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GRAND RAPIDS, “WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1887.

 

NO. 185.

 

 

 

Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly

 

EDMUND B. DIKEMAN,

for food, is made of only the best white corn THE—
and ts guaranteed absolutely pure.
“i GREAT WATCH MAKER
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— are LC 7 a
The popularity of, Muzzy’s Corn and Sun
Gloss Starch is proven by the large sale, —AND—
aggregating many million of pounds each
year.

The State Assayer of Massachusetts says
Muzzy’s Corn Starch tor table use, is per-
fectly pure, is well prepared, and of excel-
lent quality.

Muzzy’s s Starch, both for laundry and table
use, is the very best offered to the con-
sumer. All wholesale and retail grocers
sell it.

SEEDS

For the Field aud Garden.
The Grand Rapids seed Store,

71 Canal Street,

 

 

Offers for Sale all Kinds of Garden
Seeds in Bulk.

Medium Clover,
Mammoth Clover,
Alsike Clover,

44 CANAL STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.

 

JUDD ck CcCo.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE
And Full Line Winter Goods.
102 CANAL STREET.

 

 

EATON & LYON,

Importers,
Jobbers and
Retailers of

BOOKS,

 

Alfalfa Clover,
falta Clover, | Stationery & Sundries,
Timothy, 20 and 22 fonroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Red Top,
Blue Grass,

Orchard Grass,
Hungarian Grass,
Common Millet,
German Millet,
Flax Seed.

 

GIANT

Ollie, Company.

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Secures to out-of-town customers the most
careful attention and guarantees perfect sat-

isfaction. We are the

 

Show Cases.

fully warranted.

in the city.
COOK & PRINZ,

Grand Rapids - - - Mich.

Having embarked in the Manufacture of
Show Cases at 38 West Bridge street, we
are prepared to supply merchants and
others with the best goods on the market
at prices way below other manufacturers,
as we do all our own work. All cases

Write for prices or call and see us when

 

POTATOES.

We make the handling of POTATOES,
APPLES and BEANS in car lotsa special
feature of our business. If you have any
of these goods to ship, or anything in the
produce line, let us hear from you, and we
will keep you posted on market price and
prospects. Liberal cash advances made
on car lots when desired.

Agents for Walker’s Patent Butter Worker.

Karl Bros., Commission Merchants,

157 South Water St., CHICAGO.
Reference: First NATIONAL BANK.

 

Use
Heckers’

LARGEST HOUSE in the STATE |

DEALING EXCLUSIVELY IN

Ready-Made Cloting

With the splendid ‘I
est custom work.

of at least one-third.

--GIANT--

The attention of

for our goods and make CASH PRICES.

With superior advantages and ready cash
we are enabled not only to meet Chicago
prices but offer you a most complete line of

FURNISHING GOODS.

GIANT CLOTHING COMPANY,

A. MAY, PROPRIETOR.

Cor Causal & Lyon Sts. Grand Rapids

Tailor-Made Clothing
we handle the fit is as perfect as in the fin-
Send in your order for a
Spring Suit or Overcoat and makea saving

dealers is called to our
JOBBING DEPARTMENT. We pay cash

Standard
Manufactures.

 

T. R, Ettis & Co,,

PAPER RULERS,

51, 53 and 55 Lyon 8t.,

Book Binders

Blank Book Makers,

 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Voigt, Herpolshelmer & Co,

Importers and Jobbers of

DRY GOODS

Staple and Fancy.

Overalls, Pants, Eitc.,

OUR OWN MAKE.

A Complete Line of

Fancy Crockery? Fancy Woodenware

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

Inspection Solicited. Chicago and Detroit
Prices Guaranteed.

POTATOES.

We give prompt personal attention to
the sale of POTATOES, APPLES,BEANS
and ONIONS in car lots. We offer best
facilities and watchful attention. Consign-
ments respectfully solicited. Liberal cash
advances on Car Lots when desired.

Wn. H Thompson & bo,

166 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference
FELSENTHAL, GROsS & MILLER, Bankers.

HEMLOCK BARK!

WANTED.

 

 

The undersigned wil pay the high-
est market price for HEMLOCK
BARE loaded on board cars at any
side track on the G. R. & I.or C & W.
M. Railroads.
ed.

Correspondence solicit-

N. B. CLARK,

101 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.

MOSELEY BROS.

——WHOLESALE——

SEEDS, FRUITS, OYSTERS,

Ana Proauce.
26, 28, 30 and 32 OTTAWA _ ST., G’D RAPIDS

MUSCATINE
OATMEAL.

Best in the world. Made by new and im-
proved process of kiln-drying and cutting.
All grocers keep it. Put up in barrels, half
barrels.and cases.

MUSCATINE
ROLLED OATS.

Made by entirely new process, and used
by everybody. Put up in barrels, half bar-
rels and cases.

 

 

For Sale by all Michigan Jobbers.

SWEET 1f

—= SOA P=
The Best Laundry Soap on the Market.

TRY IT:
FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS GROCERS.

MANUFACTURED BY

Oberne, Hosick & Co.
CHICAGO.

A, HUFFORD, General Agent,
Box 14. Grand Rapids.

CHARLES A. COYE,

Successor to

A. Coye & Son,

DEALER IN

AWNINGS = TENTS

Horse and Wagon Covers,
Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,
Wide Ducks, etc.
Flags & Banners made to order.
73 CANAL ST., ~ GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

 

MONNICH & STONE, Flint, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS OF

 

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MERCHANDISING.
Buying, Paying, Selling, Trusting and
Other Points.
Owosso, Mareh 22, 1887.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

_Drar Srr—At the present age of the
world, when competition in all branches of
business is at its height all over the broad
land, east, west, north and south; and
when goods of all kinds and descriptions
are sold with as close a margin as they are
at this date, it should be of great interest
to the dealer to avail himself of every point
that may benefit him to make his occupa-
tion suecesstul and I coneur with you that
the best method to obtain such points is to
get the ideas and opinions of experienced
and suecessful merehants and select such
points as are deemed of interest and prac-
ticable application. Hence I take the pleas-
ure of reciprocating.

After a business career of twenty years,
in the clothing, hats, caps and furnishing
goods trade, ¥ will endeavor to give the
readers of Tue TRADESMAN some of my
ideas and opinions on buying, paying, sell-
ing, trusting and other points that may be
of interest for the successful and prosperous
conduct of business; and 1 trust that others
will also advance their ideas, for we can all
learn, it matters not how much experience
we have had.

1. Buying stock is one of the main things
to be considered in business, and, as the
old and true saying is, ‘‘A stock well
bought is half sold.””. The only question
is what is the meaning of well bought? In
the first place, you must endeavor to buy
only such goods as are salable. You must
use the best of judgment in selecting pat-
terns. Bad styles are dear, even if bought
ever so low, for they will not niove, but will
lay on your shelves; and the longer they
lay the more they will depreciate, and you
will accumulate old shelf-worn stock, which
means loss and ruin. Buy your goods at
the lowest possible prices, it is very neces-
sary to do so on account of the strong com-
petition now in existence in all branches of
business. Some merchants have an idea
that in order to buy goods low, they must
only deal with large houses. This is a
great mistake. The larger houses are labor-
ing under heavy expenses; aside from that,
they command plenty of capital and are,
therefore, more independent, while, on the
other hand, the smaller dealers are more
anxious to cater for your trade, have lighter
expenses and are willing to give a good,
prompt-paying merchant closer figures than
the independent houses that command a
large trade will give you. The most erron-
eous and fatal mistake existing at the pre-
sent day with the retail merchant is that he
thinks that he cannot do a successful busi-
ness unless he carries an enormously large
stock. He thinks he cannnot do business
without it, because his neighbor carries a
large stock. This is one of the most com-
mon errors in mereantile life. Goods get
old, faded, shelf-worn, go ont of style, and
when the time of your araual inventory
approaches, instead of your having the cash
which you think you have made during the
year, you have laying on your shelves a
large lot of unsalable goods which would
not bring you fifty cents on the dollar. And
you are, in reality behind, in place of ahead,
which you aimed to be and should be. A
good merchant should buy judiciously, spar-
ingly and often. Keep your assortment
good, more especially in staples that are in
every day demand. It is a wise plan and
experience tells me that it can be done;
that is, run your stock down to a certain
amount by the first of January and do the
same from year to year. I have done it
with ease and success. You will be more
able to suit your customer with a small and
well assorted stock than you will witha
large stock. ‘Where a customer sees too
many goods he is harder to be suited. It is
a wrong idea, that of thinking that if you
carry a large stock, you can sell to everyone.
Another very important point is, in buying

‘your stock do not buy all of one line of

goods of any one house, for several reasons:
It gives the jobber to understand that
you are not beholden to him and it will put
him on his guard to be very cautious and
not charge you more for goods than any
one else would be likely to sell them to you
for. While, on the other hand, if he knows
that you will buy of him only, he might not
use that caution. And then again, almost
every house has some articles that are not
only very desirable styles to handle, but
sometimes at special low prices. It will
pay every merchant to look over different
lines. My experience has taught me that,
in that way, one is able to select a better,
cleaner, and more salable stock and at low-
er prices than if a certain line be all pur-
chased of one house. The retailer living in
the present day of competition should avail
himself of every opportunity in his favor in
selecting his stock. If you have frequent
enquiries for certain articles and you do not
have them in stock, you should get them
in order to hold your trade, but not in all
eases. There are certain cranky individuals
who are continually enquiring for things
which you have not, and, if you had them,
they would not be suited with them, but
would rather go away from home to buy and
pay more for them than they could buy
them at home for. It will not pay a mer-
chant to order goods for such parties, with
the expectation of selling to them. Better
drop them. Donot buy a job lot at the
end of the season,*because you ean buy it
cheap, for you will* find it hard-selling
goods, or it would not be a job lot and in
the hands ot the jobber at that time, and he
would not have to sacrifice in order to dis-
pose of it. Buy your stock early and in
good season. It will give you an opportun-
ity to get the first and best selections of
styles of the jobber’s stock as you are aware
that goods are, in most cases, dated
ahead, so you will meet with no in-
convenience therefrom. By holding back too
long the best and most salable styles are
sold out, for such will always go first and
you will have to take what others don’t
want and will, inthat way, usually get hard-
sellers and old stock. Buy freely of staple
goods when you get the right thing and at
the right price, but go very sparingly and
cautiously on faney styles. When you meet
one of those blowing, smart alecks who will
offer you baits, take the baits offered, but
be cautious. Do not buy any goods of that
individual which you cannot look into and
know the value of, for, if he can get the
chance, he will surely make it up on you,
which can easily be done, at least on the line

 

of goods that I handle. When you get atrade
established on a certain brand of goods and
the same gives good satisfaction to your
eustomer, sell it as long as you meet
with suecess and do not change it for an-
other. Never make a practice of giving
complimentary orders because a salesman
flatters you and happens to be well acquain-
ted with you, for, in that way, you will get
overstocked and get goods for which you
have no use but which will have to be paid
for when the bills become due, whether you
have sold them or not. There should be no
friendship in a business transaction. Treat
your friend well, but buy no goods of him
unless yoy. need them. Do not allow a job-
ber to substitute goods in place of those you
have ordered, because be has not in stock
any more of what you ordered; nor receive
any mofe than you ordered; in either case
return him the goods so substituted or
crowded in and give him to understand that
you know better than he does what you
want and can use. Accepting of same will
make old stock and only encourage the job-
ber to do the same over again. I would
again caution you that overstocking is one
ot the most fatal and discouraging errors
with which to contend in business. I could
say a great deal more on this subject, but
will give some one else an opportunity.

Our next subject for discussion, is paying
for the goods bought in our line. Every
merchant in good standing gets four months
time from dating, with the privilege of dis-
counting same from date of dating 7 per
cent. or 6 per cent. off, as the agreement may
be, in 10 days or 5 per cent. off 30 days.
Now, any business man ean see at once the
gain by taking the pércentage off and pay-
ing cash for goods. In the year of 1878 I
made my entire store and family expenses
simply on discounts. Every good business
man should endeavor to discount his bills.
If your capital is limited, carry a small
stock and sell same for cash only and dis-
count your bills. By so doing you will feel
better and safer and you will have more
courage and energy, knowing that your goods
are yours and paid for. The jobber will
give you closer figures, knowing that you
pay cash for your goods and having to run
no risk in‘selling to you. You will not
only save a great deal of money by discount-
ing, but you will also build up a reputation
that will give you every advantage to be
gained from the jobber, for everyone is de-
sirous to sell you, knowing that you pay
eash. If you cannot get your matters in
shape to discount by no means let your bills
run over due, for such a course will place
you in the power of the creditor. You will
injure your reputation by so doing. The
minute the jobber grants you an extension,
he expects you to inmake your purehases al-
most entirely of him, even if you pay him
interest for over time. The effect is disas-
trous; and if you leave him he will press
his claim for fear of loss. Ruin will even-
tually follow such a course. No good mer-
chant should allow himself to be placed in
such a predicament. In order to be success-
ful, a merchant must be independent, pay
his bills when at maturity and make his
purchases wherever it is to his best advan-
tage. No business man should ever give se-
curity on his stock of merchandise, for such
an act means utter ruination. It deprives
him of all credit and is nothing less than a
failure. An assigninent for the benetit of
creditors is far more preferable than a chat-
tel mortgage on a stock of goods. In no
event will “it extricate you from financial
trouble but will only prolong the difficulty
for a short time.

We will now pass to the subject of the
displaying of stock. A great deal of the
success of the merchant of the present day
depends to a certain extent upon the show
and display of his goods. In order to dis-
play stock to good advantage, it is neces-
sary to have a good, clean store. Always
keep it tidy and avoid smoking, as tobacco
smoke scents the goods. It is desirable that
taste should be shown in the arrangement
of your show window. Change the goods
frequently, so that they may not become
faded by too much light. By negligence in
this department, great damage can be done
to a stock of goods. Get such help as will
take pride in making a good display and, at
the same time, take good care of the stock.
Avoid tucking goods under the counter. It
is a poor way to display them. Keep them
in sight where your customers can not help
but see them. When you have goods that
begin to show age and shelf-wear, make
special efforts to dispose of them. The lon-
ger you keep them, the more they will de-
preciate in value. Convert them into money
and use that money to buy new stock with.
A certain amount of judicious advertising is
absolutely necessary, in order to keep your
name before the’ public; and whatever you
advertise to do, carry out to the letter.
Such a course creates a good impression.
You must endeavor to convince people that
you do business squarely and on business
prineiples. Ever maintain your honor and
integrity inviolate.

Now, a word in regard to trusting.
less said about that the better. Try to doa
eash business. If you have plenty of capi-
tal, there is no need of your doing a credit
business; if you have a limited capital, then
you cannot afford to. Think a moment.
Will it not pay better to do less business,
sell your goods for cash, discount your bills
with the money so received and build upa
good and solid reputation, than to do a lar-
ger business, run yourself into debt, pay
interest on bills overdue, be continvally hard
up and obliged to take extensions, ruin
your reputation for good business methods
and have your capital standing out all over
the country with Tom, Dick and Harry, not
knowing whether you will ever get it back.
My motto is this: When times are good
and business is brisk, then you can sell
enough for cash and do well out of it; when
times are dull and business is depressed,
then it is unsafe and folly to trust out your
goods and subsequently be obliged to spend
your time and money to collect the payment
for them. Of course there are exceptions.
If a responsible customer asks credit fora
short time, and you know him to be worthy
of it, it would not be good policy to refuse
his request. But it will not pay you to
make doubtful accounts. Every merchant
knows that there are many customers driven
away by granting them credit, parties who
would have traded with youand paid you the
cash, but that you have trusted them and
they have gotten into the habit of asking it.
On the other hand, if you had refused them
credit, they would not have expected it, and
would not, as is often the case, leave you

The

in the lurch
trade.
When a person fails in business, almost

the first remark heard is, ‘*Well,

and go somewhere else to

business—has too much standing out.” Gen-
tlemen, come down to a cash business.
You will find that it pays best in the long
run.

Salesmanship next claims our
thought. This is one of the most impor- |
tant elements of success in the conduct of
business. It is, toa certain extent, a nat- |
ural gift. A salesman should be a
judge of human nature. He should be able
to read his customer the very
commences conversation with him.
goods is like playing a game of chess—you
have to watch the move of your
and then move accordingly. He must aim
to suit the buyer with the articles he wants.
If itisa manand his wife, let him aim to
suit the wife—that will, in most cases, do
the business. To suit is, generally speak-
ing, sufficient to effect a sale. Among other
qualifioations a salesman must be gentle-
manly and obliging. The deeadence of
good manners is a very positive and serious
loss ina business way, for nowhere area
courteous address and easy grace of behay-
ior so much needed and so well rewarded.
He should be able to work off old style,
damaged or shelf-worn stock, when he finds
a customer who is willing to purchase such
goods. In this way you keep your stock
clean and in good shape. He should ever
bear in mind that patience and perseverance
accomplish all things.

I will now advance a few business rules,
which, if observed, may be of benefit to
your readers:

It is very essential for every prudent mer-
chant to carry an insurance on his stock of
at least one-half its value, in a good, relia-
ble company. It is a duty which he owes
to himself, to his family and to his credi-
tors. Ifa business does not pay insurance,
it is not worth having.

When you have a luerative, paying busi-
ness; do not sell out, for, in all probability,
you will not better yourself. Do not branch
out too much; one good business, well at-
tended to, is enough...

When you refuse a man credit, stick to it.
Do not be coaxed into trusting, after you
have refused, for in most such cases, the
debt is lost.

Do not show yourself slack and tardy in
the collection of outstanding accounts. If
you are slow, you cannot expect your debtor
to be prompt.

Do not berate your neighbor because he is
acompetitor, for such a course will only in-
jure your own business and reputation.

When you have a mechanic or laborer
perform any service for you, pay him
promptly for his work. Don’t undertake to
make him trade it out of your store. You
will be more apt to make a customer of him
if you pay him his earned money.

Avoid law suits, for, if you win, you will
still be a loser. Itis necessary for a mer-
chant to be adequately posted in law to
avoid suits at law.

A business man should not be without a
safe in which to place yaluable books and
papers.

Attend to your own business, and don’t
depend too much upon your help. There is
no one who can attend to your own affairs
so well as you can yourself, no matter how
good help you may have.

Make your place of business your head-
quarters, and try to be there during busi-
ness hours. A great many customers when
they come to trade like to see the proprie-
tor and deal with him.

Allow no games to be indulged in in your
store during business hours.
¢ In conclusion, I would say, do business
on business principles; be prompt in your
appointments; fulfill your agreements; keep
your probity inviolate; think before you act,
and when you are sure you are right go
ahead. Yours very truly,

S. L AMFROM.
-_- >
Look Out for Tares.*

Being requested by the committee to write
on the subject of tares, I shall endeavor to
lay the matter before you as clearly as in my
power to do so.

I find the definition of the word tare to be
as follows: Allowance made by the seller
of package goods which are sold by weight
to the buyer for the real or supposed weight
of boxes, casks, bags, etc., and for the dust
or refuse matter contained in some classes
goods.

Tare is distinguished as real tare, or the
the exact weight of the box, cask, ete., cus-
tomary tare, or a fixed allowance for this
weight, sometimes regulated by ordinance
and sometimes by custom; and average tare,
which is deducted from weighing a few
packages and taking their average as the
allowance for the whole. In goods which
ean be unpacked without injury, the prac-
tice is to allow real tare.

‘The object of this paper is to call atten-
tion to the irregularities existing in our
present mercantile transactions and to show
that too little attention is paid to this matter,
both by manufacturer, wholesaler and re-
tailer. I shall tirst endeavor to show that
there is a considerable, if not an excessive,
loss to the retailer in not giving that atten-
tion necessary to all such packages as have
the tare deducted in the invoice. I mean
that the retailer does not often enough know,
of his own knowledge and by actual weight,
that the proper tare or enough tare is deduct-
ed by the seller from all such packages. We
have to give weight and measure and it is
only fair that we should demand the same
from madufacturers and jobbers. What
satisfaction would it be for our customers
to be told, should we send them a box of
raisins as holding or containing thirty
pounds, which they found contained only
twenty-eight, *‘That is all right—it is cus-
tomary—-it is all the jobbers allow us.”
But they would justly say, “I want and
will have all that 1 pay for.”’ Therefore, be-

he sold | sehemes, the wholesaler tor
lots of goods, but has done too much credit | tail.

  
 
 

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careful | ways of guess work in

good | t

minute he |
Selling |

customer |

 

cause jobbers tell us that five pounds tare |

is all they get, does that make it right? It

will take two pounds more to make up the |

loss.

tomary for solong,we may as well not weigh
rolls of butter or count baskets of eggs
which our farmer customers bring us, but
take them and send them out as what they
eall them, and, if any one complains, we
ean say,” We bought it of them for such

lL eclaim, gentlemen, that if we are to |
except this wrong because it has been cus- |

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exchange taken out.
Bt
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and you must aceept them as the same.”

We have proclaimed war against the dead-
beat, the peddler, the prize and lottery
selling at re-
My object here is not to proclaim war,
| but to ask and insist upon having «al! thes
we pay for, in honor and justice to our-
selves, as a body of retail merchants of
who claim reform in the old
business, and who
|have associated themselves together for
honorable purposes, and, if possible, to
| cause gg contidence to be placed in a re-

tailer; or, as some of the upper ten would
say, aakesnin: whose honor is, 1 hope,
in their good name for giving correct weight,
measure and count. Where would any of
us be in any community, without suth a
reputation. Take that from us and what
would we have to do business with? As,
what would it profit Robinson, the Chicaco
wholesale grocer, if he should say, ‘‘1 cic
omit the tare, because it has been custom-
ary for the importer and the manufacturer
not to allow me correct tares, and I only
took another slice and omitted it altogeth-
er.” If he had been a retailer, let us hope,
that the dishonest idea was given him by
his receiving false tares on the goods from
whom he purchase them. 1 think flat we
oaght to let the public see that we are en
deavoring to protect them as well ‘as our-
selves, from all evils so far as we can reach;
as, of course, the tares of packages, if
wrong on invoice, would usually be giving
the consumers wrong weight, and they
would be the losers by purehasing original
packages, and we would soon lose our good
names, Which we most value, and would be
branded as imposters. This reminds me of
these lines:

He who steals my purse, steals tyash;

It’s something, nothing.

*lwas mine, it is his, and has

to thousands.

But he who filches from me my good name

Robs me of that which not enriches him

And makes me poor indeed.

From my own knowledge, I wish to calt
your attention to certain eases*in my every
day experience.

Valencia raisins, off
have been invoiced this year by two houses
as 30 pounds net. On weighing them, in
the presence of the agents fiom whom |
purchased, they contained only 28 pounds
net in each case, the tare being six pounds
per box, and; therefore a deduetion of
pounds per box, which, if not detected,
would have made them, in the one case,
cost one-half cent and, in the other, three-
quarters cent per pound more by the two
pound loss. ‘This is the first year that |
have ever had the 30 pound game played,
but have always had, since my being in thi
country, 20 pounds instead of 28
correct.

French prunes, dates and figs are often
billed with too little tare and sometimes,
like citron, with none. I have this last
season, returned citron, beeause it was
charged gross weight and no tare, and
cracker barrels 1 to 2 pounds over tare. fn
one instance, I had a barrel marked to be
18 pounds tare which weighed 28 pounds,
making 10 pounds over tare on that one
package, which was a corn starch barrel:
Candy in pails, 5 to 4 pounds allowed, which
weighed 2 to 2's and 3 pounds over tare
which, at from 8 to 15 cents per pound,
made a dear sweet pail; sugars in barrels 1
to 3 pounds over tare; ground spices in
bulk 4 ounces, 6 ounces and 8 ounces over
tare at from fifteen to forty eents per pound:
boxes marked warranted net weights. |
have always charged back these shortages,
but I have had to fight for my rights. There
are so many who will not, or do not give
this matter the attention required, which
amounts to a great sum. The jobbers will

been slave

stalk and layers,

whieh is

not listen to one here and there, but when
you all demand right tares they will give

the subject attention and will demand the
same from importers and manufacturers.
from the best proofs I can obtain, I find the
Custom House in New York allows and de
mands actual tares on all imported fruits,
and, as there isa duty on kaisins, the im-
porter would not be likely to pay duty on
boxes. Citron peel 2’. pounds tare per box
is average. Sugar refiners allow actual
tare. Pure syrups and New Orleans mo-
lasses, one to two gallons outage.

I will here state that I have got the allow-
ances allowed by the houses from whieh |
purchased when claim was made, and |
have met Mr. Brigham for one that knows
that I have always weighed everything,
and never, to his knowledge, forgotten to
charge his house with the deduetions, and 1
will say that I always got them. But hesoon
retired from the fruit business, to enable
him to compete with the Grand Rapuls
spice houses, and associated himself with
the Woolson Spice Co., of Toledo.

I do not say, and do not wish to be undex
stood as saying, that, in the larger number
of instances coming to my knowledge, the
shippers, manufacturers or the wholesalers,
intentionally do this wrong for gain. With
them are the same chances that occur to the
retailer. They do not know that these things
are so and especially are shippers liable to
this ignorance. <A force of men, generally
such as are termed cheap labor, are employ-
ed, who do not take time to give the neces-

sary atteution to the weight of cases that
their employer desires of them.

Now, as to the remedy: let us more
sarefully comply with the request made

each week by our worthy editor of Tur
MicnuiGAN TRADESMAN, Brother Stowe,
who says, ‘‘Weigh, measure, count and guage
everything you buy.” With thie end in
view, let us demand from the manerfaeturer,
the shipper and the wholesale dealer full
tare, actual tare, as in that way alone, can
we come into possession of our rights. I
say false tares mean false prices, which, if
stopped would often prevent cutting. And,
if we do find that any shipper, manufacturer
or wholesaler persists in selling goods hav-
ing false tares, what shall we do with them?
Leave them alone I would recommend.
—_> > >

Let Him Alone Hereafter.

EAst SAGINAW, Mareh 22,
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Str—What would you cdo in a case
where an account is two months past due,
and on each request to pay, $5 is sent, with
When the account is
settled, L tind the amount short 38 cents,
which has been dedueted by the debtor to
pay exchange. Do you know of anything

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{Continued from last week.]

O. F. Conklin then read a paper on ‘*‘Com-
petition in Business,” Jas. Osburn one on
‘‘Shorter Hours for the Merchant,” and E.
A. Stowe presented a paper on ‘*Comprom-
ises and What They Lead to,” all of which
have already appeared in these columns. C.
A. Hammond read a paper on ‘Relation of
the Banker to the Business Public.” which
will be given in full next week.

The question of incorporating the Associm-
tion was then taken up again, and Geo. E.
Steele explained the benefits which would
follow as the result of such action.

N. B. Blain moved that the matter be laid
on the table until the next meeting, which
was lost.

Irving F. Clapp moved that a memorial
petitioning the Legislature to incorporate
this Association be drawn up by the Secre-
tary and signed at this meeting, to be taken
in hand by the Legislative Committee.

S. D. Pond moved to amend by adding H.
H. Pope’s name to that Committee, which
was adopted.

The Committee on President’s
presented the following report:

Your Committee, to whom was referred
the President’s address and the recommend-
ations contained therein, have had the same
under consideration and report that they find
the entire address admirable in tone and
filled with most sensible and timely sugges-
tions. In both letter and spirit if breathes
an earnest devotion to the best interests of
our business and the advancement of the ob-
jects of our Association. Its recommenda-
tions show an intelligent conception of many
of the needs of our Association and the rem-
edies they require.

Your Committee would recoinmend as fol-
lows:

1. That so much of the President’s ad-
dress as refers to the appointment ef a com-
mittee of three, to award a premium of $5
for the most desirable set of blanks, be ap-
pointed. We would approve of the sugges-
tion of our President that these blanks be
rated as red, blue and white, as stated in his
address.

That the Association elect five addi-
tional vice-presidents.

5. That Time MICHIGAN
be made our official organ.

4... That as much of the address as refers
to the appointment of a Committee on Con-
stitution and By-Laws be approved, and
this Committee shall so revise our present
constitution as to conform with the re-
commendations made.

5. Regarding what our President has to
say relative to the appointment of a Judic-
iary Committee, would say that in consulta-
tion with our President, it is theught advis-
able to withdraw this and refer such mat-
ters to our present most competent Legisla-
tive Committee.

6. That our per capita
cents from October 1.

7. That the sum of $200 be paid our
worthy Secretary for his valuable and most
efficient services during this eurrent year.

8. That as compensation for publishing
the proceedings of this meeting, 2,000
copies of Tire TRADESMAN containing the
proceedings of this meeting be bought and
distributed as you may hereafter direct.

In conelusion, your Committee find the
address full of sound adviee and earnest so-
licitude for the well-being of this Associa-
tion and the advancement of our business
interests. Many of the suggestions and re-
commendations are not of a nature to require
action by your Committee, but allow us to
urge the necessity of every member of this
Association giving this address careful study-
and consideration.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

J. W. Ricuarps, )
G. W. CrovuTEer,
O. K. Beckuovt, }

The report was accepted and adopted and
the Committee discharged.

Newton Dexter—I regret exceedingly to
say that [ am to take the train in a few mo-
ments. I want to state, before leaving, that
1 shall bear away with me the kindliest feel-
ings toward the State of Michigan, and es-
pecially toward your State Association. I
want to tell you that I have never met a
heartier reception, even in the great State of
Pennsylvania, than I have met here at the
hands of the Michigan Business Men’s As-
sociation, nor a more representative, intelli-
gent set of business menthanI have met
here in this room. Itspeaks well for this
movement, not only here, but for every
State inthe Union. i can assure you that
we in New York shall look to Michigan for
much advice and valuable assistance, because
I know we can get it here, if anywhere. I
want to extend to you my heartiest thanks
fer the kindly reception that you have given
me from the time I entered your beautiful
city until this very moment. I want to ex-
tend to you a most cordial invitation, col-
lectively and individually, as members of
this Association, to visitusin New York
State; to visitus in Albany, where our
President and Secretary’s offices are located.
I shall be only too glad to return some of
the kindness shown to me while here, and
may prosperity rest upon you as an Associ-
ation and as individual members of that As-
sociation, that the grand old State of Michi-
gan shall keep on in the good work which
it is now pursuing, and gain for itself not
only State, but National reputation.

Robert M. Floyd—What Mr. Dexter has
said I would like to apply in my own case.
The business men who make up this Asso-
ciation are all live business men. I want to
thank you all for your kindly treatment of
me while in Grand Rapids, andif any of
you are ever in Chicago, Robert M. Floyd
will be ready to make your stay as pleasant
as possible.

After answering several queries and ques-
tions, the convention then adjourned until
afternoon.

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Wednesday Afternoon,

On re-assembling in the afternoon, the
question box was opened and several ques-
tions were answered. Several answers to
Queries were also presented, among them
the following reply to the question, ‘‘Are
the Insurance Rates on Store Property Too
High ?” by Frank Hibbard:

In acceptifg this query, at the request of
Mr. Stowe, I do not seek to air my knowledge
of insurance matters, as it is very limited.
I accept it because I am interested and am
willing to lend my mite, in a crude way, to
see the subject agitated, untila suffering
public are freed from the tyranny of an in-
surance monopoly. I accept, only because

 

we each and all of us are too prone to draw
back and wait for our neighbors to take the
lead. If my remarks will lead some abler
man to pick up the subject and do it justice,
I shall feel that my feeble efforts have not
been in vain.

I am not posted on the intricate ways and
means of this vast monopoly which feeds on
the business men of Michigan. - I am not
posted on electricity, but 1 know when
lightning strikes. In accepting this ques-
tion, I do not feel that I can do the subject
justice. Looking at it from every side, it
admits of so wide a field for argument, as
viewed from different standpoints, that I
will only attempt to show it up as it appears
to those who are unfortunate enough to be
obliged to do business ina wooden building,
in a wooden row.

In times gone by, insurance companies
were in open competition. The tna, the
Hartford, the Home, the Phoenix, the long
list of responsible companies, vied with each
other in open competition for policies. Evy-
ery small burg had a half-dozen agents and
every agent represented a half-dozen com-
panies. These agents went from store to
store, soliciting patronage and giving pri-
vate rates and making concessions on ex-
tras, such as survey, policy, ete. Rates
varied from 14 to144 per cent. on store
property, and all companies that were fi-
nancially sound seemed to thrive. Their
assets grew from year to year. Small com-
panies sprang up and grew and throve, un-
til their name was legion. As they gained
in capital,they gained in power and strength.
The larger and stronger companies swal-
lowed the smaller and weaker ones, and the
heavier companies formed a combination.
Like the business men of Michigan, they
organized. They forced other companies
into the ring or froze them out. They
pooled their interests and established a
Board of Underwriters. They placed an
organized force in the field and rated every
dollar’s worth of property in the land, and,
to-day, all responsible companies abide by
those rates. Percentages are voted and
agreed upon at their meetings, and raised
and lowered at will, and competition is done
away with. Property in our Northern
towns that was formerly insured for 114 to
3 per cent., when at the mercy of forest fires
without any protection, is now rated at 5
per cent., with the best steam fire protection
the land ean afford. Where, formerly, the
list of companies was represented by half a
dozen agents in towns of 1,000 to 3,000 in-
habitants, now one man sits in his office
and condescends to write your policy iron-
clad, excluding everything liable to cause a
conflagration, classifying every article in
your stock, and naming a certain amount on
every class and charging you legal rates of
interest for insurance on your Own proper-
ty.

Are insurance rates on store property too
high?

At 5 per cent. are they insuring yow or
are you insuring yourself? Supposing you

burn out to-night and lose every dollar of

your stock. If you have been honest in
your dealings, thrifty in your habits, suc-
cessful in your business, if you have estab-
lished a credit among your fellow-men, you
can start again to-morrow ona borrowed
capital at 5 per cent. Methinks 1 hear some
one say, “But it is not safe.” This I will
admit. Here comes in the question, ‘‘What
shall we do to be saved—saved from the
sharks, saved from the fire?”

This state of things was brought about by
organization. Our only remedy is organiz-
ation—united action. If we cannot, asa
body, force legislation; if, with a solid front,
we, the business men of the country, com-
bined, cannot break the monopoly, then our
remedy lies in forming mutual companies.
I, last spring, conceived the idea of forming
a Druggists’ Mutual, and was in full hopes
to see it picked up and earried through with
a rush at our State meeting here last Octo-
ber; and, had any ten men in the room sanc-
tioned the matter and lent it their aid, we
could have had a Druggists Mutual to-day
in full force.

For a number of years, | was a member
of the St. Joseph County Mutual, and, dur-
ing that time, held a policy inthe company.
My assessments averaged $3 per year on
$1,000, or 44 of 1 per cent. If a mutuals
company can mutually insure themselves at
1¢ of 1 per cent., then my reply to the in-
quiry is: Yes, the rates on store property
are decidedly too high.

In conelusion, I should like to hear the
voice of those who are fortunate enough to
do business where the buildings are all of
brick, that we may know how their rates
compare with former years, before insur-
ance monopoly; also of those who are post-
ed on insurance matters generally, and can
give reasons, if any, for the rapid advance
of insurance rates.

A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Hib-
bard for his paper.

N. B. Blain moved that lawyers be recog-
nized as business men, which was unani-
mously adopted. The same gentleman then
made the same motion relative to physicians,
which took the same course.

G. R. Hoyt—I would like to extend an
invitation to have the next convention held
at Flint. I think that we can take care of
you in good shape. We have good hotel
accommodations. By conversation with
quite a number of Flint. gentlemen, I find
that they are all anxious that we extend
this invitation. I cordially invite you to
meet at our place, if your committee so ap-
point.

J. W. Blake seconded the invitation ex-
tended by Mr. Hoyt, and on motion of
Smith Barnes, a vote of thanks was ten-

dered the Flint delegation for their cordial

 

invitation.
The Committee on Constitution and By-
Laws reported as follows : 5

Your Committee on Constitution and By-
Laws would respectfully report the follow-
ing amendments to the constitution:

That Art. III, See. 1, be amended to
strike out ‘‘10,” and insert in place thereof
ston?

That Art. IV, Sec. 1, be amended by in-
serting after ‘‘Second Vice President,” the
following: ‘‘Third Vice-President, Fourth
Vice-President, Fifth Vice-President, Sixth
Vice-President, Seventh Vice-President;”
that Sec. 2 be amended by adding to line six
the following: ‘‘A Committee on Trans-
portation of three members.”

That Ait. V be amended by adding Sec.
8, which shall read: ‘The Committee on
Transportation shall have charge of all mat-
1ing to the transportation of
freights an& passengers, and such other im-
ars as may be referred to it.”

That Art. Ibe amended by adding to
line two: ‘‘Whose salary shall be fixed an-
nually by the Executive Committee.”

That Art. Vil, Sec. 2, be amended by
striking out albafter line three and substi-
tuting therefor} ‘‘when in their judgment

  
   

 

the interests of the Association require

same.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. Kesey,
Irvine F. Ciuarp, , +} Committee.
FE. T. VANOSTRAND, \
The report of the Committee was adopt-

ed

Smith Barnes moved that the Association
put itself on record as opposed to the giving
of chromos and prizes with goods, directly
or indirectly, which was unanimously
adopted by a rising vote.

It was decided that a lawyer could not use
the blanks of the Association for the collec-
tion of any accounts not his own.

The following communication was read
by the Secretary:

LANSING, March 14. 1887.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: :

DEAR Sir—Please accept thanks for your
letter of March 11, inviting me to attend the
meeting of your Association this week. If
I could, it would give me_ pleasure to ac-
cept.

You ask if I do not think that you are on
the right track in attempting to educate the
people against cheap goods. Yes, that is a
good thing to do. People would not gener-
ally buy adulterated and deleterious goods,
if they knew how to detect them. The dif-
ficulty is, how are you going to educate the
people to do this? The dealers themselves
are deceived by adulterations; they have no
sure test. Itis well, however, to do all
that is possible in this line. As you prob-
ably know, the Legislature has been asked
to establish a Laboratory of Hygiene at the
University. If this should be done, it
might afford a means of detecting adultera-
tions in goods, and secure a place where ex-
aminations could be made by experts. I
send you a little pamphlet containing some
of the arguments for such a laboratory.

Yours respectfully,
Henry B. BAKER, Sec’y.

On motion of E. A. Stowe, the, Associa-
tion put itself on record as. unanimously in
favor of the appropriation asked for to es-
tablish a Laboratory of Hygiene.

The Committee on Resolutions presented
the following report:

Your Committee on Resolutions beg leave
to present the following:

That we believe the business of this con-
vention should be conducted as simply as is
consistent with strict business methods,
shunning too many Whereases and Where-
fores—in other words, not having too many
tails to our kite; therefore, be it

Resolved—We won’t resolve.

In the matter of the able paper read to
this convention by Smith Barnes, your com-
mittee are of the opinion that to reach the
matter properly the Legislature should be
appealed to to enact stringent laws regulat-
ing the sale of all goods under strict brands,
designating the quality and purity of the
same, which, in our opinion, will check the
sale of adulterated goods.

That the Legislature be appealed to by an
authorized committee, to make a law adopt-
ing that of the State of New York, on the
subject of weights and measures.

That the thanks of this. convention be
tendered the officers and members of the
Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rap-
ids for the many courtesies extended and
for the hospitable manner in which we have
been entertained. Also to the O-wash-ta-
nong Boat Club, for kindly tendering us the
use of their club rooms while in the city.

Respectfully submitted,

. JULIUS SCHUSTER, }

J. V. CRANDALL, | Committee.
P. P. MorGan, \

The report was adopted and the Commit-
tee discharged.

E. A. Stowe presented the following res-
olution which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved—That this convention put itself
on record as unqualifiedly in favor of goods
of standard purity and strength, full count,
full weight and full measure, and _ that we,
as business men, agree to practice what we
preach, by refusing to handle any goods not
up to the standard.

W. W. Warner then read a paper on ‘*The
Village Improvement Idea in our Local As-
sociations,” which was accorded a hearty
vote of thanks. ‘The paper will appear in
full in Tuk TRADESMAN of next week.

President Hamilton announced the fol-
lowing committees.

On Transportation—Jas. A. Coye, J. B.
Milliken, Chas. Bridgman,

On Revision of Constitution and By-
Laws—W. E. Kelsey, R. D. McNaughton,
1. F. Clapp.

On Blanks—Jas. Osburn, H. H. Pope, E.
A. Stowe.

The President then announced the addi-
tional Vice-Presidents as follows:

Allegan—W. W. Warner.

Flint—Geo. Hubbard.

Cheboygan—H. B. Chambers.

Battle Creek—R. C. Parker.

Muskegon—H. B. Fargo.

A considerable discussion followed on the
subject of local membership—whether it
should be on a firm or individual basis. L.
W. Sprague favored the former play, while
President Hamilton took strong grounds on
the other side. The sentiment of the con-
vention seemed to be strongly in favor of
individual membership.

N. B. Blain moved that all the local as
sociations use a uniform set of blanks, which
was adopted.

Jas. A. Coye addressed the convention on
the subject, ‘*The Business Man in Polities,”’
which was awarded a hearty vote of thanks.
The address will appear in a future issue of
THE TRADESMAN,

L. W. Sprague spoke as follows on the
subject, ‘‘Can Our Collection System be Im-
proved Upon:”

I can say that 1 have been ina measure
successful in business, but I never wasa
successful collector, and there must be some
others just like me. To begin with, I take
the ground that a place of business is not a
good place to collect. We use every induce-
ment that we can to make the public buy.
If I make a business of dunning a man ev-
ery time he comes into my store, aftera
time he will get tired of it and gosomewhere
else to spend his money. Those of you who
have a good man that you can send out to
collectjare fortunate, but few of us have. Now,
how shall we collect? Ihave done a good
business for the last fifteen years. I make
this assertion, that a man will wreck his
business by selling his goods on the credit
system. I had rather have ten cents in
money to do business on than ten thousand
dollars in bad debts. If I am talking to

 

any of the younger men in business, this is
the advice that I will’give you: Buy your
goods for cash and seJl them for the same;
then you are not ready to fail at any mo-
ment. If you sell your goods for credit,
you cannot. do business with those bad
debts. If you go to New York or any place
to buy goods, and try to pay for them in
debts, you will not make much of a success
of it. You have got to have money, and
unless you have money, you can’t get cred-
it; and unless you do have credit you can-
not do any business.

I contemplate going into the cash busi-
ness. I believe that itis the only proper
way to do business. As I said, I am a poor
collector myself—consequently, Lam a poor
man to suggest something better. What I
now suggest to you can be adapted to al-
most any place. Find some man whois re-
liable, whom you can trust, to collect your
debts. Ifanumber of you club together
and employ him to collect your debts, it will
cost each of you buta small amount. I
think the trouble with a great many of the
debts is that they are not properly attended
to. Turn those accounts over to this man
and he will collect them for you. Have an
Executive Committee and let him report his
expenses to them. He has collected so
much, now let each man pay his proportion-
ate share for the amount he has_ collected.
You will find that he has cost you but 10
per cent., or, it may be, 20 per cent., but it
certainly won’t cost you any more than if
you undertook it yourself. If some people
refuse to pay, let your collector have the
power to sue them and let the expenses
come out of the man that the suit is brought
against. This will keep aman pretty tol-
erably busy the year round.

Perey F. Smith—Let me say before bid-
ding you good-bye that I have brought the
good cheer and welcome ot Pennsylvania
and I shall take back with mea great deal
of information. in connection with my first
visit here. We will not measure the dis-
tance in miles that separates our two states.
I will have you before me constantly and I
hope that Michigan will be prosperous in
the great work that she has undertaken.
I have grasped many of you by the warm
hand. I have listened in the convention to
the honesty and integrity of your business
men and I want to say that Pennsylvania
wishes you success and will ever extend a
helping hand to you in this work.

The following papers were read by title,
accepted with thanks, and ordered printed
in Tim TRADESMAN: ‘Look Out for
Tares,” Paul P. Morgan; ‘‘Is It Possible to
Do a Cash Business?” N. B. Blain; ‘*Does
It Pay to Sell Goods for Fun Instead of
Profit?” Julius Schuster.

Snith Barnes—I move that a rising vote
of thanks be extended to the little forty-
horse-power engine—I may say the little
steamboat of Michigan, Known as E. A.
Stowe.

The motion was adopted.

E. A. Stowe—In thinking of the ‘‘little
steamboat,” don’t forget the big steamboat
—the Great Eastern of organization. If 1
work hard for the Association and the cause
of organization, remember it is because I
have to do so to hold my end up—that any-
one who serves under Mr. Hamilton has got
to work or find a new master. I move that
the same courtesy accorded me be extended
to President Hamilton.

Three cheers and a tiger shook the build-
ing to its foundation.

Jas. A. Coye—It seems to me that we are
apt to forget some of our friends. Mr.
Morgan, our hotwrary’ Vice-President, has
done much for our Association. He was at
our first meeting, and has since come to
Grand Rapids to attend a committee meet-
ing. I move that arising vote of thanks be
extended to Mr. Morgan.

The motion was adopted.

Paul P. Morgan—I thank you, gentle-
men, and you can always depend upon me
when I can asssist the Association in any

way.

President Hamilton—1 feel very proud of
the courtesies you have shown to me to-day
and the many acts of kindness you have
shown me during this meeting. Gentlemen,
I thank you in behalf of this Association
for your kind attention and for all that you
have done. . I feel a great deal as Parker
said about Chalmers, in speaking of his
brilliant oratory, the great power and logic
with which he held the attention of his
audience—that it was impossible to gather
all the good while you hear him speak, but
it will come later on, after he has gone.
Then the great masses of the people will
gather up these little things, and they will
make them a part of their lives. Gentle-
men, this is true with what has been said
here to-day and during this meeting. It is
impossible for us to gather all these facts
and adjust them thoroughly. There have
been some very good things said and there
have been some grand principles advanced.
When we leave this convention and go to
our homes, we will have a good many
things to think over, It has been a happy
surprise to the majority that the attendance
has been so large, the audience so enthus-
iastic, and so much interest shown in the
Association. We have been strengthened
by these efforts. I feel, gentlemen, that we
have had a most suecessful meeting—a
meeting that will be remembered long by
us all.

The convention then adjourned.

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Alba Organization.

The editor of Tims TRADESMAN met the
business men of Alba last Friday morning
and assisted in the formation of a Business
Men’s Association. Wm. E. Stephens pre-
sided over the meeting, which was held in
the town hall, and H. T. Cook officiated as
secretary. At the close of an explanation
of the aims and objects of organization, C.
R. Smith moved that the. formation of an
association be immediately proceeded with,
which was adopted. Peter Baldwin moved
that the constitution and by-laws presented
by Mr. Stowe be adopted, which was car-
ried. The following gentlemen then hand-
ed in their names for charter membership:
D. H. Meeker, C. R. Smith, Peter Baldwin,
John H. Nichols, Wm. E. Stephens, Frank
Snyder, Q. B. Stout, F. L. Kelly, H. T.
Cook, Christian Ely and H. Ingalls. C. R.
Smith was elected president and Peter
Baldwin secretary, the election of the re-
maining officers being deferred until the
next meeting. The regulation blanks
were adopted for the use of the collection
department, and the meeting adjourned.

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A. W. Friese has launched a promising
venture at Milwaukee in the shape of the
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The Gripsack Brigade.

Oliver C. Shultz is again in the employ of
Curtiss & Dunton, covering the city trade.

Jas. Fox has engaged to travel for Bulk-
ley, Lemon & Hoops, taking the territory
formerly covered by Manly D. Jones.

Dick Savage is now on the road for the
Alden & Bro. Co., manufacturers of vinegar
at St. Louis.

Nathaniel B. Ingersoll, representing the
Acme White Lead & Color Works, of De-
troit, is in town.

J. H. Hagy is out for J. A. Crookston
again this week, in consequence of the lat-
ter’s enforced illness.

Jas. N. Bradford is in Muskegon this
week, attending the annual re-union of the
26th Michigan Infantry, of which he is See-
retary.

An Ishpeming correspondent asserts that
all that will be left of a Grand Rapids trav-
eling man, on his next trip to that place,
will be his Mangold remains.

O. A. Perry, traveling representative for
the Detroit Safe Co., has moved his family
here from Du Plain and taken up his resi-
dence at 417 Crescent avenue.

A. J. MecBlair, formerly with Worth,
Dickie & Co., of Chicago, has been added
to the force of the J. G. Butler Tobacco Co.,
of St. Louis., by W. N. Ford, general
agent.

The wife of E. K. Bennett, the Lansing
jewelry traveler, is undergoing a course of
treatment at the Ypsilanti sanitarium, in
consequence of which E. K. now makes his
headquarters at that place.

W.F. Griffith, traveling representative
for Farrand, Williams & Co., of Detroit,
was in town last week. He is covering a
portion of the territory of D. A. Harrison
during the latter’s illness.

“T don’t exactly approveof Dave Haugh’s
suggestion relative to a trip to Niagara
Falls,” said Charley Robinson recently. ‘‘I
suggest that the boys make a tourof Europe
instead; or, better yet, save their money and
start a national bank.”

T. J. Roe, the Kalamazoo tiaveling man,
hung up his coat at a Lansing hotel while
he was eating supper one night last week.
Frank Wright, of Saginaw, appropriated
the garment to his own use, and now lan-
guishes in the Ionia House of Correction.

M. K. Walton, traveling representative
for Curtiss & Dunton, has purchased the lot
at 15 Henry street and will immediately be-
gin the construction of a handsome cottage
residence. He hopes to have the building
completed by August 1, when he will bring
his family here from Three Rivers, which
place he has made his home for several years
past.

If Charley Robinson had invested as
much money in pork options this vear as he
did last season, he would have come out
$50,000 ahead. Charley doesn’t hit the
mark the first time trying, but his reputa-
tion as a ‘‘stayer” impells Tue Trapres-
MAN to stake its reputation on the state-
ment that he will yet live in a brown stone
front and juggle bank presidents as easily
as he now handles his trade.

**T have been visiting the Upper Peninsu-
la trade for several months,” said Geo.
McKay recently, ‘‘and it is a matter ef con-
stant surprise to me to see how close the
merchants in that territory are able to buy
goods. Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids,
Detroit, Bay City and the Saginaws are
working the trade for all it is worth and the
result the purehasers put their own
prices on the goods. They buy in jobbing
quantities, and are sharp enough to see that
that fact, coupled with the remorseless com-
petition rife in the territory, entitles him to
superior advantages. You can look the
country over and not find a shrewder class
of business men than the merchants of the
Upper Peninsula.”

is,

“You had a good article in Tur TrapEs-
MAN about a year ago on the subject of
countermanding orders,” said a representa-
tive traveling man the other day, ‘‘and it
wouldn’t be a bad idea for you to fire another
broadside at the abuse. The thing is get-
ting to be altogether too common. For in-
stance, I go into a man’s store and sell him
an article at a fair price. Isend the order
into the house. The next day another tray-
eling man goes into the store to sell the
same article. The merchant tells him that
he has bought at a certain price and asks
him if he can go below that figure. Nine
times out of ten the merchant gets what he
is bidding for—acut price. He then places
the order with the second traveler and coun-
termands the first order. The next day a
third traveler may happen around, when the
same process is again repeated. The whole
thing is wrong. Goods once bought ought
never to be countermanded because a lower
price is subsequently given and a repetition
of such a practice will soon put a man ina
position where he cannot buy goods, of a
reputable house.”

.

‘That's Leetsville,” said Charley Robinson
the other day as the train slacked up at the
station known by that name, ‘‘and I never
go by the town without thinking of a sorry
spectacle I witnessed here fourteen years
ago. It was the last day of April and the
snow was still three or four feet deep. The
north-bound train—we had only one train a
day at that time—stopped about four o’clock
in the afternoon long enough to dump a
man and wife with four or five children
and a scanty supply of household utensils.
There was not a house or habitation of any
kind in sight, the depot platform comprised
apile of ties—in fact, the only thing that in-
dicated a stopping place was a rough board
with the name of the station painted on it.
The surroundings were not especially invit-
ing and the feelings of the family were cor-
respondingly depressed. I registered a

 

mental vow at that time that if I ever was |
compelled to carve out a home in a new
country, I would not choose a_ locality
where the snow was four feet deep the last |
day of April. Thesecond day following, as
I came down on the train from Petoskey, 1}
noticed that the man had managed to gather
enough brush to construct a rude shelter,
and the cook-stove was going full blast in
an adjacent snow-drift. It looked tough!” |
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Association Notes.

The Burr Oak Business Men’s Associa-
tion has joined the State Association, which
swells the total membership of the latter |
body to 1,681.

The editor of THe TRADESMAN organ-
ized three associations within the space of.
twenty-four hours last week, which, he |
flatters himself, is the best record
made by any organizer in this country.

On account of his retirement from the |
mercantile business, A. W. Newark has re- |
signed the presidency of the Cadillaé Busi- |
ness Men’s Association, being succeeded by
the former secretary, J. C. McAdam. The)
latter is succeeded as secretary by C. T. |
Chapin.

Grand Rapids Leader: The Michigan |
Business Men’s Association was organized
last September in this city, when there |
were about thirty local associations
Michigan. Now there are sixty-six local |
associations and the number is rapidly in- |
creasing. This remarkable and very en- |
couraging growth is due largely to the ef-
forts of E. A. Stowe, who has been very |
energetic in interesting the merchants in a
combination against their mutual enemy, the
dead-beat? |

The inter-state commerce bill is now a|
law, and the transportation issued to Tie |
TRADESMAN, in exchange for advertising |
favors, is consequently void. This will ne-
cessitate a re-arrangement of the terms on
which the editor of THe TRADESMAN ean
assist in the formation of new associations.
No charge will be made for time spent, the
same as heretofore, but the expense actually
incurred in traveling should be made good.
It is a source of pleasure to the writer to |
think that he assisted in organizing over
fifty associations without cost to the mem-
bers, and it is a‘ecause for regret that he
eannot continue to do so.
says nay.

The Traverse City Business Men’s Asso-
ciation has just issued its first Notification
Sheet, gotten up on the rating plan, whieh
has recently been put into operation there.
The Sheet comprises four classes, ‘‘Black,” |
‘*Red,” *‘Blue” and ‘*White” Lists. Under
the Black List are included dead-beats. The

ted List comprises men who are ‘‘danger-
ous credit,” the Blue List ‘‘fair eredit” and |
the White List ‘‘good eredit.” In addition |
to this classification, the persons are rated |
by figures according to their ‘‘responsibil- |
ity,” “honesty” and the ‘“‘promptness” with
which they have discharged their obliga- |
tions. ‘The system has not yet been used
long enough to determine its merits and de-
merits, and’ Tis TRADESMAN will watch
the outeome with much interest.
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Four Questions and their Answers.
Owosso, April 1, 1887.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Smr—Please answer the fellowing
questions:

1. Three men have joined an association
asafirm. Canone of them use of the
blanks of the association in the collection of |
his private debts? |

2. Is it proper to put the names of  per- |
sons reported as owing outlawed accounts |
on the delinquent list?

3. Is it necessary that the amount of in- |
debtedness be stated in the second cae

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sent out by the secretary?

4. A man is in the habit of doing a credit
business at six places and pays promptly.
He gets credit at the seventh place and re-
fuses to pay. Ought his name to go on the
delinquent list, when the exeseutive com-
mittee is positive the man is not a clead-
beat?

A prompt answer will oblige Yours,

S. LAmMFrom, Sec’y.

Tur TRADESMAN would reply to the |
above enquiries as follows:

1. It is notright for a man whose firin is |
amember of the association to use the’
blanks of the association for the colleetion
of his private debts. ‘The idea seems to be |
gaining ground that individual membership
is the better basis—that is, each member of
a firm paying a membership fee. This)
plan would settle the case you have in
question.

2. A six-year account is not outlawel)
in law until the delinquent pleads the stat-
ute of limitations before a justice. With |
this understanding, there would seem to be |
no reason why an outlawed acecount-—not |
legally invalidated—should not be treated |
in the same way as a debt contracted within
the period of six years.

3. Is it not absolutely necessary that the
amount of indebtedness be given in the}
blank sent out by the secretary, but it is
preferable to state the amount.

4. Such a ease ought to be left wholly to |
the diseretion of the executive committee. |
The man who refuses to pay a just debt is
generally a dead-beat, but in the event of
mitigating circumstances, there may be |
some excusefor not putting the man’s name |
on the delinquent list.

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Fife Lake to Fight the Dead-Beat.

The business men of Fife Lake have long |
wished to effect an organization, and the
coveted opportunity presented itself last
Thursday evening, when the editor of Tie |
TRADESMAN was able to be present and
assist in the work. L. S. Walter was
made chairman of the meeting and O. Y.
Adams secretary. After the objects of or-
ganization had been explained, Emmet
Hagadorn moved that the formation of an
association be immediately proceeded with,
which was adopted. ‘The constitution and
by-laws presented by Mr. Stowe were adopt-
ed for the government of the organization,
when the following gentlemen handed in
their names for charter membership: E,
Hagadorn, E. H. Foster, L. S. Walter, O.

| were adopted, and the meeting

| remain,

| ing able to fill all his orders.

V..Adams, M. Hemphill, W. G. Crawford,
P. T. Peterson, C. A. Wagner, D. H. Bos-
see, Geo. G. Blakeley, E. C. Brower, B. E.
Flanders, C. T. Kimball, D. R. Thralls, A.
W. Peck. Election of officers resulted as
follows:

President—E. Hagadorn.

Vice-President—L. S. Walter.

Secretary—O. V. Adams.

Treasurer—E. F. Foster.

Executive Committee—E. Havadorn. O.

| V. Adams, M. Hemphitl, C. A. Wagner, G.

G. Blakely.

The election of Committees on Business
and Trade Interests was deferred until the
next meeting.

The Blue Letter and accompanying blanks
were adopted for the use of the collection
department, and the meeting adjourned.
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Howard City on the Right Track.

About six months ago the editor of Tue
TRADESMAN spent a half day with the mer-
chants of Howard City, endeavoring to in-
terest them in the subject of organization.
The attempt was unsuccessful, consequent-
ly the surprise and gratification at receiving
the following communication was all the
more marked:

Howarp Crry, March 28, 1887,

We, the undersigned business men of

rar, VW r ae
Howard City, hereby agree to join and help
support a Business Men’s Association, or-
ganized under KE. A. Stowe’s plan as advyo-
cated in THe MicnIGAn TRADESMAN. C.
A. Van Denbergh, Denton & Lovely, Cas-
per Schutt, J. B. King, B. T. Kent, J. €.
Collins & Bro., Austin Barber, J. B. Quick,
Knapp & Walsworth, Gaylord & Pipp, N.
W. Mather, S. C. Seott.

An appointment, in aceordance with the

; above call, was made for Friday evening,

when every busiiiess man who was not oth-
erwise engaged was present. (C. A. Van
Denbergh was selected to act as chairman
and B. J. Lowry as secretary. After an
explanation of the objects and results of or-
ganization, it was resolved to proceed in the
work, the regulation constitution and by-
laws were adopted and the following gen-
tlemen accepted as charter members: Di-
vine & Van Denbergh, J. B. King, Warren
Lisk, B. J. Lowry, J. C. Collins & sro.,
Knapp & Walsworth, Gaylord & Pipp,
Lyman Townsend, S. C. Seott, H. Steen-
man. The chairman and secretary were in-
structed to secure the signatures of the other
business men in the town, collection blanks
adjourned.
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Port Huron Merchants Fully Organized,
: Port Huron, March 26, 1887.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAK Sir—Your letter of February 25
Was received here during my absence in New
York; also copies of Tne TrapESsMAN,
blanks, ete* Our people were considering
the subject, and your encouragement stimu-
lated us to finally take the step. An organ-
ization has been effeeted, of whieh my
brother, G. C. Meisel, is President.

Yours truly, C. G. Mriseu.

 

Under the same date, Mr. Meisel
President Hamilton as follows:

Your letter of February 24 was received
while I was absent in New York. Ihave
just returned, and, having read your inter-
esting communication, am glad to be able to
send an encouraging reply.

lammuch obliged for the reference of
my_letter to your Secretary, E. A. Stowe,
who kindly sent the necessary papers, out-
lining a plan for starting an association. I
wish further to say that we have already
succeeded in perfecting an organization. ~

In regard to holding your annual meeting
in September next in the Eastern part of
the State, Lwould say that Port Huron is,
in fact, the most Eastern point of Michigan.
I will put the suggestion in the form of a
request to meet here, and have the same

wrote

| considered by our people.

After looking over your methods, I find

| much in their favor, and am confident this

move is a step in the right direction. It
will strengthen the principle of sales for
cash only, and assist in the collection of old
debts.

Wishing the State Association success, I

Yours truly, C. G. MEIsEL.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Appies—Good truit is scarce, readily bring-
ing $3@$3.50 per bbl.

Ruta Bagas—$1 ® bbl.

Beans—Country hand-picked command $1.15
# bu., and city picked $1.50,

Beets—tic ® bu.

Buckwheat—2\e ® b.

Butter—Dairy is very scarce, no jobber be-
All offerings are
quickly grabbed up at 24@25.

Cabbages—7ic # doz.

Carrots—35e ® bu.

Celery—No good stock in market.

Cheese—Fall stock of Michigan full cream is
firm at 18%@He.

Cider—l2%4e 8 gal.

Cranberries—Choice Bell and Bugle
steady at $10@$10.50 ® bbl. Crown, $11.

Cucumbers—$1.75 ® doz.

Dried Apples—Evaporated, le ® b; quarter-
ed and sliced, 6@7c ® b.

Dried Peaches—Pared, l4e.

Eggs—Allithe jobbers have good stocks on
hand, but the present cool weather is dimin-
ishing them fast. Dealersare paying lle and

are

| selling for i2%e.

Honey—Good demand at 10@13c.

Hay—Baled is moderately active at $14
per ton intwoand five ton lots and $13 in
ear lots.

Lettuce—20e #® lb.

Maple Sugar—10c # Ib.

Onions—Good stock is scarce, readily com-

| manding $1.10 @ bu.

Parsley—3s0c ® doz.

Potatoes—Buyers are paying 40c for Bur-
banks and 45e for Rose and White Star.

Pop Corn—24e # b.

Radishes—40c # doz.

Spinach—$1 # bu.

Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys $3 75 ® bbl.

Strawberries—40c ® qt.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c ® b.

_ GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—Steady. City millers pay 78 cents
for Lancaster and 75 for Fulse and Clawson.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 45c in 100 bu.
lots and 40¢ in carlots.

Oats—W hite, 36c in small lots and 30@3lec in
ear lots.

Rye—48@50e ® bu.

Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ® ewt.

Flour—No change. Patent,$4.80% bbl.in sacks
and $5.00 in wood. Straight, $4.00 ® bbl. in
sacks and $4.20 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.40 ® bbl.

Mill Feed—Screenings, $13 ®@ ton. Bran, $15

ton. Ships, $15 ®ton. Middlings, $16 # ton.

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Fife Lake—C. T. Kimball has arranged | aes Armericnas heck ecu eeuas Gute, cs dis 60&10 3
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE E. F. Winchester has retired from the | to purchased a half interest in the grocery = I en ae Baa os ss dis Sa10 5
a : Ve Empire Furniture Co. r . i Heller’s Horse Rasps................. di SBBER OF
Kercantile atid Wamnfacturing Interests of the State, | “mPire ®urmtture Woe SOc FO, NV Adamap «MAH ey Gem neme aa
—. W. G. Clark has resumed the grocery | 248 not yet been decided upon. | Nos. 16to2, 2and 24, 2and26, 2 2%
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E. A. STOWE, Editor. business at Saranac. Bulkley, Lemon &| Cadillac Sampson & Drury, the hard a, a, 50@10, ae so a v4
eaend Ss ie ware merchants, suffered a loss of about GAUGES. hs
c a $l : henna, poetaee mala. Hoops furnished the stock. a , :
erms 1a year in advance, postage } : aa) $3,000 by water thrown on a fire in the up- Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 4
Advertising rates made known on pS a eanicscne i ie? ' : woe ee a ay HAMMERS. ;
ince —| Kruidenier & Nyberg succeed Dogger & per floors of their building on the 2d. May MRI OO A a dis 25 3 4 © a
y 2 2 a 327 12 —— . ? 6
- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1887. tg es in the grocery business at 327 East) Reed City—E. Trump, formerly engaged day ote pena aee = o
ee ridge street. in the dry goods business at this place, but Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. 22.0220... 30 ¢ list 60
y s bus s at ‘ e, Steel.............. ae pe a
Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association. Wm. Lee & Co. have engaged in the gro- | for the past three years in trade at East en Big orgy apeeecincohe ame 82 SOUTH DIVISION ST.
eae M. Mills; Vice-President, 8. A. 8 See- 2 : 5
ee at ieasoment: can ai Rnemnars itoand of Di cery business at Charlevoix. The stock was | Saginaw, has moved his stock back here. aioe 8g prec 9 rs ge Wood —_ po es
Pctors —-, artson, Geo. F. ren, J. N. rad- : = pe MIRO IME PACUIOD . on acc ccc w ae
ford, Ac 3. Cole and Wm. Logie. ‘yea m™ | purchased at this market, Allen—D. Gorton, formerly in general Kidder, wood track................... dis «@ Grandad Rapids Mich
= =< So = __ | trade at Nettle Lake, Ohio, has disposed of inate. ite 60 ? :
eS Subscribers and others. when “writing Zylstra Bros. ; grocers on South Tonia},. oe : : Z : : en rene cme se tine has
to advertisers. will confer a favor on the pub- | - } ‘lding 1 his business and real estate interests there, Pe ate es sas ees! net, 2 50
lishers by mentioning that they saw the adver- street, have sold their store bui ding anc | and has engaged in general trade at this oe a in. 4% 1 3% DO YOU Want A
tisement in the columns of this paper. will close out their stock and retire from place : . OUR SPECIALTIES: Serew Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10%
a oe oe : hanes Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net 8% o
ee trade. eS Hubbardston—L. W. Robinson has ar- Ges fe ae on nt = % teen eee eeeees net 7% ' L all = ae
the Independent Grocer gives utterance : ange ngage i y pr 2 business as ; crew HOOK and Lye, %............. net % mn
mal » ae iain ¥ ae an tyust zo”| C: Wohlgemuth has engaged in the gro- ranged to engage in the produce business as|_* Granulated Meal, Strap and T......... EL ate dis ‘65 |
to the " oe : cea ae as A cery business at the corner of Broadway and | $00n as the transfer of his dry goods stock —_— A. a. HOLLOW WARE. e
ake Generar earNe ~“- | North street. Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops |to John W. Cowman is effected, which will oe Shi ee 60
echoed for four years. Not content with piles hoi Vint alin oecur on April 18. So Oe a a. 60
simple talk, however, the journal in ques- | “UNCC UNS SOC” fact Savi \ cies Middlings, Gray enameled................ ‘cades 50
simple talk, however, ' J ° —_—— East Saginaw—Chas. J. Stevens has re- Screenings, nODEE duRMsEING Goobs
tion has called the attention of the postal) Edwin C. Jackson has sold his bakery | tired from the wholesale lumber firm of Corn, Oats | Stamped Tin Ware..............new list ri
authorities to the fact that three alleged | pysiness at 448 So. Division street to Mar- Stevens & Slade, and will go to Philadel- : Feed. pet ae Settee ete eee ee ees =
grocery journals, at Chicago, are being sent tin Dev ert and re-eng’ gaged in the same busi- phia to reside. Benson & King, of Owosso, ‘ai ye eeiNG BRANDS: : ee uae dass ae ke ~ 3
through the mails at pound rates, in utter! ness at 27 West Fulton street. have purchased the real estate of the late Lily . eo a oul agg Prana psa aoe LER NEE ee 1 50" 2 a
defiance of the law governing the sending Ce firm. White epg Relignes. Gola Modal pf tases ID. inde s oan na chbsepen ashen 2 00, dis 60 If SO, send for Catalogue and Price-List to
es ; r # eae East Jordan—Dan Jerue has sold his liv- Write for Prices. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings... ... dis 55 s Y 4 if
is owned and contsolied by Fruklin Mo Sos Oe ph eee ee” be wane ThowlaGhic wariak oie Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings......... 55 NOT +f {
: a: aia oho so 7 : _{ery business to Charlevoix parties, given a ‘ Michi Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 55 ( )
Veagh & Co., and has always been the serv- oe niet ee eye ot aes t> Monae bill of sale of his saloon to H. C. Reinard Grand Rapids, ichigan. Door, porcelain, trimmings. as 3B " 4 9 J! it! " .
ile tool of its master. Hoyt’s Criterion has | & Co. It is expected that everything will anda bill of sale of his hotel to John Cham- mares and Shetiar, porseiaio \ eas - sip
° Roe . iia . St a . 74k ‘ we a ~ Je r . ° W. Dc . a Oe Chee 06 thee
for years been a standing menace fo all that be i roadinosy $0 tegih ilsinoss by May. 15. berlain. His creditors are correspondingly | - co oe fs ae ; op Hemacite oan oes earn §
NG acs a bs oe oe : ’ er ’ | 5-cent cigar is proof or its extraordinary LOCKS—DOOR.
- decent and honorable _ both — cst D. BD. Cook has sold a half interest in his | uneasy. merit. The live dealer will always avail ae Oheck ae Co.’s new list..dis 58 ;
ing and trade journalism, and its realowner| 10. case manufacturing business at 38| Allegan—Jas. Heath has purchased the himself of an opportunity to make money. Eames en eae 55 ' 4
hn ened ti Oe he HeRUID OF sie ernet West Bridge street to Louis C. C. Prinz, | interest of John Lilly in the grocery firm of oa ef mentonaity | Rorwas to ca s
from Uncle Sam. The same is true, toa eee : ee Lilly & Lilly, Ti at Oi dite te the most profitable cigar to handle as dem- LEVELS, ee
: on ive dhashars and the two will continue the business un-| Lilly & Lilly. 1e new firm will be Known | onstrated by the testimony of their numer-| Stantey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 70 Wholesai D 3 s
certain ¢ xtent, of the Commercial SUNCAN | der the firm name of Cook & Prinz. as Lilly & Heath. The retiring partner) ous agents located in every state and terri-| aaze Eye ceepsaiasarane $16 00 ais 80 WALES ©OB1OPF =
All three live by levying blackmail, and no ——-—_ will enter the employ of a New York furni- tory.—New Engtand Grocer. Hunt a... 00 d 60
harlot could deseend to the depth of vileness Frank HH. Eseott has bought the drug ture dealer. pion ene se 8. ate savas $18 50 ee 30 & 10
which has marked the course of Hoyt’s Cri-| stock of Wm. H. Tibbs, at 75 Canal street, Lowell—Chas. McCarty has purchased Y Bermuda Onions’ Again. Sperry & Co.’r, Post. Santee ele tiae dis 50
terion. Tur TRADESMAN always invites | and will take possession May 1. The busi- | the grocery stocks of A. B. Johnson and _ “ mood. S za = Of Fane, Coffee, Parkers — : dis 40
honorable competition, but the arrogance of | ness was conducted at that place by his] Sarah A. Wingler. The fermer stock has ere wih Beer Coffee’ . ny ae, ven yt Gla oe aoe
2 ae : ao. i : NOY ¢ » > gtateme ‘ecently | Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s..........
the thief and blackmailer is not conducive | father for twenty-five years and Frank has | peen consolidated with McCarty’s conglom- ene herons, on the statement recently Coffee, —. he aaieae, ae 25
to kindly feelings or mild statements. THE | sufficient experience to maintain the good | eration, but the latter stock will be kept and aie Tne TRADESMAN, to ee — ee wOtenene daces. 33 N a
Wha ace an . oe ede ne < es : 1at there are no onions grown in Bermuda. | Stebbin’s Pattern .................... is 60&
PRADESMAN seconds the motion—the house | yeputation acquired under the senior’s man- | pusiness continued at the old location. He cecuala ne pangs "4 aap 7 ener Stebbin’s Genuine...... ............. dis bOsI0 ORTH IONIA STREET,
organ must go. agement. oo 7 ASSES Chat, wile there several Sea-| Enterprise, self-measuring.......... dis 25
N q IRS. sons ago, he saw them brought into market NAILS—TRON.
: — | a ek ag, a GRAND RAPIDS ‘ MICHIE
The Independent Grocer starts out with AROUND THE STATE. Ravenna—Henry Mansfield will build a on the heads of women, and in every con- i ee ehh tere ere ise eas a, 8 keg $2 55 ’ *
: ’ gt it Pe. : ye and 9 ¢ Oe
well-defined ideas on most mercantile sub-| Six Lakes—F. V. Handy, grocer, has as- | saw-mill here. veivable kind of vehicle, and that shipload| @4 anatd adv..22200 207 30
jects, but its advice to the grocer to handle | signed. St Louis—John L. McCurdy has_ pur- after shipload left there for New York. be =o ee eae. 1 =
a general line of goods is not in good form. Sheri E. J. Sherwood, grocer, has | chased the table factory of Taylor Bros., Soi Saad a fine BOVANCE eee eee eee 295 ‘ x 5 Ss
: ey A s i mnen Dalit, ACV... 6 oi 1 00
2 a ane a as js C ards s 3G > 2 , > » ~ u i i
The tendency of the times ist ywards spec- | been attached. and will push the business. Grocer—So you haven't drank anything | Finishing t ld 8d 6d 4d ne
ialty—toward perfection in single branches. | Ishpeming—C. Melby, grocer, is reported | —— for a month, Unele Rastus?” ‘Adv. @ kes $125 150 175 26 find it to their
. 7 : 3 r i. ” rane ae ‘ r. re F E 2 i sir
The man who is a good grocer has no busi- | to have assigned. STRAY FACTS. Unele Rastus—‘*No, sah; not er drap.” | Steel Nails—2 70. - . advantage to
ness to dabble in other lines of goods, any} Qnsted—C. A. Marsh has sold out his| Battle Creek—Geo. Southworth bas dis- Grocer—**} ou deserve credit, Uncle Ras- een chan Cneu ia os ie 7? iS po na
ae oe : i ee " 4 : s. J MRR it wae sacs 1 .
more than it is advisable fora preacher to | hardware business. posed of his meat business. "Dwnie Bis We uk: Gat vee. teen’ Zine, with brass POTCOMN. . ow. 8.6. 1, dis 50 - _ the posi-
¢ BAY j iy ay see ARO 1a es ‘sia or ae ~— J ya Uae ar ; ion
attempt to practice law or medicine whilein| Kingston—L. A. Orr succeeds M. E. Orr Lapeer Witt & Dent succeed Geo. Don ink ip eehan ui day Dele Acie a Brass or Gorper Ritesh es ess aa we a to mao A
charge ofa parish. Just in proportion as} jy the drug business. aldson in the meat business. qua’ter pas’ foah?” A oc 50&10 the lowest pos-
: kj “§ > aw sai rs “ Ye troecer- J aver ive eredit.” > ICc€
he gains in proficiency in one brane! h, so he Jaeckson—W. W. Thomas, erocer, is ad- Carson C ity— The new savings bank Op- Grocet —*No, I never LIVE eredit. Ohio Tool Co.’s ae. 5. dis 20 Cor ¥eane nd-
loses in the others. The scope of know ledge vertising to sell out ened for business last T hursday. F _—— _| Selota 2 oeebs e a — Ph B0@SE ence solicited
as ae 4 Port Huron—-E. F. Rush succeeds Rush An honest Bay City groceryman was Sandusky Too! Co.’s, faney.... ....... dis 30 zum tee Jeb
in every branch of business has become so Albion—Killian & Williams, furniture} : | tying a jar of damp snuff by his stove the| Bench; first®quality............."” dis 50@35 cine, trade role
broad that it is useless for anyone to at-| dealers. have sold out. & Sons in the commission business. other day. A boy saw and seizea the jar at Stanley Rule and Level Go.’s, wood... .dis20&10 Address cases. ee
» ° : : actinoc—_(C : r » Tx; : > . 8 > a 200 ate . ae PANS.
tempt to acquire thoroughness in more than} White Pigeon—Seekell Bros., general, Hastings- Chas. W. Bently, of ‘the lum jus st the — nt the ays amulated steam We A es, dis 50&10 AMERICAN SHOW CASE WORE
one line. Tur raprsman’s experience | gee] have sold out. ber firm of Bently Bros. & Wilkins, is| Cused it to explode, and the result was a] Common, polished 2700277027707"). dis60&10
. ’ : on Yer ' dealers, have solid ou ry badly lacerated boy anda grocer who, for Dripping....... ee ee | Bh 6% 27 Tuaaize Street Chicago
goes to prove that the best results are ac-| [ply—B. S. Slack, general dealer, has | @C@¢- an oe realized what it is to be a ezar. : RIVETS. Send for Catalogue and prices. :
ecomplished—and the most money made— ae Port Huron—Rush & Sons, commission Tron and Tinned. ..................004 dis os : .
complished—and the mos y ade been closed by creditors. ‘ : a oo =| Copper Rivets and Burs..........." dis 60 : }
where men confine their operations to asin-| Ypsilanti—R. H. Kilian sueceeds R. C. and produce, have dissolved, Edward F. PATENT FLANISAED IRON. L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE,

gle branch of business.

 

The present week closes the report proper
of the recent convention of the Michigan
Business Men’s Association. The speeches
made at the banquet and two valuable pa-
pers will be given next week, when Tur
TRADESMAN will undertake a general re-
view of the proceedings and reproduce the
opinions of other journals on the conven-
tion. Several of the papers read at the
meeting have gone the rounds of the trade
press, from Boston to San Francisco, and
the influence exerted by the convention can
never be computed.

 

Agreeable to promise, THe TrApESMAN
presents this week a number of critical an-
swers to H. G. B.’s onslaught on package
coffees, As will be noticed, the replies are
from the standpoint of the manufacturer,
Next week, opportunity will be given H. G.
B. to ‘‘answer back,” and Ture TRADESMAN
would be pleased to publish in such connec-
tion the opinions of retailers on this impor-
tant subject, Jet them be a general re-
sponse to this appeal!

 

The Secretary of the Owosso Business
Men’s Association is the first. to enter the
lists in competition for the prizes offered by
Tue TRADESMAN for the best essays on
general merchandising. Mr. Lamfroim’s
paper will be found on the first page of this
week’s issue, and is well worth a careful pe-
rusal,

 

Prof. Vaughan on the Adulteration Ques-
tion.
ANN Arbor, Mareh 15,
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City:

DEAR Sim—I am very sorry that my pro-
fessional duties, which have been unusually
laborious of late, have delayed my answer-
ing yours of March 4 so long. In the first
place, allow me to say that I think the work
which you are engaged in one of the great-
est importance, and one in which I am
greatly interested.

I think that the laws of our State concern-
ing the adulterations of food are sufficient.
But there is no provision for their enforce-
ment, and, consequently, they are dead let-
ters. I think that dealers in. food stuffs
might bring sufficient pressure to bear upon
the Legislature to lead it to provide for the
enforcemerft of the laws. In the larger cit-
ies, health officers might be selected, who
would be competent to» detect adulterations

1887.

 

and who might be armed with power to
bring to trial all offenders. The system of |
public analysts in England has worked well | |
and might, with some modifications, be |
adopted in this country.

Yours, V.C. VAUGHAN.

ed
“Lion” on Wheels.

The Woolson Spice Co., of Toledo, has |

sent its resident distributing agent, L. |

Winternitz, a handsome delivery wagon, |

embellished with references to the celebrat- |

ed “‘Lion” brand of package coffee.

Coy in the drug business.

Jackson—S. B. Kauffman, clothing deal-
er, is removing to Detroit. 4

Kalamazoo—G. H. Bradt has bought the
grocery stock of J. Lueas.

Lapeer—Hadly & Brower succeed Joseph
A. Giles in the meat business.

Kalkaska—Parker & Hobbs
Parker in the grocery business.

Jackson—J. E. Tuttle & Co., cigar and
tobacco dealers, have sold out.

Greenville—Jas. Massie -has bought the
grocery stock of M. A. Massie.

Muskegon—J. K. Meyers has bought the
drug stock of Wm. B. Wilson.

Caro—Denyes Bros. succeed Parkhurst &
Johnson in the grocery business.

Pinckney—Jerome Winchell has sold his
drug stock to Gamber & Chappell.

Lapeer—Dennis E. Holland succeeds Geo.
P, Turrell in the jewelry business,

Kalamazoo—Samuel Folz succeeds Frank-
lin & Folg in the clothing business.

Lapeer—Mellick & Mapes succeed Mel-
lick, Mapes & Co. in general trade.

Byron Center—Seward MeNitt & @o. suc-
ceed Byron MeNeal in general trade.

Chesaning—Hopkins & Son sueeeed H.
J. Hopkins in the hardware business.

Morrice—E. D. Hartwell, hardware deal-
er, has been closed on chattel mortgage.

Charlotte—N. E. Gibbard & Co. succeed
Thomas Bros. in the boot and shoe business.

Menominee—A. Z. Bird succeeds Bird
Bros. in the grocery and crockery business.

Marshall—Udell Bros. succeed Pratt A.
Spicer in the agricultural implement busi-
ness.

Jackson—David DeMay succeeds DeMay
& O’Melia in the grocery and saloon busi-
ness.

South Grand Blanc—J. 8. Watrous  suc-
ceeds J. A. Wakeman in the grocery busi-
ness.

Battle Creek—Farrell & Doremus, tobacco
dealers, have dissolved, Jas. Farrell suc-
ceeding.

Roscommon—Bennett & Hart have given
a trust mortgage on their general stock and
assigned.

Litchfield—Rogers & Harlow succeed
Geo. W. Rogers in the dry goods and gro-
cery business.

Clarion—D. S. Salisbury has bought the
general stock of Olds & Co., and will con-
tinue the business. :

Bay City—W. D. Richardson succeeds
Givens E. Van Syckle in the musical mer-

sueceed Geo.

' chandise business.

Battle Creek—Stephen T. Bowen has

moved here from Paw Paw and succeeds
John Rowe in the clothing business.

Jonesville—J. S. Lewis has bought G.W.
Ferguson & Co.’s stock of hardware, which
leaves him a monopoly of the business.

Fife Lake—Caulkins & Co. have sold
their drug stock to Blekeley Bros., which

 

Rush eontinuing.

Hastings—J. J. Downs and C. LL. Bab-
cock, both of Nashville, have purchased the
Leins meat market.

Birmingham—F. Blakeslee & Co., gener-
al dealers and knitting works proprietors,
are succeeded by V. Nixon.

Sturgis--The Business Men’s Association
offers $1,000 and an acre of land to any rep-
utable manufacturer employing twenty men
or more, who will locate here.

East Saginaw—C. M. Hill & Co., whole-
sale lumber dealers, have merged their busi-
ness into a stock company under the cor-
porate name of the Hill-Caskey Lumber Co.
The capital stock is $50,000, one-half of
which is paid in, The stockholders are C.
M. Hill, J. C, Caskey and R. B. McKnight.

inet
Purely Personal.

B. Dosker and H. Michmershuizen, of P.
Steketee & Sons, are both confined to their
homes by illness,

8. 8. Pew, fottieriy of this city, is ar-
ratiging to engage in the flour and feed bus-
iness at Howard City.

W. Frank Gibson, formerly engaged in
the commission business on Ottawa _ street,
is now driving a street ear in San Francis-
co.

E. Gilbert, of the general firm of Gilbert,
Hopkins &Co., at Sherman, was ih town
last week, purchasing goods for the spring
trade.

L. Jacoby, manage? of the Mammoth
Clothing Co., at Allegan, was in town a
couple of days last week, selecting spring
goods,

Harry Hall, billing clerk for the Hazel-
tine & Perkins Drug Co., will be off duty
for a few days while recovering from the
effect of a shot through the head, accident-
ally made by a friend while carelessly hand]-
ing a revolver.

a
They Like ‘The Tradesman.

S. 8. Dryden & Sons, the extensive Alle-
gan hardware merchants, write as follows:

We have received several sample copies of
Tuk TRADESMAN and find it a very useful
and interesting journal. We would not be
willing to do without it and we think it is
worth many times its price to every busi-
ness man in the State. The articles from
the pen of Soliman Snooks are a_ valuable
addition to the current literature of the day.
His map of the seat of war, his analysis of
the water Grand Rapids people drink—now
and then——and his description of the faith
cure treatment are inimitable.

eee neem
Store Orders Before the Legislature.

The House Committee on Labor Interests,
to whom was referred House Bill No. 358,
prohibiting the use of scrip or store orders
in the payment of wages of laborers in mines,
mills, shops and factories, reported in favor
of the passage of the bill on March 30. The
report was accepted and the bill placed on
general order.

 

 

hardware.

These prices are for cash buyers, who pay
promptly and buy in full packages.
AUGERS AND BITS.

 

 

60

  

Ives’, old — bee eee i.e. dis

Mm tee 0 ae a dis ~ 60

eeueeee dis 60

ere dis 60

eee dis 60.

MOONS oo ne Fe ek pin 40

Jennings’, wenuine................ as 25

Jennings’, imitation........... ........ ais50810
BALANCES,

Norn 2. 6 a PM dis 40
BARROWS.

RONG ooo ee $ 14°00
SANOR net 33 00
BELLS.

MAO oo eC, dis $ Sonton

OM oa et dis
eke eh eo aa dis sodas
OR ei ce dis 25
Door, Sargent .... -..- cesses ee ees dis 60X10
BOLTS,
BOM.) sk ial ene a dis$ 60
Carviage now list... 6636602. ki ac dis” 7
BO oo oo oh ea ko cs dis 40
BIPIE MNO i, ellis siveses sce 2 dis 7
Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 60
Cast Barrel Bolts..........0.66..00266 dis 40
Cast Barrel, brass knobs....... ..... ‘dis 40
Cast § ane Sone ee dis 60
OND OE ee ee dis 40
Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60
Wrought Square eee hele hides eens Py 60
Wrought Sunk Flush................, 60
eg Bronze and Plated joan
UN oe aac, dis 60&10
Ives’ Door.,........., eee dis 60810
BRACES,
TRRWOR 6 soc ooo ds oe bia beebh tees. dis$ 40
PIOUS... ne os usc mrs RAN we haus, (oe dis 50&10
Spofford......., Obi eh Geda abe iene wee is 50
MOO, Oasis, dis net
Walt, plat BUCKETS.

MEL, Aa i nied voces bad he de bike ec ces 4 8 50
eee 4 00
BUTTS, CAS.

Cast Loose Pin, figured.............., dis 70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 0&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis  60&10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 60&10
Wrought Loose Pin.................. dis 60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned cas dis 60& 5
——— Loose Pin, japanned, silver

DIO onc os ohio s ek web ks wee es ae fis 60& 5
WU POURIG TADIG. 6o secs cme cca sca ac cess dis 60&10
Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60&10
WV COU COA oo goo ni ke on oie ne he's dis 75
PG COTE Be. i ikl cee eee dis 80
Me PACU Bo cocoa ness de noc cs dis 80
mG, BROper B..............5......- dis 70
dae CAPS, $65

Oe per m
WI Gr Foie he cei acs os.
Wr ee aes bee ed Pek ak 3
TRO co ae eos Sac eden cc uas 60

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new eee

 
  

Rim Fire, United States................ 850&10
CONTA HINC. 2. occ haa. a ee Tee disanay
CHISELS.

ROCKED PATIO? .. ok. c ee el. eel ces dis 70&10
BOCKGG PTA 6 ooo ion bee neca'e dis 70&10
Socket Corner........... ' 70&10
BOCK OE INCE, ooo lo cee ies icctccoc'ccs dis 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20
OWN es is ee ee net

COMBS.

Curry, Lawrence’s.........5.....0.0.. dis 40&10
PROUBWIGE £. oho cick eel cel dis 25
COCKS.

Brass; MACKINGS. . 260.25. lee ek 60
es a a sa ee oa 60
lie ak 40&10

MOUS 5 ok io
COPPER.

Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............. 8b 28

TES, FAO, TA, ec os os ee bled obin cos 81

Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. 23

RUDE PROLIOU, MAK i hii ce cdan cece os 23

Bottoms....... AGT PAG OAR pep a AMR Mee 23
DRILLS

Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis 40

Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 40

Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis 40
ELBOWS.

Com. 4 piece, 6 im.................. doz net $.85

COOTETIITINI 6 ok 5 ccs end ii ceeds cece ss dis 20&10

TASAIRAINIO. soo 5 oi bo dn sve vo deeb ss Lanse dis =

EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clar’s, small, $18 00; ieree. $26 00. dis 30
Ives’, 1, $18 60; 2 2, $24 00 ; 3, $30 00. . dis 25

“*A’’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24to27 10 20
*B"” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 20
Broken packs \e # Bb extra.

ROPES.

Sisal, ia ape larger: 1iy
Manill eee ies 13%
SQUARES.

Bree and ron... dis 70&10
mae WG OVO... 1... dis 60
PO leas dis 20
SHEET IRON.

Com. Smooth. Com.
moe. t91e 14... .... cs... Sa $2 90
Oe. 1h10 17.0 oe 4 2 2 96
POOR: TA GO PE occ se ckecucec ee ee. 4 20 3 00
WOR. PB tO PA eee, 4 20 3 05
Nos oid UO WO... 2s eens eosn ones 4 40 315
No. 2% eee w ester erase ee eee seers eseeens 32 25

4 60
All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 3 inches
wide not less than 2 -10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.

In casks of 600 ths, ® D...........0...... 5%
In smaller quansities, ® ..,........... 6
TACKS,
American, all kinds.................. dis 60
Stee), 2 RINGS... kk. co dis 60
Swedes, all Winds... .. 2... 0c. cee eee dis 60
Gimp and face... 0.66.6... ee dis 60
Cigar Hox Nails... oi... occ suck. dis 50
Mintgning Nails, ................ 0000. dis 50
Common and Patent Brads.......... dis 50
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks. dis 50
Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis AO
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....... dis 45
Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis 35
TINNER’S SOLDER,

ING, f, ROQNOG coi cc clic cievesseacccess
Market Half-and-half............. 2...
Strictly Half-and-half..................
TIN PLATES.
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.

 

IC, TOSI CRAPOOEL oo. occ cnc cs canes 5 15
IX, TOMVECORIOORL. Co oo. oo osc c cen. soc 7 25
IC, TEM Ie, CORFOCOR) cw cco. ec ks ccna cae OD
IX, TREI, COATOOAL «oo ccc cc ccacsceces 7 75
IC, TEMP CRAPOORES «ooo on cease ccaccs : 75
IX, Tae, CRAPCOR).... .. .. 2005 0c cc cess 25
xXx, 14x20, MOOI ons os vice cnt ce wens $7
IXXX, BGNee, COIOOORS ook oc vc ve ces tc ice 10 7
IXXXX, T4020, CUAKOOR!.... .... 2.000005 12 55
Ix, 20x28, ieee sce 15 50
DC, 100 Pilate Charcoal.................. 6 50
DX, 100Plate Charcoal... 8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 10 50
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50
Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 én" 6 75
rates.
MU, VEN occ ek cece wk caks 5 25
MOON OE, 1A TN Soe ei ten le ek oe 6 75
Roofing, ee ee a ee, 11 00
Roofing, 2 Pics cc ce ec sete nceves ss cae 14 00
TIN--LEADED.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ . 700
10,” 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... li 60
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........ 14 00
TRAPS.

PROGR I ds eo occa veces vcanwace. 60&10
OneidajCommuntity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35

Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. “60810

TRO a ee a i ga deat vases 60&10
Wee, COS. oo oo cos ieee 60&10
Mouse, CU er 18c ® doz
Mouse, delusion..................... $1 50 8 doz
WIRE.
PRUE DIOP OE oe ce oie anc spans dis 67 4
Annealed Market............. .....+- dis
Coppered Market.....................2- dis e2i4
Bowe OT ee erent dis 55
PING MAPEOts 5.6 c0 5 ccc c ee cnn ada'es dis ae
Tinned Broom....... ...... leben atbeens 8 Db
MPINMOG MOIGFORG..... 65 oes c coc ce ceca scone 8 Ib ae
Coppered Spring Steel............ By. dis 50
Tinned Spring Steel.................... dis 40&10
I Boog ions ce des oo ka pomnsb ens B - 3
Barbed | F ence, galvanized................... 4 40
WATGOG roiled sc chee esas .3 65
OE oa a cs sins coeds shes ae nd ee new list net
PEN cain bakes ds ced a es La new list net
WIRE GOODS.
TE ae cia: ck eas dis 70&10&10
BOPOW PV OR oo anc cl es ccc cons ce dis 70&10&10
TE os oe Gach wc hed twatca dis 70&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 7O&10&10
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........
Coes Gonuine. .. oo. esc. cede el ek ues dis 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 75
Coe’s Patent, malleable.............. dis 75&10
MISCELLANEOUS.
PR ee ae ee a cae ce 50
Puree, CiBteen bok oe ee cee ce dis i
BOPOWS, BOW TGt. 6. oc... eve c acces esses
Casters, Bed and Plate............. iisgoa108t0
Dampers, American ..................++:

 

40
Forks, hoes, rakes mua all steel goods. 60&10&10
Copper Bottoms.... ...... ... ..... vib 23¢

 

CARY & LOVERIDGE,

GENERAL DEALERS IN

Fire and Burelar Proof

Combination and Time Locks,

I] Tonia Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich,
CEO. E. HOWES,

JOBBER IN

Foreign and Domestic Fruits,

SPHECSTA TTS:
Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3 Ionia St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Wal Paper 2 Window Shades

At Manufacturcrs’ Prices.
SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.
68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS.

Nelson Bros. & Co.

HIiIRTH & BRAUSE,

DEALERS IN

Fides, Furs =< Tallow,

Prompt returns made on Consignments.

118 Canal St.,Grana Rapids.

BFA LUAS,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter and Eggs, Fruits and Oysters.

Cold Storage in Connection. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention.
We Handle the Celebrated “ROCK BRAND” Oysters.
No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each.
217 and 219 Livingstone Street, - Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.

 

E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors.

Office in Bagle’Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor.
Telephone No. 95,

(Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids ag
Second-cliass Matter.)

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1887.

 

 

Michigan Business Men’s Association.

President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.

First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.

Second Vice-President—K. J. Herrick, Grand Ra pids.

Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Treasurer—Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo.

Executive Committee—President, First Vice-President,
Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. EK. Kelsey.

Committeé on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse
City; P. Ranney, Kalamazoo; A. W. Westgate, Che-
boygan.,

Committee on Legislation—Y. KE. Kelsey, Ionia; J. V.
Crandall, Sand Lake; J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.

Committee on Membership—H. 5S. Church, Sturgis; B.
F. Emery, Grand Rapids; the Secretary.

Committee on Transportation—Jas. A. Coye, Grand
Rapids; J.W. Milliken, Traverse City; C. T. Bridg-
man, Flint.

Commeiston on Constitution—W. E. Kelsey, Ionia; R. D.
McNaughton, Coopersville; 1. KF. Clapp, Allegan,

Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

The following local associations have mostly
been organized under the auspices of the
Michigan Business Men's Association, and are
auxiliary thereto:

Ada Business Men’s Association.
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, Elmer Chapel.
Allegan Business Men’s Association.
President, Irving F. Clapp; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.

 

Bellaire Business Men’s Association.
President, John Rodgers; Secretary, G. J. Noteware.

Merchant's Protective Ass’n of Big Rapids,
President, BE. P. Clark; Secretary, A. S. Hobart.

Boyne City Business Men’s Association.
President, R. ft, Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. a

Burr Oak Business Men’s Association.
President, C. B. Galloway; Secretary, H. M. Lee. — oe
Retail Grocers’ Association of Battle Creek
President, Geo. H. Rowell; Secretary, C. A. Hoxsie.

Cadillac Business Men’s As’n.
President, A. W. Newark; Secretary, J.C. McAdam.

 

 

Casnovia, Bailey and Trent B, M. A.
President, H. E. Hesseltine; Secretary, E. Farnham. _
Cedar Springs Business Men’s Association.
President, T. W. Provin; Secretary, L. H. Chapman.

Charlevoix Business Men’s Association.
President, John Nichols; Secretary, R: W. Kane.
Business Men's Protective Union of Che-

boygan,
President, J. H. Tuttle; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. _

Business Men’s Association,

Coopersville
Secretary. R. PD. McNaughton.

President, E. N. Parker;
Retail Grocers’ Trade Union As‘n of Detroit.
President, dphn Blessed; Secretary, H. Kundinger.
Dorr Business Men’s Association.
President, L. N. Fisher; Seeretary, E. 8. Botsford.

Retail Grogers’ Association of E, Saginaw,
President, Peidhie ra Luster; Secretary, Chas. H. Smith.

 

Eastport Business Men’s Association.
President, F. H. Thurston, Central Lake; Secretary,
Geo. L. Thurston, Central Lake.

 

Elk Rapids Business Men’s Protective As’n,

President, J. J. McLaughlin; Secretary, C. L. Martin.
Frankfort Business Men’s Association,

President, Wm. Upton; Secretary, E. R. Chandler.

 

Flint Mercantile Union,
President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, J. L. Willett.
Freeport Business Men’s Association.
President, Foster Sisson; Sec’y, Arthur Cheseborough.

Grand Haven Business Men’s Association.
President, Fred. D. Voss; Secretary, Fred A. Hutty.

 

Retail Grocers’ Ass’n of Grand Rapids.
President, Jas. A. Coye; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

 

Greenville Business Men’s Association.
President, L. W. Sprague; Secretary, E. J. Clark.
Hartford Business Men’s Association.
President, V. KE. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.

 

Hastings Business Men’s Association.
President. L. E. Stauffer; Secretary, J. A. VanArman.
Holland Business Men’s Association.
President, Jacob Van Putten; Secretary, A. Van Duren.

 

Hebbardston Business Men’s Association.

President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, L. W. Robinson.
Ionia Business Men’s Exchange.

Preside Win. FE. Kelsey; Secretary, Fred. Cutler, Jr.

 

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association.
President, P. Ranney; Secretary, M. S. Scoville.

 

 

Kalkaska Business Men’s Association.
President, A. FE. Palmer; Secretary, C. E. Ramsey.
Dee seep Se eet ane ne cocaine
Kingstey Business Men’s Association.
President, C. H. Camp; Secretary, Chas. E. Brewster.

 

Leslie Business Men’s Association,
President, Wm. Hutchings; Secretary, M. L. Campbell.

Lowell Business Men’s Protective Ass’n.
President, N. B. Blain: Secretary, Frank T. King.
Luther Protective As’n.
President, W. B. Pool; Secretary, Jas. M. Verity.
Lyons Yusiness Men’s As’n.
President, A. K. Roof; Secretary, D. A. Reynolds.

 

 

 

Mancelona Business Men’s Association.
President, W. E. Watson; Secretary, C. L. Bailey.

 

Manistique Business Men’s Association.
President, F. H. Thompson; Secretary, E. N. Orr.

Manton’s Business Men’s Association.
President, F. A. Jenison; Secretary, R. Fuller.

 

Muir Business Men’s Association,
President, L. Town; Secretary, Elmer Ely.
Grocers’ Ass’n of the City of Muskegon.
President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wim. Peer.

Merchant's Union of Nashville.
President, Herbert M. Lee; Secretary, Walter Webster.

Oceana Business Men’s As’n.
President, W.E.Thorp; Secretary, E.8. Houghtaling.

 

Ovid Business Men’s As’n.
President, C. H. Hunter; Secretary, Lester Cooley.

 

Owosso Business Men’s Association.
President, Jas. Osburn; See’y, 8. Lamfrom.,

 

Otsego Business Men's Association,
President, J. M. Ballou; Secretary, J. F. Conrad.

Petoskey Business Men’s Association.

President, Jas. Buckley; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

 
 
 
 

Association.
KE. R. Holmes.

Pewamo Business Men's
Presidegg, Albert Retan; Secretary,

Plainwell Business Men’s Association.
President, M. Bailey; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.

Reed City Business Men's Association.
President; C. J.¥ leischauer ; Secretary, H. W. Hawkins.

Rockford Wusiness Men's Association,
President, Geo. A.®age; Secretary, J. M. Spore.

 

St. Charles Business Men’s Association,
President, B. J. Downing; Secretary, EF. E. Burdick.

St. Johns Merchants’ Protective Association.
President, H. L. Kendrick; Secretary, C. M. Merrill.

Business Men’s Protective Ass’n of Saranac,
President, Geo. A. Potts; Secretary, P. T. Williams.

South Boardman Business Men’s Ass’n,
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Niehardt.

 

30, Armand E. Jordan Business Men’s As’n.
President, D. C. Loveday; Secretary, C. W. Sutton.

Sherman Business Men’s Association.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W., G. Shane.

Sparta Business Men’s Association.
President, J. R. Harrison; Secretary, M. B. Nash.

 

Sturgis Business Men’s Association.
President, Henry S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn.

 

Traverse City Business Men’s Association.
President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, C. T. Lockwood.

 

Tustin Business Men’s Association.
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins.

 

Vermontville Business Men’s Association.
President, W. H. Benedict; Secretary, W.E. Holt.
Wayland Business Men’s Association.
President. E. W. Pickett; Secretary, H. J. Turner.
White Cloud Business Men’s Association.
President, P. M. Roedel; Secretary, M. D. Hayward.

White Lake Business Men’s As’n,
President, A. T. Linderman, Whitehall; Secretary, W.
B. Nicholson, Whitehall.
Woodland Business Men’s Association.
President, John Velte; Secretary, I. N. Harter.

Grand Rapids Butchers’ Union,
President, John Katz; Secretary, Chas. Velite.

 

 

 

 

 

Upholding the Contract System.

Procter & Gamble, the Cincinnati soap
manufacturers, have issued the following
address to the traveling men:

DEAR Sir—It has been reported to us
that some of the traveling salesman have
sold our soaps for less than the established
prices. We have instructed our men to
spare no expense or time in getting at the
facts, and, when we get the necessary evi-
dence, we propose discontinuing business
with the house whese men have cut our
prices. :

In view of the above, we have concluded
to write you (as we have all traveling sales-
men who represent the wholesale grocery
houses), to call your attention to the fact
that the contract of Procter & Gamble must
be lived up to, for its penalties will be en-
forced by us. First of all, because to cut
prices of our goods is a direct injury to our
business in this way. So long as our
brands of soap are in demand from all class-
es, that is, consumers, retailers and job-
bers, just so long is the good will of our
business valuable; and if, by reason of
salesmen cutting our prices, the jobbing
trade lose interest in the sale of our goods,
then, just that much is the good will of our
business decreased. Our business has tak-
en us nearly fifty years to establish and has
cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to
bring up to its present condition, conse-
quently, we will enforce our contract for
our own protection.

You will see by the enclosed blank that
the wholesale grocers bind themselves not
to eut our prices, and we, in turn, bind our-
selves not to sell to any one who cuts our
prices; consequently, we are bound, by this
agreement with the wholesale trade, to
strictly carry out our part of the agreement,
which is still another reason why we shall
enforce it. While it isthe natural desire of
every manufacturer to have the good-will
and the aid of every salesman, yet we are
free to say that, unless a salesman will sell
our soaps at our list prices, we don’t want
him to sell our brands. We don’t ask the
salesmen to introduce our goods. We do
that for them, and are continually advertis-
ing to the consumer and to the retail trade,
to assist the salesmen, so far as it is possi-
ble. The goods are in demand and can be
sold at the list prices; that is, if the man of
whom the goods are inquired for is a sales-
man.

That there may be no misunderstanding
on the subject, we wish to further notify
you that, when it has been discovered thata
sale of our soap has been made for less than
the limited price, it is not to be considered
a satisfactory conclusion of the matter to
collect from the party to whom the sale was
made the difference between the cut price
and the correct price; nor is the excuse suf-
ficient that it was a mistake because ‘‘I did
not have your price list with me,” etc., for
we look at the fact and not at the circum-
stances which led to it. We will consider it
a favor if you will sell soap of some other
brand, and thus run no risk as regards our
prices, rather than trust to your memory or
to the statements of the retailer.

We have written you this letter, not asa
threat, or with a feeling that we are inde-
pendent of the good-will of traveling
salesmen, but to let you know that we will
protect you in every way that it is possible
for us to do so, against the cutting of prices
to your customers by men who seem to be
unable to make a sale without cutting the
price.

The whole system of our business is
strictly in the interest of the wholesale gro-
cers and their salesmen, much more so than
that of any other soap manufacturer. First,
because, under no circumstances, do we sell
direct to the retail trade, or in any way com-
pete with the jobbers or their salesmen, but
the reverse; we do all in our power to aid
them to sell our goods, for we are, without
question, the largest advertisers among soap
manufacturers.

In conclusion, we will add: the contract
or limited price system is the best scheme
yet devised to enable the jobbing trade and
their salesmen to make a profit, provided
the manufacturer will rigidly enforce its
penalties: but if he will not enforce ‘them,
his contract is a detriment to all concerned.
Whenever you finda customer has been
taken from you by a cut in the price of our
goods, all we ask of you is the name of the
buyer, the name of the house making the
sale, the date, prices, ete., and we will put
an end to it.

 

—_—> -2- <———- ——

Capital Required for Retail Business.

An old mercantile authority gives the
following in regard to the capital needed to
keep up a certain amount of stock:

No. I.

In a business, when the stock to be kept
up is $5,000 and the sales $25,000 cash an-
nually, iucluding the preliminary expenses
of business, as filling store, expense of pur-
chasing the first goods, and freight on the
same, it will require about $5,600 cash
capital.

No. I.

The same stock and similar aggregate of
annual sales, one-fourth of which is made
on an average credit of three months, will
require a cash capital of a little over $7,000.

No. IIL.

The amount of capital required in a case
similar to No. 2, except that a satisfactory
credit can be obtained at two months for an
amount of goods equal to the capital in-
vested, would be about $3,600.

No. IV.

The amount of capital required in a case
similar to No. 3, except that the credit can
be obtained at four months, would be about
$3,500.

No. V.

The amount of capital required in a case
similar to No. 4, when the credit can be had
at four months to twice the amount of capi-
tal invested, would be in the neighborhood
of $2,500.

The same writer observes that ‘‘In all
calculations having reference to continuous
purchases and sales, it is sufliciently exact
for ordinary purposes to take the amount
for a month as one item, dated at the end
of the month, and to count the cost only of
the goods sold, leaving the profits to run

till the semi-annual or annual accounting.”
——_—_—__—-2 << —__—_——-

The Wrong Man.

‘*You have been a smoker all your life?”
asked the colporteur. ‘‘Oh, yes,” said the
traveler with the square sample cases, ‘‘eyer
since I was ten years old.” ‘‘And so you
have smoked, say 2” ‘About forty

 

 

years,” replied the traveler. ‘‘And your

cigars cost you, on the straight average, not
less than ten cents a day?” ‘*Why, of course
not,” said the traveler, looking surprised.
The colporteur made a rapid calculation on
the back of an envelope. ‘‘Then,” he said,
“see what tobacco has cost you. Without
computing the interest, it has cost you near-
ly $1,500; enough with its interest to buy a
lot and build and furnish a home worth ten
times that sum. See what tobacco has cost
you!” ‘Yes, I know,” said the traveling
man, rising to leave the car as the train
stopped, ‘but just figure up how much it’s
made for me. I travelel with the house ’m
now with for ten years, at $3,500 a year,
then I bought into the concern in a good
year, have cleaned up about $40,000 since
I’ve been a partner, and now own a house
that 1 wouldn’t sell for $20,000, and am
making more money this year than I ever
saw in one year before. Tobacco is a pretty
expensive luxury, though, if you happen to

couple of good customers, while the colpor-
teur, riding on his way, looked at the fig-
ures on the envelope and ruminated and
ruminated and ruminated.

 

 

THE NEW

Soap Company.

As previously announced, the trade is
now being supplied with Soap from this new

factory. Two brands are now introduced,
the
EFieadlisht

Tittle Daisy.

Both free from adulterations of all kinds,
and contain pure Ceylon Cocoa Oil, Steam
Refined Tallow, Glycerine and Borax. The
former is a first-class Laundry Soap, and
the latter, being fine and milder, is one of
the best Bath, Laundry and Toilet Soaps
combined now on the market.

For terms, please apply to the factory, in
person, by letter, or telephone. (Telephone
No. 578-5 rings. )

Shall we receive your encouragement by
way of a trial order? ¢

Respectfully,

Grand Rapids Soap C0.

 

Chicago & West Michigan.

 

 

Leaves. Arrives.

AN cee kc ncanedannce seer es ae 9:10am 3:55 pm

tDay Express........:eeeeeeeeeeeee 12:30 pm 9:45 pm

*Night EXpress.....--eeeeeeeee tees 11:00 pm 5:45 a m

Muskegon Express.....-+. «+ sere 5:00 pm 11:00 am
*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.

Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through
parlor ear in charge of eareful attendants without ex-
tra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p.m., and through coach
on 9 a.m. and 11 p. m. trains. :

Newaygo Division.

Leaves. Arrives.
EXXpTesS .......22cecceesececeeeaaces 3:45pm 4:50 pm
§:00 am 10:30 am

TEXPTeSS. 2.2.06 -e cece scenes ee er cences ‘

All trains arrive and depart from Union Depot.

The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin,
where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains
to and from Ludington and Manistee.

W. A. GAVETT, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

Arrives. Leaves.
Traverse City Express.......-.++++ 7:00 am
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex.. 9:20am 11:30 am
Cincinnati Express........--++++++ 7:30 pm

Petoskey and Mackinaw Express.. 3:40 pm 5:05 pm

Saginaw EXpress......--+++++seee+ 11:25am 7:20am

ue Opal eu cape uneeeeua 10:30 a m. 4:10 pm
Saginaw express runs through solid.

7am train has chair car fer Traverse City. 11:30 a

m train has chair car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City.
5:05 p m train has sleeping and chair cars for Petoskey
and Mackinaw.

GOING SOUTH.

 

Cincinnati Express io cobaduseesane 7:15am
Fort Wayne Express......-++++ ..10:30 am 11:45am
Cincinnati Express.........+++++++ 4:40 pm 5:00 pm

Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex..11:00pm ;
7:15am train has parlor chair car for Cincinnati.
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.

 
 
  
  

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Leave. Arrive.
WOE OO gain conss co denssesdvasadcarcacecesccnas 9:15am
1:00 PM... .. eee eee ec eseeesenceecceereeeeserene 1:00 pm
5:20 PM... eee ee ence cece secerscersassecscecses 7:10pm

Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. LocKWoop, Gen’! Pass, Agent.

 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Kalamazoo Division.
Arrive.
N.Y. Mail. N.Y. Ex

Leave.
Ex. & Mail. N. Y. Mail.

4:35pm 7:45am..Grand Rapids. 9:45am 6:10pm
5:55pm 9:02am..Allegan....... 8:28am 5:00am
7:05pm 10:06am..Kalamazoo... 7:30am 4:00 pm
8:30pm 11:35a m..White Pigeon, 56:55am 2:20pm
2:30am 5:05pm..Toledo........ 11:00pm 9:45am
8:30am 9:40pm..Cleveland..... 640pm 5:35am
2:50pm 3:30am..Buffalo........ 11:55am 11:10pm
5:40am 6:50pm..Chicago....... 11:30pm 6:50am

A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1 p m, carry-
ing passengers as far as Allegan. All trains daily ex-
cept Sunday. J. W. McKENNEY, General Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING EAST.

  
 
  
  
  

Arrives. Leaves.
+Steamboat Express.......- “o. 6:25am
+Through Mail............ 10:40 am 10:50 a m
+Evening Express.........+++5 3:15 pn 3:50 pm
*Limited Express........+-- 9:20 pm 10:55 pm
+Mixed, with coach........... 11:00am

GOING W .
+Morning ExpreSs.......... . 1:05pm 1:10pm
+Through Mail.......... 5:00 pm 5:05 pm
+Steamboat Express.... 10:40 p m
WOTIM OA, oo nos nscccnesean ed ; 7:45am
*Night Express........--.+-.+e00++. 9:10 am 5:35 am

+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.

Passengers taking the 6:25 dm Express make close
connection at Owosso for Lansing, and at Detroit for
New York, arriving there at 10:30 a m the following
morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner car
and local sleeping car from Detroit to Grand Rapids.

D. Porter, City Passenger Agent.

Gro. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager Chicago.

Michigan Central.

DEPART.
Detroit Express. .......ccee cere een e renee ereees 6:15am
Day EXxpress......-c-ceceeeceeeteener ee geee sence 1:10pm
*Atlantic EXpress.......ceeesceeee er eeeseeeeeeees 10:10 p m
WEAN os cy nad oo cds hsb oacnacaseh pee saaearesce 6:50am

ARRIVE.
*Pacific EXpress.........eeeeeecee eee e eect eeeeees 6:00 am
EE rs, rk ks sens cheasabous eaneepace 44a tein 3:00 pm
Grand Rapids Express........sseceeeereeseeecee 10:15 pm
MERGE 6 o.oo ccuscrsonccsccssnecranestiossnracserecces 5:15 pm
*Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars

run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from
Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand
Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec-
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

D. W. JounsTon, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’! Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago.

Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette.

Going West. Going East.
7:00am 8:00am..S8t. Ignace..... 840pm 5:55pm
C= pm “= am,..Seney.......> ‘ 6:15pm 12:35pm
30pm 2:30pm) 2:05pm 7:00am
4:00 pms Marquette .. 9 4:55 pm

4:35 pm..Negaunee..... 1:25 pm
4:45 pm. .Ishpeming....12:55 pm
8:00 pm..Houghton... 9:25am
8:20 pp m..Hancock ..... 9:00 am
Mixed train leaves St. Ignace at 7am; arrives Mar-

 

uette 5:30 p m. E. W. ALLEN,
en, Pass. and Ticket Agent, Marquette.

CERMAN COFFEE,

——THE——

goods on the Market.

¢

Best Package

Manufactured by

TOLEDO SPICE GO., TOLEDO, OHIO.

Order Sample Case of your Jobber.
tions in Price-Current.

ORANGES

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JOBBERS IN

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Hosiery, Carpets, Lc.

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~ REMOVAL.

We shall remove to the HOUSE-

Sts., April 15.
Curtiss & Dunton,

EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE PAPER & WOODENWARE
MOSELEY BROS.,

WW ELOLESALE

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

ALL KINDS OF FIELD SEEDS A SPECIALTY.

If you are in Market to Buy or Sell Clover Seed, Beans or Pota-
toes, will be pleased to hear from you.

6, 28. 30 & 32 Ottawa Street, © GRAND RAPIDS.
WM. SEARS & CO.

Cracker Manufacturers,

Agents for

AMBOY CHEESE.
37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

 

 

MAN BLOCK, corner Pearl and Ionia

 

 

F. J. LAMB & CO.

STATE AGENTS FOR

D. D. Mallory & Co.'s

DIAMOND BRAND
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so Fruits and Country Produce.

 

 

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,

Importers and

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nolesale Grocers.

Sole Agents for

dark and light.
bacco.

Coffees.

Lautz Bros. & Co.'s Celebrated Soaps.
Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch.
“Jolly Tar” Celebrated Plug Tobacco,

Jolly Time” Celebrated Fine Cut To-
Dwinell, Hayward & Co.s Roasted

Thomson & Taylor’s Magnolia Coffee.
Warsaw Salt Co.”s Warsaw Salt.
“Benton” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor.
“Van Camp” Tomatoes, Indianapolis.
“Acme” Sugar Corn, Best in the World.

In addition to a full line of staple groceries, we are the
only house:in Michigan which carries a complete assortment
of fancy groceries and table delicacies.

Mail orders are especially solicited, which invariably
secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment. Satisfaction
‘guaranteed.

95, 27 and 29 Tonia Stand 91, 93, 99, 57 and 99 Island Sts,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

DEALERS IN

PHEREINS & HESS,
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

 

 

.TWO AND THREE PLY

RHADY ROOFING

Waterproof, Durable and Economical,

OVER 7,500,000 SQUARE FEET APPLIED IN 1886.

Curtiss & Dunton,

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Absolute Baking Powder.

100 per cent. Pure.

Manufactured and sold only by

ED, TELFER, Grand Rapids.

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Is It Possible To Do a Cash Business?*

A portion of your Executive Committee, |
in my absence, has taken the liberty to as-—

sign me this subject, and, in justice to my-
self, 1 will say that never but once before,
have I attempted to impose upon a public
audience the production of my pen; but, in
order that the programme, as laid out) by
the Commitiee, may not be incomplete, I
have consented to present a few ideas for
your consideration, While it might be dif-
ficult for me to give you any new thoughts
on this subject, there may be some points
which it woul’ be well for us, to consider,
That a cash business is safe, no one will
question, but many business men think it not
wise to confine themselves too closely to it. |
Vith a business experience of nearly thirty-
five yewrs, I have yet to learn of a single
failure by a firm doing a eash trade, while
many of the gentlemen present could, no
doubt, count a dozen failures of firms doing
a credit business. Jn religious matters, we
often hear the remark, “It is easier to
preach than practice.” The same is true in
husiness circles. While we all concede that
it is better to sell goods for ready pay, there
are but few who practice it. There are
plenty of instanees proving that it is possi-
ble to do a cash trade, but I will only tres-
pass upon your time by citing a few of
them. A gentleman in the city of Roches-
ter, well posted in the grocery trade, started
in business a number of years ago with very
flattering prospects and plenty of capital.
For a few years, he did what was consider-

to have difficulty in meeting his bills, and
finally his creditors came on from New
York, closed his store and sold his stock.
A friend of his, a man of wealth, interested
himself in his behalf and told him that he
would furnish the capital for him to make
another start, thinking that he would
avoid the rock that had once dashed him to
pieces. He opened a store on a larger scale
than before, was popular with his patrons and
soon had a farge trade. In a few years,
however, he found. that his  friends’s
money and his profits were in the hands of
his customers and out of his reach, and his
creditors closed him out the second time.
He now began to realize the true condition
of affairs and, getting together a few hun-
dred dollars, he started for the third time,
making a vow that not a dollar’s worth of
goods should leave his store until they were
paid for. ‘This vow he faithfully carried
out and would not even lend a customer a
basket to carry goods home in—he eould
pay for the basket and the money would be
refunded on its return. A neighbor of his,
in the candy business and worth four times
what he was, stepped into his store one
Thursday and wanted two barrels of sugar
and he would pay for them the Saturday fol-
lowing. Hetold him that he could not
have them without the money. ‘The gentle-
man was a little hot, as we would term it,
and spoke up rather shortly and said, ‘Well,
you d—d old fool, lend mea hundred dol-
lars.” ‘**Certainly,? said he, and handed
him the money. He then paid for the
sugar, put the balance of the money in his
pocket and went home, Saturday paid the
hundred dollars, and every thing was sat-
isfactory. This man continued in trade
some years, paid off all his old indebtedness
and, at last reports, he was running a large
double store and had never been known to
break his vow. Some will say that it is an
easy matter to do this in a large town, but
not so easy in smaller towns. This is not
true, as I will show, by briefly ealling your
attention to a case which I have in mind.
Three brothers started a general store,
with about $12,000 capital, in a
small town in Eastern New York. The
merchants of the town were doing a credit
business, but the new firm decided to sell
for ready pay or not at all. Their prices
were lower than their competitors, and it
was not long before they had the best cus-
tom of the town. After about six years,
one of the brothers decided to retire from
the firm, and the other two paid him $40,-
000 for his interest. They continued the
business for two and three years longer and
then went out with $50,000 each. Their
successors had been educated in the credit
business and, thinking that the better sys-
tem, adopted it, and in less than ten years
they had become bankrupt.

It will be useless to introduce farther
evidence to prove that it is not only possi-
ble but profitable for the dealer to get his
pay for goods when sold, and I am satisfied
that, so far as it is possible for the consumer
to pay cash, it is better for him. The man
who pays eash can generally get closer
prices than he who buys on credit. He is
a desirable customer, and we are all anx-
ious for his trade. He can purchase where
he pleases and, if there is a eash dealer in
his town, he is sure to find him. As evi-

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The Michigan Tradesman.
i

i BULK VS. PACKAGE,

The Manufacturers’ Side of the Contro-
versy.

The letter from H. G. B., in last week’s
paper, created considerable comment among
the trade and was the occasion of much dis-
cussion. At theinvitation of Tur TRADES-
MAN, the leading manufacturers of package
goods have replied to the points made, in
the following manner:

New York, March 31, 1887
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Sin—We are indebted to your cou-
tesy for the article entitled ‘“‘Bulk vs. Pack-
age,” and also for the opportunity afforded
us to combat the opinions of H. G. B. The
gentleman has so complacently settled the
fate of package coffees, that it would be
eminently uncivil in us to disturb his con-
clusions or question his facts. His article
forcibly reminds us of the very conservative
old lady, who resided in Pennsylvania some
years ago. This good soul, when offering
her daily devotions, was wont to pray
“Good Lord, deliver us from steam engines
and all other works of the devil.” In the
language of Brother Jasper, the eminent
theologian of Richmond, we believe *‘the
world do move” forward.

Very truly yours,
ARBUCKLE BroriuERs COFFEE Co.
NOY INTERESTED.
CuicaGco, Mareh
E, A. Stowe, Grand Rapids;

Dean Srr—We are not interested in
package coffees, except as the jobber may
order us to pack it for him. We will sell
him a package coffee or bulk, according to
the dictation of his own sweet will. We
will take the turkey and give him the chick-
en, or put turkey wings on his chicken, we
retaining the ‘‘fowl” in both cases. ‘*Noth-
ing mean about us.”

Respectfully yours,
TroMpson & TAYLOR Spice Co.
ALEX. M. THompson, Pres.

30, 1887.

 

THINK THE WRITER IS RIGHT.
Derroir, April 1, 1887.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Drax Sir—It is impossible for us to say
what we would like to, for lack of time.
For the past ten days, we have been up to
our eyes in business, but we will say that
we think the party right in every particu-
lar. Yours truly,

J. H. Trrompson & Co.
A TOLEDO VIEW.
ToLEepo, April 1, 1887.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Srm—Your correspondent, H. G.
B., in your last issue of Tur TRADESMAN,
has given a long dissertation on the merits
of bulk roast and has attempted to show
why, in his opinion, the neat package coffee
which has so rapidly grown in favor during
the past few years must step down and out
and make way for its neighbor, bulk roast,
which died a natural death the moment the
superior adyantages of package coffees were
presented to both the dealer and consumer.
Let us follow him through his argument,
and ascertain, if possible, whether he has
not shot a little wide of the mark. He be-
gins by acknowleging that the package bus-
iness has grown to ‘‘timmense proportions
during the last two or three years, virtually
driving bulk roast out of the market.” This
would seem to be, for a starter, the best ar-
gument that he could possibly advance in
favor of the package. But, he continues,
“‘a reaction has taken place during the last
four months and bulk roast has rapidly come
to the front, while their gaily-colored cous-
ins seem to have a black eye.” This isa
crusher. We wonder where your corres-
pondent gets his information. He surely
cannot be interested in any of our well-
known coffee mills or have taken ordinary
pains to ascertain the truth or fallacy of so
broad an assertion, It is just barely possi-
ble that he is some disgruntled jobber of
coffees or proposes going into the roast
coffee trade and feels that his path may not
be literally strewn with roses, in introduc-
ing a new brand on the market, in which
event “bulk” might serve his purpose better.
We venture to say that never in the history
of the coffee business has there been so
large a demand for package coffee and so
little call for the old-style bulk roast as to-
day. An inquiry from any of our leading
roasters will prove the correctness of this
statement. He attempts to show that man-
ufacturers of package goods are the only
ones making money out of them and that
they are resorting to all kinds of schemes in
the way of extraordinary advertising and
gifts, to reinstate them. If this were so
and manufacturers are doing so well, in
spite of the enormous expense attendant
upon advertising their goods, why not save
that expense, inasmuch as money is what
we are al! after, and furnish the dealer and
consumer with their coffee only in bulk.
The answer is simple enough—the consum-
er won't have it. He has been usinga
brand of coffee which pleases him. He
knows that, in buying that particular brand,
he is getting a coffee uniformly the same and
it pleases his taste. In buying his coffee in
bulk experience has taught him that he is
taking chances. To-day’s purchase will
please him, whileto-morrow’s will be so en-
tirely different that he is constantly com-
plaining of the quality of ‘‘that coffee.” The
dealer knows this, and when his customer
calls for a package of coffee he gives it to
him, feeling that he is saved all the annoy-
ance of explanation. The farther advantage
to the dealer lies in the fact that selling
package coffee is a saving of both time and
expense. He hands it out to his customer,
with no trouble of weighing and putting up.
That has already been done for him. There
is no opportunity for careless clerks to
make errors in weighing. That coffee put
up in sealed paper packages does retain its
strength and aroma to such a degree as to
more than pay the consumer, is a fact pat-
ent to any man of ordinary observation. If
the packages are air tight, why is it not
cheaper and in every way more desirable
to make them of paper rather than go to the
additional expense of putting them in metal
or glass? No roast coffee is fit for use that
stands exposed to the air, and bulk coffees
are thus exposed, unless kept closely in
metal cans. The argument that retailers
fight each other ‘‘to the death” and that job-
bers are compelled to follow suit on pack-
age goods, frequently selling at a loss, is
hardly worth considering. A man who will
sell his goods for less than their value, be-
cause, perchance, his neighbor gives them
away is a poor apology of a merchant and
deserves to do business without a profit. If
the retail trade are bound te cut each other’s
throats, and cannot have one article to do it

 

 

with, they will surely find another, and the
sooner they discover that this is a losing
game the better and healthier will trade be-
come. A dealer can so regulate his -pur-
chases of package coffee, knowing the wants
of his trade that he need never allow it to
get old on his hands. It is only when he is
led to anticipate a speculation in the article
and buys far ahead of his wants that he is
left to suffer for his own indiscretion. We
might go on indefinately and point out num-
berless other goed reasons that favor pack-
age coffee, but we feel that enough has al-
ready been said. ‘‘A word to the wise is
sufficient.” R. M.
AN ANONYMOUS OPINION.

A gentleman connected with one of the
largest coffee houses in the country writes
as follows:

I have read with interest an article in last
week’s TRADESMAN, entitled ‘‘Bulk vs.
Package,” and signed H. G. B. The arti-
cle is, in so many respects, at variance
with the facts, as I see them, I cannot but
call attention to a few points regarding the
subject.

Your correspondent starts out all right in
his assertion that ‘‘the package coffee busi-
ness has almost driven green coffees and
bulk roasts out of market,” but he is mis-
taken when he says that bulk roasts have,
during the past few months, rapidly come
to the front again. It may be possible that
our friend, H. G. B., draws his conclusions
from observation in some locality in which
—for local reasons, perhaps—the conditions
he names may exist. He should, in making
a statement of this character, apply it not to
the trade of Grand Rapids or Western
Michigan (I assume our friend is a resident
of that section), but to the country at large.
When so viewed, itis found, beyond the
shadow of a doubt, that the sale of package
coifees is at this moment greater than at
any time in the history as the country.
This growth in its sale and consumption is
builded on such a firm foundation, and has
so much to back it up, that it cannot be ov-
erthrown by any other means, nor by any
class of people other than those by which it
has gained its present high position. And
right here comes a point which H. G. B. has
totally ignored in his argument, namely—
the part the consumer plays in the matter.
H. G. B. insists that the retailer and whole-
saler should decree that package coffees
must go, but he fails fo consult the consum-
er in the matter, nor state the consumer’s
position as to the subject. Now, the con-
sumer has probably had more to do with the
increase in the sale of package coffees than
has any other person who has been interest-
ed in it, and not until the consumer decrees
that ‘‘package coffees must go,” will that
result be accomplished. As the consumer
realizes that in many of the package cof-
fees sold he gets better coffee for the same
or less money than he can in the purchase
of bulk goods, it is not likely that he will
give his consent to the decree of the retailer
and jobber.

Package cotfees stand in the same class
with almost all recognized food products
which are identified with a brand, and in
this fact the consumer is given absolute pro-
tection against the tricks of the avaricious
retailer, who may undertake to misrepre-
sent his wares to his trade. This protee-
tion is illustrated in the successful brands
of tobaccos, starches, soaps, cereals, ete.,
which are sold in all the stores of the land.
If the same argument which “H. G. B.”
applies to package coffees were applied to
all identified brands of food (and why not?)
the people would, beyond question, get
poorer goods and pay more for them than
they now do. The manufacturer of any
proprietary article publishes his responsibil-
ity as to its quality and merit upon the pack-
age he placesit in and if it is meritorous the
people will approve it and use it and the
manufacturer will, and should, sueceed.
On the other hand, if the article so branded
is not what it is represented to be, the con-
sumer speedily rejects it and the article is
soon lost to the world. Thisis as true of
package coffee as of anything sold under an
identified brand and, as before stated, the
consumer has much to say about the mat-
ter.

Another point in this connection—bulk
roast coffee loses its identity, once it is in
the hands of the retailer, and the consumer
takes the statement of the retailer only as
to its quality; and itis a fact that there is
much imposition practiced by unserupulous
dealers in the retailing of bulk roast-
ed coffees. To my certain knowledge there
are dealers who boast of theirability to real-
ize 50 to 75 per cent. profit on bulk coffees,
becausefthe consumer ‘‘doesn’t know the dif-
ference.” It is these things, Mr. Editor,
which have had something to do with the
wondertul strides in the sale of package
coffees and which make me believe that
package coffees have come to stay.

There are other reasons, perhaps of not
so much importance, but good ones, how-
ever, why package coffees will refuse to
ee rg,”?

The dealer runs no risks on the weights.
When he buys 100 pounds of package cof-
fee, he knows that he will get pay for 100
pounds when it i$ sold. With 100 pounds
of bulk roast sitting in the store, he doesn’t
know when it is ail gone, whether he has
got pay for 100 pounds or only ninety.
Again there is no doubt package coffee will
keep fresh longer than bulk. It is also
more convenient for the dealer, being al-
ready put up for the consumer.

As to the cutting of prices on package
goods, this is an evil which the trade them-
selves are responsible for and while it may
exist in certain localities to a greater or less
extent, it is not general, as “H. G. B.”
would have us believe. It appears to me
that except as noted above, the retail trade
are enjoying a legitimate profit on the popu-
lar brands of package coffees and the jobber
has his margin also. As to the manufactur-
er’s profit, [can assure him that it is so+
close as to bring it to the ‘“‘sugar margin”
he talks of.

In conclusion, let me say that the compe-
tition which appears among package coffees
is not, as H. G. B. would have us believe, a
competion between bulk and package coffees,
but rather competitive strife between pack-
age cofiee manufacturers themselves for the
supremacy of their particular brands—and
the fact is clearly demonstrated that the
people of this land endorse package coffees
as against bulk, and the results prove it.

—————-2
The Grocery Market.

Sugars are a trifle firmer, in consequence
of the inter-state commerce bill, but not
quotably higher. Package coffees have ad-
vanced another 14 cent and cove oysters are
up from 7 to 10 cents a dozen. Other ar-
ticles in the grocery line are without nota-
ble change.

Oranges are strong, with slightly higher
prices. Lemons are about steady, with
large arrivals for the next three weeks.
This is, apparently, a good time to buy.
Nuts are steady at about former prices.
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RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

BOOTS AND SHOES.

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO.

14 and 16 Pear! Street,

 

ORGANIZATION OUTFITS.

Full outfits for the Collection Depart-
ment of a Business Men’s Association, con-
taining all the late improvements, supplied
to order for $13. The outfit comprises:

.1,000 ‘“‘Blue Letter’ Notification Sheets,
for member’s use.

500 Copyrighted Record Blanks,

500 Association Notification Sheets, and

500 Envelopes.

Money can be sent by draft, post-office
or express order.

Fuller & Stowe Company,
49 Lyon Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

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WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

 

 

 

  
 

PLAS Ne |
These prices are for cash buyers, who pay |
promptly and buy in full packages.
AXLE GREASE.
GROWN oi oa ols, « BOUPAPAGON ........05.8 20}
Lee gd ms 90\Paragon 25 fb pails. 90)
Diamond X........ 60\Fraziers, 25 t pails.1 25
Modoc, 4 doz.......2 50!
BAKING POWDER.
Acme, 4 ® cans, 8 doz. ecase.......... be ee 85 |
* te t 2 Re ee lcd ees 1 60
es aie | Shi i lakes 3 00
* WO ee ee las 2
Princess, 4s iG 1 25
_ Oe aoe eae e cee: 2 25
: Divas Cae ea, 4 25
. DO i 28
Arctic, % i cans, 6 doz. case............... {5
e y a al 75
ae Ce 1 40
. 1 Me 2 oe eee 2 40
“ 5 * 1 Ce, 2 00
Victorian, 1 ib cans, (tall,) 2 doz..... ...... 2M
BeeammonG, “DUE... ce ne 15
BLUING
ey ae doz. 25
De AG, Boe els i EO 45
eG 4 OMe es doz. 35
Pu@mg. BOF... oc. doz. 65
POPE ® ON oc ce ee oe ca ae #8 gross 3 50
POS O88 eek 7 20
OVI A ee eect ck 12 00
WEeuO NO. 1 DOREY DOM... 5 ooo 55s os ce 2 00
Arctie No. 2 - OPA oe wa da eee cease 3 00
Arctic No.3 ° Cea caked ances . 400
BROOMS.
moO. 2 Hurl... . cs 1 7%5|Common Whisk.... 90
No. 1 Hurl....2 00@2 25|Fancy Whisk...... 1 00
No. 2Carpet........ MP ook ches cna 3 75
No. 1Carpet........ 2 50|Warehouse ........ 2°75
Parlor Gem........ 3 00)
CANNED FISH.
Clams, §, Little NO@GH..:................. 110
tie Comer, Be ie ee eee. 215
Cove Oysters, 1 f standards.............. 90
Cove Oysters, 2 tb standards............. 1 75
Lopeters, | Mpicnie. ...... 6. ..0 0... ce cs 1 75
MOnStOrs, AM, PICNIC... 6c. ek ce ken oe 2 65
Ue ee a a 2 00
PODBUONS, 2 WH BOAT os oo eb lines oe cues esse 3 00
Mackerel, 1 fresh standards............ 1 45
Mackerel, 5 h fresh standards............ 5 25
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 Ib...........3 50
Mackerel,3 bin Mustard.................. 3 50
Mackerel, 3  soused............ ......00. 3 50
Salmon, 1 h Columbia river............... 1 70
Salmon, 2 h Columbia river............... 3 00
Sardines, domestic MS........:.2........0 6@7
Sardines, domestic 48................... 10@12
pardines, Mustard %48...............-+.... 9@11
Sardines, imported 48.................0. 1@I13
rout. om DFOOK.............40..:-- <-< £6
CANNED FRUITS.
Apples, gallons. standards................ 3 25
Blackberries, standards................... 90
Cherries, red standard.................... 110
Damsons.......: Tide coca ess eu awie asks 1 00
Hao Plums, standardy ................-.. 12
MROPBODOPFIOE. oo. ns cc en ceed cn cvess 95@1 00
Green Gages, standards 2 f........-...... 1 25
Pesenes, Wxtea Yellow ...................; 175
POBONCS, STANGATOG.. ..... 6.6 05s cence ence. 1 55
Peaches, SeCONGE. ... 2. 6.6.0. ce ee ee ad 1 45
COO AC coca cs cee cet race hwen sess 1 10
Fineappies, standards....................; L 40
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... .......... 2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated...... .....2 75
CT ee a 15
Pee errIOg, GEUVG.. 2... 66.6... css... a
- TOn ; 5
Strawberries ....... Sess

WE OPCIODONIIGS oc oo one be oaks cca ce
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Auperanus, Ogeter OBYy......... i.........

 

 

- Grand Rapids, Mich.
OILS.
ILLUMINATING.

WE ORGE We UNTG. et ok li as cba 1144
OCH SOR ea. 10%
LUBRICATING.
WO is a ca y%
MICO CYUTGOL. ooo 5d cos an oe pede ese culades 364%
Model Cylinder........... a cess couse es aeas 31%
BIO OVE oo ook ced s os shins e ced ce eens 26%

MGOPBIO BGC... 6. oc echoes cok cers ss esd 23
Peerless Machinery. .....sccsceccishsccsacces 20
Challenge Machinery....................000- 19
oe i kg oe eh de eh hocks 20%
Black. Summer, West Virginia... ......... 9
MUUGM, RT Oo oso os va ck an adios cs esanc us 10
MeO A Oe sic eh i eke os ce cae dees ll
MEO oo esses baceia xe Cl oieea) oes ee
FIELD SEEDS.
Clover, MAMMOND...... 0065 c 666s eee @A 25
- TOC gon kis oop ck kenssd 4 25
TIAOCRY, DYING. ois. sc case ci cous cece 1 00

Means, Lima, estandard.................... Th
Beans, Strineioss, Trice... .......... Tap 90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 70

Corp, Arvrcuers Tropuy...........:........8 35

MODIS GIOPY. 6... 5. oie ces cuss i 10
OO OMe ee aa aa cs ewe ae
Move teet. 8 ee
 OO@IBIO ce i ee
"COG. hi. 1 35
OY ei i klk 1 50
i as we were cc cs ck cae 1 09
ewe Penenns 2. ee... 1 00
ee ee 1 10

OOO Pa oe a van secs ce 1 50

Peas, extra marrotat.................- 1 20@1 40

WON, COMMON a ea ca ccc ces 75

* ery Je, otand.........;:..-.. 1 50@1 75
AS WT iene ieee. 2 00
™ FBrencn, O8tre AMG. ... 50.660. o ccc c ae. 20 00

Mushrooms, extra fime....... woe eee cas 20 00

Pumpkin, 3 Golden............-..-..0:4. 1 cO

Becotash, Standard................--.;. 80@1 30

ee 1 00

Tomatoes, standard brands............... 1 20

CHEESE. :

Michigan full eream.................. 134%@H4

York State, Acme...............-.. p @

CHOCOLATE.

Wilbur’s Premium..35|German Sweet....... 23
7 Sweet...... 25) Vienna Sweet ....... 22
B’kf’tCocoa 45/ Baker’s .............. 3Tf
“ Cocoa-theta 42|Runkles’............. 35
ny Vanilla Bar 28

COCOANUT.

Memos: IA... k a week lias, @25
- 16 BG MS. oc... ....05..-e @26
" Me ee @27
- AS ti tin pats..........5..... @27%
“ 4s MO oe es @z%

oe oe oc aves ccs dle ee @23%
“ TRONO 6......-.....; ieee @24
“ ay @2444

MEAMIACIOTY, WAS oo ook conc ccc ees @20

RORMOME re a @li

COFFEES.
Green. | Roasted.

MIO 5c 164@17 | PRI ks ce cas 16 @I8s

Golden Rio...17 @19 'Golden Rio...18 @20

Santos........ Git Bantoe.............. 20

Maricabo........... 16 |Maricabo....... 18S@21

Java ...........25@30 |Java......... 226

O. G. Java....28 @30 |O.G.Java....25 @29

PROOMR ............5 23 \Moeha... .... 27 @28

COFFEES—PACKAGE,
60 ibs 100 hs 300 tbs

NG os ee ace cy wee ce ees. 193¢

Lion, in Gabinets............... 20%

ee ence... 201, 20 20

POO ek ee eo ee se cen ccs 201g 20 193%

Peworte sf... 2. 1... ek, 19%

RORUMEUIOY occ oes oo cee sk esas, 1934

OPO ase ina ces es , 1934

German,in bing................. 20

OO is os eek; 1934

NO ey 18% 18%

MOG ce ke 1934 183, 18%

PROMNORE oe oa cae 18 18 18

CORDAGE. -

60 foot Jute..... 100 {50 foot Cotton....1 60

72 foot Jute ..... 125 |60 foot Cotton....1 7%

40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (72 foot Cotton....2 00

CRACKERS AND SWEET Goops.
X XXX #b

Kenosha Butter................ 6%

Seymour Butter.......... Se eae 5

PROP oo icc ce a cae og ieee sos 5

Fancy Butter...........049.. 2: 44

S. Cverer.... 6... ct Re

POG i ee ee cels sae. 5

Kaney Ovster................ . <6

MARC? SOGA, . oi. as ce owes cece 5

City Soda....... oe 7%

RN rei acon co eee ae 54g

WO ch ee ee leh ei ck kee 7

TOMO ooo 7

POR OS ooo ce yak 8

et BOG)... oc... ll... &

Pretzels, hand-made........... 11%

BROGIOIS obs oo aon book. ck 9%

CVGORGIS oes on ee cack sce sd 15%

TGMON COON. .. 6.5 oo 6s scone a 7 8

ea a 7 8

Frosted Cream................. 8%

Ginger Snaps........7......... % 8

No. 1 Ginger Snaps............ Z

Lemon Snaps.................. 12%

Coffee Cakes..............00525 8%

Lemon Wafers................. 13%

Jumbles............. Sekbacebace il%

Extra Honey Jumbles......... 1244

Frosted Honey Cakes. ::,..... 138%

Cream Goms........./ 0076." 5. 13%

Mamiovs GOMS,.........6.665., 13%

MOOG CANCE okies recess, 12%

M&O. COMGE, 5.20 Se... ms

DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN.

ORO cea oaks eke oe gaa 22 @ 2

MEM obo ice bas cece cds snccs ss BACGEO

Epon Peel... 6. ck ie oe ca @ 4

Orange Peel... 6... .e 00. ea ek @ 4

Prunes, French, 608..................0. @12
“ MUO, oo voce cc ccccs ck: @10
sei WYOnOn, W062 i. eck cae @it

PWG, TUONO sooo ssc occ ks vo cane cous 6 @b4

Raisins, Dehesia....................... 3 50@5 00

Raisins, London Layers,.............. @2 50

Raisins, California “ ............... 1 50@1 90

Raisins, Loose Muscatels.............. @1 56

Raisins, Ondaras, 28s............ ..... 84@ 8X

Raising, Sultanas...................000 @9

Raisins, Valencia, new................ 6%4@ oe

Raisins, Imperials..................... @3 0

 

Groceries. | Fee eden icine ree tertenss oneness ool a | Eye Opener......... 951 Blue Blazes. ....:...:%
j , Mee eGnse. 4066 ee he wa és]

Grand Haven, No. 3v0, parlor..............
Grand Haven, No. 7, round................
Oshkosh, No. 2.............

Cees wo. f i
WO oe. Seas jd

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Richardson’s No.8 square.................. 1 00
Richardson’s No. 9 We ia 1 50
Richardson’s No. 7%, round.................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 ES 1 50
Woodbine, 300............ ' 115
MOLASSES,
oe 16@18
Oe eee
MONN OG ace lelo el ccccc. .. ae
New Orleans, good........................ 29@an4

New Orleans, choice..... ..........

New Orleans, fancy...... ..........
\% bbls. 2e extra

OATMEAL ROLLED OA'YS

Oe

.. - ebb

Muscatine, bbis....5 50, Museatine, bbls....5 50
“ a . 80 bay . * ... 20
** cases 2 25@3 25 * cases 2 25@3 25
PICKLES.
meme... Qi 00
. MON ice, @4 00
mee Oe @S8 50
i MOU oe @t 75
PIPES.
Importee Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. @2 0
Imported Clay, No. 216, 24% gross...... @1 75
american 7.) ........ @ 7
RICE.
Choice Carolina..... Oe eaee .........., 6
Prime Carolina.....544|Patna ...............5%
Good Garolina...... 444'Rangoon....... 54
Good Louisiana.....5 |Broken.  ..... 3144@3%
AIG ............., O Mee... coc... 7
SALERATUS.
DeLand’s pure...... 544 |Dwight’s ............5
CHarces ..........5 fea pos... 5%
Taylor’s G. M.......5 |Cap Sheaf...........5
1ge less in 5 box tots.
SALT.
OO Fookes, F F Dairy.................. Ib
Oo POGget 10
Mua Woekete i g.: 25

16 Dbl. lote.....
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags......
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags....
Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags......
American, dairy, 4% bn. bags..........
Rock, bushels

Saginaw or Manistee
+. a)

Wr Hotere ww

is
moc

teiz

ae 20

SAUCES.

   
 

Parigian % pints... dk... @2 00
Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 70
Pepper Sancée. wreen .................. @ Xv
Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... @1 2%
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @I1 50
Cateup, Tomato, pirts............... @ Ww
Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 20
Mra LOr oanoe, Pints.................. @3 50
Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20

SOAPS,

 

Acorn..............3 $5! Extra Chicago Fam-

ORR i i AO Se 2 94
New Process, 1 ib..3 85|Napkin............. 4 75
New Process, 3 ®..3 96/Towel.............. t 75
Acme, bars........3 55| White Marseilles. .5 50

Aeme, blocks..... 3 05 White Cotton Oil..5 5

woo oo

Best American....2 93)Railroad ........... 3 50
CArere OE Pe oon cease cwce cos tt 40
Big Five Center...3 85 Mystic White....... 4 65
Nickel..............0 4Saxon BHine........2 60
Shamrook.......... 8 15) Palmer’s, 100 bars..5 50
Blue Danube.......2 55! ‘ %G * ..45

London Family....2 30iStar .,..............3 7%
SPLICES—WHOLE.

 

Bee. ie 7
Cassia, China in mats.................. 7
" Batavia in bundies............ Li
" Berri roe. .... |... ..... 42
Clowes, Ampovng...................... 30
[Me go cee c kh S 29
TOO TAR os osc ace case 60
mutinewe fonov. | ......... ......... 70
. moe. 65
bas DW Mea ey ccs ide ces access 57
Pepper, Singapore, black........ fia. Iv%
" _ WOIG 010... .06.<; 29
SPICES—PURE GROUND.
PICS i onic gic a. it
COMI, FUROR GI ook oooh oe vc cca cece, 16
“ - and Saigon............ 25
BAO acre 45
CHOVOEG -FampON OG. . noes sas cedenccece 35

Ce ee ‘ 34

Cinger Aive........................ 12
ee EE a 15
OP IO ok obese dances cay. 22

hI a ee ee i

BEVGCOVG, MRT. ooo. ccecccccccce 20
™ " and Trieste......... 22
184 LO Ee ee 25

IUEIOOE, GS esc... . 60

Pepper, Singapore black.............. 21
. " WhIG ............ 35
. oe ee 25

STARCH.

Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ib boxes, 1 h pkgs... @ 5%
* oo. «a "tome 4. @ 5%
“ “ 40> Mgt | eS @4
. “* 72. crates, 6 I boxes... @ 6%
‘* Corn, 40 fb boxes, | th pkgs.... @ 6
“ss se 2 ib oe 1 tb oo“ . @ 64

Kingsford’s Silver Gloss, | th) pkgs.... GT

of ” * 6B doxes... @ i%
af “ "AN... kc. @ 6%
“ Wure, | @ pkea............ @ 5s
te Corn, 1 b pkgs..... ...... @ 7
Royal. Gloss, 1 ® packages............ @ 5%
_ “ WOE... @ 4
“ COON @ 6
Firmenich, new process, gloss, Lib... @ 5%
“ “ oe... OM
” . P Om.... @ 6
“ ‘** bulk, boxes or bbls @4 ™
“ " Come. £...:...... @6

TOMES, MOSM @, 5%
" WN oe cde cece sec cause @6

ico SUGARS.

u | ne ne ee VG Wl wens 64
OG oe eee ese 2g 6%
WOWGGKEO ou... .s oe... GS 6%
Granulated, Standard... ............. @ 6%
Comrootionery Aa.................... @ 5%
OMI eee oc ce ec. oo cee. @ 5%
NO. Ek, White Extra C...........:...... 51¢@ 54
Pe RAG. oie, 5 @ 5g
NOG ieee ee @ 4%
Ree as a, eee @ 455
MOOG ee. @ 4%

SYRUPS.

COP, TAMPONS oil lic cic eckece (ccc cs 25@27

Crim, 46 ODIB. ooo oc kc cece Wel ce ceesee 27@29

Corn, (0 gallon kegs.................... @30

Corn, 5 mation Kegs... ...... 66sec ccccccss @32

A ee: 23@35

Pure Sugar. 4 DDI... ........:........... 25@37

TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS.

Uncle Tom...........87/Cinderella............ 25

What Im Ft?.... 3.3.50. SEE TMORG.. .... 6.0055 30

CORTE ois oe ccia nce 60) Red GI co di cece cach 55

Five and Seven...... 45)Cross Cut.............35

BONG, ogg ovis cans: SRG PATIN 6 i < ocacieaiceics 35

Seal of Detroit....... 60/Old Time............. 30

PU DIATE soos coc ones 38; Underwood’s Capper 35

Cue Bind... <.i.5-4.; 25'Sweet Rose.......... 45

Brother Jonathan... .27| Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35

Jolly Time........... MUI ooo ck coche cecccl, 35

Our Leader.......... 33|Royal Game.......... 38

Sweet Rose..........32;Mule Ear............. 65

May Queen....... .65|Fountain............. 74

Dark AmericanEagle67/Old Congress......... 6

dae Co 60;\Good Luck........... 52

Pee oc ck cue 50|Blaze Away.......... 35

Prairie Flower ...... 65| Hair Lifter....... ... 30

Indian Queen........ 60) Hiawatha ............ 62

May Flower.......... (NS 65

Sweet Pippin........ 45|\Crown Leaf..... .... 66

REUINGIOR oo. cio ce uns Ser PUTO 6. 6a. once cere cs 35

SHORTS.

Our Leader.......... 16|Hiawatha............ 22

Mayflower ........... 23/Old Congress......... 23

EO ic rcwccos acess 22|May Leaf............ 22

Mule Ear..... cakieete MDG bn icvc cies eus.s 20

FISH.

-
be ace uses 5 1 Oe gi. Sone... 35
WO a i hale cass < kadeae S4GIC% | Peach Pie............atJupiter ..... ........ 25
Herring, round, 4 bbl................ @2 90 | Star bésiasocess CCH. .... SS
| Borvine wound, % DDL... ........0.c5 555. E 16 | Old Solder............3tiSplendia.......... a
Herring, Holland, bblis................... 11 00 Guoer .4..2....7...,0neee roe... .. 40
Herring, Holland, kegs................. 76@ 80 | Corner Stone. .......34;Big Drive......... ..40
Herring, Scaled................... ..--+---18@20 | Scalping Knife......34|\Chocolate Cream....40
| Mackerel, shore, No. 1, 4% bbls............ 10 +0 | Sam Boss.. rs <. COE 35
| “ “ ~ Jame ...:.. 3 Next . ........ ......29) Big PiveCenter... 98
* “ “2 * Wea eead oak ie Jolly Time... can eee CS : 42
” mo DM DO. 4... 6.6... 6 50 Pavarie . ....... Anstey... le
Sardines, spiced, 48......................-10@12 | Black Bird.......... .38| Black Prince........ 35
LG, FO cs. ce cs. 6 00 Live and Let Live ..32| Black Raecer........ 35
1D Mite... ae ee. 9 | Quaker........... ...28/Climax - 42
Wee WO, 0 6 ee cs cs ac TO ee Pete... cs aon "39
Wiktte, 0. 0, We ee, 5, 110 |Spear Head......... 3@\/Horse Shoe......_.._3%
MU Oe ces occas BOR 1 We Visosc cc eeccc ssl ves ......
; White, Pamily 44 hbie..................:. 280 Spring Chicken......36|Merry War.......... 26
” _ Me ec 75 Eclipse edisenessctce ten PYADEin 32
FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Bueeee., .. 4.6... mimOne........ 34
Lemon. Vanilla. | &: & Q.. ea cekas ..24| Black Jack.........._ 98
Jennings’ D.C.,20z..........@doz.1060 149] Lark..................22]Musselman’s Corker.30

” "  £08..................3. 0 2 50 | .. s e SMOKING
“ “te | ae - 6a) ae F........., Seen .......
“ 6 an 5 Oy | Our Leader... Sakae MURY <4... ? .20
“ “ No.2 Taper... ..... 1 25 1 50 | Old Vet..... oe Unit Seabee uaecccaca. ae
‘ “ No.4 oo 1 %5 2 75 | Big Deal. cece ceee cece 27 Eight Hours.... 24
“ “4 pint, round... _. 4 50 7 50) Navy Clippings......26 RARGMS 6 snciscssc. s,s 00
be “ 1 se es 9 06 15 00 | aoe 15 Two eee «ae
es * No.3 panel..........1 10 1a | ere Taok.........;. 30 Duke’s Durham..... {0
. “ —oo  * oo 275 425} Dixie.................26 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26
“ “New 4 Ae ag | Ole Rer...........:,. 4QOWE,.. ......,.......
‘ MATCHES. | Arthur’s Choice..... a OO OW os... cs, 4
Grand Haven, No. §&, square................ 9§ | Bed Fox.............. 26,Uncle Sam...........27
Grand Haven, No9, square, 3gro..... 5 | Gold BYOGG 5... 55..... Lumberman a
Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor..............1 7 | Gold Block........... 30 Railroad Boy........ .36

|

Seal of Grand Rapids

Mountain Rose.......
(cloth)....

..25 Home Comfort...... 25

Miners and Puddlers.28 Old Rip............... 6
roe: ....... 24 Seal of North Caro- |
a ly ee a oe =. 608s Of..........
Old Tom..............20 Seal of North Caro-
To & Jorry......... ~~ De4e......... “4
Joker.................25|/Seal of North Caro-
IaVOlGr ............. mo rece... .. &
Maiden ...............25. Seal of North Caro-
Pickwick Club.......40 lina, 16 oz boxes... .42
Nigger Head.........26 King Bee, longeut.. 2
PROMI 5... o5e Ee. a
German... a0 ee DOLCE IG...

a. L.......... aoe:
Honey Dew..........26}Red Clover. .........
Colonel’s Choice..... 15iGood Luck...........%8

     
 

Queen Bee. ... ..ae| Navy 30
Blue Wing?... «<a :
SNUFF.
Lorillard’s American Gentiemen. 72
ae PIMCCQUOW...... 4.04. @ 5d
Gail & Ax’ . ae ® 44
- Rappee...... @ 35
Railroxd Milis Seoteh... @ 45
nas... @1 30
TEAS. ”
ampen Ordinary... ... ............... - - 18@20
epee PIP IO MOOG, .......... 25030
Mme. 36
Ap
mOaue W0G00.........,.............
UN POWGGN ................... . 2. -B6Q5
Oolong AEA eek bec cael, . SIGHS QEC
CONGO 25@30
VINEGAR.

30 gr. 5
were. a at
Ce i 68 LO
Work State Apple............ 16

MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath Brick imported .................. 90
do Ameres.........  ... ja
Poem mo G i)
do OA) secudeac: ~ 8
do WO Be cy %)
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... @i 70
Cream Tartar d and 10  euns......... @25
CUMMIOG, SIAR. c i. ciccc cs... Gil
Cancion, MOtl..................._. @I12
Camphor, 0z., 2 ® boxes......... geass (35
Extract Cotfee, V. C........_. nchcics
do Pets .... bee ae G1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 oe @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. ........... @35
wee oor... E35
ROtetn ws we. : @3 00
Gy. 10 GM belie. ...... ...... scccn  @ Oe
wear! Harley......... 235@ 3
Foes, Green Bosh... ....... “@1 5
Peas, Split Prepared..... @ 3
Powder, Rog......... eiresscdesu at @5 00
Powder, 4 Kee.. deebdeeias ic | @2 75
WO ois obese cdececss8 sg, @ 15
Sago ce eee de ede saceac 4k OT
As ee A @ 7

CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS,
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:
STICK.

Standard, 2% tb boxes . 8%@ BP

 

Twist, GO | 24654. @y
Cut Loaf do dein wecuae G1)
MIXED
Royal, 2 pails.......... heeaoeenaa) @
Og aa aia ieee ae hee @8
BeGhe, Oe We PUIG. gk oikccs occu e @lo0
eer eee Oe... @9Y
French Cream, 25D pails.............. @ll4
Cueioat, mm caees............. @10
meCmert ae BY BIS, Lc. 65.5 n sg, @10
WOON, TOO OBIE. occ cccciceicccacce SS
FANCY--1N 5 ID BOXES,
Been Dee. 4... @il2
MON BIO og ai cecccssul @ls
Peppermint Drops..... @13
TOG THOUS. 5s. 14
H M Chocolxte Drops......:...... 1s
Gum Drone .......<.... 10
Rieurion ee. 22
AB Licorice Drops.. |g
Daeeueee Wo... 8. 14
EAMGOUMOS, DFINIGd..........;............ 15
RISDONININ 6 5c 14
POW hor ec ic eliccse cc 15
Cet ARNE ccc... ik 12
jd A ee ee 12
CN icici... 18
Weand Made Creams. .................... 18
di ee 16
PreCOwated CYOGINS. ... 6. co.cc ccc c cous. 2
Co) eS ia
BOG FO ois cece cil s el , 22
Wintergreen Berries........... ,. 14
FANCY--IN BULK,
Lozenges, plain [n palla............... @l1%
Lozenges, plain in Dbis........... .... @10%
Lozenges, printed in pails............. @i2%
Lozenges, peented i Doe. 1... @11'4
Chocolate Drops, in puils.............. @l2%
Core Bere 1 Ge... ....,...... @ 6%
Chum Prope, in DHIS...................: @ 5%
Decne SivOne, 1 eis. 4... 9 @10
Dees EOE. te re... oc @
Boar rooe, 10 oe... @l2
Derren fe Oe e.g @12%
Peepers 0 Die .. ............. @1l%
FRUITS,
Renenes ASwall..................9 50@3 00
Oranges, California, fancy............ 3 50@3 75
Oranges, California, choice........... 3 25@3 50

Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................
COPGUIMOG, BIOHIO 65 oo coco osccl ct ‘
Oranges, Valencia, cases.............. 6 G6

WS
40

 

Orangeoe, Messing. ....<................ 3 5
CIRM OMOE os 6. 1c... icc 33 30
Oranges, Naples................ “ass, GG
Oranges, Imperials.................,..3 50@4 00
Lemons, CHOICE. .........c0..5. aenee 4 25@4 50
PS a es sscsae 75
on Cerne ik, i

figs, layers, new, @D................. l 5
WI MIMO ON eo 6 onde ccc ickcccd. . $3
Meee, Pee GO i 5%
Benen, OG OO 4.4... 6c. tke
Benes GOi... 6. <6... :
oe e a Cuda (6 oa bg Oa 6 00s 4 4c oa ces.

ates, Fard 10 ib box ® t............. oY }
Dates, Fard 50 b box on Naas eb eessalus oN
Dates, Persian 50 ib box ®h.......... 7 @i%
wine Apples, B G64... 40.5...

NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona............ .-17%
be IYO ee
“ COUGHS £04500... @li
ie irkig ick dacdccn ss. @1l%
Chestnuts, per Ma... o
‘ilberts, Sid eee ei ss ees. ee
“ Bare 8 me
Walnuts, Grenoble................... 15 @l7
- MI ieee i escacccs 15
« slo di sive ccc ul
P “ nnn biked dees aheccacs ci
egans, Toxes, H.P........6.... U
“ ane et
Coecenuts, OG, oo. 50@6 00
PEANUTS,
Prime Red, raw Mieiciwicce,
Choice do Miperis tise ee $i,
Fancy H.P. do O60 vec 4%@ 5
en wee, Vide... "@ 5%
Fancy H P.. WO Wisc aus ae
Ye OO asd eis suc eciiecln 5%@ 6
FRESH MEATS,

John Mohrhard quotes the , i
prices as follows: . o Sento on
wtOGD Weel, CGO. .- 5... icc 54@ 7
Fresh Beef, hind quarters.......... |. 6%@ 8
EIOOONE HUGE ils waciccs ct, T4@ 1%
WRN is iva cess ieccach el 4@ 8
Lamb eh detee ede eesecsecicsse “Oo 8
WOO ei cietcticcccil ™%@ 8
WOPM PONMNMO 6B. a iécececsec ccc. @s
ON ela ic kkk @ 6
BOW 2 @13
Ducks We soci ieee cel ea, @
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Drugs & Medicines) , Minor Drug Notes. VISITING BUYERS. APPROVED by PHYSICIANS.| WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, | __ anomane: 7
Nebraska now has a state board of health. | The following retail dealers have visited . Fe Ay coin le | ae sheevs’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50
Drug clerk’s associations are becoming | the market during the past week and placed Cushman’s Advanced—Opium po, | Velvet. t e 2. 7.
State Board of Pharmacy. 5 orders withthe vaxious houses: Declined—Curbolic acid, buchu leaves, sala- | elvet Ext do do 1 10
One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. numerous. . ie R “¢ a oe cine. , oer r > > 85
Two Years—J 2s Vernor, Detroit. * . J. M. Spore, Rockford. i ' t= ao 6 cs |
Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor, The Dakota Legislature has passed a| Ww. E. Woodruff, Saranac. Borie eke A ACIDUM. | Hard’ for slate use........ "5
Four Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. . 0 ‘*kville Bone Ceticum ............ Pe eT. j
Five wears. ataniee E. Parkell, Owosso, pharmacy law. ae De : ~ 0 hs See Rondeteask. German. i i: : : | a : : : o r j any > ow ee I ae : a : a) --
ee ee ee The Missouri, Legislature refused to| H. Van Noord, Jamestown. . yeh ag ee eee 50@ 55\ arther, Spts Nitros, 3 F.. en a 2 |
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. ¢ . sae : John Kamps, Zutphen. woe UN ee, i cas oe ie oe aes Ce Oi wa. ae Se ae OQ «0 |
Troasurer—Jas, Verner. nas. amend the present pharmacy law. Horning & Hart. tia. bee pote | MI 56 ccc cicce aca #@ _5| ther, Spts. Nitros, #F............... om at
: —————~| Easter egg dyes are now in demand. F. P. Hopper, Middleville. ; am | MR is Soaks ss anne hake a+ SP OF) Bie wees ten eS 3@ 3% |
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. | sit ser think a Stak nadanniiens John Spring, Spring & Lindley, Bailey. j — . OXANCUM .... 2.0.0... eee e cece eee cee eee N@ > 13 ‘annatto re eeerasres hahaa: ee asl .
President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. apan NOW DAS A s RArMACOpE A. A. Purchase, So. Blendon. 4 Salicylicum ....................++. ‘<Oteee =) AMGUNOOL, OO........................., "10 *3 |
First Viee-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor, Loomis. | | Some pharmacists claim that tinctures Wim. VerMeulen, Beaver Dem. MENTHOL INHALER Fannicum........ 2... 2.2.6... ee ee ee see 1 40@1 60 | ‘antimoni et Potass Tart../ 1112/2177 {@ 3!
Second Vice-President—Henry Harwood, Ishpeming, | : LB. A. Jones, Leetsville. Wives - B0@ 53 5 ? sah oe otass WN edi 55@ 60}
Third Vice-President —¥rank Inglis, Detroit. ' should never be made from fiuid extracts. G. W. Stevens, Austerlitz. In the treatment of Catarrh, Headache AMMONTA oo eet setae = ol
Secretary—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. os Mathias : ’ AMMONIA. POO aaa cuc ce 5@ 7
Treasurer--Wm. Dupont, Detroit. A French law prohibits the sale of secret N. peasy isher. Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron- | Aqua, i6 deg..... .... 3@ 5| Balm Gilead Bud........ 380 40 |
Executive Committee—Geo. W. Crouter, J. G. Johnson, re 4 J. ( * Hill, Manton. chiti iS Throat as bie $e dew 2 em Ge. 14@ | Bistauth S. N ce ee akan on
Frank Wells, Geo, Gundram and Jacob Jesson. medicines, and the law is not a dead letter} R.E. Werkman, Holland. aeons. eee a ae eee Ferhtesk to aia 1g | Caletam Oblor, Is, (4a, ti: ks. 1. nen oO
Local Secretary--Guy M. Harwood, Petoskey. bitin S: Frost, Stanton. Colds, stands without an equal. ee eke TERR Fh nakn se 11@ 13 Curtaaeiaae ieesl (48, 11; 48, 12).... @ 9 ty
Next Place of Meeting—At Petoskey, July 12, 18 and 14, either. A.D. Martin, Otia. sy oa i. ‘ POMEL 6 oo on ev coed dirk vcs aes w@ 14 Gunaiet Pras ger i PG ea wee ndedaas @2 25 |
HSE $$ reas =o ve F a oi D. S. Salisbury, Clarion. Air Mentholized by passing through the Inhaler- BACCAR. JUPSICL BPUCTUS, AL..............2. 60. @ Wi :
Grand Maplds Pharmaceutical Society. |, An exchange states that suecharin will) i iegnnola, Coming. ct: area oe ee evmemlg es Maukhal he | Cubsbae (po. 1B, nnneccsnf- 1 qe an, Capsiet Fructus po. “% WHOLESALE
ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. be put on the market in any desired quanti-| C.J. Fleischauer, Reed City. most efficient way, to the parts affected. Rt sells | SUMPETUB .. eee erence @ J Gateoueaice tha" me titre ae <a
President—Geo. G. Stekettee. ty about May 1. Gus. Begman, Bauer. readiby. Always keep an open Inhaler in your store, | X@Nthoxylum ...... 2.0.0.2... eee i Oe Oe ee rete HQ 33)
Vice-President—H. E. Locher. ee ‘ John Gunstra, Lamont. — rier cps ge try it. _ few inhalations will BALSAMUM. Cora fine s. & EF. oe eee a a
Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Cotton seed oil is becoming popular as an D. H. Dekker, Zeeland. not hurt the In haler, and will do more to demonstrate C a i le ee a ene en ence nndads HU0@ 55
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairehild. ; : ‘ Geo. A. Sage, Rockford its effigiency than a half hour's talk. Retail price | Copaiba ......... 20.0... eee eee os 50@_ 55 | Cora Plava......-... 1. eee 2@ 30
Board of Censors—President, Vice-President and Sec-| article of food. The southern press is ad-| 1. 'T. Wilmarth, Rodney. 0 Cr D. Cushman, Three Hivers, Mich. Terabin, © Ce ia. se Consiny ae > 2
tary. oe Fort a ao - D.C vers ch. | Terabin, Canada......... 5@ | Cassia Fructus............. , 5
Board of Trustees—The President, John E. Peck, M. B.| vocating its cause. Mrs. J. Debri, Byron Center. Trade supplied by : a Tolntan’ ee ae to 2 Cate aN s =
Kimm, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond. . . s J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G’d Rapids, | 00 es 1 45, Cees. @ 0 a
wen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White and Wm. 1. White, Some of the California wine dealers are} H. Johnston, Shelby. And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago. CORTEX. ‘omic arene (thes ae =
saa : be OR tock, HB. Faire ' eggs oo } ee BQ 4
Commnitins oh Sento Batter John ec making efforts to expose the unscrupulous a ee ein af POO... : Chloroform, Squibbs.................. f @l 00
a islation—R. A. MeWilliams, Theo. : : : -R . Berlin. I heck cei aroha ed ssc 1.) Chior vdvate Crea FP gob
Committee on Legisievion—. * MeWilHams, °°! manipulators who are hurting their trade. S. Cooper, Jamestown, Cinsbont IVS... 6... ...0.00.0.... 13 | aan er recnessttess 2 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, gr,
Committee on Pharmacy—W.L. White, A. C.Bauerand| Phe Philadelphia College of Pharmacy| 5° eos ee es eS Huonymus atropurp..... ............ 30 | Cinchonidine, PS W200. be 93 and 95 Louis Street.
Isaac Watts. " rening : : oe ore: yrica Cormeen, PO............. 2... 20 | Cinchonidine. German... 3
Regular Meetings—Firgt Thursday evening im *eh) graduated 148 students this spring. fon Carntaa, then Michigal Arle Hychalee Pronne > aaa ee a Sift deamiiicen * & IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
month. 2 Sin Mace é : : +e0. Carrington, Trent. uilaia, ord.........:...:. | Cro . ore 20 ’ _— ¢ a ai
Annual Nesting eared Soaridey oreuingi* Nov. ae Charles Reade, the novelist, is credited} John Smith Smith & Bristol, Ada. J . nao BP erect mnt se Cetoneetine + a | Seaen cea ga aetebnadden heeon ait @ 50
Next Meeting— sda a ; : : : : ‘ t : i Oe, APPAR RRO Erne haga saw ae wees a 5 « ‘ . WOME CUA cd ekbe ccc ceadea see aes 2% 2 e « «
TRADESMAN office. with having named a dog Tonic, because it a 7 ee ot 375 South Union St., Grand Rapids. en ioe [= aoe PEOP ee eee cee eee eee eee eee 5@ 6
: : vw. Gr. . ie SO aera Ser di 7 s hfe secseascaveecees Te 9 4)
' maceutical Society. was a mixture of bark, steal, and whine. S. A. Bush, Lowell. aren FOR See : ; Beh contra tess tae tne ssens &@ 0
Detroit Phar ’ ’ Ww Si arate Pentivtiio EXTRACTUM. Overs WI. i... @ 8 j i j
uence 1883. Platinum black is one of the finest pow-| WC Cramer, Harbor Springs Standard Petit Ledger. Glycyrrhiza Glabra................. OO rt eee erent seater “5@ 30 ; , ; ‘
resident—A. F. Ps rT. : 4 a ne . ee “cc am oe | PMP 06 ses Ce dad cas dadcesaceeuccs @ 24
First Viee-President—Frank Inglis. ders known. The particles are so small| C. Stocking, Grattan. Se ; em Bie si eee renee + 883@ 35) Cupri Sulph a 7
Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller. oe Seward McNitt & Co., Byron Center. Ay ANTED—Kegistered pharmacists and as- | Haematox, 15 tb boxes................. ee Oe er ere eres —
Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen. i that the separate ones can not be distin- Uilke DeVries, Jamestown. \ sistants who are sober, industrious and a Is settee eect ee eee tenes @ 12} oe iph ea alee a meds led fo ¥ , , ;
a Secretary anc easurer—H. Me " i : o : ait i ‘ 4S i | SAUMEYP SUID... 0... cece e eee eee nee Do, ; :
ac ceae ices Wednesday in June, guished by the most powerful microscope. i long wg cc _ en. en “ ue te e a Emery, EO NSS @ 8 }
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month. S He > ae - ae 2 cage VOR SALE—Very desirable stock of about es Ce ee eas ’ MN Whee e reve cs cc dae, 5. @ 6
——————— —_——— | So says the Popular Science News. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. y i . : : ree RET if ; ‘ in
‘entral Michigan Druggists’ Association ae 5 : _| §.B. Wright, West Mich. Lumber Co.,Wood-; >. 22000 in town of 8,009 inhabitants in Tex- |, Mies sanies ee 7 a
Central Michigan Drugg) er eee ‘' The Legislature of the Hawaiian Islands } vine : : as. Can be bought on very reasonable terms. foe Tee Mees ceca @ 15! oa We ays L@ fy ;
seesidont. J, W, Dunlop; Secretary, R. M. Mussell. : eh oe a co | Cirete ANG OOININ. at fl | GA 8. see a ) 2B
President, J unlop; Seere has passed an act to regulate the sale of a 7 ee ZVOR SALE—Stock of about $1,820 in town of | Citrate Soluble...... @ ~ | Gambier ....... ‘ a 8 sill rigs
: . . ace ic Socie * ° . a "2D. de ’ § . Z 07 i iY , 8 i is- err , i eee » ry! Ge i ’ eee “ -
Berrien County Pharmaceutical Society. opium in that kingdom. Among the peti- De L 3 Casent, pen en nee ees ~~ in Wis Ferrocyanidum OES On @ 50| Gelatin, Coopor eee ed vice ectecel @ Ib 1
President, H. M. Dean; Seeretary, Henry Kephart. ie 1 ai aimed 6 J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg Bah, A RE DOLE RE OR TUCTAN TERNS. — Chloride...................-..--. . @ 15 gant, oe ee tule settee ee eee 40@ 60
ya Ppywe 2 rae 2, , ole 9 . ~ ’ ( ee o! Glassware fli mR ” a 27) By acai ¥ rite TT RPErRS ,
-~ ee «6 1s for * royal veto was one signe y Cornell & Griswold, Griswold. rok SALE—Stock of about $1,200 in growing Sulphate, eal (ONE Tw 14%@ 2 | “oatg heaping i0&10 by box. 60&10, le a MANUFACTURERS OF
Clinton County Druggists’ ¢ - : t . 1,500 Chinese merchants aud planters. Wm. Black, Cedar Springs. northern town of about 350 inhabitants.| «--« «PU Oe essere eect e eee @ i Ginc’ Batre aeeteree seas — 5 ‘
President, A. 0. Hunt; Secretary, A.8. Wallace. A Cincinnati correspondent of the Phar- Tin cette eae scaenues Heroes Sleegaen SOI ess n shes enes cons coche: 25450 30 Klegant Pharmacentical Prepare:
—ee ——— e : rt & Co., } 6 = cone ARE ae ee OMI oe eck css ce »D 351 Grs aise ae ae
Jackson County Pharmaceutical Ass’p. | »ygeeutical Era says: ‘A wholesale drug-| C: K.Hoyt, Hudsonville. VOR SALE—Stock of about $500 in town of | Cassia Acutifol, Tinnivelly.......... e ao | Grane 7 eredial eae ea ner tol an ub ‘
President, R. F. Latimer; Secretary, F. A. King. a oe ©" | Den Herder & Tanis, Vriesland. 4,10 inhabitants in eastern part of State.| —* FO BM elite ken atlas 35@ 50| Hydrarg Chior. Mite .2212220202020027 "Oo
ee ge ee eT RT PED PLE gist of this city recently said his firm would B. G. Smith, Wayland. No other drug store within a mile. Salvia officinalis, 4s and %s.......... 10@ 12] Hydrarg Chlor. Cor......021 7021777" e 83 1018, ll rae \ dll
Mason County Pharmaceutical Society. | ctart any clerk i Se ° . Cooper, Jamestown. Dee Ore 8@ 10 r . hntas , BR
sek Ls es ot a a tinny Honnetaia, Win, Hevesi. start any clerk in business who had $800 Jno. Damstra, Gitchell. OR SALE—Stock of about $1,700 in town of i s@ Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum............... @ 8% 5
President, F. N. Latimer; See hs y : : : 0 : : . : U Hydrarg Ammoniati @l 0
cash! He believed many small establish- Childe & Caxper, Culld’s Mill. as ae eee ge eee Re as ws aise aries Hydrarg Unguentum................. @ 40 Urs
scosta County Pharmaceutical Society. > ware far a favors M. Gezon, Jenisonville. ing good business. Can be bought on very | Acacia, Ist picked................ ---» @1 00 ORNS SH CA SN NN a RPE ; 66
aaa i i ee far more favorable to the sue-| [,’N. Fisher, Dorr, reasonable terms. . OO BS inns @ Taknone kis PAY cha ane nee kies natn) + aes io
ee a ae i cess of inland jobbing houses than a smaller} John W. Mead, Berlin. “& LSO—Many other stocks, the particulars ce ee cate ee tnenatanasanes @ 30} Indigo...... ee oat oe GENERAL WHOLESALE AGNTS FOR
. vy Phar eutical Society : 7 ie G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. A SO—Many er stocks, the particulars /  Ciateae @ 65 105i Bees spa tirade trsiseenes sondata: T5@,
Monroe County Pharmace re Y- | number of larger places, and this is another] G_'TenHoor, Forest Grove. of which we will furnish on application. ‘2 “5@1 00 a Delish ati aseaceuas 4 00@4 10 Wolf. Patt
Lk & oe ace: Macahaee. is Widen. or, Fo rove ae wactaseseecencerceeness OO I os icici cs cuk sass cca... Mb 15
Preside nt, 8. M. Sackett; Sec a cause—not only here, but in other cities or Wiener Grove. THNO) ~=DRUGGISTS—Wishing to secure clerks Ne tee ate ee arenes “— = Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg [od q ' an on & Co. and John L.
ap : : cette? Agenntnts : : J. ar, Wr 4 we will furnish the “ASS : ii - RO kegs aa eels @ 21 Ti . ass > Eg gaa a _ W itj
Muskogee — - napiets Ane men also—of the demandless increase of stores.” | MM. Graves, West Chester. Poll Batted ae et oe and full par f * Soeouwine, (0. 60).... 6.006.622... @ 50 iodine ass Arsinitis............... + z hiting, Manufacturers of
President, W. B. Wilson; Secretary, Geo. Wheeler. i AY ook. ‘ . é J. Barnes, Austerlitz. ee ee | RS ce 25@ 30 cg Ny ll tl ls lal So@l1 0 : .
: : : Phe Northwestern Pharmacist says that) Geo. Cook, Grove. YE HAVE also secured the agency for J. | Assatoetida, (po. 80)................... @ LY COPOGIUM .......-.. sees eeeeeeeeeeees 55@ 60 Fine Paint and Var-
aa’ hepeaiabion — Ba gency I @ Macis....... 60@, 6
Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Associz . a fire insurance policy contained a provis-; Varowe & Dalmon, Allendale. H. Vail & Co.’s medical publications and | Benzoinum ........-......---.. 2.6. --- 50@ 55| Magnesia, Suiph, (bbl. 14).... 2202221! _ s nish B h
President, I. C. Terry; Seeretary,Geo. L, LeFevre. : : 4 A. Purchase, Blendon, can furnish any medical or pharmaceutical | Vamphorae .................6., -.-. 25@ 283] Mannia,S. F ; a oom vs 1 rusnes.
- — ion to the effect that if there should be kept] M. Minderhout, Hanley. work at publishers’ rates. Catechu, Is, (148, 14; 48, 16)........... @ | Moremia, 6,8. 4W................... 3 tt 3S r
Newaygo County Pharmaceutical Society./ in the premises insured, gunpowder, fire-| (-F. Sears, Rockford. ~ ees | Euphorbium, po........ 2.6... .eee eee 35@ 10] Moschus Canton...........2.222.222221 " @ @ THE CELEBRATED
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller. : : . ’ ’ Hoag & Judson, Cannonsbureg. Michigan Drug Exchange, Galbanum, . 0... cece cree ee eee ee ee es oe | Muriaties No.t. 0... @ a
Fees ee _.| works, nitro-glycerin, phosphorus, saltpetre, A. B. Johnson, Loweil. 4 Gamboge, pO... ....... cece eee eee eee 13@ 80] Nux Vomica oa as et . = .
Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society. | nitrate of soda petroleum, ete., then and in i ¥ — Pye pape 357 South Union St., - Grand Rapids. — ROY ee @ 35} Os. Sepia... ee ree mets 200 a
President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady. i ' ? aed ” . : C. H. Joldersma, Jamestown. ANO, (PO. 20)... 22. .0 0 - cee eeeccs cesses @ 20 Pepsin Saac, H. & Pp. Dp. Co Seneess erase . a2 00
ess _________—_ | every such case the policy becomes void. L. Cook, Bauer. DEABTAG cos seek ee ee eae ec ces @1 25 | Picis Liq, N.C..% galls jan. ope he 8
Savi r C y P ‘ al Seciety. : Te ¢ .| Geo. W. Sharer, Cedar Springs. DOVE, (0.40) ok oe es, os » 40} Picis Liq., quarts. er eneaene ee :
one . — : caervomaaysmpesge Seetety-| The insured kept in his premises a barrel of | Jay Marlatt, Berlin. wo WO OO oie es 45 3. 3 co Lid., quarts...........0...seseee, @1 0 ALSO FOR THE
President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. Prall. y ’ J 0@4 60} Picis Liq., pints...... @ 8
ee eae emu petroleum which was used as fuel to gener-] Ha Reyneids: Belmont. wg aad Fae coee Ale aS 5p | bil Hydrarg, (po. 80)... 2.2, @ 50 Grand Rapids B
cn | i gina noulical Gorip cee : : se, sey. MOOG A@ 3 iner Niger aa tee a
Ghinwassee County Pharmac eutical Society | ate steam. The Supreme Court of Penn-| E&. Lockerby, White Cloud. eNNNNE ooo. oc aeaess saa. 30@ 75 piper aiken ao Pipette teen anaanen @ 2 = apids Brush Co., Manu-
ee oe i be he a ee a i oe ; as ‘ ’ NI 6 46 Au diet 446 eks dae , & :
Tuscola County Pharmaceutical Society. | sylvania recently held. that the covenant ah preety cea iaone teateenteh Dacia cea TIGER OIL. ae in ounce packages. 9 a aera weet tee eee cece cceeeeeeeees @ 7 facturers of Hair, Shoe snd
5 aye s a as o~— TR i de Y : a og Lae eo PUTT we ee ee ee ee eee ee ee eee e nee ewe umbi .... , -
President, E. A. Bullard; Secretary, C. E. Stoddard. was broken thereby and that the policy was | Allegan. What J i ae aie Bupatorium ee 20 Potasea, Bitart, eg Tiertanetsce or y Horse Brushes
Soeaetomencineren ener at Jj. fh. KS sto va RAUL AO ca Ben becuse, cat. 25| Potassa. Ritart.com #8 #8 e aa "
‘ voided. . Majorum e sa, Bitart, COM................4. @ ib
Two of a (Different) Kind. MISCELLANEOUS. the Tiger Den. Me a Nec a ae lt “0 | Potass Nitras, opt............ 8@ 10 WE ARE SOLE OWNERS OF
. as be In address before a medical society, Dr. eee Mentha Piperita....................... i tases ee ene S@ : ARE SOLE OWNERS OF
From the National Druggist. Whilla of indiana : a ae ‘nee AOR SALE—Exceptionally food business CADILLAC, Jan. 24, 1887. ee Wie. 25 Pulvis Ipecac et opii oer le eae 1 an a
3. a i. te shar on thic a, of Engld 4 a dev i. nate sad “Ave 2 : h WU uae fs wwe k eae ode ed eas dene é rrethr - “tp He ee ait ae A . :
Letters frequently find their way to this mF elop-| + opening. Wishing to leave Owosso, I of Well, Doctor, Lam around again, but my | Tanacetum, V.....! oy | Byrethrum, boxes, H.&P.D.Co.,doz. — @1 00 p ‘a
aoe vn “a ks. The following | ment of modern pharmacy that he regarded fer for sale at a bargain my stock of dry goods, | Pa ae Cte rere ied Bak a aan 48@, 53 ' ire
office inquiring for clerks. The following : : oT groceries and boots and shoes, which will in- wife had to use a lot of Tiger Oil. Itisthe iympus. V.. 6... anne nn esncenescoess M | Qaacing 0 sa@ 10 ni
is an extract from one just to hand: as being not only far from an advance, but er cre or oe, o~ a Hee oe most wonderful medicine I ever knew. It MAGNESIA Quins. Ss Be Wa.. |... snl 62, 67
eo : elniloin i ; aN or at half price. 1is is a splendid chance for | gurpasses everythi . nner Pee ls. es ie ye | Quinia, S,German....... Ha 6 hich is sitively the best R .
Don’t care whether he smokes, chews, | C@lculated to retard the progress of the] someone. A. T.'Thomus, Owosso, Mich. 187+ ca gua poe aw a rte 8 may SE" | Caleined, Pat. ........-..:.2seer ee 55@ 60} Rubia Tinetoram.....2200200000002, De 2 bideape' positively the beet Remed:
tilts a thin ne 4 hen, visits Sunday| healing art—viz., the practice of large : —— | vere sickness of pleuro-pneumpnia, when ury | Carbonate, Pat.. 260 2| Gaccharum Lactia pv. “@ 35 of the kind on the market.
drinks a little now and then, visits Sunday ga viz., the practice of large ror SALE—One-third interest in a grist-| pulse ran up to 130 and my temperature to | Carbonate, K. & 20@ 25| Sal me DeOtia, NV... 8.1... @ 35
: ep hi : oe oe : ee en es se rr 30 ¢ 2 ; > > KX. 20@ 25! Salacin...... a 5
school or not; need not speak all the lan-| American and English drug houses, wh mill, doing a good business. For sale at ° nihisht enn nr peiaiating Gptudie, Jouning +... Me Bl aencne De @A4 50
guages (dead and alive), but should by a ° . : © la benmin. Fine location. Small capital re-| /°* ‘he pale seat eo Excraciating that noth- : " © 86 | Sanguis Draconis.............0.0.0000) 0@
Senges (ead ane Bye), ¥ #) are flooding this country with ready-made | quired. rea Win H. Mecormick | ing would relieve exeept Tiger Oil, whiel : QEPUMS SENOS ons on owe cn enenses vance send as @t 50
single man of good repute and well recom- r : y quired, Callon or addres Wm. H. MeUoriniok) | ae eat 7 Picinit eave But litte | Abatntnram ro@s oy | SAPO, W...... w@, 14| We desire particular attention of th
mended, and not afraid to work. Salary, | temedies, and cut and dry formule, for | Co-. Fennville, Mich. _ ith — The ag daria gave but little | Amygdalae, Dulce...” Briere eg 1 eee eae neies &@ 10| about purchasing outfits for new stor ae
Mi, 2 ald Ae 3 : : : : a or ee 1 of So ace thr arly i Be oe aoe ccc b ne sg oc nee », 20 t “ TTS T TUTE NER Rae edad een en awa KO U > i Sc
$60 on trial, and if I strike the right m&n Ij every ache and symptom to which flesh is ive an ye book ee store CS oe ton ny 5 il rer Wea 7 00@7 50 ea Ba cae Chs tant ads + sees otis @ = the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACIL-
3 ‘ice his salarv i i Rey . "3. ¢ . . doing good business in best location Ina ‘ 2 CONStANl % PATA OD | RR rece va wae pens ve ees 2 W@2Z Meant Pee ete eee teen eee eens QD 2 > 43, :
will raise his salary mn due time to wt heir. This practice he designated as one | thriving Northern Michigan railway town. Ad-; Oil I pulled through, and am gaining Auranti Comtex... 0... ...,...-..-.---- : "Oe to SIMAPIS «0 ee eee eee eeeee esses ce ee ees ia ts| ETIES for meeting the wants of this class
Have two more clerks, tw “ ee a that threatens either to exterminate the | %ress“Junction.” care TRADESMAN. 188* | strength by using Tiger Oil,.which I know Berra 2 00@2 5 cae Menon tees Sensis ccsnrsonen nits @ 30| of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the
» “dark” porter in my store—all of which poy : eg : c oe hs ; : ee Cagiouth <2...) RA aed | 75 | Qauil, Maccaboy, Do. Voes........... @ 35|m a ed ¢ ACC
one dark” } orter in my store- oe Te Laniaeitie Wheteianlat ov tk maneved hie | JOR SALE—Best bargain ever offered for| is doing me good, and will do good to all] Garophytli - @)%) snuit, Scotch, Do. Voes.... 2 %| most apptoved and acceptable manner
goes to prove that clerkship in my store is selentine pbarmacist, or to convert him into 4 . . : e 7 S Boe ae Ge lias 6 a eee eeens @ 3 known to the drug trad oO
Oe: hag! ' . A : A” general stock in growing town in good | who use it properly; for of all medicines that | Cedar. ................ 35@ 63 | SOda Boras, (po. 10).... 0.26... se eee 8@ 10 Sa shia 3 ys Shaggy op ur special ef-
not very confining. a mere bottle-filling machine. farming community in Northern Michigan. | 7 haye ever known in over forty years’ ex- | Chenopodii ..-2002.0000022 II. @1 50 | S0da et PotossTart...... 0.0... sx 35| forts in this direction have received from
: a DP ye decqucng H . sa » . 2 J UT's x- | U! Eset egos es dee heveaea ee sacs Bl i Ae aoe Te esse aes s oe a pag ga :
The above letter has no relation to the fol- Oe ees ee Rar a tees S last | perience as a retail and wholesale druggist CiNMAMONIT «6... eee ee ee eee eees BD 00 | CODD CORD. ns nenneeneeneeeresnes ones 20 244 Peat or our customers the most satis-
, ; : : . ; a a i " Eu rere | CPOE oe el ee. (1 pay albedo a tt es any » 6 i
lowing from a “noble” member of the pro- Microscopic Detection of Coloring Matter |} Grand Rapids. 17vitt | I have never known of a single one to be in| Gonium Mae 850 63 WME Oe 30 4 ing weommentations.
: bss : e ais : ogee oa. a Cait : Sr es et ese ae ae ean ass e o Wis as s f = >
fession: in Sausages. mye EXCHANGE—For dry goods, groceries, | “1Y Way as pnt rights ON for the enreies Cabebee ee ae an Spts. her Os. oe a Ke : :
: : : : i i . thous -or genta furnish so many different kinds of diseases. Ther BONO chee tele eee Et iO COIR CO) Bt pe ett taste sone H@ | 55
He must not use liquors or tobacco in any] ‘The time is undoubtedly coming when | goode aside meee eie tae and ete | seins no limit to its power over” disease. | Exechthiios......000000 II Sas | pee eee tn eo Wine alld (NOT
‘orm: st be of strictly ne or asa antcta ai » aenllns se at Gr Static "he ae sheer i ee i ea Seren | BMOMON oc e cc. e cde seek coy cee cy 2 BD | eee eee ee STB «wo oo an wenn cen ercenes G2 50
— apie Se ees pharmacists will be called upon to make io, ee kaos a aoa Therefore, knowing as 1 know of Tiger Oil, | Gaultheria 2202200200200 ai 10a 33 | Spts. Vini Rect, (bbl. 2 25)............. @2 35 . ”
Foot eae ooo eee cae in Trlimaig | Microscopical examinations of food. As an | ward, Kalamo, Mich. — me *"yg6* | L do but my duty in recommending it to all | Geranium, 3...... 0.2... eee. S Sige ae @130| We give i
be 8 graduste or able to reqratersn SEO | cs le of the work druggis + - | my fellow men as publicly as possible, that | GO8sipii, Sem, gal... ..-...-- s@ 75 | Sulphur, Subl............ 0. eee 24@ 314,| . We give our special and personal atten-
and speak both English and German fluent-| ¢xample of the w ork druggists ean profita- VW 4NTED—situation in drug store by ree-| dey may have the benefits of such a valua- | HOTCOMB-+-----ee eee ee tte ee tee teees 1 OW@L 10 | ee ae Pe Nisan He heen aces 24@ 8 | tion to the selection of choice goods for the
ly—he will be expected to teach me the lat-| bly perform when they are once. educated istered pharmacist, who has had twelve Wee fe ee ae See eee | DUMIPCTA «. .... eee eee ee eee ee eee eee re ae Geren tts ic esenn snes sens &@ 10) DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit
of . years’ experience, s s proprie ¢ » medicine as ar O 3 p 2 se re 2 > | Verebenth Venice...... 2 : ‘ ; ’
ter language. I do not want a clerk who is : . " | years’ experience, six as proprietor of a drug le medicine as Tiger Oil has proven itself | Lavenduls .............. 0.00. W@2 00 | Pheobr ecavesslesssnes ' SOND SB ote high praise accorded to ace ;
magus. 5 . ; and equipped for the business, the Ameri- | store. Address XX X,care The Tradesman. 187* | to be wherever it has been used, both for | Limonis ....... 0.0... esses ee eee ee 2 BOQ 35 | Pheobromae ........ 0... 0e eee ee eee eee @ 410) ¢ — Us Xt 60 Se
afraid to do all kinds of work, for I keep no nin Anaiembiiiietin itn tollnwine: Be fe oo : | ean oe eae . 1 Wedamtatea aoe. > wet ee ere eereerecrrere 9 00@.16 vo | factorily supplying the wants of our custom-
other clerk and do not propose todo the é y 1its the following: \ YANTED--Registered Drug Clerk. Address, oa : 7 ; sie rt eon i ms ay Mentha Piper.......0..000 2002DDII3 00@3 et | NO TI ioe cs eren ncnanscscedauns {@ 8|ers with PURE GOODS in this depart-
dirty work myself. I will give the right It is a well-known fact that a number of giving references and wages expected, eee erkins’ UrIug UO., | Mentha Verid........ 22... eee eee ees 6 WOT 06 OIL ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY
men o permanent position with a salary of | Sausage factories color their sausages with “Black,” Tradesman office. = ==—s————sd* Grand Rapids. pe gg Mee ee SU@L 60 | ‘ig Bbl Gal| AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of
$35 per month. magenta. The later is detected by cutting | YY ANTED—100 or 500 cords of dry basswood Ree oops 25 | par ypiehe toga ce nanan rennes * 15 | the celebrated
At the present, neither of the above posi- up the sausage in small pieces, extracting oes seated excelsior. Donker & Quist, Picis Liquida, (gal. 50)................. W@ 12 Pie Betton ton sera rrennetacy, .
ee ©" | with alcohol, evaporating the extract down, | ~ ee ceil eeloa i Oe, 1 42@1 60 | Linseed, pure raw... 1110222202! (
tanec ara fille 4 ey hee oe Prete a. : — une: 9 | EDBCOG, DUEO FAW. |... . ss case cat 40 43
tions are filled. Who will be the lucky] and fixing the coloring matter on wool, V 7 ANTED—Situation with a wholesale house a Dine el ete sent a uaa, ekg 15@1 00 | Linseed, boiled .................06004 43 46 j
clerks to secure the situations? either directly or after taking it up with to sell on the road, or any position with ae ee @S 00 | Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 5 80
eS water. In the following, the author shows | Moderate sulury. Address 2S" "Vita pawaeaw Sabina... ee ae . 7 '
ae - —* oderate salary. ddress “S ” TRADESMAN SPU TATEAP TT ROSS HOSS THe se besensicnae ene Sasso Ae Oo | =
‘ : test is ssaiticck aa 4 en ee sa. , “ Ranta. 3 50@7 00 PAINTS
The Drug Market. that this test is not sufficient, and that in | office, Grand Rapids. 185* SAMTAL ee ee eee eee ee eee ee neces eee HO@T 00 | :
Q ’ & . cases where it does not show. the presence iG 2 . Be oe "aaa © ho ee a Sassatras. .. TTT eee ew meee en een ens 45Q@ oD) Red Venetian _ 9 Lb Henderson Co., Ky.,
Opium is very strong at our quotation. | o¢ ay 3 ce J ANTED—Situation by young man in a THE LATEST DISCOVERY. \%? | Simapis, ess, 5..................6. 2. @ Ui Agnes celinn Wacenilea 24 2@ 38
) of extraneous coloring mattey the micro- grocery or general store Se wear Tiglii 50 | Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3
_ aE : an ae ee xUr ‘ ) ; , ; e g > ‘our years’ | pr paparle’ as a : RE se a ee Gi tli ag ..°<. . 4 2 Sour Mash d Old. F .
The largest holder in New York asks $4.50] scopic investigation of suspected portions | €xperience. Best of reterences. Address 3 diware gutehis. ‘Tomupeisntio to 2 ADIES, | TEYMC -----eeeeeeeeeeees 40@ 50 | Putt ag ten a ai a: bo fashioned
; ; : s ee r d . ; ie SWAG . age 8 . Indispensable to LADIES, Ce ee y pa| © ety, Commercial ............ 2% 24@ :
in can lots. Another advance is probable in| Should be restored to. : The alcoholic ex- | BOX 394, Fremont, Newaygo Co.. Mich, 187* _ Send 4 cents for realed Circular. eek ee err ream asee sa sn 60 Putty, strictly pure............ 24 a. 3 Hand-Made, Copper-
the near future, owing to continued reports tract from a sausage which the author had J ANTED—A man having an established CALUMET CHE MG af 60 Chis o eet %@ = | Vermilion, prime American.. ' 138@16 Disti
. : bl “ he th : to examine showed not the slightest trace |. - trade among lumbermen to add a spec- iA e, U) ifagzo, this paper. POTASSIUM. eo ne Peper lo. 55S istilled
of unfavorable weather fer the spring sow- a . “ 4 m ea ~ | ial line and sell on commission. To the right Bichroi y "9G | Green, Peninsular............. 16@17
ing and with prospects of a consequent light lg eH pes Stee However, the | man a splendid chance wiil be given to make oa oo oe is | Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 6m oH ee yy
ge prospects _—— que £ act that at eshly-cut surface did not get | money without extra expense. Address “B,” Panwete (oO)... 0 >» | Lead, white, strictly pure..... 6@ 6% ™ KK s
harvest for 1887. Morphia is firm at the] paler on drying, but retained its fine red | care Michigan Tradgsman. Viste CINSENG ROOT, DOM oie sdyceneha coe dts inves 3 WO 25 | Whiting: Glide ~ rice aS
: : : slid: tera Wale iii ka hau age er , — ee rhe ses oe co | Whiting, Gilders’.............. 9 t ;
late advance. Higher prices are looked for. pone, i a aby’ oop tps bread He accordingly y J ANTED—Stgtk in Kent County Savings We pay the highest price for it. Address PPUBBIAGE «..-00-5 5000000. 0 Pes “O@ 28 | White, Paris American... ce ret cited te ROOTHEn ft esl led
Quinine is very dull and lower prices are pressed out a few particles on a glass slide, ap bank. gsdress, stating terms demand- Peck Bros Druveists (rand Ka vids Nich RADIX. Whiting Paris English cliff 1 40} ; sound ua KNOWN BRAND
> is very Gull ana lower prices are! and on examination under the microscope | 4: “Purchaser,” care “The Tradesman.” ag, PADIS, URRRE BAPING, BON. | ithue ....c-csecseccscses. 25@ 3) | Pieneer Prepared Taints..... 1 20@1 49| 12 the market, but superior in all respects
expected. Citrie acid is a little stronger} portiors of the tissue were observed to be of a | =" - . ne DMO ce 15@ wy | Swiss Villa Prepare? Paints.. 1 00@1 20} tO Most that are exposed to sale. We
and many think the bottom has been reach-| bright red color, similar to that of magenta, A eee es "1! ggg Bp | No.1 : on hcp Ethie banat eon
st apa ae * ¢ arfectly distinct f oaaae : . J a eee a ea es ches ees eens eas s ooge -T)) NO. 3 Tore Coden. 2)... is... .... seen c, 1 10@1 20| faction and whe is bre
ed. Cinchonidia is very low, owing to ab- and perfectly distinct from that of heemoglo- 5 Gentians. (0. 16)... 0..5. 60.) s ye. ig a ee Por 1 age Ph the tes yr tie Deane of woot : -
sence of hardly any demand. Carbolic acid bin, for even in the perfectly dark pieces of Glycbrriiza, (py. 15).......7....--....- 16@ 18 | Coach Body... 2.0... .06 64.5 0k... 2 75@3 00 SS — uced the future trade
sence of hardly any demand, = Wardone acid) fresh or mortified flesh the hemoglobin has Hydrastis Canaden, (po. 35)........... @ 30| No.1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10| been assured.
is lower, on account of increased stocks. |a pale and yellow appearance. Dr. Jahne a ca a eis ey en ge hae roa re ee
. * 15G 2 - “ver N . yy, we
Balsam copaiba is very firm and another ad-| ascertained that in the above casel it. was re ee rn icery ~ as .
vance is looked for. Gum camphor con- principally the connective tissue which was PI iis inn bos copesnset tte “5 0 | == cos a ee er in NK bavorit
, : ( “dl. . DROP, TOG. ee hen t ece es oh 35 | |
tinues to harden in price and manufacturers gay enn : ; Hazel Kirke 1 Podophyilum, po se. is!
a price ‘ acturers A quantity of the intensely colored por- Ss. steel” J 4 cele tarteae alin 15@ a i
have advanced their prices 14 cent again] tions were treated with alcohol and amylal ON ie ier “7
2 j 7 a : 2 ea , 7 - WO eee a. ck .. 1 735! i i -
this week. Short buchu leaves have declined. isaroaaog a ages. matter could not be La Rosa Celeste | s SDV cece cc cece eee geen tree tee e nee ee wal 35 inp oan eA yi fsa Py
ail arte os ; extracted either by warming o wi i 5 t PIBONA oe. eee eee eee eee eee eee W@ 55 as a
Salacine has also declined and lower prices | the mixture to san se oe Mon thee. Sweet Catawba Cents. Sanguinaria, OG Se @ 20 ~ A INT goods for a very long time. Buy our
2 . , +hins are advanci ‘gd ee : Mes eyes ROOOP @ 45
are looked for. Logw ood chips are advancing | tic soda solution produced complete decolor- : Sunoga De ee asco cacy, 500 5 A : : . .
and extract is likely to be higher. ization: sulphurte acid gradually changed Smilax, Otficinalis, Beker tio ecee ons ‘ @ 46 We have a full stock of this well-known t
innate dlpelipietinenenintin 1e deep red color into orange. The author . q ‘ erst othe Nese a @ brand of J
Se > . 8d).. 24
Successful Organization at Clare. paneven tons the coloring matter is probably Having secured the Sole agency for S. OTTENBERG & ecinenean. Foetidus, po.......... “= Bs MIXED ’
a tan color. igars i : Paleri gli —:.  . on | FAINT : as
CLARE, March 28, 1887. an color BROS.’ Celebrated Cigars, I take pleasure in recommending | ¥*!rana. English, (po. 30)........... ne 3 z We call your attention to the adjoining
ssidicacatiennssiiniilacidli ce caine te iat ee en mage tree mmo 0ST oe REIMER S66 Ce hehe dns hd eens da 2 ; 1 * :
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: i i Ute them to the Trade, as the Finest and Best casts . and having sold it for over SIX YEARS can oo market quotations which we aim to
DEAR Sin—Our meeting on the 25th was g g ssociation. : - aaa a recommend it to our customers as be- tee € as Soenene and perfect as possible,
a success. F. Hibbard, of Evart, occupied ( Mu PRR aOr, March 28, 1887. 5 1 oO i Apium (graveolens).....2....2.1000"" 2@ 15 ing a First Class article. We sell it einer Ladle a, ar ere ane cn ane
the chair. We organized under the name of | E- A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: ana ent Cigar Ss' ik oe ee = s On the Manufacturers’ G such ee oe
“The Central Michigan Druggists’ Associa-| DEAR Sir—The Muskegon Drug Clerk’s Cardamom te fs ee l voce 23 | ananedil casement goede
tion.” The following officers were elected} Association held a meeting on the 23d * Coriendram <* «| When two or more coats of our PIONEER PRE-
ee A Ae naan aces = a. Ever placed on the Market. They are made of the Finest Qual-| Cannabis Sativa 0000 gh PARED PAINT is applied as received in original “—
P 7 re J ? 2 ° » e , s wer | pi AGES, é Vv ‘ee years it shou srack or
President—John W. Dunlop. were not present, so the meeting was pass- ity of Imported Tobacco without artificial flavor. Chounpamons eaepeeiieas aul sou iowar | ie. 12 | Eepaiad ‘the Dulane . . satisfaction, we agree to | 6 lcines
Tiag.P * 2 . si ae * * s i RIAAANA EEE cote recesses erces eee webs s AO, dn | re-pe e building at our expense, with the ss
cee at oo pond gag: «acl oo e = Glover oe rate... 1 T5@1L 85 he gala or =n — malas an oko eat caaven F 5
Sanetary—R. Mf. aailt e € appointed to prepare ‘oeniculum.......... ie ne @ 15| lect. In case of comp aint, prompt notice must be vtc., we invite your correspond
‘Treasurer—H. Trevedick. papers to be read four weeks from date. GI V in THEM A TRIAL. Foenugreck, po.............. 0.5... 600. —s ark Mail orders sieeve mecetee ‘aa i
A eniatitetion was edonted and clened by | The Ciitiomads bis oa . : i kia sicscs stain pened 3B4@ 4 T. H, NEVIN & CO.. ; our special
_A constitution was adopted and signed by e Critice-made his report and the meeting : Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..... 34@ 4 Mfrs. & C “p and personal attention.
sixteen persons. The next meeting will be| adjourned. G.-L. LEFEVRE, See’y. I will send to any responsible first-class dealer a sample of | Phalaris Canarian. 0 4G 445 a ee ee
held at Mt. Pleasant, April 25. ookactae ee . : NN esos aa asd ican tig ete t teak 5@ 6 ittsburg, Pa. | + "
In the evening the Clare druggists tender-| +4 jwutual drug inate these Cigars on trial, to be returned if not satisfactory, within | "pis: Albu... en ue 9 AS on
ed a reception to their visiting brethren at) : company 288160 days. We send ad isi i ile fe oan ~~ nn Oe EAD ME Cees SHER tO
G. A. R. hall, in which the citizens of Clare | been formed in the East and will soon be é ee ee ee ee Frumeotl, We: & 00...... i
participated. After supper dancing was in-| ready to solicit business. Frumenti, D. ¥ Xi RP ie er :
dulged in until the *‘wee sma’ hours” and) Jt is claimed that the Cleveland sulphuric : BPUmONE jogs ccccestisiccceesss MMB 80 : er In
everyone went home expressing himself as| 4 ~ enn Oorris i reuse Juniperis Go. 6.8.22). 1 TH@O1 15
highty pleased with the evening’s entertain- aci manu acturers are amalgamating. 53 cae ons oe, teeth estnsteessesensanenss 1 75@3 50 Wholesale Agents, Grand Rapids.
ment. Respectfully, Russian phosphorous has displaced the Ss Vint Galli bt eee eeeeeeenenes asseal ae e ‘
ee ee eee ann sree = lll A ET DAOC SaeTete. ll Vil oe Pee meee wreee | : :
Joux W. Dutor. | English product. SOLE AGENTS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | ¥iti oporte..c.co cS a | Try POLISHINA, best Furniture Fin- ru.
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e The Michigan Tradesmal.

The Jobber’s Soliloquy.
To se}] or not to sell;
That is the question— .
Whether it is better to Ship the goods
And take the risk of doubtful payment,
Or to make sure of what is in possession,
And, by declining, hold them.
To sell: to ship: perchance to lose!
Aye, there's the rub.
For, when the goods ave gone,
What charm can win them back
From slippery debtors?

Will bills be paid when due,

Or willthe time stretch out tillerack of doom? |

What of assignments, what of relatives,
What of the uncles, aunts and mothers-in-law
With claims for borrowed money?
What of exemptions, homesteads and the
compromise
That coolly offers ten cents 00 the dollar;
And of the Juwyers’ fees,
That eat up even this poor pittance?
~~- el
Does it Pay to Sell Goods for Fun In-
stead of Profit?*

Some of the gentlemen of this Association
have seen fit to assign to me the task of tell-
ing you what I think of the question, ‘*Does
it Pay to Sell Goods for Fun Instead of Pro-
fit?” Having never addressed a gathering
ofany kind, and the
anything but a grateful one to handle, 1 feel
my utter inability to do my audience and the
subject justice. I cowd not be so ungra-
cious, however, as not to attempt, at least,
to respond to the call of my fellow business

m- gvostion Lam called upon to decide

for you ought not to be difficult of solution, |

and, if the problem were left tothis conven-
tion, it would probably
ly that it does not pay to
for the very good reason that no one would
enjoy the privilege of working for others
without being compensated therefor.

A question for debate always has two
sides. I do not know if the gentlemen who
chose this subject for me really thought
there were two sides to this. one: but, if
there are, I doubt that there could be found
one on this floor who would contend for the
affirmative of the point under discussion.
Thus, very little can be said in defense or

substantiation of an accepted fact. I will
answer the question by asking another:

I have had a
extending over
and I confess

Are goods ever sold for fun?
somewhat varied experience,
more than twenty years,

that I fail to recall a single instance that
would justify such a claim. You might say
that it is fun to sell goods with a satisfactory
profit; but, without that profit, I think sell-
ing goods loses all its charms. It may bea
pleasure fora dealer in groceries, for in-
stance, to rise with the sun, hurry to his
place of business, and, in the course of the
first half-hour, find his hands have a coating

of molasses, bacon, sugar, codfish, butter, |

and, perchance,
all without compensation,
-pleasure derived from the work. Dealers in
other classes of goods also have their enjoy-
ments, among them the dry goods merchant.
It does his soul good to have customers
come in to be shown certain articles, the

salesman often taking down and displaying |
only |
to discover that there is nothing ‘‘justas |
wanted,” and “I am not ready to buy just)

more than half the goods in his shop,

yet,” ete. The would-be customer leaves

you and administers the same dose to your |

competitor, and you have the tedious task

of re-arranging your stock.

amusing to the so-called customer, perhaps, |
to be |

but not tothe merchant. Is it fun
confined to your place of business from
twelve to fourteen hours per day, six days
in a week? Some of us, it is true, have
comfortable, airy rooms in which to conduct
our business, but many must work in quar-
ters far from pleasant and convenient.

In the morning, often long before the me-
chanic and common laborer begintheir daily
task, the merchant is at his post, ready to
wait on the earliest callers. The former,
promptly at noon-time,
when they have an hour or more allotted
them for the enjoyment of their meal and to
refresh themselves with rest. How is it
with the average merchant? Frequently he
will go to his meals just when he can get |
away, rarely permitting himself to tarry a |
minute with his family after eating, but |
hurries back to his business. Again, hours
after the laborer has ceased his day’s work, |
and is enjoying the comforts of his home, |
the merchant is still at his post, serving, or |
ready to serve, his trade. After finishing
his daily labor, the mechanic has relief from |
mental cares, which is not always the case |
with the tradesman. Here you have a com- |
parison between the wage-worker and the
store-keeper. Yet how often does this
same workingman, who enjoys life after his |
own fashion, envy the lot of this same |
tradesman, just because he forgets that the |
baser metals frequently glisten as well as)
the precious.

Public philanthrophists doubtless enjoy |
the distribution of the world’s goods to the |
needy, but I do not believe that they ever.
resort to selling goods to accomplish their |
ends: and the average merchant would not)
be such, if he could afford to be a philan-
throphist.

Some dealers have a habit of putting for-
ward leaders; that is, offering well-known ;
articles in their line at actual cost, or evena
trifle below, the propriety, or impropriety, of |
which I will not here discuss. The unso- |
phisticated may look upon such a shop- |
keeper as a public benefactor and think that |
he derives consiberable fun from his liberal- |
ity, but those behind the scenes and people |
of average intelligence need no explanation
of this trick of the trade. So far as my ob-
servation has gone, these questionable |
means resorted to for increasing trade, have |
generally resulted disastrously tothe dealer.

The customer buys the goods yielding no | ee
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profit; then comes the temptation to sell
adulterated or inferior articles; there is want
of confidence, if not absolute distrust, on |
the part of the customer; the business, in-
stead of increasing, is diminishing every |
day until, gradually, the enterprising mer- |
chant drops out of existence. Look about
you and see how many within the circle of |
your acquaintance have succeeded in busi- }
ness by adopting such abnormal means. A
merchant, if he feels so disposed, may dis- |
tribute his wares among the poor and suf: |
fering without price and without pay*he |
will be proclaimed a public benefactor,
which he is, indeed; but, let him simply sell |
his goods without profit, or for fun, if you
please, and no one will laud him for his lib-
erality, nor will the beneficiaries of these |
concessions express or feel the least grati- }
tude. J doubt if any gentleman in this hall
has ever had customers who thanked him |
because he sold them twenty-one pounds of |
sugar for $1, when it costs him 5 cents per }
pound, or for charging 50 cents for ten yards |
of print, with thread and buttons thrown in, |
when the cloth cost him 6 cents per yard? |
The funny part of such transactions 1 fail
to discover. No, gentlemen; every Jaborer |
*Paper read by Julius Schuster before the re-
cent convention of the Michigan Business |
Men’s Association. '

theme before me being |

be voted unanimous- |
sell goods for fun, |

the fragrant limburgher— |
but just for the |

This is very |

quit. their work, |

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