Wn¥4> oe t (COOK 5 Wi a ae AS: SEG S DS; NCTE TG IPR KSEE we Z wa A Oe yy 6 Ve Zi Ss ( ; A DY Cs AG ‘ ‘ ' Lape () . <6 Q y Oem MYA Dy Cs Ss ¢ ; C SS NS ¥ —A os \ Uae 2 ie ACS A SR: or iF 7S Ee SHC} Tie A a NX URN 4 es ip as ey: ; Za ge ae M2 G or. oy ae RK Nwa4 Rs) QB EON SSN eee CE TING SSN eae ox < GaN Ree ES Lae a2 Nas ye SZ OOS S SSCS Ee PUBLISHED | WEEKLY GK NSE SSS TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS SEO ESM GR ASSOLE SOLS GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1898. Number 784 Volume XVI. | PURITY AND STRENGTH! FLEIOGHMANN & GO.’S COMPRESSED YEAST e yy, As placed on the market in tin foil and under oes oe Con ANN? e%, our yellow label and signature is uy, O%y § ‘without Os ABSOLUTELY PURE 5 *csnie Sau g Of greater strength than any other yeast, and j, Linley ¥ ient for handling. Neatl di % COMPRESSED £o convenient for handling. Neatly wrapped in Rg, YEAST eee tin foil. Give our silverware premium list to we agave ” your patrons and increase your trade. Particu- OUR LABEL lar attention paid to shipping trade. Address, FLEISCHMANN & CO. Detroit Agency, 118 Bates St. Grand Rapids Agency, 26 Fountain St. od a Best Quality. Northrop Spices. One and Inseparable. To think of the one is to suggest the other. It takes the best to make the best. NORTHROP, ROBERTSON & CARRIER LANSING, MICHIGAN. Sy Change Your Business Methods I Business methods progress. Business firms that sell and distribute make a smaller margin of profit nowadays than years ago. Witha decreased margin of profit, old and wasteful methods cannot be retained. With thoroughly modern methods, two employes in a store should be able to do what used to require four. Qs ( ( Are you sure that your methods are mod- ern? Are you sure that they are eco- | nomical? Are you sure that they are exact? Are you-sure that they enable employes to do the most possible work in the least possible time? If you are not sure on these points write for samples of our several styles of coupon books, by means of which the credit transactions of any store can be placed on practically a cash basis. Free for the asking. CECE | Cradesman Zompany, Grand Rapids, Mich. en : WARM UP! WARM UP! | BUY OUR | AIR-TIGHT HEATERS« i THEY DON’T COST FUCH. & We manufacture a full line. Write tor circular and prices. ‘ f Wm. Brumnieler & Sons J 260 S. lonia Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. | ee What Care We for Wind or Weather; Give Us a “MR. THOMAS” The Most Popular Nickel Cigar on Earth Ruhe Bros. Co., Makers. | i % meee, Factory 956, ist Dist. Pa. e eae : Mail Orders Solicited. F. E. Bushman, Representative, Kalamazoo, Mich. We don’t claim to sell ‘direct from the tactory”’ eeEEELELE—————— but do claim that we can sell you at ———————— | VN ea K ey a er Mio Ba Less than the Manufacturer’s Cost me tens a li, Mi Mi Bi} EEE em | and can substantiate our claim. We sell you sam- ples at about the cost of material and guarantee our goods to be better made and better finished than the stock that goes to the furniture dealers. Our No. 61 Antique Oak Sample Desk has a combination lock and center drawer. Raised panels all around, heavy pilasters, round corners and made of thoroughly kiln dried oak. Writing bed made of 3-ply built-up stock. Desk is castered with ball-bearing casters and has a strictly dust- proof curtain. Our special price to readers of the Tradesman $20. Write for our illustrated cat- alogue and mention this paper when you do so, SAMPLE FURNITURE CoO. JOBBERS OF SAMPLE FURNITURE. PEARL AND OTTAWA STS. - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Economy Farmer's Boiler and Feed Cooker . The Kettle is of smooth, heavy cast- iron. The furnace or jacket is of heavy, cold rolled steel, and very durable. We guarantee this Feed Cooker never to buckle or warp from the heat. It is designed to set on the ground, or stone foundation, and is especially adapted for cooking feed, trying out lard, mak- ing soap, scalding hogs and poultry, and all work of this nature. Made in four sizes—4o, 60, 70 and 100 gallon. ADAMS & HART, Jobbers, Grand Rapids. PYVvVvuVVUVYVUYYVUVVYVUVVUVUUVUVVYUVYUVUUVYUVUVUUUUUUUVUUUVUUVUUUVUUUUUWVUUWUT? OG QO DOD OD OD DOD OF DOF SG GOS OGOSSIIFOVOG FOP GF FOF OOF FFVV OO OF @ 2 JESS $ $ I OBACCO @ @ e > GO900000 00000000 OO PO O9O0OO00 00000008 Is the Biggest and Best plug of Tobacco on the market to-day. tor has it for sale. JESS TOBACCO FOR SALE ONLY BY MUSSELMAN GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GMS AS AS AAS AF AAs As As ubs hs bs mais 3 SLOSS iA LD Your competi- oe pwwvvvvvuvvvvvvvvvvvs rwvuvuvvvvvwvvvvyvvvws i i i i i i hi i hi a hi hi hi hn ho fe FF OOOO OOOO OUV OVC OUR LEADER HOOO0OOOOOS0SOO SOO yyreuvvurvvv~sevvvrvrvvvvvvvvvVvVvVUVVUUY WV. al i ii i i a FOO OOO CF UV EV VVVVELY vw POF OF OOOO GG VV VV VV VV VY yeyevuvvvvwvrwvevrvrervreer«rm’rtrwvrvrrwrrr—evyeyvyvyWVvy, FUVUVUVy VEUVVUVVUVVUVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvvVvVVUVUVUUWT Db bao brat bn dn by by bo bn bn dy dln tn FOF FFG VOSS GF GF haAabhbae Vvuvy Fuuy Bi WS AS A AS SAS AS A AS AS A A AS A A AS A hs ds ei) Have You Read Fo What Mr. S. A. Morman says about PETOSKEY LIME in the Anniversary Number of the Tradesman? PETOSKEY STANDARD LIME is a great big suc- cess; and a trial order always leads to a large trade. eS - PETOSKEY LIME CO., Bayshore, Mich. THAN T TANNA N NINN § rts 2 . + SPAN AWWNAIIW zx / | Perhaps== | = >>|} you want some unique style e = |———-— yer in printing---something differ; §|——-—-—-— yy | ett from others. Cetus place | ——— [~~ 7} You with thousands of other = | | $atisfied patrons. Che price = | —— 1 OF good printing must beeee =| ——— ae higher if you count qualityee = |——-—— —7—7—|_ but be careful where you goe | | 77] for good printing--get quality. |) ——>— |__| Cradesman Gompany, |-——— 2 ee Grand Rapids. i PVA Tea a ualies of MOU C1ACkelS 2s should commend them to the up-to-date grocer. They. never become stale, for even the very old- est of them, by a little warming up, become as crisp as at first. This isn’t possible in ordinary crackers, and it’s by using none but the choicest selected ingredients, and being mixed and baked in the improved way, that the SEYMOUR Cracker retains its hold upon the buyers of pure Always FRESH, WHOLESOME, NUTRITIVE. Has absorbing qualities far in excess food products. . —gge ‘ of all other crackers. Is asked for most by par- iia) ticular people, and hence brings the most accept- able class of customers to whoever sells it. Can you afford to be without it? Made only by National Biscuit Company Grand Rapids, Mich. lk IG. y A DESMAN Volume XVI. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1898. Number 784 PREFERRED BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. Commenced Business September 1, 1893. insurance in force...) 6 $2,746,000.00 Net Increase during 1897 .... .. ...... 104,000.00 a i Cn Se 32738. 49 Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.......... None Other Liz abilities es be ee cece ne None Total Death Losses Paid to Date...... 40,061.00 Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- enciatiess: 0 812.00 Death Losses Paid During 18g7........ 17,000.00 Death Rate for 1897......-. 2.5. 1... 6.31 Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897.... 8.25 FRANK E. ROBSON, PREs. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, SeEc’y. WILLIAM CONNOR now shows a full line of Fall and Winter Clothing. Has the largest line of Kersey Overcoats and Ulsters on the road; best $5.50 Kersey ali wool overcoat in market, all manufactured by KOLB & SON, ROCHESTER, N. Y. If you wish to look over my line, write me, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., or meet me at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich, Fair week, Tuesday morning to Friday eve- ning, Sept. 27 to 30. Expenses allowed. No harm done if you don’t buy. LALQLNAAHAAAAAARLAAAR ADDY Ab bo bhthth bh bb tndb hho bh bb bode oe Tere Se CCC SSS Se ee ee If You Hire Help——.- You should use our Perfect Time Book ~=——and Pay Roll. Made to hold from 27 to 60 names and sell for 75 cents to $2. Send for sample leaf. BARLOW BROS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FOO 00000006 6 0000000000004 THe MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN. Manager. ow VU TVTTVIPPOOOOO OOOO OOS THE % Lab bb bbb bbb bp bob by bn bn bn, Oy bn, rvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvYVyY* ee ee DOV VO GOGO GF GOGGIN OV v INS. Prompt, Conservative, Safe. ! W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBalIn, Sec. 0000000 é haa COS OSC CUYD Qlections end mera! L. J. STEVENSON, ManaGer ano Notary, R. J. CLELAND, ATronney. ~ THE FORGOTTEN PAST Which we read about can never be forgotten by the merchant who be comes familiar with our coupon system. The past to such is always a ‘nightmare.’ The present is an era of pleasure and profit. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. Wherein Women Are Adapted to Drug Store Work. Appreciating highly the honor of rep- resenting my sex in a_ profession here- tofore restricted to, or usurped by, the sterner sex, I wish to state for the ben- efit of those who have asked my opinion on the subject that I see no reason why a woman !s not thoroughly competent to become a pharmacist. The success which women have at- tained in the study of medicine is an argument in favor of their ability to succeed in pharmacy as in other pro- fessions. There are certain qualifica- tions and attainments that are positive- nema | essential, and observation has taught me that youthful experience is, per- haps, of highest importance. I attribute much of whatever success I may have attained to early experience. My own business career began at the age of six- teen. The pharmacist who is called upon to fill a prescription should be equally as qualified as the physician who writes it, since it frequently happens a wide and comprehensive knowledge is called into requisition to prevent mistakes that might prove fatal in effect. The necessity, therefore, is obvious for a thorough course of training, and a peri- od of four years at least, in my judg- ment, should be devoted to study, to be followed by years of experience, if one wishes to become an expert pharmacist. One should be able, upon glancing at a prescription, to perceive at once the medicinal properties and effects of each ingredient, also their combined influ- ences when chemically united, and also a knowledge of the human system and the functions of the different organs, both in healthy and diseased conditions. In order to attain even a moderate de- gree of proficiency in a profession com- bining so many branches, there must, of course, be some natural ability. Experience has taught me that a keen, practical ability for business and an in- domitable perseverance, as well as an inexhaustible stock of patience, are fundamental characteristics of a suc- cessful pharmacist. It is necessary, also, that the woman who aspires to be a pharmacist should be endowed witb physical strength and power of endur- ance, for she will be expected to serve day and night and Sunday, too, some- times, with but poor remuneration for the number of hours served. Strictly temperate habits, in order that the brain may be active and alert at all times, and a cheerful disposition are the qualities in which women have the advantage, and these, perhaps, over- balance in the end the business tact and superior physical strength which are the boasted pride and glory of the other sex. That the field has been left ‘to the other sex is due to several causes: The drudgery connected with the early stages of clerking, perhaps, has some weight in the matter. Whole days devoted to washing bottles, bottling medicine and opering heavy boxes of goods is not an occupation to be contemplated with zest by the average maiden, although she might exhaust more physical strength daily on a piece of wood -carv- ing with zest and satisfaction. There are but few men who are willing to em- ploy girls and send them out at all hours and to all kinds of places, and that is expected usually of beginners. Location, too, has some bearing on the subject, as there are neighborhcods in which it would be impossible for a woman to conduct business of this kind successfully. The study of pharmacy affords a broad and interesting field for research, and certainly tends to broaden the view of life, as scarcely a day passes that does not reveal some new and unexpected phase of human nature. That women should prefer to pur- chase drugs and consult with one of their own sex on matters which have interest for them alone is the most nat- ural thing in the world. A number of well-informed and capable women are now traveling for Eastern drug and sun- dry houses, and have been very success- ful. I am_ sure of not wishing to give offense to any of my wortby sisters by my next remark when I tell them that | am speaking from personal experience. it occasionally happens that physical strength is fearfully tantalizing when it seeks to exert itself overbearingly, but our verbal capacity in such emergencies rarely fails to defeat the enemy. A word of warning may be in place to that fortunate class known as good- looking girls, which I hope wili not dampen the ardor of any young women who wish to sacrifice themselves to the cause. A woman is generally sympa- thetic, and is made to suffer according- ly. Weare told that there is nothing so destructive to beauty as the constant facial expression of emotion, and there is no discharge in this war. A young mother rushes in and tells you excited- ly that the medicine you have sold her has saved the baby’s life. You beam with sympathetic smiles, seaming your face with upward lines, to be known later on as wrinkles. Your next customer is a poor old man who tells you in agonizing tones that his gout 1s unbearable; your face is im- mediately distorted with lines in the opposite direction, as if you were the real sufferer. Not so with the male clerk; be is polite and obliging, but philosophicaily casts upon both the mother and the old man the same stereo- typed smile and suggests the most ex- pensive remedy known. The chivalric poet who wrote, The world was sad, The garden was a wild, And man, the hermit, sighed °Till woman smi.ed, Iam sure would not have advised the busy lady pharmacist to ‘‘smile’’ in sympathy or from amusement, beaming on every caller at the store—nor yet to destroy her capacity for ‘‘smiling’’ by spoiling her beauty with a constant ex- pression of sympathetic pain on her face So, I éontend that beautiful wom- en can be pharmacists without ‘‘spoil- ing their beauty,’’ either of person, disposition or character. [Miss] M. C. Dow. —____s» 2 s_____ A man’s domestic relations seldom trouble him as much as the relation of his domestics. The 2 Mhaeaing: | Market. While the week has been somewhat disappointing to such purchasers as gauged their ideas of prices by those paid for choice varieties of peaches two weeks ago, with those of more reason- able expectations there has been no_ se- rious cause for complaint. Buying has been liberal and the prices realized, even for the poorer varieties, have been such as to give good returns. Many orchards have yielded a profit several times the accepted value of the land de- voted to the purpose, and even if the profit is brought below !oo per cent. per acre, there is yet enough to meet rea- sonable expectations. e There seems to some disappointment that the large number of buyers whose bidding gave the market such a_ stimu- lus last week did not remain longer, but a sufficient reason is to be found in the fact that the season for the choicest varieties was over. This was a fact more easily ascertained by the buyers than by the growers. The unusual num- ber of outside visitors is significant, and can scarcely fail to materialize into even more extended interest another season. A favorable feature of the in- terest this year was the recognition given to the local buyers and commis- sion men by the visitors. Many pleas- ant acquaintances were formed which will lead to arrangements for meeting the needs of another year by corres- ponderce. It is certainly most promis- ing for the fruit industry that the in- creased acreage which is reported in all localities should be accompanied by such an increase in outside market rec- ognition, as well as by arrangements on the part of the transportation companies to furnish the quickest possible service required by the perishable property of this delicate fruit. While the offerings of peaches con- tinue large, the varieties and qualities indicate that the season is nearly ended. Pears are still in considerable quan- tity, but the plum season is about ended. As the interest in these fruits subsides, more attention is being given to apples, which are offered in considerable quan- tities and still continue to bring good prices. The greater interest and ex- citement attending the peach season casts the more rugged and _ stable apple into the shade; but the steady demand at good prices is a factor of more im- portance in the prosperity of many growers, and of the dealers and gen- eral trade, than is usually recognized. The most serious problem just now to the extensive growers is the utiliza- tion of the grape crop. While other products are faring so well it seems a decided hardship to offer the choicest varieties at thirty cents per bushel, and then find slow sale. The only remedy that can be suggested is the establish- ment of an institution for the utilization and preservation of this product, as well as the lower grades of other perish- able fruits; and its value in the apple market as well as in the utilization of vegetables would also be great. —_—__>-2 It is the little things that count—es- pecially when they come as twins and triplets. Paes Sa a RR eee Re a aa ae eT Se ees MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—The market for light weights is quiet, although quite steady. Sales on bleached cottons are rather small and the market continues easy, except for leading tickets in low grades, which are firm. Wide sheetings show no change from last report. Denims and other coarse colored cottons are dull and irregular, except for fancy denims for drapery purposes, which are in fair request. Dress Gouods—There is a growing be- lief that lustre fabrics of which mohair is a component part are to play an im- portant role during the season. The advance in the price of mohair makes an advance in goods imferative, but the market is in an unsettled condition at present, as a result of clearing up sales of stocks at low prices. The un- settled condition of the greater part of the market upon fall goods, as a result of the small current demand, is exerting a similar effect upon spring lines, and domestic manufacturers are, as a rule, averse to opening new lines until con- ditions become more favorable. They recognize that the importer has an ex- tremely limited field in which to oper- ate, being restricted, as he is, to busi- ness upon goods that retail at 75c and above, and they are allowing him to show his hand without making any par- ticular effort to secure business them selves. The buyer understands the po- sition of the importer, and much of the latter’s poor success so far is due to the fact that buyers are waiting to see do- mestic lines. Trimmings—The largely increased use of plain dress fabrics this season is resulting in a considerable expansion in the demand for a wide variety of trim- mings. Waists, skirts, cloaks and capes of plain cloths are elaborately trimmed with silk applique, jet passementerie, mohair and silk gimps, spangle effects, etc. The trimmings in largest demand at present are jet and silk passemen- teries, black mohair and silk gimps and spangle effects. The latter are passe abroad, but seem to suit a large part of the trade in this country. The most beautiful trimming upon the market, and the one picked by importers as a leader for next spring is colored silk applique in floral effects. This work is an exact imitation of the richest em- broidery and sells at 25c to $2 per yard. The lower priced goods are made with mercerized cotton, and they are almost as rich in color and luster as the silk goods. The demand for trimmings is hardly as active as the trade anticipated earlier in the season, owing to the large amount of machine braiding and cord- ing done by the suit and cloak trade, and the large use of applique work in the same material as the costume. The best trade will not use this shop work, but the trimmings mentioned are sure to meet an increased demand as the season progresses. Cloaks—The cloak trade is increasing its purchases slightly, although the vol- ume still is nothing like what it should be at tbis time of the year. They are sticking fairly close to kerseys, although we know of a very large purchase of boucles from stock made by a promi- nent Western cloak manufacturer this week. Boucles are not considered ‘’ good things’’ by some manufacturers, but the fact that this large cloak house bought outright several hundred pieces of this fabric proves that there is a demand for it in some sections of the country still. Underwear—-In the market for under wear, there is little to be recorded out- side of the jobbing trade, but with the jobbers trade has been really lively. Retail buyers have been numerous in town and purchases on fall weigbts have been in many cases excelient. There are, however, many low grades being sold, but especially better grades that are quoted at bargains. The mills them- selves have been in many cases disap- pointed over this business, having ex- pected to keep their mills running over- time. Some of them will run to the middle of November, but beyond that business is doubtful. Hosiery—Both here and abroad the markets appear to be very firm, and re- cent advices from Chemnitz state that heavy buyers have made offers for large quantities of staples, at a comparatively small reduction in price, and have been instantly refused. The mills are run- ning full time, and there appears to be no need of looking for business in that way. The sale of fancy hosiery is most marked, and while the fancies are not up to the mark of last year in regard to sales, they are still beyond what many expected a few months ago. It is true, however, that cheap lines are unsalable. Almost every order secured so far in- cludes a fair lot of fancies, which amount to about one-third of the order, to two thirds staple blacks. From nu- merous interviews which we have had with the retail trade, it does not seem likely that any large or brilliant pat- terns will be favared by the consumer. Fine stripes, polka dots and similar lines are practically all that sell. ———_>0.—___- Uniform Prices for Rubber Boots and Shoes. The Western Association of Shoe Job- bers, which was organized at Chicago Sept. 8, is now in working order, the following general letter of instructions baving been sent to each salesman em- ployed by members of the organization: We have agreed that’ on and after September 20 the price of our first quality brands of rubber boots and shoes shall be 25 and 5 percent. from list prices and 25, 5 and 1o per cent. from list prices on second quality brands, with the exception of the first grade Woonsocket brand and the second grade Rhode Island brand, on which an extra 5 per cent. may be allowed. This price is absolute and can not be changed under any circumstances. We will not recognize any order which is sent us containing any variation of the above, and we have furthermore agreed that we will not employ any salesman or commission salesman who will, direct- ly or indirectly, violate the above. This price is binding until Novem- ber 1, when, as you are already aware, the price wili be advanced 5 per cent. ; in other words, our selling price after October 31 will be 25 per cent. from list price for first quality brands and 25 and 10 per cent. from list price for second quality brands, with the exception of Woonsocket and Rhode Island brands, on which an extra 5 per cent. may be allowed. The above prices are subject to the following terms: Bulls payable Dec. 1, net, I per cent discount being allowed if paid Nov to. Interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum allowed if bill is paid previous to November Io, from the date of payment to Nov. Io. All bills after Nov. 1 will be net 30 days, or 1 per cent. discount allowed if paid in Io days. It is believed that the organization of an Association of this kind will enable the members to prevent the clandestine cutting which has been the curse of the trade for some time and enable the job- bing trade to maintain the narrow mar- gin of profit prescribed by the manufac- turers.. Knit Skirts As i & % Promise to be very popular this season. We are showing some that are very pretty in Cardinal, Drab and White, with assorted colored stripes, at $4.50 per dozen; also a very good article at $2.25 per dozen. In the Flannel patterns we have two excellent values at $4.50 and $9.00. CIES LGO« |! Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, [ich. |. W. LAMB, original inventor of the Lamb Knitting Machine, President and Superintendent. The Lamb Glove & Mitten Go., of PERRY, MICH., controls a large number of the latest and best inventions of Mr. Lamb. It is making a very desirable line of KNIT HAND WEAR The trade is assured that its interests will be promoted by handling these goods. > Spall Is osbilind } : es ’ Dwight’s Liquid 2 ‘ : never will. Manufactured by The Wolverine Spice Go., Grand Rapids, Mich. 399999999359999959990000909009 MR. MERCHANT: It is the book ©0000’ OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOO® : 131-133 Market St., Our Fall and Winter Catalogue for 1898 is now ready to mail. If you have not received a copy you are not on our mailing list. may have it for the asking if you will drop us a penny postal card. lowest prices on reliable lines of fancy dry goods, ing goods, hosiery and underwear adapted to general stores country merchants. Eisinger, Kramer § 0, OOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO® Che Cheapest House = In the (este You that quotes the notions, furnish- and ee ays ae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Rich Men’s Sons Poorly Equipped for Business. Written for the TRADESMAN. It was Thomas Edison who said to his fifteen-year-old son, Thomas Edi- son, Jr., who asked him one day for some money, ‘‘Alwavs asking for money! I suppose you will be like all other sons of rich fathers—always falling back on me for everything.’’ We do not know whether the great inventor said this jokingly or not, but his words completely changed his son’s life. The proud-spirited lad, stung by such a reflection, replied as was worthy the son of such a father: ‘‘Father, you shall not give me another cent.’’ And he hasn't. The boy ever since has worked for his living during the daytime and studied evenings and to-day bids fair to be a fit successor to his father in the mechanical world, as well as displays such rare natural artistic ability as to ensure his success as an artist should he at any time decide to develop those latent talents. The story sets one to thinking. There iS More truth than fiction in what one of America’s greatest geniuses said. It is proverbial that great men never have great cities are over-educated, simply because they are crammed with book- knowledge. As they have had no practi- cal experience they think that all knowl- edge must come through books, and they look with pity and oftentimes con- tempt on the self-made people. Perhaps their parents had not the same oppor- tunities in youth, so that they look vpon their children as paragons of learning, and allow themselves to take back seats and waive their own opinions and judg- ment. Is it any wonder that children under such influences are as fit to face the storm and stress of life-battles as the delicate hot-house plants are to be subjected to the scorching sun of sum- mer or the blizzards of winter? It sometimes takes years for young men of such a stamp to become hardened to the realities of life, to face things and con- ditions as they are. For years they are doomed to make sad mistakes and suffer bitter disappointments before they can be initiated into the actualities. Many of them will become willing to get money without earning it, to secure position without qualifications. As a result, our Nation can boast of a mighty | army of pessimists—men who never See * 3k FE FEO FO OK FO FE SO OK dk ok eek ex FAIR WEEK SEPT. 26, 27, 28, 29 AND 30 Our traveling men will remain in the house all the week to attend to the wants of our customers. P. Steketee & Sons, Grand Rapids. FOR FORO FO IE FO FO FO FOE 4 HE IER TE TEE ETE FE AAA IE AIA IEA FEE FE 2 -y-a-~ -W-W W.-W BW - BW BW. BW BW BW - BW - BW - BWW: sss = Seo es wf. =—,° THE GEM UNION SUIT y Only combination suit that gives | EK EI OE FE AITO IE * a W great sons What are the reasons? Pos-| reach a high goal, who are discontented sibly the father exhausts his strength in| with themselves and jealous of other perfect satisfaction. Is double- W work and so the child does not receive] people, who think nothing pays for the breasted; elastic in every portion; WW enough vitality to enable it toclimh be-| effort, who are ready to believe that affords comfort and x by yond the most commonplace life. Pos-| everything goes wrong and every affair a te a Se ay W sibly it may be the training The father | js; mismanaged, yet have not the ability Se W is so absorbed in his own concerns and | nor the stamina to mend matters. facturers and patentees, are pre- W his time is so fully occupied with out-} tow js it with the country cousin? pared to supply the trade with i side matters that he has neitber time a great variety of qualities and sizes. W nor strength to consider his son’s wel- fare, but provides him amply with food, clothes and spending money and lets him grow up as best he may. On the other hand, he may be too solicitous. He himself was forced to go through all sorts of hardships and thinks his son can get the experiences secondhand, so he shields the boy from all hardships which would make a manof him. There is still another ground for this state of affairs: The boy may grow up with his full share of ability and be prepared in every way to make his mark in the world, but he must always remain over- shadowed by his distinguished father. We may apply the same analogy to the sons of city men. If we go through the list of successful men either in busi- ness or in the professions--in Grand Rap- ids or any other city—it is the excep- tion rather than the rule to find any of them were city boys. The boys we know here are bright and quick, so much so we are often afraid they are too preco- cious. Then, too, they are given every advantage in the way of education and social contact; yet what becomes of all these precocious boys, the idols of their mothers’ hearts? The secret of the whole matter is that they do not begin to work until they reach manhood and their characters are not formed by the discipline which comes through work. They have few tasks outside of school, have much unused leisure on _ their hands, their tastes are pampered and they are prctected tenderiy from the slightest hardship. Suddenly they are confronted with manhood, and realize for the first time they are citizens of this Great Republic, with an endless number of duties and obligations. But where are they to begin? They were never given an opportunity to apply what they know, so that too late they learn the importance of an education. Or, they bave been conscientious students and have amassed a world of book- knowledge, but what to do with it is the question. It seems, sometimes, as though the American children in the From almost babybood he begins to feel the responsibilities of life. Before he can speak distinctly he begins to carry water to the men in the field or picks up chips for the fire. His tasks increase each year and by the time he graduates from the High School he understands farm work thoroughly. He_ probably has not had as many advantages in the way of education, and is sure not to have the polish; but he has learned val- uable lessons in patience, endurance, or- der, thoroughness, promptness and thrift which he will need all his life. His book-knowledge has gone hand in hand with his practical training, and he has learned to use what he knows until it has become second-nature. A country boy who goes to the city to learn busi- ness, if he have these lessons learned, is not afraid to tackle any kind of work and to begin at the bottom and work up. His steadiness, his application, his willingness to do whatever is neces- sary to be done are the open sesame to promotion and wider fields. He _ has learned self-control in his youth and so is fit to control others. In time he will be given places of trust and responsi- bility, and finally he will take the reins in his own hands and become manager of some great business of his own. Or, perhaps he may prefer to learn a pro- fession instead of business. How many boys have left their country homes with only a few dollars in their pockets well knowing that, if their ambition for a college education is to be gratified, they must depend upon themselves for even the barest necessities of life. They have worked for their board, they have done odd jobs out of school hours, and have not questioned whether the work would soil their hands or the job was worthy of a gentleman. Even every day of the vacations was consumed in hard |+ k “ work getting ready for the next year. At the end of the course they came forth from the college as well equipped men- tally as the richest man’s son and pre- pared a hundred times better to prac- tically cope with the world. They were not filled with sickly sentiments of what might have been, but took the world as they found it and went to work in earn- est. Without hurrying, without stop- ping, they have done each day's tasks, fulnlled each day's duties to the best of their ability, and many of them have awakened suddenly to find themselves famous. ZaIDA E. UDELL. Special attention given mail orders. Globe Kaitting Works, at Rapes. Nenoc, .~.m-& - W.-W. WW. W.VA . BW. BW. B.A. A.A .@.@ a fF J. 33355555555 55S 55S SSS 5=< Erie M’f’g’rs of Brass Castings. Peninsular Brass Co., Street, Correspondence solicited. Grand Rapids. Platers in Gold, Silver, Nickle, Copper and Brass. Display Stands for Ladies or Gen- tlemen’s Hats. Any height $2.50 per dozen. base nickle-plated support. Bronze Muskecon MILLING Go., MUSKEGON, MICH, Mills and Office: Water Street, Foot of Pine. Manufacturers of FLOUR, FEED AND MILL STUFFS Receivers and _ Shippers of GRAIN Write or wire us for anything needed in our line in any quantity. MIXED CARLOADS A SPECIALTY. Ps rs eS i & 4 ease ene ae Es Nat alnda paaperciniss Bek ide sR ntnedack ec aniiehoterets 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Dexter—L. L. James has engaged in the clothing business. Palo—C. H. Mandeville has removed his general stock to Saranac. Elsie—Frank Weinburg will shortly open a furniture store at this place. Charlotte—Victor Roblin & Co. have purchased the shoe stock of E. J. Abell. Port Huron—Michael Bogan bas pur- chased the Frank Tuttle grocery stock Rothbury—Farnham & Robbins have engaged in the fruit and produce _busi- ness. Jonesville—Smith & Wagar succeed the Hix Hardware Co., not incorpo- rated. Silverwood—Mr. Waterhouse, of Mil- lington, bas opened a meat market at this place. Oxford—H. H. Howe is succeeded by Elbert O. Bailey in the flour, feed and meat business. Dexter--A. S. Yost is closing out his stock of crockery and replacing it with a line of dry goods. Berrien Center—Ford & Patterson succeed Ford & Bay in the agricultural implement business. Alma—L. Hirschkowitz is closing out his stock of dry goods and will engage in business in the West. Alma—A. J. Dingman has removed his dry goods stock to Hillsdale, where he will engage in business. Battle Creek—C. F. Russell and L. E. Srackangast, of Kalamazoo, have opened a dry goods store here. Manton—W. H. Campbell has leased a store building and will open a furni- ture and undertaking establishment. Maple Rapids—Frank Redfern and Robert Lane have purchased the harness and implement stock of Bliss & Hewitt. Mulliken—H. P. French has sold his drug stock to Chas. McConger, who will continue the business at the same _loca- tion. Escanaba—Melvin R. Young has pur- chased the grocery stock of A. H. Rolph and will continue the business at the same location. Maple Rapids—J. M. Roberts is erecting a brick block, 24x60 feet in dimensions, which he will occupy with a general merchandise stock. Carson City—B. C. Fasbender has sold his harness stock to L. C. Wilkin- son & Son, of Ithaca, who wili continue the business at the old stand. Lansing—Jobn H. Rose has sold his grocery stock to Roswell Mott, who will combine the stock with his stock at the corner of Washington avenue and Kal- amazoo street. Sturgis —Arthur Hibbard, for many years in the employ of C. O. Gardner, dealer in feed and hay, has purchased the later’s interest and will continue the business in his own name. Sault Ste. Marie—The Ferguson Hardware Co. is remodeling its store to a considerable extent. Under the man- agement of Mr. Van Liew the business is making a favorable showing. Mason—Chas H. Hall has sold his dry goods stock to the Mills Dry Goods Co. Both stores will be continued for a short time until the stocks are sufficiently re- duced to occupy the building in which Mr. Hall was formerly located. Coopersville—R. D. McNaughton, who has been engaged in general trade here for about twenty years, will shortly engage in the same line of business at Honor. Mr. McNaughton’s stock of goods was completely destroyed in the recent conflagration at this place. Belding—J. V. Cahill will open a store in the Huelster block on Pleasant street. Mr. Cahill is the gentleman with whom Z. W. Gooding exchanged his block and warehouse for a farm near Hart some time ago. On arrival here with his goods he found his store occu- pied and immediately leased one of Mr. Huelster. The new tirm will be Cahill & Hudson, Wm. Hudson being the other member, and they will carry a general line including clothing, farm implements, harnesses, vehicles, hard- ware, etc. Manufacturing Matters. St. Johns—Chas. Reid, of Grand Rapids, has established a shiit factory here. Kalamazoo—The Star Brass Works has merged its business into a corpora- tion under the same style. Ypsilanti—The Ypsilanti Dairy As- sociation is considering the project of leasing the Dixboro creamery. Cadillac—Wm. A. Clay and A. F. Clay have formed a copartnership un- der the style of Clay Bros. and engaged in the manufacture of furniture spe- cialties. Tustin—J. H. Dudley, of Fremont, has purchased the sawmill and 480 acres of timber near this place of Truman E., Stevens. The land will yield several million feet of saw logs, a large quan- tity of hemlock bark and from eight to ten million shingles. Black River—Alger, Smith & Co. will finish cutting and hauling long timber at this place in a few days. This ends the long timber business that has been actively pushed since 1874. There will be two winters’ cutting of short logs to fall back upon and these will be manu- factured at this place. Coldwater—John C. Moore has sold his interest in the meat and grocery business of Miller, Moore & Bidelman to A. A. Howard, who has resigned his position as traveling salesman for the Merrick Thread Co. and retired from the road, in order to take an active part in the management of the business. Manistique—The Manistique & North- western Railway has extended its road to connect with the Munising Railway, making a short cut to Marquette and the West. Manistique being the winter port of the Ann Arbor Railway at the North, the probability of an increased Northwestern freight business via the Manistiaue & Northwestern Railway and Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic is favorable. ee ae Commendation of the Anniversary Issue. Michigan Bulletin: The Michigan Tradesman has completed its fifteenth year in a most prosperous condition. The Tradesman has been a conspicuous financial success from the start and un- der the capable management of E. A. Stowe has made itself a necessity to the trade in its chosen field. The anniver- sary number of the Tradesman was one of the best ever put out by a Michigan publication. Coopersville Observer: The Michi- gan Tradesman of this week consists of sixty-four pages and cover. Last week's issue completed its fifteenth year of publication, and ths large number was issued to commemorate the event. It is neatly printed and is full of valuable information for the business man, in whose interests it is published. Long may it live! ——>22>____ Blessings are like children; to be appreciated they should be few and far between. —__+_ 2. ___ Gillies New York Teas at old prices while they hold out. Phone Visner, 800. Calling a Spade a Spade. From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin. The Bulletin is pleased to commend E. A. Stowe, of the Michigan Trades- man, for his successful exposure of bogus commission houses. It speaks well for a trade paper when it shows a willingness to stand in the breach he- tween a shipper of produce and a dis- honest commission house. This paper has had experience along this line. It has probably successfully attacked more fraudulent commission houses than any paper in the United States. In every instance where fraud has been alleged the charge has been sustained. And it has made the fight single-handed, and with scarcely a word of commendation from the rank and file of the commis. sion house trade. A few houses whose names stand out clear on lines of honest dealing have expressed tbeir gratifica tion to the Bulletin in appreciation of the fact that there is a paper in the Northwest field that, no matter what the line, is not afraid to call a spade a spade. And so we are pleased to see the Michigan Tradesman fall into the line of unraveling some of the hard knots of business. These are not pleasant duties, but they are duties just the same, and they should be performed without flinch- ing. There are a few trade papers which have sufficient courage to do this. And why shouldn't it be done? Why should the country shipper be left in complete ignorance of the trap some dishonest commission merchant sets for him? The Bulletin is pleased to feel that it has done a good deal to purge the Northwest field of several of these houses. Brazen practices have been curtailed. It is not necessary to trans- act business with a fraudulent commis- sion house. There should be more trade papers wiliing to take up the cudgel for honest commission business There are sev eral cities that need attention along this line. The Bulletin ventures the assertion that no cities in the country have cleaner produce commission records of late years than Minneapolis and St. Paul. 2. ___- The Square Butter Box. From the New York Produce Review. For some time past the square box question as a butter package has been kept rather in the shade. During the summer months, under the belief that some export business would be done, a number of the Western creameries used the box. Perhaps the most of these were on contract with shippers, and part of the stock was sent abroad from week to week, but several thousand of the boxes were put in the freezers hoping that a better demand for them would develop later. But our market has kept just enough above the English market all the season to prevent much export business, and these goods were carried along until some holders became tired and sought to find an outlet, even al- though the stock had to be sold ata price that showed very little if any profit for carrying. Recently about 2,500 boxes of the summer-packed creamery have been sold here at 1744@18%4c, most of which is now being shipped. The results of this season's experi- ence show conclusively that without an export demand the square box is an unprofitable package. It certainly has some points which commend it to home trade buyers, but thus far they do not take kindly to it, the 60 pound Welsh tub being recognized as the standard of our market and claiming most of the demand. These conditions may change as time passes, but we are fully con- vinced that for the next few years boxes should be used only under the instruc- tion of the selling agent here, or on con- tracts with exporters. a Risking Your Tea Trade. From the Philadelphia Grocery World. The grocers who answered the ques- tion as to their method of getting square with the tea duty seemed to agree in the conclusion that they would advance their price to consumers as soon as their spot stock was exhausted, provided their competitors did. Probably all the gro- cers in the given town feel the same way—'‘We will go up if you will; if you don’t we can’t."’ That it would be the worst sort of a mistake to risk your tea trade by sell- ing a poorer grade for the same money is not a matter of opinion. After you have a customer suited it is suicidal to your relations with him to tamper with the tea he is getting to the slightest degree. If we were a grocer in a town where there are several, every one of whom will have eventually to face this prob- lem, we should go to each, if the town weren't too large, and we should talk to them like this: ‘‘See here, you value your tea trade; sodo J. Neither of us wants to lower the grade of tea he is giving for 50 or 60 or 75 cents; certain- ly neither of us wants to take the extra Io cents out of his own pocket. The logical way is to advance the price to the consumer, but unless everybody does it, nobody can. Will you do it?’’ The grocer who would refuse to enter an agreement like this, if properly pre- sented, would be a strange creature. Probably not one would refuse. But somebody has to start such things. —_—_> ¢-»—__ The Licorice Root of Commerce. We are still told in books and phar- maceutical journals that the licorice of commerce is the product of a plant ‘‘grown in tbe north of Spain,’’ but we won't be obliged to use ‘‘Spanish lic- orice’’ very shortly. A lawsuit in the English courts recently reported has re- vealed the fact that licorice is now very extensively cultivated on _ both banks of the River Jagus, in Mesopo- tamia, in the neighborhood of Coete and Bagdad. We learn that during the licorice digging season there, beginning in November and lasting about three months, no less than about 4,000 Arabs are employed at the work. The larger part of the product is disposed of in the United States. BRYAN SHOW CASE WORKS Manufacturers of Display Cases Specially Designed for Any Kind of Merchandise Catalogue and Prices very Attractive. BRYAN, OHIO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Posser & Carey have opened a grocery store at Charlevoix, the stock being furnished by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. S. A. Catlin will shortly engage in the hardware business at Montague. Fos- ter, Stevens & Co. will furnish the stock. David Gillespie has opened a grocery store at 62 Ellsworth avenue. The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. M. Ludlow, of Greenville, dealer in flour and feed, has added a line of gro ceries. The Clark-Jewell-Wells Co. has the order for the stock. A. C. Muzzall, of Coopersville, and E. L. Marvin, of Grand Rapids, have formed a copartnership and engaged in the grocery business at the former place. The Worden Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Geo. Stander and Wm. Allgier, who conducted a retail grocery store at 220 Plainfield avenue under the style of Stander & Allgier, have dissolved. Mr. Allgier has formed a copartnership with Samuel C. Mead, and the business will be continued at the same location un- der the style of Allgier & Mead. — w~ e2>__—_ The Grocery Market. Sugar—Raws have declined, due to the increased arrivals from Java and Cuba, and a corresponding decline was made in all refined grades Wednesday, when Nos. 4 and 5 were marked down 3-16c and the remainder of the list %c. After October opens and the preserving demand falls off, the refined market may further decline. This year’s con- sumptive demand for granulated sugar has been exceedingly disappointing. All told, it has probably not been over balf what was expected, and already shows a sharp decline from week to week. Tea—The Japan market is advancing, but domestic markets are without change. The looked-for second picking of this year’s Japan crop is arriving in small quantities, nothing as much in volume as that of a year ago. Nor is it expected that the receipts this year will be as large as those of last year. The high war tax on tea has greatly de- creased the probable import of tea. Everything in this country will have to be cleaned up before the new teas will come in, and it looks as though there is a great deal more of this stock in the country than was supposed. Coffee—Crop advices from Brazil are unfavorable for the flowering, and the crop movement has been more or less retarded. The market for mild coffee has been firm. Canned Goods—The tomato market is not as firm as that of corn, for the rea- son that the length of the season is more indefinite, and, therefore, the total pack may or may not be large. If frost shall come early there may not be enough stock to supply the demand, but if it shall bold off until late, the pack will doubtless be abundant. Packers are now taking few orders for any consid- erable time ahead, fearing that a frost may leave them short. The pack of Southern peaches is reported consider- ably short, and the packers of the South have had to go North for fruit to fill their contracts. Dried Fruits—All lines are firm and tending higher, especially West coast goods. The Raisin Growers’ Associa- tion has quoted prices on new raisins, which are considerably higher than the prices of a year ago, although not high, as raisins have been selling at too low figures. The Association is in- clined to deal with the situation as if there was no doubt of its ability to con- trol the price, even in the face of what now promises to be the largest raisin crop the coast has ever produced. Provisions——The provision market continues about steady, but the trade look for lower prices on account of smaller demand and the opening of the winter packing season. As yet, how- ever, the supply has not been sufficient to change prices. The demand continues good, due, probably, to the low prices. Lard is selling the best of the list. Syrup and Molasses—There has been a fair trade in mixed syrup, at un- changed prices, but outside of this no activity at all. Sugar syrup is un- changed and dull. The demand for mo- lasses is very small, although it should be better at this season. Prices are un- changed. Cheese—Receipts are now in very fine condition and of superior quality. There is quite-an active demand, on ac- count of the higher price asked for earlier-made cheese, which is selling at prices very close to the best.. Prospects point to still higher prices. Nuts—Reports from the South state that, in addition to the failure of the crop in Texas, there is almost a total failure in Louisiana, Mississippi and the Indian Territory, and as nearly the entire crop of fine nuts comes from these States, there will undoubtedly bea great scarcity of pecans for the holiday trade. There are a few grown in Western Mis- souri and Arkansas, but Texas pecans always bring the best prices in this market. The crop last year was the largest on record, and prices went lower than ever before. It is claimed that St. Louis houses own almost the total sup- ply of pecans in the country. As the present crop is a failure, they will be in a position to control the market, and can put prices almost anywhere they please. They are nat offering any stock for sale and quotations at present prices are merely nominal. 202s ____ If the party in power is wise it will promptly advocate, and take measures to secure, the repeal of that part of the war revenue act which imposes stamp taxes of 1 and 2 cents on trifling items of business and in the direction where the people feel them as most odious, if not unnecessary. For instance, the tax of 1 cent for every ticket sold for a seat in a parlor car; 1 cent for every tele- gram or telephone message; I cent fora sale of, or agreement to sell, any prod- ucts of merchandise at any exchange board of trade; 2 cents on bank checks, drafts, etc. These are trifling taxes, yielding little, if anything, in revenue, but obtruding themselves on the public at every turn. Nothing but a serious emergency justified their imposition, and with the passage of this emergency their repeal is demanded by the peo- ple. That political party which first in- dorses the demand for a repeal will grow greatly in public favor. —_—___~-.-.._....... Two Dollars to Detroit and Return. On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Michigan Central will run one more of those pop- ular week-end excursions to Detroit. Special train will leave Union station at 7:30 a. m., arriving at Detroit at 1:20 p. m. Good returning on regular trains up to and including morning train leaving Detroit Monday, Oct. 3. W. C. BLAKE, City Ticket Agent. The Produce Market. Apples—Buyers are paying $!1@1 50 for fruit alone, which brings the seiling price up to $1.75@2 25 per bushel. Beets—25c per bu. Butter— Dealers have no difficulty in getting 17c for fancy dairy and 1I9@2oc for separator creamery, but how to ob- tain adequate supplies to meet their re- quirements is another matter. Cabbage—$3@4 per too heads for home grown Carrots—25c per bu. Cauliflower—$1 per doz. and very scarce. Celery—White Plume, !o@13c per bunch. Cocoanuts—4@5c. Crab Apples—3o0@4oc per bu. for Si berian. Cranberries——Cape Cods command $2.50 per bu. or $2 25 per box. Cucumbers—Pickling stock is in ac tive demand at 25@4oc per Joo. Eggs—Dealers pay 13c for strictly fresh, holding at 14c. Egg Plant—75c@$1 per doz. Grapes—Pony (4-lb.) baskets of Del- awares command ioc. Eight pound baskets of Wordens and Concords com mand 8@1oc. Brightons and Niagaras fetch 1c per basket more than Wordens and Concords. Dealers and growers are experiencing great difficulty in finding an outlet, owing to the unusual yield all over the country. Green Peppers— Soc per bu. Honey—Fine new comb commands 12@13¢. Muskmelons—4oc per bu. Onions—Home grown command 40@ soc per bu. for yellow or red. Peaches—Golden Drop command 60@ 75c and Smocks fetch s5o@6oc. The crop is about all marketed, the season being the most satisfactory ever en joyed by local dealers and growers. Pears—50@75c per bu. Plums—German Prune are still in market, finding ready sale at $1.25. Blue Damsons are in fair request at $1. Pop Corn—soc per bu. Potatoes —35@4oc per bu. Indications lead to the belief that there will be an active shipping demand the coming season, due to the fact that Southern markets will be open to Michigan grow- ers. Quinces—75c per bu Sweet Potatoes—Virginias fetch $2 per bbl. Jerseys have declined to $3. Tomatoes—Soc per bu. _@ 9 __ The Grain Market. Nothing special disturbed the wheat price during the week Prices remained steady. Receipts were a trifle less than the corresponding week of last year, but exports were large, owing to this fact. The visible showed a decrease of 880, 000 bushels, where an increase of 500,000 or better was expected, so the visible is down again to g, 208,000 bushels, against 19, 548,000 bushels at the corresponding time last year, and 48,727,000 bushels for 1896 In the usual course of events prices would have advanced sharply, but we find that cash wheat really lost 1c, while futures climbed only Ic. We bave known the time when such a de- crease as this one at this time of the year would have raised prices at least 3@5c per bushel. As stated last week, if farmers will persist in holding their wheat, better prices must for the pres- ent prevail. We see that in Kansas many mills have to close down, owing to the fact that they can not get wheat to grind. The questien arises, What are the farmers going to gain by hold- ing, as, in all probability our exports will be falling off? Argentine is not shipping any wheat, while she is at present going near anew harvest, and at present writing the outlook there is fair. The fact is, speculation in wheat is very tame and lifeless. The bullish element know that there is a large crop which will be put on the market sooner or later, and the Leiter episode is not forgotten. If there were the usual trad- ing in that cereal prices would be con- siderably higher. Corn gained strength from wheat, but prices remained practically about the same. Trade also is very sluggish. The visible made a small increase, but it did not change the price any. The oat market is flat, nothing doing. Receipts were large and it looks like old times, as follows: wheat, 7! cars; corn, 10 Cars; oats, 6 cars. Local millers pay 62c per bu. for wheat. C. G. A. Vorer. eo Flour and Feed. During the past fortnight the demand for flour has been active, for several rea- sons; first, because stocks are abnor- mally low, on account of buyers waiting for the market to reach a !ower level; second, because this is the usual time for making purchases for fall and win- ter and most buyers think that the bot- tom has already been reached and are taking hold now quite freely. The city mills have been booking some very good orders for future shipment and are all running steadily; in fact, the mer- chant mills of the country are, for the most part, running steadily, and will be likely to for some weeks to come. With the recent advance and strength of the wheat market, prices are pretty likely to be maintained, because millers, as a rule, have very light stocks, and the price has been so low since harvest that farmers have sold reluctantly, and dur- ing the present month they have been so busy seeding that the movement in the winter wheat belt has been very light— so much so that the visible supply of wheat decreased heavily last week, when ordinarily at this s ason of the year a good increase can be expected. The present crop has gone into consump- tion very rapidly, something over 40,- 000,000 bushels having already disap- peared since harvest. We are inclined to believe that the conditions are such surrounding the flour and grain trade that prices are more likely to advance somewhat above their present level rather than to decline. Mill stuffs are in good demand and prices are a shade higher. Feed and meal are moving rather slowly, with prices nominally un- changed for the week. Wa. N. ROWE. — w+ eos Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. Hides are weak at prices quoted. They yield so small a margin to tanners that the latter hesitate about purchas- ing. Tbe supply is limited, however, and stocks are required to keep running, which consumes all offerings The leather market can not be forced up while markets are selling shoes at old prices or lower, if anything. Pelts are few and lower in price, as the wool demand is light and it only sells at cut prices. Tallow has to life and no apparent future to pull it out of the rut. Soap stocks are plenty of all kinds. Wool does not change in price to be quotable. There is no trading except at a weakened price. There has been a little sold in Michigan at %c lower than formerly asked. Many holders of 1898 purchases would like to-see their cost of purchases returned, which is not probable at the present condition of the market. While there was a 5@7% per cent. advance in London, ours is the lowest market in the world to-day, with sales of $83,000,000 in 1898, against $298, 00,0000 at the same time in 1897. Wm. T. HEss. Sos2 ees wesc oS seb catedLa einai esc hike aie 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Fads and Fancies Peculiar to Chicago Women. On the occasion of my annual visits to Chicago there is a certain bright and breezy little woman, whom we will cali Mrs. X., because that isn’t her name, who always devotes a day to piloting me about. Mrs. X. is that most delight- ful of beings, a faddish woman, who is always riding a new hobby, and who always makes me think of Richard Le Gallienne’s saying that for a woman to be clever is simply to be a woman of talent, but to be just a woman is to be a genius. Mrs. X. is all of that— and more. As for myself, I confess to being a thorough-going cockney. Idon’t care a button for any nature but human nature, and Iam perfectly certain no sports- man gets any more thrills out of track- ing big game than I do in hunting a bargain to its lair and capturing its scalp; so, of course, when Mrs. X. and I devcted a day to having a good time, naturally we went shopping. We in- vaded the big department stores, and at last, when we had spent the last of our money, and worn ourselves to a frazzle, we went to lunch in the new Dutch room at Mandel'’s. It is an apartment charming enough to convince you that Frankfurter sau- sage and potato salad are the ambrosia of Mount Olympus and to raise a _ bcttle and a bird into the realm of epic poetry. Above all, it is a room that makes every woman wonder why on earth she never thought of having a Dutch dining-room herself, for it isa little, cozy, homey room, opening off the big tearocm, and very little larger than many private dining rooms in Grand Rapids. All one end almost is taken up with a big red brick fire- place, with wrought iron andirons and crane, and with some splendid old delft ornamenting the mantelpiece. The walls have a deep wainscoting of oak, topped by a broad shelf, on which stands a goodly array of beer steins and quaint delft plaques with spreading sails of queer, square-rigged boats and _ wide- armed windmills. Above the wainscot- ing the walls are covered with tapestry, against which hang bits of armor, groups of battered swords and knives and pictures of picturesque meinherrs with smug faces and long-stemmed pipes. Tables and chairs are heavy Dutch affairs in black oak, the table- ware is delicious blue and white delft, and the waitresses wear quaint peasant costumes, and are picturesque enough as they flit about in their black velvet bodices laced over white blouses. While we waited for our orders I was leaning back in my chair, luxuriating in the beauty of the surroundings, when all of a sudden I became aware that my companion was apparently dying. A minute before she had been the picture of health and strength, and from the top of her brand new tailor-made frock, that trailed in front and hadn't a wrinkle or a blouse or a bit of fullness in it, to the toe of her patent leather boots, she had been thoroughly alive. Now I beheld her a collapsed wreck. Her jaw dropped, her arms depended limp and lifeless, her mouth hung half open and her head swayed back and forth as if her neck was broken. I never was so scared in my life. If I had been a man I should have dashed a glass of water in her face and yelled for a doctor. Being a'woman, I reflected on the new tailor-made frock and con- tented myself with giving her a pinch, which, however, was entirely effica- cious, as it brought her to in what they call ‘‘ great shape’’ up there. ‘‘What’s the matter?’’ I asked anx- iously. ‘‘Why,’’ she replied, ‘‘it’s nothing. I’m only practicing the new cure of ‘letting go.’ It’s the latest fad. Don’t you know it?’’ ‘*No,’’ I said, ‘‘I don’t, and if I’ve got to scare people into fits I don't know that I want to.’’ ‘*Pooh!'’ she responded _airily. ‘‘That is nothing when you get used to it. The idea is this: You know, we all live nowadays up to the very limit of our strength. We work ourselves to death trying to make money if we are poor and slave ourselves into nervous prostration trying to spend it if we are rich, and our nerves and muscles are kept as tightly strung as the cord toa bow all the time Even at night we can't let go and we grab the pillows and cling to the mattress like it was liable to get away from us. What is the result? Wrinkles and crow’s-feet and lines all over our faces. Now, the ‘letting go’ theory is designed to do away with ali this. Whenever you have a minute to spare, while you wait for a meal, in the three minutes before your hostess comes down, in the half-hour on a car, just let yourself go, relax every muscle, don’t think, just drop to pieces as nearly as you can, and you haven't anv idea how much rested and refreshed you will be ’’ ‘‘Is—is it generally practiced?’’ I asked anxiously. ‘‘Ob, yes,’’ she replied cheerfully. ‘*Everybody is trying it, and it isn't a bit unusual to see a shop girl stir up an apparently lifeless figure to give her her change or a street car conductor rouse up what seems a paralytic with ‘Here’s your street.’ Of course, if we'd seen a woman go off into that kind of trance once we would have thought she had a fit ; now we know she is merely practicing the ‘letting go’ fad.’’ The story of Hull House and _ its founder, Miss Jane Addams, has been told so often that it need nct be repeated bere. Everyone knows how, through it, sweetness and light have been taken into one of the poor districts of the city and the lives of the men and women and children around about bettered and brightened. The infleence from such a center is bound to spread in many di- rections, and one of its most notabie offshoots has been a working girls’ club, in which I was much interested. Just around the corner from Hull House is a big plain red brick house, over whose door is painted ‘‘The Jane Club,’’ and when I rang the bell a pretty young girl who was just putting ber hat on to go back to work opened the door to me and bade me welcome There were a couple of pretty parlors, simply and tastefully furnished. A good carpet covered the floor, copies of fa- mous pictures were on the walls, there were low book cases full of standard works, with a piano in one corner and an open writing desk in another. Ona table a bunch of goldenrod made a bit of yellow glory and a big bowl of Rus- sian lacquer added a touch of color Lunch was just over, and through an open door I could see a table spread with a snowy cloth, with another bow] of goldenrod in the center, and it seemed the pleasantest and most home- like sort of a place. The inmates of the Jane Club are all working girls, and they could give me but a moment out of their busy day to tell of their club. ‘‘In the first place, Jane Club isn’t a charity. We pay rent and our way as we go. It is simply a very successful experiment in co-oper- ative housekeeping. Perhaps the rea- son of our success and the reason why so many hotels for women have failed is all summed up in the matron or chaperon question. We have none. We go on the principle that any girl who goes out into the world and makes her living is capable of regulating her own conduct. We each have a latch key and we come and go unquestioned. ‘‘It isn’t easy to get into the Jane Club. An applicant files her name, and when there is a vacancy she is _ balloted on, and, if elected, pays $1 initiation fee. From among the members, who usually average twenty-five, a Presi- dent, Treasurer and Stewardess are elected. We hire a cook and house- maid, and the Stewardess orders all the meals Every two weeks a_ business meeting is held, at which any member may prefer a charge against another— for unbecoming conduct. selfish tres- passing on others’ rights, and so on. The offending member has a chance to defend herself, but if, in the opinion of the majority, she is wrong, she may be voted out and must leave. Such cases are rare, and the harmony of the club is wonderful. ‘*The bedrooms are comfortably fur nished, the table and service good, and for it all we pay $3 a week—a sum far less than what we would have to pay for the same board in any boarding- house. In addition, we have the priv- ilege of entertaining our friends at the rate of 15 cents a meal, or for lodgings, besides, of course, being able to receive our callers-men and women—at any time in the parlors. ‘‘Of course, there’s a pleasant social side, too. We meet of evenings for mu- sic, games and talk in the parlors, and you can imagine that when a lonely lit- tle country girl who comes to town to make her living and who has been ex- isting in a dreary boarding-house hall bedroom, where she was snubbed by the landiady and bullied by the servants, gets into the Jane Club, she feels like its motto ought to be ‘I was a stranger and ye took me in.’ ‘*But, after all, the proof of the pud- ding is in the eating, and the best proof of the success of the Jane Club is the fact that it has outgrown its present quarters, and a new and commodious house is being built for us.’”’ The bright and wideawake young girl looked at me reflectively a moment. ‘‘T don’t know,'’ she added, ‘‘but what the Jane Club comes as near meet- ing a long-felt want as anything that has ever been started. I guess not many of us working girls are drawing hank- president salaries. 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No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor. until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpItTor. WEDNESDAY, - - - SEPTEMBER 238, 1898. WHAT EXPANSION INVOLVES. When war was declared against Spain, it was announced that there was no in- tention on our part to acquire territory. The motive for taking up arms was one of pure philanthropy, namely, to put an end to Spanish oppression in Cuba, and to give to that island a free and in- dependent government. It may _ be doubted if, even at the time war was declared, thinking men were misled by the disavowal of all idea of conquest, and certainly no foreign nation was for a moment deceived thereby. Scarcely a week after the outbreak of hostilities, Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Bay of Manila. This signal victory made it at once ap- parent that nct only the city of Manila, but the whole Philippine group was at our mercy. This was the signal for the people who had advocated war with an ulterior motive to show their hand. There was at once a hue and cry raised for the conquest and retention of the Philippines, and the pressure was so great that the Government promptly took steps to dispatch a force of 25,000 ‘men to Manila. In justice to the administration it should be said that the conquest of the Philippines wasclearly an afterthought. It is true that Commodore Dewey, as he then was, was ordered to attack the Spanish fleet; but no thought of sending troops was entertained until after the overwhelming victory made the possi- bilities of the situation entirely clear. The acquisition of Porto Rico was un- doubtedly not thought of until after the blockade of the Cuban coast was _ estab- lished ; but that there always existed a disposition to compel the annexation of Cuba there can be no doubt. The pre text of securing the liberation of Cuba from Spanish misrule, while it sounded well, deceived nobody. Once the greed for conquest was ex- cited by the victory of Dewey, it was not easily satiated until the demand to hold whatever territory could be secured became practically irresistible. The warnings of conservative people calling attention to the fact that we were pre- paring future trouble and difficulties were unbeeded, and the protocol which Spain was compelled to accept before a cessation of hostilities was decreed in- dicated clearly that the administration had been fully won over to the side of the expansionists. Although it can not be claimed that the appetite of the people for expansion of territory has diminished, many are beginning to realize that the holding of the new possessions will be attended with many embarrassments and that im- perial expansion will bring with it new and unwelcome responsibilities, as well as benefits in a trade sense. As nearly all the new territory is situated in a tropical climate, in which it is difficult for people used to the temperate zone to live with safety, there will be obvious difficulties experienced in colonizing. The populations of our new possessions will, therefore, remain for a very long time essentially foreign, with a differ- ent language and different customs. In order to maintain proper order, large garrisons will be needed. Here another difficulty presents itself: The experi- ence of our troops in Santiago shows that American scldiers can not be main- tained in the tropical climate of Cuba and Porto Rico without much sickness and death. The maintenance of order in our new possessions will, therefore, present problems of great difficulty, all of which is calculated to temper the ardor of the extreme expansionists. TO BE ARBITRATED. A day or two ago it looked very much as if another important war was to be fought before the close of the present year. Chili was reported to have sent an ultimatum to Argentina, demanding that the latter country must agree to submit the boundary dispute which has existed for so long between the two for arb:tration within the five days follow- ing. This action was promptly followed by the mobilization of the army of Ar- gentina, so that for the time matters looked very bellicose. Fortunately, wiser counsels prevailed, and Argentina finally agreed to submit the matter to the arbitration of a friend- ly power. This decision has greaty re- lieved the situation, and has prevented a war which would have been disastrous to both countries, as both possess re- sources sufficient to make a very spirit- ed fight, and both have been preparing for the conflict for some time. It is this knowledge of mutual preparation that probably preserved the peace. It is a matter for congratulation that this expected conflict has been averted, as such a war would have done much damage to international traffic. Both countries enjoy considerable foreign trade whicb would have greatly suffered from a conflict. Marshal Halstead, United States Con- sul at Birmingham, England, says that American shoe manufacturers need not try to invade the English market unless they take the trouble to find out what styles are wanted over there. He refers to one maker who has sent a large consign - ment of shces to Birmingham, going to much expense in doing so. He has sent three styles—patent leather laced, calf- skin buttoned and tan laced. To suit the English taste, the patent leathers should have been buttoned and the calf- skin laced. American uppers, particu- larly the patent leather uppers, are far in advance of anything to be obtained for a similar price in England, but all of the shoes sent over are too lightly soled to suit the climatic conditions of the island. It has been ascertained that plate-glass will make a more durable monument than the hardest granite. This will not interest politicians who expect to make enduring fame by making blatherskite speeches on the duty of the hour. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. The only exception to conditions in the industries of the country which would seem to guarantee healthy activ- ity and improving values is found in the cotton trade The chronic condition of unprofitable prices in the product which has so long affected the Eastern manufacturers is further complicated by such an abundance in the crop that the price for raw cotton has fallen be- low its record for fifty years. This makes the cost of transportation and handlers’ profits relatively so great that it gives the Southern mills such an ad- vantage that the prospect looks dubious enough for the old manufacturers. But while conditions seem so universally fa- vorable, there are most unaccountable reaction and dulness in the New York stock markets. The hardening of money rates which caused quite a flurry last week only served to show the strength of the situation, as the demands on the foreign debtors quickly showed how practically unlimited is the support of the trade balance in our favor. But the speculative reaction in many of the leading stocks keeps up with a_persist- ency decidedly unexpected. The first reaction in sugar stock would seem to be sufficiently accounted for by the later rumors of an opposing combina- tion, but the only observable cause of decline in the other trust stocks and of dulness in railway shares is the manip- ulation of operators. General market conditions continue uniformly favorable and railway earnings are meeting all reasonable expectations. The general tendency of the wheat and other grain markets has been to- ward greater steadiness, with improving values. Export demand, while not equal to the phenomenal outgo of last year, is fully meeting reasonable expec- tations and altogether the outlook would indicate a continued demand at near the present level. The most encouraging features still continue in the metal industries. Noth- ing like an unhealthy or flighty move- ment in prices is seen, but they are slowly advancing, last week recording slight gains of $1 a ton or less in East- ern plate and bars, wire nails and cen- tral bars. No further rise occurred in pig, but it is supposed that the combi- nation of Valley producers can now maintain the price of Bessemer, and the orders for finished products have become so large that few think it will be possible to avoid a general improve- ment in prices. The coke output has again increased without change in price, and a'so the production of minor metals, with the markets generally strong. The unfavorable feature of the cctton manufacture and trade seems to have a sympathetic influence upon the woolen goods market, which is reported as dull in many lines. The boot and shoe manufacture at the East is still ship- ping more cases than ever before in the corresponding month. On account of the speculative dulness in Wall Street the record of bank clear- ings falls slightly below that of the cor- responding time last year; but it must be considered that the volume at that time was unprecedented, and so, while there is a little less according to present reports, it is still unusually heavy for the season. IS THE TREATY IN THE WAY? Many of the papers in this country are just now discussing the possible ob- stacle that exists in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty to the construction and_ inde- pendent control by the United States of the Nicaragua canal. : That treaty was made between the United States and Great Britain in 1850, and by its terms it was agreed that neither nation should attempt to main- tain exclusive control over the Nicara- gua canal, that neither should build any fortifications near it, nor occupy nor exercise dominion over any part of Central America. If England holds that this treaty is still in force, she could give us much trouble if we un- dertook to construct the canal on our own account and control and fortify it. Such an eminent authority as Mr. Blaine contended that England has ren- dered the agreement null and void by her action since it was framed. It has been taken for granted for a number of years that there is no vital force left in the treaty and the discussions in Con- gress have proceeded on the theory that the way was open for us to build the canal for ourselves whenever we were ready. It is not at all likely that England would offer the least objection to our construction of this waterway or claim any voice in its control. If, however, there is the least question in that direc- tion there is no better time than the present to ask for an abrogation of this Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The good feel ing existing between the two nations and England's need of our friendship would doubtless quickly secure the end sought. We must sweep away every ob- stacle to the speedy construction of the canal and insist upon Congress promptly authorizing the beginning of the work. The ordnance department of the navy disposes effectually of the stories of the enormous cost of projectiles fired by the fleets, at Santiago and elsewhere in the late war. These stories put the cost of ammunition and shells used at Santiago alone at $2,000,000! The department reports the cost of ammunition used by Dewey, at Manila, May 1, as $47,000 and the cost of ammunition used at Santiago, in bombardments and_ in destroying Cervera’s squadron, ‘‘not to exceed $100.000!"’ The run of the Oregon from San Francisco to Jupiter Inlet was a great achievement, and the subsequent work of the battieship put its name high in the glorious history of the American navy. But jackies are human and have ideas of their own about what is enough of a good thing. The prospect of a re- turn voyage around South America doesn’t rejoice them, and ‘tis said nearly a third of the old crew have de- serted since the return program was made known ! One sign of returning prosperity is the offer, made last week, of $26,000 for a seat in the New York Stock Exchange, with no seller. In fact, no seats are be- ing offered at any price. After tke panic year of 1893, seats were sold for as low as $13.000. This is the season for horse races held in pious counties under the name of ag- ricultural fairs. Vesuvius is ready to throw up_ every- thing for the sake of keeping before the public. The professional politician always wants an office; and most always wants a drink. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN g LARGER ARMY AND NAVY. Now that sufficient time has elapsed for the heads of the army and navy to fully consider the new conditions which the result of the war with Spain has brought about, plans are taking shape for such reorganization of our military strength as will properly meet the new necessities which have arisen. Noth- ing is now clearer than that we will no longer be able to get along with the small army and the moderate naval es- tablishment which were found sufficient previous to the war; hence it is evident- ly wise to begin preparing plans for re- organization well in advance of the meeting of Congress. The addition to our domain of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, the Ladrone Is- lands and the Philippines, and no one seriously doubts that all of these islands will become American possessions be- fore the year is out, makes it necessary that sufficient garrisons be maintained in each, not only to command respect for law, but to hold in check the tur- bulert elements in the populations of the new territories. As conditions are anything but favorable to peace and quiet in most of these islands, strong forces of military will be needed. In Cuba an army of .occupation, rather ’ than a garrison, will be required. Of course, for the present the country will have to depend on the volunteers for the troops necessary to furnish gar- risons for the conquered territory; but it was never intended that volunteers should do garrison duty in time of peace; hence, as soon as Congress meets, steps will have to be taken to so increase the regular army as to meet the new re- quirements. Of course, until Congress passes the necessary legislation, the vol- unteers will have to remain in service. A bill has already been prepared for prompt introduction as soon as Congress assembles providing for an increase of the regular army to 100,000 men. It is estimated that this number of men will be required to properly garrison the new possessions and at the same time fur- nish a sufficient military guard for home protection. It is estimated that at least this number of troops will be required for several years to come, and probably permanently. It is estimated that at least 25,000 men will be required in the Philippines, about 8,000 in Porto Rico, fully 40,000 in Cuba, and 1,000 in Hawaii, leaving the balance for duty at home. The opposition to a large standing army which has existed in Congress heretofore was based upon conditions which no longer exist. The acquisition of distant possessions inhabited by peo- ple unlike our own in language and in- stitutions makes necessary a reorgani zation of our military forces. It is probable that Congress will be readily induced to grant the increase in the regular army asked for, at least for some years, because the pressure to have volunteers released from service will overcome all scruples and prejudices based upon fears of the power of a large standing army as a menace to popular rights. An army of 100,000 men is, moreover, far from large for a country such as ours. Many of the unimportant countries of Europe maintain a larger force than that. Plans are also progressing for the re- organization of the navy. Previous to the war the enlisted strength of the per- sonnel of the fleet was 11,000 This force will no longer suffice to man the number of ships now required to meet the new demands ufon our naval estab- lishment. New ships are nearing com- pletion and others have been added to the fleet during the war. All these ves- sels will be needed to properly safe- guard our interests and police the waters of our new possessions. The Navy De- partment, it is reported, proposed to ask an increase in the authorized en- listed strength to 20,000 men. Some in- crease will also have to be made in the complement of officers; but this subject is difficult to handle, and will be ap- proached with delicacy. Congress will probably make less op- position to the increase demanded for the navy than it will in the case of the increase for the army. The navy has popularized itself during the recent war by its brilliant achievements and there is a strong sentiment in favor of in- creasing it. The Navy Department would, therefore, do well to take fuli ad- vantage of existing popular sentiment and put the fleet upon a proper footing. If the present opportunity be allowed to pass, popular enthusiasm may grow cold, and the representatives of the people prove less disposed to be liberal when, later on, the cost, and not the glory, of the war will command their at- tention. A curious question has arisen in New Jersey concerning a gravestone. It seems that the relatives of a person who is buried in a cenietery at Elizabeth de- sire to perpetuate his memory, in ac- cordance with his express wish, by placing at the grave a large boulder which has been brought from his farm and adorned with a suitable inscription. The appearance of the huge stone is not satisfactory, however, to some of the neighboring lot owners, and at their in- stance the authorities of the cemetery have refused to allow it to be placed therein. The rights of lot owners in respect to the monuments which they may erect must depend upon the par- ticular contract with the cemetery as- sociation, or upon the statutes of the state in which the cemetery is situated. It is usual for the proprietary corpora tion to reserve for itself the power of final control in such matters, and where that power is exercised with discretion there is rarely any difficulty. There are many cemeteries in which natural boulders have been erected into very suitable and handsome monuments. An Arkansan named Dawson writes to the postmaster at Fort Smith, inclos- ing a circular which he wishes placed in a conspicuous place in the postoffice. Mr. Dawson has a theory for regener- ating mankind by doing away with and suppressing crime. His belief is that mixed and careless marriages are re- sponsible for crime and criminals, and that if only well-mated people marry there will be no crime, for their off spring will be incapable of committing crime. He asks all who read his cir culars to urge Congress to frame a law regulating marriages. He thinks if peo- ple of base morals, drunkards, gamblers thieves and robbers be restrained from marrying there will be nocrime. He would forbid the marriage of weak- minded or sickly persons. His law would also make marriage impossib!e for people unable to read or write, and he would require that every male have at least $500 as a prerequisite to a license to marry. The Emperor of China wishes to fur- nish his kingdom with all the modern improvements. He is preparing a double-action bear trap for Russia. ACCESS TO WORLD’S INDUSTRIES There is naturally much enquiry as to what effect the acquisition of new ter ritory as a result of the war will have in the direction of new openings for American enterprise The islands in question are possessed of great capa- bilities of industrial development and the operations of the campaigns bave advertised these so that the attention of many thousands, especially of those who are crowding the ranks of the in- dustrial professions—graduates of tech- nical schools, etc.—is directed toward them as possible openings for profitable employment. but, while the eventual results in this direction will undoubted- ly be considerable, it must be taken in to the account that in all this territory tbe social and industrial elements are in a state of chaotic disorganization, and not only so, but the difficulties to be overcome in dealing with the racial incapacity of the various peoples are very great. Thus those who acted upon the impulse to be among the first on the field are already returning, some with such discouragement that their ambition will seek other channels and others to wait until conditions shall be more propitious. There is no question but that this ex- tension of territury with its peculiar productions is a matter of great impor- tance in our industrial future. Even the restoration of the commerce which existed before the insurrection is a mat- ter of great importance, but the expec- tation of any great consequences in the way of new development will be slow of realization, and years must pass be- fore the natural conservatism of the Spanish character and the consequences of Spanish misrule can be overcome to the extent of producing material re- sults. But, while there may be disappoint- ment as to the narrower effects of the contest, there will be ample compensa- tion in the broader and less direct con- sequences. Much has already been written upon the effects in increased scientific and mechanical prestige, upon the demand for American ships, arms and apparatus; but not all realize the extent to which American mechanical science is being recognized in every held of industry—the most peaceful as well as the mure warlike. In the con- sideration of this subject, however, the conditions which made the war of such significance industrially are apt to be overlooked. More is credited to Amer- ican prowess than to the high develop- ment of mechanical science which had preceded and made possible such as- tounding results. As a matter of fact, the degree of ac- curacy and perfection attained in prac- tical mechanical production in this country is much higher as compared with all others than is realized even by many who have given the subject con- sideration. In many industries, as in the bicycle manufacture and in many mechanical and electrical inventions, we had begun to compel attention be- fore the opportunity of the Spanish con test. Already we were sending more accurately-prepared tools and materials into the very centers of British manu- facture than English workmen had ever seen, and that at prices to command their use. Thus the conditions were already ripe for the demand for indus- trial recognition and only the oppor- tunity for such a demonstration as was afforded by the war was wanting to bring the needed crisis. It has long been a matter of serious concern to British employers and work- men that Americans were steadily and surely gaining in the ability to send manufactures of iron and steel and other metals into Sheffield, Birmingham and London. While the markets had been disputed successfully in completed ma- chinery, and especially electrical ap- paratus, less attention had been given to the increase of orders for tools and materials which was quietly but alarm- ingly gaining. American enterprise had outrun English conservatism until automatic machinery and its products commanded the field in the British cen- ters. That the English werkmen were slow to yield to the inevitable is shown by the Jong and bitter struggle against machinery which they have just fought to a disastrous conclusion as far as such conservative unionism is concerned. The particular point in which Eng- lish mechanical arts have proved most vulnerable is that of exactness. When mechanical progress compelled the adoption of improved and automatic machinery it was made with the utmost reluctance and little care was given to the securing of exactness in forms in all stages of manufacture. On the other hand, America has been the home of practical mechanical accuracy, not only in the finished product, but in every stage of manufacture. Thus the making of malleable castings has attained a de- gree of perfection which reduces the finishing operations toa minimum. The same accuracy. obtains in_ rolled, dropped and stamped forms, so that these are prepared for the best efficiency of the automatic machines which are to convert them into finished products. In various ways the American manufac- turers have found opportunity to have these forms tried by the English work- men and there is little trouble in sup- planting the cruder forms which had handicapped the performance of their machinery, especially when it is found that the American product can actually compete in price. The opportunities of the Spanish- American war found conditions ripe for the assertion of American superiority in all the leading industrial arts; so, while the effects in increased territorial opportunity are comparatively insignifi- cant, the opportunities made possible in the world’s industries are unlimited. It is significant, in this connection, to note that the Russian Emperor has_ just awarded a $1,000,000 contract to the Westinghouse air brake manufacturers. The condition that the brakes shall be made in Russia compels the building of a branch factory in that country. This will be built and operated by American engineers and mechanics and will no doubt become a permanent enterprise on account of the continued development of the Russian railway sys- tems. Ail the n tions of the earth are ready to acknowledge the supremacy of Amer- ican mechanical practice. The cppor- tunities thus opened to our engineers and artisans are infinite. It oniy re- mains for us to avail ourselves of these opportunities and to lead the world on to higher planes of development in every region. Apropos of the damaging disclosures of the State Chemist relative to the goods sold by the W. M. Hoyt Company, the Saginaw Storekeeper pertinently sug- gests that it would be well for retail dealers who handle the Hoyt goods to provide their customers with zinc-lined stomachs. aii Sot in Meade epee kk a ID MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Popular Things in Footwear—Four- teen ‘‘Nevers.” A great deal of attention is being paid to footwear this season, and every device possible for comfort and elegance can be found in the infinite variety of shoes on exhibition. Of course, com fort is the first essential to be consid- ered in buying shoes. A great many of the popular styles come with the ‘*‘smart’’ toe, which is extremely sharp ; but if a foot is so shaped that it can not accommodate itself to such narrow quarters, the medium or square toe is considered as fashionable. A dressy tie for street wear, which has the wide toe, is found in three varieties—the blacking ca'f, tan Russia or the smart glace kid with the Louis XV. heel. Women have entered into out-of-door sports with so much earnestness that outing shoes have been brought toa high state of beauty and perfection. A pretty cycling tie, and one which will be found particularly comfortable in warm weather, is of soft leather, made with ventilated tops. When these are worn with stockings of a contrasting color the effect is striking. These ties have also ribbed soles, to prevent the feet slipping on the pedals. Among the daintiest slippers for even- ing wear are those with the mock jewel buckles, and the young woman who is fortunate enough to possess those beau- tiful buckles of real jewels which were worn by her great-grandmother will tind herself the envy of all bebolders if she but utilizes them in this way. The white oxford tie, which looks so well when worn with white gowns, comes in canvas, either plain or ornamental, with white kid toe caps and facings. Patent leather slippers have been more popular this season than for some time past. They are worn with every kind of gown, from a white duck toa tulle ball dress The style most fre- quently seen is a sort of adaptation of the pumps worn a hundred years ago. The toe is rather broad and round, and the tongue is almost disproportionately long. Large set or jet buckles are the finish sometimes, sewn over a large bow. The heels are light and some- times red, in which case the bows are of the same color. These attractive foot coverings are, however, perilous for the health of the feet and for the temper of the wearer. Patent leather ‘‘draws”’ the flesh invariably, and has been called the friend of the chiropodict. In speaking of shoes the following ‘*nevers’’ by Dr. Samuel Appleton may be of interest: 1. Never wear a shoe that will not allow the great toe to lie in a straight line. 2. Never wear a shoe with a sole narrower than the outline of the foot traced with a pencil close under the rounding edge. 3. Never wear a shoe that pinches the heel. 4. Never wear a shoe or boot so large in the heel that the foot is not kept in place. 5. Never wear a shoe or boct tight anywhere 6. Never wear a shoe or boot that has depressions in any part of the sole to drop any joint or bearing below the level plane. 7. Never wear a shoe with a sole turning up very much at the toes, as this causes the cords on the upper part of the foot to contract. 8. Never wear a shoe that presses up into the hollow of the foot. 9. Never have the top of the boots tight, as it interferes with the action of the calf muscles, makes one walk badly and spoils the shape of the ankle. to. Never come from high heels to low heels at one jump. it. Never wear one pair of shoes all the time, unless ob!iged to do so. Two pairs of boots worn a day ata time al- ternately give more service and are much more healthful. 12. Never wear leather sole linings to stand upon; white cotton drilling or linen is much better and more health- ful. 13. Never wear a short stocking, or one which, after being washed, is not at least one-half inch longer than the foot. Bear in mind that stockings shrink; be sure that they will allow your toes to spread out at the extreme end, as this keeps the joints in place and makes a strong and attractive foot. As to shape of stockings, the single digital or ‘‘one-toe stocking’’ is the best. 14. Never think that the feet will grow large from wearing proper shoes; pinching and distorting makes them grow not only large, but unsightly. A proper natural use of all the muscles makes them compact and attractive.— New York Tribune. —_—__»>2>—___ Grandmother’s Hands. Crippled and bent and marked with toil, Grandmother’s hands are busy ail day; They sew on the buttons and patch up the holes, They take up the toys and put them away. They smooth the pillow for Johnnie’s head; They find a cure for his every pain; They cover his kite and mend his sled, And they tie the string to his railroad train. They find the sweets that make him glad; They sprinkle with sunshine all of his cares; They spank him, too, when Johnnie is bad, Then dry again his bitter tears. In years to come, when Johnnie’s feet Tread cheerless paths of other lands, Deep in his manly heart he’ll bless Both spanks and gifts of those dear old hands. —__» 2». Some female member of the Pullman family gets or used to get $10,000 a year for doing nothing but thinking up names for sleeping cars. To one not accustomed to mental labor this may seem an easy job; but young parents with twins and a shoe manufacturer with a batch of new and unchristened shoes on hand know better. It is a mighty hard thing to find a name that just seems to fit any new thing whether it be a baby or a shoe and no one knows it better than the man who is in the busi- ness. —_—+—_>-2-»__ When a man is ashamed to look ina mirror it is a safe bet that his wife buys his neckties. We have .. A line of Men’s and Wo- men’s Medium Priced Shoes that are Money Winners. The most of them sold at Bill Price. We are still making the Men’s Heavy Shoes in Oil Grain and Satin; also carry Snedicor & Hatha way’s Shoes at Factory Pricein Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’. Lycoming and Keystone Rubbers are the best. See our Salesmen or send mail orders. GEO. H. REEDER & CO., 19 S. lonia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Boys and Youths’ Misses’ and SHOES Our Specialty * 16 AND 18 SOUTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Children’s HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., OQOHOOOOOOSHOHOOOOOOOOOOS HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF GOOD SHOES © © © © © ° AGENTS FOR ® ano connecricut RUBBERS © © @ © © © GRAND RAPIDS FELT AND KNIT BOOTS. BIG LINE OF LUMBERMEN’S SOCKS. 5 AND 7 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO © © © © ° @ @ © © © © © © @ 0-0-0-0-0-0: 0-0-0-0-0-0 We make the best- wearing line of Shoes on the market. We carry a full line of Jobbing Goods made by the best manufacturers. When you want Rubbers, buy the Bos- ton Rubber Shoe Co.’s line, as they beat all the others for wear and style. ‘We are selling agents. See our lines for Fall before placing your orders. Boots, Shoes and Rune Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., crssatapias, mich 000000 We are the ———_——_am. Oldest Exclusive > Rubber House in Michigan and handle the best line of rubber goods that are made. Candee Rubber Boots and Shoes are the best. The second grade Federals; made by thesame Company. The third grade Bristol. Write for Price Lists. See our line of Felt and Knit Boots, ' Socks, Mitts, Gloves, Etc., before you bny. Studley & Barclay, 4 flonroe Street, Grand Rapids, jlich. 5] MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Proper Profits and How to Maintain Them Undoubtedly a great many merchants of the old school will disagree with this article. Just as sure as ‘‘grass is green and violets blue’’ you are in a dangerous rut if you do. In country towns the majority of foot- wear for ladies’ and gents’ wear retails at $1.25 to $2 Watch the evolution of the following illustration : You purchase a pair of shoes for $1 and sell them for $1.25. Apparent profit, 25 cents. Profit less laces, button hooks button fasteners, 20 to 23 cents. Loss by freight, rent, taxes, clerk hire, bad debts, insurance, etc., 3 to 5 per cent. Net profit, 17 to 20 per cent. and To make $170 to $200, 1,000 pairs must- be sold. You are a long time doing it. Remedy, for city or country: Buy the best $1 shoe you can find. Sell same for $1.50 and you will in- crease your surplus of profits in the bank, and people will commence to look up to you. Instead of eating two meals a day you can commence to eat three and en- joy the bard earned fruits of your labor. To repeat. you are in a dangerous rut if you think the 25 per cent. profit of ten years ago will keep yourself and family living as good American citizens should live at the present time. Twelve to fifteen years ago we had in stock, practically, two styles of ladies’ dress shoes, a plain opera and a com- mon sense toe. At present it would make our eyes ache and our heads swim to count the styles. What has become of the 25 per cent. profit made on razor and needle toes? ‘‘Gone where the woodchuck whin- eth,’’ etc. If you have a pair in stock, try to sell them at cost, work hard and see how you feel when through with your cus- tomer. You can’t give them away. You think the same thing won’t hap- pen again. Within twelve months your Bulldogs will be a dog in the manger—won't eat nor let you eat. Your Coins will be as dead stock as the tariff issue. Back to the original thought— What will become of your profit of 25 per cent.? When the present styles are all dis- posed of what will be left for a rainy day? Echo answers, What! What applies to footwear sold at $1.25 applies to all qualities. Ask a profit of from 50 per cent. up until you fell a twinge of conscience. Sell while new, fresh and in style for as much as you Can. When they begin to lag put the knife in way up to the hilt. Remember that if the style of toe is two weeks behind ‘‘the push’’ then vig- orous measures must be used to dispose of them. Take the cartons off the shelves, pile them up on a table, stand off and ad- dress them in the words of the im- mortal poet, ‘‘ Be thou a goblin damned, avaunt and quit my sight! Vamoose the ranch! Skeddaddle! Git!” After venting your feelings put a price upon them that will make them move. Keep account of what you lose. When the last pair is sold take a day off, figure up and see 1f you have any more than the old-time 25 per cent. If so, you are a fortunate individual. What will protect you and make youa success but your profits? Does the manufacturer protect you when he forces you to place upon your shelves a ‘‘multiplicity of styles?’’ Does your landlord protect you when he raises your rent every year or two? Do the insurance companies protect you when they raise every time a wood- shed burns down? Are churches, Volunteer and Salva- tion Armies, societies, ball clubs, hose companies and a hundred and one local organizations protecting you when they are demanding contributions from one end of the year to the other? Don’t be small; if you belong toa church or a society, keep your end up But you can not contribute to all the organizations within a radius of ten miles out of that old-time 25 per cent. profit. The substance of the whole matter is that if you want to stay in the proces- sion you must make a profit—and a big one, too. Whatever your profit, advertise, and keep everlastingly at it.—Boots and Shoes Weekly. —_—___s2s__ Minor Shoe Notes. There is a time for all things, but the present is not the time for a display of summer footwear in your window. The merchant who is now sticking to Coin toes for a regular every day diet will soon have an acute attack of com- mercial dyspepsia. Systematize your business so that you can see where you are at a glance. You will then have more time to devote to the increasing of your trade. There are a whole lot of sboe manu- facturers around the country to-day who, if they cut their output in two and aimed more for quality and less for quantity in their goods, might yet find the shoe business fairly profitable, who, as they are now figuring, can only see ruin ahead of them What's the use of doing business in this way? There are profit, reputation and_ pros- perity in the new advance styles in footwear for the retailer. There are loss of profit, loss of reputation, loss of busi- ness in the departing styles. This is a great living truth that will not die. It has been figured out that if the Bos- ton Rubber Shoe Co. sells their plant for $10,c00,0co, they will be getting some $6,000,000 for good will, trade- marks, etc. Good will seems to be get- ting more valuable than goods or ma- chinery in tbis age. Retailers are again warned to look out for strangers who come into their store, buy a pair of shoes and tender a_ bogus check for sums from $Io to $20 In pay- ment of the purchase. Retailers should never cash a check for a stranger, and many retailers in the East are still being worked on this stale old dodge. Keep your eyes open for these rascals. The demand for American shoe ma- chines abroad is said to be showing a marked increase, and it is very likely that our friends over the water hope through the use of our machinery to meet us on styles and general get-up of our footwear and thus save their home market from the flond of American foot- wear now entering at the different ports. It is only in the last couple of years that the American shoe manu- facturers have fully grasped the possi- bilities in this export trade in shoes, but now that it has been learned how much is to be done in this line, it is not to be supposed that the Yankee shoe manufacturer will let any one run away with his bacon The latest thing in inner soles for foot wear is said to be made from soda pulp and is manufactured by a firm at Alt- damm, Germany. CUOHOROHORORONOROHOROROROROHOROHOROE CUSHORONOHORONOHOH ONORONOHOHOE OHONOCH ONOD ON OHOEOROEOECTONORORSHSESCE ones ea ® a a ‘ e ® a = e ee a $ To introduce new brands of cigars the quality of which & will insure your continued orders we give e = 6 a ‘ e : is Handsome Show Case : a : a e e a : : e ° With Five Hundred s Ss - re e e Good Cigars for “ Sane : a ‘ : e 500 “Navy Pride,” or 500 “New Cuba,” or 250 of each brand if desired. SS = e The cigars alone retailed at five cents will make $25.00. This gives voua handsome profit of $10.00 on a small a H a investment and you have the SHOW CASE ENTIR ELY FREE. Order at once. as this offer is limited to 30 days . e In waiting on a customer all that is necessary is to let down back 2nd the boxes are right before you Every e @ jabel and each cigar in the case are in plain sight. The case takes up less room than any other case that holds s ® the same number of boxes. ‘This case is 36 inches long inside, 27 inches wide and 20 inches high outside, and e @ will hold any 50 box manufactured. Cases are made of Oak or Ash and the back is hung on hinges, and iifts up g = and down, with spring beneath, to prevent shelves from dropping and to lift them back in place e e : a . H. H. DRIGGS CIGAR CO., Palmyra, Mich. e SOROROROROROTONORONOTOROTONOROHODONORONORORCHOROUOHOROROEONS SOROUCROTCRORORSOHO ROTORS TOHOSSESHOTOTOES ees ene A». a oe ace AS A a ee la AS 4 4 4~ it good things. They pay a better profit. ~ 4 ALL THINGS COME TO HIM WHO HUSTLES WHILE HE WAITS Your Fall Business will be JUST WHAT YOU MAKE IT. Puta little ginger in your business. Don’t forget the world moves around each 24 hours Besides people will know trade with one who is up to date. Have you heard of It's NEW, but it’s good and is a winner. SODIO THE CHEMICALLY PURE SALERATUS ( We offer beautiful premiums to dealers and consumers and a liberal supply of samples; in fact, we almost sell it for you. Sodio is Michigan Made for Michigan Trade. Write us and we MICHIGAN CHEMICAL CO., DETROIT, MICH. —move with it. you as a wide-awake merchant and will choose to will make it an inducement to handle Sedio. Address » a> 4 p~A- > A “~ ? It will do , Be progressive. Buy a few NEW : ——— eae es TS She CTC TCT CC rrr . ee a ae ee eee Se ee a ee ee Linh nbtlbag sd dpe Se hati See ei ae titeea tee sean peepee oe wee nae oie 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Some Essentials to Success as a Meat Dealer. Joseph A. Anderson in Butchers’ Advocate. The retail meat business is one which requires hard work and plenty of it, if one wishes to succeed. Like every other business, one must begin at the bottom rung of the ladder, and by hard work form a nucleus of practical infor- mation which, in after years he may tirn to account by conducting an estab- lishment of his own, based upon his practical experience. It is an old axiom that a man_ should never be above his business, and this boids true for a boy as well, and when he goes to work ina butcher shop he must make up his mind to be willing to do any work asked of him, although sometimes his intelligence will be at fault, to connect scrubbing of benches and delivering of orders with the prac- tical learning of the retail] butcher busi- ness. As one gradualiy begins to learn more about the work he is at, he begins to understand the necessity of knowing how to perform these apparently simple things that at first seemed beneath him; and perhaps his eyes will be opened a trifle, as mine were, when he finds out that the proprietor of the estab- lishment is just as willing as any of his employes to lend a hand at any work which may need doing, and does not consider it beneath his dignity to scrub benches and separate the fat from the bones, or do any other work which would naturally fall to the lot of the boy. I have found out during my stay at the butcher business that a neat, clean shop, with the meat neatly and attract- ively displayed, goes a long way to- ward holding a trade which has been gained by honest dealing and reputable transactions The hours in the butcher business seemed very long to me, being from 6 o'clock in tbe morning unt)! 7 o'clock at night, and in most shops much long- er, but it is on Saturday night that one feels the strain of long hours most, when the store is open until past midnight sometimes, and when one has the con- tempiation of a hard morning's work be- fore him on the morrow. It will be a red-letter day in the butcher business when unanimous Sun- dav closing 1s an accomplished fact, as I think it one day will be’ There is no doubt that people would find it just as convenient to purchase their meat on the previous evening. It is next to tmpossible for a proprie- tor of a retail butcher shop to close on Sunday morning while his competito’s in the neighborhood are wide upen, for unless one has ample capital to back him, and a class of customers who are willing t» patronize and stand by a man who considers it a matter of principle to remain closed on Sunday, he would suon go to the wall. The frequency of loss by bad debts was another thing which I particularly noticed while working at the business. There are but few butchers in New York to-day who do nct give credit to some extent; who, buying their meat on credit, are willing to allow their cus- tomers to run weekly accounts, and sometimes longer ones, and_ there's where the rub comes in, for it is in this continuance of a weekly account from which emanate the most of bad debts. To do a strictly cash business one must pay cash for his purchases, which, too, presents many potent factors, for when one’s name is synonymous with cash, it means many a one-quarter or one-half cent off on a purchase; and also to sell invariably for cash, and not let Mrs. Brown, whom we'll suppose is a regular customer, purchase meat to an excess of twenty cents more than she has with her, and then apologetically remark, ‘‘Please put that on the book until I come in again.’’ For if you do, good-by to your conducting business on a cash basis, for then every one in the neighborhood will want credit, too, and will probably leave you if it’s refused, as instances are cited where Mrs. So- and-So got trusted when she was a few cents short, and shell ‘‘have you to understand that she’s just as honest as Mrs. So-and-So.'’ Then she’ll flounce out the door, leaving the meat behind her, and banging the door after her, and then—well, you'll wonder why you ever went into the butcher business, that’s all. Yielding in even exceptional cases will not do. If one wishes to conduct his business on strictly cash principles, he must do so invariably, and make no discrimination whatsoever, and then perhaps he will have an opportunity of paying as he goes, and laying by a few dollars besides. There are several obvious advantages connected with the butcher business that are worth considering: One is the fact that a good butcher will always be in demand, for as long as people live they will naturally eat, and the butcher is the main caterer to the nearest way of reaching a man’s heart—tbrough his stomach. It is also undoubtedly one of the healthiest businesses one could seek, and I have noticed that butchers as a class are an almost unanimously sound and healthy body of men, and, after all, what more essential requirement than that does any man look for in his generation of shortlivedness? —_—__ ~>_0 The Old, Old Story. Correspondence Rural New Yorker. I was just shown a letter by a com- mission merchant, who had received it from one of his former shippers in the South. This shipper bad formerly sent him large quantities of different fruits and vegetables in common with other of his neighbors. At about the beginning of the present shipping season, he re ceived stencil plates and circular let- ters from another commission merchant, of whom he knew nothing. This man made big promises and told of the high prices he could get for just the products this shipper had to dispose of. Being a stranger, he suggested a small trial shipment This was made. Returns came promptly, at prices almost double those returned by other commission men. This was enough. The other commission men had been swindling him by not returning him enough for his goods. He and his neighbors im- mediately made large shipments of their products. When the letter I saw was written, they were still waiting for returns for these shipments, amounting, prebably, to hundreds of _ dollars. Furthermore, they could get no _ replies to their communications, and the ship- per is now ready again to sbip to his old comm'ssion merchant. He writes him a plaintive letter and asks him if he can not heip him out and secure jus- tice upon this other man, who has been robbing him. It is the same old story over again, which has been told and retold in_ these columns dozens of times, and which is perfectly familiar to every commission merchant in the trade. It is a trick that almost invariably secures shipments to presons without standing, and who are unknown, often even by name, to rep- utable marketmen. SofeutartoutautoutcutuoNeN ONAN SEGGS WANTED® Am in the market for any quantity of Fresh Eggs. Would be pleased at any time to quote prices F. O. B. your station to merchants hav- ing Eggs to offer. Established at Alma 1835. Oo. W. ROGERS ALMA, MICH. $18 1S 218 13 218 218 213 23 213 28 218 23 2 Sle Sle Sle Se Sie Sle Sie Sie Sie Sle Sle Sle eis g\C The best are the cheapest and these we can always SEEDS ::: ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. SE E DS ALL KINDS FIELD SEEDS PEACHES MOSELEY BROS. 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ORDERS SOLICITED AT MARKET VALUE EST. 1876. POQOQOENEKCKE: COQQHOQOOOO HGOOQOOOQOGOOOOQOQOOQOOQOOE ©@ Ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to : Ss N. WOHLFELDER & CO. 3 WHOLESALE 3 GROCERS. 309-401-403 High Street, E., <= DETROIT, MICHIGAN. $ DOGQOOOGOE QOQOOQOOO© HODOOQOODE 211 Gone o1 8: PDOOGOENCKO!EC GOQOOQOOCE OOO HARVEY P. MILLER. EVERETT P. TEASDALE. MILLER & TEASDALE CO. WHOLESALE BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION. FRUITS, NUTS, PRODUCE APPLES AND POTATOES WANTED WRITE US. ST. LOUIS, [10. 835 NORTH THIRD ST., 830 NORTH FOURTH ST., 9000000000000 Ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to OQ } } R. HIRT, Jr., Detroit, Mich. 6 34 and 36 Market Street, 9 435°437°439 Winder Street. Cold Storage and Freezing House in connection. Capacity 75 carloads. Correspondence solicited. 0.0-0-0-0-0-0:0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-00-0:0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-000-000000 FREE SAMPLE TO LIVE MERCHANTS Our new Parchment-Lined, Odorless Butter Packages. Light as paper. The only way to deliver Butter to your customers. GEM FIBRE PACKAGE C0., DETROIT. POULTRY WANTED Live Poultry wanted, car lots or less. Write us for prices. H. N. RANDALL PRODUCE CO.,Tekonsha, Mich. MAYNARD & REED WHOLESALE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 54 SOUTH IONIA STREET. AGENT FOR ST. JOE FRUIT PACKAGES. TELEPHONE 1348. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I3 KEEPING APPLES. Excellent System of Underground Re- frigeration. I must confess that I have experi- mented on trying to improve the keep- ing of fruit in cold storage (I mean by the brine and ammonia processes), and it has cost me time and money. I would state that cold storage is in its infancy. The mechanical part of it has been brought down to a fine degree. I have no complaint to make in that respect; but I have noticed in cold storages many things to be improved upon. Let a perfectly healthy person be con- fined in a close, poorly ventilated room in company with a person who ts ill with some contagious disease; the im- pure air breathed by the well person will not only hasten the disease upon him, but the foul air of the room will also delay the recovery of the sick per- son. Do not the doctors say, ‘‘Give the patient pure air?’’ Applying the same principle to fruit, let us take a barrel of apples just com- mencing to decay; the germs of rot are floating around the room and will be absorbed by other fruit, unless the air in that room is purified by some means, and kept pure. Pure air properly cir- culated, and a regular temperature low enough, will keep fruit from decaying. Natural air (pure ozone) is my hobby. Some consider me a crank on ‘the sub- ject of cold storage. Don’t think I am egotistical. If I am, my egotism has cost me a good del of time and money. Some eighteen years ago, I had the second story of the building we are still in properly insulated. I had to use ice and salt. After experimenting a year or two, I came to tbe conclusion that something was wanted for the better preservation of fruit. I found the air in the room was foul; it needed purifying and a proper circulation of the air kept up after purification. I continued work- ing on it and at last, I think, have found the remedy. Until the temperature is as low out- side, so that windows can be opened, artificial means must be had to purify said air. The next time you are in a refriger- ating house ask the engineer to chip off a little piece of ice from the main brine pipe in the engine room See that no oil has been over it; putthe ice in your mouth and let it dissolve; then go into one of the storage rooms, get a piece off one of the pipes overhead, if there are any; if not, take it from the pipe on wall, dissolve that in your mouth and note the difference The last piece leaves a pungent, bitter taste similar to quinine. What causes it? Why, it is caused by settlement on said pipes of only a portion of the germs and other impurities floating in the air of the room. I think I have after a number of years succeeded in getting up good machin- ery whereby I purify the air continu- ously. It is simple and the apparatus costs but little to run. The prescrip- tion is composed of a low temperature, electricity and one chemical. Remem- ber, electricity is one of the coming factors in cold storage. How often in cold storage you have noticed blue mold, especially on fruit that has the ‘‘black scab.’’ When re- packing, did you ever think of the cause of it? That mold is caused by the want of proper air circulation and by damp- ness. If you have pure air in the room, and dry and proper circulation of the air, this will never occur If you want perfection, you will have to pack your fruit in perfectly air-tight packages. The present style of packing won't do, if you will still use the present system of cold storage, and want no loss by de- cay. WORMY FRUIT. Some years apples are more wormy than others. Now, none of us like to buy wormy fruit, but in the best or- chards some will be found. When the crop is a short one some of it is packed. 1 have experimented on such fruit, try- ing to keep it from rotting, and I think I have succeeded toa certain extent. We well know if the wormholes were hermetically sealed, the enemy would still be at work. How do you feel when trying to sell a lot of apples to find worms crawling on the under side of the barrel-head when it is opened? You all have been there, still none of us pack wormy fruit. Ob, no! Now, with a little labor and a very slight cost, that can be stopped. 1 would advise every packer to havea room for that kind of apple. If pos- sible, before packing such fruit, have a two-inch hole bored in the center of the head; use a bung that will close it air- tight; use nothing but tight cooperage, and do not use paper head-lining. Have the barrels piled in a room so a man can walk along and take out the bungs; have a charccal furnace and pan; use stick sulphur, start your fire and fumi- gate your room. The length of time must be governed by the kind of fruit you have. Remember one thing, that sulphur will bleach, and will, if used too long on red fruit, injure the color With green fruit it is the reverse; it will help the looks by giving it a bright golden tinge that helps to sell it. This fumigating must be done when the fruit is first stored, as you have to open the doors and windows to get the sulphur fumes out before a man can get in and put the bungs in the heads of the bar rels, which must be done as soon as possible. As soon as the barrels are tight, put on your power. Remember one thing: I find as a general thing that the temperature is reduced too sud- denly. Some put the temperature down to 33 degrees at the start. That is too low. Reduce temperature gradually, and your fruit will keep better. Now, what benefit to the fruit is the result of this fumigation? It has killed the worm, the larva or egg deposited in the apple, which has not matured, bas been destroyed, and the damage done to the apple cleansed and healed. Ido not claim that this kind of fruit will keep as long as fruit not so affected, but it wa help materially in its keep- ing. NATURAL AIR STORAGE. Some years ago, I came to the con- clusion that storing apples in refrigera- tors was pretty expensive and, owning three underground cellars some twenty feet below the sirface of the ground (the cellars formerly used by my father, who built a brewery, some forty odd years ago, over them), I commenced experimenting and altered them so I could use them for the storage of fruit. I had them, as I thought, perfect, but after one season’s use, found one thing lacking—a proper circulation of pure air. How did I get it? Being under- ground some twenty feet, I first tried forcing air into them. That did not work. I changed directly and did the opposite—pumped the air out, the inlet to the suction flues being directly in the center of the arches or ceiling, the ceiling of said cellars being arched with brick. 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Avoid such a calamity and in- crease your tr-de by using our OYSTER CABINETS, made of Ash, insulated with mineral wool. (See cut.) They are lined with copper. All parts easily re- moved for cleaning without dis- turbingtheice. Porcelain-lined cans. Send for circular. Ask for our prices on Roll Top Butter Refrigerators. aromenmrnrterrrnntenr AMA AUAADA AA Abb ULAbAALOL AUG dba 464/444 448 Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Di prehag sry cearbelepenl eA ath Ric 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN out, the next thing was to get the pure air in. This was done by building flues reaching to the bottom of the cellars, consequently when the pump was run- ning, it caused the pure air to pass down through the flues formerly spoken of into the cellars on level of floors. This system is directly opposite to refrigeration in cold storage. There the pipes for cooling are attached to the ceiling. In my plan, the cold air is on the floor. The warm air rises and is pumped out continuously if the temper- ature is right outside. I have a pump to these cellars that is quite a novelty. It is a revolving cap to which is attached a spiral coil sim- ilar to those used in elevators for raising grain. The supply pipe is 18 inches in diameter, cap 24 inches, and it is very seldom idle. The lower part of shaft, which is upright, is pointed, conse- quently the friction amounts to nothing. As some who have seen it work say, I ‘*screw the foul air out.’’ By having the inlets at different points in the cel- lar I keep up a complete circulation of the air. Acellar, ora building above ground used for this purpose, should stand alone, so that it makes no differ- ence from which way the wind comes. Now the air can be controlled by traps over each inlet, just above the ground, and in a short time you can regulate the temperature in the cellars of the house by taking the temperature in the stor- age-room and finding the temperature outside. It is regulated by opening or closing the traps to the inlet flues. This kind of storage can only be used in sections of the country where they have cool nights, and I would not ad- vise the storage of winter fruit before October. In some states they have cool nights in September. There this plan can be adopted. When using natural air, try to keep rooms at 40 degrees. Fruit kept at that temperature that has been in natural air storage stands up longer, in a Southern climate, which is very trying to apples on account of the warm and humid atmosphere. I have seen throughout the Eastern States a large number of fruit houses that have been built many years which, with a little expense, can be readily al- tered so the fruit will keep much better in them. Do not trust to windows for ventilation. Windows are too high above ground. Have inlets on a level with the ground and have enough of them. Be sure to have a large ventila- tor through the roof to carry off foul air. The question may be asked: ‘‘How shall we get the warm, foul air out?’’ As we all know, cold air settles, while warm air rises. The only way I know of is to pump it out. Now those that store in cellars think opening the win- dows is enough. Yes, it is, if properly fixed. To each window opening in the cellar there should be a wooden flue the size of the window, with the outlet on the cellar floor. In case you need day- light in the cellar it is easily obtained. These flues can lean against the win- dow frame, and can be moved readily. I have noticed in a good many cellars that the only exit for warm air is through the flues that are used for stoves in extreme cold weather. Well, this is all right, if there are enough of them, and if the inlet to the flue is close to the ceiling. I have been asked several times how the temperature can be lowered ina house where ice is used, especially when they commence to fill the house with fruit. I have tried this plan: Have, say 5 per cent. of your floor space made so you can use it independent of the balance of your floor; have the sides about two feet high, use crushed ice and salt. Ice must be pretty cheap, as its consumption is rapid. To give an idea of the number of flues necessary in a natural air storage, after experimenting, I found the follow- ing about right: The last warehouse we built has a stone foundation and brick superstructure. Every window and door is double. The first floor is on a level with the ground, the cellar ten feet deep; the building is one hun- dred and twenty by one hundred feet, with cellar and two upper floors. This building stands alone and can get air from any direction. On each of the four fronts we have four inlets, making sixteen in all, and one very large door facing north. The inlets to the cellar are two feet high and four feet long, sixteen inlets without the door. The exit flue is in the center of the build- ing, eight by eight feet, with a cupola above the roof. We use this shaft for the elevator. It is enclosed on each floor, with two sets of double doors so we can load and unload elevator. Above these doors we have another set that reaches the ceiling. These are for passing the warm air to the shaft, which rises and passes out of the cupola. Leaning against each window in the cellar are the flues I previously men- tioned, carrying the c-ld air direct to the cellar floor. I would call your attention to the handling of apples when packed. They can not be handled roughly ; if they are, they will soon let down. How often you see them rolled out instead of being run on their chines or on a four-wheeled truck. How often do you see parties in warehouses knock the chock out from under the lower barrel, and ‘‘let them come.’’ That must improve the keep- ing quality of apples! Don’t you think so? Another thing that will more than pay for itself in one season isa self-register- ing thermometer in each room. If you use them, seal them when placed in po- sition. W. J. SHAW. Ge SeSeSe25e525e2525e52 ‘ W. FAY BROKERAGE, COMMISSION ul AND STORAGE FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. ; Have ten cars Mason Fruit Jars in our warehouse for immediate shipment; jars packed in dozen boxes. If you want any, wire me a prices. , ane nnn Ship Us Your. BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, VEAL, GAME, FUR, HIDES, BEANS, POTATOES, GREEN AND DRIED FRUIT Or anything you may have. We havea No. 1 lo- cation and a large trade and are fully prepared to place all shipments promptly at full market price and make prompt returns. If you have any ap- ples do not dispose of them before corresponding with us. Thecrop is very short this season and there will be no low prices. Please let us hear from you on whatever you may have to ship or sell. COYNE BROS., Commission Merchants 161 South Water St., Chicago. REFERENCES: Wm. M. 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Some of the Properties of Acetylene Gas. For the sake of the brilliant white light given by this gas we are willing to overlook many dangers and incon veniences, and yet this 1s no reason why such disadvantages should not be re- duced toa minimum. The makers of carbide have endeavored to makea pure carbide, and have succeeded quite well in keeping the sulphur and pnosphorus down to a perfectly satisfactory percent- age. Makers of generators have tried to turn out an apparatus that will not leak or explode on its own account, and they have succeeded reasonably well. The users of carbide and generators have gone ahead as best they knew how, and have been gaining abundant ex- perience, some of which has been cost ly, and from which the makers have profited, so that the last year has seen many changes in generator design. Fol lowing the history of all new things, the difficulty in introducing this light has been great, and acetylene was, and Is now, considered dangerous until proved innocent—just the reverse of legal cus- tom. The trouble does not lie with the gas entirely; the first companies organ- ized did not conduct their affairs ina businesslike manner, and all the origi- nal companies in this country have failed. In the same way imperfect gen erators were hurriedly put upon the market and were thrown back on the “hands of the manufacturers, the latter in turn being tbrown out of the business. It can not be said that the present forms are perfect, either in design or operation, but they certainly are more practicable than the earlier forms. Upon this subject any new informa- tion is always interesting, and it was with considerable pleasure that we re- ceived a paper read at Paris by the French engineer Bouvier, in which he discusses some acetylene accidents and incidentally gives considerable data, which may be summarized as follows. To those of our readers who are in terested in acetylene this will no doubt be instructive, so that we have trans- lated parts of it in the following ab stract. He first touches briefly upon the properties of carbide and acetylene. One pound of carbide of calcium gives off, under the action of 0.56 pound of water, 5.45 cubic feet of acetylene, at freezing point and sea level pressure. Good commercial car- bides produce, in France, from 4.5 to 4.8 cubic feet of acetylene per pound of carbide, and the gas contains less than 2 per cent. of impurities. The specific gravity of carbide is 2 22. The gas is 0.91 of the weight of an equal volume of air; one pound occupies a space of 13.75 cubic feet, or one cubic foot weighs 0.0727 pound; it is the richest of the gaseous carbides, containing about 92.3 per cent. of carbon and 7.7 per cent. of hydrogen. Its lighting power is equal to fourteen or fifteen times that of gas in French towns, where a 5-foot burner gives but about 16 candles of illumina- tion; its calorific power is 397 calories per cubic foot, or more than double that of French coal gas. The best luminous effects are attained in burners using a gas pressure of 1 18 to 1.57 inches of water. Three inches is preferred in America. According to recent tests made by Weber, in Switzerland, a Bray oooo burner when new gave 43.3 candles, with a consumption of 0.95 cubic foot per hour with a pressure of 1.26 inches, but it choked up after twenty hours in service. The same author states that Dr. Bilwiller’s burner, having two jets striking each other at go deg. and draw- ing along air by a special arrangement, was burned many times, by reason of the great excess of air, and with a pres- sure of I.g inches of water gave 29.7 candles while consuming 0.78 cubic foot of gas per hour. Atmospheric burners give best results. Acetylene ignites at 896 deg. Fahren- heit and is decomposed at 1,436 deg. Fahrenheit. Its flame is a succession of explosions taking place so rapidly among the molecules as to appear con- tinuous. Calculation gives a flame temperature of over 4,500 deg. Fahren- heit. Actually it is not as hot as the Bunsen flame of a Welsbach burner, be- ing but about 1,652 deg. Fahrenheit, as against that of the latter of 2,550 deg. Fahrenheit. Complete combustion requires five volumes of oxygen for every two volumes of acetylene. At Monnaie, in Germany, during the summer of 1897, an acetylene Bunsen burner was tested whereby a tempera- ture was rapialy olitained of over 2,700 deg Fahrenbeit, enabling them to melt a quantity of nickel in thirty minutes which previously required eighty to eighty five minutes. The flame is white, of magnificent brilliance, comparable spectroscopically to sunlight, and very well adapted to the comparison of colors and for photo- graphic use, as it is strongly actinic. The mixture of acetylene with air is explosive between wide limits: From 5 to 65 per cent. of gas, according to Le Chatelier; from 3 to 72 per cent., ac- cording to Bunte, also up to 80 per cent. ; compare this witb the range of 8 to 30 per cent. with city gas. Accord- ing to Grehant, a mixture of one vol- ume of acetylene with nine volumes of air is the mixture giving a maximum explosion. While acetylene alone at atmospheric pressure decomposes at 1,380 deg. Fah- renheit, a mixture containing 35 per cent. of air, or 65 per cent. of acetylene at most, decomposes at 896 deg. Fah- renheit, according to Le Chatelier. The velocity with which the ingition travels is very great. The energy of acetylene is increased by compression (probably due to an in- crease of latent heat) which increases the velocity of propagation of combus- tion and lowers the ignition tempera- ture. Berthelot observed that compressed acetylene was explosive in a tube 0.78 inch diameter and 13 feet long. ‘‘At over two atmospheres,’’ ke says, **acetylene manifests the ordinary prop- erties of explosives.’’ In some exper- iments made by the Pintsch Gas Com- pany, of Berlin, a reservoir containing acttylene under six atmospheres’ pres- sure was connected to an iron tube 0.19 inch diameter and 7.8 feet long; at about 5 feet from the receiver the pipe was heated by burning gas and the re- ceiver exploded. After describing twenty eight acci- dents, with not sufficient detail, how- ever, to be interesting, except that they occurred within the past two years and resulted in nineteen deaths, the author proceeds to discuss the reason why acetylene is dangerous, citing a case re- ported by Pictet, and described by Ber- thelot as follows: ‘‘There take place, without doubt, in the reaction of water upon carbide, local elevations of tem- perature which are sufficient to carry points of the mass to incandescence ; the ignition of these points is sufficient to cause an explosion to propagate through the mass of the gas when compressed.’’ This refers to generators which com- press the gas by confining it during generation. An accident of this kind occurred at Baviere, where a workman suddenly let a quantity of water upon a large charge of carbide, then raised the gas holder, letting in some air; genera- tion was taking place and the tempera- ture had evidently reached 806 deg. Fahrenheit, for the gas exploded from no outside cause, and amputated both arms of the workman. A number of similar instances have occurred. After- generation, when connned by closing valves, may also explode the generating chamber, by the excess of pressure created when there is sufficient gas and water present, pressure having no effect upon the ability of carbide to give off gas. We may mention here an experi- ment which is of some interest: It was endeavored to make a table lamp on the principle of dipping carbide into water ; the carbide was packed into a cylin- drical recipient quite solidly, and was lowered gradually into the water; after a short time the gas was observed to bave an ether odor, and on examina- tion the carbide was found red _ hot, but as there was no air present there was no ignition nor explosion. 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This limit lowers as the pressure increases, and thus it is that acetylene has been ignited by the heat of a soldering iron. Wurzler and Beauregard found that the heat pro- duced by an alcohol lamp was sufficient to provoke decomposition of this gas. According to Berthelot and Vieille, the velocity of explosion is from 13 to 26 feet per second with mixtures of air containing 5 to 15 percent. of gas. This velocity increases with the pressure un- der constant volume; the effect of this velocity is to make the explosions very destructive in breaking rather than throwing about. The distinguished specialist, Roussy de Sales, describes an experience with the use of acetylene in a four horse power gas motor where the head of the motor was blown out. The firm of Hille, in Dresden, build acetylene motors. Should the exit orifice of a liquefied or compressed gas cylinder ignite after mixing the gas with air, two explosions, differing in their nature, may follow, the one of the air and gas mixture outside, which may generate 297 calories per cubic foot of acetylene burned, the other the decomposition of the confined pure gas, which gives up its heat of formation, 818 calories per pound, or 452 calories per cubic foot; in other words, two explosions may re- sult, the one caused by a leak forming an air-gas explosive mixture outside, which ignites the leak, raises the tem- perature of the receiver to the decom- posing point of the contained acetylene. Berthelot insists upon the importance of avoiding the frictional heat caused by gas under pressure issuing from the orifices and by static electric sparks,and the spark caused by a substance striking steel. ——_—___—~»—20-——____ The Women Who Wait. He went to the war in the morning— The roll of the drums could be heard— But he paused at the gate with his mother For a kiss and a comforting word. He was full of the dreams and ambitions That youth is so ready to weave, And proud of the clang of his saber And the chevrons of gold on his sleeve. He came from the war in the evening— The meadows were sprinkled with snow, The drums and the bugles were silent, And the steps of the soldiers were slow. He was wrapped in the flag of his country When they laid him away in the mold, With the glittering stars of a captain Replacing the chevrons of gold. With the heroes who sleep on the hillside He lies with a flag at his head, But, blind with the years of her weeping, His mother vet mourns for her dead. The soldiers who fali in the battle May feel but a moment of pain, But the women who wait in the homesteads Must dwell with the ghosts of the siain. 2a > << Helpiess. Friend: You'll never sell those zoods. What in the world made you buy ’em? Country Storekeeper (with a sigh): A New York drummer. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis—Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Sept. 24 —The coffee mar- ket may be characterized as_ steady. The volume of business might be larger were sellers disposed to make a fric- tional decline. They are holding hard for 6%c for Rio No. 7, with buyers ready to take hold at 6c. Advices from pri mary markets indicatea stronger feeling there, but it remains to be seen whether it will be reflected here. The crop movement is smaller than last week, be- ing 42,000 bags at Rio and Santos on Wednesday. Two steamers have brought 21,000 bags of Rioand 31,000 of Santos. On the Street not much bas been done in the way of speculation and condition of things remains pretty much unchanged. In store and afloat there are 1,003,541 bags, against 80,138 bags at the same time last year. Muld coffees are steady and importers generally show a goodly amount of confidence in the future. In sugar, the stock market attracts more attention than does the real ar- ticle itself. The air is full of rumors of this, that and the other thing. A little reduction has been made by Ar- buckle on certain grades of softs, but it is said to be only temporary and that there are no indications of ‘‘war.’’ Meantime, the independents are said to be hiring all the Trust’s valuable men and may eventually gain Mr. Have- meyer himself. Mr. Doscher says he will never sel] out to the Trust, but says he can make a profit on refined sugar at a price the Trust would be urable to sell at. Granulated closes at 5%4c. Tea orders from the country have been few and far between and for the small- est quantities. The S:reet is doing practically nothing and the trade seem to be unwilling to make a single move. The auction sale will take place Oct 5, and until then buyers and sellers seem to have agreed to remain passive. Quo- tations are altogether nominal. Reports of considerable damage by the storm gave a little zest to the en- quiry and the market for domestic rice is fairly firm. Buyers are not taking large supplies, but, altogether, the con- ditions are encouraging. Foreign sorts are well held and at rates that seem well established. Pepper, cloves and cassia maintain considerable strength, but, taking the market as a whole, there is room for improvement. Speculative buyers are not inclined to take hold and orders have been for rather small quantities. There is limited offering in certain lines of canned goods, notably Califor- nia fruits, lobster, salmon and gallon apples. The very hot weather of a fort- night ago ripened the corn so rapidly that it could not be taken care of and there will be a great quantity of sec- onds as aconsequence’ Reports from the tomato districts are more encoura- ging and there may be a good round- up after all, for the tomato always comes in smiling. Maryland brands are be- ing offered at 65c net cash; New Jer- sevs, 87 '%c. The demand for California prunes and raisins shows some improvement and the only difficulty seems to be at the coast. It is said that the syndicate proposes to advance prices Oct. 8, and dealers here are wondering whether they will have to pay advanced quotations, even if goods are ordered now, if ship- ment takes place after Oct 8. There seems to be quite a widespread feeling that the combine is working the situa- tion not only for all it is worth, but a good deal more. Old raisins are pretty closely sold up and the stock of old prunes is in few hands. Evaporated apples are quiet, and the demand is light. Lemons and oranges are both firm and bring full prices. Choice Sicily lemons are worth $6.50 per box for 300s, with other sizes down to $5.25. Sorren- tos $7.50@9, as to size. California or- anges, $4@5 per box. Little is doing in beans, although matters might be worse. Choice mar- rows, $1 621%4@1.65; medium, $1 25; pea, $1.174%@I1.20. * The condition of the butter market is fairly satisfactory. [he demand has been sufficient to keep the market well cleaned up, especially as arrivals have not been very large. Sales of fancy Western creamery were made on the basis of 2IC; firsts, !9@2oc; seconds, 174%~@18%c; thirds, 15@16%c. West- ern imitation creamery, finest, 16@17Cc ; firsts, 14@14%c; seconds, (3@13%c; Western factory, June extras, 14@14%c; firsts, 13@13%4c. A very quiet market prevails in cheese. Prices, however, are strong, especially at primary points. Large size full cream State cheese is worth 83@8%4c. Nothing doing for export. Fresh eggs are in good demand and best Western fresh gathered command 16@17c. There is a large supply of stock here just now that is a little ‘‘off.'’ It answers for bakers’ use and many ordinary wants, but does not help matters in general. With cooler weather matters will certainiy improve Everything in the Plumbing Line Everything in the Heating Line Tiling. Galvanized Be it Steam, Hot Water or Hot Air. Mantels, Grates and Work of Every Description. Largest Concern in the State. WEATHERLY & PULTE, 99 Pearl St., Grand Rapids 5C. CIGAR. WORLD’S BEST ALL JOBBERS AND G.J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Bullding Paper, ROOING Matérial We are jobbers of these goods, among which are Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar, Rosin, Asphalt Paints, Elastic Cement, Rosin Sized Sheathing, W. C. Oiled Sheathing, ; Ready Roofing, Carpet Lining, Mineral Wool. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Grand Rapids, [ich. Detrvit Office, Foot of 3d Street. SCHUOROTOTOCROROCHOROROCROROCRTOROCROROROROROROCROROROHOEOCR | Haas Mat LES | We Realize——— That in competition more or less strong Our Coffees and Teas Must excel in Flavor and Strength and be constant Trade Winners. roasted on day of shipment. The J. M. Bour Co., 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 113°115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. All our coffees Pape pettamatagni ane Oo: sa aeRO : = Mt tii nic MICHIGAN TRADESMAN aod Ne) Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Joon A. Horrman, Kalamazoo; Secre- tary, J C. SaunDERs, Lansing; Treasurer, CHas. McNo ty, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, C. C. SNEDEKER, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer.C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J.J. Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand Secretary, G. S. VaLmorgE, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W. S. WEstT, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Boyp PanTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. F. OwEN, Grand Rapids. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wrxson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. For Sale— Choice assortment of train gates, just the thing to protect the en- trances of jails, prisons or insane asylums. Address the operating depart- ment of the Heald system. President Heald’s announcement that the train-gate feature of the Eeald sys- tem would be abandoned Sept. 26 met with the hearty approval of the travel- ing men and shippers generally. Two candidates for Treasurer of the Michigan Knights of the Grip are al- ready in the field—O. C. Gould, Secre- tary of Post F (Saginaw) and L. J. Kos- ter, the Grand Haven dry goods sales- man, L. Max Mills and W. Fred. Blake have been elected directors of the Mich- igan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association in place of Jas. N. Bradford, deceased, and Frank M. Tyler, who bas removed to Boston. A. B. Hirth (Hirth, Krause & Co.) has relinquished his posit:on for a time in order to renew his health and restore his strength by a trip through Colorado and New Mexico. He expects to re- main away from home about six months. A. E. Brownell, general salesman for the American Cigar Co, of Coldwa‘er, was in town very early in the week Mr. Brownell will hereafter cover a por- tion of the Michigan trade, consequent upon the retirement of Mr. Williams. who has represented the American Cigar Co. in this State for many years Mr. Brownell will continue to reside at » Goshen, Ind. It is stated that no misuse of the Northern mileage book has occurred since it was inaugurated, eight months ago. This is little short of remarkable, considering the large number of books which have been issued and the mis- cellaneous manner in which they are disposed of by the railway companies. The absence of any crookedness speaks well for the aggregate honesty and ac- curacy of the traveling public, of which the traveling men are so large a com- ponent. Reports from Saginaw are to the effect that the members of Post F have al- ready taken steps to effect the prelim inary arrangements for the coming an- nual convention of the Michigan Knights of the Grip. When it was an- nounced that Saginaw had extended an invitation to the organization and that it had been accepted, there was. no doubt in the minds of any members as to the kind of reception which would be accorded the city’s guests on the oc- casion of the convention, because Sagi- naw has long been noted for the warmth and prodigality of her hospitality. The only fear which now appears to prevail throughout the State is that Saginaw will undertake to do too much, raise too much money and go to too much ex- pense in carryirg out the contract she has entered into. The Tradesman sin- cerely trusts that this fear will prove un- grounded and that Saginaw will so cur- tail the expense of the entertainment that smaller cities will feel like ex- tending an invitation to future conven- tions without being hampered by the precedent of lavish expenditure of money. Henry Tons, who was formerly lo- cated in Grand Rapids as a specialty salesman, is under arrest at Detroit, charged with the larceny of $500 from Mrs. Sarah Powell. Early in August, Mrs. Powell reported to the police de- partment that Tons, whom she had trusted implicitly, had represented him- self to her as an agent who had excel- lent opportunities to make safe and profitable investments. She claimed that she turned over to him about $1,500 worth of stock of the Canada Southern Railroad to negotiate for other invest- ments which would draw at least 7 per cent. interest Mrs. Powell said that Tons paid her about $30 as interest money coming from one of the high in- terest mortgages. It seems that the first mortgage suddenly came due and the money was again loaned out. About this time someone suggested to her that she look more closely after her money. When she asked for a settlement she was given notes ard papers covering the amount of the money that had been _ in- wested for her. Shortly after receiving the notes she learned, it is alleged, that they were all forgeries and absolutely worthless. One of the notes is for $500, and it is on this one that the complaint is based. When a search was made for Tons he was not to be found. It was suspected that he would go to Ohio, be cause his home was formerly at Canton. He was finally located at Columbus, where the arrest was made. Hon. Frank Moore, Mayor of Omaha, in the course of an address to commer- cial travelers, recently said: You trav- eling men are the sharpest set of fellows in the United States—all the world, I might say. You are in touch all the time with commercial interests; you are the middlemen between the manufactur- er and the retail dealer, and in these days of competition, when department stores rule and burnt fire-sale goods are offered for less than nothing, with the remnant sales the different stores have, you have got to be, as ‘‘Ole Olson’’ says, ‘ onto your job, or you ain't in it.'’ But to show the extent our bar- gain sales are carried on all over the country, I am reminded of a young lady of a certain city adjoining ours here. She was a great crank on bargain sales, and although she was a little ‘‘lengthy’’ in years, she was well preserved for all that She had a little fund to draw on, and whenever there was a_ bargain counter sale she was always on hand, and if it was cheap she took it in. Go- ing down the street one day she saw on the sidewalk a man who had evidently been blown up on the Maine. One of his arms was gone, two fingers of his right hand were gone, and a big scar was to be seen over his forehead, and he sat in a chair, and the young lady noticed him; she talked to him, and finally took him home with her and married him. Her folks held up their hands in holy amazement and _astonish- ment as they beheld the mutilated wreck, and said: ‘‘Matilda! Matilda! What for did you marry such a piece of hu- manity?’’ Her answer was: ‘‘Well, I couldn’t help it; it was such a beautiful remnant, and I got it so cheap I had to take it.’’ (Laughter. ) Why the Chronic Growler Cannot Succeed. When visiting a store it is not very difficult to tell whether the proprietor is what is popularly termed a grunter or not. If he happens to possess this un- fortunate disposition there are many evidences of it around his store. Huis clerks are apt to share in the feelings cherished by the employer and show no alacrity in coming to the front to wait on customers, while he himself is so apathetic as to disregard his own in- terests and remain at his desk when there is opportunity for him to make himself useful at the front of the store His stock shows evidences of neglect, things look dingy and unkempt, because the man who habitually growls and com plains would rather leave a thing un- done than to do it himself, for in this way he creates himself something to grumble about. Such a fault-finder takes a secret delight in detecting mistakes and discrepancies, as they afford oppor- tunity for him to exercise his talent as a grunter. He is usually too contrary and perverse to further his own inter- ests, as he feels that he is lowering his dignity by conciliating and propitiating customers. He prefers to be high and migbty in his deportment and assumes a magisterial air which is quite impos- ing but certainly not very ingratiating. The growler is too unsociable to attend conventions; he prefers his own way, however antediluvian, to that of others who are more progressive and modern. He would not visit any other store for worlds, lest he might be accused of be- ing in search of something new. Unfortunately the habit of grumbling is one which is of such slow growth that the victim is not always aware of just how far it has developed until it is deep-rooted and then it becomes diffi cult to outgrow. The best way is to do all in your power to make up for others’ mistakes and do your own duty and there will be less reason to complain. —_—+-_~> 0-2 -— Hotel Changes of Interest to the Boys Fred W. Powers and Fred M. Burn- ham have formed a copartnership un- der the style of Burnham & Powers and leased the Coburn Exchange, at Howard City. They will take possession Oct. 1 and will be in a position to extend the ‘*slad hand’’ to the traveling fraternity as soon as the premises are treated to a complete renovation. Col. T. S. Watsor, who will be re- membered as the former landlord of the Mears Hotel, at Whitehall, has leased the Franklin House, at Montague, and will take possession as soon as a general overhauling of the premises can be ac- complished. The Colonel has many triends among the boys who will be glad to see him behind the register again. The one- price policy recently inaugu- rated at the Livingston Hotel (Grand Rapids) by Manager Partlow has re- sulted in making that hostelry so popular that it is now in order for the guests to write or wire ahead for rooms, which is a new experience with the Livingston. The register shows the effect of the change and the owner of the property bas reason to rejoice over the fact that the hotel has finally struck its gait. —__> 2.__ Movements of Lake Superior Travelers. Marquette, Sept. 26—Frank G. Hor- ton, Second Vice-President of the Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club, writes that he is traveling in Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia at present. Frank's home is in Westfield, P a. E. B. Baldwin (Marshall-Wetls Hard- ware Co.) did the eastern end of the Peninsula last week. : P. A. Jacobson (Armour Packing Co. ) is now working the St. Paul city trade, leaving his regular run out of Sault Ste Marie to Mr. Whitney. J. P. Carling (J. T. & G. H. Bow- man & Co.) is on one of his periodical trips to the Upper Peninsula just now. ee eee ee eee ences eee eee eee eee nee enn eee ee eee nen ene eee eee eee eee a S. H. Richardson (Steele, Wedeles & Co.) is the Republican candidate for County Clerk for Houghton county. Mr. Richardson has resided at Hancock for years. It makes no difference where you put him—he is O. K. Fred A. Tower (American Steel & Wire Co.) bas a new house about com- pleted at Ionia. Fred has been a Ben- edict ten years. His first heir made its appearance last winter, and Fred is so well satsified with his present neighbor- hood that he intends to reside there per- manently. Ourx, —_—___—» 02> People who note minor matters re- mark that the subscriptions of letters are shorter and much curter than they were in the days gone by. Pecple are in too great a hurry in these times to be elab- orately and superfluously courteous, and, after all, the subscription of a letter is not an important matter, excepting the case of very young people hovering on the brink of love, when every indica- tion is carefully watched for. a sca When a policeman marries he soon begins to wonder where he can hide his club so that his wife can’t find it. REMODELED HOTEL BUTLER Rates, $1. I. M. BROWN, PROP. Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., LANSING. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. MANY LAKES AND STREANS attora Fine Fishing and Delightful Pastime. Special attention and rates for such parties. Write to Mears Hotel. Wm Cherryman, Prop. $2 PER DAY. FREE BUS. THE CHARLESTON Only first-class house in MASON, MICH. thing new. Every room heated. Every- Large and well- Send your mail care of the Charleston, where the boys stop. CHARI.ES A. CAI.DWELL, formerly of Donnelly House, Prop. lighted sampie rooms. e e > ? ; GARDINER 3 > 2 3 & BAXTER 3 e e ge > ; OUR EXPERIENCE s 3 enables us to give you . 3 the best in SHIRTS AND $ LAUNDRY WORK. 3 > ! 3 SOSOHOOOSOOOOOSOOSOOOOOOO 2D > 55 MONROE STREET, e GRAND RAPIDS, 3 MICHIGAN. 3 e SOOOOOOS 6900S 9009000000000 - eee LIVINGSTON HOTEL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. THE ONLY HOTEL IN THE CITY WITH SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS anv CON- VENIENCES FOR LADIES. RATES: $2, WITH BATH $2.50. MEALS 50 CENTS. Is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires - Dec. 31, 1898 - Dec. 31, 1899 Dec. 31, 1900 - Dec. 31, 1901 Dec. 31, 1902 F. W. R. Perry, Detroit A. C. ScoUMacHER, Ann Arbor Gzo. GuxpRUM, Ionia - - L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph Henry Heim, Saginaw - President, GEo. GunpDRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. ScoumacHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY Heim, Saginaw. Examination Sessions. Lansing— Nov. 1 and 2. STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President—J. J. SoURWINE, Escanaba. Secretary, Cuas. F. Mann, Detroit Treasurer JoHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Some Hints as to the Manufacture of Perfumery. Written for the TRADESMAN. The writer once asserted, in an arti- cle referring to the ‘‘lost arts,’’ that nothing had ever been lost which was worth preserving;’’ and the develop- ment, compounding and use of perfum- ery deserve a chapter under this head. Eighteen hundred years ago all life suddenly ceased in the city of Pompeii. Many of its inhabitants escaped from that shower of fire, ashes and stones; but they left hundreds of things behind them, since brought to the light of this Nineteenth Century, which only con- firms that trite maxim, ‘‘ There is noth- ing new under the sun.’’ Among these discoveries was the fact that perfumery, in various forms, was made use of by the people of that day; and its manu- facture and use have continued to in- crease with advancing civilization down to the present time. At first, the methods of preparing it were exceedingly crude and consisted of crushed or powdered barks, berries, leaves and flowers stitched into little bags of cloth, which emitted constantly and naturally their grateful fragrance. We remember that sixty years ago the ancient dames in the higher walks of life carried their little perfume sachets, when visiting or shopping. But with the evolution of perfumery the discovery was made that ‘‘the soul of its sweet- ness’’ resided in a volatile oil, which later was obtained by expression or distillation from various flowers, seeds and woods. Then followed the delicate art of compounding these substances, which is a discovery of our higher civ- ilization. 2. __ The Drug Market. Opium—lIs about steady at unchanged prices. Morphine—— Manufacturers _ reduced their price 15c per oz. on Monday. In view of the steady market for opium, this has come as a surprise to the trade. Quinine—While the market is firm, there is little doing and prices are the same as quoted last week. Cocaine—The demand is fair and the market firm. The tendency is still upward. Quicksilver— Has again declined. All mercurials are tending to lower prices. Insect Flowers—Are excited abroad and have advanced about 4o per cent. Higher prices for insect powder will, no doubt, rule next year. Balsams—Peru has declined, on ac- count of large stocks. Fir, copaiba and tolu are unchanged. Essential Oils—Anise and cassia are quiet. Cubeb is lower. Peppermint is doing better and may be called firm. Competition has reduced prices. Worm seed is lower. Lemon, bergamot and orange are all firm. Lemon has ad- vanced 5 cents. Gums—Camphor is very firm and higher abroad, but unchanged in this market. Arabic and tragicarth are in fair demand at unchanged prices. You should always buy PERRIGO'S FLAVORING EXIRAGIS because they are the best. Manufactured by L. Perrigo Company Allegan, Mich. a of) aS WG GREEN USREEN Jk AS: p Rr See IRS <6 Hien $35.00 per M. H. VAN TONGEREN, Holland, Mich. QOHOQQDOQOQOGDOOQDOODOOQDO© QOPDOQOOQOOQOQOODODOOODOO@ OO Hore a —_ Paint & Varnish Co. PAINT, COLOR AND VARNISH MAKERS iis CRYSTAL-ROCK FINISH ead ee Use TOLEDO, OHIO. Shingle Stains Wood Fillers IE TCFOOQOQDOOOO© HS OQ©DDODOHQDOOO®O OOO Japans e = sco enia TCE " Nag es cre nn piace a a te ee ~ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN rr WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Declined— Acidum Conta Mae... .. ; a & — CO 2... $ = Aceticum............ 8 6@8 8 CRE § a2 oe ee pel Benzoicum, German 70@ 75 Cube ee eas 90@ 1 00} Prunus virg.. ...... @ 50 Boracic.............. 15 | Exechthitos ........ 1 00@ 1 10 Tinctures Carbolicum......... 41 | Erigeron............ 1 00@ 1 10} Aconitum NapellisR 60 Citricum ... 64°9@ 50 Gaultheria..... .... 1 50@ 1 60 Aconitum Napellis F 50 Hydrochlor......... 3@ Geranium, ounce... @ %5!/ Al 60 N troeum eee 8@ 10 | Gossippii, Sem.gal.. 50@ 60 60 Oxalicum ........... 2@ 14 Hedeoma. poeee co. 1 O#@ 1 10 50 Piespiverbans, dil. @ 6 a -++- 150@ 2 00 50 Salicylicum. ........ 6@ oe ula.......... 90@ 2 00 60 Sulphuricum mone 2. 1 30@ 1 50 50 Tannicum . Mentha Piper....... 1 60@ 2 20 60 Tartaricum Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60 50 Morrhue, gal....... 1 10@ 1 25 50 Ammonia Myreta 4 00@ 450 5 Aqua, 16 deg........ am 8 (Olver %@ 3 00} Capsicum .. 50 Aqua, 20 deg........ 6@ = 8| Picis Liquida. ..... 10@ 12] Cardamon. ® Carbonas............ 129@ 14] Picis Liquida, gal.. @ 35] Cardamon Co ® Chloridum .......... 12@ 14) Ricina.......... |... 9.@ 1 10| Castor.... 1 00 Aniline Rosmarini........... @ 1 00| Catechu.. 50 Rose, ounce........ 6 50@ 8 50/ Cinchona.. 50 Black... ....:... -++- 2 00@ 2 25! Succini ....002 00221: 40@ 45] Cinchona U 60 oee .............. 80@ 1 00 Sabina. ....... 0@ 100 Columba 50 Red Cee 45@ , 50] Santal............... 250@ 7 00] Gubeba, 50 Mellow. ........ 2 =. 2 50@ 3 00 ee 55@ 60| Cassia Z sutifol._ a 50 Bacce. Tene ess., ounce = = ; = a a Co 50 Cubewe........ [1s 28 bi ----- -------- |} wi 8i ols 50 Juniperus..... ana 6 8 asad west ecee eens 40@ 50] Ergce......... 50 Xanthoxylum.. 5@ 30 yme, opt......... @ 1 60 Ferri: ——_ 35 Theobromas........ 15@ 20] Gentian. .... 50 Balsamum Potassium Gentian Co.. 60 Copaiba. ............ 52@ 9 58 Bi-Carb.. 15@ 18 Gunes 50 ~5, oe . Terabin, Canada... 60 50 | Bichromate -... BQ 5 gulach sami. Le 20 Tolutan.............. 50@ 55 ee er aaa: co eee 6 Cortex Chlorate. .po. 17 7@i9 16@ 18 —" colorless. 2 Abies, Canadian.... 1s | Cyanide........ |. Be Wiens” : Cassia ...........00. Pe lodida 2 6@ 2 65 Lobelia. anaes = Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 2s@ 30 Nix Veusicn | 50 Euonymus atropurp _ Potassa, Bitart, —_ a 6 ooo coe, = Myrica Cerifera. )} Fotass Nitras, op ( 2 Oni. cGacsohoscia = mes Virgini.. " 12} Potass Nitras........ r@ 1 Ob ce a. - Quillaia, gr’d ...... 12) Prossiate....... ___. WG =@ an —. 50 Sassafras... .. po. 1 1z| Sulphate po... ... 15@ 18 batany. te = Ulmus...po. 15, gr'd 15 Radix Ree 50 Extractum ——— 0@ 2% Seng | co = hiza Glabra. % 25 # 25, | Serpentaria akan po..... me 39 | Anchiiss ........._. no 12 | Stromoniunm ... 60 Hematox, 15 lb box 11@ 12) Arumpo...... ...... @ | Tolutan............., 60 Hematox.1Is........ 13@ 14| Calamus ............ 20@ 40| Valerian..........., 50 Hematox, 4s....... 144@ 15| Gentiana...... 0 15 12@ 15| Veratrum Veride .. 50 Hematox, 48...... 16@ 17|Glychrrhiza...py.15 16@_ 1a@| Zimgiber............. 20 Pisases Hydrastis Canaden . @ 60 fliscellaneous . | Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 65| Ather, Spts. Nit.3F 30@ 35 Carbonate Precip. . 15 | Hellebore,Alba, po.. 18@ 20] ther, Spts. Nit.4F ?:@ 38 Citrate and Quinia. 2 25/ Inula, po... ....... 15@ 20] Alumen.. .. 24@ 3 Citrate Soluble. .... 7 | Ipecac, po.. 2 80@ 3 0°| Alumen, gro’d po. 7 3@ 4 Ferrocyanidum Sol 40 | Iris plox.. -- POS5@38 33@ 40| Annatto . ! 400@ 50 Solut. Chloride..... 15 | Jalapa, pr.. aa el aes a a Sulphate, com’l..... 2] Maranta, \s. @ 35| AntimonietPotassT 40@ 50 sulphate. com’l, Podophyllum, po.... 2@ 25] Antipyrin. ........ @ 3 bbl, per cwt....... nee 7@ 100| Antifebrin 1111"), @ Sulphate, pure ..... {Veet ent. @ 1 25| Argenti Nitras, oz . @ 50 Flora Rhei, pv. 7%@ 135| Arsenicum........_. 10@ 12 lire en RL@ 14 —— eee 35@ 38] Balm Gilead _- 38@ 40 Anthemis....... ... 18Q@ 25 sulnaria. - 15 @ = 13| Bismuth S.N. 1 40@ 1 50 Matricaria 30@ 35 Serpentaria ..... 30@ 35] Calcium Chlor., @ 9 ee ane ' Senega....: |. 40@ 45] Calcium Chlor., mi @ 10 Polia Similax otGcinalis H @ 40| Calcium Chlor., ys. @ 12 Barosma............- 23@ 28| Smilax, M........... @ 2 | Cantharides, Rus.po eo Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Serie = 10@_ ~=12| Capsici Fructus, af. @ 16 nevelly...... __... 18@ 25 | Symplocarpus, Feeti- Capsici Fructus, po. @ Cassia Acutifol, Alx. 3@ 3 » PO... @ %|CapsiciFructusB,p @ 15 Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana, Eng. po.30 @ 2%| Caryophyllus. 1 12@ «14 and ice 12@ 20 | Valeriana, ——— 15@ 20); Carmine, ae .. @ 3 00 Ura Uret....... oe 8s@ 10 Zingiber a. . 12@ 16| Cera Alba.. 50@ 55 Sun Zingiber j. ..... ... 5@ 27 —— Flava. 2.0. ee = Semen eects Acacia, Ist picked... @ 6 Cassia Fructus... | Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 45|Anisum....... pe . 15 @ 121 Centraria.. uUS...... g = Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 3 ., — —— B@ 15] Cetaceum.......).) 7) @ 6 Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 28 | Bird, --:- 4@ 6) Chloroform... 171)" 60@ 63 Acacia, po....... 60@ 80 10@_12| Chloroform, squibbs @15 Aloe, Barb. po.18@20 12@ 14 1 25@ 1 75 Chloral Hyd Crst.. 1 65@ 1 90 oe, Cape....po0.15 @ Bie 8@ 10) Chondrus. ........ 20@ Aloe. Socotri..po.40 _@ 30 | Cannabis Sativa... 4@ 4% | Cinchonidine,P. = 5@ 3 Ammoniac..... ue. 55@ 60 a tec te ee eee 75@ 1 00| Cinchonidine,Germ 2@ 3) Assafotida....po.30 25@ 28} Chenopodium ... 10@_— 12/ Cocaine. 3 30@ 3 50 Benzoinum ..... ... 50@ 55 | Dipterix Odorate. 1 80@ 1 90 Corks, list, dis. pr.ct. 70 Catechu, Is.......... @ 13{| Feniculum . @ 10] Creosotum @ x Catechu, %s.. ...... @ 14 oo Po.. i 7@ 9)|Greta.. ...... bb. 8 6@ 2 Catechu, \s......... @ 16 pe Creta, prep... @ 5 Camphore - Bq 42 I@ Creta, recip........ @ i1 Euphorbium..po. 3 @_ 10 35@ Creta, Rubra........ @ 8 Galbanum........... @ 1 00 4@ 4%| Crocus... .....111.1. 18@ 20 Gamboge po........ 6@ 70) Sapa . 1%@ Cudbear .......0271) @ xa Quaiacum..... po. 25 @_30| Sinapis Albu........ 9@ 10) CupriSulph..... 2.7 5@ «6 ee po. 83.00 @ 3 00| Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12] Dextrine..../22.7!777 10@ 12 on settee cess sees = . Spiritus — — pe — = . pcre as Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 250| “mery, all numbers Opi... po. eens Frumenti, D. F.R-. 2 00g 2 95 | Emery, po..... aaa « Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 ——— ea 4 i 150 Flake White........ R@ 15 Tragacanth Skee: 50@ 80} Juni Galla. ..... @ 2B uniperis Co......... 1 %@ 3 50 Herba Saacharum N. al 1 9@ 2 10 comune elineisi cid ai a! oil 8s@ 9 Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli..2.1) 1 @ 6 50 ocean — = © Eupatorium .OZ. pkg 20 Vini Oporto... ..... 1 23@ 2 00 Glacsware, fin b oo 35@ 70 Lobelia...... oz. pkg oe | Vir Aiba... 1 2@ 2 00 Tes cn = Ox a Majorum -...oz. pkg 8 Sponges Glue, brown........ 9@ 12 ee —— = = Florida sheeps’ wool Glue, white......... 13@ 25 Rue pi pkg 99 | .,Carriage........... 2 50@ 2 7% | Glycerina........... @ 20 Sa ee : Nassau sheeps wool Grana Paradisi .... @ 1 E coaraaagg — = Pkg = carriage........... @ 2 00| Humulus.........27) 25@ 55 Thymus, oF Pas Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chior Mite @ Magnesia. — carriay eo. @123 —s — — = = ined, Pat..... .. 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ ydraag Ox Rub’m 5 eee oS oe 22 wool. carriage.. @ 1 00| Hydraag Ammoniati @110 Carbonate, K.&M.. 20@ 25| Grass = wool, —— Hydrarayrum — = te,Jennings 35@ CREASES... yarargyrum....... —* ' = Hard, for slate use. @ 7% | Ichthyobolla, Am.. 6@ 7 Oleum Yellow Reef, for Indigo. .. _ %@ 100 Absinthium......... 350@ 375| slate use.......... @ 1 40 Todine, Resubi...... 3 60@ 3 70 Amygdalz, Dule.... 30@ 50 ‘Sine Todoform....... 1... @ 4 20 Amygdale, Amare . 8 00@ 8 25 yrups Lapua... @ 22 Soe 21@ 2 20| Acacia............ i @ 50| Lycopodium........ oe 45 Auranti Cortex..... 2 25@ 2 40| AurantiCortes...... @ 50| Macis .: 1D Bergamii............ 3 00@ 3 20| Zingiber....... ..... @ 50} Liquer Arse=. et y- ee 80@ 85|Ipecac. ....... @ 60|_ drargiod.......... @ B Caryophylli ......... 8&@ 8)| Ferrilod..... ...... @ 50| LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 Todas ec 65 | Rhei Arom.... ..... @ 50} Magnesia, Sul 7. 3 Chenopadii.......... 2 7 | Smilax Officinalis.. 50@ 60| Magnesia, Sulph, ‘bbl 1% Cinnamonii. ........ 1 1 70 | Senega.... @ 50; Mannia,S. F........ *g 60 Citronella << 4@Q 50] Seilim.... @ 80| Mertna!. ncccee 2% Morphia, S.P.& W.. Morphia, § S.N.Y. — & Moschus Canton... Myristica, No. 1..... Nux Vomica.. - po.20 Os Sepia. |... Pe — 1 Saac, H. & P. Pite aan as Plumb Ace. ........ Pulvis Ipecac et Opii a boxes BASES. c uinia,S. P.& W.. Quinia, S. o.. Quinia, N.Y.. Rubia Tinctorum.. SaccharumLactis PV Sanguis Draconis.. Sapo, G@ Siedlitz Mixture.. Salsein. 3 2 10D 2 65 | Sinapis.............. @ 18 Sina: if Cpe... ... @ 3X 2 30@ 2 55 a { pepanaea De So Vague @ # me Scoteh, DeVo’s @ 34 @ _ 10} Soda Boras.......... 9@ ill 15@ 18) Soda Boras, po...... $¢@H Soda et Potass Tart. 2@ 28 @ 1 00} Soda, Carb.......... 1%@ 2 Soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5 @ 2 00} Soda, Ash........... 3%@ 4 @ 1 00} Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2 @ 85/| Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 6 @ 50| Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55 @ 18/|Spt Myrcia Dom... @°? 0 @ 30 Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ 2 55 @~ 7| Spts. Vini Rect.%bbl @ 2 60 10@ _ 12) Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @ 2 63 1 10@ 1 20} Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 6 Less 5¢ gal. cash . days. @ 1 25| Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40@ 1 45 25@ 30} Sulphur, Subl....... 24@ 4 8@ 10/ Sulphur, Roll.... . “—“ 29@ 31| Tamarinds.......... 22 32 | Terebenth Venice... Bo 30 29@ 34/| Theobrome....... 46@ 48 re 4) Vanilia............. a) 00@16 00 18@ 20| Zinci Sulph......... 7@ 8 00@ 3 10 : 50 Oils BBL. GAL. “— = Whale, winter....... 70 = 70 ard, extra..... a oe 60 - 20 @ 22| Lard, No. 1.......... 40 45 Clear Havana - Order a Sample Box. igars Imperiales - $60 ord Cardigan Best Domestic Cigar on the Market Regiments - - Peiowes -CUC tC Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Foanasngnenn Linseed, pure raw.. 3 38 Linseed, boiled..... 36 39 Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 70 Spirits Turpentine.. 34 40 Paints BBL. LB Red Venetian... ... 1% 2 @a Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4 Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3 Putty, commercial.. af 24%@3 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 eee rime American.......... 13@ 15 Vauthen, anaiia. 0@ % Green, Paris ........ 18%@ 22 Green, Peninsular... 13@ 16 Lead, Heg........... 54Q 6% Lead, white........ 5X%@Q 614 Whiting, white Span @ 7 Whiting, gilders’. @ w White, Paris Amer.. @ 1 00 Whiting, Paris Eng. Cae. @ 1 40 Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 Varnishes No. 1 Turp Coach.. 1 10@ 1 20 Extra Turp......... 1 60@ 1 70 Coach Body......... 2 7@ 3 00 No. 1 Turp Furn.... 1 00@ i 10 Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ 75 - $60 - $70 Grand Rapids, Mich. 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade o dealers. They are prepared just before possible to give quotations s erage prices for average con those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the great uitable for a ditions of purchase. Subscribers are earnestly requeste est possible use to dealers. oing to press and are an accura 1 conditions of purchase, and those below a Cash buyers or those of strong cre nly, in such quant d to point out any errors or ities as are usually purchased by retail te index of the local market. re given as representing av- dit usually buy closer than It is im- omissions, as it is AXLE GREASE. doz. gTOSs Beran... 55 6 00 Castor Oil..... .-60 7 00 Diamond...... . 50 4 00 Erasers ....-.--..-..-« 7 9 00 TXLGolden,tinboxes% 900 Plica, tin boxes........ 7 9 00 Paragon... ....... ---55 600 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. oy ‘0 Cans doz......------- 45 % lp 2ans doz.......------ 85 Ib can doz...... oe Acme. Tb Cans 3 doz........-+-- 4 Ib Cans 8 dos............ 6 1 lbcans1doz............ 100 wa 10 Arctic. 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........ 85 El Purity. 14 lb cans per doz.......-- % \% Ib cans per doz ......-- 1 20 1 lb cans per doz......... 2 00 Home. 3q lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 % lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 lb cans 2 doz case ..... 90 y-> > soul ane gg aa _ ; ae Cuttoat @ 8% Second Patent............. 3 50 r bac —“ : = eanen Straight LC $30 — set tateeteee eee = = B eee 00 | EIB... ee eee ee eee ee eee o SS =e ate Seen 9 50 Bacion caw) @10 Buckwheat ............ ... 4 Got Maeily ................. lu 50 ee ee 3 25 Dry Salt Meats. Mixed Candy. oan to usual cash dis- Bellies TT 644 Grocers.............. @6 oomour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- | pr Ske Competition.....222. @ 6% | ditional. = — rag 6 = ndard............ @7_ | Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | prams 13 pl —_ 83, ee @ 7% | Diamond, %8.............+-- 3 50| Hams, 14 lb ll eF7K Ribbo se @ 7% | Diamond, 4s.............-.- 3 50| Hams, 16 Ip average... i Sig a. g = Diamond, 4s... .....-.... 3 50| Hams, 20 Ib average... ¢ Ee ie @ 8% | _ Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. | Ham dried beef ......... 12 English Rock....... @s | Quaker, %s.... ............ 3 40 | Shoulders (N. Y. cut). 6 Kindergarten....... @ 8% Quaker %4s................. 3 40} Bacon, clear...... ..... 74%4@8% French Cream...... @ 8% Guaker se... ... 3 40 | California hams......... 5% Dandy Pan...... ... @10 Spring Wheat Flour. ae ote . Valley Cream.. .... @i2 Oak toncl -Wells Co. "s Brand. = mera eneaiis 0G 12% Fancy— sbury’s Best %s. rds. In Tierces. ey ta Both Pillsbury’s Best 14s. : Compound................ 3% Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% | Pillsbury’s Best %s........ 4 05} Kettle.... 6 Lozenges, printed. . @9 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper.. 4 05 | 55 1b Tubs lg a Drops........ @14 | Pillsbury’s Best 14s paper.. 4 05 | 80 lb Tubs % — = % Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. = oe. % Moss Drops.. i @8 10 lb Pails. $ Sour Drops.. @9 SID Patls....... advance 1 Imperials ....... : @9 3 lb Pails....... advance i Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Releees Sausages. ‘ Lemon Drops....... @50 iver...... De 6 Sour Drops......... @50 oo 7% Peppermint Drops.. @60 ee 6% Chocolate Drops. . @60 oe le eu el 6 H. M. Choc. Drops.. @b Ore 9 Gum Drops.... 2... @30 Head ' kane. Se 6% ae Drops...... 75 Beet. A. B. Licorice — S50 Extra Mess 10 23 Lozenges, plain.. @50 Méadioas tee 13 “) Lozenges, printed. a aa 50 Imperials .- @50 n. . Beate eae ec 14 50 Mottoes............. @55 Pigs’ Feet. Cream Bar... 7.7.7” O50 Kits, 15 Ibs. -............ 70 Molasses Bar ..._. @50 4 Dols, 40 Tbe...) 1 35 Hand Made Creams. 80 @! 00 % bbls, tes 2 50 Plain Creams.. @90 Tripe. Decorated Creams... @90 Mists ibe ot pre Co. @60 is — S - — _. 1S monds..... 15 @ a Im Sethe... 2 25 ments, aoe... ... 4 00 Wintergreen Berries @60 Duluth Imperial, 4s. ..... 3 90 Casings. Caramels. Duluth Imperial, %s....... 3 80 —e re: * No. 1 wra ,2 Ib. .| Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand. ee oe @35 | Gold Medal %s............. ‘oe ---+------ 10 No. 1 1 wrapped, 3 lb. Gold Medal is..........--- 4 20 De eastern Gold Medal %s............. 4 10 Butterine. No "2 wrapped, 2 ib. Parinian, 44000 4 30| Rolls, dairy............. 10 es Parisian, ¢g...... ..... ... 420| Solid, dairy ............. 9% Parisian. %8................ 4 10 Rolls, creamery ......... 14 : Olney & Judson ’s Brand. d, creamery ......... 13% Fruits Ceresota, %S8................ 4 35 Canned Meats. ° Ceresota, 48.........-.-.-.. 4 25 | Corned beef, 2lb...... 2 Ceresota, 48.. ............. 415 ag beat, 14 Ib.. Oranges. Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Potted pity — Late Valencias 5 Laurel, %8................. 42'| Potted ham, aa. — @3 Laurel, es 2 Deviled ham, a iii, aaa. 40| Deviledham ite. Strictly choice 360s.. 6 Meal. Potted tongue i{s....... Strictly choice 300s.. @6 00 Belea .............. eeu 1 90} Potted tongue 5 oe agg 360s or 300s... @7 00 Granulated ................ 210 x.Fancy 300s.... . @ Feed and Millstuffs. Ex.Fancy 360s...... @ St. Car Feed. screened ....16 C0 Fresh Meats. B No. 1 Corn and Oats.......15 59 ananas. Unbolted Corn Meal ...... 14 50 Beet Medium bunches...1 00 @1 25 | Winter Wheat Bran... . .12 00 : Large bunches...... 15u @l % Winter Wheat Middlings. -¥2 00 | Careass............... 64@ 8 Sereenings. =... 15 00 | Fore quarters.........5 @ 6% Foreign Dried Fruits. Corn. Hind quarters........ 7@9 Figs. Gar Jota. .... 33 | Loins No. 3........... 9 @i2z Gini @is_ | Less than ear lots.....--. 35 nea te = Choice, Ib boxes. —§ @ | Gas sots, __ OMt®: eas ae t ++ ee ¢ — oice, 14 lb a Carlots, clipped... = EO 3 @ 3% Fancy, 12 1b boxes... @ 15| Less than oar ia -. Pork. mperial _ ay 5 eae rai @ _| No.1 Timothycariots..... Seo e: Pulied,sib boxes... = @ | No.1 Timothy. ton lots 900) LOM agi OS Naturals, in bags.. @7 . Leaf Lard..... ah 1.68 @ aay Fish and Oysters ‘ieiniad Fards in 10 1b boxes 8 7 Fards in 60 ib cases 2 6 Presh Fish. aoe wane ae “KO 8% Persians, G. M’s..... @5 Per Ib. ce 1b cases, new...... @6 “oe Geen s ¢ : Veal. ol Ne oe ioe oe 7 Sairs, 60 1b cases.... @ 4% a meee 8 @ 10 ee == a @ 15 Ciscoesor Herring @ 4 | Hides and Pelts. Nuts. Bluefish............. @ 10 Live Lobster....... @ 16 Boiled Lobster...... @ 18 The Cappon & Bertscb Leather Almonds, Tarragona.. Q@14 |Cod_............... @ 10 | Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as Almonds, Ivaca....... @ Haddock............ @ 8 | follows: Almonds, California, Pike 1 Pickerel a g 8 Hides. soft shelled......... @13 | Fike................. Brazile new.....-..... @8 | Perch... wn... fo. s > Filberts ......... 1, But | Smoked Witte. 3 Ste Walnuts, Grenobles.. @14 | Red Snapper..." .* oe S ae Walnuts, Calif No. i. @12 | Col River Salmon. @ J2 | Cured No. 2. 3 ae Walnuts, soft shelled Mackerel ..... .. @ 18 Colton’ No.2 7 a... @ Oysters in Cans. ae lanei ae Table Nuts, fancy.. @i1 | F.H.Counts........ @ 35 eee porn No 3 @ +4 Table Nuts, choice... @10 | F.J. D. Selects...... a. 6S Pecans, Med. 4 ae @ 8 —_ geo cone a wees @ % Pelts. Pecans, Ex. Large.. @io | F.J. D. Standards. . 25 Pecans, Jumbos....... @12 Anchors .... ....... @ 22 | Pelts, each............ 50@1 00 Hickory Nuts per bu., Standards........... @ 2 Ohio, new @1 60 Bulk. gal. Tallow. Cocoanuts, full sacks Gat SO} Counts .... 2... ....... 2... 1BlnNo 4 @3 mM Selecta. 1651 No 3 @2 Peanuts. Selec Se er ar Fancy, H. P., Suns. @7_ | Auchor Standards.,........ 1 15 Fancy, H. P. Flags SCAMEGPES 20... 8... 110 Roasted. . Og (Ciame.. 2... 62)... 1 25| Washed, fine ......... es Choice, H. P., “Extras. @ 4% Shell Goods. Washed, medium...... Choice, H. P., Extras, Oysters, per 100....... 1 = Unwashed, fine.... ...0 os Roargtod cons 5% | Clams, per 100....... 1 Unwashed, medium ..16 @18 Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, 14 gal., per dos............ 40 1 to6 aa peraal....... 5 8 gal., ey 40 ee 50 12 gal., each. —. @ 15 gal. meat- tubs, ‘each....1 10 20 gal. meat-tubs, each....1 50 25 gal. meat-tubs, each....2 25 30 gal. meat-tubs, each....2 7u Churns. 2 toGgal.,. per egal......... 5 Churn Dashers, per doz... 85 Fruit Jars. a 7 4%5 Quart.. -5@ % gal. . 6% Covers.. eee MEGS co oo 25 Milkpans. \% gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 45 1 gal. flat or rd. bot.,each 5 Fine Glazed Milkpans. \% gal. flatorrd. bot.,doz. 60 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., "each 5% Stewnenn. \% gal. fireproof, bail, doz. 85 1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.1 10 Jugs. ad gal. per Goa. _........... 40 34 Gal. per des.... ........ 42 1 to S gal, per gal......... 5% Tomato Jugs. 14 gal, per des..........-. a ee Corks for \% gal., per doz.. 20” Corks for 1 gal., per doz.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers \% gal., stone cover, doz.. % 1 gal., stone cover, doz. “21 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, per lb.. 2 — BURNERS. Ne. © Sam... 5 We, f See... 49 Ra San)... 58 Le 1 00 eee 8, ce 5u Becuras, Ne. §............. 60 Secarity, Ne. 2 ........... £0 Rutmee ...... _. = LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds. Per box of 6 doz. me Om. ...... 1 32 Me ite 1 43 No. 2 Sun............ — 218 Common Na Osan... 1 50 ING 15am... ....... 1 60 eG. 2ham 2 45 First o--... No. 0 Sun, crim wrapped and labe a 2 10 No. 1 Sun, crimp to op, sages and labeled.... 2 15 No. Sun, crimp top, wrapped and fe . $8 XXX Plint. No. 0 Sun, cri P. wrapped and os 2 55 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labe wr 2% No. 2 Sun, crim top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 75 CHIMNEY S—Peari To} " 3 wrapped an No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labeled... No. 2 Sun, ““Small ‘Bulb, ” for Globe Lamps......... 80 La Bastie. - a plain bulb, per ees ae secu. 1 15 No. 7 Crimp, per dos....... 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. - re Rochester. No. 1, Lime (65c doz). .... 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70c doz).. .. 4 06 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 7 Electric. No, 2, Lime os dos) «.... 4 00 No, 2, Flint (80¢ doz)...... 4 40 OIL CANS. Doz 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 1 gal galv iron with spout. 1 48 2 gal galv iron with spout. 2 48 3 gal galv iron with spout. 5 gal galv iron with spout. 4 3 gal galv iron with faucet 3 17 5 gal galv iron with faucet 4 67 5 gal Tilting cans.......... 5 gal galv — Nacefas.. _— ne 0 0 12 5 gal ee King.. 9 ANTERNS. — No. eveniee” uw. 4 No. 1B Tubular.. 6 No. 13 Tubular Dash. © No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 No. 12 Tubu ar, side lamp. 14 No. 2Street Lamp........ 3 LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents.. ..... No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 dos. each, box 15 cents....... No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz. each, bbl 35 ee ee No. 0 Tubular, bull's 8 eye, cases 1 doz. each.. Aarons 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware The Hardware Market. There is a marked activity in some heavy lines, and the capacity of manu- facturers is being taxed to such an ex- tent as to give, in conjunction with the state of the market in raw material, a decidedly firm tone. Business seems to be improved in all lines and especially is this noticeable in seasonable goods, which in many instances are quite diffi- cult to secure. Wire Nails—At a recent meeting of the manufacturers, prices were ad- vanced sc per keg, which now brings them so the jobbers are asking $1.45 at mill and $1.60 from stock. In this agreement all manufacturers are inter- ested and it is believed by those who are familiar with the facts that these prices will be maintained and, if there is any further advance in raw material, another advance will be made in nails. Barbed and Plain Wire—The manu- facturers of these articles, who also are large producers of wire nails, have ad- vanced their prices on the same basis, and the future of the market depends upon the same conditions as those gov- erning the further advance of wire nails. Jobbers are now quoting $1.50 for painted and $1 80 for galvanized, f. o. b. factory. Wrought Iron Pipe—At a recent meeting of all manufacturers, there was an advance made of about Io per cent. on gas pipe, on all sizes, and while up to the present time no further change has been made, it would not be surpris- ing for an advance to soon take place, owing to the large volume of business with which all mills are supplied. Shovels and Spades—At a recent meeting of the manufacturers of this line of goods, an advance of 25 cents per dozen was made on the entire line, which advance we believe is quite gen- erally being executed by the jobber, who sees no prospects of an early de- cline, as the Association is strong and the members are able to do as they please as to future prices. Stove Boards—Owing to the great de- mand in all parts of the country and the inability of manufacturers to secure sheets for making stove boards, an ad- vance has been made by all manufac- turers, which averages not less than $1 per dozen. It is believed that if the de- mand continues, further advances will be made. On some sizes it is almost impossible to get orders filled inside of two to four weeks. Window Glass—Prices are very firm and stocks of well-assorted sizes are very scarce, as none of the glass _ facto- ries have yet resumed operations. It is believed, however, that by Oct. 15, new glass will be in the market, but it will make no difference in the price, as the demand will take care of all that can be made up to the first of the coming year. Cordage—Owing to large stocks held by some rope jobbers in the country who were constantly cutting the prices of the manufacturers, a decline of 1 cent per pound has taken place on both sisal and Manila rope. 0 Sensational Advertisement Which Pre- cipitated Success. ‘‘When I was very young,’’ remarked a veteran newspaper man, the other day, ‘‘I was the editor of a country paper in a town of about five thousand people, and, having lived for a year in New York, I had an idea that I was really the only person in town who knew anything. I had a pretty hard time making things come my way, but youth and enterprise are hard to down, and | kept at it. There was one firm in town, Smith Brothers, which was the strongest and most conservative there, and I knew an advertisement from them would be the making of me, but they were very slow in letting me have it. However, I persisted until at last I had it in my clutches, and J grasped it asa drowning man grasps at a life preserver. The senior partner, who was a most austere and particular old chap, and a deacon in the bargain, was anxious to impress me with the fact that they were doing a great deal for me, and I must return value received. All of which I agreed to do, and then the old gentleman sur- prised me by telling me he would leave me the copy and leave it to my new- fangled notions, as he called them, to make up an advertisement that would show the Smith Brothers to be as pro- gressive as any other merchants in town and quite as ready to meet the modern ideas. Well, this was more than I could have asked for if they had begged me to do so, and I went out of the place almost shouting. When I reached my office I read the copy, over again to find its strong points of display. Jt was as follows, for I never could forget it: ‘Smith Brothers, the well known hard- ware jobbers, are pleased to make the announcement that they are in receipt of the biggest stock of hardware spe cialities ever seen here, and they will be sold at prices hitherto unknown. Some advertisers may be liars, but Smith Brothers are happy in knowing that they have a reputation for veracity which is worth more to them than gold.’ ‘‘That was good, plain stuff, with not much of a margin visible for the play of my versatile fancy, but I was ex- pected to do something tbat would at- tract attention, for the old gentleman had been especially strong on that point. He was tired of the plainly severe, he said, and wanted something that would not fail to stir things up. I sat up more than half the night with that copy, and when morning came I had it all in shape to fill a column, the amount of space he wanted it to occupy. He told me, when he gave me the copy, that if he didn’t get around to see the proof just to let it go and take the chances, which I did when he didn’t appear, and when the paper came out, there, in the biggest and blackest letters I could set up, was the advertisement of a full column on the first page: SMITH BROTHERS, the well-known hardware joobers, ARE pleased to make THE announcement that they are in receipt of the BIGGEST stock of hardware specialties ever seen here, and at prices hitherto un- known. Some adver- tisers may be LIARS but Smith Brothers are happy IN knowing that they = a reputation in this TOWN for veracity which is worth more to them than gold. ‘*Well, when the Smith Brothers saw that advertisement fairly shouting to them and at them and about them, they were the maddest men you ever saw, and they were only restrained by their religion from shooting me on the spot. However, they sued me in spite of all my defense of the attractive qualities of the display, and I would have gone to the wall for my genius and Napoleonic brilliancy had it not been for the fact that before the time of hearing the suit the advertisement had actually given Smith Brothers a boom that almost frightened them by its tremendous pop- ularity, and although they never re- peated the advertisement, and always made me submit matter before it was printed, we became great friends, and each of us did much for the other in financial and other ways.’’ WILLIAM REID Importer and Jobber of POLISHED PLATE WINDOW ORNAMENTAL PAINT GLASS OIL, WHITE LEAD, VARNISHES BRUSHES GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. FPR We have the largest and most complete stock of Glass and Paint Goods in Western Michigan. Estimates furnished. All orders filled promptly. Distributing agents for Michigan of Harrison Bros. & Co.’s Oil Colors, Dry Colors, Mixed Paints, Etc. 2 hardware store. ruling prices. DOQDQOQOQ}HLHH}HHLQHLLHVB®Y®) (HLORK-RUTKA- JEWELL ff0., ¢ 38 & 40 South lonia St. Opposite Union Depot. Complete stock of HARDWARE, TINWARE, CUTLERY and every- thing usually kept in a first-class STRICTLY WHOLESALE Allorders filled promptly at bottom Mail orders solicited. 9HHHHHOHHHHHHOO THE UNIVERSAL FOOD CHOPPER CHOPS ALL KINDS OF FOOD into Clean Cut Uni- form Pieces as FINE or COARSE as wanted. Other machines chop meat only. THIS DOES AWAY WITH THE CHOPPING BOWL ALTOGETHER. CHOPS Potatoes, Meat, Apples, Cabbage, Bread.— EVERYTHING. A machine you will use every day. Call and see it- Vda Waele aerate eae ela ald led Agents for Western Michigan a & Write for Discounts & 6 Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids. PIVVVSVIVSVV VU UU PV V UD PUY OV VU DUN YSU VV SPU ObUVUUUUDVVUDI UVP VUPYY NAARAAAR, 7m mike ce bleep Cat a opm —— sRgeNe : § : a i MICHIGAN TRADESMAN How to Keep Store, Temper and Cus- tomers. Written for the TRADESMAN. We often hear about ‘‘store manage- ment,’’ locally as well as through trade journals—how to manage help, agents, etc.—but seldom is anything said about Management of customers; and when we consider this division of commerce as the only thing in trade worth work- ing for, we must admit that suggestions pertinent to this question are among the topics of interest to business men, and especially desirable as matter in the col- umns of a trade paper which we all trust in matters of advisory counsel. We may make tie statement without fear of contradiction that, until the pur- chaser (or customer) has been found and the actual transfer of property has taken place, nothing can be called a bargain for the store-keeper, as there is no evi- dence of an article’s worth until the cash therefor lies in the money box, be- cause, until this transfer of merchandise for money actually does take place, no benefit has accrued to the merchant. From this standpoint we conclude that the management of customers is of paramount importance in the business man’s manual of self-serving ; therefore we must aim at satisfying our custom- ers at all hazards, as on this depend our hopes of business success. The old axiom, ‘‘A soft answer turn- eth away wrath,’’ was once exemplified in our presence by one well worthy of being called a store-keeper in the sense triplicate—he kept the store, his temper and his customers: That particular morning an irate lady patron came to him (whom we will call for convenience Mr. M.) with the complaint that his clerk had insulted her by asking pay- ment for an article which she had paid for in her last week's settlement. Now, Mr. M. is liable to angry passions the same as his hundreds of compeers when business methods are denounced as_be- ing somewhat on the shady order, al- though only belonging to that classified branch known as ‘‘lapses of memory,’’ and had he said what he was justified in saying, hard words and harder feel- ings would undoubtedly have led toa change in that lady’s trading place det- rimental to Mr. M.’s business interests. But, if he felt anything, nothing was visible to those about him, for he mere- ly smiled pleasantly and said, when the angry patron had had her say, ‘‘ Mrs. E., I am sorry my young man should have given you cause for taking offense, but I am sure it was honestly done on his part, as his position depends on his taking care of my interests, although at times he becomes slightly overzealous in my behalf; but, as you are larger than he—he’s a little fellow—I grant you my full permission, in the future, to take him over your knee and give him a good sound motherly spanking if anything like this comes up again.”’ As the lady was a youngish woman and the clerk an oldish boy, the ludi- crousness of the possible contingency forcibly struck her and she was obliged to laugh, and in laughter forgot her grievance, or at least laid it away as good as forgotten, then began at once to prove her penitence by placing an extensive order for needed goods with the self-same clerk whose employer’s consent she had to spank if he became obstreperous. Thus by a_ well-timed answer was a customer retained and made a permanent patron where she had been irretrievably lost through a care- less or hot-tempered answer, to which she was, perhaps, justly entitled. We admit that at times it seems as though it were scarcely worth the while to be good natured simply to retain the patronage of an irritable customer; but the prosperity of a store depends on the good-will of the purchasing public and there is no customer of so little worth we can afford to lose him or her through any appearance of temper, lack of courtesy or failure to employ diplo- macy 1n matters of the mind. It has been said (with, I think, no shadow of truth in it) it is sometimes worth a dollar to a merchant to be able to tell a customer what he thinks of him, for, like the darky's opinion of the dollar the skin of a fox is worth, ‘‘It am de hahdest way in de worl’ t’ earn de dollar gittin’ de fox whah you can skin ’im.’’ It may be satisfying to the mind to have your say with a customer, but it is any- thing but filling to the purse, and in matters of business this latter is the only question before the managing own- er—how to gain and retain every pos- sible patron; and it is a safe rule to go by in matters human as well as in fly- time, ‘‘ Molasses will catch more flies than vinegar.’’ Therefore, our plan of action is to show the appearance of yielding every point to the customer, where it can honorably be yielded, and study to have a smooth answer ready tor all outbursts of tempestuous custom- ers, bearing in mind, ‘‘It is half the battle to be able to carry a smiling face through life,’’ and half the remainder to supplement this facial smile with pleasant words suited to the occasion. The man who can manage his cus- tomers so as to make each one a living, talking, moving advertisement of his business is already assured of success, and happy the possessor of this faculty if he use it to further his financial in- terests, knowing that on prosperity usu- ally hinge one’s popularity and pleas- ure, I would have customers given every possible liberty to look at stock and store fittings, and the chance to free the mind from thoughts burdensome to the soul ; but, when this is done, a_ soft answer smooths the way for an easy back down and will find its recompense in a customer retained where even mild criticism of his hobby would have driven him forth to other stores, a thing to be avoided by any and all means, for verily it is easier to keep a customer with the gossamer chains of bright smiles and smooth words than to hedge him in with a seven-foot barbed wire fence. Finally, there should be no manner of shrinking from this duty on the part of the store proprietor, for no one else can do this so effectively as he whose in- terests are most seriously at stake; the proprietor 1s the one to adjust all grievances between salespeople and customers, and to do this to the best ad- vantage requires tact of a high order. Another apt illustration comes to mind wherein a difference of accounts occurred between a merchant and credit customer, the sum in question being 50 cents, the customer more than insinu- ating, as only an angry credit customer can, that the half dollar was ‘‘blood money ;’’ to which that diplomatic man said naught, but securing a large water- melon and two knives, said, ‘‘Come along with me and let's dig a hole to bury our differences in.’” The melon was cut in half and each proceeded to dig his side of the ‘‘hole,’’ which work in due course of time was finished, when the merchant proposed that each put in 50 cents (the difference). This done, the ‘‘difference’’ was ‘‘buried,’’ and, completely reconciled, they pre- sented the strange combination toa poor boy, who was glad to accept the proffer, thus becoming the scapegoat to these two, neither of whom could now afford to carry off hard feelings towards the other; and to my personal knowledge there was never after a ‘‘day of resur- rection’’ of that subject. Many a difference between merchant and customer might be as easily gotten out of the way by diplomacy, if we were less apt to allow the ‘‘bitter’’ to gain the mastery of the ‘‘better’’ part of our na- tures, burying our differences in a man- ner thoroughly effective, yet in that amicable way which retains the dig- nity of both parties in dispute. L. A. Exy. Hardware Price Current. Tron and Tinned .... ......-.-. .-2.---+--- 60 Copper Rivets and Burs........--------++++- 60 PATENT PLANISHED IRON *‘A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos, 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages %c per pound extra. HAMMERS : Maydole & Co.’s, new list........ ....-- dis 23+ Kip’S .......-. 205 cose e ces e cence eceeee & Yerkes & Plumb’s...............----+.--- dis 0&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......... .. 30c lis. 70 Diarterm!+ *~ ae oct Atan? Tort Me ‘ig: {Natl HOUSB FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tin Ware..... . ...----.-new ‘mae ned Tin Ware........---2-+-- -+----- onal Iron Ware ..... new list 40&10 HOLLOW WARE “as i ee cee eco Kettios Se Se ee 60&10 Spiders .......-.---eee sees eerste esses 60&10 HINGES dis 60&10 Nark’s, 1, 2, B......0-.--eeeeeeneee: = Cae cena per dos. net 250 WIRE GOODS ce 80 Screw Eyes........... . 80 OOn ee. 80 a AUGURS AND BITS Gate Hooks and ~— ae 80 ee 70 LEVELS deniingn’ genuine _....................... 25&10 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’ 7 5 i if e y SS lll a a dis 70 ennings’, imitation oe : Sas eee ce ye oe 60&10 ROPES First Quality. S. B. Bronze ................. 5 00 ou ere Lc ua First Quality, D. B. Bronze................. CS SQUARES ‘te First Quality. S. B. S. Steel...... .......... 550] Steel and Iron...............22....0255 70&10 a eT 10 50 Try and Bevels ... TT a a ee ow 50 Ce ee el 812 00 14 00 SHEET IRON Garden. oo. Saeeawe ..- net 3000 tii dienes an ene. ~~. Os. Oe 7 40 ee easy coaro | Now tot sc a ao Caniascncwie 0 = os. eee 2 8 2 45 ee wen Nos. 23 £0 2-00.00 cos coe eese cose: 3 00 2 53 we cesececs coe coccces 2 = ae BUCKETS ne”)h6UU ae ae ell, plain..... = Bo ee be eue $33 = — _ - Nemes. over 30 inches UTTS, CAST wide not less than 2-10 extra. Cast Loose Pin, figured..................... 70&10 AND PAPER Wrought Narrow........... 22.2000. ecseces 70&10 | List acct. 19, °86.............. 0... eee dis 50 BLOCKS : SASH WEIGHTS Culinary Tadkin oo a" ae CROW BARS Steel, Game. 3. 8, ae 60&10 Cast MeCe ee -- per lb 4] Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 5 ‘ CAPS — —— Hawley & a 70&10 Ee 35 | Mouse, choker................... per doz 15 Hick’s C. F..... ee $3 | Mouse, delusion... wine per doz 1% —— ee i %5 CARTRIDGES Annealed Market. 5 Rim Fire. 50& 5 —— a 70&10 7 ae SSRs eceesecice so Aciclaaee See *nne Go a aa 62 Crcmerme Wire cl 25& 5 | Coppered Spring Steel.. 4 : CHISELS Barbed Fence, galvanized 205 —— eas cneaas ee 80} Barbed Fence, aan aaa Steeee 4e 1% acs i 80 Ss Socket Corner....... eee ee dis 40&1C Soeeket Slicks.............. Ce, So) Pama... dis 5 DRILLS Mortmwenterm............................ dig JO Morse’s Bit Stocks. .- 60 5 WRENCHES Taper and Straight Shank................... 50a 5 | Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Morse’s Taper Shank................ 50d 5 | C0e’S Genuine....... --..- eee ee ee eee e ee 50 ELBOWS +—~ Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 80 c guide, Gin __ | Cees Patent, maileauie.........-........... 80 a ee Oe en doz. net ‘ = sa MISCELLANEOUS i Tr ee ecu a a 50 GGRGRO dis 40&10 Pumps, Cistera ee. 80 XPANSIV eee 85 Clark’s small, a — = aes | 30610 Casters, Bed and Plate............. .... 50&10&10 Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30... 25 Dermipers, Americam..-.....-.-..-........ 50 a oe FILES—New List ae 600 d ki a a Te CUD Tee eT au SOLDER | Heller’s Horse Rasps................ CN Oe ee ewe 12% The prices of the many other qualities of solder Nos. 16 to 20: Se ee 28 in the market indicated by private brands vary me ee ae we 17 | #ccording to composition. . es TIN—Melyn Grade Discount, 75 to 75-10 GAUGES a a — eee ieee es seca aewea 8 : > Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 60é10 | 20x14 IX. Charcoal ................ ..0+0... KNOBS—New List Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... ......... 70 TIN—Allaway Grade Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ go | 10x14 IC, Charcoal ............... 450 MATTOCKS 14x20 IC, Charcoal ae 4+ 50 RAR $16 60, dis enna | Son ee = UR eo ooo i Or is Nn ” Hunt’s 818 50, dis 20&10 Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. ee ee a E pee ROOFING PLATES . x ls MPCGGL. FIOM ook sce cw cee 5 Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. | 14x20 Ix, Charcoal, Dean ee 5 50 Steel nails, base..... -.. 0 -eeeee ee ee eee I SS | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean........ ..........- 9 00 Wire nails, base... .. oe 1 60 | 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 4 00 20 to 60 AUVANCE......-.-..- eee eee eee eee Base | 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 5 00 ito to eaveneo.. es 05 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 8 00 B AAVANCE....00.- 2. eee eee eee eee eee econ 10 | 20x28 [X, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...... 10 00 CO a 20 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE ae 30 | 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, t er pound 9 ——— a = 14x56 IX. for No. 9 Boilers, ¢ P& P on ee le Casing 10 advance................ oes chee a 15 99 Casing SAdvance........................... 25 66 Casing @advyamee.................. ........ 35 Minigh i@advance ...... .. ............... P73) Wintel Sadvarce........ 35 Binich 6advanec..................... 2.2... 45 Barrel % advanee.......................... _. MILLS EEP Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.......-........-.. Le a gaves TN. HATER Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.. 40 MY (Eneve Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........... 40 poss ) Cofiee, Enterprise..........- .. ............ 30 /ASHBOARD, MOLASSES GATES ' Senet a. ee nave Dr STagARD Wasa C Enterprise, self-measuring ............ .... 30 . PLANES Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..........--.. see eeee @50 Selota Benehi .... ..-- 2... oe cree cree ce ceee 60 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy............---.- @50 Bench, firstquality..........-...--2..-++--+. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS Fry, Acme..... ae es a ae ola Common, polished..........----- eosces -« W& 5 RIVETS GLOBE CRIMP, Per Doz., $2. SAVES THE WASH. SAVES THE WASHER. f Acre cgcttiat rare aE cnc ero * Sea pan wae eee wales SER SEL ET PRA “Snr Tce Ee ee ne Bea ew ALENT OORT NTE Tm Anpetemaresnmmenneei —_ ahem ae Ne tn OLN AI: | 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN How Providence Watches Over Its Favorites. M. Quad in American Druggist. ‘*Yes, I think Providence keeps an eye on the drug-store man,”’ said the proprietor of the corner pharmacy as he locked the door after the last customer and sat down for a smoke before going home. ‘‘There is such a thing as luck, of course, but some of the escapes I have had must be attributed to a power higher than luck. The queerest thing in all my career happened with my very frst prescription. | had secured a place as prescription clerk, and within half an hour after taking off my hat I substi- tuted morphine for quinine. It’s no use to ask how I made such a _ blunder, and it’s no use for me to try to explain. I did it with my eyes wide open, and it was an hour before I made the discov- ery. That prescription had gone toa woman about half a mile from the store. There was just one chance in a thou- sand that I would be in time, and I made a run for it. You cau’t guess what saved me. The husband had come for the medicine, and on his way home a bug flew into his eye and he spent half an hour in a drug store getting the insect out. I overhauled him at his own gate. In that town were 400,000 pairs of human eyes. There was one bug fly- ing around. That the bug should have steered clear of all the other eyes and plumped into that husband's lett optic at precisely the right time to delay him to the precise minute was surely more than luck, as you must admit.”’ I admitted it, and after a breathing- spell the druggist continued : ‘*Take that case where I sold strych- nine for Epsom salts. A farmer comes in and asks for salts. It was with- in three feet of where I was standing, and yet I go to a drawer, get the key of the poison case, and calmly put him up ten grains of strychnine! I remem- bered later on that he seemed surprised at not getting more bulk for his money, but he made no kick. He had been gone for hours when it suddenly flashed across my brain that I had made a mistake For a minute I was like one frozen stiff. Then I flew toa livery stable, hired a horse and buggy, and for five miles kept the poor animal under the whip. It was 1o o'clock at night when I reached the farmhouse and pounded on the door. The farmer opened it himself, and in one hand he held that dose mixed up in a teacup. He was about to swallow it when my arrival prevented. I knocked the cup from his hand and then sank down in a swoon, and I dimly remem- ber of hearing him call out to his wife: ‘* ‘Say, Martha, come here and see what in thunder ails this fellow! I guess them drug-store smells have got into bis head and set him crazy!’ ”’ ‘‘But farmers generally go to bed at 9 o’clock,’’ I pretested, ‘‘and you were a full hour behindtime.”’ ‘Yes, I know,’’ replied the druggist, ‘‘but you haven't heard all. He'd have been in bed at 9, after taking the dose, but a barrel of new cider he had in the cellar exploded and wrecked things, and he haa just got through looking for the bunghole to preserve as a Curiosity. Should you ever see fit to write this in- cident up for the paper I would suggest that you head it: ‘Saved by a Bung- Hole, or The Careless Druggist and the Busted Cider Bar’l.’ ”’ I looked at the druggist for five min- utes, but he did not flinch under my gaze. When he had given me time to digest the story he went on: ‘*And take that case of the million- aire’s daughter—there was surely Provi- dence in that. She had fallen in love w.tha_ poor but worthy young man, but the purse proud father would not listen to a marriage. He said that he would slay her with his own hand before any son-of-a-cooper should call him father- in-law, and he went and bought a new crowbar that she might know he meant business. In this emergency the girl determined to take her own life. She entered the store and asked for laud- anum, and she was so perturbed and upset that I suspected the truth. It was not my business to dissuade her, how ever, as I was getting Io per cent. from the undertaker on the corner for all business I could throw in his way. 1 intended, however, to put her up a bot- tle of paregoric, and she had been gone an hour when the horrible thought came to me that I had given her carbolic acid instead. A moment's investigation set- tled all doubt and I clapped on my hat and started for her father’s house. I expected to hear her agonized screams a block away, but all was quiet. As I reached the gate I looked for doctors, but none were around. With my heart in my mouth I dashed up the steps and was about to pull the bell when a serv: ant opened the door. She had the bot- tle in her hand. As I panted for breath, unable to utter a word, she recognized me and said: ‘* «Oh, it's you, Mr. Parker? Well, Miss Clyde is all ready to die, but she don’t like the smell of this stuff. I was going down to the store to ask if you wouldn’t give her skunk’s oil in ex- change?’ ‘‘Not one suicide in a thousand stops to smell the contents of the bottle, ’’ said the druggist, as I turned away from him in despair. ‘‘She was the exception. Her good taste in not wanting to leave a bad smell behind her was what saved me. Had she rushed to her death, her rich and powerful father would never have let up until he bad ruined me. You must ac- knowledge that the hand of Providence was in it bigger than a windmill.”’ I neither admitted nor denied, and there was an air of injured innocence in the demeanor of the druggist as he presently observed : ‘‘Oh, well, I hardly expected you to grasp the full sentiment of it, and am only a trifle disappointed. Let me re- late one more case. A newspaper man comes into the store one evening and asks for a Dover's powder. How I managed to put up a dose of arsenic in- stead is one of those things we puzzle over for a lifetime and never solve. I rushed for his house as soon as I dis- covered my awful error, and if it is possible for the human hair to stand on end mine was in that condition as I sped along the street. There was not one chance in a million that 1 would be in time, but it was another case of Prov- idence. He had gone straight home to take the powder and go to bed, but as he mixed it his eye fell on an article in an opposition paper wherein he was spoken of as an ass and an idiot. He was mad, of course, and he sat down to write a reply. He was just finishing it as my ring alarmed the house. That 1s, be had characterized his esteemed con- temporary as a thief, robber, liar, in- cendiary and born fool, and was about to add that he could lick him with one hand tied behind him and add three ex- clamation points—!!! He had two of those points made when I rang. An- other instant and he would have added the third and tossed off the fatal dose. Would you call that luck, sir, or would you lay it to a higher power?”’ -‘I'd_ call it lying!’’ I said as I rose to go. ‘*Well, I dunno—I dunno!’’ sighed the druggist as he turned the key and let me out —__~_>2.s__ Was Sure He Could Sell Him. The dry goods merchant was explain- ing the situation to the new drummer he had just employed. ‘‘Your predecessor,’’ he said, ‘‘has gotten his business all tangled up, and if you take his place you will havea difficult task getting order out of chaos. ”’ ‘“*I don’t know who Chaos is,’’ en- thusiastically replied the drummer, ‘*but I bet I'll sell him a bill of goods if I have to hang onto him a week.”’ Uh How He Got a Check. Penman—‘‘I’ve been sending funny articles to the paper for three weeks.’ Popham— ‘And have you received a check yet?’’ Penman—‘‘ Yes; I got a note from the editor to-day telling me to quit.”’ —~> 2. ____ When a bride has been married about three weeks she begins to write home for the old clothes she refused to take with her. Bicycle Trade Should Expand. To the tradesmen and to those en- thusiastic in the sport there 1s rich promise for the future popularity of cycling in the rising generation, The extent to which the young idea is being taught to wheel is amazing and deeply interesting. In the country and the town, on the good roads everywhere one can not escape the sight of juvenile and infant cyclists. The habit 1s being bred in the bone of thousands of children of both sexes who are too yorng to talk plainly. Toddlers between the ages of four and eight abroad on tiny wheels of special construction are becoming so numerous that they almost cease to attract attention. The trick of carrying babies, too young to pedal, on the front of a wheel seems to be growing rather than diminishing, and it will be sur- prising if coming generations do not take to bicycles like ducks to water. _ 6 @—___ The Canned Horse Meat Industry. The only packing house engaged in the canning of horse meat is located a few miles outside Portland, Ore., ata small bamlet named Linnton. The name of the company is the Western Canning Co. The industry of canning horse meat has been in operation at Linnton the past three seasons, and has caused $100,000 to be expended in Ore- gon. Common range horses whose value had gone down to nothing were given a small value, and taken off the ranges, to the great benefit of the more valuable stock. Horse meat is considered a lux- ury in Europe, and the people there who want it should be provided with it, and will be. It is hardly possible that here in the United States, where other meats are produced so plentifully, peo- ple will ever acquire a taste for horse meat. —___» 2.»—__—_ Carved His Way to Fame. ‘‘There goes a man who has literally carved his way to fame.’’ **Who is he?’’ ‘‘The man that won first prize in the ox-dressing contest at the butchers’ picnic.”’ ——___>8»>___ Very Popular. ‘‘Those Perkins girls seem to be pop- ular ”’ ‘*Popular? Their father has adver- tised for bids to build a barbed wire trocha around the house. ’’ WANTS COLUMN Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. HAVE SMALL STOCK OF DRUGS AND fixtures in Ionia, taken on mortgage. Will sell chean for cash or trade for productive real estate. Answer immediately. Will seil soon. W. W. Hunt, Under National City Bank, Grand Rapid-. T07 OR SALE—COMPLETE STOCK OF GEN- eral merchandise, invoicing about $<,0°0. Hustling Michigan town of 2,500 inhabitauts. Seven govd factories. Cleanest and most up-to- da'e stock in county. Will rent the store build ing for term of years. Other urgent interests cause for selling. Herbert F. Caswell, Portland, Mich. 704 OTEL FOR SALE OR RENT — THREE- story building. For purticulars address John Lenhard. Clarksviile. Mich. TNT OR SALE OR RENT—STORE AND DWELL- ing combined, at McCord Station, on D. G. R. & W. Ra lroad; good well in house, ci tern, new horse barn, ete. Store finished ready for goods. An excellent point for business. Price, $500—a bargain. Address Dr. L. E. H: skin, McCord. Mich 714 NOR SALE OR RENT -COMFORTABLE NINE room house and barn at 44 Pleasant avenue, oppos te beautiful grove. Good cellar. Filter cistern. Will sell cheap on easy terms or rent for $10 per month until spring. N. G. Richards, 24 Kellogg St , Grand Rapids. 718 NOR SALE CHEAP~—SET OF FIRST-CLASS modern drug fixtures. Address No. 711, care Michigan Tradesman. T1 OR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODs, clothing, boos and shoes. hats and caps and men’s furnishing goods and gr ceries, well- adapted frame store building and convenient residence, well located in a thriving Northern Michigan town. Sales aggregate $10,000 per year, practically all cash transactions. No old stock. No book accounts. Reasoa for sel.ing, ill health. Investigation solicited. Address No 709, care Michigan Tradesman. 709 YANTED — SHOES, CLOTHING. DRY goods. Address R. B., Box 351, Montagne, Mich. 689 AOR SALE—CLEAN GENERAL STOCK aND store bu Iding in sma!] town surrou.ded by excellent farming and fruit cvuntry less than fifty miles from Grand Rapid-. Good reasons forselling. Inspection soli ited. Terms reason- able. Address for particulars No. 691 care Michigan Tradesman. 69 NOR SALE—NEW GENERAL STOCK. A splendid farming country. No tradcs. Ad- dress No. 6-0, care Michigan Tradesman 680 re SALB—A FINE SELECTED STOCK OF shues, rubbers, ete.; best town in the State; stock Al; lew rent; sp endid opening. Reason for selling, other business. Address Box 96, Fenton Mich. 710 ~~. LOCATED DRUG STORE, DO- ing a good business in the city, for sale. Good reasons for selling. Address I, Frank- ford. Fire Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Phone 1236, 53 West Bridge Street, Grand Rapids. 667 NOR SALE—DRUG, BOOK AND STATION- ery stock. invoicing 4.50), and fixtures invoicing $400, which include show cases. shelv- ing and bottles. Daily cash sales in 1891, 82°; £92. $30; 1893. $31; 1894, $34.65: 1895, $25; 1896, 521.20, and 1597.$2413 Located in manufactur- ing town. Nocut prices. Rent reasonable, $29 per month. Living rooms in connection. Ad- dress N«. 668, care Michigan Tradesman. 668 NOR SALE—FURNITURE AND UNDERTAK- ing business in the most enterprising town in Southwestern Michigan, Best location in the city. Address No. 673. care Michigan Trades- man, for particulars. 673 . LOCATION IN MICHIGAN FOR A cold storage aud general produce dealer. Write to the Secretary of tne Otsego Improve- meut Association, Otsego, Mich 631 ERCHANTS-—-DO YOU WISH CASH QUICK a for your stock of merchandise, or any part of it? Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich. 628 O EXCHANGE—FOR CLOTHING, DRY goods or shoes. very nice well rented Grand Rapids property. Address No. 552, care Michi- g-n Tradesman. a2 7] EXt HANGE — FARMS AND OTHER property for dry goods, clothing and shoes. Address P. Medasie, Mancelona. Mich. 5d3 COUNTRY PRODUCE ANTED—BUTTER,2EGGS AND POUL- try; any quantities. Write me. Orrin J. Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 706 ANTED — FIRST-CLASS BUTTER FOR retail trade. Cash paid. Correspond with Caulkett & Co.. Trave'se City, Mich. 381 ANTED—1.000 CASES FRESH EGGS, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca, Mich. 556 FIREPROOF SAFES EO. M. SMITH, NEW AND SECONDHAND ssfes, wood and brick building mover, 157 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 613 : HAY AND OATS NOK SALE—WE WISH YOUR ORDERS AND are in a posit on to make you satisfactory prices Please write us. Michigan Produce Co., shippers and wholesale dealers, Lansing. Mich. 716 MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—A FRW COUNTERS AND SHOW cases used, but in good -ondition. Ad- No 719. care M chigan Tradesman. 719 ANTED—SITUATION IN A CLOTHING or general store by an A No. | salesman. Add ess No. 685, care Wichizan Tradesman. 685 YITUATION WANTED Y A FIRSt-CLASS registered pharmacist, graduate; desires po- sition as clerk or m?nager. References fur- nished. Address No 7 5, care Michigan Trades- man. 715 7 + REGISTERED ASSISTANT pharmaci t. Give references, Address Salol, care Michigan Tradesman. 713 ANTED ITUATION AS MANAGER OF a general store by a competent and exper jienced man. Best of referenves Address J., care Michigan Tradesman. 694 Pioture Cards fo & COUNTY FairS.s¢ Nothing takes so well with the visitors at fairs as pic- ture cards, which are care- fully preserved, while ordi- nary cards, circulars and @ pamphlets are largely de- stroyed and we We have a fine line of Picture Cards, varying in price from $3 to $6 per 1,000, in- cluding printing on back. $ Samples mailed on appli- GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SOOSSOSE OOSSSSSOSOSSOOSO cation. TRADESMAN COMPANY : Travelers’ Time Tables. | MANISTE -& Northeastern Ry. | VOW OPEN # Best route to Manistee. ‘ Via C. & W. M. Railway. , i CHI C AG and West Michigan R’y Ly Grand Rapids...........0...... 7 G0aIE 2.020... Sept. 25, 1898. Air Manisteéi.c. oo i... oe ees Goes T205pm -e 2 2. Dy DRG ee ies dics Gs. eee 8:30am 4:10pm Apiorand Rapids: 2.0 t5 5.0.2.2. I:oopm. 9:55pm Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids......... 7:30am 12:00am *11:45pr Ar. Chicago........... 2:10pm 9:15pm 7:20am TRAVEL Ly. Chicago...11:45am 6:50am 4:15pm *11:50pm Ar. @’d Rapids 5:00pm 1:25pm 10:30pm * 6:20am VIA Traverse City, aes and Petosk ey. ® e . - a Peas pe 8:05am 5:30pm F. & P. NI. R. R. ‘arlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars on . night trains to and from Chicago ies AND STEAMSHIP LINES | *Every day. Others week days only. TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN } : Sen Ee H. F. MOELLER, a.aG.P.a. See ae DETROIT, ae 25, 1898. : peceesesagesoeesouerses Showrooms of e , e ‘ . Ly. Grand sips. 3omi 1:35pm §:35pxr Simple BROWN d SEHLER, W. Bridge i. brand Rapids. 3 es fo on coe oa See ss Prices right. We manufacture only ‘HAND MADE’ Harness. 8:00am 1:10pm 6: Ar. Grand Rapids..... 12:55pm 5:20pm 10:55pm Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Ly. G R7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G@R11:45am 9:30pr Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DEHAVEN. General Pass. Agent. Account File Simplest and ° | | . 2 é | GRAND ‘SS. | Most Economical : EY ry j (In effect May 15, 1898.) : neo =| } (() q | | 3 : Leave. EAST. Arrive. i + 6:45am.Sag., Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .t 9:55pm Petit Accounts +10:10am... ... Detroit and East.... ..+ 5:27pm : + 8:20pm. .Bag-, aE corgi ee File and 1,000 printed blank D-RADI * 8:00pm...Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am : Vie ri. Sok +0:45am2.... Mixed to Durand........¢ 3:15pm _ bill heads...... eee $2 75 DS é WEST, File and 1,000 specially bs * §:35am....Gd. Haven and™lut. Pts....* 7:05pm : . +12:53pm.Gd. Haven and Intermediate.t 3:12pm ; printed bill heads. ..... 3 25 + 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+10:0sam Printed blank bill heads, * 7:40pm...@d. Haven and Chicago..... 8:15am | | A +10:00pm......@d. Haven and Mil....... 6:40am per thousand........... I 25 | i il il UL } Rastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car. No. ! | 22 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. . No. 17 Wagner parlor car. *Daily. +tExcept Sunday. E. H. Huenes, A. G. P. &T. A. Brn. FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt., C. A. Justin, City Pass. Agent. 9% Monroe St. Morton House. Ht Specially printed bill heads, per thousand............ 1 75 Tradesman Company, This Showcase only $4 00 per foot. Grand Rapids. ait With Beveled Edge Plate Glass top $5.00 per foot. GR AN Rapids & Indiana Railway Sept. 25, 1898. iciieta ia Sek * keke 323332333293399222. Printed and plain for Patent Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am t+ 5:15pm | ¢ ’ Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Har. S..¢ 2:15pm *10:00pm Se ee eae Cadillac accommodation...... + 5:25pm +10:55am Crackers and Sweet Goods, Petoskey & Mackinaw City. ...t1!:00pm t+ 6:25pm 7:45am and 2:15pm trains have parlor cars; 11:0upm train has sleeping car. Southern Div. Leave Arrive Candy, Cough Drops, Tobacco Clippings, Condition Powders, Etc. Bottle and Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties. Ask or write us for prices, eve nance § en ee roar nslaly she : : ne : — Gincinnati...1-.. os. .-s-.-.-10:15pm * 7:10ar GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO. For Vicksburg and Chicago..*11:00pm * 9:1Cam 7:10 am train has parior car to Cincinnar and parlor car to Chicago; 2:10pm train has parlor car to Richmond; 10:15pm train has sleeping cars to Cincinnati, and on Sept. 27-29, Oct. 2, 5, 9, 12 and 16 to Indianapolis, Louisville, and St. Louis. 11:00pm train has sleeping car to PHONE 850. 81, 83 ano 85 CAMPAU ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, WE Mor “THE WORLD Chicago. Chicago Trains. We are manufacturing an article that will TO CHICAGO. suggest itself to you as most desirable Ly. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 210pm *11 00pm for its salable quality. Itis the _ Ar. Chicago......... 20pm 9 10pm 6 3am : FROM CHICAGO. Fuller Patented Eccentric Spring Lever Mop Stick EN CUICESO 8s. oo) oc seen cose se 3 02pm *11 45pm Ar. Grand Rapids.............. 945pm 7 10am It is adapted to your trade; in Neatness 45p Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor and Convenience it has no equal; the price car; 11:00pm, coach and sleeping car. Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has parlor car; is reasonable; it is being extensively ad- vertised; it has proven a phenomenal suc- cess wherever introduced. E. F. ROWE, Ludington, Michigan. J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel. 11:45pm, sleeping car. : mons WES. ; Lv G’d Rapids.........*7:35am *1:00pm *5:40p: Ar Muskegon........... 9:00am 2:10pm 7:05pm GOING BAST. Lv Muskegon....... .. *8:10am *11:45am *4:00pr. ArG@’d Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pr Sunday trains leave Grand Rapids 9.00 a. m. and 7.00 p.m. Leave Muskegon 8.35 a. m. and 7.15 a m. +Except Sunday. *Daily. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. and Ticket Agent. W. C. BLAKE, Ticket Agent Union Station. The Michigan Mercantile Agency Special Reports. Law and Collections. a Represented in every city and county in the United States and Canada. “The Floar the Best Cooks Use” And the kind you ought to Sell. Main Office: Room 1102 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. Personal service given all claims. Judgments obtained without expense to subscribers DULUTH, *™" —— Atlantic WEST BOUND. el A A a Oe A in. Sn asin sins, EAST BOUND. * Valley City < if you buy from us. : Ly. Grand Rapids (G. R. & L)¢11:10pm +7:45am e _ eee — —— a = > ; Be eae dare. <7 ipso _o-tooer |g ; Holiday Good Ss Pe a eee et | : AG DONG ee 8:30am | @ afford BIG PROFITS AY. Nestoria. iia Faem|@ — Milling Co. ‘ FRANKE BROS., Muskegon, Michigan. Marquette....... 3 = Ly. Sault Ste. Marie..... Grand Rapids, Mich. 4 Jobbers in Druggists’ and Grocers’Sundries, Fishing ees ON fF Sein wd Ae Ar. Mackinaw City, ........- < 11:00am | @ 4 Tackle, Sporting Goods, Notions, Toys, Etc. G. W. Hrsparp, Gen. Pass. Agt. ae. .. ; 4 E. C. Oviatt, Tray. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids “E€SESESECSSEEECECECEECECEEECE rrr PEPPY OY OG CO ~~ Soyer YY YY f | ile o1 AAD HAD ce eae ape ERENT meNIR IE Ae A OO i iN a A RR Ae ta SFY OTRO ~ asi i ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING uy NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES W Office and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., 7 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Bulk works at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Kap- one ids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City, Fremont, Hart, +87 Whitehall, Holland and Fennville sical bates hin e patna se tillincais Aereeinatilterniss Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. MI ML - LO. LI. LO. LL. i