t ic < igan ‘GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, Tradesman. ee er a ee ee NO. 173. Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co. MANUFACTURERS OF BELKNAP’S PATENT SLEIGHS, Business and Pleasure Sleighs, Farm Sleighs, Logging Sleighs. . Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material, and have every facility for making first-class Sleighs of all kinds. Shop Cor. Front and First Sts., Grand Rapids. We have just purchased a large invoice of “PLANK ROAD PLUG? Send us a Trial Order. Spring Chicken, Moxie and Eclipse always in stock. OLNEY, SHIELDS & Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. en STEAM LAUNDRY, 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express Promptly At- tended to. ; JUDD ceo CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. Leeann aincs . APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. Cushman’s MENTHOL In the treatment of Catarrh, Headache, Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron- chitis, Sore Throat and Severe Colds, stands without an equal. Air Mentholized by passing through the Inhaler- tube, in which the Pure Crystals of Menthol are. held‘ thoroughly applies this valuable remedy in the most efficient way, to the parts affected. It sells readily. Always kcep an open Inhaler in your store, and let your'customers try it. A few inhalations will not hurt the Inhaler, and will do more to demonstrate its efficiency than a half hour’s talk. Retail price 50 cents. For Crrcuriars and TESTIMONIALS address - D. Cushman, Three Rivers, Mich. Trade supplied by . . Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G’d Rapids, And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago. ; BEANS WANTED. for Beans, Picked or Unpicked. WT LAMORBAUX, Avt 71 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. -—-AATON & LYON, Importers, Jobbers and ‘ Retailers of BOOKS, Stationery & Sundries, 20 and 22 fonroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. * "a For Prices and paren: address WH IP GRAHAM ROYS, Grand Rapids, Mich, The CELEBRATED EMERY $3 SHOE MANUFACTURED BY HATCH & EMERY, Chicago and, Boston, D. G. KENYON, Traveling Salesman, 227 Jefferson Street, ne Grand Rapids, Mich. GUSTAVE A. WOLF, Attorney. Over Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407. COMMERCIAL LAW & COLLECTIONS. CE RTS Parties in want. should write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0. 71 CANAL STREET. ORGANIZATION OUTEITS. Full outfits for the Collection Depart- ment of a Business Men’s Association, con- taining all the late improvements, supplied to order for $13. The outfit comprises: 1,000 ‘Blue Letter’’ Notification Sheets, for member's use. 500 Copyrighted Record Blanks, 500 Association Notification Sheets, and 500 Envelopes. Money can be sent by draft, post-office or express order. Fuller & Stowe Company, 49 Lyon Street,, - Grand Rapids, Mich. DIARIES AND OFFICE TICKLERS, MEMORANDUM CALENDARS FOR 18877. Now is the time to make your selections to get what you want before the stock is broken. Geo. A. Hall & Co. 29 Monroe St. CLOVER SEED WANTED AT Grand Rapids seed Store, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND—~ «© We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. JEW BLE FR. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, STATE AGENT FOR Fermentum! The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co. 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. None genuine unless it bears above label. MICH. ALBERT COYE & SON, DEALERS IN AWNINGS 2 TENTS Horse and Wagon Covers, Oiled Clothing, Feed Bags, Wide Ducks, etc. Flags & Banners made to order. 78CANALST., - GRAND RAPIDS. THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY. Annual Meeting of the Traverse City Bus- iness Men’s Association. The third annua! meeting of the Traverse City Business Men’s ‘Association, whith occurred last Tuesday evening, was attend- ed by over fifty of the ninety members and a great deal of enthusiasm prevailed. Frank Hanilton, who had served the Association faithfully as president for two years, re- fused to accept a re-election, when a spirited contest took place, resulting in the selection of Geo. E. Steele. The full complement of officers, as elected, is as follows: President—Geo. E. Steele. First Vice-President—D. E. Carter. Second Vice-President—J. G. Johnson. Secretary—C. E. Lockwood. Treasurer—J. T. Beadle. ' After the transaction of the usual routine business incident to the annual meeting, the meeting adjourned to the Park Place, where an elaborate banquet whs served. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. S. Large, when the viands were discussed for about half an hour with a vigor characteristic of a a Grand Traverse appetite. At the conclu- sion of the repast, Toastmaster Milliken rapped the gathering to order and called upon E. A. Stowe to respond to the toast, ‘*The State Association.” Mr. Stowe stated that -he realized the fitness of the toast- master’s calling on him first, as it was invar- iably customary to serve the common things first and reserve the pastry, fruits and other delicacies until the last. He then spoke as follows: As an humble officer of the Michigan Bus- iness Men’s Association, 1 am here to-night to tender you the cordial greetings of that body. We hail you as pioneers in the work of organization in the West; we recognize your Association as the first organization of the kind in the State; we welcome you as one of the first to affiliate with the parent body; and we honored you by making your Presi- dent our President. You, in turn, have honored the State Association, by furnish- ing it with a presiding officer who has guid- ed its course with singular wisdom and given the work of organization an impetus which will be felt until every city aud town in the State is enlisted dh the side of pay, progress and principle. ~ The idea of a State Association was no suddenly conceived idea, carelessly and has- tily put into execution. As you already know, the idea originated with your Presi- dent about eighteen months ago. We began talking about the subject in our local Asso- ciation fully a year ago, at which time we registered a determination that the ‘‘Con- vention City” should have the honor of en- tertaining the first. convention of the State organization. Correspondence with the as- sociations then in existence satisfied us that all.of them favored the project, and we de- cided to issue a general call as soon as the number of associations reached twenty-five. The requisite number was reached August 20th, on September 1 a call was issued in the name of the Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rapids and on the 21st of Septem- ber representatives of twenty-three associa- tions convened at Grand Rapids. Of the proceedings of that convention and the re- sults which have followed in its wake, you are all more or less familiar. If I may be allowed to speak of tangible advantages, I will say that we have issued three notification sheets, containing a total of 147 names, and that we have written proot that such publications prevented the making of many bad accounts. We have ascertained the whereabouts of thirty-seven fleeing debtors, eighteen of whom have paid accounts to debtors whom they intended to leave in the lurch. The other nineteen have been placed on the delinquent list, and the merchants in the towns in which they live properly notified of their true character. While the results accomplished in this di- rection are not great, we consider them en- couraging and an earnest of. what can be done in the future under more approved methods and more favorable circumstances. The influence the organization has exerted in the way of prompter payments, closer credits and more thorough business methods is seen in every town whose association has affiliated with the State body and whose members have endeavored to live up to the declaration of principles enunciated at the September meeting. As an instance of the impetus the Association has given local or- ganization, I have only to state that whereas it took nearly two years to form the first twenty-five associations, we have in three months since the State meeting organized twenty-five associations. The State body now comprises 815 auxiliary members and I think I am safe in saying that this number will be increased to 1,500 by the March meeting. The creation of a State Association indi- cate the necessity of attaining objects too complex and widespread to be dealt with by the local bodies. While the State Associa- tion has neither the power nor inclination to suppress individual agency or indepen- dent action on the part of any local body, yet it affords a glorious opportunity to breathe new life into the business men of Michigan. By it and through it the im- pulses, thoughts, experiences and qualities of the best men engaged in the work ‘will be communicated to and premeate, as leaven, the whole mass. By and through this ex- change will come the interchange of views, liberalizing your transactions, enlarging and dignifying your operations, elevating the morals and stimulating a spirit of gener- ous rivalry among the whole membership. By and through it the edge of :inquiry and investigatien will be sharpened. By it, also, public confidenece—inspired by a faith in the conservatism which restrains, while it sustains, organized talent and industry— will bear golden fruit in relieving the busi- ness men of Michigan of the incubus of the dead-beat and -dissipate that disparage- ment which, at times, comes upen them from the invasions of repacious vultures which devour their prey and fly away to other and newer fields. Retiring-President Hamilton _Wwas then called upon to speak for ‘‘Onr Local Asso- ciation,” which subject he handled in the following able manner: Mr, Chairman and Gentlemen: We are assembled this evening, repre- senting a large majority of the business men of our villagé, with here and there one from our neighboring towns, members of of the Business Men’s Association of Trav- erse City. It may be of interest and worthy as a matter of record, that a few details connect- ed with its inauguration, its aims and ob- jects be outlined and a resume of its work in the two years of its existence be briefly told. To the movers in the work, it was ap- parent that many classes of men, much smaller in numbers than in the mereantile line, had banded together for protection and reform, resulting in many cases in the gen- eral advancement of knowledge among its members, cultivating a broader charity, and creating deeper confidence in mankind, in and out of the rank and file. Had we no grievances, had we no need for reform, no aims higher than existed years ago, no sys- tems for correction, no standard to main- tain asa body? This one fact was clear to all, viz: That all along the line to a great- er or less degree we were falling victims to an indiscriminate credit system, creating and fostering a class of stationary and itinerant delinquents, to the detriment of the trader and of necessity an injustice to the honest and good-paying consumer. Better pay, curtailment of credit, proper classification of delinquents, these for the merchant, called for other reasons for or- ganization, aiming for a broader platform and layger membership, to include the busi- ness men of our city. The social contact had already eliminated prejudice, therefore followed the social plank, which object alone has proven worthy of such a step, dis- pelling many unhappy features in the busi- ness man’s life toward his neighbors in trade, uniting them from time to time; and who can say but an occasion like this is in- dicative of a higher and nobler sentiment in trade circles? Matters of business and industrial ventures were suggested of inter- est to the public, hence the membership clause was made open in the following words: ‘Sec. 1 Any merchant, manufacturer, dealer, or proprietor of an established hon- orable business who has resided in Trav- erse City for the space of six months and is a taxpayer shall be eligible to member- ship.” With the objects named in a few words as follows: “The objects of this association shall be to cultivate better social relations, for mutual protection, and to promote the gen- eral interests of its members and of the Grand Traverse region.” It. was not clear respecting the line of ob- jects worthy to be sought, until formally de- clayed in those words at our first State con- vention last September. (And here let me re- mind, you that our organization was the first Business Men’s Association in the State, and the first to advocate a State As- sociation, wich now numbers an even fitty local organizations): The objects of this association shall be to unite merchants and other elasses of business men for reform, development of industries and work for the general good, and to pro- mote by all legitimate means the social, mor- al and business interests of its members. Among the special objects sought to be ob- tained are the following: 1. Inspiring confidence between buyer and seller by doing business on legitimate prin- ciples. 2. Shorter hours for doing business in, and an honest endeavor to educate the buy- er to make his purchases between 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. six days a week. 3. The proper observance of all national holidays and more frequent intervals for rest and recreation. 4. Abolishing the tendency to indiserim- inate credit and stimulating the selling of merchandise for ready pay. 5. Protection against inferior and adul- terated goods, short weights, counts and measures, fictitious brands and labels and misrepresentation in public and private. 6. Maintaining a delinquent department, for receiving from and imparting to local associations prompt information of delin- quents changing locations. 7. Protection against unjust laws affect- ing business men and a careful scrutiny of all legislation relating to the same. 8. To stimulate a determination to render the title ‘Business Man” a synonym for hon- or, firmness, probity, justice and high mor- als. To Tue MicHIGAN TRADESMAN, an or- gan of business men most heartily endorsed, and to its editor, Mr. E. A. Stowe, both lo- cal and State bodies are indebted fer organ- ization, for the vitality and zeal that are everywhere apparent and for the best record made in any state in the Union, in rapid and effective work in the interests of business men. From a local membership of thirty, we have grown to a body of ninety. We have indulged in no schemes, no secrecy; we have no boasts to make; we cannot always meas- ure strength by numbers, nor measure the good accomplished in mere words. How- ever, the work of our Rating Committee. of seven members, appointed at our first meet- ing, proved a source of congratulation. It placed the intentional, malicious delinquent before all business men in the rank to which he properly belonged; it stimulated a more wholesome line of credits, regulated the abuse, encouraged the ready-pay system and ranked the honest, prompt, well-meaning man above the professional delinquent. This system has recently been superseded by an- other, clearer and keener, yet possessed with all fairness and a just consideration for all. Rules for collecting are mailed delinquent with bill of purchase, requesting a settle- ment or a proper recognition of same within thirty days. Upon failure to comply. with this, the account is placed before the Secre- tary and Rating Committee, who, in turn, again demand such recognition as is due, otherwise, his name will be published among the delinquent class as one unworthy of credit. Should this system be abused, prop- er channels are open for arbitration. Our Insurance Committee have acted in conjunction with others in stimulating care on the part of tenants in guarding against fire, and have recommended better and more insurance whenever aid wherever practica- ble, This matter should not be lost sight of in the future. It needs still further agi- tation. A constant watchfulness on ‘the part of all to guard against fire cannot be too often suggested. Our Freight Committee secured under an annual contract with the G. R. & IL. Rail- way from Chieago, a reduction of from 20 to 25 per cent. from former rates, shorter time in transit, laying goods down in Trav- erse City in four days, when formerly six days was the rule. With another road into Traverse City we may reasonably look for closer rates and better time. Our Lecture Committee have drawn on home talent so far as they were able, giving to the public without cost four addresses ranking in merit with talent we pay large sums for. This feature will no doubt be carried to a still greater success in the fu- ture. Our Manufacturing Committee have in- vestigated our resources to a large extent, encouraging by letters, printed matter and personal interview, when possible, the es- tablishment of new industries, however small. Asa partial result of their efforts we have one thriving enterprise a credit to our town. The Committee also secured a car load of whitefish and deposited the same in our bay last season. They feel, in com- mon with all, the worth and need of manu- facturing enterprises, necessitating moder- ate and large investments, to be attracted here largely through a well-organized and well-directed system of advertising. This is a question of moment to every business man in Traverse City. Our Finance Committee have to congratu- late themselves upon a liberal balance in the treasury. Our day of recreation, July 20th, will long be remembered as one of social enjoy- ment, uniting with our neighboring villages in closer bonds, bringing three thousand people together upon common grounds, one day, for out-of-door pleasure, any oceasion before unknown in the history of our region. A limited observance of special holidays and a proper observance of national days are right, and should be commended. Our day for shorter hours in business is coming close at hand. Some have adopted this method already, and many are looking forward to it. When the few who are now opposed shall have conceded the seasonable- ness of the demand: it will require inde- pendence of action on the one side anda yielding of individual choice on the other. A member of the British Parliament is now agitating early closing by act of Parliament, with good prospects of success. We trust to the good sense of the mercantile profes- sion rather than agitate legislative enact- ment. As an Association of business men, we meet here to-night on tried grounds, no lon- ger groping in the dark. We are now com- mitted to the best interests of our village and its inhabitants thereof. We are com- mitted to the work of elevating trade from the smallest dealer on the corner to the larg- est dealer living. We stand pledged for shorter hours in business, giving the mer- chant and his employee time for broader development in and out of business. We stand pledged for protection against adul- terations, short weights, counts and meas- ures, misrepresentation in public and pri- vate, unjust laws affecting the business man; we stand pledged to each other as honorable business men, and to the con- sumer as men worthy of confidence. Is it not, I repeat, a good omen when nine-tenths of the business men in our en- terprising village can meet around these tables for social enjoyment? Is it nota strong statement of a doctrine that offers a solution of difficulties before us? Is it not true that the work to be done in our midst largely depends upon the intelligent sym- pathy and co-operation of business men? We gather together from time to time on political grounds, with antagonistic meas- ures, divergencies of opinion, running our lines of action contrary to good fellowship, and sometimes moral trusteeship, we meet as a body at the polls and atthe grave, fre- quently meet at our secret orders, our churches and our social gatherings; but here only do we meet as business men to move along the lines of pay, progress and princi- ple. Let us seek to inspire trade with an aim above mere barter, free it from its bondage through greater powers, ‘‘give all classes of business a royal sanction,” that they shall take rank and dignity with all the work done by humanity in its best estate. Attorney L. Roberts was called upon to speak for ‘‘Our City” and prefaced his speech with felicitous remarks: Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: To those who lived here in an early day, when it took a week to get to Grand Rapids, Traverse City was ‘‘inside” and all the rest of the world was ‘‘outside.” And we who came later have the same feeling, not that we are now separated from the rest of the State and country, as we were then, but be- cause she has advantages over other places, both present and prospective, which, distin- guuishes it from all of them and whieh, to our minds, gives us the inside track in the race. Our healthful and salubrious climate— who has not felt its effects, both upon his system and his pocketbook? Our water fa- cilities, both for pleasure and profit! Board- man Lake, with her two square miles of placid surface, will ever furnish amusement for sail or oar, while the bending river, as it flows through the town, separating it into three natural divisions, provides ample drainage for all. Tne broad and beautiful bay! the navies of the whole world might ride upon her heaving bosom. Her waters, bright, clear, pure and sparkling, furnish to | Traverse City an inexhaustible supply of that priceless though much slandered artice: our bay, ‘‘a thing of beauty and a joy for- ever,” an ever changing panorama upon aud above whose gorgeous surface may some- times be seen the mirage only equaled by that viewed upon Sahara’s burning sands; the mirror for the fleeey cloud, the. bright sunshine and the blue arch of heaven; the huge cauldron from whose surface the waves thunder against the rocky shore like the roar of the mighty sea; and when the storm is past they kiss the pebbly beach like the ripple of the laughing rill. We love our bay as we love our home. The growth of Traverse City has been slow but sure. ‘‘Where can I finda house?” has been heard much oftener than ‘‘to whom can I rent one?” Again, Traverse City has more territory that must be tributary to her, than any ; town in the older portions of the State of | twice her size. The whole of Leelanaw | county, the northern and eastern part of | Benzie, all of Grand Traverse, the southern and eastern portions of Antrim, and their people must always find an outlet for their products and a depot for their supplies here. Her $30,000 school house and $20,000 jail, and her numerous churehes show her to be well toward the head of the column in relig- ious and educational interests. For manu- facturing purposes, her immense forests are at her very threshold. To seeure these man- ufactories it is only necessary that such a low rate of freights be secured as will allow our manufacturers to compete with those of other places. Already the competition be- tween our bay and present railway facilities is such in summer that our merchants can compete with any north of Big Rapids; and the bright prospects of at least one more railway in the near fature render it certain that all kinds of hardwood manufactories an be successfully carried on here. This, with the rapidly developing farming interests, with the homes springing rapidly into existence on every hill and in every val- ley; with our lake, river and bay, and the inhabitants thereof for pleasure and recre- ation, with.the salubrious and healthful eli- mate, with the splendid manufacturing fa- cilities now opening before us, and above all, with the thorough-going, honest, indus- trious business men, we ean well say that ours is a’ city, beautiful for situation, rich in the broad expanse of her primeval forest, and ‘whose growth and prosperity need only be measured by the energy, shrewdness, perseverance and faithfulness of her citi- zens. Hon. Perry Hannah then spoke for ‘Our Business Men,” as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: It is with great pleasure that I respond for the business men of Traverse City. There is no class of men that I have wateb- ed with greater interest than the tradesmen of our town. They are nearly all young with more than common energy and busi- ness ability. It is their first venture, and with the school of experience that must act as guide and teacher, [ predict for them al! great success. Traverse City has to-day a population ot some 4,000 inhabitants, with a country sur- rounding it of full seven-eighths of its native forests still standing on the soil. Yet I make bold to assert that more goods are sold here by our merchants than in any oth- er town of its size in the State of Michigan. Hannah, Lay & Co. may be called the pioneer business men in the Grand ‘Traverse region. It is nearly thirty-six years since they opened up trade in asmall cabin, far less in size than the smallest shop now in our village, their sales not exeeeding $2,000 the first year. Since that time more than 500 young men have grown up and received their business education with this company and gone forth to engage in business on their own ac- count. It is one of the proudest thoughts of my life, when I go baek and review their history, that Lam unable to reeall a single instance of failure. From the earliest dawn of trade in Tray- erse City the cash system was adopted and strictly adhered to for many years. Other settlements grew up and readily fell into this line of practice until Grand Traverse became a wonder and shining light to the balance of our great State on account of its cash system. To this ‘pay as you go” practice, §1 at- tribute the great safety value that. has ear- ried the young business men past the credit rocks that wreck the merchant. If we are to-day straying away from this ‘ash principle IL would warn my young friends to go back and review their early lessons. No other plan will keep a mort- gage from the customer’s farm and bank- ruptey from your own doors. Lam drawing near the afternoon of my active business life and as I sit in the retire- ment of age I shall watch with deep inter- est the business men of Traverse City as they push on in life’s cares to make their honest dollar. {know from along business experience that there is but one honorable road to a successful result—make your word with your customers equal to your bond. Judge J. G. Ramsdell then responed to the toast ‘‘Our Agricultural Resources,” follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: Your President has requested me to res- pond to this toast, and at the same time showed his wisdom, prudence and_ cor- rect appreciation of time in all business transactions, by limiting my remarks to five minutes. Ithank you, Mr. President, for the hgnor you confer in selecting me to re- present the farming interests of this ecoun- try at this banquet, but I thank you most for the restrictions you impose. Soil, climate and topography—the three conditions which determine the suceess of as general agriculture—are most favorably combined in what is now known as the Grand Traverse region. The soil is rich in every element of vege- table growth, so porous that underdraining is Unieoessary and the roots of trees and plants have easy aceess in times of drouth to the moist depths below. It is SO govered dur- ing winter with a protecting mantle of snow that frost seldom penetrates the ground. The unheaval and winter-killing of wheat and grass by frost is unknown. That long.and disagreeable period, known as “frost coming out of the ground,” we wholly escape. As soon as the snow is gone, vegetation readily and rapidly re- sponds to the warming rays of the sun. The sudden transition from winter white to summer green is surprising to those not familiar with our seasons and it gives us a season for culture as early and as long as in latitudes many degrees further south. Our climate is tempered by the open wa- ter surrounding us in the direction of pre- vailing winds, so that we are exempt from those extremes of heat and cold whieh make general farming in all its branches hazardous in the grain growing states. The storms which sweep over the plains of the West with such freezing fury are so tempered by the waters of Lake Michigan that they reach us comparatively mild and absolutely harmless. Storms which this season have raged through Dakota, Minne- sota, Wisconsin, lowa and Illinois, redue- (Coreluded on page 4.] A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Mannfactering Interests of the State. BE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1887. The Michigan Tradesman GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Friedrich Bros., dealers in musical instru-| ments, are succeeded by Julius A. J. Fried- rich. Jacob Reelman succeeds Reelman & Ham ming in the manufacture of hames at 135 Grandville avenue. Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Co. have taken Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association, President, L. M. Mills; Vice-President, S. A. Sears; Sec- retary and Treasurer, Geo. H. Seymour; Board of Di- rectors, H. 8. Robertson, Geo. F. Owen, J. N. Brad- ford, A. B. Cole and Wm. Logie. @@ Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers. will confer a favor on the pub- lishers by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. A correspondent asks THE TRADESMAN what it has to say of the numerous scheme collecting agencies now doing business in this State, especially the ‘‘ National Retail Commercial Agency,” of Bay City, and the ‘*Merchant’s Protective Association,” of Marshall. Tne TRADESMAN is not in- clined to express an opinion on the subject, at this time, but will say this much, that no private scheme posseses a tithe of the advan- tages to be derived from a well-conducted local organization; that none of the local Associations are costing the members as much as memberships in the private schemes; and that the results secured through concerted action—aside from the collections made—are frequently of more value than the collection feature. Switzerland is alarmed by the prevalence of drunkenness, and is going to make an experiment in the control of the liquor traf- fic. The entire retail trade in intoxicants is to become a government monopoly. The distillers are to be allowed to sell to no one else, and the retail business is to be manag- ed with a view to diminishing drunkenness. This plan is not altogether new. Formerly in Russia the government managed both the manufacture and the sale of liquor, and the imperial eagle was the sign over the door of the vodkashop. THe TRADESMAN does not know how the plan worked in Rus- sia, but it seems to be admitted very gen- erally that the country is more drunken now, when the business is in private hands, than it ever was before. : Tuk TRADESMAN cordially commends to the other local associations of the State the action of the Traverse City Business Men’s Association in celebrating its anniversary with a banquet and speeches. Such an event has a two-fold significance—it affords the best possible opportunity for cultivating the social side of life and bringing men to- gether and it also affords business men an exceptionally good opportunity to boom their town. THe TRADESMAN shall hope to see moreof such gatherings in the future. In responding to the toast, ‘Our City,” at the anniversary banquet at Traverse City last week, Lawyer Roberts remarked: ‘‘Her $30,000 school house and $20,000 jail, and her numerous churches, show her to be well towards the head of the column in religious and educational interests.” THe TRADES- MAN is in doubt as in which category Mr. Roberts places the ‘‘$20,000 jail’—religious or educational. Tur TRADESMAN has already exposed the crookedness of one Grand Rapids com- mission merchant and has two others ‘‘on the list” for similar treatment. Affidavits are being secured which will substantiate the charges which will be made against the persons as soon as sufficient evidence is se- cured to warrant the exposures. The man who stands aloof from an organ- ization which includes every other reputable business man in his town may be ‘‘wise in his own conceit,” but the chances are ten to one that in the struggle for supremacy he will find himself the last man in the race. ccaceeniemaneeveneenaiantatans Manistique, South Boardman, Boyne City and Plainwell each organized strong asso- ciation’s last week. This week Owosso, Chesaning and St. Charles are expected to fall into line. Monthly Report of the Michigan Division, T. Pi th feport of the Secretary-Treasurer éor the month ending Dec. 31, 1886: GRraANnp Rapips, Jan. 10, 1887. MEMBERSHIP REPORT. The following names were added to our State membership during the month: 13,194. Geo. W. Dennis, Corunna. 13,213. W. R. Woodruff, Detroit. Geo. W. Rowe, Bangor. W.H. A. Godfrey, Colon. W. F. Gibson, Three Rivers. H. P. Kane, Battle Creek. Wm. Sessions, Furwell. F. H. Macomber, Jackson. C. C. Kritzer, Newaygo. A. T. Hines, Jackson. John A. Severens, Detroit. 13,441. F.C. Hall, Allegan. 13,454. W. W. Tuttle, Ann Arbor. and six members in arrears for dues have paid and been re-instated. FINANCE REPORT. Dec. 1. Cash on hand...............-+.+-- 3 50 20. Check from Nat’! Sec’y-Treas. . 67 00 70 50 CONTRA. Dec. 24. By Cash to C. 8. Kelsey........ 15 00 24. 68 Post A, Jackson.... 25 00 24. " Ras 2 OO cas exes 18 00 24. - POSUABG 055-0500: 50 TOME vcs ousting oo bcs deke Crs ase 58 50 Jan. 1, 1887. Balance on hand,....... .. 12 00 Respectfully submitted, L. M. MILs, Sec’y-Treas. Mich. Div., T. P. A. enn een ll ell pA nner Get your business in such form that you ean handle it with ease. There must be mutual confidence in trade, and in order to do this, mntual candor. possession of the Cornelius J. Van Halteren grocery stock, on South Division street, on a bill of sale. John L. Curtiss and Geo. B. Dunton have purchased Eli F. Harrington’s quarter in- terest in the firm of Curtiss, Dunton & Co., and will continue the business under the former style of Curtiss & Dunton. . AROUND THE STATE. E. G. Hunt, grocer at Holt, has sold out. . E. W. Swain, grocer at Ashley, has sold out. C. E. Hight has bought out J. S. Cowgill, grocer at Lawton. F. Levi & Co., clothing dealers at Manis- tee, have sold out. Wm. Rowe will move his drug stock from Manistee to Muskegon. H. Barry succeeds Barry & Lewis in the drug business at Ravenna. Van Duzer & Potts have bought out J. P. Warner, grocer at Decatur. J. A. & R. D. Dyer, boot and shoe deal- | ers at Manton, have dissolved. Smiley & Millspaugh, druggists at Albi- on, are succeeded by,J. F. Smiley. M. Singerman, dealer in dry goods and notions at Ludington, has assigned. L. D. Buck has purchased the grocery business of A. Parkhurst, at Vassar. Wise & Co., hardware dealers at Mance- lona, have sold out to White & Kiles. Nathan Platt & Co. succeed Nathan Platt, dry goods dealer at Muskegon. H. A. Phinney, general dealer at Iron-| wood, has assigned to John Berranges. Goodenow & Beman, dry goods dealers at Albion, have dissolved, each continuing. A. Parkhurst & Son, general dealers at Vassar, have sold out to Alonzo G. Buck. Michael H. Cahalan succeeds Cahalan & Cowman, general dealers at Hubbardston. Carson & Kelly, millers at Galesburg, have dissolved, Samuel Carson succeeding. Peter Hormuth succeeds Hormuth & Co., at Cadillac, Robert Schubert having retired. Thos. Hunter & Son, general dealers at | Mio, are said to have made an assignment. G. J. Hill sueceeds H. C. & G. J. Hill, dealers in agricultural implements at Union- ville. H. A. Phinney, dealer in clothing and gents’ furnishing goods at Ironwood, has as- signed. Geo. Wahr succeeds Geo. Osius & Co. in the book and stationery business at Ann Arbor. John E. Parcel will move his general stock from Saranac to Casnovia about Feb- ruary 1. It is reported that Miss M. A. Mahaney, fancy goods dealer at Midland, is going out of business. Frank Smith, general dealer at LeRoy, was presented on New Year’s morning with a nine-pound boy. J. A. Clark & Co., general dealers at Scottville, have dissolved. The style re- mains unchanged. Sewel D. Walker has engaged in the gro- cery business at Soper’s Corners, eight miles west of Manton. R. P. Gustin & Co., wholesale grocers at Bay City, have dissolved, R. P. Gustin con- tinuing under same style. ; Fred. M. Warner has bought out the boot and shoe department of P. Dean Warner’s general stoek at Farmington. The firm of Druckhamer & Rhode, gro- cers at East Saginaw, have dissolved, Jos- eph Druckhamer succeeding. Ionia Standard: Yonia merchants report the finest holiday trade they have had for many years and also a remarkably large in- crease in cash customers. L.. Jacoby succeeds C. B. Hirschfield as manager of the Mammoth Clothing House —owned by Houseman, Donnally & Jones, Grand Rapids—at Allegan. An Atlanta, Montmorency county, grocer named Hawk has the honor of being the first person in Michigan prosecuted under the new oleomargarine law. Phelps, Brace & Co., wholesale grocers at Detroit, have dissolved, Samuel B. Sinclair retiring. The business will be continued under the same firm name. G. W. Toms has retired from the grocery firm of Lovejoy & Toms, at Big Rapids. The business will be continued by C. B. Lovejoy, as agent for his wife. S. J. Martin will shortly remove his gro- cery and boot and shoe stock from Boyne Falls to Sullivan, a new station on the line of the M., G. R. & I. Railway. H. A. Pinney, clothing merchant at Lron- wood, has made an assignment for the ben- efit of Milwaukee, Chicago and Buffalo creditors. Liabilities, $7,500; assets, $15,- 000. Saranac Local: The Hunter & Sargent hardware stock has been sold by the assignee to Herbert L. Bailey, of Tonia, Mr. Bailey will continue the business here for a time. Big Rapids Herald: Currie & Clark, who have been doing a grocery business on the North side for some time, have assigned to Ed. Keeler for the benefit of creditors. Lia- bilities about $1,200; assets about one-half. Manistee Times: Moses Simon has closed his dry goods store and sold the remainder of the stock to his brother, who is in the same business in Wisconsin. Mr. Simon will re- hicago, whence he came four years | MANUFACTURING MATTERS. G. T. Warren succeeds G. T. Warren & Co. in the manufacture of cigars at Flint. Geo. E. Hubbard succeeds Jas. C. Avery & Co. in the manufacture of cigars at Grand Haven. C. E. Brewster, formerly manager for Gibbs Bros., at Mayfield,xhas left their em- ploy and will devote his entire time to the management of his handle factory at Kings- ley. The Oval Wood Dish Co., at Mancelona, has acquired a patent in the shape of an oyster pail or candy box, made from one piece of paper, and will engage in their man- ufacture on an extensive scale. The Hartzig, Reaume & Seripps Co., at Detroit, organized for the manufacture of fruit preserves and jellies, with a capital stock of $25,000, has been incorporated by Emery A. Hartzig, E. O. Scripps, Geo. H. Scripps and Dennis J. Reaume. C. N. Leach, formerly engaged in the manufacture of shingles near Pierson and more recently eugaged in. the grocery busi- ness at Howard City, has purchased a shin- gle mill near Hersey and will operate . the same. STRAY FACTS. Thos. Merrill, liveryman at Muskegon, is dead. Henry C. Seath has engaged in the bakery business at Evart. J. P. Fox, saloonist at Pewamo, is suc- ceeded by Hauck & Fox. A. G. Fuller has opened a confectionery and cigar store at Shelby. John Quinn succeeds T. H. Lavery in the livery business at Harrison. L. D. Rogers, harness dealer at Portland, has sold out to Wm. Worden & Co. H. M. Clark succeeds Wm. E. Southard, Jr., in the hotel business at Muskegon. Osgood, Fletcher & Co., bankers at Men- don, have dissolved, Osgood Bros. continu- ing. M. Bellanger & Co. succeed M. Bellan- ger & Son, dealers in lumbermen’s tools at Evart. J. H. Brohman, of the firm of Brohman & Hall, meat dealers at Sault de Ste. Marie, is dead. Cheboygan Tribune: The cedar business keeps on the boom, many farmers taking contracts for getting out greater or less quantities. The tie business will add many a dollar to the circulating medium of this section. Steele & Titus, of Traverse City, have just sold for S. Pease, of. Buffalo, 2,500 acres of hemlock and hardwood land on North Manitou Island. The purchaser is G. Paddock, of Milwaukee, who will com- mission Mann Bros., of the latter place, to locate a sawmill on the Island and saw out the timber. —~<>--< The Gripsack Brigade. Phil. Gaubatz, with P. Leidersdorf & Co., Milwaukee, was in the city last Week. M. B. Field, representing W. F. McLaugh- lin & Co., Chicago, visited the trade last week. Perley W. Hall has returned from Green- field, Tenn., where he spent a week or ten ‘days with his father. Irving W. VanZandt, Michigan manager for Howard W. Spurr & Co., of Boston, put in Sunday at this market. Gabriel Wolff, the Otsego bankrupt, has gone on the road for M. B. Eaton & Co. Bet a ‘“‘helluf ’a tallar” no one gets ahead | of that fellow. Chas. B. Parmenter has engaged with the Gleason Wood Ornament Co. for another year and left Monday for an extended trip through the East. Chas. Bow has engaged with the Giant Tobaeeo Co., of Louisville, Ky., for an- other year, and will make Grand Rapids his headquarters. C. S. Kelsey, of Battle Creek, President of Michigan Division, T. P. A., was in town Monday, for the purpose of consulting with State Secretary Mills. Win. Jones, Wm. B. Loveland and D. H. Moore have engaged to travel for the new Grand Rapids Soap Co., which will sell its goods to the retail trade direct. W. S. Barnett, traveling representative for Crippen, Sexton & Co., of Chicago, left last week for the West. His territory last year was’ Michigan alone. This year it comprises Nebraska, Colorado and Wyom- ing. Ed. Pike has re-engaged with S. A. Wel- ling for another year, working with samples on L. R. Cesna’s former route. Mr. Cesna takes the territory formerly covered by J. H. Eacher. John F. Gill, formerly on the road for Spring & Company, has resumed his con- nection with that house. He will look after the Northern trade, while Frank L. Kelly’s territory will include the Eastern and Southern trade of the house. D. K. Clink, representing Geo. W. Lud- low & Co., of Chicago, was in town Monday and Tuesday. As chairman of the National Railway Committee of the T. P. A., Mr. Clink has achieved a reputation from the pine trees of Maine to the Golden Gate of California. Rev. Fred. A. Smart, a member of the Michigan Commercial ‘Travelers’ Associa- tion, by request of the Association, preached a sermon to the commercial travelers at the M. FE. Church, corner Woodward and Harper avenues, on Sunday, January 9th, at 10:30 a. m. Members, of the Association met at the residence of Geo. L. Sampson, 1106 Woodward avenue, at 10 a. m., and marched from there to the church. _. . NISITING BUYERS. _—_>_—i The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders withthe various houses: ed V. Crandall, J. V, Crandall & Son, Sand e. Mr. Thomas, W. Thomas & Son, Bowne. Mrs. Geo. Tomsett, Edgerton. R. J. Side, Kent City. Jos. P. Cordes, Alpine. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Severance & Rien. Middleville. Mr. Hopper, Merrill & Hopper, Fremont. 8. A. Bush, Lowell. tie Lindley, Bailey. ilbert & Holly, Woodland. P. Illes, Zeeland. O. Narreyang & Son, Byron Center. D. W. Shattuck, Wayland. J. G. Buin, Petoskey. J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville. John Baker & Sons, Grand Haven. M. Minderhout, Hanley. C. F. Sears, Rockford. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. Neal McMillan, Rockford. Geo. Carrington, Trent. C. F. Williams, Caledonia. John Kamps, Zutphen. L. N. Fisher, Dorr Center. Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam. A. & L. N. Wolff, Hudsonville. Velzy Bros., Lamont. G. H. Remington, Bangor. A. J. McLeod, Charlevoix. Gibbs Bros., Mayfield. G. W. Bartlett, Ashland. T. J. Sheridan & Co., Woodville. J. A. Shattuck, Sand Lake. G. N. Reynolds, Belmont. Cole & Chapel, Ada. L. Perrigo, Burnip’s Corners. Geo. Harris, Ashland. A. DeKruif, Zeeland, 8S. J. Koon, Lisbon. O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake. N. 4. Vyne, Fremont.- A. A. Weeks, Grattan. Severance & Rich, Middleville. Geo. Cook, Grove. W.S. Root, Talmadge. W. P. Andrus, Cedar Springs. K. Bredeway, Drenthe. Ninehous Bros., New Holland. F. Vorhorst & Co., Overisil. G. M. Huntley, Wright Center. C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. Hansen Bros.. Morley. W. W. Forrester, Pierson. S. T. McLellan, Denison. John Damstra, Forest Grove. Henry DeKline, Jamestown. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. J. M. Reid, Grattan. L. A. Paine, Englishville. N. DeVries, Jamestown. O. F. & W. P.Conkin, Ravenna. J. Raymond, Berlin. : Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. ‘’. 8. Comstock, Pierson. . W. Potter, Jenisonville. . Steketee & Co., Holland. . House, Chauncey. . B. Jewell, Fremont. . P, Cordes, Alpine. hos. Cooley. Lisbon. . K. Bartz, North Dorr. . L. Glasgow, South Cass. - O, Scott, Lowell. Mr. Cole, Cole & Judson, Big Rapids. John Omler, Wright. J. E. Kennedy, Caledonia. Mr. Wright, Cutler & Wright, Morley. P. Gilbert & Co., Moline. N. O. Ward, Stanwood. . J. Provin, Cedar Springs. . Cook, Bauer. . M. Church, Alpine. . M. Wright, Big Springs. . M. Dennison, East Paris. Jas. Barnes, Austerlitz. C. EsBrewster, Kingsley. G. W. Stevens, Austerlitz. Percy T. Cook, Reynolds. Geo. Austin, Sparta. Dell Wright, Wright Center. Sidney Stark, Allendale. * C. N. Leach, Hersey. Walling Bros., Lamont. 8. T. Colson, Alaska. Peter Hansen, Hansen Bros., Morley. Gus Begman, Bauer. F. A. Jenison, Manton. L. H. Chapman, Chapman. J.C. Drew, Rockford. G. P. Stark, Cascade. A. Purchase, South Blendon. N Harris, Big Springs. G. TenHoor, Forest Grove. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. S. Cooper, Jamestown. N. Bouma, Fisher. L. D. Harris, of Harris & Marvin, went to Detroit Monday, to be gone until Thursday. KAHN, LOSTRO & CO., FRUITS, PRODUCE, AND GENERAL Commission Merchants, Consignments Solicited, 3 NO. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, Orders promptly filled. All kinds of produce in car lots. ma HAGE HSOR D> > MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this cofumn at the rate of 25 cents per week, or 50 cents for three weeks. Advance pay- ment. Advertisements directing that. answers be sentin care of this office must be accompanied by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, ete. Py Abr ee aston by a young man in general or grocery store. Can give good reference as to honesty and ability. Also has a recommendation from last place of employ- ment. Address P. O. Box 12, Middleville, Mich. 173* NOR SALE—Interest in a well-paying gro- cery store in this city. Address *P,” this office. 172-3t ANTED—Stock in Kent County Savings Bank. Address, stating terms demand- ed, ‘‘Purchaser,” care ‘‘The Tradesman.” 4 OR SALE—Two-story brick building, 24x60, with clean grocery and meat stock (wood business in connection) on principal business street of thriving Northern town. Terms, 5,000, half down, balance on time to suit pur- chaser. Address “Bargain,” care “The Trades- man.” : OR SALE—Small stock of groceries, witha good paying patronage. Living rooms in connection with store. Rentreasonable. For terms, address Box 465, Big Rapids, Mich. 174* FoR SALE—A two-story store, 22x58, almost new, second floor done off and tenanted. Sell goods in store if desired. Good place for dry goods and groceries. Ina good farm- | ing country. For particulars, address C. E. | Clapp, Martin, Allegan Co., Mich., where store | is located. 173 'y ANTED-A graduate in pharmacy,who can speak German, at a leading West Side drug store. Apply at ‘The TENE: office. ANTED—Energetie young man who is fa- miliar with the coffee and spice busi- ness, who can make bills and sell goods to city trade. Address No. 10, care “The Tradesman” cflice. 171 NOR SALE—First-class hand laundry at a) bargain. This is a rare chance. Address | | Box 33, Big Rapids, Mich. 1i6* | OR SALE—A first-class water power at Lee | Station on C. & W. in a pardner to build a grist mill on same pow- er. Address D. J. Dokey, Lee, Mich. 173* ok SALE—The best and most complete | drug store in the thriving cit gon. Terms easy. Address C, L. Brundage, 79 | W. ave., Muskegon, Mich. ie es RENT —Desirable corner store, in good | , residence locality, suitable tor grocery or | general trade. street, Grand Rapids. 369tf F YOU WANT —To get into business, to sell | your business, to secure additional capital, to get a situation, if you have anything for | sale or want to buy anything, advertise in the | Misce]laneous Column of THE TRADESMAN. A} twenty-five word advertisement costs but 26) cents a week or 50 cents for thwee weeks. : cz ‘ 4 M. R. R., or would take | 5 ot Muske-| - Good living rooms over store, | |! Rent, reasonable. Enquire at 83South Division | + OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. iG TOV COME. ooo. on ccc cece cnnstccce 33 MCB. TL, & Co. 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The busi- iness of the above firm will be continued by John L. Curtiss and George B. Dunton under the style of Curtiss & Dunton, who assume all the liabilities of said firm, and to whom all ac- counts are to be paid. Curtiss, DuNTON & Co. Grand Rapids, January 8, 1887. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Fuller & Stowe Company will be held at the office of the company, 49 Lyon street, Wed- nesday, January 19, at 7:30 p,m., for the pur- pose of electing a board of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meet- ing. E. A. STOWE, Sec’y. ABSOLUTE SPICES a Absolute Baking Powder 100 per cent. Pure. Manufactured and sold only by ED, TELFER, Grand Rapids. - MY ENTIRE STOCK OF Notions, Hosiery, Furnishing Goods, Lumbermens Sup- * plies, Pants, Overalls, Is For Sale, Regardless of Cost, To Save Expense of Moving. S.A. WELLING, 24 PEARL ST, -- - - GRAND RAPIDS. POTATOES! CAR LOTS A We offer Best Facilities. fully to Cars Consigned to us. THOMPSON ATTENDS PERSONALLY TOE MARKET PRICES CAN BE DEPENDED UPON. prices. Consignments Solicited. ket. References given when requested. Long Experience. Employ Watchmen to see to Unloading. REPORTS. KEEP OUR SHIPPERS fully posted. “SPECIALTY.” Watchful Attention. Attend Faith- OUR MR. Issue SPECIAL POTA- OUR QUOTED WE DO NOT quote irregular or anticipated TO SELLING. Correspondence Invited from Consignors to this mar- WM, H. THOMPSON & CO,, Commission Merchants, 166 SOUTH WATER ST., OMICAGO. I is. PHEREINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, F'urs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKF TALLOW FOR MILL USE. OLD BARRELS Setting about a store are unsightly, besides the pro- jecting nails on them are dangerous to clothing. The A= enterprising grocer realizes the value of handsome and jugggees convenient fixtures,*and to meet this demand thei ae Co., of Toledo, Ohio, have designed Ht +} their ssi \ Lion Coffee Cabinet,je Of which the accompanying eut gives but a partial idea. of Lion Coffee, and we offer the goods at a pric enabling the grocer to secure these cabinets without} cost to himself. They are made air-tight, tongued and In this cabinet is packed 120 one-pound packages ff grooved, beautifully grained and varnished, and are ig put together in the best possible manner. Complete set of casters, with screws, inside this cabinet. Their (ij use in every grocery, after the coffee is sold out, is ap- 97% parent; just the thing from which to retail oatmeal, rice, prunes, hominy, dried fruits, bread, and a hun- dred other articles. Further, they take up no more oor room than a barrel, and do away with these unsightly things in a store. For price-list of Lion Cotfee in these cabinets, see price-current in this pa- per. ion Coffee. Read below what we say as to the quality of In every package. for a cabinet filled with LION COFFEE. For sale by all Wholesale Grocers every- ’ where, and by the i ——— m0 SLAVEV BPAUNES, " j Ce This Coffee Cabinet Given Away. . The grocer who sells LION his trade ean invariably se- LION COFFEE is a suecessful blend of Mocha, Packed only in one-pound air- A Beautiful Picture Card We solicit a sample order Woolson Spice Co, 92 to 108 Oak St., Toledo, Ohio. a + % ’ ¥ 4 A GOOD BREAKFAST _Is ALWAYS possible when a good cup of cof- “ZS fee is served. COFFEE to cure this result to them. is always uniform; contains strength, flavor and true merit; Java and Rio. tight packages; roasted, but not ground; full net weight, and is never sold in bulk. The Michigan Tradesman Michigan Business Men’s Asseciation. President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. Fi ‘it Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe. nd Vice-President—E. J. Herrick, Grand it.:pids. Se tary—E. 4. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Tr asurer—Jul s Schuster, Kalamazoo. Ez teutive Domniaiinec. 5 resiarnt, First Vice-President, cretary, N. 8. Blain and W. elsey. Committee on 'Brade Seireaie. aucteh Barnes, Traverse City; P. Ranney, Kalamazoo; A. W. Westgate, Che- boy ' Comusitece on Legislation—W. E. Kelsey, Ionia; J. V. Crandall, Sand Lake; J. F. Clark, Big Rapids. Committee on Membership—H. 8. Church, Sturgis; B. F. Emery, Grand Rapids; the Secretary. Ada Business Men’s Association. President, D. * Watson; Secretary, Elmer Chapel. Allegan “Business Men’ 5 ‘Association, President, Irving F. Clapp; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. Bellaire Business Men’s Aadontation. President, John Rodgers; Secretary, G. J. Noteware. Merchant’s Protective Ass’n of Big Rapids. President, N. H. Beebe; Secretary, A. 8. Hobart. Boyne City Business Men’s Association. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase, Burr Oak Business ‘Men’ 5 Association. President, C. B. Galloway: Secretary, H. M. Lee. Cadillac Business Men’s As’n. President, A. W. Newark; Secretary, J. C. McAdam. Cedar Springs Business Men’s Association. President, T. W. Provin; Secretary, L. H. Chapman. Charlevoix Business Men’s Association. President, John Nichols; Secretary, R. W. Kane. Business Men’s Protective Union of Che- oygzan,. President, A. W. Westgate; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. Coopersville Business Men’s Association, President, E. N. Parker; Secretary, R. D. McHaughton. Retail Grocers’ Trade Union As’ n of Detroit. President, John Blessed; Secretary, H. Kundinger. Dorr Business Men’s Association. President, L. N. Fisher; Secretary, E. S. Botsford. Eastport Business Men’s Association, President, F. H. Thurston, Central Lake; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston, Central Lake. s 21k Rapids Business Men’s Protective As’n, President, d.d. MeLanghlin; Gecret ary, C. L. Martin. Fr eeport Business Men’ s “Association, President, Foster Sisson; Sec’y, Arthur Cheseborough. Granda Haven Business Men’ s ‘Association, President, Fred. D. Voss; Secretary, Fred A. Hutty. Retail Grocers’ Ass’n of Grand Rapids, President, Jas. A. Coye; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Greenville Business Men’s Association, President, L. W. Sprague; Secretary, E. J. Clark. Hastings Business Men’s Association. President, L. E. Stauffer; Secretary, J. A. VanArman. Holland Business Men’s Association. President, Jacob Van Putten; Secretar, ¥» A. Van Duren. Ionia Business Men’ s 3 Protective Ass’ n, President, Wm. E. Kelsey; Secretary, Fred. Cutler, Jr. Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association. President, P. Ranney; Secretary, M.S. Scoville. Kalkaska Business Men's Association. President, A. E. Palmer; Secretary, C. E. Ramsey. Business Men’s Protective As'n of Kingsley. President, Jas. Broderick; Secretary, Geo. W. Chaufty. Lestic Business Men’s Association, President, Wm. Hutchings; Secretary, M. L. Campbell. Lowell Business Men’s Protective Ass’n. President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King. Luther Protective As’n. President, W. B. Poot; Secretary, Jas. M.Verity. Lyons Business Men’s As’n, President, A. K. Roof; Secretary, D. A. Reynolds. Mancelona Business Men’s Association, President, W. E. Watson; Secretary, C. L. Bailey. Manton’s Business Men’s Association. President, F. A. Jenison; Secretary, R. Fuller. Muir Business Men’s Association, President, L. Town; Secretary, Elmer Ely. Grocers’ Ass’n of the City of Muskegon. President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer. Merchant’s Union of Nashville. President, Herbert M. Lee; Secretary, Walter Webster. Oceana Business Men’s As’n. President‘ W.—.Thorp; Secretary, E. 8. Houghtaling’ Ovid Business Men’s As’n. President, C. H. Hunter; Secretary, Lester Cooley. Petoskey Business Men's Association. President, Jas. Buckley; Secretary, A. C. Bowman, Plainwell Business Men’s Association. Secretary, J. A. Sidle. President, M. Bailey; Reed Cc ity Business Men's Ss “Aseobintion. President, C. J. Fleischauer; Secretary, H. W. Hawkins. Rockford Busitiess Men’s Association. President, Geo. A. Sage; Secretary, J. M. Spore. St. Johns Merchants’ Protective Association. President, H. L. Kendrick; Secretary, C. M. Merrill. Business Men’s Protective Ass’n of Saranac. President, Geo. A. Potts; Secretary, P. T. Williams. South ‘Boardman Business Men’s Ass’n. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8S. E. Niehardat. Sparta Business Men’s Association, President, J. R. Harrison; Secretary, M. B. Nash. So. Arm and E. Jordan Business Men’s As’n. sisi »sident, A. =. Pickard; Se cretary, John Leng. Sturgis Business Men’ s | Association. President, Henry 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. Traverse City Business Men’s Association. President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, C. T. Lockwood, Tustin Business Men’s Association, President, G. A. Estes; Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins. Lchsapeggs Business Men’s Association. President. cw, Pickett; Secretary, H. J. Saraee. Ww hite iL uke Business Men’ s As’ n, President, A. T. Linderman, Whitehall; Secretary, W. B. Nichoison, Whitehall. Woodland Business — Assoc iation. Presitient, John Velte; Secretary, I. N. Harter. Retail Dealers’ Commercial Agency. W.E. Cooper, Actuary, Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Butchers’ Union, President, John Katz; Secretary, Chas. Velite. ‘ @eod Words Unsolicited. J. W. Davis & Son, general dealers, Mack- inac: ‘It is too good to drop.” E. H. Deatsman & Co., general dealers, Se- bewa: “We like THE TRADESMAN very much,’ John Long, druggist, Vicksburg: ‘I have more papers than I can read, but J must have TAE TRADESMAN.” Dr. N. P. Blakeslee, druggist, Elmira: “Tae TRADESMAN isa good paper. especially since adopting the Latin quotations.” _ Barcus Bros., saw manufacturers, Muske- gon: “Thanks for not stopping the paper when our subscription expired. We would not like to miss one number of it." H. J. Pettys, general dealer, Watervliet: “THE TRADESMAN is a very good paper. Iam taking a number of papers and I thought that SI would pay up and stop it, but I find that I can’t "get song without it,” Ascociation Notes. When Fife Lake gets ready to organize, the editor of Tuk TRADESMAN would like to make appointments for Elmira and Alba on the some trip. Trt TRADESMAN acknowledges the re- ceipt of the first delinquent sheet of the Cadillac Business Men’s Association, con- taining eleven names, A note from Geo. Chantler announces the organization of an association at Manis- tique, and the statement that full particu- lars Will be forwarded shortly. Judging from the subjects now under con- sideration by the Allegan Business Men’s Association, that organization is working the ‘‘village improvement feature” for all it is worth. ! The thirty-four members of the Cadillac Business Men’s Association swing into the fold of the State Association this week, which increases the auxiliary membership of the latter body to 849. A Cross Village correspondent writes: We would like to see a Business Men’s As- sociation organized here. Petoskey has or- ganized. Harbor Springs will, undoubtedly, and then is our chance. Tue TRADESMAN acknowledges the re- ceipt of an invitation to attend the first an- nual convention of the Retail Merchants’ Association of New York, which convenes at Albany this afternoon. But for the or- ganization of an association in another part of the State, Tim TRADESMAN would en- deavor to send a representative. Owosso Times: Our business men will hold a meeting on Thursday evening for the purpose of forming a Business Men’s Asso- ciation. The object of this Association is to ‘‘discourage” professional dead-beats, whose names will be published weegly and who will, of course, be unable to obtain credit thereafter. All engaged in mercan- tile business in the city are invited to be present. Petoskey Record: We understand that A. C. Bowman, Secretary of the Business Men’s Association, was directed to furnish the Democrat and Record with acopy a of the constitvtion for publication. A copy was furnished the Record, but none furnish- ed the Democrat. All right, gentlemen, we are very happy to know that you believe all democrats to be honest, and do not need to be warned of the wrath to come. Plainwell Independent: The Plainwell Business Men’s Association was organized Friday night with a membership including the heaviest dealers in the village. Its ob- jects are the promotion of a better under- standing among business men, concerted ac- tion in securing manufacturing and other benefits, the collection of old accounts, ete. E. A. Stowe, editor of Tue MicniGAN TRADESMAN, was present and aided in the organization. A. Dorr correspondent writes as follows: The Dorr Business Men’s Association met on Wednesday evening last. The meeting was lively and interesting. ‘Two new firms, Levitt & Dann and Sommer & Herp, were admitted to membership, making a total of thirteen firms now in the Association. Sev- eral matters of interest to dealers were dis- cussed and were all pleased with the working of the order. The next regular meeting will be held the first Wednesday in February. Referring to the anniversary banquet at Traverse City, ex-President Hamilton writes as follows: Our people are loud in praise of the banquet, with not a word of fault. The only complaint-—if, indeed, it can be called such—is that it never had been done before. 1 think every member will unite with me in saying that it was the leading event in the business circle of Traverse City, especially marked for its entire harmony, dignity and business character. Your presence and ad- dress have been favorably commented upon. The mere fact of our connection with the State body has given us greater confidence —a very prominent character—identifying us with fifty Associations in the State, who are “moving on” in the good way. Manton Tribune: There was a good at- tenance at the Business Men’s Association meeting last Wednesday evening, and an increased interest in the Association mani- fested. The impression, at first, was that all poor families were to be left to perish with hunger and cold, and all the dishonest were to be similarly hung, through the workings of this Association, but as months have now passed since the organization was perfected, and not a ease of distress or hanging has come to the notice of the com- munity, there seems to be a better feeling existing. The stubborn facts are that through the instrumentality of this Associa- tion the poor man’s circumstances have been bettered and the rogue’s moral condition un- injured. It is not the object of this Associ- ation to distress anyone, but instead to aid the unfortunate and protect themselves. A Bonanza correspondent of thé Saranac Local writes as follows: Dr. M. Crane, H. F. Miner & Son and Frank W. Clark & Co. have joined the Business Men’s Association at Woodland, and all the others are expect- ed to. They now have members enough so they can join the State Association, and this Association, while it puts all the dead- beats in the country before the public in their true light, gives the honest men of the country a still better standing, and it will not only put the business men on their guard against trusting those who never pay, but also the farmers can see by running over the dead-beat list who are not worthy of credit. All members are fined $10 for sell- ing a man or woman reported on the list as a dead-beat on credit, or giving credit in any manner, so when one reports him he is down, and the business men in the State are united in bringing dead-beats to time. Plainwell in Line on Organization. 1n response to an invitation from the bus- iness men of Plainwell, the editor of Tue TRADESMAN met them last Friday evening | to talk over the subject of organization. M. Bailey was chosen to act as chairman and J. A. Sidle was selected to act as sec- retary pro tem. At the conclusion of Mr. Stowe’s explanation of the aims and objects of organization, H. W. Chamberlain moved that the organization of an association be immediately proceeded with, which was adopted. The constitution presented in Tuk TRADESMAN of Dec. 29 was then adopted, when the following gentlemen handed in their nares for charter member- ship: M. Bailey, Chamberlain Bros., W. W. Woodhams, Geo. Seales, Graves & Es- ley, Machamer & Spencer, J. A. Sherwood, E. Putnam, Carroll & Robertson, O. B. Granger & Co., W. H. Hine, J. H. Wagner & Bro., Bliss & Owen, D. P. Hopkins, J. A. Sidle and H. D. Storms. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—M. Bailey. Vice-President—Geo. Scales. Secretary—John Sidle. Treasurer—H. D. Storms. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, W. W. Woodhams and E. A. Owen. Business Committee—H. W. Chamber- lain, W. W. Woodhams and J. D. Wagner. The blank system of the South Boardman Association was adopted for the use of the collection department and the Executive Committee was instructed to procure the printing of the same. The Secretary was instructed to request the editors of the local papers to print the constitution of the Association in their next issues. E. A. Owen, H. W. Chamberlain and O. B. Granger were appointed a special com- mittee to wait on the other business men of the place and solicit their applications for membership and the meeting adjourned. —_————~<> -o <> Association Work at Allegan. From the Allegan Gazette. The Business Men’s Association is dis- cussing the matter of electric lights for the village. Several of our merchants contem- plate the use of gas, and it is desired by others that an electric light plant be intro- duced. M. O. Walker, who last season conducted a fruit evaporating establishment in this village, is desirous of forming a co-opera- tive company for the purpose of operating a creamery, canning and drying and cider and jelly factory. He solicits loans from those willing to accept 7 per cent. with good security, to the amount of $3,000 to $5,000, and proposes to give employment to 25 to 100 persons. No donations are asked. Al- legan people have listened with favor to less advantageous propositions. Let the rural districts be heard from. The matter is a subject of discussion by the Business Men’s Association, and 1 more will be heard of it. The Executive Committee, consisting of Hi. F. Marsh, J. B. Streeter, E. C. Reid, B. B. Sutphin and S. S. Dryden, and all mem- bers of the old Allegan Improvement Asso- ciation, will meet at H. B. Peck’s office on the 10th to consider the question of winding up the affairs of the Association and turn- ing over the’surplus money in the hands of the Treasurer to the Allegan Business Men’s Association, which is organized on a broader platform and is more capable of carrying out the objects for whieh the Improvement Association was organized. Let there bea goodly attendance. i -O- More State Lists Wanted—A Question of | Choice. COOPERSVILLE, Jan. 4, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: - DeAR Str—At an adjourned meeting of our Business Men’s Association, it was sug- gested that the Secretary write you and see what you would furnish fifty Notification Sheets, whenever they are issued, so that each member could. have a sheet. I wish to enquire in regard to putting de- linquents on the dead-beat list. After the expiration of fifteen days and after the sec- ond notice, is it left optional with the party sending such notices to refer the delinquent to the Executive Committee or not, as he chooses. Yours truly, R. D. McNauGuron, Sec’y. In reply to Mr. MeNaughton’s first en- quiry, THE TRADESMAN would state that the March meeting of the Michigan Busi- ness Men’s Association will, without doubt, instruct the State Secretary to secure the printing of a sufficient quantity of the State lists to furnish one to each auxiliary mem- ber, instead of each local association, as at present. tegarding .the second question, THe TRADESMAN is inclined to the opinion that any creditor ought to have the privilege of withholding a debtor’s name from the de- linquent list, providing he thought such ac- tion would enhance his chances of getting his pay. -—— -2 <- Cadillac Joins the State Association. CADILLAC, Jan. 8, 1887. E, A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DrAR Sir—Our Business Men’s Associa- tion is now in a flourishing condition, and desires to join the State Association. En- closed please find initiation fees for thirty- four members, $3.40; also our first Notifica- tion Sheet: our Association with Sheets for each member? Respectfully, J. C. McApAmM, Sec’y. nn HO a Acknowledgements. Tuk TRADESMAN acknowledges the re- ceipt of a handsome bird’s-eye maple table ornament in the shape of a diminutive roll- ing pin, the gift of President Frank Ham- ilton; also a basket of Grand Traverse ap- State Association ples, from the orchard and hand of Judge Ramsdell,.-whose fruit farm at Traverse City is the marvel of all beholders. What-is the cost of supplying. Clines Portable Heaters. We wish to call your attention to CLINE’S PORTABLE FOOT HEATERS and | AROMATIC, CARBONIC, COMPOSITION FUEL, especially adopted for Street Cars, | | Carriages, Cabs, Sleighs, Buggies, Wagons, Offices and individual use in and out doors; | being something entirely new to the publie! But in the short time of three months last fall, there were made about twenty-five thousand, all of which were sold and gave e ntire | | satisfaction. The cost of the stove is very low, ranging from $1.50 to $5, being made, from Tin and Galvanized Iron. We also make a Register Heater. to take the place of a) Furnace in Heating Small Rooms, especially Bed-Rooms, can also be used in the finest! Carriages with perfect Safety and in the summer the same can be used as a ventilator by | removing the fire pan. the reach of everyone, in boxes containing 25 your feet and body warm all day at 2c, without any additional fuel to be put in the stove, when once started requiring no attention for 10 or 15 hours! so simple, so cheap and used no smoke, no blaze, thoroughly tested and patented in the United States, England and Canada, under the fol- lowing dates: November 10, 1885, March 31, 1886, April 10, 1886, June 15, 1886. No. 1, 6x8, Office Heater Book-keepers, Salesladies and for one and all that wish to “e sole and body warm. without Danger! No oil, For Clerk’s, TD ks w Made from the very best galvanized iron. LIBERAL DISCOUNT AT THE TRADE. GENTLEMEN: After using your Heaters and Fuel in our carriages last winter, we cheerfully say the same gave our patrons such good satisfaction that they all compared the carriage with a comfortable room, and still more can be said as the heat was of great benefit to the keeping the same always dry and free from dampness. Respectfully yours, P. P. DEMARIS, 2,971 State St., B. McNEIL, 2,911 State os C. G. HonMAN & Co., 2, b. B. QUINLAN, Undertaker and Livery 3,119 State St., Jos. CHALIFOoUX, Undertaker and Livery, 25 Blue Island Ave. use of your Heaters and Fuel in the future. CHICAGO, ILL FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. 10 and 12 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. GENERAL AGENTS, eeceeceee eoceeeeeeee ‘ Galvanized Iron. uae cee Wiad bude diab wee chicas 2.98), * ie No. 2, 6x10, For Wagons, Cabs, Sleighs and Carriage Drivers, will keep your féet, warm all day for 2 cents. ON ag og ook in ee a bela ice boo o's cao Hat 2.00 each Galvanized Iron. :.........0.. 00... ‘ave ae 3.00 . No. 3, 8x8, Round Cabinet Heater, For Ladies, especially used in parlors, with perfect safety and will not soil the finest fabric. IU oe ce es eh keke ; Galvanized Iron....... is bees 4 Our Aromatic, Carbonic Composition Fuel is so cheap, within) and 50 days’ supply, just think of it, to keep | no offensive odor and has been eee ee eee ee Was 6 as ang eae ork ha se ae uses $1.50 each Sale whe hae de ce neuen 2.00 “ No. 4, Carriage Heater, Can be used for warming four persons at one time; placing the feet on the incline top, so as to ride with perfect ease and satety. MOORS ob ced cane gua « .$5.00 each ereerene sarriage, Therefore, we shall continue the 449, 2,451 and 2 3453 State St., The Hardware Market. Nails are firm at the a farthing advance is looked for shortly. It is most too early in the year to note any radical changes in quotations, as few manu- facturers have yet taken definite action as ‘to the course they will pursue during the fore part of the season. Jobbers generally ‘are putting in large orders as they realize that hardware, at the present: prices, is cheap, and that with the continued advances made in raw material, there is a pretty good prospect for all kinds of hardware holding their own, at least. —__ oe The Hardwood Lumber Market. Maple is dull. The market for maple and ash has been so well supplied for the past few months that it has caused a depression in prices. The demand for quarter-sawed oak is getting better supplied and prices have declined to nearer the actual worth in proportion to log-run bastard sawed. Quar- tered is worth from $26 to 330 per M feet. As white oak is now used by some of the manufacturers at this market, THe TRADESMAN adds that wood to its quota- tions this week. : een re Ae eieosieenine Annual Meetings. Peninsular Novelty Co. Fuller & Stowe Company deine 19. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.—January 12. “ et — o

recent advance and | a | bardware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. ‘AUGERS AND BITS. BVOR , O§F GEW1O, oii cece enue seadensas dis60&10 N. H. ices ae es dis60& 10 RII cack casbeedstaeccceccusaes die60&10 NO ks onde shack deelavau ceueluaes dis60&10 Moi ees cane ae cuss cas pecees dis60&10 via on ess na tan deapacnscunes dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine....................- dis 25 SOMPINOS , LIMITATION. . 0... <. 056 cscs sees disi0&10 BALANCES. PI gg ceeds vcs yi can una vancedes dis 40 BARROWS. PRREAROM onhc ibe gop cacns Naccdwssceucuees $ 13 00 I oe ae even daw ec daeses net 33 00 BELLS. WE ce ie a dis $ 60&10&10 Is bis ade veh ekunus cs. cevednccass: dis 60&10 i 30&15 g 25 DOOr, CAPQONE goa choc dis 60&10 BOLTS. RO a gene cee ee dis$ 40? ounee MOO OG oi case e uk na unas dis 70&10 pees OE v0 sos heii ss oct ce ceca ecueaun. dis 30&10 Sieigh is cs cans cue Seabe ae dis 70&10 Wrought Barrel ‘Bolts................ dis 60&10 Cast Barrel Bolts......3.........00005 dis 60&10 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 60 Cast Square Spring................... dis 60 Caee Cees oe eis dis 60&10 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60810 Wrought Square pided Vbdaavad cesses dis 60&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 60 oa Bronze and Plated Knob EOE AAR iE LES age ie dis 60&10 ENGR BOR eo ee ee dis 60&10 , BRACES. ' i Ac kee ies dis $ MMe oe oye oad cds oe icc dis 50810 alice alc chen dec levacgs dis 50 Pm as na oa bed ctec ces disdecsae dis net BUCKETS. WE, Ua hohe 6 ve cae coc dusacacecde ns $ 3 50 WOO Ts aed vero si vane cdc caces » 40 BUTTS, CAS”. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis T0&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed... .. dis T0&i0 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60&10 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin.................. dis 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned Dei ussen dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, TRREON, Silver BN oc A cwoa gsc cad ecantecas: fis 60& 5 We NT, TR ae cc chin) aac anknec un dis 10&66 Wrought Inside Blind wedeealssike cay dis 10&60 WE OUGING EPOMI, oo on ii gs nbs ees dis Th PIG CIGE Be ooo ee dis 80 MUG, PUPMOY Oooo co ccc. oe dis 80 BRAT, OOMEO Be oo soe ios te conus case dis 70 CAPS. TOE oie i ones a cb'e Cnn das ‘ob eu erm$ s a 28) Re Ca otis ' 60 ic kee i as. 35 WN ck ei ceeckli ccs. cons 60 CATRIDGES, Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 Rim Fire, United States................ disd0&10 MON ei ss akon chen canes dis30&10 CHISELS. BOOROS PIPING i oc on ce av ses cia cescavcs dis %6 BOO PUAN occ ica ice css: dis Th BONMOS COPOO ck co oic ks cuc eek eek dis 75 OOROU PUG, oo io ioe cick cn cn cyedens dis TA Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 We i ane Pees ida lav ude be ee eae net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s..... 0.6... .cceccse dis 40&10 TOO oe ks cede es bead eccas dis 25 COCKS. PREOM, TOMO Be ic ck con desadeeess 60 NN iss ches sha icy cce as doc ec as, 60 PU pen a hwo es ba dia ecensss cieeus 40&10 MO i eae i kaso ives un clk > 60 | COPPER. | Planished, 14 oz cut to size......... +0 OD Bi RGR bk PANOGS TA BO ee eS oaiccxs ouks 31} Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. x 23 | COG RONGU, 14068 oo oa ea ics 23 | DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock Sica eek ie vep Linco ds dis 40 | Taper and Straight Shank. Siviwsnuceny dis 40 | Morse’s Taper Shank.....:........... dis 40 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 » ponies Vad kee bs Hanks doz net $. = Co: WO sions veds Bub eee itd eas dis 20&10 Adjustable . + epee kudweses .. dis 4&0 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; > $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 Ge 2, $24 00 8, $30 00. dis 25 F 11zs—New List. American File Association List...... dis 60&10 CIO ee ok dis 60&10 INOW IONONR 2 , dis 60&10 DOM oe cs dis 60&10 MR dis 55410 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 50& 5 GALVANIZED TRON, Nos. 16 to 20, zzand 24, 25and 26, 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 $3 Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. GAUGES. | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........ dis 50 HAMMERS. May one WO ee oes icc ick dis 25 ook ok koe odie o vedcs case. dis 25 | Savin m Pree. oy... dis 40&10 Mason's Solid Cast Steel..... fee ies i 30 ¢ list 50 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 50&10 Champion, anti-frietion.............. dis 60&10 Kidder, wood track..:................ dis 40 HINGES. Oe ©... pine sone ces dis 60 »r doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 Gate, Clark’s State WE oa vince acccce. 3% Screw Hook and Eye, % .......... -net 104 Serew Hook and Bye sf Rebs vik sas cia: net 84% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 7% Screw Hook and Eye, %...........:. net i% oo ioc cc cece ce, dis 65 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware... . <5 6... ccc ce cc ese 30 sapanned Tin Ware..................... 25 Granite Iron Ware...................... 25 HOES. eee i $11 00, dis 60 en ee es ae... 11 50, dis 60 Ninn cicc ces ick. 12 00, dis 60 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....... dis 45 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ 5 Door, porcelain, plated ae. 45 Door, porcelain, trimmings. . on 45 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain. acavas dis 70 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s ie wh 40&10 ee dis 45 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’ 8 new list. .dis 45 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s............. dis 45 MOO occ cic. ances ac dis 45 Wee a dis 45 : LEVELS. Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s.............dis 70 MATTOCKS. MO oi oc kcc ccc $16 00 dis 60 WO oc cccccl $15 00 dis 60 oy a ea ea $18 50 dis 20 & 10 Sperry & Co.’s, Post. handied ess ieess dis 50 MILLS. Cofiee, Parkers Co.'s. ............0.50. dis 40&10 Coffee, P.S.& W.Mfg. Co. By ables dis 40@10 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’ .dis 40@10 Coffee, Enterprise ee eeleeh hoses cess uees dis 25 MOLASSES GATES, POET PRROETE ccc 5g coca ccccdcacacccs dis 70 Stebbin’s Genuine.. ee ..dis 70 Enterprise, self- -measuring.. Deeeanci es 4 as dis 25 NAILS—TRON. Common, Bra and Fencing. We anc oo ncec ac cces. keg $2 34 WO so ovina scone ccbccaccens. 25 Giana 7d @Gv......... cs Wdub cis cecce vas 5D WO AE ooo icin vow bicdcdaes cds 7d We i oi eis winds oes oes cekacn. 1 50 PO 3 00 ey et a ee 1% Finishing | 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches § 3 2% 2 1% Adv. @keg $125 150 175 200 Steel Nails—2 50. OILERS. Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&i0 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 pT ee ee eee dis 50 bo ERS A per gross, $12 net MT sas ic ecck ccna acca 50&10 PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.'s, fanoy.................:. dis 15 ee eae dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 WOOO, TAPORUIIIEY oc cca cae a ascances ... dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. ... dis20&10 PANS. ko een cdc ck. dis 50&10 WI TR a os cicccccce cscs dish0&1) MO go hoc cs scan deccacaces: #8 b 6 RIVETS. PO OM TIO, 5. coc cn cn casa cess oan 40 Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 60 PATENT FLANISAED LRON, “*A’’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 “13"" Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 Broken packs 60 % i extra. ROPES Peet We 3h; OE LOGE, ogg oso oc ev cc cccdcecs 9% pO a eee 134% SQUARES. Pe Woo as chon ck cans oe donc dis 0 TE A PI oo ig cn cc ck ccavakdccces dis 60 MN ci cancuhaaubsncac acacecs dig 20 SHEET LRON. Com. Smooth. Com. MUG Wt FR, oi nc cc ka cs ee laa $4 20 $2 90 WO ova oo ai che ences 4 20 2 96 pe ee 42 3 00 OR AE Es ow 6 on sna was dacccae 4 20 305 Nos 2 WR oc ae | os ne cnc s cece 4 40 3815 oki c vnc cecacccssce 6) 2 2% 4 ‘All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 2 inches wide not less than 2 -10 extra. SHEET ZINC. Bah CGGR OF GI Wi, HOW. og co. oo cece ccs. 5% In smalier quansities, ® .............. 6 TACKS. Aioriens a1) kinds... ............ dis 60 PR, TE No oi ks cave nama ccnces dis 60 Perec, iF MiGs... ow 55 <5 5 cnc cn cease dis 60 Gimp and a oc coca dvds ceavess dis 60 CA ROM IMAG oo ooo ccs oe cu va cece cc dis WO De Bo dis 50 Common. and Patent Brads.......... dis 50 Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis 50 Trane ond Clout Nats, ..... 6. .. ei WIPE: CE oh occ ove cnkeace 7% Ic, WUE OE ooo os oa cc ac cneces 5 75 IX, BG, CRIME... ov cc vccecceccs 72 Og ee 8 7 Ede WO CMMIOOOL, ois on vc cs ccc coc cace 10 77 TAA, FAR, CHAROOGL. 2. 6.5 ck ccc aces 12 55 1X, 2x2 We MOUND ce sad cece cusesecss 15 50 DC, i Plate Char NE cee ke asses as 6 50 DA. M0Piate Charcoal.................. 380 DAA. 100 Plate Charcoal... ........cccecee 10 50 DAXSX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 BO Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. Bee) ROE EON oc ccacc bh ackecucs 5 25 MURMTEE EI Bas i cine sc + kcnnccseccice O40 PUNE, Wg BOs oss on. oc hc kc cco cecac cs ll 00 WORM, I Bo oo vac cca cane oo cckee 14 00 TIN—LEADED. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 50 x. 14x: 20, choice Charcoal Terne. . 700 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne...........U Ou Ex, 20x28, choice Chareoal Terhe........ 14 00 TRAPS. Wn i i .. 60810 Oneida ‘Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10 OO ee ia lll 60&10 Pa eee GOO ooo bocce So occ sk dec 60&10 OTN is os sc cc dake clans 18c ® doz PG, GIO os oo ow cans vccac cass $1 50 B doz WIRE. WENO ook dick ein keccccace dis 67% Annealed Market..................... dis 70 COORG MEMPMOE. oo. ioe cckawcccccccees dis 62% PN WI os cag ci ddabddbccuwacces dis 55 ORE EM odo oo cb anc wks cesses: dis PRUE MERION G5 obec cecddsccuescdacseos > 09 se eee Oe Bi 8% Coppered Spring MM: .ccvese dis = ERMINE TORIMARIEE IROL, «5 6. wees cuccecaceves 50 WE IO ooo bcs vaca cock cunescdcodea ¢ D 3% Barbed | Fence, MOI os on vi hve od! Kaa cae WRI i si ic be cesdeccensce ss aie Woe wis Sioa ok ces nk Hadincke ce new list net OI is oho ks da keds ceca cccaas new list net WIRE QOODS. ON ic eked aioe cops naceaws dis 70&10&10 Oe BN ooo on ok ge co ve coc nace: dis T0&10&10 WO oie i von cuenceind ccs. cans dis 7T0&10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 70&10&10 WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... oa vince nade inccakess dis 60 Coe’ 8 Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 75&10 Coe’s Patent, malleable............ dis 75&10&10 MISCELLANKOUS. MOR io os cc hecenades vxbcie PMN, COGN ooo once vce ccacecies dis 70x10 BOUOWE. TOW YBN ooo s cose cccacersancss 80 Casters, Bed and Plate............. diss0&10&10 Dampers, American .................040- 40&10 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. GOS 1085 Copper Bottoms............... Aibhacee ts oe . fi an SG The Michigan Tradesinal, * MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. KE. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Office in agle Building, 49 Lyon St., 84 Floor. Telephone No. 95, {hntered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.) __ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1887, THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY. {Continued from page 1.] ing the temperature in those countries from 16 to 30 degrees below zero have failed to reach zero with us. The land rising as it does from three to six hundred feet above the level of the lake on the water-sheds between the bays and the lakes and the principal streams, leaves large tracts sloping toward the water where neither vernal nor autumnal frosts are ever harmful. These three favorable conditions of soil, climate and topography render this country capable of raising the widest range of veget- table productions. We can raise to the greatest perfection the earlier varieties of every grain, vegetable and fruit grown north of the latitude of Washington. Perhaps there is no country of the same extent on this continent where so greata variety of the necessaries and luxuries of the table can be so easily and successfully raised as in the Grand Traverse region. Our cereals are in guality equal to the best and in acreage an average yield with the balance of the State. Our vegetables of all kinds, the genus Cucumis excepted, are superior in quality to and more productive in yield and better in keeping qualities than those grown in any other State of the Union. And our fruits of every kind and variety from the early strawberry to the late keeping apples are nowhere excelled in either flavor, qual- ity, beauty or productiveness. Yet, notwithstanding these superior ad- vantages we cannot compete in the open markets of the world in the raising for sale of any of these products. With our small farms and fields encum- bered with stumps, the labor to the acre and to the bushel is far more expensive in the production of grain of all kinds than it ison the Western plains, or the older timbered countries, where farm machinery driven by horse or steam power can be used to best ad- vantage. In the matter of hay and vegeta- bles, their ponderous nature and expensive freightage preclude their profitable ship- ment, while the prohibitory express charges and exhorbitant water freights deprive the fruit grower of all profit in the shipment of his crop. What the agricultural interests of. this country most need, and must have to prevent its premature decay, is either a home market, or cheaper and better facilities for shipment to distant markets. With our vast tracts of hardwood timber, unequaled anywhere in quality or quantity, having Grand Traverse bay as their natural outlet; with an inexhaustible supply of the purest salt within a thousand feet of the sur- face—there is no place that offers the facili- ties for the profitable manufacture of every product of hardwood timber, from stump to finish, that are afforded at the heads of the Grand Traverse bays. : Millions of capital are lying idle in the banks of the country awaiting opportunity for profitable invest- ‘ment. Make known to the owners of this capital the opportunities here offered and satisfy them that they will be cordially wel- comed by every business man in the coun- try, and there is no reason why the shore of our bay should not, in a few years, be lined with factories converting the workable tim- ber into the manufactured product, using the unworkable portion for the manufacture of charcoal iron, and the refuse of the mills and factories for the manufacture of salt—em- ploying thousands of men and affording a profitable home market for the products of the garden, the orchard, the field and the forest. In the economy of civilized life there are no conflicting interests when the interests of all are rightly understood. The farmer is necessary as the foundation support of all other industries. The manufacturer is necessary to the farmer to supply him and his, and the merchant and carrier are nec- essary to both in distributing the products of each. Labor is necessary to capital, for without labor capital must waste and decay. Capital is necessary to labor, for without capital labor must idle and want. It is only when one taking advantage of a temporary power encroaches upon the just rights of another to extort more than its just share of the joint increment of all that the harmon- ious ‘‘hum of industry” is thrown into dis- cord. Like warp and woof our destiny is woven fast, a sympathy like the keys of an organ vast. Pluck one thread and the web ye mar; Break but one of the thousand keys and a paining jar Through ail will run. Geo. E. Steele then responded to the toast ‘Our Hardwood Forests,” in the following pat remarks: Mr. President and Gentlemen: It can hardly be expected that in the midst of this banquet, one could talk about the hardwood forests of Northern Michigan, to the pleasure or instruction of any. The need will be for a more piquant sauce than this, to regulate the gustatory forces and prevent headache. : The mere mention of these forests brings to mind the brave pioneer who, per- haps, all alone, firmly braces his feet and starts a chip on one side of the first tree on the corner of his forty acrechopping. Yes, I say, brave, because that is the kind of stuff such characters are made of, and that is the kind of work they have to do, Or, L seem to hear the shouts of the raisers, as the men inside the building pull at the ropes, and those outside man the fallowing poles and the long, heavy skids, and’ at the final top out, repair to the wagon to spread their dinners of pork and beans, brown bread, maple sugar and wild gooseberry pie, which the good wife at some distant’ cabin had prepared as well as her limited larder would allow. The weary cattle are left to browse, and the men expatiate on the kind of “shakes” to be used for a roof—the one who has carried up his corner best—the next arrival expected in the colony—the site for the school house, and the route fora road to Hannah, Lay & Co’s. These all dis- cussed, the plans are made for an extensive ‘slashing,’ forty acres to be “‘girdled”; and by another year the great fires are raging in every direction, the log house is like a veri- table Phoenix, but, instead of rising from its ashes, seems to rise out of the midst of a thousand blackened logs, and ali around the adjoining forest has been made a stand- ing and deadened waste. ‘This is a true pic- eS ture of ‘Northern “Michigan pioneering twenty-five years ago or less, and indeed is still practically exhibited in some. towns. We are happy to say that such destruction has mostly ceased and that owners of hard- wood lands now realize that every stick must be made use of to some good purpose. Attention is now more than ever before turned toward our extensive and valuable torests of hard timber, and many articles are now made from them heretofore brought from other states or made from other woods. If any one has formed an idea that this part of the State is one vast pine forest, with arid sand _ plains interspersed, he should be better informed. It is not too much to say that Manistee county has 349,- 214.58 acres, 4-8 of the hardwood class, or those not distinctively pine; Wexford, 366,- 058.70 acres, 5-8 farming; Missaukee, 362,- 798.23 acres, 6-8; Grand Traverse, 279,- 002.14 acres, 6-8; Benzie, 204,133.83 acres, %-8; Leelanaw, 195,881.60, 7-8 Kalkaska, 859,144.48 acres, 4-8; Antrim, 306,552,28 acres, 8-8, or nearly all without pine lands; Charlevoix, 247,099.30 acres, 7-8; Emmet, 272,954.57 acres, 7-8, or a total in these counties of 2,959,902.51 acres, averaging three-fourths of the farming land class. We cannot enumerate properly among the hardwood but a few species such as su- gar maple, (the soft maple on low wet lands also), rock and white élm, basswood, (though not a hard wood), beech, white ash, black ash, cherry, large yellow birch, sometimes oak. ‘The nut bearing trees are absent, except beech. As having commer- cial value and present interest there is a vast amount of good hemlock, white cedar, tamarack, poplar. There are many varieties that might interest the land looker, but have no special value. Here we find tim- ber of immense size on our best lands, and a larger body of it than in almost any other of the states over an equal area. It does not require any imagination to lead us to believe that it is to be rapidly utilized, and the most remote tracts opened up. Who would have said a few years ago that it would be possible now to sell hemlock logs in the Manistee, high up in Wexford coun- ty? Or what did we use to think about a black ash or cedar swamp, only curses? ‘How long ago was it you could sell birch burls or birch logs? The question centers around the one word profit. Millions of fect,not marvel- ous forests. Dollars and dimes, not dis- cussions in esthetics. How, then, shall the most be made of our forests? First, there is the steady and increasing demand for all that can be made up, from a piece of lumber to a clothes pin. This demand should re-act on the manufacturer and cause him to use up all the products drawn to his mill. If he cannot do this thoroughly, a community of manufactures should grow up so that one will take what the other leaves. It is great waste of power, for instance, as well as tim- ber, to throw away every 114x114 piece ina handle factory. When so far produced, it should be made to pay something and there are a thousand things it could be made into. So the waste in discolored heart Wood of basswood and maple should be turned to use, where color is of no importance. When this is done, it will react upon the farmer who has the timber to cut and ‘sell, and in- stead of his being docked because every piece is not just such a color or size, his whole load will be of some, if not equal, value. The great loss in this business now resembles’ the waste by fire. When it is stopped the day will spring in with bles- sings to every man who owns or handles our grand and varied hardwoods, and when these lands are cleared and turned to good account, then this part of Michigan need sigh no more. Toastmaster Milliken then dismissed the | gathering with a few pleasant remarks and the most marked social event of the Trav- erse City Business Men’s Association passed from reality to history. Smoke the “LeC.B.” & “Fox” Cigar oie ——— = FOX & BRADFORD, EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE CIGARS! 76 South Division 8t., Grand Rapids, - Mich. a Stop That Book-Keeping. The successful merchant of to-day is always on the alert for the latest designs to please his pat- rons. So we say to Merchants, stop that Book-Keeping, and use the TALLIAFERRO Coupon Credit Book. : /o:1 have no idea how it will revolutionize your business; customers are delighted with them, aud when once used by the merchant, they never return to the old thread-worn pass book to prove to their patrons that they are dishonest. Invest a few dollars in Coupon Credit Books, give them a fair trial, you can easily return to the old method; faithful of errors, discontent and » expense. Sample copy 10 cts. in postage stamps. . ne "Adieee J. TALLIAFERRO, 1933 McGee Street. ansas Ciry, Mo. ‘HESTER & FOX SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY, iaioguo Sil AT i AS ENGINE ae Prices. Imig WORKS 4 RNS i INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S.A. AX ‘ Te MANUFACTURERS OF f 223 Ca>ry Engines and Boilers in Stock Bi; for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. 130 OAKES ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Send for sample Write for Prices. see Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle. A.B. KNOWLSON, 8 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. WM. SEARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEHSE. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. HARRIS & MARVIN, Wholesale Dealers in = A PE ES 33 NORTH IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. SNOW-SHOVELS, SLEDS, FIRE-KINDLERS. FOR SALE BY Curtiss, Dunton 3 Co. ORDER Our Leader Smoking |Our Leader Fine Cut 15c per pound, | 338c per pound. Our Leader Sherts, | Our Leader Cigars, 16c per pound. | $30 per M. ‘The Best in the World. Clark Jewell & Co, SOLE AGENTS FOR Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s Royal Java Coffee; and O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.” MICH. L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE. CARY & LOVERIDCE, GENERAL DEALERS IN Fire and Burglar Proof SAFES Combination and Time Locks, 1 Loni Sireel, - Grand Rapids, Mich BAKING POWDERS With Presents. FAMILY. 1 1b. cans, 2 doz. cases, at $4.50 With each Can apiece of Decorated China all large pieces, and of same value. FAMILY, 1 lb.cans,2 doz. cases at $4.25 With each can a half-gallon Glass Pitchers. FAMILY, 1 lb. cans, 2 doz. cases at $4.00 With each can a Hob Nail Oblong Berry Dish. Assorted Colors. SILVER SPOON, 3-4 lb. can, 4 doz. cases at $2.50 With each can, a piece colored glass Tea Set. Arctic Manufacturing Go., Grand Rapids, G. R. MAYHEW, JSJOBBER OF' RUBBERS In Wales Goodyears & Woonsockets I offer the following goods at net prices: Lumbermen’s No Heel Overs, Meyers F,, List $1.25 iT th bb hb bb th 1.40 63c 70c . ye ew; CL Re “Heel and Tap Overs,“ F, “ 1.65 886 tb tb éh hb iT W, af 1.65 836 : r “ “HaywardsF," 1.65 86c ib ih No Heel Overs, LS. Oe G. R. Mayhew, Grand Rapids. BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Importers and W holesale Grocers. Sole Agents for Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch. “Jolly Tar” Celebrated Plug Tobacco, dark and light. Jolly Time” Celebrated Fine Cut To- bacco. Dwinell, Hayward & Co.s Roasted Coffees. Thomson & Taylor's Magnolia Coffee. Warsaw Salt Co.’s Warsaw Salt. “ Benton” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor. “Van Camp” Tomatoes, Indianapolis. “Acme” Sugar Corn, Best in the World. In addition to a full line of staple groceries, we are the only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment of fancy groceries and table delicacies. Mail orders are especially solicited, which invariably secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed, 95 97 and 29 onia St.and 51, 53, 55, 57 and 49 Island Sts, Grand Rapids, Mich. FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, Designers Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading Feature. Address as above 49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich. , *, # > ‘ e Engravers and Printers’ 4 » ‘ we ~The Michigan Tradesman = < \83 BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. INDEFINITE LIEN. A lien of contractors and laborers for work done in the construction of a railroad, al-* though of indefinite duration, is subject to the common law presumption of payment arising from the lapse of twenty years, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvania, in the case of Hayes vs. Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Company se al. CITY RAILROAD COMPANY—REASONABLE REGULATION. Where a contract of a railroad company with a city required the company to carry passengers over two sections of its line for one fare, arule of the company requiring passengers to keep and show undetached by them coupon tickets as vouchers of their right to continue on the car beyond a given point was held to be a reasonable rule. PARTN ERSHIP—-PRIORITY-—LIEN---CROPS. In the case of Alexandre vs. McCan the New Orleans Court of Appeals held that a sugar boiler, employed by a planting part- nership to take off crops, ‘was entitled to be paid out of the proceeds of the crop, as _part- nership assets, in preference to the reim- bursement to a partner of his advances to the partnership, irrespective of any other lieri or privilege which the law might give him in the creps produced in part by his la- bor. BANKERS’ LIABILITY. Where the holder of a draft instructs his banker to collect the money due on it and hold the same until called for, and the bank, in violation of such instruction, pays the same to another by crediting it to the latter’s account, it will be liable to the person for whom it made the collection, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Illinois. INTEREST—RATE WHEN NOT SPECIFIED. On December 1, 1877, certain notes were made in Georgia, which, after stating the principal, contained the further provision ‘“‘with interest after maturity at 10 per cent. per annum, interest to be paid annually; oth- erwise to become principal, for value re- ceived.” The Supreme Court of Georgia held that, in counting the interest upon inter- est, the proper rate was7 and not 10 percent., the latter rate not being specified in the writ- ing. LANDLORD AND TENANT—INSURANCE. The Kentucky Court of Appeals held in the case of Temmen etal. vs. Sayre et al. that a tenant authorized by his landlord to insure the rented property and deducfthe premiums paid from the rent, had no authority to in- sure the property for the benefit of his own creditor, and that, the property having been burned, the landlord and not the tenant’s ereditor was entitled to the proceeds of the insurance, although the poliey provided that the loss, if any, should be payable to the lat- ter, as the creditor was bound to know that the tenant was acting against the interest of the landlord in allowing the insurance to be taken in this way. ASSIGNMENT---PREFERENCES----VALIDITY. A debtor in failing circumstances cannot make a general assignment of all his proper- ty for the benefit of all his creditors, and provide in the deed of assignment that cer- -tain enumerated creditors shall first be paid in full, and after they are so paid that all other creditors shall be paid ratably. So held by the Supreme Court of Indiana in the ease of Henderson et al. vs. Pierce et al. ‘The court held that, where a deed of assign- ment was made in pursuance of the statute regulating voluntary assignments for the ben- efit of creditors, and directed that certain creditors be preferred, the deed might be ad- judged invalid so far as it made provision for preferences, and yet upheld as a valid general assignment for the benefit of all the assigned creditors. +> He Was Married and Hungry. From the Detroit Free Press. Customer—Have you any canned corned beef? Fancy Grocer—Best kind, Mr. Anything else? ‘*‘Any canned tongue, already boiled?” “Yes.” **Canned chicken, already cooked?” “Yes,” ‘‘Let’s see. They don’t put up broiled beefsteaks, do they?” “Oh, no!” ‘*‘Nor roast beef?” ‘No, ” Blank. ‘By the way, what are these—look like | fried potatoes?” ‘*That’s what they are—Saratoga chips.” ‘“‘Well, I'll take a bushel of them. Hello! ‘What's that?” **Canned corn-beef hash.” ‘Just the thing; gimme a lot. baked beans?” ‘Yes, Boston baked beans, three different brands.” ‘*Tet’s see what else there is here. are these used?” ‘Those are soup essences, and need noth- ing but thinning with hot water.” ‘“‘Well, ll try these, and throw in a lot of other things you think good, no matter what, only so that they’re cooked. I’m tired of starving.” “Is your mother, sick, Mr. Blank?” ‘*No; she’s well, but I don’t live with her snow, I’m married.” Got any How At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. House and Store Shades Made to Order. 68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. Nelson Bros. & Co. ‘ ¢ROoM WATER FREE FRoy S A $ © = [ - ay 3 o = all 3 Zz Sf DIRECTIONS a We have cooked the cornin this can sufficiently. Should be Z'horoughly Warmed (not cooked) adding piece ot Good Buiter (size of hen’s egg) and gill ye of fresh milk (preferable to water.) Shay ; : . Season to suit whenon the table. None [F=4) / ‘ a genwiine unless bearing the signature of “7 CHILLICOTHE 11.7 s & 0: EN at THIS &™ Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with signature and stamp on each can. ‘ oa: ae P, STEKETEE & SUMS, JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, | AND NOTIONS, 8383 Monroe St.. AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers American and Stark A Bags A Specialty. Window Shades PUTNAM & BROOKS JOBBERS OF OYSTERS, And Manufacturers of CANDY. NEW PROCESS STARCH, [2==r This Starch having the light Starch and Gluten removed, One-Third Less Can be used than any other in the Market. Manufactured by the /FIRMENICH MNFG. CO. Factories: Marshalltown, Iowa; Peoria, 111s, Offices at Peoria, Ds. sraona] Clar k, Jewell & Co. | SURE. 4 “CANDEE” Rubt. 2 DOUBLE THICK BALL. Ordinary Rubber Boots always wear out first on - the ball. The CANDEE Boots are double thick on the ball, and give DOUBLE WEAR, Most economical Rubber Boot in the market. Lasts longer than any - other boot and the PRICE NO HIGHER. Call and ex- amine the goods, FOR SALE BY EK. G. STUDLEY & CO., No. 4 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. Largest and finest stock in the State of Rubber Goods, Mill Supplles, Fire Depart- ment Supplies and Sporting Goods. MOSELEY BROS. —-WHOLESALE—— DEBDD, FRUITS, OYSTERS, AnA Produce. 26, 28,809 and 32 OTTAWA ST., G’D RAPIDS. BAXTER'S CELEBRATED “LUCKY STAR” CIGAR. This famous brand is now handled by the leading druggists and grocers of Michigan. In towns where the cigar is not handled, I good parties, druggists preferred. J. L. STRETITSKY, STATE AGENT, 128 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. TIME TABLES. Chicago & West Michigan. 4 . Leaves. Arrives. DMG ns dowd ska eeecesunveteseese esis 9:10am 3:55 pm PS POOR ca es has ca wee 12:30. pm 9:45 pm *Night Express bev euhed beeen 11:00 p m 5:45 am Muskegon Express........ 0. c..0. 5:00 pm 11:00 am *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of caretul attendants without ex- tra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach on 9a. m., and 11 p. m. trains. : : Newaygo Division. . weaves. Arrives. Express sthan ch awenwe seubicaeeebceege Glan it ae 4:50 p m MOOG. oi ass on sas wh Sage se 8:00 a m 10:30 am All trains arrive and depart from Union Depot. The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. W. A. GAVETT, Gen’l Pass. Agent. J.B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. : Arrives. Leaves. Traverse City Express............. 7:00am Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex.. $:20a m 11:30 am Cincinnati Express.....,.... sone 1200D MM Petoskey and Mackinaw Express.. 3:40 p m 5:05 pm Saginaw EXpreas, 6.656 ose ke ccs cenac 11:25am 7:20am ne MS Paaweeehemneaee cake 10:30 am. 4:10pm Saginaw express runs through solid. 7am train has chair car for Traverse City. 11:30 a m train has chair car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 5:05 p m train has sleeping and chair cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw. ° GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Express................ 7:15am Fort Wayne Express............... 10:30 am 11:45am Cincinnati Express..............- 4:40 pm 5:00 pm Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex..11:00 p m 7:15am train has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave. Arri X Arrive. PSM Re ila se ke dcsnedie cca ke ues eal ahcawes tases 9:15 am BE Oa eck onteresi ceases 1:00 p m Te aan oc ace recs che eee ce ne saness Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. C. L. LOcKWoob, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Kalamazoo Division. Leave. Arrive. Ex. & Mail. N. Y. Mail. N. Y. Mail. N. Y. Ex. 4:35pm 7:45am..Grand Rapids. 9:45am 6:10pm 5:55pm 9:02am..Allegan....... 8 5:00 am a pm 10:06am..Kalamazoo... 4:90 pm 8:30pm 11:35am..White Pigeon. 555am 2:20pm 2:30am 6:05 pm..Toledo........ 11:00pm 9:45am 8:30am 9:40pm,.Cleveland..... 640 pm 5:35am 2:50pm 3:30am..Buffalo........ 11:55am 11:10pm 5:40am 6:50 pm..Chicago....... 11:30pm 6:50am A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1 p m, earry- ing passengers as far as Allegan... All trains daily ex- cept Sunday. J. W. MCKENNEY, General Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. i Leaves. Arrives. tSteamboat Express............... 6:25am WE POU PORE ois avs eden sneves 10:40 a m 10:50 a m tEvening Expre Kineeeciceesiss St 3:50 pm ge 9:20pm 10:55 pm tMixed, with coach................ 11:00 am GOING WEST. ; +Morning Express...... .. 1:05pm 1:10pm +Througli Mail. 5:00 p m 5:05 pm +Steamboat Exp 10:40 pm EN i vhs awsn ane Be 7:45am iB ae .... 5:10am 5:35 am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:25 am Express make close connection at Owosso for Lansing, and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:30 a m the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner car and local sleeping ear from Detroit to Grand Rapids. D. PoTTEerR, City Passenger Agent. GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager Chicago. Michigan Central. DEPART. Detroit Express............... pia vce shedasegeetes 6:15am OO IN iss iG Ga dc oak och snakes ncanceel 1:10pm WARUNIUAG RDP ORB. oo icc kc nicc ics ceded dawnnnan es abs 10:10 pm pO GOO ea a aes 6:50 a m ARRIVE. NS WII aii ik he uic cede enncpeciarecens 6:00 am MOON ovicersatnis . 3:00 pm Grand Rapides Express. ...icccscncesccacescccans 10:15 pm i ee ee a woos. 5:15 DPM *Daily. All other daily ex t Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor carsrun on Day Express and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direet connee- tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.) D. W, JOHNSTON, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids. O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’l Pass. and Ticket Agt., Chicago. Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette. Going West. Going East. 7:00am 6:50 am..St. Ignace..... 8:30pm 5:55pp 12:20pm an am,..Seney.........5:15pm 2:35pm 5:30pm 12:40pm i 2:15pm 7:00am 12:50 p = Marquette .. ; 209 pm 1:40 p m..Negaunee..... 1:25 pm 1:55 pm. .Ishpeming....12:58 p m 5:30 pm..Houghton ..., 9:20am 5:50 pm..Hancock ..... 9:01 am 6:35 pm..Calumet...... 8:15am Mixed train leaves St. Ignace at 7am; arrives Mar- iquette 5:30 p m. . W. ALLEN, en. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Marquette. ¢€ am prepared to give the exclusive agency to |: 7:10pm }. mere are SEN aco) The accompanying illustrations reprents the Boss Tobacco Pail Cover. It will fit any pail, and keep the Tobacco moist and fresh until entirely used. It will pay for itself in a short time. You cannot afford to do without it. For particulars, write to Wholesale ARTHUR MEIGS & CO. Grocers, sole Agonts, 77 to 83 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. q pepe A Kingsford’s “he Stauadard of Excellence KINGSFORD'S “Silver Gloss” Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc. THE PERFECTION OF QUALITY. ALWAYS ASK WILL PLEASE YOU EVERY TIME ! YOUR GROCER FOR THESE GOODS. H. J. LAMB & CO. STATE AGENTS FOR D. D. Mallory & Co.s DIAMOND BRAND OYSTERS Also Fruits and Gountry Produce, pay all railroad and boat freights. OBERNE, HOSICK & CO., Manufacturers Of FINE LAUNDRY and TOILET SOAPS, 120 Michigan St., Chicago, Illi. We make the following’ brands: HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, White Satin, Country Talk, Mermaid, it will float, Silver Brick, Daisy, White Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal. Our HARD WATER Soap can be used in either hard or soft water, and will go one quarter farther than any other Soap made. getting orders for it now from all parts of the country. Send for a sample order. Our goods are not in Michigan Jobbing houses. We are We (Trade mark, girl at pump.) A. HUFFORD, General Agent, Box 14, GRAND RARIDS, MICH. Write me for Prices. The Michigan Tradesmal. ‘The Grocery Market. Sugar is up nearly ‘ge from last week’s quotations, the advance being oecasioned Turning the Tables. From Good Housekeeping. He sat at the dinner table With a discontented frown— “The potatoes and steak were underdone, And the bread was baked too brown, The pie too sour, the pudding too sweet, And the roast was much too fat; The soup so greasy, too, and salt. Sure ’twas hardly fit for the cat.” “JT wish you could eat the bread and pies I’ve seen my mother make; They are something like, and ’twould do you J uae! 3 at a loaf of her cake.” Said the smiling wife, “I'll improve with age, Just now I’m but a beginner. But your mother has come to visit us, And to-day she cooked the dinner.” i) The Adulteration of Spices. From the N. Y. Express. The men in the wholesale and retail gro- cery trade of this city are excited at the dis- covery of a new adulterant in the market. An offer from Italy to a responsible house to supply it with a substance called ‘‘pep- perette” at a cheap rate for the purpose of mixing with black and white pepper, there- by greatly reducing the cost, has led to the exposure. Good pepper has recently been quoted in the Liverpool market at from 21 to 30 cents per pound, wholesale or fyom $400 to $600 per ton, while the adulterant has been offered at £8 or $40 per ton, freight paid to Liverpool and 214 per cent. off for cash. This difference in price fur- nished a great temptation, especially when the adulterant is guaranteed to absorb the piquancy of the pepper with: which it is mixed and thus defy detection in any ordi- nary way. An investigation of the matter has led to the discovery that this new pep- perette is nothing more than ground olive kernels. As the Italian olives are used in large numbers for the making of olive or salad oil, the refuse after the oil is pressed out has heretofore been found almost, if not quite, valueless. An experiment was made with the kernels, and it was found that when ground they greatly resembled ground pepper. It was then ascertained that, when mixed with pepper, the ground olive kernels would so absorb the peculiar- ities of the genuine article that the mixture could not be detected. By a process the color of the adulterating matter can be made very light, so as to agreeé with the shade of the whitest of the peppers, also dark enough for the ordinary black pepper. The manu- facturers of this vile stuff, in their private communications to the trade—for they take the precaution to make their communica- tions confidential, guaranteeing that no one else in the trade shall know that any special house is among their dealers—say that the pepperette is warranted to consistof a pure- ly vegetable substance, and to contain noth- ing deleterious, and consequently in no way detrimental to the health. Of course olive kernels are vegetable, but it is not at all likely that consumers of pepper will feel inclined to sprinkle ground olive kernels voluntarily over the food they eat. Many persons use pepper in ale espec- ially in cold weather. Such an adulterant would certainly be deleterious to health if clinging to the inner mucous lining of the stomach, kidneys and connecting canals. Autopsies have already shown that the drinking of pure pepper in ale is not the most healthy for the human system. How much worse must it be when the spice: is mixed with so vile a substance as ground olive kernels. Of course the respectable portion of the trade know that by using the the adulterant they are jeopardizing their reputation for supplying pure spices, and therefore decline to deal with the Italian house for the preparation offered by it. Yet it is not unlikely that some dealers may be found ready to make a few dishonest dollars by using the vile adulterant, and try to se- cure a trade by selling pepper much under the cost at which tbe pure article can be ob- tained in the wholesale market. But pepper is not the only splee that has been found to have adulterations. When ground it is difficult to trace the deception. The wooden nutmeg is nothing to the tricks that have been detected with ground spices. It is said by one who has had a good oppor- tunity for knowing, that thousands of tons of burned and ground cocoanut shells and other foreign substances have been flavored with essential oils and then sold for pure spices. In fact it has becomea regular bus- iness to manufacture and sell these impuri- ties. Dishonest traders, taking advantage of their facilities for mixing the pure and good with valueless trash, are enabled to under- sell the honest dealers, caring little whether in doing so they are ruining the digestion of men, women and children, all of whom use spices at this season of the year. It is only the high priced spices that are found to be adulterated, for the matter is now being closely investigated by the various State Boards of Health. Furniture Facts. Carl Zoetlow, furniture dealer at Niles, has sold out. The Detroit Seating Co. has organized, at Detroit, with a capital stock of $50,000, for the manufacture of furniture, and has been incorporated by Henry C Harf, Fred D. Standish, James D. Standish, William C. Colburn, Ogden C. Clark and John G. Rum- ney. a A Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. Nearly 100 tons of limburger cheese were made at Marine City last year. Albion Recorder: Not to be outdone in the matter of enterprise, J. H. Ott has de- cided to add a creamery outfit to his already extensive business. He has ordered the necessary machinery and expects to have it in operation by about the first of April. by the exceptionally large demand. Pack- haps coffees have also advanced 3c. Near- ly everything else in the grocery line is the belief that the grocer who keeps a good stock of staple goods is sure to make money on the advance in prices. Candy is steady, Oranges are in good supply and steady in price. It is claimed that the largest half of the Florida crop is already marketed and that arrivals will be more scattering in the future. California shippers are now be- ginning to market some of the earliest vari- ties. The lemon supply is fully equal to the demand and prices area shade lower. Nuts are steady at former prices. Peanuts are held with a firm grip and will be no lower. Figs are steady. Dates show a decline. Oysters are scare and high, with no pros- pects of any improvement at present. i A Frank Confession. From the New York Sun. Merchant (to applicant for a job)—Do you know anything about figures, Uncle Rastus? Uncle Rastus—Yes, sah. Merchant—Well, if I were to lend you $5 and you promised to pay me $1 each month, how much would you owe me at the expir- ation of three months? Uncle Rastus—Fi’ dollahs, sah. Merchant—I’m afraid you don’t know much about figures. Uncle Rastus—No, sah, but I spees I knows all bout Uncle Rastus. ————j@>1-2>___— “The Michigan Tradesman.” From the Allegan Gazette. This publication, conducted by E. A. Stowe, at Grand Rapids, has taken a decid- edly front seat among other journalistic ventures of that city. Of a charmingly neat typographical appearance, it is each week filled with the most acceptable information to both tradesman and manufacturer. A close perusal of its columns by merchants would save the readers many dollars yearly. It is a recognized authority among business men, and has been made so by close, persis- tent, and intelligent work. One dollar in- vested in a year’s subscription will save the dealer many hard days’ work. lt is nota paper devoted to hints, but one devoted to information that is worth money. —_ oOo Open no more accounts than your capital will warrant. LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. Uppers, Finch. ........0:......3..08; per M $44 00 Uppers, 14%, 1% and 2inch................ 46 00 ROR, BUNUN i os os os oo os oo keke es ce cac cs 35 00 Selects, 14,1% and2 inech..... .. ...... 38 00 Fine Common, linch.............00 0.0... 30 00 RON, NON eine Geese duce | chao 20 00 Fine, Common, 134,1% and 2inch. ...... 25 00 No.1 Stocks, 12in., 12, 14and16 feet ... 15 90 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 16 a0 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 feet................ 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........... 2... 1700 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet................. 17 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in,, 20 feet................ 14 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet................ 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet... ............ 14 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...-.. 11 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 12 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet.............. .. 1300 Coarse Common or shipping culls, al widths and lengths......... ....... 800 900 A and B Strips, 4or6in.......0..00... .. 33 00 O String, 4 orGinch...............0.005 5. 27 ¢ No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14.and 18 feet.......... 12 00 No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet..................... 12 00 No. 1 Fencing. 4 inch..................... 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 4 inch..........5......0.3; 12 90 Norway C and better,4or6inch......... 20 00 Bevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C............. Peace 14 50 evel Siding, inch, No.1 Common.... 9 00 evel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.............. 20 00 Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft........ {1 00 $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............ , 8600 Dressed Flooring, 6in. C............... -. 2900 Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. 1,conimon.. 17 00 Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2 comiaon.... 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C................. 26 GO Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No.1 com’n 16 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. XXX 18 in. Standard Shingles......... 3 10 Peete OO UTR, TUN oie bocce es csc cas 3 00 XXX 16 in............ Oi viene Oak ou se ase 2 0.2 or 6in. C. B 18in. Shingles......... 1 75 mo.zor6 in. C. B. 16 in............555555¢ 1 40 BE oooh ei eos a 1 75@ 2 00 COOPERAGE. > D, Quay quotes as follows, f. 0. b. at Bailey: STAVES. Red oak flour bbl. staves......... M @ 6 00 Elm ” * voces M- @ 5 2% White oak tee staves, s’d and j’t.M @21 00 White oak pork bbl. ‘“ ** M 19 50@22 00 Produce barrel stavés.... .. .... M @4 5 Tight bbl, and h’ds to match..... M @I17T 60 HEADS. Tierce, dowelled and circled, set.... 16@ 16 Pork, -” 48 aay 2Q@ 18 Tierce heads, square..:....... @ M 23 09@26 90 Pork bbl. * Or aes 8 M 19 00@21 00 Produce barrel, set. . ............ @ 4 Flour vi Pe ee es eae @ 4% Cull wood heading................. . BY4@ 3% HOOPS. White oak and hickory tce, 8f’t. M White oak and hickory “ 7%f’t.M y {1 OO@I2 50 10 00@11 00 Hickory flour bbl................ 1 7 WG 8 % Aan, roune © so. uc. M 6 00@ 6 %5 Ash, fiat racked, 6% f’t........... M 38 75@ 4 50 OOO i es ie al 6 00@ 7 10 BARRELS. ‘ White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M 1 0@ 1 16 White oak pork barrels, machine... 85@ 9h White oak tard tierces............. 1 i5@ 1 25 Beef and lard half barrels......... 76@ 90 Custom barrels, one head........... 1 00@ 1:10 WiIOUC WAMTOIS.. of... ec ccc k ie cesses BO@® = 387 Produce barrels.................... 25Q 28 WOODENWARE. Standard Tubs, NoO.1........0..... .4....0.. 5 25 Standard Tubs, No.2....................6... 4 25 Standard Tubs, No.3.... ................... 3 25 | Standard Pails, twohoop.................... 1 25 | Standard Pails, three hoop.................. 1 50 Pails, ground wood 00 Maple Bow]s, assorte Butter Pails, ash... Butter Ladles.... moving upward, which gives ground for. with fair demand.- EOGLO PROUOUB, «ooo eiik cle Clothes Pounders................2..e0.0.00-. 2 25 ROR os Fie 5b ok oe hk is, 60 MOD I 6 i 5k 55 oe os Soke ceria, 1 00 Washboards, single.......................... 1 % Washboards, double......................... 2 25 BASKETS. Diamond Market....:............. : +. 40 Bushel, narrow band... ..1 0 Bushel, wide band...... cok Clothes, splint, No.1... ..8 50 Clothes, splint, No. 2...... 0.00000... .0cc0c0e 4 2% Clothes, splint, NO. 3............cccccecccccs 5 00 Clothes, willow No.1.......... be rs'seeesseae dt OO Clothes, willow No. 2..............s00.0- 000.7 00 Clothes, willow No.3............ ie pe aiawian . 8 00 Water Tight, bu.....:............ $k hsed ces 375 ay eae | Ris x4 ine, Big Five Center...3 85/ Mystic White... ae Potatoes—Buyers are paying 35¢ at thismar-]_“ Excelsior...0000.000000000 20.0100. | Niekel.. into eral rag ata 5 ket and towns within convenient shipping dis- cee. Ee san 8s ee he 1 50 eae beanies oe 5 a "3 Ae “t 25 ges S, extre Weeae. a, 2 ai > 4 - cee tance of this market. , | Bone: Saageemarrotit. 7-00-4200 | Condon Pamiig... 8 aulgtar 3% Pop Corn—2\ec # b. Pumpkin, $ B Golden... ..... 0.00.00. cc0005. 1¢0 Ground a. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys, $4 8 bbl. Succotash, OOOO RG is es, 85@1 10} pe per. eee 16@25|Pepper Whole. G20 ee >. Tomatoes, standard branda 222222000007 Log. | Allspice 12.000... 12G15 Allspied 1212.1...1 s@no GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS, Main ee een one isan en os No.1. 10@11 a ae a oy SESE, loves ...........15@25 Nutmegs, No. 1.. 160 _ Wheat—Ic higher. City millers,pay.#8,cente | yictigan full cream....<...........-. 134@14 | Ginger ........... 16@20 Nutmess, No.2. @50 for Lancaster and 75 for Fulse and Clawson. | York State, Acmc............... . @4 | Mustard..........15@30 Cloves ........... @as Corn—Jobbing generally at 46@47c in 100 bu. CHOCOLATE, en a . ceeken lots and i2@43c in carlots. Baker's 0.060... sf. 37'German Sweet....... 23) Kingsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 tb pkgs... @% Oats—White, 38c in small lots and 32@33c in | Runkles’............. 35, Vienna Sweet ....... 22 " “ 6 i boxes... @ 7% car lots. ei : COCOANUT. - ‘ - . Due .:..... @@% : CHODDE ie i 25 ure, PRGS............ @5 Rye—48G@i0e ® bu. e OS AG Meee ee Ose ‘a Corn, 1 tb pkgs..... ...... a 7 Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ® cwt. “ Ma Ce ee @27_ | Royal. Gloss, 1 tb packages.......... + @5% Flour—Lower. Patent, $5 ® bbl. in sacks . - in tin pails................ @2i4 “ tai “ sigens deaesheonmee teats e : : , ° “ 45 cytes ee nea 28 PEN oN cack seal Ci cicuecs sl cu Oo 6 and $5.20 in wood. Straight, $4 #@ bbl. in nei... A Oe Muzzy, Gloss, 1h packages.......... @ 5% sacks and $4.20 in wood. “s le ahd Ms. 66 50001. 5:. eg i: Wee. ee ee @ 5 Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ® bbl. ies i ma “4s... gabrhentahredehdeash seas ous 7 Corn So bart are ei 3 4 a Es : : : Mmeteeh, HAUS). 6. lw. seca a 3 i vorn, RAPES... 0.2.22... @ 6 Mill Feed—Screenings, $13 8 ton. Bran, $13 Peerless hes te ee oe Firmenich, new process, gloss, lib... @ 5% 8 ton. Ships, $14 ®ton. Middlings, $15 8 ton. COFFEES. : 1 om. || GO Corn aad Oats, $18 8 ton. Green Roasted. ‘ nsec: | ee Bio. sa a3 5 Qi [Bie ive sas 16 @18 i * bulk, nomen orbbls @4 ‘ olden Rio...17 @i9 ‘Golden Rio...18 @20 * corn, 1D.......... @ 6 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Santos........ 15 Gi7 |Bantos.............. 2 i SUGARs. Perkins & Hess pay as follows: Maricabo........... 16 |Maricabo.......19@20 | Cut Loaf................. 5.02... ecees . @ 6% HIDES. TO i cisceg A AAA. ccc. PONE | UI ri rick antec enesnsaves envess @ 6% Green 8 bh 5%@ 6 |Calf skins, green O. G. Java...:20 @22 10. G.Java....28 “@es | Powdered.................00..00000000, @ 655 Part cured... 7 @17%|_ orcured....7 @9 |Mocha............. 23 |Mocha.. ....27 @2g | Granulated, Standard... ............, @ 6% Fulleured.... 7%4@ 8 |Deacon skins, COFFEES—PACKAGE, : min peep den OEE Pee @ 5% Dry hides and cy piece..... 20 @50 60 hs 100 hs 300 hs BRONTE Beebo ie ecole ce ssc sac. @ 55% Kips ........ 8 @I2 OR 19% 19% 193;}| No.1, White Extra C.................. @5 31 "SHEEP PELTS. Fo OE AP AN: a We Wat ee eee... oe, 5 @ 5% Old wool, estimated washed # b...... 25 @28 Dilworth’s ES SORE eae he eis : : GUE sr esG knee teh ae cane! uccytel sans @ 4% POM as ee ea a DG Wee og ee a 193 a tenes Sata he Net Asteraceae @ 455 aria aie 3 @ 3% Cte 194 New Orleans, in hdB.......60...00. 0005. 44 @ 4% Fine washed th 25@28|Coarse washed... 2 24 BAO ick eee ey boca ink ose weds « 19% t0— VE CUT— A Medium noe B > 31030 Uaweahed Pion ors Lion, in cabinets............... 20% Cherry ss 60 Cross Cute 35 FURS. WENN ees cs icea cen es e'eae vs 19% Five and Seven......45/\OldJim,..... 20710777" 35 ON oe cease cates esd WO OUT 00 | BOFRL 50. 65-6) ieee cc cece ncuten. 185, 18% | Magnet............... 25;0ld Time............. 35 PORVOR oi. csc se sss Hagle....... Sects cashes, 1914 19% 19 Seal of Detroit...) 60/Underwood’s Capi oc me Badger Sliver King. ........0.0.. ee 24 24 Jim Dandy.... .. 28 Sweet ‘Rose. we ae Wild Cat Mexican ..... Rel cheer et weenvuies 18 | Our Bird....:.2)1.1)128/Meigs & Co.’s Stunner3s House Ca CRACKERS AND SWEET GOODS. Brother Jonathan...28]Atlas..... Ge 35 Poe, FOR. D X XXX #D/ Our Block............ 60|RoyalGame...... 1.) 38 ‘“” @ross ‘ Kenosha Butter................ 646] Jolly Time.... 40\Mule Ear......... 65 WINN 7 Seymour Butter............... 5 Our Leader..........33/Fountain....° °°. °°" 74 OI ak ous as se dine. Geka ca, 4 W@ 8 00 | Butter... oo... eee 5 Sweet Rose.......... 32/Old Congress... -> 64 BN oes tea sees 3 00@ 8 00 | Fancy Butter.................. 4% May Queen....... -65'Good Luck... 2.2...) 52 Me AL BO Chi Oe EMO ioe. ae ois 5 Dark AmericanEagle67 Blaze Away...) |||, 35 OE 1 00@ 1 50 | Pienic............ s,s ee eee 5 The Meigs............ 60 Hair Lifter.....). 7! 7 30 IM ois aki d shed cams es sic 5 0@ 8 00 | Fancy Oyster................ - Red Bird.... 02.0... 50 Hiawatha o.oo. o.oo. 65 eee er ee M@ 1 00 | Faucy Soda...012222020020020 5 an Seel........... une. 65 MUNN Aspe ie cs veces leashes 1 00@ 1 10} City Soda...... 6.2... ee. 1% | Prairie Flower ...... 65|Bull Dog... 2... oo. 457 Me ea ts 2 00@ 3 00 | Soda .......... 0... eee, 5% | Indian Queen... :. 60\Crown Leaf..... 1” 66 aan, aya Sepia tnee esau soae. R@ lt porta be A imiach Aa m6 nl he or berses 7 May Flower.......... Wilustier .... ......... 22 Me Mobs crlveicctdic keels. D ston ....... teeter este ee eeaes 7 {8 ippi 5 ivered. Door, OP... oo 25 Graham ,.....-... 0. 6.ced scenes. 8 6 Hei decoemteee a B const These prices are for prime skins only. OMT POOR ioc ces hic ueie recs: 8 Our Leader.......... WiUnit ... 30 Pretzels, hand-made........... 11%} Old Vet..... 30/ Eight Hours......:_! 24 OILS. Pretzels Wo he ad sWdane Sie Cae es ae 9%4| Big Deal. .. ee sceee.-27| Lucky niet eee ana 30 ILLUMINATING. rece nes dian tee whys adhe sel y : _ 15%] Ruby, cut plug...... So Bogs... 6... 15 eis. 1% emon Cream Stet eee e eee e eee é 8 Navy Clippings......26'Two Nickel....... 24 ana. ee 10%2 BORAT CPORIN cis eke eee es 7 8 BORGO . 6 os ce cccceces 15) Duke’s Durham 40 “LUBRICATING. ** | Frosted Cream................. 8% | Hard Tack.. .32 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26 jon. bie 1 | Ginger Snaps. ..2000000000000 : *: ce ee, ee 16 Capitol Cylinder. 2200000 00000 soy | Not Ginger Snaps. 0000002 oe Qld Taro a-2 +++ 40) ROD ROY 22020201 26 Model Cylinder,......02.7..7"" 31i¢ Lemon Snaps.................. - 122% Arthur’s Choice..... 22/Uncle Sam......... 28 Shield Cylinder 26% Coffee Cakes................... 8% MOG VON. oie. acs 26 Lumberman "OR Misia Gases ee 93°” | Lemon Wafers................. 134% | Gold Dust............ 26 Railroad Boy......._. 38 Panam made, Be PEER issn ene: cn assess 11% | Gold Bloek........... 30 Mountain Rose... .... 118 Challenge Machinery... 0.0.00" 19 =| Extra Honey Jumbles......... 1244 | Seal of Grand Rapids |Home Comfort 25 PRTODNG 6.0.0. s cco cetcocsccsec tence cscee BOM | pee ney Cakes... ..+-. 13e | eg hot ag voce ene 25/Old Rip... 22.260 Black. Summer, West Virginia...) 9 | Cream Gems................... 13% | Tramway, 3 07....... 40'Seal of North Caro- Riaak We tame eer 10 Bagleys Gems................. 13% | Minersand Puddlers.28| ‘ina, 2 oz..... 48 Wik So ee i Seed Cakes.......... stele seceens 12% | Peerless ............. 24|Seal of North Caro- | ZOO ws sessevarse. sissioovececonsoestces cr dRy |B Me Caiess ee 894] Standard 200000000. 20| lina, 402... 48 _— ———— 60 foot Jute..... 100 (50 foot Cotton....160 | Pere dor a ueee a FRESH MEATS, 7 foot J o5 |KO fF, " Vewrereres 4) lina, 80Z............ 45 2 foot Jute ..... 125 |60 foot Cotton....1 7 ONE oo cose esse aincs 25|Seal of North Caro- John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling | 40FootCotton....1 50 |72foot Cotton....2 00 | Traveler 21777). 7777’ 35} lina, 160z boxes. ...42 Grech Bhat, eides 44@ 64 PRERD FRUITS--TORMON. Prakwick Gus... ipemeie ee Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 6 @ 7% CUBEOT ooo. soe ees ecin ses ce er ec enanes sees 22 @ 2% inate Heed... ea “Gennes an . DrORSOd HOME. <5... os. os occas: 54%4@ by | Currants ............... @ 6% |. Holland’... .....1.1:!92\Seail Skin’) °. 7°" °"’ 30 Mutton, carcasses.................... . 54% @ 6% | Lemon Peel.......... @ 14) German.........22.": 15|Red Clover. .......: 32 NUN EMIIE iti) ic ss @ 6% | Orange Peel...... .. } Pode 2S MORO 42@46|Good Lu k........* 26 DN onc iciialeie iw, T%@ 8% | Prunes, French, 60s.................... @ 9% | Honey Dew...... itdacs Bes bn Pork Sausage.................../.... @% | Prunes, French, 80s.... @9 eter oe per rte: Sennen ae OND 4s eco scee domo nssteincsicsccas : GEG pe TO AEG COW certs nsec cepacees ne See oer 39)Splendid 38 WOR cc eke ek bakes 9 @10 Dae 1 OIG... se. ee be ee ee ees @ 5%! Old Solder..........: Sil Red Fox... 40 Spring Chickens....................... 10 @11_ | Raisins, Dehesia.............0......... @3 50) Clipper >... .. 1.2.2.2 34\Big Drive........._. 40 ae. @ii_ | Raisins, London Layers............... @2 50} Corner Stone...) 11)" 34/Chocol te Cream... Toma : ‘: @i1__| Raisins, California “0200220020000! @2 10| scalping Knife... , ate Cream. ...40 TE ce Lee er ee : x \ ping Knife......34/Nimrod ..............35 a eae Raisins, Loose Muscatels.............. @1 9%! Sam Boss 34| Big Five Cente 33 MISCELLANEOUS Raisins, Ondaras, 28s... ........ ..... 9 @9% Bee ee 2p on . eres 2 " 4 Raisins, Sultanas...................... @ 8%] Dainty 217277775777: 44\B 5 eames el 35 Henflock Bark—Tanners all have large sup- Raisins, Valencia, new................ 7 @ | Ola ionesty ee 40 Black Prin a. = plies. Dealers are paying $5 for good bark. Raisins, Imperials.-................... @3 2! Jolly Tar..:. 2.) ..132| Black Racer... eae Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.50 @ h for FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Jolly Time........... 82|Climax ....... «+42 chanh @wasked conte : - Lemon. Vanilla.| Favorite ............. 42\Acorn ........ .39 ° ‘ Jennings’ D.C.,202.......... @doz.100 140) Black Bird........... 82)Horse Shoe......... 36 Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers are * Pe MOM es kun veel bal 150 2 60| Live and Let Live...32/Vinco ................34 authorized to offer standard goods at 35 and 5 = DIR ioc iCan soon ds Sa od ~50 400} Quaker.............. -28|Merry War........... 23 per cent. off, and second quality at 35, 5 and 10 " BOR ei ee pene a 850 6 00; Hiawatha............42/Ben Franklin........ 32 per cent off. . “ No.2 Taper... .,... 12% 1450} Big Nig. digi sers ol ne diag e : v8 “i Oe es aaa 75 2 75) Spear Head..........80/Black Jack........... RR FIELD SEEDS. a re % pint, round ee 450 7 50 hole Earth..... 82|Hiawatha............ 42 Pe 5 ne ---900 15 00; Crazy Quilt..........382|Musselman’s Corker .30 over, mammoth...... pa kare ria 4 50 * No.3 panel.......... 110 165|P 40| Eclipse 30 2 MORN... 2; 05. ts ioe Ae “ Nos) 75 425| Spring Chicken...2..38/Turkey...2.. Pee Pimding eta. 3 00 - a eet 2 pring ating e GBP RULMOY. cc casevessces Seine pisas Annies ae i 2c. lessin hree butt lots. SHORTS, Our Leader.......... 16|Hiawatha............ 22 Baysower Odie hee 23/Old Congress......... 23 Roos cs ec ckicass aai\May Leaf............ 22 Mule Ear............. EMME os kdns ccncscckac: 20 SYRUPS. ' MO I oa vac cetcl iin s: 25Q27 a TIES A eee 27@29 Corn, t0 gallon kegs. ................... @30 Corn, 6 walion Wees......<............' @32 ba a DS eee 23@35 wore come UO) ..... 66). co. 25@37T SNUFF. Lorillard’s cuertean Gentlemen..... 72 “ MEI oko bs do ev cc ac cus, 5 Gail & Ax’ “ 3 ia Ty » € 5 Railroad Mills Scotch................. $ 3 Lotazbeck @1i 3% MD COE os oc oc ie vee cdhccce cc uud Japan fair to fOO0d... 2... cece eee 25Q30 SOIR 5 ao oh ons co hia re cous sa cdc cin: 3545 MN 6 ek ok oc Res ecioki essa, 15@: WE PR ec ace ee 30@50 Gun Pow We ose cone se senesnenss nsusce secs 3550 MN Gore ke oes cea cl BI@5HSQEC MN ce oe vi cs Ue oh a os oes ec 25@30 VINEGAR, 30 gr. 50 gr. ne WIE 5. oo cc esa cca 08 *r6 MN one i ay a ns veda, 08 10 yOrk State Annple................ 16 MISCELLANEOUS. Bath Brick imported .................. 90 do MIR a oo ond bbc ivnses ce 75 Wren, NGL Bo cco cic ck. son uanne 1 00 do TO ab ick cc cnhcseies, 1 50 Condensed Milk, Eagle brand....... i 7 % Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ® cans......... @25 MN ooo ac occ cco ceneiccc.... @ul Mune SRO 6... @12 Camphor, 07z., 2 boxes............... @35 wertrmet Coffee, V. C....'.....ccce ccc. do WOME cis ase a. @1 20 Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @25 Gum, Rubber 200lumps. ............ @35 MPs NTIS 66 ooo eo sa kichococcccc 30@35 MUG TP Oo i escccccccc. cw. @3 00 mere te OMNIS, 8c oo occ ccs... 1@ 4% i 2%@ 3 meas, Green Bush....,................. @1 15 Peas, Split Prepared.................. @ 3 WO OM osc ioe @A 00 poe 4 Oe. cok. @2 2% MO i ek @ b ROE MOING foci cic ci calcu A. 4 00@4 50 CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK, Standard, 25 B® boxes,.................. 84%@ 9 Twist, oe ere @9 Cut Loaf o. |... @10 Royal, 25 } pails — ia Wie ica ee ce succecn.. 9 MOOR, 20 DDIM... oc. ccc cock... 8 8 Extra 25% paile..... ................. @10 mae eee One... @9 French Cream, 25 pails.............. @l1l% Cut loaf, 25 ® cases.................... @10 reer, ms @ OGNA:....... oo... @10 Broken, 2) bbls.............0....... @ 9 FANCY—IN 5 b BOXES, momon Prone. ................. 2 PE Mel ei ek Cacccd cl, es Pevoermans D008...... .:............. @13 ee 14 H M Chocolate Drops.......... aethusied 18 MIE HI gs oo nc ccc cccec secs cc... 10 Lilcorice Dropa................ : 22 @ @ tdcoviee Drope.. .......:....... 2 MAMMON, UNI ons coc ccc cu... 14 nomenees, eInted.....:....... ....... 15 UMA ois deli ccc. 14 ME ieee 15 MN ioe occ cic. 12 Molasses Bar..........: Wid aa wedieeneueci 2 ON oe ik ieccc icc 3... 18 Hand Made Creams...................... 18 OE ROM ec 16 Decorated Creams....... ............... 20 Mert OGM oo. livia 13 ee ‘ 22 Wintergreen Berries........... .. 14 FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in WO ics ole... @11% Lozenges, plainin bbls........... |||! @0% Lozenges, printed in PE ci ccc, @l2% Lozenges, printed in bbls............. @lli4 Chocolate Drops, in puils......... 0." @L2% Coen Drone in pais... ............... @ 6% Gietwominhha......... @ 5% Moss Drops, in pails............:...... 9 @10 Moss Drop@, in bbls ................... @Y sour Drops, in pails................... @12 Imperials, in Wt eee, @i2% Imperials in bbis..7 ............. @ll% FRUITS Bananas Aspinwall................... Oranges, California, fancy............ Oranges, California, choice........___ Oranges, Jamaica, bblis................ moe, Pie... 50@4 00 Oranges, Valencia, cases..........._._ Oranges, Mensing....................2, Oranged, Napleg:...................... Lemons, choice................. eu 3 a F PROVISIONS. quote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Mess, Chicago packing.................. ieee lic cckbsccc. or MP ids) bic cosine ck. S. P. Extra clear DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy..................... ’ Ms 5 cu coc access. - EE ee ae Short Clears, heavy..................... do, I bic bio cuca kk, ol do. ee a, ® Oe ON ooo oc ccc acee 5c. Clear, A. Webster, new. ................ ir, GORE Cus, ..........-... mare Glear, Heavy....................... Clear quill. short cut......:............. Boston clear, short cut.................. Clear back, short cut.................... Standard clear, short cut, best... ..._. 50@3 75 Bere fae... seg oma Mr - ‘ figs, layers, new, @m................. 114 5 wee ee OO... oes cucu “e ene SOG GO ...... oc, 5% oe GO dG ...... ........... e 6% BN RS cei) cs... ’ pases, i -— Rise y i bda eed eecsitsc dc, ates, Fard 10 ib box Michaels csc, ) Dates, Fard 50 tb box z Peale asc i Dates, Persian 50 bbox ®D.......| | 74@ 8 Pine Apples, ® doz.................. NUTS. Almonds, zarragons Leela sheds kecdads 19 @20 ™ NSA suc isececcccnes- cisccile Gun R a OG” Ee ee — OEM hoes cea sesecaes ccs cescc. cl... 2 2% Crerennite, Nor ha... .. oe MMNIR ONG ll @12 as ee @ 9 Welnute, Gronoble..::............... bb @l7 - PESEDO. ....... We cae adauss as. 12% ss ee " CN 13 @17 pecans, Teves. F.P.........:....... . 10 @i4 _ mea. @ Y Coocannte, O100............°.. ‘@5 50 a Gea oe rime Red, raw be wdauesweals cach Choice do Me i : $ i Fancy H.P. do Oe ict. @5 Choice White, Va.do ..... @ 5% Fancy H P,. Va do @ 6 H.P.Va 5%4@ 6 The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. eo SL, «+ 12 ee venue t ocala aueke weal as oA4 «+ D4 25 --. 14 50 ~~ 63 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Slams, Average 20 Be... .... 5. occ ccce nc... se “* Me a ic asian sieesess lc 114 _ i EMI Us vo vunscccchonses as 11% Ml EE Ay A seeeccisclice cake -. T% Te MO a io oss cocuaked dn caec 9% Me WOMNIOME. ©. 4... cc. kc 10% MONMNNE ooo acc c e \% Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................. 9 MINI HOWE, OROUR. oi 55 sc eck soc. k.., 9 * Dee WO 12 LARD. PD eke ieceevcadc, Cocca | 6% Ore er BOO oc oie ce, 6% LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 } Pails, 4 pails in case........ eecacal 7 8D Pails, 20 in & onse................... i% Gm Patie, 2 in A case. .................. 7% 10 Pails, 6 in a case ................... Tg BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 Ibs........ 7% POET: OROUB ios i cias gc Canse ccc 12 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. WORM PONNONS kok co ccs cs cs lekankév as i% ei Bete on 4 ES Oa er pen 7% UNMIS TONON oso ois eves ook ce Frankfort Sausage..................... .... 8 BENNO UNNI oo os 4 ino ces ce di vccc ces cece, 6 HOWBMR, BEPRIBNE. on. oo occ is cc vcceccccs 6 Bologna, thick.................... ne keuaa ideale H TN ee oe oe 6 : PIGS’ FEET. In half barrels............ Wevnatsixs ie wren eu ae In quarter barrels.......................... 1 8B ry State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Three Years—Ottmar Ebe rbach, Ann Arbor. ur Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. give Years—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso. sident—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob — Treasurer—Jas. Vern Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 1. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Frank J. Wacenery, Grand Rapids. First Vice-President—Mrs, C. Taylor, Loomis. Second Vice- ~~ cameens heart Harwood, Ishpeming. Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. Secretary—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. : Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—Geo. W. Crouter, J. G. Johnson, Frank Wells, Geo. Gundrom and Jacob oon gg Local Secretary—Guy M- Harwood, Petosk Next Place of Meeting—At Petoskey, July ve, 13 and 14. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. President—Geo. G. Stekettee. Vice-President—H. E. Locher. Secretary To = sa me ‘Treasurer—Hen aire aor oa 3 Consors—Preeident, Vice-President and Sec- penen of Trustees—The President, John E. Peck, M. Kimm, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond. wen, Isaac Watt Wm. E. White and Wm. L. White Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- hild and Hugo Thum. 3 Committee on Legisiation—R. A. MeWilliams, Theo. Kemink and W. H. Ti Committee on Pharmacy—W. L. White, A, C. Bauer and Isaac Watts. Regular Mectings—First Thursday evening in each month. Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November. Next Meeting—Thursday evening, Feb. 3, at THE TRADEs- MAN office. Saginaw County Pharmaceutical Seciety. President—Jay Smith. First Vice-President—W. H. Yarnall. Second Vice-President—R. Bruske. ponreary 2. = arell. Treasurer— elchers. Committee on Trade Matters—-W. B. Moore, H. G. Ham- ilton, H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and R. J. Birney. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday afternoon in each month. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER, 1883. President—A. F, Parker. First Vice-President—Frank Inglis. Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller. Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae. Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month. Jackson County Pharmaceutical Ass’n, President—R. F. Latimer. Vice-President—C. D. ‘saat ell. Secretary—F. A. Kin Treasurer—Chas. E. Then Board of Censors—Z. W. Haskins. Annual Meeting—First T Regular Meetings—First hre aldrdn” C. E* Foot and C. H. rsday in November. ' ursday in each month. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President—I. C. Terry. Vice-President—P. VanDiense. Secretary and Treasurer—Geo. L. LeFevre. Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society. President—F. W. Fincher. Vice-President—F. W. VanWickle. Secretary—Frank Cedy. Treasurer—E. A. Wright. Mason County Pharmaceutical Society. President—F. N. Latimer. Secretary—Wm. Heysett. Treasurer—W. H. Taylor. Meetings—Second Wednesday of each month. Beware of Soap Powders. From the American Analyst. Soap powders have lately made consider- able headway against lauudry soaps, and we are informed by good authority that the sale of laundry soaps has fallen off over twenty-five per cent. If this were merely of commercial importance, we should not deem it worthy of notice, but when we con- sider that this crowding out of lanndry soaps is due to causes which are doing in- calculable injury to the public it becomes our duty to raise a warning voice. Soap powders owe their success to the large pro- fits they enable the manufacturer to pocket, and to the worse feature that they cater to the laziness of servants and slovenly house- keepers by cleansing clothes without rub- bing, but of course, at the expense of the fabric. It is only necessary to show how soap powders are made to put careful house- keepers on their guard. To every 250 pounds of curd soap made as alkaline as possible, are added from 15 to 20 per cent. of caustic soda (good laundry soaps hold only from 5 to 7 .per cent. of caustic soda), which as soon as finished is run into vats, when from 450 to 500 pounds of sal- soda is added by raking the mass together. This, when cooled, hardens and is ground up, making the ordinary soap-powder of the market. Many a man has wondered why his linen wears out so rapidly, A perusal of this paragraph, with the remark added that caustic and salsoda both, when- ever present in a soap in excess of the small proportion which the grease will neu- tralize, act upon the fabric by eating the fibres just as acid dropped upon the same fabrics would do, will explain all. Our ad- ‘vice to housekeepers is to strictly prohibit the use of all soap powders. ew ee Salicylic Acid as a Preservative. The use of this valuable preservative and antiseptic has of late been the subject of much adverse comment and critcism in French scientific cireles.. The controversy. has been taken up by the German press, and a recent issue of a leading journal con- tained an able editoral, in which, after re- viewing its value as a means of preserving -articles of food and preventing fermentation, the author refers to its commendation at various periods by the highest medical au- thorities in France, and reproduces a declar- ation published in March, 1881, over the signatures of twenty-one leading physi- cians, professors and managers of hospitals, ete., in Paris, who’ stated that ‘the use of salicylized beverages and food, as was then customary and increasing in favor, should not only be permitted by city authorities, but that in many respects it was to be ac- cepted as an evidence of progress.” Of the many opinions affecting the use of salicylic acid as a preservative in beverages, no two seem to agree. Its prohibition in France has been heralded and favorably commented upon by its advocates, while the opponents of this official interdict can searcely find terms sufficiently caustic con- demning its promulgation. Between the warring scientists, chemists, physicians— real and bogus—it is sincerely hoped some positive knowledge concerning the use and abuse of salicylic acid, as employed in -drinks and food, will be definitely agreed ‘upon one of these days. “The formation of a new pool of the man- | ufacturers has resulted in an advance of {iodine and its preparations about 50 per cent. Iodine, which was quoted at. $2.75 on the 5th inst., and iodide potash, which,was quoted at $2.45, have advanced to $4 for the first, and $3@$3.25 for the latter. All other preparations have advanced propor- tionately, being quoted as follows, in- clusive: Ammonium, Iodide susie d Go biceac bs ads es ma eal deen teen etees teeeeee ee = Cadium “ Calcium * Copper - I oform Iron, Iodide . ** APMP: cis ca bcd as oa hue Lead, ts ivsaaes Magnesium, Iodide. . Manganese, Mercury, - Silver, ” Sodium, . 3.98 - ie tans cep sees ioe se ae 35 Sulphur, eae kiuee ee cuep ace lae 52 Zine, Wr ees a6 gaa Gos ve caus cas 57 Inse@ powders has again advanced, being now 38@40c. The French government is manufacturing a new explosive, in which carbolic acid is an important factor, and has made large contracts for crude acid. This, together with short supplies here, has advanced the article to 40@45c. Very much higher prices are looked for in the spring, when the demand is large for disin- fectant purposes. Glycerine has again ad- vanced, being now quoted at 251¢e in fifty pound cans and 28@30c for smaller quanti- ties. Oil cubebs, in sympathy with the berries, has advanced to $11@$11.50. Canary seed is very firm, and an advance is looked for soon, as it is being sold in New York at less than cost of importation. Buchu leave§ are scarce and hardening in price. _—_— SO oo The Cultivation of Licorice in California. A farmer in California, who is extensive- ly engaged in the cultivation of licorice, writes as follows to the Crescent City Drug and Trade Review: The licorice plant’is hardy and easy to raise, and when you once get it started it is there for all time. It will grow on almost any kind of soil, but will give the best re- sults in low, moist land. If it is overflowed even for a month at a time it will do no harm; and, once it is fairly started, stock cannot injure it. It is cultivated as corn, planted in drills, in rows four feet apart, and, once started, all the cuttings needed can be easily raised. The best time to trans- plant the root is from Christmas to April, and the crop can be gathered any time from October to March; when gathered it should be put on high dry ground in piles, and turned over several times, but mus®in dry- ing be kept from frosts, as that injures the delicate flavor of the roots. Cold weather, while the plant is still in the ground, does not injure it, as is shown by the fact that it has been grown where the temperature has been as low as 25 degrees below zero. Where frosts prevail after the gathering it should be dried slowly under sheds. So Organization in Otsego County. ELMIRA, Jan. 5, 1887. F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—Some weeks ago I received from you a circular, stating that I was ap- pointed a committee to work up the matter of local organization among the. druggists of this county. I delayed purposely until after the holi- days, thinking it best to do so. And now I hardly know how to begin. What is to be gained? What are the in- ducements for organization? I write to you for pointers, that I may be the better able to present the objects favorably to other druggists. I,have obtained Grand Rapids and Detroit constitutions and by- laws and the price-list. The price-list in- clndes only proprietary articles. Mr. Escott says drugs vary too much in price to admit of being listed; but up here, so far as [ know, only two articles (proprietary) vary in pr ice, ‘Safe Cure” and Kennedy’s ‘‘Discovery.” True, it wguld be desirable to put these goods on Ravine basis; but it is impossi- ble, as grocery men sell them at any price to draw customers. Very truly yours, N. P. BLAKESLEER, M. D. - --o- < --— Aromatic Reinedies. + From the Boston Journal! of Chemistry. The aroma of red cedar is fatal to house moths; the aroma of black walnut leaves is fatal to fleas. It is a matter of common ob- servation that persons engaged in the busi- ness of making shingles from odoriferous cypress timber in malarial districts are rare- ly, if ever, affected by malarial diseases, and that persons engaged in distilling tur- pentine do not suffer from either malarial diseases or consumption. It is said that when cholera was epidemic in Memphis, Tenn., persons working in livery stables were entirely exempt from it. It is affirm- ed that since the distruction of the clove trees on the island of Ternate, the colony has suffered frém epiedemjcs unknown be- fore; and in times when cholera has pre- vailed in London and Paris, those employ- ed in the perfumery factories have escaped its ravages. oe Borax in Soap. Much popular error exists about the use of borax in soap. A little borax will soften hard water, but only to the extent to which the quantity of borax used is soluble and any excessive quantity of borax, either in the soap or in the water, will set dirt. Borax cannot be put in a boiled soap before the salt is used, as it will wash out just as glycerine does. A concentrated solution of borax can be crotched in after the soap is made and the salt water has run off; then it will stay. After all, borax in soap is a de- lusion, and only gratifies a whim. Any well-made soap is just as good without borax. From the Dry Goods Chronicle. In commercial life there are as many op- portunities of doing good as in other spheres. Never make any alteration, even of the most trivial character, in any bill, note or check. In order to make business pay, there is nothing like having a moderate but well selected stock and small expenses. Keep your accounts well in hand, watch them. Order fairly for your wants. Keep your stock moderate and in good shape. The knowledge required for a successful pursuit of your calling has the first claim upon yon in the matter of self-education. The general discontent with moderate means and safe and honorable profits is the most prolific source of commercial demoral- ization. Let every trader put the questions to him- self: Am I keeping within the limits of my capital? Is there villainy somewhere? Where? ' The secret of finding good partners is in training them and letting them have a large share of the management while you are on the spot. - The average gains in trade in which large fortunes are made are lower than those in which gains are slow, though comparative- ly sure. The longer I live (says an old merchant) the more I am convinced that a compact, economically managed business is the most profitable. Have your business thoroughly under control by keeping light stocks. Light stocks, with light expenses, will win the day every time. The laboring classes of all civilized na- tions have been and are poor, notwithstand- ing the fact that nearly all wealth is the production of labor. f There can be no real over production un- less a large surplus remains after all the people have been fully supplied with the necessaries {ind comforts of life. Be careful not to exceed your means, to keep strict accounts, and not to allow wealth to go from you without clearly un- derstanding why and how it does so. To take in a partner with power of dis- missal is a duty many merchants owe to their families,, for if death should overtake them their business would be closed. / The productiveness of capital, like every other mortal thing, has its laws and its limits, the transgression of which is visited by penalties as severe as they are sure. Just stop and think for a moment how many dollars’ worth of goods will have to be sold to obtain the money to make up the loss of a $30 or $40 account. Computing the net profits at fifteen per cent., between $200 and $300 worth of goods will have to be sold for cash to make it up. ae -- <—— A Good Appointment. The appointment of Stanley E. Parkell, of Owosso, to the position of member of the State Board of Pharmacy in place of F. H. J. Van Emster, of Bay City, whose term expired January 1, will be particulariy ac- ceptable to the pharmacists of Michigan, and especially so to the younger element, which has heretofore been ignored in the composttion of the Board. Mr. Parkell is a ‘**hustler,” in all the term implies, and his appointment will do much to dispel the distrust with which certain portions ‘of the drug trade view the actions of the Board— distrust engendered quite as much by ignor- ance of the law and the proper functions of the Board as anything else. Tne TRADEs- MAN is glad to be able to commend the Governor’s action in this matter and hopes that all his appointments will be equally ac- ceptable. >.> To Whom the Credit is Due. The Detroit News says that Stanley E. Parkell, the newly-appointed member of the Board of Pharmacy, was not personally known to Governor Luce, who appointed shim solely on the unanimous recommenda- tion of the other members of the Board. CINSENG ROOT. Peck B 3r08,, Druesiss, “ti and Rapids, Mich Michigan Drag Exchange Mills & Goodman, Props. 357 South Union St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ANTED—A_ graduate of Pharmacy and registered Pharmacist to take charge of store. Will pay good salary for right man or will sell part interest in stoek if desired. POR SALE-—Stock of about $1,200 in town of 450 inhabitants. No other drug store in six miles. Physician’s practice will be given free if store building is also bought. Doing good business. Terms liberal, VOR SALE—Stock of $1,400 in town of 800 in- habitants in Eastern part of State. Rea- son for selling, poor health. Doing good bus- ness. OR SALE—Stock of about $2,000 well locat- ed on one of principal business streets in Grand Rapids. Doing fine business. Reason for selling, poor health. VOR SALE—Part interest in stock of about $5,000 in good growing town of 1,800 in- habitants or will sell whole stock at good dis- count. Reason for selling proprietor is prac- ticing physician and cannot attend to both store and practice. VOR SALE—Stock of about $4,000 in town of about 2,000 inhabitants in western part of State. Will ‘exchange for good farm. OR SALE—Bankrupt stock of about $70 can be bought at large discount. A eer other stocks, the particulars of which we will furnish on application. O DRUGGISTS—Wishing to secure clerks we will furnish the address and full par- ticulars of those on our list free. APP, Michigan Drug Exchange, 357 South Union St., - Grand Rapids. Advanced—lIodine, iodide potash, teaatoren; glycerine, carbolic acid, insect powder. ACIDUM. PORTION oe oes co ya's bas sb ees eho cds, vibe 8@ 10 Benzoicum, German........... ...... 80@1 00 PALIT 6 6s ooo Los neds odbc ces 40@ 45 MOI ois os cow ese wes ooo es acne 0@ 7 Hydrochlor ......... Be sa s@ Nitrocum ..... ... ur uis te ov ea Gua ae 10@ 12 SOMONE 2 oo Sees cc oo oa ceed ek ns 10@ 12 BalicyHoOume ». 2... .2.00cs- eee esecoenees 1 85@2 10 PPARIOUI , oo os oo ch os dese ons 1 40@1 60 TOPCAPICUI 6. cos ek 6b bas eee ose cs , 50@ 53 AMMONTA. Aqua, y OM os ban ss oh Pigarel cw ieass 3@ 5 Pe on oe a Se eck cece es Oh es 4@ 6 Ketaaee Sie a gicaw ce as Seabees sete os eae =~ 14 OR IOV I oc occ a cee os cs ce @ 14 BACCAE. Cubebae (No.1 SQ... 2. . 6. 5. ck cccese esse 1 50@1 75 UTIOVR boos has oo oe ceeds oe 6@ 7 PONTRORY RIG oils ko sc bees ck ce cnee ccs 25@ 30 BALSAMUM. 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Acacia, we pees Wits i ibe ciaaue ee cok: @1 00 cured aa deka cou es @ % se Set OP aaa eset eeee dese. @ 80 . Sifted sorts ede aces see ceass @ 65 . BO i bs aed ce acne ees T5Q@1 00 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60) Db ieekatiues blac ag 50@ 60 OY RMI, Cs oo eins vas a Shea cee @ 12 “ Socotrine, (po. 6@)............... @ 5b PTOVOOUIBG oo oooh bbc cca hans cbecas 25@ 30 Assafoetida, (pO. 25).............c cece @ ORM ee el ae. 50@ 55 UOT OPEG ooo is ance vaneass- ovee Oe 27 Catechu, Is, (4s, 14; 48, 16)........... @ Bb POP UOCOUII, DO. ci cence casace case 35@ 10 Geibanum.........:.. @ 80 CEREDORO. DO... ons wo ook cae oe cee cc 75@ 80 Guaiacum, (po. 45)............ ices es @ 35 MEA CO Bh oc hc ee a @ 20 ee das bap ie ake cess sce oe @1 25 PO VITH, (DO. 4)... 5. oes cae ws riche eeweee @ 40 Bon (O00, 4 i ei oe eG, @3 50 Re ee es 1W@ 25 Os SAMO OE ace i ec 24@ .30 PTPROORTO ao i oe ee sie ks ks 500 75 HERBA—In ounce packages. 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PPPGIIENIAT cis go bos cs bos hsakemt aces oe 3 50@4 00 Amtyedaiae, Due. ... 2.6.6.6. kee eee 45@ 50 Amydalae, Amaraec................200: 7 00@7 50 a eich tas iweyis 2 00@2 10 PUPARU COVIER. ooo. cee cc bee cea cee @2 50 MOPROIN. osc ek aa 2 2 75 A ace ook Hae , @ MO yoo ns we pe wh cae na eens cs @2 00 OUR ee ek ee cee ee eae 35@ 65 MONOIOGNL ook osc on ks cease te tenes es @1 50 CONT oie ae cea cc ein ec ens 04 @ % ROT, ooo oe ki es wae de ehes ee cach @ 7 nen ee ie ke chee ees “B5@ 65 CHIT ooo oe oak oh esc o Gaeskw co aes cnc sus @ 80 ERE sk fi Gea s Vawcee an ons wees 9 50@L 10 POMOC OR oss soa cs be ecg cand eee 90@1 00 I gc ai 1 20@1 30 COTE MOPTA Fo, eb de be i ok 2 380@2 40 RIOPAR RIN Boo cca oc ee ws oe @ %5 Gossipii, Sem, PR eas ccd ee a as 55@ 75 MEO oc aa ok. ce ake 90@L 00 UAC ooo CE a ek ce ess 50@2 00 DAV ORONID oi. ioc aie ins oe oe ek ees veeee 90G@2 00 DMPMOUIID oi os gos panes ccs vce ue ha ces ban 1 T5@2 25 A Fe oe ae oe ose ec hace ces 2Q 45 MONtMS PINOP: . icc odes 2 ek ee cle 3 00@3 75 PRGOTNA. V OPI cece iad eae soos 6 VO@T 06 PAORT OURO, fA inks ka cena sess es « 80@1 00 My — Wi relates g2.5% @ 50 RI a cee ip k becoy ee cee wens 1 = 75 Picis Ragwida, Gral. GO)... ke. 2 WU ees cs oa cas ook benno 1 Ol 60 TROGIR ss nc ck os henee ca ties ic chan « 75@1 00 MORRO. See ace kd ee uals las es @B8 00 RO ie ela as ae eeeee ka 40@ 15 OR eos ends cece inks a De® i 00 UN ied os oedeek ieee eset adc tacn 3 5 DAT 00 TO oc Os cee k ini eck encs 45@ 50 ee, OR ae ee eed nas ve @ 65 eas sei ck ceca soascuu iiss *@l a ER fy oad ie ec eels es 40@ AO ee @, 80 PRM OTONMINS oe og Saas oe co i es LE@ 20 POTASSIUM. POUR POMIMU oie cs cb hac decn cles wane T2@ 14 RENN ae canes at icownaedss scons 36@ 40 MIO OCE, (PO. Bi) ks coke. ccdhasiccccees 20H 22 BO ie dec us eee a 3 M@3 3 25 VAS ele ci Baie ann ets 25@ 28 RADIX. I es es eas eee es 25@ 30 OR ok a i cee ceviche eens oe I eg esi ieee ae @ 2% ON eo cal lass 20@ 50) My (Bae on ee ec chee ce ce cee 10@ 12 Se VCP EM thy (08. BO). oc bese cd os cde ees 16@ 18) Hydrastis Canaden, (po. 35)........... @ 30) PICHBDOTO, AIDS, PO... ccs cee ccc ceeas 15@ 20) MT ie das oe cs la ca ees 15@ 20) TON I. ei icc dce cs ie cies 1 00@1 10 i cies. oe eet 25@ 30 PORORO, MO ea. @ 35 Poarony im, PO. oe isle... cae. 15@ 18 Khei T5S1 00 fa) 35 | 6d Sanguinaria, (MO. 16)... . 5... ameacee ses 10 POVRCUCRIOR ib cack ice ve tec cannc ce f 50 TR es i ce ay ek ieee 50@ 60 Smilax, Otficinalisa, H................ A @ 40 “* ~ MON ess et @ 20 SOUTBO, OO. BB ss ccs is ccc le iva cece cs. 10@ 12 Symplocarpus, Foetidus, po.......... @ % Vv aleriana, English, (po. 30)........... @ 25! MOOR ORR eves cn kh odie as Lb@ 20 | SEMEN, BOIBNM, (O09. ok ec eo @ it a igenremeey) Dees aes R@ 1b ROU Oe ee loa ak ok esc 4M 6 COPE, (D0, FO is ie ies ke i. Ra Cardomom:..............- EE 1 GO@1 25 Corianarum.. oo ces... atic cae wens ve 10@ 12) Oannbbis Sativa... .. 20... 2.5.66 6.66. BY@ 4! CPOR III oii sci ce ec fe ae ina et 75@1 00 PMONODOGIIOE ies ic ers cca we cuesess Ul@ 1 Diptariy OGOPate. 2.66.66 eek cae 1 15@1 8 WOOUI ee a ae ee @ 1 POGUUBTCOK, DO eos ii ye ces cocks snc 6@ ee 384%@ Ma, TE) RNS By os a sig ces ha nbn cee ces 344@ Bhainrte Pane... cc 4 @ 4%) RMERER Tae das ee WE Uheie ceewan’ 5@ 6) Sinapis, Be se i 8@ 9) PRU i a os &k@ 9} SPIRITUS. Beumeut, Wi. BD. & Co... 3 6s becca 2 00@2 50 WPAN She Es hs oo 2 adc ca pbs so ccc con 1 T5@2 UC | Meme Sages 1 10@1 50 Juniperis Co. O. T.. 1 T5@L 75 ON 0 i eo eee ce ee 1 753 50 | PAB OROTUON Dh Wg eos on ee a oo a 1 Th@2 00 Spt. Ws FM ok a io 1 75@6 50 | RTE COTO PT og ols eh oko a ce hos 1 25@2 00! MiOl BW ee ae 1 25@2 00. SPONGES. | Florida sheevs’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do GO veces 2 00 Velvet Ext do do 1 10 ExtraYe ° do MO clay 85 a do - Weak 65 ard’ stor slate use. %5 Yellow Reef, OR 1 40 MISCELLANEOUS. 4Ether, Spts Nitros, 3 F................ 26@ 28 Aéther, Spts. Nitros, t F,.............. BV@ 32 MTOR os sick, ee Scr e, “— 4 | Alumen, ground, (po. 7)............... Annatto ........... Pele hae cunee eh cured 4 60 | on we me OO ore ‘Antimoni et Potass eee is eek an Ar@entl Nitrag, 40... os occ ccc cccees WP WMOURO ics oka c kk caac nec bc cacce 5@ Balm Gilead Bud...................... 38 BUTI By PE os oso ook evel ics as Calcium Chior, Is, (4s, 11; 448, 12).. Cantharides Russian, po.............. @2 % Capsici Fructus, af.................. i @ Capsici Fructus, Deak tas cua cca e eek @ 16 Capsici Fructus, B, po........... ... @ 4 Caryophyllus, (po. Meike class lines 30@ 33 Onrmine, NO: 40... 6. e coo. 5 cece cece @3 75 tere Ale. 8.4 F. oo... cc 50@ 55 UM es avian es ce cc cuackac 2@ 30 WO ook vee ed cuties bi ccuaecssk iseis @ 4 CMR PPUCTUIG oi 6 oo ce vec ke a ce @ MN oa clio ok vO canes lik ? @ 1 MOM as bie sy cies ca dack nuscbsuces @ 50 MN oe vec coc ea ces cu canes 40 Chloroform, Squibbs.................. @1 00 Chloral Hydrate Cryst................ 1 “et 75 SP oo eel oy ce ces 1@ 2 Cinchonidine, P.& W.................. 1a@ Cinchonidine. German........... |... "@ 14 Corks, see list, discount, per cent.. 40 ES i @ 50 I, FE TO oaks ca hess eeiisck leeks @ 2 CPOE TO oes Sonn ha see cusd anes c 5 6 COEG, PYOCID. oo wn. sci cc cc ceeccssccle: CEE 10 Gren Oc cise leu cca elas cay @ 8 WN as eo bce ks oe vhs bal vase 253@ 30 OO nie voce eaal acces, @ 24 RN IOI, 6 ov cc co eens kcce dels vekecs 6@ 7 NI oo oie eek casi e eee cco kc 10@ 12 PROMROIRY PORATION os sca ov bs ocean cans slices 68@ 70 Emery, all numbers................... @ 8 MO Be ce ca @ 6 PPG, ON OO, i bacco cen cies dees 50@ 60 WM WE ook ess bles ei caedecc nc, R@ 1b WO ca a iaad occ e voll edi as @ 2 MPU ioe coe as oes cae ™]@® 8 Gelatin, Coopor...:..............:000 05 @ lb COGIREI, FPPOTIOE, foo oo oc io ccek cnc venues 60 40@ Glassware flint, 70&10 by box. _ 60&10, less. 9@ ae, OW ci cc Me. 1B Glue, RN os bk oa ekauk des ok 13@_ 25 ROO icy cack cranes cece ceccce 2%@ 30 ee ge | ee @ 15 RE ha cd ceed eens 25 40 HyGrarg Chior. Mite. ....... 6.6... c050. @ 7 Hyarare Chior. Cor............cecesss @ 65 Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum............... @ % Hydrarg Ammoniati............. 2... @1 00 Hydrarg Unguentum.................. @ 40 ey agg ee a @ 65 ae We, UD oe ous cea 1 25@1 50 TG i ee T6@1 00 iodine, Midi oo icc dcc ss aaa. 4 00@4 10 TOMO ao ii voccvesecdcpinccals. @5 15 Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod.,....... @ 2% Liquor Potass Arsinitis...........5... 10@ 12 BORO hee al ek 85@1 00 Ly ne acre Ua Gada Ba uamesaieyl cays 5 6 Macis..... escetecciens Oe Oo Magnesi=. an iph, (bbl. 1% Den cishcu aes 2@ 3 Mannix. 5, o ee Us dai cue ss sea castenacecs 90@1 00 Morptti, 6). & Wi: oso .ccc 6. oe. 2 35Q@2 60 Mosehu~ Canton Aa seKi swish da odbeles @ 40 Bee CU a, Cs Trey Geet ane @ 60 Bee Y OUMGM, GIO. BO. coc 5. co ce cca code @ 10 Oe, Ori a ce bnc occa veds 18@, 20 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co............ @2 00 Picis Liq, N. C.. % galls, doz.......... @2 70 WON Diets MINE, oo oo cc ce ck vs aac ea @l1 40 et Baths Ts oi ok vache occ cn ecek @ %& Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50 Piper Teiere. Gi. Be) oo. ok oo. ws voce @ Piper Alba, (po. 35) eee co eidesas les @ 3 Meme POU oo ooo ie onc ks ood d pads ah os @ 7 SU ee ica ec cua a rac H44@ 15 Potassa, Bitart, ‘pure. gen esaleeks da nma @ 40 Potassa, Bitart, Wc oa dn nace c es @ is PoOtsss Nitras, Ot... . <5 6... ccs conn 8@ 10 POGQGS FCO eos itic ss heii cas vee @ 9 Pulvis Ipecac et opii........... 2.2... 1 10@1 20 Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D.Co., doz. @1 00 WUVE UP AY 6 oe ie ah cad cnc da vas 38@ 40 Saeaaiae UU de ve it Ce UC he rs: docs oo ceghe 8@ 10 Quinta, Fo We: oi. ee ie cocks 6@ 70 Quinia, 8. EES Eee 60@ 65 Rubia Tinctorum...................... R@ 13 Saccharum Lactis, pv................. @ 3B PN eas eeu anek ceace 2 15@2 25 SEARURIG PITACORNS. . oo icsc oc vce ee ccau es 40@ 50 Santonine Wee Nip dn coat Osud Wa uy cecbeuas @4 50 Sapo, W....... Mes Cake uaa ceweae eas R@ 14 EN oc vic acc ca deasaecceceviel 8@ 10 ee oe ee @ b PUOTICE IEMEUEO.. .. ..... 5 rock cc lucas @ 28 leks coc nccancs cevenel @ 1 PI, OU is ice og cc kc on seca ce gah cks @ 30 Snuff, Maceaboy, Do. Voes........... @ 35 Snuff, Scotch, Do. Voes............... @ 35 Bode Horas, (pO. 10). 6. os. ace os cece, 8@ 10 Soda ét Potoss Tart........... 0060. 000, 38@ 35 Pe CT ee oe pads ges ca ct tees 2@ 2% PHT FAP RE oo oak | oe ew te Can encce 4@ 56 oc eee a cee: o@ 4 PE io iy pc ca koe owns cee @. 2 ee WC ON ce ce eves nck 50@ 55 Pree. BOWPGIe BOOT... ceca c @2 00 Sree, DEV VOU CI... oo do cakes nce @2 5 Spts. Vint Reet, (bbl. 2 2h)............. @2 35 BIryentin. Crystal... 2.6.66. .0555 cc. @1 30 RUUPATNUAY, PU ss oe is cn dasa cca, 24%G@ 3% EAE ROE oan soy cue eo acess bee 24%@ 3 MN ia i ac we ec ck aces e@ 10 erebenth Venice... .... 2. cc... cc cess 22@. 30 TO oo occ a ks voice ca hace @ 40 he a es 9 00@16 00 Zinei Sulph.. : Geese dees [@ OILS. Bbl Gal GO, GE 6 oo oboe ce lib ca ok lacs 70 75 Lard, extra........... Dacia ue ch ieees 55 60 Pe Oe ein as ec ce @ 55 Eaneeed, Pure TAW......2.-....5..0., 88 41 BBOOH, THOTIOG oe ook eo ca cc es 41 44 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ i 90 Spirits Turpentine...... ........... ‘ 2 47 PAINTS Bbl L Red Venetian...... 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles... 134 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 2% 24%@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2h 24%@ 3 Vermilicn, prime Ameriean.. 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 65@70 Green, Peninsular............. (6@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 1@ 7% Lead, white, strictly . ets 7@ 7% Whiting, white Spanieh.. ; @i0 | Whiting, Gilders’....... @$ White, Paris Ameriean.. 13 w hitins Par's English cliff. 1 40 Pieneer Prepared Faints .... 1 20@1 40 Swiss Villa Prepare’ Puints.. 1 0O@1 20 VARNISHES. No. ] Turp Coaeh.......-.......+-..-+ 1 10@1 20 Extra Turp fa ee Se Im 8 gaa a ee 1 60@1 70 Coach Body..... Ou ki lace cuau cath Tae Ge No. 1Turp: Furniture..........---..:- 1 CO@1 10 Doe gie Magid 8 es eee et 1 55@1 60 | Japan Dryer, WOO, DP cee can 70@ 75 TANSY_GAPSULES : THE LATEST DISCOVERY. | Dr. Laparle’s Celebrated Preparation, Safe and {Always Reliable. Indispensable to LADIES, | Send 4 cents for Sealed Circular. BALUMET CHEMICAL CO., Chicago, ote: TOP Hat @UGH IT ANNOYS Fve RYBODY PROCURE | A BOTTLE OF ALLENS [UNG BALSAM at any DRUG STORE TAKE IT FAITH FULLY, AND G) You Wi wee ; 4 Con vingeda ° THAT THERE ¢$ Bur ONE REMEDY FOR COUGHS & COLDS AND THAT ts - Allens tung Balsam Solo. BY, AY DRUGGISTS ar 25% 50% y $iee*s Per trie J. N. Harrise Co umir PROP ic IMELAINE & PERKINS DRUG C0 WHOLESALE rugoists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, gr, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Drags, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, and Droggist’s Sundries. Elegant Pharmaceutical Prepara- tons, Hud Extracts and Elixirs GENERAL WHOLESALE AGNTS FOR Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. Whiting, Manufacturers of Fine Paint and Var- nish Brushes. THE CELEBRATED Pioneer Prepared Paints. ALSO FOR THE Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu- facturers of Hair, Shoe snd Horse Brushes. WE ARE SOLE OWNERS OF Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Cure Which is positively the best Remedy of the kind on the market. We desire particular attention of-those about purchasing outfits for new stores to the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACIL- ITIES for meeting the wants of this class of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the most approved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special ef- forts in this direction have received from hundreds or our customers the most satis- fying recommendations. Wine and Liquor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for the DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit the high praise accorded to us for so satis- factorily supplying the wants of our custom- ers with PURE GOODS in this depart- ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of the celebrated WITHERS DADE & C0,’S Henderson Co., Ky., Sour Mash and Old-Fashioned Hand-Made, Copper- Distilled WHHISKYS. We not only offer these goods to be ex- celled by NOOTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects to most that are exposed to sale. We GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis- faction and where this brand of goods has been once introduced the future trade has been assured. We are also owners of the Hraggists Favorite Rye, Which continues to have so many favor- ites among druggists who have sold these goods fora very longtime. Buy our Gils, Brandies & Fing Wines. We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and quotations on | such articles as do not appear on the list, | such as i Patent Medicines, Etc., we invite your correspondence. | Mail orders always receive our special _ and personal attention. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Se Organization of an Association at Boyne “Sus. The business men of Boyne City met by appointment last Thursday evening to lis- ten to an explanation of the system in use by the fifty-one other local associations in the State and an exposition of the results secured through organized effort in other communities. The editor of Tor TRADEs- MAN was present for that purpose, and at the conclusion of his address, it was unani- mously decided to proceed with the work of organization. The following representa- tive business men then handed in their names for charter membership: R. R. Perkins & Co., A. J. Beardsley, Chase & McIntire, J. C. Schaub, C. C. Batcheller, Robert Craw- ford, W. J. Lewis & Co., Fred. Helfrich, Wm. Gardner, J. L. Handy and R. S. Hub- bard. A. J. Beardsley moved that the constitu- tion, by-laws and rules and regulations of the ‘‘Plainwell” Association be adopted for the government of the organization, which was carried. Election of President being then in order, W. J. Lewis moved that the Secretary cast the unanimous ballot of the Association for R. R. Perkins, which was adopted. The remaining officers were elected in like man- ner, as follows: Vice-President—J. L. Handy. Secretary—F. M. Chase. Treasurer—A. J. Beardsley. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, C. C. Batcheller and Wm. Gardner. Business Committee—W. J. Lewis, R. R. Perkins and Peter F. McIntire. The Bellaire system of blanks was adopt- ed for the use of the collection department and the Executive Committee was instruct- ted to secure the printing of the necessary quantities of each. The Secretary was instructed to request the editor of the local paper to publish the constitution and by-laws of the Association in his next issue, and the meeting ad- journed. > o>. -- Regular Meeting of the Grand Rapids Re- | tail Grocers’ Association. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association, which was held last Tuesday evening, was well attended. After the acceptance of one new member, Frank Dyk, the State notification sheet was read, as was also a ‘Blue Letter,” which was adopted by the Association. This sheet isa form which is optional for the grocer to send before reporting the delinquent to the Actuary, stating that the account i is past due, and that the grocer’s connection with the | Association is such as will necessitate .a | settlement. | The matter of increasing the initiation | fee and dues was then discussed. President | Coye reported that the estimated expenses for the ensuing year would be $240 and that the present schedule of dues would not be sufficient to meet this. This estimate in- cluded the printing of a delinquent list in book-form twice a year, with blank leaves for the addition of new names, and the issu- ing of a notification sheet every two weeks, containing all the information in the State notification sheets and such other informa- ‘tion as may be reported at the previous meeting. After some discussion it was vot- ed not to increase the initiation fee until | March, in order to get as many new mem- | bers as possible before that time. The dues | were raised to 25 cents per mon:h, com- mencing With the first of January. Jas. Farnsworth mentioned the custom of the former firm of Walker & Farnsworth in treating applicants for credit. Appli- cants were invariably asked: ‘‘Where do you work?” and ‘‘Where did you trade last?” If they chose to answer these ques- tions, it gave the firm. an opportunity to as- certain their truth, and the questions pre- vented many unworthy persons from obtain- | ing credit. | The meeting then adjourned. > o- <—_— Organization of an Association at South | : Boardman. Agreeable to invitation, the editor of THE TRADESMAN met the busiuess men of South | Boardman last Wednesday evening for the | purpose of explaining the aims and objects of organized effort among business men. E. Murray was selected to act as chairman of the meeting and Chas. E. Murray was chosen to officiate as secretary. After a thorough explanation of the points above referred to and a general discussion of the subject, W. W. Peck moved that the organ- ization of an association be immediately proceeded with, which wes adopted. The same gentleman moved that the ‘‘Plainwell” constitution be adopted for the government | of the body, which was also carried. The | following gentlemen then joined the Asso- ciation, handing in the initiation fee and a year’s dues in advance: H. E. Hogan, W. | W. Peck & Co., Dr. S. E. Niehardt, T. P. Shuert, E. Murray, T. A. Jamison, Chas. E. Murray, J. H. Murray. Election of officers resulted as follows: | President—H. E. Hogan. Vice-President—E. Murray. Secretary—S. E. Niehardt. Treasurer—T. P. Shuert. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, W. W. Peck and J. H. Murray. On motion of J. H. Murray, the elintiog of the Business Committee was postponed | until the next meeting. The blanks of the Bellaire Association were adopted for the use of the collection department and the Executive Committee tion would be. 1 nee was instructed to procure ies aiding ofthe same. és vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Stowe | for his presence and assistance, when the meeting adjourned until Monday evening, January 17. 9 A Question of Expense. Fire LAKE, Jan. 6, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sir—I was in your office last week, but did not find youin. Some of the mer- chants here would like to know the expense of keeping up a Business Men’s Association. I, for one, am ready at any time and think the balance of them will be by a few encour- aging words from you, or something near what the running expenses of the associa- Yours truly, E. HAGADORN,. In reply to the above, Tome TRADESMAN would say that nearly all the local associa- tions in Michigun are able to maintain them- selves on the basis prescribed in the Plainwell constitution—that is, an expenditure on the part of each member of $2 the first year and $1 each year thereafter. The expense is so trifling, as compared with the results ac- complised, that it is really a matter of sec- ondary consideration. 1 -O- = | Good News from Riaatat, MANTON, Jan. 6, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Smr—We had a very interesting meeting of the Manton Business Men’s As- sociation last evening, with an almost full representation. Three new firms knocked at the door for admission. Much good is be- ing done by the organization and all the members express themselves as well pleased with the results up to the present time. Several delinquents have been referred to the Executive Committee. Respectfully, RImNALpDo FULLER, Sec’y Manton B. M. A. 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