Wi 4 : ME) oe Oe OGS BLA EoNOEF ES + RAVEN DPOB III (6 Yi” Ge One CEE Ne Cae CW NE SEN Mr: eco BEC cy AND ee) A aS ; IS 2A NM sd 5 OMS) An) os et A | me CK NG BS BS & S.A WEY a Ve pl LE A IPO “2 || ue a i 1 9G SA Py , (; \ 2 J aD pS 9 Say ee a \ , aa as 52 ad C= Da 1 iS A 2 OC or} Bh j DK) se hs) ae al lf Til 5 US ode SS OTA B | | . ae : (a Abs a cen regen SY SEO aI WZ: ok 3 aw BS | > ‘PUBLISHED WEEKLY 5 (Ge TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSR 3) DIAS > ; | — SESS Za SS UO a SO Se ES SESS _” Volume XVII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1899. Number 834 There Are Others To be found in - ag Pretty - Upto Date |- Lamps Lamp Catalogue Packed in our No. 825 Assortment Fen! “~ e bh No 825 Lamp. That are just as good al at see Sin 2 oro values - ter draft fount. Metal a base, finished in gilt. Tinted in green, pink | $2.25 Each. and yellow shades, with Me 7 floral decorations in nat- ural colors. 23 inches to Assortment costs you but $6.75. No charge for package. top of chimney. Don’t You Want to Make a Selection? We sell to al dealers only 42-44 Lake Street, Chicago. A Satisfied Customer Is your best advertisement. Are you advertising that way ? It’s easy if you have the right kind of cigars. Ours are right; we say this because we mean it. Doyou handle them? If not, better get in line at once. PHELPS, BRACE & CO., Detroit, Mich. The Largest Cigar Dealers in the Middle West. F. E, BUSHMAN, Manager. PRKAAR AAAS 7 | The King of Light If you need light, when you need light, you need light that will light you up Cheaply, Brilliantly, Quickly The Sunlight (iasoline Lamp is cheaper than kerosene. More brilliant than electricity. The Insurance Underwriters say that it is perfectly safe by writing policies on it with- out one cent of extra premiums. talks. Churches, Residences’ Lodges, Halls, Hotels, Offices 7 {and Shops cannot afford to be Money Stores, without it. You will be sorry if you fix your winter lighting before writing to us. Owing to excessive orders we have been undble to keep in stock; but we have lately increased our facilities so as to enable us to fill all future orders promptly. Moneymaking terms to local agents. Michigan Light Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 552 SeSeSeSeSeSeSeSese5e5e5-SeseSeSes PSeSeseseseSeSe SeSeSeSeSese5e5e2) “3g Pearl Street, e525eS5e25e25e5 GRATEFUL COMFORTING Distinguished Everywhere : for Delicacy of Flavor, Superior Quality and Nutritive Properties. Specially Grateful and Comforting to the Nervous and Dyspeptic. Sold in Half-Pound Tins Only. Prepared -by JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd., Homeopathic Chemists, London, England. BREAKFAST SUPPER W W W oe Ss Epps’ iliac Epps PSPePSPSSSTS ~ Cocoa (Cocoa MONEY IN IT It pays any dealer to have the reputation of keeping pure goods. It pays any dealer to keep the Seymour Cracker. There’s a large and growing section of the public who will have the best, and with whom the matter of acent or soa pound makes no impression. It’s not “How cheap” with them; it’s “How good.” For this class of people the Seymour Cracker is made. Discriminating housewives recognize its superior Flavor, Purity, Deliciousness, and will have it. If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade of particu- Made by lar people, keep the Seymour Cracker. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ti %& This Will : 6 : Benefit YOU | This book teaches farmers to make better butter. Every pound of butter that is better made because of its teaching, benefits the grocer who buys it or takes it in trade. The book is not an adver- tisement, but a practical treatise, written by a high authority on butter making. It is stoutly bound in oiled linen and is mailed free to any farmer who sends us one of the coupons which are packed in every bag of Diamond Crystal Butter Salt Sell ¢he salt that’s all salt and give your customers the means by which they can learn to make gilt-edge butter and furnish them with the finest and most profitable salt to put in it. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., St Clair, Mich. SA ee es Es a ea eee a eee ee Nes aa SN Ne eC ee eee Nea Nee “SSSSSSSSSCSSSSESEESSSSSEEEESSGS0R0 ~he I a } = i ¥ Pd ey i mk 4 : ~ < > “4 | j < | o > me “~ ~ 2 é tg Cc /a > 7 - i ~~ c x | { . + 2 y + . = o < € > . ~ - 2 >~! -4 Mal ¢ » | i i L ee ee » te ” i i Se ) - — : Spa eZ eu NOS v= i> Ds ( ) a eS) CNS; ; A DESMAN Volume XVII. The Preferred Bankers Life Assurance Company of Detroit, Mich. Annual Statement, Dec. 31, 1898. Commenced Business Sept. |, 1893. Ensurance in Worce........ ........... $3,299,000 00 COCR CE SEONG ec eclecsisics = os os 459734 79 Ledger Tiabilities ............. 1. 21 od Losses Adjusted and Unpaid..... oe None ‘Totai Death Losses Paid to Date...... 51,061 00 Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- : eficiaries........... eee ea oo 1,030 00 Death Losses Paid During the Year... 11,000 00 Death Rate for the Year............... 3 64 FRANK E. ROBSON, President. TRUMAN B. GOODSPEED, Secretary. SESSEESOD — eeeeress Investigate our sys- tem before placing your collections. PESOS EOH STFS SSIVS Take a Receipt for « Everything {; ju It may save you a thousand dol- I lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer. : h We make City Package Re- fk ceipts to order; also keep plain L ones in stock. Send for samples. BARLOW BROS , f GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. asesesesesasesese5e5 > SOO900000000000000000000 OLDEST MOST RELIABLE ALWAYS ONE PRICE Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers in the @ city of ROCHESTER, N. Y.areKOLB& @ SON. Only house making strict'y ali wool @ Kersey Overcoats, guaranteed, at $5. Mai orders will receive prompt attention. Write our Michigan representative, Wm. Connor, Box 346, Marshail, Mich., to call on you, or meet him at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Sept. 25 to 30 inclusive. Customers’ expenses allowed. Prices, quality and fit guaranteed PDD 000000000 00000900000 000 OOS OO]G44H4HHh4 4 Ad AD AAD a i hi i So i ha eh he bh be he bo bp bo a FIRE UNO C (6 INS. 7¥ = P 9. i . e 25 Cae — Wines etc, coal 0O000000000000000000 hdabbbb bol & & GIYUVOUPIODW@ FOS THe MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. _Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN, [anager. MOUGSIDOD GOUpONS Save Trouble. Save Money Save Time. IMPORTANT FEATURES. Page. ee 2. Dry Goods. 3. The Monotony of Labor. 4. Around the state. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. Woman’s World. 8. Editorial. 9. Editorial. 10. Shoes and Leather. 11. Deductions from Shoes. 12. Observutions by a Gotham Egg Man. 13. Gotham Gossip. 14. Drug Trade In Peril. 16. Getting the People. 17. Commercial Travelers. Drugs and Chemicals. Drug Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Hardware. 23. Revolving Bins for Nails. Hardware Price Current. Random Reflections, Business Wants. 5 INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITIES. Great commercial and industrial ex- positions are institutions peculiar to the present age of commerce. The reason for them is plain enough: They are vast advertising concerns. The present age is peculiarly com- mercial, because peoples of all nations, kindreds, languages and tongues are specially concerned in exchanging products, and to this end are great in- ternational, national, state and other fairs or expositions held in which the products of the various peoples and countries are exhibited and held on sale. A century ago there was very little change in the style of products. Ma- chinery had _ but little supplanted hand labor and most manufacturing was done according to a routine that gave an air of sameness to articles of the same class. When an article became a standard for quality, its style and fashion never changed, for fear that with the changes of form it would fall out of favor. The remarkable impulse that has been given to inventive genius and scientific discovery has created not only new processes of production, but an almost infinite variety of styles. While the ex- cellence of quality is maintained, the changes in style and appearance have been wonderfully various, while entirely new products have come into use. Im- provements are being constantly made in all departments of production, and one of the most important results has been a cheapening of prices. How are people to keep themselves informed of these changes and improve- ments? The only possible way is to view them at the various expositions and fairs. It must be apparent, then, that these fairs are necessities to the con- duct of business upon modern methods, and those who fail to patronize them, unless so constrained by necessity, are simply blind to their own_ interests. A great commercial and industrial fair is a commercial and industrial univer- sity. More than this, it is a market, a place to buy and sell. Great national and international fairs have been known for ages in Asia and Africa, but the first of them held in Western Europe was the Crystal Palace Exposition, at London, in 1851. Since then similar exhibitions have been held GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1899. in various countries of Europe and in several cities of the United States. The fact is, so numerous and rapid are the changes in processes of production and in the styles of the products, that a world’s fair is necessary every ten years to enable a fair account of the made to be taken, and the value and importance of the improvements to be ascertained. —_—_—» 2. Re-establishment of Equality on a Firm Basis. progress Retail grocers generally will hail with satisfaction the that a ar- rangement has been entered into by the of the United States and the American Sugar Refining Co., providing for the re-establishment of the equality plan on a_ substantial basis. The old equality plan worked very sat- isfactorily until the advent of the inde- pendent refineries in New York, which had a tendency to unsettle values and demoralize the business methods prevailed prior to that time. manifestly ridiculous for the wholesale grocers to enter into with the independent refineries, because their combined output is not sufficient to meet one-half of the consumptive — re- quirements of the country, and the only course left open for them was to seek an alliance with the American Sugar Refining Co., with which negotiations have been in progress for some months, culminating, last week, in the adoption of the following plan, as promulgated by the American Sugar Refining Co. : news new wholesale grocers which It was an arrangement Sugars will be billed by the American Sugar Refining Co. at the New York (long) list price for each state, plus the freight to jobber’s town, same as here- tofore. The 3-16c will be deducted from the invoice, and same _ will be subject to a discount of 1 per cent. for cash in seven days. The 1 per cent. trade discount is discontinued. The jobber must sell the sugar accord- ing to the factor plan: Taking the New York card price for each State asa basis, adding the rate of freight in the rate book, and may deduct up to 3-16c per pound, and this will give the lowest delivered price at any point. Jobbers who handle the American Sugar Refining Co.’s product (with the exception of domestic beet and domes- tic cane sugar), and sell them strictly according to their rules and terms, and not below the lowest prices, as ex- pressed above, of the factor plan, will at the end of 60 days receive from the American Sugar Refining Co. a volun- tary gratuity of 4c per pound on_ their purchases. All outstanding contracts to conform to above. a How the Grocer Got Even. The bad boy had a roguish lamb That followed him around, And every place the bad boy went, The lamb it would be found. The boy would to the grocer’s go, The lamb would foilow after. The way the pair the grocer gouged Would kill a mule with laughter. The boy would “‘ work ’’ the inside, The crackers, pie and cheese; The lamb would “ work ”’ the outside, The cabbage, squash and peas. Yet, strange, the grocer rolled up wealth— All honest grocers do— For every dollar’s worth they ate He charged the boy’s pa two. Number 834 DISTRIBUTION OF THE JEWS. The vast and widespread interest manifested in the Dreyfus case has arisen from many causes, not the least important of which was that it was be- lieved to be a case of religious or race persecution. Dreyfus is a his case has brought to light France. Jew, and a strong anti-Semitic In this questions have been asked as to how feeling in connection many Jews there are in Europe and other parts of the world. The figure out a total Jewish population in the world of 6, 200, - ooo, fewer than is generally supposed. Of statisticians these, 5,000,000 are in Europe, chiefly in There are 200,000 in Asia, 700,000 in Africa, 300,000 in America and Australia. In 2,600, 000. The next greatest numbers are in Austro- Hungary, the put at 1,400,000, leaving be di- Russia. 20,000 in European Russia there are figures being 1,000,000 to vided among the other European coun- tries. British not than 200,000 in Inthe whole of Palestine there There are 130,000 Jews in the Islands, and more France. about and in From appear that the increase of the Jewish population gives any reason to fear that any country can be seized and conquered by them. It is, therefore, not likely that anti-Semitism attains the impor- tance of a race or religious conflict, but that it is the result of prejudice, largely superstitious, confined entirely to indi- are $0, OOO, Jerusalem 20, 000. these figures it does not viduals. The Jews in the United States and in England enjoy exactly the same priv- ileges and are subject to exactly the same conditions as all the other inhabit- ants. Some of them are to be found in the richest and some in the poorest classes. In the United States they have been members of both houses of Con- gress, just as in England they have sat in both houses of Parliament. In both countries they hold offices in| the army and navy. They appear in all fields of art, literature, commerce and industry, and there is not a profession nor field of intellectual activity in which the Jews are absent. ‘These facts constitute the greatest argument against the return of the Jews to their *‘Holy Land.’’ As citizens of the most free, civilized and enlightened countries on the globe, they have all that human life can give, and they have no reason whatever to give up such benefits to return to the ancient land of their fathers. - er Keeping in Touch with the World. From the Christian Union. Men grow narrow because they do not live in sympathy with the times; they grow hard because they keep the world outside; they lose in spiritual force be- cause they keep that force under in their daily life. Every day witnesses to the life lived the preceding day; this must be so, for life is cumulative either in good or evil; there is no blank. Con- sciously or unconsciously, this force is working for good or evil; stagnation is death. When we realize this to the full, we strive to compel attainment. When we look upon each day as a_ period by itself, we become the playthings of time. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Good The Dry Goods Market. Staple CottonsThe tendency of the staple goods market is still upward, al- though at the present writing the actual advances named openly have not been large. Heavy brown sheetings are against buyers. Wide sheetings, cotton flannels and blaakets are firm and_ un- changed. Denims and ticks and the lines of coarse colored cottons are firm, but are not actually changed in_ prices. Prints and Ginghams This week has seen an improvement in the demand for prints over that of last week. Fancies have shown this improvement more than staples. Prices have shown no material changes, so far as actual quotations are concerned. Staples, such as indigo blues and dark red prints, show a very large business in the market, with their prices steady. Dark and light percales are selling easily, and there is a fair de- mand for wide fancy printed goods. There is very little to report in regard to printed flannels and blankets, but there is a fair demand, both lines being well sold up. Staple ginghams remain sold well ahead, but orders still come to hand for future delivery. All dark dress ginghams are scarce, while for spring fine grades are still moving easily. Dress Goods—The continued activity in fall goods, and the manner in. which the average mill is sold up, tend to keep the spring season in abeyance. In job- bing circles the past week has been a very satisfactory one; buyers have taken hold with a will such as is seldom seen. The strongest attractions continue to be homespuns, crepons, fancy backs, plaids and venetians. Fancy cheviots are do- ing well, as are also ladies’ cloths, broadcloths, sackings, flannels, serges, etc. Of course there is a good deal of speculation regarding spring goods. Plain fabrics, such as broadcloths, venetians, serges, etc., are strongly sup- ported for spring, and agents handling crepons predict a continued good share of interest for them, despite views ex- pressed to the contrary. Fancy backs for skirts are looked upon by a good many agents aS a permanent good thing. Plaids are stoutly championed by some agents, who predict big business there- on. Higher prices must be paid for spring goods than have ruled during the current season. The increased cost of raw materials must have an offset in the selling price of the finished fabric. Imported novelties will show an advance ofttimes of from 20 to 30 per cent., as compared with a year ago. The prin- cipal advance will be shown in the finer goods and novelty patterns, but even on medium and lower fabrics the market level must go higher. Hosiery-The importers are finding an excellent trade at the present time and have their hands full attending to customers. Their sales have been excel- lent, and at prices which are said to be satisfactory. It seems that when the buyers are able to find just the goods they want, there is very little trouble about the price, but when they are not quite satisfied, there is effort made to secure concessions; as a rule, and, in fact, it is said to be so in every Case, these concessions are refused. Naturally the most interesting part of the market is that of the fancy goods, and many new ideas in both men’s and women’s hosiery are shown. Some fine lisle thread hosiery with silk embroidered clocks is very neat, and has secured large orders. Fancy plaids have also been fairly ac- tive, but Scotch tartans are asked for very little, and, in fact, comparatively few samples are seen. In these fancy goods there has been a fairly satisfac- tory business in the high grades, where naturally the choicest selections are found. American full fashion hosiery is considered to be at present the strong- est branch of the domestic hosiery in- dustry. Prices are satisfactory, and the knitting mills are all busy. Staple hosiery shows no change from our last report. There is a satisfactory business coming to hand in grades under $2, and a few very large bids have been placed within the last ten days. Seamless ho- siery is steady and a fair business con- tinues to come to hand. Carpets--While it is a fact that the carpet manufacturers are well employed on initial orders, enough, in some in- stances to last until practically the close of the season, manufacturers, especially of ingrains, will not derive any material benefit from the recent advance of 2%c on all duplicate orders. The apparent prosperity of the ingrain and tapestry carpet manufacturer is not fully realized. While the volume of business during the past two seasons has rapidly increased and checked the cutting of prices and forced sales at auction, it will still be some time before they will have reached a live-and-let-live price that will war- rant the manufacturer in increasing ex- penses. In other words, the prosperity of the carpet industry is prospective rather than real. There are also other factors at work which have not only affected the ingrain but all other lines of carpets. One of these is the increased use of art squares and all wool Smyrna rugs. The increased use of straw mat- ting is assisting to help one branch of the carpet industry to the detriment of others. It is true that some ingrain manufacturers, having seen the drift of trade to art squares and Smyrna rugs, have put in some machinery in order to be in the swim, and not let the business drift into the hands of a few manufac- turers who formerly made the lines re- ferred to a specialty. To-day all wool Smyrna rugs are more popuiar than ever. > o> A Significant Motto. Whoever was the author of the motto, ‘Selling below cost closes the store ; pretending to do so cheats the custom- er,’’ was a person of wide discernment. It is a motto that should at all times be borne in miad by retailers, particularly when clearance sales are the order of the day. To use the most euphemistic ex- pression possible under the circum- stances, it is utter nonsense to inform the public that you are ‘‘selling below cost.’’ They ascribe the statement to one of two things: Either that the per- son making it is an advanced edition of Ananias, or that he is a fool of the first water. The world is too advanced now- adays to believe that people embark in business simply for the pleasure of ruin- ing themselves. In such announcements, therefore, it is better to confine one’s self within the bounds of reason than have recourse to such gross exaggera- tion. ——_> 22. —_ A Georgia shoe manufacturing firm has adopted tactics that at first amused and now cause considerable annoyance to manufacturers of New York and neighborhood. At this time New York is full of the buying agents of Southern and other stores. Many of them go there to buy shoes. The Southern manufac- turer sent men to New York with a full stock of samples. They established a show room and set out after the South- ern buyers. They were able to under- sell the New York market in dealing with buyers from the Southern States because of the saving of freight charges from their factory to dealers in the same neighborhood. The incursion has been felt to a marked degree by the Northern manufacturers whose headquarters were in New York. The Southerners were astonished by their own success. nnéls These cool evenings that we are having remind us that outing flannels will soon be in demand. Our fall line has arrived. We have remnants, short length and piece goods. Remnants at 4c. Short lengths from 4 to 7c. Piece goods from 4to7%c. They are bright stripes and plaids. Come in and inspect our line. P. Steketeé & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. PEEPS EEEEEEEETET TEES ¢ The High Band Turn Down 3 collar is here to stay. So great is the demand for them that a leading authority claims that the makers of collars will be unable to fill orders $d taken. We are more fortunate than some others. We have them to deliver. Price $1.10 per dozen. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Go., Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Mich. PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ETE T TTT poh oh ohh heh oh oh heheheh hhh hhh hy a ee ee SeSeSe If You Would Be a Leader handle only goods of VALUE. If you are satisfied to remain at the tail end, buy cheap unreliable goods. ur Signature * COMPRESSED 3, YEAST «7 De ge sagsie ev Good Yeast Is Indispensable. OUR LABEL FLEISCHMANN & CO. Unver TuHerR YELLOW LABEL Orrer tHe BEST! Grand Rapids Agency, 29 Crescent Ave. G Detroit Agency, 111 West Larned St. 525252S2e5525e5eSe25e5e25e5e525e5e5e5R525e5e525e5 fi fh fe Se 252525252525 2Se5e5e5e5e5e5eS ASO SAE AS SS BAIA CSRS | Just a Plain Story | Without Any Frills We manufacture pure spices. We guar- antee them to be the cheapest, quality considered, of any on the market. Wait until our traveling representatives show you our line of Northrop Spices before ordering, or write to NORTHROP, ROBERTSON & CARRIER, LANSING, MICH. PRESSE ESSE ES anil SSeg (cS : | : See NZS) we ncaa Sa MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Oo The Monotony of Labor. One of the complaints with which the domestic woman is always vexing the ears of the public is a wail over the monotony of her life. It is not the work she laments, but the sameness that kills. She is always ordering meals that are eaten up as soon as prepared, dusting rooms that get into immediate disorder, mending and making, picking up after the careless, hearing little prayers, and darning little socks, from one year’s end to another. So the days go by, each one so much like another they might be the undistinguishable links in an endless chain. To her it appears that no other life could be so dull, and she turns envious eyes upon the women who, in the cant phrase of the day, are pursuing careers in some profession, or earning their bread and butter in office or shop. ‘*There,’’ she cries to her discontented soul, ‘‘life must be different. There are fresh interests, excitement, some- thing to change the daily round of toil and make labor a pleasure.’’ Never was there a greater mistake made. The labor of the office, of the workshop, is not one whit more excit- ing, or one iota less monotonous than the labor of the house. The girl who spends her days adding up columns of figures in a ledger isn’t being a bit more thrilled than the one who is doing a day’s washing. The one who is pound- ing for eight or ten hours at a stretch on a typewriter isn’t finding it any more sensational than making up a batch of bread, and even the lady at the counter finds, in time, that she has heard every possible comment, and complaint, and objection to the goods she is trying to sell, and that there gets to be a deadly and wearisome monotony in her patrons’ remarks upon them. Anything that you do day after day, year in and year out, gets to be monotonous—and curiously enough this monotony comes to have a certain worth. It is the hand and brain trained in doing the same thing until they acquire a certain machine-like quality that are valuable. It is never the brilliant flash of inspiration of the amateur that can be relied on to carry things through. It is the steady, mo- notonous work that goes on quietly and constantly and that has done the same thing over and over again until it has become habit to do it, and to do it right. The only remedy for the domestic worker or for any other worker who chafes at the monotony of her occupa- tion is to learn to find interest in her work. As a matter of fact nothing is stranger than that this complaint of monotonous labor should so often come from women with families. How a woman with a home and all the inter- ests that implies in the way of beau- tifying and entertaining; how, above all, a woman with children, with all the infinite possibilities of the awakening little souls and minds, could ever find the work of guiding, forming and sug- gesting monotonous is a miracle be- yond all understanding. Such a woman is hopeless. She would be like the bored youth who found nothing worth looking at in the country and com- plained that it was always the ‘‘same old daisies, same everything.’’ Cora Stowell. 0 Jenkintown’s Tramp Dentist. From the Philadelphia Record. After an absence of over fifteen years Jenkintown can again boast the posses- sion of a genuine oddity in the shape of a tramp dentist, who carries his work- shop about with him. The itinerant dentist is not an ordinary hobo, but boasts a lineage and a college educa- tion. A peculiarity about this man is that he carries a folding chair with a comfortable headrest, and will pitch his outfit anywhere he can find a job. His great field is the mill district, where people have no time to go to a dentist. The forceps with which the teeth of the customers are pulled are made of solid silver, and were won asa reward for writ- ing a scientific essay. Some years ago this strange man was the leader of a gang of desperate tramps, whom the po- lice had much trouble to break up. The other day a Newfoundland dog was brought to him with an aching tooth. Although a little out of his line the obliging dentist pulled the tooth, and, as a reward for his kindness, was bitten by the ungrateful dog. Oe A Slight Misunderstanding. ‘‘Smithkins,’’ said the “*you may take a month off.’’ ‘*Oh, sir,’’ replied the clerk as soon as he could command his voice, ‘‘it is so good of you to suggest it! I have felt the need of a_ rest for some time, but have hesitated to ask for it, knowing how busy we are. But it will do me no end of good, and I thank you most heartily for your consideration. ’’ employer, ‘‘Smithkins,’’ said the employer, “‘are you crazy?”’ ‘“Why, no, sir. Didn’t you say I might take a month off?’’ ‘“Certainly that is what I said. is the first of the month, while last month’s calendar remains over your desk. Take last month off and keep up to date. That’s what I meant.’’ butt ee Tourists traveling in Italy have been warned against eating small birds served with polenta or otherwise. A number of cases of poisoning after eating such birds led at last to investigations, which showed that the birds had been handled carelessly by persons who took off their feathers for milliners and used arsenic to preserve them. This Established 1780. Walter Baker & Co, Dorchester, Mass. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of yPURE, HIGH GRADE GOCOAS CHOCOLATES ne PI j ] on this Continent. No Chemicals are used in their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put up in Blue ——— and Yellow Labels, is the best plain chocolate in the market for family use. Their German Sweet Chocolate is good tc eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri tious, and healthful; a great favorite with children. Buyers should ask for and be sure that the get the genuine goods. The above trade-mar! 8 on every package. Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass. AMERICAN CARBIDE C0, Lid Jobbers of Calcium Carbide and all kinds of Acetylene Gas Burners Distributing agents for The Electro Lamp Co.’s especia.ly prepared Carbide for bicycle and por- table lamps, in 2and 5 pound cans. Orders promptly filled. Jackson, Michigan. LTD. Ne} mt he \ i L pve Nie rompt hipment Those of you who have been doing business with us for years have probably noticed that we fill your orders a great deal more promptly than we used to. Those who are new customers are pleased to find that we are so prompt. This is not because. we are doing less business than formerly- we are doing more and more every year—but because we realize that when people order goods they want them and want them quickly. Therefore we are making a special effort to give every order, small or large, imme- diate attention and prompt shipment. Let us have yours. Valley City Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Sole Manufacturers of “LILY WHITE,” “The flour the best cooks use.” SAM AAAAARAAAAAAAAAAARAAARANAAAAAR ARARAAAAAAAAAAIES NV Ue VV EE VY IRV V UP UU EP VU EEUU EUW V UV IVEY UD VU UDEV UTS SVN TUVUY EVV ULV UN OV EY (VUVUY EY TD Sou ala wey wy’ line ‘leben’! led efel fintintinfiaff PACA R ACA AAR AA AAD on ne a en non nn nn on se wean ee Rare eR eRe OR ER EER REAL @ J. G. Miller & Co., Clothing Manufacturers, Chicago, Ill. I am now at my desk in Chicago, to remain until State Fair week, held in Grand Rapids, Sept. 25-29, at which time I shall be at Sweet’s Hotel with all my fall and winter samples. Will take good care of customers who can meet me in Chicago between now and Sept. 15, and ailow all expenses to trade who will give me all or part of their fall purchases while in Chicago. Any who cannot leave home kindly let me know and I will send full line of samples or visit them personally. It will be a great pleasure to meet your demands, and rest as- sured all favors will be appreciated. Respectfully, S. T. Bowen, 276 Franklin Street. ( z Ass Za fy fy ‘ ‘ ‘ f D 4 ry 4 f MANUFACTURED BY COLUMBIAN CIGAR COMPANY, SBENTON HARBOR, MICH. a H. M. Reynolds & Son, Manofacturers of Asphalt Paints, Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch. ply and Torpedo Gravel Ready Roofing. Galvanized Sky Lights. Iron Cornice. and Contracting Roofers. Grand Rapids, Mich. Office, 82 Campau st. Factory, 1st av. and M. C. Ry. ESTABLISHED 1863 99000000008 9000000000000 00000000 OOOO CO 2 and 3 Sheet Metal Workers Detroit, Mich. - Foot ist St. 00000000000 000 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State : Movements of Merchants. L’Anse--Dr. J. O. Zellen has opened a drug store at this place. Reading—Frank L. Shiley will shortly open a drug store at this place. Cass City—Jas. J. Wallace has sold his harness stock to Wm. Messner. Port Huron—E. J. Hardy has sold his grocery stock to Robt. J. Close. Chapin--Geo. W. Clark, general deal- er, has sold out to C. M. Loynes. Yale—Thos. H. Parkinson has sold his general stock to H. C. Martin. Akron—Frank FE. Stone, general dealer, has sold out to Crandall & Co. Quincy--Bowen & Etheridge have pur- chased the carriage stock of O. F. Crego. Port Huron—R. J. Close has pur- chased the grocery stock of E. J. Hardy. Detroit—John Robb succeeds Robb & Morris in the grocery and meat busi- ness. Romeo—-Frank Bishop succeeds E. R. Matthews in the grain, salt and lime business. Rathbone—Hopkins & Becker have purchased the general stock of Lewis E. Zacharias. Detroit—Frederick J. Holtz continues the paint and wall paper business of Benton & Holtz. Mayville—Dimond & Hopkins _ suc- ceed Geo. F. Dimond in the grain and produce business. West Olrve—Ed. Maynard has en- gaged in the general merchandise _busi- ness at this place. Bancroft—Phillips & Coyne have pur- chased the hardware, paint and oil stock of Garrett Gerould. Houghton—W. R. Daskam & Co. is the name of a new hardware firm estab- lished at this place. Reading—Hartwell & Doig have pur- chased a new stock of hardware and _ re- engaged in business. Gladwin——Isaac Hanna _ succeeds Hanna & Berdan in the furniture and undertaking business. Moorland—N. A. Cook has sold his general stock to Geo. A. Garvey, who has already taken possession. Onaway—The Onaway Mercantile Co. broke ground last week for a 22x60 two- story addition to its present store build- ing. Elsie—Leroy Lawrason has put ina stock of drugs in the building lately oc- cupied by the furniture stock of F. Peck. Reading-——-L. H. Doty, late of the firm of Orr & Doty, has leased a store build- ing and will put in a new stock of dry goods. Coon—A. B. Whale, of Sault Ste. Marie, has purchased the drug stock of A. J. Karchner and will continue the business. Stittsville—J. V. Moran has sold his general stock to Mitchell Bros., who will continue the business on a much larger scale. Detroit—Wm. O. Lee, of the grocery and produce firm of W. O. Lee & Co., will hereafter conduct the business in his own name. Clio—Goodfellow & Co. are succeeded in the drug, wall paper, crockery and undertaking business by Harriet H. (Mrs. E. E.) Huyck. Dimondale—C. H. Porter is closing out his grocery stock. The store build- ing will be occupied by the grocery stock of W. J. Bateman. : Caledonia—N. A. Close, formerly identified with B. H. Lester in the clothing business at this place, has opened a clothing store at Rockford. Arcadia—-The general store building of H. J. Gardner was burned last week. The cause of the fire is unknown, but was probably the work of an incendiary. Benton Harbor--Geo. B. Warren, who for some time has managed the business of the Enterprise Mercantile Co., has purchased the stock of that concern and will continue the business in his own name. Reading—-Cook & Culver, whose hardware stock was partially burned in the recent fire at this place, have de- cided not to re-engage in business and have sold out to the new firm of Wells, Mead & Spaulding. Albion—The grocery firm of Foot & Clancy has been. dissolved, Bennett Clancy retiring. B.C. Wilcox has pur- chased the interest of Mr. Clancy and the business will be continued under the style of Foot & Wilcox. Benton Harbor—The oldest dry goods store in this place is that of James Pound, which will hereafter be con- ducted under the style of James & James H. Pound, the junior member being Capt. J. Harry Pound, one of the heroes of Santiago. Traverse City—E. F. Ferris and Guy L. Champney have formed a copartner- ship and purchased the store building owned by Geo. Raff and the agricultural implement stock of Dr. A. E. Ming. The new firm will be known as Ferris & Champney. Bellevue—C. D. Kimberly, who has dealt out groceries here for nineteen years, has sold his grocery stock to Ray E. Stevens, who will consolidate it with his grocery stock in the corner store. Mr. Kimberly has sold his meat market to Ripley & Wetmore. Port Huron—Edward Bromley, who purchased the drug stock of the late Dr. D. S. Pace about three years ago, has left for parts unknown, leaving many creditors to lament his unexpected de- parture. The stock will be sold to sat- isfy the chattel mortgage. Cheboygan—Mr. Thompson, of the Racket store, has leased the store build- ing formerly occupied by the grocery stock of D. H. Mooney, and will take possession Oct. 1. He will put ina 5 and Io cent stock, which he will conduct in addition to his other business. Maple Rapids—Chalmer Redfern and John Watkins have formed a copartner- ship under the style of Redfern & Wat- kins to continue the business formerly conducted by Redfern Bros. and A. N. Howe & Co. Both general stocks have been consolidated in one building. Onaway—J. M. Clark has arranged to sell his store building and general stock to Orlando Steel, of Detroit, and Chas. Fox, of Lansing. In case the deal is closed, Mr. Clark will erect another building and engage in the sale of brick, lime and farming implements. Oxford—J. C. Evans recently received a case of matches by freight. On open- ing the box he found that a small box of matches in the very center of the rest had in some way become ignited and had burned box and matches without in- juring a single other box. How the rest of the case ever escaped is miraculous indeed. South Haven—J. S. Malbone, hard- ware merchant, has nearly completed a three-story brick block containing three stores. Two of these he will occupy with an enlarged stock and a merchant from Detroit will occupy the other with a line of clothing and men’s furnishing goods. The second floor will be ar- ranged for offices and the third for a large assembly hall. Saginaw—Duncan Y. Stewart & Co., retail grocers, have leased the first floor of the Nickodemus building, at the cor- ner of Genesee and Weadock avenues, and will occupy it about Oct. 1. Manufacturing Matters, North Dorr—The cheese factory at this place has discontinued operations on account of the lack of milk. Detroit—The Al Monte Cigar Co. has filed articles of association with the county clerk. E. B. Easter, James B. Swan and Albert de Montebeliard are the stockholders. Detroit-—The Wohlgemuth Automatic Telephone Holder Co. has been organ- ized, with $10,000 paid-in capital, by Moses and Martha Wohlgemuth and Benjamin Jacobson. Coldwater—The Tell Right Stove Co. has filed articles with a capital stock of $10,000. Ex-Gov. Luce is one of the incorporators. The stockholders are among the wealthiest of Coldwater’s business men. Detroit——-The Detroit Computing Scale Co. has filed with the register of deeds articles of association, stating that the company is capitalized at $500,000, with all the stock subscribed. The busi- ness of the company will be the manu- facture and sale in Detroit of scales of all kinds. Detroit—The Northern Engineering Works has filed articles of incorporation for the purpose of manufacturing and selling general machinery and equip- ments. The capital stock is $125,000, of which 35 per cent. is paid in. The incorporators are: William S. Conant, Henry W. Standart, George A. True, William V. Moore and Edward S. Reid, all of Detroit. a Adrian Clerks in Line for Shorter Hours. Adrian, Sept. 11—A meeting of the clerks employed in the shoe and cloth- ing stores was held last Friday evening and the Retail Clerks’ Association formed. Geo. H. Look acted as tem- porary chairman, and the following officers were chosen : President—Fred Henig. Vice-President—Geo. H. Look. Secretary—O. L. Mitchell. Treasurer—Robert Thompson. The principal object of the Associa- tion is to secure the adoption of early closing hours. The Association will not attempt to dictate terms, but will de- pend on public sympathy to uphold it in this move. So far as seefi, the pro- prietors are practically a unit in favor of the plan, and no trouble is antici- pated. At present the Association is com- posed of clerks employed in clothing, boot and shoe, and merchant tailoring establishments, but it is the intention to branch out and include other lines of business. + 8 -< The Drug Market. Opium—Is in fair demand at un- changed prices and market is firm. Morphine—Is unchanged. Quinine—Is dull and weak. Cocaine—Shows another advance of 75c per ounce. It is very firm at the advance. Cocoa Butter—Has again advanced, on account of scarcity abroad. Cuttlefish Bone—Is still advancing and will be very much higher, on ac- count of scarcity. Glycerine—Has advanced and is very firm, on account of the higher price for crude. Sugar of Milk—lIs scarce and tending higher. Essential Oils—Cajeput is firm at the advance noted last week. Wormwood is very scarce and is advancing. Oil sas- safras is tending higher. The Boys Behind the Counter. Lansing—-Charles Fox has resigned his position in Bement’s hardware store and gone to Onaway, where he will en- gage in the hardware business. Holland—S. A. Martin has engaged Frederick R. Dunning, of Vicksburg, as prescription clerk, Mt. Pleasant—-N. Hauck has taken charge of the dry goods department of John F. Butcher & Co. Nashville—Fred Wotring succeeds Hiram Perkins as clerk in C. L. Glas- gow’s hardware store. Grand Haven—Wm. Millman, who has cut meat several years for 1. Seifert, has gone to Alma to engage in the meat business on his own account. Marquette—Edward J. Barabe, of Ne- gaunee, has taken a position as_ sales- man in the clothing store of Archambeau & Co. Ypsilanti—George Kinney, formerly clerk for M. J. Lewis, will have the po- sition of head clerk in the clothing store to be opened in the near future by J. B. Wortley. St. Ignace—George Hoban, who has been in the employ of Doud Bros. for the past five years, has taken a position as clerk in the hardware establishment of J. J. Post & Co., at Cheboygan. Owosso—Harry Byerly, of Benning- ton, has taken a position in the grocery store of L. D. Wilson. Dorr--Frank Noel succeeds E. Kuen- zel as clerk in the general store of J. C. Neuman & Co. Kalamazoo—E. T. Van Ostrand, for- merly engaged in the retail drug busi- ness at Allegan, has taken charge of the drug department of the Dunkley Can- ning and Preserving Co. Manistee—Fred Noble has taken a position as clerk in J. E. Mailhot’s grocery store, made vacant by the resig- nation of Samuel Dean, who goes to Stanton to accept a position with a grain house there. Mackinaw City—Geo. Wolford suc- ceeds Geo. Anderson as grocery clerk for S. B. Chamberlain. Mr. Anderson has taken a similar position with Mrs. B. F. DeWolfe. Belding—Charles A. Ireland, manager of Ireland’s hardware business, has _se- cured the services of William Polhemus, of Lowell, to take the place of Robt. McLaughlin. Ann Arbor—Mr. Dickinson, ten years in the carpet department of Branch & Co., of Coldwater, has taken charge of the carpet emporium of Mack & Co. Bellevue—-Arthur Waterbury succeeds Fay Wetmore as meat cutter for John Madison. Kalamazoo—Hascall Harrington has secured a position in the drug depart- ment of Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit. Dowagiac—Will Bryar, for the past few years in the employ of a large dry goods house in Kalamazoo, has suc- ceeded R. W. Sheldon in the manage- ment of the White Front dry goods house of this city, formerly conducted by Hackstadt & Sheldon, now the property of Lee Bros. Sherwood—Aldrich Swain has taken a position in the general store of A. W. Morris. Seu Tae ee Ketchum & Mulholland have opened a grocery store at Rodney. The stock was furnished by the Clark-Jewell- Well Co. ——_ 0-2 —-— Johnson & Larson have engaged in the grocery business at Mancelona. The stock was furnished by the Musselman Grocer Co. ——s0.____ For Gillies’ N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and priees, phone Visner, 800, a) f be 4 ee A" - a) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip The Grocery Market. Sugars—The raw sugar market is weak, showing a decline of 1-16c. Few sales were made, as offerings continue to be very small. Nothing at all is offered from the West Indies or Cuba. Java sugars are now coming in more freely. These and Hawaiian sugars will furnish the bulk of refiners’ supplies for the immediate future. There is no change in the refined sugar market, but there is a feeling that there may be a break in prices in the near future. The total stock of sugar in the United States is 175,674 tons, as against 239,192 tons a year ago. Sanned Goods—The canned goods market was particularly active last week and there were probably more goods sold than for the entire three pre- vious weeks. The only reasonable ex- planation that can be given for this heavy buying is that buyers realize that all canned goods at to-day’s quotations are more than a_ reasonably safe pur- chase. The tomato market is particu- larly interesting. Itseems strange that, with the prices of cans advancing at the rate of 25c per hundred a week, and other material increasing in value, to- matoes should decline instead of ad- vance. The crop in Indiana is very short, owing to the drought, and it is understood that some Western packers have been looking over the ground in the East, with a view of covering some of their contracts if possible. This fact, and the probability of cans continuing to advance, mean higher prices for to- matoes shortly after the packing sea- son is over and we would advise buying at to-day’s prices, as the market has undoubtedly touched bottom and any change will be for the better. It is re- ported now that few packers of corn anywhere in the East will be able to put up more than half a_ pack, while in some instances the estimates are placed at one-third to one-half. Those who have sold largely are alarmed and are’ looking about to find some way to cover their contracts. As about all producing sections are in susbtantially the same position, it is difficult to see where they are going to find relief. From Maine come discouraging reports, although not as serious as from New York. The Maine yield may be reduced one-fourth, but not over that. Maryland will have about an average. The West is uncer- tain as yet, but will probably be about up to an average. Prices promise to rule high and buyers in some instances are making sure of their supplies now. It will be seen from these reports that instead of the largest output for years, as was confidently expected early in the season, it is likely to be one of the smallest and those who are fortunate enough to have corn will be able to realize very profitable prices from it. Peas and string beans are still firm and high, with prospects of a further in- crease as soon as active fall trading be- gins. The crops of both were very short and the quality of string beans scarcely satisfactory. Peaches are to be short, principally because of the small crop in the East, but this would have been partially overcome if California packers could have obtained cans enough to put up the green fruit offered. Prices will rule high and trade may be dull and limited to small transactions. Re- ports from Arizona are that the Bartlett pear crop is the largest ever grown. The_harvest_began Sept. 1. Dried Fruits—The dried fruit market is practically the same as at last reports, but greater activity is expected soon. The trade is now waiting for prices on new raisins, which are expected daily. The market will be in a very favorable position. Last year at the opening of the season there were fully 1,000 cars of carry-over goods. This year the Asso- ciation has disposed of all its holdings and dealers are not heavily stocked. While at present there is by no means an active demand for prunes, the out- look is considered decidedly encoura- ging. Recent estimates of the Califor- nia crop place the total yield at from 150,000 to 200,000 pounds short of that of last year. Estimates based on the careful enquiry into the holdings of the old crop place the total hold-over from last year at not more than Ioo carloads. The outlook is certainly for higher prices. In view of the foreign shortage, there is a strong probability that a much larger percentage of the crop grown in this country will be required for export. The principal demand at present is for the large sizes, and prices on them are held high. The proportion of large sizes appears to be higher than last season. Apricots are firm but quiet. Peaches are dull and the market is weak, with scarcely anyone willing to make firm offers for large lots. The supply has been heavily increased by the throwing back of green fruit by canners. Im- provement may come later, but few have any faith in it now. The currant market is stronger with an advance of 4c in price. The evaporated apple market is doing a little better. Stock now coming in is made from winter fruit and will keep much better than the earlier fruit which has been on the mar- ket for the past few weeks. There is a good demand all over the country and prices are firmly maintained. Advices from abroad are to the effect that this year’s fig crop will be no larger than previous statements have indicated, but that the quality will be better than last year. If such is the case, the market will rule strong,and prices high because of the shortage last year. Rice—There is a good demand for both domestic and foreign rice. The new crop rice is coming in very freely now and is very good quality. Several purchases for the emergency fund were made for distribution at Puerto Rico. This had a strengthening effect on the market. Reports from the South show activity at all points. On account of the past rains in the Carolinas, harvesting has been materially delayed. Tea—There is a fair business in tea with the general feeling in the market decidedly favorable to holders. The de- mand in general is increasing with further improvement expected. Molasses and Syrups—There is noth- ing of particular interest in the molasses market. There is the usual small de- mand for current wants, and these small sales are made at full quoted prices with a firm tendency to the market. The demand for corn syrup is very good. Green Fruits—-Lemons are scarce and higher, the advance amounting to near- ly Soc on some grades. Receipts are very light and a continued firm market is probable, although no further ad- vance is expected at present. Bananas are doing better. Although there has been no change in prices, the down- ward course appears to have been stopped for the present. Arrivals are small and trade seems to be getting on a better basis. Fish—A further advance in the price of mackerel is reported and the high prices restrict trade to a great extent. and purchasers are not buying more than they actually require. New mackerel of the domestic catch are coming in rather more freely, but the fish are small and are not specially wanted by the trade at the high prices. Demand for codfish is very active. Holland herring are nearly out of market. The catch for the year is 100,000. barrels short. Nuts—The season for trade in nuts is opening and so far as indications go thus early, the prospect for a large and active trade is promising. The opening is fully as encouraging as usual at this season and an increasing activity is an- ticipated until the holiday trade is fin- ished. Prices on some varieties, notably pecans and shelled peanuts, are advanc- ing. The pecan crop is short. Last year’s reduced output was made worse by the conditions surrounding this year's crop. The drought and a caterpillar about ruined the Texas crop and now dealers are buying everything obtain- able. Almonds show an upward tend- ency and prices will go up on all vari- eties as stocks are absorbed. At present there is a firm feeling in the market. Walnuts are steady at about previous quotations. There is a fair and increas- ing demand, but prices have not been advanced, although dealers are firmer in their views. Peanuts are firm and high. The crop is short and the tendency of prices is upward. No opening prices have been made on California walnuts as yet, but they are expected within a few days. The yield will not be as large as was expected but the quality is said to be exceptionally good. The yield of Marbot and Chili walnuts will be about an average as to yield and quality. The promised yield of Gren- obles is 10,000 bales, compared with 15,000 last year. Prices will, therefore, be higher in all probability. Oil—The Standard Oil Co. announces an advance of %c per gal. on all grades of illuminating oil. The advance is at- tributed to the fact that the shipments from the producing regions exceed the production by about 20,000 barrels per day, thus causing a scarcity in oil which naturally results in a higher range of values. The advance takes effect Sept. 14. > 2 Local dealers complain bitterly of the action of the fish trust in withholding supplies from Michigan markets. White fish and trout are so scarce that it is impossible to secure sufficient quantities to meet the consumptive demands of the market. The same is true of pike and pickerel, although not to so great an extent. The supposition is that the trust is pursuing this policy in order to con- vince the people that a closed season is necessary to protect the fish from the ravages of the fishermen. The trust, of course, is interested in the sale of frozen fish and this is the reason why it under- takes to withhold supplies of fresh fish from the market. eg E. C. Spalding has purchased the interests of his partners in the glass bending works at the corner of Kent and Newberry streets and will continue the business under the style of E. C. Spalding & Co. Mr. Spalding has _ re- linquished his relations with the Com- mercial Credit Co. ——_>-2>___ J. S. Dennis has engaged in the gro- cery business at Butternut. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. MORNING MARKET. the Surroundings Greatly Improved. Wherein Could Be There are localities about the city which are pleasanter than the Island Market during the chill morning hours of autumn days. There may danger from the malarial exhalations of the half-filled channel and the dumps than in the warmer season, but the fog and heavy chilly air of the city seem to settle in this lower part of the valley, and a half hour spent there is enough to cast a gloom over the entire day. There is such a harmony between the cold, stagnant pools of the channel and the chill of the hour that the latter seems to depend on the local stagnation. It may be that the filling of the channel and the removal of the surroundings so sug- be less gestive of rheumatism and malaria may not make material difference in the tem- perature or salubrity, but there is no doubt that such a change would not only make the place more pleasant and attractive and more conducive to health in the heated term, but would do much to mitigate the sense of cold and discom- fort during the fall months. There is a strong probability, now that Gov- ernment restrictions are removed, that when the pressure of street work, which now so largely engages common labor, diminishes, steps will be taken to have the filling completed. matter which should have careful attention, for it is as important that the surroundings of the thousands who visit this locality should be made pleasant as that we should beautify our streets and provide parks for the esthetic culture of our citi- zens in other parts of the city. Not only should the city see to it that its share of the work of making the market local- ity a suitable and pleasant place to visit is thoroughly and effectively done, but good business policy would dictate that the owners of adjacent property do their part in the same work. In no way could they enhance the value of their holdings more rapidly than by the re- moval of the moral and visible eyesores and sceing that such improvements as they may make are suitable. Some are doing this and it is to be hoped that the importance of the matter may be brought to the attention of all. This is a The market business continues heavy, although the height of the season is past. ‘Tuesdays of last and the preced- ing week were probably the heaviest days of the season. The attendance is yet large, but there is less standing and waiting than earlier in the season, or in other seasons. During the market hours teams are coming later and more are leaving early, so while it is not so full at any time there is the usual amount of business. The fruit season is on the decline, ex- cept for grapes. Plums are still offered in large quantities, but prices are ad- vancing. Pears are high priced for good qualities. Peaches are so scarce as to cut little figure and most of the supply in the stores has been shipped from other more fortunate localities. Apples are plentiful, but command _ good, al- though greatly varying, prices. Grapes are in great abundance, but prices are yet kept up to a level which makes _ the growing and handling profitable. The vegetable market is still abun- dant, but not to the extent of surfeit. Sales are good and prices are kept at a profitable basis. Potatoes often seem on the point of demoralization, but de- mand comes to the front in season to save them and prices are kept up toa good level. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World The Quality Which Women Most Urgently Need. It was the twilight when women _ con- fide in each other, for no better reason than because it is dark, and the talk had gone merrily on to the click of fans and the soft froufrou of skirts. . Finally the conversation drifted to the ever- absorbing topic of woman and_ her needs, and Elise said: ‘‘In my opinion, if we women were to pray for the quality of which we stand in most urgent need we would importune heaven without ceasing for courage. Not that kind of physical courage that dares to brave the ferocious mouse in his den in the closet, but the moral backbone that would enable us to. stand alone and live our lives like we want to, instead of the we think other people want us to. Just what this means in peace and restfulness and comfort is a vision so ecstatic I never dare to let myself seriously contemplate it. In our secret souls we all know that if we could rid ourselves of the fear of what the woman next door and the one across the way think we could have a very accept- ble understudy of the millennium right here at home, but the thought of defying their opinion and doing as_ we please in spite of it is an idea so audacious it gives us the cold chills merely to con- template it, and know will never, never, never have the courage to do it. ‘The other day, when the mercury was sizzling around the boiling point a man for whose opinion I have the most unbounded | respect--except when he tackles the subject of women’s clothes asked me why I had my neck swathed in a ribbon stock as tight and as high way we we as I could get it. I cast about in my mind for a suitable reply. I couldn't claim that it was neat, when two hours after | put it on it was reduced to the consistency of moist pulp. I couldn't urge economy in its behalf, when I re- membered how many bolts of ribbon it took to get one decently through the summer. I couldn’t say it was comfort- able, when a mustard plaster would have been just as cool and well-suited to the weather. So | bleated like the sheep that follows all the other silly sheep over the fence and into the ditch. ‘* “Oh, because everybody wears ’em.’ If I had told the truth I should have said, ‘Because I’m too big a coward to make myself comfortable ;’ and my dear, suffering sisters and_ fellow-cowards, there’s just where we all are. What makes us wear dresses that sweep the streets and require to be held up fore and aft? Is it because our common sense and good judgment approve of it or because they are so entrancingly con- venient? Neither. There isn’t a moth- er’s daughter of us who wouldn’t whack them off to the knees if we had the courage to go about in short skirts, and who wouldn’t enjoy lynching the dress- maker who invented long sleeves that flop over the hand and get into every- thing. But we will never doit. In- stead, we will go meekly along, break- ing our backs, trailing heavy skirts in the mud and wearing sleeves as big as balloons one year and skin-tight the next, and for no better reason than none of us have the independence to dress as we please.’’ ‘“The trouble doesn’t stop there, either,’’ said another woman; ‘‘the lack of courage is the root of half of the misery in the world.. Take the matter of poverty, for instance. If, when mis- fortune comes our way, we _ had only bravery to frankly meet the situation and adapt ourselves to it, its bitterest sting would be taken away. It is the trying to keep up appearances, the piti- ful subterfuges, the transparent make- shifts that are so heart-breaking. I never knew but one woman who had the cour- age to rise to the occasion. She had been rich, but in the twinkling of an eye almost everything was swept away from her. She didn't make a single effort to gloss matters over. She left the big fine house, dismissed the servants, and moved at once into a cottage, where she did her own work. The little in- come left to them, on which they would have starved along in the big house, made them ‘perfectly comfortable in the little one. Wisest of all, she made no frantic attempts to cling to fashionable society. You never saw her in a shabby, made-over gown on the outskirts of a swell gathering, in that deprecating kind of an attitude that says as plainly as words that she knows she is there because some good natured woman _ has asked her out of charity and that she is receiving hospitality she is too poor to return and is a guest on sufferance. Somebody said once to this philosopher : ‘If you don’t try to go around society will drop you. You know it has a bad memory for poor people.’ ‘It can’t drop me,’ returned my friend, serenely, ‘be- cause I dropped it first.’ The attitude always seemed to me one of incompar- able dignity and good sense. She had the courage to live according to her means and she was comfortable and happy and contented, instead of growing morbid and overwrought, fretting her- self to fiddlestrings by clinging fran- tically to the fiction of wealth and ap- pearances, that everybody knows for the hollow mockery and fraud it is.”’ ‘*Then, there’s hospitality,’’ chimed in another; ‘‘do you ever think of how much genuine pleasure we miss by not having the courage to entertain our friends in the simple way we could afford? If we could set them down to such a meal as we have every day, we might enjoy it with a clear censcience, without feeling that they were accessory to the crime of the champagne bought on credit, or morally responsible for the nervous prostration of the hostess; but we have read in the papers or heard somehow of some woman who gave a dinner where there were forty-’leven courses and a different wine with each, and we feel, if we can’t approximate it, we had _ better never gather our friends about us. So we go in debt for game and things out of season and the hostess and her maid-of-all-work make burnt offerings of themselves over the kitchen stove, and it is all so much worry and care and trouble that the only pleasure we get out of it is when we see the van- ishing backs of our gorged guests. They didn’t want us to do it. Nobody likes to feel they have put anyone else out. There simply was no earthly excuse for it, except that we were such cowards we were afraid somebody would say that we didn’t have but six wax candles, with pink crepe shades, when Mrs. Blank had eight.”’ ‘‘Do you know what I would do if I had the courage to do what I want?’’ asked the woman who is considered to be progressive and up-to-date. ‘‘ Well, I’d just come right out flat-footed and cut the whole club business. I would never, so long as I lived, listen to an- other paper on any subject whatever. I've belonged to clubs for the study of the whatness of the what. I have be- longed to higher thought clubs and clubs to study the intention of the builders of the pyramids and clubs to fix the place of heroes of fiction in evolution and clubs for heaven knows what folly and idiocy, masquerading under the guise of culture. 1 am deadly tired and weary and bored with it all and I'd just like to get the members of all the clubs I belong to together and say, ‘Ladies, let’s skip the papers and get down to the gossip and the salad at once. That’s what we are really here for.’ But I don’t dare do it. Weare all hypocrites together. We sit up and look wise and murmur our admiration to hide our yawns and wonder if it is possible for anything else under the blue canopy _ to be as much of a bore as a club paper.’’ ‘‘Another place where there is a cry- ing need for courage is in weddings,’’ put ina woman in the corner. ‘‘The folly and the idiocy that are committed in the name of those are enough to make angels weep. To-day I went to see a girl whois going to be married this fall. Her people are poor, and the young bridegroom has his own way to make in the world, and is working on a_ salary, but they are going to be married in church, with ushers and carriages and white satin and all the rest of it that is such arrant tomfoolery where poor peo- ple are concerned. ‘Look, here,’ I said to her, ‘don’t you know that a_ poor clerk’s wife has no more need of white satin than she has of angel wings? Don’t you know that the money such a wedding will cost would furnish you up a nice little cottage? What on earth makes you want to do anything so_fool- ish?’ Well, she and her mother hemmed and hawed and beat around the subject. They admitted that the white satin was bought at the expense of useful things she was dead sure to need every day. The mother winced at the thought of the pinching and economizing it was going to take to pay for it, but they simply didn’t have the courage not to do it, be- cause Annette and Marie and some other girls they knew had all had display wed- dings. ’”’ ‘“‘To my mind,’’ said another, ‘‘the most pitiful of all is the cowardice we see so often displayed about the dead. I have known families who impover- ished themselves over. a funeral and whose earnings for years afterward went to the undertaker. Sometimes there were little children who couldn’t be sent to school on account of it, or sick people or old people who had to be denied the comforts and food they should have had, but every penny must be paid on the big debt they incurred in the funeral. Not being fools they must have realized what they were doing, but they didn’t have the courage to simply put their dead away with tears and love and rev- erence, without a horde of dead-beat loafers following in the hired carriages, whose every turn of the wheels spelled ruin to the living. The same thing may be said about the wearing of mourning. Not one-tenth of the women you see swathed in black would have it on if they had the courage not to wear it. To the delicate woman it is a menace, to the nervous one it is a horror, to every one it is a perpetual reminder of loss that they would be only too thankful to avoid if they only dared.’’ ‘‘T have known women,’’ interrupted Elise, ‘‘to make miserable marriages because they didn’t have the courage to be old maids. I have known women to starve in genteel poverty because they didn’t have the courage to go to work. I have known them to cut their old friends because they didn’t have the courage to know plain people after they got up a little in the world themselves, and that’s what makes me say that the greatest need in the world to-day, so far as women are concerned, is courage.’’ Dorothy Dix. —_—__+ 2. Reliability isa business characteristic which is none too frequent. The mer- chant whose goods are always to be _re- lied on has reached the straight road to peace and prosperity. S. 5C. CIGAR. WORLD’S BEST ALL JOBBERS AND G.J JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. le @ x Hanselman’s Fine Chocolates Name stamped on each piece of the genuine. dealer can afford to be without them. Hanselman Candy Co. No up-to-date Kalamazoo, Mich. The Grand Rapids Paper Box Co. Manufacture Solid Boxes for Shoes, Gloves, Shirts and Caps, Pigeon Hole Files for Desks, plain and fancy Candy Boxes, and We also make Folding Boxes for Patent Medicine, Cigar scription, helf Boxes of every de- Clippings, Powders, etc., etc. Gold and Silver Leaf work and Special Die Cutting done to suit. Write for prices, Work guaranteed. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. N ¢ ~ - ~ < " 4 c ~ < » ~ ~ < o - os - ~ _ _ - ' ~ i - noi * or ~~ - ~ i + . - - = x } s » |< <— | > i ot < \.6 { oe] | a | | me } ~ - « ae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 t < < s — oc LYON BROTHERS. SPECIAL IN RUBBER INTERLINED DUCK COATS AT $11.00 PER DOZEN, ASSORTED IN BUNDLES TO THE DOZEN AS FOLLOWS: SIZES, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46. Our Duck Clothing Department, by continual improvement in both quality of the garments and extremely low prices, has become, without question, the greatest Duck Clothing headquarters that dealers can look to for their supplies. The repu- tation we have gained in the past by supplying the trade with the very best, reliable, thoroughly well made and perfect fitting, high grade popular price Duck Coats has, no doubt, convinced dealers of the benefits they can avail themselves of by placing their orders with us. For this season we are offering a line that has been especially manufactured to meet the demand of a popular price, re- liable wearing garment, and in contracting for these coats before the advance of material and labor, we feel justified in making the statement that we can save dealers more money this year than we have ever been in a position to do. We herewith quote three styles, selected at random. For a complete line we refer you to pages 638 and 639 of our com- plete Fall and Winter Catalogue, No. 250. A ¥ Y i -» ° - —s 7 { : st j / t j ! \ ' ' ’ ' OOO" DO oo, Zz SPECIAL LOT NO. 41236 This special, heavy Waterproof Duck Coat is guaranteed to the trade to be the most reliable duck coat ever produced at the price. We have sold this duck coat in immense quantities, and it is favorably known to the trade as “The Boss.” The only rubber interlined duck coat at the price in the market. Three outside strong-stayed pockets with flaps, fancy enameled rivet buttons, strong worked button-holes, nec tach gemgene condmrey coliar, Heawy Ulnaket lime. 888 ne eee cc cess scsee Per dozen, $1! i .00 SPECIAL LOT NO. 41237, SAME STYLE AS NO. 41236, IN BLACK.................. ... Toe Perdozen, 11,00 44404 The Famous Byron. Best medium price full rubber interlined | 44406 The Blizazd. Special high-grade coat, full waterproof rub- duck coat in the market Made of an 8-oz brown water-proof duck; || ber interlined. Made of an 8-o0z. brown color waterproof duck, lined style of coat, 4-button single breasted straight cut, stripe pattern, blanket || witha fancy stripe pattern blanketing, three outside pockets with double- lining, 5-inch winter weight, plushette co!'lar, 3 outside pockets with stitched flaps, fancy japanned riveted buttons, strong worked buttonholes, flaps, shaped shoulders, entire garment stitched with bright color waxed shaped shoulders, 4-inch sheep's pelt collar. Entire coat stitched with linen thread, black japanned rivet buttons, strong worked button-holes | bright colors waxed linenthread. Per dozen................. $13.75 BST OO a $12.75 | | 44405 Same style as No. 44404, in black. Per dozen..... $12.75 44407 Same style as No. 44406, in black. Per dozen.. $13.75 The Complete Fall and Winter edition of our Catalogue is now ready for mailing. _ This catalogue is the most complete we have ever published, containing 832 pages of General Merchandise. We mail this catalogue free to merchants upon ap- plication only. It is the most complete for General Store Supplies, Dry Goods, etc., that has ever been published in this country. Every up-to-date merchant should have one of these books. “i LYON BROTHERS Importers and Jobbers GENERAL MERCHANDISE ' 246, 248, 250, 252 East Madison Street, CMICAGO. ae MAAR AAARAARA AAR AA RA RAR AAARAAAAA AAA AAA Wea eee eae clea cau waW dea Wva Wa vu WW aula deb uawu healed ay i( Siege lea = MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subseribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Seeond Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpirTor. WEDNESDAY, - - SEPTEMBER 13, 1899. This Paper has a Larger Paid Circu- lation than that of any other paper of its class in the United States. Its value as an Advertising Medium is therefore apparent. GOOD TIMES AND FAKES. Not for many years has there been a time when there was so much capital seeking investment as the present. Re- turns from all legitimate business have been good for many months; debts have been paid; business has been expanded, and there are many thousands who have moderate sums for which they are seek- ing safe and profitable investment. Dur- ing recent months there has been a_par- tial outlet for such funds through the organization and exploitation of the great combinations of business, and this has attracted attention toward spec- ulative investment until a wide harvest seems ready for any enterprise which offers reasonable assurance of profit and safety. Naturally such a condition is not only favorable to legitimate undertakings, but opportunity is afforded for those of a less assured character, and even for the rankest fakes and swindles. Profession- al promoters of this sort of enterprise are as watchful of favoring conditions as any Class and are ready to avail them- selves of every opportunity. These have found their greatest success in imitating the great industrial organizations, and in many Cases the schemes are so well worked out that they are calculated to deceive the very elect. Of course, there are all degrees of fraudulence in these enterprises, some being based on condi- tions which may to some extent even deceive the projectors—may have some apparently legitimate bases of operation, although foredoomed to failure—while others are deliberately planned to ‘‘ catch suckers.’’ Usually these are carefully perfected by months of preparation and then sprung with a sudden rush of adver- tising which brings the harvest before the fraudulence of the schemes can be demonstrated. One such enterprise is just now in the height of exploitation which would seem to have achieved a marked suc- cess. Its prospectus is ingeniously con- trived to secure prompt returns in stock subscriptions at $3 per share, par value being $10, by limiting the time before an advance in price is to be made. This conveys the idea that $10 value is to be secured for $3, which is attractive to most liable to be_ caught by such schemes, and the limit in time is made so as to prevent investigation. This prospectus makes the most astounding claims, involving perpetual motion and the other mechanical absurdities usually figuring in such schemes. ‘There is a degree of plausibility in the claim of controlling the forces and_ products most engaging public attention which is calculated to catch the unwary and _ su- perficial. ‘‘Superheating liquid air by electricity’’ and using it to drive auto- mobiles at a small fraction of the cost of any present motive power is a claim calculated to arrest the attention of the greatest possible number of those inter- ested in the developments of current scientific research. During the past two weeks there has been expended a vast sum of money in advertising in all parts of the country. The mails have been loaded with prospectuses and there is little doubt that an immense _ harvest is now pouring in as a result of the un- dertaking. ’ BUSINESS CONDITIONS. It is probably a matter for congratu- lation that there has been enough of financial uneasiness and disturbance in the Eastern centers to put a healthy restraint upon the advancing stock markets. While this disturbance was most manifest during the past week, and bear pressure caused a decline in many lines, the average of all industrials showed an advance owing to a rapid rise in values of a few leading stocks. The general downward tendency was enough to lower the average for trans- portation shares to a slight degree not- withstanding the fact that there is no diminution in the ratio of increasing earnings. There has been a decided disturbance in the Eastern money cen- ters, caused by the exploitation of the new corporations which were organized during the spring and summer months. These have been financed by the New York banks to an extent enormous in the aggregate. It is not strange that so sudden and extensive a demand _ should create a stringency, but there is assur- ance in the fact that the money has sim- ply changed hands and has been scat- tered through the country in the banks where industrial plants have been paid for. The effect on stock speculation is considerable, latest reports indicating continued decline in many lines, but there is no possibility of anything more than a temporary derangement. Improvement in the industrial and transportation lines continues with a regularity almost monotonous. Prices are steadily advancing in almost all manufactured products, while there is less of the seasonable decline in natural products than usual. The iron situation shows the same pressure of unprecedented demand _not- withstanding the fact that new works are coming into the field every day. Most works are contracted ahead and the ad- vances yuoted mean premium for quick delivery. The hindrances which have interfered with the ore traffic on the Lakes in the obstruction of the ‘*Soo’’ and the low water in the Detroit River are embarrassing some works and_ tend to still further strengthen prices. Cotton consumption in 1898 surpassed all previous years, but is exceeded this year by over 20 per cent. Demand holds prices strong and the utmost confidence is felt in the situation. Wool sales have been moderate and prices somewhat ir- regular, but goods are strong in demand. Leatherand its products are steadily ad- vancing and greater activity is shown than for years at this season. BRAINS NOT DEGENERATING. In this age of extraordinary scientific discovery and general intellectual prog- ress it seems preposterous to tell man- kind of the most advanced races and nations that the human brain is deteri- orating and that man’s intellectual power is steadily decreasing until it may reach the low level of general stu- pidity, if not of idiocy. But this is just what Colonel Elsdale, an English officer of the Royal Engi- neers, puts forth in an article in the Nineteenth Century for August. He assigns as the reason for this brain de- generation mental hurry and overstrain; the leveling spirit in politics; the steadily increasing mammon worship, and the growing love of luxury and ease. Such incongruous and_ heterogeneous causes are presented to account for a proposition which is merely assumed and is by no means proved, for, after all, is there any evidence of the decline in the power of the human brain? Are there no great discoverers of the secrets of nature? Are there no daring explor- ers of the vast regions of our globe long wholly unknown? Is nobody reading the hieroglyphic records of dead and _ lost races and nations and are there no achievements in other fields of intellec- tual research? Is there any evidence that the skulls of the people of leading races are growing smaller and are there other signs of physical degeneration? The answer is, emphatically, ‘‘No!’’ It is entirely possible that in some lines of thought the human mind may have reached the limit of its power. It is ad- mitted that in poetry and sculpture no moderns have surpassed the ancient Greeks. The British engineer quoted should be competent to speak on the subject of mathematics, and he thinks that the science of quantities can not be developed much further. He says: We may not have as yet reached what I would venture to call the saturation point, that is, the point at which the human mind can go no further in math- ematics; but at all events it is looming well in view ahead of us, and apparent- ly in a very few generations more, at the present rate of progress, we are bound to reach it. Admitting that no further progress is to be made in the science of mathe- matics, have we not in its laws and methods the means of developing every problem in astronomy and the mechanics and chronology of the system of the universe? If the body of principles and formulae which make up the mathemat- ics should never be added to, they afford already resources for determining every quantity that can have any definite rela- tion to any other quantity, and for solv- ing the quantitive problems of the ages. After all, mathematics is but a_ tool with which to work. In connection with physical research, it has opened a vista of usefulness in mechanical and theoretical engineering that seems prac- tically endless. Then there are chemis- try and electrical science. They are so unspeakably vast and far-reaching that their lavish treasures of beneficial reve- lation appear inexhaustible, so that if it shall be found that some veins of re- search in art and philosophy have been worked out, there are innumerable other mines of knowledge that are limitless. Something over three centuries ago there appeared in Paris a man named James Crichton, surnamed ‘*Admir- able,’’ because he knew everything in art, philosophy and arms better than anybody else. He distinguished him- self by vanquishing the doctors of the university in public discussions in- tended to display their learning; then he rode into the lists at the tourney and overthrew all the celebrated knights who contested with him for victory, and afterwards outshone all other cavaliers at court with his gallantries and fascina- tions. In the three centuries that have elapsed since the wonderful Crichton passed off the stage the increase in every branch of knowledge has been so vast that the learning with which he was then able to astonish the world is by comparison entirely insignificant and for the most part erroneous. The idea that the growth of democracy can exert any effect to dwarf and dam- age the human intellect is absurd in the extreme. ‘True democracy means com- petition, aspiration and exertion. to as- cend. It is radically opposed to leveling or dragging down. It encourages every citizen to do his best and to attain the highest distinction possible in any field of effort. There is no evidence of any weaken- ing of the human mind or body other than in the cases of individuals. The excessive use of drugs, such as stimu- lants or opiates, and the undue indul- gence of the physical appetites and pas- sions are the chief causes of human de- generacy. The ancient world did not know of alcohol or distilled spirits. But little was known then of the juice of the poppy. Only in the Far East were the intoxicating powers of the Indian hemp and the betel nut used or known, while it is only in the present generation that numerous depressing drugs which can dull the senses and destroy the mind have been created by chemistry, while tobacco is a_ product of America and was unknown before the days of Spanish discovery. Thus it is that, while there are at hand more means of debauching the intellect than were known in earlier times, it seems an entirely unwarranted assump- tion that human brains are steadily degenerating. In New Jersey the other day a woman tried to reform her intemperate husband by getting drunk at the same saloon and before him, so that he might see how disreputable it was. Instead of reform- ing instantly, the fellow thrashed her soundly and then got as drunk as usual. Many of the ills we suffer are caused more by disordered stomachs than by disordered business. Keep your liver in good order and your cash book will balance easily every day. A commissioner of pensions, if he does his duty, can not be popular with dead-beat claimants and_ unscrupulous members of the bar who claim to be claim agents. Many good people derive their great- est happiness from their belief that a judgment day is coming to do some- body else up. The man who couldn’t fill the office better than the man appointed has yet to be born in this great and glorious Republic. If a man is never lied about by black- guards, he can put himself down as of no particular account. It is far better to have one hand on a postoffice than both eyes on a foreign mission. When a man preaches economy, his wife is bound to practice it, ese ‘ ‘ — ~ < . a =< iw < >» - ~ < + = a - _ - > ? * a ~~ - - ¢ t - baad » . s ~ ~ end ‘ - et - _ { A - » a ta - < » ~ - x + nl we i ~ ¢- , © « MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 MODERN LABOR TRUSTS. The term trust, while properly a mis- nomer as applied to a simple monop- oly, is being used in this connection to an extent which bids fair to give it a new signification. Properly the term is only applicable to such organizations of industry as merge their interests and place the management in the hands of a board of trustees, thus giving the name trust. This method of combination in manufacturing and trade industries early ran against legal obstacles and so had to be largely abandoned and in its place was substituted the actual combination of interests into a veritable stock com- pany, in which the identity of the indi- vidual concerns is entirely lost. While industries such combinations may and do amount toa monopoly, their enterprises are conducted in harmony with the generally accepted customs and methods of business, and are entirely legal. Those which are most permanent and successful conform most closely to the rules governing the smaller enterprises- look for their profit in decreasing cost of production and distribution and in perfection of product and not to the ex- ercise of the power of extortion which may derived from a more o1 less effective monopoly. While the organiza- tion of these mammoth companies, even when conforming to the most correct principles of economics, must needs work injury to some in the loss and change of employment, it is to be con- sidered that if there is an improved product furnished at a decreased cost the change in the industry is a benefit to the world at large. But not all combinations are of this character. In the mad rush for gain the first consideration of many is the in- crease in selling price. If improved product receives any consideration it is made secondary and the reduction in the machinery of distribution is offset by reckless increase in official salaries, made possible by the spirit of extrava- gance actuating the movement. Such industrial combinations, however, are usually short lived ; their administration invites competition, and soon they find that there only remains for them to di- vide the ill-gotten gains as best they may and abandon the one line to take up some other admitting of similar ex- ploitation. in some be There is another type of trust in which the principle of monopoly is de- pended upon as the sole motive and ob- ject of existence. They are simply and purely combinations made to control the work in some general industry. These are made possible and effective because they can employ the term ‘‘labor’’ in their names and so arrogate to them- selves philanthropic motives and_ ob- jects. The fact is lost sight of that only the parties to these combinations are beneficiaries and that they are veritable Ishmaelites to all the rest, and the great mass, of the labor world. The power of monopoly in labor unions is locality. If all the members of any particular craft or trade in a lo- cality can form a combination, and can exclude all other members of the same craft or trade, they can make their mo- nopoly perfect. It is difficult to con- ceive of a more utterly selfish and heart- less monopoly; and yet the cry of ‘‘la- bor’’ makes them possible. That they are ostensibly arrayed against capital, and so claim the right of existence, con- ceals the fact that they are still more venomously opposed to any labor ex- cept such as they themselves control. The operation of these monopolies serves, usually, to raise the price of the industries concerned to the highest pos- sible level, resulting in driving all ex- cept those held by local limitations to other places where conditions are such as to prevent union control, Among the lines of industry in which it is possible to carry the operation of the selfishness of unionism to its utmost effectiveness may be noted the building trades in large and growing cities, or the printing of metropolitan newspapers. For obvious reasons such work can not be sent elsewhere, and the extent to which extortion and monopoly may be carried is almost without limit. In these the most effective and characteristic unions. The fact is not generally advertised that these unions are armed against their own craftsmen in other unions, but such is the case. For example, the rate of wages for a carpenter in Grand Rapids is $2.25 per day for nine hours’ work. the rate is $4 for eight hours. lines are to be found some of In Chicago Naturally the difference occasionally leads to an investigation of the situation by mem- bers of the union in the less favored town. An instance recently came under notice of the writer in which a man un- dertook to better his condition by join- ing the better paid fraternity. A fort- night brought him back to his old posi- tion, his application having been rejected, with the loss of a considerable sum in expenses, fees and time, a wiser if not more contented man. His experi- ence is that of a vast number who are constantly trying to thus improve their situation, cach to find that he is trying to deal with a monopoly as cruel to the members of its fellow unions as to those outside such organizations. The recent strike of the printers on the New York Sun is serving to bring out the characteristics of this kind of union monopoly most forcibly. The typographical union called the ‘‘ Big 6’ has for many years controlled all the leading newspapers of the metropolis, and the power of locality is so great’ in these enterprises that they have been able to carry their control to an almost unlimited extent. For many years they have entirely excluded apprentices in these offices, thus barring their own sons from the industry, and have only ad- mitted to membership such as came with the requisite pulls or qualifications to keep the monopoly effective, and such admissions are few. The story of the arbitrary tyranny and extortion in these offices, as represented by the Sun, is a forcible illustration of the operation of unionism under ideal conditions, and the account of the hu- miliation and aggression to which the management is subjected is enough to make one’s blood boil with indignation. It is too long to recount in detail here, but a few samples may be noted: The organization of the union is rep- resented in each office by a ‘‘chapel’’ comprised of the union members, whose official head is the ‘‘chairman.’’ It is the primary duty of this official, who draws his salary from the paper, to. see that all union rules are properly ob- served. The management of the paper is represented by a foreman, who must be a member of the ‘‘chapel’’ and is under the authority of the chairman. All intercourse with employes must be through the foreman and the manage- ment is forbidden to hold communica- tion with the chairman of the ‘‘chapel.’’ The minimum rate of wages in the Sun office is made by the union $24 per week for eight hours. All proofreaders and persons in subordinate or compara- tively unskilled positions must be mem- bers of the union and must receive this salary. related to former employes of the office were kept at $6 to $8 per week on considera- tion of charity. The union enforced its rule, intending to secure these positions for its members, but succeeded in ing the salaries of the women to $24, rather All com- the paper must be paid forto the union. — If an advertiser took a page in the paper and preferred to have it set up in an outside job office anda plate made of it, the union must also be permitted to set it, and have pay for it just the same as though it were used. Then such di- vision of duties was enforced as would give employment to as many as pos- sible, many idle much of the time, avowedly for the purpose of fore- ing the employment of a greater num- ber of the members of the union. Some women who were rais- which the management conceced than have them turned adrift. position or plates appearing — in being These and many other forms of extor- tion and annoyance finally forced the Sun to some change and it turned its attention to automatic machinery? As the union could not prevent this, it de- termined to keep the control to as great an extent as possible. The type of ma- chine employed does away with the work entirely, requiring only the attention of machinists, whose compositors’ work printers could not do. As the machinists were union workmen, the management asked that they be ad- mitted. This could only be arranged on condition that a printer be put in charge of each machine, which was done, al- though there was nothing he could do. Of course, this arrangement could not continue and the result is the final throwing off of the union yoke by the Sun. These instances illustrate conditions which are of varying force wherever unions have control. It is the first ob- ject to control the industry and get the most out of it that conditions make pos- sible, and their dealing is as ruthless against their own fraternities as others, when occasion arises, notwithstanding their philanthropic pretensions. They are ‘‘trusts,’’ and their work is the ex- ponent. of all that is most reprehensible in the modern significance of that term. The head of the Frankfort house of the Rothschilds recently received a mod- est request from a young man who stated that the cooper’s trade, to which he had been apprenticed, distasteful to him, and asked to be accepted as ‘‘an apprentice millionaire,’’ promising dil- igence and all application in ‘*the business.’’ Was learning The Kansas farmer is wealthy this His mortgages have been lifted keeps his money. It sticks in season. and he his crop. New Jersey is bragging over a cat that has forty-one toes. The animal ought to be able to win by a scratch. Some obscure men make themselves conspicuous by telling what means they use to avoid publicity. The popularity of rag-time songs is wearing out. The songs are old and ragged already. A bad man does his best and most careful lying when he is under oath. There is hope for a man who does not love his sins. OVER-DRAUGHTS ON NATURE. In the rush of modern material development, where nature’s resources are drawn upon with utter recklessness, and no doubt is ever permitted to enter the mind that ex- haustless, the world is speeding to some mad these resources are costly and alarming embarrassments in the no distant future. Invention finding appliances and comforts that familiar products which were once practically prodigal has been so universal in new found in useless, and were profusion, are now being put to such a variety of uses that not only has their value risen, but the question of their continued supply is) becoming serious. We have seen forests along our Northern boundary disappear in a quar- ter OF a thought century when it was. once last for centuries! Great coal and oil fields have been ex- hausted and in many directions the vo- they would racious appetite of our phenomenal mod- ern Civilization is causing a scarcity on nature’s tabie. But the most pronounced and in many result’ of this use of an important article in and industry, without effort heretofore to provide the output, is the growing scarcity of the rubber supply. respects most serious prodigal commerce for replenishing exhausted ‘The vast amounts of this universally useful prod- uct which have been required within the past two or three years for bicycle and carriage tires, for electric insulation and the multitude of uses to which rubber is now put, have produced almost a rubber famine, which will put a check number of have a tendency to of a men- the manufacture things, on useful those tioned among others, or to raise prices The rubber of commerce comes from the sap of the rubber trees and the latter are being recklessly exhausted. It takes twenty years to grow the tree toa profit- able producing point. Even if countries where the tree flourishes should be utilized for the planting of millions of more trees, what is the world to do in the to a point beyond popular reach. now next twenty years, with the present sup- ply short and the demand increasing? Questions such as these are worthy of international consideration, as much = so political it will not be many years more before govern- will have to begin taking ener- getic measures for preserving nature’s as great matters, and ments fruitfulness and resources by enforcing economy, discouraging waste and pro- viding for replanting, restocking and restoring in every direction, There is a man in Huntington, W. Va., who has just been married to his fifth wife, all of his wives having been He has just his 50th was married to his first wife She was Miss Jennie Moffatt, four sisters. year, and when Io. and her sisters, passed successors have been her Ada, Catherine, Missouri, and finally Anna. She is 26 and good look- ing. ‘There is but one more of the Mof- fatt girls left, and she is now 20. The parents of the girls made no objection to their daughters wedding Mercer. Consumption carried off most of the Mrs. Mercers. Mr. Mercer is the father of eight children. Mercer declares that he just simply fell in with the Moffatt family. love Buffalo wants to be a Chicago. It would be much better to be a greater Buffalo. Someone who has been there says the happiest part of a vacation is getting home. 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather An Octogenarian’s Reminiscences of Whipping the Cat. Written for the Tradesman. But few of the readers of the Trades- man will understand the meaning of the heading of this contribution, but there are doubtless some veterans in the boot and shoe trade, and out of it, who will recall its significance and perhaps smile at the recollections it inspires. Aged men and matrons who in child- hood were content and happy in the possession of a single yearly pair of cowhide or calfskin shoes or boots, man- ufactured at their own homes, usually during the months of October and No- vember, will realize the full significance of those three words, “‘whipping the cat.’ ’ The writer’s recollections carry him back to 1824, the year of the election of John Quincy Adams to the presidency, and for many years after ‘* whipping the cat’’ was a busy time with the local sons of Saint Crispin, and a source of excite- ment and pleasure to all the members of the family, from oldest to youngest. The yearly visit of the village shoemaker to the farmers’ homes was at hand and the boots and shoes to supply the entire family were to be made up under their own roof. Just why this regular custom of going from house to house by the shoemaker to make and mend shoes was called ‘‘whipping the cat,’’ or how it originated, is unknown to the writer. These visits were of long or short dura- tion according to the size of the family and the expertness of the shoemaker. He always boarded in the family, and it was sometimes charged that where the fare was unusually good he was liable to stretch out his job a little. The work was done by the piece, and the price varied according to sizes. Of course, all the old shoes came in for re- pair. The farmers always furnished their own leather, which was from hides of animals that had died during the year or been butchered for consumption and made into leather by the village tanner and currier. Mechanics and laborers purchased their leather of the shoemaker or of the general dealer nearest at hand. The regular merchants always kept a small stock of leather on hand. With the exception of light calfskin shoes for ladies, or an occasional pair of calfskin boots for a gentleman, all shoes were pegged. The shoemaker manufactured his own pegs out of a block of thoroughly-seasoned hard maple timber, a block of which he al- ways carried with his kit of tools, saw- ing off the length he needed, splitting with a knife made for the purpose and pointing by beveling the two edges of the strips, and again splitting the strips into pegs the size required with his shoe knife. This would be thought a slow process in this fast age. Lastmaking was still more bungling and slow. Shoemakers usually made and altered their own lasts, frequently mak- ing them for their customers where un- usual sizes or shapes were required. Such a thing as rights and lefts was un- known. The lasts were all made straight. I can remember having my ears boxed for neglecting to change a new pair of shoes from one foot to the other every morning. This was required to prevent their running down at the heel. In writing of lastmaking I recall a little incident that very much amused me when I wasa boy: I was waiting in the village shoemaker’s shop for a toe-cap to be put on my shoe, when a large man, the blacksmith of the vil- lage, who was conspicuous for his enor- mous feet, came in to try on a pair of calfskin boots just finished for him. The boots proved to be too tight a fit, and the blacksmith was making things look blue by his remarks when the shoe- maker interrupted him by pulling down the last upon which they were made, as he exclaimed; ‘‘I cut the biggest hard maple tree I could find in Major Allen’s woods to make that last and do you own up to a foot bigger than that block of wood?’’ The good natured re- tort of the blacksmith was what amused me: ‘‘Well, Deacon,’’ he replied, ‘‘ you don't need to take it to heart so. You measured my _ foot for these boots more than six months ago, and my foot has had time to grow considerably since then.’’ To appreciate the joke the read- er is informed that the shoemaker was as remarkable for his lack of prompt- ness in filling orders as the blacksmith was for the enormous size of his feet. Surely time has wrought wonderful changes in footwear. I recollect seeing, when a boy, a_ well-preserved pair of high-heeled sharp-toed shoes that were worn by my Grandmother at her wed- ding, and they were exactly like those that ornament the show windows of our up-to-date shoe stores to-day, only made of coarser materials. This unnatural style of footwear had slumbered more than a hundred years. Alas that it should be revived by the present generation! It is to be hoped that when fickle Dame Fashion again consigns it to oblivion it may stay there. Square-toed shoes have had their run, and varied in width from three-fourths of an inch to two and one- half inches. The latter extreme was a libel on the shape of the white man’s foot. Round toes have gone through all the changes in widths, from the ungain- ly duck’s bill down to a medium, com- mon sense, narrow, shapely toe, when the length of the shoe could be propor- tioned to the size of the foot and become what it ought to be, a thing of comfort as well as of beauty. Alas that they should have been superseded by that fad of fashionable torment, the shark- toed monstrosity. At the time of which I write ladies’ dress shoes were made of morocco or prunella as it was called. The manu- facture of that soft and beautiful ma- terial for ladies’ shoes known as kid was unknown. Verily, the changes in the shoe trade have been great within the last seventy years and the gorgeous shoe emporiums of to-day would not have been dreamed of in the days of which I write. W. S. H. Welton. ——_>0.__ Prosperity Gauged by Pie. A curious feature of the prosperous times is the fact that the consumption of pastry has increased largely within the past few years. A well-known baker said yesterday that he is now selling fully 25 percent. more pies than he was four or five years ago. ‘To what do you attribute this?’’ he was asked. ‘“Well, I think, to put it in a few words, a great many people can afford to eat pie now who could not when the hard times were upon us. The clerk who went to the restaurant to get his lunch would then put up with a sand- wich. Now he feels he can afford some dessert, and there the pie comes in. “A laborer, who formerly was content with the plain fare put up for him by his wife now stops in a baker’s on his way to work and adds a pie to the con- tents of his dinner pail.”’ SnepIcor & HaTHAWAY shoes have a good reputa- tion—but not a whit better If they werent good, we wouldn't keep right on selling than they deserve. them, season after season, to the same old people. But we do—and a trial order will show you very clearly why we do GEO. H. REEDER & CO., 19 SOUTH IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PReenea ee, fREMOVED } AT HOME, 10-22 N. IONIA ST. i If you want the best Leather : Top Lumbermen’s Rubber made, buy our “Ajax.” It is made of duck, with rolled edge, and oil grain top, heel and spring. RINDGE, KALMBACH, LOGIE & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. eececcecccececececeec” BUY GOLD SEAL RUBBERS They are Pure Gum and the best Coie made. Send for price list to GOODYEAR RUBBER CO., 382-384 EAST WATER STREET, MILWAUKEE, WIS. W. W. WALLIS, Western Manager. Copornerenaroncrnarncvenananey RALNLL AH YI 9 9 TOT YETTA NET NNT TNT TOPO NT NET NTP NEP OP Or NNT NET Nee NEP ere ter acy we BEST AUN GOODYEAR GLOVE RUBBERS can be purchased at 25 and 5 off from new price list. Write HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Grand Rapids GUAAU AMA ANA ANA ANA Jbk JUN 444 144 04k bk Abd Jd Jd Jb4 Jb4 04k dd dd ddd ddd VIPNOP NTI HNT NP NT ATP ITP NOPE ENTER TLS Ma dU Abb dh ddd bk Jhb dk bh dba ddd z Zi \ / ' ' < 4 . “ u “= ~~ a ‘ * — < * ~ - “ = ae a . * » « MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 Deductions from Shoes, as Interpreted by the Porter. ‘‘Yes,sah, yes, sah,’’ said the porter, as we sped along in the smoker at mid- night, “‘sho’s you bawn I kin always tell er man by de way he wears out his shoes. I been shinin’ shoes on dis. run fo’ yeahs an’ yeahs, an’ nevah make er mistake ‘bout any man.’’ And the old fellow gazed at the long row of footwear in front of him. ‘*Dis heah gemman, fo’ instance,’’ he said, picking up a neat looking tan, ‘‘dis heah gemman, he been wearin’ dis pah o’ shoes fo’ er long time, but dey is wo'’n ‘bout de same all roun’. You don’ see any runin heah and wearin’ out dar. Dey jes’ de same all roun’. Now dat gemman, he gave mo’ trouble den all de res’ ob de cyah all to- geder. He want everything jes’ so, an’ ef I fo’git de leas’ thing he be ringin’ me up fo’ I kin git back to where I started. Nex’ mawnin’ ef I give him er brush off he keep me busy doin’ dis and doin’ dat tell I don’t have time to pay ‘tention to t’other gemmen, an’ den he gives me ten cents.’ “ovah The old man was silent for a moment as he contemplated the villainous tend- encies of such a character. ‘*An’ den, ef he makes reg’lar runs, he don’ even give me ten cents, but he say ‘Nex’ time, Sam, I give a quatah,’ but I don’ git no quatah, sho’s yer bawn, tell he makes sev’rul mo’ trips. No, sah, don’t you talk ter me ‘bout dese men what weah dey shoes out de same all ‘roun. Dey am pow’ful mean men, an’ no mistake. ‘*Now, heah am de kind o’ shoe | like. You see dis one, it am worn out at the heel an’ at de toe, an’ worn flat in the centah ob de hoof. Now dat gem- man, he’s all right. He call me an’ he say, ‘Ole man, make down my bed de fust chance you git,’ an’ den he go an’ loaf roun’ in de smakah tell I tole him his bed made down, an’ den he swing in widout sayin’ anything, an’ fust thing you know he soun’ sleep. No, sah, he don’ go tearing roun’ *bout dis thing and dat thing. Ef t’ain’t jes’ right he jes’ say, in his min’, yo know, ‘Dam de diff’ence,’ an’ off he go to sleep. ‘*Dis gemman, he all right, too. He ain’t no‘cah’luss man, but he jes’ go ‘long and tend his business widout rais- in’ so much cain, an’ yet he do mo’ in er day den dat yan’ feller he do in er month. Nex’ day I brush him off an’ get done an’ he not say er word, an’ den he rec’h down an’ han’ me er quatah while he finish readin’ his papah. Dat am er nice gemman, sho’s yeh bawn. “‘An’ den _ heah’s gemman, which sometime I like an’ sometime I don’t like. You see his shoe, hit am worn all kinds 0’ ways. Dey am hollered out here and turned off dar an’ have all sorts 0’ cu'ous bruises. Now dat fellah, he don’t give er damn whether he go ter bed er not, sometime, an’ den agin he apt to sleep er nother kind o’ all day. Sometime I like to watch an’ see jes’ whut he gwine do nex’, fo’ he certily am a cur’ous white man. Ef he got any stuff he jes’ apt to give yeha dollah as er quatah, but den sometime he broke an’ yeh don't get nothin’, but all de same I like dis gemman. Ef he git mad he madder’n de debbil _hisself, but gen’ly he don’ care how de win’ blow. ‘“Dis gemman I don’ like neither. No, sah, I don’ like dis gemman,’’ said the old man, picking up another pair of tans. ‘‘Yeh see dis heah shoe? Hit am worn out mo’ at de toe den anywhar else. Dat man he a_pow’ful lot o’ trouble. He am fidgity, an’ er fidgity man am worse’n er fussy woman, an’ er fussy woman--may de Lawd sab me. ‘Dis man he always in er hurry. He asks me er thousand questions. He want his bed made down befo’ any- body else an’ he want hit made up befo’ anybody else, an’ all enduin’ ob de night he ringin’ fo’ de potah. Dere he go now, heah him? Let him ring. | done been dere sev’] times, an’ he don’ want a Lawd’s blessed thing wuth_ no- ticin’. De wus thing ’bout him, he got er bad mem’ry. When he get nigh whah he goin’ he so fidgity to get off dat he fo’git ev’rything else, fo’git his grip an’ his walkin’ stick, an’ he nevah fails to disremember dat you done wait on him like er dawg all night. Das de meanes’ thing ’bout dis heah fidgity gemman. | hope he don’ git on my cyah no mo’ dis summah. ‘*But heah’s sompin’ I don’ like. He has one ob dem Jonah shoes. You ask any potah an he tell you dat dis kin’ er shoe mighty nigh bring er wreck er sompin’ wuss ev'ry time. Now look at dat shoe, sah. See dat lef’ heel. Evah see anything like it? Hit am worn right off’n one side. How you spose dat gemman evah weah he shoe off dat way? Don’ know? Cose you don’, nobody else. Dat man am a Jonah man, sho’s yeh bawn, an’ | been feelin’ on- comfitabul evah since I see dat shoe. I say to myself, ‘Sam, yeh bettah be pow'ful cahful ternight, case dat Jonah man am on de cyah,’ an’ I am still pes- ter’'d *bout hit. Dat man he cu’ous sho’ “nuff. He nevah say nuthin’ all de time. He sot still an’ look out’n de winder, an’ now an’ den when you pass by, he roll dem eyes 0’ his roun’ at you an’ it make your blood freeze, dat what he do. I plum’ 'fraid 0’ dat kin’ o’ man, an’ I nevah do anythin’ mo’n I kin help fo’ him. No, sah, I wouldn’t touch dat man wid my broom fo’ sev‘n- ty-five cents, no sah. ‘* Heah am er nother kin’ 0’ shoe I don’ like. Look at it. Hit am narro’ all er- long an’ flat as er pancake, wid a short toe, an’ hit am worn down on de in- side ob de fron’ sole. Dat man am er dude. Anybody kin see dat. He gib de potah a heap o’ trouble an’ pow’ ful little ob anything else, lemme tell you, He call me in de mawnin’ an’ he say: ‘Potah, potah, did you polish—he allers says polish—did you polish my shoes?’ Den I gins ter git mad, but I keeps polite an’ I say: ‘Yes, sah, I shined ‘em,’ but he say, ‘Well, dey don’ look like hit. I wish you would take them back an’ go ovah dem agin.’ An’ den I take dem back an’ sot dem down in de conah fo’ er few minits widout so much as touchin’ dem, an’ when I take dem back he look pow’ful pleased, case he think he goin’ ter look finer’n anybody else. He take up mo’ room in de smokah dan anybody, an’ he fool eroun’ an’ com’ his hair an’ fix his tie teil de dinin’ cyar am pulled off an’ den he al- mos’ break his heart case he miss his breakfas’.’’—New York Sun. —— 0 There is an epidemic of fleas in one of the New York markets. It is said that the torments have been ‘brought from Puerto Rico in the warships that are being overhauled at the navy vard, and that the insects are traveling about the city in all directions. In the par- ticular market referred to, which is not far from the navy yard, the market men who can afford it have gone away, leav- ing their clerks in charge. The Puerto Rico visitors are larger than those in- digenous to North America, and are as vicious as New Jersey mosquitoes, so , Say the market men. Seasonable Hints for Merchants in Line. Any No matter how busy you may be, turn to the customer and say: ‘“‘Ina moment I'll wait on you ;’’ or something else to make him feel that it is best to wait. Fly-specked, dirty goods, ill-arranged boxes, windows in need of scrubbing, floors that are dirty and not swept, ofend the eye and drive away custom- ers. When a man praises goods don’t ex- pect to sell him; or, if you sell him, look out that he pays his bill promptly. A man seldom flatters unless he has an object in view. A clerk is selected not only to be a seller of goods, but to his keeping are committed the honor, dignity and re- spectable standing of the house. The clerk completes the work of the printed advertisement; the advertise- ment brings the buyer to the store, and the clerk has it in his power either to attract or repel. The ideal clerk is the man or woman who is uniformly polite; who shows proper interest in the purchase of the customer, and who is equally courteous to all of whatever station. Don’t neglect the child; the mother may have no one else to do the shopping for her, and, although children are try- ing to one’s patience, they should be treated with equal attention and polite- ness. 2 - Stammered Only When He Talked. A story is told of a drummer who stammered badly and went to an_ insti- tute where they make such cases a spe- cialty. His infirmity was so bad that even the expert in charge was aghast, and finally could restrain himself no longer. ‘“Heavens alive, my good man,’’ he exclaimed, ‘‘do you always stammer like that?’’ ** Q-0-0-0-oh, n-n-n-n-no,’’ gasped the drummer, talk.”’ ‘‘o-o-only when I t-t-t-t- AUD SHOE TALK Some shoes not only wear out themselves, but they wear out their wearers. TAPPAN SHOES well Those are the kind of shoes people wear and feel delightful. want. Do you sell them? don’t, why don’t you ? These goods should find a place in your store. If you Write for price list. TAPPAN SHOE MFG. CO., COLDWATER, MICH. ve HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO., “™~ Winter Pretty warm just now—-but Win- ter‘s coming—there will be snow and rain and slush; cold winds will blow. Your customers will ask for Overgaiters and Lamb’s Wool Soles; they will ask for Sox and Felt Boots. If not you can get them, our stock Have you them? is complete. Write to us. Manufecturers cho Grand Rapids. eoceqeeecesoooso cooeeeee prouieediatavcr ee THE BRUCE GENERATOR prejudiced in faver of i 1. The generating capacity is larger than any other Gen- erator on the market, holding 1 ib. carbide to % foot burner. 2. Our carbide container is a compartment pan, with SS pockets holding from 1 to 3 ibs. each, the water acting on | | but one at a time, thus no heating or wasting of gas. 3. There are no valves to be opened or closed by forks, It is extremely simple and is sure. ratchets or levers. 4. Our Gasometer has no labor to perform, thus insuring at all times the same even pressure. 5. All pipes are self draining to the condens- ing chamber. 6. Our Gasometers for same rat d capacity are the largest on the market, and will hold a large supply. It saves. 7. The Bruce Generator, when left to do its own work, will not blow off or waste the gas. 8. Not least, but greatest. Our Purifier takes out all moisture and impurities from the gas, making it impossible for pipes to clog up or the burners to choke up and smoke. ll l s a ia BRUGE GENERATOR CO., MIIS. 183-187 W. 301. SL POUL MINN | agents for mich. Suckson. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. — Observations by a Gotham Eggs Man. Some shipments of Western refrigera- tor eggs have recently been noticed in the receipts at this point. It is rather a risky business landing these goods on our docks during such weather condi- tions as are to be expected in August and early September. Refrigerator eggs taken out of cold storage now must be used up very quickly for they depreciate rapidly in quality ; consequently stock of this character now arriving must be forced to sale and it is hard to find buy- ers for cold storage eggs outside of the Dealers here who can use the warehouses. this class of stock at all want it in cold rooms whence they can take out a few at a time as immediate needs re- quire. For this reason eggs stored right here in New York have a considerable advantage over those stored ata dis- tance so far as_ the local consumptive trade is concerned. ee The experience of egg receivers who have been handling the best marks of Western candled eggs this summer leads to the conviction that this method of grading and packing eggs for the New York market is bound to grow to. larger proportions in the future. Heretofore it has been a common belief among egg shippers that it did not pay to grade eggs for this market, but it is probable that this experience was gained by those who did not grade as closely as neces- sary to permit sales at top market prices at mark. Of those shippers who have sent candled eggs to New York this summer only two or three have put the up in such manner as to secure prompt buyers at mark, and they have been very well satisfied with the results. Their goods have been sought for and were promptly salable on arrival at mark, even when the general condition of the market for average qualities was of a de- cidedly unsatisfactory character. ‘Those who have made the attempt to furnish stock of this character and who failed could easily have kept their goods up to the required standard by a closer grad- ing and a better appreciation of the de- mands of buyers willing to take stock at full prices case count. goods It is an old subject but one which some egg shippers seem too old to learn about. A receiver called me in the other day to exhibit some fillers which had been used in a lot of eggs con- signed to him. ‘They were weak, flimsy things with no more stiffness or stability than a high collar in dog days. The card- board used was of the thinnest sort and the weight of the eggs had broken the fillers down and caused serious from breakage. I suppose the shipper saved as much as three cents a case by using these abominable makeshifts and their use cost him at least 30c per case in broken eggs. It seems singular that any one familiar with eggs should not fully appreciate their fragile character and the necessity of packing them in good, strong and_ substantial packages. loss Something about cull eggs may be in- teresting to egg shippers. There is a very good outlet for these goods, the Jewish trade taking them in liberal quantity, but their value is so irregular that an explanation of the different qual- ities may be useful. Of course the qual- ity of the second grade varies according to the method of grading. We have in mind one shipper up in the Northwest who is grading his eggs very closely and who realized 13%c at mark for his seconds toward the close of last week. In this case the first grade was rated as ‘‘extra’’ and sold at 17¢c at mark. The seconds from these goods, however, do not contain all the eggs thrown out of the highest grade; all very dirty and all eggs which are made weak and watery, by reason of hot weather are broken out into tins and frozen for winter bakers’ trade; naturally the seconds are thus made of very nice quality and command a relatively high price. There are other marks of seconds from candled firsts which contain the very dirty and the weak eggs; on the same market as men- tioned above these sold for 12c general- ly, in rare instances 12%c, but only when the loss in bad eggs was very light. Seconds from eggs which are not carefully candled, but which are only roughly assorted as to size and cleanness by hand, naturally show heavier losses and have to go at lower prices—general - ly about g@1oc, but with occasional lots showing unusually light loss going at wa@ic higher. a It has been estimated by an English Statistician that the use of eggs in the United Kingdom amounts to about 42 per year for each head of population. This would be altogether too low an es- timate for the consumption in this coun- try. When one begins to figure on probable egg production in the United States startling figures are encountered. Considering that a population of about 4,000,000 people is served with eggs from the receipts at New York City, the consumption in this vicinity would seem to be about 250 eggs per year for each person. Probably this is a greater aver- age consumption than would be found to prevail in the whole country, but it would be reasonable to estimate an av- erage of 150 eggs for each person in the United States--about 3 eggs per week each. This would necessitate a_pro- duction of say 10, 500,000,000 eggs, about 26,000,000 cases averaging 400 eggs each. When it is considered that the receipts in New York City alone are about one-tenth of this amount while the population using New York’s re- ceipts is little more than one twentieth of the whole, it would seem certain that the above estimate is below rather than above the fact. If all these eggs were placed in a row lengthwise, they would form a solid chain of eggs nearly 340, - 000 miles long-—-long enough to encircle the earth more than fourteen times or to reach 100,000 miles beyond the moon. If they were packed in cases of the av- erage size and these were piled one on the other in the usual way they would make a tower of egg cases over 5,000 miles high or they would stretch 10,000 miles if the cases were placed end to end. Ifthe hens of the country average 105 eggs a year each this rate of pro- duction would indicate a population of 100, 000, 000 hens, not to speak of roosters and non-laying chickens. At an average price of 12c per doz., the egg crop at this rate of calculation would represent a value of $105,000,000 per year. Truly, the American hen isa great bird!—N. Y. Produce Review. —_—~>-8 <2 Excursion Rates to Detroit. Sept. 16 to 20, inclusive, the Michi- gan Central will sell tickets to Detroit and return at one fare for the round trip. Good to return until Sept. 30. Phone 606 for full particulars. W. C. Blake, Ticket Agent. —— Many a candidate thinks himself a Clay, only to discover after the election that his name is Mud. -.. eer... BUTTER *= EGGS CARLOTS ORLESS. WRITE FOR PRICES F. O. B. T. B. TRUESDELL & Co., us": New York il ln ll ll i lil in A prrnneeFr. A 215 DUANE ST. i a Are you looking for a good market to place your Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums If so ship to R. HIRT, Jr., Detroit, Mich. 34 and 36 Market Street and 435-437-439 Winder Street. SS ( We have every facility for handling your fruits to best advantage. Cold Storage and Freez- 4 ing Rooms in connection. Seventy-five carload capacity. Correspondence solicited. we ee ws ws Nee ee ow er ee ene s POT TLITZER BROS. FRUIT Co., § ° COMMISSION MERCHANTS s . IN FRUITS OF ALL DESCRIPTION = 5 Also POTATOES, CABBAGE, ONIONS AND APPLES s a In Carload Lots. e - Our motto: Quick sales and prompt remittance. 5 e LAFAYETTE, IND. FT. WAYNE, IND. = COROCHORTORORCBOROROROROKOROROROROHOROHOEOEOHOEOCHOHOE Butter and Eggs--Do you have any to Ship? For the past five years we have shipped Butter to the resort towns of Northern Michigan, and Eggs to the New England States. In addition to those markets we have a growing local demand for extra goods at extra prices. We want to arrange with a few more customers for regular shipments of fine, fresh stock at a stated price on track. It will cost you only a cent to tell us what you are shipping, and get prices and references. STROUP & CARMER, 38 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. TIMOTHY We are direct receivers and recleaners of Western grown Timothy. If you do not receive our regular quotations write to-day. Best grades and iowest prices. : ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., 24 AND 26 N. DIV. ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Samples sent on application without charge. WANTED FANGY YELLOW PEACHES STRANGE & NOKES, WHOLESALE FRUITS. CLEVELAND, OHIO. MAKE A NOTE OF IT. WE HANDLE POTATOES APPLES CABBAGE ONIONS CABBAGE now wantTeD. Quote us. MILLER & TEASDALE Co. ST. LOUIS, mo. RECEIVERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. RED STAR BRAND CIDER VINEGAR is not excelled by any vinegar on the market. A trial will convince. A GUARANTEE BOND goes to every purchaser, warranting its purity and protecting him in its sale. Let us quote you prices. THE LEROUX CIDER AND VINEGAR CO., Toledo, Ohio. ~~ Tee «< ™ > - ~ | “| & ~ -~ fn. ders - -~ Ww MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News From the Metropolis—Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Sept. 9--This town is full of visitors and the hotels are jammed. The people are here from all over the world and seem to have money to spend without stint. The grocery jobbing houses are all rushed to death to fill or- ders, and yet it would be hard to pick out any one thing that is selling beyond all precedent. Prices are firm and noth- ing shows weakness. The chief topic among grocers has been the new sugar factor plan. As given out the new plan will make sugar cost about 1-16c less than under the old regime. It is not compulsory that job- bers buy of the trust to get this rebate, as was reported at one time. The sched- ule will go into effect on Monday. This will make trust sugar quotations the same as Arbuckles. Among all staples coffee seems to be about the dullest and the actual trans- actions have been very light indeed. They are having a_ lot of holidays in Brazil just now and the reports from there are meager. In store and afloat the stock aggregates 1,264,062 bags,against 1,103,537 bags at the same time last sea- son. Rio No. 7 is quotable at 5! @ODOQOOOHHODLOOHHHOOOHHOHHHHES 90000006 O0OOOOOT 9OOHQOOONS I have a steady local demand for fancy Eggs and good table Butter and.am prepared to pay the highest market price for same. Quotations on application. I solicit consignments of Honey, Veal and Live Poultry and pay top prices for best stock. 98 South Division St., Grand Rapids 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN DRUG TRADE IN PERIL. Organization the Paramount Duty of the Hour.* The actual and distressing need of universal, thorough and practical organ- ization has never been more apparent and imperative than it is to-day in the retail drug business. Our attendance here to-day is small and represents but parts of the State, and those widely scattered; we have no authority to act for those not present and we do not even know, to a_ certainty, what they really want us to do. The day of the depart- ment store is at hand, and our business and profession are in jeopardy. Unless your postmaster, express agent and freight agent ‘‘put you on’’ or keep you posted, little do you know, or real- ize, of the vast amount of our business that is being done by it; but there is scarcely a town or village in this State but whose inhabitants are daily contrib- uting to the support of the department store by the purchase of drugs and drug- gists’ sundries through the use of the mails and express companies, and the monster gains and grows momentarily ; surely but silently it is eating into the very vitals of trade, and if we do not organize and _ protect ourselves now, as we ought to, and while we have a chance to, my friends, the time will come, and it is not far distant, either, when our business shall entirely pass into its hands and we shall be compelled to relinquish the profession in which we have invested our talents and to which we have devoted the priceless years of our lives in study and care and responsibility, only to become its hired mechanical clerk——and all simply be- cause we have neglected the duty of organization and _ self-protection in the time when the opportunity was ripe for it. The law is now on our side, the peo- ple are now on our side and, indeed, there are none against us, to speak of, but the department stores (and a few nice friends like the Cuticura people) ; yet alas! ‘‘Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.’’ We shall have our hands full with this one enemy alone. With its grip of greed, it despises and ig- nores the laws of equity and justice and exactly reverses the Golden Rule; it presumies not to care whether we are learned and skilled or ignorant and careless; it recognizes not the cost of preparation for a life of responsibility, and it renders valueless and sets at naught the learning and the skill and the services of the schools and colleges of pharmacy in our land. In this respect it is an enemy and a menace to the safety of the public and it laughs and scoffs and sneers at intelligent, trained and skilled public service. It has no business to handle drugs; that business is a profession and belongs only to those who have made ita careful study and whose stock in trade is not all piled upon the shelves of their stores or dis- played in their mammoth windows, but invested as well in years of study and preparation for the careful sale of poi- *Paper read at annual convention of Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, by Samuel Kidder, Jr., of Almont. sonous and dangerous drugs and for the safety and protection of the public health, and whose capital is brains as well as goods. I repeat that the drug business is a profession and belongs only to the registered pharmacists of this Republic, but once the department store gets in possession of it, nothing short of anarchy will ever cause it to let go again. In the city of Chicago to-day there is being reared a building higher. than the highest now standing there. | will not advertise it further here and now except to say that it will be occu- pied by one of these, our enemies, whose tentacles of greed and avarice reach out through the mails and express companies, even now to the very doors of the customers of every man who sits in this assembly! Friends, | tell you it is about time that we did something to stop this monster of greed from med- dling with our business, and it is time it was done quickly,too. It is high time to wake up and find out what we don’t know-—-where ‘tis folly to be ignorant ‘twere better to be wise. I'll venture to say that a whole lot more than half of us actually don’t know how much _ busi- ness is being done right in our own towns by these same department stores, let alone what they are doing in their own cities, and I tell you further, if you don’t take pains to find out about it, you will never know until it is too late to stop it. As the worthy Secretary of the Na- tional Association so forcibly puts it, ‘“*We are like a great giant, who, piti- ably unconscious and unmindful of his vast strength, allows himself to be treated as a child.’’ We have the power to control the situation now, if we would only use it. The reason we have not used it is because we are in the same condition that people were in before the days of steam and _ electricity—they had the power, plenty of it, but they did not use it; they did not know how to apply it. And that is just what is the matter with us. Then it is plain our duty to-day lies in the application of the power we already have. This fact the National Association of Retail Drug- gists is aptly demonstrating, and it re- mains for us simply to ‘keep up steam, ”’ to develop more power, to do our duty individually. ‘‘In unity there is strength,’’ therefore let us get together, form associations in every section of the country and transmit the accumulated power to the central station—the Na- tional Association. Let us form a small or local association in every county in this State ; therein—and in no other way, it is my opinion—we shall reach every druggist who is too poor, too busy, or too negligent to come here or to go any great distance from his store toa meet- ing; therein we shall get acquainted; obtain his support, teach the lesson of co-operation and combination, the es- sential laws of true progress to-day, and dispel the old and false doctrine that ‘‘competition is the life of trade’’ ina business which is half profession. It is too much like the old story of the boys stoning the frogs—-fun for the boys (and the people) for a little while, but death to the frogs. Competition, however, like everything else, is of two kinds—healthy and unhealthy, honest and dishonest ; it may have been, as it has often been called (but I doubt it), the ‘‘life’’ of trade, but it surely has been in our trade the death of many a tradesman and of his business, much to the satisfaction and engorgement of the department store. It is no longer called the ‘‘life’’ of trade by men who are large enough and wise enough to see its true, real and final effect. It is far too often born of selfishness and grows on into adultera- tion and substitution. Competition of the kind that kills legitimate trade will do well enough for department stores, where the clerks are largely girls who ought to be in school and where the rankest kind of substitution is daily practiced upon a_ people half blind to their own interests; but it should not and must not be fostered by a profes- sional class of merchants who devote both time and money to become skilled in the preparation and careful sale of medicine for sick and suffering humanity. Our business is a dangerous one. A single careless or accidental act may cause death and _ suffering and forever ruin the business reputation of the pharmacist. Not so with the depart- ment stores. Let them compete for the low price and substitute and furnish shoddy and inferior goods, but let us compete for the high quality and care- ful service. Let us set a standard price and then let us compete to furnish the best article, the finest material, the highest quality, and the most careful service for that price—that’s the kind of competition the old man meant when he said it was the ‘‘life’’of trade. Co-operation is the power we must use to obtain success and to climb to pros- perity, not by attempting to drag and keep down our fellows, but by aiding them and being in turn aided by them, thus combining and multiplying the power of all, instead of wasting a large part against each other. A house di- vided against itself can not stand. The work of organization is now go- DCOOQOQOQDOOE OOQQOOQOOQODOOOOOOO vie POOOQODDO O©OQODOOQOOOQOOHOOGGHDOOOOQOOSOSO PDOOGOHOOODOOOQODOOO© HODDOOOES QOOOOODOOQOOQODOODOOOOQDOOOGGOOE i WE GUARANTEE Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE- JUICE VINEGAR. To any person who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS We also guarantee it to be of not less than 40 grains strength. We will prosecute any person found using our package- for cider or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom. Robinson Cider and Vinegar Co., Benton Harbor, Mich. J ROBINSON, Manager. This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our vinegar. manufacturer who has sufficient confidence in his output to stand back of his ROBINS similar guarantee? CIDER VINE ee ON THE RACCED EDCE OF THE LAW? =; © @ No, the law does not trouble us; S neither will it trouble you, Mr. > Grocer, if you buy Silver Brand @ Cider Vinegar. There are no 2 better goods made than these. Sweet cider, prepared to k2ep sweet, furnished October to March inclusive. A strictly first-class article; no trouble from fermentation,burst- ing of barrels or loss by becom- ing sour. GENESEE FRUIT CO. LANSING, MICH. NOOODOOOO DOODODOOQOOOOS See QLOLQLXLALQNAD ID, Do you know of any other roduct with a N CIDER AND VINEGAR CO. Omoononnsnn ssssss999999999%@ ee 7: : ‘| { i eed . a miking a great saving in freight. lot-. ventilation. Setting-up outtit included. One boy can set up from 75 to 100 barrels per day, and with your first order for 500 barrels we furnish free our setting- up outfit, or we charge you $3.00 for it and refund the $3.00 when you have purchased 500 barrels. The Hercules has been endorsed and recommended by all prominent fruit and commission men in Chicago, and is con- sidered the very best barrel for shipping any product requiring Our prices, f. o. b. Chicago, are as follows: Apple-barrel size, 171%4-inch head, 29-inch stave; 12 pecks. In lots of 100, heads & hoops.complete, knock down, each. .22c In lots of 209, hea:'s & hoops complete, knock-down, each. .21¢ In lots of 500, heads « hoops complete, knock-down, each. We can ship promptly. For turther particulars and sample barrel address, Hercules Woodenwaré 60., The Hercules Ventilated Barrel Just the barrel in which to ship apples, potatoes, onions, vegetables, or anything that requires ventilation. We furnish the barrels to you knock-down in bundles, thereby Fourth-class freight rates apply in less than car - 20C 293 W. 20th Place, Chicago, Ill. * ‘ " # = ~ % —_a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 ing on everywhere in this country and in every kind of business. Organiza- tion and united effort are now acknow]l- edged to be the genuine principles of success, and a great step toward pros- perity is gained when any community shows its desire to act in concert. Having a profession, as well as a business, we ought to be the most pros- perous class of merchants in America to-day, instead of the petty set of ad- vertised robbers we are said to be by the cutters and department stores. “The public have been sadly misinformed about our business and our supposed 500 per cent. profits. They have heard, but heard and forgotten, about one-half the whole truth. Everybody, except drug- gists themselves, thinks there is ‘‘lots of money’’ in the retail drug business to-day. Why? Because no two retail druggists in the same locality have the same prices for the same — identical goods, and the public have ‘‘guessed’’ from this fact that we can make or dis- pose of our goods at almost any old price and still make about 500 per cent. profit hence the multitude of people en- gaged in our business; hence the long hours of service and the inroads of traitors to our profession; hence the special burden yoked to our necks of an internal war revenue tax. But ‘there is money enough in our business yet to pay us well for the work of organizing it. Let me show you, for instance, one of the legitimate results of the system of organization which I pro- pose: Take, for example, morphine, that soul destroying, degrading drug, whose sale is a constant menace to the safety of the public--how much do you sell it for--4o, 50, maybe 60 cents per vial? In many places in this State it is sold for 4o cents, two for 75, and three for a dollar! What is the sense of it, my friends? Why, if it brought a dol- lar a vial it wouldn’t fully repay us for the danger and disgrace liable always to occur from its sale. Under the proper control of this system of organization it will bring what it ought to bring in every locality where we are not so_fool- ish as to fight instead of help each other. The real value of an organization de- pends upon the degree of its complete- ness, upon the perfection of its details, and to accomplish permanent and bene- ficial results the entire community must be ready to act in unison. The country places must be reached first else the sources of supply can not be kept track of nor controlled. The only way we can ever overcome the cut-rate evil and replace the drug business where it be- longs—-in the hands of registered phar- macists (unless we form a trust)——is to organize so thoroughly that we can know the exact position and attitude of every man in it, in regard to this question, and can know and control all sources of supply with promptness and accuracy. We must form small or local associa- tions in every competing locality. From them delegates should be sent to the State and National Associations which will then represent the whole and not a few scattering parts only of the country and which will then have vested in them authority to act for those not pres- ent,as well as to pass resolutions which, at the present time, may never be no- ticed, much less recognized, by the vast majority; which will then be able to dictate as well as to notify, and to con- trol as well as to advise. Then we won't have to put up with any such slim representation of the great State of Michigan as we have here to-day. Then the patent medicine people whose goods we have sold for them for years and helped to build their fortunes shall not turn on us and say, ‘‘ You sell my goods because you have to and you can’t help yourselves!’’ My friends, this is no idle talk. Less than one month ago, in the city of Chicago, the proprietor of a patent medicine well known in Michi- an told me those very words to my ace, and he didn’t leave off the empha- sis either! 1 went to see him about this very work of organization and the very first words he said were, ‘‘Oh, I don’t care anything about the retail drug- gists!’’ That wasn’t all he said either, but just a sample of the mean, despicable manner in which he treated the subject of organization of the retail drug trade, and gentlemen | tell you there is a whole lot more of his ilk who don’t care any more about us than he does, only they are most all too mighty wise and shrewd to say it out loud except a few of our particularly fine friends like Mr. Hood and the Cuticura people and a few others we all know well. But we don’t know who'll be next! If we don’t get together and organize pretty soon the way we ought to, my friends, it is my impression we are not going to be in it much longer,‘that is all! sl have had quite a little personal business and experience with some of these fellows during the past few months and I can tell you it is the same old story, with but little variation, Heaven does help those who hustle themselves, but while God feeds the dear little sparrows, He doesn’t throw the food right into their nests. They have to hustle to get it and we have got to hustle to get ours. We have all got to get together, stay to- gether and work together if we are go- ing to live together in harmony and prosperity and keep what little belongs to us, instead of becoming the patent medicine proprietors’ hired men who work for their board, and the ‘‘easy mark’’ and the standing advertisement of the department stores! | have developed a system for organ- izing small local associations which makes it a paying investment for the retail druggist to join and to keep up his interest therein. It has been thoroughly examined, heartily endorsed, and recommended to all retail druggists by. the Secretary and the Executive Committee of the National Association of Retail Druggists and | am now hav- ing it published in book form. It con- tains a comprehensive retail price-list of all drugs and poisons, in all ordinary salable quantities, and is systematical- ly and suitably arranged for both city and country use. Its use contemplates thorough organization. One of the main ideas of this system is to reach the fel- low-druggist who always stays at home —who’s there to-day, not by choice, perhaps, but because he can’t afford to go so far away and be gone so long ; and yet it is true it is often because he thinks it would do him no good if he did go, or because he fancies himself secure from all the evils of the trade, just because none of them have yet ap- peared in his own locality. This plan will create an association right in his own county where he will have no ex- cuse for non-attendance, where he can not even keep out of the way of it, and, in fact where it will almost compel him to take an interest in it, and once he becomes interested, it is like free- masonry——he will soon want another de- gree. The plans of procedure are as follows: To approach the retail druggist in his own store upon this question of forming a local association in his county; if he is favorable, present him with a printed slip, like a ballot, with the titles only of the officers of the association thereon, which are: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Organizer, Inspec- tor and Delegate to the State Associa- tion. On this slip is also a blank space for the time and place of the first meet- ing to be held. Let him fill out this slip with the names of the druggists whom he selects for the officers and the time and place when and where he can best go to the first meeting, and sign it, likewise the constitution, bylaws, rules and regulations of the association. Then review and arrange the price-list with him, taking his lowest prices. After seeing every druggist in the county thus, count the ballots and in- form them all by personal letters who is elected and when and where the first meeting will be held. Then arrange a complete price-list for each member, tak- ing the lowest prices given by any and all members as the minimum scale to be adopted, except such ones in’ which there may be a great variation, which should be left blank and decided upon at the first meeting. Attend this meet- ing, complete the list of prices to be iB A S NS SS De \) ! : f HI DOO rr eee LLLAMM Ess bath onnn state ees Manufacturers of all styles of Show Cases and Store Fixtures. Write us tor lilustrated catalogue and discounts. SEND FOR CATALOGUE This Showcase only $4.00 per foot. With Beveled Edge Plate Glass top $5.00 per foot. Serrrrrrrreret+es x Platform } b>} Tetette ttt ttt tet Delivery NO. 113 Not how cheap but how good. Write for catalogue and prices. THE BELKNAP WAGON CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEEEET ET TT PEPE Ep pepepe pe eepapepegey - Wagon _# Shh heheh heh hhh hop heheh hahah} 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN adopted, compile a complete black-list of every member's bad debtors, adopt a private cost-mark to be used on all out-going prescriptions, copies, formu- lae, receipts, etc., and then you will be better acquainted, you will have a good time, and you will ‘have an association which will accomplish actual results every day, right in each member's own store, in which the ‘‘net returns’’ will very soon become visible in your own money tills and in which life holds forth some prospects of better times well worth the slight efforts it has cost to form your association. Best of all, you will have an association whose influence ‘*works while you sleep, ’’ which shall fur- nish one certain sure representative every time there is a meeting of this State Association. Then you will have a crowd instead of a handful here. They will be clad with the garb of authority and sent here for a purpose other than a good time (as is the case to-day in the opinion of a good many who stay away on that very acount)), but then they can have that also. Then if they raise the price on you, $1.30 per dozen, for in- stance, or make you pay the war tax and you are looking —it will only be be- cause your representatives do not know what they are about, nor where they are at! But they won't do it, not on your life they won’t, when they know you are organized like that! They say now that a few of you get together and pass a few resolutions and that is all it will amount to; that you are perfectly harm- less and that they can just as well make you pay the war tax as not. That is what they say to-day, and you know it, and the worst of it is they believe what they say and they practice what they preach, don’t they? If the county is not large enough to send a delegate to the National Associa- tion also, let two or three counties join together and send one, so that every 100 retail druggists in this State shall have one representative in the National Asso- ciation of Retail Druggists. Then we will be ‘‘it’’ and we can do business at headquarters, as we ought to do. Realizing that faith without works is dead, I not only advocate this work of organization, but | am prepared and stand ready to take it up and promote it throughout this State with all my time and energy. My paramount object is to organize the retail drug trade thoroughly and permanently and, given the proper credentials of this Associa- tion to enable me to carry out these or any other plans of organization with promptness and efficiency and to awaken the interest of those not present here, I, for one, will undertake to form local as- sociations in every county in this State and place them upon a practical work- ing basis, without any expense whatever to this Association, my expenses to be paid out of the membership fees which I myself collect and *place within the treasury of each local association formed. I only ask your co-operation, and I submit this proposition to you purely as a matter of important busi- ness, and | thank you for your kind and close attention. Getting the People Criticising the Critic—Timely Advertising for Grocers. The following letter explains itself: Plainwell, Sept. 8--It is with absolute satisfaction that | read your criticism in your issue of Sept. 6 of my little at- tempt at poetry in adve ertising sticky fly-paper—it shows that it serves its purpose. It attracts attention. I didn’t dream of so much success. My aim in advertising has been to make myself heard. If I can’t do it with ‘‘Headquarters. for Sticky and Poison Fly-Paper at Star’s,’’ I can startle the public with poetry. The more shocking the poetry, the bigger the startle. This is my first offense in that line and probably the last. In any case, I don’t believe in the long, common, everyday advertising that nobody reads, such as the samples in the same issue that W. S. Hamburger says are ‘‘really good.’’ People, of course, are not all alike, but I don’t think that I am much out of the ordinary, and judging by the way they impress me they never would be read. To my poor taste they’re too long, too wordy. The average man isn’t in- terested enough in our affairs to wade through long small-typed advertisements containing no ripples to break the mo- notonous dead calm, no matter how faultless the wording may be. My opinion may be erroneous, but our business is good. Star Drug Store. I want to say right here that I was under a wrong impression in my criti- cism of the verse(?) in question. | thought it was an advertisement. My friend, the Star, calls it a ‘‘startle.’ He is right; | am wrong, and I apolo- gize. As I have said before, attracting attention is only one of the objects of advertising and wholly subordinate to its main object—that of selling goods. It is easy to attract attention. Two cats serenading on the back fence at mid- night can attract all the attention that’s loose, but the only effect they produce is an overwhelming desire to throw bricks and old shoes. A good salesman doesn’t find it necessary to dance the cake-walk in your office in order to promote the sale of his goods. Neither does a good advertiser find it necessary to turn ver- bal flip-flops in the newspapers. Busi- ness is a serious matter and advertis- ing should be just as serious. I don’t mean by this that it should be absolutely devoid of humor, but that the main ob- ject—selling goods—-should be always kept in view. As to my correspondent’s disbelief in the ‘‘long, common, everyday advertise- ments that nobody reads,’’ I would re- mind him that the catalogue houses have built up an immense business by the use of just such advertisements. If no- body read them, where would their business have come from? It is alsoa fact that the big department stores have grown, and are still growing, from the use of such advertisements. | Would poetry, so-called, of a character that would cause the Nine Muses to go into hysterics have developed these busi- nesses? I have taken up rather an undue amount of space in my reply to this let- ter, but I have done so because the writer was evidently sincere in his be- lief that he was in the right. I am glad to hear that his business is good. I rather thought that the public would be rather chary about dealing at such a ‘*startling’’ establishment. ae G. E. Hain, of Fremont, whose ad- vertising | reviewed in this department a_ short time ago, sends me a specimen of his latest advertisement, which is a decided improvement over his previous efforts. It would have been well to quote a few prices in the buggy and_ harness department; otherwise the advertise- ment is decidedly good. Be) ee A Wayland correspondent sends me a batch of three advertisements, one of which I disci as follows: oo The quality of nearly every- thing in the grocery line is judged from its purity, fresh- ness and cleanliness. So with our goods—they are pure, fresh and clean —hence of highest quality. Just so you can see how we sell them we quote these few prices: Lenox Soap—ro bars for 25¢. Sears’ Crackers—4¥% lbs. for 25¢. ages—35c. Royal Baking Powder—2oc cans —I7¢. Other goods at proportionate prices. Call and see us. Our “Best” Coffee, pure Mocha and Java mixture in 1 lb. pack- ages—put up by us—35c. Our ‘Best’? Tea—¥% lb. pack- BLANK & CO, Blankville, Mich. There is no reason why such adver- tising as this, kept up persistently and changed as frequently as possible, should not bring business to a grocery store. The average grocer can make his adver- tising extremely interesting to his cus- tomers if he will list such articles as the housewife is likely to need at the time the advertisements appear. Timely ad- vertising is a necessity for the grocer. He should keep his advertisements up- to-date as carefully as he does his stock —he should change his advertisements as religiously as he dusts his shelves. It is a specially good thing for a grocer to have a line of goods put up under his own name, and these goods should be the highest quality he keeps. He should guard the reputation of that brand with the greatest care. He should sell the goods under the most absolute money- back guarantee. He should advertise it vigorously. It is not so much the profit he makes out of this line of goods, as it is the prestige that the goods will bring him, that he should consider. Every can and every package that goes out under his special brand is an advertise- ment for him. It will aid him not only to retain his present trade, but to make new customers. This is not an experi- ment that | am advising —the thing has been done, and done successfully in most of our large cities. It will pay any grocer to try it. oe ek I would like to have some specimens of shoe advertising for criticism in the next issue. Will some of my readers who are in the shoe business kindly oblige me with some sample advertise- ments? W. S. Hamburger. a ee Why He Wanted Small Change. It was Saturday, and he was on his way home. : Stepping to the showcase in the cigar store he carefully surveyed the goods that were displayed in the boxes. ‘Are those three for a quarter?’’ he asked, pointing out a brand that seemed to please him. ‘*Yes,’’ said the man behind the counter. ‘‘We’re making a special sale of them this week. They have always been 10 cents straight.”’ ‘* All right,’’ said the customer. *‘ Let me have three of them.’’ A handful of the cigars was laid on top of the case, and he carefully selected three of them, after which he handed out a half dollar. The shopkeeper played a little tune upon his cash register and passed back a quarter. ‘*Say,’’ said the man who had bought the cigars, ‘‘can’t you give me some smaller change? My wife wants me to go to church with her to-morrow, and I'll need something for the contribution plate. I s’pose I might give upa quar- ter; but, by George, I have to work hard for every cent I get.’’ ee More Effective Than Valerian. ‘*This new man wants a room to him- self. _ He says he has nervous prostra- tion “Well, give him No. 20, at $8 a day —that will either kill or cure him.”’ UR A Vleet WWF alu Walder waa Waa Wasa aay Bour's Blendéd Goreés Higa ILS ae THE J. M. BOUR 60., Beat the world in the two greatest essentials to the retailee—QUALITY and PROFIT. Grocers who use them say that with our brands it’s once bought—always used. And we can sell them to pay you a handsome profit. It will pay you to get our samples and prices— that is, if you are in the business to make money. Some exceptional bargains in Teas just now. ask salesman when he calls. Write or 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 113=115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. ~ - - wR ne d- ti er. ip- ck nts “ It to * vis be . ild ith he “y- # it fit ie | ait _s ng ty i out se- a nly ike hb ri- 1as = in ay ? V% 2ns the we ers > dly se- av 14 his ; _-—*t var ods a he a 1ed the ale hi ays Let 7“ on “= ted 3 ded «2 une 2 ack ont «= me > to = and ion = lar- ard é -- im- 4 tra- day - — * - + 2 we —— u ie a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip President, CHAS. L. STEVENS, Ypsilanti; Sec- retary, J.C. SAUNDERS, Lansing; Treasurer, O. C. GOULD, Saginaw. ! Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association President, JAMES E. Day, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, JNO. A. MURRAY, Detroit: Grand Secretary, G. S. VALMORE, Detroit; Grand Treasurer, W. S. MEST, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131 Senior Counselor, D. E. KEYEs; Treasurer, L. F. Baker. Secretary- Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association President, J. Boyp PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Gripsack Brigade. Antonio Van Lopik, of Grand Haven, has engaged to. travel in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for Cohn Bros. & Co., of Chicago. Don’t talk politics. You are not out selling goods to democrats or republi- cans, but to merchants. When you are selling goods that is what you are out for, and attend strictly to business. G. S. Valmore, Grand Secretary of the United Commercial Travelers of Michigan, who has been spending the summer at his cottage near Henrietta, has returned to his home in Detroit. A successful drummer writes: ‘‘I let the merchant get the very best joke he can on me, and after a while he will be so pleased with the way he wound me up, and got the laugh on me, that he will turn around and give mea good order. ”’ If a man tells you that he will not look at your samples, and means it, and is a square man, it will be just as_ well to take your hat and leave. Let the leave-taking be gentlemanly and kindly on your part, and perhaps you have opened the way for your next call. Saginaw Courier-Herald: F. M. Rob- erts, traveling salesman for Phipps, Penoyer & Co., lets few opportunities for excitement pass him. Within the past three months he has been in three hotel fires and he was a_ passenger on the steamer Petoskey when it ran on the rocks in the Soo River last Sunday morning. Whether the diversion was arranged especially for his accommoda- tion does not appear. Do not be afraid to approach a_ mer- chant when the store is full of customers. Congratulate him upon the amount of business he is doing. Tell him that he is cleaning out his goods so fast that he will need a fresh supply very seon. Give him a hint in a single graphic word about some peculiarly desirable goods that you have that will soon be taken up, and you would like to give him a chance. If you put the matter just right he will do more business with you in five minutes than he would in five hours when there was no trade in the store. Boots and Shoes Weekly: ‘‘There are hundreds of clerks in retail shoe stores who are anxious to become traveling shoe salesmen,’’ remarked an old-time salesman recently. ‘‘There isn’t one chance in a hundred for them to suc- ceed,’’ he said. ‘‘ Many of the lines are carried on a commission basis, and it is a pretty tough proposition for a new and inexperienced man to make even a fair showing the first year. That is where they fail. Persistency will even- tually win out, but it costs time and money to be persistent in selling shoes. There are men selling shoes to-day who would jump at the chance of exchanging jobs with the retail shoe clerk who is getting fifteen dollars a week and get- ting it. A man to be a successful shoe salesman nowadays must have a wonder- ful makeup. Eventhen he is up against it, unless he has a line that is strictly in it. These shoe dealers—or at least most of them—know as much about shoes as the man who is selling them. Old and tried lines are given the pref- erence, complimentary orders being few and far between as compared with the good old times. Stay where you are, boys, and make your services just as valuable as possible.’’ ae a oe Arrangements For Annual Picnic. At a meeting of the Grand Rapids traveling men, held at Sweet’s Hotel last Saturday evening, Manley Jones was selected to act as chairman and Geo. Owen was permitted to officiate as scribe. After due discussion the chairman announced the following spe- cial committees : Athletic Sports—-Will Pipp, Geo. Rys- dale, Fred J. Ephlin, J. W. Sleight, Samuel Simmons, B. S. Davenport. — Arrangements—Geo. F. Owen, Chas. B. Fear, W. E. Richmond, Manley Jones, Jos. S. Perkins. Refreshments—-Mrs. Will Pipp, Mrs. Will Richmond, Mrs. Manley Jones. On motion of Jos. S. Perkins, an in- vitation was extended to every traveling man in Grand Rapids to attend the pic- nic with his family, with a double al- lowance of eatables adapted to the oc- casion. At the suggestion of Mr. Perkins, it was decided to place signs in all of the hotels on the day of the picnic, in- viting all visiting salesmen to_ partici- pate in the event. Inasumch as the Saginaw traveling men are anxious to come to Grand Rap- ids and get a dose of the same medicine taken by the Kalamazoo fraternity, it was suggested that it would be a good idea to play the game on the afternoon of the picnic, so that the effort involved in getting up a spread for the guests might not have to be repeated on an- other occasion. It was therefore decided to request Geo. Rysdale, captain of the Grand Rapids Invincibles, to arrange, if possible, to have the Saginaw visitors come to Grand Rapids on the date named. This he has undertaken to do, as will be seen by the following letter from Editor McPherson, who naturally acts as spokesman for the Saginaw nine: Your kind letter of the 1oth has been received. The manager and most of the boys are on the road, so it will be im- possible for me to give you a decided answer. I can only say that the mana- ger suggested that if you could adver- tise the game and charge an admission, you might be able to pay our team’s ex- penses out of the proceeds. It seems as if such a game would be quite an attrac- tion. That is the way the Elks did when our team went over there on the Fourth. However, this is merely a sug- gestion. I will submit your letter to the team next Saturday and we shall then give you a decided answer. 1 think, however, that we will have no difficulty in making an agreement. It would be impossible to play a return game here on account of there being no. suit- able grounds, and also on account of the lateness of the season. I think the 23 would be satisfactory to us, especially as you have your picnic on that date. I reckon the boys would want to come back that night, if possible, but I un- derstand the only train leaves at 5:10. If they don’t come then they can not get here until Monday noon, there being no Sunday train on the D., G. R. & W. or D., G. H. & M. If there is a later train that night we can take that and be O. K. Please write, stating whether you favor charging an admission and then paying our railway fare or not, so that I can have your answer in time to submit to the boys next Saturday. —_—_> 22 —___ Some politicians who claim to be self- made were evidently interrupted before the job was completed. The Vanishing Drummer. Now the glory of the drummer slowly pales and fades away, i Like the crimson of the sunset at the close of sum- mer day; And he looks into the future that contains no ray of hope, And he sees his finish waiting, without aid of tele- scope. Soon, ah, soon he will be jobless; stay at home henceforth he must, : And go down into oblivion as a victim of the Trust. Nevermore before the box stove, in the country grocery store, Will he smoke Havanas fragrant with some glum ** proprietore”’ Who refused to listen to him as he talked, both suave and long, Of some goods he had to offer—goods he’d sell for ju-ta song. Nevermore will he be kicked out, nevermore will he be cussed, For his occupation’s vanished—he’s of no use to a Trust. On the faces of the landlords who supplied him food and drink, And a dinky bed to rest in where he couldn’t sleep a wink, There are lines of care deep graven, and their actions indicate That their innocent souls are worried, that they’re in an awfal state, For this drummer was their mainstay, he it was that made their dust, And no more he’s calling on them—he’s been done up by a Trust. He was good, this dashing drummer, with his clothes of latest style, With his mustache curled and perfumed, with his winning, genial] smile; And we boys who used to carry on the rural indus- tries Always looked on him with envy; wished that we had jobs like his; For a lulu was this drummer, always upright, courteous, just, And we're sad to see him vanish—wiped out by a grasping Trust. They were good, these city drummers, when they gathered ’round the fire In some littie country tavern, and each practiced, gifted iiar Tried to tell the biggest story of the goods he’d sold that day, And all to men whose ratings were nothing less than A. They were never tired of hustling, never went off on a ** bust,’” But attended right to business, never dreaming of a Trust. But the glory of the drummer sadly frayed and frazzled is, And no longer ’round the country he perambulates for biz. I. ke Otheilo in the story, now his occupation’s gone, And he wanders, aimless, listless, dreads to see each new day dawn. May he find reward in heaven, where there’s neither moth nor rust, And where nothing finds an entrance that looks like a blouming Trust. > 6 > The Latest Maud Muller. Maud Muller jumped on her time-worn bike For an evening hit at the dusty pike. An old drop frame of a way down gear With a rattle the sleeping dead could hear! The judge came pounding along behind, Out airing his great judicial mind. He noted the figure neat and trim And graceful motion ot hidden iimb. And he said to himself in his grave delight: “ Whatsmatter with Maudie? She’s all right.’ He drew beside her and asked her flat Why she rode such an old ice cart as that? And she said saleslady could ill support Such wheel as the judge of the district court. He told her she could on a chainless ride With a diamond frame, if she'd be his bride; Or if she would bust up his solo life ‘Lhey would tandem together as man and wife. Maud bit at the bait like a hungry trout, And the old judge smiled as he yanked her out! They ride on a tandem now, of course, But Maud has to work like a treadmill horse! For the judge has learned how to sit and shirk And let his darting do all the work. He weighs two hundred and fifty-one, But the poor girl thinks it an even ton! And she often says with a pain-rent heart: “IT wish I was back on my old ice cart! ‘ Of all true words that I ever spake, The truest are these: ‘ He’s a bloomin’ fake!’’”’ ~~» 2. The Grain Market. Wheat has been rather passive during the week. The Government crop re- port was very bullish, as it gave only 70.9 per cent. against 86.7 per cent. in 1898 and 82.5 per cent. of a general av- erage of ten years. The amount of wheat raised weighing 60 pounds to the bushel is probably in the neighborhood of 485,000,000 bushels for the United about 145,000,000 bushels left over from the crop of 1898, but we can not see how this will hold out if the foreigners will want 200,000,000 bushels from us. Wheat needs more life. It needs a few more buyers than sellers to advance prices. Home wheat receipts, in fact, receipts all through the winter wheat belt, have been abnormally small. In the North- west, where threshing is at its height, receipts are rather large, which was ex- pected. However, after the first rush is over receipts will drop off, which will affect prices for the better. Corn remains the same. It is exceed- ingly quiet, with no trading. The weather has not been very favorable to corn of late. Oats is surprising even its friends by an advance of fully 2c per bushel. While the crop is large, really good choice oats are not plenty. Rye is as firm as a rock, with no let- up in demand, and prices are 4c up. The mills keep on an even tenor in run- ning full time. Local and domestic de- mand _ for flour is fair and the mills are sold ahead on mill-feed. Receipts of wheat have been moder- ate, being 46 cars, 17 cars of corn,g cars of oats, 8 cars of rye and 1 car of hay. Millers are paying 64c for new and 66c for old wheat. C. G. A. Voigt. ap a a ee Beware of the Dead-beat. The last issue of the Coopersville Ob- server contains the following reference to a young gentleman who has made something of a record for himself in this city: One DeWitt C. Andrews, claiming to reside in Grand Rapids, has been so- liciting subscriptions in Allendale and vicinity for some time past for a new paper called the Ottawa County Record. One number was issued week before last from our office, but the second issue failed to materialize, because the neces- sary ducats were not forthcoming. Our experience with him in getting out the first issue was of such a nature that we decided he was entitled to first honors in an Ananias club. If you were ‘‘taken in’’ by him, you are now ‘‘out’’ what- ever you paid him. The Tradesman regrets the necessity of referring to the matter in this man- ner, but duty to its readers impels the statement that Andrews is a first-class dead-beat who is entitled to no consid- eration at the hands of decent people. He has persistently deceived those who trusted him and pursued a policy which has deprived him of the sympathy of friends and the confidence’ of asso- ciates. a a About twenty-four women in 100 are stronger in the left arm than they are in the right; women, too, are more fre- quently equally strong in both arms than are men. a Get away from business occasionally. It is cheaper to take a voluntary vaca- tion than to wait until the doctor or- ders it. WANTED A manufacturing establishment to locate in the village of Newberry, a flouring mill preferred, for which liberal inducements will be offered. For further particulars apply to the undersigned. FRANK SEYMOUR, Village Clerk, Newberry, Mich. Taggart, Knappen & Denison, PATENT ATTORNEYS 811-817 Mich. Trust Bidg., - Grand Rapids s Patents Obtained. Patent Litigation Attended To in Any American Court. REMODELED HOTEL BUT_ER Rates, $1. I..M. BROWN, PROP. Sttaes—rather small. To be sure we had Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., LANSING. 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires A.C. SCHUMACHER, AnnArbor - Dee. 31, 1899 GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia - - Dec. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLDs, St. Joseph - Dee. 31, 1901 HENRY HEIM, Saginaw -~ - Dee. 31, 1902 WiRrT P. Dory, Detroit - - - Dee. 31, 1903 President, GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY HEIM, Saginaw. Examination Sessions Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8. State Pharmaceutical Association President—O. EBERBACH, Ann Arbor. Secretary—CHAS. F. MANN, Detroit. Treasurer—J. S. BENNETT, Lansing. Should Assist in Framing an Equitable National Law. As to the general subject of adultera- tion, every one possessing common hon- esty is agreed that an article should be true to the name under which it is sold, and that valuable constituents should not be abstracted nor cheaper ones added, unless the label or style of package is such as to enable the purchaser to judge for himself as to the qualities of the goods which he is buying. Beyond these points, however, there is no com- mon agreement. There is a disposition on the part of some to consider every- thing a fraud and adulteration which is designed to take the place of any other commodity which has been long in use. Butter manufacturers are opposed to the introduction and use of butter substi- tutes, and not content with requiring that such substances shall be sold upon their merits, and for what they are, in- sist that they shall be labeled in such a way as to prejudice the consumer at the outset against their purchase. So, also, producers of meat and_ milk have re- sisted the use of modern preservatives, probably on the ground that whatever retards putrefaction diminishes consump- tion. Forgetful of the fact that for ages men have used such active antiferments as salt, saltpeter, vinegar, creosote, etc., these people have an attack of the hor- rors at the mere mention of such mod- ern preservatives as boric and _ salicylic acids, formaldehyde, etc., which differ from the older preservatives mainly in that they are more efficient and need to be used in smaller quantities. It is likely that some of this popular prejudice against the new preservatives is merely a scare at unfamiliar chemical names, like that member of the Legisla- ture who harangued vehemently in favor of an antiadulteration law, giving as an awful example of the prevalence of adulteration that he was reliably in- formed that it was almost impossible to find in the market a sample of vinegar which did not contain acetic acid. Such an example as this enables us to imagine the terrific outburst of eloquence that would follow, should legislators discover that manufacturers put sodium chloride in their common salt, and potassium nitrate in their saltpeter, ‘and that meat is cured with wood smoke containing creosote and other horrible antiseptics. Since all of these substances are anti- ferments, it follows that they must in- terfere with the natural digestive proc- esses, and that, if persisted in, they must inevitably destroy the digestive ap- paratus of the nation and bring the great Republic, in dyspeptic ruin, to the ground. But, to be serious once more, no one favors adulteration. The adulterator is a scoundrel and deserves a scoundrel’s punishment, and so does the man who falsely substitutes one article for an- other; but here thé law should stop. The producer of a new food or drug or of a new compound is as much entitled to the name of ‘‘benefactor’’ as the in- ventor of a new machine, and should have the same opportunity of placing it upon the markets and of selling it upon its merits. Legislation which forbids this sale, or which compels it to go_be- fore the public bearing a brand that is a badge of disgrace, is a relic of bar- barism. Unfortunately, however, such legislation does exist, and more unfor- tunately still, there are a class of people who would, if they were able, extend the scope of such laws from the state to the entire nation. It behooves us as druggists, therefore, to take an active interest in such matters, both in helping to educate the public to a true appre- ciation of the subject and in opposing all national legislation based upon the vagaries of populism or the buncombe of rural congressmen fishing for votes by legislating in favor of some local product. To an observer of the trend of events for the last few years, it must be evi- dent that some form of a national food and drug law is almost certain to be enacted within the near future, regard- less of the forces that may be brought to bear in opposition. Some sections of the drug trade, fearing that such legislation may be of too radical a nature, or that its enforcement may be carried out in an oppressive manner, insist that we should oppose any and all pure food and drug bills that may be introduced into Congress. This policy we object to for two reasons: First, that it would put pharmacy in a false position by making it seem to be the champion of adulteration and falsification, when, on the contrary, it is utterly opposed to such practices; and second, that since it is evident that there will be a na- tional pure food and drug law in spite of our opposition, the wiser course for us to pursue is to take an active part in the framing of such a measure, so that when it goes upon the statute books of the nation it shall have been framed with good sense, and in accordance with the principles of justice, and that its enforcement shall be entrusted to hands that will carry out its provisions justly and equitably. This is the policy which has been pursued by the phar- maceutical delegates at the two pure food and drug congresses which have been held, with the result that the origi- nal Brosius bill has been materially modified. James H. Beal. ———_>2+____ Fills a Place Not Hitherto Occupied. It affords the Tradesman much _pleas- ure to reproduce the paper read at the last meeting of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association on the sub- ject of the National Association of Re- tail Druggists. This organization is unique in that it is organized upon the federal or representative plan, member- ship being confined exclusively to other associations which are represented by means of delegates apportioned accord- ing to the number of members in the constituent associations. The advan- tages of this plan, and the importance and strength which it gives to the new Association as a commercial force, need only to be enumerated in order to be fully appreciated: First, it represents not merely the individuals who compose it, but the associations which send the several delegations, so that its acts and resolutions represent practically the en- tire retail drug trade of the nation, something which would be absolutely impossible if the members were indi- viduals acting as such, no matter how large its membership might become. Second, the constituent associations of the N. A. R. D. are most likely to select as their delegates their strongest and so representative members, so_ that the policy of the organization will be dictated by the most intellectual and brainy men to be found within the drug trade. A third characteristic feature of the new organization is its singleness of purpose, by which we refer to the fact that it was organized specifically for, and expects to confine itself strictly to, the regulation of the commercial side of the drug business, in which respect it fills a place not hitherto occupied by either the American Pharmaceutical As- sociation or the various state pharma- ceutical associations. Pharmacy isa many-sided occupation, and the purpose of the older organiza- tions has been to represent, to a greater or less extent, all of these various sides. In a general way, they have discharged their purpose with a fair degree of suc- cess. They have enormously stimulated pharmaceutical education and legisla- tion, have encouraged scientific re- search, and have exercised a powerful influence upon every pharmaceutical in- terest. That they have not been more successful has been chargeable more to failure of support on the part of drug- gists than to indifference or incompe- tence on the part of the associations. They are entitled to full credit for all that they have performed, and _ to the fealty and good wishes, not only of the various classes of pharmaceutical inter- ests, but of the general public, and of posterity as well. These associations, however, by the very nature of their constitution, have not been adapted to deal successfully with the commercial problems which confront the druggist. Their influence has been necessarily that of moral suasion alone. They have not been in position to compete successfully with opposing interests, nor to com- promise with them when compromising was expedient. All of these the new Association is qualified to do; it pos- sesses the strength of all the old associa- tions combined, and by confining itself exclusively to the commercial interests of pharmacy will be able to exercise an influence that, if properly directed, will be almost irresistible. The retail trade is the base of the pharmaceutical pyramid upon which the jobbing and manufacturing interests must depend for success. If the retail trade is consolidated in favor of any particular policy, the jobbing and man- ufacturing interests must recognize and support that policy. The N. A. R. D. promises this consolidation. —_—__+0.___ Some men would rather be right than be President; but there are others who are not so bloomin’ particular. The Poison Law a Protection to the Druggist. The average druggist is inclined to regard the registration of the sale of poisons as considerable of a nuisance, and to comply with the provisions of the law either very negligently or not at all. While it is true that the registration and labeling is intended primarily for the protection of the public, it may also be made of valuable service to phar- macy. The truth is that the negligent manner in which druggists have sold poisons in the past has had much to do with the popular tolerance of the sale of such articles by unqualified persons. People reason that if it is proper for a druggist to handle poisons without pre- cautions, it is proper for a grocer to do likewise, and who shall say that their conclusion is not correct? In the writer’s opinion, the true policy is to dispense poisons with all the pre- cautions which the law calls for, not alone for the prevention of crime and accidents, but also for the purpose of instructing the public in the fact that only a skilled pharmacist is competent to handle and dispense substances which are inimical to human life. Here and there an unreasonable cus- tomer may object to the questioning and form of registration, but the loss of his custom will be more than compensated for by the increased respect gained from the intelligent and thinking classes, who appreciate care and pre- caution in the handling of poisons. Oe il The First Quinine in Europe. From the Chicago Record. Peru is the birthplace of the potato, which was used as an article of food by the Incas and exported to Europe by the Spaniards when they took over quinine bark and named it in honor of the Countess of Chincon, whose husband at that time was viceroy. The Indians had used the bark for medicinal pur- poses as long as any one could remem- ber, but this noble lady was the first European to test its efficacy, and it proved so excellent a cure for the ma- laria which saturates the atmosphere of Lima that she induced the Jesuit fathers to recommend it to the medicos of the Old World. These wise old chaps sent it to Spain and Italy, and it is said that one of the first doses of quinine that was ever administered in Europe was swallowed by the Pope. ee The Great Burden of Pharmacy. The great burden of pharmacy is the enormous number of incompeent men who already crowd its ranks and com- pete with the competent fora livelihood. It is still too easy for young men to be- come pharmacists, and as a consequence too many, allured by the glitter of the drug store and by the popular opinion of the fabulous profits to be made there- in, have thrust themselves into a profes- sion for which they were unfitted either by talent or education. One-haif of the present number of drug stores could sup- ply all the pharmaceutical wants of the population. Could the profession be rid of its incompetent members, it would be possible for the remainder to conduct a profitable business. gaining new friends every day. ply on, write us for prices. L. 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NN.“ wal. | Soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5 Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3 Carbolicum.......... 2@ 37| Mrigeron . 1 00@ 1 10} Goat Napellis R : doz . @ 2 00| Soda, Ash........... 3K@ 4 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 24@3 Ceca ll) gaa so | Gaultheria | 1 50 1 Go | Aconitum Napellis R 60 | Picis Liq. .qua i @ 1 00 | Soda, Sulphas “@ | Vermilion, Prime Hydrochior.. 3a, 5)| Geranium, ounce.... Q@ Di eo ——. F 50 | Picis Liq., pints. .... @ 8%) Spts. Cologne.. @. 2 60 American 13@ 15 Nitrocum ... a ee Hiedeoma’ Sem. gal. , 0g 60 | Fy 8i anil Myrrh, = ty ee -po. 80 @ 50} Spts. Ether Co. po@ 55 Vermilion, English.. 70@ 75 Deateum:... 22.0... Ll@ a - 125 1 35) oh ber Nigra... po. 2 @ 18) Spts. Myreia Dom.. @ 200 Green, Paris... 34@ 17% u ania, dil... @ W pa -----. a one 2 00; io yo a a Piper Alba.. — 35 @ 30 Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. @ i Green, Peninsular... 1307 3 Salieylicum ......... 40 50 pt ndula .......... 90@ 2 00 | Aare Rell: casa | 6 Pix Burgun......... @ 7 | Spts. Vini Rect. ‘bbl @ 7 réd............ 54@ 6% a - a 14@ 5 ee wrroceee 13O@ 1 451A ot Cc tex. é 60) Plumbi Acet......... 10@, 12 | Spts. Vini Reet. 10gal @ Lead, white......... 54@ 6% Tannicum . ‘. go@ 1 00} Mentha Piper:..22.) 1 25@ 2 00 , ee 50 | Pulvis Ipeeae et Opii 1 30@ 1 50! Spts. Vini Rect.5 gal @ Whiting, white Span. @ = 70 Tartaricum ........ 38a, 49| Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60 | oe 60 | Pyrethrum, boxes H. | Strychnia, Crystal. 1007120 W nee gilders’ uM @ 90 Ammonia = i, - vee 100@ 115) ~asmasecl 0. 7 & P. D. Co., doz.. @ 75) Sulphur, Subl.....°. 24@ 4) White, Faris, Amer. @100 5 Beis m ‘ a i... & oe 4 Canta = Hyrethrum, p Py... |: = = en _ 24@ 3%|W be-)- uail aris, Eng. ; ee cj s - | : asslie 8@ ), Tamarinds ..... “ o@ 16) CHM. @ 140 hg APU Ree eee wee e i Rs < 1 r 7 a | yi Aqua, 20 deg 6@ 8 Pie Liquida.. 3) 10@ 1 ‘apsicum .. 50 | Quinia, S. P. & W. 3K 44) Terebenth Venice. 230 30 Unive rsal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 Carbonas............ 12@ 14] Pieis Liquida + Bal. @, 35} Cardamon. “>| Quinia, S. Ge . ; Chioridum........... 1@ Ricina ... Ama 92. 1 1 i Co.. 75 | ¢ x a —. we aa — i ps A * 2 : ‘. 20 Mae a yoma, N.Y¥......... 39, 44) Vanilla. . 9 0016 00 Varnishes — Rosmarini. a ace 1 00 le RTARR i —— Tinetorum.. L@ = 14) Zinei Sulph.. Ta 8 ‘ 9 ¢ Swe, a > DO] § : « aC NE sae ‘ / - Black. Se, 2 ov 225) Sueeini aa 50 | Cinehona | 50 a — py oan | Oils No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 wa. ll eee Sania aang ae | Cinchona Co.. ' 60] Drac oe | eXtra Lurp... -- 1 60@ 1 70 Redo) ae foo | creosote cise | wane | Coline 2 anguis Draconis. 0@ 50) : BBL. GAL. | Coach Body. -... 2 75@ 3 00 a, MONOW. 2 50@ 3 00 esr Sl ao 2 50@ 7 00 | | tubebae.. ie 50 a * i 4 12@ 14} Whale, winter... 70 70) No.1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10 us es an ene - -| 1c cin 50 a _ ee oes 10@ 2} Lard, extra.......... 50 60 Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 . Cubebe ee! 15 12@ 14| Tigiii................ 1 50@ 1 60 )| Cassia Acutifol Co.. 50] a at @ 1/Lard,No.t.......... 35 40 Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp = 70@ 75 * Juniperus... ee 6@ | Thyme.. 40a, 50 | Digitalis... ... 1... 50 Xanthoxylum . 20@ Ww Thyme, es, @1 | | B ge ‘hloridum.. = vib ie reobromas ........ 16% ve 35 _ Madsomn um rentian . 5 ve o Potassium : j a ) Copaibal 50@ 55]... Gentian Co... 222... 60 e Pani @ 2 40| Bi-Carb.............. 15@ 18} Guiaea.. _ 50 > Terabin, Canada.... 35@ 40| Bichromate......... 13@ 15 | ¢ iuiaca ammon...... 60 9 Tolutans 0000. 40@ 45 — eee eee ome 57 | 15) Totnes : 50 e Gortes ‘ ; ys La oaine .... 75 orate... “po. Wal Wwe | Iodine, colorless. . 75 Abies, Canadian..... 18 | Cyanide. 3a Liane 50 Cassix.. .. 12 lodide . : 2 40@, 2 = Lobelia . 30 — .Cinchona Flava... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30 | Myrrh. pee 50 Euonymus atropurp. 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15} Nux Vomica. 50 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt.. 7a - | Opii.. . 75 Ul fi r © Prunus Virgini Bees a 12] Potass Nitras...._ || 6a | Opii, comphorated .. 50 Quillaia, gr a 12} Prussiate.. 23@ 26 4 Opii, deodorized..... 1 50 Sassafras -+---po. 18 12 Sulphate po.. 1@ 18 AQUASSIG 8... 50 + Ulnus.. i = = d 15 Radix —— 50 ee Aconitum........ 20@, 25 | Sani a bi « Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25} Althw........... ne 24 23 sani” oe 50 Glycyrrhiza, -. -... 28@ 30] Anchusa ............ 10@ 12] es hase age Ce e Hematox, 15 Ib. box W@ = 12 — = @ Di egy by a ~Hiematox, Is _ 13@ = 14} Calamus.. 200, 40| Vale lah ae By “Hematox, ! --+. H@ 15) Gentiana...... pols wa 15 | Veratrum Veride... Po Hematox, 14 veeeee 16@ 17) Glyehrrhiza...py. 15 16@ 18 | Zingiber ul 2 be eg oe Canaden. @ 701 a iia i Sa . | Hydrastis Can.. po.. @ 7] . ce Carbonate Precip... , 2®| Hellebore, Alba, Pe. 12 15| ther, Spts. Nit.3F 30@ 35 Citrate and Quinia.. 2 251 Inula . j ‘ ‘ a eee : y a, po.. 1 =| ther, Spts. Nit.4F 34@ 38 Paci hate “gor = Ipecac, po. . 60@ 475| Alumen ............. 24@ 3 e a eee Iris plox.. “Po. 35038 35%0 40| Alumen, gro'd. “Po. 7 6 3@ 4 Solut. Chloride. ..... 15 7 eal Sulphate, com’ 9 | Jalapa, pr. . 2@ 30} Annatto.. 40@ 50 Suleete com’L “by 2} Maranta, 145. a @ 35| Antimoni, po. ee. 4a 5 e e ‘ et ee I odophylium, po. | w@ 25) Antimoniet Potass T 40@ 50 ecia ttention ae suiphete — = Rhei -. F5@ 1 00| Antipyrin ! @ 35 > > . cure nici ao. @ 125} Antifebrin ..... @ A aS SS ais as ais as as as PSPSPS Flora thei, By Coe 7541 : 3 Argenti Nitras, 02.. @ 50 ie 3 Ss SE Se 32 22 SP - »Arnica w@ 14) Spigelia. ‘ . 85@ 38| Arsenicum... 10M, 12 to the Anthemis...... 224 Sanguinaria “po. 15 @ en a Buds.. 38@ 40 MtHeAna : 35 | Serpentaria......... ye ismuth § 40@ 1 50 - ne Folia oo oo. re 45 | Caleium Chlor., @ " . s Smilax, officinalis H. @, 40| Caleium Chlor., 18. @ 10 0 Owing ines Barosma. ---- 20@ 25| Smilax, M.. a i! Caleium Chior., 4s.. @ WwW e Cassia Acutifol, Tin- : Seilke . "po. ‘3 10@ 12 | : ‘antharides, Rus. po @ _nevelly 1S@ 25 Symplocarpus, Foeti- | a Fructus, a @ Cassia, Acutifol, "Alx. 25@ 30 Gus; po... @ 5 | { ‘apsici Fructus, po. @ — Salvia officinalis, 14s Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 @ Capsici Fructus B, po @ % sae . 2@ 2 be — German. 150 = 2 Caryophyllus..po.15 12@ 14 Va Urs. 8@ 10] Zingibera........... 124 = Carmine, No. 40. .... @, 3 00 ; : . “a aoiieiua Zingiber j....... via 27 | Cera Alba nat Bon 55 RUBBER GOODS have advanced and will be still higher Acacia, 1st picked... @ 6d Semen | en lg - = about Sept 15th. Acacia, 2d picked... @ 45} Anisum. 15 @ WIC ie F ruetus.. g = Acacia, 3d picked... @ 35 a (xiaiveivons). 13@ —-:15 | Centraria. a 10 Acacia, sifted sorts. _@ 28} Bird, 4a 6! Cetaceum.. oe @ 4 \ . i ae. po... aces 45@ 65 oa. PO. 10@ 12 Chloroform 22.2.2... 50@ 53 PIPES. We have a full line ranging from 75c to $12 00 per doz. Aloe, Barb. po.1 4 12@ 14| Cardamon.. ' Ea 25@. 1 75! Chloroform, squibbs @ 110 Aloe, € ‘ape....po. 1 @ 2 | Coriandrum.. 8@, 10} Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 65@ 1 90 Aloe, — . po. 40 i‘ @ = pyre Sati Ko 6 | Chondrus .. 200 2B onlac 55@ 60} Cydonium . 75@ 1 00| Cine _P “ A . : te Assafcetida.. “PO. 30) 28@ 30] € henopodium - : 1007 12 | e inchonidine, Pe W pe = TABLETS. Penand pencil at attractive prices, Benzoinum . na 505 55] Dipterix Odorate.. 1 40@ 1 50) Coeaine 4 80@ 5 00 —™ eCatechu, Pe s @ 13{|Feniculum.......... @ 10/ Corks, list, dis. | pr. eee 7 pre cy 1} @ - ee reek, eee 7@ —9/ Cregsotum...... @ 3 ATOMIZERS. An elegant assortment of fancy perfum = @atechu, Ws... .. @ 16] Lini. 3%4@ 4%|Creta ....... bbl. 7% as . = 1 ume up Camphore . 50@ 52|Lini,grd.....bbl.3% 4@ 4%] Greta. prep... aie Euphorbium. . .po. 35 @ 40] Lobelia .. ss aD | Guat PN sia: <2 @ 5 to $18.00 per dozen. 4 < 3 Creti rooP........ 9a o Galbanum........... @ 1 00| Pharlaris Canarian. 440 5 | C i Caen @ — Gamboge ......... po 65@ 70 Rapa . 4%4@ 5 / Crocus ...... ves lagen as : Guaiacum...... po.25 = @ 30} Sinapis “Alba” 9@ 10) Cudbear @ A PERFUMES. All the leading odors from the leading manu- —- -- Po. $2.00 @ 200 Sinapis Nigra.. W@ $12} Cupri ‘Sulph. . 64@ 8 f. astie es... . = Spiritus Dextrine . 7 10 re Myrrh... po. @ 40 az Ether Sulph.. 7@ 990 Opii....po. 4.40@4. 50 3 35@ 3 49 | Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@, 2 50 | URE : ae a SEIS 25@, 35 | Erumenti, D.F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25 Emery, al numbers. @ 8 \ i aches. wieasoa. ma. je te : ae ry. po... @ 6 POCKET BOOKS. New fall styles at attractive prices Tragacanth.......... 50@ 0 | Juniperis Co. O. T... 1 65@ 2 00 o Hota. "al 70 a“ = Herba = Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 50} | atl tite... a = Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 Spt. Vint Ge hi. ze [aoe Gambier ee sa 8 ADs jum..oz. 25 | Sp ini Galli. 1 75@ 6 50 | G2 Le oo a = Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20 | Vini Opor to... a D541 2 . coe Cs. Le @ 60 We have a full stock of Majoru ae Ps Be Te Re orees 1 25@ 2 00 eactiee flint, box oe & 0 ajorum ....0Z. pkg 28 i ad re ~ Mentha Pip..oz. pk 23 Sponges Less than box..... 7 e ae ip. oe Pkg 23 | wlovida sheeps’ wool Ga ue “an a COMBS, TOOTH BRUSHES, HAIR BRUSHES, Rue.. z. pkg 39 BB scanenagy 2 50@ 2 75 oes Wise... 15@ 28 « sTanacetum V ov. ok, 22 | Nassau sheeps” wool yeerina.. el “Y@ 22 “Thymus, V. 2. bke 55 | __ carriage.. 2 50@ 2 75| Grana Paradisi.- » CLOTHES BRUSHES, LATHER BRUSHES, ae * —. extra sheeps’ Saeee i ‘hlor Mit @ oD : . wool, carriage. . @ 150 ydrarg Ch or i @ a 9 Caleined, Pat........ 55@ 60} Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydrarg Chlor Cor. @ 80 TOILET SOAP, RAZORS, NAIL FILES, ETC. Carbonate, Pat_. 18@ 20] wool, carriage. . @ 1 25| Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. @ 100 a SC ‘arbonate, K.&M.. 1s@ 2] Grass sheeps’ wool, Hydrarg Ammoniati @ 115 Carbonate, Jennings 18@ 20 Carriage ........... @ 100 oe nguentum 45@ 55 Oleum Hard, for slate use. @ 75| Hydrargyrum....... @ 7 ae __ | Yellow Reef, for Ichthyobolla, Am.. 65@, 75 A2sintniamo ns 5 me go| Fag, weet. © 7 ets corr | 13} || IS ASRS OS OS Be as ae a We as ae oe Oe Os oe ae Oe as ae ae oe as aa as Amygdale, Amarz. 8 00@ 8 25 Syrups fotigem . 3 Be : = — » r ‘i a 22 S00 200 Aran Corie ‘a @ 50| Lysopodi ao BD | i 2 40@ 2 x. @ 50) Lycopodium. . 5@ BO Bergamii 2 80@ 2 90 | Zingiber .. @ D aE 2 2 2 2 50| Macis ..... 65@ 75 ” eee Ea =_ 85 eg Eee ee @ =| Liquor Arsen et. Hy- 7” aa poyai.:. |... 70@, = a eee = * a “ rar ae @ 8 35@ 45/ Rhei Arom.......... @ LiquorPotass Arsinit 1 4 4 < Chenopadii” ee @ 2 75} Smilax Officinalis.. 50@ | Semone Sulph.. 1 3 Grand a ids Mich Cinnamonii ......... 1 40@ 1 50 nl Bocas M : ’ : Citronella 35@ 40 | Seille..200202 0000007, & bo | Mannia, 8 =." = 508 5; ee eet ye SA eel annia, S. F........ 60 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN = ~ 4 | € prices quoted in this list are f : we or the trade only, in such quantiti a ad : et just before going to press and are an quan _ - are usually purchased by retail uotations suitable f ll iti aac a a itz or all conditions of purch jf scatbiecenaln hack saconageenie « Sonal purchase, and those below i a erage prices for av . tone are given as representin es — yers or those of strong credi ws 7 | redit usually b oe scribers are earnestly re ted i 5 sa dione y requested to point out an iSSi ie ' he greatest possible use to dealers Cee ee AXLE GREASE CANNED GOODS } i NNE x s CIGARS Aurora... doz. 8TOSss Apples ene eee oe Annora se soon ‘ 0 3b. Standards. ..... 75 | Columbian........... ra Tradesm: Grits HERBS pa ae n ect songs » 3 | Columbian Special... gp ool sonoors : an Grade Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand Ss ERBS “a IT 400 a H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands 100 books” = anes _- ‘ . —— ae 15 i Se iiss esi sia pig » Telle is. : S, i 2. Ce meet oxeS7 9-00 9 Se HMI 30 ee sooo 35 00 nue = denom. -- 11 50 INDIGO is Kien, tin boxes.......75 9.09) Red Miduey.-.-----. 7%@ *5!| Quintette... ee ; na n... 20 00 Madras, 5 Ib. box | —- See 5 Ce a Sed Ni alle ee Tr oS ee | Fe ee 99 | G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand 50 books, < © een S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes...... 5 H ms Seer i ‘s,any denom... 1 50 perenaees Gs JELLY - < Ne POW idee: 5 00 books, any denom... 2 50 ae ee, 15 It eae 1, Ib. eans d , Standards ........... 75 Cc 1 — books, any denom... 11 50 WALSH DE - i: palls a 0 | . wate ae en 3 D books, any denom... 20 00 Le mao. PA Ss =) ee on 85 Standards ...:..;...:.. |) aN se . ( sere eo Corn 50 books, any denom... 1 50 Calabria 000.0.) oe 14 It Acme Fair pe — any denom. 2 50 Sielly nese erie a _- | as) e 00Ks, any de . 24 2 Ib. packages iCHy .... 0 4 r can : tor a s ood ae s 1,000 books, ony pe i 2 oo 100 m Sn Se + 80 MOOG en 10 ea doe eos a : i ak: ul 200 th. be ean ues aac LYE - - _ _.. Piece: Hominy gps Vee Seb ate 35 00 were a — ) ee eda He Standard............. 85 F fone Brace & Co.’s Brands 100 coon a oe pine! — eae Arctic Lobster >| Vincente Portuondo ..35@ 70 00| 5001 ooks, any denom... 2 50 Barrels ................ = oy MATCHES : 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers... ... 85 | Star, '% It pster a Bros. Co.........25@ 70 00 | 1,000 Beer a 2. sence dan Co" a str up —_— “ Hilson ‘Co. oy 30 Bt a and a . .. 2000} Maccaroni and Vermicelli = Match Co.’s brands. ~ Pienie Talls.......... 0 | MeCoy eae 35@, 70 00 dit Checks Domestic, 10 lb. box 0 | Anc — 3 : aus... 8 2 95 | age Oy UO... +... -- 350, 7 500, al > : »10 Ib. box......... 60 Anchor Par S J need ° | The Collins Cigar Co. 100 ms : 1,000. —— a nase, 200 Imported, 25 Ib. box.........2 50 | No.2 gag a ( ea > pee CoG eee oe one denom..... 3 00 Pearl Barley cotta me pew Mustard, 11D... 1 - Banner Cigar Co: 30@. 70 00 | Steel punch... a 5 00/ Common....... a Wolverine...02 220222021202) = 00 ( west: - 1 bi mad seat ~~ --30@ 70 - seveeg st 75 | Chester ee Sets oie ig 1 be aoe ~ whieh ‘he Coen i 7 oe i cing 3 — oan) 3 : ‘ MIE sees eee 8 rehases to his shipping poi forsican 0 ae — aoe : _ BATH BRICK — ee 30 including weight 2 a soi Cc torete sess. +-12| 202. Taper Panel... 4 1 fe Sodio....... ee N a. Ee ae isi Be 115 ing cg pound. In 60 1b. eases ane urrants 2 02. Oval............ 7 «1. 29 | Wyandotte, 100 44s "3 00 = Ree ee CATSUP the oa above aa” i ecudantn amin eee = — Lg coe 2 00 -_ sop _ oe Ps BLUING | Columbia, pints...... 9 Arbuekle...... ases. Cleaned, packages...) | 6% lini a — a ee ie Ss Pe | > ; - io 2 OO : _-- I Pes) Perrizo’s anulated, bbl am eo == Jersey........ -.-10 50 P ae errigo’s— Granulated, 100 ee 80 — Se eee ara: ..10 50 Cit ! eel Van. Lem.| Lump, bbls. Ib. cases.... 80 EESE MeLaughlin’s XXXX s ron American 19 Ib. bx... 6.0.6 7— ae PB Tb. ea ISB” A : XXXX sold I : 13. | XXX,20z. obe re ump, 145 Ib. ke c Acme...... retailers ee sold to | Lemon American 10 Ib. I CXX, 202. obert....1 25 75 aie a Ca Amboy Sn @12 | direet to -~. eo all orders Orange American 10 Ib. bx..10:2 XX —— “a 2» ond © ck 3 2 @12 | t to W. F. MeLanghlin & : ce -bx..10's | XX, 2 oz. ober 0 if i . i eae eke ee @11 Co., Chicago. ghiin & Raisins No. 2, 2 02. eek ges 73 q ebay : et a @i1 : Extract Ondura, 28 Ib. boxes ....... XXX D D ptehr, 60z 2 25 Table Sooke aere nese = Poa @i1_ | Valley City % gross . Sultana 1 Crown........... : XXX D D ptehr, 4 0z 1 75 Table. — ee ~ Ma aa ee @11%% | Felix % gross........00/171 "74 > ee ole... K. P. pitcher, 6 02... 2 25 eee Shin tok. Mi Small 3 doz.. — bo a ou re tia 3 BFOSS. og a Soman ¢ come Peete ___ FLY PAPER Butter, oe a pci = Nt a... 4p | Ideal -.........-..-.. @11% mel’s tin '2 SrOss ......1 43 Sultana 5 Crown........... Perrigo’s Lightning, gro. Butter, sacks, 28 Ibs... ee Pe eee seb ay eee @12 CONDENSED MILK Sultana 6 Crown...... 2. Petrolatum, per doz......... Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs..... 1.1 5B Pe " BROOMS Baek @11' | Gail Borden Eagl 4 doz in ease, | Sultana package ............ GUNPOWDER Common Grades * ~~~ FE Ro. ; carpe — Ham ae ae = Crown..... BORG 2 7 FARINACEOUS GOODS Rifle—Dupont’s 100 3 Ib. sacks.. 1 95 Sag io 2 ver gan os O7 aes ies ieee eo ae ' Kegs ase No. 3 Carpet. ---2 15] iy eee ee @l BOAR ee ee Lea Beans OBS «oe. wee eee eee ee ed 28 SBMS. eee 1 85 oe Bee een Gis | Shampion «ee Dried Lima........ ,, | Hall Kegs... ee a No. 4 Carpet..000000.00020.1 1.45 | Sap apble ee --- ees laue S| tation wend Pulse Abt ete ee 25 on at ee Sap Sago........... @iz | Din lenge .. 3p | Brown Holland ' 20@1 25| 1 Ib. cans... 2. 2.222222. 30 | 56 Ib. dairy in drill be i E ee eee 95 CHIC ie ee % Ib. cans.......... oe 28 Ib. dairy i rill bags... 15 / Warehouse... : Bulk... .... — ee : A 79 re) Se ee James Epps & Grain, ea 35 | Halt a ine 22 ae ek 5 s Epps & Co.’s 3rain-O, smz teteeeee ss 90 ee 4 or | 56 Ib. - | 8s. CANDLES | CHOCOLATE oo. TiBS.:.... _ 40 pga og a 2 2B poe ter oa : e w oo Higa oe ie 7 Walter Baker & Co.’ ‘ases, 16 boxes........0 117 srape Nuts.......... UCT eee 1 as ames Paraftine oe oes 8| German Sweet /0.’S. COCOA SHELLS | 38 Postum Cereal, small .......1 35 geo NE ™ oe ss Witkin. = Premium ..........7.7.°°""7" 23 | 20. 1b. bags... gees a a Se ay Breakfast Cocoa... 111171. a6 Less quantity Sea ERY :; 23g vanetutnon Oo ound packages...” ae Bull, por ie ine oe . in. s “ee 2 -eeeeeeesee.---2 251 Granulated Fin . sane 70 , ey os Aas — os SAeSeeuUoes ad wT ee et ws qe A we ee 2 _» ——. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 “ ’ SALT FISH \ Coa e STARCH | ly " Butter Plates IC d E E \ 0. 1 Oval, 250 in crate......1 80 he Tre leats i 1e< ¢ Georges cured......... @5 | | No.2 Oval, 250 in erate... ..2 00 rains an eedstuffs res i eats ( andies Georges genuine. @ 5% | No. 3 Oval, in crate......2 20 | a n ag es ; — coo Georges selected... é @é6 No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate... ...2 60 | Wheat C Beef Stick Candy « Strips or bricks....... -6 @9 Clothes Pins Old a ti ss tens, Fl OS OM | ; : ) 66 | Fore @D 94 bbls. pails Boxes, gross boxes New “ Forequarters . 6 @ 6% | Standard Herring f OXES.. 0... af Sy 64) Hinde } ¢ | Standard ...... 7 T rs 8141044 | Sti : = + Holland white hoops, bbl. 9 25 iT Mop Stic ks Winter Wheat Flour Loins No. : ti 12 @M | Sts and oa Tv is 7 " 1 ae rojan spring . ea Ribs ( wist 7% Holland white hoops'sbbl. 5 25 Ee Loeal Brands NDS wows ee nee ee wee 9 @14 | Cut Loaf. Holland white hoop, keg.. 70 Ne lipse patent spring. —. 00 | Pate ce en Rounds... @s | r ~ »Holland white ‘hoop mehs. 85 ed pirarenit 8 Ob) Satemts ... a 400 Chucks . 6 @ 64% | Jumbo, 32 Ib. areraion . sata | No. 2 patent brush holder ._9 00 | Second Patent.. 3 50 | Plates oo 2 aS | ite it. H Round 100 Ibs...... 1.11” 3 10) Kingsford’s ¢ Corn 12 tb. cotton mop heads.....1 95 | Straight.. a 3 25 | Pork Boston Cream. || + Round 40 tbs.2000000050021. 1 40 | 40 rb. packages... 6 2 " Pails Graken. 3 30 | Dressed | ao Cet Ce 15 ). packages.... 0... 64 | 2-hoop Standard.......... 35 Gré 3 50 a ee ai a6 | J xed Candy : ingsford’s Silver Gloss — | 3-hoop —_— 2 50 Buckwheat .. Loins ja -ssscse+++ 846@10 | Grocers. @ 6 Mackerel vor Seancard............. 50 | Rye. 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Butter... an | Saltine Wafer, 1 1b. carton 6\, | Lemon Drops. . @50 Mixed B ird. ae 43 of freight buyer pays from the Y EAST ‘¢ ‘AKE | Farina Oyste a . $B Looe Dro i «50 9 oper eB | i auplae om anaeaees| Yeast Tonm. %4 doa....... so | Batra Fare Gyaier.... 6] Keppermlnt Drops.. a Rape . . eo oe .. 44 | 20 pounds for the weight of the Yeast Foam: 3 doz... --1 00 Sweet Guede these | Cnazolate Drops Or Cuttle Bone... 211! 09 | barrel. pA = ream, 3 doz.. ..1 00 Animals... .. 10's | HD MCh ¥ ps nid _ Cuttle Bone..... .... 22.20... raat agie Yeast 5c. 3 doz... ___11 00 Bent’s Water... 15 oo SNUFF ae eee 5 65 wo Yeast, 3doz.. ..1 00 | Cocoanut Taffy. 700007 0 |@ oa” P We nae, aw MPR Ces cece es coe e ist e a we w ey id | ’ oS ee « J Scoteh, in bladders... 37 | Crushed Sais 2 : - arner’s Safe, 3 doz........ 1 00 | Coftee ( lake, Java...... | eg orice Drops 4 + Maccaboy, in ars ae eerea ane 5 33 | — Coffee Cake, Teed. ... 10 | A. B. Lieorice Drops a0 French Rappee, in jars..... 43| XXXX Powdered...) |! 5 44 - . : oa Knells ...... vee 15'4 | phe ‘nges, plain. (5b SOAP Cubes.. is ae rov isions i Cee ee 11! Lozenges, poe d abd Standard Granulated. 53 $$ | : : Imperials. 55 tees Dé | Ginger Gems. pr Standard Fine Granulated 5 31} Sw it & Company quote as | : > 8. | Mottoes : (60 Lan PaSS] a Above Granulated in 5 follows E juote as yee es XXX. (2) Cream Bar. a5 Ib. bags. 5 38 Barrel 1 Pork Duluth I oman Wat a r inatt? Molasses Bar... Gb > 2 a ed Por uluth Ir 7e8..... 4 yp | Grahi ad | hi ns. ox " Single eon delivered...) a ~~ Gram din 2 385 Mess. . oe @10 00| Duluth eben: 1 iS oN 4 15 Grandma Cakes. . ( Int Mae Pep. co 10 box aie ace 3 Extra Fine Granulated...) 5 44 Rack pes “2. 10 50@ Duluth Imperial 14s. 405 ee a ee cet St re. @6d dAS. — Granulated. 5 44) Short cut i on oo Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s Brand Mz archenniiow oosseces i i Burnt io e a, " 4 ou : 5 : Ho ‘ | Burnt Almonds 25 a, §. KIRK i 60. 3 BRAND: Diamond Confee. A111.) 7! | 31 ig Le a one Cold Moda] 0 4 18 Teeteneten a 6 | Wintergreen Berries “a ” Ameri - , 56 2¢ “oer @ 9 50| & eA... 8. 5| Marshmallow Walnuts.... 16 | \ i m ee 73 ompou eed and Millstuff: | ’er Ib. | Medi hes at on __ Kegs, English. | LEA & ° tle.. se : a St. Car Feed, screened 18 00 om nae i 10 Large bunehies a ‘5 PICES 9 55 1b. Tubs. advane 4 i + ee Torei i brad aed re PERRINS 80 Tb. ih ai : Unbolted « — aa id bo | Black Bass . = s rn cctpets SAUCE 59 Ib. Tins... advance a, | Winter Wheat Bran... |” 7 0 | Galibut.... + @ | oi ANSpiCe ue 20 Ib. Pai lvance : i ad MEATS ” Ciscoes or He ring. @ 4 | Californias, Fancy Cassia, China in wat 20 Ib. Pails. .advance 5, | Winter Wheat ae 15 00 | Bluefist alifornias, Fancy. (a13 i ain mats..... oo 10 Ib. Pails..advanee % | Sereenings ... 14 0 ahaa @ Mt | Choice, 10 Ib. boxes 12 fi oes, peor. in bund.. The Original and | 5 1b. Pails. advance : ’ - 4 Lobster... @ 20 | Extra Choice, 10 Ib. ‘assia, Salgon, in rolls. Genuine 3 1b Pails 2 Av aHaG ie Corn soiled Lobster. @ em | aa i . Cloves, Amboyn. : re een nee | : Cod arog yg O16 Cloves, Zawabar...| ae Worcestershire. a New corn, car lots........ 35% | Haddock | Se @ 1) | Faney, 12 1b, boxes. @z hee 12 | Lea & Perrin’s, large. . 3 5 Bologna . ca 6 Less than car lots....... . 3644 No. 1 Picke rei noes @ Z 7 ial Mikados, 18 » a Ms set { ty , a - eae i @ _, Buimess, wor 60 oes — small... .. = 50 | muni” : Car sti: Oats : Pho ga ieee @ 8% | = d, 6 1b. boxes. (a ~ Nutmegs, No.2... “45 | Halford, small. 2020000007) 2 3B heed ttre test eee ee 6% | Car lots, clipped... 211" "! 242 | Smoked ‘ir vos 3" @ % Pepper, Sincapene, black. 13 | Salad Dressing, large. . 4 55 OOd. ee ee. 6% | Less than ear lots...... || oy =| Red Snapper aoa Date: s 7 Tongue. an car lots......... 30 | PI _. Pepper, Singagore, white. 16 | Salad oe small. .... 275) A i 9 | Col River Salmon. @ 2B | — in 10 Ib. boxes (a10 Pepper, shot............... 15 INEGAR eadcheese.. ; 7 Hay | Maekere:.............. @ 2 | Fards in 60 1b. tt (@ 6 Pure Ground in Bulk Losers white = ine, = grain.. 8 | pytra Mess Beef ae a : Timothy = iets... 10 00 | Oysters in Cans. | P gra ro. 3 6 — Allspice ‘ e Wine, 80 grain..11 | ponioee ee on lots.... 12 00} arsenal o¢ Coes cai i 14 | Pure Cider, Red i 12 — . 12 50 ———— F i D. peiee ts. 35 | Sirs, 60 Ib. cases. @>b Cassia, Somme = Pure Cider, Robinson... |. "33 | Rump .. OG, _ | Sel ne Ze SS <~y Cloves, ae ees 14 | Pure Cider, Silver... 1.0... 1314 Pigs Feet Hides and Pelts . J. D. Standards 25 | Nuts ' Ginger, Afriean |!) 111/177 15 ee POWDER ro a a me | Anchors........ a | : uts | Ginger, Cochin... 1217.7"! 1g | Kirk’s Eos........... 14 bbis., 40 Ibs. . 1 35 ———_ — | Standards 20 | caer 2 UOCH Be er mt nea lec oe ne ios . 5 “0 | Almonds, Tarragonz } “ne hen: ee 2 —— % bbls., 80 Ibs. Tripe 2 50 i a ‘ty acreage Leather Bulk, gal. | Almonds, iia. " ¢ : 4 i SOOO V EEE ete sw wine 0 Bi iR ‘ . : Mustard 65 | Nine O'clock. Kits, 15 Ibs... 70 | folie Serect, quotes a8 / F. H. Counts. ..... 2 00 | a ‘ alifornia, ~ Nutmegs |. 50 | Babbitt’s 1876. \% bbls. 40 Ibs. 135 | Extra Selects. .... 175 | , Soft shellec (15 N ; 2 Hides Selects 59 | Brazils, new. (@ Fepper, Singapore, black. 15 — Dust.......... % Dbls., 80 Ibs. . 2 25) Green No.1 @8 | Anchor Standards... 1 25| Filberts 00.0000 °7.. @10 ’epper, Singapore, white. 22 | Johnson’s Casings ‘reen No.2... 5 ao on rh 3M, tas : 22 | ote. Green No. 2.0.0.1... @t | Standards 1 05 | Walnuts, Grenobles. @13! a Cayenne.......... 20 og i. i. i 20 | Bulls.......... a6 | Shell Good >) Ww Valnuts, Calif No. 1. @iu r ont adnan Baws See eo — ao rounds.) 1)” 3/ Cured No. 1, @9 |, Lin TA MAiNi |W ai soft shelled Penaae ee . 22 a. middles........ 10/| Cured No. @s |° lams, per 100......... 100; California . ‘ @\1 me oo Sees esd = CO ek 60 Caleies aren nNo.i @9 | ee perie....... 1 25@1 50 Table Nuts, fane y. (@i Liberty .. 3 901 Rotts. a utterine —— eee he. 2 am) ana — oo ci (a0 3 Moe s, dairy. 11 ‘alfskins,eured No.1 @10 | Pecans, Med........ @ 74 No.0, per WICKING — dairy... 10% | Calfskins,cured No.2 @ 8% | Oils | hageoeseay = ga @ 9 sf olls, creamery. . 15%% |) Pecans, Sores... .. @l2 No. 1, per gross Solid, creamery..... 44 Pelts | Barrel | Hickory Nuts per bu. No. 2, per gross Canned Meat * | pelts. each 50@1 00 | ™ , Ohio, new @1 60 ’ 2 sa) 9 SOUTER wee ee wee wy | » yo No. 3, per gross.. : Corned beef, 2 Ib.. aig 2 25 Tallow ennai Git” | Cocoanuts, full sacks " WOODENWARE Corned beef, 14 Ib.. 16 00| No. 1.. @ 3% | XXX.W.W. Mich. Hit gu | Chestnuts, per bu. @ ee Baskets << —— beef, 2 Ib.. a 2 25| No. 2.. eae @ 5, | W. W. Michigan ...... @10% Peanuts mec ass elas ress -otted ham, 2 4S 50 Wool " Diamond White. . @9% nt Fancy, H. P., Suns.. @7 ee a 1 10! Potted ham, "4s 90| oo | D., 8. Gas... ages | Faney, H. P., Flags Willow Clothes. larse. i. = eee ham, S 50 | Washed, fine........ @16 te Naphtha. Leto @12% | Roasted . @7 No. 4, 3 doz. in ease, gross. 4 50| Willow cieinta ects ee one om! 4S... 90 | Washed, medium. .. bo Cylinder. . veveeeee29 @34 | Choice, H.P., ‘Extras (@ 5 *No. 6, 3 doz. incase, gross. 7 20| Willow Clothes’ a se po ongue, \4s.. 50 | Unwashed, fine. .... 9 @12 | Engine ..... --+-+-11 @21_ | Choice, H. P., Extras ’ oeoae otted tongue, %s.. 90 | Unwashed, medium. 14 @16 | Black, winter.......... @9 Roasted ;.......... @6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Regarding the Hobby of a Hardware Merchant. Written for the Tradesman. The hardware merchant was stacking screen doors in the dim and misty re- gions of the rear loft and I climbed the steep stairs, hopeful of an order and sat down on a box of window glass. The atmosphere of the place was hot and stale, and the dealer in things of iron and steel was damp with sweat and smeared with fine dust. ‘‘T wonder if I’ve got to do this sort of thing all my life?’’ he said, pushing up the last screen door and sitting down by my side. ‘‘l work more hours a day than any farm hand and have more bosses and take less interest in what | do, and |’m getting tired of it all.’’ ‘*But you've got a good business here, the best in this line in the city, ’‘’ I ven- tured, for it is wise, when you find a merchant bucking his own business, to remind him of some of the good things associated with it, and what better, in such case, than to say something about the success of it? ‘*Yes, l’ve done fairly well,’’ he said, glancing about the well-filled loft, ‘‘but it’s nothing but stoves and ranges and nails and tools from the first day of Jan- uary to the thirty-first day of Decem- ber, and I’d like to be myself for a few years before | die.’’ ‘‘I’m afraid,’’ I said, ‘‘that you’d be lonesome out of this store. You wouldn't know what to do with yourself.’’ “*You’re away off,’’ was the reply. ‘It is a mistake to suppose that all merchants are entirely absorbed in their own lines. I know a man who sells meat who knows more about electricity than half the experts. I know a man who patches shoes who has made a life- long study of military defenses and who would have made his mark in the world as a civil engineer. He is better posted in fort building than half the West Point graduates. Do you believe these men would be lonesome outside of their places of business? I should think not.’’ ‘*Perhaps,’’ I said, ‘‘you have a hobby of your own. I hope you don’t feel any soul-yearnings for the news- paper business.”’ The merchant looked up with a quick, sly smile, and from that moment through the interview that whimsical look never left his face, so I can’t really say whether he meant what he_ said or whether he was giving his imagination a little run. ‘‘Oh,’’ he said, ‘‘my hobby is idols. I thought you knew.’’ ‘‘Idols?’’ I repeated. ‘Yes, idols, and especially the idols of India. I’m going to make a book about the idols of India some day.’’ ‘*T wish you success,’’ I said. ‘‘When you study idols,’’ he said, ‘‘you learn a whole lot about other things. For instance, are you aware that the first strike in the history of the world was over the construction of an idol? Well, it was. It came about in this way: Krishna, one of the two-and- twenty incarnations of Vishnu, went out into the woods one day to see how things were moving along, and an ignorant hunter shot him dead and left him lying under a tree, which was bad taste on the part of the hunter, who probably didn’t know a god from a left-handed thumb-screw. After a few months a pious Hindu found the bones of the dead god and took them to the king of the country, who was away off in some hot place, where it was as hard work to keep cool as it seems to be in this con- founded old loft. The king washed his face and got his wise men together and sat on the bones so long that they began to crack before he could make up his mind what to do with them. You see, he wasn’t exactly in his line in the bone business. But one day while standing behind the prescription case in the cor- ner drug store, he received an_ inspira- tion from Vishnu, who somehow didn’t want one of his’ incarnations going about the country like a jelly-fish, with- out any bones. The inspiration was to the effect that the king should set up the image of Juggernaut and put the bones in it. ‘*So the king, who seems to have been a tyrannical old brute, advertised for sealed proposals and decreed that any contractor caught giving a bribe to se- cure the job should have his head chopped off and, ornamented with gar- lands and ribbons, placed on the king’s icebox to cool off. An old chap named Viswa-Karma, who held down the re- sponsible position of architect to the gods, got the contract and undertook to complete it in a workmanlike manner on condition of being left entirely un- disturbed until the resting place of the sacred bones was ready for delivery. ‘*But the king, who was also an im- patient old granny, was awakened early one morning by his neighbor’s dog barking under the window of the royal residence and, getting up, he thought he would go and look over the Juggernaut business. Then the trouble began. The independent order of idolmakers and the amalgamated order of bone secreters and the too, too affectionate order of idol scratchers all followed their walk- ing delegates and fathers of the chapel and went on astrike. They all claimed, you see, that the king had discovered some of their secrets, and that his Royal Nibs hadn’t been initiated, and the Old Harry was to pay generally. Viswa- Karma asked the king to call out the national guard and do a little shooting, but an election was shortly to be held, and the king wanted the labor union vote, so he declined. The consequence was that the contractor picketed the premises, declared a lock-out, and Jug- gernaut remained forever incomplete, having neither hands nor feet. ““The king, who felt like kicking himself over half his kingdom for going near the idol factory, appealed to Brah- man to act as arbitrator, but Brahman declared that he had rather be a Grand Rapids base ball umpire and went off hunting. Before he went, however, he compromised matters by giving Jugger- naut eyes and a soul and consecrating it in person. And this is the reason why Juggernaut has to be hauled along on a car forty-five feet high and _ thirty-five feet square when he goes out to his country residence. Oh, you'll find lots of reliable history in studying idols, and I think I'll have plenty to amuse and instruct myself with when I begin my book.”’ ‘*I think,’’ I said, ‘‘that we had bet- ter go downstairs. This heat seems to have gone to your head.”’ ‘‘We’re all right here,’’ was the re- ply; ‘“‘besides I was just going to tell you about Ravana, who, by natural tal- ents and strict attention to business, be- came one of the most disreputable gods in all Indian mythology. Were he alive now he would doubtless be running a saloon in the city of Chicago and_hold- ing down a decorated chair in the com- mon council—probably be a boon com- panion of Hinky Dink and Bath House John, the present aldermen.’’ ‘*Don’t you think it’s rather warm up here?’’ I ventured, for | had as yet re- ceived no order,and the hardware man’s intellect seemed to be drifting, to say the least. ‘This suits me,’’ was the reply. ‘“Ravana had ten heads and_ twenty arms, and so would have made a good hardware clerk. In addition to this, he was quite tall, being able to reach up and stop the sun and moon in their courses. Naturally surprised by such unwarranted interference, the sun went off on a strike and the winds retired into private life. When | write my book I’m going to put Ravana on the title page, with his twenty arms outstretched and his forty hands buried in the cash regis- ter during the absence of the proprietor. I think his ten heads ought to be able to make up a marketable lie about the shortage in the day’s receipts, don’t you?”’ I put up my order book and began edging my way toward the head of the stairs. “*Hold on,’’ shouted the merchant, ‘‘l was going to tell you about Hanu- - man, the god of the monkeys. You see But I was too far down the stairs to hear the rest. It is my private opinion that the hardware man keeps a choice assortment of stories for drummers and advertising men, but 1 don’t know about his capacity to hold out with stories of this kind. Anyway, 1’m going to see him when I go back over the line and note down any new fairy tales he may spring. Alfred B. Tozer. ” “so _ Anyone can put them on. Stove Carrier Attachment for NAY Use on Trucks Just the thing for use in a grocery store for carrying barrels or boxes. Price $1.75 a Pair. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We Make.... Peppermint Oil Cans Write for Prices. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS, Tinware Manufacturers, 260 South Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Guaranteed... . ». Harnesses You can guarantee every one of our harnesses to your customers, because we No chances are taken, no risks are run, you can always have a satisfied harness cus harness factory is on the top floor of our own building, in charge of the best harnessmaker in the West. We know about every piece of leather, every Prices so low you can sell a good folding single strap harness for $5.50. Ask for catalogue. BROWN & SEHLER, ‘rand Rapids, Mich. guarantee them to you stitch that goes into them. tomer. Our NNTING HOR DEALERS Tradesman Company Grand Rapids. SRR “sesame t ' ga IRE 288 i = pet ee eo eee) Pe a Oe ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 taining numerous contributions on the Metals—Zine Coe’s Genuine. . a -? Revolving Bin for Nails. over the result of their endeavors. One Hardware Price Current Nails Hardware dealers find considerable | of the splendid features of the special | —_**“" tultatainubealal uadetditading ———_-— | ,, Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. * difficulty and annoyance ; imes in| umber is a full page map of the inde- . : Re Oe ee ee yuu lat, 310 ult} annoyance at times in ak ad i et to. Michie: Augurs and Bits Wire nails, base....... 3 20 handling nails for their customers. ae ser ri in he St : Th oe Sie L 70 | 20 to 60 advance... .. Base a T i i 2 ae : : é 000 otate. 1€ Map | Jennings’ genuine o5& 10 to 16 advance 05 There are so ma a ee e€ 30, 1 : i P| Jennings’ genuine: .... 2.2. 25810 ore many different sizes in both was skillfully drawn by Miss Edna S. | Jennings’ imitation. 0000000000000 Go&10 | 8 advance a 10 varieties that when all sizes are kept in Wood, a rising young artist employed Axes pe So ean ese aaa a = , em : uae : He 2 i ) i Be advance... i i the kegs under or nearby the counterthe|in the Tradesman’s engraving depart- oe Quality, S. B. Bronze La 6 00] 3advanee...... 45 ee tea ae .| ment and a graduate of St. Mary's J -ad- | First Quality, D. B. Bronze. .......... WOU; 2aavanee............. 70 number of the kegs litte rs up the store a M _ luate of St. Mary's Acad First Quality, S. B.S. Steel... 6 50] Fine 3 advance............ 50 and lessens the attractiveness of arrange- | ©™Y: Monroe. cs : First Quality, D. B. Steel. ...2 0000) 11 50] Casing 10 advance. | i 15 . ment. Besides this, either a scoop or T a — Eagle : at Michigan Barrows jaa uaa = sea ae radesmz as just entered its seven- | Railro: : “T oacarc ttt ae the bare hands are now sincdk ia digging adesman_ ha just ente red its seven aoe ee el. 14 00 | Finish 10 advance... oF ! >| teenth year of publication and marks the | Garden. ~ an eee, 35 out the nails from the keg. Both meth- event by putting on an entire new dress Bolts Finish 6 advance . 45 ods are awkward and _ slow, often in-]of type. The Tradesman is. the mont tere... -. aa eerie enee 60 | Barrel % advance cient nia : 7 : a ae * : : jarriage, new list............. 5 - volving delay and affecting the patience | Successful journal of its kind published — a6 Seno i i = Rivets f of both dealer and customer. = the eg f oo upon the ex- Buckets Dioeer aoe al ‘Burs | 33 : a ae . : lange list of the Eagle since its first | w, at ne ic ae ey ala aaa ' ‘—. It is suggested that a revolving ae oo. | Well, plain ..................... $3 50 > : ahaa = ii t iy =e bin be appearance, and we have watched its Butts, Cast Roofing Plates ‘ constructed, each one having as many} steady growth and improvement with a Cast Loose Pin, figured ....... 70&10 eee Ee (oaeenes, a. nt io , ~ compartments as the sizes of nails more} good deal of interest. The growth and | Wrought Narrow ......0000000000000 7 70&:10 | 29x28 IC’ Charcoal’ Doo sa commonly handled. The compartments | !Mprovement of Grand Rapids has been Cartridges 14x20 1C, Chareoal, Allaway Grade. .. » 00 ors i ia _ " ea ae : x 4x20 1X, Chareoal, Allaway Grade. . * should be large enough to hold at. least Sgn ce that = the agers ae, fo nea — 20x28 it daewoo sane oe 10 00 half a keg of nails, and be fitted with a] @2@ Cam be accurately gauged thereby. ee ares ciuie “ | 20x28 1X, Charcoal, Allaway Grade. . 12 00 ri “4: a . i —>-_-————__ a i sliding gate or similar device at the bot- No Bones in Cheese. %in. 6516in. %in. % in. Ropes g . : a ee i 4 i \ nie, a ea xtza | Sisal, 's inch and larger. . 12 ic tom in order to permit a ready discharge Juvenile— Me mither sent me fora pun aga cht esis aa 6%. = oe Manilla aii 1314 of the contents into the scoop or hopper, | 0’ heel, an it’s to be better than thelges. °°" 9° = gg 6% Sand Paper i as may be convenient. As_ nails are | last, wi’ no fat or’ bones in it. Crowbars List acct. 19, °86........ dis 50 likely to clog up, it may be well to] !rascible Butcher—Go home an’ tell yer | Cast Steel, perib.................. 5 Sash Weights i < a at . ye, * : Si ' guard against this by running a rod mither to buy cheese ! om Solid Eyes, per ton.. 20 00 : j iy EAO Per Ml... 65 : from the top to the bottom of each com- | == Hick’s C.F. Oa at emai = Sheet [ron ~ partment, with side arms on the lower oS -@ »>- : : es : P L : : oe ns : 10x14 IC, Charcoal. .... .. ea, $7 55 | Pleasant Words from Pleasant People. an — oe Rae Single Strength, by box. aa a --- dis S010 14x20 IC, Charcoal... ...... wnt ee ne ees 7 50 | ~ i : i ins agement, than from all other causes combined, | Double Strength, by box.......... --- Cs 808&10 | v9x14 Charcot 8 BO Traverse City Record ; Uhe Michigan | hich staement leads One to think things ought to By the Light.....................dis 30 Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. Tradesman, the leading journal of the change; but how? By whom and what? First, Hammers Tin—Allaway Grade ‘ y 2 > See a i es a mr Olen to aw He . 3314 a State devoted to the grocery, drug and | tow? By introducing a system to this class of | Maydole & Co.'s. new a ae senis | 1x1410, Charcoal... .... 6 2% kindred lines of trade, issued this week business men that insures them against the possi- ason’s Solid Cast Steel... 30e lis ag | See 8C, Charcoal..................... 6 25 ‘ S $s gainst the possi- | \ason’s Solid Cast Steel...........30¢ list 70 10x14 1X, Charcoal 7 5 | a special edition of 64 pages and cover. bility of a forgotten charge, used in connection Hinges aaa I - eee a . ss ve in the country. Regular @ Tubular, Doz... Sie 4 50 Bright " i 5 . : : i Jarren, Galvanize roaat. 5 BO Me lates da sl ial ps cl del sa es ol ela wg 10 Grand Rapids Herald: The Michi- —— eouub Screw Eyes........ 75 —-=gan Tra z E e i ni ! . Ode ee 75 - i! radesman marks the completion of e Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..........dis 70 | Gate Hooks and Eyes................ 75 Its sixteenth year by issuing a hand- Mattocks Wienetios somely illustrated special edition, con- i i Tu : , ] aw y i a al edition, con Adze Eye......... se eeee B17 00.. dis 60 | Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled....... 30 manufacturing, trade and banking inter- | ests of the city by those prominent in the respective branches of the city’s ac- | ~ tivity. The Tradesman has had a pros- perous career, with still greater prosper- -— 4ity before it, and has done its share to promote the material welfare of Grand 7 Rapids. Lansing Republican: The current » humber of the Michigan Tradesman is the beginning of the seventeenth year. ! editor E. A. Stowe celebrated the event | by publishing an extra number of 64 pages, with illustrations and special ar- ‘— "ticles in the particular field of the jour- nal. The publication also greets its | ~ readers with a new dress of type. The i Tradesman is unquestionably one of the + best newspaper ventures in the country. The publishers have reason to be happy on Bicucle sundries Dealers of Michigan are requested to drop us a card asking for our July 1st discount sheet on Bicycle Sundries, Supplies, etc. Right Goods, Low Prices and Prompt Shipments will continue to be our motto. Dealers who are not next to us on wheels and sundries are invited to correspond. ADAMS & HART, 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Wholesale Bicycles and Sundries. oO pound casks... 8... 9 er pO et 9% Miscelaneous sia. .......... 40 Puss, (ister... te 70 Mervews, New tise... 1... 80 Casters, Bed and Plate................ 50&10&10 Dampers, American................... 50 Molasses Gates Stebbins’ Pattern.................. 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring............ 30 Pans bey, Aenie.........., o... 60&10&10 Common, polished.................... 7085 Patent Planished Iron “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. Planes Ohio Tool Co.’s, faney................. Sciota Bench............... Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy Bench, first quality.................... Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ‘Wrought. .70&10 i MUSKEGON AND RETURN Every Sunday VIA G.R. & I. Train leaves Union station at 9.15 a. m. Bridge Street 9.22 a. m. Returning leaves Muskegon 7.15 p. m. cents Sorts oo Yani as wives 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN RANDOM REFLECTIONS. Good manners are not infrequently commended on the same ground that honesty is advised—because it is the best policy. But would politeness or probity be permanently adhered to from such a motive? Would not the man who is civil merely for the benefit that might inure to himself, and the man who is honest for the same reason, be likely to relapse into a boor or a thief under provocation or temptation? a That a man is honest is usually be- cause he has been born into the world with the qualities and ingredients of an upright man. That he possesses good manners is largely the result of the same conditions. A man not naturally honest may continue through life without any serious lapses, it is true. That might happen from a lack of opportunity. That really ill-bred people may go through life without displaying striking- ly bad manners is possible from their chancing to pass their days in the so- ciety of their equals and_ superiors against whom they dare not offend. The true metal is found in the honest man who does not wish to commit wrong, and in the well-bred man or woman to whom it is as natural to behave courte- ously as it is to breathe. Tobe upright and well-bred in the highest sense is the result of an honest and good heart. a A man without a good heart may learn to affect the ways, the words, the bearing of a gentleman—for bears have been taught to dance—but the real gen- tleman is so because of the good gift of God. This gift, it may be remarked, is not limited to any class or condition of men. It is not a matter of clothes or uniforms or of long descent or office or station. It is true that there is a code of actions, very much the same in all civ- ilized countries, defined as polite or impolite. Real gentlemen conform to these regulations not because of their importance in themselves, but because they have been agreed upon and viola- tions are apt to cause disturbance and unhappiness. A gentleman uses his fork in eating because it is convenient and because the sight of his knife flashing around his mouth and throat might make his table companion nervous. At the bottom of all civility is considera- tion for the feelings of others. ey ae te Without wishing to discourage any of the good wishes and aspirations which come, like light and passing showers in the desert, into the most selfish of lives, it is still a duty to say that, where there is no gentlemanly or ladylike tendency, where the seed of instruction does not at first fall on good ground, there is little to hope. On the other hand, where there exists the true born gentleman, the real lady, made such by the possession of the gift of the heart of gold, neither riches nor poverty, nor good fortune nor ill, nor high nor low estate, nor heights nor depths, nor principalities nor pow- ers, nor any such thing, can hide that innate courtesy that wells forth as does the wayside spring for all who pass _ by. + It is not to be presumed that there is no good in the world outside of the class here described. There is no doubt that the world has been greatly benefited by the good deeds of the most disagreeable of human beings. Wrongs have been redressed by strong but shapeless and uncouth hands. Yet one star differeth from another star in glory, and as long as the world is capable of appreciating its blessings it will regard with affec- tion the name gentleman, which means all of gentleness and all of manliness. It is not to be supposed that all men will attain to this high place. Many would not care to try. Yet it is the figure set up in the eyes of the world. It has been an inspiration in every age. It is a title that never becomes extinct. Happy is he who truly and rightfully wears it. x ok OX A study of men and women shows there are many hungering and _ thirsting after fame who never get it. This is the age of yearnings. Few of our dreams will ever be realized. The hap- piest experiences will just come _ short of satisfying our expectations. There are people who laugh and jeer at the books which nobody reads, thé pictures which nobody will buy. They have been worked at honestly, perhaps. Often the efforts of men and women have their pathetic side. They represent the en- deavor to win bread and sustenance for loved ones who can not help themselves. They do not deserve scorn, at least. There are those who say they might have been famous if they had but had a chance. * ok x What about those whose motive is not to gain human praise—a_ consecrated effort? Yet such do not escape observa- tion—an older brother who has given up the desire of his life and pursues a dull, uncongenial life year afier year to serve others; has denied himself; set- tled down upon the little farm that his widowed mother might be spared the drudgery, that the younger brothers might be helped to a better start in life, the sisters be sent to school. The value of such heroism can not be estimated. Yet, having known the boy, then the man, his boyish desire to be a scholar— a lawyer—and to feel that he had the making in him of such, yet to yield it all for duty’s sake. Is this distinction? This is an example of flesh and blood, not an imaginary instance. ee A young daughter who remains in the old home to care for the aged parents; the others have all flown from the home nest one by one. She is left alone with the old mother and father. She has put aside all thought of marriage and tried as best she could to give up all yearn- ings for a home of her own, despite the pleadings of one whom she has loved from girlhood, to tend with loving, gen- tle hands as no stranger could the in- firmities of old age. To bear with it and to do all this cheerfully, believing it to be one’s duty, is to win distinc- tion. If there is one thing more than another that will help the individual life to be happier it is to settle down to the determination to bear cheerfully and philosophically whatever comes to us. —_——__—+>-+0———_____ The Produce Market. Apples—Choice fruit, either fall or winter varieties, commands $2@2.25 per bbl. Cooking stock runs frum $1.50@ 1.75. Beans—The threshing season has_be- gun, but has not progressed far enough to enable handlers to form a conclusion as to the ultimate outcome of the yield. Beets—25@30c per bu. Butter—Factory creamery has ad- vanced another Ic and is strong at 22c. Dairy grades are very scarce and hard to get. Fancy readily commands 17c, but a large proportion of the receipts grade about 13c. Local dealers are be- ginning to withdraw their supplies from cold storage, in the absence of which the price would go skyward. Cabbage—35@4oc per doz. Carrots—30@35c per bu. Cauliflower—g1@1.25 per doz. Celery—12@15c per doz. bunches. Crab Apples—The market has _ sus- tained a sharp advance during the past week, good stock readily commanding goc@$i per bu. . Cranberries--$2@2.25 per bu. Cucumbers— Pickling stock is in active demand at 20@25c per hundred. stock commands soc per bu. Eggs—Local handlers pay 13@13%c, case count, holding candled stock at 14 @14%c. The loss off varies from three dozen to the case to nothing. Brice & Co. received a consignment of nine cases from Shelby this week in which there was but one poor egg. The weather is favorable and, with the Eastern mar- ket booming, there is likely to be no downward movement for some time to come. Grapes—Wordens and Concords com- mand 8@oc for 4 lb. baskets and 1o@12c for 8 Ib. baskets. Niagaras are held at loc for 4 lb. baskets. Delawares are so scarce that they readily command 25c per 4 lb. baskets. Honey—White clover is held at 15c. Dark amber commands 10o@12c. Live Poultry—The market is recover- ing from the summer dulness and is tak- ing on a more active appearance. Broil- ers are in good demand at toc. Fat hens are in fair demand at 7c, while medium hens are in strong demand at 8c. Spring ducks are in fair demand at 6c, while old ducks are not wanted at any price- too strong, the dealers say. Hen turkeys find ready sale at gc. Large turkeys are in good demand at 8c. Spring turkeys meet with ready sale at toc. Squabs are in active demand at $1.25 per doz. Pigeons are in fair demand at 50c per doz. Muskmelons have advanced to 75c¢ per doz. fords command 75¢ per bu. Onions—-5o0@s55c per bu. for dry stock. Peaches—Chilis are coming in in small quantities and are quickly grabbed up on the basis of $2@2.50 per bu. Pears — All choice varieties have ad- vanced to $1.75@2 per bu. Small va- rieties readily command $1.50 per bu. Peppers—75c per bu. Plums—All varieties are higher and the market is strong. Lombards have advanced to $1.40 per bu. Blue plums command $1.75@2 per bu. Purple plums are entirely out of market. Potatoes—The recent rains and the cool weather which has prevailed for the past week are helping the crop of late potatoes very materially. Local dealers hold early potatoes at 35@4oc per bu., around which figure the price is likely to remain until late potatoes become a factor in the situation. Squash—Home grown command 1%c per lb. Sweet Corn—7c per doz. for Ever- green. Sweet Potatoes—$2.25 per bbl. for Baltimore Jerseys and $2 for Virginia. Turnips——s1 per bbl. Tomatoes—The cracking which en- sued as the result of the recent rains has stopped and the crop now being marketed is coming in in splendid shape, commanding 4o@s5oc per bu. Watermelons—Home grown command 1o@12c. Indiana stock is entirely out of market. Osage and cantaloupes Rocky- Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payments. BUSINESS CHANCES. j/ ANTED— GOOD LOCATION IN CEN- tral Michigan for opening a bakery. Ad- dress No. 71, care Michigan Tradesman. 71 ANTED — EXPERIENCED SALESMAN for dry goods store. References required. Address I. Jay Cummings, Paw Paw, Mich. 70 = SALE—WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF general merchandise in Northern Michigan town of 5,000 inhabitants; doing an annual budi- ness of $20,000. Reason for selling, other affairs to look after. Bargain to anyone meaning busi- ness. Will sell on easy terms. Address No. 67, care Michigan Tradesman. 67 ir SALE—STORE BULLDING, 80 x 24, _ two stories and basement; second story a residence, and, with small expense, could be made into an elegant hotel, which the town needs. Also $3,000 clean stock of general mer- chandise. Good farming community and town of 600 inhabitants. Cause for selling, ill health. Address Box 66, Wayland, Mich. 66 Large | | FroR SALE—SMALL MANUFACTURING concern, holding patent on an article that has proved a success, desires to interest party | with $1,500 to $2,000. Reasons for selling, ill ; health of managing partner and lack of working capital. Address Keyes, Davis & Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 73 ANTED—TO BUY STOCK OF GENERAL | Merchandise in the country, in Central ' Michigan, invoicing from $800 to $1,200. M Stimson, Hadley, Mich. 62 | 7-0 RENT—ONE OR TWO BRICK STORES with deep cellars, 22x75 feet, on Main street, in Opera House block, Mendon, Mich. Write to Levi Cole. 54 NOR SALE—MEAT MARKET; ONE OF the best locations in the city; customers all good pay; doing a good paying business. Address No. 53, care Michigan Tradesman. 53 7S SALE — BELGIAN HARES WITH hutches, ete.; get in on the ground floor for the boom in hare furs. Albert Baxter, Muske- gon, Mich. 57 NOOD OPENING FOR DRY GOODS OR department store at Centerville, Mich. Ad dress Box 135. 55 JANTED—GOOD LOCATION FOR OPEN- ing a good clothing store, or would buy out stock. Address Box 32, Sturgis, Mich. 56 re SALE—THE CRANE MANUFACTUR- ing mill at South Frankfort, fully equipped for the manufacture of hardwood lumber. Im- mediate possession. Inquire of Ann Arbor Savings Bank, Ann Arbor, Mich. 58 co SALE AT A BARGAIN—WELL-STOCK- ed variety store in a thriving town of 2,500. Good location, excellent trade. Other business reason for selling. Address Box 344, Otsego, Mich. 52 NOR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, SUNDRIES, fountain, ete., in excellent farming town; central location; established twenty years; big profits; rent very cheap. Will sell at a big dis- count. Present owner not a druggist. Address No. 48, care Michigan Tradesman. DRUG STOCK FOR SALE VERY CHEAP A on account of the death of the proprietor. For a write to Mrs. Anna Tomlin, Bear Lake, Mich. 41 7 RENT—TWO STORES IN NEW CORNER block in city of Belding—one of the best towns in Michigan. Has eight factories, all running, comprising the following: Two. silk mills, two refrigerator factories, basket factory, shoe factory, furniture factory, box factory; planing mill and flouring mill. Stores are Io- cated on Main street in good location. Size of corner store, 25x%5 feet. Good basement, run- ning water, electric lights. Rent to good par- ties reasonable. Address Belding Land & Im- provement Co., Belding, Mich. \ ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A RUBBER stamp. Best stamps on earth at prices that are right. Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 958 rT? SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL Stock of Merchandise—60 acre farm, part clear, architect house and barn; well watered. I also have two 40 acre farms and one 80 acre farm to exchange. Address No. 12, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 12 fe SHAFTING, HANGERS AND PUL- leys formerly used to drive the Presses of the Tradesman are for sale at a nominal price. Power users making additions or changes will do well to investigate. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 983 < a SALE—GOOD BAZAAR STOCK. EN- quire of Hollon & Hungerford, Albion, Mich. 16 Fok SALE—NEW GENERAL STOCK. A splendid farming conntry. No trades. Ad- dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 680 ODERN CITY RESIDENCE AND LARGE 4VE lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, or will exchange for tract of hardwood timber. Big bargain for some one. Possession given any time. Investigation solicited. E. A. Stowe, 94 Kellogg street, Grand Rapids. 993 NY ONE WISHING TO ENGAGE IN THE grain and produce and other lines of busi- ness can learn of good locations by communi- eating with H. H. Howe, Land and Industrial Agent C. & W. M.and D., G. R. & W. Railways, Grand Rapids, Mich. 919 POR SALE—A RARE OPPORTUNITY—A flourishing business, clean stock of shoes and furnishing goods; established eash trade; best store and location in city; located among the best iron mines in the country. The coming spring willopen up with a boom for this city, with prosperous times for years tocome a cer, tainty. Kent free for six months, also a dis. count on stock; use of fixtures free. Store and location admirably — for any line of busi- hess and conducted at small expense. Get in line before too late. Failing health reason for Selling. Address P. O. Box 204, Negaunee, Mich. 918 V YANTED — REGISTERED ASSISTANT pharmacist. Address Solon, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 61 W ANTED— AN ASSISTANT PHARMA- cist. Apdress, with reference, Box 24, Richland, Mien, 65 ANTED—SITUATION OR LOGATION AS pharmacist or physician or both. Address No. 68, care Michigan Tradesman. 68 MISCELLANEOUS. pool WANTED BY REGISTERED pharmacist of eight years’ experience. Ad- dress C. L. Smith, Galien, Mich. . 72 ANTED—POSITION AS CLERK. NINE years’ experience in dry — and general trade. Address No. 43, care ichigan Trades- man. 43 ANTED—POSITION BY DRUGGIST, 14 _years’ experience. Address No. 40, care Michigan Tradesman. 40 WANTED SITUATION AS TRAVELING salesman, commission or salary, clothing, boots and shoes, men’s furnishing goods or gro- ceries. Good references given. -Address 998, care Michigan Tradesman. 998 _7 & Travelers’ Time Tables. MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS CHICAGO 1 Wet Michizas Ry Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids..7:10am 12:00nn 5:05pm *2:15am Ar. Chicago. ...1:30pm 5:00pm 11:15pm *7:25am Lv. Chicago... 7:15am 12:00nn 4:15pm *8:45pm Ar. G’d Rapids 1:25pm 5:05pm 10:15pm = *1:50am Traverse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey. Ly. G@’d Rapids. 7: 2:05am 1:45pm 5:30pm Ar. Trav City..12:40pm 6:10am 5:35pm 10:55pm Ar. Charlevoix.. 3:15pm 7:53am 7:38pm.......... Ar. Petoskey. ... 3:45pm 8:15am 8:15pm.......... Ar. Bay View... 3:55pm 8:20am 8:20pm.......... Ottawa Beach. Lv. G. Rapids..9:00am 12:00nn 5:39pm.......... Ar. G. Rapids..8:00am 1:25pm 5:05pm 10:15pm Extra train on Saturday leaves at 2:15pm for Ottawa Beach. Sunday train leaves Bridge street 8:40am, ae depot 9:00am; leaves Ottawa Beach : m. Trains arrive from north at 2:00am, 11:15am, 4:45pm, and i Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars on night trains to and from Chicago Parlor cars for Bay View. *Every day. Others week days only. Lia, .... Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 12:05pm 5:25pm Ar. Detrals............; 11:40am 4:05pm 19:05pm Ly. Detroit........ .....8:40am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... 1:30pm 5:10pm 10:55pm Saginaw, Almaand Greenville. Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G@ R11:45am 9:40pm Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DEHAvEN, General Pass. Agent. Trunk Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Diy. GRAN (In effect June 19, 1899.) Leave Arrive GOING EAST Saginaw, Detroit & N Y.......+ 6:40am + 9:55pm Detroit and East.............+10:16am +t 5:07pm Saginaw, Detroit & East...... + 3:27pm +12:50pm Buffalo, N Y, Toronto, Mon- treal & Boston, L’t’d Ex....* 7:20pm *10:16am GOING WEST Gd. Haven and Int Pts.... . * 8:30am *10:00pm Gd. Haven Express........... *10:2lam * 7:15pm Gd. Haven and Int Pts....... +12:58pm + 3:19pm Gd. Haven and Milwaukee. ..+ 5:12pm +10:1lam _Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...+10:00pm t+ 6:40am Gd. Haven and Chicago...... * 7:30pm * 8:05am Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car to Detroit. *Daily. tExcept Sunday. C. A. Justin, City Pass. Ticket Agent, 97 Monroe St., Morton House. Rapids & indiana Railway July 9, 1899. GRAN Trav.C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 4;10am *10:COpm Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am t 5:15pm Trav. City & Petoskey......... + 1:40pm ¢ 1:10pm Cadillac accommodation...... + 5:25pm +10:55am Petoskey & Mackinaw City....t1!:00pm + 6:3Gam _ {4:10am train, The Northland Express, sleeping and dining cars; 7:45am and 1:40pm trains, parlor cars; 11:00pm train sleeping car. Southern Div. Leave Arrive Cineinnai.. ooo... + 7:10am + 9:45pm Rt. Wayne ....0 7) 2207... + 2:00pm ¢ 1:30pm Kalamazoo and Vicksburg... * 7:00pm * 7:20am Chicago and Cincinnati....... *10:15pm * 3:55am &j7:10 am train has parlor car to Cincinnati and parlor car to Chicago; 2:00pm train has parlor car to Ft. Wayne; 10:15pm train has sleeping cars to Chicago, Cincinnati, Indian- apolis, Louisville and St. Louis. Chicago Trains. TO CHICAGO. Ly. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 2 00pm *10 15pm Ar. Chicago......... 230pm 8 45pm 6 2am FROM CHICAGO. Lv. Chicago......... 3 02pm * 8.15pm *11 32pm Ar. Grand Rapids... 9 45pm 3:55pm 7 20am Traiv leaving Grand —— 7:10am has parlor car; 10:15pm, coach and sleeping car. Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has Pullman pote car; 8:15pm sleeping car; 11:32pm sleep- ng car for Grand Rapids. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Lv @’d F.apids.........¢7:35am +1:35pm +5:40pm Ar Muszegon.. . 9:00am 2:45pm 7:05pm Sunday train leaves Grand Rapids 9:15am; arrives Muskegon 10:40am. G@OINe EAST. Lv Muskegon....... .. +8:10am +12:15am +4:00pm Ar@'d Rapids .. - 9:30am = 1:25pm 5:20pm Sunday train leaves Muskegon 6:30pm; ar- tives Grand Rapids 7:55pm. +Except Sunday. *Daily. G. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passr. and Ticket Agent. W. C. BLAKE Ticket Agent Union Station. MANISTE Via C. & W.M. Railway. & Northeastern Ry. Best route to Manistee. Lv Grand Rapids.................. 7iooam ....... Pee, DEAMIBURC cos oo oo. cian es cc ee i2:o5pm «|... 5. Dom. Weaniabee oes sce occ. ees S:30am 4:10pm Ar Grand Rapids ...... ........ loopm o:sspm Michigan Business Men’s Association President, C. L. Wartnry, Traverse City; Sec- retary, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WisLEk, Mancelona; Secretary, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Michigan Hardware Association President, C. G. JewErt, Howell; Secretary Henry C, Mrnnig, Eaton Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, Joszpa Knieut; Secretary, E. MARKS, 221 Greenwood ave; Treasurer, C. H. FRINK. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, Frank J. Dyx; Secretary, Homer Kuap; Treasurer, J. GEo. LEHMAN. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREANOR; Vice-President, JoHNn McBratniE; Secretary, W. H. Lewis. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. FRaNK HELMER; Secretary, W. H. PorTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLaRK; Secretary, E. F. CLEVE- LAND: Treasurer, WM. C. KoEHNn. . Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, M. L. DeBats; Sec’y, S. W. WaTERs. Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association President, W. H. JoHNson; Secretary, Cuas. HYMAN. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Barges; Secretary, M. B. Hoty; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. CamP- BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLuins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Gincurist; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. M. Witson; Secretary, Pamir Hi- BER: Treasurer, S. J. HurForp. St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, THos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. PERcy; Treasurer, CLARK A. Purt. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H.W. Watuaceg; Sec’y, T. E, HEDDLE. Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VERHOEKs. Yale Business Men’s Association President, Cuas. Rounps; Sec’y, FRANK PUTNEY. TRAVEL VIA F. & P. M. R. R. AND STEAMSHIP LINES TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN H. F. MOELLER, a... P. a. DON’T t buy Plated Silverware, Clocks or Holiday Goods, until you have consulted our 1899 Fall Catalogue. The most complete Book out. WRITE FOR IT NOW, The IS ereent| Mfg. Co. Jackson and Market. CHICAGO. Kept Fresh The new Uneeda Biscuit are delivered to the consumer in moisture and dust proof packages, as fresh and crisp and clean as though just from the oven. They should always be served from the origi- nal package, which should be kept carefully closed. Uneeda Biscuit are unequaled for general use. A perfect every- day food for everybody. Serve every day with every meal. Give them to the children instead of cakes. Sold everywhere at five cents the package —never in bulk. vlryyeeveeveeveevevneeeenvenvenvenvenvenveneeneeneenis j j Pyyerereevevveey yyy yyy yyy They all say ¥ “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell you that they are only new article. — Who urges you to keep Sapolio? public? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. PZ TUINCUIICCUUIETUUUITEETCCTEV CU rTeeeerrre erry yy trying to get you to aid their Is it not the —»p —_ —_ —_ —— ——- — — » — @» — W —»D — — wp — » —~—» — — » — _ — 3» ed — _ ——_ —<—- —~_ — _ —/_ —_ rrveevevvevenee nen nneneeven rrnenenn ~pii rr Weve Pere ervenT eee reve reeTT vr ttt me Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 30th, 1899. Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids, Mich. Editor—I am in receipt of your favor of the 22nd asking for special matter for your Anniversary number. In consultation with the Computing Scale Co. on the subject they informed me that they are so far behind on orders that they are almost tempted to stop advertising. This speaks well for the ‘‘man behind the gun.” How- ever, you may announce that we will be the last to stop advertising on account of such swamping prosperity. Yours Respectfully, KENNEDY, Adv. Manager for THE COMPUTING SCALE CO. SANAMAAANUUASAAAUUAALAAAAAA4LAAL4AAULAAAA4GUAAA4LAAAA4AUbAA4A AOL ZA an Wild dd VYTITTITTTPUTUPETECU TUTE EY MICA AXLE GREASE has become known on account of its good qualities. Merchants handle Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for Nothing takes so well with the visitors he “ge their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,” so that Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco- nomical as well. Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white and blue tin packages. at carnivals and fairs as picture cards, which are carefully preserved, while ordi- nary cards, circulars and pamphlets are largely destroyed and wasted. We have a fine line of Picture Cards. varying in ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING OILS price from $3.00 to $6.00 per thousand, including printing on back. Samples mailed on application. WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE STANDARD THE WORLD OVER Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, [Michigan HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS STANDARD OIL CO. RG RE SATE I SS