of nine and ten ounce goods are somewhat more firmly held than was the case two weeks ago. Plaids continue in good demand and they and stripes, checks and chev- iots are generally firm in price. Tuck- ings are rather slow of sale, and low grade staple lines are unsteady in price; fancies are not subject to fluctua- tions, owing to small accumulations, Prints and Ginghams-—New prices have been named. by nearly all agents upon new lines of fancy prints and con- siderable business has been done, but the market has not yet assumed an even price position. The reductions in prices are equivalent to a cut of Kc per yard, but several agents are offering discounts In excess of those generally granted, and som t and unsteadiness in values will probably be the result tem- porarily, This is nothing unusual at this period of the season, but will cause buyers to exercise considerable dis- cretion in placing orders until it is cor- rected. The position of mourning prints is unchanged and any early recovery to a higher price basis is rendered unlikely by the reduction of other makes of these goods tu the present level. Robes, draperies, cretonnes, etc., have moved with considerable freedom during the week, and a nice business continues to be done in napped prints. Ginghams are very active and the arrival of new makers in this neld does not appear to satiate the trade. There are no stocks of seasonable lines upon the market; in fact, many mills are behind with deliv- eries of such goods to-day. Domets and other woven napped cottons have been fairly active during the week, and are very firm in price. Dress Goods—The past week in the dress goods market has been practically a repetition of the week before. Jobbers are still very hopeful, but the amount of business transacted is very light. Or- ders which have come to hand are al- most entirely for immediate consump- tion, and unless the goods can be de- livered almost on the spot, they are not wanted. Fiannels—Flannels have been ex- tremely quiet, with the exception of blues, which have been well cleaned up for Government supplies for shirtings. The indications are that there will be a large demand for fancy woven black goods before the fall season ends. A few manufacturers have put a fabric on the market made of part cotton and part wool in matalaise or brocaded weaves, which are meeting with quite good suc- cess. These lines were but recently brought out and, to judge from the size of the initial orders on them, promise to be a feautre of the dress goods busi- ness this fall. Many of the large retail- ers are not heavily stocked for fall busi- ness, and the advent of the season must force them to become quite large buy- ers. The jobbing houses have in some cases fairly good stocks, but the size of these stocks is not formidable, and if there is the slightest foutidut.on fur tbe optimistic views expressed in many quarters, they will have to begin dupli- cating as soon as the country trade be- gins, about July 16 usually. Hose—The demand for fancy half hose at first hands has grown somewhat slack, except for immediate consumption, and it is generally thought that the condi- tions will return to those of two or three years ago, when half dozen or a dozen styles were all that were carried. a Status of the Carpet Trade. There is nothing gained in disguising the fact that certain large manufacturers of tapestries, by their recent actior, have served notice upon the smaller makers to give up the inanufacture of these goods. One large miil that ts princi- pally responsible for the present demor- alized condition of the market has the capacity to meet the total normal de- mand of the country for these goods if it be run at its highest producing power, it is only by running a mill in this man- ner that the largest economies can be conserved, and that is what the manu- facturers in question intend to do. The fight will not end with another auction if other manufacturers attempt to thwart this policy. The following article from the Carpet and Upholstery Trade Re- view discloses the feeling of the trade regarding the policy of som- we!l-known manutacturers: That the market has been disturbed through the sales at auction and sales of surplus stocks in tapestries, velvets, Axminsters, etc., goes witbout saying. That such stocks were accumulated is unfortunate for the trade, as a whole, and of doubtful benefit to the producers. The policy of running in accordance witb demand has proved beneficial to the Philadelphia manufacturers, and it would seem as if the same policy might be wisely advpted by other makers. There is no gainsaying the right of a manufacturer, or jobber, or retailer to dispose of his wares in any manner he chooses, but the buyer has an equal right to purchase according to his best judgment. From all we can learn the large majority of buyers are opposed to such violent depreciations otf values as have occurred in the goods above men- tioned. No merchant can get in and out of stock quick enough to accommodate himself to the rapid changes which have occurred in these prices during the past forty-five days, and it certainly seems judicious for the manufacturers to conserve the merchants’ interests. One can not do without the other, and the protests of merchants against the recent market changes will doubtless be heeded. The one favorable outlook is that, despite the great quantity of goods let out since May 1, there is an open ing for those makers who desire to con- tinue to sell by regular methods. While orders are not as large as usual for a season's opening, we believe the trade atmosphere will clear as the season pro- gresses and each manufacturer will find he still has an opportunity to do busi- ness. ~~ 22 Government Raisins. To Sell the Seedless California seedless raisins will likely play an important part in the rations of the army and navy. William Forsyth, of Fresno, spent a few hours in Wash- ington several days ago, and as a result of his efforts the purchasing departments of both departments practically decided to incorporate the seeded raisins in ra- tions. Forsyth was armed with argu- ments showing the value of a fruit com- ponent of the ration, and was most fa- vorably received by Commissary- General Eagan and the Chief Paymaster of the navy. He _ showed that seedless raisins contained properties which are most sought for in the ration, and that Cali- fornia could produce in unlimited quan- tities the fruit aeeded. We have a good stock to W select from: Palm Leafs in WV both cheap and good grades. WV % Japanese Folding Fans, full size, at 35c, 75c, goc, $1.25, \Y :S th ae. a 2.00 and $2.25 per dozen. The ‘‘Telescope’’ at $1.25 per dozen, are both good VW y eS at goc, W and) “Patuitza’’ S ellers. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Vy WV VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO.. WV W WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W FOUTLH OF JUMt Decorations Flags on Sticks, or Unmounted Bunting, 314 cents to 8 cents per yard. P. STEKETEE & SONS, Jobbers, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2S SSF SOS CS OTS eSeS ews ewasn BASS SSS SS ES BS BS SSCS CSAS SSR SRS SASS J ng Dealers don’t keep our goods; they SELL them. A AY Z Carpets: Dy Uy } A Me ' All grades cut at wholesale. DT ¥ 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 AY ship your order the same day as received a a —sewed if desired. in OVER 3,000 DEALERS are now han- a A dling our carpets profitably. Letus start JN Q&Y you to success. adi For One Dollar ! We will send you a book of Carpet Sam- AY, ye ples containing about 50 patterns—size fpf] Rw 9x18 inches. These samples are cut (6) ae from the roll, so you can guarantee every QF py carpet as represented—in style, color and Dy ANY quality. No picture scheme or Misrep- ( e resentation. Every sample is finished, Ne i numbered and quality specified on ticket, {py NG so you can make no mistake when order- Ie ws ing. Wealso make up books as above, Q¥ Be 18x18 in., which we will furnish KG) x For Three Dollars A | This size is very popular, as the patterns show up beautifully. If you. %& prefer large samples we will cut them any length desired at the price of p the goods per yard. We have the best-selling goods on earth. Don't a wait, order samples at once; it will be to your interest and we want you a to represent us. p HENRY NOEE & CO., su % SOUTHEAST CORNER MARKET & MONROE STS., CHICAGO. Q RUS Es reese SE) Complete price list and telegraph code will be sent with samples. ? Rumor Grew. 3111--** 1 understand that you told Gill that you raised some potatoes on your place as big as my head.’’ Jill—' No; I never said as big as your head ; only as big as your brain.’’ Established 1780. Walter Baker & Co, LTD. Dorchester, Mass. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers or PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES on this Continent. anes No Chemicals are used in Trade-Mark. their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put up in Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best plain chocolate in the market for family use. Their German Sweet Chocolate is good te eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri. tious, and healthful; a great favorite with children. | Buyers should ask for and be sure that they | get the genuine soods. The above trade-mark is on every package. ‘Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass. { pot ses ssesesesesesrsese J 252529 Elgin System ? cf Creameries ikagacaEeseSaGes disused LADIES’ AND GENTS’ SUMMER NECKWEAR. the latest Send in your orders for National Colors in Bows, Clubs and Four-in-hands. It will pay you to investi nl gate our plans and visit our a factories if you are contem Uy} plating building a Creamery IF or Cheese factory. All sup fu plies furnished at lowest i prices. Correspondence so- nu licited. uy | fr 4) R. E. Sturgis, Altegan, Mich. iL _ Contractor and Builder of Butter mu | in and Cheese Factories, and Dealer a nu in Supplies. oe Sy SSeE>5P525"Se25e25e5eSesSersey a v - 4 4) W - & SPAIN % a W a VILL v 3 Wi : a Ww x SETTLE {3% a W A W A Ww a crotch w My W Ay WY A i a, oA ° W A Dwight’s Liquid Bluing A v As never settles. W Ay W “ay 7] AS wv A oe . A wv . Manufactured by W i. Ww “a , ' ‘ W #% The Wolverine Spice Co., ¥ a ti \ W AN Grand Rapids, Mich. y a EH aR a Vv VSSSSSSSSSTSSSSSTESSTSSES ENTERPRISE NECKWEAR CO., KORTLANDER BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. styles, also To Merchants: good } I book send single suits, either ready to wear or order. and do not sell through agents. merc we do not need to sail the Empire Manufacturers of Clothing, or American gul Tailor, or our firm is well and favorably known. our next a larger demand supply. We have a sample book that we will furnish without charge express prepaid to any merchant who wishes to take orders for made to We manufacture all our own Clothing, We sell to We the in the market, and are so well known that hants only. furnish them best under false colors like Tailors, or Royal Black Snake Mon- the Black Horse Tailors, etc. We have been established twenty-five years, and Can you use a book of samples to advantage? If so, in your application and we will send you book which will be ready July st. Our spring and summer books are all placed. Get your application in early, for we will have for our books than we can Yours very truly, Work Bros. & Co., Cor. Jackson and Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill. 4. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN = round the Siate ieemete of chin. Monterey—A. B. removed his grocery stock to Hopkins Station. Towne has Clifford—Sanford & Seaman have pur- chased the A. R. Pulling hardware stock, Albion—A. J. Howard & Co. have purchased the grocery stock of Smith W. Hill. Jackson—Isaac S. Given, boot and shoe dealer, has removed to Daven- port, ia. Marg uette—F. L. Herlick & Ce gr cers, have dissolved, F. L ceeding. Cheboygan—M. J. Cain has c out his furniture stock and retir busines Saginaw—Hemmeter & shortly open a confectioney store at Court strect. Big Rapids—R. W. Rastall will re stock to wm n Reith will . } rr } 4 ) jewelry Kalamazoo Delfs has opened news Store at 125 Michi- \llegan—George H. West has opened ] ck in the corner room of the melker and Len } + the meat busi- DuSaar bas solid his drug business to J. F. Turner & Co., who have increased the stock. Alma—Judson Losey, of Yale, has sien in the jewelry and musical in- trument business at this place. Collins taken the meat business heretofore by O. Forsberg & Co. Gaylord—Johnson & McFayden suc- ceed Wolverton & McFayden in the gro- cery, crockery and teed business. W. Teezel has sold his jewelry stock to G. W. Haydon, but will remain in charge of the business. Croarkin, for many years engaged in the grocery business at this place, has sold his stock to P. Sloan & Co, Byron—A. F, eon —Sam has } contro! ot conducted Benton Harbor—C. Dexter—] ohn Hunt has purchased the interest of his partners in the Byron Ex- change Bank and will continue the busi- ness alone. Fowler—Feldpausch & Geller, meat dealers, will remove into the double store building now g built for them abx July 1. aie —Leedle Bros., of Fowler- ville, have purchased the hardware stock of Cook Bros. and will continue the business at the same location. has L. Crane and the business at the same Crane Phelps stock of }. continue location. Mr. Chicago. Detroit— tihed to Honor-—H. T. purchased the general will will remove to has cer- Clerk that the prop- franchises of the corporation have been sold, and that the company has ceased to do business. st. Ignace-—John Quance has_ pur- chased the news and confectionery stock of Hi. B. Cornell and, in company with bis brother William, continue the business at the same location. Port Huron—Armstrong & Graves, who have been engaged in the wholesale grocery business here for the last twelve -The Lyon Bros. Co. the County } City and will years, will shortly retire from trade. They give as their reason that the Margin on groceries is so small that it is impossible for a small jobbing house to make a success of the business. , Brace & Co., whole- grocers of Detroit, olicreu ron Dawes, of this city, the positien (Uprer Peninsula traveling represent ive, with a Salary of $1,500 a year. -Andrew Bram, who has been several clerk for S. D. North, has opened a drug Arthur T. Ellsworth will have charge of the pharmacy department. Addison— Butter was never so much of the market as at present. There is absolutely uo sale for it here, sod dairy Phelps ).VOsS0 have Hancock years a new store here. a drug in : , all grocers being sto. ked,and gi DUITEr is #o0iIng begging at og Cents a 30 id L David Betka and George Turgeon have purchased the Robert Peterson meat market, which was sold a short time ago Mussler. Mr. has purchased the meat busi- to Geo. Peterson mess of C: L. Brown & Co. and will continue the business at the same loca 110n. Morenci—The business men of tte nctly understood that sitively will do no their places of busi- ness on Sunday. A ple ae to this effect : by nearly every man representing a business in Morenci. village wish it disti nereaiter they pc 1 business nor be at arrest of a Courad } i The prominent o, for selling short weigh bread, has led to the discovery numerous Detroit bakers have re- sorted to the deception to avoid advan- cing the price of loaves. The alleged shortage 1s three ounces toa pound. Recorder Chambers asserts that he will prosecute the case vigorously. one to Menominee—George Morley, of the firm of Morley Bros. (Saginaw), and President of the Menominee Hardware Co , was in the city a few days ago and placed E. b. Norris, an old employe of Morley Bros., in charge of the store here as manager. The work of taking inventory of stock 1s now progressing under his direction, assisted by Mr. Hastings. Mr. Heinrichs will continue as traveling solicitor and salesman. Pontiac--W. J. Fisher has sold his drug stock to Chas. M. Smith, who for twelve years has been traveling sales- man for T. H. Hinchman Sons & Co., of Detroit. The store was for many years conducted by A. Parker, and is yet known to many asthe ‘‘Parker’’ drug store. It afterwards passed into the hands of Woodward & Payne, then the C. |. Payne ©o., trom) whom it passed into the hands of the late owner, who sold it to Mr. Smith, The new proprietor will not give up his job with the Michigan Drug Co. The store will be conducted under the charge of Guy Walters, formerly of Clarkston, but re- cently an employe of the Michigan Drug Co. Manufacturing Matters. Tecumsen—C. A. Slayton will shortly erect a grain elevator with a capacity of 10,000 bushels, Zeeland—The South Ottawa Cheese Co. has put in a Separator, so as to be able to make butter as well as cheese, if necessary. Holland—The three-story brick addi- tion to the West Michigan Furniture Co.’s plant will be compieted in about two weeks. The dimensions are 75x150 feet. Grand Ledge— The Grand Ledge Can- ning Co. has been reorganized under the style of the Grand Ledge Canning & Preserving Co., the stockholders being J. W. Sisco, A. T. Holmes, Al B. Shu- maker, W. R. Clark, B. W. Kennedy and W. Rollee. City—C. A. Withey pidul oi pe Hi. Au- Reed Chascd i9€ cACcisiui drews & Co. and shipped it to Harrietta, where it will be operated in connection with the shingle mill of H. M. Patrick. Manistee—The Buckley & Douglas Lumber Co. is preparing storage room for 10,000 barrels of salt in addition to its present capacity of 300,000 barrels, and is packing out 2,500 barrels daily. Bay City—The mill of the Hitchcock Lumber Co, started operations for the last Thursday, with a crew of thirty-six hands. It is expected the plaut wiil run steadily through the sea- son. Saginaw—Fred and Harry Frazee have patented and begun the manufac- ture of a safety casket hook. The de- vice consists of two nickel-plated hooks attached to either end of a oak bar. Manistee—Louis Sands iS in Operation, season steel short new sawmill but running only the circular at present, on hemlock, and getting out timber and material for the new salt block to replace the one burned recently Muskegon--After a thorough investi- gation of the beet sugar industry, the Chamber of Commerce is willing to take steps toward the erection of a fac- tory if the farmers will agree to grow the beets. Battle Creek—The Batile Creek Steam Pump Co, is doubling the capacity of its foundry by the addition of a new building, 60x60 feet in dimensions, which will be equipped with a traveling train and air hoist. Saginaw—The Saginaw Salt Co. has started its plant with a night shift. This concern is having a phenomenal trade this season, having nearly closed out all of the old stock on the mill docks. The company does a large yard business, Bad Axe—Samuel Robinson is build- ing a saw and shingle mill on the Mertz branch of the Lewiston branch of the Michigan Central about ten miles from Grayling. He purchased what is known as the King timber tract and expects to cut 30,000 feet of lumber and 40,000 shingles daily. Detroit—Freidman & Forester, manu- facturers of knit goods at Louis, Mo., want to move to Detroit and are negotiating for a cite through real estate dealers here. The firm wishes to erect a three or four-story factory building, where 100 hands will be employed. No bonus is asked. Onaway—Kelley & Williams have completed their contract with C. A, Miller & Co. and have already begun Sawing 300,000 feet of basswood logs for H. Dickerson. The mill will be re- stocked at once. C. A. Miller & Co. are building a pole track from the mill to a tract of timber 120 rods away. Bay City—The E. J. Vance Box Co. has made arrangements to rebuild its box factory on North Madison avenue, on the site of the factory destroyed by fire about a month ago. The new plant will be larger than the old one, cover- ing a ground space of 140x128 feet. The work of rebuilding is now in progress. Pentwater—The largest business deal ever closed up in Pentwater was con- summated last week when E. G. Max- well completed the sale of his entire in- terests in the Sands & Maxwell Lum- ber Co, and the Pentwater Bedstead Co., and A. W. Newark became a member of the corporation. The deal has been contemplated for some time. Mr. Max- well came to Pentwater in June, 1863, thirty-five years ago, aud became con- Lumber & ;siuce mected with the corporaticn in 1875, UGC tu ip which time he harness every day, helping to build up the business which has assumed such mammoth proportions. Bay City—There has been a very good trade in hardwood lumber and the stock of dry lumber is pretty weil cleared up. There was not so large a stock of hard- wood logs put in last winter as was ex- pected, owing to the deep snow and its sudden disappearance. Pricesare firm, particularly for oak and ash. There has not been much call for maple, but bass- wood moves freely and rock elm is firm. Eight hun thousand feet of bass- Nas dred wood will be shipped next week from Black River to Oswego. > eo > Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association held at the office of the Tradesman Company on Tuesday evening, June 20, Vice-Fresident Wagner presided, Alex Ekkens, grocer at 343 West Bridge street, applied for admission in the Associ: ation and was accepted. The Executive Committee reported that it had held a meeting at Sweet’s Hotel the previous Friday evening and unanimously adopted the following reso- lution, which had already been furnished the dail y papers: Whereas—The price of bread was _ re- cently advanced by the bakers to meet the increased price in flour; and Whereas—The price of wheat has lately declined to nearly the former basis, while bread still remains at the high figure; therefore Resolved—That we place ourselves on record as opposed to a continuance of the present price, believing that bread should be reduced at least 1 cent a loaf in order to se yr the present disparity between flour and bread. The action of the Committee was commended and the members noted, with pleasure, that it has had the de- sired result, inasmuch as the bakers had decided to reduce their retail price from 6 to § cents and the wholesale price from 5 to 4 cents, Secretary Klap made a report of his recent trip to Grand Haven, made at the instance of the Committee on Pienic, and stated that everything that could be done to render the event an enjoyable o.e would be undertaken by the retail dealers of Grand Haven in case that — was selected as the place of hold- ng the picnic. Chairman W agner, of the Committee on Picnic, reported progress in the mat- ter of negotiating for a special train on the Grand Trunk Railway and was given further time. Mr. Wagner asserted that the selection of Grand Haven for the place of picnic would be the means of cementing the friendship already exist- ing between the retail dealers of the two cities, and that if the invitation of the Grand Haven dealers was accepted, he would insist upon Grand Rapids recip- rocating in the same way next year. B. S. Harris thought that a 50 cent railway rate would attract a large crowd. Mr. Lehman recommended that Presi- dent Katz, Secretary Hilber and Treas- urer Hufford, of the Retail Meat Deal- ers’ Association, be invited to be pres- ent at the next meeting to act in behalf of the butchers in making the prelimi- nary arrangements for the picnic, On motion of Mr. Lehman, it was de- cided to hold a special meeting next Tuesday evening to complete the ar- rangements The Secretary was inp- structed to issue cards, urging every member to attend the meeting and also advising that the following prices be observed in the sale of fruit jars: Pints, 60 cents; quarts, 65 cents; half gallons, 75 cents, There being no further business meeting adjourned. > © Gillies’ New York teas. All kinds, grades and prices. Phone Visner, 800. o> ee the A bridle for a woman’s tongue isa necessary part of her harness. = MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip The Grocery Mar«et. Sugar—The guarantee that there will be no lower prices this month has tended to make the steady. There is some speculation over the effect on prices which the war tax of one-fourth of 1 of the refiners Per Cent. On Sugar refiners is likely to have. This isa small percentage, but the Trust is not given to paying even small expenses where it can foist them on trade or consumers. Whether they will follow their custom in this particular case remains to be seen. the grocery Tea—Cables from Japan state that the price of the new crop has advanced instead of declined, the cause being that the cost of native living has ad- vanced in Japan, and higher prices for tea are necessary to make both meet. The first crop is said to be the smallest for nine years, and consequent- ly the advances will be maintained on the first new teas at any rate. On the sec- ond-crop teas the future is uncertain. ends Coffee—The movement is good, rather better because the stocks bought under the very low prices are now being ex- hausted to some extent. The demand better on bulk goods, but still runs large- ly to package coffees. No report from the Brazil fields goes to indicate that there will be reason to look for higher prices. Canned Goods—New peas are firm and active on reports of short crop and short pack, grades. = of the higher Some packers advanced 5c per dozen on these during the a Further advances may occur. Spot to Mmatoes are very dull and weak. It is said that some holders offered to shade the price, but no sales weremade. The Government contracts for three-pound goods, which are expected to be awarded any day, will probably stiffen the mar- ket. Whether they will actually advance depends on the size of the orders. Fu- ture tomatoes are quiet, but are firmer than spot. Spotcorn is very dull at un- changed prices. Future dead. Peaches are in small The high prices of the new Californias curtail the demand what. No prices on Eastern have yet been made. corm is also demand. pack of some- futures Dried Fruits—An association of Cali- fornia raisin growers has been formed which promises to hold the market more steady the coming season, and also hold more of the profits for the growers. This will not be necessarily an evil to the market at Lae. if it is not over done. This association is to products, with a selling committee of seven. The committee are authorized to sell the raisins in the sweat box ata minimum of 2'%4c, or may sell at discretion in such ncilenls and ats times as their best judgment shall dic- tate. The grower will give one or the other of these options to the committee when he sends in his fruit. The packers are said to favor this the growers. pool its price suc h raisin move of Rice—Foreign markets -are very firm and Southern handlers are very conserv- ative. Holders are asking full prices. Syrups and Molasses—There is com- paratively no sugar syrup in first hands, but the market has still been weaker. somewhat Whether there is a decline de- pends on the output. Very little lasses is selling, and prices are un- changed. Fluctuations are hardly likely in the near future, although there is a decided scarcity of fine grades. mo- market | Salt Fish—Receipts of old mackerel during the past week have been some- what larger, but the tsh have been thin and of undesirable quality, mand for fall-caught mackerel seems to be improving. No further change in price is expected during the coming week. Cod is dull at unchanged prices. Lake fish is still firm and with only a moderate demand. Salmon isa litile stiffer on account of the Government contracts, and as stocks begin to be taken will probably advance. Domestic sardines have reacted from the lowest point about 10 cents per dozen. 8 The Produce Market. Bananas—No lack of stock is com- plained of. The war thus far has done little but to frighten prices into a higher level. The movement is very gcod, probably as heavy as it will be for any month of the year. The street sale is arge, and shipping demand ts good. Beet Greens—20@25c 9 bu. seets—New, 25c per doz. bunches. Blackberries—The home grown crop promises to be large in size and fine in quality, unless there should be a drought. It will begin to come in within three weeks. Butter—-All grades are a little stronger and higher. Factory creamery com- mands 16c, fancy dairy to@12c and packing stock 8@oc. Cabbage— Home grown supply at 5oc per doz. Cairo commands $1.25 for 3 doz. crate and Mississippi $1.50 for 5 doz. crate. Celery—25c per bunch. Offerings are fine in quality and excellent in flavor. Carrots—15@2oc per doz. bunches, Cherries—75@ooc per crate of 16 qts for red or black. Cocoanuts-—4@5c. Cucumbers—4o@5oc per doz. for home grown. Eggs—Local dealers pay 8c on track, holding case count at 9c and candled at gece. Gooseberries—60@75c per crate of 16 ats. Green Onions—toc per doz. for silver skins. Green Peas—60@75 grown, Honev-—-Dark ranges from Light stock commands 1t2c. Lemons—Prices are advancing rap- idly, with prospect of further advances The season is right for a large sale, and is In meager c per bu. for home g@toc. the demand good. Both Messinas and Californias are in good demand and both have advunced. Top price on fancy Messinas is $5 per box. Lettuce—25c per bu. for head. Onions—Dry stock from Mississippi commands $2.25 per sack; California, $2.50 per sack. Oranges—Very few good navels are left in this market, but there is a good supply of Mediterranean sweets and seedlings. Pieplant—30@4oc per package of about 50 Ibs. Pineapples—Floridas, $1.25@1.75 doz. Pop Corn—5soc per bu. Potatoes—Old stock is pretty well played out, the price having declined ioc during the past week, being now held at 50c. New stock fetches 75@85c per bu. and $2 25@2.50 per bbl. Radishes—toc per doz. bunches. Raspberries—Home grown will begin to come in next week. The crop will be large in size and the yield ts ex- pected to be the largest ever known. Strawberries—The crop is pretty well cleaned up, present offerings being in- ferior in size but superior in quality to last week’s receipts. Price ranges from 50@75c per 16 qt. crate. Tomatoes—$1 per 4 basket crate. Wax Beans—$! per bu. Watermelons—-—25@35c apiece for choice Georgia stock. —_—~—_$~»> 2 > _____ Strategy is always demanding that the ocean cables shall be cut in one place and mended in another. a The free lunch attracts more men than the church festival. ; Libera! Subscriptions Made by Local | ‘The de} THE NEW BONDS. investors The postoffice are the Spar banks, express companies and receiving subscriptions for and the total sub- ‘nt from this city wiil prob- These sub- represent Grard ish war loa scriptions Se ably exceed $1,000,000. | not Rapids capital exclusively scriptions Wi , but will Western here to be in- Michigan forwarded clude orders from generally, sent in instead of through focal Michigan Trust forwarded subscr channels. The Company has already the amount er banking insti- but The subscrip- Iptions to of $400,000 and the oth tutions have also sent in orders, not to so large an amount. tions will not close until July 14 J ry } + eT “ The bonds bear 3 per cent interest, payable twenty vears, subject after ter semi-annually, and are due in tO call - 1 years. - will be in de- nominations of § > s-A° ye | S100, $500 and registe pr bonds v $1,000, and t be in the same denomination and also $5,000 and $10,000. will be awarded in full, but above amount the award The issue will scribed and the larger mr Subscriptions up to $s00 that is subject to reduc- be hea ver- subscriptions will tion. vily undoubtedly be cut down. The largest subscription sent from this city up to date is one of $50,000. Many orders ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 have t forwarded and many of the smaller de- nomin have been asked for and the money in payment therefor has been deposited. The been ations small subscriptions are especially encouraged, not only by the Government but by the banks re ceiving subscriptions. To have the bonds widely scattered and in the hands of the people is looked upon as a thing, not only for the Government for the people. good but The purely desea aii tions and the bonds will probably reach : lf or three- quarters of a million, and if the shall be al for, bonds awarded as it will take a considerable amecunt of ready money out of town. The banks are pretty well loaded with funds at the present time, even although there has been a marked improvement in the con- ditions in the past three months. Inter- est rates have preceptibly stiffened since the first of the year and no longer can a customer get what practically his own Grawal of a half the local banks would havea still further stiffening influence, but it 1s probable the money would flow back again before long in channels. The savings banks have not yet feit the effect of deposit withdrawals for bond sub- scriptions, but of the National banks have seen their certificates of de- posit account go down. money he wants on The with- million or more from terms various trade some The savings banks pay 3 and 4 per cent. on deposits and the deposits can be added to or withdrawn at any time. The bonds, registered, are unless not very desirable for small investors, be- cause they are as perishable as would + be greenbacks. If an ordinary coupon bond should be destroyed or stolen it would be gone beyond recovery, but by having it registered the danger from loss would be removed. The bonds may be registered without extra charge by observing the usual formalities—even the bonds of the smallest denomination, One difference between a coupon and a registered bond is that in the former the holder clips all the coupons as they fall |due and deposits them in the bank and |!in the registered bonds the interest is paid in drafts that come from Wash ington, where the bonds are. recorded. the new bonds are offered at par and when the country shall return to a peace t they will In fact, a New offered to take the premium of 1 per cent. The footing, it is probable com- mand a premium York Syndicate entire is- suc at a four per cents. of 1925 are now quoted at 124, making the net interest rate about 23 per cent., and > bee as high as 129, or or per cent. basis. The new 3’s may go to 104 or 105, and it is in expectation of this premium that some of the suks« are made, riptions on the theory that it will bea very safe speculation. 1 } al | Be | ean ai i ll ] . LHC 10Cal DaAnKkS WIIl SUDSCTIDE iiber- ally to the bonds, but have not yet spec- ified their wants. The aggregate will probably reach upwards of a quarter of a million dol llars. *L, war tax has not as yet been Hc Hew yt felt except in tobacco and beer circles, but about July 1 the people will begin to realize that war is not only h—I, but aluxury. The stamp tax on checks, drafts, notes, deeds, mortgages and other instruments of the business world then be a, S 1) on Will will applied, and that a war is become a reality that will remind some of the older business men of the unpleasantness of a gen The stamp tax will net a very able reveuue. One of the | consider- ~ 1 hi ~ ocal banks receives an average of 690 checks daily drawn by its own customers and handles about 1,800 foreign checks and drafts each day. A 2 per cent. stamp on each piece would repre a revenue of about $48 a day for the Government from this bank alone, and this bank is nly one of thousands in the country. The tax will probably curtail the use of espec in the tally checks to some extent, Hs. yayment of small bills a Bell Telephone Service an Expensive Luxury. In connection with the recent confla- fration at South Grand Ranids, the probable loss occurring cause of the unreasonable failure tele- phone to connect ie- partment system is Jar- — When the first engine failed to 1oned over the Bell } Co.'s limes to This He ne: No 1 of switch- message eived at } Was fet engine house, where, instead ing the call over to the bouse from which } the engine was sent and enabling the order to be taken direct, as is the case with the Citizens lines, the message had to be repeated, which prevented the information in regard to the first engine which, if known, first engine to be and, possibly, have saved the Hake Manufacturing Co.'s This esult should cause the Police and Fire the Bell better service not working properly, would have enabled soar used building. Commission to discontinue Co.'s phone entirely, as and results are obtained over the lines owned by our own citizens. —~o 8 <> a E. J. Manshum, whose grocery stock fire has re-engaged in business in his barn, pending the erec- tion of a new store building at the cor- ner of South Division street, one-half mile east of Fisher. The Ball Barnhart- Putman Co. furnished the stock. —__<@—9@<____ No man need stand around the Gov- ernor’s office waiting for greatness to at Fisher Station about two weeks ago, was destroyed by be thrust upon him. en eM 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Heart Stories That No Eye Can See. I dare say I recall an experience I share in common with thousands of other women when [I say that the first novel I ever read was ‘‘Beulah.’’ I come of serious-minded people who be- lieve in serious literature, and to this day the word ‘‘library’’ suggests to me bookcases filled with glum-looking calf- bound books—commentaries on_ the Bible, Rollin’s Ancient History, the Works of Josephus, Gibbon’s Rome—all the books that are so instructive, and would be so good for us if we only read them. I had nibbled at these, likea very small mouse at a particularly big hard cheese, — one day I came across ‘‘ Beulah,’’ distinctly frivol us in pink muslin and - comfortable type. Imagine the delight of a book-hungry, morbidly-sympathetic girl-child of ten in such a treasure-trove. I read the first page tentatively and experimental- ly, the second with rapture, and lo, a new heaven and a new earth had opened p before me and I had been made free in all the fairy world of romance. As I rec t now, Beulah wasa kind of chills- and-ague a generally-unhealthy sort of ers¢ who had troubles and persecu- | aha a tions to burn. At any te, I know I had a perfectly heavenly me for two or three days weeping over her woes, and | well recall how one evening | had curied up on a couch te enjoy a few more afflictions before be- ing sent be I had reached that part of the na ive when Beulah c pack up ber uncomfortable conscience lec ides to and leave the doctor’s luxurious house in search of fresh misery. She loves him and he wildly adores her, but, with the inexplicable denseness of heroes ir fiction, they persist in misunderstand- ing each other, and in making remarks to each cther that are enough to seer a wooden heart. It is a moving passage, and I was simply revelling in it, with the tears running down unheeded on my little blue pinafore, when in marched my father. He gave one anxious glance at my mournful countenance, and then, discovering my woes to be purely vi- carious, he tossed the offending novel up on top of a high armoir, where it may be to this very day, for all I know. For weary nights I lay awake speculating upon the fate of the hapless heroine, but I never knew anything for certain, for I have never finished reading it. experience with un- finished stories. Unimportant enough, but somehow it always comes back to me witha kind of haunting pathos, it is so prophetic of all those other stories in real life we come to know as we grow older. Sometimes it is just a line of ro- mance we read in our neighbor’s face; sometimes in the dusk when the heart faints under its load and cries out for comprebension and sympathy, a whole page is spread out before our eyes; sometimes we read, with smiles, the gay beginning of a romance and_ often, threugh our tears, we watch Death write ‘‘The end’’ at the bottom of a chapter that we thought had hardly commenced, it was so short, but always it is an un- finished story that we only know in part. So began my We may have thought the people about us the very essence of the commonplace, and then in a sudden quick word, or a glance that is like a momentary lifting of the veil that hides the soul, there is revealed a story that is sweet with love, or grand with heroism, or bitter with the hopelessness of despair. We don’t see it all. We may not know the com- mencement, we shall never know the end, but it is a part of the romance that keeps the heart of the world sweet. Perhaps if we knew all the unfinished stories about us no one would seem dull. The coarse-grained, slovenly, hideous creature who keeps the fruit stall at the corner of my street, and who is a trav- esty on womanhood almost, saves the finest peach, the most luscious bunch of grapes, for the poor crippled little waif who hobbles by on his crutch. To him alone of all the world her voice softens and her hand is tender, and I wonder, seeing her, what it is that she remem- bers. Is it some babe that once lay upon her breast for an hour, and then stole back to the heaven whence it came? Or remembering her own bitter childhood when she shrank away from blows and cowered under the threats of some brutal taskmaster, and so has pity on a weak and helpless creature? is she Of one thing I am sure, that if we could know these stories of which we only catch glimpses of what others have borne, what wrongs they have suffered, what they have forgiven, we should be less quick to condemn. Most of us have had lessons about this. Once I lived near a woman whose parsimony was the gossip of the neighborhood. We mocked her shabby attire, we ridiculed the age of her bonnet, we criticised the hard bargain she drove with the market woman for the handful of cheap vege- tables she bought for her poor food. Everyone knew her to be possessed of considerable wealth, and so we thought her nothing more nor less than a miser. Finally, she died—from lack of proper comforts, the doctor said, and then there was a little lifting of the veil and we knew we had an unhonored= martyr amongst us. A man from a distant city came to the funeral, and he told of a brother of whom we had not even heard, a dishonest, weak creature who had made way with money intrusted to his care, and his sister had given a_ whole lifetime to standing between him and jisgrace. Do you ever think, when you see a woman following meekly along in the wake of some braggart and self-asserting man, or when you see a wife start when fer husband suddenly speaks to her and a look of fear comes creeping up in her eyes, do you ever think what a story of bulldozing and intimidation is behind that? Sometimes | hear a woman say that it dcesn t matter what she wears, nobody ever notices it, or that her hus- band never praises her, or notices her housekeeping except to find fault, and then, no matter bow fortunately she is situated, no matter how fine her gowns, or how fashionable the location of her house, I know I am looking on a bit of a domestic tragedy that is just as deep and dark and bitter as can be woven out of the woof and warp of a woman's disappointed hope and love. And when a well-to-do woman gets up ina public meeting and says she can’t join so and so, or give her mite to such and such a charity until she asks her husband, we all know that we have a glimpse of an oppression and slavery that is all the bitterer because it masks in the guise of freedom, and that some day we are go- ing to see a mighty reconciled and cheerful widow enjoying insurance money. Life writes its stories in unexpected places. Sometimes it is the friend who bas riches and fine position and all, ap- parently, that Fate can give of good things except the one thing of all the CMQOHMQOQDOOQDODOODQOOQOOOQOOQOOOS® > BERRY >CRATES & TuEo. B. Goossen’s WRITE FOR PRICES. HDOOQOOQOOO®D DOHOQDOQOOQDOOQOQDO©OO® CHEAP AT POOD©DOQQDOOOQOOGOOO GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GEEELLLLLLLAILLLIRLIRILG®) L Ont Piclure Cords : unique designs, which we are offering at right prices. Samples cheerfully sent on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. TOTS SSS S TSS S SOS TOS SSS Ae RSH ron te adon tsa On POSTAQTATD - ONEXCENTD For only one cent you can have an expert examine YOUR LEAKY ROOF and tell you why it leaks and how much it will cost “to stop that hole.”’ We have had 28 years’ ex- perience in this business, and are reliable and responsible. We have men traveling and can send them to you on short notice. All kinds of roofs put on and repaired by H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE, CAMPAU & LOUIS. DETROIT OFFICE, FOOT OF THIRD STREET. ONLY ished. Has THE WHOLESALE FURNITURE handy reference each drawer, is locked automaticaily. wholesale price to you is $13.75. $13.75 Bi This Desk, 30 inches wide; 50 inches deep; 50 inches high. Made of selected oak, of choice grain, and beautifully fin- every convenience for filing private papers for Workmanship high grade in every partic- ular. By closing the roll top the entire desk, including We would recom- mend dealers to sell the above desk at $18 to $20. Our Our large catalogue containing full line mailed on receipt of 4 one-cent stamps. ADDEESS IN FULL COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. SS SSS SSS 333s sssssssssssa CC ee eee 14 \V AN . W M\\ WV AN W AN W wn W WSSSSSSsSSsccce W hr = cabs 4 = aN Sit an AN handled by 4 \ stores. e WHEAT AN Grand NN “er “ere WN ion of Diamonp WINTER W \ Current. \ ® Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., ¥ its merits. Not WV department W Worthy compan- WV Frowr. W rN Note quotations in Price W Rapids, Mich. Ww SES DF LL. LL. LO LO Me MMe ML. Le LO Le Me Ly 2a se ae ee Pe ea ee ee ee MEA HAS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN v world that can satisfy her heart. Ton! Hardware Dealers as Cycle Agents. envy her, not knowing, and then in some mement when the quick thought flashes to answer some subtle touch in a play or a song you see—what is it? Something intangible, formless, inde- scribable, but you know that sometime, somehow, there has been a story in that life, and that there are doors in the soul that have been shut and barred hold prisoner the secret deep love and loneliness. Or it may be only the little music teacher who has a roota next yours in some shabby boardinghouse. Surely she and romance have nothing to do with each other. Old and ugly, ungraceful, with no flower of sweetness or beauty, she seems the most uninteresting thing in all the world. Not even music in her soul, you say contemptuously, as you listen to the maddening iteration cf her counting for the scrubby little children who come to pound discord out of the piano. One—two—three, one—two— three, one—two-—three. You listen and listen, and then one day you hear her playing in the twilight, when she has forgotten you and the world and is alone with her own soul. The music went creeping through the dark and musty hall, like a ghost groping its way back to earth among half-forgotten scenes. No need to tell you that you were listen- ing to her story. You heard it in every trembling note. There were grand, brave chords, triumphal, as if she, too, had hoped and believed in a golden fu- ture. There were clear notes of joy, and ringing laughter as if the spring- time and life had once belonged to her, and then the music grew softly sweet and strangly wistful, and the heart sent out its half-articulate, pleading cry to its mate, and then suddenly the hancis fell upon the keys with a crash and there was no sound except a woman sobbing in the dark. The next day, when you passed her on the stair, her face was as hard and set and impassive as ever, as if she dared you to know what you had heard. And so the world goes by, each heart to of the heart's with its own story, that its neighbor tries to spell out in some blundering fashion, but that we can never know in full, and that must be forever a mystery until God himself writes ‘‘Finis’’ at the end of all our unfinished stories. DoroTHy Dix, > 0. Do Not Propose to Buy Trade Here- after. The Detroit City Salesmen's Associa- tion at their last meeting passed the following resolution: Whereas——-The practice common among the retail merchants of this city of asking city salesmen to buy raffle, gift or benefit tickets as an implied pre- requisite to trade, although, perhaps, not having the appearance of injustice in the eyes of the merchants, has be- come a heavy financial burden to the salesmen; and believing also that this practice is stultifying to the manhood, not only of the merchants but of the salesmen as well; be it therefore Resolved—That from this time the members of this Association will refrain from purchasing, for the purpose of se- curing trade, any such raffle, gift or benefit tickets. —_— 2» —_ He eats More for Eggs. ‘How do you sell eggs?’’ asked a woman of her groceryman. Ce ighteen cents a dozen—war prices, you know.”’ ‘But what difference does war make with the hens?’’ ‘‘Why, don’t you see, all the black Spanish hens have been killed off, and they were the greatest layers of any breed we had.’’ It is inconceivable that the makers | of first-class bicycles, even those hav- ing an established reputation, of many years’ expenditure should reach a point that profitable results, which should form a crown to all successful effort, can be reached without some systematic an sustained methods to interest the hardware trade. It is to be hoped, when planning the campaign for the coming season, that a greater degree of attention will be given to the desirability of agencies for the leading wheels being located among the dealers in hardware in every enterpri- sing town. Make it interesting in some way to these reputable dealers, so that many may find it to their advantage to be the one house in any town to sell a particu- lar wheel. Avoid making any arbitrary rules and distinctions, usually repelling in their nature, beyond naming an es tablished price. Make the terms corres- pond with other seasonable goods, which make it unnecessary to pay for the goods almost before they are ready for the trade, or else suffer pecuniarily to the extent of a compulsory cash dis- of money, where they fee! count, Upon some such terms the several makes of high grade wheels could be successfully and economically marketed ; a wider distribution would possibly re- sult therefrom, and when a loss was made, it would not be of such an ex- tensive character as to jeopardize the existence of the company represented. Let the cheaper low-grade wheels, only, seek department store channels for sale and distribution. There are few things that have so stultified the progress of marketing wheels of world-wide rep utation, under commendable auspices, than the fact that high-grade, unques- tionably superior cycles succumbed to the bargain counter moguls and decided to reach the public through such ques tionable representation. The hardware dealers of the country are a reputable body of long-established houses, possessing character, probity and honesty, backed up by capital and credit worthy of their honorable record. Contracts involving thousands of dollars of liability have every season been en- tered into by them under conditions and terms that have been scrupulously ad- hered to. If there is any one thing in which they would be found different from the usual run of bicycle agents, it would be a palpable lack of that ir- responsibility which has_ invariably been the distinguishing feature of \ocal aspirants for agency honors not already in established business, The 20,000 to 25,000 hardware dealers present a phalanx of workers from which a selection of agents could be ob- tained, the efforts of whom to make a successful representation of manutactur- ing interests would be of the most sat- isfactory and profitable kind, and re- dound to the lasting credit of all con- cerned, See to it, O ye intelligent and far-seeing cycle makers, that efforts are inaugurated to secure these desirable and energetic workers for the season now approaching. _ a - Automatic Salesman of the Nickel-in- the-Slot Order. Country store ingenuity coping with country store habits of acquisitiveness in the matter of small commodities has evolved an ‘‘automatic clerk’’ or ‘‘silent salesman’’ for which its inventor claims all of the virtues and none of the vices of the animate clerk. It is a nickel-in-the-slot machine of comparatively simple design, which, asa matter of fact, it has taken nearly twenty years to ~~ fhe imventaer, T. 5S. Wheatcroft, has one on private exhibi- tion. Mr. Wheatcroft is the proprietor of a country store in Rush, Penn., where he sells coffee, peanuts, dried apples, cross-cut saws, lollipops, pickaxes, bean-shooters, putty, pop-corn, Calico, and other necessaries of life. Pennsylvanians are very fond of pea- nuts, and it has always been the cus- tom of Mr. Wheatcroft’s patrons to re- | the result | gard the peanut sack as a sort of grab i bag of perquisites to the purchaser. Watching his pe anuts and his profits | disappear, the country y storekeeper grew | wan and haggard. Once he tried put ting wire screens over the peanut sack, | but desisted upon hearing a_ general rumor about town that ‘*Wheatcroft’s | gettin’ too slimnation mean to trade with.’’ In the course of time he evolved the idea of an automatic peanut machine which should prevent high handed rob- bery, and yet, by the interest which it excited, should prevent the people from brooding upon their lost proprietary rights, For years he labored on his devices only to turn out a succession of ma- chines which were lacking in one or another essential] particular. Now, at last, he has an invention which he _ be- lieves meets every want, and it sells not only peanuts, but coffee, flour, crackers, tea, sugar, rice, orany other small com- modity of that kind. The machine is an oblong box, tall, with glass panels in front, through which the commodity in which it is dealing and part of the workings can be Seen. it can be set either fora cent,a nickel, a dime or a quarter. The inventor dropped a nickel in the slot and a small funnel leading down from the storage box opened, letting a quantity of peanuts into a paper bag. Then he pulled a handle, the filled bag tore itself loose, slid down a sort of groove, and came out into a little trough, while the nickel went clinking down and registered itself. Without adjusting the machine toa dime, Mr. Wheatcroft then dropped in 6 feet a com of tbat denomination. It im- mediately came out through a slot lower down. The machine did nothing. The same performance was repeated witha cent. " fbhat's the way) it) works if it's a good coin, ' said Mr. Wheatcroft. “° But now look here.’ From a pile of mutilated and spurious coin he selected an iron marker filled in with lead, exactly the size and ap- parently the weight of a nickel, and dropped it in. ‘There was no response on the part of the machine, but the imt- tation coin was confiscated. Next he put in a nickel with a hole in it. Same result. ‘You can’t fool it,’’ declared the in ventor. ‘‘If you put in a good coin of the wrong devomination you get it back, but a bad coin goes to the machine. There’s a bunch it collected in Phila- delphia. '’ He showed a collection of thirty timonials to the guile of the Qu city. ‘* They tried to beat it down there with another —_ but I was ready for that,’’ he continued. ‘‘ The working of the de- livery is all in plain view, you see. Some smart Yankee boys down there got a long, thin blade and tried to reach up through the delivery groove and force the grates of the funnel apart. Do you know what happened tothe boy who did that? He went just kiting across the sidewalk and _ stood on his head in the gutter. There's an electric battery in- side there, and anyone who monkeys with the works gets a good enough shock so that he won't come back for more.’’ tes- aker A It is the custom in Denmark not only to send city children to the country, but country children to the city. Comment- ing on this, a writer in tbe Boston Transcript says: ‘‘The country children have their taste of a pleasure and ben- efit derived from visits to the city, where new and strange interests appez al strongly to the wonder-loving mind of the child to whom city sights and sounds and scenes are unfamiliar. The child of the rural district is as susceptible to the healthy influence of change as is his city cousin, and well might Denmark’s custom of sending country children to the city be adopted in the land where her ‘country week’ suggestions have grown and flourished with each succeed- ing summer. A ‘city week’ might with profit be established which in days to come would rival even her sister charity in popularity and success.’ Association Matters Michigan Retail Grocers’ pnaee President, J. WISLEK A. Stowe, Grand TATMAN, Clare. Michigan Hardware Association Battle Creek: Vice West Bay City; E, Eaton Rapids. President, CHas. F. Bock, President, H. W. WEBBER, MI Treasurer, Henry C. MINNI Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association Presi¢ lent, JOSEPH KNIGHT; 221 Greenwood ave: Treasurer, ¢ Secretary, E H MARKS F RINK. firand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, DYE: KLAP; GEO. FRANK J. ‘Treasurer, J. Secretary, Homer LEHMAN. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREANoR; Vice-President, Joun McBRATNIE; Secretary, W. H. Lewis; Treas- urer, Louris SCHWERMER Jackson Retail Grocers’ eo President, Geo. E. Lewis; Secrets . E. Pow TER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association President, F. B. JoHnson; secretary, A. M DARLING; Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. Ceark;: Secretary, E. F. LAND; Treasurer, WM. C. KoEHN CLEVE Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, Tuos. T. Bares; Secretary, M. B. HOu.y; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Camp BELL; Treasurer, W. KE. Couuins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gincarist: Secretary, C L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz: Treasurer, S. J. HUFFoRD. Secretary , PHILIP HILBER; St. Johns ashen Men’s Association. President, THos BromLey: Secretary, FRANK A. Pency: Treasurer. Cuargk A. Purr. ow Pat RS APP Png if Wf LPP PLP oh . » > 4 $ 2 $ > 4 > > 4 4 , Q $ > $ g > $ 2 $ 2 $ 2 at - z Inks, 3 4 ‘ z Mucilage, 3 4 ~ $ .. > g and all kinds of Office $ $ Nick Nacks. Examine 2 > our new device for copy- $ $ ing letters. 2 > Will M. 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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. EE. A. STOWE, Epiror. ' WEDNESDAY, - - - JUNE 22, 1898. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. 1cipal characteristics of the week I . have been an unprecedented volume of the season in production notwithstanding heavy reactions in speculation on account of the Leiter failure and the conflicting in- ests affected ts liquidation, and ] ’ the long waiting the stock market or account of the slowness and uncertain- ties feared tary operations. ‘The midsummer dulness and closing of works for repairs and vacation are talked about, but seem as yet to have little actual effect as to the general situation. ; The fact that clearing house reports hold an average for the weeks of June of over $1,250,000,000, far exceeding anv June on record, becomes more signifi- cant as tc the vast volume of merchan- dise and cther business exchange when it is considered that prices are still much lower than in previous years of heaviest reports. Railway tonnage is another reliable barometer as to trade volume. As indicating the change from the year of heaviest traffic before the panic, the increase in eastbound traffic from Chicago is 65 per cent. over that of 1892. The iron and steel industry was con- suming on June 1, notwithstanding the stoppage of some concerns for repairs, over 232,875 tons weekly, against 169,151 in 1892, an increase of 38 per cent., and the accounts published do not indicate any considerable decrease in June thus far. The consuming works in the Pitts- burg region and at the West are pushed to fill orders covering weeks or months ahead, and in that section new orders are exceptionally good for structural forms and for bars, which have now ad- vanced a shade in price at Pittsburg. The demand for pipe is better at the West, and it is mentioned that the IIli- nois rail works have just taken one. or- der for Calcutta, India, and that ship- ments in May included quantities sent to Sweden, Belgium, South Africa, Siberia and three other countries. The textile situation is affected by the between-seasons period and the usual stoppages for repairs, inventory, etc. Government orders are still rush- Ing some mills, and there seems to bea general healthy demand for men’s goods. In cottons a_ better tone is re- ported, with more active demand for staples. Wheat seems to have reached its low- est level in the decline attending the Leiter collapse early in the week, and later price movements have been quite sharp advances and declines from day to day, with little variation in the aver- age. Export movement continues be- yond expectation, which accounts for the price being kept above the level which would seem to be natural in view of the unprecedented harvests just com- mencing. The indications are that when the present war with Spain is over we shall contro] Porto Rico, the Philippines and the Sandwich Islands, so say nothing of Cuba. We must maintain a larger standing army and a.» large, efficient navy. We must build a canal across the isthmus of Panama. All this means that thousands and bundreds of thousands of able-bodied men will be’ withdrawn from ordinary pursuits, that new fields will be opened for the enterprising, that the unemployed may have employ- ment if they will, that a period of pros perity for the farmer and for the artisan and consequently for the whole country is near. How long the boom will last and what will be the ultimate result are other questions, but 1t behooves the wise to have their wits about them and be up and doing. That some sort of a re- action will come in time there can be no doubt. The exact amount of the indebtedness of General Barillas, the gay ex-Presi- dent of Guatemala, has just been made public. Some time ago the creditors of the General, fearful lest his vast estates might be entirely dissipated before they could have any chance of recovering, took steps to force Barilias into Iiquida- tion. Accordingly,a committee of three preminent bankers of Guatemala was app inted to take charge of his entire They carefully examined his accounts, made appraisements in_ the valuation of all his coffee plantations, his various ranches, etc., and as well made a tabulated report of his debts and debtors. Although General Barillas’ entire estate is valued at $5,985,165, as evidence of how deeply it 1s incum- bered, the report just received here shows that he had but $52.05 in cash. He owes $4,709,060. business. The country is not yet ready to risk the life of General Miles for the sake of having him personally lead the assault against Havana while wearing one of the handsomest uniforms ever put on the form of a soldier. The cigarette is expected to add about $3,000,000 a year to the war rev- enue. All efforts to reform the cigarette fend or prevent his slow suicide will be suspended until after peace has been restored. About $2,000,0co worth of nuts, or- anges, raisins and wines have been nitherto imported annually from Spain. The trade this year will be supplied by the people of California and Florida. It is hard to convince an _ unsoldierly man that he is not a patriot when he wants to be a colonel and will serve in the army in no other capacity. Cervera must be patient in his Santi- ago bottle. All things come to him who waits, and the shells of Sampson will come—by and by. It is hard for a grain speculator in futures to play against growing crops. Men who are doing the fighting have no time to do the talking, AN UNPLEASANT DUTY. It is impossible that a trade journal should take a position adverse to the in- terests of any class of sharpers without gaining much of criticism, not only from the ones directly concerned but from those who, by indirect support, whether intentional or not, make their enterprises possible and_ successful. Thus it is that, in the warfare which the Tradesman has always’ maintained against fake commission houses whose operations are constantly developing, many have been found to criticise and decry its course and to impute all sorts of ulterior and sinister motives as prompting its activity. It seems in- comprehensible that with no direct in- terest a publisher should go so far out of his way to unearth and expose such swindles, Possibly one reason why there has been so much criticism and suspicion of motives is to be found in the fact that there have been some so-called trade journals which have been made to serve other than legitimate purposes—as promoters of collection schemes, infor- mation bureaus, etc. The careers of such journals have justly brought dis- credit upon themselves, and it is not strange that the influence should be felt in the field of legitimate trade journal- ism. It is to be noted tuat the number of these journals has greatly lessened, but the injurious impressions are, un- fortunately, more permanent. So, while in many Cases the strictures are prompt- ed by interest in or sympathy with the promotors of these swindling enterprises, ihe fact that so many trade papers have served improper purposes suggests this feature of criticism. The Tradesman scarcely need dis- claim any relation outside of its legiti- mate work. It has no collection or in- formation bureau or other purpose to serve than to fill the field of a trade paper, seeking its reward in the returns 2 zealous and faithful performance of its duties as such will bring. It may be asked, then, why so much attention is given to the exposure of questionable enterprises? The answer would seem evident: It is the duty of every journal, in any field, to protect the interests of its clients—and all sub- scribers are clients—as far as lies in its power, The unearthing and exposure of swindling schemes is not a pleasant work. Many sleepless nights and days of anxiety could be avoided if the as- sistance of the Tradesman was never invoked for such matters. Combined with the need for thorough promptness in warning against such swindles is the necessity of absolute certainty as to the fact of their being swindles, and as to whose names are brought in as_respon- sible or accessory. A single mistake in this regard would be visited by the penalty of costly litigation and possible damages, From the fact that there is no more easily managed swindling scheme than the commission game and that there are so many opportunities for hiding and dividing its operations, it seems to have become a favorite method of fleecing the public. That there are so many undertaking such enterprises is to be accounted for in the organization of such gangs as that originated in this city by Frank Lamb as a consequence of his failure,on account of dissipation, in legitimate business and in the turn- ing of unsuccessful commission enter- prises into swindles, prompted by the opportunities for, pocketing ill-gotten’ gains before and during the final break- up. In its extended clientage and corres- pondence the Tradesman is very apt to have its attention called to questionable or suspicious operations, such as un- warranted quotations, failure in remit- ting as agreed, etc. In such a case the question to be decided is whether the criticism is the manifestation of a per- sonal grievance from some unreasonable customer or the indication of a deep- laid plot liable to heavy cost to the merchants and shippers of the State. The task of quickly solving this problem is often a difficult one, but that it is worth the effort is proved by the fact that, by reason of the Tradesman’s activ- ity in this direction, many thousands of dollars have been saved to the subscrib- ers of the Tradesman every year. OUR RELATIONS WITH CANADA. The Washington authorities appear determined to take advantage of the existing friendly feeling towards this country in Great Britain and her de- pendencies to improve our relations with the Dominion of Canada. Despite the good feeling which has prevailed for years between the people of the United States and those of Canada, dif- ferences over tariffs, fishing rights and boundaries have caused many misun- derstandings. How to obviate these causes of friction has long been a prob- lem with our administration. There is soon to be a conference he- tween the United States and representa- tives of the British government on the subject of our relations with Canada, and President McKinley is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to finally settle all our controversies with the Dominion and to arrange fora treaty which will place our relations on a per- manent and satisfactory basis. It is reported that the President will) appoint a commission of five prominent’ men to represent the United States in’ the conference. All of these men will be members of Congress, and although) the findings of the conference will not become binding until they have been reviewed by Congress, there is no doubt, in the present state of public feeling, that any reasonable arrangement is certain of approval. The subjects to be considered are many ; but, notwithstanding the disagree- ments of the past, there is no reason why a satisfactory understanding should not be arrived at now that it is possible to approach the subject ina friendly spirit, with every disposition to make concessions on both sides, The question of the Alaskan boundary, the problem of the fisheries, the transit trade through either country for goods destined for the other country, the control of immi- gration, and the rights of the two coun- tries on the Great Lakes, will all be taken up by the commission and considered in their direct bearing on the interests of the two countries and on their relations each with the other. It 1s to be hoped that the conference will prove successful, as it is most de- sirable from every point of view that there should be the greatest freedom of trade, as well as the most cordial feel- ing, between this country and its north- ern neighbor, Manila has been taken so many times, and fallen so often, that she is ready to fall now whenever a soldier looks at her. The babies named after Joseph Leiter last year are not too old to have their ..---.§ Changed, by the way, aed ERIE Pe nednennmnc MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES. Owing to the heavy foreign demand for food products of American growth and manufacture this season, less atten- tion is generally given to manufactures in the strict sense of the word. Owing to the high prices for wheat and flour, and the immense cotton crop, the value of raw products exported shows a great- er proportionate gain than of manufac- tured goods. Nevertheless, the total ex- ports of manufactured goods for the ten months of the present fiscal year exceed those of last year by $10,000,000, and it is well known that last year broke all previous records in the matter of exports of manufactured goods. It is especially interesting to record the fact that, for the first time on record, the total value of our exports of manu- factures exceeds that of our imports. The detailed record, furnished by the Hon, O. P. Austin, the new Chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department, shows that for ten months of the present year our exports of manu- factures exceeded imports by over $40, - 000,000, and it is not improbable that the full year’s excess will reach $50, - 000,000. How well this compares with preceding years is shown by the fact that in 1897 our imports of manufactures ex- ceeded our exports by $27,000,000; in 1896, by $104,000,000, and in 1895, by $121,000, 000, While there has been a considerable shrinkage in our imports, the shrinkage has been nothing like as heavy as has been the increase in exports of manu- factures. Merchants have reached out more actively for trade than formerly, finding that the home market no longer sufficed to absorb the entire output of our factories, as was formerly the case. Comparisons with past years are very interesting, as showing the rapid in- crease in our exports of manufactures. When comparisons are made with 1888, a decade ago, it is found that our ex- ports of manufactures have more than doubled. Those of iron and steel have quadrupled ; those of iliuminating and lubricating oils have doubled, while our exports of cottons are 50 per cent. larger; of wire nails, eleven’ times greater, and of iron and steel plates, ten times what they were ten years ago. Exports of leather and of copper, of paraffine and paraffine wax, have all heavily increased in the same period, and but few lines of our export trade show a falling off. Very naturally our trade rivals look with envy on this rapid growth in our export trade, as it is a notification to them that in the future they must ex- pect to find American merchants active competitors in all of the world’s mar- kets. It is probable that, as a result of the existing war with Spain, many new markets will be opened to our manufac- tures and products, particularly should the Philippine Islands be retained. The Philadelphia Record says that foreign baggage labels are in great de- mand just now. Anda student of the University of Pennsylvania has cornered the market in these labels, selling them to the people who want to show some evidence of having been abroad. ‘‘ This year,’’ says the Record, ‘‘the demand seems to be greater than ever, and al- ready the bluffers have started to smear their dress-suit cases with the marks belonging to European hotels. One of these interesting gentlemen appeared in Chestnut street yesterday with his travel- marked grip, and attracted considerable attention. Home-made labels in imi- tation of those from various hotels in Switzerland, France and Germany bring the highest prices, as the enterprising dealer claims that these are very rare. The profit in this queer business must be exceedingly large, as this particular chemist, who is depending upon his own resources for his livelihood and schooling, is enabled to take quite ex- tensive trips and live in luxury during his summer vacation. His fellow-stu- dents are his principal customers, but lots of other young men and girls also are often seen emerging from the label merchant’s boarding-house with colored slips in their hands.’’ uum Nothing puts spirit and energy into military service like hope of promotion from the ranks. This 1s what made the armies of the French republic and the first empire irresistible. It is what causes our volunteer service to be pre- ferred to the regular army. Lack of that hope makes enlistment discoura- gingly slow now. It ought to be sup- plied. We shall need a much larger reg- ular army after this war. Its work will be increased, and the worthlessness of the National Guard has been proved. The service ought to be made attrac- tive, so that its quality may not dete- riorate with the necessary increase of numbers. The army ought to offer a career to American youth, whose door shall be wider than the academy at West Point. American youth will em- brace no career without hope of ad- vancement. The way to get the right sort of privates in an army is to give them hope of becoming officers. As the only self-governing community of Africans in Africa, Liberia occupies a unique position. The experiment is successful in that it stands and shows no prospect of dissolution. Yet it has failed in the result intended. Now that political freedom is possible in the United States, the emigration to Liberia has decreased, for the negroes prefer to remain here, especially when life in Liberia is unpleasant because of the tropical climate, which few American negroes are able to endure. There are but 18,000 Ameérico-Liberians in the population of 1,083,000. Lacking im- migration from America, the Liberians have shown a disposition to deteriorate to the level of the native races, and the schools, which were originally flourish- ing, are not as good as they were. Monrovia’s population has fallen from 13,000 to 5,000,and many signs of decay are present. The mail! steamships for Europe dur- ing the past few months have carried millions of dollars’ worth of new securi- ties sent abroad to take the place of bonds, etc., called in. The securities have gone by registered mail in pack- ages, the postage upon each being about $50. Nearly every large railroad reor- ganization transaction is accompanied by similar shipments of securities both from and to this country. Sometimes the securities are expressed, but gener- ally the registered mail is used, and the securities are insured against loss. Post- age stamps of large denominations are placed upon the packages. In the case of shipments from this country $1, $2 and $5 stamps are used. The one-thousandth anniversary of the sausage has just been celebrated in Germany. It is claimed that this article of food dates back to 897 A. D. Owing to Luetgert’s troubles, this anniversary was not celebrated in Chicago. BANKING REFORM. Review of the Present and Proposed Systems. In the last article we made _ reference to some of the monopoly bank systems of Europe which base their credit notes on business assets. Let us review some of the systems which, in common with our own, are on an independent, com- peting basis. None other will find favor with the American people, who cherish a healthy hatred of monopolies in any branch of business. Sweden has twenty-seven private banks, besides the Official Bank of Sweden. These twenty-seven banks is- sue about sixteen million dollars in cir- culating notes, or an average of about $600,000 each. The Capital of each bank is required to be at least $268,000 and each is allowed to issue notes equal to the aggregate of its invested capital, the invested reserve, half of its total credits and the coin reserve. Each has to redeem its notes in gold on demand, and this requirement has kept the value of their notes at par and their volume constantly within prudent limits. In Switzerland there are thirty-four small banks and the average note cir- culation is $12 per capita. The circu- lating medium has increased quite rap- idly during the past thirty years, under the present system, but this increase does not measure all the advance they have made in banking facilities, for there has been a great development of other forms of credit. These banks have met every requirement for credits with- out exceeding an average of $1 in note issues for each $7 in commercial assets, and in the meantime the volume of banking has trebled. The banking power of Switzerland is about $85 per Capita, against $120 in Great Britain, $94 in this country and $44 in Germany. The security required for circutation in Switzerland varies in the different can- tons, in some of which public securi- ties are required, but the larger banks and most of the smaller ones base the circulation entirely upon their commer. cial assets and a reasonable metallic re- serve. Scotland and Canada furnish the most complete successes of the system of banking upon business assets. Scotland is naturally one of the most barren of countries and was in a sad state of pov- erty after the close of her civil war. Students of her history claim that her splendid banking system has done more than any other one thing in rescuing ber from wretchedness and making pos- sible her present position of wealth and thrift. “Che Scotch banks are permitted to Issue notes up to a certain point upon their general business assets without pledged securities. Their notes area paramount lien on their assets and the liability of the stockholder is limited only by the amount of wealth he pos- sesses. While making their banks as sound as human ingenuity could sug- gest, they never lost sight of the fact that elasticity 1s not incompatible with soundness. Their system so com- manded the confidence of the people that it drew practically every farthing of available resources into the channels of industry. In his ‘History of Bank- ing,’’ William J. Lawson pays the Scotch system this tribute: ‘‘Almost every individual throughout Scotland who has by trade or otherwise accumu- lated capital becomes a partner in the banking establishment of his immediate neighborhood or otherwise _ interests himself in its success. This is, in truth, the foundation of the unlimited credit enjoyed by the Scotch banks. It is the basis of the undoubting confidence which the public reposes in their sta- bility,” Tbe Canadian banks enjoy the free- dom of banking upon commercial as- sets. The benefits derived from having their credit notes at all times in auto- matic relation to commercial transac- tions are very favorably commented on by the students who have compared the Canadian with our system. Corn- wall, on ‘‘’The Currency and Banking Laws of the Dominion of Canada," says: ‘‘While in the United States the rate of interest may be from 4 to 6 per cent. in the extreme East, and 12 to 20 per cent. in the extreme West, it is not so Mr. in Canada, where from one end of the Dominion to the other, the extreme variation in rates is not over 2 per cent.’’ Interest rates in Canada are lower than in any of the British colonies and lower than in the United States ex- cept in the great cities of the East. The law proposed for the United States embodies all the essential features of the Canadian and Scotch systems. Its adoption would tend to level interest rates throughout the Union, and the authorization of branch banks would help to perfect the machinery for loan- ing and thus spread the surplus capital of the older sections throughout the newer sections of our country. This must be accomplished before we can attain the best results in using the loan- able capital of our eastern country in the development of our southern and western resources. ANDREW FYFE. - oo <> - Retirement of a Large Liverpool Op- erator. Information reaches us that John T. Warrington of Liverpool, is retiring from the cheese trade, with which he has been closely identified for a good many years. Mr. Warrington has been one of the heavy operators in American cheese and his retirement will remove one of the most conspicuous figures ever connected with the trade. One of our English friends, writing under date of June 4, says that the pub- lic auction sale of 9,500 boxes of States and Canadian cheese, and the announce- ment of Mr. Warrington’s desire to re- tire from business, ‘‘marks an epoch in the history of the cheese trade. Mr. Warrington, whose name it might be said is a synonym of the words American cheese, retiring at the commencement of the 1898 season, will, with the events of the past season, fix seasons deeply on the minds of those in the trade. ’’ I 897-98 eo A new law adopted in Italy requires that every employer shall, at his own cost, provide for his workmen compen- sation for all accidents the conse- quences of which last more than tive days. The compensation under the law is as follows: If there shall result from ; the accident disablement of a complete |and permanent nature the compensation shall be an amount equivalent to five times the man’s yearly wages, but in any case not less than S600. This amount is, as a rule, to be invested in a life annuity for the benefit of the in- jured workman. > 6 > A New York policeman, in reporting an arrest made in a restaurant the other day, said he judged from a sign in the window that the woman who kept the place was ‘'Charlotte Russe. ’’ ee aT | And it came to pass that Leiter, up to his ears in wheat, had a deal too much. ig ; le lO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather ee ee Soames Points on Advertising a Country Shoe Store. I. Fitem in Boots and Shoes Weekly. When a man ey into business with a limited capital, he always feel sur- prised on the start to tind what a fine stock he can put in for his $3,000 cash. It seems so silly to carry a big stock, and he says it 1s sheer laziness” on the part of a shoe dealer to let a stock run up so. ‘‘In our store,’’ be says, ‘‘we will size up every day or two, and just about as soon as we sell a pair we will have a new pair of the same ‘ize and style making, and then we won't vet over- stocked and our assortment will always be compiete.’’ And he does this tor about a week, and he keeps sending in bis little orders to his manufacturers, and they write that, owing to a strike in their factory, or our recent tre, or a preat rash of orders just at present, your order is much delayed, but we will try to ship in the course of two or three weeks, by which time his stock ts brok- en beyond repair, and next time he buys in case lots,and the stock gets merrily larger and larger, and the assign ee finds a beautiful line all assorted for the job lot men. There's much that is poetry in the life of a shoe man, and much that is likely to take the poetry out of a man. I never knew a young man to go_ into business with a limited capital who didn’t have a lot of brand-new ideas about advertising all ready to spring They are such nice economical ideas. I am talking about a man in one of the ‘*busiest towns on the line.’’ The five thousand te ten thousand sort of towns —don’t know anything about the cities. It is foolish, he says, to spend money in weekly papers. People forget you from one week to the next. Advertising in newspapers is ali right where there are daily papers, but it 1s largely money thrown away where the only newspapers are those which come out but once each week. So he places his dependence largely on ‘‘signs inthe country.’’ They don't cost anything to speak of, he says; he can paint them himself on old shoe box covers, borrow Jim Jimson’s old horse and platform spring wagon and nail them up himself all along the ountry roads on trees, and barns, and fences, and there they will stay, an ad- vertisement for all time that doesn’t cost a cent, and everybody that comes along the road will read and come right into the Parlor shoe store and buy—only they won't do any such thing. Laster says that if you want to make out a tolerably correct list of people who have been in business in canigcon and failed in the last ten years, ju take a trip around the country roi ad read the advertising signs; and, by the Old Harry, it's so, too! It seems piti- ful, too, to ride along and see an old ad- vertising sign, weatber beaten and old, which tells you to go to Climer’s for fine shoes—the leading dealer in Laster- ville. And old Laster will tell you how he failed and shot himself, and the as- signee sold the stock to a man whose name you can’t find on the fences any- where. Still, I don’t think that it al- ways hoids ood, for when I was out on my wheel jiast Sunday, away out ona crossroad that doesn't have a wagon a week on it, | tound on an old board fence the faint outline ot letters once painted carefully with white paint and infiuite pains: GO TO LASTER'S FOR SHOES. And when I took the old man to task about it, he laughed and owned up that he painted it the first year he was in business—oh, ever so long ago—and had forgotten all about it. He hasn't been a failure, and he won’t be, you bet! Laster is just the sort of man to get young fellows, like me, in with him, “¢ 7 ! and if they have any good ideas te know just how to put them to good use. We have a daily paper here now, and we are using it a good deal, but the paper is young yet and hasn't gota very large circulation, so we have to use all sorts of other advertising schemes. Our latest 1s my idea, which Laster has enlarged on. There are sev- eral printing firms in New York and Chicago, and I don’t know but plenty of other places, who will furnish 1,000 tiny dodgers, about as big asa postal ca’d, for from $1 to $1.50. They do it so cheap by getting enough orders so that they can print a whoie sheet at once and then cut the dodgers up after- ward; but that has nothing to do with the idea. Now, as a proposition, those advertis- ing dodgers, by themselves, aren’t worth a continental, but as an adjunct they are a great success. My idea was to buy 10,000 that simply said Laster’s Shoes on them, and then throw them broadcast, but Laster said that was all right, but a good deal better idea would be to get ten lots printed at once, and then put a few out each day and change the kind each day. We put $13 intothe scheme, and we _ have !oo,ooo dodgers, with ten different legends. One set says: ‘’ New lot of those $2.25 shoes for gentlemen, just received at Laster’s.’ Another, ‘On Friday, at dasterc’s, there will be a special sale of shoes for children. A school shoe for a girl of ten for $1.’’ Another, ‘‘Have you ten- der feet?) Try Laster’s Comfort Shoe,’ and ‘‘It may rain to-morrow. Are you sure you have a pair of Laster’s Glove- fitting Rubbers?’’ and ‘‘ You ought to get fitted and suited with $12,000 worth of shoes to select from at Laster’s,’’ and ‘*Look at the decorations in Last- er’s Shoe Store windows.’’ ‘‘Guess on the weight of the turkey in Laster’s window, and maybe you will eat turkey Sunday. No charge, | etc., etc. Those are only a few, and aren't the best ones at all. The best ones have strictly local meanings, which the gen- eral reader would not understand. With a few exceptions the dodgers are all what might be called ‘‘stock’’ wording ; that is, they may be used at one time as well as another We put out about 600 or 800 of one kind at a time, and it keeps something going on in the dodger line all of the time. By the time we get around with all of the kinds the first dodger is new again, practically, and we can puta few more hundreds of it out. We have a ‘‘Special Sale’’ dodger for each day in the week for both wom- en’s, children’s men’s and boys’ shoes, and altogether the little dodgers, with what we have printed right here at home that relate to special prices and the like, we find the neatest thing yet. Of course, very few newspapers, un- less they have job offices attached, find much that is good to say for the hand- bill or circular, but Laster is a firm be- liever in both of them. Every fall he has a neat circular gotten out in type- writing type to his customers, thanking them for their patronage in the past and calling attention to his facilities for We hhave . 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. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. SUH Fi sae NET HUE NUPRU OP VEP HEP Gor NETNET UREN MNP INTHETHNP NNT HAZE “Remember the Name’ WALES (jOODYEAR The best RUBBERS on earth for general wear and shape. Place your orders for them with us, avoiding the rush and advance in price later in the season. Herold=Bertsch Shoe Co. 7 et patie, wich State Agents for Wales-Goodsear and Connecticut Rubbers. WAAL J4M AUN JAA C44 AUN JAA J44 dA 44444 448 £44444 066444446 ANA J44gbd 284 J44GUUDNS RT SSROCSSSS SSVTSOCSE SSE ODS F 6 OO SOSTS HESS OSOCSSHIS OUR FALL LINE IS A WINNER We are especially strong in our men’s $2.50 line. Black Vici, Box Calf, Enamel and Winter Tans. If you have not seen this line it will pay you to do so before placing your order. Our sales last year on Woonsocket and Wales-Good- year rubbers were the largest in the history of the house. We are in the market for orders. Write us. THE RODGERS SHOE CO., Toledo, O. SSSOSTSS SSETSOESSHES GETHOOHHS OS TELEHPE OS § SSSOSVHIOS 2OSOOOOCS SSP 99OO99OSS9SGESSS $OGO99> F 465569855 090546696 9998560000 OOo OSS $9990 0SO _— POCSOS SD 9F4ESSH54FO99SSO OOOO e ¢ @ @ ¢ ¢ > COLONY ‘ 4 RUBBERS FINE JERSEY BUCKLE ARCTIC, in up-to-date iast, net $1.06 per pair. Send for a sample pair and be convinced > > 2 ; > , > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , > Y that they are seconds IN NAME ONLY. ; p > 9999S OOS0S099 0080090000004 06 PFO SS BOG OV OVS SO OPV OVO’ HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., sranp RAPIDS, MICH. eeeeneeteeenee eee eeeee* "SSOSISDS 9469689505996 OOO SSOCOHDESS DOGS SS bbb bdGSe bb bb ta br bnte 6 bn bn bn beta bntn Vvuyv v baad ry FOS OOOOH OOS FS 6 O69OF99SO6 OHSS OHHOOF POSVSOS TSO HSSOSSHSOCS i VFuervrvy POODOSS OOS SHS 2 FOSSHGOSSHSSE9OS O2OS OCH We make the ee line of Shoes on the market. We carry a full line of Jobbing Goods made by the best manufacturers. When you want Rubbers, buy the Bos- ton Rubber Shoe Co.'s line, as they beat all the others for wear and style. We are selling agents. 8 See our lines for Fall before placing your orders. ° Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., (ee rani 0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-000000-00-0 i. dS PMA STE EO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN catering to their wants in the line ot aniceciin the Manufacturer Is Unjustly footwear for the season. He has an address line left blank to fill in with a pen and signs each one with ink him self. That is, all of us go at it and fill in the addresses and sign, but, of course, the customers all think that Laster does it himself. He has al of bis customers that be has made up for the last ten years and revised every year, almost nine hundred names of reg ulars. Well, when I first knew about it, I thought that it was about the sillies ‘idea that I ever heard of, but I've gat ten so that I don’t laugh ‘at Laster's old fashioned ideas so much as | did before I failed, and, do you know, it’s a great thing for an old-established business. People, I find, like to have you do things for them that are unnecessary. It doesn’t make any new customers, to speak of, but it helps a lot to cement old ones. Anybody can see at a glance that it isn’t intended especially to draw trade, and you can laugh at it all you like, but when an old farmer gets a cir- cular which begins, ‘‘ As one of our oldest and best customers we want to thank you, etc.,'' he can't help feeling sort of tickled to know that his custom is ap- preciated. and it sort of warms him to- ward the house, and he puts his spec- tacles on and reads it all through, even down to the place where it says, ‘‘If you ever get, or have got anything of us not entirely satisfactory, we want to know tt. Don’t conceal it or get angry and vow you'll never trade with us any more; come and tell us about it and let us try to make it right. Maybe the in- formation you give us may be of the greatest value to us in our buying.’’ I tell you, it has its effect. And that’s only one of the ways to use mailed cir- culars in a retal!l shoe business. A while ago Laster made a big run on a $2 kid shoe. Well, he went to the factory and made a deal for a big lot of scraps of kid of the kind that was used in the shoes, and then he cut those scraps up into neat littie pieces about half of an inch square, and with a neat circular, calling attention to this special shoe and incidentally to the entire stock, he mailed nearly two thousand of them to the female shoe wearers. It wasa great big hit. You wouldn't believe the number of pairs of those shi oes that we sold where the sales could be traced di- rectly to the sample and circular. It started the line going in great shape, each buyer being a living advertisement ; and following the idea up in the daily and weekly papers, and with a lot of stock-dodgers harping on the shoe, we have gotten up the biggest sale ona special-priced shoe in the history of the trade in Lasterville. ome —— >> tt Leather from Kangaroo Skins. An inventor has perfected a_ process for making a superior quality of patent and enameled leather out of kangaroo skins. The new leather will be used largely for fine shoes for men and slip- pers for women. The kangaroo skins come from Australia, where the animals are found in great numbers and are killed by men who make a_ business of it. The skins are dried and shipp*d to this and other countries in hales. The skins vary in size from three to ten square feet. Seth Boyden, whose statue is in Washington Park, Newark, N. J. was the inventor of patent leather, and that city has a world-wide reputation for the leather it has since produced. —___~» 0. Woman’s Way. ist Bertha—These men are troublesome things! Edith—Why, the men now? Bertha—For the life of me, make up my mind whether to let or Charley fall in love with me. what’s the matter with 1 cant Fred > 2. Knew His Business. Mrs. Longwed (yawning—Oh, dear! | wonder if angels ever get sleepy? Mr. Longwed— You never did when | was courting you, darling. Then the old rascal kissed his wife and went to the club without a struggle. a ae en The waste of life is greater than accumulations. its Punished. Written for the TRADESMAN. The monthly Bulletin of the State Food Commissioner, as now published, frequenty does an injustice to the manu- facturer. By its reports of analyses the department chemist 1s the whole court, judge and jury. His fallible, no matter how close he draws the lines. For instance, in examining a vinegar, the law requires the ash to be 0.25. He finds 0.23 and so reports in the Bulletin, condemning the goods, no matter whether he is right or not. Per- haps another chemist, just as capable, would find the same vinegar to contain 0.26 or 0.27 ash, sbut the manufacturer has no redress. Judgment has been passed by the chemist and the Bulletin has been published and _— scattered throughout the State, to the injurv of the manufacturer. Here is another instance: A lot of vinegar is sold late in the sea- son and the retailer allows the vinegar io stand out during freezing weather, bulg- ing the heads and allowing ieakage. The first to leak out is always acetic acid or the acid strength of the vinegar, thereby reducing the original strength of the goods. A sample of this vinegar is taken up by the deputy and the de- partment chemist finds it below legal standard strength and it is reported ac- cordingly in the Bulletin, with the name of So-and-So as producers. This natur- ally causes every one to come to the conclusion that the goods were put out as reported, below standard strength. Is this fairto the manufacturer? When he sold the vinegar it was lawful goods, but through the carelessness of the re- tailer it is made unlawful by freezing and the producer is condemned for it, probably receiving many letters pertain- ing to his product, as well as having many orders countermanded. We think the present system could be greatly improved. The deputies, in picking up samples, could make enqui- ries at times that would satisfy the de- partment where to place the blame. We do not blame any of the officials, as they are acting according to law and a system established for them at the time the cepartment was created, but as we go along we see how the present system could be improved without injury to the good work of the food department. One of the suggestions we would make is that they hold the retailer responsible in every case and he, in turn, will be care- ful that he buys from anly reliable deal ers and manufacturers, suchas will give their guaranty bond to the retailer and protect them. The manufacturers should not be re- ported in the Bulletin except when the department is fully satisfied that such manufacturers are making a business of selling goods which do net comply with the requirements of the law, and such should be prosecuted, and this in turn would keep their products out of the State. RADIX. —~o Bo -S - Michigan Central ie: Atlas. Only 25 cents for 15 large pages of six- colored authentic maps of all countries of the world, with marginal indices, statistical notes and supnlementary sheet showing, in colors, the flags of all na- tions. The best war atlas published. $4.00 worth of maps for 25 cents. Thev can be obtained at the Michigan Central Ticket Office—772. = > -2~<-— Some women can see nothing attract- ive in this world without the aid of a mirror. judgment is in- broadcast +» 4. We are continually hearing of women’s rights, but not a word of man’s wrongs. TOS TTT ETT OD TOES EOS EOS “ THE JOSEPHINE $1.50 Women’s Biack Vici Counter fox. Patent Leather or Stock Tips. C, D, E and EE width; or same Vesting tops and _ stock cleanest shoe in the Coin Lace or Toe, Button. shoe lace with The Send for sample. best and Tips. market. MICHIGAN SHOE CO., Detroit, Mich. | 81 and 83 Jefferson Avenue. OOF S9GH999SS SOOO Seococvecere OS POSS OSHSE OS Eranins Wars Mex, We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and leasure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. 9S 999999 SS $999GOSF $9999HSS > $HGOS99F 46664654 H9HOHOO8 SSSSSSSS FESSSSSS FESSSSSS SSSSSESOSOS SOO 90000000 0000000000 » a eT Sse soccer 4 cnt te | A Big Lift In Business Are our FREIGHT ELEVATORS of any capacity. Our SCALE TRUCK is an 800-lb scale = combined with the regular warehouse truck. Wealso make Engines 30ilers, Smokestacks, Iron and Brass Castings, Steel Repairs done in any part of the state. Reach us any hour, day or night, by long distance phone. Lansing Boiler & Engine Works, Lansing, Mich. Se pee Se Ses Ses eSeseSeSeSe5e Culvert Pipe and General Machine Work. A pe 5e¢5eSeSeSeSeSeSeSeorSeSerorSeSeSeSeSeSe5ee"55e5e A. MURPHY, General Manager. FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel Th Michigan Mercantile a Special Reports. Law and Collections. Represented in every city and county in the United States and Canada. Main Office: Personal service given all ciaims. Chas. A. Coye Manufacturer of and whole and retail dealer in FLAGS, AWNINGS, TENTS, SEAT SHADES AND LARGE USPBRELLAS 11 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, [lich. Room 1102 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. Judgments obtained without expense to subscribers sale 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. The Retail Dealer Should Advise the Producer. Written for the TRADESMAN. That there should be a better under- standing between the city retailer and his brother, the country grower of the produce which must furnish the table of the city consumer, I think no one will venture to deny. The ever-increas- ing list of artificial food products has a tendency to bring about changes in tastes and in the requirements of the table in order to properly balance the daily food ration; These changes are soon brought to the attention of the re- tailer through the persistent enquiries from his customers for something which he is unable to furnish. The retailer has a duty to perform in this connection which no one can do for him. The producer is willing to do anything within his power to improve the quality of his product if only he can ascertain where the change should be made. The er is far prone to pass the matter by and fail to explain to the men of whom he buys his produce how the commodity can be improved. In most neglect comes from pure ack of time. it is a fact’ that there are, in all ntry, a few farmers roducts are eager- account of their fine quality and the fact that they are placed upon the arket in such a condition that they precisely meet the public de- mand and give complete satisfaction to the consumers who purchase them The fact that these men bring articles of such fine quality as to bring the highest price and be constantly sought after by both dealer and consumer, while the general market is perhaps glutted witb inferior stock of the same kind, proves that they have been studying the tion closely. That the producer should give this question of quality the closest attention goes without saving, but it must be re- membered that he, like the dealer, is a busy man and has very little extra time for thought and meditation if he keeps the wheels moving and succeeds in making both ends meet at the end of the year; what he learns must be ‘‘caught on the fly.’’ But the dealer to whom he sells can help him out very much if he will. When he meets the producer on the general markets or in his own store, suggestion as to quality and the needs of the market will not be amiss. When he sending out circulars and advertising matter, if the grocer or commission man will give explanations as to quality required, in language easy to be understood, much can be accom plished in the way of an improvement of the general quality of the produce offered. Many dealers have come to recognize the importance of this matter and the attention which they have given the subject largely accounts for the great improvement in quality, in many lines, which has been brought about during the last few years. reta too cases this ness or sections of the cou and gardeners ly jiooked whose p qQues- 1S One of the most obvious _ illustrations of the importance of studying the de- mands of a market is to be found in the item of dairy butter. A few years ago, when creameries were established, the public almost entirely abandoned the use of dairy butter, not because they preferred to, but simply because they were unable to get it while it was still fresh and palatable. Of late, however, our country buttermakers have greatly improved their methods and for the last two years there has been an active and ever-increasing demand for prime dairy butter. There are yet many buttermak- ers who need to study more closely the demands of the trade. How many times during the last year have I heard the statement from some customer who was examining some dairy butter, ‘‘What a pity that a fine article of butter should have been spoiled by the maker by put- ing in too much salt.’’ There is no room for doubt but that the majority of those who buy good butter really prefer dairy to creamery, the whole question hinging on the methods followed in the making. Is it not obvious that the re- tail dealers can do more to bring about reform by timely suggestion and criti- cism than can be accomplished in any other way? Before leaving this butter question I can not refrain from mentioning a mat- ter which concerns every dealer in dairy or private creamery butter, namely, the practice of marking down the actual weight of crocks. That this practice prevails is well known by all who are actively engaged in the handling of butter from the country. For example, a country dealer goes out and buys 1,000 pounds of dairy butter in gallon crocks, of which there would probably be about 140; by subtracting one-half pound from the weight marked on the bottom of ¢ach crock he can get pay | for seventy pounds more butter from the dealer in the city who changes crocks with him. This, in itself, would bea good profit. In many states laws are in force obliging buttermakers to use crocks which are sealed regularly by the proper authorities. The’ grocers of Michigan should see to it that a similar law is passed here, for it will make a great difference in annual profits of the grocers and produce dealers of the State. Another pertinent illustration of the importance of keeping up to the times in everything is to be foun? in the mat- ter of rural cold storage. Nearly all farmers consider that a good fair cellar is the best place in which to keep vege- tables, but when, in this time of year, one of these gentlemen takes his posi- tion in the market beside a farmer who bas just taken his vegetables out of a properly constructed cold storage build- ing he will soon tind his mistake. The expense of the erection of a cold stor- age cellar on the farm is not great and the benefits to be derived therefrom will very soon equal and exceed the trifling cost. In many cases al] that the producer needs is to have his attention called to the advantages of baving such conveni- ences, and no one is in a position to do this with such telling effect as the dealer who handles his produce. A.A. Mack. BO The Yield. of California Fruits to Be Large. San Francisco, June 17—Despite the most unusual climatic conditions, as much money will come into the State for fruits as usual. There will be a fuil crop of grapes, apples and pears all over the State. The prune crop in So- noma and Napa counties will be as good as usual, The apricot crop is very light. That fruit ripened was small and of inferior quality. The peach crop will be about half the usual crop. The grape and apple yield will be very heavy, and scarcity of other fruits will stiffen the price of table grapes. The walnut crop now promises well. Oranges are set- ting well, but it is early to tell much about the yield. a Even a dull girl is sharp enough to cut an undesired acquaintance. Butter Wanted Cash) FB. ©. B. lots or less. on application. H. N. RANDALL PRODUCE CO., Tekonsha, Mich. @ exe ®DDOOOODO®© QOODOGOOQDOOQOQODOe"S PCOOOQOOQOOHOOOQHOODQOOOOOOOO© Cars, carload GOOGGHDOOOOLOHOGOGQOGLOHHOOOOQHE ©OOOOQOOE DOQOOOO!E ©OOOQOQOOOS o° @ $ @ @ @ © @ : ® Prices quoted © @ © @ @) @ @ ‘@ Watermelons and Cherries Lemons, Oranges and Bananas. Home grown Cabbage, Beets, Peas, Celery, Tomatoes, Green Onions, Radishes, Cucumbers, Spinach, Asparagus, Pie Plant, New Potatoes, New Dry Onions, Turnips, Carrots, Squash, Wax Beans. BUNTING & CO., Jobbers, Grand Rapids, Mich. OOOO OOSSGHGFSSS $O99699SF 69609606 HO96900000 60000000 0 NEW POTATOES QO We are receiving New Potatoes in carlots direct @ from growers. We solicit your orders. 26=28=30-32 OTTAWA ST., MOSE LEY BROS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SOOO999SSOSSSOOF SH HOSHOF6S $99909000 00000000 SEEDS ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth of July WW WW ” OOOO OOO $0090 008 The best are the cheapest and these we can always supply. Supplies. Order early to get the best and surely on time. WATERMELONS— Several cars coming. CHERRIES— In their prime now. All seasonable Green Goods. VINKEMULDER COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Spices, Baking Powder and Grocers’ and Meat Dealers’ Sundries. NUVI TP HEPNTT NTT NTP IOI ET NT NTE NTE NP EPR IETHER NT NTT Iron Nene Eggs Bring High Prices in Buffalo Correspond with your old friend, C. N. RAPP & CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 56 West Market Street. 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 ret irns. 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 standing and acquainted with their methods and will cheerfully answer any enquiries which may be made in regard to them. JUNTA AAA SUbdNh AAA Jk ANA Abhdbbdbk bk Jhb dA NUVI IPNE NONE HEP EN HerNneNeT EA Ensen atY Fi MMM AUASAMAUAGAA AA J4L ANA J4A NA dbi Jbk ddd Jbk ddd J44 db. Jd 4b ddd Jb ddd Jd MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I3 Desirability of Patronizing Home Mar- kets. Written for the TRADESMAN. A good home market depends upon loyal home patronage, but any patron- age, home or foreign, will not respond without consistent market attractions. Trade moves in the direction of the least resistance, or in response to the strongest attraction, which are one and the same thing in practical results. Mer- chants and local newspaper publishers are offended when a dollar of local pat- ronage goes to outside concerns, yet in Many instances they both contribute to bring about just such a result. It may be practically impossible for a civilized community to confine its patronage exclusively to home produc- tion and to dispose of its surplus for cash to outsiders. If it were possible, the theory of accumulation—get all you can and keep all you get—would be beautifully exemplified. The local mer- chant and his family imagine that some article of necessity or luxury which they see advertised in the local paper by an outside concern is superior to that sup- plied in the home market and ignore the home producer or dealer, spending their money elsewhere. His brother merchant, engaged in another line, does likewise. They both even go so far as to order their printing from an office located in another town. They sub- scribe to outside publications to the ex- clusion of their home paper, which loses interest by comparison with the better- patronized and more-prosperous foreign publication, until the local paper be- comes practically worthless as an ad- vertising medium, for want of local in- terest manifested in it. And, when this condition of affairs dawns upon the par- ticipants and chief sufferers, a triangu- lar wail unites in the troubled atmos- phere in a frantic appeal to the com- munity not to follow their example but to patronize home industry. But the buying public are not ignorant of the inconsistency and imagine they see something attractive outside, them- selves. Alienated patronage has the right of way and loca! business is side- tracked. Not until every interest in the community has felt the foregn influence will matters change in favor of the home market. Human nature seems to have been constructed with a large open pouch in front, to contain the inconsistencies of its fellows, while its own shortcomings are concealed in a small neat package at its back. Not until human nature can lay aside its self-destructive pride and face the cold and stubborn fact that it is a miserable, beggarly dependant upon its fellows for the necessaries as well as the enjoyments of life will it learn practical co-operation in the care of mutual interests as enjoined in the Golden Rule. There seems to be a sort of super- natural, as well as fatal, equity over- ruling business transactions, so that it might be asked in paraphrase, What shall it profit a community, or a nation, to gain the whole world and lose its home trade? Business, like charity, should begin at home. The most prosperous, the most independent, the happiest community is that which is self-sus- taining, whether or not it ever solda dollar’s worth of surplus. If it is the sole aim in life of the members of a community to accumulate wealth, and they are willing to stint themselves and ‘*skin’’ the stranger to accomplish that end, they ought not to complain of slack business occasioned by abnormal econ- omy at home on the part of their con- temporaries, in their efforts to provide a surplus and to accumulate a reserve in cash; nor should they cry out, ‘‘Stop thief !’’ when the stranger happens to be aggressive and successful enough to appropriate some cuticle himself, from where it may be the mosi inconvenient to part with it. It is not good diplomacy to attempt to convert a man to your way of thinking by finding fault with him or abusing him; rather must he be won over by superior attractiveness and more con- vincing display. The same rule applies to trade and can only be suspended by compulsion and under protest, which will embrace the first opportunity for successful revolution. Very little trade, I imagine, is di- verted from strictly selfish and self-in- terested channels through sympathy ; the personality of the tradesman merely gives him the advantage of preference, other things being equal, or at least the impression prevailing in the mind of the buyer that they areso Hence it follows that, to develop a healthy and robust home trade, the buyers of the community must be first convinced that it is to their interest to patronize the home market. This ought not to be very difficult in an enterprising and intelli- gent community if it is gone about in the right way. It would appear that, as the commer- cial spirit is essentially a selfish one, the first lesson for the class in ‘‘local economy’’ should be calculated to teach that the best interests of the individual lie in the direction of mutual patronage, for the reason that each individual. is naturally dependent on. every other, and that a favor dispensed by one is sure to be, in turn, reciprocated by all, in some form, unless hindered or diverted from its natural course by the mistaken overt act of some member of the collec- tive individuality. If there happens to be an abnormally developed ‘‘hog’’ in the community, the pork-packing season should not be permitted to pass unim- proved. The instruction in the next higher grade should consist in object-lessons of desirability and utility, elaborated by appropriate lectures in the form of attractive advertising. To render the instruction more effectual and lasting, there should be frequent recitations by the whole class, and graduating exer- cises at short intervals, to encourage the younger pupils to persist to the end of the course. As ‘‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull hoy,’’ it might prove conducive to health and the better ap- plication to study to interject a holiday, occasionally, in which such divertise- ments as ‘‘chasing the Almighty Dol- lar’’ or ‘‘a run on the bank’’ might be indulged in by way of recreation; but great care should be had not to permit over-exercise, especially in the case of pupils of excitable temperament or weak financial organs. In case of in- advertent injury to these organs,a bank- draft applied to the face (of a legacy), by way of a tonic, will often restore normal conditions, unless the patient is too far gone (to tbe cemetery, for in- stance), in which case apply the draft to his life insurance policy. If all these things fail to produce a healthy home market, a happy and pros- perous community, try some other ex- periment; and let me know how it works. J. M. BANKER. > 0. It is easy enough for a woman to make up with a rival—if the rival is the homelier. ERFECTION FOR ARAFFINED, WE CLAIF\ ACKAGE Light—Neat—Strong. Catalogue for the asking. OWOSSO, MICH. OUR ARCHMENT-LINED FOR HANDLING BUTTER, IMPROVEMENT THE ORDER OF THE AGE No crocks to weigh and return. MICHIGAN PACKAGE CoO., ial aaa laaiaaaa eae The Food Commissioner has begun an aggressive crusade again#t cheap vi negars 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 recognized purity and strength, and we beg leave to call the Robinson’s Cider Vinegar is always up to the standard established by the Lgislature and that it is guaranteed not to contain any deleterious acids or any- thing that is not produced from theapple. One} lred 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 manufa cturer, : i 2 attention of the trade to the fact that \ ROBINSON CIDER & VINEGAR CO., Benton Harbor, Mic 2eagege5e5252S252S25e5e5e525 Se See ee ee ee h Ns a5esespsesesesesesesesesesese? W. R. Brice. Est. 1852. C. M. Drake Philadelphia’s Leading Hustling REFERENCES: Corn Exchange National Bank, Philadelphia. Western National Bank, Philadelphia. D. C. Oakes, Coopersville, Mich. Take an Observation Philadelphia to-day is the leading Butter United States. light and the market is firm and active. Extra Creameries selling at......---- Firsts selling at...... Seconds selime at..............--«+-14{@1g Fancy Imitations.............-++++-14@I15 FT ee ee ee a 12 Packing stock in barrels or tubs...... I1(@12 Ship your Butter to a Butter house and be happy, you will get full market value and quick returns. a share of your consignments on business principles. W. R. BRICE & 17/72 J 6@resec W.R. Brice & Co. Commission Merchants W.D. Hayes, Cashier Hastings National Bank, Hastings, Mich. Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids, Mich. E. A. Stowe, Michigan Tradesman. market of the The receipts of all grades of Butter are Cc 00-0 Cc knowing We solicit CO. Latintiotint ett eat tc 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Peculiar Plea for the Peddler. Written for the TRADESMAN. Every human being born into the world is said to possess certain inalien- able rights. These were defined by the founders of our Government to be ‘‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness.’’ No human being can live without food, air and water. These he must procure by his own exertions or by the labor of another. Liberty is the freedom of the indi- vidual to procure the necessaries of life without infringing the rights of others. The man who drafted the defi- nition of what constitutes ‘‘inalienable rights’’ must have been a_ philosopher, else he would not have chosen the word ‘*pursuit,’’ instead of ‘‘possession,’’ in connection with ‘‘happiness,’’ There is a pessimistic undercurrent of irony in the expression, which strikes one as indicating that it was born of a spirit which had known the bitterness of ad- versity and unmerited disappointment. As education and refinement develop, something more than the bare neces- sities of life become imperative to the bopefu! pursuit of happiness. Human selfishness is at the bottom of most of ihe troubles the human race has to contend with. We decide according to our best judgment as to the formula that promises to contribute the largest to our personal interests and then we immediately want a law enacted com- pelling everyone to conform to that standard ; then we wonder why so many unjust and useless laws encumber our statutes. Why, bless you, money and influence will procure any sort of legis- lation. The tragedy of ‘‘Shylock and the pound of flesh,’’ however, has its counterpart in continuous performance in the courts of our land and Justice has her equivalents to hold in check much of the over-reaching tendencies of bad legislation. It is a question whether or not most laws enacted in restraint of trade are not altogether pernicious. This, how- ever, must not be confounded with the question of laws enacted for the regula- tion or prohibition of dishonest trade. The rapacity of the money-worshipper needs other restraints than those sup- plied by his own elastic conscience. Men who have by honest industry and good management secured a competency should be protected in their rights in the fullest sense, but these rights should not be construed to overshadow and ex- tinguish the rights of the humblest indi- vidual entitled to ‘‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,’’ which are as necessary and as dear to him as are the more diversified to the more opulent individual. With these preliminary ob- servations we will take up the subject of ‘* peddlers. ’’ A peddler may be an embryo mer- chant or a circumstantially retired one. He may use questionable methods to sell his wares; so do many merchants. He may not pay his just proportion of municipal tax; many wealthy property owners are openly charged with a like offense. He may sell goods at less than legitimate margins (whatever that may mean); many merchants are obliged to do the same. He may be familiar with the art of selling 38 or 40 quarts of ber- ries out of a bushel; I have heard others in higher standing in the com- mercial world accused of the same ac- complishment. If the peddler has been swindling his customers and defrauding the common- wealth from time immemorial, certain- ly the shrewd, honest, wide-awake, solid business men of the country ought to have been able long ago to have con- vinced the public of the fact, so that the business would have died out of itself and not have waited to be suppressed by the strong and expensive arm of the law. If I choose to adopt more expensive and luxurious methods of doing business than my competitor, is that a valid rea- son for the enactment of a law compell- ing him to adopt my methods or suffer the alternate of a fine or imprisonment to bring his expenses up to the required standard? If I happen to be in possession of more porperty than my neighbor, ought it to be required of him to pay the same amount of tax or to suffer the equivalent in a fine or license to be per- mitted to live? If my property is not worth the tax I am required to pay for the enjoyment of its possession, why should I not inflict my neighbor with the possession of it and thus require him to bear the burden a while? I suppose this is a cruel suggestion and rather rough on the neighbor, but the Christian injunction says, ‘‘Bear ye one another's burdens,’’ and I am al- most sure, from my acquaintance with the neighbor, that if the transfer should be suggested to hii for the considera- tion invoived, he would be ready to meet it in the Christian spirit implied. This leads us to observe that civiliza- tion has adopted a queer system of taxa- tion. For instance, an enterprising and public spirited individual owning a piece of vacant land places valuable improvements upon it; the tax-assessor comes along and reports him to the proper authorities, who immediately as- a ECONOMY it is poor economy to handle cheap flour. It You cannot guaranteeit. You is never reliable. 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. BOROROROROROROROROCOROROR £ Merchants Correspond with me about your Butter and Eggs. I want 5,000 pounds Butter per week. Write atonce. Get your name on my list and receive quotations each week. Want your Butter, Eggs and Poultry the year around. E. M. SMITH, Cedar Springs, Michigan. 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. 830 NORTH FOURTH ST., Promptness is the essence of our success. We will buy your Butter and Eggs for Cash Correspond with us. We do not claim to be the oldest and largest commission house in the country, but in many respects one of the best. HARRIS & FRUTCHEY, Detroit Butter and Eggs Any quantity at any station gets highest cash prices from me. R. Hirt, Jr., 36 Market St., Detroit, Mich. DH VMEADENDE NDE AIDEN EDEN NDE AIDE AID NUD NUD AMD EAM NUD NUDE NUD RND ANUP NUD NUDE NUD EO Mee eee UU a oe 09 we a Buffalo, N. Y. ws Z@ . = es D. E. Knowlton, Pres. and Gen’l Mer. ws em ! Ye E: Z 6A. +R” @ Warehouse “A” Warehouse “B & es Capacity 600,000 cubic feet. Capacity 500,000 cubic feet. a an be i Z oa Exclusively sen pert rig be ey an iscellaneous x g u n les Al Butter and Eggs Storage. nZ E% Rates Reasonable. : : i XZ Z Don’t try experiments. Store 33 = Low Insurance. where you know your goods will %& Ee Liberal Advances. | be properly cared for. Correspondence Solicited. sess a heavy tine against him for daring to buy materials and to employ labor to beautify and to make the earth more habitable, while his more conservative neighbor who owns a vacant lot over- grown with weeds is let off with a nom- inal tax, Any avocation tbat continues to de- pend upon public patronage for sub- sistence must fill a want or it could exist, not and to effectively suppress the avocation the want must first be dis- posed of. Nature is greater than its creatures and the creatures can not in- definitely restrain a natural force—it will find vent in some direction. The tax-payer who insists upon re- straining an individual from earning a livelihood by his own exertion may, per- force, be obliged to support that indi- vidual in idleness. The individual who does not earn his own living must either be deprived of life or supported by the substance or labor of others. It would seem that the better way to abate the peddler nuisance, as it is called, would be to enact a law requiring every seller of merchandise having no fixed place of business to register, charging a fee therefor sufficient to pay the expense of conducting a strict supervision of the traffic and providing in the regulation a system of inspection to cover the ques- tion of the sale of impure or unwhole- some food, and fraudulent transactions of whatever nature, violations of the law to be punished by adequate fines and forfeitures. If the peddlers should be required to sell as good quality of wares and to be held to the same weights and measures as are the merchants who have a fixed location, and it should then transpire that the peddlers could sell cheaper and do more business, the merchants ought then to consider seriously the advisabil- ity of revising their system to meet the exigencies of the case by business meth- ods, instead of appealing to the law to compel the public to contribute to the support of an exorbitant system that would thus have shown itself unable to fairly meet competition. In our com- petitive system it is not a question of ‘the survival of the fittest,’’ but of the survival of the cheapest. Therefore, let no proud merchant ap- prehend with horror the possibility of his engaging in the ‘‘peddling busi- ness,’’ if that should prove to be the most successful method of selling goods. No merchant pays extra salaries to his clerks to enable them to live more ex- pensively, but his salary list is graded according to the market price of clerks and what they are worthtohim. Neither will the public consent to pay extra MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | profits to the merchant to enable him to own property and to pay taxes and to do business in a down-town store. Permit me to hint at a possible solu- tion of the vexing problem, within the reach of the merchants themselves, in this parting sentiment: It is often easier to beat a man at his own game than to compel by law to play at yours, J. M. BANKER. —t 2 > — Experience of One Woman serving Eggs. Writteu for the TRADESMAN. This is the first time J ever wrote toa newspaper, but perhaps I can aid some person by relating my experience in the matter of preserving eggs. I began, on a small scale, in 1894, having only to start with. Last summer I pre- served ten whisky barrels full of eggs, which held 1,500 dozen and cost 6% cents a dozen, ur $97.50 for the lot. The preservation cost $13.50; total, $111. I sold them in December at our home market for 18 cents a dozen; total, $270. The following is my recipe: Take 36 gallons of water; add 6 pounds of salt and 4 ounces of Per Algretta; dissolve the Per Algretta in 2 gallons of boiling water and pour into the cold mixture, thus making 38 gallons in all. This will preserve two barrels (300 dozen eggs). Put I9 gallons of the solution in each barrel; place the eggs therein as purchased and allow them to remain covered with the mixture until they are sold. Procure the powdered Per Algretta, as it is more soluble than the bulk. Next year I shall invest my $270 in eggs and, by selling and reinvesting it for two years, I shall have a capital of over $1,500, with which I can makea profit of $2,000 a year. I can not see why a good profit could not be made at this business, as eggs are consumed everywhere and always sell for a much higher price in winter than in summer. I hope many of the readers of the Tradesman will adopt this method and communicate the result of their experience through this valuable paper. Iam confident they would meet with success, as eggs preserved in this way are equally as good as the fresh product. Mrs. J. W. WHITE. Oe 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 a: +9 >. Most women nowadays are fair just in proportion as they are false. in Pre- $4 O1 "Ship US VOU. BERRIES etc., and get highest prices and quick returns. We still want your BUTTER AND EGGS for cash at your station. Write us before ship- ping elsewhere. HERMANN C. NAUMANN & CO., Detroit, Mich. Main Office, 33 Woodbridge St., W. Branch Store, 353 Russell Street. i jEARLY FRUITS AND VECETABLES Will please your customers and make you money Popular prices prevail. Ask for quotations. F.d. DE TTENTHALER, 117-119 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ene COROROUGCHORONROROROERCE SCRORCHSOROKS ORE HSRSKS J. WILLARD LANSING BURGE D. CATLIN Lansing & Catlin Wholesale Dealers in Butter and Eggs 103 Michigan St. Buffalo, N. Y. EGGS EGGS EGGS Buffalo is headquarters for Eggs. Our market has advanced one cent per dozen since last week. Ship us your Eggs, as we want them and can get you top prices. Our Stock of Wall Paper and Paints Is New and Fresh from the Factory. Every Wall Paper Design is of 1898 make. Picture Frames made to order. C. L. Harvey & Company, 59 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. {We are not connected with any other firm using our name. DPCP PEPE PPS PPP PEED SPEEDED EPL HEARED BAPBABDABH OA. BABA NL eS ELS B Wg Hig aay wala ES Le An Insult To the Grocer ° Some coffee roasters and jobbers occasionally claim wonderful qualities for their goods regardless of the fact that they cannot produce such up-to-date blends as ours. We build business on a solid foundation FOR US The J. M. Bour Co., 113-115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. as well as for the retail grocer. IG MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 18—It has beena good week among jobbers and the vol- ume of business done is very large in- deed. In many instances overtime has been necessary to fill the orders and everything seems to. be flourishing. Prices generally were well sustained. Among the great grocery staples coffee has moved as slowly as any. Orders coming to hand have been for the small- est amounts and there seems to be no anxiety whatever on the part of buyers to stock up beyond immediate wants. In invoices nothing was done. Holders show no special desire to dispose of stocks, although the new crop will begin to arrive before long. Rio No. 7 is held at 63¢c and the supply in store and afloat aggregates 866,747 ba against 758,760 bags at the same time last year. Mild grades have been in fairly good request aud jobbers have shown quite a ‘‘hankering’’ for the better sorts. Good “held at 83(c, although this might be shadea in some cases, if nec- essary. The statistical position of coffee is such that we may expect a very low price for the next few years,at least. os ae Cucuta is The tea market awoke to find itself famous. Enormous sales have been made, and prices have advanced 5@ioc along the whole line. It is said that oo packages of Formosas in one block were sold and 50,000 of Oolong. It b Sgures as these that make the te arket of the past seem mighty lifeless. Congous to the extent of many thousand packages have also changed hands. Good Amoy, 20@21c; good Foo- chow, 21%4%@2 Good Formosa, 26@ 27c ; good medium Japan, 21@23c. Since Jan. 1 the appraiser's office here has passed 17,000,000 pounds of tea and re- jected 1,068,000 pounds. Sugar is firm. The price of refined, which has been guaranteed for a long time past, will remain for another thirty days. This bas made a firm market and dealers know where they are at. There is a good demand and orders have come from all parts and in_ satisfactory amounts. Granulated, 53 2 in Amount of Case Count Business. From the New York Produce Review. We wish to call the attention of our friends in the egg business at interior points to some features of our egg mar- ket which are a little different from those of former seasons. One of the bars to a close grading of stock bas been at least partially removed, and there is a growing disposition, and a growing ability, to recognize _ strict merit by holding buyers to a case count basis where the goods come up to cer- tain definite and established require- ments in point of quality and assort- ment. There is, in fact, more and more case count business being done here from year to year, but it is confined to such very fancy goods as show in reality little or no loss on the one hand, and to such goods as are too poor to sell to regular dealers on the other. The goods which have to go loss off, however, still include the majority of our receipts; they are those lots of so-called firsts which contain enough fine eggs to war- rant regular dealers in using them un- der their own candiing, but too many poor eggs to warrant them in taking the stock case count. We have lately noticed an increasing quantity of the ungraded eggs, which run so poor as to find no outlet except to cheap trade at very low prices. It does not pay to ship stock in this fash- ion; it was a waste of expense to pay freight on the bad eggs and their pres- ence in such quantity injures the sell- ing value of the better eggs with which they are mixed. Under our present Exchange rules stock which is received here in perfect condition and which contains no small or dirty eggs, being packed in white wood cases, with medium or No. 1 fill- ers, and which does not lose over 1 doz. to the case (counting checks at half loss) can be sold at mark. We think the fact is worth notice and an effort to give us goods of this character, al- though many may try for the grade and not always reach it. During the hot weather an assortment by casual in- spection will not produce the requisite quality; it can only be done befere the candle and by experienced and com- petent hands Increase >? sS Line Ration. Plymouth, Wis., June 15—The follow- ing resolution was unanimously adopted by the Plymouth Dairy Board yesterday and similar resolutions will be adopted by every dairy board in Wisconsin this week or next: Whereas—American cheese is known to be a nutritious and healthful article of food and, in the warm climate where the United States army is called to serve in the present war with Spain, especially is it far more healthful than pork and bacon, therefore be it Resolved—That we, the members of the Plymouth Dairy Board of Trade, representing one of the greatest and most important interests in the State, do hereby unite in urging the members of Congress from the State of Wiscon- sin to immediately take active and earnest measures to have American cheese placed on the list of rations of the United States army, and further be it Resolved—That a copy of these reso- lutions, signed by the President and Secretary of this Board, be mailed to each Wisconsin member of the Senate and House of Representatives. Wisconsin in on the Cheese N. WOHLFELDER & CoO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 399-403 HIGH ST., EAST SIDE, DETROIT, MICH. We want your shipments of Eggs, Butter and Cheese and will make liberal advances on same to reliable parties. Your Best Trade only Fancy Creamery The Finest Goods THE FINEST 1-2-3 OR 5-LB PACKAGE Write us. MAYNARD & COON, Grand Rapids, Mich. appreciate Butter. in afford you a good profit. ee ee DOGBOGQQOQOOQOQOOOQOGDOOO® ® All S9UCETS —..cnssnie © who desire to give their customers the best Vinegar on the market, will buy 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. @ @ @ © © © s @ 2 THE LEROUX CIDER & VINEGAR CO., Producers, Toledo, Ohio. DOOQOODOODQOSOE HHOQOQOQOS 2 :010:22810K01# QOHOQGQOOOO HOS +: 5OOE ©O0OOOOOO BEWARE OF and avoid the Food Commissioner’s raid. Impure Extracts Our Flavoring Extracts are pronounced Absolutely Pure by the Michigan State Analyst. De Boe, King & Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. FOLDING PAPER BOXES Candy, Cough Drops, Tobacco Clippings, Condition Powders, Etc. and Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties. PHONE 850. Printed and plain for Patent Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, Crackers and Sweet Goods, Bottle Ask or write us for prices. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO. 81,83 ano 85 CAMPAU ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. if Charlotte. Mich RICH DRINK of choice coffee with palatable cereals and other > COFFEEE | COMPOUND wholesome ingredients. Far superior to all . “cereal” drinks. A beautiful Tea and Coffee Pot oes Stand given with each 2 pound package. Retails Mant for 13c a pound, affording retailer big profit. cured by Pleases customers. Order trial case and see how quickly it sells. WOODBURY &CO., mers.. CHARLOTTE. MICH. Woodbury 8p. 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. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN i7 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Joon A. Horrman, Kalamazoo; Secre- tary, J C. Saunpers, Lansing; Treasurer, Cuas. McNotry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, C. C. SNEDEKER, 2 Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans, B: ry City; Grand a _G_S. VALMORE, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W. S. WEst, Jackson. Michigan | Commercial Tra Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Borp PaNntLinp, Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. F. Rapids. Grand Rapids; OWEN, Grand Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette: Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. M. O, Williams, traveling representa- tive for Williams, Davis, Brooks & Hinchman’s Sons, Detroit, has taken a position in the sundry department and given up work on the road, Thos. Macleod (Geo. W. Farnham Co.) has a son, Edward W. Macleod, who is with the Detroit Naval Reserves on the Yosemite and expects to see ac- tive service with Sampson at Cuba or Porto Rico, A. W. Peck (Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.) has been compelled to relin- quish the exploitation of his automatic ventilated cycle seat, on account of the objections of his house to his handling a side line. He has therefore parceled out the territory among his friends, hav- ing transferred Southern Michigan to A. A. Howard (Coldwater), Eastern Michigan to ‘‘Old Wrinkles’’ Crawford (Flint) and Western Michigan to L. J, Koster ‘Grand Haven). Backward, turn backward, your flight, Feed me on gruel soup just for to-night; I am so tired of this sole leather steak, Petrified doughnuts and vulcanized cake, Oysters that sleep in a watery bath, Butter as strong as Goliath of Gath ; Weary of paying sa what I can’t eat, Chewing up rubber and calling it meat! QO time, in Backward, turn oe for weary I am, Give me a whack at my grandmother's + jan, Let me drink milk that has never been “skimmed, Let me eat butter whose hair has been trimmed, Let me once more have an old-fashioned n1€ ; Then T'll be ready to curl up and die! Judging by the following clipping from the New Orleans Picayune, the ob- noxious gate system is in vogue on some of the Louisiana railways: ‘‘The gate system in use by some railways to prevent persons from entering the cars or the inclosures where the cars. stand, unless they show tickets, was the subject of discussion before a committee of the General Assembly at Baton Rouge, last night. It is contended by the railways that the gates are necessary to prevent dishonest officials of the roads from rob bing the companies. Very well, why not provide some remedy that will not worry and annoy aud inconvenience the roads’ customers? Men and women, often with children in arms or loaded with bundles, are forced often to stand exposed to the weather and jammed in a crowd and placed at the greatest in convenience to prevent some disbonest conductor from robbing his employer. Why visit the punishment the passengers, and not on the prospective or possible thief? Why persecute. the innocent and not adopt some method of security that will be felt by the dis- honest employe? On the English rai.- on ways, where the gate system is used, Passengers are received under shelter. In this country, protection of any sort to those entering the cars is the excep- tion. The railways, in all probability, can not afford to shelter their passen- gers, and ought not to be required to do it if they are not able; but the passen- gers should be protected against having to suffer unnecessary lence. The matter is a simple one, and should be decided in a spirit of justice to all parties, and with discrimination for against none.’’ inconven or > @e Bardeen’s estauen Held in Abeyance. At a special meeting of Post E held at Sweet’s Hotel last Saturday evening, Geo. F. Owen was elected Chairman and Manley Jones acted as Secretary pro tem. Several letters from Geo. E. Bardeen, President of Otsego, were presented, in- viting the Grand Rapids traveling men to visit Otsego on July 4. The invita- tion was discussed by everyone present and, at the close of the discussion, it was unanimously decided to hold the in- vitation in abeyance until Mr. Bardeen explain the meaning of the word ‘‘cali- pothiaphicahn.’’ Grand Rapids travel- ing men are bold in the presence of danger, but they do not mean to be led into a trap from which they can not ex tricate themselves, and if Mr. or any other man, thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the Grand Rapids traveling men, he is mistaken. Some of Mr. Bardeen’s several of invitation are decidedly interesting, as may be inferred from the following Xtracts ; I have received a clipping from Mr. Stowe of the Tradesman and ina noteat the bottom he asks or rather states, I will be at the meeting to explain what a caliphothiaphicahn is. Now, I can not give this out publicly, but I all Say) it to you, knowing you are a discreet per- son—one who can keep a secret, and simply tell his personal friends, whose personal friend will simply communi- cate it to their personal friends, and in this way it will be kept perfectly—that a caliphothi: aphicabn is neither a man nor a woman. It is dressed so it is im- possible to tell, and we expect all the Knights of the Grip to come down here so dressed, as well as the Elks and others. We expect this is going to bea regular old 4th of July caliphothiaphi- cahn day. [ note that you are surprised that we have a cemetery, that such a thing should be superfluous in a city of my adoption. You are very right in your conclusion. The cemetery is not located here for the purpose of the inhabitants here, but for the people that come from outside and can not withstand the dry atmosphere. They pass away and, in- stead of cremating them, we take them up on the hill to save expense of car- riage to other points. > 32> Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. The hide market remains high price, wlth no accumulations. Stocks are eagerly sought and taken at ruling prices. The country kill is extremely small, with no apparent increase for the future. There are sheep pelts offering. Sheerlings will be a_ scarce offering throughout the country and in guod de- mand for clothing purposes. Tallow in fair demand at lower prices. Any influence to advance prices seems to meet with defeat. Soap stocks are plenty. Wool remains firm at good prices, with no sales at seaboard to make a quotable price. Sales so far this year have been $1,000,000 or under per week, compared with from $6,000,000 to $10, - 000,000 during the corresponding time last year. Wo. T. HEss, in no is Bardeen, | letters | SUCCESSFUL nn Thos. Macleod, Representing the Geo. W. Farnham Co. nis service | | | s to the country of his adop- |tion, having been a member of the first Michi Lancers es six months. He |}was. discharged March 22, 1802, Dy reason of the regiment being disbanded. He is also a member of the Fellowcraft _ of Detroit, in which he is held in Thos. Macleod was born in Edin- | burgh, Scotland, April 12, 1839. His| father was manager cf the bible pub- lishing house known as the Queen's Printing Office. He was the oldest child in a family of four sisters and one brother, Wm. 8B. Macleod of Edin- burgh being probably the most promi- nent dentist in the realm. Mr. Macleod attended school until 15 years ot age, when he took a for an Edinburgh mained three grated to clerkship where he re- he emi- Detroit, bouse, years. In 1857 America, landing where he secured a position of the Ed. Fishy New Baltimore. removed to successively in as Manager 1s house years later where 001 dry Three Houghton, identified for te T Foot at he he was n years with the general stores of J. Hoar & Bro., Northrup, Butler & Co..and Condon & Close. In 1870 he returned to Detroit eae + emgeeare % .. e : Bia a lak al and took a position P. Bald- win & Co. as traveli sman, - maining twenty-six w house and its win, 2d, & Co. & Co. In Sept. r. lee - cepted an offer from the Geo. W. Farn- ham Company, of Boffalo, N. Y., t cover the entire State of Mict , with the exception of the Thumb and the house he with which Saginaw Valley, stili identified. Mr. Macleod was married Nov. 17 1568, to Miss Lucy ©, P. Le’ Br of Boston, and the family now of four children, three boys and one ughter, the latter married. Mr, Mac- ve was originally a Presbyter lan and was for many years a strong adherent of that church. Some years ago he espoused the belief of the Episcopal church, with which he is still identified. He is an enthusiastic of the Masonic fraternity, including Union Ledge, Pen- Chapter, t Commandery member insular Detroi and Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was one of the original thirteen traveling men who organized Commercial Travelers’ 1874, and has served the the Michigan Association in organization as President one year, as Secretary one year and as a member of the Board of Directors for sixteen years. He has also been member of the Northwestern Traveling Men’s Associa- tion for over twenty years. Although he never smelled gunpowder, he tendered AS a igh esteem. ——— ully, Mr. Macleod is probably as we 5 any salesman in the State, owi ctent of territory he has covered and the length of time he has traveled. He is everywhere regarded as man of the highest integrity, having undue resuming ice of a this policy, sa large d no incon- rable number of warm admirers. o> o> ‘All the wor t « . ~ c js never Deen accused of taking an advantage of a competitor or p +} oor . tHe tenorance “7 «60S £45 or inexperie! of a result igidly adhered to, he poss le of steadfast friends an That ‘ I ( ) Id’s a stage,'’ I grieve, And from my inmost soul [ suffer from dyspepsia when My wife ‘‘creates a roll.’ MICHIGAN'S S POPULAR SUMMER RESORT.. ° THE | SEVEN ISLANDS CITY OF GRAND LEDGE. = First- easonable rates Aa VevuvwweWWwuveuveeuuveuvdvuuwwWwWeecveweveusveWeeuws¥eeUbercuraeecurvcu¥vevuverdvuurrs Af I offer property FOR — of ix i Owi » other business, this magnificent Vt burden me with letters UntLess You Have Wer wvw eve vrwuvvewcvuduvenwuyuweuwuWeuWiedY —~ J. S. MUDGE, Owner and Proprietor. 4AMAAMBRARSRADARARSPARERARADARRAARALADAD Jakalatatatatatals POV VSP U PSV Ve ‘ par eB AMAARAARAAARAAARAAARAAAARAARARARAAAAABARARARARARBAAAARARASARAAL RAL only i sisal ee ee in MASON, MICH. irge Every- thing new. Every room ated. L and well- yur mail care of the CHARLES A nelly House, Prop. HOTEL = LANSING, MICH. rary of 150 pw ards. I. M. BROWN, Prop. KES br STREAMS epg ane itehall, oe e¢ ae and; » to Mears and rates for MANY LA sucl Hotel, Wm. Cherryman, Prop. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. $2 PER DAY. FREE BUS. Is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs-=Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires F. W. R. Perry, Detroit - - Dec. 31, 1898 A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1899 Gro. Gunprvm, Ionia - - Dee. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNotps, St. Joseph Dec. 31, 1901 HENRY HErM, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902 President, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Secretary, GEo. GuNDRUM, Ionia. Treasurer, A. C, ScouMacHER, 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 at 8 o'clock p. m. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President—A. H. WEBBER, Cadillac. Secretary—CuHas. Mann, Detroit. Treasurer—JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids. How Pharmacy nin Can Protect the Profession. Botanically, the apprentice 1s known Quantitas Un-non-ias ;’’ chemically, ust a trace of organic matter, and phar- as maceutically, the apprentice, with rare exceptions, is a runaway from school who smokes es chews gum, and sometimes sells a little of both. When he can not get around it, he washes bottles, makes a bluff at keeping the store clean, and, after having performed these arduous duties, he gets all the affidavits can scrape up, testifying that he has had two years’ experience behind the ion counter and gets his certificate as assistant pharmacist. He is now admitted to the mysteries of the soda fountain, practices the fine art of drawing Monday morning eye-open- ers,and in the more refined pharmacies, more progressive beverages like ‘‘kow- mist’’ and other ‘‘milk shakes’’ in the most approved .fashion. After having done this for a term of three years, perchance looking on when the boss puts up a difficult recipe, like putting a label on a bottle of some proprietary nostrum, the assistant can prove up five years’ experience in the aggregate, the second job lot of affidavits enters the records and the registered pharmacist is ready. Ready for what? To canvass the wholesale trade for foreclosed mort- gage sales; and if he has a few hundred dollars the wholesaler generously ac- commodates the applicant by taking his cash and—another mortgage—and when in the course of a few years the situa- tion is ripe for another foreclosure, our new competitor has sunk his savings and acquired the first dose of real genu- ine ‘‘experience.’ Is this an exaggeration? Alas, I fear it is too truly asnap-shot picture. What is the remedy? None, except we drug- gists help ourselves by giving more at- tention to the kind of calibre we take in as apprentices and by demanding of our various boards of pharmacy that nobody be accepted as an apprentice unless qualified. Careful observers have agreed long ago that our ranks are overcrowded and that unjustified—almost senseless— competition is the curse of our trade. I am almost tempted to admit that phar- macy is a professsion. If we were trades- men, we would have trades unions, and you all know that trades unions, without any legislative machinery, regulate even the number of apprentices each boss is permitted to employ. It is true, boards of pharmacy, as well as colleges, have their requirements for preliminary edu- cation—mostly honored in the breach. Look over the crop of papers handed in to our examiners—may they be for Dprescr ipt the board or college examinations—look over the direction labeis written by the average clerk who passed both board and college examinations, and you are sure to find a more strained relation existing between the young pharmacist and orthography and grammar than would be necessary for a modern decla- ration of war. We pharmacists pay for the administration of the pharmacy law, and we have a perfect right to demand of our board that it protect us against insane competition produced by admit- ting incompetent, ignorant boys into the ranks of pharmacy. If I had my way about it, I would insist that the rules governing admission to our ranks, in relation to preliminary education, be most stringently enforced. A young man of good education, with good practical training and a_ thorough theoretical knowedge of pharmacy, is certainly bound to be a more honorable competi- tor than the ignorant chap who embarks in pharmacy by way of so-called ‘‘ex- perience,’' only for the purpose of slashing around left and right for all there is in it, not to forget practice at the bar. We are not justified in com- plaining at all unless we take the rem- edy in hand ourselves by most careful scrutiny of all the qualifications of the young men we adopt as apprentices, and by insisting that our boards enforce the requirements of preliminary education. Glittering generalities on paper will not fill the bill. Considering the pres- ent state of pharmacy, it requires a courage worthy of a better cause to em- bark in pharmacy. Let us be honest to the young men who offer themselves as apprentices. Let us be honest in the affidavits that we give to these young men proving up experience, and soon the conditions wil] change for the bet- ter. Primarily, pharmacy acts may have been established for the protection of the people, but I am frank to admit that I have no use whatever fora pharmacy act—and the board executing it—that does not protect the pharmacists who pay for the administration of the act. W. BODEMANN. Een —— The Drug Market. There are no new features of the drug market. With the single exception of opium, everything in the drug line is steady. Opium—On account of excited and advancing primary market and large demand, prices have advanced. The crop is reported poor quality and small. Morphine—Unchanged. Quinine—Is steady at the recent de- cline. Glycerine—The demand is not so large, but prices are firm. Indications are for higher prices during the coming season. Balsams—Copaiba has declined, on account of increased stocks. Peru and tolu are unchanged. Essential Oils—Are dull. Bergamot and anise are very firm. Roots—Gentian has advanced abroad and will be higher here. Golden seal is lower. Seeds—California yellow mustard has advanced, with higher prices in pros- pect. —_~>_2 Cuaciasies Eddy is so conspicuous- ly plain looking that a beggar who asked him for a quarter in Washington the other day, and got it, returned it, after a good look at the Congressman, with the remark: ‘‘I’ll be hanged if I'll take your money; go and buy yourself — meal and I'll strike some one se."" The “R” on a Prescription. Reminders of a time when mortals were supposed to have close intercourse with the gods come up now and then, and often in the most unexpected places. For example, there are several hundred thousand persons in the coun- try who daily write invocations to Jupi- ter or Zeus. Many times this number give of their substance for these talis- manic ciphers, hoping thereby to be rid of some bedily ill. Now, the curious part of this latter-day pagan worship is that those who make the sign of High Olympus’ king have little, if any, thought of what they are doing, and those who eagerly seek the ‘‘parch- ments'’ never suspect that they are tak- ing part in a medico-religious rite of the Middle Ages. In short, the ‘‘ priests of Jupiter’’ are physicians and drug- gists, the suppliants their patients or customers, and the parchments ordinary prescriptions. In the left-hand upper corner of every physician’s prescription or drugyist’s recipe may be found a letter ‘‘R,’’ having a line drawn ob- liquely across its tail. Not one person in ten who writes a prescription takes the trouble to recall the significance of that little stroke across the ‘‘R,’’ and not one in a _ thou- sand who carries a prescription to the dispenser knows anything at all as to the meaning of the symbol. Physicians’ and druggists’ text-books tell us_ it stands for ‘‘recipe,’’ and means ‘‘take of the following.’’ Many of those who write and dispense prescriptions will pause in their busy moments long enough to say it is a mere arbitrary sign and means little, if anything; but the student of ancient things finds in that well-known symbol a relic of the days when prescriptions had to be blessed of the gods to be effective, and will tell us it originally meant *‘May Jupiter or Zeus (or some other god who happened to be not overbusy at the time) bless this prescription and bring the patient health.’”’ Archeologists, while agreeing as to the antiquity of this medical symbol or talisman, differ somewhat as to its exact original meaning. The oldest form of the letter appears to have been a _ tigure like the English letter ‘‘Z,’’ with the lower horizontal part crossed with a sceptre-shaped line. This, or some modification of it, has been from time immemorial the symbol of the planet Jupiter. And this is given as the rea- son for placing it at the head of pre- scriptions, for the great planet, bearer of the name of the father of life, was believed in olden days to havea pe- culiar and powerful defense over dis- eases. The symbol has also been gen- erally described as simply the initial letter for Zeus, the Greek name _ for Jupiter. Butthis only accounts for part of it, as it makes no provision for the sceptre-stroke, an object which, accom- panied or entwined by a serpent, was ee in representations of Baers L Still others have figured it as being made up of the initial and terminal let- ters of Zadakiel, the angel and spirit of the great planet. Some, taking it to be a combination of KR’ and’ !,” have beld that it might be derived from the name of Raphael, angel of the sun, while one—Taylor— says: ‘‘This ideo- gram resolves itself into an arm grasp- ing a thunderbolt,’’ which is only an- other way of ascribing it to Jupiter. EO sl The Standing of the Retail Druggist. From the American Druggist. The position occupied by the retail druggist in the community varies, of course, in particular instances accord- ing to the personal worth of the indi- vidual druggist. On the whole, how- ever, the American druggist occupies a satisfactory position in the community, particularly among the smaller towns. In the cities, the accumulation of wealth and development of a leisure class has created lines of social cleavage which leave the druggist in the class of the small shop-keeper, lower in the social scale than the physician, but decidedly above the keeper of the corner grocery or neighborhood haberdashery of the res- ident section. Most druggists probably realize quite clearly that their own position in the community is largely dependent’ on their personal characters and habits of life, although probably few realize the immense power on the future of phar- macy which they are called upon to ex- ercise when selecting what we still term apprentices, although the term is now scarcely recognized. Inthe selection of a boy to enter his drug store at the foot of the ladder of pharmacy, every drug- gist has imposed upon him a most seri- ous duty, for in choosing this boy he is aidiug to determine the future of phar- macy. If he choose wisely a lad of in- telligence, industry and refinement, one accustomed to the refining influences dominant in a well-bred family, he will have done well for his calling. If, on the other hand, he carelessly accepts the first applicant, be will have done an ir- reparable injury to the future of phar- macy and one which no exercise of courtesy, sobriety and integrity on the part of the pharmacist himself can ever quite compensate for. We, therefore, direct the particular attention of our readers to this important subject and would impress upon them the serious character of the responsibility which they must assume in selecting the young men who enter pharmacy and who will some day determine the standing of the pharmacists in the community. ct En A Drug in the Market. “This war with Spain Gives me a pain, i The dolefal druggist cries, “*Because those who Buy from me do Not stop to analyze, “But hate, you know, The Spanish so That I can have no hope Of selling now, By any how, My stock of Castile soap.’’ a Like a Man. ‘‘Our nation,’’ the orator rehearsed before the mirror, ‘‘went forth with bread in one hand and the sword in the other—’’ _ ‘‘Isn't that just like a man?’’ bis wife interrupted him to ask: “a woman would have taken a breadknife.’’ AMERICAN PLAYING CARDS a competitor. Best Value for the Money. 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Nux Vomica po.20 Os Sepia.. ‘a in Sag D. Picis Liq. NN ¥% gal. aog...... Picis L iq.. quarts... Fieis Lig., pints. .... Pil Hydrarg. -po. 80 Piper Nigra...po. 22 Piper Alba....po. 35 Fix Burean ...... Plumbi Acet Pulvis Ipecac et Opii i Pyrethrum, boxes H. & F. D. Co., dos. Pyrethrum, pv...... Quassiz Quinia, S. P. &W.. Quinia, S. a. Quinia, N.Y.. Rubia Wactais SaccharumLactis py Salacin . ae oo Draconis... Bape, W... pape Mw. Hane, G2... |. Sinapis. @ ; Sinapis, opt.. @ | Snuff, Mace: aboy, De ) Voes. @ | Snuff, Scotch, DeVo's @ | Soda Boras...... 9 @ S| Soda Boras, po...... 9 @ | Soda et Potass Tart 26@ (Seda, Carb...... ... Hed | Soda, _ Carb. 3@ | Soda, Ash. oe 4@ Soda, Sulphas. aa @ | Spts. ane a @ pts. Hther Co...... 508 Spt Myrei a Dom. @ Spts. Vini Rect. bbl @ Spts. V ini Rect. 4bbl @ Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @ Spts. ¥ ini Rect. 5gal @ Less 5c gal. cash 10 davs. Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40@ Sulphur, Subl....... 3%4O Sulphur, Roll..... 346@ Tamarinds... : 8@ Terebenth Venice. 28 Theeproma....... . 402 2 Wanita... 9 00@16 00 | Zinci Suipo.....__.. 7@ Oils BBI Whale, winter....... 70 a | UAE, Oxtra........ 40 [oara, Nei... 6 o3. olo%y 2 ete LAIR RODE NG HERON ows oWGo ° o °o S469 AC fy o o ° 9 ° a 8 0° O° a o o POCKET BOOKS | : AND oO zeke We shall sample in a few ses | and well assorted line of 9° Oro O¢n0 o a Odo eo 9° DX ° oO ° a Ro oo ¢ ° 9 OX owe o o ° 0 O60 Solo Bolo 9 ° ° ° e ° o ° a 10 9}O.n9 0 o o o oO Boy oe ° oo aS ows ow oO O%oro ° Ladies’ Pocket Books Ladies’ Purses Gentlemen’s Gentlemen’s Purses And invite your inspection and order. SQN EBS Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 9 o °o ° f° Wo 2 5) ° ° 236 G0 oS ove SaoNe ° ee oC J os ord ALS LIK 2 Nopoae DO ACI, 9}O¢5 0 EIR 09802 Ox Je eseC DRE ees ae ovoGer i ae | Linsee . pure raw.. Neatafoot, winter att | Spirits Turpentine. 4 | Putty, strictly pure. ~w wonwnweoe < © Ww Gow ww €H9H9Gad mt pet Iniversal Prepared. Extra Turk Damar.. | Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp ad CE y: o °o o ope cs] 3 a : °o o Z oC C °o No? oO A 9 ° LIA? En $) 5 \ Sfavelone ®) o o — o o O%5 > 2 o oc 2. Sia OYG(o° ACla Cows’ J o 9° a3 o 6 0° ps ¢ J “8 eC °o So Pocket Books o oUoyo ° “ ° o o e o 0 2 APf5 9JO¢o Yoyo? oe °o o o o 0° i] a os o eo 9 9° Gow so ° 08Po(0°APfo o 9 +o 9 of o a °o Oo o se e9 °o °o G 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. It is im- possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is AXLE GREASE. | CLOTHES LINES. doz. gross | ¢ m, 20 ft, per ces....... 2 @ ae 2-DD 6 00 oo £6. per adcz....__. 1 3B or .......-.....00 7 00 nm, OTL, per dox.......f a aeons. oe 4 00 ptten, 70 ft, per dos.......1 00 Frazer’s se 9 00 | Cotton. 80 lox 12 TXLGolden,tinboxes75 9 00 2, 6Of 80 Mica, tin bores. ._.....7% 9 Oo ite. 7% 95 Paragon. _-) oe 6 00 BAKING POWDER. | 201: 2% | tity oe 3 @ packages....... 4 Arctic. rumbiers. E! Purity. ib cans, 2 doz case 16 | Jersey Cream. | 1 Ib. cans, per doz...... 2 | 9 oz. Cans, 1 ot 6 oz. Cans, o......... Our Leader. LUI Small 3dor ........... Rare 2dor.........- BROOMS. NO. i Carpet. ; 1 Of <0 1 % CANNED GOODS. Manitewoc Peas. Lakeside Marrowfat....... 95 Lekecide ©. J... ... _—. - | Lakeside, ~Lol Lakeside. 1 45] Extra Sifte a c | Columbia, t -2 00 Columbia, % p 1 37 oo ae Q® 7% @ 8 oa Re @ i% @ % On 8% QD 7% Q@ 7% a 7 | a eB | @ | Jo. @ i | —.... ........... @ ae @ i7 ifpmoureer...._... .. @ 12 Pacapme............0808 @ 6 ee a & Chicory. Sulxz ' 5 Red 7 CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & Co.’s. csoremes: OWE... oe Pewee ee Ureaktast Cooon........ ...... 45 Prime ..... Peaberry Mexican and Guatamala. ir : ; CREAM TARTAR. | 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes..30-35 ee eS Maracaibo. Roasted. Clark-Jewell-Welis Co.’s Brands oe Fifth Avenue.. Jewell’s Arabian Mocha....29 Wells’ Mocha and Java.....24 4 selow are cLaugk srs OT ret direct Co., Chicago. 6 gross boxes ’ Perfection Java.. pad... i Package. iven r ~ i Ww. F. mel’s tin % eres CLOTHES PINS. New Yerk ange coffees. to 2le dealer freight from your shipping eredit on the 1 amount of pays from the which he purchases ping point, including >, also ¥c a cases the list ;. above the 10 50 10 50 eughtin’s XX ¥Y. in’s XXXX sold to Mail all orders McLaughlin & 40 CONDENSED MILE. 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle ..0 Crown bees : 6 25 haile Dime e sree 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. c8,uny denom.... 1 50 any denom.... 2 50 500 books any denom 11 50 1.900 banks any denom 20 90 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. ~noons...... wopoees...... peers ........... 20 DOoKs........ 500 books...... 1000 books...... 1 00 2 eae 3 00 oc. oe oo Gece eee 17 50 Universal Grade. 1,000 books. any denom... Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n.... 1000, any one denom’n.... 2900, any cne denom’n... Steel punch. .... Apples. ao... Evaporated 50 lb boxes. Caiifornia Fruits. Pee el Biseceverries........... Nectarines ..... ae oe a Pears... ....... Pitted Cherries........ Prommeres............. Racpberries............ California Prunes. 100-120 2 lb boxes....... 90-100 25 Ib boxes....... 80 - 90 35 ib bores,.... .- 70 - SO 25 1b boxes...... 60-70 2 Ib boxes... .... 50-60 25 Ib bores....... 40 - 50 25 Ib boxes....... 30 - 40 25 1b boxes... Raisins. Loidon Layers 3 Crown. London Layers 4 Crown. euenas ............ neat Loose Muscatels 2 Crown Loose Muscatels 3 Crown Loose Muscatels 4 Crown FOREIGN. Currants. Patras bbis...... oe Peel. Citron American 10]b bx Lemon American 101b bx Orange American 101b bx Xsisins. Ondurs 25 in boxes.....8 Sultana ! Crown. Sultana 2 Crown Sultana Crown... Suitana 4 Crow Suita < SuitanaG(Crown ... Sultana package... .. FARINACEOUS Parina. nes 242 lb. packages...... oto cere... Soi erree.. .......... Hominy. Bere ... Flake, 50 lb. drums...... Beans. Dried Tima =... Medium Hand Picked.... Domestic, 10 lb. box. .... Imported, 25 lb. box.. . Pearl Barley. Cracked, bulk... 24 2 1b packages eee we cceee 50 books, any denom.... 100 books, any denom.... 500 books, any denom.... sees ceeres ‘ DRIED FRUITS—DONMESTIC 6% 8 “41ilb. packapes .._. se Buk, per 100 Ihe..... ... 4 onmue Ssss og DWIw ASSe @5 @8 844 @ i% G@ 7% @ 7% @9 @ ig cent lees in 50 1b cases 145 2 00 3% 4% 5% @ 74 Vostizzas 50 lb cases... ..@ 7% Ciaaed bo .....-...... @ 8% Cleaned. packages......-. @ 8% M12 ee GOODS. 1 65 £0 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. . 2 50 1 00 1 30 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. 7 Common. <. ...... 2a eo ee EN a. meee 3 00 Peas. os ................. = Split; per ib... . _.. on Rolled Oats. Rolled Avena, bbl.......4 00 Monarch, bbi...... .4 85 Monarch. 1 bbl.......... 210 Monarch, 90 lb sacks......1 99 Guster cases. .....:... 35 Pere, Ghecs.............. 0 Sage. German... 4 East india........... 3% Tapioca. Fiake _..... pee meee ae 3% Fear........:... 35 Anchor, 40 1 1b. pkges.... 5 Wheat. _ Salt Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @ 5 Georges genuine..... @ 5% Georges selected...... @6 Strips or bricks.... 6 @9 fierring. Holland white hoops, bbl. | Holland white hoop %bbl_ 2 75 Houand, 4 bbl... .. 1 30 Holland white hoop, keg. 80 Holland white hoop mchs 85 | Norwegian. a _. Round 100 lbs. oy 2 7 Round 2 ibe...... 1 30 Seeren. Soc 13 Mackerel. Mess 100 Ibs...... 15 0) Moas Bite. .....-.... 6 30 Mees Dies... pee GC ie....... h 13 mo Leeie......... 13°25 No.1 46 ibs.._- > 6) No.1 10 Ibs.. . 1 48 mot Sie... ... 12 No. 2 100 lbs 8 50 No.2 ibe... .. 2 70 No.2 Wibs..... 1 09 No 2 6Gibs......... 83 Trout. No. 1 100 cbs 5 2 Mo. t Hine ..... 2 40 No.1 ia lba.. Seika eee ao 68 Mot Sie... 57 Whitefish. No.l Ne.2 Fam idv lobe Cm Cm te “ibs . See 26) 186 its... 78 Ze #3 8 lbs. 85 61 29 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. ates Le Jennings’. D.C. Vanilla D. C. Lemon oos....... oF 2 OZ 2 Boz......1 oO 3 OZ. 1 00 <0... ...2 OO 4 0Zz 1 40 oo......3 5 OZ. 2 00 mo. & ito No. 8.240 No. 10. .6 00 No. 0...400 No. 27.12 “oo. cy. No. 37.2 00 No. 37.1 % No 4T.2 40 Wo. 47.7 80 Northrop Brand. Lem Van 20z. Taper Panel.. 7% 1 20 Pac. Gyel..... 2... % 1 90 3 oz. Taper Panel..1 35 2 co 4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60 2% Souders’. Oval bottie, with cerkscrew Best in the world for the money. Ge eee Reguiar i ‘| Grade fire ] Lemon. it | oe doz 202 = os... ..3 50 me Regular LN Vanilla. =o doz RS 2 oz 1 20 : ELEGAN? | 4 0Z..-.-- 2 40 ik iq | ea ee | XX Grade WAS ee Bl Lemon. is Ay ha ic ae AY AY x i; 2 OZ......1 50 m= 40s. ....3 00 | XX Grade Vanilla. [SOs..... 1 35 ba 4 gz 3 50 FLY PAPER. Tanglefoot, per box........ 30 Tanglefoot, c’se of 10:b’x’s 2 55 Tanglefoot, 5 case lots..... 2 50 Tanglefoot, [0case lots.... 2 40 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. Ree Bolt Bees, Quarter Kees 1 Tb. cans... i; ib Gane... Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Been. le Mau Bees... Quarter Kern... 1 35 Tid, Cans... 34 Eagte Duck—Dupont’s. a... . ae 8 Her Bees... 6s. le Quarter Kegs.. ... oe 1ib. cans. .... | i. HERBS Bere... ek, 15 Pome 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 Ib boxes...... 55 S. #.,2,3and51b boxes.... 50 JELLY. Dip pelle... seib palis... _..- ee LYE. Condensed, 2 doz . i 20 Candensed. 4 doz 9 OF LICORICE. ...... a 36 Calabria ee p53) ee BOO 10 SINCE MBAT. Ideal, 3 doz. in case.... 2 2 MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s brands. NO, 0 eulpner. 1 © Anchor rarlor..:...........4 7 No.2 Home.......... 1) Export Parior..............4 66 PLIGLASSES. New Orleans. Black oe ea 11 Fair ‘ Lee 14 00d ..... So 20 reney |... 24 Cnen Bettie. .............. 25@35 Half-bsrrels 2e extra. MUSTARD. Horee Radieh, 1 dos........ 1% Horse Radish, 2dos.........3 50 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz....... 1 % PIPES. Ciay, MO. TIS....... ia Clay, T. D. fullcount...... A Con, Ma.3........... POTASH. 48 cans in case. Bapiers................ 4m Penna Salt Co.’s.... 3M PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1.200 count.... 5 25 Halt bois, COGcount........ 3 i Smali. Barrels, 2,400 count... 6 35 Half bbls 1,200 count...... 3 7% RICE. Domestic. Carolina head.... .. t% Carmina Net... 5 Carounsa No.2... ....; 4 oe 3% Imported. Japan, No.2 634 Japan, No.2 6 gave, tancy head.......... 6 dave, No.1... 3... 5% Tae. 5... 2... : SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. a 3 3 Demoes oT 3 15 DWiRCE .... 2... 3 30 esters... 4... .. 3 00 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis...... 7 Granulated, 100 lb cases 99 Lamp, obi, .... ..... 7a Lump, 1451b kegs 85 SEEDS. os... .... 9 Canary, imyrma...... .. 3% COTAWON co 8 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 64 ey... 11 Hmemin, Mussien...... .... 3% Mitee o......... . +>, Musterd, white......: ..: 5 Posey... 10 Rape ee Cuttle Bone...... bac e ee SNUFP. Scotch, in bladders........ 3% Maccaboy, in jars....... a French Rappee, in jars..... 43 ET. Diamond Crystai. Table, cases, 24 3-lb boxes.. Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 Table, barrels, 407 1b bags.2 Butter, barrels, 280 1b. bnlk.2 25 Butter, barrels, 20 14 lbbags.2 50 Bntter, sacks, 28ibs........ . muteer, sacks Giibs........ & Common Grades. 100 3 lb sacks.... oe 90 GOS1b sacks........... 1 7 28 10-lb sacks...... 1 60 Worcester. SO 4 ID cartons ......,._.3 35 1D 26ib saers..... .......4 06 m 5 ib ceeks Lk acea Ie. SBeCKR.. 2... 8 ae | ovld le. eaeks. |... |. S58 28 1b. tinen eneks........._.. 32 oo lb, linen sacks. .......... 60 Bulk In bareoia........._ 2 50 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-Ib dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-lb dairy in iinen sacks. 60 Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks Gu Solar Rock. Seto Saces te Common. Granniated fine .... ....__ 7 Medium Wing 0. 6. a6 SOAP. Rimgee bon ea 5 box lots, delivered.... ...2 70 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 65 American Family, wrp’d....2 66 Dome |... 1... bene eo Canenee 2 20 Savon... | Se oe Woite Russian. ........ |... 2 3 White Cloud, laundry...... White Cloud, toilet......... Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz.... Bine india, 100 4% Ib........: RirkOlne.. es —..........., lle Schulte Soap Co.'s Brand. 100 cakes, 75 Ibs. Manele Pox... 0... 8 ae Svoriow.... oes We Gex lois........... .....,. 2 70 me OOt tis. 2 60 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars ..2 75 Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars....3 7 Uno, 100 %-1b. bars..........2 50 Doll, 100 1G-oz. barg.........3 & Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz .....2 4 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz ........ 2 4 SODA. — . dH” Kegs. English 4% SPICES. Whole Sifted. Adigpiceg ........ |. 1 Cassia, China in mats.... 12 Cassia, Batavia in bund... 5 Cassia, Saigon in rolls..... 3: Cleves, Amboyna.......... 14 Cloves, Zansibar........... 2 Mage, Batayie..............55 Nuasers, fancy........... 60 motes, Ho. i.......... . .00 Notmces No. 2... Pepper, Singapore, black...i1 Pepper, Singapore, white... .12 Pepper, shot... 2 Pure Ground in Bulk. Allspice . oe .. Cassia, Batavia ............ 30 Casta, Sargon... 4n Cieves, Zansibar,...........14 Ginger, Avrican...........,% Ginger, Cochin........ 248 Ginger, damsica............23 Mace, Datayin..........:...06 Mietare. 12@18 Nutmegs, ... i... oe Pepper, Bing , biack........ 12 Pepper, Sing., white........ 2 Pepper, Cayenne... oe Sage a SYRUPS Cora MOEN oe cc. 18 Halt bbis..:.. . 20 Pure Cerne. Pair. ...... : i6 Good .. Zz Chtice ........- 2% Ml CHIGAN TRADESMAN 2l STARCH. | | Ruhe | Bros. Co.’ ; | - Co.’s Brand | mtg Rages. 6 cis s. it : | MrT Maceo, 5 size a 70 00 | Candies la a Thomas... | ( aan . Grains a 4 i ba ABA Mewaal | 35 0 ee nd Feedstt ii | : | S) oe Five.. : e.. . 35 00 Stick Candy —_—_——_____ u is Pp : | Sir Wilikmn |. : 25 00! « oo vr rovisions lye | Cashes 25, 00 | Standard bbls Wheat —_——_——_—_—_— Oe | rc ol | Gens + : is St mtn ese eeee - pails Wheat . S a { OCKery anc | ns. G : a5 4 anda ac Ree wif pat } oy 4 | Li rant : uy id L 5 UU rd H. H. 4@ 7 lf t & Comr | J a Little Peggy ee. 35 Standard no 64a 7 ., | follows: mpany i | an LoL es lee ge 35. 60 C d Twist. A@ 7 Winter W v5 | : juote as Gis Ki | Reset Five... a 39 00 me Boat 6 @8 heat Piour. | Barreled i Uidassware. nestord’s C brea sof Pythias.. eee 1 Loe: | Mess reled Pork at gstord’s Corn. | Key Wes sti 35 mh Jumbo, 32 1b @ 8% ocal Brands, ates ‘0 AKRON STON? a packazes “ 8,282 55@60 00 —_— he Pore oo ke j ( a 12 00] ay STONEWARE } 20 a LC ul ; He HH. .---.... @ 64 eco! oe oe i lear t | Bu - ° packages... a . | BLE SAUCES. oston Cream... @ 8% — i ..... 5 60| Short ci rac k 25] ga tters i | zea & Perrin’s ce Clear ae 1... & 16) eae i 12251 1to6 102 Kin ae Lea & Pe rin’s, large.. nae i OBE. ----.. ae 11 2 bo f 10 eo Lea & Perrin’s, small... a2 ie Mixed Candy saenca AEE Baan 4 He 46 1-lb packeg oss. Half rd, large he Competition : Buckwheat ....... ‘. a0 9 a 6-lb ooo a af i . 3 ® Standard _ @ 6% Rye .. GN r ss | 6 Se rent 8% Salad Dressing, | . 235 Conserve a 6%| ‘Sub BF sa rasta ene - +. £00 a Salad Dressing pice 455 eo . S$ if count. ct to usual cash a (o) bs ‘ i g.smali.....2 65 tibbo 7%| Flouri ae as s, each : Diamond. VINEGAR 5 Boke 4 @ 7% | ai rin bbls.. 25 i 1 20 64 10e pack Malt White V AK. Cut opel @ 8% cious al. c per bbl. ad- “ a 34 tub > OF ages . rhite Wine ' ny 8 @ 8% r 1 Smok / , ans, CAaCn 2 128 5e packages Malt White Laces 10 grain. .. 6 Euglish Roe G@ dv 3all- Barnhar a Hames 12 pe ed Meats. m8 peti 2% 32 10 € Pure ine, 80 grai 6} Kind k @ 8% /I t-Putn ’ He D avert 2 tot - c and 64 5¢ pack: | a Cider. , ai al pecans ergerten @8 oo ond, 2an’s Brand | H iA, $4 1H Aveeno ea sal., per g ages Cee ee 20C ‘ rays. . oe Hams. 16] rag : } Churn D Bb ages ce Terone. 1 Danas Fs ream... @ 8% Diamond, ‘4s. i ..5 00 nian, el hl = 4 b OSNETH, POT Comme Cider, Genesee... 2. 11} Valley a ee a @s&*\| w eee 5 0) | Ham dric Se | : se m Corn. =e wy ream. . @10 Vorden Grocer a ce 5 vO Shoulder ' Big | dq o : lb packages. shing Powder. Fancy—in @i2 Quaker, %s r Co.'s Brand. ee oh 1354 | 4 1 lb. packages... ° Lozeuges, } — pia OE aa Bon fornia ina ' ‘a ™ 3 oe . 4% hag SA53) Lozeng Nain, .. aker, %s eee eae Bonel ess ha . ' | 4 aul + Chee we printed.. @ 8% S v Cooked on G4 | é Comm 7 RP ff, | oc. Die ops. @ es pring Whe ed ham.. a | a on Gloss. stern C ae Maa ou Clark-Jewell-W wt ies: fe 10@13 | Ss 3-1b — ; | S Drops — @il Pillsh ells Co.’s Brand oon tn Tierces % gal. fir i ; 3-Ib pac | loss D ; sbur a Ese | er uD Bale eproof, buil, d 1 th ae Sour oo @ 6 Pillsbury ’s Best gs. i mie i dos ; 40 and z 5 Imperi: oo @ 8 Pillsbury Ss Best 48. +++. 5 40 6%4 , bail, doz.i 1 4 Rarre au a3 ee a ee @9_ | Pillsbur mane 48... 5 30 | 501b Tins 7A : : : 5 : 5 99 | 90] : ‘ 3 Pe | Fancy—In 5 Ib. @9 Pills sbury’s ise lgs paper. 5 20 = Ib Pails + Be A 3 wa Loves Tees | 8 paper.. 5 a lb P ito x (A Most Plansene b | Lemo Boxes. | Ball-Ba sl ia A 5 ae ils 42 —— | n Drops | rnhart-P lb Pails 3 A ; Vedite Sour Drops.....__. @50 | utman’s Brand. | ” 3 lb Pails. 3 Sow ed x eo —— bod, a nopolate Drop . @50 | : : : si oe pase D s. ? | . Saus . : H. Drops @ev Boloena ausag : | LU Ghod Brana an | Bologna ... ges Enamenre \ 00 12 oz pkg in Drops. rops. . a Fi aa a. 2 : rs . - Se eee t rankf + 2 ATA EAA re per Oe ce i, 350 AS “ a. ‘ @30 a Pore) t | ; B. Licorice Drops 75 | | Bloc 7 e, WICKING Loze nges rops hl | / | rd dl ! ae per gro — corey printed oe Ji, ij 8 ee ep | a pie a | ss « © i" ; - ei DL No. 1, per gross 0) ee a @50 i ae eee seen ie .2, per gre ee 30 | Cre ea ues il @5v ki ast ‘ Veg L iexer Beef 6 | s. in package, ; No. 4, pergross. 40 aaunanee th SAE a) ey) i 3 ate Mess sa eet a ie nd Made nea i = \ | a | “ron li 2 0 No. 4,3 —— lain ( €Creams. § 0 = 7h | i. 13 5 Ls ae oe In es a i ¢ dt yee ih | a ol a cil > Oe No. 6,3 = in case, gross.. 4 50 FE ae sorated On aa nt oy oer nn lc eal 13.50 | Tubu 40 in case, gross.. 7 na ish and String R Team GW ! Yarns \ atts, 15 Ibs nnn a cia 60 s.. 1 a ices Burnt a a : @90 +4 bbic, 40 Iba i i Sec irity, } : a mr S | Winterg monds..... 1 25 G60 % bbls. 80 lbs._. = Securi erg ee = SUGAR. green Berries si So T 2 5 QC) | £0 Below ' F 5 Kits, 15 ripe. 0 : ; are Een res Ca > 1b 5( prices on ire given New Yor! h Fish. No. ramels, i bbis oi LAMP CHIM 1 95 8 7 sugars, t oe Whitefis > 1 wra | } , 40 lbs 70 HIM! NEY ' 2 = esale dealer ad Pagosa the aa Se -" Ib. | _ boxes pped, 2 Ib, [ | bbls, 80 lbs N rt = Common. “g reight fro . ds the loc ‘out ......... eo 8 Nol dae = | . ‘ 0 Sun Per box of 6d q rs ge a York to ae Halib Bas... 8 ¢ : box oo 3 Ib, sig cae boo — a A Suit... 1°33 4 epredit on the i giving aiibut ... 7 @ 10 No. 2 wrapne D Reef roan, a E |} NO. 2 Sun ‘ aa ie e invoi : you|C easton Horie! | c 2 Wr oe uluth he un ‘ | si i 4a 3 amount of ee for the | Blu — naan @ 12 box ped, 2 ib. @50 | Dulutb noes, 4 Ca Beef ae 16 Fir ci , 2 18 P from the x it buyer p efish @ 4 ae Dul mperial, 5 25 | Sheep en)... , | Ne. 0 S Dualit : purchases aaa in c= rl ge —— Lobster. @ io enn uluth Imperial. a. oa pe 1 un, ¢ri ality. 7 i SEE in which he | Boiled Lobster... ———— e ae aes Op, —— * vanes © point ag Lobster..... = 16 Lemon & Wheel 5 05 | Rolls Butterine ' 0 ae a veigh nds f : tee a @ 1 on eeler Co.’s Bre eles GBITY uaa a at ‘a t of the barrel. or the Haddoe ie a @ = fu Fruits Gold Medal ie 0.’s Brand. — dairy con ee ei Pik | Pickerel. i @ 8 i. 1 cea Medal a8 Tee se a eis 5 23 ae ereame ry 2 25 : ae 58 e. deeeeee pe . Sold Medal ia. / at lid, crean aie — LS &8 | Perch. @ 6 L Oranges a eae 3 & oma. : “ 4 ot ea Ta 5 88} Smoke Cal. Se ° Parisi g i . - 9 Ud i ned ‘ Soca ea 5 8&3 | Red ked White... @ 2%| Medt ee ae Pari Slan, 748... 5 25 pi reaiecre beef, 2 "hg XXEE Po ; --5 63 | Col “rg @ # Wweets @2 50 isin Seg 5 15 oe beef, i4 Gr : Powdered..... .+..3 63 | M iver Salmon.. @ 10 @3 00 SL Rea 5 is HOast beef. 2 Ib 5 2 55 G anulated in bbls... .... ‘Seat kerel @ 32 Lemons Lae & Judson’ Potted ham. Ib sranulated in bs nc 5 38 @ 2 trictl r Ceresota Ss Brand. Potted ham’ 2% Fine aie bags... 5 38 oO “ ania choice 360s.. Ceresota, _-- i [ De vile i ham, : =— Fine rma gat lis a F.H ysters in Cans. Fancy 300 or 300s... o 5 Ceresota, ies. na 5 25 Der ie . — = m= on a tra Co 1ula aS Sa ae Counts ta Peas or 300s. @4 50 QS.. . 6 15 | Pott edham, is. : Poe 5 x —— a. Granulated. ..5 5u Po a oe i rancy — : e 50 | J Worden Grocer a“ Potte 4 to ue igs... wrapped Top. a Sie Ss Ju i a 5 50 au Co.’s B i tongue eek ee _. 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Winter Wheat oo wah s Sy i Hides. im peri: = ees é Winter Wheat sda i NI 0. | Green N ib boxes. ados, 13 14 | Screenings.. liddlings. 44 e No. Green \ Pulled, 6 li an i : i 5) | Soda XX Soda. No Ct @9 N slb boxes. @ ; 15 00 x : 7 Sured @ 8B aturals, ij > : Co Soda XX xv. LC : 2 No Cured No. 2. @i0 ®, im bags... 2 13 | Car lots. . a Soda, City 3 1b carton , ‘0. 2, Flint (80 Calfskins, a oon l : 69 | Fara Dates 6% | Less than ‘car hb hiy ee | Zephy re oh ty i 3 a Lsedbeny z ‘ 1 Jalfskins bing he , | Pards in t i wee 36 Long Island | ( Yo, 2, Lime (7 ric. TOBACCOS Calfskins, oe = - — in ae boxes @8 Oats 39 | L. 1. Wat : Wai elas Fine (70¢ doz) i i calfski i od No. 1 ie -ersians. G » Cases a Car lots ' oo pe int (80e doz) +++ 400 Cigars kins, cured N @il ans, G. M’s. @ 6 Ss. : a eee HP; : . No. 2 . lb cases I’s..... =e Carl ties , 40 Clark-Jewell-W @ 9% Sairs, wll new. 6. Go Carlots, clipped. i Square Ge yster. New Brick ells Co.'s brand Pelts. — ahiabheoneenn ¢ : co lots oa Oys. XX x. a X.... i a e ns hint a Mi . b ea ‘ .. 33 0 Polis, oooh CE Les: Hay arina Oyster, XX o rton. 8 : H. & P. Drug C | — J Sagat 66 Nuts cn xe : Timothy di 4. SWEET eané oe \ |3galg 81 oo . g Co.'s bré ‘a! cn Ti : 7 als . oxe P ; iron wit 20 Quintette ...... rand. | No. 1 low. CR ilatiaianan minal mothy, rene Oy 00 | Bent’s Cold Ww : ms ch cae ae spout, ab Se id aa el 35 00) No. eee @3 einen, Fre ee a ne 00 >in Rose ater. 10% he ron vith Pi G. J. | NO. 2.0... eee, - inane __ | Cocoanut Taffy... 2... 5 al T Lc eee 4 Johnson Cigar Co.’st | i @ 2 | Almonds, iyaga. | |. an _ Fresh M = | Coffee ee ye 3 q “sbrand. | yw Wool. | soft shel a I eats. Pueoe Hae ' a a | Washed, fir | Brazile ne B | Graham Cr ; _ iw va, ine | ' . lag m Cré 121 7 ied wasting... @is | FH 33 Ginger a 2 | ‘nwashed, fine GE G@23 | Walnuts, G @l \ Beef. | Ginger Snaj 7 | U Teo i) a a eae Walnuts, trenobles .. Dll =| Carcass .-. Gin. Snps, XX: : ‘Paspennemating medium 16 @ig | Walnuts, por No. 1. 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Naptha .......... = ae Fancy, H. P _ | Leaf Lard........ 2.) aa’! coeain won 3. Eee tke Cylinder ec. @ Fancy, H. Pp” oe @ 7% | dcnee eve. GOR as ‘Wafers 9 a 35 aa. 2% @24 _ Roasted. ” lags ‘2 Mutton NV scan Wafers 14 a ae a Choice, H. P., Extras. @ 7% | Carcass... ' Mixed Picnic . 1544 t a Choice’ HP” Extras. @ 4% | | Spring Lambs... ..... 7 @8 — Jumbles 111, |} eas ie Ss a +++ 9 @I2 paces Ginger Nt i2 yses 1 doz. each.....2<” etn ener Vv eapple a ¢ i LAM covce 1 2 5% | Carcass eal. Penny sbeogggan 2 é | No. 0 per —_— WICKS, 5 a 39 @s arshmallow W ea No. 1 per gr a. . 5 8% N 5 OSS. +60 15 Belle Isle lew Walnuts 16 my 4 a AT AN 21 a 10% | Sper grace L, 30 | Maimmotiecesese —. 2 ea af MICHIGAN TRADESMAN RIVAL STORES. How a Woman Won a Victory Over a Man. New York, June 20—Mrs. Schulinger, widow, and proprietor of the deicatessen store at No. 116 East Houston street, is in the enjoyment of victory, and E. Granitz and R. Granitz, his wife, joint proprietors of the delicatessen store at No. 88, in the next -block, although preserving outwardly their usual front, are suffering the pangs of defeat. When- ever Mrs. Rosa Granitz or her husband catches sight of Mrs. Schulinger or the dapper young man who assists Mrs. Schulinger in the conduct of the busi- ness at No. 116 there immediately en- sue a stiffening of muscles and a mettle- someness of bearing, and the Granitz eyes take on that stony, unseeing look that is the way with eyes on occasions. As for Mrs. Schulinger, that frail and careworn widow—mother of five as like- iy young East Siders as there are on the block—she goes on her way in the full serenity of conscious rectitude, with only a slight suffusion of pink in ber worn cheeks, and perhaps a nervous tightening on the strings of the knitting or shopping bag that she carries. If all the hard feeling and bitterness now xckaded in the Granitz breast should i loose against the widow the re- sult might make history in the neigh- borht be let {, but, as it is, the mother of the tive littie Schulingers has right and the 1 public sentiment law on ber side, and is with her. It was in the last month of 1897 that the widow, having accumulated, by un- flagging ind at jobwork, housework and sewing sum of $500 (a sum representing years of labor and self-de- nial, because of the five small Schulin- t } gers to be cared for), realized the height of her desires and became the proprietor of a delicatessen store. The deceased Schulinger had been manager of such a little shop once, and she had gained in- sight into the business. Just as her sav- ings had reached the round, practicable sum of $500, and she was casting abcut for a desirable stand to purchase, E. Granitz, who kept the Old Homestead delicatessen store, which she had long patronized (on occasions when she had not time to cook the meals), wanted to sell out. The Old Homestead would be a beautiful stand. The store was small, but, in the widow’s eyes, it was tull large, even spacious. The two dark back rooms would make excellent living quarters for her brood, and she would get her husband’s nephew to help in the shop. A business so long estab- lished could not fail to be lucrative. All the neighborhood dealt there, had dealt there for years, and would go on deal- ing there if she kept the store just as nice, and she and Lambert together would work hard to please the people and keep up the business. After mature cousideration and much consultation with friendly advisers—her well-to-do aunt, the plumber’s widow, who lived up in Harlem, Mr. Schnieker, the to- bacco and snuff dealer, who had been her husband’s great friend, and Mrs. Renderman, who kept the thread and needle and pattern store where she had frequently found work—the widow de- cided to invest her little all and buy out the delicatessen business at the Old Homestead. E. Granitz agreed not to Start a similar business in the neighbor- hocd or anywhere where it would be likely to interfere with the widow’s custom, The deal being closed, Mrs. Schulinger found, somewhat to her regret, that the sign of the Old Homestead was not in- cluded in the property. That sign Mr. Granitz prized, and would keep asa souvenir. Anyhow, it was better for a new sign bearing Mrs, Schulinger’s name to be put up over the door. Every- body in the neighborhood knew the stock of goods habitually kept at No. 116. ‘Tbe sign was a very smal! matter. Settled in her new business, Mrs. Schulinger worked early and late, not only to make the shop attractive, but to secure such little additions to the stock as would aid her customers’ con- venience. Somebody hinted that block kindling wood would be a handy thing more ns err to keep, and she got in a supply, al- though this was a new departure in the delicatessen line. She also kept a smaller cut of roast beef, on purpose to please her single women customers, who only wanted a mouthful at a time. Lambert was a faithful, industrious helper, and prosperity smiled on Mrs. Schulinger and her new venture. Nealry three months had passed since the taking down of the sign of the Old Homestead from No. 116 and the sub- stitution of the widow’s modest inscrip- tion, when Lambert came in from a Sunday afternoon outing greatly agi- tated. ‘*That store where they was putting in goods yesterday at No. 88,’’ he said, ‘‘Granitz is going to keep it. Delica- tessen, just like this. I saw Mrs. Granitz sitting inside reading the paper as | come by. They've been off somewheres, but they’ve come back. The Oid Home- stead sign is leaning up against the wall on the floor, all ready to be put up to- morrow.’’ Mrs. Schulinger was aghast. ‘‘You think he really means to open?’’ she asked, ‘‘I know itforcertain. That youngest Habers boy 1s hired to do errands for ‘em. His brother told me.’’ Mrs. Schulinger did not sleep well that night. Her usual run of customers came in the next day, however, and the next after that, and she got over the shock somewhat. She and Lambert agreed that, as people seemed to like them pretty well, if they kept things up to the mark they would be able to keep their trade in spite of Granitz. That Old Hometsead sign hanging out at No, 88 was a coustant menace, though, and when Mrs. Schulinger was in ata neigh- bor’s one night, and stout, prosperous Mrs. Granitz came in on an errand, the widow went out through a_ back door and avoided meeting her. Later, trouble befell. Mrs. Schulinger, when adding up the contents of her till one evening, found the sum to be less by §2 than usual. Twelve and thirteen dollars had been the largest, $11 and $10 the small- est amounts taken in on any day, for some time. This evening only $8 could be counted. ‘*Mrs. Brewster ain’t been getting any pot cheese for a couple of days,’’ said Lambert, ‘‘and the Starlings ain’t come after the milk as usual.’’ Mrs. Brewster was the friend who had suggested the kindling-wood, and Mrs. Schulinger immediately sent her eldest girl in to Mrs. Brewster’s to enquire if that wom- an was sick, and if there was anything she could do for her. The oldest gir! came back promptly, saying that Mrs. Brewster's health was as usual, and add- ing that with her own eyes she had seen pot cheese on the Brewster table and a piece of wrapping-paper that had the Old Homestead in print on it. Mrs, Schulinger again passed a restless night. She passed many restless nights alter that, and counted up the receipts in the till each evening with feverish anxiety. Six dollars, $5, $4, came the total, steadily growing less, and then the snuff-dealer came in with news that Granitz had _ personally visited the Brewsters, the Starlings and half a dozen other of his sometime customers, and prevailed upon them to come back to him, offering better-grade goods for the same money, and even hinting that Mrs. Schulinger was taking advantage of her patrons and foisting off common stuff on them for a higher price. The snuff- dealer felt that something ought to be done to protect Mrs, Schulinger’s inter- ests, but he didn’t know what. ‘“‘Was it put in the sale papers that Granitz wasn't to open a Store in this neighborhood?’’ he asked the distressed widow. Mrs. Schulinger wasn’t sure whether it was set down in black and white or not, but, anyhow, his promise not to set up against her was the main reason of her buying the business, and he, Granitz, must know, and his wife must know, that they were doing a sin- ful thing in thus taking the bread out of her mouth. Mrs. Renderman and other friends argued that something should be done to puta stop to Granitz’ vil- lainy. Weeks went by. The business got = Wt AY ADA UD AUDA UD AUD AUD AD Dy, , SUN Ere ESTES: ee tt ot ee aw! = Buckeye Paint & Va Bi PAINT, COLO AAKERS CS Zee Zz a S a Mixed Shingle we ae Stains oe De ted es White XE ext . XE, ee Fillers eS Be fase ex ae Xe a Sole Mfgrs CRYSTAL ROCK FINISH, for interior and Exterior Use we a Corner 15th and Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio. te mk Wes SSMS ESA EAE ABABA AEE EAR EES ZS LaN NAN N GANNON NON CN CN CALCUL GIN AN GaN CONN CANNON GN CON LEC MAMMA MMMM MIA ovelly Blue lame Gil Slaves 4 Gasoline. The than by every one to be the Superior to and_ safer Novelty is conceded best one now on the market. We sell it at factory price. Write for circular. Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids. Mae dude de ede dudes du dade ded Needed Cilark-Rutka-,J ewell Co. lonia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Opposite Union Depot. New Wholesale Hardware House PUERPReP ERR eee CREPE PEPEReRe Prey Wawa evar ea ule New House, New Goods, New Prices. Call and see us when in the city. Write us for prices. Clark-Rutka-Jewell Co. Ny aa al Tats ERA! Saabs Co custnpncimeicas eemae ane a q a q 3 Caters ene eens eae ve ecco worse and worse. If the snuff-dealer had not lent the widow $25 she would have had to close out. Lambert's salary remained unpaid, and, aiihough he stuck to the shop, he was blue and dis- pirited. ‘‘I will go up to Harlem and see if Aunt Schlump won't let me have money to get a lawyer to look into this matter,’’ announced Mrs. Schulinger one evening. Spent and weary with conjecture and planning, she put on her bonnet and betook herselt up town. ‘Money for a lawyer!’’ exclaimed Aunt Schlump. ‘‘And where am | to get it? It would take $1oo! | ain't finished payin’ off the burial charges on your uncle yet,nor paid all on the tombstone. I ain't a believer in lending. You were foolish to go into business without be- ing sure you’d succeed. Better bad kept your $500 and gone on going out to day's work.’’ Mrs. Schulinger did not remind the old woman that she had been one to ad- vise the investment at No. 116, but she represented, as well as she could, that the first money she got hold of as a re- sult of the lawsuit would be given to her aunt in return for any loan she might make. Grannie Schlump put on her think- ing-cap. | | See) here!) she) | said, ‘*When your Uncle Hermann got that back wages biil paid up that he col- lected from Farringer a while before be died, the lawyer that managed the case, although it lasted for ‘most a year, didn’t charge him but $2. I’ve got the society’s address put away somewhere, and maybe you might go there and ask them te help you.’’ The address was found, and, com- forted by the ray of hope, Mrs. Schu- linger early next morning went to the Legal Aid Society, taking her papers with her. There she met cordial wel- come, her story was listened to, her papers were examined and_ she took leave with the assurance that action would be at once instituted against Granitz, and that the case would not be dropped until all was done that could be done tending to redress her wrongs. It was likely that an injunction would be secured against Granitz, and the Old Homestead delcatessen store be closed to customers in short order. Mrs. Schulinger’s visit to the Legal Aid So- ciety’s rooms, her knowledge gained there of the benefits given tree to the poor, was a revelation to the special lo- cality in which the rival stores were lo- cated. That the widow had able coun- sellors to fight her case, and that she would gain her rights under the law, made her an object of interest to her neighbors. They all invested in pot cheese and sardines, roast beef, sausage and similar delicacies, and the Old Homestead was looked at with curiosity as an enterprise that had fallen under the ban. There was parleying and red tape to be gone through before the attorney carried out his plans in this particular case. The wily Granitz made plea that R. Granitz, his wife, and not he, owned and conducted the business at Ne. 88. An injunction was secured against him, however, and the Old Homestead was ordered closed. The Granitzes, husband and wife, resented this order as unwarrantable’ interference, and calmly continued to dispense cheese and cooked meats, pickles and whatnot to such as came to buy. Mrs. Schulinger, although already cheered by the rallying of friends and the feeling that a stanch attorney had taken her part, was not to be hoodwinked in this fashion. Sne sent Lambert to the Legal Aid office to ad- vise the authorities there that the Gran- itzes had not closed up. Then the so- ciety’s attorney had the law-defying delicatessen dealer arrested and cast in- to jail for this second transgression. In the meantime, Mrs. Rosa Granitz at- tended to customers at the Old Home- stead, and the neighborhood discussed the situation, Mrs. Schulinger maintain- ing stoutly that her lawyer would see her righted before the matter was dropped. Asa result of the action, and in preference to staying in jail,Granitz, at the expiration of ten days, paid over to the Legal Aid attorney $260, this be- ing the fine imposed by the Judge. The rival delicatessen stores are yet in active operation at Nos. 88 and 116. Mrs. Schulinger is in excellent spirits; she sleeps well at night. Her victory in court has made her of consequence in the neighborhood. People drop in to talk as well as to buy, and she has been able to pay Lambert’s back wages, and restore to the good _ snuff-dealer the money he lent her in time of need. Be- sides, she is cheered by the reflection that she now has friends who will inter- fere in her behalf whenever wrong or injustice threatens. The Granitzes’ dis- comfiture 1s too recent for them to feel as comfortable as usual. They argue that they were misunderstood, and that ihree months was long enough to give any woman a square chance with a store in as good a stand as that at No. 116, When, as Mrs. Granitz, in neat print gown and starched apron, sat looking out from her pavement chair on Deco- ration Day, Mrs. Schulinger went by with three of the small Schulingers in tow, Mrs. Granitz drew her flowered skirts aside and scowled at the chubby- faced little ones. Their mother is an inconvenient person to have in the neighborhood, according to Mrs. Granitz —a person who, instead of bearing things quietly when she is ‘‘put upon,’’ makes a fuss and goes about telling peo- ple and stirring up things uncomfort- ably. The children of such a mother will never amount to anything, and, for her part, she is going to get Mr. Granitz to move out of the street. His health is not good lately, and they may go up town somewhere to live, where people are pleasanter. New Route to Chicago. Commencing May 15, 1898, a througb 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 line 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 ot the schedules will be such as to merit a liberal patronage by the traveling pub- lic. The following is a condensed schedule: Daily. iw Grand Hapids......... 7:10am 2:10pm 11:35pm Ay Chicaro 31. |... 2:00pm g:10pm 6:30am Ew Chicago.............. 3:02pm 11:45pm Ar Grand Rapids........ 9.30pm 7:25am C. L. Lockwoop, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Oe Needless Lecture. “‘T hope that you fully appreciate the fact that when you are married it is for life, and that the obligations you as- sume are most solemn,’’ said the minis- ter to a couple about to be married in his study. ‘*Yes, sir,’’ replied the bride cheer. ily, “‘we know all about it, for I’ve been married three times before and him twice, and we know the ropes pretty well by this time.”’ —— Positive Proof of Freshness. Doubting Woman—Really, now, are these fresh eggs? Grocer—Madame, if you will kindly step to the telephone and call up our farm you can hear the hens that laid those eggs still cackling. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS Ne 70 Jennings’, genuine . --20c10 Jennings’, imitation oe .. 60410 AXES First Quality, S. B. Bronze .......... Ro 5 00 Wirst Quality, D. BE. Bronze... 9 50 Mires Qasiiy, SBS Steel a Wirst Quality, D.B. Steel |... . 10 50 BARROWS Manta 812 00 14 00 See 30 00 BOLTS Pave: oo 60&10 Carcicencwlgg 70 to 75 TT 50 BUCKETS Se 833 BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Fin, ficured........ =... =. 7010 Wrought Narrow. + +4 o BLOCKS Ordinary Tackic. ._ . 70 CROW BARS Case --per lb 4 CAPS Hiy's 1-10...... eee oe oe er m ba Cee 0 m 53 ee per m 35 Ge per m 60 CARTRIDGES nie fie --- 00 & Comte re 2Dd& 5 CHISELS PREETI 80 DOCEen Dawe Bec eee 80 ROCKES COM 80 HOCHeL WiCes 80 DRILLS MOMmeR BI OCKS 60 Taper and StraightShank. ...... 0d 5 Morse’s Taper Shank... i. -.00d 5 ELBOWS Com spicee, Gin. doz. net 00 CeOmeeee 123 POOR dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark's small, §16: large $26... i. 30&10 Nes, Cae 2a See 25 FILES—New List New American = ee 7O0&10 Nichoison’s........ eek oda ceo. ri moter s Herne Wasps 6C&i0 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ..... 28 Hist 2 Os 14 15 eo . 17 Discount, 75 to 75-10 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...............60&10 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... ......... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ MATTOCKS Adze Osea alee ai a cc 816 00, dis 60410 Se $15 U0, dis 60&10 Ee BIS 50, did SoeiO NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base..... ... eee 1 6 Wire nails, base..... eee el PlcCesevame Base MOM aavenee ll US SOON 10 Gaenvatee es 20 Ne 30 SAOVANCO eae. 45 OE 70 Pincaa@yaneo. 50 Cosme Meagwance 15 Comins Stdvanee 25 Cestog GAdvenee 35 Pinten Wadvatce 25 Winish § advance............ 35 Finish 6 advance.. ee 45 Horrel S atvance 85 MILLS Comee, Parkerai@os 40 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables... 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........... 40 Cemee Matcrmise 30 MOLASSES GATES Stebpin’s Pattern... .... .... -_. Jo... mecUneNSs COMMING 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring ....... PLANES Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..... ecg deen cle, @d0 BGG CNC 60 Handusky Fool Cos, faney..§..... |. @50 eter, Hralqualiiy. .... 8... 5 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS ey Ame 6010410 COMMON DOMSHGG.§ 34. |. W& 5 RIVETS fron and Tinned .... ......... Co es 60 Copper Rivets and ur. ................__. 60 PATENT PLANISHED IRON “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ““‘B’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages %c per pound extra. HAMMERS Maydole & Co.’s, new list........ ...._. dis 23% Re dis 25 Yerkes & Plumb’s........ oa dis W&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel 30e lis, 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c lis.40&10 23 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tin Ware..... . Japanned Tin Ware....... ' Granite Iron Ware.......... .. new list 75&i0 <1... ---... NOW list 40410 HOLLOW WARE Pom... _. ll ‘ -. Odi foes: .. .60&10 Spiders 60&1 HINGES Gate, Clarks 1.22 «+ -- Cis GOk eer dow nee » a WIRE GOODS Brignt....... .. oe SU a ee 20 oes i | 30 Gate Hooks and Eyes...... l i 40 LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ dis 70 ROPES minal, 4 inch and larger... _. 30% Manitiia........ oo . 11l% SQUARES Steel and Iron......... eee. 70&10 Try and Bevels ... ... _ ' 60 Mitre... . ee dee ce cou. ; 50 SHEET IRON i com. smooth. com, en i 82 40 NOS tote te ae 2 40 Wee tie Se ee 2 45 INOS. 22 ta24.... .. eevee ecco 2 SS ee 3 10 2 65 No. 27 3 20 = ta All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND PAPER ee -.. Gis 50 SASH WEIGHTS pena ives per ton 20 00 TRAPS mee Game... o 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Nerton’s 70410 Mouse, choker... | .. per doz 15 Mouse, delusion........___ __ .. per doz i WIRE Drgnt Mare ae a 75 Annealed Market. . v6) Coppered Market.. 70&10 (at 62% Copperea Spring Steel... 50 Barbed Wence, galvanized .......... |. 205 Barbed Wenee painted tae HORSE NAILS ee die one SE dis 5 NOrtnWesern die iene WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coe’s Genuine....... ee 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, Wrought ....._.. 80 Coe’s Patent, malleable. ......... 80 MISCELLANEOUS Bird Cages 50 Pemre Cite... 80 roowe, New Eig 8 85 Casters, Bed and Plate............. .... 50&10&10 Peanpers, Ameri¢an == 5 METALS—Zinc Oe potnd casme 614 Par poune 6% SOLDER The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. TIN—Melyn Grade ees iC, Charcoal | Foe EC CAPCOM el mune 1X, Charcoal ,..,.....,..., a Each additional X on this grade, 81.25. TIN—Aliaway Grade beeet it Cearcoat 4 50 Perey I, Charcoa! ...... _.... ... ...... oo Ime Ce ChAeae 50 14x20 IX, Charcoal .. 5 59 Each additional X on this grade, 1.50. ROOFING PLATES xe Charcoal, Dean................... « Foxy 1X, Coarecoal fiean........ |... 5 wee iC, Charcoal, Dean, .... |. 9 00 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 4 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade 5 20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade 8 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 10 00 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, |. 14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, ( P&T pound.. 9 SOICTORSKSNO ROARS BARRO Zem 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: i coves. 25 Cents. BOD. ce ns oacerssense 40 CONtS, ee 75 cents, NE ee a sm wa Os Labels sent postage prepaid where cash accompanies order. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN LETTERS FROM BANKS. The Unreliability of Such Recommen- dations. The Tradesman has frequently cau- tioned its patrons to take very little stock in the letters of recommendation j | | | | } pronou sent out by banks in the interest of their | customers, because experience has dem- onstrated that they little except in the way of leadi pers astray. The possess latest ties of $75,000. In response to an en- quiry, a Michigan shipper received a letter from an officer of the German- American Savings Bank of Cleveland, him ‘‘worthy of credit,’’ yet, within three days after the letter was written and mailed, Mr. Sulter made a voluntary assignment, after hav- ing uttered chattel mortgages on his Icing | stock of butter and eggs to his two sons value | ng the ship-| instance of the truth of this statement is afforded by the | case of A. Sulter, who failed at Cleve- land last Saturday with alleged liabili- amounting to $8,000. In order that there may givings on the part of any of the Tradesman's readers’ regarding this matter, a photographic facsimile of the letter is reproduced herewith: be no mis- qe i . = SG 4 “cha \eeN Sas tees i . >_ The Cash Carrier Cases Decided Against the Trust. | Detroit, ne 20,_Uhe suit apainst Pound, of Benton Harbor, has been held back until the result of a de- cision in a similar suit at Boston. In that suit the lower court held the patent to be valid, infringed, and granted a preliminary injunction. The Circuit Court of Appeals has _re- versed that decision, dissolved the in- junction, but did not decide as to the validity of the patent except to use the following language: ‘‘It is sufficient to say that we are all of the opinion that the validity of each claim is very doubt- ful,’’ but declined to pass upon the question any more definitely on motion for preliminary injunction. I presume our case will now go ahead, and hope for a successful termination. JAMES WHITTEMORE. BOSS TWEED METHODS. At a special meeting of the Grand Rapids Board of Education, held last evening, opportunity was afforded for the manifestation of public interest in the matter of the discharge of a consid- erable proportion of the oldest and best of the teachers of the high school for alleged insubordination to the Board. Thousands of names of petitioners, com- prising the most influential people of the city, appeared in their behalf and these were supplemented by a large del- egation, representing the best elements in educational circles, which crowded the rooms of the Board. Eloquent ap- peals in behalf of these teachers, and the schools as affected by the ill-consid- ered action of the Committee on Teach- ers, were made by half a dozen of those whose prestige and standing would seem to have most influence. The written petitions were received and politely buried in the files, and the general attitude of the Board seemed to be that what is done is done, now what are you going to do about it? - -oe- - The St. Louis Potato Market. St. Louis, June 21—New potatoes for the last few days have been in better demand. Prices, however, bave re- mained about the same, Our home grown potatoes are affecting the market to some extent, as there is now nearly sufficient coming in to supply the ped- dling trade, leaving the Southern and Southwestern stock to be handled by the best trade, who prefer it on account of its being better matured than home grown. The potatoes grown in_ this vicinity are of excellent quality this sea- son and, as soon as they are a little bet- ter matured, we feel assured that they will give satisfaction wherever shipped. There is practically nothing doing in old potatoes, as there is little or no de- mand. The same might be said of white beans. We quote: White hand picked pea at $1.05@1.08 and screened at toc per bushel less. New Potatoes—Arkansas and Texas Triumphs, 58@67!sc per bushel, as to condition and quality; home grown, 45 @55c per bushel. Old Potatoes—30@s5o0c per bushel, as to variety, condition and quality, Bur- banks bringing the top price. MILLER & TEASDALE Co. WANTS COLUMN. Advertisements wiil 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. yes SALE—ONLY FIRST-CLASS BOOK- store in hustling town of 3,0.0 population. Address F. C. Wallington, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 636 LAN GENERAL STOCK 1N g g Michigan town in exchange for cash and acres of land in the suburbs of Grand tapids which will surely double in value inside of five years. WHI1 sell land at its cash value. No old stock desired. No poor towns need ap- ply. Address No. 633, care Miehigan Trades- man. £33 ARGE SODA FOUNTAIN FOR SALE 4 CHEAP. Address J. H. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich. 630 \ ERCHANTS—DO YOU WISH CASH QUICK i for your stock of merchandise, or any part of it? Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich. 628 Dees 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. 626 Epes SALE, CASH ONLY—CLEAN STOCK groceries, invoicing about $1.500. Reason for selling, death of head member of firm. Ad- dress Jno. W. Lott & Son, Petoskey, Mich. 620 Ww. NTEvV—iMMEDIATELY, PaRTNER IN light manufacturing business, lady or gen- tleman, with $500 or $1,000 cash; government contracts; investigate. Address Lock Box 103, Grand Rapids, Mich. 624 B EST LOCATION IN MICHIGAN FOR A J cold storage and general produce dealer. Write to the Secretary of the Otsego Improve ment Association, Otsego, Mich 631 ws ED—POSITION IN CLOTHING OR general store by an Alsalesman. Address F, care Michigan Tradesman. 622 Drugs, care Michigan Tradesman. 632 ene DRUG STOCK FOR SALE. ADDRESS > ype SALE—A PROSPEROUS DRUG AND grocery stock, invoicing from $1030 to $5,000, consisting of drugs, groceries, school books, wall paper, crockery, paints aud 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 heaith. Kelley & Cad- well invite inspec ion. 625 YOR 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, iocated 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 |} 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 fruitand other farm prod- ucts. The amount of business doue in the last Sixteen years has averaged about $3,000 per month. Reason for seiling, wish to devote my whole attention tolumbering. Stock wiilinven- tory about $7,500. Terms, $5,000 cash. Write or eall on L.J. Nash. Norwood, Mich 616 lL. BEsT OPENING IN MIiVtHIGAN FOR an active business man with 3 0.00) or $ 2,- OLO to step into a well-established, paying whole- sale business. For particuiars, address Business, care Michigan Tradesman. 605 HAVE SMALL STOCK OF DRUGS AND fixtures in Ionia, taken on mortgage. Will sell cneap for cash or trade for productive real estate. Answer immediately. Will sell soon. W. W. Hunt, Under National City Bank, Grand Rapids. 598 nm RENT—DUUBLE s'ORt BUILDING in Opera House block, Mancelona, Mich., best location in town; best town in State. Ad dress Julius H. Levinson, Petoskey. Mich. 589 POR SALE, EXCHANGE OR REN i1—LARGE two-story store and residence building in town of 1,000 population in Northern Indiana; stone basement, 120 feet in dimensions. Inves- tigate. Aduress No. 575, care Michigan Trades man. 575 ie EXCHAEGE FUR GKOCERY 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 TRXO EXCHANGE—FOR CLOTHING, DRY goods or shoes, very nice well rented Grand Kapids property. Address No. 552, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 5d2 _ EXCHANGE — FARMS AND OTHER property for dry goods, clothing and shoes. Address P. Medaiie, Mancelona. Mich. 553 y ANTED—A PRACTICAL MILL MAN, with $1,000 capital, to take a ene-half or full interest in a stave, heading and planing mill. 3,00) contract, with s'ock to fillit. All goes. Five years’ cut in sight. Side track to mill. Address Stave Good reasons for selling. Mill, care Michigan Tradesin: . BROOMS BOMERS, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH- A. grade brooms at al! prices. for retailers only. Grand Rapids, Mich. 605 }OR SALE--MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED and equipped broom factory and good trade. Other business commands our attention. Ad- dress No. 5-4, care Michigan Tredesman 584 546 COUNTRY PRODUCE V YANTED—BUTTER, EGGS AND POUL- try; any quantities. Write me. Orrin J. Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 604 Vy ANTED — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co.. Traverse City, Mich. 381 W ANTED—1.000 CASES FRESH EGGS, '. W. Brown, daily. Write for prices. F. y Ithaca, Mich. 556 FIREPROOF SAFES” YEU. M. SMITH, NEW AND s&hCUNDHAND ' safes, wood and brick building mover, 157 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. __ 618 SHIRTS. f ‘AVE YOURS MA'E TO YOUR MEASURE. Send for measurement blanks Frank T. Coliver, 103 Washtenaw St. E : Lansing, M ich. 65 MISCELLANEOUS. \V 7 ANTED—-POSITION BY REGISTERED assistant pharmacist of five years’ experi ence. Good references. Address C. M., care E. Cox, 106 Fourth St.. Grand Rapids. 37 \ J ANTED—POSITION BY $A COMPETENT book keeper who will scon be out of em- ployment. Best of references furnished Ad dress Book-keeper, care Michigan —— V YANTED— POSITION BY KEGISTERED pharmacist. Best of references furnished. Address 637, care Michigan Tradesman. 637 ITUATION WANTED BY YOUNG MARRIED man, registered pharmacist; excellent ref- erences; five years’ experience in retail and wholesale stores. Address 629, care Michigan Tradesman. 62! ANTED—A BUSINESS MAN WITH SOME capital to take charge of a furniture fac- tory, an old established line. I. Frankford, 53 West Bridge St. Phone 1236. 617 fa SR PRA a pra 3 : bia a S es i . ea ed ey Travelers’ Time Tables. CHICAGO ™ Yet. czar Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids........... 8:45am 1:25pm *11:30pm me Chicago. o.oo: 3:10pm 6:50pm 6:40am Ly. Chicago............ 7:20am 5:15pm *11:30pm Ar. G’d Rapids......... 1:25pm 10:35pm * 6:20am Traverse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey. fw. Gd Rapids: ...2. 2 7:30am 5:30pm Parlor and Sleeping Cars on afternoon and night trains to and from Chicago, *Every day. Others week days only. DETROIT Nr ssi Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:35pm 5:35pm Ar. Dero. 25 os... 11:40am 5:45pm 10:20pm Ew DGErGIS. os 8:00am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... 12:55pm 5:20pm 10:55pm Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Ly. GR7:10am 4:20pm Ar. GR 12:20pm 9:30pm Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and-Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DEHAvEN, General Pass. Agent. GRAND ‘ask fatrey Srv (In effect May 15, 1898.) Leave. AST. Arrive. + 6:45am.Sag., Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .+ 9:55pm +10:10am... ...Detroit and East.... .. + 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 t 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+10:05am * 7:40pm...Gd. Haven and Chicago..... 8:15am +10:00pm...... Gd. Haven and Mil....... 6:40am Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car. No. 22 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. 17 Wagner parlor car. *Daily. +Except Sunday. E. H. Huenss, A. G. P. & T. A. BEN. FLETCHER, Tray. Pass. Agt., C. A. Justin, City Pass. Agent. 97 Monroe St. Morton House. GRAND Rapids & Indiana Railway Northern Div. Leave Arrive Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am + 5:15pm Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:15pm t¢ 6:35am ‘Trav. C’y, Petoskey &@ Mack... ......:. $10:50pm CRGBIAG + 5:25pm t11:15am Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has parlor car, and train leaving at 2:15 p. m. has sleeping car to Mackinaw. Southern Div. Leave Arrive Cincinnatl.....................¢ 7:10am ¢ 8:25pm a ANNE oo ce + 2:10pm + 2:00pm UNGAR 6 ets Le * 7:00pm * 7:25am 7:10am. train has parlor car 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...t7 10am +2 10pm *11 35pm Ar. Chicago. .2....: 2 00pm 9 10pm 6 30am FROM CHICAGO. iy CRAs cs... +38 02pm *11 45pm Ar. Grand Rags: . 6602.3. .|. 9 30pm 7 Bam Train leaving Grand Rapids 7.10 a. m. has buffet parlor 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. @OING WEST. Ly G’d Rapids......... +7:35am +1:00pm +5:40pm Ar Muskegon........... 9:00am 2:10pm 7:05pm @0mMe EAST. Ly Muskegon.......... +8:10am +11:45am +4:00pm Ar@’d Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pm Sunday trains leave Grand Rapids 9.00 a. m. and 7.00 p.m. Leave Muskegon 8.35 a. m. and 6.35 p. m. +Except Sunday. *Daily. {Saturday only. Cc. L. CKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. and Ticket Agent. y. C. BLAKE Ticket Agent Union Station. nih”: WEST BOUND. Ly. Grand Rapids (G. R. & Se +7 :45am 3358. Ly. Mackinaw City............ 5am 4:20pm Ar. St. Ignace................. 9:00am 5:20pm Ar. Sault Ste. Marie........... 12:20pm 9:50pm Ar: Marquette... 2.0... 2:50pm 10:40pm Ar. Nestoria............ --- 5:20pm 12:45am PEP, GE eed es cen a lar 8:30am BAST BOUND. eee aac +6:30pm . a — :30pm :30am Scare 2 os es 8:40pm 11:00am Ar. Mackinaw City........... pm il: aerneah G. W. Hrpparp, Gen. Pass. Agt. E.c. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids & Northeastern Ry. Best route to Manistee. MANISTE Via C. & W. M. Railway. | Lv Grand Rapids...... ie eda dats Poder. | Ax Masistees 0605 7. ik c., Patoepin ie Ly Manistee... - 8:30am 34:10pm | mr Grand Mapids (0... 2002.7), T:copm 9:55pm | HOLLAND & CHICAGO LINE. Connects at Holland with Chicago & West Michi- gan for Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Lansing, Detroit, and all Northern points on the C. & W. M. R. R., also with C. & W. M. for Allegan, Marshall, Bat- tle Creek and Toledo, via C. & W. M. and D., T. & M. railroads. The elegant and fast steamers of this line leave Holland daily at 8 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 53-15 $5.00 Fare, Allegan to Chicago 5.85 5-00 Fare, Holland to Chicago 2.25 3-50 Berth included, Through tickets can be purchased at all stations on the C: & W. M., D., G. R..& W.and D., T. & M. | R’ys. C. & W. M. train ieaving Grand Rapids at 6.25 p.m. daily makes close connection at Holland with steamers of this line for Chicago. Office, No. 1 State St., Charles B. Hopper, Chicago. Gen TF. & FP. Ast. TRAVEL - VIA F.& P.M. R.R. AND STEAMSHIP LINES TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN H. F. MOELLER, a.c.p.a. snegenonenenenenenatonere THE FORGOTTEN PAST Which we read about can never be forgotten by the merchant who be comes familiar with our coupon system. The past to such is always a ‘‘nightmare.”’ The present is an era of pleasure and profit. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. SOROROROROROCHORONOCHOHOHO Little Giant Sprayer An improvement over all others. Does work that no other Sprayer can, as it throws a spray either up or down. Just the thing for spraying all kinds of Small Fruit Trees, Vines and Plants. Throws a mist with such force as to reach every part of the tree or plant with one action. Very economical, Tank holds Full directions and formulas as it Saves enough compound in one day to pay for itself, enough to spray 600 to 800 hills of potatoes. for using furnished with each sprayer. Manufactured only by Wm. Brummeler & Sons, 260 S. lonia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ARE HANDSOME, STRONG, SPEEDY. A GENTLEMAN’S MOUNT. $50 A FEW MORE GOOD AGENTS WANTED IN UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY. ADAMS & HART, SELLING AGENTS FOR MICHIGAN 12 W. BRIDGE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. $75 UYYPNNN NTN PN DDT poNrenevonoornonnooonnNno oo oonNNDD They all say F “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. 4 3 Who urges you to keep Sapolio? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. TUUAAAeeasasMAAhhlLLhAAhakGbbakkkkllddbakklbbddbdd | i public? PnpyrNNvvvr yyy ayaa nay eNyy Is Your own good sense will tell e * . ® e e ® eo e Is it not the UUM AAAkbbAbsadbabaddbdd ANNOUNCEMENT EVERY BUTCHER SHOULD LAY ASIDE THE KNIFE AND CLEAVER LONG ENOUGH TO STUDY THIS ANNOUNCEMENT You have been looking for a reliable, Quick-acting, Spring-balance ‘‘Computing’’ Scale. WE HAVE IT FOR YOU The Spring Balance Automatic Scale we now offer the La public is the best that brains and money can produce. Our long successful career as the Pioneer Manufac- turers of Money-Weight Scales is a sufficient guarantee \ that anything in this line we may offer you is a “Success,” ae \ A scale that shows the selling price in money. One operation to obtain results. Shows both weight and j value of the article weighed. Has two separate and distinct dials. The front, or weight and value dial, shows money-value and weight of the article being weighed. The reverse dial gives weight alone. — WRITE es wit THE COMPUTING SCALE CO., Makers, Dayton, Ohio, U. S. A. iZ « DQDDDHDHHHHHHHHHHHHDHHHHHHHHHHHHD =e: : ~~ -“Q, a. OT ANDARD OL 60. DEALERS IN ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING It pays any dealer to have the reputa- tion of keeping pure goods. It pays any dealer to keep the Seymour Cracker. There’s a large and growing section of the public who will have the best, and with whom the matter of a cent or soa pound makes no impression. It’s not HOW CHEAP with them; it’s HOW GOOD. For this class of people the Seymour Cracker is made. Discriminating housewives recognize its superior FLAVOR, PURITY, DELICIOUSNESS and will have it. If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade or particular people, keep the Seymour Cracker. Made by National Biscuit Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES Ofiice and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Bulk works/at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rap- ids,{Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City, Fremont, Hart, Whitehall, Holland and Fennville Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. Reenter ne eeTcmee