iH aN Ae VARI SBT ONS Cs Ra RSS ROEM NOW EX 2 DL IOMe Te 7G )) FRY ae 5S GE IERIE OE ae a oes di Wy Pe Oaes ee oe aN e EER WA Be 2 BE SS ae ey Gn eS A de Be | 7 CE GEREN GE eg © (eR RE RRA (CS SS ES oe ce SLR SSS CEES So RSE een LIZZ we BN aXe SRG Sore (ONG TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSA—26 ae” $1 PER YEAR ‘4S SOIC SIO ORES SES EONS (CCL gS ES IPD ORS yee. SAS oan Volume XVII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1900. | Number 859 GOLD DECORATED NOVELTIES Eight Dozen Staple Everyday Sellers Two-thirds dozen each of the articles _ Now is the time to order 2S. illustrated for $8.00 The beauty of This assortment X se These bright attractive goods Wa TO EN, ie ? a Ah, AAR Gas ‘ 5, are quick movers ARR waa an LN i and big ‘is the variety. money makers d eS ieee Kr y FEO EL i b , 1 : =-a/ > if hs ie ~ a 4 2 +t ad : i Ls C ee WAL tin mI eg E 6 Bop... GV 2 } iB a RK ( 2 Yy = = rm = WZ G you get Fen Sa CAS Ee PNY Ve } nh y C) BS AL} atk ; PAK > \ & LOX LT os Ot, : ROS : y S , bs for little money No charge for package. Crystal glass, with rich gold border at top Dimensions of articles contained in the «‘Gold Top’’ assortment. Vases, height 6 inches. Rosebowls, diameter 4 inches. Sugars, height 2" inches. Crimped Bon Bons, diameter 5 inches. Creamers, 2'4 inches. Sugar and Cream Tray, 4),x8 inehes. Wines, regular size. Card Plates, diam. 64 inches. Tumblers, regular size. Round Comports, diameter 5 inches. Goblets, regular size. Handled Olives, diameter 4'4 inches. We sell to dealers only 42-44 Lake Street, Chicago. a — a C) _ @ oS o=h N o* YN & Q Q © N DN oO hn =- — a > US} @ Royal Ti Lger [0c Ligerettes 5c A Smoker’s Smoke. They hold your old customers and bring new ones. They are trade winners—you will know why when you see them. Always in season. PHELPS, BRACE & CO., Detroit F. E. BUSHMAN, Manager. The Largest Cigar Dealers in the Middle West. sehectete sates Set aahectttc tate i i PISA i SEF BAAS SACS oainaa & McCurdy Importers and Jobbers of China, Crockery, Glassware, ie ees CS) a) (Sx Fancy Lamps, (joods Johnson Bros.’ celebrated Porcelain Century Pattern, decorated and plain, the best on the market. It leads them all. Dinner and Tea Sets in many designs. All new. Johnson Bros.’ P. G. “New Century” Shape. See our samples before placing spring orders. Write for list and prices. We will please you. 171-75 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Michigan OE EE ee SR AAA fave netidnoneidn neve cne anneal — so eee SASASAaASA Sake eae | No. 42 Assortment of Gold and Crystal Glassware Contains: = IVI ICA ; 2 dozen Four Piece Sets, per dozen. . oe ..$9 00 $4 50 vy ~ dozen 4 inch Round Nappies, per dozen...) 3:2), tee ace 80 1 60 dozen 4*; , inch Round Nappies, — Po Sees Deuce a i ee 1 80 ; dozen 7 7 inch Round Nappies, per dozen. ee 1 34 ; dozen 8 inch Round Nappies, per dozen. oe 4 50 1 50 = » dozen Pickles, per dozen. ee Ce | ee Le 2 90 1 45 5 dozen 14 gallon Jugs, per decent Ce ee ee 7 00 2 34 » dozen Molasses Came. per deem. See 1 50 “@oren Tamblers,perdaozen.. 9 220s ee 90 1 80 Do you want to make a good profit? Send us a mail order. a HALL & HADDEN has become known on account of its good qualities. Merchants handle ’ Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for 18 HOUSEMAN BUILDING, their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce GRAND RAPIDS, MICH friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. x It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is (AARAAAAARAAARARAAAAARARARARA AAA AAA AAA AAARARAAASS required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,” so that Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco- nomical as well. Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white and blue tin packages. ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING OILS CTS TTS TOSS OTS TTT TON . e Sunlight” Is one of our leading brands of 5 WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE STANDARD THE WORLD OVER flour, and is as bright and clean as its name. Let us send you some. : aa Walsh=-De Roo Milling Co., HIGHEST PRICE PAID east AND @ASOLING BARRELS Holland, Mich. Co PPP RRR RARRRALLLR STANDARD OIL CO. ¢ ¥ + ~~ . 4 oe ad J fm) @ \ - a y 3 oY: Aa i 2 ms a v i ‘nl. a> Ss } \ 4 4 ae ‘ ts f i ry rec?) on POSS UES SKS S 49 o ~ Volume XVII. A good thing tor other Why not for you? A.I. C. High Grade Coffees will solve your coffee problem. For particulars address A. I. C. Coffee Co., 21 and 23 River Street, Chicago. eo C@G4<0e- THE : Crane FIRE 7? il . co. q q ‘ Prompt, Cunservative, Safe. J.W.Caamrue, Pres. W. FRED McBAm, Sec. { 0000060000000000000000 FUEVVUVUVVVUVUyT THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Blid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN, Manager. @ KOLB & SON are the oldest and most reliable wholesale clothing manufactur- ers in Rochester, N.Y. Originators of the three-button cut-away frock—no bet- > ter fitting garments, guaranteed reason- : @ ablein price. Maiiordersreceive prompt @ ® attention. Write our representative, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call on you or meet him at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mareh 8 to 17 inclusive. Customers’ expenses paid. , i = - 419 Widdicomb Bld., Grand;Rapids. Detroit office, 817 Hammond Bld. Associate offices and attorneys in every county in the United States and Canada. Refer to State Bank of Michigan and Michigan Tradesman. re SFFTFSISS OLS4O44OS4 POOQQOOO®© DOOQOQOQOOO OOS Os Michigan Fire and Marine ¢ Insurance Co. Organized 1881. Detroit, Michigan. Cash Capital, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000. Cash Assets, $800,000. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. D. M. FERRY, Vice Bres. F. H. WHITNEY, Secretary. M. W. O’BrIEN, Treas. E. J. Boorn, Asst. Sec’y. DE @OOOOQOQOOODHOQOOOGO CO M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, Allan Sheldon, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. L. Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James Edgar, H. Kirke White, H. P. Baldwin, Hugo Scherer, F. A. Schulte, Wm. V. Brace, James McMillan, F. E. Driggs, Henry Hayden, Collins B. Hubbard, James D. © Standish, Theodore D. Buhl, M. B. Mills, Alex. Chapoton, Jr., Geo. H. Barbour, S. G. Gaskey, Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F. Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey, David C. Whit- ney, Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. F. Peltier, Richard P. Joy, Chas. C. Jenks. PODOQOODOO HOOQOOOOOS TOUCSOD COUPONS DO, @ @ © DIRECTORS, D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker, S © © © © © Save Trouble. Save Money. Save Time. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1900. IMPORTANT FEATURES. Page. a 2. Dry Goods. 3. Getting the People. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. The Produce Market. 6. Status of the N. Y. Egg Market. +. Unwilling to Admit their Losses. 8. Editorial. 9. Editorial, The Meat, Market. Became a Financial Success. Shoes and Leather. 13. The Domestie Problem. 14. Hardware. 15. Clerks’ Corner. Hardware Price Current. 7. Commercial Travelers. 18.- Drugs and Chemicals, 19. Drug Price Current. 20. Grocery Price Current. 21. Grocery Price Current. 22. Gotham Gossip. 23. One Day in Town. 24. Successful Salesmen. Business Wants. it. 12. . GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. The week has been notable for con- flicting conditions and interests produc- ing contradictory or paradoxical results in values and volume of business. With railroad earnings exceeding all records, there bas been a slight falling off in transportation stocks, doubtless affected sympathetically by the speculative bear manipulations in industrials. The latter have shown a marked decline, to be attributed wholly to professional op- erations. The course of the African contest, finanical legislation and the favorable reports of prices and volume of business would seem to warrant ad- vance, but there has been so much dis- trust awakened by tricky operations that the public is frightened out of the field. Affected by the dulness in stocks and the difference in the amount of stock liquidation, the reports of bank clear- ings make a decidedly unfavorable con- trast with last year; but in considering this contrast. it must be remembered that the clearing house business at that time was phenomenally larger, going far beyond all records. It could not be ex- pected that the rate should be kept up in the great centers after the adjust- ments of capital were largely accom- plished. A year ago raw coiton sold at 6.56c and it now sells at 9.69c, a rise of 47.7 per cent. Some goods made further ad- vances last week, and still the average of prices in this department is only 22.9 per cent. higher than a yearago. Wages have risen a little, and other expenses also, but the chief fact is that Northern mills had taken before February began— when cotton cost less than 8 cents— 1,665,471 bales, or 504,971 bales more than their consumption to March 1, at last year’s full rate, so that they are not using 9 cent cotton. Having now enough to carry them well on into May, they can afford to wait a little. The holders of wool are resisting decline and are counting on higher prices at the London sales, but the high scale of prices is un- doubtedly having its influence on the volume of business. It is curious that, with prices of iron products at Pittsburg double those of last year and the volume: of business without precedent, clearing house re- ports show a falling off. Prices are gen- erally well maintained, but there are misgivings as to the probable effect of the Chicago strikes. The quick increase in Western re- ceipts of wheat, which exceeded last years’ by about a million bushels for the week, making the quantity for four weeks 12,547,056 bushels, against 12, - 571,910 last year, showed clearly that stocks were by no means exhausted, so that the price ceased to advance. Ex- ports still fall behind last year—2z, 200, - ooo bushels for the week and 3,635,000 for four weeks—so that with official re- turns for seven months the net exports from both coasts, including flour, have been 125,482,498 bushels, against 167, - 811,622 last year. The fact that corn exports, which were never more than a -| hundred million bushels until 1897, have now been 147,353,772 in eight months about 33,000,000 bushels more than last year, and nearly 27,000,000 more than in 1898, when they were largest—goes far to explain the decrease in wheat and promises further expansion of exports in future. Generally foreign trade is most encouraging, for, while imports in four weeks past rise 15.7 percent. above last year, owing to the great demand for raw materials, the exports have in- creased relatively still more, over 25 per cent. —___2 0. — Recent occurrences at Lansing furnish fresh proof of the inconsistency of trade unionism and especially that branch of unionism which goes under the name of the typographical union. The union scale for composition in Lansing is 30 cents a thousand, but the striker who made a successful bid in the interest of the typographical union offers to do the work for 23 cents a thousand. Of course, there is a nigger in the woodpile some- where, and the State of Michigan will find that, in awarding the contract to an irresponsible individual who, in turn, turned it over to an outside printing house it has undertaken a very expen- sive and unsatisfactory experiment. 0 The proposed system of domestic par- cels post is a blow at the economic wel- fare of the country. It means the agrandizement of a few department stores in the large cities and the ruin of small retailers and tradesmen all over the country. The latter class are the mainstay and bulwark of the prosperity and domestic trade of this country, and a system that menaces the business of this class strikes at the very foundation of the business interests of the nation. The opposition of the express companies and other carriers to the parcels post is slight compared to the clamor that has arisen from the small merchants. La H. J. Savidge has embarked in the wall paper, paint and oil business at 102 Canal street under the style of H. J. Savidge & Co. ee Emaneul Laubengayer has sold his meat market at 339 East Bridge street to Paul Nauta, of Englishville. ———_>-2->_ Never be idle, but keep your hands or mind usefully employed except when sleeping. Number 859 The Grain Market. Wheat had its ups and downs as usual during the week. The visible, instead of decreasing, made another small gain, which leaves the visible 54,000,000 bushels, against 29,500,000 bushels last week, or 34,500,000 bushels more than at the corresponding time in 1899, caused by the large receipts in the Northwest and limited exports. Our exports in wheat and flour have been about 33,000, - 000 bushels less since July 1, 1899, than during the same time last year. The Argentine shipments have been large, as their new crop has come on the mar- ket. While stocks on the Continent are small as compared with previous years, they are holding off buying in antici- pation of still lower markets. Prices now are below what they were a year ago. This large movement of wheat in the Northwest can not hold out always, as the report is that this wheat comes . from interior elevators in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, where there are nearly 500 country elevators, and not much from farmers, as most of them had their wheat stored and are selling out, as stated before, to avoid taxes, so we shall soon see a decline in the re- ceipts in the winter wheat section. Re- ceipts are getting smaller right along, as will be shown later in this article. It certainly is strange that while every other commodity has advanced, and is still advancing, the cereal market is flat. However, a change must come, as the outlook is not promising. While the present fine protection of snow on the wheat may prevent further deterio- ration in the growing crop, it will not help what damage has already been done. Price remains the same—66c for May futures, while prices in this State for No. 2 red have been from 67c¢ to 70c in various localities. We actually heard that some small mills had to send their teams to the farmers’ granaries to haul the wheat to the mills, which shows the scarcity of the article. Corn is rather quiet and prices have not changed any. Exports, as well as receipts, are large. As there are 22,000, - ooo bushels less in sight than last year there is not much of a chance for lower prices. Oats are in the same position as_ corn a strong undertone and nothing to in- dicate any lower price, rather an ad- vance. Beans are only steady at present. Flour is rather stronger, as the de- mand is picking up. Owing to the mills in the interior lo- cal points shutting down for want of wheat, the demand for mill feed is brisk and the local demand absorbs all the mills can make. Receipts for the week were as fol- lows: wheat, 50 cars; corn, 10 Cars; oats, 7 cars; flour, I car; hay, 4 cars; straw, I Car. Receipts for the month of February are as follows: wheat, 201 cars; corn, 76 cars; rye, 2 cars; flour, 4 cars; beans, I car; hay, 6 cars; straw, 2 cars. The Detroit Board of Trade reports 57 cars of wheat for February, against 383 cars for the same month in 1899. Millers are paying 68c for wheat. C. G, A. Voigt. nee ARBORS AEE RARER RENE EE 6 A AS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _ Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—Brown sheetings in all weights are firm, and with little if any stock to draw from. All fine brown sheetings are particularly strong. The recent advances in ducks have only proved the actual strength of these goods. Prices as they are now are very strong, and the demand has_ been in no way lessened. Bleached cottons, wide sheetings,. etc., are expected to show sharp advances in the near future. Denims, ticks and several other lines of coarse colored cottons are entirely out of stock, and sold so far ahead that it is discouraging for buyers to look for them. Ginghams~—Fine ginghams are a fea- ture of the market, interesting and unique. While it seems in many ways as though the demand for ginghams was but temporary, yet the mills are so far sold ahead that it will be a long time before they catch up with their orders, and the market is bare of supplies. Sev- eral advances have been made, and the demand remains steadily ahead of sup- plies. The market for staple ginghams is strong, but without change in price. Prints—Printed calicoes show but lit- tle change since our report of a week ago. There is a fairly good volume of business coming to hand _ for staples, but for fancies trading is light. The market is waiting for the supplementary demand, which is slow in coming to hand. The advance on regular print cloths to 33sc places the printers in a hard position, and they are endeavoring to find some way out of the difficulty. \dvances in prices are almost positive for another season. Knit Goods—The jobbers are having a busy spring season. The last few weeks have seen a large amount of busi- ness contracted with the retailers, and consequently there are many jobbers who have little or no stock left, and who have sold all the goods that they had ordered from the mills. They also find difficulty in placing duplicate or- ders, partly on account of the inability of the manufacturers to take any more orders, and also because the latter are unwilling to do so, as they are still holding back for higher prices. This year the effect of cancellations upon the manufacturer and jobber is different from usual. Cancellations generally hurt the manufacturer more than the jobber, because the manufacturer has the goods thrown back on his hands, but at _pres- ent the boot is on the other leg. For example, a jobber unwilling to wait for any longer length of time for the deliv- ery of his goods, long overdue, cancels the order. The chances are that the manufacturer is only too glad to re- ceive his cancellation, and to have the tension under which he has been _labor- ing, in trying to deliver goods on time, somewhat relaxed. If the manu- facturer desires to leave his books open for the same amount of goods as those that have been canceled, there are plenty of buyers waiting eagerly to place all the orders they can, who would jump at the chance, and the manufac- turer would be able to get a higher price for them than ii the goods had not been canceled. The jobber who can- celed the order will have to do one of two things: he will have to do without the goods he canceled, or he will have to get them from somebody else, pay a higher price, and take his chances of getting a still later delivery, since, as he would only buy at a very late hour, those who bought prior to him would have the preference in delivery. The jobbers are aware of this fact, and so the mills have very few orders canceled, practically the only cancellations being from those who have overbought very heavily. Carpets—-The manufacturers of in- grain carpets who have not previously covered with yarn (especially cotton yarn) find the price rapidly advancing, and mills so well sold up that it has been difficult to obtain deliveries of 2-14 chain yarn, which a few months pre- vious was sold at 11 to 11%c, now at I9 to I9%c, and while the woolen and worsted have not advanced as yet as much in proportion as cotton yarns, the spinners are not disposed to consider the low offers made by manufacturers up to the present time for yarn to be delivered later. The high price of good, clean combing and filling stock, and the limited supply available, have caused a much firmer feeling in this line, and the manufacturers must consider the situation from an entirely different standpoint as compared with the open- ing of goods last season. Jobbers in carpets report that they have all they can do in both carpets and rugs. Those who handle a line of rugs made from regular carpets are able to offer them at prices below Smyrnas. They are made from wilton, tapestry and other grades of carpets where the figure is suitable. Cut up in various lengths, 114 by 34 yards in wilton, made with fringe on the ends, they sell for $16.50 per dozen, wholesale, while tapestry rugs of the same size sell for $9 per dozen. Regu- lar Smyrna rugs have advanced this sea- son approximately 1o per cent. over last season's prices. The demand continues very good in all sizes of rugs. Jute * yarns are very active this season and aaa daaeeaalle advanced more in proportion than any e other line. In carpets of all grades the air rnaments dark grounds predominate, and continue the best sellers, especially the greens, We have to-day the largest assortment of hair ornaments we ever carried. Top Coats The Adler Top Coat is finding its way into the stores of Michigan’s Leading clothiers. It is this season meeting with more general favor than perhaps at any previous time. We have put our strongest efforts into this line and find ourselves pre- pared to offer the trade a range of garments To Retail at $7.50 to $15.00 The like of which are not being shown by competitors. There is a happy combination of tone and finish to these coats that others have not as yet put into their goods. Until some other manufacturer shall offer as good a line we will continue as the leading top coat house. Samples sent prepaid to dealers. David Adler & Sons Clothing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. browns and reds in various shades. Manufacturers are shipping large quan- tities of carpets. Dealers are ready for spring business, and look forward to a very good season in carpets. March, Pompadour Combs Back Combs April and May are considered by the re- Circle Combs Side Combs tailers to be the best months for the re- Wire Hair Pins Celluloid Hair Pins tail trade. Bone Hair Pins Send us your order for a few sample dozen. P. Steketee & Sons, Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. AO GOGO GOO bn bat, FF FOO OO GOOG OF OV OVO UOCTOCOD Simple _— Whale WW a aaa Whale Account File Simplest and Most Economical Method of Keeping Petit Accounts File and 1,000 printed blank POOP SS 90000000 00000000 00000000 0000000000000 000 Shirts That Fit ge A great many makers of shirts seem to pay very little attention to the fit, but have profit alone in view. We make the fit a principal bill Iheads.. ............ $2 75 part of our line, always paying a little more File and 1,000 specially to have such goods. Our assortment for the _ printed bill heads. ..... = spring trade is the best we have ever shown. Printed blank bill heads, We bought liberall hil : 1 per thousand...... eee nen Een Specially printed bill heads, You get the benefit. per thousand.......... , *£ 50 Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. 9O0000OO 00000900 0000000000000000 Tradesman Company, Grand Rapds. rvvvVvVvVvVvVVYVvVYuYVvuWVvVvVvUWYVWYWY?*" ee OT Tee TCO CTS CT OC Cw 90000000000 600000000 00000000 vvyvyvvvvVvvVvYVvvVvveVvvvvVvvVvVvVvvevvVvVvVvVvvTCTVr?TrTYrYTrYTVCTrCrrC?TT?T PF POF FOF GGG FOO VFO FGF OF OV OF OG OV V VOTO OO OV OF OOO VF a O Go by bn by bn Oy bn Oy Oy bb bn bn bn bb, bn bn bn by bn hn bn hn, Or, by bn bo bn bon bn, a, by by bn bn nb hn bn, bn, FOF PPFD DF IDI FOI OS DIF IIIS DIS DIF IDOI OD : | : 3. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 Getting the People Don’t Use Illegible Ty pe— Don’t Thank the Public for Patronage. A. Il. Kramer, of Holland, encloses one of his monthly circulars for criti- cism. It is very neatly gotten up and the wording and display are, for the most part, quite good, but I object strongly to the type which he has used in one portion. It is what is known as ‘*Livermore,’’ a species of script, and if there was ever a type cast that was more difficult to read, I have not come across it yet. It is poor policy to use type that is hard to read. Advertising matter should all be designed with a view of making it as easy to understand as possible. More than this, it should be so plain and legible that it fairly forces itself upon the reader’s mind. | realize, of course, that this mistake in Mr. Kramer’s circular was the fault of the printer, and not of Mr. Kramer, but I feel that it should be noted, as it detracts from what is, in other respects, a very creditable piece of advertising matter. Shiller Brothers, of Reese, write un- der date of Feb. 26 as follows: We enclose herewith one more of our circulars. Please give your impartial opinion, as we find your criticism a great aid to our advertising. The circular in question, which is too large for reproduction, is good as to wording and arrangement. My only criticism is on the last sentence. It reads: Thanking you all for your patronage in the past, and assuring you the best of attention in the future, we remain as ever, Yours for Bargains, Shiller Brothers. I object to this, not because it does any harm, but because it is useless. As 1 have told my readers many times, business is not a matter of sentiment. It is a question of dollars and cents. The store that gives the best attention to its customers and sells its goods at the fairest prices is the one that will get the trade. In the long run, every store gets just the share of trade that it deserves, and to thank the public for patronage is as foolish as to thank the railroad company for allowing you to ride on its train. It is a case of value received on both sides. ek Make your advertising timely. If there is any local event of importance, advertise something to fit the occasion. Be alert and take advantage of every opportunity to make your advertising seasonable. Here is a specimen of Snow Spex! Does the bright light hurt your eyes? I have a good ‘line of smoked and green Spectacles. Prices 25c to $1.00. G. G. Case, Jeweler. | timely advertising from Jackson, and while | do not believe that it is im- proved by the distorted spelling in the heading, it is nevertheless a good ad- vertisement because it recognizes a present need, and offers to supply it. W. S. Hamburger. >.> ---— The Future of St. Jacob’s Oil. The recent financial collapse of the Charles A. Vogeler Co., manufacturing chemists in Baltimore, still the makers of St. Jacob’s Oil, has a moral that is worth general consideration. Christian Devries was, and is now, one of the cleverest bankers in Balti- more. He is a good, clear-headed business man, where ordinary business is concerned. But he is a mighty poor advertiser, and it looks as though he had spent half a million dollars to find out his own limitations. When Charles A. Vogeler, a real ad- vertising genius, was adorning the can- yons of Colorado with immense signs, and putting up a facsimile of our Central Park Obelisk in Baltimore, and backing base ball clubs, and building natatoriums, and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in news- paper publicity, Mr. Devries was prob- ably laughing in his sleeve at sucha waste of cash. He was convinced that St. Jacob’s Oil sold because it was a good liniment. Anyhow, he saw that it sold, and after Mr. Vogeler’s death in 1882 the books seemed to show that it would be a good business investment for Mr. Devries to buy an interest in the property for $500,000. Expenditures for publicity were at once curtailed, but it has taken seventeen years to effectively dissipate the cumulative and continu- ous effect of such advertising as Mr. Vogeler did. The same continuous and increasing prosperity that has been en- joyed by the J. C. Ayer Co. and by the Enoch Morgan’s Sons Co. would have been a certainty for St. Jacob’s Oil if a good advertiser had been in control. Mr. Devries killed the goose that laid the golden egg. There are hundreds of business men the world over who may learn a valuable lesson from this experience. They are the men who laugh at the idea that they need help in advertisement writing or in advertisement placing. ‘‘Geschaft ist geschaft,’’ they say; a tailor should write a tailor’s advertisements; a dry goods man should write what is pub- lished to aid in the sale of dry goods; and who so fit as the grocer to tell the public ‘about bargains in cheese and pickles, and cabbages and tomato cat- sup? Business is business, and the talk of a science of publicity-making means as much to them as the claims of the Keeley motor. Mr. Devries might re- trieve his shattered fortunes by starting a kindergarten for their benefit, and his bank-books and check-stubs would form the most instructive textbooks for such an institution. No, many elements go to make up the professor of publicity that may be en- tirely in the man who has made a com- petence at running a woolen mill ora bank. And still more various elements go to make up a born advertising genius like Charles A. Vogeler. A century does not produce many such men. The loss of his personality to the St. Jacob’s Oil business was a_ loss hard to make good. Mr. Devries:had entire confi- dence in himself, but some one has _re- marked that ignorance in action is ter- rible. He might as well have tried to take the place of Edison in his labora- tory or of Paderewski before his piano as that of Mr. Vogeler at the head of widely advertised business. Whether St. or not, no one can tell. ment of some man who Charles A. Vogeler more than he sembled Christian Devries. Jacob’s Oil has a future Assuredly it has not, unless it be under the manage- resembles a 5c~ Awnings, Tents, Flags, Horse and Wagon Covers. Seat Shades and Umbrellas. Roller Awnings a Specialty. Tents to Rent. Write for samples and spec- ial prices. sl ttt Grand Rapids Awning & Tent Co., 93 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. — oe eeyoaaoaveewsye a ‘Corl, ; Knott : & Co. : First Spring Open- 2 ing Pattern Flats, : Feb. 27, 28, Mar. / and 2. 20 & 22 N. Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. : F993 999339999939 399399 939939, y NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, Sealed bids, addressed to the under- signed, will be received up tonoon, March 12, 1900, for furnishing all material and constructing and completing, by the 12th day of June, 1900, a four story business brick building, about 50 by 100 feet, in Petoskey, Mich. Plansand amo can be seen at the office of R. C. Ames, at Petoskey. All bids must be accom- panied by a certified check of five per cent. of bid as evidence of good faith. Suecessful bidders will be required to enter into satisfactory bond for faithful performance of contract. The right is reserved to accept or reject any or all bids. RUHL, KOBLEGARD &CO., Petoskey, Mich. "ecececceccceceeccee €€ee 393333333339333>3 EEEECEEEEESEEEEEEE & RUBBER STAMPS You can do b Write now to usiness with. BUSINESS STAMP WORKS. 49 and s0 Tower Block, Catalogue for the asking. Both Phones Grand Rapids, Mich. 2255. 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MAKE — THE ~ | FINEST. —~ HOPNTPNT NNT OTHER EP NEP HEP EP NTT ATT i % SANT Mich Unexcelled pair guarante rir Suspender ship and durability. Every Write us and our agent will call on you. Michigan Suspender Company, Plainwell, Mich. MUM AAAAMAAA ADA. JOA 6A bh JOA 46k bh JUA 26k dd Jd 44k dd Jd 44k dd Jd db igan in workman- ed. Fs Jd Jd bd UA ULLAL spite seannetirtnintianter nies nce lhe th MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Owosso—J. W. Upham has opened a boot and shoe store at this place. Chesaning—Kinch & Stuart succeed Geo. L. Kinch in the jewelry business. Dexter—A. Davis & Co. have pur- chased the general stock of Davis Bros. & Co. Battle Creek—Geo. L. Bernard has purchased the drug stock of Frank E. Beard. Fairgrove—Frank G. Bosworth has sold his general stock to Hayward & Jameson. Saginaw—Crowley & Schwartz have discontinued their wholesale fruit business. HoJland—G. Cook & Co. have opened a feed, grain, produce and seed store at this place. Lakeview—Mrs. S. E. Young has opened a millinery and bazaar store at this place. Ovid—-J. A. & J. A. Rose, dealers in groceries and shoes, have added a line of dry goods. St. Joseph—King & Smith is the style of the new grocery firm which succeeds James R. Smith. Saginaw—C. D. Allen succeeds Geo. R. Armstrong in the wholesale confec- tionerv business. Detroit—The capital stock of the E, S. Dailey Co. has been increased from $5,000 to $25, 000. Lansing—The Post & Bristol Co. suc- ceeds Post & Bristol in the musical in- strument business. Detroit—The North American Drug Co. has filed notice that the corporation has been dissolved. Lansing—-Lyman W. Holmes, pro- prietor of the Lansing Clothing Co., has discontinued business. Howard City—Wm. R. Niergarth, of Reed City, will shortly open a boot and shoe store at this place. Marquette—Perkins Bros. have en- gaged in the wholesale confectionery business in the Carney block. Middleville——Rosenberg & Forbes have purchased the lumber and _ coal business of Aaron Clark & Son. Sault Ste. Marie—H. A. Reals has sold his meat market to Fred Williams, of this city, and Fred Bruce, late of Providence, R. I. A lgonac—Whorton & Holdon, dealers in hay, grain and implements, have dissolved. The business will be con- tinued by Whorton & Co. Dowagiac—Tobias Bros. have closed out their grocery stock and will confine their business to their dry goods, shoe and crockery departments. Plainwell—F. C. Smith & Co. have opened a branch of their merchant tai- loring business at Otsego. Mr. Smith will have charge of the business. St. Johns—Harry E. Mack, of the shoe firm of Waldron & Mack, has purchased the interest of E. P. Waldron and will continue the business as sole owner. Lansing——Referee in Bankruptcy Davock has declared a final dividend of 36 per cent. to the creditors of Robson Bros., making a total of 60 per cent. declared. Traverse City—-A. A. McCoy & Son have sold their fruit store to W. R. Mil- ler, formerly of Thompsonville, who will continue the business at the same location. A. A. McCoy and E. R. Mc- Coy will remain in the city and continue in the potato and apple business, with which the store has interfered to some extent. . Clare—Baumgarth, dealers in dry goods, clothing and_ shoes, will open a branch store at McBain about April 1. Rudolph Baumgarth will have charge of the business. St. Johns—Frank J. Ward has resigned his position as book-keeper of the Na- tional Bank at this place and purchased the interest of George Wells in the gro- cery firm of Wells & Holton. Allegan—J. A. Wiley and George B. Williams, his brother-in-law, have formed a _ copartnership under the firm name of Wiley & Williams and will engage in the meat business here. Owosso—Hookway & Son, who - will shortly add a line of clothing, boots and shoes, are creating more space by sus- pending a floor from the ceiling, upon which will be placed their crockery stock. Rockford--Wesley Baker, who for many years clerked in the grocery store of E. E. Hewitt, and lately for the new firm of Wellbrook & Brooks, has pur- chased the grocery stock of R. B. Squires. Detroit—At the annual election of the Moran-Fitzsimmons Co., J. F. Cru- soe, for the past fifteen years credit manager of W. J. Gould & Co., was elected Secretary, and J. J. Vroman Treasurer. St. Ignace—Rutherford & Jamieson have purchased the grocery stock of Rverse Bros. Mr. Rutherford was _for- merly engaged. in the drug store of C. H. Wilber and Mr. Jamieson is the manager of the J. A. Jamieson Lumber Co. Charlotte—The firm of Cove & Wal- tersdorf, which was organized about six weeks ago, has been dissolved, on ac- count of the ill health of the latter. Dur- ing the existence of the firm, arrange- ments were made to enlarge the plant and carry a full line of buiiding sup- plies, which arrangement will be per- fected by Mr. Cove. Fremont—Darling & Smith, who have been engaged in general trade here for the past seventeen years, have dissolved partnership, Jas. H. Darling retiring on account of ill health. The business will be continued at the same location by Frank H. Smith, whose varied ex- perience and wide acquaintance will undoubtedly enable him to achieve suc- cess. Jackson—A new hardware store will shortly be established at this place, the members of the firm being Charles E. Barnard, who was for many years a member of the firm of Barnard, Smith & Co., H. C. Thurber, a traveling hardware salesman and Robert G. Fitz- simmons, formerly of the firm of Tray & Fitzsimmons. The new company has leased a store on West Main street and has been making extensive improve- ments on same. Saginaw—The Grenell Seed Co. has begun the erection of a_ three-story building, 55x85 feet, located south of the old Tittabawassee boom office on Niagara street. It will be connected with the old office building, making a substantial structure, 55x110 feet in di- mensions. The cost will be about $5,000. The company established a branch in this city several years ago and handles large quantities of beans and peas, which are grown by the farmers under contract. Imlay City—A good joke is going the rounds at the expense of Banker John Borland. The other evening he and his wife sat down to supper, and the latter gave’ him a dish of warm apple sauce, for which he has a strong liking. After partaking of the evening meal Mrs. Borland reached for a sauce dish in which she had poured a box of pills which had be2n prescribed for her by her physician, but to her surprise found none. Instantly the situation dawned upon her. She had put the warm ap- ple sauce in that dish and it had dis- solved the pills, and they being white and tasteless,-her liege lord had swal- lowed the sauce, pills and all. Horri- fied, she begged of him to call a physi- cian, but he declined, saying he would find out what kind of medicine the doc- tor gave. Mr. Borland still lives, but Says something about a conspiracy when the subject is mentioned. Petoskey—Ruhl & Koblegard have purchased the tract of land at the corner of Grove and Petoskey streets, adjoin- ing the G. R. & I. tracks, and will im- mediately enter upon the construction of a three-story and basement brick building, sox150 feet in dimensions, which they will occupy about June 1 with a wholesale grocery establishment. The firm now conducts a grocery, prod- uce and wool business at Clarksburg, W. Va., and Jacob Koblegard is_ Presi- dent of the National Exchange Bank of Weston, W. Va., President of the Herb Medicine Co., at Springfield, Ohio, and also of the Koblegard Co., wholesale dry goods dealers of Clarksburg. The firm is well rated by the mercantile agencies and will prove a decided addi- tion to the business interests of the place. They were attracted to Petoskey by coming here to secure immunity from hay fever and, having an abiding faith in the future of the place and the country roundabout, they have concluded to locate here and share in its develop- ment and the extension of trade which will necessarily follow. Manufacturing Matters. Charlotte—The Bond & Scott Machine Co. is branching out into the business of manufacturing dynamos. Saginaw—The F. G. Palmerton Wood- enware Co. has purchased three acres of land north of its plant, on which it will erect a large warehouse. Lansing—The Oviatt Wagon Co.,cap- italized at $10,000, filed articles of asso- ciation with the Secretary of State last week. The incorporators are E. Percy Oviatt, Julia A. Metcalf, Fanny E. Oviatt and Solomon E. Oviatt. Battle Creek—The H. B. Sherman Manufacturing Co. has purchased the Standard Brass Works, of Kalamazoo, which will be moved to Battle Creek and added to the present plant as soon as the new factory and foundry build- ings are erected. This will probably be in July or August. Battle Creek—The Battle Creek Op- tical Co., Limited, has filed articles of association with the register of deeds. The company is capitalized at $2, 500, and is officered as _ follows: President, John F. Byington; Secretary, Charles Stewart; Treasurer, Vera M. Byington. It will manufacture and job optical in- struments at Battle Creek. Detroit—Baldwin, McGraw & Co., shoe manufacturers, will move their plant from the corner of Griswold and Woodbridge streets to the five-story building at the corner of Jefferson ave- nue and Bates street. The new location of the firm is near the Biddle house property, and has been vacant for sev- eral years. It belongs to the Mills es- tate. : Kalamazoo—F. A. Taylor, formerly proprietor of the Standard Brass Works, will be associated in the future with Dr. J. M. Snook and Frank J. Henry under the name of the Cash Supply and Manufacturing Co., manufacturer of agricultural implements, vehicles and farm specialties. Their office will be located on Eleanor street in the Sebring building. They are already using the old Wilson foundry for a factory. —_>0.____ Auspicious Beginning of the Third Year. Port Huron, March 5—The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association held its regular meeting on Friday evening. The Association passed some time ago the experimental period in its existence. One of the chief items of interest in the meeting was the annual election of officers, and the fact that a permanent existence has been reached made this event of more interest than it would have been for a temporary organization. Over 100 members of the Association were present, several new names _ being found in the list. The Association has now 161 members. The additions of the year have been ninety-one. The auditing committee reported the following statement of finance for the year past: Amount on hand March 1, 1899, $162.05; receipts from all sources, $540.57; balance on hand March 1, $85. 46. Messrs. Akers, Wellman and Smith reported having attended the banquet of the Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association Monday evening. This was pronounced by the delegates a very pleasant oc- casion. L. B. Rice reported that there has been secured $753 of the $1,000 needed for the improvement of Gratiot avenue from the city limits north to the life-sav- ing station. Congratulatory speeches on the success of the Association for its two years of work were made by President Wellman and W. D. Smith. Motion was made and adopted calling for the appointment of a committee to prepare a resolution to the common council asking that the practice of em- ployes of the city assigning their pay to other parties be done away with. The election of officers excited con- siderable interest. President Wellman would have received the unanimous vote had he been willing to have accepted it. The election resulted as follows: President—E. N. Akers. Vice-President—Henry F. Marx. Secretary—J. T. Percival. Treasurer—W. D. Smith, Sr. On motion of W. D. Smith, Sr., the question of special taxation was placed on the program for discussion at the next meeting. A resolution of thanks to the retiring President and Vice-President for their two years’ services were unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Fred Percival was invited to give a vocal selection. He was enthusiastically applauded. At the close of the business session the members sat down to a supper of oys- ters and coffee. The refreshments were served under the direction of Secretary Percival. Following the serving of the supper Cyrus Hovey sang ‘‘Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep.’’ L. B. Rice told a war story. E. E. Stockwell made a complimentary speech. D.C. McNutt sang an old man’s character song, ‘‘If 1 Was as Young as I Used to Be.’’ Henry McJennett sang ‘‘The Man Be- hind the Plow.’’ Fred Percival sang a dutch character song. Henry Nern spoke of the early organization of the Association and some of the good it had accomplished. Mr. Wellman again thanked the Asso- ciation for its support of his adminis- tration and handed over his gavel of au- thority to the President-elect, E. N. Akers. A neat speech followed and the meeting adjourned. The Association has won a name in Port Huron and deserves to live. —_s0a____ E. E. Adams and Gershom Powers have engaged in the manufacture of awnings and kindred supplies at 93 Canal street under the style of the Grand Rapids Awning & Tent Co. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association held Tuesday evening, March 6, at Retail Grocers’ Hall, President Dyk presided. Secretary Klap reported that he had written both Senators and Congressman Smith regarding the food bills now _ be- fore Congress, to which he had received the following replies: James McMil- lan: I am in receipt of your letter of February 22, relative to bills S. 2222, S 2050, and H. 2561, and _ will give careful consideration to the bills when they come before the Senate. I take pleasure in sending you copies of the above mentioned bills under separate cover. . C. Burrows: I have your letter of the 22d inst., directing my attention to certain bills pending before Congress. It so ‘happens that no one of these bills is before a committee of which I am a member, but I can assure you they will have my careful consideration when they are brought to the attention of the. Sen- ate. Wm. Alden Smith: It will be a great pleasure for me to place myself in har- mony with the wishes of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, so far as my action may concern them with reference to House Bill No. 2561 and Senate Bills Nos. 2222 and 2050. F. H. Barnes, local manager for Sco- field, Shurmer & Teagle, wrote the As- sociation as follows : We have your letter of February 1 and, in reply, would say it is not our intention to antagonize the Association in any manner whatever, and if the As- sociation will appoint a fair minded committee—one which is not prejudiced in either way—we are willing to explain our position in the matter to the said committee and have no doubt that an amicable understanding can be reached by this means. The communication was discussed at some length and B. S. Harris moved that Mr. Barnes be invited to attend the next meeting and explain his position to the members of the Association, which was adopted. R. J. Cleland sent a communication to the Association stating the terms on which he would be willing to act as at- torney for the organization. On motion of H. C. Wendorff, the communication was accepted and the arrangement en- tered into in behalf of the Association. B. S. Harris, chairman of the special Committee on Typewriter, reported that a machine had been purchased and that the Secretary is happy. Fred W. Fuller read the paper on food legislation, prepared by Eugene J. Hall for presentation at the Cleveland convention. - The telephone situation was discussed at some length, but it was decided to take no further action in the matter until it was demonstrated whether the attitude of the independent company which has purchased the Bell exchange would be friendly or unfriendly to the local company. The meeting then adjourned. The Produce Market. Apples—Carefully sorted Baldwins, Jonathans and Spys command $4 per bbl. Fancy stock easily commands 50c additional. Bagas—$1.25 per 3 bu. bbl. Bananas—Selling at $1.50@2 bunch. Cocoanuts—Quoted at 50c per doz. Beans—The market holds steady at $2 per bu. for city hand picked pea and about 5c less for medium. Beets—$1.25 per 3 bu. bbl. Butter—Factory creamery is steady at 24c, due to the fact that receipts of table grades of dairy have dropped off to ai- most nothing, in consequence of which the sale of oleo has increased remark- ably. Local dealers in oleo are unable to obtain stock fast enough to fill their orders. Cabbage—75@goc per doz. nia, $4@4.50 per crate. Carrots—goc per 3 bu. bbl. Celery—California stock commands 60 per Califor- @ogoc per doz. Home grown stock is practically exhausted. Cranberries—Jersevs have advanced to $9@g9.50 per bbl. Eggs—Receipts have been very small, owing to the cold weather and blockaded condition of the wagon roads, in conse- quence of which fresh stock has ad- vanced to 16c. A few warm days will probably send the price downward very rapidly. Green Stuff—Grand Rapids forcing lettuce, 15c per Ib. Onions, 25c¢ per doz. Parsley, 35c per doz. Pieplant, gc per lb. Radishes, 35¢ per doz. Hay—Market rules firm, No. 1 Tim- othy, baled, quoted at $11.50 per ton in carlots; mixed, $10@11. Honey—Dark is in moderate demand at 13c. Amber is in fair demand at 14C¢. White is practically out of the market. Lemons—Are firmer and the tendency is upward, but only the choicest quali- ties are quoted higher. Trade at this time last year was much better and prices averaged 50@75c per box high- er. Bananas are quiet, because it is hardly safe to ship them to a distance during such cold weather. ‘The receipts this week will be large and there is some possibility that prices will de- cline. Maple Syrup—Selling at 75c@$1_ per gal., as to quantity and quality. Nuts—Ohio hickory have declined to $1 for large and $1.25 for small. Butter- nuts and walnuts are in small demand at 60c per bu. f Onions—Home grown command 5oc. Oranges—Supply almost entirely of California fruit, Navels bringing $3.50 and Seedlings $2.75@3 per box. Parsnips—$1.35 per 3 bu. bbl. Pineapples—F lorida fruit brings $3.75 per doz. Pears—Californian quoted at $3.25@ 3.50 per box. Potatoes—The market is steady, but no stronger than a week ago. Local buyers throughout the State are paying 26@28c. Locally, sales are made in small quantities at 4oc per bu. Straw—Carlots of baled quoted at $5.50 per ton for wheat and oat and $7 for rye. Last named very scarce. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys have declined to $4 per bbl. : Tallow—Common, 43(c per Ib. ; ma- chinery grade, 5%@5c. Tomatoes—Southern stock commands 50c per 6 lb. basket. Turnips—$1 per bbl. Veal—Dressed carcass, 7'4@oc Ib., as to quality. > ©. Hides, Pelts, Furs, Tallow and Wool. Hides remain quiet, with sales of all receipts as they come in. Packers are sold close, with no advance in prices as looked for. The market can be said to be weak, although not quotably lower. Pelts are closely sold at old prices and the market is strong and firm. Furs still hold firm, with prices crowded higher on such goods as_ could be shipped to London in time for the March sales. per Tallow is not strong at quotations, al- though there is a market for all offer- ings. The supply is ample. Wool is in light demand, with firm prices and no indications of weakening. Higher prices are expected for the coming clip. The large manufacturers are well supplied and they are grinding up large quantities of the product. Wm. T. Hess. 2 0 -e. At the annual meeting of the Michi- gan Bark & Lumber Co., Clarence U. Clark, W. D. Wade and I. J. Clark were elected directors of the corporation. The directors subsequently elected offi- cers as follows: President, Clarence U. Clark; Vice-President, W. D. Wade; Secretary and Treasurer, F. N. Clark. The company had one of the most pros- perous years in 1899 in the history of the organization and enters upon the new year with bright prospects. The Grocery Market. Sugar—The raw sugar market has de- veloped considerable weakness during the week just past and prices have de- clined 1-16c, making the present price of 96 test centrifugals 4 5-16c. The re- fined market is weaker, in sympathy with the raw market, and the expected decline in refined has taken place—1o points on all grades. Canned Goods-—-The future canned goods market presents no new features. No one appears to want to take hold and the situation presents some uncom- fortable difficulties. It is said, how- ever, that the present situation will be beneficial to the trade in the end, for the reason that if futures were selling as actively as they did last year, with- out much question canners would over- pack, and later there would be a desper- ate scramble and much cutting of prices to dispose of the crop. However, bebause of slow sale of futures and the fact that the prices of raw material are up so high, canners will probably put up a shorter pack than usual. If they do, the result will be that prices will rule un- usually high all the season. Most canned goods are now in second hands and holders are not anxious to dispose of large lots. According to the outlook at present about everything in staple lines will be cleaned up before the new packs come in. Prices must, therefore, rule high and it is expected that the tendency of the market will be upward. The numerous small orders received in- dicate that dealers are very poorly stocked and must buy heavily to supply the consumptive demand. In _ spot goods, one of the articles attracting most attention at present is the cheaper grade of peas and they are nearly ex- hausted. The better qualities of peas are too expensive to permit free selling and buyers have been taking cheap sorts, until those are about cleaned up. The market is, therefore, in very firm position and many dealers wonder where they will get their supplies to fill orders sure to come in during the next few weeks. Tomatoes are unchanged, but the feeling is fairly firm and trade is steady. There is considerable buying of spot goods to carry over, instead of buying futures. This will probably re- duce the buying of futures and may, perhaps, result in a smaller pack. Corn is steady, but not especially active. The supply left in first hands is so small that prices are held closely up to the limit and sometimes a premium is asked for some special brand. For futures there is comparatively little demand and what buying is in progress is in small quan- tities principally. Sales have been steady and very many packers are al- ready sold out or have sold as much as they care to sell under present circum- stances. It is unquestionably true that, notwithstanding the fact that last sea- son’s corn pack was the heaviest on record, it is nearly all consumed, and by the time the next pack comes in will be cleaned out entirely. There is a fair consumptive demand for some vari- eties of California fruits, but, as a rule, orders are small, restricted by the high prices and the lack of supplies. Some varieties of California fruits are unob- tainable from second ‘hands, and _ first hand supplies were exhausted weeks ago. The effect of this is to leave the market in an unusually favorable posi- tion for this season’s pack. Salmon and sardines are unchanged in price, but are firm and in good demand. Dried Fruits—The dried fruit market is certainly in much better shape than it has been, although no great advance has occurred in any line yet. The firmer feeling noted previously has con- tinued and there is an impression in the trade that the expected revival has begun and that prices will advance shortly if the present rate of buying continues. Prunes have not felt the quickening of more seasonable weather so much as some other varieties, but holders express no anxiety and appear confident of the future. The outlook is certainly promising, and dealers have reason to anticipate active business in all sizes, but more particularly in the smaller goods. The export demand is somewhat improved and it is expected will increase shortly. Raisins are firm and there is an increased enquiry for same. The available supply is so small that any buying at all will bring im- proved prices. Peaches are feeling the improving influence of the weather and there is a firmer feeling in all grades. Orders are not large, but there is a dis- position to place more of them, which helps the market and puts the fruit on a better footing. It is understood that all Western stocks are under close con- trol, hence it is believed that prices will rule high as long as the present crop ‘lasts. Apricots sell only in retail quan- tities, but are firmly held and show no indication of weakening. There are only small stocks in market and those are in second hands. Holders are con- fident that they will get all they ask later. Dates are unchanged. Sales are in small quantities, but at full prices. The market is quiet at present, pur- chases being limited to such quantities as are needed for immediate consump- tion. Figs are dull, with an easier tend- ency noted on all varieties. Currants are somewhat easier and prices have de- clined %c. Evaporated apples continue firm, although there is no change in price. Demand continues fair and, if the present winter weather continues, it will undoubtedly greatly increase. Rice—The demand-for rice is good, especially for the choice and fancy grades. Prices are unchanged, but the market is firm. Tea—There is a fair demand at unchanged prices. Molasses--Limited offerings and high prices combine to make trade in mo- lasses quiet. Spot supplies are light, with a scarcity of choice open kettles and old stocks of lower grades practical- ly cleaned up. Still higher prices are expected shortly, due to the decreasing supplies. Fish—There is no particular change in prices of mackerel. Stocks are light and prices firm. The demand for cod- fish is also very good and will probably be so during the Lenten season. Nuts—Trade in nuts is disappointing, but appears to show indications of im- provement. Prices do not improve but there is more demand and trade prom- ises to be more active in the near fu- ture. Generally at this season there is a heavy demand for the spring trade, but dealers bought heavily at holiday time and are not yet sold out. They are taking only small quantities to fill broken assortments, and the aggregate movement is small. The demand for shelled walnuts is light and the quantity small. Stocks of Valencia and Jordan shelled almonds are light, and prices favor sellers. Walnuts are not selling very briskly, but there is enough de- mand to hold prices moderately steady on favorite varieties. Conditions favor the buyer now, but a slight quickening of trade would lead to improvement in prices. Other lines are quiet and prices . unchanged. a oe For Gillies’ N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and prices, Visner, both phones. for tea Ph intrratncactucee sear Eee ass opt etm fe ; MICHIGAN Hs he 34 i ot = TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Status of the New York Egg Market. The egg crop of 1900 seems to be treading on the heels of its predecessor. The excessive quantity of eggs stored last year and the effort to hold prices during the fall on a parity with their high cost resulted in a larger stock un- sold on January 1 than has ever before been held at that season. And to add to the unfortunate consequences of this the winter has been generally mild and open, leading to a comparatively free current production and bringing really large supplies of fresh eggs at an unusu- ally early date. These have reached the distributing markets when there were still many thousands of cases of refrig- erator eggs unsold, reducing the outlets for the latter and delaying the time when the records of last year’s specula- tive operations could be closed up and charged to experience account. The mild weather which prevailed in all important producing sections early in the season continued without inter- ruption until January 26. The fact that December had been mild, excepting its last week, and that this one brief period of cold was the only check to egg pro- duction from the beginning of winter until late in January caused a general anticipation of increased supplies of new eggs, but they were rather slow coming, and all through January egg men were expressing surprise that the quantity of fresh stock was no greater. Various theories were advanced to account for the fact. Some said the late season last spring, by delaying the hatching period, left the pullets four or five weeks behind the time when they were due to begin egg laying; others laid the matter to bad roads; still others thought production had been going on freely, but that farmers and country store keepers, remembering the high price of February, 1899, were inclined to hold back and speculate on the chances of the late winter market. Per- haps there may have been more or less truth in all of these suppositions; at all events it was late in January before the new eggs began to show up in large quantity, but when they did begin to come they came in earnest. The decline to 2o0c for best Western was sufficient to produce healthy condi- tions for a time; in fact, the supply of fine fresh continuing light, there was a momentary reaction to 2Ic on January 20, which lasted four or five days; but about this time advices from the Far West began to indicate a considerable increase in collections, large shippers began to talk about car-load lots and_ to offer stock down, and as we were then getting all the supplies buyers could use, the prospect of increase gave a downward market and a decline to 17c¢ was effected in two days, from January 25 to 27. Since then we have had a fluc- tuating market. Supplies have increased rapidly, soon passing the quantity needed for consumption, and values have been governed entirely by the willingness of operators to hold the sur- plus. This disposition has been effected chiefly by the varying weather condi- tions, and the tone of distributing mar- kets has followed pretty closely the changes in the temperature at principal points of production. During the last week in January a cold wave of considerable force spread over the West and many of the goods arriv- ing in New York were withdrawn from sale under shippers’ orders. A recovery to 1Igc followed, but as soon as the weather changed and orders to sell be- gan to come in,the cause of the advance was removed and it was at once lost. This downward turn continued until Feb. 6, when best Western had fallen to 15c. But about this time another cold wave set in, speculative orders to hold again came in freely,taking much of the supply off the market, and prices again recovered siightly, reaching 16c by Feb- ruary 9. During this advance the basis of sales changed from ‘‘loss off’’ to ““case count,’’ the quality of stock im- proving sufficiently to enable receivers to make the change, although the ex- change rule for mark sales was made to take effect February 15. But, as before, the recovery in price was purely speculative and temporary. Stock was arriving freely and accumu- lating in first hands, and as soon as the weather changed many shippers again ordered sales, throwing liberal stocks on the market and breaking the price down to 1314c, to which point the market had settled by February 13. This decline has, however, again de- veloped a strong speculative disposition. Buyers here have been inclined to take more eggs than immediately needed, shippers have placed a large part of the surplus under limit, and _ speculative orders to buy have come in from other cities. At this writing there is an accumula- tion of fresh eggs here variously esti- mated at from 10,000 to 15,000 cases, but reports from producing sections indicate less stock coming in at country stations, and the position at the moment is very firmly sustained. Accumulations are so large, however, that any general effort to realize on the holdings would force a further decline, and the outlook is for continued fluctuations in value until the possible interference in production by wintry weather is removed by the ad- vancing season.—F. G. Urner in Egg Reporter. ——> 42> __ Chicago Oleo Concern in Trouble. The Aurora Produce Co., of Chicago, Ill., is charged with shipping $1,000 worth of oleomargarine a week ago to New York and other parts of the coun- try as butter. The company also was escaping the Federal license of $480 a year. It is said the business has been carried on for months and that large sums of money have been made. Rev- enue agents are now trying to discover where the company obtained its large supply of oleomargarine. They are inclined to believe some of the more unscrupulous manufacturers were be- hind the concern. —~>-0 + __ Petitioned to Abolish Limited Prices. A petition addressed to the American Cereal Co., asking that the limited price on Quaker Oats be abolished, has been circulated among the Chicago job- bing trade during the past week. The American Cereal Co. claim that they know nothing of the petition and the one who circulated the paper would not give any information relative to his success in obtaining signatures. The limited price established by the cereal company is said to be a farce, and the company is accused of totally neglecting to impose the penalty for cutting. ——> 2. ___ Columbian Merchants Against Trading Stamps. At a meeting of the merchants of Vancouver, B. C., called to discuss trading stamps, it was generally agreed that trading stamps were not a commer- cial success, as regards the business communify, and the meeting pledged it- self to do all in its power to do away with the trading-stamp evil. A com- mittee was appointed to get the sug- gestions of retail merchants to an agree- ment to that effect. British In Favor of the Metric System. While the propaganda for the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures has made much headway in @ © @® @ seem from recent consular reports that its progress here is not in keeping with 1) OOO D. Boosing : this country within the decade, it would General Commission Merchant the exigencies of foreign trade. Eng- SPECIALTIES land, we understand, says Bradstreets, has lost the Dutch market for iron and steel of certain makes to Germany, pri- marily because of the convenience in ordering goods of the Germans by the metric system—a standard of weights and measures that is fostered by the Germans and but little used by the Brit- ish. And if England has been injured ket Monday, Feb. 26: by its non-use perhaps we have been, | iii yw e~e too. At any rate, the information con- | @ tained in a report from the British Con- . © © © © © © @ @ oS) @ @ © © © © Butter Eggs Poultry Beans Ruling prices on the Buffalo mar- 7p Pte... ......... 17 @20 e Fowls, dressed... .... 10 @10%e sul at Amsterdam to the effect that the Chickens............... 104@12 c German manufacturers of iron and steel — ee have adopted a uniform scale of dimen- Turkeys.......... .....9 @il e sions based on the metric system, for articles of universal consumption at home and abroad, should not go un- heeded by American manufacturers. Some of these articles, angle iron of all descriptions, for instance, and flanged ea boiler ends, are made of certain sizes, 154 Michigan Street, distinguished by simple marks and numbers. Thus German manufacturers Buffalo, New York. are enabled not only to promise prompt GOQOOQOOOC OOOS 10000O0HOOOOE: shipments, but to make them. If our market is satisfactory, ship. Correspondence solicited. GQOQODOHOODD®D HHQOHOODOOHDO© HOHOOOQOODODO© § HOOQODOOO® 9HOOOOK ee MACKEY & WILLIAMS, f Dealers in i { BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, POULTRY, Eve. ; 62 W. MARKET & 125 MICHIGAN STS. BUFFALO, N. Y. Creamery good demand. Fresh Eggs steady. Poultry firm, excellent deman REFERENCES: The City National Bank, Buffalo: Berlin Heights Banking Co., Berlin Heights, Ohio; National Shoe & Leather Bank, New f York; Dun & Co. and Bradstreet Agencies. f We want Dairy Butter both packed and in rolls. Fancy stock 18@2o0c. Fanc { Members of Produce Exchange. Established 1887. Long Distance Phone Seneca 1081. SS SE WB BB. ES SS DBR ee ‘ GLEASON & LANSING, Wholesale dealers in j BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, BEANS AND f DRESSED POULTRY BUFFALO, N. Y. f f We want all the above goods we can get, as we have the trade to take them at full market quotations, with quick . account sales and check. References: Buffalo Cold Storage Co., Merchants Bank, Buffalo, N. Y., : Dun’s and Bradstreet’s. SR SES ES SR DBR POO 00OS 00000000 00000000 00000000 IF YOU ARE SHIPPING POULTRY VEAL, EGGS, ROLL BUTTER, ETC. : you are sure of prompt sales at highest prices and prompt remittances always. That means us. POTTER & WILLIAMS 144, 146, 148 MICHIGAN ST., BUFFALO.N. Y. ESTABLISHED 23 YEARS OOS OSGOOD OGGSA ODDO bb bo by bn by bo br bn by by bn bn br br by by bn by bn bp Gp bn bp bp bn tp FOF FOF FFP VF GOOF VOI FFI IGF FT GOFF FFIIDS GI GFIGVGOOOD | : r & to Buffalo, N. Y., why not ship to headquarters, where \ Market quotations (correct ones) every other day by mail. 4) “A 4 4 ’ Afi 4 ' ~*~ { MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 Chicago Men Unwilling to Admit Their Losses. Chicago, March 3-—It is remarkable how few people you can find who have lost money on storage eggs. It is the general impression, and everybody will agree to it, that there have been heavy losses, amounting to probably $2,000, 000 in all, but every big dealer that you talk to says that he got out just in time to save himself. The losses are, no doubt, by the car-lot shippers in the country. Take some shippers of this class, and they will not deny, probably, that they lost money on eggs, and that rather heavily. From all information gathered’ on South Water street | am led to believe that none of the dealers, with perhaps one exception, lost much on_ storage eggs. Every man familiar with the business knows the price at which eggs went in was too high and that there was but one way to get from under, and that was to sell out as quickly as_ possible. It was generally believed that C. H. Weaver & Co. had very heavy holdings and lost money, but Barney Kilbourne states that his firm was entirely out of the egg deal by December 1, and.did not have a dollar’s loss on their storage stock. This is the history of nearly all the big dealers. A few of the smaller people had a few hundred cases of eggs on which they did not make any money, but lost little. From a very reliable source it is stated that Armour & Co., who were large storers, got out of the deal by Thanksgiving and were not lous- ers. It seems to be generally understood that the Western Cold Storage Company lost money on eggs. Manager Mooney states that the losses were small. This house advanced liberally on eggs and bought many for customers on which they could not come out whole. In the future this will not be a feature of this house. C. H. Weaver & Co. now control a cooler at Omaha and one at Minneapo- lis. Mr. Kilbourne stated that these coolers would not affect their storage in Chicago materially. It is reasonable to believe that with coolers at these im- portant points, where eggs can be sent at a less freight than to Chicago, Weav- er & Co. will use large space for eggs and butter in the new places. Armour & Co. will not store with the coolers this season. They have a new store room at the yards which will hold 125,000 cases of eggs, 50,000 tubs of but- ter and 2,000,000 pounds of dressed poul- try. A similar plant to this is building at Omaha and is just reaching comple- tion. It will exactly duplicate the Chi- cago cooler so far as capacity is con- cerned, and Armour will store his own eggs this year in these two places. This gives him a total of 250,000 cases, and there is little doubt that he will fill it, as the big packers are reaching out ex- tensively for butter, egg and poultry business. With this new capacity for Chicago storage there will be room here for 1,000,000 cases of eggs this year. Whether or not this will be filled is a question. The men who have their money in the plants will probably make an inducement for egg men to fill up the space, and that is likely to cut the storage price. Last season the Western charged forty-five cents a case, the Mon- arch thirty-five cents, and the Drueker thirty cents. There is money in stor- age at the latter price and it would sur- prise no one to see storage space offered this year for twenty-five cents a case. There is too much storage room in this city for the good of the egg trade. ‘The one burning question is, what will eggs go in at this season?—Egg Reporter. 2. ___ Growing Pineapples Under Cover in Florida. Orlando, Fla., March 1—Orlando is the center of the pineapple industry of this section. Mahlon Gore, formerly of Kalamazoo, who has become interested in the matter, says that the acreage here will reach 150 acres. A pineapple farm is called a pinery, and there are several within the corporate limits of Orlando. All of the patches are inclosed with a high board fence, cleated, and the whole of it is covered. A light frame structure is built on posts, and on stringers nar- row boards, three inches wide, are nailed, there being an open space of like width between the boards. This is called a half covering. Some of the patches have no other protection from the cold snaps which have been spread- ing consternation among some of the Florida fruit growers. Most of them, however, are more ex- pensively cared for. To set out an acre in plants and give them a half covering costs $1,500. Mr. Sperry says that from seven-eighths of an acre he cleared $2,000 after everybody in Orlando had said his plants had been killed by frost. The more expensive pineries have a muslin covering over the boards. There is near here a seven-acre inclosure of this description. At numerous points in the pinery are places to build wood fires, which are set going when the cold wave flag is run up. In still other pin- eries sheet iron stoves are used, pipes conveying the smoke through the cover- ing. In these stoves coke is used for fuel. This is considered quite an ad- vantage over the wood fire, as by that means smoke spreads through the in- closure, blackening the plants until one would think they had received a coat of lampblack. Two years ago the entire State had less than too acres under cover. The leading variety here is the smooth Cay- enne, which averages from four to nine pounds. Some of them weigh eleven and twelve. The plants are started from a small sucker which appears below the fruit. There are from 8,000 to 10,000 plants to the acre and from 80 to 90 per cent. will bear fruit within two years. Cultivation is to keep the beds clear of weeds. The fruit is shipped in crates, size 22 by 24 by 12, the apples packed in excelsior. The freight by express to Chicago is about $3 per 100. Most of the product is being shipped to New York. There is no regular season for pineap- ples. The fruit is kept coming at all seasons of the year. Individual stockholders of the Stand- ard Oil Company have made heavy _in- vestments down here in pineries and orange groves.- The freeze of 1895 killed the latter and the groves here- abouts consist of the old trees which have sprouted from the roots, the growth being tall and thick. Little effort seems to have been made to get the trees thus formed into bearing condition, repeti- tion of the cold weather discouraging such attempts. Most of the devastating raids of the frost have been made in re- cent years. Mr. Gore says that the first serious freeze in the remembrance of the peo- ple occurred in 1835. Fifty years after- ward, 1885, the blossoms and fruit were killed and ten years later, in Decem- ber, 1895, the fruit was again subjected to an icy blast, and in February, 1896, came the worst disaster, the cold, freez- ing weather killing the trees to the roots, the cold wave catching them in the act of putting forth their foliage and fruit. Since this visitation this section has never revived the industry. —Chi- cago Record. fn eT ul A remarkable feat was ceumglikad last month by an Iowa incubator manu- facturer who had engaged room in Mechanics building to exhibit the incu- bators at the Boston poultry show. The eggs were started to incubate December 27, and so arranged as to hatch on diff- erent days of the show. January 13 the incubators were shipped by express a distance of 1,400 miles, including 2 wagon transfer of two miles in Chicago over cobble-stone streets. The incuba- tors were equipped with an ingenious automatic appliance._to regulate the tem- perature, so that the manufacturer had nothing to contend with in that direc- tion by having the machines exposed to varying temperatures on the journey. The machines contained 1,500 eggs and produced over a thousand chickens. Al- though these chickens are of humble Western parentage, they have the proud distinction of being born amid all the splendors and refined culture of the ** Hub, ’’ > Beans and Potaotes Wanted Wire, ‘phone or write us what you have to offer. Mail us your orders for Oranges, Nuts, Figs, Dates, Apples, Cider, Onions, etc. The best of every- thing for your trade at close prices. e The Vinkemulder Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. eee , LAUHOFF BROS. take pleasure in announcing to the retail merchants of Michigan that their representative will call soon to explain the merits of their new food products, Peas f Flaked | Beans ) ' Rice Our selling representative for Western Michigan is B. H. Moore, of Grand Rapids. SE RE BR SP we GBR RE ee TE SSeS SSS SJ Sef S=eee=eFe= : BEANS W We are in the market for all kinds, white or colored, good or poor, car lots or less; also Wy CULL BEANS AND SCREENINGS If any to sell send good size sample, state quan- f tity, and we will make bid for them. ALFRED J. 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Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the age sor ag until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpirTor. WEDNESDAY, - - MARCH 7, 1900. STATE OF MICHIGAN { gg. County of Kent John DeBoer, being duly sworn, de- poses and says as follows: am pressman in the office of the Tradesman Company and have charge of the presses and folding machine in that establishment. I printed and_ folded 7,000 copies of the issue of Feb. 28, 1g00, and saw the edition mailed in the usual manner. And further deponent saith not. John DeBoer. Sworn and subscribed before me, a notary public in and for said county, this third day of March, 1900. Henry B. Fairchild, Notary Public in and for Kent County, Mich. A QUEER LOT. For a good many years the United States has been making overtures to the republican government of South Amer- ica. They have not met with unquali- fied success. There have been misun- derstandings and bickerings, jealousies and faulting, time out of mind, and the attitude of the whole continent is not one of peace and good will towards the Great Republic. It is natural, perhaps, that the grow- ing strength in territory and political importance of this country should awaken distrust among our weaker neighbors, but as the years go by and they have had an opportunity to be- come acquainted with us and to study us their aversion has not lessened. They still stand on guard. They are watch- ing with eager interest every move on the political chessboard; and, whether we compel Spain to stop tormenting Cuba or force the Philippines into be- havior becoming to a people who have received the greatest of favors, the South American republics are fearful that in the end the expansion movement of the United States is intended to take in the whole of the Western World. This idea comes to the surface when- ever a move is made in regard to the isthmus canal. The government of Nicaragua is not yet convinced that it will be exactly safe to dispose of her sovereignty over the territory to this country and Costa Rica is very doubtful as to the outcome of a similar action on her part. Central America has been fear- ful that the construction and control of the canal by the United States would end in the extension of American sov- ereignty over the isthmus; and if this feeling has been at all allayed it is due to the belief that the canal will be neu- tralized and its neutrality insured by the maritime nations and that under these circumstances the absorption of their territory is impossible. The same feel- ing seems to prevail throughout the Southern peninsula and this, in con- nection with their evident determina- tion to keep their distance, has induced their Northern neighbors to look upon them as ‘‘a queer lot.’’ They are queer. As nations they seem to have no standing and no stability. Revolutions are as common with them as in France, and for the same reason. National progress is slow. As republics they do not develop republican life and character. They do not forge to the front in the arts. Education does not thrive with them. Civilization seems to be stunted and there is a lack of the ability to practice the modern gospel of ‘*Get there!’’ which is so prominent a feature of the people of the United States. In fact, they are the legitimate descendants of the old Roman Empire and it is much to be doubted if there exists, in any of the races which trace their parentage to that origin, anything which can be worked up into good re- publican material as we consider that material now. It will be said that cli- mate plays an important part. It doubt- less does, together with other features which might be mentioned ; but the old Roman stock, like the old Roman Em- pire, has passed away. The Mediter- ranean is no longer the earth’s commer- cial sea and the peoples which dwell upon its banks and the children of those peoples are not able successfully to carry on the world’s work which the At- lantic and the Pacific are _ insisting upon. For centuries the Teuton blood and the Latin have flowed side by side through the same channels, but they do not mingle. They are still distinctly Teuton and Latin. They do not know each other. They can not understand each other; and when we do not un- derstand we suspect. So, then, when the modern Latin blood, as it is devel- oped in the South American republics, sees afar off the sturdy Teuton, nimble in brain and brawn, the old thought that throbbed in the heart of his ancestor, the degenerate Roman, throbs in his and the old fear, transmitted to him through centuries of generations, forces him to see that portion of history re- peated where the Goth and the Vandal came down in their invincible might from the North and possessed themselves of the Southern territory. If time continues long enough it may be that the modern Latin and the Amer- ican branch of the Anglo-Saxon family may so far come to know each other that the one may cease to fear and the other to wonder. Trade, which has done so much to bring peoples together, has here more work to do. A common interest, which commerce is sure to create, may lead each to see the other’s better side. {f the South American can so far forget the training that his Span- ish mother has given him as to_ believe that the American promise made is as good as that promise kept, and that he must himself see to it that his own word is as good as his bond, an acquaintance, wholesome to both, will have begun. Confidence will take the place of dis- trust. The Latin will begin to under- stand what a republic is and to put that understanding into practice. The Yan- kee will find out that his Southern neighbors have qualities as sterling as his own but of a different type and will then admit that they are not such ‘‘a queer lot’’ after all. When that time comes Central America and _ Sotth America will have no fear of Northern expansion and will trust implicitly to the magnanimous spirit that has set Cuba free and unshackled the Philip- pines. children shouting clear IN FREE. It is a game of childhood. It brings back the schoolhouse and the well- known hiding-places; the barn and _ the limitless resources of concealment which that building possesses. There are glimpses of orchards with buds flushing with the promise of coming spring. There are pictures of uplands and _ low- lands, of country roads and lanes with dead grass patched with snow; and across these fields come the voices of and strong, In free !’’ It is hardly necessary to say that the game was over when that cry was heard. General disapproval stabbed the air from hiding-places near and far. What was the use of troubling one’s self to ‘*In free! find a good hiding-place for nothing?’ What was the use of playing if you were not going to play? What was the fun of coming ‘‘in free’’ when a fellow wasn't asking odds and wasn’t wanting odds and was sure of the game by trusting to his wits and heels? It was only the weak and lazy that played that game, and with ‘‘in free’’ repeated by scornful lips the boys left disgusted. The life had been taken out of the game when there was no longer anything to fear or hope for and the way from _hid- ing-place to goal was covered with forceful expressions of ridicule and con- tempt. The players of that game have long been scattered. They are filling their places in the world where chance and circumstance and theirown efforts have placed them. The professions have claimed a few; some are farmers ‘‘on the old farms’’ their fathers tilled and the rest are tradesmen. All are busy in doing their part of the world’s work and all have proven again and again the fact of the old complaint: the life is taken out of the game when there is nothing to fear or hope for. Few, if any, now they are ‘‘it,’’ are wasting any breath in shouting, ‘‘In free!’’ and the places they have made for them- selves bear testimony to the fact that none of them have taken advantage of the ignominious condition and_ so ‘*touched goal.’’ It 1s pleasing to write this because, in spite of frequent statements to the contrary, the business of this country is based upon sterling integrity. There are men who are willing to take what- ever comes their way, if it comes as the air and the sunshine do; there are others who are willing to take some- thing for nothing, and others still who work for that result: but the people of the United States are honest and are willing to live by their wits only when at work in legitimate callings. Unfor- tunately, in dealing with other nations, there has come too often to the surface a piece of sharp practice until the minor and base element indulging in it has given a bad name to the superior ma- jority and we are classed as a nation of sinners. This reputation is beginning to tell against us, so that, like the cheats of the Latin story, the Americans, even when bearing gifts, are looked upon with suspicion. The American com- modity, when brought into competition with goods from other countries, does not receive the same price. Here isa case in hand: Tasmania, a_ province of Australia, has been shipping apples to England. America has long been do- ing the same thing; but the American must stand by and see the Tasmanian fruit sold for three times what his own fruit receives, because,American fruit is a doubtful article. The fruit from Aus- tralia comes in better form. It keeps better. Down in the middle of the bar- rel no gnarly apples are smuggled in. It is what is pretends to be all through, good first-class fruit, packed by an hon- est man, who gets a first-class price for it because it is exactly what it is sold for. There is no desire here of getting a high price for stuff that’ is worthless and the man or the nation who has re- ceived that once must suffer for it. He got ‘‘in free’’ early in the game; but it is no longer worth the playing. If this idea of cheating—there are milder words but this is best—were con- fined to apples the instance would point its moral and be forgotten; but it is not a single instance. Australian butter un- folds its ‘‘golden glory’’ in England at 25c a pound and the same article—shall we call it giltedged?—-from the United States has to be satisfied with 2ICc. There is no need of telling why. It is almost a capital offense to hint even at canned beef; but, widened to other canned goods, it may be safe to say that it has been found possible to cheat in that class of merchandise. These col- umns have had occasion to state their opinion pretty squarely on the filled cheese iniquity ; and it has long been a standing joke, poor as it is, that Amer- ican wine, to pass muster, must travel to France for its label. There is no use to mince matters. To turn to practical account a well-known phrase, the com- mercial cheat can’t cheat all his custom- ers all the time and when his villainy has become so common as to put him off his guard he goes ‘‘in free’’ and that is the last of him. The question comes up of necessity : Must this country put up with this cheating business by the unscrupu- lous few when the trading world as a whole is honest? The government of New South Wales, understanding the wickedness of the modern Anglo-Saxon as he has there developed, and not de- siring the odium which comes from that sort of cheating, has established public warehouses where goods con- forming to rigid requirements receive the official brand. That settles the question. Whether this Government is ready to do the same thing remains to be seen. If it shall be decided that this country is not ready to take that stand it may be well enough for the honest trading majority, for their own protec- tion, to resort to that means of defense, or something like it. Some method should be devised whereby the commer- cial cheat may alone reap the result of his. meanness and alone suffer for his dishonesty. In time the reputation of American goods now entertained in too many parts of the world by that means would be changed. Something in that direction has been done in the inspec- tion of meat. As the matter now stands there is little hope of successful compe- tition in the markets of the world for American products and before indulg- ing in any more talk about foreign trade it would be better to devise some way to supply that trade with goods worth sell- ing and that when sold would be found to be exactly what they were sold for. Not only is honesty the best policy, but it is the only basis upon which any suc- cessful competition can be carried on with the other nations of the earth. Any other policy, like the ‘‘in free’’ of childhood, will take the life out of the business and that will be the end of it. When a candidate puts himself in the hands of his friends, they should have complete control of his mouth. SS “A od MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 CLIMATIC PHENOMENA. Every time there is an uusuaily low temperature experienced in any part of the country, somebody declares in the papers that the climate generally is changing and that the winters are grow- ing colder. When the records of history are ap- pealed to, it is seen that there is no foundation for such a statement. It is true that, at irregular intervals, seasons of unusual severity have been noted, and sometimes they have exerted serious effects upon human affairs; but there is no evidence whatever of any steady lowering of the winter temperatures in any country where records have been kept, and, if the testimony suggests any conclusion, it is that, even in the his- toric period, the winters have decreased in severity, although it is most likely that there has been no actual systematic decrease. Some of the recorded facts are ex- tremely interesting, and it will be worth while to mention a few. For instance, in A. D. 4o1 the Black Sea was frozen over for twenty days. From October, 763, to February, 764, the Hellespont was frozen at Constantinople. In 1035, n England, freezing weather in mid- summer destroyed the fruits of the earth. In 1294, 1323, 1402, 1426, 1460 and 1548, the Baltic and the seas around Denmark were frozen. In 1658, Charles X.,of Sweden, crossed, with his army of infantry, cavalry and artillery, on the ice from Holstein to Denmark. Many other dates are given when there were extreme winters in Europe, one of which was the severe cold in Russia _ in 1812, which cost Napoleon’s army the loss of 400,000 men. Many other instances could be men- tioned of cold visitations of great sever- ity, some of which occurred in the United States, but enough has been said to show that there are no evidences of steadily increasing cold during the his- toric period; but there have been from time to time, and at irregular intervals, visitations of unusual cold, and like- wise of undue heat, as well as seasons of extracrdinary drought, and of severe and destructive floods from rainfall. Efforts have been made to connect the unusual weather phenomena with sun spots, with planetary conjunctions and with other physical circumstances; but nothing satisfactory has been elicited on the subject and the science of to-day re- mains wholly ignorant of the causes of these great meteorological changes. It would be of enormous value to the hu- man race if calamitous visitations of cold, droughts, floods and the like could be known beforehand, as is related of the seven years of drought and crop fail- ure and famine in Egypt in the days of Pharaoh ; but such climatic phenomena are beyond the reach of modern meteor- ology, and, therefore, no provision can be made against their coming. There is good reason to believe that there have been at periods vastly an- terior to any historic era most radical changes of climate upon our planet. It is evident that in the time which geol- ogists have termed the glacial age there was a covering of ice extending from the north pole far down below the north- ern line of the United States. It, how- ever, long ago disappeared, and some such condition exists at the south- ern pole of the earth, which is covered by ice fields and mountains extending northward a thousand miles from the pole and rendering the region so locked in ice entirely impenetrable by man, at least up to the present time, and there! is no evidence that the southern ice cap is inhabited by men of any race. The north pole of the earth, on the contrary, has a milder climate and a very much smaller ice tract, permitting the ap- proach of man to within a few hundred miles, while a considerable population resides within the north polar zone. The Hindoos, who possess ancient chronological records and mathematica] calculations which reach back into pre- historic antiquity, claim that there is no permanency in the inclination of the poles of the earth to the ecliptic, which is the plane of the sun’s equator. This angle of inclination is now about 23% degrees; but the Sanskrit mathemati- cians claim that, operating through a vast period of time, this inclination of the earth’s axis increases until it makes an angle with the ecliptic of 90 degrees. The movement goes on until finally the south pole becomes the north pole of the earth. The movement does not stop here, but continues until the earth, after making a complete somersault, returns to the position from which it started, so that in due course the polar regions have become equatorial, and the tropics have been subjected to all the extreme of polar cold, thus by turns giving every zone of the earth ail the changes of climate from one extreme to another. Such a fanciful scheme of astrophysics does not appear to the common observer very plausible, but it is not much more difficult to accept than the theory that claims that the sun is a mere physical fire which is steadily burning up all its combustible contents, and that it has al- ready most seriously declined in heat and light, and that finally it will be burned out and relapse into cold and darkness, carrying its black gloom and immeasurable chill to all the other planets which revolve around and de- pend on it, and are kept alive by its benign influences. They will all be dead worlds, the remains of a ruined universe, testifying to the finiteness and impending end of all created things. Let those who can take comfort in the notion of universal destruction. Vastly more will rejoice in the faith that the great universe will continue forever to fulfill its functions, and that the salva- tion of human souls, which is one of the divine mysteries in which the angels are said to delight, will continue co- existent with the duration of the uni- verse and the designs of divine benevo- lence. No one who has not seen a kopje_ can easily realize it. “It is not a_ hill so much as the stump of a hill—what is left of it after ages of denudation; but the special feature of it is that it is al- most invariably covered with a breast- work of bowlders. Tropical torrents have washed away the earth and all the soluble components of the rock, and what is left consists of heaps and lines of detached masses of sandstone, iron- stone or granite. The kopjes are the Boer’s fortifications, and he has any number of them. Why should a man deny himself pleas- ures in youth that he may live toa ripe old age? Ifhe is poor, his relatives are not glad that he has solved the secret of longevity, and if he is wealthy and well insured, he can’t die any too soon. It makes one tired to hear an old man say things are not as they used to be. It is a real good thing that they are not. Figures do not lie when placed in the right columns. THE AGE OF YOUNG MEN. The almost universal introduction of steam and electricity as the transmitters of news, the transporters of merchandise and the movers of machinery has not only wrought a revolution in methods of business, but they demand an extreme alertness of intelligence and an extreme promptness of action, as well as the ut- most fidelity to duty. When the ma- chinery is set in motion, it must be im- mediately utilized, lest the power go to waste, and at the same time the men who have the care of steam and electric motors can only neglect them at the peril of great danger to life and prop- erty. To be up-to-date means that, in order to compete in business to-day, one must be provided with the very latest im- provements in machinery and methods, and they must be used with the greatest intelligence and activity. A writer in the London National Review, com- menting on the situation, declares that England is suffering because she is_ be- hind the age in manufacturing and_ in- dustrial affairs, citing the following in- stances: Over our industrial heads hangs the sword of Damocles. Coal and iron--the very essentials of the machin- ery trade—-are now cheaper by far in Pennsylvania than in Barrow or Mid- dlesborough. Wages are cheaper when the greater productiveness of the Ameri- can workman is taken into account. The trade in light machine tools has al- ready almost irrevocably passed from our hands to America. The trade in heavy steam engines is passing from us to Winterthur, Zurich and Berlin. All the best printing machinery is imported from the United States, and you can gauge the up-to-dateness of a paper by asking whether its machines come from that quarter. The trade in cycles, which we for a brief while monopolized, has been lost. You never see an English cycle in Switzerland, France, Germany or Italy. Even in the construction of ships, whether for commercial or mili- tary use, Germany and the United States now claim that they can build as cheaply, as efficiently and as rapidly as ourselves. A United States firm, with the express purpose of démonstrat- ing this, will this year deliver in twenty-two months from date of laying down to completion, a large Russian battle-ship, a feat which England has never surpassed. German firms are de- livering medium-sized cruisers in eighteen months from the date of laying down. A German-built destroyer holds the record for speed on trial, as a Ger- man-built liner holds the record for the Atlantic passage. The building of the Atbara bridge, and the capture of an enormous trade in locomotives by the United States are further signs which no wise man can overlook. This condition of affairs has furnished to the writer quoted a theme which he proposes as showing the reason of Eng- land’s apparent decline. It is because England is not, in his opinion, up to date, and the reason he gives for it is that in both civil and military affairs, the men who are at the head are too old. With our business propelled by steam and electricity, only the best intellectual activity will suffice to meet the demands they make. Not only must those to whom the responsibility of leadership and control are given be up to date in knowledge and promptness, but they must be able to look ahead. It is not enough to see the present ; one must be able to forecast the future. The writer, citing the men who con- tro] the fortunes of the British Empire to-day, mentions the fact that nearly every man in the civil administration of the government is over 60 years of age, while only four general officers in the war department are under that age. already: General French, the dashing cavalry commander, is the youngest, and next to him is Lord Kitchener, the hero of the Soudan. In contrast with the names given, those of the great civilians and soldiers who so ably served England in a_ generation sented : Pitt was a boy when he was sum- moned to the administration of affairs, on the eve of the greatest struggle in which our country has ever engaged. Wolfe was only 42 when he laid down his noble life on the Heights of Abra- ham. Nelson was 39 when the victory of the Nile stamped him as ‘‘our great- est sailor since the world began.’’ Wel- lington was 34 when he commanded at Assaye, and only 40 when he opened the Peninsular war as Commander-in- Chief of a great army. John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, was 52 when he took the field for his first campaign as Generalissimo in Flanders. Cromwell, the greatest soldier and organizer our ‘country has ever produced, was 46 when he won Naseby. The Duke of Cumber- land was not 25 when he became Com- mander-in-Chief; some months later he went to an army demoralized by defeat, and in a few weeks lifted it to confi- dence and victory. It may be mentioned that in the American civil war, at its commence- ment, General Grant was 39 years old; Sherman, 41; Sheridan, 30. It is worthy of mention that, at the beginning of the war for American independence, Washington was 44, while Jefferson was 33, Hancock 39, and Franklin was_ 70. Most of the leaders in the great Ameri- can struggles were young, or certainly not old. When Frederick the Great commenced his military career he was 30 years old. Napoleon was 27 when he commenced the invasion of Italy. If we go back to antiquity, it will be seen that Hannibal, one of the greatest soldiers that ever lived, was 28 when he invaded Rome. Caesar was 42 when he made his great campaign in Gaul, and Alexander was 22 when he_ invaded Asia. Some of the great commanders were old men, but they were exceptions. Young men have been the world’s great- est soldiers. In any department of life, youth does not necessarily mean up-to-dateness, nor does age mean the lack of it. The simple fact is that, in this wonderful age of machinery and the practical ap- plication to the purposes of daily life of scientific discovery, men are needed who keep abreast of the times and know how to utilize all the improved facili- ties that are available. Up-to-dateness is just the opposite, the antithesis, of old-fogyism. Alertness, promptness, enterprise and firmness of purpose are what are needed for success in any walk of life or line of business to-day. Any people who fail in these qualities will be left behind. ‘This is a fast age. ahead are thus pre- Charles Henry Gibbs is believed to draw a smaller salary than any other of the many thousand men in the Govern- ment employ. He is keeper of an abandoned lighthouse on Nantucket is- land and receives $1 per year for his services. He has a poultry farm there, is very comfortably situated and appears to enjoy his life thoroughly. When a congressman comes home to look after his fences, he likes to re- fer to Washington as his “‘ post of duty,’’ as if he stood on guard all the time while there with a loaded shotgun to protect the rights of his constituents. The men who smoke good cigars and drink good beer go to beer saloons. The men who smoke cigarettes and drink absinthe go crazy. Fa tee ERE NC ERS NON ig eee I na ea eae bla aI ER Fats 9 GONE Ba Na ar BE AES a a : i i t } sb tert Ansan Ret ane asloameinspiy ate 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Meat Market Consumption Decreasing, but Eating of Beef Increasing. Speaking of the recent decision of a special committee appointed by the Legislature of New York State to en- quire into the subject of tuberculosis, and which decision was that ‘‘tubercu- losis is rarely transmitted from beast to man,’’ one of our exchange editors says: ‘Much the same position in relation to bovine tuberculosis is taken by the dairymen and stock breeders of Illinois. These to the number of several hun- derd, met recently in Chicago, and de- clared that the tuberculin tests of the State Live Stock Board were failures. They adopted resolutions condemning the tests and appointed a committee to request the Governor to raise the quar- antine with reference to tuberculosis and to recommend to the next Legislature such action as would bring relief. ‘It has never been proved,’ they said in their resolutions, ‘that tuberculosis is transmissible from man to bovine or from bovine to man; neither has_ it been shown that the disease has ever been communicated through the prod- ucts of the cow, either in beef, butter, milk, or cheese. On the contrary,’ they declared, ‘statistics prove that consump- tion in the human family is decreasing, while the use of dairy products is in- creasing, indicating that the human family is not contracting the disease through the use of dairy products. No other class is so free from the disease as the farmer, who is much of his time with his cattle, and who eats freely of the products of the dairy.’ The con- demnation by the New York committee of the compulsory slaughter of cattle under the tuberculin test was noted with approval, and a recommendation, like that in New York, was made that the application of tuberculin be restricted to cases where the owner of the animal applies for it.’’ —_—_» 0. Trotters a la Butcher. From the N. Y. Butchers’ Advocate. It is a well-known fact that the French are the most expert cooks. With almost nothing they get up the most delicious dishes, the most: appetizing gravies. Give a French cook a dozen chicken heads and a few feet, and he will turn out a soup fit for the finest table. The Parisian butcher i§ a butcher and cook combined, and all sorts of delicacies and little side dishes are to be found in his shop, one of which is_ sheep trotters, prepared as follows: - Procure a dozen sheep trotters; scald well until all the hair can be readily scraped off, after which singe well to remove the fine white hairs; tie them in bunches of three each to keep straight while cook- ing, and cook in salted water whitened with flour, after which drain, and re- move shank bone. Put the trotters in a saucepan with a quart of sauce, a glass of white wine, salt and pepper; stir five minutes, and finish with a gravy of four egg yolks, four ounces of butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice; mix well and serve. This popular dish is often to be found on the finest tables in the coun- try. On account of its nutritious quali- ties, and being so readily digested, it is peculiarly adapted for invalids and convalescents. ——__>02___- Laws Against Our Meats Are Meaningless. Udo Hellmann, of Hamburg, Ger- many, representing the pork and pro- vision importing firm of Julius Auer, was. in Cincinnati recently. Mr. Hellmann says that the so-called string- ent laws in Germany against American meats are rather meaningless. While they are enacted to please the agrarian party, and doubtless do prejudice some against meats, they do not discourage imports. Indeed, Mr. Hellmann says that there has been a standing offer for over two years made by the several prominent importers of American meats of 1,000 marks, or $250, for every piece of American meat in which trichinae can be found, and as_ yet there is the first case in which advantage has been taken of the offer, and no case of trichinae has been run across. Mr. Hellmann says that the apparent falling off in the demand for pork products at this time is due to the fact that there is a great deal of German pork in the market, the total number of home hogs killed there the past season being quite large. —____—_» 2 ._____ Why Americans Win. From the Electrical Review. One of the many reasons why Ameri- can manufacturers are so successfully competing in foreign markets is to be found in the following episode, which occurred recently : An American manufacturer of steam specialties was visiting an English firm which made similar goods. A certain article which both firms made was _ un- der discussion. ‘‘What is your price on this thing?’’ asked the American. ‘‘Well, in your money, about $1o,"’ replied the Englishman. ‘‘What does it cost you?’’ “Pll deliver at your door all you want at $7 apiece,’’ said the American. ‘*How in the world do you do it?”’ ‘‘Well, I'll illustrate,’’ answered the American. ‘‘Look out of that window and across the street. See that man painting a sign?’’ ess ‘*He’s on a ladder, isn’t he?’’ Mies. 7 ‘‘See that other man sitting on the sidewalk holding the foot of the lad- der?”’ i ‘‘Now, in America we have ladders that stand up by themselves—don’t need a man to hold ’em. So, you see, in this instance we divide your cost of la- bor exactly by two.’’ I see,’ —>32 > —__ England Taking Less Canned Meat Now. The English government is not send- ing many orders for canned goods _ here now, and some interpret this to mean that England expects the war to end soon. We are informed that the real cause for such decrease in orders is that the British government gave out its first emergency contracts here because they could be filled more quickly, with the greater capacity of the American pack- ers, but that it has since favored its own colonies, especially Australia, from which it not only has been draw- ing its canned corned beef supplies, but also live beef largely. ee ee Something Good of Everybody. There is in Kalamazoo a certain old lady who always has a kind word for everybody, and it matters not what atrocious crime or misdemeanor one may commit this old lady finds some extenuating circumstance in the case, and some way to excuse the perpetra- tor. Her son one day, provoked by what he considered undue waste of sym- pathy, exclaimed in disgust, ‘‘ Mother, 1 do believe you would see some good in the devil himself!’’ ‘‘Well, my son,’’ quietly and quickly returned the old lady, ‘‘I only wish that you had one-half of his perseverance !’’ —____»-2—____ Not Dealing in Futures. ‘‘What do you charge fora bath?’’ asked a union cigarmaker, as he ‘en- tered the barber shop. ‘Twenty-five cents,’’ replied the tonsorial artist, ‘‘but you can have five tickets for $1.’ ‘*No, I don’t want five,’’ said the u. c. ‘‘I might not live that many years.’’ ’ remarked the Englishman._ The Bob Veal Season. The chief health board inspector of Scranton, Pa., reports that ‘‘bob’’ veal is beginning to be brought into the city by a certain class of farmers, and he has already succeeded in capturing a small amount of it, and warns the parties that prosecution will follow if he success- fully locates them. The more reputable class of butchers, says the inspector, do not handle this meat, but there are certain dealers who are willing to do so. In these cases the food inspector can only condemn and destroy the stuff, but if he succeeds in laying hands on the farmers who bring it in, he says they shall suffer. —_—___&06.______ An immoral show on the stage is no more binding than lewd balls in danc- ing places. Intelligent and respectable people are not obliged to go to them. DON’T BUY AN AWNING until you get our prices. CHAS. A. COYE, 11 Parl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Send for prices. WANTED 36 Market Street. SEESSSOSESE We are always in the market for Fresh BUTTER AND EGGS R. HIRT, JR., Detroit, Mich. OFFFSFFTFFFFSFSFSFSSF FFF FFFSFFFSFSFSSSFSSSSSSSSSPISTPISPSPISPS OLLEEEELELELEELELEEEEFELELESELELELELEELELESES LELLLE® SEHLLSSEE OL464 > All Grades of Dairy Butter Bought at a stated price on track. If you have any to offer write to-day for prices and particulars. Stroup & Carmer, 38 S. Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Citizens Phone 2530 EB BBB BOB WB SG SB. SR GU TR eR eH Geo. N. Huff & Co., f WHOLESALE DEALERS IN f Butter, Fggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc. COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED. Consignments Solicited. 74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich. wa OR SR RR UA SO BOSS SI SR GE BG GR Ewe rere CVU C CCC UV UC CUCU CUUVCUUUCVUVUUVUUUVUVU VV UVVTV VV VV VV VV VY ah bb ir bdbbbtid COMMISSION MERCHANTS, GUCGCCSTCCCCETCCCCCOCCCCTCCCCTC CTC CGDOO GEN FGFS GV > : WANTED=20' Eggs, Poultry and , Country Produce. : Our market the last week was: , Butter in tubs, 18@24c; Live Chickens, gc. , > > Fresh Eggs, 16c; Fancy Fresh W. B. STOPPARD & CO., SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. a VOC COU OOO COUN 4 4 4 q 4 4 4 4 4 q 4 q q i i i hi hi ei a i i in i nl PUVCCEC CCC CCC UCC CCC CCVCUCCUCUCUVCVCUUUCUCUCV UU UCUUCUVUUUVUVUVUV VV VVVY * PUG OOVOOs » POG OGOOWOOwe A 3 3 = 3 3 3 = 3 3 3 = 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 = 3 3 N AIVIIVEPNT NINE NTE NE NT HEP EP NTP NTP NT ESTABLISHED 1876. CHAS. RICHARDSON GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT Wholesale Fruits, General Produce and Dairy Products. 58 AND 60 W. MARKET ST. 121 AND 123 MICHIGAN ST. BUFFALO, N. Y. Unquestioned responsibility and business standing. Carlots a specialty. Quotations on our market furnished promptly upon application. MUAAMAADA ASA MA AA Jb4 444.404 Jhb AbA ANA DA 4A 244 2b4 404 Jd dd db bh Jbd 464 444 MUA MUA JUN SMU Abd JUN Jhb bd SUA db4 bd ddd AM MICHIGAN TRADESMAN How a Shirk Became a Financial Success. Written for the Tradesman. What's the matter now, boys? Fuss- ing and fuming about hard work? When you get to my age (and Harry Walsh tried to look superannuated in spite of his having not yet turned 30) you will realize what a_ privilege it is to work. But I don’t blame you much, it is only the folly of youth which controls you. 1 hope you won't make such tough work of cutting your eye teeth as I did, though. Want to hear my story? Well, 1 don’t mind telling it while you finish your cigars, especially as the train is an hour late and I have nothing else to do. To begin with, I had a_ doting mother. She thought the sun rose and set in me, as most mothers do, and, as my father died when .I was a little shaver, | received from her a double share of petting and tenderness and was left to grow up at my own sweet will. You see, my mother was left a widow with nothing except a_ little place in town. So she took care of us both by keeping’boarders. They say | was bright and attractive asa child, and of course the people in the house made a fuss over me. After all, it is not strange that much of this kind of thing made me feel that I was sum and substance of the whole thing and could do just as | pleased. I was quick to learn, so did not waste much time in study at school. 1 could have been of great help to mv mother running errands and doing some of the chores about home, but, bless me, I felt it quite beneath my dignity to do menial work. 1 did no- tice, sometimes, that my mother looked fagged out, but although she was delicate she was not a person to complain. She always had a smile for me and managed somehow to get through all the work and the endless errands without troubling me. Well, in the course of time | gradu- ated; but I didn’t have any special de- sire to do anything after that, that is, any good honest werk, and my only leaning was toward having a good time. Still, I wasn’t quite ready to sit down and fold my hands. 1 thought a clerk in a bank must have a soft snap—short hours, clean work befitting a gentle- man. I knew the cashier at one of the banks, so I applied there and got a place at $3 a week. I was a sort of aristocratic errand boy. I had copying to my heart’s content and the hours did not prove as short as I expected. There was not so much glitter behind the wire grating as there looked to be from the outside. Well, I kept plodding along feeling myself an unwilling martyr to other people’s money. The world owed .a living to such a clever fellow as my- self, so 1 schemed how to get along easy and do as little actual work as possible. I hadn’t been there long before they took in another boy to help. He wasn’t particularly prepossessing looking, but he was a_ hustler from way back. He wasn't so swift as some people I have seen, but hé was steady as a clock. He was fresh from the country and seemed perfectly willing to make a slave of himself. Always good-natured, when he finished his own work he was ready to lend a hand to the fellows who weren't through. Well, things went along this way ten months or so when the paying teller had a better offer and left. It is the custom to move up the men in their order and start a boy from the bottom. To my great surprise 1 did not go on as I ex- pected, but that measly, freckle-faced, big-eyed, bushy-haired, loose-jointed fellow from the country, upon whom I looked with contempt and patronized unmercifully, was promoted ahead of me. That cut my vanity to the quick and without waiting to cool down my temper I then and there resigned. I was in a regular hurricane when | went home and it was not my fault that the roof did not tumble down around my ears. Of course, mother was sorry and sympathized with me, but she looked on the bright side of the matter and tried to get me into better spirits. It was only a case of a tempest in a teapot, for I resigned myself quite complacently to sitting around the house. My spending money had never been limited to my meager salary, so now I simply called on my mother for more cash and_ fooled away my time smoking and reading light novels; I didn’t object to taking life easy. But I was soon worn out by the monotony of the thing. I am not sure but way down in the bottom of my heart, so far away that no one guessed my feelings, I was sneakingly ashamed of leaning my whole weight on my mother. Anyway, one morning I started out to find a position which would show off my brilliant capabilities more than in a miserable old bank. I did not let any- one know what | was aiming at, but after a week’s search I| did obtain a minor clerkship in a wholesale store. My mother was delighted and her eyes fairly sparkled as she told people how | had found the work without letting her know anything about my movements un- til | was successful; and then she dwelt on my independence, how | had asked help from no one. Now, you would think that the other experience would have taught me the needed lesson, wouldn't you? Nota bit of it. I was a tough nut.and needed to be hard knocked several times to break the rough shell of my self-esteem. In- stead of buckling down. to hard work like a man and facing the plain facts of life, I tried to evade everything that was disagreeable or unpleasant. With such a spirit I soon wore out this place. My brass, however, soon got me another position. I was to learn the goods and then travel for the company. I prided myself on having brains to carry me through without doing any of the dig- ging other men did to get on in the world. Within six weeks I was on the road. And now began a gay time for me. But just then my mother died sud- denly from a stroke of apoplexy. | drowned my grief in drink and bent all my energy in the direction of having a jolly good time with the fellows. I was popular and got ahead on my social qualities; but | did not build my trade on a firm foundation and | became more and more slack in attending to business. One of the members of the firm got wind of my goings-on and when I| returned to town one Saturday they settled up with me and gave me my waiking papers. | was head over heels in debt and the money due me was only a drop in the bucket. Therefore I took it and went in for a grand spree to forget every- thing. When I came to my senses | had noth- ing in my pocket. Again | began search- ing for work. I walked the streets of Chi- cago- for weeks until it seemed as though I knew every stone in the streets, every sign on the stores. I knew what it meant not to have a bed to sleep in and, as to eating, I have lived weeks on broken crackers supplemented occa- sionally by soup-house victuals. It was then and there I made a firm resolve never to enter a saloon again, not even for a free lunch; and, please God, | never will. After such experiences I reached a point where I was ready to wash win- dows, scrub floors, black boots or do anything else under the sun in order to earn an honest living. It seemed as though I could not hold out much long- er, yet those awful days continued to come and go. Many a time I was tempted to commit suicide, but I could not screw up courage when it came to the sticking point. At last I found a place where a porter was needed and I was only too thankful to get the job. This time I started out fair and square. 1 sought to find work instead of to “evade it and a promotion soon came. | lived within my income and paid off all my old debts. Then came an oppor- tunity to lay up money. Since then | have never had an hour's illness or lost a day’s work. | am still with the same firm. Financially lam pretty well fixed. This is my last trip out before | become a partner in the business. Married? Not yet, but the day is set and congratulations are in order. | know one thing—if 1 ever have little fellows of my own they shall be put through the mill and never know the meaning of the word ‘‘shirk.”’ Do you want to see my Bible? These slips of paper are not much to look at, but they go everywhere with me and | intend to live and die by them: ‘*Thou shalt not live without work.’’ ‘‘Blessed are the workers for they shall know the meaning of inward peace and strength.’’ r i ale i of ee || i| | | | hia BETTER THAN EVER. SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS MANUFACTURED BY H. VAN TONGEREN, HOLLAND, MICH. 5C. CIGAR. WORLD’S BEST Ss re fwd 0 eo) W ALL JOBBERS AND G.J JOHNSON CIGARCO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee H. M. Reynolds & Son, Manufacturers of | Asphalt Paints, Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch. 2 and 3 ply and Torpedo Gravel Ready Roofing. Galvanized Iron Cornice. Sky Lights. and Contracting Roofers. Grand Rapids, Mich. Office, 82 Campau st. Factory, 1st av. and M. C, Ry. 2OO0O000000060006006660066904F 6666600000060 00000000 ESTABLISHED 1868 0900000000008 Sheet Metal Workers Detroit, Mich. Foot 1st St. 00000000 FATA cae The old fashioned ginger snap in the brown paper bag is not in it with in the moisture proof box. Ask your grocer for a package to-day. Made only by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, Makers of the famous Uneeda Biscuit. ~ SEF tr Oe Bate Jinjer Wayfer x we ee 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather How Can the Retailer Best Secure an Advance ? At the increased price of shoes how can a retailer best secure an advance from his customers? Perhaps the most natural answer to this question is: Simply mark up the price and get it. But the purchasing public generally manifests a decided antipathy to having its outcome in- creased in sucha manner. And, as it is well known tlfat successful selling largely depends on keeping the cus- tomer’s good will it seems an opportune time to consider how the relative change of price and quality can be introduced with the least friction. In considering the subject we must take into account that the different classes will present several phases of the problem, for instance, those who never expect to pay more than the minimum price for an article—that is, the lowest price at which it has ever been quoted to them without regard to circumstances—and any attempt to get more for it causes them to feel that they are victims of ex- tortion, and converts them into wild- eyed anarchists, with inclinations to wade in the gore of capitalists, trust magnates, etc., with perhaps a_ few drops of the blood of the innocent retail- er thrown in. Then there are the people who always buy a shoe at a fixed price, having set- tled in their minds that anything less will not supply the quality and any- thing higher would be an evidence of extravagance on their part and extortion on that of the seller; and who are so familiar with the general characteristics of this grade of shoes that any great de- viation in quality will attract their at- tention and condemnation. Now each of these and several other classes, with their endless combinations and_varia- tions, have to be dealt with and the sit- uation explained to some extent at least, and the question is how it can best be done without arousing that feeling of antagonism already referred to. Were shoe customers all people of business instincts and training the mat- ter would be simpler, and would prac- tically resolve itself into the best method of convincing them that the rise was an actual fact, but as human nature is it seems best to employ a certain amount of tact and discrimination without in the least attempting any deception in the way of making the customers be- lieve that they are to continue to receive the old value at the former price. The very fact that the rise in prices is not confined to the line of goods under dis- cussion can be used as a buffer between the sensitive feelings of the customer and the hard fact of rise in price. I have noticed a casual reference to the fact that Pennsylvania or some other raitroad has just bought a year’s sup- ply of rails at several times the price per ton that they had formerly paid,and considered themselves smart for doing so, entirely revolutionize the aspect of negotiations with a difficult custom- er and convert him from the feeling that he is being imposed on to proud consciousness that he is having an op- portunity to prove himself a financier and philosopher by securing the goods at the moderate advance asked. At any rate, the average buyer thinks about as much of being considered a ‘‘shrewd trader’’ as he does of actually saving money. The ideas so far advanced have to do with the treatment of the question between buyer and salesman, and I would sum them up as follows: Make the fact clear that higher prices prevail and must prevail as an adjunct of better times; that the most shrewd and careful buyers are paying the advances in near- ly all lines, and then point out how little this advance actually amounts to on the small amount in question—ten or fifteen cents on a pair of rubbers—twenty-five to fifty on shoes, etc., concluding with the hope that perhaps goods will be bet- ter now that the price has risen. Then comes the fully as important question of changes of lines and_ stock. I do not believe that it is wise to con- tinue old lines entirely at a uniform ad- vance of selling price as this will result in making the advance too apparent to the customer and giving opportunity for competitors less open and frank in their methods. I think the better way is to try and substitute lines one grade higher than those formerly sold. That is, if you have been pushing lines at $1.25, $2 and $3, advertise and push those at $1.50, $2.50 and $3.50. In that case you will be giving better goods than ever, the full percentage of profit can be maintained, and the advance will not be so conspicuous as where it is plain- ly tacked on to the former price, an ob- ject of constant and recurring annoy- ance to both buyer and seller. The judicious use of the advertised lines will aid in diverting trade from the lower to higher grades, as many people will pay from fifty cents to $1 more for shoes with a name to them than they could be induced to do without it, and here the question of advance is eliminated, or at least partially concealed. Another point to take advantage of is that where it has been necessary to sacrifiee on all stock carried over, it will now be practica! to demonstrate that the goods of the pre- vious year’s vintage represent the great- est bargains at their original prices, es- pecially as the for once’ considerate manufacturers have refrained from making radical changes of style and the question of quality will be para- mount in the minds of the bargain seeker. Then, too, the similarity of stock and weight of sole of the summer and winter goods will facilitate the clearing out of winter shoes during the spring months without the usual reduc- tion of price, which is, of course, equiv- alent to an advance. We must not think of paying the higher prices without tak- ing steps to get at least as much profit as formerly. More will be needed in- stead of less—discounts are cut off, war taxes are put on and business expenses will increase as prices go up—and my idea is that we should take advantage of every point that the situation offers, not only to hold what we have, but to gain a little both in volume of busi- ness, and in percentage of profit. — Boots and Shoes Weekly. ———_2>2>___ Letter of Introduction. A well-known business man in Chi- cago has this to say about advertising : 1 must advertise if 1 would get results from the men on the road. Before I ad- vertised, my travelers, on entering an office, would be told: ‘‘We are not ac- quainted with your firm,’’ and in many cases found they could not secure recog- nition from the people, but as soon as I began to advertise | had a different experience. My men found it was equivalent to a letter of introduction from a mutual friend. ‘‘Oh, yes, we have noted your advertisement, and feel ac- a with your house.’’ In this in- uence alone our advertisement pays, whether we get direct orders or not. — ee Learn your business thoroughly. OOOOOOOOOOOOOGGOGHOHOHOOHOOO Little Czarina No. 21, White Quilted Silk Top, Fur Trimmed, Pat. Leather Foxed, 1 to 4, per doz., $4.80 No. 22, Brown Quilted Silk og Fur Trimmed, Brown Kid Foxed, 1 to 4, per doz., 4.80 No 23, Red Quiited Silk Top, Fur Trimmed, Red Foxed...........1to 4, per doz., 4.80 No. 24, Black Quilted Silk Top, Fur Trimmed, Pat. Leather Foxed,1 to 4. per doz., 4.80 A Quick Seller. Order now. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. 900OGOGOOOGHOHOOOOOOOOHOOHO0H Soe SS SSSSSSSSSSSSSsses Q oe Knit or Felt Boots with Boston Duck or Gum Perfec: ions. | and | - Our stock is complete. Send us your orders and they will have prompt attention. Bay State Com- : | Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., binations. | 10-22 N. lonia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. |\____________________| Agents Boston Rubber Shoe Company. Sle Sie Sie Sie Sie Sle Sle Ske Sie Sle Sie Sle Se Sle Sese | SSSSSSSSSOSSeaS Sle Sie Ske Sle Sie Sle Sie Sle Sie Sle Sle Sle Sle Sie Sle SOTTO TTT STOTT OSS TSTTTS SUTTTSOSTT TOT Are you in need of River Shoes? : We Make Them! : Our experience in making shoes of this class enables us to make a superior article, practical, durable, comfort- able. Wecut them from the best Kangaroo, Horse Hide and Calfskin leather money will buy and make them from 18 inches down to 8 inches in height. If you need anything in this line we know our shoes will please. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO., MAKERS OF SHOES, GRAND RAPIDs, MICHIGAN ALALQLLLOOLAALHOLKARL SNK NNHH NNN IHN N NON NND ANNO DNDN LQQQALQAAAKLAAAAANQHAN NNN DANND §72722222329233939993993939399993999939993393999999933999999 Lycoming fire the Best Firsts Kestones fire the Best Seconds We are now prepared to fill all orders * promptly. The sizes and toes which manu- facturers could not furnish prior to Nov. 1, are now in stock. Re | “Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeceeeceeeeceece =| Crnnonnannnnarnnngnconaronnnnoonn) | Sediesieseslesiestesiesie se slesesesesesese | SSSSSSeaeaeaaeaeeaeaaeas |! 5 ge — ‘ile ayant SAL iI MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE DOMESTIC PROBLEM. Only Trade Where Supply Is Not Equal to Demand. Written for the Tradesman. This old vexed question of how to ob- tain competent help to do the housework that we can not or will not do ourselves has as yet not been settled. The army of incompetent and soul-harrow- ing domestics is indeed appalling ; and the army of women at the mercy of this class of wage earners is even larger, for the demand is generally far in ex- cess of the supply. The average Amer- ican woman has neither the time nor the physical ability nor the inclination to do the general housework of her family, however small. Besides, no lady wants to hire untrained help and be obliged to make a heavy demand upon her time and patience to teach the girl; and so we all advertise for, and expect to get, a girl who is thoroughly competent, and we add, ‘‘No others need apply. ”’ But where is the girl to become com- petent? This knowledge is not intui- tive, it is only to be learned by experi- ence and patient repetition. We have schools where girls may learn to become good nurses, and the results are seen in the skillful care of the sick, but where is this great body of domestics to get their knowledge and skill? They come mainly from homes where good house- keeping is by no means common. We have training schools for teachers, never daring to give them the manage- ment of a school until they have had this training under competent instruc- tion. We have no-trouble whatever in obtaining all the nurses we want, all the teachers we want, all the dressmak- ers we want. Why are we always ad- vertising for competent girls to do our housework? If we would bring up this position to the level of other occupa- tions, if we would offer some induce- ment to become skilled in domestic science, if we would recognize the abso- lute necessity of some school of instruc- tion or be willing to give our own _per- sonal instruction to our help—in short, if we would be reasonable and just and businesslike we would soon have no more trouble in this department of la- bor than in any other. BR is in the art of cooking, for cook- ing is one of the fine arts, that we find the most deplorable want of knowledge. But how can it be otherwise? To be a good cook requires judgment and exper- ience. No merely mechanical processes of labor will evolve a good dinner. To be a good cook demands much more talent than to be a good seamstress or a good nurse or a good book-keeper. She must be quick of perception, correct in judgment, methodical, accurate, origi- nal in method, rapid in execution; and when we shall be willing to pay a good price to have such a cook, and shall so dignify the position as to render the conditions more desirable for holding such a position in our homes, we shall doubtless spend less time bemoaning our fate in being at the mercy of ineffi- cient help. In this age of specializing and of spe- cialties, the poor domestic is about the only one who has to know how to do, and to do, a little of everything. I had one small room finished up from an open storeroom last year. I had to hire, for that one small room, a plumber, a gasfitter, a carpenter, a mason, a lather, a painter and a paperer—seven special- ists to fix one little room! We have teachers of languages only, of mathe- matics only, of one science, as physics or botany. We have departments in our , stores, and clerks are not supposed to know anything about the stock in any other department than their own. We have a salesman to show and sell us goods, a carrier contrivance to take our money and return the change, a boy to tie up the goods and another to deliver the parcel. A merchant understands that he can not afford a skilled sales- man to do that which does not require skill; but we women want a skilled cook who will not only scrub, wash, iron, sweep, wash dishes, etc., etc., when she is not cooking, but we want her for the price that these less skilled employments are worth. In other words, we want a good cook who is willing to work at dish-washing wages. Of course, I am well aware that there is a large number of domestics who do not earn the wages they receive; but | am pro- posing a plan to eliminate that class, or rather to have them employed at some less difficult task, with appropri- ate wages. As it is now, they either impose upon us or we impose upon them: if they spoil] all our dinners we give them too much; if they are com- petent cooks they ought to command a price commensurate to other skilled la- bor. Co-operative housekeeping, or at least in the one department of cooking, would make it possible for a good cook to employ her time without doing cheap- er work and by a sharing of expense the burden would not be great upon one family. If this plan can not be made practicable and if it is not possible to keep two girls, a cook anda second girl, and if the lady herself will not see that by doing the cooking herseif she can employ cheaper help for the rest of the work—if none of these ways can he adopted | see no way out of the diffi- culty. But there is another and even more important phase of this problem that confronts us: How can we establish a more desirable relationship between the mistress of a home and the girl she employs and how can we make the occu- pation more attractive so that girls will not prefer anything else rather than that? First, I should say, do not call them servants. In our democratic age that word does not have a pleasing sound ; besides they are no more servants than the mail carrier who stops from door to door with a huge pack of mail on his back, nor the grocer who brings to the back door the groceries. When I hear a lady say, ‘‘I always teach a girl to know her place,’’ | feel quite sure she often has recourse to the want column. Sec- ond, a good way to bring about a better relationship is to show them more con- sideration. Now and then I hear some lady offer as a reason for not having been anywhere for two whole weeks that she has had no girl and is not only all tired out, but almost disgusted with life in general. 1 wonder if she ever thinks how tiring and how dull it is for her girl to spend all of her time in that same kitchen, without the stimulus that ownership furnishes and without the love that makes all labor lighter. Third, we should remember that they need some social life as well as we. Fourth, let us trust them and believe in them, even, if our confidence is sometimes abused. Nothing does so much to make a girl truthful as to believe her to be. It increases her self-respect. And let her be recognized as at least a tempor- ary member of the family. And why not introduce her to a _ neighbor or friend, the same as we might our dress- maker? It would not hurt us nor our friend and would help the girl. Why not show her that her affairs and her friends have an interest for us? Let us remember how we exert ourselves to make our guests feel at home and happy, and shall we do nothing to make the girl feel at home who has come to work in our house? She will work bet- ter and with a lighter heart if we talk and plan with her and not simply give orders. A lovely lady in Grand Rap- ids, a widow, bought two Y. M. C. A. tickets for the lecture course, one for herself and one for her domestic, and they went together to these entertain- ments. To be sure, she is an intelli- gent girl, and yet it is only a mere chance that she is in a home where that is counted for anything in a kitchen girl. It is not the lack of intelligence that shuts these girls out from any so- ciety except themselves—it is the dis- mal, foolish belief that to do housework for some one else than ourselves is to occupy a menial position, and this is my fifth proposed remedy for this state of things: Elevate the position by fur- nishing schools for learning the various branches of housework, especially cook- ing, and let wages and position be gov- erned by the quality of the work. Oc- tave Thanet says, ‘‘A successful house- keeper either knows how to keep house or else knows that she does not know how and gives it over to someone who does.’’ Prices should be regulated according to the qualifications of the girl and not according to our ability to pay. If we can not afford a high-priced dress we get one of a lower grade. Another thing, let us not expect more than we are pay- ing for and let us, for our own sakes, and _ still more for theirs, seek to make them more competent, even if there is an advance in price. But, as a rule, these girls care more for happiness and freedom from restraint than they do for money. I do not know as it is our affair to act as special police over the girls who do our work. Let us assume that they are all right. And let us furnish them a room better than the kitchen for them to sit in when their friends come to see them. No wonder they go cut evenings. Two young ladies came to Grand Rapids from another Michigan town where they had graduated from the high school. ‘They wished to take a course in stenography and thought they could attend a commercial school evenings. Being competent in housework, they proposed to pay their way by securing places to work in the daytime. ‘They each were employed at $3 a week, and of course board and room. They were intelligent, educated girls, bravely un- dertaking to fit themselves for sten- ographers and not run in debt. But they were not recognized as anything but servants and after working six weeks they left their places and secured board, preferring to go behind a counter in one of our stores at $3 a week, and pay $4 a week for board, rather than do housework in these homes. There is another side to this question, which may he briefly told: Let girls be worthy of our interest and kind- ness. Let them show us they are not full of deception and unworthiness. A school trom which they must come would soon rid us of undesirable appli- cants. The incompetent could doubtless do better in stores and shops, and as soon as ‘‘it will pay’’—for that is the American way of settling all questions —these girls who are leading the drag- ging, nervous life of our stores will seek positions in our homes. That is the only place where the supply is far less than the demand. And the pay is not alone in dollars and cents. Let them be worthy of, and let them receive, the same recognition and consideration that are given to others and there will be plenty of applicants in response to our calls for help. H. A. R. N is made. Wheat, like W Flour depends on the wheat from which it fruit, depends on the & soil and climate in W which it grows. The Ww rich soil and cool cli- W mate of the North- W west produces Amer- W icas best wheat— gg a's b W richest in gluten and WW finest in flavor. Com- pared with Ceresota, WJ winter wheat flour W contains more starch W and less gluten. Win- W ter wheat flour makes NY the best pastry, but W Ceresota makes the \ best bread. The dif- W ference isin the wheat rather than the mill- W ing. The breadmak- y ing qualities of Cere- \ sota come from the W wheat, but the uni- W formity for which it is famous is the re- sult of scientific mill- ing. We have had thirty years’ experi- ence in grinding Min- nesota wheat and we know the best meth- ods. We have for the exclusive use of our own mills a perfectly equipped bakery and every day’s product is tested before it 1s branded. “CERESOTA” on the sack is the inspector's certificate Olney & Judson Grocer Company, Western Michigan Distributors, Grand Rap!ds, Mich. The Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, Minneapolis. A adage: aaa satan sagas AcE ng nap aom teem en MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Necessity of Vigilance in Working Off Old Stock, Dead stock to my mind is consider- able of a ghost, as the more one tries to find it the more it eludes your search or, rather, the more you look for it the less real it becomes. The very fact of directing your mind toward dead _ stock brings it to life and proves that it was only sleeping from neglect. When your attention is directed to certain goods more than to others they will naturally be the first that you will talk your customer into buying. Simply thinking of them makes them go at every opportunity that comes along. ‘Eternal vigilance’ in obtaining a thorough knowledge of the wants of your trade is the price of success. Make it your incessant study to learn all the particulars possible about each of your customers and keep in touch with their wants and tastes instead of your own. Classify your trade into grades and select a representative of each grade and make selections in buy- ing as though you were buying for them instead of yourself. Remember, also, in selecting stock that you are in fact the agent of your trade, while the sales- man’s interest is with his employer in- stead of being with you. Make your own selections, instead of letting him do it for you. Articles that he might recommend as being salable elsewhere may be entirely unsalable in your locality. Should any new arti- cle of merit be offered to you that would displace similar articles in stock, buy very sparingly of it until you have disposed of the old stock before it is killed by the new. It may be true that your competitor may be offering the new articles before you do, but your customers are not supposed to know what your competitor is selling. They should depend upon you to supply their every want in your line and go nowhere else. To control your trade and hold it in this manner is a secret that is disclosed in one word, ‘‘Honesty.’’ The old man with a lifetime experience will say that ‘“Honesty is the best policy.’’ The ‘‘smart’’ young man will say, ‘‘Get money honestly if you can, but get money,’’ the inevitable result of which is failure. Never betray the trust placed in you by a customer; study each trans- action separately and make it bring a re- turn of many others. A small profit on many sales to the same party will amount to more than a large profit on a single transaction that may cause him to never return. You no doubt remember the time when the sale of locks No. 11, 13 and 22 was discontinued by the manufac- turer. I fortunately had quite a stock of them on hand at the time, which many would have classed as dead stock. | placed an order for twenty-five dozen more of them at once, and when the stocks of competitors were exhausted I doubled my price and monopolized the demand that continued for repairs at an increased profit over more up-to- date articles. At one time I purchased a quantity of wire netting—a_ substitute for lath. It would not sell. Nobody wanted it. Dead stock from the start. It ‘‘died a-bornin’.’’ | brought it to the front, recommended it for stable and cellar window screens, cut it in small quantities to suit purchasers and disposed of it all at a price far in ad- vance of the price it would bring for the purpose it was intended. I once purchased seventy-five barrels of mixed tiling from the dead stock of a dealer at one dollar per barrel. I found it to be a recreation to arrange the old stuff into new designs and _pat- terns that were suited to the tastes of my customers. While the stock was old the designs were new and put life into it to the extent of a profit of over five hundred dollars. A certain customer comes to me at regular intervals and trades knives, sim- ply to get rid of his old knife, which has become dead stock to him, while the old knife he gets from me is new to him. The moment dead stock passes into new hands it becomes new stock to the purchaser. There is no dead _ stock until it ceases to move, then kick it along and keep it moving, and it won’t have time to die. Put your whole soul into your busi- ness, mingle with your customers, load a keg of nails in their wagon and_ learn all you can about their wants, and by suggestions, that are always appreci- ated, fit their wants to your stock. Do not get above your clerks; keep yourself down to their level, or, still better, keep them up to your own. Set good exam- ples for them to follow; teach them the art of keeping stock alive by keeping it moving. Show them the advantage of holding trade by honesty in each trans- action and grade their merits by con- tinued sales to the same customer in- stead of by the profit of a single sale that drives him to your competitor. Lest you might infer that I am an old fogy, I want to digress from the subject of dead stock and say a word about live stock. At one time I carried more than a dozen standard brands of razors. | was unable to recommend any one brand over the others, they were all equally good. I found that customers were frequently unable to make a selec- tion. They expected me to assist them. I discontinued the sale of all the brands except one, which I now purchase in quantity and have my own name put on by the makers. The customers never get rattled now in making the selection of a razor; they have but one brand _ to select from and, in the absence of the others, it is always the best. My sale of razors has increased ten- fold; every purchaser recommends them to others. If you can get your name on a good article it will keep it alive and never annoy you by becoming dead stock. John S. Spoerl. —_~> 02 ____ Can Give Any Color to Any Horse. ‘See that man who just went out?’’ asked a druggist, referring to a middle- aged man who had left the store a mo- ment before. ‘‘Well, he’s the greatest horse colorer in the country and the only man who has got the business down to perfec- tion.’’ ‘‘A horse colorer? a profession is that? before. ’’ ‘*Well, the business ain’t generally known to the public, but nowadays the horse colorer is the whole thing in rac- ing circles. For some time there has been an opening for a clever horse color- er, and the man who just went out has made a good many thousand dollars dur- ing the past few years working around race tracks. _ ‘‘Of course, you know that the outlaw- ing rules on the race track are pretty Strict,and it has become very difficult to Start a ‘ringer’ on any track. A ‘ringer,’ you know, is a good horse made to appear like an old skate, so that he can be entered in the slower races. ‘* This professional colorer is nothing more nor less than a ‘ringer preparer,’ and he’s got the slickest methods.you What kind of Never heard of it can imagine. He can take a bay mare into his barn and within twenty-four hours bring her out as white as snow or jet black, just as you please. The old- fashioned way of coloring horses was done by a liberal use of paint, but I’ve known it to go pretty hard with owners when their colored horses happened to be caught in a shower. ‘*The new method is fully known only to this one man, but he says that he uses some kind of chemicals and can give any color to any horse. He can give a black horse white feet and turn a sorrel into a dapple gray on very short notice. In another twenty-four hours he can bring back the original color of the horse. He charges $25 a transforma- 4-2 H- Are You Selling Prepaired paint in 25 gallon lots to paint houses with or only in quart cans for family use? Something is wrong if ‘ you don’t sell both. B. P. S. Will help you do it. Write for particulars. Up-to-date : dealers can’t afford to miss 4 this opportunity. _” Perey rn OY NS =" The Patterson-Sargent Co., ee Variously Endowed. Cleveland, Hobbs—My landlady has both strong Chicago, and weak points. J New York. , Dobbs—-What are they? 4 : a Hobbs—Butter and coffee. ee EEE ee SSSSSSesoessosessosesosssosessoossesosoossoossosoesssssossssessss CAR STOVES All complete with Pipe, Elbow and Collar only $2.50 EACH Best made stove for the purpose on the market. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., r GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 9O9OOOOO99O0H000HH0HHHH0HHHOHHHHHHHHHOHOHHOHHHOOHOOHOHOD SSSSooosososososososossossosososessesssoesssssesosoesessssessses $e sUtU an vllgal Tb Ree tna Write for prices. Makers DUpplies | Wm. Brummeler & Sons, Manufacturers of ik: TINWARE AND SHEET METAL GOODS. 249-263 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. samples on application. ; TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. : DO©OOQOOQOOOOO® © Free PCOOOOOOODOO©OOQOQOQOQOQOQOOQOQOQDODOOGOOODOOOSQOQODOOODOS FS OOOOODO » « » « ; > ~ d « 2 4 { * ~< 4, 4 é > wh j sa ‘ . - ~* ¥ > 1 @ =. we ~_ ( ey r ‘ \ ‘ \ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Clerks’ How Corner. the Clerk Practiced Rule. Grandma Hayward, who lived down the road just out of Ashfield, was al- ways telling about going somewhere. She hadn’t been yet, but ‘‘sometime when the signs got right’’ she was go- ing to ‘‘gather herself up and start.’ For a good many years the neighbors believed her and wondered what she wanted to do that for. Then they won- dered why she didn’t and at last they wished she would and have done with it. It wasn’t that she was so very old that people called her grandmother. Fifty- five isn’t so bad for a grandmother, es- pecially when she hasn’t a grandchild to her name; but she was good and sen- sible and always had cookies on hand and the tots of the neighborhood found this out and liked them and then her; and so ‘‘Grandma’’ came to them and to her naturally enough and both liked it and she became ‘‘Grandma’’ to every- body in Ashfield. For a long time Clen Kirby, the one clerk in the ‘‘Ashfield Emporium,’’ had noticed this peculiarity in Grandma Hayward’s makeup and the more he thought about it the more it amused him. He hardly ever left a package upon the snowy boards of her kitchen table without hearing something about it and finally the idea began to take shape of doing something about it. He hadn't lived in the village a great while, but somehow Grandma Hayward took a fancy to him and he to her. He always found a cooky waiting for him oftener something more substantial -and he let her see that her kindness was ap- preciated. An_ indefinite something—a glance of the eye, the poise of the head, the gentle voice—made him think of his mother and he found himself caring for her in a hundred ways. As he came to know her and heard her intended jour- ney commented on and laughed at an idea came into his head and took shape. If Boston had been the end and aim of her long-planned pilgrimage why not take her to that shrine of her heart's de- sire? And what time would be better for the visit than now when the rush of the holidays was over and the city had not yet put off its holiday attire with the fading resolutions of the New Year? The more he thought of it the better. it seemed. ‘There was little rush in busi- ness in Ashfield at any time and ‘‘the boss’? had promised him a_ week off as an offset to the extra work he had done. He had an aunt in the city who was constantly urging him to come for a stay, long or short, as suited his convenience best; he knew the two women would take to each other; it would be a pleasure to him to go around with her and watch her constant sur- prise; he had money enough and if it should give out his aunt would give him more; he could have two good days for showing the sights of the hub, and he’d do it. He disclosed his designs to the store- keeper's wife, who entered into them heartily and womanlike promised to see that so far as it lay in her power the long-talked-of journey should be taken. So Aunt Susan was written to and she responded promptly and heartily. The store-keeper’s wife looked over Grand- ma Hayward’s wardrobe from head to foot and pronounced it generally good and then Kirby made the neat little kitchen the last place on his delivery that morning and when Grandma was the Golden *‘right in the middle of everything’’ went in and laid his package of sugar down on the kitchen table. “I’m going on my vacation to-mor- row, going on the 8:30 train to Boston to be gone two days—two whole days, Grandma Hayward! What do you think of that?’’ A flush of red rushed into the dear woman's face. Boston! The Mecca of all her wondering hopes and wishes! Two whole days! The bliss of eternity was in them. She stopped in the middle of the apple she was paring and dream- ily looked through Clen, who had sat down in front of the window, out into the clear blue of the winter day. ‘‘Well, it will be a good time for you. That’s the journey I’m going to take one of these fine days; yes, one-of-these- days. You'll want a little lunch put up, won't you? I'll put it up, Clenny, and I hope you'll eat it right on the top o’ Bunker Hill Monument !’’ **All right; and while you are about it put up enough fortwo. I know your lunches, Grandma, and when _ I’ve climbed three hundred feet up into the air I shall feel like eating ten lunches, so be sure you put up two anyway. I shall need ’em.’’ ‘*Two whole days in Boston! You must see the Old South and Faneuil Hall and the Common an’ the big elm,’ she went on faster, ‘‘where George Washington, the Father of His Country, unsheathed his sword in the cause of American liberty, as Commander of the American army (the young fellow smiled as he recognized the words of his old reading book oratorically pronounced), an’ the State House an’ Washington street an’ Schollay’s Building an’ Quincy Market an’ Cornhill an’—oh, lots of ’em! Two whole days! Clen Kirby, it’s too much for one, an’ you only a little over 19. You—’’ ‘I’m going to. I’ve written to my aunt, who lives on Charles street, and she’s coming to the station after us in her carriage and we're just going to paint that old town red. There isn’t anything we sha’n’t see—the Public Gardens and Beacon street and—oh, | d’ know—all Boston.’’ ‘*Who’s going with you from here, that Gilbert boy? I’ve seen you together pretty often lately.’’ ‘*No. Dll bet you can’t guess. it—the best out o’ three.’’ ‘* ’Tain’t that Smithers boy, is it?’’ Try ‘*No. That’s one.’’ ‘*Oh, I know—Leo Curtis. Strange I didn’t think o’ him first.’’ ‘“Oh, you are ‘way off,’ way up in the frigid zone, Grandma. You'll have to get nearer home than that.’’ ‘“‘Well. now let me see—FErastus Paige?’’ ‘*Oh, Grandma, you can’t guess for sour apples! No; when the train goes at 8:30 to-morrow morning it will take me and-—listen—Grandmother Hay- ward !”’ ; Upon the edge of the milk pan, half full of big cooking apples, Grandma rested her two plump arms, the right hand holding the paring knife, the left a half-pared apple. Apple and knife dropped to the floor as she heard her own name pronounced and in_ utter as- tonishment she exclaimed: ‘*Clen Kirby, what-do-you-mean !’’ ‘‘Just what I say, Grandma. You are going with me to Boston to-morrow, to be gone two whole days. Everything’s all fixed; my aunt isall ready for us and we're going to have just the very best time two good friends ever had.’’ ‘“You don’t mean to tell me—’’ ‘‘Yes, Ido. Now you hurry up with ___Hardware Price Current Augurs tl Bits Pee we ie ee ee dean gs 60 Jennings’ genuine................. 664. 2 Jennings’ imitation..................4. 50 Axes First Quality, S. B. Bromze............ 7 00 First Quality, D. B. Bronze...... 11 50 First Quality, S. B.S. 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Coppered Market. . Tinned Market. Dee oe Coppered Spr ing Bee Barbed Fence, Galvanized ............ Barbed Fence, Painted................ Wire Goods Gate oaks and Eyes.. a “Sit nnins pais saxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........ OO ae oe es Coe’s Patent Agricultural, Wrought. .70&10 65 50 50 75 cxzx 00 50 8 50 BOOK-KEEPING OETaUnsae aM aRy ON INQUIRY TRADESMAN CO , ACCURACY CONTENTMENT We make four grades of books in the different a COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, 16 MICHIGAN ea * oe Ps TRADESMAN that lunch—a good fat one for two ;’’ and the boy, glad clear through, hurried back to the store to tell the store-keep- er’s wife to go over and get Grandma Hayward ready for the event of her lifetime. If Grandma had been paralyzed she could not have sat more like a statve, until the slam of her back gate recalled her to her senses; then, picking up ap- ple and knife, she put her pan of apples on the table, saying to herself, ‘*I just begin to understand now how Simeon felt when he said, ‘Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace; but | don’t know what Simeon would have said if he’d been going to Boston! There comes the store-keeper’s wife; | wonder if she knows |’m going.”’ She was not kept long in doubt. The big package she carried was soon opened and a wealth of lovely ribbons and feathers and an occasional bit of lovely lace gladdened Grandma Hayward’'s eyes, and then what should be found under the ribbons and lace but the frame of a bonnet that fitted the shapely head like—like a brooding dove its nest !— How will that do? Grandma's ward- robe was always snug and tasty; her furs were carefully looked after and were not cheap, and when the next morning she and that young Philip Sidney started for Boston, cheery age and joyous man- hood—a manhood all the more joyous for the kind act even Sir Philip would have been proud of—the people at the win- dows as they passed and those who had come to the station to see them off thought they had never seen a picture more pleasing than the two made. The 10:45 train on the New England road at the foot of Summer street sta- tion was waited for by somebody attrac- tive and pretty in silk and seal. From hat to boots, including a dainty glove hiding a dainty hand, there couldn’t be anything better. The face might have been a trifle younger, perhaps, but not if it was to have that ‘‘loving all things’’ look which comes only with ex- perience and after some suffering. ‘I’m just a little curious to see whom Clen is bringing this time. I like the Philip Sidney of it well enough, and I hope I can be as hearty as I seem. There comes the train—now then.’’ A moment later Clen was saying, ‘‘Aunt Susan, this is the grandmother I’ve been writing so much about and, Grandma Hayward, this is my Aunt Soosan ;’’ and the two real women took each other to their hearts as the boy knew they would and Grandmother Hay- ward’s good time began. To follow in detail all that was seen and enjoyed by the simple-hearted coun- try woman would be hardly profitable. Enough to say that she saw all that she had mentioned that morning when she did not know she was going; and when on the second day a party of three on the top of Bunker Hill Monument ate the dainty luncheon which had been put up in Ashfield, and the city woman took more than her share of the delica- cies, if they were a day old, Grandma Hayward vowed she couldn't be any happier if she were twice as high and so twice nearer heaven than she was. The visit did not end the second day. Not at all. There were plays to go to and operas. Leave Boston and not hear a lecture? Oh, dear no! On Sunday there was the distinguished divine whom the world was talking about ; and so day extended unto day and night unto night, and after a week of such dissipation as Grandma Hayward never dreamed of having she went back to the quiet little house at home satisfied. She had had her outing ; she had been to Boston; she was no longer the object of fun on her one weak point and the village was never weary of hearing, nor she of tell- ing, what she had heard and seen. Clen Kirby? Oh, he’s all right. When bantered about being kind to an old woman he would simply say: ‘‘I got out of it all there was to get out, and that’s what I did it for. A fellow must be a blamed fool to miss go per cent. of a good time when he can have it by giving somebody else the 10 per cent., and that’s all there was to it.”’ Richard Malcolm Strong. —— ee In Idaho a_ unique suit for damages has been filed by a tramp against the Oregon Short Line. The hobo recites that he was stealing a ride, being lo- cated on the brake rods underneath a car; that he sustained the injuries re- ceived owing entirely to the fact that servants of the corporation knew he was there without right and did not put him off, as was their duty, and that through their gross negligence he sustained the injuries for which he claims damages. Owing to the peculiar claim the attor- neys of the road are deeply interested. Silk Stockings Out of Place. From the Atlanta Journal. Because a lady had on a pair of stock- ings that were not only silk stockings, but had lacework stripes in them, with dashes of red and yellow stitchings—in short, a pair of as pretty and _ attractive silk stockings as one could wish to see a portion of the performance of Viola Allen's ‘‘Christian,’’ was nearly ruined from an artistic standpoint and_ the stage mob came near evoluting into a real mob for vengeance on the stage manager. It was during the Friday night per- formance. The lady in question was a super. With twenty others she formed the Atlanta contingent to the frantic rabble which stormed John Storm's church in the slums of London. All the lady supers had been ordered to appear at the performance with the oldest and most dilapidated clothes they could procure. This particular super came according to orders in every other respect except the stockings. She wore the silk stockings with the lace stripes. It was dark on the stage behind the scenes and the fact that her stockings did not exactly match the gown and hat she wore escaped notice when the stage manager inspected the mob. She was allowed to go on in the most disreput- able looking dress ever seen on the The President of the United States of America, SREETING To stage of the Grand, and in perhaps the prettiest pair of stockings, in full view of the audience, or rather in half view, for her dress reached just below her knees. The stockings proved one of the strik- ing features of the well-drilled mob to -|a certain portion of the audience. They were immensely appreciated. They were voted a capital adjunct to a mob by nearly all of the audience. The rea- son they were not appreciated by the en- tire audience is that the entire audi- ence did not observe them. The stage manager saw them. When the mob came off the stage he was mad. He called the lady down in great shape. She replied hotly and in a minute there was a big quarrel in progress. Her friends in the mob took her side of the issue and for awhile it looked as if the ragged mob would strike and refuse to go on again. Matters were finally adjusted, how- ever, and the super with the silk stock- ings kept off the stage for that night. When she came for the matinee per- formance she wore cotton stockings with great holes in them, as ordered by the stage manager. ———_0-»—____ The mind is naturally active; and, if it be not occupied about some honest business, it rushes into mischief or sinks into melancholy. HENRY KOCH, your Clerlias attorneys, ager.3 salesmen. and workmen, and all claiming o% holding through or under you, iW hereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, tha‘ it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be relieved touching the matters thereip complained of, and that the said ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainart, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘“‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap. Now, Cherefore, we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENR*¥ KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you tader the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and each of you in case of disobedience, that you d& absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word **SAPOLIO,” or any word or words substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering a: ' “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is not Complainant’s said manufacture, and from in any way using the word “SAPOLIO” in any false or misleading manner. eo AVituess, The honorable MELVILLE W. FULLER, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ,United States of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. [seat] ROWLAND COX, [sicnap] Comiblainant’s Sokictter. S. D. OLIPHANT, Ceeré j eo q % 4 me , 4 eo . & MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 1% Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the ep President, E. J. SCHREIBER, Bay City; Sec- retary, A. W. Sritr, Jackson; ‘Treasurer, 0. C. GOULD, Saginaw. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, GEo. W. HILu, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, JNo. A. MURRAY, Detroit; Grand Secretary, G. S. VALMORE, Detroit; Grand Treasurer, W. S. MxEst, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. T. Senior Counselor, JOHN G. KOLB; Secretary- Treasurer, L. F. Baker. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association President, J. BoypD PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Meeting of the Board of Directors, Mich- igan Knights of Grip. Jackson, March 5--The regular quar- terly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Knights of the Grip was held here Saturday, President Schreiber presiding. The Secretary reported total receipts of $76, divided among the following funds: General, $38; death, $22; de- posit, $16. He presented receipts, showing that the funds had been turned over to the Treasurer. Adopted. Treasurer Gould persented the follow- ing report: General fund: Disbursements, $634. - 30; balance on hand, $587.41. Death fund: Disbursements, $500 (claim of the late H. S. Humphrey) ; balance on hand, $177.59. Deposit fund: On hand, $88. The report was adopted on the recom- mendation of the Finance Committee that it had carefully investigated the books and accounts of the officer and found them to be correct. A communication from Samuel M. Lemon, of Grand Rapids, regarding the death of Austin K. Wheeler, was read. Owing to the fact that Mr. Wheeler had paid no dues for more than a year, the Board could not allow the claim and the Secretary was instructed to write a let- ter of explanation to Mr. Lemon. The indemnity bond of Treasurer Gould for $4,000 was received, approved and turned over to the President. Director Thorn moved that the Secre- tary be instructed to send out receipts for the next regular assessment on postal cards. Adopted. The Finance Committee was given thirty days to consider the advisability of sending assessment notices in un- sealed envelopes. The Secretary was instructed tc draw a warrant for $25 for postal cards. A vote of thanks was tendered by the Board to the President and Secretary for personal letters sent out in assessment notices and receipts. The following bills were allowed: A. W. Stitt, moving safe and office sup- plies, $8.14; postage and revenue stamps, $76.50; office supplies, $2.24 Tradesman Conmipany, for printing cer- |. tificates, $12.50; Hunt Printing Co., $73.50; Treasurer’s salary, $1.20; Sec- retary’s salary, $12.50; order drawn on O. C. Gould on deposit fund, $88 for assessment No. 1. Directors’ expenses for attending Broad meeting: J. A. Weston, $1.48; M. Howarn, Jan. 27 and Mar. 3, $9.06; M. E. Stockwell, $6.80; G. H. Randall, $7.10; J.. W.. Fhore, $4.56:.©0.. ©. Gould, $6.50; E. J. Schreiber, $7. 10. The death claim of the late J. A. Gib- son, of Saginaw, was approved. The following Tesolution was offered by Brother Gould and unanimously adopted : Whereas—Our brother and co-worker, Chas. H. Smith, is stretched on a_ bed of pain and suffering ; therefore be it Resolved—That the Board of Direc- tors in regular session assembled deeply sympathize with Brother Smith in his present painful affliction and hope for his speedy and complete recovery ; and be it further Resolved—That we very much- regret the absence of Brother Smith from our deliberations and miss his wise counsel ; and be it further Resolved—That ‘this resolution be spread on the minutes of this meeting and a copy thereof mailed to Brother Smith. Mr. Weston moved that the Board send flowers to Mr. Smith, same to be paid for by the members of the Board. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Randall, it was decided to hold the next Board meet- ing in Bay City June 2. Mr. Gould moved that we extend our _ heartfelt thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Stitt for their generous hospitality. A. W. Stitt, Sec’y. A word of explanation is necessary in regard to the reason why the Presi- dent’s letter did not go out with Assess- ment No. 1. The letter did not reach the Secretary in time to be sent out with the assessment, but will be sent out with every member’s receipt. The Secretary regrets very much that it was impossible to get the President’s letter in this as- sessment. —Stitt. — —~>-2 = —_- The Boys Behind the Counter. Rockford—-Jesse Muir succeeds Wes- ley Baker as clerk in the grocery store of Wellbrook & Brooks. Hancock--A. T. Ellsworth has been re-engaged as manager of the City drug store for another year. Benton Harbor—Dean Peters has re- signed his position with the Standard Oil Company and Dwight Ruth, clerk in Scherer’s grocery, has taken his place. Charlotte—Yates Tears, who has been with Brown Bros. for seven years, and Fred Gibbons will remain with the new firm of Westbrook & Shattuck. Ovid—Ira Warner, of Elsie, has been engaged to take charge of the dry goods department of J. A. & J. A. Rose. Menominee— Francis Lindquist has taken charge of the clothing department of Ludwig H. Larson’s department store. . Belding—-Harry Ward has sold his plumbing stock to T. F. Ireland, and will resume his old position as general utility man at Ireland’s hardware em- porium. oe Worthily Represented at Washington. The officers of the Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association did not feel like incurring the expense of sending a dele- gate to the Pure Food Congress which is being held this week in Washington and therefore commissioned Frank N. Barrett, editor of the American Grocer, to act for the Association in an official capacity. Credentials were sent Mr. Barrett, commending him to the consid- eration of the Congress, both on account of his being a representative of the As- sociation and on account of his long and varied experience with the subject of food legislation. a a a No High Priced Eggs This Year. New York, March 5—The writer has just returned from the National Butter- makers’ convention at Lincoln, Neb., and the prevailing impression there among the large egg shippers and pack- ers is that eggs will be put up for stor- age and laid down at seaboard for 10@ 10%c, which would mean 7@8c in the country. The cold storage houses will also be more conservative this year than they have been in the past and the pros- pects are that prices will rule very low, or the buyers will not store many eggs. a a Dell Wright and F. H. Cummings were on the southbound Pere Marquette Train which was stalled all night near Casnoiva Monday and some of the _pas- sengers assert that the antics of these gentlemen are all that prevented the dis- gusted victims of the storm from in- dulging in fits of melancholia. Not content with keeping the occupants of the coaches in good humor during the night, they raided a bakery at Sparta about 5 o'clock in the morning and served a free lunch to the passengers, which consisted of pies, coffee and eggs —stolen from a passenger who happened to_drop_ asleep. News and Gossip Pertaining to Grand Rapids Council. Grand Rapids, March 5—The annual election of officers in Grand Rapids Council, No. 131, was held Saturday Srenene March 3, with the following re- sult : Senior Counselor—J. G. Kolb. Junior Counselor—W. R. Compton. Past Counselor—D. E. Keyes. Secretary-Treasurer—L. F. Baker. Conductor—H. L. Gregory. Page—F. H. Spurrier. Sentinel—A. T. Driggs. Executive Committee (two years)-——H. C. Wagner and A. T. Driggs. On paper, this looks like an efficient corps of officers and the Council should continue to thrive under their manage- ment. Senior Counselor J. G. Kolb is one of the faithful few, always ready to re- spond when called upon, genial and happy in his manner, and will do credit to the office. Harry Gregory is just the man for the position of Conductor and it would seem that we now have a man we can depend upon to be regular in attendance and active for the welfare of the Coun- cil. Bro. Geo. W. Newhall has received a check for $28.57, being eight days’ in- demnity for his recent accident. Bro. W. M. Tenhopen has received $31.14 for nine days’ disability. We regret to learn that Bro. H. E. Hatch was injured in Pittsburg last Thursday. He received a hard fall and cut a gash in his scalp which required three stitches. We are glad it is not more serious. The names of ten candidates were proposed Saturday night, which breaks all previous records. Charley Reynolds secured four of them Saturday after- noon. Geo. R. Alexander, representing Mer- rell & Co., of Toledo, was initiated into fuli membership and cinched his stand- ing by presenting the bovs with a box of cigars. Oscar Haggstrom sprung a surprise on the members in attendance by hav- ing two and a half gallons of oysters in the kitchen, which he served after the meeting. The Biscuit Co. furnished the wafers and Bro. Keyes the condiments and a box of cigars. The fellows who missed this meeting have reason to re- gret it. It has long been a question as to who are the handsomest men in the Council, but it is all settled now. Bro. Lou Phillips and Clark Mills made their first appearance Saturday night and they easily take the prize for good looks. When Papa Driggs gets warmed up to his subject .he can blow hot-air and spit slush-ice in a way that throws **Snaggle-tooth’’ Jim out of the race be- fore they reach the quarter. A special meeting is called for March 17, at which the committees for the coming Grand Council meeting will be appointed. Let every member remem- ber that St. Patrick’s day will come around. Bro. Will Compton presented the fol- lowing resolutions, which were defeated by a vote of 45 to 1: Resolved—That whenever another oyster supper is given the members be requested to eat their soup with a sponge, and whatever is left the janitor be made to eat what he can, and what he can’t, can. ° Resolved—That all bald-headed mem- bers be required to weat sidecombs. Resolved—That with four dollars in the treasury we spend six and a haif; what will the poor boy do? Jack Emery was offered any position, not nailed to the wall, but his newly organized manufacturing company re- quires so much attention that he could not accept. Fred Davenport says that one of our members lost his temper and struck the wrong man three blows before he learned his mistake. Jim McInnes says that the order of ‘*Best People On Earth’’ takes so much of his time that he can not do two-thirds of the committee work for the coming Grand Council meeting, but we guess yes. Geo. Kalmbach wishes it distinctly understood that it was not he who was so badly beaten by his wife last week. Harry Wagner's two sons, Tom and Bill, have entered society this winter and on one or two occasions have re- mained out rather longer than meets with the approval of the head of the house. Harry considered it necessary to have regular closing hours, so 10 o'clock was made the locking up time, and whoever was out later than that hour would find it necessary to sleep on the porch or hunt other quarters. A few nights later Harry attended the lodge ( ?) and, owing to press of business, did not arrive home until midnight. ‘The boys were laying for him and he got into the house after he had revoked his order, with his wife for a witness, and not un- til then. A couple of the boys called upon Mr. Irish, of the Plaza Hotel, a few days ago and asked to have a U. C. T. sign placed in the office. He not only will- ingly consented but sent them away with his advertisement and subscription for the Sample Case. The members of No. 131 are making elaborate preparations for the Grand Council convention and the natives of this town may expect to wake - the morning of May 17 and find one of the best conventions in town that they ever have had. We are making an extra effort to swell our membership, in anticipation of the Grand Council meeting, and any travel- er who joins before that time may be assured of royal entertainment. We want all the worthy commercial travel- ers in this city as members of No. 131, be they Irish, Scotch, French, Polish, Scandinavian, Canadian or American, so long as they are men, white inside and out, and true. Adam Dubb. - .ece - New York’s Proposed Trading Stamp Law. The following bill is now pending in both the New York Assembly and Sen- ate: Section 1. Any person who shall is- sue trading stamps or other devices to any person engaged in any trade, busi- ness or profession, with the promise, express or implied, that he will give to the persons presenting to him such stamps or other devices, money or any- thing of value, without receiving from such person the value thereof, or to make to any such person any concession or preference in any way, on account of the presentation of such trading stamps or other devices; or 2. Being engaged in any trade, busi- ness or profession, shall distribute or present to any person dealing with him, any such trading stamps or other de- vice, in consideration of any article or thing purchased of, or any services per- formed by him, shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor. Sec. 2. This act September 1, 1900. —____.0.___— Social Session of the Bay City Grocers. Bay City, March 5—You are cordially invited to attend a social session and lunch of the Bay.Cities Retail Grocers’ Association, at Odd Fellows’ Temple, Washington avenue, on Thursday even- ing, March 8, tendered by the West Side grocers. i It is the earnest desire of the Enter- tainment Committee that every grocer in the two cities attend and bring all the adult members of their families. An interesting program has been pre- pared and a very enjoyable time is as- sured. If you know of any grocer who has not received this invitation kindly pass yours along to him or notify the Com- mittee, as we do not want to miss any one. Geo. Gougeon, Chairman. ahi Marshall Chronicle: A traveling man who was attending to some correspon- dence in the writing room at the Royal hotel the other night lighted a cigar and a few minutes later smelled something burning. An examination showed that his pants were on fire, a hole as big as his fond having been burned in them. He had to invest in a new pair. Here- after he will probably see where he throws his lighted matches, shall take effect- 18 sR acre ae I RS b * % is ee : etree an ye a a ee st B MICHIGAN TRADESMAN si a ei Senin na a Ng Saas Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia - - Dec. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Josep - Dee. 31, 1901 HENRY HEIM, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902 Wirt P. Dory, Detroit - - - Dee. 31, 1903 A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904 President, Gzko. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY HEIM, Saginaw. Examination Sessions Grand Rapids—Mar. 6 and 7. Star Island—June 25 and 26. Sault Ste. Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8. State Pharmaceutical Association President—O. EBERBACH, Ann Arbor. Secretary—CHAS. F. MANN, Detroit. Treasurer—J. S. BENNETT, Lansing. Side Lines in Drug Stores. Written for the Tradesman. ‘*Side lines! We haven't any left. The department stores have swiped them all,’’ a Detroit pharmacist ex- claimed. On examination the remark proved to be nothing but the expression of irrita- tion which the druggist feels at the stores which have incorporated his_ pro- fession as a side line. - The drug store of to-day has strayed far from its original ‘conception of a pharmacy or apothecary’s shop. The words ‘‘pharmacy’’ and ‘‘drug store’’ have been so long used as syno- nyms of each other that the proper differentiation has been lost. If we employ the word pharmacy in its true sense, as ‘‘a place for practicing the art of preparing and compounding substances for the purpose of medicine and for the selling of the same,’’ then the majority of the stock carried in the drug store of to-day must be classed as side lines. It would be interesting to know which one of the many lines found in the up- to-date drug store was first introduced into the pharmacy of long ago. The ice once broken, more innovations soon fol- lowed. Recently the cry of usurpation has been raised and it is claimed that the drug store is taking unto itself lines of goods which are not of the legitimate stock of the druggist. . Putting aside all fine distinctions as to the use of the word pharmacy and drug store and allowing that an ‘‘ethical pharmacy’’ is used but for the com- pounding and dispensing of drugs, it must be admitted that in Detroit, at least, many drug stores carry lines of goods which must be classed as ‘“*sides’’ in that they seem to have little or very slight connection with drug store articles proper or those which custom has sanctioned. They are goods which we hardly expect to find at the sign of the mortar and pestle. Passing by the familiar accessories such as toilet articles, perfumes, cigars, etc., soda fountains and stamps have histories all their own which more or less explain why the drug store is_ their rightful home. Stationery and candy have been boarding so long in the phar- macy that we have forgotten that they are not rightful proprietors of the space they occupy; but when it comes to cameras, china for decorative purposes, school supplies, optical goods, maga- zines, etc., these it must be conceded are side lines, pure and simple. To be sure, the drug stores in small towns carry even a greater variety of apposi- tive articles, but those already men- tioned have been found in Detroit phar- macies, and not so far from the centers of trade as might be imagined. Asa rule, these incongruous commodities are trials in one way to the pharmacist. Most men who choose this, the most exacting of all professions, do so be- cause they love it. The long hours, close application and heavy responsi- bilities attached to it are as nothing compared to the joys of compounding. Dwelling amid the varied perfumes of his shop is a keen delight to the apothe- cary. Some of the odors which almost stifle the unaccustomed are as ‘‘sweet incense’’ to the pharmacist. Few, of course, can run ethical phar- macies with profit. Even a city as large as Detroit boasts but two. One isa department in a large surgical supply house. Its owner takes great pride in it and often declares that no one has a right to style his ‘‘druggery’’ a_phar- macy if he does aught save compound drugs therein. The other one is but a small room in a large building entirely devoted to doctors’ offices. So, because he can not have a phar- macy, the ordinary apothecary must con- tent himself with a mere drug store, but he dislikes to take in side lines and would never do so did not business re- quire it of him. Those who do bring themselves to giving room to these ‘‘illegitimates’’ attempt to make excuse for their pres- ence by constantly keeping in mind the connecting link between them and _ the legitimate lines. For example, a drug- gist who deals in cameras said, ‘‘Of course, thcamera isn’t the thing. It’s the chemicals used in operating them that we think of. You see, there are the various developers, toning and fixing so- lutions, etc.’’ Another druggist, who deals in optical goods, had a most odd reason for having his side line. At one time an oculist had an office next door to his drug store. The oculist died and left his paraphernalia to the pharmacist, who immediately qualified as an optician. This branch is linked to the main body of his business by the eye washes. The man who carries china for deco- rative purposes has a_ wife who is an artist. For economical reasons he be- gan buying china at wholesale. His wife has classes who buy much of their china from him. They also use a great deal of gold in their work. The man set his brain to work and evolved a process by which he precipitates the gold and is thus enabled to make a fair profit from it. Thus his link is chem- ical. Slender links these, but comforting balm to the harassed soul of the phar- macist. The excuse the man with the school supplies gave was irresistibly funny. It was the sponges which go with the slates ! The man who sells magazines had none, but he excusingly said, ‘‘ Well, we only carry a few, anyway.’’ '‘*Do side lines pay?’’ ‘‘Of course they do or the pharmacist would have none of them.’’ G. Holt. ——__> +. These Are the Kickers. Prosperity is contagious, like the measles. Yet there are always a few business men who are so fearful of con- tracting such a pleasant ailment that they inoculate themselves with the virys of opposition to the very means by which prosperity is made possible for the benefit of the community and their own interests. ——_>2.___ The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them, Incident in the Life of an Old Druggist. The druggist was taking a rest; he was sleeping. The hour was 1 :30 a. m. He had come home tired and _ after having a romp with the baby had re- tired to enjoy a night’s repose. Buta sound of pounding from below disturbed him and he turned his head on his _pil- low. The sound was repeated, only louder than before. He awoke and mut- tered, ‘‘Somebody’s horse is sick.’’ Then came a series of sounds and a loud vociferation. Fearing the noise would disturb the sleeping little one, he sprang out of bed and, partly dressing, took the rest of his clothing in his hands and hurried down the hall stairs to the door and demanded what was wanted. A voice replied, ‘‘Good evening, Mr. Frend. I am Sam Gardner and | want to get in the drug store and get some medicine.’’ ‘‘All right, I’ll be ready soon,’’ answered the druggist. He hastily finished dressing, put on his overcoat and gloves and stepped out into the crisp night air. A young man was waiting. As they walked along the druggist asked, ‘* How is the little boy?’’ ““No_ better, he can’t get well,’’ said the young man. They crossed the railroad and_ passed the large general store where they sold patent medicine and druggists’ sundries at cut rates, the proprietor of which was sleeping soundly and secure from nocturnal customers. Entering the drug store the young man _ produced a half pint bottle and requested the druggist to fill it with chloroform, adding that they used it to ease the little boy in con- vulsions and that the doctor had used all he had. (The doctor kept some drugs and put up his own prescriptions. ) The druggist suggested that a half pint was more than necessary. ‘‘Then put up what you think will be needed; but he may not live until I get back with it.’’ The druggist put up about three ounces and the young man _ paid for it and departed. The druggist then retraced his steps home. Snow covered the earth, the air was very cold and the moon shown dim- ly through a frosty haze. As he walked along he fell to musing. He thought of the suffering child, and it brought back his own great sorrow. He thought of the little graves over on the hillside where his little girl and baby boy were sleeping under the snow, with the moon- light falling soft and silent on the sacred spot. They had suffered and died and they were all he had then. He felt glad of an opportunity to aid in alleviating this other child’s suffering. He reached his door, entered and re- turned to bed without disturbing the sleeping child. In the morning he awoke with an aching head. Eating little breakfast, he went to his work tired at the beginning of the day. For more than a quarter of a century he had done this same work and _ had ‘*grown gray in the service.’’ In the early morning, when the gray of dawn glimmered in the east, the spirit of the little boy passed through the mists to where the druggist’s little ones had gone before. —_——_-0 2 __-— The Drug Market. Opium—Is dull and weak, with a further reduction in price probable. Morphine—Is unchanged. Quinine—The market is strong and another advance is looked for. Outside speculators are very firm in their views and will not sell except in limited amounts. Carbolic Acid—Will be reduced in price in a short time, the English gov- ernment permitting exportations. Aicohol—Has been advanced 2c per gallon. Cocoa Butter—Stocks are small and price higher. Glycerine—lIs very firm at the late ad- vance. Crude is in light supply and very firm. Lycopodium—Stocks are being stead- ily reduced and, as there will be a large demand this year, prices are tending higher. i Salicin—There is only a very small stock and prices have advanced nearly 100 per cent. since the upward move- ment began. Oil Cloves—Is very firm, in sympathy with the spice. Distillers will not con- tract and higher prices are looked for. Oil Wintergreen, Natural—Has de- clined. Gum Camphor-~Is very firm and tend- ing higher. Another advance is ex- pected within a few days. Grains of Paradise—Are almost out of the market and the small quantity in stock are held at a very high price. Cloves—Have advanced and are tend- ing higher, sales having been made _ for future delivery at 4c per pound over the present price. Ipecac Root—-Is again stronger and has advanced in price. a ee Fined Ten Dollars in Each Case. Ann Arbor, March 5—Three prosecu- tions have lately been undertaken by the Board of Pharmacy, all of which re- sulted in the conviction and fining of the accused, as follows: 1. Ira Black, of Camden, accused of conducting pharmacy without having registered pharmacist in charge, pleaded guilty and paid $io fine and $2.75 costs. 2. F. Lozier, of Ransom, accused of conducting pharmacy without having registered pharmacist in charge, pleaded guilty and paid fine of $10 and $1 costs. 3. Fred Hackett, of Cambria, ac- cused of conducting pharmacy without having registered pharmacist in charge, pleaded guilty and paid $10 fine and $1.50 costs. a Poverty is the only load that is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist 1n supporting It. RS EE ER ER a wR UR {Have You Bought § Wall Paper For the coming season? If not, it f would pay you to send for our samples We will express them fic you prepaid. Our assortment is the best shown on tke road to- day. 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"O 40 | @ 41} Myristica, No. 1..... 65H = 80} Snuff, Scoich, De Vo’s @ 41) Paints BBL. LB. Nux Vomica...po. 15 @ 10) Soda, Boras.......... 9@ Ii Os Sepia.. 28@ 30 | Soda, Boras, po..... 9@ 11| Red Venetian.. 1% 2 @8 Pape | Saac, H. & P. Soda’et Potass Tart. 2%@ 25 Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4 Cc : @ 1 00) Soda, Carb.. 1%@ 2 Ochre, yellow Ber. 1% 2 @3 i icis A i: 'N ‘ gal. Soda, Bi-C arb. 3@ 5| Putty, commercial. 2% 2443 doz ho @ 200 | Soda, Ash.. 3%4@ 4, Putty, strictly pure. 2% 24@3 Picis Liq., quarts... @ 1 00 | Soda, Sulphas. . @ 2, Vermilion, Prime Picis Liq., pints. .... @ 85 | Spts. Cologne.. i @ 260; American . 13@ 15 Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50 Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55| Vermilion, English.. 70@ 75 Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18) Spts. Myrcia Dom.. @ 2 00 | Green, Paris. - a & os Alba.. .. po. 35 @ 30/| Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ Green, Peninsular.. 13@ 16 Piix Burgun......... @ 7) Spts. Vini Reet. 4bbl @ Lead, edi, Oka Fe Plumbi Acet......... 10@ 12| Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ Lead, wate... ...... 64@ 7 Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 30@ 1 50 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ Whiting, white Span @ 7 Pyrethrum, boxes H. Stryehnia, Crystal... 1 05@ 1 25 | Whiting, gilders’.... @ 9 & P. D. Co., doz... @ 75! Sulphur, Bubl-.. 2%4@ 4/| White, Paris, Amer. @ 1 00 Pyrethrum, pv...... 20@ 30)/ Sulphur, Roll.. 24@ 3% | Whiting, Paris, Eng. Quassize . ae 8@ 10 Tamarinds . 8@ 10| _ cliff @ 1 40 Quinia, S. P. & W. 3a, 49! Terebenth Venice... 28@ 30 | Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 Quinia, S. German... 37@ +47) Theobrome.. . fo & Qumnia, N.Y......... 37@_~=s«47.| Vanilla.............. 9 00@16 00 Varnishes Rubia Tinetorum..... 12@ 14| ZinciSulph......... 7@ 8 Saccharum Lactis py 18@ 20) Oils No.1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Pee 6 00@ 6 25 | r | Beere Terp.......... | Get Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50) BBL. GAL. | Conee Body......... 7 mae os @& Sapo, W............. 122@ 114| Whale, winter....... 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 110 pape... 6... me) ota | LaeG, exiva.......... 55 65 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Rape @.............. @ Glan, wet......... 35 40 | Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ e ti i i |S AHA 4 re re Ss = eo gee SEE SE clint ~~ Mamey... 1 20 1 1b. cans, per doz.. 12 ee Tomatoes 9 oz. cans, per doz.. ee iat 80 6 0z. cans, per doz.. ieee 90 Peerless | Raney 2. 115 _—..............-.. Sol Eatinns = 2 35 Queen Flake CATSUP 3 0Z., 6 dz. case. .. -.--2 70] Columbia, pints.............2 00 6 0z., 4 doz. case.............3 20| Columbia, % pints... 112-7) 1 2% 9 0z., 4 doz. case.............4 80 CHEESE 1 Ib., 2 doz. cn... .. ae Acme. Puan @l14 5 Ib., 1 doz. case. . ..--9 00! Amboy @14 BATH BRICK Elsie . @15 American... a _.. oe bem. @i4 English. . : 80 | Gem..... @14% 7 Gold Medal... 12. @13"4 BLUING eal... if @l4 Sere ° @14 NDENS Riverside. . @14 aidan Brick . oe @12 eo ea Baa @90 R eM ee @l7 Limburger........... @13 Pineapple. . . 50 @i5 Sap Sago.. @18 CHICORY — . nce 5 OR se Z oo ce a = CHOCOLATE Arctic, 4 0z, per ae 114 00 Walter Baker - Co.’s. = 7, 23 Arctic, 8 0z, per gross. 6 00 — - = eo oe — o Breakfast Cocoa............. 46 .. BROOMS Runkel Bros. No. 1 Carpet................. 3 00/| Vienna Sweet ......... : 21 No. 2 Carpet................. 20> Wemia 28 — : a ne . Premeem e 31 ae Gon a +205) af 0. Wilbur & Sons. Common Whisk... gp | Capital Sweet. ........... ... 21 Fancy Whisk.. "77774 95 | Imperial Sweet. ..... ....... 22 Warehouse.. ‘"""3 75 | Nelson’s Premium.........- 25 CANDLES Sweet Clover, 148 poet eee 25 Electric Light, 8s. 12 | Sweet Clover, ’sS............ 27 Electric Light, 1 16s. "Toy | Premium Baking. .. eee 33 Paraftine, 6s. “7171 7224434 | Double Vanilla.............. 40 Paraffine, 12s. _ 12% Triple Vamilla. ............. Be Wicking .. a COCOA CANNED ‘GOODS: Wen 2 30 Apples Cleveland. . 41 3 lb. Standards...... OO) Mone 42 Gallons, standards. . 2 65| Van Houten, 's............. 12 Beans Van Houten, 4s....... 20 75@1 30| Van Houten, %s............. 40 75@ 85| Van Houten, I1s....... Z S80} Colonial, Ws .........-.-:... 35 OG | Celemtal 468, 20 ee SS Blackberries Huyler 45 Standards ........... 75 | Wilbur, 42s 41 Blueberries Wilbur, 4s.... a a 85 », COCOA ‘SHELLS Red Standards... ‘co — oe 115 Pound packages « iii : x Ss Little Neck, 1 Ib 1 10 | Cotton, 40 ft. per doz...... .1 00 orn _- | Cotton, 50 ft. per doz.. -1 20 Fair................. 75 | Cotton; 60 ft. per doz........ +1 40 vetceeee estes 85 | Cotton, 70 ft. per doz........1 60 ee 9% | Cotton, 80 ft. per doz........ 1 80 Hominy Jute, 60 ft. per doz.......... 80 Standard............. 85 Jute, 72 ft. per Goz.......,..- 95 CIGARS The Bradley —* -~ s Brands Advance ...... 5 00 Bradley . ... 35 00 Clear Havana Pufts. . . 22 00 “Ww. 6’ -- a>. 3S ee . 55 00 H.& P. — Co.’ s : brands. Fortune Teller... . 35 00 Our Manager... seeeee 3D 00 Quintette.. . 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co. 's brand. Cc S.6. W.- . 35 00 Phelps, Brace & Co.’ s s Brands. Royal Tigers. a 80 00 oe Tigerettes.. Vincente I "ortuondo . 35@ 70 00 Ruhe Bros. C ..-.25@ 70 00 _. Co.. .....85@110 00 T. J. Dunn & Co....... 35@ 70 00 McCoy & Co........... 35@ 70 00 The Collins Cigar wes .10@ 35 00 Brown Bros.. ..15@ 70 00 Bernard Stahl Co.. ..35@ 90 00 Banner Cigar Co...... 10@ 35 00 Seidenberg & Co...... 5B@125 00 “se Cigar Co......10@ 35 00 A. B. Ballard & Go. SQ 00 E. M. Schwarz & Co. ..35@110 00 San Telmo...........:. 35@ 70 00 Havana Cigar Co...... 18@ 35 00 C. Costello & Co....... 35@ 70 00 LaGora-Fee Co........35@ 70 00 S. I. Davis & Co. .... . :35@185 00 Hene & Ce... ........: 35@ 90 00 Benedict & Co.. .7.50@ 70 00 Hemmeter Cigar Co . .385@ 70 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.35@ 70 00 Maurice Sanborn .... 50@175 00 Bock & Coe... os. 65@300 00 Manuel Garcia........ 80@375 00 Neuva Mundo.........85@175 00 as Clay... 85550 00 La Carolina... .. -96@200 00 Standard T. & C. Co. ..35@. 70 00 COFFEE Roasted tes ue: FFEES Special Combination... .... .. French Breakfast........... 25 a : 30 Vienn _ .....-. = Private Bide. = Supreme. Less 3314 per cent. acco. Rio Par. 9 oe 10 Pamee Golden . 13 Peaberry .. Scaee, 14 ‘inten Oe ae Good . 15 Prime . oe Peaberry.. os +. Macucsibe Prime . coco ees 15 Milled . ae 17 “J ava CGM ee 26 Private Growth............: 30 Mandehling .. ees oe ee Mocha Imitation. . oe ee Avene oe 28 PACKAGE COFFEE. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to buyers shipping point, giving buyer credit ou the invoice for the amount of freight he pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point. These prices are further sub- ject to manufacturer’s regular rebate. Arbuckle... Jersey .. McLaughlin’ 5s Xxxx McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers only. Mail all orders direct to F. MeLanghlin & Co., vr xtract Valley City ve gross. . 75 Felix % gross.. ius a Hummel’s foil wy gross So 85 Hummel’s tin % gross ......1 43 CONDENSED MILK 4 doz in case. Gail Borden a. le 6 75 Crown.. ose. sco Dey 5 75 Cmemipion .. kat 4 50 Miaenolia .. a 4 00 Dime.. : .3 35 COUPON BOOKS 50 books, any denom... 1 50 100 books, any denom... 2 50 500 books, any denom... 11 50 1,000 books, any denom... 20 00 Above quotations are for either Tradesman, Superior, Economic or Universal grades. Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time customer receives specially printed cover without extra charge. Coupon Pass Books Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. Credit Checks | 500, any one denom...... 2. 1,000, any one denom...... 3 2,000, any one denom ae Steel punch.. : CREAM TARTAR 5 and 10 Ib. wooden boxes..... 30 Billie WESACKS.;.......:...... 29 DRIED FRUITS—Domestie Apples Sundried . . @ 6% Evaporated, ‘50 Ib. boxes. 7@ 7% California Fruits Boricets ok @15 Blackberries . Z: Nectarines ............ Peaches ...... eGR ee Pitted gee Prunnelles . ee Raspberries | gees: California Prunes 100-120 25 Ib. boxes ...... @4 90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 434 80 - 90 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 5 70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... @5% 60 - 70 25 Ib. boxes ...... 6 50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes ...... @7% 40 - 50 25 Ib. boxes ...... 8 30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes . 14 cent less in 50 Ib. cases Raisins London Layers 2 Crown. 1 London Layers 3 Crown. 2 Cluster 4 Crown......... 22 Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 7% Loose Muscatels 3 Crown Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 8% L. M., Seeded, choice .. . L. M., Seeded, faney .... 10% DRIED FRUITS—Foreign Citron Deenera...- 2... ee Corsican . 2 ‘Currants Patras, Cases... 2... 6% Cleaned, bulk . CS 6% Cleaned, packages... eee et 74 ee Citron American 19 Ib. bx...13 Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..10% Orange American 10 Ib. bx..10% Raisins Sultana 1 Crown... Sultana 2 Crown ... nt Sultana 3 Crown............. Sultana 4 Crown............. —— Se aoe Sultana 6 Crown. Sultana package .. 5 FARINACEOUS ‘GOODS Beans ried Lama... 3... BA Medium Hand Picked 2 15@2 25 Brown Holland Cereals Cream of Cereal............. 90 Grain-O, small .............. 1 35 Grain-O, large............... 2 25 Grape Nuts... --<1. 35 Postum Cereal, ‘smail . ..1 35 Postum Cereal, large... ee 2 25 Farina 241 1b. pees. .1 25 Bulk, per 100 Ibs............. ..3 00 Haskell’s Wheat Flakes 36 2b. packages... .... .-3 00 Hominy Barres... se : 50 Flake, 50 Ib. drums.......... 1 00 Lauhoff Bros. "Flaking Mills, Rice Flakes, 3 doz pkg case 2 85 Flaked Peas, 3doz pkg case 2 85 Flaked Beans, 3dozpKge’se 2 85 35 Chene St., Detroit, Mich. Maccaroni and Vermicelli Domestic, 10 Ib. box......... 60 Imported, 25 Ib. box......... 2 50 Pearl Barley COMmOn 2. 2 ae. Ce 2 50 Maupin... 3 00 Grits Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. 24 2 Ib. packages ............ 1 80 $00 @. Kees. . 0. st . 200 ®. barrels ....... 0... -..- 5 10 Peas Green, —— bu. .-1 30 Green, Scotch, bu Lo Split, bu. = Rolled ‘Oats Rolled Avena, bbl...........3 75 Steel Cut, % bblis............ 2 05 Monaren, DD1:,..........-...- 3 50 Monarch, % bbl............. 1 95 Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks....... Quaker, cases..............-3 Huron, eases... -.. Sago German 26.2. East India......... : ae Breakfast Food A. McKenzie, Quincy, ! Mich. = ee pound packages i. See 18 two pound packages .... 1 85 —_— Flake . See Sedsee clo Pearl... ay Pearl, 241 1b. packages. aa 6% Wheat Cracked, bulk............... 3% 242 tb. packages ............2 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS DeBoe’s 2 oz. 402. Vaniia D. C........ 110 1 80 Lemon D.C ...... 70 1 35 Vanilla Tonka...... 75 1 45 FOOTE & JENKYS’ JAXON | Highest Grade Extracts | Vanilla Lemon 1ozfullm.1 20 1ozfullm. 80 20z fullm.2 10 20zfullm.1 25 No.3fan’y.3 15 No.3fan’y.1 75 ay: EAU Lemon 2 oz panel . Vanilla 2 oz panel..1 20 3 0z taper..2 00 4 0z taper. .1 50 75 Jennings’ :. = Vv —_ D. - Lemon eke 1 20 75 3 oa Reger 1 50 of... 2 00 ..1 40 a 3 00 ..2 00 No. 8....4 00 .2 40 No. 10....6 00 ..4 00 No.2 Tl. 425 oo No. 3 T..2 00 123 No. 4 T..2 40 No. 4T. .1 50 Northrop Brand Lem. Van. 20z. Taper Panel.... 75 1 20 OT MOM Ss 75 1 20 3 0z. Taper Panel....135 200 40z. Taper Panel....1 60 2 25 Perrigo’s Van. Lem. doz. doz XXX, 2 oz. obert....1 25 75 XXX, 4 0z. taper....2 25 1 25 XX, 2 oz. obert...... 1 00 No. 2, 2 0z. obert . 75 XXx'D D ptehr, 60z 2 XXX DD ptehr, 40z 1 K., P. pitcher, 6 02... 2 | ——— 4 — FLY PAPER Perrigo’s Lightning, gro.. atum, per doz......... 23 Petro INDIGO Madras, 5 lb. boxes ........... 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 Ib. boxes...... 50 JELLY V.C. Brand. 15, POMS. oe ee 35 30. pas... . 0625. <= (62 Pure apple, per doz......... 85 LICORICE Catepeia. eae eelge Seis. 2 Nc Co 14 ogee ee LYE Condensed, 2 doz............ 1 20 ie a | TCHES Diamond Maten Co.’s — a Anchor Parlor . No. 2 Home ....... Export Parlor.. Wolverine.. MOLASSES — New Orleans ul 14 20 Open ethos 25@35 Half-barrels 2c extra USTARD Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 75 Horse Radish, 2 doz.........3 50 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz........ 1 75 PICKLES Medium Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 5 90 Half bbls, 600 count......... 3 46 Small Barrels, 2,400 count ......... 6 90 Half bbls, 1,200 count .......3 95 — Clay, No. 216.) ts : 70 Clay, T. De Fall count. ...... 65 Cop, Ne. Se POTASH 48 cans in case. BAS oS 400 Penna Salt Co.’s............:3 00 RICE Domestic Carolina head................ 6% Carcuea Not. .............5 Caroma Noo2....:. te BYrOkee 3 3% oe Japan, No. 1..... .5%@6 Japan, No. 2.. 44%@5 Java, a head . --5 @5% Java, No. eis @ Table.. : ‘SALERATUS Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Church’s Arm and ee 3 15 Deland’s.. .3 00 Dwight’s Cow. . Ss Emblem. eae ee ee ee 3 00 OGIO ee ee: 315 WwW vandotts, _ SS 3 00 L SODA Giainieted. bee 80 Granulated, 100 Ib. cases. 85 Tremp, Des... : .. cc.. 75 Lump, 145 Ib. kegs........... 80 SALT Diamond Crystal Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40 Table, barrels, 100 3 Ib. bags.2 85 Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags.2 50 Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bulk.2 50 Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2 60 Butter, sacks, 28 Ibs......... 27 Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 62 Common Grades 100.3 1b. sacks.” ............ 3.2 1S GD 5U). SACKS... 5... 2 05 28 IID GAGES. cS. 1 95 OG 1D SAGs, 52. . c 40 28 Ib. aia Sea. “ee rsaw 56 Ib. dairy = aril bags..... 30 28 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 15 Ashton 56 lb. dairy in linen sabks... 60 Higgins 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks... 60 Solar Rock DG 1D. SREKS coos 2. 22 ommon Granulated Fine............ 1 00 Medium Fine................ 1 05 SALT FISH Cod Georges cured......... @ 5 Georges genuine...... @ 5% Georges selected...... @ 53 Strips or bricks....... 6 @Y PoHock .2. 2-2. 2. Ci 3% Halibat. ORI coe ce ee MORRBERR oe cs ae Herrin Holland white hoops, bbl. 11 00 Holland white oo 6 00 Hfolland white hoop, k 75 Holland white —s mein: 85 Norwegian .. ve Round 100 lbs.............. 3 60 Round 40 s.:..... 2. ...... 1 See 15% Bloaters.. o-oo "Mackerel Mess 100 Ibs. . a Mess 40Ibs............... 710 Meas 10 Ws: - 5... ctl... 1 85 zone 8 Ibs ccc ae No.2 401bs 4 ao oe... 115 No.2. SIbs...... 1 00 Trout No. 1 100 Ibs. ..... No.1 40 Ibs. INO. 4 1096...) eo. 8. No.1 8 Ibs. . Whitefish No.1 No.2 Fam 0 723 295 3 20 1 40 RS 43 73 37 SAUERKRAUT Bartels 5 00 Half barrels. . tl ae ee SEEDS" AUSe eee ct 9 Canary, Smyrna............. 4 Caraway . i. Cardamon, Malabar. ..60 een. ..10 Hemp, Russian... Mixed Bird.. Mustard, white.. 2 Poppy. ..10 Oe 8. . 4% Cuttle Peme. 2 es 15 SNUFF Scotch, in bladders.. Lice! ae Maccaboy, in jars. . Sec. French Rappee, in jars. a 43 SOAP Single box.. 5 box lots, delivered........ "3 95 10 box lots, delivered........ 2 90 JAS. § KIRK & COS BRANDS. |; — Family, wrp’d.. 2 aii é Seca <7 20 White Russian. . .-.2 30 White Cloud, laundry... ..6 25 White Cloud, toilet.......... 3 50 Dusky Diamond, 50 6 0Z..... 210 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 0z..... 3 00 Blue India, 100 % a ..3 00 — eens cost ..3 50 ROG. : 2... .-2 50 Rub Aichere 100 12 oz bars... ST Tala! Single box.. i.529D Five boxes, delivered. ......2 90 Scourin Sapolio, kitchen, - Oz... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40 SODA ORGS... cs a Kegs, English. .............. 4% SPICES Whole Spices AMRBIOG Si 11 Gases, China in mats..... 12 Cassia, Batavia, in bund.. 25 Cassia, Saigon, broken.... 38 Cassia, Saigon, in rolls.... 5D Cloves, Amboyna.......... 15 Cloves, Zanzibar......... . 13 eS ea 55 Nutmegs, 75-80............ 55 Nutmegs, 105-10....... Nutmegs, 115-20.......... uo Pepper, Singapore, black. 15 Pepper, Singagore, white. 23 Pepper, shot............... 16 Pure Ground in Bulk Allspice.. os 15 Jassia, Batavia... oo 28 Cassia, Re cs 48 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 16 Ginger, Asean... 2... . 15 Ginger, Cochin............ 18 Ginger, —" ne 25 q 65 Pepper, “ae black. 17 Pepper, Singapore, white. 25 Pepper, Cayenne.......... 20 oe iat ats hed ae No. 4, 3 doz. in case, gross. 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz. incase, gross. 7 20 market in w 2 1b. bags Fine ¢ 5 lb. bags Fine ( ld ne Diamond A.. toe s a oo STARCH sford’s Corn 40 1-Ib. packages........... 20 1-Ib. packages.... ...... Kingsford’s Silver Gloss 40 1-lb. packages........... 6 6 lb. boxes. . axe Tinea 64 10c packages. . 128 5¢ packages... 30 10e and 64 5¢ packages.. Common Corn . packages... . packages... i Common ‘thant | 1-Ib. eee Ce 3-lb. packages... 6-lb. packages. . oo 40 and 50-Ib. boxes......... ~ SUGAR | ee 6 oarse Powdered. XXXX Powdered. TABLE SAUCES PERRINS’ SAUCE Lea & Perrin’s, large...... Lea & Perrin’s, small Halford, large. ........ Salad Dressing, large..... Salad ieeeataa ae Pure Cider, Robinson. ......12 Pure Cider, Silver........... 11 WASHING POWDER RubNoMere Rub-No-More, 100 12 0z .... WICKING No. 0, per gross.. No. 1, per gross.. No. 2 per gross.. No. 3, per gross.. WOODENWARE_ Baskets Sustels, “wide band. . ae Marke : Willow Clothes, large....... Willow Clothes, medium... Willow Clothes, small....... Butter Plates No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate...... No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate...... No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate...... No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate...... Clothes Pins Boxes, gross boxes.... th — R S888 SSSSs5 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local — from New York to your ping point, givin: e invoice for of freight — pays from the hich he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 — or the weight of the you credit e amount SEOL SE Ot or or ort oto bo bo OTE o 20 cae 25 Standard Granulated... .. 10 Fine Granulated. .......... 5 10 Coarse Granulated........ 5 25 Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 25 Conf. Granulated.......... 5 35 2 Ib. cartons _ Gran... 5 20 ran... 5 20 5 lb. cartons F ot — . Sao ioe 5 20 5 35 5 10 4 90 1, Columbia A | o 2, Windsor A......... 4 75 No. 3, Ridgewood A...... 475 4, Foe@nix A.....s... 47 : & Empire A.......... 4 65 4 55 4 59 4 45 4 40 4 35 4 30 4 30 4 30 4 30 ce oe SYRUPS Corn 17 Se nese 1 dOZ.. 1 galion cans......... 3 15 4 gallon cans......... 1 85 2 doz. 4% gallon cans....._...1 00 Pure Cane fet ct 16 COONS oe. 25 The Original and Genuine Worcestershire. 3 75 2 50 3 75 alford, small............. 2 25 55 2 75 Vv AR Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 7% Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 Pure Cider, Red Star........12 12 -3 50 aan Nnnnre Mop Sticks | Trojan sprin g. eels | Eclipse patent spring .. bela os | Nolecommon................ No. 2 patent brush holder . 12 ih. cotton mop heads Sl WG Pails | 2-hoop Standard............ | hoop Standard............. | 2-wire, Cable... eee a | 3-wire, Cable.. | Cedar, all red, brass bound. | Paper, E ureKa.. | Fibre... Tubs 20-inch, Standard, No. 1.... 18-inch, Standard, No. 2. 16-inch, Standard, No. 3..... 20-inch, Dowell, — 1 18-inch, Dowell, | 16-inch, Dowell, No 3. Pa No. 1 Fibre.. No. 2 Fibre... | No. 3 Fibre.. Wash ‘Mande | aves Globe.. Dewey . Double Acme.. Single Acme.. Double Peerless... Single Peerless. . Northern Queen .. — en Luck Good Late... .-..-..- ss. Wood Bowls it te Eeer: nS ime BUGOP...... 2.2.2... iin. Mateer.. kl. 17 in. Butter. .. 19 in. Butter... Assorted 13-15-17.... ........ Assorted 15-17-19 ........... YEAST CAKE Yeast Foam, 1% doz........ Yeast Foam, 3 doz.......... Yeast Cream, 3 doz.......... Magie Yeast 5c, 3 doz... .... Sunlight Yeast, 3doz........ 1 Warner’s Safe, 3 doz........ 1 Family Boe aces, Dry Salt Meats eC oo Briskets...... Extra shorts......... Smoked Meats Hams, 121b. average. Hams, 14]b. average. Hams, 16lb. average. Hams, 201b. —— Ham dried beef..... Shoulders (N. Y.cut) Bacon, clear......... California hams. .... Boneless hams...... Boiled Hams.... Pienie Boiled Hams Berlin Hams..... Lards—In a Compound........... MORON oe os e tole... . Tubs ..advance 4 ib Tubs..advance 50 Ib. Tins...advance 20 Ib. Pails. .advance 10 Ib. Pails..advance 5 lb. Pails..advance 3 1b. Pails..advance Sausages Bologna . Liver . F rankfort . : Se i Die. cs... Tongue Headcheese... PN Beef Extra Mess.......... Boneless........ Rump .. Pi a Feet Kits, 15 Ibs.. 4 bbis., 40 Ibs.. (man ripe Tr Wits, 25. ibe.......... ¥ bblis., 40 Ibs....... \% bbls., 80 Ibs... Casings Pork . Beef rounds. . Beef middles....... MMOD cso. case ss Butterine Rolls, dairy.. ss Solid, dairy.......... Rolls, creamery..... Solid, creamery. .... Canned Meats Corned beef, 2 1b.... Corned beef, 14 Ib... Roast beef, 2 Ib...... Potted ham, 44S..... Potted ham, ¥%s..... Deviled ham, 4s.... ham, S.... Potted tongue, \%s.. Potted tongue, s.. momo %3838 rKARSIS 8383 s8 BD BS ae bas bt bat aS wm bo oot a NNCR wad Pay nom Op ho te ae Provisions Barreled Pork Ree. Clear back........... Short cut............ DIOPSP™PPOOSO eyceupSSse ERK RR KX e _ -_ Grains and Feedstuffs. Wheat Wheat. . acu bea 68 | 3g eWinter Wheat Flour “8 | Local Brands 32 GES | Patents .. a oe Second Patent.. 2 aoe oo. oo Clear . a dee ocatess ca nt Grahan . 3 50 Buckwheat .. “cash dis- | ye ns Sub ject ‘to count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- | ditional. Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand Diamond %46............... 3 40 | Diamond 4S............... 3 40| Drees 568............... 3 40} Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand ee ee 3 60 ee Quaker \s.. a 3 60 Spring 1 Wheat Flour Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand Pillsbury’s Best %s....... 4 15 Pillsbury’s Best 4s.. .... 4 05 Pillsbury’s Best vas oy 395 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 3 95 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 3 95 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand Duluth Imperial %s....... 4 00 Duluth Imperial 4s... . 3 90 Duluth Imperial \%s.. 3 80 Lemon & Wheeler Co. ns Brand Gold Medal %s............ 3 90 Gold Medal \4s............ 3 80 Gold Medal %s........... 3 70 Parisian %68............... 390 Patiae to... lc. S88 Parise 568. ............., 3 70 Olney & Judson’s Brand phe es i al a 410 Ceresota ‘4s. . Scena Oe Ceresota \s. . a Worden Grocer Co.” s Brana coer ee. 8... 410 Deurel @s..............,.. 460 maura! 48.0.2... 2... 3 OO Meal ON 1 90 Granulated . Pie oe 210 Feed and Millstuffs St. Car Feed, screened .... 16 00 No. 1 Corn and Oats...... 15 50 Unbolted Corn Meal...... 14 50 Winter Wheat Bran....... 14 00 Winter Wheat Middlings. 15 00 Dereemiige 2... ........1. 14 00 Corn Comm, car iofs............. 36% Less than ear lots. : Oats ee 28% Car lots, clipped........... 30%, Less than car lots. ........ Hay No. 1 Timothy ear lots.... 12 00 No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 13 00 Hides and Pelts The Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as follows: Hides Green No.1......... @ 7% Green No.2......... @ 6% Bulls.. ‘ it @6 Cured No. 1. @9 Cured No. 2. @ 8 Calfskins,green No.1 @10 Calfskins,green No.2 @ 8% Yalfskins,cured No.1 @li1 Calfskins,cured No.2 @ 9% Pelts Pelts, each.......... 50@1 25 Tallow Meet a @ 4% Oe Se oe. @ 3% Wool Washed, fine........ 22@24 Washed, — 26@28 Unwashed, One... :. 18@20 Unwashed, medium. 20@22 urs Cat wee............ 10@ 75 Cat, house .. ...:.. 5@, 25 Pox, ree... .....-..- 50@3 50 : a 10@ 75 @5 00 3@ 12 20@2 00 10@1 00 : 15@1 40 Oils Barrels HOCGNG: ou. 2... + @13% Perfection. . @\2 XXX W.W. Mich. Hdit @12 W. W. Michigan ...... @\1% Diamond White....... @i1 5. Gas Fresh Meats Beef | Carcass. . Htiti~.w. ores Forequarters ca. So or Hindquarters .. . 2.2 | Loins No. 3..... 9 @i4 ibs . 8 @14 Round 64 7 Cotes. 6k ae a [Peeee 8 ae ereeeee 2... 1... @ 6% ons ...... @ 8 Boston Butts....... @7 Shoulders . oe @74 Leaf Lard... @ 7% | M niin LCareseg.. 3... 2... 7 @8 | Spring Lambs....... 9 @ 10 | Vv “an CArCAnA.. ... ... 9 @% rackers ! The National Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter PE ive selicccoess | OE Now YOre............ 5% ee .......... 5% a 5% ore, ........... 6 Soda Soda XXX.. a Soda, City Cee uae 8 Long ann Wafers....... Zephyrette . a... = Oyster eee 7 ee... .,..... | oe Extra Farina 6 Saltine Wafer.... .. bY Sweet Goods- Boxes Animals. Ase 10% | Assorted Cake............ 10 Dente BONO ow... .. coos. 9 Bent’s Water.............. 15 BUssercups... .. ........ 13 Cimpamon Bar............. 9 Coffee Cake, Iced. ........ 10 Coffee Cake, Java......... 10 ee eeey............ Crecernee .............9.. 10% Creams, leed.........-.,. 844 Cream Crisp ae bie 9 Crystal Creams............ 10 Cubans . , Lic ete eee Currant Fruit............. Frosted Honey.. ol ._ moe Frosted Cream. 9 oo Gems, ig. ‘or sm. 9 on Snaps, Res oe 8 ME oc ce ov ce sess 10 Grandma Cakes. . 1 Graham Crackers. . 8 Graham Wafers.. 10 Honey Fingers. 12% Imperials .. 44, 8 Jumbles, iioney.. eit doa ce 1244 Lady Fin ers. eo Lemon Wafers............ 14 Marshmallow . 15 Marshmallow Walnuts.... 16 Mined Picwic.... ......... 11% | Die Biscutt.......:....... 7% Molasses Cake............ 8 Moeeecaner.... ......... maces Jetty Bar............ 12% Newton.... _o. 12 Oatmeal Crackers . s Oatmeal Wafers........... 10 Orange Criep.............. 9 Orange Gem,.............. 8 PemneCene........,-...... 8 Pilot Bread, XXX......... 7 Pretzels, hand made.... .. 7% Sears’ Lunch..... . Sugar Cake.. & Sugar C ream, WxM 8 Sugar _ eee es 8 Sultanas. ete eacee t,o Tutti Frutti.. See cc, ee Vanilla Wafers... .. Vienna C rimp.. ts 8 ” Fish ant Oysters | Fresh Fish Per lb. oe fish.. wc @& oe eee @ 8% taeae Bees. tice Oo TEE oss, @ Ciscoes or —- @ & Bluefish . cio. eS Live Lobster... _ 2 Boiled Lobster........ @ 30 See eo eas oc uae @ il Haddoek .............. @ 9 No. 1 Flekerel......... @ 8% Pike.. noc, a Perch.. a. a 6 Smoked White........ @ 8 Red Snapper......... @ 0 Col River Salmon. .... @ 14 Macmerel. ..:.......... @ 18 Oysters in Cans. FP. B. Counts........ F. J. D. Selects...... 30 Bemes .......... . 25 F. J. D. Standards. 22 Anchors. . 20 Standards ......... . 18 Pavcrse............- 16 Bulk. gal. fe Cone... os. 2 00 een Selects. 1 75 ae clos 5 Anchor Standards.......... 1 20 eeewee. ..... 5... .o 110 Shell Goods. Clams, per 100......... 1 00 Oysters, per 100.. ..... 1 00@1 25 | Fancy Nayels | Extra Choice Candies “Stick Candy bblIs. pails | Seer cs. ... 7 @7% Standard H. H... 1 @i* | Standard Twist..... 7%@8 Ouse Doel... .. G 8% cases Jumbo, 32 Ib... ' @ 6% ieee ee. ....... @ 8% Boston Cream..... @10 Beet Root. i @7 Mixed Candy Grocers.. es @6 C ompetition i @ 6% Special ee le @7 | Conserve... @8 Meeee .......; ; @ 7% Ribbon .... @ &% owen... .. @ 7% Cut Loaf...... ' @ 8% English Rock.. @ 8% Kindergarten ...... @ 8% | French Cream. @9 | Dandy Pan. @ 8% Hand Made Cream mined ...... ' @14 Nobby. @ 8% Crystal Cream mix. @12 Fancy—In Bulk San Blas Goodies... @\1 Lozenges, plain ..... @Y Lozen es, printed. . @9% | Choe. Drops. . ' @ll | Eclipse ( hocolates... @13 | Choc. Monumentals. @l3 Gum Divoes......... @ 5 | Moss Drops......... @ 8% Lemon Sours........ @9y Imperials.. @ 9% Ital. Cream Bonbons 35 Ib. pails. ‘ @iul Molasses Chews, 15 I). patis.. .. @13 | Jelly Date Squares. @10% | Iced Marshmellows. ee Golden Wattles. ‘ @i1 Fancy—In 5 ‘Ib. Boxes | Lemon Sours . Peppermint Drops. @60 | Chocolate Drops.... @65 | H. M. Choe. Drops. . @i5 H. M. Choe. Lt. and ee, ee ee. @90 Gum Trops........ @30 | 7 © Drops... . @75 . B. Licorice Drops ah) fieceaee, piain..... @b5 | Lozenges, _— | @5D Imperials........ (bb Mottoes . |. (60 Cream Bar...... : @55 Molasses Bar... @b5 Hand Made Creams. 80 @9 Creain Buttons, Pep. SG Wee.......... @65 Strin Rock aha las @60 Burnt Almonds..... 1 25 Wintergreen Berries (@55 | Caramels ~ | No. 1 wrapped, 3 Ib. boxes. . ee @50 Penny Goods... 55@60 Fruits ss Oranges 2 753 00 2 WG@2 90 | Seedlings 2 25@2 50 | Fancy Mexicans .... IRE oun cs, os, @ | Lemons Strictly choice 360s.. @3 00 Strictly choice 300s . @3 2 | Fancy 300s.. a ee (@3 25 | Ex. Faney 3008...... (@3 75 Extra F ancy 360s. @3 590 Bananas Medium bunehes.... 1 50@1 75 Large bunches...... 1 75@2 25 Foreign Dried Fruits ' Figs Californias, Faney.. @10 Cal. pkg. 10 Ib. boxes @8& Extra Choice, 10 Ib. boxes, new Smprna @1s | Fancy, 12 1b. boxes new (@14 a Mikados, 18 Ib. boxes. @ Pulled, 6 Ib. “poxes. . @ Naturals, in es. @ 5% ates Fards in 10 iD cae @10 Fards in 60 lb. cases. @6 Persians, P. H. V.. @ 54 Ib. cases, new..... @ 5% | Sairs, 60 Ib. cases.. 5 Nuts” pe Almonds, Tarragona @17% Almonds, Ivica..... « ‘Almonds, California, soft shelled........ 4 Brazile, new......... Filberts . Walnuts, ¢ Grenobles. Sis Walnuts, soft shelled California No. 1. 13 Table Nuts, fancy... 12% Table Nuts, choice.. @11 Pecans, Med........ @10 Pecans, Ex. Large... @12% Pecans, Jumbos..... Hickory Nuts per bu. Ohio, new. @\ 75 Cocoanuts, full sacks @ Chestnuts, er bu. @ eanuts Fancy, H. P.,Suns.. 5 @ Fancy, H. P., Flags OMKIeG ........... @ 6% Choice, H. P., Extras @ Choice, H. P., Extras 22 Bea Paes = ee ee as ore ger a nt ce le ak ah an MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News From the Metropolis—Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Mar. 3—The coffee mar- ket is certainly weaker than a week ago and quotations are lower. Advices from Europe have not been especially favorable and from Rio come reports of continued large receipts, although they are a little less at Santos. Stocks here of the low grades are not excessive and sales of same are not urged upon buy- ers. No. 7 closed at 83c ‘“‘shaky.”’ In store and afloat the stock aggregates ,298,031 bags, against 1,379,524 bags at the same time last year. Mild grades have not sympathized with the weaker Brazil market and are held strong. Stocks are moderate and holders seem justified in asking 11¢ for good Cucuta. No change has taxen place in East India growths and a fairly good trade has been done. Buyers of sugar have been conspicuous by their absence, taking only supplies iarge enough to hold them from day to day. Refiners are selling below list prices and yet they are not able to at- tract attention. The product of the re- fineries appears to be as weak as does sugar stock, which has come down from 160 to 94 in a comparatively short time. Teas are steady and without percep- tible change as to prices. The market is very quiet and no large transactions have taken place. Next week there will be an auction of some 15,000 packages and this helps to keep the street very quiet meantime. Nothing is doing in the way of invoice sales more than an every-day trade. While prices are generally steady there is little business doing in rice be- yond average daily transactions. For- eign sorts are quiet and with no change in rates, Japan rice selling at 434 @4%c. Ginger and cloves are firm. Pepper is steady, with sales of an average char- acter. Jobbers generally report quietude. Prices are practically as last noted. Molasses orders have not been large, nor very numerous. Still dealers seem to have considerable confidence in the outlook and are not at all inclined to shade quotations. Supplies are certain- ly not very. abundant and it would not be worth while to shop around looking for ‘‘bargains.’’ Syrups show no new features and, while the demand is mod- erate, prices are weli sustained and, while stocks are no larger than now, a firm market is likely tocontinue. Prime to fancy sugar goods, 20@27c. Last year at this time large purchases of New Jersey future tomatoes had been made, while it is a fact that to this date some of the largest dealers have not made a purchase of futures. There seem to. be good supplies yet in the hands of the jobbers and they are not especially anxious about futures, and, on the other hand, growers in many cases had an experience last year that they do not care to repeat this season in the matter of contracts with canners. In some places the crops rotted in the fields, as there was absolutely no mar- ket. General trade is quiet and for the general run of goods there is only an everyday sort of movement. No. 2 New York corn is offered for,future delivery from 75@8oc for standard goods up to goc for fancy. Spot Maine is held up to goc for a very desirable article. The snow embargo has _ interfered with the interior fruit trade and the gen- eral market is rather quiet. Oranges from California have been in abundant supply and yesterday forty-one cars were sold, the general result showing an ad- vance of 5@I1oc per box. Sicily lemons are worth from $2.10@2.75 per box, as to size and quality. Oranges, Florida bright, choice, $4@5 up to $6 for fancy and $3@4 for russets. California nav- els, $2.40@3.40 for choice to $3.75 for fancy. Bananas are quiet and selling in their limited manner at rates show- ing no change. Precious little has been done in any- thing in the line of dried fruits, with no changes likely to occur for some time. Prices are low, but holders say things might look a good deal worse, so they keep_ hoping for something better farther on. The butter market exhibits greater firmness and the outlook just now is for still further advance. The demand is better and, owing to delay in transit, ar- rivals are not especially large. For fancy Western creamery the top price seems to be about 24@24%c, with thirds to firsts 19@23c; imitation creamery, 19o@21c. Western factory ranges from 16%4@t1oc, and roll butter about the same price. The cheese market is steady and quo- tations show a very firm tone. Large size full cream will bring 13@13%c. Good to prime, 12@12c. The egg market has gained strength from the cold wave and Western fresh- gathered are quotable at 15@15'%2c. A further advance is probable if the cold remains a very few days longer, as_ the supply is not overabundant. The bean market is quiet for all sorts. Choice medium, $2.10; marrow, $2.20 @2.25; Michigan pea, $2.10@2.12% in bbls. —_—— _2 + ___ Sale of the Jas. Stewart Co. Stock. From the Saginaw Courier-Herald. The final papers in the life of the James Stewart Co., Limited, were signed this noon at the office of James B. Peter, Secretary of the company, when a deal was closed by which the entire stock goes to Geo. A. Alderton. When asked what disposition he would make of the stock and if others were interested with him in the deal he re- plied that he had made the purchase and that he should simply sell it as fast as possible, vacating the Stewart building as soon as the stock was cleared away. The deal for this stock has been pend- ing some weeks and a number of bids were in for it, among the bidders being Symons Bros. and Phipps, Penoyer & Co. While the parties interested in the deal would not state the consideration of the purchase it is understood that the price is in the neighborhood of $35, 000. Beware of Lowenstein Bros. If all reports are true, Lowenstein Bros., of Pittsburg, is a good house to avoid where shippers expect to receive adequate returns. Geo. W. Lardie, the Traverse City potato handler, recently shipped the house two cars of potatoes and was informed by Lowenstein Bros. that they arrived in a badly frozen con- dition. Mr. Lardie took the pains to have other houses inspect the goods while they were being unloaded and, on receipt of his account sales from Low- enstein Bros., he proceeded to Pittsburg and caused their arrest on a charge of fraud. They were unable to obtain bail and were still in jail at last accounts, but their attorney has made overtures to Mr. Lardie, offering to settle in full if he will consent to withdrawing his charge of conspiracy. New Commission Firm in Buffalo. Mr. Eacker has retired from the for- mer firm of Gleason & Eacker and Mr. Gleason has formed a_copartnership with J. W. Lansing, and the two will continue the business at 150 Michigan street under the stvle of Gleason & Lansing. Mr. Gleason is one of the old- est and best known commission men in the Buffalo market and J. W. Lansing established an enviable reputation for himself as a member of the cea firm of Lansing & Catlin and subsequently while in business on his own account. The Tradesman bespeaks for the new firm the cordial co-operation of the coun- try shippers, believing that their facili- ties are excellent for handling any goods which may be shipped to the Buffalo market and consigned to their care. LusinasManls Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payments. BUSINESS CHANCES. _ Kor RENT OR SALE—HOTEL, WITH barn in connection; doing good business all the year; resort region. Address No. 135, care Michigan Tradesman. 135 8 -ACRE FARM, 60 ACRES IN FRUIT; 600 apple trees, 3,000 peach trees, 150 pear trees, 400 plum trees, 400 cherry trees, 10 acres grapes, 80 quinces; fine house and barn; 2% miles north of Fennville. Will exchange for dry goods or general store. Address, Lock Box 27, Allegan, Mich. 246 pork SALE—FIRST CLASS STOCK OF hardware; good location in one of the best towns in Michigan. Battle Creek, Mich. NOR SALE—DRUG STORE IN GOOD TOWN in Southern Michigan; well stocked; good paying business and reasonable rent. Good rea- sons for selling. Address No. 243, care Michigan Tradesman. 243 Spee SALE—CASH REGISTER, FIRE PROOF safe and computing scales, all new; a big bargain; will separately. Address Box 363, De- troit, Mich. 252 LUMINUM COMB FACTORY FOR SALE— Complete facilities for manufacturing alu- minum combs. Machinery all in first-class con- dition. For ——— address Bartlett Bros., Bankers, Mich. 251 Rex SALE—WELL-ESTABLISHED IMPLE- ment business in live town of 2,500 in North- ern Michigan. Clean stock, which invoices $1,000. Small competition. Payment must be part cash. Address Lock Box 295, Otsego, Mich. 249 [eee SALE—-SPLENDID BUSINESS chance. General stock, hustling village 2,000 veople; good farming country Central Michigan. Address Lock Box 2395, 245 Reason for selling, other business. Address No. 253, care Michigan Tradesman. 253 ae SALE—FLOUR AND FEED MILL— full roller process—in a splendid location. Great bargain, easy terms. eare Michigan Tradesman. 207 Fok SALE—31 ACRES OF LAND SUITA- ble for any i two and one-half miles Address H. 226 Address No. 227, east of Benton Harbor, Michigan. R. Monger, Benton Harbor, Mich. Fo SALE—GOOD $2,000 DRUG STOCK. doing good business; well located in city of 25,000. Good opportunity for right dress 220, care Michigan Tradesman. (OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—FOR A HARD- ware stock. Will pay difference if any. Jewelry stock, material, tools and fixtures in- yoice $1,200. Located in good town in Northern Michigan; county seat; population 1,500; no com- petition. Address D. G., care Michigan Trades- man. 214 OR SALE—WELL-ESTABLISHED RETAIL lumber and fuel business in a live town. Stock inventories about $4,000. Wm. Sebright & Co., Otsego, Mich. 204 party. Ad- 220 VOR SALE OR RENT—STORE BUILDING with dwelling attached. Good opening for a general store. Also large warehouse suitable for hay and teed business. For particulars ap- ply to J. C. Benbow, Harrietta. Mich. 237 \ / ANTED—TO PURCHASE A SECOND- hand office safe, medium size and good material. Address Box 64, Boon, Mich. 232 tyre PAID FOR $2,000 TO $2,500 BAZAAR stock. Must be clean and doing good busi- ness; or would like good location for new stock. Address No. 229, care Michigan Tradesman. 229 we SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR STOCK of goods—Gristmill, sawmill, water power, eight acres, house and lot. Must be disposed of. G. H. Kirtland, 1151 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 241 POR SALE, CHEAP — $3,000 GENERAL stock and building. Address No. 240, care Michigan Tradesman. 240 SS SALE—A GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF ' dry goods, boots and shoes; terms reason- able. Will sell or rent stsre and residence. Reason for selling, po health. Address Lock Box 35, Luther, Mich. 239 TORE ROOM FOR RENT. PLATE GLASS front; furnace heat; counters and shelving all in and up to date in style and finish; 22 feet wide and 90 feet long; centrally located in a good town for trade. For terms address Box 37, Car- son City, Mich. 238 YRAND LOCATION FOR HARNESS BUSI- ness, fortified by long established family in- fluence to help build up big trade. Town over 6,000; excellent farming country; store, 22x70, situated near farmers’ sheds; small competition, none near; rent low in order to assist anyone looking for excellent spot to start in business in Southern Michigan. Address, at once, I. H., eare Michigan Tradesman. 211 7° EXCHANGE—TWO 40 ACRE FARMS IN the Fruit Belt of Oceana county for a clean stock of dry goods and groceries. Address Box 333, Saranac, Mich. i ad x GROCERIES IY ee SALE—STOCK OF good town of 5,000 inhabitants. Stock in ventories about $2,000. Cash sales $17,000 for 1399. A bargain to the right party. Address H. M. L, care Michigan Tradesman. 200 Fer SALE AT A BARGAIN—TWO THOU- sand dollar stock of groceries, feed, etc., also store, fixtures, millinery store and stock ad- joining; also large warehouse beside railroad rack. Protits last year, two thousand five hun- dred dollars. Proprietor wishes to retire. Ad- dress E. D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich. 159 OR SALE—FINE HOTEL AND SMALL livery barn; doing good business; terms to Address No. 135, care Michigan Trades- 135 suit. man wt POT CASH PAID FOR STOCK OF DRY goods, groceries or boots and shoes. Must be cheap. Address A. D., care Michigan Trades- man. 130 pe SALE—GENERAL STOCK IN GOOD country trading point. Terms to suit pur- chaser. Will rent or sell store building. Ad- dress No. 116, care Michigan Tradesman. _ 116 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL Stock of Merchandise—60 acre farm, part clear, architect house and barn; well watered. I also have two 40 acre farms and one 80 acre farm to exchange. Address No. 12, care Michi- gan Trad 12 HE SHAFTING, HANGERS AND PUL- leys formerly used to drive the Presses of the Tradesman are for sale at a nominal price. Power users making additions or changes will do well to investigate. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 983 oS CITY RESIDENCE AND LARGE lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, or will exchange for tract of hardwood timber. Big bargain for some one. Possession given any time. Investigation solicited. E. A. Stowe, 100 N. Prospect street, Grand Rapids. 993 MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—POSITION or general store by young lady with one year’s experience. G recommendations. Ad- dress No. 254, care Michigan Tradesman. 254 OR RENT—THE BEST LOCATED STORE in alive town in Upper Peninsula, popula- tion 1,800. A good opening for either groceries or hardware—the chance of a lifetime for the IN DRY GOODS right man. If you mean business, write. Ad- dress No. 247, care Michigan Tradesman. 247 WHOLESALE W ANTED SITUATION IN or retail grocery; ten years’ experience; first-class references. Address Box 714, Durand, ich. 244 / ANTED AT ONCE—AN EXPERIENCED dry goods, clothing and shoe salesman. Must furnish good references. H. Hirshberg, Elk Rapids, Mich. 250 ANTED—FOSITION AS DRUG CLERK. Have had two and one-half years’ experi- ence. Have six months to serve before can take examination. Can furnish best of references. Address No. 248, care Michigan Tradesman. 248 W ANTED—BOOKKEEPER WHO UNDER- _ Stands telegraphy. First-class references required. Address Glen Arbor Lumber Co., Glen Arbor, Leelanau Co., Mich. 215 EGISTERED PHARMACIST WANTS PO- sition in small town. Understands general stock. Strictly reliable. Address No. 236, care Michigan Tradesman. 236 OSITION WANTED AS MANAGER OR clerk. Can give references. Can take charge of any department. Address No. 231, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 231 W ANTED—EXPERIENCED CEDAR OPER- ator to take charge of shingle and tie mill and lumber tract of cedar timber. Excellent opening for right man—one who would take an interest in the business preferred. Timber can be floated to mill, which has outlet by both water and rail. Address No. 224, care Michigan Tradesman. 224 Travelers’ Time Tables. MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS Pere Marquette Railroad Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids, 7:10am 12:00m 4:30pm *11:50pm Ar. Chicago, 1:30pm 5:00pm 10:50pm *7:05am Ly. Chicago, 7:15am 12:00m 5:00pm *11:50pm Ar. G. Rapids, 1:25pm 5:05pm 10:55pm *6:20am Traverse City, Charlevoix and‘retoskey. Ly. G. Rapids, 7:30am 4:00pm Ar. Tray City, 12:40pm 9:10pm Ar. Charlev’x, 3:15pm 11:25pm Ar. Petoskey, 3:45pm 11:55pm Trains arrive from north at 2:40pm, and and 10:00pm. Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids.... 7:10am 12:05pm 5:30pm Ar. Detroit... 22.2.2. 1.11:50am 4:05pm 10:05pm Lv. Detroit........... 8:40am 1:10pm’ 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids.... 1:30pm 5:10pm 10:45pm Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Ly Grand Rapids...... ......... 7:00am 5:20pm AY Saginaw oo. sc aes see 11:55am 10:15pm Ly Saginaw... ©. ....... 7:00am 4:50pm Ar Grand Rapids -.11:55am 9:50pm Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Parlor cars on afternoon trains to and from Chicago. Pullman sleepers on night trains. Parlor car to Traverse City on morn- ing train *Every, day. Others week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, General Pass. Agent. Grand Rapids, Mich. January 1, 1900. GRAN Rapids & indiana Railway December 17, 1899. Northern Division. Goin; From Nort North Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack. + 7:45am _ + 5:15pm Trav: City, Petoskey, Mack. + 2:10pm +10:15pm Cadillac Accommodation... + 5: 25pm = +10:45am Petoskey & Mackinaw City 11:00pm + 6:20am 7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars; 11:00pm train, sleeping car. Southern Division Going From South South + 7:10am _ + 9:45pm + 2:00pm + 2:00pm Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin. Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne. Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin. * 7:00pm * 6:45am Kalamazoo and Vicksburg. *11:30pm * 9:10am 7:10am train has parlor car to Cincinnati, coach to Chicago; 2:00pm train has parlor car to Fort Wayne; 7: on egg train has sleeper to Cincin- nati; 11:30pm train, sleeping car and coach to Chicago. Chicago Trains. TO CHICAGO, Ly. Grand Rapids...+7 10am +2 00pm Ar. Chicago ........ 2 30pm 8 45pm FROM CHICAGO Ly. Chicago. . : ..13 02pm = *11 32pm Ar. Grand Rapids. . 945pm «6 45am Train leaving Grand Rapids 7 7:10am has coach; 11:30pm train has coach and sleeping car; train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has coach; 11:32pm has sleeping car for Grand Rapids. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly. Grand ens ..47 35am =+1 35pm +5 40pm Ar. Muskegon. . 900am 2 50pm 7 00pm Sunday train leaves Grand Rapids 9:15am; arrives Muskegon at 10:40am. Returning leaves Muskegon 5:30pm; arrives Grand Rapids, 6:50pm. GOING EAST. Muskegon...... : 10am _ +12 15pm ra Grand Rapids... 9 30am +Except Sunday, ‘*Daily. *11 30pm 7 00am +4 00pm 130pm 5 20pm Cc. L. LOCK WOOD, Gen’l Past r = Ticket Agent. LAKE, Ticket Agent Union Station. M AN ISTE & Northeastern Ry. Best route to Manistee. Via C. & W.M. Railway. Ly. Grand Rapids............... 7 30am Ar. Manistee. .............. 12 05pm _....... Ly. Manistee... .. 8 40am 3 55pm Ar. Grand Rapids. . 2 40pm 10 00pm TRADESMAN ITEMIZED | EDGERS SIZE—8 1-2-x 14. THREE COLUMNS. 2 Quires, 160 pages.. .. $2 00 3 Quires, 240 pages... . 2 50 4 Quires, 320 pages........ 3 90 Quires, 400 pages........ 3 50 6 Quires, 480 pages........ 4 00 & INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK 80 double pages, registers 2, ~ TOV ONCRS 525 ei e's sceeene 82 2 Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Mich. eoneueueneonesesenenenere Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER, Bay City; Vice-Pres- ident, J. i. HOPKINS, Ypsilanti; ————? E. A. STOWE, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. TATMAN, Clare. Graud Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, FRANK J. DYK; Secretary, HOMER KLAP; Treasurer, J. GEORGE LEHMAN Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, JOSEPH KNIGHT; re. E. MARKs; Treasurer, C H. FRINK Kalamazoo Reta:! Grocers’ Association President, W. H. JOHNSON; Secretary, UHAS. HYMAN. ee Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER; Secretary, E. C LITTLE, ewe aes Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association President, H, B. SMITH; Secretary, D. A. BOELKINS ; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. FRANK HELMER; Secretary, W H. PORTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLARK; Soren: E. F. ee ee . C. KOEHN — Retail Merchants’ Association TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Mc- “osaeree R. A. Horr. coamiae PHERSON; Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos T. BATES; Secretary, M. B. HOLLY; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Mon’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; eres G. T. CAMPBELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS. Pt. Hurons Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T. PERCIVAL. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGR. St. Johns Business Men’s Association President, THos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK PERCY; Treasurer, CLARK A. PUTT. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E. HEDDLE. Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VER- HOEKs. Yale Business Men’s Association . President, CHAS. ROUNDS; Secretary, FRANK PUTNEY. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. M. Wrison; Secretary, PHILIP HILBER; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. For Sale Cheap Residence property at 24 Kellogg street, near corner Union street. Will sell on long time at low rate of interest. Large lot, with barn. House equipped with water, gas and all modern improvements. E. A. Stowe, Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids. BPRPHLP FPA AIOE LALO WHOLESALE SUGARS AND COFFEES Get our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere MOSELEY AND SHELBY No. 25 TOWER BLK. GRAND RAPIDS (Take a Receipt for : Everything — It may save you a thousand dol- lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer. We make City Package Re- ceipts to order; also keep plain ones in stock. Send for samples. BARLOW BROS , GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Q The Michigan all Paper Co.--Limited Dealers in Wall Paper, Painters’ Supplies, Window Shades. Agents for Billings, Chapin & Co’s. Celebrated Paints, Varnishes, 202 Randolph St., Stains, etc., etc. Detroit, Mich. Be prepared to answer ‘‘yes’’ tomer asks if you have pure and whole-- some Spices or Baking Powder. “N. R. & C.”’ brand Spices and the Queen Flake Baking cheapest, quality considered. when a cus- The Powder are the best and Northrop, Robertson & Carrier, Lansing, Michigan. eqD am ans «a> 45s. It pays any dealer to have the rep- utation of keeping pure goods. It pays any dealer to keep the Sry- MOUR CRACKER There’s a large and growing sec- tion of the public who will have the best, and with whom the mat- ter of a cent or so a pound makes noimpression. It’s not how cheap with them; it’s how good. For this class of people the Sry- MOUR CRACKER is made. Discriminating housewives recog- nize its superior flavor, purity, de- liciousness, and will have it. If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade of particular people, keep the Sry- MOUR CRACKER. Made by National Biscuit Company Grand Rapids, Mich. Weal ela Wiuliiuuiedatala ied ag LEONARD & SONS, IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS. OUR NEWARK ASSORTMENT CRYSTAL GLASS. ie My, | in 215 = i iff IP Sante a Is one of the handsomest and richest patterns on the market. Made of the purest crystal glass, very highly polished. It has a most brilliant prismatic effect and will prove a great attraction. In the package are included 4% dozen 4 piece sets, ornamented with a heavy rich gold border, producing a ‘striking and pleasing effect. The balance is pure crystal. Package contains: 24 dozen 4 Piece Sets, crystal.. tien cee Bn OO Mi dozen 4 Piece Sets, gold decorated... ...s. 4 dozen 8 inch Berry Nappies...... 1 dozen 4% inch Berry Nappies...........:.... 14 dozen 75 inch Flared N¢ — eect ee 44 1; dozen Spoon Trays is Ce ee. 84 21 = 1-6 dozen ' gallon Pitchers. 37 a 1 dozen Tumblers... ee ele! ne 60 60 $1 25 -- 12 00 3 00 1, dozen Footed Jellies. ee SN onl a 90 2 1 dozen Toothpick Holders. ee 2 42 1 dozen Salts and Peppers, silve r ‘tops... 1 be Gore Tae Cierarde............... 2. 2... 65 3 No charge for package. Total for package...... $9 25 SAP PAILS. Sa» 10 quart size made of heavy IC tin with % inch hole a under wire. 4 1-6 dozen in crate, per dozen.......... $1 28 ak 12 quart size, galvanized iron, heavy, Straight pattern, beaded top, % inch hole under wire, per dozen........ $2 2 ww sisi col iioninniviiaiinegs claisiaiouc ace lait ana We are headquarters for machine made Mason Fruit Jars with aluminum or porcelain lined caps. Special Prices Quoted on Application. H. LEONARD & SCNS, Grand Rapids, Mich. AAAAAAAAAAAANAARAAARAAA? AAARAAAR ©2088 CV EVN ve VY SUEY UUM DENY DL ee LAA? RAAAAAAR sn Sealed Fangleroot s::.° Fly Paper Catches the Germ as well as the Fly. Sanitary. Used the world over. Good profit to sellers. Order from Jobbers. The Grand Rapids Paper Box Co. Manufacture Solid Boxes for Shoes, Gloves, Shirts and Caps, Pigeon Hole Files for Desks, plain and fancy Candy Boxes, and Shelf Boxes of every de- scription. We also make Folding Boxes for Patent Medicine, Cigar Clippings, Powders, etc., etc. Gold and Silver Leaf work and Special Die Cutting done to suit. Write for prices. Work guaranteed. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. FLEISCHMANN & CO. SPECIAL OFFER: An Opportunity to Procure the Best Cook Book Published. THE REVISED PRESIDENTIAL CooK Book Containing 1400 tested recipes, information on carving, how to cook for the sick, hints on dinner giving, table etiquette, ete. It has 448 pages, is 8'ox6 inches in size, and contains numerous illustrations. B sy sending FLEISCHMANN & CO., 419 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 10 two-cent Spec stamps and 25 of our Yellow Labels, one of which is attached to - each cake of our Compressed Yeast, this splendid publication will be forwarded toyour OUR LABEL address by return mail free of all charges. Grand Rapids Agency, 29 Crescent Ave. Detroit Agency, 111 W. Larned St. GOOCOe QOOQOOEOO Y¢ Computing Scale | Ye oo of’ 100 years of’ progress. What Would Our ae a ©QOO®O 6 They never dreamed of such prog- ress; they would simply turn over in their graves if they only knew how much they had lost on the ‘old steel- yard. But they were not so much be- hind the merchant who uses pound and ounce scales, for pound and ounce scales are nothing more than the old Roman steelyards with a platform added for convenience. The Money Weight System, the King of Systems. The Computing Scale Co., Dayton, Ohio