pe a CEQ NOUR EDS (| N/ me k a NG en sl D) AG Say OBS. Cp ;; Ce ea ae ENS) PACE Lv RANE ae ies WY SoE » : : eo MANA, % our yellow label and signature is od VENyY, of 2. £gS mnat”e Os ABSOLUTELY PURE o ss i S 3 ys “se ie Of greater strength than any other yeast, and 3 os convenient for handling. Neatly wrapped in 2. : : ae i ae ee tin foil. Give our silverware premium list to nD “ Piagev® * op your patrons and increase your trade. Particu- OUR LABEL lar attention paid to shipping trade. Address, FLEISCHMANN & CO. Detroit Agency, 118 Bates St. Grand Rapids Agency, 26 Fountain St. PLL OP AL NIN PDN eee ere tetanchcanononesenenensecoenneeneig JESS 3 : TOBACCO 3 090996 s 046000004 006 Sia, a OOOOOOO Is the Biggest and Best plug of Tobacco on the market to-day. Your competi- tor has it for sale. JESS TOBACCO FOR SALE ONLY BY MUSSELMAN GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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Mantels, Grates and ning. |G alvanized Work of Ever y Description. Largest Cares in the State WEATHERLY & PULTE, 99 Pearl St , Grand Rapids | FLARBAARARABARARARARARABARAD ARARARAAARARAAARARARA Ci Increase Your Business by Selling “MR. THOMAS” The Most Poputar Nickel Cigar on Earth 4 Rp m Ruhe Bros. Co., Makers. o y Factory 956, 1st Dist. Pa. ai Mail Orders Salicited. F,. E. Bushman, Representative. Kalamazoo, Mic!. 2 SESS GAS Ek OED SO IY Sr aot oy meer tenes mnenemeey mR = cs RES ANAM sa pcb ie eSe°ese25e25e25e2525e25e25e25e5e5e5e5 —- | ° p or Ts /MOSb EOOnOMI6dl ig Lift In Business 5 | Fire Underwriters’ | Endorsement of Safety. Are our FREIGHT ELEVATORS of any capacity. | | Our SCALE TRUCK is an 800-lbscale combined with Advantages of Double Generator the regular warehouse truck. We also make Engines, | and many other interesting fea- Boilers, Smokestacks, Iron and Brass Castings, Steel | tures of the Kopf Acetylene Gas ane - >; ; f | : : : : us ae Culvert Pipe and General Machine Work. | Machine, wherein it excels freely > = 3 , B : = j Repairs done in any part of the state. Reach us | given you if you will drop us , ay “I } | any hour, day or night, by long distance phone. | a postal. e e e | Lansing Boiler & Engine Works, ! M. B. Wheeler Electric Go., Mirs. oe . Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lansing, Mich. hh | — 8 all | Show Room at No. 99 Ottawa St. a Cn ins wie Uvedudvedvduududdvevvdvudveuvvewdveddvdvedvedy ? THE “OHIO” THe GWEN 2 PONY CUTTER | ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR = | ae This Cutter is = hand use only, Trufant, June 1S, 18yS. and is a strons g, ight-running ma- Geo. Fo Gwea & Co. chine. It i is ada i dtocutting hay, G ast es . stray pad Gocn fod er, and is suit sentlemen—I have used one of the ible for parties keeping from one to : | Owen Acetylene Gas Generators for fo: ir or five animals. There is only | | about two months and it gives excellent one size, and is made so it can be | | Nee ce ne age Ce knocked down and packed for ship- | | satisfaction. I have six burners in a ment, thus securing lower freight | room 22 x 55 feet in dimensions, but use rate; has 113 3% inch knife, and by very | only three. Would not take four times simple changes makes four lengths | | os Se ee : : i ofcut. This: is on ly one of the onI0 | its cost for it in case I could not secure } family of Feed and Ensilage Cutters | another. R. JOHNSON. i and Shredders. A good agent wanted | a in every locality in Michigan where . J : Wwe are not represented. Write to-d ay for cpio Catalogue and prices to dealers. = RO F (wel & C0 Grand Rapids St <4: Selling Agents ‘‘OHIO”’ . = e Be ¢ Michigan. ADAMS & HART, geiling zens 0n10"” Grand Rapids. = Ss icsielbeiniasiidetilcaiiaait aac AAMIIAEARAARAMARAARBABRARIARARNS, | es On RNS SESE SRS SH SESS Se SESE SSE SESH Ses SPS asa Sas e se SEaE Se sabeaeSEseSEee —— “REMEMBER THE NAMB: BLUE AND GRAY ENAMELED WARE — wher Manccmae ‘nen oa v E ~~ ea atctmstncncininasililtatnts SeSeSe5eSeSe5r5e5e5e5 Manufactured expressly for us. We carry a full line at W 260 South Ionia Street, right prices. Every piece guaranteed to be perfect. mi. Brum meler & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2 Se Se Sas aS aS eS ES BSE SESE Sag AF a RES as eS ages ase Se SES aSESESESESESESES *SaGagES =SaSaSESaguSaeuseae seam eG? We Realize—-— : : 3 - That to keep our coffees upon your shelves in spite of competition more or less strong — erg = = Our Coffees and Teas Must excel in Flavor and Strength and be constant Trade Winners. The J M Bour Co 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, ii “9 113-815-117 Ontario S:., Toledo, Ohio. deialhaned we kel AKLKLHKAAALH KAD ARG A9RNA NRA ON OD ea > ae ps Y \ om ana yy) 7 ( x Ve \ ( \ Volume XV. GRAND RAPIDS, > > > > > > a > 4 > >» > > > > ee wewrvuvrvVvVVvVYVYVwVVYVVwewwvv OOS O99SSSSS OOOO SSOSO OO CARLOT SHIPMENTS. Rapid Improvement in the Handling of Peaches. The fruit season will open next week and all the indications point to one of the liveliest seasons on record. The peach crop is not large--that is, the amount produced on individual trees is not up to the average—but a great many new orchards, and many old or- chards replanted, will come into bear- ing *this season and the quantity of peaches to be marketed is enormous. If Michigan had to consume the entire output, the whole State would have to work overtime until well along into next winter to accomplish the task ; but, for- tunately, the burden of eating the fruit will be widely distributed, more wide- ly, probably, than ever before. The wider distribution will have a tendency to keep down a glut in the market and will keep prices up, but it is highly probable that peaches will be pretty SSCSSSSSSHS | cheap before the season closes. Three and four years ago the peach growers all made money and the success of those seasons led to the planting of many new orchards. The same success did not attend the industry two years ago or last year, but the young orchards were allowed to keep of growing and this year they will come into bearing and will more than make good what otherwise would bea deficiency. The effect is about three years after the cause in this case, but the prospects are good that the former successes will be re- peated and on a larger scale. The Maryland crop is an almost total failure and the Delaware and New Jersey crops are short. This will open the Eastern markets, clear up into New England, to Michigan peaches and hundreds of car- loads will be taken from our abundance. Three years ago many Michigan peaches were sent East and found high favor and the good impression created then will make it easy to find a market this year. Large shipments will also be made to the West, as far as Minne- apolis and Omaha, but the Western mar- ket never bas had much of a mouth for peaches. Whether this ts due to a pref- erence for other fruit, a failure to culti- vate the Western trade or a difficulty in shipping the fruit in that direction does not appear; but this season the business is to be pushed into that quarter. Rapid freight trains and the express make possible the shipment of peaches to the distant markets. The fruit is un- like apples. It cannot be shipped far, nor be kept long, without deterioration, and much depends how near the mar ket can be brought to the orchard as to how wide a market can be reached. When peach growing became a recog nized interest in these parts—that was about twenty years ago—Chicago was about as far as the fruit grower could look for a market. The fruit was not sent by fast freight in those days, but went by express, and the American Ex- press Co. practically monopolized the business. The shipments were modest affairs in those days and W. George Wormley recalls that one Sunday night about eighteen years ago he called his father out of church to make arrange- ments to give the Fennville growers a special car for what was considered an extraordinary large consignment. The interest rapidly developed, however, and each succeeding year saw it attain- ing larger proportions, and ten years ago the company was running a fruit ex- press train of their own, beside having four or five extra express cars on the regular trains over the Chicago & West Michigan to Chicago. About that time the railroads came to the con- clusion that there was enough money in the fruit traffic to look after it. The Chicago & West Michigan pnt on a special fast freight train for the accom- modation of the fruit shippers and then the Grand Rapids & Indiana did the same, and soon all the roads running out from this city or penetrating the fruit belt werein the field for business and offering special inducements and facilities. When the railroads put the first spe- cial train in service ordinary box freight cars were used and on a hot night what fruit was not crushed by awkward pack- ing was pretty soft before reaching the Chicago market. Each season has seen improvements in the method and man- ner of handling the fruit, and to-day peaches travel in luxury, For short hauls to Chicago and Detroit, for in- stance, ordinary box cars so arranged that they will be thoroughly ventilated and then kept cool are still used, but for the market East of Buffalo and Pittsburg refrigerator cars thoroughly iced will be used this season. So im- portant is it expected the long distance shipping will be this season that the Fruitgrowers Express Co. has opened an office here for the summer and will have several hundred cars available. Peach buyers will be here from the East- ern markets and some are already on the ground. The early peaches, such ds are now in market, are not desired by the buyers from a distance, although a few carloads have been sent out, but about next week the shipping peaches will begin coming in. Plums are very plentiful this season and these will also seek the distant mar- kets, although not in any such quanti- ties as the peaches. Apples are a fair crop in the territory north of this city and pears will be abundant. > 0 GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. While the war just closing has been remarkable for the little deleterious effect observabie in finance and business there is yet a feeling of increased satis- faction and confidence in the return of peace which promises added impetus to the wheels of improvement. The political changes growing out of the war seem likely to produce economic changes which will continue to engage attention to a degree to more than over balance the effects of the return cf the soldiery to the fields of business activity they had abandoned to others. While there will be many who will leave the ranks for civil life again, the need of maintaining a considerable army will call for other enlistments so that the de- mands for employment will be kept ina Number 777 healthy condition. In the promised de- velopment of the new territories and in the renewal of trade operations along the old lines, as well as new ones in the improved relations, there is the assur- ance of a demand of attention which will more than balance the activities of war, and that under the healthier conditions of normal trade. The increase of orders following the assurance of peace is still further urg- ing the lessening of the summer vaca- tion and repair season, so that the pres- ent is reported as the briefest used for such purposes in many years. Works are again hurryivg to catch up with or- ders and a stiffening of prices appears in many lines of iron manufacture, as well as in the raw pig. A significant feature of the situation is the offering of contracts for long future delivery— next winter or next year—not all of which were accepted by the manufac- turers. Many good contracts of this kind are being made, however, both for foreign and domestic use, and the de- mand for structural and plate forms and bars is remarkably heavy. The Eastern textile manufacturers were still endeavoring vainly to secure better prices by the curtailment of pro- duction, There is some improvement in demand for staple goods and the feeling is generally more hopeful, but actual transactions are scarcely up to expectation as yet. Much attention seems to be given to the modification of the character and varieties of light- weight woolens, evidently in the hope that with the new styles may come bet- ter prices. The boot and shoe industry again re- ports actual shipments from the East for the year thus far exceeding those of any previous year to date, and while the excess over 1895 is small, the quanti- ties being 2,586,669 cases this year, against 2,583,602, the excess over 1896 is about 300,000 and over 1897 about 232,000 cases, and the increase since 1892 is about I9 per cent. While nearly all the works are said to be busy, some bave scarcely any orders ahead and are kept running by current demands, while others have orders in advance for weeks and in many cases for one or two months. But jobbers are still holding back orders as far as their trade per- mits, and although prices have been but slightly advanced at any time this year, they average about 2 per cent. higher than in May, though slightly lower than in January. The promised turn for the better noted last week materialized in a con- tinued improvement extending to the last day or two, which we characterized by a weakening in price, though with little change. On the whole the varia- tions are so small that the present quota- tions would seem to be based on about the normal level. Among the favorable indications may be enumerated the resumption of gold imports to an unexpected extent— $2,075,000 from London and $1,650,000 from Sydney—and other lesser ship- ments. This indicates the continual balance in our favor which gives assur- ance of the continued favorable condi- tions during the next fiscal year, ea NAR ito ESS SOD SOP CSI NE I a RR Fe A A OE NT BARNES LAr MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—There has been but little interest shown in any of the staple cotton departments since our last report, and the entire demand has been very moderate. There has been some easing of conditions in brown goods and buyers are able to do their business on an easy basis. These are almost entirely out- side makes, however, and_ standard tickets are generally firm. There is no change to report for bleached cottons and business is quiet and dull, although prices @uoted. In cottons, there has been but a remain him, aS previously regard to coarse colored very light request either tor domestic use or ex- port, and no changes have been made in prices Prints and Ginghams—The market is fairly Strong as to prices. in regard to business and Dark are well enough sold ahead to On miscellane- Steady fancy prints Maintain prices at preseat basis. ous lines, including Indigo blues, mournings, etc., as well as woven pat- terned goods in ginghams, staples, uapped fabrics and other dress goods, the demand has been rather irregular, but at the same time there has been no pressure on the part of the holders to force their goods. Dress Goods—Salesmen on the road in search of advance for fall, from dress goods departments of the jobbing houses are meeting with quite fair success, although they report as yet considerable lack of vigor in business with them. Deliveries for fall are re- ported to be coming forward in a satis- factory manner and are being forwarded immediately to the buyers, orders Hosiery—The general line of fancy hosiery for fall is smaller than it was last season, and while there 1s quite a large number of styles shown, there has been considerabie curtailment in this direction this season. The higher grade of goods rather predominates and it is expected that these higher grades will find increased business for this sea- son. Blankets—It has been several years since the blanket trade was in as healthy a condition as it is now and, as a con sequence, the manufacturers are jubilant. Naturally, prices are exceptionally strong, and tbe buyer in the market to- day bas little chance of getting his goods at any price for sometime to come. Carpets—The decline in ingrains this season is largely due to the condition of the tapestry market. It will be re- membered by many in the trade that manufacturers, last November, sent their salesmen out with instructions to hold all-wool extra super ingrain carpets at 2% cents. The result was no orders on the first trip at this price. Later, the travelers covered the same field offering to sell at 50 cents, and obtained a very fair complement of orders, as the trade realized that manufacturers who were obliged to pay higher prices for yarn and raw material, owing to a duty on wool, could not afford to sell at the same prices and produce standard goods. From the effects of the auctions on tap- estries, and other causes, we find the manufacturers this season forced to sell extra super all-wool ingrain at 45@47 cents. The buyers, from this, might infer that if manufacturers can afford to sell at these prices, they asked too much last season, as there is a difference of 7% cents per yard on many orders taken, as compared with what the manufac- turers expected at the oprening of last season. ——_—_o2~___ Cleverness and Judgment. There is an old lady in this city whose utterances would make a book of pro- verbial philosophy tar and away wiser than any Martin Tupper ever thought of. The old lady’s occupation is taking care of a remarkably bright and pre- cocious little girl, of whose perfections she is never weary of discoursing, but sbe invariably winds up her panegyric on her charge by saying, ‘'I tell you, that child 1s smari, and she’s got sense with it. Could any criticism be more delicate- ly and subtly discriminating? Could any other description be more photo- graphic in its accuracy? A thousand instances rush to the memory to confirm the superlative quality of the old wom- an’s compliment. We have all known sO many people who were one or the other, so few, alas! who were both. How many women we count among our ac- quaintances who ,are smart, bright, ca- pable, clever, but with whom all social intercourse is fraught with peril and tribulations simply because they have no sense with it. They lack reasonable- ness, judgment, practicality. They take offense when none is intended, you can never tell from one day to another what opinions they will hold and friend- ship with them is one long series of disastrous experiments, for which their brightness, or wit, and charm does not compensate. These women are the Mrs. Jellabys of life, who discredit all the efforts of their sex towards advancement. ‘‘They run off with crazes and neglect their homes and families, and the world shrugs its shoulders and says, ‘‘Just what we ex- pected to happen when women took up with the higher education scheme. They espouse hysterical charities and send flowers and dainties to wife murderers, and money to the Armenians, when the people around the corner from them are neglected and starving,and it ‘‘queers’’ every scheme of feminine philanthropy and subjects it to ridicule. Then there are all the women we have tried to help. There was the clever lit- tle dressmaker with the fingers of an artist, there was the poor but talented young girl of good family; there was the elderly lady who had seen better days. They might have all gotten along so well if they had had any sense with their smartness, but they hadn’t. The dressmaker needlessly disappointed the woman we induced to try her; the young aristocrat snubbed generous Mrs. Newrich, who would have helped her; the iady who had seen better days went about with a perpetual snuffle that drove everybody to distraction, and they are still on our charity list. On the other hand, what shall we say of those who have sense and no smartness with it? Better that than to be bright and lack stability and good judgment, of course, but how deadly dull, how tiresome, how we long to get away from them. Happy indeed are they who combine both sprightliness and charm with a sweet reasonableness and common sense, who, as the old lady says of her little charge, are smart and have sense with it. —_—_—_0.__ Why He Did it. ‘Did you read about the Iowa preach- er who was engaged to seventeen girls? * ‘Yes, I presume the poor man was trying to keep his choir together through the hot weather. ’’ Send in orders for 'e To Merchants: We have a sample book that we will furnish without charge express prepaid to any good merchant who wishes to take orders for single suits, either ready to wear or made to order. We manufacture all our own Clothing, and do not sell through agents. We sell to merchants only. We furnish them the best book in the market, and are so well known that we do not need to sail under false colors like the Empire Tailors, or Royal Black Snake Manufacturers of Clothing, or American Mon- gul Tailor, or the Black Horse Tailors, etc. We have been established twenty-five years, and our firm is well and favorably known. Can you Se a book of samples to advantage? If so, send in your application and we will send you our next book which will be ready July rst. Our spring and summer books are all placed. Get your application in early, for we will have a larger demand for our books than we can supply. Yours very truly, Work Bros. & Co., Cor. Jackson and Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill. WOE ON OR RO ON OR ON Os: “Ont etn? zoe oe x ‘’ 5 ESAS ESS ESAS OS LAS RON CeO OAS “OR cela te 2 03. 33. 53. 5%. D®. A¥.SGS. IS. SOP BE GS TePeererrrer rere eee eres A HINT Pretty prints attract attention; they are, in fact, the biggest card a dry goods merchant has. Our new fall your pick early. Never before have we been able to offer so com- plete a line of Underwear, Kersey Pants, Duck Coats, Gloves, Mittens and Hosiery as this season. In many instances our prices are just a little below those quoted by others. styles are in; get Will have agent call if you say so. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO. WHOLESALE DRY GOODS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BH poh aba uh nub ab ububabababu® PHP Dua ahah nhuhahububabad “ “~ “~ “ “ “ “% “ “ ~ “ “ “ “e “ we “ “% “? “e “p “ “ ” “ caval ttu NZ Y an We ~ eon cr C2 oS © So TN KX op UNDERWEAR GLOVES BLANKETS HOSIERY MITTENS COMFORTS, Etc. JOBBERS, P. STEKETEE & SONS, 20888! RAPIDS, MICH. iaidendcbdctdcas ae ae ae OOOO) XE TSS Xe >) GOCE NeNEKe BS LADIES’ AND GENTS’ MIDSUMMER NECKWEAR in White Pique, Satin and Silk Puffs, Bows and Clubs. NEW PALL SILKS in up-to-date styles just received. ENTERPRISE NECKWEAR CO., Kortiander Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. 1 nee agen somts <=. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Aug. 6—We are having a little breathing spell this week and general trade is, perhaps, not quite as active as last week ; but there are many buyers here and they come from the South and Southwest and West, They have money and are going to work very soon to paint the town. Profits are not large an? a big trade has to be done in order to make satisfactory returns. Coffee has been about as uninterest- ing as anything and yet the general tone of the market is steady. It is as- tonishing how quickly the conquest of Porto Rico has given an impetus to en- quiries as to the coffee districts of that island. Your correspondent has seen a number of letters asking for some pub- lication relating to coffee in Porto Rico. The best summary of the matter is that issued by the Agricultural Department. Invoice rate for Rio No. 7 is still 6@6'%c, with little doing. The amount in store and afloat aggregates 874,908 bags, against 697,329 bags at the same time last year. Mild coffees have been in rather unsteady demand. Stocks of desirable sorts are not excessive. East India sorts are quiet. There has been a steadily increasing demand for refined sugar, owing, prob- ably, to the canning season being in full blast, but there seems as yet to be no delay in filling orders promptly. The guarantee as to prices was continued, but the tone of the market is strong. Teas are flat. There is very little do- ing by anybody. Stocks held by interior dealers are generally regarded as_ suffi- ciently large to last for some time There has been some discussion as to the likelihood of the revenue tax being continued and the consensus of opinion is that it will not be discontinued for some time, as extraordinary expenses will have to be met. Rice has been very quiet, except for Governmental orders and some supplies for Cuba. Buyers are looking around for job lots and sellers are willing to let them look, but will make no conces- sions. Prices are practically the same as heretofore. Sellers of spices are holding for an advance in many lines and it seems probable that they will secure it. The demand has been rather light during the week as would-be buyers are reluctant to lay in very large stocks, even though it would seem profitable to carry a fair supply. Molasses is dull. The market is not crowded with supplies and, while the demand is light, prices seem to be steady. Good to prime centrifugal, 16@25c; good to prime open-kettle, 29@32c. The syrup market is steady, but with little actual business going forward. Good to prime sugar syrups, 14@17c. Canned tomatoes are rather demoral- ized, but the general run of the market otherwise is firm, although nota very large amount of business seems to be going forward. Fair quality new packed Baltimore tomatoes sold at 8oc f. o. b. The pack of peas in New York State is said to be from 50 to 75 per cent. short. New pack gallon apples, New York State, are offered at $2 here. New York State spot corn, 70c ; spot peas, 65@8oc. In lemons and oranges, about an aver- age Dusiness is going forward. Stocks are not excessive and the tone therefore is generally firm. California oranges continue to be shoved to the rear by the abundant supply of other fruit. We can have oranges at any time, but not Georgia peaches. Dried apricots are firm, but, aside from this article, there is little anima- tion shown for anything in the dried fruit line. In domestic fruits evapo- rated apples are worth g%c and_ evapo- rated raspberries command 9% @loc. Receipts of butter have not been ex- cessive, and, as the demand is good, the market is fairly firm with extra Western creamery at Igc. It is very closely graded, however, and if it does not below as firsts and then brings 174@ 18c; seconds, 16@17¢c; thirds, 144%@ 15/2C; western imitation creamery, ex- tras, 15% @i6c; firsts, 14@141%4; West- ern factory, June extras, 14¢; firsts, 13% @ti4c; seconds, 13@13%c; finest make ot Current date factory, 13%4c. Cheese is rather quiet. Ihe demand for large size has been especially flat and 7c seems to be about the top figure. The supply, however, is not large and stocks seem pretty well sold up in nearly every instance, so far as jobbers are concerned. Cold warehouses, how- ever, Contain, it is thought, fairly lib- eral stocks. Small size full cream cheese is worth 7c, Prime to fancy Pennsylvania and Michigan eggs command 14%@15%c; Western fresh gathered, 14%c. The weather has been so universally hot that receipts in large proportion show a good deal of loss. The bean week has been rather quiet and the demand seems to have fallen off although prices are steady. Choice Marrow $1.50; choice medium, $1.30; choice pea, $1.25. ea —__~<>-9<-____ New Business for Women in England. A new and profitable employment for women !n vogue in England is introduc- ing flour. Several firms who advertise their flour the world over are now hiring women on salary, and paying their traveling expenses, to introduce a_par- ticular brand of flour into towns and Cities where it is not well known. The duties are to go to all the grocers in the town and find out how many dealers are handling the flour and secure as many new firms who will agree to handle it as possible. This done the two women get a map of the city and divide the work for the entire montb, if they are to re- main there a month. Then each takes a street and makes a house-to-house visit, taking the name of each woman of the house, and noting whether she uses their flour or not, and also if she will agree to buy the flour of her grocer, who, perhaps, has never kept it in stock, At the end of the week a report of all visits, names and orders is sent in to the State agent. A curious feature of this business is that no men are em- ployed in it. Sl No Record Broken. Magwire—They say yesterday was the hottest day this town has had for fifteen years. Obrion—That’s nothing ; last summer there was a day that was the hottest we'd had for twenty years. > +. Process butter should be sold for what it is. Then there is no deception. We are reliably informed that there isa concern operating in the Elgin district that is incorporating a considerable amount of foreign fats in its process butter. We hope the authorities will bunt down these manufactureres, and if their goods are adulterated, prosecute them. If they keep on in their high- handed style, the Pennsylvania law against process goods will doubtless be enacted in many western states the com- ing winter. e SPAIN WILL SETTLE >: D>d>a, Dwight’s Liquid Bluing never settles. Manufactured by & The Wolverine Spice Co., \ Grand Rapids, Mich. 333333332323>33>> 23> stand the test is put into the next grade : a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN RIE An exact reproduction ofa Loewenstein Garment. Bi csskchanconiearnecene Gepemsee tes SS "é Style, Fit, Grace and Workmanship noted for its General Excellence. Our Sample Outfit of Fall and Winter Clothing Samples Is Now Ready We supply these outfits to general stores and clothing dealers, FREE OF EXPENSE. It enables you to sell clothing without carrying a stock. If you want the agency in your town write to us at once. L. Loewenstein & Sons, Chicago, Clothing Manufacturers. Our clothing outfit represents a box of more than 200 samples of suits and overcoats for men, youths, boys and children. We send these out to merehants free of all expense, together with tape measures, order blanks, envelopes, fashion plates, signs and advertising matter of all descriptions. Merchants can take orders for single garments andsend them to us as they take them. Our system enables a merchant to do an extensive clothing busi- ness without carrying a stock. We do not sell to consumers, We quote the same prices on single garments as we would ona hundred. We fill all orders on the day of their re ceipt. The cut herewith is photographed from life. 4 é 4 3 ih 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Akron—B. D. Maxwell succeeds Al- drich & Maxwell in general trade. Detroit—Addie A. King _ succeeds Chas. W. Maynard in the drug business. Grand Junction—B. Slain’s general stock bas been seized on an execution. Bangor—Frank Brown succeeds Mar- tin D. Kingston in the grocery business. Saginaw—A. L. Klemm has pur- chased the drug stock of Harry Dolson. White Cloud—Geo. Stores succeeds Mrs. Ella Lyon in the grocery business. North Lansing—M_ H. Sherman & Co. are succeeded by the West Side Drug Co. Charlevoix—Lewis E. Smith succeeds Smith & Lamphear in the laundry busi- ness. Gagetown—H. G. Graves & Bro. suc- ceed R. (Mrs. A.) Klein in general trade. Battle Creek-——S. A. Howes is suc- ceeded by Howes & Allen in the grocery business. Breckenridge—Geo. N_ Aldrich has purchased the general stock of L. Wag- goner & Co. Marine City—The Marine City Dry Goods Co. will remove its stock to Ad- tian Sept. I. Battle Creek—Henry Rupert has sold his flour, feed and wood business to C. Calvert & Son. Caledonia—Jackson & Tape have sold their grocery stock and meat market to Wenger & Co. Alma—Mrs. M. Scallon has sold her millinery stock to Mrs. C. E. Wixson, late from Edmore. Bay City—Markham & Bailey have engaged in the crockery business at 808 Washington avenue. Akron—L. & E. Rotherniel have in- vested $2,000 in needed improvements to their roller mills. Hillsdale—-The Hillsdale Coal & Lum- ber Co. will hereafter be known as Cun- ningham & Aldrich. Jonesville—Smith & Patton continue the furniture and undertaking business formerly conducted by Barber & Smith. Ishpeming—The Scandinavian Co- operative Co. has opened a new general store under the management of John Eman. Ludington—Mrs. H. Gustafson has purchased the stock in the Cleveland bazaar and consolidated her millinery stock therewith. White Cloud—Mrs. Ella Lyons has sold her stock of groceries to George Storrs, who will continue the business at the same location. Mount Morris—Frank Hughes _ has leased the new store building recently erected by Isaac Vermett and will oc- cupy same with his grocery stock, Vicksburg—Dr. Geo. Newton, who had been engaged in the drug business here for about a half dozen years, died July 31 after only three days’ illness. Oscoda—Herbert J. Markham has pur- chased the drug stock of W. D. Ham- mond, who has gone to Chicage to take a course in the Rush Medical coliege. Stanton—H. D. Selden, of Grand Rapids, has rented the store recently occupied b Briggs & Holland and will put in a stock of stoves, furniture and house furnishing goods. Davison—The John F. Cartwright Co. bas been organized, with a capital stock of $10,000, to handle farm produce and building materials. The stockholders are John F. Cartwright, Chas. Ira Cart- wright and Ira W. Cole. Trufant—C. E. Van Avery, formerly manager of H. M. Gibbs’ branch drug store at Coral, has bought the drug stock of Dr. J. Black, at this place, and will continue the business here. Jackson—C. A. Maynard has removed to this city from Ann Arbor and leased the building on the corner of Mechanic and Cortland streets, where he will open a grocery store about August 20. Carson City—J. H. Kennedy has gone to Reading to engage in general trade on his own account Mr. Kennedy has been connected with business interests of Carson City since bis boyhood. Jackson—Alex D. Edwards, the past ten years a traveling salesman for Rich- ardson & Knight, will shortly opena men’s furnishing gosds store at the corner of Main and Mechanic streets. Benzonia—The Case Mercantile Co. has purchased the grocery and hardware stock of Phillips & Son,at Crystal City, and removed it to this place, consoli- dating it with their general stock here. Detroit—The Acme Mercantile Co., formed to do a general business in dia- monds, jewelry, bicycles, etc., has filed articles of association with the county clerk. The capital stock is $10,000, and Io per cent. has been paid in. Lake Linden—Coplan & Rosenthal, of the Boston clothing store, have dis- solved partnership. Mr. Coplan will continue the business at the same _loca- tion. Mr. Rosenthal has gone to De- troit, where he will permanently locate. Owosso—The Owosso Coal Co. has filed articles of association. The direct- ors are R. E. Travis and C. F. Travis, of Owosso, and C. N. Oatmer, Corunna. The company is doing a_ prosperous business and will at once increase its facilities and output. Olivet—The merchants here are still working all kinds of schemes to keep the people of the surrounding country from going to larger towns to do their trading. Some kind of entertainment is furnished in town every Saturday free, including band concerts, all kinds of races, ball games, etc. Although against the strongest kind of competi- tion from Charlotte, the Olivet mer- chants holds a good share of the trade in this way. Manufacturing Matters. Leslie—G. S. Mitchell bas engaged in the manufacture of brick. Lapeer—Tuttle & Palms succeed the estate of C. Tuttle in the planing mill business. Negaunee—The Johnson Lumber Co.’s mill has cut out its stock of logs and shut down for the season. Saginaw—C. S. Bliss has purchased the interest of his partner in the lumber firm of C. S. Bliss & Co. Fairgrove—Hinkley & Richardson have erected a grain elevator witha capacity of 18,000 bushels. Rapid City—The St. Louis Hoop & Stave Co. has purchased a site at this place and will remove its works from St. Louis at an early day. Baraga—The Funke sawmill has started up under the management of M. N. De Haas and will be kept busy un- til the close of the season. Skanee—Powell & Mitchell’s sawmill is cutting largely on square timber, both hemlock and pine, for use in the concern’s breakwater contracts with the Government. Hart—W. C. Bennett has purchased the interest by R. W. Ridell in the planing mill firm of Ridell & Ben- nett and will continue the business in his own name. Pigeon—The sawmill of Reuben Mitchell is being moved from this place to Presque Isle county, where Mr. Mitchell is to operate on 16,000 acres of hardwood and stump land purchased of Isaac Bearinger. Beliaire—The Bellaire Woodenware Co. has been organized by local busi ness men for the purpose of manufac- turing woodenware and_ clothespins. About fifty men and fifteen girls will be regularly employed. ‘he factory will be 72x 132 feet in dimensions and two stories high. Middleville—A. Medley & Co., of Flora, Ill., have secured a lease of Mc- Kevitt's evaporator for one year with the privilege of three. They will double the capacity, making it capable of car- ing for 500 bushels every twenty-four hours and will employ about fifteen men and twenty women. Cheboygan—With a single exception, all of the Cheboygan sawmills are run- ning day and night, and it is expected they will continue to do so until the close of navigation. A large quantity of lumber has been sold for future deliv- ery. W. & A. McArthur have received a raft of 4,000,000 feet from Georgian Bay and another of the same size is on the way over. Portland—The directors of the Port- land Manufacturing Co. deciared a 50 per cent. cash dividend Aug. 6, making Ioo per cent. which has been distributed among the stockholders of the corpora- tion since Jan. 1. This remarkable showing is due wholly to the exceptional executive ability of W. W. Terriff, who has come to be regarded as one of the shrewdest business men in the State. ‘ oe The Grocery Market. Sugar—The American Sugar Refining Co. posted a notice Monday withdraw- ing the guaranty against lower prices for refined goods. The guaranty, how- ever, against lower prices holds good for thirty days from date of notice. This withdrawal notice came as a sur- prise to the trade, who expected that the guaranty would continue, as they could see no reasou why it should be withdrawn. Another matter of interest was an advance of I-16c in the price of No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 refined. This was the first change in the price list made since some time before June 5, which was the date on which the price guaranty was first made by the Ameri- can Sugar Refining Co. The market is strong and higher prices are looked for. Coffee--Various reports continue to reach us from Brazil of unfavorable weather conditions and this, in connec- tion with the lower receipts, accounts in a measure for the improved demand. Naturally, with the prevailing low prices the trade becomes nervous simul- taneously with prospects of decreased supplies. Canned Goods—The new pack of to- matoes, which is being offered several weeks earlier than usual, has demoral- ized the market for old stock. The general demand for spot tomatoes is small. Spot corn is selling fairly well at unchanged prices, mostly, how- ever, in small lots. Nothing is doing in peas, which rule at unchanged prices. A few peaches are selling, and the price of the California goods, though firm, show no change. Eastern packers have not named prices on the new pack as yet. Dried Fruits—Prunes are very strong and further advances are expected. Peaches are selling in a small way at unchanged prices. Apricots are well cleaned up and have advanced Mc further, speaking now of the lower grades. Fancy apricots are practically out of the market. Very little is doing in currants, which rule at unchanged prices. Raisins are selling fairly well, and low grades are getting cleaned up. Higher grades of raisins are selling at full prices. Provisions—The market is generally quiet, without special feature of any kind. Lard is dull and the tendency is downward, especially on Western lard, which is in large supply, aud packers are anxious to unload. Salt Fish—Practically no mackerel are being caught down East and_ prices are gradually stiffening. Stocks every- where seem to be getting low, and from all appearances spot stocks will be al- most used up in the next two or three weeks. The spot stock of old Irish mackerel is about what the trade is working on now and there is hardly enough to last until the new catch comes. Cod is very dull at unchanged prices. Lake fish is moving in a small way at unchanged prices. Sardines re- main steady with a fair demand. Sai- mon are unchanged, with a good de mand. ey egg False Standards of Success. Some days ago a gentleman said to me of andther man that he does not seem to be any better off than when we first knew him. He isa kind-hearted man and helpful to humanity. He has been successful in that way, but he has not gathered any money together. In conversation with another man concern- ing a friend he said that everything he touches seems to turn to money. I could not help but think, in connection with these two instances, of the measure of success that most of us use. It seems to me that we should think of other things aside from money or bank ac- count or landed estate as a measure of a man’s success. As I have often heard it said of fruit-growers that their occu- pation is a pleasant one, but they can- not succeed in it as in other occupa- tions, | cannot help but think that there ought to be a different standard of suc- cess than is common to most of us. I was down and visited Mr. Lyon the other day.. He has lived to be 80 years old. I believe his acquirements of this world’s goods have been modest, still I do not know of any more successful man in any line than Mr. Lyon; I do not know of a millionaire in Michigan to- day that I would rather be than to be Mr. Lyon. His life has been one of benevolence—a life that we can learn something from. A man who establishes a good home in the community is a successful man. A man who exercises an influence in the community wherever it is possible, an influence for good, for intelligence, for morality, for progressiveness, is a successful man. In seeking after success there are, I think, other things that are worth con- sidering, as for instance, taste. There are lots of people who cannot see the difference between a Baldwin apple and a Red June. Aromatic flavor does not appeal to them. I know a man, the president of a college, who could not see any difference between a Concord grape and a cabbage. The matter of educa- tion of the intellect did not belp him at all. So in the matter of the taste. It is from the development of the taste that we enjoy a wider range of products. In fruits you can get this developed a good deal wider than in grains, And so it seems to me that we have a good deal to do in the development of the senses. Some of these things mean more for success in life than the acquisition of money. Cuas. W. GARFIELD. #.. SAAR tbat ors Ret ae ete See are _ PR eter mee a casa TS ’ for home grown. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2 Grand Rapids Gossip C. A. Ferris has opened a grocery store at Luther. The stock was sold by the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. G. C. Stanton & Co. have embarked in the grocery business at Ovid. The Worden Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Wm. Hoskins has opened a general store at Boon. The grocery stock was furnished by the Worden Grocer Co. Kloote & Mulder have operied a gro- cery store at the corner of East and Sherman _ streets. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. John Synder has sold his grocery stock at the corner of West Bridge street and Lane avenue to C. E. Johnson & Co., who will continue the business at the same location. John Caulfield states that he will soon begin operations on his new cold _stor- age warehouse on South Ottawa street. Plans for the structure are now in the hands of the architects. The Grand Rapids Stave Co. has be- gun the erection of a two-story frame factory building, 30x70 feet in dimen- sions, on the site of the building burned a couple of months ago. J. W. Crater is closing out his grocery stock and bakery business at 149 West Bridge street and wiil shortly engage in the restaurant business in the Moran building on North Ionia street. a The Produce Market. Apples—Eating varieties, such as As- trachans, command $1.50 per bbl. Duchess fetch $2@2.25 and Sweet Boughs about $2. Pippins and other cooking varieties command $1@1.25 per bbl. Beets—25c per bu. Blackberries—8oc per crate of 16 qts. The recent rains did not come soon enough to help the crop, either in size or quality. The latter is especially poor. Butter—Factory creamery is strong at 18c and fancy dairy at 15@16c. The percentage of really fine creamery butter in the receipts is very small, the bulk being of defective quality and very hard to sell, owing to the limited demand at this season for this class of butter. All extras are promptly cleaned up on ar- rival, and there is quite a shortage in this particular grade. There is also quite a demand for lower grades of butter, which are well cleaned up. From all appearances the demand for fine butter will be in excess of the sup- ply from now on until cooler weather. Cabbage—$3@4 per too heads _ for home grown Carrots—4oc per bu. Cauliflower—$1 per doz. for grown. Cocoanuts—-4@5c. Corn—Green, 10@12c per doz. ears, The quality of the receipts is improving daily. Cucumbers—75c per bu. Eggs—Handlers are taking in stock on the basis of value, holding carefully candled stock at 11c and choice candled at 12c. The receipts of good eggs are not plenty, the greater part of the re- ceipts being heated and unsuitable for the best trade. The demand for fine eggs is more than sufficient to clean up the receipts, and the present outlook is for higher prices. The receipts of eggs from near-by points continue fairly lib- eral, but not so much so as: during the past week or two. The trade look for advance during the latter part of Au- gust to be especially rapid, asthe pack- ers will commence about that time to store eggs, as soon as the quality war- rants. This will make shorter receipts and higher prices. Green Onions—toc per doz., according to size. home Green Peas—$r1 per .bu. for home grown Marrowfats, which are very scarce and bard to get. Honey—Fine new comb commands 12@13¢c. Lettuce—5o@6oc per bu. for head. Muskmelons—Cantaloups fetch goc per doz. Little Gems command 6o0c_ per basket of about 20. Osage fetch $1.25 ber crate. Benton Harbor, $1.25 per crate, Onions—Home grown command 75c per bu. Peaches—Early Pivers are very plenty on the basis of 25@s5oc per bu. While they stand shipment a little better than Alexanders, they do not present as hand- some an appearance. Hale’s Early are coming in freely and are billed out at 50@75c. They are nearly freestone. Next week the first freestone peaches will be in market—Early Michigans. The growing crop is doing well and everything points to a large yield of nearly all varieties. Pears—Small eating fetch 50@75c. Clapp’s Favorite command $1. Plums—Gueis are in plentiful supply at goc@$1. Abundance are in large supply at $1. Wild Goose are held at 60@75c. The crop is exceedingly large, reports from the country indicating that the trees are breaking down under the strain. Pop Corn—Soc per bu. Potatoes—Home grown stock is in ample supply at 40@5oc. ° Radishes—5@8c per doz. bunches. Tomatoes——Home grown command $1.50 per bu., but the price will grad- ually drop to a lower level. Wax Beans—$! per bu. and scarce at that. Watermelons—t2c for Missouri and 18c for Sweethearts. —_—__~>-6 Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. The hide market has been somewhat depressed during the past week, but the supply was some diminished as well, which revised prices. The market re- mains firm on light offerings. Pelts are not plenty enough to be quotable. All light skins are scarce and in small supply. Tallow remains normal and in light demand at low prices. Wool is firmer and some higher, with good demand. Holders are firm and show no weak spots. ‘Ihe peace prob- lem affects it very directly. Manufac- turers claim fair sales of goods at some higher prices, or, as one says, ‘‘It is easier to get our price, but prices have not advanced sufficiently to pay the ad- vance on wool.’’ Sales are larger and the movement is strong. Ww. T. HEss. ——~>-9 ~. ___ Geo. F. Owen (Geo. F. Owen & Co.) and M. B. Wheeler (M. B. Wheeler Electirc Co.) went to Chicago Tuesday evening to attend a meeting of the man- ufacturers of acetylene gas generators which has been called for to-day. 0-2 - Geo. Hartom, formerly on the road for Mulkley, Button & Co., of Detroit, and for the past year traveling representa- tive for the Jackson Grocery Co., has taken the position of house salesman for the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. a Arthur A. Scott, book-keeper for the Clark-Jewell-Wells Co., is spending his fortnight’s vacation with friends at Du- luth. + -~>-€ ~< Gillies New York Teas at old prices while they hold out. Phone Visner, 800. The Hardware Market. General trade for July is equal to ex- pectations and it is believed that for the month of August dealers in all parts of the country will be weli satisfied with the volume of business that will be offered them. Favorabie conditions seem to prevail in most localities and if nothing happens to prevent it is believed that trade for the coming fall will be satisfactory to nearly all. Changes in prices are few and it is not believed that there will be many advances or de- clines made for the present. Wire Nails—Notwithstanding the fact that there is a strike on hand, which has closed down nearly all the mills in the country, there does not at present seem to be any indication of an ad- vance being made. It is quite difficult to account for this condition and the only explanation we can offer is the very large stock of nails held by manufactur- ers when the close-down took place. Should the strike be of long duration, nails undoubtedly would advance, but at the present time the market seems to be weak, rather than strong. Barbed and Plain Wire—Is moving in comparatively small amounts and or- ders for future deivery are light. Gen- eral quotations, however, remain un- changed. Window Glass—There is no change to note in the price of window glass, stocks being fairly well assorted in the hands of jobbers, but as it will be something like two months before there is a gen- eral resumption of factories, it is not believed that prices will be materially lower for the coming month. Sheet Iron—The market in black and galvanized sheets remains quite firmé and orders have been placed very large- ly for early fall shipments. It is not be- lieved that there will be any lower quo- tations made, and if any change should take place it would be for higher price, rather than lower. Rope—The top price in rope seems to have been reached and the market is weak rather than strong. It is not be- lieved by those who are in close touch with the market that there will be any further advances made and we may rather look for a decline instead. In some cases jute fodder yarn, as well as some sizes in jute rope, is being sub- stituted in place of sisal, as there is considerable difference in price, these commodities being sold on a basis of 6@6'4c per pound, according to quan- tity purchased. Reports from other markets are as follows: Chicago—The movement of shelf hard- ware is very good for the season. Busi- ness done in July has never before been exceeded in that month. Baltimore—July has been a very quiet month. St. Paul—Taking it altogether, the conditions are very favorable for trade and jobbers in all lines expect a large fall trade. New Orleans—Business in this section bas been very quiet for the past few weeks, Boston—Orders are light and custom- ers are not anxious to buy in advance of their legitimate requirements. Portland, Oregon—Trade holds up well, considering we are in midsum- mer. Prices are fairly well maintained. Cleveland—The volume of business, present and prospective, will warrant, we think, much better prices on many lines of goods and, no doubt, all deal- ers and jobbers are looking forward to increased profits. Omaha—The month of July was char- acterized bya very satisfactory business throughout, and we doubt if it has ever been equalled in the net amount of busi- ness transacted. oe — The Morning Market. The feature of the week has been the increasing abundance of the offerings of peaches and apples and other early fruits. Prices have been well sustained considering the qualities, especially as to apples. The prices of peaches have varied greatly as affected by quality, some smaller ones selling for as low as ten cents while the better grades com- mand fairly good returns. Prices of ap- ples are better sustained than for sev- eral years past at this season, although the quantities offered were not even ex- ceeded by the notable yield of 1896, as the low prices of that year left a great- er proportion to rot in the orchards. The difference is no doubt on account of the greater buying capacity of consumers consequent upon improved business conditions. The qualities of fruits offered vary greatly in all varieties and often sam- ples are found requiring the attention of the inspectors. Yesterday morning for instance, one of the poorer class of retail buyers was leaving the market with her purchase of a basket of peaches which attracted the notice of the in- spector. Closer examination showed a most pronounced case of yellows with all its characteristic features. As near as could be determined the fruit was of the early Crawford variety but it appeared to be already fully ripe. The disease had given the peaches a decided, though mottled red coloring and when cut the red streaks from surface to pit were clearly detined and abundant. The seller manifested no hesitation as to re- funding the money paid and it 1s prob- able that he was entirely ignorant of the condition of his wares, although it is difficult to conceive how a fruit grower would be deceived by such a variety as Crawfords shrivelling up and ripening so far out of season, There is in this incident much of suggestion as to the need of the protec- tion of careful inspection between the sellers and buyer. Many of the grocers are so careless and ignorant that they give the matter little heed and there are so many poor buyers who are principal- ly concerned to make their pittances cover tbe greatest quantity, and who have no thought of the existence of such diseases that there is reason to believe that with the littie inspection we have much of this unhealthy stuff finds its way to consumption’ But better than depending upon inspection in the mar- ket would be the discouragement of re- tail buying there, by educating the peo- ple to the real economy of buying at the regular stores. In these if diseased fruit of any kind is offered there 1s quick de- tection and the punishment is generally swift and sure. In eastern markets there is much of criticism that inspection is unduly se- vere and arbitrary. In many localities there seems to be a reaction from the laxity of indifference which has charac- terized the past, and any infraction of the sanitary or economic rules as to quality or quantity, is visited with con- dign punishment. To prevent the need of such supervision here it is only nec- essary for dealers to bring an intelligent and united effort in building up a sys- tem of retail distribution which will make the morning market what it should be—a place for wholesale trade. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAIN SENATOR VS. DRUMMER. Wherein the Latter is Superior to His Old Schoo!mate. Black Haw, Ind., Aug. 8—At one of the towns I made this week I had the pleasure of meeting my old friend and schoolmate, Bill Grayson, christened William Henry Harrison Grayson, and now called Senator Grayson from the fact that he was elected to the State Sen- ate at the last election. Although I am not very conceited, I believe that I know a great deal more tban Senator Grayson ever did or ever will know. When we went to school to- gether | was acknowledged to be much the brighter of the two, and I am con- vinced that my busy life since then has brought me _ into contact with so many kinds of people and given me sucha variety of experiences that I have main- tained my natural superiority. Yet I am _ not permitted to wear the term “‘honorable’’ and I have never no- ticed that people turned around to point me out in the street. If you were to lock Bill and me together in a room and give each of us a set of questions relating to American history, National issues, current happenings and the use- ful sciences most commonly applied to everyday life, I am confident that I could show myself to be much the better informed of the two. When we were hoys together Bill was a resounding bluff, and I am told that he has accum. ulated nothing in the meantime except dignity ; but he always did have plenty of that. Why, then, is Bill a great man, while Iam a plain and despised commercial traveler, compelled to bear the taunts and flings of trainmen and dining room girls? Is it because he has been more in- dustrious than I? No; for I do more hustling in a month than Bill ever did in his whole life. I have kicked up a dust in the world, while Bill bas done heavy sitting around and waited for things to come to him. If you could see the senator, gentle reader, you would understand why he is regarded as a pillar. Imagine a solemn hulk of a man 6 feet and 2 inches tall, built of sound, raw material, with hair combed upward, to indicate Spirituality or something of the kind. The coat is a Prince Albert, with a special affinity for dust, and the hat is a broad-brimmed slouch which must be worn slightly to oue side as a mark of that indifference which is a trait of the simon pure rural genius. The coat must be unbuttoned and flaring at the top, and the shirt bosom should billow outward. Then the back bow, which is the badge of the professional man, and a few amber Stains on the white shirt, just to show that the great man chews tobacco and is in real sympathy with his beloved coun- trymen. And yet, having this picture of Bill, even in the cavalry moustache, you can not begin to appreciate his greatness until you have beard him speak. He has a deep, St. Bernard voice, and he uses it with such solemnity that only the totally irreverent fail to be impressed. You have heard one man say to an- other, ‘‘ This is a fine day, sir.’’ Well, you've never heard it at all unless you've heard Bill say it. He can put more emphasis, more unanswerable logic and more lofty eloquence into one of these commonplace remarks than | could inject into a reading of Mare Antony’s funeral oration. [I don't suppose Bill ever said anything in his life except something that he had heard said by somebody else or read in the Indian- yet every time Bill apoils paper, and speaks the others present stop talking and listen in awe. Then they go away shaking their heads and remarking that Bill is an unusually ‘deep’? man. After studying the career of Senator Bill Graysen I am satisfied that any large and whiskery man with half an intellect can become a great statesman if he will preserve a solemn and dig- nified demeanor at all times and confine his remarks to self-evident truths. For one thing, Bill has learned the value of discreet silence. He has stood around with his hand in the bosom of his coat and has assumed the attitude of a_ vast and godlike contemplation, and his fellow citizens, observing this gloomy solitude and noting the corruga- tions of his brow, have decided that he is pondering on the future destiny of our institutions. As a matter of fact, Bill is probably trying to make up his mind as to whether he prefers fine-cut or plug. Bill makes money as a lawyer, al- though some of his colleagues inform me that he is as ignorant of the law as if he were a justice of the peace. He has a partner—a small, lean, overworked man, who studies day and night and provides the actual brain work of the combination, while Bill frowns at the jury and gets all of the credit for win- ning the suits. It is the same in county politics. Two or three cheap, common, every-day pol- iticians do the real work of the cam- paign. They organize the townships and get up the poll lists and marshal the workers and arrange for meetings, hir- ing brass bands and raising the money for flags and drums, and after they have done the real work Bill goes and sits on the rostrum and glares ponderously at his deluded countrymen. Then all the women in from the country say to the crying children, ‘‘Now, be good, or that big man will get you!‘‘ But to appreciate the lofty tone of Bill’s statesmanship you should hear him make a political address. ‘‘ Fellow citizens, we are upon the eve of another great contest, and the Amer- ican people, the grandest sovereigns of God's footstool, are about to decide whether this glorious land is to continue in the proud pathway of National prog- ress or wander into the pitfalls of politi- cal disgrace. Ob, my countrymen, let us unite beneath the sun-kissed folds of the Stars and Stripes, and with renewed courage take up the glorious battle for diberty, union and freedom. On next Tuesday evening the eagles will perch on our banners and the honor intrusted to us by those patriotic sires who fell at Bunker Hill will be safe in the hands of the umptararum party.’’ The farmers listen to this highly orig- inal style of discourse for an hour or more and then go home talking in whis- pers. Is it any wonder that when the voters wanted a large and learned man to rep- resent them in the State senate they turned to Bill? It seems to me that I can hear some one say that the drummer is jealous of Senator Grayson. I will admit it, al- though I believe that I am more regret- ful than jealous. I am sorry that 1 was not born large and solemn instead of lean and good-natured. I can never be a real statesman. Bill, however, has marvelous possibilities before him. If he will continue to wear his Prince Al- bert coat and make feeling references to Old Glory he may be a governor or something worse some day. Bill is such a soulful patriot I rather expected to find that he had gone to war. But he is still at home. He had to remain in order to deliver an address of welcome to a farmers’ bone and brawn of our proud nation.’"’ So you will see that Bill continues to express himself with utter fearlessness, Bill’s proud career will be unchecked unless some one accidentally turns an X-ray machine on him some day, and then it will be discovered that he con- tains nothing except boiled dinner and platitudes. a What We Are Like. ‘‘T think,'’ said the Governor of the Ladrones, disdainfully, ‘‘that you Amer- icans are a race of shopkeepers. ’’ ‘‘No,’’ replied the captain of the Charleston, as he proceeded to raise Old Glory, ‘‘we are more like a nation of real estate operators. ’’ —___©92_ Womanly Sympathy. ‘‘Didn’t you feel sorry for poor Mrs. Badger—her husband is in Cuba?’’ “Yes; I sent her a lot of lovely poetry about men who were killed in battle,” DGODQOQOQDGQODOHDODOODDHOODQOOOQOOQOHODOOQHDDOOG©OHOOOOOGDEOO©OOOOOOS OOO § sos Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co. 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A} No. 2, for Tire 4 1-2 inches wide, $1.25. a You will never have loose tires if you will boil AN your felloes in Linseed Oil. Buy one! Fill AN it with Linseed Oil! Build a fire under jt! AN Put your wagon wheel on a spindle and turn AN it slowly through the hot oil in this cast iron AN trough. Your felloes will become impervious Jn to water and consequently your Tires will not AN loosen. Cost of one saved many times in one AN season. AN 4\ FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., Grand Rapids. v SM LL. LO LO. LO. LP. SL. LO. LO. LO. LO. LM LM. ee... For sale by Evolution of Fruits and Vegetables. Written for the TrapesMAN. It is an exceedingly interesting study to note the gradual evolution of fruits and vegetables from their formerly wild growth, without care or culture. It would seem to the observing naturalist that, even unassisted by human hands or brain, the entire inanimate world is constantly struggling for improvement. Thus it is a trite and true Saying that ‘“‘the world is growing better.’’ Few, perhaps, are quite as competent judges or may speak as intelligently upon this subject as those whose age will permit the gradual comparison of many decades of this evolution. We are led to speak at this time by being in a position for daily observa- tions, and, enabled to compare our pres- ent fruits and vegetables of the same kinds with those of the past and note the tendency of still continued improve- ment. It is yet within the memory of many persons that they beheld the first entirely smooth gooseberries: the first really delicious freestone peaches, and also the mammoth cultivated strawber- ries of the present. Ina waik through the Northern Michigan forests to-day, along the borders of rivers and lakes and in most lowlands, the wild goose- berries may be found in different stages of evolution, from those partially or completely covered with spines to those almost entirely smooth on the surface, and these last much larger in size and of superior flavor. We may assist na- ture in her work, but if we do not, she takes the work in her own hand and carries it forward—possibly more slowly —-to perfection. It is well to bear in mind that all our fruits and vegetables were once natural wild products, and as food for mankind could bear no com- parison with those of the present. The peach cultivated and grown seventy years ago was generally a clingstone or very diminutive in size, and either without perceivable flavor or small and sour. It was hardly mentioned as sweet, unless made so with sugar. Almost the only grapes in our country grew wild in the forests, generally on the borders of streams, and were no larger than our best red currauts of to-day; but after the first frosts of autumn they developed a juiciness and sweetness very grateful to the palate and they were much sought after for table use, for invalids and for making wine. The writer was a boy of 7 years before he could truly believe that raisins purchased at the stores were simply dried grapes; for what Ameri- can boy at that day ever heard of grapes the size of raisins! Pears were a fruit, perbaps the nearest perfection of almost any in the country, yet from some cause they found little favor with farmers generally, as they contributed little as an article of food, but as a luxury and for the beauty and Stateliness of the tall trees themselves, they were seen about the suburban resi- dences of villages and cities. People migrating from the New England states westward often brought young pear trees with them. Grafted or budded fruit was a rare curiosity in America and, although ap- ples (seedlings or natural fruit) were comparatively plenty in the older sec- tions of our country, they were small and little valued as food except when dried for winter use. The larger por- tion of the apple crop in that early day went to the ciderpress and thence into vinegar or was consumed as a beverage. Hard cider was a_ standard drink at most farm ‘houses the year round and . MICHIGAN TRADESMAN was generally partaken of by all classes of people. The first grafting I ever saw done was the work of my honored _fath- er, who was skilful in the work. He had obtained the scions from his old home in New York—a long distance away then—and the really beautiful and delicious fruit in his orchard in after years attested the value and_ perfection of his labor. I have been asked why it is that with so many improvements in our small fruits we do not yet find a blackberry in the market equal to the wild Michigan fruit of that name, which is found at its best in our pine forests, Certain it is that, so far as sweetness, delicious flavor and pulpiness may at- test, we have yet to find its equal culti- vated. There is an exceptionally, trans- parent straw-colored variety found grow- ing among the wild blackberries in Me- costa county which should be among our cultivated berries. It is the most beau- tiful and delicate berry of any kind I have ever seen. They are hardly as hardy as the black fruit and, without doubt, would thrive best in a warmer climate. The improvement in vegetables have been quite as important, notably in beans, squashes, potatoes, corn and to- matoes, Neither the quantity nor the quality of these vegetables could have been produced seventy years ago. They represent the progressive ideas of men of the age and are here for all time, with future improvement. A few other veg- etables, then hardly known on this con- tinent, have since been introduced for food, among them celery, tomtaoes and rhubarb or pie plant. These are all fa- vorites and have come to stay. Im- provement in food is an improvement of the physical and mental health of the people. FRANK A. Howla. ——_—»>-2 . She Was in Great Distress. ‘‘What’s the matter?’’ enquired her brother. ‘Everything seems to be against me,’ she sobbed. ‘‘I freckle so easily mother says there’s no need of my staying at the seashore more than a day or two.”’ REED CITY SANITARIUM REED _ MICHICAN. A. B. Spinner, M. D., Prop'r. E. W. Spinney, M. D., Resident paca ian, with consulting phy- sicians and surgeons, and professional nurses. The cheapest Sanitarium in the world; a _— for the poor and middle class. Are you sick and dis- couraged? We give one month's treatment FREE by mail. Send for question list, prices and journals. UBEROID EADY OOFING All ready to lay. Needs no painting for two years. Is odorless, absolutely waterproof, will resist fire and the action of acids. Can be used over shingles of steep roofs, or is suitable for flat roofs. Will outlast tin or iron and is very much cheaper. Try our pure ASPHALT PAINT For coating tin, iron or ready roofs. Write for prices. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Grand Rapids Office, Louis and Campau Sts. Detroit Office, Foot of Third St. Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS Se 70 CCMIONER SemMO 25410 Jennings’, imitation taco. - -60&10 AXES Hirst Quality,S. B.Bronze............... 5 06 Hirst Quality, DB Bronze...) 9 50 First Quality, = & S Steel... <2... 9 oO Miese Quality, DB. Steel | ve 56 BARROWS SO eee eg a4 oe ot net 30 00 BOLTS ee. 60&10 ee Previn LLU 70 to 75 ee ee ee Lo 50 BUCKETS Well, plain... __. te eee oe oe BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Fin, fgured...... 7O&10 Wisuehe Narrows 70&10 BLOCKS Ordinary Yackle .. ........... 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Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “BY” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. HAMMERS Maydole & Co.'s, new Hist... ... |... -. dis 257% ee dis 25 Yerkes & Plumb’s .. a oe — Mason's Solid Cast Steel.. Blacksmith's Solid Cast Steel Hand aCe ye 40830 HOUSE PURNISHING GOCDS Stamped Tin Ware..... Japanned Tin Ware - new liat 7% Granite Iron Ware. .... new list 40410 HOLLOW WARE Pots. .... 60&1 Ketties . 601 Spiders CW& HINGES Gate, Clark’ s,1,2.3 ‘ i dis 404 State. as 4 er doz. n 2 WIRE GOODS crew 20 Hook’ . . Gate Hooks and. Eyes.. LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s dis 7 ROPES Sisal, % inch and larger...... 10% Manilla.. .. 11% SQUARE 2S Steel and Iron. 70K 1 Try and i Bevels - Vo Mitre. x " SHERT iRON com. smooth. co Nos. 10 to 14 = 7 # 40 Nos. 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SUK LORIO Dampers, American 5C METALS—Zinc 600 pound casks. . ! C bx rerpound........ . 64s SOLDER %wQ@%... - 2% The prices ‘of them: uny other qualiti es of solder in the market indicated by private brands var according to composition. — Grade 10x14 IC, Charcoal. . ‘ .05 % 14x20 IC, Charcoal . . 2 20x14 IX. Charcoal . 1. 7 OF Hach aa ditional X o1 1 this grade, 61.25. TIN—Allaway Grade 10x14 IC, Charex ral eee. 4 50 14x20 IC, Cha t 4 50 10x14 IX, Charcoal y 59 14x20 IX, Ck 55 Each a grade, 3i ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, Charcoai, Dean. ! 4 50 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean 5 50 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean. . 9 00 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade - 1a 14x20 IX, Charcoal, A away Grade......... 5 00 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...... 8 00 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade 10 % BOILER SiZE TIN PLATE 14x56 [X, for No. 14x56 TX. for No 8 Boilers, | ar MOUNnA 9 Boilers. { per pound « Picture Country ture catic TRADES - bands fr Falsese Nothing takes so well with the visitors at fairs as pic- cards, which are care- varying in Nn. fully preserved, while ordi- pamphlets are largely de- stroyed and wasted. have a fine line of Picture Cards, from $3 to $6 per 1,000, in- cluding printing on back. Samples mailed on appli- We price MAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. nary cards, circulars and $ PEO RORS me ROGES MICHIGAN TRADESMAN NCHIGAN TRADESMAN ces TR ASS me Ig, € Sa? Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. | Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued. except at the option of the proprietor. until] all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpITor. WEDNESDAY, - - - AUGUST 10, 1898. THE COMING CRISIS. Nations that would rule in the world’s affairs must acquire wealth. Power, which means the maintenance of fleets and armies, requires an abundance of material resources. This fact has been emphasized in the rise and fall of na- tions in every age of the world, and every nation has recognized it. Nations have made use of but two means of securing the necessary mate- rial of power. One was to conquer and plunder all in their reach and the other was to gain wealth by commerce. Rome, in ancient times, was the most pronounced type of the robber nation the world ever knew. The little king- dom of Tyre and the’ Republic of Carthage were the earliest great exam- ples of distinguished national power gained in commerce. The city of Rome was first a den of bandits among the thickets and ravines on the banks of the Tiber. It became the capital of a nation that conquered and plundered the entire civilized world. Tyre, in the time of the Greeks, and Carthage, contemporary with the Romans, were both notabie illustrations of the greatness and grandeur to which a commercial people can raise them- selves by being able to conirol a vast international traffic. In modern history, Spain is the most conspicuous example of national wealth acquired on the Roman plan of plun- der; while Venice and England illus- trate the power gained through com- merce. Spain, having discovered the Western Hemisphere, rich in the pre- cious metals, plundered the peoples who possessed them, and, through the wealth thus secured, became the most powerful nation on the earth. The Spanish Emperor, Charles V, dreamed of universal dominion and attempted even to acquire it; but his military | genius and statesmansbip fell far short of his material resources. Having stripped her colonies and dependencies until the people were reduced almost to serfdom, Spain, with no more nations to plunder, has finally lost the greater part of her foreign possessions and must now settle down to be one of the pov- erty-stricken countries of the earth. Spain started out on her career of dis- covery and conquest in the end of the fiftenth century. England’s first steps towards greatness were not taken until the end of the sixteenth. The English idea was first to imitate Spain and adopt the robber methods. Queen Elizabeth sent out Hawkins and Drake, her great admirals, who were really no better than pirates, to capture the Spanish galleons sailing homeward from Mexico and Peru, laden with gold and silver. 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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. See our lines for Fall before placing your orders. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., (eran ete 0-0-0-00-00-0-000-0000-0000-0-0-00000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-0-00-000000 SPP eM SARS Hecate See en em NNS Sc EERO CRE PN SS mpc RENTS ENA SNELL MRE 8 Sea IRR MICHIGAN TRADESMAN of the shoes are mutually pleased at the result _ This fact alone ought to be a strong Incentive for purchasers to buy only shoes of good, honest material and work- manship, The moral influence of shoes, there- fore, affects three classes of persons to a greater or less degree—the retailer, the buyer and the cobbler, A fourth class, in the matter of shoddy products, ought to be equally affected, and that is the producer, but he cannot here be included, because the fact. that he makes such wares, knowing their worthlessness and the unpleasant results that must follow the production, pre- cludes the charitable thought that he regrets the output. If the retailer would repudiate too- cheap shoes and keep only such as were of fair quality, at least, the cobbler’s peace of mind would be increased im- mensely, and with it the customer would be spared the humiliation of the for- mer’s criticisms upon the disreputable things that have gone to speedy wreck and are not worth mending. The too-cheap shoe is never worth half-soling, and the uppers are hardly ever worth new grafts in the way of patches. When tbey begin to go to pieces, and that is always after a few trial trips, they do not gradually decay like the better shoe, but they collapse all at once. The experience of a large dealer, who keeps in stock almost every kind of shoe made and every quality above the shoddy sort, shows him that the latter are responsible for the lack of perma- nent trade complained of by those who deal in such trash. ‘““The masses,’’ he says, ‘‘are now flung about from store to store, follow- ing the ignis fatuus of ‘Great Bargains,’ “Big Drives,’ and the like, wearing out ten cents’ worth of shoe leather and ten per cent. of their vital energy in trying to secure a saving of tive cents on a pair of cheap shoes which are not worth the buying.’’ The deluded woman who persistently chases the too-cheap shoe will overtake it, of course, but it will require a great many pairs of them each year to keep her from going barefoot; and a little figuring would show her that her sup- posed economy is really wasteful extrav- agance, An unpleasant fact about the shoddy shoe is that one can never tell what part will give out first, the upper or the sole. In uniformly worthless shoes there is a sort of sudden general breaking up. On first-class shoes, both in material and workmanship, there are certain vulnerable points which the shoe wearer comes to recognize as ithe eariest doomed. These points are, with the person of average tread and feet, at the inside ball of the sole and across the ball of the upper, where the best-fitting shoes are bound to wrinkle in time. Heels, of course, are always in the grinding mill, and are being worn down into a variety of odd shapes, according to the tread of the wearer and the qual- ity of the material. In the strictly shoddy shoe the whole thing is a vulnerable point, and it is as likely to go to pieces at one place as an- other, or to meet total wreckage all at once, In fact, the shoddy shoe is a good shoe not to buy on any pretext. And yet there is, and will probably always be, a class of purchasers who will buy these cheap, shoddy impostors. a oe Proper Profits and How to Maintain Them. One of the most essential things to- ward maintaining a proper profit is judicious buying, so as to prevent the accumulation of a surplus stock that would have to be disposed of at a loss, thus greatly reducing your former profits. Another very essential thing is to gain the confidence of the public. Establish yourself as a reliable house; do not al- low any goods to be misrepresented in your establishment; satisfy all reason- abie complaints and do not make a promise you cannot fulfill at the time specified, as promptness has a great in- fluence. It is also very important to properly establish your name; for employer to pay attention to employes, pay them well, treat them kindly, and let them feel you have confidence in them, and encourage them in every way, and you will find it to be a big advertisement for you. These rules strictly enforced will surely make you known asa reliable house, and greatly assist in obtaining a good profit and a regular trade. All people, whether honest or dishon- est themselves, admire honest methods in business, and are willing to pay you a better price when they know nothing will be misrepresented to them. The majority of merchants will agree that these methods will bring the desired results, but few follow them, As to the amount of profit, it is im- possible to state what would be a proper gross profit on account of the difference in expenses in running your business, but you should arrange your prices so as to give you a net profit of not less than twenty-five per cent. The cause of the prevalence of close margins in general can practically be traced to each individual merchant. At the present day are all so very hungry for trade that the shoe merchants sim- ply do a ‘‘cut-throat business,’’ all the year round cutting under one another in prices, and trying to force the sale of goods at any price in order to make amount of sales show up well, while profit is not a consideration. This has even been carried to such extremes in some cities that the public never have to pay full price fora shoe. They sim- ply have to watch advertisements, and they can always find some of the lead- ing merchants forcing a sale at a sacri- fice; and so long as they follow this method of doing business it is impos- sible for them to estabish a regular trade that can be depended on and from which they can obtain a _ reasonable profit. So far as the manufacturer’s aid to the dealer in securing the proper profit, it is very limited. You cannot expect a man- ufacturer to confine himself to a few styles when by showing something new to the retailer he can doa large and profitable business with merchants that otherwise he could not sell at all. He does not manufacture these goods _ until the retailer orders them, where the re- tailer is merely experimenting and forces the many styles on the public. But the manufacturers can greatly as- sist the retailer by putting the same quality of stock in their samples as they use in their goods. Often merchants, after waiting several months, are com- pelled to keep goods that are not up to the standard of samples from which they gave their orders, because it is too late to place their orders elsewhere when they are greatly in need of the goods. For the last year or two it has been a great problem to the exclusive retailer to learn the future extent of competition of the department stores; I do not think the department stores affect all classes of the shoe business, though the retailer who caters to the cheap and medium class of trade, and where the country trade comes in question the deparment store wages great war, will event- ually have almost a monopoly. The finer and higher priced trade they will never be able to control so as to be a detriment to the exclusive retailer. The department store is. principally supported by transient trade, whereas the exclusive retailer who caters to fine trade only is supported by a regular trade who feel that their styles are more a la mode. The question of whether it would be feasible for the dealers to come to an understanding by which profits should not be sacrificed to obtain trade can positively be answered in the negative. The word ‘‘combine’’ creates a feeling of disgust and conveys an idea of injus- tice to all consumers, and if the public is actually benefited they naturally feel that they are being taken advantage of, and the merchants will soon tind that they have sacrificed both trade and profit. Many merchants are continually com- plaining that their customers demand too much and that they expect too much for their money, when, if they would carefully analzye the subject they would find that sixty per cent. of their com- plaints would be reduced if they would pay the price and have competent sales- people, salespeople that would, in every case, take enough interest in the busi- ness to properly fit and satisfy the cus- tomer. If a customer secures a shoe that gives comfort he is not so _par- ticular about the length of time it will wear, and you will find your repair bill to be very small, and every customer will be a ‘‘walking’’ advertisement for you. In late years merchants with energy and ambition have learned the effect and necessity of frequent and artistic displays; a shoe properly prepared and displayed to advantage is itself a profitable ‘‘silent salesran.’’ Many an unusual profit is obtained only by the impression it has made on the purchaser by being displayed to advantage in your window.—Bocts and Shoes Weekly. Lack of Originality. ‘“Women have so little originality.’’ ‘‘T presume you are talking about some one woman.’’ ‘‘Yep. I proposed to her four times and each time she has told me it was so sudden,”’ EVERY DEALER can please customers and guarantee them Perfect Foot Comfort by selling PEDA-CURA (Flint’s Original Foot Powder). Shaken in the stocking it will relieve burning, stinging and perspiring feet, cure soft corns and keep the feet as sweet and healthy as [JU an infant’s. PEDA-CURA has been sold for eight years and is superior to all other foot powders. Largest pack- age. Retails for 2s cents: $1.75 per doz. of jobbers. Dealers in Michigan supplied by Mirth, Krause & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Mfd. only by ul aa CO., Chicago. P6e5e25eScSe25e25e5e5e5 2SeSeSe52 We have. . MN A line of Men’s and Wo- “te 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., A\ Nothing is more appreciated AN on a hot summer day than MN 2 substantial Fan. \ is this true of country custom- Especially AN ers who come to town without $\ adjunct to comfort. NN unique designs, which we furnish, printed WN and handled, as follows: AN | AN a AN ee 5 cae AN a AN ee ee, 8 “ the Ladies AN providing themselves with this necessary We have a large AN fine of these goods in fancy shapes and 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. sf SS ww nn WwW 4 1s ® ae AN We can fill orders on two hours notice, if necessary,so don’t \WV MAN be afraid you are too late to provide yourself with a supply. \W V — DS SLL LL LO LO LO Le Le A LE LL LA LL LP LL Ps \ ~ ~™ ™, wT BQ’ Bw’ ’ BQ’ BR’ BS’ B’ BS’ BW’ WW’ : AN TRADESMAN COMPANY, W AN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W TST= 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN e Fruits and Produce. Are Short of Butter. Harrisburg, Pa., inhabitants are com- plaining of a butter famine and at the price charged for the delicate article of food. The Independent says that 25c per lb. for butter at this season of year is considered a high price by Harris- burg consumers. During the past few market days peo- ple of the city were fortunate in getting any at that price., owing to the scarcity of butter. The scarcity was thought by some to be due entirely to a shortage of pasture brought on by the drought of the past several weeks. This is denied as the cause and the trouble is attributed to parties from Steelton and Middle- town coming to the markets at an early hour and purchasing all the butter in sight. These parties, it is said, take the butter to their respective towns and dispose of it. The scarcity in the city markets compels Harrisburg people to pay more for the article greatly relished by so many. Officials consider the practice of buying up the butter in large quantities an act of forestalling the market, which they believe is prohibited by a city ordinance. The ordinance re- ferred to was passed by Harrisburg councils in October, 1874, and is as fol- lows: No huckster, merchant, dealer or other person whomsoever, shall buy or cause to be bought within the limits of this city, any article of provisions, fruit, vege- tables or other commodities for any of the markets of this city for the purpose of retailing or reselling the same, be- tween the hours established for the opening and closing of the several mar- kets. This ordinance, it is said, covers the opinions entertained by officials and the provisions of the same will be enforced if the practice of the past few weeks is kept up. The ordinance provides for the offence of forestalling a fine of not less than $3 nor more than $10, one- half of which shall be paid to the prose- cutor. ~ 2 -e Making Butterine Again. Rumors are current in Chicago, ac- cording to the Times-Herald, to the effect that the packers of that city will shortly resume the manufacture of but- terine, or, as it is more commonly known, oleomargarine. About a year ago a law was enacted prohibiting the man- ufacture of oleomargarine in the State of Illinois. Atthat time Armour & Co., Swift & Co. and other large packers disposed of their machinery used in its manufacture and quit the business. Ac- cording to the reports now circulated, both of these firms have purchased new machinery, and expect to resume man- ufacturing the imitation of butter at once. It is not stated in these rumors just how the packers will evade the law which was enacted by the Illinois As- sembly. But it has never been a very difficult matter for retailers to sell oleo- margarine in the States where the laws prohibiting its sale were the most strin- gent. In Pennsylvania, for instance, the Pure Food Commissioner of the State had, until a few months ago, been fighting the retailers for years. The law in that State prohibited its sale, not only as butter, but as oleomargarine, butterine, or under any other name. Grocers and restaurant keepers were ar- rested by the wholesale in Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and, for each offense un- der which they were indicted, were fined $100 and costs. The law imposed not only fines, but imprisonment for one year for the third offense. Several of those who were constantly fighting the law were threatened with imprison- ment, but always escaped. =* Finally a test was made of one of the cases, and the Supreme Court decided that the law was unconstitutional. This decision was reached only recently and may be responsible for the proposed re- sumption by the Chicago manufacturers. Representatives’ of the concerns deny that they are about to enter the busi- ness again, but it is authoritatively stated that the machinery has been pur- chased with the intention of resuming the business this month. So great was the demand in Pennsy]- vania for oleomargarine that the courts decided that it was interfering with the taxpayers’ rights to deprive them of it. It was not alone the poorer classes of people who purchased oleo. The mid- dle, and even the upper, classes pre- ferred it to poor country butter, and to deprive them of oleo meant that they should eat dry bread. It bas been proven long ago that oleomargarine, butterine and similar preparations are equally as pure as the best country butter, contain- ing no injurious matter whatever. The imitation of the taste of butter is so per- fect that not one person out of a hun- dred can detect the difference, while the price places the product within the reach of the poorest people the year around. It will be welcome news to many to hear that the manufacture of oleomargarine is to be resumed. 2+ Better Market at Home. From the St. Paul Globe. Men in the butter trade with a_prac- tical turn are just a little perplexed as to why the Government is making such strenuous efforts to introduce our butter into foreign markets, where butter brings less than at home. Exporters have long dropped Western separator extras, for the simple reason that for- eign markets will warrant paying only fifteen and one-half to sixteen cents for them. However, there will be no harm in giving some of the best English mar- kets a taste of some Western butter, so they may understand that the kind that has been exported heretofore is not Western creamery goods. The only but- ter that the West can afford to export is ‘“store butter,’’ which is taken in trade by the country and _ village _ stores, shipped to commercial centers where it is sorted, reworked and goes into the market under the name of ‘‘ladles,’’ and is not calculated to give our butter a very high standing in foreign mar- kets. Denmark sells her best butter and keeps the poor grades at home for domestic consumption, while the peo- ple in the states as a rule eat the good butter and leave the poorer grades for export. It may be a good plan to give foreigners a taste of good butter, so they will know where to get it when they will feel able to pay as much or more for it than our people. ———_>_2~.__ Butter Merchants Up in Arms Against Oleo Dealers. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 8—A deter- mined effort is being made by the but- ter dealers of the city to make the sale of oleomargarine and similar products of other than pure milk or cream, sold as butter, a dangerous and costly business. A number of persons have been arrested and held for court on the charge of sell- ing the substitute as butter, and ina test case, after a demurrer to the indict- ment had been overruled, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $100, In this case the defendant sold oleomar- garine as such, with no attempt to palm it off as butter, but its sale was declared illegal. —_—__ 2. __ The making of ‘‘process butter’’ has undeniably increased the price of pack- ing stock and poor dairy stock, and at the same time lowered the price of creamery butter. The renovated butter is placed in competition with creamery butter and palmed off as the genuine article. Asa result it is eaten, instead of that much creamery butter, making an outlet for dairy butter by the renova- tion, and diminishing the consumption of creamery butter by the same means. ——_.24+2>___ Boring a hole halfway through the sole of a shoe is said to prevent its squeaking. ‘The reason assigned is that the air between the layers of leathers is released by the boring. A = — = 3 3 = as —~ = —= = —= 3 = | — = = =a —~ = = 3 = —~= =e —= 3 = —~ ae —= = = N Weyer ver o6 W. Market St., 6. N. Rapp & 60. General Gommission Merchants IRS Do not be deceived by unreliable concerns and promises; we will advance you liberally on your shipments. Write for our daily price list and instructions for shipping all perishable fruits to insure good condition on arrival. GUM MAA TUN GUA TU Tb db db db db bk db db dbkdbk Jbk Jhb dbk dk dk bb bk JbA ddd Buffalo, N. Y. UMMA ANA Lbh ANA Uh bk dk bk dk Jhb bd Jhb ddd So | NUVI erneeserser enter serserverenrsers fo Mai Ship US yOUlesiaee- BERRIES etc., and get highest prices and quick returns. We still want your BUTTER AND EGGS r cash at your station. ping elsewhere. HERMANN C. NAUMANN & CO., Detroit, Mich. n Office, 33 Woodbridge St., W. Write us before ship- Branch Store, 353 Russell Street. AN WN WN MN AN MN MN AN AN MN MN MN ssssss -~ .~w, BW. .B => Ss 2222 -~, .A, Ww. ELEC IE EI IE IM I I I OD OD DOD ODO OI IID W. R. Brice & Co. Produce Commission Merchants Butter, Eggs and Poultry 23 South Water St. Philadelphia, Pa. REFERENCES Corn Exchange National Bank, Philadeiphia, Pa. W. D. Hayes, Cashier Hastings National Bank, Hastings, Mich. Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids, Mich. D. C. Oakes, Banker, Coopersville, Mich. We do not advertise in the Micnican TrapEsMAN from choice or for any partiality toward the editor, but it is our aim to reach every shipper of Butter, Eggs and Poultry in the State; and, as we find from experience that it is «the paper of the people,’’ we shall continue to keep our name before you through its valuable and interesting columns, and we respectfully solicit your Eastern shipments of Butter, Eggs and Poultry. W.R. BRICE & CO. SLD... . L.A. EL. LO. LO. LO. Le. a N ¥ 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I3 MODERN METHODS. How the Creamery Must Utilize Its By-Products. There are five essentials to success in each competitive industry—abun- dance of raw material, economy of man- ufacture, excellence of product, finding a market and utilizing the by-products. Starting a creamery where there are not cows and dairymen to care for them and milk them is like starting a sawmill where there are no trees. Buttermaking without the best of modern appliances is like reaping with cradles and thresh- ing with flails. Making mushy, ill-fla- vored butter which all civilized people will spew out of the mouth cannot be a financial success, although done with fasting and prayer. Making gilt-edged butter and failing to find a market such as it deserves results in certain stagna- tion to the business, and failing to uti- lize the by-products is throwing away all the profits, no matter if all the other conditions are right. An intelligent dairy community can be depended upon to furnish the raw material in abundance if the other phases of the industry are in good shape. The dairyman always has rich land as a result of dairying and he can raise feed cheaper than the grain farmer possibly can. Economy of manufacture is crowding close to perfection after the material is in the buttermaker’s hands, thanks to the excellence of modern creamery machinery and appliances. Excellence of product is assured with a suitable buttermaker and the conditions previously named as they should be and can be. Finding a market for butter is now, owing to the brisk competition of solicitors, changed to the market seeking the butter and bidding for it with all imaginary inducements, We find creameries well managed in the first three particulars, and yet some of them are in trouble. It is because the by-products are not given due con- sideration. No flour mill can exist now unless the by-products are marketed well, There was a time when creeks and rivers received the bran from the flour mills as waste product. Now such a practice would bring swift failure. Glucose meal from glucose factories, cotton seed meal from the cotton indus- try, the by-products of the slaughter houses, the by-products of the kerosene refineries—all these are examples of modern tendencies and present neces- sities, to be successful in any modern industry. The farmer can no longer burn his straw, waste his corn fodder or follow any of the former wasteful prac- tices. These are the underlying facts, the basic principles to success. We have been needlessly slow to realize the im- portance of making the most of dairy and creamery by-products. Let us look the matter fairly in the face. It is high time to repent of our shortcomings—not in sack cloth and ashes and with tears in our eyes, but in our business suits, with eyes undimmed and free from the mists of prejudice. . Here are the facts: Iowa alone is now making a million pounds of creamery butter a day. This means, in round numbers, twenty million pounds of skim-milk. The waste of this milk at the low value of ten cents per hundred is a waste of $20,000 for each and every passing day. How can this waste be saved? It can be made into artificial ivory, bone and celluloid, and there is a factory in the United States converting it into these substitutes, and we have billiard balls, combs, checks, buttons, etc., made from the casein of skim-milk. But this one factory is about enough of its kind. Skim-milk can be made into sizing for paper, and in the eastern part of the country there are several factories taking the entire skim-milk of the adjacent creameries and making this sizing or artificial glue. But skim- milk is too bulky to permit-of shipping any considerable distance for this or for any other purpose. It can be made in- to cheese by fortifying it with cheap grease. But this cheese is an abomina- tion, even if the ‘‘Elgin district’’ did for a time coin money by the manufac- ture of the spurious article and at the same time ruin the name of United States cheese, placing on it a stigma so enduring that the agricultural head of the Government dare not recommend that cheese be included in the rations for our soldiers, owing to the probability that the cheese furnished would be of this kind. It can be made into meat by feeding it to young animals, and this is the only practical way to save it in the great dairy localities of the Mississippi Val- ley. But to save it for this purpose it must be saved, not spoiled. The skim- milk, as returned this time of year from the average creamery, is rotten stuff, not fit for food for any animal. By a unani- mous verdict it is agreed that it has lost at least half its value. If half the creameries of Iowa return this kind of milk it follows that the loss is ten thou- sand dollars a day for Iowa alone and from this one cause. There are cream- eries that do not spoil the skim-milk. Some of them pasteurize the skim-milk and return it sweet. It costs a little to do this, but the looks of young calves are testimony to its merits. In other localities the farmers find that they can save the calves only in winter, as the summer milk is worthless for young calves. This has reduced our stock of cattle and the whole land is suffering from the shortage. There are evidences that the farmers themselves are getting their heads level. They are leading the creamerymen in some localities, instead of being led by them. The creamerymen should take the initiative, however, in all reforms, because there should be a definite head. The farmers see the ruinous effects of losing the feeding value of the by-prod- ucts, and they see that the farm separator is a perfect solution of this trouble. This shows why the farm separator is gaining ground in spite of all opposition from such creamerymen as wish to do the separating in the factory. It doubles the value of the by-product and cuts the expense of securing it intwo. It is at least worth half what the skim-milk is worth to haul the milk to the factory and back again, and it is worth but half as much under existing general conditions after it is done. We must save the by- products or lose our profits and eventual- ly lose our creameries, for no factory of any kind can thrive permanently which fails to make wise provisions in regard to its by-products. Separating at home and pasteurizing the factory milk are receiving more attention than ever before, and it is because necessity holds the object lesson straight before the eyes of the dairy public.—Creamery Journal. ~~ 0 Correct Definition. Teacher—'‘Tommy, what isa knight errant?’’ Tommy—‘‘ Puttin’ out the cat?’’ GOOQOHO®O® DOOQOOQODO HOOQOOQOOOOQOQO©®DOHOOOD QOOQOQOOGOQOQO©ODOQOODOQODOODOE e Ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to @) N. WOHLFELDER & CO. $ 3 WHOLESALE 3 GROCERS. : @ 309-401-403 High Street, E., ‘i DETROIT, MICHIGAN. ° © DLOBQOOQOO®© OOMDOQOQOOD®D DODODODOSO DOQOOODODOQD@ODO axe Ye os) OMOO@OO® © OOOOO® HARVEY P. MILLER. EVERETT P. TEASDALE. MILLER & TEASDALE CO. WHOLESALE BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION. FRUITS, NUTS, PRODUCE WATERMELONS ST. LOUB, Trio. 99S OOG99SOS 09609065 99969969 9995665646 O999G005 OO95O068 >HARRIS & FRUTCHEY Only Exclusive Wholesale BUTTER and EGG House in Detroit. Have every facility for han- dling large or small quantities. Will buy on track at your station Butter in sugar barrels, crocks or tubs. Also fresh gathered Eggs. 835 NORTH THIRD ST., 830 NORTH FOURTH ST., GOOF OOS FS06G660 ees Ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to a R. HIRT, Jr., Detroit, Mich. 6 34 and 36 Market Street, Q 43574377439 Winder Street. Cold Storage and Freezing House in connection. Capacity 75 carloads. Correspondence solicited. 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0:0-0-0-0-0-0:0-0-0-0-0-00-000-000 0000000000000 PEACHES AND MELONS BETTER AND CHEAPER. Lemons, Oranges and Bananas. Home Grown New Potatoes, Cabbage, Celery, Green Onions, Radishes, Cucumbers, Pie Plant, New Dry Onions, Turnips, Carrot, Squash, Wax Beans, Tomatoes. BUNTING & CO. Jobbers = Grand Rapids, Mich. WW i w = \ aevens -) Our Fancy Greamery Butter w in our Air Tight Packages is ; always clean and (salable; Wy a great trade winner. TIN, j CREAMER Ue | FANCYG BRAND Packeg Expressly for MAYNARD & REED, Grand Rapids. ¥ We We a ESTABLISHED 1886. F. CUTLER & SONS BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY. Consignments solicited directly to our house, 874 Washington Street, NEW YORK. tion enables us to realize our shipper’s full market value for any stock re- ceived at either place. Our Eastern Connec- REFERENCES: State Savings Bank, Ionia, and the Commercial Agencies. BUTTER ON SHINGLES~— Some grocers sell, and the quick spoiling of the butter is blamed to the grocer. Ournew packages, PARCHMENT-LINED, ODORLESS, PERFEcT, ALL S1zeS, delight dealers and customers and cost less than shingles. Lead- ing grocers will send stamp for free sample. GEM FIBRE PACKAGE CO., Detroit. For cash prices F. O. B. your station. Write us at IONIA, MICH. I4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN EVEN TEMPERATURE. Ice Machine a Boon to the Creamery Industry. It is generally admitted by creamery men that facilities for controlling tem- peratures should be a part of every plant, but it seems to take a long time for many of them to put in these neces- sary facilities. I have known of cream- eries where the stockholders have de- bated for years the matter of adding an ice machine, where it was impos- sible to bring the product up to the high class in the warm months without one, but nevertheless they could not come to a decision on this important point. In the summer, for instance, the milk is usually delivered at a temperature above 75 degrees and the previous night’s milk is in an advanced state of bacterial action, which makes it unsafe to temper the milk up to the proper de- gree for separation, unless the proper facilities for immediately cooling the cream down to a low temperature to prevent undue ripening are afforded. In such a case the usual method of cool- ing with water is inadequate, especial- ly when the buttermaker desires to use a starter for ripening his cream or to hold the cream at his convenience. The keeping quality of butter is largely de- pendent on the ability of the butter- maker to prevent over-development of the acid in the early stages of ripening, ‘and with the evening’s milk the cream must be quickly couled. There may be places where the nights are quite cool, but it is not often that the water is at a temperatrue low enough to wash the butter, which may be in a good granular form by taking advan- tage of such cool nights in churning. A range of 52 degrees to 56 degrees must be secured for churning and washing in order to get a good-keeping butter and to prevent the breaking of grain in working. I have had much trouble of this kind in warm climates where it was impossible to secure a low temper- ature, The advantage of a cold storage room for holding the butter temporarily and in shipping it in a solid condition is very great. Especially is this true with butter which is packed into tubs for sea- son’s storage, and where this is done to any extent the investment in an ice machine will be amply repaid in the quality and appearance of the butter, which has been kept solid under all conditions of the outside temperature, until a favorable moment for shipment. Some creamery owners will say that if it is too warm to make butter we can turn our milk into cheese. This may be well to say, but in my experience, especially in the State of Washington, our curing room has become so warm that the butter fat would melt right out of the cheese and run all over the shelf, and as a visitor once said to me, ‘‘ You bave an advantage over me for your cheese will grease itself, while I have to put a boy to doing this work.’’ A remedy for warm curing rooms, lately adopted by many, is the under- ground ventilation, where the air is supposed to be cooled by running down Io or 12 feet under the surface, for a distance of 150 or 200 feet before en- tering the curing room. Now, just consider at what temperature the wind is in the warm interior, or that there may be none, when required, and the length of time it will take until the ground gets warm from this hot current, and the in- terior becomes as warm as outside. An ice machine in such a factory would permit the absolute control of the curing room and allow you to make your cheese just as you like, and not be compelled to make a long curing cheese during the summer. The ice machine, when once installed, can be operated as required and the cost is only in proportion to results, It will run with 4o lbs. of steam, which is a necessity in the creamery or cheese factory for other purposes. There is but little waste in the operation of an ice machine beyond the fuel, for the oil expense is trifling and the ammonia, with proper care, will last for a year without renewal, being used over and over. It is contained in a drum and is forced by pressure into the condenser, after it has run through the coil and car- ried off the heat of the atmosphere, be- ing utilized repeatedly in this way. In the best makes of ice machines there is but little loss from leakage, therefore it is of the greatest importance to know that such a machine is well made and that the joints are all thoroughly tight. A cheaply made ice machine will cost much during its lifetime in the waste of ammonia and in the repairs of inferior joints and other parts. In buying, the efficiency of an ice machine should be considered before its apparent cheap- ness. JuLius JORGENS. ———_> 2. ___ Commission Merchants Not Subject to the Revenue Tax. Last week the Tradesman announced that, according to the ruling of the In- ternal Revenue Department, commission merchants were held as commercial brokers and therefore subject to the $20 war tax. Since then, however, a de- cision has been received from Commis- sioner Scott revoking the previous rul- ing. The decision declares: It is held by this office that merchants who receive goods into their possession for sale on commission are not commer- cial brokers within the meaning of the fourth paragraph of section 2 of the act, and are therefore not required to pay the special tax under that paragraph. It is further held that warehousemen who receive tobacco, cotton, or other pro- duce or goods on consignment are not liable as commercial brokers under this section. Auctioneers who sell goods at their auction rooms or on the premises of their owners, on consignment, are not subject to special tax as commer- cial brokers under this act, nor cattle brokers who receive and sell cattle on commission. An earlier and contrary ruling on this point has been reconsid- ered and reversed. The question has been a mooted one for three or four weeks and commission merchants are much pleased to have a final decision made. —_—__o-.___ Few Apples in New York. Regarding the apple crop a prominent fruit-producer of New York writes: Everything points to an extremely short yield, not over an eighth to a quarter of an average crop, and in many places not more than a year ago. There isa sprinkling of apples in all of the lead- ing orchards, but the quality is very poor, and young fruits are dropping in large quantities, and just how many will stay on the trees is a conundrum which we are unable to guess at this writing. At any rate, we are unwilling to speculate for future delivery, unless we Can see our way clear to cover, and one of our customers who was in yester- day, said that he would not sell a box of evaporated apples for delivery during September, October or November below 9 to toc per pound, and that we would be very much surprised by scanty yield when we came to harvest the crop in the autumn. ——_>_2.__ Some women kiss their pug dogs in preference to their husbands; some men are born lucky. Not Up-to-Date. ‘Did you read that interview with Capt. Evans about the destruction of Admiral Cervera’s fleet?’’ ‘Yes, it was an interesting story, wasn't it?’’ ‘‘Interesting enough, but I have my doubts about it having been authentic. ”’ **Why?’’ ‘The interviewer didn’t put a solitary cuss word into the Captain's mouth.’”’ —-—>-2 > Arar ANCV ALAR ATU N NNN teeS EGGS WANTED® Am in the market for any quantity of Fresh Eggs. Would be pleased Ostrich leather is a new thing in the ce | ee market. It is said to be similar to cat prices F. O. B. your skin in durability. station tomerchants hav- ing Eggs to offer. A. VAN PUTTEN & CO. MFRS, OF BuTTER TuBS Lard Packages and Handmade Creamery Butter Tubs a specialty. HOLLAND, MICH. S A= DS ALL KINDS FIELD SEEDS PEACHES MOSELEY BROS. 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Established at Alma 1885. O. W. ROGERS = T ALMA, MICH. " 2393 23 213 213 23 2 218 21s als 213 2s 218 a\S als Sle Sle Sle Sle Sle Sle Sle Sie Sie Sie Sie Sle | | ORDERS SOLICITED AT MARKET VALUE EST. 1876. The best are the cheapest and these we can always SEEDS =: ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. e : ?POULTRY WANTED: e ae a = Live Poultry wanted, car lots e . or less. Write us for prices. e € H.N. RANDALL PRODUCE CO.,Tekonsha, Mich. § Soucnencucnencnoncnononononononenoncnenonenoncnoncnt BE UP TO DATEe and have in stock taeda for tignd wd . CONGDON’S CIDER SAVER Pe SS and FRUIT PRESERVATIVE COMPOUND J. L. Congdon & Co., Contains no Salicylic Acid. Affords dealer : Pentwater, Mich. good profit selling at 25 cents. : : : : Peaches Plums Watermelons Cucumbers Egg Plant ‘Tomatoes Celery Squash New Potatoes New Cabbage New Onions PEACHES and PLUMS are here. Your best interests will be served if you write us at once about your needs. Send us your address and we will put you on our mailing list. You can not place your orders for any- thing in the above list to better advan- tage than with the Vinkemulder Company, Grand Rapids. POP GF FFF OV VF VV VUE VV VU VV VCS FV VV VV EE VV VE VE VV VVVVVeVVVVVVVVVVVUUY SGbbbabdhh bbb be, & & bb bb b> b> b> bo, br bo bo bo dn bp tn hb GbbGGGbGS oO b & b Oo bobo be bn bn bn bn bn bn, bn. by bn tnt tn bn dn tn i19696O650969055506O 0 DAE AOSOAAD SDAA DD Odd ees ee ee eee ee eee eee POF FV GV OOOO VVC VCTVCCCCCCCCCCTC Desirability of Experience in Trade. Written for the 1i’RADESMAN. All the accumulation of human knowl- edge which is the inheritance of the ages is the result of experience. The degree to which this experience has been preserved and recorded constitutes all that can be used in preparation for any work in life. But it is a character- istic of human nature, or a limitation of the human mind, that comparative- ly little of the vast aggregate can be made available for the needs of any one individual case. It is thus recognized that any amount of theoretical study, as the drawing upon the stores of the past is termed, will not qualify to any prac- tical extent for the prosecution of any specific work. On this account it has been found necessary to supplement all precept teaching in the schools with practical demonstration—to have the pupil perform the operations, and so making them a part of his experience. In this is found the radical difference between the teaching of the West and that of the old nations of the East, and this difference goes far to account for the fact that in the Eastern schools there is no progress. It is a common saying that experience is a dear school; and in the same say- ing there is a reflection upon the wis- dom of those who can learn in no other. There may be a pertinence in this stricture if it is based upon the assump- tion that nothing can be learned except by adverse experience, that we can learn wisdom only by the things we suffer; but this is putting an undeserved limitation upon the true use and value of experience. It may be that fools can learn only by the untoward accidents of life, but the intelligent mind is ac- cumulating valuable stores and quali- ties, through all with which it comes in contact, although the lessons of adver- sity may be the more firmly fixed. All this is the abstract statement of a general proposition which has a more concrete significance in the exploiting of any industrial undertaking, for it is a most common mistake, in the _ prose- cution of business enterprises, to over- look the value of individual experience and training in the particular line in question. It is on this account that we often see those of the finest intellectual ability, but who presume upon theoreti- cal knowledge, making failures, while their duller and more plodding compet- itors, who have been obliged to feel their way step by step by experience, are scoring successes. In no field of activity is therea great- er tendency and temptation to slight the value of experience than in trade, or in such manufacture as is most dependent upon the selling department. With undue confidence in personal smartness, and a lack of appreciation of what is involved in such work, many are ready to rush into inevitable disaster. To the casual observer any one can run a store. The one who is making a suc- cess in such work knows of the long and varied experience which has made suc- cess possible. The man who would essay to make a shoe by his theoretical knowledge and smartness, without previous training, shows no poorer judgment than the man who ventures into trade without suitable preparation. The former may sooner learn that this work is a failure—that he can only make shoes after long ex- perience at the trade—but the same lesson is sure to come eventually in the latter case. To be sure, there are many who have achieved a position in trade MICHIGAN TRADESMAN after venturing without suitable prepa- ration, but such can tell of the long struggle and many mistakes and fail- ures which gave the experience that finally made success possible. The most successful merchants to-day are those who are longest trained in the work, The young man _ who contents himself to learn all that can be learned in his father’s store has acquired an enviable ability, which places any am- bition in business at his disposal. But such are too apt to despise this oppor- tunity and so study for a profession, eventually swelling the ranks of medi- ocrity and spending their life in the struggle for existence. In the degree in which success is achieved in trade do men come to value experience. Such will answer the in- quirer that his most valuable asset and business safeguard is the knowledge that has come to him through the sad incidents of his career. Were he to lose all else save his integrity he would have no fear as to regaining his place in the business world. As illustrating the value of this factor in trade I recall the remark of one who bad achieved a high degree of success in the manufacture and sale of a spe- cialty. Replying to the question as to what value be placed upon patents, he remarked that all the protection he needed was his ten years’ experience at the business. With this start his po- sition was invulnerable. It is the same in all lines, the man who is content to learn his trade as it is only taught in the universal school, and who pursues and practices his study most diligently, is the one most abundantly assured of success. ROSENSTEIN. —~> 0 > Enormous Peach Crop in Georgia. From the Cordele (Ga.) Sentinel. The Elberta peach crop around Cor- dele this year is far larger than the de- mand. Thousands of as fine fruit as ever grew in Georgia are rotting in the orchards. Two-horse-wagon loads are hauled out and fed to hogs. The very choicest fruit can be bought here for 20 cents per bushel. At the farm of Mr. Charles Green, about three miles from Cordele, he has a twenty-acre field with not a single missing tree, loaded with peaches, which are now too ripe to bear ship- ping. Wagon loads are brought to the city and carried back and fed to hogs, there being no sale for them. On ac- count of being unable to secure crates, Mr. Green could not ship his peaches to a Northern market. Never before has this county had such a large peach crop. on 8 She Proposed to Be Exact. ‘‘And what,’’ the visitor asked, ‘‘did your new gas stove cost? It’s sucha lovely one.’’ ‘*Twenty dollars,’’ Mr, swered, ‘*Why, John!’’ exclaimed Mrs. Wat- tles. “' It didn’t either. You know it was only $19 98.’ Wattles an- 2-2 Some of the manufacturers of glucose in Chicago have turned their attention to the production of corn oil—an article extracted by pressure from the germ of the grain by a method similar to that used in the manufacture of linseed oil, leaving a residuum not unlike in its character the oil cake of commerce. It seems that in the production of glucose, it was a matter of necessity first to ex- tract the germ, this, for a long time, in- volving a waste. As against this, a company now turns out some 350 barrels of corn oil per day. Most of the oil goes to England for soapmaking. It is shipped in second-hand oil barrels, each of a weight, when filled, of 400 pounds, rated at the factory at 3 cents per pound. Some of the oil is used in this country principally in mixing cheap paint and for adulterating linseed oil. It is regarded as a rapid ‘‘drying’’ oil. One Man’s Start in Business. From the Philadelphia Record. Of all the curious starts in life of which self-made men are apt to boast, the most extraordinary one is that which furnished the basis tor a business from which a stationer in this city derives a comfortable income. He does not tell the story himself, but it comes from an | old acquaintance, whose veracity is be- | yond question. The successful busi- ness man of to-day was once a collector for a mercantile house and madeas high as thirty to forty calls per day on delin- quent customers. He always borrowed a lead pencil from each one, and never returned it unless asked to doso. Of course, no suspicion attached to him, for forgetfulness in regard to lead _pen- cils is recognized as a human failing. One of every three he secured was long enough to pass muster as a new pencil, and after he collected 1,000 in this way he secured a contract for furnishing lead pencils to a country school. One of the advantages of his bid was that he offered to supply pencils already sharp- ened. He now maintains a commodi- ous stationery store,and his contract de- partment flourishes. it oe Any man can make at least one wom- an happy for life. Alihe has to do isto remain a bachelor. 15 FOLDING TABLE eA wy ca? \ yates - | Wg a a aa “erp aes |] nigel NE ee * = Sie 2S Up Gee ee CASH WITH ORDER. = ont $300" | QUARTE my OAK | HAND POLISH = | 2 . . Sy ood Seo ———— Ye = \ ee \ > SIZE 36 INCHES STERLING FURNITURE (0 GRAND HAVEN. MIC. SEND US A Photogyaph -:,... Mothey-in-Law () R THE BABY YOUR PET DOG YOUR STORE FRONT THE OLD HORSE THAT STRING OF FISH (You didn’t catch) YOUR OWN “PHYS.” You ARE NOTHING NOW-A=DAYS IF YOU AXYTHING—_—— You would like to hand out to your friends or customers on January Ist. We will re- produce it and get you up a Calendar with ARE NOT ORIGINAL. an individuality that won’t need a trade= mark or a patent. WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF DE- SIGNS IN STOCK WHICH WE CAN FURNISH ON IMMEDIATE NOTICE. Don’t Hang Fire! Talk Now! TRADESMAN COMPANY, Getters-up of Original Printing. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World How Summer Visitors May Make Themselves Useful. To many women the summer outing will take the form of a visit to some friend or relative living in the country. If they are to be one of a house party, where the entertaining is done ona large scale and the guests have many interests in common, the matter is, of course, simple enough, but if, as gen- erally happens, the visit is to be made to people who live simply and quietly it takes the greatest tact to prevent what should be a pleasure to both host- ess and guest from degenerating into a dismal] failure and bore. As a matter of fact, the ability to be a delightful guest is a quality almost as rare as genius, It embraces the whole scope of personal charm and requires sympathy, intuition and_ unselfishness. Few of us are so fortunate as to possess all of these desirable qualities by na- ture, but unless one can assume a vir- tue, though she has it not, she should at least go to a hotel, where she can pay for what she gets and not foist her unpleasantness and her peculiarities on her defenseless friends. That it is the first duty of a guest to be pleased with what is done for her entertainment, and fall into the arrange- ments made for her, seems so much a matter of course it is hardly necessary to call attention to it. Unfortunately, this is far from being the case. and we have all had experience with the well- meaning but tactless woman who would sit at our table and, while eating the dainties which we had madea burnt offering of ourselves on the kitchen Stove preparing for her, would say, ‘‘I really must send you my recipe for making this. I always do it so and so,’’ or, while visiting in the country, forty miles from a hydrant or a gas meter, would discourse by the hour about the delights of porcelain-lined tubs and the horrors of having to smell the odor from kerosene lamps. A woman like that ought to be bound over by the courts never to wander from her own fireside. She ought not to be left loose to go about afflicting innocent peo- ple. Another thing the woman who goes a visiting should remember is that punctuality is the star virtue in a guest, and that unless she can conform to the family way of living she should stay at home. No amount of brilliant conver- sation or fascination of manner can compensate a hostess for having to get extra breakfast or keep dinner wait- ing or upsetting the servants in their regular routine. All of these Bohemian stories about places where meals are movable feasts and people drop in to breakfast any time from sunrise to mid- night and dinner is a happy accident that occurs at irregular intervals just when you happen to feel like it are all nonsense. It is a lot of work and trouble to get up a good meal and it is one of the things that has got to come off at a stated time and doesn’t bear postpone- ment. Every woman who has ever kept house has regretful memories of guests who kept everything waiting and knows how glad she was when they left. That a guest should be blind and see only what she is intended to see and dumb concerning anything she may find out about family affairs is, of course, sim- ply a matter of common honor that even a savage who eats of another’s salt ob- serves. It is also well to remember that nothing is so tiresome as a person who has to be entertained all the time, so give your hostess your society in mod- eration and leave her free to attend to her own affairs. And, above all, don’t forget that the crowning glory of any visit is brevity. Don't wear your wel- come out, as the homely old phrase goes. Come away before you tell all your good stories and before your com- pany begins to pall upon your hosts. I started out to tell the story of a sum- mer visit, as my friend Mrs. Horton once told it tome. Mrs. Horton is not under the illusion that she has a call to reform the world and it never entered into her wildest dreams that she was destined to be a missionary to carry sweetness and light into a country neigh- borhood, and, perhaps, that is the rea- son that she did it. ‘““You see,’’ she said, ‘‘I hadn't quite made up my mind where to go for the summer, and so when I got a letter from my old schoolmate, Fanny Brown, ask- ing me to come up and make hera visit, I packed my trunk and went. Fanny and I had both been married a dozen years and I was a little curious to see how things had gone with her. At first it was a little embarrassing. She had lived in the country and I had lived in the city, and we had to adjust our- selves all over again to each other, you know. When we went to school Fanny was a hundred times cleverer and brighter than I was, but, living as I had, where I was in the rush of the world, with new ideas tingling every- where, and new thoughts and new plays and books and music, my education had gone steadily on, while hers had stopped. The house was big and com- fortable and ugly, with no attempt made to beautify it. Fanny’s clothes were good material and made so as to em- phasize every defect in her looks, and the whole thing struck me as being so pathetic, because it was so unnecessary. She was getting the very worst out of her life she possibly could, and when she complained to me one day about the dreariness of it all, I told her so. ‘* “What would you do?’ ’’ she asked. ‘* ‘Well,’ I said, ‘in the first place, I would cut up about two of those unnec- essary feather beds and turn them into sofa cushions and I’d convert some of those lovely old hand-woven counter- panes into portieres and I'd get a lot of that exquisite antique china out of the back of the presses and put it up on the walls and mantels, where I could gloat over its loveliness.’ ‘*Well, we went to work and positive- ly transformed the inside of that house, and you should have seen how her starved eyes gloated over the beauty. By and by her friends began coming to see me. Educated, intelligent women, like Fanny, but, like her, living a nar- row, monotonous life, with never an amusement nor a bit of recreation, ex- cept an occasional visit, when they talked about their neighbors. I declare I never realized how pitiful such a thing could be until I found they were still harping on scandals that happened be- fore the war and tearing to pieces the characters of people who had been in the graveyard for twenty years. For the most part, though, it was just that lit- tle backbiting that goes on among _ peo- ple who know every detail about their neighbors: how Sally Jones is running her husband in debt and Mrs. Smith is so stingy she doesn’t use but half a pound of sugar to the gallon in her preserves and the Perkins’ stepmother is said to be mean to the children, and soon. They don’t mean a thing by it, you know. If any one of those women were sick or in trouble, every one of the rest would go and nurse and comfort her like a mother. It's just because they haven’t got anything else to talk about, but it’s one of the times and places where you want to be the last to go, for if you leave you leave your rep- utation behind you. ‘‘Well, one day I asked Fanny why they didn’t get up a club, and the idea positively staggered her. She had had a notion that a club was the sole monop- oly of city women, but I explained a plan I had to her, and in the end we carried it out. Fanny invited fifteen women and we organized it without a constitution or a bylaw or any red tape. I told them they could acquire those miseries later on at any time they wanted them. Each woman put in $1.25 and with the fund we bought fifteen new books, novels mostly, with a little biography, a couple of volumes of new poetry and a volume or two of interest- ing travels. The club was to meet every other week at the house of one of the members, where they were to have a ten-minute paper on some American author, and some skort selections from his writings, and each woman was to answer to the roll call with a quotation from the author under discussion. The books, were, of course, to form the nucleus of a circulating library and were to be exchanged in rotation at each meeting. ‘‘After the literary part of the pro- gramme they were to have simple re- freshments, which was to give the affair something of the effect of an afternoon reception. You may think that part unimportant in such a club, but it isn’t. Many of these women hardly ever eat out of their own homes, and city peo- ple accustomed to restaurauts and un- expected meals can’t imagine how tired one can grow of her own table. Besides, every woman who is a real woman is proud of her ability to make certain dishes, and this gave them a chance to show off. And I didn’t suggest to them all sorts of silly things, ‘encasserole’ and ‘a la this or that I suggested sandwiches and home-made pickles and fried chicken and whipped creams, which they could all make themselves without any trouble. ‘*Well, that was five years ago, and the club is still flourishing. Fanny writes me that it revolutionized the neighborhood and that they have studied all sorts of things since tben and that they all look forward from one week to another to the meeting as one ot the bright spots in their lives. Other clubs have been formed in the same neigh- borhood and personal gossip has almost died a natural death since they have gotten other things to think about and talk about. ‘*She’s always talking about that visit,’’ added Mrs. Horton with a blush, ““and she says she entertained an angel unaware—meaning me. Did you ever hear anything so absurd?’’ Dorotuy Dix. ———> 2. The Invention of a Woman. Not a few men in the last month or two had occasion to bless an inventor unknown to them. The _ benedictions called down would doubtless have been still more fervent had the men known that the person to whcm they were in- debted was a woman. For many years man has been a victim of the trickeries of that imp of ivory and the Old Nick, the collar button. For years he has fol- lowed it on festive excursions down his back or under the dressing table, suffer- ing not in silence and not patiently, but never letting the wild idea enter his head that their might bea remedy. Men have. invented bicycle brakes, patent churns, necktie fasteners and other la- bor and temper-saving devices unlimit- ed, but a way out of the collar button difficulty has never been suggested by a masculine mind. Not until the advent of the New Woman was there any relief from the infernal cantrips of the collar button. Linen collars are to the new woman a necessity, almost, with every waist she wears, be it of silk or cotton. Her trials with the collar button began some time ago and after a series of games of hide and seek and many en- forced hours of bodily contortions not down in the catalogues of the latest physical culture faddist, the woman of to-day set herseif to work with true fem- inine instinct when in a difficulty, and the result is her troubles along this par- ticular line are over. The woman in question is Mrs. Henry Boardman, of St. Paul, who last fall evolved a blessing to man and woman- kind. She took to a smal! jewelry shop in St. Paul a collar button and a tiny gold pin, and requested that the bottom of the button be removed, and the top, with the stem still attached, be fastened to the top of the pin. Her experiment was so successful that she sent a model to Washington some time afterward and had it patented. While in the East last winter Mrs, Boardman made atrange- ments with a factory for having the pins made on a royalty, and the result has been so successful that houses in this and other large cities have placed the little articles on sale. The pins may be used by men as well as women, and for cuffs as well as collars. For the men in the army who must wear linen collars and do not wish to don white shirts this little device will be wel- come. SSIITPTEPSHr Teron terverenr ver ververtrear ver ververveever ar nr ververter teres Our Prices Are Not the Lowest But Our Spices Are the Best both ways. NUVIPHOPHO NEP NTPNTE HTP NOPE etre erie How do we know they are the best? Because we grind them ourselves from choice stock which has been carefully se- lected by our personal representative at the importing market. If you are not satisfied with your Spice line, permit us to send you a sample shipment of our best grade. superior in Purity, Strength and Attractiveness to any line you have ever seen, we will take it back and pay freight No house which has not entire confidence in its output would stand back of its product with sucha guaranty. NORTHROP, ROBINSON & CARRIER, Lansing, Mich. MUAJAAJAL GMA db JbA.J6AJ44 G44 bd 4b. 46k ddd bd Ab 46 44h Jb bd db 4b J6 ddd If it isn’t PTTL VLU ICES AESSEN Ty SH REE ARETE REET: es >, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN t7 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Joun A. Horrman, Kalamazoo; Secre- tary, J C. SaunpgErs, Lansing; Treasurer, Cuas. McNo ry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, C. C. SNEDEKER. Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans, Bay City; Grand Secretary, G S. VALMORE, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W. S. West, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Tra Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Boyp PanTLinp, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. Jobn A. Hoffman (Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co.) met with a serious accident one day last week. While passing mail into the car at the Kalamazoo depot, the mail wagon backed up to the door and caught his hand, bruising it severely. Jas. A. Massie (Finzer Bros.) finds he has a double in the person of Wallace A. Drury, who has recently engaged to travel for Geo. F. Owen & Co. So nearly do they resemble each other that several men have put in applications for Mr. Massie’s job, on the supposition that he is now selling acetylene gas gen- erators. Chas. L. Stevens (Weed, Colburn & Co.) is chairman of the Building Com- mittee of the Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti, which has undertaken the work of rebuilding the edifice at an ex- pense of $22,000. It is not often that a traveling man can find time to as- sume an obligation ot this kind, in con- nection with his regular work on the road. Marquette Mining Journal: Aftera brief rest from active work, T. J. Greg- ory, the well known salesman, takes to the road again, this time as the repre- sentative in this section of the Steele- Wedeles Co., of Chicago. Mr. Greg- ory's territory comprises all of the pen- insula between Sault Ste. Marie and its south line along the ‘*Soo’’ road and from Marquette to the copper country. Owosso Argus: Some freak ona Chi- cago newspaper wrote the following dur ing a lull in copy: A traveler for an Owosso shoe firm was in town over Sun- day and for an intelligent looking man was about as far behind the times as anyone we ever ran across. He didn’t know the name of the lake or river at this port. He was about as bad as the man who resides at Mt. Clemens. A neighbor was telling him about a late dispatch from the seat of war, and was knocked completely off his pegs to find out the fellow was in utter ignorance of the war; he had heard nothing of it. No city bas yet favored the Michigan Knights of the Grip with an_ invitation to hold the next annual convention in its midst and from present indications no invitation will be forthcoming. The fact of the matter is,the Association has made the rounds ot the larger cities of the State, having met once at Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Jackson and Detroit and twice at Kalamazoo and Lansing. These cities have, unfortunately, set the pace in the matter of entertainment features, so that none of the smaller cities of the State feel able to undertake the effort and expense incident to the entertainment features which have come to be regarded as a necessary accom- paniment of the conventions. The Tradesman is on record on this ques- tion, having warned the Association several years ago that the time would surely come when it would be exceed- ingly difficult to induce cities of smaller size to assume the burden and raise from one to two thousand dollars for the sake of one day’s fun. Friends of Charles L. Stevens, the Ypsilanti hat salesman, are urging his name fer presentation at the next con- vention of the Michigan Knights of the Grip for the position of President of the organization, It is understood that Mr. Stevens will make no effort in his own behalf, but will not object to any work his friends may do in that direction. Mr. Stevens is very generally regarded as one of the most successful men on the road. He is energetic, honest, capable, responsible and —quite as important—a good parliamentarian. In case the members of the organization should see fit to place him in the highest office within their gift, they would never have occasion to regret it, because he would give them an administration which would be creditable alike to them and himself. Le Money in Growing Bananas and Coffee in Cuba. From the New York Commercial. According to reports from Santiago, the great hoom in business that was ex- pected and confidently hoped for still hangs fire. The situation was summed up yesterday by Charles Ferrer a prom- inent exporter, who claims Santiago as his birthplace. ‘‘Americans seem to Mr. Ferrer, ‘that Santiago is not a new city. It is over 400 years old, and its trade is thoroughly established. The traders who were there before the war are there still, trading possibilities have not been multiplied by the war, and these established merchants have been doing business with all parts of the world, as well as America..They there- fore have a_ stronger hold on the com- merce of the place than would have new arrivals from this country. What I in- tend to show by this is that there are no new grooves in which the Americans, who expect to tind Santiago a city of wonderful possibilities for quick money making, can find an opening. ‘Then again, it is well to remember that tillers of tbe soil, rather than busi- ness men, are the ones wanted in the Santiago district. Jt is an agricultural section, as is most of the island I should recommend the enterprising in- dividual who goes to Cuba from this country to make for Baracoa, where there are great chances for acquiring wealth at the banana raising industry. The conditions of soil and climate for this purpose are simply perfect. it lies directly north of Santiago, and about 80 miles away. There used to be railroads running to the coast, but they are prob- ably things of the past. It would not be a difficult matter to reconstruct them. “With the bananas could be grown coffee, as the coffee plarts require the shade of the banana trees, and the two grow side by side in the rich soil on the north coast of Cuba, and ought to amply repay the efforts of the planter. If any Americans are desirous of seeking their fortune in this country after the war, my advice is to leave the cities alone; they are already overstocked with seek- ers fora living. Take to the fields in the section I have named and it will be found that the soil of Cuba is a wonder- ful friend to the planter who has any energy and is not afraid of hard work. “‘It must be borne in mind that the climate of Cuba is not calculated to promote energy. Americans will find it enervating, and those inclined to be indolent will discover that hard work and comfort do not go together in the Cuban climate. If they go there with the intention of finding an easy time they will soon come back, but those who stay long enough to become acclimated will have no reason to quarrel with the country.’’ a? forget,’’ said STOCKS AND BONDS. News and Gossip Pertaining to Local Investments. The National banks have not yet de- cided what they will do with the new 3 per cent Government bond they have recently acquired. There is some talk of using them as the basis for taking out additional circulation and another plan is to use them as the basis for the criculation now carried, disposing of the present bonds. The bonds held by most of the banks now are the 4 per cents. of 1905, which are worth in the market about 111 or 112. The new 3 per cents. have been purchased at par, and are just as good for circulation purposes as the others, and it would not be necessary to write off a certain amount every year on account of their premiums. The circulation based on the 4 per cents. at present quotations yield a profit of only about 1 per cent., while on a 3 per cent. par basis the profit is figured at something over 2 per cent. ee The new bonds are at a premium of 5% per cent., and the patriot who in- vested $500 is in a position to clear up something like $27.50 in less than thirty days, which is a pretty fair return on the venture, especially as the venture was a sure thing, as against any loss of the principal. He ae Another case of gross violation of the State banking law has come to light over in Bay City. Spencer O. Fisher was a borrower from the Lumberman’s State Bank, of which he was president, to the amount of $120,000. This was nearly two and a half times more than the total capital of the bank and twenty- five times more than he could have borrowed had the plain provisions of the law been observed. The bank is se- cured by mortgages given two years ago and just filed, but Detroit, Saginaw and other banks are on the anxious seat or are walking the floor. They did not know the mortgage existed Sand _ in- nocently loaned Mr. Fisher a pile of money on their faith in his honesty and in his word that he was honest. ee Walker Millard, ex-Cashier of the ex- State Bank at Fenton, is under arrest for embezzling to the amount of $22,000, with the possibilities of still further shortages when the full returns are in. This is the fifth criminal prosecution that has been undertaken under the State law and if Mr. Millard’s fate is the same as that of the others, he need have no particular apprehensions. When the cashier of a bank that will yield only about Io per cent. to depositors gets off, Mr. Millard, unless it shall appear he is a common thief, will never be touched. + The annual meeting of the American Bankers’ Association will be held in Denver August 24 and a substantial del- egation will attend from this city. An- ton G. Hodenpyl, of the Michigan Trust Company, is Secretary of the trust company section and is booked for an address on ‘Trust Companies as_ Trus- tees for Minors and Incompetents.’’ Mr. Hodenpy! should relate the experience of the Michigan Trust Company as guardian of Mrs. Averill. It will be re- called that Mrs. Averill, though a widow, was a minor and the Company was her guardian. A Monroe street young man, already married and the father of children, began paying her at- tentions and planned an _ elopement. The guardian learned of the plan, hired a good strong man and gave the Lothario a horse whipping on Monroe street. It was one of the most unique cases of corporation guardianship on record and attracted wide attention at the time; but it effectually broke up the elope- ment. “££ + The stock of the Grand Rapids Gas Light Co., which had a market value of 40 when the present corporation was created, has gradually moved up the ascending scale to 80, at which figure a sale was made on Monday. It is ex- pected that the next semi-annual divi- dend, which will be paid in November, will be 3 per cent., instead of 24 per cent., as heretofore, which will place the stock on a 6 per cent. basis and probably result in a farther advance to 85 or 90. Some local holders are san- guine that 85 will be reached in the course of a month or six weeks, in an- ticipation of the change in the dividend rate. ee) € The affairs of the Jackson County Bank, after an existence of twenty-seven years, were wound up last Saturday. The deposits and business have been turned over to the Union Bank. H. V. Perrin, who has conducted the Jackson County Bank since its organization in 1871, will retire from the banking busi- ness, oe oe Owing to continued poor health, W. D. Garrison, of Vernon, has tendered his resignation as President of the Cor- unna National Bank. Patrick Gallagher has been chosen to succeed him. - ->eo> — The congress of Russian millers, in session at Moscow, has been officially informed that the minister of finance is disposed to aid in the exportation of flour, especially in Great Britain, where, it is understood, capitalists are ready to start a line of steamers between the Baltic and Great Britain under the Rus- san flag. The congress has decided to support the movement and has recom- mended that the railroad rates on flour intended for export be reduced 4o per cent. —____©2—.___ The eighteenth volume of the Com- mercial Credit Co.’s book, containing several new features of special value to dealers, will be delivered to subscribers August I5. HR When a voung man asksa girl to share his lot, she always wishes to know if he has money enough to build a house on it. REMODELED HOTEL BUTLER Rates, $1. I. M. BROWN, PROP. LANSING. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. about Whitehall, Mich. MANY LAKES AND STREANS ssford rine Fishing and such parties. Write to Mears Hotel. Wm Cherryman, Prop. Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., $2 PER DAY. FREE BUS. THE CHARLESTON Only first-class house in MASON, MICH. thing new. Every- Large and well- Send your mail care of the Charleston, where the boys stop. CHARLES A. CALDWELL, formerly of Donnelly House, Prop. Every room heated. lighted sampie rooms. can make money by selling 4 f ENT 5 our IMPERIAL SINGLE TUBE TIRE, guaranteed. S. Express order for sample pair Tires, and Imperial Tire Co., 79 Lake St., CHICAGO. vw vv panne hah Send $3.25 American or U, 4 secure agency. vv" v¥v TTT Is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires F. W. R. Perry, Detroit - Dec. 31, 1898 A. C. ScotmacuER. Ann Arbor - Dee. 31, 1899 Gro. GunprRvUM, Ionia - Dec. 31, 1900 Dec. 31, 1901 L. E. REYNOLpDs, St. Joseph Dec. 31, 1902 Henry Heim, Saginaw - - - President, GEo. GuNpRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. ScHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY Herm, Saginaw. Examination Sessions. Marquette—Aug. 30 and 31. 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, CHas. Mann, Detroit. : Treasurer Joun D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Is It Professional and Profitable to Patronize the Peddler? ‘*Goods well bought are half sold’’ is one of those old saws which has been and still is largely misapprehended. The reason for this is not in the maxim itself but in the manner in which it is applied. Some think that well bought means cheaply bought; others, again, apply the idea to quantity, and still others to quality. While I must say that the latter class comes nearest to grasp- ing the real truth of the above saying, there is still one more point to be con- sidered in buying, namely, the source of supply. Quite a number of articles which the druggist of to-day handles are practical- ly beyond his judging power so far as quality is concerned. We may be able to judge a cigar, a sponge, a fountain syringe, etc., and yet there are some points about these goods which only an expert can understand, and where the reputation of the house from which the article in question is bought has to stand as a guarantee of quality to the buyer. A peddler sells us a quantity of foun- tain syringes; they are cheaper than we can buy from the jobber. The first syringe comes back within a day as un- satisfactory. We have nobody to fall back on. In a similar case the jobber would either repair or replace it; but what can the peddier do? Ten chances to one, he does not show up in that store any more. Again, another instance. We buya lot of sponges. Can we examine every one of them? No, it is impossible. Where, then, is the saving when we have to throw away 25 per cent. of the sponges thus bought? Buying such goods with the intention of selling them off cheap on a special sales-day looks all right at the first glance, but how does it compare with results? From close observation I have found that people, as a rule, do not look for and do not expect bargain sales ina drug store; the goods, therefore, stay for some time in the store, and are sold and bought as regular stock. The lower price charged for these goods remains in the memory of the customer, and when that quantity of job goods is gone and an attempt made at selling regular goods at regular prices the people will resent the ‘‘increase in price,’’ and, perhaps, withdraw their patronage. And there is another point, which, al- though purely sentimental at first glance, still is so much interwoven with busi- ness that I think it worth mentioning, namely: What protection does the peddler give us against himself? A legitimate jobbing house will, as a rule, not sell direct to the people but help us keep the profits. Will the peddler do as much? Indeed not! He will sell to anybody one-twelfth of a dozen at the dozen price, and thus deprive us of what is justly ours. So that the point is, Is it professional to patronize the peddler and is it profitable? I believe that careful consideration and the perusal of my few remarks on that point will convince the reader that well bought applies not only to price and quality but also in no small degree to source of supply. Witha good house to stand with its reputation behind the goods, offering quantity and cash dis- counts, the old maxim still stands that ‘‘Well bought is half sold.’’ J. DINER. ~~ 2 <> - The Most Popular Suicide Route. Paris green appears to be a decided- ly popular summer route out of the per- plexities and trials of this present evil world. Seven cases of suicide by this article during the month of June in two states have been noted, with doubtless several more which have escaped our observation. The accessibility to this poison at this season of the year in all probability contributes to this result. The majority of suicides are impulsive rather than deliberative’ and those resorting to poison might be restrained if the article were difficult to procure. During bug season, throughout the country and in the smaller towns where every family has its garden patch, Paris green isa ‘‘household remedy.’’ The reckless manner in which it is sold cannot be too strongly condemned. The grocer, the hardware merchant, the dealer in general merchandise, all sell it. It is sold labeled and not labeled; it is sold in cartons, and it is sold in packages simply wrapped in newspaper. The poison laws and the poison-label laws, in the states where it may be lawfully sold when properly put up and _ labeled, are not enforced for the reason that where there are so many violaters it is impossible to secure their conviction. The pharmacy laws in some of the states permit it to be sold by any deal- er, and in those States wherein the laws restrict its sale to registered pharmacists the boards of pharmacy hesitate to en- force this requirement through fear of the effect upon these laws in general. Paris green in summer, and ‘‘ Rough on Rats’’ in winter will, no doubt, con- tinue to hold sway as the most popular instruments for suicidal purposes, chiefly because they are at hand or are as readily procured as either sugar or bak- ing powder, until some further legal re- strictions to the sale of such poisons are found to be necessary. ——~>-8 The money order system of the Post Office Department was established in 1865. In the first year the Government lost on it $7,000; in the second year the Government cleared $7,000. Then for twenty years there were profits, grad- ually reaching an average of $200,000 a year. Then they rose to $500,000, $600, - 000 and $700,000, and last year the Gov- ernment’s net profit on money orders was $800,000. The total amount of money orders issued in the year was $180,000,000. The fees paid and stamps bought amounted to $1,500,000, and the expenses were $700,000, leaving the profit stated of $800,000. >eo — The best way to succeed in business is to make it to the personal interest of the public to do business with you. Sell them such goods that they will not for- get where they got them. When marriage brings a woman to the washtub, she has a right to call it a labor union. The Drug Market. Opium—lIs firm at unchanged prices. Morphine—TIs steady. Quinine-—Is in good demand. Large sales are being made to the Government and an advance is looked for. Cocoa Butter—Has advanced abroad and in this country, on account of scar- city. Chloral Hydrate—Is firm at advanced prices. Cocaine—There are indications of an advance on this article. Coca Leaves and Crude Cocaine are higher. Beans—Tonka the stocks and price has declined. Essential Oils—Bergamot is steady at the late advance. Clove is firm, owing to advanced price for spices. Pepper- mint is slow of.sale. Higher prices are looked for on coming crop. Sassafras is firm and advancing. Flowers—German chamomile price has advanced, on account of short crop. Linseed Oil—The National Co. ad- vanced the price on Friday, on account of an advance in seed. —__—__~> 2» inexplicable Longing to Eat Poison. From the Boston Drug Market. In another room were tons upon tons of the finished cyanide of potassium, looking for all the world like white crystallized sugar. ‘*It looks good enough to eat,’’ I re- marked jocularly. ‘Ah,’’ replied my guide gravely, ‘“that is just one of the dangers we have to guard against. For some inexplicable reason, cyanide of potassium exercises remarkable fascination over the men en- gaged in its manufacture. They are haunted by a constant and ever-recur- ing desire to eat it. They are perfectly alive to the fact, however, that to give way to the craving would mean instant death, and are consequently usually able to resist. But not always. During the time [ have been here, three of our best and steadiest workmen have ccmmitted suicide in this strange manner, impelled thereto apparently by no cause save this mysterious, horrible longing. I myself have felt the same strange Just when I have been exposed to the cyanide fumes, and have had to leave the works for a time in consequence. So well is this curious fact recognized that there are al- ways two men at work together in this branch of our business, and a jar of ammonia, which, as you may know, is the antidote to the poison, is kept con- stantly near at hand.’’ Avoiding Deterioration Goods. The keeping qualities of soft-rubber goods depends to a great extent, it is said, on the method employed in their preparation. Some articles retain their elasticity for years without any speciai care having been taken to preserve them and others become worthless under or- dinary exposure. Such goods may have been overheated in manufacture. The great point in the keeping of rubber goods is to protect them from heat, so far as possible. Jt has been observed that if kept near a hot-air pipe, for in- stance, they will rapidly deteriorate. It has also been said that rubber goods which have become hardened by age are large of Rubber AMERICAN Pp erame , Best a competitor. LAYING CARDS may be restored to almost their original softness by simply soaking in water of ammonia diluted with twice its bulk of water. It is claimed this does not in- jure the rubber in any way and restores the elasticity. Usually soaking from ten minutes to half an hour is quite sufficient. After drying, the whiteness may be restored by dusting well with chalk or kaolin. Wehave a doubt as to the value of this method, but it can, of course, be very easily tried. —____> 0 o_ Acetylene Not a Blood Poison. Whether ethylene or acetylene gas will be the coming illuminant now that cheap methods of manufacturing both are an- nounced, it is of interest to know that the latter at least is less poisonous on inhalation than the coal gas at present employed. Dr. T. Oliver, in the British Medical Journal, concludes from experiments on rabbits that risk of death from asphyxia after inhaling a mixture of air and acetylene is not so great as from asimi- lar mixture of air and coal gas. The time taken to produce toxic effects is longer in the case of acetylene, and the symptoms are free from the nervous or respiratory excitement noticed with other narcotic vapors. Provided asphyxia has not lasted too long, recov- ery is rapid after exposure to fresh air. This would imply that acetylene is not destructively injurious to the hemoglobin of the red blood-corpuscle. ee Formula Must Be Printed on the Label. It is forbidden to sell ‘‘secret reme- dies’’ in Germany, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has just an- nounced for the guidance of the courts what is meant by a secret remedy. All remedies not sold under a prescription from a doctor must have the formula of its contents printed on the label. This formula must be written not in Latin, but, when possible, in the vernacular. It must be intelligible not only fora doctor or pharmacist, but for any one who wishes to buy, and it must be suffi- cient to enable a buyer to decide whether the ingredients contained therein are such as may be reasonably expected to give relief, and whether he is paying a not unreasonable price for the amounts of the different drugs which are being bought. ee Human Hyenas. From the Medical Monthly. The religious press will be damned forever, and should be by the medical, for their undignified advertising to dis- eased minds and bodies of ‘‘sure cures free’’ by returned missionaries. These human hyenas sometimes have offices in the Bible-houses, and prey upon hu- man misfortune. Their prescription, given free, calls for an ingredient no one has but themselves, and they take what they can get for it, according to the need and pocketbook of the unfor- tunate; and they go on robbing from year to year. Phenacetin Killed Him. Athony Gosiezski, an Qhio traveling salesman, died in Buffalo recently from an overdose of phenacetin taken to al- leviate neuralgic pains. OO This is the time of the year when it is profitable to put a big watermelon in your show window and ask the public to guess at the number of seeds it con- tains. Value for the Money. Quality and price put together are sure to win,and we have got them. No other line of playing cards offers the inducements that the American does. Rover Playing Cards are the cheapest enameled card on the market, and at the price are without Send for samples and prices. | | | THE AMERICAN PLAYING CARD CO., KALAMAZOO,- MICH. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Declined— Acidum psn MSac........ som. So —- Ce... @ 50 Aeaticam 8 6@8 8 so Soe it b@ 1 | Toluten @ 50 Benzoicum, German 70@ 75| Cubebe.............. 90@ 1 00| Prunus virg......... @ 50 Borage. 0 @ 15| Exechthitos ........ 1 00@ 1 10 Tinctures Carbolicum ......... 29@ 41| Erigeron............ 1 0G 1 10} Aconitum Napellis R 60 Clatcam 15@ 48 Ganitheria =. ___. 1 50@ 1 Aconitum Napellis F 50 Hydrochlor ......... 3@ 5 | Geranium, ounce.. GG Bi Alga 60 ercrocuia 006001 8@ 10 Boat, Sem.gal.. 50@ 60! Aloes and Myrrh.. 60 Oxalicum..... 0... : 2@ 14 | Hedeoma..... ...... ( Armed (|. 50 Phosphorium, _ 15 Junipera, aoe 5 Salicylicum. . PB 65 | Lav endula -..... 1... Atrope Belladonna 60 Sulphuricum. ...... tm | (5) eon Auranti Cortex... 50 Tanmienm |). 1 25@ 1 40 | Mentha Piper. Bemgom €0 Tartaricum.......... 3 40 cee — — Benzoin Co.......... 50 Ammonia a Oo 4 50 | BAFORMA wos 50 Agua, 16 deg... _... a GiOtve HO Capsicum ........” Bi) Agus, 2 deg. ....... Ce 8] Ficis Lignida 10@ 12! Cardamon.....| |’ ed Carbonag. 0... | 12@ 14| Picis Liquida, gai... @ 35! Cardamon Co...” ns Chieridum .......... ap 04) icing 99@) 1 10| Castor LW Aniline ROMOaTINE |, @ 1 00 Cacecha........ ' ie 50 ox | Hose, ounee...... 6 50@ 8 50| Cinchona.. ve 5) Black... ............ 200@ 225! suecini ..... 000177 40@ 45 | Cinchona Go... 777” 80 Browh ............. Gag 1 GO Sabina 9@ 1 00| Columba 50 Red «0... - 0... eee S@ | 50) Santal...... 22. .2.!. 2 50@ 7 00 Cubeba. 50 ee i ae 2 50@ 3 00 | Sassafras 55@ 60] Cassia /cutifol..._| 30 Bacce. Sinapis, ess., ounce. @ 65) Coss: acntifol 1 Co. 50 Cubese........ po.18 8@ 15 ee i @@ 180) ., ai — ‘ 50 Juniperns, (000701. !. 6@ §| Thyme. ............ 40@ 50) Eegcc......... 50 Xanthoxylum.. .... 2@ 30| Thyme, opt......... @ 1 60 Ferri: Chloridu + 35 Sia tice dieses Theobromas a Hb@ 20| Gentian, 50 Gentian C ) ie, 528 | 58] pt carb Potassium a oa = 275 Cae : ; Terabin, Ganada.... 5¢@ 0| Blebromate 2.1077.) 13m 15 Gaiam 5 Tolitan 00 50@ 55 — iva oe 1g | Jodine........: 7 Cortex Chlorate..po. 17@19e 16 18 | 1odine, colorless. oS Abies, Canadian.... is | Cyanide (000 3@ 40) 7 — ti a Cassie 000 i kodiag | 2 00@ 265) Men a Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 28q@ 30 Nox ¥ te eae ”) Euonymus atropurp = ae, com @ ob Opil.. omica........ = Myrica Cerifera, po. 2 otass Nitras, opt.. 10@_ 12 es Pees vou 12| Potass Nitras......__ 10@_ il Obit’ cam phorated.” 50 Quillaia, gr’d....... 12) Proseate 00 20@ 2 =the orized 1 50 Sassafras......po. 18 12} Sulphate po oe a) soe ena a = Ulmnus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix — titer econ cece = Extractum Aconitvm........... 20@ 25 | Sanguinaria - i 50 Glycyrrhiza Glabra. M@ 2%/|Althe........... .. 22@ 25| Serpentaria .. 0) Glycyrrhiza, po..... Sa, SO) Anéhusa | 10@ 12| Stromonium |...) |). 60 Hematox,isibbox. ti@ ti/Arumpo.........._. @ B Tolutan Se a. 60 Hematox,is........ Ing «14 | Calamus a 4 Valerian... 50 Heematox, 4s ....... 14@ 15; Gentiang...... po. 15 12@ 15| Veratrum Veride. 50) Hematox, 4s........ 16@ 17| Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18| Zingiber..........._. 20 Rerra Hydrastis Canaden . @ 50 lliscellaneous i : = | Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 69} Ather, spts. Nit.3F 30@ 35 Carbonate Precip... 15 | Hellebore, Alba, po. i8@ 20) Ather, Spts. Nit.4F %@ 38 Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25 | Inula, po i ba 20) Alwmon . 4G . Citrate Soluble...... 75 Ipecac, a § 7 Alumen, gro'd.. 0.7 3@ 4 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40 | Tris plox. ... po35@38 35@ 40| Annattc “Po 0@ 50 Solut. Chloride..... 15 | Jalapa, pr........... 25@ 30] Antimoni, po...) |! 4@ 5 Sulphate, com’l..... 2] Maranta, ys... |1|) _@ 35) AntimonietPotassT 40@ 50 Sulphate, com't, by Podophyllum, po.... 22@ 25) Antipyrin.... @ 3 bbl, per ewt....... heen 75@ 100} Antifebrin 1.2177’ @ b Sulphate, pure ..... 7| Rhei, ent.) @ 1 25| Argenti Nitras,oz.. = @ 50 Flora Rhei, py........ %@ 1 35| Arsenicum........_. 10@ 12 Aiea 2@ 14 Spigelia. . 35@ 38/| BalmGilead Bud... 38@ 40 Anthemis...... 18@ 95 | Sanguinaria. “PO. 15 @ 18| Bismuth §.N. ..... 140@ 150 Matricaria .......... 90@ m5 | Serpentaris ... . = 35 | Caloium Chior. — 68 eee © | Calcium Chlor., 10 Folia Similax, erin H @ 40/ Calcium Chlor., _ $ 12 Baresma......5 0... 5. 2 BW) smlax Mw. . @ 2/| Cantharides, Rus. @ ®& Cassia Acutifol, Tin- SGlie |, 10@ 12} Capsici Fructus, af. @ bb HMEVGlly...... 0... 18@ 2% en Feeti- Capsici Fructus, po. @ 1 Cassia AcutifolAlx,. 2@ 30} Gus, po......... |. @ 25| Capsici FructusB ;po @ 5 Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana ,Eng.po.30 @ 2%5/| Caryophyllus ib Pa 14 and 65..0... 2.3) 12@ 20| Valeriana, German. 15@ 20/ Carmine, No. ab. @ 3 00 tietm Sa 10| Aimgibers 12@ 16] Cera Alba.. 50@ 55 iii Aasiers. |. 2@ 27| Cera Flava........_” 40@ 42 Acacia, Ist picked... @ 65 Some Cot neces g 33 Acacia, 2d picked. @ | Anisum..... Pe . 2S CO) eae @ 10 Acacia, 3d picked. @ 35 —— — eons) 18 15 | petasenin| @ 4 Acacia, sifted sorts. @ ~~ 28} Bird, Is. | 4@ 6| Chloroform, 60@ 63 Acacia, po....... ... 60@ 80| Carui........: i 1@ Chloroform squibbs @115 Aloe, Barb. po.18@20 12@ 14|Cardamon........... 1 2@ 1 %| Ghioral H = gy ris 65@ 1 90 Aloe, Cape....po.15 @ 12] Coriandrum......._! 8@ 10] Ghondrus’ NO | 35 Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 30 | Cannabis Sativa. . 4@ 4% | Cinchonidine P&W 25 35 Ammoniac.......... BE 60 pe ain minis atin oes 75@ 1 00 | Ginchonidine. G PQ 30 Assafcetida....po.30 25@ 28| Chenopodium ...... 10@_ 12! Cocaine ves 30@ 3 50 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 | Dipterix — 1 80@ 1 90} Corks, list dis. 2 Catechu, Is..... 1... @ 13| Feniculum. © Sica @ Catechu, %s......... @ 14| Feenugreek,po...._| = Jit. mse 6 3 Catechu, 1¢s......... OC ee 3%@ 4% | Greta, prep. @ 5 Camphore .. 38@ 42) Lini, grd....bbl.3% 4@ 4% Creta. a %@ 11 Euphorbium. “po. 35 @ 0) topes oo 35@ 401! Greta? Rubra @ s&s Galbanum..- 2.2... @ 1 0 Pharlaris Canarian. 4@ 4%/Grocus......0177” 18@ 20 Gamboge po........ me ieee <4@ 5|\ Gadbear "77 @ 24 Guaiacum.. po. B @ 30 Sinapis Aiba... 9@ 10 Cupri Sulph ee ere 5@ or oom... Po. 83.00 @ 3 00) Sinapis Nigra....... @ 12) Dextrine...//2.°'7") 10@ 12 — cree testes ees = - Spiritus Ether Sulph....._. B@ 9 yITn......... Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 259} Emery, all — @ 5 a ©. Soa, ‘0 3 ae 4 = Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 00 2 95 | Emery, po.. @ 6 Shellac, bleached... 4o@ 45 | Frumenti..... 1 25@ 1 50| Ergota.._...-..po.40 30 35 : g Juniperis Co. 0. T.. 1 65@ 2 00 | Flake ite... R@ Tragacanth st teeeeee 50@ 80 Juniperis Co........ 1 7@ 3 50+ ee @ B Herba Saacharum N. E . 1 9@ 2 10 Germoter, 8@ 9 Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli 1 7%5@ 6 50 | Gelatin, Cooper. . <@ 6 Eupatorium .oz. pkg og} Vit Oporto... 1 25@ 2 00 Gelatin, French..... 35@ 60 Lobelia...... oz. pkg 25 | Vint Alba........... 1 25@ 2 00 Glassware, yon box 60 Majorum |. .0z. pkg 28 Sponges an 9@ 12 Menthe Fip.. — Die = Florida sheeps’ wool @iue, white... 1@ 25 = - = 99 | catriage........... 2 50@ 2 75 | Glycerina.... 0) .. 54@ 2 tide one gg | Nassau sheeps wool Grana Paradisi .... @ 15 tuyaea. Ves nae og | c@rriage........... @200|Humulus........ 2@ 55 y PKB Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chlor Mite @ 8 Magnesia. wool, Carriage. .... @ 1 25 | Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ % Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60| Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @ Carbonate, Pat... 20@ 22| wool. carriage.. @ 1 00 | Hydraag Ammoniati @ 1 10 Carbonate, K. & M.. 20@ 25] Grass sheeps’ wool, HydraagUnguentum 45@ 55 Carbonate, Jennings og 86) Carriage...) | @ 1 00| Hydrargyrum....... a 7 Hard, for slate use. @ %5/| Ichthyobolla, Am.. 6@ Oleum Yellow Reef, for PAGIPO 75@ 1 00 Absinthium..... ... $500 3%) slate use... ...... @140 —— Resubi...... 3 3 big : = Amygdalz, Dule.. OGOCOTM ei Amyedalz, Amare _ 8 00@ 8 = Syrups Po ee @ 22% it. Soe eee ee > 10 2 20 | Acacia............ ; @ 50| Lycopodium ........ se 45 Sei es. boa 2 25@ 2 40 | Auranti Cortes...... @ 50| Macis 75 Bereamit. ¢.. | 3 0bay 8 Zingiber, | @ 50| Liquor Arse et by- ol: ee 80@ 985 | Ipecac. @ Gi drarmio.. |. @ B Se 80@ 8! Ferriiod..... ..... @ 50| LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 isa.) Ce Gb | ene Arom oo... @ 50| Magnesia, Sulph.. “2 8 cueecanask iia oe @ 2 75 | Smilax Officinalis 50@ 60} Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1% Cinnamonii......... 1 60@ 1 70| Senega.............. @ 50} Mannia,S.F........ 50Q@ 60 Cisronella ta §45@ 80] Seillw... 217 @ 60|Menthol... 10.5) @2% | ono Ae F RE ° ° Gow ! | Morphia, S.P.& W... 2 55@ 2 80/Sinapis.............. @ 18| Linseed, pure raw.. 35 38 oe ‘Ss. N.Y. = & | Sinapis, opt... é 30 | Linseed, bol 2d 37 = 2 45@ 2 70/ Snuff, Maceaboy, De | Neatsfoot, winterstr 6 7 PP th Canton... @ 2 Vere... @ 34] Spirits Turpentine 34 40 Myristica, No.1..... 6@ 80} Snuff,Scotch,DeVo's @ 34| Nux Vomica.. - po.20 @ 10| Seda Boras....... 9@ ii} Os Sena. 15@ 18] Soda Boras, po.... 9@ ii} Pepsi Saac, H. & P. | Soda et Potass Tart. 26@ 28 | Bua Vanati a @ 1 00/ Soda, Carb...... 1%4@ 21 Oehte valio Picis Liq. N.N.% gal. | Seda, Bi-Garb...___. Bae) | | Sl ae ] doz a. @ 2 00| Soda, Ane, 34%@ 4] Put ty. Pieis Liq., qu arts... @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2s nee’; Picis Lig., pints. .... @ %/| Spte. Cologne........ @2 oly ermi ior i Pil Hydrarg.. -po. 80 @ 50] Spts. Ether Co..... 50Q 55} mericar 13@ 15 Piper Nigra...po. 22. @ 18/Spt Myrcia Dom. @ ° 00! vermilic iy i a been | ee Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30} Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. is a hey . aa an aa Piix Burgun........ @ 7) Spe Vini Rect. %bbi @ 2 57 Ghican, Lost a 3@ 18 Piumpi Acet.....__. 10@__—12| Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ 2 60} Le; d, Red insular ) ° So o 2 09° 0° eo ° 9 0J0¢50 ° Oo 5) $0 oO Bore Yoro ° ‘J ° Oo FS) 50 ° °o ° ° 9 3 ‘0°. 08. ° ov Dee ow Q 099K0 a C) 6 io? ° ° OS) So 2 Brolo Bolo ° 2 o OF) So , o and w AND PURSES ell assorted line of Ladies’ Pocket Books Ladies’ Purses Gentlemen’s Pocket Books Gentlemen’s Purses And invite your inspection and order a Se : Drug Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POCKET BOOKS We shall sample in a few days a large Hazeltine & Perkins oo 0 Yo Sow oO 9 o 2s 3 on {eo o G J ° o Sc] 098.09 9 1O%n0 o o °o 0 2APfo0 So 3 o 0° a o ° o.? oxo ow o D2 ACTa oO °o o o ° elo Fo 9 Solo ° Bho os PEPE ‘oe io y o£) os Ce So (Fo ° J Boro co os o ae o' U e 2 ao Ie $0 ° A] Oo DGrn9 0)5eb 9.100) a% ‘OS Go (4 of Gho 3 xd wt ° o Pees O° § oe AC S o iL Cro ue ¢ Nope 3° ° o Oo Gro $) GAO DO.°8 Hao ALS 9 POOR PCRS CONE R< 9 O25 a4 RL BRK 2 Pa(0e Ga POX < 975 adele eure ° ows o Sowsewsa ° a o I aS ‘oF, P26 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 our aim to make t poor credit. 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 his feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE —-. Z. gross ee 6 00 eer or... 60 7 00 Diamond. I 4 00 Prazers... aD 9 00 IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 Pica, tin boxes. ....... = 9 00 reracon... .. 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. - 2 come ee 45 [ip meer. ........ 85 Dia a... ... 1 Acme. 4 Ib Cans 3 doz.........006 45 i Canes One,........... v6) . i eamei Gor... ..... 1 00 ae 10 Arctic. S oz. Eng. Tumbliers........ 85 El Purity. ¥4 lb cans per doz......... 75 46 Ib Cans per doz ........ 1 20 l cans per Gos......... 2 00 Home. lq lb Cans 4 doz case...... 35 % lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 Ib cans 2 doz case...... 90 lq lb cans, 4 doz case... % lb cans, 4 doz case. Ib cans, 2 doz case...... 1 60 Jersey Cream. 1 Tb. cans, per doz. ... 2 00 9 oz. cans, per doz.. is 6 oz. Cans, per doz.... 85 Our Leader. ip cams........_.. 45 \% Ib cans......... 7 : meee 1 50 Peeries a 85 ueen Flake, Son. OG Gon Canc... 27 Son. S08. cacc _.._....... 3 Pen. (oe, Ceoe............ 4 80 ip. 2 oe Gane............ 4 00 Bip., b@er. cane... ....... 9 00 pee Soe 40 Large, 2 doz. vis) BROOMS. mete... 1 90 no cca. ..SCk 1% ee, ne. erpes................ FB rarer ems... 2 00 (Common Whisk............ @ Bancy Whisk. ........ 80 Wasomouse .............. 22 CANDLES. CANNED GOODS. Manitowoc Peas. Lakeside Marrowfat....... Rae e 7 1% Lakeside, Cham. of Eng.... Lakeside, Gem. Ex. Sifted. Extra Sifted Early June.... CATSUP. Columbia, pints.......... 2 00 Columbia, % pints..........1 25 CHEESE ae ........... 2. @ 9% os . ........... @ 9% Bumecreas........... = 38 Carson City.......... @ 8% Pacer. @ 9% ae @ 10 | @ 9% eee @ 9% ienawee....--..-... @ 8 everssae..... @ 9% eee @ 5s Springdale.:... .... @ ee @ il Es @ 7 wn ea v Limbuper .......... @ 12 Pineappie............ 50 @ 8& Sap Sage............ @ 17 Chicory. Bulk ‘ 5 Red 7 CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & = s. German Sweet ........ 23 ee 34 Breakfast Cocoa............ 45 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz....... 1 00 Cotton, 50 ft, per doz....... 1 20 Cotton, @ ft, per dos....... 1 40 Cotton, 70 ft, per doz....... 1 60 Cotton, 80 ft, per dosz....... 1 80 Jute, G@ ft. per dos......... 8 sate. 72. oe oe: COCOA SHELLS. oom bars... _. -_ Less quantity ee 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAM TARTAR. 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes..30-35 COFFEE. Green. Rio. Se. 9 Goan: 10 Pree 11 Goes 12 Feapercsy —.._...._.-..... 13 a. air. 12 Good 13 Prime .-..- 4 ————————ee -15 Mexican and Guatamala. L Fair 15 G8 Fancy Prose... .-- g Mike... .... ee Java. Pee ee Private Growth........--.-..- 20 Mandeniing.........--... 21 Imitation ...... Arabian Roasted. ‘Nark-Jewell- Wells Co. —— Fifth Avenue. Jewell’s Arabian Mocha... 3 Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24 Wells’ Perfection Java..... 24 Bameneee........... +... 4, 21 Breakfast Blend........... 18 Valley City Maracaibo. oe ee, Leader Blend....... .. .-.. 3 Package. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your. shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including weight of package, also %e a pound. In 601b. cases the list is 10c per 100 lbs. above the price in full cases. Arbuckle . Jersey .. oe. McLaughtin’ s xx*y MecLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago. Extract. Valley City % gross Motix & groes...... ..... ! Humme!’s foil % gross... Hummel’s tin & grogs 1 — PINS. 5 groge box CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle.........6 % Crown ...... 6 25 Daisy ...... 5% Champion 4 50 Magnolia 42 Challenge. 3 35 3 35 COUPON BOOKS. Universal Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000 books, any denom... “120 00 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Reoc: ene BD DRIED FRUITS—DONESTIC Apples. Banoriee... cs... @5 Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @ 8 ifornia Fruits Apreenen. cS @sS% Biackberrices........... mea De eee cans @ 7% — ieee a 6%O 7 eee. 8 @7% Pitted — Ce Pree Baspbherries........ ... California Prunes. 100-120 25 Ib boxes....... @ 90-100 25 Ib boxes. @5 80 - 90 25 lb boxes....... @ 70 - 80 25 lb boxes....... @ 60 - 70 25 lb boxes.. .... @ 5% 50 - 60 25 lb boxes....... @ 6% 40 - 50 25 lb boxes....... @9 30 - 40 25 1b boxes..... @ i¢ cent less in 50 1b cases Raisins. London Layers 3 Crown. 1 London Layers 4 Crown. 1 Dehenwas............ Loose Muscatels2 Crown 3X Loose Muscatels3 Crown 4% Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 5% FOREIGN. Currants. Petras bbls... @ 7% Vostizzas 50 Ib cases......@ 7% Cleaned. balk ...........- @ 8% Cleaned. —- ce @ 8% i Citron American 10lb bx @13 Lemon American 10 Ib bx @12 Orange American 10]1b bx @i2 Raisins Ondura 28 Ib Saaee. -8 @8K Sultana | Crown....... @ Sultana 2Crown ..... Sultana 2 Crown... ... Sultana 4Crown....... Snitana & Crawn @ @i% @ Sultana 6 Crown..... . are Sultana package....... EARN CEOUS GooDs. Farina. 211b. packages.-........ 1 50 Bulk, per —- ou Se 3 50 rits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. 343 Ib. packages.,........ -. 200 ot. kes 3 00 £00 tb. barrels... ..........3 Hominy. ‘ eS Flake, 50 lb. drums....... 1 00 S. Dried times . 3% Medium Hand Picked... Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 101b. box...... 60 a ee 2 50 Tradesman Grade. Pearl _——- 50 books, any denom.... 1 50] Common.... .............. 17% 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 | Chester .. ................ 2 00 500 books, amy Gonom....7) 50 i Euapire ....:........-.._.. 3 00 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Peas. Economic Grade. Green, bu.. oe 50 books, amy denom.... 1 50| Split, per be 2% 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 Rolled Oats. 500 books any denom....11 50} Rolled Avena, bbl.......4 00 1,000 books. any denom....20 00 | Monarch, bbl........... 3% Superior Grade. Monarch. % bbl.......... 2 00 50 books, any denom.... 1 50} Monarch, 90 1b sacks...... 1 80 100 books, any denom.... 2 50| Quaker. cases. ........... 3 20 500 books, any denom....11 50} Huron, cases.............. 1% 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Sago. Coupon Pass Books, Gorman... .25....---s5.- 4 Can be made to represent any | East India........... - oe denomination from $10 down. Tapioca. Weems... 1 — Sicceceeae cece sees 3% MP OOGRS os Seer Pear. ge 35g Deusen. co 3 00 ase 40 1 lb. pkges.... 5 Sons... ¢ Wheat. See penne... 10 00 | Cracked, bulk............. 314 M000 books...... ........... 17 50 | 2421b packages Sibecs pee ee 2 50 Salt Fish. Cod. Georges cured......... @ 4 Georges genuine...... @5 Georges selected...... @ 5% Strips or bricks. ...... 6 @9 tierring. Holland white hoops, bbl. Holland white hoop %bbl 2 75 iomend, i bi........... 1 30 Holand white hoop, keg. 30 Holland white hoop mchs 85 ORCNNAMA , , a mound to ............. 2 75 mound @ ite............. 1 30 POR 13 Mackerel. Bess 100 ths........... ... BO mess 40206. ..........._. 6 30 Mem 2 is....... ....... 1S mens 5 108.2... 8. 135 Ne 1 Mite... 13 2 No.1 401bs. 5 60 (OO 1 48 Moe. t Sipe. 1 20 No.2 eee... ..........- 8 50 Hot Sims... ....:..5... 3 70 moe. We 1 09 Mo.S Sies.:. 83 Trout No. 1 100 !bs 5 3 Mo. 1 sO 1ps....... 2 40 No.1 iG ibs. 68 No.1. §& ibs. 57 Whitefish. No.1 No.2 Fam ite. ...__-- 6 65 23 Sits ..... 3 - 1 20 io ibs cee ge 38 Sim... : 88 33 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. via) 00 40 Oz esc On : 4 00 8...2 40 Yo. 10. .6 00 . 10...4 00 No. 27.1 25 27. & Yo. 3 T.2 00 . Sa oo No 4T.2 40 No. 47.1 50 Northrop Brand. Le Van. 2o0z. Taper Panel.. 75 [_a) (2en. (wal.......... 75 1 90 | 3 oz. Taper Panel..1 35 2 00 4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60 2 2 . Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb boxes......... 55 8. F., 2,3 and 5 lb boxes.... 50 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. Meee ee 4 00 arr ooee........._........ 2 oo Quarter Kegs....... eee 1% ee eS ee 30 PD Cane. 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. ee 4B oat is a oo ae Quarter Kegs. poe 13 Di COG. ot ese. 34 Eagie Duck—Dupont’s. ee 8 00 Bat Meee 4 25 Mpueroer mers... 8. 2 2 I 45 JELLY. Diy paes.........c. | Oth pAus.... 65 LYE. Condensed, 2 doz 1 2 Condensed. 4 doz 22 LICORICE. = ee eee eee, 25 a 14 Root.. 10 MINCE MBAT. Ideal, 3 doz. in case.........2 2 MATCHES. Se Match Co.’s —— No. o npr... Anchor Parlor..... it No.2 Home.... .-. re Brpoe Parlor... . 4 00 MOLASSES. New Orleans. Black 11 oe 14 eee 20 Fancy ... Reece a 24 Open merge .25@35 Half-barrels 2c extra. MUSTARD. Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 75 Horse Radish, 2 doz.........3 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz.. .... 1 eer a oe oe.............. 1 70 Clay, T. > fall count. .... AB Oem, 8.6.0.0... 85 POTASH. 48 cans in case. Renee Se 4 00 Poenme Galt Co.’s.......... 3 00 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1.200 count........ 5 °0 Half bbls, 600 count........ 3 90 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count....... 6 00 | Half bbls 1.200 count..... 3 £0 RICE. Domestic. Carolina head.... ......... 6% Carenume oe.i ............ 5 Carouns No.2............. 4 ee 3% imported. Japan, 70.8... 63% r Japan, No. 2.. a Java, fancy head 6 anne, tO. 1... 5% “eo |... SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. EOE ee 3 3C WOM 2.08 3 15 TI a ib ewe ck ee 3 Teper es... 8. 3 00 60 Ib case $3.15 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis.......... 7 Granulated, 100 lb cases.. 9J icmp be. 2... 5.8... 7 Lump, 1451b Rees. ...225... 85 SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 3 Maccaboy, in jars........... 3 French .ppee, in jars..... 43 SEEDS. Po en es ea 9 Canary, Smyrna. .......... 3% etm. g Cardamon, Malabar ..... 6) rete ese oe sks 1] Hemp, Russian.......... 3% Mixed Bird.. i in Mustard, white.. — = ope... lu nape i% Cuttic Beme... . 20 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Table. cases, 24 3-lb boxes. .1 50 Table, barrels, 190 3 1b bags.2 75 Table, barrels, 407 1b bags.2 40 Butter, barrels, 2801]b. bnik.2 25 , Butter, barrels, 20 14 — 2 = Butter, sacks, 28lbs.. Butter, sacks, 56 lbs....... i! SE Common Grades. MOS Ibescks..... ......... 1 90 SOS eRerS. 8 ee 2S te aaeks. ...... 1 60 Worcester. SO 4 Jb. cartons...........8 1 2410 SReeR..... . 25... 4 00 OO 5 ib. seeks... ....-.... 3% 22 1b saeks..... ..... 3 S80 sui 1G, sacks... 3... 2. 3 50 28 Ib. linen saeks............ 32 SG 1b. nen SACKS............ 60 Bwik t barrels... .......... 2 50 Warsaw. 56-Ib dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-1b dairy iniinen sacks... 60 Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks 60 Solar Rock. Seip SQems le ee Common. Granulated Fine............ 70 Medium Fine............... ‘ SOAP. Gast & Pulte’s Brands. White Rose, 100 bars, 7" lbs.2 75 White Rose, 5 box Int... ..- 2 60 White Rose, 10 b -x lot..... 2 50 G. & P.’s Leader, 100 bars...2 70 G. & P.’s Leader, 5 box lot.2 2 40 G. & P.’s Leader, 10 box lot.2 30 EPS} © Single box.. eo 5 box lots. delivered. 10 box lots. delivered.. JAS. 8. KIRK & 60. 8 Rm American Family, wrp’d.. TOROS sets... Cabinet i White Russian.... ... White Cloud, laund White Cloud, toilet.. Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz Blue India, 100 3% 1b Kirkoline.......... ue ee Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. . ‘iclohiia ew isieeeeelt SSSSSSRRSSRS 100 cakes, 75 lbs. Binge POR. ss. sc. ee es 5 6Ok 1068... 5. WO WR TOR hos eek ceca ne wo DOE MONS. 5... cel, Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars ..2 7% ee ae ee wnwnwe Good Cheer, mo 1-lb. bars....3 7 Uno, 100 %- Tb. bars.......... 2 50 Doll, 100 10-oz. bars......... 2 05 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, $doz .......- 2 40 SODA. ee, i ia 5% Kegs. s English Sees pies aauwes 4% MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2 SPICES. Whole Sifted. ACG 13 Cassia, China in mats....... 1z Cassia, Batavia in bund....25 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna........... i4 Cloves, Zanzibar...... 2 Mace, Batavia ..... iD Nutmegs, fancy .......... .6u Nutmegs, No. 1. Nutmegs, No. S| Pepper, Singapore, ‘plack...11 Pepper, Singapore, white...12 Pepper SNOe |... 12 Pure Ground in Bulk. Alispice ... .. i 15 Cassia, Cee im? Cassia, Beer... |e Cloves, Zangibar. ...........14 Gamger, African: ........ ip Ginger, Cochin .......-...- Ginger, Jamaica Ihestalecary ee Dace, Batavia. .. 1.0.0... . asia 12@1 Natmeen ... 1U@ Q Pepper, Sing , black ........ 12 Pepper, Sing., white..... ..20 Pepper, Cayenne Te Zu See 15 SYRUPS Corn. Barrels..... 15 Hf bbls vy Pure Cane. _ Kingsford’s Corn. 40 1-1) paOKBGeR......... 2... 6 20 1 Ib packages............. 6% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 40 t-Ib packages............. 6% Olb boxes... q Diamond. o G4 We packages ........... 00 128 5¢ packages.. --+ --5 00 32 10c and 64 5c packages.. -5 00 Common Corn. 1 peeceaees.......... .. 5 i paceeeee ............ 43% 201 401 Common Gloss. i-tb packages............... 43g 3-lb packages.. 4h (ib pecHAgee 2.8. ol. 45g 40 and 50 Ib boxes........... 344 Barres ......_. 2 STOVE POLISH. Or Tt Re ad i aes (pr EoUED \ 4 50 7 No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross. . SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to hisshipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight cf the barrel. Pee 5 &8 Cit beets. 5 88 Crmshee 5 88 Coen 4... ....,.. 5 63 Pome oo 5 63 RUas Powdered...........5 69 Granulated in bbls... ...... 5 38 Granulated in bags......... 5 38 Fine Granulated............ 5 38 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 50 Extra Coarse Granulated...5 50 Mima Ao ee Diamond Confec. A....... Confec. Standard A........ Es TOBACCOS. Cigars. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. New Eriem. 00 2 33 00 H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. Ciao 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. Ruhe Bros. Co.’s Brands. Double Eag'es, 6 sizes. —* 00 Gen. Maceo, d5sizes.... 55@7v 00 Mr. Thomas. . 35 vv Cuban Hand Made.. 35 00 (roen Pive........... 25 00 Siz William... 35 00 Clan Mive. 35 vO Gens. Grant and ae 35 00 Little Peggy pa 35 00 Signal ive 35 = Knights of Pythias.... 35 00 Key West Perfects,2sz 55@60 00 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large.. Lea & Perrin’s, small... Halford, farse | | Halford ‘small ce oe. Salad Dressing, large..... Salad Dressing, small VINEGAR. Malt White Wine, 40 grain.... 6 Malt White Wine, 80 grain.... 9 nme wd KARAS Pere Cider “hu Pure Cider, Leroux........... 11 Pure Cider, Genesee.......... 11 Pure Cider, Hobinson....._... 11 WICKING. NOG. pereross... 25 NOL pergrose. 30 No. 2. pet Srone. 40 NO.3, per@rom: 75 Crackers. The National quotes as follows: Biscuit Co. Butter. Seyinour XXX. 534 Seymour XXX. 31b. carton 614 Family Se 534 Salted XXX | New York XXX.. 4 MoOlverine 0 614 SOMO ik% Soda. Soda XXX. 614 Soda XXX, 31b carton. 6%; Soda, City ... 8 Long Island Wafers...._.. 1 L. 1. Wafers, | lb carton .. 12 Zephyrette. . 10 Farina Oy-~ ter ee ee ee a34 Extra Farina Oyster....... 614 SWEET GOoDS—Boxes. Animals ...... . 10% Bent’s Water.. . 15 Cocoanut Tatty ee oc aay 10 Coffee Cake, Java.. ale Coffee Cake: Iced. ..... ... 10 Cracenelic 15% Caparo, 11% Frostea Cream...) 9 Ginger Gems .. JS Ginger Snaps, XXX........ a Graham Crackers ........ Graham Waters........_.. 10 Grand Ma Cakes......._.... 9 Seperiaie 8 Jumples, Honey........... 11% Marshmguow ............. 15 Marshmallow Creams..... 16 Marshmallow Walnuts . 16 Mich. Frosted Honey.... 12% Molasses Cakes............ 8 Rewien tl .. 12 Nie Nacs.. ee 8 Orange Goma... 5.0)... 8 Penny Assorted Cakes..... 8% Pretzels, hand made ..... 8 a ee % moess Camo... 8 Sugar Sqnarcs............ 9 Vanilia Waters........... 14 puranas eS Oils. Barreis. mocene. 0... @i1% XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt @ 9% W W Michigan........ @ 8% Diamond Jee @ 7% . Gas.. eag cea @9 Deo. Naptha . - @7 Cylinder..... -.25 @34 fmgeme... 1... 1), ge Boe’ winter es Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, % gal., per doz.. Lac. 1 to 6 gal., per gal.. —.. « 8 gal., Caen 3 gal Gach... 48 12 gal., each. : — oF 15 gal. meat- tubs, each... 90 20 gal. meat-tubs, each....1 20 25 gal. meat-tubs, each....2 25 30 gal. meat- tubs, each....23 7 Churns, 2toGgal., pergal. .. __. 5 Churn Dashers, per doz... & Milkpans. Ye gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 45 1 gal. fatorrd. bot.,each 4% Fine Glazed Milkpans. % gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each Stewpans. % gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 60 5% 85 1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.1 10 Jugs. “eal perdes.. oe. perce. lt... - Dteo gal. pergal.......__ 5% Tomato Jugs. 4 Gal., per d0€..,......... 42 DORE Cae 5% Corks for % gal., per doz.. 20 Corks for 1 gal., per doz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. 4% gal., stone cover, doz... 7% 1 gal., stone cover, doz.. it 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, per Ib.. 2 LAMP BU; RNERS. Do ee 35 PO 49 NGO So 58 Ne 2500... Ll, 1 00 wo 50 BOcCariy. NO £............. 60 Security, No. 2.. £0 Nuatmes ...... 50 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. Per box of 6 doz. ee setee cuca ce, 32 No. Loe. 1 43 BOSS 218 First Quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 10 No. oon, crimp two op, wrapped and revs 2 2 No. 2 Sun, crimp oP, wrapped and caaed 3 25 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp wrapped and labeled. 2 55 No. Sun, crim top, wrapped and labeled. .. 2 %5 No. = Sun, crimp to P, wrapped and labeled.... 3 75 CHIMNEYS—Peari Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped and lgneicg. No. 2 a wrapped and IAneiogd.......... 70 No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labele 4 83 No. 2 ra “Small ‘Bulb, ” for Globe a6. ....... 80 La Bastie. No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per doz No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per ae. : 15 No. 1 Crimp, per dos....... 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. 1 60 Rochester, No. 1, Lime (65¢ doz). .... 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70¢ doz)...... 4 06 No. 2, Flint (Ue doz)...... 4 70 Electric. No. 2, Lime (70c doz) ..... 4 00 No. 2) Flint (80e doz)...... 4 40 OIL CANS, Doz. 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 t gal galv iron with spout. 1 55 2 gal galy iron with spout. 2 75 3 gal galv iron with spout. 3 5u 5 gal galv iron with spout. 4 75 3 gal galv iron with faucet 4 75 5 gal galv iron with faucet 5 25 5 gal Tilting cans.......... 8 00 5 gal galv iron Nacefas.. "9 00 Pump Cans, 5 gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 5 gal Eureka non- er 10 56 13 gal Home Rule..... _.... 10 50 5 gal Home Rule.. -12 00 5 gal Pirate King.. toca. a oo LANTBRNS, No: G@2apelar .... ...... 4 20 No t@ Tubwier...... ... 6 25 No. " Tubular Dash. -- GGG No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14 OC | No. 3 Street Lamp — - 8&6 ——_ GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents.. ... 45 No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz. each, box 15 cents....... 45 No. 0 oe bbls 5 doz. Caen, Oia My. ....... 35 No. 0 Tubular, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each. -ceccce 1 25 LAMP WICKS, No. O per groas....., |. pb) No. 2 per srogs............. 21 No. 2 per gross... | Se No. 3 per groes....... a on Candies. Grains and Feedstuffs Provisions. Stick Candy. Wheat. —— a eee bbls. pails Wheat... 65 Barreled Pork. Deeae............ 6%@ 7 Winter Wheat Flour. Mess 975 Standard H. H...... 6%@ 7 fae 1 00 Standard Twist..... 6 @8 Loca] Brands. Cut Loaf @ 8% Clear back. 1i Ou ee cases Patents -——. i 4% = . = 26 % 6% | Seco a 4 a ~Sarziel “gla in Oo igang Se 9 50 extra @ 8% | Straight 3 5 Boston Cream...._. a 3 30 Se ee 10 50 Crane a7 Dry Salt Meats. Mixed Candy. — sitter etee ee aes ; wo Be 634 Competition......... @ 6% Subject to usual cash dis- a 8 Standard............ Ee Eee SOE sala oss Conserve...... ..... @7%{| Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- Smoked Meats. OVS ce @ 7% | ditional. Hams, 12 lb average .... 8 Ribbon..... ee @ 8% Hams, 14 lb average 8% Heaken @ 8% | Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | Hams, 16 1b ay erage..... 8 Cut Boat @ 8% | Diamond, \s................ 4 00 | Hams, 20 Ib average... 7% English Rock....... S| | Diamond, ta...) | *"2"4 00 | Ham dried beef... 71"! . Kindergarten....... @ 8% | Diamond, Ks. i 400 oa ¥. cut). oe hace 7. Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. | California hams......._. Valley Cream.. @iz2 | Quaker, %s................. 3 90 | Boneless hams........... i Quaker, 4s....... / 3 99] Cooked ham............ 10@13 Pancy—In Bulk. Guaer se Sigg Lards. In Tierces Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% ae Com ound... oe i 4 pring Wheat Flour. = Gee ee ek pees women nes | a — ——— 3'3 Pillsbury’s Best %s_____... 5 15 = = re os. oo % Moss Drops....... @ 8 Pillsbury’s Best \4s.. . 5 Oo nike al rie € x Gous Died. @ 9 Pilisbury’s Best %s....._.. 493 10 1b P ie te i nce 28 fmt @9Q | Lillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 95 | 10 ib ape +++ Avance % rats Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper.. 4 95 | 24D Palls...... advance | o1b Pate... ._. advance 1} Fancy—In § Ib. Boxes. Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Lemon Drops....... Belogna 7 5% Seue Drops... @5O iver... ._. 6% Peppermint Drops.. @60 Frankfort... z Chocolate Drops.... @60 nik Fee ee 6% H. M. Choe. Drops.. aS) lc Oe oh) le Gum Drops......... @30 Licorice Drops...... @i5 A. B. Licorice a @50 Lozenges, plain.. @5v Lozenges, printed.. @50 Imperials ee cee. @5v MEOCLOCR @is Cream Bar.......... @0 Pigs’ Feet. Molasses Bar ....... @50 Kits, 15 Ibs Hand Made Creams. 80 @I1 00 ig bbls, 40 Ibs. Plain Creams....... 60 @9 % bbls, 80 lbs Decorated Creams.. @90 —_ Serine Rock... |. @60 Kits, 15 lbs.. a Burnt Almonds..... 15 @ \% bbls, 40 EN 1s Wintergreen Berries @60 % bbls, Sethe... 2 25 Caramels. ek. Casings. : No. eee, = ip. Beef rounds. TE “3 bo @35 Beef middl r on wGGICe 10 -_ a wrapped, a 50 Duluth pecoae ‘ea. 4 75 Sheep | ian co 60 enned o 1h : Dulutb Imperial, 4s. ..... 4 65 i / . No.2 wrapped, 2 ib, Duluth Imperial, %s....... 455] Rolls, dairy............ - Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand. Rolls, creamery Me 14 ° ' »- | SOlid, creamery 13% Gold Medal 4¢s.......... 43 Fruits. Gold Medal tgs...) 4 65 Canned Meats. Gold Medal %s............. 4 55 | Corned beef, 2 lb ...... 2 50 Oranges. aniet See 4 75 | Corned beef, iW - ee 1s 50 Parisian, Ye |. 4 63| Roast beef, 2 Ib...) 2. % 35 Medt Sweets........ @3 00 | Parisian! s.......0001. 2 455 | Potted ham, ie 50 Late Valencias ..... @3 50 Potted ham, is....... 90 Olney & Judson’s Brand. Deviledham, 4s... __. 50 Lemons. ee 5 00 sarin a - eon . Ceresota, 48...... ee eee a 4 90 ed tongue 44s..... 5 Strictly choice 360s.. Go 00) Boog en Potted tongue Ks...... 9u Strictly choice 300s.. @5 00 | CeTesota, 48.. -........0., ee Hindi till Fancy 36uUs or 300s... @45 50; Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. a Ex.Faney 200s... . @GC | tagrel 500 | 1 Ex.Paney 360s. ..... @6 00 taunt oA ee 3 00 __ Fresh Meats. Eamel 4a... 4 90 Bananas. Meal Beef. Medium bunches...1 2 @I 50 Bolted . r 199 arene tteeeees b4@ 7% Large bunches...... 175 @2 00) Granulated 1212701771" 210 cee 8 2 ; Foreign Dried Fruits. Feed and Millstuffs. — Ho ge r = Figs. St. Car Feed. screened ....17 00 :-* 2 | No. 1 Corn and Oats..... “116 59 Rounds «.. can 1A@ 8 Choice, 101b boxes. . @ ] CAMCES............ 6 @ 6% : Unbolted Corn Meal....... 15 50 | Plates 3 4 se @ | Winter Wheat Bran... 14 09 | 1 BUSS ------.-----.-.- @ s.. Winter Wheat Middli cade Fancy, 12 lb boxes... @ 15} gereenings.. — lings. a = sina imperial Mikados, 18 reese 8 |... 44%@ 5 Th boxes! @ Corn. Ba @ 7% Pulled, 6 1b boxes. . @ Oar tots __.) ae SOMIGCHS, 2 | G6 Naturals, in bags. . @ 644 | Less than car lots......... 49 | Leaf Lard...........|. 6%4@ Dates. , Oats. Mutton. Fardsin 10 1b boxes @s_ | Car lots. ... 28 | Carcass .... -7 @8 Fards in 60 Ib cases @6 Carlots, clipped |. --+++ 30 Spring Lambs.. -9 @l Persians, G. M’s..... @5 Less than car lots. _.. i. o 1b cases, new...... @é6 Hay. i Veal. : Sairs, 601b cases.... @ 4% | No. 1 Timothy carlots..... 9 09 | Carrass 7 @8 No. 1 Timothy, ton lots....10 00 | — Nuts | Hides ore Pelts. , Fish and Oysters ae er e Cappon & Bertscb Leather Almonds, Tarragona. . @13 Fresh Fish. Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as Almonds, Ivaca....... @ Per Ib, | follows: a oe Ce .--. @ 8 — soft shelled......... Trout ...... . @ & e Bragiia new... ....._. @ 7% | Black Bass. as - - Jee eeeee sees e — Cites (ae. oo. Cant !lUES Walnuts, Grenobles .. @i3 Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4 C Mdno se @ 8% Walnuts, Calif No.1. @10 /| Bluefish............. @ © | Gutsin, pecntei O93” Walnuts, soft shelled Live Lobster....... © © | canbun oeehes a 2% Calif. --...--..---0 0, @ Boiled Lobster... .. @ 18 | Gaifskins’ cured No. 1 @10%4 | Table Nuts, fancy.. @i0 Coe @ 10 Calrckins. cured No. 9 @ a Table — @ : Haddoce 0) @ 8 ae Th Pecans, Med....... ... @ No. 1 — ee 8 Pelts. Pecans, Ex. Large.. @l0 Pike Co g 7 Pecans, Jumbos....... @i2 Pere @ 4 Pele, eaeh. 12... 50@1 00 Hickory Nuts per bu., Smoked White...... - & Ohio, new. i000: @1 60 | Red Snapper........ @ 10 Tallow. Cocoanuts, full sacks @3 50 | Col River Salmon. @ 12 _ Aas RO @3 Peanuts. _ ae wo Pee @2 Fancy, H. P., Suns. @7 y . Wool. Yor a B" Flags F. H. Counts........ @ 40 oa in Hoasted ... 00. | @i7 ashed, fine ......... ‘ Choice, H. P., Exiras. @ 4% ee eae: Washed, medium...... G3 Choice, H Te _——. oe. per 100....... 1 25@1 50} Unwashed, fine.... ...11 @I3 Rnasted 5% | Clams. per 100 E 1 25 | Unwashed, medium ..16 @18 Pe 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS. Annuai Address of President Webber to the M. S. P. A. There is a large class of druggists in this State who never meet with us and have the best of reasons to offer for their absence. I mention them with a deep feeling of sympathy for their condition, knowing as I do, that in their efforts to make a living at their chosen profes- sion, they are obliged to run their store without assistance of any kind for six- teen hours a day, making it !mpossible for them to leave even tor a short time. Naturally, someone is responsible for a trade condition that obliges a man in any business to corfine himself two- thirds of the time to bis store in order to eke out an existence for himself and family. Perhaps this Association is at fault_ior not having accomplished more in the way of needed reforms during the past. I cannot heip but feel that we are not beyond criticism, but this is no time or place to mourn over what might have been. It is our duty as individuals and as an Association to better our con- dition. To accomplish very much as an Association we must have a large mem- bership. This is imperative, and let me urge upon you to suggest some means for bringing about this result. It would seem as though it would not be much of a task to get more than a membership of 200 out of a total of 3,000 registered pharmacists. I presume that the large falling off in members during the past few years is mainly due to the changing conditions of pharmacy. We are now passing through what might be called a transitory stage and the purely mercan- tile and business side of our profession wholly absorbs the average retail drug gist. In his efforts to make an honest living he is forced to carry in stock the numerous side lines found in nearly every drug store, especially the country ones. Necessarily, the professional and scientific part 1s neglected and this lack of work and study in matters pertaining to the purely professional side of bis business tends to lessen his Interest in an Association that appears to him to be wholly absorbed in the scientific. I am a firm believer in the fact that out of the present transition stage through which retail druggists of the United States are now passing, the purely profes- sional part or higher pharmacy will be separated (as 1t should be) from the com- mercial, and rise to a higher and loftier plain, without hinderance or incum- brance cf any kind, but until this ideal condition is reached we must take con- ditions as they exist, and if we find that the larger percentage of the retail drug- gists are more interested in the com- mercial than the scientific, then it is the bounden duty of this Associaiton to busy itself with that which interests the greater number. It seems to me that a large percentage of the retailers mis- apprehend our motives, and if in some way we could impress them with the fact that, as an Association, we are do- ing our level best to help them ina commercial way,it would place this As- sociation in a different light and, per- haps, make many new members. I be- lieve that you will all agree with me that the common lot of the average re- tail druggist of the present time isa hard one. Weare ridiculed and criti- cised on all sides. Our more scientific brethern complain because we do not manifest that degree of interest and en- thusiasm in purely scientific matters that they do. I confess that the en- thusiasm is lacking, but the druggist is not at fault. I think that it is general- ly conceded that no one mind can _ suc- cessfully carry on two lines of business at one and the same time, and a twenty year experience in the retail drug busi- ness, with a more or less intimate asso- Ciation with a great many of my profes- sional brethren, has proven to me con- clusively that the average retailer is kept so everlastingly busy in the scram- ble -sr daily bread that he deos not have much time left for the scientific part of his profession. Bacteriology, physico- logical chemistry and microscopy are pleasurable fields for him to explore, and fortunate, indeed, is he who has leisure to pursue them; but paramount | to this is bread and butter, and many are they who are not so particular as_ to the quality and kind. This is a minor criticism as compared to others. Our very appearances and dispositions are called into question, but is it any won- der that we are slim, slender, raw- boned, hungry looking, cranky in our dispositions when once the details of our business life is considered, when the labor we are obliged to perform in our efforts to eke out a bare existence is taken into consideration? I would like to know if there is anything about the selling and licking of postage stamps to make one fat? Will running to the tele- phone and directory help to put flesh on our bones? Is there anything about scrubbing a floor that is elevating? Does the answering of innumerable questions tend to improve our disposi- tions? Do you think that the selling of pate’ ts at actual cost helps to make us agreeable? Is it not a difficult thing to smile and look pleasant when we are constantly being called by individuals and newspapers robbers and extortion- ers, because we sell a package of salts or senna at 5 cents that perhaps cost us one and one-half cents, or a pound of sulphur at Io that cost us 3, when, as a matter of fact, if what we received from the sale of small articles was all profit, the entire day’s sales would not much more than pay us day wages. Is it any wonder that we are what we are, when the trials and tribulations of our busi- ness life are considered? These grievances of ours and our de- plorable condition naturally leads me up to the time-worn subject of price cutting and, gentlemen, I shall not crit- icise or fee] that you are showing any disrespect to me if you should desire to leave the room while I am treating this subject. The mere mention of it brings a blush to my cheek, to think that our efforts through all the years of the past have been so unsuccessful. The sub- ject has been treated by every President of this Association since ‘its organiza- tion, and [ will venture to say by the Presidents of all other state associa- tions as well. We have passed resolu- tions, appointed special committees to meet with the wholesalers and the man- ufacturers, but the cut-rate war goes merrily on. When the matter has been presented to some of the larger manu- facturers we have been politely advised to go home and attend to our own little business. They said they understood perfectly how to manage theirs, and judging them by their large accumula- tions, I guess they did. For sixteen years we have been trying to adjust the matter, but it has grown worse steadily. On every occasion we are informed of the undying love the patent medicine man has for the re- tailer, but this love ends in platitudes and soft-spoken words. They have done nothing but raise the price on some of their preparations and added insult to injury by trying to make us believe that it was in the interest of the retailer. They have opposed all legislation that was designed for the better protection of the public against unhealthful and dis- honest compounds. They have indorsed the methods established under the title of a ‘‘ National Advertiser,’’ whose ob- ject is in denouncing the retailer who sells his own product in competition with patents with unknown formulas. They publicly boast of their success in controlling legislation in their own in- terests. They tell us that they would gladly restore prices if they could. You don’t believe them, nor do I. Their seeming interest in our welfare is a de- lusion and a snare. What they are after is the Almighty Dollar, and if the de- partment store and junk shop could dis- pose of more of their preparations than we could, they would drop us too quick. Since a St. Louis druggist paid a fine of $200 fer selling a certain patent after an injunction had been served upon him restraining him, the argument that they cannot restrain the cutter has fallen through. All this is said in no spirit of criticism. My desire is to state facts as they exist. Perhaps we would do much the same if we were placed in their position, but we all agree that something ought to be done. The ques- Association Matter Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WisLeR, Mancelona; Secretary, E A. Stowz, Grand Rapids. Michigan Hardware Association President. C. G. Jewett, Howell; Secretary, Henry C. Mrinnig, Eaton Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, JosepH KNigHT; Secretary, E. MARKS, 221 Greenwood ave; Treasurer, C. H. FRINK. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, Frank J. Dyk; Secretary, HomER Kiap; Treasurer, J. Geo. LEHMAN. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREANoR; Vice-President. JoHN McBraTNIE; Secretary, W. H. LEwI1s. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, Geo. E. Lewis; Secretary, W. H. Por TER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association President, F. B. JOHNSON; Secretary, A. M. DaRLine: Treasurer, L. A. GILKEY. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLarK; Secretary, E. F. CLEVE LAND; Treasurer, Wm. C. KoEHN. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Bares; Secretary, M. B. Hotty; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Came BELL; Treasurer, W. E. Co.iins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gincurist; Seeretary, CL. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Karz; Secretary, Pore HILBER: Treasurer. S. J. HUFFoRD. St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, Tuos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. PERcY: Treasurer, CLark A. Putt. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H. W. Wattace; Secretary, T. E. HEDDLE, Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VERHoEKS POOR ECONOMY It is poor economy to handle cheap flour. It is never reliable. You cannot guaranteeit. You de not know whether it will make good bread or not. If it should not make good bread —and poor flour never does— your customer will be displeased and avoid you afterwards. You can guarantee... “Lily White” Flour We authorize you to do so. It makes good bread every time. One sack sold to-day will bring customers for two sacks Order some NOW. later on. Valley City Milling Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. crisp as at first. food products. POPP pan and oh oh ah oh uh shah ahah und shah aad aba uababahuy spopay This isn’t possible in ordinary of all other crackers. Treeererreerr errr ree teat The Keeping Qualls 0 DEUMOU CTACkEIS.2-s should commend them to the up-to-date grocer. They never become stale, for even the very old- est of them, by a little warming up, become as crackers, and it’s by using none but the choicest selected ingredients, and being mixed and baked in the improved way, that the SEYMOUR Cracker retains its hold upon the buyers of pure Always FRESH, WHOLESOME, NUTRITIVE. Has absorbing qualities far in excess ticular people, and hence brings the most accept- able class of customers to whoever sells it. Can you afford to be without it? Made only by National Biscuit Company Grand Rapids, Mich. PREEEEEEEE EEE EEE ETE ETE Is asked for most by par- “+> Fhe heh ahh ahah uhh ahah ubobuhobahahuh hahahah ib abah tion 1s, What shall it be? I realize with you that the tree is deeply rooted and that we have eaten of its fruit so long and been protected by its branches that, naturally, we bave hesitated to destroy it until practically it has destroyed us. The patent medicine business has grown enormously during the past few years and is thoroughly identified witb the drug trade, and the public 1s edu- cated to purchase these supplies from them. the manutacturer recognizes this, knowing full well that his sales would diminish one half if sold only by the department store and the junk shops, and still he does nothing to alie- viate price cutting, fully believing, as he has a right to, that we will always be the same meek, subservient tools that we have always been. Gentlemen of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, we have only ourselves to blame if we do not take such action at this time as will remedy the cut-rate evil. Now is the time to act and | im- plore you not to wait anotber year be- fore beginning au aggressive movement agalust price cutting. During the past year I bave given the subject of mutual Manufacturing some thought and | am convinced that it is a movement in the right direction. Possibly a stockholder in a company of this kind would not realize as much promt as he might rea- sonably expect, but every such com- pany organized takes from the patent medicine man some of his trade and in due time he wili be forced to give us such protection as will be necessary to alleviate the price cutting evil: or, perhaps the sales of our own prepara- tions will have reached such a magni- tude that we will be indifferent as to what the patent medicine man does, The mutual manufacturing plan has been more or less successful in other States, and why not try it in Michigan? I earnestly recommend it for your con- sideration, believing that it can be made successful financially as weil as raising the drug business toa higher professional plane and give us living profits that would be very acceptable to the long-suffering druggists of this State. As another means for bettering our condition, | would suggest that a greater effort be put forth in cultivating the physician. I am well aware, that this, like price cutting, is an old subject, but personal experience has taught me that it pays to have the good will and patronage (no matter how small it may be) of the physician. If he wili not write prescriptions and insists upon dis- pensing his own medicine, | would try and procure his trade, just the same, Every druggist can, if he deals with reputable houses, purchase goods at a less price than a_ physician's supply house will furnish them to the physi- Cian, enabling him to meet the prices of the physicians’ supply house and still make a small margin for himself. He must not expect to double bis money but Io per cent. is better than none at all. I am confident that with a proper understanding of their mutual relations it would not be long before the physi- cian would realize that prescription writing was, after all, the best method for him to pursue, both from a financial and professional standpoint. it would also seem to me a move in the right di- rection if arrangements could be made for the holding of meetings at the same time and place as the State Medical As- sociation hold theirs, having the social part of the programme in common. It would seem to me that an arrangement of this kind would bring us into closer relation, socially, and would bring about a better understanding of our mutual interests as well as create a kinder and more cordial feeling between us. I am not sure that this would be practical or feasible, but simply offer it as a suggestion for your consideration later. As for shorter hours for drug clerks, I have only a word to say. I have read arguments for and against shorter hours in New York City, but | do not consider that any of these hardships are applicable to drug clerks in Michigan. I do not look upon them as an overworked class and the danger to the public, in my MICHIGAN TRADESMAN opinion, is not one-half so great by mistakes made by overworked help as in a trade condition that forces the drug- gist and his help to sell all kinds of merchandise from a hairpin to a bi- cycle, obliging them to put up wall paper, dishpans, candy and peanuts— all within the same hour, in order to make his business pay him enough to live decently. No one appreciates the ability of the average druggist more than I do, but I do not believe that. the man exists who is qualified to look after the details of a regular department store and put up difficult prescriptions at the same time and do it just as thoroughly aud successfully as the one who has nothing else but the drug business to look after. 1 claim that the public is in more danger from mistakes made by sucb druggists and their help than from overworked drug clerks proper, What I would like to see is a law that obliges a pharmacist to handle pharmaceutical products and nothing else, and places him in a_ position where he can make an honest living without resorting to all kinds of trade under the heavens. In my opinicn, the matter of early closing 1S one to which you can apply no gen- eral law as the same conditions do not exist In any two towns. A law that would apply and be a just one fora farming town would not and could not be made to work in a manufacturing town. It is a local question and the druggists in every town should join hands and regulate their own hours. In my own town we close every night at 8 o'clock, Saturdays excepted, and have for two years, with perfect harmony and good will on the part of all. The question of the organization of a National Retail Druggists’ Association has been brought to my attention during the past year. Personally, I am not pre- pared to pass upon the wisdom of such a course. I think, however, that it is conceded by all that the regulation of a patent medicine business is purely a commercial one, and as such, natural- ly, out of harmony with the prime ob- ject and the higher aspirations of the A. P. A. and with the scientific sensi- bilities of a large percentage of its members. It would seem impossible to accomplish much in a commercial way through them, so that it is quite pos- sible that a national organization of just retail druggists, meeting, perhaps, at the same place as the A. P. A., with the one chief object in view of better- Ing our Condition in a commercial way, could accomplish much more than any organization with a multiplicity of sub- jects; at any rate, it is worthy of our thought and consideration. You will, no doubt, receive a com- plete and comprehensive report from the special committee on Revision of the Pharmacy Law and I trust that the recommendations will be thoroughly discussed by this Association and such changes and additions made as may seem wise; and if the recommendations are finally adopted—as I believe they should be—we must use all possible re- sources to secure their passage through the next Legislature. I want to supple- ment a part of their report by recom- mending for your consideration the fol- lowing changes that, in my opinion, ought to be made iu our present phar- macy law: First, that this Association nominate and elect five qualified phar- macists each year, from which number the Governor shall appoint one to fill the vacancy annually occuring on the Board of Pharmacy. I[ am _ well aware that there is a strong sentiment against such a change, even among our own mem- bers, on account of its reported uncon- stitutionality, but inasmuch as a large percentage of other states have success- fully adopted this method and from the fact that state associations are univer- sally recognized as the proper bodies from which such _ recommendations should eminate, knowing, naturally, more about the qualification of candi- dates than any Governor could possibly know. These and many other reasons lead me to believe that it would be for the best interest of pharmacy and for the better protection of the peopie to ask the Legislature for this change. I would further recommend that the en- | forcement of that section of the liquor | law relating to druggists be placed in| the hands of the Board of Pharmacy, | with full power to investigate and pros- | ecute the same as all other violations of | the pharmacy law. In My opinion it is| about time that those who prostitute the | honorable profession of pharmacy by | running a grog shop under the guise of | a drug store be weeded out and the hon- est druggists be protected in their right | to use and sell liquors in their business | in a legitimate manner and not be sub- | jected to the reproach that is brought | upon them and their business by the | disgraceful and dishonorable acts of a| few of their number. I would further | recommend that the Secretary of the| Board of Pharmacy be elected annually by the members of the Board of Phar- macy from some person outside the Board and that he possess the same | qualifications as members of the Board | and I would suggest that this Associa- tion, when possible so to do, make the Secretary of the Board of Pharmacy | Secretary of this Association also. My} reason for this change is, that if that pert of the liquor law applying to drug- | gists be placed in the hands of the Board of Pharmacy it would add to their duties and would require extra services, and this would be done bya paid Secre- tary outside of the Board, and if this same Secretary could receive the salary we pay our own, in addition to what the | Board pays, it would enable him to de- | vote his entire time to the work of the | Board and would make him a valuable | Secretary of this Association, for the| reason that his travels through ihe State would bring him into personal contact with a large percentage of the druggists and enable him to better under- stand the plan of work necessary to make new members for this Association. I would also recommend that Sec. 6 of the pharmacy law of Wisconsin be made a part of our law. This section reads as follows: ‘No person by himself, his servant or agent or any other person, shall sell, exchange, deliver or have in his posses- Nothing Adorns 23 JERSEY CREAM 6 oz. 6 doz. in case 85c 9 Oz. 4 doz. in case $1.25 1 Ib. 2 doz. in case $2.00 O. A. TURNEY, Migr., ee Your Home So well as beautiful Wall Paper. tirely latest and newest designs and colorings. It will pay you to see us regarding Wall Paper, Paints and Pic- ture Frames. : & C. L. HARVEY & CO. Ce We carry an en- new stock of the 59 MONROE ST. -- GRAND RAPIDS. We are NOT connected with any other firm using our name. WE Mor THE WorRLD We are manufacturing an article that will suggest itself to you as most desirable for its salable quality. Itis the Fuller Patented Eccentric Spring Lever Mop Stick It is adapted to your trade; in Neatness and Convenience it has no equal; the price is reasonable; it is being extensively ad- vertised; it has proven a phenomenal suc- cess wherever introduced. SPLENDID LOCATION ii FOR GENERAL, MERCANTILE OR DEPARTIIENT STORE. We wish to call attention toa store building which we offer for rent, in one of of the best locations in this city; south front, business side of street, one block from the post-office, opposite First National Bank. and held trade. For further particulars call upon or write of Dry Goods. Has always had the rent of this place. THE PIERCE MFG. CU., Fb. Is fitted up new for general line We solicit correspondence for PIERCE, Mgr, Ludington, Mich. © FE DOQCOGQOOOOOSGDOOQOQOQOQOQODOQOODO 221.212. GHDO MKGHKOOOC® 2XOQOOOQOOOO WHITE ROSE | We pay 3 1-2 cents for Prime Tallow. Toilet as well as Laundry. QH®HOOQODOOOWG ae a oO tp |! 5 o |] n or N © > ru se & ® || 5 © mt oO EZ Q © ° Qu > ° te ae i @ Give it atrial. © © GAST & PULTE, Mirs., Grand Rapids. S @) PBDD®DDGOOOOOOOQOOOQ®OOOOOQODOOQODOOOC DOOQOQOODOHOODOOOOOOS) e ¢ rOUP Kinds Of GOUDON Books basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application. TRADESMAN GOMPANY, Grand Rapids > ; are manufactured by us and all sold on the same | 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. sion with the intent to sell or exchange, or expose or offer for sale or exchange any medicine known as patent or pro- prietary, or of which the formula is kept secret by the manufacturer, which contains morphine, strychnine, cocaine or any poisons or narcotic alkaloid or drug in any quantities which the State Board uf Pharmacy shall deem harmful to the life or health of the public, un- less the presence of the same be dis- tinctly shown by a label upon the bottle or package and upon the outer wrapper thereof. "’ The public exacts that a pharmacist and doctor should have a_ thorough knowledge of the science of medicine before they are ajlowed to practice upon the individual, and yet, for the man who prescribes for the public in a wholesale way, nothing is demanded, and he is allowed to place on the market the most dangerous compounds without fear of the law. I trust that these recommendations and _ those that will be presented by the Committee or suggested by any member may merit your careful consideration. It will not be necessary for me to _ re- fer to the proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association as_ Prof. Prescott was himself present and will, no doubt, favor us with a full report. Nothing startling in the way of legis- lation affecting the druggists has oc- curred during the past year, with the exception of the revenue bill, and this you are, no doubt, all more or less ex- perimentally familiar with by this time. As usual, the burden falls heaviest on the druggist, but while it is not as_ sat- isfactory as we could wish, and reali- zing, as we do, the injustice of many of its features, yet it is a cause for con- gratulation that it is no worse, as it surely would have been had it not been for the persistent efforts of the druggists throughout the United States, but the placing of this burden of war revenue entirely upon the retailer by the manu- facturer of patents is the grossest kind of an injustice and merits our severest condemnation and I favor a resolution condemning such action on the part of so many of the manufacturers. Person- ally, 1 am not an advocate of the boy- cott, but I do feel that we are justified in pushing the sale of the preparations of those manufacturers who have been just enough to stand all or a part of the burden of the tax, as against those who have not. It also affords us another reason for pushing our own compounds, as we Can better afford to stand the tax upon them than pay it upon those made by selfish and unjust manufacturers. The work done by the officers and mem- bers of this Association will, no doubt, be reported upou later by the Legisla- tive Committee who had the work in charge. Through the rare foresight of the framers of the constitution and laws of this State that calls the Legislature to- gether once in two years, we have had a rest from the turmoils incident to the usual batch of obnoxious bills presented at every session of the Legislature The meeting of the National Pure Food and Drug Congress, which was held in Washington, March 2, allowed us two delegates, but the delegates were not forthcoming. I was unable to find any one willing to go at his own expense, and so at a late hour Prof. A. B. Pres- cott consented to represent this Associa- tion by letter and we, no doubt, will have a report from him later. Before closing this paper I wish to thank the wholesale druggists and man- ufacturing chemists for the ever kind and considerate treatment that, as an Association, we have received at their hands from the day we were organized to the present time. Reciprocity of in- terests naturally exist, and it isa great pleasure to know that we can, at all times, depend on their aid and hearty co-operation in our efforts to elevate pharmacy to a higher standard and place it on a profit paying basis. I have felt at times that perhaps we retailers have not done our part in this mutual arrange- ment. We have at various times re- quested the wholesalers not to sell some particular cutter, and I believe that, without exception, the request has been granted and lived up to, and yet some of these same druggists who asked these favors purchased their drugs from drug houses who were selling to this same cutter. I believe in all fair dealings and honesty we should, so far as_ possible, help those who help us, and the whole- salers and the pharmaceutical chemists are the very ones who have done this In speaking of the ones who have been steadfast friends of this Association, the traveling men stand in the fore front. They have ever been the life of this Association and, as a matter of fact, have made several of our meetings possible, for without them we would not have had aquorum. In behalf of the Association, I thank them for their un- tiring efforts to make our meetings a success. We fully appreciate what they have done and I! hope that these same cordial relations will ever continue. I also desire to compliment the State Board of Pharmacy on the excellent work it is doing in behalf of the best interests of pharmacy and the better protection of the people against in- competent and unqualified druggists. This State has been exceedingly fortu- nate in its selection of members of the Board. It is a cause for congratulation that only pharmacists of the highest standing, both from an educational and moral standpoint, have been members of this Board. Their untiring efforts in enforcing our pharmacy laws are worthy of our praise and merit our unanimous support as an Association. It is cause, also, for congratulation that we have in the State of Michigan one of the foremost schools of pharmacy in the United States. The thoroughness of its work is unexcelled by any and we have just cause to be proud of it. This Association is deeply indebted to the professors of this schcol for the great interest they have ever manifested in this Association. Our meetings have always been honored by their presence and their untiring efforts in behalf of the best interests of pharmacy and this Association are well known to us all, and we have every reason to be thank- ful to them for the faithful work they have perforined for this Association. I feel very grateful to the officers of this Association for the kind treatment I bave received at their hands and I es- pecially want to thank the Secretary for the very careful, painstaking way in which he has conducted the work in bis department and for the very efficient help and advice he has given at all times. ‘ It is my earnest wish that we may ac- complish something of practical value and go home feeling that our time has not been wasted. I trust this meeting wiil be the means of doing us all good, giving us new ideas and inspirations that wil] better fit us for the duties of life. Let us not be selfish or jealous of the success of others, but let us mingle together, exchange thoughts, let our minds ever be receptive to all that is best, and when we have finished our work, may it be with a feeling that it was well done I thank you gentlemen, for the honor you conferred upon me when you made me your President and for the continu- ous kind treatment I have received at your hands, and I beg of you to be fore- bearing with the errors I may make in my efforts to discharge the duties | have yet to perform. — 0 The State Crop Report. The Secretary of State promulgated the following summarized report of the condition of potatoes, beans, appies and peaches: Potatoes promise about three-fourths and beans eight-tenths of an average crop. Apples now promise in the State about two thirds, and in the southern counties 57 per cent. of an average crop. One year ago the promise was for one- third of acrop in the State and one- fourth in the southern counties. Peaches are estimated at about seven- tenths of an average crop. ——>_ 2» ___ The men that marry most frequently for money are the ministers. August II Declared a Civic Holiday at Port Huron. Port Huron, Aug. 5—At a meeting of the Common Council of the city of Port Huron, held Aug 4, a resolution was upanimously adopted declaring the 11th day of August a civic holiday and re- questing that all places of business and also all municipal offices within the city should be closed on that day, and that as many of the citizens as possible should attend the Grocers’ and Butchers’ annual celebration to be held in the city of Saginaw. In pursuance of such resolution said 11th day of August is hereby proclaimed to be a civic holiday and all of the offices of the municipality are directed to be closed upon that day, and all citi- zens are requested to close their places of business und to accompany the gro- cers and butchers upon their excursion to Saginaw. W. STEVENS, Mayor. —_—___* 0-2 Apples and Potatoes in Missouri, St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 8—Our apple crop is almost if not a complete failure, and what apples are on the trees are badly stung, which will make what there are of them of poor quality. As regards potatoes, our crop this year was not of as good quality as expected, but there were a good many of the kind. Digging is now almost over. Our mar- ket 1s now in need of good fancy pota- toes such as we generally get from Michigan. MILLER & TEASDALE Co. A -O To Make Rubber from Corn. Circulars are being sent out by the Glucose Sugar Refining Co., announc- ing that rubber made from corn will be sold at 4% cents per pound. > 0» The dropping off of the world’s grand old men is leaving still more room at the top this year. > 2. Doctors say kissing babies is un- healthy for the babies. Perhaps all kinds of kissing is unhealthy; but there are lots of big girls who think they are immune. —_—_~>_¢ > The collection business of the Com- mercial Credit Co., Lt'd., is increasing so that the company has recently been obliged to add two men to tbe force of city collectors and an extra clerk on for- eign collections. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF hardware. tinwa e. stoves. cutlery and build er’s hardware; also tin shop ard fu’l set of tools, in a town of 100,000, situated in a desirab e iocality. Low rent for bnilditg. Business averaces about $25.L00 per annum Reason for selling, I have other business which demands all my attention. Stock will invoice between $5,000 and $6,000. Suitable terms can be made if it‘s not convenient to pay ail cash. Address Other Busines-<, care Michigan Tr desman. 679 JZOR SALE A GOOD BUSINESS THAT WILL average #8,000 to $10,000 a year. Terms, cash. Address Lock Box No, 1, Thompsonville, Mich. 677 Ww: NTED—A CHEE-E FACTORY. STATE capacity and lowest cash price. Cliff Bros., 68 E. Randolph St., Chicago. 678 POR SALE—ELEGANT GROCERY STORE. Pxyi g business. Finest locality Busy town. Snap. Audress No. 681, care Michigan Tradesman. 681 VOR SALE—NEW GENERAL STOCK A splendid farming country. Notrad.s. Ad- dress No. 6-0, care Michigan Tradesman 680 ANTEV—BANK LOCATION, OR WILL as-ist lecal parties in organizing. Address No. 682 care Michigan Trad sman, 682 ENTRALLY LOCATED DRUG STORE, DO- ing a good business in the city, fur sale. Good reasons for selling. Address I. Frank- ford, Fire Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Phone 1236, 53 West Bridge Street, Grand. Rapids. 667 NO EXCHANGE FOR A STOCK OF GEN- eral merchandise or shoe stock—good 89- acre farm. all improved, three miles north of Coopersville, Mich Also a sawmi1 and edger with 20,000 capacity per day. Address R. D. McNaughton Coopersville, Mich. 671 POR SALE—SMALL DRUG STOCK. ADD from $100 to $2U0 and you have a complete stock. Good chance to rignt party. Address H. G. M., care Michigan Tradesman. 670 OR SALE—DRUG, BOOK AND STATION- ery stock invoicing #450), and fixtures invoie ng $400, which includeshow eases. shelv- ing and bottles. Daily cash sales in 1891, $2 : 892. $30; 1893. $31; “1894, $34.65: 1895, $25; 1896, $21.20, and 1897,3$2413 Located in manufactur- ing town. Nocutprices. Rent reasonable, $29 per month. Living rooms in connection. Ad- dress Ne. 668, care Michigan Tradesman. 668 | yee SALE—FURNITURE AND UNDERTAK- ing business in the most enterprising }own in Southwestern Michigan, Best location in the city. Addvess No. 673, care Michigan Trades- man, for particulars, 673 | in REN? OR SALE—FACTORY AND TWO warehouses, belonging to Michigan Fire Ladder and Engine Company: on D., G. R. & W. R.R., near East street crossing. Call upon or address The Michigan Trust Company. (7% OR SALE—PATENTS COVERING TRAVIS Adjustable Blackboard Eraser. Also ma- chines and all stock on hand. A rare opportu nity for right party. An article upon which 160 per cent. profit may be realized, Must be sold at once. Address Box 222, Clinton, Mich. 75 POR SALE— STOCK OF CLOTHING AND furnishings ina city of 12,000 and growing fast. Stock will invoice from %5,000 to $6,000; nearly all new within a year; doing a good busi- ness and trade increasing. Stock, lease and good will will be sold at a bargain if done quickly. This is a rare opportunity to step intoa fine business, with a nice, clean, we!l-selected stock in the best town of its size in Michigan. Address No. 676, care Michigan Tradesmen. 676 OR SALE CHtrAP FOR CASH—WELL IM- proved farm, good buildings, +0 acres choice land, located in Ionia county. J. H. Putnam, Custer, Mich. 663 YOR SALE—A_ §1u,000 STO K OF DRY goods; doing a gond business. Will take some upincumb~red real estate. Address G., Lansing, Mich. 661 I ges SALE—HAKDWARE sTOCK INVOICc- ing about $2,200 and bu Iding and lot valued at about $8°0 in a good live town of 1,509. Coun- try is being rapidly settled with farms. One good factory em.loyiag 100 men. Good reasons for relling. The only hardware store in town. Must be cash. Address No. 655, ca:e Michigan Tradesman. 655 OR SALE—STOCK OF DRY GOODS AND groceries. Will sell cheap for cash. Ad- dress Box I, Montgomery, Mich. 656 RICK STORE FOR RENT--bEST LOCATION in the city. Finished with latest modern fixtures. A grand opportunity for an opening for a general stock. Is located in the richest »gricultural Country in the State, thirty-five miles away from any large town. Keasonabie rent. For further particulars address C. Light- stone, Carson City, Mich. 66) POR SALE DRUG STORE IN BEST CITY 1N Michigan. Average daily sales, $2); per cent. profits, 50 per cent. Monthly ex- penses, $60. These are facts. Investigate. Ad- dress No. 659, care Michigan Tradesman. 649 |” geese US AN OFFER.- WELL-SITUATED, 4¥i good-paying wall paper, paint and picture framing business must be sold at once, for eash only. schwind & Alten, 32 West Bridge st., Grand Rapids, Mich. 654 OR nENT OR SALE—A STORE SUITABLE for general merchandise, located in a pros- perous village in Berrien county, Mich. splen- did opportunity for a hve man to establish a paying business. For particulars address I. W. Allen, St. Joseph, Mich. 649 EST LOCATION IN MICHIGAN FOR A cold storage ard general produce dealer. Write to tne Secretary of tue Otsego Improve- meut Association, Otsego, Mich. 631 M ERCHANTS—DO YOU WISH CASH QUICK 4 for your stock of merchandise, or any part of it?) Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich. VOR SALE—A PROSPEROUS DRUG AND grocery stock, invoicing from $40.0 to $5,000, Consisting of drugs, groceries, school books, wall paper, ciockery, paints and oils and notions, in live town Carson City: best town of its size in State; prick store building in best location in town. Uutside business averages inside running expenses. Reasuns for selling, loss of partner and poor health. Kelley & Cad- vellinvite inspec ion. 625 —T EXCHANGE—FOR CLOTHING, DRY goods or shoes, very nice well rented Grand Rapids property. Address No. 552, care Michi- g-n Tradesman. 5d2 be EXCHANGE— FARMS AND OTHER property for dry goods, clothing and shocs. Address P. Meda:ie. Mancelona. Mich. 553 BROOMS POR SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED and equipped broom factory and good trade. Other business commands our attention. Ad- dress No. 504, care Michigan Tradesman. 584 COUNTRY PRODUCE V ANTED — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mieh. 381 \ JANTED—1.000 CASES FRESH EGGs, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca, Mich. 556 FIREPROOF SAFES \ EU. M. SMITH, NEW AND SECONDHAND safes, wood and brick building mover, 157 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 613 SHIRTS. AVE YOURS MAE TO YOUR MEASURE. Send for measurement blanks. Frank T. Coliver, 103 Washtenaw St. E . Lansing, Mich. 635 MISCELLANEOUS. OSITION WANTED BY A SINGLE MAN. Large experience in general merchandise. Can give good references. Address No. 664, care Michigan Tradesman. 664 RT Eee Travelers’ Time Tables. | MANISTEE fistocctomemece, PORT HURON, #:« fect 9 Lake, Hu. 9 ron, 55 miles northeast ¥ CHICAGO“ "isin > Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids.......... 7:30am 3:40pm * 2:15am Ar. Chicago....... --2:10pm 9:05pm 7:30ar "uy. Chicago..... -. 7:20am 4:15pm * 8:45pr \t.@’d Rapids....... . 1:25pm 10:30pm * 2:15am Traverse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey. uv. Gd Rapids.......... 2:15am 8:05am 2:10pm Parlor and Sleeping Cars on afternoon and night trains to and from Chicago. *Every day. Others week days only. DETROIT, “~t0s§ vere of Detroit, is one of the most prosperous cities in ee RD Michigan. Population 20,000. Lv Grand Rapids........ ++ 7:00am ....... The elegant building shown in this cut has been Ar Manistee..... Ieocpin iso. |. } > SL 4 : Be : ie Skee “Satan ached | fitted up for a Department Store, sections of which Ax Grand ‘Rapids ¢2 0002/0000... Toopm 9:5gpm | will be rented separately, or the first floor and bases ment, with such space on upper floors as may be de- ‘ sired, will be rented as a whole. Fixed rental or com- TRAVEL | mission to those occupying departments to suit, VIA Splendid opening for Dry Goods in all branches, Clothing, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Carpets and House Furnishings, Millinery, Groceries, etc, Departments can be operated and locked up sepa- rately. Best opening for parties seeking location for bys swe. any line of mercantile business. Address or call upon a L A. SHERMAN, Port Huron, Mich. F.& P M.R.R. AND STEAMSHIP LINES - TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN H. F. MOELLER, a.c.p.a. = RE A No roatnmeennnnronnweioee Detroit. uv. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:35pm 5:35pn VP. DOOM os 3 11:40am 5:45pm 19:(5pr sv. Detroit........ .....8:00am 1:10pm 6:10pm \r. Grand Rapids ....12:55pm 5:20pm 10:55pu Saginaw, Aima and Greenville. ’ @QAR7:00am 4:20pm Ar. G R 12:20pm 9:30pr Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. ~ GEo. Driiaven, General Pass. Agent. Trunk Rai S G RAN D eee, Dis When 1n need of goods for Advertising purposes, write HENRY M. GILLETT MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT 92 MONROE STREET. OPPOSITE MORTON HOUSE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. STATE AGENT REGENT MANUFACTURING CO., CHICAGO. CAAA AAA AnnnanAanAAAAAnAnAAnAn -wwvuvuwvwveVveYWVT?Te@¢?T*?* lh te he he hh he he (In effect May 15, 1898 ) Leave. EAST. 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 + 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate. +10:0ham * 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. Huengs, A. G. P. & T. A. BEN. FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt., C. A. Justin, City Pass. Agent. 97 Monroe St. Morton House. GRAND Rapids & Indiana Railway Northern Div. Leave Arrive Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am t+ 5:15pm Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:15pm + 6:35am Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack... ........ $10:50pm CATING Fos are 3 + 5:25pm til:15am Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has parlor ear, and train leaving at 2:15 p. m. has sleeping car to Mackinaw. Southern Div. Leave = Arriv CANGIRNMEE osc ci as + 7:10am + 8:25p1- Pt. Wayne...... ......... . ..% 2:10pm ¢ 2:00pz CIBMOEE oe es *70'pm * 7:25ar 7:10am. train has parior ear ta Cincinnat: 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 +21'pm *11 35pm Ar. Chicago. .<.:.... 20pm 910pm = 6 30am FROM CHICAGO. by. Chicago... 6.35.50... : *11 45pm Ar. Grand Rapids....:......... 920pm 7 2am 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 arlor car to Grand Rapids. Train leaving Felice 11.45 p. m. has coach and Pullman sleeping car to Grand Rapids. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly @’d Rapids......... +7:35am +1:00pm +5:40p: Ar Muskegon........... 9:00am 2:10pm 7:05 9m GOING East. Ly Muskegon....... ..+8:10am t11:45am +4:02pz ArG’d Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pr 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. . +tExcept Sunday. *Daily {Saturday only. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. and Ticket Agent. W. C. BLAKE, Ticket Agent Union Station. DULUT : Soath . — Atlantic WEST BOUND. Ly. Grand Rapids (G. R. & L.)+11:10pm_ +7:45am Ly. Mackinaw City............ 7:35am 4:20pm Ar. SO: Tensee. sc 9:03am 5:20pm Ar. Sault Ste. Marie.......... 12:20pm 9:50pm Ar. Marquette................. 2:50pm 10:40pm Ar. Nestoria. ..............:...- 5:20pm 12:45am RCP a cece, rc 8:30am EAST BOUND. MV AG eo secs am edsies cont tL BOSOM Ae NGRCORIR, oo sooo sane .. tll:bam 2:45am AP Maraneite (ooo ccc ooo 1:30pm 4:30am Ly. Sault Ste. Marie. ......... SUM 2 ces Ar, Mackinaw City. ......... 8:40pm * 11:00am Pp G. W. Hipparp, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. E, C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids ese: 5 | Printed and plain for Patent | Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, Operating the elegant and fast steamers ‘Soo City’ and “City of Holland” between Holland and Crackers and Sweet Goods, U.icago, connecting at Holland with the C. & W. M. Railway for Grand Rapids and all points east; Candy, Cough Drops, Tobacco Clippings, Condition Powders, Etc. Bottle and north. SUMMER SCHEDULE, | ee . In effect June 25th. and Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties. Ask or write us for prices, Lv. Holland, daily (except Sunday)........ S:00 p.m. cv. Homand, Sunday oo oo - 3-00 p.m. Lv. Holland, Saturday (special)............ eee: GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CoO. Ly. Chicago, daily (except Fri. and Sat.)..7:00 p.m, ee CIMEREO PGA. iso ae 400 p.m. Ly. Chicago, Saturday...... 9:00 a.m, and 4:00 p.m. PHONE 850. 81.83 ano 85 CAMPAU ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, RE. Single Round | Between Holland and Chicago $2.25 $3.50 | ae ee ae Between Grand Rapids and Chicago 3.15 5-00; =, — lh ll LOTH R BRUS aM oO We ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING Oy yp eu ee Lie why grocers should sell a brand of Stove Polish which, above all others, consumers want, and for which grocers can offer no substitute without injury to their trade. Nameline TheModem STOVE POLISH First: It is Superior to all others in Quality. Second: It | gives Perfect Satisfaction to consumers. Third: It is Thor- oughly Advertised and sells itself. Fourth: No other Stove Polish on earth Has so Large a Sale. NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES Office and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Bulk works at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Caailiac, Big Kap ids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan. Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City. Fremont, Har’, Whitehall, Holland and Fennvilie Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. @ ‘e 0@e0@ C8806 8 OFS O8e eee CO 8888 M % 4:45:42: 2:32.42. 42.2.2.2.2.2.2. 0.0.2 £2 SEfEFSeeeeee YTVeErs €<