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FSISITISTS GOOO00000000006000000000 If You Hire Over GO Hands > > > > > > ; Don’t write to > BARLOW BROS. : GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN : for sample sheet of their “PERFECTION > TIME BOOK AND PAY ROLL.” : Their WAGE TABLE, however, fits » (and pleases) firms who hire from one to a ; million hands. So do their PAT. MANI- » IFOLD SHIPPING BLANKS. > POH 90000000 000000000000 our spring goods cheap. | Write our represent- | ative, William Connor, ; &. Oo. shall, Mich., to call on crag Nt allowed. ail orders have quick attention. Box 346, Mar- you or meet him June ‘ 00000006009 00000000 ypyevuvvvvvvvvyvyvyvvyYvVvVVVCVCYT Ss S2e525e25e25e25e25e25e25e52. Of every kind and st le mL for Men’s and Youths wear, manufactured “sd the oldest firm in U.S., KOLB & SON, Rochester, N. Y. Closing out balance of 23 to 27, inclusive, at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich. Pur- chaser’s expenses are (ga: The Preferred Bankers Life Assurance Company of Detroit, Mich. Annual Statement, Dec. 31, 1898. Commenced Business Sept. !, 1893. Insurance in Force........ .......-..<2 $3,299,000 00 Hbedger Assets os 459734 7 Ledger Liabilities ...... eee 21 Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.. ae see None ‘Totai Death Losses Paid to Date...... 51,061 00 Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- Cnttaries. oo ak 1,030 00 Death Losses Paid During the Year.. 11,000 00 Death Rate for the Year............... 3 6&4 FRANK E. ROBSON, President. TRUMAN B, GOODSPEED, Secretary. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN, [llanager. J UNO FIRE 7¥ mpt, Conservative, aa INS. Prom J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBar, Sec. ; 00000000 00000000000000; hdbbbbodaobo aia. rTvuVvVvVvVvVveVvVv Vv VY Save Trouble. Save Money. Save Time. TTOLESMION Coupons IMPORTANT FEATURES. How to Increase Dry Goods Trade. The Dry Goods Market. Around the State. Grand Rapids Gossip. Woman’s World. The Value of Brass. . Editorial. Editorial. Observations by a Gotham Egg Man. Gotham Gossip. Clerks’ Corner. Men of Mark. Shoes and Leather. Fancy Goods. Getting the People. - Commercial Travelers. Drugs and Chemicals. Drug Price Current, Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Hardware. Hardware Market. Hardware Price Current. Push Your Collections. Business Wants. The Grocery Market. Sugars—Raw sugars have advanced 1-16c and sales this week have been made on the basis of 4 11-16c for 96 deg. test centrifugals and 4 3-16c for 89 deg. test muscovadoes. This advance in the raw sugar market caused an ad- vance in the refined sugars of '%c on all grades and the market is very strong at the advance. On Friday Howell shaded his price on granulated 1-16c on sugar bought for prompt shipment from the refinery, but none of the other refiners made any changes in price. Canned Goods—The new packing sea- son so far has proved to be one of an exceptionally unsatisfactory nature. Not only was the pea crop two weeks late and the crop very poor, but now in- sects are destroying the vines in Mary- land and are gradually working their way northward toward the pea section of New York State. This insect is a new one and has puzzled the most learned professors. It is exceedingly destructive and, as its origin is yet a mystery, the farmers have not learned to cope with it. There will probably be only about half an average crop of peas and it will be the lightest crop in that section for years. This state of affairs has been a great blow to the Maryland packers and growers and prices have advanced 5c per dozen and there will probably be further advances soon. Pineapples are the most active article in the canned goods line. Prices are strong with the tendency upward. All grades and sizes are in good demand and the trade is constantly increasing. Unless there is an increase in receipts of the green fruit within the next two weeks, an advance will be necessary. The United States agents for Johnson's pineapple have sold the entire pack and orders are turned down every day be- cause they are afraid that they will not be able to fill them. The pineapple pack is quite likely to end very abrupt- ly because of the impossibility of se- curing fresh fruit. Everything looks favorable now for a large pack of corn this year. Jobbers and commission men are looking toward the corn pack with a view of making up the deficiency in the supply of canned peas. In New York State the acreage of corn planted is in excess of last year and, so far as can be learned, the drought that has affected the eastern part of the country during the past few weeks has not in- jured the corn crop and, on account of the shortage in the pea pack, most packers will increase their pack of corn. Canned beets are coming into more general use and the pack will be larger this year than ever before. The 1898 pack is entirely cleaned up and has been for some months. Packing of string beans is just beginning. Future sales of this article were large this sea- son and so far the crop outlook promises a satisfactory yield. Very few of last season’s output are left and prices are held firm on substantially all varieties. California will produce the bulk of the peaches grown in this country this sea- son, according to the present outlook. The Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Michigan crops will be small. As the California packers are offering much better prices than the driers, it is prob- able that there will be a large pack this year. The tomato crop in some of the Eastern States is in danger of being ruined by the continued warm weather and the ravages of insects. Spot stocks of tomatoes are getting very well cleaned up and good trades are hard to find. The apple crop in some sections of the country promises to be large and, in order to make up for the deficiency in other fruits, the pack will probably be large. However, reports from Indiana are that the crop will be smaller than last year and in New York State the crop of Baldwin apples will be very small, and this one variety forms a large part of the average crop. The lobster market remains very stiff indeed. There are no spot goods and the new pack is coming in lighter than last year. Sar- dines are slightly higher, an advance of 5@loc per case having taken place. Dried Fruit—The dried fruit business is exceedingly dull. Most crop reports are favorable, which has a tendency to weaken the market somewhat. Raisins are quiet and the demand is limited. The quantity left on the Coast is only about 300 cars, as compared with 1,000 to 1,200 cars last year. There are no cheap raisins, the nearest approach be- ing Pacific three crowns. Advices just received from California are to the effect that, although there has been a good deal of talk about damage by frost and rain, there will probably be about the same sized crop as last year. Seeded raisins are fast growing in popularity and it is estimated that the output this year will be fully three times that of last and seeders find it difficult to supply the increasing demand. There will be nine plants in operation in Fresno this season, aS against three last year, and the number of seeders in other sections of the State will be increased also. The total yield of apricots will be larger than last year, but, owing to the in- creased demand, prices are likely to rule higher. Stocks of prunes are larger than of any other dried fruit, but prices remain unchanged, as it is expected that these stocks will be disposed of at full prices before the new crop comes in. Recent reports from see indi- cate that the Italian prune crop in that State will be unusually short this sea- son. The California crop promises well, but until after the June drop is over it will be impossible to determine what the season’s yield will be. Peaches are unchanged. There is stiil quite an active demand for evaporated apples and prices are unchanged. Reports from Greece are that the growing crop of currants is doing well. Expectations based on the present outlook are favor- able to an average crop. The demand is fair, with no change in prices. Dates are steady, but trading is small. Figs are easy at about previous range of prices. Fish—Reports from the domestic mackerel fisheries continue to be dis- couraging and, while a few fish are be- ing caught, the demand for the fresh fish absorbs most of the supplies. It is claimed that the ill success which bas attended the domestic fishery this season places it among the least productive of any in the history of the business. Lima Beans—Careful estimates as to the output this year, based upon reports from the various sections of California, place the yield at about too carloads, or 250 carloads short cf the normal crop. Jobbers state that one cause for the shortage this season is found in the fact that packers of beans on the Coast are canning more of the product than here- tofore, although a considerable portion of the shortage is due to the smaller yield and short crop acreage. There has been no disposition yet to advance prices in this market, although the mar- ket is firm. Nuts—There are no new developments in nuts. Prices; on most varieties re- main steady, but the demand is weak and business confined to small orders. The peanut market shows no change in prices, but is hardening steadily. Rice—The situation in rice is not materially changed. The demand is small, but all sales are at full prices and stocks are being gradually reduced. Green Fruits—There appears to be a decreasing demand for bananas, due to the active competition of berries. The war between the banana importers is now on in earnest and local dealers will probably be benefited by the cutting of prices. The demand for lemons con- tinues good and prices have advanced 5oc per box. Vinegar—The cider vinegar market is very strong and has advanced another Yc per gallon. ——_> 0. ___ One of the toasts at the class supper of the Mount Holyoke College seniors the other evening was: ‘‘The Recog- nition of the Divine in Man.’’ That comes easier to a girl graduate than it does after she has had a few years’ ex- perience with a hard, cold world. It is a man’s bad luck that makes him lose his appetite at a fine table d’hote dinner and makes kim ravenous for food when he is in an expensive place and must order by the card. —_-+—_~> 9» The trouble about licking Aguinaldo is in catching him. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods How to Increase Trade During the Dull Season. Written for the TRADESMAN. Special sales in dry goods stores _ will do much to help out dull seasons. They attract trade which otherwise would not be received at such times. These spe- cial sales should be well advertised. It pays to advertise them. In fact, good advertising is the one thing which can make them successful after arrange- ments inside the store have been cor- rectly completed. Many dry guods peo- ple are careless about their advertising. The advertising is often the last thing thought of. It is then dashed off hur- riedly and very poorly done. Right here is a lesson to’ be learned from the larger retailers in other lines. They employ persons to give their whole time to ad- vertising. The advertising receives as careful attention as any other branch of the business. While the average dry goods merchant can not afford to em- ploy a person solely for this work, he can profit by adopting a part of the plan. He can set aside certain hours to attend to this work. He can insist up- on doing the work at thistime. If he has a clerk who is trusted to do it, that clerk should make some such arrange- ment and he should not be interrupted. Good advertising is news, It should be good news, well written and edited. The fact is, people read other news dur- ing times of excitement, but many of them do not read it so carefully. It will be seen, then, that it pays to keep on advertising. At such times advertising should be plainer and straighter to the point than ever, if it is possible to make it so. People must live; they must have many articles of merchandise greatly varying in nature. This is so, no matter whether the times are excit- ing ones or otherwise. The man who advertises best is going to fill the most of these wants in his line, other things being equal. The public should be told all about the goods and the prices. If the goods are shopworn, say so, and let the public know that otherwise they are exactly as useful as they ever were. Let people know what can be saved by buying them. Ifa job lot has been purchased at a low figure, the public should know that it was done for the benefit of the people. If a broken line is being closed out, tell that and explain why it is to the advantage of the store to close it out at reduced prices. People can see by the prices that it is to their advan- tage to buy. Honest reasons should al- ways be given for reduced prices. The public have faith in honest advertising. People will respond to it. Price reduc- tions without apparent reasons may be honest enough so far as the merchant is concerned, but the public is skeptical. People have very often been deceived by low prices. Business during dull times can also be improved by window displays, card signs, etc. To lay gold leaf success- fully on attractive tickets for window use requires skill. A good mordant is necessary and next to it is the prepara- tion of the surface to be gilded, so that the gold will not ‘‘bang’’ to parts where they have not been sized. To prevent this the surface should be covered with a very thin coat of whiting dabbed on by a brush or with a pounceball or pad. If the surface to be pounced is of a light color the whiting should be colored before being put into the pounce bag, by mixing some dry, fine colored powder with the whiting. After pouncing, dust off lightly with a feather duster. A fall for window purposes is made of a piece of duck canvas with one ply of buckram pasted well together. The space for the broad iace must be care- fully marked on the rough lining for a guide to fit the carpet to between the lace lines; after the carpet has been correctly fitted to the lace lines shave the edge off evenly and paste the carpet firmly onto the rough lining. When the paste becomes dry the edge of the carpet is neatly bound with cloth. Take a strip of cloth 114 inches wide and sew it onto the carpet by hand ¥ inch from the edge with a light thread, keeping a Straight line with the stitches, apply paste to the cloth and turn the binding over the edge of the carpet onto the rough lining and carefully work the cloth down along the edge of the car- pet. Bind the out edge of the rough lining with cloth. Be very particular in mitering the -broad lace so it will fit close to the binding edge of the carpet. Apply paste to the lace and work the edge down evenly along the binding edge of the carpet. When the paste is dry first stitch the edges of lace on the machine, and then the folded edge of the cloth binding. In window ticket work for advertising purposes, maroon lake used over an In- dian red ground i§ a beautiful lake, showing to good effect under the ordi- nary dressing of ornamental work, bar- ring aluminum leaf and white. For real elegance in coloring for these tick- ets, claret lake of the best quality should not be overlooked. A deep Tuscan red gives a good ground for claret lake. Coming to such reds as crimson, ver- milion red, and other variously titled reds, including, as a matter of course, the vermilions, we find panel and card colors in such variety that the clerk can not well go amiss in his search for something vivid and sprightly. Ground colors for these reds are now regularly supplied ready prepared by the manu- facturer. The permanency of lakes and reds depends in large measure upon the preparation of the ground color and the foundation coats leading up to it. First there should be a fine degree of surfa- cing, with absolute freedom from gritty substances, foreign matter, etc. Make the ground coat smooth and clean, and, so far as possible, flawless; and use enough varnish in it to prevent it from drying ‘‘dead.’’ For a dark, rich and smoothly brilliant lake, glaze Munich lake over a deep shade of Tuscan red; gold or aluminum leaf for the striping and ornamental effects gives particularly rich and aristocratic looks over Munich lake. Cramoisie and crimson lakes ap- plied as glazing coats over deep Indian red grounds, offer dark and engaging colors for panel work. Aluminum leaf, however, does not show as effectively over these as over the lighter and more reddish lakes. A decidedly pleasing panel color to be used now and then as a novelty is English Tuscan red. This color takes kindly to aluminum leaf decoration. Black lines also show hand- somely upon this color. Some very bril- liant wine colors, served in three shades, are at present in vogue. Gold and aluminum leaf are very showily dis- played upon the wine colors. Gold bronze striping, as a substitute for leaf work, gives tasty, dressy effects. High grade wine colors bought of reliable manufacturers have a lasting brilliancy and permanence highly desirable. If the tickets are to be used at night, Bebe Behe bobo he bebe che cheb deboecbecbesdecde bedded. Anotber New Lot Sssssssevessesssssssessesessesessesveseessssessesd dodo dod & Sod te Of those Sun Bonnets has arrived, both for Ladies’ and Pink, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Scarlet, Cardinal and Black. Send us your orders Misses’ wear. Six colors to select from: by mail. They will receive prompt attention. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CoO., Wholesal’ Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. bbb bbbbbbbb bbb bbb bb bb bd A CLUB NOT NECESSARY to impress upon your customers Ee ho he do ho do ho odo fp be be Se he ho ho ho ne do de the fact that you have the “right stuff’’ if Ley Bros. Neckwear is what you are showing. go cents to $2.00 per doz. $2.00 to $4 50 per doz. Drop a postal for sample assortment. Make selection at your leisure and return the balance. LEY BROTHERS, Manufacturers of Neckwear for Men and Women. 1818 Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Ill. RAPPERS We have just re- ceived a new line of light and medium Shade wrappers, and have also a complete line of dark colors in stock. Also fresh line of light blues just received. They are bright patterns and good » sellers. The original price of these goods was $13.50. Our now $9.00. P. Steketee & Sons, Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. price 1 stb Reale eter eremen Bis Por anim esa. _ tip _esecee — oe an LL Reale eter eremen iy Pes MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 obviously your colors must be tried by artificial light, and make your experi- ments by that kind of light which is to be adopted. If for day and night use, you must use those colors which look well by day and night. The design thought out, you must first try the colors you are proposing to use. This trial of colors upon the spot is of the first im- portance, as many are the changes that take place, and what looks well in one place looks bad in another. The ex- periments may e in color only, without any design upon them, or you may, better still, put up full-sized, colored tickets, and judge of the effect. It isa good plan to leave them up for a day or two; frequently it happens that after an interval you come upon the designs with fresh mind, and can form a better judg- ment than at first, and decide in what points you think they need amendment, and whether, as is very probably the case, you may omit some of the detail, Strengthen and accentuate those parts which require it, and send back or bring forward others. B. F. FELLS. ———>42 The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—Are quiet, principal- ly because there is nothing to be found at anything like near-by delivery. Some fair business has come to hand by mail, but not enough to have any influ- ence on the market one way or another. Heavy brown sheetings are quiet, as far as home consumption is concerned, but for export it has been a little bet- ter. However, with the well sold up condition of the market this is of little consequence. Lightweight brown and gray goods are in the same condition. Prices are all firm, Bleached cottons are finding a woderate business in nearly all grades, and the advanced prices ap- pear to be no impediment. Ducks, brown osnaburgs and cotton flannels show a moderate business. Hosiery—There has been a most satis- factory and steady business accom- plished by the prominent importers of hosiery, and this business is continu- ing in a way that has surprised the agents. It was expected a couple of weeks ago that their business was at an end, but it has continued in a most remarkable manner, and fancies are not the least important part of the busi- ness. The reason for the latter lines being good is because the importers used a great deal of care in making their selections for this season, and brought over only what was really-good, discarding all else. All fine lines are very short now, and prices are excep- tionally strong. Extracted goods, par- ticularly in biue and black, bave been received very favorably, although the selling is largely confined to the small polka dot effects. Dress Goods—Activity is lacking in the woolen and worsted dress goods lines, yet the aggregate of business done since last writing shows an improve. ment over the past few weeks. Buyers have in some instances supplemented their early purcnases, but only in a moderate way. With buyers not ready as yet to come forward and make their supplementary selections, and sellers not in the least inclined to force things, the market must of necessity show a rather dull exterior. The buyer who is looking for concessions on de- sirable goods may as well save himself the trouble, for agents are not taking that kind of a view of the situation where concessions are under considera- tion. On the contrary, agents are bask- ing in a feeling of confidence which promises weli for sustained values, and indicates a settled belief in a satisfac- tory run of supplementary purchases. There appears to be a growing belief that the rough faced wool fancy, such as the zibeline plaid, etc., will become more prominent as the season progresses, and late orders have embraced this class of goods, including mohair and camel’s hair stripes, plaids, etc., toa very fair degree. Homespuns are also attracting a very fair proportion of the incoming business, and look well for the balance of the season. The hold attained on the market by the crepon is very strong indeed, and agents are confident of a large business yet to come. Carpets—Agents for large carpet mills in the Midlde States have notified the trade of an advance of 2%c per yard on tapestries, to go into effect July 1. From all over the country reports are coming in of a very favorable condition of the carpet business. Large jobbers in the West who ordered early have found such a large demand for carpets that their stocks were quickly taken up, which shows that the retailers in that section have sold out old stocks, and are also willing to anticipate future require- ments,as the demand at the close of last season plainly indicated that delays in placing orders would cause a loss of business. As the manufacturers became more generally employed, they would have their entire season's production booked in advance, and late buyers would run a great risk in obtaining de- liveries. Even at the present time some manufacturers have duplicate orders for spring goods uncompleted. The new goods are very attractive, which shows that the mannfacturers have had the courage (on account of improved busi- ness conditions in general) to make a stronger effort than for some seasons preceding to make a better and more attractive fabric, believing that with the increased demand for goods would come the opportunity to advance prices. With raw material and yarn higher than last season, there is certainly some foundation to work on. Lace Curtains—The Nottingham lace curtain manufacturers report the spring season as having been a good one, and while it is a little early yet to consider the fall season, there has already been quite a general opening of samples, in- cluding the popular bobbinet curtain, which has had such a favorable recep- tion in the past. Velours and corduroys are still popular witb a certain line of trade, although some jobbers have found the better class of goods receiving more attention as business improves. Cotton tapestry curtains and covers continue in favor, and the designer has_ utilized the mercerized yarn with good effect in setting off the newdesigns. Mercerized yarn, it is claimed by some manufac- turers, has come to stay as long as the price is placed within the reach of man- ufacturers so that they can produce a fabric at prices sufficiently below the price of silk to attract buyers. We can make your advertising effective—make it different from the every-day run of advertising matter. We can write ads, booklets, folders, circulars, mailing cards—anything in the line of advertising literature— that will help you to increase your trade. We have issued a little booklet, “Advertising That Pays,” that tells what we do and what it costs. We'll send it to every business man who asks for it on his business letter-head. Write for it to-day. THE ROBT. N. SHAW ADVERTISING AGENCY Copy Department Grand Rapids Michigan never sever, to-morrow, Do You Know Uneeda Biscuit? It’s time you got acquainted, It'll be a tie of friendship that dyspepsia will Uneeda Biscuit will agree with you and you'll agree with them. You will find them as good to-morrow as they are to-day, as good next week as they are Royal purple and white. That's the package. Five cents. You should know Uneeda Biscuit _ = SSS SSS SRST That’s the price, nth ahs BON SIE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Bellevue—Ray E. Stevens has opened a new grocery store here. Centerville—Bryant Weed has sold his drug stock to Frank E. Lehr. Delta Mills—W. Lazelle has engaged in general trade at this place. St. Johns—Samuel Heller has sold his bazaar stock to Aaron Rosenthal. Decatur—Roberts & Ball continue the meat business of Orris A. Roberts. Saranac—M. B. Wilkinson has sold his meat market to A. P. Lowrey & Co. Downington—Mercer & Welch suc- ceed Henry A. Welch in general trade. Marshall—Arthur C. Jandell, meat dealer, has sold out to Ford & Green- man. Pontiac—Edward P. Fisher has pur- chased the grocery stock of A. B. Her- rick, Cassopolis—Geo. McCabe succeeds McCabe & Hayden in the grocery busi- ness, Clio—Romain Putnam succeeds Put- nam & Mauk in the produce and eleva- tor business. Detroit—Albert W. Schultz has pur- chased the hardware stock of Herman W. Meinke. Willis—Jobn Rosenwirth has pur- chased the hardware stock of Jos. H. Rosenwirth. Detroit—Quimby Hros. have sold their grocery stock and meat business. to Chas. Frankel. Kalamazoo—Buurma & Vandenberg succeed Samuel Buurma in the coal and wood business. Detour—T. H. Watson has opened a new store here, carrying lines of gen- eral merchandise. Woodmere—Jos. S$. Flammer has dis- posed of his grocery and crockery stock to Chas. M. Smith. Cedarville—C. Y. Bennett, dealer in general merchandise and cedar, has re- moved to St. Ignace. Lansing—The Lansing State Savings Bank has reduced its capital from $200,000 to $150, 000. Berrien Center—Rutter, Miller & Pat- terson succeed Ford & Patterson in the shoe and implement business. Detroit—The style of the merchant tailoring firm of Fred Wettlaufer & Sons has been changed to Wettlaufer Bros. Ovid—Chas. Farmer, formerly en- gaged in general trade here, has re- turned to Ovid and engaged in the gro- cery business. Ann Arbor—Homer C. Cady has pur- chased the grocery stocks of Herman Walters and John H. Maynard and con- solidated them. Sturgis—S. Holiday has sold his stock of boots and shoes to the Billings Mer- cantile Co., of Bronson, which will re- move the stock to that place. Lansing—B. S. Taylor & Co. have embarked in the grocery business at 513 Ionia street, West, having purchased the stock of W. S. Wright & Son. Carson City—Fred Holmden has sold his bakery business to Mrs. M. H. Jenner, of Howard City, and will re- engage in the same business at Petos- key. Montague——The Muskegon Circuit Court having set aside the mortgage on the Morse drug stock, uttered to the father of the assignor, Mr. Morse was permitted to select his exemptions, after which the remainder of the assets were sold to Paul Kling, who will con- tinue the business at the same location. Union City—The dry goods firm of Rowley & Snyder has been dissolved, M. J. Rowley having purchased the in- terest of his partner, W. W. Snyder. Macatawa—John Louckes is erecting a new store building, 25x50 feet in di- mensions, with a 10 foot verandah on each side. Mr. Louckes will carry lines of meats and groceries. Jackson—The John B. Gilson shoe stock was bid in at chattel mortgage sale by Paxton, Layton & Williams, who have consolidated the stock with their wholesale stock at Detroit. Fennville—W. E. Shiffert, who has been indentified with the general store of bis father for several years, will em- bark in the dry goods and grocery busi- ness here on his own account about July 1. Ovid—G. D. Beebe has sold his drug stock to Angus Stewart, the Fenwick druggist, and Chas. W. Hurd, traveling representative for the Hazeltine & Per- kins Drug Co., who have formed a co- partnership for the purpose of continu- ing the business at the same location, under the nanagement of Mr. Stewart. Chelsea—Alton Fletcher has severed his connection with the dry goods and clothing firm of W. P. Schenk & Co. and purchased the interest of Mrs. Wm. Chadwick in the mercantile firm of Chadwick & Hall, at Stockbridge, which will hereafter be known as Fletcher, Hall & Co. Mr. Fletcher will assume the active management of the business. Vernon—A very slick confidence game on a smal] scale has been worked very successfully on a number of merchants at this piace and the neighboring towns in Shiawassee county. The game is played by a man about 60 years old, who first secures the names of the differ- ent storekeepers of the towns he wishes to work, and then greets them with a hearty handshake and a reminder that he was formerly one of their old cus- tomers, but adverse circumstances had compelled him to request a small loan. In most cases he is successful and is reaping a good harvest from the unsus- pecting ones. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Hicks Gas Engine Co. has removed its plant to Buffalo, N. Y. Onaway—The Barry & Finnan Lumber Co. has been incorporated, with a capi- tal stock of $10,500. Detroit—The Hamilton Acetylene Gas Co. has been incorporated, with a cap- ital stock of $25,000. Perry—The style of the Lamb Globe & Mitten Co. has been changed to the Perry Glove & Mitten Co. Saginaw—The Palmerton Woodenware Co., whose factory was destroyed by fire April 28, has resumed operations in its new factory. Detroit—The Commercial! Adding Machine Co. has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $100,000. The incorporators are all Cleveland gentle- men. Saranac—Arnold & Stebbins have opened a harness shop in connection with their carriage and agricultural im- plement business. This department will be in charge of C. A. Brown. Bay City—The alterations and im- provements now being made on the Michigan sugar factory will increase its Capacity from 350 to 450 tons of beets every twenty-four hours. The cutting Capacity of the mill has been greater than the other machinery. Automatic labor-saving devices will be installed in time for the next campaign. Coldwater—E. R. Root, manufacturer of cigar boxes, has sold out to Newton Thompson. Hastings—W. H. Johnson, of Grand Rapids, has purchased an interest in the foundry and machinery business of Green & King, the style of the firm be- ing changed to Green, King & Johnson. Detroit—The United States Potash Co., Limited, has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $100,000, of which $45,600 is paid in. The direc- tors are Wm. T. Degraff, President; Wm. M. Courtis, Secretary ; Stewart A. Curtis, Treasurer; H. Green, Jr., James Stringham, Jr., and Robert McMillan. —__>_¢>___ The Boys Behind the Counter. Benton Harbor—Shearer Bros. have a new clothing clerk in the person of Chas. Francis. Grand Ledge—Wm. Hall succeeds B. W. Courts as clerk in the drug and gro- cery store of A. B. Schumaker. Marshall—-Otto Esche, who has been manager of the grocery department in S. E. Cronin’s store for several years past, has resigned. Mr. Esche contem- plates going into business for himself, Saginaw—Ed. Potter has entered the employ of L. J. Richter, the Gratiot street druggist. Flint—Jacob. Zimmerman, who has clerked in the drug store of C. L. Bart- lett for nearly twenty years, was married recently to Mrs. Emma Burlingame, of Corunna. St. Johns—-Spaulding & Co. have en- gaged Allie Butler, of Grand Ledge, to clerk in their drug store. Saugatuck—D. C. Heath has engaged @ new prescription clerk in the person of Ed. Follett, who has lately been em- ployed in the drug store of H. M. Gibbs, of Howard City. Owosso—Arthur J. Tillson, formerly clerk in J. S. Haggart’s drug store in this city, now dispensing clerk at the Pontiac asylum, was married last week to Miss Effie Ricker, of Pontiac. Ionia—A. M. Wright has a new gro- cery clerk in the person of B. W. Courts, of Grand Ledge. Montague——Nicholas Mindrop has taken a clerkship in the drug store of Paul Kling. Middleville—Cornelius Crawford has changed drug clerks with Wm. J. Hen- wood, of South Haven—C. G. Putnam coming to Middleville and Wm. J. Remus going to South Haven. Harbor Springs— Foster & Burke have engaged G. W. Washburn, of Eaton Rapids, to take charge of their shoe de- partment, Ann Arbor—M. D. Duke has resigned bis position at Schairer & Millen’s and taken a clerkship in the Steinberg cloth- ing house at Traverse City, ——_>«.___ Marriage of a Lake City Merchant. Lake City, June 12—James Berry and Miss Anna Cotter, both of Lake City, were married in Grand Rapids June 7, Mr. Berry established a general store here in 1806 and, in spite of the general business depression and the fact that the town was at that time thought to be already overstocked with business houses of all kinds, the enterprise was a suc- cess from the start. Miss Cotter is a popular and much respected young lady. She was Deputy County Clerk of Mis- saukee county two terms. Both have wide circles of acquaintances and friends in different parts of the State. —_-»s>2+>__ The Tradesman offers for sale the shafting, hangers and pulleys which were formerly used to drive its presses. These are in good condition and are suitable for printing office work or for any light machinery requiring variable speed and moderate power. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich, Failure to Pass the Township Peddling Act. The general peddling law, which has not been of any particular credit to the State for the past quarter of a century, will remain a law for two years, unless a special session of the Legislature is called by Governor Pingree and the effort to secure the enactment of a new law meets with more success than was the case at the present session of the Legislature. It will be remembered that the statute was amended by the adoption of the so- called township peddling act four years ago, but a defect in the title rendered the law inoperative. Two years ago, a similar measure was espoused by Rep- resentative Mayer, of Holt, but while the bill was in the House some of the farmer members injected into the draft prepared by the attorney of the Michi- gan Retail Grocers’ Association several features which caused the Supreme Court to declare the measure class legis- lation, which necessarily rendered it null and void. Careful preparation was made to pre- vent a recurrence of the former mistakes at this session of the Legislature. A measure was Carefully prepared by Judge Hatch and passed upon by the Legisla- tive Committee of the Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association, after which it was placed in the hands of Representative Wheeler, who introduced it in due sea- son and did all in his power to secure a favorable report thereon from the House Committee on Judiciary, whose chairman is Judge Shepherd, of Che- boygan. The Tradesman is informed that the chairman refused to permit the bill to be reported out as drafted, but was subsequently prevailed upon to re- port a substitute measure, which em- bodied the identical features which had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Every effort was put forth to induce Judge Shepherd to elim- inate the illegal provisions, but for rea- sons which the Tradesman is unable to understand he refused to take the mat- ter up a second time. Under the cir- cumstances, there was nothing for Rep- resentative Wheeler to do but to ask the House to strike out the enacting clause, which was done, and the measure died a natural death. Judge Shepherd is a gentleman of wide experience and great legal ability, and the Tradesman believes that if the matter is presented to him in the proper light, in the event of a special session of the Legislature, he will not only un- dertake to undo the wrong he has done the merchants of Michigan at the pres- ent session of the Legislature, but that he will give the measure the weight of his influence in the work of accomplish- ing its enactment. It is greatly to be regretted that the old law must stand for the present, be- Cause it is equivalent to no law at all on account of the non-enforcement of the Statute. The proposed law would un- doubtedly be an advantage to all con- cerned, because it would be enforced, thus placing every peddler on an equal- ity with every other peddler. ——_>2 + ___ In Warsaw, Mo., a business man named Green bas a book-keeper named Simmons. During his employer’s ab- sence not long ago he signed a letter ‘Green, per Simmons,’’ The result bas been an unexpected increase in Mr. Green’s business, owing to newspaper comment on the odd signature. —_—_> 2. ___ For Gillies N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and prices, phone Visner, 800, = = fe 10 ante MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip H. E. Storms has purchased the gro- cery stock of the estate of the late John H. Vandermade at 700 Cherry street. G. E. DeGolia, grocer at 3 Robinson avenue, has sold out to Noel Jubin- ville, late of Butte City, Mont. A. McDonald & Son have embarked in the grocery business at Newaygo. The stock was furnished by the Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. Thomas Whalen has opened a grocery store at the corner of Butterworth avenue and Straight street. The stock was furnished by the Lemon & Wheeler Company. Eugene Turner has removed his saw and shingle mill from Lake City to Strong Siding, Upper Peninsula, where he has sufficient timber in sight to last him several years. He has opened a grocery store at his mill, purchasing the stock of the Lemon & Wheeler Com- pany. fica Bie i O. A. Ball, who probably devotes as many hours a day and as many days each year to his business as any man in the wholesale grocery trade, is taking a fortnigbt’s respite from business cares and responsibilities as a guest at the Greenwood Inn, at Evanston, III. Mr. Ball is accompanied by his wife and had his bicycle sent over a day or two ago. Jas. E. Granger, formerly identified with the wholesale grocery trade here, but for the past dozen years buyer for the Stone Ordean-Wells Co., at Duluth, is the leading spirit in a new wholesale dry goods house at the Zenith City, which will be known as the Patrick & Granger Co. Mr. Granger is a gentle- man of unusual business ability and will undoubtedly achieve the same measure of success in the dry goods business that he scored in the wholesale grocery trade. No action has yet been taken by Michigan bankers in the direction of adopting a rule regarding charges to be made for the collection of out-of-town items, similar to that put in force in New York some time ago. There isa wide difference of opinion as to the ad- visability of any such move. Quitea number of bankers are in favor of fol- lowing the example set by New York, but the opposition to it is still so strong as to make any agreement at this time highly improbable. At the convention of the Michigan State Bankers’ Asso- ciation, to be held in Port Huron next month, there will be a discussion of this matter by bankers representing several sections of the country. The Detroit Clearing House seems to be responsible for this feature of the proceedings, The bankers there are anxious to put the New York plan in force, provided they can get the co-operation of several other important cities, and with this end in view they have extended invitations to bankers in various parts of the United States to be present and take part in the discussion. Among those who _ have agreed to be present is Isaac G. Lom- bard, of Chicago, who is said to favor strongly the collection scheme designed by Frank Brown of the First National Bank, of Chicago, and it is possible that at the Port Huron convention this will be put forward as a substitute for the New York plan. Mr. Brown’s idea is for each clearing house city in the country to make itself the center of a series of circles taking in the entire territory of the United States. The first circle is to extend out a distance of say fifty miles, the next 100, the next 150, and soon. The collection charges are then to be graded according to these circies. For instance, the banks in the city forming the center will make all collections embraced in the territory covered by the first circle at par, in the next at 50 cents per $1,000, in the next at 75 cents, in the next at $1, and so on. This scheme is a simple one and is based on the principle that the man living 100 miles from a city on whicha check is drawn should pay a higher rate of exchange than the one living only fifty miles away. Furthermore, the collection charge would be placed just where it belongs, on the maker of the exchange. A wholesale merchant in Grand Rapids selling goods in territory 150 miles north of here would simply require the purchaser to add the collec- tion charge fixed by the banks for the circle in which he lives, a requirement to which there should be no more ob- jection than there is to the making of a greater charge by the railroads for carrying goods too miles than for carry- ing them fifty miles. The principle in both cases is exactly the same. To say that a bank is not entitled to some com- pensation for the trouble and loss of in- terest attaching to the collection of items on distant points is absurd, but one of the troubles heretofore has been in making the collection charges equi- table for all parts of the country. The New York plan does not do it, the charge for Iowa points, for instance, being greater than that made for Mis- souri, although Missouri is farther away from New York than Iowa, and the sales of merchandise in the former State are much below those made in the Hawk- eye State. ———_-2-2 Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. Hides are firm, with little fluctuation. The demand is fully up to the supply, witb no speculation entering into price or deals. Pelts are in good demand for all grades—the short wool skins for Klon- dike goods and the long wool for pull- ers’ use. Tanners are now making fine kid from sheep’s skin. Tallow is extremely quiet, with no extra demand. Wools are firm at seaboard, with con- siderable looking around. Our manu- facturers are wondering where supplies are to come from, if desired, and what price must be paid. Country buyers in the West believe in that long-looked-for advance and are paying accordingly. There are as many beliefs in wool fu- tures as there are buyers. The outlook is strong for a dealer’s market. Wo. T. HEss. 42 -— Although the three promoters who are at work on the proposed soap trust in- sist that the deal will be consummated in the course of a couple of months, the Tradesman has good reasons for be- lieving that it is farther off than some of those who are anxious to see the deal go through are willing to admit. While it is claimed that the Proctor & Gam- ble people are leaders in the movement, the Tradesman has the assurance of a gentleman who is very near to the man- agement of that establishment that the Cincinnati soapmakers have no idea of turning their plant over to a trust; in fact, that it would be impossible for them to do so because of the manner in which the preferred stock of the com- pany is widely scattered all over the country, The Produce Market. Beans—Wax beans have declined to $1.75 per bu. box. Home grown will begin to come in next week, probably fetching $2 per bu. Beet Greens—Receipts are large and demand is active on basis of 4oc per bu. Butter—Receipts are large and goods which do rot go into immediate con- sumption are placed in storage. Fancy dairy fetches 12c, choice brings 11c and cooking grades about toc. Factory creamery 1s not in demand at all, owing to the large receipts and excellent qual- ity of dairy grades, which are meeting the consumptive requirements of the market The consumption of butter this season has increased much in the Eastern markets on account of the fact that butter is at present about as cheap as oleo, which gives to butter much of the trade which would otherwise go to oleo. Besides this, oleo has very poor keeping qualities in the summer season, and this, too, diverts the demand to butter. Carrots—20@25c per doz. Celery—New crop has begun to ar- rive, commanding 20@25c per doz. The receipts so far have been small in size. Cheese—Prices have declined fully tc since a week ago and have apparently not reached bottom yet. So long as the rains continue and grass continues to grow rank, the supply of milk and the yield of cheese will be large. Cherries--Sweet command $1.50@2 per bu. Sour fruit is coming in freely, commanding $1.25@1.50 per bu. The crop is large and the quality of the fruit is fine. Cucumbers —Homegrown now supply the demand on the basis of 4o@5o0c_ per doz. Eggs—Local dealers have not reduced their nominal quotations, but are pay- ing 11c delivered, instead of ric on track. The four hot days last week— June 4 to 7—had a demoralizing effect on eggs, in consequence of which the loss is about one dozen tothe case. Con- sidering the large number of eggs in storage, the market is likely to have a weak tone during the summer months. The trade do not look for much advance before July. Gooseberries—75@85c per crate of 16 ts. Green Onions—Silver Skins command 15c. The demand is large and the re- ceipts were never better than now. Honey--8c for dark and Io for light. New crop was expected last week, but has not yet put in an appearance. The crop is said to be large and fine in qual- ity, owing to the effect the rain has had on the flowers and the clover. Lettuce—s5o@6oc per bu. for botk head and curly stock. Onions—Bermudas are in limited de- mand at $1.60 per crate. ®Louisiana are in fair demand at $2.25 per sack. Peas—Home grown are coming in freely and finding an active demand at 75 per bu. The quality is fine. There is some likelihood of the price going lower. Pieplant—$1.25 per 100 Ibs. Pineapples—Floridas have advanced to $2 per doz. Havanas are entirely out of market. Plants—Cabbage, celery, pepper and sweet potato are in ample supply at 75c per box of 200 plants. Tomato plants command toc more. Potatoes—Local dealers are getting 4oc for old and $1.10 per bu. for new stock from Missouri, with the proba- bility of a $1 market before the end of the week. Poultry—Broilers are more plentiful and have declined to 22c per Ib. Chick- ens are in good demand at 8@oc and fowls are in fair demand at 7!4@8c. Ducks are dull at 5@6c. Geese are not in demand at all. Turkeys are in limited supply and have advanced to 10@12c. Radishes—Round toc, long 12c. Spinach—4o0@5oc per bu. Squash—75c per bu. box for summer. Strawberries—Home grown are in their glory this week, commanding an average of 75c per crate. With cooler weather—which is foreshadowed at this writing—the crop is likely to last a couple of weeks yet. The crop is large in size and is standing shipment better than it did a week ago. Tomatoes—1.75 per crate of 4 baskets. Watermelons—As predicted last week, quotations have declined nearly 50 per cent., locai dealers holding at 35c. All reports from Georgia and Indiana indi- cate a larger acreage than ever before and in the event of the Michigan peach crop proving a failure, the watermelon growers will be likely to reap a rich harvest. ———_> > —___ The Grain Market. Wheat has been rather quiet during the week, no special fire rocket dis- plays, neither any startling slumps. The Government Crop Report came out on the roth inst., which gave wheat at 67.3 per cent., against 76.2 per cent. May 1 and 77.9 per cent. for April 1, and go.8 per cent. for June 1, 86.5 per cent. May 1 and 86.2 per cent. April 1, 1808. Spring wheat showed up 9!.4 per cent. June I, against 100.9 per cent. for cor- responding time 1898, which was con- sidered very strong, and the market gained 1c on this report, but extraor- dinarily large receipts in the Northwest, amounting to 986 cars in Minneapolis and Duluth, against 180 cars same day last year, also the visible increasing 1,416,000 bushels and amount in sight being 27,600,000 bushels, against 19,682,000 bushels last year, rather put a quietus on the bullish sentiment and markets closed rather tame. The fact remains undisputed that the winter wheat is short and, with the spring wheat with less acreage and conditions not up to last year, the shortage will amount to what has been stated before in these reports. We may say that our exports from the United States will be 220,000,000 bushels for the current year; while the continent will not need as much of our wheat, they will need more than we can spare, especially at present low prices. Corn remains very steady; would probably decline on the large acreage planted were it not that the weather is rather too damp for it at present. Much replanting has to be done because the seed rotted in the ground and prospects for a large crop are not the best at pres- ent. Oats are weak, owing to fine stand, which assures, barring accidents, a good full crop. Rye is in good shape and futures are selling 15c below cash. Flour trade is good, owing to the small stocks on hand among the deal- ers, both local and domestic, while for- eign bids are coming in higher, as they begin to realize that they underestimated our damage in wheat. Mili feed keeps up very well, taking the fine pasturage into consideration. The fact is we are having quite a large number of dairies around Grand Rapids and they must be fed something besides pasturage to keep up. Receipts for the week were 70 cars of wheat, 25 cars of corn, 12 cars of oats and 6 cars of hay. Mills pay 72c for wheat. C. G. A. Vorer. —___-0 2 About ihirty-five years ago Chauncey Depew deposited $100 in a Peekskill savings bank. The President of that institution joked Senator Depew about having forgotten this small account, and was astonished to hear Mr. Depew re- ply: ‘‘Forgotten it? Well, I guess not. It amounts to about $400 with interest now, and it’s going to keep right on growing. That was the first $100 I ever owned and I’ve kept my eye on it.’’ : ‘4 — 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Drawbacks Incident to a Summer Vacation. When you meet a woman nowadays who looks worn and weary, you know without being told that she is going through the trying ordeal of getting ready for her summer outing, and you wonder if the game is worth the candle and if any subsequent pleasure can pay for so much present trouble. ‘*Ob, dear,’’ said one of these vic- tims recently to a group of women who were discussing the summer exodus question. ‘‘Ob, dear, isn't it awful? Every year it drives me into a spell of nervous prostration. I think I might have health and strength to stand going off for the summer if I didn’t have to get ready, or i might be able to get ready if I didn’t have to go and could stay at home and rest up after the labors of preparation, but the two combined are too much for me. And what do we get out of it? It’s like going through death on the hopes of heaven, and then, nine times out of ten, finding we have struck the otber place. **To begin with, there is the agony of making up one’s mind where to go, and trying to decide between a quiet farm house, with freedom and flies, and the regulation summer hotel, where you sleep in a closet and display your gowns for the criticism of your sex. And whichever you choose, you will be dead sure to wish you had taken the other. Then there are weeks of misery, in which you haunt dressmakers and pros- trate yourself before them and when seamstresses harry the life out of you by doing those things to the children’s clothes that should not be done and leaving undone the things that should have been done. In addition, your house has to be gotten in order to shut up, and you lie awake at night wonder- ing what on earth you can do with the cat and are haunted by a conviction that your husband will leave the win- dows open so it can rain in on the new wall paper and ruin the mattings. So you worry along until finally, in sheer despair, you commend your house to the protection of fate and your husband to the mercy of Providence and pack your trunk and leave without being ready. ““Of course, we always say we don’t like to keep the children in town in hot weather and go away for their sake. If one has a summer cottage of one’s own that may be well enough, but if one hasn't, it seems to me that it is time to be honest with ourselves and admit what we all know, and that is that there is no other spot on earth worse for a child than a summer hotel. Just recall what we have all seen a thousand times: Pert little girls hanging around a group of gossiping and scandal-talking women and hearing things that blast their white innocence like a hot wind scorches up the petals of a lily. Don’t you re- call mere girl babies who were already making eyes at men and who were piti- less little snobs, valuing and estimating other children by their clothes? Think of how it made you shudder and won- der what their mothers could be think- ing about, when you saw the persistence with which the little boys hung around tbe bar-room and pool-room and you imagined the coarse stories and jokes they must be hearing? It is just as possible to touch pitch and not be de- filed as it is to keep a child uncorrupted in such an atmosphere. *’ **Well,’’ put in another woman, “having a cottage of your own is an- other fallacy, as far as any pleasure and rest to the woman is concerned. Of course, it sounds attractive, but in real- ity it means that the mistress has to in- stall a new home and get it cleaned and furnished and furbished up. She has to bribe and cajole her old servants into going with her and be down on her knees in gratitude to them or else she bas all the agony of breaking in new ones. Heaven knows housekeeping is trying enough in town, where you have all sorts of conveniences and markets and corner groceries on every block, but it has a million unforeseen complications when you are ten miles from a lemon and have to think ahead and provide like the commissary of an army; and then things always give out at the critic- al moment. In town you entertain when you want and whom you want. In your summer home visitors come down like the wolf on the fold and people rise up from the dead to come to see you. It is a season of work and worry, and the idea of regarding it as a ‘vacation’ for the mistress is an exquisite and delight- ful piece of sarcasm. ’’ ‘“You don’t go away in the summer often, do you, Mrs. Blank?’’ asked one of the women, turning to the matron of the party. “‘No,’’ she replied, ‘‘I got a little lesson on the subject once that I have never forgotten. I had always been in the habit of going, you know, and, like the rest at the beginning of summer, I proceeded to get the house into the proper shape for leaving. I stripped it of carpets, and rugs and draperies and curtains, I pinned sheets over the Pic- tures and tissue paper over the chande- liers, and put covers over the furniture, until everything looked as hideous and awful and unhomelike as a funeral. It positively never struck me how unutter- ably selfish it was not to leave a single comfort or thing of beauty for my hus- band to enjoy while I was disporting myself at summer resorts, and that, in effect, I was making his stay at home just as miserable as was in my power. Being a man, John never complained of what he endured, and year after year I went light-heartedly off, leaving him to live in one room and eat what the cook chose to give him. “It might have gone on that way to the end of the chapter, except that one day I had a warning—nothing tangible, but just that ‘feeling’ that a woman bas and that tells you something is wrong. I wrestled with it through one long night and then I took the next train for home. |! got in early one morning and John was pathetically glad to see me. He was worn and thin and said he was well, but hadn’t seemed to have much appetite. Pretty soon we went in to breakfast. A soiled cloth, greasy chops, muddy coffee—enough to take the ap- petite of a Comanche. No fruit, no ice, nothing that ought to have gone in- to a Christian stomach in hot weather. I choked right up. ‘Jobn,’ said I, ‘bave you been eatirg stuff like this all these summers when I was away?’ ‘Nothing tastes good unless you are across the table from me,’ he said gallantly, and I replied : ‘Well, it won’t have to again.’ After he was gone I sent for a man and I overhauled that house and did penance for my selfishness. More than that, I made it into a summer house, with filmy draperies that swayed in the wind every- where and suggested coolness, and I in- Stituted a summer menu tbat brought back John's appetite and Strength, and, as if virtue is its own reward, the bal- ance of that summer was the happiest and most comfortable I ever spent.’’ The young girl who had been thought- fully fingering the bangles on her brace- let broke in: ‘‘Well, let me tell you one thing,’’ she said: ‘‘the girls who leave home in the summer are regular chumps who don’t know a good thing when they see it. Mama used always to take me somewhere and it was always the same old story: forty-’leven dozen girls wearing out their pretty clothes, sitting around hotel verandahs and fighting over the poor, miserable little counter- jumper man who was taking his vaca- tion. Why, I have -seen girls almost come to hair pulling over a thing they wouldn’t have looked at at home. At night the only amusement was wabbling round the ballroom with some other girl, and if there’s anything more forlorn and ghastly than two girls dancing together I hope and- pray I may be spared the sight of it. Finally, papa gave me what he called a dead straight tip. ‘My child,’ he said, ‘even the best sportsman must pick his location if he expects to bag anything. There’s no use in fish- ing for deep-sea trout on the top of a mountain. If you want beaux, stay where they stay. All the men who are worth marrying are holding down good positions in town, and they haven't got any time to be gallivanting around sum- mer resorts. Here’s a check for your summer outing, but I advise you to in- vest it in white frocks and cold drinks,’ “I did. I got mea lot of fluffy mus- lins and the girl who can’t look sweet in them in the moonlight ought to make an assignment and retire to a convent. I fixed up the side porch with com- fortable wicker chairs and hammocks piled full of cotton-covered cushions and I served an apprenticeship in the concoction of cooling beverages and Savory sandwiches, A lot of houses at which men usually call are closed in the summer, and in consequence, as papa says, the market is long on beaux and I played to standing room only from the start. Anybody who called was sure of finding a cool seat on our side porch and a glass of something iced, and it was all jolly and easy and comfortable, and I put in the best time of my life. We made up parties and went trolley riding, and to the lake, and the park, and up and down the river, and where there was one thing at a sum- mer resort to amuse you, there were forty at home. Thanks, no more leav- ing home for me in the summer. The summer girl who knows her business Stays at home now. She has a cinch.”’ ‘*The vacation theory is all right,’’ said the first speaker, ‘‘we all need rest, and change, and pleasure, but we want to learn how to do it more ration- ally. We bave been committed too long to the idea that pleasure was only to be found in gadding about, and I trust that the time will soon come when we will know enough to know that the breaking up of a home and nervous prostration are not necessary forerunners of a suc- cessful summer vacation. ’’ Dorotny Drx. —_—_22.____ Kindness Which Is Cruel. No thoughtful person can have failed to observe that much of the injustice under which women suffer is merely the result of injudicious kindness, and this never has a more forcible illustration than in the attitude which parents as- sume towards their children who are about to leave the schoolroom. Hav- ing, as we humorously put it, ‘‘finished their education,’’ the father’s first care is to have his son taught some business or profession, by which he may secure for himself the comforts of life and be independent. No one, though, thinks of giving the girl an equal chance, and providing her with a way in which she can earn her bread and butter should oc- casion require it. Her future, surely as important as her brother’s, is left en- tirely to chance, Of course, this is intended in all kind: ness, but it does look like the united experience of the ages would have taught us sotne better way of showing our love for a girl than by making her helpless. It might be justifiable if we knew that we would always be by her side to shield and protect her, to ward off from her the blows of fate. Un- happily this is impossible. She must walk the path of destiny alone. She must succeed or fail, stand or fall as her own strength is, just as in the case of aman. Misfortune is no respecter of sex. Our excuse is always that we expect girls to marry. We speak of matrimony as a kind of baven in which a woman drops anchor and rides at ease the bal- ance of her life. In reality, it is a ca- reer requiring the most complicated training, and the fact that girls rush into it illy fitted for its duties and re- sponsibilities explains why there are so many unhappy marriages, just as lack of knowledge and training explains why many men fall in business. It is not argued, of course, that every girl should study law, or medicine, or typewriting, or trained nursing. Still less that any one who does not need the money should enter the ranks of women bread-winnets, but it is certainly every father’s duty to teach his daughter the rudiments of book-keeping, and enough about investments and securities to en- able ber to know how to care for the money he is to leave her some day. It is this ignorance of money that accounts for much of the extravagance of women, and it is what makes them. the victims of sharpers and people with gold bricks and wild-cat mines. So far as a profession for women is concerned, we come back at last to the fact, strange as most women regard it, that women’s success has been greatest along eternally feminine lines. No girl can be taught a better trade than house- keeping or sewing. Every year the price of plain sewing gets fancier and fancier, and dressmaking climbs up into the clouds. The world is hungry three times a day three hundred and sixty- five days a year, and has to be fed. The whole human race is on a still hunt for a good cook and a good place to board. These professions, carried on intelli- gently, are never over crowded. -‘‘Ah,’’ but you say, ‘‘look at the poor sewing women crying for work? Look at the boarding-house keepers being sold out by the sheriff?’’ True, but how did they do their work? Didn’t you have to take your frock back time after time to get it fixed so you could wear it? Was there ever anything fit tu eat on the other woman's table? Incompetent, in- competent, no wonder they failed. As a matter of fact—and the sooner they recognize it the better—inefficiency or lacking of training is at the bottom of every woman's failure, and this, more often than not, is simply the re- sult of the cruel kindness that, in seek- ing to shield them, deprives them of the means by which they might win their way to happiness and prosperity. Cora STOWELL. i ~ S “ nent ance Riper Porras ae _ piezo DP eres > ee ee RE gg, OLLIE RLIE a — - DP yrs > ce NO ce, OLLONGLLELIEN The Value of Brass. Written for the TRADESMAN. I ain’t much hand to moralize, but I was just thinking the other day what hypocrites some of us mortals are any- way. I was looking over a box of old books and I came across a paper copy of the ‘‘Gospel Hymns.’’ One cover was gone and the back had been double stitched with black to keep the worn, begrimed, dog-eared pages in place. It brought back precious memories. Not a score of years ago we never thought of singing out of any other book at Sun- day School. Every summer, when we went on the annual picnics, we beguiled the tedious long drives of a dozen miles or so by delivering ‘‘Hold the Fort’’ and ‘‘Pull for the Shore’’ so lustily as to make the natives hold their ears, and I believe if young America bad been present she would have been shocked beyond redemption. Yes, and in the twilight just as it was time to put the little ones to bed, Mother used to sit down at the parlor organ and play the chords while we did the concert act. I remember we used to take turns in choosing the hymns for the evening. ‘Why, even the lisping baby would try to join in the chorus and grandfather in the chimney corner would put in his oar, although not aiways on time nor in tune. But what I was going to say was with regard to one particular hymn. You all know it and remember what 2 fa- vorite it was in those days. I think it runs thus: O to be nothing, nothing, Only to lie at his feet A broken and emptied vessel, etc. Now I call that doctrine pernicious. Do you suppose we youngsters believed at heart a word we were singing? Why, such sentiment is fit only for the beg- gar, the tramp or the paralytic, who can not manage to turn up trumps if they try. Now if I had been consulted about the words I would have suggested something like this: O to be something, something, With vim to work and achieve. Most of us human creatures are not so exhausted with ambition that we need to be encouraged to be passive. Did you ever stop to consider who are the people who go ahead in the world? Is it the timid child, the bashful youth, the retiring man? It is all very well after one has won the Baitle of Manila to be modest, but success seldom comes to those who are always willing to take a back seat. There never was a hero who did not dare to grasp more than he could hold, to try to bear more than he could carry. You know who learns to ride the bicycle the quickest, and that is a simple example of all undertakings in life. It is a verified fact that coun- try children make the best scholars. Why, our greatest people began life on a farm, and the clerkships and other routine positions are filled from the ranks of our city chaps. Is it because the first have natural ability, or because they have self-assurance enough to un- dertake whatever anybody else has ever attempted? Think of the army of raw country boys and girls who press to the city, and they seldom fail to make their way. If there are any plums on the tree they get hold of them everytime. Their modesty does not keep them from push- ing and making their claims felt. It reminds me of a country fledgeling I once met. His father was a small farmer who was always digging. His mother was the simplest of the simple rural folk. He himself was tall, raw- boned, uncouth and awkward and silent among strangers as a mute. He worked MICHIGAN TRADESMAN on the farm from dawn to twilight and then burned the midnight oil over his books. Winters he taught district school. But he would be a minister; and he managed some way to go to divinity school and to-day, a man under 30, he has a large and flourishing church and is the pet of the congregation. Yet his preparation was of the meagerest and gained by the hardest, and if he had consulted anybody he would probably have been told to stick to the farm, for which he seemed especially fitted. Yes, and there is our own Hon. Wil- liam, our member of Congress who used to be ‘‘ Billy, the popcorn boy.’’ Do you suppose he was perfectly prepared for the positions he has sought to fill? Or do you suppose any of the numerous positions came to him unsolicited? He had to learn as he went ahead, he had to make grievous mistakes before he learned, but he bad the nerve, or brass, or whatever you wish to call it, to push and make other people get out of his way. How far would he have gotten on the road if he had been diffident and required encouragement to put each foot forward? In the business world the same rule holds. Only the born genius can dare to be modest. Few people are born with genius, but must acquire it by hard work and the audacity to seek the seeming unattainable. There is noth- ing that succeeds like success, and few people stop to question the methods. —___>2.____ Did Not Prosecute. One of Detroit’s citizens, who has plenty of this world’s goods and likes to cut just as wide a swath as he can while going through the world, spends a part of every summer up in the North- ern Michigan village where his wife used to live. He dazzles the eyes of the natives with his magnificence and is a big-voiced oracle on every subject re- ceiving attention from the townspeople. Last summer, while up there, be had a suit of clothes badly damaged in a swamp he foolishly attempted to cross, and ordered a new outfit from the vil- lage tailor. The citizen found cloth to his liking, gave the tailor measurements as taken by a Detroit artist in this line, went over iashion plates with him, and was so generally fussy over the whole affair that every man, woman and child in the place knew that the Detroiter was having a mighty particular piece of work done by the local knight of the goose. The suit completed was so tight that the wearer couldn’t wink without parting a seam. He hurried to the tail- or’s with blood in his eye, and talked so loud that he soon had half the town for an audience. He demanded dam- ages, that were indignantly refused. Then he fumed the more ferociously and wound up by announcing that he would commence suit at once. ‘‘Go ahead,’’ shouted the angry tailor. ‘‘Sue away. You give me them Detroit measurements, didn’t you?’’ ‘‘Of course I did, but you’re too much of a farmer to understand.’’ ‘‘Fire away,’’ whooped the tailor. ‘‘All I’m achin’ for is to git you into court. I kin bring a hundred witnesses to prove that you’re a durned sight bigger man up here than you ever was in Detroit.’’ There was no lawsuit, and the citizen has been in a compara- tively suppressed state ever since. —_—__>0 9 —____ Wanted an Antidote. Johnny—I'd like to be a doctor, mama. Mama—Why? Johnny—I might find out something you could take to keep candy from hurt- ing your teeth. “Z ciated on a hot day than a substantial fan. Espe- cially is this true of coun- try customers who come fort. We have a large line of these goods in | fancy shapes and unique | designs, which we fur- to town without provid- nish printed and handled Fans Fors Warm ‘Weather Nothing is more appre- ing themselves with this necessary adjunct to com- as follows: = HOG 6 402. 8 $ 3 00 ZEW oie ibis ai a sas 4 50 ONS sais is os ara 5.75 BOO ss oa io a4 7 00 Roe wy 2. 860 foes oe {5 00 We can fill orders on two hours’ notice, if necessary, but don’t ask us to fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. Shake off the Dragging Chains_, tea », of Credit i» oe yo Guang 2 FY, Se - me a | By abandoning the pass book and other out-of-date methods of keeping track of the credit transactions of a retail store and adopting in their stead the modern method of handling credit accounts, the COUPON BOOK SYSTEM By means of which the credit transactions of a retail business can be a placed on a cash basis and annoyance and loss supplanted by peace and profit. We make four different kinds of Coupon Books, all of which are sold on the same basis, irrespective of grade or denomination. We cheerfully send samples of any or all of our books on application, confi- dent that our prices are lower than those of any other house in our line, quality of work and accuracy of workmanship considered. TRADESMAN COMPANY, ) GRAND RAPIDS. PISS SNe ISIE BASSAS - : 4 f 8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MicricanfpaprsMan Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan radesman. E. A. STOWE, Epiror. WEDNESDAY, - - - JUNE 14, 1899. EVIDENCES OF INSINCERITY. Nobody will be surprised to learn that the Peace Conference, now sitting at The Hague, Holland, has refused to assent to naval disarmament. This was one of Russia’s proposals, that power not only advising the abandonment of improvements in naval ordnance, but the retiring of all vessels now in com- mission, with a few exceptions. The proposition included the prohibition of the ram, the abolition of submarine boats, and other equaliy drastic re- trenchments in naval armaments. One can readily understand that Rus- sia should desire the disarmament of the navies of the world, because such an ar- rangement would seduce to harmlessness her leading rival, namely, Great Brit- ain. It is the British navy that is the stumbling-block in Russia's path, and it is this power of restraint that the Czar is anxious to remove. The provi- sion against submarine boats earned France’s enmity to the whole proposi- tion, as that country looks for great re- sults from the submarine vessels recent- ly constructed. It is difficult to believe that naval disarmament was ever seriously con- templated by any of the powers. No one but an extreme enthusiast believes that the time of universal peace has ar- rived, and naval warfare has come to be considered as the most effective and economical method of settling inter national disputes. Owing to the ex- pansion of the colonial possessions of the principal European powers, arma- ment on the high seas has become vastly more important than was formerly the case. The control of the sea is now the deciding factor in modern wars. It was the sea victories of Japan over China that caused the overwhelming defeat of the latter country, and in our own war with Spain it was the famous victories in Manila Bay and off Santiago that so quickly decided the conflict. The easy victories achieved by our fleets con- vinced the Spaniards of the bopeless- ness of the struggle, for it must be ad- mitted that our achievements on land were not on a parity with our victories at sea. Warfare on the sea is undoubtedly not only more economical, but also more bumane. Our great victories over Spain were achieved with a small loss of life as far as our own service was con- cerned, and the Spanish loss was com- paratively small when contrasted with the average land engagements. The same is true of all great naval engage- ments of the past. The results have been of momentous importance, out of all proportion to the loss of life and property. More was accomplished by Nelson's victory at Trafalgar than was achieved in the whole peninsular cam- paign. The Peace Conference, therefore, acted wisely in refusing to assent to naval disarmament. Not even this country could have agreed to sucha proposition, because nowhere is the be- lief stronger that a large navy is con- ducive to peace than in the United States. THE COMING CONFLICT. It is difficult to see how the British government can longer refrain from en- forcing the reforms which President Kruger refuses to grant It would no doubt lead to a sharp conflict, as the Boers are no mean fighters; but it is not probable that the British government will again repeat the blunder of fifteen years ago and send a smail force against the Transvaal. This time a large army wiil be used, which, aided by the large number of Englishmen in the Rand dis- trict, can not fail to bring the stubborn Boers to terms, although the contest will probably cost considerable in blood and treasure. The obstinacy and conservatism of the Boers have proved serious stum- bling blocks in the path of British de- velopment and enterprise in South Af- rica, and this obstacle must be brushed aside, sooner or later. The Boers them- selves, by their unbending and unyield- ing att tude, have courted the disaster which must surely overtake them, and, although they will probably make a hard fight, they can not hope to prevail against the power and wealth of a mighty empire with its present facilities for concentrating men and supplies. The British plan contemplates sending an army of fully fifty thousand men into the Transvaal should circumstances make hostilities inevitable. Against such a force President Kruger could not hope to make a successful stand. De- feat would mean the loss of independ- ence for the Transvaal, as it is not like- ly that the British will again permit the erection of such a barrier to progress as the Boer republic has proven, Those of the Tradesman’s readers who were so unfortunate as to be vic- timized by the Sulter failure, which occurred at Cleveland about a year ago, will be interested to note the effort now being made by the family of the as- signor to secure an assignment of the claims held by the creditors. Consider- ing the fact that within a few months after the elder Sulter failed the sons were able to organize a stock company with an alleged capital of $1,000,000, it would appear as though an offer of 33% per cent. in yeast is somewhat meager, especially in view of the fact that the yeast is a new article, totally unknown to the buying public, thus compelling the dealer to create the demand for an article which is pretty likely to deterio- rate on his hands while the demand is being created. Perhaps there are mer- chants in Michigan who would be at- tracted by such a proposition, but the Tradesman very much doubts whether any considerable number will be found willing to accept cats and dogs in lieu of cold cash. Cuba is becoming Americanized fast enough. Santiago has a longshoremen’s strike, and Havana has a cabmen’s strike, WHY TRUSTS ARE DANGEROUS. The existence of monopoly has always been odious to a free people, because the system seeks to restrict the profits arising from the people’s necessities or luxuries to a privileged few who, by the use of accumulated wealth, have succeeded in crushing out less fortunate competitors. The whole tendency of monopoly is to increase the cost of products to the masses, diminish at the same time the earning capacity of the people, while excluding all but a fa- vored few from participation in the gains. Trusts, which represent modern monopolies, have been very properly described as ‘‘conspiracies in restraint of trade,’’ because their general effects, is to hamper a country’s industries, dis- courage its producers by restricting the number of buyers, and eliminating com- petition, which isthe real life and vigor of commerce. The success of the trusts must even- tuaily have a most harmful effect upon the political future of the country. Their existence is a direct encourage- ment to socialism and anarchy, and the truckling of officials and legislators to these monopolies is calculated to arouse the temper of the people ta a degree which must eventually lead to drastic legislation. There is another danger inherent to the trust system which claims less at- tention than it is entitled to.. The Tradesman refers to the financial work- ings of these vast monopolies. The trusts, unlike ordinary corporations, are not capitalized in a way to repre- sent the actual value of their assets, Every dollar of actual value owned by a trust is represented by three, four or more dollars of securities which the credulous public are expected to pur- chase. Their capital not being repre- sented by actual property and cash, they can not be expected to pay dividends and interest on any legitimate basis. The time must come when tthe trusts will no longer be able to squeeze enough out of the people to meet the dividends and interests on their stocks and bonds. When that time comes, and hundreds of millions of inflated capital shrinks to its proper proportions, there is likely to be an upheaval which will shake the finan- cial world, honest and legitimate enter- prises being adversely affected in the general upset. The trusts are, there- fore, a menace to the general financial stability of the country because they are dishonest, their securities never at any time representing actual values, The campaign against the trusts is sure to bring some of the weaker among them to grief, thus exposing the whole system of financial juggling on which the fabric is based. If the agitation does nothing more than this, it will have done good, as it will have warned the unsuspecting public against in- vesting in the watered stocks and bonds of these combinations, BUSINESS CONDITIONS. The prospect for a continued recovery in the prices of stocks has so far been realized, although the changes have not been radical in any lines. The average of the transportation list for last week rose $1.57 and trusts $2.31 and the move- ment still continues upward. The fact that changes are slow tends to confirm the conclusion that the movement is based on the average improvement of industrial conditions everywhere. The continued movement of gold to Europe in the face of conditions which would seem to warrant its coming the other way still excites comment; but, when it is considered that the accumulation in this country has been going on until the quantity of the metal in its various forms exceeds any known in history in any country, it is perhaps not strange that at the season of its usual outflow there should be such a movement, While the approach of midsummer brings a slight lessening of the volume of business in April and May, it ex- ceeds that of last year, which was con- sidered very large, by 36.6 per cent. and that of the high tide year preceding the panic by 54.2 percent. Railway earnings were especially satisfactory during the latter part of May and for the month thus far on United States roads show a gain of 7.4 per cent. over last year, and 24.8 per cent. over 18092. The returns of tonnage at some impor- tant points indicate that an unusual share of the business is still in west- bound freight, although somewhat smaller in such high-class freights than in past weeks, It is a surprise that the export of wheat for the season thus far exceeds the phenomenal outgo for the corres- ponding portion of last year, 213,139,- 951 bushels, against 207,129,787. The present movement, however, is much less than for the corresponding week of last year; but it is not probable that the decline in outgo will prevent the breaking of last year’s record. There was a slight decline in price last week, but the latest change is again upward. In the clothing and allied industries the general tendency of prices has been toward improvement, with continued activity. The change has been most marked in cotton products, and although Jess in woolens there is yet a pronounced upward tendency. The recent advance in boot and shoe prices seems to exert a restraining tendency on sales, espe- cially in view of the weakening in the prices of both hides and leather. The iron industry eclipsed all previous performances in price changes last week, and, while 75 to 85 cents was added to prices of anthracite, Grey Forge, Bessemer and Western pig, the advance in finished products was $1 on rails, $2 on bars and sheets, $5 on struc- tural forms and wire nails, and 15 cents a keg on cut nails, with important ad- vances in various products quoted by discounts from price lists. It is stated that the average advance for this sin- gle week was 8.82 per cent. on products of iron, and 4.8 per cent. on pig iron, and after the notable rise in May such changes would warrant a suspicion that a turn could not be far off, if the mar- kets were subject to normal influences. Several more furnaces are about to go into blast, but their output has been largely covered by contracts before they are ready to work, and .the entire out- put of the Maboning and Shenango Valleys is said to have been covered by contracts for the rest of this year. The Tradesman resumes this week the publication of a regular advertising de- partment, which will appear under the former caption of Getting the People. The subject matter will be prepared by W. S. Hamburger, who was formerly identified with the advertising agency of N. W. Ayer & Son and has had am- ple experience to render such a depart- ment interesting and profitable to the readers of the Tradesman. It is not necessary to believe all one heazs, and it is not necessary to be al- ways hearing about what one already be- lieves, cae : ' . Page i ' MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 THE MISUSE OF CHARITY. From time to time stories are told of street beggars who are owners of prop- erty and of others who die leaving for- tunes. There are very many more who, while accumulating nothing, live in idleness on the people who do work. Hon. Bird S. Coler, Comptroller of the City of New York, declares, in an article in the June Popular Science Monthly, that to per cent. of all the bu- man beings who die in New York City are buried in the potter’s field at public expense, although the record shows that less than 1 per cent. of the living are paupers or dependents. The 1 per cent. of paupers and de- pendents are those in public asylums. The other 9 per cent. who fill paupers’ graves are, during life, idlers and loaf- ers of every sort, who subsist on the body politic in one way or another. They are mostly utterly unworthy of any consideration or pity, for they do not make the slightest exertion to sup- port themselves in any honest manner, but consume the earnings of those who work for a living. Some of them have started at the top of the social scale, but by evil practices and intemperate indulgences they descend to the bottom and become a part of the Io per cent. of the population that fill paupers’ graves. Mr. Coler says New York has become the Mecca of the chronic idlers and tramps of the entire country. They go there because it is easier for a shrewd professional beggar to live in luxury in New York than to barely exist in any otber city in the world. The City of New York gives annually to public charity more than $5,000,000, and contributes indirectly $2,000,000 more. The New York Department of Public Charities, for the maintenance of which the sum of $1,941,215 is appropriated for the year 1899, is controlled entirely by the city. The balance of the $5,000,000 appropriated annually for the same general purpose is divided among more than two hundred societies and in- stitutions managed by corporations or private individuals. The city pays for the support of a child in a private institution the sum of $110 a year, and the average allowance for the maintenance of an adult is $150. The percentage of children among the dependent persons is almost three to one, so the $5,000,000 public charity fund would feed and clothe more than forty thousand persons each year if ap- plied directly to that purpose. In the distribution of this great sum of public money, however, fully $2,000,000 of the amount is absorbed in the payment of salaries and expenses. If the City of New York spends of public money the enormous sum of seven million dollars in charity, how much is given by the people to worthy and unworthy objects which never finds its vast aggregate stated in any account book. There must be many millions more money spent in so-called charity, and it is extremely doubtful if it ac- complishes any good. Much of it goes to maintain people in idleness and vice. What is true in these matters in New York is true in a way in every other city of the Union, and there is good reason to believe that a very great part of the money spent in so-called charity is wasted or worse, and encourages idleness and vice. The only true and wise charity is that which enables peo- ple to support themselves by giving them opportunities to work and thereby maintain their self-respect. Any dis- bursement of money that makes con- firmed beggars of people who could work if they would is little less than en- couraging crime and worthlessness. Mr. Coler does not blame the city officers for the money wasted in such societies, but declares ‘‘the fault seems to rest primarily upon that condition of public opinion that is cheerfully tolerant of any fraud committed in the name of charity.’’ ‘‘The chief abuses of the present system of public charity,’’ he adds, ‘‘are the expenditures for salaries and the steady increase of pauperism, due to the misdirected efforts of the in- experienced persons who control so many of the smaller societies that re- ceive city money.’’ As to the remedy for existing condi- tions, Mr. Coler is as much at sea as are those who are engaged in charitable work elsewhere. He knows of the abuses, and he looks for a remedy only when charity will cease to be a valid excuse at the bar of public opinion for the reckless expenditure of money. As the case stands, charity is regarded as the pastime of the rich and notasa business matter. FIGHT AGAINST THE TRUSTS. The very active campaign which is being waged against trusts and combi- nations all over the country is begin- ning to produce satisfactory results. It is true that the great trusts have not been destroyed, nor even materially crippled; but it is equally true that their stocks and securities have depre- ciated in value, and the smaller combi- nations have met with serious difficul- ties in their financial transactions. Some very promising combinations have failed of success simply because the hue and cry raised against them prevented the successful financing of the enterprises. In a word, the alarming tendency to an unlimited multiplication of trusts which prevailed some time since has been checked. The floating of so many large indus- trial combinations was made possible only by the avidity with which the in- vesting public recently absorbed all se- curities placed on the market. In- vestors have now been turned against the combinations, and the trust promot- ers are no longer able to float stocks and bonds with ease. This defection of the investing public has puta stop to the new trusts, and has made the success of many of those recently organized prob- lematical in the extreme. The fear of adverse legislation in the various states, as well as by the Na- tional Government, has discouraged the trust promoters. The adoption of anti- trust legislation in several states, and the certainty that similar laws will be adopted by other states when their re- spective legislatures meet, have made the holders of trust securities uneasy, and their value has declined consider- ably in the great market for such securi- ties, namely Wall Street, The stoppage of the development of new trusts,and the decline in the shares of the older monopolies, should greatly encourage the anti-trust agitation which has become so formidable throughout the country. In Michigan there has arisen quite a pronounced sentiment against the trusts, and the most ardent opponents of the monopolies are to be found among the business men who have felt the effects of the repressive tactics adopted by the monopolies, and have been compelled in self-protection to inaugurate a stout fight against them. MORE SHIPS NEEDED. Admiral Sampson has an article in the New York Independent, in which he declares that it is a more powerful navy, and not a larger army, that the country needs. He points out with much force that, unless this country determines to enter upon wars of ag- gression against foreign powers, there is no necessity for maintaining a large standing army; whereas a large navy is needed asa purely defensive measure to protect our extensive coast line and properly look after our growing com- merce and widely scattered possessions. He also holds that land batteries and torpedoes at the leading ports are also | very essential to a scheme of defense. The country will be disposed to agree with Admiral Sampson that it is a jarge navy, and not a large standing army, that is needed. There is a strong popular undercurrent against any mate- rial increase in the regular army; but there is no opposition whatever to any increase in the naval establishment which the requirements of the country demand. The question is: What addi- tions are needed to fully meet all re- quirements? Admiral Sampson claims that just twice as many ships as we now possess are required to place the navy ona proper footing to meet the country’s ac- tual needs. Heholds that our easy vic- tories over Spain’s fleets will prove ver- itable disasters to us if they should per- suade our people that our existing naval strength is sufficient to cope with a really important power. The Admiral holds that we especially need a num- ber of swift armored cruisers of the type of the New York and Brooklyn. Admiral Sampson's views will be generally indorsed by all thinking peo- ple, who will at the same time realize the difficulty of securing from Congress the authorization of all the vessels that seem to be needed. There is another thing which Admiral Sampson has ap- parently overlooked, but which is quite as necessary as a larger number of ships, and that is an increase in the personnel, both officers and men. The Navy Department is at the present mo- ment embarrassed to find sufficient offi- cers to man vessels now in service and at the same time supply the absolutely necessary requirements of the shore stations. There is not a ship in the service but what is under-manned, as well as under-officered. It is, therefore, necessary, in calculating upon doubling our present force of fighting ships, to make provision for a proportionate in- crease of officers and men. This is quite as serious a problem as the in- crease in the number of ships; but it must be ultimately faced if we are to have a really powerful navy. REGAINING ITS EQUILIBRIUM. Notwithstanding the special war taxes levied by Congress, the country’s ex- penditures for the present fiscal year have greatly exceeded the receipts, the demands of the war with Spain and the resulting occupation of Spain’s former possessions having exerted a great strain upon the Treasury. Some idea of the extent of the drain upon the country’s resources caused by the war can be had by an examination of the Treasury’s statistics for the eleven months of the fiscal year ending May 31 ultimo. The expenditures for the eleven months amounted to $573,- 709,972, which represented an increase of over $178,000,000 as compared with the disbursements for the like period of the fiscal year preceding. The rea- sons for this large increase, of course, lie upon the surface. They are strik- ingly reflected in a single item, the ex- penditures on account of the war de- partment alone showing an increase of not far from $150,000, 000. It should be remembered that this in- crease in expenditures over receipts does not represent an increase merely over the same receipts which could be counted on during the preceding year, but over and above receipts which rep- resented a gain of not far from $100,- 000,000 over the receipts of the same period in the preceding fiscal year. Notwithstanding this showing of ex- cess of expenditures over receipts, there are indications that from now on the two sides of the ledger wili balance more evenly. For the first time ina long while the receipts exceeded the disbursements during the month of May just closed. The receipts for the month amounted to $44,786,014, which repre- sented an increase of over $3,100,000 as compared with the preceding month and of over $14,700,000 as compared with the corresponding date last year. The expenditures, on the other hand, amounted to $40,513,005, which repre- sented a decrease of over $25, 400,000 as compared with those for the preceding month, although it should not be forgot- ten that the $20,000,000 payment for the Philippines was included in the ex- penditures for April. As will be seen by comparing the figures on both sides of the account for the month, the re- ceipts exceeded the expenditures by over $4,200, 000, This isa most gratifying showing and it is to be hoped that it may be ac- cepted as an indication that affairs are rapidly returning to a normal basis, and that from now on the Government may be able to get along on its present in- come without the necessity for addi- tional taxation. While the continuation of the war in the Philippines absorbs considerable money, and must continue to be an expense for some time to come, it must be remembered that the islands are beginning to produce some revenue, and will soon bring in more as affairs become more settled. The great State of New York, expect- ing to make a million dollars on the Dewey reception exhibition which the United States navy will give for New York City, has subscribed only $2, 422.75 for the Dewey Home Fund, evidently believing that Dewey is able to buy his own home, and that it will not be in New York when he buys it. Child abductors must feel disgusted when they find they have stolen the child of poor people instead of an off- spring of millionaires; but so many poor people dress their children expen- sively that child stealers are liable to make mistakes and take property that will bring no ransom. Working for a living is a continuous performance, and the actors sometimes get tired of the grind. A baldheaded man is not straining his intellect over the problem of parting his hair. If it is true that the clothes make the man, some men ought to change their clothes. The man who thinks he owns a polit- ical party should pay for bringing it up. A real man is much better than a real king. 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Observations by a Gotham Egg Man. There has been a good deal of talk about keeping more of the sales of eggs at mark in this market this spring. Some shippers have been very insistent upon having their stock sold on that basis, regardless of the general rule, and we have heard several receivers say that they were going to sell their receipts at mark, some qualifying their inten- tion, however, by adding ‘‘as long as possible.’’ Up to the beginning of last week the general situation of the mar- ket was such as to give sellers some advantage on fine grades of eggs and it was not very difficult, even after the Exchange loss off rule went into effect, to move really fancy grades of eggs at mark or with a light fixed allowance. But of late the general position of the egg market has been generally less fa- vorable, leading to some decline in prices, and as buyers have had the ad- vantage it has shown itself in the fixing of loss terms as well as in prices, and the insistence upon sales at mark has become altogether a difficult matter. x * * We are strongly in favor of Exchange rules being made to give a distinctive name—‘‘extras’’ for instance—to a grade of eggs worthy of sale at all sea- sons on a case count basis. And it is to be hoped that the establishment of such a grade, and recognition of its market value at all seasons, may lead to an improvement in the quality of many packings so as to meet the re- quirements. But while it is desirable that eggs should be sold at mark as largely as possible, it would seem un- wise for any egg seller to take the stand at present that he would sell his egg receipts ‘‘at mark,’’ only in spite of market conditions, for it would un- doubtedly result ina sacrifice of value in some instances. It takes two to make a bargain and when buyers can get more eggs than they need and ho'ders are seeking for outlets the question of loss must be decided in favor of the party who, by reason of existing mar- ket conditions, has the advantage of fixing the terms of ihe sale. a a As a matter of fact there are some grades of eggs which can be sold to bet- ter advantage loss off than at mark—and vice versa. Stock which shows moder- ate loss, but of which the quality is fine otherwise, will generally realize more money if sold loss off to a good buyer than if sold at mark; but eggs which lose heavily or in which the stock is de- fective realize more money when sold at mark to cheap trade than when sold to a better class of customers loss off. In order to secure favorable results by case count sales to regular egg dealers it is necessary that the conditions of the sale shall be in sellers’ favor. There is one grade of eggs which is nearly al- ways in this condition, but it has never been plenty enough during the summer season to be a ruling factor in the mar- ket ; we refer to that superlative quality of stock which is alwavs sought for— large, fresh, full, strong meated and showing very littie defect of any kind. For eggs of this character the terms of sale are nearly always in sellers’ favor and for them only can full prices be realized ‘‘case count.’’ +e) * Speaking of case count egg business, attention has heretofore been called to the fact that, under the New York Mer- cantile Exchange egg rules, storage packed eggs must be of quality to pass as fresh gathered firsts at mark. Since buyers have gained the advantage in our egg market they have been able to buy so many goods loss off that they are re- fusing to take eggs as storage packed on a case count basis unless they come fully up to requirements. Comparative- ly few of the so-called storage packings will really pass inspection to be sold at mark. It takes more than clean new cases and a few cork shavings to make storage packed eggs in the meaning of the rule; the eggs must be large and clean, free from heat, and must not lose to exceed 1 doz. to the 30 doz. case, counting checks as half loss. eee One sees some funny things in the egg market attimes. Last week a re- ceiver here had a lot of eggs inspected which promised to grade high from all outward appearances. The first case opened by the inspector was as fine a looking case of eggs as one might find in a day’s journey—big brown eggs, as clean as a new dollar and bandsomely packed ; but they showed queer before the candle and all of these big brown eggs were found to be par-boiled. Searching for an explanation, the re- ceiver ventured the opinion that these handsome eggs came from some poultry fancier who raised fancy eggs for set- ting purposes. It seems that some of these breeders, when they havea surplus to sell to local storekeepers, dip them in hot water so they can not be sold for hatching in competition with those soid by the breeder himself. But this genius left the eggs in a little too long.—N. Y. Produce Review. ——_> 0. ___ Effect of High Cost on Canadian Egg Exports. From the Montreal Trade-Bulletin. The prospects for our export egg trade are not as bright as they might be, and our exporters are beginning to wonder where the profits are to be made on the surplus stock, which will bave to find a foreign market. Very few sales of pickles have as yet been made for fall shipment, for the reason that they cost too much to admit of their being placed at a profit. There is quite a lot of eggs in this city that cost 12c in the vats, and some even above that figure, which means 1 % to 2c above what parties on the other side are prepared to bid for future delivery. From very reliable sources of information we learn that Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow are willing to give Canadian pickles the preference over other foreign stock with the exception of Danish. Canadian cold storage eggs did very badly last season in Engiand, a number of sbip- ments meeting with most disastrous re- sults, and we have been asked to cau- tion our shippers against exporting this class of eggs to Great Britain, as they are not wanted there. Sales of Canadian cold storage eggs were made on the other side at 2s. to 2s. 6d. per long hun- dred. One firm is said to have lost #1,000 on this class of eggs, and an- other house lost £500n too cases. Amer- ican cold storage eggs also iost heavily last season in England. A Philadelphia firm had 1,800 cases shipped back to it from England rather than accept the low prices offered. What tke English market requires is either choice, large, fresh eggs or good pickled. Regarding fresh eggs, iarge quantities of Irish have recently been received in Liverpool and Glasgow, and have sold as lowas 4s. 2d. and 4s. 4d. per long hundred, or about $1 per io dozen. At present there is no encouragement to ship Canadian stock to the other side, but should the Continental supply fall off there might be a chance for our eggs yet. Some of our large Western firms never sell their pickles to arrive, but ship them as they are wanted to their English agents. At the present the export egg trade is awaiting developments. 5660006006 0 Buffalo Cold Storage Co., Buffalo, N, Y. Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. (Brnnnoovcarreagnn09 J. WHOLESALE DEALER IN BUTTER AND EGGS BUFFALO, N. Y. REFERENCES: W. LANSING, I have a good many orders Dun or Bradstreet. Michigan Tradesman. A good many egg buyers want your eggs only during April and May for storage, but I have got to have them every day during the year. ; filled for storage, besides my regular trade, so I can use your receipts to good advantage. Write me, before shipping elsewhere, how many you will have, I will buy either on track there or delivered in Buffalo. et to be % If you ship LELEESOSESES 2 PESLEELELELLELEDELEELEELELLELE LEE ELEEELELSEELELELE SS Butter and Eggs to Detroit Write for prices at your station to 60 Woodbridge St., W., 9 DETROIT, MICH. FFSTFSSS HARRIS & FRUTCHE 36 - FISSSSSIIFTISS iy. 4_ 4». {_ S$ Lp j~_j~_ 5 4~_ 4». 4 Ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to R. HIRT, Jr., Detroit, Mich. 34 and 36 Market Street, 435-437-439 Winder Street. 4 Cold Storage and Freezing House in connection. Capacity Correspondence solicited. ee I I er Ww 75 carloads. LT NO Ee. eT wey PN ONS NS WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF EGGS MOSELEY BROS.,S"4n> RAPIDS. WE WILL PAY YOU MARKET PRICES FOR ALL THE FRESH EGGS YOU CAN FURNISH. CASH ON DELIVERY. FIELD SEEDS: MILLER & TEASDALE POTATOES CARLOTSONLY. ST. LOUIS, MO. LAFAYETTE, IND. OR ORORTOROHOCHOHOROROROKOROHORCHORORCEOHOROHOROHOHO POT TLITZER BROS. FRUIT Co., COMMISSION MERCHANTS IN FRUITS OF ALL DESCRIPTION Also POTATOES, CABBAGE, ONIONS AND APPLES In Carload Lots. Our motto: Quick sales and prompt remittance. FT. WAYNE, IND. which meet the requirements of the law, as follows: BO cc ceca s 25 cents 200. see cesecees 40 cents IO. cn cece pe 75 cents TO $1 00 Labels sent postage prepaid where cash accompanies order. Orders can be sent through any jobbing house at the Grand Rapids market. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. Paris Green Labels The Paris Green season is at hand and those dealers who break bulk must label their packages according tolaw. We are prepared to furnish labels RRR TELE IRE — . > ssn { MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis—Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 1to—The heat has been simply unbearable during nearly all the week. Buyers who have arrived after traveling from twelve to thirty-six hours have entered an oven and have not sufficient vitality left to take any interest in business, so have sought the seashore or mountains. The weather is also having its effect on vegetation and must inevitably shorten the pack of many things. We have not had a good rain for three montbs and, of course, this sort of thing is going to count pretty soon. The coffee market is very quiet in- deed. There seems to be no stability to the market and both buyer and seller are apparently waiting to see what will turn up. Rio No. 7 is quotable at 6%c. The total amount of coffee here in store and afloat aggregates 1,213,550 bags, against 914.316 bags at the same time last year. Mild coffees continue very uiet, neither jobbers nor roasters mani- esting a disposition to take stock ahead of current requirements. Good Cucuta is worth 8c. East India sorts are as quiet as other grades. Padang Interior, 24%@25c, with fancy %c_ higher. Mochas, 16@19¢. The auction sale of teas on Thursday gave a fair indication of the market, prices generally being steady. Formosa teas of the better grades went freely, but grades not really up to standard were not much sought for and went off ata decline. Oolongs generally were sold on a lower basis. The next sale will be quite large and the ‘‘street’’ will be quiet until then. Little has been done ina private way, prices re- maining practically without change. There has been an active trade in sugars, comparatively speaking, all the week. An advance to 5%c was made on the list card for granulated, due rather to the better demand than from any apparent scarcity of stock. The Howell shop announce the selling of granulated at 5.44c, but they are alone, as all others made the same rate as _ the American. Raw sugar is firm and the American Co. is taking about all the supplies they can find. The call for rice has been mostly for foreign sorts and the market generally is firm. Prices are practically un- changed. Fancy Japan stock is held at 43{@sc—the latter for a fancy article. There is little movement of domestics. Spices are dull. Buyers want sup- plies at figures which seem to offer no attraction to sellers and altogether the outlook is one of ‘‘tediousness.’’ Cloves, 744 @74c for Zanzibar. Prices for molasses are practically un- changed. There has been very little business going forward, owing to the extremely hot weather, which has made molasses a difficult article to handle. Some few sales of grocery grades were reported at prices which show practi- cally no change. Syrups have met with a little enquiry from exporters, but, as a rule, this article sympathizes this week with molasses and there is very little call from the home trade. _ The canned goods market is firm and the outlook for the coming pack is all that could be desired in nearly every- thing. Canned beets seem to be the latest aspirant for honors and large sales of the same have been reported. Fu- ture New York corn is worth 60@7oc, as to quality and brand. While the Mary- land pack of peas is promising to be short, it is said there will likely bea very good yield in New York. Champion of England are offered at 85c. Toma- toes are suffering—as they do every year —and the crop will be—well, good, bad or indifferent. No. 3 Maryland stand- ards are worth 60@67 3c here. The dried fruit market is somewhat unsettled. Holders profess no great anxiety to dispose of holdings on pres- ent basis, nor do buyers seem to care for more than enough to sort up with. Future prices as given out seem to be rather high for the buyer of to-day, and not much is doing. : : Lemons have been ‘‘booming,’’ of course, and the demand has been suffi- cient to keep the market well cleaned up; in fact, some have found it diffi- cult to fill orders. At the sales prices advanced at least 5oc a box and extra fancy Sicily are worth $4.50@5 per box for 300s. Oranges have met with fair demand within a range of $4@6 per box—latter for fancy Rodis. (Choice marrow beans, $1.45; me- dium, $1.30; pea, $1.25@1.27%. Red kidney, $1.75. Market barely steady. The butter market is steady. A good deal of stock is going into cold storage and holders seem to feel confident that the future will soon bring an advance. Extra Western creamery will fetch 18% @1g¢c, although the latter is rather ex- treme. Grades other than extra are not so much sought for, although the gen- eral situation is not discouraging. Ex- tra Western imitation creamery, 154%@ 16c; firsts, 14@15c; Western factory, 13@14c and firm. The hot weather has seriously affected the cheese market and a good share of the arrivals show the effects of the sun. The market exhibits a lifeless appear- ance and altogether the situation Is not encouraging. Large size full cream State cheese is worth 7@7 4c. Fancy Western eggs wili bring 14@ 15c. There is a good demand and de- sirable stock is pretty closely cleaned up. ——_> 0. —__— SULTER’S SON Makes a Proposition to the Creditors of His Father. The Tradesman is in receipt of sev- eral letters from its Michigan and In- diana patrons, enclosing a proposition recently received from the Noonday Yeast Co , of Cleveland, which purports to have a capital stock of $1,000,000, with an office in one part of the city and a factory in another. All of the let- ters are substantially alike, as follows: Mr. R. B. Sulter, who is a son of the late A. Sulter who, until his death, was in the commission business in this city, is the discoverer of a yeast made by a process entirely new, and he has often expressed to me, as his attorney, a de- sire to pay off his father’s debts, if he ever became able to do so. The estate has been mostly consumed in litigation and will, I believe, pay nothing to creditors. Mr. Sulter offers you the following proposition which he thinks will enable you to realize 40 or 50 per cent. of your claim and, at the same time, gratify his desire to discharge his father’s debts, and also assist in putting this yeast on the market. The company wil] ship you enough yeast to equal 33% per cent. of your claim, or as near that amount as can be obtained without dividing a box of the yeast, you to assign to him your claim against the estate of A. Sulter. The yeast is put up in boxes of 36 cans to the box, and the price to the trade is $3 per box. Kindly let me hear from you at an early date. J. C. HEALD. The Tradesman has taken steps to ascertain why the son of Mr. Sulter is so anxious to secure an assignment of the claims against the estate of his late father and hopes to be able to give its readers some light on the subject in the course of a week or two. It is pos- sible that some of the investments in timber and mineral lands which it was claimed the elder Sulter held at the time of his death have turned out well, so that the Sulter family find it desir- able to secure an adjustment of claims against the estate. A peculiarity of the proposition is that it is signed by J. C. Heald, who states that he is the attorney of the younger Sulter, while his name also appears on the letter head as the Vice-President of the Noonday Yeast Co., showing that the entire deal is a family affair. —_+_» 0» _—_ More men have been self-undone than have been self-made. Ready for Business We take pleasure in announcing to the shippers and retail merchants of Michigan that our new cold storage warehouse is now fully completed and ready for business. We espe- cially call attention to our facilities for storing EGGS, BUTTER AND POULTRY which are unsurpassed by any cold storage establishment in the country. We also store seeds, beans and all kinds of produce in dry storage. Warehouse receipts furnished. Correspondence solicited. Inspection invited. = Grand Rapids Cold Storage Co. BEANS, HONEY AND POPCORN POULTRY, VEAL AND GAME Consignments Solicited. Quotations on Application. 98 South Division St., Grand Rapids FREE SAMIPLE 10 LIVE HERCHANTS Our new Parchment-Lined, Odorless Butter Packages. Light as paper. The only way to deliver Butter to your customers. ' = (EM FIBRE PACKAGE CO., DETROIT. = SEASONABLE SEEDS MILLETS HUNGARIAN FODDER CORN CRIMSON CLOVER BUCKWHEAT DWARF ESSEX RAPE Best Grades and Lowest Prices. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Seed Merchants, Growers and Importers. 00000-0-00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-:0-:00-0-0-0-0-0-0 000000 00-000 0000000 Michigan Strawberries Finest quality, right prices, steady supply. We want your standing orders and can take better care of you if you will send Q 2 them to us. Headquarters for Early Vegetables. Vinkemulder Company, Grand Rapids, Miche 00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0:0:0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-000-0.0-0-006 STRANGE & NOKES WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE CLEVELAND, OHIO. NOTE: If you have a car Strawberries or other early fruit that you want to ship, write us. MEMBERS: NATIONAL LEAGUE COMMISSION MERCHANTS NATIONAL APPLE SHIPPERS’ ASSOCIATION 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner. Unfortunate Experience With Nosey Clerks. ‘‘I have just got through with one week’s experience with a nosey clerk,’’ said Young Proprietor when Mr. Old Timer sauntered into his market, ‘‘and for a downright nuisance and trade loser I think the clerk who endeavors to pry into other people’s affairs takes the palm.’’ With that he gave his head a firm nod which the old gentleman in- terpreted to mean that there was no question about the correctness of the decision at which he had arrived. “*I quite agree with you in that,’’ as- sented Mr. Old Timer. ‘‘I had an ex- perience myself with one of them when I was in business, and before I became aware of what was the cause of it I had lost two good customers and several fair ones. He was the sleekest, pleasantest looking chap I ever saw, but for seek- ing to gather information which should not interest him I never saw his equal. And his tongue! You know those pry- ing fellows have awfully long tongues and get themselves and everyone else in trouble. I got rid of him so quickly when I ‘got onto his curves,’ as they say, that he was staggered, and threat- ened to make public all he knew about me. Then I fired him out, and learned afterward that be had actually been making a Close investigation of my life. For what reason I don’t know—but I never heard from him again and never will.’’ **Were it not for the fact that by this time your nosey clerk must have lost his nice appearance, for age is no re- specter of persons,’’ pursued Young Proprietor, ‘‘I would think I had been under the same man’s watch for the past week. He came to me one morn- ing early and asked for work. His ap- pearance made me favor him, and I said he could start right in ontrial. Be- fore the first day ended I thought I had a jewel—a better butcher I never saw. I noticed, though, that he was very com- municative with my customers, espe- cially the ladies, and thought of speak- ing to him about it, but they seemed to like his attentions from the way they smiled, so I kept silent. At the end of the third day one of my regular daily customers failed to visit the market, and as it was her first non-appearance since I opened the place, I enquired if she was sick. Noone knew. Then I was informed by a grocer friend that he had seen her going into another shop. That made me _ blue—not so much be- cause I had lost her trade, as because she had never said anything about be- ing dissatisfied. Two days later I missed three other customers the same way. Where there was this effect, I reasoned, there must be some cause. Then I started a little investigation. I called on the lady whom I had heard was buy- ing at another shop. ‘Madam,’ I said, ‘as we have always got along so well to- gether, and as I have never failed to give you satisfaction so far as I know, I am somewhat anxious to learn why you have left me. If there is anything wrong I will try to make it right." The way that woman blushed made me sorry I had asked her the question. She told me, in explanation, that someone in my shop had taken an interest in her affairs, which was obnoxious to her, and had gained knowiedge respecting her that could not have been acquired without some effort, and that inasmuch as she did not wish those things to be known and did not desire to come in contact with strangers having such knowledge, she had decided to absent herself from the place where she would be compelled to see or speak to such persons. There was a decided air of mystery about all this, for I knew nothing about the wom- an, had never tried to, didn’t want to, and supposed she was hitting at me. I disclaimed any guilt, and said she was evidently laboring under a mistake. Then she told me the person she referred to was the new clerk, who, she said, had had the nerve to mention to her certain instances of which she thought only her- self and a few intimate friends were aware. I learned afterward that she was a divorced woman, and it was on this ticklish subject tbe nosey clerk had spoken to her. How he found it out I never learned. Well, to make a long story short, he had insulted the other customers by becoming confidential and letting them know he knew a few things about their private affairs. When I re- turned to the market I discharged him, and told him why. At first he claimed I was mistaken, but when I confronted him with indisputable evidence he wilted and confessed. He went away in a huff and threatened to make things interesting for me. From the other clerks I found that the fellow had actually been making enquiries about me and had told them about my foolish elopement. How he became possessed of that piece of ancient history I don’t know nor care. But my first experience with a nosey clerk has been profitable in one way: I never had much busi- ness fear of that class of freaks before, but hereafter I will look out for them.’’ —Butchers’ Advocate. ———_»<—>____ Personal Peculiarities of Prominent People. Wm. M. Robinson, who has been tak- ing life easy for the past half dozen years, collecting rents and delving in old books and ancestral records in search of information pertaining to the early history of the Robinson family in this country, once hung a sign in his office in the Houseman building, an nouncing that his office hours were from 10 to 11 o’clock a.m. The sign happened to be brought to the attention of Fred Aldrich, who takes as much de- light in playing pranks on his friends | © now as he did when a schoolboy, a dozen years ago, and those who bad occasion to visit Mr. Robinson's office about that time noted that underneath the lettering on the sign referred to some one had ingeniously added: ‘‘Every other Wednesday. ’’ e+ * In talking with a friend the other day he threw a side light on the character of Samuel Rosenthal, the veteran Petos- key clothier, which I am delighted to relate. Mr. Rosenthai, it appears, came to Petoskey with a pack on his back. He established himself in the clothing business in a small way and made money from the start. It so happened that my friend owned a lot which ad- joined Mr. Rosenthal’s store buildings at right angles, which would enable him to secure an entrance to his prem- ises from the main street. He was im- portuned to purchase the property, but steadily declined to do so. My friend happened to be in his store a little later and noted that Mr. Rosenthal kept tab on every sale that was being made and that, whenever the circumstances indi- cated that a clerk was losing ground with a customer, the proprietor would excuse himself for a moment and go to the assistance of the clerk. My friend then realized why Mr. Rosenthal had declined to purchase the lot that would place a portion of stock where he could not see all that was going on in every department of his store. To such mi- nute supervision of the business and its clerks and customers, Mr. Rosenthal undoubtedly owes much of the remark- able success which has come to him during the years of his mercantile career in Petoskey. +. + Another man who has achieved suc- cess along certain well-defined lines is Wm. J. Clarke, the Harbor Springs general dealer. I hear through mutual friends that it is a very unusual thing for Mr. Clarke to be absent from his store after 5 o'clock in the morning during the summer and that it is a very usual thing for him to be at his store until 10 o’clock in the evening. He is not simply staying there, either. He is at work every moment of the time, en- couraging his sons to form the work habit which has rendered the father so successful and influencing the clerks in his employ to form habits of usefulness which will serve them to good purpose later on. Mr. Clarke learned his trade cen the other side of the water, serving a faithful apprenticeship to a mercan- tile establishment in the North of Ire- land, and to the habits thus acquired and the methods thus established he at- tributes in great part his subsequent success, ‘*Can dogs find their way home from a distance?’’ is a question frequently asked. It’s according to the dog. If it’s one you want to get rid of he can tind his way back from Africa. If it’s a good one he’s apt to get lost if he goes around the corner. CASACAGRGOASACACAGCA. Feed Corn and Oats er) : Our feed is all made at £ one mill. It is all ground by the same man. He f thinks he knows how to do it right because he f has been doing it for a £ dozen years. We believe he does it right or we £ would get another man. Our customers evidently £ think he does it right be- £ cause they keep on or- dering, and our feed trade f has been enormous this s winter and doesn’t seem to let up. We don’t £ want it to “let up,’’ and your order willhelp along. § Send it in. We'll give f you good feed at close f prices. Grand Rapids, Mich. Sole Manufacturers of “LIL\’ WHITE,” a dh Oe Ue Naeem UONeENNe ane a ua miainnen: “The flour the best cooks use.” Nciasiels sane alata ha tee as eS SUS ro eee eee ee ws butter making. | free to any farmer who sends a packed in every bag of a 4% Sell the salt that’s all salt and give your customers the means a by which they can learn to make gilt-edge butter and furnish them $m with the finest and most profitable salt to put in it. Fc DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO.,, St. Clair, Mich. This Will ~ Benefit YOU This book teaches farmers to make better butter. of butter that is better made because of its teaching, benefits the grocer who buys it or takes it in trade. tisement, but a practical treatise, written by a high authority on It is stoutly bound in oiled tinen and is mailed ¢§ Diamond Crystal 2 Butter Salt PaaoaeeaEaMaaaaaEs Every pound The book is not an adver- us one of the coupons which are SEGSSSGesesesoescer [1 I | F | I —— MEN OF MARK. C. H. Green, Manager of the Mich- igan Chemical Co. Charles H. Green was born at Albion, in 1867, whence he removed with his parents to Homer, attending school un- til 14 years old, and learning the shoe- maker's trade, at which he worked until 16. He had long wished to enier the drug business, but no opportunity pre- sented itself until 1883, when he entered the drug store of C. M. White, of Homer. He remained but a short time, when he went to Chicago and secured a position with Thos. Whitfield & Co., with whom he remained for three years, working up through the various posi- tions until he became head prescription clerk. After passing the examination required for registration to practice pharmacy in Michigan, he made an en- gagement with A. S. Parker, druggist at 747 Woodward avenue, Detroit, with whom he remained for some time. He then accepted a position with Foote & Jenks, manufacturers of perfumes, and introduced their goods through the West. After a year’s travel with them he made an engagement with the old and well-known perfumery house of Lazell, Dalley & Co., with whom he continued for three years. January 1, 1893, he accepted a position as manager of the sundry department of Williams, Davis, Brooks & Co., Detroit. It was during this year that Mr. Green’s serv- ices were found exceptionally valuable, as through his efforts Dabrooks’ per- fumes were put on the market. By Jan- uary I, 1894, the perfume business had MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 1 assumed such proportions that it was decided to separate this from the other business of the firm. This department was placed under the management of Mr. Green, he discontinuing his rela- tions with the sundry department. By enterprise, push and free use of print- ers’ ink, a large perfume business was built up in a short time. Owing to the depression in general business, the demand for more econom- ical business management and a con- templated consolidation—which took place soon after—the position made so valuable by Mr. Green was needed by one of the firm and in the spring of 1897 he severed his connections with that house, Attracted by the wonderful develop- ment of the soda industry in and about Detroit, Mr. Green organized the Mich- igan Chemical Co., of which he is Gen- eral Manager. The name of this com- pany is familiar to nearly every reader of the Tradesman as_ proprietor of Sodio, The superior quality of goods, original name and package, together with that push and energy so visible in his every undertaking, have placed the business of this company on the royal road to success. Mr. Green is a thorough believer in advertising, and that ‘‘only live fish swim up stream,’’ a characteristic eas- ily detected by the success of this busi- ness. He is well known to the drug trade of the country and is rapidly mak- ing the acquaintance of the grocery trade through the medium of his prod- uct. Heis a veteran of the Detroit Light Guard, Company A, Fourth Reg- iment, M. S. T., and a member of the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association. He is married and has two boys. Gen- ial in disposition, upright in his deal- ings, original in his methods avd enter- prising in whatever he undertakes, Mr. Green has every reason to look forward to a long and successful career. Tee oe His Brief History. Full of the enthusizsm of youth, he started out to see the world. But his cash gave out, and he had to hunt for work. The only opening he could find was a coal mine. So he who kad started out to see the world gave it up. And started in to see it. —_>0>—____ Division of Labor. Close-Fisted Parent—I tell you, my son, it is a great deal harder to spend money with good judgment than it is to make it. The Young Man (not so close-fisted )— Well, father, let me take half the bur- den off your hands. You make it and I'll spend it. oO ee nnn nem eNnN * Hercules Ventilated Barrels | The very best barrel in which to ship Apples, Po= tatoes, Pears and all kinds of Produce, Because the contents will be properly ventilated, which prevents over-heating and consequent de- cay and loss, The ‘Hercules’ can be shipped knock down in bundles, thus making a saving in freight. To set up the “Hercules” no skillis required. You can be your own cooper and save money. 300 ‘‘Hercules” barrels can be hauled on a farm wagon. The “Hercules” is strong in the bilge and has no inside lining hoops. For catalogue and prices write Hercules Woodenware Co., 290 W. 20th Place, Chicago, Ill. A SOOO GOGO bro, b by bn bn bb bb 4 4 FUGF OVO OG VO OV OV UG FV FU SVVU VSO SOS GOO VCC CD SOOOEHOS 699999000 00000006 00000000 Coa Ne ~ ~>A_~.- aA AA AAs > BaD Lamps to Burn! Don’t buy something that wont burn. The Sunlight Gas Lamp Makes it own gas. The strongest light for the weakest price ever known. 100-candle-power 5 hours for 1 cent. No torches to hold in lighting. Turn it down and it burns all day, consuming one tablespoonful of oil; turn it up and your room is flooded with light. No escaping gas to scent the room and make you sick. No flicker. Nosmoke. A pure, white light like Sunlight One burner equals four kero- sene lamps at one-fifth the cost. Ye Vw ee Se A$ ape A hr A 5 A$ rj Wr Jr 2 Ar jr ee Wy This Lamp Has Been Approved by the Board of Underwriters. 4... —_ Specially adapted for Stores, Churches and Residences. Local agents wanted in every City, Town and Village in the State. PERKINS, HENRY . CO., Grand Rapids So SS SOON SESS sev “ge ama Vy PNY SOP er ee ‘} Hilda BCS liquid Air This is the next candidate for favor in the evolution of power. pected to demolish steam, put even electricity to flight, and let water power run to waste. will be like the introduction of Our Coffees and Teas among miscellaneous coffees and teas in a grocery store. ‘‘won’t be in it.’’ It is ex- In fact, such decisive results are predicted that it The others All our coffees roasted on day of shipment. THE J. M. BOUR CO., . 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 113-115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Value of Window Display in the Shoe Store. Some of the larger cities in the coun- try are reporting a more common use of the sandal, and in some places this use is approaching the nature of a fad. These sandals are somewhat similar to those spoken of in Bible history. They have become quite popular among a number of ladies, especially those who have much inside or home work to do. Those who court the muses or the arts are said to be falling into the fancy quite rapidly. It is a great rest to tired and sore feet to slip on a pair of san- dals, which allow freedom to the feet and at the same time protect the sole. In localities in which this fad has taken hold, or even in places in which it has not, a few sandals in the window will attract a great deal of attention from their novelty. An appropriately worded window card, calling attention to them and making some kind of reference to their use in Biblical days, might serve to popularize them in the public favor. They are said to retail for an average of a dollar and a half a pair. * * * Not less important than a good win- dow display is to have the window panes always spotlessly clean. In these days, when the festive fly is crawling over the window and spotting it until it looks like a railroad map of the state with all the stations picked out, the cleanli- ness of the window must be closely looked after. Professional workmen who wash the windows of stores and public buildings use a muslin bag filled with whiting and two chamois skins for the purpose. The glass is first wiped with a dry cloth to free it from dust. Then the whiting is dusted thickly over the window pane. After that the whiting is wiped off with one of the chamois skins, which is dampened but not wet. Then the dry chamois skin is used for polishing. Another excellent method is to take a sponge and dip it in alcohol, rub the glass over quickly with this, wipe with a newspaper and then polish with a chamois skin. Wood alcohol can be used instead of pure alcohol. It is cheaper and it answers the purpose just as well. A little turpentine dissolved in warm water is also excellent for washing windows, mirrors or glass globes. * * x Good reasons are had in abundance for the use of show cards, both in the window and for interior displays. Many persons will stop to look ata neatly trimmed window and admire the goods shown without any thought of buying, but the show card will call their attention to some particularly at- tractive quality of the goods or make some well worded comment on them that they can not forget. Then the price cards, which are generally used in con- nection with the show cards, will clinch the argument with a statement of the price for which the goods can be bought. A salesman would be con- sidered worthless who would simply hold up goods for the customer to look at and say nothing about them. The show window and the interior display do not serve their purpose unless they are salesmen. lt is a good idea to have the store look well, but it is a bet- ter idea to cause people to buy the goods which are used for beautifying the place of business. After you have succeeded in getting the attention of the people by means of a salesman or a window display you must make the most of your time and tell all the at- tractive things about your goods and your prices. Make your displays en- thusiastic, cause them to talk ina pleas- ing and convincing manner about the superiority of your store. Have good goods, show them well and then tell the people about them. If you are not al- ready using show cards try them and watch the effect they have on your pos- sible customers. Even if they dono good at all, and that is a hardly pos- sible supposition, the cost of them is so slight that no harm can be done by their general use. ae) oe Many merchants do not seem to ap- preciate the advantages to be derived from the use of window cards. The time was when an equal number of mer- chants paid no attention to window dec- oration of any sort, but keener compe- tition and the prevalence of more up-to- date methods have forced them into line. The use of show cards and neat price tickets has not been forced on them yet, but they probably soon will be, and they will accept them, as they have accepted other changes in business methods, with a protest, and will then tell about the good old times when they were not compelled to put forth so much effort and when they could double their money on all the goods they sold. This is all true, but we must accept things as we find them, and the man who is hanging back, trying to stop the onward march of the times, will never get the good things that those do who are always in the lead. People like progress, they want to be going abead even although they travel in a circle,and the merchant who appreciates this fact and is always seeking to gratify that desire will get the cream, while the laggard must be content with the skimmed milk.—Shoe and Leather Gazette. ——_> 2. ___ The Sign of the Boot. The sign of the boot seen hanging in front of the shoemaker’s shop may be made of wood, zinc or copper. Of these three the wooden boot is the cheapest, copper the dearest. Such boots have been made also of chalk and of iron. Sign boots are made in two or three standard sizes. They are most com- monly seen gilded, but are occasionally finished in some bright color. The boot signs may be bought in the estab- lisment of the dealers in emblem signs, and they may also be bought of the dealers in leather and findings who make a_ specialty of shoemakers’ sup- plies. Besides these gilded or painted smaller boots there is occasionally seen a giant boot, with the foot part perhaps three or four feet in length and the leg in proportion, four or five or six feet tall. These great boots, of which the number used is limited, are made of sheet iron or tin and painted. They are not kept in stock. The dealer who wants a boot of this kind gets it made to order. ——_-23>___ Trading Stamp Muddle in Utica. Seldom has any catch penny scheme run its course so speedily and so cer- tainly as has the trading stamp. When it was first introduced it was talked up by a lot of glib-tongued people, whose only interest in the matter lay in the amount of their rake-off. Finally it =" into the craniums of the usiness men using these stamps that they were paying some one else for the privilege of conducting their own busi- ness and the trading stamp was doomed. Within the past few months reports from all sections of the country have in- dicated the waning popularity of this scheme, The latest report of this sort comes from Utica, N. Y., where five of the seven trading stamp companies operating there are preparing to go out of business. OR SALE—ONE MEDIUM SIZED safe with burglar proof chest. Also, one 20-horse power “Otto” gas engine. For further particulars and prices enquire of Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co, 12-16 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ALA oo - f VIPYTPTTPNNT NTT NTP ATT INET ET ITT TY xl GE} FHE BESF3 EC GGODYEARS ( = MFG. CO. >> Sey Se aoe GOODYEAR GLOVE RUBBERS can be purchased at 25 and 5 off from new price list. Write HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Grand Rapids AMA UA AMA SUA Jb JbA JbA Jbk bk Jb4 Ak ddd ddd ddA = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = a“ UUW SGEEESEEEEEEEEES LYCOMINGS are the best Rubbers made; 25 and 5 per cent. from list. KEYSTONES are the best seconds made; 25-5-10 per cent. from list. We sell them and want your orders. We also have WOONSOCKET Rubbers; 25-5-5 per cent. from list. RHODE ISLANDS 25-5 -5-10 per cent. from list. Our agents will call on you soon with rubber samples; also a line of Fall Leather samples which is much more complete than ever before, and we think much superior to anything we have ever shown before. Look them over and we feel confident that you will find something that will be to your interest to buy. We have quite a full line of the justly celebrated Snedicor & Hathaway shoes at factory prices. We will ap- preciate your orders. GEO. H. REEDER & CoO., 19 SOUTH IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. w GGEEECEREEEEEEE WWW a bhbh bbb bbb bb O46 Op Orb by i) Op bn tn ted th taba ta bntn or VU VS GG 9 GGG VV VV We have the Best Leather Top Lumberman’s Rubber Shoes made Write for prices and illustrated catalogue and send your order in for them early, as our supply will be limited on this one shoe. We have a large stock of Tennis shoes. Order now. STUDLEY & BARCLAY, Jobbers in Rubber Boots and Shoes, Rubber Goods and Mill Supplies. 4 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 FANCY GOODS. Why the Merchant Lost Faith in the Community. Written for the TRaDESMAN. A few days ago, in a small city in Michigan, I entered a grocery where I used to sell high grade goods in quite large quantities, but where trade in these lines had been rather slack for the last few trips. Having learned by en- quiry that the merchant was not buy- ing these goods of some other house, I set out to learn the reason for his sud- den change from the best goods to cheap goods. ‘You must be pretty well out of fancy groceries,’’ I said, after booking a small order for sugar and the cheaper grades of tea and coffee. ‘‘ You haven't bought anything fine in several months, and I know that you have a gilt-edge trade.’’ ‘*T’ve got a lot of that stuff on hand now,’’ said the grocer, pointing toa row of dusty, sagging shelves at the rear end of the store. ‘‘Somehow it doesn't go off as it used to.”’ ‘“*What seems to be the trouble?’’ I asked, making a mental note that my old customer didn’t look as prosperous as formerly. He was not well dressed, and his general appearance was not as neat and tasty as in the days of larger orders. The store, too, needed sweeping, and the goods in the cracked show- cases were in a mixed and tumbled con- dition. ‘‘My customers don’t want that kind of stuff any more,’’ he replied. ‘‘Times are too hard, I guess, or something of | UP that kind. Anyway, I don’t have much call for fancy goods.’’ Just then a neatly - dressed lady en- tered the store and he stepped forward to wait upon her, leaving the marks of greasy fingers on the order book as he wrote down the items of her order. I saw that the lady noticed this and aiso that she glanced disdainfully at his soiled linen and untidy neckwear. ‘‘The people of your city must buy fancy groceries somewhere,’’ I began, as the grocer came back to where | stood, ‘‘and they used to buy them of you. If you will tell me what the trouble is, I may be able to suggest a remedy.’’ ‘*Oh, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the goods,’’ was the reply. ‘‘T never hear any kicks. They just don’t come here to buy them, and that’s all there is of it.’”’ = ‘‘Yes,’’ I said, ‘‘but the sort of peo- ple who buy fancy groceries do not kick. When they become dissatisfied, they go to some other store for their goods. ”’ ‘*T guess you're about right,’’ replied the grocer, with an embarrassed smile. ‘‘T don’t talk much about it, but the fact is that the kind of people we are talking about are buying their goods at some other store, and it makes me blue, I can tell you.’’ ‘‘But there must be some reason for the change,’’ I said, ‘‘for you had the finest people in the town on your books a year 2go.’’ ‘'T’ve studied and studied over it,’’ was the gloomy reply, ‘‘and I caa’t fig- ure out why they left me.’’ He turned away to wait on a customer who wanted some cheese and I noticed that his fingers were stained with tobac- co when he carried the slice from the cheese safe to the scales—and the cus- tomer noticed it, too. The mystery the grocer had talked about was to mea mystery no longer. Achild might have solved it then, with one glance at the expressive face of the customer. Leaving the merchant to atterd toa number of children who wanted candy and small school supplies, { walked about the store. One of the first things to attract my attention was a haze of tobacco smoke in the vicinity of the stove. I walked back there and found two roughly clad men sitting tipped back in rickety chairs with their feet perched high on the heater, which con- tained no fire, the day being warm and pleasant. They were planning a fishing trip and at the same time filling the store with the fumes of very bad to- bacco. And all about them were open barrels of crackers, uncovered crocks of butter, and unprotected boxes of raisins, figs and dates. The flavoring these goods were receiving was certain- ly not conducive to their consumption as articles of food. **No,’’ said the grocer coming back to the stove, ‘‘I can’t for the life of me understand why I lost that gilt-edge trade I had a year or so ago. I sell the same grade of goods, and do business just as I used to. No, I can’t under- stand it.’’ ‘*By the way,’’ I said, noting the ab- sence of a bright-faced young clerk who had been quite a favorite of mine, ,, what has become of Charley? I don’t see him here to-day.”’ ‘*He got a job in a Chicago wholesale house and went away,’’ was the reply. ‘*I miss him a good deal, too, for he used to keep things looking ship-shape. I must get at it before long and clean o POF course I hope the boy will do well in Chicago,’’ broke in one of the men at the stove, ‘‘but he’s got to get rid of some of his hifalutin’ notions if he does. ’’ ‘*That's so,’’ said the other chair- warmer, ‘‘fer he got too big fer this town. It got so we couldn't take no comfort sittin’ here a-smokin’ when we just dropped in, he kep’ hus'lin’ things about so. I just took my trade away uniil be left.’’ I thought that Charley would have been justified in turning the hose on his critics by the stove, but, of course, I could not say so. ‘*Charley had his faults, ’’ said the gro- er, ‘‘but he was a good boy. The store didn’t look so when he was bere. I’m too discouraged to do much cleaning up,’’ he added in an asidetome. ‘'I try to use everybody white, but I’ve lost my best trade. I really can’t under- stand it. Where did you say you got that big bass, Hi?’’ he called out to one of the men at the stove. ‘‘Right there at the bend,’’ was the drawling reply, and then the fellow went on to explain the details of the capture, the size of the fish and what the neighbors said when he took it home. And all this time two lady cus- tomers were waiting at the front end of the store. I called the grocer’s attention to the fact and he finally went forward, light- ing the stub of a cheap cigar as he walked and looking back over his shoulder at the fisherman sitting by the stove. One of the ladies wanted a peck of potatoes and the merchant opened the cellar door to get them. Ashe did so the odor of decaying vegetables swept out of the cellar on a gust of damp and aes air. ‘*T must get at it some day and clean out this cellar,’’ he said, putting an- other lighted match to his cigar. ‘*No,’’ he added, turning back from the top step, ‘‘I don’t think I’ll order any of the fancy stoff this time. There don’t seem to be any sale for it in this pov- erty-stricken town any more. I don’t know what's got into the people. I can’t understand it at all.’’ I think I could have explained the matter, but, fearful of giving ‘offense, I remained silent. And I think a good many readers of the Tradesman might give him a hint regarding his loss of trade. The class of grocers here re- ferred to are dying out, being crowded out of the ranks by more competent business men who realize that neatness and courteous attention are demanded by modern buyers, but there are, I am sorry to say, a few of the old kind left. —__>-2+___ A man’s body may be an earthly ten- ement, but he objects to being called a flat. nanan We are in the market with the best Rubbers on earth:and in water. Wales-Goodyear Wales-Goodyear, 25 and 5 per cent. Connecticuts, 25, 10 and 5 per cent. Woonsocket Boots, 25, 5 and 5 per cent. We also carry a full line of findings, shoe store supplies, fixtures, etc i Terms Nov rst, 30 days. Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., Grand Rapids. FURAN ANNA RANA RAR AAAS AAA AAAAAAA AAAS Write for catalogue. Pea The Grand Rapids Paper Box Co. Manufacture Solid Boxes for Shoes, Gloves, Shirts and Caps, Pigeon Hole Files for Desks, plain and fancy Candy Boxes, and Shelf Boxes of every de- scription Clippings, Powders, etc., etc. Die Cutting done to suit. We also make Folding Boxes for Patent Medicine, Cigar Gold and Silver Leaf work and Special Write for prices. Work guaranteed. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. LIGHT DELIVERY OR ORDER WAGON Price $38.80 Short Turn Gear, Body 2 feet 10 inches x 7 feet 6 inches, Axle 1 inch, Wheel 1 inch, Shafts only, Lettered. Perfect in every respect. THE BELKNAP WAGON CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Some Underlying Principles of Good Advertising. Written for the TRapESMAN. Advertising has grown to be such a factor in the development of modern business success that no live business man can afford to overlook its im- portance. ‘‘Of the making of books there is no end,’’ and advertising is no exception. The amount of matter that has been written and is still being written about advertising is something inconceivable, but its chief drawback is that the majority of it is theory. Theory is a good thing in some places —it is useless so far as advertising is concerned. Advertising is the most thoroughly practical subject in the world. It is the study of human nature in the mass—it is the science of sales- manship—only the salesmanship is done by means of paper, type and ink, in- stead of by spoken words. Noone can be taught salesmanship, unless he has certain necessary qualities—a keen in- sight into human nature, the ability to point out the strong features of his goods, untiring patience, unfailing cour- tesy, and a good presence. No mer- chant can become a successful adver- tiser unless, in addition to these quali- ties, he is able to write good, forcible, clear English, unless he knows the principles underlying the use of type, paper and ink, and unless he has _ suffi- cient capital to advertise persistently and continuously, So far as possible, this department will be kept clear of theorizing. The advertising literature and advertising plans that come in for criticism will be judged in comparison with other litera- ture and other plans which the writer knows from experience to have been successful. Where a principle is an- nounced it will be on the strength of this experience, An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory. ee x Many business men who are doing in- telligent advertising are not reaping re- sults from it. The reason does not lie in the advertising, but in the store it- self. An inattentive salesperson can do more to neutralize the effect of good ad- vertising than any other means in the world, I know of one store in particular whose trade the best advertising in the world can not increase. It is a large store, nicely arranged, its windows are trimmed several times a_ week, its goods are attractive and its prices are right, but it is hard work to get waited on. I happened to be in that store one day when a lady entered. She walked up to a counter where two or three sales- people were standing, engaged, appar- ently in the most engrossing of conver- Sations. Nobody paid the slightest at- tention to her. The floor manager was nowhere in sight. She waited patiently enough for several minutes, and then asked one of the salespeople where the ribbon counter was. An indignant stare was the only reply she received and she turned and left the store, undoubtedly with a mental resolution never to re- turn. I know of another lady who waited over three-quarters of an hour while a saleswoman was finding out if a certain article was ready to be tried on. In cases like these advertising is pow- erless. It can bring people to the store —it can not sell them goods, nor can it offset the impression created by inatten- tive and discourteous salespeople. Honesty is all-important in advertis- ing. Glowing statements in advertise- ments which are not borne out by facts when the people come to the store will, in time, react most injuriously. Two things it is well to bear in mind are that you can rarely deceive the same person twice, and that one disappointed customer can keep away at least five possible purchasers. Tell the truth and the whole truth in your advertising. When the people come to know that they can rely upon every statement you make in your advertising you will have built up a foundation of good will for your business that all the assaults of competition can not shake. The man who advertises shoes at 98 cents, re- duced from $4, while he may apparently thrive for a while, will soon reach the end of his tether. After he has fooled everybody once the limit is reached, and he must either close his store or let the sheriff do it for him. Honesty, absolute and unvarying, is the only method yet discovered for the making of a successful business—and successful business depends upon suc- cessful advertising. xc + = Don’t attempt to write advertising matter at the end of the day or late at night, when you are tired out. Make it a point to set aside a time near the be- ginning of the day's work, when you are fresh and your brain is unclouded. It requires a clear head to write suc- cessful advertising—to make it interest- ing and chatty and forcible. How can you expect to do this when you are dead tired and feei like a wilted collar? If business men would only come to a realization of the importance of good advertising and the necessity of giving it their best thought, the papers would contain fewer poorly-worded, ineffect- ive advertisements. Not every man can write first-class advertising, but nine-tenths of the advertisers could do better than they are doing if they gave the matter more serious thought. W. S. HAMBURGER. ake ae (Readers of the Michigan Tradesman are invited to send to this department samples of their advertising matter, de- tails of their plans for advertising, and enquiries regarding same, for criticism and comment. Names and places will be omitted when desired. Criticism and advice will be given without fear or favor and entirely free of charge. The expense is borne by the Tradesman. Address ail communications to W. S. Hamburger, care of the Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. ) ——_>02s___ Where Man Would Be. ‘‘Where,’’ asked the female suffrage orator, ‘‘would man be to-day were it not for woman?’’ She paused a moment and looked around the hall. ‘‘I repeat,’ she said; ‘‘where would man be to-day were it not for woman?’’ ‘‘He'd be in the Garden of Eden eating strawber- — answered a voice from the gal- ery. ———_s0a>_ A man can borrow trouble without putting up any security. AMERICAN CARBIDE O., id Successors to the Michigan & Ohio Acetylene Gas Co.’s Carbide Business. Jobbers of Calcium Carbide and all kinds of Acetylene Gas Burners [ Orders promptly filled. JACKSON, MICH. ; NT Lae (own Acerviené all rar ac rs ne aN } Acetylene (igs Makes the BRIGHTEST, PUREST, CHEAPEST, SAFEST and most CONVENIENT Light when made by the Write us for Catalogue and full particulars. Agents wanted. Crown Acetylene Gas Machine Co., Detroit, Mich. 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United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans, Ann Arbor; Grand Secretary, G. S. VaLmorg, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W. S. West, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131. Senior Counselor, D. E. Kryres; Secretary-Treas- urer, L. F. Baker. Regular meetings—First Saturday of each month in Council Chamber in McMullen block. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Boyp PanTLinp, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. F. OwEN, Grand Rapids. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, F. G. Truscott, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wrxson, Marquette. Grades in Lying. Among the prejudices which a fair- minded man would like to see modified is the sweeping condemnation under which all liars exist and ply their vo- cation. In the public mind every vari- ety of lie is lumped in the same cate- gory and all are classed as unequivocal- ly bad. Nothing could be more unjust or a greater mistake. There is, of course, the cruel and malicious liar who makes mischief in families and who is one of the greatest curses of society, and there is the man who willfully mis- represents his wares and lies for profit, who is equally obnoxious; but between these and the white light of perfect truth there are a vast number of well- meaning and agreeable liars who add enormously to the ease and pleasure of life. Diatribes have been written about the white lies of society; but where would we be without them? Who would like to be told, when she called, that Mrs. White was in the house, but didn’t want to see her, instead of the pleasant euphemism, ‘‘not at home?’’ Who would enjoy the candor of a host who yawned in bis face and said, ‘‘You are boring me to death and I feel like you had been here a year; won't you ever leave?’’ Asa matter of fact, white lies are the polite subterfuge of civilized people who prefer to risk their own souls ratber than needlessly wound a fellow- creature. Then there is the compli- mentary liar. Consider what a boon he is and how much indebted we are to him for cheering words of praise. How invigorating is his declaration that we are looking splendid, when we crawl out into the sun for the first time after an illness. How inspiring bis always expressed opinion that he has just read our last article and that it is the best thing we have ever done. What a sweet morsel to roll under our tongue is his cheerful prophecy tbat fame and for- tune are waiting for us just around the corner. It has been said that the best loved youth or maiden in a community would die with chagrin if they could know the secret opinion their friends entertained of them. Nothing but the presence of the complimentary liar pre- vents us from arriving accurately and definitely at this information. He is the buffer that stands between us and the painful truth. The bragging liar is another interesting type. There isn't an atom of harm in him, since he is as transparent as a bit of crystal and asks nothing of you except to listen to his own stories of his own achievements. Still another, and a delightful speci- men of the liar, is the man who ro- mances for mere love of it. To this type belong the fish liar and the won- derful shot liar and the traveled liar and the men who have met with strange adventures, and last, but not least, the parental liar whose children say and do phenomenal things. Anyone can see at a glance what a blessing these people are to bored humanity. Suppose all stories were related exactly as they oc- curred, without any doctoring up and the addition of any little effective touches in the way of denouement; suppose there were no witticisms of children related except the bonmots they really perpetrated ; suppose that all fish stories and hunting stories were cen- sored until merely the bare truth re- mained, wouldn’t we be deprived of a great deal of innocent pleasure? It is the cheerful liar to whom we look to furnish us with the spice of existence, and throw the halo of romance over the commonplace. —_—__» 2. ___ Gripsack Brigade. Barney E. Stratton, who has acted as house salesman for the Ball-Barnhart- Putman Co. for the past six months, succeeds to the territory relinquished by Samuel R. Evans. Don P. Cushman now has a monopoly on the hotel business at Union City, baving obtained control of both hotels— the Union City House and_ Brown’s hotel. The new combination has been appropriately christened ‘‘The Union.’’ During the rush at the Kent Hotel the other day, H. C. Booth undertook to hurry up some of his girls who were late in getting down to the dining room and accidentally fell downstairs. Then it was known that he is no Sunday school superintendent. Samuel R. Evans has engaged to cover Central Michigan for W. F. McLaugb- lin & Co., of Chicago, succeeding Judd E. Houghton, who retires of his own volition, to devote his entire time to his wife, who has become a confirmed in- valid. Mr. Houghton’s employers speak in the highest terms of his success as a salesman and his fidelity to his house and deplore the circumstances which necessitate their parting company. Phelps, Brace & Co. have changed Sol Berger from the city (Detroit) trade to Ohio territory, where he will repre- sent the cigar department exclusively. Two gentlemen have been engaged to take his place in the city—Daniel Mc- Kercher, who was formerly salesman for Geo. T. Warren, and F. A. Rem- ington, formerly on the road for Jobn P. Hemmeter and Wells, Stone & Co. A. H. Saur, of Kent City, donned the traveling man’s air and dignity and started out last Monday to sell A. H. Saur & Co.’s full cream cheese. This factory turns out about 700 pounds each day of the finest grade and Eugene O'Connor is the man who squeezes the curd and ‘‘comes back from tbe South witb a black vest front.’’ Mr. Saur was out four days and will send another man next time. He says the road work is not what it is cracked up to be and that in the future he will attend to business at home. ——__> 2 ____ Have the Grand Rapids Boys No Sand? Kalamazoo, June 13—We wish you would notify some of the boys at Grand Rapids who are interested in baseball that the traveling men here are quite anxious to get up a game and will play either in Grand Rapids orhere. If you will please put the matter in the proper hands you will oblige your many Kala- mazoo friends. E. F. ZANDER. Mutual Protective Anti-Flirt Society. “‘As a general thing,’’ said Cholly, thoughtfully contemplating his white duck trovsers and shoes, ‘‘I am op- posed to trusts and combines, but there’s one been organized lately down in Illinois that I hope will have an office in every town in the land, and a billion dollars capital. It’s called the ‘Anti- Coquette Trust,’ and its object is to protect the helpless and guileless youth of the couatry against the machinations of the girls, anc to insure them against the inconsiancy of woman. You don’t understand? Well, it’s like this. When a fellow is in love with a girl he wants to do something to please her, doesn’t he? That’s right, and it has always been that way. But anyboay that’s been along the path of courtship knows that it’s a mighty hard road to travel, and full of pitfalls aud dangers. Wom- an is uncertain, coy and hard to please; and never more so than during the days when she halts between ‘I will’ and ‘I won't.’ Adam is probably the only man who had a dead sure thing from the start, with no other entries in the race. With Eve iit was he or nothing, and she took him; but from that time on down, every mother’s son of us have lain awake nights wondering what we could do to make ourselves solid with some girl. In the old romantic days of chivalry a fellow used to pin his sweet- heart’s colors on his arm, put on his ar- mor and go out and fight some other tin- clad, the gate receipts and the lady go- ing to the winner. At another time, before the laws against public nuisances were so stringent, it wes the correct thing to get vour light guitar, and go out and serenade your girl until they scatted you away. Now we lay siege to a girl’s heart by means of presents. It isn’t so romantic as the other ways; but it works. We begin by a bunch of violets. Angelina smiles. We foilow it up with chocolate creams. Angelina's smile contains 40 degrees of warmth. Then we reach the sentimental book passage. Angelina’s smile chases the thermometer for warmth and wins. The days go by, and the courtship is marked by silver trifles for her dressing table, bangles for her bracelet, theater tickets, ice cream, little suppers, not to men- tion the heavy tragedy part, where it be- gins to call for engagement rings and subsequent tokens of affection that mean good hard dollars, for ‘I don’t want no cheap man’ is the burden of the mod- ern Juliet's song. If the engagement ends in matrimony, no man would, of course, regret the outlay. It’s been in the line of business; but every sympa- thetic soul must see that it’s pretty hard to blow in your salary, as happens nine times out of ten, on a girl who hasn't had at any time the slightest idea ot doing anything but amusing herself with you, and finally gives herself to ‘another.’ It is to reimburse those of us who have spent money on girls, and then gotten left, that the ‘Anti-Coquette Trust’ has been formed. You pay in a fee for membership, and then when your girl gives you the throw-down you go around and collect back the price of your ice cream sodas and Christmas gifts. It’s a great scheme, and, coming right at the beginning of summer, it is nothing short of providential. So long. I’m going down the street to organize a Grand Rapids brancb."’ —__> 22 —___ Episode Omitted From the Biography. LeRoy, June 12—In writing up A. B. Gates’ biography in your issue of May 17 you left out some very important parts. Some years ago he dressed him- self in his new suit of light clothes, light Fedora hat and new tan shoes and hired a rig of Frank Smith to drive to Luther and back. On his return trip he got a late start and, when he reached the pine slashing, the shades of inky darkness had covered the black and burned logs and roots, ashes and dirt and the horse got lost. Mr. Gates was not lost. He was in the buggy. He had sympathy for the horse and got out to sell a bill of cigars and help the horse, which he led until the small hours of the night. In the course of time he reached LeRoy, changed his clothes, but he never said a word. Ask him about it and he wiil blush, as he is very bashful, and you will doubtless get a Thurlow Weed ora Night Hawk. OBSERVER. ee Expert Estimate of the Peach Crop. Edwy C. Reid, editor of the Allegan Gazette, who as Secretary of the Mich- igan Horticultural Society is in a posi- tion to form accurate and expert con- clusions as to the condition of growing fruits, thus refers to the prospective peach ciop in the current issue of his newspaper : Edward Hutchins, whose fruit farm is in the northeastern portion of Ganges township, brought to the Gazette office this week branches of three varieties of peaches, all heavily loaded with healthy young fruit. He expects to have about a quarter of a full crop, anda few of his neighbors will have more or less. The fruit is mainly in the tops of the trees. Mr. Hutchins says, however, that there will not be a thousand bush- els of peaches in all Ganges township, which is capable of yielding at léast 250,000 bushels in favorable seasons. In Casco, the next township south, there are a few orchards in condition similar to that of Mr. Hutchins, but the in- stances are rare, Practically, the peach crop of Allegan county was entirely de- stroyed, and the same is true of all the State to the northward, but Berrien county and a part of Van Buren will have a fractional crop. —__~. 2. ____ B. P. O. E. Convention at St. Louis. Grand Rapids Lodge, No. 48, will attend the reunion and grand lodge meeting at St. Louis, June 20 to 23, leaving Grand Rapids at 2 0’clock p.m., Monday, June Ig, going viaG. R. & I. and Wabash Railroad, arriving at St. Louis at 7:15 a. m., Tuesday. Through chair cars will be provided free and sleeping car service can be re- served on application to G. R. & I. ticket agent at Union station. Other lodges and friends of the order are in- vited to accompany our lodge. Rate, $11.50 for the round trip. Tickets good returning on all regular trains until June 25. For further information apply to E. M. BARNARD, Chairman Committee: —__~> 2. __—_ Au Arkansas printer, in making up the forms in a hurry, the other day, got a marriage notice and a grocei’s adver- tisement mixed up so that it read as follows: ‘‘John Brown and Ida Gray were united in the holy sauer kraut by the quart or barrel. Mr. Brown isa well known young codfish at 1oc per pound, while the bride, Miss Gray, has some nice pigs’ feet which will be sold cheaper than at any store in town.’’ REMODELED HOTEL BUTLER Rates, $1. I..M. BROWN, PROP. Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., LANSING. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. Taggart, Knappen & Denison, PATENT ATTORNEYS 811-817 Mich. Trust Bidg., - Grand Rapids $ Patents Obtained. Patent Litigation Attended To in Any American Court. 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires - Dec. 31, 1899 Dec. 31, 1900 - Dec. 31, 1901 Dec. 31, 1902 Dec. 31, 1803 A. C. ScoUMACHER, Ann Arbor Gro. GuxpRum, Ionia - - - L. E. Rgynoups, St. Joseph Henny Hem, maw- - - Wirt P. Dory, Detroit - - President, Gro. GunpRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. ScoumacHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY HEM, Saginaw. Examination Sessions. Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30. Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8. STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President—J. J. SouRWINE, Escanaba. Secretary, Cuas. F. Mann, Detroit. Treasurer—Joun D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Unpleasant Features Incident to the Drug Business. Written for the TRADESMAN. When I entered a Michigan drug store, the other morning, I found the proprietor making a close examination of the morning paper. ‘*Have you kept track of the bill re- quiring druggists to pay a $500 tax, the same as retail liquor dealers?’’ he asked. I told him that I had not. **I wish the law would pass, ’’ he said. **Tben we would have a good excuse for dropping whisky out of stock. There is no money in it and it’s an awful nuisance. ’’ **There is a popular notion that it is the best paying part of the drug busi- negs,’’ I said. **Well, it is not true,’’ said the drug- gist. ‘“‘We have to keep the stuff to accommodate people who are customers _in other lines, and it is a continual source of annoyance. Just as sure as we get a store full of lady customers, some old soak who has been here be- fore trots in and darts behind the pre- scription case. Sometimes he makes some thin excuse, but he usually goes right along as if he owned the place. We might just as well hand him a drink over the counter, for the ladies all know what he goes back there for, and the way they turn up their pretty noses is a caution. I think I'll set the dog on the next man that tries it. If they wouldn’t come in wobbling like a rail fence it wouldn’t be so bad. I wonder how it would do to doctor the whisky in that bottle back there, just as a mild sort of protest against the practice?’’ **You’d probably have a sick man here, and perhaps the patrol wagon,’’ said I. ‘‘I might put a couple of stuffed snakes in it,’’ said the druggist, thoughtfully, ‘‘only some frightened bloat might raise the shingles off the roof some morning. ”’ The merchant pondered a moment and then resumed. ‘*There’s another kind of customer I'd like to get rid of,’’ he said. ‘*That is the man who knows all about drugs. I think he’d look well with a harp and a damp cloud, don't you? I believe I will let him have his way some day and give the undertaker a chance. This morning a fellow came in here and asked for an ounce each of nitric and muriatic acid, mixed. The thing being a rank poison, I asked him what he wanted of it. He said his stomach felt bad and he wanted to take half a tea- spoonful of it. I explained, in my weak and timid way, that we didn't care to have customers drop dead in the store, and suggested that if he wanted to end his worthless life he’d better go to Manila and give the natives a chance. ‘He insisted that the remedy was harmless, and that he knew all about drugs. Said he put up his own pre- scriptions at his home town. What he wanted, of course, was diluted nitro- muriatic acid, a drop or two of which is good for a weak stomach. I couldn't make him understand the difference and he went away mad. ‘*Only a week or two ago,’’ continued the druggist, ‘‘a stranger walked in here and stepped back to the prescrip- tion counter. We were all busy at the time, but I watched him, perhaps be- cause of the nerve he exhibited. When I got back there, he had a lot of sul- phate of zinc in a glass and explained that he wanted to take a dose of epsom salts. I almost wish I had let him take ”” ‘Would it have. killed him?’’ I asked. ‘*It might,’’ was the reply, ‘‘and it might have made him mighty sick for a few hours. Such fools ought to be taught a thing or two. Even if he knew all about drugs, he had no busi- ness trying to wait on himself. If it wouldn’t muss up things in the store, I'd turn the hose on such chaps. Some- times good customers do such things, but I can overlook it in them. ‘“*I cured one customer of being gay last spring,’’ he added, with a smile. ‘*He was one of our regular whisky cus- tomers. There being people be knew in the store, he hated to ask for the real thing. The bottle bad been hidden that day. After waiting around a little while, he asked for a dose of whisky and quinine. He said he knew where the quinine was, and he'd get it him- self. The ladies in the store began to smile and it made me angry, so I went back and put it up for him. I put up one ounce of whisky and five grains of quinine. ’’ ‘‘And he drank asked. **Oh, no, I put it up in a bottle in the regular way, and he went off with it. In about half an hour he came back. He was too good-natured a man to roar about it, but he said that when I wanted a fresh cargo of quinine I might just put him in a water tank and dilute him. He said he'd been trying to make arrangements to go over to Cuba as a sort of portable medical department; but the sons of statesmen had all the de- sirable jobs and so he had been turned down. He said he didn’t object to tak- ing the quinine, but he wanted the next dose extended over about a month, so it wouldn’t take the flavor of the whisky away.’’ Just then a little girl entered the store and asked for a postage stamp. The druggist waited on her and came back to where I stood. ‘*That business transaction reminds me of a thing that took place here last summer,’’ he said. ‘‘I had a lot of stuff on hand, such as toilet articles, that I wanted to get rid of, and I ad- vertised that I would give a glass of soda water to every person whose pur- chases at one time amounted to a dollar or more. It worked all right fora time, but one day a lady came in and bought a dollar’s worth of postage stamps. She asked me for an envelope to put them in and then demanded a glass of soda water. You could have knocked me over with a two-for-a-cent sponge.”’ **Did you give it to her?’’ I asked. ‘I told ber that there was a law against selling postage stamps at bar- gain rates or giving premiums with them, but she wouldn’t leave the store. She said she always thought I wasa it in the store?’’ I fraud and that my wife was the shab- biest woman that came to the Baptist church and that if I didn’t give her the soda water I’d regret it to the last day of my life. What can you do when you strike a female cyclone like that in full blast and ready to do business regard- less of results? I told her that I had just been joking and gave her the nicest drink I could manufacture. I suppose I ought to have poisoned her, but her nerve was too elaborate a thing, frills and all, to lose.’’ ‘‘And you kept her trade, of course?’’ ‘*Indeed I did not,’’ was the dis- gusted reply. ‘‘She told all about the neighborhood that I tried to cheat her, and that I never did as I agreed. Oh, we have a few nice, cheerful things to contend with.’’ And the druggist went forward to wait on a woman who wanted 2 cents’ worth of mustard. —___»_¢.____— The Prices Didn’t Agree. A dudish specimen of humanity pre- sented last week to the clerk of a cer- tain St. Louis drug store a prescription reading as follows: Sodii chloridum .............. I ounce. Agar pata: ns 4 ounces. The weights were written in the or- dinary conventional style. The clerk looked smilingly at the prescription for salt and water and asked the customer what he wanted to use the medicine for. ‘‘T am afraid that every hair will fall out, and my doctor gave me that asa prescription,’’ was the answer. The clerk filled the prescription and charged 75 cents. He put on the bottle a red label with the word ‘‘ Poison !’’ and told the dude to be careful, as the ‘‘sodii chloridum’’ was particuarly dangerous. Two days later Mr. Dude brought back the bottle to be refilled. The clerk was absent, and the druggist him- self waited on him. This gentleman found the prescription on file, but the price bad been omitted. He knew he had to deal with a fool. Therefore he fixed the salted water and thought that 25 cents would be an honest compensa- tion. ‘*How is that?’’ asked the customer. ‘*Last time I paid 75 cents.’’ The druggist went back to the pre- scription enclosure to investigate. In a few minutes he returned and ex- plained that the duty on ‘‘sodii chlori- dum,’’ which was enormous, had been declared unconstitutional by the Su- preme Court cf the United States. As to ‘‘aqua pura,’’ the price had fallen Ioo per cent. on account of the absence of yellow fever this year in Central and South America. The dude went away satisfied with his hair restorer, but the clerk will be discharged if he fails to write prices on the prescriptions in the future. —__o 0 A Rich Lemon-Soda Syrup One of the best drinks at the fountain is a fresh lemon soda, and it is very re- freshing when made with the fresh fruit. A lemon syrup flavored from fresh fruit without the use of aicohol or ex- tract makes a much better drink with soda than a syrup flavored with lemon extract. The oil of lemon from the rind is fresh and rich and the juice is ap- petizing. To make a rich lemon syrup select eight or ten bright yellow, ripe, juicy lemons and grate off into a large mortar the yellow part only. Cover the grating with about a half-pound of granulated sugar, and with the pestle rub thorough- ly together. If the mixture is allowed to stand for three or four hours the result is better, but this is not necessary. When ready to finish, cut the lemons and extract the juice. Add the juice to the grated rind and sugar and stir until it is all, or nearly all, dissolved. Now take a one-gallon bottle and with a funnel and piece of cheese-cloth strain the liquid into the bottle, agitating with a spoon until all the syrup has passed through. Now pour over the residue about eight ounces of boiling hot water. This will carry through any surplus of sugar and will soften the rind, which should now be thoroughly squeezed to extract the oil and yellow color as much as possible. Add a good heavy syrup to nearly fill the bottle and shake up thoroughly. Thesyrup should be a rich lemon color and of fine flavor. No color- ing, acid, or foam extract should be added. It is a good idea to set the bot- tle on the counter where customers can see it, and paste on one side a label marked, ‘‘Fresh Lemon Syrup.’’ If the syrup is served in a small bottle, the label may be used on this, or if from a tank in the apparatus, paste the label on the name-plate. It attracts atten- tiou. This syrup should be used up inside of two days if possible, and it is better to make it every day. It can be used in a number of drinks, and will go quickly. Use this lemon syrup in sweet- ening your lemonades and see how it will improve their flavor. RICHARD Foy. ——_~> 2 ______ The Drug Market. There are very few changes to note this week. Opium—Is a little firmer, quotably changed. Morphine—Is steady. Quinine—Is unchanged. Cinchonidia—Is very firm at the ad- vance noted. Thearticle is very scarce and higher prices are looked for. Cocoa Butter—Has advanced. Ipecac Root—Continues scarce and another advance has taken place. Canary Seed—Is higher, on account of reports of damage to growing crop. ——_>-0> When We Plant the Tree. What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship which will eross the sea; We plant the masts to carry the sails, We plant the — to withstand the gales, The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee; We plant the ship when we plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the houses for you and me; We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, .We plant the studding, the laths, the doors, The beams, the siding, all parts that be; We plant the house when we plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant the tree? A thousand things that we daily see; We plant the spire that out-towers the crag, We plant the staff for our country’s flag, We plant the shade, from the hot sun free; We plant all these when we plant the tree. HENRY ABBEY. but not Ln Oy Ob bn bn bn bn bn bn, bn bn bn bp bn br bn bo, Onl bn bn by br br bn by br hb hn bp bn by pb pb bp bt hp hn be tp hn i best quality goods, Firecrackers, etc. Db bbb br br bob bb > Gnd GFUVVUVVUVUVVUUV ee i bi hi hi hi bon hi bi hi hi ha hi i i hi hi i i i hn hi a hi ha ha ha a hi hi hn hi a hn hin hh ha he he da he hi he be bn te hr The Day We Gelebrate!! We offer a complete line of FIREWORKS at rock bottom prices tor the HANSELMAN CANDY CoO., vvuvvvuvvvuvvvVvVVYVYVvVvVvYVvVVvVVVvYVvYVVVvVvYVvVvYVYVvVvVYVvVvVvVvVvyVvVVUVUWUY’?. We make a specialty of City Displays. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Db iii bb ph bbb 44. GVUVVUVVUVVVUVUVUUUY FF FU GV VOU GOGO OOO OOO GT VO OOOOO ETFO OTT TGV OTT EV UOTE UO CU CTU TUVTCTCOC MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. 50 | Seilies Co............ @ 50 6@s 1 2 | Tolutan............. @ 50 % = Prunus virg......... @ 50 Bo 41 - Aconitum Nepelllel 60 Hrdvoohior 2.22. “3@ °3| Geranium, ounce... | “@ | 75 | A¢om ee 60 Nitrocum 8@ 10 Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 50@ 60) Aloes and Myrrh.. 60 Oxalicum ........... 14| Hedeoma............ 1 2@ 1 35! arnica.....:........ 50 Phosphorium, dil 15| J unipers. BE clelewicie cess 1 50@ 2 00 Assafootida ee 50 Salicylicum 60 Lavendula.. ee 90@ 2 00 Atrope Belladonna. 60 sulp uficum........ 1 5 | Limonis....... - 125@ 1 35| auranti Cortex 50 Tannieus Loe. 1 49 | Mentha Piper. - 1 60@ 2 20| Benzoin............. 60 arietim...... 38@ 40| Mentha Verid. a. 1 60| Benzoin Co......... 50 ena aan ae gal. it 1 15| Barosma............ 50 Ammonia Co ee —- seen -4 4 50| Cantharides...... % Aqua, 16 deg........ 4@ 6 | Oli 3 00 = 50 Aqua, 20 deg........ 6@ 8| Picis Liquida. |--*: 1 12 % Carponas...........: 123@ 14 — peaparias gal.. 35 Chioridum Boca ce as Be 14} Ricina ........ 92@ 1 00 1 00 Rosmarini Be ceed @ 100 50 , OUNCE........ 50@ Black. Suecini seed. 40@ . 3 » Brown coe 90@ 100 50 eee MU 2 50@ 7 00 Yellow . Sassafras............ 55@ 60 — 50 | Sa s vie ess., ounce. ‘ —_ . S Digitalis... Go. 50 SS -° 2 "40g | 50| Rigor tls «+: 50 Xanthoxylum.. .... Bs 30 Tenet opt. x 1 60 err! Chloridum 35 Belsamum — Potassium Gentian Go....... |” 60 ae. eee aa 2 on | Bi-Carb............ 18 = pee coewenae 50 oa aa 50 Bichromate a | 98 Sie 60 —— 55 | Bromide............. 5x@ 87) ] — meee seas Dg cceas, 2% 5 Poet aieetesas — Chlorate. ‘po. in@ie 16@ 18 foaine, colorless... 2 Abies, Canadisii... 18| Cyanide......... 5@ 40 Lobolia mene nee 50 Cassia .............. 12 | Iodide. . - $40 380) eo Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 30| ix Vomica 7 = Euonymus atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart,; com Sic. °° = Myrica Cerifers, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt... 1 | Got Guiana” 50 Prunus Virgini...... 12 | Potass Nitras........ 10@ 11] obit’ Geodortnen : uillaia, gr’d....... 12| Prussiate....... .... 0@ — = ae . 18 12| Sulphate po .....). 15@ 18 nassia irs tes eewn = Ulmus..-po. i5, gr'd 15 Radix — 80 Extractum oe ee. 20@ 2% a te = 25 Oe 25 | Serpen & 26.6. peg 2G 30| Anchusa... .....2 1 100 12 | Stromonium ........ © Hematox,15lb box. 11 i) Arum po @ | Tolutan.............. 60 Hematox,is........ 1 14| Calamus ....2..02. 7! 20@ 40| Valerian ............ 50 Heematox, %s..-...- 1 15 | Gentiana...... po. 15 12@ 15 Veratrum Veride .. 50 Heematox, 348......- 1 17| Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18| Zingiber............: 20 P Hydrastis Canaden . @ & Miscellaneous erru Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 9) Ather, Spts. Nit.3F 30@ 35 Carbonate Precip... 15 | Hellebore,Alba, po.. 1 20| Ather, Spts. Nit. 38 Citrate and Quinia.. 2% | Inula, po............ O 20| Alumen...... -. - ou 3 Citrate Soluble...... 7 | Ipecac, po........... 4 50@ 4 75 Alumen gro’d. “Po. 7 46 4 Fetrocyanidum Sol. 40 | Tris plox....p035@38 35@ 40| Ann to. ee 40@ 50 golut. Chloride ee 15 | Jalapa, pr........... 5@ 30 percent O. | 6@ OS Sulphate, com’l..... 2] Maranta, \%s........ @ 35| AntimonietPotassT 40@ 50 sul uphate, ‘com, by a Podophyllum, po.... 2@ : = Antipyrin ae @ 3 es | ene Antifebrin . sulphate, pure ..... % Rael, CM “a 1 25| Argenti Nitras, oz . $ 30 an ale $@ | $8 | Balm Gileed - 10 alm Gilead Bud.. 40 RAR aon oe -= o> BQ | Sanguinaria..-po.is °@ 18|Biemuth SN’, 1400 10 = ram ag "30 38 Serpentaria Le 499 45 Calcium Chior, -—_ € of simile, officinalis H g 40 ¢alctum Chior, =. $ 12 Sees B@ mil eee as antharides, Rus. @ % Soe ia Acutifol, Tin- Mee 7 10@ 12] Capsici Fructus, of @ 6 neyelly...... ..... 18@ % Symplocarpns, cati- Capsici Fructus, po. @ 15 Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 2%@ 30 pO go @ 25/| Capsici FructusB,po @ 15 Salvia officinalis, 148 Valeriena Eng. po.30 @ Bb — — i 122@ 14 — 12@ | Valeriana, German. 15@ 20 0. ir @ 3.0 Ura Ursi... 8@ 10| Zingibera........... 12@ 16 Gere Ale og oe 50@ 55 G 1 Zingiber j. ......... %@ 27 oe Flava.......... 0@ S jamm OCCUS ........ Acacia, ist picked.. @ 6 Semen Cassia Fructus 3 33 Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 45) Anisum....... P. @ 12) Centraria.. @ 10 Acacia, 3d picked.. @ — (graveleons) 13@ 15 Cetaceumn... i @ 4 Acacia, sifted sorts. 28 | Bird, Is....... 4@ 6) Chloroform.. 50@ 53 : 90 | Caral....:..... po.18 10@ 12} Ghiorof. 18 12@ 14|Cardamon........... 13@1% Chloral Hed te squibbs 1 a @ 12|Coriandrum......... s@ 10 aoe 4 : : @ 30| Cannabis Sativa.... 4%@ 5 eee 32 42 55@ 60] Cydonium........... %@ 1 inchoni 28@ 30| Chenopodium |...” 10@ _ 12| Gunchon dine, Germ 3 ae 400 0B S| Raniculum one. | 9B 1 8 | Conk, its, dis prc. 2 @ 4 Foenugreek, po...... on P Greta... bbi% 3 2 ewe sp | Lil, gr lig AB BIG et BS hospi. .po. 3 @ _ 10| Lobelia ............. 40| Creta’ Rubra... @ 8 ee @ 1 00| Pharlaris Ganatan. syq 4 | Crets, Rubra... 18@ 20 Gamboge po........ 65@ 70| Rapa............ ... 4%@ 5/Cudbear .... @ uw Guaiacum..... po. 25 @ 30| Sinapis Albu........ 9@ 10/ Cupri Sulph. 64%@_sC8 Kino.......- po. 83.00 @ 3 00| Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12) pextrine.....22.227! 10@ 12 _— eee ee ess cee 3 . Spiritus — = Bo. oe = . acca Selene Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50 mery, all numbers Opi. -po. iwdeiso 3 00@ 3 = Frumenti, D.F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25 =o erases saa @ < Shellac, bleached.“ 400 aa | — -o Flake White... 129@ 15 Tragacant. carers te iene 51@ Juniperis Co........ %@ 3 50 Me @ 2 Herbe . 9@ Gambier 8s 9 Spt Vini Gs Mies. 1 @ 6 50 | Gelatin, Cooper @ # OZ. 25 ni Galli...... » Cooper..... abeiatiiae - pee whi: 1 3@ 2 00 Gelatin, French..... 35@ 60 Lobelia......0z. pkg oi ie 12970), Oe |O E8 Majorum ....0z. Pkg 38 Sponges Glue, brown... %@ ie a eS pkg 95 | Florida sheeps’ wool Glue, white......... 183@ 25 Mentha SS 39 | catriage........... 2 50@ 2 75 | Glycerina........... 144@ 2 Paes = a 2 Nassen sheeps’ wool a cal Grana_ Paradisi . @ 3% : car: Rs oie lier aed ws 00@ Eo os ee Thymus, V..oz. pkg % | Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chior Mite ; = 90 Magnesia. — carrie ie . @ 150 Evaeses Giller Gor. @ ; 80 aol ee 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ reas x Rub’ ae ees oO 22; wool. carriage. . @ 1 2% | Hydraag Ammoniati 3 115 Carbonate, K.&M.. 2@ 25| Grass — wool, aie Hydrarayram. = = i 35@ 36| cCarriage........... rargyrum....... egeasicneaceas aaa Hard, for slate use.. @ ® = — lla, Am.. D Oleum Yellow Reef, for ons : indie Banas nae 2am : - ues See 50@ 4 75 slate use.......... oO — eom...... Amyedale, Dui +O | bo . Todoform....... .... @4 yedale, Amare . 8 00@ 8 2 yraps EMpU. os. ces. @25 = ... 18@ 2 00 @ 50 ae Se eeltaiie oe 50 Auranti (Cortex. bose 2 40@ 2 50 @ 50|Macis_......... % eg 2 80@ 2 90 @ 50} Liquor Suave et Hy- cee. eed ek %@ 80 @ 60|_ drargIod.......... a B Caryophylli .. .-- 270@ 80 . 50 | LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 Medar....... 5@ 65 50 | Magnesia, Sulph.. 3 Cheno . @2% 60 | Magnesia, sulph, bbl 1% Cinnamonii a 1 50 50 | Mannia, S. = Saeed 60 ee io 45 60 | Menthol 35 Morphia, S.P.& W... 2 20@ 2 45 | Sinmapis.............. @ _ i8j| Linseed, pure raw.. 39 42 Morphia, S.N.Y. Q.< a mg anpe........ @ _ 30} Linseed, boiled..... 40 43 © Ce 2 10@ 2 = ers De Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 70 Moschus Canton.. @ @ Vow... @ 3/| Spirits Turpentine.. 44 50 gam og 1. 3 a0 sant scotek, ;DeVo’s ‘ $ . ux Vomica...po. mW Boras oo... Os = ia ---ivgy 18D 20) Soda Boras, po..." 9 @ 11 —— e aC, aet Potass Tart. 2%6@ Red Venetian... ... 1% 2 soahaae @10) Sede, Cam ht) Geen secon an. ne = Picis Liq. N.N.% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb a 3@ = 5 Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3 fe. @ 2 00| Soda, Ash........... 34@ 4 Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3 Pics Ligq., quarts. . @ 1 00} Soda, Sulphas....... a 2 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Picis Liq., pints..... @ 8 | Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60 Vermilion, | time Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50| Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55| American.......... 13@ 15 Piper 2. 22 @ 18)Spt. Myrcia Dom... @°? 0 Voullien, English. ve) Piper Alba....po.35 @ 30/Spts. Vini Rect.bbl. @ Green, Paris ........ 13%@ 17% Piix Burgun........ @ ~ 7| Spts. Vini Rect.%bbl @ Green, Peninsular.. 13@ Plumbi Acet........ 10@_ 12} Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @ Lead, Red........... 5%@ 614 Pulvis — etO - 1 10@ 1 20/ Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ Lead, white......... 5X@ 634 Pyrethrum, boxes Whiting, whiteS @ 7 & P. D. Co., doz.. @ 1 25} Strychnia stal... 1 20@1 35 Whiting, gilders’. @ w Pyrethrum, pv...... 2@ 30/ Sulphur, Sank -- 2%@ 4 | white, Paris Amer.. @ 100 MIASMIO oo... 8@ 10) Sulphur, Roll.... .. 24@3% Whiting, Paris Eng. — S. P.& W.. = . Torcbenth Vis -- 8@ a Se @ 1 40 uinia. —- e 4 erebent: enice.. 23@ rs 7" op. | Phochromn. ' 8@ enneeani Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 fubia Tinctorum.. im 14| Vantiia.............. 9 = ia Varnishes ee pv a ee ‘ = Zinci Sulph......... a es u i... 1 Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50 Oils oo oe i bop 1 70 pe We, 122@ 14 BBL. @AL. | Coach Body......... 2 %@ 3 00 Sano, M.... ......... 10@ 12! whale, winter....... 70 70|No.1Turp Furn.... 1 00@ 1 10 po, G..........- .. @ 15| Lard, extra......... 55 =: 60 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Siediitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22 pa, Nat... 40 45 | Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ 75 f - OFFICE OF A. DA KRUIB, DRUGGIST. tue Diiiioew 7,30 Ate, ie 2irter ” Ov A, aC, ag a Oe ¥ yrerk ’ licited testimonials to our promptness in filling : orders, which are a matter of every day occurence. 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The dealers. possible to give quotations suitable for a erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. rices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail hey are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. 1 conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is It is im- AXLE GREASE. CLOTHES LINES. doz. gross Cotton, 40 ft, per dos. 10 Aurore. 5d 6 00 Cotton, 50 ft, per dos. -120 Castor Oil. oo to Cotton, 60 ft, per dos. -1 40 Diamond.. --50 400 Cotton, 70 ft, per dos -1 60 aes... 7% 900 Cotton, 80 ft, per dos -1 80 IXL Golden, tin boxes7 900 Jute. 60 ft. per dos. - = Tlica, tin boxes oe ee 3 9 00 Jute. 72 ft. per dos,... . = Paracea... ....... 3 55 6 00 COCOA. BAKING POWDER. James Epps & Co.’s. Absolute. Hares, ibs... 6. 40 = = dos cette en ceeees = pram = Cases, 16 boxes... ........-... 38 B GOZ......---eeee rge, () es nee ‘ COCOA SHELLS. Ib can dos...... - 150 BROONS. 20 1b DAgB...............- 2% Acme. io.) Care 2 3./| Less quantity............ 3 34 Ib Cans 8 dos.......... — wr Oe Some 2 15| Pound packages......... 4 => ee ee es = = — : - CREAM TARTAR. Bulk — 7 ne 10 Pay 1 ai RnR te 2 50 | 3.8nd 10 1b. wooden boxes... .30 La eli ani a. a 95 Bulk in sacks.................-29 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........ 5 wancy 2 1(¢0| CONDENSED MILK. Warcnomee ..... - ....... 2% 4 doz in case. CANDLES. Gail Borden Eagle......... 6 75 oe C 6 25 4 4B ‘SUP. 3 35 Columbia, pints.......... 2 00 e ee tees settee 335 Columbia. % pinte_......... 1B COUPON BOOKS. ESE Tradesman Grade. Q@ 8X 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 @ 9 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 @ 9 500 books, any denom....11 50 @ 10 | 1,000 books. any denom....20 00 @ s&% Economic Grade. GB %% 50 books. any denom.... 1 50 @ 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 @ #2] 500 books any denom....1i 50 ee cans, 4 doz case....... = eee g o% 1,000 — a. .--20 00 ee, @ 2B 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 21% Ib. cans, 1 doz case..... 4 75 | Bdam.... ........... @ 70 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 5 Ib. cans. 1 doz case..... 9 00| Leiden.............. @ i7 500 books, any denom....11 50 : cg —— pee eee oe @ 13 | 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 ic 7s | Pineapple............50 @ 7% Universal Grade. if sae nee Q0s.......-- 1 29 | S@P Sago............ @ 17 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 a ee aes --------- licory. 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 1 1b cans per dos ecccecess 2 00 Bulk oe 5 500 books, any denom....11 50 Home. Red 7 | 1,000 books, any denom. ...20 00 lb cans 4 doz case...... 5) " CHOCOLATE. Credit Checks. lb cans 4 dos case...... 55 Walter — & — 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1b Cans 2 doz case...... 90 | German Sweet .. --23| 1900, any one denom’n..... 5 00 - Premium --35 | 9000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 J AXO Ni Breakfast Canes 46 | Steel punch. ..........---- 6 COFFEE. ne ——— virwapatn ae lb cans, 4 doz case..... 5 Roasted. n be made rese f lb cans,4dozcase...... 8 Ris. denomination from 810 —_— om lb cans, 2 doz case...... oo ee 2 — De eee +e Jersey Cream. ics ailinicoiactios lea! inmate! as a aon he a ie am ees etre el cee 1 1b. cans, per doz.......... 2 00 — ee eee coke eee = — ee eee = 9 oz. cans, per doz.. ts ene 14 oe 10 00 6 oz. Cans, per doz.......... 85 | Peaberry ...... eae Ae ——-. 17 50 Our Leader. Se ' cata Tb BM... -eoe seco ee Sie CADB........---.....0. Re 16 a .-@% meee 1 50 Pease 18 Evaporated 50 Ib ‘boxes. @10% 11b j . California Pruits. » CBRNE... --.- wae eeee teks 15 a @15 Queen Plake. je Wilaahain. ....: 3 oz., 6 doz. Case............ 2 70 Java. Mactérines ........- o rn I nen ‘i... 10 @u eo i a Private Growth............... 3)| Pears... a ' sion Manin... 3% | Pitted Cherries........ 5 Ib., | Geox. Cane.........0+.. 9 00 Mocha. Praouneliog............ American BATH t — 70 ietion ..__......- -.-. ....- 22 | Raspberries..........-- English. . ° “89 Arabian .. R ie a le an ie oe ele 28 oo . e 4 * ANNE ‘casted. 100-120 2 aoe. 8. ——a_ = oops,” 90 Clark-Jewell- Wells Co. —— 90-100 25 Ib boxes......- @5 oo pe ae es $01 00 | Fifth Avenue..... -....... 80 - 90 25 Ib boxes....... @ 5% honing. Jewell’s Arabian Mocha.. ‘3 70 - 80 25 lb boxes. ....- @ 6% es oia1 30 | Wells’ Mocha and Java.....24 | 60-7025 Ib boxes... .... @ 6% Ban Wa. ag Wells’ Perfection Java..... 24 50 - 60 25 Ib boxes....... @% Beans, String.......... ee 21 40-50 2 lb boxes....... @10 Beans, Baked co 7@1 00 | Breakfast Blend........... 18 30 - 40 25 lb boxes....... @ ’ ener cccce si Valley City Maracaibo. ....18%/| 1 cent less in so lb cases Beans, Red Kidney. - T@ & Ideal Blend 14 Pease 1 BOG. ee | Meader Blend. -0-2° 02°. 12% | ronaon Layerszerown. 1 50 Peas, French.....-.... 25 Package. London Layers 3 Crown. 1 6 Pumpkin = Below are given New York | cincter 4Crown.. --- 2 00 Mushroom... 2... 15@ 22| Prices on package coffees. to | Toose Muscatels2 Crown 5 Peaches, Pie .......... 1 00 which the wholesale dealer | rOose Muscatels 3Crown 6 Peaches, Fancy....... -.140 adds the local freight from | Toose Muscatels 4Crown 7 Apples. allons. @3 25 | New York to your, shipping | 1. M., Seeded, choice..... 8 2g appease 90” -~ | point, giving you credit on the | 1“ yy" Seeded, fancy...--- 9% Pears eo invoice for the amount of , . Pi ue i i yaieade “ pice freight buyer 8 from the FOREIGN i. Pinca grated..... 175 2 40) parket in whic urchases Citron. erase: — ose 1 35 23 to his shipping akan: neluding | Leghorn .........----+++-- @il esa es arren....1 7 weight of package, also Xe a/|Corsican...........------- @i2 Shaokbievien ce a = und. In Ib. cases the list Currants. mune Ce 5 8 10c per 100 lbs. above the | Patras bbis........ ....--- @ 5% Opals, ie 8 price in full cases. Cleaned, mee @ 6 Oysters, 2-Ib........... 150 jane oe in - 50 Cleaned, packages........ @ 6% Salmon, flats, key..... 1 70 GTSCY......... .--------- Peel. Salmon’ % Ib: flats... 90 MeLaughlin’s XXXX. Citron American 101b bx @13 Salmon, Red Alaska..1 25 McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to| Lemon American 101b bx @10% Salmon, Pink Alaska.. 90 retailers only. Mail all orders | Orange American 101b bx @10% oo — ggg ™ rmayg mee F. McLaughlin & Raisins. TS, 2-ib. PF... es Be a > ent 10 — $ ackerel, 1-lb. Soused.1 75 Vall gross cieee Mackerel,i-lb Tomato.1 75 Folie woe eee ope. $ Serer... oS 2 00 Hummel’s foil % gross. . Sardines, 4s domestic Ke Hummel’s tin % gross.. Sardines, mstrd, dom.5%@ git CLOTH ES PINS. @ Sardines, French...... 8-@ 22 |Sgrossboxes....... @ FARINACEOUS GOODS.| FLAVORING EXTRACTS. imported. PF . Japan, No, bo oo... 5%@ 6 2411b. packages.......... 12 Japan, No.2.... ..... 4%@5 Bulk, per 100 Ibs..... .... 3 00 Java, fancy head...... 5 @5% rits. OR NOS acces cae 5 Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. Weree. seo. ks. : SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs in box. Church’s Armand Hammer. 15 Deland’s ..6 00 Dwight’s Cow... is 6 — ee a cs 3 50 Be ee ae 3 00 Sodio i Wyandotte, 100 Xs. pee ceeel 3 00 SAL SUDA Granulated, bbls. % Granulated, 100 Ib cases.. 90 24 2 1b. po ete -1 80 Lump, bbls. aco coe eS Oem. bese. 2 70 Lump, 1451b kegs... Be oie a 85 200 lb. barrels. . gare *sern 5 10 SALT i oo 2 i Diamond Crystal. ss ‘able, cases oxes..1 ——— / Table, barrels, 100 3 1b bags.2 75 Dried Lima 5% Table, barrels, 407 lb -2 40 Medium Hand Picked i 20@1 25 FLY PAPER. Butter, barrels, 280 1b. bnlk.2 25 Seemed and Vermiceili Tanglefoot, per Ox... ..,: 36 Butter, barrels, 20 14 lbbags.2 50 ie, 10 1b. bo 60 | Tanglefoot, per case........ 3 20] Butter, sacks, 281bs......... 25 asa 35 Ib. box... ..12 50 | Holders, per box of 50....... 75| Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 55 — P. iieate a Perrigo’s Lightning, eae 2 = Co: a i C on 7: Petrolatum, per doz.. mmon Grades. pamem 2. 1% 100 3-lb sacks... oo Ceewer 2°‘0 HERBS. GOStpasens....-:..... 1 80 Empire ..... ......---.-. = Ot Newee ee * 28 10-lb sacks............... 1 65 . Home Worcester. Green, Wisconsin, bu.....1 09 INDIGO. 50 4 Ib. cartous........... 825 Green, Scotch, bu. ...... 1 10 115 21D. sacks... ..-.... 4 00 Split, pee ae 2 50 oe 5 Ib boxes......... 55 60 5 ee ee 3 Ro ne See . F.,2.3and 51b boxes... 50) 95 4 _— en Rolled Avena, bbl.......4 00 GUNPOWDER. 3010 Ib ks 3 Monarch, bbl. eek show .3 79 Rifle—Dupont’s. 28 Ib. een coon See ee co = Monarch. % bbl.. 20 400 | 561b. linen sacks............ 60 ——— meal 28 ao --n ons re S 9 95 | Bulk in barrels.............. 2 50 maker. cases. ...........320 | Half Kegs.............--.... geese A? oe ‘3 S6-Ib dairy 10 drill Dage 30 German ...... sine. 18 | 28-Ib dairy in drill bags..... 15 East India... 3% Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Ashton. Eesley’s Self Rising Flours. ew ee 4 5 56-lb dairy = linen sacks... 60 Pastry. Hatt Rees.........:...-...-: iggins. 2 1b. cartons, 2 i case.. 1 80 | Quarter Kegs...........+...- 1 35 | 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 6 lb. cartons, 2 dz. in case.. 4 80} 1 lb. cams....... ...-...---++ 34 a saad Rock. . Entire Wheat. Eagie Duck—Dupont’s. Sac. area 21b. —— 2 = in case.. Guna; «o raham. ee 21b. cartons, 2 dz. in case.. Medium aaa eee vw Wishes ......0 525 cosas Si 4 ; * Per doz. OO sea tee Pearl, 2¢ 11h. phges...... i... = Pelouze HOUSeHO....... 2 00 Cracked, bulk pues ca Z so LYE. Weighs 24 Ibs. by ounces. BAD ND PAGALT FISH. Condensed, 2 dos. ........120], 1, _ SHEDS. " oe Condensed. 4 dot .......-- 2 2 ae wiles Ee .. Gesuyes ounen.- os LICORICE. Caraway ............ 0... 8 Georges genuine...... ae een 30 Cardamon, Malabar ---.. 60 Georges selected...... @6 | calabria Siete 11 Strips or bricks....... 6 @9 | sicily 14 one, Russian........... 4% a FO E. bbl. 9 25 3 in 10 Mixed Bird... ........... 4n Holland white hoop bbl 5 25 MATCHES. a 10 olland white hoop, Diamond Match Co.’s beanie. Bae 4% Holland white hoop me 80 | Wo. 9 sulphur............... 16 Cuttic fen r Anchor Parlor............-- 1 70 SNUFP. + Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars. . steel French appee, in jars. ics 48 Mess 100 lbs...........-+-- 15 00 SOAP. — = ‘ss main moe OP e....... ....... iow * Mess §& lbs........-....-. 1% 11 wv aS, | a : = - be ocpese eee ® as M4 imais : ot Oite.......2....... SOBliaaae = = | eee em, No.1 10 Ibs... .....--02.¢- 1 48 .. 94] 5 box Tote, delivered........ 20 mee See... -...-c5cce 120 ea 10 box lots. delivered........ 2 7 No. 2 100 ibs.. . 11.50 7 hae Gaiden : No.2 40 Ibs. 1 | Waienerci JAS. 8. KIRK & 60.3 BRANDS. ea Oe eee se, 1 30 MUSTARD. eo, rican Family, wrp’d.. He. Siis...---.----+++- 1 © | Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1% )jome. , —.— Trout. Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50] Gapinet. "390 No. 1 100 _ So eis eke : = Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz.. ..... 171 Savon... "3 50 eo e PIPES. White Russian....... 2 35 N ; ' tte 2. 57 70 White Cloud, laundry... ~oo6 25 ~n eee rr Clay, No. 216..............- 1 20] white Cloud, toilet. ........ 3 50 No.1 No.2 Fam Clay, T. °b. full count...... Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 10 100 lbs 7 CO 6 50 2 75 b, Bcc eaneee een ee see 85 Dus Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 cae ¢ ( ASH Blue India, 100 % ~ Sain 3 00 i, 310 290 140 POT. le Kirkoline 3 50 101 Le ctaE 85 80 43 48 cans in case. oe eee eee eee entererses 3 50 8 lbs........ a @& Ml pets... 2, 2... ac es vee EXTRACTS. | Penna Salt Co.’s........... 8 00] sapolio, kitchen, 3 ‘fox deoes 2 40 Perrigo’s. PICKLES. Sapolio, hand, 3 doz ........ 2 40 Van. Lem. SODA Xx, 2 bert... mi Cons — Boxes : 5% XXX, 2 oz. ober’ Barrels, 1,200 count........ 400 Tg XXX 40z.taper....225 125] Half bbls’ 600count........ ‘oa. = xX, 2 oz. obert..... 1 00 SYRUPS. No. 2.202. obert .... 7% ee ; XXX DD ptchr, 6 0z 2 25} Barrels, 2,400 count....... SOOT Bavenle 3 oc k cae 17 XXX D D ptehr, 4 oz 1 7% | Half bbls’ 1,200 ee: 3 00| Half bbis........... 18 hee Flic i aie ac geenome. Ses . Van, 2 doz. % —- cans ..... 1 6 2 oz. Taper Panel.. 7 1 20 me OR ss 6% Cane. 2os. Oval..<.:..... vis] 1 20] Carolina No.1............. DR sac cee cscs cee 16 3 oz. Taper Panel..1 35 2 00} Carolina No.2 4 | Good 20 4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60 Me Breen... ccs 8% | Choice ) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SPICES. Whole — Allspice ...... Cassia, China in mats pn Batavia in bund ia, Saigon in rolls Cloves, Amboyna. Cloves, Zanzibar. . Mace, Batavia.. Nutmegs, — Nutmegs, No. 1. Nutmegs, No. 3 ee Pepper, Singapore, bl Pepper, — white.. Pepper, shot Pure Ground in Bulk. stain nin nisi inks WISEOG 17 Cassia, Batavia ............. 30 Cassia, Saigon.............. 40 Cloves, Zanzibar............ 14 Ginger, ASTICAN |... oo 5c 15 Ginger, Cochin............. = Ginger, Jamaica............ Mace, Batavia.............. Mustard........... “iagie Wena, ; 40@50 Pepper, eins. black ......°: 15 Pepper, Sing., white........ 2 Eeaeee, Cayenne Bee ls 20 age Kingsford’s Corn. 40 1-lb packages............. 6 20 1 lb packages............. 634 ees Silver Gloss. 40 1-Ib packages............. 6% Gis bemee:.....-. cs... 7 Diamond. 64 10c packages ........... 5 00 128 5c packages......... .. 5 00 82 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 Common Corn. 20 11b. packages.......... .. 5 40 1lb. packages. . i = Gloss. . Fib packages............... 8-lb packages............... 4 6-lb packages.. secess os 40 and 50 lb boxes. - 3 Barrels... ....- 3 STOVE POLISH. Ve SJ ~ (amen \ eecerccce be nf L.PRESCOTTE ©? CG wwe Seine ¥ No. 4, 3:doz in case, gross.. 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping int, iving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he urchases - his ship pping point, neluding 20 — or the weight of the barrel. Co ee ee ee 5 Woe OME oe. Cots 5 88 Crushed...-. 6 00 ee 5 63 ae Powdered........... 5 = Granulated in bbl... ....:. 5 *9 Granulated in bags......... 5 50 Fine Granulated............ 5 50 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 63 = Coarse Granulated...5 63 mone fo. F % Diamond Confec. A........ 5 50 Confec. Standard A......... 5 38 Me foo... 2s . 500 No 2 .-5 00 No. 3 .5 00 No. 4 .4 OF Re aa 0. < No. 7 475 No. 8 -. 4 69 No. 9 4 63 o. 10.. -. 4 56 6 450 44 4 38 «..4 38 ...4 38 ace ins 004 38 TABLE SAUCES. PERRINS’ The Original and Genuine Worcestershire. a & Perrin’s, large... 3 75 bea & Perrin’s, small... 250 Halford, large........... 3% Halford small. large. 7 3 ng, eee Salad Dressing, small.....2 75 Cigars. Candies. Grains and Feedstuffs Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. New Brick.......... . 83 00 Stick Candy. Wheat. bbis ils EE 7 ee let ro 1% Winter Wheat Piour. Fortune Teller. ............ 35 09 | Standard H. H...... @%% Local Brands. Our Manager............... 35 00 Standard Twist..... Ke gq | ReeCHes 4 00 Gainceste © 26s 35 00 | Cut Loaf............ @ &% esr d ie, : = cases | Straight................... G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. | Jumbo, 321b . @ 6u | Clear....................... 3 00 Extra Hi. eo. @ 8% ee eee 3 50 Boston Cream...... @10 ioe WHCRE (1... |... ae C a Mixed Candy. me Subject to usual cash dis- eee votes co oN Competition Se eceace @ 6% Four in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- Standard............ @7 | ditional. a cee ccs g mn Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand é, mien @ 8% ie _ ae 3 85 CW 35 00 pe See eas g 334 Daisy. a ut Loaf............ % oe Phelps, Brace & Co.'s Brands. | English Rock....... See ont Vincente Portuondo. 35@ 10 00 Kindergarten....... oe 2: =. Ruhe Bros. Co ....... 70 00 | French Cream...... @9 wee RCT aR po The Hilson Co......... BOtI0 00 | Dandy Pan.......... @10 a eater = J. Doss & Ca.:...- 35@ 70 00 | Hand Made Cream mxd @13 Spring Wheat Flour. McCoy & Co........... 7 0a | Nobby.............. @ 8% Clack dowel Wells Co.’s Brand. The Collins Cigar Co. = 35 00 Pancy—In Bulk. Pillsbury’s Best %s........ 4 65 Brown Bros..... ..... 0 00} san Blas Goodies.. @u Pillsbury’s Best \4s........ 4 55 Banner Cigar Co...... 300 70 00 | Lozenges, plain © 8% Pillsbury’s Best 4s........ 4 45 Bernard Stahl og a 35@ 90 00 | Lozenges, plain. @ 8% Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper.. 4 45 Banner Cigar Co......1'@ 35 00| Choc. Drops 11" | Pillsbury’s Best 3¢s paper.. 4 45 Seidenberg & Co......55@125 00 | Ghoe. jMonumentais @12% | Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. G.P. Sprague Cigar Co. 10@ 35 0) Gum Drops @5 Duluth Imperial, %s 4 40 ree gs gg ae @ 8% | Duluth Imperial, 48. ...". 4 30 egy age ed Co @ 8% | Duluth Imperia!” %s 4 20 E. M. Schwarz & Co .3§@110 00 Tmperials iw @ 9-. ra San Telmo.......5.... 33@ ‘| Ital. Cream Bubns. 35 lb pis 11 Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s oe. Havana Cigar Co.. 2 . 4 VINEGAR. Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. § Malt White Wine, 80 —_ ll Pure Cider, Red Star... ~-ke Pure Cider, Robinson. --12% Pure Cider, Silver.. 111126 WICKING. Wa. 0, persross.............. 20 No. 1, pergrogs...... =... 25 No. 2, Bererens 35 No. 3, PCE STOGR. oes 55 WOODENWARE. Pails. 2-hoop Standard ............ 1 35 3-hoop Standard ............ 150 = ware, Cabie. 1. 8. 8.. 1 35 3- wire, Cane... 20)... 1 6) Cedar, all red, brass bound.1 25 Paper, Eureka .............. 2 25 ee ee cs 2 2 Tubs. 2)-inch, Standard, No. 1....5 80 18-inch, Standaid, No. 2....4 85 16-inch, Standard, No. 3....3 85 20-inch, Dowell, No.1. ... "6 25 18-inch, Dowel:, No. 2. -5 25 16-inch, Dowell, No. 3. Ng 25 No.1Fibre. ............... 9 0) No.2 Fibre. See scl, oe 7 50 NO: S Wibre. 6 % Crackers. The National Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter. Seymour Xxx. 5% oe _ 3 lb. carton 6 Wamtry YER ..c.... Ll, _ Salted KX sees New York XXX............ ae MOlvermcé ..... 6 OMeOM. ces %% Soda. poas See... 6 Soda XXX, 3 1b carton.. 6% Soda, City...) ....... 8 Long Island Wafers....... ll L. I. a carton .. 12 Zephyrette. . a. 30 cia Saltine Wafer.............. 5% Saltine Wafer, 1lb. carton. 6% Farina Oyster.............. 5% Extra Farina Oyster....... 6 SWEET GOODS—Boxes. PAS 10% Bent’s Water.... -. © Cocoanut Taffy... 10 Coffee Cake, Java. lu Coffee Cake, Iced 10 Cracknells....... 15% DANS ....... 11% Frosted Cream..... saat S Gineer Gems... ........... 8 Ginger Snaps, XXX........ 7% Graham Crackers.......... 8 Graham Wafers............ 10 Grand Ma Cakes............ 9 Imperials Marshmallow Creams..... . Marshmallow oe eed Mich. Frosted Honey.. “ini Molasses Cakes............ Newton Wy Salsa 3 N a WAGs on... 8 a 8 fon ; el Cakes. 8% Pretzels, hand made . Th Sears’ Lunch... 7 Sugar Cake.. 8 Sugar Squares. 9 Vanilla Wafers. 14 SON oc ope bosses cece 12% Molasses Chews, 15 lb. “—~ 13 Jelly Date Squares.. 10 Fancy—in 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops....... @50 Sour Drops......... @50 Peppermint Drops.. @60 een gees Drops. . @65 M. Choc, Drops.. @% H. M. age —s and Dk. = E @90 Gum @30 Hicorice L Dro ee @b A. B. Licorice oe @50 Lozenges, plain.. @55 Lozenges, printed.. @55 Imperials . @55 Mottoes.. @t0 Cream Bar.......... @55 Molasses Bar ....... @55 Hand MadeCreams. 80 @ 90 Cream Buttons, Pep. and Want......... @65 String Rock......... @60 Burnt Almonds..... 13 @ Wintergreen Berries @55 Caramels. No.1 wreeet, 2 |b. betes 0c. @35 No. 1 wrapped, 3 lb. No. 2 2 wrapped, 2 Ib. Fruits. Oranges. Seedlings............ @4 25 Medt Sweet.......... 400 G4 50 Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. @\ £0 Strictly choice — @4 50 Fancy 300s . ie @5 09 Ex.Fancy 3008... : @5 5u Ex.Fancy 360s...... @ Bananas. Medium bunches...1 00 @I 25 Large bunches...... 150 @2 CO Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs. Californias Fancy.. @i3 Choice, 101b boxes.. @i2 Extra choice, 10 Ib boxes new......... @16 Rener, 12 1b boxes.. @22 erial > sigma 18 Dexes. ..... 2... @ pulled: 6 1b boxes. . @ Naturals, in bags.. @i7 Dates. Fards in 10 1b boxes @10 Fards in 60 Ib cases @ 6 Persians, PH V..... @6 lb cases, new...... @6 Sairs, 601b cases.... @5 Nuts. Almonds, Tarragona. . O16 Almonds, iyaca....... @l4 Almonds, oo soft shelled......... @15 Brazils new........... . 7 Ceeccececceccos A Walnuts, Gronobles.. @13 Walnuts, Calif No. 1. @li Walnuts, soft shelled Cee ce, @ll Table Nuts, fancy.. @il Table Nuts, choice. @10 Pecans, Med... @7% Pecans, Ex. Large.. @ 29 Pecans, Jumbos....... @i2 Hickory — per bu., Ohio; new. ..:......; @1 60 Goosen full sacks @2 50 Chestnuts per bu...... @ Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Suns. @7 Yancy, H. P., Flags Hoaested.:........... @7 Choice, H. P., Extras. @5 Choice, H. P., Extras Raseted stds enes 6 Gold Medal \s..... Gold Medal \s.. Gold Medal \s. Parisian, 4s.. Parisian, 14s ; 50 Parisian. Ws... 4 40 Olney & Judson 's 6 Brand. Ceresota, i8....... 4 50 Ceresota, 14s.. ‘ 4) Ceresota, 4s... 4 3) Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Laurel, s........ _2¢@ Laurel, Ws.. 3. 4 65 Laurel, eS. 45) —-. Bolted . tect so. oe oe Granulated ................ 210 Feed and Millstuffs. St. Car Feed. screened ....16 00 No. 1 Corn and Oats....... 15 50 Unbolted Corn Meal....... 14'0 Winter Wheat Bran.. -14 00 Winter Wheat Middlings. -15 00 Screenings.. .-14 00 Com, New Corn, car lots. «ese SOG Less than car lots......... 37% —_ Car lots. soo, oo Carlots, clipp eg 32 Less than Gar lots. ....... 34 Hay No. 1 Timothy cariots.. lu 00 No. 1 Timothy, ton lots _ 12 03 Fish and Oysters Fresh Fish. Per lb Whitefish .......... @ 9 Trout .... @ 8 Black Bas: @ lv Henpme @ 15 Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4 PUCHA @ il Live Lobster....... @ 16 Boiled Lobster...... @ 18 od @ @ 7% g: @ rch @ 4 Somaiaad a toe a @ ss Red Snapper........ @ 8 Col River S aia. @ 12 Mackerel ....... |. @ 15 Shell Goods. Oysters, per 100....... 1 2%@1 50 “asa nn tN ar rg Oils. Barrels Mocone, oo. @lly% XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt @10 W W Michigan........ @ 9% Diamond White @ 8% DS. Gas....... : @i2% Deo. Naptha s @12% Cylinder .. -29 @34 Engine cagtstes at @21 Hides and Pelts. The Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as follows: Hides. Green No. 1............ @7 Green No. 2........... ‘ @ 6% oe ee @6 Gured Ne. 1... ...... @ 8% Cured No. 2........... @ 7% Calfskins, green No. 1 @ 9% Calfskins, green No.2 @8 Calfskins, cured No. 1 @10% Calfskins, cured No.2 @9 Pelts. Pelts, each. ........:.. 50@1 00 Tallow. MO es. @ 3% ANOS eo ok @ 2% Wool. Washed, fine ......... @is Washed, medium...... @23 Unwashed, fine........ 9 @I2 Unwashed, medium ..14 @16 Provisions. Swift & Company quote as follows: Barreled Pork. eee oe. 10 00 ae 10 50@ Clear back.......... @l10 25 SeeetGut................. 9 75 ee 14 00 eee 9 LO a 11 09 Dry Salt Meats. oe 5% Drrgeees 5% Extra shorts............. 5% Smoked [eats. Hams, 12 1b average..... 934 Hams, 14 1b average 9% Hams, 161b average 914 Hams, 20 lb average 9 Ham dried beef . 13% Shoulders (N. Y. cut). 5% Bacon, clear............ 7 @7\% California hams i“ ai Boneless hams.... ‘ Cooked ham............ “iota Lards. In Tierces. cageet Sed secon. 454 MiGie 634 55 lb Tubs....... advance 5 80 1b Tubs....... advance lg 50 lb Tins .......advance 56 20 Ib Pails....... advance % 10 lb Pails....... advance % 5 Ib Pails. ...... advance 1 3 lb Pails....... advance 1% nee. Bologna 5% Liver.. 6% Frankfort. aS 1% a 6% Blood i 6 ROmgHe 9 Head cheese............. 6% Beef. Metra Mess... ||... 10 25 BORCICSR ooo 12 50 Ce 12 06 gs’ Feet. Bite, 5 lbs... 70 % bbls, 40lbs............ 1 35 % bbls, 80 lbs....... .... 250 Tripe. Kits, 15 lbs... a as aie 7 44 bbls, 40 lbs..... 1% Ye bbls, 80 lbs..... 22 Casings. ce 20 Beef roundsg............. 3 Beef middles............ 10 a 60 Butterine. Rolie, @airy............. 11 Solid, G@airg -............ 10% Rolls, creamery......... 15% Solid, creamery l4y Canned =. Corned beef, 2 1b. 2 Corned beef, 14 Ib... Roast beef, 2 |b. Potted ham, 48 Potted ham, \% Deviledham, Deviled ham, as Potted tongue is Potted tongue s.. Fresh Meats. Beef. Carcass 0. 7 @ o% Fore quarters......... 6 @6% Hind quarters........ T4@ W% Loins a Gee 12 @14 Ribs.. CT Rounds @ 8 CHEEKS. 8. 6 G@b6% rage 4@5 Pork. Dressed 1%@ 5 On @7 Shoulders... ease @ 5% Load Lard............- : 64@ Mutton Caneess 3.0 c... 8%@10 Spring Lambs... .... 14 @I6é eal. Carcass. ... 7438 Crockery and Glassware. AKU STONBWARBE. Batters, 46 @al.. per des...... 2.0... 40 1 to 6 ‘gal., -_ i bceedu ce 5 8 gal ., each.. coca ao 0 gal. Gach. .............. 60 12 gal., CGGN 32... . .... 92 15 gal. meat-tubs, each....1 05 20 gal. meat-tubs, each....1 40 25 gal. meat-tubs, each ...2 00 30 gal. meat-tubs, each....2 40 Churns. 2 to 6 gal., per gal......... 5 Churn Dashers, per doz... 84 Milkpans. % gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 40 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each Fine Glazed Milk \% gal. flat or rd. bot., do 60 1 gal. flat orrd. bot.,each 5% 4% Stewpans. % gal. fireproof * afl, dos. 1 gal. fireproot, bail, dos.1 0 Ja —. gal., per doz.. wo. 42 @al.. per des..... ...... “ 4 50 1 a... 6 Tomato —- \% gal., per dos.. 50 T Gel, COGn.......5....... 8% Corks for % gal., perdosz.. 20 Corks for 1 gal., perdos.. 30 Preserve Jars and Covers. % gal., stone cover, doz... %5 1 gal., stone cover, doz...1 00 Sealing Wax. 5 lbs. in package, perlb... 2 —_ BURNERS. me. Oban... 34 No. 1 oa eee deidee eeu « ces aa Ce 50 ee OP, 8 1 00 eo 45 Security, No. 1............. 60 Seeurity, No. 2............. 80 Nutmes ........... 50 LAMP CHIMNEY Seconds, Per box of 6 doz. oe. O em 1 28 Me = Gan... 1 42 Me. 280n.................. 212 Common ING@ OSen..... 2.0... .. 1 50 Ne. £ Sen... ........ 1 60 a 2 45 First Quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp to oP, n= and Pa ed.... 2 10 Sun, —_ top. wrapped fad | abe ed.... 215 Sun, crimp top wrapped and labeled. 815 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun crimp top, wrapped and A eo 2 55 No> 1 Sun, crim Pte at and “aoe 2 7 Sun, crim top, "Saneul and labeled.... 8 75 CHIMNEYS—Pearl te No.1 be wrapped an eee. No. 2 Ps wrapped aa” labeled. No. 2 Hinge, wrapped ‘and OO, No. 2 Sun, ‘‘Small Bulb,” for Globe Lamps......... La Bastie. “) 1 Sun. plain bulb, per oa... ¢ No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per Wde dseewe wadesi ae . No. i Gillies per dos....... 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per dos... ... 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime oe i MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Two-Story Carpet Tack—Misapplied Door Spring. Written for the TrapEsman. I went into a hardware store, the other day, to make a small rfurchase, and, recognizing an old traveling man in the proprietor, I sat down by the stove for achat. We were busy telling old-time stories of life on the road when a pale, nervous-looking man came ir and asked for carpet tacks, ‘‘Cleaning house?’’ asked the dealer, handing out a package of the best tacks in stock. ‘“That’s what the women folks up at my place call it,’’ was the reply, ‘‘ but it appears to me that I am the one that’s bein’ cleaned—all cleaned out of pocket. ’”’ He glanced at the tacks on the coun- ter, but did not seem satisfied with them. ‘*This all the kind you’ve got?’’ he asked. ‘‘We have several kinds,’’ was the reply. ‘‘What kind do you want? Those with leathers on?’’ ‘*I’ve used them,’’ said the pale man, ‘‘and I can’t say that I like them. Have you got any two-story carpet tacks?’’ ‘* Any what?’’ ‘*Two-story carpet tacks, the customer. ‘I don't know what you mean,’’ said the dealer. ‘‘I never heard of such a thing as a two-story carpet tack."” ‘*I never did, either,’’ said the pale man, ‘‘but! had an idea there might be such a thing in the market. A two- story tack would come mighty handy up at my place just now."’ ‘‘It might be a seller,’’ said the mer- chant, with an encouraging smile. ‘‘If you aren't going to patent your idea, you might explain the scheme to me.’’ ‘*It's just this way,’’ explained the customer. ‘‘My wife takes up the car- pets and I put them down. Fair divi- sion of labor, eh? See what I'm get- ting at? Well, by the time I’ve lugged the coal stove and the piano and all the heavier articles of furniture about the house for a week, and come to nailing down the carpets I’m strong enough to pull down the gates of a city, like Sol- omon, or Joseph, or whoever it was that went after things over at Gaza, and I'm mad, too.’’ ‘*IT don’t doubt it,’’ said the mer- chant. ‘And the consequence is that I land right and left when I get an opening on a tack-head. And my wife stands be- hind me and encourages my efforts by telling me what a gentle disposition I used to have and how brutal some men become when things begin to go a little hard. ‘Cause, you see, she’s got to go tunneling into the floor after them tacks when it comes time to clean house again, and she’s got to sew up the little three-cornered holes in the carpet made by the tack-hammer when it up and slid around through the fabric.’’ **Why doesn’t she get you to take up the carpets?*’ suggested the dealer. ‘*You ought to know the combination, you see.’’ “If she waited for me to take up the carpets, they’d never come up—not ina hundred years,’’ was the reply. ‘‘I’m too foxy for that. But about these two- story tacks. My idea is to have a double-decker—a tack with a coarse, ignorant head to pound on, and a lower deck, as it were, to keep the tack from - 9 repeated getting too enthusiastic and going into the floor too far. Catch on? Wouldn’t that be a winner?’’ My friend admitted that it might bea winner, if properly worked. ‘“Then,’’ continued the customer, ‘‘I could whack away on the upper deck until I got relief and felt that I had done my duty, and filed a protest, so to speak, and the blooming tack wouldn’t be dropping into the basement. ’’ ‘*Quite an idea,’’ ventured the mer- chant. ‘*You bet it is,’’ was the reply, ‘‘for there would be the upper deck all free and clear to meet the embrace of the hammer when you wanted to pull it up. I think I'll get the thing patented—so you needn’t mention this talk.’’ ‘‘Not a bit of it,’’ said the dealer. ‘““When you get the patent through, I'll handle the tacks for you.’”’ The pale man bought a dime’s worth of common tacks and went away with a thoughtful look on his face. ‘*Do you often have experiences of that kind?’’ I asked, as my friend sat down again. ‘Not exactly like that,’’ was the reply, ‘‘but I have queer customers now and then; and I guess there’s one com- ing in right now. I sold him a door spring this morning.’’ The man referred to stalked into the store and threw a broken door spring down on the counter. ‘*Where’s your machinery?’’ he de- manded. ‘‘Don’t you give a ten-horse power engine or a_ yoke of oxen with these door springs?’’ ‘*What’s the matter?’’ asked the mer- chant. ‘*Matter!’’ repeated the man, ‘‘That’s a nice question to ask me. I worked an hour getting that thing on the door this morning, and a_ sweet mess I got into. You ought to send that over to Manila to keep the natives in sub jection, ’’ ‘Won't it keep the door closed?’’ asked the merchant. ““Yes, as a door-closer it is a howling success, ’’ said the man angrily. ‘‘ After I got it on, my wife wanted to go out to the well, and she had to pry the door open with a stick of wood. When she got half way through, it shut up on her like a steel trap. Yes, sir, shut up on her, right on her back. On my wife's back, understand. You ought to give a span of mules as a premium with that door spring. Give me back my money.”’ “‘T guess you didn’t know how to put it on,’’ suggested the dealer. “*I followed directions,’’ was the re- ply. ‘‘See bere: This end goes on the casing, doesn’t it?’’ **Certainly.’’ BIGYOLE Dealers of Western, Central and Northern Michigan should write for our catalogue of Sundries and Fittings. Weare selling agents in Michigan for WORLD, ARIEL, ADMI- RAL and SOUDAN bicycles. Write us and we can probably in- terest you. ADAMS & HART, 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. sa tn lla sia sll altel , OO) SO OE OD OE a aX {REFRIGERATORS YUKON AND CHILKOOT ~~ FON SO « The verdict of those who have used them: “That they are the best Write for Price List. FOSTER, STEVENS & C q EXCLUSIVE AGENTS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. \ 4 ever offered in this market.” SSE Pee Apr, — See ee ee PHILLIPS IDEAL — CREAM SEPARATOR ‘ails ie Gili Se Dilution Process. Phill ip's Patented August 23, 1897. PATE m Se For the thoroughly perfect, rapid separation of cream it has no equal. Saves time, cream and money. The milk goes directly from the cow and is completely diluted and sepa- | rated in three hours. Its simplicity, entire labor saving, low price, thoroughness and quality of work will commend | i 1 N itself for use to every one making butter. Write for circu- lar and prices. Manufactured by Wm. Brummeler & Sons. 260 South Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. S2Se2Se$SeSeb25e5eSe5e5e5e2. ROOFING As manufacturers we can supply goods in our line at extremely low prices. We make Roofing Pitch, Tarred Felt, Tarred Board, 2 and 3 ply Roofing, Gravel Roofing, Asphalt Paints. H. ll. REYNOLDS & SON, DETROIT, MICH. Established 1868. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Office: 82 Campau St. Factory: rst Av, and M. C. Ry. 2525e5e5es5e5e5e5e5e5eSe5e525eS “R, BROWN & SEHLER WEST BRIDGE ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SEee Manufacture a full line of LIGHT AND HEAVY HARNESS FOR THE TRADE. Jobbers in SADDLERY HARDWARE, ROBES, BLANKETS, COLLARS, WHIPS, ETC. Also a full line of CARRIAGES AND FARM IMPLEMENTS. (Please mention where you saw this advt.) MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. nm aaa MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 ‘*And this end goes on the door?’’ *‘Of course. ’’ ‘And you tighten it up with this lit- tle bar, and drop this little nail in here to keep it from springing back? Just so. Oh, I know how to work it all right, but I don’t propose to put water power into my residence just to make things easy for this old door spring.’’ ‘‘Was your wife injured?’' asked the merchant. ‘“‘No; I got a sledge-hammer and pounded the thing until it reluctantly let go; and when it did yield to supe- rior force it made a jump at a window and smashed a two-dollar pane of glass. But you needn’t pay for the glass. Just give me my 15 cents and I'll go and tie that door up with a rope.’’ **Where did you attach this spring?’’ asked the merchant. ‘‘On top of the door, where the other one was,’’ replied the customer. ‘‘ Don't think I put it on the chicken house, do you?’’ “*Well,’’ said the dealer, ‘‘this spring goes on the side, like that one there,’’ pointing to a similar spring on one of the store doors. ‘‘If you try it that way, you won't have any trouble with it.’’ The man looked puzzled for a mo- ment, and then burst into a loud laugh. **I guess I’m getting daffy,’’ he said. ‘*Come out and have something? This is on me.’’ The dealer shook his head. ““Well, here’s 15 cents for a new spring,’’ said the fellow, ‘‘and you needn't send any mule out to work it.’’ ‘It takes all sorts of people to make a world,’’ said my friend, as the cus- tomer went out, and then we went back to our stories of road life. ALFRED B. TOZER. ——_>22>—____ The Hardware Market. The market is in such a state that advances are being constantly made, as one line after another responds to the general upward tendency, in sympathy with the course of iron and metals and the heavy demand. In a good many lines, manufacturers are revising costs and preparing for the announcement of new prices. The greatest trouble ex- perienced with dealers at the present time is their inability to get orders filled for goods placed many weeks ago. It seems impossible in some cases to get goods without waiting at least one or two months. Advances are being made on nearly everything, and it is not believed by those who are familiar with the markets that any declines may be looked for this year. Wire Nails—June 1 an advance of 25c per cwt. was made, which brings the price as follows: t. o. b. mill, in car- lots, $2.45; less than carlots, $2.55; from stock, $2 65. Barbed Wire—Was advanced 25c per cwt. at the same time the advance was made on wire nails, which brings the price as follows: f. o. b. mill, painted barbed, carlots, $2.55; painted barbed, less than carlots, $2.65 ; painted barbed, from stock, $2.80; galvanized barbed soc advance on these prices. Plain wire was also advanced 25c per cwt., making the price in carlots $2.35 for No. 9, less than carlots $2.45 and from stock $2.60 with the regular advdnces for the smaller sizes of wire. Wire Cloth and Poultry Netting— There continues to be a serious scarcity on these goods and jobbers are com- pelled to pay much higher prices in or- der to keep their stocks well assorted and then find it difficult to doso. Wire cloth is now quoted at $1.75 and poultry netting at 80 and Io per cent. discount. Hardware Price Curren PATENT PLANISHED IRON Steel and Iron Squares—The manu- t. ‘‘A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 facturers of these goods have been com- ie ie Broken packages ec per pound extra. pelled to advance their prices. The] gaps. ears ~ HAMMERS i a a Nl | ac el mk lA A li hh il sb ah eee sei Ly discount now is 70 and 10 percent. from | Jenning. genuine... 25410 — a o-. — * list. Jennings’ imitation . ee SS Yerkes & Plumb's ; “s i. - i = 40&10 e ason’s ast Stee -30c list 70 Shovels and Spades—A further ad- | virst Quality, s. B. Bromge ......---. 002-0 6 co | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50&10 vance of 60c a dozen has been made on moe a eo = ee eee ee 10 00 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS all lines of shovels and spades, which | First Quality, D. B. Steel -.....0...00000001 11.30 ee. Os. makes the jobbing price as follows: BARROWS HOLLOW WARE. common grade, $7.50 per dozen ; socket a Seth in tnyadencnnatonseasowrtag a 60¢:1 StEAD! $5.90 pes deze a Te a a ee So&10 Wrought Iron Gas Pipe—The market | Stove.................00.. ccc... cee 6OG10] (SCS HINGES ——S on wrought iron pipe continues very | Prom e? U0W ist...-.--------+-. Gate, Clark's, 1, 2,8.-0.-..-.0s sss. dis 60&10 Strong and the price at present, as BUCKETS Pe eres ma “== quoted by jobbers, is 50 and 10 per Well, plain.. a .-8 350 Sisal #6 inch ema Tene. oo. 9% cent. discount from the revised list. | cast Loose Pin, in, BUTTS TS, CAST. a 70d:10 | MEDIA... .-.-. reese eeeeee eee er ee tee eeee ee 114 This is an advance of some 30 per cent. Wrought Narrow........... .-.0s..- wee 70&10 Bright WIRE GOODS 80 over the price ruling some few days ago | orainary Tackle... PLo“*S a 8 and is firmly held by manufacturers, but _cROW BARS ina F in some instances jobbers are deviating | C#5t Steel...... ae from this price, especially where they | giys 110...... .. ‘CAPS a om SQUARES - had large stocks on hand. SE Oe ny perm 55 Se ea. 2 i : Ce perm 45 ae RUG Bevel owl : 60 Miscellaneous—We call the attention | Musket..002). 000. IIIUIICIC Derm 75 | Mitre... 0 sereece ™ of the retail trade to the market price — CARTRIDGES SHEET Ree ibis il on the following goods and desire | Gomral #ire..0.0000000200 ccc A(@10 | wow. 10 10 14... ecco eee ee om 20 35°05 again to caution them against selling ee CHISELS ‘ a : : BCRet emer 7 their stocks on hand at less prices than | Socket Framing........02.000000000 (201, 70 | N °> they can be replaced, as there is no — — See ea aL 70 * 360 : a prospect that prices all-be lowes dar- cke i ee ee see eas cou 70 al ‘hess ~ cae lighter, ‘over 30 cadmas ing the coming year, but in many in- | Morse’s Bit Stocks .............. 0.0.0.0... cc "SAND PAPER stances there will be still higher prices. Moree's Taper Shani 2222727727777 SRE 8] Lint acet. 19, ae aah e€ prices quoted below are such as ELBOWS» ll : Com. 4 piece, 6in.. dees | Solid Byes............. per ton 20 00 are generally asked by the jobbing | Comugated conmagee TRAPS trade: Steel crowbars, $4.25; picks | Adjustable.............000000000000IIN dis 40&10 | Steel, Game......-....--.........-.. +++ TH&10 d ‘iacke Go d f EXPANSIVE BITS Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 50 an mattocks, an Io per cent. ; Clark’s small, 818: large, 826.......... 30&10 Oneida ee oe 8 70&10 oe stone hammers, 70 and 10 per cent. ;| Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, 880)... 0000707272 25 | Mouse, choker.............--.--» per doz 15 : Mouse, delusion................. per dos 1 26 harrow teeth, 344c; No. 27 sheet iron, ' PILES—New List WIRE $3 50 per cwt.: No 27 Wood's smooth ae Sci elciisle Gee sede as dices sede 0 +> __ Bermuda Onion Season Closing. Correspondence New York Commercial. This season’s crop of Bermuda onions has been one of the largest in the his- tory of shipments from the island. The total to date, not including the quantity now on the way here and in the hands of shippers, aggregates 402,237 crates, against a total last year to date of 300, - 000 crates. The season has yet about three weeks to run, but it is not antici- pated that later shipments will be large, owing to the low prices and the fact that Southern and Egyptian onions are competing factors in the trade. Early shipments from Bermuda, both of stock sold by the auction system and through the regular commission dealers, brought fairly good prices. In some cases the auction sales gave much better returns than did the commission offerings, but when shipments became heavy, as they did during May, the drop in prices was rapid and steady. Late sales have been from 55c to $I per crate, according to condition. The quality of the late-ar- riving stock is said to be uniformly poor, owing to delay in shipment and the extremely hot weather. It is re ported that considerable stock spoiled In transit and that shippers in Bermuda have been prevented from making reg- ular shipments owing to the difficulty in procuring crates. The early crop of onions in the Florida and Georgia sec- tions is coming along finely and large shipments may be expected in about ten days. 2» ___ Retail Meat Dealers’ Association Gain- ing Ground. Grand Rapids, June 13—Last week we had election of officers. We are now in shape to do business. All indica- tions point to smooth sailing. Attend- ance was good and everyone took an active part in what was doing. Here is the roster: John Sluyter. J. A. Van Zouren, C. A. Bouman. Wykes Market Co., Ltd. C. C. Wagle. C. Wagle. Payne Bros. A. Schuchardt, D. J. Everett. A. Danbee. Leon Centille. Phil. Graham. L. M. Wilson. J. DenHerder. Gil Vogle. J. DeHoop. James McCool. E. Laubengaver. Adam Her. Garet Demmink. C. Bartel. H. Meyering. B. E. Kinney. Sikkema & Mobrhardt. Frank Padelt. Frank Kliber. = Rottier. ewis Hoelzley. C. B. Dressler. Frank Hoizer. Henry Erbrock. Arthur Watkins. L. J. Kaiz. Albert Stein. Hilber & Goetz. Hufford & Geibe. H. Schlichtig & Son. James Wickham. Braun & Hesse. John Rauser. F. J. Dettenthaler. Thomasma Bros. H. G. Hunderman. Peter Salm. Frank Vidro, August Kischel. Fred Conzelmann. P. D. Mobrhardt. C. Oosterveer. Does your name appear on it? If not, don’t miss the next meeting, Thursday, June 15. It will surely in- terest you. This will be the last open meeting. None but members will be entitled to a seat after Thursday. Be sure and come. All the members, in- cluding those who join this coming meeting, are expected to bring ‘‘one plunk’’ as dues for one year. Surely a small sum. We need the where- withal, so bring tke dollar along and settle up with the Secretary. Committee are working hard to make this Association a success. Just re- ceived notice that we will be incorpo- rated at our next meeting, therefore we expect every member to be present, and those who are not members should join at this very meeting. You will feel better. Try it. Pui, HILBER, Sec’y. —_e-22>__ Among those who perished when the French steamer Bourgogne sank in col- lision last July were Mrs. Pauline Costa Langles, of New Orleans, and _ her daughter. Their estates represented about $200,000. Both left wills, but the legatees of the mother were not the legatees of the daughter. In settling the estate the question arose as to which died first. A jury was unable to de- cide, as there were no witnesses who could tell. The matter was therefore left in the hands of Judge Righton. He has just decided that the younger wom- an, being the stronger, would naturally live longer, the presumption being that both were thrown into the water at the same time, 2 Consul General Mason, who is sta- tioned at Berlin, has made an _interest- ing report to the State Department rel- ative to the department store evil. He shows that a movement against depart- ment stores began in Germany in 1896, and he describes in detail the various measures that were proposed in the Reichstag and elsewhere to restrict the growth of these octopi. A progressive tax was the basis of most of the sugges- tions, but the German government has been unable thus far to find any meas- ure that does not violate the higher law of the empire. Incidentally, Mr. Mason gives a short history of French legisla- tion on the subject. Reference is made to the organization of a retail league of 40,000 merchants to oppose the depart- ent stores. The founder of one of these stores is authority for the state- ment that it soon extinguished about goo small retail shops and that it now does an annual business sufficient to maintain nearly 2,000 small stores. CST If you’d sell it, talk it up; If you'd buy it, talk it down. And if trom day to day You continue in this way, You may sometime own a town. —____>_¢. Every man is supposed to know his own business, but it is hard to convince some of his friends that be does. CAME, Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than ascents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—THE GRANDEST, MOST PIC- turesque, and greatest money-making sum- mer resort in Michigan. Owing to failing health the owner has been obliged to place the famous Seven Islands resort on the market, including furniture, 75 new row boats, fine steamer carrying 150 passengers and making a 3-mile trip through the most lovely scenery beautifully shaded by forest trees growing upon the ledges of rocks 70 and 80 feet above the water. Must be seen to be appreciated. The grounds are well lighted by electricity; hotel and all buildings are of modern style; bowling alley 20 by 116 feet; ar- tesian wells, city water, and everything nice. For particulars, address Townsend & Johnson or J. D. Derby, Lansing, Mich. OR SALE—LUMBER AND COAL YARD. desirably located on State street, Marshall, Mich. Well established business and good, clean stock that will invoice (yard and material) at about $5,000. Reasons for selling given on application to C. S. Hamilton, Marshall, = HE SHAFTING, HANGERS AND PULLEYS formerly used to drive the Presses of the Tradesman are for sale at a nominal price. Power users making additions or changes will do well to investigate. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 983 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR CLEAN Stock of Groceries or General Merchan- dise—58 acres best land in Emmet county; part timber, part improved. Address Box 28, Good Hart, Mich. 976 O RENT—TWO STORES IN NEW CORNER block in city of Belding—one of the best towns in Michigan. Has eight factories, all running, comprising the following: Two silk mills, two refrigerator factories, basket fac- tory, shoe exper furniture factory, box fac- tory; — mill and flouring mill. Stores are located on Main street in good location. size of corner store, 25x85 feet. Good basement, run- ning water, electric lights. Rent to good par- ties reasonable. Address Belding Land & Im- provement Co., Belding, Mich. 969 ANTED - A 81,500 STOCK OF GENERAL merchandise. All cash will be paid for the right thing. Noold stocks wanted. Must be a hustling business in a hustling town. Don’t wait, but write at once. Address Box 65, Rives Junction, Mich. 974 $2 000 CASH; 10 ACRES, $1,000; FIVE 9 lots, $600 each; modern home, $2,800, for stock of merchandise. Address No. 975, care Michigan Tradesman. 9% ANTED—LUMBER YARD. LARGE PAT- ronage here and around us. Good open- ing for somebody. Address President of Law- rence, Mich. 979 ANTED — WILL TRADE FIRST-CLASS fruit and stock farm—155 acres; one-half mile from depot; 60 rods from creamery, 20 rods from three stores; well watered, good buildings; 4.500 peach trees; 3,500 living bearing trees. The best location in Michigan. Never fails. Trade for mercantile stock in any good live tang Address Postoffice Box 137, ~~ ch. OR SALE—GOOD BAZAAR STOCK. EN- ; quire of Hollon & Hungerford, Albion, Mich. 925 OR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY STOCK, IN- voicing $800, at Muskegon. Good trade. Business established five years. Snap for one with small capital. Will give liberal discount. Correspondence solicited. Address No. 970, care Michigan Tradesman. 970 OR SALE FOR CASH—BEST HARDWARE business in Michigan. Will sel! the whole business or one-half interest and retain other half myself. Want to be relieved of active management. Stock inventories about $13,000. Sales in 1898, 45,000. Address No. 973, care Michigan Tradesman. 973 ANT D—HARDWOOD TIMBER LANDS in Michigan in large or small quantities. Address Freeman Lathrop, Room 523, — 72 Trust Building, Grand Rapids. VOR RENT—TWO BRICK STORE BUILD- ings—one suited for men’s furnishings and the other for drugs and groceries. Centrally located in thriving town in Southern Michigan. Junction two raitroads. Address Mrs. L. T. Long, Vicksburg, Mich. 971 | be SALE—STORE AND SMALL STOCK of groceries, notions, etc., in good Michigan town. Address No. 965, care Michigan Trades- man. 965 OR SALE—WATER POWER AND FLOUR- ing mill building on the Huron Riverin the village of Dexter, Mich., known as the Peninsu- lar Mills. For particulars address the under- signed at Dexter. Thos. Birkett. 966 y‘OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A 50 BARREL full roller mill with sawmill attached. Best water power in Southern Michigan. Ad- dress Miller, care Michigan Tradesman. 961 ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A RUBBER stamp. Best stamps on earth at prices that are right. Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 958 RUG STORE FOR SALE—IN THRIVING city of over 10,000; pleasant competition; no cut prices; modern fixtures; invoices about $5,000. No better opening in State. Address Box 541, Grand Rapids, Mich. 957 ANTED—BY OWNER OF A CLOTHING stock, one side of dry goods, shoe or grocery store in town near Grand Rapids. Ad- dress No. 942, care Michigan Tradesman. RUG STOCK—WILL INVENTORY ABOUT $1,000—one-third fixtures, balance drugs and sundries. For cash. will sell for 50 per cent. of amount it inventories. R.E. Hardy, Lansing, Mich. 944 NY ONE WISHING TO ENGAGE IN THE grain and produce and other lines of busi- ness can learn of good locetions by communi- cating with H. H. Howe, Land and Industrial Agent C. & W. M. and D.,G. R. & W. Railways, Grand Rapids, Mich. 919 OR SALE—A RARE OPPORTUNITY—A flourishing business; clean stock of shoes and furnishing goods; established cash trade; best store and location in city; located among the best iron mines inthecountry. The coming spring will open up with a boom for this city and prosperous times for years to come a cer- tainty. Rent free for six months, also a dis- count on stock; use of fixtures free. Store and location admirably »dapted for any line of business and conducted at small expense. Get in line before too late. Failing health reason for selling. Address P. O. Box 204, Negau- nee, Mich. 913 AYNE BROS., Grand Rapids, Mich., have filed their counter checks (charging and crediting on slips of paper) for three years in Shaw’s Counter Check File. The checks are filed in name order. As soon as checks are filed an account can be rendered-copy or give checks. Address J. C. Shaw, Mears, Mich. 962 NOR SALE— CLEAN HARDWARE STOCK located at one of the best trading points in Michigan. Stock will inventory about %,(00. Store and warehouse will be rented for $30 = month. Will sell on easy terms. Address No. 868, care Michigan Tradesman. 868 OR SALE—NEW GENERAL STOCK. A splendid farming country. Notrades. Ad- dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. COUNTRY PRODUCE ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS AND POUL- try; any quantities. Write me. Orrin J. Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 810 MISCELLANEOUS. . ANTED — REGISTERED PHARMACIST who is familiar with lines carried in a general store. State wages. E. E. Lessiter, Grattan, Mich. 980 ANTED—ACTIVE YOUNG MAN FAMIL- iar with school furniture business as as- sistant manager. State experience and salary. Address No. 978, care Michigan Tradesman. 978 ANTED—POSITION IN STORE OR OF- fice by energetic married man. Competent book-keeper and has clerked in grocery. Best — Address Box 494, Traverse — ich. Aluminum Money Will Increase Your Business. Pees tere ie aoe PEBON CoN AS : Lie ALE fg iM eau orem: i -*- sane (9) eal on Si Cheap and Effective. Send for samples and prices. C. H. HANSON, 44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill, Travelers’ Time Tables. MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS CHIC AGO and West Michigan R’y Feb. 5, 1899. = cago. Ly. G. Rapids.. - 7:30am 12:00nn *11:45pm Ar. Chicago........... 2:10pm 5:15pm 7:20am Lv. Chicago... -11:45am 6: 50am 4:15pm *11:50pm Ar.@’ d Rapids 5:00pm 1:25pm 10:15pm * 6:20am Traverse City, —— and ———. Lv. G@’d Rapids.......... Msc08M ..5..- 5 5:30pm Parlor cars a day trains aad sleeping cars on night trains to and from Chicago *Every day. Others week days only. ro. Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... ae 1:35pm 5:25pm Ar. Depots... : 2. | a 5:45pm 10:05pm Ly. Detrois...-.... ... .- Ba 5am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... 1:10pm 5:20pm 10:55pm Saginaw, Alma and P Greenville. Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G@R11:45am 9:30pm Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DEHAVEN, General Pass. Agent. GR AN Trunk Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Div. (In effect May 1, — Leave Arrive GOING EAST Saginaw, Detroit & N Y....... + 6:45am t+ 9:55pm Detroit and East.. -.-t10:16am + 5:07pm Saginaw, Detroit & East...... + 3:27pm +12:50pm Buffalo, N Y, Toronto, Mon- treal & Boston, L’t'd Ex....* 7:20pm *10:16am GOING WEST Gd. Haven and Int Pts.... .. * 8:30am *10:00pm Gd. Haven Express........... *10:21am * 7:15pm Gd. Haven and Int Pts....... +12:58pm + 3:19pm Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...t 5:12pm +10:1lam Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...+10:00pm + 6:40am Gd. Haven and Chicago......* 7:30pm * 8:05am Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car to Detroit. _— +Except Sunday. . A. Justin, City aes: Ticket Agent, 97 Monroe St., Morton House. GR AN Rapids i. oe ogame Northern Div. Leave Arrive Trav. C’y, Petoskey & ee -¢ 7:45am + 5:15pm Trav. City & Petoskey.. .-¢ 1:40pm +10:15pm Cadillac accommodation... leeraic + 5:25pm +10:55am Petoskey & Mackinaw City....til ‘00pm + 6:30am 7:45am train, parlor car; 11: :00pm train, sleep- ing car. Southern Div. Leave Arrive Crmcinnag. -.... 65... + 7:10am t+ 9:45pm Ht Wayne: ..... ..-.... .-+ 2:00pm + 1:30pm Cincinuati.. .... * 7:00pm * 6:30am Vicksburg and Chicago.. .--*11:30pm * 9:00am 7:10 am train has parlor car to Cincinnati and parlor car to Chicago; 2:00pm train has parlor car to Ft. Wayne; 7:00pm train has sleeping car to Cincinnati; 11:30pm train has coach and sleeping car to Chicago. —— Trains. TO CHICAGO. Ly. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 200m *11 30pm Ar. Chicago......... 2 30pm 8 45pm 6 2am FROM CHICAGO. Ev: Gnieape:... 2... ose. ; pone *11 32pm Ar. Grand Rapids.............. 6 30am Train dine Grand > ¢: sans has earls car; 11:00pm, coach and sleeping car. Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has Pullman parlor car; 11: — sleeping car. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Lv G@’d Rapids......... = :35am t1:15pm +5:40pm Ar Muskegon... ... 9:00am 2:250m 7:05pm Sunday train leaves Grand Rapids 9:15am; arrives Muskegon 10:40am. GOING EAST. Lv Muskegon.......... +8:10am +11:45am +4:00pm Ar@’d Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pm Sunday train leaves Muskegon 5:30pm; ar- rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm. +tExcept Sunday. — Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. aud Ticket Agent. W. C. BLAKE, Ticket Agent Union Station. DULUT — pee Atlantic WEST BOUND. Lv. Grand Rapids ‘S = &L —_— en +7:45am Lv. es City... 4:20pm Ar. St. Ign eee d:b0ens 5:20pm Ar. Sault § Ste. Charice. --. 12:20pm 9:50pm Ar. we: epibet cis cnct aa. Seven. IOaGnm Ar. Nestoria. . seeees eeeeee 5:20pm 12:45am Ae: Dee co 8:30am EAST BOUND. Lv. Duluth.. ee +6:30pm Ar. Nestoria................ +11: ‘5am 2:45am Ar. Marquette................ 1:30pm 4:30am Lv. Sault Ste. Marie...... ... SOP oS... Ar. Mackinaw City. .... 8:40pm 11:00am G. W. Hipsparp, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. E C. Oviatt Trav Pase Agt.. Grand Rapids MANISTEE Ssestrosteto senate Best route to Manistee. Via C. & W.M. Railway. Ly Grand Rapids................+- 700am 8. Ar Manistee:.<3) 2s)... s,s 1205p oo, sacs Lv Manistee.. ciesssssse lceace: Sogoaee 4-topE Ar Grand Rapids eee one I:oopm = 9:sspm Michigan Business Men’s Association President, C. L. Witney, Traverse City; Sec- retary, E. A. Stowr, Grand Rapids. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association IVI O N = Y | N l I President, J. WisLER, Mancelona; Secretary, E. A. Stowz, Grand Rapids. Michigan Hardware Association President, C. G. Jewett, Howe!l; Secretary Henry C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids. It pays any dealer to have the reputation of Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association k 1 x2 pp President, JoszPH KNIGHT; eens MARKs. pee — goods. It Poy? any dealer to keep 221 Greenwood ave: Treasurer, C . H. FRINK. the Seymour Cracker. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association ’ : Seingee. wakes 4 cs dean. Bee There's a large and growing section of the Kuiap; Treasurer, J. GEo. LEHMAN. public who will have the best, and with whom the Saginaw Mercantile Association i President, P. F. Treanor; Vice-President, Joun matter of acent orsoa pound makes no impression. McBratTNiE; Secretary, W. H. Lewis. ‘Siti Meal thebeats It’s not “How cheap” with them; it’s “How good.” Pres ,0.F K I ; +» Ww. Ee : ~ . : a For this class of people the Seymour Cracker is Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association made. Discriminating housewives recognize its President, A. C. CLarK; Secretary, E. F. CLevs- i i | a | ee superior Flavor, Purity, Deliciousness, and will Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association : President, M. L. DEBats; Sec’y, S. W. WATERS. have It. ‘tasks City Mhicsbaces Maddie Reeatetaen If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade of particu- President, THos. T. BaTss; S , M. B. > i‘ ‘Hour; Treasurer, C. A. Hiwmoxp. > lar people, keep the Seymour Cracker. Made by Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Camp SA BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLiins. — Alpena Business Men’s Association NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, esident, F. W. GiucHrist; Secretary, C. L. a a GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids Retaid Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz; Secretary, Partie HILBER: Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, THos. BRomLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. PERCY; Treasurer, Cuark A. Port. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H. W. WaLuaceg; Sec’y, T. E. HEDDLE. WORLD’S BEST Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W, VERHOEKS Yale Bnsiuess Men’s Association N NV) / President, CHas. Rounps; Sec’y, FRANK PUTNEY. @ ain ~' TRAVEL ) © — aa e Ray’ S) NAS F. & P. Mi. R. R. 5c. CIGAR. ALL JOBBERS AND AND STEAMSHIP LINES teen |S I.JOHNSON CIGAR CO. H. F. MOELLER. A. G. ©. A. | : i PUAAALALAALALALAALALALAOALOALAAALGALALALOLOALAAOALALALAL“ T hey all say F — “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell { you that they are only inymig to get ~~ - aid their \ new article. : : : . 3 : es 4 Who urges you to keep Sapolio? Is t not the y public? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. sayryrnvninin nnn SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL SAMAALLLAAALLLLUAddALabbadaasadaadadeaaasdadaadaddedde MICA AXLE GREASE has become known on account of its good qualities. Merchants handle Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,” so that Mica is not only the best axlé grease on the market but the most eco- nomical as well. Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white and blue tin packages. WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE D—€ i. friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING OILS STANDARD THE WORLD OVER STANDARD OIL CO. ¢ Sf O-PS" f i i. A KS A A KS i. A A AS RS i Ri Q S Y-—-O2 - = QS Yaa aa Oa SY > mn W iN GRATEFUL COMFORTING W ® Distinguished Everywhere W i for a Delicacy of Flavor, W i Superior Quality Wy Y and W Nutritive Properties. W Specially Grateful and Y Comforting to the Nervous and Dyspeptic. 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