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TED WE STAND.

First Convention of the Mich-
igan Business Men's
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MORNING SESSION.

The first annual convention of the Michi-
gan Business Men’s Association convened
at the rooms of the Retail Grocers’ Associa-
tion of Grand Rapids, Tuesday, September
21, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon. The con-
vention was called to order by President
Herrick, of the Retail Grocers’ Association,
who stated that Frank Hamilton, President
of the Traverse City Business Men’s Asso-
ciation, had been selected to preside at the
first session of the convention and requested
that gentlemen to come forward and take
thechair. In response to:such request, Mr.
Hamilton mounted the rostrum and request-
ed President Herrick, Mayor Dikeman and
Rey. A. R. Merriam to take seats beside
him. On motion of Paul P. Morgan, E. A.
Stowe was elected Secretary pro tem., after
which Rev. Mr. Merriam invoked the divine
blessing, as follows:

Oh, Lord, we thank Thee for the privil-
ege of being in this world to advance the
material and moral interests of those to
whom thought is given. We thank Thee,
oh Lord, for this day in which we live. We
thank Thee for the signs of progress and
for every joy, Which may bring greater fa-
cilities which make life bearable, and we
pray that Thou will bless these servents for
the purpose for which they are assembled,
in the interests of business and to do all
they can through their organization to make
business honorable and to make us show all
that is best and truest in our lives. We
pray Thee that the means which they em-
ploy to bring in these better conditions and
purposes may be granted and we ask that
Thou will help them, that they may fill the
place that God has chosen for them, by fol-
lowing that which brings in what is good,
true and pure. And now bless the delibera-
tions of this body, and may they, in their
efforts to do what is right, succeed. Hear
us, oh Lord, in the name of Him of the
Cross, Who came to uplift the fallen and
make all men his servents. Aimen.

Mayor Dikeman welcomed the delegates
to the city in the following terms:

Mr. Chairman and Business Men of Michigan:

It is with pleasure that I welcome you,
and in giving you the absolute freedom of
the city, it gives me great pleasure.
I am not ‘a speech maker, but I as-
sure you it isa pleasure tq@meet business
men who are alive to the iftrests of trade.
I believe, when I was a little boy, that it
would take more time to measure out a gal-

lon of molasses than it will now to measure |

it out and deliver it at your door in any part
of the city. Not being much of a public
speaker, I will have to ask your indulgence
in this very short and brief speech. As you
are in the habit of selling goods ata very
close margin, you haye to be economical, so
economy in speech will be appreciated.
With success to your convention and a
pleasant time to you all, | bid you good
morning.

N. B. Blain, President of the Lowell Bus-
iness Men’s Association, responded to the
Mayor's welcome in behalf of the convention,
as follows:

Mr. Cha‘rman and Gentlemen of the Conven-
tion:

It is with pleasure that 1 meet you here
this morning, and still it is somewhat of a
surprise that I am called upon at this time
to address you. I suppose, however, that
it is due the committee on programme that
I do the best I can, for the reason that the
committee is entirely unacquainted with
most of those present. I hope that the in-
terests of this convention will be better con-
ducted than your committee has done in this
ease. It is very seldom that I am called
upon to address a convention of,this or any
other kind, and speech making is entirely
foreign to me, so I will ask to be excused.

Chairman Hamilton then made the fol-
lowing address, which was interrupted with
frequent applause:

Gentlemen of the Convention: '

It seems to be in order that thus far ex-
cuses are made because of the inability of
the speakers to do their work. And, gen-
tleman, I might apply the same reason. I
am not a speech maker. I feel a good deal
as the man did who applied for the position
of captain of a lake steamer. On being
asked if he had ever sailed any, he replied,
“No, but he had stood on the dock a good
deal.” And that is my position. I have
stood on the dock a good deal.

Now, gentlemen, before we go any fur-
ther, | want to thank you and to say to you
that I esteem it an honor to be thus asso-
ciated with the business men of Michigan. I
feel that this meeting is a meeting which
means much for us as merchants and as busi-
ness men together. I feel, gentlemen, that
this meeting and this work which is before
us, Will be the work that, is for our good and
for the good of all men connected with the
trade and those not directly interested in it.
Gentlemen, another thing before us to-day
is something which should interest all the
business men of Michigan, and I hope will
be in the interests of all, and that is har-
mony and good will, better ability and
better character in the trade. Gentlemen,
it seems to me that organization is the
order of the day. It is only two years ago
that the first association was organized in
this State. I was, I am happy to say, pres-
ent at the organization of the first asociation
formed in Michigan. Our association in-
cludes not only merchants but manufactur-
ers, blacksmiths and other traders. We
make no difference so long as our members
are trades-people. We have found it to be
for the interest of business men to throw
the doors wide open, and thus far our plan

has worked very satisfactorily. To-day we

 

 

 

have no desire to change our course in the
Association. Since we joined hands at

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Traverse City, other organizations have been
formed under the‘head of business men’s as-
sociation, protective unions and some under
the head of grocers’ associations. This work
has been done. in the last year and a half,
and to-day there are over forty organizations
in our State. It has been the plan, as as-
sembled here to-day, to organize and call
these associations together whenever the
number exceeded twenty-five. To-day we
have forty associations and the number is
rapidly growing. So it*seems to me, gen-
tlemen, that this organization is destined to
build up a feature of business work that is
not otherwise encouraged.

I do not believe this should be a protec-
tive association only, nor a merchants’
union only, but a Business Men’s Associa-
tion, and I hope that we shall not only con-
sider the matter of exterminating the so-
ealled dead-beat, but that the matter of cur-
tailing this list will receive your attention,
and also the credit system. The credit sys-
tem has carried many thousands of men to
an early grave. [Applause.] It involves a
great many little strifes, which to the aver-
age man are very unpleasant and from it
there seems to have grown a bitter feeling
between business men. I believe that the
results of all these associations are good.
I believe the grocer ought to have an asso-
ciation as much the manufacturer, just as
much as the furniture maker. We ought
to come together and see that these mer-
chants are our brothers. We ought to cul-
tivate this friendly spirit, this spirit of good
will, this spirit of trust and confidence; and,
gentlemen, I hope there may be further
gatherings of this Association, like the one
seen here to-day, anda great many of the
abuses of trade corrected.

One abuse which exists among the mer-
chants of to-day is this system of long hours
from 6 or 7 o’clock in the morning until 9 or
10 at night. Gentlemen, I feel that if there
are any class of people who need shorter
hours it is the merchant. Not being a gro-
cer Tam unable to study these things from
a grocer’s standpoint. I will leave that
matter for some of the gentlemen present
who understand it better.

Gentlemen, [ hope that this convention
will sanction many matters that it sees fit
to do in regard to any reform or any way
whereby the trade can be elevated.

Gentlemen, I feel that we have come to-
gether for business—and not only for. busi-
ness, but to learn how to secure the better-
ment of the members. I feel, gentlemen,
that we want to feel that a business man,
whatever his position, whatever his occupa-
tion, be he manufacturer, be he tradesman,
or be he retailer, has a certain interest in
common and that we can unite for good to
us all. With these few remarks, I leave
the meeting open for your consideration.
{ Applause. | :

The following letter of regret was read
by the Secretary:

ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1886.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Sin—The kind invitation to be
present at your first annual convention was
received this morning, and in reply must
say that the brief interval between this and
the date of your meeting, forbids the possi-
bility of my attendance.

You will permit me and the associations
of the State which J represent, to greet you
all as friends, pledging you our sympathies
and strong support in any manner tending
to elevate and dignify the tradesman and
the business. You will also permit me to
congratulate you on the progressive spirit
that has characterized the rapid organiza-
tion of your State. All honor to you—the
first to effect a State Association, and also
to assure you that the retailers of New York
State will always be found prompt and will-
ing to sustain, assist and work with you.

Again expressing my most sincere regrets
that I could not be with you on an occasion
of so much importance as the organization
of the first State in the Union, and thanking
you in behalf of the Central Mercantile As-
sociation, as well as for myself, for the kind
invitation, I shall remain, with my best
wishes and confident belief in your entire
success, fraternally and sincerely yours.

W. H. Coveurry,
Pres. Mereantile Association of Central New

York.

A census of the delegates was then taken,
resulting in the following responses under
the places indicated:

Big Rapids—N. H. Beebe, W. H. Walker:

Cadillae—H. A. Crawford, L. D. Champ-
lin, F. C. Lentz.

Evart—Frank Hibbard.

Grand Rapids—President Herrick and
delegates from Retail Grocer’s Association,

Greenville—A. Massie, I. L. VanWormer
and C. J. Clark.

Hart—W. E. Thorp.

Jonia—W. E. Kelsey, Fred Cutler, Jr.

Kalamazoo—Julius Schuster, M. S. Seo-
ville, W. T. Friend and A. Van Hoe.

Kingsley—C. H. Camp, Jas. Broderick
and Geo. W. Chaufty.

Lakeview—M. D. Hunter.

Lowell—N. B. Blain.

Maple Grove—J. McKelvey.

Monroe—Paul P. Morgan.

Muskegon—Wm. Peer.

Nashville—H. M. Lee, Walter Webster.

Orange—W. H. Chilson.

Pierson—C, E. Coburn.

Sturgis—Henry S. Church, Jas. Ryan,
Wm. Jorn, H. M. Millizen, W. TT. Flowers.

Saranac—H. T. Johnson, Geo. A. Potts.

Sparta—J. R. Harrison.

Spring Grove—S. M. Leisure, J. L. Ram-
ney.

Shelby—C. H. Tullar.

Traverse City—Frank Hamilton, Smith
Barnes, T. W. Bentley, S. E. Wait, C. E.
Lockwood, ° :

Wayland—D, W. Shattuck, W. H. Bar-
tholomew.

Whitehall—Geo. J. Moog, H. A. Spink.

Volunteer responses, were then called for,
regarding the status 8¢ the loéal associa-
tions, when President Kelsey spoke for the
Ionia Business Men’s Association, as fol-
lows:

We have been quite successful in our or-
ganization. We made mistakes in the out-
set, as any society is-apt todo. We found
some men in the professions who were anx-
ious to join our society, including doctors
and lawyers, and at present we have nearly
one hundred members. The mistake which
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without giving them a hearing and in that
way they turned against the Association.
I have the pleasure to know that as an As-
sociation we have some influence. We went
to Detroit to try and get lower rates on the
railroads; and I am happy to say we got
them, which concession puts us on a basis
to get our goods as cheap as any other town
in the State.

President Herrick responded for the Grand
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, as fol-
lows:

It does me pleasure to meet you, not only
as grocers, but as business men. The work
in our local Association has done us much
good. I think that there are points for our
tradesmen which are of vital importance.
Some of these objects have been accomplish-
ed. We have effected early closing, and
concert of action by our business men in re-
gard to the dead-beats has helped us im-
mensely. There are other abuses which
ought to be done away with, one of which
is the late closing system. I have wanted
to close my store early and now close g¢& 6:30.
Lam very glad that these organizations are
being effected. I believe that many abuses
may be remedied through organization. We
have been at swords points with our neigh-
bor, as you might say, to see if we could
not do something underhanded, so that we
might get a little the best of him. But I
am not doing business in that way. I hope
I am not striving to hurt my neighbor. I
hope that this meeting may arrange plans
and ways that will elevate present business
methods, and make the whole trade honest.
The grocery trade, of all branches of busi-
ness, ought to bea just business. I hope
that this meeting may form a State organi-
zation whereby the retail trade will be ele-
vated, and all of us made to feel that we
have done some good and that we have re-
ceived some good through this meeting.
| Applause. | :

H. A. Crawford, of Cadilae, said: ‘‘We
have no association. I think it would be
desirable.”

Alex. Massie, of Greenville, said: ‘‘We
have no association there. We were sent as
delegates and came to listen and learn and
to find out what we ean about associa-
tion work.”

M. S. Scoville, of Kalamazoo, spoke for
the Retail Grocers’ Association of that place
as follows: e

Tam very glad of meeting so many here
and glad to know that the associations are
50 prosperous. Our Association has been
formed but a short time. We have had sev-
eral well attended meetings and have tried
to do away with this trouble existing in this
credit system. We have got out a dead-beat
list and we have worked pretty hard to
overcome the evil, and we think we have

 

got the upper hand of it. We have a great
deal of trouble with the peddlars. They go
* around to the houses and sell all they can
| and then come and want to sell the rest to
| the grocerymen, when it was not safe to buy
any green stuff. We have had that all
changed now. Our Association numbers
fifty-six and is still on the inerease. We
| have a number of names that willbe handed
| in to.the next meeting for membership. Our
| president is the Mayor of the city and that
is one reason, L believe, why we have gain-
ed our point. Our Association is not as
well informed on some subjects as on
others. We are corresponding with other
associations and our business here to-day is
to get all the information we can for the
progress of our Association. Our Associa-
tion wishes to extend thanks to Mr. Stowe
for coming down and starting us as an as-
sociation. I am not prepared to say much
on the subject, therefore I will leave the
floor for some one who is better posted than
Tam.

C. H. Camp spoke for the Kingsley Asso-
ciation: ‘I did not come here prepared to
make a speech. We are young yet and
have not yet received much benefft.”

N. B. Blain responded for the Lowell As-
sociation:

I spent about four years in Chicago and
saw the benefit of the mercantile agencies in
the wholesale trade, and when I wentin the
retail trade I saw the benefit it would do if
the retailers should organize. We had talk-
ed it over a little in our town and last spring
we wrote to the Grand Rapids Grocers’ As-
sociation for a eircular. We took from that
and made what rules would fit our place and
then organized, and we have been more
than pleased with the work of thé or-
ganization. We think that under the State
organization we can ail receive much more
benefit than from local organization.

, On last Monday we had a suicide in our
town. A man shot himself, and everybody
ealled him a fool; but I do not know that it
is any worse for a man to commit suicide in
that way than it is to commit suicide in a
business way. I think it has been the ten-
dency to commit business suicide. Every
man seems to be cutting his neighbor’s
throat, and in attempting to cut his neigh-
bor’s throat he cuts his own. Ibelieve that
our business is legitimate, and I believe that
every man who works should have his pay.
1 believe that if a man buys astock of goods
he is as much entitled to his pay for the
labor which he bestows on them as the man
who goes out and works with his naked
hands. I think that all towns in the State
should organize an association, and that
they should unite with the State organiza-
tion. Wehave received more benetft than
any one can understand.

A man recently went into my store in my
absence, and purchased a bill of goods,
amounting to $25. The clerk thought he
was good and let him have the goods, as he
promised to pay for them in a few days.
The man was perfectly -irresponsible. I put
the account in the hands of an attorney and
he did the best he could, without result.
The account was ten years old, but one let-
ter from the association brought the fellow
to time.

We have three kinds of letters. The first
is very mild. The second is a little more
severe and the third comes through the Sec-
retary’s hands, stating that the delinquent’s
name had been handed in and he would be
allowed to come’ before the board to show
cause why he should not be classed as a
dead-beat. The first sixty days we were
organized 1 did not send out a single letter.
Finally, when I heard that such and such a

 

 

man has paid his account, I thought I had

 

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better go to work and collect my bills. So |
I began to send out letters. I guess the

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second day I began to receive communica- |
tions and then I kept sending out letters |
and the majority of them responded to the |
communications. Now let me say for the |
benefit of you all and the State society, you |
will never receive any benefit if you do not}
use the blanks. I do not care to take any |
more of your time. | Applause. |

Walter Webster spoke for the Nashville |
Merchants’ Union, as follows:

We have an organization in our town. At}
first we did not have enough members to |
start decently and we had nothing to go by |
and did not know of other organizations.
We organized for the purpose of protecting
the members against dead-beats and for bet-
ter information for the collection of bad
debts. I think that after this ‘meeting is
over and [ return home we will get together
and complete our organization. We have
only eight members, but we have received
great benefit and I find that others have re-
ceived benefit, also.

Henry 8. Chureh responded for the Sturgis
Association, as follows:

Brother Stowe came down and gave us a
start last June and we have been working
slowly ever since. I think after a while we!
will be in a little better condition. ‘There
is one good thing that Mr. Blain spoke about
and that is his three forms of letters. I
think we ought to have the three styles. I
think every association should have the
same style of letters and forms and send the
last letter through the hands of the secre- |
tary.

Geo. A. Potts spoke for the Saranac As-
sociation, as follows:

Our- Association was organized five weeks
ago. -We have had one special and one reg-
ular meeting sinee. At our first npeeting
we adopted a constitution and by-laws, but
at our special meeting we found that we
had not covered the entire ground, so we
amended the constitution by saying that
any business man in town would be received
on an equal footing. Except in the case of
doctors, when there was oceasion to not en-
foree the rules, as in aecidents and other
extreme eases, each member is bound not to
do business with a dead-beat. Our mem-
bership is twenty-one, which includes. all
but one general store and two drug stores.
They will probably join at our next meet-
ing.

Chairman Hamilton then attempted to
divert the discussion from the delinquent list
to the abolition of the credit system, as fol-
lows:

Gentlemen, I want to say a few words.
The tendency in all these remarks is to give
prominenee to the delinquent lists. It is an
important thing to talk about, but each one
of ug ought to consider how it is best to get
rid‘of the delinquent. ‘The question is some-
thing that every business man ought to
take under consideration. Now, gentle-
men, | look upon if in this way: 1 think
we should find out who will pay and who
will not pay. We should not chase the dead-
beat from one town to another. I hope we
ean perfect plans upon which we can doa
eash business. I think that the-merehant
who is. particularly anxious to can
adopt the cash system and I am of the
opinion that we can eventually curtail all
this credit business.

The question of recreation here suggests
itself. We had no Fourth of July at Trav-
erse City, but on the 2ist of July we closed
our stores and were instrumental in closing
the stores in three or four towns near us,
aud we all went away and had a pienie near
Old Mission. Now, gentlemen I believe in
more days of recreation for the merehant
and his clerks, and that is one of the points
we want to make here to-day.

W. H. Bartholomew spoke for Wayland,
as follows:

1 believe an organization of business men
would be of advantage to all and you will
soon here of good news from Wayland.

Geo. J. Moog spoke for the White Lake
Business Men’s Association, as follows:

ie
We have an organization of sixty members
in Whitehall and Montague. We have not
been very active, for the reason that it seems
to be very much of an effort to get together,
but as we have fallen into line thorougly on
the delinquent question, I think we are all

 

right. There have been a good many de-
linquents reported qgnd all of our members |
have already secured marked results, |
Robert M. Floyd, of Chicago, then read a

paper on the subject of ‘‘Organization,”

which is given in full on another page, pre-

facing its presentation with congratulatory

remarks to the convention for being the first

to organize a State Association in the United

States.

Mr. Blain spoke of some of the objections
which are raised agaiust local organizations,
followed by Mr. Kelsey on the same subject.
Both gentlemen agreed that noname should
be placed on the delinquent list on the ‘say
so” of any member, nor until the delinquent
has received the proper notification preserib-
ed by the rules of the association.

Chairman Hamilton summarized the re-
marks by stating that all matters relating to

 

the delinquent lists should be controlled by
a committee, not by a single individual.

The following committees were announc- |
ed by the Chairman, when the convention
adjourned until 2 o’clock.

On Permanent Organization—B. F. Em-
ery, Grand Rapids; Henry 8. Church, Stur-
gis; Paul P. Morgan, Monroe. .

On Order of Business—T. R. Bentley,
Traverse City; Walter Webster, Nashville;
N. H. Beebe, Big Rapids.

On Constitution and By-Laws—E. <A.
Stowe, Grand Rapids; Smith Barnes, Trav-
erse City, N. B. Blain, Loweil.

On Resolutions—Julius Schuster, Kala-
mazoo; Wm. Peer, Muskegon; C. E. Co-
burn, Pierson.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
On assembling for the afternoon, prayer
was offered by Rey. Kerr B. Tupper, after
which which the Committee on Permanent

 

 

Organization reported in favor of making

   

the temporary organization
which was adopted. The

permanent,
Committee on

| Order of Business reported a programme

for the afternoon session, which was also
adopted.
The following additional delegates were
found to be present at the convention.
Allendale—I. J. Quick.
Caledonia—E. G. Johnson.
Cheboygan—J. C. Dillon.
Coopersville—R. D. MeNaughton.
Eastmanville—Adam Wagner.
fonia—G. F. Phelps.

Lowell—C. G. Stone, John Giles, Chas.
Quick, J. Q. Look.

Montague — —— Reed.

Plainfield— —— Butler.

Ravenna— O. F. Conklin.

Sand Lake—J. V. Crandall.

Shelby—W. H. Shirts, Mark
Alex MeLeod.

Zeeland—A. Lahuis.

Chairman
Consti

Sargent,

the
ution and By-Laws,
following draft:
PREAMBLE.

WHEREAS, Organization, econeert of ae-
tion and comparison of ideas and methods
are necessary to the advancement of any
cause: and

WHEREAS, We believe that a State Asso-
ciation will accomplish these objects; there-
fore

Resolved—That we, business men of the
State of Michigan, in convention assembled

Stowe, of Committee

then

on
read the

‘at Grand Rapids on September 21, 1886, do

hereby organize ourselves into such an As-
sociation and adopt the following constitu-
tion and by-laws:

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I—NAME.

The name of this organization shall be
the Michigan Business Men’s Association.

ARTICLE II—OBJECTS.

The objects of this Association shall be
to unite merchants and other classes of bus-
iness men for reform, development of in-
dustries and work for the general good, and
to promote by all legitimate means the so-
cial, moral and business interests of its
members. Among the special objects sought
to be obtained are the following: '

1. Promoting kinder feelings toward hon-
orable competitors and removing the inclin-
ation to berate and criminate neighbors in
trade.

2. Greater care to secure good helpers
and make and keep them worthy by a live-
lier interest in their efforts, habits and com-
forts.

3. Inspiring confidence between buyer and
seller by doing businesss on legitimate prin-
ciples.

4. Shorter hours for doing business in,
and an honest endeavor to educate the buyel
to make his purchases between 7 a. m. and
6 p. m., six days a week.

5. Lhe proper observance of all national
holidays and more frequent intervals for
rest and recreation.

6. Abolishing the tendency to indiserim-
inate credit and stimulating the selling of
merchandise for ready pay.

7. Proteetion against inferior
terated goods, short weights,
measures, fictitious brands and labels,
misrepresentation in publie and private.

$s. Maintaining an intelligence bureau for
the mutual benetit of employers and those
wishing employment.

9. Maintaining a delinquent departme
for receiving and imparting
mation to loeal associations of deling
changing locations.

10. Protection against unjust laws alfect-
ing business men and a eareful scruteny of
all legislation relating to the same.

11. To stimulate a determination to ren-
der the title ‘‘Business Man” a synonym
for honor, - firmness, and
high morals.

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11I-—MEMBERSHIP.

Section {—Membership in this Associa-
tion shall be on a delegated basis, each local
business men’s association being entitled to
one delegate for each ten members or frac-
tion thereof, providing an annual per capita
tax of 10 cents has been paid.

Section 2—Business men in towns not or-
ganized shall be entitled to honorary mem-
bership and all the privileges of regular
membership, except the ballot, the
payment of $1 per year,

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ARIMCLE IV—OFFICERS.

Section 1—The ofticers of this Associatio!
shall of a President, First Vice-
President, Second Vice-President, Seere-
tary, Treasurer and an Executive Comninit-
tee of five members, of which the President,
First Vice-President and Secretary shall be
three. ‘These shall be eleeted an-
nually by ballot and shall hold office until
their successors are elected.

Section 2—The President shall, before the
close of each annual meeting, announce a
committee on Trade Interests of three mem-
bers: a Committee on Legislation of three
members, and a Committee on Membership
of three members.

ARTICLE V=

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officers

“DUTIES OF OFFICERS

Section 1—The President shall preside at
all meetings, if present; in his absence the

First Vice-President; in his absence the See-
ond Vice-President.

Section 2—The Secretary shall receive all
money due the Association from any source
and pay the same to the Treasurer, taking
his receipt therefore, keep a record of all
meetings, conduct all correspondence under
direction of the Executive Committee; notify
all associations ‘four weeks in advance of
each annual meeting, render a report of the
work performed by him at each annual
meeting; and superintend such publications
as may be provided for by the Association.

Section 3—The Treasurer shall receive all
moneys from the Secretary, giving his re-
ceipt therefor; pay all bills when approved
by the Executive Committee and-report the
condition of the treasury when required by
the Executive Committee. ‘

Section 4--The Executive Committee shal!
audit all bills against the Association; ex-
amine the books of the Secretary and Treas-
urer; and attend to all business not other-
wise assigned.

Section 5—The Committee on Trade In-
terests shall report at each annual meeting
such ‘observations and information upon
that subject as may seem to them of inter-
est to the Association.

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UNITED WE STAND.

shall have charge of all attempts to combat
inimical, or secure favorable, legislation;
shall report at each annual meeting what
legislation affecting business men has oc-
curred and submit such recommendations in
regard thereto as shall appear to them to be
proper.

Section 7—The Committee on Member-
ship shall investigate all applications for
honorary membership and grant or reject
the same.

ARTICE VI—COMPENSATION.

No compensation for services shall be paid

any officer except the Secretary.
ARTICLE VII—MEETINGS.

Section 1—Regular meetings shall be held
annually, subject to the call of the Execu-
tive Committee.

Section 2—Special meetings shall be called
by the Executive Committee at the written
request of a majority of the Associations
represented at the preceding meeting.

ARTICLE VIII—AMENDMENTS.

Amendments to this constitution may be
submitted in writing at any session, to be
yoted upon at a succeeding session. Amend-
ments receiving a two-thirds vote shall be-
come a part of the constitution.

ARTICLE IX—BY-LAWS.

By-laws not in conflict with this constitu-
tion may be established for the government
of the Association on the two-thirds vote of
the members present at any session.

BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE I—QUORUM.
Forty members shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE H—OBLIGATION.

Every person becoming a member of this
Association shall be honorably bound’ to
conform to the rules, regulations and by-
laws.

ARTICLE I1I—PAYMENT OF DUES.

Each local association shall remit the per
capita tax on or before October 1 of each
year. New members shall be reported and
remitted for at the end of each quarter
thereafter.

ARTICLE VI—NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.

Any organization refusing to pay the per
sapita tax shall be debarred from the priv-
ileges of the Association. Any honorary
member refusing to pay his annual dues
thereby forfeits his membership.

 

ARTICLE V—BONDS.

The Treasurer shall give a bond with two
good sureties, to be approved by the Execu-
tive Committee.

The report of the Committee was adopted
without amendment, when Smith Barnes,
of Traverse City, was called upon to read a
paper on ‘‘Retrospective Business Methods
of the Past and Present.” Mr. Barnes pre-
faced the reading by reminding the conyen-
tion that he was a plain business man, well
worn in the hurdy-gurdy of an active busi-
ness life, and so marked was the effect of
his paper that he was frequently interrupted
with applause:

Gentlemen of the Business Men’s Association

of Michigan: .

Standing as we do, with the door of the
nineteenth century only just ajar, as it
swings on its well-worn hinges towards its
final closing, shutting out forever the deeds,
hopes and aspirations of the past, we can
hardly do otherwise than cast a lingering
jook backward.

It matters not how earnest our efforts may
have been to win success and good repute,
or how desirous we may have been to do our
best. So far as the grave duties of life are
concerned, we are quite likely to concede
that we have hardly attained to the fruition
of our hopes, the level of our intentions or
the acme of our ambitions.

In thus looking back we can but be re-
wninded of the various vicissitudes which
the years have brought, with cares as huimer-
ous as are the changes.

In this category we are forcibly put in
mind of the methods of the past and intui-
tively compare them with “the now.” The
business man who commenced in boyhood
at the ladder’s foot will distinctly remember
his first embarrassing attempt at putting up
in tender stra’ paper his first pound of
crude saleratus, taken out of a fifty pound
box in bulk, in dry crystals, which persisted
in getting out of the paper in place of stay-
ing in. With no less pleasure will he re-
member the vain effort to persuade the quar-
ter pound of whole pepper or spice to stay

in its rudely constructed cornucopia, in place
of rolling out of reach. Memory will bring
out in bold relief the discomfort of finding
the five pound package of Muscovada sugar
bursting through the paper, on account of
the soaking qualities which it contained.
The vexation incident to drawing the gallon
of Cardena’s molasses in the whaleoil meas-
ure, and getting berated therefor, will arouse
a lugubrious smile, even if forty or more
years intervene. When he reverts to his
ivials in ladling out his first bucket of tar,
and the temptation resuiting in a strong de-
sire to use words interdicted in the Sunday
School, he will marvel at his patience. His
endeavors to break off just the amount of
“loaf sugar” required, will seem like a
dream. There may be some amongst us
who have sold soft soap by the gallon, and
ean vividly remember its smoothness.

Should it have happened that his first in-
troduction to a business career occurred in
the country store, it is probable that he can
distinetly remember the delight of selling
nails out of akegand picking them out with
his fingers—and its results—and if called
upon to sell a yard of sarsenet ribbon to
the same customer, how agreeable (?) was
the situation. If the patron next desired a
pound of logwood, redwood, madder or
fustic, it gave variety to his labors, *while
the demand for a half-yard of bobbinet
would almost bring tears to his eyes, which,
perchance, could only be relieved by an
ounce of assafoetida or half a pound of

brimstone. The inquiry for ‘‘stay tape” or
pobbin, next ensuing, would completely be-
fuddle his intellect, and a request for two
yards of ‘‘quality” would embarrass* him
beyond control. The inevitable pound of
tallow candles were sure to be ealled for just
previous to the cutting off of eight yards of
calico for a frock.

The one who had studied Colburn’s arith-
metic will remember how difficult it was to
reconcile the statement that four quarts
made a gallon when, after puging three
quarts of Porto Rico molasses nto a one
gallon jug, with the mercury at 90 degrees,
he found one-third of it on the floor when
the customer called for it.

A few, perhaps, may have experienced
the unmixed pleasure of opening the store
at 5:30 a. m., bolting a morning meal, as
also dinner «id supper, and finally closing

were to be cleaned, store swept and books
written up, using up the time until about 11
p. m., when. new goods were to be opened
and marked, this being the one and only
time for marking goods, and occupying the
hours from 12 to3.a.m. Theidea of mark-
ing goods by sample, the one plate in place
of an entire crate, had not then dawned. With
body ‘‘weary and worn,” the remaining
hours—all too tew—were spent in an indif-
ferent bed, in a musty room over the store,
or on or under the counter, if no room was
furnished, until the Christian graces of
‘poor Joe” were worn so thin as to be trans-
parent, and when the inevitable **shopper”
came in it was no easy thing to be gracious.
The young man who then labored and con-
tinued to do so for three to six years was
likely to receive as compensation for such
services the munificent salary of $350 to
$450 per year.

If one was so unfortunate as to be en-
gaged where the proprietor was unmindful
of the claims humanity had upon him, there
were lessons of self-abnegnation and en-
forced humility proffered him that were not
the most palatable.

Such a thing asa paper bag or sack, a self-
measuring faucet, ground goods put up in
quarter or half pounds, coffees put up in
pounds or in any other sized packages,
canned goods of any kind or sort, farina-
ceous goods in packages, roasted coffees of-
fered for sale, or coffees ground for a cus-
tomer, were all unknown.

The one who had dry goods and hard-
ware mixed in his stock will remember viv-
idly the hosiery wrapped in white-brown pa-
per, tape in paper bundles, handkerchiefs un-
eut and unhemmed in paper, and the bundle
of knives and forks and all small hardware
in packages, and only in this shape; pocket
knives in bundles; scissors and all cutlery
ditto; and the inevitable tying up cannot
easily be forgotten.

If boots and shoes formed a part of the
stock, the laced shoe and buskin, and the
kip and calf brogan will demand remem-
brance, while the ‘thandfloat” and its needed
muscle will persist in coming to the front.

Mayhap there may be now and then one
who was called upon to preside as well at
the prescription case of the drug depart-
ment of the concern, and who has pungent
recollections of pill, lotion, tincture, pow-
der, unguent, decoction, infusion, elixir and
plaster, and the breaking in upon a fatigued
sleep to respond to the call of the night bell,
with its sequence of formula in cabalistic
characters, difficult to decipher.

This, gentlemen, only partly outlines ina
vague mannef what, looking back upon, no
doubt, seems to you, as well as yourhumble
colaborator, one of life’s prosaic dreams in
retrospect.

The present presents so much of change
as to make it seem little less than mar-
velous, as nearly all methods are meta-
morphosed quite completely. The lad who
goes behind to-day’s counter finds practi-
cally nothing in the way of annoyances,
such as are simply outlined in our retro-
spect. The neat, compact, attractive and
time-saving package, containing articl@s
formerly weighed out and tied up in un-
sightly and unsafe bundles, is now fur-
nished by the maker, and with its fellows,
in assorted, tasty colors and designs, forms
row above row on the neatly finished and
tidily kept shelves, which grace in place of
reproach the modern store. The strong and
convenient paper bag does away with the
inclination to break the third commandment;
the self-measuring faucet and the keeping
of sweets separate and apart from oils pre-
clude the possibility of mixing oil and mo-
lasses, and, besides, gives the buyer in
every case the exact amount for which he
pays: the axle grease in neat, handy boxes
supplants the bucket of tar; the cylinder
bins contain all grades of refined, as well
as cubes of loaf sugar, into which an entire
barrel is at one time emptied, where it is
kept clean and attractive, while the loss
from evaporation. is reduced to the mini-
mum. At the same time dried fruits are
kept free from flies, dust and worms, while
the handsome Japanned tea can keeps out
from the tea all filth from the’ counters.
The honest syrups of to-day are nicer, more
palatable, and will stay where put; the at-
tractive power coffee mill- has become an
object of art, and the prudent housewife
now orders the pound of coffee ground and
browned, in place of burning it literally at
home, and grinding it in a pocket mill in
the woodshed; the lump of indigo is re-
placed by the convenient bottle of bluing;
the dried beef of to-day is bought ready
sliced for the table; whitewash of lime and
buttermilk and its abominations of discolor-
ation and rubbing off is replaced by the
excellent Anti-kalsomine and Alabastine,
American Family Soap makes the user
happy, and forever does away with hands
so skinned by the lye in home-made soap as
to make martyrs of Christians; the lumps
of clear, clover-leaf codfish have banished
the bony hake, haddock, pollack and cod,
which filled the cellars with odors not from
Cathay; the washing machine and wringer
have made many a2 woman happy, and are
prolonging lives; the barrel-churn and dog-
power have raised the dreaded churning day
onto another plane; the invention of Mrs.
Potts has been a%blessing and a boon to the
weary and heated ironer in the laundry; the
wooden bow! is broken and the chopping
knife relegated to the store room since the
introduetion of the meat-cutter and sausage

 

weary body and tired fingers is among the
almost forgotten things of the past, as the
sewing machine has become a part of the
necessary furnishings of every home.

The corded bedstead with its winch and
strong tread and pull,and its fellow-sleepers
are remembered by few. The fluffy and
malodorous feather bed, heirlooms of filth
and disease, is a thing of the dark past.
The more modern wood slats have given
way to comfortable and cleanly bed springs,
while hair and woven wire pillows are sup-
porting the head made weary by business
cares, in place of those filled with obnox-
ious aroma.

The old method of raising goods into the
upper lofts with its many escapes, arduous
labor and blistered hands, has given way to
the modern elevator, and the worn out legs
and nerveless knees can now be ‘“‘carried to
the skies” if not on ‘‘flowery beds of ease”,
in elegant, restful cabs, with which the
modern elevator is equipped.

The button boot for ladies, men and chil-
drren had not been discovered forty-five
years ago. Our ‘“‘delf” crockery and glass-
ware, as well as all cutlery, then, all came
from over the water.

When our family doctor gave us a pow-
der, pill, bolus or tincture, it was as crude
and offensive as need be; while now, with
sugar-coated pills, flavored solutions or de-
coctions, capsules to envelope all the ob-
jectionable and distasteful remedies, with
castor oil even made attractive, and quinine
and picra robbed of their offensiveness, the
dreads of family pharmacy have vanished.

The dark ages of the credit system, when
the merchant bought his stock in New York
or@Boston on six, twelve and eighteen
months’ time, and the consumer purchased
what he needed, payable in a year, with a
yearly settlement begetting bickering, disa-
greements, dissatisfaction, and in many
cases a life-long enmity, have, like the days
of the inquisition, become a thing of the un-
happy past. The wrecks of this system
have lined many a commercial strand, like
ghostly ribs of vessels along the Jersey
coast, pointing the silent finger of disaster
to the oncoming mariner of kife’s business
ocean, which has relentlessly swallowed up
so many bright hopes and blasted so much
of honest but mistaken endeavor.

The days are no more when it is consid-
ered necessary to open a business house be-
fore of at sunrise, and keep it open until all
respectable people should be in bed., while
the salesman or woman of to-day is cer-
tain to receive a salary on which he can
live comfortably, and if economically in-
clined, have something each year out of a
sum varying from $500 to $1,200 per year.

Another important experiment has been
made, and is proving to be most salutary
in its effect, viz.: the employment of wo-
men in places of business, bringing into the
store the elevated influences, the refining
results and ennobling benefits which come
from such companionship, doing away with
the grosser elements of manhood and vir-
tually prohibiting the discreditable and
damaging Influences of the vulgar story-
teller and the loafer, and raising the stand-
ard of all employes.

We, presumably, are all learning that a
word now and then of commendation and
an evidence of appreciation of the labor per-
formed by our employes is better than
‘‘bread cast upon the waters,” and no sane
business man of to-day but what finds it
for his interest to give due consideration to
the health, comfort and conditions for en-
joyment of those on whom he must depend
for success so very largely.

No doubt there are many of us present
who have completed the larger proportion
of our probable business career, and can
see with the magnifying glasses of past ex-
perience the many mistakes which have
been made wits the best intentions. Ver-
haps there may be a major share of those
who are yet to pass the half-way past in
their public career as servants to those on
whom they must depend for success,;for
their gratified and loyal patronage. Will it
be too much to assume that a good merchant
is really a public educator; that the morale
of every intelligent dealer, on those among
whom he seeks to obtain the reward for his
labors, isas much an element for good or ill,
in its way, as that of our public teachers of
morals? That he who ventures upon the
confines of dangerous temptations, so far as
to commune with himself to see if he may
safely do an act that savors of dishonesty,
be it in short weight, short measure or
count; the selling of inferior goods for aught
else than what they are, the knowingly
handling of adulterated goods, the selling
of imperfect goods and fabrics as_ perfect,
the misrepresentation of values or qualities,
or aught else of a similar nature, does a
great wrong to not only his own repute, but
great injustice to the fraternity of workers
who are known as merchants?

Is it not high time, gentlemen, that we
should inseribe upon our banners, as they
float to the breezé, our joint determination,
go far as in us lies, to sell nothing but pure
goods? to endeavor to furnish our patrons,
who must depend upon us largely, the best
article obtainable? that we should unite as
one man to see that a National and State
standard, to correspond with the National,
be fixed, so that everything shall be bought
by weight, and that the weights shall be
uniform over the entire wnion?

Can we not enter upon a crusade against
the damaging habit of miscellaneous credits,

 

stutfer; the cherry-stoner and its kindred
implements have removed for all time the
dread of the fruit season; the miracle ef-
fected by the introduction of the self-seal-
ing fruit can has opened up a new era in
domestic duties and at the same time brought
a natural state, rather than the little use of
preserves put up pound for pound, thus
superinducing dyspepsia on the part of the
partakers; the old and tiresome’ New Eng-
land habits of painting every house white,
with green blinds, has become obsolete, and
the artistic mixed colors of to-day, tastily
put upon the attractive modern cottage, have
changed every town and farm house beyond
»ossible recognition; the days of whale oi),
with its offensive odor, and of astral lamps,
are mingled with memories of inflammable
camphene and its successor, burning fluid,
while the white oil of to-day and the Ger-
man student lamp have not only given us a
tenfold better light, but have reduced the
cost 75 per cent.

Right here it might be interesting to state
that the first introduction of kerosene oil
north of Grand Rapids was made by my-
self, at which time Downer’s refinery, at
Portland, Me., was the only one in the
United States which made kerosene oil, at a
price of $1.20 per gallon, wholesale.

The much to be deprecated habit of barter
—the paying for produce, labor, etc., in
merchandise, or as then termed ‘‘in trade’
has generally given place to the more de-

the aforenamed in cash.

The old’ system of buying many products
by measure and selling them in the same
manner, is, I am glad to say, almost entirely
banished. ‘The days when our mothers,
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sirable and equitable plan of paying for all |

deciding to use the utmost discrimation,
| and when we do grant an accommodation
‘that in place of a petty or ledger account
the amount be at once put into a short note,
| bearing interest from date, thus settling the
account beyond possible dispute and obtain-
ing a promise to pay, that is far more likely
to be met at maturity than an open ac-
count.

Shall we not, as a body of representative
men, unite ina determination to seeure for
our helpers men of the most unblemished
repute, of exceptionable habits, pleasing ad-
dress and attractive manner, above suspic-
ion in point of integrity and associations,
and remember that our influence and exam-
ple is the force which is educating the busi-
ness men of the future—who are and must
be the ‘‘samples” of men for which we are
personally responsible—and who will re-
tlect discredit or praise upon us?

If a thing is worth doing well, is. it not
due to our own better nature that we study
to make our own place of business (where
three-fourths of our working hours are
spent) so elean, orderly, systematic, well-
ventillated, light, wholesome and attractive,
that our customers will ever find a pleasure
in visiting us; our employees be constantly
stimulated to higher and better aims, and
our lives. be living evidences. that we are
each day learning to ‘‘nail down the sun-
beams that flit across and brighten our path-
way?”

The conundrum of life lying unsolved in
the uncertain future, which we may all of
us help to unriddle, may perchance be fore-
shadowed by the saying of heads wiser than
ours, whose brains are free from the cor-
rosions, cares and vexations of a ‘‘dealer’s”

life; which they have, it seems to me, most

the following: ‘Aim high;” ‘Put yourself.
in his place;” ‘‘Do your level best;” ‘“Take

things by the smooth handle;” ‘‘Hold fast to

that. which is good;” ‘‘Aet well your part;” |
‘Absolute equity should’ be the basis of all |
honorable commercial transactions;” ‘“The

profession of merchandising is amongest |
the most important of the working profes- |
sions of the day in which we live;” ‘The |
chief element of cheawness is absolute sat- |
isfaction.”
Will it be assuming too much to prognos- |
ticate that he who stretches out his span of |
life until the opening door of the twentieth |
century lets in the light of the future
through its ‘‘gates ajar” will find a higher
standard of mercantile ability? a clearer
comprehension of what real merchandising |
is; a more thorough system of practical, |
commercial education; an elevated plane
guite above the present on which the mer- |
chant of ‘‘the then” finds he must stand to
bé abreast of the march of ideas and im- |
provement; a completer sense of the needs of |
true, if not courtly politeness; almost an
entire freedom from the debasing effect of |
personal reflections and criminations against |
those who are presumably honorable compet- |
itors, and a larger and more liberal ten- |
dency towards both seller, buyer and broth-
er in trade?

Added to this let it be hoped that there
will have arrived the “golden age of trade.” |
in which the constituents and patrons of |
the grocer or general merchant may aid in
so reducing the hours of doing business that |
every one may be enabled to obtain some
time out of each day to improve his mind

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the ‘‘blessed time” will come when, if our |
heads aré not all level, our pens not all

gues not all eloquent, that our successors
may,. like ourselves, then meet to confer

telligently, in the not vain endeavor to ele-

sensation that it never shrinks back to its
former dimensions;” and remembering that
‘the best part of our knowledge is that
which teaches us where knowledge leaves |
off and ignorance begins;” tha
rich in proportion to things he can afford to |

that ‘however ignoble a man’s life is, ’tis |

and call it hard names;” while no iuspira-
tion is more true than this ‘the who has |
gained confidence has gained money.”

We are not to forget that ‘‘there may be
some who would find fault with the rose- |
tints of the morning, if they ever got up|

early enough;”,that ‘‘only that day dawns to)
which we are fully awake:” if we do not
desire ill-repute, let us beware that we do
not deserve it,” that ‘‘that we should im-
part our courage and not our despair, our
health and ease and not our disease;” that
“a grip of our hands should be a magnetic
appeal for confidence,” and that ‘courtesy
and civility, are qualities which cost noth-
ing but which buy: everything.

Let us see that our lives emit a fragrance
like that of flowers and sweet-scented herbs,
let us avoid the “mildew of leisure” and
“dry rot of laziness;” consider that goodness

dishonorable thing, but mean not to do it.”
Should we not bear in mind that the true
harvest of alife is as intangible and inde-
scribible as the tints of the morning and
evening —a segment of the rainbow which
has been clutched in passing: see to it that

memories, like an aurora borealis, that cur
contemporaries may say in truth of each of
us, ‘there has been a partial eclipse on the
liaes of those who were not acquainted with
him:” and “there is only one fault to be
found with his life, and thatis that it should
come to an end.”

he was greeted with enthusiastic applause,

paper be published in Tue TRADESMAN at
the expense of the Association. Mr. Stowe
remarked that it would be published with-
out expense to the Association, when the
motion was adopted in amended form.
Jas. A. Coye moved that a vote of thanks
be tendered Mr. Barnes for his
which was adopted.

Robert M. Floyd then read a paper on
“Origin of the Word Grocer,”
given in full in another column.

vention on the subjects suggested by Mr.
Barnes’ paper, as follows:

Géntlemen, when I look over this audi-
ence I see none but intelligent faces, and it
is not to be wondered at, for they are rep-
resentative business men of Michigan.
Mr. Barnes did not tell us perhaps all that
might be said.

we have had too much of the credit system.

that only one merchant in ninety-three makes
a success in life.
do not know what the schooling was that
we had, thirty and forty years, ago.
worked on a salary of twenty dollars a
month and had to work until 2 or 3 o'clock
in the morning.
long hours we had. I can remember back
I got into the store at 5 o’clock in the
morning, and in the evening the store was
filled with farmers who never knew when
to go home, and 10 o’clock had usually
passed before we could close the store.
Then, when supper was over, the farmer
would hich wp old gray Dobin and come to

over the news of the day.
live in cities do not understand the long
hours a country store is compelled to re-
}main open.
Hi. A. Hydorn spoke as follows:
When I went to clerking in a country
store, L had to get up at 3 o’clock in the

open the store for the farmers who passed
there on their way to sell cheese.

noon, we had t
the night. I do not see any reason why this
Association of business men cannot band
together and secure shorter hours. We

T do not see that any trade comes in after 9.

mueh.

follows:

I think the principle of getting through
early was instilled in me when I was clerk-

 

 

 

 
  

happily formulated ‘in such expressions as

   

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| goods.

| living for?”

see : hs store and you wi ye a stranger Tour:
and renew his vigor in the open air and that | ss H bea stranger to your

fountains of wit and wisdom, and our ton- |
| again the rest of my years.

with each other socially, fraternally and in- |

vate, enlarge and improve the sphere of |
their lives; not -forgetting that ‘‘onece a/|
man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or |

“a man is |
do without;” that ‘‘the talent of success is |
nothjng more than doing what we can do | The eggs which would go through the hole
well, and doing well what we can do,” |

manly to meet it and live it; not to shun it

and purity are the only investments that |
never fail; and ‘“‘not only not mean to do a}

our daily lives are lifted out of the range of |
temptation and that when twilight draws |
the curtain of sunset with a flush of radiant |

As Mr. Barnes stepped from the platform, |

and H. A. Hydorn moved that the entire |

paper, |

which is |

J. V. Crandall then addressed the con- |

He dropped three or four |
grand points, among which was the truth that |

Now, allow me to say that statistics show |
Possibly you young men |

We,

You do not now have the |

there on the shores of Seneca Lake when |

the store for supplies, when he would talk |
You men who |

morning, take care of the horses, and then ,
When |

they returned about 5 o’clock in the after-
remain open until far into |

were obliged to keep open, because some,
other store near us did, until 10 o’elock. |

If any does come, it does not amount to.

KE. J. Herrick addressed the convention as |

hobby and was always harping on it, and to-
day we close our place of business at 6:30.
I do not know but we lose a dime’s worth of
trdde, but I do not notice it. Now,

friend here remarked about the peddlar |

nuisance. We are troubled with the same
thing. They pay no taxes, nor help to
bear the burden of taxation at all.
should buy of men who are responsible.
If you buy of peddlars and donot get a good
article, you are obliged to lose it. You have
no means of redress, as you have when you
trade with a responsible house. :

There has been a great deal done in our
Association, and there is a great deal more
to be done. We have a collector who goes
about in a business manner, and 1 believe
that is one of the strong points of our Asso-
ciation.
I wish to offer
this head, which I will ask to have referred
to the Committee on Resolutions.

The resolution took the course suggested,
when Smith Barnes addressed the conven-
tion on the subject of standard weights and
shorter hours:

I wish to makea suggestion. It is neces-
sary to have a standard of weights, so
that we can alluse it. Now, the farmer’s

| good house wife has her butter and eggs to |
| sell.

_ If she can sell the small eggs and
keep the large ones, it is good policy; but

| when you make a standard of weight you
| correct all this.

c Now, as to the early clos-
ing system. The question is, ‘‘Is life worth
Put sixteen hours a day in the

family. At the age of 40, you will be broken
in health, when you should bein the prime
| of life. We do not give ourselves recreation
enough. Iam going to live my life over
[ have lived 50
| years and worked sixteen hours four of
them for nothing I have an old friend
who is very near 100 years. He has never
/ made a suecess, financially, but he has had

| his four hours extra and he is the happier
to-day for taking those hours for recreation.

N. B. Blain spoke as follows:

I would like to state that some thirty or
thirty-five ago I used to know an old gentle-
man-who lived in the little town of Sala-
manea, N. Y. He used to have a standard
for eggs, which was a hole ina shingle.

were not up to the standard. 1am sorry to
say that the old gentleman is dead, but I am
not prepared to say whether Brethren Her-
rick and Barnes could not find that hole as
a standard. [Applause. |

J. V. Crandall answered Mr. Blain as fol-
lows:
| Instead of going after the hole, I believe
| we should have the Legistature make these
standards. I believe I am correct in saying
there is no legal standard of weight for any-
thing except grains, but [think if we should
try to have the Legislature make standards
for our vegetables, that they would think
we were assuming too much. They -would
not waste their valuable time on such mat-
ters. Butter and eggs are the pride of the
farmers’ wives, and their importance are too
little appreciated. 1 must say one good
thing for Congress, that they have made a
law prohibiting the sale of butterine.

W, E. Kelsey spoke as follows:

I bought 1,100 dozen of eggs a while ago.
Now, suppose I sold them to Mr. Barnes by
weight, or if I bought by the dozen here
and fold them by weight in New
York, how mueh do you think I would
make? I believe we should let this matter
go before the Executive Board, and then
each loeal association petition the Legisla-
ture to may a standard of weight for each
article.
| EK. A. Stowe then offered the following

resolution and moved that it be referred to
' the Csmmittee on Resolutions:

 

WueEREAS, the present exemption allow-
ed a inarried man is too often an incentive
| to dishonesty, therefore
Resolved—-That the Association request
ithe Legistature to reduce the exemption
| from $25 to $10, and that we use every hon-
orable endeavor to secure such amendment
to the present law.

 

J. V. Crandall opposed the acceptance of
| the resolution on the ground that it smacked
of monopoiy and that its adoption would
put the Association on record as a body of
men trying to oppress the poor man.

O. F. Conklin said that the only person
' such a measure would oppress would be a
/rogue. He never yet kn@éw of an honest
man attempting to shield himself under the
exemption allowed him by law.
| §, J. Herrick asked if Mr. Conklin would
| be content to have the tables turned and re-
| move the exemption now allowed a business
man, to whieh Mr. Conklin replied that he
would be glad if such were the case—that he
‘did not think honest men had any reasen to
| eling to exemptions.

Mr. Stowe stated that he had no desire to
arouse any antagonisms and asked permis-
sion to withdraw the motion, which was
| granted.

Henry S. Chureh suggested that each local
association be numbered, in accordance with
the date on which it was organized.

W. E.
local associations paying the per capita tax
| be changed to November 1, as many of the
local associations would not have a meeting
before October 1. The motion was seconded
by N. H. Beebe, who said that the Big Rap-

ids Association was in the same boat as the

Oceana Association.

N. B. Blain reminded the gentlemen that

thirty days was considered cash in general
i business transactions, whereupon Smith
Barnes remarked that his house usually took
two per cent. off for cash.

The convention then adjourned
evening.

until

EVENING SESSION.

convention: :
Allendale—A. Babcock,
Caledonia—D. Hamacher.
Mill Creek-—-H. D, Plumb.
Paris—W. D. Hopkinson, A. McFarlane.
Shelby—J. H. Moore, J. Halstead.
Lamont—M. F. Walling.
Tustin—G,. A. Estes.

| ballot. was then declared formal, and Frank

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Now, in regard to adulterated |
a resolutton under |

Thorp moved that the date for

At the opening of the evening session, the
Secretary’s register showed the following
additional delegates in attendance on the

| Election of officers being then in order, an
‘informal ballot was taken for President,
which resulted in Frank Hamilton receiving
fifty-niue votes and Smith Barnes five. The

1
unamimous

Hamilton was declared the
choice of the convention.

On motion of B. F. Emery, the Secretary
was instructed to cast the unanimous vote
of the convention for Paul P. Morggn for
First Vice-President.

On motion of H. A. Hydorn, the Secretary
was instructed to cast, the unanimous vote
of the convention for E. J. Herrick for See-
ond Vice-President.

On motion of E. J. Herrick, the President
was instructed to cast the unaminous vote
of the convention for E. A. Stowe for See-
retary.

On motion of I. J. Quick, the Secretary
| was instrueted to cast the unanimous vote
Si the convention for Julius Schuster for
| Treasurer.”

The Committee on Resolutions presented
the following report, which was adopted:

Resolved—That it is the sense of this econ-
i vention that it is due the dealer as well as
the consumer, to buy as well as to sell veg-
etables and all produce by weight.

i. Resolved—That we, as dealers, realize the
| fact that adulteration is being practiced to
an alarming extent, damaging the sale of
pure goods, as well as the public health,
and therefore it is meet that we put our-
selves on record as opposed to any but pure
and unadulterated goods; and that we re-
solve to sell only pure and unadulterated
goods. :

Resolved—That our Committee on Legis-

lation be and is hereby requested to report
means of procedure for introducing the sub-
ject of adulteration before the Legislature
of the State of Michigan, the coming session
of 1887.
Resolved—That a vote of thanks be ex-
tended by this \ssociation to THE TRADES-
MAN and its editor, Mr. E. A. Stowe, for the
interest they have taken in behalf of this
Association.

Resolved—That a vote of: thanks be ex-
tended to the Retail Grocers’ Association of
Grand Rapids for the courtesy extended to
the visiting members.

Resolved—That a vote of thanks be ex-
tended to the wholesalers of Grand Rapids
for their liberal donations toward defraying
the expenses of this meeting.

Resolved—That we heartily endorse what
is known as the early closing movement, and
pledge our efforts to bring the same into
general practice.

Resolved—That a vote of thanks be ten-
dered Mr. Barnes for his presence and ad-
vice on the oecasion of this convention.

On motion of B. F. Emery, R. M. Floyd
was elected an honorary member of the As-
sociation, without dues or assessments.
Mr. Floyd acknowledged the compliment in
a short speech, assuring the convention that
he should endeavor to be present at all fu-
ture meetings.

Irving W. VanZant was called upon by
President Hamilton to make a few remarks
and gave an interesting description of the
growth of the grocer movement in New
York and some of the obj ects accomplished

hrough organization.

On motion of N. B. Blain, the Secretary
read the constitution and by-laws for the
benefit of such delegates as were not present
when they were adopted at the afternoon
session.

At the suggestion of the President, the
Executive Committee was requested to eall
a special meeting of the Association, to be
held in Grand Rapids next March.

The convention then adjourned.

THE BANQUET.

At the conclusion of the evening session,
the convention adjourned to Sweet’s Hotel,
where all sat down to a sumptuous repast.
After the viands had been diseussed to the
satisfaction of all present, and the cigars
had been lighted, Toastmaster Hydorn rap-
ped the assembly to order and announced
that Mr. Barnes would respond to the toast
of ‘‘Our Honored Guests.” Mr. Barnes spoke
as follows:

The Business Men of Michigan—worthy
representatives of the Wolverine State, the
men who wield so great an influence in the
proper government of this great common-
wealth. If our Peninsula is ‘‘fair to look
upon,” the record of the Business Men of
Michigan is and shell be equafly fair.

The men whose brain, museles, patience,
perseverance persistence and sterling charae-
ters are shown in the monuments which they
have builded, and the new and enduring
ones they are building; whose standards
float over the entire length of both the Low-
er and Upper Peninsulas, and whose beacon

lights shine like brilliants embroidered
along the emerald and indented fringe

whieh borders our shores from Maumee to
New Buffalo, and from the Sault to Duluth,
to guide the future mariner over the troub-
lous and perilous sea of financial and busi-
ness experience.

The men who have done so much to mould
and form a high order of business morals;
an elevated standard of fairness and_ strict
business integrity; a clear sense of justice,
and an unflinching determination to make
the fair name of the Business Men of Mich-
igan a synonym for all that constitutes up-
rightness, probity, courtesy, business am-
bition and honorable success.

May no fog arise to durken their fame,
no cloud overshadow their future, no eal-
umnies attach themselves to their repute,
no jealousies embitter their lives, no ungen-
erous act originate in their brains, no,worthy
charities go unrewarded from their doors,
and no name stand higher at home or abroad
among business men than the Michigan

3usiness Men’s Association!”

Robt. M. Floyd responded to the toast
“The Ladies,” as follows:

Nothing does a man say more to his credit
than to say he stands up as an exponent for
all humanity, and particularly for women.
L will quote this poetry on the subject:

Blessed she is; God made her so
And deeds of week day holiness
Fall from her noiseless as the snow
Nor hath she ever chanced to know
That aught were easier than to bless.

The acts of women are recorded in the
history of all time. IL will mention one.
In one of the largest locomotive works of
Philadelphia, the manager had been trou-
bled by the grates of his engines burning
out. One evening as he sat thinking on the
subject his wife asked him what was the
trouble and he told her. She thought a
moment and then gave him a solution of
the problem, and to-day the kind of grates
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the world. ‘I might tell you of another
woman whose name will be recorded in his-
tory—one who crawled over a bridge ona
dark, stormy night to stop a passenger train
fron mpteing through a bridge to destruc-
tion. Some years ago I was ina train and
just ahead of me were two young girls, and
they were talking on various subjects. One
of them said that women have not much
ingenuity and the other one replied that it
was all nonsense women, have as much in-
genuity as men, but it is all wasted on old
dresses. I will quote a few lines on the
subject:

From youth to age she grows dear to her
spouse:

Fills with fair girls am@ sturdy boys his
house. .

Among ail women, womanliest seems

And heavenly grace about her mild brow
gleams.

A gentle wife, a noble friend she walks,
Nor even with the gossip mongers, talks,
Such women sometimes Zeus to mortals

gives
The glory and the solace of their lives.
O fairest of Creation. Last and best
Of all God's works.

I bid you all good night.

Jno. G. Shields responded to the toast
“Grand Rapids,” as follows:

I was never more surprised in my life
than to be called upon for a speech. I can
not help but think of an old story told by
my grandfather, and the advice that went
with the story and that was to always be
prepared for sudden changes. It seems
that an Irishman was at work in a field and
it commenced to rain and he took shelter
under a tree and the lightning struck the
tree. He told the old gentleman that he
was not prepared for such ad sudden
change. So when Mr. Hydorn called on
me for a speech, I thought I always ought
to be prepared for sudden changes.

The subject I have the pleasure of re-
sponding to is a growing subject. We are
proud of our city and we are glad to see so
many of our friends from the surrounding
towns with us to-night. Gentlemen, the
interests of our town are growing. I think
this meeting to-day is a most important one.
that it will give more strength to your busi-
ness, and that it will impart a friendly feel-
ing among you all. With these few remarks
I will say good evening.

J. V. Crandall responded for the ‘Country
Merchant,” as follows: :

I question the wisdom of your conimittee
in selecting me to respond to the toast of
the ‘Country Merchant.” A country store
was different in 1840 than it is now in 1886.
We knew nothing of the traveling men.
S=The merehant then bought his goods in
New York, Philadelphia, or some of the
large Eastern cities. His family gathered
around him and bid him good-bye and the

hurch was asked to pray for him for a safe
journey and return home, for he was gone
‘six long weeks. Now you can go to China
Vin the same time. Well I remember the
first country store I ever saw north of Grand
Rapids, in 1858. It was kept by Nick
Shaw in anine by eleven store, with two
barrels and a board laid across them, and
ethe accounts were kept on a piece of brown
It was nothing thirty or forty years

enough to pay his debts. Now, I am glad
to say, most country stores are able to pay
100 cents on the dollar.

Frank Emery spoke for ‘*The Drummer,”
‘as follows:

I will simply say this is the largest as-
Jsembly of business men I have ever called
upon. I have nothing to offer to-night, not
even a chromo. It is generally expected that
a drummer will have some big deal which
his house has sole control of, with the usual
grand gift to each customer. Now, gentle-
men, the gift in this case you have already
partaken of, furnished by the Grand Rapids
wholesale trade. As a drummer, I presume
Iam as wicked as any. I probably have
borrowed as many $5 bills as any—have
helped to eat as many hotel door mats or
bell straps, cooked and served as beefsteak
—as many railroad eating house sandwiches
(so-called) spread with our new found friend
bull butter or oleomargarine; but, gentle-
men, if there is one thing more than another
I pride myself on, I never cut contract
goods or give any rebates. This, gentlemen,
is a solemn, lie-able story. With many
happy annual returns of this day I am
yours truly, a drummer.

Win. H. Hoops then responded to ‘*The
Jobbing Trade,” as follows:

Tam more than pleased to meet you all
here this evening under such pleasant cir-
cumstances and I can assure you, gentlemen,
I feel highly honored in being called upon to
respond to such a splendid toast. ‘‘The
Jobbing Trade of Grand Rapids,” as I fully
realize how important that interest is in this
pushing, flourishing city. In my experience
of ten years as a competitor of the Valley
City jobbing houses, I always found them
hard hitters in the fight for business, in fact
the stroiigest competitors Thad. In 1876, I
made my first visit to this place, in the in-
terest of W. J. Quan & Co., of Chicago. It
was then comparatively small and the job-
bing grocery trade was in its infancy, so to
speak. I found very little difficulty in build-
ing up a very large trade in this territory
and held it several years, but when the job-
bers here commenced to reach out for busi-
ness and fight for it in earnest, behold, a
change came o’er the spirit of my dreams!
and [I found my trade slowly but surely
drifting toward Grand Rapids, in spite of
the fact that 1 used all my eloquence to con-
vince my customers that Chicago could and
would undersell Grand Rapids, as_ they
found by experience it was not so (and I
was forced to admit it).

The freight rates, time, invariable charge
for boxes, cartage, exchange, etc., were all
against Chicago and were arguments too
strong fer me to overcome. When I first
came to this city, | was favorable impressed
with it as a splendid distributing point for
Northern and Western Michigan and I pre-
dicted for her a grand future, but did not
anticipate being driven out of the territory
“quite so soon. Still I accepted the inevit-
able and gave up the fight (as several other
Chicago salesmen have been obliged to do),
and fell into line and decided to cast anchor
here, and am now a member of one of the
leading grocery firms of the city.

*Zam sure, gentlemen, I voice the senti-
ments of my worthy brother jobbers in
wishing you a very pleasant time and that
this visit may serve to strengthen the ties
of friendship between the retail dealers of

Michigan and the jobbers of our city. 1}

wish you all good night.
Jas. A. Coye paid ‘*The Dead-Beat” mer-

| store with that patronizing Lord Almighty

or place to spea h a solemn subject.
I feel as though I would prefer to
dead-beat withé¢he mantle of charity and
let him go. But as I have been called upon
to respond to the toast, ‘‘The Dead Beat,”
I feel that I ought to say a little on the sub-
ject.

The first dead-beat of whom I have any
information was the man who tried to beat
old Noah out of a ride in his ark and being
refused replied, ‘‘You can go to with
your ark.. It is nothing but a shower, any-
how.” [Applause. |

Dead-beats are composed of our most
promising citizens. In fact, they can make
more promises in a minute than the rest of
creation in a week. [Applause.] Dead-
‘beats, asa rule, will try to work on your
sympathy like the tramp who stopped ata
farm house with the request, ‘‘Please,
ma’am, will you give me a drink, cause ’m
so hungry I don’t know where to sleep to-
night.” [Applause. ]

Then, there is the man who comes to your

air, orders a good bill of goods, say ten dol-
lars worth or more, pays for them and says
his wife will finish the order. Well, you
send John up with the goods and he brings
back another large order, on the strength of
which you raise his wages. Business is
picking up. This continues for thirty days,
at the end of which time you send in your
bill. In. comes my lord, greatly excited,
wants to know if you are aware of his high
standing in the community, and assures you
that he will not tolerate such treatment; he
is used to letting his bill run until it suits
convenience to pay, and, if that does not
suit you, will take his trade elsewhere.
Well, at last you give his bill, along with
the others, to a delinquent debtor for whom
you are sorry and whom you wish to help,
agreeing to give him half for collecting.
It’s the old story. He collects his half. [Ap-
plause].

Then there are the ladies, God bless them,
they are not dead-beats, but some of them
are terribly absent-minded. There is the
woman who comes down with a basket on
her arm and wants to know ‘‘what is the
cheapest you can sell those apples for by the
bushel?” You quote them at 40 cents,
cash, and after some reflection she lays
down five cents and says she’ll take halfa
peck. She isn’t a beat, only a close buyer,
that’s all.

And now, my friends, are we not a little
delinquent some times? Do we, as dealers,
always act on the square? Don’t we some-
times exact from the jobber a little more than
our due for damage on broken packages,
ete.? Let us consider these things, and |
from now on let us be fair with each other
as neighbors in trade, not trying to cut each
others’ throats in a business way, but rath-
er act justly with all, and demand that oth-
ers deal fairly with us. Good night.

Frank Hamilton responded to the toast
“The Clothing Trade,” as follows: .

This toast was given to me ata very late
hour in the day and, therefore, I shall make
no attempt at eloquence, and my sentiments
will be expressed ina few words. The first
idea of clothing was taught the savage by
civilization and I might remark to you that
civilization has kept pace with clothing.
But as a member of tue clothing profession,
I will simply say in response to this toast,
‘May it wear out.” [Applause.]

N. B. Blain then spoke for ‘‘The Dry
10o0ds Trade:” .

It seems to me next to an insult to get a
man in the condition Iam in and then ask
him to respond to sucha toast. If this was
a company of ladies, I think that asa dry
goods man I might say something that
would interest them; but as it is a conven-
tion of gentlemen, I do not know of any-
thing that I can say that would be of inter-
est. Not long since, at a greenback con-
vention, I learned one thing, and that was
that when they had a man that was not
much of a talker they would limit him to
a few minutes and when they had a good
man to talk they give him the time of the
others. Now, 1 would propose to give my
time to others.

Samuel M. Lemon, on being called upon
for a few remarks, spoke as follows:

I would say that I am always glad to meet
retail merchants. It affords me the greatest
possible pleasure at all times, with one ex-
ception, and that is when I am ir pursuit
of a lame duck. Now, gentlemen, there
are no lame ducks here to-night that I am
aware of. We are all good men, all true
citizens of the great State of Michigan, and
all good, live, active merchants have a com-
mon purpose that is for the benefit of all.
We as grocerymen are in sympathy with
your cause. Your interests and our inter-.
ests are as one and the same and | am sure
I voice the sentiment of every wholesaler
here to-night when I say we are glad to see
you here, to welcome you to our city, to
welcome you to this festive board. We
welcome you to our homes,and we say that
alf that is ours is yours, an! we wish you:
to earry away pleasant memories of this
visit to Grand Rapids. [Applause. ]
Toastmaster Hydorn, then closed the ex-
ercises by saying:
This winds up the pleasure of the even-
ing. Ithank you for your kind attention
to the speeches and would say, Good night.
Thus ended the first convention of the
Michigan Business Men’s <Association—a
convention which accomplished more good
for the business men of the State than any
gathering ever held before.

STANDING COMMITTEES.
The day following the convention, Presi-
dent Hamilton announced the following
standing committees for the ensuing year:

On Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, P.
Ranney, A. W. Westgate.

On Legislation—W. E. Kelsey, J. V.
Crandall, J. F. Clark. -

On Membership—H. §S. Church, B. F.
Emery and the Secretary.

—_---—. +
Echoes of the Convention.

President Hamilton writes from Traverse
City: ‘Everyone here is pleased with the
results.”

Dr. J. M. Sligh, Grand Secretary of the
Knights of Honor, states that the mileage
account of his order shows that Grand Rap-
ids inthe most available place in Michigan
to hold a State convention.

The Detroit News thus refers to the Con-
vention: ‘“The sessions were devoted to in-
teresting papers and discussions, and the
members were banqueted in grand style in
the evening, 270 guests being at the table.”

Referring to the convention, the Denver
Retail Grocer speaksas follows: ‘*Michigan
/is ahead of the other Western States in this
respect. /fhe merchants seem to realize the

 

ited atttention in the following terms:

~ Fellow sufferers: ‘This is hardly the time | the aid possible to sustain them.”

ORDER A SAMPLE CASE

importance of associations and lend all

cover the |.

Green ....8 b
Part cured...
Fullicured.... 8%@ 9
Dry hides and

Old wool, estimated washed # Tb eas 25
Ne aa eas aa nn cokes 3 @ 3%

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,»Apples—Good shipping stock of eating var-
ieties isin fair demand at .$1.75 ® bpl. Cook-
ing apples command $1.25.

Beans—Dry, handpicked, $1.50 ®@ bu.

Beets—New, 45c @ bu.

Butter—Michigan creamery is in good de-
mand at 21@23c. Dairy is in fair demand at
16@18e. '

Cabbages—$3@$3.50 # 100, according to size.
Carrots—4se 2 bu.

Celery—Grand Haven or Kalamazoo, 20c @
doz. :

Cheese—The price moves steadily upward,
jobbers now holding Michigan full cream at
104%@lie.

Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced, 3@4c.
Dried Peaches—Pared, lic.

Eggs—Searce. Jobbers pay 16c and sell for
18e.

Grapes—Concords, 3@4c ® tb.; Wordens, 6c;
Delawares, scarce at 9c.

Honey—Easy at 12@18c.

Hay—Bailed is moderately active at $15
per ton in two and five ton lots and $i4 in ear
lots.

Muskmelons—6é0¢ @ doz. 4
Onions—Dry, $2 # bbl.
Peaches—-About out of market.
mand $1.25 and Smocks $2@$2.25.
Pears—Early winter varieties, $2 8 bu.
Potatoes—Dealers are paying 40@45c and
are selling for 45@50c. The Southern demand
has not yet arisen.

Pop Corn—2c # bb.

Peppers—Green, $1 # bu.

Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, $2.50 2
Jerseys, $3.50 @ bbi. ‘

Squash—Hubbard, 2c # bb.

Tomatoes—s0c ® bu.

Watermelon—Home-grown, $10 # 100.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.
. Wheat—No change. City millers pay 75 cents
for Lancaster and 72 for Fulse and Clawson,
Corn—Jobbing generally at 46@47c in 100 bu.
lots and 42@43¢ in carlots.
Oats—W hite, 38c in smail lots and 32@38e in
sar lots.

Rye—48@50e 8 bu.

Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 8 cwt.
Flour—Lower. Patent, $5.20 % bbl. in sacks
and $5.40 in wood. Straight, $4.20 # bbl. in
sacks and $4.40 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ® bbl.

Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 @ ton. Bran, $12
# ton. Ships, $142 ton. Middlings, $15 # ton.
Corn and Oats, $18 # ton.

White com-

OYSTERS AND FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
OYSTERS.

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Selects ....... < .

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CLAMS.

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Peron. ......

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS.
Perkins & Hess pay as follows:
HIDES.

7@ 74|Calf skins, green
7% or cured.... 7
Deacon skins,

#@ piece..... 20

@ 3

@s0
@12

SHEEP PELTS.

Ripe 5 sks
@28

WwooL.

Fine washed # b 25@28|Coarse washed.. .20@24
Medium ......... 27@30|Unwashed........ 2-3

FRESH MEATS.

John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling
prices as follows:

Fresh Beef, sides....................45 5 @6
Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ oy
Tyressed HORS oss css ss cece ees
Mutton, Carcasses................0000. 5%
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Pork SOUGRRO.« o.oo occ ccs cance esse
MEU s aed sobs des ae ness eae
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Spring Chickens... .......-,-.<2:.-0000
Ducks

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Chalk It Down.

Michigan merchants are not likely to for-
get that Chas. E. Watson and Ed. P. An-
drew—both of whom write S. A. Maxwell
& Co. after their names—will open up a full
line of samples of holiday goods at Sweet’s
Hotel about October 1 and remain there two
or three weeks. ‘This will afford druggists
visiting the annual conventiom of the Mich-
igan State Pharmaceutical Association on
October 12, 13 and 14 and excellent opportun-
ity to kill two birds with one stone.

—~_ 2. >

Mrs. P. B. Hunsicker, dry goods, Woodland:
‘An excellent paper and indispensible in my
store.”

G. A. Keller & Son, general dealers, Elwell:
“We like your paper very much and would not
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GRAND RAPIDS

GRAIN AND SEED CO.

SEED MERCHANTS,

Office and Warehouse: 71 Canal St.

‘WL LAMOREAUL, Agent

CLOVER

—-AND—.

TIMOTHY
A SPECIALTY.

 

 

 

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OYSTERS!

We shall commence handling Mills
& Robinson’s Oysters on October 1st.
The goods will be canned in Baltimore,
and we think them superior to goods
canned in Detroit,or Grand Rapids, as
they are canned the same day they are
shucked, and not laid around exposed
to the air for days before they are can-

Eaton & Christenson,

GRAND RAPIDS,
‘EAGLE’ COFFE

MICH.

JOBBER OF

86 Monroe

In Woousockets Wales- Goody Rhode Islands,

Wool Boots, Knit Boots, Combination Boots,
Whitcomb & Paine’s Calf Boots, Shoe Findings and
Shoe Store Supplies, Bound Cork Soles, Bound
Wool Soles, Sheep Skin Slippers, Wigwams, Etc.
Order your dressings for Winter in Brown's,
Bixby’s Alma, Raven Gloss and Glycerole.

St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

Detroit Jottings.

John Keek & Co., the furniture dealers,
have merged their business into a stock
company with an authorized capital of
$100,000.

Jas. Craig, the Atwater street fish jobber,
has bought the fish and salt business of R.
Bourke & Son.

The Lynch Window Shade Co. is succeed-
ed by the Ideal Window Shade Co., with
an authorized capital stock of $5,000.

D. J. Spinning has been admitted to part-
nership in the firm of HE. A. Harsig & Co.,
manufacturers of jellies and preserves. The
firm name remains the same as before.

John Copland & Co., the pioneer bakers,
have dissolved partnership, John Copland

 

 

 

 

 

succeeding as a bread baker.

 

Information Wanted.
Derrorr, Sept. 23, 1886.
Editor MicHIGAN TRADESMAN:

DEAR Str—It is almost a month since
the annual meeting of the Michigan Divis-
ion of the T. P. A. I have been expecting
to find in every issue of your paper the an-
nounecemeut of the several committees to be
appointed by the State President, but fail to
find it. The enquiry is frequently made,
Who if the chairman of the State Division
Railroad, Legislative, Hotel or Press Com-
mittees? and no one can tell.

Can’t you manage some way to get them
out before election day and give the mem-
bers the benefit of this information through
your paper. Please try and oblige your
many subscribers and the uninformed mem-
bers of the Association, and

Yours truly, M. J. MATTHEWS.

CODY, BALL & CO.

 

 

“The Michigan Tradesman.

A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.

 

 

 

Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly
for food, is made of only the best white
corn, and is guaranteed absolutely pure.

U

The popularity of Muzzy’s Corn and Sun
Gloss Starch is proven by the large sale, ag-
gregating many millions of pounds each

 

kK, A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors.

Office in Hagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor.
Telephone No. 95,

i ntered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as
Second-class Matter.]

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1886.

year.

Retail Grocers’ Associations—Adulteration

   

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley.

Write for Prices.

MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS FOR

Send for xiii
Catalogue

an

: Prices.

  
 
 
 
       

ATLA WORKS

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. As

Sr car: MANUFACTURERS OF

STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. .i2

Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock hig
for immediate delivery. ane

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery,
: Saws, Belting and Oils.

  
    

 

 
   

Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

130 OAKES ST.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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The State Assayer of Massachusetts says
Muzzy’s Corn Starch for table use, is per-
fectly pure, well prepared, and of excellent

of Goods.*

The question has been asked why the Re-
tail Grocers’ Association of Boston was
organized.

Going back to the year 1879, the retail
grocery trade of Boston was very much ex-
ercised over a series of cuttings in the prices
of sugar and other commodities, which were
generally sold at a very close margin of
profit. This led to the question in the
March 22nd issue of the New England Gro-
cer, 1879, ““Why should retail grocers not
charge sufficient price for sugar to render
them a profit the same as received for other

quality. ,

Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and
table use, is the very best offered to the con-
sumer. All wholesale and retail grocers

sell it.

 

goods?”
This called forth a letter from a Mr. |
Thomas O. Flynn, which was printed in the |
Grocer ot Mareh 29, in which he said: “Te |
Boston had a retail grocer’s association, |
they could set a price on sugar which would |
be beneficial and honorable to both parties.” |
This timely note was the first mention in
Boston of a retail association. |
From that time until the year 1880 the mat- |
ter of organizing an association was fully |
discussed by letters in the Grocer, and in|
January, 1881, the first meeting was held in
the Grocer office. The audience was large AATAN
and enthusiastic. A committee of intelli-|
efforts of this committee and Messrs. John-

metre
gent men was appointed, and through the |
|
son and Dowse, of the Grocer, in January, |

{S81, a complete organization was consum- Importers,

mated and the officers elected. I will state
here that Mr. McCready, of the Commercial | Jobbers and
Retailers of

 

  
      

grocers’

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Reporter, was at this time connected with |
the Grocer and took an active interest in the |
formation of the first grocers’ association.
The primary object of the association, as | C
mentioned in the begining of this address, B OC) OC) S
was to obtain a profit on sugar, but as a} 9
natural consequence other and equally vital |
things came up for discussion, as freight | s ‘
discriminations, shortage in weights and } “tational y Canaries
measures, and later on the important ques- | I '
tion: how to protect the trade from the well- |

known vegetable, or fungus growth, the | 99 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

‘*dead-beat.”
PINGREE &SMITH

From this begining there has sprung up
Wholesale Manufacturers

all over New England, New York State and
Boots, Shoes and Slippers

Michigan, similar associations, which have
DETROIT, MICH.

 

had the constant encouragement .and able
support of E. A. Stowe and his journal,
THe MiIcHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

In the by-laws of the New England Gro- | Po a
cers’ Association is found the following, 8 pe =:
siving an explanation of the forming of the 5 tg a
Association: i ae

The reasons necessitating the formation S Bs =
of this Association are obvious to every re- | & & 5 a
tail grocer. The loss occasioned to the oe es
trade by reason of short weights in raisins [@"Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber

Company._&}

Office and Factory—t1, 13, 15 and 17
Woodbridge street West. Dealers cordially
invited to call on us when in town.

EATON & CHRISTENSON,

—ARE——

EXCLUSIVE AGENTS

In this State for the

and oil, the sale of sugars at less than cost,
not to speak of other evils, are of sufficient
importance to call for concerted action on
the part of the trade. The Association has
for its prime motive a desire to rebuke fraud,
remove abuses and protect honest dealers.
it has for its end the uplifting of the trade
in its entirety. No schemes for the benefit
of individuals, no devices for the aggran- |
dizement of a single firm are tolerated. It |
is only as greviances aifect the whole trade, |
only as they.are of importance enough to |
merit attention.

 

 

 

the right of anybody to sell adulterated |
goods and misrepresent them, so as to hood- |
wink the unwary and innocent buyer. I
cannot call too strongly to the mind of the
retailer that misrepresentation of goods in
his store is one of the worst influences that
could occur. You are very much astonish- |
ed when you find an old and trusted clerk |
that you have had in your employ for years |
to be dishonest. Have you ever thought
that misrepresentation is dishonesty, and
that such action on your part cannot help
being reflected by your employe, and that
you are to blame for his dishonesty and |
ruin?

The hour has come for the retail grocer |
and your associations to take an active stand |
against the outrageous adulteration in food, |
and you should raise your voice to cry down |
such practices as are being carried on, and |
insist that you receive honest goods, so that |
you, in turn, will not take unlawful advan- |
tage of your customers and patrons, The |
demand for pure and honest goods must |
come from you, the retail grocer, to the}
jobber and manufacturer. ‘To ensure this, |
you must first ask, not how cheap an article
is, but if itis pure, and if pure, how cheaply |
it can bé bought.

deserves your immediate attention, as |

solved this question by recourse to a_ series |

ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND MISREPRE- |

years of active competition and the eutting | Dealers should remember that the
counterfeit. We have jellies made from! Goods can be obtained only through
buckwheat, is beyond the comprehension of |

out the assistance of bees, and eggs without ;

by every fair minded man that we do deny |

“‘Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless
thousands mourn,” so it is that in ordinary |
of notification blanks and delinquent lists, |
which tend to reduce the losses from poor |
SENTATION. | Having Handled the Goods for Fifteen
Competition has a tendency tolower prices. | years with Entire Satisfaction to
of values, has so stimulated the energy of |
the unscrupulous and the ingenious that to- |
gjue, buttons made from paper, coffee from ,
beans. butter from lard, and candies from | the Authorized Factory Agents.
&
he unfortunate consumer. The bees and |
the hens have lost their occupation, Lh eae ae
77 CANAL STREET.
the hen.
I will not say that man has no right to}
EVERYBODY: S-SUBJECT-T0-
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(COMPIAINTS OFS KIND:

How to prevent yourself from being
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life a Jarge proportion of people try}
to live by dishonest means upon Mealy |
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accounts to the minimun and also prevent |
In turn, low prices encourage adulteration |
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day, although it is not impossible to obtain | American Cigar Co. Ss
glucose; and the adulteration of spices, sug- |
for |
, #CRAMRS:
make thess mixtures or adulterations; but I | e
AND Y; z We
SS? NOSAMIL As SATEWaour

swindled by ‘‘dead-beats” is something that
The grocers’ associations have practically
COLDWATER, MICH.
the making of many bad account.
of products and manufactures. The past Themselves and the Tratie at Large.
a pure article, it is far easier to obtain its |
ar, medicines, syrups, wines, liquors and |
honey.and the honeycomb are made with- |
say decidedly, and I will be echoed in this Hi OLERAMORBUS
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where in this issue and write for

Special Prices in Car Lots.
We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle.

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of fresh milk (preferable to water.)
Season to suit when on the table. None
genuine unless bearing the signature ot

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signature and stamp on each can.

 

 

OYSTERS !
WM. L. ELLIS & CO. |

STAR BRAND
Ballinore

On and after Sept. 1st, dealers can have their orders filled
promptly direct from Baltimore or from Grand Rapids with
this well-known and popular brand of Straight Baltimore Pack
of Fresh Oysters.

Lalso handle a large variety of Fresh Sea and Lake Fish,
Clams, Shrimps, Lobsters and Celery. All kinds of Salt Fish in
packages. All special orders will have prompt attention.

I shall still continue to handle the New York Counts and
Selects. For prices and terms address ~

B. EF. HMERY,

8387 CANAL ST. Manager.

 

   

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ORANGES, LEMONS,

BANANAS, FIGS, DATES,

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SMOBRING TOBACCO,

Manufactured by the

National K. of L. Go-operative Tobacco Go,

RALEIGH, NM. C.

Arthur Meigs & Go,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICK.,

Wholesale agents for the

STATE OF MICHIGAN.

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This’ is the only authorized KB. cf UL.
Smoking Tobacco on the market. The
stock of this corporation is all owned by
the K.of L. Assemblies in the U.S., and
every member wrill not only buy it him-
self, but do his utmost to male it popular.
Dealers wrill therefore see the advisability
of putting itin stock at once. We will fill
orders for any quantity at follouring prices,
usual terms:

2 0246; 402.445 8 02.435 1602.42,

ARTHUR MEIGS & C0,
Wholesale &rocers,

 

71, 19, 81 and 83 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

*Paper read by Robert M. Floyd before the
first convention of the Michigan Business
Men’s Association.

ALLDROGGSSEULAT

“JOLLY TAR” PLUG TOBACCO. BULELEY, LEMON & HOOPS.

-P, STEKETEE & SONS,

DRY GOODS,

AND NOTIONS,

B38 Monroe St...
AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers
Ameriean and Stark A Bags

A Specialty.

iL. L.

 

L, M. CARY. LOVERIDGE,

CARY & LOVERIDCE,

GENERAL DEALERS IN

Fire and Burglar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,

11 Tonia Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich,

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO,,

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Boots AND SHOES..

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO.
14 and 16 Pearl Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

  
  
 
 
 
  

 
 
 
    
  
    
 
 
   
   
    
 
     
  
  
    
    
      
       
   
   
  
   
    
 
   
    
   
    
    
  
   
    

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BUSINESS LAW.

 

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts
of Last Resort.

 

COMMON CARRIER—CONNECTING LINES.
_ In the ‘case of Harris vs. Grand Trunk
Railway, the Supreme Court of Rhode Is-
land held that an offer by a common carrier
to take certain merchandise to a point be-
yond the terminus of its own line was not
an offer to carry the goods to that point,
but only to take the goods for carriage to
the end of their own route, and then to de-
liver them to the next carrier to Lowers

 

PARTNERSHIP—PLEA OF INFANCY.

In an action upon contract for goods sold
and delivered to a partnership, one member
of which was a minor, the Supreme Court
of Minnesota held that the minor might
properly Interpose the plea of infancy in
bar of any claim of personal liability upon
the contract. The court held that the in-
fant was not estopped from setting up such
defense by the fact that he had engaged in

business as a member of the partnership.
*

 

L OF
PAYMENT.

In the case of the Bank of America vs.
Shaw, the Supreme Judicis al Court of Mass-
achusetts decided that a notice to a member
of a firm, indorsers of certain promissory
notes, that the makers had on demand re-
fused payment, was good ‘when sent to
what had been the place of business of the
firm, where its affairs were actually in pro-
cess of settlement under a trust deed of as-
signment, the firm being insolvent, it being
the place where the member expected that
notices and letters would be sent to him,
and had arranged that if sent there they
should be handed to his counsel to be for-
warded to him, and there was no other place
of business of the firm, or of the member,
and he had absconded.

 

CHATTEL MORTGAGE—SALE OF PROPERTY,
One Stewart held a chattel mortgage upon
wheat and certain other personal property
belonging to one Witherell. The mortgage,
which was admitted to be usurious, contain-
ed a clause authorizing the mortgagee to
take possession of the mortgaged property
before the mortgage became due. A few
days before the mortgage matured Stewart
procured from Witherell a writing by which
the latter in terms ‘‘turned over the proper-
ty” covered by the mortgage to Stewart.
The wheat, however, Was not removed, but
still remained in Witherell’s granary and
under his control. Stewart afterward came
to Witherell’s premises and w ithout his
consent removed and sold the wheat. The
Supreme Court of Minnesota held that the
mortgagor was entitled to recover the value
of the wheat taken in an action for the con-
version of the same.
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A Shrewd Young Man.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

The year before last a bright
young man entered our counting room in
response to an advertisement for an assis-
tant shipping clerk. He told the usual tale
of how he desired a position more than
wages for the time *being, and was willing
to accept a nominal salary to start in on.
The old man was feeling in a particularly
good humor that afternoon and said pleas-
antly to the new comer:

“Well, sir, what do you consider a nomi-
nal salary? What would you be willing to
aecept in the beginning?”

The young man picked at the lining of his
hat with his fingers and differentially re-

 

looking

plied:

“J want to show you, sir, that I mean
business and I will work for one centfor the
qemainder of this month, provided you think
it would not be too much to double my sal-
ary each month thereafter.”

“That’s a novel proposition, surely,” said
the old man withasmile. ‘Do you know
what you are talking about, my dear boy?”

“Well, sir, my principal aim is to learn
the business,” responded the young fellow,
‘sand I would be willing to work for noth-
ng, but I’'d like to feel and be able to say
that I was earning something, you know.’

“Pll take you,” remarked the old man.
“One cent, two cents, four cents, eight, six-
teen,” he enumerated. ‘“‘You won't get
much for a while,” he added.

He took him up to the cashier. ‘This is
John Smith,” he said. ‘‘He will go to work

as assistant shipping clerk to-morrow. His
salary will be one cent this month. Double

it every month from now on.”

‘In consideration of my working for this
small salary might I ask you to assure me a
position for a definite period?” inquired,
John Smith.

‘We don’t usually do that,” replied the
governor, ‘‘but we can’t lose much on you
anyhow, I guess, an@ you look like an hon-
est fellow. How long do you want em-
ployment?”

“Three years, sir, if agreeable to you.”

Well, by Jove, the old man agreed, and
young Mr. Smith, on pretense of wanting
some evidence of stability of his place, got
the governor to write out and sjgn a paper
that he had been guaranteed a position in
the house for three years on the terms I
have stated.

Tle worked along for six months without
drawing acent. He said he would draw all
his earnings at Christmas. The cashier one
day thought he’d figure up how much would
be coming to the young man. He grew so

interested in the project that he kept multi-
plying for the three years.
anost nearest him.

The result al-
This is, the column of

JOLLY TAR’ PLUG TOBACCO.

   

gures he took to the old nan:
.01; second, .02; third, .04; fourth, .08; fifth,
.16; sixth, .32; seventh, .64; eighth, $1.28;
ninth, $2.56; tenth, $5.12; elenth, $10.24
twelfth, $20.48; thirteoith, $40.96; four-
teenth, $81.92; fifteenth, $163.84; sixteenth,

a 68; seventeenth, $755,36; eightheenth,
$1,3 nineteenth, $2,623.54, twentieth,

Raa, 08; et $10,494.16; twenty-
second; $20,988.32; twenty-third, $41,976.64;
iwenti-toucth: $82,953.28; twenty-fifth,
$165,006.56; twenty-sixth, ($331,813.12;
twenty-seventh, $663,626.24; twenty-eighth,
$1,327,252.48; twenty-ninth, $2,654,404.96;
thirtieth, $4,709,009.92; thirty-first, 58,618,-
019.84; thirty-second, $17,236,039.68; thirty-
third, $34,472,078.38; thirty-fourth, $68,-
944,156. ‘thirty-fifth, $157,888,315.44;
thirty-sixth, $275,776,626.88,. total salary
for three years, $552,554, 253.65.

The governor nearly fainted when he un-
derstood how, even if he was twice as rich
as Vanderbilt, he would be ruined in paying
John Smith’s salary. He concluded to dis-
charge the modest young man at once.
Smith had figured up how much would be
due him, and reminded the old man of his
written agreement. Rather ‘than take
chances in courts and let everybody know
how he had been duped, the Governor paid
Smith $5,000 and bade him good-bye. I’ve
heard he tried the same dodge in Chicago
after leaving here.

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The Michigan Tradesmed.

Mercantile and Haunfacturing isieeeli of the State,
B. A. STOWE, Editor.

Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1886.

 

Michigan Basins Men’: Ss Aeoention.

-President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.

First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.

Second Vice-President—E. J. Herrick, Grand R: apids.

Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Treasurer — Julius Se huster, Kalamazoo.

Executive Committee—President, First Vice-President,
Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. E. Ke alsey.

Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, ee se
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City; P. Ranney, Kalamazoo; A. W. Westgate,
boygan. ::
Committee on copiietien E. Kelsey, Ionia; J. V.

Crandall, Sand Lake; J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
Committee on Membership—H. Ss. Church, Sturgis; B.
F. Emery, Grand Rapids; the Secretary,

 

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association.

President, John Blessed; Vice-President. Robert Barr ie;
Secretary, E. Kundinger; Treasurer, Henry Nebe.

 

THE STATE CONVENTION.

The meeting of delegates from the various
local business associations of Michigan,
which was held at Grand Rapids last week
and which resulted in the organization of
the Michigan Business Men’s Association,
marks a new era in the business life of this
State. The admirable aims and objects set
forth in theconstitution appeal to the sturdy
good sense of every decent citizen, and thgir
enthusiastic adoption by a representative
body of business men portends important
changes in present business methods—
changes which cannot fail to work for the
betterment of all concerned. The amount
of space given to a complete report of the
convention necessarily precludes extended
editorial mention at this time, but THe
TRADESMAN Will take occasion to review
the work of the convention, and its results,
from week to week.

eRe ee 8 TSS WE eT

Nothing but the f fear “of bitar thought un-
grateful impels THE TRADESMAN to retum
thanks for the generous treatment accorded
both paper and editor on the occasion of the
recent Stste convention of business men.
While not admitting that it merits such un-
stinted approbation, it takes some credit to
itself for espousing the cause of organiza-
tion and giving it all the impetus possible; for
not being obtrusive in pushing itself upon
the trade nor assuming to speak for the
trade as one in authority. To these facts
Tue TRADESMAN attributes the kind words
said in its behalf—words which do not serve
to make it self-satisfied, but which spur it
on to renewed activity in the cause of or-
ganization and integrity in business tran-
sactions.

 

An instance » of ¢ co- o-operation rn run to seed is
afforded by the endeavar ofan Allegan man
to start a co-operative coffin factory. Cir-
culars were recently sent out to 200 granges,
asking each to take $15 of the capital stock,
but less than one in ten responded. The
man who is engineering the project assures
his patrons that caskets can be sent any-
where within 300 miles at one-half the price
demanded by local dealers.

 

The Detroit N New ews .¢ pays s the State Associa-
tion the following compliment:

The Michigan Business Men’s Association
proposes to carry on the war until every
deadbeat trembles in his boots and the cred-
it system is abolished. It will be a happy
day for many poor workingmen and women
when the last named object is accomplish-

NS

Detroit grocers c annot longer be aceused
of being behind their brethren in other
towns in the State, a Retail Grocers’ Union
having been formed last Friday evening.

 

 

AMONG THE TRADE.
GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.
A. LL. Power, general dealer at Kent
City, has added a line of hardware. Foster,
Stevens & Co. furnished the stock.

 

Werner & Werner have engaged in the

 

tobacco and cigar business at 20 West
Bridge street. Clark, Jewell & Co. fur-
nished the stock. — .

 

J. F. Hacker, the Corinth general dealer,
now offers 40 per cent. in full settlement,
several creditors having refused to take the
proffered 25 per cent.

Mulder Bros., grocers at 625 Broadway,
have started a branch store at the corner of
Jefferson street and Shawmut avenue. Cody,
Ball & Co. furnished the stock.

L. E. Patton, formerly engaged in the
wall paper and picture business, will short-
ly engage in the tea and coffee business at
143 Monroe street under the name of the
Oriental Tea Co.

 

tra O. Green states that he proposes to
re-engage in the wholesale grocery busi-
ness on a more extensive scale than former-
ly. He has engaged Chas. H. Ellis to work
the Northern trade and will! shortly arrange
+sea cily salesman.

 

A report was in circulation at this market
last week to the effect that the Detroit
wholesale grocery house of Phelps, Brace
& Co. proposed to establish a branch here.
Later in the week it was affirmed that Sam.
B. Sinclair, the ‘*Co.” of the firm, would

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the firm will not carry a stock at this mar-
ket.

 

» AROUND THE STATE.

W. C. Bennett, druggists at Detroit, has
sold out.
J. D. Nichols, grocer at Quincy, has been
attached.
John Tromley, general dealer at New
Baltimore, has assigned.
B. W. Long succeeds Davis Bros. in the
drug business at Lansing.
G. W. Hatch has sold his gener: al stock at
Morley to Henry Strope.

Lindstrom & Loven will shortly ,engage
in general trade at Tustin.

Hyatt & Curtis succeed Leal & Shepard
in general trade at Linden.

Fred Crane sueceeds Crane & Torry in
the grocery business at Albion.

Brown Bros. sueceed J. L. Fuller in the
boot and shoe business at Mason.

Fred. Epley succeeds Sterling & Epley in
the grocery business at Stanton.

M. E. Charles succeeds Sickles & Co. in
the grocery business at Petersburg.

H. E. Green succeeds H. E. Green & Co.
in the hardware business at Morenci. .

R. J. Birney sueceeds Birney & Wisner
in the drug business at Saginaw City.

J. W. Herr succeeds Herr & Walton in
the grocery business at Benton Harbor.

J. F. Marshall sueceeds Wilson & Marsh-
all in the grocery business at Nashville.

H. D. Treat & Co. succeed H. D. Treat
&.Bowen in the grocery business at Ovid.

M. A. Knox, formerly engaged in the
grocery business at Tustin, has gone to
Saginaw.

Harrington & Smith, of Cassopolis, are
closing out their dry goods and grocery
business.

John Lammimen sueeeeds C. Napper &
Son in the grocery and bakery business at
North Branch.

John K. Trost sueceeds Congleton &
Vaughn in the grocery and boot and shoe
business at Clio.

W. H. Whitemarsh succeeds Easterly &
Whitemarsh in the Zrocery and provision
business at Milan.

Kocher Bros., of Nashville, haye opened
their new dry goods store. The building is
926x102, three stories high.

John F. Gauweiler has purchased the gen-
eral stock of L. L. Cavender, at Croton, and
will continue the business.

J. RB. Bennett has sold his drug and liquor
business at Muskegon, to J. R. Tweedale,
of Muskegon, and A. Tweedale, of Con-
stantine, who will continue the business un-
der the firm name of J. R. Tweedale & Co.

Hasting’s Banner: Frank and Chas.
Houghtalin have purchased of Henry New-
ton the latter’s stock of groceries and pro-
visions, and will continue the business at
the store occupied by Mr. Newton. The
firm named will be Houghtalin Bros.

Collier & Carlson, general dealers and
manufacturers of hardwood lumber at Gil-
bert, have dissolved partnership. D. C.
Collier sueceeds in the mill and lumber bus-
iness and Andrew Carlson in the general
merchandising business.

 

STRAY FACTS.

A. G. Tompkins,
has assigned.

Mrs. E. W. Dickinson, milliner at Iron
Mountain, has sold out.

J. Roemer & Co., meat dealers at Man-
istique, have sold out.

H. J. Murbach, agricultural implement
dealer at Riga, has Assigned.

J. J. Keefuss, miller at Blissfield,
ceeded by the Keefuss Milling Co.

John GC. Cole succeeds Win. H. Myers in
the harness business at Hastings.

John Wyman succeeds H. J. Murback in
agricultural implement business at Riga.

G. W. Kimball succeeds Kimball & Bacon
in the agricultural implement business at
Tonia.

Henry Kufahl succeeds Kufahl & Dierck
in the grocery and saloon business at East
Saginaw. :

Ritzenthaler & Stearns suceeed Holmes
& Stearns in the confectionery business
at Kalamazoo.

A. H. Armitage has disposed of his grist
mill at Shelby to Christian Morningstar, of
the same place.

E. F. Waller succeeds Waller & Wolf in
the sewing machine and imusical instrument
| business at Muskegon.

Thos. Bowey & Co., of Lapeer, have pur-
chased a tract of pine land near Rogers City,
and will erect a smal! mill there.

The new hame factory is now in opera-
tion at Traverse City, and logs are arriving
by lake and rail to be used up in it.

Asa Smith’s cheese factory, 100 cheese,
barn, grain and 100 tons of hay in Livonia
| took fire froma threshing engine and were
| burned. Loss $2,000.

Hannah, Lay & Co. have put in a camp
of men at the head of Boardman lake, for
the purpose of improving the channel of
Boardman river for log driving. :

Burt’s private banking house, at St. Ig-
nace, will be merged into a new corporation,
to be known as the St. Ignace National
Bank, with a capital stock of $50,000.

“Won an Enviable Position.”
From the American Artisan.
Tre MicniGAN TRADESMAN, of Grand

jeweler at Manchester,

is suc-

 

have charge of the establishment. Tue
TRADESMAN has endeavored to trace the |
rumor to its source and is inclined to the
opinion that it originated in the determina-
tion of Mr. Sinclair to take up his residence
in Grand Rapids, pending the settlement!
of his uncle’s estate, of which he is admin- |
istrator. Mr. Sinclair will maintain his |

connection with Phelps, Brace & Co. and |

| Rapids, has won an enviable position in the
commercial world in the three years of its
| existence, and now enters upon its fourth
| year with the most flattering prospects. It
/ is the champion of organization on the part
of the retail trade for protection and the ad-
'yancement of their best interests. We sin-
_ecerely congratulate. Tur TRADESMAN upon
its success.

| Detroit Grocers Array

   

   

Progress.
Detroit, Sept. 25, 1886.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
DEAR Str—Stimulated by the success at-
tending the organization of the Grand
Rapids and Kalamazoo grocers, about 100 rep-
resentative grocers assembled in the Cowie
building last evening and resolved to PrO-
ceed to the organization of a Retail Grocers’
Union. A constitution was adopted, by
which we pledge ourselves to the following:
The prevention of wholesalers selling to
consumers; the establishment of a reliable
collection agency and suppression of the
deadbeat; the regulation of the peddler nui-
sance; the formation and adoption of a na-
tional uniform standard of weights and
measures, and the establishment of a trade
custom of buying and selling by weight in-
stead of guess, measurement and irregular
packing; protection against the adulteration
of goods, fictitious labels, dishonest tares
and short weight and measures; trade arbi-
tration and other reforms.
Election of officers resulted as follows:
President, John Blessed; Vice-President,
Robert Barrie; Secretary, E. Kundinger;
Treasurer, Henry Nebe; Directors, J. F.
Williams, F. C. Mueller, E. H. Manley,
Dunean King, jr., and M. F. Cousine.
Detroit grocers have been slow to take
action on the question of organization, but
they do not propose to lag at the rear end of
the procession. GROCER.
_— Oo Oo
Purely Personal.

Dr. Hammond, of the firm of Osborn &
Hammond, druggists at Luther, is spending
a few days in the city.

J. MeVicar and ‘‘Mrs. Mac.” have closed
the Spring Lake House for the season and
returned to the active management of the
St. Charles Hotel, at Fremont.
John Read caught a pickerel thirty-four |
inches long in Grand River Sunday. The
ish weighed nine pounds and was hooked
about six miles above the city.
I. B. Smith, the Wayland cheese manu-
facturer, was in town last Thursday. He
has little cheese on hand, but expects to
double his product next year. He will soon
start up his new feed mill.

The Old Committees Hold Over.

Granp Raprps, Sept. 25, 1886.

Editor MICHIGAN TRADESMAN:

DEAR Sin—I am in reeeipt of numerous
enquiries as to who constitute the commit-
tees of the State Division for 1888-7. Up
to date, I have received no notification from
the appointee—President Kelsey—and
therefore wish to state to all enquirers that
the old committees hold over until the new
ones qualify. I have received letters of ac-
ceptance from all the Directors, the Sergeant-
at-Arms, the Chaplain and Vice Presi-
dent. Leo. A. CARO,
See’y-Treas. Mich.

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Div.

Not a Fair Criterion.

One thousand non-subscribers will receive
this issue of Tye TRADESMAN, and to
them is due the statement that this number
is not a fair criterion, inasmuch as much
space ordinarily devoted to department mat-
ters is given up to the publication of the
entire proceedings of the State convention.

Regular subscribers will probably approve
of the change, but those who are not familiar
with the paper should not judge it wholly
by the contents of the present issue.

2 _____—
The Grocery Market.

Business is lively. Collections are satis-
factory. Sugars have dcéclined @e.
Package. coffees are off ige. Round her-
ring are higher. Salt has declined 2e, be-
ing now held at 8Se per barrel. Other arti-
cles in the grocery line are steady.

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Lovejoy & Toms, zrocers, Big Rapids:
cannot do without THE TRADESMAN.”

J. A. Sheffield & Son, grocers, Vestaburg:
“We cannot spare your paper from our desk.”’

 

 

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in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week,
or 50 cents for three weeks. Advance pay-
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Advertisements directing that answers be
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W ANtED-a registered “pharmacist who
has had extensive experience. Must

have reference as to honesty and ability. Ad-
dress J. M., Box 435, Reed City, Mich. 163*

 

W ANTED—Employment, office preferred,

eighteen years’ experience, wholesale
and retail, clerk, book-keeper and traveling
salesman—mostly in hardware trade. Will go
anywhere in the State. Address 282, ergo"

Tradesman.

yj ANTED—Grocery clerk who has had some
experience, and can talk Holiand. <Ad-

dress, with references, or cali on Peter Schuit,

537 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids, Mich, 157*

yANTED—To know of some live little town
in Northern Michigan in need of a_bar-
ber shop. Address Box 19, Kalamo, Eaton
County, Mich.

 

 

 

ANTED- Situation by young man ina
general or grocery store. Four years’
experience. Best of references. Address H.,
Box 354, Fremont, Mich. 159*
WANTED Steady boy ‘of artistic taste to
learn wood engraving, Apply to Fulier
& Stowe Company, 49 Lyon street. 159

 

NOR SALE—1,000 cords seasoned beech wood,
delivered in Grand Rapids for $1.45. Geo.
Gokey, West Olive, Mich. 159

Ww TED—Situation by a registered pharm-
acist, who has had extensive experience.
ect ress

 

Reference as to honesty and ability.
E, R., Box 35, Climax, Mich.

 

NOR SALE—Stoek of drugs and groceries in
Carson City. Will be sold at a great. bar-
gain and on very desirable terms. Address for
information, Arthur Meigs & Co., Grand Rap-
ids, Mich. 158

JOR SALE—My store is 20x56 feet, 18 ft. post,
with halloverhead. House new, 18x28, 14

x16 ft. L, main part 18 ft. post, LQ ft. post;
good cellar. Barn 20x30, with shed attached,
30x82, all 18 ft. post. Splendid well, good cis-
tern; alittle over 1% acres of land, situated in
center of town. T he best location in the town-
ship. $2,000, half down and balance on easy
terms. Sold $7,000 worth of goods the past
year. Reason for selling—other business. Will
sell stock with or without place. Stock will in-
voice about $2,200. For further information,
South Cass, —

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write me. Chas. Giasgow,
county, Mich.

F YOU WANT—Yo get into business, to sell
el your business, to secure additional capital,
to get a situation, if you have anything for
sale or want to buy anything, advertise in the
Miscellaneons Column of THe TRADESMAN. A
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85c per doz. .
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AXLE GREASE.
Challenge .........- He PATAgOD 4... 5s. 210
Frazer's... ....53.. 90/Paragon 25 pails. 90
Diamond X........ 60 Fraziers, 25 tb pails.1 25
Modog, 4 doz....... 2 50
BAKING POWDER.
Acme, 14 tb cans, 3 doz, CASE. ..--- erence ees 85
ge tb Oe ee ve ua snes 1 60
“a 25 3 BONG eas eons ea 3 60
~ ee es a ees 25
Princess, BS. c cece ec ee erect en eteee seeres 1 25
“Ws Dixc co Sbbae cl ak) bee wea Canc he 225]
‘ Dae ae tate de eee 4 25
. Me ee a wa ct 28
Arctic, } : tb cans, : doz. CASE... eee cece 45 |
ce pee eee ee cae wo
“ %4 Mie a Oe i 40|
~ iy 2 ee ae ew eee ss 2 40)
: 5 es 1 ee ee 12 v0
Victorian, 1 tb cans, (Mall) 2 G00. 6. go. ss 2 00
Diamond, WT ne cae el ee ee spade Ons 15
BLUING.
Dry, No.2 De aia bc ek aad kok em doz. 25
Dry, No.3 Se NEA CONSTR IER E . doz. 45
BA, @ Oia cine ace en ewes cele ee doz. 3a
Liquid, 8 OZ. ........ eee eee eee ree ee doz. 65
PROTO ROB, oe nk ls cee iene a ceee % gross + : dU
CO Oe ii aay oes Mea oape cane 2
ET os ae vpn a cena bees 2 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box el sac ue ce eas aad. 2 00
ORIG Oe oa il cs oa oa oe cnn ks 8 00
Arctic No.3 * a is 4 00
BROOMS.
MEY)... 6 sess 2 00;Parlor Gem........ 3 00
No 1 Hurl.. : 3 25|Common Whisk... 90
No. ¢ 2Carpet.. pe ue “2 50} Faney Whisk...... a -
No. 1Carpet........ 2 75 We cc 387
CANNED FISH.
Clams, | tb, Little Neck.................065 1 65
Clam Chowder, eae, os aa cee 2 20
Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards....... "95@1 00
Cove Oysters, 2 tb standards............. I 15
Lobsters, 1 bpienic. ...........--.... 260: 175
Lobsters, 2 1, WAP a ee ee
Eenatore, OF SUAr. ck. neck. coe tances 2 60
EGDRtAES, © WD BORE oa ee es ere cca ai eee 3 00
Mackerel, 1 i) fresh standards............ 1 20
Mackerel, 5 fresh standards............ 4 75
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b........... 3 60
Mackerel,3 bin. Mustard. .....<..... 0.224: 3 09
Mackerel, 3M SOUSed..........2.5.-5..2-6- 3 00
Salmon, | f Columbia river............... 1 70
Salmon, 2 Columbia river............... 2 8
Sardines, domestic 48............-...s000 7@s
Sardines, OTIORII SOG ical ys oe oe 2
Mavis, MUCIATO 3660 ck cei cence cnanes 12
Sardines, imported 348. .........5......0: 14
POM, 6 Oh TOONS fo isis cove ee cess 4 00
CANNED FRUITS.
Apples, | D Standards ........ 2.6.52. 0505- 75
Apples, gallons, standards................ 2 00
Black berries. BORTGRVGS, «ook... cis be aise 1 10
(horrics, red Standard. ......5 6.6.65. 06025 8
MNES oi ios cc ie as nk cee teh elas 1 00
Egg Plums, standards ...............1 20@l 25
Green Gages, standards 2 ........-. 1 20@1 25
Peaches, Mxtra Yellow .....° 2.6. ...00.052> 1 99
WORDROCH, SIATDCATGR. (occ clei cei cn ec ce eee: 1 60
POGCOCG. BOOORGS. oo. og oon os cn ee ec ecw ne an 1 25
PINCAMDIOR, STANGATCG. ..<. 2... . 20560. 025% 1 50
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... .......... 2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated...... ..... 2 15
Osc Che angen ws cee ebe hae as 25
Raspperries, CXtra,..............+.. 1 20@1 30
PPM OPTICS oe aie cee oa es 1 16@1 2%
JANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.............. 3 -
Beans, zima, standard.......... ae
Beans, Stringless, Erie.............-...... OB
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked. 1 65
Corn, Archer's LPODuy..-... 6... 6.4.05 Joss 1 00
m Moree GiOry. oc 3 62. oe: 5s i
go oa as a ee nea ks he ab ones 1 00
OP EDIE IPOD 65 5 Lh on nocd cede ehede whee 90
AY MOOI ec ch aa a oes cae nee 1 00
OOH PONG eee ees wee ee 1 60
Peas, OSCVA MOPFOTAL...- 5.55 - cnc we nase 12
ORR: GEATGOLG.. 2. io. occ c cies cee cwee sees’ 75
Pumpkin, 3) Goiden................-.+-- a
MUCCOTARN, SLATIGATC. 0... 2.6.0. cc cee eces 75@1 40
RM es rs een clk aac eee wasn ee gs 1 00
Tomatoes, standard brands,............-. 1b
CHEESE.

Miohiman full CreQm.< 0.600502. 2.6.65 11 @l2
York State, ACMC...\.5.26-,...: +- : @12%
CHOCOLATE.

OOM oe 37/'German Sweet....... 23
PRUUMIPR coe ca ieee 35, Vienna Sweet ....... 22
COCOANUT.

Schepps, 18....-.-- 2-2 sseeee +s saeesege @25
1s FAG oe kit cane noes 26
PP Oe vex sana wep aaes @27
* 1s = tin, Pe oe @27%
ee ake ashe el cua @28i%
Maltby’s, . uae coubeb cone ices @25%
_ TS 80 F468) ook cs acess ces @24
. Bs ee aso as eke ve nneas @24%
Manhattan, ee Seka ae @18
OR PIOR eek ea sav ewan h ante @16
COFFEES.
Green. | Roasted.
WG isc css MUO Mid ............: 12@16
Golden Rio......... 1 Boden Hilo ..... 16@18
Santos........ 1A QIR jBantos: ..0::...-.... ‘
Maricabo..... 2.0... 13 |Maricabo........... 18
O08 oe 20Gsy  WAVS.......... -24@28
OG. dave.n. 64... 22 iO. WOR... ec. 26
Moeh6é .).2...22.:.- Maan. 5...
COFFEES—PACKAGE,
ate 100 ibs 3: 0 Ths
ee ee ee 1% 15%
PAO Oe yo pees cas ise 163 14%
PORE Oe cs ee i ele nk 155%
PRR re ns ee lee 154%
POOR oo kk ce ce eye ok 15%
Be as ora ees ee 154
REBORN oe 8s hae cena) tse lb%
BOW GR necks to danse tanks ce tebe 155, 15%
Wao ea 1544 15% 15%
MuVOr Bie... oie de os chee nk 21 21
MEOW IORRE ee ein ic ea ides ass 16
CORDAGE.
60 foot Jute..... 1 00 \50 foot Cotton....1 60
52 foot Jute ..... 1 25 x foot Cotton....1 75
40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (72 foot Cotton....2 00
CRACKERS AND "SWEET GOoDs.
' X XXX #b
Kenosha Butter...........-...- 6%
Seymour Butter............... 5
PRTG ig cece ce sede ane cen hee 5
Fancy Butter.......:.....-..: 444
RB Oeater. ... 5.4. -4s-s: eee 5
I ee cee ce nk es coe 5
Fancy Oyster..............+. . 4h
MONO? BOCK, 2. co. oan es ened an 446
Oe NO ec ik sce eevene i%
i ain valetina'a catalina 5
ON ccc acs sete ees be cs 1
Te ois saa a hake s ks r
es ind as end conn 8
CW ee kk wake va ones 8
Pretzels, hand-made........... 11%
te esi eis juevcessseas 9%
ON cow ea bance be ae 15%
TOMO Cream, -. 2.4... 6.505. 65 ns 7% 8%
Frosted Cream...............-- 8%
Ginger RAR ieee ce ses e ens 7% 8%
No. 1 Ginger MAME. 5 ioe oes i%
Lemon Snaps.............0.2.> 12%
PCO CARO. cos od ck ds ceases 8%
Lemon WaLers. ... 0.666. dcccs, 13%
UR oe ies aes est 11%
Extra Honey Jumbles......... 12%
Frosted Honey Cakes......... 13%
Pyveam: GOms, . 6. oes cea iiss 13%
Bagleys MRO ad os oo oa oe 138%
eS CAROB oo icens 12%
eS ene tee ieee xg
FISH.
OT, WHOIS ek ince keen cde tene Scene 384%@4%
Ri HOMMIORE os ie iis inn be deena ened 5@6%
NG ive whe ins ba wee bo een cone ce ae 10
Herring, round, % bbl................ 2 15@3 00
Herring ,round, 4 bbl................ 1 SN@I
Herring, Holland, bblis................... 11 00
Herring, Holland, BOGS. oe ee TH@80
Pierre, BORIOG oo oe eae se basin ee es eu ve
Mackerel, shore, No. 1 ie i oe eek
12 b kits re °.
» “ oe TC see 65
a No. 3, 4% Wi sis 3 25
BAG: 36 DON hein c ce ewcaes an A ewes 2 23@2 50
Trout, Me AOE ss ace ce ei es Leuecacst ares 4 00
“10 Ib kits. er ea pee ed ba kw a eho 0
White: INO. 1.36 PO occ soa ho ekg Saks 6 00
White, No.1, 12 i kits.............. Ghatoes 90
White, No. 1 10 b MRO ches ccs Cah ata d 80
White, Family, 4% Hs a ces bigc uli 215
* AR a ee i 45
FRUIT JARS—MASON,
PAO aici oad apt eas @ 9 50
Quarts 2 pe enews vas Shek dy 4 phe es <a @A0 50
WIGie GOUONE io ciao ck ioe esas @13 50
Disk cap, CURT a esas ‘ @I11 00
Or i es cua wean @l14 00
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
Lemon. Vanilla.
Jenniggs "D.C. 49 ORs cab ee ¢@ doz. 100 1 40
i. MO ae ee cas oon 15 2 &0
as . ms Ore eageciaia ee +. ar 50 4°00)
“ MOOR ore rc. 6 350 5 Ov}
es sae No. 2 Taper. .. prectle 2 1 §0)}
te se DB eo ce ae 1% 2 15|
- = s pint, round elenas 4 50 7 60}
fe " we... OO 15 00
at # No. 8 panel pike cao 1210. 1 65 |
ae Yee a a, 2%5 426)
ae * NO. i0 aeeneurrn rs A BB 6 (0!

       
    
     

DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN.
UO oa iy vic s va ee ins ce ace och canes

@ A
MPEG oo Uns oe oe eo vie ens goes 7 6%
EMO PORE cic as Ci cca s cee 14
| RIRAIS POC oa aang nk oy a ku ceca elec @ it
Prunes, French, 60s..................-. Ene
Prunes, WEOUGI OUR, oo hoses acne 6 ae 84@Q@
Prunes, Turkey Deeb ices es ieee @ 4\¢
PRR OMORIE 2 ici ee ae es ean ences @2.7 i
Raisins, London Layers............... @2 7d
Maieing. Onlitornig o.oo. ki es oe us Ge 16
Raisins, Loose Museatels.............. @2 00
Haeigins, Ondarns, 266... . 6... 220... @) 2%
WERIGING, BOLISNAS. «ooo se ces ccc d ec cece @ 9
Raisins, Valencia, new ..-............. 914,@10
Meiging, TpOvinie.... 6. ied sss css
| MATCHES.
| Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 @
Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro...........1 20
Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 1%
Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor.........:.... 2 25
Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 1 50
BGR Gs - ag ENS Gnas ce eo i piniyer tlie 1 00
FOOD FO Oo is Boe bc ov wis we cde Whuaue 1 50}
POR eo oe recess eae 75 |
| Richardson’s No.8 square.................. 1 00
| Riechardson’s No. 9 C0 1 50
Richardson’s No. 7%, round................. 1 00
Richardson’s No.7 G6 ea 1 50
MOLASSES.

SRP RN eines nee hae ca ane 15@17
OT a as ca ee eae aeve 2528
ON as cc avec ence 24@30
MGW Olean. MOOG... oo oc occ soo oe ca wcs 28@34
Blew Ori@mne, GUOIGG. . 6.5 oo coke cc ce puns dss 44@50
mew Orrane, TANGY, |. oe ceca ccc: 52@5a
ly bbls. ? 2c extra
OATMEAL.

Rolled Oats, bbl. -.00 Go) Steel cut, bbl... ..0 50

¢ bb1.3 00 4 bbl.. .3 00

rr ** eases 3 25)
PICKLES.

Medium . aa Bed cass Gc oes bv ou Wek naees @6 00
Oe eee ees oa a @3 50

Small, bil PS RE AS Ses a on gas @7 00

PLPES.
Imported Ciay 3 mrogs.........<......- 2 25@3 00

Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. @2 25

 

 

  

 

 
 

Imported Clay, No. 216, 24 gross...... @1 8
PO PIOR oe ooo oe in od cna lee 7a@ 90
RICE.

Choice Carolina..... GA IAVE ....055:. ‘
Prime Carolina..... AGI GUE os cons eee cas dk
Good Carolina......6 |Rangoon....... 54@5 9
300d Louisiava.....5 Broken. ...384@3%
TN eae ec ce TNE oc ccc cyc di ccaus 1%
SALERATUS.
DeLand’s pure...... GGT IIWIOE © ooo icc cee 51g
C are Seecdueaen 5144\Sea Foam....... 5%
Tavior s G. M.:..... Oi (Can Sueal........... 514
144¢@ less in 5 box lots.
SALT.
GO) Pocee:, FF Davy... 6c. 60. . nance 2 25
Pe Na agai ac eee 215
1003 pockets ube cael dave wean 2% 35
Saginaw or MeMtebE oo. focus cok es
Diamond Fe i ic 6 oa cn ck oe 1 45
UME CORIO. 8 oo. coke vo cnn ccs ' 1 25
Ashton, English, dair y, ‘bu. page .....- 75
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.. 2 75
Higgins’ English dairy Du. Dege...... 70
American, dairy, 4 bu. bags.......... 2%
WOON, RN ca. case 28
Ww arsaw, Dairy, bu. bags Me cuca, 40
1g eee te wees 20
SAUCES.
Pe, FO NE eo kn tk snes ses G2 00
Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 70
Pepper Sauce, green. ...............6:- @ 80
Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... @l 2d
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @i 50
Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @ 80
Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 20
Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50
Halford Sauce, % pints.... ........... @2 20
SOAPS
MOON 2c a 3 85 E xtra Chicago Pam-
BEeSTeY 2. MOU SW i a cue > 94
New Process, 1 ..3 94 Napkin............. 4 75
New Process, SW. .8 Gb POWs oc ccess sss. 4 75
Acme, bars........ 3.55 White Marseilles..5 50
Aeme, biocks..... 3 05. White Cotton Oil..5 50
Best American....2 oe TAGUIPOGG .. os eo oss 58 3 50
CAVES 2.6. ccc c nse. 3 A ee ss cc cece ves 3 45
Big Five Center...3 85) My stic White....... 4 65
PRIOR Gl. eS. reve ed 45/Saxon Blue........2 60
Shamrock.......... 3 15) Palmer’ s, 100 bars..5 50
Blue Danube.......2 55) mo 4a)
London Family....2 30!
SPICES.
Ground. Whole.
PODDGF ooo) oes. 16@25|Pepper ........... 18
AUBOIOG .. 6.6... 12@15)Allispice.......... 8@10
Cinnamon......:. TAGNSO CAGBIA . ow. 225455: 10@11
Cloves 2.2... 15@25 Nutmegs, No. I. @b60
Ginger ...........16@20 Nutmegs, No. 2 @5v
Mustard.......... 25@00| Cloves ........... @25
Cayenne ......... 25@35 |
STARCH.
Muzzy, Gloss, : tb packages tees. @ 5%
OO er eee... @ 5%
“ ” “bulk ede Pcie lacus gees @ 4
* Corn, 1 packages........... @ 6
Firmenich, gloss, | oso. . @ 5%
- 3 TD ia cae wsk cusses @ 5%
* Oe. @ 6
a4 bulk, eee Be... oe @, 4
es GO, § Fy. .. 5... ieee @® 6
Pieetrio Drsire..... 0. eas ase cesses @3 20
WOON Ns ose ans canna cons @ 6
re gloss, 1 tb packages....... ... @ 5%
“ eC eet @ 3%
Niagara, laundry, bbls @ 3%
Tee oe, @4
* wee EF We ky ees @ 5%
- OO ce ci es aes: @ 6
Quaker, laundry, 560... .......:..4--: @4 50
SUGARS.
Ce Eee ie cs ee ence ke: @i7
WO ee ia ines @7T
Granulated, Standard... Cy aad @ 634
ME ORCL Fie os 5 ok ccc ac pe cende @ 6
I in acs cae canes cates @ 5%
Wo 0, Wh ite Pextve C.. ck. once GB 5%
TG ee Oe Oe ci ics cs esas caas> @ 5%
PaO Oo oie a is sh us Ug Ge ee @ 5%
TE airs ho cw ccc cane nets 4%@ 5
TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS.
Five and Seven...... 45iCroes Cut... .. 0. scicces 35
DEROUCE 65k cei vadan MOOG ATID. 6 is cc ce di cesas BD
Seal of Detroit....... GOOG FIMO. oo cu ck 5s se 35
AD DONOY oo. 5 ost 38)U nderwood’s Capper 35
Omr Bird. isc .c ea ceee 28\Sweet Rose.......... 45
Brother Jonathan... 23|Meigs & Co.’ sStunnerss
Our Block. ........-.. NS ag eee un 35
Jolly Time........... 40|Royal Game.......... 38
Our Leader.......... 33|Mule Ear.............63
Sweet Hose.......... oe MOUTNAI ss ccs cacesss 74
May Queen....... 65 Old Congress......... 64
Dark AmerieainBuilevs Good Luck........... 42
PHO MOIRS. ... 6... 220s 60\Blaze Away..... .... 35
PROG FANG sc covc sess 50|Hair Lifter.......... 30
State Seal............ 60|Hiawatha ele akas 65
Prairie Flower ...... CUIGIODG 6 bess ceases . eO0
Indian Queen........ 60;/Bull Dog............ #57
May Flower.......... 70|Crow th LOSE. .... 3... 66
Sweet Pippin........ 45) *Delivered.
SMOKING
Our Leader.......... MH ETONE ccs tc eden dn cends 30
Ole VOR, oo sees 30|Kight Hours......... 24
Big Deal. COL EO oul us 30
Ruby, cut plug...... SOR fe ca 1d
Navy Clippings...... 26|\Two Nickel.......... 24
EIOMO® occ ca ss cee ess 15|'Duke’s Durham..... 40
Hard Taek........... 32,Green Corn Cob Pipe 26
ee iiss an se WOW ieee 16
Ge TE occ ee csi ce 40; HOD HOY... -e 5 ces00 26
Arthur’s Choice..... 22;0ncle Sam........... 28
Red Fox..............26|Lumberman ......... 25
Gold Dust.......:.... 26 Railroad Boy......... 38
Gold Block........... 30 Mountain Rose....... 18
Seal of Grand Rapids HomeComfort....... 25
(OlGUR). cus. fo 55s. Pad CRIME SESE a ieee ca aos 60
Tramway, 3 0Z....... 40'Seal of North Caro-
Miners and Puddlers.28) ‘ina, 2 0z........... 48
PECVION <2 oc cue ences 24 Seal.of North Caro-
Standard ............. wy Mina. 40n.....) .: 2... 48
CO POI. oe kee sn cede 18 Seal of North Caro-
Tom & Jerry......... Ma ee BOM, ce i coc as 45
WONON ives eck ce dee' 25 Seal of North Caro-
TrAVGIOF .... 6.6.55. 35 lina, 1602 boxes... .42
DARIGOR. . oo. snk reese 25 King Bee, longeut.. .22
Piekwick Club....... 40' Sweet Lotus..........: 32
Nigger Head......... 26 POV S oo ia ke ccs cess 32
PIQUA en vce ices Be OME MIN ca ce sccwaks 30
CROPIRAT 6 os kk. cc is cs 15|Red Clover. ......... 32
K.of L 4 20, 48) igood Lnek........... 26
Honey Dew.. .25,Queen Bee. ........ 22
PLUG.
Pee vies 39/Trade Union........ *36
Ca OIGGT srs cas 37 |Labor Union........ #30
CHNNOE ola i ccs cas 34 ‘Splendid ekae badass 33
Corner Stone. ....... WA AG POR eis ces ccecees 42
Sealping Knife......34,Big Drive,........... 2
Sar Boss... 2... ..%. HAP AGOGO). oo os ives ec. 40
PONG yk oa was ce AMR Lh on ch anne 35
PMATUY ie cceeca caecs 44;Choeolate Cream... .39
Old ‘oot Ried tee 40) NIMPOG oe. chs even os 35
eOiy FAR 65.5585 32) Big Five Center...... 33
Jolly Time. ciseevooesn 32 Parrot Nvcuer bec uaasas 42
Favorite .....:..<. . 42 PRNCOE case ova sake 85
Bisek Bird |. occ. 2c. o2) Black Prince ae ae 35
Live and Let Live...32| Black Racer......... 35
CHIRROP 3 cic. ce 328) MPM yc hice, 42
Bull Dog.. WS AOOPN 6 likeics eck. 39
| Hiawatha. , “i ziriorse Shoe. ......... 36
Se Eo obs aks BE PIO be rise ones 34
Spear Hoad.......... | Merry WP t oh. ccc ae
Whole Earth......... 2; Ben Franklin........ 82
crtey GIS os co chs 39|Moxio ibekek same ses 34
Fe ee ie aes dade 40 iGO JRGK. ....62.2.; 32
Spri ing Chieken...... 38/Hiawatha............ 42
TRON DAS 0 Boi iy east 30) Musselman’s Corker.30
UPUOP. . oc adecis (ie sof
*Delivered. 2c. iess in three butt lots.

 

 

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SHORTS.

 

Our Leader.......... 16} Hiawatha ei veviaceess 22
Mayfiower ........... 23 Old —— dscknckan 23
COON icc hee ces 22iMay Leaf............ bn]
PEG BAP... ees cvcsee POTION on ck cc ce ce naeuacs 20
SYRUPS.
CR TO a ios on ee ee esac ees se 24@26
OI ME Wo os oe cas hoe cre ue winnicd esis 26@28
Corn, 10 galion kegs... .. .... 6... e.eces @2
Corn, 5 alin Regs. .. <5... 13-5206. ss 0 @31
WO BUGOE Oh a oe cidcc cd ces occcecdes 23@26
Pore Gwar, 56 DUE, 65 osnk see ge cee ada 26@30
SNUFF.
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..... 72
by PUMOOOUOS «oo. ks occ near enics @
Gail & Ax’ OR ous Leesan. @ 44
Rappee...... cud vomeeake ee QO 3
Railroad Mills Scotch................. @ 45
WAR ng ions soa ok kd ae ke ensa ceuees @l 30
TEAS.

Japan ordinary...... .-- 18@20
Japan fair to good.. pindececcady: uae
DUI I coos nk coun dens cece sesucndeduns BA@45
SROIMRNN TRE ok ccs oan eo 6b hc cdsaceeacadcs bs
TM ORINEE POON choo Caen es a cas cccndacanaweu 350
RE ards onc ou cc buns chccdeeuea ee 33QO50
MOONE Fon acc gcc gees ss 8s cc ncnee ens is OSH
RO on bic ifac oc cogs cu cn oh ca cencacepanse. 30
VINEGAR.

30 gr. 50 gr.
WRC VO na. ac cove ncevcnes 08 er
Gider Pon e) Cdeunecc: ae 10
York State ‘Apple. uci caiesepe nana 16
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath Briok Imported ..3.. .6 66. ces cccee 90
do MIOTIONNE CS ica cc assdeuss td
PORE OLD os. occ dcicacces ves buses 1 00
do WE Bk a hace case ass ceac Genes 1 50
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand....... ‘ Ti
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 i cans......... @25
CR, is sks op oe ok an adsl ees @u
Merion, ROCGl wo oi cia chee @12
Campnhor, 02., 2 B DOXES.. .......0ceces @35
meicracs COMGG, Vc Ce occ cca c scans ci cue @s80
do BONS Sus cian ca
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. ............ @35
COIN, BUG iano coc cde oaks tad cacuaas WQ35
MRC, We PN os oo ieee es ice cae tasks @3
Ont, Tit te Oe GUIS. . ince 5 ec kc ca ceesd @ 4
OY BRN ong co ve cave cn asc cacs bea @ 33 a
brome, (Gen TUON.. ci... cess secs cdaes @1 2
FROGS, ODuG Prepared... ........<6.cccse @ 2%
NOs WON goin a, cae seal eaas @4 00
Powaer “BOs. ........ i. @2 2
oo eno occ cos eds cscs @ 10
CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS,
Putnam & Brooks juote as follows:
STICK,
Standard, 25. DOKES.... 2... ccccccccccae SHOE
Twist, CO | a ee 9 @%%
Cut Loaf do Gav ieteas G10
MIXED
WOOL or) DALIG. . oso. coicccccccccicne. @9
Royal, 200 D Dbis.................ceeees @ 8%
mete ao Oe... @10
eens. @ 9%
French Cream, 25} pails.............. @12
Cut loaf, 25 Mm OONO6 cleo i @l2
Broken, 2) BD pails... 6... occ ccaccccscll Gee
Broken, 200 fb bbis.. @ 9%
FANCY—IN 5 bu BOXES,
Lemon Drope........... @i3
MUM ENON ooo ks vce deen ce cn dcaccuude: @l4
Feppermimt Drops...... ....:.......... Ge
Cuagouite ING@O8, “Bb
eM Chocolate Drape... .... <5. occckc cee 13
Wet Be ca i 10
Bee TOI, ogc oon ids cdc. 22
AB Licorice Drops.. Waleed elena. 12
RMNONOR, THON cd oes cas 15
a Se ee 16
Imperials i eees vee as ci Chile deceit he ccs 15
POO bo hoos cn ons bes oo Sa cc sae, 14
RIMMER BOM oa oon be oo odds sa ceca. 13
WN IN oo oc dod so a ccs os 15
MI ooo occ saeco cey ba 18
Hand Made Creams......... pedeee aac 18@ 7
Wee OOS cc. ci ei a a. zy
recovered Creams. .....6 <5 <ccses ccc dss
RUPEE MAOIs os ode oa ce cece cwuclcis occu: Beit
Mare OONGS...o... 6c. 20@22
Wintergreen Berries........... a "is
FANCY—IN BULK.
Lozenges, plain in pails............... @1z
Lozenges, plain in bbls................ @l
Lozenges, printed in pails............. G13
Lozenges, printed in bbls...........% @l2
Chocolate Drops, in puils.............. @l2%
Guro Prope in pails... ....<..b...ccccce 6 @ 6%
Aes Bere Tk Ee, 5 oc cs cae, 5 @ He
Moss Drops, in pails................. . @wo
Weed one, 1 DIS... oc... clic cs @Y
Bowie ReOe. 1 PALMS... . os. coos cc cease @l2z
Imperials, in pails.. Liebe buaeea cat @12%
moperiaie 1 DDis... ......... @1l%
FRUITS
Bananas ‘Aspinwall.. os cabessccccecia Guage Ge
Oranges, California, fane y. elise asskes
Oranges, ‘€ ‘alifornia. GHOIGG: (2. .4 5c,

Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................
Oranges, ae perp Be cceeusadanepaan ‘
Oranges, Valencia, Gases..............
Oranges, Messina...... Sabxuestoceuces
eR er ae

RMU, COICO. oon ac oc ce vccc eco cece TO Oe
RO, PATIO oi oo ono uc oc canececs wees 8 50
Bre. CAMLOriia. - .5 << os oss s cc ceaccs
Figs, lavers, new, @D.................
gO ON ee oe @ 6%
Dates, frais do ........... doscecunace SRO
Oe ci gee ccc ik @ 5
Os OM ooo on ove BI se coc ce cc,
Oe tea Et yjleded. OEE ep pine EE
Dates, Fard 10°) box Wi. 6a @i0
Dates, Fard 50 b box ® B..............
Dates, Persian 50 tb box ® a.
Pine Applies, @ doz... .-.. i... .<ssess
PEANUTS,
Prime Hed. raw @ B........6.cccccces 4 @& GO
Choice do Oe cas ea 44,@ 5
Fancy H.P. do OO ee i iiinss ces 54
CHOICE WIIEG, VELGO ook cediccccecccs @ 544
WO Eg VR GO coin ck caccucccsce COAG Oe
oe aos bac hess hake scks .. 6 @ 6%
NUTS.
Almonds, TPORPORONE, oo. icine ciuss @ib
RUOOE 6 eos iss ieee @l6
. California . nas odes suas tyes cee ee
Brazils .... ghee ae &%@ 9
Chestnuts, pe RN ee rei. a
Filberts, Ws iio a i ckkcic ee wiies ll @12
Darceliih |, 10
Woiiite, Grenonie. ... 06.6 is cs dees oe 164@li
" PUD, oo oc ccs di duc ceeds sees
- Wieeee 2 ek
“ OTRO POER soc cc cent teas
WOGMNO, TOMO, El, Po... i cic cc cece cece: 9 @18
oe Missouri gel dae cla es a eke sees 84@ 9
COOMBE, WIND. 5.0555 cece ee wavena q

 

 

PROVISIONS,
The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.
quote as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

 

 

 

Mess, Chicago packing, new................11 00
ME OD, OW obo conn cern cakecs cscs since Oe
ROG GIOMT, CRORE CUR. os 56 oes soo. enschede 13 75
Extra family clear, short cut.............. 13 00
Clear, His WO GDATOR TIOW gon cs ken gccsccuccee Oe
Extra clear pix, MRONE CUE. 5 oo oc cc aca se
MORN CIOAT, OAV. ooo con oc ccc t cnc cccctes tt 06
WRU CUTE, GORE GUE. 6 ccc cs ccccucucnueenes
Moston Glear, hore Gut. . iwi. 6.5 is cc ccacaes i4 50
COG TOI, GIVOWE CURE. os oo iw ck cc cc ccccucs 14 50
Standard clear, short cut, best...°........ 14 75
DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Cle EG, ORG. ooo coe cocci cckcs
TOMITONWE 6 oo cnc voc cecace
- i ae
Short Clears, REGVY : «oss 6 oss coos ccccccs
do. WROGUIINL, 62s fone ces ceeccs..
do. HOE eel i
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLALN.
Hams, average Me aks ches Sac dees 13
We WE Ch ces ieee a aaael
“ oes BS WO U4 Die oon ovine cc cee 13
«picnic Wea do Neeed daws cau becesucus 8g
We IO von vee ence c dia seca, 10
- WMO DORCIONE, 2 oi ee 1
SOI ovo vows ca cnn ccs OB oe sce cece 7%
Breakfast Bacon, boneless. ach te ae pus weecnes 9
Dried Beef, ORG 5 ic veces bv eecccheriscndi Ww
GI PON ead eG a L3
LARD
MO vo cicwiecelw Chass ciscdancs. 7%
re Oe OE os oe oc ova bcs a ec v ccs 1%
50 Round Tins, 100 cases.............. T%
LARD IN TIN PALLS.
20 ® Pails, 4 pailsin case............... 8
3 Pails, 20 in a case.é..............4.. Sig
We Wi, 0 TN COBO. i oo os ov wiv oc cc cas 8: "
10 Ib Puils, 6 in a case . chs ad dae poate 814
. BEEF IN BARRELS
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 6... cea
WOOO, OMURO aa os cis occa wc oc ce cdadss. ll 50
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
WVONE PIO a oo cawkc ns bach ecw
MU GS iki oi canes cv cues
PeMIMME UIE COMRROOLNO Soc ei cic cceeccececbua
Frankfort Sausage..
Blood Sausage. Red Ried oo ch
Bologna, straight. SHE Cech dei ee beak, ee
MI, SION oo ok duke ack oe:
Head Cheese. .
PIGS’ FEET.
In half barrels. Hud knee ve aeslenepueeble 8 50

    
  

 

      

 

 

VISITING BUYERS.
The following retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders withthe various houses:

Stickney & Co., Paris.
0. H. Shurtieff, Shurtleff Bros., Cross Village.
Geo. H. Remington, Bangor.
J. E. Reed, Reed & Sons, Monteruc.
Geo. W. Warren, Big Rapids.
os Dunham, Jack & Jake, Three Rivers.
BE. P. Stiles, Stiles Bros., Santon
M, Wright, Big Sprir
R. Griffin, Coopersvi ie.
B. Smith, Wayland.
. DeWitt, St. Johns.
0. J. Moog, Whitehall.
x Estes, Tustin.
. Massie, Greenville.
W. Pickett, Wayland.
S. Honghtéling. Hart.
McKinnon, Shelby.
oO. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
Sidney Stark, Allendale.
Peter Wyngarden, Vriesiand.
Den Herder & Tanis, Vriesland.
John Kamps, Zutphen.
» A. Purchase, South Blendon.
Voorhorst & Co., Overisel.
A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
Geo. F, Cook, Grove.
Wi. Karsten, Beaver Dam.
H. Andre & Son, Jenisonville.
Brusse Bros., Holland.
H. Baker & Sons, Drenthe.
H. M. Harroun, McLain.
Mrs. G. Muller, Muskegon.
Walter Struik, Forest Grove.
©. F. Sears, Rockford.
vo A. Sage, Rockford.
P. Cordes, Alpine.
ao & Judson, Cannonsburg.
W. W. Peirce, Moline.
E. M. Reed, Coopersville.
J.F. Hacker, Corinth.
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
Sisson & Lilley, Lilley P. O.
Rk. B. MeCullock, Berlin.
C. W. Ives, Rockford.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
U. DeVries, Jamestown.
L. Perrigo, Burnip’s Corners.
7 arregang & Son, Byron Center.
D. F. Pierson, Pierson.
v F Williams, Caledonia,
James Riley, Dorr.
G. Ten Hoor, Forest Grove.
W. P. Dockeray, Rockford.
L. W. Fisher, Dorr.
G. W. Rey noids, Belmont.
- M. Church, Englishville.
A. C. Barkley, Crosby.
Miss Durkee, Altona.
F. Kirby, Douglas.
Sarah Tompsett, Edgerton.
. A. Spink, Whitehall.
M. 8. Seoville, Kalamazoo.
C. H. Camp, Kingsley.
J. McKelvey, Maple Grove.
W. E. Kelsey, W. E. Kelsey & Co., Ionia.
Frank Hamilton, Hamilton & Milliken, Trav-
rerse City
8. E. Wait, Traverse City.
Smith Barnes, Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.,
is et City.
J. Quick, Allendale.
i D. Hunter, R. C. Hunter & Co., Lakeview.
B.D. McNaugton, Coopersville.
H. 7 Johnson, Saranac.
H. M. Lee, Nashville.
Jas. Ry an, Sturgis.
Henry 8. Chureh, Sturgis.
Frank A. Jenison, Manton.
Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
J. V. Crandall, Sand Lake.
y H. Walbrink, Allendale.
McDonnell Bros., Ravenna.
H. Austin, Walker.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
H. E. Hesseltina, R. K. Hesseltine & Son,
Casnovia.
Cc. E. Coburn, Pierson.
C. B. Moon, Cedar Springs.
Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin.
H. D. Plumb, Mill Creek.
L. A. Paine, Sparta.
W.F. Walling, Walling Bros., Lamont.
R. Gannon, White Cloud.
J. E. Rice, Coopersville.
J. ¥F. Mann, Lisbon.
J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
— & Chappel, Ada.
C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.
B. Burlington, Bradley.
Jas. Grannis, Six Corners.
Jas. Barnes, ‘Austerlitz.
C. K. Hoyt, ‘Andsonville.
C. H. Deming, Dutton.
D. W. C. Shattuck, Wayland.
John Smith, Ada.
Wm. VerMeulen, Beaver Dam.
J. Raymond, Berlin.
Paine & Field, Englishville.
J. A. Liebler, Caledonia.
Chas. Brott, Canada Corners,
N. Bouia, Fisher Station.
— Denton, Denton & Loveley, Howard
Aty.
Wim. DePree, Zeeland.
Cc. W, Skellinger, Rockford.
A. 5S. Frey, Lake.
Jobn Cole, Fremont.
Gould & Belknap, Petoskey.
©. A. Pierson, Spring Lake.
H. P. Whipple, Kingsley.
N. W. Drake, Bangor.
Wagar & McBryan, Cedar Springs.
Mr. Teachout, Teachout & Roedel,
Cloud.
og Kanters. R. Kanters & Son, Holland.
E. H. Foster, Fife Lake.
Dr. Bur nett, Mancelona.
A. Bosch, New Holland.
Colby & Co., Rockford.
M. M. Cole, Cole & Judson, Big Rapids.
Dickenson & Raymond, Fennville.
H. B. Irish, Lisbon.
G. A. Botteja, Grand Haven.
J. N. Covert, Carlton Center.
B. Gilbert & Co., Moline.
S. M. Leisure, Spring Grove.¢
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
I. 8S. Boice, Hastings,
Mr. Hinds, Hinds & Kilmartin, Orange.
A. L. Power, Kent City.
Otto Bros., Middleville.
John M. Cloud, Cadillac.
A. W. Blain, Dutton.
Jos. Raymond, Berlin.
H. T. Baldwin, Luther.
F. Narragan, Byron Center.
J.P. Huling, Big Rapids. *
Chas. H. Loomis, Sparta Center.
8S. L. Alberts, Ravenna.
H. J. Vansalayman, Muskegon.
R. H. Topping, Casnovia.
Mr. Pringle, Pringle Bros., Muir.
a M. D. Hayword, Champion & Haywood, White
oud
L. W. Baldwi in, Fowler.
Wm. Hightower, Fogg & Hightower, Ferry.
M. J. Howard, Englishville.
Jay Marlatt, Berlin.
J. Omler, Wright.
Thos. Cooley, Lisbon.
Conkling & Son, Keelersville.
W.S. Hecox, Irving.
L. C. Hodskey, Big Springs.
Norman Harris, Big Rapids.
A.C. Barelay, Crosby.
Velzy Bros., Lamont,
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
©, R. Bunker, Bailey.
Nelson F. Miller, Lisbon,
©. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg.
J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville.
$8. Cooper, Corinth.
ars Scott, Lowell.
_ & E. Bergy, Caledonia.
P Bohtect, Clarksville.
Mr voatng ‘Loup & Morgan, Lowell.
Ashton Bros., Traverse City.
M. Languis, Zeeland.
Moreley Bros., Cedar Springs,
§$. H. Ballard, Sparta.
A. Mapes, Mendon.
J. H. Killmer, Saranac.
Cc. Johnson, Tustin.
H. Harding, Bridgeton.
. T. McLelian, Denison.
a2. Harrison, Sparta.
i's . Botsford, Dorr
Mr. Wooden, ikelinae & Wooden, Kalkaska.
Geo. Scribner, Grandville.
G. DeJonge, Holland.
James Colby, Kockford,
John Boonstra, Drenthe.
Geo, C. Townsend, Baldwin.
Darling & Roberts, Sparta.
H & Judson, Cannonsburg.
W. Vermeulen, —" er Dam.
ee Deuel, Brad)
J. Raymond, Ber :
Chilson & Son, Orange.
W. Kiaapen, Hollan
A. &L. Aare os Hudsonville,
Sohn Smith ,A
J.C. Benbow Ceiesaiiciaie
A. DeKline "lament.
M.P. Shields, Hilliards.

. Boonstra, th
B. pL mt Fillmore Center.
. W. Potter, Jenisonville.
stenbe Picken’ 8 Station.
Reed,Grattan. |

Spe eee

White

Mr. Kampénga, Kampenga & Lulofs, Mus-
egon. ;
Mr. Philabaum, Philabaum & Howell, Muske-

n.

oir. Lilley, Rice & Lilley, Coopersville.
a. 7 Williams, Leroy.
G. W. Stevens, .ustorl'tz.
Geo. W. Chaufty, Kings'ey.
John Gunstra, amout.
BR. Jarvis & Co., Fennville.
D. B. Galentine, Bailey. ’
Smith & Bristol, Ada.
Brown & Cairns, Prairieville.
D. J. Peacock, Ashland.
J. M. Cook, Grand Haven.
Farnham & Willemin, Wetzell.
H. D. Harvey, Bangor.
G. P. Stark, Cascade.
W. W. Peirce, Moline.
Frank Hibbard, Evart.
A. W. Fenton & Co., Bailey.
C. Miller & Co., Saugatuck,
J. D. F. Pierson, Prierson.
Hunt & Hunter, Lowell.
C. Stocking, Grattan.
Peter Dendel, Hopkins Station.
Walker & Hewett, Lansing.
Dr. H.C. Peckham, Freeport.
Dr. John Graves, Wayland.
C. W. lves, Rockford.
R.A. oe Spar ta.
Geo, E. Mills, Petoskey.
G.C. Baker, Labarge.
Osborn & Hammond, Luther.
Grand-Girard & Co., Big Rapids.
Severance & Rich, Middleville.
W. O. Clark, Middleville.
N. White, St. Louis.
A. DeKruip. Zeeland.
Sy F. Williams, Caledonia.

. W. Rodenbaugh, Byeedsvilile.
m w. Messenger, Spring Lake.
H. Johnston, Shelby.

J. A. Liebler, Caledonia.
Parkhurst Bros., Nunica.
MeNit Bros., Round Lake.

M. M, Robson, Berlin.

Van Duren Bros., Holland.
Mrs. J. DeBri, Byron Center.
J. Meijering, Nvordeloos.

A. Wooley, Hastings.

G. Juistma & Co., Grand Haven.
H, Andre & Son, Jenisonville.
Stauffer & Crawley, Hastings.
F. L. Blake, Irving.

a. Wormbrand, Muskegon.

J. N. Covert, Carlton Center.
L. N. Fisher, Dorr.

D. P. Hopkins, Plainwell.

G. Begman, Bauer.

M. V. Gundrum, LeRoy

W.H. Bartholomew, Wayland.
B. J. Whelpley, Hoytyille.

N. Bouma, Fisher. °

ee & Kilmarten, Orange.

D. Harvey, Bangor.

Pil Shirts, Shirts Bros., Shelby.
Freeman & Jones, Mancelona.
Geo. Cook, Grove P. O.

R. Bredeway, Drenthe.

M. Burbank, Spring Lake.
‘Mrs. A. Mulder, Spring Lake.
Bella Patterson, Spring Lake,
M. Notier, Holland.

J. Van Faroway & Bro., Beaver Dam.

O. Ball, Morley.

Mr, Kenney, Bode & Kenney, Ferry.
F. B. Watkins; Monterey.

Stitt & Knox, Hart.

L. Kolkema, Holland.

————__— +o

. The Gripsack Brigade.

 

Dave Haugh spent last week at Detroit
in search of recreation and pleasure.

Miss Hattie Caro, of Kansas City, Mo.,
is visiting her brother, Leo. A. Caro.

F. M. Blout, representing Schnul & Krag,
of Indianapolis, was in town last week.

Frank A. Dix, with W. F. McLaughlin &
Co., of Chicago, put in several days at this
market last week.

L. J. Koster, representing Edson, Moore
& Co., of Detroit, was in town last Satur-
day.

W. D. Owen, representing Miller, Cissna
& Co., wholesale clothiers of Chicago, was
in town a couple of days last week.

John Berg, representing J. C. Neemes &
Co., the Chicago confectionery manufactur-
ers, was in town last week.

J. J. Kirk, Michigan and Ohio represen-
tative for the Muzzy Starch Co., was in
town last week in charge of the Muzzy ex-
hibit at the West Michigan fair.

FE. L. Jones, formerly on the road for T.
H. Hinchman & Sons, but now general tray-
eling representative for John A. King & Co.,
of Chicago, put in a couple of days at this
market last week. Mr. Jones hails from
Battle Creek, and is a State Director of the
TP ke

Leo. A. Caro has returned from New
York, whither he went in response to an
offer from Thurber, Whyland & Co., tender-
ing him the position of cigar salesman for
this state. Mr. Caro enters upon the du-
ties of his new position October 1, taking

-| Michigan and Northern Indiana and Ohio

as his territory.

The resignation of T. S. Quincy from a
lucrative position with the Northwestern
Commercial Travelers’ Association, and his
active identification with the T. P. A. is
thought by those near to headquarters to
for®hadow the establishment of an accident
insurance feature in connection with the T.
P. A. Opinions differ as to the wisdom of
such a course.

i
He Went Round.
From the Youth’s Companion.

Before Bismark reconstructed the map of
Europe, and made a united Germany, a
dozen little principalities used to annoy
travelers by stopping them at their frontiers,
until they had satisfied the Custom House
demands.

A Yankee onee showed his characteristic
cleverness by outflanking one of these little
‘‘countries.” He had gone to Europe to
confirm his opinion that in the United
States the lakes were larger, the mountains
higher, the rivers deeper, the thunder loud-
er, and the lightening sharper than could be
found in all Europe. His carriage was
|. stopped at the frontier of a petty prince’s
eountry. The Herr Ober, Controleur at the
at the Custom House, came forward, and,

nonchalant way. The Yankee was ungen-
tlemanly enough not to get out of his car-
riage, or even to take off his hat. The
Herr Ober sharply demanded the keys of
the tourist’s trunks, which his subordinates
began handling roughly.

‘Here, hands off!” Shouted the Yankee.
“T didn’t come from the United States of
America te be controlled by you. Put those
trunks back. I’m in no hurry, and ,don’t
care for losing a day. You’re no country;
youre only a spot. J’ll go around you!”

And he did.

“It’s a Daisy.
From the Cedar Springs Clipper.
Tue MIcHIGAN TRADESMAN has orga

 

a _ its fourth year, and we a daisy.

mueh to his indignation, was received in a

- Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
MUSKEGON, Sept. 25, 1886.

Editor MICHIGAN TRADESMAN: ~

DEAR Str—The second and last Sept.
meeting of the M. D. C. A. was held at
the Arlington on the 22nd, all the mem-
bers being present excepting two. Presi-
dent Terry called the meeting to order, and
oppointed O. Hopperstad as critic. After
the reading of communications a short but
interesting papers on ‘*Alkaloids” was read
by Geo. L. LeFevre. The evening was
passed in discussing the paper read, and
also some perscriptions, which were pro-
duced by one of the members. Altogether
it was a very interesting meeting. Some
new business of the Association was trans-
acted and the critic’s report was heard, when
the meeting adjourned until Oct. 13.

Yours truly L. B. GLovER, Sece’y.

——> +4 <_—_——
Hobson's Choice.

Jno. J. Dooley, agent for H. E. Bucklen
& Co., of Chicago, has received a dispatch
from his house, stating that hereafter no
sample bottles of Dr. King’s “Discovery”
will be furnished Michigan druggists. The
sentiment of the trade is decidedly against
the sample bottle nuisance, but Bucklen &
‘Co. thought they could force druggists to
act contrary to their best interests. The
trade of Grand Rapids has been cajoled and
threatened by turns, but as they stood firm-
ly by the position taken by the Grand Rapids
Pharmaceutical society, Bucklen & Co. have

been compelled to come to time.
————_-_>_- <<. ____—

Recent Pharmacy Appointment at Ann
Arbor.

At the School of Pharmacy of the Uni-
versity of Michigan, Alviso b. Stevens, Ph.
C., has been appointed for the lectures on
pharmacy, following the resignation of
Asst. Prof. Wramplemeier. Mr. Stevens is
well known as a pharmacist at 33 Lafayette
Avenue, Detroit. He graduated in pharma-
ey at Ann Arbor in 1875; was President of
the Detroit Pharmaceutical Association for
several years after its organization, and is
one of the officers of the Michigan State As-
sociation.

PIONEER
PREPARED
PAINTS.

Order your stock now. Having a large
stock of the above celebrated brand MIXED
PAINTS, we are prepared to fill all orders.
We give the following

 

 

e

Guarantee :

When our Pioneer Prepared Paintis put
on any building, and if within thrée years
it should crack or peel off, and thus fail to
give the full satisfaction quarantecd, we
agree to repaint the building at our expense,
with the best White Lead or such other
paint as the owner may select.

Hazelting & Perkins Drag Co.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

CUSHMAN’S

MENTHOL INHALER

 

INT BURALGIA

Quickly relieved by Cushman’s Menthol
Inhaler when all others fail. How is that
possible? Because by inhalation: the very
volatile remedy is carried directly to the
delicate net work of nerves in the nose and
head, and applied directly to the nerves, and
so rapidly aisimilated that quick relief is
obtained. It will last six months to one
year, and the last grain is as potent as the
first inhalation. You will find it sells rap-
idly. Retail price, 50e.

Michican Urn Exchange,

Mills & Goodman, Props.

POPP PPD LD ILL L DL LDL

WY ANTED—Registored drug clerks, either
pharmacists or assistants,who are sober,

honest, industrious and willing to work on

moderate salary.

 

 

ANTED—To purchase stock of from $4,800

to 2,500 in southérn part of State, in

town of notless than 1,000 inhabitants, in which
there are only two drug stores.

PoR SALE—Stock of $1,800, in town of 1,000
inhabitants, doing very nice business.
Terms very reasonable or will exchange for
good real estate.

 

 

OR SALE—Stock of about $500 in small

_ town. Reason for selling, other business
which takes all his time. Business could be
doubled by elose attention.

 

FOR SALE—Stock of drugs and groceries of

about $4,000 in town of 1,900 inhabitants.

Only three drug stores in town. Will exchange
for good improved farm.

OR SALE—Stock of about $1,200 im town of
. 700 inhabitants. Doing good paying bus-
iness. o

 

 

OR SALE—Stock of about $1,200 in anin-
land town of about 240 in midst of fine
farming region. Will also sell store and lot.
Doing fine business.
For SALE—Stock of about “$500 well located
in Grand Rapids.

 

LSO—Many other stocks, the particulars
of which we will farnish on application.

O DRUGGISTS—Wishing to secure clerks
we willfurnish the address and full par-
ticulars of those on our list free.

 

An Entefprising House.

The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. can al-
ways be relied upon not only to carry in stock
the best of drugs, but have secured the agency
for Dr. Pete's 35-cent Cough Cure, which they
warrant. It will cure all Throat, Lung and
Chest diseases, and has the reputation of being
the best Cough cure ever discovered for Con-

 

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WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT,

| Sauls, white (Powd 35c)..........
Valerian, English (Powd aa Se ews

TM , Valerian, Vv. ermont (Powd 2

ACIDS.

MOOG ING. Bye iol eee ccc
Acetic. C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)......
Carbolic BE RAE Oo OSES IE AE ne Mag
Nee ecu les kes
Mivitintio t¢ Gee. c ia ck.
Nitric 86.degz...5........ rae gsc a ;
ONAN ec ee
Sulphuric 66 deg.

Wartaric POWOCTLG,. 2.65.0 6.c050.
Benzoic, English............. 8 oz
Benzo, GOrman<... 66 ces cee es ;
IS asp cal

: AMMONIA.

CAPDOMACO oko cent nce soe 8 Ib
Muriate (Powd. 22c)................
# ava if Ger Or of... «0... 2.6...
Aas TS Cem OF Ge cia c ns cece
BALSAMS,

emma Cee Ue Le ia ates upees

28 © OO PHPSHHOOO

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢)........
Cinchona, yellow.......:......0+:

Se, BOLO oo i ck cs ups ccakaa ees
Saray, OPO, PUTO. oo 6 sa ccd aeecss s
Elm, powdered, pure..............
Sassafras, of root..................
Wild Cherry, select....2....5...6.6.
Bayberry powdered...............
Hemlock powdered........ ee
OY oe ay on cane nn bs wk ek ae
Soap enone. :

BERRIES,

Cubeb prime (Powd 1 1I5c)........
PRIOR ooo a as wv cad ones ck oc 2
Brioitiy ASM i cick es

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 24 boxes, 25c)..
Licorice, powdered, pure ........
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 tb doxes).
Logwood, 1s (25 Ib boxes) .........
Lgowood, 78 do

Logwood, 4s . do

Logwood, ass’d = do

Fluid Extracts—25 ® cent. off list.

FLOWERS,

PUUIOR iiss ick, ala eue
Chamomile, Roman...............
Chamomile, German......-. 6.2.

GUMs.

AlOOS, BATDAGOOS ois. ccc recncees:
Aloes, Cape (Powd 20¢)............
Aloes, Socatrine (Powd 60e).......
PAATAONING ee a col,
Arabic, powdered select..........
MPOOIO, 180 DIGKEG.. 2... oo. cakes cee
BraviG 2d WiGKOG.. so... lk a
Arabic, a0 MieKed,.....6..... 20.05.
Arabic, sifted SOrte.............5.;
Assaf@ntida, prime (Powd 28¢)...
POTION ok aa kes ce owe even dae
RTI ec ee a ce we
Catechu. 1s (% l4e, us 16c) .
Euphorbium powdered............
Galbanum strained...............
Gamboge..

Guaiac, pr ime (Powd “45ey..

Kino [Powdered, 30c]..............
PROG ihe ola
Myrrb. Turkish (Powdered 47¢)...
Opium, pure (Powd $4 40)..........
Shellac, Vanip: DORI Bo ia,
Shellac, WO is cis es
BOCUAO, NBEEVE oii 5 ci on cc can
Bheliae blesoned. oii. ess cack s
PEPAPROOMAN fo boo ticle 30

HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES.

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oS

35
38°

75

SEEDS.
| Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢)..........
Bird, mixed in ® packages.
| Ganary, PP i oa ace is
| Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20¢).
| Car AIMON, AlONNOG. |. 5... sn. a
Cardamon, Malabar................
| Celery
| Coriander, pest English oe ea ed
; Fennel
} Blew QIBA eas eetiaad
| Flax, pure grd (bbl 344)............
| Foenugreek, powdered............
| | Hemp, PRMOUTAEY nos cs a uk wk casi
| Mustard, white Black 10e)........
PMG ie lala tes
Wes MII cbs cca a eciec se kes ous
PORT SCI on ig on Sco oon enc as
SPONGES.
Florida sheevs’ wool, carriage..... 2%
Nassau do do
Velvet Ext do do
| Extra Ye do do
| Grass do do
| Hard’ tor slate use.
| Yellow Reet, do
| MISORLLANWOUS.
| Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.25, ® gai..
| ‘Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref,
1 ‘Anodyne Hoffman's
| Arsenic, Donovan’s solution......
| Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........
| a gO ree
eee ee hehe kee ca ccs ib 2
Alum, ground (Powd 9¢e)...... "o 348
| Annatto, prime............. one
| Antimony, powdered, com’l... ..
| Arsenic, white, powdered
| Blue Soluble.
| Bay Rum, imported, best.........
| Bay Rum, domestic, me P. & Co.’s.
} Balm Gilead Buds......
| Beans, io saa Ri eede ciciou a a.
Beans, \ PRN occ deeleceikccc das 7
| Bismuth, sub nitrate
Blue Pill (Powd 70c)..........;....

6 @

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| Blue Vitriol .

@ri

PORN NOT O one noes eck le oes e 6

Peppermint....... ee saa :

Te whee vues sane

aime cB Meg she bed Su cl es ea uecheeeee aces ‘

IRON,

Citrate and Quinine...............
Solution mur., for tinctures......
Sulphate, pure crystal............
MOMONS eee e este ccd cnee
PROSDUALO oe occ eee ic
LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25e)...........
Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & 48, 12¢)...
se na, AlOx, Natural... .....0.....%
Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled..
Senna, powder a a ue acs

RONTS CIDEIVOI: ac nso cam p cc ccaee
Uva Ursi.. le ee
Seltiienee
OMRON ich cc ewdn cc ae ee eee
Honbane.. 6525608 20 pee ae
OGD, POG. ie eee

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LIQUORS.
W,, D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky .2 S
Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... i 5
Whisky, other brands............. 1
Gin, OU a 1
Rett EOI os oc asc ase 20
TO a ek by wae coin ge chan 1
Catawba Wines... .........5.... ak
ONG INDE is as ak ee 1

MAGNESIA.
Carbonate, Pattison’s, | x OF so as as
Carbonate, J enning’s SOB. coi ass
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution..
COLGIROG oe ee ee 8

OLLS.
Almond, sweet. -=......... mo... 5:
Amber, rectified... .....00. 6. 0..e.
oe a i ea
Bay @
Bergamont...

MOE i bc dk owes ua ob ce we Soke
ee ee ee ay
Cedar, commercial ere — Sagas
Citronella . ie ates
Olioves sic ee
Cod Liver, N. F. . eeu. -B gal
Cod Liver, beet ee
Cod Liver, H., ie & Co.’3, 16
Cubebs, P. & V

PIMONON 8 ibe a eee
MIO OO ii oe ies cn ew be kk dv a
Geramium PB OZ)... .. 6.666. ok es
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75¢)..
SUTIDED WOOK oi ooo nies cs eens seks
Juniper berries................ 6665
Lavender flowers, French.........
Lavender garden do

Lavender spike do

LBMOn, NEW CFO... 6... 6k. ives ees
Lemon, Sanderson’s...............
ROTOR in Ss Ce cece ns ccuads
C1VO, PAOUARR, che os ov esc ce cass
Olive, “Sublime Italian
Origanum, red flowers, French...
Origanum, No.1

POBVICOVEL ooo kek ove cca k os ac ve
Peppermint, white........ aaa
MOOG MW OF ole roe ee
Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 4v)
Se os ioe aes ea
ee a ee
Sandal Wood, German............
Mandal Wood, Wot... co iss
PMBALEAR ees cas cicsas ae eatb aus
Spearmint .

MOMBY oie eek eee aes 400 @4
War (hy GAL BIO) oo csic eed cao 10 @
Wintergreen oo csc ie cece cuas
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00).....

WY OPTIROEG = a ls veo ya

POTASSIUM.

BIGPOMALE 3 oe cn cis so es

Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk
Chlorate, eryst (Powd 25¢e).........
lodide, eryst. and gran. bulk.....
Prissiato yellow... ¢. 60.66 occ es

tb

ROOTS.

PIB OROT oe i a as es
PO Gs ace ads os ck ees
Arrow, St. Vinicent’s.......,....4:
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and ¥%s....
Blo (POW 180). oo. ec ces sas
Calamus, peeled Ook cade ek hae kes
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered............
Gentian (Powd 15ce)................
Ginger, African (Powd l4c)........
Ginger, Jamaica bleached........
Golden Seal (Powd 25e)............
ee white, powdered...:...
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.............
adlap, powdered... .........0c.055
Licorice, select (Powd 15)..
oe extra select.......... bias
PI TO he che ca ieaeee
Rhei, from select to sane. eta es :.100
Rhei, powdered E. 1... cewek ae
Rhei, choice cut cubes... oi
Rhei. choice cut fingers.. pe phad aoa

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BASSRSKASE SSR eee

DOD eS

Savanmaviin: Hondurus...........
cmt. ee, be eeeeumess

DS CO et et et
us 7

Borax, re fined (Powd ‘ile)..
| Cantharides, Russian powdered..
Capsicum Pods, African
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d..
| Capsicum Pods, Bombay do...
PAI, TNO. BU ooo cao svn cc oa cds
' Cassia Buds...
Calomel, American.
| Chalk, prepured drop
1 C halk, precipitate
Chalk, red fingers. .
| Chalk, white !
Chloroform Squibb’s
COMCGVHEN GQupies.............5....
| Chloral hydrate, German erusts..
' Chloral ado do eryst..
ere) do Secherin’s do ...
Chiora do do crusts...
| Chlore om

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| Cinche:, idia’ other brands..
| Cloves (1 owd 27e}
| oe | ae
Cope Matter......:...:..... .
| Copperas Mie OE IO). as uc,
| Cor rosive Sublimate
Corks, X and XX—40 off list
| Cream Tartar, pure powdered.
| Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ib hox..
1 OPORRIEO ee
| Cudbear, prime.) .....05. 6.50.5...
PCistie P18 BONG... .. 6. esi
DONUT ee ca a,
Dovers Powders... ........-.
Dragzou's Blood Ma
Ergot powdered
Ether Squibb’s. we ee ws
| Emery, Turkish, an Was....:,..
Epsom PT COE. SM eee, 2
Ergot, fresh
Ether, sulphuric,
Flake white
Grains
Gentine, COOMEr’S. .......-....-...
Gelatine. French 4h @
Glassware, flint, 70 & 10, by box 60 &10 less
Glassware, green, 60 and i0 dis..
Glue, ca inet
Glue, WE eek cin eee, ca ee, :
Giycering, pure...
Hops %s and \s..
Iodoform ® oz
Indigo
Insect Pow der, best Daimatian..
Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes
Iodine, resublimed................
Isinglass, American...............
Japonica’ epee is eh evckeusscuskan
London Purple.......... tid oh cas
DBM BOOUMEO. boo oc i casi cess.
Lime, chloride, (4s 28 We & \s Ile)
Lupuline
LyCOpodigm ...... 2.5... peas
MRGG 2 i
Madder, best Duteh..
| Manna, 8.
PRONE aa ld Cela ens sceeds
Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... 8 oz
Musk, Canton, Hi, P. & Co.'s.
Moss, ME ec c i
Moss, WU Ae oo cei
pmaumeard, Mnglieh.. i... 6 oose cso:
| Mustard, grocer’s, 10 cans......
PRR ie Soc d exe ce ntec cee ks he
Pee PI ote i ck ee ae
Nux Vomiea
Ointment, Mercurial, 4¢d..........
Eee CIO a sky
Pepper, Black Berry.........2....
ie ah oe kn cas is
Pitch, ATUue BULAUNGY . . 65 oki css
Cane ii oe eae
Quinia, Sulph, Ba0...). i oz
Hine, German...) 6... kicks,
ed Precipitate dees Cua ecagan cs $8 Ib
PCI Ge IAN CUNO. Fo oon nce ccs wes
ERY CRIA, CPVRG oo cei cca sus
Silver Nitrate, cryst...............
Satfron, American. .y.............
Ral GIAMOe ge oe cas
Sal Nitre, large cryst..............
Sal Nitre, medium cryst......:...
| Sal OMB. occ. kc csc ce,,
| Sal Soda..
Ege ds ene eens oo caas dace
P ROMRIIEE foo ei vech csan as ce eo os us
| Snuf<s, Maccoboy or Scotch.......
| Soda Ash [by keg 3c]..............
P| BORUIMOOG) coc vie nd ie nase ds cace
| Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s
| Soap, White Castile. ...............
“Soap; Green do
| Soap, Mottled do
| Soap, do do
SUOMTN, WEMMRIIN a icc ss hace ci lek eeu
| Spirits Nitre. 3 F
} Tt NSC AE, oo kein cd a wenness
| Sugar Milk powdered..............
FUER TIN 6 os che sieve cde ceens
Sulphur, DOMME bak ca dacckcausasen's
OPERAS MON og os vc one hs ue boas
| far, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz
| Tar, do quarts in tin.......
| Tar, ao WANS I Gh. ck. oss
| Turpentine, Venice........... 8 b
| Wax, White, 8S. & F. brand........
GUN, OID ALO orig. deca coc caks
| OILS.

 

PWRBIG, WINER cb occ ccs sock cs coe es
ROE AAO rs ee i ck cc ke aa ccna
Lard, No. 1
| Linseed, pure raw...... 2.0.0. ccceeee
tb EAMSOOH. TOUCG iio csc ke dat cécdsces ai
| Neat’s Foot, winter strained........
FURIES FUP DOMTING 6 ois sc dedi cee esas
VARNISHES.
|e: Pare COGGN os. .cc.. oo ese 1 10@1 20
PoUmMONUD PUREE G4 codes sce Scecaeackusaaecs 1 60@1 To
[COGCR WOOT oo cole. chee seater crscunedsce Haaee GC
| No. 1 Turp Furniture 1 GO@1 10
Leerre PAVE DAME. ck ob cnc c cakes ] 55@1 60
: Japan Dryer, No.1 Turp..... Matchen ws W@ 75
PAINTS”
Bbl

1%

7b
60
55
47
50
90
45

| BGG VONGUAR oo ioc ccs seeecens
| Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1%
Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1%
t Putty, commercial ............ 2%
| Putty, strictly pure............ 2h
' Vermilien, prime Américan..
| Vermilion, English............
| Green, Peninsular.............
| Lead, red strictly — eee
| Lead, white, oe y pare. Wass
Whiting, white Spanish. .
| Whiting, Gilde
| White, Paris A
Whiting Paris English ‘cliff. .
| Pioneer Prepared | aints..... 20@1 40
| Swiss Villa Prepare: Paints.. 1 00O@1 20
OILS,
ILLUMINATING.

PY WEMEOR WING ci cicis < cee dvcstaesdness oes tli,
Mion ima TOR ik i ese se coven thdacscue 1044
LUBRICATING. \
COMED CPOE os ii ike cacs ease ues desescasce
PROGGL CHARGE oie ohn os Ga nce ocied paeada bias i
Shield Cylinder.................. dedaneunen
Eldorado Engine... Sead biweee a
Peerless Machinery Goeaards Sake dasccniouues
Challenge Machinery................0.-.0005 19
POPOINO ois ics ts haus Keb ecaake shuien oe 20%
Black, Summer, West Vipeinies ce. eee ccas 8
BAO, BO tO GOP seca celincscccdedecedes 0s 8
Blagk, 14° C. Oe eae
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PARKIN
Unb UO

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 8g, gr,
93 and 95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

[raws, Medicines, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils Vartisies
and D Meaist’s
Sundries,

MANUFACTURERS OF

angen Fret

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GENERAL WHOLESALE AGNTS FOR

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L.
Whiting, Manufacturers of
Fine Paint and Var-
nish Brushes.

THE CELEBRATED

beer Prepared Paints.

ALSO F On THE

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu-
facturers of Hair, Shoe snd
Horse Brushes.

WE ARE SOLE OWNERS OF

Weatherly's Michigan Catarrh Care

Which is positively the best Remedy
of the kind on the market.

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Re a a ee ee ee

We desire particular attention of those
about purchasing outfits for new stores to
the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACIL-
ITIES for meeting the wants of this class
of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the
most approved and acceptable manner
known to the drug trade. Our special ef-
forts in this direction have received from
hundreds or our tomers the most satis-
fying recommendations.

WING aud Liquor Department

We give our special and personal atten-
tion to the selection of choice goods for the
DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit
the high praise accorded to us for so satis-
factorily supplying the wants of our custom-
ers with PURE GOODS in this depart-
ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY
AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of
the celebrated

WITHERS DADE & C0,°S

Ky.,

Sour Mash and Old-Fashioned
Hand-Made, Copper-
Distilled

WHISK YS.

We not only offer these goods to be ex-
celled by NOOTHER KNOWN BRAND
in the market, but superior in all respects
to most that are exposed to sale. We
GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis-
faction and where this brand of goods has
been once introduced the future trade has
been assured.

We are also owners of the

Hraggists favorite Rye,

ites sind aecdalate who have ‘oa these
goods fora very long time. Buy our.

Gils, Brau anal ligs & Ping WI IND,

We call your attention to the adjoining
list of market quotations which we aim to
make as complete and perfect as possible.
For special quantities and quotations on
such articles as do not appear on the list,
such as

Patent Medicines,

Etc., we invite your correspondence.
Mail orders always receive our special
and personal attention.

Hazeltine
& Perkins

Drug Co.

Henderson Co.,

 

 

‘cery” business as conducted in the United

 

 

 

to argue the matter. I present you with
the seven shillings.” “To which the young
person who had sold me the pin cheerfully
replied, ‘‘Thank yon, madam.” Now,
‘whether my seven shillings went as a tip to
the clerk oras a donation to a glittering
but enterprising oleemosynary institution I
do not know; but certainly Ihave been de-
prived of them in a most surprising manner.
To an American woman, accustomed to the
self-respect and independence of the Ameri-
can tradesman, such conduct seems pitiful.
That a reputable firm, with thousands of
pounds in the window, should clutch at
seven shillings like a drowning man ata
straw, is monstrous. Yet such is the case,

The Michioan Trades.

Origin of the Word Grocer.*

Of all lines of trade there is, perhaps, none
more generally interesting than the *‘gro-

 

 

States. I can say this from personal obser-
vation, as the first few years of my business
education were passed in a wholesale gro-
cery in New York City, and no opportunity
was neglected that would show me where
the goods I daily handled came from, and
how made or produced; and 1 know from
general contact with merchants in your line
that but few have ‘had the time, or have
taken the trouble to post themselves con-
cerning merchandise they buy and sell.

The extent and variety of the stock rep-
resented in a grocery store is’ not paralleled
in any other line of business, and the various }.
points from which merchandise is drawn is
almost incredible. ‘lake some of the simple
articles which come readily tomind: Sugar
from Cuba; raisins from Spain; teas from
China; coffees from Brazil; punch from
Sweden: pepper from Turkey; spermaceti
from the Polar regions: honey from Cali-
fornia, and w ooden nutmegs from Connect-
icut.

It will no doubt interest you to know
where the word *“‘grocer” came from, and
how it came to be used to cover the miscel-
laneous stock you deal in.

Wright’s pcieaey of obsolete words and
terms gives grocer, a wholesale merchant,
as one who speculates at markets and fairs,
and claims this is the origin of the word.
Now this may be so, but on further and
more careful examination we find that at
this same period as mentioned by Wright, a
grocer meant a general dealer in goods,’ and
was known as a “‘grosser,” one who sells by
the gross, or by w “holesale. Ben Johnson
says that itcomes from grosser (from gross).
So atcording to the direct definition and
etymology of the word, it meant any one
who sold in wholesale quantities, or by the
gross.

Dealers in merchandise were of two kinds:
Wholesalers, called grossers or engrossers;
and retailers, called regrators (hucksters.)
An old work, called ‘‘Putnam’s World’s
Progress,” gives the following: Grocers,
one of the oldest trades in England, and an-
ciently meant engrossers or monopolizers,
as appears by statute 37, Edward iI. The
“Grocery Company” is one of the twelve
chief companies in the city of London, in-
corporated in 1429.

Now, as you readily see, this does not re-
fer in any way to your present line of busi-
ness, but rather, as I have said, to any gen-
eral wholesale business, and did not refer,
as it does now, to the sale of sugars, teas| HATCH & KMERY, Chicago and Boston.
and other edible commodities. Such dealers, | D. G. KENYON, tr raveling Salesman,
or, rather, dealers in such commodities, | pace nvmnd Pads Grand Rapids, Mich,
were then called ‘‘spicers”

tichard Grant White, in his essay |
on misspelled words, draws atéention |
toward the word ‘‘grosser,” and says it,
should be used that way, instead of ‘‘grocer.’
But now, as it seems a very good word, and |
as we have grown used to it, we had better
leave it as it is.

I can recall an old sign in New York City
that read ‘‘Grocers and Spicers;” but when
“spicers and grossers” first merged into
‘“‘erocers,” Tam at aloss to ascertain. As
people’s needs increased, and with them a
desire for a more convenient place to buy
general stocks of food it is natural the gro-
eer has absorbed by degrees the many
branches which were at one time distinctive
trades, and we find now under the general
head ‘‘grocer” what was formerly knownas:

The chandler—dealer and manufactures
of soap, candles, oil, ete.

The fish monger—dealer in all varieties
of dried, fresh and smoked fish.

The wine and spirit merchant—whose oc- |
cupation can well judge from the name.

The green grocer—or dealer in fresh  gar-
den products, butter, eggs, ete. i

The poulterer—or dealer in live and dress- |
ed poultry, game, ete. |

The spicer—or dealer in teas, sugar,
ces, ete.

The tobacconist—the name fully indicates |
the business. : '

The Italian warehouse man—-who sold |
fine oils, dried and preserved fruits, prunes,
olives, sardines, ete.

The fruiterer—who dealt exclusively in,
tropical and domestic fresh fruits.

The cheese monger—or dealer in cheese. |

You ean readily see that in a country like
America, where the progressive element |
predominates, and there being no time for |
barter, the merchant or grocer has gradual- |
ly drawn all these several lines under his
care, and merged them into his business,
and now the grocer of to-day is a represen- |
tative buyer of the food products of all |
countries. He is, perforce, an educator of | ——FOR SALE BY——
tastes in the food which the people eat. |

2 3 Pom ~
It is through his industries and persua- | Curtiss, Dunton & Go.

sions that even Americans were taught that; _ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

it was just the thing to eat Russian cay iar, |
although no one, after the first mouthful, | VOrGTr,
BERFTOLSsS WEIMER

could possibly prefer it to old Boston bak ced |
& CO.,

 

 

 

FRED. D. YALE. DANIEL LYNCH.

FRED. D. YALE & 0

SUCCESSORS TO

CHAS.S. YALE & BRO.,

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

Baking Powders, Extracts, Blnings,

AND JOBBERS OF

GROCERS’ SUNDRIES.

All orders addressed to the new firm will re-
ceive prompt attention.
40 and 42 South Division St.,
GRAND RAPIDS,

 

MICH.

 

 

The CELEBRATED EMERY $3 SHOE
MANUFACTURED BY

 

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2nd

| MOSELEY BROS.

-—-WHOLESARE——

STEDS, FRUITS, OYSTERS,

nal Pro qauce.

26, 28, sand 32 OTTAWA. ST., G’D RAPIDS.

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THE BEST OIL CAN IN USE.

 

beans.
The grocer of to-day is a far different |
man to the spicer of three or four centuries |

ago. Then he was only one of the many Importers and Jobbers of

trades, now the many trades center) STAPLE and FANCY

in him. You have reason to _ feel

proud of*your business, and of being a 1D C+ CL ’
grocer. The step from the retailer to the | Ly OO Ss '

wholesaler is but a short one. The intelli- | So
gence required in retail business is not ex- |

OC ma
celled by that ee by the wholesaler. | OVERA LIS, PANTS, Ete,
There bett rated cle f me
cae nae ane coheak ail I will cave a | our own make, A .complete
when I tell you that three years ago at a. Line of TOYS FANCY
banquet given to Lord Chief Justice Coler- a are } sO
‘CROCKERY, and FANCY
of our country, the crowning speech of co WOODEN- W ARE, our own
evening was made by a merchant, a whol

idge, of England, which was attended by |
the brightest legal and professional minds |
sale grocer, Mr. Franklin MacVeagh, of | import tation,
Chieago.

 

Inspecion solicited. Chicago and Detroit

*Paper read by Robert M. Floyd before the | | prices guaranteed.
first convention ~ the Michigan Business |

Hun alt si (0.

eS a OF

Spring, Freight, Express,
Lumber and Farm

WAGONS!

Logging: Carts and Trucks,
Mill and Dump Carts,
Lumbermen’ s and

River Tools.

e carry a large stock of material,and have overy
tacitity for pene first-class Wagons of all kinds.
t@r"Special

 

2 <2
A Grasping Shop-Keeper.
From London Truth.

An American lady writes: I went some |
weeks since to a shop known as ‘*The Dia- |
mond Merchant’s Association,” in the |
Strand, not far from Charing Cross. Whilst |
there I bought a gentleman’s pin for seven |
shillings, with the understanding made par- |
ticularly explicit by the salesman, thaf if |
the pin did not suit it was to be returned |
and the money refunded. This he (the
salesman) repeated several times. The pin
was unsatisfactory and was returned by a
messenger in ten minutes. After some
weeks had elapsed I stepped in for my seven.
shillings. I was refused the money, and | -
told that exthanges were made in the shop,
beat “ap mnomer: Sete ae oe mo- and Lettering.

Front St, Grand Rapids, Mich, —

 

 

menentee Given to Repairmg, Painting |

       

HECKER’S

SELF-RAISING

BUCKWHEAT

Now Ready for Delivery.
-PACKED IN BOXES HOLDING:

A0O Papers, 21-2lbs. $5. CoO
2O 5 4 5.00
32 3 A300

Less discount in 25. box lots, 50 cents per box.

BUCKWHEAT

SELF-RAISING

HECKER S.

POTATOES!

CAR LOTS A “SPECIALTY.”

We offer Best Facilities. Long Experience. Watchful Attention. Attend Faith-
fully to Cars Consigned to us. Employ Watchmen to see to Unloading. OUR MR.
THOMPSON ATTENDS PERSONALLY ‘FO SELLING. Issue SPECIAL POTA
TOE MARKET REPORTS. KEEP OUR SHIPPERS fully posted. OUR QU OTED
PRICES GAN BE DEPENDED UPON. WE DO NOT quote irregular or anticipated
prices. Consignments Solicited. Correspondence Invited from Consignors to this mar-
ket. References given when requested.

WM. H. THOMPSON & CO,, Commission Merchants,

166 SOUTH WATER ST, CHICAGO, a

 

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OLNEY, SHIELDS & CO.,

WHOLESALE
CROCERS,

And IMPORTERS OF THAS.

 

Our Stock is complete in all branches.
at latest declines and for cash.

We have specialties in TOBACCOS and CIGARS possessed
by no other jobbers in the city. ,

SOLE AGENTS FOR
McAlpin’s Peavey Plug.
The P. V. is the Finest Tobacco on the market.
ALSO SOLE AGENTS FOR
MENDEL & BROS.’ Celebrated CIGARS,
Finer quality and lower prices than any handled
in the market. ‘

VISITING BUYERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL AND EXAM-
INE OUR STOCK, AND MAIL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND CARE-
FUL ATTENTION.

5 and 7 Ionia Street,

§, HEYMAN & SO

48 CANAL

New, fresh ahd bought

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

SHOW CASE
MANUFACTURERS.

STREET, GRAND RAPIDS,

MICH.

.

 

Every style of Show Cases, in walnut, cherry, mahogany, 0¢ ik or bird’s-eye maple on hand or made to order.
Best of workmanship and awe ast prices. Llustrated Catalogue and Price-List mailed on application, Merchants
are invited to call and look over our line when iu the city.

 

OBERNE, HOSICK & CO.,

« (Manufacturers of-FINE LAUNDRY and TOILET SOAPS,

120 Michigan St., Chicago, tril.
We make the following brands:
HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, White Satin,

Country Talk, Mermaid, it will float, Silver: Brick, Daisy,
White Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal.

Our HARD WATER Soap can bt used in either hard or soft water, and will go
one quarter farther than any other Soap made. (Trade mark, girl at pump.) We are
getting orders for it now from all parts of the country. Send for a sample order. We
\pay all railroad and boat freights. Our goods are not in Michigan Jobbing houses.

A. HUFFORD, General Agent, Box 14, GRAND RARIDS, MICH.

Write me for Prices.

POTATOES.

We make the handling of POTATOES, APPLES and BEANS

these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us hear
from you, and will keep you posted on market price and pros-
pects. Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired.

«gents for Walker's Patent Butter Worker.

EARL BROS., Commission Merchants.

157 s. Water St., Chicago, I11.

Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

 

Order a sample case of

HONEY BHEH COFFEE.

PRINCESS BAKING POWDER,

Equal to the Best 1 in ‘the market.
Wholesale

J. Hh = a6.

59 Jefferson ave., Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

ORDER.
Our Leader Smoking| Our Leader Fine Cut
15c Oc per po pound. 33c per pound.

Our Leader Shorts, Our Leader Cigars,
16c per pound. | $80 per M.
The Best in the World.

Clark, Jewell & Co.

SOLE AGENTS FOR
Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s Royal Java Coffee; and
O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

*

 

O. W. BLAIN & CO., Produce Commission Merchants

— —DEALERS IN-—

Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Southern Vegetables, ult

We handle on Commission B! TES, Ete. sii aiid at ueeet mae pre, partes
rolehted, APPLES AND PORATOES In ear lots Specialties. NO, 0 1

 

in car lots a special feature of our business. If you have any of

IPHREINS & HESS,

MICHIGAN CIGAR CO.

Manufacturers of the Celebrated

M. C. C.

Leading 10c Cigar; and

YUM YUM,

 

 

 

The best 5c Cigar in the Market.
BIG RAPIDS. = Mick,
PURE. | NEW PROCESS STARCH |SWEET,
a This Starch having i Starch and Gluten

removed, *

One-Third Less

ya Can be used than any other in the Market.

Manufactured by the

/FIRMENICH MNFG. CO.

Marshalltown, Iowa; Peoria, Ills,
Offices at Peoria, Ills.

FOR SALE BY

Clark, Jewell & Co. ("sc

SURE.

H. J. LAMB & CO.

STATE AGENTS FOR

D. D. Mallory & Co.'s

DAME DYSTERS?.

Factories:

 

ar WAL) CARRE OE wn

STRONG.

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IND BRAND

Also Fruits and Country Produce,
WM. SHEARS & CO.*

Cracker Manufacturers,

Asents for

    

 

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AMBOY CHEESE.
87, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

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DEALERS IN & 3
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|
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. }
iS

Ei. PALI AS,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter and Eggs, Lemons and Oranges,
Cold Storage in Connection. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention.
; CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent Silets used. 50 cents each.
97 and 99 Canal Street, . Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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