4 , — VOL. 4. SDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1886. ‘NO. 170. USE Polishina! The Best Furniture Finish In the Market. Try it, and make your Furniture look FRESH and NEW. For sale by all Druggists. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. Cushman’s tL) eo 5 MENTHOL INHALER In the treatment of Catarrh, Headache, Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron- chitis, Sore Throat and Severe Colds, stands without an equal. Air Mentholized by passing through the Inhaler- tube, in which the Pure Crystals of Menthol are held’ thoroughly applies this’ valuable remedy in the most efficient way, to the parts affected. It sells readily. Always keep an open Inhaler in your store, and let your customers try it. A few inhalations will not hurt the Inhaler, and will do more to demonstrate its efficiency than a half hour’s talk. Retail price 50 cents. For CrmcvuLaks and TESTIMONIALS address H. D. Cushman, Three Rivers, Mich. Trade supplied by i Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G’d Rapids, And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago. JUDD c& CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. EATON & LYUN, Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of BOOKS, Stationery & Sundries 20 and 22 fonroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Belknap Wagon & Sleigh C0. MANUFACTURERS OF BELKNAP’S PATENT SLEIGHS, Business and Pleasure Sleighs, Farm Sleighs, Logging Sleighs. LLumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material, and have every facility for making first-class Sleighs of all kinds. Shop Cor. Front and First Sts., Grand Rapids. Stop Thai Book-Kesping. The successful merchant of to-day is always on the alert for the latest designs to please his pat- rons. So we say to Merchants, stop that Book-Keeping, and use the TALLIAFERRO Coupon Credit Book. Von have no idea how it will revolutionize your business; customers are delighted with them, and when once used by the merchant, they never return to the old thread-worn pass book to prove to their patrons that they are dishonest. Invest 2 few dollars in Coupon Credit Books, give them a fair trial, you can easily return to the old method; faithful of errors, discontent and expense. Sample copy 10 cts. in postage stamps. Address : J. TALLIAFERRO, 1933 McGee Street. Kansas Crry, STEAM LAUNDRY, 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USB NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express Promptly At- tended to.. Mo. ALBERT GOYE & SON, DEALERS IN AWNINGS & TENTS Horse and Wagon Covers, Oiled Clothing, Feed Bags, Wide Ducks, etc. Flags & Banners made to order. 78 CANAL ST., - GRAND RAPIDS. DIARIES AND OFFICE TICKLERS. MEMORANDUM CALENDARS FOR 18877. Now is the time to make your selections to get what you want before the stock is broken. Geo. A. Hall & Co. 29 Monroe St. FOR SALE. J. T. Bell & Co., whole- sale Fruit and Commis- sion Merchants, at East Saginaw, offer their busi- ness for sale. Wish to go south. Sales for 1886, $100,000. ‘Will sell rea- sonably. J.T, BELL & CO. East Saginaw, Mich. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH WAKER ‘ —AND-- JW HUE R. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. GUSTAVE A. WOLD, Attorney. Over Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407. COMMERCIAL LAW & COLLECTIONS. LUDWIG = WINTERNITZ, STATE AGENT FOR Fermentum! 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. None genuine unless it bears above label. MOSELEY BROS. ——W HOLESALE—— SEEDS, FRUITS, OYSTERS, Ana Produce. 26, 28, 30 and 32 OTTAWA ST., G’7D RAPIDS. Parties in want should NH Nae GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0. 71 CANAL STREET. The CELEBRATED EMERY $3 SHOE MANUFACTURED BY HATCH & EMERY, Chicago and_ Boston, D. G. KENYON, Traveling Salesman, 227 Jefferson Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. We carry a1!’ line of Seeds of every variety, both for field. and garden. THE RIGHTS OF THE TRAVELER. His Legal Rights and Privileges Definitely Defined. As it is not unlikely that some of the readers of this article may be placed in pos- itions where they may be called on to assert their rights or seek redress for wrongs, while traveling, it may be that a knowledge of their duties and the duties owing to them may prove of interest. In walking along the street you must keep your eyes open, for the owners of proper- ties are not liable if you fall down a cellar way where there is a sufficiently paved and lighted footway over which you may pass in safety. If the street is covered with ice, you must use great care, as neither the city nor the owners of property fronting on the street will be liable if you injure yourself by falling—unless you can prove gross care- lessness in the non-repair of the street. But, if you, through no careless of your own, fall down an unguarded excavation in the sidewalk or street, or into a coal hole in the pavement, you can hold the party who left it in such condition for your dam- ages. If you board a horse-car, you must not get on while it is moving, but wait until it stops; but if you are compelled to stand for want of seats and the horses start suddenly and you are injured by the jar you may ob- tain redress. If you should walk to the railway station and are compelled to cross the track, you must stop before coming to it. and look and listen for approaching trains. It is negligent for you to act other- j wise, and if you fail to fulfill these require- ments you cannot recover, if you are injur- ed, even though the railroad company should be grossly careless in the running of their trains. It is the duty of the railroad company to run their trains on time according to the printed schedule, and if persons have been deceived and put to trouble and ex- pense, the company must pay for it, but, at the same time, if the company gives you proper notice of the delays, they will not be answerable if they are unavoidable. Unfortunately, however, you cannot in any case recover for the annoyance of waiting and the disappointments of not getting a hot supper, or of not seeing your friends at a particular time, but only for the actual loss you may sustain—a difficult mat- ter to prove in ordinary cases. If you are traveling with your wife you are entitled to carry a double amount of baggage, for though you are one in law you you are two so far as baggage is concerned, You should purehase a ticket, however, be- fore starting, and have your baggage check- ed. The ticket is the contract with the traveler, and both he and the company are held to its terms usually. If it is marked good only between certain dates and for a continuous passage, you may be restricted to its provisions. If you lose it, then you must tender the exact fare to the conductor, for he cannot be be expected to take proof that you actually purchased a ticket and you cannot expect him to change a $20 gold piece; if he cannot do so, he may put you off the train. The company’s duty is to carry you safely to the destination marked on the the ticket, and land you at the station and give you a reasonable time to alight. If you are making a connecting train you are entitled to a reasonable time te cross over the platform from one train to the other, and if you are not given time and get on the train while moving and are injured you may recover damages,—what would other- wise have been carelessness on your part being in this case excusable on account of the circumstances. If you should purchase a ticket for the ordinary trains and by mis- take get on a limited express, it is the duty of the company to land you at some safe and convenient station, and if they put you off on the track you may recover damages. In a very late case the highest court of this State sustained a verdict of $50,000 under such circumstances, but with the additional fact that the passenger was run down and hurt by a train on the next track. In general as a passenger you are entitled to a seat, and if you are put off for non- payment of fare on this ground you may recover. Butif when you get onthe train you see there are no seats you must then leave, for by staying you consent to stand. If you alight at a wayside station without notice or objection from the employees, you are entitled to reasonable notice of the time of starting. Itis the duty of the company to draw the train up to the platform, and if they stop above or below the same and call out the name of your station, and you can- not see any danger and alight and are injur- ed, they are liable. But you must trust to your own judgment, for an improper order of the conductor will not excuse your neg- ligence. You must not board or leave the train while in motion. You must not put your head, legs or arms out of the windows, for the company is not bound to put bars across them like the windows of a nursery or animal cage—though this was once de- clared to be the law. The company does not warrant your safety, and is not liable for unavoidable accidents. If you are in- jured while standing on the platform in violation of the rules of the company, you . cannot recover, if there was room inside the car to stand, though no seats. If you find it necessary to telegraph when on your journey you must be careful to have your message repeated, if the telegraph blanks require it, otherwise you cannot hold the company liable for mistakes. If you should travel part of the way by coach you may presume that the proprietor warrants it to be sufficiedtly secure for the journey proposed, for be is bound to exam- ine it every day. He must secure your trunks properly, and if accident happens to them, and your impedimenta are scattered over the road to the gaze of the common herd, yOu may hold him liable. The coach- man must be endowed with skill and dis- cretion, and know the road and be provided with good steady horses. On coming to a town where you desire to stop, anyone who keeps an open inn and professes to exercise the business and em- ployment of a common inn-keeper is bound to offer you such shelter and accommoda- tion as he may possess, if you are able to pay. It does not matter how much he may dislike you, if you are not drunk or disor- derly or affected with disease or all his rooms be oceupied, he must receive you. Nor can he require you to sign your name in his register or call upon you to furnish it to him; and it is no excuse for him that it is Sunday. The fact that you horrify the rest of the guests by eating with your fingers or your knife does not give him the right to put you out. Mine host of the inn is also considered the insurer of all the property which comes within his care, and is liable for its loss if damaged or stolen, and he cannot free himself from liability by show- ing that neither himself nor his servants are to blame, but is liable in any event unless the loss is occasioned by the act of God. Nor is it necessary that the goods be spec- ially placed in his keeping, but if they are brought into the inn in a reasonable way the proprietor is liable for their loss. But he may limit his liability by notice that he will not be responsible for property, unless specially placed in his care. It is not enough for him to have such a notice print- ed on his register or placed on the doors of fhe rooms—he must prove that you knew of it—nor will even this avail in any cases as to such articles as are necessary for your personal comfort and convenience. But a Pullman palace car or sleeper is not an inn, and the owners of the same are not liable for money or property which may be stolen from you while traveling there. The keeper of a boarding-house is not held to the same degree of accountability as an innkeeper. The law implies no obliga- tion on him to take care of the goods of a boarder, and if you engage board by the week ina quiet boarding-house, you must take the risks as to your belongings. It is only when he is guilty of gross negligence that he is liable. A boarding-house is a house where you engage rooms for a spec- ified term, an inn is where they are rented from day to day. The keeper of a béarding- ing house can choose his own guests, and need give no reason for refusing. it is sincerely to be hoped that you will not be placed in any of the unpleasant situ- ations mentioned while on your travels. In any case, however, you must remember that it is your duty to take all the care that a prudent man would take under like cir- cumstanees, and if you fail to do so you must bear your suffering with equanimity in case you are injured, for you cannot re- ceive damages as a salve. ———————<-_-< __—_— QUERIES. To,be Reported at the March Convention of the M. B. M. A. 1. Are the insurance rates on store prop- erty too high? Accepted by Frank Hibbard, Evart. 2. Are female clerks to be preferred to male assistants under any circumstances? Accepted by Frank Hibbard, Evart. 3. Should outlawed accounts be consider- ed by our local associations? 4. How old should an aceount be before the collection system of an_ association should be used? 5. Isa wife entitled td credit who be- comes the custodian of her husband’s prop- erty, in order to allow him to evade the pay- ment of his debts? 6. Ought the daily papers to publish wholesale quotations? 7. Is it feasible and. desirable to quote the wholesale price of merchandise—hardware and drugs accepted—by means of characters not understood by the public at large? 8. Is it possible to wholly abolish the credit system? 7. How can the credit system best be cur- tailed? 10. Is cutting in prices ever justifiable? Anyone who will volunteer to ans wer any of the above queries, or anyone who has ad- ditional queries to suggest, is requested to communicate’ with the editor of THE TRADESMAN as soon as convenient. PEL LS Nine men outer ten borrow wid de expectashun of bein’ just so much ahead. De odd one will want ter borrow agin as a reward for his honesty. FAILURES AND THEIR CAUSES. Too Heavy Buying and Too Much Credit Business. TRAVERSE Crry, Dee. 11, 1886. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DeEAR ‘Sin—aAt the last regular meeting | of the Traverse City B. M. A., some very | good things were said in the discussion of | the *‘Cash and Credit System,” and one of | the points made and dotted. down in my note-book was ‘Large purchases make loose credits.” ‘Thrice since then have I read of | failures in the State, occasioned in the one} case by over-buying, dull times, ete.; in an- | other by large stock and too much credit, | and once more by over-buying and cutting | prices. Summing the matter up, we May ar- | ray the entire list on the side of the ‘‘loose | credit system indulged in by the whole trio} —jobber, dealer and consumer. | Many a dealer of to-day with a capital of | one thousand dollars carries a stock of three. | He has only to declare himself a merchant, and rivalry for his trade begins from the At- lantie to the Missouri. He, perhaps, starts | with the intention of doing a cash business, | but finds so many men anxious to sell him good,; declaring that he ought to have a line of this or that, tnat his trade will suffer and will go to the competitors across the way if he does not keep the goods ealled for; that there need be no trouble at all about ‘*time;” that ‘‘good houses never crowd a man, you knows” until the man succumbs and before he knows it he has double the stock his cash capital warrants. Now, this is not the fault ot the traveling salesman. Is is the false! system. The purchaser is at fault, no doubt, | but the trap is open and he falls into it. Time, that overtaker of all things, comes on—bills are waiting—we have hada thaw—the roads are impassable—no money is coming in—overecoats and Mackinaws move slowly—the boot trade is slack—lumber has dropped—potatoes are cheap and streak- ed—beet is down—nobody is sick—all stocks are low—and, taking it all around, trade is not up to anticipations; but still time for paying bills is coming right along; state- ments of accounts are coming in, and the jobbers grant every favor consistent with their methods of doing business. They must, however, have money to pay their bills, and the dealer must come to time. After many sleepless nights, he resorts to the same methods used upon him. He in- vites open accounts, many of a questionable character, but as his stock must go, he will resort to another method, namely, ‘‘ecutting prices;” in the meantime his cash sales are too inadequate to meet these everlasting bills which are all the time coming due. Then he must have an extension, and he looks over his accounts receivable, finds some good ones, but they, too, have had too much snow, or too much water, too much drought, or too much frost, and cannot help him out. He finds, too, some ‘‘dead-beats” on his list, and what can he do with them? He must come to time. Then comes the question, will he yield honorably or dishon- orably? The outlook is anything but bright. He has been a victim of the greatest curse in trade circles—the loose credit system. It has brought failure upon him, and destroy- ed the confidence of the consumer and no one has profited in the transaction. Thisis not an unusual thing. It is an every day oecurence. Itis an easy matter to-day for a man to ‘‘get into business,” but it requires good judgment, a will and wise financeering for one to get out of business with honor and clear margins; and while this condition exists, it behooves men who are not only just embarking in business, but those of experience as well, to sail in smooth waters, to allow good leeway for possible contingencies, to be able to buy intelligent- ly, having an actual knowledge of the con- dition of his stock, to be able to say NO to ihe seller, and NO to the consumer, who so- icits credit on uncertainties, even though he may have been good pay in former times. Every dealer should limit his purchases and his credits according to his available assets, and be content to see his neighbor doing a larger business than himself, until he can do the same safely. Cautious men are often rated ‘‘old fogies,” and their advice and ad- monition clog on the wheels of enterprise. ASB in edueation and dissipation, the ‘*fast” system prevails among dealers; and, rushing along at race-horse speed, allured by ‘‘big trade” and ‘‘popularity,” indulging in chance and outside business, a erash, when it does come, causes no small amount of ruin. I do not expect the eredit system will be entirely done away with. Certain limita- tions are needed, however, to prevent con- sequences which come from its preseat abuse, and shall we not advocate these? To every dealer I would say, Let your stock be wisely proportionate to your CA PI- TAL. Use CAUTION in buying and in selling and require more CASH and less CREDIT. Yours very truly, FRANK HAMILTON. i HOW KID GLOVES ARE MADE. Lambskin the Real Material Used—Details of the Manufacture. ~ Millions of kid gloves are demanded by the inhabitants of every large country, while only a few goats comparatively are raised in the world, and of these a large number must be kept until full grown for breeding purposes. ‘The demand for gloves is much greater than the supply of genuine skins, and a substitute is found in the lamb- skin, which makes an excellent grade of glove and is easily palmed off for kid. Gen- uine kid gloves can be obtained at a high price, says the New York Tribune, but thousands of people who think they are wearing kid have only the skin of the inno- cent lamb. The lanbskins, being selected with great eare, are taken to the factory and put in large tanks, partly filled with the yolks of eggs and other soft, sticky materials. Here | cleaning. | tendent. If allowed to remain too long | they become too well nourished and decay. After the nourishing comes the work of The skins are worked in tubs of fresh water and washed thoroughly until i all traces of foreign substances are removed from the outside. They now become soft and in color a dull white. ‘They are laid on a smooth stone slab with the rough side down and pressed and stretched until every wrinkle has been smoothed out. The skin, being wet, remain in this stretched state and are then dyed. Thedye is laid on with a brush, and the shade is al- ways draker than the one desired, for the dripping and after treatment lighten it at least one-quarter. The greatest care is tak- en to prevent any spots of dye from getting on the inside of the skin, a spot being a serious defect in a high-priced glove. <> Somewhat Absent-Minded. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. ‘‘Speaking of the embarassing episodes,” said a wholesale grocer, 1 unconsciously aid- ed and abetted in one the otherday. I went into one the other day. I went into one of the large down-town lunch rooms’ with a friend who is a connoisseur in the matter of overcoats. He wears a good coat and al- ways removes this coat with care and hangs it up with due reverence to the turn of the collar. As he was in the act of hanging up his coat he knocked mine down, and stoop- ing with apologies he caught mine up and replaced it. “My friend boasts a good deal of his self- possession under trying cireumstances, but as he put my coat in place he caught the eyes of two lady acquaintances at a distant table, and removing his hat he made a most elaborate Then he absent-mindedly put his hat in the rack, and forgetting that he had already removed his overcoat, unbut- toned his cutaway, and before L could inter- fere ie stood before the fifty or sixty ladies ‘There was a laugh at his expense, and he after- ward explained to me that he would not have had it happen in the presence of those ladies for a thousand dollars.” or “Sugar Way Down.” Customer—How’s this? You charge me seven cents a pound for sugar. Grocer—It’s worth that, isn’t it? Customer—Yes; but you say on the pla- eard *‘sugar way down.” Grocer—And so it is, sir. cellar now. bow. and gentlemen in his shirt sleeves. > I keep in the — > o> — Livingston & Co., of Allegan keep what they are subjected to a thorough pounding with a heavy stick, padded so as not to in- jure the skins. bare feet tread on them. The object of all this is to ‘‘nourish” the skin and make it strong and ‘thealthy.” The skins are kept in these tanks for a longer or shorter period, according to the judgment of the superin- | they eall a thief account. To this acconnt | is charged everything missed, and the first In some facéories men vi person discovered stealing goods is required tospay the entire bill to escape prosecution. | A lady was recently detected stealing a pair of fifty-cent leggins, and she was called on to square the novel account, which amount- ed to $5. the Michigan Tradesman A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Rereantile and Mawmfacturing Interests of the State BE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on inh CLRNE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1886. Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association. President, L. M. Mills; Vice-President, S. A. Sears; Sec- retary and Treasurer, Geo. H. Seymour; Board of Di- rectors, H. 8. Robertson, Geo. F. Owen, J. N. ford, A. B. Cole and,Wm. Logie. Brad- er “Subscribers and others. when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lishers by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. BOSTON MODESTY. The Boston Commercial Bulletin remarks as follows: The grocers’ movement was started in New England, where all the new ideas that have been beneficial to the Nation origin- ated. The italics are ours. een The Legislature of “Connecticut recently enacted a law against the employment of children in stores and factories. Mr. Had- ley, the labor commissioner of the State, re- ports that there has not been the least diffi- culty in enforcing the law so far as the manufacturers are concerned. Some store- keepers have complained of being deprived cf their cash-boys. But on the part of the parents there is a strong and not always an unreasonable opposition to the law. In Connecticut, as in every other state, there are families so poor and so inefficient in an industrial sense, that the labor of every member, down to the youngest who is fit to do any work, is required to keep the wolf from the door. And in this case the law works immediate hardship, without secur- ing to the child any of the ultimate advan- tages which its authors contemplated. An underfed and idle boy is not so certain of growing into good health or good morals, as is a hard-worked and well fed boy of the same age and parentage. ‘ Te Rockford, Mancelona, -Kalkaska, Petos- tey and Charlevoix were organized under the auspices of the Michigan Business Men’s Association last week. The five associa- tions have a combined charter membership of 112, which will undoubtedly be increased to 140 before the second meetings. Michi- gan is making more rapid progress in organ- ization than any other State in the Union. Michigan merchants have lately received many communications from New York saw- dust swindlers, offering to dispose of coun- terfeit money for ten cents on the dollar. The men making such offers are usually on a par with the men who pass bad money, as they seldom have any counterfeit money on hand and end the transaction with the re- ceipt of money from their victims. The American Coimmereial Traveler ac- cuses THE TRADESMAN of an offense of which it is not guilty, coupling the accusa- tion with the assertion that the editors of the Commercial. Traveler “hayen’t any brains to spare.” Tuk TRADESMAN agrees with its contemporary in this statement. Tue Tr ADE SMAN has it on the authority of a gentleman who was assured of the fact by President Milliken that the D. L. & N. Railway will begin work on a short line from Grand Rapids to Grand Ledge as soon as the snow is off the ground and that the work will be completed by September. iNET Five new ‘associations last “week! And not much of a week for associations. either. AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. J. Hook, the harness dealer, is going out business. F. V. Tay lor 8 succe ceeds ' Tay ay ‘lor & Luton in the brokerage and commission business at 97 Ottawa street. Harris & Marvin, the new paper house, are now in readiness to transact business at 33 No. Ionia stre e t. Durham ¢ have added a line of was purchased here. = Son, druggists at Parkville, groceries. The stock Ella (Mrs. Thos.) Walsh, boot and shoe dealer at 50 Monroe street, has been closed under chattel mort gage. G. W ilkinson has ‘engaged i in the grocery business at Copley. Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock. John Ley has engaged in the grocery bus- iness at 60 West Leonard street. Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock. The Grand ‘Rapids Soap Co. is now tnrh- ing out five tons of soap per day, and ex- pects soon to increase the output to ten tons per day. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. has taken possession of the Wm. McMeeken drug stock, at Bloomingdale on a bill of sale, and is holding the same for a pur- chaser. A. B. Watson will be succeeded, about January 1, as nominal owner of the plant and business of the Grand Rapids Veneer and Panel Works by the Grand Rapids Ven- eer Works. Cody, Bail,, Barnhart & Co. are now near- ly settled in their new quarters in the new Barnhart block, ready and willing to show their customers through the premises at John Caulfield, the veteran grocery job- ber, is now a full-fledged retail grocer, hav- ing purchased the stock of John Vander Mei, the Grandville avenue dealer, and con- solidated it with the remnants of his job-| bing stock, where he holds forth at his old location on Canal street. Ye gods, how the mighty have fallen. H. W. Burkholder recently sold his gen- eral stock at Berlamont to J. H. Rippey, but has been compelled to resume posses- sion of the same. With a view to increas- ing the business, he has formed a copart- nership with E. H. Luce under the firm name of Burkholder & Luce and added a line of groceries, furnished by Arthur Meigs & Co. through ‘“‘Happy Hi,” Robertson. The three-story and basement extension to Foster, Stevens & Co.’s establishment, 60x120 feet in dimensions, will render their wholesale department the largest of any house at this market. The office will be re- moved to the center of the building, directly undé& the skylight, and the remainder of the ground floor will be fitted up for a sam- ple room. The upper floors will be used for storage purposes. L. W. Welch and W. S. Earle have form- ed a copartnership under the style of the the Welch Folding Bed Co., to engage in the manufacture and sale of the Welch pat- ent folding bed. Mr. Welch will reside at Sparta and superintend the manufacture of the goods there, while Mr. Earle will have charge of the main office and salesroom, which will be located in this city at 27 No. Ionia street. The bed will be made in six different styles, each in four varieties of wood, which will enable the new firm to go on the market with a full line. AROUND THE STATE. A. O. Kelley, grocer at Fostoria, has sold out. Nick. Schmidt, the Muskegon grocer, has sold out. J. L. Parkinson, sold out. C. L. Fleming, grocer at St. Louis, has assigned. : Phillip Schnorbach, the Muskegon gro- cer, is dead. W. M. Starker, clothing dealer at Vassar, has assigned. A. Lilly, general dealer at Fruitport, has sold out to Mr. Addison. Giles M. Long succeeds Long Bros. in the grocery business at Clio. W. C. Lantner & Co., at Detroit, have sold out. Lyman Buell, the Bronson grocer, has been closed by creditors. A. W. Ferguson & Co., hardware dealers at Almont, have sold out. Hi. Freeman succeeds Freeman & Jones in general trade at Antrim. R. Slessinger & Co., clothing dealers at East Saginaw, have sold out. Pierce & Wick succeed W. C. Pierce in the grocery business at Flint. M. W. Kitchen, grocer at Stanton, has been closed on chattel mortgage. Eugene Gibson succeeds Gibson & Blunt in the grocery business at Ashley. H. (Mrs. A.) Steger succeeds A. Steger & Co. in the produce business at Chelsea. Mark Palmer, tobacco dealer at Ypsilanti, has been closed under chattel mortgage. A. E. Savage succeeds Mattie E. McDow- ell in the stationery business at Mendon. Cole & Jones, clothing dealers at Char- lotte, will remove to Wichita, Kas., about January 1. Frisbie & Kinyon succeed E. E. (Mrs. C B.) Kinyon, in the grocery and livery busi- ness at Hillsdale. Hoedemaker & Stearns succeed Mitten- thal & Stearns in the confectionery busi- ness at Kalamazoo. J. S. Stearns, the Ludington lumberman, ‘has put in a general stock at Scottsville, where he is stocking a mill. Julius Levinson, dealer in dry goods and clothing at Traverse City, will shortly start a branch store at Kingsley. Itis L. S. Finout—not Frank, as pre- viously stated—who has engaged in the gro- cery and boot and shoe business at Climax. Big Rapids Herald: The Barton confec- tionery stock was bid in by Calvin Price, and is now being sold to dealers and others. Geo. A. Roof, for several years a boot and shoe dealer at Big Rapids, will re-engage in the same business at that place about March 1. Rodenbaugh Bros., the Saneelbes drug- gists and grocers, will erect a two-story and basement brick building next spring, 22x70 feet in dimensions. Frank W. Underwood, boot and shoe dealer at Kalamazoo, has uttered chattel mortgages to the amount of $5,500 and sold out to Lucius J. Stewart. Replevin suits have been commenced to recover the stock of goods recently sold by Ferry & Co., at Benton Harbor, Mrs. John Martin, of St. Joseph. Creditors were not satisfied with the transfer. H. M. Weed and W. C. Dawson, who have been clerking for J. H. Moores, in his store and mill business at Moorestown, have been taken into partnership by that gentle- man under the firm name of Moores, Weed & Co. G. S. Putnam, the Fruitport general dealer, gave chattel mortgages to Grand Rapids creditors last Saturday, aggregating about , $2,500. He owes Grand Rapids jobbers ‘about $2,700 in addition and Detroit houses about $800. Donald M. McClellan, one of the pioneer merchants of Reed City, died at McMeekin, grocer at Jackson, has hardware dealers hemorrhage. The remains were taken to Detroit for interment. Tur TRADESMAN will endeavor to present a memorial of the deceased in a subseqnent issue. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Eastmanville will have a fruit box and basket factory. The finest flouring mill in Marquette county has been erected at Forestville. L. W. Ross sueceeds Ross & Richter in the manufacture of buggies at Bay City. Aug. LaLonde sueceeds LaLonde & Ley- eson in the manufacture of cigars at Sagi- naw. Hamson Miller, late of Rochester, will engage in the manufacture of potash and soap at Allegan. Manchester wants a woolen mill factory, and will donate a first-class waterpower and ample grounds for it. Tecumseh’s sash factory will be enlarged so as to give work to from forty to fifty ex- tra men. Heavy Eastern orders have caus- ed the boom. The new planing mill of the Kirby-Car- penter Co., at Menominee, dresses 80,000 feet of lumber a day. The concern will put in two new band saws this winter. The burned Clinton woolen mill will, it is likely, be rebuilt, if the citizens show themselves willing to lend a hand. As the mill was Clinton’s largest industrial institu- tion, the prospects are good for the people turning in with a will. R. E. Werkman, Heber Walsh and Wai- ter Walsh—all of Holland—have formed a copartnership under the style of the Werk- man Lumber Co. and purchased the Jas. Campbell sawmill and 300 acres of hard- wood timber two miles northwest of Kal- kaska. The mill will serve as a feeder to Mr. Werkman’s planing mill and fanning mill factory at Holland. FURNITURE A. P. Thurston sueceeds W. R. Matthews in the furniture business at Burr Oak. Richard Cooper succeeds Henry C. Coop- er in the funiture business at Charlevoix. The Farnsworth Furniture Co., of Detroit, has purchased an acre of ground at the june- FACTS. tion of Pallister road and the D., G. H. & M. Railway, and will erect a large factory on the site in the spring. Marshall Statesman: Clayton & Abbot, proprietors of the Grand Rapids furniture store, have sold their stock to Buck & Hoyt, of Battle Creek, and O. Griffith, of this city. The new firm willcontinue the business un- der the name of O. Griffith & Co. Muskegon News: The outcome of the numerous meetings of the creditors of the Truesdell furniture concern is that a new funiture company has been organized. The capital stock is $25,000, all paid in. The following are the officers: C. 5S. Mon- tague, President; A. Rodgers, Vice-Presi- dent; H. O. Lange, Secretary; S. S. Morris, Treasurer; The directors are as follows: A. Rodgers, Luther Whitney, C. S. Mon- tague, S. S. Morris, H. O. Lange, 8. H. Stevens and P. A. Ducey. Sheriff Bresna- ham has sold the stock of goods belonging to A. C. & L. Truesdell to .the new com- pany, P. A. Ducey, trustee, for $16,500. It is understood that the new company in- tends to even up the stock, and push the business for all it is worth. A manager will be selected to take charge of the busi- ness which is now being looked after by A. C. Truesdell. STRAY FACTS. W. A. Slosson has opened a meat market at Mecosta. Perry W. Nichols, meat dealer at Man- celona, has closed out. Heavy lumbering operations near Munis- ing are causing a boom there. E. H. Doran succeeds Showers & Doran in the saloon business at Saginaw. The sawing season at Apena lasted six months and twenty-two days this year. Chas. Cole has retired from the Owosso Cigar Co. The style remains the same as be- fore. Dewey & Horton succeed A. Dewey in the agricultural implement business at Mid- land. A. C. Cutter, of Traverse City, is putting up a small hardwood saw mill, at Long Lake. A new telephone line from South Manis- tique to Seney, fifty miles, is being con- structed. It is thought that the creditors of W. M. Starker, who recently failed at Vassar, will realize fifty per cent.’ Gibbs Bros. are building an addition to their saw mill, at Mayfield, for the purpose of manufacturing chair stock. The Delta Lumber Co., at Thompson, is putting a new band saw into its mill. A trial of the saw is expected to be made shortly. The Marcellus dry goods men raised $20 for a signal service outSt, and every time business is dull they have a cold wave flag run up, and overcoats sell like hot cakes. It is A. K. Klose, hardware dealer at Sherwood—not harness dealer at Sherman, as stated last week—-who has purchased A. J. Hartman’s livery business at Sherwood. Sprague Bros., at Greenville, will erect a weather observing station on the roof of their building and purchase a full set of in- struments, having become reporters for the signal service. It is reported that Butters & Peters, of Ludington, have recently purehased exten- sive tracts of cypress land in North Caro- lina, and will build mills to develop the pro- perty next year. Ionia Standard: Assignee Gorham has served his ‘‘notice to creditors” in the mat- Florida, on the evening of the 15th from any an¢. all times. of Nina liabilities $3,202.73, partia y secured. As- sets, $748.14. John Powell, an Elk Rapids butcher, left that village last week and his honest face will not soon be forgotten. Just before de- parting Powell bought two cutters and two sets of harness on time and presented them to C., A. Newton, and farmers will bear him in remembrance to the tune of $2,000 for the stock sold him, which remains un- paid for. As Powell left Canada several years ago under a cloud, he has not sought the sylvan shades of that thieves’ resort. ——_ -o--<-— VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders withthe various houses: | A. A. Weeks, Grattan. | E. Castlein, Morgan. | L. N. Fisher, Dorr. Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. 3.8. Putnam, Fruitport. P. T. Cook, Reynolds. O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. Mr. Tefit, Hewett & Tefft, Rockford. N. Bonma, Fisher. A. W. Blain, Dutton. Hunt & Hunter, Lowell. Geo. E. Hyrris, Ashland. O, W. Messenger, Spring Lake. R. A. Hastings, Sparta. Sverance & Rice, Middleville. Neal McMillan, Rockford. L. Perrigo & Co., Burnip’s Cornips. E. 8. Botsford, Dorr. Kk. Campbell, Baldwin. C. F. Williams, Coledonia. Dr. P. B. Wright, Corinth. W. W. Forrester, Pierson. I. J. Quick, Allendale. W.W. MeOmber, Petoskey. : Frank White, buyer for R. Caithness, Hol- on. Mr. Quinlan, Mich. Shingle Co., Maple Hill. Eli Runnels, Corning. A. D. Martin Otia. S. T. McLellan, Denison. R. Purdy, Fremont. Place & Kinney, Three Rivers. Green & Stanton, Nashville. John Kamps, Zutphen. A. Purchase, So. Blendon, J. A. Clark, Scottsville. Mr. Pratt, Shepard & Co., Otsego. G. H. Reader, Reader Bros.. Scottsville. H. E. Hogan, South Boardman. Mrs. Sarah Tomsett, Edgerton. D. B. Galentine, Bailey. F. J. Clark, Lacota. C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. ° Jas. Broderick, Kingsiey. Smith & Bristol, Ada. B. Burlington, Bradley. J. A. Wagner, Eastmanviile. G. T. Clapp, Glenn. John Gunstra, Lamont. R. R. Perkins, Boyne City. Gibbs Bros., Mayfield. J.J. Martin, Kalamazoo. H. W. Potter, Jenisonville. C. H. Deming, Dutton. J.C. Townsend, White Cloud. John Spring, Spring & Lindley, Bailey. J. N. Covert, Carleton Center. Moores, Weed & Co., Moorestown. Jorgensen & Hemingsen, a. Cole & Chapel, Ada. S$. J. Koon, Lisbon. James Grannis, Six Corners. M. B. Nash, Sparta. M. J. Howard, Englishville. A. Lillie, Fruitport. M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe. Parkhurst Bros., Nunica. O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. G. F. Cook, Grove. Velzy Bros., Lamont, qeo. Weitz, Caledonia. Juistema Bros., Grand Haven. 0. D. Chapman, Stanwood. B. MeNeal, Byron Center. F. Boonstra, Drenthe. H. DeKlein, Jamestown. L. Cook, Bauer. Geo. Carrington, Trent. Ed. Stinchecomb, Sunfield. D. R. Stocum, Rockford. S. Cooper, Jamestown. G. Begman, Bauer. N. Harris, Big Springs. Wim. Black, Cedar Springs. Wim. Ver Meulen, Beaver Dam. ‘ Levi Fowler, Hastings. J. Wormbr and, Muskegon. J. Raymond, Berlin. M. M. Robson, Berlin. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. P. DeKraker, Holland. 8S. H. Bailard, Sparta. Cc. O. Cain, Sparta. A. 3. Frey, Lake. H. Colby & Co., Rockford. H. F. Hamilton, Sand Lake. J. M. Spore, Rockford. Dell Wright, Berlin, J.C. Cannon, White Cloud. 8. Cooper, Jamestown. John Canfleld, Hobart. Mrs, P. B. Hunsicker, Woodland. Ben. Rankin, Lamont. Smith, Hams & VanArman, Hastings. C. BE. Br adley, Reed City T. H. Shepard, Gacuned’ Bros., Martin. H. A. Spink, Whitehall. F. Scott, Muskegon. Yeiter & Look, Lowell. Otto Bros., Middleville. N. H. Youngman, Lakeview. J. Bartz, No. Dorr. Henry DeKline, Jamestown. G. N. Rey nolds,. Belmont. H. W. Burkholder, Buckholder & Luce, Ber- lamont. Mr. Kinney, Kinney & Place, Three Riyers. ~D. E. Lozier, Dibble & Lozier, Alba. W, J. Hopper, Merricle & Hopper, Fremont. Henry Mishler, Freeport. W. F. Storrs, Coopersville. C. Gooderhan, Ensley H. Coy kendall, ‘Allegan. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. L. E. Paige, Sparta. W.S. Root, Talmadge. B. O. Gladding, Constantine. John Giles & Co., Lowell. L. L. Holmes, Belding. Jas. Riley, Dorr. D. R. Crane, ns ille. ti ~~ Purely Personal. Frank E. Leonard paid Fruitport a short short visit last Saturday. And thereby hangs a tail. lin & Co., of Chicago, called on the jobbin trade at this market Monday. The Gripsack Brigade. R. L. Hall, Michigan representative for Allen B. WriSley, the Chicago soap manu- facturer, is in the city. Herman Gebhart, with W. F. McLaugh- or g Geo. MeKay has returned from California | and resumed his position as traveling rep- | resentative for Putnam & Brooks. eee | = A. C. Crookston is now improving so rap- | idly that his friends expect to see him on |} the road again shortly after the first of the | year. but latterly with Sam Rosenbaum, mazoo, has engaged to travel through Mich- | igan for Felix & Marston, the engagement to begin January 1. Frank L. Kelly, formerly with Cody, Ball & Co., later S. A. Welling, but for the } x y past year with J. E. T hurkow, at Morley, succeeds Clarence J. Peck as general travel- | ing representative for Spring & Company. The American Commercial Traveler thus announces the receipt of an invitation to the third annual social party of the Grand Rap- ids fraternity: ‘‘A very pretty ecard, sur- mounted by the eut of a brand-new sample grip, invites us to attend the third annual social party of the Grand Rapids traveling men, Thursday evening, December 30. If the different organizations will persist in holding their annual meetings on the same date, we cannot be expected to attend more than one of them in the flesh, but, boys, we are with you ail in the spirit.” a Cc ha “Think the paper isa good one and | wish you success.”’ CHANGE OF FIRM tween D. Cunningham and Geo. Hudsonville, has been dissolved consent. The business will be the old place by Geo. Sinclair. D. GUNNIMGAAM, * GEO. SINCLAIR. CINSENG'’ ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address Peck Bros, Druggist Sinelrir, at by mutual continued at mes WANTED. Highest Market Price Paid for Beans, Picked or ‘Unpicked. W.T. LAMOREADL Ag 71 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. S. Finout, groceries and boots and shoes, | lee S. T. Toot, formerly with S. A. Welling, | K at Kala- | general trade. { The copartnership heretofore existing be- ; s, lirand Rapids, Mich, | } 1 | WhiP MISCELLANEOUS. ae Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, or 50 cents for three weeks. Advance pay- ment. Advertisements directing that answers be | sent. in care of this office must be accompanied by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, ete. “por SAL E—: A first- haan water power at Lee Station on C. & W. M. R.R., or would take | in a pardner to build a grist mill on same pow- ler. Address D. J. Dokey y, Lee, Mich. 1i3* 1 ape SALE—The best and most complete drug store in the thriving city of Muske- ijgon. Terms easy. Address C. L. Brundage, 79 | W. ave., Muskegon, Mich. ‘13 OR RENT—Desirable corner st¢ re . in good residence locality, suitable tor grocery or ; Good living rooms over store, Rent, reasonable. Enquire at 83South Division atreet, Grand Rapids. 169tf 22x58, almost por SALE—A two-story store, new, second floor done off and tenanted. Sell goods in store if desired. Good place for dry goods and_ groceries Ina good farm- ingecountry. For particu! ars, address C. E. Clapp, Martin, Allegan Co., Mich., where store is located. 170* V Tr AN’ rED—Situation by a young man in a grocery or general store. Four years’ experience. Bestof references. Box 354, Fremont, Mich. wee SALE—At Howard City, planing mill, sash, door and blind factory, in complete running order. New 50-horse-power engine, good boiler, new solid two-story building on R. R. track. Will be sold ata bargain. Price and terms of Geo. McDowell, Howard City, Mich. 166-3 F°, ‘SALE—C iompletely equipped machine shop, with good- -paying patronage. Big bonus offered for locating in a neighboring town. Address, for particulars, J. H. Dean, 9 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids, Mi¢ h. site ge o el YOU | WA} ANT— To get into business, ‘to sell your business, to secure additional capital, to get a situation, if you have anything for sale or want to buy anything, advertise in the Miscellaneous Column of THE TRADESMAN. A twenty-five word advertisement costs but 25 Address, H., 170* | cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks. — WM. L.ELLIS & 60, BRAND nore Uysier bd Wholesale Denot, B. F. HMERY, STATE MANAGER, 51 Canal St, - Grand Rapids, For Prices and terms, address GRAHAM ROYS, Grand Rapids, Mich. HARRIS & MARVIN, Wholesale ealers in. PA PP & CRAND RAFIDS, 33 NORTH IONIA STREET, OLD BARRELS Setting about a store are unsightly, jecting nails on them are dangerous to clothing. besides the pro- The convenient fixtures, WOOLSON SPICE Co., of Tole ae Ohio, _— Of which the accompanying eut gives but a p idea. In this e abine tis pi ucke ad 120 one- mg pe enabling the groe er to secure these ¢ abine ts w ithout eost to himself. They are made air-tight, tongued and grooved, beautifully grained and varnished, put together in the best possible manner. Complete set of casters, with screws, inside this cabinet. The use in every grocery, after the coffee is sold out, and are rice, prunes, hominy, dried fruits, bread, and ‘a hun- dred other articles. Further, Cc. C. Merricle, of the firm of Merricle & Hopper, Fremont, has just returned from a pleasure trip in the East. The sympathy of the fraternity goes out | to George H. Seymour and wife, in the loss | of their youngest daughter, whose death, | from pneumonia, occurred on the 13th. 1 Chas. Rollins, head salesman for Jobn Widoe, the Hart clothing merchant, was | presented with a pair of twins, assorted | sexes, one day last week. Father and) children all doing well. —_—_>— Boyne City Agitating Organization. Boyne Crry, Dec. 16, 1886. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—Please send us a copy of con- | stitution and by-laws of Business Men’s As- | sociations and necessary blanks. Iam go- | ing to try and get things moving here. Will you be this way goon? Give full instruc- tions and all expense, so I can report same. Yours, J. L. HANDY. tt > a Weoodland Joins the State Association. WoopiLAND, Dee. 16, 1886. BR. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: Dear Srr—Enclosed find $1.20 as our, per capita tax. Two more members were | added to our list last night, making twelve in all. Yours truly. I. N. HARTER, ter of the assignment of the millinery stock Sec’y Woodland B. M. A. | floor room than a barrel, | unsightly things in a store. Coffee in these cabinets, see price-current in this pa- per. Read below what we say Lion Coffee. enterprising grocer realizes the value of handsome and and to meet this demand they have de slgned ‘i they take up no more§ and do away with these § For price-list of Lion § as to the quality of / In every package. i for a cabinet filled with LION COFFEE. parent; just the thing from which totetail oatme al, & PEL ROE TRP-UNRS This Coffee conenes Given Away. A 6000 GREMMEAST | _Is ALWAYS A fee COFFEE to cure this is always uniform; true Java and Rio. tight packages; net weight, and is never sold in bulk. possible when a good cup of cof- The grocer who sells LION his trade ean invariably se- result to them. eontains strength, flavor and is a suecessful blend of Mocha, is served. merit; roasted, but not ground: full A Beautiful Picture Card We solicit a For sale by all Wholesale Grocers every- | where, and by the \ Woolson Spice Co, * 92 to 108 Oak St., Toledo, Ohio. LION COFFEE Packed only in one-pound air- sample order 7: a ~ - / “CORNER IONIA ANI o se y®, 7 JUDY. SUCCESSORS TO BALL & CO. REMOVED FROM lo7 7 PEHARIL & CAMPATS STs. NEW TO THE 4 4 ee oe) ARNHART Al THE LOUIS BLOCK, Formation of an Association at Mance- lona. Agreeable to invitation, President Frank Hamilton and the editor of Tur TRADES- MAN met. with the business men of Man- celona last Tuesday evening for the purpose of assisting in the formation of an associa- ‘tion. The meeting was held at the office of the Bank of Mancelona, C. L. Bailey being elected to act as chairman and W. G. Young as secretary. The chairman briefly stated the objects of the meeting and then called on Mr. Hamilton for an exposition of the aims and objects of business organiza- tions. Mr. Hamilton responded to the in- vitation, making a remarkably clear and concise explanation of the points on which information was desired. THe TRADES- MAN regrets that the effort cannot be repro- duced from short-hand notes, as it is worthy a place in the archives of organization, bat must content itself with a mere outline of the subjects touched upon. The speaker said he had a brother feeling for the merchant and could also put himself in a position to sympathize with the banker and prdfessional man—anyone, in fact, who wants his pay. In an age when every class of men is organizing, it behooves the busi- ness men to band together for improve- ment, benefit and reform, and to be in a position to discuss and act upon other ques- tions which come up from time to time. It has come to that pass that the business man must organize or take a step backward. Organization helps us as men and as com- munities. When men donot pull together, there invariably grow up strong individual- isms and too often these traits develop into meanness and narrowness. Unless men run their business with some respect to their neighbors, they cannot prevent the cropping out of pet schemes and local jealousies, which eventually destroy public confidence and re- tard the advancement of both the business man and his town. Competition is the life of business, but jealousy is the death of trade, for reckless competition engenders strife, which eventually overthrows the con- testants, checks the growth of the commun- ity and results in the ruin of the social life of the town. Organization brings men to- gether, puts them on a bigger basis, a broader platform, tends to prevent ruinous competi- tion enables them to cultivate the social vir- tues and act in concert on all matters affect- ing their own welfare and the growth and prosperity of their town. Business men are social beings as much as anyone, and when they get together they find they have much in common, that one man possesses more good traits than his neighbor gave him credit for and vice versa. The man who thinks he can doall the business of his town or climb over the backs of his competitors by disreputable methods, eventually injures himself more than he does his neighbors. Under the head of public improvements, | Mtr. Hamilton said it was not the business | ments, but the duty of business men asa class. The Traverse City and Cadillac As- sociations have been instrumental in secur- ing manufacturing industries and there is no reason why Mancelona should not be able to accomplish the same results. Itis a young town——a growing community—cemented stronger than ever before by the scourge of fire—and the business men are now in good shape to act together as a unit. Speaking of the collection department, Mr. Hamilton said that the past years of de- pression had stimulated the credit business to an unhealthy extent—that large stocks and long credits had brought about a corres- ponding laxness on the part of the retail customer and had resulted in the making of a great many questionable accounts. The merchant has not sufficiently cultivated the faculty’of saying ‘‘No,” but has been too prone to squirm around and finally say ‘‘all right.” Agitation tends to lessen this evil, by cutting off credit entirely in some cases and by greatly curtailing it in others. The dead-beat is effectually shut off and the poor-pay and slow-pay customer is relegat- ed to the class to which he belengs., As business men, we should hasten the time when we can can find the rating of the con- sumer in the office of every business man in his vicinity, the sameas that of the retailer is placed in the office of the jobber and manu- facturer by Dua and Bradstreet. This fact known to the consumer would stimulate him to best endeavor in the way of prompt payments and impel him to make no prom- ises which he can not fulfill to the letter. The credit business is not doomed to extine- tion, but it should be curtailed and confined to proper limits and no feature of business work will do so much toward creating a healthy public sentiment on this point as organization. Mr. Hamilton’s remarks were listened to with marked attention and created an ex- tremely favorable impression. The editor of Tue TRADESMAN followed with an ex- planation of the collection department of an association and the use of the blanks, when on motion of R. Roscoe, the formation of an organization was immediately proceeded with. W.G. Young moved that the con- stitution of the Tustin Association be adopt- ed, which was carried, when the following gentlemen identified themselves with the organization: L. E. Slusser, W. E. Wat- son, W. G. Young, A. F. Young, O. S. Rodenbaugh, I. N. Rodenbaugh, C. L. Her- C. L. Bailey, H. L. Wilensky, Wisler & Co., C. Beckstein & Co., J. L. Farnham, Farnham & Willemen, T. A. Price, G. A. Burk, H. Freeman. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—W. E. Watson. Vice-President—J. Wisler. rick, Barnhart & White, Roscoe & Spicher, ' of one man to push in the case of improve- | Secretary—C. L. Bailey. Treasurer—J. L. Farnham. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, Isaac N. Rodenbaugh and C. L. Herrick. The election of the Business Committee was postponed until the next meeting. A system of blanks was adopted for the use of the collection department and the Ex- ecutive Committee was instructed to pro- cure the printing of the same. L. E. Slusser moved that a vote of thanks be tendered Messrs. Hamilton and Stowe for their advice and assistance, which was adopted, and the meeting adjourned. —_—— —— -© > -—_ Association Notes. Chesaning business men are considering the project of organizing an association, in which THE TRADESMAN wishes them God- speed. President Hamilton deserves great credit for the work he accomplished in the inter- est of organization last week. Four vigorous organizations stand as a reminder of his en- terprise and sacrifice in tearing himself away from his own business. Detroit Journal: ‘‘Rockford’s business men have organized an association for mutual improvement and to ‘guard against dead-beats, secure railroads, put a stop to local cat-hauling, and accomplish such other good work as may come in its way.” Referring to a special meeting of the Bus- iness Men’s Association, the Cedar Springs Clipper remarks: ‘‘Let the business men of Cedar Springs join hands, work in har- mony, secure a new railroad and invite manufactories to our town. Build up the town!” The Woodland Business Men’s . a Tustin Joins the State Organization. Tustin, Dee. 17, 1886. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—At our regular meeting last Monday evening, three more members joined us, making a total of thirteen, and I here- with enclose check for $1.30, as per capita tax to the State Association. We trust you will have an array of one thousand or more by January 1. In order that the aims and purposes of our Association may be better understood by cit- izens in general, we have arranged with the Tustin Echo to publish our constitution and by-laws in full. Yours respectfully, GEO. W. BEVINsS, The BARBOUR PATENT SHeNST TRON BOX CAR HEATER. This is the only Stove in the market used for heating cars laden with potatoes or fruit, in which is combined ecgnomy in fuel, and perfect safety while cars are in transit. The designs shows position of door and air-draught, which is convenient for using large blocks of wood, and giving the fireman perfect control over the volume of heat required. Three and one-half joints of five inch pipe, with damper, two five inch elbows, one tin collar and a strap complete the outfit, all of which can be read- ily packed inside the stove for return shipment. Stove and Pipe All Packed. WER SL OWE 69 Stove in Operation. Commission Merchants, Potato and Apple Shippers will promote their best interests by sending for Price-List or Sam- ple Stove. FOS ER,STEVENS & CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS, 10 and 12 Monroe 8t., Grand Rapids, Mich. 9 a + The Michigan Tradesman, A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY, mg, A. STOWR: & BRO., Proprietors. Office in Hagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, Kntered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as FRED. D, YALE. DANIEL LYNOH. Second-class Matter.) WEDNESDAY,:DEECMBER 22, 1886. The rapid development of new industries in the South, which is doing so much to change the political complexion of those states, has also forced attention to the great need of capital in that section of the coun- try, and to the insufficiency of our national banking system as a means for supplying it. The system is much too costly for even such a State 4s Georgia, which has only fifteen national banks, which, together with twenty-two State banks, have an aggregate capital of less than $7,000,000. A new and growing community cannot afford the pre- cautions taken by wealthier communities in the regulation of its currency. It needs banks as an instrument for the mobilization of a portion of its fixed capital into cur- rency. It needs a paper money secured not by its indebtedness to the Government—for it cannot afford to become a creditor of the Government with 8 and 4 per cent. bonds commanding a high premium—but by the guarantee furnished by its own real and personal property. It is quite true that such banks are dangerous, need great care in their organization, and wise inspection. But communities of undeveloped resources have to take such risks; when they grow rich they can afford safety. And we will miss a great opportunity if the changes re- quired by the payment of our national bonds are not employed to secure us something like the Scotch and Swedish banking sys- tem. The Manufacturer’s Record says that there are ‘‘fully one hundred thriving towns in the South, in which business is seriously hampered and restricted solely on account of the lack of banking capital, and in which a properly managed bank would be sure to yield large profits. The rate of interest for money is entirely too large in the South, and even at the high rates charged it is often impossible for business men to secure the money needed on the best security, owing to the searcity of banking capital. The prosperity of the South is largely dependent upon an increase in the number of banks there, for the Southern business man paying anywhere from 9 to 10 up to 15 per cent. interest for the use of money, cannot well compete with those in other sections who secure money at from 3 to 6 per cent.” In view of this state of things the Atlanta Constitution calls for the repeal of the national prohibitory tax on the circulation of State banks, and the res- toration of the State banking system under proper guarantees. RE REA. OTRO A very significant schism has occured in the Salvation Army. — Smail Cheese. From the Holstein-Friesian Register. : That Americans consume comparatively little cheese is a fact: also that cheese is one of the most wholesome and cheapest kinds of food, indeed often preferable to meat. Making small cheese, weighing four, five or ten pounds each, which could be readily sold at from fifty to 100 per cent. above ‘the market price for large sizes, would doubtless be of great benefit to this indus- try, and materially increase the local de- mand. . <_-_----—- Attention is called to the advertisment of | J.T. Bell & Co., proprietors of the Sagi- naw Valley Fruit House. Messrs. Bell & Co. have built up a large business in their line, and. nothing but the reasons given would impel them to dispose of so lucrative: a@ business, 4 in i Mt it Tarn Nt Ty t BHI oo" = (fess 4 un Ho 8 i 2 ge aa ha sc ge <3 Ho et an + <, us ta ge Q pe ua ge ge oe oa = SSBC EERUADHEEEEREE RUG HED EAR RER Ee HECKER & BROTHERIOF CROTON MilLs WURLD’S FAIR LONDON IN IGSIAND ing Flour by the award of portant invention, FOR THEIR SELF-RAISING FLOUR THE FIRST GOLD MEDAL EVER GIVEN INTHE UNITED STATES FORFLOUR. HECKER & BROTHER WERE AWARDED 3A ea MEBBEEEDE REO BBO EEE. A RVABVBABASBEBVsesD > The ES a at ee we ceneeeammin vim i \ tiie Wy rey tal avr 28>" aq WWW 15414 BAL G si i HECKERS’ SELF-RAISING BUCKWHEAT. Boxes holding 20 5 pound packages, ‘6 ‘ 40 21-2 “ “c 32 3 ‘c “cc ce ce $4.50 $4.50 $4.30 Discount--On lots of 25 boxes or more, 50 cents per box. The accompanying illustrations reprents the Boss Tobacco Pail Cover. It will fit any pail, and keep the Tobacco moist and fresh until entirely used. It will pay for itself in a short time. You cannot afford to do without it. For particulars, write to ARTHUR MEIGS & CO. Wholesale Grocers, SOlc Agents, 77 to 88iS0UTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. TIME TABLES. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. POPE isk inca brawn cessuanssounneees 9:10am Arrives. 3:55 pm tDay Expres: 2:30 pm 9:45 pm MAGNE TORY OSS ok cc ccs sce cees -11:00 pm 5:45am Muskegon Express........ .. - 6:00 pm 11:00 am *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful attendants without ex tra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p.m., and through coach on 9 a.m, and 11 p.m. trains, Newaygo Division. saves. Arrives. PORT OOR bccn nsuncnosntessecensiess Gee D On 4:50 pm MR, eich ek vena hbase cedeheuees 8:00 am 10:30 am All trains arrive and depart from Union Depot. The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. W. A. GAVETT, Gen’! Pass. Agent. J.B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Traverse City Express............. Traverse City and Mackinaw-Ex.,. 9:20am Leaves. 7:00 am 11:30am Petoskey and Mackinaw Expres 40 pm 5:05 pm BAPINAW REPOS, 2. 65 os eancce ccndes 11:25am 7:20am = OF Ol aa gee ad wens MERA 10:30 am. 4:10 pm Saginaw express runs through solid. 7am train has chair car for Traverse City. 11:30 a m train has chair ear for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 5:05 p m train has sleeping and chair cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw. GOING SOUTH. Mincinnati Mxprese. soo scsscce ves 7:15am Fort Wayne Exprees......0.ccecess 10:30 am 11:45am Cincinnati Express...'............. 4:40 pm 5:00 pm Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex..11:00 p m 7:15amtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave. Arrive. PRO NG i anno cede s ccna nehannea bated sukdeas nen 9:15am 1:00 D MR. ccc cesewcenescs 1:00 p m BPW BM Sid eccctaaseneddabig bans daowensenaahadan 7:10pm Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes late. Cc. L. Lock woob, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Kalamazoo Division. Leave. Arrive. Ex. & Mail. N. Y. Mail. N. Y. Mail. N.Y. Ex. 4:35pm 7:45am..Grand Rapids, 6:10 pm 5:55pm 9:02am..Allegan....... 5:00 am 7:05pm 10:06a m..Kalamazoo... 4:90 pm 8:30pm 11:35am..White Pigeon, 5:55am 2:20pm 2:30am 6:06pm..Toledo........ 11:00pm 9:45am 8:30am 9:40pm..Cleveland..... 6:40pm 5:35am 2:50pm %3:30am..Buffalo........ 1:55am 11:10pm 6:40am _ 6:50p m..Chicago....... 11:30pm 6:50am A loeal freight leaves Grand Rapids atl p m, carry- ing passengers as faras Allegan. All trains daily ex- cept Sunday. J. W. MCKENNEY, General Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. ‘Steamboat Pxpress...........5..5 5 WE NGOUGT MERE iN ass ke cope seeaws 10:40am +Evening Express.................. 3:15 p m *Limited Express............ . 9:20 pm 10:55 pm Mixed, WIER GOBER. 0.5. c.ces ceva. 11:00 a m GOING WEST. Siovnitig TAOTOOR. vn os bs ccs eee case 1:05 pm 1:10 pm MPhynuen MA, «. <5 cos kes ¢o-00 94 DIG D OM 5:05 pm +Steamboat Express...........500 10:40 pm OMIT a iriver eacei ab bina eraacnes 7:45am Piet BEPGGe, oo. cccccencceess ess CUORM 5:35 am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:25 am Express make close connection at Owosso for Lansing, and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:30 am the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner car and local sleeping cay from Detroit to Grand Rapids. D. Porrer, City Passenger Agent. Gro. B. REEVE, Traftic Manager Chicago. Michigan Central. DEPART. ean dd ome 6:15am «. 1:10pm + 10:10 pm cenunas 6:50am Detroit Expres Day Express. *Atlantic Exp Mixed 48 ARRI MP AOING' TROBE. 6 aves ccc enc cen asco snes escasne 6:00 am en prencss SOR M™ Grand Rapids Express... ..........cesesecsacnces 10:15 pm OR oy ei ace ooo oe wh ke eee n eens hes Cee tad 5:15 pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor carsrun on Day Express and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec- tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over M. Cc. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.) Cuas. H. Norris, General Agent. Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette. Going West. Going East. 7:00am 6:50a m..St. Ignace..... 8:30pm 5:55pm 12:20pm 940am..Seney......... 5:15pm 12:35pm 5:30pm 12:40pm) “ie 59 225 pm 7:00am I 12:50 p m6 Marquette .. 2 2:00 pm 1:40 pm..Negaunee..... 1:25 pm 1:55 pm. .Ishpeming....12:58 p m 5:30 pm,.Houghton .... 9:20am 5:50 pm.,.Haneock ..... 9:01 am 6:35 pm..Calumet...... 8:15am Mixed train leaves St. Ignace at 7am; arrives Mar- ques 5:30 p m. EK, W. ALLEN, n. Pass. and Ticket Agent, Marquette. BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Importers and W holesale Grocers. Sole Agents for Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch. “Jolly Tar” Celebrated’ Plug Tobacco, dark and light. Jolly Time” Celebrated Fine Cut To- bacco. _ Dwinell, Hayward & Co.s Roasted Coffees. Thomson & Taylor's Magnolia Coffee. Warsaw Salt Co.'s Warsaw Salt. “Benton” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor. “Van Camp” Tomatoes, Indianapolis. “Acme” Sugar Corn, Best in the World. In addition to a full line of staple groceries, we are the only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment of fancy groceries and table delicacies. Mail orders are especially solicited, which invariably secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. 05, 97 aud 29 Tonia St.and 51, 53, 95, 57 and 59 Island Sts, Gqrand Rapids, Mich. OYSTERS! We commenced handling Mills & Robinson’s Oysters on October ist. The goods will be canned in Baltimore, and we think them superior to goods canned in Detroit or Grand Rapids, as they are canned the same day they are shucked, and not laid around exposed to the air for days before they are can- ~ Eaton & Christenson, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO, MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. * AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘The Standard of Excellence KINGSFORDS “Dilver ye yERG . anew KINGSEORD & . ds GSFQRD 08S” Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc. TIE PERFECTION OF QUALITY. WILL PLEASE YOU EVERY TIME ! ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE COOES. # ‘ } oF ran Tradesmal Charlevoix United for “Pay Progress and | many of these Principle.” About thirty representative business men of Charlevoix met at Odd Fellows’ Hall last Thursday evening for the purpose of effect- ing a local organization. Dr. Geo. W. Crou- ter called the meeting to order and called Hon. John Nichols to the chair. Robert Kane was selected to act as secretary, when Dr. Crouter read the call for the meeting and the names of those who affixed their signatures to the paper. He then called upon President Hamilton for remarks per- taining to the subject. Mr. Hamilton re- sponded to the invitation, beginning his address with the following complimentary reference to the community: ‘‘You justly take pride in your town, your homes and your public buildings, and you have reason to congratulate yourselves upon the many improvements you have accomplished. Your fair village is known farand wide, from city to city, as the resting place for the tired man of business, the worn out pro- fessional man, the resort of the trout and sportsman. Your energy, your natural ad- vantages, your forests, your beautiful sheets of water on either side, are matters of com- mon knowledge. Your business men are alive to their best interest and, as shown in your representation here this evening, you are desirous of uniting for concerted action, securing manufacturing enterprises, reform- ing business abuses, securing greater fair- ness in all commercial transactions, curtail- ing the credit business, and ostracising the dead-beat. Such organizations have been formed from Petoskey on the north to Stur- gis on the south and from Detroit on the east to Grard Haven on the west; and wher- ever they have been in operation a month, the members unite in affirming that more can be accomplished by an organization ina week than by individual action in a year. I may be wrong, but I firmly believe that there is not a person within the sound of my voice who would not be able to supply himself with more of the comforts of life if he could collect all the little sums due him from the men whom he has trusted. The debtor may not be wholly to blame for this condition of atfairs—in fact, I think it is in a measure the fault of the merchant; but it nevertheless a fact that we have too many dead-beats. I was reading the other day about a farmer who drove to town with a load of wheat, and who was so disgusted at the offers he received for the grain that he determined to thrash every man in his way until he found out why the price was so low. After he had sueceeded in worsting three men, a policeman came along marched him off to thé lock-up with the remark: ‘I will tell you why the price of wheat is so low. Wehave too many farmers out of jail.’ My friends, I think this is just our case, we have too many dead-beats out of jail. But the inauguration of a half hun- dred organizations in this State means the adoption of a new system—a system which will enable you to collect many of these old accounts and prevent the making of fu- ture bad accounts.” The speaker then spoke somewhat at length on the other advantages secured through concert of action, when the editor of Time TRADESMAN explained the modus operandi of the collection system and the advantages of affiliating with the State As- sociation. On motion of Geo. W. Crouter, it was re- solved to immediately proceeed to organiza- tion, and the constitution of the Tustin As- sociation was adopted for the government of the organization. The following gentlemen then joined the Association: G. W. Crouter, W. P. Brown, John Nichols, D. C. Nettleton, Stockman & Iddings, A. J. Mudge, Louis Miller, Rosenthal & Son, Geo. W. Miller, Frank Wood, Carpenter, Bartholomew & Co., C. J. Strang, Charlevoix Manufacturing Co., F. W. Crane, John Bell, Mayne & Kane, G. W. Jeffries and L. D. Bartholomew & Co. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—John Nichols. Vice-President—Harvey L. Iddings. Secretary—R. W. Kane. Treasurer—Win. P. Brown. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, L. D. Bartholomew and Geo. W. Miller. The election of a Business Committee was deferred until the next meeting. A series of blanks for the use of the col- lection department was adopted and the Executive Committee was instructed to pro- cure the printing of the same. * The meeting then adjourned. —__.-9- Petoskey in Line on Organization. The business men of Petoskey met in the sample room of the Cushman House last Wednesday evening to consider the subject of organization. Jas. Buckley was selected to act as chairman of the meeting and L. W. Cole as secretary. The chairman stated the objects of the meeting and called upon President Frank Hamilton to explain the system in use by the Traverse City and other associations. Mr. Hamilton respond- ed to the invitation, outlining the reforms accomplished by concerted action at Trav- erse City and detailing the means by which such reforms were brought about. ‘‘We know one thing as merchants and business man,” said Mr. Hamilton, ‘‘and that is that we want our pay. If our accounts are legitimate, we want them bad. The present loose credit system has too many loop-holes, which virtually encourages lax- ness on the part of the customer. I was reading the other day about a little Sunday is | ' | | i | | | who was asked the definition of a ‘fallen angel’. The little fellow thought a minute and replied that it must be a ‘dirty devil’, Ithink that term is applicable to people who willfully beat the business man out of his goods. Some of them are creatures of circumstances—vic- tims of the loose credit system, which ex- ists from the manufacturer to the consumer. When times are good, losses are reduced to a minimum, but when the dull times come stocks must be moved and in order to push sales, the merchant frequently invites lines of questionable credit. Much of this credit business can be curtailed, with benefit to both the dealer and his customer, and an organization affords the best possible means of bringing about that result. Isn’t it time to put aside this antiquated abuse— a practice bordering on savagery—and join together ‘for the purpose of gaining on the credit business and getting in some of the cash already out?” The speaker then referred to the benefits accruing to organization by fostering a spirit of enterprise which results in the securing of mills, factories and other improments, reduction of exhorbitant freight and insurance rates, the bringing about early closing and the reformation of other abuses affecting busi- ness men. At the conclusion of his address, the editor of THE TRADESMAN explained the use of the blanks used in securing col- lections and the compilation of a delinquent list. ; J. L. Alger moved that the organization of an association be immediately proceeded with, which was adopted. J. Vanzolenburg moved that the constitu- tion of the Tustin Association be adopted, which was carried. The following then identified themselves with the Association: W. W. McOmber, H. C. Piester, D. N. White, Buckley & Daggett, L. Plammonden, G. M. Harwood, J. L. Alger, G. W. Bump, G. E. Mills, S. Rosenthal, Hancock & Boyce, Barber & Son, A. Fochtman, Kilman & Bowman, D. H. Byram, J. Vanzolenburg, Gould & Bel- knap, L. W. Cole, F. W. Ruddiman, C. C. Hammil, Pettingill Bros. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—Jas. Buckley. Vice-President—L. W. Cole. Secretary—C. Bowman, Treasurer—G. W. Bump. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, J. Vanzolenburg and Ad. Fochtman. - The election of the Business Committee was deferred until the next meeting, when the meeting adjourned. os Kalkaska Arrayed on the Side of Progress. Every business man of Kalkaska, save two, met last Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of considering organization. C. E. ramsey was selected to act as chairman and J. N. Tinklepatgh as secretary pro tem. Mr. Ramsey stated the objects of the meet- ing and called upon President Frank Ham- ilton for full explanations as to the scope and meaning of organization. Mr. Hamilton said he realized the incon- venience it caused business men to leave their desks and counters during the middle of the day, but he considered the object for which they had met to be of sufficient im- portance to warrant the sacrifice. _ Business men as a class are too slow to come together: for consultation and action. They meet in the secret orders, but not as business men, whereas they need unification to reform abuses, secure their rights and stimulate new thought. Competition is a good thing, but there is a point at which it should stop, before strife and ill-feeling are engendered. So, too, business organizations are able to secure public improvements which individ- ual action cannot accomplish. Every addi- tional fifty men attracted to a town means more trade for the merchant, more market for the farmer. Why not join hands to bid for these things through the proper channel? Mr. Hamilton referred to the depredations of the dead-beat somewhat at length, point- ing outa feasible method of shutting him off, when the editor of Turk TRADESMAN explained the use of the callection blanks and the advantages of auxiliary membership in the State Association. S, H. Sweet moved that the formation of an association be proceeded with, which was adopted, when the constitution of the Tustin Association was adopted for the goy- ernment of the organization. The following charter members were then received: A. G. Drake, 8S. H. Sweet, C. S. Blom, Pipp Bros., J. D. Clark, Goodrich & Son, A. C. Beebe, H. E. Stover, Perkins & Ellis, W. D. Totten, W. H. Earls, Clark Bros., C. P. Sweet, Noteware & Beebe, Dr. IF. R. Boyd, Dr. 8. A. Johnson, Jas. Craw- ford, D. Hammon, A. A. Bleazby, A. E. Palmer, Geo. Parker, Haines & Harrison, W. J. Getty, Jas. A. Lunney, J. N. Mor- gan & Co., Dennis & Tinklepaugh, Kellogg & Wooden, C. Cronin, Dr. B. C. Elms. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—A. E. Palmer. . Vice-President—H. E. Stover. Secretary—C. E. Ramsey. Treasurer—F. R. Boyd. The election of the remaining members of the Executive Committee and the Business Committee was postponed until the next meeting, when the Association adjourned. en - An Echo from Berrien Springs. BERRIEN Springs, Dec. 18, 1886. Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids: DeArR Srr—Please excuse me for not writing sooner and acknowledging your cir- cular letter. Am alone and have been quite busy, but will try and do my best for the interest of organization after the holidays. Would be pleased to have a copy of the constitution and by-laws and the stipulated price list referred to in your circular letter. Yours respectfully, Henry KepHanrt. The nois Plan. Bioomine ton, Ul, Dee. 17, 1886. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—Yours of the 9th and: Tre TRADESMAN of the 15th ta,hand. Thanks for each. Had I known my article was to have been published, I would have procur- ed more information regarding the work- ings of your associations. Since receiving your blanks I am more pleased with your system than ever and think it cannot help but succeed, if interest is kept up, and I know it will be. The local associations’ collection through the State system, I see is superior to ours, which is purely local. If I could attend your general meeting, I would be happy to do so and know I would be benefitted thereby; but I fear I cannot get that way at that time. Success to your work all along the line. Yours, A. MANSFIELD. eet a Miscellaneous Dairy Notes, Detroit parties will build a creamery at Windsor. Private enterprise will give Vernon a $6,000 creamery. Notier & Bakelaar suceeed M. Notier as proprietors of the Crystal creamery, at Hol- land. Geo. Sinclair succeeds Sinclair & Cun- ningham in the manufacture of cheese box material at Hudsonville. _——_——- — The Grocery Market. The features of the week in the grocery market have been a slight decline in hard sugars, an upward tendency in prunes, and a further advance in dried apples, which give promise of going away out of sight. Sun dried have jumped from 4 to 6 cents during the past week and are likely to touch 8 cents before another issue of THE TRADESMAN reaches its readers. ——— a x To Members of the M. C. T. A. To enable members of the M. C. T. A. to attend the meeting at Detroit on Dee. 31, all the railroad have agreed to sell tickets at one fare for the round trip, on presenta- tion of membership card. Tickets good from Dee. 30 to Jan. 1. E. Morriock, President. DeETRoIT, Dec. 18, 1886. : GLOVER SEED WANTED AT Grand Rapids Seed Store 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—The best winter varieties are searce at $2.75@$3 # bbl. DCA OERSO Beans—Country hand-picked command $1.25 #® bu., and city picked $1.40. Beets—4ic #@ bu. Buckwheat—2\ce # b. Butter—Michigan creamery is in good de- mand at26@28e. Dairy is in tair demand at 18@20c. Cabbages—$4@$5 # 100, according to size. Carrots—tic @ bu. . Celery—Grand Haven or Kalamazoo, 20@25c 8 doz. Cheese—Fall stock of Michigan full cream is firm at 183@13%ce. Cider—10c # gal. Cranberries—Choice Bell and Bugle and Cape Cod command @$9$9.50 #@ bbl. Jerseys, $3 ®@ bu. Dried Apples—Evaporated, 12@lic ® b; quartered and sliced, 64c ® b. Dried Peaches—Pared, l5c. Eggs—Scarce and high. Strictly fresh are grabbed up quick at 22@23c and pickled and cold storage stock are in good demand at 18@ 19¢. Graphs—Malagas, $1.50@$5 # keg. Honey—Firm at 12@138c. Hay—Bailed is moderately active at $15 per ton in two and five ton lots and $14 in car lots. Onions—Searce and high, good stock readily commanding $2.75 #2 bbl. Potatoes—Nominally Jquoted at 30c. Quiet. Pop Corn—24%@3e # bb. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys, $4 ® bbl. Squash—Hubbard, 2c # hb. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—No change. City millers pay 75 cents for Lancaster and 72 for Fulse and Clawson. Corn—Jobbing generally at 46@4ic in 100 bu. lots and i2@438¢e in carlots. Oats—W hite, 38¢ in small lots and 32@38e in car lots. Rye—48@50c ® bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ® ewt. Flour—Lower. Patent, $5 #% bbl. in sacks and $5.20 in wood. Straight, $4 ® bbl. in sacks and $4.20 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ® bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $13 #% ton. ton. Ships, $14 # ton. Corn and Oats, $18 8 ton. Bran, $13 Middlings, $15 # ton. HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as follows: HIDES. Green ....% b 6%@ 7 |Calf skins, green Part cured... 7%@ 8 or cured....7 @9 hog Oe a4 844@ 8%/|Deacon skins, ry es an iece..... 20 @50 Ripe cake 8 @1L2 ¥P . SHEEP PELTS. Old wool, estimated washed # b...... 25 @28 ROMIOW eS ls ke ae 3 @ 3% WOOL, Fine washed # i 25@28|Coarse washed... .20@24 Medium ........:27@30|Unwashed........ 2-3 FURS. ONE 662i soe 10 00@15 00 PUOWOE oes ek ikis ck 4 00@ 6 00 SOO is hee aa 75@ 1 00 Wee ea cea HOG 75 PIOUBO TBE. oo. os voce sess oe okie 10@ 20 BOR, POG. oc sece ti eel ee 1 OO@ 1 40 ** Cross...... Scheer a be ieais seeks e 8 00@ 5 00 AN ea a 1 00@ 1 25 BOONE iis a a 4 00@ 8 00 BO ee 8 00@ 8 00 PN isi igoivesceccati cose ee 30@G = oT0 MONA i aie Ss 1 00d 1 50 MOE ois 5o os ose bas 5 00@ 8 00 es eos cheb be ae ae 4@ 100 LLL Se ae ene a gk pede kes c eoGas 1 00@ 1 10 olf <2 3 @0 Peer Oe ia 5@ 2 These prices are for prime skins only, Michigan System Ahead of the Illi- | ~ Groceries. WHOLESALE: PRICE CURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, Who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. CYGWO ooo e cca . SOfParagon ...:....... 210 Frazer's... ....... 90)Paragon 25 tb pails. 90 Diamond X........ 60|Fraziers, 25 b pails.1 25 Modoc, 4 doz....... 2 50 - BAKING POWDER. Acme, 4 tb cans, 3 doz. case................ 85 oe a ke ae ee Wr pacea ceca kvces Oe 2 a oe ee 3 00 . POM og ae oon a ies Cun e eco coe 25 PONG MA oe eee Cee ceo 1 25 » Rs cas cosh vases 2 25 . UO Gow dad chi ae cede: cas keeues a... 4 28 . TN eee cy eee cys ek vance 28 Arctic, \% b cans, 6 doz, case pr eeebis diac eee 45 gee 4° Se * rt.“ 3 aa ue iea 6 2 40 ve r, * 1 ee alee ‘122 00 Victorian, 1 I cans, (tall,) 2 doz..... ...... 2 00 TPIAIIODG, WRI oo och oss ck hea cae cee cs @ 15 BLUING. PO, ee ee cc bine keds idea ae doz. 25 Dry, No. 3...... Ms oe a aa doz. 45 BU, © Ocoee vs oe os ws cee doz. 35 PAO, BOR is lee i Sice ac doz. 65 POON OR ioe enc sec caiat cise # gross 3 50 PR Oc cdc cc cous ic ake 7 PO MO. ck one il cav nec esis sas 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box................ occ ee Arctic No. 2 = Pee lec aG ue Cen aseaa ee 3 00 Arctic No.3 oe Oe aia ee Neues - 400 BROOMS. No. 2Hurl.......... 1 7%5|Common Whisk.... 90 No. 1 Hurl....2 00@2 25|Faney Whisk...... 1 00 No. 2Carpet........ ltd OE AE TERS 3 75 No. 1Carpet........ 2 50; Warehouse ........ 2% Parlor Gem........ 3 00; CANNED FISH. Clams, | fh, Little Neck.................... 1 65 Samm Chowder, @ MW... 6... oi ec ec cs nas 2 2 Cove Oysters, 1 i standards.......... 95@1 00 Cove Oysters, 2 ib standards............. 1 75 Poperers, | Wiehe. o.oo cca col o ccc sca 1 75 Lometers, 2, PICNIC. .. oc... ose ce al 2 65 HOnaters, LID StAr: oo. o.oo ce ces ilk 2 00 PADBSONB.D Oy BEBE ooo g cane oo nc ccs a cee 3 00 Mackerel, 1 i fresh standards............ 1 40 Mackerel, 5 ib fresh standards............ 5 25 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 fb........... 3 00 Mackerel,3 hin Mustard.................. 3 00 Mackerel, 3 soused................ 0.005. 3 00 Salmon, 1 i Columbia river............... 1 70 Salmon, 2 hh Columbia river............... 2 85 Sardines, domestic 4%8...........:......005 7@8 Sardines, domestic %S8................... 10@12 Sardines, Mustard %8..................00. 12 Sardines, imported \8.................. ve oe MOUS, 41 COOK ois es cass cen cede 4 00 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, gallons. standards................ 2.75 | Blackberries, standards................... 110 Cherries, red standard.................... 95 PIOOHOUR oe ee ee a, 1 00 Egg Plums, standards ............... 1 20@1 25 Green Gages, standards 2 f........ -». 1 20@1 25 Peaches, Extra Yellow ..............0se0es 1 90 POHONOS, SIANGRTAS.. 0.0005 ccc ccs cee ae 1 60 PRREDOR, BOOOME ioc cess cs csc ence 1 45 Pineapples, standards..................... 1 50 Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... .......... 2 60 Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated...... ..... 25 Ce ES EG Oa rai 1 2 PARBPDETVIOR, OXtTA.... 0... 0.5 casas: 1 20@1 30 RETAMOITICS, Cocca ces ee has pease sce 1 M@1 25 CANNED VEGETABLES. * Asparagus, Oyster Bay.................60- 2 50 Beans, Lima, standard.......... hueeeae co 75@85 Beans, Stringless, Erie... ...........0...6. 95 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 65 Corn, Archers Trophy.................00« 1 00 mt RY GIONS 6c kos oa oe os i AY UE a aa ede acl oe eeu eu 110 OP A OE eee e cee sek 1 v0 A OOINM oe 1 00 POOR, PHONO ool os os as ok ce, 1 60 Peek, Otirn merrorat.... .........;... 1 20@1 40 Wee, SORROG 8 7D FuMpein, 0D Gomer... os... ok. ee. 9@IPS Buceorash, Standard... ...... cceek sess 75@1 20 Ree ee 1 00 Tomatoes, standard brands...... aes cas 1 05 CHEESE. Mioniven fll Oream...... 5.4... c1 ee: 13 @3% Work State, AOme........-00. 52-4. ; @13% CHOCOLATE. AMONG. cao eo 37 German Sweet....... 23 MURKION . se. 35, Vienna Sweet ....... 22 COCOANUT. PROTLOVIDR, 16 6c ace veces caeee eek cs 25 “7 TARO BAe a @26 - Be ee cee a. @27 . S690 1 PATS. eco. ees, @27% i Ms ee ae ih edewwes @28% RABI Oy i als xb ea sce cots acne @23% “ Is: ANG 348.... i256 Ge pore @24 sg Esc og sae sap nabs kuea deee ds @24% Mappatian, DAIS... 3.5.5 oes ieassascne @20 WOOPIGNS cio ial io cians aces oie @18 COFFEES. Green. | Roasted. MUO shih caw cscs 1 @lt (Rio... .c..... 16 @18 Golden Rio...17 @19 Golden Rio...18 @20 Santos........ 15 @li |Santos.............. 20 Maricabo........... 6 (Maricabo....... 18@20 MOOR oo. ica cee 23@25 jJava.......... - 25.26 O. G. Java....20 @22 |0. G. Java....23 @25 MOOR <5. 6.55555 23 |Mocha.. ....27 @28 COFFEES—PACKAGE, 60 Ibs 100 hs 390 hs ace se le 1924. 1914 194 Oe Bn ck ce ok cae soca s cann 194g 1944 1934 MPAUWORUR Bo sos oi sos 5 cases ses 1914 PO ne vce bd on cebecnia caus 19 WOOTO ocd. ce cca cade cace cs 19 A ves vie ek acs aes 19 Lion, in cabinets............... 1934 PROG, wk kos chat ceca cn 19 OVA ro oo iccticeecs ake Misc ee 181g 17% ices 19 19 18% OO Fe on as ch cc cs dno ca sax 24h PRON IOMTE 6c aoa cea cca 18 CORDAGE. 60 foot Jute..... 100 (50 foot Cotton....1 60 72 toot Jute ..... 25 |60 foot Cotton....1 75 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (72 foot Cotton....2 00 CRACKERS AND SWEET GOopDs. . XXX Pb Kenosha Butter................ 6% Seymour Butter............... 5 PURO ove ck ceca en lasek 5 Wancy Bitter... of. .s oso .5 es 4% i Clowes 5 PRI ok obese sk pecs os ae seas cs 5 Mancy Ovyster.........5......4 43% MOUCY BOQK cis ce cece es a8 ect and hope ere long to be included Next se cree 20\Jack Rabbits... |. 35 | in the list. Please inform us of the neces- BAGS os edhess. Saved 44\Chocolate Cream. ...39 | sary arrangements and expenses of organiza- Old Honesty eeecesaee 40; Nimrod Sede eeanke meee 35 then ana oblige your ait . — SOU TAP oe 6.0554 2 Big Five Center......33 : Se wha . Jolly Time........... SOE oo icccc ns cueas 42 CHAMBERLAIN Bros. eg abit cr aae BANOO oc bo duce sscce 35 a nt ack Bird........... 82/Black Prince......... 35 The Drug’ Live and Let Live...32|Black Racer......... : = uaker aa ane: 28 times... 42 rum Opium Was weak and lower a few u Od 66 <6 cows na OOOEED cv ciig snk acac 389 | davs last week as again ralli : oan duces thas 98 days last week, but has again rallied and is Be Nig... uci ees = ee sigs cnne ste - now firm. Morphine is strong. Quinine is hole Earth... | /33|Ben nklin. |. ’' 32} higher. Gum arabic is advancing. Oil a - ieamasnon meee ees. netinsanies » lemon, orange and bergamot are dull and Spring Ohicken......38)Hiawatha............ 42 | lower. Oil sassafras is firm. Insect pow- mon oA corre 30) Musselman’s Corker.30 | der has sustained an advance of 10 per cent. *Delivered. 2e. less in three butt lots. !and high prices are looked for in the spring. r» « . - Drugs & Medicines State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Five Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. President—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 1. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President— Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. First Vice-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor, Loomis. Second Vice-P resident—Henry Harwood, Ishpeming. Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. Secretary—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Treasurer—W m. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—Geo. W. Crouter, J. G. Johnson, Frank Wells, Geo. Gundrnm and Jacob Jesson. Local Secretary—Guy M. Harwood, Petoskey. Next Place of Meeting—At Petoskey, July 12, 13 and 14. Grand "Rapids P harmac -eutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. President—Geo. G. a Vice-President—H. KE. Locher. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. Box ae Censors—President, ret : Beard "Of Trustees—The President, John E. Peck, M. B. Kimm, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond. wen, Isaae Watts, Wm. E, White and Wm. L. W. hite. Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- child and Hugo Thum. 3 Committee on Legislation—R. A. McWilliams, Theo. Kemink and W. H. Tibbs. : Committee on Pharmacy—W. L. White, A. C. Bauer and Isaac Watt Regular Meeti ings—First Thursday evening in each month. Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November. Next Meeting—Thursday evening, Jan. 6, at THE TRADES- MAN office. Vice-President and See- Saginaw County Pharmaceutical Society. President—Jay Smith. First Viee-President—W. H. Yarnall. Second Vice-President—R. Bruske. Secretary—D. E. twee Treasurer—H. Melchers. Committee on Trade Matters—-W. B. Moore, H. G. Ham- ilton, H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and R. z Birney Regular Meetings—Secend Wednesday afternoon in each month. Detroit Pharmaceutical Sogiety. ORGANIZED OCTOBER, 1883. President—A. F. Parker. : First Vice-President—Frank Inglis. Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller. Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Alien. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae. Annual Meeting—Fi irst Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in eac h month. Jackson County Pharmaceutical Ass’n, President—R. F. Latimer. Vice-President re D. Colwell. Secretary—F. A. King. Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey. Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E: Foot and C, Haskins. Annual Meeting—First Thursday in November. Regular Mee tings—F- irst Thursday in each month. _ iz. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President—I. C. gt ry. Vice-President—P. VanDiense. Secretary and Treasurer—Geo. L. LeFevre, Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Ne xt Meeting- wa Wennesday evening, Jan. 12. ~ Oceana County Pharmac eutical Society. President—F. W. Fincher. Vice-President—F. W. VanWickle. Secretary—Frank Cady. Treasurer—E. A. Wright. Universal Pharmacy Laws. N. G. B.in National Druggist. I. The man who serves the publie as a retail pharmacist Must have an eye on all things good; and from all bad desist. ri. Must know at sight ail ills which blight, and what their cures consist, And be,in fact, Mikado-like, t hropist eg “a true philan- Iit. He must have a reputation most noble, high, and grand, And make his preparations the best upon the land, Iv. With zealous care must guard his tongue from all profanity, And labor nights as w ell as days humanity. for- suffering v. Must make a eure he warrants sure for colic and for cramps, And keepfhis temper sweet and pure while seil- ing postage stamps. Vi. Must always have a smiling face, may be disgusted, When patrons come to buy a thing, and for the same ure trusted. Vil. Must hire clerks who do their tionless machinery, And pay them, too, for what they do, and give them change of scenery. e VII. Must spend with profit leisure hours by adding to his lore, : ; i And never smoke a poor cigar, or whistle in his store. though he work like fric- Ix. Must follow neatness as a guide in all his deeds diurnal, And be a paid subscriber to this interesting journal. x. Must be in fact a man of semse, as each of us “ can see, And then success his store will biess,,and he will happy be. = o> —-—- Importance of Microscopy.* The object of this association, like simi- jar societies in other states, is to promote the interests of pharmacists, to increase their prosperity by stimulating the members to become more proficient in the discharge of the duties of the profession, and to look after the commercial side of the druggist’s life, with a view of developing the most business-like methods of conducting trade. Some of the members who have been in active service for the past twenty-five to forty years might give us an interesting re- view of the changes in the kinds of drugs, classes of preparations as well as individual ones, lines of patent goods, and methods of manipulation which have passed and seem like a panoramic view when resurrected by the memory from the pages of the past. That the lives of those who follow the drug business for the next generation will be filled with as many changes, is certainly to be expected. To the young men who are settling down to the routine of duties, this future is of much more importance than the past. The physician and surgeon uses ap- pliances to-day which were not dreamed of a few years ago, and the yeung students of the present time fail to comprehend how medicine and surgery were practiced in days when modern conveniences were unknown. The pharmacist of the present period also has advantages over his predecessors, who were obliged to make mercurial ointment by hand, pills without a machine, and labor- ‘jously learn by years of unsystematic study less than is now taught in the colleges of pharmacy during a two-years’ course. One the shelves of drug stores are no longer to be seen the long rows of bundles, boxes, and cans of radix this, herba that, *Paper read by H. M. Whelpley, Pu. G., be- fore Missouri State Pharmaceutical Associa- ‘tion. | lens, and folia the other. Many of these drugs are now kept in the form of powders, or neat packages of pressed goods. 0 Next Year’s Convention. Local Secretary Harwood has secured $2 rate at the Arlington Hotel for all dele- gates to the annual convention of the M. S. P. A., at Petoskey next July, and he is now working for a $1.50 rate at the $2 hotels, with good prospect of success. Mr. Har- wood has good reasons for thinking that the exhibit next year will not fall far short of the line of goods shown this year, as‘he has secured several concessions in freight rates, which will reduce the . dxhibitors’ expenses. to the minimun. at After the Holiday Rush. CHEeBOYGAN. Dec. 17, 1886. F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—I have received your letter designating me a committee of one to work up a local organization. Owing to the usual holiday rush, I will have to postpone action until after January 1. Have written ‘for a copy of the G. R. P. A. by-laws. We all seem to ‘dwell together in harmony,” with no desire to cut on prices. Don’t know what the prospects of a successful local society are. ae, uo. . A. BUGBEE. A ll A A Mason County Druggists in Line. LUDINGTON, Dec. 15, 1886. Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sir—Your appointment to hand. Mason county has a Pharmaceutical Society in good healthy working order. It was or- ganized one year ago and has worked charm- ingly since organized. Respectfully, S. M. Snow. ny Michigan Drag Exchange. Mills & Goodman, Props. 357 South Union St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Pasir icine ANTED—Registered drug clerks, either pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, honest, industrious and willing to work on moderate salary. ‘ OR SALE—Stock of about $1,400 in town of 800 inhabitants in eastern part of State. OR SALE—Stock of about $5,000 in town of 3,000 inhabitants in Texas. Doing fine business. ‘Terms liberal. OR SALE—Stock of $1,800 in town of 12,000 inhabitants in central Wisconsin. Can be bought on very liberal terms. OR SALE—Stock of $700 in town of 300. No other drug store within seven miles. ‘ OR SALE—Stock of about $1,600 in town of ae oy inhabitantsin northern Illinois. Terms iberal. OR SALE—Stock of $860 in small town in western Indiana. Terms easy. OR SALE—Stock of $1,200in an inland town in midst of tine farming country. Will either sell or rent building. Terms easy. LSO—Many other stocks, the particulars of which we will furnish on application. f hygte DRUGGISTS—Wishing to seeure clerks eat furnish the address and full par- ticuldts of those on our list free. Michigan Drug Exchange, 357 South Union St, - © Grand Rapids, WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. | cA dataca acid; oil bergamot, mor- , phia. ACIDUM. URE 5 ad eke ta ev se ee 8@ 10 Benzoicum, erin 5 cocks os .. S80@1 00 ROOM ooo os von cue cee ob ib pan ee B8@, . 38 BCT Pe ns kg ba hetas Faces cae oes ok 70@ 75 TIVGrOOMIO? ooo eee. sos e ek ee 3@ 5 PTET eas ica a es Chk ed W@ 12 RP AOME Be oa Suis soa ak voces eke bs 4 12 RCP ek ot dda ee cc oe 1 85@2 10 Tannicum...,,......5- Sr tkay cies es 1 40@1 60 | TU i we ce ee ck css cae ke 5H0@ 53 AMMONIA. : AGUA, 26 MOw 6s. 6. css ee uae eueaaes s@ 5 ee 18 deg Se a i ae re er IM 6 RAPIOTIAR ak Seve s boi e ae sec cnncacces 1.@ 14 NOPE UEAEDD oc has cd din sks he the cee wane 2@ 14 BACCAE. Cunenne (0. EG... cca ce ci ves cacctcs 1 85@1 59 UOOPIS, oes cs cay bes cack es es ie ae 6O 7 PPOMENOR VIG oi Lis ccede nce y vncesss 25@ 30 BALSAMUM. MR go ch oa kn ves -« 40@ 50 fg eg Pere) a ic i egetiael ives ear ear @t 50 Meret, CAMAGG,. oo .8 oc bc oe ae 5s ages 5 B8@ 4) Pelee ci es 45@ 50 CORTEX ROG. DIATE oe ae tN nc os eee 18 ARE a Per aces Sees ss chee il Cinenone PIAVa... 2.66. ic cewc twee ives {8 Euonymus atropurp..... ............ 30 Myrica Ceritera, D0: . 2... ..6..5 5. eee 20 PUN VOI on ce ee pe ee hs oe 2} Quillaia, oe cs oes cme eases 2 Pe als ceca ks 10 ne ee on nc cba sd ke wa 12 Ulmus Po iieouna Be ee, 10 EXTRACTUM. Gly eyrr hiza reset Peery ee anc ee 24@ 25) Da Fava sisi eilne nes euccie 88@ 35) Haematox, 15 tb |) ae a re een 8@ 9} . BOs as acs Vege @ 12 . ee ees a eee yaa ok @ bb “ Be @ 1b FERRUM. Paerhonate PreGIN.. 6... 6 es ee ccc @ ib Citrate and Quinia...... ............. @3 50 | Citrate Sombie. 4... ce... nse cokes eve @ 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol.................... @ 50! MOG CHIGG. ooo a oe wees cg es oe @ 1b Sulphate, com’), (bbl. 75).............- 14A@ 2} Wt a eo cae is cae oc cn es eo Fi GUMM1. Acacia, ist picked be ebe ss as cc ck @1 00, I cs Pave se been cs @ 90} - ea ease ks @ 80! + SITEGG SOPUR Gs ii yee ed. cccks @ 65) st TM ce a es ee a .- H@1 00} Aloe, Barb, (po. ae 50@ 60 MAG, (00.2) ce @ 12 * Soeorrine, (0, G0)... acc cc cece: @ 5b PUR TAON IO eee cleans 25@ 30 MASBBTOCTION, (PO. 2D). occ. sees ce ceases @ 15} MOO PORN oi oy vce as eee abe e ce 5O@ 55 | RU OOPAG (cc ce ec ie kee ses case Bee SE ne 1B, (48, 14: 66, 16)... 0.0562. @ 13) Euphorbium, po ie DIOS Gen 35@ 10 | NN se ak Ca 5 oss oa ce ce @ 80} CPRINORO OO esi cu, we cee ans secs EO 8D IMO CD, 400i. oe cee se ans as @ 35) PeO. 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Bess. i i ce ve cca coe a 10@ 12 isivenrrhiza., (ov. 15). ..i 0... 3. eek: .. 1@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden, (po. 30)........... @ 2% Heliebore, Alba, po................... 1@ 2 POUte, HO ie ee, 15@ 20 POM Pa sok ba os ee so 1 00@1 10 REM OR ee a os a oo cs aes ao 30 BIRPRIO. SB ek a ons @ 35 POGGDUVIUAIN, BO. i ois osc s ie ec cecns 1@ 18 UN ae cet ieee ese ae eie eye ven 75S 1 OV | OM ea eee ys @l1 75 | I aca k ss Ces oes ieee censuses sen T5@1 3d | Reee re 6U@ 65 | Baneuinerie, (BO. 15). oo oo os ok @ | | PRAROOUERTIA Co iss occas ede es 45@, BOOS ee oe ites aie eu oo; 50@ 0 | Smilax, Otlicinalis, ee, ‘ @ 40 | POON ee a2, @ 20) WAG, (OO: BO ccd soos onc ek ccs 10@ 12 Symplocarpus, Foetidus, po.......... @ 2% Vv aleriana, English, (po. 80)........... @ 2% POP IOM i i as Lb@ 20) SEMEN j mpi, WG. oe) ie a: @ 17} Aplum (BrAVEOIONS)........ 6. .2..55..% R@ 15} es ky ee a 4@ 6} eer, (Os ee es ae ck es 12@ 13} ONE os ik ee 1 0€@1 25 | TPE tie as cia ce 10@ 12] RANNRDIE SALVE. 60 cc. ke eces eters 38%4Q@ 4 RO eos oa os oan ..-. 1O@1 | CUGRODOGHI eo coi ces eee sche 10@ 12) PUECTIZ, OGOTEtO. ohne. cee ecw ess 1 T5@L 85 | POICUNI 6 occ es ace ce care ess @ VW} POBDURTORE, DO. oe kk sci cae cadences 6 8 | Bn oe i ees cee eka ba baa es B4Y@ $4) mh: OVO. (ie he B%4Q@ 4 PRAlaris Canarian. . 2... .. cide. ac ss 4 @ 4%) TU Gh esos oc cok had Sheu curved dace 5@ «6 | Sinapis, MN che 8@ 9) PUR re. ec aa es cack: 8@ 9} SPIRITUS. Frumenti; W., D. & Co... .. 3.5 2 00@2 50 | Penmenti 0... sk... 1 TH@2 OC | SO ee Oe cs 1 10@1 50 atineria CO; Oo ces ee as 1 J5@1 75 | WM UIONIS O08 eek os Soa ec e casas ks 1 75@3 50 | MARORATUI Ni Bo ee ee ca: 1 75@2 00 Sr Vint Ae i ee 1 75@6 50 | MT PONEO ae a os ee cig eee 1 25@2 00 ViGt ALO 6 eas Derr ece ue 1 25@2 SPONGES. Florida sheevs’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau Oo do oeeee 2 00 Velvet Ext do do ; 110 ExtraYe * do OO aks 85 Grass do do ties 65 Hard! sfor slate use........... ony Yellow Reef, Oe aes 1 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Aither, Spts Nitros, 3 F...............: 26@ 28° Aither, Spts. Nitros, £F......... acs W@ 32 | APUMIOD esc cos sy eke ks ki ceus k eee 2%@ 8% | a BTOUNG, (00, 7). .0 5.60.6 8 4 BU oo erie Sc 60 | WE i rede e cece ccc bes uses 9 00@16 00 MAOe TU. oe. css se ae i@ 8 OILs. Bbl Gal ee ee 70 75 EP, OR oe ese ck bs ce celta cack 5h 60 EN a ioc a i on eka qacac ces 45 55 EeMROOG, PUTE FAW... c. ccc ce eceecas OS 41 RaMeOOG, WOLIOE . 6 ooo occ ce coca ccs 41 44 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 Spirite Turpentine... .... 6.2.6... 5... 42 47 PAINTS Bbl Lb Red Venetian..... scans Ie 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles... 13% 2Q@ 3 Ochre, yellow, Bermuda.. - 1 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ...........- 2% 2%@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3 Vermilicn, prime American.. 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 65@70 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly — Leia os 7@ 7% Lead, white, strictly pure..... ‘@ 7% Whiting, white Spanish..... , G@i0 Whiting, Gildere’.............. @90 White, Paris American........ 11 Whiting Paris English cliff. . 1 40 Pioneer Prepared J aints .... 1 20@1 40 Swiss Villa Prepare: Paints.. 1 00@1 20 VARNISHES. Ba: Tar Cogan oo. oo. ci cece eee 1 10@1 20 Ee Pk a eee cies 1 60@1 70 OO ee cine a de es 2 T5Q@3 00 No.1 Tarp Purniture. ..... .....265<.. 7 00@1 10 etre TOR DAMA... 5. 6c. we cece cca 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. | Turp.............. 70@ 75 CRATE Ree TANSY GA CAPSULE THE LATEST DISCOVERY. S Dr Tavarile’s Celebrated Preparation, Safe and |Slweys Reliable. Indispensable to LADIES. Send’ 4 cents for Sealed Circular. (CALUMET CHEMICAL €0., Chicago, ut roe. TOP rHat QUGH i; ANNOYS «, VERYBODY ‘PROCURE A BOTTLE OF ALLENS [UNG BALSAM at any DDRUGSTORE TAKE IT FAITH FULLY, AND You wi WBE Bur one. ce Y FOR COUGHS & COLDS AND THAT ts Allens lungBalsam Solo. BY, A’ DRUGGISTS Ar 25 * 50% y $122 Fe tie J. N. Harnise Co emir PROP sy | Antimoni, po.........2......60 cantocs) SaaS Antimoni et Potass Tart.............. 55@ 60 t MP RGR BREEAM Sooo os chs i 6. 0c 0s saan @ 8 , Arsenicum Die ocean en cabeutceds sy --2 <> __ For Better Cheese and Butter. | | Unlike cheese dealers in New York, the) leading dealers in Canada are, for the most | part, experienced and_ skillful manufactur- | ers, and know when cheese is well or ill made. They are alive to its improvement, | and watch with jealous eyes the errors of the. unskilled. Out of $1,000 appropriated by the Government to each of the leading asso- | ciations in Ontario, each manages to publish | a report of its annual convention and save, $800 to be expended in a system of superin- | tendence by which the superior skill of the | | few superior makers is brought to bear upon | the inferior skill of the many, while of an | equal appropriation granted to the New York Association not a penny is left after paying | expenses. The Ontario Government has been generous with its dairymen, and they have used the bounties bestowed upon them | to good advantage for themselves and for, | the province. New York State is also generous to her) dairymen. She has given $1,000 annually | for several years to support her leading as- | sociation; she has put money into an Exper- | iment Station in the dairymen’s behalf, and | when the great dairy interest of the state | has seemed to be in dauger, she has come nobly forward and scattered money with no sparing hand for its defense. 1 admire this generosity, but L[eannot help querying wheth- er it is employed to the best advantage. It seems to me that if the $50,000 expended last year, and the $75,000 this year, largely for the defense of poor butter and cheese, were employed in improving instead of de- fending them, the dairy interest of the state might quickly be raised to a position that would make it independent of competition with Canadian cheese, and with bogus but- Hyde, John | ORDEFE Our Leader Smoking 15c per pound. Our Leader Sherts, 16c per pound. |Our Leader Fine Cut 33c per pound. | | Our Leader Cigars, $30 per M. The Best in the World. SOLE AG ENTS FOR Clark, Jewell & Co, Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s Royal Java Coffee; and O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.” Potatoes, Onions, ADDIES, RUG Haas In Car Lots. Shippers looking for a better market than sanactn markets afford will do well to write or wire us for prices before consign- ing elsewhere. All goods sold on arrival and remitted for. Commissions, 5 per cent. C. J. BECKER & GO, 1002 N. Third St, ST. LOULS, M0. Order a sample case of HONEY BHE COFFEE. PRINCESS BAKING POWDER, Equal to the Best in the market. J. Thompson & Co, Wholesale Grocers, 59 Jefferson ave., Detroit, Mich. SNOW-SHOVELS, SLEDS, FPIRE-KINDLERS, FOR SALE BY Curtiss, Dunton & Co. L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE, CARY & LOVERIDCE, GENERAL DEALERS IN ter as well.—Prof. L. B. Arnold. Fire and Burglar Proof SAFES Combination and Time Locks, 11 Tonia Street, ~- Grand Rapids, Mich, There is a very meek man in Portland, Oregon. He keeps a big store in the center of the city. Several nights ago a special policeman found the store door unlocked and sent a hack to the merchant’s house to notify him. The merchant walked down and locked the door, but left the policeman to pay the hackman. A check for one cent was recently drawn in New York by the Government in favor of an importer who had paid excess of duty to that extent. Dry Goods. The following auotations are given to show relative values, but they may | be considered, to some extent, ‘outside prices,” and are not as low as buyers of reasonable quantities can, in most instances, obtain them at. It will pay every merchant to make frequent visits to market, not only in respect to prices, but to keep posted on the ever-changing styles and fashions, many of which are never shown “on the road.”’ WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4. .17 |Pepperell, 204... 19 Androscoggin, 7-4. .138% \Pepperell, Ties... < 22 Pepperell, 7-4...... 13 'Pequot, TR ence kes 14% Pepperell, 8-4...... 15 |Pequot, 8-4......... 16 Pepperell, 9-4...... IT (Peauot, ¢4......... 18 CHECKS. Economy, 02....... {Park Mills, No. 100.15 Park Mills, No. 50..10 (Prodigy, 0z......... 84 Park Mills, No. 60..11 |Otis Apron......... 8% Park Mills, No. 70..12 |Otis Furniture..... 8% Park Mills, No. 80..13 |York, 1 oz.......... 9% Park Mills, No. 90..14 rors AA, extra 02. 2% OSN ABU RGS Plain. Plaid. Alabama ........... 644 ATSDAING . 2.56. 605. TPOOTOIR oo oc se ce ce ks $14|Augusta ........... 6% MOWOM oo. cue cise ~ 8 (Geormia: -.......555 6% Kentucky ......... 8%| Louisiana .......... 6% RRA ok vnc vce end AG POIREO i. ike ne 6% BARECO 2. cee se esas T| BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36...... 84 |Gilded WOO... 7% Art cambrics, 36... 9% Greene,G 4-4 .. 54 Androscoggin, 4-4.. 14 | Hill, a4... 2c, T% Androscoggin, 5-4. ie oo ee ee 6% Ballou, 4-4. ........ 4%|Hope, 4-4........... 644 Ballou, re. King Phillip cam- Boott, O. 4-4........ 8i4| Drie, 44.006. ce. 9% Boott, E.5-5....... 7 | Linwood, AA. css 1% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%4|Lonsdale, 4-4....... 7% Boott, R. 3-4....... 5%|Lonsdale cambric. i S Blackstone, AA 4-4 t 644] Langdon, GB, 44.. Chapman, x, 4-4... “ool aeneol 46 iicueen 4 Conway, ie... cae 4-4..... i% Cabot, 4-4......... : 6i4|New York Mill, 4-4, 1035 Canoe, Too. oc... .sss 6 |New Jersey, 4 a Canoe, 3-4.......... 4 |Pocasset, P.M. C.. % Domestic, 36....... 714| Pride of the West. or Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 84| Pocahontas, 44.... 74 Davo), &4.......... 8 ‘Slater rville, 7-8...... " 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 734) Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 63 Whitinsv ille, 4-4... 6% Fruit of the Loom, |W hitinsville, 7-8..:. 6 ecambric, 4-4...... ll |Wamsutta, 06.6 ci 5s 9% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 6% |Williamsville, 36... 8% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 5i4\ SILESLAS. OW os oa be ncn se 17%| Masonville 8....... 11 PHO, BO. cas crac edse 11 jLonsdale........... 9% OA nic eae 10 Lonsdale A......... 14 PON ci vans nao 15 |Victory O.......... oy Blackburn ......... 8 |Victory J........... 6% BPW coos 5 concn natu 4 ‘Victory D...;...... 8% MOTO, . occ c acs oss 12% Victory K.......... be igs): a 12 |Phoenix A....... Fe Red Cross.......... 7%|Phoenix B....... x 108 Masonville TS...... 8 (Phoenix XX.. PRINTS. Albion, solid........ 54 |Gloucester .......... 5% Albion, grey........ 6 |\Gloucestermourn’g.6% Allen’s —- Deeeae ieee fancy... .5 Ailen’s fancy.. 54|Hartel Tancy........ yd Allen’s pink......... bY 2|Merrimac D......... Allen’s purple.......! aap {anchester ......... 8 American, fancy....5%|Oriental fancy...... 5% Arnold faney. se iental jalan ee 6% Berlinsolid..... 5 |Pacifie robes......... 6 Cocheco fancy. 6 (Richmond... ...D% Cocheco robes.. 5G) Steel Hiver..........! 5% .6 |Simpson’s........... 6 |Washington fancy.. : Washington blues. 54| BROWN COTTONSs Appleton i 4-4....°6 |Indian Orchard, 40. 7 Boott M, 4-4.. .. %4| Indian Orchard, 36. 6 Conestoga fancy. Eddystone ... Eagle fancy.. Garner ore to Crore Boston F, 4-4... 6%|Laconia B, 7-4...... 13 Continental C, 4-4.. 64%! Lyman B, 40-in..... 9 Continental D, 40in 734|Mass. BB, 44....... 5% Conestoga W, 4-4... 6% \Nashua B, 40-in.... 7 4 Conestoga D, 7-8.. 4% ‘Nashua R, 4-4.. 6% Conestoga G, 30-in. 5 Nashua O,7-8.. 6 Dwight X, | B.. wee 4%) Newmarket N. 5% Dwight Y, 7-8. . 54) Pepperell E, 40- -in.. 634 Dwight Z, 4..4...: Pepperell R, 4-4... Dwight Star, i“... 8 \Pepperell O, 7-8 Dwight Star, 40-in.. 7 |Pepperell N, 3-4 Enterprise EE , 36.. 4%) Pocasset C, 4-4. Great Falls E, 4-4.. . 6H Saranac a Farmers’ A, 44... 54 Saranac E.......... 1% DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ......... 7 |Jobnson Mantg Co, Amoskeag, Persian 9 | Bookfold......... 12% BEVIOR.. 5 acoso 0 see Johnson Mantg Co, tee sae. 6 dress styles...... 10% Berkshire ......... 6 |Slaterville, dress Glasgow, fancy.... Lee ke. 6 Glasgow, royal.... 64|W hite Mfg Co, stap 6% Gloucester, new ‘White Mfg Co, fane 7% standard ......... 4 White Mant’g Co, Plunket ....... 2. 056] Beavinion... .....; 7% Lancaster. ........ 7 |Gordom............. 7 Langdown ......... 7 |Greylock, dress Renfrew, dress.... 9 SEviee .2... 5.33. 10 WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4. .15 |Bepperell. 10-4..... 22 Androscoggin, 8-4. = |Pepperell, li-4..... 24 Pepperell, 7-4...... 15 |Pequot, Ws cs caes 16 Pepperell, 8-4...... 17 |Pequot, 8-4.........18 Pepperell, 9-4...... 19 |Pequot, 9-4.........20 HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic A, 4-4..... 64%\Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 644 Atlantic H, 4-4..... Hd ‘Lawrence XXX 40. 7% Atlantic D, 4-4. 4 Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5 Atlantic P, Se ae *\Newmarket eae 5% Atlantic LL, 4-4.... 434 Mystic River, 4-4... 5% Adriatic, 36......... 7% Pequot A, 4-4....... 63% Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 36....... 6 Boott M, 4-4........ 6 jStark AA, 44....... 6% Boott FF, 4-4....... 644 'Tremont CO, 4-4.... 4% Graniteville, 4-4.... 594 Utiea, 4-4........... 10 Indian Head, 4-4... 6%|Wacbusett, 4-4..... 6% Indiana Head 45-in.114e;| Wachusett, 30-in... 5% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...17 |Falls, XXX......... 15% Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..12% Falls, BB........... 11% Amoskeag, A..... 11%/|Fails, BBC, 36...... 194 Amoskeag, B...... Ml \Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeag, C...... 1044) ‘Hamilton, BT, 32.. 9% Amoskeag, D...... 4 \Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, E...... 9%| Hamilton, H.... .. 8% Amoskeag, F....... 9 \Hamilton’ fancy... 8% Premium A, 4-4....17 [Methuen AA....... ‘11% Premium B... ....16 {Methuen ASA...... 16% Ertan ee, ceo. i6 |Omega A, 7-8....... 10% Extra 7-8. -++-14% (Omega A, 4-4....... 12% COA PO eis 2% /\Omega ACA, 7-8....18 Cree oes “ iOmega ACA, 4-4....15 tO 7-8 {Omega SE, 7-8...... 24 i6 \Omega SH, 4-4...... 27 ue 19 |\Omega M. 7-8 ...... 22 Cordis AAA, 32.....14 |Omega M, 44....... 25 Cordis ACA, 32.....15 |Shetucket SS&SSW 11% Cordis No. 1, 82..... 15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. 2........14 ket, SFS ...12 Cordis No. 3........ 13 ‘Stockbridge AO 7 Cordis No. 4........ nth iStockbridge fancy. 8 Falls, XXXX.......18% a CAMBRICS. ‘ Wushington........ 444)/Royal Globe....... 4% 8.8. & Sons........ 444j\CTOWN.... cet ececee 4h GRAIN BAGS. POTATOES. We make the handling of POTATOES, APPLES and BEANS in car lots a special feature of our business. If you have any of these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us hear from you, and will keep you posted on market price and pros- pects. Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired. Agents for Walker's Patent Butter Worker. EARL BROS., Commission Merchants. 1s7 Ss. Water St., Chicago, fl. Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK. * W M. SEARS &z CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for 37, 89 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. PURE. | NEW PROCESS STARCH, [SW2=- This Starch having the light Starch and Gluten removed, One-Third less . 7 Can be used than any other in the Market. Manufactured by the 1 FIRMENICH MNFG. CO. Marshalitown, Iowa; Peoria, Tis. Offices at Peoria, Ills. SALE BY Factories: FOR § ‘hleieocel Clark, Jewell & Go. | SURE. a P. STRKETER & SUNS, JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, | AND NOTIONS, S38 Monroe St... e AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. * on Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers American and Stark A Bags | A Specialty. H. J. LAMB &CoO. STATE AGENTS FOR D. D. Mallory & Co.'s DIAMOND BRAND OYSTER Also Fruits and Country Produce, OBERNE, HOSICK & CO., Mannfacturers of FINE LAUNDRY and TOILET SOAPS, ¢ 120 Michigan St., Chicago, Ii. We make the following brands: HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, White Satin, Country Talk, Mermaid, it will float, Silver Brick, Daisy, ‘ White Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal. Our HARD WATER Soap can be used in either hard or soft water, and will go ’ one quarter farther than any other Soap made. (Trade mark, girl at pump.) We are getting orders for it now from all parts of the country. Send for a sample order. We a pay all railroad and boat freights. Our goods are not in Michigan Jobbing houses. ‘ A. HUFFORD, General Agent, Box 14, GRAND RARIDS, MICH. Write me for Prices. OTATOES! . CAR LOTS A “SPECIALTY.” @ | We offer Best Facilities. Long Experience. Watchful Attention. Attend Faith- fully to Cars Consigned to us. Employ Watchmen to see to Unloading. OUR MR. THOMPSON ATTENDS PERSONALLY TO SELLING. Issue SPECIAL POTA- TOE MARKET REPORTS. KEEP OUR SHIPPERS fully posted. OUR QUOTED PRICES CAN BE DEPENDED UPON. WE DO.NOT quote irregular or anticipated prices. Consignments Solicited. Correspondence Invited from Consignors to this mar- ket. References given when requested. American A....... 14%! Amoskeag......... 14% Meare Ae oa "20% | DENIMS. TRORION 4c. 6645 tn ex bY OTIS OO. ccc vc acces Everett blue....... 12 (Warren AXA...... il Everett brown..... 12 |Warren BB........ 10 AG AAA oes ae 1] |Warren CC......... 9 Otte BE... oc... ae. 10 |York, blue......... 12% PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville........ 44@5 |S.8. & Sons.. - nee Masonville..... nS — iui heeeks @5% Red Cross.......... 6% Thistle WES eck 6 RAM oc ea cca sees PORE sa cane ee 6 CRINOE Bos ve ones ces SPOOL COTTON. MLOORS | cc. es ee 50 |Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. T..... 55 ills ball sewing.30 J.& P. Coats....... 55 \Green & Daniels...25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 (Stafford ............ 25 Willimantic 8 cord.40 |Hall & Manning... .28 Charleston ball sew Holyoke............ 25 ing thread........ 80 |Merrick ............ 5d Conant JEANS. PPOONe os okies Kearsage........... 6% Androscoggin ..... 1% Naumkeag satteen. 6a Canoe River........ bone Pepperell = yaa 8% Clarendon........ 4|Pepperell sat.. Hallowell Imp..... ee BOT. oi scceess . 6% Ind. Orch. ae ree 5%|Lawrencesat....... 6 Laconia. © 166 SOUTH WATER ST., - CHICAGO, IL. WM. H, THOMPSON & CO. Commission Merchants, a