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>__ Steaming Broilers. H. J. Rosenberg, poultry raiser of Eastport, Long Island, says he has been very successful with his poultry this year and stiil has over two thousand broilers on hand besides a large number of turkeys and other poultry. ‘*] been making some experiments in dressing,’’ he said. ‘‘] formerly dry- picked all my broilers, but this year | am scalding them and find by steaming immediately after scalding that I can loosen the feathers and dress them to better advantage than by dry-picking. After dipping them in water just off the boiling point I wrap in bagging and roll them up for three or four minutes and the steam or heat follows the quills, and loosens the feathers so that they rub off perfectly and leave the skin in ex- cellent condition.’’ When asked about the temperature of the water he said he kept it boiling all the time and threw a pint or so of cold water in just betore dipping the broiler so that the have temperature would get below the boiling point and thereby not injure the ap- pearance of the bird. SS The Meanest Thing on Earth. From the Cheboygan Tribune. Elmer E. Jahrans, of Alpena, was in the city Saturday trying to inaugurate a strike among the cigarmakers for an increase of wages. Our manufacturers were already paying above the average wages,.but he demanded they should strike for $1 per 1,000 more. The men were making from $12 to $18 per week, according to the time they put in. They made the demand for the extra $1, but were refused, but wisely concluded to resume work Monday afternoon on the old terms. We understand this man Jahrans was formerly a cigar manufac- turer himself, but did not have brains enough to run the business successfully and failed. It is from such material that the trades unions recruit their walk- ing delegates. r —_—_—_0<.___ A Valuable Watch Dog. From the Indianapolis Journal. Charles Dunfee, a saloon-keeper at 241 North Delaware street, yesterday took to the police station a lady’s solid gold watch which he had during the afternoon before watched a dog dig from under the fence in the rear of the saloon. The watch is an old Swiss model. The case is beautifully en- graved and on the inside of the cover is engraved the following: ‘‘Nora Farley, Chebanse, Ill.’’ The police have no record of the watch and the detectives were unable in digging further to find any trace of other valuables. Hence, by right of discovery, the watch belongs to the dog. —_—<2>__ Center of Population. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. The census of 1900 will probably show, figuring on the old basis, that the center of population has moved across Indiana and is somewhere between Terre Haute and Vincennes. Stroup & Sickels Wholesale Produce and Commission Merchants Specialty Butter and Eggs 38 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Highest cash price paid at all times for small or large lots of Butter and Eggs. Prompt returns guaranteed. Both phones in office. Get our prices. Ballou Baskets Are Best @HOROR 1 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, A Simple Home Dinner Carefully cooked and daintily flavored with Diamond Crystal Salt Is a luxury. The most elaborate dinne: can be spoiled with salt that is impure and unwhole- some. The best grocers cater to the demands of the best housekeepers and keep ‘‘the salt that’s all salt’’ on sale. It yields two profits, viz: A Pleased Customer A Good Cash Margin It will pay dealers to investigate. Diamond Crystal Salt Co., St. Clair, Mich. ee nr ee enter eer een ere Keep Your i Eye on Vinegar best offered on the markets of Michigan to-day. . ; ® GENESEE FRUIT CO... Makers, Lansing, Mich. eh TAT Our Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VIN. EGAR. To anyone who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids, or anything that is not prod — é d from the apple, we will forfeit ONE , We also guarantee it to be of full strength as required by law. We will Prosecute any person found using our packages for cider or vinegar without first removing all traces of our-brands therefrom, UA 7s 72... epee Benton Harbor,Michigan. J. ROBINSON, Manager. Silver Brand : These goods are the : ' 1A, cident Qs Ri if TE ag SEI Re OES No TEE nga Ss a - iii t ste = - ea iN Titec SRE ~~ Se gee 0 ete A A ie iis ian a - Wig Se ee ee ee ee eee eee hl hh es Es | ange cl. re ll Tae ag ees MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 The Stylish Woman and the Parasol. Written for the Tradesman. The usual Saturday night quartet of salesmen were gathered in the little barber shop around the corner. These four men always waited for the same barber to do their work and beguiled this waiting time in relating to each other incidents that had occurred in their respective places of employment. The dignified chap with the pointed blond beard set the ball rolling by say- ing that the smartest little girl in the city worked in the same store he did. 9 ‘*You don’t say,’’ exclaimed the other three in unison, while each nudged the other. ‘‘Let’s hear about this paragon of a girl.’’ The chap with the beard saw plainly that his friends accepted his statement with several grains of doubt; but he be- gan his story just the same: ‘*To-day about 3 o'clock a stylishly dressed woman of about thirty came into the store and stopped at this smart little girl’s counter to look at some rhinestone buttons. I said stylishly dressed ; but that does not quite express it. She was one of the real swell sort, all of a piece, from the toes of her seven dollar patent leather shoes to the tip. of her thirty dollar parasol. As she en- tered the front door she closed the para- sol and slipped her hand through a ring at the end of the handle. It thus hung down at her side an extremely pretty and convenient receptacle for whatever my lady might choose to drop into it. As a rule we judge people by the clothes they wear. The girl at the button coun- ter did at any rate. She knew that this swell woman wanted the very best rhine- stone buttons to be had and, to be sure, showed her only that kind. The lady looked them over and purchased three at one dollar each. She wished to go to the handkerchief counter, so it was necessary for Miss Rae, the salesgirl, to make out a transfer check. This she did and gave it to the lady while the three buttons were sent to the package desk to be held until the customer had completed her purchases. With this system, as you all know, nothing is paid for until the final purchase is made. The amount of each sale is entered up- on the transfer check which is given to the customer. When through buying she turns in this transfer check with the money for her goods, which are then all done up in one package. ‘*Miss Rae’s eyes took in all the vari- ous details of this woman’s dress as she proceeded with easy grace to the hand- kerchief counter. ‘My, but ain’t she swell,’’ said the plain little salesgirl to me as I passed her counter a minute or two later. ‘I would give half a life- time to be able to wear a gown like that,’ and with a discontented sigh she began to put away the buttons which she had been showing. Presently I saw her speak to another salesgirl and then she quietly put on her hat and taking her pocket book in her hand walked quickly to the handkerchief counter. The swell customer had just purchased a three dol- lar handkerchief. The jewelry counter was next visited by the stylish woman and also by Miss Rae. Then silk hos- iery was looked at and last, but by no means least, gloves. My lady wished to be fitted with a pair of gloves. It was necessary to place the beautiful parasol upon the counter, as she could not be fitted with her hand through the ring at the end of the handle. This was a chance for which Miss Rae had hoped, but which she had by no means ex- pected to get. Quick as thought she walked up to the counter, took the par- asol and opened it above her head. There was a perfect shower of rhine- stone buttons, fine lace handkerchiefs, silk hosiery, bolts of lace and pieces of jewelry. The swell shoplifter sat in dumb amazement unable to realize that she had been detected. ‘‘ ‘“By jove!’’ cxclaimed one of the three listeners, ‘‘I guess Miss Rae is the smartest as well as the nerviest girl in town. What did they do with the thief?’’ ‘*We made out her bill and added sixty dollars to it, the value of the stolen articles, which she paid without a murmur. She was then told to get out and to keep out.’’ ‘*Did your smart little girl get any re- ward?”’ "Yes. thanks.’’ There were three voices exclaiming in unison, ‘‘Well, I'll be d—nd.’’ ‘Say, whiskers!’' said the fat man The firm gave her a vote of of the quartet, ‘‘why don’t you tell a story once in a while that ends right? You always end your stories wrong. That one about the dog and the little girl was just the same. You weren’t satisfied until you killed the dog. You keep trying to make us _ believe that these stories are true; but I know they are not. I never see any of these things going on around me that you tel! about, and [ am not waltzing through life with my eyes shut either. When a fellow works these things up from the whole cloth he might just as well have them end happily as not. Why not have your employers give little Miss Rae a ten dollar bill, instead of a vote of thanks?’’ ““Next gent,’’ said the barber for whom the four were waiting, and the fat man took his place in the chair. ‘*Did I ever tetl you about Mrs. Money and her hard luck story?’’ en- quired he of the blond whiskers, with- out deigning to notice the fat man’s ad- vice. ‘‘Money and hard luck do not seem to hitch very well. If you fellows had seen this Mrs. Money when she applied to me fora place for her boy, you would have regarded her as the poorest looking Money you had ever seen. I reckon she must have spent as much as several hours making herself and her kid clean. Their faces actually glistened from ear to ear and no further with the effect of warm water and star soap. The youngster seemed to feel that he had lost something. The mother, Mrs. Money, told a story that was com- posed for the sole purpose of meiting the stony heart within my bosom. Her husband, she said, was dead, and she had a family of six small children, of whom this 14 year-old boy—‘ Show vour- self to the gentleman, Frankie dear’— was the eldest. She had struggled since her beloved husband's death to support herself and family by taking in wash- ing. In an evil hour she had contracted consumption or something, here she coughed deeply several times, and placed her hand tenderly upon her bosom. ‘No, gentlemen, Iam not guilty of mockery. I am relating to you Mrs. Money’s little drama as I saw and heard it. Now don’t interrupt me again, please. ‘“‘If I would give her boy a job as cash-boy the Lord would bless me, and she would bless me, her children would bless me, her neighbors would bless me and the Lord knows who wouldn’t bless me. To be truthful about the matter, I saw the poor creature and her boy in a different light then than I see them now, and my stony heart was touched and softened. I gave this budding youth, this only support of a consump- tive mother and five small brothers and sisters, a job as cash-boy, at two dollars a week, from purely humane motives. A worse time I have never had than trying to get two dollars’ worth of work out of this same youth each week. He was dishonest, untruthful, lazy, dirty and everything else that was mean and low. ‘*We have a bicycle department where we sell wheels on the installment plan. Five dollars down and two dollars a week thereafter until the bill is paid. If you will believe me this kid had worked for us just one week when his mother came in and bought him a thirty dollar wheel, paying the five dollars down, the two dollars per week which the kid earned to be credited to the ac- count. She amde the arrangement with our credit man, who was not aware that I had decided to fire the youngster. They had us fixed for sure and | was obliged to keep that confounded boy until the wheel was paid for; but you can bet | did not keep him one minute longer. ‘ Now,’’ he took oe continued the story teller as his turn in the barber’s chair, I always carry a little scratch pad and when I meet with these hard luck stories I take the party’s address and as soon as they are out of sight I throw it away.”’ Mac Allan. > 2. <— France exports annually 60,000 tur- keys, while Italy exports from 600, 000 to 800,0co ; but the birds from beyond the Alps find their way not only to London, but to Leipzig, Dresden, Frankfort, Berlin and Hamburg, and they realize higher prices in those German towns than in England. Lambert’s New Process Salted Peanuts Made from choice, hand picked, Spanish Peanuts. Thoroughly cooked. They are delicious. Keep fresh. No rancid ani- mal fats used. Put up in attractive ten pound boxes, a measuring glass in each box. A nice package to sell from. One hundred per cent. profit for the retailer. Ask your wholesaler for them. If he does not keep them, send us his address. Will send you samples if you desire. No better selling article, and none on which you can make as much profit as our Salted Peanuts, Manufactured by the Lambert Nut Food @o., Battle Creek, Mich. SORCROROROROROROCHOCEOROEO National Brscutt Company Grand Rapids, kee Mich. P T pays any dealer to have the reputation of keeping pure goods. dealer to keep the Seymour Cracker. There’s a large and grow- ing section of the public who will have the best, and with whom the matter of a cent or so a pound makes no im- pression. cheap” with them; it’s “How good.” ple the Seymour Cracker is made. Discriminating house- wives recognize its superior Flavor, Purity, Deliciousness, and will have it. If you, Mr. Dealer, want the trade of particular people, It pays any It's not “How lor this class of peo- the Seymour Cracker. 22 In my rounds among the egg trade | have lately heard a good deal of talk about egg inspections, consisting chiefly of complaints that the inspectors will not pass as ‘‘firsts’’ lines of stock which are really of very nice quality for the season and which sell to good trade without difficulty on a basis of loss far smaller than the amount shown by the official inspection. The facts reported in this connection make it seem certain that it takes a higher grade of eggs tc pass official inspection as firsts than was the case some years ago, and many of the trade consider this to be a dis- advantage. Whether or not it is really a disadvantage to have raised the stand- ard of firsts may be a question worthy of careful consideration and discus- sion; but it does seem that the grade of ‘‘firsts'’ should include a quality of eggs satisfactory to good buyers, and humerous instances have come to my notice where stock promptly salable toa high class of trade at full market value has been graded by the inspectors as ‘‘fresh gathered seconds,'’ and even as ‘‘held firsts’’ with a statement of loss considerably greater than returned by buyers who have bought the stock and taken it out in the regular course of trade. For this state of affairs some re- ceivers place the blame on the egg rules while others blame the inspectors for a too rigid interpretation of the rules, ee One thing is certain: the fault—if fault there be—must be either in the rules or the judgment of the inspectors, and there is one, and only one, way to Correct it—to bring definite cases before the Egg Committee. Both the rules and the inspectors are under the general Supervision of the Egg Committee and a receiver who calis for inspection and reasonably doubts the justice of the cer- tificate should consider himself in uty bound to lay the matter before the Egg Committee. In no other way can a fault be corrected—whether it be in the rule or in the work of the inspectors. A few cases of inspections appealed will very soon demonstrate whether the inspectors are Carrying out the intention of the rules as designed by the committee ; if not they can be instructed how to mod- ify their work; if so, and it is shown that their rigid inspections are made necessary by the wording of the rules, it will remain to modify the rules pro- vided the committee shall consider the rigid inspections now made as being detrimental to the trade interests. eae ak Of course, it is inevitable that under any egg trade rules which could be de- vised a good deal has to be left to the judgment of the inspector: it is prob- ably a fact that the acceptance or rejec- tion as ‘‘firsts’’ of a given lot of eggs depends as much on the elasticity of the inspector's judgment as upon the rule, and under the same rule different in- spectors, acting with equally conscien- tious motives, might judge the same eggs differently as to grade. True, the rule specifies certain definite percent- ages of ‘‘ fresh, reasonably full, strong, Sweet eggs'’ and it also specifies what kind of eggs shall be total loss and what kind shall be half loss. But to place every egg in its proper class as intended by the committee who framed the rules is a very delicate job, and one in which there is inevitably much op- portunity for a difference in judgment. If an inspector passes as ‘fresh, rea- Observations by the Gotham Egg Man. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN sonably full, strong and sweet’’ only such eggs as would be’ found in the April receipts, we could at this season get scarcely a lot of eggs from any West- ern point which would meet the require- ments of ‘‘firsts,’’ for very few, even of the eggs which dealers accept as_ the best, are as strong now as in the spring. It seems advisable that qualities should be judged with some consideration for the season; qualities are relative any- way, and an egg which might fairly be thrown out of the ““reasonably full and strong’’ class in April might with equal fairness be admitted to the top class in June. The same room for judgment comes in in determining whether an egg was “‘badly heated’’ or not, and in us- ing these opportunities for judgment it would seem that our inspectors are even more rigid in judging against the stock than are some of our most critical egg dealers. ee x I suppose the Almighty never made a man who could take the position of offi- cial egg inspector and Satisfy every- body ; (in this respect the position is similar to that of the market reporter). And where criticism is so likely it is natural for the official to stick as close- ly as he possibly can to the “letter of the law.’’ But where judgment of qual- ity is susceptible to as much variation as in classifying eggs it would seem that there ought to be a very close con- tact between the official and the com- mittee under whose supervision he works; that the committee should be constantly informed of the basis of judg- ment being used and cause it to be modified from season to season so as to meet the varying requirements of the trade. * ok x In the above remarks I do not wish to convey the impression that a large part of the eggs graded below firsts by the inspectors can be sold satisfactorily to good dealers. Simply that among the many lots graded as seconds or lower they are placing some of the finer lots which are really good enough to give satisfaction to good buyers. Asa mat- ter of fact the recent receipts of eggs have contained only a very moderate proportion of really Satisfactory goods, but even these receivers can not safely offer as firsts because of the probability that the inspectors will grade them be- low firsts. * oe x The generally defective character of the arrival of eggs from all Sections of the West has brought into prominence a false and unhealthy method of doing business in some parts of the West which ought to be considered by many egg collectors. In the spring of the year, when nearly all eggs are sound and good, many collectors in northern sections, even although they do not grade closely, furnish a quality of eggs which can usually be sold promptly at the prevailing top market quotation. At such times the quotation is a fair basis for country purchases. When hot weather sets in, however, eggs from the same sections, collected and packed in the same way, occupy a relatively lower place in the market and can not be sold at the top quotations. More and more of the large Western packers are grading and candling their summer egg shipments and from several our market is now receiving in carload lots eggs which are far superior to the un- graded or only partially assorted eggs before referred to. Naturally these finer qualities of selected eggs bring the most SEO eee PP ES Se Dw Geo. N. Huff & Co., f WHOLESALE DEALERS IN f Butter, | ggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc. COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED. f Consignments Solicited. 74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich. hesitant. tittnsiainditmtteuien ak oe ke ee WE BUY FOR CASH Eggs and Butter IN ANY QUANTITY. Hermann C. Naumann & Co., 353 Russell St., Opp. Eastern Vegetable Market, Detroit, Mi h. Phones 1793. For Spot Cash and top market prices ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to R. Hirt, Jr., Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Eggs and Produce. 34 and 36 Market St., Detroit, Mich. Cold Storage, 435-437-439 Winder St. Rererences: Dun or Bradstreet, City Savings Bank HIGH PRICES All other markets are easier, but we are getting good prices. We want 500 crates of Eggs every week to supply our trade, at 11¢ delivered. The place to ship is where they need the goods and can sell on arrival and send returns. BUTTER SCARCE Is in demand at good prices. All choice stock is selling on arrival at 15@16¢e. Don’t fail to make us at least a trial shipment, as We Can Save you money. a CS: a et PHELPS, BRACE & CO., Detroit TRADE MARK E. A. BRIDGE, Manager Produce Department Onenn—m alkerEgg¢& Produce Co., 54-56 Woodbridge Street, W. 24 Market Street. 484 18th Street, Detroit, Mich. 150 King Street, 161-163 King Street, Chatham, Ontario. Commission Merchants and Wholesale Butter and Eggs. We are in the market for 200,000 Ibs. Dairy Butter, 100,000 doz. Eggs. Write us for prices. We pay CASH on arrival. We handle in our Detroit Stores a full line of Country Produce, Fruits, Cheese, Beans, Peas, etc. We can handle your consignments promptly and make Satisfactory returns, Send us your shipments. Established 1 5 years. References: Any Detroit or Chicago bank. PDPALAST™ LLAL AS = PAY CAs F.O. B. your station for EGGS and all grades of BUTTER. It will pay you to write or wire us before you sell. HARRIS & FRUTCHEY, Detroit, Micu. 2 Fibre Butter Packages Convenient and Sanitary Lined with parchment paper. The best class of trade prefer them. Write for prices: to dealers. Gem Fibre Package Co : money and their value has to be taken Detroit, Michigan a Oe ee TR NE EEE NIRS RIESE gy dae, ae oS fe so near ie = li AOE: NLL ELL Ra Sl i ENS age dae, ar ae ocy ere, 2 a ‘ 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2 co as the basis for quoting the market on top grades. Consequently the top quo- tations are no longer a safe basis upon which to buy ungraded eggs as they come in at country stations. For the past two or three years I have noticed, at the beginning of the summer season, an objection to making quotations for high grade country candled eggs, based upon the argument that their value is likely to be taken as a basis for country purchases of eggs as they run; and at this time I have often noticed an ac- curaulation of eggs in receivers’ hands, consisting of marks which usually sell at top prices earlier in the season, but which with warm weather become un- saleable except at second or lower quo- tations, and which, as their cost in the country is said to have been based on top quotations, can not be cut down to their true selling value without causing dissatisfaction and loss to the shippers. It seems as though it ought to be un- necessary to warn shippers not to con- sider the quotation for selected eggs as a fair basis upon which to buy country receipts as they run, and yet we hear it frequently said, among receivers here, that the quotations for such selected goods are ‘‘misleading’’—not to the larger packers who grade their stock, but te the hundreds of smaller collec- tors who scarcely know what grading means and who do not appreciate the fact that the market is getting far better eggs than they are furnishing. But such difficulties as this can not of course be permitted to prevent making quotations in the public market reports to cover the selling value of the higher qualities, and if such quotations mislead anybody it is surely only by reason of their own ignorance of the facts of the case. I am told that in some sections the publication of market quotations for fancy selected eggs makes it difficult for collectors to buy from the country mer- chants, etc., at prices fairly propor- tioned to the value of the stock. This, if true, can be only the result of undue competition between collectors. If the difficulty should become great enough to compel all collectors and shippers to buy eggs from country sources at differ- ent prices as to quality it would un- doubtedly prove a final advantage in- stead of a disadvantage. I hope that this may prove to be one of the bene- ficial results to arise from quoting | fine selected eggs at what they are worth in New York market, instead of confining the quotations to average qualities and letting the fancy goods take care of themselves—which is the custom in many distributing markets. oe |e Speaking of values for selected eggs I am impelled to note the fact that each year adds to the number of brands which are being candled and graded be- fore shipment. All of these are not graded with equal care and knowledge, and their value is somewhat irregular accordingly, but that the system is growing there can be no doubt. And I am inclined to think the system of coun- try candling will increase more and more rapidly hereafter. As soon as the supply of country candled eggs becomes sufficient to furnish any considerable part of our best trade requirements the ungraded goods will, in the summer season, become more and more difficult to move at relatively fair value and the incentive to grade closely will be more and more important. Another thing which is likely to in- crease the preference for graded eggs in the summer packings is the enormous growth of cold storage operations. Some years ago dealers who put away April eggs in storage had little thought of tak- ing them out before fall; they were ac- customed then to expect pretty big profits on their early packed eggs in the fall and early winter and would often stick to fresh collections in the late spring and summer even although prices might advance considerably above the cost of the April holdings. But now the extent of egg storage has become so great that there is little probability of any big profit on fall sales and more or less doubt of any profit at all. Conse- quently, as soon as warm weather re- duces the proportion of fine eggs in the fresh receipts and prices advance toa point a shade above the cost of the earlier storage packings, many dealers turn at once to the latter and their pur- chases of fresh are then brought into comparison with the fine, heavy-bodied storage goods. This naturally increases the fastidious inspection of stock, for where just the quality wanted is not easily found the buyer can, with less trouble of searching, fall back on the early goods, which he is willing to use at a smaller profit than was the case before the enormous growth of storing made ultimate results of long holding so hazardous.—New York Produce Re- view. <0 <> Cylindrical Rolls of Butter. Probably Cambridge, England, is the only place in the world where one would be likely to find butter sold by lineal measure; but here, in accordance with the old custom, it is literally sold by the yard, says an exchange. For gen- erations it has been the practice of Cam- bridgeshire people to roll their butter in lengths, each length measuring a yard and weighing a pound. Deftly wrapped in strips of clean, white cloth, the cylindrical rolls are packed into long and narrow baskets made for the purpose and thus conveyed to market. The butter women who, in white linen aprons and sleeves, preside over the stalls in the mart have no need of weights or scales for dispensing their wares ; constant practice and an experi- enced eye enables them with a stroke of the knife to divide a yard of butter into halves or quarters with almost mathe- matical exactness. The university people are the chief buyers of this curiously shaped article. In addition to being famed for its pu- rity and_ sweetness, Cambridge ‘‘yard butter’’ is eminently adapted for serving out to the university students in the daily commons. Cut into conveniently sized pieces,and accompanied by a loaf of the best wheaten bread, a stated por- tion is sent around every morning to the rooms of the undergraduates for use at the daily breakfast and tea. ee ee — Peaches Without Seeds. Two orange growers of Orlando, Fla., have made a discovery which will prove of great benefit to the peach industry of the country. They have been experi- menting for several years on the prob- lem of producing seedlegs peaches, and at last they think they have succeeded. Last spring several trees which had set fruit, but still had a few blossoms, with the forming fruit barely visible, were operated on by their process. The fully-formed fruit on these trees yielded pits of the regulation sizé, while the peaches produced from the late blooms mentioned had extremely small pits; some of them completely aborted, and the flesh was much more delicicus than those with natural pits. A great many fruit trees of different varieties were subjected to the process in_ that vicinity during the summer and fall, which will not produce seedless fruit until this year. The parties claim that their process is simply horticultural transmutation, and is as easily worked as grafting. The process is as appli- cable to bearing fruit trees and grape vines as it is to nursery stock. ge ITT EARTHEN TTT = 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. YEVVOPNEP HNP TEP NOMEN HeP eT NT tT Quotations on our market furnished promptly upon application AULA AAA AULAA LSA AAA JL 4AAAb Ub 46h Ob 44h Ab A.J UA db Ub J 50,000 Pounds of Butter Wanted To be packed in syrup or molasses barrels or well-soaked sugar barrels, for which we will pay the highest market price. We are also in the market for FRESH EGGS. Write or wire us for prices. J. W. FLEMING & CO., Big Rapids. J. W. FLEMING, Belding. _ Covcccccoooooncecooosces cocccccs ¢ F. CUTLER & SONS, Ionia, Mich. e WHOLE*-ALE DEALERS IN BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY, Write or wire for highest cash price f o.b. your station. We remit promptly. PUUYTITYUTEY OL LLL) ESTABLISHED 1886. References. State Savings Bank, Ionia. Dun’sor Bradstreet’s Agencies. sranch Houses. New York, 874 Washington st. ; Brooklyn, 225 Market avenue. SOSSOSSS OOSOSSOSOOSOOOOSS 9OOOOOOO en Seasonable Seeds. DWARF ESSEX RAPE, HUNGARIAN, FODDER CORN, BUCKWHEAT, MILLETS, SEED BEANS. GARDEN SEEDS IN BULK. Our stocks are still complete, orders filled promptly the day received. Prices lowest, quality the best. Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., 24-26 N. Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. OS OOOOOOOS S O60000 000060000000 0000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000000000006 Michigan Strawberries Finest quality, right prices, steady supply We want your standing orders and can take better care of you if you will send them to us. Headquarters for Early Vegetables. Vinkemulder Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. > OOOO OOS 99000906 09000000 06000066 00000669 000060000 POTATOES NEW POTATOES arriving FREELY carlots. Quality good. Price low. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. MOSELEY BROS. Jobbers Fruits, Seeds, Beans, Potatoes. 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS e 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Meat Market Pertinent Hints on Meat Market Adver- tising. In common with others who devote some time to the study of advertise- ments, | am greatly interested in the style of work being done by the adver- tising man of a Jeresy City dry goods house. He uses about twenty inches of space to tell a story and four or five inches to say something about the goods handled by his house. For instance, last fall, he ran something like this: ‘*Take a Lesson From the Policeman on Your Beat.’’ It was in heavy gothic type, and attracted attention. In = 12- point type, following the heavy gothic, was a long article about the hardships of the officers of the law; how they are compelled to remain out doors in all kinds of weather—snow, rain and cold. Then the question was asked: ‘*How do you suppose these men manage to ONE MORE SATURDAY We quote a few prices that are astonishing: ase Boer. 2%c Pig Hams, any size....-..----.----+- +--+: a ¢ a oll... 6 ¢ Salt Pork, selected pieces. ........-.-------- 7 «© Corn Beef, fine rib pieces. ........-.--.----- 2 ec ot eee..-..........-.-.- ee Shoulder Steak, 3 pounds for.......-.---.--- 5 e i ee 8%e Pine Young Chickens................-----.-.- 124%e Leg of Lamb....... Se ee Purest Lard. 3 pounds for........-----.--.-.25 © Ox Tails, Beef Hearts, Beef Livers, Calf Sweet Breads and fresh Tenderloins. Our Sausages are the finest, made from pure meats. Leave your order, or telephone PEOPLE’S PROVISION CO. ST. PAUL, MINN. keep well under the circumstances?”’ The answer was: ‘‘By buying the best of underwear at So-and-So's.’’ Of course, the story was ‘*padded’’ and well put together, and, | am told, brought business. Advertising *'ex- perts’’ will tell you that an advertise- ment like the one briefly described does no good; that it’s like throwing money away. But in this instance business came through it, so we have to ignore the opinion of experts, in this case, at least. Another thing this advertising man does is to announce at the end of each advertisement what will be the subject of the next one and the day on which it will appear. People actually look for his advertisements. Now, while We have just received a fresh supply of BONELESS BACON and HAMS, Also BACON. This Bacon is put up in glass jars and is the finest on the market. E. A. HOBBS, Albany, N. Y. 1 am not going to advise this sort of ad- vertising for butchers, there may be a suggestion in it that will be useful. For instance, a butcher could go into a de- scription of why a certain kind of meat is the most nutritious ; he could describe its relative food value to cheese, or something else. He could show that it _ is worth more for its price than some- thing else for its price. Then he could wind up the announcement that he has the best quality of that particular meat --he could say something about the feeding of the animal from which the meat was cut, etc. Should anyone act on this suggestion I will be thankful for a copy of the advertisement. I reproduce three sample advertise- ments this week. That of E. A. Hobbs is a good idea. The announcement that he has received a consignment of new bacon should prove interesting to his customers, and others. The introduc- tion of food novelties is worth trying. Bacon in glass jars should arouse curi- MEATS CHEAP on Friday and Saturday we sell Rib Roast Beef 12c., Hams 12c. Roast Pork (neck) 8e., 5-1b. Pail of Lard 44c. Try our Delicious Breakfast Bacon and Sausage. Just the thing for particular people's breakfasts. ARNOLD WEPPNER’S SONS Retailers of all kinds of First-Class Meats. 9 Washington Market, 582 Main, near Chippewa. Buffalo, New York. osity. Minced ham will bring trade—if advertised. The other advertisements are tight to the point, and go into facts about prices without any unnecessary preliminary remarks.—Jonathan Price in Butchers’ Advocate. a ee Gave Electricity With His Meat. Washington Correspondence Chicago Record. There was a funny case tried in the Washington courts this week. A butcher of the name of Nealon had an electric fan in his stall at the market to cool the atmosphere and drive away the flies. It was manipulated by a small thumbscrew beneath the counter, and when Nealon discovered that he could charge his body with electricity by placing his hand or his foot against the thumbscrew he indulged in practical jokes upon such of his customers as he thought were amiable enough to endure them. When some handsome young girl or jolly housewife would pick up a leg of lamb or a roast of beef to examine it Nealon would place his hands upon it, close the circuit, and she would receive an elec- tric shock. Nobody was hurt or badly frightened and Nealon made a good deal of fun for his customers. One day, however, a man of the name of William Schultz, who has no sense of humor and hates practical jokes, picked up a piece of corned beef from the counter of Nicholas Auth, who had the adjoining stall. Mr. Auth had left his place in charge of Neighbor Nealon for a few moments while he went to do an er- rand. When he returned Mr. Schultz, who was one of his regular customers, was dancing around like a wild man and crying for vengeance. It seems that Nealon, with his hunger for fun, had taken hold of the chunk of corned beef which Shultz had picked off Mr. Auth’s counter and’had given the nerv- ous man a shock from which he claims to have suffered both in body and mind. The butchers tried to soothe him, but he would not be consoled, and went straightway to a lawyerand brought suit for $10,000 damages against Mr. Auth. The case was tried this week, but the jury found for the defendant on the ground that Mr. Auth had nothing what- ever to do with the case. While it was his corned beef it was Nealon’s elec- tricity, and the latter was responsible for whatever damage Mr. Schultz had suffered. Schultz had sued the wrong man. —_—_—_>-2 2. — English Sausage Seasonings. No. 1. 5 lbs. white pepper. 10 OzS. Sage. 9 ozs. thyme. 11 lbs. salt. No. lb. pepper. 2 ozs. mace. 134 ozs. nutmeg. 1% Ibs. salt. bo No. 3. 3. Ibs. pepper. 5% ozs. thyme. 6 ozs. mace. 714 Ibs. salt. No. 4. Ibs. pepper. 4 ozs. Cayenne. g . Sage. ozs. nutmeg. Ibs, salt. ° : eDUTTer Wanted: a e : I will pay spot cash on receipt of goods for ° . all grades of butter, including packing stock. ° a e e : 98 South Division Street, # : C. H. Libby, Grand Rapids, Mich. : soncuonencncnononcnononcnoncnenecnoncnoncuenoncnonens | , Strongest Yeast al Largest Profit Greatest Satisfaction 9 Co ae ey x. N Q = = os 5 5 x Q © rh AAAAAAARAAAAAARAARA to both dealer and consumer. Fleischmann & Co., 419 Plum Street, Cincianati, Ohio. F Grand Rapids Agency, 29 Crescent Ave. Detroit Agency, 111 West Larned Street. lhe ANARARAR A The Story Has Been Told Results have demonstrated what we say regarding the good qualities of our products: NORTHROP SPICES, QUEEN FLAKE BAKING POWDER. We feel that the case has been sufficiently argued from our standpoint, and merely desire the trade to look around and see for themselves what a positive hit has been made by our goods. Manufactured and sold only by f NORTHROP. ROBERTSON & CARRIER, Lansing, Mich. — SESS SSE Bi Hammond, Standish & Co., n Detroit, Mich. Pork Packers and Wholesale Provision Dealets, Curers of the celebrated brands, “Apex” and Excelsior Hams, Bacon and Lard, Cooked Boned Hams, Sausage and warm weather delicacies of all kinds. Our packing house is under U. S. Government inspection. CSRS SESE jj ew Coupon Books for Meat Dealers We manufacture four kinds of coupon books and sell them all on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or de- Free samples on application. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. nomination. A) i » Bs wa a a a : ls mua — wo memes; = ~ ee => ver Ta Om on cman ae — or — ag ima SRG oy — re a &. a ~ PAE A POMS SBS LR = - — ee at Mey a — MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip President, E. J. SCHREIBER, Bay City; See- retary, A. W. Stirt, Jackson; Treasurer, O. C. GOULD, Saginaw. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, GEO. W. HILL, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, J. E. Moore, Jackson; Grand Secretary, A. KENDALL, Hillsdale; Grand Treasurer, W. S. MxEst, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. T. Senior Counselor, JOHN G. KOLB; Secretary- Treasurer, L. F. Baker. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association President, J. BoyD PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. IKE HANSON’S SOUL. Doubtful Story Told By Traveler. After covering a ride of twenty-eight miles over sandy roads and corduroy highways through cedar swamps, a trav- eling man stopped for dinner at the only hotel at Cant Hook Corners. Five men were sitting on the long bench under the porch of the hotel. Two were whittling, the others were chewing tobacco and enjoying life. ‘*Here comes old Ike Hanson,’’ one of the men suddenly. him on a string.’’ Ike Hanson was a little man witha pinched face and with tufts of whiskers on each cheek—little starved, under- grown whiskers, looking like wire grass in a runout pasture. ‘‘Ike’s meaner n’ a farrar cow ina hot summer,’’ one of the men confided to me. ‘‘ Bet ye a dollar when he comes over here he’ll stand up so’s to save wearing out the seat of his pants.’’ Well, when Ike came over he stood up, but I can’t say that he did so on account of the ingenious reason ad- vanced by my new friend. ‘*Stickin’ out fur’s usual, Ike, I sup- pose?’’ asked one of the loungers. ‘*T be for all I know,’’ replied Ike in non-committal fashion. ‘Anything special goin’ on up in your neighborhood?’’ asked one of the men. ‘*Nothin’ much, only Iral Dunbar has had to call on the town for help.’’ ‘*Sho! Is that so?) Why, the report got ail round down here that after Iral was took sick you went over and told him you’d see him through till spring.”’ The crowd laughed at the look of as- tonishment that came over Ike’s face. ‘*Fust I ever heerd of it,’’ said he. ‘*‘You’d be likely to hear of it, wouldn’t you?’’ asked one of the five. ‘*No, Ike wiil never hear of anything like that,’’ said another gravely. ‘‘If he does he'll drop dead. His heart is weak, so I've heard.”’ ‘‘Heart? Ike ain't got no_ heart. When they built him they put heart and gizzard in together, so as to save trouble and expense. The things bein’ com- bined, it don’t cost as much to run em.) | I looked to see if this arrival wasn’t going to be offended by this broad humor, but he only grinned grimly. ‘*You fellers out here to the Corner think you’re sharp,’’ said he. ‘You want to look out that you don’t fall down and cut yourselves.’’ ‘*Wal, there’d be some blood run out of us if we should,’’ drawled one of the men. ‘‘There’d be about enough come out of you to moisten a postage stamp.’’ ‘*Huh!’’ sneered Ike. ‘Say, fellers,’’ remarked a tall man who had been whittling a bit of shingle, ‘*T had a dream about Ike here the other night, and, bein’ he’s here, I’ll jest go ahead and tell it. Perhaps he’ll be in- terested. ‘*T dreamed I died and went to heaven the other day. I got in all right enough, funny as that may seem to you fellers. Well, while I was _ strolling round I run up ag’inst a fust class an- gel. He undertook to show me ’round a little. He told me one mighty curious thing. He said that as long as a man was on earth they kept his soul for him in heaven. When it come time for him a Well-Known said " Let's get to die his spirit come to heaven and got the soul. ‘* *How’d you like to see the store- room where we keep the souls?’ the an- gel asked. ‘| “Fust rate,’ says I, down that way. ‘‘It was a great place, now, I can tell you. Some of the boxes were mighty big concerns. ‘**The value of a man is regulated by the size of his soul,’ said the angel. ‘The more good he does on earth the better he is to his fellow man, the big- ger is his soul. We have to keep chang- ing some of them to bigger boxes. Beats all how some of them do grow. Let’s see,’ continued the angel, ‘where did | understand you to say you came from?’ ‘* “Cant Hook Corners,’ says I. ‘* ‘Well, by gracious,’ said the angel “we've got a curiosity here that will in- terest you, seeing you are from that sec- tion.’ ‘*He went up to a_ big directory, turned the pages and then said to the angel in charge, ‘Hand me down box seventy trillion, two hundred and thirty- two million, six hundred and eighty thousand, nine hundred and _ seventy- nine.’ and we went MEN OF MARK, Milliken, the Traverse City Goods Merchant, James W. Milliken was born at Den- mark, Me., May 20, 1848, his parents having been of Scotch extraction. When he was 5 years of age the family re- moved to Saco, where Mr. Milliken at- tended school until he was 16 years old, when he went to work ina dry goods store. It so happened that Frank Ham- ilton, the Traverse City clothing mer- chant, was employed in a clothing store at Saco at that time and, on one of the visits of the late Smith Barnes, who was Manager of the mercantile busi- ness of Hannah, Lay & Co.,to the Boston market, he enquired for a couple of bright young men to work in the general store at Traverse City, and was recommended to Messrs. Milliken and Hamilton by Wellington Bros., wholesale dry goods dealers of Boston. He accordingly so- licited an interview with both young men, which took place in Boston, and, in June, 1868, they both started for J. W. Dry ‘*That box was about as big as a wom- an’s watchcase. ‘* ‘Open it,’ says the angel, handing it to me. I did so, and there was an- other box inside. I opened that. Inside of that was still another box—and by thunder, I opened forty of ’em before | got down to the last, and that was the tiniest box I ever saw. ‘* ‘Now, here is a microscope,’ said the angel. ‘I want you to look,and look in there sharp.’ ‘It was a big microscope. I looked a long while before I could see anything. Then at last I did see a little speck. ‘* ‘Ts that a soul?’ I asked. ‘* ‘No,’ saysthe angel. ‘Thatisn’t a soul. That is something that has been put in there merely for the purpose of comparison. That is the one-millionth part of a moskeeter’s eyebrow. Can't you see another lettle, teeny mite of a speck there?’ ‘‘l looked hard, but blame me if I could see a thing. I told the angel | couldn’t. ‘* “Well, 1 don’t know as ye can,’ says he. ‘But it’s there. It is one- housandth part as big as the one- millionth part of a moskeeter’s eyebrow, and it is the soul of that Ike Hanson down in your place.’ ’ Traverse City, where they took promi- nent positions in the mercantile estab- lishment which is now conducted under the style of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co. In August, 1873, Mr. Milliken and Mr. Hamilton started in business under the style of Hamilton, Milliken & Co., the other copartners being Smith Barnes and Hannah, Lay & Co. This copart- nership continued five years, when Messrs. Hamilton and Milliken pur- chased the interests of their partners and continued business under the style of Hamilton & Milliken. This copartner- ship lasted nearly twenty years—during which time the firm built one of the fin- est business blocks in the city—when the partners separated, Mr. Milliken taking the dry goods and Mr. Hamilton the clothing stock. Their stores are joined by archways, and they are still as closely connected as two men can be in business without being actually bound by a partnership agreement. Mr. Milliken was married nineteen years ago to Miss Calla Thacker, of Traverse City, and is the father of a young man 18 years ofZage, who is at- tending the public schools of Traverse City and expects to graduate next year on the English course. Mr. Milliken is a member of the Con- gregational church of Traverse City. He also owes allegiance to the K. P. and the K. O. T. M. Mr. Milliken served the village of Traverse City in the capacity of trustee for two terms, having been first elected to succeed the late Seth Moffatt when he was elected to Congress. He is now President of the Board of Water Com- missioners, to which subject he has given careful thought and study for sev- eral years. On the appointment of Sen- ator Covell as United States District At- torney, he was elected to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation as a member of the years ago he was elected for a full term, discharging the difficult duties devolving upon him in a manner highly creditable to himself Senate, and two and in every way satisfactory to his constituents, Mr. Milliken was the founder of the Potato Implement Co., which he gave considerable attention until the business grew to such proportions that it required the entire time of an expert manager, when the position partner, C. K. Buck. Mr. Milliken is an excellent business man, being generally regarded as one of the best merchants in Northern Michi- gan. His is a model in pofnt of neatness attractiveness and_ his methods always been above reproach. He is public. spirited to an unusual degree and invariably throws the weight of his influence and the benefit of his example with any movement having for its object the im- provement of the community or the betterment of existing conditions. On account of the position Mr. Milli- ken occupies in the mercantile, political was taken by his store and business have and business world, he has naturally been suggested as an available candi- date for Congress from the Eleventh Congressional District, and it would not be at all surprising if the Republican convention which is to be held in Trav- erse City on July tr should name him as its standard bearer for the Congressional case the nomination should him and he should be elected race. In come to he would, undoubtedly, serve his con- stituents with the same fidelity and_ the same careful attention to details which have distinguished his career as alder- man,as State Senator and in the other po- sitions of trust and responsibility in which he has been placed by the people. —-----~> 6 > - Cornelius Crawford (Hazeltine & Per- kins Drug Co.) has a $100 horse in training which he expects to sell to some one for $1,000 before the season is over. His last experience in that line was very satisfactory, the horse having cost him g150 and earned him $450 on the track, when he found a_ purchaser at $850. —- ~~ © > - Hudson Gazette: Er. Garrison, who has been traveling in the interest of the Helvetia Condensed Milk Co., has re- signed his position with that company to go with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., which pays him a salary of $2,100 per year, exclusive of expenses. —__—_~» 0.—__— Flint Citizen: Arthur D. Caldwell succeeds E. R. Lacy as traveling sales- man for H. W. Watson & Co. Mr. Lacy has accepted a_ position with Strader Bros. Tobacco Company, of Louisville, Ky. 26 5 EP SNORTED ENE, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires Gro. GUNDRUM, lonia - - Dee. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - Dee. 31, 1901 HENRY HEIM, Saginaw - - Dee, 31, 1902 WIRT P. Dory, Detroit - - Dee. 31, 1903 A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor Dec. 31, 1904 President, Gro. GuNDRUM, Tonia Secretary, A. C. Sc HUMA eR, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY IHLEKiM, Saginaw. E et tasers 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—CH — F. MANN, Detroit. Treasurer—J. S. BENNETT, Lansing. Early Pharmacy in the West. of the West, or more ** Northwest, ’ The settlement properly speaking the dates back to the early thirties, for in 1831 the straggling village of Chicago had about 61 inhabitants, yet it had be- come the immigrants’ station from which the land near and far was_ pros- pected, and from which villages and cities subsequently were laid out, the same cities and villages that now dot the great West. There is no record of a drug store at this time, and the supply of medi: was most likely confined to that of the surgeon of Fort Dearborn. In the sum- mer of 1832 came General Scott with some 300 troops to take part in quelling the Indian uprising known as the Black Hawk War, and with him brought that dreadful plague, the cholera. One-third of the entire number of his soldiers were afilicted and many died. This caused a panic, and nearly all of the settlers who a few weeks previously had flocked into the fortification in fear of the Indian fled before this more-to- be-dreaded scourge. whi had young gist, nurses at t ine he Among thost come to the t year 5 3 \ man who to discuss the events of t where the needs of the vere tall hn to electmen to be drafted into finally to bi over and shaped for presentati the trustees ordinances the government of the embryo city. The furniture the plain; the prescription case or depart- ment was a prominent feature, as it is to-day. The drawers then in much larger, the shelf bottles were not so generally glass stoppered, and _ their arrangement was the reverse to what is now in vogue, the larger ones being the top shelves. Wide mouth, stoppered bottles were not common, but a specie jar with a tin cover was_ used. The label of the drawers and the glass shelf ware was a bronze paper label. Glass showcases were an almost un- known quantity and shelving enclosed by glass doors were not even dreamed of, but the show bottles for the windows were then as they are now, with this difference, that of being larger and con- sisting of more pieces, the lower holding from three to five gallons of water. The OF Ss come laws for of drug store was asc Were on glass ponderous iron mortar, a Swift’s drug mill and a tincture press were ever present and formed the pet aversion of the apprentice, as they comprised the working tools with which he spent many weary and tiresome hours. The old-fash- ioned beam scales were always in evi- dence. The proprietors of the early drug stores of the West were men of educa- tion and strong personality; they con- ducted themselves with becoming dig- nity, were looked up to by their fellow- citizens, and have left a record of which their descendants may be very proud. The first druggist in Chicago was fore- most in all charitable and philanthrop- ical movements, the second was one of the founders of Rush Medical College, and was a leader among the men who had the political and economical welfare of the community at heart. The third organized the first fire department and was a champion of free schools. Another than prominent in his ad- sanitary measures for the min- imizing of zymotic diseases and one of was more vocacy of the founders of the Academy of Sciences ind Historical Society, and there was :till another who originated the present system of tunnels and cribs for supply- ing Chicago with potable water from the Lake; a fourth became prominently identified with Chicago’s manufactur- ing interests, and so citations could be multiplied. The showing is a splendid one, and proves our assertion that the pioneer druggists were men of superior ability and their success was not due to accident. Coming to the clerks, we find that they also men. of sterling worth and those who are still alive are to be found as leaders in the profession now were in this citv or wherever they may be located between here and the Pacific coast, , when I commenced enticeship to the business, one precepts that was impressed up- on me by mv employer was that while side of the business must not be neglected, yet the profes- ional side must never be superseded by it. The salary of a drug clerk in ose days did not depend upon how tny nostrums he sold, but upon what In the early fifties my appr of the the commercial is knowledge and skill were in the pre- and dispensing of drugs and medicines. These qualifications fixed MS Compensation and his employer’s es- timation of him 11 unfortunately has been almost wholly changed, and now the drug clerk’s ability to sell goods regulates his salary the same as it does those of the grocer’s or dry goods clerk. We _ wili now consider that important personage, the apprentice. While it was not customary to make written in- dentures, yet it was invariably a verbal contract that the apprenticeship should cover a_ period of four years, and the compensation was usually fixed at the rate of Sroo for the first year, with an additional raise of $100 for the succeed- ing years. To be an apprentice to the drug business in those days was any- thing but an enviable position; in fact, the work required of the apprentice de- terred many from continuing in the business until they had served the full time and had become competent to as- sume the position and duties of a clerk —very few retail stores had a porter em- ployed to do the hard work, and conse- quently it was a continual grind for the apprentice from morning to night. He had to sweep out the store and dust the shelf ware daily, mop the floor and wash the windows weekly, wash the bottles, grind in the mill or powder in the mortar all the drugs, roots, barks, etc., not omitting from mention the tedious process of making mercurial ointment; powder the gum resins in the cold winter days, run all the er- rands, and make himself generally use- ful to everybody and do everything that he was able to do. When the evening came it was expected that he would study the Dispensatory, commencing his reading at a and going through to z, and later when the soda fountain was added to the equipment of the store he was intrusted with this additional work. Many fell by the wayside fand took up other occupations, never regretting, however, that at one time they had been connected with the drug business, the experience thereby gained having been of great value to them in other vocations of life. The literature of the pioneer druggist was very meager, indeed, his profes- sional library being limited to a copy of the United States Dispensatory or Coxe’s American Dispensatory, some- times a stray copy of the London, Edin- burgh or Dublin Dispensatories, possibly a copy of Kane’s or Fowne’s Chemistry. ‘‘The American Journal of Pharmacy,’’ a bi-monthly, the first pub- lication devoted to pharmacy in the English language, reached us in the forties, and in the fifties the ‘‘ Drug- gists’ Circular and Chemical Gazette’’ became a monthly visitor in the more progressive stores. However, the real lore of the drug business was_ princi- pally confined to the private formulary of the store. In this important tome was found a collection not only of pri- vate formulas, but also official formulas and processes of the pharmacopoeias and other standard works. The earliest educational efforts of a scientific character made in Chicago date back to the winter of 1840, when Dr. John T. Temple gave a public course of lectures on chemistry—sup- plemented in 1843 by the regular course of instruction in Rush Medical College. In 1853 the American Pharmaceutical Association issued a circular letter mak- ing enquiry into the condition of phar- macy as it existed in the different sec- tions of the country. A correspondent member was appointed for Illinois, the result of which was that three Chicago druggists became members of the Asso- ciation. From this time on there was a rapid advance in the professional side of the drug business, and the names of Charles Ellis, William Procter, Edward Parrish and other members of this na- tional organization became familiar shop words. A movement was started for the es- tablishment of a school of pharmacy, and this was so well received by the members of the trade that the Chicago College of Pharmacy was organized and incorporated, and in the winter of 1859 a complete course was given and con- tinued until the breaking out of the war in 1861. The membership in the Amer- ican Pharmaceutical Association from this time increased rapidly, so that when in 1869 the Association held its seventeenth annual meeting, Chicago was only exceeded in point of member- ship by the cities of Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The year previous to this meeting saw the inauguration and establishing by the Chicago College of Pharmacy of ‘‘The Pharmacist,’’ the third pharmaceutical journal of the country, the value of which as a promoter and |. of professional pharmacy is a matter of history. We will now return to the commercial side of the business in its early days in the West. The first attempts to main- tain a drug store, pure and simple, were not a success from a financial point of view, and although several of the pio- neers started in business, with only drug stocks, they found themselves compelled to adopt the general store plan in keep- ing everything that there was a demand for. It was not until 1840 that an ex- clusive drug store was successful, and it was not until 1850 that the drug store parted company with the merchandise of a general store. Drugs were bought in New York and Boston and_ probably in St. Louis, which had a population of 16,000 in 1834, for we find an advertise- ment of a wholesale drug house of that city in the early Chicago papers. The paying for the goods bought was a seri- ous matter, exchange on New York or Eastern points being very high, and in order to save this and the discount charged on Western bank bills alcohol was purchased by the Western merchant and shipped East in payment of ac- counts. Chicago always has been the great grain market, and farmers for a radius of 50 to 100 miles brought their produce by wagon to this market in the early days and in return bought their neces- sary supplies here. Therefore business was unquestionably very good in those days, as is evidenced by the following extract from the diary of one of Chi- cago’s earliest druggists, who com- menced business in October, 1838, with a $2,000 drug stock: ‘IT had no trouble in selling nearly everything for money ata great profit in the course of the winter. In Decem- ber, 1838, or January, ’39, I purchased a lot of drugs and medicines brought late in the fall from the East amount- ing to about $300. These also I sold in the course of the winter at a fair profit, although they were bought high. About Januaty 1, 1839, | sent an order for abeut $500 worth of goods to Boston to be shipped to this place via New Or- leans. They arrived about the 2oth of April, and by the middle of the next month were mostly sold.’’ It will be seen from this that drug stocks moved quite rapidly in those days, but it must be also remembered that there was not the multiplicity of articles that comprise the stock of the modern store. Their shelves were not littered with proprietary medicines and pharmaceutical specialties. At that time some of the manufacturers of pat- ent pills, etc., sold their wares through the book and stationery stores, and even informed the public by advertisements in the newspapers that they did not al- low the drug trade to handle their goods, It is a great pity that they did not con- tinue that course, for if they and all the other nostrum makers had done so_ it would have been very much better for the pharmacy of those days, as well as of to-day, for the trade would never have had to have battled with the cut rate evil on this class of merchandise; but, as Whittier says, *‘Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been.’ ’’—Albert E. Ebert in American Druggist. MEG. CHENISTS, ALLEGAN, MICH Perrigo’s Headache Powders, Per- ® ey 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 EXTRACTS AND DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES r ‘ we Pe i= ve v t MICHIGAN TRADESMAN , WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT i @ 3 25) Seldlitz viene 20@ 22) Linseed, pure . ‘ ; | Seidlitz Mixture..... 2 22 Linseed, Taw... 66 9 ! aes Morphia, 8., P. a8 2 05@ 2 30) Sinapls ....--...2 @ 18 | Linseed’ boiled... 6770 Advanced—Cubeb, Oil Anise, Oil Cassia, Oil Cubel i o onl sana op a ie @ 3» Neatsfoot, winter str 54 60 Declined—White Lead, Opium, ieescuane — Moochus Canton :. 3 : 420 a a @ Al — . E ee ——— sao << —— i 65 = | snutt,Séoteh, ev o's @ 41 Paints BBL. LB. : i : Nu) v@...po. 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Cologne........ @ 260} American . . ea a Nitrocum..........-. .8@ 10} Gossippii, Sem. m.. 50@ 60 roe is 66 Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50) Spts. Ether Co..... 50@ 55| Vermilion, English. 70@ 75 (3 Oxalcaum...........- 12@ 14| Hedeoma.. . 1 70@ 1 75 r oes an yrr 60 a Nigra... po. 22 @ 18!) Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00| Green, Paris. . <— a co Phosphorium, dil... @ 15|Junipera ............ 1 50@ 2 00 | Ammica .............. 50 a Alba... — 35 @ 30| Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. G@ Green, Peninsular 13@ 16 % Salicylicum ......... 65@ 70| Lavendula .... 11... 9@ 2 00 | Assafoctida.......... 50 | Pilx Burgun.. @ 7| Spts. Vini Rect. 4bbl @ Lead, red 1 ea eae Sulphurieum ........ “eo 5| eee Se oe ei rien took 10@ 12| Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ Lead, white......... 6 @ 6% 4 Tannicum . a @ 1 00 — Piper... .. 1 25@ 2 00 oe Cortex...... 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 30@ 1 50 | Spee. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ | Whiting, white Span @ 8% i Tartaricum ..... 38@ 40 sama Ver. gt 50@ 1 60 aaa. 60 oo on oe i. | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 05@ 1 25 | Whiting, gilders’.... @ 9% Aaaainis Grentias, al... tt 26) ee re 50) & P. D.Co., doz.. @ 75! Sulphur, Subl....... 2%@ 4)| White, Paris, Amer. @1 2 “By Myrein 7 4 00@ 4 50 | Barosma.. tee 50 pyrethram, pv 26 30) Sulphur, Roll at, 3% | Whiting, Paris, E Aqua, 16 deg......... m 60. 750 3 00 | Cautharides .. 75 | Quassia ..... 2.11. : "s@ 10|Tamarinds.. a. CC oe 4 Aqua, 20 deg........- Ae 2 Picis Liquida....... 10@ 12 oe. Meee cas 50 | Quinia, S. P.& W. 334, 43! Terebenth Venice... 28s@ 30 | Universal Prepared. 1 10@ 1 20 4 aoe — We 14 oe - @ 35 CananionGe 2 — German... 33@ 43 | Theobrome.. . oa : \ ee uy R - oo ; oe se a Wo. 33@ 43/ Vanilla. . 9 00@16 00 Varnishes a ——- Pee 50 ao Tinetorum.. 12@ 14! Zinei Sulph.. 7@ 8 | ‘ ee 9 000 2 2 5 Rosie, ounce. ae. 5 a Lactis pv 18s@ 20 | Oils No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Brown. . . 1 00 Sabina le _ Cinechona Co... iG 60 on ACID... 2... eee 6 00@ 6 25 | Boe 1 60@ 1 70 oo 50 | 8 — eT , 06 ao 1s aneoy Draconis... 40@ 0 | : BBL. GAL.| Coach Body......... 2 75@ 3 00 | 2 BOG, 3 00 | Santa... --.. * = 7 00 | Cubebee.. ae tel Gene. . 1 Se see... 79 70 | No.1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10 Sinapie, ess.,ounce. @ 65 _— Acutifol.--. ad... @ Siiak at! 3 | bw bet , 0o Cubebee........ po,i7 4@ 16] Tiglil. 1 50@ 1 60 casa Aeutiol Co. 50 _! phe sti ro Junipermse. e@ 8| Thyme... 40@ 50 ioe - -: ———_—__—_ — Xanthoxylum ....... 75@ 80 wan ‘opt Hee enne ee m , 1 . eee ae 2 So IES IESENA CO i te eo 2). sees Sf RSA SISSSA eS SIS SAO CIS ISS Heses oe Balsamum aw Pot pecan oc o DAI SAKE k ee SN SETS Sa ee eee 15@ 18 | Guiaea.. - 5 Ni Terabin, Canada.... 40@ 45 Bichromate ......... 13@ 15} Guiaca ammon...... 60 wotan 40@ 45| Bromide ............. 52@ 57 | Hyoscyamus......... 50 fh Gactes WE ee 12@ 15) Iodine .... Lee 75 os 2 Chliorate...po. 17@19 16@ 18} lodine, colorless... 75 Abies, Canadian..... 18| Cyanide aya «$649 | Hie 8. 50 Cassie... i... |. 12 | lodide. 2 65@ 2 75 | Lobelia .............. 50 : Cinchona Flava. .... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30) Myrrh..... 00022... 50 ; Euonymus atropurp. 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15| Nux Vomica......... 50 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, a 7m 10) Ope... 75 e e Prunus Virgini pete. 12} Potass Nitras.. 6@ ~~ 8 | Opii, comphorated.. 5p ih Quillaia, gr’d 12 | Prussiate.. 23@ 26} Opii, deodorized..... 1 59 Sassafras .. 15 Sulphate po. . 16@ «ig | Quassia ._.....-..... 59 Ulmus.. . po. 15 Radix a Bo Extractum Aconitum... 0@ 2 _ ee ae Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 21@ 25| Althae II) @ sania bo} R = 1 ibrar 20... . s@ 30] Anchusa . 10@ = 12 | Stromonium : 20 epresenting Ss Hezematox, 15 lb. box @ 2) Arum po.. @ 8 venta 60 A Heematox, 1s.......- 13@ 14} Calamus.. 20@ 40/ Valerian...) 5 Heematox, 4S....... 4@ 15 Gentiana......po.i5 12@ 15] Veratrum Veride... Pa Ki Heematox, 4S.....-. 16@ 17) Glychrrhiza...pv. 15 16@ 18 | Zingiber i 0 2 Ferru — Canaden. @ i eC EEE ER ° Will ith th . r a ’ % 2 a f eo y 4 7 ~ 6 6 Sarbonate Precip... 15 eee =. B. = Ether, Spts. Nit? F° 0@ 35 : lit See you soon with the best line of re prasad and Quinta. 2 Eo India, po... _. vr a iO 20 ‘ther, Spts. Nit.4F 34@ 38 WwW ee “ Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 40 ne ee oc eae ps : = —- “gro’d..p 7“e : fH riting Paper Tablets, Pencil Pa- 4 Solut. Chloride. . | possi ; ; aK . aiken. com | Jalapa, pr........... 25@ 30) Annatto........ 40@ 50 ° )} Sulphate, com i Wy | Marana 8-0 ---. @ 35 | Antimoni, Ifo _- 3 per Tablets and Exercise Books for Dy a ~ 29 25 Antimonie Potass T 40@ «50 bbl, per cwt.. : 80| Rhe 9 . fh Sulphate, pure thei. . cesses 75@ 100) Antipyrin........... @ 2B 4 : | ' Sulphate, pure...... mao @ 1 25| Antifebrin "| @ 2 fall school trade shown in the State this if Flora hei, pv. Ee 75@ 1 35 or Nitras, 02. @ 4 i 14@ 16| Spigelia 35@ 38 rsenicum nea 12 : : po bo@ 25 | Sanguinaria.. po. i5 ~ @ 18| Balm Gilead Buds.. 38@ 40 oy season Also a beautiful variety and = Matricaria. ‘iil 30@ = 35 | Serpentaria ......... 40@, 45| Bismuth 5. N... 1 50@ 1 60 Yi aot ‘ — as : 60@ 65 Calehum Chior. Jie @ 9 t 1 f D e t B Pp A milax, officinalis H. 40 | Caleium Chlor., 4s. @ 10 new styies Baro’ eg 2@ 30 —— Mw... g 25 ee ae 4S. @ 12 H - —— ain 7 Ox apers. if cana: po ifo' in- Seillae “po. 35 10@ = 12 | Cantharides, Rus. po @ m y nevelly .. . 20@ 25} Symplocarpus, Feeti- Capsici Fructus, af.. @ All the newest shapes of Ladies’ Wal= Cassia, Acutifol, ‘Alx. 2@ 30 dus, po..... @ 25} Capsici Fructus, po. @ 15 Sh Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 @ 2%| Capsici Fructus B, po @ Wb 5 ° : one as sii 128 = — German. 15 20 a 15 12@ , if ey lets, Finger Purses, etc. 5 WUT. 0 MMGIDEr A... .. 5... 2 6 | Car avo. 40... @ é cua Zingiber j..... 02... 25@ 27 | Cera Alba... som 55) AN A Eg Semen Cera Flava.. 10 42 Our customers state that we have Acacia, 2d ——<- @ 45) Anisum. po. @ 12!) Cassia Fructus... 6 35 : ( er 8S Apium (giiveieons). 13@ 15 |Centraria........... @ 10 the finest and best arranged line of Acacia, po 5@ 65 a ee po. 18 11@ 12 Cotseeum-. 50D oe Ay J Aloe, Barb. ‘po. 18@20 12@ 14) Cardamon........... 1 2h@ 1 75 | Chloroform, squibbs @ 1 10 Aloe, Cape....po.15. @ = 12| Coriandrum....0../..“s@ 10 | Choral Hyd Crst.... 1 65@ 1.90} iQ Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 @ 30/ Cannabis Sativa. - |. 4 @ 5 | Chondrus...... 200 «© 25 : ; Ammoniac........... 55@ 60) Cydonium........... 75@ 1 00| Cinchonidine.P.& W 38@ 48 Assafortida.. —— 30 28@ 30; Chenopodium ....... 10@ 12} Cinchonidine, Germ. 38@ 48 Benzoinum . i 502 55} Dipterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10 | Cocaine . 5 30@ 5 50 Catechu, 1s......-.-- @ 13| Foeniculum.. a, @ 10| Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. Tas iS f Catechu, os eee e ee @ 14 i ae po... 7@ 9| Creosotum....... @ 35 AY Catechu, 4S........ @ 16| Lini i 3%@ 4% | Creta....... -+- DBI. 6 | @ (2 Camphore .. 68@ 72} Lini, ‘grd. nee “bbl. 3% 4@ 4% | Creta, p prep. @ 5 @ Euphorbium... PO. 35 @ 40 ne. 35@ 40) Creta, recip... tlsvoade @ : Galbanum............ @ 100] Pharlaris Canarian.. 4 @ — 5!| Creta, Rubra........ @ 3| & Us Cacti Se ne = _ —_ pa . eo 4%@ 65] Crocus ............ 15@ 18 y Guaiacum...... po. ‘ a & inapis ya. uo ¢ 5 1 1 1 4 > j > ee eo —— ae on Caden = Sy in Michigan, and he will have the com- Mastic ee aie a eters aoc @ 60 Spiritus / Dextrine a 7. 10 % Ls ) Myrrh. . po.45 @ 40 Ether Sulph...... 7@ 90 le line of thes 1s ith hi Opii.. «Po. 4.5004.80 3 @:3 2s | Creme YD Se. 2 2 i oe plete line of these goods with him Cee 6) oo 8 eee Emery, po... eee @ 6 & Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45} Frumenti............ 1 25@ 1 50 r “90 . e AR setae Se ao &0 | Juniperis Co. 0.7. 1 65% 2 00 | fr fee" Wiig Po 82 1 A when he calls Wait for him. ip) Juniperis Co........ Lo S20) cone) - 4 Adsinthiam..oz. Die 25 | Spt. Vini Galli....217 1 730 6 50 Gambier goo ee < Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20 | Vini O peat eee 1 25@ 2 00 elatin, Cooper. .... 2 A Lobelia ...... 0z. pkg 25 | Vini Alba............ 1 25@ 2 00 Gelatin, French. - =< Majorum ....0z. pkg 28 ascii Glassware, flint, box 75 & 5 Ff e e Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 | s Less than box..... 70 Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25 | Florida sheeps’ wool Glue, brown......... n@ 13| ¥ Reese ne Ub oz. pkg 39 | Carriage. : 2... 2 50@ 2 75 = ——- 1b@ 25 84 Tanacetum ¥ — pkg 22 | Nassau sheeps’ wool Glye 7@ 28 Thymus, V...0z. pkg o5| _carriage............ 2 50@ 2 75 Grana Paradisi.. 7. @ 2% 5 M i Velvet extra sheeps’ PUHOIES |... 25@ 55 ‘ seid wool, carriage. .... @ 1 50| Hydrarg Chior Mite @ % 4 Caleined, Pat........ 55@ 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydrarg Chior Cor.. @ _ 85 "A %, Carbonate, Pat...... 18@ 20| wool, carriage. .... @ 12% | Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. @105 ( Carbonate, K.& M.. 18@ 20| Grass sheeps’ wool, Hydrarg Ammoniati @iii| % e ‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20 carriage . @ 100 ee 50@ 60 9 Goa Hard, for slate use. @ 7 Le sc yrum . @ 8% _| Yellow Reef, for = i olla, Am... 65@ 70| # Absinthium......... 6 00@ 6 25| gjate use. @ 140 i Ww i Amygdala, Dule.... 35@ 60 aie Todine, Resubi....:. 3 90@ 400! (iy Amygdale, Amara. 8 00@ 8 2 yrups Todoform.......2...." @ 400] AQ e . eae a 1 95@ 2 10| Acacia .............. @ 50 Lupulin. @ 5| © Mi h a Auranti Cortex...... 2 25@ 2 30| Auranti Cortex...... @ 50/ Lycopodium. . 70@ 75 9 ® Bergamii ............ 2 50@ 2 60 — eee weet ce @ 50/ Macis 65@ 75 Cajiputi .. 80@ 85 | Ipecac............... @ 60| Liquor Arsen et Hy- ‘ Caryophyili : 75@ 80 oe — @ 50 rarg Iod.. @ 8) b Cedar i 35@ 45 / Rhei @ 50 | LiquorPotassArsinit ‘ q sArsin 100@ 12 Chenopadii Sie ‘ @ : 75 Smilax ‘Officinalis 50@ 60; Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ 38 = = Sasa innamonii .. 20@ 1 30 | Senega .............. @ 50| Magnesia, Sulph, pbi 1 SOISSASSARSAFS SSeS eS EBS aoe ee alee eZ ae lh e {SASS AISA 2 we * ji f fi a — ag macs ogre 28 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT Guaranteed correct at time of issue. with any jobbing house. ADVANCED Salt in Barrels Rolled Oats Ash Butter Tubs Flour Not connected DECLINED Parlor Brooms Insect Powder Lamp Chimneys Cheese Lemons Lantern Globes ALABASTINE Beans a White in drums...........-- 9 | -onyp eee wetseeecese — = —"- ; ae : Colors in drums. . ne Da TH@ 8D | NOG 20... ee eee eee eee eee ee eee 80 COCOA White in packages. ee ae 10 a 85 : Colors in packages. ......-.. 11 a Webb.....-----. 0 vsee+-- 30 Less 40 per cent discount. et aaa 85 — eland ies ee eget . AXLE GREASE Clams. Van Houten, i48.0000000000. 12 doz. gross | Little Neck, 1 lb.. 1 00| Van Houten’ 4s... * 90 Ruperts 2... ...... 6 00} Little Neck. oh. 150/ Van Houten, ies oe “* 38 Castor Oe 60 700 Cherries ven teat = ee eee = Diamond . 50 425) Red Standards........ 85 | Colonial, 48 ..........++-... 35 Frazer’s.....-.-.- ---- > PO) white 136 | Golan es, 33 IXL Golden, tin boxes75 9 00) Corn Haver” ee = | Fair................ . Wie ee fo veces eee eee ees = Witbur. we. 42 > Gooseberries CIGARS if Zana sn5 Standard .........-.. 90 | The Bradley Cigar © Co.’s s Brands SN Urrreererrntiiitos Hominy Advance . $85 00 ee Standard............. 85 | Bradley 35 00 3 M1GA; ieee Lobster 1 95 | Clear Havana Puffs. ...... 22 00 9 72 1D... woe ee roe Sa . BB 00 Star. 4 ip... 3 10 | « oc) Picnic Talls..._._.... 2 25 W. BeBe. oe 3 - a Mackerel H. & P. Drug Co.’s eanm Mica, tin boxes.......75 9 00| Mustard, 11b........ 1 75 | Fortune Teller..... seseeees 35 00 a... © t8c :] Our Manager. . 35 00 AMMONIA Soused, 2 Ib.......- sei ekg Per Doz. | Tomato, 11b.......-- 175 | Gd. Johnson Cigar Co. *s brand. Arctic 12 0z. ovals..........- 80| Tomato, 2Ib......... 2 80 BAKING POWDER Mushrooms cme ei . :18@20 C ¥4 Ib. cans 3 doz.. ---- 30 Bubtans. 010) tt 22@25 % Ib. cans 3 doz.. st Oysters oN 1 Ib. cans 1 doz.. ...4 00] Cove, 11D... 2. 95 ee 10 Cove, 2 BS 1 70 Arctic Peaches 6 oz. Eng. Tumblers......... 90| Pie..............0... og Wolow ..... |... 1 65@1 85 |S. C. W. 35 00 14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case...... 3 75 ears Phelps, Brace & Co.’ *s Brands. 1% Ib. cans, 2 doz. case......3 75 | Standard ............ 70 | Royal Tigers. - 5@ 80 00 1lb. cams, 1 doz. case.....- S00 Maney. 00000 . 80 | Royal Tigerettes...... 5 Ib. cans, '% doz. case......3 00 Peas Vincente Portuondo . 35@ 70 00 El Purity Marrowfat .......... 1 00 | Ruhe Bros. Co.........25@ 70 00 i$ ib- cans per doz........... 75] Early June.......... 1 00| Hilson Co...... -35@110 00 Ib. cans per doz.. -.1 20/ Early June Sifted.. 1 60} T. J. Dunn & Co.. 70 00 1 Ib. cans —o. coe cee 2 00 Pineapple McCoy & Co Co. i 6 70 00 tr ‘ 7 e Collins 1 % Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 35 — cue aein eae ae : 8 = Brown Bros gar 0. i = > % lb. cams, 4 doz. case...... 55 | * le os : = Bernard Stahi Co. "35@ 90 00 1 Tb. cans, 2 doz. case...... 90 Fair umpkin g5 | Banner Cigar Co...... 10@, 35 00 ca 75 Seidenberg & Co.... ..55@125 00 J mv aSh, ys | Reaiey, ee 85 Fulton Cigar Co......10@ 35 00 gernnnes : — _— 4 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 45 | aspderries chwarz 0...35@110 00 i Ib. cans, 4 doz. case.. 85 Standard........... . 90 | San Telmo.. -. 35@ 70 00 1 Ib. eans. 2 doz. case...... “1 60 Salmon Havana Cigar Co. . + 18@ 35 00 Queen Flake Columbia River...... 1 95@2 00 | C. Costello & Co....... 35@ 70 00 3 02., 6 dz. case.............2 70| Red Alaska.......... 1 35 | LaGora-Fee Co........ 35@ 70 00 6 0z., 4 doz. case.............3 20| Pink Alaska. . 3 1 00 | S. I. Davis & Co. .... ..35@185 00 9 0z., 4 doz. case.............4 80] — Shrimps Hene & Co... .... --+,-35@ 90 00 1Ib.. 2 doz. case.............4 00] Standard............ 1 50 | Benedict & Co....... 7.50@ 70 00 Sip., 1G0z case. ............ 9 00 Sardines ge gel Cigar Co. ..35@ 70 00 Royal Domestic, 4S........ 4 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co. 35@ 70 00 = Domestic, 348 ....... 8 Maurice Sanborn .... 50@ 175 00 niece gg | Domestic, Mustard. g | Bock & Co............. 65@300 00 ae | | alinornia. 145.001). 17 Manuel Garcia........ 80@375 00 14 Ib. cans 1 30] French, 4s.......... 92 | Neuva Mundo. . 85@175 00 6 oz. cans. 1 80 | French, s.....-.... 28 Henry Clay a - + S5@550 00 a ote Strawberries La Carolina........... 96@200 00 oo sk ia Standard ..._.._..... 85 Standard T. & C. Co. ..35@ 70 00 34 Ib. cans 3 60] Faney............... 1 25 H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. 1 1b. cans. 4 65 as Succotash Star Green... . 35 00 : ee Oe Ne 90 COFFEE 3 1b. cans. 12 75 Geen 1 00 Roasted 5 Ib. cans.21 00} Fancy ............... 1 20 Tomatoes BATH BRICK Fair... .._-...-.- 80 Cay —, ee . 70 i. ‘ = nglis esses. 80} HaMmCy..........-..-- . BLUING Gallons... - 2 35 HIGH GRADE CATSUP SyEES EN Columbia, pints... w+. e-2 00 Columbia, % pints. oe 1 25 | Special —_-. 2 : : HEESE French —- See ice ig me Acme.. @9 a oe ee nae | Amboy oc @ 94 | Vienn oe Carson City. eee @9 I eau Estate. . Dee ie ie cies coc iar 38 Emblem. CS @% UO 40 er @10 4eSS 3334 per cent. Gold Medal...... @9 Rio 2 Ideal .. @9 Common...) Small 3 doz.................. 40| Jersey @10 Does : Largo, 2 doz. ....... 75 | Riverside @ 96 (kiosk aoe Arctic, 4 0z, per gro: .. 400} Brick . @ Paneg Arctic, 8 0z, per gross...... 6 00) idam........ | @90 ee ae Arctic, pints. per gross.... 9 00} Leiden .......... @V7 |\o Santos : OOM: Limburger.... @10 =—-* ee 11 No. ‘oan ee ee eee ce 3 00 Pineapple. . mM Oe laine ol ne ie ees. 275| Sap Sago.. ee aia age 5 ak. 2 50 HOCOLATE MMEY <---> ---+-+ 5-2 -+2- =o: 17 Mo 2 Carpes.....-....... ....2 6 _— s. Peaberry........ verse dS Parlor Gem ...+.......2 50 | German Sweet. 00)... 65. 98 : Maracaibo Common Whisk............. 95] Premfum’................ 35 | Fair ......----.. 2 ee eee eee ees 12 Fancy Whisk.....,.......... 1 25 | Breakfast Cocoa............. 46 | Choice...... 2.20... +..+2 25s. 16 Warehouse..................3 75 camel Bros. Mexican DLES Vienna Sweet ......... .... 21 | Choice. . ee es oe 16 Electric Light, 8s.. as Vana 98\| Faney.. 0.0000. 5.. lg Electric Light, 1 16s... ae Promiigm oo 31 i ae t as ey Paraffine, 68................ H. O. Wilbur & Sons. Choi nr Paraftine, 12s. . Capital Sweet........0... 6. fo > Wicking..... Imperial Sweet...... ....... 22 Java CANNED GOODS | Nelson’s Premium. 95 | African...................... 12% Apples Sweet Clover, 4s... 25 er Atrican 2.2 17 3 1b. Standards...... 80 | Sweet Clover, ‘ss... wee 27 | O Ge veer ee eee eee eee 25 Gallons, standards. . 2 60 | Premium Baking............ 33 | P- EIS 9 Blackberries Double Vanilla.............. 40 Mocha Standards .......... 4 7S‘ Tvipie Vamiiia............... SB Arablan.......000 00.) c..0 los PACKAGE COFFEE. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to buyers shipping point, giving buyer credit on the invoice for the amount of freight he pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point. These prices are further sub- ject to manufacturer’s regular rebate of 75c vidi 100 lbs. Arbuckle.. ns ..12 50 Jersey .. ..12 50 McLaughlin’ sXxXxXxX McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLanghlin & Co., Chicago. Extract Valley City % -—- 3. 6 ao Felix % gross.. . 2, Hummel’s foil 4 % 5 Bross. etees 85 Hummel’s tin 4% gross ...... 1 43 COCOA SHELLS 20 th. bags... 2% Less ——— pose eee eo 3 Pound packages ......... 4 CLOTHES LINES Cotton, 40 ft. per doz.. 4 Cotton, 50 ft. per doz........ 1 Cotton, 60 ft. per doz.. ra | 1 i Cotton, 70 ft. per doz........ Cotton, 80 ft. per doz.. Jute, 60 ft. per doz.. on Jute, 72 ft. per doz......... CONDENSED MILK 4 doz in case. Gail =e _—- Se eae ces 6 75 Wown....... a socece cua MOU ee ee, 5 75 Champion ..........2. 60... 4 50 AMMO occ. oe ss 4 25 — secce.- ke Dime. ..3 35 COUPON ‘BOOKS 50 books, any denom... 1 50 100 books, any denom... 2 50 500 books, any denom... 11 50 1,000 books, any denom... 20 00 Above quotations are for either Tradesman, Superior, Economic or Universal grades. Where 1,000 books areordered at a time customer receives specially printed cover without extra charge. Coupon Pass Books Can be made to represent any denomination from et down. 50 books.. 1 100 HOOKS... . 2... 5. 2 50 500 books .. ik Oe 1,000 books. i . 20 00 Credit Chink. 500, any one denom...... 2 00 1,000, any one denom...... 3 00 2, 000, any one denom...... 5 00 Steel punch.. 75 CREA M TARTAR 5 and 10 Ib. wooden boxes... ..30 Bulk in saeks.. .29 DRIED FRUITS—_Domestic Apples Sundried . -6@ 6% Evaporated, ‘50 Ib. boxes. 6%4@ 7 California Fruits Apmcots .......... -... @15 Blackberries .......... Neetarines ............ Peaches .... 10 @ll Pears... ...... 5 Pitted Cherries... 7% Vrumeeues ............ Raspberries .......... California Prunes 100-120 25 lb. boxes ...... @ 90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 4% 80 - 90 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 5 70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 5% 60-70 25 Ib. boxes ....... @6 50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 6% 40-50 25 Ib. boxes ...... @7 30 - Bi 25 Ib. boxes . 8% ¥4 cent less in 50 Tb. cases Raisins London Layers 2 Crown. 1 75 London Layers 3 Crown. 2 00 Cluster 4 Crown......... 2 2 Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 74 Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 84 Loose Museatels 4 Crown 834 L. M., Seeded, choice ... 10 L. M., Seeded, fancy .... 10% DRIED FRUITS—Foreign Citron Leghorn.. See ese a ee Corsican . ee ayy ‘Seen Patras, cases. Se os es ae Cleaned, bik . 7% Cleaned, packages...... 8 Peel “| Citron American 19 Ib. bx...13 Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..10% Orange American 10 1b. bx..10% Raisins Sultana 1 Crown............. Sultana 2 Crown ............ Sultana 3 Crown............. Sultana 4 Crown............. Sultana 5 Crown............. Sultana 6 Crown.. Sultana package .. FARINACEOUS ‘GOODS Beans Dried Time Medium Hand Picked 2 oo" 3g Brown Holland Cereals Cream of Cereal............. 90 Grain-O, smal .............. 1 35 Grain-O, large.. : Gra e Nuts... ss ce cua a Pos m Cereal, small.. Postum Cereal, large........ Farina 241 1b. packages ..... 25 Bulk, per 100 lbs 00 Haskell’s Wheat Flakes 36 21b. packages... .... .-3 00 ominy arene ee 2 50 Flake, 50 Ib. drums.......... 1 00 Maccaroni and Vermicelli Domestic, 10 Ib. box......... 6 Imported, 25 Ib. box........ 2 50 earl Barley Common 2.5.0. oo Sl ieee ee 2 30 MNO ee we 2 90 Grits Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. 24 2 Ib. =. nice Goes oe ee 100 ®. Kegs... ........ 3 00 200 tb. barrels . cscs ces 40 100 Ib: bags... 2.2.22 80 Peas Green, Wisconsin, bu. 1 30 Green, Scotch, bu..... 1 35 Split, bu.. ae. Rolled ‘Oats Rolled Avena, bbl.. we ege 3 85 Steel Cus, DDE... ........ 22 4 00 Monareh, DE... ....... 65... é 55 Monarch, % bbl.. owe 2D Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks.......1 7 Quaker, cases............... < 2 Sago Gorman coe ees 4 Mast india 5. 3% Tapioca ee Pearl ........ Vy Pearl, 241 Ib. 6% Cracked, bulk............... 344 24 2 . packages ............ 2 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS DeBoe’s Vanilla D. C..20z1 10 4021 80 Lemon D. C...2 0z Van. Tonka. ..2 0z 70 4021 35 -75 4021 45 FOOTE & JENKS’ JAXON Highest Grade Extracts Vanilla Lemon 1ozfullm.1 20 1ozfullm. 80 20zfullm.2 10 20z full m.1 25 No.3fan’y.3 15 No.3fan’y.1 75 ; COLEMAN'S i ME roste & Jemsfeue> Sas Vanilla Lemon 2 0z —- 20 20zpanel. 75 3 0z taper..2 00 4 0z taper..1 50 Jennings’ Arctic 2 oz. full meas. pure Lemon. 75 2 oz. full meas, pure Vanilla.1 20 Big Value 2 oz. oval Vanilla Tonka.... 75 2 0z. oval Pure Lemon ...... 75 Reg. 2 0z. D. C. Lemon...... 75 No. 4 “Taper D. . Lemon ...1 52 Reg. 2 0z. D. C. Vanilla...... 1 24 No. 3 Taper D. C. Vanilla. ..2 08 Standard 20z. Pure Vanilla Tonka.... 70 2 oz. flat Pure Lemon......-.. 70 Northrop Brand Lem. Van. 20z. Taper Panel.... 75 1 20 207. Oval....... ..--.- 75 1 20 3 0z. Taper Panel....1 35 2 00 40z. Taper Panel....1 60 22 Perrigo’ s Van. Lem doz. doz XXX, 2 0z. obert....1 2 75 XXX, 40z. taper....225 125 XX, 20z. obert...... 1 00 No. 2,20z. obert.... 75 XXX D D ptchr, 6 0z 2 25 XXX D D ptehr, 40z 1 75 K. P. piteher, 6 02... 2 2 FLY PAPER Perrigo’s Lightning, gro....2 50 Petrolatum, per doz......... z HERBS Sage.. ae 2.0 Hops .. cs ei [ENDIGO- Madras, 5 Ib. box ooo Ss. 2, "3and bib. ok Ce 50 JELLY SID pas... 8. se 1 90 15 1D. pails. ......... cee tO SU ests eee 62 er . Calabria... Seco et ae Silke cs oc MOGs se see LYE Condensed, 2 doz............1 20 Condensed, 4 doz............2 25 MATCHES Diamond — Co.’s —_ No. 9 sulphur.. es Anchor Parlor . | Sp No. 2 Home ...........0000-. 1 30 Export Parlor . 4 00 Wionerme... ooo... 1 50 MOLASSES New Orleans So a le 11 We ea. 14 MOON ee pec ce oes 20 ‘ancy .. i 24 Open Kettie.............. 25@35 alf- barrels 2c extra ARD Horse Radish, £ao7........; 1 75 Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, eee 1 75 PAPER BAGS Satchel Union Bottom Square 2 53 66 88 1 08 1 36 1 58 1 84 2 16 2 58 2 82 3 32 4 48 4 86 5 40 PICKLES Medium Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 5 25 Half bbls, 600 count......... 3 13 Small Barrels, 2,400 count ......... 6 26 Half bbls, = count .......3 62 PIPES Olay, No. 216... 1 70 Clay, T. D, ail count ........ 65 Cob, No. 3.. oe oe POTASH 48 cans in case. Bappite Ss... es. eo. s 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s............: 3 00 RICE Domestic Carolina head... <2... Carolina No.1. . a Carolina No.2............. ao. og ererenre: Japan, No. 1.. ...- 5%@6 Japan, No. 2..... . » 4% @5 Java, fancy head . ooeee tt GD gaya. No, 1...... - 5 @ Table.. ‘SALERATUS | Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Church’s Arm and eee 3 15 Deland’s.. 00 Dwight’s Cow. eo —— ee ee 2 10 Ff ................. 3 00 Sod one Steen ss (cos ..3 15 ae 200 2S... 2: 3 00 SAL SODA Granulated, DIS... os. 80 Granulated, 100 lb. cases . 85 Dump, DOB... oo. 75 Lump, 145 Ib. kegs........... 80 SALT Diamond Crystal Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes..1 40 Table, barrels, 1003 Ib. bags.2 85 Table, barrels, 40 7 lb. bags.2 50 Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 50 Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2 60 Butter, sacks, 28 Ibs......... a7 Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 62 Common Grades 100 3 Ib. sacks....... ees coe aD 60 5 Ib. sacks.. . ..-2 05 28 10 Ib. sacks.... siveed OD DG ID. SACKS, 6.5... 40 OE 22 Warsaw 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 30 28 Ib. dairy . drill bags..... 15 shton 56 Ib. dairy = linen sabks... 60 Higgins 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks... 60 Solar Rock BG ID. SROKS 2 8s. 28 Common Granulated Fine............ 1 05 Medium Fine................ 110 SOAP Single box ----d 00 5 box es. delivered... .... : = 10 box lots, delivered ........ dAS. 5 KIRK & CO. ' BRANDS. American —— = *d.. 3 00 Dome.. 2 80 Cabinet... =o Savon.. --2 80 White Russian... 2 80 ee Dusky Diamond, 50 6 0z..... 4 00 2 00 Dusk Diamond, 50 8 oz.....2 50 Blue India, 100 % Ib.. ..3 00 Kirkoline......... .3 50 Fos... .. --2 65 100 12 Oz DAES..... 2... 2... :- 3 00 SEARCH-LIGHT 100 big bars (labor saving)..3 60 SILVE FR Single box 3 00 Five poxes, delivered... — 95 Scouring Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40 oa Se in i eS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 * SALT FISH SUGAR : Cod S 65 : Below are given N WOODENWARE } Georges cured ries given New York B | 30 Georges genuine... @5_ | Wholesale dealer % to which the | Bushels.. — Grains and Feedstuffs | Fres ~ | { G : une...... @5% e dealer adds the local | Bush ones ee | resh Meats | 00 ee et ee @ 5% freight from New York to your Mat — wide band. --...... 1 25 Po c Candies 50 \ Strips os wteetee eens @i% — point, giving you credit ee th .--_ 30} Wheat... Wheat ee me ee Pollbek pricks.......6 @9 e e invoice for the amount | Willow ¢ 10 es, large: . ” — | — es 11 | a. libut. on ceca gr gan ig from the | Willow Clothes’ medi : 50 Winter ‘Wheat ‘Flour Careass 6%4@ | Standard . bbls. pails | alibut. @ purchases . small....... 50 Local B east SS + 1 om 4 | Strips.. to his shipping po 4 Butter Plates | Pate rands orequarters ....... 6 >,, | Standard H. H. ? 20 9 ais : .+.+.++--14 | 20 pounds for the ak eo No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate......1 80 | ee ee _....... 56 09} Hindquarters ....... Z 2 - Standard Twist... 7% @ 7% = oa soe eoaie —— ce 250 in crate......2 00 | Straight atent.....:....... oat Rips. ees 0 gu | —_— oe *@ 3 rin No. 3 Qval, ‘ cra Ae ar cnet nes: 50 | eel. ae a 8% 235 Holland white hoops, bbl. 11 00 eer” eseecesreees 605 No. 5 Oval’ 250 in — a = : Grahan - ee 3 3B Rounds . sare be, @ Jumbe, 32 Ib. cases e hoops4bbl. 6 00 oe esa Clothes Pins = 4g og | COMMONS... BGG etre HL... @ 6% . | ——oeek eo $3 lamaneterbeier Re ges Sia oF = ’ ——— eo 5 90 | Trojan ome Sticks __aubieet ‘to oe ‘Gis Gis Pork — hiixed Candy = ai : 3 oO .----.9 00 int. |G | ota oo . 60 p Saeed Powdered. ue ee To patent spring .......9 00 Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad ee a ae ae @ 64 | C ‘ompetit ic un G6 on Sealed . sseo 5 eee Granulated. .... 5 80| Noo ontentb 8 09 | ditional. .ad- | Loins © © | oakes ition. @ 6% SE oe 16% | Fine Granulated. .......... 5 20 No. 2 patent brush holder ..9 Be | Boston Butts........ @ 9% | Special. .............. @ 7% 3 SAINI, 1°50 | Coarse Granulated. ..-.- 3 80 | 12 tb. cotton mop heads Ts sall-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | Shoulders .....-..... S i Conserve a @s” 5 % Mess 1 Mackerel Extra Fine Granulated... 5 90 Pa Diamond 5........... 4 35 | “eat Sa. oe @ 7% | Ribbo “eta AAR @ 8 8 : M ss 100 Ibs. . 17 99 | Conf. Granulated. ... 6 05 2-hoop Standard... 150 Diamond \4s...... nae _ Br erty tee: @ 2 i Mess = Ibs. He + Tt Yo | 2 Ib. cartons Fine Gran) § 93 | Shoop Standard....... “+ +++e4 29 | Diamond ‘4s...... i ae — i ik: @ 5 on . bs ios. oe = — Fine Gran.... : 5 90 aoe Cae a 60 Worden Grocer Co.'s Bra 1 | Careass .. a 4 Cut Loa. : @ 8% ; j No. 1 100 Ibs 15115 ih bare Fi fa Gas” 6 “1 85 | Quaker ‘4s ’s Brand | Spring Lambs...00.) © 8 | Kinde tock.. @ 8% NT Sf aicseeeccooreee EO 7ran < ’ er yrass 2. ¢ ate peas ane aaah mis 40 | : : ne } 8% ; No.1 40 a 15 00 Mould 4. Fine Gran...... 5 9 voeee ‘fur d, b bound.1 25 | Quaker es infieel| @u \F ‘rene he et @ 8% ; No.1 o> sc aaa Be ‘= Wemncnd Al. . 2 — eureka... i “2 25 | Quaker eae eA <* Veal | Dandy aa. 1 @ 9 ee Ae ee cies coms sees Fe De ido dete ae ho aoe 2 ; ee Jareass { n 5 No. ee ibs ee 1 65 Contetiode gagcce 5 80 ss, 2 40 Spring Wheat Flour Caeense ye. 74@9 | mane Made Cream @ 9% : tae. a No. 2! Windsor At ne ree $6| cae eee wa oe ee ee ae Das tient ‘iat SST D eeeianeeagees a : No.2 40 IDS. -......---++ : ee 5 45 | oneh, Standar No.2 ey 6 00 | Pillsbury’s Best %s... F Os : | Crystal Gream mix. @ . |. - Sate aan 5 49 | ao-ineh, = > 3....-5 00] Pitisbury’s Best Ba! $a Provisions sn matnney tn Bulle On cen t Sse eae $ *’s Bes ar : . San ii Trout 5 35 is-ineh, Dowell, Nous 2.......5 25 | Pillsbury’s i fs tog : = cam aa @il 25 \ No.1 40 Me 5 30 No. 1 Fibre... ms. ......4 25 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 85 Barreled Pork Lozenges, printed. .. ¢ 9% 13 { No.1 10 lbs 5 25 | No. 2 Fibre.. oa pier teg = Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | Mess.... 7 Kelps Drops. ' ails ms a 5 20| No. 3 Fibre... ssese-7 95] pututh Imperial 4s. DN scan n=. @iz 75 | Felipes Chocolates: Gis 28 5 icine Eo} shinies Wash woud. — Imperial MS. = 475 one back... a @13 2B Gum ‘Drops.incnss a | 62 No.1 No.2 5 05 pees Globe.. ee Imperial s....... 4 65 Pig COE... a3 2 | Moss Drops... 0... @ 5 70 5 00 Douhio scone ee. 1 7 > Wheeler Co.’s Brand he. le @16 50 ame Sours. ug é 8% Ce 27 old 14S. wteeeee sees @10 mper ii [ 5 00 one ee pee feces ale 2 95 | Wingold 48... a a = Baie @i4 = Ital. © eZ Ouaa @ 9% > ns _— Single ome esas aute * Wingold 4s.......... ue 4 65 Div Salt Meats Ital. Cream bi” @u i i | Single Peerless...........-.-% ; i ut si 35 Ib. 00 Anise. SEEDS SYRUPS ete ee saree > 250) Olney & Judson’s Brand Bellies......... ; Poy Se @u Canary, Sn en Corn Good L uplex.... "3 09 | Ceresota %8............... 5 50 ND oa cs 4, <- 84 | Ib. pails..." a ; 00 oo os Mi. ‘ —— Dee ea 19 a : ot Ceresota oo 950) extra shorts... 0... 5 | te ae ee @13 Jaraway ..... Leis enn eens cece es pus LJ) te FP Umivereal 2 95 | Ceresota 4S.......... ne ee 7% | leed Mz si @12} - ae Malabar.........60 | } 402. 1 gallon cans. shee Wood Bowls Worden Groce sca Smoked Meats Sener ehmellows. one 7 } Ce SeST UMMC ena 6 | 1 doz. % gallon pool .-- 3 20] Il in. Butter. . a 75 irocer Co.” s Brand Hi | nl aftles @ll 5% emp, Russian... 2.2.2... 4% | 2 doz. % gallon cans... ee ce RE oon ce ts wien ams, 121b.average. @ 1145 | Lemon Sou =e 5 Tm, Monee : Mixed Bir 4 A, ae (OTT gel a8 in: aaa. “ a 00 Laurel 4s... see 5 = Hams, 14lb. average. @ : >| — Sours . 3% —— white. Fair... cove aaah ss oS a Se “a “panic camp 3 98 ae. oo. § bw | © ono = es 00 coats a. Butter a 3 Zaurel 448 and 448 paper. 2 | Hams, 201b.average. 4 . ps 3 16 Te OR NT GOOd «sess ee sees ee esses 20 Assorted 13-15-17........-- 3 : Meal r 495) Ham dried beef. sa @ 13” Ht, uM. ee eee @ 5 ’ Gate Wee... se TABLE S. ’ 95 | Assorted 15-17-19 ............2 5 a Shoulders (N. Y.cut) a Choe. Lt, and BY ° SNUFF AUCES YEAST CAKE ee soeessnes exe se SQM emacs” 9 @ 0 | ¢ a’ @90 3 Seoteh in oo na Yeast Foam, ak dec i Sen 2 20 a. .... ae @ % | ee -.- a @30 C eo = reas oan. 3 dex... aa aed al Millste ff less hams @1 =i Ss. 16 ne eee 43 PERRINS’ foams te eg “te St. Car Feed, screened an Prenie Boiled Ha 36 | fat a cn Magie Yeast 5e, 2 7 : No. ran an ee tt ee > od bial a ae | ’ LG A oa Box é ‘ SAUCE Sunlight Yeast, Sao... ae Fake Corn and QOats...... 18 50 | Berlin Hams. . ns @ BA | Lozenges, pr inted .. = Kee Z Eugit pceice (Oem W O20. ... 5... 1 09 | Unbolted Corn Meal is 00| Mince Hams @ 9 | Imperials.. @55 $1 : es ng ish aaa vee eeee 4% aa Varner's s Safe, 3doz........1 00 — Wheat Bran....... 1500; Cees tate (, 9% | Mottoes . oe @ a | soe — Crackers oe kente-intines | See. 55 Se | a ; ‘ PODINES wane nesses 15 00 [Molasses fair iio. 3 15 ; pms “China ane : : Wieeccdtesshie (2 | coe Corn tn aga Ce 64 | Pree Made Creams. 80 Goo 3 00 Cassia, Batavia, inbund... 25 — 4 a large...... The National Biscuit © Corn, car lots............. «6 | Legeeae. a 7% | a Pep. —— cae ——. sh quotes as follows: Jo. | Less than car lots....... . 55 Ib. Tubs.. advance O@ | String a G65 > come pro cna rolls.... 55 Halford, — ee sain Butter Oats — ‘Tabe..sdvance % Burnt Almonds... oe @60 85 th Cloves, Zanzibar ios 16] Salad Dressing, —- 2 26 | SSP QUE ses sesees veces . i Jota aoa vees esses 2914 | 20 Ib. henge daonooe 1, | Wintergreen Berries @ee o pea act a Ss ican ae 4 ee Loc oe ecalvegloe a. 5 ar J Ss, Cpped..........- 32 10 Ib. P slang brane % Jaramels Nutmegs, 75-80... nee eae ee i toe secon . oS utmegs, 105-10........... 45 TEA Wolverine. ................ 6%4I1N i Hay 3 1b. Pails. advance ; Penny Goo aN @50 a Nutmegs, 115-20........... 0 7 % | No. 1 Timothy car | : yGoods........ 55@60 2 85 ; Bonber’ a black. 15% Japan Soda XXX.. oda 6% No. i Timothy rosa 0 i 3 2 Sonera ; F i a - 2 50 Pe g ore, white. 23 | Sundried : Soda, City. Sears C2 ee Bologna ea = i peer shel... ......... win ried, medium .......... oe | pee el as a eee treo ag ruits % | Sundried, choice “i g 1s and Wafers.. i 12 4IVED . 0 oe ee eee eee ee B ce eaanaaon ony a . aughnre Ground in Bulk Sundried, 0 eae - ee ge ” Hide s and Pelts — aegeiaamenacaae 2% | Geongee : \ i= mcy......... ee ees 7% | Fa =. oe A eee | coat Re te coe || ae ” Saigon... : lee. .... : en 72 | Co., 100 ¢ _ ane 54 | Late Valencias...... ‘fl Cloves, Z: 48 Regular, fancy ...... fe tttteteeee sete ee es 6 ‘anal Street, quo be eeee es wae) MONCIAS.-......4 7 2 cove gcse reas ap) ae Oe ee ae e | out Siti "Be G , Airican........... sasket-fired, choice. ........ ae ee 3 ide Medt. Sweets....... 37 1 95 Ginger. ama Cai 18 | Basket-fired, ote. eT ee ao Soe Green No. 1 . 7 Jamaicas ........ 2... _ = Mace... soa ey Oe IS = ppm ted Le 10 | Green No.2......-.. @7 | Extra Mess.. .. ae | ius Lemons ” i ai cesses 6B aera 2 Assorted Cake. Doce ictetes 10 | Cured No.1......... @ & | Honeless............. se 2 | Cevtetty choise 20s. @4 75 MS ] ) HOBO... 2... see ee ees 3 Yo. § ' aan Strictly choice ¢ & a i fee Sig ane || ae DGS....-..-.-+--- 2... + 20 — s Water..... — Gured No.2. ‘ @7 eee 10 50 | Fane a 7 75 Pepper Seen white. 25 cuca Buttercups..._ 12 Calfskins.green No.2 : 9% ee pera oa i a5 = i Sage re Sotfee Cz adi alfskins,cur : Kits, ; " by 3608... ‘ 60 i s es ao Motenc, media... ui — —— jes. ao Canenceed oe o's % bbls, Oke. an 80) Medi Bananas fing 60 fi — — ee 35 | Cocoanut Tally Se 10 Pelts 8 | i bbls., 80 Ibs....... ; _ I ce ag ee ge 1 75@2 00 ' M ne. eee . Poe ca edce es om Pelts, ez ' oo 2% iy PRN na oe 4 0O@2 4 28 p nena medium. ... es come toca a ae — Ty 30 80 Tripe Foreign Dried wenie ' SS ee. er ae ee f | Fi - | Pingsuey, faney............. 20 Se yauns Creal ] No.1 — % bbs. ae ne 7 Sa Faney @10 j va pete dea TWO Maceo oa ee cee wie as |i — B. 20 oe 2 al. nie 1 10 \ Young Hyson Saas miaad ee 11% | NO. 20.2. ee eee ee eee g = % bbls., 80 Ibs....... : = E cite , etn a @ AS ais Cae ies. 1 Wool Casi boxes, new Smprna , uj Amey eS. ie = Frosted a ee % Washed: ~ um... 20@22 Pork . oe jae 2 ip. bases mii Gis ae 2 " ashed, medium... sal tia ‘ rial Mikados, Oolong ae — ig. ‘or sm... 8 | Unwashed, fine..... tapi Beef rounds. ........ . lb. boxes....... ; . 3 00 Formos Gladi ps, NBC....... 8 | Unwashed, medium Beef middles .. Pulled, 6 Ib. boxes... = ormosa, faney....... en 42 ator... so... 2e : : 1820 Shean 10 | Naturals, in bags..... 2% ime, medium. ee 25 Grandma Cakes... ge meee - ” 5 Penoee 20 racke) - i ee. : cease Ce 8 Fish and Oysters Butterine Fewta in 10 Ib. boxes 10 IDS. : ; English Breakfast Grand Rapids Te eS | Rolls, dairy......---- 13% Persia - ot it a 6 ; Kingsford’s Ghiece goes | Mean aa tae... ® Fresh Fish Solid, dairy.......... 3. eae 5 300 s ee ws ; 12 Roll - Ib. cases, ne 2 80 40 1-Ib. packages... . a 27 | Iced Honey Crumpets 10 Per Ib s, creamery. .... 19 | Sairs, 60 ag : oo eee See 34 | Imperials ... a. White fish....... cfc a . 2 40 aes: cori o 7Y ancy...... ee 9 Jumbles, Honey ince co eewe rs eco ceeeee g : oo 18% straits cine ater tn 2 80 20 1b. packages... 4% India Jumbles, Honey......----- 12 | Black Bags............ 9 10 — — 4 00 40 1-Ib. packages.......... 4% ag choice......... 32 en > agaaaaa ea = Craene Gime @ 13 | Cored beef’ 14 1b 2 45 | Almonds, Tar eo a Bee Ce ea eae ee 2 ; a a 2 00 1-lb. 2. — Japanese clerks have become popular in London recently, and are employed in a considerable number of stores. Manufacturers who have given the Jap- anese a trial, however, complain that they are wasteful of material, and have no idea of the value of machinery. They seem to spend all their spare time studying the English language. \ * em il —_ a ee An Dress of Duck ‘all the little fixings.’’ i i ee i Ionia, Mich. We make the Duck Coats with are the highest grade goods in the country." They cost you the same as inferior goods. Ask for samples prepaid. Michigan Clothing Co., They a, a oe rN ‘Better Quality for Less your trade. of our ‘* Correct Clothes.’’ result is: Clothing that meets way through. The proof is any time you ask for it. > Our Fall Line matchable. any time you say. You're locking for it just the same as That’s the pri.ne feature We have no ‘‘fancy expense” account to con- tend with; instead, we put it into the materials and workmanship, and the demand of your customer; looks well, fits well and wears well; up-to-date in style—satisfaction-giving all the Is a world beater; there’s style and quality in every line, and value un- $3.75 to $16 is the range of prices on our Men’s Overcoats; $3.75 to $14 on Men’s Suits. have also a splendid line of Boys’ and Children’s Suits at popular prices. We should be glad to send you sam- ples, or have a representative call leavenrich Bros. Money.” every ready We \ 4q 5s | [? i, | ® ay Ap » =" a . -_ a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—There is a_ quiet business progressing in staple cotton goods, but for present use only. Prices are more or less irregular all along the line, even touching standard grades. Brown sheetings and drills are also ir- regular, showing differences of one- quarter of a cent on many lines, but business is too slow to show any partic- ular effect. Bleached cottons are quiet and irregular. Yard wide 64 squares are in short supply for immediate de- livery, but there is a demand at 43/c which is hard to fill. Coarse colored cottons are quiet and there is very little business doing, although some develop- ment is expected shortly on certain lines. Prints and Ginghams—The new price made by Wm. Simpson, Sons & Co. has been the only particular feature of the market. This was, of course, expected, for their opening price was on a level with cotton goods of a higher grade. For this same reason there will be other revisions undoubtedly in a short time, possibly before this article goes to print. Staple lines in particular are liable to revision. The result of the change in price of Simpson’s prints has been to accelerate buying considerably. Dark fancy calicoes show no feature of partic- ular interest, business for the week hav- ing been ona par with that of a week before. There has been a fair number of orders received, but as a rule for small quantities only. Nearly all prices have been declared now, although one or two lines are still held back for some unknown reason. There is a little doing in light fancies, but it does not amount to very much. Staple calicoes are quiet, except in mournings, which are finding business. Ginghams are without change in situation. Dress Goods—Looking at the dress goods situation as a whole there is evi- denced a better feeling than was notice- able a week ago. The business coming forward to first hands is very small, and manufacturers have little to engross their attention aside from the work on current delivery contracts and preparations for the spring season. From the jobbers come somewhat improved reports re- garding the business under way, al- though trade with them is far from ac- tive. Orders show a strong leaning to- ward the plain fabrics, but at the same time fancies are not wholly neglected. Underwear—Samples_ for spring in most cases are nearing completion, and so it’s up to the buyers. The latter have delayed the season as much as possible, hoping for a big slump incotton. While the raw material market is in anything but a setlted condition, it is in a much nearer settled condition than it has been, enough, it is believed, to allow of the adjusting of prices ona sound basis. Hosiery—There is always a certain amount of similarity between the un- derwear and hosiery market, asa_ great many conditions that are true of the one are true of the other. The season is backward, but it is expected that buy- ers of cotton hosiery will open the way in a very few days. Fancies still are very popular, while full-fashioned hos- iery is not only in great demand, but is finding more and more favor every day. The domestic makes in most cases com- pare very favorably with foreign goods in this line, and so importers can not compete with our manufacturers, as they have to pay a high tariff. The latter have not a very large stock, and prices are very firm, partly on this account, and partly on account of the reigning prices abroad, which are very high. There has been a steady decline in the amount of men’s hosiery imported from France, and one manufacturer estimated that fully 20 times as much German half hose is used in the United States as French hosiery. Nine-tenths of the output of the American hosiery is of the seamless kind, and so enormously has the output increased that manufacturers are unable to find a domestic market for their entire output and South America, Mexico, Japan, China and Australia are being invaded. Carpets—-The increasing demand _ for tapestry and velvet carpets has given this branch more confidence than is no- ticeable in some lines of ingrains. This is due to the fact that the manufacturers of the latter are obliged to be guided largely by the prices and volume of business taken by the tapestry and vel- vet manufacturers. From the West and South the ingrain manufacturers expect to obtain the main portion of their or- ders. It has been the opinion among the retail carpet men for a long time that the retail trade would eventually be con- fined to one (the fall) season. This is becoming more evident each spring, as a smaller amount of business is done each year during the spring season. Last fall’s season in the retail trade was bet- ter than for many years, and as this spring season was very backward, when the new fall retail season opensg there should be plenty of business done in all grades of carpets. At the present time wholesalers report business fairly good, and in some branches selling up to their capacity. Art Squares and Rugs—Continue to grow in popular favor, and while they replace to a certain extent the regular carpet, they are becoming universally recognized as among the best floor cov- erings for certain uses, as they are eas- ily cleaned and cheaper in comparison than the regular goods, and have come to stay. The Japanese jute rug is a one- face fabric, while the domestic jute rugs are reversible, and have therefore led the former, which are now only in moderate demand. It is true the buy- ers first learned the utility of the large rugs when they purchased the Japanese rugs at low prices. The American manufacturers were quick to see the growing popularity of the rug, and went the imported rug one better by making a two-faced fabric, and by large experi- ence in the dyeing of jute yarn can to- day offer rugs in fast colors, which has also added to their popularity. The wool Smyrna rugs continue in favor,and trade in this line is picking up, espe- cially in carpet sizes where China mat- ting is more generally used than for- merly. 0 Bargain Counter Voting. The woman c ndidate faced the mean man who wished to sell his vote. ‘‘No, sir!’’ she said, ‘‘I will not give you $1 for your vote. It is not worth it.’’ ‘“Take it for 90 cents, lady,’’ said the mean man. ‘“Why didn’t you say that before? And can you vote twice for $1.97?’ >. > --- Her Prospects Good. ‘*Do you think he can support you in good style after you are married, dear? I hear he is worth nothing.”’ ‘*l know Harold isn’t rich, mamma, but he has his life insured for $20,000, and I could get along yuite comfortably on that.’’ ——-~>_4 In all business affairs strive to gain and deserve a reputation for punctuality. Peerless Dress Shields Protect the corset, as well as dress and sleeves, from perspiration. Superior to any ordinary dress shield. Save all the trouble of tacking or sewing a pair of shields in each dress, Just the thing for summer wear. An agent wanted in every | Straw We carry a complete stock of Untrimmed For Ladies, Misses and Children, from $2.00 per dozen upwards. We are also showing a large assortment of Ready-to- Wear Hats for Ladies, ranging in prices from $9.00 to $36.00 per dozen. Write for samples and prices. Hats : : : Corl, Knott & Co. | town. Write for catalogue and prices to ; N : ; Jobbers of Millinery Madame C. F. Salisbury, a Grand Rapids, Michigan ‘ws Battle Creek, Mich. "“ecceececececcceecce COTES TS TS STS TS TUTTE TUS TOUS SUSU SUT SUS UST US US US SUSUS We carry the best quali Black Duck and Blue Denim. Wholesale Dry Goods. AAAH LAAN AMAA LRNAA LAA RAARDD Goods for the Laboring Man Shirts Dark and Light, both in weight and color. Pants Jackets Denim and Otis checked. Overalls $4.50 a dozen. P. STEKETEE & SONS, ty that money can buy. We have one that is a winner at Grand Rapids, Mich. ALAKLHQNQANQAaggaggaagaaggagaog OOOOOOOOOOOO stick hand! Two Bargains in Umbrellas and Parasols. One lot of men’s 30 inch fast black with natural OOOOOOOOOOOG es at $4.75 per dozen. dozen. One lot of Ladies’ 26 inch fast black serge, steel rod with silver mounted Handles at $4.75 per If your stoc of the best ROO A 35 OOHOOOHHOOOOOO SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS | COP MH TVs vyvvsyyyyyovyoywywyyy VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO., WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ‘k is low sort up now. Our line is one we have ever shown. a ) @ I) ® @® I) ® I) @® @® @® @® @ ® ® @® ODOOOOOOOOOOGODO —~.— 4-4. For a harmless substitute for the fruit market a full line, which we sell unde fully protected by trade mark: Arctic Concentrated Banamyl, a harm 1 oz. flat, 75 cents net We guarantee the above line to be pu line of these goods in your next order. —~< Prepared only by the on | TO SATISFY PUBLIC CLAMOR , we have prepared and placed on the Arctic Concentrated Pineamyl, a harmless substitute for Pineapple Fruit Arctic Concentrated StrawamylI, a harmless substitute for Strawberry Fruit Arctic Concentrated Raspamy!, a harmless substitute for Raspberry Fruit Arctic Concentrated Peacamyl, a harmless substitute for Peach Fruit Arctic Concentrated Apriamyl!, a harmless substitute for — Fruit Arctic Concentrated Cheramyl, a harmless substitute for C Arctic Concentrated Paramy!, a harmless substitute for Pear Fruit Arctic Concentrated Quinamy!, a harmless substitute for Quince Fruit Arctic Concentrated Curamyl, a harmless substitute for Currant Fruit. These goods are put up in two sizes and sold as follows: Pure Food Laws of Michigan. Ask our traveling salesman to include a much that you will be compelled to duplicate the order soon. JENNINGS FLAVORING EXTRACT CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. a a a a a a a a a aT r the following coin names, which are Ieee less substitute for Banana Fruit erry Fruit 2 oz. flat, $1.20 net re and to be labeled to conform to the They will please your customers so EET res ee ee ee eee ; ‘ ‘. PRUE eeaR ee; Puen: ane ; Pa Adrenal oral nig pst ea ier FRET RELL A SANE HARE EIN LOR Hoh IT 9 8 gy PRT GAS WEN TR ta 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Buffalo Market Accurate Index of the Principal Staples Handled. Beans— Market is a little on the turn the past few days owing to a falling off in demand and more liberal offerings of all varieties. Pea beans, which sold at $2.35 are not quotable above $2.30, and marrows are offered at $2.25 for the best; mediums steady at $2.20@2.25; fair to good, all kinds, $2@2.15. Out- look presents no favorable features. Butter—Buffalo has been one of the strongest, if not the most active mar- ket during the past week. Sellers have maintained a 20 cent quotation on really fancy creamery and have worked in something not quite up to that quality at the same price. Gathered creamery was in especially good demand at I9 %c, and there was ne trouble in getting 18c for the lowest quality offered. Dairy worked out quickly at 18%c for fancy and 17@18c for good to choice. In fact, there is really nothing here except goods which will bring those prices, and the enquiry is active for something around 15@l16c. “Cheese—Feeling is weak, demand light and some indications of increased receipts if present prices can be ob-, tained. Fancy full cream small are go- ing at 10c in a small way, with good to choice at 9@g9%c; poor and common, 5@6c. Eggs—This market has been strong for two weeks past, but at every show of advance some weak-kneed seller would let go and the result is that that class of commission meg are cleaned up and we are on a firmer basis, sales being easily effected at 13%@14c for strictly fancy fresh and 12'4@13c at mark. Lower grades are rather plenty, but not wanted. Dressed Poultry—Receipts exceeding- ly light last week,and at the close high- er prices were possible for fancy fowl and springers. Fowls cleaned up at 11¢ quickly for the best and 10o@10%c for good to choice. Broilers were easily saleable at 18@22c, and possibly more for something fancy. Young ducks were also. wanted and would bring high prices. Turkeys dull, with a_ possible value of 10@I2c. Live Poultry—Fowl scarce and firmer, 1oc being readily paid for fancy coops, but the bulk of receipts were mixed or thin broody stock, for which 9@9%c was top. Broilers in liberal supply, but with an active demand ; 2oc for fancy of good weight and 16@18c for small; thin to fairly good stock was easily ob- tained. Prospects for breilers, how- ever, are not favorable, as receipts will increase from now on. Young ducks sold at 60@75c per pair, outside price for the best. Potatoes—Heavy receipts, but with the trade refusing to look at old stock, somewhat higher prices were obtained for new. Fancy sold at $2.25@2.50; fair to good, $1.75@2 per bbl. —_ Busi- ness, however, was mostly in sacks, which were of all weights and quali- ties; bulk of fancy selling at 60@6s5c and fair to good at 45@5oc per bushel. Onions—Steady ; supply not increas- ing and demand fairly active. Southern fancy, per bbl., $2.25@2.50; bags, 70 Ibs., $1.15@1.25; hampers, $1.25@1. 50. Bermuda crates dull at $r@1.25; garlic, 7@8c per lb. Asparagus—Steady demand and sup- ply is liberal for the season. Fancy sold up closely at $1.50@1.75, and fair to good at 60c@$r per doz. bunches. Cabbage—Heavy = and, owing to the different styles of crates, it is al- most impossible to quote this market. Large crates fancy sold at $1.25@1.50, while pony or somewhere near a barrel went at 50@75c. Fancy barrels would bring 75c@$1. Cauliflower—Easy; liberal receipts and good demand at $1@1.25 per doz. for fancy and 50@75¢ for fair to good. Cucumbers—Southern are out of the way and Northern stock, when fancy fresh, brings 4o@s5oc; ordinary fair to good not quotable above 20@3oc. Tomatoes——Fancy stock has been scarce,and with an active demand $1.15 @1.20 was readily paid for flats, but the bulk of receipts were not worth over 75c @$1, being too green or otherwise un- desirable. Florida fancy sold at $2.25 @2.50 per carrier. . String Beans—-Heavy receipts and the fact that the ‘‘edge is off’’ on Southern goods caused a sharp decline. Wax sold slowly at 50@85c; green, 50@75c per bushel hamper. Celery—Receipts are increasing, but demand is also improved, especially for good to choice stock. The best sells at 25@3oc ; fair to good, 15@2o0c per doz. Apples—Southern are in market, but not selling readily, quality being poor. Best barrels offered at $3@3.50; % bu. boxes, 25@4oc. Strawberries—High prices were paid owing to light receipts and active de- mand. Fancy large sold at 14@15c; good to choice, 11@12c ; common, 8@1oc per quart. Raspberries—Receipts cleaned up on arrival at 10@12c per quart for black and 7@oc per pint for red. Gooseberries—-No fancy large or de- sirable offered. Small green sold at 4@ 6c per quart; large fancy would bring 8@loc per quart. Cherries—Heavy supply, but demand is equal and for fancy stock good prices were easily obtained. Eight lb. choice baskets sold at 35@4oc; fancy, 45@55c; common small, 20@25c. Currants—Red large brought 7@8c, but the bulk of receipts, owing to dry weather, are small, and for that class 5 @6c was accepted. White 4@5c per quart. Pineapples— Market quiet and lower: cases containing 24 to 42, $2.50@3. Plums—Texas '% bushel boxes, goc @$i. Lemons—Active and cases, $6@7; boxes, boxes, $1.65@2. Peaches—Active demand for anything good and nothing in market until late this week, when a car of Georgias sold at $2@2.25 per crate, and Californias at $1.50@1.75 per case. Melons—The Southern muskmelon crop seems to be a failure this year, as not enough of suitable quality has ar- rived to supply the demand. The best lots received so far are not quotable above $2.25@2.50 per bushel crate. Watermelons active but selling low. Fancy large, $25@28; medium, $20@22; small, $15@18 per Ioo. Huckleberries—Liberal supply, easy, selling at goc@$1 per 12 Ib. basket. Honey—Old weak; best white, 14@ 15c; dark, 8@1oc per lb. Good enquiry for new. Dried Apples—Dull and easy. Fancy evaporated in boxes offered at 6144@7c per lb. Straw—Good demand. Oat and wheat bright will bring $8.50@g per ton on track Buffalo. Hay—Quiet and easy. prime, $16@16.50; tight, No. 1, $14.50@15 on track. ——_> +. ___ The poorhouse at Wichita, Kan., has been abolished by the county commis- firm. Fancy $3.50@4.50; half Loose baled, $15.50@16; |Sioners, there being no more paupers in the county. One old soldier is the only dependent person in the county, and he is being cared for by popular gubscrip- tion, so the county may said to be pau- perless. Ten years ago there were over 500 paupers in Wichita county, but the crops have been so large since then that everybody has made plenty of money. No tramps are allowed in the county. They must work or leave. ———__»2>__ An English school board has prepared a circular on the evils of cigarette smoking, which is to be distributed among the parents of the school chil- dren. It points out that smoking by boys impairs the eyesight and upsets and stunts growth. Local doctors are to be asked to go to the schools and address the boys on the evils of smoking. ————_>-2>___ When a professional philanthropist is too thankful for any great response to his appeals, he wants the newspapers to publish free for him a card of thanks. Soda Water a Necessity. From the American Druggist. The consumption of luxuries is ac- cepted as an index of a nation’s civili- zation. What is for one generation a luxury is for the next a necessity. Sugar has long since passed out of one class into the other. Now comes soda water, which has at last passed the bor- der line and become, according to a learned judge in the State of New Hampshire, one of the ‘‘necessaries of life.’’ Truly we are attaining a high state of civilization at this end of the Nineteenth Century. In the present in- stance Concord, N. H., is the scene of action. A druggist of that city was ar- rested on June to for selling this bev- erage. The prohibition against soda water dates back a year, the drug stores at that time being ordered not to do business except as required in filling physicians’ prescriptions. The arrest on the above date was the first for vio- lating that order and was a great sur- prise. The case came to trial on the following day and the defendant was found not guilty. The case hinged upon the construction placed upon the words ““necessaries of life,’’ and the Court de- cided that soda water could be fairly included as an exception. ‘The legal meaning of the word ‘necessaries,’ de- fined by the courts, is ‘such things as are proper and requisite for the suste- nance of man,’ and soda water is as much one of the necessaries of life and proper for the sustenance of man as a glass of milk, a cup of tea or hot coffee, which are sold openly every Sunday.’’ The Court further stated in discharging the defendant that he felt it his duty to encourage the use and sale of all tem- perance beverages. Sg ge i The word ‘‘compound,’’ which is used frequently in the dispatches from China, means an inclosure. In_ that country and in Japan it is customary to build high brick walls around factories, business houses, banks, and residences for protection, and these are known as ‘*compounds, "' Busnes Mens 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. i = = HARDWARE STOCK amounting to $2,000, in town of 1,000 and over. Will pay right price if doing good busi- ness. Enquire No. 425, care Michigan Trades- man. 425 ene SALE—NICE CLEAN STOCK OF BA- zaar goods. Will invoice $1,000; in one of the brightest towns in Michigan. For further sarticulars address No. 426, care Michigan radesman. 426 OR SALE—WATER WORKS PLANT AND franchise in Northern Michigan. Write for particulars to D. Reeder, Lake City, Mich. 424 YOR SALE—HARDWARE, AGRICULTUR- al implement and furniture stock and build- ings; or will sell stock and rent buildings on rea- sonable terms. Address No. 423, care Michigan Tradesman. 423 OR SALE—GROCERY AND MEAT MAR- ket in live town of 2,000 inhabitants in North- ern Michigan. Other business. Address No. 422, care Michigan Tradesman. 422 OR SALE—A GOOD RETAIL SHOE BUSI- ness; good reasons for selling; no trade. Address B., care Carrier 7, Bay City, Mich. 410 Fae SALE—STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES, rubber goods,gloves, hosiery and groceries; a good bargain for some one with cash ; no trades. Write H. W. Clark, Portland, = 4 OR RENT—OLD DRUG STAND, WITH fixtures. Address MuelHer & Slack Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 413 HOE STORE FOR SALE—SPLENDID OP- er for live shoe man to purchase old- established business; forty years’ existence; good trade, which can easily be increased; goo store; steam heat; reasonable rent. ‘Ad ress No. 397, care Michigan Tradesman 397 ANTED—AN 18 TO 20 FOOT NAPHTHA * o electric launch (latter preferred). Must be in good condition and at a very low price. When replying send picture if possible, with ~ delivered here. Address Lock Box 558, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 392 For SALE—A DESIRABLE GROCERY stock, invoicing $1,000, in good business town with population of 2,000. Address N. P., care Michigan Tradesman. 403 OOD DRUG STOCK NEAR MUSKEGON for sale or trade. Write quick. R. E. Hardy, 294 Concord Ave., Detroit. 391 OR SALE—R. B. SHANK & CO.’S BUSI- - ness. Three first-class grocery stores, cen- trally located in the city of Lansing; one main store; capital invested, $18,000; sales, $120,000; two branch stores, capital each, $2,000; sales each, $25,000; all doing a strictly cash busi- ness; will sell all together or separately. Must be sold on account of the peath of R. B. Shank. 408 OR SALE—STORE BUILDING, THE BEST in town, centrally located. Now occupied with large general stock. Will sell stock and store building together or separately or trade for lumber yard. Address No. 407, care Michigan Tradesman. 407 VOR SALE—STOCK OF CLOTHING, MEN’S furnishing goods, hats, caps, ete., invoicing about $4,500, at 75 cents on dollar, cash; no trades; will rent half of two-story double store brick building (each store 20x60) with living rooms above, if desired, for $25 per month, in- cluding fixtures, fuel and eleetrie light. Owner wishes to devote his entire attention to shoe business. Address No. 415, care Michigan Tradesman. 415 RUG STORE FOR SALE—THE UNION Pharmacy, Muskegon (brand of Fred Brundage); doing a fine cash business, gaining steadily; — cigar, soda and transient trade; no other drug store in vicinity; no cut rates: rent low; stock invoices about $2,500; no rea estate wanted; reason for selling, main store re- quires entire attention. Fred Brundage, Mus- kegon, Mich. 387 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GEN- eral Stock of Merchandise—Two 80 acre farms; also double store building. Good trading point. Address No. 388, care Michigan Trades- 388 man. OR SALE—AN UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE stock invoicing $4,500. J. C. Comstock, Thorntown, Ind. 384 POR SALE—BEST ARRANGED GENERAL 2 store in Northern Indiana. Stock will inventory $3,000. Can be reduced to suit | comma Will sell or rent store room and welling. No trades considered. Callon or ad- dress O. C. Himes, Cedar, Ind. 381 O RENT—THE BRICK STORE AND 4 basement in the Wurzburg Block, 118 Front St., Traverse City, Mich. Positively the best business location in the city. Size of store, 27x 100 feet. Steam heat and artesian water. ‘or further particulars call on or address Peter Wurzburg, Traverse City, Mich. 380 TORE TO RENT IN CADILLAC; CEN- trally located ; formerly used for drug store, later for grocery store. Dr. John Leeson. 377 NOR RENT—DOU BLE STORE, EITHER whole or half of it, 40x65; plate glass front; modern fixtures; electric lights; sewer connec- tion; water; centrally located, with postoffice in same block. Address Box 32, Vicksburg, Mich, 336 OTEL AND BARN TO EXCHANGE FOR merchandise; twenty-five rooms in hotel; resort region; a money-making investment. Ad- dress No. 318, care Michigan Tradesman. 318 Fe SALE—THE HASTINGS DRUG STORE at Sparta. One of the best known drug stores in Kent county; established twenty-six as; doing a prosperous business; brick build- ng; central corner location; reasonable rent; long lease; belongs to an estate; must be sold. M. N. Ballard, Administrator, Sparta, or M. H. —" Houseman Building, Grand Rapids, 322 4 pees SALE CHEAP—$33,000 GENERAL stock of hardware, farm implements, wag- ons, buggies, cutters, harnesses, in good town and g farming country. Reason for selling other business. Address No. 320, care Michigan Tradesman. 320 OR SALE—GENERAL STOCK, LOCATED at good country trading point. Stock and fixtures will inventory about $2,000; rent reason- able; good place to handle produce. Will sell stock complete or separate any branch of it. Address No. 292, care } ichigan Tradesman. 292 ARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF GOODS of any kind, farm or city property or manu- facturing plants, that they wish to sell or ex- change, write us for our free 24-page catalogue of real estate and business chances. The Derby & Choate Real Estate Co., Lansing, Mich. 259 {OR SALE—FLOUR AND FEED MILL : full roller process—in a splendid location. Great bargain, easy terms. Address No. 227, care Michigan Tradesman. 227 OR SALE CHEAP — $3,000 GENERAL stock and building. Address No. 240, care Michigan Tradesman. 240 MISCELLANEOUS. ae J ANTED—POSITION BY DRY GOODS salesman; young man; five years’ experi- ence in general merchandise business; good ref- erences. Address W. Berdolt, Box 404, Norway, Mich. oe : 421 ANTED— POSITION AS GLERK IN general, dry goods or shoe store. Have had thirteen years’ experience and can furnish the very best of references. Am strictly tem- perate. Bert Fairchild, Hastings, Mich. ANTED—POSITION BY REGISTERED pharmacist; twelve years’ experience. Address No. 399, care Michigan Tradesman. 399 ANTED—SITUATION IN STORE OR OF- ‘Y¥ fice by young woman who has been left a widow and must obtain employment. Has had several years’ experience in retail store. Best of references. Interview solicited. Address Moses Dark, care Vinkemulder Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 398 Knights of the Loyal Guard A Reserve Fund Order A fraternal beneficiary society founded upon a permanent plan. Permanency not cheapness its motto. Reliable dep- uties wanted. Address EDWIN 0. WOOD, Flint, Mich. Supreme Commander in Chief. -~ e ee eee A SUMMER No. 101 ) e _LIGHT For the lighting of summer homes, cottages, pavilions, lawns, porches, and in fact for every place where an artificial light is needed THE IMPERIAL Gas Lamp fills all the requirements. It makes little heat, withstands draughts and wind, makes no smoke, gives no odor, is absolutely safe, costs only a trifle to maintain, burns with a steady 100 candle power light and can be handled by any one. One gallon of gasoline will burn 60 hours, so it is economical. It has the ap- proval of insurance companies. Every lamp is fully guaranteed. Write for illustrated catalogue and prices. The Imperial Gas Lamp Co., 132 & 134 Lake Street, Chicago, lil. Se aes Ww VE TR WR ww w~A w-A Fans Fore ¢ ‘Warm Weather } | | Nothing is more appre- ciated on a hot day than a substantial fan. Espe- cially is this true of coun- try customers who come to town without provid- ing themselves with this necessary adjunct to com- fort. We have a large line of these goods in fancy shapes and unique designs, which we fur- nish printed and handled as follows: $6. oe es $ 3 00 DOO sagen. 5 00 ROO cans Co 6 75 ADO ss oes 8 50 BOO ye ee 10 00 TOGO, a 17 50 We can fill orders on five hours’ notice, if necessary, but don’t ask us to fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it. { Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Michigan ws WW a ee ee ee we. (as ee er MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS _Travelers’ Time Tables. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association —— C. E. WALKER, Bay City; Vice-Pres- ident, J. H. Hopkins, Ypsilanti; Te E. A. STOWE. Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. TATMAN, Clare. Graud Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, FRANK J. Dyk; Secretary, HOMER KLAP; ‘Treasurer, J. GEORGE LEHMAN Detroit Retail Grocers’ Protective Association President, Wm. BLESSED; Secretaries, N. L. KOENIG and F. H. COZZENS; Treasurer, C., H. FRINK. Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association President, W. H. JOHNSON; Secretary, CHAS. HYMAN, Bay Cities Retail Grocers? Association erry C. E. WALKER; Secretary, E. C sITTLE Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association President, H. B. SmirH; Secretary, D. A. BOELKINS; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. FRANK HELMER; Secretary, W H. PoRTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLARK; Secretary, E. F. CLEVELAND; Treasurer, WM. C. KOKHN Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association President, M. W. TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Mc- PHERSON; Treasurer, R. A. HoRR. Traverse City Business Men’ 8 Association President, THOS T. BATES; Secretary, M. B. HoOuuy; Treasurer, C. A. ‘HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. CAMPBELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS. Pt. Horons Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T. PERCIVAL. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Calumet Business Men’s Association President, J. D. Cupptuy; Secretary, W. H. HOSKING. St. Johns Business Men’s Association President, THos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. PERCY; Treasurer, CLA RK A. PUTT. Perry Businéss Men’s 8 Association President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E. HEDDLE. Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VER- HOKKS. Yale Business Men’s Association President, CHAS. RouNDS; Secretary, FRANK PUTNEY. : Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. M. W1ILson; Secretary, PHILIP HILBER; Treasurer, 8S. J. HUFFORD. wo, SER. WP. aR. wR wR wR wa Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake. | Better than coffee. j Cheaper than coffee. More healthful than coffee. Costs the consumer less. Affords the retailer larger profit. f Send for sample case. f See quotations in price current. Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake Co. f Marshall, Mich. f wo OR . OR eo. ee. em. TRADESMAN ITEMIZED | EDGERS SIZE—8 1-2 x 14. THREE COLUMNS. 2 Quires, 160 pages... ...$2 00 3 Quires, 240 pages........ 2 50 4 Quires, 320 pages........ 3 00 5 Quires, 400 pages........ 3 50 6 Quires, 480 pages........ 4 00 £ INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK 80 double pages, registers 2,880 Invoices. . 82 00 Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Mich. PERE MARQUETTE Chicago Trains. Ly. G. Rapids, 4:00a *7:10a 12:05p *4:30p *11:55 Ar. Chicago, 9:00a 1:30p 5:00p 10:50p * 7:05a Ly. Chicago, 7:30p 6:45a 12:00m 4:50p *11:50p Ar. G. Rapids.12:30a 1:25p 5:00p 10:40p * 6:20a Milwaukee Via Ottawa beach, Ly. Gzand Rapids, every day.. 10:10pm Ar. Milwaukee........ 6:30am Lv. Milwaukee. . . . 9:30pm Ar. Grand Rapids, every di ay. . 6:55am Traverse City and Petoskey. Ly. Grand Rapids 12:40a 7:55a =1:55p —-5:30p Ar. Traverse City 4:55a 1:15p 6:10p 10:45p Ar. Petoskey 6:26a 4:10p 9:00p Trains arrive from north at 3:45am, 10:50am, 4:15pm and 11:00pm. Ludington and Manistee, Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:55am 1:55pm 6:30pm Ar. Ludington... . 12:05pm 5:20pm 9:26pm Ar. Manistee...........12:28pm 5:50pm 9:55pm Detroit and Toledo Trains, Ly. Grand Pee *7:10am 12:05pm 5:30pm Ar. Detroit... 11:40am 4:05pm 10:05pm Ar. Toledo WO oes vocation Ly. Tolego.......... 70am 11:8em 4:15pm Ly. Detroit......... 8:40am 1:10pm * 5:15pm Ar. Grand Rapids.. 1:30pm 5:10pm 10:00pm Saginaw and Bay City Trains. Ly Grand en . 7:00am 5:20pm Ar Saginaw. ' 11:50am 10:12pm Ar. Bay City ; “12:20pm 10:46pm Ar. from Bay C ity & Saginaw. 11:55am 9:35pm Parlor cars on all Detroit, City trains. Buffet parlor cars on afternoon trains to and from Chicago. Pullman — night trains. Parlor car to Petoskey on day trains; sleepers on night trains. *Every day. Others week days only. June 17, 1900. H. F. MOELLER, Acting General Passenger Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. (i R A ND Rapids & {ndiana Railway June 18, 1900. Saginaw and Bay Northern Division. Going From North North Tray. City, Petoskey, Mack. * 4:05am * 9:30pm Trav. C ‘ity, Petoskey, Mack, + 7:45am + 5:15pm Tray.City, Petoskey, Mack. + 2:00pm +12:20pm Cadillae ‘Accommodation + 5:35pm +10:45am Petoskey & Mackinaw City +11:00pm + 6:00am 7:45am and 2:00pm trains, parlor cars; 11:00pm train, sleeping car. Southern Division Going From South South Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin. + 7:10am + 9:40pm Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne. + 1:50pm + 1:50pm Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin. * 9:45pm = +10:15pm Kalamazoo and vee +12:30pm * 3:55am Kalamazoo . * 6:00pm * 7:00am 9:45pm train carries Pullman sleeping cars for Cineinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis and Chieago. Pullman parlor cars on other trains, Chicago Trains, TO CHICAGO, Ly. Grand Rapids.. 12:30pm = * 9:45pm Ar. Chicago .... + 5:26pm * 6:30am 12:30pm train runs ‘solid to Chicago with Pull- man quffet parlor car attached. 9:45pm train has through coach and Pullman sleeper. FROM CHICAGO Ly, Chicago. . kel .+ 5 15pm *11 30pm Ar. Grand Rapids. ie dea ke a +10 15pm * 7 00am 5:15pm train runs solid to Grand Rapids with Pullman buffet car attached. 11:30pm train has through coach and sleeping ear. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly. Grand Rapids....+7 35am +1 53pm +5 40pm Ar. Muskegon........ 9 00am 3 10pm 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. Ly. Muskegon. . .t8 10am 1 15pm +4 00pm Ar. Grand Ray yids... 9 30am 1 30pm 5 20pm +Except seatag. Sse a LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Passe and ee Agent. Ticket Agent Union Station. MANISTE Via C. & W. M. Railway. Ly. Grand ee: woos pades | >) anlegilee Ar. Manistee. . o 85S peditatn at ee OE Corea dane Ly. Manistee... a 8 55pm Ar. Grand Rapids... 2 40pm 10 00pm 50 Conte Muskegon Sunday G.R. & I. Train leaves Union Station at 9:15 a.m Returning, leaves Muskegon, 5:30 p. m. 50 cents round trip. & Northeastern Ry. Best route to Manistee, “Princess” Mirrors In presenting this new and attractive line of mirrors we wish to state that we have contracted for the entire output of a local mirror factory and are thereby placed in a position to name prices equally as low as can be named from any manufacturer direct. The frames are finished in White Enamel, Oak, Walnut, Mahogany and Moss Green. The corners are ornamented with very artistically embossed gilt finished brackets The glass is of the grade commonly called ‘‘American Shocks.” We carry the following regular sizes in stock: 8 x 10 (@ $2.00 per dozen 8x 12(@ 2.50 per dozen 9X 12(@ 3.00 per dozen did combination: ¥% dozen each IO X17 AMERICAN JEWELRY Co. Manufacturers and Jobbers JEWELRY AND NOVELTIES Showing complete lines of Broaches, Buckles, Beauty Pins, Shirt Waist Sets, Pulley Buckles, Scarf Pins, Hat Pins, Links, Collar Buttons, Studs, Empire Back, Pompadour, Plain and Jeweled Combs, Hair Ornaments, etc. Wholesale Only. 45 AND 46 TOWER BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Tanglevoot scc:> Fly Paper Sticky Catches the Germ as well as the Fly. Sanitary. Used the world over. Good profit to sellers. Order from Jobbers. How About Fruit Jars? Prices are on the jump and an abundant fruit crop promises an unusually brisk demand. Be wise f f H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. SP SE SE RRR OReeweweaWwh and buy now if you haven't bought yet. Wequote: f Machine Made with ‘‘ Aluminum”’ Caps j Pints Quarts 2 Quarts $5.40 $5.65 $8.15 gross j f Machine Made with ‘ Boyd’’ Caps Pints Quarts 2 Quarts ; $5.50 , $5.75 $8.25 gross - Porcelain lined Caps and Rubbers, per gross............ $2.75 Common Rubbers, per pound................ ........... .25 j j Best Rubbers, per pound................000 0000. c eee eee -35 Old Royle Pint Rubpers: oe i 35 { Victor Jars ' Machine made with glass covers. The best and lat- f est patent self sealing jar. Every one guaranteed. Pints Quarts 2 Quarts j $7.40 $7.75 $9.75 gross j 12 x 20 @ $6.75 per dozen For the convenience of those who wish to purchase only a small quantity as a trial we have put up the following assortment which has proven a splen- ¥% dozeneach 8x10 8x12 Price of this assortment, $11.67 net. IO X 14 @ $4.00 per dozen 10X17 @_ 5.00 per dozen 12x 18 (@ 6.00 per dozen gx 12 12x 18 10 xX I4 IZ X 20 sxle IMPORTERS KINNEY & LEVAN vossers CLEVELAND, OHIO CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS AAR ARAINS First Quality Table Knives and Forks Up-to-Date Styles 2 ee No. 10 Knife and Fork. Redwood handle. No. 20 Knife and Fork. Redwood handle. We can furnish these carefully selected table knives and forks, packed I2 sets assorted case, as follows: in a No. 1 Cutlery Assortment 2 sets No. 10 Knives and C aA Mg forks @.. $ 35$ 70 No. 30 Knife and Fork. Redwood handle. 2 sets No. 20 knives and cannes fOTKS @.. .. 205.22. -.. Si a) 2 sets No. 30 knives and : fOPKS' Qe: 70 140 No. 40 Knife and Fork. Redwood handle. 2 sets No. 40 knives and POPES Qe oe 78 156 2 sets No. 50 knives and fOFKS @.. 92 184 1 set No. 60 knives and No. 50 Knife and Fork. Redwood handle. . fORES Qi £121 32 1 set No. 70 knives and anges reson sis TOPS Qos oe 118 118 NOG ease $8 90 No charge for package. Good Sellers will bring you Handsome Profit No. 70 Knife and Fork. Redwood handle, nickle silver caps. Sold only in original case. Order quick before they are all gone. The Daudt Glass & Crockery Co., 236 Summit and 230, 232, 234, 235 and 236 Water St., Toledo, Ohio