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Our Prices will be as low or lower than those quoted by the trust on their standard brands and the high quality of the line will be maintained. The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., 207 and 209 Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois Don’t forget that we have the finest line of Felt and Sock Combinations ever shown at bottom prices. deceived; remember past experience! i eccccceccccccccccccccccccccesccce Me Me Me ee 4:42:42. =: = ‘ a ° oa? ‘we,’ Ma,’ ,’ Ta a’ TW’ Sse TS °° “a. “Sa? “Sa? ~a,° a’ we TH TD’ VTS ° o™," “a a’ Ma’ EVV VV VV EVES SESS ~~’ Qa’ VW SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS AQ It doesn’t make much difference what a merchant takes up to push. It must be good, but no matter how good, it must have be- hind it a pushing dealer who genuinely believes in Good Goods instead of cheap goods. Royal Tiger 10c cieieenes 5e A Smokers’ Smoke MO. LP. .* ‘SSSSsSesseeseese we have goods of quality. They are without question the best goods made in this country. We solicit a trial. PHELPS, BRACE & @©., Detroit, Michiqan The Largest Cigar Dealers in the Middle West F. E. BUSHMAN, Manager Cigar Department Carolina Brights Cigarettes ‘‘NoT MADE BY A TRUST”’ $ ; s“e ‘ ; ; ; “PERFECTION” OPES SPE PE PPC EHOEA COU ESD We are doing a splendid business in our Berictticia Brand Spices because the merchants who handle them find they are as represented—pure and unadulterated. If you are not handl- ing them you should for they are quick sellers and profit earners. Manufactured and sold only by us. ; $ ; $ s $ ; $ sRenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenen’ § NORTHROP, ROBERTSON & CARRIER, $ : ; LANSING, MICHIGAN BETTER a EVER 3 abbot 4 Kg, SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS GO0OO00S000000OS 6000000006 0000000000006 60000000800 Start the New Century Right by sending us an order. Walsh=DeRoo Milling Co., Holland, Mich. hbbb bo hb bb bbb bi i 200000 0S 000000006 00006000 600000000 00000000 00000000 le eh bp hb Sete 0 OT ec 29Pc ecseaees ss SO OOOO OO --- MICA AXLE GREASE has become known on account of its good qualities. Merchants handle Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,” so that nomical as well, Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white and blue tin packages. ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING OILS WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE STANDARD THE WORLD OVER HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS STANDARD OIL CO. 5S SSSSSSSS9S5595555555553' Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco-. Z Q Will in future bear this special label to meet un- fair and unjust attacks—you know what we mean: Oe Pee iets SER The powder in this can con- tains no alum and is composed of the most wholesome ingredients as understood by the Pure Food Laws. Pi ad ee eet | aoe We count on the help of Dealers because the Dealers can absolutely count on us to maintain price, profit and quality. Home Office, 830 West ig New York. estern Office, 523 Williamson BI'dg, event Branch Office Indianapolis Detroit Cincinnati Fort Wayne Grand Rapids Columbus Capital and Brains These attributes are essential to a grocer in transacting business, but to GET ALL YOUR PROFIT and economize your time it is Stimpson Computing Grocers’ Scale They are better than an extra clerk and will make you more money than most salesmen. They absolutely prevent the most minute loss and are superior to all other scales on the market. Ask for further information. It’s to your advantage. THE W. F. STIMPSON CO. DETROIT, MICH. necessary to secure a CHAIR , A DESMAN Volume XVIII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1901. Number 908 A. BOMERS, - Commercial Broker.. And Dealer in Cigars and Tobaccos, 157 E. Fulton St. | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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. Perfection Time Book and Pay Roll Takes care of time in usual way, also divides up pay roll into the several amounts need- ed to pay each person. No running around after change. Send for Sample Sheet. Barlow Bros. Grand Rapids, Mich. ASSOCIATE OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES ae at a WILLS 38/77 WW a WE ED DILIPIDS, igan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. Collector and Commercial Lawyer and Preston National Bank, Detroit. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841, R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN, Manager. Tae THE 4 FIRE« 7 y A Prompt, Cunservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBan,, Sec. 90000000 000000000000004 9OOOOOO Dab Oto Or br bal by Or Orb by bn bby bn lr, by by bn, ee ee ee ee ee Wholesale Ready Made Clothing Nearly all kinds, for all seasons, for Men, Boys and Children. Meet WILLIAM CONNOR who will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, February 9 to 20, and you will see a large line of samples to select from. Customers’ expenses allowed. Or if you prefer, write him, care Sweet’s Hotel, and he will call on you. He pays prompt attention to mail orders. yyeyvvuvvvvvvvvvvvvvvele’™ FF FOO FOO PUG VG VU OV ryvvuvvvvvvvveVvVvvvveCVCC??™. FORGO V FU V VO VV UVVUVUT OV DAD AAA DADAM ADEA a a ee ee ae ee Tradesman Coupons = IMPORTANT FEATURES. age. 2. Getting the People. 3. Along the Street. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. Representative Retailers. 7. Salable Shape. 8. Editorial. 9. Problems of Taxation. 12. Shoes and Rubbers. 14. Dry Goods. 15. Clothing. 16. Hardware. 17. Hardware Quotations. 18. Clerk’s Corner. 19. Window Dressing. Woman’s World. 22. Butter and Eggs. 23. The New York Market. 24. Village Improxement. 25. Commercial Travelers. 26. Drugs and Chemicals. 2%. Drug Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. 30. Grocery Price Current. 51. Beeaking Down. 32. The Grain Market. ADAPTABILITY OF WOMEN. One of the things that is always charged against a woman asa weakness, whereas it should be credited to her for a virtue, is her ability to change. What she is to-day is no indication of what she was yesterday or prophecy of what she will be to-morrow, and this fact not only robs life of much of its dulness, but gives every woman an additional] in- terest by making her a never-ending puzzle. We all laughed at the clever speech of the man of the world in ‘‘ The Ambassador’’ who said that he ‘‘had written 250 sonnets to as many different women, or to the same woman in 250 different moods,’’ but the cynicism has the very heart of truth in it. It was her variety that was the perpetual charm. No lover could possibly go on writing verses to the same woman in the same mood. The monotony of the thing would be fatal. If women are adaptable everywhere, it is in America that they have brought the art of lightning changes to perfec- tion. Nowhere else is Fortune so fickle as it is with us, and we are accustomed to the family who were poor yesterday being rich to-day, or the ones who were rolling in wealth and splendor suddenly becoming reduced to penury. Men find it hard to meet these altered conditions and it is no uncommon thing to see the husband and father looking like a clown in the palace that his genius in money- making paid for, but all that his wife and daughters need is time to pull off their kitchen aprons and roll down their sleeves, to look and conduct themselves as if they had always had a maid to do their hair and a buttons at the front door. In the reverses of fortune it is women, too, that rise quicker to the occasion. Far more men than women succumb under the misfortune of poverty and bad luck. Another curious phase of women’s adaptability is in the power they seem to have to meet a new physical demand or ideal. One year women will all be plump and well-fed looking, the next, as in the present season, they will have a lean and hungry look. Fashion de- crees a certain figure and women con- form to the mandate. A decade back when languorous grace was demanded and every man described his sweetheart by the epithet ‘‘little,’’ we had a gen- eration of diminutive women, with fairy like hands and feet. Now the tall, statuesque Gibson type is in the ascend- ency, literally and figuratively, and we are confronted on every hand with daughters of the gods divinely tall and most divinely fair. Where did they come from? What has become of the little ones? Has adaptable woman achieved a miracle and, by taking thought, lit- erally added to her stature? Nor is this all. Any observing person must notice that any much pictured so- ciety woman or popular actress will set a fashion, so that all at once whatever was her distinguishing characteristic— raven locks, golden or Titian hued hair, pale complexion, thin lips, big, inno- cent looking eyes, or what not—will be aS common as its opposite was six months before. Whatever type happens to strike popular fancy lovely woman seems able to evolve at a moment’s_ no- tice. All this only shows her adaptabil- ity and suggests anew how much we are indebted to her for that variety that is the spice of life. There is no condition to which the in- dividual merchant may properly aspire that the association of retail dealers can not legitimately espouse. Whatever is right and proper for the individual is equally the proper province of the asso- ciation. Likewise, whatever is not proper for the individual is not proper for the association. Honesty is honesty, whether restricted to the individual or applied to a collection of individ- uals, and it is very necessary that this fact should be kept constantly in mind, because any attempt to overstep the mark invariably leads to disaster. The first reform which is usually un- dertaken by new associations is that of shorter hours and early closing. Twenty- five years ago no grocery store or meat market in Gand Rapids closed before 10 o'clock. Now it is very unusual to find a store of either class open after 6:30 down town and 7 o'clock in the outlying districts. It is almost impos- sible to find a grocery store or meat market open on Christmas or Fourth of July and seldom afternoon on the other holidays of the vear. Such a thing as Sunday traffic in meat and groceries has practically disappeared. The everlasting, universal, apparently inborn tendency to fraud and humbug in this country has its latest illustration in an imitation vaccination scar that can be bought for a dime and pasted on the arm. It is meant to fool the in- spector, not the smallpox. New York commission merchants are sending representatives to Cuba to pur- chase produce for shipment to this coun- try. It is believed that Cuban products in large quantities will soon make their appearance in Eastern markets. It is a very common thing after a man dies to undertake to prove him in- sane, provided his will is not satisfac- tory to all of those who expected to in- herit handsome sums from the testator. Some curious claims are put forward in this connection on which to predicate mental unsoundness. A case recently came up in New York where one of the principal supports for the lunacy theory was proof that the deceased had com- pelled his wife to wear the same hat for nine years, and that he had undertaken to inaugurate a movement to have the show windows of the big stores shut out from public view, so that the ladies would not be tempted to extravagance by the displays made therein. Of course, such a man must have been erratic and his principles were calculated to make him unpopular with that part of the population which finds pleasure in look- ing in at the shop windows and which usually finds therein an_ irresistible temptation. Presumably there are a great many men in this country, most of whom, by the way, are not million- aires, who would be very glad indeed to see the gorgeous displays of the dry goods store windows abolished, and if that could be done they feel certain they could save a_ great deal of money. It will be a thousand years and more be- fore that undertaking will be successful. hausting duties of the office of Governor of Indiana proved during the past ten years that not an ex-Governor of that State is now alive. In this time four men have been called to discharge the duties of the office, and three of them were comparatively young, were in ro- bust health when they succeeded to the office, but gave evidence of failing health before the close of their terms. The people demand too much of their Gov- ernors aside from the executive work pertaining to the office. Systematic protection of the forests against fire is an issue before the New Jersey Legislature. The total forest area of New Jersey is more than 2,000,000 acres, which is believed to be larger in proportion to its size than that of any other Middle State. The proposed pre- ventive measures will follow the general lines of a suggestion made by Gifford Pinchot, an authority on forestry, which involves a system of fire lanes, to he patrolled daily by wardens. The legal rate of interest in Canada is now 5 per cent., the reduction from 6 per cent. having been made bya statute of the dominion which went into effect jan. 1- The Solvay Process Co., of Wyan- dotte, claims to be abie to produce _ re- fined illuminating gas at 13 cents per thousand feet. The trouble the ship subsidy bill is giving the Senate is nothing to what it would give the Treasury if it became a law. Ambition in the true sense inspires us to noble deeds. 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Something to Sell and Somebody to Sell It To. Advertising is an efficient factor in business success when the value of a pull all together is appreciated. It is not enough that the aspirant for mercantile success comes to a sudden and heroic resolve that he will adver- tise. For advertising to be successful there must be the most careful conservatism and correlation of all the elements oper- ating to bring lucrative returns from a business. There must be goods to sell. I re- member an instance in the experience of an old Grand Rapids medicine ad- vertiser. He had a new _ preparation nearly ready for market and thought it would be well to make a start in adver- tising. As a beginning he took $1,000 space in one of the Chicago dailies. By some means he was delayed in prepar- ing his packages so that the advertise- ment had done its work before he was ready. He said it would have been much better for him had he made a bonfire of the money. Not only was the correspondence a loss and annoyance, but the premature publicity gave the preparation such a black eye with the trade that he was compelled to change its name before he could push it to success. Since- that incident he has something to sell before he advertises it. The successful advertiser makes ad- vertising a part of his business. He makes it a means of reaching his con- stituency. It necessarily follows that he must have a constituency. Now a con- stituency in trade is a collection of con- sumers which can be reached by public- ity. The reaching of such a constituency is a gradual work. It is useless to ad- vertise unless the business is so_consti- tuted and so conducted as to command trade. The new merchant, or the mer- chant newly come to the knowledge of a buyer, is on trial. If the promises made by the advertisement are carried out the merchant meets the trial successfully and gives value to the advertising. If his announcements are of the best goods at fair prices, and he makes them good, his advertising space will be a gold mine. If he advertises big bargains, and gives big bargains, he will gain a clientage of bargain hunters, and if he strikes a lead it will be thin, or poor, ore. Advertise when you are ready, be ready when you advertise. Have the conditions of your business such that you can co-operate in every possible way —in good values, in prompt and cour- teous treatment, in welcoming to a bright and attractive store, in mani- festing an appropriate interest in the welfare of the customer, in widening personal acquaintance—in short, leav- ing no stone unturned to gain a favor- able standing with those you desire for customers. It is not enough to do some- thing remarkable to get talked about; the successful advertiser must be talked about in the right way. ae |e I strongly suspect that Warner & Sackett are the victims of an aspiring printer’s devil with a chisel. The re- ductions of the advertisement do not give the characteristics of the cuts of brooms, which appear to have _ been made of inverted wood type. It is not worth while to produce such ridiculous makeshifts when a few cents, properly 15 cents. We have 10 dozen of these brooms ‘15 cents. ROOMS! The’ best three sewed carpet broom, made of a gocd quality of corn with nice straight handies at good valves at 25c. While they last they go at which are Good Four Sewed Brooms. ...... Good Three Sewed Brooms..... Alwavs trying to save you mone. Good Four Sewed Brooms...................35 Good Three Sewed Brooms................ .35¢ Warner & Sackett. Always trying to give you better service. Oi of she fe abe of oe of abe oe ae ofr oe sie oe he 3g, Tooth e = Do Yow Want Brush the best work at the lowest prices? Economy. Do You Want the best goods at the lowest prices? You Want to deal with a house that knows how to meet the demands of the people and their purse? {f so, don’t fail to begin the new year by calling on the B. HULL, Jewelry House. ahs caafs cosh espe ofeof oh ofs A Good ,—— That will be easy to kee from economy and oar iency alone is to use no tools but those Made By The Best... Mannfacturers, and made from the best steel, with y fe fe Ae se He oe fost > [grhttrtettett het Hate fo ste sha ats finest hardwood handles, such as we keep at all times in our superior stock. Carpenters and builders know that we keep a superior line of tools, at all times, and at prices above competition. Drury & Kelley Hdw. Co. With solid‘ steel bodies—Sleds that will stand the wear and tear for vears. We have them in two styles and will sell them this week at $1 and $1.25. Remember these are not ordinary sleds—They are the best and stoutest sleds made and are just the kind for a lively boy or girl to knock around. They won't break them either, unless they use an ax. Soldat... BEMENT’S RETAIL STORE We have tooth brushes for five and ten cents that are sold for double the price in some places. Extra zood ones for fifteen cents, splendid values for the money, but we do not urge the sale of any of these because real down- right economy comes in buying something a little better. We would advise you to pick a brush costing 25¢ or more for two reason First— Your teeth, are worthy of the best brush made. The better the brush the wore perfect its work. -Secoxp—The bigher grade brushes are guaranteed to give long aud perfect service. Wilcox & Godding, Druggists. Ward Brothers Are Buying Hardwood Logs and are Paying $7.00 per Thousand For No. 1 Hard Maple Logs 14 1-2 Feet | in Length. 4 AT THE GATE OF igo: We wish to commence the new century as we bave ended the “old one and will miss no uppor- tunity to secure for our > > > , > > > q 3 P customers the finest of > MEATS yrown in vountry > and whatever is oifered » will be found in the pink of condition, new enough > w be absolutely fresh » but killed long enough > , > P > > , p q to be tender. If you wish to save money on your meat bilis leave your orders with us. We'want your Hides, Pelts. and Furs. bring them to us and get the best market price. > H. ROE & SON bs expended, will obtain suitable cuts. The large display line is much too large and black. I should say of the announcement of A. B. Hull that the statements of the writer are too general and pointless to gain attention. The propositions are too self-evident. In the composition there is not enough room inside the border. Where a border is composed of such large characters it is necessary to have enough white space to prevent the border and display type from looking all mixed up. The body type should have been smaller to admit more white around it. : The Drury & Kelley Hardware Co. presents an advertisement having ele- ments of value and yet | note one or two faults. The display is good and the type is not so heavy as to injure the cut and the white is well proportioned, but I notice that the writer has repeated himself in the last two sentences badly. The advertisement is written to fit the cut, which is often done at the expense of strength. The cut would have been more appropriate had it been designed for this century instead of the last. Bement’s Retail Store has a well-writ- ten and well-displayed advertisement. The heavy type and broad white help out the black border, but I think a light- er display would conduce more to the good appearance of the paper and be fully as effective. Wilcox & Godding write a good ad- vertisement for one which is to be changed every week, and the compositor has done his work well. Ward Brothers’ log buying notice is to the point, but I think the object aimed at would have been better served with a larger display of ‘‘buying hardwood logs’’ and a less one of Ward Brothers. I have already criticised the adver- tisement of H. Roe & Son, but it is again presented. I think the opening of the wording is just as bungling as it was before and there is an unpleasant suggestion in ‘‘We want your hides.’’ —____--2-2—___ Constant Advertising Economical. A New York clothing merchant ad- vertised extensively and regularly in the newspapers during the first year of his business career, and then, having suc- ceeded in winning a satisfactory trade, adopted the plan of advertising only oc- casionally. Business did not continue to satisfy the merchant, and after eighteen months he found it was _neces- sary to do all his work over again. ‘‘It cost more to re-establish myself, ’* he said to an advertising agent, ‘‘than it would if I had continued to take a rea- sonable amount of space every day the year around ; but the lesson has been worth its cost.’ Windows Steam? It’s a nuisance which our preparation will re- move. Your windows will remain clear as crys- tal. Have put it into practical use ourselves for along time. Guaranteed to do all we claim for it. Easily applied. Price $1.00 postpaid. B. R. SMITH, Box 695, Marshall, Mich. We make a specialty of Pure Rye Flour We have the best equipped mill in Mich- igan for this purpose. rite for prices. We deal direct with merchants. Olsen & Youngquist, Whitehall, Mich. 20 A MONTH @- = ~t “ costs for the GAS LIGHT equal to 10 or 12 coal oil lamps anywhere if you will get the Rite atonee Brilliant Gas Lamp. Brilliant Gas Lamp Co., 42 State, Chicago pv ~~ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 ALONG THE STREET. Sidelights Familiar to the Observant Mer- chant. Written for the Tradesman. Not earlier than 8 o’clock,on a week- day morning, is there much astir. True the stores are open and the early cus- tomers by that time have come and gone, but by 8 o’clock things are settling down for the business of the day and, after that hour, the storekeepers, ready now for all customers, have no longer that ‘‘What! you here at this time of day?’’ look which earlier their faces are sure to put on. On Saturday morning the air was burdened with the heartiest of How-are-yous? It was full of the best of good cheer. Young fel- lows, with their heads burrowed in high coat collars and with gloved hands scornful of pockets, hurried along want- ing to know how the other fellow liked it and the responsive, ‘‘She’s a daisy !’’ in the cheeriest tones declared, better than anything else could, what a clear, crisp, cold and delightful winter morn- ing it was, to be sure! The idea was not confined to the young people, either. There was an oc- casional careworn face, utterly oblivious of the winter ozone and its exhilarating effect, among the men whose brown was mingled with the gray, but for the most part the frosty air, that had been taking such liberties with cheeks and ears and noses, called out the cheerful greeting as they met and parted. There is some- thing especially pleasing in manner and voice when middle age slaps middle age on the shoulder with a ‘‘ Hello, old man!’’ or ‘‘Jack!’’ or ‘‘Tom!’’ as the case may be. How the keen air reminds them of ‘‘that time, you know,’’ —and the other fellow always does know— when the same cold and the same snow and the same hilarity had the upper hand, as they have now, and they were somewhere and something excessively funny happened which they have not forgotten and never can forget. They pass on together, shoulder to shoulder, the gioved hand finding its old restful place on the other’s coatsleeve. The day and the week will end all the more pleasantly for this chance, cheery meet- ing and they who come in contact with these a little later when each has gone his way will wonder at the added sun- shine which has come in with them this morning. * * *€ A grocery is not a bad place at any time in which to watch and be amused, but when a good cold morning is abroad it isn’t a bad idea to get into a nook where one need not be in the way and take in what comes along. Here are to be found all sorts and conditions of wom- en. The raiment sometimes tells that, the voice frequently adds its testimony and the giving of the order finishes the business. The rank in life, so far as we have any such thing, need never to be taken into account; and here is the place for the greatest surprises. The woman who has just stepped from her carriage is not always low voiced—‘‘an excellent thing in woman’’—and she with the black alpaca, whose grocery order is the simplest and plainest, has something in manner and gentleness which the carriage-riding woman will never possess although she have the world’s weaith at her command. But it is the medium—not the ‘‘happy me- dium,’’ however—which always _ fur- nishes the expected amusement. She brings a breeze with her, and in other ways is sure to make her presence felt. She brushes rudely past Mrs. Carriage Woman and looks upon Mrs. Real Blue Blood with unconcealed scorn. She calls the clerk by his first name and loudly delivers her order, giving ultimatum after ultimatum if each item isn’t ‘way up and a good deal better than the last I ordered. Mind, now!’’ She is the class that wants to know what she is buying and insists on sampling it. She pinches the pickles and, removing the vinegar from her fingers in her mouth— nothing is cleaner than a _ person’s mouth, you know !—she tests with those same fingers the cheese, and with her thumb-nail scoops a sample particle from the dairy treasures before her. She finds everything charged at ‘‘the top notch’’ and she likes to take clerk and storekeeper down, if she can’t their prices, by telling them how much better she can do by trading somewhere else. To get rid of her, customers coming be- fore her give way and, when she goes out as she came in, all parties breathe a sigh of relief and business goes_ briskly on. The woman who ‘‘just likes to make things stand ‘round’’ is the terror of this day and generation and the re- moval or the suppression of her will be found the hardest problem to solve which the old century has left to the new. *x* * * A specimen of the would-be country dandy appeared on the street this morn- ing. There are two kinds of him—he of the super-dainty class, for whom there is no help or hope, and the one who likes to come in ‘‘just as he is,’’ to show his independence and at the same time have it perfectly apparent to ‘‘the madding crowd’’ that he ‘‘belongs to the bon ton’’ and knows a thing or two even if he says nothing about it. This last is of the wholesome order and was the one who came in this store ‘‘just as he was.’’ There is nothing bad about him. He is often—always, indeed— conceited ; but that is no objection—the world gauges the strong character ac- cording to its own standard always and the conceit dwindles finally into a fair amount of self-respect. The young fel- low was ‘‘good and tall,’’ a rapid grow- er and soa little stooped, with a swing to his walk and inclined to be slow. There wasn’t quite coatsleeve enough and the vest and trousers had been hav- ing a lively neighborhood quarrel and during a truce were keeping from each other as far as possible. The shoes were good, although long neglected—‘‘it made no odds’’—the hat was a good one and not faded ; but the sign of gentility upon which the good looking young fel- low was priding himself was the sharp crease in his trousers and their decided turn-up at the bottom. Without the turn-up they were hardly long enough. With it—and they were deeply turned— there was an unfortunate display of gor- geous stocking not at all in harmony with the unassuming trouser-leg above or the unpolished shoe below. Long be- fore five years from now that good fel- low will have come to his senses, and then if those stockings should ever be referred to he will give a long hearty laugh, as honest as it is hearty, and just as heartily say, ‘‘ What-a-great-big-fool- I-was!’’ This kind of boy, when he gets over his foolishness—and they al- ways do—is generally the kind that matures slowly and then takes up the burdens of life and determinedly carries them to the successful end. This boy will, and the man rather inclined to laugh at him now may be glad, one of these days, that he used to know him. R. M. Streeter. From the State to the Township System. The officers of the Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association have placed in the hands of Hon. Samuel W. Mayer, chair- man of the Legislative Committee, the following draft of a bill amending the present law relating to the licensing and regulaticn of country peddlers: An Act to License the Business of Hawking and _ Peddling Goods, Wares and Merchandise in the sev- eral Townships of this State. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shali not be lawful for any person or persons to en- gage in the business of hawking and peddling goods, wares or merchandise, by going about from door to door or from place to place, or from any stand, cart, vehicle, or in any other manner in the public streets, highways or in or upon the wharves, docks, open places or spaces, public buildings or public grounds in any township in this State, without first having obtained from the township board of the township where such business is to be carried on, a license therefor. Sec. 2. Before such license shall be granted, the applicant therefor shall pay into the treasury of such township, to be placed to the credit of the contingent fund, such sum as shall be fixed by the township board, which in townships having a population of less than one thousand shall not exceed five dollars; in townships having a_ population of not less than one thousand nor more than twenty-five hundred shall not ex- ceed twenty-five dollars, and in town- ships having a population of more than twenty-five hundred shali not exceed thirty dollars. Sec. 3. It shall be the dutv of the township boards of the several town- ships of this State to fix the amounts to be paid for such license in their respec- tive townships immediately after this act shall take effect, which amount so fixed may be changed from time to time within the limits specified in this act, but no change so made shall affect any license already issued. Sec. 4. The township clerk shall sign all licenses and keep a record thereof showing the number and date of the license and the name of the person to whom it is issued. He is authorized to receive the amount fixed by the town- ship board to be charged therefor, which he shall turn over to the township treas- urer. Sec. 5. Licenses granted under this act shall not be transferable, and shall expire on the first Monday of May next after the granting thereof. Sec. 6. Any person who shall vioiate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprison- ment in the county jail not to exceed three months, or both such fine and im- prisonment in the discretion of the court. Sec. 7. All acts or parts of acts con- travening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. It will be noted that this draft is much shorter than the statutes enacted two and four years ago, which were de- clared unconstitutional by the courts— the former by reason of a defect in the title and the latter because of the un- constitutionality of certain amendments not included in the original draft pre- pared by the attorney of the Associa- tion, but tacked unto the law by the for- mer members of the House. As soon as the measure is referred to the appropriate committee and given a number, the Tradesman will undertake to post its readers on the subject, so that those who feel so disposed can com- municate with their Representatives and Senators. —__> 0. ____ When you get a good man, keep him --for sometimes in changing shoes you sign a contract for raising corns. LEEEEEEEL EEE EEE TEESE EEE TS Wueat Four eo oe oe od ode od od od ot od oo oo hh hh oh hohe hh SS PSH SHH Laurel Flour EPIRA Better known, better made, better seller, better liked, better money- maker than any other SpRING EAR RS Sold only by Worden Grocer Co. Grand Rapids. LEEEELEEEETEEEEEETEET TTT on the market. He oe oe he oh oe oe oe ood oh oh ooh oh ooo oh oh oh oh hh hh + MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Manton—D. L. Ensign has removed his notion stock to Kingsley. Cadillac-—Laney Bros., grocers, have sold out to Napoleon Bodway. Marlette— Arthur T. Baker has sold his general stock to James L. Curry. Lansing—August C. Roller succeeds Fred W. Bertch in the meat business. Fulton—Boardman & Pierce, meat dealers, have sold out to Harvey Weaver. Pottersville—W. H. Hill has sold his hardware stock to H. G. Mulholland. Detroit—Nathan Rosenzweig has pur- chased the grocery stock of Philip Sil- man. Banner--Wm. Medcoff has purchased the general merchandise stock of Peter Fair. Ionia—G. H. McMullen, of the drug firm of G. H. McMullen -& Co., is dead. St. Charles—F. J. Storrer has removed his clothing stock from Ovid to this place. Detroit—C. C. Becker & Co. continue the boot and shoe business of John Becker. Lansing—Glenn & VanDeusen have purchased the grocery stock of Chas. C. Longstreet. Capac—Frank T. Burch has purchased the general merchandise stock of Miles M. Christie. Bay City—The Bay City Dry Goods & Carpet Co. has increased its capital stock $8,000. St. Clair—Frank T. Burch has pur- chased the general merchandise stock of Miles M. Christie. St. Charles—Harris Wilensky, dealer in dry goods, clothing and shoes, has removed to Saginaw. Stanton—John Hansen succeeds Han- sen & Jorgensen in the dry goods, shoe and grocery business. Chesaning—O. C. Sperry and H. C. Dolloff will engage in the agricultural implement business. Bad Axe—W. H. Comfort, of Imlay City, has established the Comfort Prod- uce Co. at this place. Manistique— Parker & Nessman con- tinue the grocery and crockery business of Patterson & Parker. Corunna—Anderson & Jacobs con- tinue the hardware business formerly owned by Edward B. Anderson. Caro—Myer Himelhoch succeeds Rose (Mrs. Myer) Himelhoch in general trade and the millinery business. Fairgrove—Oliver T. Johnson has purchased the interest of his partner in the hardware firm of Johnson Bros. Lansing—The style of the Dunham Hardware & Implement Co. has been changed to the Dunham Hardware Co. Mount Morris—White & Pailthorp, dealers in implements, have dissolved partnership, Chas. E. Pailthorp succeed- ing. a Rapids—The Star Furniture House, of which N. Jopp was _ pro- prietor, is succeeded by LaFever & Minnie. Hart—B. F. Archer will remove his hardware stock from Ferry to this place, forming a copartnership with his bro- ther,C. B. Archer. Detroit—The drug firm of the Hurd & Gray Co. has merged its business into a corporation under the style of Gray & Worcester. Traverse City—Emmet Hagadorn suc- ceeds Hagadorn & Sommer in the feed, hay and grain business at this place and also at Fife Lake. Detroit—The Vienna Ladies’ Tailor- ing Co. has been dissolved. The busi- ness will be continued under the style of McVay & McVay. Grand Haven—Harm Koenes has pur- chased the stock of groceries formerly owned by John Cook at the corner of Seventh and Washington streets. Flint—Arthur Davison, formerly clerk in the clothing store of W. H. Davison, at Alpena, has established himself in the clothing business at this place. Big Rapids—John Powers has pur- chased a half interest in the grocery stock of Wm. E. Haney. The new firm will be known as Haney & Powers. Eaton Rapids—J. H. Ford, dealer in drugs and groceries, has purchased at trustee’s sale the Howard grocery stock, at Albion, and will remove same to this place. Port Huron—Spring & Davy have purchased the grocery stock of A. Lee, on Water street. Mr. Davy is from Mt. Clemens and Mr. Spring from Osceola county. Detroit—Jos. A. Marks & Co. suc- ceed the sporting goods and _ builders’ hardware house of Hodgson, Howard & Marks. Oren Scotten is the special partner. North Adams—The dry _ goods, cloth- ing and boot and shoe house of A. F. Fuller & Co. has dissolved partnership. The business is continued by Wm. H. Mobley. Port Huron—L. E. McCollom & Co. will shortly embark in the hay, flour and feed business in the building for- merly occupied by the Riverside Wood- working Co., on River street. Byron—A. W. Hoisington has sold his drug stock to A. H. Taggart, of De- troit. Mr. Taggart will continue the business nere, while Mr. Hoisington will move to his farm near Linden. Sault Ste. Marie—L. S. Jacob has purchased the grocery stock of John F. Moloney, in the Newton block. He will have associated with him his brothers, and the firm name will be Jacob Bros. Ensley—Olney McCutcheon, for the past three years clerk for Geo. F. Cook, of Grove, has purchased the general stock of Mrs. Nettie Watts and will con- tinue the business at the same location. Negaunee—Thomas M. Wells has sold his stock of general merchandise to Mrs. Thomas Tippett, John Smedman and Fred Pearce, who will run it as a co-operative store. The consideration was $8,000. Greenville—George R. Slawson, who has been engaged in the drug business in this city for thirty years, died Feb. 12, at the age of 55. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Wash- ington club. He leaves two sons. Petoskey—Ad. Fochtman has removed his stock of groceries to the old Daly building, at the corner of Mitchell street and Waukazoo avenue, and will at once begin the erection of a three-story brick block to replace the old building for so many years occupied by him. Muskegon—Fred B. Baldwin has pur- chased of C. B. Mann the remaining in- terests in the clothing and merchant tailoring firm of C. B. Mann & Co. The original firm of Mann & Pierce, which was composed of C. B. Mann, of this city, and E. S. Pierce, of Grand Rapids, was established in April, 1875. In March, 1877, Mr. Baldwin entered the employ of the firm, and in 1881 a branch establishment was opened by Mr. Baldwin in Manistee under the firm name of Baldwin, Pierce & Co. In April, 1889, Mr. Pierce retired from the business and Mr. Baldwin returned from Manistee and connected himself with Mr. Mann under the firm name of C. B. Mann & Co. Sault Ste. Marie—Sam Sarashohn, who for several years has been connected with the proprietorship of the general merchandise store at the Mission, near Bay Mills, and recently purchased the entire business, has sold out to B. Baron, formerly landlord of the new European Hotel in this city. , Pontiac—The firm of Waite Brothers, Robertson & Co., the largest dry goods establishment in Pontiac, has been dis- solved and reorganized. Judge J. S. Stockwell withdrew from the firm, which is now Waite Brothers & Robertson. The old firm succeeded Mr. Stockwell in the dry goods business here five years ago. Lansing—Pure Food Commissioner Snow has reappointed G. M. Dame, of Northport, an inspector, and has made other appointments as follows: Fred Stayle, of Houghton; Frank Geiger, of Bay City, and John McMahon, of De- troit. Several prosecutions have late- ly been made for selling adulterated food. Marquette—Some dozen Marquette business men are mixed up with the Comstock Collection Co., of Oswego, N. Y. The agency is suing for amounts of $30 notes signed by merchants. It never did any collecting and Marquette men will fight. The summons are for Republic in the extreme end of the county, but the agency’s representatives are having trouble in getting anybody to serve them. Ypsilanti—The proposed organization of all the grocers of the city for the pur- pose of clubbing together in the deliv- ery branch of their business has fallen through, as the different firms disagreed on the details.. Some concerns wished to let the delivery business by contract, the expense to be paid by assessment of the members; others held that the con- tract system was entirely impracticable. There was also a disagreement on how much the firm that contributed a wagon and team should be allowed for the same, and there were disputes as to what proportion of the cost of the de- livering each should pay. The upshot was that the whole thing was called off. When it was seen that there was no chance for a combination whicb should include all the groceries of the city, five concerns, D. L. Davis & Co., Hopkins & Davis, Amerman & Scott, Dunlap & Welch and the Haynes Co., decided to form an organization among themselves. The matter is not yet definitely settled, as certain details have not been deter- mined, but the signing of the agreement is now but a matter of days. The five concerns expect to put on the road three double wagons, which shall make four or five trips a day. Manufacturing Matters. Lawrence—Fuller Bros. have engaged in the lumber business. Port Huron—Charles Sheldon has es- tablished a planing mill. Detroit—The Detroit Automobile Co. has discontinued business. Sault Ste. Marie—J. B. Sweatt has completed a new sawmill. Constantine—The Constantine Lum- ber Co. has sold out to W. H. Smith. Gladstone—The Northwestern Cooper- age & Lumber Co. will establish a fac- tory. Hart—Carter Bros. & Co. are re- modeling the old creamery building preparatory to putting in machinery for a modern planing mill. Holly—The Michigan Manufacturing & Lumber Co. is building a truck and cart factory. Benton Harbor—A.,. E. Covell has en- gaged in the planing mill and sash and door business. New Baltimore—The Anchor Bay Salt Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $25,000. Milan—The Model Hoop & Stave Co. has been started up after a iong period of idleness, with a force of seventy-five men. Lansing—The Hall Lumber Co. has merged its business into a corporation under the style of the Hall Lumber Co., Limited. Trenton—Local business men have subscribed $3,000 of the $5,000 needer to secure the factory of the Indian Glass Co. Dryden—L. H. Peck has purchased the Dryden creamery, which will be operated by P. B. Gavitt, of Deadwood, South Dakota. Conklin—The Conklin Creamery Co. has closed its creamery until March 1. Many needed repairs to machinery and buildings will be made before resum- ing. Berrien Springs—Uline & Yarian, manufacturers of staves, headings and boxes, have dissolved partnership. Walter C. Uline is now sole owner of the business. Byron—V. L. Stark has sold his gro- cery stock to George Nisley, of Saline, who will continue the business here. Mr. Stark goes to Howell as secretary and manager of a lamp manufacturing plant there. Homer—Cornelius C., William and Frederick Cortright have merged their elevator and grist mill business into a corporation under the style of the Cort- right Milling Co. The authorized cap- ital stock is $22,000. Cheboygan—The Cheboygan Hoop & Heading Co. is cutting 600,000 feet of elm and basswood this winter to stock its plant, which occupies a portion of the McCarty sawmill, and the machin- ery is now being placed. Marshall—J. S. Stevens announces that he is about to reopen the Hard flouring mill situated near the Michi- gan Central station, which has been closed for a year. The mill has a ca- pacity of 500 barrels per day. Onaway—The Huron Handle & Man- ufacturing Co. plant, which has been removed from Alpena to this place, has been somewhat handicapped by the cold weather, but it is expected the plant will begin operations this week. Manistee—L. J. Esslinger, of Detroit, who is promoting a flour mill scheme at this place, is meeting with considerable encouragement, although capitalists here who have been caught several times on poor investments are conserv- ative. Alpena—The sawmills at Alpena cut about 50,000,000 feet of lumber last year, of which 5,766,000 feet were pine, about 35,000,000 feet hemlock and the re- mainder hardwoods. No logs’ were towed to Alpena from Georgian bay and the stock of the mills was all home- grown. There were shipped by water from Alpena 52,578,000 feet of lumber, 5,737,000 shingles, 1,042,000 pieces of lath and 1,400,000 pieces of cedar. Some lumber was shipped by rail, the exact figures not being at hand. It is calcu- lated that the output the present year will be no larger than last. —-—_>2 2 For Gillies’ N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and prices. Visner, both phones, a VR ly , - MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 >? Grand Rapids Gossip ‘aglllonais. ss - ar Richard Rademacher has purchased the interest of his partner, Frank Man- tei, in the grocery firm of Rademacher & Mantei, at 104 West Bridge street. T. H. Fahey, who is engaged in the drug business at Hubbardston, has added a line of groceries. The stock was furnished by the Worden Grocer Co. Vinkemulder & Bruggink have opened a grocery store at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Sycamore street. ‘he stock was furnished by the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. John Berner, whose grocery stock at Luther was recently destroyed by fire, has re-engaged in the grocery business. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. fur- nished the stock. Stace & Raven have sold their corset manufacturing business, at 55 South Division street, to the Pandora Corset Co., of Jackson, which will remove the machinery and nxtures to that place. Thos. Heffernan, dealer in drugs and groceries at the corner of Hollister and East streets, has sold his grocery stock to E. J. Meyers and removed his drug stock to Baldwin, where he has engaged in business. R. T. Treen has purchased the stock of fruits, nuts and confectionery of Frank T. Lawrence, at 77 Canal street, and will continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Lawrence will continue the wholesale oyster business. H. M. Reynolds & Son have moved their roofing factory from the corner of First avenue and the M. C. Railway to Oakland avenue and the G. R. & I. right of way, where they have erected and equipped an establishment which has a capacity of 40,000 squares per year. E. E. Hewitt, who purchased a half interest in the commission business of C. N. Rapp & Co. a year ago, has pur- chased the other half interest and will continue the business in his own name. Mr. Rapp has removed to Buffalo, where he established a commission house several years ago. >_> ___- The Produce Market. Apples—Russets and Ben Davis are in active demand at $2.50. Baldwins and other fancy varieties command $3 @3.25. : Bananas—Prices range from $1.25@ 1.75 per bunch, according to size. Beets—$1 per bbl. a Butter—Factory creamery is in mod- erate demand at 2oc and choice to fancy dairy is stronger and higher, ranging from 13@15c. Receipts are cleaned up as fast as they come in and the market is in better shape than it has been for many months. : Cabbage-—Home grown is steady at 50 @6oc per bu. Florida stock is in limited demand at $4 per bbl. Carrots—$1 per bbl. Celery—Scarce at 30c per bunch. Cider—13¢ per gal. for sweet. Cranberries—Jerseys are steady at $2.75 per bu. box and $8 per bbl. Eggs—Receipts are increasing, but all supplies of fresh are cleaned up as fast as they arrive on the basis of 18c. The market is ina healthy condition. Game—Local handlers pay $1.20 per doz. for gray and fox squirrels. Com- mon cottontail rabbits are stronger and higher, fetching goc@$1 per doz. Bel- gian hares command 8@ioc per lb. for dressed. Grapes—Growers in Western New York, through their several local organ- izations, are determined to stamp out the evil of poor packing. They have passed resolutions advocating the sys- tem of rejection, accompanied by re- duced prices for any that escape the in- spector. They think that if they were carefully inspected upon arrival at the point marketed, and the price paid cor- responded to the actual condition, there would be less likelihood of growers sending forward poor stock. Hickory Nuts—$2@2.25 per bu. Honey—Fancy white is scarce, but the demand is slow. Prices range from 15@16c. Amber goes at 14@1Sc and dark buckwheat is slow sale at 10@12c. Dealers predict that this will be a ban- ner year for that product. From all sec- tions come reports that the bees are wintering well and will be unusually busy as soon as the flowers are out. Honey has been high for some time. The best and highest priced honey is from Southern California. Not for three years has there been any on sale. Thus far the rains in Southern California have been copious. The yield will be very large with plenty of sage blooms, and this is sure to send down the price on comb. Dealers here say it will reduce it from 3c to 5c a pound, and will affect extract about Ic a pound. Lemons—Messinas command $3.50 for all sizes. Californias fetch $3.50 for 300s and $3.75 for 360s. Lettuce—Hothouse stock is in good — commanding 15c per Ib. for leaf. Limes—$1.25 per 100; $1@1.25 per box. Lima Beans—7c per Ib. Onions—Dry are strong and have ad- vanced to $1. Spanish are in fair de- mand at $1.60 per crate. Bermudas are beginning to arrive, fetching $3 per crate. Oranges—Supplies of Floridas are practically exhausted, for which every one is duly thankful. Californias fetch $2.50 for the larger sizes and $2.75@3 for the smaller sizes. Pineapples—Floridas are beginning to arrive and are taken in a limited way at $2.75 per doz. Pop Corn—$1 per bu. Potatoes—The anticipated slump in the market has put in an appearance. Choice Burbanks and Rurals, which sold last week for 47c, can be had in Chicago now at 4ic. There is a great accumulation of common and poor stock, and until] it is cleaned up the market will do no better. Choice stock is in fair demand, but the common is so _ plenti- ful that it affects the market on choice. Bears on the St. Louis market have sent out circulars which have frightened shippers, and there has been a tendency to rush stock to market. This is one cause of the low prices. Poultry—Chickens, turkeys and ducks are scarce and higher. Local dealers pay as follows: Spring turkeys, 11@ 12c; old, 8@gc; spring chickens, 10@ 11c; fowls, 74%@8c; spring ducks, 11@ 12c—old not wanted at any price; spring geese, 8@oc—old not wanted. Strawberries—Floridas have declined to 4oc per qt. box. Florida berries are a disappointment this year. There has been very little activity to date, and prices generally low. Growers say there is no money in the business for them at present prices. A gentleman from North Carolina says that strawberries will not be very plentiful there this season, be- cause drought killed the new plants, which were set on the ground where old plants were plowed under. He thinks the quality of the berries will be fully as good as usual. He says also that the largest crop of cantaloupes ever har- vested in the State will be grown this year. Last year was the first time they had been shipped in carlots from the State. Sweet Potatoes—$2.50 for Virginias and $3.50 for Jerseys. Squash—z2c per Ib. for Hubbard. Turnips—$1 per bbl. —~>-2 <> ——___ The ‘‘Systematic Coliector’’ furnishes a cheap method of collecting your slow accounts. Practical for all lines of business, wholesale or retail. Write the Commercial Credit Co., Widdicomb Bldg., Grand Rapids, or Hammond Bidg., Detroit, for particulars. The Grocery Market. Sugars—The raw sugar market is very firm on the basis of 4c for 96 deg. test centrifugals. Refiners are ready buy- ers, but as offerings are limited and holders very confident, business trans- acted was of a comparatively small amount. Advices from Barbadoes as to the sugar crop prospects are that, owing to the dry weather prevailing, reaping will commence earlier than was at first expected. Prospects for a favorable yield continue good. The refined mar- ket is firm and shows quite an improved demand, resulting in a fair volume of business. The general feeling is very firm and, as refiners are now working in harmony, it is believed that if any changes are made by the trust, the other refiners will follow suit. Canned Goods—The canned goods market is practically unchanged. There is, perhaps, a little more enquiry in some lines, but not enough to cause any great interest. Everybody wonders why the market does not improve, while all the conditions surrounding it are of the most favorable character. The consump- tion of all the different lines continues unabated and, as we are now nearing the season when the consumption is _al- ways the largest, we can not help but feel that the continuous drain upon the stocks will tend to bring about a higher range of values for ali the staple lines. The tomato question is the all absorbing topic of interest. Compared to it all other lines dwindle into insignificance. The present low price at which stand- ard tomatoes have been selling has at- tracted the attention of the trade gener- ally and there has been quite a little speculative buying, but most buyers ap- pear satisfied with their present stocks and are not inclined to buy under the prevailing conditions. Standard toma- toes are cheap at the present quotations and we think they will prove to bea winner before the new season opens. It would certainly seem that they are down to rock bottom now and that any change must be for the better, especially as we have before us nearly six of the best consumptive months in the year. There is little that is new or interesting to say about the corn situation. The market drags along and seems to have settled down for a time at least. Prices are unchanged, but have an easier tendency and there is almost no demand at all. So much has been said about corn and the buyers all over the country are so well posted on the situation that there remains nothing further to say, excepting that in purchasing corn, no matter what grade, the quotations will be governed by the quality. There is some enquiry for peas at previous prices. There will be the usual buying of all grades of peas to meet the spring demand and we would advise keeping a close watch of the market. There is no scarcity of the late packed peas, but there is a decided scarcity of the very best quality. It will be three months before the new peas are ready and it will take a good many peas to satisfy the consumptive requirements until that time. The quotations on peas all depend entirely on the quality. Prices on the new pack have been made by some packers, but sales as yet have been small. The string bean market was quite active for a few days, but has now settled down again to its former dulness. Peaches are unchanged and in only fair request. However, a better demand is expected shortly and, with any increased demand, prices will un- doubtedly advance. There are no de- velopments in the pineapple situation as yet, but it is expected that some ac- tion will be taken by the packers the coming week relative to the mode of handling the fruit the coming season, and as soon as this is settled and some estimate of the crop obtained, prices on the new pack will be made. Salmon is dull. Some little enquiry is noted and stocks generally throughout the country are believed to be very light. Dried Fruits—There is still an ab- sence of any general activity in dried fruits and prices continue to be in favor of buyers. There is a considerably bet- ter feeling in California loose muscatel raisins. .An improved enquiry has re- sulted in a very good aggregate business and there has been a better activity than in some time. There is also a very good demand for seeded raisins. There is considerable talk about the 1,500 cars still on the coast, but they will undoubt- edly go out at some price and we think that by Sept. 1 there will be very few, if any, raisins on the coast. Prunes con- tinue to go out only fairly well and small orders are the rule. All sorts of prices are obtainable and for large lots holders as a general thing are disposed to meet buyers’ ideas very quickly. Sizes 80-90s, which have been among the slowest sellers on the list, have been reduced about '%c, and are now going out more freely. There is a little bet- ter request also for 70-80s, which are also lower. There is but little business reported in either peaches or apricots. Prices are unchanged, but the demand is very light. Rice—The rice situation is strong and prices are fully maintained. Dealers remain confident, having only moderate supplies of both domestic and foreign. The demand is slightly improved. Teas—The tea market is firm and prices remain steady. Holders gener- ally maintain confidence and no pres- sure is shown to market supplies. There is a generally improved demand and importers’ views are firm and low prices are not expected in the near future. Japan teas rule strong and a scarcity of supplies is expected, owing to the short crop, Showing a decrease of about 3,000, - ooo pounds compared with the last crop, which was also small. It is inti- mated that with the opening of the sea- son, about May 15, supplies will be practically exhausted. Molasses and Syrups—Prices on mo- lasses are firmly held for all grocery grades of New Orleans and the market remains strong, but trade continues quiet and strictly of a hand-to-mouth character. Owing to moderate supplies, and the strong statistical position, no lower prices are in prospect. Advices from New Orleans note that some con- sider the estimates of the molasses crop large and think that the actual result will not be over half of the smallest es- timate that has been put on low grade molasses. Indications are that planters will be running their thirds this year earlier than usual and receipts of mo- lasses from these goods will be unus- ually light. The corn syrup market is strong and prices have advanced %c per gallon and Ic per case. Fish—The fish market for all varieties is steady and prices show an upward tendency. The demand is very good and some grades of codfish have been advanced 25c per cwt. Nuts—Nuts are quiet. Almonds are slightly easier. Walnuts are in some demand and prices remain unchanged. The supply of Naples walnuts is unusual- ly short. Sicily filberts are slightly low- er. Peanuts are unchanged. ipemtiaicgeteneipae ts = Fane ag eee ee a Fhe ei eaktendeeionanaeeneeaaneaaeenaaenel MICHIGAN TRADESMAN REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Milo Bolender, Dealer in Drugs and Med- icines at Sparta. There are two methods of accomplish- ing equally well the purposes of life. One insists upon meeting difficulties more than half way, the other calmly and industriously gets ‘‘good and ready’’ and waits for the opposition to traverse the whole distance before the struggle begins. One makes his circum- stances and the other makes the most of his. The first tunnels the mountain, the second goes around it. Both attain the desired end and both, satisfied, set- tle down to enjoy what they have achieved. Milo Bolender has found the second method the one better adapted to his purposes. There is no particular bene- fit in turning the world upside down because he is determined to earn a good living in a corner of it and he thinks too much of himself and that corner to stir up either in getting what he has made up his mind to have. As far back as he can remember he has never found it necessary to make a fuss. Whether the quiet of the farm, where his life began October 31, 1853, in Stark county, Ohio, settled down upon him and so gave tone to the rest of it, may be a question, but true it is that on the farm and off it he has found the Fabian policy the best for him and he has practiced that policy in prosperity and adversity all the days of his life. One fact that the farm life developed was, that for this boy the work was too hard. Farming to the senior Bolender was not a piece of ground to eke out a mere existence on. That was not liv- ing and he would have none of it. Those one hundred acres should give him and his a good living and something more and early and late he gave that land no rest. A worker himself, and believ- ing that in work the whole problem of life lies, he bent to his task and insisted that the farm should receive its tribute of labor from every inmate of the farm house. So in that line of industry this boy grew up. He went on errands, he drove the cows to pasture, he did the chores, he put his hands to the plow when he was large enough and so, one by one, became familiar with the tools of the farm. The long hours, however, and the hard work were too much for him. He grew ‘‘thin and peaked’? and when he was 13 years old he went to Akron, Ohio, where for three years he attended the excellent public schools of that town, finishing during that time the studies of the grammar grade. With health re- stored and believing that indoor life was better for him, with his school days over, he went into a machine shop at Akron and worked there seven years. At the end of that time he joined his father in the management of a dairy farm and at the end of three years he went to Hubbardston, Mich., in the spring of 1880, where farming for a while again kept him busy. While working there, a vacancy occurred in a drug store and, applying for it, he began clerking for Dr. J. J. Robbins, of Hubbardston. Liking the business and finding that it agreed with him, he kept on as clerk until 1885, when he bought a half inter- est in the business. Four years later he bought the Doctor’s half and continued a prosperous business until May, Igoo. On the night of May 1, of that year, a fire burned up almost the entire stock. That was a setback. A man does not watch with perfect composure the de- struction of years of his industry; but disaster had come and it remained for the druggist to grapple with it. The last flickering flame had been hardly put out when Mr. Bolender had rented the only available room in the village, fitted it up as a drug store, moved in what little had been rescued from the fire, and, at the end of a month, was ready to begin life again where he had left off. It had been a month of unremitting work, discouragement and worry. There had been nw end of the troubles that al- ways follow in the path ofa fire. An- noyance stepped upon the heels of an- noyance and perplexity after perplexity insisted on making its presence known. They all only hindered. That quiet, determined way of doing things, ger- minated down there in Ohio, was on hand and ready to assert itself. It was hard work from beginning to end, but every stroke told and every day scored it, and one who bas had trouble and finally overcome it can easily under- stand Mr. Bolender’s satisfaction when he and his wife went down to the store together on the evening before the opening next morning to look it all over and to add those final touches which every enterprise is sure to need. These were given and, pronouncing the whole good, they turned the key in the lock and went home to sleep the sleep of the just. The next morning an ash heap was all that was left of that drug store! No human pen can write the para- graph which should come in here. It would be the record of a time that tries men’s souls. Words are of no earthly use. All that the man had was gone and, with a heart heavier than he will, in all probability, ever have again, he made up his mind that that was the last of Hubbardston for him. The lights of Sparta glimmered upon him through the gloom and to Sparta he made his way. He found there the Hastings Drug Co. ready to dispose of its stock and, buy- ing it, he started in once more. He is there now with coat off and sleeves rolled up, if that is the figure to use in regard to a live druggist. It looks as if the fires have decided to let him alone and if the future realizes all that it promises he will be able to forget what thoughts were his wnen he turned away from that last conflagration at Hubbardston. March 29, 1883, was Mr. Bolender’s wedding day. He married Miss Clara A. Mitchell, of Hubbardston. Four children have been born to them, one having passed away. The family reside at the corner of Main and Division streets and worship at the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Bolender isa Mason—a Past Master of Tuscan Lodge ; a member of the Maccabees and be- longs to the Eastern Star. It is a fact worthy of note that com- munities are constantly on the lookout for municipal balance wheels. Here the maker of circumstances is not wanted. There is already too much energy I2t loose and some one is needed to keep things going at a speed best adapted to the public requirements. The man who, come storm come calm, keeps on in the even tenor of his way in his own affairs is the one who can so best serve the public and it is written here, as a mere matter of course, that Mr. Bolender was called upon to make himself useful in the places where he has lived. So he was made the treasurer of the village of Hubbardston, a member of the board of trustees, the clerk of the township and president of the village—positions which he filled to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens and so with credit to himself. It has been a good useful life from the beginning. It will continue to be one to the end and, while there might have been a great deal more noise and con- fusion in realizing what Mr. Bolender has realized during the forty-eight Yeary of his life, it may well be questioned whether more could have been accom- plished than has been to the supreme satisfaction of all. $2 75 sent with order will buy e one of these harp shaped Imperial Gas Lamps. t will be shipped f. o. b. Chicago, completely trimmed, carefully packed so that weight of package is less than ten pounds, hence charges by express would not be high. Lamp burns gas- oline and gives a beautiful white light and is fully guaranteed. Write. The Imperial Gas Lamp Co. 132 and 134 East Lake St., Chicago ue Neo It pays to attend “The Best” The McLACHLAN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY. The Proof Over 150 students have left other Busi- ness Colleges to complete their work with us. We occupy 9,000 square feet floor space. Send for list of 700 students at work. Beautiful catalogues FREE. D. M. 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SS a Maes SSS Pe \ ae w/ 3 oe vuy ago 1Si- ork eet nts mo ar ‘ia A w/ “3 oe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 SALABLE SHAPE. Lack of Care Shown by Many Country Shippers. One of the most frequent complaints from commission dealers all over the country is that country merchants who buy produce do not give enough atten- tion to the matter of grading and re- packing before shipping to the central market, where it is to be sold. It not infrequently happens that turkeys, chickens, butter and other commodities received by the commission dealers on Sixth street in this city are re-packed, sorted up and cleaned up before they are sold. While the retailer may not know this, it is a fact that he pays the freight when such work is done. If he did it in his own store and took per- sonal charge of it the cost would be much less, he would command a better price for his produce and the produce trade generally would be more satisfac- tory to him. Not only should he do this, but he should instruct the farmers who sell their produce to him, so that they would market their stuff in more presentable shape. A little education among the farmers along this line will work wonders within a short time. The country dealer in produce must bear in mind that if he has goods to sell to his customers at home he can sell them to better advantage if they are in a salable condition. Goods mussed up, dirty or unassorted will never sell as readily as clean goods, well assorted, neatly put up and attractively dis- played. The city commission dealer or the city retailer who purchases his goods through the commission dealer is as much a customer of the country re- tailer as the farmer who comes into his store and puts down a dollar and orders sugar, tea, coffee and dried prunes. In preparing dairy or roll and print butter for shipment the country retailer will profit by it if he sees that this butter is wrapped in neat but cheap cheese cloth or muslin, is packed systematically in the package in which it is to be shipped and presents a fresh, appetizing appear- ance. Dirty, checked and small eggs may well be sorted from the clean, bright, fresh stock and should be packed systematically. If they are not the com- mission dealer may sell the whole case for dirties or checks at a lower figure. In the packing of poultry, however, probably the least care is shown by the country dealer. The poultry should first be graded according to size, weight and appearance. All the plump, bright looking birds might be placed in one package, with the heads pointing one way, and in uniform layers, with a sheet of wrapping paper between each layer. The medium stock may be placed in another case, but the same care should be taken in packing. The thin and light weight poor fowls should be shipped by themselves. The latter should also be packed uniformly and with wrapping paper between each lay- er. If you have never tried this plan, try it the next time you make a ship- ment and when the returns come in see if the amount paid you for the best stock does not more than repay you for the little extra effort. A trip through the commission district at any time will prove the wisdom of this advice. Poul- try comes into this market in the worst mixed variety that it is possible to con- ceive of. Turkeys, ducks, geese, springs and old hens are piled promis- cuously into a box, the cover is nailed on, and the package is carted to the nearest express office and sent on its way. When the returns come back the country shipper is fortunate if he comes within getting 2 or 3 cents of the mar- ket price, and then he blames the com- mission dealer and charges him with dishonesty. Now, watch that package, and if you are a country dealer you will place the blame where it belongs, at home, and perhaps you will attempt to reform. The package arrives in the city in the morning. There are a crowd of retailers ready to buy poultry. It is opened and on top there is a twenty- pound turkey alongside of a pound and a half hen. The retailer digs down and he brings up a goose and a duck and a small turkey and a spring chicken. The assortment is mixed. The com- mission dealer wants full prices for the lot, the retailer won’t have them and names a figure I or 2 or 3 cents lower per pound. The offer is not accepted. The commission dealer has a dozen or fifteen lots similar to this one, his force of men are engaged in selling goods and candling eggs; he hasn’t the time to sort the box up and it remains on the walk for a couple of days with no one ready to take it at full prices. A few days later the same retailer comes alcng and offers a still lower price. Rather than have the goods go to the dump his offer is accepted. Now, who is_ to blame? Is it the commission dealer, who only acts as selling agent or the man who shipped his goods in unpre- sentable shape for sale? The answer is an easy one to give. Supposing goods bought by the retailer from his jobber had been shipped in the same _ unpre- sentable shape as that poultry, who would be to blame. One proposition is just as fair as the other. The commission dealer is a selling agent for the country shipper and the goods shipped to him to be sold should be shipped in a_present- able, salable shape.—Commercial Bul- etin. Keep on Learning. When the young man has made up his mind to engage in business and be master of it from top to bottom, then let him understand that he has every- thing to learn and let him never get that idea out of his head. He can rec- ognize that he is growing, but there must be always more to learn. If he can keep on this basis he will be all right, but the moment he feels that he is amounting to something in an_ indi- vidual capacity, that moment he will begin his decline. More men have gone to the bottom because of the impression that they know it all than for any other cause. The growing man_ keeps on learning as the years come and go. Throw aside the things that make one ridiculous; let social ambition, as such, go to the winds, it is unworthy of an honest man’s effort; let intellectual standards take the place of social prom- inence and one will begin to be happy. Study from morning until night, study something. Make the acquaintance of men who are competent leaders and do not waste time with those who are in- competent. Be courteous to all, but not intimate with all. Then you may hope to win. ——_+> +. ___ A Demoralizing Discovery. A Maine paper publishes a weird story about a farmer chopping down a big tree and feeling his axe strike something soft. Thinking that there might be a_ bear inside, he proceeded cautiously, using wooden wedges to split the stub apart. When the hollow, dry log fell in halves there in the cavity lay eight fat coons, snugly housed away for the winter. Further up the trunk were two more coons, while in the stump was a fifty-pounder—the biggest and fattest of the lot. This lucky farmer thus got, besides a cord of dry wood, over 200 pounds of coon meat and eleven coon skins, and ever since that day he has quit all other work and goes about in the woods looking for more hollow logs with coons in them. Spikes or Ribbon Ends Are the latest novelty and the popular fad. Cuts Actual Size. ey) if Pi os Ay ; Lee a 00:4 y ee : Be *. nei > nail 4: = No.1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 1—Gold, neat design, $2.00 gross, 20c doz. No. 3—Gold, extra finish, $6.00 gross, 60¢ doz. No. 5—Gold or silver filigree, $9.00 gross, 85¢ doz. $7.50 gross, 75¢ doz. $1.50 doz. No. 4 No. 5 No. 2 No. 4- Gold, spiral wire, $7.50 gross, 65¢ doz. No. 6 No. 7 —Gold, very pretty, $3.00 gross, 30c doz. No. 6—Gold, faney style, attractive, No. 7—Gold, silver or gray, very handsome open work, $15.00 gross, No. 8—Larger, $4 00 gross. Write us to send you a dozen each to retail at 2, 5, 7, 10c and up. quick sellers. Other styles in stock with or without jewels. wholesale only. Try us. AMERICAN JEWELRY CO. Jewelry and Novelty Jobbers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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Larned St. SOUORSC TORO RORORONSC FORORORORONS ROROROCEORORCEOROHOHO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SD Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Communications invited from practical business men. a must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their _— changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the — until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Past Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that yot saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpirTor. WEDNESDAY, - - FEBRUARY 13, 1901. STATE OF MICHIGAN County of Kent John DeBoer, being duly sworn, de- poses and says as follows: am pressman in the office of the Tradesman Company and have charge of the presses and folding machine in that establishment. I printed and folded 7,000 copies of the issue of Feb. 6, IgoI, and saw the edition mailed in the usual manner. And further deponent saith not. John DeBoer. Sworn and subscribed before me, a notary public in and for said county, this ninth day of February, 1go1. Henry B. Fairchild, Notary Public in and for Kent County, Mich. bes, BOYS AND THEIR BATTLES. One of the earliest intimations that a mother gets that her angel boy isn't al- together a seraph after all, but a very human creature, is when he comes run- ning in with his embroidered collar torn and his lovely blue eyes bunged up, and confesses between his sobs that he has just had a fight with the boy across the street. At first she is horri- fied. The idea of those soft baby fists engaged in anything so brutal, the thought of that little innocent white soul harboring such anger and revenge is ter- rible to her. She feels it her duty to preach to him submission and forgive- ness and peace, and all the rest of it, and winds up witha final admonition never, under any circumstances, to fight. After awhile, if he obeys her, she finds out that he is imposed upon, derided and despised by his companions, and she begins to doubt the wisdom of her position on the fighting question. At the meeting of the Mothers’ Con- gress in Albany last year, Governor Roosevelt had something to say on this topic, and his advice was to let the boys fight. *‘A boy that won’t fight,’’ he said, ‘‘is not worth his salt. He will be of no use in life, and is a coward. Teach him to use his strength on the side of righteousness. Do not punish him if he fights, if he is right. Teach him to be able to take care of himself, and know how to act under all circum- stances. ’’ Without pushing this theory to the extent of encouraging fighting, there is much sound, good sense in it. The boy who is never permitted to defend him- self, but who must take the blows and insults of his comrades, is bound to grow up weak-spirited and craven—one whose whole idea of life is in avoiding difficulties instead of meeting them face to face and fighting them out to the end. What the world needs is not neg- atively good people, but the fearless souls who have courage to champion the right and do battle for it. Another thing that mothers will do well to remember in letting boys settle their own disputes in their own fashion is that the play ground is very nearly the world in miniature and the boy who fails to learn its lessons misses‘a valu- able educational opportunity. He must learn to give and take. He must learn to stand on his own merits. He is no- body’s pretty darling there, and many a boy gets at schoo] the discipline he ought to have gotten at home, and is a better man to the longest day he lives for the sound thrashing adminis- tered by a companion. Boys are the only real democrats in the world. The little girl is an aristocrat at heart. She is never too young to understand and value people for position, and clothes and what they have, but the true boy cares nothing for these things until he is taught. His hero is the boy who can do things, not the one who has things, and this ideal has done more than any- thing else to check the arrogance of youngsters who were despots at home, but found out that they were of small consideration at school. Many mothers fear that if they permit their boys to settle their differences by nghting they will encourage a spirit of pugnaciousness. Not a bit of it. Sooner or later each will meet his Waterloo, and there is no such conserver of peace and politeness as an enemy who is the bigger. The boy who has put up the best fight that is in him, and gotten whipped, is never the one who goes about with a chip on his shoulders. He has learned to respect his adversary, to measure his own strength and to depend on himself to get himself out of the difficulties he has gotten into, and that is a valuable lesson for anybody to ac- quire. The Tradesman urges its readers to consider carefully the draft of a bill, published on the third page of this week’s issue, changing the system of taxing and licensing country peddlers from the State to the township method. The city merchant may not realize how important it is to him that the opera- tions of the country peddler should be curtailed, but if he will give the matter careful consideration he will discover that the country peddler cuts into his trade both ways—by furnishing his country customers with groceries and his city customers with butter and eggs. The city peddler cuts into his trade in one direction only, but he can be cir- cumvented to a great extent by constant watchfulness and the assistance of the license department of the city govern- ment. The Tradesman feels no hesitation in commending its readers to a careful perusal of the paper on taxation, read by George Clapperton before the Grand Rapids Board of Trade and _ published elsewhere in this week’s issue. It is a fit companion to his masterly paper on the same subject published in the last anniversary issue of the Trades- man. The next paper of this series, which will be published next week and embellished with handsome _illustra- tions, will be a treatise on the Relation of Taxation to Forestry, by J. J. Hub- bell, of Manistee. So Mrs. Nation is accused of showing the ‘‘white feather?’’ But possibly the lady does not claim to be an Alexander and knows when she has got enough. WOMAN ON THE RAMPAGE. In their gentler moods, women fill to perfection all the requirements of sweet- hearts, wives, mothers, sisters and daughters. In the role of ministering angels they are nearly divine, and in what may well be considered their proper sphere, they contribute not only a great share to the possibilities of life, but they are the chief factors in making life worth living. Without them, the goodliest regions of the earth would be only barren and joyless deserts, while their companionship is capable of creat- ing a paradise in a wilderness. But woman’s capabilities are almost unlimited. The eleventh census of the United States (that of 1890) records some four hundred industries, trades, callings and professions, and there is not one from which women are absent, and this includes military and marine callings. Woman as a warrior hasa prominent place in the history of every age and feople. The Amazons, Tomyris, Zenobia, Semiramis, Boadicea, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Saragossa and Molly Pitcher are only a few of the women warriors who may be named among the heroines of the battle field. In our own times, women lawyers and doctors are numerous, and a few years agoa woman was United States Marshal of St. Louis. In some of the states women have the ballot, and in others, where they are not suffragans, they are in many other ways sufferers, so that their time is generally filled up either with private or public affairs. One of the latest developments of the female genius is in the direction of lynch law or popular justice. Sometimes singly, and at others in organized par- ties, they have been going about wreak- ing their rage upon drinking saloons and gambling-houses. The movement started in Kansas towns where prohibi- tion laws are in force. As is too often the case, anti-liquor and anti-gambling laws are enacted by the legislators in response to a demand of public senti- ment, but the officeholders who are en- trusted with the enforcement of the laws deliberately neglect or refuse to do so, permitting all sorts of lawlessness to ‘“‘run wild and wide open.’’ It was demonstrated beyond any possibility of a doubt that not only policemen, but public officials of the highest rank, in the City of New York participated in the pecuniary bribes paid for protection and immunity by the proprietors of dens of iniquity, and by other criminals and lawbreakers. What was openly and unblushingly done in New York in protecting crimi- nals and criminal establishments en- abled many public officials to amass large wealth, and their example has been followed in most other cities, and probably in all. The flagrant disregard of the law against bar-rooms in the Kansas town where Mrs. Nation lives, and the unrestrained selling of liquors to children, appear so to have operated on the sensibilities and sense of justice of the unfortunate woman that she has Deen driven daft, and so has begun a crusade against the lawless establish- ments. Other women in other Kansas towns and in other states who are cursed with drunken husbands, or have seen their young sons enticed imo dens of crime and vice and there robbed and debauched, have doubtless also been driven to such desperation that they have also engaged in the Crusade against the protected lawbreakers, When woman goes on a ‘‘rampage,’’ she becomes indeed a formidable, a ter- rible creature, and woe to the luckless wretch or rascal of a man who becomes the object of her just anger. The real and most unjust grievance from which woman has oftenest to suffer, and that naturally makes her desire to take part in the business of government, is not merely that she is deprived of the polit- ical ballot, but that her husband, her sons and her brothers become drunkards, hoodlums, loafers and absolutely worth- less creatures through the operation of vicious and _ criminal establishments which are protected against all law by the criminal corruption and _participa- tion of the very officials who have sworn to uphold, enforce and execute the laws. It is not strange that women, honest and hard-working and long-suffering wives and mothers, believe that if they had the power to vote they would clect public officials who would recognize the solemnity of an oath; who would have some sense of honor and duty, and who would not sell themselves to the robbers and debauchers of their fellow creatures and use the opportunities created by public trust and official position to aid and abet criminals of the worst sort. It is this evil, or series of evils, more than all else, that has forced women to invade every department of industry which once was open only to men. It is because so many of the male sex, who ought to be the protectors and support of their female relatives, have become drunkards, hoodlums and loafers and have to be supported, so that they may continue to live and curse the world with their presence. It is this growing realization by wom- en that the burden of life is growing daily more heavy to them, and that it is through the increase of official corrup- tion and of the individual worthlessness of men. Under these conditions, thous- ands of women in every community who have no desire to participate in politics are driven to the belief that the only hope of succor and of relief to them is through the taking hold with their own hands of the machinery of government. The day will come when women will do this, and they will be driven to do it through the failure of the men. What the men will be too weak and worthless to hold the women will seize and hold and administer. That will be suprem- acy, control, dominion. Women have held the scepter and have wielded it with a strong will and great power, The time will come when they will hold the ballot, and they will wield it to some purpose, ———— i The most radical anti-cigarette meas- ure yet proposed is now under consider- ation in the Minnesota Legislature, hav- ing been introduced by Senator Halvor- sen, one of whose constituents recently died from smoking too many cigarettes. The proposed bill is modeled on the Tennessee law, which the United States Supreme Court has held to be constitu- tional, and makes it a misdemeanor to use tobacco in this form, bars merchants from bringing cigarettes into the State, makes giving away cigarettes an equally grave offense, and even prohibits the sale of the papers used in rolling ciga- rettes. —————————_—___=*=—S——_— In consequence of emigration there is a greater preponderance of women in Norway than in almost any other coun- try in Europe. The census of 1891 Showed that there was an excess of women over men of almost 70,000, while in 1876 this excess only amounted to 43, 000, ~ va x va Bes ee ae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 PROBLEM OF TAXATION. Some Faults in Our Present System—Rem- edies Suggested. In addressing a gathering of business men, I need hardly allude to the im- portance of a fiscal system in our Gov- ernment. We know that public expenditures, national,state and municipal, have kept pace with our enormous increase in pop- ulation and our industrial and social development. It is possible through an efficient administration of government to reduce and minimize those expendi- tures; but, at best, they constitute a grievous and increasing burden upon the people. The public revenues must be raised by some form of taxation. Taxation, therefore, becomes the most important fiscal problem in a growing industrial state. The rapid growth of population, the enormous increase of wealth in great diversity of form and character make absolutely essential a system of taxation that shall be in harmony with and ade- quate to the needs of modern economic conditions. In the financial and industrial prog- ress of Michigan, taxation has become the paramount public problem. No question before the people affects so vitally the growth, the prosperity, the business, the social life and even the morals of the State. We have been passing through a period of intense ag- itation upon the subject, which has aroused a positive public sentiment. The time for intelligent action has come. Under existing conditions, things are self evident: 1. Gross evils exist in our present alleged system. Taxation is not equal Some forms of property are overtaxed ; others are inadequately taxed; still others escape taxation. These classes are in inverse order to their ability to contribute to the revenues of the State. 2. There is a pressing, widespread demand for reform tax legislation. 3. We face a transition period in taxation and the practical question is whether inevitable changes shall be evo- lutionary or revolutionary. 4. The result will depend upon whether these inevitable changes shall be directed by intelJigence and experi- ence or by ignorance and prejudice. 5. Justice requires that certain so- called new forms of wealth, or rather the owners of such forms, now inade- quately taxed, be-subjected to fair and equitable contribution to the public rev- enues under sound methods. Before appropriate remedies can be prescribed or an intelligent course pur- sued, it is essential to ascertain defi- nitely the nature and causes of our trouble. In this State, the evils of taxation are traceable, First, to the system itself; second, to the faulty administration of the laws. Aside from the classes of property now paying specific taxes, the prevail- ing system in Michigan is what is com- monly designated the general property tax, which in theory is the assessment of all classes of property by one uniform rule of valuation and taxation at uniform rates, but which in practice is inevit- ably unequal taxation. This system was developed in primi- tive times, when public expenditures were light and wealth existed principal- ly in the forms of real estate and per- sonal chattels, the former constituting the principal portion. The system in its origin was contemporary with the these stage coach, the hand loom and the sickle. It was the system of the pio- neers. It should be remembered that the purpose of the system was and is to reach persons, not property, for taxation. It was based upon the assumption that the property of an individual was an adequately reliable test of his ability to contribute to the revenues of the com- monwealth and was measurably in_har- mony with primitive industrial life. There were no great differences in the kinds of property and it was, therefore, a fairly adequate gauge of income. It was comparatively easy for the assessor to ascertain, with reasonable accuracy, the amount and value of property owned by each individual in his district and, with reasonable diligence, comparative- ly little escaped taxation. The essen- tial qualifications of an assessor were fairly good eyesight and the ability to make legible letters and figures. Prop- erty was a reasonably fair test of ability to pay taxes. The system was based upon crude ideas of equality and uni- versality of taxation. Restricted to the classes of property for which it was originally designed, it might, even now, be reasonably successful in conjunction with other mehods, for new forms of property. With the growth of cities, inventions and marvelous changes in industrial conditions has come a transformation in the forms of property until the greater portion of existing wealth is in new and entirely different forms from those existing when the system was adopted. Corporations, railroads, the telegraph, telephones, banks, manufactures, etc., have multiplied and become important productive factors. The crude machin- ery of the general property tax does not adequately reach them. What is termed invisible or intangible personality, such as bonds, notes, stocks, mortgages, credits, deposits, etc., has been enor- mously augmented and under existing conditions has largely escaped taxation through the property tax. Under these changed economic condi- tions, this system in Michigan, as in other great industrial states and coun- tries, has become entirely inadequate. The Commonwealth has outgrown it. It is entirely inapplicable to present conditions. The attempt to expand the general property tax to include these new forms of wealth is futile. It can’t be made over or extended to fit the grown man. Existing evils are inherent in the system. This general property tax system in actual practice may be crudely illus- trated as follows: One man owns a home worth $2,000 and has a small in- come. Another has an income of $2,000 and substantially no taxable property. Another owns a $2,000 mortgage. An- other, $2,000 bank stock. Another, $2,000 deposited in bank. Another, $2,000 gas stock, representing a small amount of tangible property, but large productive power. Another, $2,000 in a stock of goods. Another, $2,000 in a private corporation, paying large divi- dends upon its invesment. Along comes the local assessor, sworn to tax all prop- erty at full cash value and at one uni- form rate. He is anxious to relieve his district from the burden of State taxa- tion and be re-elected. The home is as- sessed at $500 or some proportion of true value and never escapes the rolls. The mortgage isn’t found or the owner con- vinces the assessor that it isn’t property at all, but only a mere evidence of prop- erty. The man with a salary receiving the advantages of society and govern- ment, whose children are educated in the public shcools, is exempt, although abundantly able to pay his share. The bank stock, under special law, is as- sessed at full value and does not escape. The bank deposit escapes. The gas stock escapes with a proportionate tax of the company upon real estate and visible personality, although its value, based upon productive power, may be many times that. The stock of goods or the tangible propety of manufactur- ing corporations is guessed at or esti- mated by an unskilled assessor. In short, the burden is imposed upon the few who can not escape. With enor- mously increasing wealth in new intan- gible forms, which vastly increases the public expenditures, the burden is cor- respondingly increased upon the few whose property is of such a character that the assessor falls over it. It is at best an unequai and discriminating as- sessment of real estate with a more or less wild guess at some forms of per- sonal property. In practice, the present system is generally regarded by economists, pub- licists and state taxing officials as im- practicable, for the reason that a large portion of property, especially that of a corporate and intangible character, es- capes taxation, and that which escapes is the property of those best able to pay. A high authority on the subject has said, ‘‘The failure to reach personal property is so patent that it has be- come a mere byword throughout the land. Personal property nowhere bears its just proportion of the burdens, and it is precisely in those localities where its accumulation is greatest that its as- sessment is the least. The taxation of personal property is in inverse relation to its quantity. The more it increases, the less it pays.’’ Economists say that this method has never worked well where it has been tried in the civilized world and that the United States, Switzerland and parts of Australia are the only civilized coun- tries in the world to-day where this sys- tem with respect to intangible prop- erty is retained. Although it is a no- torious fact that the wealth invested in personal property has greatly increased, nearly all states show a decrease in the amount of personai property assessed. A prominent committee of Boston men, investigating the subject, estimated the value of the personal property of Mass~ achusetts to be double that of the real estate, while the personal property as- sessed is only about one-fifth that of the real estate assessed. In New York, the actual value of personal property is re- garded as even greater in proportion to real estate than in Massachusetts, being four to one, yet the assessed value of personalty in twenty-five years dimin- ished about $40,000,000, while the as- sessed value of real estate during that time increased over $2,000, 000, 000, The percentage of personalty, com- pared with realty, found on the New York assessment rolls, is only about 12 per cent., while it is said upon good authority that less than 3 per cent. of personalty is assessed. Last year about nine-tenths of all taxes in that State were upon real estate. A prominent State official of that State told me last summer that last year the assessors in New York City found per- sonal property amounting to $1, 400, 000, - 000, but allowed as a deduction there- from $1,000,000,000 in debts. These conditions exist in a greater or less degree in every state. It is suffi- cient for our purpose to say that the general property tax in Michigan, in practice, presents all the evils inherent in the system, enhanced by faulty ad- ministration, and that the efforts thus far made to improve it tend to demon- strate the famous criticism ot Dr. Ely that ‘“‘it is so radically bad that the more you improve it, the worse it be- comes.”’ Instead of adopting modern advanced methods of taxation, based upon cor- rect principles for modern forms of wealth by which they might he sub- jected to fair contribution to public revenues, we are now trying, not only to enforce the application of a bad sys- tem to all property now taxabie under the general law, but to extend it with modifications to property now taxed by more advanced and scientific methods and upon the more correct basis of earn- ing power or productivity, and to classes for which, because of its peculiar character, the machinery of the property tax is entirely inadequate. I have said that the causes of these conditions are inherent in the system. The speeches of statesmen, the writings of publicists, the reports of prominent state taxing officials—in short, the en- tire literature of taxation is filled with pessimistic comments upon these condi- tions and bitter denunciations of the classes of citizens, who, having abun- dant ability to pay, vet escape their just share of the public burden some- times designated ‘‘tax dodging constit- uency.’’ I have studied this literature to a considerable extent, have read the philippics of such men as ex-President Harrison, have even read the sulphuric executive messages of our own ‘‘good gray ex-Governor,’’ all of which, at first, naturally incline the patriotic stu- dent to a participation in this general personal criticism and denunciation, for which there is much justification. In my case, however, a_ characteristic Scotch caution and conservatism in- duced a more careful examination into causes of the conditions existing in va- rious states, leading me to the con- clusion that, giving due force to the uni- versal disposition to evade public bur- dens, the primary trouble lies in the systems of taxation in vogue rather than in a general desire and attempt upon the part of representatives of corporate and intangible wealth to escape just taxation. These more modern forms of property must be fairly taxed with other property, but, in my judgment, should be reached by methods particularly adapted to these special forms of wealth which will appeal to their owners’ sense of fairness, because they are fair in practice and results and avoid the antagonism aroused by the general prop- erty tax, which, when it reaches these elusive forms of property, subjects it to excessive and disproportionate taxation. In making suggestions for changes in the present system, I am sensible of the recognized truth that any radical change in a long-established system is a diffi- cult and dangerous undertaking and should be made with due care, caution and intelligence, and in a conservative and practical spirit. Reform is change, but change is not always reform. Con- stitutional limitations, public sentiment, business conditions and many other things must be considered. Obivously in this State, the progress of tax reform is impeded by the early constitutional limitations; and the re- cent hasty and ill-advised constitutional amendments adopted by the people because they wanted more equal taxa- tion, without due regard to the methods ators: ek SRT i, i Le 19 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN increased the difh Some reform may of obtaining it, have culty in this respect be aecomplished in apite of them, but little through their assistance, We thave of Michigan, about equal and uniform heard a great deal, outside which must Com taxation oan abatract principle is universally endorsed, We mend the geal of all reformers who ad- vocate such a beneheent principle. Zeal admirable knowledge This is especially true when vested with po iW preat Catine in a mest quality; but seal and sound judginent im dangerous, without litieal or otheral power and influence, uniform rile’ of valuation in the old anti- inevitable Phe "one and one uniflora tate’ quiated property tax with ote and disguise it an we inay by al result of unequal unsatistactory faxation, Hiri algunednta, I have efloria of various states to tnprove catefully studied the vigorous this system and enforce its applieation to all property and adapt ito modern in duatrial conditions ettorts characterised by drastic doomage adoption of the such have been and linting systems, the Host rigorous laws that could be devised for the discovery of property and bring Ne Houpen the polls, the requirement ot statements, the aWworh employment of ‘tan ferrets’ and “tax inquisitors’ to asmiat tn the discovery of elusive forms of property Vhev have nowhere suc Vhe ditions is a tarlure system Qader modern con not ceeded lt does reach the great mass of new forms of corpe rate and tatangible Vhe be roughly sununariced as follows Property, evilx ot the extsting system may Firat, ( ot ditlerent sPOSS THeEQuAality In assessment Kind of owned by diferent persons in and of ditter rtv regardless of own and} ak valued Vhe values of even real and unrast, white prreces of the sane PEPErey the same tantng district ent Kinds of prope rversonalty, the and the and in Tem erehip, as veal estate former all latter PAT Eseaprag VWMOEQUALN ih part unequally entirely ise Hatione tA asxessalic estate are tavidious those tn favor of personalty as against , > . reat Estate are stiri wre Qiariny ana un b? > » ses > beatrallc Assessors combine with tax ravers to brine about these discrimina PNAVOE TR TO OSE RT BMT THOSE GLSerimi ne » Pas baa Pru BADAGNY MPreksee ‘ > & Pon TORR, WATTS The approrthamment of Stat . s TANGER TH WORE CGAUSTTICTS CPeRES A SYSTEU i wpbpetitive vndervalmation ef prep WM UNMARIBDOTIIIVE Uh AMATO Of PMY a g \ , HS SR aee » rea pee SEV UMRTREEVO Bh PSCC ane result bh eta wet ee ee ho a ur ik that ThE OVUIRAS ROW ORE OY Tea Anke & BoA » Ser mie > A ee ~t eh Osi ate RTe MEATUCY ETO WOUS ARNG SROWAT » » > AN TR OLE VEN . . Sitie to suggest STACI RL . :. ASS oa : . ‘ SB UES 8 aA sa » \ * aE f ™ OSL ALN RRA © aa omy » * oe 2 ha VERVE HTN QUINT OS GEEVISR RY Lax ot ta ds soared s ANA oe CWRRALS ES Hae Comme > Cane Waa, Now SV 2A Cow BANC Ss (eh Pemesv want’ atest her Ree Wes Oy ROAR AOESVA | QaaPacs W Wal etak--excert t VVAW-Wetes Ooerowadhiowae--hare CES Oe’ WX KRATTS OX AN PRO ABS, 2. —____ Meat War in a New York Town. There has been a cut of 4o per cent. in the price of fresh meats in Olean, N. Y., the result of the boycott recently placed on the market of Gault Bros., of Olean, who continued*to supply cus- tomers with the goods of the Dold Pack- ing Co., of Buffalo, after being warned by the local labor unions to cease handling them. All the other markets in the city refused to handle the Dold goods after being warned. At noon to- day the union cutters employed by Gault Bros. refused to give up their jobs when ordered out by the union. The war began on Saturday week, when hams were cut from 12 to 8 cents, and other smoked goods in proportion. The Dold Packing Co. is behind Gault Bros. So far Armour & Co., who have a cold- storage plant in Olean, have taken no hand in the fight. The Olean grocers continue to handle the Dold smoked and preserved meats in defiance of a warn- ing from the union. > 2. ____ Dresses on Nothing a Year. There is said to be an- American woman in Paris who dresses superbly on nothing a year, because she hasa fine figure and is a good advertisement for the fashionable dressmaker who clothes her. His creations are so enhanced by the wearer’s charms that she is besieged by enquiries for the name of her coutur- ier, who thus has secured a greatly in- creased clientele in the fashionable cir- cle in which she moves. > MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Rubbers give him, especially so in looking at a GUOTOROHORORORORON OROROROH OROHOHOR OHOHOROHOHOROROHOL line with which he is not familiar. 1 QO d However, when reading the advertise- ment (of possibly the same salesman’s house) he has their goods placed before him and can give them serious consid- eration and study without the confusing arguments which are often advanced, Use our catalogue in sending mail orders. Orders for staple boots and shoes filled the same day as re- ceived. Full stock on hand of Goodyear Glove and Federal Rub- bers. Send us your orders. and will buy strictly on his own judg- Bradley & Metcalf Co., Milwaukee, Wis. : Advantage of Buying Shoes From Adver- tiseomonts in Trade Papers, The main considerations in the pur- chase of a. stock of shoes are quality, ; style, fitand value; secondary consid- erations being the proper filling of or ders and shipments being made as de- , : ment, influenced only by the plain state- sired, In the shoe journals of the pres- aS . ment of facts and prices by the adver- ent time the dealer reads the advertise-].. ; ‘ : tisement, which really are the only ment of the tanner who tells him that he : : : rea ee points to be considered in placing an is finishing a certain brand of leather , ; order. which he has given a name. He could . ‘ . An advertised shoe is subjected to the severest test known to any class of merchandise, being held up for criticism to every dealer in footwear, and goods which are not in all respects exactly as FRG ap not afford to do this unless his product combined necessary qualities essential for the kind of stock he is making. For instance, tf a dealer buys a shoe with a sole of Rock Oak, he knows posi- tively that he has an absolutely reliable bottom, or if the upper is made of Vici, Velours calf or Phoenix kid, and so on, he knows that he is buying the best product there is to be had for those pur- poses for the reason that they have had the test of time and their makers could not afford to put their reputations in the balance by sending out an inferior grade of leather over their names, they putting years of work and large invest- ments of capital as a guarantee of the advertised do not long seek publicity in this manner, In buying a_ well- known brand of shoes, ora line from a well-known house that advertises its goods, the dealer is protected, inasmuch as no such advertiser can afford to send out any other goods than such as he dis- plays in printer's ink; and if occasion should possibly arise for a complaint he knows positively that it will be given due consideration and that he will re- ceive just treatment from him. In considering styles the advertiser Princess SCROROHSHORORSCHOLECT?S RO TOROHeTSECHS 4 ~~ American Rubbers fultillment of their promises. Thus the dealer knows that he is buying quality. These cuts show two of the most popular styles of the tamous American rubbers— highest in quality, most elegant in style and fitting perfectly. We deal exclusively in rubber footwear; seven different brands: a can not afford to display any shoes not made up in accordance with the de- Vhere is, and very often unknowingly, a great amount of personal feeling, either favorable or prejudiced, between the buyer and the salesman, often to the detriment of the buyer. ‘These chances are eliminated in dealing directly with an advertiser; you do not know whether he is pleasant, young, old, man or woman, You are simply buying shoes strictly on their merits. In sending an order directly to a house you know that it will not lose any time in the hands of a third person, but will be delivered in the shortest po nh mands of the season and shows only the most staple and best styles he is able to obtain. The influence of competition being always in his mind he offers only the best at his command. Statistics, gathered from the largest and most successful manufacturers, show that their advertised lines are among their best selling goods, and that a large percentage of their sales is effected through their advertising and mail or- der business, which is one of the best arguments in favor of this system of do- Write for prices A. H. KRUM & CO. Detroit, Mich. AMERICANS, PARAS, WOONSOCKETS, RHODE ISLANDS, COLONIALS, CANDEES, FEDERALS Sensible Over -Jing business; and its healthy growth sible time and so receive prompt atten-] from season to season proves con- tion, this being especially desirable [| clusively that the buyer of to-day has during the season when you wish to fll} confidence in shoes and houses adver- in and want special pairs rushed out to] tised in the trade journal. you, The retailer uses show windows to a i a Sonn D . se ctelac 3 nhroeced > All orders, and) specifications apper- | display his styles and prices to the peo- taining to them, sent through the mails} ple of his town and he knows how they} Goodyear Glové Rubb for season 1901 comprise some special must be treated if he expects to make} ; > Don’ f il } — items. ont fail to see them. sa see Pens er oss are matters of record and are not sub- rect to falling memories or alterations | tegular customers of them; and so the] Di 3 while in transit, the dealer in this way | manufacturers and jobbers display their | i iscount 5 and 10 per cent. knowing that an advertiser will All his styles and prices in the trade journals, | Bear in mind this Is the season that order exactiv as received, which are the shew windows of their! quality will count. Write for samples. The competition between advertisers | Oustne dealer knows he will} : . is Sharp and keen, each aiming te get treatment he gives r ke teen f she trade ann if nn t ? ‘ mS POTUAR OC the Trade and, if Pas- 9 i. sibie, a part of his competitars’. There- er ae GRAND RAPIDS, MICH % e be made to the be CAUY Mace them, ft = x cD ~ wi ae . awe = es me Seat tts ee |e os “A TEMPORAL COWRS ARC CwUieS Ale ROT OOv- QA ON Get in Line amet > their renrecent their represent Getting Imte the Rats ef — t ee : Lycomings from Feb. 1 to Mar. 31, 1901........... -35-10 per cent. G VAM —— CMNOn “ f . — « ™ 2 Keystones from Feb. 1 to Mar. Be, OE ---35-10-10 per cent. ny ae cat. CAM “apn + die > iu _ Woonsockets trom Feb. 1 to Mar, 31, 1901. ........ .35-10-5 per cent. . . Me I ca ++-s35-10-1O-5 per cent. 7 : the + <3 : DS cand The time ts short in which to protect yourself for next season's busi- Aa eee DeSS, Dat Our agent will call on you in time with samples of the above Ze} oe Teint I weeveem ~y > sei wEnCS +-YOOGMRES Contain more pure gum than any other rubbers S *& catied on the market. Bs) WN SO g : ~~ GEO. H. REEDER & CO., , | o & 2S SOUTH PONIA STL GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ¥ 8 5 5 i =) I] LS, NA MET. EAS) ISAS Sy, les (Se CW {Fae (e SSE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 18 this, we say, he has probably lost the keen interest which he felt in his busi- ness when he first opened on his own account. He sees trade as good as last year at this time, profits equal to the profits of last year and apparently every- thing is going on in a prosperous man- ner. Why should he be expected to put in all his time when the store gets on just as well without him? That is the question, does it get along just as well without him? As well say a train of cars will run just as well with- out the engine. True the rails keep the cars from running off into the ditch on either side, and after they receive an impetus they will move some distance without the aid of the locomotive, but it is with diminishing momentum and speed, and in a short time the whole train stops. So in the retail shoe store, when the motive force, the proprietor, ceases to devote his time and energy to the store the vis inertiae becomes potent at once and increases with alarming rapidity. ‘Stagnation is death’’ is a principle as old as humanity. To be alive it is necessary to keep moving, or, in other words, motion is the evidence of life. Every business has in recent years un- dergone more or less of revolution. Combinations of capital have made production cheaper, and at the same time competition may have reduced profits, but through all the changes and vicissitudes there are those who make no change in their regular routine. An extreme case within the writer’s knowledge is that of a man now in the ‘*sear and yellow leaf,’’ the proprietor of a retail store not a thousand miles from Boston—that is sufficiently indefi- nite to allow him to escape, but this will be read by many who know the gentleman. In the early ‘‘sixties,’’ when goods of every kind sold at fabu- lous prices, this retailer’s father ordered an immense stock thinking he was do- ing well to buy before another rise. It turned out, however, that there was no further rise. The backbone of the Con- federacy was broken and the price of everything began to drop. Rather than sell at a loss the old gentleman refused to sell at all and the son has followed in his footsteps, so now there is a fully stocked store awaiting a ‘‘conservative’’ dealer who wants goods nearly forty years old. This, as we said, is an extreme case, but the difference is only in degree be- tween these two and the dealer of to-day who does not keep~-in touch with the latest and best methods of conducting the business and with the improve- ments in the conditions under which a retail business is carried on. Mind, we do not say, and do not want to be understood as saying, that a re- tailer should invest his savings in every clap-trap device or catch-penny notion that he runs across simply because it nominally relates to the retail business. Not at all. But he should and must avoid getting into a rut and staying there, or his competitors will easily pass him in the race to success, and the man in the rut will have the weariness and the labor and the jolting and hard work, but the one who keeps on firm ground and keeps moving will be the one to receive the prize. There is as much difference between the business methods of to-day and two or three decades ago as there is in the styles of footwear. In those days no gentleman was dressed without boots, and to-day boots are useful only to emphasize the villainy of the bad man in the melodrama. There seems to be a slight tendency here and there to re- turn to the boots, but there never can be a return to obsolete methods. The re- tailer who is laying the flattering unc- tion to his soul that there will be a re- turn to the good old ways must wake up or he will be numbered with the ‘‘also rans. Take, for instance, the exterior of a retail store, as compared with the same twenty-five or thirty years ago. At that time the word aesthetic had little meaning to the average citizen and as little to the shoe dealer as to any one. But a change came about. The win- dows of a shoe store receive as much care as those of any mercantile busi- ness, and the services of an expert win- dow dresser are required to bring about the best results. The expert profes- sional window dresser, by the way, isa creation of yesterday. True, he reaches now back into the last century, but it is only a short time that the profession has existed. How do the methods of the dreamer compare with the results of a professional’s work in the matter of dis- playing goods in a manner to attract the public? Of course the professional’s work may be followed and copied, but that does not detract from the value of his work. On the contrary, it is an acknowledgment on the part of the copyist that the up-to-date method is right and old-fogyism is not able to keep up with the modern methods. The copyist is trying to get out or keep out of the rut which lay open for him, and his effort is to be commended rather than the other who refuses to see any good in the advance of conditions. Another feature of the retail store in which improvements have been made is the fixtures and furniture. New ideas in interior fitting and decorating have crept in until the retail shoe store is now a palace as compared with the re- cent past. The question is superfluous whether the public is better pleased to trade at the modern store or to give its patronage to the “‘back number’’ con- cern. There are cases, of course, where the older store has, by its long continued and honorable service to the public, really by the force of character, honesty and integrity of its proprietors and as- sistants, held out against the modern store, but such instances are rare, and the dealer who depends upon sucha chance falling to his lot is going to wake up to a realizing sense that he did greatly err. Very little happens in the retail shoe business by chance any more than in other lines of trade, and while chance may once in a while help out a good’ man, the safer way to encourage fortune is to keep moving in the direction of improvement in store fixtures, fittings and furnishings, so that the place will be at least equally attractive with any other shoe store in town. Similar comment might be made on changes and improvements made in the matter of arrangement of stock. Great changes have also taken place in the advertising department. Time was when a wooden boot hung over the door was all the advertising the disciple of St. Crispin needed. Now he wants all the newspaper space he can control and takes advantage of every possible means of getting himself and his wares before the public and remaining there. Books and accounts are kept now by different methods from those of our fath- ers. They may be better kept now, the old way may have been better, but the change has come and has come to stay. The long legged book-keeper on the high stool with the goose quill over his ear was a picturesque and imposing sight, striking terror into the heart of the small boy, but he has passed with his single and double entries as fully and completely as the goose quill pen. Accommodations for the public are much greater now than formerly, but there is still room for improvement in most retail stores in this respect. The movement, however, is in the right di- rection, and the not distant future will probably see as near perfection as we can expect in this world of error and shortcoming. Other features of the retail shoe store‘ where great improvements have been made might be mentioned, but space forbids. The march of events is on- ward and upward, and the regrettable feature of it all is that middle-aged men are not the pioneers in pushing new ideas to the front. Dealers who have been in the business long enough to know a good thing when they see it are prone to let well enough alone and keep on in the way their predecessors did for years and years before the twentieth century dawned. This, men and brethren, is not right. So long as a man is carrying on a busi- ness he should work it for all there is in it. Not necessarily for the increased profit, although that is a matter for con- sideration, but he should strive always to keep up with the latest ideas and ‘‘prove them, whether they be good or whether they be evil.’’ He should keep abreast the times for the benefit of his clerks and salesmen, so when they go into business for themselves their meth- ods will not be obsolete and archaic, and finally he should keep up for his own sake. Unless he is putting his en- ergy into the business, or some other business, he is not making the most of himself and is therefore on a retrograde move, for the rule is the same as with the tide—when the flood ceases the ebb begin. Brother retailers, let us exhort you to keep out of the ruts of inertia and _ self- sufficiency and make every possible en- deavor to improve the conditions of the retail trade, so that the life of the retail shoe dealer at the close of the century just opening shall be one glad, sweet song.— Hubert Edwards in Boot and Shoe Recorder. PESEI SASS SASSER SAE Re We Want Your a on Rubbers for Next Year Below are new prices: From February tst to March 31st, 1901, both inclusive, Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods, 35 and 1o per cent; Bay State Rubber Co.’s goods, TERMS: 35 and 10 and Io per cent. Bills for deliveries between Februar off for cash in Io days. days. If paid prior to November 10, Ig0!, 7 and the above mentioned | per cent. CESSES CIs SISOS ISIN sive, shall be payable net thirty days from date of shipment, 1 per cent. Bills for deliveries between April 1 and September 14, tgo1, both inclusive, shall be dated November 1, 901, net 30 days, 1 per cent. off for cash in Io E RINDGE. KALMBACH, LOGIE & CO , Grand Rapids, Mich. Business y 1 and March 31, tgo!, both inclu- per cent. perannum to November Io may be allowed. PEISASAeS RSE Zs Ss Are made wit they are nea Gents’ sizes. We also make them Will Stand the Racket OuR Own MAKE CHILDREN’S Box CALF SHOES h greatest care as to appearance; t and nobby. But they’ll stand the racket longer than any other shoes made. in Misses’ and Little HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. MAKERS OF SHOES. PSSA SSS ES SSS SS Re The IIlustrated Price Grand Rapids 35 and to per cent.; second qualit ond quality 10 per cent. better. price lists, etc., if you are interested. 4 MONROE STREET, Wholesale Dealers in Rubber Boots tens are among : : : : ( i (TRON RONSON ENN of the Combinations is now ready and our discount on Candee, first quality, is Rapids Felt Boot Co.'s first quality is 40 and 5 per cent. and their sec- ( ( will be out in ro days and our price list on Knit, Felt Boot and Sock Get your orders in now and write for Hh STUDLEY & BARCLAY, Boot and Shoe List Felt Boot Co., y, 10 per cent. better; the Grand GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. and Shoes—Socks, Gloves and Mit- our specialties. SIR RN AEN STS) 35) L IEE rope SEE IER HERE oie, are nay 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _Dry Goods Weekly Market Review of the Principal Staples. Staple Cottons—The demand in the market for staple cottons has remained this week about the average of the pre- vious week. There is but a very small difference between the offering price of the buyers and the demanding price of the sellers, yet both are firm to all out- ward appearances, and the difficulty which agents have met, and which we have spoken of before, is the fact that jobbers are offering goods in a number of cases at a lower price than the agents can sell them for, and, of course, this absorbs a good many small orders, for bleached goods in particular, that would ordinarily help swell the agents’ busi- ness. Brown goods in stock are still quite irregular. Bleached cottons, while rather quiet, are held very firm. Small sales are reported for ticks and the general line of coarse colored cottons for immediate delivery. Prints—Salesmen on the road _ this week sent in quite a fair amount of or- ders for printed calicoes. This, how- ever, constitutes the principal business that is being done in them, the spot de- mand continuing quite slow and the to- tal average is not particularly good. Staple calicoes were taken up in pretty good sized lots the last of last week. Local business has been quiet. Staples are in good shape in most quarters. Fancy calicoes are wanted principally for the special finishes. Ginghams—There has been a moder- ate increase in a number of orders for staple ginghams, and dress styles are particularly well sold, although quiet for the present. Dress Goods—Business in the dress goods division of the market remains in the same impassive condition asa week ago. Buyers show practically no interest in anything aside from staples and separate skirting fabrics, on which some fair orders are stil] coming for- ward. As regards cloaking business, there is practically nothing doing ex- cept on colored kerseys. The suiting end of the market is in a quiet posi- tion, buyers not yet having reached the duplicating stage. Underwear—The same uncertainty in regard to fleeced goods exists to-day as was noticeable earlier in the season. Only a few lines have been sold to a satisfactory extent, but in most cases business is rather dull. There are cer- tain lines which have particular merit, either in quality or originality, that have succeeded fairly well as far as_ or- ders are concerned, and at the same time have kept up prices. Buyers who have been to market and left for home have frequently expressed the intention of waiting until they were sure that prices had reached ‘‘rock bottom.’’ Some prominent firms have reduced their prices on fleeces two or three times already, and the conditions are so un- certain that neither buyers nor agents know where they stand. Regular 13% and 14 pound fleeces that opened at $3.75 are down now, in some cases as low as $3.50 fora full standard shirt. There are a few in the market who have attempted to maintain their prices at $3.75 from the beginning to the present time, but their sales have not only been quite limited but cancellations fre- quent. Even where they have attempted to hold the orders, it has only made trouble and had to be relinquished in the end. There are several mill own- ers who have stated that they would give up the manufacture of fleeces after this season, as there was no longer any money in it. Other lines of knit goods are also under the cloud of cut prices, especially ribbed goods. Ladies’ goods especially are suffering. The better grades of men’s and women’s’ wool goods are in a more satisfactory condi- tion, and although prices show no ad- vances over those of a year ago, they are more firmly maintained and a really good amount of good orders has been booked. Hosiery—Woolen goods show a con- dition that is not particularly lively, but prices remain steady, although the weather conditions are against any heavy movements. Cheap grades are suffering from small prices. The in- creased cost of material for cheap lines kills what little profit there was in them and it seems impossible to secure any better prices. Jobbers have not done much business in their new lines as it is a little early yet and the chances are that they will move rapidly within an- other week or two. Much is expected in fancy lines, both in domestic and foreign manufactures. Carpets—Wilton carpets and other lines of three-quarter goods, including tapestries, velvets and axminsters, have moved very well this season at good prices,and the tendency is still upward. Many mills on 3% goods have run full from the opening of the season up to the present time. Manufacturers of this line report business as still slow, espe- cially on standard extra supers, and the majority of them are not pushing for business. Manufacturers claim that they were compelled to make reductions in prices this season, and some of them realize that they will have to make some move to induce business, probably a change in the fabric, introducing new and original effects. This, however, can not be done without increasing the jacquard capacity on their looms, and to do this it would be necessary to in- crease the number of needles or hooks. At this time about 272 hooks are used in jacquard machines for ingrains. This number, however, does not permit of the improvement in the originality of designs, but a larger number of hooks would give a much larger scope to the designers’ ideas and help restore the ingrains to their former popularity. On the other hand, there are manufacturers who claim that everything is running to cheapness, and to produce a line of goods at higher prices would be to lose the trade. They state that standard extra super ingrains are too good for the price at which they are sold. Buyers should remember that standard ingrains are 4-4 goods (full yard wide) and reversible and contain 2-14s worsted warp and 60-yard standard filling, while some grades of tapestry carpets are woven in the piece, 3 wide, and have jute backs, and instead of worsted filling they are made of soft yarn, similar to ingrain filling, which is woven in such a way thata small portion only is thrown to the surface, and when woven, they are printed in the piece. They are also one face goods. The better class of 44 goods are made of much better ma- terial, 12s and 13s, 2 and 3-ply worsted yarn, which is printed and the design matched before being woven. Manu- facturers are now making enquiry for original designs for the fall of 1901. ——_»>+.___ When a fellow is all wrapped up in himself he usually thinks he’s a pretty warm proposition. Cleaning Colored Gold Articles. Greasy jewelry of this class may be effectually cleaned by washing with warm water in which a little soap has been dissolved along with a small quan- tity of soda-ash, using a soft clean white bristle brush for brushing the articles with the solution, and when this is done, drying the articles in warm box- wood sawdust will render them perfectly clean and free from greasy stains. A mixture producing excellent results in the restoration of colored gold work which may have become tarnished by atmospheric influences is the following : Bi-carbonate of soda 1 oz. Chloride of lime, 3% oz. Common salt, % oz. Boiling water, 40 ozs. Reduce these ingredients to a fine powder and pour over them the boiling water in a dish or basin. The dirty or tarnished articles are well brushed or lightly touched up with this preparation until all dirt or oxide has been removed. They are then rinsed in clear hot water and dried in sawdust, when they will appear almost new. This mixture is of no further use for cleansing purposes when once used; it will therefore be advisable not to prepare more of the liquid than is needed at the time to ac- complish the object in view. For the soda-ash mixture about { oz. of soda- ash to the pint of water will be strong enough to effect the purpose desired, and it will be sufficient—instead of dis- solving the soap in water—to rub the brush a time or two across the soap, after having been dipped in the hot water in which the soda-ash has been dissolved, to take up enough soap on the brush to produce the required slip- pery lather which causes the brush to pass smoothly and easily over the sur- face of the articles to be renovated. The compound recipe may be prepared in quantity, and in some businesses this is found to be an advantage. In doing this, after the ingredients are wel! stirred in the boiling water, by the time the latter is cold the unmixed portion will have settled at the bottom of the vessel. The liquid above the sediment is then carefully poured off and pre- served in a securely stoppered bottle for future use, when the necessary quan- tity may be taken as wanted for the work in hand, and used-in accordanc: with either of the methods described which suggests itself to the mind as the more suitable for the object to be at- tained. ———_~> 2. __ The woman who has a telpehone in her house receives more calls than the woman who hasn’t. Don’t buy an Awning until you get our prices. Chas. A. Coye, 11 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Send for prices. , Wholesale Dry Goods, Means Just What It Says Boss of Michigan This Shirt is made to wear; is full size, felled seams and best quality of goods. We also carry a full line of Negligee and Laundried Shirts from $2.25 to $9.00 a dozen. Send for samples. Steketee & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich. @ RALLLLLLLLLL(@) About Hosiery see our line. true. > « AAHHLQAN MANADO NRNRA NAN NHA AAD Wholesale Dry Goods, The tendency each season is more and more toward fancy patterns in the line of hosiery. lead for pretty colorings at low prices—goods that will sell rapidly at 15c per pair. buying only in the higher priced goods. We want you to : If we claimed to have the greatest assortment in the country you would not believe it, neither would it be We do claim, however, upon looking us over. i stuff” for the money. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., This season Men’s Socks Misses’ and Women’s are worth that you will be surprised We really have some splendid STSSTS SS SS SST SSO OS Grand Rapids, Mich. Osseo Ss ing get Ss. ich. led en. @ | SSSTS STS SSCS ST SSO ON MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Clothing Mourning Garments in Vogue in New York. London fashions are of course pro- foundly affected by the death of the Queen, and as fashions on the other side of the water have their effect on styles here, it is of interest to know that the period of deep mourning is to be curtailed by royal request and that the whole period of public mourning is to be a short one in England. The death of the Queen has had no material effect on dress here. Aside from a- small number of Englishmen and people con- nected intimately with England, there has been no change in apparel because of her death. New York society may sympathize with the bereavement of the English nation, but not to the extent of seriously altering its mode of dress. The subject of mourning garb brought up by the death of the queen is one that deserves some attention. There are times in life when fashion decrees, for perfectly proper and obvious reasons, that individuals shall express by their manner of dress the sorrow that has _be- fallen them in the death of near and dear relatives. Ideas on this subject are not as rigid as they once were, for it is now generally recognized that the constant reminder of loss for a long period of time has an effect on the in- dividual that is not healthful and that for many other reasons is not desirable. Still, as mourning must, unfortunately, be worn, it is well to say a few words on the subject. For evening dress no changes from the ordinary garb are necessary except, perhaps, that the black waistcoat is worn instead of a white one, and that the shirt studs are either plain white or black and the cuff links of plain dark metal or jet. The severity of the plain white and black of evening garb makes no further changes necessary. For afternoon wear the plain black frock coat or vest, trousers of black, or a very dark worsted, black glace gloves, black neckwear, with a plain white handkerchief and an absence of jewelry, except possibly a gold seal ring, with a quiet scarfpin and plain gold, gun metal or black cuff links,are required. For morning wear plain black cloth- ing or clothing of a dark gray tone in some inconspicuous pattern is desirable. If shirts other than plain white are worn they should be, preferably, in black and white of some quiet pattern, and gloves either of black or of a dark shade should be worn. Black neckwear or neckwear with very neat and inconspic- uous color effect is desirable. The changes made from _ ordinary dress are the elimination of other col- ors than plain black or white, and the cultivation of severity and quietness in dress. For this reason garments that are not conspicuous in an way should be worn. The period of mourning varies from three months to a year, or longer, according to the nearness of relation- ship. For a wife it is a year or longer, for children or a mother, from six months to a year. For relation more distant, such as cousins, three months. In the period of half mourning, colors are used so that the severity of deep mourning is modified quietly. Any- thing loud or striking should, of course, be avoided, although some brightness is shown in the garb. The period of half mourning is ordinarily one-half of the mourning period. The black band worn about the left sleeve of the over- coat, between elbow and shoulder, is affected by some men during the mourn- ing period, but it is a custom that is not likely to become permanent or to have much popularity. The tendency of the times is away from anything conspicu- ous or pronounced in mourning as in other garb. Of course, in sporting garb of all kinds worn during the mourning period, greater latitude is permissible. If any- thing unduly bright or striking is avoided and a general tone of quietness is cultivated no serious changes other- wise need be made in dress for such purposes. In general, if good judgment is shown in the selection of quiet and severe effects in dress, no glaring impropriety is likely to be committed in the garb worn during the mourning period. For attendance at morning and after- noon church service the ordinary formal afternoon dress is worn—silk hat, frock coat, dark trousers, etc. As the dress cutaway is now much worn on occasions when the frock coat was formerly worn, this garment is also worn at day serv- ice. As in mourning, but to a less marked extent, dress for church should be quiet and inconspicuous. It is not considered proper to wear evening dress, formal or informal, to church in the evening. The long coat or the dress cutaway is worn. Just why it is not con- sidered proper to wear evening dress to church it is hard to say. Probably it is felt that garments ordinarily worn on distinctively festive occasions are not suitable for the more serious occa- sions of life. —Apparel Gazette. —_—__> 2. —___ Signs About the Store. The signs throughout the store dis- playing prices or giving information about goods should always be neatly and carefully made. They are a very im- portant part of the interior display of the store, and give a very shabby ap- pearance where they are untidy and poorly made. The effect of good signs is also sometimes spoiled by hanging them poorly, or placing them in a bad position. There are numerous little points about this that it would pay every retail merchant to watch very care- fully. See that your signs hang straight ; they do not look very nice when one corner droops by fastening them to goods with pins, where the pin is some- times removed and replaced in another position, leaving old pin holes showing. A sign should always be carefully placed with regard to its height from the floor. It should not be so high up that it is read with difficulty, or so low down that a person of ordinary height is apt to overlook it. Signs are best displayed by hanging them on or from a stand, or by framing them neatly and placing them in the position desired. These remarks about signs apply as well to signs in the window as to those used inside the store. It is also well to be careful that you have your signs made and ready to place on goods as soon as the goods go in the window. If you intend to make a display of signs, why not get the benefit of it from the very first moment that you can, instead of waiting, as some houses do, for a half day or day, before they place their signs in proper position? Another thing is to have your signs well worded and attractively printed. In printing your signs do not use generalities, but be specific in any information that you may choose to give.—C. F. Jones in Printer’s Ink. —___<> 02s —_—_ A stiff upper lip is useless when pitted against a wagging lower jaw. Directions for Cleaning Kid Gloves. A card with a copy of these rules might prove a good advertisement for the glove counter: A successful wash for soiled kid gloves of the more delicate shades, as well as white, will be owned by many housewives as one of the greatest bless- ings of the day. Many of the cleaners will say that light gray or pale lavender kids can not be cleaned successfully, | but they are wrong. Go to any drug store, and ask for acleaning fluid made as follows: Deodorized benzine, two pints; sulphuric ether, one drachm; chloroform, one drachm; alcohol, two drachms. Open the windows wide, and have no fire and no light in the room while do- ing the cleaning. Select a large earthen bowl, and pour in enough of the fluid to well cover the pair of gloves. Wash the gloves just as you would a cloth or a piece of lace. Rub the fingers together until the seams are entirely clean. Use one glove to rub the other with. When they seem to be clean, squeeze out and dry them with a_ towel sufficiently to put on the hand. Ifa spot shows any- where, wet it again with the fluid, and rub the kid gently with the towel. If you have plenty of the washing fluid and are desirous of having the gloves look just like new, rinse them before trying them on in a clean wash. When assured that they are clean, pull them off carefully by loosening the fin- gers at the tips. Hang themjup to dry in the open air. In half an hour all disagreeable odor will have disappeared. One quart of this cleansing fluid will not cost over forty cents and it ought to clean six pairs of gloves. a The Only Alternative. ‘*T do wish you would promise to be an abstainer.”’ *‘Couldn’t, ma’am. Not built that way. Born in Kentucky, ma’am. Have to be born again, in Ohio or Kansas, or some such place, before I could promise that. YOU CAN DO WITHOUT H. BROS. “CORRECT CLOTHES” THIS SPRING BUT YOU CAN’T MAKE ANY MONEY DOING SO Let us send you samples or have our representative call. Bl leavenrich Bros. LED@ 4 a We will send tomerchant.s, 0, of all expense— XPress Charges p, paid—our New Book SF SPRING und Si UMMER CLOTH N SA MPLES. containing 160 ‘alii ples of Men's, Boys’and Children’, Ready -to-wear Clothing, Vo, can do a successful, Profitable clothing business With our ourfiz Send in your application az aia DALE es TN 6 Com y= I = prin & SUMMER 1901 WALTER BUHL & CO., DETROIT, MICH. ARE HEADQUARTER THE 1901 WINNER IN ALL NEW SHADES Prompt attention to all mail orders. S FOR NOVELTIES. ania TTA e Te « STYLE AND QUALITY rr Save TL) an BL a UC —_ hr _ TRADESMAN COUPON BOOKS 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Heating and Ventilating a Home, The modern house is a well heated and well ventilated house, for every body now knows that the health and comtort oof the family depend more upon pure, warm air than upon any other thing about the house, We have alao learned thet it costs no more to heat and ventilate a house properly than it did the old-fashioned way, with over- heated or burnt air, ‘Vhe cost of the ventilating system is very small and will be saved in the fuel bill almost every year A thorough aystem can be installed at a very small cost by putting a four-ineh vent pipe into the base board in the widest part of cach room, and as far away trom the heat center as possible. his drawa off the cold and bad air and dvawa the warm over to take its place and obviates fully the dithculty some times found on windy days of not being able to heat certain rooms exposed to the wind Phe wall pipes conducting the hot ait to the second and third floors should be placed in the partitions as close to the furnace as possible, avoiding all sharp angles; also avoiding their being car- ried by flat runs under the floors as much as possible hese pipes should be carefully and chacoeahll wrapped with asbestos paper, run straight to. the registers, these being placed in the walls without frames. The shoes at the bottom, te which the round pipes con nect, should be angled so that the heat will come inte the pipes from. the bot- taonn ‘he return pipe from the hall should be run along the cellar ceiling until it reaches a point opposite the furnace, when it should drop straight down by the side of the furnace and be connected mately goo square inches, This would give you a duct 20x20 inches, The best duct is made by bricking the sides and arching over the top. Over this should be thrown a couple of inches of sand and then the cement floor of the cellar can be laid over this. Right under the window should be left an opening the full size of the duct. From this should) be built a wooden riser up. to and including the window, and just above the window should be put a slide, which can be drawn in and out so as to regulate the amount of air taken from the outside. In the place where the window sash is generally placed, put a screen the full size of the window. This will keep out insects and vermin, and at the same time will not obstruct the flow of air. In setting up the furnace, care should be taken that every piece fits smoothly ; that all the joints are well packed with asbestos cement and that furnace sets plumb and level. Vhe outside jacket of the furnace should be made of galvanized iron, lined up on the inside with a good qual- ity of bright tin, leaving an air space of about half-inch between. The smoke pipe from the furnace to the chimney should not be lighter than No, 24 steel or galvanized iron, the full size of the collar in the furnace. The opening in the chimney should have a good heavy iron thimble, into which the smoke pipe should fit: firmly. This enables the smoke pipe to be eas- ily taken out without disturbing the chimney, when it becomes necessary to clean the same. Phe first and second joint of smoke pipe, after leaving the furnace, should be a tee joint, an which the check dam- per should be placed, and te which the chain should be connected running up }to the first floar, se that the furnace can be regulated without going downstairs inte the bottom of the pit, a shoe or} EVery Ume it ts desired to change the ‘ “Heal bs lampers shield being placed in the pit to pre. | CAPSS. | : vent the rush of cold air from the out-| . From the cone top of the furnace, ' ca tise ara ' ha } Hee ¢ >} he ke * ide backing up through the return | Me hot arr ptpes should be taken, run pipe, It may also be run under the | *U 8S 4 epi of the ex floor in a duct, the same as for |SSASE NW! ae fresh ait : Round eibews should be resh al S aE. While a combination of hot water and | USee . i aVOraing ~ ethos ~ } = warm air is the ideal methed of heat SC SS SewayS. uc gg cer beagles ae waelehare ¢ . Cos 2 “en ing, a warm air furnace with proper registers an the first floor should , ue . - sees ~ sua t Boag Perey = ALIA FIVES MOSl ENOELORE POESUITS veatil: In selecting a taken trhy co tay TAATR TOW? OUMSiciec at iS AaIMply 3 Crowding th re th he QQUaETE CoMtents of this pit should De twe-ctirds the Sse of the Speate ooR- tems ef the fermace pipes, tahen off fee: the Game ef the farmace. Fez Batames, as & 2CSeCh BiRpe as & Coe maces ef 7S square imetes, an Sieh wee as 2 Cheers SO Spe TORS Suppeaiag Dew, Bee Olsed 2 ‘a > pipes de taken Soe the y teaches. The sre af Sit Gack he Vos Case Show de PRI ~ mh rame wood werk. the woodwork t er unere fet of radtatiem ate taken aiff, % reducing Stting should be placed. From each cwediater sheeid be taken Ra the recurs = we Qe ey S28. Wits the tow pine increasizg iz the betles, as the pin thirty Geet ef rediatiem era Frog: the tetare pipe ef seme r em the seceeé deer (asus room) just below the elbow, is placed a tee with a 3(-inch opening, from which is taken the pipe leading up to the ex- pansion tank, The sizes of the opening in these hot water radiators should be for from 4o square feet and under, I inch; above 4o feet, not exceeding 72 square feet, 134 inch; and above 72 square feet, 1% inch. i : The area of different main pipes must, of course, be equal to the area of all its branches. The following tables will perhaps serve as a guide: a 1-inch main will supply two 34-inch branches. i 14-inch main will supply two 1-inch branches. 1%-inch main will supply two 1}4- inch branches. 2-inch main will supply two 14-inch branches. 21-inch main will supply two 1%- inch and one 14-inch and one 2-inch and one 14-inch, z-inch main will supply one 2%-inch and one 2-inch and two 2-inch and one 14-inch. By following this table and using or- dinary judgment there should be no trouble whatever in determining the proper size of the piping for an ordi- nary combination plant. In many respects the combination is preferable over either the straight hot water or the straight hot air; over the 0000008800000 0FHH8800000. You Will Miss PAINTS, for b have to offer. Manufacturers’ Agents, REED CITY, : If you place your orders VARNISHES and other spring goods efore you see what we We are time and money savers. CALLAGHAN & RICHARDSON, It MICH. a SeseesS SESS SSS SES yrs SSeS SSS ES Ses E9 F399 SFIEIseerFy q q q q q q q q q q q « q « q q q q « q q q « q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q ¢ q q q q Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co. Paint, Color and Varnish Makers. Mixed Paint, White Lead, Shingle Stains, Wood Fillers. Sole Manufacturers CRYSTAL ROCK FINISH for Interior and Exterior Use. Corner 15th and Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio. ==. “DETROIT” Vapor Stoves tank in sight. ONLY burner. during the past five years. Write for catalogue and secure agency. The Detroit Vapor Stove Co., Kindly mention this journal. (22 styles) Are entirely different from all others. The ‘Detroit’? burner is the It has proven its superiority No Detroit, Michigan. OOOOH HOODOO OOOOOOOOOHOGHOGHOO ‘a A nt aetna cad ad Ware, etc., etc. St. 33. 35. 37. 30 Louis St. Sporting Goods, Ammunition, Stoves, Window Glass, Bar Iron, Shelf Hard- Foster, Stevens & Co., 10 & 12 Moenrce Grand Rapids, Mich. u " BSSssessoossssssssssesssssses ay I > || eeeeeeeecesessoaeososessoasseassosescessesosesesesses ww e Ma oO i) yg COSI eeeeroseooooeossesesseseseseess | MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 hot air for the reason that it softens the temperature of the very hot air coming from the furnace down to a mild tem- perature. It is preferable over the hot water, because with it there is a con- stant stream of fresh air coming in from outside, thoroughly warmed as it passes by the furnace. A constant circulation of air is obtained, securing thorough ventilation of the rooms, which can not be done with a straight hot water plant, without the use of ‘‘indirects,’’ which are expensive. At the same time, it takes the rooms which are farthest away from the furnace, heating them with hot water by means of circulation, giving economy of fuel as well as far better sat- isfaction in results. In the hot water heating, the first es- sential thing is to get ample radiation. Architects and fitters vary in the way of estimating this. Perhaps, however, as safe a rule as can be laid down for general use, is: Where the house is not more than ordinarily exposed, one square foot of heating surface to every thirty or thirty-five cubic feet of air to be heated, adding about 50 per cent. for rooms which want to be especially warm, such as bathroom, also adding 50 per cent. for indirect radiation, when used. The open tank system is ordinarily used, because of its absolute safety. The pressure in such a system, in case the fire gets too hot so as to form steam, finds a vent through the open expansion tank. In small houses, where less than 500 feet of radiation is used, a round fire pot and boiler is preferable to the rect- angular. Where more than this is used, the rectangular fire pot and boiler has a preference. The first essential thing, of course, in this as well as in any other heating plant, is to have a boiler that is thor- oughly capable of doing the work, and for this, perhaps, the return flue is pref- erable; that is, the heat from the com- bustion chamber is carried to the rear of the boiler, then up and through the openings between the sections, then drawn to the front and back to the rear, allowing for great fire travel through the water sections, the water absorbing the heat from the smoke and gas as they pass. With such a boiler as this, the smoke pipe should not get hot, the water absorbing the heat before it reaches the smoke pipe. From the top of the boiler is taken the main flow pipe, having an eleva- tion of one inch in every ten feet, being reduced in size,as the different branches to the radiators are taken off and con- nections to the radiators being made by means of quick opening radiator valves. The return is taken from the opposite end, the same size as the flow pipe, and carried back to the bottom of the heater so as not only to take the place of the hot water leaving the boiler, but also to give the force of the drop in the pipes. Water contains more or less _ air, which, as the water is warmed, rises tu the top, so that an air vent should be placed in the top of the radiator oppo- site the feed sections and opened occa- sionally for the exhaust of this air and to maintain a circulation. Steam work differs from hot water work ; first, in that it has one pipe in- stead of two, the steam going from the boiler and the water of condensation re- turning through the same piping. The main piping in a steam plant in- stead of pitching up from the boiler, as in hot water pitches down from the boiler. After the different branches are taken off, a smaller pipe, called the re- turn pipe, is brought back to and into the bottom of the boiler. The risers and connections to the ra- diators are taken either from the side or top, as thought best; the horizontals being made one size larger than the up- rights ; the condensation from the steam returning by the main piping and the return pipe. Steam Ldistion should be about one- third less than hot water radiation, the style and make of the boiler being one of the most essential items to be taken into account. In ordinary house work, the upright sectional boiler is preferred to the bocisonsal tubular boiler, which -Stallation and, is used in large buildings. These boil- ers are usually set ona good brick base, covered with about two inches of asbes- tos covering, well put on, dried, shrunk and recemented, until there is no further shrinkage. About 1883 improvements were made by using thermostats to regulate the temperature of the home by controlling automatically draughts and dampers of the heating plant. From this small be- ginning constant advancement has been made until at the present time, temper- ature controlling is as essential to the complete heating plant as the draughts. In selecting a device for the control of the temperature of the house, several things are important. Select a device that is simple in its construction and operation, easily applied and kept in order; a device by means of which the point of temperature desired to be maintained can be changed quickly and readily without going to the basement. The last thing to consider is the ex- pense. The difference of a few dollars on a device of this kind is immaterial. The lasting qualities, construction, in- q as before mentioned, simplicity, are all important matters, and should receive careful considera- tion. After having selected the device, care should be used in the location of the thermostat, as this is all important. See that it is located in a living room and that in its location it is not exposed to unusual conditions of draughts, etc. An inside partition is better than an out- side wall. By means of the automatic heat regu- lator, it is possible, with a properly constructed heating plant, to maintain the temperature of the house at prac- tically a fixed point, night and day.— Domestic Engineering. ~~ _0 > Difficulties of Selling Hardware at a Profit. We all realize that competition is strong, and catalogue houses are spread- ing more and more through the country. I think hardware can be sold at a_ profit if there are not too many stores in the town. I will admit that there is always some trade that can not be held. In the first place, the hardware man must be a real-born hardware.man. He must understand the business and work hard to get the influence of his customers. I think that is the main thing—to get the people to think that you are working for their interest as much as youcan. When they come into the store stop and talk with them, and when they ask your opinion about anything, stop and tell them your idea, as they will always ap- preciate it; and keep a large amount of different styles and different priced ar- ticles on hand. When people come in and want some- thing for 25 cents, show them something for 25 cents, and show them the same style as those for 15, 20 or 30 cents, and give them their choice. Asa rule they will always go away satisfied, and if a customer comes in that is in the habit of looking over department store goods, and you have those cheap goods to show him and also have the good goods he has a chance to compare, and as a rule he always will select the better goods. Where there is a chance to make a fair or good profit some merchants say that merchants ought to come together and make prices. I think that is entirely wrong, as there are always some people that you can not depend on,and you will find among business men some _ are bright and hard workers, where others are sleepy and sit and do ‘nothing and, where the dealers would make prices and have same prices, quite often peo- ple will just buy where they know prices are all alike, and the man that works hard will lose the sale, as some people will go where it is most convenient, and, furthermore, it causes a jealous feeling among business men. My motto is, get the people so that they have con- fidence in you and treat them pleasantly and honestly, and you will find that you can sell hardware at a profit.—Charles F, ‘Schraeder in American Artisan. 1 ; Levels Hardware Price Curr ent Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... dis 70 E Mattocks | Adze Eye......................$17 00..dis 70—10 Japs Metals—Zinc +1 CORE, PEF Mm. _.............. 40 ss W: aterproof, erin. Ao 50 600 pound esom Se dete owsedecd tec Th Musket, — at eda cey sce we 75 Per pound.. ? 3S 8 Ely’s Wancaprock, per m. pecece 60 Slistiieaned Cartridges Bird Cages . See we aaa ae a 40 No. 22 short, om. Be 2 50 | Pumps, Cistern.. Dee eee a 75 No. 22 long, per m.. ee 3 00 | Screws, New List . ee 80 NG. 32 ShOrt, POF mM... 68s. ek. 4 95 | Casters, Bed and Plate................ 50&10&10 ING. 22 long, Per Wi... 6... 5 80 | Dampers, American................... 50 Primers Molasses Gates No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 250, per m...... 20) Stepome’ Pattern... 8... 60810 No. 2 Winchester, boxes "250, per m. 20 | Enterprise, self-measuring............ 30 Gun Wads Pans Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12U. M. C... CO eg Ae 608&108&10 Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m..... 70 | Common, polished ................... 7085 Black edge, No. 7, perm....>........ 80 Loaded Shells Patent Planished Iron ony esa ‘“‘A”’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 75 New Rival—For Shotguns “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27.9 75 i Drs. of oz. of Size Per Broken packages %c per pound extra. No. Powder Shot Shot Gauge 100 120 + 1% 10 10 $290 Planes 129 4 1g 9 10 2 90 | Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy. . 50 128 4 11 8 10 2 90 | Sciota Bench.. 60 128 4 1% 6 10 2 90 | Sandusky Tool ‘Co.'s, taney. aoa 50 135 4 14 5 10 2 95 | Bench, first yuality.. ee ceccee "0 154 41 1! 4 10 300 200 3. a: 10 2 86250 — 208 3 1 8 12 2 50 Advance over base, on both Steel and — 236 3% 114 6 12 2 65 mace! Mame, Paseo 2 65 265 3% 1% 5 12 2 70| Wire On Re RN 2 65 264 3% 1! 4 12 270 20 to 60 advance.......--...--..-see ss Base Discount 40 per cent. 10 je BO AGG Paper Shells—Not Loaded a 20 No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100. . 72 a 30 No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. Of) Saayance. 8 45 Gunpowder 2 advance.. eal icicle ad) Seldlwielee aialcla/ ale 70 Kegs, SS ips: per keg... .... .... 4 00 er advance.-..... ee = 4 Kegs, 12% ibs., per % kep.......... 2 Casing Rati 25 i kegs, 64 Ibs., per 4 keg... 2... 1 25 | Casing 6 advance.................0.... 35 Shot Wintel 10 advanee 2. l 25 In sacks containing 25 Ibs. Finish 8 advance... ce cecccccece 35 Drop, all sizes smaller than B........ 1 40 ae 6 advance .... 45 Augurs a and Bits arrel % advance... enti ence 85 —_—-,- ss =a 60 Rivets ennings genuine. 25 | Iron and Tinned....................4. 50 Jennings’ imitation.. — eOMiry 50 | Copper Rivets and Burs.... 22.222... 45 xes First Quality, S. B. Bronze............ 7 00 a First Quality, D -B Bronze. . 11 50 | 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............. 6 50 First Quality, S . Steel. . 7 75 | 14x20 Ix, Charcoal, Dean.. ae 7 50 First Quality, D. a ee 13 09 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.. . 13 00 aa 14x20 IC; Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 5 50 Railroaa 15 00 14x20 1x’ Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 6 50 Garden eG ee Un eve 30 00 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 11 00 oe ae 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 13 00 Stove Le 60 Ropes Ga, new Bee 65&10 | Sisal, % inch and larger.......... Se 8 Piew (1... rte rere be cee oa TE 12 ‘Gristiots Wet: pitt $4 00 ’ ae — Butts, Cast List acct. 19, ’86.. cos 50 Cast Loose Pin, — Ce 65 Sash , Weights Wrought Narrow . EE 60 | Solid Eyes, per ton... a alee meio 25 00 Chain Sheet Iron 4in. 6516in. %in. % in. com. smooth. com. Com Ze 6€@:. 85 €& . aie [Nee i6feM .... $3 20 ee. 8% 74 |... Gl .€ Ce 3 20 Bee... ...... 8% 7% . 6% 6 | NOR ee 3 30 Ss eo . Cast Steel, per Ib... 2... 2... 2.0.0. 20. a ETT NG 3 80 3 60 Chisels rik Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches Socket Firmer ..............000.c0000- 65 | wide, not less than 2-10 extra. oo 65 Shovels and Spades Hocket sens: és | Hirst Grade, Dor. .:.. 8 8 00 Elbows Second Grade, Doz.................... 7 50 Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz... .. et 65 Solder So — doz.. aaa. 1 a) Ae 21 Adjus vecsceceessseee.GiS 40&19|. The prices of the many other qualities of solder ‘eave Bits in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. Clark’s small, $18; oe ee 40 Ives’ 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30.............. 25 Squares Files—New List Seockame From... 65 — ee i 70&10 Tin—Melyn Grade cholson’s aia od eee oe 70 10x14 IO, Charcoal........,....... .... $ 8 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps... ee ae 70 | 34x90 ie Chara 8 50 Galvanized Iron Centers Ohareoge 9 75 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 — 26; 27, 28; Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. aoe 70 16. 7 Tin—Allaway Grade Gauges 10x14 = —— Ee cee diet iese diguia eu cis : 00 3 14x20 IC, Charcoal........ 00 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60&10 10x14 IX, Charcoal........ 8 50 Glass 14x20 IX, Charcoal... 22.000... 2.. ccs. 8 50 Single Strength, by box. . Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 Double Sythe Finke by box.. Boiler Size Tin Plate 14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers, Hammers 14x56 LX, for No.9 Boilers, per pound.. 10 Maydole a Co.’s, new ici a. -.-.. dis 333% Traps : Yerkes & Plumb’s. -dis 40810 | Steel, Game.. nt 75 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel... 30 list 70 Oneida Community ‘ “Newhouse’s...... 40&10 eo Oneida Community. Eawley & Nor- Gate, Clark’s 1, 2, 3.. .....dis 60&10 “eee - peas * Hollow ‘Ware Mouse, delusion, pe. doz........ .--.. 1 25 ~S- ees — : El PU Ste 50&10 | Bright Market.....................-... 60 eiccae Skies Annealed Market.. ee earn 60 An Sable . is aosa0 | Coppered Markets ccc EM House Furnishing Goods tome ion Spring Steel... 22222225202: 40 Stamped Tinware, new list............ 70 Barbed Fence, Galvanized............ 3 30 Japanned Tinware................0.28. 20810 | Barbed Fence, Painted................ 3 00 Iron Wire Goods Ge EO ee ee 2) RNR RN 80 Light Band.. . . 3 ¢ rates Screw Ce ua. 80 aha Meee ‘List NE oe ae < 80 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.. 75 | Gate Hooks and Eyes.. neces 80 Door, porcelain, ap. trimmings... 85 ‘Wiences Lanterns — oe Nickeled... = Regular 0 Tubular, Doz................ 5 00 | Coe’s Genuine. ................ 2+... Warren, Galvanized Fount........... § oo | Goe’s Patent Agricultural, (Wrought. .70&10 coplanar, ARE pg RRR sco 0 Gk gNee phan eens 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner. Pilfering Clerk Profited by One Bitter Experience. Written for the Tradesman. George Foster had risen step by step from the position of under salesman to that of manager in Dun & Dailey’s de- partment store. Without any sign of swelledheadism he had entered upon his new duties. There were not wanting those who en- vied him his good luck, nor yet those who were willing to predict that, asa manager, he would prove a failure. Foster no doubt heard of many of these remarks, but in his quiet, self-possessed way took no notice of them. While fill- ing his place as a salesman behind the counter he had always been pleasant and agreeabie but never intimate with his fellows. He had never taken any part in the little social events gotten up by his fellow clerks, nor in any way had he ever identified himself with them except during business hours. This had often been commented upon by the other clerks, both male and female, and they had almost without exception dubbed him a snob. Foster was not the sort of fellow to be at all disturbed by this opinion and made no effort what- ever to change it. As a young man of 22 he had come to the town a total stranger and had entered Dun & Dailey’s employ as under sales- man in the domestic department. After five years in the establishment he was as much of a stranger to the majority of its employes as when he first entered it. Although to his fellow workmen he was a mystery, the subject of speculation, to his friends, of whom he had many, he was no mystery at all. They honored and respected him for his pluck and perseverance. At the same time they found fault with him for wasting his time, they so expressed it, selling dry goods when he might have been using his ability in some more profitable way. His reply was always ‘‘Wait and see.’’ For five years his friends had waited, watching with no little interest his slow but gradual promotion. I have already stated that Foster had no intimates among the salespeople of Dun & Dailey’s; yet there were some in whom he took more or less _ interest. Among them was a youth who had _ be- gun as a cash boy and now was serving as an under salesman in the silk depart- ment. Foster’s interest in this boy had been aroused because of his evident poverty and, unknown to any one else, he had informed himself regarding the circumstances of the boy's family. He found that the boy was the mainstay of a family of five people. Although at this time his own salary was not large he managed to give the boy an oc- casional pair of shoes and every two months he sent a load of coal to the humble cottage where lived the widowed mother and her helpless little flock. It is still a matter of wonder to the boy and his mother as to who sent the shoes and the coal. This was Foster’s way. When he first came to the city Foster had taken rooms in the same louse where I resided and in this way I be- came acquainted with him and finally we grew to regard each other as friends. 1 visited him more than he did me_be- cause his rooms were the acme of bach- elor elegance and comfort. It was on a certain stormy January night that I entered Foster’s cosy sit- ting room in response to his **Come in,’’ and found him standing with his back to the cheerful grate and wearing a look upon his face that made me ask at once what the trouble was. ‘‘I wish,’’ he said, ‘‘that I held almost any other po- sition than my present one. Three months ago when I received this pro- motion I did not think for a moment that I should ever have anything so difficult to do as that which at this very moment confronts me. Pull your chair up to the fire and I'l] tell you all about it.—You remember I told you once about a young chap who works in our place who is the mainstay of a family of five? Well, shortly after I was made manager | raised his salary from seven to nine dollars a week. I knew the struggle the poor devil was having to keep his head above water and knew that the increase would lighten his bur- den. It seemed to do so, for I noticed that he began wearing better clothes than formerly, and I felt glad. The burden that boy has borne since he was 14 has been no light one, | can tell you. Many a man with an income of sixty a month would hesitate to assume it, I’m sure. But to go on with my story: This afternoon a police officer called at the store and requested me to goto police headquarters and identify some goods. I did so and found that a re- ceiver of stolen goods had been arrested and that among the goods in her pos- session’ were about two hundred dol- lars’ worth of our silks. The woman under arrest declared that she purchased them without knowing they were stolen. She gave such an accurate description of the person who sold them to her that I at once recognized my young protege. I returned to the store just as the clos- ing bell rang and, without attracting at- tention, told the young man that I wished to see him before he went home. He already had his hat and overcoat on and, as soon as the other salespeople had gone, we left the store together and went directly to police headquarters. When confronted by the receiver of stolen goods he turned the color ofashes. She identified him at once and he broke down completely and made a full con- fession. I have never before seen any- thing so pitiful as this youth as he pleaded with me to shield him. I could not decide at the time just what I ought to do and so sent him home until I should have a chance to think it over. Knowing his circumstances as I do, it seems almost a crime to discharge him, and yet my employers’ interests have also to be considered. If he should go altogether to the bad I could never for- give myself, and besides I can not bear to think of his mother’s grief if her boy’s dishonesty were made known to her. It would be a humane thing to give the boy another trial, but do you think it would be wise?’’ ‘*Foster,’’ I replied, ‘‘I appreciate your position fully, yet I would be in- clined to lean toward the humane side of the question. If the boy is turned out with a stain of this sort on him he will, no doubt, go from bad to worse and finally end in the penitentiary. I would say that this boy’s life for the here and the hereafter was worth more than the risk which your employers will run if you give him another chance.’’ ‘*That’s just how I feel,’’ exclaimed Foster, ‘‘and, by Jove! I'll shoulder the responsibility. The youngster shall have a chance to redeem himself. It may be the making of him.”’ It was. To-day Foster is junior partner in the firm of Dun & Co. and the young man he saved is the trusted head buyer in the silk department. Mac Allan. South Carolina Tea Doing Well. From the Atlanta Journal. It has been demonstrated that good tea, both green and black, can be raised in South Carolina, and that when prop- erly planted and cultivated it may be made a profitable crop. Dr. Shepard sold $3,500 worth of tea from his farm at Pinehurst Gardens, S. C., in 1899, and for some he received $1 a pound. Dr. Shepard gives it as his opinion, based on experience, that good tea can be grown in his section of South Caro- lina for 15 cents a pound, and that such tea will bring from 30 cents to 50 cents a pound on the market. He says an acre in tea properly attended to will bring 400 pounds. The entire expense of the crop will not be over $60 at the outside, leaving a profit of from $60 to over $100 an acre. —__@6—__ Mystified by an Arrival. From the London King. As a portly city merchant hurriedly took a seat in his office, he wiped the perspiration from his brow. The cares and worries of his business were begin- ning to tell on him; for some weeks one of his vessels had been missing, and it was the uncertainty of its whereabouts that was now bothering him. ‘‘Come in,’’ he said, as a knock sounded at the door. ‘*Please, sir,’’ said his clerk, enter- ing excitedly, ‘‘the Mayflower is in jeopardy.”’ ‘*Thank goodness!’’ cried the mer- chant, heaving a sigh of satisfaction. ‘*But where,’’ he added, jumping up, ‘‘is Jeopardy? Find it on the map quickly. Jeopardy, Jeopardy, where is ite.” —__> 4s ____ The Key Which Unlocks Hearts. Bass—I got some eggs of Mrs. Fowler for 15 cents a dozen. I praised her baby, you know. Fogg—That’s nothing. 1 bought some of Fowler himself for 12 cents. I spoke in admiration of his dog. “Latest and Greatest” Without doubt a great many of the readers of this paper have experimented, or know some who have experimented, with a number of the gasoline lamps on the market. They have caused so much trouble and been so irritating to your nerves that you have become somewhat disgusted with gas- oline lamps. edo not blame you; it must be very disa- greeable to have your store illuminated in grand style for a week or two and then have your lamps clog up and go out. Why do they go out? Because they are made of iron—gasoline corrodes iron and fills your generator up. Then how can you expect them to burn? If that is not the trouble they are made with needle valves and under generators that are everlast- ingly troublesome because they lack generation. You ean not run a gasoline lamp suecessfully without the prop- er amount of generation. e have it. Look at our lamp— the principle demonstrates itself. Our generator utilizes the entire volume of heat pro- duced by the lamp while in operation. Look at our Generator. How can it help but generate? It makes a complete circle of the chimney therefore getting seven inches of pure generation. That is not all. Our oil is hot when it enters generator, therefore always having per- (3 AN ft) fect generation. Do not be deceived any longer. We have lamps that are always right. We can guarantee them. What more can you ask? PENTONE GAS LAMP CO. 240 South Front Street Grand Rapids, Mich. Near Fulton Street Bridge. Bell phone W. 595. Price Complete $5.00. Well Packed Soon Sold The package of Diamond Crystal Salt commends the goods to every thoughtful grocer. It’s in attractive boxes and bags making a good shelf show and giving perfect protection to the contents. It’s cleanly to han- dle, easy to show, convenient to deliver. Diamond Crystal Salt “THE SALT THAT’S ALL SALT” is much purer, too, than any other salt. It is perfectly dry, does not cake in the shaker; does not absorb moisture readily; gives the savor of saLr and nothing but salt. another sale. Every sale of Diamond Crystal Salt assures Can we send you our salt booklet? Diamond Crystal Salt Co. St. Clair, Michigan ” ay ae 4 ination on, BE: D0. e iii ? E S ej 2 y D x > S | ! eta deol MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Window Dressing Trims Appropriate for February and St. Valentine’s Day. The month of February, coming as it does between the time of clearing sales and the time for opening lines of spring goods, is a month in which business tends to be a little slow with many dealers, and consequently the windows are neglected in comparison with the periods of fall and spring. Do not make this mistake. Business is to be got at all times of the year by well trimmed windows. Now is the time to test the trade-bringing powers of your windows. Give them as much attention as at any time of the year. Study to put in backgrounds and accessories that shall make them so attractive that your winter goods shall look as inviting as possible. When goods are new and trade is active you may possibly depend upon the windows but little, but when trade is slow try to make them as en- ticing as possible. There is always a good reason for careful and painstaking window dressing. Perhaps the best one is that now is the time when you need to make use of every device in your power. * * * The beauty of fine lace drawn smooth- ly over the surface of a sheet of glass is well known to interior decorators, and is a method that is much employed in draping and screening windows. Ifa merchant has a large piece of plate or other glass, the fragment perhaps of some window, he might utilize it in his windows as follows: Have the glass cut to a regular edge, whether oval, square, or oblong, and then have a heavy frame made for it into which it can be set, just as a picture is set into its frame. Mount this frame upon sup- ports attached to each of the lower cor- ners. These supports must be heavy enough to hold the frame upright with- out danger of falling. The surface of the glass can be covered with lace and then set into the frame, where it is se- cured at the back by metal clips or otherwise. The screen thus made will admit light into the store and can be used as a portion of the background of a trim or as the entire background for a small window. A mirror can be used in the same manner or, by pasting up- on one surface of the glass the paper which is sold for the purpose of imi- tating stained glass effects, a good imi- tation of a stained glass screen is made. This can be placed in a window in such a way that natural or artificial light shines through it with very pretty effect. By gilding the frame, which can he either beveled or made of plain flat hardwood, a very ornamental screen is made. Instead of using a sheet of plate glass a plain backing of wood could be used, which could from time to time be covered with different colored material. * * * Very often the window man needs some color medium for use on price cards for the details of window trims. For this purpose water colors are often superior to oil paints, being much more easily used and more readily manipu- lated than oils. A little talent for drawing simple designs, combined with a little facility in the use of water col- ors, will enable the trimmer to produce window cards that will be original and attractive. Water colors are cheap and easy to handle and a little experience with them will prove their utility for many window purposes. Some simple geometrical design outlined on a price card in pencil and then blocked in solidly with one or two colors will be a variation from the monotony of plain cards and can be made very attractive. Price cards can be quickly prepared in different colors by washing them over with water colors to harmonize with the different colored backgrounds employed. * * * St. Valentine’s Day, so named from one of the early Christian martyrs, was for centuries marked by very curious customs, of which the modern practice of sending valentines is only a late one. Before the Christian era it was the cus- tom in Rome for young men and maid- ens to draw lots from an urn in one of the temples and by the selection of couples thus accomplished many love affairs began which afterwards ended in marriage. The country people of England long believed that St. Valen- tine’s Day was the day on which the birds chose their mates, and that the first man a woman saw on that day was to be her future husband provided that she was then unmarried. The custom of sending valentines is the outgrowth of these beliefs, centuries old, that date back to the earliest times of antiquity. Of course the bleeding heart pierced by Cupid’s shaft is the affecting and sig- nificant emblem for St. Valentine’s Day. One scheme for a window would be to trim the background with red and white bunting with a large red _ heart pierced with a golden arrow attached to the background, its edges surrounded by tinsel or puffing. The heart, or two hearts, pierced by an arrow, could be cut from cardboard with the arrow attached and both could afterward be colored with red paint and gilding. A number of smaller hearts also cut from paste- board could be used for the corners of the window or for a continuous border about the background. At each side of the central heart might be tacked a fan shaped bunch of playing cards (all the hearts, taken from several packs) with the legend “‘hearts are trumps’’ promi- nently displayed. Or instead of the cards, four hearts strung on a golden ar- row might be displayed at each side of the central heart or pair of hearts. An- other idea would be to hang from the roof of the window a large number of winged hearts, each of which would have attached to it by mucilage (which is a sort of emblem of affection) the end of a fine strip of baby ribbon in red or white, the ends of all the rib- bons being held in the hand of a boy figure, robed in a loose white garment and holding a gilded bow in his hand, representing Cupid, the god of love. The figure might be mounted in a char- iot on a raised pedestal at one side of the window. The chariot could be made of a small cart gilded and covered with blue bunting with hearts tacked over it. It might be advisable to introduce birds into the trim by placing them in pairs on the boughs of one or two small trees near Cupid. For Cupid a small plaster cast or the dummy of a boy draped in white cheese cloth might be used. We once saw a clothing trim where comic valentines were introduced into an otherwise plain trim by simply pasting them on the background of the window and carelessly scattering them about the window. If one had any abil- ity as a draughtsman or a rhymester he might sketch on paper some caricatures of the comic valentine order and dis- play them in his window with rhymes attached, which should drolly set forth the various advantages of his clothing ot furnishing goods.—Apparel Gazette. Slim Picking for the Creditors. From the Big Rapids Herald. C. C. Fuller has disposed of the Terry Laughlin grocery stock turned over to him in trust for creditors to J. K. Sharpe & Co, and sent out a report to creditors, showing receipts and expendi- tures. He Says prior to accepting the trust Mr. Laughlin estimated his liabil- ities at from $700 to $800 and stock worth from $2,000 to $3,000. He found the debts to be about $2,500 and the assets about $850. When he came to pay taxes and expense of trust, together about $120, and deduct $250 exemptions, he had cash on hand only $360. Ofthis amount $240 had to be paid to his clients, leaving in his hands only about $120 all told to settle the balance with, and the first Big Rapids creditor’s claim is $248; Mr. Fuller says, therefore, it is a clean loss—creditors representing at least $2,150 will not get a nickel. —_—__~+ 2. ____ Twenty Millions in Gold From Alaska. Five millions of this came from the Nome district. Government officials estimate the output from the Nome dis- trict will be doubled the coming season. The Bluestone, Kougarok and Pilgrim Rivers have been found very rich. There is hardly a creek from Port Clar- ence to Norton Sound in which the precious metal is not found, and hun- dreds of creeks unprospected. A rich strike has been made on the Yellow River, a tributary of the Kuskokwim. For full information regarding routes, steamship accommodations and rates to all points in Alaska, address C. N. Souther, General Agent, Passenger De- partment, C. M. & St. P. R’y, 95 Adams Street, Chicago. —_——___>20.___ Answered Her Literally. Shopper—No, I don’t care to see any sealskin. There’s a nice-looking collar- ette over there. What is that fur? Clerk—Why, that’s for to keep your neck warm, of course. ——_—__—_» 2. The people who are always short never get along. eC ee { The most attractive, {the most labor-saving, the most modern, the f most successful Retail Grocery Stores in the Union have been rene and fitted by { _—s*#F-. A. FLESCH, wo aR. >. OP em. | manager grocery store outfitting department. Borden & Selleck Co., Chicago, III. eo OR OR UE Correspondence for partial or com- plete outfits solicited. Rn en en ee ee ee ee es we we we wwe wee we wm Ww OO . HR a. a “ee, a Roast Your Own Coffee and make more profit than those who buy it roasted. That’s one reason why you should own a Perfection Coffee Roaster Will you let us tell you some more good reasons? A postal card will bring them. Milwaukee Gas Stove and Roaster Co. Milwaukee, Wis. USE THE CELEBRATED weet Loma NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCO CO. FINE cr TOBACCO. 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SANE GR oe eASS PON CRIN Gee Se mee tage WOK: MN Date ce ISS BI Bi ANA x &> a a AAR BEN was ate Geewkon, Se |S WA) BRAG @w Kae GA © Race S 2 a AK BAP BROAN AP Gee RE AARNE BE GE Hawes VV a&e® *E WAM kets ssreveeeneeeettn E They all say ‘Irs as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their expenments Your own good sense will tell you that Y they are only trying to get you to aid their ew article. : wu: 2 BABAR” Sx _MICHIGAN TRADESMAN lived ate what is called commonplac e, Thin is always set down to feminine jealousy, but Wis a mistake, IC is sim: ply self preservation, When it comes down to real friendship, we want the slid, subetantial good sense on which we can tely, even if it ien't partionlarly exiting, The meteoric brillianey that is liable to go off at any sort of a lane vent is diverting, but it isn’t a thing tliat ie wafe to tie ta, As « wife the woman who is smart withow having sense with itis a Mere, Jellyhy, whe off after causes and leaves her own affairs to run themselves, She wants to reform the world, but) she doesn't undertake to reform the abuses in her own kitehen, She belongs to ani versity extension and gives money to advance the cause of higher education, but ahe doesn't see that her little Johnny learns bia lessons, She theariges on the intluence of the home and oakes her own home ao un conortable that her husband takes vefiage fram it in bia elub or the corner vali, She believes in woman's mis sian ta uplift the world, but she goes (hrough lite without ever fading out that is a diving refutation of the goapel ashe fa preaching, and that in every alagle cage woman's influence has get tobe an dadividual lewer with which up the individual spot on which ahe is standing, No woman who doesn't have genie enough to manage her home successfully will ever con vince anybody by brilliant talking that at managing afairs of Koes COUTBER wi ale ale putes owl ahe ia capable slate Va, abi ltiv, tikewise, the lack of sense, at that is at the bottom of the tallures so wiany Working women make, They are litelligent and aml they ought to suceeed, Hf anty they would wae seme roaser and rdgment Waa ai amt geting DORAL eS Phew refuse mm The along with other people, te see that bust: on business Lines and PALRTERORA WAY, tack af tact Pee S EOS ane 2 BAe mesa wast be dane tA A SR BERN wie $ “Peer ditead Str SUPER ROA, POLVIONS OVEN AAR S ie ant ~ a they Weadter Phat then im deeard, The most compe Seog Ha phes heow CAB ReVe: Sbe is gpendidiy ede- > & . mS > . 22 CAAA RS ReEVaRe Fe x Pare Bs & PRY WOT | industrions | | tlewoman, / moved heaven and earth almost managing thet a@airs: took it with such a high and mighty pair her forn “employer ube had te discharge her, BKaAi vst | cated and an expert in her business, but she is one of those unfortunate people who always know everything and argue everything to a finish, She never stops until she has sile need her employer— and lost her situation, ‘Talent is good and smartness is not to be despised, but when it comes to making one’s way in the world there's nothing like a liberal endowment of good, hard horse sense that keeps one's eyes from being blinded by prejudice and one ’s reason from being swamped by anger and pre- vents one from throwing away in a mo- ment of pique the opportunity — they would give their lives almost to recall. Across the broken door of many a man and woman of genius might be written the fatal legend: ‘' Failed through lack of sense," Among the most aggravating of the women with smartness without sense are those we have tried to help and failed. | have known a young girl, in dire need of money, but with a talent for making | 4 clever little sketches that would have made her independent. A friend, at infinite trouble, got her an order from a swell caterer for dinner cards that might have been the beginning of an artistic career and would at least have kept the wolf from the door, but the young woman turned up her nose at the very suggestion as if she had been a Rockefeller and a Michael Angelo rolled into one, | have seen a_ little dress- maker, with the fingers of an artist, starving along, unknown and unpatron- ized, A geod samaritan of a woman in- duced Mrs. Croesus, whose work alone meant a fortune almost, to try her, but littl Mlle, Modiste disappointed her the very first: time--and lost her op- portunity, Ll have known a needy gen- for whom a dozen people to get a siraation, and when she got it she discoursed so continually af rer splendor and patronized her entil she got so unendurable and ae Every? is has had experiences of Hike character and Knows that the most tmpossitie se hopeless and heart- deeaking thing in the world is the at- temps te try to help smart women who ‘have mo sease te help themselves. They waay De as Poor as poverty, with desper- The New White Light Gas Lamp Co. JLLUMINATORS. More brillant and fitteen times cheaper than electricity. The coming light of the future for homes, s' ores and churches. They are odorless, smokeless, ornamental, portable, durable, inex- ensive and aneolibel’ 8 safe. Dealersand agents judicious and write us for catalogue. big noe in selling our lamps. Live people want tent dead ones don’t need any. Wehave twenty fferent designs, both pressure and gravity, in- cluding the best jightin system for stores and churches. Mantles an elsbach supplies at wholesale prices. THE NEW WHITE LIGHT GAS LAMP CO., 283 W. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1900 Walter Baker & Co, u« PURE, HIGH-GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES Their preparations are put up in conformity to the Pure-Food Laws of all the States. Under the decisions of the U. S. Courts no other chocolate or cocoa is entitled to be labelled or sold as “‘ Baker’s Chocolate” or ‘‘ Baker's Cocoa.” Grocers will find them in the long run the most profit- able to handle, as they are absolutely pare and of uni- TRADE-MARK. ¢ lity. Tn writh order specify Walter Baker & Co. is goods. If other goods are substituted please let us know. WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited, DORCHESTER, MASS. Established rrde. crosady . & & = B % i a a Se Se as 4 = a ww e 2 * e = e 2 = * SPER ER EB DR ~sb ba 2 > : » > e e ¢. bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. moveveneneeveneneneneavenenenenenentz2 . . . . Whe urges you to keep Sapolio? ‘Is it not the pubbe? The ‘manufacturers, by constant and judi- : > > * RR a FANMAAdAddbddsddsddadddddddddd lan ve @ 000000000000000000000000000008 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 ate need, and have every element for success in their hands and then deliber- ately throw it away. You can only look on and pity them. You can't do any- thing. You can’t even protect them, because nothing short of inspired idiocy can tell what they are going to do next. It is the smart women without sense, in public affairs, that are the bane and the despair of the woman movement. They are the ones who cast ridicule on a noble cause and make it the laugh- ing stock and derision of the world. A thousand women sane and sweet and seeking to win people from drunkenness by argument and persuasion can not offset the harm a wild fanatic like Mrs. Nation does the temperance cause in her hoodlum pastime of smashing saloons with a hatchet. It is not dull women who mother all sorts of wild schemes in clubs and stand for any sort of crazy reform or run off after any kind of a new religion. It isn’t your com- monplace woman who doesn’t read and doesn’t think who sends flowers to wife murderers and whose hysterical sym- pathy is always on tap and ready to be utilized by any fakir that comes along and wants to work her for his own selfish ends. It is the smart woman—alas! that one should have to say it—the woman of intelligence, of education, of read- ing, but whose brilliancy is not bal- lasted by good sense. There is no lack of talent among women. You couldn't throw a bouquet into any woman’s clubs without hitting a dozen whose attain- ments and abilities are equal to those of the most intelligent men in the com- munity, but there is a doleful dearth of women who can see right straight and judge a question on its merits without any reference to its appeal to their sen- timents. The ideal woman is the one who com- bines cleverness and judgment. She has the wit to charm us, the intelli- gence to attract, the cultivation that makes her society a delight, but under- neath it is the good hard bedrock of common sense that directs all her acts and makes them sweet and reasonable. That is the woman the new century will bring us—the woman who is smart and has sense with it. Dorothy Dix. 1 Costly Arithmetic. A school teacher in Sheffield received the following from a complaining parent a few days ago: ‘*Sir—Will you please for the future give my boy sum easier somes to do at nights. This is what he brought hoam to or three nites back: ‘If fore gallins of bere will fill thirty-to pint bottles, how meny pint and half bottle will nine gallins fill?’ Well, we tried, and could make nothing of it at all; and my boy cried and sed he didn’t dare go back in the morning without doin’ it. **So I had to go an’ buy a nine-gallin cask of bere, which I could iil afford to do, and then we went and borrowed a lot of wine and brandy bottles, besides a few we had by us. Well, we emtied the cask into the bottles and then counted them, and there were Ig, and my boy put the number down for an an- swer. ‘*T don’t know whether it is rite or not, = we spilt sum while doin’ it. . S.—Please let the next some be in cae as I’m not able to buy any more bere.’’ 4-2. Should Have Thought Before Acting. Teddy—lI wish I hadn’t licked Jimmy Brown this morning. Mamma—You see now how wrong it was, don’t you, dear? Teddy—Yes, ‘cause I didn’t know till noon that he was going to give a party. ——__~> 2. ___——_ Success is not an accident—it’s al- ways incubation before chickens. How to Acquire the Art of Happiness. One of the most pathetic things in life is the frantic human desire for hap- piness, and yet the easiness with which we acquiesce in melancholy. We are like a blind man who starts out hunting, he knows not for what treasure, going he knows not whither and, after blunder- ingly following a false clew, folds his hands and gives up the quest. This is particularly true of women, except that women seldom have the courage of their desires and do not even attempt to search for happiness. When one is happy she has been born happy or had bappiness thrust upon her. She rarely achieves happiness for herself. It must be confessed that women gen- erally look upon happiness pretty much as they do a lottery ticket. It is big luck if things come your way and you draw the prize,. but you deserve no credit for winning or blame for losing. It doesn’t occur to them that there is an art of being happy that they might learn just as they learned to play the piano or paint in water colors. Perhaps woman has been confirmed in this _atti- tude by the opinion of the rest of the world that has always allotted her the shadows instead of the sunshine. Poetry and romance are full of women’s tears, and so entirely has the whole sex been doomed to melancholy that we have come to look upon a gay woman—one who laughs instead of smiles—with a certain degree of suspicion. This is all great nonsense. There is no virtue in a person going about in the doleful dumps all the time, and the most hopeful and inspiring work the new woman can set herself is to study the art of being happy. We have been finding out in the last few years that women have given in to many things, believing them to be the immutable de- crees of fate, that were the result of nothing but their own stupidity, and that all that was needed to change them was a slight effort. There was a time when we reconciled ourselves to sickness as a mysterious dispensation of Providence. Now we know that it is generally bad plumbing and unboiled water and a lack of knowledge of the laws of health and there’s not one sickly woman where there used to be a dozen. So it was with poverty. When a woman was left without money she tamely gave in and settled down on some of her rela- tives to eat the bitter bread of depend- ence the balance of her life. Now she hustles out and makes a living for her- self,and in many cases her last estate is more prosperous than her first. Men display far more sense on this subject than women do. Ifa man let his clerks’ shortcomings and mistakes worry him as much as a woman lets her servants’, he would be in hands of a doctor with nervous prostration half the time. If he borrowed as much trouble about the outcome of every business venture as his wife does over the way a company dinner will turn out, he would be a raving lunatic inside of a week, and if he had the same amount of ap- prehension as to whether he could meet every note in the bank as she feels as to whether the baby will get the measles, he would end his troubles by committing suicide. Even in the great sorrows that tear a man’s heart as much as they do a wom- an’s he shows his greater wisdom. He goes out among his fellows where there is something to distract his mind from the dull ache of loss. She stays at home, shrouds herself in crepe and broods. Happily for us all, a better understand- ing of these matters is coming to us, and it may be that the next great dis- covery women make will be that there is no use in giving in to melancholy without at least making a fight for hap- piness. Cora Stowell. Encourage Thought. Encourage your employes to think. Make them responsible for what they do, and let them feel that they have scope for thought in the performance of their duties. There are some employes who effectually kill any chance of inde- pendent thought and action on the part of their employes. They insist on giv- ing their instructions in every detail, and follow this with such frequent en- quiries as to whether this or that has been done that the emplove quits think- ing for himself and becomes a mere machine that stops or goes ahead at the beck of the man who pays his salary. Give your clerks a chance to think for themselves. You will be surprised at the improvement on your own plans they will develop, and more than all, you will be gratified at their increased interest in your business. Ifa young man or a young woman has not brains enough to be left largely alone when given a certain position or entrusted with certain duties, you are better with- out them. Get help who think, and see to it that you do not hamper thought with your own leading strings. 0. The Intelligent Office Boy. The office boy was alone in the tele- graph room. Suddenly one of the instruments be- gan to click. He stood it a minute or two, and then went over to the corner whence the noise proceeded. “*Say!’’ he bawled out, with his mouth close to the instrument, ‘*ring off! Der ain’t none o’ de telegraft fel- lers here yit!’’ 1Z 4opu>ry THE ALABASTINE Com- PANY, in addition to their world-renowned wall coat- ing, ALABASTINE through their Plaster Sales Department, now manufac- ture and sell at lowest prices in paper or wood, in carlots or less, the following prod- ucts: Plasticon The long established wall plaster tured and marketed by the American Mortar Company (Sold with or without sand.) N. P. Brand of Stucco The brand specified after competitive tests and used formerly manufac- by the Commissioners for all the World’s Fair statuary. Bug Finish The effective Potato Bug Exterminator. Land Plaster Finely ground and of supe- rior quality. For lowest prices address Alabastine Company, Plaster Sales Department Grand Rapids, Mich. NIP HPTeTe eee ree te PFPHENPTETETE TE TY @—— in Baked Goods. @e—. ave of our goods. @ Good goods create a demand for them- It is not so much what you It’s what you selves. make in the year. rere e National Biscuit Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. FUisdbdbibdbisdsdbasds MM make on one pound. The Guarantee of Purity and Quality Found on every pack- N UU Uda ab dbdbdbababdddd 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Butter and Eggs" Observations by a Gotham Egg Man. The egg market continues to bob up and down in a most erratic manner, but these fluctuations are entirely natura! to the season. Speculation as to the possibilities and probabilities of the fu- ture is interesting and provokes consid- erable discussion in the egg stores. Bets among the more sportive element are frequent and indulged in by many, the stakes ranging from a ‘‘big apple’’ or a ‘‘cigar’’ to small sums of money. Some of the ‘‘boys’’ have a new way of making small bets; it is to buy or sell five cases for future delivery and _ settle according to the changes in the mar- ket. 1 heard of one such betting sale (made in December before the market broke) that amounted toa nine dollar bill for the loser. * * Of course as the winter advances without bringing any very serious stcrms in the principal winter produc- ing sections the chances of a dearth of eggs grow constantly less. We have had two months in which conditions were generally favorable to egg production and although a good deal of stock has been marketed it is probable that a good many eggs have accumulated in some sections between the producers and the shippers. Collectors in the Southwest put their prices down pretty promptly this year, so as to be on the safe side, and the rates paid to country storekee pers and farmers have seemed pretty low for January. Very likely they have held back a good deal of stock which would be brought forward should conditions induce any material advance in country prices, or when a further ad- vance in the season with continued good production might reduce the chances of gain by holding. eae Consumptive demand for eggs in this vicinity seems to increase slower than was generally anticipated. Here and there a dealer reports a considerable enlargement of sales, but as a rule those who sell direct to grocers report that retail prices have not been reduced to correspond with wholesale rates and that the quantity of eggs moving is still very moderate. The retail dealer does not approve of putting prices down and up according to momentary conditions; he is inclined to think low wholesale prices in winter are not likely to be permanent and as a rule he will not put prices down very much until he thinks they can be kept down for good. = + = W. A. Gude, of Gude Bros., brought to our office one day last week a curi- osity in the egg line, the like of which we had never before seen. In taking out a case of eggs purchased on the market his candler had found an un- usual number of dirty eggs; these were strictly fresh, showing perfectly full and clear before the candle and, under ordi- nary circumstances, would have gone to bakers’ trade. But one of these stained eggs, being accidentally broken, emitted put out a shingle advertising §camphor- ated eggs and sell them as sure cure for grip. It looked very much as if some one had spilled a bottle of medicine over the eggs. Of course this is only a case of queer accident, but it might have resulted in serious loss. If these eggs had gone to the baker as ordinary fresh dirties there was nothing about them to show their defect before they had been broken out, and if put ina big batch of cake or pastry the whole would have been ruined and somebody would have been compelled to stand a good-sized loss. The item is also in- teresting as showing how an egg will absorb and retain a pungent odor to which it is exposed even after the smell has entirely disappeared from the out- side.—N. Y. Produce Review. 2 Much Goat Flesh Sold as Mutton. During the past year or two the de- mand for the flesh of goats has greatly increased in this country. Goat breed- ers have formed associations, and at every opportunity have given to the public the information that the meat of an Angora goat is the finest kind of food. The Department of Agriculture has, up to this time, quietly kept an eye on the progress of the goat meat industry, has noted the increase in the demand, and very recently has issued a bulletin by George Fayette Thompson, entitled ‘‘Information Concerning the Angora Goat.’’ Much of the informa- tion is given to the value of the fleece of that breed of goats, but the main object is, no doubt, to encourage the raising of goats for food purposes, as will be seen by the extracts from it which we print. There is a deep-seated prejudice against the use of goats of any kind for meat. This is founded upon ignor- ance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling ‘“‘billy’’ of the worst pos- sible type is by many made the stand- ard of goat meat for the whole of the goat family. As far back as Abraham's day we read of goats being used for meat (very likely Angoras), and this, too, when there were many cattle and sheep. Certainly no prejudice existed against them at that time. There is not much to be said about the meat of the common goat. It is not so generally used as that of the Angoras. The flesh of their kids is considered very fine, and in some sections of the country goats of all ages are killed for meat. There are comparatively few common goats in the United States, and no at- tempt is being made to put them on the market. The flesh of the Angora is exceeding- ly nutritious and palatable. Shropshire lambs, which are considered as among the best kinds of meat, are said not to be superior to a well-fed and well- cooked kid. In the Southwest these animals are as readily sold for meat as | Sheep, and the market has never heen /overstocked. A gentleman in Texas |found a ready market for his canned | Angora mutton, but was compclled to : /close his cannery because the supply of hands, and young wethers are sold to butchers in the town. In California many miners purchase Angora wethers in preference to sheep wethers for salt- ing down for winter use, because, as they state, the Angora contains less fat, is more easily kept, and is just as pala- table. We learn from the bulletin that, in order to test the qualities of Angora and sheep mutton, it was planned that a dinner be prepared with the two kinds of meat, and that the guests were not to be informed as to which was sheep and which was goat, but they were to decide upon the merits of the dishes. Twelve disinterested men were invited to par- take of the dinner and express their opinions of the various dishes they had eaten, Four decided in favor of the sheep’s and eight in favor of the goat’s flesh, and since that breeders in the lo- cality where the dinner was served have no difficulty in selling their goats to the neighboring butchers for the same price paid for the best mutton. Getting into debt is like getting into a mudhole—in scraping off the dirt you generally spoil the boots. You ought to sell LILY WHITE “The flour the best cooks use” VALLEY CITY MILLING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ballou baskets Are Best 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. you have to offer. ee We Are Direct Carload Receivers of California and Florida ORANGES and jobbers of the best of everything in seasonable fruits, nuts, figs, dates, etc., for holiday trade. Your mail orders will receive careful attention. Wanted—Beans, Onions, Apples, Potatoes, Honey. Write us what Vinkemulder Company, 14 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. @ © Sse ansnsnssnneeeoncnneeeteneensenannneanaenenness State quantity, variety and quality. H. ELMER MOSELEY POTATOES CAR LOTS ONLY If have car on track, give initial and number of car—station loaded or to be loaded. & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. CLARK BUILDING, OPPOSITE UNION STATION. Beans send one pound sample to trade with you. 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa Street wood Veneer cases. BEANS---BEANS WANTED—Beans in small lots and by carload. If can offer any each grade and will endeavor MOSELEY BROS. Jobbers of Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Potatoes Grand Rapids, Michigan L. J. SMITH & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Egg Cases and Fillers, Cold Storage Cases, Shipping Cases, Hinge Locking Fillers, Excelsior Nails, etc. We keep a large stock on hand and manufacture all kinds of cases known to the trade. We would be pleased to quote you prices on our Special Bass- They are tough, bright and sweet. our own timber, taken from the stump, and can please you. L. J. SMITH & CO., Eaton Rapids, Mich. We manufacture such a smell as to cause closer examina- | goats was not nearly sufficient to supply tion, upon which it appeared that the | the demand. In the Northwest the prin- eggs had been wet with some kind of |cipal use of the Angora is for clearing liquid that not only stained the shells| bushy land, and consequently they are but saturated the meat of the egg witha | not so extensively used as food. How- pungent odor of chemicals. Mr. Gude | ever,in nearly every locality there, some brought some of the eggs to the Review | have been killed for mutton, and there office as a novelty. No smell could bej|has never been a derogatory statement detected on the outside of the eggs in| concerning its quality, so far as Mr. spite of the stains on the shell, but} Thompson is able to learn. In Cape when broken they gave a strong odor of| Colony it is said that the old does are camphor. We suggested that Mr. Gude| slaughtered to furnish meat for farm liga chi hii nasi aii cota sirshan einen FOU Kinds of Goupon BOOKS are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. samples on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapi ox Free ds, _* ©OOSOOOSQOOOS a a a ee ’ Ds H and | De- thes unch Meat kets, chigan een — ne @© SPQDOOOOOOOOOE 9 F MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 The New York Market Special Features of the Grocery and Prod- uce Trades. Special Correspondence. New York, Feb. 8—Coffee has ad- vanced. This is important if true. The remark applies to what is known as the ‘*speculative market.’’ Just why seems to be hard to tell except from the speculators’ standpoint. Supplies at primary points continue large and, so far as the statistical position goes, there seems no earthly use of claiming any advance. At the close Rio No. 7 is worth 7%c. In store and afloat the amount aggregates 931,637 bags, against 1,272,918 bags at the same time last year. As to the actual market condi- tions for real coffee the demand is rather light. Mild grades are especially drag- ging and yet matters might be worse. Good Cucuta seems to be firmly estab- lished at not less than oc. East India sorts bring full rates, but the volume of trade is somewhat limited. The tea market has lately been rather inactive, dealers seeming to be waiting to see what Congress will do with the duty. Meantime prices are very firmly adhered to and, as soon as the tariff question is settled—and it now seems likely that the tea tax will be retained —dealers seem to think there will be decided improvement. They intimate that it is a good time to buy and that it might be well to purchase ahead of current needs. Jobbers generally report an improve- ment in the tone of the sugar market. Quite a good many new orders have come to hand. The impression pre- vails that very soon we shall see some advance and it is perhaps well to ‘‘come to town’’ for sugar now at once. Quo- tations on hards remain without change, but some ‘‘shopping’’ is going on in softs. The rice business is of a hand-to- mouth character. This is the rule al- most without exception, either from local or out-of-town trade. Prices, however, are pretty well maintained and altogether the sellers seem to think there is no use of making concessions, Prime to choice domestic, 5@5%c. Foreign sorts are quiet, but selling at full rates. The spice business is conspicuous by its absence. One may walk up and down the market all day without finding an item or seeing a dealer who seems to care whether school keeps or not. Buy- ers are not buying, and that’s all there is about it. Singapore pepper in an invoice way is quotable at 134% @13%c; Zanzibar cloves, 94%@9\c. There has been a fair trade in me- dium grades of molasses, and in fact the market all around shows some im- provement over last week. The ex- ception is in very low grades, which languish. Good to prime centrifugal, 17@26c; open kettle, 32@4oc. Offerings of syrup are light and the market is decidedly firm for the better sorts, which are working out within the range of 20@2s5c for prime to fancy stock. There is a good deal of activity per- sonaliy among the canning fraternity just now in making preparations for the convention at Rochester. A good many leading spirits in the business have been here and, as a rule, they appear to be hopeful for the future. Actual trad- ing at the moment is not of large volume and the quotations, especially of tomatoes, remain disappointingly low. There is hardly anything doing in fu- tures and neither buyer nor seller ap- pears to take any interest in the here- after. Trouble is anticipated from the pesky pea louse and Wisconsin packers are putting a protective clause in their contracts. ‘Dried fruits are quiet. No sales of large quantities are being made and al- together the outlook is flat, stale and un- profitable. The only exception is a slightly improved enquiry for California loose raisins. The dulness for dried fruits is shared by the market for fresh fruits. Lemons and oranges are moving in just an every-day sort of way and no changes in quotations have developed. Florida oranges range from $2.50@3.50 per box. The bean market drags. Choice mar- rows are held at $2.50; medium, $2.25; pea, $2.27%. The butter market is steady, but quo- tations are practically the same as last week. The supply of fancy creamery is not large and yet there seems to be enough to go around. The rate of 22c for top grades is well established. Sec- onds to firsts, 18@21c; factory, 1444@ we imitation creamery, 17@17 ec. here is an average movement in dase and dealers seem to be quite well pleased with the outlook. Quite a volume of trading has been done by exporters and the market will be taiely well-conditioned by the time new stock arrives. Arrivals of eggs have been somewhat larger, but the demand has also im- proved and the week closes on a market in good shape. Best Western, 20@2Ic. —__- 9 _#-e--- The Big Butcher Passing Away. From the Butchers’ Advocate. ‘‘Twenty years ago,’’ said the ob- serving man, ‘‘butchers were invariably persons of great size. They were tall and well-proportioned. It was common, in describing a person of magnificent physique, or of superior health, to say he was as big as a butcher, or as robust as a butcher. At that time 1 was in the business of making butcher blocks, as I am now, and blocks were made of a uniform height. There was no ques- tion about what height they were to be made—all butchers were big men, and they wanted high blocks. Now, how- ever, it is not well to fill an order with- out enquiring about the size they are to be made. The big butch r is growing to be a thing of the past, and the me- dium-sized or under-sized man is rap- idly taking his place. Very often I re- ceive orders for low blocks, and I sel- dom proceed to make a block for a man I do not know until I have had a look at him, for it is a hard job to put new legs ina block. How dol account for it? Well, you see, some years ago the butcher was a butcher in the full sense of the word. He did his own killing, and whether or not a man needed to be big and strong to do that sort of work, such was the impression, and _ the little fellows kept cut of the business. Now, I'll venture to say, there isn’t a retail butcher in all of Greater New York who actually does his own killing. There are a few who buy cattle and have the animals killed for them, but they do not take any part in the work. It is no longer necessary to possess strength—if it ever was—to be a successful butcher —or more accurately speaking, a meat market proprietor. There is no need for strength; he has only to go to the wholesale house, pick out what he wants, have it loaded on his wagon, and cut it up when he gets it to his shop. The big, jolly, powerful butcher is certainly passing away, and the growing demand for low blocks is evi- dence of it.’ ——___> 2» ___ Want to Stop Sunday Slaughtering. The police of Boston, Mass., are con- ducting a warfare upon all kinds of Sun- day labor which they consider unneces- sary. Asa result they have notified the oprietors of slaughter-houses at Fipheen that Sunday slaughtering must cease. When it is fully explained to the police that such work is necessary, it is believed they will pull back the order. The Butcher and Grocer. From the Retail Butchers’ Review. There is no class of business men more deserving of consideration at the hands of the state legislature than butchers and grocers. They are the poor man’s purveyors in time of plenty and his creditors during hard times. Every locality has its improvident peo- ple and its dishonest ones. When heads of families are out of work, and the savings of the past month are all needed to buy the winter’s coal, the grocer and butcher wait for their pay. They ex- tend credit as far as discretion will warrant and then attempt to cut off the drain upon their resources, but a pa- thetic, hard-luck story and a few tears will usually reopen the credit, and the unfortunate families of the ‘neighbor- hood practically live off these two deal- ers during the dull season and in times of sickness. When employment is obtainable, to the honor of the workingman, most of the debtors begin paying up their bills. Many, however, are disposed to forget their obligations and to reward their benefactors with promises that are not made to be kept, or with insolent re- fusals to pay. It is this class that makes the lot of the butcher and grocer hard to endure. ——_>>_2—_—_ Gloomy Outlook for the Country Merchant. Elmdale, Feb. 6—A word in regard to rural free delivery and the disasters that will follow. Take rural free deliv- ery and peddlers and catalogue houses and express companies and there will be little left for the merchants in the small towns. | was talking with an ex- press man to-day and he said that they were sending out men soliciting con- signments of butter and eggs and farm produce wherever rural delivery has been established and selling the same for them and buying whatever they wish and sending it tothem. If such busi- ress is allowed to go on, it will drive every merchant out of business in the small towns. Eb. EE. ote. Lamberts salted Peanuts New Process NE y PROCESS SALTED PEANUTS, | = SALTED eI PEANUTS ac LameenT NUT rooD cousany Makes the nut delicious, healthful and palatable. Easy to digest. Made from choice, hand-picked Spanish peanuts. They do not get rancid. Keep fresh. We guarantee them to keep in a salable condition. Peanuts are put up in at- tractive ten- -pound boxes, a measuring glass in each box. A fine package to sell from. Large profits for the retailer. Manufactured by The Lambert Nut F00d 60., Battle oreek, Mich. Highest Market Prices Paid. 98 South Division Street, Regular Shipments Solicited. Grand Rapids, Mich. ee ER OR OR TE Consignments Solicited. SB BB BB BE GE SE GRE GE GER HR eR eR eR UR ETE Geo. N. Huff & Co., f WHOLESALE DEALERS IN f Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc. COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED. 74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich. ial ce cena BEANS We are in the market for all grades, good or poor, car lots or less. Send one or two pound sample. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CoO., BEAN GROWERS AND DEALERS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We can use your SMALL SHIP- MENTS as well as the larger ones. L.O. SNEDECO Egg Receiver We want Fresh EGGS. We are 36 Harrison Street, New York REFERENCE:—NEW YORK NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK, NEW YORK candling for our retail trade all the time. cic Seman pears aaa ante ci MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Village Improvement Public Advertising Versus the Village Im- provement Society. The tragedy was one of Shakepeare’s best. It was played by the country’s best talent. The theater was the finest in the city and the performance was the natural topic at the next morning’s breakfast table. Commendation fell from every tongue except one. The play was fine and handsomely staged. There was not a single stick among the players. The orchestra was up-to-date and fur- nished good music, but ‘‘the whole play was spoiled for me by the advertise- ments on the drop curtain. I can not reconcile Tannhaeuser with Quaker oats ; Il Trovatore does not reach the pathetic with me while I am compelled to read where the best chewing gum can be ob- tained, and Chopin, be he rendered never so divinely, can never appeal to the divine in me so long as | am con- templating the virtues of Popular Plug. That first fifteen minutes with one of these would spoil the play. The three, with the fall of the drop curtain as a re- minder ‘lest we forget,’ will keep me away from that theater until I learn that the offensive advertisenients have been removed. ’’ The young lady may be over sensi- tive, but she states fairly an opinion which is shared by a large circle of sympathizers throughout the country and one that is by no means confined to the limited enclosure of a theater and its drop curtain. The advertising enor- mity is widespread. Wherever there is a line of travel, along that line near and afar the fences, the trees, the ever- lasting rocks, the barns, the sheds—the everything that can retain paint tells its omnipresent story in letters so large that all who run and ride must read. Not a river bends in beauty that is not marred by the legend of the all-healing drug. High into the clouds the moun- tains may lift their huge heads, and their huger shoulders hooded and mantled in snow, but the sunset playing with their opal splendors plays also with the gigantic fact that somebody’s ‘Bitters’ is the world’s cure-all. Ni- agara in mist and rainbow chants her everlasting hymn with the resounding rocks and the traveler, with the grand- est idea of the sublime he has ever known, patiently tries to reconcile the sublimity before him with the fact— also before him—that ‘‘children cry”’ for soothing syrup that may be obtained everywhere for 25c. The trustees of public parks and ga rdens are every- where trying to secure the passage of bills by legislature to limit and regulate the erection of advertising billboards within a specified distance of parks and parkways, but without success, and much of the effect of the influence of the trustees is counteracted, if not wholly lost, by tradesmen, who have no right to force their wares before the eyes of the public at every turn. The parlor is no place to advertise a man’s busi- ness and he who devotes the best room in the house to that purpose belongs to the same reprehensible class that de- bases the landscape for the sake of gain. The only appropriate place for the ad- yertisement is the newspaper, and the Improvement Society in town and coun- try will find in the periodical world its strongest ally in the inculcating of that idea. Whether the Village Society is equal to a crusade against its strong antag- onist remains to be seen. Ata time when art had no recognized claim, and certainly no admission, into the country school, advertising, especially the pic- torial, was looked upon with favor. Rude as were the cuts, gorgeously unreal as were the colors, they still conveyed to the country eye better instances of form and outline and perspective than the more ambitious pictures which too often are found on the home walls. Without pushing the thought farther than it will bear, there is no question that for a long time the dreadful circus bill, with its altogether too graphic de- tails, taught the only art lessons the country people received. Now, with drawing a part of the daily school pro- gram, the decorated barn, the flaming- postered corncrib and the gaudily- papered outbuilding generally are pass- ing into disrepute and the agent whose coming was once welcomed and with whom the farm building was to be had for the asking is now often met with an uncompromising No, or his advertise- ment, if left at all, has a short lived existence on the modern farm building. Two ways of fighting the evil have been suggested, one by legislation, the other by ridicule. These are hardly available, however, without the help of the public press. It is suggested, also, to the Improvement Society that the strongest and most efficient agent it can rely on is the proprietor of the village store. That genial circle which gathers nightly around that unfortunate stove still remains the only gathering of the democracy and there, if anywhere, can crush the opinion that a man, simply because he wants to, has a right to dis- figure the village, wholly or in part, to save himself the cost of the advertise- ment which by right belongs to the proprietor of the village paper. It was insisted once, when the attempt was to be made, that the storekeeper thought .too much of his trade to antagonize a good customer and that on that account the project would fail. It was, on the contrary, ‘‘a roaring success.’’ The storekeeper, however, had nothing to do with it except to strengthen the laugh. How he won to the Society’s side the village joker’s sarcasm is a matter of private history, but the stingy old Jus- tice who for half a dollar had disgraced his barn door by the ‘‘loudest’’ adver- tisement that the village had ever seen could not stand the gibes and jeers that greeted the ‘‘village patron of art’’ whenever and wherever he appeared. He thought that ‘‘a man has a right to do what he will with his own barn door,’’ but at the same time he thought it unadvisable to keep up the astonish- ing display and removed it. There are a great many Sauls of Tarsus in modern life and they all find it hard to ‘kick against the pricks.”’ Many of them are brave men, but not one of them has so far been found who can endure the staggering ridicule that overwhelms him from the atmosphere that hovers over the circle centering at the village store. The contest between the Improve- ment Society and its advertising enemy may be a long and hotly-contested one, but it is especially true here that ‘‘he that endureth to the end’’ shall suc- ceed. Public opinion in city and coun- try are waking up to the importance of the matter. The city billboard is often the object of the sharpest criticism. It must be clean. It must have some merit. It must have some good reason for being or it is not tolerated. Left to itself the city thought would find its way into the country, but from the country, be it distinctly understood, the hayseed has departed and wide-gauged intelli- gence, well-trained at that, has decided to stay on the farm and make it his home. The Improvement Society will count him among its increasing mem- bership. The village will in conse- quence find itself the center of a larger and a finer landscape picture and when this condition of things is realized, be that landscape large or small, nowhere within its limits will be found a sign or poster to which the Village Improve- ment Society, the acknowledged arbiter of the neighborhood, can offer the slight- est objection. Soe. Low Rates West and Northwest. On February 12, and on each Tues- day until April 30, the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul Railway will sell one-way second class tickets at the fol- lowing very low rates: To Montana points, - - To North Pacific Coast points, 30.00 To California, - - - 30.00 These tickets will be gool on all trains and purchasers will have choice of six routes and eight trains via St. Paul and two routes and three trains via Missouri River each Tuesday. The route of the Famous Pioneer Limited trains and the U. S. Government Fast Mail trains. All ticket agents sell tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- way, or for further information address Robert C. Jones, Michigan Passenger Agent, 32 Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich. es |. $25.00 Distinction of Wealth. ‘Ves, she’s a very nice girl.”” ‘Ah! then she has no money.”’ ‘‘Why do you infer that?’’ ‘*Because rich girls are always superb or stunning or splendid. They are never simply nice."’ If you want business you must climb for it—the plum seldom drops into an open mouth. Rubber Stamp Signature. A letter dictated by a person, type- written at his direction and signed with his name oy means of a rubber stamp is held by the Supreme Court of Con- necticut to be a writing signed by such person, in the sense of the statute pro- viding that in order for a case to be taken out of the statute of limitations in certain actions, by an acknowledg- ment or promise, the latter must be in some writing made or signed by the party to be charged thereby. The court said that since typewriting is a substi- tute for and the equivalent of writing, letters thus written are to be considered as having been done by the party dictat- ing them, and that when a rubber stamp is used for signing they are to be held as having been signed by him, in the absence of any expressed or implied re- quirement of law that one shall] sub- scribe a writing with his own hand. —_—__s0o_ The Door Opened Towards Him. Right side and —< side lie so close together that the abi ity to generalize from a single example—Emerson’s defi- nition of genius—is sometimes mis- leading. A New Orleans lawyer who was recently asked to talk to the boys of a business school prefaced his address by a few extempore remarks. ‘“My young friends,’’ he said, ‘‘as I approached the entrance to this room | noticed on the panel of the door a word eminently appropriate to an institution of this kind. It expresses the one thing most useful to the average man when he steps into the arena of life. It was—’’ ‘*Pull!’’? shouted the boys with a roar of laughter, while the horrified politi- cian recognized that he had taken his text from the wrong side of the door. ee The Teller Who Could Not Tell. ‘‘How much money has my husband in the bank?’’ demanded the woman. “‘T can not tell you, madam,’’ replied the man behind the grating. ‘‘Why, they told me you were the teller,’* snapped the woman. ARE YOU GOING TO HONOLULU WITH THE SHRINERS ? ue pee a oY S THE ROUTE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: GRAND RAPIDS TO CHICAGO, CHICAGO TO KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY TO DALLAS, DALLAS TO EL PASO, EL PASO 10 MARICOPA, MARICOPA TO PHOENIX, PHOENIX TO LOS AN GELES, LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO 10 HONOLULU AND FROM HONOLULU==—=—=—=—=——=HOME! —_ i { WIKAIULOO KUKEELANO | WORLD S BEST I W \ DY ay & R fac Aipeli= ¥ : " ii oO x ‘ ~ amp held 1 the J rc- sub- close alize defi- mis- ' who ys of dress ‘as I om | word ‘ution thing when as—"" | roar voliti- n his Dr, a sband jan, eplied re the ITY, TO | TO )ME! - terested MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip 7 President, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids; Sec- retary, A. W. STiTT, Jackson; Treasurer, JOHN W. SCHRAM, Detroit. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, GEO. W. Hix, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, J. E. MOORE, Jackson; Grand Secretary, A. KENDALL, Hillsdale; Grand Treasurer, W. S. MEsT, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. ¢. 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, GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Looking Out for the Other Fellow’s Boy. Written for the Tradesman. The man with the grizzly beard seemed to be deeply interested in the game that was going on at one of the corner billiard tables of the Morton House. As it turned out he was watch- ing the players. The better player, a young man still under 30, with that in his face and manner which no right- minded man likes to see, had every in- dication of coaxing his companion to do something to which he appeared to be decidedly averse. Satisfied that his idea was the right one, Grizzly Beard gave his undivided attention to the younger of the two players. He was a boy that a mother had every reason to be proud of. He might have been something over 22, with a broad-shoul- dered, full-breasted physique of five feet ten, clad in neatly fitting garments made by a tailor who knows how and was anxious to make a good job of it. | The face had not yet lost its boyish roundness. Health had splashed the cheeks with red. A decided black had colored his hair, his eyebrows, his thick, silky moustache and his eyes, that had so far seen only the pleasant things of life and thoroughly enjoyed them. His mouth, that telltale of char- acter, was a pleasant one to look at and the forehead, not too high nor too full, indicated a mastery over the chin, strongly inclined though it was to firm- ness. ‘*Let’s have a drink. A glass of wine is nothing—you can’t expect to bea molly-coddle always. Have a glass and after the game is over we'll light up again and go out and look the town over.’’ Old Grizzly’s eyes began to glare. He leaned forward to see the outcome of that particular shot and to hear the forthcoming. reply : ‘‘Where do you want to go?’’ the tone implying, ‘‘] don’t know but I will.’’ ‘*Oh, down street somewhere. ’’ ‘*All right, order your wine. I'll take a drink of sherry.’’ ‘*That sounds like it! I tell you | what,"’ slapping the boy on the back, ‘*Berry, a man has only one life to live and he can’t get any too much out of it at best.’’ ‘*Berry!’’ Where had he heard the name? ‘‘Berry.’’ Old Grizzly rubbed his glasses and looked long and _ hard. He knew Tom Berry back there in the long ago. Could it be twenty years ago —long enough anyway for this boy to grow up? The longer he looked the likelier it seemed. He’d make be- lieve and see what came of it and, watching for that occasional glance which a player is sure to give to an in- looker-on, he motioned the young fellow to come to him. ‘I noticed your friend called you “Berry.” You look near enough like a friend I used to know to be his son. His name was Tom, and we used to know each other in Riverdale in Yan- keeland.’’ “‘IT wouldn’t wonder if it were my father. He used to live at Riverdale or on a farm near there when he was a boy. I often go there now. My grand- father is still living on the old place.’’ ‘*Then your mother’s name was Jane Dudley.’’ "Yes, it was.’ The wine here made its appearance. ‘‘Then, my boy, for the sake of Tom Berry and Jane Dudley, I’m going to ask you not to drink that wine. Offer it to me.—Thank you, I don’t care if 1 do.—Now I want you to come to my room after this game is over. 1 want to talk to you about your father and moth- er. I happen to have a couple of tick- ets to Nat Goodwin’s ‘When we were twenty-one’ and you may as well have the benefit of one of them. Say Yes. To be out and out with you, I want to get you away from that fellow over there as soon as possible. I think you understand. My name is Colby. You may have heard your father speak of me.’’ ‘‘Indeed, I have!’’ They shook hands. ‘‘And nothing would please me more than to take in the play. Rager, I have just met this gentleman—Mr. Colby, Mr. Rager; this is a friend of my father’s—and we shall have to give up our walk this evening. That shot put you out? All right, good evening. — Now, Mr. Colby, I am at your dis- posal.’”’ When Mr. Rager put up his cue the exclamation he used began with the fourth letter of the alphabet. The facts, as they have been so far stated, were related the next day toa fellow gripsacker on the train. He went on with the story: ‘‘It was a risky thing for me to fix that wine as I did, but my mind was made up, for I could easily see that scamp of a Rager was bent on mis- chief, and I was determined to head him off. I found the boy a happy com- bination of father and mother and just such a fellow as my Jim. There isn’t a bit of the ‘molly-coddle’ about either of them. He, this boy, has started out on his first trip and chanced to run across that miserable fellow whom he used to know a little, years ago, at school. I asked what he thought would have been the program for the evening and he thought Rager had him down for an evening at poker. He didn’t play cards for money; so that had no terrors for him, but he was glad, all the same, that I put in my oar when I did, for his father would be glad to know that he had met me, the play was what he had wanted to see since he first had heard of it, and it would please his father to learn that I had given him the good turn I had in the case of Rager.’’ ‘‘Well, I think you were a trifle brassy, Colby,’’ answered his compan- ion. ‘‘It isn’t every young fellow that would have taken your interference kindly. I wouldn’t have dared to doit.”’ ‘*Then there is where you would have made a mistake. I think we old fellows of the road understand pretty well that we can’t keep too closely to our own side of the fence. That’s all right, but I tell you when two generations of trav- elirg men are brought together we old ones want to look after the other old fellow’s son. The tone of the traveling man is improving and it will progress faster and go farther if we are willing to do this. I have a great deal of confi- dence in my Jim. Still, I know he is human and, in spite of the good bring- ing up I know he has had, there are times when he’s going to run up against such scapegraces as that Rager, and it’s going to be as hard for him as it used to be for me. I always think of Jim when I meet such a boy as this Berry and when I see the Old Harry trying to get in his work it always set me agoing to checkmate him if' I can. Witha trained brain and a wholesome body, with moral principle enough to keep both in good order, traveling is the best business on earth. It used to be the roughest and wickedest, but I believe if we old ones, by a word here and another there, are willing to help the good work along we, in our way, can do more and do it better than any other class of men on earth. Think this over and you see if you don’t agree with me. The traveling man has shown himself a power everywhere else and it would be strange if he should fail right in his own dooryard.’’ Richard Malcolm Strong. —_—_-+_~>-0 Another Lincoln Story. “‘In my capacity as Secretary and Treasurer of the Ohio State Republican Committee,’’ said John J. Janney, of Columbus, ‘‘1 went to the capitol to see the President. 1 was admitted with about one hundred and fifty others. It was Lincoln’s habit occasionally to ad- mit a lot of people at the same time and hear each individual's case with all the others listening. I took a seat at one side, as I wanted to see him and hear him while he tried those cases. I shall never forget the simple and great man as he sat listening to the troubles of all kinds that were put before him. He seemed to go to the bottom of every case at once and to give simple justice all the time. The last one of the crowd was a girl who was deaf and dumb. All she wanted was to see the President. Lincoln sat there for almost half an hour and wrote answers on the girl’s tablet and talked with her in that way. ‘‘Finally my time came, and Lincoln turned and saw me Sitting at one side. I had never met him but the one time some years before in Columbus, but he knew me at once and said: ‘Have you been here all this time? Why didn’t you let me know it?’ And then he went on to talk about various things. Finally he said: ‘You are going to de- feat Sammy out in your district this time, aren’t you?’ referring to a demo- cratic candidate for Congress in Ohio. I told him I thought so. Then he con- tinued: ‘I understand that Sammy is a great friend of mine—just as warm a friend as I have. He reminds me of a hog that old Sam Brown had. It got out and was gone for some time. Sam could see where it had been rooting along the creek, and he said one morn- ing to one of his sons that the boy was to go along one side of the creek and Brown himself would go along the other, ‘for I think,’ said he, ‘that the hog is on both sides of the creek.’ ’’ ——_—___> 9. The Traveling Man. Could I pour out the nectar the gods only can, I would fill up my glass to the brim And drink the success of the traveling man, And the house represented by him; And could I but tincture the glorious draught With his smiles, as I drank to him then, And the jokes he has told and the laughs he has aughed, I would fill up the goblet again— I would drink a long life and a health to the friends Who have met him with smiles and with cheer; To the generous hand that the landlord extends To the wayfarer journeying here: __ And I pledge, when he turns from this earthly od abode And pays the last fare that he can, Mine Host of Ss at i End of the Road Will welcome the traveling man! : James Whitcomb Riley. —_>02>____ A woman with a baby and a woman with a dog always look pityingly at each other. Gripsack Brigade. Charlotte Leader: J. J. Richardson has a position as traveling salesman with the J. H. Place Glove and Mitten Co. His territory includes Wisconsin and Michigan. Lansing Republican: J. C. Brown, formerly with E. Bement’s Sons, has accepted a position with the Central Stamping Co., of New York, as sales- man for Michigan. A. W. Annis, formerly engaged in the shoe business at Eaton Rapids, has signed to represent Studley & Barclay’s line of belting, mill supplies and sport- ing goods in Eastern Michigan. John W. Califf and Lester D. Califf have transferred their allegiance from the Dayton Computing Scale Co. to the Automatic Wringer Co., of Muskegon. John will cover Ohio and Lester will travel in Indiana. Both are hard-work- ing salesmen. “Charlotte Leader: Ernest Moross was in town Tuesday, selling goods fora Tetroit shoe house. He will be remem- bered as a member of the famous Moross Bros. tandem team, that rode in many contests in this city during the time that Charlotte was on the bicycle circuit. Bay City Tribune: G. E. S. Williams has gone to Rochester, N. Y., to take a position as traveling representative for the Eastman Kodak Co. Saturday night Mr. Williams was tendered a sur- prise party at the home of Mrs. Sayers, Tenth and Adams streets, about fifteen of his Masonic friends being present and presenting Mr. Williams witha fine umbrella. L. E. Phillips, for the past four years traveling representative for Geo. H. Reeder & Co., prior to which time he was on the road for the Amazon Hosiery Co., of Muskegon, has engaged to cover Western Michigan for the Western Shoe Co., of Toledo, starting out on his in- itial trip Feb. 18. He is in Toledo this week getting out his samples. He will continue to make Grand Rapids head- quarters. A Marquette correspondent writes: General Passenger Agent G. W. Hib- bard, of the South Shore road, has just announced the details of an interchang- eable mileage agreement by which one mileage book will be accepted by near- ly all railroads in the Upper Peninsula. It will also be accepted on the Northern Pacific road between the terminals of Duluth and Stillwater intermediate sta- tions, also St. Paul, Minneapolis and intermediate stations and on the Great Northern between Duluth and Minne- apolis and intermediate stations. All St. Paul, Northwestern & Wisconsin Central mileage books will hereafter be accepted on the roads of the South Shore system. This agreement will be of great benefit to the people of Northern Michigan and particularly to commer- cial men, who have heretofore been com- pelled to carry mileage for all numerous rodds. Its inauguration will be a very popular agreement. It becomes effec- tive February 15. The San Francisco correspondent of the New York Tribune says: The Coffee Club Association was incorporated here this week, its object being to establish places of refreshment and amusement where no intoxicating liquors or tobacco will be sold. The profits are to be re- invested in other houses, so as to spread this movement against liquor saloons. Counting corner groceries where beer is sold, San Francisco has over seven thousand saloons, and the number is constantly increasing. The directors of the new Association are al] men of mod- erate means, who are eager to establish resorts that will appeal to sober young men, 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - Dee. 31, 1901 HENRY HkEIM, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902 Wirt P. Dory, Detroit - — - - Dee. 31, 1903 A. ©. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 194 JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids Dec. 31, 1905 President, A. C. SOHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Secretary, HENRY HEIM, Saginaw. Treasurer, W. P. Dory, Detroit. Examination Sessions. Grand Rapids, March 5 and 6. Star Island, .June 17 and 18. Sault Ste. Marie, August 28 and 29. Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6. Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association. President—CHas. F. MANN, Detroit. Secretary—J. W. SEELEY, Detroit Treasurer—W. K. SCHMIDT, Grand Rapids. List of Explosive Substances Peculiar to the Drug Trade. Substances Which Explode When Tritu- rated Singly. Under this head are to be found only a very limited number, among which are: I. Potassium chlorate (commercial) under sharp contusion. 2. Mercury fulminate explodes with green flame. 3. Mercury oxynitrate. 4. Copper nitrate, dry. 5. Copper fulminate. 6. Antimony fulminate. 7. Gold fulminate. 8. Silver fulminate. 9g. Nitroglycerin. TO, Nitrogen iodide. It may be well to state that sub- stances which contain carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, the latter in a more or less feeble state of combination with the whole or part of the oxygen, when the explosion takes place the N parts with its O, which combines with the C, form- ing CO2 and CO with generation of heat, and N is set free. If H be present in the explosion (H2Q0) is formed, in the form of great- ly expanded vapor. When Cl is present it takes the part of the N, as from po- tassium chlorate. We find that nitro substitution for H forms very dangerous explosive com- pounds, as glonoin, a tri-nitro product, also xylodin, a bi-nitro, and last, but not least, nitro mannite, a product from manna sugar, and containing six mole- cules of nitric peroxid (NO2), associ- ated with the carbon of the sugar. Substances Which Explede When Mixed With Other Substances and Triturated. 1. Potassium chlorate acid. 2, Potassium chlorate with sulphur. 3. Potassium chlorate with antimony sulphuret. 4. Potassium chlorate with potassium nitrate and ammonium phosphate. §. Potassium chlorate with picrate of ammonium. with tannic 6. Potassium chlorate with ammonia- sulphate copper, and sodium hyposul- phite. 7. Potassium chlorate with picrate of potassium produces purple flame. 8. Potassium chlorate with acid, yellow flame. picric Q. Potassium chlorate with acid detonates violently. oxalic 10. Potassium chlerate with sium permanganate detonates. potas- 11, Potassium chlorate with sulphur and iodine, violent detonation. 12. Potassium chlorate with sulphur and fulminate of mercury (very sensi- tive), 13. Potassium chlorate with potas- sium prussiate and sugar. 14. Potassium nitrate, dry carbonate of potassium, and sulphur. 15. Potassium permanganate and tannin deflagrates. 16. Potassium permanganate and picric acid, violent detonation. 17. Potassium permanganate, picric acid, and tannin, violent detonation, with yellow flame. 18. Potassium permanganate and po- tassium picrate (loud). 19. Potassium permanganate, potas- sium picrate, and tannin, very loud. 20. Potassium permanganate and po- tassium oxalate. 21. Potassium permanganate, potas- sium oxalate, and tannin, violent. 22. Chloride of lime and iodine re- sublimed (detonates). 23. Dry nitrate of copper and oxalate of potassium with tannic acid explodes. 24. Antimony sulphuret, picric acid, and potassium chlorate detonates with flash. 25. Amorphous phosphorus, tannic acid, picric acid, potassium chlorate, potassium permanganate (very sensi- tive, flashes without detonation). 26. Manganese black oxide, picric acid, permanganate of potassium, flash, no detonation unless confined. 27. Potassium bichromate, tannic and picric acids (orange red flash. ) 28. Potassium bichromate, tannin, picric acid, and amorphous phosphorus, ted flash. 29. Ammonium picrate, potassium nitrate, powdered charcoal, nitric acid. Of this combination 1 part, with am- monium picrate 2 parts and potassium nitrate 3 parts, forms what is known as picric powder. The following are a few explosive mixtures brought into closer or more compact union by the solvent power of a suitable menstruum, certain component parts, however, remaining in suspen- sion: 30. Indigo, tannic acid, potassium chlorate, and amorphous phosphorus, diluted alcohol gq. s. to form paste, when dry is violently explosive, giving off a volume of white smoke. 31. Sodium chlorate with golden sul- phuret of antimony, very sensitive, emits crackling sound. 32. Lampblack, amorphous _ phos- phorus, strontium nitrate, tannic acid, oil of turpentine, to form paste, deto- nates with red flash and white smoke. 33. Substitute dry ammonia—sulphate of copper, or dry cupric oxide for stron- tia, a beautiful blue flash with loud re- port results. 34. Starch or dextrin, Parts Io. Potassium chlorate, parts 20. Amorphous phosphorus, parts 5. Water, parts 8. Mix. When dry produces loud detona- tion, if confined, evolving copious white smoke. 35. Sulphuric acid, parts 75- Nitric acid, parts 30. Simple syrup, parts 20. This mixture is known by the name of ** vigorite. *’ 30. Another composed of vigorite, nitrate of potassium and cellulose is known by the name of ‘‘nitroline."* These two compounds are dangerously explosive. 37. Lac sulphur, golden sulphuret of antimony, valerianate of zinc, chlorate of potassium. This combination has been prescribed and has exploded. 38. Iodine fulminates with oi! of tur- pentine and most of the hydrocarbon volatile oils. Any of the nitrates will form explo- sive mixtures with combustible sub- stances. The chlorates, however, part with their oxygen more easily than the nitrates, and, in consequence of the strong affin- ity of chlorine for the metals, chlorine mixtures are very sensible to friction and percussion. In explosive compounds the elements are all in chemical combination, pre- senting a definite explosive molecule (i. e., containing both combustible and supporter of combustion); hence we can readily understand how an explo- sive compound is more sudden and vio- lent than that of the most intimate me- chanical mixture. Potassium chlorate and all other chlo- rates should never be prescribed in pow- der, mixed with organic or inorganic combustible or oxidizable bodies. They should, therefore, when combined, be prescribed only in solution. The following prescriptions have been known to explode and are dangerous: Potassium chlorate, sodium, or cal- cium hypophosphite, water. The two salts should be dissolved separately. Potassium chlorate, tannic acid, gly- cerin, water. This should be prepared by making a solution of the tannin in the glycerin and potassium chlorate in the water. Potassium chlorate, catechu (should not be dispensed), potassium chlorate, nut gall, or tannic acid. Substances Which Undergo or Are Liable to Spontaneous Combustion. Under this head we find that all com- pounds that contain oxygen and chlo- rine, feebly combined with carbon, are liable to undergo spontaneous combus- tion by the elimination of O, or O and Cl, causing the generation of sufficient heat to inflame the C. The following comprise those which I have found by experiment and research to undergo this change: 1, Silver oxide and creosote. 2. Potassium permanganate and gly- cerin. (Spontaneous deflagrates. ) 3. Potassium permanganate and ox- alic acid. (Fuses and deflagartes). The following prescriptions under this head are dangerous, all of which have exploded spontaneously; hence should not be handled by empyrical ma- nipulators : 4. Potassium permanganate, tincture ferric chloride, glycerin (if warm will explode. ) 5. Potassium permanganate, alcohol, water. This may be dispensed by add- ing the potassium slowly to the alcohol and water previously mixed, and by dis- pensing in a loosely stoppered vial. 6. Oil of amber, nitric acid, ex- plodes with odor resembling musk. 7. Oxide of silver, muriate of mor- phine, extract of gentian. 8. Oil of turpentine, sulphuric acid, Should be mixed gradually in an open vessel, as this has caused violent explo- sions and serious accidents. 9g. Chromic acid, glycerin. May be combined by adding the acid by de- grees, rubbing slowly. 10. lodine, spirit of camphor, cam- phorated soap liniment. This generates nitrogen iodide. 11. Nitric acid, muriatic acid, tinc- ture of nux vomica. Explodes in two hours. 12, Sodium borate, sodium bicarbon- ate, glycerin, water. Evolves CO2, there- fore explodes when corked too tightly. In general, those mixtures that give off gas should not be corked until the revolution of gas is over. In evidence of the action of the rapid evolution of O in contact with any combustible sub- stance, especially any volatile or inflam- mable substance, the following affords a good example: Take of sulphuric acid 1 fluidrachm, permanganate of potassium 15 grains, Mix in a small mortar. By dipping a glass rod in this solution and touching it to a small quantity of cotton, pre- viously saturated with alcohol, the latter will immediately take fire. Charles D. Lippincott. —_—_»>0—.___ The Drug Market. Opium—Advices from primary mar- kets are very strong. Cables received report recent cold destroyed all except the early sowing. Higher prices are looked for. Morphine—Is steady at recent ad- vance. Quinine—Is in active demand. Re- ports from London indicated small stocks and advancing market there. Another advance is looked for. Menthol—Is scarce and higher and has been advanced 25c per lb. Cod Liver Oil—The market is easy and holders are anxious to dispose of their stocks. On this account prices are lower. Haarlem Oil—Has been further ad- vanced 5c per gross. This makes an advance of I2c in the last two weeks. Hypophosphites—Lime, soda and potash have all declined. Balsam Copaiba—Is in active demand and has advanced, on account of small stocks. American Saffron—Is very scarce and has further advanced. —>-0 > ___ Display of Castile Soap. George W. Hague tells of a castile soap window which he recently dis- played with success. He used large bars of castile soap, piling them up in the shape of a log cabin, the white and green in one window and the red in the other. In the window containing the white castile soap he used a black back- ground in the window containing the red a blue background was placed. It is well to use a background opposite in color to the goods to be displayed, as this makes the goods showy. He also used signs: ‘‘Pure White Castile Soap, 50c per Ib. ; also in 5c and toc cakes."’ In the other window he placed a sign: “Red Castile Soap for horses, 35C¢ per Ib. ; also 5c and 10 cakes.’ —_>2.___ Thymol Containing Borax. A large firm was recently compelled to return to a prominent chemical house thirty pounds of supposedly pure thymol because it was found to contain a con- siderable proportion of borax. It seems that this impurity is quite frequently found in thymol, etic that made in Germany. FISHING TACKLE We carry avery complete stock and make the right prices. Wait for travelers or write FRED BRUNDAGE, MUSKEGON, MICH. Wholesale Drugs and Stationery SEND US YOUR ORDERS FOR SPECIAL SIZED WINDOW SHADES. We guarantee satisfaction in pri uality of goods. Making window chadee ig stat alty with us. Orders filled within 24 hours after a No delay. Send for Sample and price St. HEYSTEK & CANFIELD CO., Grand Rapids. Jobbers Wall Papers, Window Shades. KASKOLA ovsees: DYSPEPSIA Manufactured by CURE THE P. L. ABBEY CO., Kalamazoo, Mich. Your orders solicited. sub- lam - rds a chm, ains, nga hing pre- atter mar- ived ‘cept are = MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT ~ Advanced—Balsam Copaiba, Menthal, Saffron. Declined— Acidum oe Mac... ... = 60 — Oo g 50 Aceticum ... .$ 6@$ 8| Copaiba............. 11 - 23 | Tone... ce. 50 Benzoicum, German. 70@ 75| Cubebe............. 1 20@ 1 25} Prunus virg......... @ 50 Boracic.............. = = teeee ee ee : — ; = Tinctures 4 doce ue ——— 2 an 1 85@ 1 90 | Aconitum Napellis R 60 Hydrochior........- 3@ «CB act 7 wo 75 | Aconitum Napellis F 50 s 10 | Gossippii, Sem gal. 60 tenes . ——— ee : ag 14| Hedeoma....... 1 40@ 1 50 —— Myrrh . Phosphorium, dil.. @ 15 oo ~snieo OD 2 | eee a -- 50 Salicylicum ......... 50@ 55 haa wees cece. 90@ 2 00 ‘Atrope Belladonna... 60 Sulphurieum -. ee 1%@_~=«5 | Limonis............ 1 50@ 1 60 Auranti Cortex. 50 Tannicum . ... 1 10@ 1 20| Mentha Piper....... 1 40@ 2 00 | 7 : o Tartaricum ......... 38@ 40| Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60 oe G Morrhue, ‘gal. . 1 20@ 1 25 | Benzoin o. 50 Ammonia Myrcia 07001. : 4 00@ 4 50 | Barosma.. 50 Aqua, 16 deg......... -— Cid 75@ 3 00 Cantharides ... 75 Aqua, 20 deg... ee 6@ 8] Picis Liquida......: 10@ 12 | paPscum e Carbonas..........-. 183@ 15] Picis Liquida, =. @ 35 caaeanen G = Chloridum........... 1w@ 14 Ricina . aero 1 - 1 00 oo “= ine osmar oe 1 00 ag — Rose, ounce......... 6 00@ 6 50 | Catechu'. 50 Black ........--- 2 00@ 2 25) Sueeini .....20510 1111 40@ 45 | Cinchona - 50 Brown....... aan... 9@ 1 00 | Cinchona C 60 Red ......-..- ++ a ee 2 75@ 7 09 | Columba 50 Yellow.........--+++- 2 50@ 3 00| Sassafras. BO@ 55 | Cubebe......... . 50 Cassia Acutifol...... 50 Baccze oo. is, ess., ‘ounce. @ 65 all. 1 50@ 1 60 | Cassia Acutifol Co... 50 Cubebe........ as Tenn Digitalis............. 50 Juniperus...........- 8 Th, tees “ sete eeeeee 0@ 50) Ereot.. 50 Xanthoxylum ....... 1 25@ 1 30 Thyme, at str eeees i 1 60 | Ferri Chloridum .: 35 Balsamum Po eo ec pp el - o = a 60 entian Co.......... So — 1 85 a Sessa 15@ 18 — : fo Gunada | 60 | Bichromate ......... 13@ 15 uiaca ammon...... Terabin, —- =a 45 | Bromide ............ 52@ 57 | Hyoseyamus......... 50 areas on Carb ................ 12@ 15| lodine oe 75 Cortex Chlorate... -Po 17@19 16@ 18 —— colorless. .... 75 Abies, Canadian..... 18 | Cyanide . Cl ae oS ee 50 ansie. 2... i | tedide. 2 60@ 2 65 Lobelia Bee ge cece ae 50 Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ Co 50 Euonymus atropurp. 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15} Nux Vomica 50 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt... 7a 10) Opa... co... 75 Prunus Virgini ae 12 | Potass Nitras. 6@ 8 | Opii, comphorated.. 50 Quillaia, gr’d........ 12 | Prussiate.. .eseee 23@ 26} Opii, deodorized..... 1 50 Sassafras ...... po. 20 15| Sulphate po......... 15@ 18) Quassia ............. 50 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix ——s 20 Extractum Aconitum 2@ 25|Sanguinaria. 1.) Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25) Althe. 30@ 33 Sexpeutsats 5 Glycyrrhiza, po ee 28@ 30) Anchusa 10@ 12) Stromonium......... 60 Hematox, 15 lb. box 11@ 12| Arum po @ 25/ Tolutan ............. 60 Heematox, 1s........ 18@ 14) Calamus.. 20@ 40/ Valerian ............ 5o Heematox, %s 15 | Gentiana...... 12@ 15! Veratrum Veride... 50 Heematox, 4S......- 17 | Glychrrhiza.. pv. 15 16@ 18 Zingiber ............. 29 Ferru Hydrastis Canaden. Q@ Miscellaneous 15 Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 80 Jarbonate Precip... Hellebore, Alba, po. “1 15 | “ther, Spts. Nit.2 F 30@ 35 Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25 | Inula, po. a4 99 | Ather, Spts. Nit.4F 3@ 38 Citrate Soluble...... 75 Ipecac, po “"75! 3 40@ 3 60| Alumen ............. 24@ 3 Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 40 | Tris plox.. 35@38 35@ 40|Alumen, gro’d.po.7 3@ 4 Solut. Chloride. ..... 15 | Jalapa, pr. . 25@ 30| Annatto.............. 40@ 50 Sulphate, com’l..... 2 Maranta, y S| @ 35| Antimoni, 4@ 5 oe —_ by Podophyllum, p 20@ 25 | Antimonie Potass 7 40@ 50 per cwt....... 80 | Rhei...... 75@ 1 00 ioytie .......... @ % sulphate, pure.. Rhei, cut @ 1 25| Antifebrin .......... @ 20 Flora | a : 75@ 1 35 Agent Nii 0Z.. ; = = ¢ 18 | Spigella --.. 3d3@ 38/| Arsenicum.......... a sits Oe 95 | Sanguinaria...po.15 @ 18| Balm Gilead Buds.. 33@ 40 ia. 30@ 35| Serpentaria......... 40@ 45/| Bismuth S. N.. 90@ 2 00 i Senega 60@ 65 | Calcium Chlor., eo @ 9 Folia Smilax, officinalis H. © @ 40| Calcium Chlor., %s.. @ 10 Barosma..........--- 30@ 33/| Smilax, M @ 25 | Calcium Chlor., % AS. @ i2 — Acutifol, Tin- Scille . “po. 10@ 12| Cantharides, Rus. 7 @ 30 velly .. 20@ 25 Symplocarpus, ieee Capsici Fructus, a: @ 15 Cassia, Acutifol, "Alx. 25@ 30 Le. @ 25 | Capsici Fructus, po. @ 15 Salvia officinalis, 4s Vanutens ,Eng. po. 30 @ 2 Capsici Fructus B, po @ 15 ana tes 12@ 20| Valeriana, German. 15@ 20| Caryophyllus..po.15 12@ 14 va Urs... s@ 10 Enaiex & ee 14@ 16| Carmine, No. 40..... @ 3 00 Guin a me e)aeehc Acacia, ist plead... 65 Semen Coccus @ 40 Acacia, 2d picked.. 45| Anisum . -po. @ 12| Cassia Fructus.. @ 35 Acacia, 3d picked.. 35 a (eravéieons). 13@ 15] Centraria.. @ 10 Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 28) Bird, 1s...... 4@ 6) Cetaceum.. : @ 4 Acacia, po. ae 65| Carui.......... Po. "18 12@ 13! Chloroform ... 55@ 60 Aloe, Barb. po.i8@20 12 14 | Cardamon.. 1 26@ 1 75/ Chloroform, squibbs @ 110 Aloe, Cape....po. 15. @ 12] Coriandrum... : 10 | Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 40@ 1 65 Aloe, Socotri. - po. 40 @ 30/ Cannabis Sativa. oe 4%@ 5 | Chondrus............ 200@ 25 Ammoniac 55@ 60) Cydoniu --- 7@ 1 00} Cinchonidine,P.& W 38@ 48 Assafcetida... --Po. 4 ‘45 45@ 50 C eno yodium . 10@ 12/Cinchonidine,Germ. 38@ 48 Benzoinum........ 50@ 55 | Dipterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10| Cocaine ............. 5 80@ 6 00 Catechu, 1s.......... @ 13) Foeniculum.......... @ 10} Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 70 Catechu, %4S.....--.- @ = 14| Foenugreek, po...... 7@ 9j Creosotum........... @ 35 Catechu, a. . a 16 woes : 4@ 5/)Creta.........bbl.75 @ 2 Camphore .......-..- 6 73 | Lini, grd..... bbl.4 4%@ _ 5] Creta, prep.......... @ 8 Eu horbium.. si 35 @ _ 40| Lobelia 35@ 40| Creta, precip........ @ 11 Galbanum. . i @ 1 00| Pharlaris Ganarian.. 4%@ 5/ Creta, Rubra........ @ 8 Gamboge .......-. po 65@ 70|Rapa................ 4%@ 5] Crocus . _ Be 3 — peice see 25 @ 30! Sinapis Alba.. 9@ 10] Cudbear. oe @ 24 Kino........p0. $0.75 @ 75| Sinapis Nigra. . 11@ = 12} Cupri Sulph......... 64@ 8 Mastic ........-...-- = . titi 2... Saas on > oy a B. i. 3 10G 3 75 Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50 aac ea ao |. 2@ 35| Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25 Eusery, sltsamnbics. @ 6 Shellac, bieached.... 40@ 45 | Frumenti........-... 1 25@ 1 50| Ergota’........po.90 85@ 90 Tragacanth.......... 60@ 90 | Juniperis Co. 0. T.-. 1 65@ 2 00 Flake White.. ern 12@ 15 Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 5O Galla .. cee @ 23 Herba Saac arum N.E.... 1 90@ 2 10 Gambler . oo 8@ 9 Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli....... 1 75@ 6 50 Gelatin, Cooper. a @ 60 Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20 ni Oporto. ........ 1 25@ 2 00| Gelatin; French..... 35@ 60 elia ...... oz. pkg 25 Vini Atba.........-.. 1 25@ 2 00! Glassware, flint, box 75 & 5 es ie - Pee = Sponges Less than box..... 7 i en -- OZ. z wi... 1 ——- Vir. | pie = eo aaa — 2 50@ 2 75 Glue; a a 15@ trecseee se Z. pkg eeDs’ WoC TN 25 Tanacetim ¥ 02. 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Ps 95 | _ carriage... 2 50@ 2 75 Hessuiae 55 ' Velvet extra sheeps’ Ee ee ee oc Magnesia 1, carriage. .... 1 50 Hydrarg Chlor Mite @ 1 00 eg hate @ drarg Chlor C 90 Calcined, Pat........ 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ cae : - oe ol @ cn Carbonate, KGa. ing 2 | Grass Sheeps wool, 7 Hydrarg Ammoniati — @ 120 arbonate, K. & M.. rass § ‘ ‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20| carriage. @ 100 ere ac —— : Oleum Hard, for slate use. @ 7 oe ila, A. 65@ 70 Absinthium 6 50@ 7 00 Yellow Reef, for @14 —... ware Amygdale, Dulc.. 38@ 65 ane we. ‘ss a ca, Resubi.. ee 3 85@ 4 00 Amygdale, Amare. 8 00@ 8 25 ae Todoform. . ...+. 3 85@ 4 00 . 0G 2 20| Acacia .............. @ 50/ Lupulin... a @ ww . 2 26@ 2 30| Auranti oe. @ 50 Lycopodium. ... 80@ 85 2 99@ 3 00} Zingiber....... @ 50 65@ 75 80@ 8 @ 60} Li eer Arsen et Hy- 80@ 85 @ 50 ee @ ar. esesecss COO, 00 @ 50} Liquor otassArsinit 10@ 12 Chenopaaii Bes tare a @ 2 75 50@ 60/| Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ 3 Cinnamonil ......... 1 30@ 1 40 @ sO ——tee , bbl @ 1% Citronella ...----:::, 35@ 40 A 50 ee 50@ 60 Menthol.. @ 5 00 Morphia, S$. P.& W. 2 35@ 2 60 a S..N Y. Q. . 2 25@ 2 50 Moschus Canton 40 Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ 80 Nux Vomica...po. 15 @ 10 Os Sep... oo... 37 Pepsin = H. & P. ee 00 - Lia. N.N.% gal. Be esa @ 2 00 Picis, Liq., quarts. . @ 1 00 Picis Liq., pints. .... @ 85 Pil Hydrarg. . . po. 80 @ 50 Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18 ct Alba.. —_ 35 @ 30 iix Burgun.. a 7 Larsen ame ee cect 12 ulvis Ipecac et O isms en Gi ssiGih & P. D. Co., doz.. @ 7 Pyrethrum, pv.. 23@ 30 Caeaie oo. 10 Quinia,S.P.& W... 32@ 42 Quinia,S. German.. 30@ 40 Quinia, N. ¥......... 30@ 40 Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ «14 a Lactis pv 18@ ~=—-.20 Bala oc .. 4 50@ 4 75 Gomeuin a 4@ 50 apo, W.... 12@ 14 Hane Me... 10@_ 12 Sapo G @ 15 Seidlitz — acess 200@ 22 Sinapis . @ 18 Sina is, ‘opt... @ 30 Snu , Maceaboy, De Voe @ 4 snuff, Scotch, be Vo's @ 4 Soda, Boras.......... 9@ ill Soda, Boras, po..... @ ii Soda et Potass Tart, 23@ 2 Soda, Carb.......... 1%K@ 2) Soda, Bi-Carb.. 3@ SCS} Soma, Ash... ..... 34@ 4} Soda, Sulphas.. @ 2 Spts. Cologne.. . @ 2 60 Spts. Ether Col 50@ 55 Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00 Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ Spts. Vini Rect. %bbl @ Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ Strychnia, Crystal... 1 05@ 1 25 Sulphur, Subl....... 24@ 4 Sulphur, Roll........ 24@ 3% ‘Tamarinds .......... 8@ 10) Terebenth Venice.. 23@ 30) Theobrome.......... 60@ 65) Wanila 8... |... 9 00@16 00 | Zinei Sulph......... 1@ 8 Oils BBL. GAL. Whale, winter....... 70 70 Lard, extra.......... 60 70 Lard, No.t.......... 45 50 Linseed, pure raw.. 68 a Linseed, oiled...... 69 q Neatsfoot, winter str 54 60 Spirits Turpentine.. 46 25 Paints BBL. LB. Red Venetian....... 1% 2 @8 | Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4 | Ochre, yellow Ber... 1% 2 @3 Putty, commercial.. 24% 2%@3 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Vermilion, rime American ......... 3@ «15 Vermilion, English.. 70@ 75 Green, Paris........ 4@ 18 Green, Peninsular... 13@ 16 -- 64@ 6% 64@ 6% Whiting, white Span @ 8 Whiting, gilders’. @ 9 White, Saris, Amer. @ 1 2 Whiting, Paris, Eng. Gite. @ 1 40 Universal Prepared. 1 10@ 1 20 Varnishes No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Extra Turp.......... 1 60@ 1 70 Coach Body......... 2 75@ 3 00 No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10 Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Jap.Dryer,No.i1Turp 70@ 76 eo wh Www Ww a aA Dru OH a PP ee SP a a em eR TE (- we Wn ae, ae ar, a ar or a, ao a —— We are Importers and Jobbers of f Drugs, Chemicals and Patent Medicines. We are dealers in Paints, Oils and Varnishes. BALES We have a full line of Staple Drug- gists’ Sundries. BALLS We are the sole proprietors of Weath- of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Rums for medicinal purposes only. erly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy. BAD BQAEZH Wines and We give our personal attention to BALD mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the j j j f j j j We always have in stock a full line f j j j f j f j j Drug Co., same day received. Send a trial order. WS SE OH). a. a a ee Hazeltine & Perkins Grand Rapids, Michigan S| we WS, ar, r,t, a a, a, a wn WA WA WR. EA a A MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ee These quotations are carefull = ‘ / y corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing Sean — Molasses Cake.. 8 : n : » | Columbia River...... 2 00@2 15] Common...... ee oy 11 | Molasses Bar... d are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are lia- | Red Alaska........._ Pao) ere ees Jelly Bai... mo ot raping e to change at any time, and country merckants will have their orders filled at ~— pigeon Pcl ae + cog A ee 7 Set ki to i Shrimps —_e_ | Heaney ..-. eee eee eee eee eee atmea rae ers. ee market prices at date of purchase. Standard............ 1 50 | Peaberry..................... 13 eS eer - ae ea Sardines Maracaibo POOR ONIAD 9 Domestic, \s........ sg) Rate ea y2 | Orange Gem............... 8 ADVANCED | DECLINED Domestic, 3 <: = Seat 1g | Donny Cake, ooo 8 ‘Mustard = BL em me 7 Rolled Oats No. 2 Norway Mackerel California, 4s. . 17 Mexican Pretzelettes, hand made.. 8 ; Seas Macice cuca : French, \s oo | ReMONOR 16 Pretzels, hand — bees, 8 ackerel Whisk Brooms a = Penta : ooms French, %s........ a 17 | Seoteh Cookies. . -- | 9 Sisal Rope ne o Sears’ Lunch............ 7 Pearl Barley i Strawberries Guatemala SusarCake... sj 3 Standard eee. Bo PCMONOR. 16 Sugar Cream, Xxx... ae 8 ON ee 1 25 Java Sugar Squares.........../ 8 Succotash mariean. se LStane 13 1 , ~ ee 90 - — African 0 17 a = — a) 16 a RR [ero Ge: 25 Vanilla Wafers............ 16 ndex to — { 9 ae (eee. 29 | Vienna Crimp.........1 7 8 By Columns i. NE ee ‘ Tomatoes Mocha CREAM TARTAR ee | ALABASTINE oaueieiin — Fair Horeca ali aa 80 faebion...........-..-.; -- 21 | 5 and 10 Ib. wooden boxes.....90 Con, | White in drums............. Q| a — 115 —_ — See. w+ 29 A | Colors in drums... CSc peer gy Gatone |, 2 50 New York Basis. DRIED FRUITS. ‘ . cna @ in packages.......... 19. SOlld Hack, Sin......... 2... 45 2 Akron Stoneware............ 15) Colors in packages.......... 11 | Solid Back, tin ............ 95 — a Sen "8 00 Sundried . — es ees... 1} Lane 46 per cent dicount. | Pointed —— 85 Columbia, = Hummel's foli sé gross. nee ag | Raspberries .......... Candies ' ia) Frazer's ..... 00... 0... eee Pe ano 222 | Hummel’s tin % gross _..... 143 California Prunes Candles. . : ie o 9 00 BUTTER COLO Black, winter .......... @1004 100-120 25 lb. boxes | Canned Goods 5 OR CHEESE Substitutes =6s tou ‘ . — mote - | W., R. & Co.'s, 15¢ size... 125 ' : Crushed Cereal Coffee -_ leg th hare @ 4% Catsup...... LC WR &Co's se : Le aeien was ae ome @12% | 12 packages, % ease 75 80-90 25 Ib. boxes ...... @5 Carbon Oils a 3| ee Se @12% | 24 packages, lease |... ; 70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 54 oe ' oI CANDLEs @13 Bes, ease. ..:.. 50} 60-70 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 6 Chewing ee 3 | Electric Light, 8s. / @i3 CONDENSED MILK 50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 6% Chicory... 5 | Rleetric Light, 16s. oa @i3 | 4 doz in case, | 3) ~ 50 25 Ib. boxes . @7 Chocolate... . buds 3 )ParaMins 60000 @11s | Gall on ee. ttt cease 6 75| 30: 40 25 Ib. boxes ...... 8% Clothes Lines. Ce 3 Parafline 12s... seeetee sted @12 | Cro i es 4 cent less in 56 ib. cases 2 eae. eee 3] Wicking L a Citron : ocoa Shells .. 3 12 j Cocoa & CANNED Goops a: - —— Se ecto 11 Coffee iit + 3 ae — a orsican a 12 : —— Books 4 en tin boxes.......75 900/31! ~. Standards...... 80 Limburg. thteeeee ee we 35 Californ eeueggane) rackers 4) Paragon. .... 35S 600. Gallons, standards __ 21 4 14 rnia, peceaee---- 18% Cream Tartar . > BAKING POW DER BI i = ol 50 ioe ney a ma 1 a - cues ackberries : Sap Sago.. 19@20 a ee any — 1 50 | Imported, ner ol 11% ete. He eee aan ™ CHEWING GUM 500 books, any denom._. 11.60 F . Ee —_ : sg se = fe Beans ——— Flag Spruce. . 50 | 1,000 books, any denom... 20 00 Citron American 191, = Farinaceous Goods.......... 5) i W.eans 1 doz...... 2.121100) Bag ——~ 60 | Above quotations arefor either | Grange American 101b. bx. 10%. Fish and Ovsters... 7 Cie 10 = Kidney. cae 73Q 8S ack Jack.. ee 50 Tradesman, Superior, Economie gz can ar. 10% Flavoring Extracts. & es a — : le 80 Largest Gum Made....... 55|or Universal grades. Where Raisins fe Pee “ : coun numbers je Le eg SS aE GN 55 | 1,000 books are ordered at a time | London Layers 2 Crown. pay Peper. ..:...-. é a... 1 islucberrie Sen Sen Breath Perfume.. 1 00] customer receives specially | London Layers 3 Crown. 2 15 a a br theta s eer eee 45| printed cover without extra | Cluster 4 Crown.. 2: . “ oe RON 55 | charge. —— es 2 Crown 634 x al Brook T CHICO soose Muscatels 3 Crown 7 Groies and Flour a : GAs: a7 _ rout Se” RY Coupon Pass Books Loose Muscatels 4 Crown om ! H er oi ay ee a a 190] oad. oe Can be made to represent any = ed, 1 Ib...... 9% lias a . a i rian. Se denomination from § 10 0 down. . Seeded. % Ib.1!!° s @ Hides and Pelts.. |. 13 Little Neck, 1 1b... 100] Franck’s ........ 22! on 50 books. . 1 50 Siltanas, bulk ....... vse 10% . Little Neck. 2 Ib... dee iSthenere a —— os 2 50 | Sultanas, package -.0..°.1.112 ooks ET Indigo..... 7 E - Clam Bouillon CHOCOLATE 1,000 books.. a a) 00 FARINACEOUS Goons > oe Surnham’s, *; pint 1o Ambrosia Credit ‘Ch ks ne Jetty en sese 7/4 Tb. cans, 4 doz. case......3 75 Burnham's, pints. ........ 3 60 | Ambrosia Sweet............. 2 oc Dried Lima... .-............ 7 L ‘s ID. cans, 2 doz. case .....8 75; Burnham’s, — an. ce > os Household Sweet... ......... 19 500, any one denom...... 2 oo | Romine Hand Picknd __ ae = oaeonee peo 1 tas Paani : = on any one denom...... 3 00 Brown Holland.............. Lamp Chimneys... Ss 5 ID. cans, 4 doz. case. s@ . Cherries —_— a. .. = any one denom...... 5 Cereals tT anterns 3 Red Standards........ 85 alter Baker & ( Coe. Steel punch....... a 75 | Cream of Cereal............. 90 Lantern Glodes 1S JAXO nT) lol manatee cee 115 duane Sweet.. ee CRACKERS Grain-O, small . es \ deorice > - Corn i "aor aeaarenaietees 34 | The National Biscuit Co. quotes Grain-O, large... oo. ae = ye i . tl % Te reakfast Cocoa....... 2.2... = : ye " oy eR cans, 4@or.case...... 45| Good = Senkat tvos. 1S} se tolows: Postum Cereal, smail | |./7 171 35 —itetehinn , a “> cans, = pase...... SS Paney. 95 | Vienna Sweet ......... i ees Butter Postum Cereal, large...... 2 25. a : a French Peas —— 28 |New Yor. Ferina Molasses sssenanes PRON OIE ORI... .. cL. oe ee ee Pe ee hatte $1) Family ............. ; 6 | Pet ID. packages ............ = Mustani 7} 6 az., 4 daz. case. ............3 29; Extra Fine . - 19 CLOTHES LINES Salted............. . . === = heat Flak ~~ N 9 oz., 4 daz. case. ............4 gg) Fine.. -sesseseese 15 | CoStOn, 40 ft. per doz...... .1 00 | Wolverine 644 a vaca eae ee Wats ’ i 1 Ib. 2 dos. case... a. eg | Moyen : ee 11 | Cotton, 50 ft. per doz...) 211 20 2 | 36 2 lb. packages... .... ..3 00 o 5 Ib., 1 daz. ease ae Gooseberries rane ty per doz........1 40] Soda —t.. en a Oi Cans 13 Royal Pee... 30 —— a — — --1 60) Soda, € COR 8 Flake, 50 Ib. sack. . ---- 80 oa Same 2 Hominy a oe he a it & Long Island Wafers... 1» 7 eo .e. . 2 40 : eee Pee... ie size g Standard. 8 | Jute. 72 ft. per doz... ul 3S Zephyrette... ............ 10 oie a aug A — = mn 9 sttteee Oyster Maccaroni and Vermicelli { ian ion 4% Ib. cans 135) nt Rathitane COCOA Faust - Domestic, 10 Ib. box......._. 60 saP os cepa Gon. cons. 1 00/ Gee A ---------— 30/3 Imported. 25 Ib. box... 2 BO Piekles. %, ID. cans 2 5O Pienie Talls : 235 Pearl Barley Pipes a, samme & oe Sacked Ce ~ A> oO id Potash oh a ce ee. 175 Chester........ ceeds 2 75 Provisions. Lid. cams. 4 Wostard! 21D 22 Pe 3 10 = = Sib. cans.13 00 Soused, 11ID...... 1735 Riee F Sib. cans 21 Soused, 2 Ib | 28 ° 5 Belle - ol etch eeu acu: 8 Walsh-DeRoo Co.'s Brand. . — 1 a 1 73 | Van Houten, Xs... ... eee eee 16 a Fs: =e Saleratus § BATH BRICK me -~ ' en 3 See Oe : = ake es : : mere ushrooms Van Houten, is........ ... 79} Coffee Cake, Iced......... 10 Salt va ° oo gaa ee eee ae omen Sook cack 18G20 edb pe see 30 | Coffee Cake, Java. ........ 10 Salt Fish 9 a. ae - 2835 wil eee. 41 | Cocoanut Macaroons...... 18 Sauerkrau i ; BLUING. uaa en 2 | Cocoanut Taffy...... 2.2... 10 Seed : — eae — = COCOA SHELLS COR MGE 16 oy Blacking 3 ND Cove. 11b Oval ; 112 oe 2 Creams, Teed .............. 8 Smut ; ee a 1°} Less Less quantity — a < x og ROAD... . 2.55. < 20 wie aa aees a ae 3 Pie i EI a = tt steeess * | Currant Froit, 22022705 "°77 a Spices _ PEARL elow ___. = 1 6S@i ss) OFFEE Rreuet Honey... oe : Stareh 10 | Roasted Tos ream Q ‘ & Stove Polish 10 > : — ie : Te i Ginger Gems, !" ree or sm’ 8 = SEP n LUIN _ Peas” ae Se» Gladiat Snaps, N-B.C.... 8 = 5 Syrups * NS ees cys 0 5 ue i oo ee h : = e —, oe Lc hiak . ” e a i _ (eS Oe ae ~ iraham Crackers......... 8 Peas : ~~ te Sauce u Large. 2 daz__ “> pg Barly — si 18 Graham Wafers........... 12 | Green, Wisconsin, bu.......1 30 pee a. : Aretie, 4 az. per ‘gross. 4@ | Grated PP * Grand Rapids Tek, 16 | Green, — - oe ae . Twine tL Arctic, $ Oz, Per gTuss. €@ Sheed + 133). Honey Fingers... ......., 1 ene : ; HARE, pitt pegs Sq) SUSE 1 Sw | spect heap a | Heed Honey Crisipats 1g Rolled Oats ca on > a. oe sips AM ‘ 8 3 Vinegar By BROOMS _—. : ee 7 Lenox. Mocha & Java. 21 | Jumbles, tioney.. - 3s peat Avena, bbi...........3 70 é w No. 1 Carpet... ......2 “ness: 33 | Old Gov't Java and Mocha 24 | Lady Fingers.2200002)01), 1g _ | Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sacks..." 1 90 is Washing Powder. - Rite 5a 3 sS Petvane Estate, Java & Moe 26 Lemon ce Ee Nea 2 Monarch, bbl... .. Guna aie ars 3 40 : WieXing 7S gg] SE SO. a el ees pberries Supreme, Java and Mocha 27 | Lemon Wafers............ 1¢ | Momareh, 45 bbl... .. 1% ie Satunaans = No. 4 Carpet. 133;° 2 cee Marshmallow.............. 16 eee 90 Ib. sacks 1 60 aR. Wrapping Paper 13 urlor Gem ceicbatnns cis ai ull OO Russian ecliee c Marshmallow Creams. 16 | Quaker, cases... 3 20 ¢ : CSaamoe Wk mk ae ea 2 oo Ae Saree iain ecnau — Mary aun". Walnuts, 16 seco Yeast Cake 13] Warchenns. 2 ee... ---.-. 7 0 ees. a 8. | Kast India... 2% Fane + aa so) 3B) Beans... ORT OMII seg oe 13 | Mixed Picnic. a eee cere i ean <<< Naina SO MI m [ee eee... Say amen, SACKS. 3% * | German, broken package.. 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 on on = —- ‘ei Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand PAPER BAGS e, SQGBR.... 23... . Pearl, 130 tb. sacks..-°°.... 3% | Wingold 3480000000002, 49 | Continental Paper Bag Co. Pearl, 24 1 Ib. packages. . e 6 | Wingold %s.............! 4 30 Ask your Jobber for them. Cracked, bulk... ay} Olney & Judson’s Brand Satehel va Paciie 24 2 tb. packages - .-+.+.2 BO | Ceresota 8... 22.00.22... 4 65 Bottom Square Pp 8 Ceresota \s.. 4 55 28 7 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS | (CTCS0i2 8.000000 0000000. 4 55 SF oo FOOTE & JENKS’ Washburn- -Crosby Co.’s Brand. : settee ee eee eee ‘ : oe 1 25 — ee 76 1 45 Oe 90 1 70 Highest Grade Extracts 5 Co 1 06 2 00 Sa 1 28 2 40 Vanilla Lemon Z Oe cs 1 38 2 60 1ozfullm.1 20 1ozfullm. 80 3 12.............. 1 3 15 20zfullm.2 10 20z full m.1 25 3 14.............. 2 24 415 No.3fan’y.3 15 ss 75 3 ' 16.............. 2 34 4 50 g ese ce. 2 52 5 00 va a Sy 5 50 > WASABURN CROSBY COR, Sugar COLD MEDAL, Red oo eee eeeee eee 14 Y ane EM yy Baie Prices always right.| 4 cans incase. emon js . 202 panel. 120 20zpanel. 75| Write or wire Mussel- ro Sait ¢ Coe 3 00 3 oz taper..2 00 2 ahi -150/ man Grocer Co. for PROVISIONS. ae special quotations. Mass, BatTeled Pork 2 0z. full meas. pure Lemon. 75} Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand Baek 11/7" ae @14 50 2 oz. full meas. pure Vanilla.1 20 Laurel is. ag 40 Clear back... EE Qs 00 Big Value ee 4: ort cu ae 14 50 2 0z. oval Vanilla Tonka .... 75 — a a cccsanee : a a note te cece cece cee @1d 75 =o omen ec _ ait Family Mess...007. = Gta 7s z NY Ee 2 00 Dry —_ —_ e) BNAIUSN Gg Granulated ................ 2 10} Bellies. 8% Pc: Feed and Millstuffs Briskets .. 84 SNe EKTEY St. Car Feed, screened.... 16 50 | #Xtra shorts 1% FlavorinG EXTRACTS No. 1 Corn and Oats...... 16 00 Smoked Meats Se — a eee 16 = i, = average. e 10% er Wheat Brap....... 15 ams, average. 10% Reg cen = = —— = Winter Wheat Middlings. 16 00 | Hams, 16lb.average. @ 1044 a > oe Vanilla 1 94 | Screenings ................ 15 00 Hams, 201b “average. @ 10 eee, am dried beef. .... 11% No. 3 Taper D. C. Vanilla. ..2 08 Corn Shoulders (N. Y.cut - Standard Corn, a Bacon, — . : a 20z. Vanilla Tonka.......... 70 Oats California emg Sales @ 7 2 0z. flat Pure Lemon........ 70 = ae Ss = — hams.. @ ll ar lots, clipped........... 2 | Boiled Hams. @ 14% Northrop “Tem. Van, | Less than ear = eal Pienie Boiled Hams @ 10% zi | Se erlin Hams....... @ 8% a “" 3% tae| Not Timothy ¢ car lots... 11 00| Mince Hams ...... @9 3 02. Taper Panel....135 200] No.1 Timothy ton lots.... 12 00 Lards—lIn Tierces 40z. Taper Panel....1 60 2 25 HERBS pompo ound........... 5% Perrigo’s Se ee ae = Van. Lem. ee 601 tole ie % doz. doz.| Laurel Leaves............-.... 15 | 80 Ib. Tubs. advance % 0Z. 0 . pemna Leaves: .. 25 c eee 2 —-- 2 = : = Li 50 Ib. Tins... advance % XX,3 i. ok 100 INDIGO 20 Ib. Pails. advance EY No. 2,20z. obert .... 75 Madras, 5 Ib. boxes ........... 55 x 9 oe % XXX D D ptehr, 60z 2 25|8. F., 2,3.and 5 1b. boxes...... 50] Sib, Paile. ponies ; = eo n 40z = JELLY X Sain Pe ee 5 Ib. pails. per doz........ 1 85 FLY PAPER aa aio Sx Tanglefoot, per doz.......... 35 | 30 Ib. pails Se ee coca 62 | Frankfort ™% Tanglefoot, per case........ 3 20 LICORICE ork .. 7% FRESH MEATS i a a —- 6% Beef _ Sgeeemiaten 23 Hen ae ; . 6 8 ee eoccccccense I ete ect er -- 5 = 6 Root.. Cieccoweccesce | ae Beef nay te oe 9 LYE Extra gag 10 75 Loins No. 3 TS oases 9 @14_ | Condensed, 2 doz.. wood 20) Boneless. 00010 11 00 Ribs.................. 9 @12_ | Condensed, 4 doz............ 2 25] Rump......... 11 75 Rounds... 222220272! 6%@ 7 MATC Pigs’ Feet — Se a b4@ 6 Py go = aga Co.’s a 4 pei < ~ : 60 Ce O. 9 apne 8... s s 75 Anchor Parlor .............. 1 50 Tripe| 3, | No.2 Home..... coe Kits, 15 lbs...... 70 a @ 9 | Export Parlor. 400 | 54 bbis., 40 iba... 1 25 Boston Butts @ 8 _| Wolvertn -1 50 | % bbls., 80 Ibs. - 25 Shoulders . @ 7% MEAT ‘EXTRACTS Casings Leaf Lard. - @8 | Armour & Co.’s,40z....... 45] Pork . En 20 Mutton Miemig Ss, 2 O70 000. 75 ae rounds. Sees sees 2 Careass.... 5... 2... 7 @7™% MOLASSES eet middles........ Spring Lambs....... 8%4@9 Minds Gitenens Sheep 60 Veal Fancy Open Kettle........ 40 utterine CAPCARE 02. foci... 8 @9Y | Choice. : 35 | Solid, oer . —_ Route 18 Table.. ‘SALERATUS | @ uaker 4s 3 90} Packages, % Ib., each....... 17 Packages, 1 1b., each....... 16 Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Spring Wheat Flour PICKLES Chureh’s Arm and Hammer.3 15 Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.'s Brand Medium oe =< papery Bost 48....... 4 60 | Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 4 50 SS 10 Pilisbury’s = -— : ° Half bbls, 600 count......... OO 3 00 Pills 9 tr Small SO a ee 3 00 Pillsbury’ —— _ paper. : = Barrels, 2,400 count ......... 5 50 Wyandotte, HOO 248...0 2.2... 3 00 Half bbis, 1,200 count .......3 30 SAL SODA Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand PIPES Granulated, bbls 80 a Imperial %s....... 4 40 Clay, Mg 1 70 | Granulated, 100 Ib. cases.... 90 Dulug Lmperial 4s... .... 4 30/ Clay; T. D., full count. 65 | Lump, bbls: ee uth Imperial ¥s....... 4 20! Cob, No. 3..... a 85 | Lump, 145 Ib. Kegs......... .. 80 SALT Buckeye 100 SID bags 2... 8... 3 00 50 61b. bags . 00 22 14 Ib. bags .. : In 5 bbl. lots 5 per ‘cent. dis- —" and one case 243 1b. boxes ree Diamond Crystal Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40 Table, barrels, 100 3 Ib. bags. 3 00 Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags.2 75 Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bulk.2 65 Butter, barrels, 20 14Ib. bags. 2 85 Butter, sacks, 28 ree a Butter, sacks, 5G Ts... 67 Common Grades 100 3 Ib. sacks.. Seccecas 2 2b 60 5 Ib. sacks.. 2 15 98 10 Ib. sacks... clo On OG Ue SAGER, 40 oo SAeNS... 22 Warsaw 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags..... 30 28 Ib. dairy . drill bags. .... 15 Ashton 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks... 60 56 Ib. dairy in oe. sacks... 60 Solar Rock OG 1D. sacks 30 Common Granulated Fine............ 1 20 Medium Fine.. <~-i 25 SALT ‘FISH Cod Georges cured......... @6 Georges genuine...... @ 6% Georges selected...... @7 Grand Bank........... @5 Strips or pricks.......6 @9 Pome. @ 3% Halibut. ee Chunks.. bee ee ce ee ag Holland white hoops, bbl. 11 00 Holland white hoops%bbl. 6 00 Holland white hoop, keg.. 80 Holland white hoop mchs. 85 Norwestah ................ Round 100 Ibs.............. 3 50 Round 40 Ibs..............- 1 70 Soo, eee 16 Bloaters.. : 1 60 "Mackerel Mess 100 lbs. . ea Se oe Mess 40IbS............... 5 20 Mose fle 8... «Oa Mess _ 8 lbs. 113 No. 1 100 Ibs. 10 50 No.1 40 Ibs. 4 50 No.1 10 Ibs. . 1 20 No.1 8 lbs. 1 00 Ne. 2100 te... 8 25 No.2 40 lbs. . 3 60 No.2 10 Ibs. . 98 mes Sipe... 81 Trout No. 1 100 Ibs. ....... 5 50 No.1 40 Ibs. ....... 2 50 No.1 I01bE. ....... 70 Noi Site. ....... 60 Whitefish No.1 No.2 Fam 100 Ips... .... 72> (Se 23 40 Ips........ 320 3 10 1 40 lL 88 85 43 Ses... 73 71 37 SAUERKRAUT Basvele. 3 ss: 4 50 Half barrels... eee oe ae SEEDS Anise. 9 Canary, Smyrna... . 4 Caraway . terse. S Cardamon, Malabar......... 60 Celery.. a aloe acs Hem , Russian. See oe cane cee 4% Mix ird.. See a. 46 as 1, white.. — Foppy.. : oo _ Oo cee es SO Cuttle Bone.. neal -15 SHOE BLACKING Handy Box, large......... 2 50 Handy Box, small......... 1 25 Bixby’s Royal Polish...... 85 Miller’s Crown Polish..... 85 SNUFF Scotch, in bladders.. 37 Maccaboy, in jars.. oe French Rappee, in jars.. ees 43 SOAP Single box.. ---.3 00 5 box lots, delivered |. 2/217) 172 95 10 box lots, delivered ........ 2 90 Gub-Ae-flore 100 12 oz bars.. .---3 00 Bell & Bogart brands— Coal Oil Johnny ......... 3 90 Go ae 4 00 Lautz Bros. brands— Bie Acme. 4 00 AeMme be... o... 3 25 Misesemies. |: -.. -. 4 00 Master 3 70 Proctor & ‘Gamble brands— epee... 2c)... 3 00 Ivory, 60Z........ +5 4 OG Every, 16:02 .: .--.....:. 6 75 N. K. — ee Santa Claus..... - 32 Brown.... .. 2 40 Meany... 5.2... 3 95 10 | Detroit Soap Co. — Queen Anne. - 3 Big Bargain... es ie Umpire.. a 2 German Family. Se eens 2 45 A. B. Wrisley brands— Good Cheer ............. 3 80 Old Country.............. 3 20 Johnson Soap Co. brands— Silver King J Calumet Pamny 2... 270 peoten Family..... ...... 2 50 Ce. 2 40 Gowans & Sons brands— Oak beat... 3 25 Oak Leaf, big5........... 4 00 Beaver Soap Co. brands— Grandpa Wonder, large. 3 25 Grandpa W onder, small. 3 85 Grandpa Wonder, small, OO Clites. 1 95 Ricker’s Magnetic ....... 3 90 Dingman Soap Co. brand— Pane 3 — & Co. brand— 85 eae 3 00 B. T. ‘Babbit brand— Babois Besg............. 4 00 Fels brand— PAPO. 4 00 Scouring Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40 SODA BOM 54% an English. ..... oo ae SPICES Whole Spices ARDC ce Cassia, China in mats..... Cassia, Batavia, in bund... Cassia, Saigon, broken.. Cassia, Saigon, in — Cloves, Amboyna.. Cloves, ee Mace . Nutmegs, 75-80... Nutmegs, 105-10. one Nutmegs, 115-20............ Pepper, Singapore, black. 18 Pepper, Singapore, white. Popper, shot... 22... J... 20 Pure Ground in Bulk Allspice... eeu ee 16 Cassia, Batavia... os 28 Cassia, Saigon... 48 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 17 Ginger, African. .......... 15 Ginger, Cochin... 2... .... 18 Ginger, —— Poe ace 25 ace 65 ps So i 18 Pepper, Singapore, black. 20 Pepper, Singapore, white. 28 Esper, Cayenne... ...... 20 Kingsford’s Corn 40 1-Ib. packages........... 6% 20 1-Ib. packages... — Ge GID. packages........... 7% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss 40 1-Ib. — ote q 6 lb. box cos 7 a ja 20 1-Ib. packages.......... 4% 40 1-lb. packages.......... 4% Common Gloss Ei. packages... .... 4% Sie. paceages...... | 4G 6-lb. a Bob. bo on & 40 and 50-Ib boxes.. SG 3% 3arrels.. : 3% STOVE POLISH Pog eer aa ce rs 4 SN ) Coarse Granulated........ 5 60 Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 60 Conf. Granulated.......... 5 75 2lb. bags Fine Gran...... 5 65 5 lb. bags — = ae a8 5 65 Mould A.. cecce oe Diamond A.. ee cccces OF Oe Confectioner’s a ion 5 30 No. 1, Columbia A... 5 15 No. 2) Windsor A. 5 10 No. 3, Ridgewood A...... 5 10 No. 4, ao ao... | Oe Barrels.. os deed ooo. ae Half bbis.. eee eres ues e 1 doz. 1 gallon cans.......... 3 00 1 doz. % gallon cans......... 1 70 2 doz. 4 gallon cans......... 90 Pure Cane ee 16 Gee 20 @helea 25 TABLE § SAUCES LEA & PERRINS’ SAUCE The Original and Genuine Worcestershire. Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75 Lea & Perrin’s, —_— Se 2 50 Halford, large. . ae 75 Halford; Sea 2 25 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, small. .... 2 75 TEA Japan Sundried, medium .......... 28 Sundried? en@ice.... ..... 30 Sundried, TAMCy. 8. 40 Regular, medium............ 28 Regular, Chetee 30 Howmulan, filey |... 1... 40 Basket-fired, medium....... 28 Basket-fired, Gmaies. ........ 35 Basket-fired, fancy.......... 40 LE 27 Fee 19@21 PS 20@22 Gunpowder Moyune, medium ........... 26 Moyune, ehoiea ............. 35 Moyune, fancy.......... ..50 Pingsuey, medium...... a Pingsuey, ehoiee........ ..30 FPingsuey, faniey......... 40 Young Hyson Oholee........ r ind Se 30 Ce 36 Oolong Pormosa, faney...-.......... 42 Amey, MOGIGM........ 02... 25 Amey, choles... 32 English Breakfast meee Chane. Fe So eee ee 34 Pee 42 ndia = oan eee eae 32 TOBACCO Cigars A. Bomers’ =_e Plaindealer . -- 35 00 H.& P. Drug Co.’ s brands. 35 00 Fortune Teller... Cigar Clippings, per Ib..... &8 No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross . 4 50 : No. 6,3dozin case. gross 7 20 + caspian Bros. _, ee SUGAR nie 35 00 Below are given New York —_— Brace & Co.’s Brands. prices on sugars, to which the | Royal Tigers.. ....... 55@ 80 00 wholesale dealer adds the local | Royal Tigerettes.......... 35 00 freight from New York to your | Book Filled Tigerettes.... 35 00 shipping point, giving you credit | Female Tigerettes.. . 35 00 on the invoice for the amount | Night Hawk, concha. . 35 00 of freight — pays from the | Night Hawk, navel....... 35 00 marke ich he purchases | Vincente Portuondo . -35@ 70 00 = his — point, including | Ruhe Bros. Co......... 25@ 70 00 20 pounds for the weight of the} Hilson Co.. .. ..85@110 00 barrel. tT. de oe Se 35@ 70 00 Domino..... . 6 00 | McCoy & Co. ..35@ 70 00 Cut Loaf.. 6 00 The. Collins Cigar Co. -10@ 35 00 Crushed 6 00 | Brown Bros.. --15@ 70 00 Cubes. 5 75 | Bernard Stahl Co.. -.35@ 90 00 Powdered ..... 5 60 | Banner Cigar Co...... 10@ 35 00 Coarse Powdere 5 60 | Seidenberg & Co...... 55@125 00 XXXX Powdered 5 65; Fulton Cigar Co......10@ 35 00 Standard Granulated. 5 50| A. B. Ballard & Co.. -35@175 00 Fine Granulated......... .. 560! E. M. Schwarz & Co.. -385@110 00 380 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN pan Telmo............. § 35@ 70 00 Havana Cigar Co...... 18@ 35 00 C. Costello & Co....... 35@ 70 00 LaGora-Fee Co........ 35@ 70 00 S. I. Davis & Co. .... ..35@185 00 Hene & Co... ......... 35@ 90 00 Benedict & Co....... 7.50@ 70 00 Hemmeter Cigar Co. ..35@ 70 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.35@ 70 00 Maurice Sanborn .... 50@175 00 Bock & Co............. 65300 00 Manuel Garcia........ 80@375 00 Neuva Mundo... .... .85@175 00 Henry Clay............ 850550 00 La Carolina............ 96@200 00 Standard T. & ©. Co. ..35@ 70 00 H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. Star Green.............. 35 00 Fine Cut See Daniel... ............58 ee... eeeee Syemet................98 mous OCR... .. js... ... oe a — e in Co 27 Seem meee... 28 Pr er .......,..... .... reece O88.................80 Protection. ..... i oon 5 = nn gal. galv. iron Nacefas.............. Pump Cans gal. Rapid steady stream............ gal. Eureka, non-overfiow...... gal gal 2 No. 2 2 p Ome cee - eon teen eat. Pirate Bi... LANTERNS No. 0 Tubular, side lift............... ee JET No. 15 Tubular, Gash... No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain......... No. 12 Tubular, side lamp............. No. 3 Street lamp, each.............. LANTERN GLOBES 0. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10¢ 0. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15¢ 0. 0 0.0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. Tub., Bull's eye, cases 1 doz. each Nw Sate o8 re SRSREE $Ss we OO bo G2 bob a OO — ee Superior to electricity or gas, ch sene oil. A 20th century revelation in the art of lighting. wm co we GO 81 L. Fifth Ave. Oo) ee eR OD ee rompt- ness The things you overlooked when our salesman visited you can be ordered from us by telephone, tel- egraph or letter. They will be shipped on the first train. We appreciate the fact that when you want something, you want it right off. Therefore, prompt shipments. BROWN & SEHLER. Grand Rapids, Michigan. THE NULITE 750 Candle Power ARC ILLUMINATORS Produce the finest artificial light in the world. Table Lamp. Outdoor Are, ==> eaper than kero- They darkness into daylight turn, And air instead of money burn. No smoke, no odor, no noise, absolutely safe. They are portable, hang or stand them anywhere. We also _mrnufacture Table Lamps, Wall Lamps, Pendants, Chandeliers, Street Lamps, ete. The best and only really success- ful Incandescent Vapor Gas Lamps made. They sell at sight- Good agents wanted. Write for catalogue and prices. CHICAGO SOLAR LIGHT CO., Chicago, Ill. i Ore moOn aaa SBESZ SREKKARALS ae SSSSES BEES Earthenware Méat Tubs 15, 20, 25, 30 gal. All sizes instock. We can ship promptly. Prices are right. Send us your order. W. S. & J. E. Graham GRAND RAPIps, MICH. GAS AND GASOLINE MANTLES Glovers’ Gems, Satisfaction, and Perfection are the best. GLOVER’S WHOLESALE MDSE. co., Manufacturers, Importers, and Jobbers of Gas and Gasoline Sundries, GRanD Rapins, MICH. NO FF OFF OOF GG FG FOGG VS VF E VV VVC VU VST OD DSSS GGOGOGGG bbb bb by br br bn br bn bn br br bn br bn bn by bn by by tn bn bn tp tn tn tin tn <3 7 BS 2 © Account File Simplest and Most Economical Method of Keeping Petit Accounts File and 1,000 printed blank Dill heads: 0... $2 75 File and 1,000 specially printed bill heads...... 3,00 Printed blank bill heads, per thousand......... I 25 Specially printed bill heads, per thousand..... Ue se EO Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. PS DOOOOHOS HHOOO9O0 00000008 60000005 00000066 pe ee ee ee eee ee eee eee ee eee ee ee eee ee eee ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 BREAKING DOWN. The Symptoms and Effect of a Swelled Head. There are any amount of men in busi- ness who feel that there is something the matter with them. They don’t know just what it is and, like the fellow with ‘“symptoms,’’ they begin taking all the nostrums that are suggested by every quack in the country. The result is distraction, hypochondria and eventual- ly decay and commercial disintegration. The trouble with these people is they think too much of their own symptoms and brood over the situation until the little energy they may possess dwindles away and the men sink hopelessly and inertly into the sea of their troubles, which are largely a creation of their own sickly imaginations. Symptoms of decay in a_ business appear long before the disease itself has fastened upon its vitals. It is at this initial stage that the proper remedy can be administered effectually and the cure certainly effected. It is essential, there- fore, that the symptoms, in a general way, be recognized early. It would be utterly impossible to de- scribe or classify all of these, but there are some which are always present and easily definable from which the presence of all concomitant symptoms may be in- ferred. The first sign of a general breaking down is the lassitude of the help about the store. There are unmistakable indi- cations of the presence of that ‘‘tired feeling’’ which almost immediately creates an atmosphere peculiar to it- self. It is oppressive to every customer who comes through the door and it settles down over the stock like the pall of dust which surely follows it. Instead of the bright welcome and pleasant deference which made custom- ers glad to trade at this store, there is sleepy shambling about and yawning indifference. Customers are treated rather as intruders who have disturbed an afternoon nap or an exciting chapter in a novel, than as the most welcome things that can possibly float through a store door. The arrangement and keeping of the stock becomes careless. The window trims are not kept up, and dust settles down on the articles which constitute the display. Dead flies, which fell with the first autumnal frosts, drift to the corners and are sepulchered there for the winter. The advertisements in the local papers partake of the same languid air that pervades the rest of the busi- ness. They are not changed for so long that the ‘‘make-up’’ in the front shop picks them up by one corner, and shuffles them about as if they were solid electrotypes instead of separate types and spaces. There is no snap, no life about the whole business, and things drift from bad to worse until it becomes pretty generally understood in the community that Smith is a ‘‘dead one’’ and the trade inevitably goes down street a bit further to Jones who is alive. Now all this comes about by Smith himself losing interest and enthusiasm in his own business. He possibly didn’t analyze his own feelings at once and the first awakening may have been a rude shock at stock taking when he found the profits for the half or quarter year rep- resented by a string of figures with a minus mark preceding them. Now Smith's troubles have all come about through his own fault. The in- difference of his clerks has been but the reflex of his own. His condition may have come about through inertia, which attacks many men at certain critical periods in their career, or, and what is more likely, if he has ever been a really successful merchant, it started with an attack of swelled head. Swelled head is about the worst thing that can happen to a man in business. It perverts his vision and totally disor- ganizes his judgment. He begins to think that he is conferring a distinct benefit on the community by living in it and that people trade with him, not because of his goods, prices and_busi- ness methods, but because they are irre- sistibly attracted by his personality. In this attitude his business announcements are continued, not to attract trade, but merely to afford him the gratification of seeing his name in print. He doesn’t really need the newspaper; he doesn’t have to entice trade to his store by the ordinary methods as Jones does because he’s Smith. It is a dangerous error, fatal if per- sisted in, and what is worse it is insid- ious in its approach and development. Few men escape an attack at one time or another and only the strong or watch- ful survive it. For that reason every man in business should frequently, daily, in fact, take stock of himself and watch narrowly for indications of his own attitude toward his business as reflected in the conduct of those about him and the condition of his affairs. It is a startling fact that 95 per cent. of the men who go into trade make a failure at one time or another, and if the truth were known a big per cent. of these failures might be at- tributed to that false notion about our personal importance which is vulgarly known as ‘‘swelled head.’’ Remember that the prime symptom of this disorder is the notion that you can’t get it. Be honest with yourself— know yourself, and instead of jumping on those about you for what goes wrong look at once for the fault in yourself. You will generally find it there.—Shoe and Leather Gazette. ————-> 6 Staining Lumber in the Log. A man in Chattanooga has secured a patent on an invention for staining lum- ber in the log, which promises to create a sensation in wood-working circles. The staining materials are forced through logs by hydraulic pressure, and the result is that the log comes out of the process evenly stained all the way through. The value of this is enhanced by the gradual decimation of fine tim- ber, and the prevailing fashion of mak- ing ‘‘imitation’’ furniture. Under this process a piece of maple can be converted into mahogany all the way through, and at very little expense. In one case, with 200 pounds of pres- sure, the inventor completely stained a ten-foot log, forcing tne staining ma- terial into the grains of the wood, from which the sap had been forced by the same hydraulic pressure. Might Have Been Worse. ‘My ragged friend,’’ said the elderly gentleman with nothing else to do, ‘‘ read a story in one of the daily papers about a man that dropped dead after drinking a glass of beer. Was not that horrible?’’ ‘*Might have been worse,’’ said the object of charity. **How?’’ "ae might have dropped dead before drinking it. —_—~> 2. Special Notice to Michigan and Indiana Merchants. Where do you live when you go to Chicago? At The Hotel Grace because it is the most convenient hotel for mer- chants in the city ; convenient to every- thing and every place. The next time you go there try’ The Grace. Bryan Show Cases Always please. Write for handsome new catalogue. Bryan Show Case Works, Brvan, Ohio. CHOCOLATE AND COCOA Guaranteed Absolutely Pure. Direct from Manufacturer to Retailers. In localities where jobbers do not handle our line, we will sell direct to retailers in order to introduce our goods more thoroughly. Will you write today for descriptive circulars and special prices for trial orders? AMBROSIA CHOCOLATE CO., Milwaukee, Wis. NO MORE DUST! WIENS SANITARY AND DUSTLESS FLOOR BRUSH, PRACTICAL, ECONOMICAL, DURABLE. WRITE FOR PRICES. WIENS BRUSH CO., MILWAUKEE, - - - wis. William Reid Importer and Jobber of Polished Plate, Window and Ornamental Glass Paint, Oil, White Lead, Var- nishes and Brushes GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. L. BUTLER, Resident Manager. Let us send you a sample of our BEAUTIFUL EASTER GREETING CANDY Box. KALAMAZOO PAPER BOX CO., KALAMAZOO, MICH. Motor Tricycle Last week we showed a Motor Bicycle at $200. Here is a Motor Tricycle at $350. It is fitted with a 3 horse power Thomas Gasoline Motor. Itisa perfectly practical and reliable machine—built for business. We have other motor vehicles which we shall speak of from time to time. ADAMS & HART, 12 W. Bridge, Grand Rapids. Aluminum Money Will Increase Your Business. Cheap and Effective. Send for samples and prices. C. H. HANSON, 44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill. ] RADESMAN 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 hs Invoices, 82 Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Mich. WKAR IRE RIKI IR III III IK IORI RK K A KKK KKK No Long Story Here. Steel Mills, Steel Towers, Write for Prices. Steel Tanks, Wood Tanks, Galvanized Pipe and Tubular Well Supplies. { = rae ey ee eee Nyt 4" ae ay rE ae ie op ae p ait H. M. Reynolds & Son Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan Manufacturers of Tarred Felt, Asphalt Paints, Roofing Pitch, Torpedo Gravel Ready Roofing, Galvanized Iron Cornice, Sky Lights, Ruberoid Roofing, Building and Insu- lating Papers and Paints. Sheet Metal Workers and Contracting Roofers. AIA At AA AIITE TI bd el 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Grain Market. The wheat market is very slow to re- spond to either bull or bear news. The trade is in a waiting mood. The vis- ible showed a good-sized decrease— 1,273,000 bushels, against 558,000 bush- els at the corresponding date last year, which leaves the visible at 58,494,000 bushels. The bears’ strong point is the still large visible and that the mills in the Northwest are still running only half of their full capacity. Other news fa- vored better prices, as the receipts are falling off daily. Unless all signs fail, our wheat will all be wanted before long at an advance from the present low fig- ures. The price for May wheat isa trifle better than last report, Or 75 4c for Ne. 1 Northern. Winter wheat is hard to get for the reason that stocks are about exhausted. Corn had another fair increase of 1,250,000 bushels, which did not affect the prices, as there seems to be a de- mand for all of the offerings. To us it begins to look top-heavy. This increase can not go on without depressing prices. The only reason for its being held up is the small amount of contract corn coming on the market. If this cold weather continues, it will put corn in better shape to grade. The receipts of grade corn will be largely augmented and will depress prices to a lower level. Oats remain very steady. The visible made a small decrease, but did not change the price any. The demand keeps pace with the receipts. Rye is a trifle lower and we would not wonder to see prices still lower be- fore long, as the export demand is very sluggish. — Winter wheat flours are up, owing to the scarcity of good milling wheat, and it would not be surprising to see flour sell at better prices. Mill feed is in better demand. Prices have advanced $1 per ton on bran and soc per ton on middlings. Receipts were as follows: wheat, 46 cars; corn, 16 cars; oats, none, rye, 4 cars; flour, 2 cars; beans, 5 cars, hay, 4 cars; potatoes, 6 cars. Millers are paying 75¢ for wheat. Cc. G. A. Voigt. ee The Boys Behind the Counter. Tekonsha—Daniel Dorsey, of Homer, formerly with Bosley & Son, of Marshall, has resigned his position to accept one the with H. N. Randall Hardware Co. Charlotte—Randolph Frace, for some time past clerk at Selkirk & Norton’s, has gone to Albion to take a position with C. E. Ashdown. Saginaw—J. Lesperance, for the past four years manager of the carpet depart- ment for Gately & Donovan, has been given the management of their Alpena store, where for the last month he has been doing relief work. Bellaire—George Albee has been transferred from Bellaire, where he has had charge of the mercantile interests of Medalie, and will enter his employ at Mancelona. The change was the result of the sale of an interest in the Bellarie store to Abraham Frank, a brother-in-law of Mr. Medalie, and who becomes a resident of this place. Se Hides. Pelts, Furs, Tallow and Wool. Hides have again declined and any stop in the demand would put them lower. Receipts have been ample for the trade, aithough the quality deterio- rates. It looks like a steady market at present values, as tanners do not care to see prices slump, fearing its effect on Pelts have sold rather freely at the de- cline, while receipts have fallen off. The demand seems stronger on fine grades. Furs remain firm and in good de- mand, with a small catch and no ac- cumulations. Tallow is weak, with large offerings of soapers’ stocks. The foreign markets are well supplied with large shipments on the water for Australasia, thus cut- ting the demand from our ports. Wool is low and is selling slowly at the decline, with a demand for all that is offering at the low prices. Consigned wools have been sold freely, although but little moves out of the States. Hold- ers are firm in their views for higher prices, which do not as yet materialize. The foreign markets have lost a little of the advance gained at sales, but prices Are not yet low enough to make importt- ing profitable. Mills are busy on good orders and in getting supplies to keep running. Wm. T. Hess. iil Wyandotte—This city will soon be asked for a gas franchise by Supervisor Theo. Megges and his backers. the cheapness with which gas can be pur- chased from the Solvay Process Co.) when its coke oven plant will be in operation after May 1, will make it pos- sible for Megges to buy gas at a very low figure. Manager Green, of the Solvay, states that his plant of thirty ovens would make more gas, after they had started, than is now made daily by the Detroit Gas Co. It is probable that part of the output of the Solvay will be supplied to Detroit. It is said that the unrefined product can be sold by the Solvay company as low as 13 cents a thousand feet, and that it can he re- fined for 2 cents a thousand. — ste Graafschap—The Daisy Creamery Co! has declared a dividend of 20 per cent., payable from the profits of 1900, After paying the dividend, there is money enough left to purchase another separa- tor, which will be done. The output during 1900 was 95,898 pounds, for which the Creamery Co. received $19, 512.96. oe Port Huron—The Port Huron Auto- matic Carpet Sweeper Co. has been or- ganized in this city. The company for- merly did business at Marine City un- der a different name, but local capital- ists have become interested in the enter- prise and the manufacture of sweepers will be pushed. —~> 2+. ____ Edward Frick and A. B. Klise have reached New Orleans on their way home from Cuba. They expect to reach Grand Rapids in about ten days. 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. AINE DRUG STORE, INVOICING $2,500, FOR k 2,000. Three stocks dry goods. cheap; all good towns. Clark’s Business Exchange, Grand Rapids. 704 M —_ =o ~_ A . ARC LAMPS. ONE e ye agent wantec in every town. Sell goods with a record. It doesn’t cost you as much. Two years’ commercial service has proven that we manufacture the only practical gasoline ——. Ask the man who has them. Write our new propositions. Martin & Morehe: 51 to 57 W. Washington St., Chicago a TIMBER AND FARM LANDS—HEMLOCK I hardwood and cedar timber for sale in large or small tracts, cheap farm lands, hardwood and pine stump lands. Don’task what I have, but the leather market. tell me what you want. E. “rj City. y ET. Merril, — AOR SALE—DRUG STOCK, INVOICING k $1,600; doing good business; expenses light; will pay to investigate; best of reasons for sell- ing. Address No. 694, care Michigan Trades- man. a i 694 ARUSTEES! TRUSTEES! WE PAY CASH T for stocks of merchandise. If you want an offer write The Romeyn-Parsons Co., Grand Ledge, Mich. a a See OR SALE BUSINESS PROPERTY IN PE- k toskey. half block from postotlice. Address Chas. Neti, Petoskey. Mich. 700 Ce state $10 000 PIECE BUSINESS PROPERTY ON ’ Division street for $6,500. Clark’s Real Estate Exchange, Grand Rapids 699 AORSALE—MEDICAL PRACTICE; A GOOD K ehanee for some enterprising doctor; $5,000 to $6,000 per year cash business; strictly office practice ; $1,2v0 eash will buy; best of reasons for selling. Lock box 4. Grand Rapids, Mich. 698 EWELRY BUSINESS FOR SALE IN J Southern Michigan town; small stock; good good location: cheap rent. Ad- care Michigan Tradesman. 696 y1G RETURNS FOR SMALL CAPITAL— We have just sueceeded in securing the ex- elusive control and manufacture of the cele- brated Doran Hydro-Carbon Lighting System, whieh is the best system light yet invented for interior and street lighting; each lamp gives 1,200 eandle power light, can be turned on or off instantly, the same as electricity; absolutely safe. simple and_ satisfactory. Correspondence solicited from all interested parties and munici- pal officers, and those who would like a good paying business in their own city or town. Acorn Brass Works, 20 South Jefferson St., Chicago. ul ee S SALE—HARDWARE STOCK; DOING fine business; good profits; 20 years estab- lished; stock invoices about 4,000; town of 1.200: only tin shop. Reason for selling, poor health. Address No. 692, care Michigan Trades- man. 692 \ BUSINESS CHANCE AND REAL ESTAT ZA investment in the prosperous and growing eity of Holland, Michigan. As administrator of the estate of Jeanette Kiekintveld, I offer for sale a twos-tory and basement brick and stone store building. located at 2s East Eighth street ‘in the center of the best business block of the city on the right side of the street) together with the stock of books, stationers’ tancy goods and soda fountain—for eighteen years suecessfully conducted at this stand. Parties interested call on or address H. W. K iekintveld, administrator, Holland. Michigan. 691 Kor SALE—DRUG FIXTUR AND ACETY- lene plant. Send for list. Safe wanted. H. P. French, Woodland, Mich. 687 \ YANTED—TO EXCHANGE REAL ESTATE in the village of Middleton, Mich., for a stock of merchandise. Address Box 150, Mid- dleton, Mich. 693 rs SALE—A GENERAL STOCK OF clothing, dry goods, shoes and groceries in town of 1,200 people; old-established business; selling for spot cash, $45,000 a year; rent, $500; stock will invoice about $18,000; good reasons for selling. Address M. J. Rogan, 14 Kanter Bldg., Detroit. 686 yen SALE—A GOOD PAYING DRUG store in live Northern Michigan town. mM health the reason for selling. A bargain. Ad- dress E. S.. eare Michigan Tradesman. 682 VOR SALE — STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise in good lumbering and farming country; stock invoices about $5.00; will sell store, stock and fixtures or sell stock and fix- tures and rent building; half down, balance in approved bankable paper; no trader or fakir need apply. Address Box 222, Elmira, Mich. 685 HAVE A FIRST-CLASS 160 ACRE IM- yroved grain and hay farm in Mason county which I will exchange for timber land. Address George Engel, Mendon, Mich. 672 2 THE BIGGEST LITTLE _town in Michigan flour mill, planing mill, canning factory, agricultural implement dealer, novelty works and home seekers; abundance of timber; immense water power; two railroads aud cheap stump lands. Write for deseriptive booklet. Wm. Hogg, Secretary of Association, Thompsonville, Mich. 677 Ker SALE—A BARTHOLOMEW “NICHOL- | mint” popeorn and peanut roaster combined ; in use one year. Address 201 Washington Ave., S., Lansing. 666 Fk SALE—GENERAL STOCK OF GOODS, d store building, fixtures and horses, in thriv- ing mining town of Northern Michigan. Ad- dress No. 642, care Michigan Tradesman. 642 OCATION WANTED FOR SAWMILL; will saw on contract or will buy timber. Ad- dress George Engel, Mendon, Mich. 673 SS 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., Flint, Mich. 259 OR SALE CHEAP — $2,000 GENERAL stock and building. Address No. 240, care Michigan Tradesman. 240 SMALL DRUG STORE FOR SALE CHEAP, Ah with fixtures. Address John I. Crissman Utica, Mich. 652 ' beneh trade; dress No. 696 \ ONEY ON THE SPOT FOR CLEAN aVI stock of merchandise, #5,000 or over. a ny other sands of ist emi- SAFELY at of the system, ts every healthy fisat od- s. Rheu- | save its proval, and for petty accounts — = ~e oe Sa ee eee jg POQDQOODOOQ© QOOOOGQOOQOS®G QOOQOQOOOGE i charging accounts, it will save a i A r $6.00; | : se = s ; : Michigan Fire and Marine pein g = lf one-half the time and cost of keeping a set of books. Insurance Co. |. Charge goods, when Organized 1881. Terms.) | a Detroit, Michigan. any, c pure ae, = 7 Cash Capita!, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000. 7 } fe fil th a Cash Assets, $800,000. co, ILL. j on eC; ig yom = D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. er ? WO: D. M. FERRY, Vice Pres. ‘ tomer’s bill is always F. H. Wuitney, Secretary. chants ‘ e M. W. O’Brien, Treas. E. J. Boorn, Asst. Sec’y. DIRECTORS. D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker, M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, Allan Sheldon, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. L. (— ready for him, and | _ can be found quickly, on account of the | Board of Smith, A. H. Mere ay oem H. A i i i Kirke White, . P. Baldwin, ugo listrict. special index. This d Scherer, F. A. << e fetes a — = i McMillan, F. E. Driggs, Henry xy and UP: saves you looking over several leaves of a day book if not posted, _. ae. Se Standish, Theodore D. Buhl, M. B. Mills, Alex. Chapoton, Jr., Geo. H. Barbour, S. G. Gaskey, Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F. Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey, David C. Whit- ney, Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. F. Peltier, Richard P. Joy, Chas. C. Jenks. 1 water 2 RE When a customer comes in to pay an account and you are busy wait- ®DODO©©ODOODODDODDO©DQDODODODODOOQO®© QDOQOOQOOOEO ing on a prospective buyer. or, + | TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids POOOQOOQOOQOOQDOQODODOGS QDODODODOOOS ¢ Gold Belts a Buckles This line is selling immensely and we find it difficult to keep up with orders. Try a sam-. ple dozen of the Newest Style Buckles L’Aiglon and Maude Adams Styles to retail at 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c and up. Write us to-day. American Jewelry Co., Jewelry Jobbers, Grand Rapids, Mich. SS R ‘TUMBLERS are largely used in every family and are therefore one of the lead- D TABL ing staples in the glassware line. There is alwaysa demand for 5 them. For the next 30 days we offer SHIPPED DIRECT FROI FACTORY a very attractive assortment containing 21 dozen tumblers of three assorted styles, all with neat pressed bands and of good heavy crystal glass for the extremely low price of 15 CENTS PER DOZEN. Don’t miss the opportunity. We are preparing our complete catalogue showing a large number of the latest productions in glassware and crockery and our prices on these goods are won- derfully low—all figured on a commission basis. GRAND RAPIDS, H. LEONAR MICH. O 2% ee at CE AEE Et Buckwheat Flour Made by J.H. Prout & Co., Howard City, Mich. Has that genuine old-fash- ioned taste and is ABSOLUTELY PURE Write them for prices. FP WS BBW Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake. j j Better than coffee. j Cheaper than coffee. More healthful than coffee. f Costs the consumer less. Affords the retailer larger profit. { Send for sample case. See quotations in price current. Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake Co. Marshall, Mich. a oth ot oh oN Daudt | Glass & Crockery Co. WHOLESALE Earthenware, China & Glassware TOLEDO, OHIO Kinney & Levan Importers and Jobbers of Crockery, Glass, Lamps, House Furnishing Goods CLEVELAND, OHIO The Grand Rapids Paper Box Co. Manufacture Solid Boxes for Shoes, Gloves, Shirts and Caps, Pigeon Hole Files for Desks, plain and fancy Candy Boxes, and scription, helf Boxes of every de- We also make Folding Boxes for Patent Medicine, Cigar Clippings, Powders, etc., etc. Gold and Silver Leaf work and Special Die Cutting done to suit. Write for prices. Work guaranteed. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Handled by all Jobbers, : Sold by all Retailers, SUMMIT CITY SOAP WORKS, Fort Wayne, Ind. tract? bridge. oe worthless. | “aes made by our company. SRR THE COMPUTING SCALE Co., DAYTON, OHIO BRB BR LE 1 THE BIG BRIDGE & | OVER NIAGARA Have you ever been at ‘‘Niagara” and noticed the provision the mechanical engineers have made in the construction of this great bridge to mechanically take up the slack in the span in the hot weather when the metals expand over four feet; and to pro- vide for the opposite effect in cold weather when the metals con- This is engineering. There is another great piece of mechanical engineering em- bodied in something considerably smaller than the ‘‘Niagara” It is the Thermostat which takes up the slack and pro- vides for the contraction of the Springs on ‘‘The Boston” Scales This is.of more importance than ‘‘Niag- ara’ bridge because it automatically avoids loss to the butcher by its absolute accuracy in all seasons. A Spring Balance Scale without the ‘Thermostat’ is aS ae Ae ae A ae NY 713 Ae Ae Ah ae ei ah “ ae Jf * La \! hae —* yall