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GCOOQOQODOOQQOODHOOOQOODDOOQOOQOOOO\HDOHOQOQOQOOGQHDOOGQGOOOGE ee Four Kinds of Coupon Books are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application. 5 TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, [lich. COOQOQOLCODOOQDOOOHGOOOQOGOODOOOQODOOOQOOOODOO QOHDODOODOOQGO©QOOQOOGOOOO® © © © OOOOOO.O OT ANDARD OL GO. DEALERS IN ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING Office and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE., Bulkiworks at Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. MP. LO. Le. LO. LP. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | Grand Repids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rap- ids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City, Fremont, Hart, Whitehall, Holland and Fennville LP. LA. LP. LP. ’e ° ° ° oa? ° —( LI. LO. LO. LP. LP. MP. LIP. LP. ~~ a ea a En f NAPHTHA AND GASOLINES ¥ ~~ eS a LES Fae ’ i tT We make Se I ++ Fs ! everything. Write for prices. Wn, Brummer & So Grond Rapids, Mich. PURITY AND STRENGTH! FLEISCHMANN & GO% COMPRESSED YEAST am, “ “ Facsimile Signature ao E> COMPRESSED %c Nene i ea saasve TS” -QUR LABEL our yellow label and signature is ABSOLUTELY PURE tin foil. your patrons and increase your trade. lar attention paid to shipping trade. FLEISCHMANN & CO. Detroit Agency, 118 Bates St. Grand Rapids Agency, 26 Fountain St. BRP PLP LPP OP PPP AD PDI ~ALPOOAD PINT A, - As placed on the market in tin foil and under Of greater strength than any other yeast, and convenient for handling. Neatly wrapped in Give our silverware premium list to Particu- Address, Paying | creameries promote prosperity. We build the kind that pay. If you Creameries ©" a good creamery in your community write to us for particulars. A MODEL CREAMERY. Our Creamery buildings are erected after the most approved Elgin model. We equip them with new machinery of the very latest and best type. Creamery Package M’f'g Co., 1-3-5 W. Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. ’ Why the Trade Increases Our spice trade continues to increase faster and faster. Who handles them? All sorts and conditions of mer- chants. They use them because they are good—not because they are cheap. The dealer who doesn’t sell our spices is losing a large, growing and profitable trade. The chances are he isn’t selling the right kind of spices and isn’t giving his customers s: tisfaction. He isn’t building up the spice trade he ought to have and might have—isn’t making the money he ought to make. Our traveling representatives want to tell you all about it—why our spices are the best in the world and how and why there’s money in them for you. Northrop, Robertson & Carrier, Lansing, Michigan. Sd BROWN & SHEHLER WEST BRIDGE STt.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mfrs. of a full line of HANDMADE HARNESS FOR THE WHOLSALE TRADE Jobbers in SADDLERY, HARDWARE, ROBES, BLANKETS, HORSE COLLARS, WHIPS, ETC. Orders by mail given prompt attention. Printed and plain for Patent Medicines, Extracts, Cereals, FOLDING PAPER BOXES minscmscocn Candy, Cough Drops, Tobacco Clippings, Condition Powders, Etc. Bottle and Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties. Ask or write us for prices. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO. PHONE 850. 81, 83 ANo 85 CAMPAU ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ne a ae ; eee ee aie eee ee a ee ee on (> Ge) se a ae 4 an \\\ ) Veg Ne (Wz) er cS} NE A DESMAN Volume XVI. The Preferred Bankers Life Assurance Company of Detroit, Mich. Annual Statement, Dec. 31, 1898. Commenced Business Sept. !, 1893. Insurance in Force........ ..... «2+ ++ ++$3,299,000 00 Ledger Assets a eens lee 55734 7 Ledger Liabilities . .......... coe bas = g Losses Adjusted and Unpaid..... a None ‘Total Death Losses Paid to Date...... 51,061 00 Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- enciaries. (20 ee. ik 1,030 00 Death Losses Paid During the Year... 11,000 00 Death Rate for the Year............... 3 64 FRANK E. ROBSON, President. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, Sxccretary. $000000000000000000000 SPRING LINE 1899 NOW READY Herringbones and every style pattern in market Largest line of Clay and Fancy Worsted Spring Overcouats and Suits, $3.50 up, all manufactured by KOLB & SON WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS Rochester, N. Y. Write our traveler, Wm. Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich, to call, or meet him at Sweet's Hotel, Grand Rapids, Jan. 14 and 17, alsoJan. 26-31. Winter Overcoats and ; Ulsters still on hand. 09000000000 00000000 $0000000 See Michigan to protect our subscribers against loss by worthless debtors and to collect all other claims. L. J. Stevenson. Manager and Notary. R. J. Cleland and E. C. Spalding, Attorneys. FIGURE NOW on improving your office system for next year. Write for sample leaf of our TIME BOOK and PAY ROLL. BARLOW BROS., Grand Rapids. rvvvuvvv—vvv~—vvvvvvvvvvyyvs VwvewTeweT eC VT TCC Ce CT CCST ee THE CUNO FIRE 7? Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBarn, Sec. ¢ Be bb i i a FVVVVvVvVvVvVvVeVeVvVvVvVveVveVveVvVVUeW YY 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 [lanager. hab bo bobo boll th »~ & & & 6 fy fy bo fb fb a & ba lb bl bo b>, rrTVvVve VV VV Save Trouble. TFOU@SIDON COUPONS sr: tex GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1899. It is said thet more steel is used in the manufacture of pens than in all the sword and gun factories in the world. It is so praiseworthy to be looking for work that a great many young men are looking for work that they never intend to do. All United States senators ought to be good for something. It is said Senator Alien, of Nebraska, is the best billiard player in his State. Persons who think more of personal notoriety than public good do harm when they thrust themselves to the front in a Cause that needs substantial back- ing. Co-operative towns, stores or boarding- houses should never be started without the permission of the labor agitators, who must live on the wages of others without contributing any capital or service to their support. A Washington girl asked General Wheeler why he wore no medals, and he replied that he had none. ‘‘I am no bicyclist,’’ added he, ‘‘and I never made a century run in my life.’’ He might have added that he never led a brass band. The use of fence wires ca the Aus tralian plains as telephone conductors is becoming general, and the farmers thus commonly communicate over dis- iances of seven and a half totwelve and a half miles. Unfortunately the wires conduct lightning as well as the feeble teiephone currents, ard animals that take refuge against the fences are often killed by a stroke that reached the earth at some distant point and was conducted to them by the fence. A correspondent of the New York Times, who styles himself ‘‘Somewhat of an Authority on Grip,’’ stated the other day that since he has been careful to keep his feet dry he has not suffered trom influenza, and that, having pre- viously had it four years in succession, he is certain that the ailment was al- ways contracted through the feet. An- other correspondent now bobs up to ob- serve that he has had influenza five years in succession, and that he has two wooden legs! Experiments to reproduce dead men’s features from their skulls are being made in Germany. The method pursued is that proposed by the late Prof. His, of Leipzig, to reconstruct the face of John Sebastian Bach. At the University of Graz the skulls of criminals who have been executed are used. Casts of these will be taken in plaster and given to different persons to treat according to the rules laid down. The results will then be compared with one another and with photographs of the original owners of the skulls, taken either before or after death. Should they prove at all successful in obtaining a resemblance there is likely to be a painful rum- maging among the bones of the great men of the past. At the annual meeting of the Chicago Retail Druggists’ Association it was de- cided to fight the new trade rules of the wholesale dealers, which cut discounts for payments within 1o days of the first of the month from 1% to! per cent., and which enact that purchases must henceforth be in quarter-of-a-dozen lots, instead of one-sixth and one-twelfth dozens. It is said that German officials abso- lutely ignore the stamps and brands of American officers through whose hands American meat products pass before their shipment, claiming that certifi- cates of inspection from this country are unreliable. The real cause of Germany’s antagonism to American meit appears to be found in the pressure brought to bear by the agricultural interests of that country upon the government, in order to preserve the home market. The fruit-jar industry 1s in a state of disruption and plants are closed down. The introduction of machinery by Ball Bros , of Muncie, Ind., a year ago, by which they are able to produce fruit jars at a labor cost of 16 cents a gross, has made it impossible for hand manu- facturers to compete with them. Labor already has submitted to a 30 per cent. cut and another 30 per cent. is to be demanded. Even then the manufactur- ers will be unable to compete with the machines. The time of $6 and $8 a gross for jars has gone and it is pre- dicted that within a year they wil] be selling for less than $3, which will mean that the entire industry of the United States, and practically of the continent, wili be in the hands of three firms which now control the machines. The hand manufacturers, save one, have closed their plants and are changing machin- ery for other glass manufactures. Two- cent jars will mean that the tin-can trade will be disrupted more or less and that all fruits will be packed in glass. War revenue stamps are engaging the attention of the philatelists to a greater or less extent. Full collections of the issues are already rare, and it is said that they are likely to become more so as time advances. The outlay necessary in order to secure a complete list of the stamps deters many enthusiasts from venturing into the field. A man is apt to think twice before purchasing -a $50 documentary war revenue stamp, just for the sake of adding it to his collec- tion, and, unless this valuable bit of paper is acquired, the collection is not compiete. Some of the stamps are al- ready scarce. Soon after Congress passed the bill an issue of half-cent doc- umentary stamps of orange color was printed. It was a mistake to use the orange ink—a mistake that was soon discovered and rectified. The correct color should have been a grayish steel. Naturally the philatelists seized upon the orange issue with avidity. Many of the collectors, it is said, have made strenuous efforts to gather as many as possible before the general public ‘*caught on’’ to the real value of the article and raised the price accord- ingly. Number 800 The deal for the absorption of the greater part of the plants of the Ameri- can Spirits Co. by the Standard Distil- ling and Distributing Co., of which premonition has lately been given through the big rise in Standard Dis- tilling preferred stock, has received offi- cial confirmation. Without any increase in its present capital stock, or the is- sues of any additional securities what- ever, the Standard will come into actual control and management of the _proper- ties of the American Spirits Co., which it will probably pay for by its own stocks held in the treasurv. is directed to the list of fifty-two acetylene gas generators which have been approved by the Bureau of Fire Protection Engineering, published elsewhere in this week’s paper; also to the list of ten Michigan generators which have not yet secured the ap- proval of the Bureau. It will be well for those who are contemplating the purchase of a generator to preserve the list of approved machines and decline to have anything to do witb a generator which has not passed the scrutiny of the Bureau, as the installation of a gener- ator which has not been approved in- validates the insurance of the user in the event of a fire. Attention Fraud in the Use of Spurious Brands. State Commissioner of Weiting, in his annual New York Legislature, says that the cheesemakers of New York are now making a nearly uniform _ first-grade cheese. The full cream cheese manu- factured is nearly all branded with the New York State full cream brand, which iS a guarantee to the ccnsuming public relative to the New York cheese upon which it appears, but a great fraud is being perpetrated upon the people by the false use of the New York State brand, or the duplicates of it, by deal- ers in other states. He says it is known that the New York State brand has been duplicated and placed upon cheese which was sold as New York State {ull cream cheese which was not made in the State at ali, most of which was of an inferior quality, and he has, through his agents, found cheese in Southern States bearing the New York State full cream cheese brand, the particular num- ber of which had not been issued from his office for five years. He insists that there shouid be national legislation to stop this great fraud, which not only 1s operating upon the New York State cheese porducers, but is a greater fraud on the consuming public. He says that a bill authorizing the Governor of each state to file a state trademark at Washington, tbat trade- mark to be used upon any goods man- ufactured within the state for which it was filed, if properly enforced, would remedy the fraud. _—+_—~> 0. Large Peanut Crop. The peanut crop of the United States this year will hardly fall short of 4,000, - oco bushels. Most of this crop is grown in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. Prior to the war the pea- nut crop barely aggregated 500,000 bushels. Agriculture report to the + > 0 Partition Not Made by Hands. Bacon—My partner and myself want a wooden partition across the store. Builder—Well,I think if you put your heads together you can accomplish it. es MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods Consideration For Other People’s Feelings. Written for the TRADESMAN. The holiday rush was on and the clerks in Jarvis & Co.'s big dry goods store were kept busy from eight o’clock in the morning until ten at night. The burden of the work was lightened a lit- tle by the help which the extra clerks, hired for the Christmas week, could give; but it often happened that they were more of a hindrance than a help, for, not knowing the stocks, they were continually asking where things were and what was the price of this, that and the other. The dress goods department does not come in for much of a rush at this season, so that as many of the clerks as could be spared were sent to other departments to heip them out. It so happened that the day before Christ- mas the manager requested me to go to the men's furnishings department and walk the aisle It was while thus en- gaged that the following incident came under my notice: At the necktie counter there were sev- eral salesmen and among them one whom I knew to be an extra hand There was a certain unexplainable something about this fellow that caused in me a feeling of antipathy towards him. I was curious to see if any of the people upon whom he waited were affected in the same way. As the day wore on I saw that he missed more sales than he made. His manner to custom ers, while not exactly rude, was indiff- erent and his speech flippant. If one of bis customers left the counter without buying, he usually had some unpleasant remark to pass about it to some of his fellows, and that in hearing of other customers. A man of this sort can do much dam- age to trade, and while it was in reality no business of mine, it provoked me te think that a fair-dealing firm, such as Jarvis & Co. are, should have trade driven out of their store. About ten o'clock a young man, evi- dently not city bred but well dressed and with an expression of face that stamped him a man and a gentleman asked me to show him where he could get a necktie. I took him down the aisle to the necktie counter and turned him over to the disagreeable salesman, who was the only one not engaged at the time. There was a large show case fiiled with a choice assortment of neckwear on the counter and I heard the young countryman say, ‘‘ Now don't take down a lot of boxes, for I can select what | want out of the show case here and save you lots of bother;’’ and he began to look over the ties in the case. The salesman then opened the case and took outa brilliant pink four-in-hand and, with a wink to one of the other clerks, remarked: ‘‘Here’s an up-to- date shade in a necktie; and, by the way, it will just match your pulse-warm- ers.’ This remark drew my attention to the young fellow’s wrists and I saw that he had on a pair of soft woolen pulse warmers of a bright pink shade and of a fashion long since gone out of date, there being a large fluffy border around the part nearest the hand, such as is used around the top of yarn slippers. The young man took the pink necktie and, laying it over one of the pulse- warmers, locked at it critically and then said: ‘‘I didn't know they matched the different parts of men’s wear in that way. ‘*Oh, yes,’’ replied the salesman ; ‘‘you know the proper thing now is to have your hat, overcoat and overgaiters just the same shade, and then your necktie must be the same as your pulse- warmers. It wouldn’t look well to have too many colors, you know;’’ and the salesman again winked at one of his fellow clerks. The young countryman looked up just in time to see this and, laying the pink tie down on the show case, asked, ina quiet voice but that trembled slightly, ‘Young fellow, did you ever do any- thing because of love? You don't know as you ever have? Well, I just want to tell you this little bit of human history ; not because I want you to think any better of me, for that doesn’t matter, but because the knowing it may help you to be just a little more considerate of other people's feelings: These old-fashioned wristers that I’m wearing were knit by my mother on her dying bed. They were the last labor of love that she was ever able to do for me, for she died a few hours after they were finished. We buried her day before yesterday out at Fairmont.’’ An awkward siience settled over the busy department as the young country- man took his leave. During the balance of the day that salesman didn't lose a single customer ; but when the store opened for business the day after Christmas he was among the salespeople who didn’t come back. Mac ALLAN, ——_»3 02> Suffered the Torments of the Damned I deliberately chose my calling and studied for it, so that I bave nothing against the profession to which my life must henceforth be devoted. But, sir, I believe the drug clerks, particularly in the large cities, are the hardest worked, poorest paid and least appreciated peo- ple in the community. For in our keeping, even more than in that of the doctors who prescribe, is the public health. We must keep our brains clear and be ready to fill a prescription when called from our beds at 2 o'clock in the morning as accurately as at high noon. Some time ago I was myself under the weather. The hard work was telling on me and | was threatened with in- somnia and fever. One midnight, while I was in this condition, I was rung up and, with tottering steps and a reeling brain, I made my way down to the store. Outside the door I found a boy awaiting me, from a house near by, with a prescription calling for a number of half-grain morphine powders. The doctor who wrote the prescription was a friend of mine and a very careful man. The powders were for an old gentleman who had been ailing for some time, and I knew they were intended to induce sleep. I filled the prescription, properly, as I thought, and when the boy left I returned to bed. As I could not rest, I was up early and downstairs. Like a dream I recalled the morphine prescription. I read it over; yes, the powders were to be one-half grain each, taken as directed. [ looked at the scales; they had not been touched since I handled them, but I was frozen with horror when I saw that there was a tengrain weight on one side. I had given the man enough mor- phine to kill a dozen men, for there were four powders. I can not describe the torture that followed. I felt that I bad committed an unpremeditated mur- der. I shrank at the sound of every footstep and shuddered when anyone en- tered the store. About 9 o’clock my friend, Dr. Todd, ees came in with a very sad face, and in|@ a answer to my enquiry as to the health ° ] RADESMAN S of Mr. O'Dell, the man for whom the . ‘ e medicine had been prescribed, he| ™ > @ eo = |TEMIZED | EDGERS § The man is dead. e aca . ‘*My God!"’ I gasped. a a ee ee “Ob,"" said the doctor, ‘‘I fully ex-|™ THREE COLUMNS. 7 pected it. The morphine was simply |S —— a - intended to ease him off.’’ : 4 Quires, 320 pages........ 3 00 . Se + [| foe se OS ‘‘No; by the time the boy got back . e with the medicine the old man was|@ ¢ e dead.’’ > INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK 5 Language is all too weak to picture| @ So double pages, registers 2,880 . my joy on learning this. I kept my a IMVOICES 2... 2.2 cece ce eeeeees $2 00 a e secret to myself and agg po . £ e ders as soon as possible. rom that day to this I never made up a prescrip- : Tradesman Company . tion when my hand was not steady and -- Grand Rapids, Mich. e my brain clear.—T. E. McGrath in | gqgqgemenoneneuenonenenere American Druggist. $ Our New Line of Wash Fabrics Ready ¢ Oxford, Madras, Ginghams, Prints in Simp- ‘a sons, Hamiltons, Pacific, Allens, Cocheco and 4a, other leading brands. } ¢ 500 pieces of new Percales, 32 and 36 inch @ ® goods, all new patterns. Q Dress Goods from 8, 10, 12%, 15c up to 37!c ‘W in new colors and styles. ) Be sure and look us over before placing g} da, orders. since: olesale Dry s, P. Steketee & SONS, ranc'Rapias, mich.” ¥ ‘ p we SS SS S J J J S J SS J SS SS SS SS SS S SS S J SS SS SS SS WS \ Pretty Neckwear Our assortment this spring is by far the greatest we have ever shown. Choice patterns in the above shapes to retail at a quarter. Salesmen are now showing the line. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. Wholesale Dry Goods and Furnishings, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EEEEEEEEEEECEEEEECE EC EEEEEEEE CECE sececee’ WANTED=-=" merchant in every town where we are not already repre- ~~ sented, to sell our popular brand of clothing. THE WHITE CITY BRAND THE WHITE HORSE BRAND oe READY TO WEAR We furnish samples, order blanks, etc., free, and deliver same. You can fit and please all sizes and classes of men and boys with the best fitting and best made clothing at very reasonable prices. Liberal commission. Write for Prospectus (C) WHITE CITY TAILORS, 222 to 226 Adams Street, Chicago, Ill. | 1 ate MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 PRO AND CON. Handling Crockery and Glassware in a Country Store. Written for the TRADESMAN. Crockery and glassware, being articles of universal household use, would seem by right to have a place in the stock of the general dealer. The genuine coun try store situated at the crossroads, with perhaps no competition nearer than the village several miles away, has unmistakable need of its little stock ot staple crockery and glass, and if this is well selected it can hardly fail to find steady, if not rapid, sale. But the deal- er in a town or village where there are already several fairly complete stocks with which he must come into compe tition will do well to look the situation over carefully before investing in these lines. If the ground is already well covered it may be best to keep one’s money for other goods. For the crock- ery business is easily overdone. Al: that is purchased by an ordinary fam- ily during a year, including tableware, chamber sets, lamps and odd or fancy pieces, costs but a small portion of what the same family expends ina like pe- riod for groceries, shoes and dry goods. No line is more sensitive to financial conditions, local as well as general; in ‘‘hard times’’ crockery is very slow- moving stock, while a little wave of prosperity will quickly double or treble sales. It is not worth while to try to do any- thing with these goods unless one is able to have as varied and attractive a stock as that carried by competitors. If a lady wants only a set of white granite plates she prefers to get them at some place where handsome styles of deco- rated ware are kept. How often do we see a feeble attempt made that can not possibly result in profit. Perhaps there are four or five dirty dishes in a win- dow, a few more on a shelf in the back of the store, while the main stock, small and poorly assorted, is kept in the base- ment. If a dish is called for no one can tell just where to find it, nor exactly what the price is—perhaps not even whether it is in stock or not. Plenty of good display space is in- dispensable to success with crockery and glassware. Good shelving, strong enough not to sag under its weight, or tables for displaying the goods, or botb, are absolutely necessary; and these should be located in a sightly part of the store. Then the stock must be kept clean by frequent dusting and occasion- al washing. This is no small task amid the dust and dirt of a general store. But if it pays to keep the goods at all it pays to keep them clean. Plain white cups and saucers and the cheapest glass tumblers are attractive if bright and shining, while French china and cut glass are uninviting to even the casual observer if covered with dust, flyspecks or cobwebs. Another requisite of success is good taste in selecting goods, or, more ex- actly speaking, good judgment as to what will suit the taste of the people who are to buy. Of two patterns of dec orated semi-porcelain exactly the same in price and quality of ware one will be a winner and sell readily at a profit, while it will be difficult to get rid of the other at first cost, hence the im- portance of making correct selections. Then some time and careful study must be devoted to the buying, the pricing up and all the little details ot the busi ness. It is often necessary to go over the stock and make an inventory of what is on hand, so that what is low or entirely out may be filled up without overstocking on other articles. This trouble is not always taken. When the stock begins to run low on certain things and the assortment is a little broken a crate or two of dishes and several bar- rels of glassware are ordered. Of course, this will give the shelves a filled-up ap- pearance, but such buying 1s bound to accumulate dead stock that will absorb the greater portion of the profits. Another error which the careless buy- er is liable to make is the purchase of unsalable assortments. Not that ail as- sortments are unsalable or unprofitable ; if the price is right, whether any given assortment is a boon to the small dealer or a delusion and a snare depends en- tirely on what is in it. Jobbing houses are wont to throw out some very alluring baits in the form of five-cent, ten-cent and twenty-five-cent asscrtments. For instance, ten dozen of different items of glassware, some of them large pieces and staple sellers,are offered at seventy- five cents per dozen. It is held out that these wili all sell readily at ten cents apiece, netting the retailer a handsome profit; besides, selling such large pieces at so low a price will ‘‘bring people to your store.’’ It is hard to resist this last argument—buying for seventy-five cents and selling for one dollar and twenty cents looks profitable enough. But there is a package charge of say ninety cents—it takes quite a large cask to hold ten dozen good-sized glass pieces. Then there are freight charges, which, if the goods have to be senta long distance by rail, are no small item. Some allowance, too, must be made for breakage. The actual cost of toe goods when laid down in the deal- er’s store is considerably above seventy- five cents per dozen. Then, if the larger articles sell off first, which is naturally and generally the case, leaving three or four dozen small and unattractive items that have to be put on the five-cent counter to move them at all, it is read- ily seen that the profits of the assort- ment partake of the illusory nature of many other earthy things. While dwelling somewhat on the un- pleasant and unprofitable features, and insisting strongly that the conditions of success must be complied with if suc- cess is to be achieved, we do not wish to have it inferred that there is no pleasant and profitable side to the mat- ter of handling crockery and glassware in connection with other goods. On the contrary, we are inclined to think that under fairly favorable circumstances it may be made a pleasing and lucrative branch of general store-keeping. One thing that is favorable is that the goods are, as one may Say, self-adver- tising. An attractive display of pretty dishes can nct fail to set the ladies talk- ing; they tell their friends and ac- quaintances and these will drop in to see them. Another favorable point is the en- during satisfaction which the purchaser experiences. While a dress or a shoe may soon lose the splendor of its new- ness, a piece of china or glsss is a thing of beauty that is truly a joy forever—vntil 1t gets broken or, what is far more an- noying to the lover of these things, ‘‘nicked.’’ And, strange to say, when this inevitable catastrophe occurs she does not iay the blame on the seller. Indeed, if the goods sold are what they should be it is rare to have any com- plaints about the goods. This is restful in comparison with hearing how flour bas not raised, butter has not been fit to eat, dress goods bave shrunk or faded and shoes have prematurely out.’’ A stock of dishes is singularly free from deterioration of al] kinds after it is once in the store. Excepting a very little breakage in moving the goods about the building, they keep perfectly. Moth and rust do not corrupt, neither are thieves likely to carry the stock away. They are unaffected by the heat of summer or the cold of winter. They neither fade nor shrink nor go out of style. Of course, there are fashions in dishes, but the changes are not abrupt enough to cause loss. In another article we shall attempt to show how a small amount of capital may be most judiciously invested in these lines and how to make them pay. QUILLO. > 2. ____ Don'ts For Drummers. Don’t come into a store trying to sell goods with a cigar in your mouth. It isn't businessiike. Don’t come into the store chewing gum or tobacco. It doesn't look nice. Don’t be fresh with the salesladies, even although you happen to have sold them goods before; you lose their re- spect. Don’t shake hands. There is no need for this, and a man doesn’t care to shake hands every time a commercial man wants to sell him goods. Don’t under any circumstances ask a buyer out for a drink ora dinner. It isn’t right, and the man who employs buyers would not encourage this under any condition. Don’t pull out your order book and say you sold Marshall Field so much, and John Wanamaker so many. The average buyer doesn’t care a rap what you sold the other fellow. Don’t show your temper when§ the buyer tells you he can nvet use your goods this time. It is bad taste and *“given may cause you to lose a second attempt to show your samples. Don't tell a buyer he ought to buy a dozen of this and a dozen of that when he gives you an order for a half dozen. He knows what he needs better than you do. Don’t accept a small order sneeringly ; remember ‘‘From small acorns large trees grow.’’ Don’t make a buyer feel as if you knew it ail and he didn’t. It makes him feel sore against you anc you will be the Joser. Don't bring another drummer in the store to introduce him to the buyer. This is a presumption that the buyer doesn't relish. Don’t ever tell a buyer you just came all the way from New York to see him and sell him goods. This doesn’t go nowadays. Don't promise to give one firm the control of am article, unless you mean it. If you don’t keep your promise, your name is ‘‘Dennis’’ forever more. Don’t make any promises unless you intend keeping them. Better not prom- ise too much. Don’t speak disparagingly of a com- petitor’s goods. This never accomplishes any good. Don’t give a buyer a duplicate unless your firm’s name and address are on that duplicate. This is important. Don't say mean things about a buyer, although you have cause to. Guard your mouth. You may sell him some day, if you keep your tongue, but you never will if you cast mean remarks. Don’t bribe a buyer, It is despicable, low, contemptible. Should you occa- sionally make a sale this way, you will surely regret it in the long run. I Wanted the Same Make. ‘“‘T want to get a typewriter for my busband.’’ ‘‘Any particular make, ma’am?’’ ‘*Well, I heard a business friend tell my husband that his typewriter was a ‘Little Peach.’ Have you that make?’’ | Perhaps == | You Want some unique stylee =| -——— in printing---something differs |= ent from others. “ you With thousands of other « i ——— | $atisfied patrons. i i — >—>—|_ OF good printing must beeee = | higher if you count qualitye= §=|——- > — but be careful where you goe® = | for good printing---get quality. §=§—— ——— 11] Gradesman Gompany, |-———— Grand Rapids. or Cet us place Che price | ——— i : : FA ebb RRND eR I SANA Neb iO hte des ee Vcbanvuathndennrenmateered Dna aaneeeaaeee ry Be RL eA eared ae eed cae btemmer yeas ecacareean ed cba te scones tesleeceancatp death enchnirb meee ode GAN LAA TAO AD RARE ARINC AWD Li c0i0 AU Loe 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Dexter—Thbos. S. } out bis hardware s Ovid—John Jones, of St. opened a bazaar store here. Clifford— Weston & Jacobs succeed Moss & Weston in general trade. Zz James a o 2 n tw a bas purchased the roungilove. is Palmer G © o + m bode ” s. & suc- $ the drv goods, bing goods business. Everett has sold to Frank T. Albright Culver has sold his ; stock to Mand Belicvue—H. M. Weed has purchased the hardware stock of T. B. Morten & Co. Oxford—Chas. M. and Sola Bis c Johnston hb will engag 1 stock and fad Wheeler has Sberman—E. W. as merchandise stock d the genera! J. H. Wheeler. Lansing—A. M. Robson will open a grocery store at 111 Washington avenue within a fortnight. Menominee—A. LeBlanc succeeds Belanger & LeBlanc in the dry goods and bazaar business. Mt. Clemens—Morgan & Quacken- bush succeed Corey A. Quackenbush in the bakery business. Bay City—Jobn Carroll & Co. succeed Carroll & Rose in the produce and) commission business. St. Ignace—Fred Louden & Son have put in a line of groceries in connection with their bazaar stock. Detrot—L. Kimmel & Co. have scald their dry goods, clothing and millinery stock to Jacob Freedman. Thompson—John Patterson & Co. suc- ceed John ness and genera! trade. Saline—E. A. Hauser & Co. have sold their drv goods, grocery and crock- ery stock to Humphrey & Co, Detroit—The wholesale jewelry firm of the Eugene Deime! Co. has changed its style to Noack & Gorenflo. Montrose—James Shanahan succeeds Shanahan, Haight Bros. & Co. as pro- | prietor of the Montrose Bank. Ovid—A. S. Berry, of St. removed to this place and engaged in the merchant tailoring business. Cass City—J. W. Heller & Son, suc- cessors to Jas. Tennant, have sold their grocery stock to H. L. Hunt and C. W Heller, who will continue the business under the style of H. L. Hunt & Co. Patterson in the cedar busi- | Ciair, has} Dimondale—H. F. Miller succeeds Whitmore Bros. in the barness, carriage and agricultural implement business. Whitebaii—] T. Moore will shortly remove his stock of boots and shoes io Wooley, Wash., where be will engage in hicin s ousiness. Owosso—C. C. Duff, formerly of the grocery firm re-purchased Devereaux. Muskegon—George J. Proebmer, Jr., of Chicago, bas purchased the bakery the grocery stock of E. L. business of Mrs. H. lends at 17 S. Terrace street Lansing—Geo. E. Field has retired | irom the grocer Harlow & Co., which did bu der the style of the Banner Gr Detroit—Alexander Barnett has moved bis boot and shoe stock to Bat- tle Creek, where they have formerly conducted a branch store. Lansing—M. H. Sherman, who con- < ducted a drug and grocery store at the corner of Washington avenue and Franklin street, has removed to Perry. Bath—Hall & Joy, undertakers at this place, urchased the furniture d ing business of E. Ledge, and will w wn eer E z—F. older, of the bazaar Holder & Co, has purchased stock of Shaw & Co., at ton. Edward Flitton has been placed in charge of the business. Tekonsba—C. E. Fousel, for several years engaged in the dry goods and gro- cery store of J. W. Randall, has pur- |chased a hardware stock at Centerville and will engage in business at that n = 8 oO . French has retired business by a dissolution of ith H. E. Moon, after pent in the hardware trade. will continue the business. Jackson—Leonard Durant has resigned his position in the dry goods store of L H. Field in company with Andrew Meade, has opened a men's furnishing goods store under the style of Meade & Duracxt. Coldwater—M. J. Smith. formerly engaged in the agricultural implement business and, later, a partner in the 'grocery firm of Adams, Perry & Smith, will remove to Cleveland and engage in the grocery business about Feb. 1. Three Rivers—John Diffenderfer, for a sumber of years managing clerk in the cicthing store of Froblien & Knapp, bas formed a copartnership with his | father-in-law, Wm. Thomas, and en- | gaged in the hardware business at Jones. | Hillsdale—C. A. Shepard sued the | American Express Co. for $10 because they refused to send a package for him | unless he first paid for the one-cent rev- ienue stamp. Before the case came to trial the company settled by paying the | $10 and the costs Mr. Shepard had in- | curred, Adrian—Clark, Mason & Co. have | sold their wholesale grocery business to j Ira Bartley, of Toledo. Ira Mason and ; Will Curtis, of the Adrian firm, will be |interested in the Toledo concern, and the Adrian branch will be discontinued. | Mason & Co. intended moving to Toledo |to open in business, expecting to con- | tinue bere, but Bartley made an advan- ms | tageous offer and changed the plans. of Duff & Detwiler, has! Lapeer—A movement is on foot here to organize a business men’s associa- ition. A general agreement has been jentered into by the business men to ithis effect. The particular object of the | organization is to inaugurate a boom for |Lapeer by offering inducements for manufacturers to locate here. Saginaw—For some time negotiations | have been pending for the consolidation jof the Bank of Saginaw and the First | National Bank of the west side. The | First Nationol, according to the report, lis to sell its interests to the Bank of |Saginaw and surrender its charter. It is intimated that Ammi W. Wright, of Alma, one of the directors of the First National, will hold a similar position and also the presidency of the consol- idated bank. Manufacturing Matters. Romeo—Edward J. Proctor succeeds Proctor Bros. in the manufacture of rakes and broom hancles. Weidman—J. S. Weidman has started his big band mill and will cut hard- wood during the winter months. Battle Creek—-Rathbun & Kraft suc- ceed Mason, Rathbun & Co. in the planing m:li and lumber business. Kent—A. L. Power has leased his cheese factory to Albert N. Saur, who bas retained the same cheesemaker who has been employed by Mr. Power in the past West Branch—The Gale Lumber Co.’s sawmill and planing mill will resume operations this week, repairs having been made and everything being in readiness for a long run. Muskegon—The candy manufacturing concern of Snyder & Straub will here- aiter be conducted under the name of Snyder & Thayer, E. W. Thayer hav- ing purchased the interest of John G. Straub, who expects to engage in the Same business in Pueblo, Col., witha brotber in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Jackson—The Jackson Paper Manu- facturing Co ’s plant has been sold on execution sale to Perkins, Goodwin & Co., Burgess Sulphite Fiber Co. and Solomon, Broas & Co., for $1,500, sub- ject to mortgages aggregating $43,- 532.12, held by the People’s National Bank, Jackson City Bank and Eugene Pringle as trustee. Detroit—Articles of incorporation of the Morgan & Whately Co., who will carry on the manufacture, purchase and sale of ladies’ and children’s wearing apparel, have been filed with the County Clerk. The capital is $50,000, with 38.080 paid in. The stockholders are: Charles L. Morgan and E. Clements Whately, 154 shares each; George E. Lane, 500 shares. ———_2—.___ Sumner Wells, Secretary and Treas- urer of the Clark-Jewell-Wells Co., is spending the month on the Atlantic Coast, beginning at New Orleans and ending at New York. He is accom- panied by his wife. —_—_—_+>02—___ E. Corey & Son have closed out their grocery stock at South Grand Rapids. Chas. Corey, the junior partner, has en- gaged to assist Joseph P. Visner exploit the city trade of Edwin J. Gillies & Co. ———_~> 2. ___ James Redman will shortly engage in the grocery business at Breckenridge. The Clark-Jewell-Wells Co. has the or- der for the stock. ——-—_2t>—_____ D. T. Paulson & Co. have purchased the drug stock of O. A. Fanckboner at 427 East Bridge street. ——_~2sto___ For Gillies N. Y. tea, all kinds, Ae mee ee grades and prices, phone Visner, 800. The Boys Behind the Counter. Ithaca—Chas Sweetman has taken the position in Sam Kirchheimer'’s store made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Kress. Hillsdale—Fred G. Gray has taken a position with the Fletcher Hardware Co., at Detroit, and expects to report for duty there next Monday morning. Rochester—A. H. Good bas gone to Milford to clerk for Tuckey & Co. Alma— Eugene Delong, who has been clerking in Lakeview for a short time, has returned to Alma and is now behind the counter at F. E. Poilasky's. Traverse City—Lou F. Bassett, of Cheboygan, an experienced clothing man, has taken a position in the cloth- ing department of Steinberg’s dry goods store. Manton—Chas. H. Hall, a former salesman at the Bailey store, has begun his duties as salesman at the store of Frank Smith, to succeed Ralph Liddle, who returns to Manistee, Mr. Hall! is succeeded at the Bailey store by a Mr. Gibson of Fowlerville. Sherman—Wm. Lount, until recently pharmacist at Rose’s drug store, re- signed his position to take a more lu- crative position in Detroit and G. A. Johnson, of Traverse City, is employed by Mr. Rose to fill the vacancy. Jackson—Mr. McFern, of Philadel- phia, bas taken a position with L. H. Field as manager of his cloak and dress goods department. Mr. McFern has been for years connected with Straw- bridge & Clothier, of Philadelphia. Kalamazoo—A. Kinsman has removed to Detroit to take a position with Strong, Lee & Co. ——__> 2. Sixteen Out of Fifty-One. Ann Arbor, Jan. 16—The Michigan Board of Pharmacy held a meeting at Detroit Jan. to and 11. ‘There were fifty one applicants present for exam- ination, thirty-nine for registered phar- macist certificate and twelve for assist- ant papers. Fourteen applicants re- ceived registered pharmacist papers and two assistant papers. Following isa list of those receiving certificates: Registered Pharmacists——J. N. Adams, Sau’t Ste. Marie; Morris Ascher, Detroit; R. B. Campbell, Pom- peii; C. C. Charles, St. Louis; J. A. Coran, Ann Arbor; E. A. Kavanagh, Jackson ; W. J. Leacock, Vassar; A. J. McComb, Morenci; F. W. Sauer, Ann Arbor; R. M_ McKenna, Detroit; Ar- thur Whale, Marlette; W. F. White, Detroit; John Willis, Detroit; J. A. Zinger, Detroit. Assistant Pharmacists—E. 0. Ber- tram, Detroit; C. E. Pope, Detroit. The next meeting of the Board will be held at Grand Rapias Mar. 7 and 8. A. C. SCHUMACHER, Sec’y. ———_2>2.____ The World’s Potato Crop. The potato crop of the world aggre- gates 4,000,0c00,oco bushels the wheat Crop 2,500,000,000 bushels and the corn Crop 2,600,000,000 tushels. The potato crop of the United States is reported to be 250,000,000 bushels. We laugh about the Irish eating potatoes. They are good feeders on this vegetable. The inhabitants of the Emerald Isle consume individually 1,467 pounds each per year, or four pounds daily. But Germany comes pretty close to the Irish record. She eats annually per inhabitant 1,300 pounds; Holland eats 846 pounds: Nor- way and Sweden, 740; the United States, 200 pounds. Italy stands at the foot of the list in consumption of the potato. Her people eat annually only 48 pounds each, ——_>2.____ A. W. Peck (Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.) was compelled to pull off the road last week by reason of illness. —__+.2.___ Why men drink is what staggers a woman; but it is what they drink that Staggers the men. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Tributes of Respect to the Memory of Mr. Worden. The untimely death of Adelbert E. Worden, President of the Worden Gro- cer Co., cast a gloom over the grocery trade of this market last week. The funeral, which was held at the family residence Friday afternoon, was in har- mony with the quiet and unassuming character of the deceased. The inter- ment was in Valley City cemetery. At a meeting of the wholesale grocers of Grand Rapids, held on Thursday, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas—The community has been called to mourn the sudden and fatal accident which has befallen our fellow citizen, Adelbert E. Worden; therefore Resolved—That we record our esteem and regard for our departed friend, who was ever courteous, kind-hearted and considerate to all who were connected witb him in social or business life; Resolved—That we tender our sincere sympathy to his family in their painful bereavement; Resolved—That a copy of these reso- lutions be sent to the family and the daily papers; Resolved—That, as a further mark of our respect, we will attend the funeral services in a body, and close our places of business during the hours thereof. At a meeting of the directors of the Worden Grocer Co., held on Monday, the following resolutions were adopted : Whereas—By the unexpected visita- tion of Providence, we are called upon to mourn the death of our beloved and honored President, Adelbert E. Wor- den; and Whereas—The cordial and confidential relations between him as President of the Worden Grocer Co. and the mem- bers of this board make it fitting that we record our appreciation of his value; therefore, be it Resolved—That in his death we real- ize that one of God’s nobiemen has assed from our midst into the Great aay leaving behind him a memory of business honesty and integrity, an untarnished character, an_ enviable record in the furtherance of the whole sale trade in our city, and a moral and social example worthy of the emulation of all; that his removal from our midst and from the position of honor and _ re- sponsibility in which he had been placed by us, and which he has so ably filled, leaves a vacancy appreciated and felt by all the members of this board, the members of tbis firm, the trade at large and the city of Grand Rapids, which he has faithfully served in a pub- lic capacity and as an exemplary citi- zen. Resolved—That we extend our deep sympathy to the afflicted family of our departed friend and co-worker in the loss they have sustained. The Tradesman is in receipt of the following feeling tribute from Parke Mathewson, of Detroit: The world of traffic goes on to-day, but in a minor key with all who feel the sad void that has reached it in the sud- den going on of that choice spirit known to us as A. E. Worden. And with this heavy feeling of sadness that mingles with the mysterious question Why? comes the consoling thought of the rare qualities of character, the well-dis- ciplined mind that so impressed all who came within its sphere. Who can esti- mate the moral value of such an exam- ple? What a changed world this will be when the majority of the active men of business affairs reach the quiet poise, the manner that charms, and give the bearty greetings that add so much to business life and so sweeten the atmos- phere that surrounds the business days of each week. I believe that in no other sphere of the present day is the Chris- tian spirit more effective for that for which it stands than in thus leavening the business mind with thoughts of kindly manners and good will. The exactions of business are very absorbing, never more so than now, and business men seem. overburdened with their many-sided cares. All honor to those who, like A. E. Worden, are superior to their burdens and meet them with a smile. In this sudden event how well fitting are the words of the poet Bryant in the familiar lines: “So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, >courged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him and hes down to pleasant dreams.”’ 26-2». The Produce Market. Apples—The market is a little strong- er than a week ago, but not sufficiently so to change quotations. Present indi- cations are that there will be a shrink- age in cold storage stocks, which will be likely to add to the strength of the situation. Apples are coming out of winter storage in fairly good shape. Beans— Handlers pay 50@75c for un- picked, holding city picked mediums| gq at $1.10. Beets—25c per bu. Butter—Factory creamery is weaker and lower, local dealers having reduced quotations to 19@zoc. The market is well supplied with dairy grades, which are taken in by local handlers at 10@!2c. Cabbage—While there is still enough for local supply, there is no surplus for shipment. The price is higher, holders meeting no difficulty in getting $4@5 per 100 heads for good stock. Carrots—2oc per bu. Celery—15@18c per doz. bunches for White Plume. Cranberries—Cape Cods, $7.50 per bbl. ; Wisconsin Bell and Cherry, $6.50; Jerseys, $6. Cucumbers— Hothouse mands 75c per doz. Eggs—The market is lower than a week ago and the tendency will be downward from now on. Receipts are excellent in quality and appearance, being taken in at I9@2oc. Honey—Amber is held at gc, while white is slow sale at IIc. Lettuce—14@15c per pound. Nuts—Hickory, $1.50@2 50 according to size. Walnuts and butternuts, 6ac. Onions—Home grown continue to ad- vance, being now quotable at 40@42c. Spanish are nearly cleaned out, dealers experiencing no difficulty in getting $1@1.25 for the few crates yet on hand. Oranges—There is a liberai move- meut at present, the outside trade in- creasing in volume and the local de- mand being all that could be expected. Values do not rule as firmly as a week ago and there is a tendency to shade present quotations on certain lines to large handlers. Parsley—25@3oc per doz. Parsnips—soc per bu. Pop Corn—1% @2c per Ib. Potatoes—Local handlers are paying 22@23c at outside buying points, but the prevailing price would probably slump off 2@3c if shippers could get cars enough to meet their requirements. Squash—75c@$1 per !oo lbs. Sweet Potatoes—I}linois Jerseys are in moderate demand at $2 75. —_—__> > —___ stock com- The Result of Going to Extremes. From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin. A strong effort is being made to re- peal the Illinois garnishment law. The Bulletin and Trade suggested a short time ago that this would be likely to happen, because the Illinois law has gone to an extreme. It still believes that in Minnesota it will be wiser to take a middle ground, say an exemption of $12 or $15, than to ask for a change to $8 or $10. A law is never settled as law because a legislature may enact a law, hence for best results it is better never to ask extremes. in Minnesota is now extreme. A new law is needed, but let it be conserva- tive; then it will last longer. —__>0s—___ Doan & Taylor, meat dealers at 643 South Division street, have added a line of groceries. The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. The exemption: Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa: tion. At the regular meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association, held at the office of the Michigan Tradesman Tuesday evening, Jan. 17, President Dyk pre- sided. A communication was received from Detroit, stating that the Grand Rapids Association had been assessed $100 to assist in defraying the expense of ex- ploiting the proposed amendments to the exemption and garnishment iaws, which was discussed at considerable length and laid on the table. The matter of estabiishing a uniform closing schedule was then taken from the table for discussion. The original resolution, introduced by J. Geo Leh- man, provided for all day closing on July 4, Grocers’ Picnic day and Christ- mas and half-day closing on all other legal holidays Henry J. Vinkemulder moved, as an amendment, that Thanksgiving day be included in the list of all-day closing ays. Julius J. Wagner demurred to the amendment, believing that the attempt to close too many days would weaken the scheme to that effect that it would become inoperative all along the line. He thought grocers could afford to close all day three days in the year. Mr. Vinkemulder stated that, in his opinion, Thanksgiving was fully as im- portant as any of the holidays named. A. Brink stated that few grocers on Grandville avenue closed July 4, on ac- count of the fireworks the average gro cer expects to dispose of on that day. Mr. Wagner said that he would rather restrict all-day closing to Christmas and Grocers’ Picnic day, and have it unanimous, than include too much in the schedule and not have it lived up to. He stated that he could not recall a time when he had closed all day Thanks- giving. On being put to vote, Mr. Vinke- mulder’s amendment was lost, where- upon Homer Klap moved that July 4 be stricken from the list of the all-day clos- ing schedule. Fred W. Fuller opposed the amend- ment, on the ground that July 4 is a day when the average grocer wishes to get out of town into the country or to some of the resorts, to avoid the noise and confusion incident to the celebration of the anniversary. Mr. Klap’s amendment was lost, whereupon the original resolution was adopted by a practically unanimous vote. Frank J. Dettenthaler, of the special Committee on Charter Amendments, re- ported that he had called on the City Attorney, also the Mayor's Secretary, and that the latter had agreed to notify the Committee of any meetings held by the joint committee of the Common Council and Board of Trade. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. ——____~._2 .—---— The Grain Market. The market has been remarkably quiet during the past week. Receipts were moderate, owing to the roads not being in good condition. Exports were about 1,000,000 bushels less than the previous week, being 5,647,000 bushels. The visible made a gain of 570,000 bushels, where a decrease was expected, which leaves the visible about 9,500,000 bush- els less than last year and 60,000,000 bushels less than in 1895. The surprise is in the visible showing an increase while exports were large and receipts at initial points only moderate. The fact is, trading is very languid. The stock and bond markets are absorb- ing the attention of the traders all over the country, leaving all farm products alone, This will change in due time, as all kind of bonds and stocks are at their pinnacle. Corn has also been very quiet and prices are the same as last week, with a weaker tone. The contrary is the case in the oat market. They have advanced tc per bu. Rye aiso closed 2c higher, but that is speculative and we can expect to see it recede to the figure of one week ago. In flour there is nothing to say, as most dealers are not stocking up yet. However, we are looking for a good de- mand in the near future. Bran and middlings are in as good demand as ever from home consumers. Receipts during the week were 48 cars of wheat, 15 cars of corn and 5 cars of oats. Millers are paying 64c for wheat. C. G. A. Vorer. HO a Enlarging Its Scope and Usefulness. Stimulated by its success in the local field, in which it has come to be almost indispensable to the retail dealer, bank- er, physician, real estate dealer, etc., the Commercial Credit Co. has decided to enlarge its sphere of usefulness by creating an out-of-town department, by means of which subscribers in any part of the State can secure all the benefits of membership in the organization on the same terms as local subscribers. This arrangement has been under con- sideration for several months, resulting in the adoption of a system of special blanks and forms which will enable out- side members to communicate and co- operate with the central office to the same extent as local members who have access to the office by telephone. Full particulars in regard to the new arrange- ment can be had on application to the office of the Company in the Widdicomb building, either personally or by mail. a Om Hides, Pelts, Furs and Wool. Hides have advanced too fast for the gocd of the trade and the market has consequently weakened to some extent. The demand is good for all that is offered, but tanners could see too much loss at prices they tried to force by dealers. Pelts are slow in coming into market, as holders of the few anticipate better prices. Furs are on a waiting market for something to turn up, which, so far as furs are concerned, will be the London sales, report of which is expected about the 22nd. Wool is in a strong position, with fair sales at firm prices. There are no weak spots left and every purchaser must pay full prices to-day. There is a consid- erable enquiry and a strong market abroad, which indicates an advance here. There are little or no saies inthe State. Ww. T. HESs, The Grip Booms the Prescription Trade. Retail druggists throughout the city are having an unprecedented and very welcome increase in their prescription business as the result of the prevalence of the grip and the typhoid fever main- ly resulting from it. on The changes in the Worden Grocer Co. necessitated by the death of the late A. E. Worden are briefly set forth in the official announcement of the house on page 7. Messrs. Freeman, Butts and Blake are grocerymen of long experience and excellent judgment and need no introduction to the retail trade of Michigan. —_—~> +> —____- E. T. Bolster & Son, who recently suffered the loss of their grocery stock at Saranac by fire, have re-engaged in business at the same place. The Mus- selman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. f i ‘5 ; B Cee lea La diedebedeaidhaah sipibanniedsietiii sae SRE Gee ha se a Gh cra tiasse OA Aladdin Ltn bldg ol Anda beciamadlbd jachttebicerhenkiy it 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Denoument Attending the Purchase of a Perambulator. Dramatis Personae: Mr. and Mrs. Algernon Horton, young and doting par- ents. The Baby. Scene—A luxuriously furnished nurs- ery. Cradle, elaborately done up in fluffy white muslin and lace and pink ribbons. Cabinet, full of christening gifts, running from silver pap bow] and coral rattle to a wooly horse. Mrs. Hor- ton holds Baby on her lap and _ contem- plates him rapturously, while Mr. Hor- ton beams upon them both. Mrs. Horton (addressing Baby)—Bess ‘im itty hearty! Jsn’t he Mover’s own precious darlin’ itty tootsie wootsie? (To Mr. Horton) Just look at him! Isn’t he a darling? Mr. Horton (with conviction)—Oh, he’s all right. Mrs. Horton (indignantly)—All right? I should say he was all right! Why, mamma and the nurse and the doctor all said he was the finest baby thev ever saw,and if they are not capable of judg ing babies I should just like to know who is, that’s all. All right, indeed! Why, anybody, to hear you talk, would think he was just a common, ordinary baby, like the kind that are born every day! Mr. Horton (confidentially, abandon- ing his assumption of indifference)— Well, do you know, that’s just what I like about him so much. He's so differ- ent—so—er—individual. Got character already. It’s certainly remarkable. He's really the first baby I ever saw in my life that interested me in the slight- est degree. Mrs. Horton—Yes, isn’t he perfectly fascinating? Mr. Horton (contemplativelv)—Yes, it really is remarkable how early he has developed a marked individuality. By Jove, it must mean something It’s the most extraordinary thing I ever saw. I should really like to speak to Professor Von Schmidt, or some of those other big scientific fellows, about it. Why, at his age all the other babies I ever saw were just mere shapeless bundles of clothes, with little round red faces with no more expression to them than there is to a cream cheese. Positively, you couldn't tell one of them from another, if you wanted to, to save your life, while with bim-— Mrs. Horton (with ho:ror)—Oh, Algy, only fancy anybody mistaking our Baby for any other baby! Mr. Horton—That’s just exactly what I say—they couldn't. It would be im- possible. Only look at him. Of course, he—hasn’t—got much _ eyebrows yet, and—and his eyelashes are a trifle in- distinct, and his nose isn’t as decided as it will be after a while, but his face is so full of expression and individual- ity. There would be no more excuse for anyone mistaking him for some other child, because they are both babies, than there would be in mistaking one man for another because both wore trousers. That's just what I said to that idiot Brown yesterday. I said,of course, I am willing to admit that other babies all look as much alike as peas in a pod, but mine is entirely different. He's got —er—a look of intelligence that is really phenomena! in one of his age. Mrs. Horton—The very idea of think- ing our Baby is like others! It just shows how you can be deceived in peo- ple. I actually thought that Mr. Brown an intelligent man when I met him at the Smythe dinner. Mr. Horton (indulgently)—Oh, well, you can't blame him too much—he hasn't seen ours yet. Mrs. Horton (relenting)—Oh, of course; I didn’t think of that. And that reminds me, Algy, of something I’ve been thinking about: Don’t you think we ought to get the Baby a car- riage? Of course, nurse takes him out, but he ought to go out more. It seems almost wickedly selfish to just keep him here to enjoy ourselves. We ought to let other poeple see him and hear him talk. Why,he said ‘‘goo’’ yesterday just as plainly as anything. Justthink what a comfort it would be to anybody to see him—people who are in trouble, or hun- gry, or—er—er—may be actually freez- ing, for all we know. Mr. Horton—That'’s so. Mrs. Horton (addressing Baby)—Is Mover goin’ to send her own ducky dar- lin’ itty lammie out to tomfort de peo- ples? (To Mr. Horton) I'll go down and buy him a carriage to-morrow. (Medi- tatively) Oh, Algy, just think how per- fectly sweet he will look in a white enameled carriage with a big lace um- brella and— Mr. Horton (breaking in on the rhap- sody)—There you go! That's just like a woman. Going to buy a thing be- cause it’s gota little white paint and some lace flummery, without giving the things of real importance a thought What sort of springs are you going to get? Are you going to have pneumatic tires on the wheels or not? That’s what I want to know. Mrs. Horton (crestfallen and doubt- ful)—I don’t know—I never thought of there being any difference. Mr. Horton (triumphantly )—Just what I supposed. You'll go and buy some- thing that looks pretty, and (darkly) the first time they roll it over an ob- struction on the street it will fall to pieces and injure that child for life! Kill him outright, or make him a crip- ple, or— Mrs. Horton (in tears)—Oh, Algy! how wise you are. And how providential I happened to mention it to you. I (solemnly) shall always feel that you have saved Baby’s life. Mr. Horton (relenting)—Well, we'll go down to-morrow and buy a nice, strong, substantial carriage for him; and we'll take him along so as to be sure to get it the right size. (The next day, at the shop. ) The Merchant (exhibiting perambu- lators) Here’s one, sir, that I think will suit you. Good gracious! is this the youngster? My, but he’s the finest chap I’ve seen in years! How old did you say? Three months! Why, I'd have taken him for six. Splendid head, sir. Got plenty of sense in that. Looks like you, sir, although his face resembles his ma. Here, John, bring those finer baby buggies down this way. Won't do to put a child like this in anything but the best in the house. Yes, yes, really the most remarkable-looking Baby I ever saw. So bright. Opens his eyes just as natural as can be. And just listen at him cry now. I’ve seen babies that would cry just for nothing. Looked like they waited to get on sleeping cars and in public places where they could afflict the most people, and then they'd begin a concert that would beat the band ; but this Baby—you can just look at him and tell he doesn’t ever cry unless he’s hun- gry, or sleepy, or something. Are these carriages safe? Yes, sir. The very best on the market. We have them made es- pecially for us, and guarantee every one. You'll take this? Thank you, sir. Shall we send it? Ob, you'll just put the Baby in it and give him his first ride? That’s right. -Thank you, sir. Good morning, sir. (Throwing kiss to Baby) Goodbye, little darling ! Mrs. Horton (as they reach the street) Oh, Algy, what a nice man! And how intelligent! He seemed to appreciate Baby just at once. Mr. Horton (complacently) Oh, Per- kins is no fool. Mrs. Horton (triumphantly) Look, Algy, what did I tell you? Didn't I tell you that it would just do anybody good to look at Baby! See! everybody that we meet smiles at him. Oh, I’m so thankful I wasn’t selfish about him. Mr. Horton—Oh, yes, I dare say; but what do you suppose that grinning idiot finds so amusing? Mrs. Horton—I don’t know, I’m sure. (Walks rapidly ahead for a few steps and turns, facing the perambulator. Becomes suddeniy ghastly pale and makes a frantic grab at a card tacked boldly on the front. Moans.) Ob, Algy, they forgot to take the advertising sign off! Mr. Horton (snatches the card out of her hand and reads, ‘ Our Own Make!’ (Stands dazed and helpless for a mo- ment. ) Both Mr. Horton and Mrs. Horton (talking at the same time, recrimina- tion in their voices)—This is what comes of going shopping with you! (Turn and flee down a back street. ) Dorotuy Dix. I Origin of the Clam. Johnny: Paw, I know how clams was started. His Father: Well? Johnny: After all the other animals was made there was a lot of gristle left. and there wasn't anything else they could do with it, and they made it into a clam. ~~ 0 -~@- - Tea drinkers can point to the life of the late Sir W. Jenner as evidence of the virtues of their particular beverage, even when taken to excess, for through- out his busy career the distinguished physician’s sole stimulant was tea. He drank it with his lunch, he took it in his carriage while on his round of after- noon consultations, he drank it again at dinner, and tea was taken as a ‘‘night- cap.’ With many persons tea causes indigestion, but not so with the de- ceased doctor, for with his affection for tea was combined a love of the table. According to Dr. Cooper Bentham, who was his assistant for fifteen years, he was ‘‘a great feeder.’’ During those years, from 1875 until his retirement in 1889, Sir W. Jenner made a large in- come, averaging from £12,000 to £15,000 per annum, not counting exceptional fees. Dr. Bentham, in a communica- tion to the London Telegraph, says the late Sir A. Clark boasted he once made £24,000 a year, but it was hard to un derstand how he did it. Sir William received two very large fees in the course of his practice, each of £5,000 and from Americans. He took as much as 1,000 guineas a day in country jour- neys. Sir W. Jenner, who was physi- cian-in-ordinary to the Queen, attended the Prince Consort in bis last illness, and brought the Prince of Wales safely through the attack of typhoid fever in 1871. > > ____ There never was a surer way to get behind the bars than to stand too much in front of them. Fitting Ourselves to Any Condition of Life. There is a strange and comforting philosophy in the fact that we can learn to fit ourselves to almost any condition of life that fate imposes upon us. Most of us have been genuinely surprised to find with what ease and naturalness we could drop into large and luxurious ways of doing things the first moment we got a chance, and, happily, the re- verse of this is also true. When adverse fortune comes there is a little fretting, a little beating of impotent hands against the bars, and then habit, like a gentle ghost, leads us quietly and im- perceptibly by new ways, where flowers grow that we learn to love almost as well as the old. The country boy, fresh from the farm, where nature spread a velvet carpet for his tread, where the winds swept over perfumed fields of clover, and the stiliness of the night was only broken by the call of some drowsy bird to its mate, thinks at first that he can never become accustomed to the city. Its hard streets bruise his feet, ts noisome odors sicken him, its cease- less roar wearies and confuses, but in a little while he ceases to nctice them, and the whir of the trolley car and the shriek of the engine become lullabies, by which he sleeps as sweetly as he slept to the petter of summer rain on the old farm-house roof. We grow used t) the disagreeable and adjust ourselves to it, and, curiously enough, perhaps the things that we miss most out of our lives when they are gone are not the vanished joys but the sorrows we had learned to bear. We miss them when they are gone, just as the back that has once shaped itself to a burden can never again be straight and upright as it was before. Sometimes we see a strong and vigorous man or woman chained like a slave to an invalid’s chair; sometimes we see 2 mother bending in boundless love over a deformed and hideous child so repulsive that others turn away from it in loathing, and when we hear that death has mercifully set them free, we think there is something almost unrea- sonable in their grief. We can not know how empty seem the hands with no more ministry to perform, how pur- poseless the life that has nothing more to bear and forgive, how deep the ten- derness grows that feels thit it must make up to one stricken soul for every good that fate has withheld. A little story like this was told me the other day about a poor woman who for many weary years had had to bear witha drunken and worthless husband. She had a tiny store in which she made a scant living, supporting him in idle- ness, toiling early and late while he caroused with his companions or slept off a drunken debauch. For herself there was never an indulgence nor a pleasure. Nothing but hard work and hard living, while her brutal and shame- less husband wrenched from her every penny for his own indulgence. At last, however, he died, and a lady who had - known all the pitiful details of the little storekeeper's life stopped in to say as kindly a word to her as she could, un- der the circumstances ‘‘ You must miss your husband?’’ she said. ‘‘Yes, ma’am,’’ replied the other. ‘‘It does seem so queer to go into the store and find something in the till.*’ No re- proaches, no complaints of all she had endured, All the toil and privation for- gotten. She had borne her burden so long that there was only a strangeness and a loneliness in not having to bear it any more. Cora STOWELL. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN sss ~, -W, -W, .A, A, . Aa, a. A, Aa, Aa, . Aa a Ba BM W.-W. BW BW BW. BW WORDEN GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 7 ~ q eaett P FG ig YY ty i Wit \ | a y Uk, VAM KE. Kiss oe be Y F/ i Y # oo oe. ee J i Wael bie) ae ee . Ta SSS j ee Wee TA k ain vans ae Bes : = The death of our honored President has necessitated some changes in the officers of our corporation, as follows: W. L. Freeman, who has filled the position of Treasurer since the organization of the company, has been elected President, in place of the deceased. Chas. F. Rood and Wm. F. Butts, who have occupied the positions of Vice-President and Secretary, respectively, retain the same positions. W. F. Blake, who has been a director of the company since its organization, succeeds Mr. Freeman as Treasurer and will devote his entire attention to office duties as soon as satisfactory arrangements can be made to cover the trade he has visited since the company began business. Eugene C. Worden succeeds his father as a director of the corporation. We embrace this opportunity to thank the trade for the generous patronage accorded us in the past and the kindly sympathy expressed by our customers and competitors in the hour of our bereavement. We appreciate these manifestations of friendly interest and assure our customers that we shall endeavor to merit a continuance of their confidence and patronage. WORDEN GROCER CO. DB. 2... ~~,’ |S’ S’ ~’ ’ |’ ~’ BW’ B’ a’ B’ Q’ BW’ QV’ MO. LO. LO. LA. LA. LP. oa’ Sea aera S hiocardinatind Pete teeta rane Lik TPA edie iarseotadiaraerentanelate Sib Reed. i a A 3 & = = f Ee & Lo ei bs | Pe os MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CHIGAN TRADESMAN Ms esa? Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor. until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. ~ Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan radesman. E. A. STOWE, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, - - - JANUARY 18. 1899. DANGERS OF STATEHOOD. The New York Tribune is emphatic- ally opposed to ever granting the priv- ilege of statehood to Hawaii, or to any outlying possession we now control or may hereafter control. The Tribune believes that, in deciding upon a form of government for Hawaii, this prohi- bition against statehood ever being granted at some future date should be emphasized. This same New York journal believes that it is the general sentiment of the American people that the right of statehood should be limited to our present continental boundaries, and that neither Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines or any outlying territory should ever be admitted to the Union as a State. Although the position of the Tribune may appear somewhet inconsistent with its enthusiastic advocacy of adminis- tration measures, it is undoubtedly the proper position. It is true that it is somewhat contrary to the spirit of our constitution and our traditions to main- tain outlying possessions which must never hope to become states; but the situation can be controlled in harmony with our free institutions. The territories which have been created in the past have always been considered as future states, the terri- torial form of governmert being merely considered a stepping-stone to state- hood. When, therefore, this or that pub- lic man talks of the annexation of Cuba, Puerto Rico, or some cther outlying is- land, the average American understands that these places are ultimately to be erected into sovereign states, enjoying all the privileges and attributes of the thirteen original commonwealths. Most of the territory which we have acquired in the past,either by conquest or annex- ation, has been admitted into the Union in the shape of a number of states; hence it is but natural that annexation should be considered practically synony- mous with admission to statehood. There can be no doubt at all that it would be a great misfortune to admit any of the former Spanish possessions to statehood, for the very good reason that they are not titted for such a priv- ilege. Their populations are of a diff- erent language and have different cus- toms and traditions. In their hands our system of state government would be misunderstood and would lead to con- stant turmoil. If they are to be retained at all, they must be considered merely as colonies, or, at best, autonomous de- pendencies. To give such communities the right to representation in Congress and in the Senate would be extremely dangerous. Let them have local self- government and laws suited to their needs, but give them no voice in our domestic affairs, nor the right to irtro- duce their products into our markets in free compet'tion with our own. INCREASE OF CITY POPULATION. Professor E. J. James, in the January number of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sci- ence, presents quite an interesting ar- ticle on the growth of the large cities, being, more strictly speaking, a com- parison of relative growth of the urban with the non-urban population. It bas long been an observant fact that the increase in population in the cities has been much in excess of that of the rural districts, and that this con- centration in the large trade centers is not peculiar to any particular country. In 1790, the year of the first census of the United Sates, the percentige of the tutal population in cities of 8,000 in- babitants or more was 3.35; in 1890 the percer tige was 29.20; and, at the usual rate of increase, the perce1tage is prob- ably now about 33 or 34. Professor James thinks that 8,000 inhabitants is too high a limit for ubran populztions and favors 1,000, the percentage in towns of that size or larger being in 1890 41.69. This probably is much tov low, as places with even 2,000 or 3.000 inhabit ints have few of the characteris- tics of a city. Considering all places witb nct less than 1,000 urban, however, the urban population increased between 1880 and 1890 47.07 per cent. and the rural populztion only 1266 per cert The most rapid growth in this country has been in the cities in the sparsely settled districts of the West, as Omaha, Denver and Kansas City. In England the same tendencies are evident. Between 1881 and 1891 the ur ban population, on the basis of towns of 1,000 or more, increased 15 3 per cent. and the rural 3 4 percent. In 1890 61.5 per cent. of the t tal population of England lived in toawns of 10.000 or more inhab tarts and 22 per cert. in cities of 250,000 or more. Although France, as a whole, has been decreasing in numbers of late, Paris has managed to increase by 100,000 in the last five vears. Rural France has decreased in the same time 450,000. The showing of Germany, Austria and Russia has_ been more like that of England. One result of the greater increase in the cities compared with the rural dis- tricts, suggests the Baltimore News, was brought out in the recent investigations of the labor question by Professor Wyckoff of Princeton. The rapid in- crease in the cities has, of course, made labor competition keener and work more difficult to obtain, while the number of men out of work has increased. Profess- or Wyckoff found that the farmers are almost always in need of bands whom they can not get. It would be weli if means could be devised for sending a large part of our immigrants into the farm districts, or at least keeping them from crowding the tenement districts of the great cities,in which a large ma- jority of them settle. All bonest packers—and there are hundreds of them, putting up good and wholesome meats—would like to see the head of the army embalmed for rais- ing a scandal likely to affect foreign as well as domestic trade. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. It is becoming a matter of surprise that the steady advance in most leading lines of trade, in both activity and prices, should continue so long without any material reactions. For example, the steady movement of stocks, which have appreciated over 16 percent. since November, continues with almost un- changing ratio, the record for the aver- age for last week being $1.47 per share. This week especially, the wise ones are predicting a set-back and many of the foreign traders, notably London, are be- coming so uneasy that their sales are very heavy; and yet all bear influences are promptly met by the absorbing ca- pacity of the home market. That this capacity for absorption is owing to the great amount of capital seeking perma- nent investment is indicated by the fact that second and third class shares are constantly becoming more promiuent, while many of the best investment prop erties are disappearing from the Street A year ago the volume of business had expanded so much that some were afraid that things were going too fast, Janu- ary sbowing a gain of 35 per cent over 1897 in the exchanges. But tre first hal! of this January shows a gain of 27 9 per cent. over last year and 73.5 per cert over the same weeks in 1897, These are not records which any speculeat» can manufacture or manipulate, but are the records which actual business makes for itself. Nor is there room to dispvt-. the official record of produce exports, which were in December, 1897, by far the greatest ever known in any month, over $125,000,000 in value; but in the month just ended the exports of the principal staples have been in value $4,642,900 greater than in 1897, in spite of some decrease in oil,cattle and hogs The low price for cotton has not pre- vented an increase in the value exportea of $3,405,984, nor does the low price of wheat prevent the increase of $1,996,972 for the month. January exports from New York show an increase thus far of 47.5 per cent. over last year, and cottor exports from all ports this month show an increase of 151,coo bales, or more than 40 per cent. It isthis great excess of exports, creating foreign indebted- ness to this country at the rate of abovt $1,000,000 every half-day, that causes, and in some degree justifies, the confi- dence shown. The West is still shipping grain be- yond eyen the unprecedented rate of last year. In two weeks of January the exports of wheat, flour included, have been 12,507,339 bushels, against 8,772, - c93 for the same weeks last year, anc meanwhile the exports of corn have been 7,199,913 bushels, against 6,gI!I0.- 578 last year. To date, all records of wheat exports have been surpassed ir this crop year, with corn only about 2,500,000 bushels behind last year. Wheat has been growing a little stronger in price, but not because Western re- ceipts run short, for this month they have been 3,100,000 bushels, or 55 per cent. larger than last year. The greatest assurance of strength in the iron situation is still found in the fact that, with constantly increasing production, stocks on hand are showing a steady depreciation. The operation of demand and of organizations to con- trol competition has resulted in a gen- eral, although moderate, increase in prices. The conservatism in this regard indicates that the manufacturers mean to keep on a basis which will continue to give them access to the world’s mar- kets, realizing that a more radical course would result in killing the goose on which they depend for their golden eggs. Thus the advances, including tinplate and the minor metals, are kept in har- mony with improving conditions in for- eign quotations. The general outlook in textiles con- tinues to show more strength and man- ufacturers are feeling much encourage- ment, although it is yet early to judge of the season’s distribution. Boots and shoes are st:]] showing conservatism on account of the undue cost of leather, and although there are heavy shipments they are exceeded by those of last year and of 1895. OMNIVOROUS HUMAN ANIMAL. A few weeks ago a paragraph found its way into the Tradesman to the effect that the working classes of Puerto Rico, on account of the almost prohibitive tariffs imposed on imported food, were compelled to live chiefly on roots and fruits and that they suffered for the lack of sufficient food. This state of things was supposed to prove that vegetable food is unfit for the support of the hu- man race. Any such conclusion is foolish in the extreme. The nutrition of the human body requires that certain proportions of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, potash, phosphorus and some other ele- mentary substances shall be supplied in due proporticns. These can be got out of vegetables just as well and just as efficaciously as out of animal food, and there is no sort of doubt that an ex- clusive vegetable diet, embracing a proper variety of articles, would be vastly more beneficial and less injurious than an exclusive meat diet. In fact, about the only people upon the planet who live on animal matters exclusively are the inhabitants of countries in the Polar regions, where vegetables do not grow. They are probably among the most degraded of all buman creatures. Man is so organized that he can eat almost anything that grows from the soil, that walks upon the earth, that flies in the air, or that lives in the waters. He is omnivorous, for the rea- son that he is the only animal that is found in every zone and climate of our globe. Heiscreated to meet the condi- tions existing wherever his lot is cast. When people can exercise any prefer- ence in the food they eat, they choose that which is the most palatable, but is not necessarily the most wholesome. Most of the diseases to which flesh is heir are the fruit of imprudence and ex- cess in eating and drinking, no matter what may be the specific articles so mis- used. The sort of intolerance that denounces either vegetarians or meat-eaters is an unreasonable and foolish fanaticism. [here is no doubt that an exclusive vegetable diet is beneficial to many in- dividuals, while all the great beasts of burden, such as the elephant, the horse, the ox, the camel and the llama, are ex- clusively vegetarians, and from such food they gain the strength which en- ables them to perform their laborious tasks. But, while there are few exclu- sive meat-eaters, the staple dish of the English is roast beef, while the Amer- icans are the chief breeders and eaters of swine’s flesh, and they are among the foremost nations. In the matter of food man is a law to himself. He eats what he can get most conveniently, and he is made to conform to the conditions which regulate his food supply. among * MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 BREAD AND MEAT. The American people, with their vast production of meats and breadstuffs, do not understand the condition of the in- habitants of those countries where the domestic supply of these necessaries is not sufficient to feed the population, and as a consequence more or less of the subsistence of the people must be de- rived from foreign countries. The immense expanse of the United States, extending through 20 degrees of latitude and 30 degrees of longitude, embracing conditions of soil and climate that can produce in abundance every bread plant, from rice in the South, through the entire list of corn, wheat, rye and barley, without counting oats, which are reserved for feeding beasts of burden, and whose millions of horned cattle, hogs, sheep and other animals furnish meats in the greatest profusion, presents conditions not realized any- where in Europe. It is not easy for Americans to understand the situation in countries where much of the food supply has to be drawn from abroad. It is so in Germany that the country does not produce meat and bread enough for its people. United States Consul Albert, at Brunswick, Germany, reports to the State Department at Washington that there is widespread complaint of the high prices of food. The German farmers clamored for a protective tariff against foreign grain and meats, and to please them the tariff was enacted. The people are suffering in consequence. He quotes some ex- tracts from the Brunswick Landeszeitung newspaper on the subject. It says: Not only in the north of Germany, but also in the south, the prohibition of the import of cattle has driven the prices to an extraordinary height, and caused great discontent among consum- ers. This is shown even in papers which are favorable to the agricultural interest and have supported it. In the Munich Allgemeine Zeitung, an expert proves that the prohibition is not aro: and that diseases would not be brought in. In Bavaria, the number of cattle for slaughter has diminished so greatly that the demand can not be supplied. Further it says: According to the representation of a physician who was commissioned by the city officials of Beuthen to investigate the interdiction of swine and its effect upon the means of support of the work- ingmen, the use of meat among them has diminished one-third, and whenever a piece of meat comes on the family table it is so small that it only suffices for the satisfaction of one man. The present conditions will work an injury to the capacity for labor and the power of endurance of the growing generation. Several years ago the price of a kilo- gram (two pounds three ounces) of swine flesh in Upper Silesia was from 13 to 15 certs; in August, 1895, it al- ready reached 26 cents; and after small fluctuations, bas risen, in September of last year, to 3734 cents. Consul Albert presents figures to show that the population in Germany is in- creasing more rapidly than the means of subsistence. In regard to the supply of meat, there can be no question about this. Germany can not supply the de- mand. In the matter of breadstuffs, under improved methods of fertilization and cultivation, it is hoped by the san- guine that the supply may meet the de- mand ; but in the figures given, human consumption of breadstuffs alone is con- sidered, and no allowance is made for the consumption by cattle and poultry and the grain used in the manufacture of spirits. Tbe Consul thinks that Germany is rapidly reaching the same position held by England before the abolition of the corn laws. Under the influence ofa protective tariff, industrial enterprise has increased immensely. Germany now rivals the United States and England in manufactures; but, unlike the United States, it has nct the provisions and breadstuffs for its home consumption with a surplus for other nations. The result will be that the free im- port of grain and provisions into Ger- many will in the end be resorted to. The people must have cheap food. That is a necessity that all statesmanship must recognize, and the lack of it will bring on revolution. It is terrible to think what would be the situation in time of war, when all imports would be cut off, of people forced to depend on foreign countries for a food supply. That condition is the weakest point in the entire defensive position of Great Britain, and it is this that makes friend- ly relations with the United States so necessary. Quite a number of the employes and stockholders of the John Finzer & Bro. Tobacco Co., of Louisville, Ky., were enriched by the absorption of that cor poration by the Continental Tobacco Co. For several years the managing employes have been given a little stock at Christmas time, and at other times they were allowed to buy stock in the Finzer Co. at low prices. This went on for several years. When the deal was closed, Hughey Gorman, a foreman in the factory, received $50,000 in cash for his stock, and an equal amount of pre- ferred and common stock in the Conti- nental. Mr. Sheets, an overseer, re- ceived $80,000. David Keller, the Sec- retary, received $300,000 and a position in New York worth $15,000 a year. R. Finzer was given $60,000 for his share, while Mrs. Finzer received about $600, - ooo for the holdings of her deceased husband. The President of the com- pany, Charles C. Vogt, received as his share $300,000. It is recalled that one year the Finzer Co. declared a cash div- idend of 1oo per cent. The New York Herald boasts that New Yorkers spent $25,000,000 in char- ity during 1898. Laying aside the ques- tion of why such a tremendous outlay was necessary in the midst of such boasted prosperity, we come to the ques- tion, ‘‘When will some great city boast that it did not find it necessary to spend a dollar for charity, its people being employed at living wages?’’ While we are congratulating ourselves that char- ity is provided in abundance, let us not forget that it is our duty to strive for that condition when charity will not be needed. The engraving on the new silver cer- tificate is a radical departure from that on the old one. The American eagle is all that appears on it and the bill pre- sents a neat and artistic appearance. The Secretary of the Treasury authorized the order issuing the new certificates, because the old design, which was very complicated, required too much ink and made the figures in script unintelligible. The seal on the new certificate is re garded as more difficult to counterfeit than the old one. A book published in Japan a thousand years ago notes that at that time good silk was already produced in twenty-five provinces of that country. Wise men talk but little. They know that to the wise a word is sufficient, and that on the foolish all words are wasted. THE PROBLEM OF THE AGE. Half a century ago the medical books were accustomed to declare that but for the fact that many women were invalids, and nearly all of the wealthier classes of them were sure to become so, the physi- cians would scarcely be able to make a livelihood. It is so no longer. The women are not now habitual invalids. On the contrary, they are more vigorous and healthful than ever before, and are, if possible, more beautiful. Beauty is an evolution, and it is evolved both physically and mentally It is improved by the better health of women and it developed out of the men- tal conditions by which women realize that beauty is a great charm and attrac- tion in the estimation of the other sex, and the desire to be beautiful, operating in conjunction with physical causes, acting through successive generations, has increased, and will continue to in- crease, the beauty of women until they will be like ‘‘daughters of the gods, di- vinely tall and most divinely fair.’’ But how about the men? If their evolution of health and beauty were progressing parallel with that of the women, it might be possible to look for- ward to such a perfect development in both that the race so produced would surpass all in the past and glorify future generations with its splendid bodily beauty and masterful intellectual and spiritual power. But, physically, it would seem that modern man has culminated and is tot- tering to his decline. This is the only age of the world when men had at one and the same time alcohol, tobacco, opium, cocaine and the manifold other nerve-destroying drugs. Whisky and brandy have been commonly known but a few centuries. Tobacco dates from the discovery of America. Opium was brought from the Far East, and the coca leaf from Peru. They have come into common use within a brief period. The excessive use of these powerful drugs is undermining the male consti- tution. It is to-day the man that is the victim of nervous diseases. The fre- quent and apparently unaccountable failure of men in all classes of life is commonly attributed to overwork ; but it is really in most cases the result of de- bauchery and other excesses, aggravated by attempts to brace up with nerve-de- stroyers. The Romans were the most wonderful debauchees the world ever saw No other such excesses in eating, drinking and sensuality were ever known. But they did not know alcohol. They drank wine, but they did not attempt to re pair the effects of their excesses with drugs. They rested the body until it recovered its power by its own natural forces. To-day all sorts of poisonous pick-me-ups are used to hasten the re- covery, and these aggravate the dam- aging conditions. This state of things is confined to no class or quality of modern manhood. The hoodlum is among the most com- mon users of the hypodermic injection of opium. Negro ruffians are devoted to cocaine. Men can not deprave the powers of the body without depraving the soul. It is in the fact that women are so much more free from such bodily depravity that they are spiritually so much purer. In the terrible Kreutzer Sonata, which is the expression of a sort of religious fervor fanatical to almost the last degree of madness, it is stated: Woman, the average woman of so- ciety, is generally a dissipated creature, without moral foundation, an egotist, a chatterbox ; our girls, that is, the ayer- age girl of 20, a fascinating being, cap- able of the noblest, of the most sublime deeds. How do you account for this? The natural conclusion is that man has ruined her and drawn her down to his moral level. It is an undeniable fact that when boys and girls come into this world with equal gifts, the moral worth of the girl is tar superior. Firstly, the girl is not subjected to those malignant enticements which we are exposed to. She does not smoke, gamble, drink, curse nor fight. Secondly, this is the principal cause why she is purer moral- ly. Tberefore she always remains su- perior to man. She is his superior when a girl,and when a woman, in our sphere, where the husband does not need to_ la- bor for their support, she will retain her superiority over him and become his master. This is true as to its statement of the fact that women are better than men and the cause of it. But man can drag her down, and he is doing it. Almost everything in human nature is possible. There comes to us from remote antiq- uity the story of the Amazons, a nation of women who, finding their men re- duced to a low state of physical vigor and moral depravity, slaughtered and exterminated them, taking upon them- selves all the cares of the state, as_ well as of the home, and thereafter their only association with the other sex was with the powerful men of the fierce and warlike nations of foreigners. The women of to-day, who are grow- ing in strength and beauty, may reach a point when they will loathe and resent the decline and decay of their men, and may rise up against them, as did the Amazons. The possibilities of such an occurrence in a country like this are ex- tremely remote. The conditions of life that could bring about such a situation exist only in cities, and they do not affect the great body of the population. Fresh men are constantly coming in from the country to take their places in the great work of thecities. fut in the Old World there are cities where demoralization is carrying on its ter- rible work, and it was doubtless from some such object lesson that the mad dreamer of the Kreutzer Sonata drew his deathful inspiration. Human nature is like the waters of the ocean, whose vast powers of self- purification seem equal tu every de- mand. A thousand rivers pour inces- santly their muddy floods into its vast basin, submarine convulsions beich into it sulphurous fires; but it remains profound, terrible and all-overcoming. The impurities cast into it disappear and are lost in its abysses, and its waters are always sparkling and trans- parent. The vast interior power by which human nature is purified is all- sufficient for the demands that are made upon it, and it bas always been most potential when that demand was most urgent. The Romans, lacking alcohol, tobacco and all the depressing and pow- erful neurasthenic drugs of to-day, sur- vived their debaucheries for five cen- turies before the virile and ferocious barbarians swept them into destruction. How long, with the means of moral and physical self-destruction so terribly multiplied and armed against modern society, can it withstand such assaults? This is the problem of tte modern age. Woman in politics is a recognized force now. Three women, all wives, are telling against the seating of one of Utah’s representatives in Congress. People full of idle curiosity do not seem to care to know how work would agree with them. F & ere PERE abacron eur ce ture ne sh iain A TA 4 ‘ A 4 1 i : a 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Difficulties Which Beset the Olive In- dustry. From the San Francisco Chronicle. The Los Angeles Times publishes a long article on the condition of the olive industry in the Southern counties, in which the writer takes the most gloomy view of the probable outcome of the in- vestments in olive culture. We are not in a position to judge so well as the writer in the Times of the condition in the particular localities named, but it is an undoubted fact that there are large areas in the State where the olive will bear as freely and regularly as it ap- pears to bear anywhere. There has been an olive boom, and many growers who have invested money upon conclusions which have been jumped at must now face losses which always follow invest ments made without due investigation and deliberate judgment. At the bottom of the olive business there are two difficulties: In the first place, olive oi! can not profitably com- pete in the general market with the less expensive vegetable oils. These oils will be used for purposes of adultera- tion, or, if well-enforced pure food laws prevent that, they will boldly com- pete under other names for the trade. If cottonseed oil does not sell freely for table use, it will be called ‘‘ Union Salad Oil,’’ or something else. Under such names cottonseed o11 to-day has nearly all the restaurant and much of the fam- ily trade for table oils. Here and there an energetic producer of ample means may create a demand for his special brand of oil at a high price. This does not help the unknown producers, who must sell their oil at the price of refined cottonseed oil. The pickled olives can nct be counterfeited, but the demand is very trifling in the United States. For ripe pickled olives a demand has to be created. It could be created if the prices were made low enough, but a ripe pickled olive that will keep is a ratber costly product. From these things arises the second difficulty of creating a market for an expensive product. These difficulties are inherent in the business, and should have been duly considered before planting by those who have invested so recklessly. But besides these planters have added others. They have planted largely of foreign varieties ot recognized excellence in their native localities without waiting to determine by experiment how they would do here. To this day there are but two varieties of olives whose success is established in California: One of these is the Mis- sion, which is the only olive any one has yet made money on, and the other is the Redding Pickoline, which is probably a wild olive, and,-at any rate, is not worth raising. If no olives had ever been planted in the State, except experimentally, but the Mission, our olive growers would be better off. Another cause of disaster is the crowding in of 108 trees to the acre in the majority of orchards, when from 40 to 50 is all that the land should carry. Warnings against both these practices have been abundant from the beginning of the industry in the State, and could have escaped no one who used ordinary diligence 1n investigating before invest- ing. In spite of all this, we think growers foolish who have dug out their olive trees because they bore nothing this year. It is very likely that next year’s corp will be all the better. A crop in every alternate year is all that is ex pected by experienced olive growers. The industry 1s now ina condition to justify a careful official investigation, extending over two or three years. and conducted with scientific precision. The Agricultural College will undertake it if the State will provide funds. The best man for the work is Prof. A. P. Hayne, now with his regiment at Manila. As there is to be no fighting, he could probably resign and come home. We do not think he could serve his country better than by spending a year or two in a thorough study of the olive groves now of bearing age in this State. There have been large invest- ments which ought not to be needlessly abandoned. 2 -e American Enterprise Threatened in Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 8—Ameri- cans interested in industrial enterprises in Jamaica would do well to keep an eye on what is going on here at present, as it is not improbable that the future of their interests may be seriously menaced by the sudden influx ona large scale of English capital and enterprise. What Jamaica owes to the develop- ment of her fruit trade by American enterprise is well known. At a most critical economical crisis it proved her salvation, and Jamaicans have not been slow to recognize the fact. But the conditions are now changing, and the very American enterprise to which the island owed so much is threatened by the reaction of that English lack of en- terprise that opened the door to the Americans. This reaction is to some extent primarily due to the United States Government’s action in threaten- ing the Jamaica fruit trade with extinc- tion through the operation of the Ding- ley law. Perhaps no other single cause contributed so much to the awakening of British interest in Jamaica’s con- cerns. This it certainly was that stirred the British Colonial Secretary of State, Mr. Chamberlain, and caused him to interest a great English fruit trading- Louse in the matter. That firm has now investigated the field, found it a prom- ising one and is preparing a compre- hensive scheme, including a fleet of fast well-fitted steamers, to monopolize the Jamaica fruit trade and divert it from the American to the English market. No doubt Cuba and Puerto Rico can supply the American market. But what about the American capital already in- vested? Several other big enterprises also are on foot which, while they promise to re- establish the industrial prosperity of Jamaica and the other British West Indies generally, tbreaten to destroy that steady influx of American indus- trial and commercial enterprise to which the more far-seeing colonies look as the thin edge of the wedge that is one day to accomplish the inevitable and desired absorption into the United States. First among these schemes is one for the erection of central sugar factories in Barbados and the smaller Antilles, whereby it is supposed that West Indian cane sugar will be enabled profitably to fight European beet sugar in the English market. A similar plan for Jamaica also has been adopted by a big Glasgow firm, which has organized a syndicate with a capital of $1,500,000 for the purpose. Last but not least of these movements —not to mention smaller ones that in themselves may have large ultimate _ re- sults—is the West Indian Co-operative Union, recently launched in London, which is more thoroughly calculated than anything else to close the door to individual American enterprise in these islands. It contemplates making every West Indian landholder, whether owner or tenant and trader, however individ- ually impecunious, an interested party, with some stake in the concern. The scheme seems practicable enough in de- tail, especially when one remembers that the underlying motive is to monop- olize the trade and industry of the islands to the exclusion of American in- terests and to exterminate the growing American sentiment which the recent annexation movement, however sneered at and minimized, brought home to the apprehension of Great Britain as pos- sibly nothing else could have done. The important point is that all this involves to a great extent the American export trade to the British West Indies, and particularly Jamaica, which has made so phenomenally promising an in- crease during the last dozen years or so. ——~>_2>—_ A politician will shake your hand one minute and pull your leg the next. ——_> 2 _An amateur that can sing and won't sing ought to have a medal. MOSELEY BROS. BUY AND SELL POTATOES--BEANS--SEEDS ONIONS-APPLES-ETC. | 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS : and these we can always SEEDS :: ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Extra Fancy Navel Oranges Car lots or less. Prices lowest. Maynard & Reed, 54 South Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The best are the cheapes} een 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. 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One of the specialties of the Schlegel truck garden is melons. He raised on half an acre 2,600 melons, which he sold in bulk at 6 and 8 cents apiece. Melon raising must be done scientifically, if one wishes to receive perfect fruit. The trouble with most of the melons on the market is that they lack sweetness. Mr. Schlegel’s are sweet, tender and juicy. He attributes his success to a system of fertilization. He adds certain elements to the soil to produce saccharine matter in the mel- ons, and gets what he wants. Mr. Schlegel also makes an especial effort to raise vegetables early or late in the season. He knows just what veg- etables and what varieties are best adapted to the different seasons and the weather conditions. Last year he planted peas in the open ground as early as March 18 and produced an early crop. Then he planted some that were picked and marketed late in October at good prices. His experience has taught him that peas can stand wet and cold weather as well, but readily suffer under hot and dry conditions. A white frost seldom hurts peas. Mr. Schlegel’s gar- dens are elevated to such an extent and slope in such a manner that the ground becomes fit for cultivation several weeks earlier in spring than the average soil. He raises ail sorts of vegetables and se- lects the varieties in accordance with the tastes of his customers. He,isa strong advocate of small farms and says if college men would buckle down to work on five acres of ground and bring their brain work to action they wouldn't need to be hard up in the professions. He is in good health and enjoys being his own boss without excessively hard labor. He keeps a horse, two cows, hens and pigeons, and all yield some- thing for his purse or his table. ——_>02s_ Extent To Which Chestnuts Are Used As Food. From a recently published Govern- ment rezort on the use of nuts for food the following is taken concerning chest- nuts in France: The absence of Indian corn as an ar- ticle of diet among the poorer classes in France is to certain extent replaced by the popular chestnut. Throughout the center of this country, from the Bay of Biscay to Switzerland, there are large plantations, and almost forests, of chest nut trees. These nuts differ very much from the ordinary species indigenous to the United States; they are broad, large, and resemble the American horse chestnut or buckeye (Esculus hippocas- tanum), and are extensively eaten by human beings and animals. Great care is taken in harvesting this nut be- fore the severe frosts touch it, as freez- ing hastens fermentation. The poor people during the fall and winter often make two meals from chest- nuts. The ordinary way of cooking them is to remove the outside sheil, blanch them; then a wet cloth is placed in an earthen pot, which is almost filled with raw chestnuts; they are covered with a second wet cloth and put on the fire to steam. They are eaten with salt or milk. Hot steamed chestnuts are carried around the city streets in baskets or pails. The majority of the working people, who usually have no fire early in the morning, eat them for their breakfast, with or without milk. Physi- cians state that, as an article of food, chestnuts are wholesome, hearty, nutri- tious and fattening. These nuts are often used as a vegetable, and are ex- ceedingly popular, being found on the table of the well-to-do and wealthy. They are served not only boiled, but roasted, steamed, pureed and as dress- ings for poultry and meats. Chestnuts are made into bread by the mountain peasantry. After the nuts have been bianched they are dried and ground. From this flour a sweet, heavy, flat cake is made. It resembles the oaten cake so popular among Scotch peas- ants. They are extensively employed for fattening animals, especially hogs. The nuts are boiled without shelling. Only small, inferior fruit is thus used. 8 Review of the California Fruit Crop. From the California Fruit Grower. The fruit industry of California for the year 1898 makes a wonderful show- ing if one remembers that the State has just experiened one of the severest droughts it has ever known. The drought of 1864 crippled trade, the next in 1877 did less harm but left manv sufferers, while the dry season of 1898, as far at least as it affected fresh fruit shipments, has left ut a minor scar. The overland movement of fresh de- ciduuus fruits from California in 1896 amounted to 4,052 carloads, in 1897 to 5,323 carloads, and in 1898 to 5,007 car- loads, a loss as compared with the pre vious year of only about 6 per cent. The actual loss, however, is greater than these figures indicate, because only a part of the 1897 apple shipments were reported, whereas in 1808 all of the ap- ple shipments are included in the totai. The last shipping season was an un- usually extended one. Shipments of apples from the Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz county, are only now closing, and strawberry shipments from the same sec- tion ceased only two weeks ago, after a run of over eight months. Less than three weeks ago from this writing, a carload of California grapes sold in the Boston market at auction, realizing the sum of $1,384. While the shipments of fresh decidu- ous fruits in 1898 were less than in 1897, the aggregate money return has been nearly, if not quite, equal to that of last year. The fresh fruit industry of the State has been given no very severe blow because of the phenomenally dry year, although isolated localities and a number of individuals have suffered. The greater damage from drought has been almost entirely confined to a re duced wheat production, a lessening of the mineral output and some loss to cat- tle and dairy interests in certain sec- tions,and even these have not been gen- eral. The citrus fruit producing sections of the State have enjoyed the preliminary spurt inseparable from the shipments for the holidays. The work of moving to the East the Caiifornia crop of or- anges will begin again shortly, and the packing houses for months to come will be centers of activity. The output of oranges and lemons, unless frosts inter- vene, will be of fair size and the pros- pects for remunerative prices may gen- erally be considered good. ——___> 22> ____ Hard to Sell Eggs by Weight. A writer in the Country Gentleman says, regarding the sale of eggs by weight: ‘‘Some years ago I had a brother-in-law who kept a grocery, and he tried to sell eggs by the pound. He soon found it a very difficult matter. I have seen him spend nearly a minute weighing out a pound of eggs. And in no case, or very seldom, could he get exactly a pound, for there would be a fraction one way or the other, and in disgust he gave it up. After he had filled the scale’s hopper with what seemed to be a. pound, he would take out one and put in one of a different size, and so change two or three differ- ent times. He found it very different from weighing tea or coffee, for he could sprinkle in either of them until the scales balanced, and then the job was done.”’ Review of the Chautauqua Grape Crop According to the late figures, the Chautauqua grape crop was the equiva- lent of 3,000,c00 9-pound baskets less in 1898 than in 1897. The Chautauqua & Erie Grape Co. handled 3 374 cars, about 1,000 less than the previous year. Outside shipments make the total 3,800 cars, each holding 2,800 baskets. During the hot weather of September and October grapes sold for 5'4@6c per g pound basket. As the season neared its end prices improved, but the aver- age will not exceed 8c per basket Five years ago the average was from 16@2oc, according to variety and condition The proportion sold in bulk last year was larger than ever before, but the prices realized were small. Growers are said to be generally dis- satisfied and are wondering what the end will be. They say they can not re- duce expenses of production materially, and that there must be a change or they will be forced out of business. Some of them report losses for 1898, and none of them made money. Witba large crop the result would be even more unsatis- factory than it was last year. —___-0 > To Make Artificial Meat Extracts With Chemicals. A Brussels chemist has discovered a synthetic process of imitating all exist- ing meat extracts, producing by chem- ical means an article far superior to the natural and at a much less cost. Ex periments have shown the chemical sub- stitute to be remarkably nutritious, and analysis shows its chemical constituents to be identical in all essentials with the natural product A company is form. ing, capitalized at $200,000, to undertake the manufacture of chemically-combined food products. ST Prohibition will never become popular as long as the price of a glass of lemon- ade will buy two beers. > 0 It is the biggest kind of an insult to offer a small sum of money as a _ bribe. Am in the market for any quantity of Fresh Eggs. Would be pleased prices F. O. B. your station tomerchants hav- ing Eggs to offer. Established at Alma 1885. Oo. W. ROGERS ALMA, MICH. a a a eB at Nd SH GB a G aH B a , cl e+ 3 at any time to quote & at B out a KR at iB at eB at KB a a Old Homestead Mincemat Co. Manufacturers of Ot HOmeSTCOd MINCE and Jobbers of Pearl Brand Oysters In Cans or Bulk. Consignments of Poultry and Game Solicited. 43 E. Bridge St. Grand Rapids. 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YS e ‘ 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner. Inconsiderate Employers and Flannel- Mouthed Lunkheads. It is a mystery to me that some gro- cers can keep any clerks at all. A clerk is not a dog, although some grocers seem to think so. In fact, I have seen some clerks treated worse than a kind master would treat his dog. Ana the most lamentable feature about it is that the market for clerks is so overstocked that the average clerk realizes pertectly well that if he kicks it means being kicked—out, with a hundred more to take his place. A good many grocers entirely miscon- strue a clerk’s position in the store. They seem to think he is there simply as a laborer. Well, he is there to labor, of course, but he is also there to learn the business. You don’t suppose that a young man of ambition would enter a grocery store to do hard, dirty work at a few dollars a week if the only future ahead was the doing of that same hard, dirty work at the same few dollars, year in and year out, do you? Not much. He’s there to learn the business. He has ideas of a store of his own, or a man- agership somewhere, and the grocer ought to realize that; he ought to help him along. It’s a mist:ke to think that all that is necessary isto put him be- hind the counter. The clerk can’t pick everything up. He must be told dozens and dozens of things, and he ougkt to be told them. I know a grocer up in Newark, N. J., who seems to resent every attempt of bis clerk to get hoid of any of the ideas of the business. And he resents these attempts very roughly, too— not in a way a self-respecting man can stand very well. This grocer holds to the old-fashioned notion of marking the cost price in cipher on every price label. Directly underneath he has the selling price, also in cipher, but be bas a different cipher for each, and the clerk is only allowed to know the one which means the selling price. He is kept on the outside— looked on as an outsider. Several weeks ago I had some conver- sation with this clerk. He’s a bright, intelligent fellow, worthy of better treat- ment than he gets. ‘*I don’t get any show here,’’ he said. ‘‘I came here to learn the business. I ain’t going to be a grocery clerk all my life. But I ain't allowed to learn it, except just what I can pick up. You know he has two marks on every label —one for the cost and the other for the price to sell at. He'd never tell me the cost mark, and one day I said to him: ‘« ‘Mr. —~-, I'd like to get some idea of how you estimate profits; would you please explain the cost marks to me?’ ‘*He snapped me off as short as pie- crust. ‘* *No, I won't!’ he says, ‘ ’Tain’t none of vour business. I pay you wages to work around the store, not to stick your nose in my business!" "’ Isn’t that a nice, decent way to treat a clerk? ‘*And he acts so small about things,”’ said the clerk. ‘‘There are two or three people who seem to like to have me wait on them, because I treat them as well as I can, and they got so they’d wait until I got through what I was do- ing, so I could ‘tend to them. He soon got onto that and he set himself to see just who did it As soon as he found out, he would send me down the cellar to do some job as soon as any of these people would come in. And then he would wait on ‘em himself. ‘‘And then you never get any credit for anything you do, either. A man might work his feet off and he'd never say ‘thank you.’ ”’ This grocer is in luck. If he treated some clerks this way, they'd gouge him behind his back. They'd slip up on him in every way they could, and it would be only human nature to do it. The clerk he has is entirely too decent a fellow for him. He’s so honest and self-respecting that he goes on working just the same, regardless of the treat- ment he gets. How foolish it is for a grocer to do this sort of thing. Why, as a labor-sav- ing device a good clerk is a wonder. Put a little responsibility on him and you'll make a man of him, and a valu- able man, too. He’l! take a part of the work off your shoulders. He'll give you an easier time. Instead of looking after all the stock yourself, let some good clerk see that it’s kept up—not in the way of actual buying, but in posting you. The minute you let a clerk see that you recognize him as one of the wheels of the wagon, he’ll be a differ- ent fellow, and he can give you tip after tip that is worth its weight in gold. But he isn’t apt to lick a hand that strikes him. I’m talking now about good clerks. I’ve seen some flannel-mouthed lunk- heads bebind grocery counters that weren't worth the powder and shot it would take to blow their heads off. They never should have been there, and I suppose they were there only because they worked cheap. I don’t believe in cheap men. The clerk who is willing to work for $4 a week will probably do your business more than $4 worth of damage. There is such a thing, however, as the fresh clerk. He ought to be sat down on very hard, and if that doesn't do, he ought t> be fired. He'll do harm. Why, I now a grocery store where lots of ladies won't go because the clerk there is so fresh. He’s one of these things, you now, who thinks they are just the thing with ladies. And because they are just the thing they have to ‘‘jolly the ladies along occasionally.’’ That goes all right with some, but it doesn’t with most. No lady likes to have to listen to a lot of gobbie-gabble while she’s being waited on. And she doesn't like a lot of fresh suggestions as to what she ought to buy, either. I saw a clerk fired on the spot for this once. He was waiting on a lady who had just bought some butter. She was in the habit of buying so many pounds a week, and this fresh clerk thought she ought to be using more. So he said, in the way of conversation, very vivaciously : ‘IT don’t see, Mrs. Brown, why you, with your very large family, use only two pounds of butter a week. Guess you eat dry bread sometimes, don’t you?"’ A very pert, impertinent remark, and it made the lady very warm under the collar. The reference to the large fam- ily made her especially hot, because she already had seven children, and the number seemed to increase every year with the regularity of clockwork. That gets to be a nuisance sometimes, you know, and people become sensitive upon it. The proprietor of the store overheard this remark, and I was glad, for the sake of his trade with the lady, that he did. He had walked up pretty close to the clerk in the course of waiting on another customer, and heard the remark very clearly. ‘*See here!’’ he said to Mr. Fresh, ‘‘! don't allow anybody to talk to my cus- tomers that way. You get out of here, and do it quick !"’ The clerk stood dumbfounded. ‘‘Why, Mr. —’” he began. ‘*Get out, I say!’ said the grocer. And the clerk got, too, for there was blood in the grocer’s eye. that clerk really intended impertinence. who think such things are sociability. Really, I shouldn’t be surprised if he really honestly thought that he was do- ing his employer a good turn by culti- with the customers But he lost his job, all the same. And so he should.—Stroller in Gro cery World. —__© 0 One On the Bishop. Not long ago an Efiscopal bishop was a guest at a dinner party in_ Baltimore. ‘By the way,'’ said one of the guests, a woman, ‘‘do you know that there are times when it is dangerous to enter an Episcopal cburch?’’ ‘‘What is that, madam?’’ said the bishop, with great dignity, straightening himself up in his chair. ‘‘I say, there are times when it is positively dangerous to enter the church,’’ she replied. ‘*That can not be,"’ said the bishop. ‘‘Pray explain, madam."’ ‘‘Why,’”’ said she, ‘‘it is when there is a canon in the pulpit, when the bishop is charging the clergy, wben the choir is murdering the anthem and the organist is trying to drown the choire’’ A hearty laugh went the round of the table at the bishop’s expense, and he acknowledged that at such a time he could well imagine it disagreeable, at least, if not dangerous, to be present. 0s —___—__ No Department Stores in France. While there are co-operative stores in Paris, the law does not tolerate depart ment stores. No shop keeper is allowed to engage in more than one branch of trade, the result being that experienced retail dealers are protected from unfair competition. French law also discrim- inates against trusts or combinations having for their object a monopoly in manufacturing. Co-operative stores are less frequently found in France than in Germany, although the latter courtry also bas laws 1n force which prohibit depart- ment stores. 2-0-2 Much More U*fficult. ‘‘Doctor, you treated me once for ‘lung fever.’’ Why is your bill for treat- ing me for ‘pneumonia’ so much larger?’’ ‘* *Pneumonia,’ sir, is a good deal harder to spell. It ain’t every doctor that can do it.”’ —_—__>2 Qualified For the Position. Secret Service Secretary—I want a man who is skilled in translating ci- phers. Applicant—Then I'm your man. For two years now I've put up prescriptions in a drug store. As a matter of fact, I question whether S He was just one of those fresh asses|@ vating such friendly, social relations 6 Cleaned Currants If you want nice, fresh, new stock, buy Dwight’s. If you want cheap trash, don’t look for it in our pack- ages. All Grand Rapids jobbers sell them. Wolverine Spice Co., Grand Rapids. VOOQOOOOOOOOEO) ruil 1 lil nt i Te YTS $35.00 per M. H. VAN TONGEREN, Holland, Mich. Walter Baker & Go, Lt. Dorchester, Mass. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of pPURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS CHOCOLATES on this Continent. No Chemicals are used in their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put up in Blue ——— and Yellow Labels, is the t plain chocolate in the market for family ase. Their German Sweet Chocolate is good tc eat and good to drink. 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The orders from the country have been for rather limited amounts and buyers do not seem to show any dispo- sition to load up at prevailing rates Holders are confident, however, and claim to have the better end of the market, and quotations are firmly ad- bhered to. Supplies seem sufficiently large to meet all immediate wants. Rio No. 7 is held at 6%c. The amount in store and afloat aggregates 1, 232.321 bags, against 1,134,810 bags at the same time last year. Mild coffees are not particularly active, but the general mar- ket is firm for most West India growths. There has been a very satisfactory market in sugar and some orders have been received for good round lots. The trust refineries, on orders for 500 barrels and upward, have guaranteed prices for 30 to 6o days. Outsiders have not followed. The situation between the rival refiners will, perbaps, grow more interesting now, as the stockholders stand solidly by Mr. Havemeyer in his vigorous campaign. Granulated is listed at Sc. The tone of the tea market is firm, but no special activity prevails and or- ders coming are for only moderate quan- tities—just enough to supply broken as sortments. Considerable invoice trading has been done. Quotations have re- mained practically unchanged. The rice market is firm Quotations are so high that business is limited and yet holders will not abate a jot This season 1s always the dull period. Offer- ings are light of all grades, and espe- cially is this true of the better scrts. This applies to foreign and domestic both. Prime to choice domestic, 534 @6%c; Japan, 5@5 4c. Pepper is very tirmly held, owing, no doubt, to reports of a tremerdous short age. Lampong, as reported from Lon don, will send but 22.co0 piculs, while last year, and usually, it sends tive times that amount Singapore is qut able here at 10%@1ox%c. Aside trom pepper, the market remains about un- changed and transact ons are of an everyday character. Low grades of molasses are quiet The demand has been mstly for the better sorts, which are firmly heid, and supplies are somewhat limited. Good to prime centrifugals, 16@26c ; «pen ket- tle, 32@36c. Syrups have sold rather slowly and quotations are about as thev have been for several wecks prime to fancy sugar ranging from Ig@25c. Nothing in the whole line of groceries attracts more attention than canaed goods, Firmness characterizes almost every article on the list. Some large transactions in future tomitoes have been reported on the same bisis as _ last year—67 %c for Maryland f.o b county. Jersey packers are not accepting last year's rates and appearances seem to justify their decision. Not much has been done in future corn. From Chi cago come reports of a sale of 180,000 cases of futures at 62%c and I5c per 100 allowed for freight. Orders for dried fruits are mainly for supplies to fill gaps in broken assort- ments. While the volume of trade 1s not large, the market is firm all around and quotations are generally well main- tained. California raisins are rather quiet at the moment, but jobbers re port a generally good movement in prunes and at full rates. Evaporated apples are in better demand and, as the supply seems to be_ rather limited, prices are firm. Fancy, 93@toc; choice, 9@9%c. Oranges and lemons have been in rather restricted movement, but prices are firm. Sicily lemons, $2.25@3, as to size and quality. Repacked Jamaica oranges, per barrel, $5@5 50; Sicily, per box, $2.25@2 50; California navels, er box, $2.50@3 50. Bananas have een in slow movement at 90: @$1_ per bunch for firsts. There is little demand for pineapples and quotations are nom- Receipts2of apples are light, -but quo- tations appear to have reachedj the top and no further advance is to be noted. Greenings are still held at $4 50@5.50 per bbl. for fancy stock ; Baldwins, $4 @4.50, but the fruit must be very nice to fetch these rates. Tbe bean market is quiet for all sorts. Choice marrows, $1.50@1.5234. Choice medium, $1.32%4. Butter is rather quiet. Supplies of really desirable goods are not large, but there seems to be enough to ‘‘go round.’’ Western extras, creamery, 21C; firsts, I9@2o0c; seconds, 17@18c; fancy June, 18@18%c; firsts, 16%@17%c; finest imitation creamery, 16'4@17c; firsts, 14144@15%c; Western factory, June extras, 14c; fancy rolls, 14@14 4c. The cheese market shows greater strength than last week. The demand bas been sufficient to keep stocks well cleaned up. Large, full cream, State, 10!4c for September and October make; small, 11@11 4c. Eggs are lower. Receipts continue to increase and the market 1s pretty well supplied, although for really desirable stock there is a good call Western, fresh gathered, loss off, 20%4c; fair to good, 19@2oc. —__—_»0+.—___—_ How He Collected a Debt. A Danbury, Conn., merchant has been trying for several months to collect a bill of $6 from a man who is known as being very slow pay. The merchant bas sent bill after bill to his debtor, but with no effect. The merchant was becoming doubtful of ever being able to get a cent out of the man, when he bit on a scheme which proved success- ful. He went to the desk and made out a statement, which showed that the man owed the tirm $36. He mailed this and awaited developments) When the mer chant went down the street to open bis store in the morning, lo and behold! there was the delinquent debtor waiting for him. ‘‘ Look here!’’ he said, ‘* what do you mean by sending me such an outrageous bill as this?’’ He was wav- ing the bill in the air as he said it, and had evidently been getting mader every minute since he received it. The mer- chant looked at it and suggested that they go inside while he looked over the books t» see if it was correct. Of course he discovered that the b:]! amounted to onty $6, which the man paid imme- diately, and went out perfectly satisfied. —_0»—__—_ Fivefold Increase in Tax Elgin, Iil., Jan. 17—The proposed in- crease in the tax on colored oleomarga- rine from 2 cents to 10 cents a pound is intended to be practically prohibitive, and to compel dezlers in the article to sell it in 1ts uncolored state. But cer- tain creamery men do not believe this law would reach the real difficulty One of these men has said: ‘It isn’t the oleo stuff that damages the trade in butter so much as it 1s the process butter, made from odds and ends of butter in various factories. When creamery butter is selling in Elgin at 21 and 22 cents a pound, wholesale, and you see creamery butter advertised in Chicago at 18 cents a pound, you may know it isn’t the oleomargarine that does it. It’s this made-over process butter.’’ _ <>< ___—_—_- Louisiana as an Orange Section. A branch of agriculture which is claiming much attention from the farm- ers and others in Louisiana, and which promises to reach a state of high de- velopment in the next few years, is or- ange culture. Several farmers already boast of small orchards, although in their primitive state. It1s evident that the success achieved by these venture- some farmers is responsible for the re- newed interest now shown in orange raising, and many are preparing to lay out young trees by the thousands. a He Reserved His Opinion. Papa—Now, Johnny, I have whipped you only for your own good, I believe I have only done my duty. Tell me, truly, what do you think yourself? Johnny—If I should tel! you what I think, you’d give me another whipping. STARTING RIGHT. Developing the Boy in the Right Way. ‘‘If more fathers would take a course with their sons similar to the one my father took with me,’’ observed one of Boston’s leading business men, ‘‘the boys might think it hard at the time, but they'd thank him in after life.’’ ‘‘What sort of a course?’’ we asked. ‘*Well,I was a young fellow of twenty- two, just out of college, and I felt my- self of considerable importance. I knew my father was well off, and my head was full of foolish notions of having a good time and spending lots of money. Later on I expected father to start me in busi- ness, after I'd ‘swelled’ a while at clubs and with fine horse-flesh. ‘‘Like a wise man, father saw through my folly, and resolved to pre- vent my self destruction, if it were pos- sible. ‘* “Tf the boy’s got the right stuff in him, let him prove it,’ I heard father say to mother one day. ‘I worked bard for my money, and I don’t intend to let Ned squander it and ruin himself be- sides ’ ‘*That very day father came along and banded me $50, remarking, ‘Ned, take that money, spend it as you choose, but understand this much, it's the last dol- lar of my money you can have until you prove yourself capable of earning money and taking care of it on your own ac- count ’ ‘‘I took the money in a sort of dazed manner and stammered out, ‘I—why—I —I—want to go into business.’ ‘* ‘Business!’ exclaimed father, con- temptuously ; ‘what do you know about managing the mercantile business? Get a clerkship and learn the alphabet be- | ! fore you talk to me of business.’ And father left me then to ponder on his words. And that $50 was the last mosey my father ever gave me, until at his death I received my part of the prop- erty by inheritance. ‘‘T felt hard and bitter then, felt my father was a stingy old fogy, and men- tally resolved to prove to him that I could live without his money. He had aroused my pride—just what he in- tended, I suppose. '*For three days I looked about for a place to make lots of money. But I found no such chances, and at length I accepted a clerkship in a large retail store at $400 a year. ‘Another bit of father’s ‘stinginess’ at this time was demanding $2 a week for my board through that first year. ‘*At the end of my first year I had laid aside $200, and the next year, my salary being raised $100, I had $500 laid by. ‘‘One hundred cents meant more to me in those days than $100 had pre- viously. ‘‘At the end of four years’ clerking I went to my father with $1,500 of my own, and asked him if he was willing to help me enter business. Even then he would only let me hire the money, $2,000 at 6 per cent. ‘To-day I am called a_ successful business man. And I have my father to thank for it. Those lessons in self- denial, self-respect and independence which he gave me—although hard at the time—put the manhood into me. ‘‘Vears afterward, father told me it cost him the hardest struggle of his life to be so hard with his boy. But he felt it was the only course to make a man of me. Many atime we laughed heartily over that | t le $2 board bill.’’ An Aadvertisement should attract atten- tion and impress its value upon the read- Effective and appropriate illus- trations help to do this. % 2% 2 oF Ut ut We prepare designs for er’s mind. all purposes and devote particular attention to the illustrating of ad- vertisements, booklets, catalogues, etc. % a Sketches and estimates furnished on applica- tion. F Kk i 8 hoe iar a 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Footwear On the Move. The shoemaker has come to the front, and now takes his place in the same rank as that in which are lined up the most useful, skillful and necessary arti- sans of modern times. He is not only a useful man, but he must be an ingenious decorator in order to meet the demands of modern progress upon his trade. There are, however, shoemakers of various grades, differing in their attain- ments and separated by degrees of ca- pacity for advancement, just as there are grades in institutions of learning for scholars of various degrees of intel- lectual capacity. Assuming that the term ‘‘average’’ shoemaker means the one who is some- where between the expert and the bun- gling driver of pegs who will never rise to the middle class even, it must be doubted whether this average artisan in our Craft is fitted to cope with the new conditions and requirements of the trade. As a sort of auxiliary he may be use- ful in his way, but at the front he would be a dismal failure. And yet he believes in himself, and often admits of no superior in the craft, because he has pegged away for many years, but without advancing with the times. This average shoemaker believes that he is competent to construct footwear for anyone who comes his way; he be- lieves that he can make shoes to fully meet the requirements of a pair of ac- tive, muscular feet that expect to walk something like six hundred miles in the shoes he can furnish. This would be only about three miles a day for a period of little more than six months. This is not an unreasonable expecta- tion on the part of the purchaser, for a pair of fairly good shoes will perform this length of service; and an active man who is much out of doors, and whose business requires short trips, will easily cover this much ground. Now the average shoemaker will ac- cept this important contract in the most confident manner, and will proceed in the conventional way to makea diagram of the ground plan of the foot; he will take measurements of the ball, instep and heel girths, dismiss his client with a wave of the hand, and then proceed to leather up his last according to these hasty measurements, and the thing is done—so far as the average shoemaker’s science goes. But the tread and gait of the feet that are waiting to get into those shoes have not even entered into the shoemaker’s calculations. If it were that nicely-fitted last that had to wear the shoe, all would be well, and the march might begin and end satisfactorily. The gait not having been enquired into, probably the short, quick step of the wearer of the new shoes, from the lack of flexibility in the soles and the want of proper bearings, too soon changed into a slow, uncertain tread from sheer necessity ; from the want of proper adaptation of the heels, the long, swinging stride is reduced to a short, jerky one, in order to avoid unpleasant jarring in that quarter. In this state of affairs if the wearer can and will submit to the new condi- tions, it is to be a case of adapting the feet to the shoes, instead of the reverse, unti] the shoes are finally conquered. With this free-hand sort of shoemaking many unpleasant results must follow: The bandy-legged man can get no more happiness out of life at the foot until the thick outer edges of the new shoes are worn down to his natural or unnatural position; the knock-kneed man, as a pedestrian, is miserable until attrition has reduced the inner edges of his soles to the angle of the old ones. The high-heeled person gets no good gait again until his stilts are worn down so that he does not have to walk gin- gerly in his painful effort to keep the pressure of his body back from his in- steps. — There are many other characteristics in form and gait of shoe-wearers which the average shoemaker can not provide for in his limited knowledge as to the needs of the foot in motion. There is, for instance, the knee- sprung man, who, like his four-footed friend, requires ample thickness at the toes of his shoes in order to make bot- toms wear out at all evenly. Many other minor but important points will naturally occur to the thoughtful and skilled workman, so that he will not simply measure and make footwear for inanimate dummies, but for live, active feet on progressive ani- mals with individual characteristics which must be taken into account. The latter knows that the shape of the foot is not everything, but that the man- ner of putting it down and the act of locomotion are of paramount importance in constructing shoes for feet that need something more than coverings. Comparing the ordinary pedestrian on the street with the soldier on the march, as to the service required of the shoes, and the importance of their adaptation to the requirements of the feet, the latter should have more careful consideration as to footwear. In military tactics the length of the direct step is laid down as twenty-eight inches, in common time, measuring from heel to heel, and in swiftness at the rate of ninety in a minute. The length of the double-quick steps is thirty-three inches, and the swiftness at the rate of one hundred and sixty- five steps a minute. This speed may be increased, in emergencies, to one hundred and eighty steps a minute, or three steps per sec- ond, without breaking into a run. This is also the average gait of the good pedestrian on the street, varied according to circumstances. The length of step of the average woman is far more difficult to ascertain than that of her mascuiine competitor, It varies, without any known reason for its variations, and is much shorter and quicker, as a rule, than that of a man. A woman’s reasons for her step or gait are no more producible than her motives for some other feminine eccen- tricities, notably that of moving: ** Don’t ask me why I wish to move— I have my own good reasons; You eet as well ask me to prove Why Nature has her seasons.”’ The woman’s quick, uncertain, un- equal step is, probably, one of the un- revealed mysteries of life. There is no average to be formed for it, and no reason to be adduced for its curious diversity. If the average shoemaker, whose effi ciency for practical handicraft has been somewhat discredited in this article, can make footwear to meet the uncer- tain requirements of some of these pe- culiarly active feminine feet, be will soon rise above mediocrity in his craft and can shoe the more sturdy male biped. At any rate, the expert shoemaker is expected to make shoes that are fit for active service—a service in which the feet must bear all the labor, and must, therefore, be consulted. This matter of progression is a won- derful thing when we come to think of it seriously. It has been truly said that walking is accomplished partly by the force of gravity—by the falling forward of the body at regular intervals—without the active exercise of the muscles. If anyone doubts that the falling for- ward of the body, stopped at regular intervals by the interposition of one of the feet on the ground, is the way we walk, let him experiment by stopping Geo. H. 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SONS OSS OS vrnooeeeeesrOooe Y ee a a aN er ee ee eT ee ee ee ee HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS ot : O2085 20528 Py Dy by Sa CHT HH A PS ‘ke OF RELIABLE FOOTWEAR Our Spring line is a Winner; wait for our travelers and ‘‘win’”’ with us.—When in the city see our spread.—Agents for Wales Goodyear Rubbers. $EE666666666 5 AND 7 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS. EH Ee ea @o ry e MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 suddenly in a brisk, long-striding walk and rigidly retain the erect position of the body as it was at the last step. He will find himself bending forward at an angle of several degrees in so awkward a pose that he will impulsively straighten himself up and assume the erect attitude of standing, which is quite different from that of walking. But this alternate falling forward of the body and straightening up again to assist propulsion must not be confounded with the stooping position so commonly seen on the streets. It is a natural inclination of the body forward above the hips in order to give momentum to the frame in the art of walking only. Good shoes, perfectly adapted to the feet, in these varied and interesting movements, are, therefore, indispensa- ble. But the shoemaker, from time out of mind, has been figuratively kicked by his own shoes and cuffed by the wearer of his products for many troubles that he is not responsible for. It has been thougbtlessly declared that the proof of ill-fitting footwear is conclusive from the fact that a wearer of new sboes finds relief from their pain frequently while sitting down. While it is true that shoes having in- sufficient room for the feet at some point produce rather less inconvenience when the weight of the body is removed from the feet, it is equally true that tired feet, even in perfect-fitting shoes, or in no shoes at all, find relief in the same posture. If we look more closely into this shoe- wearing problem it is quite ilkely we shall find that the average shoemaker has no more sins lying at his door than The lat- ter insists, too often, with the custom maker upon a tightly-drawn tape about the foot and a narrow sole, and in the dealer’s store quite frequently the shoe that can be easily put on is not just the has the average shoe-wearer. thing desired. A sensible co-operation between these two ‘‘average’’ mortals would usually result in shoes adapted to the feet, both at rest and in lively motion, and thus harmony might be brought about be- tween the two. It is true, all the same, that the mod ern manufacturer, although he can not possibly forecast the various forms o individual feet that shall seek to occupy nevertheless, do the best he can for promiscuous humanity by his shoes, does, providing good model shapes in hi wares, which are intended for the aver age normal feet. Shoes are no longer fashioned over the crude, amorphous block of wood which served as a formative core for the almost shapeless footwear of our less finical ancestors, and which products were regarded by our less skillful and less scientific shoe artisans as the ne plus ultra of the shoemaking craft be- cause they were so far in advance of those that had gone before. Of course, footwear has always been on the move, literally, plodding, trudg- ing or scurrying to its final destination ; but it has remained for our day and gen- eration to witness footwear moving on- ward and upward to perfection in the art, dropping old methods by the way, until it now unites beauty and adapta- bility in a degree never before attained in its history.—E. A. Boyden in Boots and Shoes Weekly. —_—__>0.»_____ Keep Accounts Collected. An old and _ successful merchant, in speaking of keeping accounts collected, says: ‘’I have always made it an invari- able rule to present my accounts regu- larly every month, and while I was do- ing a strictly retail business I made it a point to secure a promise of payment at a certain date, or at least a checking up of the account. This obviated much trouble in collecting the bill later on, and was worth all the time taken. If, however, a bill had been running for six months, without any plausible excuse for non-payment, I turned it over to a reliable attorney or agency for collec- tion. I found that this process cost me less and brought quicker returns than my own collectors could make me when the bills had been long due, as the debt- ors seemed very often to have become accustomed to standing off a man to whose visits they were hardened. In this way I kept my books cleaned up, and during a series of years I figured that the net saving to me was fully 5 per cent. on my gross business. This, of itself, was a good profit, and I have never hesitated to recommend the same course to my young friends when start- ing in trade for themselves. ’’ ——___»>0o____ Nothing Small About Him. ‘‘What appears to be the matter with your father?’’ enquired the doctor, as he hastily put his clothes on. ‘‘He’s got the plumbago,’’ replied the boy. ‘‘I think that’s what maw says it is.’ ‘‘Pain in the small of the back, I presume, ’’ said the doctor. ‘‘No, sir, he bain’t got no small of the back. My paw weighs 284 pounds. "’ — - 6.~ eos f s A man never wants to be an angel as long as he can make a living at any- thing else. Retail Credits From Moral and Finan- cial Standpoints. The retail merchant is a transgressor of the moral law whenever he permits a customer to buy on credit an amount of merchandise in excess of the purchas- er's ability to pay. The fathers of the church expounded and enforced this code. The immortal ‘‘Bard of Avon’’ truly says, ‘‘Opportunity makes the thief.’’ Whenever a dealer induces or allows an honest person of weak will- power to purchase more goods than he can pay for, aside from providing himself and those dependent upon him with the absolute necessities of life, he is morally responsible for the dishonesty of the buyer. In charging for the goods instead of donating them, he becomes a party to a crime. In the Lord's Prayer we say, ‘‘ Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'’ What greater temptation can be offered a poor weak mortal than to be escorted through a magnificent es- tablishment, invited to feast his eager eyes upon artistic wares and to purchase of the same without regard to his ability to pay? From what greater evil can humanity be delivered than from the crime of dishonesty, which entails con- demnation, humiliation and the sacrifice of character, together with the loss of self-respect? Dr. Johnson, in urging the abolition of imprisonment for debt, declared that failure to pay was not al- ways the crime of the debtor alone, be- cause the creditor shares the act and very often more than shares the guilt of the improper trust. From a strictly moral point of view and for the reasons enumerated, I assert that the merchant who adheres as nearly as possible to a cash basis in conducting his business will be better off morally than his neigh- bor who credits indiscriminately. Considering the question from a finan- cial point of view, it is plainly evi- dent to every business man that during no period of his career has ready cash been so potent an element of success in the mercantile world as it is to-day. The markets teem with the merchandise of every name and nature, which can be secured at the very lowest prices by the prospective purchaser who has the cash with which to pay for the goods. The old-fashioned retail method of buy- ing a six-months’ supply of merchan- dise twice a year has been superseded by that of making daily purchases on ten days’ time, thus keeping stocks al- ways fresh and making the proverbial sixpence serve to the fullest extent. Competition has so cheapened goods and improved trade service that the of every opportunity to raise the standard of his business to that of his rivals will soon fall behind in the ceaseless race for wealth and commercial prestige, and finally become a wreck. To meet their obligations promptly men in business must be prompt collect- ors. They must bear in mind that they are not in business for the accommoda- tion of the public, nor for the mere pleasure of doing business, but for their own material advancement. They must understand that under no circumstances are they justified in loading up their ledgers with slow accounts which mean just so much unproductive capital. Such accounts become uncertain in value from the very hour the charge is made. Some customers, as a rule, get trusted at one store and spend their money in another where a cash business is done. Prompt collectors in every line of trade stand highest in the world of commerce. They are the men of reputation and of personal worth, the men whose advice on matters of great importance is al- ways sought and whose judgment is al- ways accepted as the law of trade. They handle their business and their capital to the very best advantage, give their customers the finest goods and the best service, and invariably secure the most profitable patronage. They save thou- sands of dollars annually by managing their credit business on as nearly a cash basis as possible. They are thus en- abled to buy their goods in the cheapest markets, save all discounts and obtain the highest financial standing in the commercial world. JoHN J. CUMMINS. SL The Turning Point of Success. A clerk who doesn't get into business for himself before he is 40 vears old is likely to consider himself something of a failure in life. Jay Gould used to share this idea in a measure. He used to say that a man was a success or a failure before he was forty, meaning by that, not that a man must have gained his fortune or fame before that birth- day came or he would never get these things, but that he must have made it clear that he was on the highroad to for- tune or to fame before the fortieth birth- day passed or else he could be assumed to be upon the path that leads either to failure or to mediocrity. Clerks who are nearing forty may profitably bear this in mind, so that it may encourage them to form the conclusion that so far in their careers they have only given promise of a splendid maturity, that their powers are still undeveloped in comparison with the ultimate capacity which they may yet reach, and that, merchant who does not take advantage after all, their future is before them. + | | a OUR COFFEES PCOS) Se >? . The J. M. Bour Co., Must excel in F1 constant Trade Winners. roasted on day of 129 LSC CCS SSC CSCC We Realize——-— That in competition more or less strong Our Coffees and Teas CS cS avor and Strength and be All our coffees shipment. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 113-115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN HALF A HUNDRED. Acetylene Generators Licensed by Underwriters. Wm. H. Merrill, Jr., Secretary of the Bureau of Fire Protection Engineering, furnishes the Tradesman with the fol- lowing list of fifty two acetylene gas generators which have been approved by the Bureau as being of satisfactory construction : Acetogen, F. Cortez Wilson & Co., Chicago, Il. Aladdin, American Gas Light Co., St. Louis, Mo. American, American Acetylene Gas Machine Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Automatic Valveless, Lucas Bros., ‘Minneapolis, Minn. Beucus, Beucus Automatic Acetylene Gas Generator Co., Cedar Springs, Mich. Bruce, Karst & Breher, St. Paul, Minn. Buckeye, Price Manufacturing Co., Gnadenhutten, Obio. Buffington, H. Geissel & Co., Chi- cago, Ill., and Buffington Acetylene Gas Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Capsheaf, Sawyer & Havens, Belle- vue, Mich. Castana, Castana Acetylene Gas Co., Castana, Iowa. Chicago Jewel, Monarch Manufactur- ing Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Crown, Crown Acetylene Gas Machine Co., Detroit, Mich. Daylight, Moody & Offutt, Louisville, K y. Draper, Draper & Langston, Dana, d Ind. Eagle, Walmsley, Fuller & Co,, Chi- cago, Ill. Eclipse, Eclipse Manufacturing Co., Chicago, [1] Co., Emansee, Chicago, Il. Epworth, Epworth Gas Light Co., Epworth, Ia. Eureka, F. W. Arney & Co., Terre Haute, Ind. Fierce Daylight, J. C. Charbeneau, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Harger, Jenks & Son, Prairie City, Iowa. Harris, Il. Hennessy, American Incandescent Gas Co., Kansas City, Mo. Hull, J. M. Hull, Atchinson, Kas. Indiana, W. A. McCune, Sterling, Ill., and General Acetylene Supply Co., Kansas City, Mo. Iowa, Hartung & Eliwood, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Kopf, M. B. Wheeler Electric Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Laun, Laun Bros., Orland Park, Ill. Leader, Sarran Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Odio. Leckband, Leckband Acetylene Gas Co., Adair, Ia. Leede, Solar Acetylene Minneapolis, Minn. Little Giant, W. R. Stokes, Minne- apolis, Minn. Marquette, Missouri Acetylene Co., St Louis, Mo. Mulhern, Adair Gas Co., Adair, Ia. National, National Acetylene Gas Co., Cleveland, Ohio. National Sunlight, National Sunlight Gas Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls Acety- — Gas Machine Co, Niagara Falls, at. No Valve, T. H. J. Leckband, Adair, Iowa. Ordway, National Acetylene Gas Gen- erator Co. and Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, Minn. Owen, Geo F. Owen & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Patterson, Patterson Generator Co., Batavia, N. Y., Monroe Foundry & Furnace Co., Monroe and Norwalk Foundry & Machine Co., Norwalk, Ohio. Reynolds, Powers & Reynolds, Nash- ville, Mich. Scantlin, Scantlin & Bailey Manufac- turing Co., LaFayette, Ind. Shafer, Shafer Acetylene Gas Gener- ator Co., Terre Haute, Ind. Modica & Carroll Harris-Hart Co., Chicago, Gas Co., Shakopee, Shakopee Acetylene Gas Generator Co., Shakopee, Minn. Solar, Solar Gas Machine Co., New York. Star, Star Acetylene Gas Co., St. Paul, Minn. Strable, Strahle Generator Co., Stan- ton, Neb. Sun, F. W. Preussel, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Taylor, Taylor Acetylene Gas Ma- chine Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Triumph, Craig-Reynolds Foundry Co., Dayton, Ohio. Turner, Turner & Hauser, Grand Rapids, Mich. The following Michigan machines have been before the Bureau and have not yet been approved : All Right, F. J. Cook, Fowlerville. Machine disapproved. Climax, Detroit Acetylene Gas Gen- erator Co., Detroit. Examination of plans shows machine to be defective. Cline, Alexander Furnace Co., Lan- sing. Re-examination shows much im- provement in construction; general workmanship, however, still below standard ; further improvements neces- sary to warrant approval. Crown Jewell, B. F. Bailey, Ypsi- lanti. Disapproved. Eaton, Eaton Company, Limited, Olivet.. Not approved. Eger, R. J. Eger, Bay City. satisfactory. Hess, T. Hess, Grand Rapids. Not approved. Kennedy, J. E. Kennedy, Caledonia. Machine not yet suitable for use. Quinn, S. A. Quinn, Muskegon. Ex- amination arranged for. Shute, U. S. Acetylene Light & Car- bide Co., Detroit. Application for ap- proval withdrawn by manufacturer. —_—_> ¢.—____ Killed by the Explosion of a Home- made Generator. The Scientific American recently pub- lished a somewhat lengthy article on the subject of acetylene gas generators, cautioning users to beware of home- made affairs and, at the same time, giving directions how a perfectly safe and economical generator can be con- structed by anyone having access to tools used by tinners, plumbers or galvanized iron workers, It appears that the article happened to fall into the hands of a worthy citizen of Pem- berville, Ohio, who proceeded to con- struct a generator from the plans recom- mended by the Scientific American. Before it was in successful operation, however, the machine blew up, killing the maker instantly. The manner in which the explosion occurred is thus de- scribed by the postmaster at Pember- ville in a letter to a local manufacturer of generators : I will. give you what information I can as it was given to me. Mr. Kiel, the deceased, had completed a machine, of which the model and plans were taken from the Scientific American. Mr. Keil, to test the light, had lighted two or three matches, but there was not enough gas generated to make a light on the jets, so he leaned over the generator on his right side and then opened the stop cock below and lighted it with his lett hand, causing the explosion. The can inside of tbe outer can blew up with such force as to tear off bis right arm, otherwise tear the flesh of his body, and break his left arm and jaw bone. If you wish to know what generator he used, you will have to consult the plans and the model of the Scientific American This is all the information I can give you. Not yet —_—_>2>___ They Were Regular Patrons. Little Boy—Please, I want the doctor to come and see mother. Doctor’s Servant——Doctor’s Where do you come from? Little Boy—What! Don't you know me? Why, we deal with you—we had a baby from here last week. out. How the Sale of Generators Is Hand- icapped by Monopoly. From the Financial and Commercial Times. An instance of flagrant abuse of the patent laws by a large concern having headquarters in Chicago has recently come to our attention, and we commend it to the notice of the national commis- sion appointed to revise the patent laws, Judge Grosscup of the federa] bench, and Messrs. Forbes of New York and Greely of the patent office. President McKinley’s industrial commission might also very properly take cognizance of the curious and anomalous situation. The young and rapidly growing in- dustry of acetylene gas lighting 1s ab- solutely dependent upon the production of the calcium carbide, which serves as the fuel for the gas generating ma- chines. This carbide is manufactured under special conditions and by a pat- ented process, but where there is demand we always expect to find supply. This natural law is in force everywhere, practically, in the United States outside of Wisconsin and Illinois (Cook county excepted). In these states a man can not buy calcium carbide, even for cash in advance, unless he agrees to use it in a particular make of generator, one of the kind commonly known as ‘‘sprin klers.’’ This generator is only one of many, and not by any means the best of the many. A precisely parallel case would be fur- nished if all the coffee in the country were controlled by one corporation, and this corporation should refuse to sell to anyone who did not own a certain brand of coffee pot. Or, to change the figure, what would a prospective purchaser say if on going to buy a pair of shoes he should be asked what kind of socks he wore? Absurd as these illustrations appear, they represent exactly the demands of the Illinois and Wisconsin Acetylene companies upon users of acetylene gas. Having secured the exclusive rights to the sale of calcium carbide in these States (with the exception mentioned), they presume to dictate the make of apparatus their customers shall employ. If the consumer refuses to be coerced into buying the apparatus sold by them he must send over the border to Canada for his supply of carbide, and the high duty added to the Canadian price makes the cost almost prohibitive. If the generator designated by these companies, who are virtually one con- cern operating under several names, were in any wise superior to other ma- chines, and if the others were defective or dangerous, the restriction upon the sale of carbide couid then be justified on the ground that the introduction of the competing machines would hurt the reputation of acetylene as a light and thereby injure tbe worth of the patent favored by the local carbide agents. Any such claim, however, is disproved by the evidence of the fire insurance ex- aminers who have inspected the various makes of generators. ‘Their verdict is that this particular ‘‘sprinkler ’ patent is hardly up to the standard set by rival generators. The very fact that those in- terested in this machinehave resorted to such unbusinesslike methods to meet competition and force sales bas strengthened this suspicion of inferior- ity. America lacks what most European countries have, namely, a law to compel the owner of a patent to make use of it for the benefit of the public. If he manufactures under his patent he must sell his product to the general public at a fairly reasonable price, or else the law makes him issue a compulsory li cense to someone else to make the pat- ented article. The American laws do not contemplate the possibility that a manufacturer would use one patent to destroy tre value of another patent, in- cidentally injuring hundreds of business men at the same time, as is done in the peculiar proceeding of which we have given an outline. It behooves Congress to do away with this serious handicap upon a new industry. ee One way to prevent hiccough is to ab- stain from going out between the acts. POEKPOOQOO OGOODODOS® #xHLDOGQODOQODOODS: 2 DOGDOQOOQGDOOQOOS # ©GOQOQOOOO Michigan & Ohio Acetylene Gas Co, tta. Pasa ee rage ety Ee MACHINE led Ed Orhem pars PENDING It I To get Cooler and a Perfect Purifying Apparatus. We have them both and the best made. does perfect work all the time. active operation in Michigan. Write for Catalogue and particulars to GEO. F. OWEN & CO., COR. LOUIS ano CAMPAU STS., | Having used your Gas § Jackson, Mich. Jobbers of Calcium Carbide. Breckenridge, Mich., Dec. 2, 1898. Michigan and Ohio Acetylene Gas Co. Gentlemen: Machine now ten months, will say I am perfectly satisfied with results obtained. is just as cheap as oil and I can run mine cheaper and then have a light that can see by. You have a good thing and I wish you success. Yours respectfully, CHAS. MERRILL. MNOOOQOOQOGQOOQOQOQOOE GQOQOOQOOO) Owen feetwlene Gas Generator THE MOST SIMPLE AND COMPLETE DEVICE FOR GENERATING ACETYLENE GAS IN THE MARKET. ABSOLUTELY AUTOMATIC. Pure Gas you must have a Perfect ° The Owen Over 200 in GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Also Jobbers of Carbide, Gas Fixtures, Pipe and Fittings. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Caas. S. STEVENS, Ypsilanti; Secre- tary.J C. Saunpers, Lansing; Treasurer, O. C. GouLp. Saginaw, Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, James E. Day, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J.J. Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand Secretary. G S. VatmorgE, 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, F. G. Truscott, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer. A. F. Wixson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. The Pontiac Buggy Co. has engaged T. J. Godfrey, of Sand Beach, to repre- sent it in Iowa. Arthur E. Strever, of Owosso, has en- gaged to cover Texas for the Estey Manufacturing Co. Hillsdale Leader: E. M. Wheeler has started on the road as agent of the Elysian Manufacturing Co, of Detroit, dealer in perfumery and toilet goods. He will travel in Indiana, with head- quarters here. Jose A. Gonzalez concluded that he could not afford to accept the Govern- ment appointment to Cuba, after inves- tigating the subject at Washington, and resumed his visits to the trade after only one week’s interruption. Menominee Herald: Lieut. Jas. A. Leisen has taken a position with the Dingman Soap Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., as traveling salesman, and has already started out on the road. His territory will be the Upper Peninsula of Michi- gan and Northern Wisconsin. Belding Banner: Ben P. Angell left last week for Nebraska, he having been assigned that territory in which to rep- resent the Richardson Silk Co., with headquarters at Omaha. He has been traveling in Obio and this change rep- resents confidence in his ability. Owosso Press: Edward Calvin, rep- resenting Bement & Sons, of Lansing, was in the city yesterday visiting his old friend, F. J. McDannel,of the Post al Telegraph office. The men _ were boys together. Mr. Calvin resides in Chicago and has just begun traveling in Michigan for the Bement house. Lapeer Clarion: The Detroit Casket Co.’s popular representative, W. S. Washer, who has recently suffered so much at Grace Hospital, we are pleased to note is out and about business again. He made his first trip since the opera tion on Monday, coming as far north- ward as Utica. He anticipates being hereafter stronger and healthier than ever. Menominee Leader: Frank Horton, formerly traveling salesman for Pen- berthy, Cook & Co., has been visiting in Marinettee the past week, prior to his leaving for the copper country, where he will be employed by Sprague, Warner & Co., wholesale grocers of Chicago, as one of their representatives in that district. Mr. Horton formerly resided in this city. Niles Sun: William I. Daviess, traveling for a Jackson supply house, was found Saturday morning by the night force of the Mishawaka Pulp Co., lying upon the bank of the St. Joseph River. His clothing was covered with ice and snow and he was nearly lifeless from cold. His condition is nearly hopeless, but he has recovered suffi- ciently to tell that he was attacked by thugs, relieved of his valuables and tben tossed into the river. Chas. Clarke, formerly Traveling Freight Agent for the D., G. H. & M. Railroad, with headquarters at Grand Rapids, but for several years past New York Agent for the Grand Trunk Rail- wav, with headquarters at Buffalo, has been promoted to the position of Divi- sion Freight Agent of the Grand Trunk Railway System, w:th headquarters at Detroit. Mr. Clarke is a genial gentle- man who has many friends in Michigan who will rejoice with him in his suc- cess. Geo. T. Smith, who represented P. Lorillard & Son in this territory for sev- eral years, but for the past four years has carried the samples of the Wilson & McCallay Tobacco Co. —three years in Michigan and one year in IJowa—has engaged to travel for Jennings & Smith, taking the territory formerly covered by F. D. Claire, which comprises Eastern and Southern Michigan and Northern Ohio and Indiana. Mr. Smith is per- sistent and energetic and has a pleasing address and there is every reason for believing that be will achieve fresh laurels in his new connection. Morenci Observer: Eugene Zeluff, of Adrian, traveling salesman for the Banner Cigar Co., of Detroit, ran against two sandbaggers l:te Thursday night week near the Michigan Central depot at Jackson and was struck on the back of the head and krocked down. Being an athlete himself, the blow barely stunned him and he recovered before the fellows could rob him. One, who gave his name as ‘‘ Mose’’ Smith, was pursued by Zeluff and beaten until he begged for mercy, and was turned over to the police. The other escaped. Zeluff had $175 in his pocket, but the vigor with which he defended him- self made his money safe. Next morn- ing he declined to prosecute, being sat- isfied with the thrashing he gave the thief, and not desiring notoriety. —~> 0m - Movements of Lake Superior Travelers. Marquette, Jan. 17—S. H. Corbett, Ex-Sheriff. of Ontonagon county, suc- ceeds M. A. Dunning in this territory for Morley Bros. Mr. Corbett will live in Marquette. Wm. Pohlman (Edson, Moore & Co. ) is on this territory at present. C. M. Horton (Burnham, Stoepel & Co.) is working with F. G. Triescott. Mr. Horton looks after the men’s fur- nishings and Fred after the business. John Corrigan, one of the oldest—in years of service—travelers on Lake Su- perior, is ill at the Calumet House, Calumet. Oscar Hopperstead, formerly with the Menominee Iron Works Co., will enter the employ of the Portage Lake Hard- ware Co., Houghton. M. R. Manhard spent a few days last week at Newberry. The annual souvenir booklet of the Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club has just been issued and is being distributed to members and friends of the Club. The book is gotten up much in the style it was last year, with the title and the year 1899 in gilt. Inside is a list of the officers and members of the Club, the by-laws of the organiza- tion, alist of the hotels of the Peninsula with their rates, railroads and steamer lines, a daily memorandum, merchan- dise, classification, distances between stations on the railroads of the Penin- sula, excess baggage rates, express money order rates, tables of weights and measures, postage rates,and a couple of poems calculated to appeal particularly to the drummer. Besides this the book contains a fine line of advertising from hotels, liveries and concerns which the traveling men most patronize. The Salesman and the Office Man. Every ordinary salesman—or at least four out of every five of him—has it in for the fellow in the office who runs the accounts, adjusts claims for differences and has general sway where sales are concerned. I have no doubt that from his point of view he usually has good reason for the hard feelings he enter- tains for his coadjutor at home, for in many ways their methods of thought and work are diametrically opposed, although both are working in a common cause. The salesman is a natural expansion- ist. ‘‘We want orders,’’ writes the house, and he counts that day as lost whose luw-descending sun sees no req- uisition for goods mailed in. With all his desire to work for the house’s best interest and to do what he knows will please the men at home, he occasionally allows himself to be overpersuaded, and falls back upon the plea of expedi- ency in explaining to his house why he deviated from instructions. The office man, on the contrary, is a born ‘‘detailist,’’ if I may coin a word, whose life is spent in working out the sum of 2x2 equals 4, and who sees no sense or reason in altering either the factors or the result. A loss througha bad account, or any reduction from the maximum profit the order should yield, he feels as a personal reproach, and so he anxiously guards against any tend- ency toward looseness of method or a generosity that may diminish the total footings. While the salesman is an op- timist working in a_hail-fellow-well met spirit of brotherly love, the ideal credit man is a cold-blooded duffer with a diseased liver and a memory that re- fuses to take cognizance of any claims ot love, kinship or friendship, ex- pediency or large profit that might change the footings of the ledgers to the firm's detriment. ‘‘Here is a large, fat, juicy order,’’ cries the salesman. ‘‘Congratulate me, brotber!’’ ‘But the man’s financial record is against him,’’ objects the credit man, ‘‘and he is already three months behind in his payments.”’ ‘‘The banks in his town speak well of him,’’ says Traveler. ‘*Did they tell you in what amount they are interested in his business through notes they hold?’’ queries Credit Man, sarcastically. ‘‘Hubbard & Simpkins’ man tells me his firm are glad to sell this man all he warts,’’ insists Traveler. ‘No doubt of it,’’ says Credit Man; ‘*but be is careful to collect the old in- debtedness before he contracts the new.”’ ‘*But, hang it, man!’’ cries Traveler, in despair, ‘‘look at the prices and the big profit. You can afford to run a little risk on an order like that.’’ ‘‘T never gamble,’’ says Credit Man, coldly ; ‘‘and, besides, 1f be intended to pay for the goods he would have been more particular about their cost.’" And he indites a polite note to the derelict customer to the effect that the present condition of business wil] not warrant a further extension of credit and that he would like a remittance to cover the past due account, upon receipt of which the ‘‘valued order’’ given Mr. Traveler will be filled. Often the casb is paid and the goods shipped, and the sales- man, upon his next call, is favored with the customer's opinion of the picayune policy of his house, and his unfavorable estimate of the credit man’s personal character and maternal parentage. Occasionally there is a credit man who does not figure thus. I once heard a number of business men discussing the standing of their customers, and one firm was mentioned who had been hanging for some time on the verge of bankruptcy. Only one of the men pres- ent had this firm on his books. ‘‘I think they owe us some hundred and fifty dollars,’’ said he. ‘*‘They buy about all their goods from us, so that their purchases in the last year have amounted to over two thousand dollars, at good round prices. We shall still have made a good profit on the business if we should lose every dollar of their present indebtedness. ”’ ‘*They can buy nothing from us,’’ said each of the others. ‘*Well, they can from me,’’ said the first speaker. ‘‘I have two or tbree other accounts of this same kind, and I rather enjoy having them.’’ Another firm was mentioned which had recently gone under, and one of the other men, a German, admitted a loss of $40, the remainder due on a $600 bill of goods. ‘*You were lucky to come out whcle,’’ said the man who took risks. *‘ You d dn’t lose anything, after all.’’ ‘*We lost $40,’’ said the German. ‘*But I mean you were nothing out of pocket. ’’ ‘‘We were $40 out of pocket,’’ said the German. ‘‘That was our money, and we didn’t get it.”’ ‘Still, the amount you received left you a profit after paying for the goods and the expense of doing the business, ’’ said the other, but the German shook his head. ‘‘We sold the goods for $40 more than we received: so we lost $40 of good money,’ said he; and so would figure nine tenths of the credit men of the country. He Was Protected. Judge—Weren’t you afraid to strike the darkey on the head? Prisoner—No, sir; I had on brass knuckles. Hotel Columbia Finest Furnished House in TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. Just Opened and Ready for Bu_ 2. ____ The Drug Market. Opium—The market is unsettled and a firm feeling prevails, as the larger holders are not willing to sell at present prices. There is no doubt of a higher market later on. Morphine—Is prices. Quinine—Is in good demand and the price is firm. Bromides—Potash, sodium and am- monium have all been advanced 2c per pound. Cocoa Butter—Is higher abroad and has been advanced 2c per pound in this market. Borax and Boracic Acid—Are firm at the advance noted last week. Menthol—The market is firm at the advance noted last week, with good demand. Essential Oils—Lemon, orange and bergamot are very firm. Sassafras is firm and advancing. Wormwood is very firm at our quotations. Seeds—Caraway is firmer, owing to higher prices abroad. Poppy is slightly lower. Spices—Are all steady except black pepper, which is very much higher. Linseed O1l—There is no change to note. The new company will be or- ganized this week, with only two out- side mills to compete with them. steady at unchanged > 02 ____ Harold Frederic on Medicine. _ The following passage from the late Harold Frederic’s novel ‘‘The Damna- tion of Theron Ware,’’ although put in- to the mouth of one of the characters, may perhaps be taken as expressing his own opinion on the subject. The Rev. Theron Ware, at his first interview with Dr. Ledsmar, is uncertain whether his interlocutor is a doctor of medicine or of one of the other faculties: ‘“‘Ob, yes, it is medicine,’’ replied Ledsmar. ‘‘I am a doctor three or four times over so far as parchments can make one. In some other respects, though, I should think I am probably less of a doctor than anybody else now living. I haven't practiced—that is regularly—for many years, and I take no interest whatever in keeping abreast of what the profession regards as its progress. I know nothing beyond what was being taught in the ‘Sixties,’ and that, I am glad to say, I have mostly forgotten. ’’ ‘‘Dear me,’’ said Theron. ‘‘I bad always supposed that science was the most engrossing of pursuits—that once a man took it up he never left it.’’ ‘‘But that would imply a connection between science and medicine,’’ com- mented the doctor. ‘‘My dear sir, they are not even on speaking terms.’’ —__>0>—____ Joseph H. Choate says that once, asa Harvard student, he went into a Boston cheap eating-house and asked the wait- er what they had. ‘‘Everything,’’ was the answer. ‘‘Get me some,”’’ said Mr. Choate. ‘‘One order of hash,’’ shouted the waiter. Prescribing Pharmacists and Dispen- sing Doctors. A. C. Matchett, M. D., in American Druggist. American physicians protest almost unanimously against ‘‘counter prescrib- ing’’ by druggists, although the drug- gist may be a graduate of the best of medical colleges of this country or of any foreign country. Now, I propose that if the physician, as the manager of a drug store, be he ever so well quali- fied by the most liberal medical educa- tion and extensive general practice of medicine, be debarred from counter prescribing, then the doctor in general practice of medicine, outside of a drug store, be prohibited from dispensing his medicines for his patients at the bedside, except in the most limited manner possible, and only in the most extreme cases of emergency, and then only sufficiently to supply the immediate necessity of the moment, until the med- icine prescribed can be obtained trom a reliable and thoroughly qualified drug- gist and chemist. If the druggist, by simply following the profession of a druggist, is disqual- ified to prescribe for the sick seeking his aid at the druggist’s counters, no matter how thoroughly educated asa physician he may be, how much more should the physician engaged in the general practice of medicine be pro- hibited from usurping the duties of the dispensing chemist, which duties, it is notorious, not one physician in a hun- dred is perfectly qualified by education in the medical college to discharge. No matter how thorough may have been the medical student’s training in the theory of medicine, surgery, obstetrics and kindred branches of anatomy, physiology, histology, biology, botany and materia medica, it is noto- rious that he leaves this medical alma mater ignorant of almost all things that should form part of the education of a practical pharmacist. that he has a few of the elementary facts concerning crude drugs in the store of knowledge obtained in” his regular course of studies, but he knows almost nothing at all of what is required to constitute the necessary education of an apprentice in a drug store. Yet such a graduate of medicine is turned out upon a suffering world, and at once becomes perfectly competent to compound the most subtle poisons, with a _ reckless disregard of possible consequences for the patient prescribed for, simply be- cause he may, forsooth, have been a graduate in medicine, and scarcely knows the simplest principles of fhar- macy. The physician who graduates in medicine as well as in a first-class col- lege of pharmacy is surely as well quali- fied to practice counter prescribing in a drug store as a simple graduate of med- icine, without a thorough education in pharmacy, is qualified to practice his own pharmacy in his medical practice. Should not our pharmacy laws be en- forced rigorously against the physician, who may be totally ignorant of the pro- fession of pharmacy and yet is constant- ly endangering the lives of his patients by practicing or attempting to practice pharmacy when he may be totally igno- True, it may be rant of almost everything pertaining to that noble calling, however well quali- fied he may be asa physician? How much of truth and justice are there in all this? This is a most important subject of thought for both the physician and phar- macist and should be thoroughly studied, a fair unprejudiced decision arrived at, and the proper steps taken not only to protect the physician against the great injustice of counter prescribing by the druggist, but to protect the druggist as weil as the entire public from the grave danger of physicians attempting to prac- tice the profession of pharmacy which, in nine out of ten cases, they are totally incompetent to do. —_—_—__>-2->——__—_ Mercuric Cyanide. This salt is no longer official; it was formerly prepared by reaction between potassium ferrocyanide, sulphuric acid and mercuric oxide, or it may be pre- pared by dissolving mercuric oxide in hydrocyanic acid. Mercuric cyanide is used to some extent by dyers as a mor- dant. It is seldom found as an article of stock in drug stores and is used by chemists largely as a source of cyanogen. It is soluble in eight parts of cold water and the solution has a very disagreeable metallic taste. While nausea is one of the common symptoms of chronic cyanogen poisoning, this symptom usu- ally appears as one of the effects of an over-extended exhibition of the salt in small doses. Regarding the antidotal treatment this is necessarily limited. The direct chemical antidote consists of the administration of a mixture of ferrous sulphate and ferric chloride with sodium carbonate, the object being to convert the soluble cyanide into an insoluble iron ferrocyanide. In most cases of poisoning by bydrocyanic acid or cyanogen compounds, there is no time for the administration of a chem- ical antidote, in consequence of tbe rapidity of the action of the poison, and the treatment is chiefly directed to the maintenance of respiration by artificial means and the administration of small doses of atropine and ether subcutane- ously, The statement that the symptoms of poisoning observed in the crime now under discussion in the metropolitan newspapers were those of potassium cyanide has little more than hasty con- jecture or newspaper speculation to bear it out. No scientific evidence has yet been adduced to bear out the sug- gestion that either potassium or mer- curic cyanide was used as the causa mortis lethalis. —_-+-—_ 2-2 General Wood has granted the peti- tion of several Spanish merchants for permission to close their stores on Sun day, they having been compelled to keep open seven days in the week under the Spanish law. He has also issued an order directing the closing of the saloons on the Sabbath, and there is not likely to be a **Sunday closing’’ question in Santiago so long as that city shall be under military rule. ~~. 2 -e It never occurs to a boy that he will some day know as little as his father. DAAS aa pha Paas | TABLETS. (IN NEW DRESS. ) 12 colors for 5c. 40 five cent packages, $1.00 (DOUBLE YOUR MONEY.) Clean, bright colors, easily used. FREE FROM POISON. COLOR EGGS AS ADVERTISED. “ALL COLORS OF THE RAINBOW.” Dyes CALICO-PICTURE PAPER. (NEW LABELS.) 24 or more eggs beautifully variegated with PIc- TURES OF RABBITS, FLOWERS, ETC., for 5c They are novel and furnish something to talk about; harmless, cheap, and do the work. 36 five cent envelopes, $1.00 (NEARLY DOUBLE YOUR MONEY.) Free! sors QOOG 67c a doz. FABRIC loc a package. OVGEe (TABLETS) Ask your Jobber, or write THE PAAS DYE CO., Newark, N. J. ; MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 PPO: WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT Morphia,S.P.& W... 2 30@ 2 55 | Sinapis.............. @ 18] Linseed, pure raw.. 42 45 = Morphia, S.N.Y.Q.& aon i @ 30| Linseed, boiled..... 44 47 c. Ce 2 20@ 2 45 ee De Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 70 Advanced— Moschus Canton.... @ "vou Re cence eee @ | Spirits Turpentine.. 52 57 Declined— ee Pas “— . snuf Scoteii, ,DeVo’s ‘ 3 = ux Vomica a Boras.......... 1 Os Sepia....... .. wa sae 9@ ll Paints BBL. LB Acidum Conium Mac........ 35@ 50] ScilleCo............ @ 50| Pe in Saac, H. & P. Soda et Potass Tart. 26@ 28| Req Venetian... ... Aceticum...........- 8 6@8 8B SS Ce ee 1 15@ 1 25] Tolutan ......... ... @ wi Pee. :...... @1 Soda, Carb.......... 1%y@ 2 Ochre, yellow Mars. are seane Cubebes.............. 90@ 1 00| Prunus virg.. ...... @ 50 Piels Lig. N.N.% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5] Och iow B gg —— = = Exechthitos ........ 100@ 1 10 Re @ 2 00| Soda, Ash........... 3%4@ «4 ie cae. 4 SS 41 | Erigeron............ 1 00@ 1 10| Aconitum NapellisR Picis Lig. quarts.. @1 Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2) putes ateicthy a : —— eee ro 4 4, | Gaultheria ..... .... 1 50@ 1 60 Aconitum Napellis¥ S Picis Liq., pints..... @ Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60 Venliten Tae ee 5 | Geranium, ounce.. @ go | Pil Hydrarg.. “Bo. # @ Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55| American aon sO to | Soeseetl, Sem. gal. 50@ 60/ Aloes 60 peer e Nigra. @ eee e > 00] Vermilion, English. : a edeoma..... ...... 1 09@ 1 10 pts. Vini Rect. bbl. 56 | Green, Paris ........ Cos een ieee ae fo jfnte aoe ag an ge @ 7|Spte. ViniRect.4bbi @ 261| Green’ Peninsular. Neri ’ e@ 65 | Lavendula.......... 9@ 2 00] Atrope Belladonna. go | Plumbi Acet........ 0@ 12) Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @ 2 84| Lead, Red.......... 54@ Sa! cylicum.......... 1 ‘ Eamonis....5. 6:5... 1 40@ 1 50 Auranti Cortex i 50 Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 66 Lead, white i 5K@ Sulphuricum........ 4@ Mentha Piper 1 00@ 2 20| Ransoin Pyrethrum, b boxes. Less 5¢ gal. cash 10dazss. | whitine. white Spa, Tannicum .......... 1 O10 | Mentha Verid....-.. 150@ 1 6 | Bose gar 7007 £0 | .&P. D. Co., doz... Stryehnis, Crystal. 1 40@ 1.45) yniting, whiieSpan @ unee . 38@ Mormhue, ma ints... 39 | Pyrethrum, pv...... 5 0 Suiphur, Subl ee 24@, _ Whter, Metis hanes @ ME as a ia oe 4 00@ i a, Se Pp : fee a od Aqua, 16 deg........ 4@ 6| Olive. 072202 “miei %| Quinta, 8 B.& W.. Tamarinds.......... as } =— ceeeeees Bo 14 —e inane oa” — & Cardamon ag t ® oe S. eee 3300 =e enice.. - ag Universal Prepared. 1 00@ ATDOMNAS.....----+0- ‘ardamon Co... ... i wuimia, N.z..... --. SQM so) LNCODTOMB....... uae soon 1 14| Ricina .............. 1 05 ie Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ Nana 9 Oopi6 Op —— - ae y te a 00 | SaccharumLactis pv 20 | Zinel Sulph......... 7@ 8 Varnishes aoe ae beac ea, 6 4 8 = ow. Cl 50 Oils a LA 7 Coach... : = eee ce ce scceee nchona Co........ x Tp. .......-. Sabing.. ........... 90@ 100| Columba ........... = BBL. @AL. | Coach Body......... 2 B@ POMOMD. ell. 250@ 700! Cubeba. .......... 50 Whale, winter....... 70 No. 1 Turp Furn.... 1 0@ Sassafras............ 55@ 60] Cassia Acutifol..... 50| Si a Mixt Lard, extra......... 50 60 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ mathe” ess., ounce @ _ 65| Cassia A2utifol 1Co 50 | Sle xture. Lard, No. t.......... 40 45 | Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ Cie: po.18 13@ 15 Teme Bees oe, coc 1 70@ 1 2 — oe = Juniporms..........- 6@ 8 mies ge. tele — Kanthoxplum:. <... %5@ 90/Thyme, opi... @ 1 @0/ Fern iim 50 eq? SS area ww aaa» 55 Potassium Gentian Co.. 7 60 =. 27m | BiCarb.-....... . 18@ 18) Galas armmndii @0 Terabin, Canada. . 4 50 Bionide 3@ eli Hyoscyamus.... ... 50 Tolutan.............- 50@ 55 a 12@ 15 Iodine ® Cortex Chiorate. -po.17@19e 16@ 18 a Abies, Canadian... 18 | Cyanide............. 40 50 Cagnies ........0.08 i . a ae ee 2 ag 2 = 50 i h a Flava seen Ba art, pure fern atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com * pi Vomica........ = 9 Myrica Cerifera, po 20 | Potass Nitras, opt... 10@ 12 | OPli jee bo Prunus Virgini...... 12 | Potass Nitras........ 10@ 1 | Obi’ Geodorizen = uillaia, gr’d 12 | Prussiate....... .... W@ 25! Quassia ea 50 assafras...... po. 1 12} Sulphate po .. .... 15@ 18 oo = Ulmus.. .po. 15, gra Fe Bcd Radix ae. 50 Extractum Aconitvm .. 0@ 2B a Sse - 25 ee Serpentaria. ....... Se hine, "ee me 30 | Anchusa ............ 10 12 | Stromonium ........ 60 Hematox,15lb box. N@ 12 Ari pe... Co 60 Heematox, 1s ........ 13@ 14| Calamus ...........! 20@ 40| Valerian............ 50 Heematox, %S......- 14@ 15|Gentiana...... po 1 15 | Veratrum Veride... 50 Heematox, 148...... 16@ = 17 | Glychrrhiza. .. py. 4 18 | Zingiber............, 20 sian Hydrastis Canaden . @ 60 Miscellaneous Carbonate Precip. . 15 Hollebers, aiba’ iy : $422. @ & rs Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25) Inula, po... — a 2 Hither, Spts. Nit. 4 F —. Our stock of Brushes for the season trate Soluble...... Cac, po........... 2 309] Al 4 : Invi Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40 | Iris plox..... pods@aa "8 —— 3 50 of 1899 is complete and we invite olut. Chloride..... alapa, pr........... 30 | Antimoni, po..... 4@ 65 : ; Sulphate, com’l..... | Maranta, Ws... 21. Antimofi T : i Podophylitin, — noe i 40 50 your orders. The line includes bbl, per cwt....... . Be %@ 1 00 Antifobr ee 2) Sulphate, ert caee- sir = Mee ec @ : = ae Nitras, oz. ; = “ ora ee | MicuUmM. ........ anit a. oa Sg § | Baim Seed Bid’. wo Flat Wall bound in rubber, Anthemis........... 2@ 2% ace eranrsagl -Ppo. 15 oe 15 | Bismuth 8. N ia 1 @ | 50 ee alcium Chlor., is. Matrloatia 20.2.1 me See. aa fs brass and leather Folia carriage........... 2 50@ 2 75 | Glycerina....... |... 4@ single or adou e TanacetumV oz. pkg 22 a wool 325 coo gag ey @ = i] t Thymus, V..oz. pkg % | ycarriage........... 2 00@ Humulas. 7. c H Pencil etc ydraag Chlor Mite 85 e Magnesia. wool, carria, sl @ 1 2 | Hydraag Chlor Cor. % 7 . € S, Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60| Extra yellow 8 eeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m 95 Carbonate, Pat...... 20@ 22| wool. carriage.... @ 1 00| Hydraag Ammoniati 10 Carbonate, K.&M.. 20@ 25| Grass sheeps’ wool, ee een 55 Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36] _ cCarriage........... @ 1 00| Hydrargyrum.. 70 sa for slate use. @ “%5/| Ichthyobolla, ‘Am.. 7D Oleum Yellow Reef, for Tndige. 0). 00 Absinthium......... 375@4CO0| slate use.......... @140 todine, Resubi...... 3 70 ia Dule.. 30@ 50 Todoform....... .... 20 UG Amygdale, Amare « 8 00@ 8 25 ie Lupelin, 2.0.0.0... 25 e9 - 20@ 2 10| Acacia. eas ; 50 Sees eee 45 aoa Cortex... 2 40@ 2 50 | Auranti Cortes. ..... 50 | Mac %® H Be Be eas 3 00@ 3 20| Zingiber....... ..... @ 50 tases Arsen et Hy- GRAND RA e Cajipntl.... 2.62... 7@ 80 Epson os @ 60] drargiod.......... 25 9 cezeseet 2s ce 75@ 80) Ferrilod............ @ 50| LiquorPotassArsinit 12 pe eS 35@ 65 aoe Otc ti @ = ae, Sulpb.i a. ie aint ie care woo milax cinalis 50@ agnesia, Su P aeamibaD Cinnamonii tekin Senega.... . @ 50| Mannia,S. F.. 60 qe ao DD a> Cisronella 45@ 50! Scille.. @ = 50| Menthol. 3 00 e ’ 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. It is im- possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- erage prices for average conditions of purchase. Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE. doz. gross Aerera... 55 6 00 GastorOn.......... 5 6 700 Dismond.. ........... 50 4 00 Prasere ......_-.. oe Sw [XLGolden,tinboxes% 900 Mica, tin boxes....... 7% 90 Paragon... ....... ..3%5 600 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. a "0 cans doz...... cee 45 i; ib sane Ges............. 85 lb cau dos...... <- A o Acme. lb cans 3 dos............ & Ib Cans 3 dos............ lb cans 1 dos............ 1 00 See 10 Arctic. 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........ 85 El Parity. lb cans per doz......... 6 lb cans per dos ........ 1 20 1 Ib cans per dos......... 2 00 Hom 4¢ lb Cans 4 dos case...... 35 % lb cans 4 doz case...... 55 1b cans 2 doz case ...... 90 JAXNON lb cans, 4 doz case..... 45 lb cans, 4 doz case...... 85 lb cans, 2 doz case...... 1 60 Jersey Cream. 1 1b. cans, per doz.......... 2 00 9 oz. cans, per doz.......... 1 3 6 oz. Cans, per doz.......... 85 Our Leader. ae 45 TM cn cwce % pee... 1 50 Peerless. tits. canst .............. 85 Queen Flake 3 oz., 6 doz. case...... _- 2 ae 6 oz., 4 doz. case -- 3 20 9 os., 4 doz. Case..... -. 480 -- 400 . 900 Seaelt 5 O0e................ 40 ibange, 2G@oen...-...-........ vi) BROOFS. Mo: 1 Caroer.. ._............ 2 10 iO. 2 CARpeL........- ...... 1 95 me. S caro... ...-. 1 65 io, £Carpes......... 00... 1 30 Partor Gems ...... 2 25 Common Whisk............ 80 Pancy Whiek............... 80 Warenonse. ....... ....... 350 CANNED GOODS. Tomatoes ............. 80@ orn ecccce. SOQ@I 00 aoiny 80 Beans, Limas.......... 70@1 30 Bonos, Wax........... ve) Beans, String.......... 70 Beans, Baked......... 75@1 00 Beans, Red Kidney... 50 Succotash............. 95@1 20 Pee 50@ 85 Peas, French..... .... 25 eo 5 Mushroom ...... ..... 15@ 22 Peaches, Pie .......... 90 Peaches, Fancy....... 1 40 Apples, 3-Ib........... 9% Apples. gallons. : Cherries ........ Pineapple, grated. Pineapple, sliced...... Pineapple, Farren....1 70 Strawberries .......... 1 10 Blackberries .......... 80 Raspberries ........... 8 Oysters, 1-Ib........... 85 Oysters, 2-lb........... 14 Salmon, Warren’s ....1 4°@1 60 Salmon, Alaska....... 125 Salmon, Klondike..... 90 Lobsters, 1-lb. Star....3 20 Lobsters, 2-lb. Star....3 90 Macierel,l lb Mustard 10 Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused.1 75 Mackerel,1-lb Tomato.1 75 Ee et SS 2 00 Sardines, 144s domestic 3%@ Sardines, mstrd,dom.5%@ 7% Sardines, French...... 8 @ 22 CANDLES. 8s.. ne ocseccew eo 8 Pace. ee 8 Weewtee 20 CATSUP. Columbia, pints .........2 00 Columbia, % pints.......... 1% CHEESE Aes ......- @ 11% ee @ 12% Kmblicm............. @ 11% Gold Medal..... .... @ il a @ ly Jersey .... @ 11s Riverside............ @ 11% a @ 2 Reem. oo @ 70 lieiden ...... . @ 17 Limburger.......... @ 13 Pineapple.......... 0 @ BD Sap Sago.... .... ce. @ i7 Chicory. - Sulk oe ae 5 Red eet 7 CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & Co.'s. German Sweet .. ..3 Premium. ....-... oc oe Breakfast Cocoa . - ..oe CLOTHES LINES. Sotton, 40 ft, per doz....... 100 Cotton, 50 ft, per dos....... 1 20 Cotton, 60 ft, per doz....... 1 40 Cotton, 70 ft, per dos.......1 60 Cotton, 80 ft, per dos. ..1 80 Inte, 60 ft, per dos......... 80 Jute. 72 ft. per dos,,........ % COCOA SHELLS. ew bee 2% Less —— be i ie 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAMS TARTAR. 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes.... .30 Bulk in sacks... 29 COFFEE. Green. 29 Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24 Wells’ Perfection Javs..... 24 Sancaibo 21 Breakfast Blend....... Valley City Maracaibo. .... [deal Blend...........-..-.- 14 Leader Blend....... .. .... 12 Package. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer s from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including package, also ¥c a In 60 lb. cases the list s 10c per 100 lbs. above the price in full cases. CONDENSED MIL. 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle......... 6 % Ereees ...... cs 6 2 SRG Ee 5% eee 450 Magnolia ee cea oe CUED, oe vec ec 3 35 Be ee ees eco 3 35 Tradesman Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 100 books, any denom.... 500 books, any denom.... 1,000 books, any denom.... Economic Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 100 books, any denom.... 500 books any denom.... 1,000 bonks any denom.... Superior Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 100 books, any denom.... 500 books, any denom.... 1,000 books, any denom.... Coupon Pass Books, Can be madeto represent any denomination from 810 down. SS BSSF Ssss Brim Shwe Sloe 8s ZO bDOOKS .........-.+-.-. 00 BE BOOKS. ......---.-- 02. 2 00 M00 bOOKS ..........------- 3 00 SOOKE. .......--....---. 6 2 500 DOOKS........--.---.--- 10 00 1000 books.... -. ..17 50 Universal Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000 books, any denom... -20 00 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Steel punch. ..........-.... 7% DRIED FRUITS—DONMESTIC Apples. Sundried..........--++- @° Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @9 California Fruits. a eee @ Blackberries........--- Nectarines..........-. @ Peaches.......----+0++- 9 @l0 Pitted Cherries...-..-.-. Prunnelies........-.--- Raspberries.........--- California Prunes. 100-120 25 lb boxes....... @4 634 6% g 0 a 19 | London Layers 2 Crown. 1 50 Do ke cee ee aoe 20} London Layers3 Crown. 1 65 Java. Cluster 4 Crown.....---- 2 00 Entorer..............-- 2. --- 19] Loose Muscatels2 Crown 5 Private Growth.............-. 20 | Loose Muscatels 3Crown 6 Mandehling..........-..--+-+- 91 | Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 7 Moch L. M., Seeded, choice..... 8 _— L. M , Seeded, fancy...... 9% lation... 20 FOREIGN. Avabian ....... ee 22 Citron. Roasted. Leghorn ........-.s+see+++ @12 Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands | Corsican........-----+++-- @13 Fifth Avenue..... -..-.... 29 Currants. Jewell’s Arabian Mocha....2 Patras bbis.......-.------- @ 6 Vostizzas 50 Ib cases.....- @ 6% Cleaned, bulk .....-....-- @ 6% Cleaned, packages.....--- @7 Peel. Citron American 10lb bx @i3 Lemon American 10 1b bx @10% Orange American 10!b bx @10% Raisins. Ondura 28 ib boxes..... Sultana 1 Crown....... Sultana 2Crown . .... Sultana 3 Crown....... Sultana 4 Crown.....-. Sultana 5 Crown ...... Sultana6Crown .... - Sultana pac. kage....... @ FARINACEOUS GOODS. @ @ @ @ @ @ Parina. 2411b. packages..........1 50 Bulk, per 100 lbs..... .... 3 50 rits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. Arbuckio ...... . ....... HOD Soe. 10 50 "IcLaughiin’s XXXX..... McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago. Extract. Valley City % gross ..... % Felix 4% gross............ 1 15 e Hummel’s foil % gross... 85 Hummel’s tin % gross... 1 43 | 2421b. packages..........- 1 CLOTHES PINS. 100 Ib. kegs................2 7 Sarcenvencs.... ...........- 40 | 200 Ib. barrels.. ........-.5 1 Hominy. INDIGO. SNUFP. Barrels ii arama. 2 gp | Madras, 5 Ib boxes......... 55 | Scotch, in bladders......... 37 : F =e 8. F.,2,3and5 lb boxes.... 50 es “ ee ; Sem ee = Dried Lima . ............. 4% UNPO NOR Happee, 1 JAE. .-- Medium Hand Picked.... 1 10 G WeER. SEEDS Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Rifle—Dupont’s. : —- 2S" 8 | Kegs sn ee... - 9 ee : facia bce Halt Sigg cen — 2 25 oo pie eicaa gs 3% en uarter Kegs........sse++..- eee riers toe no ae aa Cee oo = Empire ..... = es 3 00 | % lb. cams..........-+-.----- 18 Hemp, Russian ee 4 Green, Wisconsin, bu.....1 00 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. ——— oa - ’ Mustard, white....... ... 5 Green, Scotch, bu. ...... 210 | Rees. .........; same al 10 Split, aren ... 250 | Half Kegs.... : = Pe Feces k uae | 4% ‘0 ats. uarter Kegs........... . wees” Gl ..a a oo ee Cuttle Bone............... 20 Monarch, bbl....... .3 75 SALT. Monarch, ¥% bbl --2 00 Eagie Duck—Dupont’s. Monarch, 90 lb sacks......1 . ee 8 00 Diamond Crystal. maker eet code | Half egg 0c 4 2] Table, cases 248:1b boxes. 1 §0 : Quarter Kegs.. ....... .-.-- 2 25| Table, barrels, 100 3 1b bags.2 75 4 fis cans... =... 45 | Table, barrels, 407 1b bags.2 40 3% Butter, barrels, 280 1b. bnlk.2 25 JELLY. Butter, barrels, 20 14 ibbags.2 50 3% 15 Ib palis............-.....- Butter, sacks, 281lbs......... 25 oa ae eS 36, | 30 1b pails.... .... .-....--- 65] Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 55 Anchor, 40 —— a . LYB. Common Grades. Cracked, bulk............- 3% | Condensed, 2 dos .......... 1 20 942 1b packages..... .....250 | Condensed. 4 dos ........-. 2 2 = = — setts tee ceeeee : = ee ee ST $0 Selb BRCKB. 00. eee ee eee e ee Salt Fish. LICORICE. r 28 10-lb sacks............... 1 65 ees Cod. Capea 5 Worcester. Georges cured......... @4 Cs cee 14 Georges genuine...... i. ewe ie Georges selected...... @ 5% ee Sika 3 5 ee ee MINCE MBAT. 2214 Ib. sacks..... .......3 50 Herring. 2010 Ib. saeks.:..........- 3 50 Holland white hoops, bbl. § 00 | Ideal, 3 doz. in case......... 2 28 Ib. linen sacks ae s Holland white hoo bbl 4 50 . linen sacks...........< Holland, 3% bbl.. sli _.. 260 MATCHES. Bulk in barrels.............. 25 Holland white hoop, kég. 65| Diamond Match Co.’s brands. —— white hoopmchs 1%5| No.9 sulphur.........------ 1 = Warsaw. orwegian... ......--.--- Anchor Parlor 56-Ib dairy in drill b: 30 Round 100 lbs.. 3 50 2H 2 ry in i Hound 40 Ibs te Heese Patio 110 Sep dairy in drill bage..-.. 1 icc cs lps en - a. MOLASSES. Ashton. Mess 100 Ibs..........- «+. 15 00 New Orleans. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Mess 40 lbs.... 6 30 Mess 10 lbs.. 1 6 a. = Higgins. No.1 100 Ibs. 1B | Good 2220.00 a soap aatry tn tinen sncks... 60 No.1 401bs.... 5 60 | Fancy .....----seeeeeeeee- No.1 101bs.... 1 48| Open Kettle...........--+- 25@35 Solar Rock. No.1 8 lbs 1 20 alf-barrels 2c extra. B6-Ib sacks...............56. 21 No.2 40 lbs.. 4 00 : Common. No.2 101bs.. 1 68} Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1% No.2 8 lbs.. 89 | Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50 | Granulated Fine............ 70 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz.. .....1 7% | Medium Fine............... 7 No. 1 100 ibs. 5 2 AP. No.1 401bE....... 2 40 PIPES. si = 0.1 1 tee Clay, No. 216.........---+++ 1 Not Site 57 ’m Dp. fullcount...... 6 mM Witenes. Sarg S eS No.1 No.2 Fam 100 Ibs........ 7 CO 2% POTASH. Single box............ 40 lbs.. 3 10 140| 48 cans in case. 5 box lots, delivered. Ms 10 Ibs........ 85 43 | Babbitt’s........----0..ee+: 4 00] 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 40 Site... ....: 7 37| Penna Salt Co.’s......--.-- 3 00 ie FLAVORING EXTRACTS. PICKLES. JAS. §. KIRK & CO.’S BRANDS. Medium. American Family, wrp’d....2 6 Barrels, 1,200 count. ss Os ete eee 7 * Amreee 2 20 Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 38 Savon... - ee "8 50 Ce Rene co 2 35 Small. White Cloud, laundry... ..6 25 Barrels, 2,400 count....... 4 75) White Cloud, toilet......... 3 50 Half bbis 1,200 count...... 2 88! Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 10 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 RICE. Blue India, 100 % 1b......... 3 00 Domestic. — peau seas eoeue see : = Caroline hea a. ene 6% coc keedenwws pee weiee as arolina No.1 .........-.- A emus Reg ¢_| SOHULIE SOAP CO.'S BRANDS . gene Clydesdale, 100 cakes, 75 Ibs... . . 2% z a pene. wns No-Tax, 100 cakes, 62 1-2 Ibs... .2 00 —.—. 4@ 5 | Family, 75 cakes, 75 Ibs....... 2 50 —->T head..-.--5 @ 2% | German Mottled, 60 cakes, 60 Ibs. .1 75 “TERE CSA @ Cocoa Castile, 18 Ibs., cut 1-4&1-2..1 80 SALERATUS. Chipped Soap for Laundries. — mie Allen B. Wrisley's Brands. 20z. Taper Panel.. 7 1 301 Deland’s ....<............<..- 3 15 | Old Country, 801-lb. bars ..2 % Sor, Oval. ........- % 1 90 | Dwight’s ...........----- 00 3 30 | Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars....3 75 3 oz. Taper Panel..1 35 2 00} Taylor’s......-..--+-- +--+ 3 00 | Uno, 100 %-lb. bars.......... 2 50 4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60 22 SAL SODA Doll, 100 10-oz. bars......... 26 Souders’. " Granulated, bbis.......... % Scouring. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. | Granulated, 100 Ib cases.. 90 | sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz .....2 40 Best in the word for the) i= Oe xoga. 272. ge | SaPollo, hand, 8 doz ........ 2 40 niin. , 145)b kegs.......... HERBS. SAUERKRAUT. ane 25 | Hasreis .-..- -<--- 25-5: < O90 PMemes ..... 6s... assoc. ss Oe 15 | %-Barrels. ............. .. 2 35 | Kegs, English............... 4% ee ee one MICHI GAN TRADESMAN 21 SPICES. Whole Sifted. ee Cassia, China in mats... Cassia, Batavia in bund....25 Cassia, Saigon in roils...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna....... ..14 Cloves, Zanzibar............ 12 Mace, Batavia.............. 55 Nutmegs, fancy............. 60 Neutmegs, No. 1............: 50 Nutmegs, No. 2............. 45 Pepper, Singapore, black...13 Pepper, => white...16 Pepper, sHot.-.............. 15 Pure enaas - — Allspice .. E i Cassia, Batavia ............ 1 BU Cassia, a 40 Cioves, Zanzibar............ 14 Ginger, African.. .........15 Ginger, Cochin ............ 18 Ginger, Jamaica............ 23 Mace, Batavia. ............. 65 Meustare co... 12@18 DHIGINGES, 0. <2. se 40@o0 Pepper, Sing , black........ 15 Pepper, Sing., white........ 22 Pepper, Cayenne Leccosecoce 20 Rage. .....2... “since e sake SYRUPS Corn. Barreis. .......... co ae Hert Ghle.......... -. 09 1 doz. 1 gallon cans......... 299 1 doz. % gallon cans...... 1 70 2 doz. 4 gallon cans ..... 1% Pure Cane. Ter... oe cs See 16 Nl A 20 nesee 02... 53) STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. 40 1-lb packages............. 6 20 1 lb packages............. 644 Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 40 1-lb packages. pcccccc. Ome (iD DOKGH......:...:.: ..-5- 2 Diamond. 64 10c packages ........... 5 00 128 5c packages......... .. 5 00 32 10c and 64 ‘Be packages...5 00 Common Corn. 2011b. packages.......... .. 5 40 1 lb. packages............. 4% Common Gloss. Llp packages...........:..- 4% 3-lb packages........ sae oe 6-lb packages..............- 5 40 and 50 lb boxes. ......... 3 Barrels : 3 STOVE POLISH. — “ SS TET erates ++ ees "1. % No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. 7 20 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer poze from the market in which urchases 7. his ship pping oan neluding 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Domine... 5 25 Cee BOGE cis... ee cs 5:0 Crushed. . See Powdered ................. 5 13 = Powdered.. 5 25 CMbeR 5 13 Granulated in bbls.. ....5 00 Granulated in bags... Sete 5 0u Fine Granulated............ 5 10 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 13 Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 Mou A 5 2 Diamond Confec. A........ 5 00 Confee: ee * ceoccued 4 88 We Fee ce 4 63 No 4 63 OO Bc 4 63 No. 4 ...4 56 ee. Oe ee 4 50 WO Oe 444 ne ft 4 38 We Be ee es 4 31 Moe Oo. a 4 mo. 9...... .2. . 419 No, i... 419 Ne: te. ee ce 419 we 419 No. 14 419 ee 419 No 16 419 TOBACCOS. Cigars. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. New Brie... 60... 33 00 H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. Gaintette ........ 25... 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. C aN Ss Cow... secs. 35 00 Ruhe Bros. Co.’s Brands, Double Eag'es. 6 sizes. — _ 00 Gen. Maceo, 5sizes.. Mr. Thomas........... Cuban Hand Made.... Crown Five........... Sir William........... Club Five............. Gens. Grant and Lee.. Little Peggy .......... Signal Five........... Knights of Pythias.. Key West Perfects, 282 55@ suuneouune seeeueceeass s TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large... Lea & Perrin’s, small Halford, large...... Halford small... i Salad Dressing, large. Salad Dressing, small VINEGAR. Malt White Wine, 40 grain.... 7 NPNWWWH BARAT Malt White Wine, 80 grain....10 Pure Cider, Red Star 12 Pure Cider, Robinson......... ll WICKING. No. 0, pergross......:....... 20 Ne. 1, pergross..... 2... 8... 25 No. 2) ee... 3h No.3, pergrogs.............. 55 Crackers. The National Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter. Seymour 23) eee 5% Seymour xXx, ‘3b. carton 6 Family XXX . 5% Salted XXX . 6 New York XX 6 Wolverine 6 Oster 7% Soda. Seas MEX... 6 Soda XXX, 3 1b carton.. 6% Soda, City.. 8 — Island Wafers.. . i L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton _ 12 Zephyrette See co 10 Oyster. Saltine Wafer.............. Saltine Wafer, 1 lb carton. Farina Oyster.............. Extra Farina Oyster....... SWEET GOODS—Boxes. 5% 6% o% Anima og... ce 10% ents Water.... .......... Cocoanut Taffy............ io Coffee Cake, Java.......... lu Coffee Cake, Iced...... ... 10 CO 15% ees ee a Frosted Cream............. Ginger Gems .. oe 3 Ginger Snaps, Mew 7%, Graham Crackers ........ 3 Graham Wafers............ 10 Grand Ma Cakes............ 9 BiepOrisia ...... 5... 4... 8 Jumples, Honey........... 11% Marshmallow .....-...-... 15 Marshmallow Creams..... 16 Marshmallow oo 16 Mich. Frosted Honey.... 2% Molasses — Se sieoe desl etetiors Newton. a eo ais use 3 Nic Nace 8 Orange Gems............... 8 Penny Assorted Cakes..... 8% Pretzels, hand made ..... Sears’ Lunes... ........... 7 Sear Cake. .:..... 8... 8 Sugar Squares............ 9 Vanilla Wafers........... 14 So eS ee 12% Oils. Barrels. Hocene. .. 2.105... @il xxx W. Ww. — Hdlt @10 W W Michigan........ @ 9% Diamond nite en @ 8% Se tok. t te @ll oer — cepeenccs = @ll% ee le mies... ...-.....+-. 3 Black. wint.. es Candies. Grains and Feedstuffs Stick Candy. Wheat. ae bbls. — Wee es 64 bene es Winter Wheat Flour. Standard H. H...... oo7 Local Brands. Standard Twist..... 7%@ 8 Petcnte |... 40° Cust Loaf............ @8 | Second Patent............. 3 50 Gases | Straight................... 3 25 Jumbo, 32 1b @ Gx | Cleae 3 00 Extra BH. H..... |. @ 8% | Graham ........... soa 3 50 Boston Cream...... @10 = Cee ees ue 425 Mixed Candy. Subject’ to ustiai” cash ats ee SS, | rsoar te tate, re por baat: Standard............ @7 | ditional. CONBErve...... ..... @ 7% | Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand di oe lens tele se = Bee eee ete sci s 3 40 a : b% | Daisy, 14s........ — “Reese g 7% | Daisy, %s. ee EE nn. cea nn 8 one. - Cf io Brand, Kindergarten....... @ 8% Quaker, a 3 40 Foaneh Oxon... @9 | Quaker, 0.0. 002! 840 de Crea ‘ Spring Wheat Flour. Hand Made Cream mxd @18 Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. Fancy—In Bulk. Pillsbury’s Best %s........ 4 40 Lozenges, plain..... @ 8% | Pillsbury’s Best 00.0.0) 430 Lozenges, printed.. @ 8% | Pillsbury’s Best %s paper.. 4 10 Drops........ @10% | Pillsbury’s Best 14s paper.. 4 10 Choc. cg lpaan @i2 Gum D FOpS. 2... @ 5 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Moss Drops......... @8 Sour Drops.......... @ 8% Tmaperials ........... @9 Fancy—Iin 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops....... @50 Sour Drops......... @50 Peppermint Drops.. @é60 Chocolate Drops.. @60 H. M. Choc. Drops... @t Gum Drops... ..... @30 Licorice Drops...... @% A. B. Licorice — @50 Lozenges, plain.. @50 Lozenges, printed.. @50 Imperials ........... @50 Mottoes....... @55 Cream Bar.. @50 Molasses Bar ... @50 Hand Made Creams. 80 @ 9 Plain Creams....... 60 @90 Decorated Creams @90 String Rock..... @60 Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Wintergreen Berries @eo | Duluth Retsental, 368... 4 40 Caramels. Dulutb Imperial, 4s. ..... 4 30 No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib. Duluth Imperial, s...-.. .. £20 boxes ....... ae @35 | Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand. _* 1 wrapped, 3 Ib. —— _—. a cent dee ; = es. 0 edal %48............. No. 2 wrapped, “2 ib. @ Gold Medal %s............. 4 2 boxes re ee ‘ = arisian, 448..... ee ul Parisian. 364................ 4 20 i Olney & Judson’s aust, F r uits. Ceresota, 38.. oe Sa m 430 Oranges. eresota, 48.. ............. 4 2 Worden Grocer Co.’s — oc ee. cial So | banrel e................- Choi a. = = Laurel, . a el ‘ = a 2 Lemons. Meal. Strictly choice 360s.. @3 50| Boltee ..................... 1 90 Strictly choice _— @3 50 | Granulated ................ 210 Fancy 360s a @3 %5 Feed and Millstuffs. Ex.Fancy 3008... . @4 Ww | St. Car Feed. screened ....16 00 Ex.Fancy 360s...... @1 60 | No. 1 Corn and Oats..... .1* 50 Unbolted Corn Meal....... 15 00 Bananas. Winter Wheat Bran... . .14 00 Medium bunches...1 00 @1 25 | Winter Wheat Middlings..15 00 Large bunches...... 15u @i %5 reac oak 13 00 rn. Foreign Dried Fruits. Old corn, car lots........ 4 Figs. New corn, car lots. ....... 37% Californias Fancy.. @16 —— “Oats. oe - Choice, 101b boxes... @15 Car lots. 7 32 Extra choice, 10 lb ein oo boxes new 18 Carlots, clipped. de eceb te 35% Fancy, 12 in Goxes || e Less than —_ 37 2 : a jay. im oe ” @ No. 1 Timothy carlots..... 9 00 Pulled, 61 boxes." @ No. 1 Timothy. ton lots ... 9 »0 aturals, in bags... @7 e siles: Fish and Oysters Fards in 10 lb boxes iO Fards in 60 ib cases Be eee ersiaus, PH V..... @5% Ib cases, new. ..... —i.. 2s Sairs, 60 1b cases.... @> | Black Bass.......... 8 @ 10 N saa sae S . uts. lO Live Lobster....... @ 20 Almonds, Tarragona... B16 | Codon @ 10 Almonds, Ivaca....... @l4 a Almonds, California Eoties! kerel._.. ° : piutienowe gis — UE raziis N6W........... Le Es @ 5 es aces @10 . g Walnuts, Gronobles.. @13 _— ae aag $ 8 Walnuts, Calif No.1. @l: |Gol River Salmon.. @ 12 Walnuts, soft shelled @r2 Mackerel .......... @ 18 Table Nuts, faney..:) @tl_ | wu. Comat @ 35 Table Nuts, choice... @10 F.J D. Selects...... @ 27 Pecans, Med....... .. + @i% Select Si @ 23 Pecans, Ex. Large.... @ 9 F.J. 4 Standards.. 20 Pecans, Jumbos....... @l2 | Anchors .... ....... @ 18 Hickory Nuts per bu., Standards........... @ 16 Ohio, new........... @1 60| Favorites............. @ 14 Cocoanuts, full sacks @4'0 ulk. gal. Chestnuts per bu...... @4 00) Counts .... 20... cece ween ee 1 7% x —— Sees cae eel 1 60 Peanuts. Soleeta 1 20 Fancy, H. P., Suns. @ 6% caus en ee 1 10 Fancy, = P., Flags @ 6% oo co oeeee : = Hoested.........._.. eee eee Choice, H. P., Extras. @ 4% ell Goods. Choice, H. P.. Extras, Oysters, per “100 Ecce 1 = 50 Roasted ....;..... oe 5% | Clams, per 100....... 1 Provisions. _— & Company quote as follow " esos Pork. MO ce. 0 00 Beem oo jk... Clear back.... ..... 10 — 6) BRGECOUG.. 8. 0 50 el, 3 75 Been 5... 2... 9 75 WO 11 00 Dry Salt Meats. Boies 5% Briskets . See ecee« 5% Extra shorts............. 5 Smoked [ieats. Hams, 12 1b average .... 8% Hams, 14 lb average 84 Hams, 16 1b average..... 7% Hams, 20 lb average..... 7% Ham dried beef ......... 11 Shoulders (N. Y. cut). 5% Bacon, clear............ 7% California hams... to Boneless hams........... Cooked ham............ iog1s Lards. In Tierces. — De een teu ce ude 4 Meme. 6% 55 1b Tubs. advance 56 80 lb Tubs. advance 14 50 1b Tins . advance 36 20 lb Pails. advance 5g 10 1b Pails. advance % 5 lb Pails. .. advance 1 3 lb Pails.......advance 1% Saus: oe Boloens ...... LL. 5% Eiger... 6% Brammforg................ 7% Pee 6% Co 6 Mommme 9 Mead Cheese............. 6% Beef. Mtv Mess... ......... 10 25 Boneless ...... 13 00 Oe 13 25 igs’ Feet. Mite, ie 2. 70 4 pols, 40 ibe... 8... .. 1 35 % bbls, 80 Tbe... “oo. oO Tripe. Kits, 15 lbs... a 7 4q bbls, 40 lbs...... ine 1% % bbls, 80 lbs...... ia 2 25 Casings. eee. 20 Beef rounds.. 3 Beef middles - 10 ee Butterine. ots, dairy............. 9% Selid, Guiry ............. 9 Rolls, creamery . 14 Solid, creamery F 13% Canned Meats. Corned beef, 2 lb ...... 2% Corned beef, um....... “15 00 Roast beef, SIp....... 215 Potted ham, 148... . Potted ham, YMs....... 90 Deviled ham, * toes 50 Deviledham, s....... 90 Potted tongue co eae e 50 Potted tongue s....... 90 Fresh Meats. Beef. Caressa . . 64@ 8 Fore quarters......... 5 @ 6% Hind quarters........ 64G 9% Loins No: 3........... 9 @i12 Ribs.. desc cence. 2 oe Rounds . Betccedececcae. © Cl ae Ce 8... 6 G6 Piases .......... eae 4@ ork. ene... @ Loins . @ 6% Shoulders. . Seca. @ 5% Eoat Lard............. 6 @ Mutton Cameaee .... 2.2... 6 @7 Spring Lambs... ..... 7%@ 8% Veal. Carcass -..% @& Hides and Pelts. The Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as follows: Hides. Green No. 1............ @ 8% Green No. 2.......... - @i% Cured No. 1............ @ 9% Cured No. 2............ @ 8% Calfskins, green No. 1 @10 Calfskins, green No.2 @ 8% Calfskins, cured No. 1 @il Calfskins, cured No. 2 @ 9% Pelts. Pelte, eel. ........... 50@1 00 Tallow. NG. fe, @ 3% OG ec @ 23, Wool. Washed, fine ......... @18 Washed, medium.. @23 Unwashed, fine.. “1 @i3 Unwashed. medium ..16 @18 Furs. Cat, Wild ............ 20@ 50 Cat, House .......... 5@ 20 Deer Skins, perlb.... 12% Fall Muskrat......... 2 Hee Wox...:.°....... 12% Grey Fox..... Paaeus 2@ ee 20@ 1 40 CS 20@ 90 Co ea 2@ 1 2 Crockery and Glassware. AKRON STONEWARE. Butters, 4 aal., per des............ 1to6 an. a _ ne Wide s. 8 gal., each.. es 10 gal., each...... 12 gal., each.. a 15 gal. meat-tubs, ‘each. = 20 gal. meat-tubs, each... 25 gal. meat-tubs, each ... 30 gal. meat-tubs, each... Churns. 2 toG gal, per gal......... Churn Das ers, per doz.. Fruit Jars. do doe SRSSSSEunS a Milkpans. % gal. flat or m4 bot., doz. 1 gal. flatorrd. bot.,each 5 Fine Glazed Milkpans. % gal. flatorrd. bot.,doz. 60 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 5% Stewpans. \% gal. fireproof, bail, dos. 86 1 gal. fireproof, pail, dos.1 10 Jugs. 4 eal., peor dos............. 40 4 gal... perdog.... ........ 42 1 to 5 gal., per gal......... 5% Tomato one % gal., per dos..... — = gal, caeh......... by, Corks for % gal., per dos.. 20 Corks for 1 gal., per dos.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. % gal., stone cover, doz... 75 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, per Ib.. 2 LAMP BURNERS. No. 0 Sun.... No. 1 Sun... No. 2 Sun. No. 3 Sun.. Tapaier....... 50 Becuriy, Wa b............. 60 Security, No. 2 Seteeuace | | ae ema 50 LAMP CHIMNEY S—Seconds. Per box of 6 doz. De, @ Sm... ce 1 32 Ce 1 Me. Soe 218 Common Ne. @San................._.. 150 No. 1 Sun...... Hedtecieecese 1 Na. 2 Sam... ..........,.. 2 45 Pirst =... No. 0 Sun, ae and ae — | 2 10 No. Sun, cri P, wrapped and labeled a? 15 o. 2 Sun, crim wrapped and labeled.. / 815 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 2 55 No. 1 Sun, crim top, — a and labeled. .. 2 75 Sun, crim top, ‘an and labeled.... 3 75 CHIMNEYS—Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped an labeled. No. 2 Sun, “wrapped. ‘and Inberce.......).. No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and po a No. 2 Sun, “Small Bulb,” for Globe Lamos......... La Bastie. i“ i Sun. plain bulb, per No. 2 Sun, plain buib, per as No. a Crimp, per dos....... 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per dos... ... 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime ne doz). .... 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70c doz)...... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 70 Electric. No. 2, Lime Sie 403) a 4 00 No. 2, a 80c dos)...... 4 CANS. D 1 gal tin Pn with spout.. 1 1 gal galy iron with spout. 1 2 gal galvy iron with spout. 2 3 gal galv iron with spout. 3 5 gal galv iron with spout. 4 3 gal galv iron with faucet 4 5 gal galv iron with faucet 4 5 gal Tilting cans.......... 5 gal galv iron Nacefas.... Pump Cans. 5 gal Rapid steady stream. 5 gal Eureka non-overflow 1 3 gal Home Rule..... ..... 5 gal Home Rule........... 5 gal Pirate King.......... LANT Ss. No. oe side lift.. No. 1B Tubualar.......... No, 13 Tubular Dash, No. 1Tub., lass fount. . No. 12 Tubu. ar, —_ lamp.1 No. 3 Street — onoco on OIRO 5 o & F ASSSRS SSSSS SRAITKKSERS S 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents.. ... No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 dos. each, box 15 cents....... No. 0 Ager bbls 5 dos. each, bb 35. No. 0 Pubular, pull’s eye, s. each........ 125 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Future Value of Manila Hemp. From the New York Sun. The unique fiber plant of the Philip- Pines is not the least among our new ac- quisitions. We shall monopolize its production unless other tropical regions have better success in their further at- tempts to transplant it. Thus far Manila hemp is a commercial success only when raised in the Philippines. It is one of the chief resources of the islands and for ten years this country has taken an average of 41 per cent. of the total exports. From the bast, or fibrous outer leaf, comes the coarse,- strong fiber, which is the best material used for sa:lcloths and cordage. It is particularly recommended by the fact that it is not easily rotted by salt water. The fiber yielded by the in- ner stalks is fine and weak and from it are woven textile fabrics superior in softness and lightness to those made of the best Russian hemp. These fabrics are seldom exported, being bought by Chinese merchants at Manila for local consumption. This useful variety of the banana plant, accordingly, yields two qualities of fiber, the one strong and coarse and the other fine, soft and pli- able, and both are in great demand. Manila hemp produces, under the best conditions, as high as 3,000 pounds of fiber to the acre, and although 6, 528,964 bales have been exported in the last ten years, the industry is still in its infancy and is capable of enormous expansion. Its development, like all things under Spanish colonial rule, has been spas modic and unsystematic. A_ recent writer on the Philippines says tbat un- der proper encouragement the Orient itself would absorb more than the entire present product. The world's markets will take several fold the quantity of fiber that is now supplied. We shall see what American energy and ingenuity will achieve in the de velopment of a great industry, which we may whol y control, in a land where there is not a single well-kept farm or plantation to-day, where there is no agricultural machinery outside the sugar mills, and where a sharpened stick does service as a plow. — > 0-e -— Concerted Effort to Keep Up Prices From Stoves and Hardware Reporter. With the wave of prosperity which has been inundating the country for some time there ought to be more stren uous efforts made to keep prices up as much as possible. As a rule where they have the opportunity, people prefer to buy goods of substantial wearing qual- ity which will insure some satisfaction in the use of them. Too often :t is ob- served that there is no intermediate price in styl-s of goods. That is to say, one variety will be exceedingly expen- sive and anotber too cheap. This is one of the many extremes which should be avoided if possible. Neither the merchant nor clerk takes sufficient cog- nizance of the great volume of this trade and makes but feeble, badly directed efforts to cater to it. It has indeed often happened that only after repeated re- quests on the part of customers has any effort been made to gratify this multi- plicity of demands for goods of a better quality. There should, by all means, be a unanimity among merchants in the endeavor to maintain prices throughout the country. it can not well be done single handed, for while there would be a vast number who would see the ad- vantage of this raise, there would be many more who would be inclined to make unfavorable comparisons between the prices prevailing at different stores. Ignorant people would be ready to think there was much injustice in disparity of prices if all merchants did not con- nive in keeping them up while selling better goods. In this way strength is ob- tained by union and business interests are promoted incalculably. It is one thing to keep prices within the reach of the masses and quite another to grind them down so that all concerned in the manufacture, sale and purchase of the merchandise are injured. All actions, however small, have some appreciable results and it is only too evident that the store-keeper suffers when the working man is not prosperous, whereas he de- pends for his prosperity upon the main taining of prices on products which he assists in manufacturing or producing. Too often the retailer is the one who should bear all the blame of the foisting of low priced goods on the market. He generally creates the demand by adver- tising cheapness as one of the most at- tractive attributes which they can pos- sess. It stands to reason that if the re- tailer is continually desiring to purchase low priced goods, if imitations are put forth with as much gusto as the genuine article, each particuiar party who is en- gaged in its production and disposal must follow suit. Noone is benefited oy such a proceeding, while great harm may be done. It is time to change all this and the present year is one of the best times to begin. ee Disposing of Odd Lots. Odd lots, small articles and damaged wares are frequently the cause of much trouble and worry in the disposition of them. This difficulty may be obviated to a great degree if they are handled properly. One of the principal reasons for this is the prolonged carelessness on the part of clerks and merchants in negligently allowing them to accumulate until] they have assumed stupendous pro- portions; then a discouragement is felt in the ability to move them at all. However, there is no necessity for this if due precaution is taken to prevent it. The writer has often observed instances where a refusal was made to reduce the price of goods which were slightly in- jured. Yet these goods could by no possibility have sold at their regular price unless some chicanery was re- sorted to in order to conceal the fact that they were injured. The latter pro ceeding would of course ultimately re- sult detrimentally to business, but few are so farsighted as to look for the re sults of actions when tKev take place, For the time being a complacency is ielt in the thought tbat the full price was obtained. Butthis is usually short- lived and unlikely to be repeated witb the same person. The best way is to try some rather original mode of dis- posing of them. Do not tie them in bundles and put them in scme inaccess- ible place where people can not see them. Put them on the counters in lots, each marked one price and let people choose and look among them as they piease. Such a counterful of goods like these odds and ends should be placed in a prominent position in the Store, thus enabling people to get at them quickly. i American Tin Plate Hurts Wales. W. Phillips, of Swansea, Wales, which was until within a few years the center of the tin plate manufacturing industry of the world, is visiting the United States. Speaking of American compe- tition, he said: ‘‘ There can be no deny- ing that the tin plate industry of Wales bas suffered greatly from American competition. Mills which ran for years at a handsome profit suddenly found themselves ccnfronted with a compet!:- tion which they were unable tov meet, and as a consequence, after the loss of much money, they closed down. Thovu- sands were thrown out of employment and much hariship and suffering have resulted. It was simply the result of old methods and machinery trying to compete with improved methods in the hands of a mechanically ingenious peo- ple. Matters now, however, are begin- ning to pick up. The business is being readjusted to meet American competi- tion. Old mulls have been abandoned and those of a better character are being supplied with modern machinery and equipped in every particular to manu- facture just as cheaply as the American mills. The wage scale has also been reduced, and the trouble over this has caused much delay in getting the newly equipped mulls in operation. The Swansea district, of course, will never hold the dominating influence it once did in the tin plate industry, but it will still hold a prominent place in the trade.’’ ro lS i ll i il lla el ai Oatman’s Handy Hoops! For Tubs, Pails or Barrels Put up in neat display box, and rivets included. LN I i Bao See - i . * Re ee ae ss a i YoYo Se ee ee ee te=OATMA | 5 . FOR TUBS PAILS OR BARRELS.eff en Patent applied for. No. to order by. Inches wide. Inches long. Box of 50. Box of 25. 0 % 39 $1.75 1 h 7 3.30 2 1 0 4.00 ws l So : 4 a so 2:00 Dy. ~~ $A {~~ These hoops are flared, with one end punched allready to get the size and rivet tegether by placing the tub bottom side up, and putting the hoop around with the punched end lapped on the outside, so that you can mark for the two holes to be punched. These hoops do away with the annoyance of pulling a bundle of hoop iron apart to get a 4 few cents’ worth of hooping. For sale py b 1 FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., GRAND_RAPIDS: r GLARK-RUTKA-JEWELL CO. 38 and 40 S. Ionia Street. Ww OUR NEW OFFICE IS NEARLY COMPLETED OPPOSITE UNION DEPOT Ww General Hardware Orders filled promptly at bottom ruling prices. Mail orders solicited. WILLIAM REID Importer and Jobber of GLASS OIL, WHITE LEAD, VARNISHES BRUSHES POLISHED PLATE WINDOW ORNAMENTAL PAINT GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. oe. 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. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Druggist Who Got Even. M. Quad in American Druggist. ‘*When I was ready to go out into the world and set up asa druggist,’’ said the sleek little man with the big dia- mond pin, ‘‘I made the mistake of set- ting up shop in a small town. It’s aj- ways a mistake, because you have at least one old drug store to buck against, and there are cliques you know nothing of until too late. This town was in the West, and it seemed to me to be a good opening for a hustler. There was only one druggist, and be kept dry goods and boots and shoes as well, and hadn’t the ambition to hang a sign in the win- dow. I got a corner store, fitted it up in modern style, and when I opened up, my place was a novelty to all and some- thing for a country town to feel proud of. The old ——— had it in for me, of course, and as I had no whiskers on my chin he found plenty of people to be- lieve with him that it would be a risky thing to trust me with a prescription. There were four doctors in the place, and, of course, it was my business to work them. I got one around all right, but the others wanted to wait and see how things went. The one I got hap- pened to be the one who had the least practice, and he wanted an even divide on protits. Not only that, but he helped himself to my port wine and brandy so often that I was behind the game. ‘As a stranger,’’ continued the sleek little man,‘‘I didn’t know that if I went to board with Mrs. Brown, on Wilson street, Mrs. Green, on Ash street, to- gether with all her friends, would be down on me. Iwentto Mrs. Brown’s, and there were twenty families in the town who wouldn't enter my store in consequence. It was social rivalry, you know, and they carried it into business. was getting a good room and board for $4 per week, and Mrs. Green sent me word that she would do better by me for $2. I used to be called a fair sing- er, and I used to attend church every Sunday. I started out baphazard and brought up in the Presbyterian edifice. From the moment I was seen to enter its dcors I was a marked man. Not a Methodist or Baptist in town would even glance into my show windows. If I had alternated at the different churches it might have relieved the strain, but be- ing invited to join the choir, I stuck to the Presbyterians and sealed my fate. Several parties were given at which I showed up, and this intensified the bit- terness. They wouldn’t let me stand neutral, but I must stand or fall with the clique. If it was so in religion it was far worse in politics. I had never voted, and didn’t care a tinker's tunk which side won, but from the way both sides got after me you'd have argued that my single vote was to decide some momentous question. I didn’t want to make any more enemies, and therefore refused to register, and lo! both parties were down on me! I ought to have done a trade of $50 per day, but owing to the combinations | often bad less than $3 to count up at the close of business. I told you about the doctors hanging off. It was well enough for them to be sure of capabilities, but that wasn't what kept them from throwing business my way. [Each had a marriageable daughter, as I finally came to know, and each was waiting to see whose daughter I was going to shine up to. I made a selection without knowing any- thing about the little scheme, and in that way I won over a doctor, who sent in a prescription now and then. The other two were down on me, however, and I[ could figure out that every time I put my arm around that girl I was ten dollars out of pocket. I had no idea of marrying her, but one-half of society congratulated me and _ bought tooth brushes and porous plasters, while the other half looked askance and wouldn't have sticky fly-paper at a penny a sheet. I was running behind expenses every week and wondering where I could find another opening, when I made the worst move of all. They had a public spell- ing school in the town hall. 1 ought to have had sense enough to have remained in the store, but as there was no_busi- ness doing, I locked her up and went over to the hall. Both sides wanted me, and the side I went on beat the other. indeed, I was ass enough to be the last one up, and that was something the peo- pie didn’t propose to stand from any up- start stranger. When I realized that I was knocked out a feeling of revenge took possession of me. I made up my mind to get square with that town or leave my bones in its graveyard. With all its faults, it was a sporty town, and I took that as a basis to work on. I knew a horseman in Chi- cago who was up to tricks, and I went up to see him. One day, a week later, a tin peddler arrived in my town and began to blow around about the gait of his old horse. He bragged and bluffed until two or three men became inter- ested, and the result was a race on the county fair grounds. They had two or three trotters in town, and when the thing got started the crowd went in with a whoop. After the tin peddler had put up $600 of the long green a few of the people began to smell a rat, but when the race was called our dark horse stood to win or lose enough to fit out two drug stores like mine. The odds were ten to one against him ‘at the start, and it wasn’t even money until he came out on the track. We had a walk-over, and before the crowd got ready to break things, the peddler had left town. My pockets bulged with my share of the boodle. There was a certain gang which played poker three nights in the week. [ sent up to Chicago for a chap who knew his business and worked him in on the gang. They thought they had a fat pigeon in him, but he worked them up to a climax and dropped out of town with such a wad that none of the dead- game sports could buy a five cent cigar for days to come. I wanted one more whack at the town and I got it. There was no state law regarding dentistry. A blacksmith or an undertaker could practice on any- body who was willing. There used to be, and may be yet in some of the states, fakirs who travel from town to town and do dentistry. I got hold of one and gave hima pointer. He ad- vertised to pull teeth for nothing and furnish plates at $5 each. He hada rush of customers. For fifteen days he put in twelve hours per day yanking out ald teeth, and when he got around to the last he had a peck of them. I was paying him $5 per day, however, and the work was not like sawing wood. When he folded his tent and stole silent- ly away there were about 300 men and women in that town waiting for upper or lower plates, and all speaking with a lisp. The church choir had to be laid off, ministers and school teachers took a vacation, and business and society had to gum it. The two local dentists must have had work for the next twelve months and got rich out of it, but | never asked my share of the profits. I had to pack up my stock and find anew opening, but there was nothing to kick about. I was ahead of the game ina financial way, and the day I left town even the ticket agent and the man who checked my trunk dared not open their mouths to bid me good-bye, because their teeth were missing.’’ —_—__>4.>_—__ Necessity of Practical Knowledge. ‘‘Well, what is an island?’’ asked the man, upon being informed that his son had now taken up the study of geogra- phy at school. ‘‘Land entirely surrounded by water,’’ replied the boy. ‘*That is not correct,’’ said the man. ’*An island is land surrounded by water on all sides except the upper side. Land entirely surrounded by water is suburban real estate. ’’ Then the man remarked to his wife that schools were too theoretical; there was need of an admixture of practical knowledge in their instruction. He Enjoyed It. Upper: That cigar you gave me did me lots of good. When did Lower: I’m glad of it. you smoke it? Oh, I didn’t smoke it. I gave it to Howard ; I hate him, you Upper: know. Hardware Price Current. | arient....... ... ee 80 Ot i 80 a I 80 AUGURS AND BITS Gate Hooks and Eyes....... eee 80 PN ’ denminge , gemuime. 25810 er eens See oe ~~ --~--=+- = Jeuriigs,, imitation... ......0) 2.2.22... .. 60&10 ROPES _—, ie wen and larger... 3... 8. 8% ane AXES ae 9% rst Quality, S. B. Bronze ................. 5 00 First Quality, D. B. Bronze................. 9 50/ Steel and Iron — : 70&10 First Quality, S. B.S. Steel...... .......... 550|Tryand Bevels ... ............s.sc.0eeee, 60 First Quality, D. B. Steel ................... ie cbecuees ae BARROWS SHEET IRON ee 812 00 14 00 com. smooth. com. SG net 30 00 — oe _ S . F BOLTS Nos. 2.45 ee 60&10 | Nos. 2 55 ILKES sit Co., 827 uation, Couitry town preferred. For six- t-eu months apotheciry on U. 8s. Oregon. Honorabie «is‘harge U S. Navy. Fourteen years’ experience. Al references. Add.ess Oregon. cre Michigan rades:nan. 824 OR SALE FOR CASH—BEST HARDWARE busivess in Michigan. Stock invo.ces $9,0 :0. Sa es for 1898, $42 000. Will se:l cheap for ca-h if taken at oun.e. Address No. 823, care Mich gan Tradesman. 8.3 OR SALE—ONE SET WEEK’s FOUR TON floor seales; three beams, no weights, two pound netches; platform about 5x6. Practically new Addres~ W. B. Reed, Remus, Mich. 822 POR EX HiNGE—A FINE, WELL-1M- proved fruit grain and st cx farm of 160 acres, in wason cou :'ty, Michigan, for merchan- dive or other productive property. Address Box 71, ‘u ter, Mich. 829 VOR SALE—HARDWARE STOCK OF THE late A A. Tyler at 641 South Division St., Grand Rapids. Fine lovation and weil-estnb- lished trade. Address Mrs. A. A. Tyler. 828 $500 BUYS MEDICAL PRACIr CE OF 13 years, which averages $2 500 annually; aiso office fixtures, horses, buggy, cutter, robes, etc. Address Box 17%, Vandero It, Mich.—the best town in Northern Michigan. 821 J ANTED—PARTNER IN THE MANUFAC. ture of a patented household article which is in gentral demand. A good oppor- tunity to make a large profit on a small invest- ment. Address A. C. McCutheon, Sparta, — 9 UR SALE MY STOCK Or DRUGS. GRO- ceries, flour, feed, etc., loc-tei in Kalama zoo, Mich., 927 Eastavenue. Will ell for $1,600. Wish to go out of business. Address A B. Trutsdale. 9 7 East Ave., Kalamazoo 820 O EXCHANGE—DESIRABLE AND CEN- trally located residence property in Kala- mazoo for general or grocery stock in good town in Centra! Michigan. Will sell same on long ti e. Address Box 357. Kalamzzoo, Mich. 8i1 ANTED—LOVCATION FOR DRY GuOovDs or dry goods and shoe store combined in tewn of 1,000 to 7,C00 Will buy stock in estab lished sta: d if for sale. Address F. W., care Michigan Tradesman. 808 $10 000 FiRstT MORTLAGE, DRAWING 9 7 percent., on good improved pro; “. to eachange for stock of goods. For part culars address No. 812, care Michigan Tradesman. 812 OR SALE—DRUG AND GKOCERY STORE. Good chance for a werker; corner location. Ii] health of owner cause for selling. Address W S. Terrill Muir, Wich. 813 O EX HANGE—9 LOTS UNINCUMBERED on Highland avenue, near Madison, for merchandise. Will Hol.omb, Plymouth. §&14 OR saLE—SMALL STOCK OF DRUGS and fix'ures ata bargain. Hazeltine & Per- kins Drug Co. Grand Rap:ds Mich. 816 = HAY, STRAW AND OATS IN CaR lots at lowest prices, address Wade Bros., Cadillac or Traverse City, Mich. 817 NOR SALE- FINE STOCK GENERAL MER- cna. dise and well established business; best point iv State for general store; three years’ lease of building. with Chance to buv reason- able; located on two lines of railroad; fine ship- ping facilities, etc ; prospects brig ht for increase in business. Reason for selling toomuch other business Address Box 35, Elmdale. Mich. 818 USIN&sS CHANCE— FOR SALE, DRY goods, cloth‘ng and men’s furnish ng goods business; wel: estublished in live town, Good reasons for selling. Address H. T. Crosby & Co., Clayton, Mich. 805 ORSAL —STOCK OF JEWRLRY, SILVER- ware, books. stationery an? wall paper in live town in Northern Michigan Good reasons for selling. Address Books, care Michigan Tradesman. 804 OR SALE—GRUCEKY AND BAKERY stock. best in city; cash business of $1-,000 to $200:0 year y; good lecation, ch ap rent. Poor health reason fer selling. Address Comb. Lock B»x 8 6, Eaton Rapids. Mich. 803 OR SALE— WELL-EsTAbLI HED AND good-psying implement and harness busi- ness, lucated in smal] town surrounded with good farming country. Store has no competi- tion within radius of eight miles. Address No. 806, care Michigan Tradesman. 806 ] PAY CAsH QUICKLY AND PROMPTLY fur stocks of m rchandise of any kind and size. at a discount. Communications held strictly confidential. Address A. E. Poulsen, LaGrange. Ind. 723 HOTO KAPH GALLERY TO RENT AFTER Jan. 1. b-st location and oldest stand in the -ity. Write Alpena County Savings Bank, Al- pena, M ch 97 O EXCHANGE- #250 HARRISON INDE- pendent Telephone stock for s first-class meat market ai.d fixtures, etc., or general mer- chandise of equal amount. Address Lock Box 33, McBride’s, Mich. 7 OR POTATOES IN CAR LOT~, ADDRESS Wade Bros., Cadillac or Traverse City, Mich 793 12 ACRE FARM. VALUEv AT #400, FREE and clear f om encumbrance, to trade for merchandise; also $10,000 worth of Grand Rap- ids property, free and clear, to exchange for merchandise. Address Wade Bros., Cadillac or Traverse City. Mich. 792 NOR SALE—CLLAN SHO SLrUCK IN GRUOW- ino manufacturing town or 5,000, county se .t, surrounded by good farming trade. Will sell at a bargain ss owner has o her business which demands his attention. Address No. 734, care Michigan Trade~man. 784 k~T LOCATIUN IN MICHIGAN FOR A cold storage and genera] produce dealer. Write to the Secretary of tne Otsego Improve- ment Association Otsego. Wich 631 Ke SALE OK EACHANGHE—HOUT SODA apparatus, silver, mammoth, u,-to-date, tufts’ pattern, $225, 85 per month, € per cent. interest Also Soda Fountain modern, eighteen syrups, two sodas, fou" mineral] tubes, magnifi- cent cherry top, Tufts’ pattern, $1,100, $10 per month, 6 per cent. Also Fixtures, drug and jewelry: three 8 ft.. one 12-ft. wall cases, plate glass; 21 ft. d:ug shelving, half glass; four 8-ft. sient salesman cases, beveled plate, grand; $1,000, $10 per month. * per cent. meee ay ‘ care Wichizan rade man Ss — SHOES, CLOTHING, DRY goods. Address R. B., Box 351, Montague, Mich. 699 AVE SMALL GENERAL sTOUK, ALSO A stock of musical goods, sewing machines, bicycles, notions, etc., with wagons and teams— an established business. Stock inventories from #2.000 to $3.500, as may be desired. Will take free and clear farm in good location of equal value. Address Lock Box 531, Howell, Mich. 739 }OR SALE—NEW GENERAL STOCK. A splendid farming country. Notradcs. Ad- dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman 680 ERc HAN TS—DO YOU WISH CASH QUICK 4Vi for your stock of merchandise, or any part of it? Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mic e 628 COUNTRY PRODUCE ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS AND POUL- try; any quantities Write me. Orrin J. Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 810 WE PAY SPOT CASH ON TRACK FOR BUT- terand eggs. It will pay iz to get our prices and particulars. Stroup & Carmer, Per- rinton, Mich. W771 ANTED—1.000 CASES FRESH EGGS, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca, Mich. 556 FIREPROOF SAFES EO. M. SMITH, NEW AND sECONDHAND safes, wood and brick building mover, 157 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 613 MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—POSITION BY DRUG CLERK who has had three years’ experience. Can give best of references. Address No. 830, care Michigan Tradesman. 830 ANTED —?+OSITION BY DRUG, DRY goods and grocery cierk. Address K., care Michigan Tradesinan. #15 OUNG MAN WANTED FOR COUNTRY STORE. Address 802, care Michigan Tradesman. 802 ANTERD — PooMinbat Pusilhon IN dry goods or shoe store, by young man 28 years old; 12 years’ experience; Al ref-rencs Address No. 809, care michigan Tradesman. &09 — WANTED—BY REGISTERED pharmacist, 27 mg of age, registered 10 years. Married. ave had both city and coun- trip experience Am go00.1 prescriptionist and manager. Can give good references. Am work- ing now, but desire change. Address No. 794, care Michigan Tradesman. 794 ene ikgtint ep iegleae f 4 % . ea Travelers’ Time Tables. CHICAGO... 20. Chicago. Lv. G. Rapids......... 7:30am 12:00am *11:45pm Ar. Chicego........... 2:10pm 9:15pm 7:20am Lv. Chicago.. 11:45am 6 50am 4:15pm *11:50pr Ar. G’d Rapids 5:00pm 1:25pm 10:30pm * 6:20ar ee City, Charlevoix and Petoskey. Ly. Gd GS. 6s. 7:30am cae a on day trains and sleeping cars on night trains to and from Chicago *Every day. Others week days onlv. DETROI Sept. 25, 1898. Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:35pm 5:35p2r Ar. Detroit........ .-.11:40am ~5:45pm 19:05p7 Ly. Detroit........ ...-8:00am 1:10pm 6:10pr Ar. Grand Rapids..... 112: 55pm 5:20pm 10:55pr Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm Ar. @R11:45am 9:30pr Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and 7 Trains run week days only. Gro. DeHaven. General Pass. Agent GR AN Trank Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Div. (In effect Nov. 13, 1898.) Grand Rapids & Western. Leave. EAST. Arrive. + 6:45am. ae Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .t 9:55pm +10:10am. Detroit’ and East.... ..¢ 5:27pm + 3:20pm.. ‘Saginaw, Detroit & East....t12: 45pm * 7:20pm.... Buffalo, N. Y. & Boston....*10:15am WEST *10:10am....Gd. Haven and Int. Pts....* 7:'5pm +12:53pm. @d. Haven and Intermediate. + 3:12pm + 5:30pm...G@d. Haven and Milwaukee. 5:27pm Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car. No. 22 parlor car. Westward—No. 11 parlor car. No. 17 Wagner parior car. *Daily. —_t; Sunday. Huenges, A G.P. &T. A. an FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agt. A. Justin, City Pass. Agent. 97 Monroe St Morton House. GRAND ™ £ inten: Rewer Northern Div. Leave Arrive Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 7:45am t 5:15pm Trav. City & Petoskey......... t 2: — +10: i EER eee a Cadillac accommodation Sea os + 5:25pm +10 55am " °S335pm 7:45am and 2:10pm ‘tra ns have parlor cars; 11:0. pm train has sleeping car. Southern oe Leave Arriv: Cincinnati... . ............... :10am + 9 45pm MG Wagno .....:-.---......... +=: 10pm 4 1:55pc Ctncinuati.. 7 00pm 6:30": For Vicksburg and Chicago. .*11:3Jpm_ 9:1Cam 7:10 am train has parior car to Cincinns: and parlor car to Chicago; 2:10pm train has parlor car to Ft. Wayne; 7:00pm train has sleeping cars to Cincinnati; 11:30pm train has coach and sleeping car to Chicago. Chicago Trains. TO CHICAGO. Ly. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 2 10pm *11 30pm Ar. Chicago......... 20pm 910pm 6 2%am FROM CHICAGO. Lv. Chicago.... ......-.--ce2--- : 02pm 32pm Ar. Grand Rapids.............. 9 45pm 6 30am Trai~ ienving Grand — a loam has parlor car; 11:30pm, coach and sleeping car. Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has parlor car; 11:32pm, ——— car. —— eon Lv @’d Rapids........ 1: sam + 1:00pm 5 :40pr Ar Muskegon. . 9:00am 2:10nm 7:05°m Sunday train leaves ‘rand Rapids 9:15am; arrives Muskegon _— — Lv Muskegon....... .. naar 10am ¢11:45am +4 00pr. AarG’d Rapids... 9:30am 12:55p~r 46 2pr Sunday train. leaves Muskegon 5:30pm; ar- rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm. +Except Sunday. a . L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! wana. = Ticket Agent. Ww. C. BLAKE Ticket Agent Union Station. South Shore and Atlantic Railway. DULUT Ly. Grand Kinaw Clty (G. RB. & Ltt: —_ +7:45am Lv. oe OU ows: 1g oc. 4:20pm Ar. St esccenesce 9: an 5:20pm Ar. Seult's Ste. te. Marie Soret " 18: 2pm 9:50pm Ar. Marquette ................ 2:50pm 10:40pm Ar. Nestoria................... 5:20pm 12:45am Ae: PE ec cee | eens 8:30am BAST BOUND. ey DUB oo ie sc es ode o's 46:30pm AP INOSSOPIS. > o.oo gsc etc +i1:15am 2:45am Ar. Marquette . veoeeeee 1:30pm 4:30am Lv. Sault Ste. Marte.....- sce ee Youle a Ar. Mackinaw City. 8:40pm 11:00am G. W Hissarp, Gen. Pasa. Agt. Marquette. EC. Oviatt Trav Passe Agt.. Grand pids MANISTE Via C. & W.M. Railway. & Northeastern Ry. Best route to Manistee. Lv Grand Rapids.................. 700MM: ©5004. a Ae Manistee oo cc. 5 ct ses es I2io$pm ...... iy. Dianiatee «soe. ahs 3s es 8:30am 4:10pm Ar Grand Rapids ...........-.-.. I~opm 9:55pm 8:05am 5:30pm J eT I ee BUCKWHEAT That is PURE is the kind \ 4 we offer you at prices that LABELS . FOR GASOLINE DEALERS SSS SS are reasonable. We sell buckwheat that are has the good old-fashioned Y We do not adulterate it in any The Law of | 889. buckwheat taste. Every druggist, grocer or other person who shall sell and deliver at retail any gasoline, benzine- or naphtha without having the true name thereof and the words “explo- sive when mixed with air” plainly way, Shape or manner. We believe that when people ask for buckwheat they want buckwheat, and it is for the class of people who your order and shall take printed upon a label securely at- « d know what they want that vessel containing de same shall 4 we make this buckwheat. be punished by a fine not exceeding 4 We believe that it will one hundred dollars. 2 please any lover of the 4 genuine article. We would like to have We are prepared to furnish ‘ ‘ labels which enable dealers to com ply with this law, on_the follow- ing basis: pleasure in quoting youa close price on any quantity. eM 75¢ SM 50c per M VALLEY CITY 10 Mee os 40oc per M 20 M.. ..35c per M OM. soo. oc per M $ se GRAND RAPIDS. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. a ae : : Vises) , = , ¢ 1 Sole manufacturers of ‘‘LILY WHITE.”’’ | 4 ‘*The flour the best cooks use ’’ \ MILLING CO. 5 SMOKE Bangust Hall Little Gigars These goods are packed very tastefully in decorated tin boxes which can be carried in the vest pocket. 10 cigars in a box retail at 10 cents. They are a winner and we are sole agents. MUSSELMAN GROGER GO., Grand Rapids, Mich. RUINS ess ON aia ED ee SOE AIDS ENGRAVERS is LEADING PROCESSES SFC Le oe ae HALF-TONE ene ZINC-ETCHING 4 We Bye EVERYTHING. X32 WOOD ENGRAVING TRADESMAN COMPANY —*— GRAND RAPIDS. amet Rea a ana a Ea IONIAN IES MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS Michigan Business Men’s Association President, C. L. Witney, Traverse City; See retary, E. A. Srowr, Grand Rapids. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WisLer, Mancelona; Secretary, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Michigan Hardware Association President, C. G. Jewett, Howell; Secretary, HEnrRy C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, JosepH Knieat; Secretary, E. MARKS, 221 Greenwood ave; Treasurer, U. H. FRINK. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, FRANK J. Dyk; Secretary, HoMER Kap; Treasurer, J. GEO. LEHMAN. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREANOR; Vice-President, JoHNn McBRaTNIE; Secretary, W. H. Lewis. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, Gro. E. Lewis; Secretary, W. H. Por- TER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLarkK; Secretary, E. F. CLEVE- LAND; Treasurer, WM. C. Kogan. Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, M. L, DeBats; Sec’y, S. W. WATERS. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Bates; Secretary, M. B. Houiy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Camp- BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLLins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gitcurist; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz; Secretary, Po1tip HILBER; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, Toos BromuLeEy; Secretary, FRaNK A. Percy; Treasurer, CLarkK A. PuTT. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H.W. WaLuace; Sec’y, T. E. HEDDLE. Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W, VERHOEKS. Yale Bnsiuess Men’s Association President, Coas. Rounps; Sec’y, FRaNK PUTNEY. The “Concave” Washboard ‘BY STANDARD ee ae C GLOBE CRIMP, Per. Doz., $2. SAVES THE WASH. SAVES THE WASHER. = “ And that man’s son is living to-day, perhaps in some big city or in some small country village. No matter where he lives, we are going to find him, and if we find him running a grocery store, we are going to ask him how he is flourishing. We are going to ask him if he uses The Money Weight System AND IF NOT, we want to know wuy NOT. Perhaps it hasn’t been properly explained to him; some one has made a mistake, and from our knowledge of our System, we are inclined to believe some one has turned a deaf ear when he should have been listening. No man’s son can afford to be without the Money Weight System if he is a merchant. Scales sold on easy monthly payments—without interest. Write for pointers. The Gomputing Séalé 60. Dayton, Ohio. Aaa aaa WwaarAkwawew SSS SSeS SESS Onoe Upon a Timé There ‘Led d Man ISAS ARSAaS ES eS eS Bee Se= RIP ee we 5 ws AN 31 Co) SS (Ss SAIS SSS aS RASA ys) 1 5 GSES BISTROS OSES RUS EID ERS A GOOD SELLER >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 Ioo gallon. ADAMS & HART, Jobbers, Grand Rapids. A DESK FOR YOUR OFFICE We don’t claim to sell “direct from the factory” but do claim that we can sell you at Less than the Manufacturer’s Cost 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 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 tnis paper when you do so, SAMPLE FURNITURE co. JOBBERS OF SAMPLE FURNITURE. PEARL AND OTTAWA STS. - combination lock and center drawer. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘am Hi , This Showcase only $4.00 per foot. With Beveled Edge Plate Glass top $5.00 per foot. SHOW CASES OF ALL STYLES Until Nov. 1 we will furnish these biguaiy nnished show cases with inlaid wood corners at the following low prices f o b Bryan: eet $4.50 5 feet... .: $7.25 feet... $ 9.25 9 feet .....$12.25 4 feet...... 6.25 6 feet...... S18 feet..... 10.50 10 feet...... 13 25 Cases are 15 inches high, well finished, all double thick glass, mirror lined panel doors in rear. Guaranteed satisfactory in every respect. Cases 17 inches high to cents extra per foot. Write us for circulars and catalogue of our Combination Cases THE BRYAN SHOW CASE WORKS, Bryan, Ohio.