© MP LZBR RECS? Rie NON PSI SV EAA Ae a7 OFZ NENA) eso hem nn Wis 5s I BEIGE NNN x eke ad € ENA G rx NL cae _ i o FC co OF : z 79 € » \ v ) wy >) BiG: WS ¢ as Pow | VO SS Rh AG NA PI ae 5 J - —— KN ) =, ey | S, OEE? SE Ono WANS) Be / er AoE Bane OCHAEIG PRG Sa Es ig Ki) SY, _ = Le hee PY MG NCRECGO NG LA icy p %; iN) NES aR ON Ae 50M iS BELG WS 8 VSG 8 FER TOR ISS, pase Cari NER ONG Sy BIS y 1) Is CONN eo. A PUBLISHED WEEKLY 9765 NUGsHe Se TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSR OSH) ASHES $51 PER YEAR ae SORES SOS TOR CSS SES SS BESS Seva Volume XVI. . GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1899. Number 822 ee . PERRIGO CO.., "ian MICH. g Perrigo’s Headache Powders, Perrigo’s Mandrake Bitters, Perrigo’s Dyspepsia Tablets and Perrigo’s Quinine Cathartic Tablets are ¢ gaining new friends every day. If you haven’t already a good sup- ply on, write us for prices. g 5 FLAVORING EXTRACTS AND DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES g , WORLD’S BEST g GREASE :/|Ge [ d ‘ 0 ~~ @ has become known on account of its good qualities. Merchants handle 6) @ Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for } oT SS) NAS their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce 5C. CIGAR. ALL JOBBERS AND friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. ¢ fs ; It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is ¢ GS J . J O H N SO N CIS AR CoO. required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,’ so that ¢ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco- 4 ee Fe Se Aer oe Mics tm Be new white, OHOCHON OHORORORORORONORONOHORONONORONOROROROHOROROHS and blue tin packages. a SAN a ES g SMOKE ILLUMINATING AND ’ Banquet Hall Little Gigars These goods are packed very tastefully in decorated tin boxes which can be carried in the vest pocket. 10 cigars in a box retail at 10 cents. They are a winner and we are sole agents. MUSSELMAN GROGER GO., Grand Rapids, Mich. LUBRICATING OILS ¢ g ¢ WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE { STANDARD THE WORLD OVER g HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS STANDARD OIL CO. OROROROROCHOROROHROROROBOHOROROHOROR BOROROROCHOROROHOROHONG HOROHOUCHO SS $252525e2525252525252525252522S5sa Don’t allow any man to say that YOURE A LIAR when you are telling the truth, but just say -YOU CUBAN VILLAI it is a plain fact that PHELPS, BRACE & CO., of Detroit, Mich., have the most complete line of high grade cigars in America AND YOU KNOW IT and with the great air-tight vauit which they have just completed they are prepared to do the Largest Cigar Business in America. * SeseseSeSeSeSeSeseSeseSeseSeseSeseSesese EEE EEE ae GRATEFUL COMFORTING Distinguished Everywhere for Delicacy of Flavor, Superior Quality and Nutritive Properties. Specially Grateful and Comforting to the Nervous and Dyspeptic. Sold in Half-Pound. Tins Only. Prepared by JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd., Homeopathic Chemists, London, England. W \ BREAKFAST SUPPER \0/ —- ; EPPS eececccecccce Eves Cocoa ocoa —— MONEY IN IT It pays any dealer to have the reputation of keeping pure goods. It pays any dealer to keep the Seymour Cracker. There’s a large and growing section of the public who will have the best, and with whom the matter of a cent or soa pound makes no impression. It's not “How cheap” with them; it’s “How good.” For this class of people the Seymour Cracker is made. Discriminating housewives recognize its superior Flavor, Purity, Deliciousness, and will have it. If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade of particu- lar people, keep the Seymour Cracker. Made by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee ee lf You Would Bea Leader | handle only goods of VALUE. = S50 Oona Sos If you are satisfied to remain at yy esi the tail end, buy cheap unreliable 9 Sane | eos 2 (iood Yeast Is Indispensable. OUR rasa FLEISCHMANN & CO. Oe SeseseseSasesesesesesesesesesa, cr VERS SUSS SUEY TLCEPSVEUTESSR EEN TENT CET eTOrsSTET ENS) E We GuarAnTEE Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE- JUICE VINEGAR. To any person who will analyze :t and find any deleterious acids or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS We also guarantee it to be of not less than 40 grains strength We will prosecute any person found using our package for cider or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom. Robinson Cider and Vinegar Co., Beaton Harbor, Mich. RALLAD J ROBINSON, [Manager. UNDER THEIR YELLOW LABEL OFFER THE BEST ! This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our vinegar. Do you know of any other Grand Rapids Agency, 29 Crescent Ave. ee ge ee ee ene Detroit Agency, 118 Bates St. oO e PS © BSeseses Seseseseesesesesesesesesesesesesesescs2 . LLLLLLLH ANA AAAALLALH HN NON HNN AAALARAN HHH HNN QUEEN FLAKE BAKING POWDER Has been recognized for years as the best bak- ing powder for the money ever manufactured. All we want is to have the grocer give it a trial. After that the rest is easy. Manufactured and sold only by NORTHROP, ROBERTSON & — LANSING, MICHIGAN. GEVEVTUTTCTIVISVICVICTIN VOECOSTD 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 We also make Folding Box: s for Patent Medicine, Cigar Clippings, Powders, etc., etc. Gold and Silver Leaf work and Special Die Cutting done to suit Write for prices Work guaranteed. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. FPP OSHS SHH 9OO S009 000900000 00000000 SO S0 Sees OOOooooe The Day We Celebrate!! We offer a compiete line of FIREWORKS at rock bottom prices tor the best quality goods, Firecrackers, etc. We make a speciaity of City Displays. HANSELMAN CANDY CoO., Kalamazoo, Michigan. tO ee i 3°* OOOO 0O0 09000000 00000600000000000060000000000000 ae ne TE —@ ee j 4 Volume XVI. GRAND ee rece aaa JUNE 21, 1899. Number 822 Hey All Secccccccoccoccocoooes It You Hire Over 60 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. OO 909000000 00000000000 000 9OSSO000HOO9OSO OOOO eee gesesesese —— | Of every kind and st | for Men’s and Y date | wear, manufactured ay the oldest firm in U. Rochester, N. Y. Ciosing out balance of our spring goods cheap Write our represent- ative, William Connor, | P. O. Box 346, Mar- —== shall, Mich., to call on you or meet him June | Sweet’s Hotel, Grand | Rapids, Mich, Pur- | chaser’s expenses are | allowed. Mail orders have quick attention. KOLB & SON, 23 to 27, inclusive, at , ee Eo . 5e.Se F | ——— The Preferred Bankers Life Assurance Company of Detroit, Mich. Annual Statement, Dec. 31, 1898. Commenced Business Sept. !, 1893. Insurance in Force........ Ledger Assets ......... Dedger Lisbilities .... 2... ... Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.. ‘Totai Death Losses Paid to Date.. Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- ee $3,249,000 00 heal 455734 79 21 08 None 51,061 00 eficiaries .. 1,030 00 Death Losses Paid During’ the Year.. 11,000 00 Death Rate for the Year............... 3 64 FRANK E. ROBSON, President. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, S cretary. _ alate ne eicaiicinaataa We guarantee prompt pay- ment of all money collect- ed by our representatives. SESESLESS THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN. [lanager. Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBatn, Sec. TTOUESDOD COUPONS Save Trouble. Save Money Save Time. IMPORTANT FEATURES. PAGE 2. The Dry Goods Market. 3. Thoughts Suggested by a Rhyme, 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. Woman’s World. 8. Editorial. Doomed to Defeat. Shoes and Leather. Plea for Legible Invoices. New Rules for Handling Eggs. Gotham Gossip. Poor Help. Men of Mark, Acetylene Lighting. Commercial Travelers. Drugs and Chemicals. Drug Price Current, Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Hardware, Getting the People. Hardware Price Current. 24 G. R. Retail Grocers’ Association. ¢ Business Wants. BUSINESS CONDITIONS. With those lines of trade which have long taken the lead in the present un- precedented activity showing no signs of abatement, the slower ones, such as textile manufactures, are rapidly falling into the line of record-breaking pro- gression. The change is most marked in the woolen goods trade, which ap- pears to have taken all this time to _ re- cover from the over speculation attend- ing the last tariff legislation. The long- continued depression in cash wool prices seems to have come to an end and so the general upward tendency of the woolen goods trade is accellerated by a heavy and steady advance in the raw material. The course of the general stock mar- ket has shown but little change in values and the most prominent charac- teristic is its dulness. Latest reports show a slight tendency toward higher prices, but the average for the week shows a slight decline. It is a great year in railroad earnings, May report- ing earnings 6.8 per cent. larger than last year, and 24 per cent. larger than in 1892 on United States roads only. Prices of the leading cereals have held quite steady during the week, in- dicating that prices are not far from normal. Speculators are predicting a decided advance, but holders seem to see nothing which hinders movement, which is active at both primary and ex- port markets. Another shipment of gold, with the usual statement that it is ‘‘in the ordi- nary course of business,’’ leads to the inference that it is getting to be quite in the ordinary course of business for Americans to lend money to Europe. Formerly Americans used, for the set- tlement of accounts abroad in June, ex- change against crops to be shipped later, and the same would be done now if this country were borrowing, but when Europe is borrowing its banks bear the cost of shipping gold. New commercial loans are few, and the banks are learning that a large demand from manufacturing concerns bas been cut off by consolidations which borrow at the start the floating capital needed for ten to a hundred works combined. Iron production has amounted to 256, - 062 tons aa which is over 20,000 tons weekly more than was ever pro- duced until this year, and 10,316 tons more weekly than was produced this year before April 1. But while the out- put is thus steadily expanding, the ap- parent constemption was smaller in May than in March. As stocks held by the great steel companies for their own use are never. known, the reckoning based on known stocks is liable to mislead; but these decreased 131,718 tons in March, indicating a consumption of 1,208,083 tons, and only 70,092 tons in May, indicating a consumption of 1,190,866 tons. As there is seen no abatement in the demand, which ex- ceeds the capacity of works in most jines so that they have orders tar ahead, it may be that the difference is due to large purchases by the steel companies in May. They are known to have bought all the Bessemer pig the Valleys could produce this year, and since the first week of June the price has not changed at Pittsburg, although variable at Phil- adelphia, where bars have advanced $5 a ton this month and plates $6. Rails have advanced $2 at Pittsburg, bars $2, structural shapes $5, wire nails $5 and cut nails as much since May 24. Other furnaces in capacity exceeding 20,000 tons weekly are making haste to go _ in- to blast, which would meet the present demand, but it is not certain bow far the usual midsummer stoppage for re- pairs and for settlement of wage scales may interrupt. The advance just fade in Eastern puddlers’ wages puts them higher than they have been for many years, and the virtual restoration of wages in 1893 for rolling mills, said to cover 25,000 hands, is an advance of from I! to 15 per cent. Word comes to the Tradesman that a man named Reynolds is calling on the merchants who are using acetylene gas generators and demanding a settlement from them on the ground of alleged in- fringement of patent, claiming that his patent bas been sustained by the United States Court at Grand Rapids. Asa matter of fact, no suit of the kind was ever brought in the Federal court here, and if the reports are true, Mr. Rey- nolds bas no interest in any generator patent in this district. He was former- ly a joint owner with Walter L. Powers, of Nashville, in a generator patent, but in November of last year, a dissolution took place, Mr. Reynolds assigning his interest in the patent east of the Miss- issippi River to Mr. Powers, in con- sideration of Mr. Powers assigning him his rights in the patent west of the Mississippi River. Pending an inves- tigation to determine the character and status of Mr. Reynolds, the Tradesman suggests that those merchants who are approached by him defer paying him any money. Now that the embalmed beef questign bas retired from the stage of action, the census pie counter has taken the day. The American people, regardless of party, have sensitive palates and good smellers, PROGRESS IN OUR ISLANDS. During the first four months of 1899 much was accomplished in the way of proof of the claim that the application of United States administration in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines would benefit greatly those islands. The time was brief, trade had hardly recovered from the check of war, the change of methods had been attended by delays, and only in Puerto Rico had American sovereignty and peace had full sway. But in the period considered about $8,000,000 was collected in taxes, mainly hy customs duties, every dollar of which has been used, or is held for use, in improving the condition of the people from whom it was collected and in support of the temporary government. The moneys collected and expended in the islands do not pass through the United States Treasury, but strict ac- count is kept of them, to be rendered when the scheme of civil government is perfected. In the case of Cuba, when the Cubans take control of their own affairs—if that time ever comes—a com- plete accounting for receipts and ex- penditures will be made and the surplus in hand will be turned over to the Cuban treasury. Up to the first of May $4,443,999 had been collected in Cuba. Tbe moneys were used to defray the expenses of administration, and in im- proving the system of government and the sanitary conditions of Havana, San- tiago and other cities. The result in the latter line alone vindicates the wis- dom of the course pursued and the effi- ciency of administration. The death rate in Havana is less than half what it was a year ago. It is indeed unpre- cedentedly low. The same is true as to Santiago and at every point where American sanitation has been applied. Customs duties are lighter for the Cubans than when Spain held the island, and the moneys paid are not stolen or sent out of the island. They are used to improve Cuba. In a brief time the benefits of the change are so evident that Cubans do not fail to note them and extol the virtues of the new ways and their administrators. In Puerto Rico collections amounted to $481,128 in four months, There, as in Cuba, home betterments were paid for out of this revenue. It paid wages to labor, with the double benefit of sup- plying families and yielding in work done better roads, clean streets, a sys- tem of sewerage and a condition of public health to which Puerto Ricans were Strangers. In the Philippines, the state of war existing interferes with the processes of American civilization and administra- tion. The Collections since Jan. 1 amount to nearly $2,250,000. Improve- ments have been applied in Manila that have added to the comforts of lite, and its longevity, in that city; with the re- establishment of peace, improved ad- ministration will extend throughout Luzon and to other of the islands. That this is not mere promise the good work accomplished already in Cuba and Puerto Rico is abundant evidence. The future is bright for our island posses- sions, and holds reciprocal benefits in trade for the United States, Sos s nb h RRDARCME REDS tt A ar er ae mde SAM ea kw MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—Standard drills are quiet, with some fair stocks on hand, but three-yard drills are scarce. Ticks, checks, plaids, stripes, cheviots and other coarse colored cottons are in quiet demand without open change in prices. Prices have been well maintained for bleached cottons, but the demand has been light. Cotton flannels, blankets and wide sheetings are without change worthy of note. Prints—Spot business in printed cal- icoes has been only fair during the past week, although there has been a little better business coming to hand from the salesmen on the road. Fal! fancies figured largely in the sales. The busi- ness accomplished so far is ahead of that of last year for the same time. Light fancies are irregular in the mat- ter of sales, but firm in prices. Staple prints are in good demand, such as _ in- digo blues, turkey reds, mournings, shirtings, etc., and prices are firm. The entire situation is a strong one. Underwear—All popular brands are in demand for immediate delivery, and the manufacturers are finding hard work to meet all requirements. Jobbers also have very small stocks on hand, merely enough, they report, to meet current requirements in the way of ‘‘sorting up’’ orders. The orders that were placed for spring delivery were too small for the demand that has come to hand, but it is rather late in the season to rectify this mistake. Many of the most popular makes can not be found at all now, and others have been ad- vanced in price until buyers are fright- ened at the prospects of the next sea- son. The importers are finding busi- ness weil up to their expectations. For light-weight ribbed stock the demand is fully equal to the supply, and there is also an improved demand for silk goods. There has been a good busi- ness taken for fall delivery, as much as was expected at this part of the season. Prices are unchanged and firm. Hosiery—Importers are feeling much gratined at the way in which business is continuing, for it has passed far be- yond the usual time for falling off or stopping entirely. It may be a week or two yet before the business is over for good. Golf hosiery seems to be in a poorer position than usual. There bas been a lot sold, but there is also a con- siderable amount that is still unsold. This, to be sure, is generally of the less desirable styles, but this does not help the agent who has iton hand. There are very few lots of fine grades that are not well taken care of, and these will be used up in good time. Fancy hosiery is also well sold up now, making the prophets who assured us that they were a dead letter this season turn around and say otherwise. It is true, however, that only very quiet and modest styles have any call from the retailer or the jobber, and all lots that are otherwise are considered only good for the bargain counter. Conditions in “the seamless hosiery departments have improved considerably of late, and there is a bet- ter feeling throughout the trade. Carpets— During the past week there has been a very noticeable improvement in the carpet situation. Several large mills have already notified the trade that they wiil advance prices on velvets and tapestries and other grades of car- pets. Some mills will advance July 1, and this may not be the only advance; as manufacturers find that general busi- ness is improving, they are not willing to sell goods at even the present ad- vance, which is too small to permit of a fair profit. Raw material and yarns are growing firmer, in sympathy with the goods market. Buyers do not need to go far to find the indications of gen- eral improvement, and they are becom ing more anxious to place orders for carpets earlier than usual, as they fully realize that they will get left if they delay. With the improvement in busi- ness there has come a more hopeful view of the situation, and less talk of combinations. There is, however, more of a general desire on the part of man- ufacturers to co-operate in order to bring about advances in prices. Agi- tation has at least brought about this result, if no other. The bitter experi- ences through which the carpet manu- facturers have passed during the past six or seven years have caused them to realize the importance of co-operation. —____e +. Working Off the Back Numbers. Happy the salesman who has no ‘back numbers’’ in his stock. That salesmen are largely responsible for the ‘‘back numbers’’ among tbeir- goods there is no doubt. It is the fhost natural thing in the world to show the goods that have just come in, to the exclusion of those that have been in stock since the season opened. ‘‘I made up my mind when I saw this line that it wouldn't sell,’’ is an expression I have frequently heard one of our oldest dress goods salesmen use, and it is an _ estab- lished fact that the stock under this man’s charge has more ‘‘ back numbers’’ in it than any other portion of the dress goods department. That these goods were not ready sellers was principally due to the fact that this salesman had made up his mind that they would not sell. They did not appear attractive to bim and were left on the shelves un- shown and naturally, as the season ad- vanced, became ‘‘ back numbers.’’ A first-class salesman always has in mind these facts: that goods, especially dress goods, are new until they have been worn ; that the goods in his stock may be old acquaintances to him, but they are new to the customer at his counter. Because he has been showing a piece of cloth since the season opened is no reason why he should lose confi- dence in it. His customer does not know this and it is not his place to tell her. It is his place, however, to do his best to dispose of this slow mover. His employer's money is invested in it and it 1s his duty to use every endeavor to make the investment a profitable one. That there are odd pieces that become ‘*back numbers’’ despite the fact that they are constantly shown and ‘‘faith- fully labored with,’’ we can not deny. Such odds and ends are the bane of every conscientious dry goods clerk’s life. How to dispose of them without too great a loss is a problem difficult to solve. The fact that they worry the faithful clerk is a long stride towards getting rid of them. With this man no opportunity will be iost, no chance thrown away where the ‘‘back num- bers’’ are concerned. He will know how many of them are in his stock, he will have them just where he can lay his hand on them, he will consult with the head of the department in regard to them and have a price put upon them as a helping argument towards their sale. To use an old dry goods man’s ex- pression, ‘‘ He keeps watching, he keeps pushing, he keeps selling.’’ It is safe to say that the man who does this, whose heart is in his business, who makes his employer's interests his interests, will have very few ‘‘back numbers’’ in his stock; and if there are any you may safely assume it is not his fault. Mac ALLAN. A CLUB NOT NECESSARY to impress upon your customers 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. The Last Oppor- tion. tunity. The balance of our stock of Dimi- ties and Lawns we have reduced in price to close them out. 6c goods we have reduced to 4%c, and all our other grades in propor- We have them from 3%c a yard and upward, and have a good assortment left. at once before they are gone. 7% and Be wise and buy P. STEKETEE & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. to retail from one to twenty-five cents. We have the Folding, Japanese and Palm Leafs. If your stock is low send us a postal card stating quantity and price. The goods will reach you on the next express. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Before You Buy Get our prices on Muslin Flags Bunting Flags Flag Poles : Seat Shades Large Umbrellas : Lawn Swings = Chas. A. Coye, 11 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Dwight’s Cleaned Currants If you want nice, fresh, new stock, buy Dwight’s. If you want cheap trash, don't look for it in our pack- ages. All Grand Rapids jobbers sell them. Wolverine Spice Co., Grand Rapids. + soatsiaere f I } MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Thoughts Suggested by a Perusal of “The Farmer’s Boy.” Written for the TrapEsMAN. The Tradesman of May 17 brought the rhymes to me, and I have been repeat- ing them ever since. The humor of tbe thing is all there, the freckles and the hayseed, the chores and ‘‘the licking every day for breaking some old rule;’’ and yet, as I look backward across the years to that wearisome work on the stony New England farm, the humor fades and I find myself wishing that I might go back to it this summer and live it all over again. I know that, when I reach the last verse of the rhymes and ‘‘guess there’s nothing pleasanter than closing stable doors and herding hens and chasing bees and doing even- ing chores,’’ I think and say that I would like to-night to go through the old round of duty and after the chores are done to take my tired legs up into the attic where I used to sleep some forty years ago and under the sloping roof of the farmhouse sleep one night more as I haven’t slept since I left its elm- guarded door. It was the Ioth of May when the Tradesman reached me—my mother’s birthday—a date that always found the lilacs hiding the windows of the farm- house with their numberless purple plumes. The orchards were white with apple blossoms, the tree that shaded the - wellcurb was bearing blooms that were streaked with red. The tall grass was waving in the meadows, the cattle were grazing in the north pasture, the bars were up and ‘‘that worthless boy—he isn’t worth his bread!’’ was loitering barefooted along the lane, whistling with the quails, piping to the robins and the bluebirds and making life interest- ing to the chipmunks that from the crannied wall saucily ‘‘give ‘im lief.’’ That same boy used to ‘‘bring the wood to burn and stand out in the sun all day and churn and churn and churn.’’ He used to turn the grindstone for sharpening the long new scythes and the axes. He used to mow away the hay up under the hot roof of the barn. He had to do the noon chores in hay- time when the hired hands were resting under the elms. He picked stones when the weather was rainy until the blood oozed through the thin worn skin. He had his ‘‘stent’’ in the cornfield wres- tling with the weeds. He had to take care of the garden. He drew all the water for the kitchen. He rode the horse to plow; and ‘‘from rise to set of sun’’ that animated piece of human tan worked harder—he used to think—than any other three human beings on the farm. The rbymes tell accurately and painfully what gratitude he received for his tireless and endless labor. But they do not tell how that young Ishmael passed through that desert of existence into a self-reliant, forceful, aggressive manhood, the pride of his father, the joy of his mother and ‘‘the torment of them all!’’ “I'd like to be a boy again—a boy has so much fun!’’ That was meant to be sarcastic, but—and I leave it to every one of my man readers whose hair is turned to gray—isn't it true? Didn’t we get even with every man, woman and child that imposed upon us? To be sure, we did ‘‘bring in the wood ;’’ but how many times was that woodbox empty—‘‘I forgot!’’—when the maid was cross and wouldn’t do what we wanted? Yes, we did ‘‘churn and churn and churn;’’ and how many of us are willing to tell how many churnings were spoiled because the ask was an unwill- ing one? We ‘‘got licked’’ ‘‘many a time and oft,’’ but my old heart is ex- ultant this blessed minute over the fact that every licking—and some of ’em were regular old wallopers—was less than half of one per cent. of the fun we had. I turned that old grindstone under the butternut tree until the sight of scythe and ax makes me groan even now ; but do you think I regret a single turn when I remember spoiling scythe after scythe for Old Peters by a certain twitch of the crank which was sure to chip a piece of steel from the edge? He suspected me one day and swore at me. My mother heard him—I turned grind- stone for him no more. Were picking stones and bleeding fingers fun? Not then; but when at night with tearful eyes I showed my hands to my mother and heard from her what a shame it was that any boy of hers should be treated so—so shameful in fact that not another stone should my fingers touch—I must confess to a feeling akin to fun, nor was it lessened when afterwards, on rainy days, I saw the men go out with- out me and do the picking which would have been mine if I bad not gone home that day with bleeding hands. The men did rest, indeed, at noon when I was busiest; but they never had the piece of pie nor the cranberry tart nor the wedge of cake nor the glass of but- termilk I was sure to find in the dark cool closet behind the door after they had gone back to their hot haying. So I might go through the whole long list of grievances which once were mine. But each had its remedy; and, as I see them now through the intervening years, both cause and cure,! repeat the jingle, ‘‘I'd like to be a boy again, without a woe or Care, with freckles scattered on my face and hayseed in my hair,’’ meaning heartily and honestly what I say, not because I want to live it all over again—the toil, the tears—but be- cause I want again to get under the trees where the bees hummed;; I want to see the dear home faces, to tread the old paths their feet and mine have trod, to feel ‘‘the touch of a vanished hand"’ and to hear ‘‘the sound of a voice that is still.’’ All these things come back to me in reading the rhymes, and I put the paper down thinking only of the other side of the picture and believing that ‘‘I’d like to be a boy again—a boy has so much fun!—his life is justa round of mirth from rise to set of sun."’ R. M. STREETER. YARNALL [NSTITUTE NORTHVILLE, MICH. FOR THE CURE OP Alcoholism or Drunkenness Established over seven years. 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In fact. the Egry Systems may well be called The Systems That Are All System; no chance, no memory, nothing lacking, yet nothing used which system does not require. Produces at one writing customers’ itemized bill on printed blank, book-keepers’, cashiers’ or order slip, and locked-up record of all transactions. Or, custom- ers’ biil, filing order and itemized ledger account. Orders and enquiries cheerfully attended to by L. A. ELY, Sales Agent, Alma, Mich. QOQOQQDOOOE@) QOOQQQDOO® OC @ @ @ © © © @) @ @ COOOQDQOOQOOD GHDOOOOOSO© S ) Prepared on an entirely new formula. Makes the best Biscuits, Cakes and Past of all kinds, by the addition of Milk Water. 9 lb. sacks by any wholesale grocer. We also put up Self-Rising Enti Wheat and Graham Flours in 2 lb. cartons, two dozen in case. Weare sole manufa turers of Sunshine Flour for general household use. d. F. Easley Milling Co. Mills Ol Piginwell and Constantine, Hic l. 8 @) 500 94.200006 cadculasaaunal Put up in 2 1b. cartons and 6 and Sold direct or can be supplied OOO) SP@OOODOOO® BA. CACASACASBASCASA SCA SCACASASACSASACASASCABABCABASBAEA ry or re c- © ee Feed | Corn and Oats Our feed is all made at one mill. It is all ground by the same man. He thinks he knows how to do it right because he has been doing it for a dozenyears. Webelieve 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 has been enormous this 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 you good feed at close prices. Valley City Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. BABA, Sole Manufacturers of “LILY WHITE,” “The flour the best cooks use.” SEPSIS HCH CO LHe OS SDS DS PSDP PPPS PSP PEP O'UD , POOL OOO9 00000000 09900000 6900S OOS 1 600000000 00000000 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. and has no inside lining hoops. The ‘Hercules’ is strong in the bilge For catalogue and prices write Hercules Woodenware Co., 290 W. 20th Place, Chicago, II1. 909900000 0000000000000 000 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Pontiac—Alfred Webb & Sons con- tinue the meat business of Alfred Webb. Riley Center—Hause & Oakes, gen- eral dealers, have removed to Memphis. Shelby—The clothing firm of Lewis & Allen has been dissolved, Mr. Allen succeediug. Saginaw—J. L. Fleischmann & Co. succeed J. L. Fleischmann in the hard- wood lumber business. Owosso—Frank Angell, of Northville, bas leased a store building and put in a stock of confectionery. Detroit—Barnes, Aldhous & Moffat, dealers in trunks, valises and leather goods, have discontinued business, Benton Harbor—Gus Amundson is now occupying his new two-story gro- cery store building, with W. C. Horton in charge. Luther—Frederick W. Berner has purchased the Crandall & Gregg gro- cery stock and consolidated it with his own stock, Lake Linden—S. C. Paull intends re- tiring from the drug business at this place, to engage in the same line a lit- tle later on at Laurium. Imlay City—Miss Georgia Leonard and Miss Kate Rutherford, of Port Huron, have purchased the millinery stock of E. F. & N. Milbourne. Mason—Hiram Child has retired from the grocery firm of Child & Co. The business will be continued by Miss Kit- tie Rice under the firm name of Rice & Co. Fennville—P. A. Reed has sold his grocery and dry goods stock to Wm. E., Shiffert, who has been identified with his father in the mercantile business for several years. -Ann Arbor—J. B, Gamble, formerly traveling representative for the Monarch Candy Co. (Toldeo), has purchased the confectionery store on Main street known as the Sugar Bowl. Lake Linden—Wm. Trewartha, who has been identified with the general store of the E. F. Sutton Co. for the past seven years, is undertaking to es- tablish a co-operative store at this place. Ironwood—The R. M. Abel Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $5,000 to engage in the mercantile busi- ness. The stockholders are F. E. Al- len, of Oshkosh, Wis., and R. M. Abel and Sarah M. Abel, of this place. Grass Lake—The creamery at Grass Lake, which was destroyed by fire three weeks ago, has been rebuilt and is now in full operation. It is somewhat larger than before and its facilities are consid- erably increased. It is capable now of turning out from 600 to 1,000 pounds of butter daily. Ionia—The Ladies’ Library Associa- tion has undertaken a crusade in the interest of early closing of the stores, One dry goods merchant has offered to give the Association $25 if the move- ment is a success, and this is supple- mented by $25 raised by the clerks. Luther—W. B. Gregg, of the former mercantile firm of Crandall & Gregg, has been placed under arrest on the charge of embezzlement of the sum of $3,934 of Ellsworth township funds. Gregg pleaded guilty before Justice Robinson and waived the preliminary examination and was bound over to the Circuit Court of Lake county and placed under bonds. Gooding—C. J. Kraft, who has been engaged in the mercantile business for the past three years, has formed a co- partnership with his brother, John M. Kraft, and will continue the business under the name of Kraft Bros. They have purchased the stock formerly owned by the late A. E. Johnson, which they will consolidate with their present stock of general merchandise. Manufacturing Matters. Saunders—The Hatteberg Veneer and Panel Co. has been incorporated with a Capital stock of $15,000. Detroit—The Riverside Chemical Manufacturing Co. has filed notice with the County Clerk of an increase of cap- ital stock from $5,000 to $10,000. East Saugatuck—The creamery at this place belonging to C. J. Lokker & Co. was burned last week. The loss is esti- mated at about $2,500, with an insurance of $1, 500. Bensher—Bentley & Sherberne have sold their mill interests at this place to Johnson & Anderson, of Cadillac, the consideration being $5,000. The former company will continue operations at an- other point in Wexford county. Leslie——The Leslie Co-operative Creamery Co. paid the patrons 17% cents less expenses for May. It now has an offer of 4 cent below Elgin quotations f. 0. b. Leslie for the remainder of the year. Action will be taken on this offer at the next meeting of the direct- ors. It took about $2,000 to pay patrons for May butter. sae >__ Annnal Meeting of Michigan Hardware Association. Eaton Rapids, June 20—The fourth annual meeting of the Michigan Hard- ware Association will be held at the Russell House, Detroit, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 12 and 13. A cor- dial invitation is extended to all retail hardware dealers of Michigan to attend this meeting. The Entertainment Committee is making a special effort to render our stay in Detroit a pleasant one and we know from past experience that you will never regret the time spent in attending this meeting. A specially arranged programme has been prepared and it is expected that much interest and profit are in store for those who avail themselves of the op- portunity thus afforded. Special rates, on the certificate plan, will be granted on all the railroads to those who desire to attend the meeting. For further information write to HENRY C. MINNIE, Sec’y. Agreement Reached on Early Closing. Port Huron, June 19—There was a largely attended meeting of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association beld last Friday evening. The com- mittee appointed at a previous meeting reported that the smal! merchants on the outskirts of the town had agreed to close their stores evenings and on Sun- days. Cards will be printed and placed in the windows announcing this fact to the public. The question of taking part in the Fourth of July celebration was also discussed at some length. It was decided to close all stores at noon on the Fourth and a committee was ap- pointed to invite merchants, butchers, etc., to turn out in the parade and help make the celebration a success, The affairs of the Association are in first- class condition and the merchants are once more acting in harmony. ——_>22___ The Tradesman expected to be able to make a full and detailed report on the subject of the Sulter proposition in this week's issue, but the investigation institvted at Cleveland is not yet com- pleted and the matter will have to be deferred until next week’s issue. In the meantime, the Tradesman has addi- tional reasons why the creditors of the Sulter family should hesitate. about ac- cepting the compromise offered. SOLD SOAP And Also Sold the Grocers Who Pat- ronized Him. From the Saginaw Courier-Herald, June 18. T. Thornton Clause, who parts his hair as well as his name in the middle, was locked up shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon on a charge of false pretenses. Ciause came to the Everett House one day last week with his wife, a pretty blonde, and set out at once can- vassing fora soap. He did a thorough job and nearly every grocery house in the city gave him an order. He was slick and worked the old dodge of giv- ing something for nothing. He repre- sented that the soap was just being in- troduced in the West, that it retailed in the East for to cents a cake, but that he intended to sell it at such a figure that the local merchants could retail it at 5 cents. He would sell a box containing 100 cakes for $6.50. and give a second box, containing 100 cakes, free of charge. Grocerymen seemed to fall over themselves in ordering. The sample Clause showed was that of a fine, hard cocoanut soap. Yesterday Clause filled orders. He loaded a dray full of the soap and started forth. His plan was to dump the soap in front of his customer's store, go inside, present his order blank and col- ject. Most of the grocers paid on the spot, but when they came to examine the soap it was a frost. Instead of the nice cream cocoanut article that would lather like an egg on the top of a curly head of hair, it was of greasy white- ness, and of such texture that one’s fingers would penetrate it as if it were mush, It was not long before the police heard of it. Several grocerymen reported the fraud, and Charles M. Beck, a grocer at 324 North Fitth street, made a com- plaint charging false pretenses in Jus- tice Eiler’s court. Then the police set out for the young soap dealer. He had evidently ‘‘done up’’ the east side trade, as he could not be found in the down town districts. Captain Walsh and Officer Cunningham drove out to South Saginaw. They found Clause at Moeller & DeLand’s just in the act of receiving the usual $6 so. They waited until the money was about to change hands, and then placed Clause under arrest. He was very cool about the mat- ter, and a cheery ‘‘all right’? was all he said when Captain Walsh told him complaint had been made against him on a false pretense charge. _At the station Clause kicked on de- livering over his money, Claiming that 1t_ was his private property. He dis- gorged, however, $175.15 in cash, and a gold watch. When a reporter called on Clause a few minutes after he was re- celving a call from the drayman, who wanted his bill for delivery settled on the spot. Clause gave him an order for the money after some Parley. The drayman had a fisiful of delivery or- ders for the west side, which Clause had not got around to deliver before being nabbed. The drayman says he must have delivered three tons of the soap in the city. Clause was reticent about talking. He thought he was going to get out at once, on the $200 bonds that had been fixed on arraignment before Justice Eiler, but Landlord Quinnin failed to ‘‘ante’’ for him, and he began to feel a little dubious, but kept up his nerve, “Yes, I've sold that soap all over the country,’ he said, ‘‘and I never have been in trouble before over it. The mop ie all right and according to sam- ple. ‘‘How much did you sell of it here?’’ ae I don’t know how much. Quite a lot. ‘*The drayman says there were three tons of it,’’ Clause smiled. ‘‘I don’t think there was as much as that,’’ he said, Clause admitted that he was president of the factory that got out the soap. On the boxes the title of the firm was the ‘‘Crown Chemical Soap Co.,’’ with offices at 307 Cherry street, Philadel- phia, and factory at 442 River Street, New York. The soap was en- titled, ‘‘Silver Soap."’ Clause sent for J. H. Davitt to defend him. Over at the Everett House a pretty little blonde woman came into the par- lor in response to a query for Mrs. Clause. ‘‘No,’’ she said, ‘‘this isn't really our honeymoon, although we've only been married a month. Where married? At Buffalo, Six or seven papers printed the wedding and all printed it different ; newspapers never get anything straight, ‘‘No, I’m not very nervous over the arrest. They can’t hold him. Then I’m not of a nervous temperament—I'm from Kansas.’’ ‘“There’s where the soldiers come from,’’ suggested the reporter. ‘“Yes, and I’ve got a brother in the Philippines, ’’ said she. The reporter wanted to know a little more, but Mrs. Clause was chary of talking, and while she was very much pleased to discuss Funston and the rel- ative importance of Kansas to the other States, especially in the Philippine war, she refused to talk about her husband's affairs. Some of the grocers claim that there were two of the canvassers when the smooth Mr. Clause called upon them first, but one evidently went to other pastures before the finai curtain. Clause is a good-looking fellow with dark hair and eyes, a blue suit, a puff pink tie, and apparently about 22 years of age. His wife does not look over 20. Mrs, Clause says this was their first visit to Michigan. Mr. Clause intimated that he had successfully sold the soap in Michigan before. It is estimated that the soap victims on the east side number at least a hun- dred. Not all, however, had paid when the soap was delivered. Clause’s wife visited him several times last evening at police headquar- ters, and could have procured the $200 bail bond for her young husband’s re- lease, but found that he would be imme- diately re-arrested on other complaints as fast as bail was given. About 11 o’clock she gave up the endeavor and returned to her hotel. —_—_e 2. The Boys Behind the Counter. Pew Paw—Frank Seabury, who re- cently graduated from the School of Pharmacy at Ann Arbor, has taken the position of prescription clerk for E. B. Longwell. Sault Ste. Marie—I. Sandieman has taken a clerkship in the racket store of his brother, J. L. Sandleman. Harbor Springs—Harry Metz is now filling a position in W. J. Clarke & Son’s grocery department. Saugatuck—Ned Winslow has secured the position of assistant clerk in D. A. Heath's drug store. Tecumseh—Albert Anderson is clerk- ing in Anderson's grocery. Charlotte—A. C. Losee has returned to this city and again accepted a posi- tion in Dr. Merritt’s drug store. Marquette—The Owl! drug store has secured a new druggist in the person of George H. Felt. Traverse City—M. E. Haskell, for Many years in the book and stationery business here, has taken a position with Ralph Connable in the City book store. ———_>2~.____ Detroit, Saginaw. and Bay City Ex- cursion. Train leaves Grand Trunk depot Sun- day, June 25, at7 a. m., arriving at Detroit 12 noon, Saginaw 11:20 a. m., Bay City 11:50 a. m. Round trip to Detroit $1.85 ; to Saginaw or Bay City, $1.50. Tickets on sale at Grand Trunk City Ticket Office, Morton House, or the depot. C. A. Justin, C. P. & T. A. > ___ Wanted—Cigarmakers, rollers, bench breakers, strippers and lady packers. G, J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rapids. —_>2.____ For Gillies N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and prices, phone Visner, 800. i ; i i MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip E. A. Davis succeeds L. O. Dablem in the grocery business at 129 Butter- worth avenue, Herbert E. Butler has opened a gro- cery store at Lacey. The Ball-Barnhart- Putman Co, furnished the stock. Thos. H. Scott & Co. have opened a grocery store at Sylvester. The Wor- den Grocer Co. furnished the stock. L. D. Wait, meat dealer at Beulah, has added a line of groceries, The stock was furnished by the Worden Grocer Co. J. G. Reed & Co., grocers at Crapo, have added a line of hardware. The Clark-Rutka-Weaver Co. furnished the stock. G. F. Haynes has engaged in the grocery business at 988 Hall street. The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Johu Keena has opened a grocery store at the corner of Butterworth and South Lane avenues. The Clark-Jewell- Wells Co. furnished the stock. The Grand Rapids Gas Light Co. re- ports net earnings for May of $11,851, an increase of $2,246, and from Jan. 1 to May 31 of $62,499, an increase of $8, 056. Barendse, Baker & Co. have engaged in the grocery business at the corner of South East street and Oakdale avenue. The stock was furnished by the Clark- Jewell-Wells Co. W. F. Rainouard has engaged in gen- eral trade at Bridgeton. The Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the gro- ceries, P. Steketee & Sons supplied the dry goods and the Herold-Bertsch Skoe Co. furnished the shoes. ——__2>2.>___ The Produce Market. Beans—Home grown wax command $1.75@2 per bu. Beet Greens—40@a45c per bu. Beets—2oc per doz. Butter—Receipts of dairy are drop- ping off and the market is a little stronger, due to the activity of the process people in picking up stock of all kinds. Local dealers find no diffi- culty in getting 12c for choice grades. Creamery is slow sale at 16c. Cabbage-—-50@6oc per doz. for home grown. Carrots—1o@15c per doz. Celery—25c per doz. Stock is grad- ually increasing in size. Cherries—Sweet cherries have ad- vanced to $2@2.25 per bu., owing to the fact that the crop is found to be limited in amount, although the size and quality are all that could be desired. Sour fruit is finding a ready sale at $1.25@1.50 per bu. The crop is large and the quality is fine. . Cucumbers—35@4oc per doz. Eggs—The quality of stock is grad- ually depreciating, owing to the re- currence of hot weather. Dealers pay Itc on. track, case count, holding candled at 12c. The loss is abovt one and a quarter dozen to the case at pres- ent, but will, of course, increase as the weather becomes warmer. Gooseberries—75c per crate of 16 gts. Green Onions—Silver Skins command 12@I15c. Honey—New amber is now in mar- ket, commanding 8c. There isa small amount of dark honey coming in, which commands 8c. Lettuce—40@5oc per bu. Onions—Bermudas are in limited de- mand at $1.50 per crate. Louisiana are in fair demand at $2 per sack, Peas—Home grown are coming in freely and finding an active demand at 75c per bu. Marrowfats will begin to come in next week, selling on the basis of $1 per bu. Pieplant—$1.2o0 per too lbs. Pineapples—Floridas command $1.75 @z per doz. Plants—Cabbage, celery, pepper and sweet potato are in ample supply at 75c per box of 200 piants. Tomato plants command Ioc more. Potatoes—Local dealers are holding new stock at 70@8oc, with every prob- ability of a lower market before the end of the week. Poultry— Broilers are coming in free- ly and find ready market at 18@2o0c per Ib. A little later, during the resort sea- son, it will be almost impossible to se- cure enough stock to supply the de- mand. Chickens are in good demand at 8c and fowls are in fair demand at 7c. Spring ducks are so scarce as to be hardly quotable. Old ducks are dull and slow sale at 5@6c. Geese are not wanted at any price. Turkeys are scarce and are grabbed up as fast as they ar- rive at 1o@12c. Squabs are in good demand at $1.25 per doz. Pigeons are in fair demand at 50@6oc per doz. Radishes— Round gc, long to. Spinach—40@45c per bu. Squash—goc per bu, box for summer. Strawberries—The local crop is prac- tically exhausted, such receipts as are coming in being too soft to stand ship- ment. Tomatoes—$1.75 per crate of 4 bas- kets. Watermelons—Georgia stock fetches 25@3oc, but is likely to reach a lower level in the course of a few days. —_>0.____ Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. The hide market remains firm and stock is in good demand for all grades, with no accumulation. In fact, the take- off is diminishing as warm weather ap- proaches and the call will likely be greater than the supply. Pelts are very quiet and there are not enough to create any excitement. They are wanted by pullers, but there are none to be offered. Tallow is a little more enquired for, but there is no change in value. Wool is strong at former prices, with an occasional speculative advance in country points. All buyers believe the advance long looked for is near at hand and they want wool when it comes. However, previous lessons are not for- gotten and, after a few flighty moves, they will drop back to present market prices as reported East. Commission houses in the East are sending out ex- hilarating letters to induce consign- ments, while actual sales show little above the market of May. However, wools are in a strong position and the price is not likely ever to be any lower, Ww. T. HEss. —_____ 2. ____ Voluntary Testimonials. J. Jenks & Co., general dealers, Har- bor Beach: ‘‘The best trade paper of the kind which comes to our office.’’ W. K. Ritchie, grocer, Three Rivers: ‘‘I take two trade papers, but I con- sider the Tradesman the best paper for good reliable news, write-ups and edi- torials that I ever saw. Dorothy Dix is a dandy.’”’ A. R_ Hensler, representing the Gus V. Brecht Butchers’ Supply Co., Baitle Creek: ‘‘ Your magazine, besides being interesting, is very instructive, ’’ J. J. Dooley, traveling representative for H. E. Bucklen & Co., Fletcher, Ohio: ‘‘My wife looks for and reads the Tradesman with as much interest as I do, so send it along. Guess we will have to take the Tradesman, as it prob- ably would be missed more at our home than any other paper we take.’’ +22 Plain Business Proposition. Advertising is not a ‘‘gamble,’’ nor is it a ‘‘speculation.’’ There is no more risk in it than in keeping store, or manufacturing plows or harrows or clothes, or sending men on the road, or the thousand and one other things that every business man does for the further- ing of his business. The Grocery Market. Sugars—The raw sugar market is slightly weaker, sales having been made on the basis of 454@4 21-32c for 06 deg. test centrifugals and 4%%c for 89 deg. test muscovadoes. The demand for re- fined is very active, and large deliveries have been made on contracts and some grades are delayed a week or ten days. This increased demand will probably continue during this month and July and August. The total stock of sugar in the United States is 279,182 tons, as against 308,591 tons a year ago. Some softs are shaded 1-16c, but hards remain firm. Howell has advanced his price on granulated 1-16c, which makes it the same as other refiners are asking. The American have temporarily with- drawn their 5 pound cartons from the market, on account of the delay in pro- curing material from the manufactuiers of cartons. Canned Goods—-The uncertainty re- garding some of the important vege- tables has placed canned goods ina peculiar position, but one likely to be productive of high prices. According to the statements of experienced canned goods men, there was seldom or never a season when so many disappointments were met as_ have occurred so far this season. The Maryland packers of peas, pineapples and strawberries have been troubled to get supplies and all three packs will be short, peas probably yield- ing not more than one-third of an aver- age crop. The pack of Early June peas is now about over and some large can- ners have not put up a single case this season. Some have worked a day ot two and others have run perhaps a week. The pack of marrowfats will be very short, some say almost nothing at all. Some packers have advanced _ their prices 15@2oc per dozen and peas that sold three weeks ago at 7oc are now held at $1 f.0.b. Baltimore. Spot stocks of old goods are well cleaned up and _ holders have advanced their price 15 cents per dozen during the last few days. (Re- ports from Indiana are to the effect that the pea pack in that State will be a full one.) The tomato market seems to be in a little better condition on spot goods than for two or three weeks past and there is a feeling prevailing that the low prices will not hold much longer. If the drought continues, goods are bound to take a sudden advance. There is a good demand for spot tomatoes and stocks are getting low. The pros- pects for tomatoes in Indiana are good and cannerzs are preparing for a large pack. There is a steady demand for standard corn, with good trades hard to find and extra quality is in very short supply. The catch of domestic sardines on the Maine coast continues light. Prices have advanced again 2%c per case on oils and 5c on mustards. Re- ceipts of canned lobsters since the packing season began have been the smallest in years. The total to date, according to a recent estimate, has not exceeded 4,000 cases, against double that quantity received last year. In view of the light receipts and the dis- couraging reports concerning the pack, prices bave been advanced 15c per dozen. Salmon is quiet and steady. The general conditions remain about the same as previously reported. A small run of fish is reported so far this season, but better results are hoped for in the next few weeks. Peaches con- tinue practically unchanged, although a firm feeling prevails because of the probable shortage of the coming crops. Dried Fruits—There is a firm under- tone to the market, although no very large sales are being made. Crop reports are interesting the trade more than any other season of the year. Upon the effects of the weather at this season de- pend the outcome of the crop and the range of prices at the opening. The prospect at present is quite satisfac- tory, but there is a chance yet for seri- ous loss through unfavorable climatic influences. Some think that there may be a large output of dried peaches in California because of the fact that the crop will ripen all at once and that con- siderable drying must be done to pre- vent loss. It is said that, notwithstand- ing the relatively high prices offered by canners and distributors of fresh fruits, driers will find no difficulty in securing all the supplies they want, for this year California will witness for the first time the meaning of a full crop of peaches. Our latest advices from Europe are to the effect that not over 50 per cent. of a prune crop is expected there, hence the outlook is for a good export demand for California prunes. The crops of Washington and Oregon are short and will cut but a small figure this season. From indications at present, the com- ing crop of Smyrna figs will be not more than half the average size, as against one-fifth of a crop last year. Currants are unchanged, with only small sales for immediate requirements. Prices on dates remain as last quoted, but sales are few and small. Teas—The demand for teas is a little better. Supplies in the country are short and the better demand is expected to continue from now on. Molasses and Syrups—The market for molasses is strong, with a better de- mand. The strike at the big tin can factory at Maywood, IIl., has caused an advance on tin cans for prompt deliv- ery. Other makers of cans have ad- vanced their prices and, on this ac- count, corn syrup in tin cans has ad- vanced more in proportion than in bar- rels, on which there has been an ad- vance of %c per gallon. Green Fruits—The market for lemons continues very firm and will stay so if the present warm weather continues. Bananas are steady, but with supplies of berries decreasing, prices are likely to remain firmer than they have been dur- ing the past few weeks. Nuts—The peanut market is very firm at unchanged prices. Reports from the section where the nuts are grown are to the effect that because of the late spring many farmers have to replant. The nuts planted now will probably not ma- ture before frost. A further general ad- vance is anticipated. The walnut crop of California will be largely controlled by the growers’ associations. These bodies have decided to act together and sell their output f. o. b. Cereals—Owing to the stronger grain market, rolled oats have advanced 20c per barrel. Rice—The demand for Japan rice is improving. Stocks of rice are getting so low that some fear there will be scarcely enough to last until the new crop is received in marketable quan- tity. Fish—Codfish continues in fair de- mand. Notwithstanding the discoura- ging reports, the catch of fresh mackerel on the shore to date is about five times as large as at this time last year, 22» The real man is judged by what he earns, and not by what he gets. —___* @-@ Sharpers are on the scent of a big perfumery trust. i f I 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World How the Colonel Treasured the Mem- ories of Old. At the hour when all the world is gathering about itstea table the Colonel bas a way of dropping in upon me for an hour's chat. Not that he is addicted to the cup that cheers but not inebri- ates. He belongs to the old school and be would as soon think of drinking a cup of tea for pleasure as he would of taking a dose of medicine, when he was not ill, for amusement. Both, in his mind, are ineradicably associated with doctor’s bills and old women and _ other unpleasant facts of life, to be ignored as often as possible. Therefore, I brew for him a mint julip, made after the inviolable recipe handed down in my own family. It isa serious matter—a ceremony, a rite—with the Colonel look- ing on with the undisguised anxiety with which an expert always regards the efforts of the amateur. I line the long, thin glass with fresh mint. The Colonel smiles approval. I bunglingly jostle the ice against it. The Colonel frowns. **My dear child,’’ he cries, dismay in his tones, ‘‘you are bruising the mint! It is a barbarity. Anyone who would bruise the mint in a julip would brush the paint from the wings of a butterfly, the illusions from childhood, the—’’ I apologize. The rite is completed. The Colonel lifts the glass, delicately inhales the fragrance, and tastes. “*My dear,’’ he says gallantly, ‘‘it is worthy of your grandfather, the finest gentleman I ever knew. I drink to him.”’ It is a little scene that has repeated itself times out of number, and the other day we were sitting in the old accus- tomed way, silent or talking, for the Colonel has that rare quality of com- panionship that can make words seem poor and useless and fills in a pause with something better than mere con- versation. The wind billowed the cur- tains out until they looked like the sails of fairy frigates bearing us on to un- known seas, the soft haze of early twi- light filled the room, and all the air was heavy with the odor of the flowers that I had brought in from the garden and carelessly left lying upon the tea table. I noticed that there was a look on the Colonel’s face new to me, who knew so well every turn of his fine old face, and presently he reached out and picked up one of the fading roses and put it in a glass of water, ‘*Will any cherishing bring back its freshness?’’ he asked, with something almost like a quiver in his voice. ‘*No,’’ I answered, carelessly, ‘‘it’s little day is over.”’ Perhaps the Colonel did not hear me. ‘*Poor rose,’’ be said, touching it with caressing fingers. ‘‘ The fierce sun robbed you of your dew and freshness and cruel fate plucked you from your stem and left you todie. Alas, that youth and morning should be so short !’’ **Pouf,’’ I cried, airily. ‘‘They are overrated qualities, full of malaria and conceit. One gets agues and fever from the dews of early morning, and does things in one’s youth one spends the balante of one’s life in repenting. Be- lieve me, Colonel, the latter part of the day is the best.’’ The Colonel shook his head,and then, after a bit, he said, speaking as shyly as a schoolgirl : ‘“‘I—I don’t know if you ever heard that a long time ago—ohb, a lifetime, as you count years—I—I was—I had—in fact, I was in love?’’ I reached my_ hand out and touched his thin, old one tenderly. ‘‘Tell me,’’ I whispered. ‘*Thank you, my dear,’’ he said sim- ply. There was a pause, in which he got up and walked over to the window and back again, and then he began abruptly: i **I—I had not thought to ever speak of this again,’’ he said brokenly, ‘‘but circumstances have arisen. My God, it is like rolling away a stone from be- fore the sepulchre where you have bur- ied your youth and hope and dreams and love—all that was nearest and dear- est to you. You have mourned it as dead so long, and then, all at once, you know that the impossible has _hap- pened, and the heart thrills with a new hope and a new fear—hope that your dead may be given living to you again and fear that that change bas happened that is worse than death—that the eyes you look into may give back no answer to your own, and that the fire of love may be out upon the altar and you have no power to kindle it again.’’ The Colonel stopped, as if gathering himself together, and then went on: ‘‘When I was young, my dear, I was betrothed to a beautiful young girl. She was the daughter of a neighboring mer- chant, and we had grown up together, and loved each other with that affection that is made up of a thousand associa- tions and memories and dreams and as- pirations that get so woven about the heartstrings that nothing on earth can ever wholly unloose them. With me,’’ and the Colonel’s voice grew hushed and reverent, ‘‘I gave her all that was best in a man’s nature—the loyalty and white truth and the poetry and the ro- mance of youth. People have sometimes sneered at me for being faithful to an ideal for so many years. As well might one blame the beggar without a penny for not spending. When I was done with love, I had paid its debts to the utmost, and I was bankrupt in heart and soul. ‘‘Well, Beatrice—that was her name— and I were to have been married, and we planned a life full of sunshine and roses. What had we to fear? We had youth and health and wealth and love— everything. Then came the war, and | went’ South to fight for my country. When it was over I came back to find a home in distress, a father dead with a broken heart, a widowed sister with lit- tle children looking to me for bread. I could not ask the woman I loved to share my beggary. I could not turn away from the ties nature and honor laid upon me and not forever be a cow- ard and poltroon in my own sight. Never believe, my dear,’’ and the Colo- nel’s hand shook as he laid it on the table, ‘‘never believe that the battles that cost men the most are fought in the open field, with the call of the bugle and the clank of arms in one’s ears and the flag floating over one, and the touch of comrade, shoulder to shoul der. I know what it is to hear the sing of the bullets like the patter of sum. mer rain; I know what it is to lead a forlorn hope where you do not even dare to pray for safety; but the hardest battle I ever fought was the night I walked up and down the forest pathway where we had so often walked in child- hood and fought with my love and my Savage desire to take my own happi- ness at any cost to others. Thesun was breaking when I knew, at last, it had been given me not to be a coward, and I was sweating as if I had been run- ning. ‘That day I told Beatrice. In her own way—ard God knows it hurt me more than any trouble that could come to me—she had to face the same bitter truth. We all shared alike in the com- mon trouble. Her father had fallen at Shiloh, ber brother was left on the field at Chickamauga. An old mother and a widowed sister and little children clung, too, to her for support. ‘‘T must work or they will starve,’’ she said, with that smile that is more pitiful than any tears, and she set her- self to solve the bitter problem of exist- ence, in a land where all were too poor to pay. Heaven knows what privations she endured, what sufferings she went through, If her brave heart failed her, as it often must, she made no sign, but turned a cheerful face to the weak wom- en who clung to her like frightened children. ‘*I was offered a situation in a dis- tant city, where I could earn a support for those dependent on me, and when we parted, when our clinging hands met for the last time and we kissed each other with lips as cold as death, I gave her a little ring. It was a poor little affair that I had made in camp, out of a button, and with a bit of gold rudely hammered on it. ‘I will not bind you to my fallen fortunes,’ I said, ‘but if the time should ever come when fate is kinder to us and the old love be not dead and any tenderness for me stirs within your heart, send this to me, and I will come to you, although I should have to crawl there on my knees.’ ‘*People do not die,’’ he said, slow- ly, after a moment, ‘‘because they have lost all that made the joy of life. I lived and worked as only a desperate man can work. I kept the roof above the heads of my people and educated the children and saw them settled in life. The dull round of daily toil went on, year after year, with no hope and no promise, and then after a while I heard that Beatrice bad married an Eastern gentleman and that he was rich and kind to her.’’ The Colonel paused, and I flung out something bitter about her faithless- ness, but he silenced me. “‘Is love so poor a thing,’’ he said, gently, ‘‘tbat it must only seek its own? I never blamed her, I never felt one pang of bitterness. I was like one standing, bound in prison, watching the woman I love buffeted and beaten by the storm and stress of life, yet power- less to help her, and I could even give thanks when a tender hand opened a door and drew her in to sheltered warmth and safety. That was years and years ago, my dear, and I came to think of it not sadly nor repiningly, but as something beautiful, that was a part of my lost youth and that made it sweet and holy, like the incense clinging about the altars in the church. ‘*A year or two ago I heard that Bea- trice’s husband was dead, and then I heard no more of her until to-day, when I got a little box, and in it, lying on a cushion of white satin, the poor little ring I gave her when we parted. Tell me, dear—for women understand these things better than men and I am grow- ing old and stupid—what does it mean?"’ ‘*Mean?’’ I cried. ‘‘Oh, Colonel! She is calling to you across the weary years! Poor, lonely heart! Go to her, go, go!’’ ‘‘Ah, but it was so long ago,’’ he murmured, as he arose to say good-bye. He hesitated a moment, and then, with a smile of ineffable sweetness, he lifted the withered rose and pinned it above his heart. ‘‘Alas!’’ he said, ‘‘that nothing can ever give it back the freshness of the early morning.’’ ‘*But its fragrance will make the twilight sweet,’’ I murmured, as he bent above my hand. Dorotuy Dix. —__—__»0<.__ There never was a surer way to get behind the bars than to stand too much in front of them. day food for everybody. —never in bulk. Kept Fresh The new Uneeda Biscuit are delivered to the consumer in moisture and dust proof packages, as fresh and crisp and clean as though just from the oven. They should always be served from the origi- nal package, which should be kept carefully closed. Uneeda Biscuit are unequaled for general use. every meal. Give them to the children instead of cakes. Sold everywhere at five cents the package A perfect every- Serve every day with : —— $ paniisons! e % Fey guugete AS s ss s + Sf ~ laieicletetetetes AAs a Sfefehehelalal cy ohetetet st Suga AIS “atst tet ay etched * dade MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Saginaw jobbers put their heads together and _threat- ened to boycott the editor of a trade weekly if he published any more advertisements of The James Stewart Co. The bluff won out---the editor caved and declined to publish The Stewart Co.'s advertisement. This cowardly action on the part of the Saginaw jobbers proves conclusively that they cannot meet The Stewart Co.'s prices, and desire all information that would benefit retailers suppressed at all hazards. ‘The Stewart Co. offers to sell 5 barrels of Fine Granulated Sugar at 5c f. 0. b. Saginaw with the pur- chase of one-half chest Japan Tea at 34, 35, 36, 37 or 38c, and guarantees the Tea equal to any offered in Michigan at prices named by any firm. The Stewart Co.’s drop shipment on Standard Navy, Battle Ax, American Eagle, Ice Cream, Three Black Crows and Out of Sight Plug at 25c¢ per pound net expires June 30. Mason Jars, packed one dozen in box: Pints, $3.50; Quarts, $3.75; Half Gallons, $4.75. daisy offer. Orders limited to 5 gross. Thisisa The celebrated Bon Ton Cheese at 634c is another dandy offer and is the lowest price first-class cheese will sell at this season. The Stewart Co. sells only for spot cash. To buyers able to pay cash this is a golden opportunity to make a profitable investment. The James Stewart Co., Limited, Saginaw, Mich. JUNE 20, 1899. A Bulldozed Editor Ce dag Ne a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 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 ion E. A. STOWE, EpiTor. WEDNESDAY, - - - JUNE 21, 1899. THE DANGER AHEAD. When the trust system was first inaug- urated, the primary object in view was the elimination of competition and the accumulation of profits, both by forcing down the price of raw materials and correspondingly increasing the price of the finished article, as well as by saving operat.ng expenses and cost of manage- ment, it being evident that an enormous corporation, managed by one office force, could work more economically than a dozen or more _ institutions, each with a complete corps of accountants and other help. The process of killing off competition gradually compelled an augmentation of capital without a corresponding increase in actual assets. As one set of com- peting factories was absorbed another set would crop up, with the result that this gradual watering of stock has made even the most powerful organizations— such, for instance, as the Sugar Trust— top-heavy. This enforced watering of capital stock has set a baneful example to the later and prolific crop of trusts which has sprung into existence. It is now the fashion for all trusts to begin their existence by capitalizing the or- ganization to three or even four times the value of the actual assets. By this process the owners of the absorbed properties realize a handsome profit, even where the original! institutions sold to the trust were insolvent, and the in- nocent investors are left to meet what- ever shrinkage may ultimately ensue. As a result of this process of watering capital, all the trusts, without a single exception, represent securities many times the actual value of their true as- sets. The struggle to pay interest and dividends upon these securities is bound to involve all of them in difficulties sooner or later. Not even the strongest can hope to escape, and, unless ail signs are deceptive, the day of reckoning is not very far off. When the trusts finally reach the end of their respective ropes and the collapse comes, there will be a tremendous shrinkage of inflated values. It is this shrinkage that is to be feared, because it is bound to produce a sym- pathetic effect on actual values by un- dermining confidence. The trusts are, therefore, enemies to sound finance, and their harmful influence in this respect warrants every possible legal effort to suppress them. They should be legis- lated against not only as unlawful con- spiracies against trade, but also as menaces to the country’s finances. The promoters of trusts are public enemies, because they levd their influence and efforts to fleece the public by floating vast millions of securities which have no real value and are held out as baits to tempt the unwary. Someone must sooner or later suffer the loss represented by the excess in the capital of the trusts over their assets, and the general belief is that it will not be the original! pro- moters of these enterprises, but the gullible public. The fact that the masses of the people are beginning to understand the worth- lessness of trust securities will make it difficult for new combinations to organ- ize, and some of those already estab- lished wiil find it more difficult than formerly to float new issues of stocks and bonds. The hardest blow that the people can deal tke trusts is to refuse to buy their securities. THAT BOUNDARY DISPUTE. The Philadelphia Times expresses the bope that there may never be anything worse between the United States and Canada than a boundary line dispute. All good citizens will join the Times in this, but it would be far better if ali little seeming differences were settled. It is best to avoid even the appear- ance of evil. It is quite certain that in a very short time at least the Alaskan boundary line misunderstanding will be removed from the category of foreign complications. Whatever the two com- missions may agree upon, their action must be settled ultimately by a two- thirds vote of the United States Senate. That the matter will not be fully and finally settled without our interests in the matter being properly cared for seems to be sure. Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, is now on his way to Alaska to make a personal examination into every phase of the situation. As the Senator is a member of the Canadian- American Commission, which failed to adjust the misunderstanding, his per- sonal presence will no doubt go far to- wards enabling the Commission to come to an agreement, and, being a Senator, will surely hasten the ‘‘ American House of Lords’’ in deliberating over it, and add greatly to that body’s quiescence in the final agreement of the joint commis- sion. The next meeting of the joint com- mission will take place in August, and it is hoped that its final action will be ratified by both governments. A German savant has constructed a bacillus-proof house. The supply of air is first forced through a pipe, it is then filtered through cotton wool, and, lastly, is driven against a sheet of plate glass coated with glycerine. This is supposed to catch all the bacteria which have not been seized by the cotton wool. It is built entirely of glass, that the heat of the sun may kill any stray microbes that have entered by chance. Richard Croker has been having bad luck with his race horses in England. It looks like the big Tammany chief ought to know better than to think that an Irishman could have good luck at anything in England. Spain is distancing all powers in making money out of her colonial pos- sessions. She is selling them for good round sums and throwing in lots of trouble to boot. sccuatanuasneeemeemeensmsn nen ened Little Guatemala, away off in South America, is determined that France shall not outdo her, and has given birth to a beautiful little ‘‘crisis,’’ KAISER VS. CORSET. In spite of professions to the contrary there is no love lost between Germany and the United States. The latter has no use for a nation who will deliberately and persistently insist on refusing the best pork and the best dried-apple that sunshine ever blessed and the former is still smarting too intensely over the affair at Samoa and Dewey's brusque order to get out of the way at Manila to look kindly upon the people who say such things and stard ready to back them up with something worse should occasion require. Not that the United States has any grudge against the Ger- man race; but as a_ people they are ready to enjoy any circumstance, slight or serious, which that self-satisfied na- tion may find not wholly to its liking. For some time now the German em- peror has beer posing before the world as tLe Sir Oracle who is determined that when he speaks no dog shall bark; and right in the very middle, as it were, of his declaration that the Divine Right to rule has come straight to him from Heaves the women of that un- happy country have protested strongly agaiast a new measure which the fel- low with the Divine Right has ap- proved. The decree affirms that ‘‘ Here- after all girls and young women who at- tend the public schools shall discard corsets and stays.’’ The decree, sanc- tioned by Divine Right, is the result of vigorous agitation from the medical fraternity, who have been unanimous in their denunciations of the alarming in- crease of tight iacing in Dresden, in other large cities of Saxony and, pre- sumably, throughout the German em- pire. The practice of tight lacing has become so prevalent that children 10 and 12 years old are addicted to it and it is feared that the continuation of the custom will prove fatal to posterity. The measure is all right, there is no doubt about that—after the solemn declaration of His Imperial Majesty as to the Divine Right business there is no reasonable doubt about that; but when the woman element of the German empire reaches the strongly protesting point it looks very much as if the meas- ure and the powers—the earthly and the heavenly—behind it will find—we say it reverently—that they have met their match. The United States as a nation believes that in this advanced period of the world it understands something of the modern woman; and, without a thought that there was anything mali- cious in the old Roman idea of naming the better half of Roman humanity ‘‘mulier,’’ it is certainly suggestive. That pectliar quality, peculiarly femi- nine, has nct weakened with the prog- ress of the centuries. The emperor of the German empire will find it so; and the American people, who have been compelled to acknowledge defeat in the contest between the hog and the Divine Right, are watching with complacency the coutest between the mulier element and His Imperial Majesty, together with his powerful assistant. In this fight between the Kaiser and the corset the effect upon trade must not be lost sight of. In these precarious times when trade is making the strong- est efforts for expansion at home and abroad it is not to be supposed that de- fection, much less revolution, in the home army will be tolerated. The cor- set has been established in the German home. It enters upon its sphere of use- fulness with the child at 10 and contin- ues that sphere until the Death Angel claims his own, The number of corsets manufactured in a single year is enor- mous. The passing of the measure will stop the manufacture of the article. Wheels now whirling will come toa standstill. The manufactories now doting the empire will crumble into de- cay and trade will suffer a correspord- ing loss. From this aspect alone the question goes against the Kaiser. The case might rest here did not a still stronger phase of the matter pre- sent itself: The female German form, when left to itself, does not at all meet with the approval of womenkind. It has little of the Venus of Milo or the Venus of anywhere else to commend it. It is, indeed, natural, but it is not comely. The waist, for instance, is not up to date. Its outline has nothing about it to attract, much less inspire, the German masculine arm. Could the arm be lengthened to equal the circum- ference of the waist or the waist be re- duced to the length of the German arm the question of Kaiser vs. Corset would never have been raised. That, how- ever, is impossible—the failure of the German arm to encompass the oppor- tunity at Manila and Samoa, and espe- cially in China, has taken away all hope of the encircling of the home article under natural conditions, and the carry- ing out of the Kaiser’s decree would prove more fatal to posterity than any fear which the physicians may have of the corset, a conclusion which settles the question so far as the Kaiser and his Divine Right and the power behind it is concerned. In common American parlance, it looks as if the Kaiser has bitten off more than he can chew. He may lay down the law in matters of empire, the nations of the earth may heed and obey his decrees; but, when it comes to the question of corset or no corset, the Kaiser and the Divine Right and the physicians and mankind at large will have no more influence over the wearer of the corset than she, uncorseted, would have over those who admire her now. The Tradesman has always main- tained that the fairest method of re- ducing the wage exemption in garnish- ment process is to place it on a per- centage basis. Such a bill passed hoth houses during the administration of Gov- ernor Begole, but was vetoed by him. The bill provided that 50 per cent. of all sums due for wages, with a mini- mum of $5, should be exempt to the debtor, the remainder to go to the creditor. Such a provision would afford much more relief to the creditor class than the illy-advised bill which was crowded through the present Legisla- ture. Further testimony to the growth of business in the country is afforded by the Postoffice Department, which has just completed its annual work of read- justing salaries of postmasters at presi- dential offices. The number of presi- dential offices has increased from 3,82! in 1898 to 4,014, and the salaries of I,7Cg postmasters are increased on ac- count of increase of business at their offices. Only 211 have been decreased. The increases will aggregate $213. 800, as against $185,500 last year. It can not be shown that a man who does not talk is a focl:; but there is no doubt about the man who talks all the time. Hetty Green has won a suit in Chi- cago for $1,000,000. Perhaps she can afford a new bonnet now. 2 Pi, ageilts Spain: ea 8 ERO Se “ " oe : ects os FIER BE Pa RT OO TRE T EE ie aes man ena, 8 eas oe EN OES EA PAO Bt eRe ee CEES! aT Ea EE eee BP ose pasite yn , , 4 _— MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 DOOMED TO DEFEAT. Prediction of the Tradesman Fully Verified. Six months ago the Tradesman felt called upon to disapprove of the move- ment inaugurated by the Detroit Trade to secure an amendment to the wage exemption in garnishment cases, be- Cause it believed that the movement was doomed to defeat, for two reasons— the inexperience of the man who was leading the movement and the certainty that the Governor would veto any meas- ure of the kind which might be gctten through the present session of the Legis- lature. Having stated its position, the Tradesman gracefully retired from the field and made no further editorial ref- erence to the matter, pending the ulti- mate result. The outcome was reached last Thursday, when Governor Pingree vetoed the bill, thus precluding the pos- sibility of any further action in the premises until the Legislature of 1go1. In view of the fact that some of the Tradesman's readers evidently felt that it should have thrown the weight of its influence in favor of the movement, the same as it did at every regular session of the Legislature from 1885 to 1897, in- clusive, it is, perbaps, an opportune time to go over the whole subject care- fully, in order that tbe business public may be made thoroughly acquainted with the situation, so as to form an _ un- biased conclusion as to the motives which actuated the Tradesman in refus- ing to lead its friends to slaughter and do irreparable injury to the cause for the future. When it was announced that the De- troit Trade was considering the matter of reviving the work which had been carried on for several years by the Michigan Business Men’s Association and the Michigan Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation the Tradesman sought an inter- view with Governor Pingree and asked him frankly whether he would veto an amendment to the wage exemption, pro- viding its provisions were reasonable and just to all concerned. The Governcr demurred to making a direct answer to the enquiry, but when reminded of the manner in which he had thrown down some of bis warmest and most influential friends by vetoing the Anderson bill, in 1897, after promising them tbat he would give that measure his approval, he blurted out: ‘‘I’ll be blanked if I'll ever get in such close quarters again as I did with that blanked Anderson bill. Yes, I’ll veto anv measure which originates with the merchants who have trusted working men during the panic and now want to oppress them because times are better. If you ever expect to get a law passed that will work hard- ship to the working men, you'll have to wait until some one beside the Old Man is Governor.’’ In the light of this positive informa- tion the Tradesman very naturally con- cluded that any attempt to change exist- ing conditions during the Legislature of 1899 would surely end in defeat and _ it therefore declined to join in the agita- tion, which was already taking the form of a popular subscription to meet the expense of prosecuting the movement. It was then—on Dec. 28, 1898—that the Tradesman placed itself on record as opposed to the ill-advised attempt, giv- ing the following reasons why the agita- tion was inexpedient at that time: When the Tradesman was established nearly sixteen years ago it imagined that the best and quickest way to secure concessions at the hands of the Legisia- ture was to make a proper showing as to tbe justice of its cause and then go after the reform in band wagon fashion. It early saw that one of the most un- just things under which the merchants of Michigan suffered was the one-sided garnishment and exemption jaws, and in its youthful exuberance it imagined that it would be a comparatively easy matter to bring about a :eform in this respect. Actuated by a_ sense of its duty to the retail merchants of Michi- gan, who had given the enterprise a cordi. 1 welcome, petitions were sent to nearly every town in the State, resulting ‘in the securing of upwards of 12,000 names of merchants and other business men, <«sking that the laws be so amended as to protect the merchant in the work ot collecting for goods fur- nished people who were not disposed to pay for them in man fashion. Armed with these petitions, and backed up by a number of representative men from each jocality in the State who kindly volui.teered to meet at Lansing for the purpose of furthering the interests of the proposed measures, the Tradesman presented its case to the Legislature in the best possible light, only to learn that the publicity given the agitation pricr to the time the bi!l was presented to the Legislature had resulted in stimu- lating action on the part of the trades unions in opposition to any amend- ment or change in existing laws. The disappointment was keen, but a lesson had been learned which was_ subse- quettly vulized to good advantage. At the next session of the Legislature, another attempt was made, and at every session during the last sixteen years energetic and concerted effort has been made to bring about the needed reform. At the last session of the Legislature ihis agitation resulted in the enactment of the Anderson bill, which repealed the liw exempting municipal employes ‘rom the garnishment process. This measure was fathered by a Grand Rap- ids legislator, and was fought step by step and inch by inch through both houses of the Legislature. The matter then lacked but the approval of Gov- ernor Pingree, who was appealed to by telegrams from every city in the State and from every commercial organization in Micbigan to approve the measure. A Grand Rapids politician who stood very close to Governor Pingree was impor- tuned to use his influence in its behalf, resulting in a definite promise from tbe Governor that he would approve the measure within an hour. Within half an hour, however, he filed his veto, and be has since stated, plainly and un- equivocally, that any movement origi- nating with the business men of Mich- igan, having for its object the amend- ment or repeal of the present exemption laws, will meet a similar fate so long as he occupies the position of Governor. In the face of this statement by Gov- ernor Pingree, the Tradesman feels that ic is justified in the opinion that any effort made at this time to amend the exemption laws means time and money wasted. The Detroit Trade is entitled to credit for the enthusiasm it has put into the cause, but if the editor of that paper had had sixteen years’ ex- perience, instead of one, he would never have undertaken to secure the concession by band wagon methods, be- cause, by so doing, he excites and foments an active opposition on the pa:t of the trades unions which will necessarily defeat the object he seeks to attain. The Tradesman does no pro- pose to criticise Mr, Cozzens for the boyish and selfish manner in which he bas undertaken to accomplish something which is impossitle of accomplish- ment, under existirg conditions, believ- ing that he has been acting in good faith and bas simply let his enthusiasm get the better of his judgment. The Tradesman is perfectly content to leave it to the business men of Michigan to decide whether it would not have been better for him to have sought the advice and counsel of those who have grown gray in the service, rather than to have gone off half cocked on a matter in which he has had practically no experi- ence, when the valuable experience of others was to be had for theasking. At the proper time the matter can be brought before a convention of busi- ness men representing all interests and all parts of the State, and a measure adopted which will meet the require- ments, not only of the city of Detroit, but of the most remote localities in the State. The Tradesman does not wish to be understood by anyone as throwing cold water on any movement having for its object the reform of present abuses or the betterment of existing trade con- ditions, but any agitation which is originated in selfishness and carried forward in ignorance must necessarily be doomed to defeat. Nor is defeat the only drawback which results. Repeated defeats tend to do any cause harm, be- cause of the zpathy and disappointment which ensue as the result of failure. The Detroit Trade, which was the medium through which the subscrip- tions in aid of the movement were so- licited, insisted that the Tradesman was actuated by jealousy because it was not asked to assist in preparing the pro- posed law and that the bill would be- come a law in spite of the opposition or apathy of this publication. It also as- serted that it had the positive assur- ance of Governor Pingree that he would not veto a reasonable amendment to the existing law. It is due the Governor to state that he denies ever having given Mr. Cozzens any such assurance; in fact, two of the most prominent business men of the State were informed by the Gov- ernor in March that the merchants might as well save the money they were sending in to the Detroit Trade, because he would make short work of the amend- ment they proposed if it even crossed the threshold of the executive chamber. Knowing these things and realizing the utter futility of misleading its read- ers with hopes which would soon be blasted, the Tradesman refused to join in the appeal for funds so industriously promulgated among Michigan mer- chants, because it has never been so foolish and shortsighted as to ask any- one to contribute one cent to a cause which is hopeless—and trusts it never will The manner in which the ap- peals were made and the public way in which it was announced that a fund was being created to maintain a lobby at Lansing—referred to by the daily papers as a ‘‘corruption fund’’—were enough in themselves to defeat the cause. Nor is defeat the most unfortu- nate feature of the crusade. Through lack of diplomacy, due largely to the in- experience of Mr, Cozzens, the working classes have been aroused as they have never been aroused before, and they are now so thoroughly stirred up on the question of exemption legislation that they will prove a serious stumbling block in the way of securing future con- cessions. The soliciting of funds to prosecute work impossible of accomplishment was due to either craft and stupidity or ignorance and_ inexperience. The Tradesman dislikes to believe that any trade journal would pursue such a course with a thorough knowledge of the fact that the money so raised would be used to injure the cause of those con- tributing, preferring to believe that the action is to be attributed to the inex- perience of youth, in which enthusiasm sometimes supersedes good judgment Of course, those who contributed to the fund will be furnished a detailed state- ment of the manner in which the money was expended. The amendment finally passed both branches of the Legislature and reached the Governor June 9. Six days later he vetoed the bill, giving the following reasons for his action: Such a law would seriously affect the small wage-earners, the laborers, the workingmen and many clerks. In this sense, it is class legislation. The power is in the hands of the merchant to refuse credit. If he has unwisely ex- tended credit, or if dishonest debtors have taken unfair advantage of the ex- emption law, bad accounts so created must be charged to profit and loss. The profit and loss account is one which is carried by every merchant, and every wise merchant makes allowance for it. Under this law it would be possible for the merchant to collect accounts which he has treated as worthless assets, at a cost of suffering and hardships which can not be estimated at this time. The merchant, under the new Federal bankruptcy law, enacted to relieve him from the embarrassment created by the panic, can commence life anew, with a clean balance sheet. Because of the ex- pense involved the poor man is prac- tically deprived of the benefit of the bankruptcy law. This law, instead of relieving the employe, forces upon him the necessity of providing for the pay- ment of debts which have accumulated as a result of the hard times. I believe there should be no_ garnish- ment laws. The giving of credit should be discouraged, as it works an injury to the one who receives it. It encourages him to incur debts. If he can secure no credit he will limit his expenditures to his income. Laws should encourage thrift and economy. Another objectionable feature is that the exemption is so small that a iarge part of the money collected under it would be paid to justices of the peace, constables and other officers of the law. The cost of tbe legal proceedings would absorb most of the proceeds. The proposed law isa relic of com- mercial barbarism of a century ago. It is as offensive to me as imprisonment for debt. The commercial spirit of the times gave birth to this measure and is the same as that which led our fore- fathers to throw men into prison because tbey could not pay their debts. A careful reading of the bill as passed discloses the fact that the Governor did the business men of the State yeoman service in refusing to permit it to be- come a law, because it provides for a weekly exemption of $7.50. In the case of debtors who work by the month the exemption would thus be $32.14 instead of $25, as provided in the present law. It is also asserted by a lawyer legislator that the bill as finally passed was clear- ly unconstitutional, so that in the event of its having received the approval of the Executive, it would have been nul- lified by the courts. The Tradesman regrets that duty to it- self and the business public it has served for sixteen years compels it to speak somewhat harshly of a competitor, which is now bowed down by the de- feat which has overtaken it. The Tradesman mace the same mistake in 1885—fourteen years ago—and met dis- aster as the result of its inexperience. Instead of asking the merchants of Michigan to undertake the expense of the campaign, however, the Tradesman spent its own money and charged the cost of the crusade to its own expense account. It has been represented in every Legislature since that time—with the single exception of this year—and has tasted the sweetness of victory as well as the bitterness of defeat—but al- ways at its own expense. The Trades- Man can point to several laws now on the statute books which are of vital im- portance to the best interests of the merchants of Michigan which owe their existence largely to the influence of tbis publication. On the other hand, a pi- geon hole of meritorious measures which have not yet been approved by the pow- ers that be suggests that the mission of the Tradesman as a legislative assistant to the merchant is not yet ended and will not be until it is as easy for the merchant to collect for goods as it is for him to trust them out—as safe to sell goods as it is to buy them. 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Peculiar Customers Who Came to a Shoe Store. Written for the TRaDEsMAN. I waited in a city shoe store, one morning not long ago, for a bit of patch- ing to be done. The little pale cobbler who sewed and pegged in the close- smelling den at the rear of the store had a small order in advance of mine and I sat in the salesroom as being pleasanter. I had just taken up a morning paper when my attention was attracted to an old-fashioned jiumber wagon which halted in front of the store. It was drawn by a pair of lean gray horses and the harness they pulled in was patched and pieced out with ends of rope and chain until! it would have been difficult to decide just how it had lookea when new. An old man and an old lady, both gray, and both wrinkled ana bent with the weight of years, alighted from the wagon and entered the store. The man carried maay packages piled high on one arm, and the lady, with a well- filled basket in one hand, clung closely to his arm with the other, as though di- recting or supporting his feeble steps. They stopped at a counter close to where I was sitting and asked to see some men’s shoes. Tte young clerk looked them over rather indifferently, as I ihought, and threw down a pair of heavy stogas. ‘*What size?’’ he asked. The lady glanced at the proffered goods and pushed them back. ‘‘We want something good,’’ she said, ‘‘the best you’ve got in the store. They’re for our boy.”’ ‘‘What size?’’ repeated the clerk, turning to the shelves again. The lady faced her companion with anxious eyes, in which | thought I de- tected a suspicious moisture. ‘‘He wears sevens, doesn’t he, pa?’’ she asked. ‘*Yes, sevens,’’ was the reply, ‘‘sevens in shoes and sixteen in shirts. Are you sure we got the right sized shirt? Albert always was awfully particular about his shirts, you know.’’ ‘“*I guess we did,’’ was the reply, ‘‘but we'll just open the bundle and see.’’ The tanned and bony fingers struggled patiently with the encircling cords of one of the packages for a moment and then brought out a handsome shirt, ex- pensive ia fabric and make and laun- dried to perfection. Slipped in behind the bosom were a pair of cuffs with costly gold buttons andaccollar. She drew the cuffs forth and held them up for the inspection of the clerk. ‘*Are these the very best?’’ she 2sked. ‘*The man I bought them of said they were the very latest and best. Do you think they would please a young man about like you?’’ ‘‘They are very nice,’’ replied the clerk. ‘‘I can’t afford to wear such things as you have in that package,’ ‘*We_ have done our very best,’’ said the lady, pleased at the commendation of the clerk. ‘*We have spent all our savings on these things.’’ ‘“You must have a very good boy, to be so fond of him,’’ said the young man. The man and the woman looked into each other’s faces again and I saw her hand creep timidly down and rest for a moment softly on the sun-browned hand of her busband, and a tear fell upon it as it lay there, ‘*There never was a better boy,’’ said the old man. ‘‘ Mavy, suppose you show him tbe suit of clothes. He’ll know whether they are the very best or not.’’ The old lady undid one of the larger packages and a full suit of broadcloth was soon displayed on the counter. The clerk seemed to me to regard the aged couple with a little more respect, and I became so interested in what was going on that I moved my chair nearer. ‘*You couldn’t have done better in the city,’’ said the clerk. ‘‘ Your boy will look like 2 prince in this suit.’’ Again that tender glance passed be- tween the couple, and the lady turned away with a look of sorrow in her ear- nest eyes. In a moment she lifted the last pair of shoes the clerk had pre- sented and asked the price. ‘*Five doilars,’’ was the repiy. It was plain that the sum was more than the couple had intended paying for the shoes, and they conferred together for a moment, speaking in whispers, ‘‘We've got that much money, haven't we?’’ asked the man, anxiously. ‘‘We've got five dollars and ter cents,’’ was the slow reply, ‘‘but there's you: shoes to get.”’ ‘‘Now, Mary,’ said the old man, ‘‘I told you before we left home that I didn’t need new shoes. I can get along until after barvest.’’ My eyes involuntarily followed those of the woman down to the floor. The old man’s’ shoes were broken and patched. The wife's lips trembled as she turned back to the counter and counted out the five dollars, mostly in small change, as if its accumulation had covered a period of many weeks. ‘“You see,’’ said the mother, as the clerk was doing up the shoes, ‘‘our boy never had many opportunities on the farm, but he was kind and cheerful— always kind and cheerful, so we’re do- ing our best for him now.’’ ‘‘He ought to be very bappy to- night,’’ said the clerk. Once more that pathetic look and then the old woman said: ‘*He went away to the war with Spain, hoping to help us with his pay, but we saved every penny of his wages for him, thinking how glad he’d be when he got home. He used to write letters telling us what to do with it, but we kept it all. In almost every letter he'd write about the creek and the elm trees and the orchard, just as if they were persons he was sorry to be separated from.’’ ‘‘Well,’’ said the clerk, ‘‘it’s all over now. Tell him to call in here some day; I’d like to see him.’’ There were tears in the faded eyes in front of the counter now. ‘*Yes, it’s all over, the waiting and the hoping,’’ said the mother, her head bowed upon her wrinkled hands, ‘‘It's all over, for they are bringing him home dead. We’ve done just what we aimed to do if he came home alive and well. It seems to me somehow that our soldier boy will know. When we bury him ir these clothes I almost know he will un- derstand. At first I thought we wouldn't have money enough, but they didn’t charge much. Everybody’s been very kind to us. Come, dear.’’ There was an unusual moisture in the eyes of the clerk as be turned back and said a few words to the cashier, and when the sorrowing old couple turned away He—God bless him !—called them back. ‘‘[ made a mistake in the price of those shoes,’’ he said. ‘‘They were marked down to two dollais, and I didn’t notice it. Here’s three dollars change. ’’ 3 3 = = 3 = = = = 3 = = = = = = = 3 = 3 = 2 NR a i er ena Ps > > on &: (yooovear's (GS) Mrs. co. 3 TY GOODYEAR GLOVE RUBBERS can be purchased at 25 and 5 off from new price list. Write HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Grand Rapids VOPNNP NOPE NET ITP NNT NPE NTT NONE VPP EP NAT tT MUL AUAJAb Ab Jb bb Jbh abd bk Abb dbd Jhb bd cbd ch ei a c= ele E( = cif rE cif e | = ée | = cE € aa e | = cif € e\ = ée/= el= elf EE c= E/E a7 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 & CO., 19 SOUTH IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OW S&SSSSESESSESESSESses S&SESEEEESEESEESEEES ce Soe So Sabot rr batt tina 4 tnt br bn bt br bb Bnd b> Bn by by by bp tp bt tt bt bp bp bp tp pt fp Op ip i fp a ee ee eee ee a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 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 yevwvvvvvvvvvevvvvy~ qY WGOV VCE OTCOSTSTSTSECSECOETSTFTFTOWVSTSTSOCSOS COCO OCOCUW 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. rewvevwveveve—vrvvvvwvsvuvuvwvevvevevuvwuvvvvvvvvnx GFUOV VV VV GUT OCTET CCC SCTSCOOCOTETTO ETO rvvvevvvVvVvVvVveVYY?*. ALrbrbhhbr lriibhiirbbbb bb bbbb bbb bb bb bbb bbb bh bbb hah NT NOP DOINGS SSF OUTS FCC OCOCFOCPOCPCOICIPG wi We are in the market with the best & Rubbers on earth and in water. Wales-Goodyear Terms Nov rst, 30 days. Wales-Goodyear, 25 and 5 per cent. Connecticuts, 25, 10 and 5 per cent. Woonsocket Boots, 25, 5 and 5 per cent. Seni We also carry a full line of findings, shoe store supplies, fixtures, etc Write for catalogue. Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., Grand Rapids. & ag 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 It seemed to me that the mother un- derstood and prized the falsehood be- cause made in sympathy with her grief, and there was a more hopefu! look on her kind old face as the clerk respect- fully helped her into the wagon. ALFRED B. TOZzER. ———__>2.__ Catch Phrases Gleaned from Success- ful Advertisers. Facts not fakes. A season of serges, Actual advantages. None quite so good. Not seen elsewhere. Our practical helps. For summer selling. Sense and economy. An expansive dollar. A big dollar’s worth. We'll beat any price. Money well invested. Costumes ior summer. The real thing counts. Advantages in buying. Rain-fooling garments. Notify your neighbors. Looking costs nothing. Buy to-day and be sure. For prosperous people. Early harvest of values. The pick of the market. Quality in every thread. Our school for economy. Business building goods. A pinch of profit suffices. Wearable and washable. Your approval is certain. Popular because of merit. What we suggest is a test. Our shelves are up to date. When in reed—consult us. For fit and wear and style. Points worth remembering, If you pay less you get less. Unquestioned first-rateness. Excellence a prime feature. Extravagance is impossible. Seasonable and fashionable. Right! all the way through. Goodness that grows oa you. Thoughts that make dollars, A top noich of dollar values. All qualities at many piices, Our interest is your interest. Happiness for the housewife. Our opinion! What’s yours? Our continuous performance. Cheapness proves a nuisance. Blossoming of spring bargains. Looks best, wears best, is best. Footwear built for hard wear. We have them—you try them. Trade magnets that draw now. Goods that tell their own story. The price doesn’t tell the value. Use your sense and save dollars. See it—buy ii—wear it—enjoy it. Our insurance is your assurance, Our stock zrgument is our stock. Pretty patterinps at proper prices, Bargain task that makes you talk. Plea For Legible Invoices. Written for the TRADESMAN. A clear, accurate, well-written in- voice for a biil of goods is in its way a thing of beauty, and to the heart of the merchant receiving it it is truly a joy forever. It would seem that such would be the rule, but in point of fact they are the exception. In the mere matter of arithmetical computation—the multiplications and footings—almost all invoices are abso- lutely correct; but this is about the only point in which the general run of bills are what they should be. The invoices of every house present distinct charac- teristics, and generally distinct failings One bouse we have in mind sends out bills perfect in every respect except that the really beautiful handwriting is in some way ‘‘blind.’’ All the words are so much alike that if there is oc- casion to refer to an old bill it is al- most impossible to find the item wanted. In some wholesale offices it would seem that a demon of confusion must reign. Articles are charged on the invoice that are not sent and articles are sent that are not charged. Stock numbers are given incorrectly, often causing trouble if the merchant tries to order more of the same _ kind of goods. With other houses the fault is that the bills are so hastily and illegibly written, and so much abbreviation is used, that it is next to impossible to check up with the goods. A given word may be ‘‘mitts,’’ or it may be ‘‘hair nets,’’ or it may be ‘‘muslin’’ or ‘‘merino.’’ Not even a skilled Egyptologist could read such in- voices. It is only by careful study and comparison with the goods, and by long processes of reasoning as to what cer- tain words must mean, that the mer- chant and his clerks are able to straighten out some of these bills. On a long invoice containing a large num- ber of small items, a bill of notions for instance, this may take an hour or so of extra work. It is to be noted that some of the largest and best wholesale houses send out the worst invoices. The explanation of this fact is, of course,that they do an immense business and so accuracy and legibility and other good things are sac- rificed to speed. A man can write seventy-five or a hundred bills in some kind of a way in the time that would be required to get up fifty properly. But is this good economy? Can the wholesaler [REMOVAL Sé3332 fe will occupy our new build- Ing, 10, 12, 14, 16) 18, 20, 22 9 «SY, os North Ionia Street, July rst. RINDGE, KALMBACH, LOGIE &CO. GRAND RAPIDS. eeeeeeeececececececce To be able to prepare effective advertising, a business man must have the time and the training. If you lack either of these, you need our services. We have the training. Our time is yours—if you wish. Write for our booklet, “Advertising That Pays’— it tells what we can do for you and how much it costs. A request on your letter-head brings it. THE ROBT. N. SHAW ADVERTISING AGENCY Copy Department Grand Rapids Michigan ~ {lam ps to Don’t buy something that won’t burn. The Sunlight i i a urn! Wy Makes its own gas. y Gas Lamp ; Bias Tike Sepcalius cies aaenieees cok afford to make so trifling a saving when The strongest light for the weakest price > j An ideal costume at an ideal price. it will cause his customers loss of time 4 ever known 100-candle-power 5 hours for ) When you think of shoes think of us, |and consequent irritation? 4 1 cent 4 Pcs prices will hasten your pur-| ‘There are some houses that send out No torches to hold in lighting. Turn it i chase. invoices that are just right in every down and it burus all day, consuming one We're dividing our profit with you Me:cantile blossoms gathered for you. Smoothing away housekeepers’ trou- bles. Imitation is simple—benefits are great. : : Are you interested in low prices? See us. aa Delicate, iilusive, un-namable shades. Just the same as making you a pres- ent. It’s our business to like whatever you like. We can say no more than the goods themselves say. ‘ Be warned by yesterday's experience —profit by to-day’s opportunity. —_—__> 0 .___ Question of Nationality. Pat—Oi want to get a pair av shoes toor th’ bye. : Clerk—Certainly, sir. French kid? Pat—No, soor, he’s an Oirish kid. —_—__~>_0 The man who gets as large a salary as he thinks he deserves is usually over- paid. way. These can be quickly checked up, and are easily referred to at any subsequent time. Soine of these are handwritten, some typewritten, the lat- ter of course being preferred hy the re- cipients, but this is not a vital point. Every merchant gets enough bills gotten up as they should be to know he is _ be- ing imposed upon when he receives any other kind. Now, if a customer is dissatisfied in any way the wholesale house does not hesitate to carry on correspondence and if necessary make considerable sacri- fices in order to conciliate him; and if he comes in to the city great pains is taken to get him to entertain as friendly a feeling as possible toward the house with which he is dealing. Can this same house afford to put bim out of humor, every time he receives a bill for goods, for the sake of a very paltry saving in time and trouble? QUILLO. the State. 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 ( This Lamp Has Been Approved by the Board of Underwriters. Specially adapted for Stores, Churches and Residences. Local agents wanted in every City, Town and Village in Michigan Light Co., Successor to PERKINS, HENRY & CO., 23 Pearl Street, Grand Papids, Mich. a em ee t a ee a aa ala aa a ca aa aa a ca aa am a alan ais aia aa aaa aa Sunlight |} One burner equals four kero- sene lamps at one-fifth the cost. yoy ~~ Pe aoe 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. New Rules Governing the Handling of Eggs. For some time past the Egg Com- mittee of the New York Mercantile Ex- change has been actively at revising the egg rules. Many changes had gradue!- ly taken place in the general circum- stances of the trade which had com- bined to make the old ruies inadequate, and much business was being done in grades and qualities which were not properly specified and for which there were no definitely prescribed condi- tions. The new rules were submitted to the Executive Commitiee, at a special meeting last Friday and, with some slight amendments, formally adopted, to take effeci June 15, as follows: RULE 1—Classification and Grading. 1. Eggs shall be classified as ‘’ Fresh Gathered,’’ ‘*Held,’’ ‘‘Refrigerator,’’ and ‘‘Limed.”’ 2. There shall be grades of *‘Ex- ims, «Bursts, Seconds,” |" Dirt ies,’’ ‘‘Checks’’ and ‘*Known Marks.’’ RULE 2. 1. Fresh Gathered Extras, Refriger- ator Extras, Limed Extras, Dirties and Checks shall be sold At Mark. Fresh Gathered Firsts and Seconds, Held Firsts and Seconds, Refrigerator Firsts and Seconds, Limed Firsts and Sec- onds and Known Marks shal! be sold !n- spector’s Average Loss Off, unless otherwise specified, excepting that, dur ing the season of the year when ibe gen- eral quality of Fresh Gathered Eggs ar riving on this market is at a high stand- ard, the Egg Committee shal! designate a period during which sales of Fresh Gathered Firsts shall be at mark unless otherwise specified. This period shall be known as the ‘*‘ Mark Season.’’ 2. ‘‘Loss,’’ as used in these rules, shall comprise all rotten, broken (leak- ing), heavy spots, broken yolked, hatched, (blood veined) and sour eggs. Very smali, very dirty, cracked (not leaking), badly heated, light snots, badly sbrunken and salt eggs shall be counted as half loss in all grades ex- cepting Dirties and Checks. QUALITIES. 3. Fresh Gathered Extras shall be free from small and dirty eggs, and shal! contain perfectly fresh, reasonably full, strong, sweet eggs as follows: During mark season, 99 per cent. From mark season to October 31, 80 per cent. November cent. January 1 to mark season, 80 per cent. The balance, otber than the loss, may be defective in strength or fuliness, but must be sweet. There may be a total average loss of one dozen per case, but if the loss exceeds this by not more than 50 per cent. eggs shall be a good delivery upon allowance of the excess. When sold ‘‘Storage Packed,’’ Extras must not contain an average of more than 12 cracked or checked eggs per case. 4. Fresh Gathered Fuirsts—Shail be reasonably clean and of good average size, and shail contain perfectly fresh, reasonably full, strong, sweet eggs as follows: During mark season, 85 per cent. Mark season to October 31, 65 per cent. November 1 to December 31, 50 per cent. January 1 to mark season, 65 per cent. The balance, other than the loss, may be defective in strength or fullness, but must be sweet. During the Mark Season, there may be a total average loss of one dozen per case, but if the loss exceeds this by not more than 50 per cent. eggs shall be a good delivery upon allowance of the excess. When sold ‘‘Storage Packed,’’ Fresh Gathered Firsts must not contain an average of more than 18 cracked or checked eggs per case. 5. Fresh Gathered Seconds—Shall be reasonably clean and of fair average 1 to December 31, 70 per size, and shall contain fresh, reason- ably_full eggs as follows: During mark season, 7o per cent. Mark season to October 31, 40 per cent, November 1 to December 31, 30 per cent. January 1 to mark season, 40 per cent. The balance, other than the loss, may be defective in strength or fullness, but must be merchantable stock. Durinz the mark season tbere may be 2 total average loss of two dozen per case. 6. Held Firsts—Shall be reasonably clean, of good average size and sweet. At least 40 per cent. shall be reasonably full and strong. The balance may be detective in strength or fullness, but not badly sbrunken, excepting the loss, which shall not exceed four dozen per case, 7. Held Seconds—Shall be reason- ably clean and of fair average size. May be defective in fullness, strength and flavor, but must be merchantable stock, not mustv; except the loss, which must not exceed eight dozen per case. 8. Refrigerator Extras—Shall be free from dirty or small eggs, full, strong, sweet and free from mildew or foreign taste or odor, except the loss, which must not exceed one dozen per case. The cases, fillers and packing shall be as required for ‘‘Storage Packed.’’ g. Refrigerator Firsts—Shall be rea- sonably clean and of fair average size; they must be reasonably full, strong and sweet, and free from mildew or foreign taste or odor, excepting the loss, which must not exceed two dozen per case. Cases, fillers and packing shall be as required for ‘‘Storage Packed.’’ 10. Refrigerator Seconds—Shall be of good appearance and may be off-fla- vored to some extent, but not musty, excepting the loss, which must not ex- ceed five dozen per case. 11, Limed Extras—Shall be uniform- ly large size, well cleaned, strong bod- ied, reasonably full and sweet, except- ing the loss, which shall not exceed one dozen per case. 12, Limed Firsts—Shzll be of good average size, well cleaned, of good strength, reasonably full and sweet, ex- cepting the loss, which shall not exceed two dozen per case. 13. Limed Seconds—Shall comprise stock which is rusty, weak or shows hot weather defects, but must contain at least 60 per cent. of faisly useful qual- ity. 14. Dirties and Checks—May be offered as No. 1 and No. 2 in the classes of Fresh Gathered, Held and Refrigerator. In quality No. 1 must conform to the requirements for Firsts, and No. 2 to the requirements for Sec- onds, excepting as to size and clean- ness, and Dirties must not contain more than Io per cent. of cracked eggs. Checks may consist of Blind-Checks and Cracked eggs (not leaking). The loss must not exceed two dozen per case on No. I, nor more than four dozen on No. 2. During the Mark Season, only one- half of this loss shall be permitted. When sold ‘‘Storage Packed.’’ Dirties mest not contain more than 18 cracked or checked eggs per case. 15. Known Marks—Shall comprise such eggs as are known to the trade un- der some particular mark or designa- tion, and must grade as firsts in the sea- son in which they are offered. Known Marks to be offered under the call must previcusly bave been registered in a book kept by the Superintendent for that purpose. 16. All specifications as to the case mentioned in these rules refer to 30 dozen cases. For larger cases, the re- quirements shall be calculated in pro- portion. PACKAGES AND PACKING. 17. Extras, Firsts and No. 1 Dirties or Checks must be in new cases of standard sizes and good quality, smooth and clean. Fillers shall be of substan- tial quality, sweet and dry, with flats under bottom layers and _ over tops; sweet, dry excelsior or other suitable packing. 18. Seconds and No. 2 Dirties or Checks—Cases shall be new, or good uniform second hand. Fillers shall be of substantial quality, sweet and dry, & 2 ae WA : nati J - ia : : bed fee BEANS, HONEY AND POPCORN POULTRY, VEAL AND GAME Consignments Solicited. Quotations on Application. 98 South Division St., Grand Rapids FREE SAJIPLE 10 LIVE MERCHANTS Our new Parchment-Lined, Odorless Butter Packages. Light as paper. The only way to deliver Butter to your customers. GEM FIBRE PACKAGE C0., DETROIT. 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. ee OOOO S0OO0O008 9900000600000 000 Headquarters for Watermelons New Potatoes, Onions and Cabbage. We are direct carload receivers and make Right Prices. VINKEMULDER COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. We want Qld Potatoes. If car or two to offer, quote us prices quick. POOOOOOS £096000S $0000000 09000606 00000000 00000000 STRANGE & NOKES WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE CLEVELAND, OHIO. NOTE: If you have a car Strawberries or other early fruit that you want to ME ship, write us. MBERS: NATIONAL LEAGUE COMMISSION MERCHANTS NATIONAL APPLE SHIPPERS’ ASSOCIATION ; : : : ST TTT SSTS TT TTT TST OS TOO UU TOU OOO UU UYU UO UU YUU UU VOU UU Grand Rapids Cold Storage Co. We take pleasure in announcing to the shippers and retail merchants of Michigan that our new cold storage warehouse is now fully com- pleted and ready for business. We especially call attention to our facilities for storing Eggs, Butter and Poultry which are unsurpassed by any cold storage establishment in the coun- try Wealso store seeds, beans and all kinds of produce in dry storage. Warehouse receipts furnished. Correspondence solicited. Inspection invited. 93 to99 S outh Front Street. 9000 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 18 with sweet, suitable packing. Ig. Storage Packed—When sold as Storage Packed, all grades must be in new, thirty dozen whitewood cases, smooth, clean and substantial. Fillers diy, sweet, medium or No. 1. Flats under bottom layers and over tops; dry, sweet excelsior or cork packing. 20. Cases shall be considered as new so long as they contain the eggs for which they were first used. —_> 2. ___ The New Egg Rules Promulgated in New York. From the New York Produce Review. The egg trade is to be congratulated upon the excellent work done by the egg committee of New York Mercantile Ex- change in tbe revision of the trade rules, and upon the adoption of their work by the Executive Committee. Since the egg rules were first formulated a good many changes have giadually taken place in the egg trade both as to the manner of packing goods at primary points and as to the requirements of the various classes of dealers. These changes have not been adequaiely fol- lowed in such changes as have previous- ly, from time to time, been made in the trade rules, and the result has been that much of the business of distribu- tion in this market has of late been done without the guidance and protection of definite specifications. At times the minimum requirement of the highest grade of eggs known to the rules has been inferior to the quality demanded and obtainable by first-class trade, and some important grades, such as_ checks and dirties, have bad no specifying de- scription. Moreover the terms of sale as to loss have undergone considerable change by a natural development of the trade. Improvemenis in the manner of holding refrigerator and limed eggs, and a more careful selection of the bulk of the stock put away for long holding, have resulted ia giving us qualities of held eggs in the fall and winter which, although they may show some loss, are quite uniform in the extent of it, facili- tating the judgment of value and conse- quently favoring sales at mark. The better qualities of these have of late been generally sold at mark, but the ‘former rules did not recognize the fact. The new rules have prescribed sales at mark for the ‘‘Exira’’ grade of both refrigerator and limed, in which respect they have attacked the chauge rather conservatively. Jt would appear that as refrigerator and limed eggs which will meet the requirements laid down for ‘‘Firsts’’ are now generally sold in this market at mark, the general rule of mark sales should have included these; but as in ‘‘Firsts’’ and ‘‘Seconds’’ the extent of permissible loss has been ie- stricted, the rules as they stand will serve for case count business just as well as if that had been made the gen- eral rule of sale. The establishment of an ‘‘Extra’’ grade in fiesh gathered is not an inno- vation; it is simply providing a name for a grade of eggs which is already produced by some packers, the recogni- tion of which, under proper quelifica- tions, should tend to improve the qual- ity of our receipts and lessen tbe waste- ful loss which results from careless grading or no grading at all. The new egg rules may fairly be re- garded as marking a long step forward in the progress of the egg trade toward better methods. + -0 -~@---- His Mind Was Easy. Mrs. Smith repeatedly reminded her husband that she owned the silver, that she owned the furniture, and so on, un- til poor Smith almost wished he'd mar- tied a poor girl. The other night Mrs. Smith awoke to hear strange noises in the lower part of the house, and vigor- ously punching her husband in the ribs, called: ‘‘John, get up! There are burglars in the house. ’’ ‘*Eh?’’ enquired Mr. Smith, sleep- ily. ‘*Burglars! Downstairs!’’ howled Mrs. Smith. ‘*Burglars?’’ said Smith, as he turned over. ‘‘Well, I don’t own anytbing.’’ GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis—Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, June 17—Weather reports from SHrazil bave been unfavorable as to the growth of the coming coffee crop, but these reports had very little influ- ence on the local market; in fact, the tendency has been toward a lower basis and both contracts and spot ‘delivery show very little animation. Out of town buyers are manifesting no anxiety to purchase beyond current requirements and the general situation is about as life- less as has been the case for months. Rio No. 7 is quotable at 57%@6c._ Lit- tle if.anything has been done in an_ in- voice way. The amount of coffee in store and afloat aggregates 1,161,356 bags, against 866,747 bags at the same time last year. For mild coffees the market is as flat as can be, almost, al- though holders are not disposed to make concessions from present rates. The market for refined sugar is very lively and all retineries are behind in filling orders—some of them as much as ten days. Of course, the ‘‘street’’ has been much interested in the statements made in Washington by Mr. Havemeyer and the representative of the Arbuckles, and the Commercial calls Mr Have- meyer’s talk ‘‘homicidal.’’ Quotations are firmly maintained for refined sugar, save for a few low soft grades which were shaded slightly. Raw sugars show little animation. Refiners do not seem in- clined to take any stock at an advance and holders seem to think they are jus- tified in keeping hold on their stocks for something better. Some offerings of new crop Japan teas were made within a range of 28@32c, duty paid, but, aside from this, the sit- uation is not particularly one that calls for remark, There isno improvement to speak of and the trade is waiting the result of the auction next week when something over 6,000 packages will be sold. The demand for rice is quiet. Some little enquiry exists for Japan, but up- on the whole the situation is a waiting one. Prices are practically unchanged. Japan, 43{@5c. Prime to choice South- ern, 514@636c. Quite a fair volume of business has been done ina jobbing way and spice quotations are pretty firm, although prac- tically unchanged. Pepper has been more enquired for than anything else, but holders seem to be rather too ‘‘high’’ for buyers to transact much business with them. Singapore, 114%@ 114c. The molasses market is enjoying a va- cation. Little business is reported from jobbers, save for some fancy grocery grades, which have worked off with a fair degree of dispatch. Good to prime certrifugal, 16@26c. Syrups are in limited demand and, with stocks in- creasing, the outlook is not favorable for higher quotations. Good to prime sugar goods, 17@2Ic. The new pack of Maryland peas is running very irregular in quality; in fact, the average is probably below last year and the price is higher. One of the leading packers has been here this week from Baltimore and says the pack will not be over 25 per cent. of last year’s. Insect pests are reported as do- ing enormous damage in Maryland and together with drouth have pretty much finished the vegetable growth. Prices on new pack California fruits have been generally withdrawn. The combination of packers seems to be eminently successful, as a combination. Ap- ples are firm, with gallon held at $2.10 for N. Y. State. Maine corn for future delivery is worth 80@85c. Toma- toes are dul! and steady. Jerseys are worth 85 cts. Dried fruits are dull and unchanged. The weather has been too hot for the transaction of much business and the situation is not just at the moment en- couraging. Still prices are pretty well adhered to and the outlook might be worse. Lemons and oranges both show more activity, Sicily lemons ranging from $3.25@4.75 per box, as to size. Sicily oranges, $4.50@4.75. Some California navel oranges have sold from $4@5.50 per box, the latter for fancy stock. Ber- ries are plentiful and cheap. Water- melons, per 100, $12@28. Pineappies, Florida, per case, $2@4.25. Bananas are quiet but prices generally are pretty well held and unchanged. Arrivals of butter have been free and there 1s quite an accumulation of stock here. The demand is of moderate pro- portions and altogether the outlook for the moment is not particularly gratify- ing, and yet matters might be worse. Gilt edge Western creamery is worth 1814c, although in some cases this has been slightly shaded. Firsts are quite plentiful and are offered freely from 17%@18c. Imitation creamery, 13@ 15c, as to grade. Dairy butter is firm, 13@14ce. The hot weather is affecting the egg supply and prices tend downward. Western stock, 14@14%c, the latter be- ing outside. There is, perhaps, a little better feel- ing in cheese, but the general market is not at all active. Large white full cream is worth 73¢c. Little is doing by exporters, a A Difficult Problem. ‘“‘What’s the matter?’’ enquired the sympathetic friend. ‘IT don’t know,’’ replied the man who was gazing at the floor and holding his face in both hands. ‘Ts it the toothache?’’ ‘‘Tt started that way, but I don’t know now whether it’s the toothache or the - my friends persuaded me to do OF it, | 0» His Willingness. ‘*T see by the newspapers,’’ remarked Reeder, ‘‘that the miners in the Klon- dike are sending out appeals for wives. ‘‘Is that so!’’ ejaculated Hennypeck, in an eager whisper. ‘‘They can have mine.’’ OOLSOLOOLOOLOOLOOL0@ @ ! >» Butter Wanted! e Cash F. O. B. cars, packed in barrels, car lots or less. @ H. N. Randall Produce Co., @ TEKONSHA, MICH. FSSSFSSFSSFSSFSSSSFFSFSSFSSSSSSFFSFFFSTSFSSFSFFSSS geterssseresesseeeteereserecsesseseseseseteseseseses : If you ship . % e : Butter and Eggs 3 + ° . ‘ to Detroit . < Write for prices at your station to * + HARRIS & FRUTCHEY, ‘eiioit aici’: *> # q Ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to R. HIRT, Jr., Detroit, Mich. , 34 and 36 Market Street, ’ 435-437-439 Winder Street. > q Cold Storage and Freezing House in connection. Capacity 4 75 carloads. Correspondence solicited. a ee Ne Ne en See Di MILLER & TEASDALE POTATOES CAR LOTS ONLY. ST. LOUIS, MO. ©® POQOOQOOQOOOOOS POOQDOQOOQO DOQQODOOSGOOGOOOSGOOQOOOOODODOOOQOGDOOSGDOOOGQOOOOY NEW POTATOES IN BARRELS OR SACKS. LOWEST PRICES. LEMONS SEND US YOUR FOURTH OF JULY ORDERS NOW. 3 MOSELEY BROS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POQDOQDOOQODO©OSQOQOOOODE QOQOQOOQOQODOODOOQODQO® DOOQDOOCGOPDOOQODOOOQOO'S® e a *POTTLITZER BROS. FRUIT CoO., : ° COMMISSION MERCHANTS . . IN FRUITS OF ALL DESCRIPTION ¢ a Also POTATOES, CABBAGE, ONIONS AND APPLES S S In Carload Lots. e e Our motto: Quick sales and prompt remittance. ° . LAFAYETTE, IND. FT. WAYNE, IND. 8 CONCH OREO OHOROROROROROHOROROROCHOROROHOROROROROHOROH PUR oS sae TS EE TLE ADEN TEL RT EIST, CRETE ee taney a 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN POOR HELP. Some Perplexities Which Beset the Average Merchant. Written for the TRADESMAN. In a Western city, not long ago, I found the owner of the leading provision store sitting behind his desk in a fit of the dumps. As he chanced to be an old acquaintance of mine, I did not hesitate to joke him upon his dejected appearance. “‘T am a trifle discouraged, and that’s the fact,’’ he said, in reply. ‘‘ The truth is, | am bothered to death to get com- petent help. There never was atime in the history of the country when young men stood so good a chance to make successful business men of themselves, aud here I am obliged to look out for new clerks and helpers nearly every day.”’ ‘*You'll soon find the men you are looking for,’’ I said, ‘‘and as for all the young men of the country, let them figure out their own destiny. ’’ ‘‘During the past six weeks,’ said the merchant, ‘‘I have tried balf a dozen young men who came to me well recom- mended, and every one of them has turned out to be either a fool or a shirk, if not actually dishonest. In some cases the person employed was the son, the brother, the cousin, or the nephew of a good customer, and so the result has been that I have had my labor in teach- ing him for my pains, got my business fuddled and lost a good customer. That is enough to make anyone feel discour- aged, isn’t it?’’ ‘Your experience is simply the ex- perience of all business men,’’ I said. ‘“You’ll have to keep on trying. ’’ ‘“Yes,’’ was the impatient rejoinder, ‘“‘T suppose I'll have to keep on trying, if my business holds out. I think some- times that the young imps will drive me out of trade. Now,’’ he added, with a smile, ‘‘competition is so close here that I find it necessary to mak= a house- to house canvass for orders every morn- ing, and the new clerk usually does that work. I put another highly recom- mended voung man on last Monday, and I have already had some discouraging experiences with him. If you have time, just sit here a little while and hear the kicks. It must be about time for them to come in.”’ The merchant had hardly ceased speaking when a red-faced woman made her appearance before his desk. Her eyes flashed angrily and her red hair was flying in all directions. She threw a torn and bloody paper down on the counter and stood giaring at the mer- chant as if she would like to eat him whole. “*Good morning, Mrs. Lawson,’’ said my friend, gently. ‘‘Did you receive the wrong package again this morning?”’ “‘The wrong package,’ panted the woman, ‘‘can’t be worked on me no more. I got the package you sent me, all right, and there it is. You can take our name right off your books and send in your bill. If you think we can’t afford porterhouse steak when we have company, you needn't send liver and have it flung down right before my neighbors, who are just watching for a chance to say mean things, ’’ ‘But the boy must have made a mis- take,’’ said the merchant, patiently. ‘*Let me look it up. Of course, you ought to receive just what you ordered and I’m here to see that you do re- ceive it,’’ He ran his finger down the page of the order book and Passed it over to the enraged woman, who declined with a sniff of contempt to look at it. ‘You needn’t trouble yourself to show me the book,’’ she said. ‘‘I’ll go to Smith’s and get my meat. There I sat this morning, with my house full of company—that sneakin’, pryin’ Mrs. Brown had to be there, of course—and in walks that boy of yours, as big as lite, an’ slaps that liver down on the sittin’room table. I said I hadn't or- dered it, but he just sassed me and went away. I heard my company snickerin’ an’ talkin’ about it after I went out in- to the kitchen, although they don’t know I heard ‘em. One said the boy probably left just what was ordered, an’ another said it was too bad to put me to the expense of changin’ the family rations. That spiteful Mandy Brown said she had no idea we were so hard up, an’ so they went on. How I'll ever dare to face ’em again is more tban I know. You just send in your bill.’’ It was laughable, but of course we both had to keep straight faces until the enraged woman got out of the store. Our merriment was short-lived, how- ever, for in a moment a weak-eyed old man edged up to the desk. ‘*Look here,’’ he said, trying to look severe, ‘‘if that order boy of yours brings his white bull dog to my house again, I'll kill both the boy and the dog.”’ ‘*T almost wish he would,’’ whispered the merchant. ‘*That would be an easy way of getting rid of both of them.’’ ‘‘That dog got my wife’s pet cat by the neck this morning,’’ continued the old man, ‘‘an’ the cat got scared an’ made a break for the buttery shelves an’ landed in a pan of molasses. Our _ but- tery is a sight to see. My wife's face is all clawed up, an’ the dishes are broke, an’ her new dress is all spotted with that New Orleans molasses, that cost me 40 centsa gallon. I’m goin’ fishin’ until things get quieted down, an’ you'd better not send that boy to my house again.’’ The old man had scarcely disappeared when a young girl walked up to the counter and laid down a package. ‘*Ma says we sold our cow last win- ter,’’ she said, with a pretty blush of embarrassment at having an imperti- nent message to deliver, ‘‘and so we don’t want to buy any more hay, and if we did we'd buy it by the bale.’’ ‘What kind of tea did your mother order?’’ asked the merchant. **Sixty cent.’’ The girl went away smiling, with a fresh package and some caramels. The merchant had hardly regained his seat when a wild-eyed young man rushed into the store and, going straight to the ‘phone, called up the fire de- partment. **Say,’’ he yelled, after the connec- tion had been made, ‘‘you’d better send a fire engine up here, quick. This groceryman sold us gasoline for kero- sene, an’ mother’s face is all burned off, an’ I guess the house is most gone| ¢ by this time.’’ Hastening to the ‘phone, the mer- chant asked the firemen to wait until he conld investigate and dashed off to the scene of trouble. No damage had been done, save to the feelings of the fright- ened woman, and my friend came back with a grin on his face. ‘*The woman ordered half a gallon of kerosene, instead of half a pint of gas- oline,’’ he explained, ‘‘and that con- founded boy got the order mixed. 1 don’t sell gasoline, but the quantity was so small that I gave it for accommo- dation. She tried to light the fire witb Established 1780. the gasoline, but, fortunately, got the bottle away before the stuff took fire. Walter Baker & Co, LTD. She had a close call, though.’’ eaaaae Just then the order boy entered the ‘—oa e st an store, smoking a cheap cigar and play- ing with a large bull dog. ‘“‘Say,’’ be called out, ‘‘can I go to the ball game this afternoon? I’ve got my work all done.’’ ‘“Yes, you've got all the work done you'll ever do here,’’ said the mer- chant. ‘‘Get out.’’ ‘Pay me, then,’’ shouted the boy. The merchant, harassed beyond even his powers of endurance, made a rush Largest Manufacturers of > yap PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS CHOCOLATES on this Continent. for the boy and the two went out of the No Chemicals are used in door together, their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put up in Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best plain chocolate in the market for family use. Their German Sweet Chocolate is good tc eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri tious, and healthful; a great favorite with children. Buyers should ask for and be sure that the get the genuine goods. The above trade-mar is on every package. _Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass. In a few moments my friend was back, puffing like a locomotive, but seemingly happy. ‘“There,’’ he said, ‘‘I suppose I’!l be arrested for assault and battery now, but I did give him a good one.”’ I had nothing to say, but I booked a very small order there that morning. —__»0.—___ Giving a man advice and throwing stones ata dog have about the same effect. J. W. LANSING, WHOLESALE DEALER IN BUTTER AND EGGS BUFFALO, N. Y. A good many egg buyers want your eg I have got to have them every day during t filled for storage, besides my regular trade, Write me, before shipping elsewhere, there or delivered in Buffalo. s only during April and May for storage, but e year. I havea good many orders yet to be soI can use your receipts to good advantage. how many you will have, I will buy either on track REFERENCES: Buffalo Cold Storage Co., Buffalo, N, Y. Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. Dun or Bradstreet. Michigan Tradesman. aaa ae ae eae ORE ee ee & & & a te : es Ps th § 3 a od ee ) th & @ -\ oe oe 0 % 2 This Will P33 e IS WI ei oY 33 Benefit YOU s % @ & th a This book teaches farmers to make better butter. Every pound . ys wes of butter that is better made because of its teaching, benefits the e ws ro grocer who buys it or takes it in trade. The book is not an adver- 4% 7 : ‘ 2 Z - ; @ Ww Pe tisement, but a practical treatise, written by a high authority on a ws butter making. It is stoutly bound im oiled tinen and is mailed @ Ww $k free to any farmer who sends us one of the coupons which are 6 ts >, packed in every bag of a, ws m ws . ¢$ Diamond Crystal 3; a % th a 4 a a & Butter Salt md utter 5a : % oe Sell the salt that’s all salt and give your customers the means 2, by which they can learn to make gilt-edge butter and furnish them ws th with the finest and most profitable salt to put in it. ts a DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., St. Clair, Mich. ro] & — & MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 MEN OF MARK, H. N. Randall, the Tekonsha Mer- chant and Produce Dealer. Prominent among the produce ship- pers of Michigan is Hervey N, Ran- dali, of Tekonsha. My. Randall is a native of the State, having beeu born on a farm in ihe township where he now resides, Sept. 7, 1850. He was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Randall, both deceased. His parents were pioneers of Michigan and took a prominent part in the settlement and developmeni of Calhoua county. Thev were distinguished ior benevolence, fru- gality and the more sterling qualities of honesty and piety. From 1867 to 1869 the father was a member of the Legis- lature and was recognized as one of the substantial men of the House. It was from his parents that Harvey Randall, Ji., the subject of this sketch, received the qualities of miad and character that have led to his success as a business man. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in the district and union school of his native township. His fizst business venture was in the grocery trade, which he followed wiih success for two years at Tekonsha and Homer. He was mar- ried Mav 26, 1886, to Miss Adella War- boys, of North Bergen, N. Y. To them have been born three bright chiidren—a boy and two girls. One child, a girl, died in infancy. Mr. Randal.’s married life has been exceedingly felicitous, his wile and children contributing in full measure to :ender the home cheer- tul and happy. Their present residence, recently built, is the mnest and most attractive in the village of Tekonsha. As a business man, Mr. Randall is recognized as one of the most enter- prising and progressive shippers of pred- uce in Southern Michigan. He organ- ized his present business some fifteen years ago, beginning in a small way to ship produce to Eastern markets. His business has steadily increased until it reached a tota! of $200,000 the past year. During 1898, he handled over 1,000,000 pounds of dressed pouliry, 300,000 pounds of butter and many thousand cases of eggs. Butone shipper in Mich- igan is credited with larger shipments during the same period. For some time Mr. Randall has experienced a growing demand for a special grade of butter made by a new method, of which he is the originator, for Eastern and export trade. The ‘‘Acme Svstem,’’ as it is called, for which patents are pending, is an unqualified success and is des- tined to revolutionize the manufacture of butier gathered from miscellaneous sources. Mr. Randall's business is lo- cated on a side track of the air line di- vision of the Michigan Central Rail- way, the plant consisting of five build- ings especially constructed for the pur- pose. A new brick building, nearing completion, erected from carefully drawn plans, is the most modern and commodious of any similar structure in the State. By careful 2ttentiton to detaiis and thorough devotion to business Mr, Randel! has built up an entesprise that gives employmeit to scores of men and affords a generous income. Incidental ical in his views of right and wrong; strong in his friendships; true to all of his obligations to his fellow citizens and society. He is a Republican in politics, but not a worshipper of any party. The highest compliment that can be paid him is the fact that he has the full con- fidence and respect of his fellow citi- zens. —__>2~.___- A man smiles when you speak of his | level head, but call it flat and he gets to Mr. Randall’s success as a shipper! mad. 0: produce may be mentioned the fact ‘hat he is the proprietor of a large double store, carrying full and complete lines of groceries, crockery, hardware and agricuhural implemenis, over which he has general supervision. Incidental to Mr. Randall’s success as a business man, it may be stated that he is no laggard in matters of public enterprise. He is a liberal supporter of religious and secular education; gen- erous in his charities to the needy ; rad- Overcapitalization of the Trusts. Trusts, as they are now constituted, have their good and_ objectionable points. The good points arise from the concentration of capital under one man- agement, creating 2 saving in actual expenses of millions annually. For in- stance, suppose there are ten corpora- tions, all practically engaged in the same line of business. Now each cor- poration must have its full corps of officers, its full corps of salesmen and traveling salesmen, its full corps of clerical workers, its full corps of em- ployes and its ten warehouses, whereas under one management it requires but one set of men. True, it must bea larger set, but it is apparent that the expenses of conducting the business will be reduced at least 60 per cent., which will permit the manufactured articles to go to the consumer at much _ lower prices, leaving ample margin for the stockholders, thereby preventing any restraint of trade, the great bugbear of trusts, Now this would be all true if the consolidation were effected on a basis of actual values, but here the difficulty arises. In forming a trust every corpo- ration looks upon its own property as being immensely valuable. If the prop- erty is actually worth a million, it wants a million and a_ half, or perhaps two millions, of trust stock, and, of course, each and every other member of the trust will insist on its property going in at the same increase above its actual value. Then, in addition, the promoter must get from one-eighth to one-fourth of the whole capital stack for his services in bringing ali these interests together, so that by the time the whole matter is consummated the capital of the trust, on which dividends must be earned, is more than double what it should be, and hence the consumer pavs for his goods about as much as if no trust had been formed. The matter does not end here, for the excess of stock issued is in almost all cases put on the market, which, accord- ing to the immense amount of trusts which have been formed in the past two years, has absorbed so much oi the sur- plus capital of the country that it has created a higher rate of interest and has increased the danger of a monetary panic, such as we had evidence of last week, and which would have resulted disastrously had not the banks and bank- ers immediately come to the rescue. A partial list of the trusts already on the market and placed there in the past two years shows the capital to amount to over $3, 300,000,000, or more than double the entire circulating medium of this country. And there are more forming. Should every trust be capitalized ac- cording to its actual value there would be no danger of a disturbance in the money market, and they would doubt- less be a blessing to the country. O. P. DORMAN. a od Just a Flavor. Doctor—Can you get pure water at yovr boarding house? Patient—No; not always. I frequent- ly detect just a flavor of coffee in it. Hua a be THE J. M. BOUR 60., Beat the world in the two greatest essentials to the retailer—QUALITY and PROFIT. Grocers who use them say that with our brands it’s once bought—always used. And we can sell them to pay you a handsome profit. It will pay you to get our samples and prices— that is, if you are in the business to make money. Some exceptional bargains in Teas just now. ask salesman when he calls. Write or 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 113-115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. otrew gees Rie enae rr ¥ 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Acetylene Lighting — Observations Gleaned From Practical Experience. We all want acetlyene gas because it is the best light on earth. We can get along with kerosene or coal gas or elec- tricity or the gasoline torch with Wels- bach burner, but we use these inferior lights only because we can not see our way clear to get the best. Of the many machines on the market, the greater number are the crude con- ceptions of persons unacquainted with the nature of the materials to be handled and consequently are unfitted to meet the requirements of the case and are wasteful in operation. A few machines hawked about by traveling salesmen are sold under false pretenses to catch the ignorant pur- chaser. Not only the mechanism, but also the size of the machine is a point to be looked into. Some makers will sell for a forty or fifty-light machine one no larger than another will sell as a twelve or twenty-light. Scarcely anything can be determined from what the price lists say. There are a_ few good machines offered, buiit on correct principles and honestly constructed. While they are not as cheap as the take machines, some of the best can be obtained at a price quite reasonable, as they avoid the ex- pensive construction adopted by some other makers. Some builders still make the gener- ating chamber of boiler iron, which is an utteriy useless expense and even an added source of danger. The passage from the generating chamber to the gas holder should always be open and free (although this fact is overlooked by too many makers). When it is so made, the pressure in the generating chamber can not possibly be materially greater than it is in the gas holder. Then again, if there should be too much pressure in the generator, the worst thing to do is to try to hold it, for that only increases the danger of explosion. The more strongly an explosive mixture is con- fined, the greater is the destruction when it finally breaks away. Both econ- omy and safety favor the use of a gener- ating chamber of only ordinary thick- ness of material. Reliance can not always be placed on what is said by parties using a partic- ular machine. Purchasers are often slow to find out the defects of an ap- paratus and slowez yet to confess them- selves cheated. Then most dealers sell an agency to the first purchaser in a place, so that it is to his advantage to get others into the same boat with him- self. lf the purchaser can not apply the information given above as to the kinds of generators his best plan is to consult some one of known ability and reliability. I am doubtful as to whether any one particular kind of machine is best for all persons and places. I should prefer to have two or three de- signs to choose from. But best of all would be to build the machines in va- rious shapes to meet the requirements of the different premises to be lighted. It is well also to employ an expert in the installation of the apparatus. Most of the accidenis that have happened have occurred through the ignorance or carelessness of parties in handling the machine when first set up. Purchasers have had much annoyance and loss by reason of improper mounting of the ap- paratus or want of necessary instructions as to its management. The local pipe- fitter can do the work most cheaply, and is, of course, to be given the preference in ordinary work, but it is seldom that he has the necessary toois or knows how to make good work of it; at least, I have never seen a job put up in this way that a competent mechanic would acknowledge. The claim of manufac- turers that ‘‘any one can set up the ma- chine’’ is not true. I have known good mechanics to utterly fail and I can not recall an instance in which I have put up an apparatus without taxing my re- sources as a trained machinist to get it into such working order as I desired. W. WEAVER. + 6-@ — P. D. Armour’s Quick Wit. One day a man carrying a fuzzy little poodle under one arm entered Mr. Ar- mour’s office in Chicago and tried to talk ‘‘P. D.’’ into buying it. The price was exorbitant—$2oo for a useless toy poodle. Mr. Armour looked at the man, then at the dog, and back at the man again, and said: ‘‘No. The saus- age business must pick up considerably before I can pay so much for small dogs. Bring around a mastiff and I will talk with you.’’ On another occasion one of these self- confident young men who believe that all wealthy men have a tender spot for the man of nerve, and who do not _ hesi- tate to approach even the busiest men, made Mr. Armour a decidedly bold re- quest, which was_ promptly denied. Summoning up all the haughtiness at his command, the young man said, in a tone that was meant to crush Mr. Ar- mour: ‘‘Well, all I can say is that you are no gentleman.’’ ‘‘ Young man’’— with a cold, enigmatical smile—‘‘I’m a butcher. ’’ —_+_~+-4. His Help to Memory. A stranger dropped into one of the Woodward Avenue groceries the other day and enquired of the clerk if he had any nuts. The clerk answered in the affirmative. ‘‘What kind do you want?’’ he asked. ‘‘I don’t know. Just name them over to me, will you?’’ ‘Well, we have hickory nuts, pecans, beech, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, '’ and he rattled off a number of other varie- ties, but the stranger shook his head. ‘*Filberts,’’ suggested the clerk, ‘*No, something like that, but not fil- berts.’’ ‘‘ Butternuts?’’ The stranger smiled. ‘‘ That’s it, thank you. ‘*How many do you want?’’ asked the clerk, ‘I don't want any. I’ve been trying to think of the name of that street for ao hour and thought that would bea good scheme to help me out. I want to get = Butternut sireet. What car do I take?’’ Two Faced. **Shure, Mrs. Mulcahey, they do be a sayin, ma’am, thot yere a_ two-faced woman.’’ ‘‘Fwhat’s thot? Shure, I'll have ye arristed if ye say a thing loike thot forninst me!’’ ‘“Faith, Mrs. Mulcahey, ma’am, I didn’t say it at all! Why, I stood up for ye! I said it wasn't so, bekase, if ye had two faces, ye’d wear th’ other one moighty quick.’’ AMERICAN GARBIDE GO, Ut 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. THE “/ Owen Acetylene Gas Generator THE MOST SIMPLE AND COMPLETE DEVICE FOR GENERATING ACETYLENE GAS IN THE MARKET. ABSOLUTELY AUTOMATIC. To get Pure Gas you must have a Perfect Cooler and a Perfect Purifying Apparatus. We have them both and the best made. The Owen does perfect work all the time. Over 200 in active operation in Michigan. Write for Catalogue and particulars to GEO. F. OWEN & CO., COR. LOUIS ano CAMPAU STS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Also Jobbers of Carbide, Gas Fixtures, Pipe and Fittings. Here It Is! The Holmes Generator Just what you have been looking for. The latest, the best, the safest, the most durable and most sav- ing of carbide on the market. It has the improve- ments long sought for by all generator manu- facturers. No more wasted gas, no over heating, no smoke, no coals on burners. Only one-tenth as much gas escapes when charging as in former machines and you cannot blow it up. It’s safe, it’s simple. It is sold under a guarantee. You put the carbide in and the machine does the rest. It is perfectly automatic. A perfect and steady light at all times No flickering or going out when charged. Do not buy a Generator until you have seen this. You want a good one and we have it. It’s made for business. Fully approved by Board of Underwriters. Catalogue and_ prices cheerfully sent on application. Experienced acety- lene gas agents wanted. i imited territory for sale. Also dealers in Carbide, Fixtures, Fittings, Pipe. PEON GENERATOR Holmes-Bailey Acetylene Gas Co. Manton, Michigan. GOP DOP POP OOF FOSS FISTS FETED tht da do to Br A Bo Br bp By rt i > Ly Ly Ly A ny i Ly bp ai Lp Lp i tt th fi if A bo = eS = = _ 44 on yr 7 = F3 i ar \ = ws WE ARE THE PEOPLE Profiting by the experience of the numerous generators which have been put on the market during the past two years, we have succeeded in creating an ideal generator on entirely new lines, which we have designated as the TURNER GENERATOR If you want the newest, most economical and most easily operated machine, write for quotations and full particulars. TURNER & HAUSER, 121 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. State rights for sale. Acetylene Gas——- Makes the BRIGHTEST, PUREST, CHEAPEST, SAF EST and most CONVENIENT Light when made by the Crown Acetylene Gas Machine Write us for Catalogue and full particulars. Agents wanted. Crown Acetylene Gas Machine Co., Detroit, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Cuas. S. STevEeNs, Ypsilanti; Secre- tary, J. C. SauNDERs, Lansing; Treasurer, O. C. GouLD. Saginaw, Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, Jams E. Day, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans, Ann Arbor; Grand Secretary, G. S. VALMoRE, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W. S. West, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131. Senior Counselor, D. E. Kkyes; Secretary-Treas- urer, - BAKER. Regular meetings—First Saturday of each month in Council Chamber in MeMullen block. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Boyp PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OwEN, Grand Rapids. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, F. G. Truscort, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wrxson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. Post A (Lansing), Michigan Knights of the Grip, will bold its annual picnic at Pine Lake next Saturday. Frank Meyers has returned to his home in Lansing from a three months’ trip through Wisconsin and Minnesota in the interest of the Hugh Lyons Co. A. B, Gates has pulled the hair out of the left side of his head since he read the LeRoy item last week and is looking for that feliow who signs him- self Observer. The formation of so many trusts and combines has caused large corns and bunions to form on the few remaining traveling men and are beginning to be felt by the dealers and public at large. Geo. Bode, who has covered the trade of Western Michigan about three years for the Belding Shoe Co., made Grand Rapids headquarters last week while he worked the trade of the surrounding towns. A question of veracity lies between P. E. Dowe, President of the Commer- cial Travelers’ National League and General Solicitor Fuller, of the Ameri- can Tobacco Co. The former testified under oath at Washington last Saturday that the tobacco combine had thrown 3,000 salesmen out of employment. The latter, in Conversation with a represent- ative of the New York Commercial, recently declared that the corporation’s traveling force had not been reduced, but that on the contrary it is greater in the aggregate than it was under the old system. Walter Baker (Hanselman Candy Co. ) has been preparing his customers for the Glorious Fourth. The orders which he has sent in during the past two weeks would indicate that Walter is loaded with steam, electricity, magic, compressed air and gunpowder. The crack of his coat tails around the corner is but a signal and his samples are opened and his tongue is run by com- pressed air, his right forefinger by steam and his black eyes by electricity. June 30 Mr. Baker expects to take a trip to Rochester, N. Y., with his fam- ily for a two weeks’ vacation and rest and, on his return, be will zgain don the unseen forces with renewed energy. 8 Meeting of Merchants at Mackinac island. The editor of Mixed Stocks has is- sued a call for a meeting of retail mer- chants at Mackinac Island July 26, 27 and 28, to discuss and take action on some of the serious problems which now confront the legitimate dealer. He has asked the Tradesman to extend a cordial invitation to Michigan mer- chants to join in the conference, which request is very cheerfully complied with. The following selection irom the last issue of Mixed Stocks indicates one feature which will be considered at the meeting : It will not be long before large com- binations of capital wil! undertake in small cities, medium sized towns and villages what the department stores have already done in Chicago, New York and elsewhere. The centralizing, trade absorbing process, as exampled by Siegel, Cooper & Co., Marshall Field & Co., Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. and others, is too well known to need description. What these concerns have found easy and done so well in a retail way can be ap- plied to the distributing business of any town, and what is more to the point it will be so applied, and that, too, in the near future. That which is predicted will happen is logical, therefore in- evitable. Argument is worse than useless, senti- ment or opposition will count for noth- ing. There is but one thing for smail retailers to do. They must centralize. ‘* How shall we begin?’’ ‘‘Hasany one a plan to propose?’’ should be the first two questions; and having asked them, you should be willing, nay more, you should be filled with desire, to help answer them. If storekeeping is ever to become a public function, either through voluntary co-operation or by municipal political action, the quicker a’ merchant recog- nizes the situation the better it will be for him. You may think this is a thousand years or so too soon to be talking of this. You may be unwilling to think of your town doing its own storekeep- ing, ’cause you want to do it for them. You may not want to unite with others ina ‘‘trust,’’ or develop your business into a department store and thus be- come the whole thing. You may think ‘‘damn the editors of trade papers for arranging such a_ conference,’’ or ‘‘damn the bigger trusts for making it necessary,’ or ‘‘damn the Government for permitting such things to go on,’’ but that will not add one cubit to your stature. A few damns, uttered loud enough for your entire community to hear, may relieve you some and help to clarify your mental atmosphere, but you will get at the root of matters better by thinking about what you and other merchants may or must do to save your bacon. If you are to be at all promi- nent in helping to find the best way out, the way to begin wiil be to get the mer- chants of your town together for a friendly confab. Sooner or later you and they must unite or they must com- bine without you. Shall you attend the conference of merchants at Mackinac Isiand, July 26, 27 and 28? Will you act aS committee of one to notify other merchants of the meeting? A Sunday Opening at Hillsdale. From the Hillsdale Standard. A number of our business men have been in the habit of opening their stores Sunday mornings and this practice has grown from a little time originally for accommodation until some of them have lately kept open all day. This has led to considerable comment and last week the Council directed the Marshal to re- quest all storekeepers to close on Sun- day. This request was quite generally observed, much to the discomfiture of some of our citizens who were not aware of the new arrangement and had leit some of their purchases to be made on Sunday morning. It is probable that an arrangement will be made which will allow the stores to be open a short time Sunday mornings and closed the remainder of the day. —___+. 0. ___ Strong Minded. ‘Is be strong minded?’’ ‘*I should say so; he can read all the patent medicine advertisements and never think he has any of the synip- toms.’’ SOAP TRUST. No Probability of the Promoters’ Plans Materializing. From the Soap Gazette. In order to satisfy ourselves as to the truth or falsity of the newspaper reports relative to a soap trust, we recently wrote a personal letter to each firm mentioned as being absorbed by the combination. Of the twelve letters thus sent, we received nine replies, as fol- lows: Five factories stated that the infor- mation given us was confidential, as they do not wish their names connected with trusts or combinations in any way. Four firms write us open letters which we can publish if we desire, but we have concluded not to publish any let- ters or use any names in connection with the contradiction of the above re- ports, and therefore we give only ab- stracts from the letters. One firm writes as follows: ‘‘We wish to say emphatically that we are not ab- sorbed by any trust and the report has no foundation to it.’’ Another firm writes: ‘‘ Not one of our firm or any representative of our firm attended the reported meeting held in St. Louis; we are not absorbed by any combination and never will be.’’ Another firm writes: ‘‘We beg to notify you that there is no truth what- ever in the rumor, and the report is very much unfounded.’’ Another firm writes: ‘‘Our firm be- ing absorbed by a combination is ridic- ulous. We haveno use for promoters or brokers in the interest of trusts. They are the only ones who make any money by the combines; it is all profit to them.’’ Another firm writes: ‘‘We are not in any way interested in soap trusts. We attended a meeting last winter of a firm of promoters and fsaid then they could buy our factory at our price, but we would not join any combination. Our factory is not absorbed by the combina- tion; we are not in it.’’ Another firm writes: ‘‘We are not absorbed by any combination. We be- lieve the daily press agitation is done by the promoters to further demoralize the soap business so they can gain their point and frighten a few of the soap manufacturers into a combination of some kind."’ In fact, each of the nine firms deny the report now going the rounds of the daily press. In thus placing the facts before our readers in the expressed sentiments of the prominent firms whose names have been mentioned in connection with the matter we feel fthat it is hardly neces- sary for us to offer any opinions of our own; but we wiil suggest in a general way that no greater mistake is being made in the industrial world than this universal tendency to the formation of trusts and combinations, and that no greater evil menaces the general wel- fare and independence of manufactur- ers of soap and all other lines than that of having the individuality of a trade swallowed up in a great soulless combi- nation and the consequent loss of the higher personal ambitions of honorable competition and keen rivalry and efforts to surpass in the excellence of manufac- ture and in the achievements of new inventions and discoveries. A trust in- vents nothing, discovers nothing, seeks for no higher standard of excellence, no worthier code of industrial morals, but only to crush out competition, and each cat in the combination always thinks there is one cat too many. Our advice is: Keep out of the cat fight. —_—___> 2. ___ Quit Your Eating. Man treats his stomach worse than as if it belonged to adog. He loads it with sweets and sours and bitters, with fats and acids and oils; with miik and watermelon; lobster and cream; vine- gar and mayonnaise; vanilla ice cream and acidulous strawberries; sour wine and fizzing seltzer; the soft-shell crab and what the crab has been eating fried in oil or butter that has never known cream; and at intervals swallows scalding hot coffee and pours down the same way ice-cold ice water. And so man gets sick. No animal could swal- low the same doses and keep well. When a sane man gets sick he sends for a doctor. The doctor does not like to apply a stomach pump to relieve glut- tony, aS in an emergency case of poisoning ; but he works on the line of assisting nature in unloading the over- burdened stomach, and illness is re- moved. We pity the poor people who do not get enough to eat; but we can not quite bring ourselves up to the standard of pitying the millions of men who are eating too much, The power to eat less and be well is with them. It has been shown that the too fat may be- come comfortably thin without courting death and destruction through the Bant- ing system. Go without eating and give your stomach a chance, and you are cured. This is for those who eat and drink too much. Those who need build- ing up must take more nourishing food and more stimulating drink than usual. ‘““Man, know thyself.’’ Be neither a fool nor a hog. Be a friend to your stomach, and it will stand by you while life lasts. If you are a burden unto yourself because you have superfluous flesh, the surest way to get rid of it is to eat nothing. That is the only pre- scription which offers a sure remedy. 4-2. Good Mottoes for Window Cards. Here are some good mottoes tor win- dow cards. They are just as important to the well dressed window as are the goods you display. Pertinent window cards frequently convey ideas which stick in the Lead after the casual gazer has passed on, and the following are calculated to so stick: A small price and high value are what we offer. Damaged goods go at your price. Our shelves are kept up to date. If you don’t see it, tell us. We'll have it to-morrow. We cater to the millionaire’s taste at the poor man’s prices. Bargains talk znd make you talk. The store across the street is all right, but we try to surpass it. Don’t be suited too soon—we are in no hurry. We would rather spoil a sale than have a purchase disliked. We can make mistakes, but we hasten to unmake them. We simply won't be outsold. We ask for hints that will enable us to please you. Your pleasure here is the secret of our success. Goods well made help our trade. What profits you helps us, ——>_ 4 ___ It is the biggest kind of an insult to offer a small sum of money as a bribe. TRAVEL VIA F.& P. M. R. R. AND STEAMSHIP LINES TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN H. F. MOELLER, a. a. P. a. Taggart, Knappen & Denison, PATENT ATTORNEYS 811-817 Mich. Trust Bidg., - Grand Rapids + Patents Obtained. Patent Litigation Attended To in Any American Court. REMODELED HOTEL BUTLER Rates, $1. I..M. BROWN, PROP. Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., LANSING. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1899 Gro. GunpDRvUM, Ionia - - - Dec. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - - Dec. 31, 1901 Henry Herm, Saginaw - - - Dec. 31, 1902 Wirt P. Dory, Detroit - : Dec. 31, 1803 President, Gzo. GuNDRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. ScoumMACHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY Heim, Saginaw. Examination Sessions. Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30. Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8. STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIA™ION. President—J. J. SouRWINE, Escanaba. Secretary, CHas. F. Mann, Detroit. Treasurer—JoHN D. Murs, Grand Rapids. Some Ways Not To Draw Soda. Irrespective of all that has been said anent careful and cleanly soda dispens- ing, sloppy soda drawing is still a real- ity. ‘‘Sloppy’’ sounds like vulgar dic- tion, but it expresses just what we mean. It seems on the verge of para- doxical to say that it is mostly among ‘‘experienced’’ soda dispensers that we find this style of serving in vogue. We say experienced, because this is the term conferred upon these attendants of which we speak. They are supposed to be what the term implies, either be- cause of their own assertions, or those of their employers, or because of the posi- tions they occupy before the fountains of the most prominent and _ influential stores. Many of these men are in trutb clever and dexterous dispensers, with a fund of knowledge relative to the in- tricacies of the fountain and the manip- ulation of appetizing drinks; but some of them permit their learning to cast a shadow over their work. They become careless and indifferent in their adept- ness. These ‘‘experienced’’ dispensers ap- pear to believe that all the appurte- nances of the fountain are subservient to their will and that everything should act accordingly. A glass supported somewhere ciose to the soda faucet should catch the flowing stream, and the pendant waterfall tossed from a glass should never fail to pass entirely into another held in the opposite hand. But neither of these things always happens. Some dispensers will hold three glasses in the greeting hand, under the faucet, turn on the flow with the left, and, while the stream continues, twist the glasses about so that each in turn is partly or wholly filled and much has run over the sides of the glasses and the hand of the operator. Nothing inviting about this! Others will run the faucet key with a jerk that sends a rush of water into the glass which, uniting with the syrup therein, is sufficient to foam the whole over the brim of the glass. Another erring practice is the hasty dropping of a finished drink into a holder. Be one as skillful as he may, in this act he takes grave chances. The foam may be tossed into the lap of a patron or over his clothes, or the hoider may be inadvertently chosen and prove a fit for a larger glass, which causes the latter to strike the marble slab heavily; or a glass may become so tightly wedged in the holder as to cause the former to crack when attempt is made to dislodge it. Nothing in these acts to induce a man to say, ‘‘I’ll take another!’’ You may indignantly exclaim that these er- rors only occur occasionally. Well, in your store they may; but remember please that the observations from which these notes were taken were not limited to one pharmacy nor yet to those of one town. Moreover, if they did occur but seldom would it not be far better if they never happened at all? Any reason why they should exist? As a remedy for these fountain blun- ders we would suggest the subjoined prescription to be used by the offend- ers: R_ Attention, Care, Consideration, Common sense, 44 q. s. to pro- duce a harmonious mixture. Sig.—Dissolve in a generous quantity of the study of human nature. Drink copiously of the draught until the in- gredients have become absorbed into the system and have formed a quota-of Nature’s gifts. While the average man desires to be served with despatch he doesn’t partic- ularly care about his soda being hustled to him as a telegram might be. Soda water is seldom drunk as beer is by the American. The straws on the soda slab prove this. A man doesn’t enter the soda department with thoughts of a whiff and a toss. Many are the times when soda is served in too much haste. It may be prepared well, but when a customer conceives the notion that cor- rectness is not consistent with so much hurry he becomes skeptical, and may even imagine that what is really a fine drink is not up to the standard. Let a barber be too quick in trimming a man's hair, and at once the victim begins to worry for fear it doesn’t look well be- hind. At a popular fountain it is of course often necessary to serve drinks as quick- ly as possible to accommodate the press- ing wants, but the opposite is usually the case. Speed in this work should be governed by time and circumstances. When soda trade is moderate—at all times— it is better to be slow and deliber- ate in dispensing than to show an incli- nation to dispose of the matter as hastily as possible. This also applies to the favorite fountain when patrons are few. No one spending money cares to be treated in an offhand give-me-your-coin- and-go style. Especially is this true of women. It might be better to allow some thirsty man to wait and give a woman her soda with frills. Regulate your manner of drawing soda by your position and by current events. And if you employ an ‘‘experienced’’ clerk of the kind which we mentioned early in this screed, hand him the prescription herein given and see that he adminis- ters it regularly.--Joseph Hostelley in Bulletin of Pharmacy. oe The Drug Market. Opium—Is very firm and has ad- vanced in the primary market, with a small advance here. Morphine—Is unchanged, Quinine—Is firm at unchanged prices. Cinchonidia—Has further advanced, on account of small stocks. Alcohol—Competition between jobbers continues and retailers are getting the benefit of about cost prices, Cocaine—On account of the scarcity and higher price of cocoa leaves, is in a very firm position and an advance is expected. Menthol—Has been advanced on ac- count of higher prices in primary mar- ket. Naphthaline Balls—Are again scarce and prices have been advanced. Essential Oils—Anise is firm and prices are advancing. Cassia is weak and lower. Orange is slightly higher, Peppermint is very firm in view of short crop. How the Druggist Came to Believe in Providence. M. Quad in American Druggist. I don’t know that there is any partic- ular bond of sympathy between reporters and druggists, but somehow they always find each other out. In other words, the reporter who has a street assign- ment on his paper always takes in some one drug store on his rounds, the same as he calls at hotels, ferry docks, the city hall and the morgue. In the halcyon days I used to take in the People’s Drug Store, and Mr. Sykes, the proprietor, always had a welcome for me. If items were plenty 1'd let Mr. Sykes off easy, but if there was nothing doing I'd de- mand that he help me out. It wasa dead easy thing, with the proprietor back of me, to write up a column arti- cle about a frenzied woman rushing into the store and calling for poison, owing to family troubles, and now and then we’d have a young man who was madly in love dash into the People’s and swallow a sponge or a tooth-brush and dash out again to choke to death in some lonely alley. I got some rare ‘*scoops’’ around that drug store, and all of them helped to advertise the place to its benefit, and that was the reason | kept quiet on Mr. Sykes He wasa man of mistakes, but he was also under the special care of Providence. Very early in my acquaintance with Mr. Sykes I found him to be an absent- minded man. I was loafing about the store when he put up a prescription for a farmer. The farmer had been gone with his medicine a quarter of an hour when Mr. Sykes suddenly exclaimed: **Say now, but I made a mistake in that prescription, and whoever takes it will be dead before morning! Get out on the street, will you, and see if you can find the man.”’ I searched up and down for half an hour, but could not find the farmer. There was no saying where he lived and a telephone to:the doctor who wrote the prescription found him out. I was high- iy excited over the case, but Mr. Sykes was otherwise. **Oh, well, it can’t be helped, ’’ he said as our efforts failed. ‘‘Of course, I didn’t mean to make the mistake, but as long as it was made I must depend on Prov- idence to see me through. ’’ Providence took right hold of the business. In driving home the farmer had to cross the railroad tracks in the suburbs and he reached them just in time to be caught up by the evening express and meet his death under the wheels. About the only thing in his whole outfit which wasn't broken was that bottle of medicine, but I managed to bust it while the coroner was getting his jury together. The label was an ‘‘ad.’’ for the People’s Drug Store, and it was béyond the power of anyone to say that any mistake had been made. I looked to see Mr. Sykes elated over the outcome, but he wasn’t. ‘‘He might possibly have got home and taken that medicine and gone dead of it,’’ he explained, referring to the farmer, ‘‘but the chances were that Providence would interfere somewhere. It did, as you see, and the case came out all right.’’ One evening, as we sat talking, a woman entered and asked for quinine. The drug was put up, and it was twenty minutes later when Mr. Sykes quietly observed : ‘I believe I gave that woman mor- phine in place of quinine. Yes, I am quite sure I did.’’ ‘*And what will you do about it?’’ I asked as I jumped up. ‘*What canI do? She was a stranger, and I can’t locate her. I must simply depend upon Providence to help me out.’’ I offered to go out on the street and race up and down in the hope that I might possibly overtake the woman. Mr. Sykes said I could take the troubie if I didn’t feel too tired, and I went out. I hadn’t gone three blocks down the street when I discovered the woman. She had fallen on an icy corner and broken her leg, and a small crowd was around her waiting for the ambulance. She had dropped the little packet in the gutter as she fell, and I found frag- peserecapeeeenepere a nraeeatormnrroeenet ments of the paper under the heels of a policeman. My friend Mr. Sykes was safe, but as I swung my hat in one hand and patted him on the back with the other he calmly remarked : ‘*Yes, it’s a good thing, but I wasn't worrying over it. You can always trust Providence to do the right thing at the right time.”’ I wasn’t in the store, one night two months later, when a woman came in and asked for strychnine to poison rats. She had been gone ten minutes when I turned up, and ten more had passed when Mr. Sykes musingly said: ‘‘T sold a woman strychnine a few minutes ago, and it just occurs to me that she had no prescription and that I asked her no questions. I didn’t even take her address. She said she wanted it for rats, but I shouldn’t wonder if she contemplated suicide.’’ ‘‘Well, you are in for it this time,’’ I answered. ‘*Yes, it looks that way, but you can never tell. I shall depend upon Provi- dence as usual.’’ I didn’t go to bed that night, but waited around police headquarters for a suicide report to come in. At four o’clock in the morning word came of a death by accident. A woman had been pushed down stairs by her drunken hus- band, and the fall had broken her neck. I hurried to the scene with the police, and the husband had recovered suffi- ciently to explain: ‘‘I didn’t mean to push her, you know. She had a powder ina paper and was going to take it, but I got it away and threw it into thestove. Then she pitched into me, and it was in keeping her off that I pushed too hard.’’ Mr. Sykes had escaped again. I was at the store waiting for him when he came down, ‘ut he cut my congratula- tions short and threw ice-water on my enthusiasm by saying: **Fell and broke her neck, did she? I had an idea that she might throw away the poison and jump into the river, but she did just as well. Providence works these things out after its own fashion.’’ In the six years I knew Mr. Sykes he made at least a dozen mistakes, and only in one instance did Providence seem inclined to desert him. He put . something into a prescription which came near ending a man’s life. The man’s wife came rushing down to the store with the bottle in her hand to de- mand an explanation and Mr. Sykes confessed to her that he might have sub- stituted something, although, of course, he was very sorry if he had. She threat- ened a suit for damages and started off for the family doctor, and I entered the store just as she left. When the drug- gist explained what had happened I told him that his career was ended and ad- vised him to jump for Canada. **Well, I dunno,’’ he calmly replied. “*It looks as if I was in a tight box, but one can never tell what Providence will do for him. I guess I'll take chances. ’’ He was wiser than I, The woman reached the doctor’s house with the bot- tle, but as she ascended the steps to ring the bell a hoodlum on the opposite side of the street hit her in the head with a cucumber, and in her sudden start she dropped the bottle and smashed ber case forever. I believe the doctor and Mr. Sykes had some sort of an ex- planation, in which Mr. Sykes came out ahead, but the woman never patron- ized the drug store again ; but Mr. Sykes wasn't half jubilant over his escape. I got indignant with him because he wasn't, but he handed me a cigar and replied : “Try one of my new brand of five- centers. They beat some of the tens you find around and, as I’ve often said to you, Providence is a nice thing. I don’t know how I could keep store with- out it.’’ ——_->-0>—___ Roots—Ipecac is in very small supply and has again advanced, with higher prices looked for. Seeds—Canary has been again ad- vanced and is tending higher. Linseed Oil—Has been advanced twice in the past week, the latest ad- vance being 2c on the Ioth. Steere eee NRE ES MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘-° WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Declined— Acidum Conium Mac........ 35@ 50| ScilleCo............ @ 50 Aceticum............ 8 6@8 8 pa aang ee ee i 5@ 135) Folutan......... ... @ 50 Benzoicum, German 70@ 1% Cu es 90@ 1 00} Prunus virg......... @ 50 Boracic.............. @ 16| Exechthitos ....... 1 00@ 1 10 Tiectaces Carbolicum ......... 20@ 41| Erigeron............ 1 00@ 1 10| Aconitum NapellisR 60 Citricum ............ 48@ 50| Gaultheria..... .... 1 40@ 1 45} Aconitum Napellis F 50 Hydrochlor......... 3@ 5] Geranium, ounce... @ 7%] Aloes sige 60 Nitrocum. ......... 8@ 10| Gossippii,Sem.gal.. 50@ 60| Aloesand Myrth.. 60 Oxalicum ........... 12@ 14|Hedeoma..... ..... 125@ 135| Amica... ss... 50 Phosphorium, dil... @ 15|Junipera............ 150@ 200] Assatmtida 50 Salicylicum. ........ 50@ 6; | Lavendula.......... %@ 2 00| Atrope Belladonna 60 Sulphuricum........ 1%@ 5| Limonis............. 1 2°@ 1 35) Auranti Cortex..... 50 Tannicum .......... 1 25@ 1 40 | Mentha Piper....... 1 60@ 2 20) Benzoin......... 171) 60 Tartaricum.......... 38@ 40| Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60| Benzoin Co..... 1" 50 Ammonia ee gal ore aa ee ; 08@ 1 a Barosma.. i ; i l | i / i 50 POOP Me rere eas 4 5 : j hi Aqua, 16 deg........ er 9 Carbonas............ 12@ 14} Picis Liquida, gal... @ 35|Cardamon Co... % Chloridum.......... ioe «4 Kicim SQ 10 Castor = 1 00 Anilice Rosmarini........... @ 1 00| Catechu...1.27777777 50 2 2 95 Rose, ounce........ 6 50@ 8 50/ Cinchona... 1.” = Black... ... ........ 00@ Nueces 0q@ 45 Cinchona Co i 60 oe. 6 ClO aa 50 15@ ns 250@ 700|Cubeba. .2121177 50 Kena ? 50@ 3 00 | Sassafras...0.0011.1) ” 55@ 60 | Cassia Acutifol..| 50 oe ess., ounce. @ _ 65| Cassia Acutifol Co | 50 B@ 15 po ee 1 70@ 1 80 Disttalis . 50 6@ The eee = ' - Ergot... 50 *=@ | Theobromas |.) 21”. — Soe 3 5 Potassium pocrerag Ce 60 Bi-Carb............ ie 62 50 ee ss --- @ 275 | BI 5@ Guiaca ammon 60 eg 50 | Bichromate ......... ES 6)... Erving — i a 55 | Bromide............. 5'@ 57 — a 50 eee Carb................ 12@ 15| todine colociong = Cortex Chlorate..po. 17@i9e 16@_18| King’? COlotiess..... ® Abies, Canadian.... 18} Cyanide............. “a Sita 50 aN 13 | Iodide $96 2S8\n = Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30 wae ECE ae = Euonymus atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com @ 15] Opi “a = Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt... 10@ 12 Opii, eam es ated. : 50 Prunus Virgini...... 12 | Potass Nitras........ 10@_ il Oil’ ana sa ay ' Quillaia, gr’d....... 12| Prussiate....... .11) W@ 2 ates orized. .. 50 Sassafras...... po. 18 12} Sulphate po ........ 15@ 18 a. - Ulmus.. -po. 16, gr'd - Radix a 50 Extractum Aconitvm 0U@ awe 50 lycyrrhiza Glabra. 25 eS 2 25 | Serpentaria ......... Guepahien. Po... ae 30| Anchusa... ......._. 0 12| Stromonium ........ 60 Hematox,15lbbox. 1@ 12|Arumpo...... ...._ @ 25| Tolutan.............. 60 Heematox,1s........ 13@ 14| Calamus .......17.77 20@ 40| Valerian..........., 50 Hematox, %s....... 14@ 15| Gentiana.... po. 15 12@ 15| Veratrum Veride... 50 Heematox, 348....... 16@ 17} Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18| Zingiber............. 20 Ferru = —— ——— @ = mis Tliscellaneous rastis Can., . ther, . Nit. eerie eae -. 15| Hellebore,Alba,po.. 18 20| Hither, Sis Nikge BGS Citrate and Quinia.. 225] Inula, po.......... 15@ 20| Alumen ; 24u@ 3 Citrate Soluble...... 7% | Ipecac, po....... .. 4 %@ 5 00} Alumen ‘gro’d..po. 7 43 4 hice sor mg 40| Iris plox....po35@38 3@ 40| Annatto... > 40@ 50 Solut. Chioride..... 15 | Jalapa, pr........... 2@ 30] Antimoni, po...) 4@ 5 Sulphate, com’! ie 2] Maranta, \%s........ @ 35| AntimonietPotassT 40@ 50 = —_ 1, by “ Podophyllum, po.... @@ 25] Antipyrin.......... @ 3 Pare ineecires + OE oo eee, Antiftebrin .......... Sulphate, pure ..... 7| Rhei, cut... 2000227! — i 95 Argenti Nitras, oz .. $ 30 Flora Rhei, pv........ ... %@135| Arsenicum........_. 10@_ 12 rage 2@ 14 SpIsCHa. 8 35@ 38) BalmGilead Bud... 38@ 40 Anthemis........... 22@ | Sanguinaria...po.15 @ 18| Bismuth §.N. ..... 1 40@ 1 50 Matricaria 30@ 35 — ee 40@ 45 prema ply Ig.. @ a ae MMOH cee ss 45 | Calcium Chlor., %s. Polla Similax,officinalis H “— 40 | Calcium Chlor., a g 32 Barosma............. 30 | Smilax, M........... @ %/ Cantharides, Rus.po @ Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Seilis.......... po.35 10@ 12] Capsici Fructus, af. @ nevelly...... ..... 18@ 25] Symplocarpus, Feeti- Capsici Fructus, po. @ Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 2@ 30 @08, PO. @ 2%| Capsici FructusB,po @ 15 Salvia officinalis, %s_ . Valeriana,Eng.po.30 @ 2%5| Caryophyllus. ipo. 5 2@ 14 Sn 468.000. 63S. 12@ 20] Valeriana, German. 15@ 20| Carmine, No. 40..... @ 3 00 Ure Ure... 5.2... 8@ 10)| Zingibera........... 12@ 16|CeraAlba........... 50@ 55 Gummi Zingiber j. ......... 2@ 27 oo rea 0@ 42 OCeHe 40 Acacia, ist picked.. @ 6 a Cassia Fructus... _. g 33 Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 45/Anisum.......po.15 @ 12/Centraria........”. @ 10 Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 35|Apium (graveleons) 13@ 15] Getaceum.......|..”’ @ Acacia, sifted sorts. @ Bi Berdts.. 4@ 6!/Chloroform.. | ”’ 50@ 53 Acacia, po....... 60@ 80|Carui.......... 10@ _ 12| Chloroform,squibbs @ 1 10 Aloe, Barb. po.18@20 12@ 14} Cardamon........... 1 25@ 1 7% | Chioral Hyd Crst 1 65@ 1 90 oe, Cape ....po. 1 @ 12{|Coriandrum......... 8@ _10| Chondrus. ll 200@ 5 Aloe, Socotri..po.40 _@ 30 | Cannabis Sativa.... 4%@ 5 | Cinchonidine P&W 35@ 45 Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60 an Biicceine - %@ 100) Cinchonidine, Germ 2@ 42 Assafcstida....po.30 28@ 30) Chenopodium ...... 10@_ 12) Cocaine...... i 3 80@ 4 00 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55 | Dipterix Odorate... 1 40@ 1 50| Corks, list, dis. pr.ct. 70 Catechu, 1Is.......... @ 13| Feniculum......... @ 10/Creosotum..... @ B Catechu, %8......... @ 14| Fonugreek, po...... 7@ = 9) Creta...... 2. bbl. 8 =8@ 2 Catechu, ¢s......... @& 6) ie -......... 3%@ 4% | Creta, prep..... .... @ 5 Camphore . .... 55@ 69| Lini, grd....bbl.3% 4@ 4% | Creta, precip...’ %@ 11 Euphorbium..po. 35 10 | Lobelia ............. 35@ 40! Creta, Rare Le @ 8 Gafbanum Beas ous @ 1 00| Pharlaris Canarian. 34@ 4 moans 18@ 20 Gamboge po........ 65@ 70| Rapa............... 4%@ 5 aa a. s Guaiacum..... po @ __ 30| Sinapis Albu........ 9@ 10) CupriSulph..... 2... 6%4@ 8 Oc, po. 83.0 @3 00} Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12] Dextrine.....22..1'1. 10@ 12 a settee enone a g 7 Spiritus Bikes Sul a _ % poe eess gues pe. Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50| “™ery, all numbers a a a * a . 2 Frumenti, D. F. R.. 2 00@ 2 25 ae Pies P 305 a Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 | Frumentl .... qr 123150) witke Waite Pf i; aie C0... ae ‘Tragacanth 50 80 | Juniberis Go: 0. T.. 1 G@ 2 00 | Galta @ B eae ens a hahaa esas Herba Saacharum Noi...” 1 90@ 2 10 cee es : 3 f. Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli...... 1 %@ 6 50 Gelatin’ Frevch "358 60 Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto......... 1 25@ 2 00 Glassware. fli aa 7 & 10 ieee. oz. pkg 95 | Vini Alba........... 1 25@ 200) “Tess than oa v 70 Menthe Pip. oe. Dke 2 Sponges Glue, brown... @ 2 eae Florida sheeps’ wool Glue, white... 1 25 = mem pre = carriage. ee 2 50@ 2 75 | Glycerina..... H@ 2 Tanacetumv oz. — 92 | Nassau sheeps wool Grana Paradisi .... @ B cee Yon oes 55 | _carriage........... 2 00@ 2 25| Humulus........ -. 2@ 55 y Pee ee Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chlor Mite @ 90 Magnesia. wool, carriage..... @ 1 50 Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ 80 Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60| Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @ 1 00 Carbonate, Pat...... 2@ 22 wool. carriage.... @ 1 25| Hydraag Ammoniati @ 1 15 Carbonate,K.&M.. 20@ 25| Grass sheeps’ wool, ee a=. = — EE oe cin as oie ial asia cates fe — oe oo Hard, for slate use.. g 7% |Ichthyobolla,Am... 6@ 7 Oleum Yellow Reef, for bidiggs 3 7@ 1 00 Absinthium......... 4*0@475| slate use.......... @ 1 40| Iodine, Resubi...... 3 60@ 3 70 Amygdale, Dulc.... 30@ 50 Todoform....... .... @ 4 20 Amygdale, Amare . 8 00@ 8 25 Syrups Lupalin............ @22 — : 1 85@ 2 00| Acacia.......... . @ 50| Lycopodium ........ oe 59 Auranti Cortex..... 2 40@ 250} AurantiCortes...... @ 50| Macis ee vb) Be Reece cu esu se 2 80@ 2 90 | Zingiber....... ..... @ 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy Cations... 22-2... 75@ 80|Ipecac......... @ 60! drargiod.......... a B Caryophylli......... 7 80 | Ferrilod..... ...... @ 50| LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 Gedar. : ae 65 | Rhei Arom @ 50] Magnesia, Sulph.... 2a «C8 Chenopadii......... @ 2 75| Smilax Officinalis... 50@ 60 | Magnesia, Sulph,bb! @ \*% Cinnamonii......... 1 4C@ 1 50 | Senega..........-... @ | Mannia,S.F....... 50@ 60 Cutsronelle . 40@ 45| Secille......... @ %|Menthol. .. .... ce 300 Morphia, S.P.& W... 2 20@ 2 45 | Sinapis.............. @ 18) Linseed, pure raw.. 40 43 Morphia, S.N.Y.Q.& Sinapis, opt.... : @ 30} Linseed, boiled..... 4l 44 C. Cee. g 2 10@ 2 35 | Snuff, Maccaboy, De Neatsfoot, winterstr 65 70 Moschus Canton.... G St Voe.............. @ Spirits Turpentine.. 44 50 wa won No. as = . oe ees ' S = ux Vomica...po. a Boras.......... Os Sepia... = 18@ 20) Soda Boras, po::--- 9 @ Mt Paints BBL. 1B epsin Saac, H. & P. oda et Potass Tart. Red Venetian... ... 1% 2 a @ 1 00 | Soda, Carb......... 1) | Gun yeame aa. Ge 2 Picis Liq. N.N.% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb......._ 3@ 5! Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3 oe @ 2 00| Soda, Ash...... 3%@ 4 Putty, commercial.. 2 2%@3 Picis Liq., quarts.... @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas.. : @ . 2| Putty, strictly pure. Fig 2%@3 Picis Liq., pints..... @ 85 | Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 80 | Vermilion rime Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50| Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55] American.......... 15 Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18|Spt. Myrcia Dom... @ ? 00 Vermilion, English. % Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30| Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ Green, Paris ........ 134%@ 17% Piix Burgun........ @ 7| Spts. Vini Rect.4bbl @ Green, Peninsular.. 13@ 16 Plumbi Acet........ 10@ 12 | Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ Lead, Red........... 5X@ 6% Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20] Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ Lead, white......... 5K@ 634 Pyrethrum, boxes H. Whiting, whiteSpan @ 70 P.D.Co., doz... | @ 1 25| Strychnia, Crystal... 1 20@1 35| whiting, gilders... @ 0 Pyrethrum, pv...... 25@ 30/ Sulphur, Subl....... 2%@_ 4 | white, Paris Amer.. @ 100 Quassiv........ ... 8@ 10} Sulphur, Roll.... . 2%4@3% Whiting, Paris Eng. Quinia, . = &W.. = 2 eee aa ot on » cliff ...... @ 1 40 uinia, S.German.. £@, ‘ereben omiee... Za Wi tatcamal Piescccd Guinie, NY. + 8@ 48) Theobrome....... 5 0, on + a ubia Tinctorum... 12@ 14| Vanilla.............. SaccharumLactis py | 18@ 20) Zinel Suiph....2--" 7@ 8 — INCE 3 Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50 Oils eae : oS : = apo, W............. 2@ 14 BBL. @AL. | Coach Body......... 2 7%@ 3 00 Sapo, M.... ......... 10@ 12/ whale, winter....... 70 %0|No.1Turp Furn.... 1 00@ 1 10 Sapo, G........... .. @ 15) Lard, extra......... 50 60] Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22] Tard) No.1.......... 35 40|Jap.Dryer,No.iTurp 70@ 75 OFFICE OF A. DK KRUIB, DRUGGIST. Sot eek Ae 2. Dhaai ~ ether 1899 Weare naturally gratified to receive such unso- licited testimonials to our promptness in filling m m orders, which are a matter of every day occurence. 20 ' MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. It is im- possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. 1 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 AXLE GREASE. BLUING. CLOTHES LINES. doz. gross Cotton, 40 ft, per doz.......1 0 Aurore. ..............25 68 NDEN. Cotton, 50 ft, per dos.......1 20 cose = ee > : = on Cotton, 60 ft, per doz ee i 20 NT ECBO otton, t, per dos....... Recra............%9 908 - Cotton, 80 ft, per dox.......1 80 TxL Golden, tin boxes75 900) “SR P Jute. ft per doz......... 8 [lica, tin boxes........ 5 9 00 nd a es Jute 72° par fog,,........ eo 55 6 00 RosnnosoneT 90 COCOA. BAKING POWDER. | UI James Epps & Co.'s. Absolute. Boxes, 71D8.......000.. 200202 40 ” = cans — ee eee = — : _ Se eee eee z Cases, 16 boxes.. ......-....- 38 % lb ams doz............. arge, 2doz.......... a Ib can dos...... 1 5A BROOTFIS. ee = SHELLS. es Acme. So. 1 Gaerpes................ 2 30 Less —as.......c..- 3 34 1b Cane 3 dox............ we | No, 2 Carpet......... .....- 2 15| Pound packages........ 4 ¥ lb Cana 3 dos............ 75 | No. 3 Carpet..........-....- 1 85 CREAF TARTAR Tb cans i dos............ 1 «) | No. 4 Carpet................ 145 : aa. = Buik..................-...-. 10] Parlor Gem ...........-..+- 2 50 | 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes..... Arctic Common WhiskK............ 95 | Bulk in sacks.... .......0.....- 29 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........ Sco 100) CONDENSED MILE. CANDLES. foot 4 doz in case. | 88 i ” = Borden Kagle........ : = i En Pa. ee es Ste oe coe ee oee eee een : Daisy Co aa 5 Wicking...... .... .........99 oe cores ; = i c=. — 2s Columbia, pints.......... 2 00 Dime 2 35 ColMEPICAEESE "| COUPON BOOKS. 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Limburger.........- @ 13 | 1,000 ee a 1p cans per dos......... «% Pineapple..........+- 50 @ % cemete rd 1 % ib cans per dos ........ 1 20| Sap Sago.........-.- @ 7 ae a ee ws Bulk eid 5 500 books, any denom ‘11 50 ——. — oa y | 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 +q lb cans 4 dox care 35 CHOCOLATE. redit Checks. ¥ lb cans 4 doz case ..... 55 Walter Baker & Co.'s. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1b cans 2 doz case ..... 90] German Sweet ......... ea 23 | 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 ° ae 35 | 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 J A > Lo) N Breakfast Carca 46 | Steel punch. .........-.--- 5 don = canta Rate rorepreseat ny lb cans, 4 doz case..... 45 an be made to repr 1b cans, 4dozcase...... 85 =" i denomination from 810 down. lb cans, 2 doz case...... 1 60 ee 9 20 books ....-.-------+-- aaa eas ee 2 00 Jersey Cream. Wooo nen ce cetoerincnn anes a... 3 00 1 lb. cans, per doz.......... SO pame So £5 9 oz. cans, per doz.......... 13 Gaiden . 10 00 6 oz. Cans, per d0z.......... 85 | Peaberry .....- ee Cee eee 14 1000 books...... .-------+- 17 50 Our Leader. . i Ib ae 45 — a “ DRIED Sw Cans. . I Ee wen nine ae wo ee cones cerns Ib cans... ...- __.... 1 69] Prime .......- eee Ce ee = ~ spares Se Si Feertess. Peaberry ......----- --++eees- po! uke Soe 1 lb. Cans ....... 85 Maracaibo. A Q15 een Flake Prime ..... ...-csc0eescese oe 15 3 oz., 6 doz. Gase............ 270 | Milled. .... _ .--eeeer sere eres 17 e 6 oz., 4 doz. case .. 320 a. 26 10 @il 9 os., 4 doz. case............ 4 80 | Interior... .......----seeeee eee P © 1 Th., 2 dos. case...........- 4 00| Private Growth..........----- 30 | Pears 1% 5 Ib., 1 = Sex See 9 00 mamas eee eee 35 a 70 | Imitation .......-..05---. eee 22 Raspherries....-- ca Baglish. - oe . se Arabian . ...........--.......28 100-120 2 Ib boxes. ...... @4 Tomatoes ......... 80@ 90 | Clark-Jewell-WellsCo.’s Brands 90-100 25 Ib boxes....... @5 Corn .... 80@1 00| Fifth Avenue..... .....++- 29 80 - 90 25 Ib boxes......- @ 5% ee 80 Jewell’s Arabian Mocha. ...29 = = = > —— sense $ en Beans, Limas.......... 70@1 30 | Wells’ Mocha and Java.....24 50-60 = 1b ecsenng @8 Beans, Wax........... 90 Wells’ Perfection Java..... 24 40.50 1b —— . ae — — ae = = es eee = >... $ eans, DAaked......... 5@1 StL Hiend...... . 18 | BW-80 20 1D DUAE..-...-- Beans, Red Kidney... 0 gs | Valley City Maracaibo......18%| %¢ cent less in 50 1b cases Succotash............. 95@1 20 | Ideal Blend.............--+. . Rateins- sin ee 50@ 85 | Leader a -. ...- 18% | London — 7 Peas, French..... .... 22 ° York London Layers a Pumpkin ............. 5 Below are given New York | Cluster 4 Crown.. ....-.. Mushroom ...... ....- 15@ 22| prices on package coffees, to | Loose Muscatels 29Crown 5 Peaches, ‘Pie .......... 100 .» which the wholesale dealer| Loose Muscatels3Crown 6 Peaches, Fancy 1 40 adds the local freight from| Loose Muscatels4Crown 7 sao. gallons....... @3 2:| New York to your shipping | L. M., Seeded, choice..... 8 ee 90 point, giving you credit on the | L. M , Seeded, fancy...... % Peat ae invoice for the amount of FOREIGN. Pineapple, grated.....1 75 2 40| freight buyer pays from the Citron. Pineapple, sliced...... 133 225| market in which he purchases | yoghorn ..... aa ee Farren....1 70 to his shipping point, including | Corsican..........--++++-+ @12 Strawberries ... -1 10 weight of package, also ¥c a icine Blackberries - 80 pound. In 601b. cases the list Pa bbls . @ 5% Raspberries . 85 is 10c per 100 lbs. above the a —- bulk sence ceeeeee @6 Oysters, 1-Ib. . & price in full cases. fae aa a ae @ 6% Oysters, 2-lb... ..1 50 Acheekto -.. 2. 10 50 eaned, packages.....--- Salmon, flats, key..... 1 70 Jersey.... nee acne ee 10 50 Peel. Salmon, % Ib. flats.... 90 “tcLeaghiin’s XXXX.__..- Citron American 101b bx @13 Salmon, Red Alaska..1 25 McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to| Lemon American 10 Ib bx @10% Salmon, Pink Alaska.. 90 retailers only. Mail all orders | Orange American 101b bx @10% Lobsters, 1-Ib. Star....3 20 direct to W. F. McLaughlin & Raisins. Lobsters, 2-Ib. Star....3 90 Co., Chicago. Ondura 28 ib boxes..... @ Mackerel,1 1b Mustard 10 @xtract. Sultana 1 Crown....... @ Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused.1 75 Vailey City 4 gross ..... 7 | Sultana 2Crown....... @ Mackerel,1-1b Tomato.1 75 Felix % gross..........-. 1 15| Sultana 3Crown....... @ | 200 Hummel’s foi! % gross... 85 | Sultana 4 Crown....... @ Sardines, \{s domestic 3%@ | Hummei’s tin % gross 1 43] Sultana 5 Crown....... @ Sardines, mstrd, dom.54%@ 7% CLOTHES PINS. Sultana 6 Crown....... @ Sardines, French...... 8 @2 !Sgrossboxes..... ........ ...401 Sultana package....... @ FARINACEOUS GOODS. Parina. 2411b. packages..........1 25 Bulk, per 100 Ibs..... .... 3 00 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. 242 1b. packages........... 1480 100 tb: Kegs 270 200 lb. barrels.. ......... 5 10 Hominy. Bewels 8 2 50 Flake, 50 1b. drums....... 1 00 Beans. Dried Lima Medium Hand Pickeé 1 20@1 25 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 lb. box...... 60 Imported. 25 Ib. box.. ...2 50 Pear! Barley. Common... .......... 1% Chester .. ......... 2°0O Empire 2 50 Peas. Green, Wisconsin, bu Green, Scotch, bu. Split, bu_.......-.- Rolled Oa! Rolled Avena, bbl. Monarch, bbl...... Monarch, % bbl... Monarch, 90 1b sacks maker. CASCS. ........... “ron. CAECS.............. Sago. Gorman. 4 Kast Indis.... ..... 3% Eesley’s Self Rising Flours. Pastry. 2 1b. cartons, 2 dz. in case.. 6 lb. sacks, 1 dz. in case.... 9 1b. sacks, 1 dz. in jute.... Entire Wheat. 2 1b. cartons. 2 dz. in case.. wach. ume S8Zsurs SS8 1 80 2 40 3 35 1 80 raham. 2 1b. cartons, 2 dz. in case.. 1 80 Tapioca. a SS Se 5 Pea. hee 4% Pearl, 241 SS poco. 6% Cracked, bulk............- 3% 242 1b packages..... ..... 2 50 SALT FISH. Cod. Georges cured......... @5 Georges genuine...... @ 5% Georges selected...... 3 . Strips or bricks....... 6 Herring. Holland white hoops, bbl. 9 25 Holland white hoop %bbl 5 25 Holland white hoop, keg. 70 Holland white hoopmchs 80 Norwegian... ...........- Round 100 lbs............. 3 10 Round 40 lbs............. 1 40 Semen. 14 Mackerel. Meas 100 Ibs...........---- 15 00 Messe 40 Vos... ...-........- 6 30 Mees 10 Ibs....... ......- 1 6 Mess 8 lbs............... 13 No. 1 100 Ibs.......... ...- 13 B Not Dipe............... 5 60 No.1 10 1D... ......--.--- 1 48 No.1. Sips... ........... 120 No. 2 100 Ibs... --.....--.- 11 50 Ho. 3 ite... ........... 4 90 moe 2 ite............... 1 30 No.2 Sibs............... 1% Trout Mo. 1900 ihe... -..... 5 25 Bo. f OOM... 5.6 2.2455. 2 40 mot 101... 68 Not 8 78......- 55... 57 Whitsfish. Noi No.2 Fam 100 lbs 7CO 650 275 40 lbs 310 290 140 0 lbs : 43 ae 66 37 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Perrigo’s. an. Lem doz. doz. XXX, 2 oz. obert.....1 25 % XXX, 4 oz. taper.....2 25 1 2 XX, 2 oz. obert..... 1 00 No. 2,2 0z. obert .... 7% XXX DD ptchr, 6 oz 2 2 XXX D D ptehr, 4 0z 1% K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 2 25 Pure Brand. m. Van. 2 oz. Taper Panel.. 75 1 20 Pos. Oval...) .. 2... % 1 20 8 oz. Taper Panel..1 35 2 00 4 oz. Taper Panel..1 60 2 25 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Imported. sapam, No.1.......... 5%@ 6 Japan, No.2... .... 4n@5 Java, fancy head...... 5 @5% Java, No. 3......:..... 5 @ Wemee oo @ SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. Church’s Arm and Hammer.3 15 Le 00 Pwient’s Cow................. 3 15 Rai oo 3 50 ee see ...3 00 ee ee 3 15 Wyandotte, 1€0 %s.......... 3 00 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis.......... 8 Granulated, 100 1b cases.. 89 40} Lump, bbls. .... ......... 70 00 | Lump, 1451b kegs. ......... £0 = SALT. 80 Diamond Crystal. 95 | Table, cases, 243-lb boxes. .1 50 50 | Table, barrels, 100 3 1b bags.2 Tabie, barrels, 407 ib bags.2 40 FLY PAPER. Butter, barrels, 280 1b. bnik.2 25 Tanglefoot, per box........ 36] Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.2 50 Tanglefoot, per case.. -3 20) Butter, sacks, 281bs......... 25 Holders, per box of 50 7 | Butter, sacks, 56lbs......... 55 Perrigo’s Lightning, gro 2 50 : Co: Grad Petrolatum, per doz........- v6) =o sae ee wed ibeeces. |. ......... 1 95 HERBS. 605-lb sacks................ 1 80 Sege 8 2 15} 28 10-lbsacks............... 1 65 Hops oo Worcester. INDIGO. = ion —— Ec eak cons 3 on Madras, 5 Ib boxes......... 55 ee rear 4 S. F..2.3and5 1b boxes... 50 = e = — settee rete ee : = GUNPOWDER. 3010 Ib. sacks.............8 50 Rifle—Dupont’s. 28 lb. linen sacks............ 32 Ree ...4 00 | 56 1b. linen sacks........... - 60 Half Kegs...... 9 95 | Bulk in barrels.............. 2 50 Quarter Kegs 12 Warsaw. 1 lb. cabs... .. 30 | 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 \% 1b. cans........ 18 | 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Ashton. Rae ee 4 25 | 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 50 ——_.... 2 40 Higgins. Quarter Kegs.........--+.--- 1 35 | 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 fib. Gans..-...- -.-.-....-- 34 Solar Rock. Eagie Duck—Dupont’s. 56-lb a a oe 21 wesc cece cece ec eneeteeeees 8 00| Granulated Fine............ 60 Hi ot soteee tees : = Medium Fine............... 70 uarter Kegs.. ....... .-+-- fibicans....... 0 ..---2-... © SCALES. iia JBLLY. i 15 1p patie....--.----------- 3 PEIOUZG HOUSEHOM....... 12 00 LYB. Weighs 24 lbs. by ounces. Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 SBEDS. Condensed, 4 dos ... ...... 2 % | Anise ..................... 9 Canary, Smyrna........... 3% LICORICE. OraWEy os os 8 ee 80 | Cardamon, Malabar ..... 60 eimbTIR .... ...- -..- ~~ o = eet Celerg oe 11 Sicily... .... cc ceerercecces 14] Hemp, Russian........... 4% Be 10 | Mixed Bird............... 4% NATCHES. — Diamond Match Co.’s brands. | Rape .............-......5. 4% No. 9 sulphur..........-...-1 6 | Guttle Bone............... 20 Anchor Parlor........-..--- 1 70 SNUFR. Wo. 2 Home..............--.- 1 2 Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Export Parlor...........--- 4 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 Wolverine..........eeeeeeeee 1 6 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 No Brand......ccosccee.-++- % ae MOLASSES. a New Cricans. Black eee ee 8 JIA XON eed. eRe 2 8 Fancy ......2..--+--seeee- 24} 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 °0 Open Kettle.............++ 25@35 | 10 box lots, delivered........ 2% alf-barrels 2c extra. ’ dAS. 8. KIRK & C0.’S BRANDS. MUSTARD. American Family, wrp’d....2 66 Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 175 | Dome...........-. Sevaae 2% Horse Radish, 2 doz......... Sl Gainer 2 20 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz.. ..... 173 | Savon........scecseseeeedssee2 BO White Russian..............2 35 if a 170 | White Cloud, laundry......6 25 Clay, No. 216.........-..-.- @ | White Cloud, toilet......... 3 50 Clay, T. D. fullcount...... & | Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz.,..2 10 Cob, MG. Oooh eee Dusky ag eel Oz... 3 90 ue India, 100 % lb......... Perasm. a. 3 50 § cans in case ag a as 2 50 Babbitt’s...... grctetee rte 400 Scouring. : Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 00 Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 PICKLES. Sapolio, hand, 3 doz........ 2 40 Medium. eee SODA. a Barrels, 1,200 count........ 4 90 ee Half bbis,600count........ sare cian 7 Small. Corn. Barrels, 2,400 count....... Fg a 17 Half bbls 1,200 count. .... 3 00] Half bbis........... ...... 18 RICB. 1 doz. 1 gallon cans......... 2% 1 doz. % gallon cans...... 1 65 Domestic. 2 doz. 4% —— Cans ..... 1 65 Carolina head.............. 8% re Cane. Carolina No.1............. Dt Pee 16 fre HO. 2... 2s. 2. 4 NO en ces 3 ye 20 en.. ae , 3) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 oo Cigars Cc ole Sifted. . 1 $ a Alleploe ins. ---snnv-.---14_| Clark-Jewell-Wells Co's brand — Grains and Feedstuffs Provisions. uae , China in mats....... New Brick.. ) per dog... /5..... 50 —s 2. | Ce 33 00 Stick Candy. Swift & Deal eae aa ——. eee * H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands. pt ails | Wheat — —_— = Sea tor % gal.. per dos . 20” a... 1 2 " Lr ee reecicete cece cede r gal., pe f Cloves, Zanzibar. +14 | Fortune Teller............. 35 09 | standard. .......... 7 O 1% Winter Wheat Plour. Barreled Pork. < setae mae 7 Mace, Batavia. . gp | OUT Manager... 35 00 | Standard H. H...... @ 1% Local Brands Mess SS 10 00 Pee ee Nutmogs, fancy. 7) LS Standard Twist..... 7%4@8 |Patents.... ......... gern... oe % sal. ane doz... 7% Nutmegs, Ho. 1 : --50 1@ 3 Joh Cut Loaf.......220.. @ 8% second Patent. """! 3.50 Cleat peek 0 —s oe oe utmegs, 45 ce nson Cigar Co.’s brand. cases | Straight 3 25 ae 9% ae Sx. Pemnen tingaposs, black._.18 rand.| Jumbo, 321d ........ @ 6% | Clear..... oe 12 73 | 5 lbs. in package. perib.. 2 Pepper, Singapore, white. . .i6 mtr HH... @8 Graham . 350 neem... |... 9.0 er — maa a ane . Cc Boston Cream...... @10 puckwhont aE Pan a oo et ee a Mixed Candy. ——_—_| BYE veer eres ee eee ecee ee ees 3 25 Sal uarts. .. . 4% eee a SS Grocers... .......... . @6 _ Bubject to usual cash dis- oe a . — 5% Half Gallons... acne i eas Competition... 1... aa NN 2 00 —_ Saigon.......... ... > ee tettee teense g 8% a a fiour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- | Extra shorts............. oa re . iP Lae 25 loves, Zanzibar.......... Jonserve...... ..... MP BU Guus, aelcen ee 1b PF Boyar. ........ g % Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | Hams in eee = y No. 0 Sun .. piesa 34 Singer Seated 000038 26 8........ 35 00 | Broken eteeees rate Peay a ee 3 85 Hams, 14 1b average = — 2 San. vittecteeeeeeee BB nger, Jamaics............ Sa ON 2. pay | DESY: MB... 0.0 eee eee eee nee 3 85 | Hams, 16 1b | ,{ NO. © Sun.... ol oe Mace, Batavia.............. = Plies Miniinik aia sts Cut Loaf..........2. g a em. 3 85 | Hams 20 Ib average fo = No. 8 Sun. oe Mustard.......... 2.0.00. iagis |v : s Brands. | English Rock. ...... @ 8% | Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand Ham dried beef ..... 1... "tae seteeees 43 io“. 4050 Vinecate Portuondo. .35@ 70 07| Kindergarten....... @ 8% | Quaker, %%s..... a ae seoeideee oN Ny. Gaiy. 5a | Security, No. 1. ae Pepper Sing., biack ........ ia 25@ *0 00 | French Cream... @9 OO 3 65 | Bacon, clear.......... ‘ SS | ncwes Corn. a — oo 60 | No.2 Crimp, Per i. ie Tubs. ramels = sorn, Car lots. ....... 36% rine. ochester. Can a” «| | eee ss SEHR ee te ae , rd, No.1....5 Os os... Rel Gita ; * } IB inch; Standard, No. 2....4 85 | No. 1 wrapped, 3 ib. @% |car tte. | RE Se —- 470 16-inch, Standard, No. 3....3 85} _ box scsi Carlots, clipped........... 32% Solid, creamery ......... 14% Elect pay Dowell, No.1. .....6 25 | No. 2 wrapped, 2 Ib. Less than car lots......... 34 | Canned Meats. _ > i pi fos weno 4 00 = aot No. 2.....0°5 35 mae, Hay aawaeas. “Ze ool GANS. Dos 3. as |__| Ne. 8b Bimothycariots..... 10 00 | Raast beet, 21h...” . &. No.1 Fibre. 2.0.0.0... 0... $ rs No 1 Timothy catiots = 10 00| Roast beef, 2 Ib....2.. 2 ib 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 42 No.2 — UU a a Fruits o. 1 Timothy, ton lots....12 09 ee ham, ¥s.. i i — — with spout. 1 52 OS Mire... sk... a ‘oO hain, 4a....... gal galv iron with spout. No. 4, 3doz in case, gross.. 4 50 --6% Fish and Oysters Deviled ham, a Te = 3 gal galv iron with aout. is No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. 7 20 ae Oranges. ae mee —_ > ge seal - — = os. 4 58 eedlings............ 7 resh Fish. ngue 148....... ater ed aucet nis a is saa Crackers. Mods Swect. = Per Ib, | Potted tongue 4: a 9) | 9gal galy iron with faucet i 8s priced on sugars, to which the be i ‘ Whitefish ........... @ 8% ; 5 gal Tilting cans. . 7% wholesale dealer adds the local Strictly choi poy Bi . eee ees @ 8 5 gal galv fron Nacefas.... 9 09 — from New York to your oun —_—— Biscuit Co. Strictly choles Po © 4 om Halib Bass.......... 8 g lo Fresh Meats. 5 gal Rapid steady aa 7 86 ng point, ving you 8 LOLLOWS: Fancy 300s Mt a 5 gal Eurek credit on the i a @5 09 scoes or Herring. . @ 4 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56 ae ae tans a buyer pays a ——. ed = a @5 50 pga ae a ey Beef. ‘ sea — —_--. te -10 50 from the market in which he | Seymour XXX, 3 lb. carton ee @ po aaa @ 16 | Fore quarters... ..... @ 8% | 5 eal Pirate Kin +12 00 ym carton 6 B Boiled Lobster...... @ 18 as 6 @ 6% | 5gal Pirate King...... ... 9 58 sei to his shipping point, | Family XXX . 5% ananas. oa 1 Hind — betel T4@ o% ANTERNS. neludi — s for the | Salted XXX... 5ig | Medium bunches...1 00 @1 25| Haddock. ....2..2.2! @ 10 —" CS. 2 @!1 No. 0Tubular side lif weight of our New York XXX. - 2% | Large bunches.....°1 50 @2C0| No. 1 ae Sg | Bibs... 9 Oia |No. 1B aa. 3e = ween et ecee eee eceeees 5 — ceed LG Foreign Dried Fruits. Pike ae Hounds No. 13 Tubular Dash. ..... " 6 50 = Saat ee oe 5 88 ROM ees % Figs. ee us @ 4% fate a _ a ESacms lass fount... 7 00 Powdered ..............044 5 63 | Soda XXX a Se ine 6 Se Sor “ @13 | Red iae€, ae g 7 le. Steed: laa, lamp. * : SU Hadid 2 9) SOM EEE viv cas: S| Gaerammin, SE | GERNIPSiiai” |B oF | pees gs |no cae sraS Granulaied fa bis... --.8 $9| Long ea Waters Ak | RRR ec QS ered nas @ 1 | Boomers ic Bb | peammgbox W0conts.. ne rset a Dee scouts : = x. — 11b carton. . 2 Imperial} Mikados, i8 @22 o sters, per - ee 1 25@1 50 Leaf Lard............. 64@ -~ or — dos. ano ephyrette....... .......6. 10 | Wwberes. @ lama. a1 90 Mutton No. 07 B. o-oo —— oa eeeoned 5 63 Oyster. Pulled, 6b boxes. .. @ 1 Orsi r0 8%4@10 ao, wore, Doh i ee Bos nr & 15 im Naturals, in bags... @7 Oils. Spring Lambs.......1'14 @16 | No. 0 Tubular, bau!’ —_ Diamond Confec. A........ 5 50 | Saltine Wafer.............. 5% Dates. Veal magne t doz cor i. Confec. StandardA......... 5 3g | Saltine Wafer, 1 lb. carton. * i Barrels Carcass i ene. Farina Oyster Fards in 10 lb boxes @10 | Eoce Sea em ma Cana 74@ 8 NO. Dees esse coeeee sees eees 5 | regency a 5% | Fards in 60 Ib cases @6 | XXX W.W.Mich.Hali. > ag ee ee aoe ia @o%|Crockery and fs ecasom taints 31] SWEET GoODS—Boxe, |satrs ib ewes. BS —— 1s Glassware l No. a. eset mals ee eee oe 10% Deo. ‘Naptha .22...22! ‘ : se = es Sia elele cialeloesal 15 Nuts Cylinder ......... +00 ed ou” AkHKOY STONBW ARE No. Boece cece 4 9 Coffee Gake, Java.) . . wees Butters i J —s 4 §6| comee Cake, Ieed......... 10 | Aitouds Ivacse s,s | Ai tos al, —— No. We 4 50| Cubans MB assesses eeseece. ii | Almonds, California, ides and Pelts.| sca oe maenee 48 No. 13... 4 38 Frosted Cream.. iS soft shelled......... @15 | mec & 10 gal., ‘each. ceresee 60 ‘ a = 2 := Ginger Gems.. g | Brazilsnew........... @7 | Go, 100 as —_— Leather | 12 gal., each.. 72 No. 15 Ginger Snaps, Xxx! 7% Mipete ..... . ... @10 ’ reet, quotes as | 15 gal. *meat-tubs, each... 4 05 TR sen nnnnerenn enna -& 38 Guihani Crackors | 3 | Walnuts, Grenobles.. @13 —— 20 gal. meat-tubs, each....1 40 yee Gahan Waters... 10 | Walnuts, Calif No. i. @ll Hides. 25 gal. meat-tubs, each ...2 00 TABLE ‘SAUCES. — _ Cakes 9 —— soft shelled ~esccess 2 = 30 gal. meat-tubs, each....2 40 UV pe S....., g |; Calif ................ 1 << LEA & Jumples, Honey 12% Table ‘Nuts, fancy.. ou i @6 | 2to6gal., ——. PERRINS’ | Hiuimiey acs 8 [pummel 34 Bix) Shinkai ai arshmallow Cream . 16 | Pecans, Med....... ... : ne ke SAUCE Marshmallow Walnuts... 16 Pecans, Ex. Large.. 3 He camento green No.1 @ 9% Mich. Frosted Honey... 12% Pecans, Jumbos....... @12 — green No.2 @8 * gal. i = a" bot., doz. 40 Molasses Cakes..... “8 | Hickory Nuts per bu., 3 ns, Cured No.1 @10% gal. flatorrd. bot.,each 4% The Original and | Newton ‘19 | Ohio, new. “ane 6&8 Fine Glazed Milk Genuine Nic Nacs 8 Cocoanuts, full sacks G2 50 Pelts. 1. fi y Giidaans Gina Guestinta nents Pelts, each............ 50@1 00 * gal. flat or rd. bot.,doz. 60 —s Worcestershire. Foe Assorted Cakes 8% 2 le - Tallow. oe oe Lea & Perrin’s, large... 375 | Pretzels, hand made 7% | F BH. Pe Sum @ 3% es Lea é Perrin’s, small... 250 | Sears’ Lu oo S| 6 2i¢ | % gal. fireproof ~°fl,dox. 85 Halford a. oo ee eee I gal. freproor, bail, dox.1 10 f Halford Sugar Squares. . 9 | Choice, H. P., Extras. @18 Jugs. Salad Dressing, large... Vanilla Wafers 4 | Ouoloe, H. P., Extras + a ee Se 50 Bes ee ce sie a 6 Unwashed, medium ..14 @16 i... 2 U EET Ns aT a peep eee ee SOR AE ARIE REL RETRAT EM onET er +> MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Close Early During Heated Term. There is an opporiunity now given every merchant to display his generosity ahd mercy at this time of the year, and that is by closing the store at an earlier hour than usual during the hot months. It is but an act of humanity to do it, for the amount of suffering which employes endure during the warm weather is in- calculable. Besides the humane point of view, there is the other consideration that it creates a favorable impression of the proprietor’s sense of justice on the part of customers to see that he is_ will- ing to think of some one else besides himself. In addition to this, it may be fairly stated that during the heated term but little purchasing is done Jate in the afternoon. The writer believes that people would much prefer to hasten around and do their purchasing at an earlier hour when they find that the store is going to be closed up sooner, rather than see employes overworked and _ har- assed by heat and the many annoyances incident to the hot weather. It is a great mistake which many mer- chants make in thinking that customers will be offended and inconvenienced by closing an hour earlier than usual. Many city stores make a _ practice of closing earlier in warm weather and no one hears anything about annoyed and inconvenienced customers because of it. The merchant who takes it upon him- self to oppose the early closing move- ment, simply because he thinks he can secure some of the trade which may be gleaned from the other stores which are shut up, does his own business much more harm than good. An instance was recently cited where intense agitation was excited in favor of closing earlier on certain evenings in the week on which it had been the rule to keep open. The hottest opposition was kept up by one of the largest stores in the district. Those who fought for shorter hours won and they had so pulled pub- lic opinion over to their side that short- ly after the recalcitrant merchant had to make an assignment. The magnanimity and consideration displayed by merchants who are willing to alter their plans in conformity to the weather creates a favorable impression upon the public which more than makes amends for the loss of a few sales which might occasionally occur. It gives a merchant some prestige to take the lead in such a reform as this in his town. It shows that he is keeping up with the times and desires to do justice to his employes. It is particularly ad- vantageous to the merchant to have a reputation for fairness and equity, and dealers should not be slow to take ad- vantage of the opportunity which the heated term affords to show considera- tion to employes. ——> 2. ____ Old Way to Testa Sickle. An old German called at a hardware store to purchase a sickle for cutting grass. He was shown some of German manufacture, such as he had used when a boy in the old country. He expressed some doubts as to the genuineness of the article and proceeded to test it. He took a piece of broom straw about two inches in length, wet it with saliva, and placed it across the back of the sickle. Assoon as he let go of the straw it whirled around like the needle of a compass, until it lay parallel with the blade of the sickle, whereupon he pro- nounced it a genuine German tool. Several persons who happened to be present were much astonished at the re- sult of the old man’s experiment, and insisted upon his repeating it, which be did several times, with the same re- sult. Then the spectators tried it, and whenever the straw was sufficiently wet, so that it did not stick, it would whirl around as surely as the needle of a com- pass turns to the pole. Just why the straw acts thus no one could tell, and whether it would act soon an English or an American sickle is not known. Some talked about the blade of the sickle being magnetized, but it is not known that a magnet has any attraction for a wet broom straw. Perhaps a wet straw would do the same thing on the back of a knife or any piece of iron. Any one interested in such a thing can make the experiment. 0-2 Corks Made of Aluminum. Aluminum bottle stoppers for use in place of corks are the latest novelty in the white metal’s rapidly expanding field of usefuiness. Several thousand pounds of aluminum sheets are cut up each week to form these stoppers, so it will be seen that the industry has already established itself. The blanks are stamped out of sheet metal, and when shaped a rubber gasket is forced over them. They are then pressed into a groove in the neck of the bottle and the contents is then hermetically sealed. According to the Aluminum World, ex- periments have been made with bottled effervescent fluids which have been sealed in this manner for over four years, and when opened the liquid was still ‘‘alive.’’ The advantages claimed for the aluminum stopper are that it is cheaper than a cork stopper, and a bot- tle sealed with one is more easily opened, as it is only necessary to break the seal with a prod and then to rip it out. Besides the advantage of being readily opened, aluminum stoppers are self-destroying, an important feature in putting up standard brands of liquors, and when removed have a value of 20 cents a pound as old scrap. 0 Builders’ Hardware Prices. The manufacturers of builders’ bard- ware bave a committee at work on a re- vised price list, which is to classify all staple goods and establish a uniform scale. Additional advances in prices are looked for as a result, advances since the first of the year in the various products of these concerns having been from 30 to 60 percent. Prices in the raw material of the hardware manufac- turers have advanced from 75 to Ioo per cent. within three or four months past. Consequently when the new uniform list goes in some sharp advances are antici- pated by the jobbers. Heretofore there bad been a wide discrepancy in the classification of the various articles by the manufacturers. All of the large concerns of the country, some ten or twelve, as well as the retaii trade, are interested in the price agreement. 8 An Apple That Doesn’t Decay. R. A. Barnes, who lives near Middle- town, Mo., has on his farm an apple tree the fruit of which has become a study to those interested in fruit and fruit growing. Mr. Barnes had on ex- hibition in Vandalia an apple which be picked from the tree during the fall of 1897, and which still retains a remark- able degree of preservation without arti- ficial means. The apple is described as similar to a russet in size and color, and yet with distinguishing character- istics which show it to be of an entirely new variety. The tree came, unnamed, from an Illinois nursery. Mr. Barnes thinks his discovery will net him a for- tune. He has consulted prominent fruit men at Louisiana, Mo., and all pro- fessed ignorance as to the apple’s vari- ety. The next meeting of the Missouri Fruit Growers’ Association will be asked to enquire into the peculiarities of the apple. —_—__o6-.______ The Expansiveness of English. Monsieur de France—You wind up ze Clock to make him go? English Tutor—Exactly. Monsieur de Penis fee what for you —_ up ze beesiness to make it stop? MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. BROWN & SEHLER WEST BRIDGE ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SESS 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 IMPLETFIENTS. Tas REFRI tie ee ii wetine - it The verdict of those } i‘. ’ ’ ’ y YUKON AND CHILKOOT ever offered in this market.” 1 FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., ~~~ CERATORS| ft v > who have used them: “That they are the best Write for Price List. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS P GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SPY OES ak PHILLIPS IDEAL | Tite ba giece tf a Me N Wm. Brummeler & Sons, —T CREAM SEPARATOR Dilution Process. Phillip’s Patented August 23, 1897. PATE For the thoroughly perfect, rapid separation of cream it has ream Sepa' 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 itself for use to every one making butter. lar and prices. Write for circu- Manufactured by 260 South Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Pehle age ge prices. We make H. [1 DETROIT, MICH. ) ‘ROOFIN As manufacturers we can supply goods in our line at extremely low Se | Roofing Pitch, Tarred Felt, Tarred Board, 2 and 3 ply Roofing, Gravel Roofing, Asphalt Paints. REYNOLDS & SON, Established 1868. GRAND RAPIDS, MIC Office: Factory 82 Campau St. ist Av, and M. C. Ry. \ (Please mention where you saw this advt.) : . Cc, | p26 26e525e25e2Se2Se25eSe5e25e25e25e5 : MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Some Good and Bad Advertisements and Why. The use of cuts in advertising is dis- tinctly of advantage. A cut helps to the understanding of an advertisement. It speaks all languages, where the ad- vertisement speaks only one. B*ta cut must be appropriate—it must sugpest the subject matter of the advertisement —above all, it must be correct in its details. The adveitisement reproduced below shows how a poorly-drawn cut can spoil the effect of a fairly good adver- tisement: COPYRIGHT It? A ROYAL# et FEAST Can be enjoyed from one of our juicy and tender roasts of prime beef, that has a deliciousness of flavor that makes it thoroughly enjoyable. We have a tempt- ing stock of Spring foods in Spring Lamb, Veal, Mutton and Pork. Our meats are always away up in quality, and away down in price. H. L. NEWTON, ASHMUN STREET. The scene is, apparently, a dining room, although the mantel, with a chromo resting on the shelf, makes it somewhat doubtful. On the table, be- side the cloths, are seven plates, one glass, and a dish (species unknown). The gentleman in the arm chair, who is holding the carving knife precariously near tc his left eye, is evidently, from his position, going to hold the dish of meat on his lap while he carves it, while the young lady on the opposite side of the table waves her napkin in delirious joy at the welcome approach of the feast. To judge from the table appointments, and from the table man- ners of the diners, the trim waitress is distinctly out of place, and her sarcastic smile shows that she appreciates the fact. While it is true that many artists are not over familiar with the appearance of dining tables and food in general, | would advise the perpetrator of this cut to obtain some more accurate informa- tion on the subject. It should prove of distinct benefit to him and to his cus- tomers. The reading matter in the advertise- ment is fairly good, although the addi- tion of a few prices would have im- proved it greatly. Glittering general- ities are never as effective as goods and prices. * * * A job printer's advertisement should be a sample of good composition. It should be as artistic as type and bor- ders can make it. But it should go farther: An advertisement that attracts the eye is not enough—it must reach the mind as well. The two advertisements reproduced here are neither of them good on this account. That of the Ob- server, while it is attractive—indeed, a most creditable piece of composition fone EESEEES How is your Supply of Pca ETE meccuverseceseevceveecseceqveeusceuecensseuunvened Printed Stationery Suusscecececcesuesscrsressecasseessecucecacvesuseey ———_$—<$—_$_$—$————— rn —Note Heads, Envelopes, Statements, ete. ? ost The OBSERVER office makes a specialty of this class of work. Yes, we have the materia) and the “know how.” ith. —lacks selling force. It asks a ques- tion, but does not answer it. The ad- vertisement of the Local Office, is well written, but loses its force because it Al Bice Job In [erinting—~ 1s a good advertisement. A slov- enly job, on the contrary, is a poor advertisement. The Locat Job office has the best selection of type in this section and we have secured our stock at prices that will enable us to furnish printed paper at the iar prices. 500 Note Heads - - $1.00 ‘500 Envelopes” - : : $1.00 500 Statements _ - : 95 500 Bill Heads * - : : $1.25 250 Dodgers -" - : $1.00 §00Dodgers - : $1.40 Other work at proportionate prices. All work will be satisfac- torily done and good stock will be used. Don’t pay big prices for botck work but come to the LOCAL OFFICE. is horribly set up. The type in the top display line is twenty years out of date. There are three wrong fonts in the sig- nature. These features do not tend to strengthen the assertion that the Local Office is the place to go for ‘‘a nice job in printing.’’ The Locai advertise- ment needs about half again as much space, and a little artistic composition. The Observer advertisement needs a few prices. These changes would place both advertisements beyond criticism. LAMB BROS. CHOICE GROCERIES OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. Advertising is intended to sell goods. It has no other conceivable purpose in the world. With this in mind, it is difficult to find any excuse for an adver- tisement such as the above. It gives no information except that Lamb Bros. sell groceries—a fact that probably every one in their community knows already. Advertising of this kind never has paid and never will pay. What Lamb Bros. should do is to publish in each adver- tisement a list of seasonable groceries, attractively described, mentioning prices, and possibly quoting specially low prices on half a dozen lines. They should advertise sometbing definite and keep their advertisements so bright and newsy that people would turn naturally to them for bargains. If they are charging the cost of their present ad- vertisement to advertising they are making a mistake. It should goto the charity account, -_ -— + One of the neatest-appearing local papers I have had the pleasure of see- ing lately is the Manistee Daily News. It is well printed, and the advertise- ments are, in the main, not only attract- ively set up, but convincingly worded as well. The general average of excel- lence is so bigh that it is hard to pick out any particular advertisement and label it ‘‘best,’’ but here is one which is decidedly attractive: 9000000 000060000000000004 i : Novelty We have received an ——-—— Kodak that takes a picture 31x 4% and sells for $2.50 You will make a mis- take if you don’t buy a kodak now. W. R. HALL, On the Corner. bb bb bb bb bh hi bbbbi bb abbott bo bh bhbo bobo la te POOOSVS GOSS GOFF FF GF VSG OSG VY Itis brief. It quotes a price. It talks about one article,and telis enough about it to interest the prospective buyer. It leaves very little to be desired, and I have no doubt that it sold goods—and that, afterall, is the final and conclusive test of the excellence of any advertise- ment. W. S. HAMBURGER. [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. | Hardware Price Current. CHISELS Segket Mier. ee 70 Roeret Mraming............. ...... ge 70 ee 7 Sdemet GieNs...... 5 220... 70 DRILLS Manes Sige 60 Taper and Straight Seam. 50& 5 Memes Taper Shank 50a 5 ELBOWS Gom, 4 pioce, Gin... doz. net 65 ee 1% ie sce ae 8 dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark’s — = es 30&10 Ives’, 1, 818; ee 25 FILES New List Mow American ........... .. 70&10 Nicholson's. ............. Bellars Hoarc Haspes.................-.... -66&10 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; oo a... 28 List 12 13 14 15 -. .... 17 Discount, 65 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.. 60&10 KNOBS—New List Door, — *. ee: Sees = Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ af we $17 00, dis 60&10 ie ee... 8... 7 s Hunt Eye ee $15 00, dis 60&10 fae LL 818 50, dis 20&10 ILLS MI Coffee, —- Can... Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.. Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s. Coffee, Enterprise........- —_Ae — fiehbies Detect 60&10 Stebbin’s rere SE NN ean eee 60&10 Enterprise. self-measuring ..........-. -..- 30 40 ee 40 40 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean........ ...... 30 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... = Railroad .... / 14 00 Cae net 30 00 _ CARTRIDGES Rim Fire.... .. 40& 10 Ce — Pry, Aeme._... oe ee 6081010 Common, polished. . Co ., TO0& 5 RIVETS Iron and Tinned . a 6U Copper Rivets i 45 N AILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire Steel nails, base..... ... — 26 Wire nails, base.. a meeo Ge omeeice, .. w. Base 10 to 16 advance. 05 8 advance....... 10 Gagvanee............ 20 a aes... . 30 Saeverice................ 45 ee ee 7 Bise waavance. .......-....-....... 50 Cem TOGeeenee 15 Came Satya... 3 Cees Gadvanee 8... 35 Wine 10 Ase Cl , 3 Wieigs Sagyanee. ... .. .... 35 Wimie Gadveree |... ...... 45 Barrel 0 Savane... 85 Ohio Tool C f a @50 ee ce eee. ce 5 ee 60 Sandusky Tool Ca.’s, fancy................. @50 Bonen Semanal @50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PATENT PLANISHED TRON ‘‘A”” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. AMMERS Maydole & Co.’s, new list.. a. ~~ oe dis Yerkes & Plumb’s.. bee cus .dis aio Mason’s Solid Cast St BD ..30e list 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50&10 mvUush yeasts = Stamped Tin Ware.. : - new list 70 Sapam fin Ware... 20410 HOLLOW —— ea. . 60&i1 Mettee i — 60&10 eo Gate, o—_ - 2 2, 3... - dis 60&10 State... ia per ‘dos. net 258 Sisal, % inch and larger.. stee cee. | Se Maniila.. en “WIRE ‘GOODS OE 8U Screw = ee 80 a... 80 Gate eee and ne, 80 EVELS | Stanley Rule anc Sava Cee, .-.-...... dis 70 SHEET IRON com. smooth. enm. oe, 1008 4 #3 20 #3 09 eS 3 20 3 00 es. ta 21... 22 3 20 Nos. 22 to 24 - 340 3 30 Nos. = te 3 50 3 40 Na. 3 60 3 30 All aaah No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND P. APER fia eect oe. dis 50 SASH WEIGHTS Sole Beee per ton 20 00 TRAPS Sioet Game 75&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... Oneida Se. nn & Norton’s 70&10 Memes, ehemer per doz 15 Mouse. oer ...........,-... per doz 1 2 WIRE Oe 10 EEE ——————— 70 eet 6)&10 Taned Oe €0 —— Spring Steel..... 50 Barbed Fence, = 3 30 Barbed Fence, painted...... 2 80 HORSE NAILS MR ee dis 40&1C Side C dec weseun ec ‘ a 5 CO en net list WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 OE eee 40 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 75 Coes Patent, mallcabie. ......-........ 7 MISCELLANEOUS Bie Cie 40 er 7 Soros Sew iim. -... 85 Casters, Bed and Plate...........-..... . 50810810 Daeepces, Areeciogm.... 2... 50 METALS—Zinc 600 pound ee. ee eee G Le 9 Per pound.. ee se 9% SHOT EE 1 45 Ce Se 1 70 SOLDER SN The prices of the many other qualities of dae in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. Melyn Grade Meuse Comoe es $7 14x20 1c, Cee 7 FO 20x14 Ix, eee 8 50 Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. TIN—Allaway Grade aeuie te, Ceaeenee ce. 6 25 14090 IC, Chareoal ...... ..... .. €Ss 10x14 Ix, oe Boies 7 50 14x20 x, Heenan... 4...-.....- 7 50 Each t Aditional X on this grade, FING PLATES ROO! 1c20 1G, Charcoal, Deam..................:. 14x20 Ix, Charcoal, eee i Roan=an S82sess 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 14x20 Ix, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... -— 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allawa: BOILER SIZE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 14x56 1x, for No 9 Boilers, rege. .... 15. IN PLATE { per pound... -_ o 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at the office of the Michigan Tradesman, Tuesday evening, June 20, Frank L. Merrill presided. Cohn & Co., grocers at 691 Cherry street, applied for membership in the Association and were accepted. The Committee on Oil reported that there was a manifest disposition on the part of the local oil managers to post- pone action in the matter of curtailing the operations of the oi! peddlers, evi- dently fearing that one or the other company would secure some temporary advantage thereby. The Committee was continued, with instructions to ex- pedite the work of arriving at an under- standing with the oil companies at the earliest possible momeni. A letter was read from Benjamin Zev- alkink, calling attention to the bil) passed by the Missouri Legislature tax- ing department stores. The following letter was read from John W. Verhoeks, Secretary of the Re- tail Merchants’ Association of Graad Haven: ‘Your kind invitation to atiend your thirteenth annual picnic to be held at Reed's Lake, Aug. 3, has been received with thanks. I have seen our Presi- dent, F. DeVos, and he has instructed me to write you and let you know that we will call a meeting of the merchants next week and will then decide. 1 will let you know the decision as soon as I can. A letter was read from D. A. Boel- kins, Secretary of the Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association, stating that ihe matter of joining the Grand Rapids grocers in celebrating the annual picnic would be taken up for discussion at the next meeting of the Association. The Secretary announced the receipt of an anonymous letier from some trades union crank, sneering ai the defeat of the Nevins garnishee bill which was vetoed by Governor Pingree. A communication was received from the Secretary of the Retail Meat Deal- ers’ Association, suggesting that the two associations join in getting out and distributing caids to hang in the gro- cery stores and meat markets of the city, announcing that the stores would be closed all dzy Fourth of July. The sug- gestion was received with such favor that the Secretary was instructed to co- operate with the Secretary of the Meat Dealers’ Association in the manner sug- gested. B. S. Harris presented the following Communication, which was read by the Secretary: From time to time since the advent of this Association the question of do- ing a_ strictly cash business, or selling for spot cash only, has come up _ before us for discussion, and each time, after a lukewarm or half-hearted talk, it has been abandoned without apy results: but, to use a street phrase, ‘‘We are up against it again.’’ In this article I have tried to give my views on the subject, witb the hope that it may have the effect of bringing out the views of other members or of anyone else interested in this subject, and thereby reach some result on what seems to be the ‘‘white man’s burden’’ of the retail trade. To begin with, the trouble seems to be that the motions are usually made without any qualification and for a sweeping probibition of the credit system, without any distinction between a good, prompt-paying credit customer and a slow pay or dead-beat. This is partly the reason, in my opinion, that the subject has been dropped every time without issue. I think the question can not be settied by any action of the As- sociation as a whole. It must be con- trolled or governed by each individual member, according to location and cir- cumstances. For example, some gro- cers who have been doing business in one location for a number of years may, perhaps, have a good neighborhood trade, a good line of prompt-paying credit customers, whom ihey would not art with under any consideration, un- ess compelled to do sv and certainly not by the action of an association. It is one of the most valuable parts of their business and they would under no circumstances adopt these sweeping motions for spot cash only. Others may be situated in just the opposite posi- tion. They have a transient trade and may sell a bill of goods to a person and not be disappointed or care much if he never comes to the store again. There are still other grocers, who are located among people who draw their pay weekly, semi-monthly or monthly. These conditions would govern the _ in- dividual member of the Association in the methods of cash and credit dealing. Bad debts is the mainspring that, like a jack in the box, brings this question up before us from time to time for con- sideration, and I can not see any way to decide the matter except by the adoption of the rule of each one for himself. It there is a remdey, it is cau- tion, and I would suggest that you clas- sify your trade into three divisions—No. 1 credit, slow pay and poor pay. The first of these you desire and can afford to add to. The second should be limited as to amount of credit and held strictly to the line, unless it should be a No. 1 customer who becomes slow on account of sickness or some other trouble. The last, or poor pay, you can not get rid of too quickly. These are my views on the subject of spot cash versus credit, and I wish to add that, if you will make a practice of fully investigating the standing and credit of each and every applicant through the excellent method we now have for that purpose—the Commercial Credit Co.—and learn to say No on every occasion when necessary, it will very much lessen your needs of asking an association to adopt resolutions to protect your business. Of course, there are those whoa have different views on this subject, and I think the question sbould be kept open long enough for all who wish to express their opinions in the matter, whether in or out of the As- sociation. Mr. Cone remarked that it was easy enough for a man to carry on a cash business in an isolated locality, but where he does business in the vicinity of immediate competitors it is pretty bard to enforce the cash system unless all of the merchants in the vicinity join in the movement. Mr. Merrill stated that he undertook to establish the cash system six years ago, but had fallen from grace. He has been so particular, however, in the mat- ter of extending credit that his total losses to date have been less than $25. An informai discussion on the merits and demerits of the cash system fol- lowed, resulting in the adoption of a resolution to make the matter the spe- cial subject for discussion at the next meeting. The same course was taken with the subject of a half holiday, on account of the lateness of the hour and the amount of detail business which was necessary for the meeting to accomplish. B. S. Harris brought up the subject of establishing 2a uniform price on fruit jars, which was discussed at some length, culmin:ting in tbe adoption of a resclution by Peter Braun that the matter be referied to a special com- mittee to visit the loca! jobbers and ask them to maintain the price on fruit jars. The chairman appointed as such com- mittee Peter Braun, B. S. Harris and Jobn Witters. There being no further business, the meeting adjouined. 2-0. Milwaukee Excursion June 26 and 27. On account of the Milwaukee carni- val the Grand Trunk Railway System will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip, good going June 26 and 27, limited to return July 2. For particulars call at Grand Trunk City Ticket Office, Morton House, or at depot. C. A. Justin, C. P. & T.A. > 0. The real patriot is a man who does something for his country without thought of reward. The bogus article is the man who makes speeches and _ talks about it, with the certain expectation of personal profit. The Grain Market. The past week has been a dragging market as regards wheat. Several causes were responsible for it. One was the fine weather, then the very large North- western receipts (which can not always hold up) and the rains in Russia. How- ever, these rains came too late, as the Russian harvest occurs about the same time as ours here. How can rain make wheat at this time? Exports were not as large as was expected, also the crop in Michigan is reported as improved somewhat, but it seems to us that the wheat heads stand too straight to have many and large kernels, but as_ harvest is close at hand we will soon see the outcome. There was enough bear news to make wheat recede 3c in futures. The visible, according to Board of Trade figures, is about 8,000,000 bushels more than one year ago. One thing we should not lose sight of is that our exports, while they have been above 200,000,000 bushels for the two years back, will have to be nearly that much on our this year’s crop, so no one need to look for much lower prices. Corn, while it sold off %c_ yesterday, is very strong and prices will not go down, even by continuous pounding in the corn pit, and shouid the least un favorable condition show up _ prices would enhance considerably. Oats are strong and remain around present prices just now, although the oat crop looks the best at present. Rye, as was expected, sagged off in price and will be considerably lower as the export demand has stopped and the distilleries have shut down. Receipts during the week were as follows: 63 cars of wheat, 12 cars of corn, I! cars of oats, 2 cars of hay and 2 cars of straw. The mills are paying 73c for wheat. C. G. A. VorerT. Busines onl Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. TT? RENT—STORE 34 WEST BRIDGE, BE- tween Front and Court; steam heat; hand- somely decorated; counters and shelving. Wes- ley W. Hyde. 617 Michigan Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids. 990 VOR SALE—NATIONAL CASH REGISTER, very latest style with all improvements, at less than half price; terms to suit. Address Albert E. Docherty, 34 Sibley St., Detroit, = 1 OR SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF DRUGS, paints, oils, brushes, school books and sta- tionery 1n a good small town; no competition. Will inventory about $1,300. I have two drug stocks and wish to sell this one before July 1, 1899. Address Angus Stewart, Fenwick, Mich. 988 OR SALE—#1,000 STOCK OF DRY GOODS, shoes and furnishing goods for 75 cents on the dollar cash, if taken this month. Address No. 987. care Michigan Tradesiggn. 987 VOR SALE—DEPARTMENT STORE DOING nice cash business. Must sell at once; have other business; town of 4,500. Address Box M, Three Rivers, Mich. 985 AN TED—GENERAL STOCK IN THRIV- ing town in exchange for 50 acre farm, with crops, three miles from city of Grand Rap- ids. Good buildings. Good soil for fruit and gardening. Write for particulars to 986, care Michigan Tradesman. 986 ODERN CITY RESIDENCE AND LARGE lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, or will exchange for tract of hardwood timber. Big bargain for some one. Possession given any time. Investigation solicited. E. A. Stowe, 24 Kellogg street, Grand Rapids. 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 town. Address Postoffice Box 137, Plainwell, Mich. 977 OR SALE—GOOD BAZAAR STOCK. EN- quire of Hollon & Hungerford, _. ich. 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. ¢ VOR SALE—LUMBER AND CUAL 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, Mich. 982 RHE 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 POR SALE OR EXCHANGE KOR 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 NO 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 factory, furniture factory, box fac- tory; planing 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 $1,500 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, $690 each; modern home, $2,800, for stock of merchandise. Address No. 975, care Michigan Tradesman. 975 YOR 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 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A 60 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 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 VOR 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 vears 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. Addre«s 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 %5,(00. Store and warehouse will be rented for $30 per month. Willsell 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. 680 COUNTRY PRODUCE ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS AND POUL- try; any quantities. Write me. Orrin J. Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 810 MISCELLANEOUS. YJANTED— A FIRST-CLASS TINSMITH. Must be capable of clerking in store. Single man preferred. Must give good refer- ences. No drinkers need apply. Address No. 992, care Michigan Tradesman. 992 ANTED — CIGARMAKERS, ROLLERS, bench breakers, strippers and lady pack- ers. G. J, Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rapids. 989 _ ANTED—POSITION BY COMPETENT grocery clerk. Al references. Corres- pondence solicited. A. T. Cooper, Hart, —/ i) ANTED — REGISTERED PHARMACIST who is familiar with lines carried in a general store. State wages. E. E. Lessiter, Grattan, Mich. 980 ANTED—POSITION IN STORE OR OF- fice by energetic married man. Competent book-keeper and has clerked in grocery. Best —— Address Box 494, Traverse gity, ch. ee een agpene ae aa — ae oe es aa ene om een a eee ag eS eas pr + a aa / } Travelers’ Time Tables. CHICAGO rn nnn Ry Chicago. . G. Rapids..7:30am 12: v0nn 5:05pm *2 15am re Chicago....1:30om 5:00pm 11:15pm *7:251 Ly. Chicago.. "7: 15am 12:00nn 4:15pm *8:45p- Ar. G’d Rapids 1:25pm 5:05pm 10:15pm *1:50am Traverse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey. Lv. G’d Ravids. 7:30am 2:15am 1:45pm 5: Opm ~ Ar. Trav City..12:40pm 6:10am 5:35pm 10: im Ar. ee 3:15pm 7:53am 7:38pm Ar. Petoskey.... 3:45pm 8:15am 8:15pm. Ar. Bay View... 3: 55pm &:20am 8:20pm.. Ottawa Beach. Lv. G. Rapids..9:C0am 12:00nn 5:39pm.......... Ar. G. Rapids..8:00am _ .:25pm 5:05pm 10:15pm Extra train on Saturday leaves at 2:15pm for Ottawa Beach. Sunday train leaves Bridge street 8:40am, sone depot 9:00am; leaves Ottawa Beach pm. Trains arrive from north at ?:00am, 11:15am, 4:45pm, and 10:05pm. Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars on night trains to and from Chicago Parlor cars for Bay View. *Every day. Others week days only. D ET ROIT,“" — — Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... aoe 1:35pm = 5:23n- Ar. Detrolt.... 2... 00... 1:40am 5:35pm 10: :05pr Ly. Detroit ...... = 15am 1:10pm 6: 1up: Ar. Grand Rapids..... 1:10pm 5:1)pm 10: 55pr naw, Almaand Greenville. Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G@R11:45am 9:49pr 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 Diy (In effect May 1, 1899.) Leave Arrive GOING EAST Saginaw, Detroit & N Y. ..* 6:45am + 9:55pm Detroit and East.. -¢10:16am + 5:07pm Saginaw, Detroit & East...... + 3:27pm 12:50pm Buffalo, N Y, Toronto, Mon- treal & Boston, Ltd Ex....* 7:20pm *10:16am * 8:33am *10:00pm GOING WEST Gd. Haven and Int Pts.... Gd. Haven Express........... *10:2lam * 7:15pm Gd. Haven and Int Pts.......+12:58pm + 3:19pm Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...+ 5:12pm +10:1lam Gd. Haven and Milwaukee ..+19:00pm + 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. oe Ba Sunday. A. Justin, City Pass. Ticket Agent, 97 Monroe St., Morton House. G AN Rapids & indiana Railway May = 1899. Northern Div. Arrive Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 748 “5am + 5:15pm Trav. City & Petoskey......... + 1:40pm 110:15pm Cadillac accommodation...... + 5:25pm +10:55am Petoskey & Mackinaw City....t1':00pm + 6:3.am 7:45am train, parlor Car; li :00pm train, sleep- ing car. Southern Div. Leave Arr'v CimeMNAs os oo. oo oe ee + 7:10am + 9 45pm Me WigOe occ + 2:0)pm + 1:3050 Gincinnatt.. . * 7:00pm * 6:30." Vicksburg and Chicago. “rh. UL: 30pm * 9:0'‘am 7:10 am train has parlor car to Cinciuia: 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 ——— car to Chicago. Chicago Trains. TO CHICAGO. Lv. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 200pm *11 30pm Ar. Chicago..... Sioa: a 8 45pm 6 2am FROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago.... ....... - 302pm *11 32pm Ar. Grand Rapids.............. 945pm 6 30am P Train iseving Grand pe oe :10am has parlor car; 11:00pm, coach and sleeping car. Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has Pullman parlor car; 11: — sleeping car. Mus — Lv @’d ae ace aul ott sam tl 15pm +5:40p. Ar Muskeg 00am 2:250m 7:05°m Gunaie train leaves. ‘Grand Rapids 9:15am; arrives Muskegon 10:40a Gone caer Lv Muskegon....... -«o48:10am 11:45am = 00pn Ar@’d Rapids... 9:30am 12:5hpm 5:2pr Sunday train leaves Muskegon 5:30pm; ar- = —, Ragise = xcept Sunda: ally. . . c. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. and Ticket Agent. Ww. C. BL AKE, Ticket Agent Union Station. South Shore and Atlantic DULUTH, Railway. UND. ; Ly. Grand Rapids (G. z & FE: 10pm +7:45am Ly. a City. 7:35am 4:20pm Ar. St. Ign es 9:00am 5:20pm Ar. Sault § Ste. te. Mario. 12:20pm 9:50pm Ar. Marquette ......... 2:50pm 10:40pm . Nestoria 5:20pm 12:45am Ae, Th es 8:30am EAST BOUND. iw, Pe asap te tae +6:30pm Ar. Nestoria... 5. ic... 5.55: til:15am =. 2:45am Ar. Mai uette.. beh tind Sale anu'siahe a 4:30am Ly. Sault Ste. Marie.......... 3:30pm =: ... .- Ar eee 5 oe rie Ee 8: 40pm 11:00am W-. Hisparp, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids & Northeastern Ry. MANISTEE fren sna Via C. & W.M. Railway. Lv Grand iti Sie etdeaecas seu 7:00am Ar Manistee.. .+.- 12:05pm day Mantatee. 0060 oi. oo cc. 8:30am 4:10pm Ar Grand Rapids ................ I:oopm 9:4spm MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS Michigan Business Men’s Association President, C. L. WHitNEy, Traverse City; Sec- retary, E A. STOWE, Grand Rapids. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WisLER, Mancelona; Secretary, E . STOWE, Grand Rapids. Michigan Hardware Association President, C. G. JzewxrtTT, Howell; Secretary HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton "Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, JoszpH Knient; Secretary, E. MARKs, 221 Greenwood ave; Treasurer, U. H. FRINK. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, Frank J. Dyk; Secretary, Homer Kuap; Treasurer, J. GEo. LEHMAN. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREaNoR; Vice-President, Joun McBratniE; Secretary, W. H. Lewis. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. FRaNK HELMER; Secretary, W. H. PorTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CharK; Secretary, E. F. CLEvE- LAND; Treasurer, WM. C. KoEHN. Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, M. L. DgEBats; Sec’y, S. W. WaTERs. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Barges; Secretary, M. B. HOLiy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Camp BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLuins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gincurist; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz; Secretary, Porzrp HILBER: Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, THos. BRomMLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. Prrcy; Treasurer, CLARK A. Purt. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H.W. Wacuaceg; Sec’y, T. E. HEDDLE. Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W, VERHOEKsS. Yale Bnsiuess Men’s Association President, Cuas. Rounps; Sec’y, FRANK PUTNEY. LARGE BIRD EIGHT BY SIXTEEN FEET. HAVE YOU SEEN IT IN THE CITY? SWEET; RICH. $35 PER M. SEND MAIL ORDER. THURLOW WEED CIGAR. $70.00 per M. TEN CENTS STRAIGHT. AARON B. GATES, CLEVELAND, = oe :Fans Fore : = Warm Weather =e ciated on a hot day than a substantial fan. Espe- cially is this true of coun- try customers who come to town without provid- ing themselves with this necessary adjunct to com- fort. We have a large Nothing is more appre- | line of these goods in fancy shapes and unique a designs, which we fur- pad nish printed and handled | | | as follows: | | TOO. s eens eevee $ 3 00 | | ee ca aaa 4 50 oF 7 AO ta 7 00 BOO ea 8 oo WO econ. 15 00 We can fill orders on two hours’ notice, if necessary, but don’t ask us t» fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. AR LIGHT DELIVERY OR ORDER WAGON Price NO. 40 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. 23 6(),000 Money WGIGNE Sodlés The Money Weight System embodied in our scales insures the mer- chant who will use them and abandon the old pound In use in the United States and Canada. and ounce method of handling goods a sure and just The profit on groceries is small enough, and if you are going profit on every ounce of goods sold by weight. to lose it, how do you hope to hold out? We are a good-sized insurance company all by our- selves. Your insurance begins when you begin to use our Money Weight Computing Scales, and your policy matures immediately, in commencing to save losses. For full information write to ThE COMPUTING SOalé 60. Dayton, Ohio, U. S. A. LLL e LE ~ leaker oe | aE an arama ara aera er arora enaererer es GQQOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOHOLHDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS @ : © a PP 2 © i S © e © @ © ~ © @ © © @ @ o © e C @ @ @ @ © © We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. © Correspondence Solicited. 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