SNS aN a a £ = are ae) << BY EG Ch ad) AG : Ae aa DVO SB SHE eel Gi aaa Ne a Lae 1) ae 9 \ FA e CHec MW Am Va sVrse Me 3 os SE AY. ae i 2 FS N Pe TM (Me BS ee FY Ki LD "i A Cm iD Be , BN 1: oe IR a Se =S Case DILL J] ee PUBLISHED WEEKLY 97 ere TRADESMAN es SSRN. ee MOSS SS ERQESS ZH PUSS IRI RE LR TIS SZ Volume XVII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1900. Number &60 GOLD DECORATED NOVELTIES Eight Dozen Staple ssieainascto Sellers Two-thirds dozen each of the articles _ rz ay ae Now is the time to order — CU OY e (> Nass PAS\ 9 me > Pee JOR Xe i? V2 ne i. oe (QOco 7 ISS WV 7 cad 42-44 Lake Street, dealers only IQDQDODH®OQIDDIOOIHIHHDO® 99 We Make It a Point to win the confidence of our customers. That’s the secret of our great success in the cigar business. They know they can depend upon the goods we sell them and, knowing that, continue to deal with us and tell other dealers of our way of doing business. You © can enjoy the same measure of confidence, if you will put in © Royal Tiger 10c, Tigerettes 5c A Smoker’s-Smoke, and push them. Your customers will soon know of it and knowing it will have confidence in you and will tell others of the fine goods you sell. f YY ae PHELPS, BRACE & CO., Detroit P. E. BUSHMAN, Manager. Largest Cigar Dealers in the Middle West. 322 ee DODDOO}H.O}OOOOOQ) CSS SNSay SSN iJenness & McCurdy Importers and Jobbers of a MK ca SA) iw China, Crockery, Glassware, OEE CEASA Fancy Lamps, Goods 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. See our samples before placing spring orders. Write for list and prices. We will please you. 71-75 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Michigan 7 NSS I ES Important to Scale Users | Coerrereevaveviei sist Ty 2 aC . S unl ig ht : Is one of our leading brands of flour, and is as bright and clean as its name. Let us send you some. Walsh=-De Roo Milling Co., Holland, Mich. Copan n nner eennnne EB BB RE WB BOBO eR. oT Are you buying at Factory Prices We are selling the very swellest shape. We are selling the very best semi-porcelain. No better than the best. But better than the rest. A small list of prices on staples: Johnson Bros.’ P. G. “New Century” Shape. SASS SSIES Z LS SNS 3 oS SX SSN eA AO NSIS ERAN oars hE TUS TTTN Majestic Tea The Stimpson scale has until recently been manufactured by a concern in Indiana, under a license contract with Mr. Stimpson, the inventor and patentee of the scale. The Indiana Company has lately surrendered said license contract to Mr. Stimpson, and we have acquired from him the exclusive right to make and sell such scales under his patents, and Mr. Stimpson is now associated with our Com- pany. As manufactured by us, the scales also contain a valuable improvement RS a a SP a a a a Majestic Teas............... per doz. $ .72 made by Mr. Stimpson in the platform bearings, which entirely perfects the scales St. Dennis Handled Teas...per doz. .72 and makes them far superior to any other scale now on the market. The improve- Plates, 7 inch........--...... per doz. .58 ment here referred to is a Ball Bearing Platform support which eliminates all fric- ee a 3 tion from the knife edge bearings, and also automatically adjusts the platform to the proper position without the use of check rods. W. F. STIMPSON CO., Detroit, Mich. Hall & Hadden 18 Houseman Building Grand Rapids, Mich. The whole line as cheap. Every piece guar- anteed. Ask for illustrated sheets. When in the city call and see us. ! BS SE SR SE OE AR Re Re ER RRO OR. TR f , AD Sys al y , \ ~) § iw a aX WG —< )) os > yp) a ( SESN (SEY iY a} 3 ) A DESMAN Volume XVII. AA good thing for other Why not for you? A. I. C. High Grade Cofiees will solve your coffee problem. For particulars address A. I. C. Coffee Co., 21 and 23 River Street, Chicago. eo ee —— maa THE $ Cyne. 9 Fee: v INS. ¢ $ Y co. Prompt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBarn, Sec. 9000060 0000000000000004 aba ad FUVVVUVUVVUUyW THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN, [anager. S6OO09OS 99900068 00002OO0 o e e 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- 3 ter fitting garments, guaranteed reason- ; @ ablein price. Mailordersreceive prompt © attention. Write our representative, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call on you or meet him at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, March 8 to 17 inclusive. Customers’.expenses paid. ES rome — Greteseeeeeeseseeeseserees 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. 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 Pres. F. H. WHITNEY, Secretary. M. W. O’Brien, Treas. E. J. Boorn, Asst. Sec’y. DIRECTORS. D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker, 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. POOOODOOOQODOOGDOS DOOQOQOOO® Trodestoan GoupOns Save Trouble. Save Money. Save Time. IMPORTANT FEATURES. Page. 2. Dry Goods. 3. Women Buyers. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. The Produce Market. 6. Getting the People. 8. Editorial. 9. Editorial. 10. Woman’s World. 11. Crockery and Glassware Quotation, 12. Shoes and Leather. 13. Clerks’ Corner. 14. The Buffalo Market. 15. Fruits and Produce. 16. The Meat Market. 1%. Commercial Travelers. 18. Drugs and Chemicals. 19. Drug Price Current. 20. Grocery Price Current. 21. Grocery Price Current. 22. Hardware. 23. Gotham Gossip. Hardware Price Current. 24. Bay City Organization. Business Wants. GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. The hesitation in many lines of trade on account of the general maintenance of high prices seems to be more in evi- dence from week to week. While the general volume of business throughout the country is far in excess of that of any year in history, except 1899 compar- isons of bank clearings with those of last year show a_ considerable lessen- ing ; at the same time there is a spread- ing spirit of waiting, apparently caused by the general conviction that prices are being held too high in many lines. The spirit of waiting is especially manifest in the New York stock mar- kets. These have held quite steady in prices until a slow decline seems to have materialized at latest advices. The favorable shape assumed by the currency bill and the favorable war situation as to speculative values, with the great in- dustrial activity prevailing almost everywhere, would seem to warrant an advance from the low prices of stocks so long prevailing, but distrust of spec- ulative manipulation, proximity of the presidential campaign and _ the uncer- tainty as to price conditions in the in- dustrial markets are bear elements of sufficient strength to overbalance the others. The undue stimulation in the iron and steel prices are having manifest effect in restriction of business. The quotations reached of more than double those of the early part of last year rep- resented the premium put on immediate delivery. At that time the great bulk of business was being done on contracts at lower prices. It was only a temporary condition and the attempt to maintain the high quotations can only result in the restriction of business in those lines, which is becoming manifest. The out- put of the iron furnaces has been re- duced over 5,000 tons weekly since Feb- ruary 1 and yet unsold stocks are rapid- ly accumulating, showing that the maintenance of the undue high level is restricting business—buyers are waiting for the more moderate prices which they believe will come. The remarkable advance in the prices of both the great textile staples also seem to have been carried beyond sup- porting conditions and they have met GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1900. with a considerable reaction later how- ever, followed by partial recovery. Prices of goods are. still fully main- tained, but it is becoming evident that in this line also high quotations are less- ening transactions. So also in the shoe trade there seems to be a tendency to wait to see if the decline in hides, which is followed in less degree by leather, will not have effect in the man- ufactures. A notable feature of the situation is the favorable showing of foreign business. With wheat and corn making less show- ing than usual, exports from New York for the first week of March were 70 per cent. greater than last year, with im- ports 15 per cent. less, showing that high prices have not operated to shut us out of the world’s markets to an alarm- ing degree as yet. The Federalist, a trades union paper published in Chicago, in a recent edi- torial calling upon members of labor unions to take steps to ‘‘stop the sup- planting of union men by non-union men,’’ says: ‘‘We serve notice on the powers that rule that another city ratted and we start a riot. This can be ac- cepted as the first ringing of the riot call. The members of the vigilance com- mittee can begin buckling on their dag- ger belts, for the second call means business.’’ It is apparent that the time is. coming, and that soon, when Chi- cago will be compelled to repeat the hanging bee which resulted from the Haymarket riot. Nothing published in the Zeitung at that time was more crim- inal or reprehensible than the warning now sounded by the recognized organ of trades unionism in Chicago. The women of Marmaton, Kan., five miles west of Fort Scott, have organized themselves into a_ band of laborers for the building of a United Brethren church there. Twelve of them donned old clothes the other day and began the work of excavating for the foundations. Enough money to build the church could not be raised, so the women determined, rather than let the project be aban- doned, to take up the work and do it themselves. The man who means business adver- tises. The man who knows his business will advertise in the way that will do him the most good and reach the great- est number of the best people who may become purchasers of his goods. It is unfortunate that a man can not exercise as much _ patience in hunting for his belongings around the house as in hunting for ducks in slush up to his waist. When the war in South Africa is over, another peace convention may come in and make trouble. The peach crop of Western Michigan has decided that it will not be a failure this year. The power of truth depends some- what upon who is telling it. Number 860 THE SELF-MADE MAN. Notwithstanding the self-made man does not reflect unadulterated credit up- on his maker, he is himself fully con- vinced that he is the perfect article. Even if, as may sometimes be the case, he is conscious of a few imperfections, he refers them to his parents who were responsible for the man in the rough, so to speak, before he began to mold himself into the ideal creature that now behold, and therefore able to his account. It wonder to him that others, with no worse material than he had to found himself upon, should have turned out such inferior pieces of work, and it is natural, therefore, that he should con- demn the droves of failures that he sees about him. Happily for him, he only observes others sufficiently to exalt his own greatness by comparison. - His best hold and his strong suit is introspec- tion. By looking within he has ever before his mental vision an object that swells his with pride to look upon, and he makes the of the which, being a continuous per- formance, keeps him ever busy and_al- ways supremely you not charge- is a constant bc SOM most show, others he may seem a sublime egotist and a con- ceited ass, but what is that to him? How are these underlings either to rec- ognize or appreciate grandeur which it is impossible to conceive or to under- stand? So he goes through the world worshipping his creator, encased in an armor of self-sutficiency which is imper- vious to the slings and arrows of the cyn- ical or the contemptuous. If he could see himself as others see him, he might happy. To discover many shortcomings and pos- sibly some glaring defects; but he no use for others’ eyes. has His own are good enough for his purpose, which is to admire his own handiwork. He is a continual satisfaction to himself and is happy, and to others he is not without his uses. He gives them something to laugh at and something, besides, to avoid copying. In fact, who knows how much worse the world would be and how less amusing were it not for the self- made man? On the whole, we owe the self-made man a great debt for his workmanship, and therefore let us thank him for his achievement. The newest thing in confectionery is ‘Drocidilio,’’ it from Puerto Rico, and is a delicious sweetmeat. It resembles fig paste in appearance and comes in little oblong squares, daintily wrapped in dried palm leaves. It is composed of the juice of the pineapple, of the little fig banana of Guava and of a tropical fruit known as sapadilo, It is served with coffee in Puerto Rico. It has the merit of being very cheap only 10 cents a square. comes The power above this world seems to be impartial when nations on earth are at war. It allows the side that has the most men and the best guns to win in the struggle. Man will soon seek for a Sunday out- ing, babbling brooks and shady nooks, and find caterpillars and rheumatism. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons-——Staple cottons in par- ticular show a remarkably well cleaned up condition. Supplies are at the low- est notch that they have been known for years, and nowhere can any quantities be found. Further than this, it is al- most impossible to place contracts for any time in the near future, nearly all the mills being well covered for two or three months, in some cases fora far longer time. Brown cottons perhaps show this condition more strongly than bleached, and the market is against buy- ers in all weights. Export buying has been good, although showing no de- velopments of special interest. The de- mand for ducks has been good, and prices are firm; osnaburgs show no change. There have been several ad- vances in bleached cottons, as we have noted, and the tendency of all grades is upward. All wide sheetings, cotton flannels and blankets remain without any change of importance. Denims con- tinue to show hardening tendencies, and sellers do not care to commit themselves to any extent. In fact, in all coarse cot- tons the market is entirely against buy- ers. Prints and Ginghams—A point of in- terest with these goods to-day is, what price will the new goods open at? A higher market, the agents say, is almost positive, but how much higher is the question. They do not feel like com- mitting themselves to any extent in re- gard to this, beyond stating this much. Fancies have shown decidedly im- proved conditions, and a very accept- able amount of business has been trans- acted. Stocks had been reduced very materially, and agents claim that there is nothing new of a menacing character to be found now. Ginghams have shown no change from our last writing. They are strong in every department, and very scarce. - Dress Goods—There is almost nothing in the way of old stocks to .draw_ from, and while there is some machinery that in other seasons was diverted to men’s wear fabrics and this season has been returned to its legitimate use, if the consumption and demand are at all in proportion to that of last year, even that will not be enough to fill all wants. The very fact that buyers are so deliberate about their business, and place orders so conservatively, is almost a positive sign that the orders placed will hold without material change. The nature of the buying is very gratifying, for near- ly every style has received its just con- sideration, and has been comfortably ordered. There are some, in fact it may seem a good many, lines that have been turned down as no good for the season. This, of course, is not surprising, even although these same styles may seem to be excellent for the season's business. Blankets—Blankets continue to show the same healthy condition that they have throughout the season, and busi- ness is very nearly at an end as far as the majority of agents are concerned. Very little is to be found anywhere in the way of desirable goods, and many lines are sold up completely for the season. Sharp advances made _ since the opening of biankets had no effect in checking business, and buyers only wish they could find still more of these goods at the latest quotations. There is noth- ing in the way of old stocks to draw from, and it is more than probable that there will be a shortage of supply this ear. This applies to almost every style of blanket made, either cotton, cotton warp or all wool. Underwear—Prices of underwear are not as advanced as the price of yarn seems to justify. This is especially the case in the various lines of fleece goods. Many fleece goods manufacturers are of the opinion that prices could have been advanced 2@3c with safety. Now that the orders for these goods have all been placed, and the mills are getting a chance to look them over, they realize that they have taken a larger amount of orders than they thought, and that it will be a big undertaking to manufac- ture and deliver them all at the time specified. That they will strive tooth and nail te accomplish this is shown by the reports coming in of the mills hir- ing al] the extra help that they can pos- sibly procure, running night and day, and doing everything possible to fill all contracts. The only mills that do not run their factories day and night are those which are having difficulty in pro- curing sufficient yarn to do so. This is the case with quite a number of mills, and if the supplies of yarn do not come in more quickly and steadily it is likely to develop a scarcity of fleeced goods later in the season. Carpets—The manufacturers are get- ting ready for the new season, which it is expected will open earlier than usual. They have several important facts to take into consideration when the prices are being made, the basis of which will be the present situation. Manufac- turers of ingrains could some months ago buy 2-14s chain yarn for 11 and 11%c. At this writing they are quoted at I9%c and in some instances above. We previously reported that this num- ber of yarn would reach 20c and it will no doubt soon be a fact. This will have an important bearing on the prices of goods for the new season. It is also currently reported that dyers of carpet yarns will make an advance for their work as follows: %c per pound on black yarns and Kc per pound on all other colors. This advance will take effect April 1, and was made in order to- establish a uniform price for this class of work. This will also have to be considered by the carpet manufacturers when prices for the coming season are made. The general opinion of the in- grain carpet manufacturers of Kensing- ton, Philadelphia, is that this class of goods will be advanced from 5 to 7%c per yard, and a proportionate rate on art squares. This will bring the price of ingrain carpets up to at least 52%c per yard and art squares to 55c. Man- ufacturers of damask and venetian stair carpets are well satisfied with the sea- son’s business, and look forward to con- tinued prosperity in this line. There will be a considerable advance on these carpets for the coming season. There is just time enough for the situation to be well considered, and a good basis made for new prices. Pearl Buttons on Approval Display Carion Explains Itself. Increases Sales. No Trouble to Keep Stock in Order. I will send $5 and $10 lots of Pearl Buttons by prepaid express; any or all may be returned if not satisfactory. Buttons for manufacturing trade a specialty. Merchants wishing to obtain inside figures on pearl but- tons should not fail to send for this sample lot or sam- ple card. F. Heyr oth, Manufacturer, Manitowoc, Wis. qe re Shed. p Poainweie. Micn, ) MAKE == THE =~ ie ay FINEST. = VIP TPHTTNOP TEENIE ET NTP Er TER NT Michigan Suspender Unexcelled in workman- ship and durability. Every pair guaranteed. Write us and our agent will call on you. Michigan Suspender Company, Plainwell, Mich. NVttrier dud = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = UMA AAU AAA AAA TAA UA dU dk Ub dk dk Jb ddd : GO0000OO 000000000 0000000000000 000 ©0900 09000000 90000000 00000000 hirts That Fi 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 part of our line, always paying a little more to have such goods. Our assortment for the | spring trade is the best we have ever shown. = We bought liberally while prices were low. : You get the benefit. | Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Micvr. Pre” ears aj the month of During March we will show from 1,500 to 2,000 Pattern Hats from $12 per dozen up- wards. Write for prices. Corl, Knott & Co., 20-22 N. Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. al Laces Embroideries dll sertings season. Swiss. To-day we have the largest line of laces, embroideries and insertings that we ever carried in stock. Laces will be very good this coming We have All Over Lace, Smyrna, Linen Torchon, Cotton Torchon, Valenciennes, Oriental, Pillow Case, etc. Embroideries, Nainsook, All Over and P. Steketee & Sons, Embroideries are always good. Wholesale Dry Gonds, Grand Rapids, Mich. < { > MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 WOMEN BUYERS. Inferior in Some Ways to Men—Where They Excel. From the New York Sun. During the last two months a host of buyers have been hunting in Broadway and the other haunts where lurk the fes- tive shirt waist and the fierce spring hat and the clinging spring dress fabrics. They turn up every spring; but this year there are more of them than usual, and sales tell an encouraging story of prosperity throughout the country. An- other feature of this season’s hunt is the number of women who are taking part in it. Never before, say the whole- sale dealers, were so many women _ buy- ers turned loose upon them, although the feminine contingent has been increasing steadily year after year and is an ac- cepted factor in the business. The character of the business done by the women buyers as well as their num- ber has been changing. At first the women who had little shops in the city or its vicinity came in and bought small orders. Occasionally a woman who was the actual motive power, in a business of which her husband was the nominal head, did the buying for the firm, or a widow, carrying on her husband’s busi- ness, bought largely. With the use of the department stores came a new type of woman buyer, and to-day she is real- ly the most important feminine element in the business. In the great wholesale houses one still sees the old type. There are elderly women in black who haunt the notion department and nervously ex- amine blue and white prints and colored yarns ; fat, hustling little women of sub- lime self-confidence, who know. what their small town customers want and consider their orders matters of tremen- dous moment; an occasional keen-eyed, self-reliant woman of middle age, who has built up a business of her own, has gained good credit at the house, and is met as an equal by the salesmen, who know that she can not be humbugged. One still sees all these women; but there’s another and newer type. She is a tailor-made young person who wears good clothes with an air, and suggests long training in the subjugation of un- ruly cash boys and irresponsible sales- girls. She speaks as one having author- ity and she carries herself as though the eyes of the public and the floor-walker were upon her. There’s nothing nervous about her and she isn’t interested in yarns or blue and white prints. Like the fat woman, and with more cause, she is serenely certain that her orders are of prime importance, for she represents a department of some large store, and the weight of big capital and the favor of the firm are behind her. Many of these women, indeed a large majority of them, have worked their way up from subordinate positions to places of re- sponsibility, through sheer pluck and ability, and are shrewd and capable business women; but, nevertheless, it is a fact that the average salesman in the wholesale houses dislikes dealing with the women customers. ‘‘Our men do not like to handle the women’s trade,’’ said one of the part- ners in a wholesale dry goods house, ‘‘and they will all try to shy off when a woman comes in, unless she is very at- tractive or they happen to know that she is a rapid and capable buyer. The average woman, even when she knows her business, is slow and fidgety. She can’t make up her mind and _ she _hesi- tates and debates and uses up as much time as a man who wants to buy out the whole stock. Then as likely as not she’ll go off without buying anything after all.’’ That seems to be the general verdict. Almost all the salesmen sing the same refrain, and some of them speak much more emphatically, but occasionally a man has the knack of managing women and takes all who come, with smiling imperturbability. He smooths them in the right way and keeps them radiantly amiable and sells them things they don’t want, at prices out of all reason. THey part from him regretfully, and ask for him the next time they come back, and he really seems to enjoy his little act. He is valuable beyond rubies, and his fellow salesmen look upon him with mixed feelings of admiration and won- der. ‘*How do the women buyers differ in their business methods from the men?’’ a Sun reporter asked one of these charmers, who is so irresistible with the fair sex and sells so many undesirable goods to the women buyers that his fel- lows accuse him of using hypnotism. ‘*Well, it’s this way,’’ he said: “‘A man buys on the principle that it takes all sorts of persons and all sorts of tastes to make upa public. A woman buys what she herself likes. Often she’ll buy more attractive things than the man will, but she will not have as good an assortment. She bothers so about de- tails where a man would not give the thing a second thought. A man_ goes through this organdie stock, we'll say. He careers along like a rocket, knows at a glance what he needs and wants, tosses aside the bolts he wants, saying, ‘l’ll take this and this and this.’ In the end he has a fairly good assortment in color and design and off he goes to another department. The woman sits down here and fingers that blue organdy. She wants some blue organdy, yes, but she isn’t quite sure about the pattern. Haven't I a piece about the same shade as this but with a scroll design in the little stripe where that has a palm leaf figure? That would suit her exactly, but she never did care about palm _ leaf designs. She’ll go on like that over every piece of goods she buys, some- times. Some of the boys can’t stand it. You see, you can’t swear at a woman, and the boys are rather used to swear- ing, even on slight provocation. One of those women would drive a cigar store Indian to profanity, and the effort to be polite almost proves fatal to the boys. Now, I rather like the experience. It amuses me. ‘The boys haven’t any sense of humor. That’s what’s the matter with them. These nice old ladies who have general stores around the country are my favorites. They tell-me all about the people to whom they sold their last stock, and what I don’t know about vil- lage life in New York, Jersey and Long Island isn’t worth mentioning. The Western women are entertaining, too. They are so—well, so highly charged, you know. There’s something explosive about the Western woman. She works fast and she’s usually shrewd. ‘*We do have some women who buy as rapidly and surely as the men, and get bottom prices, too; but ordinarily the women do not buy as cheaply as the men. A woman asks the price, and perhaps asks if I can’t do better by her, but that’s all. If I give a man the same price he invites me to visit a warmer climate and tells me emphatically what he'll pay. Usually he strikes it right and gets the goods at his figure. An- other thing about the women is that, having probably had less practice than the men, they are less sure of their judgment and more afraid to assume re- sponsibility. They hesitate and ask advice and refer their decisions to the firm where a man would sail ahead and do what he thought best.’’ Almost all the important department stores in the country have trusted women buyers who buy not only in New York, but in Europe, too. European buying is the top notch of ambition for a woman buyer; and scores of women go abroad twice a year, to buy, not only millinery, but also laces, embroidery, leather goods, gloves and fancy articles of all kinds. So far, the heavy buying, silks, velvets, woolens, etc., has been left almost exclusively to the men; but that is probably because expert know- ledge of those goods requires experience for a longer period than has passed since women invaded the buying field. In the next generation, men will have to look to their laurels even in those depart- ments. The wholesale millinery houses see, perhaps, more of the women buyers than any of the other houses, and in no other branch of buying do women dis- play more skill and cleverness. Ina millinery shop a woman’s foot is on its native heath, and feminine superiority asserts itself. The salesmen all testify to the cleverness of their women cus- tomers, but make reservations in their enthusiasm. ‘*They have to be jollied, and the old man has to take them out to luncheon and to the theater. Sometimes it’s pleas- ant, and then again it’s a_ ghastly bore,’’ confided one good-looking sales- man to the reporter. ‘*Great Scott! the feminine propositions I’ve gone up against in the last two months! But, then, there have been others’’—-and he smiled reminiscently. ‘* There ought to be a law providing that no woman _ over 35 and not pretty and entertaining should be allowed to become a New York buyer of millinery. There’s one thing about a woman buyer: If she wants to be disagreeable, she can be more disagreeable than any man, at his worst, ever dreamed of being. [| don’t mind a man’s swearing at me, but when a woman purs hateful things at me, I want to die—and a fellow can’t talk back. That's the worst of it.”’ The head of one of New York's fore- most department stores, when asked whether he intrusted much of his buy- ing to women, replied promptly in the affirmative. ‘*Indeed I do,’’ he said, ‘‘and I ex- pect to give more of the buying to wo- men. A woman buys. all our leather goods and goes abroad twice a year for us. Our lace buyer is a woman and two women do the buying for the milli- ery department. Our handkerchiefs and neckwear and veils and ribbons and parasols and lingerie are all bought by women, and I’m ready to say that we've no buyers in our store more clever and successful than those same women,”’ a A Boston cemetery company has de- cided to exclude automobiles from its burying ground lest the horseless vehi- cles should) cause runaways, which might create havoc among the tomb- stones and monuments. There are many costly monuments in the cemetery and as these are insured by the company a runaway accident might result ina serious financial loss. Duck proof, Coats We are offering a New Duck Coat for the year 1goo that is first class in every particular, water- and no mistake about it. Dealers will find it to their inter- ests to see our Coat before placing orders for next season. The Ideal Clothing Company Grand Repids, Michigan Nobby Spring Suits We are showing the trade a large and attractive line of handsome, striking pat- terns in men’s sack suits. The workmanship on these goods is just as perfect as what you would expect to find in the best custom tailoring. Our Fancy Worsteds and Cassimeres to retail at $7.50 to $12.00 should be seen by every up- to-date clothier. These suits are something out of the ordinary for correct style and elegant workman- ship. We will gladly send samples to dealers. Express Prepaid. David Adler & Sons Clothing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Around the State Movements of Merchants. Three Rivers—H. H. Gage has opened a new drug store here. Okemos—Olin Bros. succeed Gunn in general trade. Olin & Springport— David Dodd has engaged in the meat business here. Atlanta—Jacob Cohen succeeds Jacob B. Alpern in general trade. Elkton—Edmonds Bros., meat deal- ers, have removed to Imlay City. Holland—A. Boerema has_ purchased the grocery stock of Tiemen Slagh. Lansing—H. G. Woolworth has opened a bazaar store in the Jenison block. Holland —Albertie & Dykstra continue the bazaar business of John Albertie. Metamora—Lundy & Lewis have sold their hardware stock to Chas. H. Hurd. Blisstield—L. L. Doan succeeds Doan & Giles in the grocery and meat busi- ness. , Silverwood—O. G. Milliken, dealer in drugs and meats, has removed to Vassar. Bellaire—I. E. Dickinson has pur- chased the meat market of Geo. B. Stanley. St. Johns—Lowe & Redfern have added a line of hardware to their other business. Lyons—-F. L. Marker & Co. have purchased the general stock of M. A. Herrick. Detroit—-Marr & Stevens succeed Herbert J. Stevens in the boot and shoe business. Chapin—Manning & Fockler have re- moved their general stock from Brice to this place. Thompsonville—J. B. Trowbridge has re-engaged in the grocery business at this place. Jackson—Hanson & Gulick succeed Hanson & Dewey in the flour, feed and grain business. Watervliet—Post Bros., general deal- ers, have dissolved partnership, F. S. Post succeeding. Perrington—Dean & Dodge continue the implement and vehicle business of Dean & Meeker. Pulaski—Geo. T. McClintic succeeds McClintic & Weston in the general mer- chandise business. Chilson—Loughlin & Henderson, gen- eral store and grain dealers, have sold out to W. S. Lusk. Cadillac—M. J. Present has opened a branch dry goods, clothing and boot and shoe store at Tustin. Coldwater—Calkins Bros. have sold their grocery stock and meat market to W. D. Tripp and Jay Wickes. Vernon—Frank Wescott has sold his hardware stock to C. J. Shaw, who. has removed to this city from Owosso. Breckenridge—P. C. Thomas has pur- chased the hardware, harness and im- plement stock of Young & Boneman. Kalamazoo—---Sternfield Bros. have opened a bazaar store at 128 East Main street. They came here from Allegan. Carson City—J. H. Baker. has pur- chased the grocery stock of Mrs. L. Huntoon and will continue the business at the same location. Saginaw—C. Wartenberg has sold his implement stock to L. B. Chamberlain, of Laporte, Ind., and will engage in the raising of sugar beets. Saginaw—R. C. Buehler, a veteran in the dry goods business, will shortly open a store at 215 Genesee avenue. The firm will be known as R. C. Buehl- er & Co. and will handle women’s fur- nishing goods, ~ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Nashville—Henry C. Glasner has sold his grocery and notion stock to Truman J. Navue, who will continue the busi- ness at the same location. Sunfield—O. W. Canouts, of Palo, has leased the new brick store building at this place and engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. Muskegon—P. J. Tanis has retired from the meat business of Tanis & Co. The remaining partner, John Kooyers, will continue the business. Dowagiac—Wm. M. Vrooman & Son is the style of the new firm which con- tinues the hardware and implement business of Wm. M. Vrooman. Port Huron—Sheldon & Co. have opened a paper store in the Sanborn building. The members of the firm are Charles R. Sheldon and L. C. Prescott. Kalamazoo—Foster, Post & Co. have moved from 136 South Burdick street to 104 East Main street and have changed from a bazaar to a 5 and Io cent stock. Sault Ste. Marie—D. K. Moses & Co., who conduct a general store at this place and at Bay Mills, have sold their stock at the latter place to S. Sarasohn & Co. Dexter—Spencer ‘Davis. has retired from the general merchandise frm of Davis Bros. & Co. The business will be continued under the style of A. Davis & Co. Williamston—C. E. Paddock and S. P. Morrison have purchased the stock of goods of M. M. Parks and will con- tinue the business under the style of S. P. Morrison & Co. Portland—John Dilley, of Muir, was in town last week, looking over the prospects for getting encouragement enough to warrant starting a washing machine factory here. Shelby—J. H. Chapman, formerly in the drug business at Mears, has pur- chased an interest in the drug business of F. W. Van Wickle. The firm name will be Van Wickle & Chapman. Hancock—N. A. Metz, clothier and furnishing goods dealer, will shortly add thirty feet to the depth of his store, which -is- greatly needed on account of the crowded condition of his stock. Eaton Rapids—Townsend & Co. have sold their bazaar stock to Mr. Norton, of Ontario, N. Y., and Mr. Custer, of Ionia, who will continue the business under the style of Norton & Custer. South Haven—-—Niffenegger Bros., meat dealers, have dissolved partner- ship. Charles will continue the busi- ness at the old stand and Jacob has pur- chased the meat business of Wm. Jacobs. Williamston—D. W. Fisher, who con- ducts a general merchandise business at Belle Oak, recently lost his stock and building by fire. He carried an _insur- ance of $2,000, which will partly cover the loss. Traverse City—W. R. Miller, who re- cently purchased the fruit and confec- tionery stock of A. A. McCoy & Son, has sold a half interest to Oscar Prause. The new firm will be known as Miller & Prause. Hudson—The Whitbeck Bros.’ gro- cery store was suld at assignee’s sale to Ray N. Johnson, who will continue the business at the same location. The stock was appraised at $1,900 and was sold at 82 cents on the dollar. Belding—E. B. Lapham and Geo. W. De Witt have formed a copartner- ship under the style of Lapham & De Witt and engaged in the furniture busi- ness. Mr. DeWitt was formerly engaged in the same business at Sherwood. Traverse City—F. C. Thompson has retired from the firm of Hobart, Beecher & Thompson and will continue the drug business at the old location. Hobart & Beecher will continue the book and sta- tionery business, the same as heretofore. Sterling—Philip W. Van Antwerp, who has been engaged in general trade here nearly twenty-five years, has sold out to Mathias A. Vogle for $6,000, which includes his building and _ stock. Mr. Van Antwerp will remove to St. Clair,where he has purchased a farm. Chelsea—The H. S. Holmes Mercan- tile Co. has been reorganized for a period of five years. The junior part- ners—Edward Vogel, E. R. Dancer and Db. H. Wurster—have each taken much larger interests than before, and H. S. Holmes, the senior member, has corres- pondingly reduced his holding. He has lately been elected to the presidency of the Kempf Commercial & Savings Bank, which requires a_ considerable portion of his time. Manufacturing Matters. Morenci—Ed. Wells announces his in- tention of starting a cannery here. Mason—The Mason Creamery Co. will begin operations for the season April 2. Eureka—A cheese factory project is being agitated by J. R. Jeffereys and others. Elba—-W. F. Greene, of Flint, ex- pects to begin operations at his new cheese factory here April 15. Hartford—Davis Haven, proprietor of the cheese factory here, will take charge of the new factory at Cushing’s Corners. Kalkaska—Wm. T. Lancaster has purchased the interest of his partner, W. W. Hill; in the wood working busi- ness and will assume full control about April 1. Flint—W. A. Cook, who recently purchased the Goodrich creamery, is now operating the plant on the co-oper- ative plan. He reports a gain in the re- ceipts of milk. South Haven—A portion of the stock of the Fruit Belt Syrup Co. has been sold to Foote & Jenks, of Jackson, who will distribute the products of the fac- tory hereafter. Kingston—The creamery here is to be put into operation this season, after lying idle for seven years. The busi- ness men of the village have taken hold of the project, organized a stock com- pany and purchased the plant. Menominee—Edward J. Brady and Frank A. Spies have purchased an in- terest in the shingle business of Henry Harding and the new company will probably be known as the Harding Cedar & Shingle Co. Fresh capital will be added to the business and a whole- sale cedar business established. —_> 2. ___ Adoption of the Metric System. A bill has been introduced into Congress by Representative Shafroth, of Colorado, providing for the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures by the Government of the United States in all its departments, be- pane with January 1, Igol, and urther, providing that from the 1st day of January, 1902, this shall be the only legal system of weights and measures throughout the United States. The measure is similar in all its important features to that presented in the Fifth- fifth Congress by Representative Stone, of Pennsylvania, and which passed the ouse, but was subsequently recom- mitted by a small majority. ——_+.____ If you happen to have an idle day, remember the —_— of the men who are engaged with a busy one. ——_> 2. ___ For Gillies’ N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and prices, Visner, both phones. The Boys Behind the Counter. Ishpeming—Dave Johnson, who has been employed with Atkins & Co. for several years, has taken the position for- merly held by Henry Hosking at the Ishpeming Co-operative store. Cadillac—Vern Wolston, a registered pharmacist who has been in the employ of George D. Van Vranken has, resigned his position, and commenced work in Cummer, Diggins & Saunders’ lumber yard. His health was failing and it was thought a change of work for a time would benefit him. Allegan—Fred. Cady has been suc- ceeded as clerk in the grange store by Laurence Bunson. Saginaw—Fred A. Campbell, head clerk for G. Estabrook & Co. for a number of years, has returned from the East, where he has been traveling for a Boston firm, and has resumed his for- mer position in this city. Owosso—Simon Knoll, for eighteen months past head clerk in Black’s dry goods store, has resigned to accept a similar position in Dratz’s store in Muskegon. Mr. Knoll is succeeded by Carl Sopp, of Brighton. Fremont—Adrian White has taken a clerkship in the hardware store of J. J. Klooster. Athens—Lloyd Underwood succeeds Fred Underwood as clerk in the grocery and crockery store of A. H. Harrison & Co. Orland—Carl Jackman has taken a clerkship in George Dando’s drug store. Hersey—While assisting in cleaning the drug store of L. M. Hines, at Her- sey, recently, John Palmer drank an ounce of carbolic acid thinking it to be simple syrup as the bottles were alike. He lived ten minutes, walking to a doctor’s office and back to the store be- fore expiring. Saginaw—W. B. Moore _ succeeds Fred. Plessner as clerk in the store of the Valley Drug Co. Mr. Plessner has engaged to cover the Philadelphia trade for the Traumer Malt Co. Greenville—S. M. Albertson has a new clerk in his dry goods store in the person of Peter Jensen, who clerked three years in the general store of Han- sen & Son, at Trufant. Hudson—Jay Webb has taken a clerk- ship in the grocery store of Ray N. Johnson. ——-s +> Taken a Fresh Start. Sault Ste. Marie, March 12—The Business Men’s Association, which has been in a state of innocuous desuetude for the past few months, has been reor- ganized and infused with new life. On the occasion of the annual meeting there was a large and representative attend- ance of members. New officers were elected as follows: President—Otto Supe. Vice-President—Chas. Wood. Secretary-Treasurer—Jay W. Sutton. Executive Committee—Chas. Supe, W. F. ——. V. R. Conway, J. B. Sweatt, Alf. Richards and C. J. Brook. The Association adopted a resolution remitting all amounts that had become due from members during the inactivity of the organization, up to March 1, and Secretary J. W. Sutton withdrew all claims for salary during that period. Several matters of interest to the members were brought up and briefly considered and subjects outlined for a full discussion at the meeting to be held Thursday evening. That the Business Men’s Association is an organization that is of much _ ben- efit to its members and citizens gen- erally is shown by the good work that was accomplished by it in the early months of its existence last year. It now has a membership of seventy-eight, and with its new lease of life, its good work will be started again and no doubt kept up continuously, a 4 Y uw 4; - < ‘ < MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Watkins & Bassett succeed Arthur J. Watkins in the meat business at 45 South Division street. A. Trowbridge has opened a grocery store at Thompsonville. The stock was furnished by the Worden Grocer Co. H. D. Johnson has engaged in the grocery business at Stanton, purchasing his stock from the Worden Grocer Co. Frank Jewell (Clark-Jewell-Wells Co. ) is spending a couple of weeks with his parents at Oakland, Cali. He is ex- pected home the latter part of the month. The Missaukee Manufacturing & Mer- cantile Co., cedar operators at Lake City, have opened a supply store. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the grocery stock. S. H. West, who came to Grand Rapids some months ago and engaged in business with a partner under the style of the Valley City Syrup Co., creating numerous creditors who recent- ly had occasion to mourn his clandestine departure, filed a petition in bankruptcy at Chicago March 12. In case he un- dertakes to secure a release from the in- debtedness he incurred in connection with the Valley City Syrup Co., Grand Rapids creditors will interpose a vigor- ous opposition. Livingston Cook, who was engaged in general trade at Bauer for sixteen years prior to last June, when he disposed of the stock to his son, died Sunday morn- ing of heart failure, aged 72 years. De- ceased was born in Livingston county, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1828, and was chief engineer of a Government war vessel during the rebellion. At the close of the war he removed to Kelloggsville, Kent county, where he ran the engine in the sawmill there for several years. He then purchased a farm in George- town township, Ottawa county, which he tilled fourteen vears, when he en- gaged in general trade at Bauer. He leaves a wife and two living children. Death was entirely unexpected, no one but the wife being present when the end came. The funeral will be held at the Disciple church Thursday noon. The interment will be in Georgetown ceme- tery. —__> 2. ___ The Produce Market. Apples—Carefully sorted Baldwins, onathans and Spys command $4 per bl. Fancy stock easily commands 50c additional. Bagas—1.35 per 3 bu. bbl. Bananas——Selling at $1.50@2 per bunch. Cocoanuts—Quoted at 50c per doz. Beans—The market is without partic- ular change, the price holding 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, without much demand, due to the fact that the call is for dairy rolls, which are coming in freely and find an outlet on the basis of 20c for fancy and 18c for choice. Cabbage—75@goc per doz. Califor- nia, $4@4.50 per crate. Carrots—goc per 3 bu. bbl. Celery—California stock commands 60 @ooc per doz. Home grown will not be in market again until spring. Cranberries—Jerseys have advanced to $10@11 per bbl. Dressed Poultry—All lines are in strong demand and are eagerly taken as fast as they arrive. Chickens command 11@12c. Fowls are in active demand at 10o@11c._ Ducks are eagerly taken at 11@12c, Geese find a market on the basis of 7@g9c. Turkeys are in good demand at gc for No 2 and tic for No 1. Eggs—The market dropped off Ic _to- day, leaving the current price for strict- ly fresh stock at 15c, which is 2c above the parity of the Chicago market. In all probability the price here will go_ to 13c before the end of the week—possibly to I2c. Green Fruits—Lemons remain about the same in price with a fair demand. Prices are reasonably satisfactory and the aggregate movement is perhaps as strong as could be expected at this sea- son. Bananas are higher, largely ow- ing to the fact that trade is improving, and shipments are not heavy enough to satisfy the demand. Receipts are much smaller now than usual at this season, but demand rules about the same, which is forcing prices above the ordinary figure. Green Stuff—Grand Rapids forcing lettuce, 15c per Ib. Onions, 25c per doz. Parsley, 35c per doz. Pieplant, toc per lb. Radishes, 35c 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. Live Poultry Pigeons, 50@6oc. Squabs still fetch $1.75 per doz. and are scarce at that. Chickens, 9@gisc. Fowls, 8@8%c Ducks, 8c for young and 7c for old. Turkeys, 1oc for hens and gc for gobblers. Geese, gc. 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. But- ternuts and walnuts are in small demand at 6oc per bu. Onions—Home grown command Soc. Parsnips—$1.35 per 3 bu. bbl. Pineapples—F lorida fruit brings $3.75 per doz. Pears—California quoted at $3.25@ 3.50 per box. Potatoes—The market is about the same as a week ago. Local buyers throughout the State are paying 26@28c. Locally, sales are made in small quan- tities at 4oc per bu. Seeds—The market is strong and the demand is good for so early in the sea- son. Mammoth clover, recleaned, $5.25 @5.50; medium clover, good to choice, $4@5.50; Alsyke clover, $6.75@7.50; Alfaifa clover, $6@6.75 ; crimson clover, $4@4.60; timothy, prime to choice, $1.20@1.40; field peas, white, 85c@$1 ; red top, prime to choice, 60c@$1 ; red top, a from chaff, $1.50@1.75; or- chard grass, 75C@$I. Io. 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 command $4 per bbl. Tallow—Common, 43{c per lb. ; ma- chinery grade, 5%4@534c. Tomatoes—Southern stock commands soc per 6 Ib. basket. Turnips—$1 per bbl. Veal—Dressed_ carcass, Ib., as to quality. $1.10@1.30; blue grass, %@ogc_ per Advice to Wool Purchasers and Growers. The use of sisal grass twine for tying wool fleeces will result in lower prices for the product if the practice is con- tinued. Although the utmost care is exercised by manufacturers in removing the grass from the wool, some fibers are overlooked and follow through the various processes of manufacture until the goods are dyed, when every particle is plainly discernible. This means claims by purchasers of the cloth and cancellation of orders. Some manufac- turers utterly refuse to buy wool tied with sisal twine, and when the grower realizes that this practice will result in a lower price for his product, he will find a way to obtain hard twine, instead of using the binder twine he has on hand. This is an important subject to growers and purchasers, as lower values will surely ensue if the use of sisal ‘son. twine is continued. Wm. T. Hess. The Grocery Market. Sugars—The raw sugar market is con- siderably stronger, prices showing an advance of 1-16c. This makes the pres- ent price of 06 test centrifugals 43¢c. The Mollenhauer and National refineries will remain closed indefinitely, claim- ing that there is no profit at present values. In sympathy with raws, the re- fined market is strong and an advance in price is very probable. Canned Goods—There is an improve- ment in trade all along the line, al- though not in the direction of large or- ders. Evidently that must come iater, but so long as there is improvement there is encouragement and dealers show less disposition to shade prices. Al- though all goods have been held firm heretofore, they are doing even better now and an upward movement is antic- ipated. In futures very little of interest occurs from day today. The general outlook for packers is not as encoura- ging as it was a year ago, but great hopes are based on the open market later, which is expected to do more than future sales have done. The prin- cipal point of interest in the demand for spot goods is the wide range of ar- ticles it covers. This appears to indi- cate that jobbers are carrying light stocks. It is known that a large pro- portion of the retailers are, and on this basis rest the hopes of holders for ac- tive, aggressive business later. Future sales of canned tomatoes were scarcely ever as light up to this season as now. So far buyers have taken only small quantities,and unless holders make con- cessions, it seems probable that future sales will be small during the entire sea- The total pack for 1899 was so much larger than the average that there is an impression that large stocks are being carried in a number of markets. This leads buyers to the conclusion that large purchases are unwise because there is a possibility that prices will go down. This view is not shared by all and is flatly denied by some. The com- bined effect of it all will be to throw more sales into the open market later. Spot tomatoes are quiet, with demand limited to such orders as are needed for immediate consumption. Trade is principally in small lots, with an oc- casional large order. Conditions are unchanged, but there are some encoura- ging factors which promise to lead to better trade, if not to higher prices. Futures are unchanged, and such sales as are made are at previous prices. There is little of interest in the market, buyers showing considerable hesitancy about taking hold at present prices, and sellers showing no inclination to offer concessions. Until some permanent agreement can be reached, there will be comparatively little future business, which will compel heavy buying in the open market later. There is no change in corn in either spot or future goods. There is a good demand for peas and large sales of futures have been made. Many packers are entirely sold up and some refuse to make further contracts because they fear the pea louse, which caused so much damage last year. There is some increase in the consum- ing demand for some varieties of fruits at unchanged prices. According to mail advices from California fruit canners are booking heavy orders for this sea- son’s pack. There is more enquiry for salmon and it is very scarce. This scar- city is caused principally by its adop- tion as an army ration by the American and British governments. With the large armies now in the field, the con- sumption has become enormous. Indica- tions point to a larger pack of clams on the Maine coast this season than for- merly. Stock is abundant and available at low prices. Dried Fruits—There is a strong un- dertone to the dried fruit market, which appears to affect all varieties. While sales are comparatively small, holders are firm in their views, and generally insist upon full prices. Apparently the dull season is passed, but large buyers are not taking hold with any consider- able degree of freedom, although there are more numerous enquiries for large lots and the prospect of improvement in all varieties is encouraging. Holders are firm in their views and are under the impression that increased business will result from present conditions. Prunes are steady, but trading is neces- sarily small under the circumstances. There is a continuation of the previous- ly reported firm feeling, but no move- ment of importance has occurred during the past few days. ‘The total supply on the coast is reckoned at perhaps 375 cars, and it is expected that these will all move out before the new crop comes in. About half a dozen cars have gone to Germany of late, and there is said to be an increasing English enquiry. All that is required is a good export demand to put business on a more satisfactory basis. Raisins are quiet, but there promises to be an enlarged demand shortly. Most sales are in small lots to supply immediate requirements and the speculative feature of trade has entire- ly disappeared. All stocks are firmly held, however, dealers being under the impression that stocks are light and what are left will be needed by consum- ers before the new crops are ready for delivery. Peaches are attracting con- siderable attention and the probable shortness, or at least close control of the available supply, will probably tend to increase prices in marked degree later. At present the movement has only begun, but according to indications it promises to reach a heavy volume in the near future. The buying season is somewhat late this spring, measured by former standards, but may, after all, be quite as important in the end. Large sales have recently been made on the coast for both Alaska and the Philip- pines. The result is that stocks are firmly held and some grades have ad- vanced c. There is a steady under- tone to the market for evaporated ap- ples, which is taken to indicate that there will be better business shortly. Demand continues fair. Apricots can be bought only in small lots as there are no very large lots to be had. Sales do not increase but even at the present rate the supply will be distributed be- fore the new crop is ready for shipment. Dates are lower, and trade is compara- tively dull. There isa fair consump- tive demand for the season, however, and a better feeling is anticipated. Figs are easy but holders are not forc- ing sales, and the future promises bet- ter things. Currants are not especially active, but are firmly held. Rice—The demand for rice is good at unchanged prices. It is expected that during the current month supplies will be practically exhausted, at least of the more attractive sorts. Tea—Prices are fully maintained. The past week showed considerable im- provement and a better demand is ex- pected soon. Fish—The kinds is good. but firm. demand for fish of all Prices are unchanged, 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Some Good Local Advertising—Some Not So Good. W. I. Benedict, of Belding, sends in three sample advertisements for criti- cism, and two of them are good enough to merit reproduction. $1,000,000 To Advertise Baking Powder The best cream of tartar baking powders are composed of strictly pure cream of tartar, pure bicarbonate of soda with starch or rice flour as a filler. Government chemists say this is the only kind that should be used. One firm making baking powder spends $1,000,000 a year advertising it. The price of it is 45 cents a pound. We make a_ pure cream of tartar baking powder, too—the in- gredients are the purest and best to be bought—there can be no better baking . der. It sells at 30 cents a pound. We have sold it for twelve years—some of our custom- ers in Belding have used it four or five years —we have never heard of an unprejudiced user who was not satisfied with it. We want you to try it. There’s no $1,000,000 in it, but we can afford to make a good reduction to get you to use the first lot of it. Bring us this space and get one pound for 15 cents or a half pound for 7 cents. Just out—Catalogue of Belding Public Library. One free for the asking. W. I. BENEDICT, Druggist. A Big Deal in Soap A new firm making Toilet Soaps gave us a big discount on our first order from them. The soaps are put up the neatest of any yet on the market—the quality is all right as it’s a new firm “plugging” for more trade. 400 cakes in 15 odors. Come early and get your choice—enough to last all summer. (Prices) W. I. BENEDICT, Druggist. The baking powder advertisement is clear, forcible and convincing talk. It fairly bubbles over with the maker’s confidence in his goods—and that is half the battle in an advertisement. You know the difference in the impression produced by the salesman who is. brim- ful of enthusiasm and the one who doesn’t know how to talk up his. goods. There is just the same difference in ad- vertisements. The idea of selling an introductory pound or half-pound at half price is a good one, and Mr. Benedict should reap good returns from his plan. The soap advertisement has the same good features that I have commended in the other one—straightforwardness and a general air of conviction. The heading is set a trifle too small, and is likely to be drowned out by the big sig- nature. That is the only fault I can see in it. + * > The advertisement of Stewart's Ba- zaar, Portland, which is shown herewith, Stewart’s Bazaar $10,000 in Cash, $5,000 in Goods Is what we are after. The great sale of our entire stock will be continued to-day and every day and evening of the entire year, from 7a.m.togp.m. Please don’t forget the place. STEWART’S BAZAAR, Portland, Mich. is too indefinite. It does not tell the kind of goods on sale, the prices, or anything else outside of the bare fact that goods are onsale. An advertise- ment like this, while it may produce some effect, doesn’t realize the full use- fulness of the space it occupies. It rep- resents a certain amount of wasted en- ergy—and money. If the writer had picked out two or three good things, de- scribed them and quoted a price upon them, he would have undoubtedly re- ceived some definite returns from his advertising—and returns are what we are all after. W. M. Davis, of Evart, sends in an advertisement for criticism—decidedly the best he has submitted thus far. 1 The Best Harness The claims some people are making are de- eidedly droll and curious. No fairy tales here. It isn’t necessary. We wouldn’t re- sort to such means even if it were. The truth is good enough for us. Our business keeps up in the same brisk pace. Twenty sets made and sold since Jan. 1, and this is the dull season, mind you. No other people can even claim such a record. No other folks employ three expert workmen. No- body else makes and sells harness anywhere near so good. Don’t this rather prove it? Your order, please. The Blanket Sale Goes On When we announced last week that we were cutting prices on the remainder of our blanket and robe stock, we meant it. “It was not a common scheming, catch affair you’ve read in other parts of this paper, but every word meant_ business. Several wise people profited by it last week and there’ll be more next. Better come early. W. M. DAVIS, Furniture and Harness. still notice, however, that Mr. Davis still ‘‘knocks’’ his competitors—which is decidedly unwise. One of the clev- erest advertising men in the country called on me last week, and in conver- sation with him, I asked his opinion of the policy of running down a competi- tor. His answer came in the form of another question. He said: ‘‘What business has any man to admit to the public that he has any competitors?’’ And he was right. The way to advertise is to tell the public about your own goods as if they were the only goods of the kind sold in the world—as if you had no competition—as if, when the public wanted them, you were the only man who could supply them. Mr. Davis’ advertisement is decidedly at- tractive—the headings are well dis- played, and each heading means some- thing. There is room for improvement along the line indicated above, but the work shows a long step toward better advertising. -_ * * E. Engleright, of Portland, keeps a bakery and fruit store, as the accom- panying advertisement will indicate. We Make a Specialty Of having all sorts of fruits in season and aim to have the best quality that ean be obtained. Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, ete. Our Stock of Baked Goods Includes everything found in a first- class bakery. Bread, Buns, Cookies, Cakes, Pies, Fried Cakes, etc. We Also Have Candies of our own make, and which are fresh every day. Special orders for anything in our line filled on short notice. E. ENGLERIGHT, Portland, Mich. Would the advertisement induce anyone to buy from Mr. Engleright? I leave it to my readers. Clearly, Mr. Engleright is a beginner at advertising, and he has much to learn. His advertisement tries to cover his whole stock in the space of four inches. The consequence is that there is nothing in the advertisement to 00000000 H. M. Reynolds & Son, Mansfacturers of 009000000000 Asphalt Paints, Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch. 2 and 3 ply and Torpedo Gravel Ready Roofing. Galvanized Iron Cornice. Sky Lights. Sheet Metal Workers and Contracting Roofers. Grand Rapids, Mich. Office, 82 Campau st. Factory, 1st av. and M. C. Ry. ESTABLISHED 1868 Detroit, Mich. Foot 1st St. PeyvuevvuvvvVvVYVYYYVYVvVVVYYVYTS GRO GRUVVVV OG GU V VOU VV i WORLD’S BEST S.C..V fe 5C. CIGAR. ALL JOBBERS AND G.J JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HEMLOCK BAR ut) Highest Cash prices paid and bark measured promptly by ex- perienced men. Call on or write us. oo . ff MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CO., 222273228, iaicomn nit Keeping a good thing good is next to making it good. Uneeda Biscuit | (sold only in 5 cent packages) come to your table with all the goodness and crispness they had when fresh from the oven. Substantial enough for the plainest meal—dainty enough for the most elaborate banquet. > Vv a el MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 make an impression. Let him try some- | ©@G@OO0O80O4900 oo Vw WER WE wa BOROROR OHOHOE ONOHOBOROEOS cy thing like this: 3 The National Saf MA. TS { Harness § ann i Those Fried Cakes | & Lock Co. Goodness asseasak VeoC at Engleright’s 4 are a revelation. Crisp, not soggy; digestible instead of leaden; just sweet enough without cloying the yalate. 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We guar- > eee oe ® : i Let him follow this up witha descrip- ® Spring and Summer Styles at @ eee them; you take no 4 j tion of a cake or pie or some particular] @ Cut Rates to Cash Buyers : risk whatever; neither does oe 3 a. - |® i . + kind of confectionery and he’ll find his] @ $2.25 per doz. goods. ........ ..# 2.00 > your customer. Besides Ps advertising will bring people in after ® = rad = — cestete sete ees 4.00 @ the guarantee our prices the advertised articles. Let him offer] 7.50 ally sg a. eo e h : — é It represents a greater amount of work — Dp and many more hours in a day, and ; every day in the week, than almost any ad other calling. A fundamental knowledge ; of Latin is necessary, but after one gets a» on oa on om % into the inside of the business it will be a, — ; found that there is more everyday Eng- wy rh i lisb in it than Latin. . ‘“ As far as compensation is concerned, ¢ although the salary paid to learners is small, after a young woman is compe- tent enough to be registered as a phar- macist, which under the law is neces- 4 sary for all who compound prescriptions and prepare medicines, it will be found that the salaries paid are somewhat ig higher than those paid to the average j store clerk. The only difficulty in the ‘ matter is that it means long hours every ’ “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell ‘ you that they are only trying to get you to oid hints A e e ; ee coe 4 Who urges you to keep Sapolio? Ts it not the WLabbaddidaddd day and, like preachers, we have to work on Sundays.”’ public? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. RUBBER STAMPS is You can do business with. 4 Write now to BUSINESS STAMP WORKS. 49 and so Tower Block, Grand:Rapids, Mich. Catalogue for the asking. Both?Phones 2255. SOUVTTTEVPNYYYDITTTTDT TYNE TT 7 AAMAMAddddddd MNMLAAAbAbLALAAAAGALAMAALALAAALGAAAAAAASAAAAGAAAAL « ‘ sa MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the ear 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, EpiTor. WEDNESDAY, - - MARCH 14, 1900. STATE OF = a County of Kent John DeBoer, being duly sworn, de- poses and says as follows: I 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 Mar. 7, Ig00, 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 tenth day of March, 1goo. Henry B. Fairchild, Notary Public in and for Kent County, Mich. SPECULATIVE BUYING. The following communication comes to the Tradesman from one of the larg- est jobbing houses in Detroit, repre- senting the experience and observation of one of the shrewdest men in the wholesale trade in that city: If the average retailer could be brought to realize the advantage of ‘‘dis- counts,’’ half of the trouble and annoy- ance incident to the business would be overcome; and, aside from the comfort of freedom from debt, there is the dis- tinct advantage and deference accorded to every dealer whose policy is to pur- chase only for actual requirements and to avail of every discount for cash. Unfortunately, in these days of too numerous traveling salesmen, every man in trade is hounded to death and_prac- tically forced into becoming a specula- tor-—for every purchase in advance of requirements is purely speculative. We all realize the pressure that is brought to bear in every staple line to induce dealers to ‘‘ place an order now, for the price is surely going up,’’ but the ad- vantages incident to such purchases are as nothing compared to the assured profit which accrues from discounts, reg- ularly taken, whereas the accumulation of large stocks, even although bought right, is a constant source of worry and expense, to say nothing of the strain- ing of credits. Let the average grocer go through his stock carefully and esti- mate the value of the various articles bought in anticipation of a rise or crowded onto him by the almost irresist- ible salesman and in nine cases out of ten the result will be startling—decided- ly so when, in connection therewith, he takes the amount of his indebted- ness. Nearly all grocers buy too much —owe too much—trust too much. It is beyond contradiction that the dealer whose motto is ‘‘cash’’ in his dealings with the wholesaler is a better collector. Discounting soon becomes a habit and in order to discount one must collect. Set it down for a solid fact that the man who discounts buys cheaper, sells cheaper, owes nothing and is his own master; whereas a large percentage of dealers at the present time are _practic- ally owned by their principal creditor and are helpless. These are facts well worth the study- ing and when you are urged to buy sugar, tobacco, tea—anything you don’t actually need—stop a moment and _ con- sider. With everything a grocer needs ob- tainable on twenty-four hours’ notice, where is the necessity for reserve stock? Figure the discounts on your annual sales; estimate the advantages in lower prices for cash buying, and the results will more than offset any possible ad- vantage gained through speculative buying. Try it. The Tradesman bespeaks for the above communication the careful perusal and thoughtful consideration of its readers, believing that it sounds the keynote of success and failure in the career of many a merchant. Whether the evil of overbuying is due to the weakness and avarice of the merchant, the importunity of the traveling salesman or the indul- gence and poor judgment of the credit man, it is nevertheless an evil which constitutes one of the greatest menaces —next to that of granting indiscrim- inate credit—with which the average dealer has to contend. The Tradesman would like to hear from all sides of this question—retailer, salesman and jobber—and will cheerfully give place to anything which any one interested in the subject may have to offer. TROUBLE AHEAD FOR ENGLAND. A story comes over the cables to the effect that France is about to reopen the Egyptian question and that she is send- ing large re-enforcements of troops to Algeria, as well as to Tonquin and Madagascar. There may or may not be truth in this story; but it is a signifi- cant fact that Great Britain, notwith- standing the recent decisive victories in South Africa, has been constantly mak- ing fresh preparations for war. For in- stance, there was the note of Mr. Cham- berlain to the Australian and Canadian governments, asking if those colonies could furnish additional troops for serv- ice in Africa in the event that troops now there should be needed elsewhere. Then again there was the large loan and the hurrying through of the budget, as well as the extensive preparations for the mobilization of the British fleet. Ever since the outbreak of the war in South Africa the French have shown in- tense sympathy for the Boers as well as undisguised hostility for Great Brit- ain. While the French government has maintained a_ perfectly correct at- titude it would be contrary to human nature had here been no wish for the humiliation of England. The Egyptian question and the more recent Fashoda incident still rankle in the breasts of Frenchmen and sooner or later the score will have to be settled. Now that it is becoming apparent that the Boers are collapsing, France must realize that if advantage is to be taken of England’s preoccupation she must act quickly. The Egyptian question would afford a convenient pretext, as France has never assented to the British occu- pation of that country, and has not failed to refer periodically to that un- settled problem. While there may be nothing in the story cabled from France, its plausibility can not be doubted. With such a clashing of in- terests as exists, backed by keen mutual prejudice, it would not be exceedingly difficult to stir up a real quarrel. All discussion as to the beginning of the Twentieth Century will probably end with the ending of the Nineteenth Century. There are men so superstitious they would not accept thirteen dollars fora fifteen-dollar debt. A QUESTION OF RIGHT. It is probable that the generous people of the United States will always seek to give an emphatic and public expression to their sympathy for any gallant effort made by men anywhere to wrest their freedom from a superior and oppressive power. Of course, it is quite possible that over-readiness to take sides where an issue of that sort exists, or is alleged, may sometimes lead to erroneous conclu- sions and may even prompt the com- mission of overt acts which afterwards will be generally recognized as _ ill- advised and indefensible. But that is a risk which must, perhaps, be accepted as unavoidable, at least until sad exper- ience has cooled and calmed the en- thusiasm of the American people. For the present they will speak out with no uncertain voice whenever they believe the weaker side in any war is in the right. And there can be no doubt that such utterances are to some extent effec- tive. They carry no material aid to the people to whom they are addressed ; but they serve to nerve the patriot’s arm by assuring him that the world is looking on, and that noble and appreciative hearts everywhere admire and applaud his heroism. It is true that other con- sequences, not quite so desirable, en- sue. The people who have been praised and encouraged remember with gratitude the kind messages that came to them in the darkest hours of their struggle; but the other side will be found to have a memory quite as faithful. The un- friendly feeling towards England which prevailed for so many years at the North after the war of secession was beyond all question mainly due to the sympa- thy for the South, which was unreserved- ly expressed by a large part of the Eng- lish people, and especially by represen- tatives of the higher classes. On the other hand, a distinct rapprochement was brought about between the Govern- ment of the United States and the gov- ernment of Russia because the latter power was friendly to the Union cause when it was most in need of friends abroad. It was believed,indeed, at one time that the Americans generally felt that England—by maintaining an_atti- tude of sympathy and steadfast friend- ship for the United States during the Spanish war, and while the people of all the other great states of Europe were as clearly favorable to the cause of Spain as they are now tp the cause of the Boers—had condoned for any wrong she might in times past have done this country. But, while whatever sympathy the con- tinental nationalities of Europe may ex- press for the Boers now is primarily due to a feeling of enmity against the power of England, it is not so with the people of the United States. Those nationalities had no word of friendship or of encour- agement for the struggling patriots of Cuba at any time, whfreas the people of this country did not hesitate to espouse their cause and bravely dared all pos- sible complications in their behalf. “Politicians may be only too ready to take advantage of this generous feeling in the breasts of the American people, and may too often succeed in doing so; but it is irrepressible. As long as it is real and earnest it is a worthy feeling, and the people are acting within their rights when they declare it freely and frankly. The right of Congress, or of either house of Congress, to pass resolutions of sympathy for one or the other of two contending countries, or nationalities, is extremely questionable. Congress is a part of the General Government of the United States—one of its great co-ordi- nate branches. It is, moreover, that branch of the Government in which the law-making power is exclusively lodged. Any expression of feeling coming from Congress in regard to any other nation, or government, is, therefore, exceeding- ly significant and serious. Any expres- sion of that sort publicly uttered by any ambassador, resident minister, consul or other diplomatic agent of this coun- try, in any European capital, would cause his recall, for his recall would be at once demanded and _ immediately granted. And why? Simply because his words would be considered a breach of the friendship affirmed and pledged by solemn treaties between the United States and the offended nation. The significance of his words and the re- sponsibility of his Government would be established by his official character as a representative of that Government. Well, then, may the Government itself, or any part of the Government, do with impunity that which its representative or agent can not do without involving the most serious consequences? If the Government, as in duty bound, makes amend for the wrong which its indis- creet agent has done toa friendly power, should it not, on its own part, avoid the commission of a similar wrong? Again, what is the object of a con- gressiona] resolution of the sort in ques- tion if it is not help? If it does not help even by moral effect, what is its pur- pose? _A neutral power has absolutely no right to afford the slightest help to either side, and can not do so without violating solemn’ obligations. The question is discussed here not with special reference to any pending war; but to protest against a step which, if it should be made a precedent, would probably in the long run secure for the United States more enemies than al- most any other course it could pursue. A private citizen of the United States may say whatever he is pleased to say in any part of Europe, if he chooses to incur the personal risk thus involved. A mass meeting of American citizens may discuss any question they care to take up, and may express any opinion that may seem good to them. The Govern- ment does not enjoy that liberty. Taxation of corporations in Paris has led to the transfer of many main offices to Brussels, French societies being in- corporated there under the laws of Bel- gium to avoid the French income tax. The man with the hoe is not yet so distinguished and dignified by poetical fame that a tramp wants to be one. Any- thing that is a bit like work goes against the grain of a Weary Willie. The countryman who plays checkers at the grocery store is as high up in the scale of intelligence as the city man who wastes time playing cards at his club. A man knows only one occasion when a business education is more preferable for a woman than housekeeping ability : when she has a husband to support. ee ee A woman who gives an afternoon ‘‘at home’’ means well; but she keeps a great many other women from staying at home. lf an honest man is the noblest work of God, where does the self-made man come in? Some of the pictures made by snap- shot fiends are not worth a snap. + 4 4 a.) - countries, our coaling station at the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 NATIONAL MANHOOD, necessarily relied almost altogether upon his own unaided talents, tact and enter- prise.’ That he has met with gratify- ing success the trade reports show. That he is determined to go on with the same policy of trading with these na- tions instead of shooting them his ac- tions plainly declare; and that good goods instead of bullets is to be his stock in trade, delivered by ship and car and not by the latest invented field piece, the general policy of this Govern- ment affirms. There is nothing so an- tagonistic to Republican wishes and principles as war; and that trade can not thrive without it or can not advance except in its wake is as false as it is dreadful. The United States is nota fighting nation. It is devoted to the arts of peace. It desires to live and let live. In spite of the statement to the contrary, grab is not a part of the na- tional character and with that single quality removed from its international relations there is bound to be harmony with our neighbors. It has been said that America will take good care of herself in her own way. She will. It is asserted that she has entered into an alliance with Eng- land. She has not. It is the one thing she will not do, and for the best of rea- sons. There is no more chance of Ke- publican America forming alliances with Monarchical Europe than there is for water and oil to mix and stay so. When there comes a time for alliances and the United States is one of the par- ties there will be the final struggle be- gun by the Stuarts of King or Parlia- ment changed to empire or Republic; and if there is any fact to be learned from the historical page, it is that the Republic, the last form of government and the best, is the one that will one day rule supreme wherever on earth government exists. There has been altogether too much talk about the Philippines. From the first it has not been a question of party but of Republicanism. When the Span- ish throne, the rotten symbol of power in the Middle Ages, fell, there was not timber enough in the universe to lay the foundations for another on those islands nor a piece of land large enough to hold it. That sort of thing has passed away and -when the time came for the new to supersede the old, whose but the Great Republic’s was the hand to do the work? Who better than she was able to stand sponsor for the principles that flag was intended to represent? Who so well as she, if it comes to that, can shield with her protecting arm the is- land republic from the power she herself has so often grappled with and over- come? To her, at all events, that duty has fallen. That she has accepted it is a good omen; and when at last modern civilization shall have rimmed the Pa- cific sea there will be no fairer isles where freedom dwells than the Philip- pines and no stronger Republic than they, fostered and protected and estab- lished, as they will have been, by the Mother of Republics, in the Western World. The Ohio House of Representatives has passed a bill which provides that women employed to do work of any kind shall, in the absence of a_ contract agreement, be paid the same wages as men receive for similar work, ————— There seems to be an accepted opin- ion that the guns which sunk the Span- ish ships at Manila at the same time proclaimed to the world that the Ameri- can nation had attained its majority. So far the growing Republic had had lit- tle to do with the work of empire. In the procession of the nations little atten- tion had been paid to it, certainly no heed, and it had fallen into line any- where, the matter of keeping step being one of utter indifference to all concerned or unconcerned. It fell out or it fell in, amounting to nothing anyway, its fool- ish notions laughed at and ridiculed as youthful notions are apt to be, as a whole not disagreeable, and with a fu- ture that excited the envy of all. It was a big, double fisted, overgrown, well meaning youngster full of fire and brag, with no respect for his titled ancestors, one of whose crowns he had_ not hesi- tated to knock off and in his anger had announced his ability and determination to do the same thing for the rest of them on sufficient provocation. So the Repub- lic had grown up and when the smoke of the proclaiming guns had cleared away there stood Young America, ready and willing and determined to take his place at the international council board and withal inclined to be particular about the locality of her seat. Her appearance at that board and her evident determination to sit where she pleases has occasioned no end of dark foreboding. An ex-Secretary of State, with that keenness of foresight which seems to be the assumed prerogative of an ex-official, thinks that the young and overconfident nation had better be at home where she always has been and where she belongs and not be over there getting into trouble with a lot of un- principled ‘‘land thieves and water thieves,’’ who are aching for a chance to get her into all sorts of national snarls and entanglements. She has already unwittingly committed herself to Eng- land and nobody knows where it will end. ‘To sustain herself in her new re- lationship, the army must be increased and the navy must be enlarged and _ un- der the influence of old world diplomacy and the old world’s way of doing things ; to trade with China or any of the Asiatic Philippines must be transformed into a fort and from that stronghold American goods are to be fired into the Chinese empire, into Australia and Japan. How- ever, ‘‘the thing is done.’’ We are in for it. We have by the firing of an American gun become an Asiatic em- pire; David in Saul’s armor is making a fool of himself, and his kingly com- pany at the council table are making fun of him. With the political features of this for- eign question the Tradesman can have little to do. In common with the rest of the country there is a fair idea that the young nation entering upon its majority will be found abundantly able to take care of itself, and that, too, in its own way—the new way. Possessed of the Philippines, it carried in its right hand the olive branch of peace and, finding it refused and insulted, stripped the branch of its leaves and_ proceeded to secure peace on principles which have existed since the foundations of the world. That done, it is ready for business, and without firing a gun will carry it on ac- according to the methods it has always followed. ‘‘Hitherto, in introducing his moves and in seeking commercial opportunities of any sort in foreign The backbone of winter has had a compound fracture; but it is a little early yet to appear in spring suits. pa nA The man with a bad cold must cough ments of Russia and the United States have looked upon each other with not unfriendly eyes. from mote from of the one is an absolute monarchy, that of the other is republican and while the are to all intents and purposes antipodes THE MEETING OF EXTREMES. For a good many years the govern- As far as the East is West their territories are re- each other; the government the indomitable will of Peter the Great is suggestive of a similar trait in the Yankee, the Russian and the American in everything pertaining to fact and feeling. As time goes by, however, it is easy to see that in spite of the fact that the one is what the other is not, these extremes of national character are coming slowly but surely together. Those readers whose hair is gray will readily recall the unbounded delight which thrilled the American heart when, during the darkest days of the rebellion, the wires throbbed from one end of the country to the other with the glad tid- ings that the Russian fleet was in New York harbor for the purpose of extend- ing to this country the good wishes of the Czar of all the Russias. Before that unexpected event, for event it was, the Russians and the bear were synonyms, standing for an indefinite something so far as America was con- cerned. After that, under the serf, be- hind Siberia, back of the absolute mon- archy, within the breast of the bear this country found fact which it has never lost sight of. A friend in need was found to be a friend indeed and from that time the extremes started toward each other. out there was a heart, a An attempt has been made to account for this. It is merely a matter of policy. Between Russia and the rest of Europe and Asia there is a great gulf fixed and across that gulf there will be no cross- ing. The attempt will be made from time to time, as it has been, but always with sword in hand. Russia is deter- mined, however, not to remain the in- land country that nature seems to have declared she shall be. Her neighbors have taken up the quarrel on nature’s side and with ships and armies have so far shut her in. Isolated from the East- ern World she turns necessarily to the Western for companionship ; and because she hates the nations that bar her prog- ress to Constantinople she is making overtures to a country opposed to her upon every possible ground. It may be so; but underlying these reasons there are others which may be considered quite as plausible. The ex- treme, be it in nation or individual, is due to the repulsive common from which it has separated itself. Russia, as an absolute monarchy, holds in su- preme contempt every other form of it. all are kings. Pure, unadulterated one- the Russian ideal. ual weakness giving way to to yield? What whom they both despise? Russia none of it. Better the than the mongrel middle. the other. Let us be what we claim to be, not its shadow ; that or the other extreme where man power, the gift of the centuries, is What is this consti- tutional monarchy but admitted individ- general strength and yielding as it is compelled is the Kaiser’s crown and the Queen’s but a bauble worn by the permission of the common people will other extreme Rather Re- publican America with her singleness of purpose and her outspoken hostility to absolute power than Europe with her royalty, which is neither one thing nor So from their unquestioned a oe heights Russia and America greet each ceded antagonism awakening a mutual respect and regard. How this underlying condition of things of necessity is bringing these ex- tremes together, the record of daily oc- currences shows. ‘The Russian fleet in New York harbor is no more noteworthy than its absence in the bay of Manila. Both events served mightily to strength- en ‘‘the tie that binds,’’ and both fore- shadowed what has already begun. If the workshops of the Republican West can supply the best rails and the best engine, shall not the absolute power in the East secure that workmanship to build up that mighty empire which short-sighted, constitutional Europe is trying to shut from the Mediterranean and from the Pacific? The genius which in. the span of a hundred years has girdled a savage-peopled continent with culture and refinement will be most like- ly, if allowed, to make the barren steppes of Siberia blossom like the rose. . From the extreme must come the help which best and soonest will accomplish this. The work is worthy of the reward and the reward shall be great. If the Chinese empire, dismembered or unbroken, is looked upon by greedy eyes as a trading place worth fighting for, what is that enormous track of country worth with its immeasurable sweep from the Baltic on the west of Europe to the far-off coast where Asia and the Pacific are contend- ing over the continent’s eastern bound- ary line? The Republic has propped the open door of trade to China for all nations. To the Russian possessions of two continents there shall be a swing- ing door, but only to the much desired merchandise of the Great Republic shall the door swing in. This has already begun. ‘The Ameri- can engine with the American car on the American-made railway is carrying through the in-swinging door of trade the goods which one extreme is furnish- ing to the other. Every kind of manu- facture is sought for. Hardly a ma- chine without an American trade-mark finds its way into Russian territory. The ground is plowed by an American plow and cultivated by American im- plements. The crops are cared for and harvested by the same The Russian home is brightened by the same far-off country. American coal is more and more depended on to feed the Rus- sian fire. The Western grain fields fur- nish the food for the Eastern table and now when that mighty empire is in’want of money it comes to the United States to have that want supplied. Distinct, isolated, unlike,, self-centered, like stars they dwell apart, and yet these extremes in a thousand ways are coming together, foretelling in these thousand ways that coming time when the lion and the bear shall lie down together side by side and the American eagle shall hover over them, the three, the survival of the fit- test and the only powers, then to be known and acknowledged by the peoples of the earth. LT means. In some parts of Italy the filbert crop is almost, if not quite, as important as the produce of the vine. The nuts are grown on bushes planted from fifteen to twenty-five feet apart, so that they have the advantage of plenty of air and sun- shine. The bushes bear fruit in their third year, and there are plantations nearly one hundred years old. Se ee The price of sackcloth has not gone up much, and ashes are still down. a The real estate man lives in deeds countries, the American citizen has|up enough to pay his doctor. other, their very remoteness and con- more than in years. 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World The Woman With the Broom. It is one of life’s little ironies that makes us speak of women who are en- gaged in business 0 or the professions as ‘‘working women,’’ thereby implying, at least, that ae great multitude of home-keeping women are leading lives of sybaritic luxury and inglorious ease. Nothing could be farther from the mark, and what makes the error all the more piquant is the fact that domestic women themselves coincide with this point of view. It is a singular commentary on the esteem in which they have been taught to hold their occupation that so many women who toil like slaves in their own homes so often express the wish that they could ‘‘do something.’ No one seems to think that the work of keeping house amounts to anything. A woman is supposed to be abie to dash that off in a white heat of inspiration, without thought or labor, as amateur poets always claim to do their effusions. We are far enough from appreciating the fact that it is the most exacting and never-ceasing work in the world. A business man put off an engage- ment; a merchant may delay delivering a bill of goods without any particular catastrophe ensuing, but let dinner be half an hour late and the poor house- keeper has to face an infuriated lot of savages. Nobody expects the doctor or lawyer to know much of any profession beyond his own, but we esteem the woman who is at the head of the family as incompetent unless she is a pretty good doctor and nurse and seamstress and sufficiently up in business attain- ments to drive a good bargain with the butcher and the huckster. It is only when something happens to the house- keeper, and we find out, as in the old nursery rhyme, that without her the fire won't burn, the water won’t wash, the cook won't cook, and the butcher won't butcher anything eatable, it is only then that we realize that she is the kingpin that holds our universe together. A gifted poet, not long ago, aroused the compassion of the world by painting the tragedy of hopeless toil in the man with the hoe. He might have stayed a little nearer home and found a better il- lustration of the work that is never done, that has no inspiration to lighten it, and looks for no appreciation to gladden it, may in the woman with the broom. However wearing and monotonous the drudgery ofthe man, the woman’s is infinitely more so. The lengest row and the long- est summer day must have an end, and at set of sun the man goes home to rest, but long after he, fed and _ satisfied, is taking his ease, she is washing up the dishes and sweeping up the dirt he brought in with him. If the man with the hoe, ‘‘ bowed by centuries of toil,’’ s ‘brother to the ox,’’ the woman with the broom is understudy to the perpet- ual motion machine. Whatever grievances the man with the hoe has against society, it is the woman with the broom who has the banner _ in- justice of the world. When one_ thinks that the woman who either does_ herself or superintends the cooking, cleaning, washing, mending, making, purchasing, saving, baby-spanking of a family, and who is, besides, sick nurse, comforter, consoler and counselor, has no recog- “nized place in the world of labor and no fixed rate of compensation, the won- der is that she has not long ago brought the other end of the broom into play and made a fight for her rights. As it is, she is not regarded as being a ‘‘work- ing-woman,’’ but is considered as hav- ing everything she gets given to her —not.earned—and she is expected to be properly grateful to the man who takes her work and gives her her board and clothes for it. There is no other piece of sarcasm equal to that which makes us speak of the average man ‘‘support- ing’’ his wife. If the woman who makes a man a comfortable home on limited means doesn’t support herself, I’d just like to know who does. She gives serv- ices so great—and so unpurchasable for money—that if they were paid for at any fair rate she would have a perpetual mortgage on the men of her family. It is easy enough to understand why the man undervalues the services of the woman with the broom. It is the con- tempt of ignorance. He has never tried running a house himself and he can’t see how there can be any difficulty about it. In his opinion it is merely a matter of telling the cook you want three good meals, driecting the housemaid to clean up thoroughly, and telling the children that you expect them to be good and not get into any mischief or get their clothes dirty, and after his wife has delivered herself of these remarks in the morning, he pictures her as reclining on a couch reading a novel until time to go toa bargain sale or the matinee. If that isn’t an easy life, he'd just like to know what is, and when she dares to complaint he honestly most unreasonable creature on earth, and tells her that he wishes he could just stay at home with the children all day, and that she doesn't know a soft snap when she sees one. voice a thinks her the As for her work being never done, he simply regards that as bad management. ‘*Why don’t you have regular hours’ for things?’’ he demands. ‘‘ Look at me. When I do my work, it is over. 1 turn the key in my shop or office door, and leave everything behind me. Why don’t you do up your sewing inthe spring and fall and get through with it, instead of having it always hanging on hand?"’ Alas! that is part of the pathos of wo- man’s work. She has nothing to show for it. She has spent her time and her strength in cooking dinners that are eaten and forgotten, in making garments that are no sooner made than worn out, in darning stockings that must be darned over again when they come from next week’s wash. The man who has built a house or painted a picture or written a book has some visible token of his labor, but because the woman can point to nothing and say ‘* I did this,’’ she is thought to have been idle. The woman with the broom gets no sympa- thy, either, in her perpetual cleaning up. Men regard women’s eternal pick- ing up of books and papers from the floor and hanging up of coats and_ hats as a hobby, and their mania for wash- ing dishes as a kind of fad they can't help. In his heart every man believes that the real secret of comfortable house- keeping would be to leave everything where it dropped, and his faith in. this theory is never shaken until his wife happens to go away ona visit and he gets all the dishes dirty and piled up in the kitchen sink and his clothes so lost it would take an Old Sleuth detec- tive to find a clean collar. Every injustice is the prolific mother of wrongs, and the fact that the woman with the broom is neither sufficiently appreciated nor adequately rewarded brings its own train of evils. For one thing it is at the bottom of the distaste girls have for domestic employment. Political economists argue themselves black in the face trying to find out a reason why girls would rather go into stores where the hours are long and_ the pay scant, instead of going into their father’s kitchens. It is because there are few of us who are so overwhelming- ly industrious that we yearn to work for the mere pleasure of working. When we work we want to see cold, hard cash in the hand as a result of our labors. A girl knows very well that she may do the family cooking and not only save the price of a cook’s wages, but the stealage as well, or that she may take the housemaid’s place and clean and scrub until everything shines as it never shone before, but nobody will think that she is earning any money, and she won't be paid any. Her father will give her her food and -lothes, but he will still think he is supporting her and she will have none of the independence of the wage-earner to do as she pleases with the money she made herself. It is simply because the woman with the broom gets paid the least that every girl is determined to get some other kind of tool if she can. Nothing can be more inconsistent than the attitude of men towards the woman with the broom. ‘They are ai- ways harping on woman’s keeping in the home and inveighing against those who seek independence in business and the professions, but for the work which they are’so sure is woman’s work, and which, in theory at least, they admire and value so highly, they are not will- ing to pay. There is hardly a day when some woman, who is either daughter or wife of some man of means, does not say to me that she wishes she could ‘‘do something.’’ ‘‘Why,’’ I reply, ‘‘surely The Cline Acetylene Gas Machine Are you interested in Acetylene Lighting? The Cline Machine has stood the test If so, write us. of two years’ service. It is per- There are no Has There is absolutely no loss of gas through the blow-off. up to-date machine, write the fectly automatic. valves in its construction. compartment Generator. If you want the best, Alexander Furnace & Mfg. Co., Lansing, Mich. OOOO OOOO IO OI 9B OB OD I IT tablished steady an conceded considere ~ No. 101. Price.......$4.50 NSSSssssssssss » gi Mam yd 8 le Saisie! aes wigan «aie a Se se Sam ale ean. > » gi MPS Sati 34 4 q ¢ ‘you have work enough in your own MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 home to employ you.’’ ‘‘Oh, I mean do something that will bring me in some money, something that I could have for my very own.’’ It is always the same cry: The frantic yearning for financial independence. Sometimes there is a deal of pathos in it, as in one particular case, once knew, where the wife of a well-to-do man took in sewing, while her servants wasted and stole from her. I asked her once if she thought her work paid—if she didn’t see, as | did, that it would be better economy to look after her own house than try to make a few dollars at work that was plainly ruining her health. ‘*Ves,’’ she replied bitterly, ‘‘! know it, but my mother is old and poor and the money I earn is my own to give her. I can make that by sewing, but my husband would never think my work as a cook or housemaid worth pay- ing for. And he doesn’t object to the bills. He thinks they are all right.’’ This brings about a disastrous condi- tion in the woman’s world of labor, so that the woman wage-earner must not only compete with the man worker, but with the work of the domestic woman who ‘‘does things on the side’’ to sell. Her bread and butter are provided for, and she, undersells the woman who might otherwise make a living by her pencil or needle or palette. The ave- nues of employment open to women are not many; the pay in them all is mea- ger, and that so many women who ap- parently do not need to go out of their own homes for work should be crowding into them can only be explained by the fact that the woman with the broom is getting tired of working for her board and clothes. She wants wages. When men abandon the idea that keeping house and rearing a family is a sine- cure, instead of a profession, when they recognize the woman with the broom as a laborer worthy of her hire, we shall have fewer women yearning to get out into the world and do something where- by they may earn a few dollars spend- ing money, instead of having a little doled-out carfare and the privilege of running a bill. Dorothy Dix. i Some of the Privileges of Beauty. However democratic we may be in America, no one can deny that we have a privileged class, composed of those fortunate women who are born to an in- heritance of good looks. It has been a matter of pride, as well as gallantry, with our men, to concede them every- thing. The perquisites of life are theirs for the taking, and they calmly appro- priate the good things as no more than their right. Everybody and everything has to make way before them and their reign is autocratic and complete. In particular is it felt that the queen can do no wrong, and the mere fact that a woman is beautiful is sufficient excuse for all she does and doesn’t do. Is she guilty of acrime? It is impossible to find twelve good men and true who will even so much as consider punishing a pretty woman. Does she engage ina lawsuit? Justice is never blind if she is good-looking. He sees her and gives judgment in her favor, irrespective of the evidence. A most amusing illustration of this has just been given in a small Pennsy]- vania town, where a very handsome woman sued a man for a foot of ground that was valued at $51.61. The jury took one look at the plaintiff and brought in a verdict for $1,000 damages in her fa- been a singularly callous man, how- ever, declined to abide by the estab- lished precedent of regarding the looks of the plaintiff as an element in a law- suit, and set the verdict aside, declar- ing that in any case where the plaintiff was an attractive woman and the de- fendant a mere man, he had no chance of justice from a jury. As this is the first time that the pretty woman’s right to the earth, simply be- cause she was pretty, has ever been questioned in court, women who are less well favored may be forgiven for hoping it is an insidious blow at the despotism of the beauty. Men are not the only ones who can not get justice where she is concerned. There are others. She begins her career of oppression very early in life. As a child she gets all the sugar plums while her homely and hun- gry little sisters stand around with empty, open mouths. Her peccadillos then, as later in her career, are passed over, and the temper that is merely cunning and interesting in beautiful Gwendoline is original sin that is chastised out of freckled-faced Sally Ann. Later on the same injustice holds good. In all good logic the ugly girl of the family should have the prettiest frocks and the daintiest belongings. Did anybody ever see it happen that way? Never. Invariably the beauty gets the best of everything and poor Cinderella sits in her chimney corner, all the uglier for her ugly clothes. Nobody dreams of calling on the beauty to help with the household tasks. Dishwater would ruin her hands. Standing over the stove would injure her complexion. Sweep- ing would hurt her pretty hair, conse- quently these pleasant tasks devolve upon the plain sister who has no looks that anything could possibly -destroy to prevent her being useful. In society it has long been conceded that beauty is better than brains, so here again the pretty woman has her innings. She isn’t expected to know anything. Indeed, it is rather esteemed inter- esting for her to be ignorant of things that an ugly woman is called a fool for not knowing. In the matrimonial race the homely woman is so heavily handi- capped it is a wonder she ever wins. In business the pretty woman finds her path set about with ease and comfort, while the ugly typewriter is expected to be on time and know how to spell. These are only a few of the many in- justices the homely woman has had to stand, and it is small wonder if she re- joices at the bare prospect of the beauty being called to book, and judged on her merits, irrespective of her pretty face. Cora Stowell. > Investigating the Ten Girl Company. From the Chicago Tribune. Detective Woolridge has begun an in- vestigation of the Ten Girl Company, operating a chewing-gum_ business on the eighth floor of the Schiller building. Complaints have been coming to po- lice headquarters that the concern has been offering impossible premiums to agents for sales of gum and_ other arti- cles and trying to collect twice from the agents. In a suite of five offices the found twenty girls, opening operating typewriters, and ing. A Miss Addison ostensibly was in charge of all the offices. The Board of Directors was given as Kate Sheehan, Annie Ryder, Carrie and Emma _ Bo- dine, Katie Wolff, Margaret Cornills, Mary MacDonald and Annie Olson. Miss Addison said that while Inspec- tor Stuart of the Postoffice Department had called several times the business detective letters, **manag- vor. The judge, who seems to have was iegitimate. No arrests were made. Crockery and Glassware AKRON STONEWARE. 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Cus- tomers do not lack appreciation, but they need to be convinced. they confidence 1n have a mer- Unless chant who recom- mends a new they will not try it, and unless the article article, is as good as the recommendation, \ they will not continue mn to use it. With the N best trade, quality is a stronger argument than price. Compe- MW tition is keener to-day than ever before, but AX merit never meant so h much as it does now. * The man who does better work or sells #\ better goods than his A neighbor can com- \ mand a better price. h Competent cooks know good flour \ when they bake it. Let your customers try Ceresota. Olney & Judson Grocer Company, Western Michigan Distributors, Grand Rapids, Mich. The Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, Minneapolis. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather How the Manufacturer Helps the Shoe Salesman. Written for the Tradesman. The woman was fair, fat and forty, and she waddled as she walked the length of the store and sat down ona chair but a few feet from whére I was standing. Her eyes were faded and there were plenty of crow’s-feet about them, but she was dressed and made up like a girl of twenty. ‘*T wonder if I can get a pair of shoes that will fit and yet not be too small?’’ she demanded, witha smile meant to be very, very fascinating, as one of the clerks approached her with a pleasant ‘“*good morning.’’ ‘‘I] do have such trouble in getting shoes lately,’’ she continued, in a tone meant to be confi- dential. ‘‘Every pair I’ve got is either too large or too small, and I’m just in misery with my feet every minute of the time.’’ ‘*‘We have about everything in the shoe line,’’ said the clerk. ‘‘ What kind of a shoe do you wish?”’ ‘*Oh, something in kid, I suppose,’’ was the reply. ‘‘Something that looks and wears well, yet is not too expens- ive.” ‘And the number?’’ asked the clerk, glancing down at his customer’s rather pudgy extremities and making a quick estimate of his own. ‘*Oh, I don’t care snickered the woman. ‘‘I want a_ pair that will be easy to walk in. I guess three’s will be about the correct thing.’’ I saw the clerk smile as he turned away towards the shelves. I have seen enough of the shoe business to be able to guess what he was thinking. She wanted a pair of shoes having five dol- Jars’ worth of wear and style for three dollars, and she wanted to squeeze a number six foot into a number three or four shoe. This is what he was _ think- ing. I saw him take a box of each of these sizes off the shelf, look at them, and set them back. Then he got down a box of five’s and a box of six’s and went over to where his customer was sitting. ‘*Here’s something said, unblushingly putting forth the six shoe, ‘‘that ought to be about right. While it is small in size, loosely ; that is, any well-proportioned, graceful foot. I think it ought to be about the right thing for you.’’ The woman snickered while the clerk was taking off her old shoe and _ putting on the number six, which was about half a size larger than the shoes she. was wearing. The fit was tight enough to cause her to remember her new shoes for many a day, but she declared that her foot felt lost in it. ‘““Well,’’ observed that audacious clerk, ‘‘I thought that might be a little too big. Here’s another style of ° three. I guess this will be about right.’’ He unblushingly took the five shoe out of the box and, after much squeezing about the size,’’ in three’s,’’ he and getting red in the face, got it on her foot. **There,’’ he declared, looking admir- ingly at the squeezed-up foot and the impressions of the bent-up toes, plainly to be seen through the leather, ‘‘there is a good fit, and it is the best three dollar shoe we have in the store.’’ But the woman wasn’t satisfied. She evidently bought about one pair of shoes a year and she didn’t want the impor- tant event to pass off too quickly or. too lightly. She tried on shoe after shoe, it fits the foot| tried to beat the clerk down on the price and, finally, after asking for a box of polish, half a dozen pairs of shoe strings and a set of heel-plates, to be ‘‘thrown in,’’ paid two dollars and a half for a pair of five’s which professed to be three’s, and went her way. ‘*Didn't the woman look at the num- bers on the inside of the shoes you showed her?’’ I asked, after she had gone out. ‘*She couldn’t have told anything by them if she had,’’ replied the clerk. ‘The numbers on ladies’ shoes are, in many instances, written in an unknown tongue,’ he added, taking down a pair. ‘*See all those cabalistic characters?’’ he asked, pointing to the lettering on the lining of the shoe. ‘‘They mean something to those engaged in the shoe trade, but they would mean nothing to a customer like the lady who just went out. The manufacturers understand just what salesmen have to put up with in selling low numbers to fit big feet, and so they help us out. Of course, every manufacturer does not do this, but a good many of them do. For my part, | wish they all would."’ ‘*So you are obliged to encourage your lady customers in the belief that they have dainty little feet when half of them might wear the hired man’s shoes with perfect ease?’’ I asked. ‘*T want to sell shoes,’’ was the reply, ‘‘and I want to keep my job. Suppose I should dispute with a lady customer about the size of shoe she required? Some fine day the boss would come along and fire me bodily into the street. Even if he didn’t do that, he would soon be obliged to discharge me for los- ing customers. Let the dear creatures think what they please, so long as_ they come here for their shoes. ’’ ‘“Do you have many cases like that last one?’’ I asked. ‘Quite a few,’’ was the reply. ‘‘Wo- men in middle life are worse than young girls. Just as though it made any difference in their worth, ability or gen- eral appearance what size shoes they wear! I can understand how a woman can make a great event of buying a hat, but a pair of shoes! Well, that gets me !”’ ‘*Are ladies the only ones who their feet?’’ I asked. ‘‘T should say not,’’ was the reply. ‘There are young dandies in this town who can give the ladies cards and spades and beat them out. These young fellows with their hair parted in the middle are enough to make a salesman take to farming. They begin coming into the store and_ looking over stock about a month before they have the money earned to buy the shoes with. They talk learnedly about what ‘they’ are wearing in New York and Chicago, and hint that it might be better to buy through one of the mail-order houses.’’ ‘‘T presume such conditions exist in all branches of trade,’’ I remarked. ‘“Yes,’’ was the reply, ‘‘but it’s worse in shoes and clothing than in anything else. I’ve tried both. Folks want to throw style at a very cheap rate.’’ My own experience agreed with that of the salesman. Alfred B. 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GED. fl. REEDER & i, Grand hapits, Mich. | *ecceeceeeeceeeceeceececececece aM : ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee s sametd 2 ll sali ictal Nia... Se = ee OY ia =a y- = MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 lerks’ Corner. The Boy of To-day the Boy of All Time. Written for the Tradesman. A writer who is an ex-grocery man tells the boys what he would do if he were a boy again. He says, if he were beginning again, he would start in early and work later. He would wipe the counter and sweep the floor thoroughly, moving the barrels and boxes to do it, and work like a beaver all day, remem- bering that his time belonged to his employer, who pays him for it. That is what he says he would do, and that’s what he wants the boys to think he would do; but both he and the boys who read his article know that he would do no such thing. The fact that he says if he had his life to live over again he would do it shows pretty plain- ly that he didn’t do it; and that is evi- dence enough that he was like boys in general and did no more than he had to and did it no better. Human nature is the same the world over. It does not change much as the generations go by. The boy of fifty years ago was just as lazy as the boy is now. He got up in the morning when he had to and he did not go to bed un- til he was driven. He did the chores reluctantly and_ indifferently. He en- tertained no specially serious objections to letting somebody else bring in the wood and the water and he was perfect- ly willing to let the grass grow under his feet when he performed these home- ly duties. When the time came for him to work for a living he was not particu- larly anxious to overdo. There were certain inducements both at home and the store which, like the choosing of other evils, made him desirous of being on hand. He swept, but it was not the sweep of the just. As he looks to-day across the fields of time which separate him from the enchanted land of boy- hood and there comes up before his vis- ion that unpretending country store where his commercial life began, no rec- ollection haunts him now of moving barrels to sweep under them—how could dirt get there? The idea! No picture comes to him of wiping the counter “’ top and front with a rag,’’ nor does a single regret trouble him on that account. All he remembers or cares to remember is that, when it had to, that old turkey feather duster did very active service, to the great danger of bottles and cad- dies and cans and whatever they con- tained. That especially was the part of the stupendous whole which he hated —-a big healthy boy doing women’s work —and against which even now his soul rebels. He saw no use for it then and even now he wonders if the dust was not better on the bottles than in the air, to stifle those who breathed it and to set- tle again on the resting place where it had been disturbed. All these things come back to him and, as an old man with his life behind him, he thinks if he had it to do over again he would do it better. He would have the interests of his employer more at heart. He would be constantly on the lookout to make the store attractive and increase the daily amount of sales. No goods should slink into dark cor- ners and lie there unnoticed and finally forgotten. Into the light would he haul them, dust them, make them attractive if possible, affix a tempting price to them and sell them, to the great joy of all—if he were a boy again! He didn't, and he wouldn’t now; and, while such a boy as that to a cer- tain kind of an employer would be a treasure, he would not be appreciated ; and boyhood does not like to waste its sweetness on the desert air. In the first place the wages are the wages of igno- rance and incompetency, and the boy does not, and would not if he could, do the work of skilled experience for three dollars a week. The fact is he is just a boy--a big, stout, careless, good-for- nothing boy, a plague, if there ever was one, and yet one nobody wants to get along without. How we like his forceful whistle as he goes knocking things about! How we like to look in- to his round rosy face full of fun and mischief! How we like to laugh at his awkwardness and, when it produces disaster, to call him names! When the world goes wrong what a comfort to have him to scold; and, generally, in sunshine and in storm, the boy of the olden time, of the present time, of all time—for he never changes, thank Heaven!—is a plague and a solace. He is lazy. He is careless. He wastes more than he earns; but he is the stuff that manhood is made of and out of this unpromising inefficiency comes the man who manages the important affairs of the world. Boyhood, then, must have its day. Let it. It must run its course. Let it not be hindered; and, when manhood comes, let there be no regret over the happy-go- lucky past, for out of that past comes all that is noble and good and true in the history of the world. Richard Malcolm Strong. ee The Man Who Does. Say, Do you know the kind Of a fellow who’s Just to the world’s mind? The kind the world can’t lose? The kind that folks enthuse Over And take off their hats to? Why, it’s the Man-Who-Does! He’s the fellow! Not the man whose grandpa Got there ; Not the fellow who would If he could; Not the gentleman who's going to do Some day, But the Man-Who-Does Now, to-day! No sitting around Waiting About him ; No expecting something to happen, No looking for something to turn up. No, sir! He calis the turn And calls em. He takes off his coat And doesn’t care If he starts a little sweat! He doesn’t need a big Brass-buttoned copper To tell him to move on; He keeps the procession humping To keep up with him. He’s hustle from his feet Up, And from his head down. He’s not only in the Push, But he is the Push, The whole thing. And say, The way He makes things come And business hum Is a caution. The way the world Takes that feilow up And is good to him Makes your heart glad. He’s all right, He is. He greases the wheels of Progress And keeps the world spinning around. And that’s why we Say, Here’s to the Man-Who-Does! Bully for him! —____>92—____ The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to For an Old Time Modern Make Worth a Dime (no fake) CIGAR The Advance LEADS Pure, sweet Tobacco flavor Only 5 cents Yum! Yum! Ten cent Smokers Cigar Co., NEVER KICK when they can get the IMPROVED ow H B” The Bradley Greenville, Mich. Will furnish these brands. FLEISCHMANN & CO. 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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. & \} . wee 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Buffalo Market Accurate Index of the Principal Staples Handled. Buffalo, N. Y., March 12. Beans—Market: is on the downward turn, receipts being more liberal and demand not as active as last week. Marrows sold at $2.30@2.35 for fancy ; medium, $2@2.10; pea, $2@2.10; white kidney, $2.35@2.40; red fancy, $2 @2. 10. Butter—Prices were higher early last week and demand fairly active. Deal- ers were about cleaned up on_ fresh goods and it took a liberal supply to fill the empty places as buyers held off in anticipation of lower prices. Creamery sold readily at 26c for extras and 25c for firsts, with good to choice at 23@ 24c. Dairy scarce and anything choice would bring 23c. Packing stocks, 16@ 17c. Crock butter in good demand and firm at 18@22c. Rolls strong at 19@2oc. Cheese—Receipts of winter made stock are coming in quite freely and selling at 12@12%c for best; old cheese, 12% @i3c; skims are poor asa rule; any- thing, fair to good, sells at 1o@r1tc. Eggs—We have had an unsettled mar- ket the past week. Opening at about tgc, the price dropped to 17c before Thurs- day and on Friday and Saturday 15@ 15 4c was accepted for strictly fresh and demand slow at the inside price for fair sized lots. With anything like a fair demand, the market would have held up as receipts were comparatively light. To-day’s market is easy on all kinds, strictly fresh, 14'4@15c and storage fin- est 12c per doz. It is believed prices have reached a point at which consum- ers will begin to take hold more freely. Duck eggs, 30c asked, but buyers were not bidding above 25c and only ina small way. Dressed Poultry—Market took another spurt, owing to very light receipts and continued active demand throughout the week. Everything offered was taken on arrival except a few skins, and_ these were finally cleaned up at the close of the week at what were considered good rices. Fancy small turkeys sold at 13c; arge young, I1@12c; thin and _ coarse, 9@ioc; old Toms, toc. Chickens, fancy, 13c; good to choice, 11'4@12%c, fair lots, 11c; fowl, fancy, 114%@12c; fair to good, 1o@lic; old roosters, 8@ gc; broilers, 14@1Sc; capons, 12@14c. Ducks, 12@14Cc. Live Poultry—Receipts were a little more liberal but nowhere near sufficient to supply the demand. Some complaint on account of the advance asked, but buyers were forced to take the offerings and market was firm throughout the week, Outlook is again strong. Tur- keys sell at 11@12%c; chickens 11@ 11%c; mixed fowl and chickens, 10@ 11c; fowl, to@11c; broilers, 14@15c. No ducks offered; would bring 80c@sr per pair. Apples—So far apples arriving and stocks here in such close hands that it is difficult to fix quotations accurately. Holders turn down bids on fancy fruit at considerably higher prices than two weeks ago. Fancy quotable at $3.50@4 and something extra at more; No. 1 $2.75@3.25, and seconds $1.75@2.50 from store. Potatoes—We have had an excellent market, owing to light receipts from all sections and active demand. Sales in round lots here effected at 55@56c for fancy white and 52@s4c for red, with small lots from store at 56@68c. Qual- ity with few exceptions of frosted was fine; in fact, only one car of crdinary was on the market. Roads are still in poor condition and with no receipts from farmers this market will hold up steady. Would advise shipments as soon as pos- sible as it is generally believed there is still a large quantity held back in the country. Onions—Liberal supply and_buik is fairly good salable stock, although con- siderable badly spoiled stuff is also noticeable. Fancy Danvers or Globe sell at 44@45c and fair to good at 35@ 4oc. White scarce. Red in good request and light supply. Havana onions dull. Celery—California in fair supply but quality not desirable. Southern selling fairly. Best trade is in Michigan and nearby fancy, bringing 70@8oc, good to choice 35@4sc, small common 20@3oc per doz. Cabbage—Scarce, strong and_ higher; demand active. Fancy Danish $30@35, fair to good $20@25 per ton. Lettuce—Liberal receipts and market failed to clean up even at lower prices than last week. Fancy heads sold at 40@6oc, boxes, 2 to 3 doz., 75c@$1, fair to good 50@6oc. Pieplant—Quiet and easy. Fancy, per doz. bunches, 50@60c, common 40 @45c. Carrots —Higher, at $10@12 per ton. Spinach-—Scarce at $2@2.25c per bbl. Turnips—Yellow, per bbl., 75@goc. Squash—-Scarce ; sales were at 3c per Ib. Popcorn—-Fancy 2@2c per Ib. Maple Syrup—Fancy sugar g@ioc, syrup 65@75c per gal. Dried Fruits—Apples, evaporated, 6 @8c, raspberries 13@15c, blackberries 7@10c. Dressed Meats—@carce particularly veal. Hogs veal 8%@o sc. Hay--Good demand, light supply and market firm for prime at $14.75@15, hay $13.50@14.25. Straw—Heavy receipts, light trade at lower prices. Wheat and oat straw $6.75@7. and good demand and wanted, $5.75@6. 25, > © -— An Old-Time Department Store. ‘‘You_ say,’’ said the Judge, taking a hand in the examination of the witness himself, *‘ you knew the defendant fifty years ago?’ ‘‘l did, your Honor,’’ answered the witness. ‘‘] was in business in the same village where he lived.’’ ‘‘What business were you following?’’ ‘““T was running a department store. ’’ ‘‘A department store fifty years ago? Do you expect the Court to believe that?’’ ‘*That’s what it was, your Honor. ] sold dry goods, groceries, hats and caps, boots and shoes, clothing, con- fectionery, drugs and medicines, books, ’ jewelry, stationery, wall paper, furni- ture, coffins, agricultural implements, hardware, crockery, glassware, tobacco, lumber, fresh meat and whisky and had the postoffice in one corner of the build- ing. There isn’t anything new about depa rtment stores nowadays, your Honor, exce;t the elevators and the floor walkers with side-whiskers. ’’ —+#~» 2 -—- Buying Boy by the Bushel. From the Boston Journal. There is an angry woman in this city in a downtown boarding house who has wasted several days in an effort to find a certain huckster who worked a shrewd swindle on her. She bargained with him for fourteen bushels of potatoes, with the understanding that he was to put them in the cellar for her. The careful house- wife counted the two-bushel bags—seven of them—and paid the man for that number. A short time after the huckster left a neighbor notified her that during the potato transaction she had seen a small boy crawling out of the front cel- lar window. An_ investigation showed that there were only ten bushels of po- tatoes, and that on two occasions the boy had been carried down cellar in the bag by the huckster, and had_ then climbed out of the window and hack to the wagon again to repeat the swindle. a The wealthiest citizen of Middletown, Ind., is Mrs. Welsh, a widow, who has a modern and convenient hotel, which, when completed and furnished, will cost $25,000. Not wishing to be de- pendent for fuel on any corporation, she had a gas well put down on her own lot and obtained an abundance of the prec- ious fluid. She then went a step farther, and will put in an electric light plant for her own private use. She has also made a contract with the town board for a stipulated price to furnish thirty arc lights for the town. —_—__e~0—.___ In Virginia a company has_ been formed to make artificial marble of milk of lime,sait and marshmallow root, together with cement. Expenses Paid by Five Different Houses. From the New York Press. About once a_ year five traveling salesmen meet, and the meeting never breaks up until morning. Business con- ditions are discussed, stories are told and odd or exciting adventures related. Jim Morrow, who represents one of the largest notion houses, finished his story, in which he had pictured himself sell- ing impossible quantities of his wares to unwilling buyers, and Bill Burton, who was as slow and quiet as his com- panions were noisy, said, with his char- acteristic drawl, ‘‘ You fellows are all selling lots of stock and making good money, but last season I sold less than any of you and made more money _ than any two. And the people I represent don’t pay me a_ thing besides my ex- penses.’’ The others listened calmly. ‘‘Want to give the secret away?’’ asked one. ‘‘We’re ready for anything that means more money, but I don’t see where “cash can come in where a man works for his expenses.’’ ‘‘Of course you don't,’’ remarked Burton. ‘‘ But you will when I explain. It’s your turn to buy, isn’t it, Clark? It’s a long story, and my throat’s dry.’’ After Clark’s purchase had received proper consider- ation Burton began: ‘‘Last year I trav- eled for a concern that made dining- room furniture. I got a fair salary and sold enough of their goods to satisfy them. They also paid all my expenses. This year |! hustled about a bit, and after I had made some calculations | was able to offer them my _ services without salary, provided they paid my expenses.’’ Burton paused and _ looked over the group through half closed lids. The others looked expectant. ‘‘If that is intended as a funny story, old man, I must say that as a humorist you come last in the line,’’ said Morrow. ‘*‘The explanation is to come,’’ Burton said slowly. ‘‘As you know, ail furniture manufacturers are specialists; one con- cern makes parlor suits, another dining- room furniture, another sofas and lounges and others make only beds and bedroom fittings. Yet each retail store sells all these goods. I now represent five firms, each of which makes furni- ture that does not come into competition with the product of the ‘other four firms. Each one of those five firnis pays my expenses, but none of them pays me a salary. Each item of carfare, every hotel bill and all incidental charges are repaid to me five times over, and it’s a good thing for all my employers. As for myself, of course it is good for me, be- cause when | stay at a $5 a day hotel, | make more money than if I limited my- self to the cheaper ones.’’ ‘‘It’sa good scheme,’’ said Morrow. ‘‘Seems to me it’s somebody’s turn to buy,’’ said Clark. QDOODODOGQHDODDOOGDOOGQOHDOOQGQOOOO: D. Boosing General Commission Merchant SPECIALTIES Butter Eggs QGOOQOQOQOQOOE@ Ruling prices on the Buffalo mar- ket Monday, March 12: Roll Butter. . --18 @20 Tub Butter...... -18 @21 Fowls, dressed. 104@11 Chickens...... EE. ie neese ois. ee: 11 @12 Peeks: 8 12 @13 Turkeys... ........ --10 @13 QAARRAAS If our market is satisfactory, ship. Correspondence solicited. References: Bank of Buffalo and Dun’s and Bradstreet’s Agencies. 154 Michigan Street, Buffalo, New York. POOQDQOODOE™S OOOOODOOOE BOOS 1OOE SOOOQOOOQODOOOOOOODOODODOOOGDOODOODOOOQOQOQODOOOE) ~ © jee) = | — Se wo Oo ~ 3 Nn GOODOOOOODOHDOOQHDDODQODOOOOGHOOOOOODOO OS: ©O©@ & POOSOOOS HOO00008 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 IF YOU ARE ESTABLISHED 23 YEARS OOOO 000 900000000 00000000 000000006 wa SRE. RR OE o00 SHIPPING POULTRY VEAL, EGGS, ROLL BUTTER, ETC. to Buffalo, N. Y., why not ship to headquarters, where you are sure of prompt sales at highest prices and prompt remittances always. Market quotations (correct ones) every other day by mail. That means us. POTTER & WILLIAMS 144, 146, 148 MICHIGAN ST., BUFFALO.N. Y. SS SR SB I RE SR wR. eT MACKEY & WILLIAMS, Dealers in BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, POULTRY, Etc. 62 W. MARKET & 125 MICHIGAN STS. BUFFALO, N. Y. 7 : : : : Creamery good demand. Eggs declining. Poultry firm, excellent deman f We want Dairy Butter both packed and in rolls. Fancy stock 18@2o0c. Sei | f REFERENCES: Berlin Heights, The City National Bank, Buffalo: Berlin Heights Banking Co., Ohio; National Shoe & Leather Bank, New f York; Dun & Co. and Bradstreet Agencies. Members of Produce Exchange. Established 1887. Long Distance Phone Seneca 1081. f SSB SE RR ES SR BB SB RO aR eT 4 & v pis pean ~ 4 si st ae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 ‘Fruits and Produce. Battle Royal Between Oleo. Pure Butter and The first blow in the fight now on for a tax of Io cents per pound on oleomar- garine, colored in the semblance of butter, has been struck, the dairy inter- est of the country scoring, according to Washington advices. These state that the bill introduced by Representative Grout, of Vermont, against oleo, and giving States authority over this imita- tion butter, even when brought from other States, has h d its first hearing be- fore the House Committee on Agricul- ture. Notwithstanding the agitation against oleomargarine has been and is strongest in the Middle West, the East- ern dairymen are supporting the cause. This applies also to the selling inter- ests. C. Y. Knight, the champion of pure butter, Says: Tremendous influences are at work on both sides. There are some con- gressmen in prominent positions and representing dairying sections who have been prominent in Congress so long that they have an idea that their posi- tion is perpetual, and who seem to think very little about the people who elect them. These are likely to hear very strongly from the farmers upon this subject, for the fight now on is going to be a bitter one. The same interests are contesting the passage of this bill, as they were opposing the passage of the anti-color bill before the Illinois Legislature a year or so ago. The oleo manufacturers have peti- tioned Congress against the passage of the Grout bill. Ina circular letter just issued by Swift & Co., the claim is set up that the passage of the bill imposing a tax of Io cents per pound on oleo would lower the price of beef cattle $2 per head and that of hogs 20 cents a head. The circular further states that the average price of cleo has been about 1o cents per pound, Referring to this letter a butter dealer said: A little figuring shows that a_ loss of $2 a head on the 5,000,000 cattle mar- keted in this country last year would mean $10,000,000 loss; 20 cents per head on the 15,000,000 hogs would mean an- other loss of $3,000,000, or a combined loss of $13,000,000 on raw material, which at the outside could not be worth more than 8 cents per pound on the 83, 009, v0O pounds manufactured or $6, - 500,000. In other words upon every dol- jar’s worth of oleomargarine displaced the cattle and hog men alone would lose $2, saying nothing of the amount to be sacrificed by the grower of cottonseed, which is made into oil. This, however, is a mild statement when compared with the statements of the importance and magnitude of the oleomargarine industry. Thousands of men are said to be employed in the fac- tories. It is also asserted that 25,000 men are engaged in handling the traffic, while manufacturers have $15,000,000 invested in the business, and the dealers $20,000,000 more. ‘These statements do not hold water. . It would cost $18,000, - ‘000 a year to employ 25,000 .persons at average wages. Six per cent. interest on $25,000,000, said to be invested, would amount to $2,100,000 more. The cost of raw material for 83,000,000 pounds of oleomargarine would be at least 8 cents per pound, or $6,500,000 ; the 2 cent tax costs $1,660,000 on 83, - 000,000 pounds, and it costs at least $1,600,000 more to manufacture and ship the product, while the Government receives about $300,000 a year from manufacturers, wholesalers and retail- ers’ licenses. The whole gives the modest little sum of about $30,000,000 as the expenses of producing 83,000,000 pounds of oleo—more than 35 cents a pound.’’—-N. Y. Commercial. —__—~<>- <___ The Poultry Situation in New York. Many cars of live poultry came in last week which showed a very heavy shrinkage owing to the fact that it was impossible to get water for the fowls. One car from Eaton, Ohio, started Sat- urday with a full tank of water but by Sunday morning the tank was solid ice and it was so cold everything was frozen along the route and it was impossible to get water until car arrived here mid- dle of the week. Naturally the stock was poor, shrinking over 1,600 Ibs. or 8 per cent. Others in with poultry tell about the same story and nearly all cars had a heavier shrinkage than usual at this time of year. ee When the market was falling on live poultry last week, some of the receiv- ers were notified to hold stock fora higher market than current at the time the poultry arrived. The market last week, however, was just as heavy and weak on fowls at Ioc as it was the pre- vious week on a Itc basis and dealers generally looked forward to a gc market this week. This being the case receiv- ers felt justified in selling the poultry rather than carry over into this week. First of this week, however, advices in- dicated such light supplies for the week that jobbers bid the market up Mc in hopes of cleaning up their heavy accu- mulations at a profit. The most profitable ducks seem to be the white feathered varieties, the Pekin duck apparently having a_ preference over all other kinds for general market purposes. Ducks grow faster than chickens, cost no more to raise and generally need less care. An important item in duck raising is the income from the feathers. With geese only the larg- est breeds should be kept. The Toulo- use, African, or any other large breed is all right, and it costs no more to raise a large bird than a smallone. The market is never overstocked with large, fat geese. The guinea fowls come the nearest to being self-supporting of all kinds of poultry and there is always an outlet for them, generally at satisfactory prices. Receipts here are mostly of live although some shippers kill and ship with feathers on. Prices range about the same for both live and dressed. eee Live poultry receivers are continually at odds with some of the railroad com- panies owing to over-charges on Cars of poultry coming from the West. A car recently came in which had traveled East with a severe rain storm and the receiver claimed the water had soaked the car, which was old, and leaked in and soaked the poultry to the extent of two tons which he seriously objected paying freight on. The poor railroad representative-—well one would have thought he was a ‘‘ market reporter."’ oe ae a The supply of live poultry has been so much in excess of. current wants dur- ing the past week or two that dealers have carried an unusually large accum- ulation and while prices have declined, they have worked down gradually and had jobbers withdrawn their support the market would have gone to pleces en- tirely, most any time during the past two weeks.—-N. Y. Produce Review. _A Grape Cider Exposed. Internal revenue officers have recently been investigating the cider sold by grocers, especially in country towns, with the result that the Department holds that dealers must pay tax as retail liquor dealers. The dealers are espe- 'no liquor is sold. _ Stated, cially numerous in country towns where The cider, it is causes intoxication if imbibed in sufficient quantities. SS LAUHOFF BROS. take pleasure in announcing to the retail merchants of Michigan that their representative will call soon to explain the merits of their sew food products, Peas f Flaked | Beans j Rice Our selling representative for Western M ichigan is B. Ht. Moore, ot Grand Rapids. Eee eo UR TF OE eS SB RS SeeoewoenrOr—™ => .~wB A -B-A -W ¢ BEANS y We are in the market for all kinds, W colored, good or poor, car lots or less; also W W CULL BEANS AND SCREENINGS AN If any to sell send good size sample, state quan- m tity, and we will make bid for them. / ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. AN 24 AND 26 N. DIVISION ST., AN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. pA ASSTTessssss2<< Highest Market Prices Paid. 98 South Division Street, FIELD SEEDS Clover—Medium, Mammoth, Alsyke, Alfalfa, Crimson Clover. Timothy, Red Top, Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, Field Peas. If have Beans, carlots or less, Potatoes carlots, to sell write or telephone MOSELEY BROS. 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS 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. The Vinkemulder Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. NGRAVERS isc LEADING PROCESSES ; PORTRAITS, BUILDINGS, ‘$47 HALF-TONE Se acuta: ZINC- ETCHING See Arh < WOOD ENGRAVING TRADESMAN COMPANY —*— GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN. Regular Shipments Solicited. Grand Rapids, Mich. PREMIUM rae 8 A ir gt Wi cia 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Meat Market — Opportunity For the Butcher to Secure New Trade. The beefsteak dinner originated in New York City some years ago, but for a long time had not much claim to be- ing popular, even in the city of its birth. Within the past three years, however, there has been a steadily grow- ing fondness for the dinners, and the frequency with which they are given is increasing, and the distance from New York to the cities in which they are given is lengthening, and the butchers should be happy and wide awake to the possibilities this new social fad presents to them. Their preparation is very sim- ple. Several hundred pounds of beef is bought, and, after being cut into small square slices about corresponding with the size of the meat in a roast beef sandwich, is briskly broiled over a quick fire, and is served between slices of bread dipped in butter. With these hot beef sandwiches is furnished beer, and this constitutes the dinner, with the addition in some cases of celery. With ordinary handling, several hundred may, in a_ hall not equipped with any of the requirements for cooking except a range, be sup- plied with beef in abundance and with- in a few hours several thousand persons may be thus fed without friction, with- out confusion, and at relatively small expense. No elaborate preparations are require ; no waiters except volunteers are needed. judicious persons The beefsteak dinner has become the proper thing for political club affairs, and has entirely displaced the old-time chowder party. Jersey City has several clubs that make no claim to be anything other than organizations composed of men who like the steaks, and who have joined hands for the purpose of meeting every two weeks to talk and eat beef- steaks. One of these is the Columbia Club. At its dinners a butcher does the broiling, and certain members act as waiters, each attired in a long, white butcher gown. At the last dinner an alderman and a congressman donned the gown of butchers, and seemed to enjoy themselves. ‘The first beefsteak dinner to win prominence was given by the United Dressed Beef Co., of New York -City, about three years ago. The spread of the then novelty to the place where it may safely be called a fad dates from that time. Rapidly they have assumed a more important position, and are now conducted on a gigantic scale. One was held in New York City several weeks ago at which 3,000 guests sat down. They ate 3,500 pounds of beef. We have already hinted at the possi- bilities this fad presents to the butcher, and now we will go into those possibili- ties in detail. Every city in the United States has one or more political or social clubs, and very many of the members of those clubs have heard of beefsteak din- ners, but only in general way. They know beefsteak is eaten at them, but they do not know how itis prepared, or what is necessary to make them enjoy- able and successful. When a confec- tioner knows a church is preparing to give a sociable, at which refreshments are to be served, he immediately hustles to secure the order for the ice cream. When the butcher knows that a beef- steak dinner is on the calendar he should set about to secure the order for furnish- ing the steaks. He should also offer his services as cook to broil the steaks, or if he doesn’t care to undertake the work, should offer one of his clerks to superin- tend the broiling. There is no knack about it; no knowledge of the art of cooking is necessary. The steak is sim- ply put on a “‘quick’’ fire and taken off when broiled. For doing that work he or his clerk could command gvod pay, and it would act as acinch on securing the order for the steaks. There are not beefsteak clubs in 1 per cent. of the cities, but with the in- formation contained in this article, to the butcher who cares to start one or sug- gest to some friend that he start one, the work will be easy.—-Butchers’ Ad- vocate. 2.202 Pronounces Horse Meat All Right. Prof. W. H. Wiley, head chemist of the United States Department of Agri- culture, has been investigating the edible and culinary fitness of horse meat. He has about completed the task he set for himself, and while some of the results are now known, their details will not be given to the public until a special bulletin is issued by the depart- ment. ‘The horse that was used in the experiment was killed and the carcass was handled exactly as that of a_ steer is in the slaughter houses. Then it was cut into tenderloin, sirloin and rump steaks, shoulder and flank roasts. In these shapes deceit as to its origin is practically impossible. The merest tyro in anatomy could not be deceived into buying horse meat for beef. The cuts show a marked difference in the shapes of the bones of the roast, the character of the fat of the steaks and the grain of the meat in toto, that of the horse flesh being exceedingly coarse. The sausage into which the meat was transferred was less easily distinguished. The identity of the composition, how- ever, was readily disclosed by micro- scopic observations. In the second lesson the Government meat inspectors were taught to deter- mine the difference in taste between a tenderloin of horse and its counterpart of beef. Combinations with other meats were also made. Ninety per cent. of horse meat was mixed with Io per cent. of beef or pork, 80 per cent. of the for- mer with 20 per cent. of the latter, and so on down the scale of proportion. Up to 50 per cent. the presence of horse meat is easily determined either by taste or microscopic observations. Under that it is more difficult, and when the proportion of equine flesh reaches 5 per cent. its detection is practically impos- sible. Professor Wiley says that he found horse meat good to eat, and that it tastes like lobster, and contains I per cent. more sugar than either beef or pork; it is no less nutritious, and in roasts or steaks it presents as palatable an ap- pearance. —~> 2 > The Man Who Fathers the Parcels Post Bill. Wm. E. Curtis in Chicago Record. The description which Senator Wolcott gave of Senator Pettigrew yesterday during the Philippine discussion was not complimentary. He compared Mr. Pettigrew with those unhappy people who view the world with jaundiced vi- sion, who rail against the success of oth- ers and view with suspicion and_ hatred every other person whose life and whose efforts are crowned with success. They see some wicked motive in the conduct of everybody but themselves. When the sun shines they see only the shadow it casts, and behind every good act they find lurking some sinister and unworthy purpose. ‘‘It is fitting that such people should be represented here,’’ said Sen- ator Wolcott, ‘‘and I know of nobody in the whole United States so fitted to speak for them as the Senator from South Da- kota who, during all the years that | have served with him, has never had a kind or friendly word to say of any person or any cause.’’ een 0 eee The cheapest advertising is not that which costs the least money, but that which brings the largest returns for the amount of money spent. A = = = = = 3 = = = = = = = = = = 3 = = = = = = = RN ITIP HET NTT NTNU NNT EP PN NTE NNT HEPAT 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 AMA AMA AbU SAA AMA AbU J4A ANA Abd 444 SUA Abd 144 444 Abd J44 244 6A U4d G44 bh JOA JAA bAING MU AMAASLdbAIAA S44 Ab ANA JOU Jbd dbd Abb ddd db 044 @ : : : : : | : : a : : : : : : : : : : : : e WANTED SHESEESSELELSLEFS 36 Market Street. BUTTER AND EGGS We are always in the market for Fresh % « R. HIRT, JR., Detroit, Mich. : OFFTTTTTTTITTTTTTTTSSSSSTSSSFTSTSTSTTTSESTTFTTTSFSFFFIFO All Grades of Dairy Butter Citizens Phone 2530 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. BEB BO BG Br BRS PFS P,P Sw Geo. N. Huff & Co., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc. f j f COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED. { Consignments Solicited. 74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich. OE SB 8 SB SI SB GS. BO SE UH tha tata taba bod i i i im a im ik ak a aaa a boo 2 AAAS >So v » > > > > > » > » > > > >» IETS CT CCC CCC CCC UCC CCC CCC CEC CES Ce ee WANTED- Our Market March 9 was: W. B. STOPPARD & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, _ Butter, Eggs, Poultry and ™Country Produce. 4 4 4 q 4 Fresh Eggs, 16e; Live Chickens, lic; N. Y. 4 dressed, 12%e; fully dressed, 144s¢; Butter, 20@23c; Medium Beans, $2.25; Marrows, $2.50. , 4 4 q q 4 GUE GUOOOUUCYS SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. ee td Ob DD D4 Db D6 4 DDD OD Ob OO bn Ob Op bn br bn bn On bn ban bn bn ban br bn ba Gn ba ban Gra Gob ba bahar ter GOOF GFTGGFCVOESESFEF WG FFD OOOO GFUOyvvrv Pe YES Be prepared to answer ‘“‘yes’’ when a cus- tomer asks if you have pure and whole- some Spices or Baking Powder. Flake Baking Powder The cheapest, quality considered. Northrop, Robertson & Carrier, Lansing, Michigan. “N. R. & C.”’ brand Spices and the Queen are the best and a PO GPOTVUGUVUVN —_ Sake j » a ‘iticBain: — he sales si caas> alhgpsitile® f - f Me 7 eg eee - sia ile > “~ Ng be, glen o < oo r bali — ere > re _ » sii by v -— seals pe a - Sil aeeaealee. “~ Neg velilapeis bee 4 ‘ei x Aik, ~—* lailnicoaea - . ‘ tn alhgpsitile® { MES > o MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip E. J. SCHREIBER, Bay. City; Sec- tary, A. W. Stiri, Jackson; Treasurer, O. C. GOULD, Saginaw. President, re Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, GEO. W. HILL, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, JNO. A. MURRAY, Detroit; Grand Secretary, G. S. VALMORE, Detroit; Grand Treasurer, W. S. Mrst, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. T. Senior Counselor, JOHN G. Koup; Secretary- Treasurer, L. F. Baker. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association President, J. BoyD PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Address of President Schreiber to M. K. of G. Bay City, March to—In assuming the trust, and its attending responsibilities, imposed upon us by the late convention, held in Bay City in December last, a few observations may not be out of place. Primarily, we wish to congratulate the order on the very efficient manner with which the affairs of the order have been conducted during the year just closed. The thanks of the order are due in the fullest measure the officers and directors for the judicious and eco- nomical administration given us by them. While numerically the order may not be as strong as it has been in some years of its history, in point of quality it surpasses all previous records. The ‘*drones’’ and ‘‘backsliders’’ have been eliminated and the membership to-day represents only hustling, wide-awake material, anxious for its prosperity and jealous of its reputation. With such a spirit pervading its ranks, the year nineteen hundred should prove one of the most successful in its history. With an era of renewed prosperity and busi- ness activity before us, a condition due in a great measure to the judicious and discriminating work of the commercial traveler, our beloved order should make very rapid strides in popularity, in- creased membership and _ financial strength, surpassing all previous records. This can be accomplished by concerted action on the part of our members, by each of us acting as a missionary and bringing home to those still outside our fold the manifold advantages and bene- fits derived from affiliation with our cause. It is the great body of any or- ganization that needs must develop the principles and aims for which it is or- ganized—the officers are simply the ser- vants, placed in their respective posi- tions to carry out the work and wishes of the body. Without the able assist- ance and active co-operation on the part of every individual member, the work of the officers must of necessity be han- dicapped and more or less fruitless. If every member of the Michigan Knights of the Grip would but consider his membership in‘this light, and realize that as a_ stockholder in this organiza- tion his efforts in its behalf will lessen his own pro-rata expense for carrying on the work for which we are bound to- gether, how glorious would be the re- sults. If every member would hustle for the order as he hustles for trade while on the road pursuing his chosen vocation, what grand results would be accomplished. And if every member could but partially realize the great good the little mite he contributes from time to time in the shape of assessments and dues is productive of; if every member could but see the deep sense of gratitude of the bereaved widow and orphan, whose perhaps sole support has made his last trip, leaving the dear ones pos- sibly without the visible means of sup- port, on receiving this little stipend, he would be amply and grandly repaid for the share he had in it, for he has as- sisted in one of the noblest works of charity—assuaging grief and alleviating suffering. How many of us would hesi- tate to go down into our pockets to help a poor unfortunate fellow traveler, or his dear ones, in distress? Through this worthy organization we do more than this—for 7 concerted action and systematized work we accomplish much greater results and at less cost to our- selves. Let us then, individually and collectively at all times and places, and under all conditions and circumstances, carry out the aims and purposes of the noble order of which we are part and parcel; let us not consider our work done until every eligible commercial man is enrolled in our membership and in this manner exercise the true spirit of sweet charity and fraternal brother- hood. Let our deeds and actions make manifest that we realize and live these great principles. There is another side—perhaps a _ sor- did one—to consider. In organization there is strength, and what to us indi- vidually seem insurmountable obstacles are easily overcome by united effort. If travelers in Michigan enjoy superior hotel accommodations, improved bus and baggage service, simple inter- changeable mileage books and numer- ous other advantages, the Michigan Knights of the Grip claim the credit therefor, for their efficient committees la- bored unceasingly for such reforms, the success of which is enjoyed equally by non-members as well as members. Grati- tude, then, should prompt those yet out- side our ranks to affiliate with an or- ganization capable of bringing about such pronounced results. In soliciting new material we have a strong and just claim to present to them by citing above well grounded facts. It, therefore, ought not to be difficult for us, if each does his share, to increase our membership even beyond the two thousand mark during this year, and now the question is: Will we do it? While the death rate of our order dur- ing the past year—especially the last quarter of the year—has been large, twenty-one answering the last summons during 1899, it bears favorable compar- ison with kindred organizations. We have met out liabilities promptly— thanks to your promptness in remitting assessments and dues—and with a nor- mal death rate this year, we hope to keep the per capita cost down to the low figure of previous years ; by numer- ically strengthening our membership, it can be reduced. It shall be our earnest endeavor to give you a careful and economical ad- ministration and we trust that when we meet in annual convention in Decem- ber next, we can relinquish our trust to our successors, confident that we did our duty as we saw it and that whatever has been done under our administration, was done solely with the aim for ‘‘the greatest good for the greatest number.’’ Edward J. Schreiber, Pres. ~~» 2.____- How Manley Jones Shocked the Legis- lators. If there is one thing a commercial traveler dislikes more than another, it is elaborate ceremonies, and if the spirit of his profession is in him, he general- ly finds some way to let his prejudices be known. One evening Manley Jones happened to sit at the same table with a certain committee from the Legisla- ture, who talked with excessive formal- ity. It was ‘‘Will the gentleman from Len- awee do this?’’ and ‘‘Does the gentle- man from Washtenaw want that?’’ the ordinary force of direct address being carefully eschewed. For nearly ten minutes Manley suf- fered in silence. Then he turned to the waiter and said in deep oratorical tones: ‘Will the gentleman from Ethiopia please pass the butter?’’ The remedy was effective. ee lonia Standard: M. E. Simpson and W. C. Peer will go on the road for John V. Farwell & Co., Chicago, Mr. Simp- son being assigned the State of lowa, and Mr. Peer Kansas. Mr. Peer has been summoned to his work at once. Mr. Simpson expects to be called upon to report for duty in about ten days. The Joke Was on the Landlord. He was a kicker of high degree, was this traveler. The moment he arrived at the hotel he began grumbling. ‘*Landlord, I may be in late for sup- per and I want you to keep it warm for me,’’ he had said as he passed out of the hotel. ‘‘That fellow must be a crank of the first water,’’ said the landlord to a trav- eler of our acquaintance who was just paying his bill preparatory to leaving. Now this traveler is a chronic joker and he said to the landlord: ‘* Don’t you know that fellow?’’ (alluding to the grumbler). ‘‘No,’’ said the landlord, ‘‘it is his first time here.’’ ‘*Pshaw,’’ said the joker, °° you were onto him.”’ ‘*Why?’’ asked the landlord. ‘‘Why, that fellow is subject to fits,”’ said the joker. ‘‘He'll have ‘em right at the table while eating, and frightens everybody out of their wits. Seems that he has ’em if you feed him meat or eggs.’’ ‘*Well,’’ said the landlord, ‘‘I’m glad you told me. I'll post the waiters to steer clear of one of his fits.’’ So when this traveler arrived for sup- per he, of course, ordered steak and eggs, only to find that they were sud- denly ‘‘out."’ He grumbled some of course, but nothing like what he did at the breakfast table when the steak and eggs failed again just before reaching him. He might have gotten away in the belief that the hotel was weak in the steak and egg line, had not a late comer seated himself opposite, and calling for steak and eggs was promptly served. The grumbler’s indignation here arose to the boiling pitch. He upbraided the waiter as having lied and demanded an explanation. The waiter could only stammer that he had observed the land- lord’s orders. Then our kicker hied himself to the landlord for an explana- tion. Having no other recourse the landlord had to ‘‘’fess up’’ his reason. The kicker began to realize that he had been made the butt of a joke. He left, vowing vengeance upon all concerned, especially the joking traveler if he should ever meet him. This story illustrates the extremes travelers will go to in order to have a little fun. The landlord in this case seemed to think the joke was on him- self. I thought —_—__~» 0. Thirteen Blacksmiths Combine. Kokomo, Ind., March 1o—The thirteen blacksmiths of the city have gone into a combine, the thirty-three journeymen and apprentices joining them. The purpose of the organization is to raise prices of work in consonance with the rise in the cost of iron as engineered by the Iron and Steel Trust. The advanced price of all kinds of structural metal has compelled the smiths to make a marked advance in the price of smithing. The farmer is the worst sufferer on account of the increase in the cost of horseshoe- ing. The city teamsters are also ob- jecting on the same grounds. —___0-s—__——_ Broomcorn Combination Injures the Small Manufacturer. From the Middleton, Ind., News. Wm. P. Blackman’s broom factory in Irondale is quiet. The proprietor has been compelled to close down the plant because of the exactions of the broom- corn trust. The trust required that Mr. Blackman should buy not less than $300 worth of broomcorn. Under no circum- stances would they sell a less amount. Mr. Blackman could not buy so much, and until a new crop grows or until the trust modifies the rule Mr. Blackman’s factory will remain silent. —_—___>0>___ How to Brush a Hat. Some men will buy two or three black derby hats a season, and these will al- ways look rusty and old. Other men that a stiff whisk applied to it has pretty much the effect that a curry°comb or a rake would have on a suit of clothes, It wears the nap off, exposing the bare gray foundation in short order. A piece of woolen cloth, rubbed over a hat with a circular motion that conforms to the grain, doesn’t rub off the nap at all, but keeps it lustrous and firm and of good color. I buy one two-an’-a-half hat a year, and rub it each morning with a bit of flannel. I guarantee that it outlasts three $5 hats that are raked and scraped with whisks every day."’ —> 2. Organized to Exterminate Trading Stamps. The trading and premium-stamp com- panies, which are doing a land-office business in Altoona, are to be crushed out of existence if Altoona merchants can accomplish the feat. The mer- chants have organized, with 129 mem- bers, and held a big meeting, adopted by-laws and elected officers. It was agreed as the first blow at the stamp business to offer cash customers a 5 per cent. discount instead of stamps. This is just the beginning, and the outcome of the fight will be watched with inter- est by merchants everywhere. Copemish Courier: Everyone who is acquainted with the firm of H. 5. Rog- ers Co. knows that Mr. Rogers’ three daughters take entire charge of the busi- ness; in fact, are proprietor, clerk and chore bey. But it seems that one com- mercial traveler wasn't very well posted as to who the head of the firm was. The drummer came along Tuesday _ fore- noon, set down one of his grips, opened the door and stuck his head in. Not seeing a man in the store, he said, ‘The boss isn’t in?’’ and shut the door and went on his way. The girls haven't got through laughing yet. aa - The Frank B. Taylor Co., which has removed its notion and department store supply house from Jackson to Detroit, where it is located at 135 Jefferson ave- nue, is represented on the road by A. P. McPherson, of Detroit, and A. H. Bowen, of Jackson. Other salesmen will be added to the force later. 8 — There are some women who always use the same kind of judgment in allow- ing a poor steak to be passed off on them that they exercised years ago in selecting a husband. - > 2 - Cheboygan Tribune: Horatio Mc- Arthur has taken a position as traveling salesman for F. C. McDonald & Co., of Bay City, selling lubricating oil. Have You Played Crokinole? It’s THE game of the year. TRIUMPH Crokinole Boards are best. Send for our handsome catalogue. It explains all. Dillenbaugh-Alton Mfg Co., Portiand, Mich. palo Basia Are Best } enn , o> Is conceded. Uncle Sam knows it and uses them by the thousand. We make all kinds. Market Baskets, Bushel Baskets, Bamboo De- livery Baskets, Splint Delivery Baskets, Clothes Baskets, Potato Baskets, Coal Baskets, Lunch Baskets, Display Baskets, Waste Baskets, Meat Baskets, Laundry Baskets, Baker Baskets, Truck Baskets. Send for catalogue. BALLOU BASKET WORKS, Belding, Mich, will buy not more than one a _ year, and that will never lose its deep and brilliant loss. ”*T'll tell you why it is,’’ said a Mon- roe street hat dealer the other day. ‘‘It is because one man brushes his hat with a stiff bristled whisk, and the other rubs his softly with a piece of woolen cloth. The felt of a hat is such a delicate stuff 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia =- = Dec. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - Dee. 31, 1901 HENRY HEIM, Saginaw Dee. 31, 1902 Wirt P. Dory, Detroit- - - Dec.3l, 1903 A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904 President, GEo. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY HEIM, Saginaw. Examination Sessions 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. ———— New Cider Preservative. The French have made a medical study of cider, doubtless partly because it takes the place of wine, and the re- sult of such study has led experts to the conclusion that the presence of malic acid and of tannin in cider makes it of great hygienic value. Some dyspeptics can not drink it, but in some forms of intestinal trouble it is helpful. It is recommended especially to gouty per- sons. To be wholesome, however, cider must be in good condition and especially it must not be too hard. The old method of putting up cider in a strong and se- curely corked bottle, along with three or four raisins and a tablespoonful of sugar to a pint, is still practiced in this country, and the result is a delightful beverage with all the effervescence of champagne; but this method of pre- serving cider is expensive and trouble- some. The French have discovered a cheaper method, and that is to place in cider that is to be preserved from hard- ening a small quantity of the subnitrate of bismuth. It is found that a partly consumed barrel of rapidly hardening cider may thus be preserved for months. The hardening process is not altogether arrested, but it goes on very slowly. The French have also discovered a method of preserving the bright trans- parency of cider. Most cider when ex- posed to the light becomes clouded and brown. This change is due to the chemical action of tannin and sometimes of iron contained in the cider. Save in appearance the beverage is none the worse for the change, and, indeed, a cider that quickly turns brown is re- garded as especially wholesome for some persons because of its being rich in tannin. To preserve the clear beauty of cider, however, the French use citric acid in quantities varying with the nat- ural acidity of the cider, usually about sixty grains to the gallon. With citric acid and subnitrate of bismuth cider may thus be kept indefinitely, not only fine in color but almost at a uniform condition of fermentation. —_—_—_>2»—___ Legitimate Substitution. The substitution question is one of many phases, some of which are entire- ly ignored by proprietary medicine manufacturers in their customary hot- headed arraignment of the practice. The Ayer people, for instance, dote on the substitution of their remedies for those of Dr. Jaynes, by those in need of curative agents which are retailed as proprietories, and the chief aim of their advertising is to convince the reader of the wisdom of substituting for the rem- edies he has been using those of the ad- vertiser. Dr. Jaynes employs the same methods and like resources. Thus a brand of substitution that is thoroughly legitimate and commercial is developed. Owing to the more liberal education, skillful training and business acumen of the retail druggist of to-day, as com- pared with his brother of a quarter of a century ago, or even the preceding dec- ade, he has quite naturally become an Ayer or Jaynes in a small way himself ; he has a ‘‘World’s Dispensary’’ of his own, as it were, a la Dr. Pierce—only his world is local, not national or in- ternational. Then he, like Ayer, Jaynes and Pierce, becomes a substitutor of the competitive type. He puts his knowl- edge and reputation up against those of the proprietor in a distant city and says to his neighbors, ‘‘take your choice.’’ He sells his own goods on their merits, and if he deserves success at all, he wins patronage, i. e., his remedies are substituted for the proprietor’s by his patrons. The honorable pharmacist, however, will never cross the boundary line of legitimate substitution; he will never sell goods under false claims, or under false titles. He will never trade on the reputation of other manufacturers, nor substitute his own preparations for those of any other manufacturer, except with the knowledge and consent of the pa- tron, and then only in the belief that his own are of equal merit or better than those displayed. And, above all, he will never make use of a wrapper sim- ilar to that used on any well-known preparation, and thus deceive the pub- lic. The proprietor has a right to demand that dishonest substitution, wherever practiced, shall cease, and that retail druggists co-operate with him in the prevention of frauds of this and every kind and in the prosecution of such offenders. The honorable pharmacist will do this not only without any thought of compensation, but as a duty ; but, in all candor, isn’t it about time for the proprietor to exercise a little discrimination when arranging substi- tution and substitutors, and in so doing avoid the blunder of confusing legiti- mate competition with trade piracy?— Paint, Oil and Drug Review. +> 0 Twenty-six out of Seventy-six. Grand Rapids, March 1o—The Mich- igan Board of Pharmacy held a_ meet- ing in this city Mar.6and7. There were seventy six applicants present for examination, fifty-eight for registered pharmacist certificates and eighteen for assistant papers. Sixteen applicants received registered pharmacist papers and ten assistant papers. Following is a list of those receiving certificates : Registered Pharmacists—D. Ahearn, Kinde; W. S. Bower, Petoskey; C. A. Everett, Rochester; W. H. Friess, Pt. Austin; D. M. Gleason, Lansing; F. G. Glass, Vernon; J. G: Hollands, Detroit; W. A. Hubbard, Midland; J. McEwen, Escanaba; K. Nelson, Cedar Springs; F. D. Patterson, Three Rivers; A. B. Robertson, Lansing; W. A. Stecker, Carleton; W. J. Thew, Sag- inaw; P. Vellama, Grand Rapids; C. B. Warner, Marlette. Assistant Pharmacists—C. B. Braden, Grand Rapids; J. L. Buckrell, Flint; F. H. Duerr, Benton Harbor; A. B. Flagg, Pentwater;W. T. Glimm, Grand Rapids; C. W. Headley, Mt. Pleasant ; F. W. Neuendorf, Saginaw; O. Shau- man, Elsie; G. F. Stickney, Gowen; T. W. Sibilsky, Eagle River. The next meeting of the Board will be held at Star Island June 25 and 26. A. C. Schumacher, Sec’y. —__>22___ The Name “Vichy” Common Property. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an opinion of the Circuit Court, which denied to the Vichy Company, as lessee, and the Re- public of France, as principal, the right to enjoin makers of mineral waters from using the word ‘‘Vichy’’ as a name for their products. The appellants sought to establish trade-mark rights in the name, but the courts hold that any one may use it. The Drug Market. Opium—Is excited and higher, on account of reported damage to the growing crop by frost. Morphine—Is as yet unchanged. Quinine—Is quiet, but the undertone is strong. Manufacturers are very firm in their quotations. Carbolic Acid—Has declined, on ac- count of supplies coming forward from primary markets. Salicylic Acid—Has declined, on ac- count of lower prices for carbolic acid. Salicylate Soda—Has declined for the same reason. Alcohol—Advanced again Ic per gal- lon on the 12th and is tending higher. An agreement has been effected between the so-called trust and outside distillers. Cocoa Butter—Has declined, on ac- count of lower prices at the last Amster- dam auction sale. Cuttle Fish Bone—Has been advanced 5c per Ib., on account of the very light stocks, both here and in foreign mar- kets. Another advance of 5c per lb. is predicted. Haarlem Oil—Competition among im- porters has tended to reduce the price about 40c per gross. Lycopodium—Has been advanced Ic per lb., on account of small stocks. Cyanide Potassium—Has been ad- vanced, on account of new customs classifications. Salicin—Is very firm at the extreme price noted last week. Oil Sandalwood—Has been advanced soc per Ib., on account of the high cost of wood. Gum Camphor—Is in a very firm po- sition and another advance is looked for. eg ee Should a Pharmacist Be a Graduate. Ann Arbor, March 12—The question is becoming somewhat agitated, whether it is not advisable to have the pharmacy laws of the different states so changed, before a person can become a registered pharmacist, it will be neces- sary for the applicant to furnish an affidavit that he is a graduate of a rec- ognized school of pharmacy, besides showing affidavits for at least one year’s practical experience. In other words, a person——no matter how much practical experience they have had—must be a graduate of some recognized school of pharmacy before he can appear before a board of phar- macy for examination. I have my own views on this subject and would like to get the sentiment of the druggists of the State of Michigan on this matter. 1 am satisfied that this question will come before the Board of Pharmacy at no very distant date; therefore 1 am anxious to know the sentiment of the gentlemen that are interested in the subject. If the law was so changed, it would probably not take effect until two years after the change was made. Druggists interested will please ad- dress A. C. Schumacher. ——___ > s>___ Is a Welcome Visitor. Hancock, March 1o—I am in _ receipt of a marked copy of the Tradesman, noting the fact that I have been re- engaged as manager of the City Drug Store for another year. Mr. Bram is a regular subscriber of the paper and I wish to assure you that it is a most wel- come visitor, as we all look for it every week and read it from cover to cover, from myself to our 10-year-old boy. 1 assure you right now that if I ever change my position from here to a store where the Michigan Tradesman is ab- sent, I shall at once see that it goes with me. I have been suffering for the last two weeks with a badly-burned hand, caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove, which nearly cost me the loss of my home We have enjoyed a most flattering trade for the past two years and feel that we are in a fair way to greatly in- crease same during the next twelve months. We are remodeling and refur- nishing the store throughout and expect to have a strictly up-to-date place when through. Arthur T. Ellsworth. We HFG, CHEMISTS, : ,, ALLEGAN, GH Perrigo’s Headache Powders, Per- rigo’s Mandrake Bitters, Perrigo’s Dyspepsia Tablets and Perrigo’s Quinine Cathartic Tablets are gain- ing new triends every day. If you haven’t already a good supply on. write us for prices. FLAVORING EXTRAG(S AND DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES SE SE {Have You Bought 4 Wall Paper For the coming season? If not, it would pay you to send for our § samples. We will express them to you prepaid. Our assortment is the best shown on the road to- day. Twenty-six different factories represented. Could you ask for a better assortment? Of course we guarantee our prices, terms, etc. Write us. f S eystek & Canfield Co, § Grand Rapids, Mich. The Michigan Wall Paper Jobbers. ee es BETTER THAN EVER. SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS MANUFACTURED BY H. VAN TONGEREN, HOLLAND, MICH. DON’T BUY AN AWNING until you get our prices. CHAS. A. COYE, 11 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Send for prices. 4 ap. — e aL. cm MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 ? WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Morphia, 8. “Saw oa ‘ | setanitz ne te 20@ 22 | Linseed, ure raw... 59 | Sinapis .. @ 18) Linseed, boiled...... 62 a | V 60 63 ‘ae SS = ro s., IN.Y.Q. | Sinapis, opt......... @ 30 Neatsfoot, winter str 54 60 e gen age ae 2 25@ 2 BO | a —,, De | Spirits Turpentine... 61 67 Declined— Moschus Canton.. @ 40} @ 41} ______ | Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ 80! snuft,Scoieh, De Vo's @ Ai Paints BBL. LB. Ce eee, | ae ep oe 15 @ _ 10| Soda, Boras.......... 9@ i ’ a Acidum Conium Mace......... 50@ 60 | i Selle Co... ....,..- @ po in i it ‘cE 30@ 35 | a gare hosphorium, - dil... @ 15|Junipera............ 1 50@ 2 60 | | Arnica ..-..... - Piper Alba... .. po. 35 @ 30/ Spts. V ini Reet. bbl, @ | Green, Peninsular. sua 7 & Phosphorium, i 15 | Tavendula .... go 2 00 | AsSafeetida.......... 50] Pix Burgun......... @ 7) Spts.ViniRect.bbl @ Lead, red. --- 64@ 7 x Salicylicum .......-- 1%@ "B Limos... 1 35@ 1 45 | Atrope Belladonna... 60 | Plumbi Acet......... 10@ 12 | Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ Lead, white. 6%@ i Sulphuricum ........ ve 1 00 | Mentha Piper. ...). 1 25@ 2 09 | Auranti Cortex...... 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 30@ 1 50 | Spts. Vini Rect.5 gal @ | Whiting, white Span @ 70 _. renee a ee 33@ 40| Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60} a 5 G teense . Penn ones 1 | Sérychnia, ae. ft ae 1 25 | z ne a tae: = e ; S ; daa I SS ‘D, > | Benzoin Co.......--- bP. D. Co., doz... @ 75) Su phur, Sub . 22 4 Hite r 1e C Ammonia oo a : = : | ‘Barosmas = a fy. 2G 30 | Sulphur, Roll. . 4@ 3% | W —e Paris, Eng. pe cs ae a co en ) | Cantharides . 75 | Quassiw ............. s@ 10 Tamarinds.... ‘ 8@ 10) CHM... .. 0... .ee ss a Aqua, 90 deg... rt 2 iwi... oe al Re apsicum............ 50| Quinia, S.P.& W... 39@ 49 Terebenth Venice... os@ 30 Universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 é eae 1: 15 | Pici ‘ ~ | Cardamon........... 75 | Quinta, S. German.. 37@ 47| Theobrome.......... 52@~—s«OS | | Carbonas .. aes 3@ Picis — - a @ 35] fa 37 7 | Theo : Piciidetiais ." Chioridum......----- 1z@_ = 14| Ricina. “ g6@ 1 05 | — Co. 75 | Quinia, N. Y......... 37@ 47 | Vanilla............-. 9 00@16 00 arnishe Anili Rosmarini.. ee @ 1 00 | & 1 00| Rubia Tinectorum.... 12@ 14| Zinci Sulph......... @ & siaeeaa Rose, ot ee 50@ 8 50 | ¢ 50 | Saccharum Lactis py 18@ 20} No.1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 4 2 0@ 2 25 sz, ouNCe......... 6 D, ic 50 ae | Oils yout At \ 2 7. Hi ce 5 80@ 1 00 oe ag ee 1k) 60 oe Draconis... Hy un r 50 BBL. GAL. | ( cea Bos i eg : 0 3 00 : TOWD.....----2ee eee S we 4 GAL. | Coac ieee oe. m_ 2 ——so 50 | Sapo, W...... | ye@ 14| Whale, winter....... 7 70|No.1Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10 Santal ............... 2 70 7 00 ~~. Mollow.... -. 2 50@ 3 00| Sacsafras............ B0@ «5D ic 50 | Sapo M. Weg) «610 | Dare. esta........... & 65 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 5K@ 1 60 ‘ Baccee nr ess., ounce. A 65) O os ee Ge @ %5| Lard, No.t.......... 35 40 | Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ 7E > 1 g 14| Tiglii . | 1.50@ 1 60 | as : } } = pis nce ns ~~ . gaye A, 50 | Digitalis Gea = — ————————— —————SSo ’ Xanthoxyium ee 7@ 80 a obi ae s “| Ferri oe % “a4 Balsamum ° ae : “| Gentian . a 5 : Potassium | Gentian Co. 60 P gopmtna 58 85) can FE = 81 GOOGOOGOOHOOOGHHHHHOHOHOGOS ‘ Pa @ 2 00| Bi-Carb.............. 15@ 18 ruiaca.. oe “ ) 5,| Bichromate ......... 13@ Guiaeca ammon...... } Terabii, Canada. . oe . — Cece: CO | oo Dee ede ae = ® @® Ce eee! — Cash .. 5.625. 21... 1 «| 1S | SoG .. .: an 5 —~q e e. Cortex Chlorate... .po. 17719 a 18 | Iodine, colorless... 75 @ si an ® ‘s Abies, Canadian..... 18 | Cyanide . . Sa @ hee... .... 80! @& I 1 lionel @ ’ Cassiv........--+++++ 12 | Iodide. 2 65@ 2 75| Lobelia .............. 50 he. = Cinechona Flava. .... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure On Sh MEVIN 2... 50 ® @ £ Euonymus atropurp. 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15| Nux Vomica. 50 a Myrica Cerifera, po. 20} Potass Nitras, aes 1@ * | Opii.. Ee 75 ® u : @ v Bir Prunus Virgini oes 12| Potass Nitras.. ‘ 6@. | Opil, “comphorated .. 50 ¢ co : Quillaia, gr’d.....--- 12\| Prussiate. ¢.:. 2... 23@, 26 Opii, deodorized..... 1 50 @® CL ® ‘ Sassafras ...... po. 18 15 | Sulphate po......... 15@, 6 | Qasasie ......2...... 50 4 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix '$ | Whatany 50 wo ® i Extractum Aconitum............ 20@ 25} | Stan z | | i : OD ; Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25 | Althie sires) 22@ 25) Serpentaria ....... 50 @ Is meeiing with universal favor and we have so far received “-_ Glycyrrhiza, po....- 28@ 30] Anchusa ............ 10@ Stromonium......... 60 ® Hematox, 15 b. box Ne 12 | Arum po.. @ 25 Tolutan ............- 60 ® many flattering congratulations from our friends and custom- Hzmatox, 1S.....--- 14| Calamus.. 2@ 40| Valerian ............ BO @ @® 5 Haematox, 148...---- ie 15| Gentiana......po.15 12@ 15) Veratrum Veride..- 50 ers, who are much pleased with the fact that they will be 3 Hamatox, 48.....-. 16@ 17 | Glyehrrhiza...py. 15 16a fipiben ool... 20 @® a ; . Ferru ats & ‘anaden. @ 7 75 | thiamine ® able to purchase this class of goods from us in connection O ydrastis Can., po.. @, i : i carbonate Precip... 15| Hellebore, Alba, po. 12@ ft | ther, Spts. Nit.3F 30@ 35 with and Druggists’ Sundries. 4 Citrate and Quinia.. 225|Inula, po’........-. 15@ 20 | Hither, Spts. Nit 4F 3@ 38 @ with Drugs 88 ® i Ciesse Baible — = Ipecac, po. . 4 2@ 4 7 i Alumen ns i og9 24@ s @ 3 Ferrocyanidu Iris plox...po. 3538 35@ umen, gro’d..po.7 3@ | SolatChfonae, 18 Satake ee ee 0 | Annationn en 0 0 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODG ; Sulphate, com’l, by eerie oe oS , m | Antimen Potass'? 40@ 50 ® @ i ’ ’ ) m, po... 2 2B *e bbl, per cwt......- 80 — 7H@ 1 00 | Antipyrin ... LD @ ® @ . Sulphate, pure...... Cj) phe: Git. @ 1 25 | | Antifebrin ..... : @ 2 @ We now have in stock and offer for sale— / Flora Rhei, «Ree eee eee 75@ 1 35 — Nitras, 02.. , = = © wo ios | Spigelia 30@ 38 | Arsenicun , 2 : ue : i a : a Pn ue - a eae @ ts Balm Gilead Buds. 3800 40 ® Fine Bulk Stationery of all weights, qualities and sizes, with @ 4 Ree an@ 35 | Serpentaria......... 400, ismuth S . 150@ 1 6 i Ve ee 30@ 35 Senega 60@, 63 : ae . “mg ; IS. @ 3 ® Envelopes to match. ® 4 Smilax, officinalis H. @ 40} valeium Chior., a a : ' Bergen e9 sin: 38@ 40 a M..... aa | = 2 ce = * @ Box Paper, Writing and Pencil Paper Tablets, Blank Books, @ $s es @ ‘ Q, 2 | ’ ‘ 9 Q Ss 2g Q i. | Capsici Fructus, a’ @ i" i Cane, pooled ‘Alx. 30 30 Symplocarpus, Foot @ 25) Capsici Fructus, po. @ 15 ® Counter Books, Memorandums, Exercise Books, Office Scratch @® . Salvia officinalis, 4S Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 @ 2 Capsici Fructus B, po @ b 1 a . 12@ 20] Valeriana, German. 15@ = Caryophyllus..po. 15 12@ 14 Books. © ; s@ 10| Zingibera........... 120. Carmine, No. 40..... @ 3 00 @ = Zingiber j..........-. 25@ 27 7) Cera a ae = 55 @ Faber, Eagle, American and Dixon Pencils. a j Acacia, 1st picked.. @ 65 Semen Rocce co @ 40 | : i i Ki ee Acacia, 2d picked... @ 45] Anisum....... po. 15 @ 12| Cassia Fructus. @ 35 ® Spencerian, Esterbrook, Gillott, Sheffield and Standard 4 i - ts year i. g = goa eeepaaaeaE _ * Centratia. ... Lat @ 10 @ aud © ® 4 eacia, sifted sor’ BS see @ 5 | Cetaceum...... a Q@ 4 E ai Acacia " ae isa on = roar ee po. ‘18 ; = : 12/¢ orton ae 5@ 60 @® or res ® Aloe, Bar 0. 2 ardamon. _.. 1 2@ 1 75| Chloroform, squibbs @11 . > > - ' j Aloe, Cape.: : .po. 1 . @ = Coriandrum es 80 10 | Chloral Hyd st... 1 65@ 190 @ Penholders, Slates and Slate Pencils, Black Board and Rub @ #, Aloe, Socotri. . po. Q@ : ‘annabis Sativa. .... %@ 5 | Chondrus.. 20@ 25 : —- — ee ms a aeons Sete noes a 1 . Cinchonidine.P.& W 38@ 48 @ ber Erasers, Rubber Bands, School Rules, Pencil Boxes. @ Assafcetida.. ..po. ¢ 2@ ¢ shenopodium . . @ 12|Cinchonidine,Germ. 38@ 48 i ae Benzoinum........... 50® 55| Dipterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10 | Goeaine . 5 30@ 5 50 ® Notes, Drafts and Receipts. ® : —— Lae @ : - renugreek, eee aue - . Corks, list, “dis. pr. et. i 70 wo ® a Catechu, 4S.......-- oaneree po....:: @, Creosotum........... @ 35 : ~ . . ‘ 4 4 Catechu, » oe ot = ee oe ; 84@ 4% | Creta Mle @ 73 w® Dennison Roll Crepe, French and American Tissue Paper, @ 7 Camphore......--.. 62@ 6 ni, ord... -. yb’ @, Creta, prep........-. @ 5 / i" t Eu a rbium.. - 35 @ 40 Lobelia .. 35@ 40 cuca cee ee 9@ 11 Japanese Napkins, Gold and Silver Paper, Ordinary and Lace ~* Galbanum.... ‘ @ 1 00| Pharlari is Canarian.. 4%@ 5| Creta, Rubra........ @ 8 @ i @ ‘ Gamboge ........- ‘po Coa «70 | Mapa os... 44@ & Crom... ce Shelf Paper. 6 Cialnetin i ar =. . A = oo. — ee ao - Gudbear. ........... 24 @ @ 3 Kino -po : @ 1 25| Sinapis Nigra....... @ 12| Cupri Sulph......... 64@ 8 ee al q ~ cone Laoag Soar 8 S Spiritus Dextrine . . an ie 10 ® Shipping and String Tags, Gum Labels, etc @ ee : A ioe ca : er Sulp a ‘ ’ ‘ Se - i Opii "jo. 4.50@4.80 3 35@ 3 35 | Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50| Emery, al a = 3 @ Specie Purses, Gents’ Wallets, Ladies’ Wallets, Bill Books, etc. @® ar Shale 29@ 35| Frumenti, D.F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25) Emery) po aise T Shellac, bieached.... 40@ 45 ce weg 1280 190) Ergota’ "po. 90 san 90 @ @® = Ramet eS inter s age oan Bie WHE EE] POOOOOOOOOOOOOODDOOOOOOOOD Herba Saacharum N.E.... 1 90@ 2 10| Gambier _. 1.1. s@ «(8 %% Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli....... 1 75@ 6 50| Gelatin, Gooper... @ 60 @ ® a Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20 ini Oporte......... 1 25@ 2 00 Gelatin, ae al a 350. 60 ' 3 aaserea ae oy ee 28 — oe nae ae? Ceenare. flint, box 75 & 10 @ Our representative, Mr. W. B. Dudley, will call upon you @ i > > Spon uess than box..... 7 we Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 | sheeps’ w Glue, brown......... U@ 13 soon and one inspection of his line will convince you that we @ ; Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 95 | Florida sheeps’ wool a cane be 2 carriage. 2 yD 2 76 | ue, sete \4 Tanacatiin V oz. Oke oy | Nassau Sheeps’ wool pena ce a @) are leaders in the Stationery Line and that we have the @ q : ox | Carriage............ 2 50@ 2 75| Grana Paradisi...... Q 2 ee 25| velvet extra sheeps’ | Humulus......... ot 55| @) goods and make the prices that you wish for. © we lingacata wool, carriage. .... @ 1 50| Hydrarg Chior Mite @ % ® 3 Calcined, Pat........ 55@ 60/| Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydrarg Chior Cor. @ 8 @ 3 Carbonate, Pat...... 18@ 20| wool, carriage. .... @ 1 %| Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. @ 105 ® s Carbonate, K. m.. 4 20 a eee wool, = —— o 1 © @® iH nl 2 Jarbonate, Jennings 1 20| carriage @, 1 00 oX@ &K P k ¢ ” ieaiens Hard, for slate use.. @ 7\| Hydrargyrum....... @ 80 @ l azeltine er ins ® s? Absinthi 6 50@ 6 75 Yellow Reef, for CBee @® @ * sinthium ......... slate use........... @ 1 40 | Indigo te @1 % Amygdale, Dulc.. H@ 50 G Todine, Resubi...... 3 90@ 4 00 ( Amygdalee, Amare. : 00@ : > ae Syrups . lodoform. Sis a a @ 4 00 ® rug ompany ® ete oe eee cic Salers 85@ ee ce Lupulin @ 50 Bergamit =. es ; 25@ : = ae Cortex...... . = Lyeopodivi 60 65 @ @ ergamii ..........-- 40@ % MPADEE 2... 1. 2-8... G 65@ 75 . : Cajiputi . SL SOG 8h | epeeae. 2. @ 60! Liquor Arsen et Hy- ({)) Grand Rapids, Mich. @® Caryophyil. See ence 80@ 85| Ferri Iod.. So @ 50 rar @ 2% @® pieces meets ~~ ‘ : an Aro) rom... ¥ig' @ . Line ai ~otass Arsinit 2 12 ® enop: ee eccccces Smilax cinaus. 50@ agnesia, Sulp ‘ 3 ()) ® ® () Cinnamonii ......... 1 25@ 1 35/| Senega.............. $ 50 | Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1% OOOOHOHOOOOOOOOOOO ® O® O©® Citronella,.........- 35@ 40! Scill®.,. ..++-..- +--+ 50 | Mannia, S. F........ 0G 60 yj erased erie aalt tered eevee eR RD herd E ; ra re IER POT TRE he PRADA RAT ES Peis BUY ectetersa se itaae ans Cee Heater BMY A Dp oiiemiaas orua=edadtan ated taemea seaman ated 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices They are prepare quotations suitable for a ge conditions of Subscri dealers. possible to give erage prices for avera those who have poor our aim to make this feat quoted in this list are for the t d just before going to press and credit. 1 conditions of purchase. purchase, rade only, in such quantities as are are an accurate index of the local market. and those below are given as representing av- - dit usually buy closer than or omissions, as it is Cash buyers or those of strong cre bers are earnestly requested to point out any errors ure of the greatest possible use to dealers. usually purchased by retati It is im- AXLE GREASE Lobster CIGAR CONDENSED MILK Pearl Barley doz. gross — Ds soe - — Bradley C —* Co. s 8 00 4.doz in case.| Common ... ... 2 2.6... AUTLOTA ..........-2--0- 55 «© 6: 00 || Star, 1 Ib.........--. one -- -- ---- Gail — Magie 0. 6 7% | Ghester...2..-. .---.5..-- 2 50 Castor Oil.............60 7 00} Picnic Talls......... 2 25 | Bradley . 5 00) Gene sid io a ae 3 00 st ees eee oe 50 4 25) Mackerel Clear Havana Pt Puffs... .... a . Daisy.. ae Bee ie ce cele 7 9 00 | Mustard, 11b........ Ll Sees Champion ...........-.....--4 50 IXL ‘Golden, tin boxes75 9 00 [3 Mustard, 21b.. i 2 80 |W. B. B. Ce . 55 00 Cai RCS REN ARNE | 4 25 Walsh- Deltoo Co's Brand. | Soused, 11b.......-.- 17| H.&P. Drug Co. ’s brands. Challenge . maaan — Jag weeeee = Fortune Teller... ne . 35 = Dime. ..3 35 e ooo ‘9 | Our Manager.. ... 35 i Tomato, 21D. 2 80| Quintette........-.-.------ 35 00 a. Pox (‘BOOKS at Ss oms | Fe an } iaotie 13@20 | &- J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.} 199 hooks, any denom... 2 50 if \ | Buttons 22@25 500 books, any denom... 11 50 hi “ Oysters | Cc 1,000 books, any denom... 20 00 {| hs | Cove, 1Ib..........-. 90 Above quotations are foreither| | Cove, 21b..........-- 1 55 Tradesman, Superior, Economic i poner iN or Universal grades. Where ae veteeeeee eet ees deen 1,000 books are ordered ata time Mica, tin boxes....-..75 900, ©” Pears in customer receives specially | 949 Ib, ae ..--1 80 Paragon .. = iasas ; 70 oa without extra | 199 fb. Kegs... -..-..sssss = 2 70 BAKING ‘POWDER Rant 80 | S. C. W. . 35.00| Coupon Pass Books | 200 tb. barrels ...........----5 10 Absolute Peas i Phelps, Brace & ‘Co.’ s s Brands. Can be made to represent any | Peas ¥4 Ib. cans doz.. -+e++++ 45] Marrowfat .......--. : Royal Tigers. 55@ 80 00 denomination { from -— down. | Green, Wisconsin, bu.......1 30 2 tb. cans doz.......... - 85 | Early June.......... 1 00 gs . 50 book 1 50 | Green. Scotch, bu. 1 35 1 Ib. cans doz 1 50| Early June Sifted.. 1 60 | Royal Tigerettes.... ..35 es wi ; ¢ : a Pi ie Vincente Portuondo . -35@ 70 00 100 books.........-..--+- 2 50 | Split, bu.. eS aoa oe 7 500 books... i. 11 50 aa ORS Ruhe Bros. Co........-. 25@ 70 00 Rolled ia ¥ Ib. cans 3 doz.........- 45 | Grated ..........---- 1 25@2 75 : 1,000 books... 20 00 i Ib. cans 3 dOz........-- GB | Siiesa 1 35@2 25 | Hilson Co.. .«. +, 85@110 00 Credit Checks | Rolled Avena, bbl.. \ 3 9p 1 Ih.cans 1 doz............100| Pumpkin oe & Co.. eal Credit Ci ie 2 00 | Steel Cut, % bbls............ 2 05 Bwik. ...... oe 10 _ eo ae aS . 1 10@ 35 00 | 1,000, any one denom...... 3 00 Monareh, aa Gelecees ates : = “Arctic: | FOOG .....-.-.-.----- = -48@ 70 00 | 2,000, any one denom...... 5 00 | 7 onarch, Ye oats 95 6 oz. Eng. —_ 85 | Fancy .......-.------ 35@. 90 00 Steel punch............... 75 Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks. ......1 75 1 Purity li be a = go | Banner Cigar Co — 35 00 CREAM ‘TARTAR Quaker, cases............-.-3 2 4 tp ae an am et 1D — Salmon" "| Seidenberg & Co.. ..55@125 00 | 5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..... 30 Huron, eases... --.--2----- 2 * Tb. cans per doz co 5 00 | Red Alaska.......... 1 35 | Fulton Cigar Co......10@ 35 00| Bulk in sacks....... a cial Sago 4 Home Pink Alaska......... =| 5S a 0. -- 350175 00 | DRIED FRUITS_Domestic | GOTMAN esc 3% Mb.cans,4doz-ease...... 35) °° Sardines | Ratieimove t+. 70 0 | sundried .. “Pr Salus Breakfast Food \% Ib. eans, 4 doz. Case.. .. 55 | Domestic, 4s.......- MA |* O...-. ee +e ee 40 ( Sundrie 6% ‘ ; 1 Ib.cans, 2 doz. case...... 90| Domestic, Mustard. @s_ | Havana Cigar Co...... 18@ 35 00) Ry aporated, 50 Ib. boxes. a3 71% F. A. McKenzie, Quincy, Mich. : Cae sa@22 | C. Costello & Co....... 35@ 70 00 California Fruits 36 two pound = - ..-. 3 60 ' Strawberries LaGora-Fee Co.....-. .35@ 70 00 Apricots @15 18 two pound packages .... 1 85 JAXMON [Eire a | S. 1. Davis & Co. --..- 350185 00 | Boe persiés 2 ‘Tapioca Raney yee 1 a | emo Be... -------2. 35@ 90 00 | Nectarines ...........- Flake . sue bes ¥ Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 45 Suecotash Benedict & Co....... 7.50@ 70 00 Peaches Pearl 5 i Ib. cans, 4 doz. ease...--. 85) Pair. go | Hemmeter Cigar Co...35@ 70 00 | pears... sess Sa 1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case......160| Good .............-.. 1 00 | G. J. Johnson C ard 0.35@ 70 00 Pitted Cherries. oe ™% : Wheat Jersey Cream | > og | Maurice Sanborn .... 50@175 00 ea 4s 2 00 | fae 120 | Rock & C 657.300 00 | Prunnelles . oe inna: Wale 3% 1 Ib. cans, per d0z..........-2 00 | Tomatoes sock 0... i 30 Raspberries. ee Cracked, bulK.............-- 3% 9 oz. cans, per — ola 80 a ie. seeeeeee peered . Galifornia Prunes 242 tb. packages ..........-.2 50 6 Oz. cans, per dOZ.......-- Digna 90 euva Mundo......... Q17 pe : c : Peerless rl oe i 1 15 | Henry clay... =. 85@550 00 ss % = a a =~. = FLAVORING EXTRACTS fib. cans... 85 | Gallons... 9 35 | La Carolina. . . .96@200 09 | 90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ ta DeBoe’s cen Flake. ie Standard T. & CG. Co. ..35@ 70 00 = = > — : @ : biog | wee 27) ‘ . 7 70 - 80 25 Ib. 5. 254). = — — sa 70 | Columbia, pints. .......-..+. 2 00 COFFEE Tah as. ee | De... 1 10 1 80 Oz. se. . --3 20) Columbia, 3 é —_ " 1 25 Roasted 50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes @ 7% Lemon D.C ....-.. 1 35 9 o., 4 doz. eee 7 . EE! ae aki oe Vanilla Tonka. ..... ‘5 1 45 eae . cme. See eee DAB, aa D is 5 Ib., 1 doz. case. - .--9 00] Amboy .. 0.0.00... ++ @\4 _ ee FOOTE & JENKS’_ BATH BRICK a @i5 | > a es Senet American... : 70 Emblem a @13% | HIGH GRADE London Layers? Crown. - 17% J A x O N English.. 80 aa id Neda. cee = COFFEES London Layers 3 Crown. — 2 00 | ae Ideal . a 13! Cluster 4 Crown......... 2 25 |e Highest Grade Extracts | Jersey i @1i. | Special Combination........ 20 Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 734 Se Hummels foil Ye gross. esos Domestic, 10 Ib. box......... 60 XXX DD ptehr, 40z 1 7 Standard............. 85 Jute, 72 ft. per doz.......... 9 Hummel’s tin % gross ......1 3 Imported, 25 lb. box......... 2580 K, P. pitcher, 6 02z... 2 2 FLY PAPER a s Lightning, gro....2 50 Petrolatum, per doz......... 7S — Sage.. ie a Hops .. peek cw eccens st -ssee “INDIGO Madras, 5 Ib. boxes ........... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes......50 JELLY V.C. Brand. 150). DAMS 2 35 30 Ib. pails.......... - 62 Pure apple, per doz......-. - . 85 —— Pure. me a Calabria. . Selec ules ae Siete Seiceee a es esa cine 10 LYE Condensed, 2 doz............1 20 —— 4 z nis sania, ascii ha j ! 4 oa ; 4 7 + “a yo ‘as { ! ‘ _ sisi sansa sti - oy ya a _ v \ ¢ : iyo ~ se A mis v w ant dhnestar sean de ~ be é é a al & ni it a 6 OBI e = 3 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 Herring Holland white hoops, bbl. 11 00 Holland white hoopsi4bbl. 6 00 Holland white hoop, Keg.. 75 Holland white — — 85 Norwegian .. eee ged Round 100 lbs.............. 3 60 Bound 29 lbs.:.-. 3.2.03... 27 eNO ee 15% Bloaters.. —<. ao ‘Miackewet Mess 100 Ibs. .. .. Mess 401bs............... 710 meee: Wes: 5... 18 Mose Ss. .2....-..-. 2... ot No. 1 100 IDs. .:............ 5 @ No. t 4018. ..:........ ... €30 Mo.t BMWs. oo EO NG: t Sips. 1 35 mo. 2 Mee. .............. BB No.2 40 Ds. .-<.....-.._-- 4 50 NO.2 MMe... No.2. Sips...-...-:. 2... 1 Oe Trout No. 7 100 Is... 5... 5 No.1 40 Ibs. No.1 10 Ibs. No.1 8 Ibs. Weses Whitefish No.1 No.2 Fam 100 The. -:. ... $50 72 27 42 1ps........ 390 320 140 10 PDS.:.. .... 1 00 88 43 8 tie... .. 83 qs 37 SAUERKRAUT ET 5 00 Halt barrels.. © is Ze SEEDS Anise ._- Culeesy. Smyrna.. 4 Caraway ..... a os Cardamon, Malabar......... 60 Clery 10 Hemp, Russian.............. 4% Mixed Bird. . . 4% ee white.. “2 co Roe re cance so) aan bare i Bone 15 SNUFF Scotch, in bladders.......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SOAP Single box es 5 box lots, delivered...) .... = °° 10 box lots, delivered........ 2 90 dAS. 5 KIRK & 60.3 sag American Family, wrp’d... Dome White Russian... White Cloud, laundry... White Cloud; toilet.. Dusky Di Dusk Blue India, 100 % Ib.. MiPeOUNe... 2.02.3... s es BOG eo ee 100 12 oz bars.. Single box ce. on OD Five ae, “delivered....... 2 90 Scourin Sapolio, kitchen, = OZ... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40 SODA eho eek ke ance ees on = — English. | SPICES. Whole Spices ee. Cassia, China in mats..... Cassia, Batavia, in bund.. Cassia, Saigon, broken. . 38 Cassia, Saigon, in rolls.. 55 Cloves, Amboyna. . = 15 Cloves, Zanzibar........... s Walaa: 75-80...... 55 Nutmegs, 105-10...... Ses 45 Nutmegs, 115-20.......... 40 Pepper, Singapore, black. 15 Pepper, gga — ves Pepper, shot....... 16 Pure —- ‘in “Bulk Allspice... . 15 Cassia, Batavia... 28 Cassia, Saigon............. 48 Cloves, — ee: 16 Ginger, African.. aS 15 Ginger, Cochin............ 18 Ginger, comet ae oe 25 Ee 65 Mustard .........c.csc 000: 18 Pepper, Singapore, black. 17 Pepper, Singapore, white. 25 Fepper, Cayenne.......... 20 a ce ee 15 STOVE POLISH AORCUGES J easean ate aes No. 4, 3 doz. in case, gross. 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz. incase, gross. 7 20 STARCH Kingsford’s Corn 40 1-Ib. packages........... 6 20 1-Ib. packages.... ...... 6% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss 40 1-Ib. packages........... 6%; 6 Ib. boxes. . edie a wee iia 64 10¢c packages. . ac. 8 OO 128 5e packages. . 5 00 30 10¢e and 64 5¢ packages.. 5 00 Common Corn 20 1-lb. packages. . : 434 40 1-lb. packages... 4% Common Giees 1-Ib. packages......... 44 3-lb. packages... 44 6-lb. packages. . Cece 40 and 50-Ib. boxes......... 3% Batre: 8s 3% SUGAR Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your at point, giv ney ou credit on the invoice for the amount of —: — pays from the market in which he purchases to his aan ing point, including or th 20 pounds e weight of the barrel. Domino.. . 5 35 Cut Loaf.. .... oo OeUShGG ... |... 3: 8... 5 50 Cubes .. eee ee Powdered . 5 Coarse Powdered. 5 XXXX Powdered. 2 Standard Granulated. . aoe 5 Fine Granulated. . 2S Coarse Granulated...... <5 Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 Conf. Granulated... . : Ib. cartons Fine Gran... 5 2lb. bags Fine Gran... .. 5 5 lb. cartons Fine Gran... 5 5 lb. bags Fine Gran...... 5 Mould A. a. Be Diamond A.. Peete ke Confectioner’s A.......... No. 1, Columbia A........ 4 No. 2, Windsor A......... 4 No. 3; ae a 4 No. 4, Phoenix A. Te . 5, hmpire A........ .. 4 65 4 55 4 50 4 45 4 40 4 35 4 30 4 30 4 30 43 SYRUPS Corn Barrer ce a Hiatt Dies. o 6... 19 1 doz. 1 gallon cans......... 3 15 1 doz. % gallon cans......... 1 85 2 doz. 4 gallon cans......... 1 00 Pure Cane Fair eee. 16 Choice ...... 25 TABLE 2 SAUCES LEA & -PERRINS’ SAUCE The Original and Genuine Worcestershire. Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75 Lea & Perrin’s, small..... 2 50 Halford, large.:........... 3 75 Halford, small............. 2 25 Salad Dressing, large. .... 4 55 2 75 Salad Dressing, small. .... VINEGAR Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. Malt White Wine, 80 — Pure Cider, Red Star....... Pure Cider, Robinson. : Pure Cider, BAVGR. cs .. it WASHING POWDER Rub No More Rub-No-More, 100 12 0z ..... 3 50 WICKING No. 0, per gross..............20 No. 1, per gross..............25 No. 2, per gross.. .. -- 3D No. 3, per gross.. . 55 WOODENWARE Baskets Bushels oe Bushels, wide band......... 110 Market . - Willow Clothes, large.......7 00 Willow Clothes, medium... 6 50 Willow Clothes, small....... 5 50 Butter Plates No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate...... 1 80 No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate......2 00 No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate...... 2 20 No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate......2 60 Clothes Pins Boxes, gross boxes.......... 65 Mop Sticks | » Trojan spring .. Eclipse patent spring .. No 1 common. No. 2 patent brush holder . 12 tb. cotton mop heads... Pails 2-hoop Standard.............1 50} 3-hoop Standard............. 1 70 | Wine, CMe cl e. 1 60 3-wire, Cable.. 85 ( ‘edar, all red, ‘brass bound. Fr —— Eureka Fibre. ale 20-inch, Standard, No. 1. 18-inch, Standard, No.2..... 16-inch, Standard, No. 3. 20-inch, Dowell, No. 1.......3 25 18-inch. Dowell, No. 2.......5 25 16-inch, Dowell, No. 3. -4 25 No. 1 Fibre... 9 as No. 2 Fibre.. 1 2 No. 3 Fibre.. . Sol le ae Ww ei ‘eands Bronze Globe.. ..2 © Dewey . Wels cloacae. ee Double Acme.. a 2 75 Simei ACMG.....,....... 2 25 Double Peerless.............3 00 Single Peerless. . -2 50 Northern Queen . ..2 50 Double — ..3 00 Good Lueck . 4... 2 WMVersal, 6.8... 2 25 Wood Bowls BU tes Heer: es 75 Boa GOR. 1 25. Butter... ... ... - 0 a7 fa, Gotser..... .... 12 30 19 in. Butter...... |... ..3 00 Assorted 13-15-17 .. 1 75 Assorted 15-17-19 ............ 26 YEAST CAKE Yeast Foam, 1% doz........ 50 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ..1 00 Yeast Cre m, 3@0Z..........1 00 Magic Yeast 5e, 3 doz.......1 00 Sunlight Yeast, 3doz........ 1 00 Warner’s Safe, 3 doz........ 1 00 ) rovisions Barreled Pork @11 00 @12 75 @12 75 @l1 75 @15 00 @10 00 @12 25 Dry Salt Meats Belites....) .... 6% Briskets ............. 64% Extra shorts......... 5% Smoked Meats Hams, 121b. average. @ 11% Hams, 141b. average. @ 11 Hams, 161b. average. @ 10% Hams, 201b. average. @ 10% Ham dried beef..... @ 14 Shoulders (N. Y. cut) @ 74 Bacon, clear. ........ 84@ 94 California hams. .... @ 7% omen ae hams...... @ 9% Boiled Hams...... @ 16 Pienie Boiled Hams @ 11% 3erlin Hams @ 8% Lards—In Tierces owe Mos vole ele au 6 i 6% Veretle |... 63% 55 lb. Tubs..advance \%y 80 Ib. Tubs..advance 1g 50 Ib. Tins...advance 4 20 Ib. Pails. .advance % 10 Ib. Pails..advanee % 5 lb. Pails..advance 1 3 1b. Pails ..advance 1 Sausages Bowoeea ..... |... 5% PICOE oe ca. 6 Prankfor€........... 7% OMe 7% Wiooe 8... 2... 6% OI cs. 9 Headcheese.......... 6 Beef Extra Mess.......... 10 00 Boneless............. 11 50 RUMID os. 11 50 Pigs’ Feet Wists 25 WS... 5... 80 ¥ bbls., 40 Ibs....... 1 50 % bbls., 80 Ibs....... 2% Tripe Wits, 15: 16... .. ..e. 70 oe 1 25 Y% bblis., 80 Ibs.. 2 2 — Pork . See woes 20 Boot rounds......... 3 Beef middles....... 10 BHeep 6... 60 Butterine Rolls, dairy.......... 13% Solid, dairy.......... 13 Rolls, creamery..... 19 Solid, creamery. .... 18% | Canned Meats Corned beef, 2 Ib.. 270 Corned beef, 14 Ib.. 19 50 Roast beef, 2 Ib.. 2 70 Potted ham, aie 55 Potted ham, %s..... 1 00 Deviled ham, _ 55 Deviled ham, \s.. 1 00 Potted tongue, Ms. 55 Potted tongue, %s.. 1 00 Grains and Feedstuffs Wheat Wheat. . od oo 68 Winter Wheat Flour Local Brands Patents .. 4 20 Second Patent... 3 70 Straight.. soe. od ee 3 00 | Graham . 3 50) Buckwheat .. 6 = Rye Scsaaes Subject ‘to usual cash ‘tis. count. Flour in bbls., 25e per bbl. ad- | ditional. } } | j 3all-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand Diamond ‘s........ 3 60) DrmOnd WS............... 3 60) Dmmiond 468,.............. 8 60 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand ga woe fe Quaker 3 60 qduaker 3 60 sais Wheat Flour Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s — Pillsbury’s Best — . £3 Pillsbury’s Best 4 i 08 | Pillsbury’s Best i a Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 3 95) Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 3 95 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand Duluth Imperial ‘s.. 4 20 Duluth Imperial \: 410 Duluth Imperial 4% 4 00 Lemon & cena: Co.’s Brand Gold Medal %s............ 400 Gold Medal 4s............ 3 90 Gold Medal %s............ 3 80 Parisian aera 4 00 Parisian 4s.. a. 2 Parisian \s.. . 3 80 Olney & Judson’ s ; Brand ee oe 4 20 Ceresota \4s.. . £2 Ceresota 4s. . 400 Worden Grocer ( 0.’s Brand EE Daur Ws... 408 Paurel 68.000 ll. .... | 388 Meal DOG 1 90 Granulated, ............... 2% 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 MemeCcmnes 6... 14 00 Corn Corn, car lots.. 410% Less ‘than car lots. . Oats Car lots...) .......... 28% Car lots, clipped........... 304. Less than car lots......... Hay No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 12 00 No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 13 00 Hides and Pelts. The Cappon & Bertsch bentinn Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as | follows: | Hides | Green No.1......... @7 Green No.2......... @6 | cece cues @ 5 Cured No. 1 @ 8% Cured No. 2. @7% C alfskins,green No.1 @9 Calfskins,green No. 2 @ 7 Jalfskins,cured No.1 @10% Calfskins,cured No. 2 @ 8% Pelts Felts, eseh...... .... 50@1 25 Tallow MO. Fc .. l @ 4% Ne. 7.5.2... @ 3% Wool Washed, fine........ 22@24 Washed, medium... 26@28 Unwashed, fine..... 18@20 Unwashed, medium. 20@22 Furs Cas, wud... ...... 10@ 75 Cat, house. i 5@ 2 2 50@3 50 | | puss = eae . 10@, 75 | ¢ PE ie | @5 00 | Masked, winter 3@ 12 Mink Kees 20@2 00 Raccoon............. 10@1 00 Skunk 15@1 40 Oils Barrels Eocene . @13% Perfection. . @\12 XXX W.W. Mich. Hdit @ui2 W. W. Michigan ...... @11% | Diamond _ te... @\1 ae @12¥ | Deo. Naphthia. ees @12%, | OVOP aia cf 29 @H Pe 19%4@23% | Black, MANGOES. .os000 CAR STOVES: + a ® ® ® ® ® - £ ® ® | ® ® ® ® e ® ® ! ® ® ® ab ® y ® . 4 : 3 x ; . % ® . ’ ® ® ® O | : + ® ® ® ® i ® ® ® ® 5 ® All complete with Pipe, Elbow and Collar only 9 3 3 $2.50 EACH $ és a Best made stove for the purpose on the market. 3 ® ® ‘ 2 FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., 3 , 3 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. $ } Sianiniinsiiioniasneimmasihineihdewiesanesieiaisumiidaieiuaaiaiaasiniiis a. OD DODOHOOOOOOODOOOOOQOOQOOOOQHDHOHOSGHDOOQOOOOSE QOOQOOQOOOOOESO FOUP Kinds of Goupon Books are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand a Mich. tt a = . tt ma . MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 like goods from hardware jobbers or manufacturers. If any one of you do not, then you are entitled to no sym- pathy if grocery stores do cut into your trade; for if a traveler for a wholesale grocery or crockery house can sell you these goods he will corttinue to sell the grocer on the opposite corner. The remedy, then, it seems to me, is, in the first place, hardware dealers, buy your house-furnishing goods, etc., from hardware jobbers, and if wholesale grocery and crockery houses continue to handle these goods, as much as I dis- like mixing stocks, it seems that the only solution will be for hardware job- bers to put in certain lines of groceries and earthenware sufficient to enable them, as well as their retail dealers, to get, dollar for dollar, what they lose by this contemptible practice. Travelers for wholesale grocery and crockery houses frequently try to induce purchases from hardware dealers by ‘‘baiting.’’ I heard of a recent occur- rence of this character where *‘Ham’s cold blast lanterns’’ were offered by one of these concerns at $1.75 a dozen less than hardware jobbers were | selling them at. In conclusion let me say that we must be loyal to those from whom we expect loyalty and not allow our trade to be subverted into unfriendly channels by biting at seductive baits. We must use our influence, individually and collec- tively, with jobbers and manufacturers to co-operate with us in stamping out the smali as well as the great wrongs from which our business is suffering. They can only assist us when we have appraised them of these wrongs with which we are confronted, but which they may be ignorant of, and | apprehend that if we make ourselves heard in this way many of the wrongs now exist- ing and which may hereafter crop up will be speedily and_ effectually ‘‘righted.’’ H. N. Joy. ———__-_.9..>___— An Epistle to a Shoe Salesman. A shoe salesman, while on a recent Western trip, received from a friend at home a letter which gave him what he considered some excellent advice, as follows : Think not of the morrow, but let your light so shine to-day, and each “and every day, separately, individually and collectively, on the countenances of the Westerners, that you may reap an abun- dant harvest of dollars. |. Remember that unto him who receives is given yet more, and he receives, some one hun- dred fold, some a thousand, and some a million, billion, trillion fold. Also, because you voyage forth the first day of the week and return, having toiled unceasingly from early morn until dewy eve, weary and heavyladen, and again repeat the performance to an empty house on the second, third and fourth days, be not entirely cast down. Any show will draw that is sufficiently advertised, even if it is unworthy. Make people think it is good and you are ali right. As much, if not a_ great deal more, can be learned from failure than from success. Let, then, the lean days bring forth, at the end of the week, the fifth and sixth days so fat that they can hardly waddle. Brood not over your ill-success, but think only of the man to whom next you are going to sell. Make him glad to see you; make him believe that you are his best friend, and have come all the way from your city simply to see and serve him. —___—_. e+. ____ Staying at Home. A lady residing in North Columbus, meeting a girl the other day who had lately been in her service, enquired : ‘Well, Mary, where do you live now?’’ ‘* Please, ma’am, I don’ t live no- where,’’ rejoined the girl, ‘‘I’m mar- ried.’’ GOTHAM GOSSIP. News From the Metropolis—Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Mar. 10—The coffee mar- ket fails to develop much strength and the orders received have been for small lots. During February the world’s vis- ible supply decreased 114,000 bags, but while this amount was larger than an- ticipated it has exerted no influence to- ward higher prices. In store and afloat the amount aggregates 1,307,725 bags, against 1,267,854 bags at the same time last year. No. 7 closes fairly firm at 83%c. Mild grades show little if any change, good Cucuta being held at IIc. Sugar buyers appear to be well stocked and the volume of business going for- ward is very light, notwithstanding a reduction of ten points made during the week. The market, in fact, seems to be almost demoralized. Orders are very generally for small lots to piece out broken. The tea market moves along in a fairly steady manner and, upon the whole, the situation grows more en- couraging. The demand is fair and prices at the auction show some slight improvement. Little has been done in the way of invoice trading. Offerings of rice have been compara- tively light and yet the supply seems ample enough to meet all wants. Quo- tations show no change. The volume of business in spices is not large, but prices are very firmly adhered to and would-be buyers gain nothing by shopping around. Singa- pore pepper, 125g@123¢c in an invoice way. Trade in molasses is very quiet and dealers show little if any interest in the situation. Prices, however, show no weakness, prime centrifugal being held at 30@37c. Syrups are firm, with vol- ume of business light. The canned goods market is woefully dull, as compared with a month ago, and hardly a thing is doing. But it can’t always be so, and already there is more enquiry for futures than existed a week ago. Future California fruits are generally 12%4@15c higher than last year. Mor: interest seems to be shown in spot salmon. Lemons and oranges show better de- mand and prices have advanced some- what. Bananas are active and quota- tions show some advance, Port Limons, firsts, per bunch, being quotable at $1. 40; Aspinwalls, $1.30. The butter market, as to prices, is about as last week, but the general situa- tion is hardly as encouraging and a de- cline is looked for, as the arrivals are becoming larger and the demand is not especially active. Extra Western creamery, 26c; thirds to firsts, 20@25¢ ; imitation creamery, 21@23%c for extras and 20@22c for firsts ; Western factory, 19@2o¢ ; rolls, choice, 19@2o0¢. In eggs, prices show a very decided decline and, with the liberal receipts promised for next week, it is likely we shall yet further decline. Western prim > goods can hardly be called worth mure than 13@13'4c and even near-by stock will not range higher than 14c. — Grand Rapids 4 Awning & Tent Co., < 93 Canal Street, . Grand Rapids, Mich. : COS POO ' paoeee cand Bits Ce EE ee aa Se ce 60 Jennings genuine. na 25 Jennings’ Tmitacion.. ...... 2... 2.1.6. 06 50 Axes First Quality, S. B. Bronze............ 7 00 First Quality, D. B. Bronze. . . 11 50 First Quality, S. B.S. Steei........... 7m First Quality, D. B. Steel............. 13 00 Barrows I ee asa ye 16 50 raraem 2... ..net 3000 Bolts ang OE Ee Lae 50 Cc arriage new jist 45 Plow ee ca 50 Buckets Weise. $4 00 Butts, Cast Cast Loose Pin, figured ............... 65 Wrought Narrow . : 60 Cntatlase ee Pie. 40&10 Comma Vue... 20 Chain ¥ in. 5-16 in. % in. \% in. Com... §€ & ... 7 e ec... 6 € —. 9 7% cet ... O% PBe.....:.... 9% 8% 7 |. 74 Crowbars Cast Stcel, per W).... 2). 2... 6 Caps Ely’s 1- = per m. 65 Hick’s , per m. 55 G. D., ati Deer oeeg oeee oese cee 45 Maske perm 75 Chisels Socket Firmer ae et 65 MOCKOS PYAGMG. 1... 1... 65 MOGHCLCOINGr. ll. 65 ROCHCO NOMA 65 Elbows Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz............ net 65 Corrugated, oe doz. Le 1 25 Adjustable. . ...dis 40&10 ‘Sapensive Bits | Clark’ s small, $18; —ia Se 30&10 Ives’ 1, $18; 2, $24; WO ce a 25 a. List mew Ameen... — Nicholson’s. Heller’s Horse Rasps. . ce esto Gtlhvanined in. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27, 28 List 12 13 14 15 16. 17 Discount, 70 Gas Pipe Black.. Le uv eh Ob udee sabe eulbe de 40&10 Galvanized . an 50&10 Gauges Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60&10 Glass Single Strength, by box............... dis 85& 5 Double Stren Oe Oe Oe... 5... dis 85&10 _ dis 85 Hammers Maydole & Co.’s, new sors eee dis 33 Yerkes & Plumb’s. dis 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel... ..30e list 70 eee Gate, Clark’s 1, 2, 3. sie .-..dis 60&10 Hollow Ware ee 50&10 OP et ee ee eee cee 50&10 I aT 50810 Horse Nails Au Sable . ..dis 40&10 Putnam. . .. dis House ‘Wurnishing ‘Goods Stamped Tinware, new list............ 70 Japanned Tinware................ esas 20&10 Iron POO 3 crates Light Band.. " ‘ge rates ae eon ‘List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.. “ 85 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... he eee - 1 00 Lanterns Regular 0 Tubular, Doz................ 5 25 Warren, Galvanized Fount.. 6 00 Levels Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........ dis 70 Mattocks Adze Eye...... .- $17 00..dis 60 ‘Metals—Zine eens eee. Sa es 7% Per pound.. a nie ie 8 Wieodiianeows. OO 40 ime. Cite. es 70 Screws, New List . ee ee 380 Casters, Bed and ae 10&108&10 Dampers, American..............0..+- Molasses Gates Stebbins’ Pattern................. desc 60810 Enterprise, self-measuring............ 30 Pans EW Oe ca we 60810810 Common, eae Be ee ae 7085 Patent Planished Iron “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24f@27 10 75 “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25to2z7 9 75 Broken packages %c per pound extra. Planes Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy. . 50 Sciota Bench.. eae 60 Sandusky Tool Co.’ 8, fancy.. aus 50 Bench, first quality...............0ceee 50 Nails Advance over base, on both pone on Wire Steel nails, base...... 050 Te Re ioe coc ee le cn enccwnes 3 65 20 to 60 advance........... 2. .eeeee se Base soo ce oe cee poten 5 noire eas ck aaeeay 10 eee cea own oe 20 ee 30 3advance...... ee ee 45 eee 70 Fine 3 advance. Casing 10 advance. . a 15 Casing 8 advanee.......... ei 25 Casing 6 advance... 35 Finish 10 advance 25 ae. 35 eee 45 Barrel % advance............-..-.---- Rivets Iron and Tinned. ao 50 Copper Rivets and Burs.. oe es 45 eatin Plates 14590 10, Charcoal, Dean.............. 6 50 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean. 7 50 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean. le 13 00 14x20 IC, Chareoal, Allaway Grade. .. 5 50 14x20 1X) Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 6 50 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 11 00 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 13 00 Ropes Sisal, % inch and pees z, 11% Manilla... oie a 17 Sand inion Rit sect, 1 Se... ................-. ae 50 Sash Weights Solid Eyes, per ton.. nee 25 00 Sheet Iron com. smooth. com. i a ee $3 20 $3 00 TU beh e eee teen ees Oe 3 00 ee eee es 3 20 Wee, See ee 3 30 Nos. 25 to ada ea as 3 50 3 40 No. 2 3 60 3 50 ‘Alt ‘Sheets No. 18 and. lighter, ‘over 30 inches wide, not less than 2-10 extra. Shells—Loaded Loaded with Black Powder...........dis 40 Loaded with Nitro Powder...........dis 40&10 Shot opens ere ees ree acces 1 60 EE ee 1 85 Shovels and Spades iret Gtage, Der... 2. 4... 6s. 5... 8 60 Seeond Grade, Doz.. 8 10 Suliier Ya. 20 The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. Squares Oe I BI, aig cao sos cone cet ons 65 Tin—Melyn Grade eee $ 8 50 ee 8 50 EET CMOOOE og ose een ence toner 9 75 Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. Tin—Allaway Grade neds 10, Onmrooel...................,.. 7 00 oe 00, Conreee..................... 7 00 EOE eee 8 5O ee 8 50 Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 Boiler Size Tin Plate 14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers, 14x56 LX; for No.9 Boilers, { per pound.. 10 Traps Steel, Game.. 5 Oneida C ‘ommunity, “Newhouse’s.. 40&10 Oneida Community, ws * Nor- ton’s. Oe 65816 Mouse, choker, “per Ee 15 Mouse, delusion, er Gee... U8 1 2 Wire reese eee, uw. 8... 60 Annealed Market.. bee ee ap ee 60 Coppered Market.............. 002. 0+. 50&10 Tinned Market.. ee ened ome 50&10 Coppered Spring Se 40 Barbed Fence, Galvanized............ 4 30 Barbed Fence, Painted................ 415 Wire Goods Mig a ocr cote etc asa eae 75 We os ice cee pccs once 75 oe a 75 Gate Hooks and Eyes.. Seacs 75 Wrenches Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........ 30 eee Genereo..._..............-..--- 30 Coe’s Patent ‘Agden, JWrought. .70&10 BOCK-KEEPING __ my 7”, ACCURACY DISFUTED AC 7 ON INQUIRY COMPANY. TRADESMAN Bia RAPIDS, MICH. 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN What Organization Has Done For Bay City Grocers. Bay City, March 10—Friday evening, March 10, the grocers of West Bay City ave a very enjoyable entertainment, ollowed by a lunch, to which all grocers of the two cities, with their wives and families, were invited. The evening was particularly fine and, as the reputa- tion of the West siders as entertainers is unsurpassed, a large number availed themselves of so favorable an opportun- ity of meeting their friends and com- petitors on common ground and where the cares of business might all be laid aside and all rivalry be forgotten for a time. A very pleasant evening was spent and all present voted the West Side grocers very superior entertainers, although the program was handicapped by the fact that it is Lenten season and that some prominent parts had to be omitted. Messrs. Geo. Gougeon, Ed. West and Geo. Baston were particularly industrious and tactful in their efforts to make the evening the banner social session of the Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. Similar social gatherings have been held by the grocers at intervals during the winter months and the benefits de- rived therefrom have been very marked. Men who formerly eyed each _ other askance when meeting on the street or morning market may now be found, arm in arm, discussing some mutually in- teresting business problem. Competi- tion undoubtedly has not been dimin- ished, but opposition has. almost dis- appeared among the members of the organization. The wives and daughters, too, have formed acquaintances and have developed sincere friendships among themselves, and there are many little groups of grocers’ families which meet in different sections of the city for social purposes, and there is probably no line of business in Bay City where the spirit of brotherhood-is better developed than among the grocers who are mem- bers of the Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association. The public social sessions are held for the purpose of getting the grocers to- gether, whether members of the Asso- Clation or not, and demonstrating the fact that a trade rival is not such a bad fellow after all, once you get a glimpse of the better side of his disposition, which is always the case at these gathers ings. Visiting grocers are not urged to join the Association, but they draw their own inferences from what they see and hear. A few days ago a committee from the Association was appointed to act with a similar committee of clerks and butch- ers for the purpose of submitting a re- quest that the shipyards change the pay night from Tuesday to Monday evening. The members were courteously received and their request granted. This will render it unnecessary to keep the West Side stores open Tuesday evenings, as formerly, and also shows how readily a request so reasonable as this is granted when coming from an organization of grocers, instead of from individuals. %. C. Little, Sec’y. —____-¢-e ___ The Grain Market. Wheat has been very uninteresting the past week. There is nothing new to report except that there was no gain in prices. The visible made a small de- crease of about 300,000 bushels. The Government report came showing the amount in all positions rather less than was anticipated——about 252,700,000 bushels, or about 3,000,000 bushels less than for the corresponding time last year, which is rather bullish when we take into consideration the small amount available in first hands, as last year there was far more in farmers’ granaries than this year. The opening of spring will decide if prices will advance or not, as the outlook for winter wheat in Ohio is Ig points below that of last year; in fact, it is the worst showing in many years, so far as Ohio is concerned. Michigan and Indiana are also at present in about the same_condition as last year. It will take extraordinarily good weather to produce much more grain than was raised last year in the two last named States. Corn has made an advance, as_ stocks are low, while exports are large and feeding absorbs a large amount, and farmers are not free sellers. Oats remain stationary and all offers are taken up at old prices, while exports are rather slack. We can not say that the prices will enhance from present outlook. Rye remains in the same old rut. There is nothing in sigh to raise prices from the present value. I think prices will sag some. Beans remain at $2. Some think they will go higher, but that is doubtful, as $2 is pretty steep. The flour trade for both local and _ do- mestic market is fair. The demand has been fully up to expectations. Foreign enquiry has been good, with some sales. Millfeed is as scarce as ever and the mills can only supply the local demand at full prices. Receipts have been only moderate, being 41 cars of wheat, 21 cars of corn, 20 cars of oats and 3 cars of hay. Millers are paying 68c for wheat. C. G. A. Voigt. —_—_- 0-2 _-___ Statistics Concerning the Bean, and Potato Crops. Grand Rapids, March 13—Undoubt- edly many of your readers will be inter- ested in knowing which counties in this State produce the largest amount of beans, potatoes and apples. The total number of bushels of beans raised during 1898 was 1,762,944 bush- els. According to statistics compiled by the Secretary of State, the five coun- ties producing the largest amount of beans during the year were as follows: Genesee, 259,974 bushels. Eaton, 186,565 bushels. Livingston, 147,964 bushels. Shiawassee, 135,487 bushels. Jackson, 122,689 bushels. The total number bushels of potatoes raised during 1898 was 22,335,520 bush- els. The five largest potato producing counties in this State for the year 1898 are as follows: Oakland, 1,636,508 bushels. Kent, 1,316,937 bushels. Montcalm, 1,244,462 buhsels. Leelanau, 823,283 bushels. Osceola, 609,649 bushels. The total number of acres planted with potatoes during the year 1898 was 232,- 17. The total number of bushels of apples raised during the year 1898 was_ 6,024, - Apple 975. The five largest apple producing counties in this State during 1898 were as follows: Kent, 378,134 bushels. Tuscola, 297,327 bushels. Oakland, 295,601 bushels. Ionia, 282,952 bushels. Lapeer, 212,235 bushels. You will notice from these statistics that Kent county is ahead on the list of apples and second on the list of pota- toes. It has been only a short time, how- ever, since Kent county was also the leader for being the largest potato pro- ducing county in the State. In comparing the acreage for pota- toes between Wisconsin and Michigan, we find that for the year 1897 Wiscon- sin had 219,026 acres and Michigan had 206, 790 acres. During the year 1897 Michigan had 219,544 acres planted to apple or- chards, and the five counties having the largest number of acres in apples for the year 1897 was as follows: Oakland, 9,704.50 acres. Berrien, 7,837.50 acres. Lenawee, 7,272.75 acres. Allegan, 7,221.87 acres. Kent, 7,102.25 acres. . E. A. Moseley. }care Michigan Tradesman. Hides, Pelts, Furs, Tallow and Wool. Hides shrink in weight in curing and have also shrunk in price during the past few weeks. The past week has showed lower values than for months previous. The tanners are having their innings and have clubbed the market down to where they thought it safe to buy and then made the largest single purchase on record—1o00,000 hides. The price stays down, with no hopes of a speedy revival. Pelts are in good demand, with light offerings. Values are no higher. Furs are few and far between in Northern Michigan. The demand is good, but it is too late to ship for Lon- don March sales. A decline is antici- pated on some kinds, such as rat and coon. Tailow is in fair demand, with un- changed prices. The export trade is light and stocks suitable for soapers are ample. Wool is dragging and, while held strong by dealers for large lines, the small lots are sold at a lower range. To effect a sale of any magnitude a conces- sion of price must be made, although full high values are expected to rule on the coming clip. A decline of 7 per cent. on fine and of Io per cent. on cross- bred wools in London does not stiffen our market. Wm. T. Hess. BusinesHanls 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. OR SALE—NEARLY NEW CAR-SHAPED hearse made by Rock Falls Manufacturing Co.; also runners for same. Will sell at a bar- gain. Box 426, Shelby, Mich. 2 ANTED—STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GRO- ceries and shoes that will invoice from $2,000 to $4,000, in a good town. Address Lock Box 31, Lyons, Mich. 261 TTENTION! FOR SALE—FINEST COR- ner grocery and market in Chicago. Good eeereeey. for the right man. Big business. Address A. Rueter, Gartield and Seminary Ave., Chicago, Il. 260 ARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF GOODS OF any kind, farm or city property or manufac- turing plants, that they wish to sell or exchange, write us for our free 24-page catalogue of real es- tate and business chances. The Derby & Choate Real Estate Co., Lansing, Mich. 259 RY GOODS STORE TO LET, CARO, MICH- igan, from April 1; best stand in Tuscola county; growing town; rich country; large beet sugar factory. Enquire of Burnham & Co., Lan- sing, Mich. 2 SIDE LINE SALESMAN WANTED ON COM- mission to carry a line of suspenders. Spiral Manufacturing Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. 257 Fo SALE—COUNTRY STORE IN SOUTH Central Michigan on railroad; stock about $3,000; a fine paying business the year around; very small expense; will pay 40 per cent. clear profit every year; owner going into larger busi- ness; easy terms; a snap for the right person. Address No. 256, care Michigan Tradesman. 256 RUG STOCK WANTED. WILL GIVE good business real estate, valued at $1,500, and cash for drug stock invoicing about $2.500; or will exchange for first-class fixtures. Frank R. Baggatt, Ludington, Mich. 255 r= SALE—GOOD OPENING FOR PRAC- tical dry goods and clothing man; new stock; Address J. S. Bicknell, Shepherd, 264 best country. Mich. LEGANT MODERN HOUSE FACING CAP- itoljgrounds, earning $300 rent. Will ex- change for hardware, implement or general — in small town. Address Box 186, Lansing, ich. 263 ye SALE—WELL-ESTABLISHED IMPLE- ment business in live town of 2,500 in South- ern Michigan. Clean stock, which invoices $1,000. Small competition. Payment must be part cash. Address Lock Box 295, Otsego, Mich. 249 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 ‘OR SALE—FLOUR AND FEED MILL— full roller process—in a splendid location. Great bargain, easy terms. ddress No. 227, 227 OR SALE—WELL-ESTABLISHED RETAIL lumber and fuel business in a live town. Stock inventories about $4,000. Wm. Sebright & Co., Otsego, Mich. 204 OR RENT OR SALE—HOTEL, WITH barn in connection; one good business all the ma resort region. Address No. 135, care Michigan Tradesman. 135 _ OR SALE—FIRST CLASS STOCK OF hardware; good location in one of the best towns in Michigan. Address Lock Box 23¥5, Battle Creek, Mich. 245 OR 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 Ko 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 NOR SALE—-SPLENDID BUSINESS chance. General stock, hustling village 2,000 poor: good farming country Central Michigan. eason for selling, other business. Address No. 253, care Michigan Tradesman. 253 SOR SALE OR RENT—STORE BUILDING with dwelling attached. Good opening for a general store. Also large warehouse suitable for hay and feed business. For particulars ap- ply to J. C. Benbow, Harrietta, Mich. *237 OR 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 OR SALE, CHEAP — $3,000 GENERAL stock and building. Address No. 240, care Michigan Trad D 240 TORE ROOM FOR RENT. PLATE GLASS front; furnace heat; counters and shelvin all in and up to date in style and finish; 22 fee’ wide and 90 feet long; centrally located ina good town for trade. For terms address Box 37, Car- son City, Mich. 238 NXRAND 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., care Michigan Tradesman. 211 O 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. 208 OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES I) good town of 5,000 inhabitants. Stock in ventories about $2,000. Cash sales $17,000 for 1899. A bargain to the right party. Address H. M. L., care Michigan Tradesman. 200 OR 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. Profits last year, two thousand five hun- dred dollars. Proprietor wishes to retire. Ad- dress E. D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich. NOR SALE—FINE HOTEL AND SMALL livery barn; doing good business; terms to suit. Address No. 135, care Michigan Trades- man. 135 POT CASH PAID FOR STOCK OF DRY ——, groceries or boots and shoes. Must be cheap. Address A. D., care Michigan = man. NOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL Stock of Merchandise—60 acre farm, part clear, architect house and barn; well watered. I also have two 40 acre farms and one 80 acre farm to exchange. Address No. 12, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 12 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 in te. Tradesman Comuew. vesti Grand Rapids, Michigan. ODERN CITY RESIDENCE AND LARGE lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, or will exchange for tract of hardwood timber. Big bargain for some one. Possession given any time. vestigation solicited. E. A. Stowe, 100 N. Prospect street, Grand Rapids. 993 MISCELLANEOUS. OR RENT—THE BEST LOCATED STORE in a live town in Upper Peninsula, popula- tion 1,800. A good opening for either groceries or hardware—the chance of a lifetime for the right man. If you mean business, write. Ad- dress No. 247, care Michigan Tradesman. 247 eS Se IN WHOLESALE or retail grocery; ten years’ experience; Address Box 714, — first-class references. Mich. 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 SS ee ee WHO UNDER- stands telegraphy. First-class references required. Address Glen Arbor Glen Arbor, Leelanau Co., Mich. OSITION WANTED AS MANAGER OR clerk. Can give references. Can take — of any department. Address No. 231, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 231 ANTED—EXPERIENCED CEDAR OPER- : ator to take charge of shinglé 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 floated to , which has outlet by both water and rail. Address No. 224, care Tradesman. 24 Lumber Co., 215 we * 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. Trav 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, Detros..........-- 11:50am 4:05pm 10:05pm Ly. Detroit........... 8:40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids.... 1:30pm 5:10pm 10:45pm Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Lv Grand Rapids...... ........- 7:00am 5:20pm Mr SAGWiaAW «2.0.5.5. . ne -- oe ene 11:55am 10:15pm Lv Saginaw.... ........... -. .. 7:00am 4:50pm Ar Grand Rapids................11:55am 9:50pm Parlor ears on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Parlor cars on afternoon trains to and from Chicago. Pullman sleepers on night trains. Parlor ear to Traverse City on morn- ing train. *Every day. Others week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, General Pass. Agent. Grand Rapids, Mich. January 1, 1900. GR AND Rapids & {ndiana Railway December 17, 1899. Going North Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack. + 7:45am Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack. + 2:10pm Cadillac Accommodation... + 5:25pm +10:45am Petoskey & Mackinaw City +11:00pm t+ 6:20am 7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars; 11:00pm train, sleeping car. Southern Division From North + 5:15pm +10:15pm Northern Division. From South + 9:45pm + 2:00pm Going South + 7:10am + 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; — train has sleeper to Cincin- nati; 11:30pm train, sleeping car and coach to Chicago. Chicago Trains. TO CHICAGO. Ly. Grand Rapids...t7 10am +2 00pm Ar. Chicago......... 2 30pm 8 45pm FROM CHICAGO Ly. Chicago...................t3 02pm = *11 32pm Ar. Grand Rapids............. 9 45pm 6 45am Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach; 11:30pm train has coach and See car; train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has coach; 11:32pm has sleeping car for Grand Rapids. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly. Grand Rapids....47 35am +1 35pm +5 40pm Ar. Muskegon........ 9 00am 250pm 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. Lv. Muskegon...... +8 10am +12 15pm +4 00pm Ar. Grand Rapids... 9 30am 1 30pm 5 20pm +Except Sunday. *Daily. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’l — and Ticket Agent. =. OF AKE, Ticket Agent Union Station. & Northeastern Ry. MAN I ST E E Best route to Manistee. Via C. & W. M. Railway. Lv. Grand Rapids............... 7 30am ir, MAMIStOO 35 205.5 1c. .e 2 (opm -.s..; Lv. Manistee.................... 8 40am 3 55pm Ar. Grand Rapids.............. 2 40pm 10 00pm *11 30pm 7 00am TRADESMAN ITEMIZED | EDGERS SIZE—8 1-2 x 14. THREE COLUMNS. .-$2 00 2 Quires, 160 pages... 3 Quires, 240 pages.. 4 peuvent 320 pages.. 5 Quires, 400 pages.. we 6 Quires, 480 pages........ 4 00 £ INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK 80 double pages, registers 2,880 EIVONCES: 62. Ses oce oct wees oe $2 00 £ Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Mich. CHOHOHOH CHOROROROROROROROROHOEO w wn ° BOROROCOROROROCROROROROROROHOROEO Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER, Bay City; Vice-Pres- ident, J. H. Hopkins, Ypsilanti; Secretary, E. A. Srowk, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. F. 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; Secretary, E. MARKS; Treasurer, C H. FRINK. Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association President, W. H. JOHNSON; Secretary, CHAS. HYMAN. Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER; Secretary, LITTLE. Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association President, H. B. SmirH; Secretary, D. A. BOELKINS; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON. E. C Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. FRANK HELMER; Secretary, W H. PorRTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLARK; Secretary, E. F. CLEVELAND; Treasurer, WM. C. KOEHN Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association President, M. W. TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Me- PHERSON; Treasurer, R. A. HORR. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos T. BATES; Secretary, M. B. Houuy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, 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. PARTRIDGE. See St. Johns Business Men’s Association President, THOS. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. PERCY; Treasurer, CLARK A. PUTT. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E. HEDDLE. ee a Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VER- HOEKS. a tn, Yale Business Men’s Association President, CHAS. RouNDs; Secretary, FRANK PUTNEY. Grand Rapids Rotail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. M. WILSON; Secretary, PHILIP HILBER; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. WHOLESALE SUGARS AND COFFEES Get our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere MOSELEY AND SHELBY No. 25 TOWER BLK. GRAND RAPIDS SeseseseseseseSeoe Take a Receipt for | | u e5e5 Everything It may save you a thousand dol- lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer. uw h We make City Package Re- ceipts to order; also keep plain j ones in stock. Send for samples. BARLOW BROS, — G GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. esese5e5e5e5 PRA PARP ARAL IAI ASD PINI~A 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. y S SSS oS oS S oS MICA S10 S S S S Mica because their customers want ? their money. | aol | GREASE has become known on account of its good qualities. = = Merchants handle 4 the best axle grease they can get for Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce ) friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. } It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is § nomical as well. ? and blue tin packages. 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- Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white ¢g R ILLUMINATING AND ' ¢ LUBRICATING OILS 4 WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE ,¢ D STANDARD THE WORLD OVER ¢ HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS dQ STANDARD OIL CO. = > y) ) U UY Y) Y ) Y) 4 U Y) Y Y U Y UY ) y 4 4 [4 b A ie MU Ss MAGAZINE PRICES OUTDONE 950 FREIGHT PRE= PAI D e - i a Our Desk No. 261, illustrated above, is 50 in. long, 34 in. deep and 50 in. high; is made of selected oak, any finish de- sired. The gracefulness of the design, the exquisite workmanship, the nice atten- tion to every little detail, will satisfy your most critical idea. Is sent on approval, freight prepaid, to be returned at our expense if not found positively the best roll top desk ever offered for the price or even 25 per cent more. Write for our complete Office Furniture MAGAZINE PRICES OUTDONE Theres “a in having our chair in n your home. wma After you've used it for several years—given it all kinds of wear—that’s the time to tell whether or not the chair i§ a good one. Our goods stand every test. The longer you have it the better you like it. Arm Chair or Rocker No. 1001. Genuine hand buffed leather, hair filling, dia- mond or biscuit tufting. Sent to you freight prepaid on approval for Ais Contpare the style, the workmanship, the material and the price with any similar article. If it is not cheaper in | Catalogue. comparison, return at our expense, ' le ° o e t err mae e Retailers of Sample Furniture e - a= 2.0 . . ey PEARL&G&OTTAWA STS RAND RAPID To 7.V Dee.) eee HOUSE |] BEFORE BUYING FuRNI-]| HOUSE | BEFORE BUYING FURNI: HOLD | TURE OFANYKINDWRITE f HOLD | TURE OF ANY KIND WRITE US FOR ONE ORALL OF OUR US FOR ONE ORALLOF OUR FUR= (“Bic 4’catacocuesor | FUR= “BIG 4”caTaLoGues oF NITURE | HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE} NITURE ‘HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE said Le id dst Vee ©OO® Y¢ Computing Scale | Ye result of 100 years of’ progress. QOOOGOOOOOOOO S) GGOOCOGOOOOGOOOOOOSCOOOO What Would Our Forefathers Say? COOOOOQOOOOOOOOOGOOOGOOOOEOOO 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 ©O©OOOHOOOOOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETEET ETE TT +H. LEONARD & SONS? 15 Dozen Articles at 85c per dozen, $12.75. Compare Our Prices with Other Quotations. The ware is a rich brilliant crystal glass, with heavy well burned in gold decorations covering all plain parts. The package contains 1 dozen | © each of the 15 different articles shown in illus- tration and is the largest variety of useful and pooh oh hh hh hh hh hh hh > pooh hh hh hh ho 44-44 * Bright, attractive and staple goods; every ar- ticle a trade winner. Sold by package only. ¥ No charge for package. Shipped from Grand Rapids. } > + H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. ; PPP GorGeForGorPoedon oe gorGoefocGon Por Gon ooo ne oforooooorooGorge ~ staple novelties ever shown for the money. # |. 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 EEE eee e an a a ‘ e : Sticky = s , Catches the Germ as well as the Fly. . . =“: Sanitary. Used the world over. Good profit to sellers. e = Order from Jobbers. = BOROROROTOROROROHS HOROEC SOROROCCOCHOROROROROEOROCEOEORO The Michigan Wall Paper Co.--Limited Dealers in Wall Paper, Painters’ Supplies, Window Shades. Agents for Billings, Chapin & Co’s. Celebrated Paints, Varnishes, Stains, etc., etc. 202 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. ' —) ; > Aaccih : e >