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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 Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco- nomical as well. Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white and blue tin packages. ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING OILS PERFECTION OIL IS THE STANDARD THE WORLD OVER HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS STANDARD OIL CO. Le Capital and Brains These attributes are essential to a grocer in transacting business, but to GET ALL YOUR PROFIT and necessary to secure a Stimpson Gomputing Grocers’ Scale They are better than an extra clerk money than most salesmen. Ask for further information. THE W. F. STIMPSON CO. DETROIT, MICH. They absolutely prevent the most minute loss and are superior to all other scales on the market. It’s to your advantage. BETTER THAN EVER KEK ae JOBBER Ask us for quotations On Street Car Feed, No. 1 Feed, Meal, Corn, Oats, Gluten Feed, Cotton Seed Meal; any quantity, large or small. Prompt shipment. Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co., Holland, Mich. THE GORED OX BELLOWS. How fiercely our jealous competitors have been attacking Ecc BAKING PowbER in the local papers lately. They wouldn't try to bother us unless they saw their trade going —going—al- most gone in this State! There is NO ALUM in Egg Baking Powder. It is like the beaten whites of eggs. For terms address our nearest office. Home Oftice,.80 West street, New York. Western Office. 523 Williamson Bl’dg, Cleveland. Branch Offices: Indianapolis Detroit Cincinnati Fort,Wayne Grand Rapids Columbus economize your time it is and will make you more _ A DESMAN Volume XVIII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1901. Number 916 ASSOCIATE OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES = ‘Coe. weir Fee ONT. Je , State Bank of — References: an and Mich- s 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. r 09090900 9009000 00000 00+ THE ‘ G, FIRE: Heapio co. § Prompt, Conservative, Safe. 4 J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBaty, Sec. ¢ 000000000 04< O99OOOO haae& VV VVVV YY Vw ©OS000000900000000 00004 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, April 9 to 14, 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. 9OOS90OO 00900000 000000< 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 O. WOOD, Flint, Mich. Supreme Commander in Chief. yyevvvvvvvvvvvvVvvVveVYVY* GPUS FUG FG VU GG GU VIOVVGVVGS 13 ONLY 13 Genuine Bargains e a e a e a e a If you use a Cost Book you will never s get another such bargain as we are offer- e ing—13 books only are left. When they are gone you will pay four times our = present price if you get one. Write for @ sample leaf and particulars. BS e a e a @ B BARLOW BROS. Grand Rapids, Michigan Tradesman Coupons IMPORTANT FEATURES. Page. 2. Cozzens a Jonah. 3. Village Improvement. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. Failure Premeditated. 8. Editorial. 9. Editorial. Dry Goods. Clothing. Shoes and Rubbers. Clerk’s Corner. Window Dressing. Butter and Eggs. The Meat Market. Fruits and Produce. The New York Market. Woman’s World. Hardware. Hardware Quotations. Pioneer Days. Commercial Travelers. Drugs and Chemicals. Drug Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Getting the People. The Grain Market. 30. THE NATIONAL DRINK BILL. The American people in the year Ig00 spent more than one thousand million dollars, or, in other terms, over one bii- lion, for intoxicating liquors. These figures are not sent out as a sort of moral scarecrow by some religious or total abstinence publication, but they are found in the American Grocer of April 3, a mercantile journal that takes no account of the moral or immoral effects of drinking liquors, but is in- terested only in recording the markets and other facts concerning the various articles of merchandise embraced in the grocery trade. The figures are not guesswork, but are derived from the re- ports issued by the United States Bureau of Statistics. From the bureau’s data the following figures as to the value of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are given. The alcoholic drinks em- brace spirits, beers and wines. The non-alcoholic are coffee, tea and cocoa or chocolate. The figures are as follows: Aleohobe drinks. ..........-......--.. $1,059,563,787 a... st... 125,798,530 —.............. 37,312,608 Cocoa... ......._........... 6,000,000 ‘otaL ee... $1,228,674,925 Wetal 1600................1..... |) Sasa eae Teel 605... 1,177,661,366 The above represents a yearly per capita expenditure for beverages of $16.17 for the 76,304,799 inhabitants of the United States, or a little less than 414 cents per day. The quantities of the four leading beverages consumed for the year end- ing June 30, 1900, were as follows: conea..... ... 1,257,985,296 OE eee 1,221,500,160 A 416,515,885 Spirits and wines .......--.---.------ 112,675,873 The official Government statistics show that in 1900 there were consumed in the United States, for each head of population, one and a quarter gallons of spirits, half a gallon of wine, and six- teen gallons of beer, making a total of seventeen and three-quarter gallons of spirituous and fermented liquors to each head of population, including men, women and children, for which more than one thousand million dollars were paid. One fact of interest derived from the statistics is that there has been in the last ten years a steady, if small, decline in the amount of strong spirits con- sumed, while there has been a corres- ponding increase in the quantity of beer. Wine has stood at about the same figures, the quantity fluctuating with the degree of prosperity or the lack of it; but, be the times good or bad, the peo- ple must have their liquor. The great- est consumption was in 1893, when it was 18.20 gallons per head, and the smallest was in 1897, when it was 16.50 gallons. : Enormous as is the annua! drink bil! of the nation, there might be no ob- jection to it if nobody got more than seventeen gallons a year; but when it is taken into consideration that most of the millions of the women and chil- dren, and many of the men, drink little or nothing, it will be seen what a vast quantity of it goes down the throats of the steady drinkers, and it is at the ex- pense of a billion dollars, more money than can be conceived of without an effort of the imagination. What vast quantities of the earnings of labor have been diverted from the support of fami- lies,to be swallowed up in the vortex of drink. The amount of misery and crime that has resulted from that vast con- sumption of intoxicating liquors is_ be- yond computation. While prohibitive legislation is pow- erless to check the drink waste, there is growing up in the business world a force that is more powerful than every- thing else to work a reform: It is the fact that in many branches of business drinking men are not tolerated. They can not get employment if their condi- tion is known and they are discharged from service when their habits are dis- covered. In other branches of busi- ness drunkards receive no consideration whatever, and this state of feeling is steadily growing, because it is enforced by the strenuous demands of economy and good service. The day is going to come when no man who allows himself to get under the influence of intoxicat- ing liquors will be able to find employ- ment in any business. There will be no morality about this, but only cold com- mercialism. This will do more to en- force sobriety than could all the prohib- itive and repressive legislation that could ever be enacted. It is very unfortunate for the mer- chants of Michigan that the father of the Nevins bill and its chief lobbyist should have had a falling out at a critical pe- riod in the history of the measure. The trouble appears to have originated in the attempt of the lobbyist to assume that he was the whole thing, thus ignor- ing the legislator who had fought for the bill, step by step, in its progress through the Judiciary Committee and the House of Representatives. The British are making a great mis- take in determining to make no more purchases of horses and mules in this country. Our sympathy with the Boers may become extremely acute when the British side of the war ceases to be profitable to us, FALLEN AMBITION. An interesting development in the proposed garnishment legislation which has recently occupied so much of pub- lic attention is the falling out between the author of the Nevins bill and its most active advocate, the secretary of the so-called mercantile association. Representative Nevins, in introducing and advocating the bill, appears to have been actuated solely by a desire to se- cure an improvement inthe present out- of-date conditions. The officious zeal of Mr. Cozzens prompted him to adopt the movement and make it ostensibly the principal object to be gained by his loudly-heralded efforts in the legislative lobby. In his short-sighted anxiety to accomplish something——-whether it amounted to anything or not—he ap- peared to be willing to overlook all questions of merit in the legislation; so when the union labor delegations who appeared before the Judiciary Com- mittee had secured such modifications of the original draft as would make its operation, as compared with the present law, of no benefit to the merchant, he immediately took it upon himself to is- sue a circular letter to the members of the House, arbitrarily announcing him- self as satisfied with the measure and utterly ignoring the man who had intro- duced the bill and who was responsible for its progress. Mr. Cozzens had prom- ised to secure the enactment of a law. When it came to a show down, every one must stand aside and permit the miserable compromise reported out by the Judiciary Committee to be enacted, even although it placed the merchants of Michigan in worse shape than they are under the present law. Fortunately for all concerned, the merchants of Michigan and their repre- sentatives in the House are not such fools as to overlook all questions of merit in such a measure. When the bill was reported out with so large a flat ex- emption and so small a percentage of the remainder liable to garnishment as to make the costs greater than the lia- bility in most cases—thus making the operation an absurdity—the sincere friends of improved legislation wisely called a halt, much to the disgust and consternation of the man_ whose ill- advised efforts have resulted in the de- feat of aJl remedial legislation of a sat- isfactory character at this session of the Legislature. In thus underrating the intelligence of Michigan business men, Mr. Cozzens makes a serious mistake. Any one who is not equal to the task of securing business legislation which is an improvement over present laws had better repress such ambitions and _ rele- gate the work to those who are actuated by a desire for better conditions rather than for personal aggrandizement. Now comes a professor declaring that Adam was a Chinaman. The only ap- parent way for the powers to get even is to demand a larger indemnity. If Funston will only avoid Hobson- istic functions and keep out of the 1o- cent magazines, he will prove himself truly great. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN COZZENS A JONAH. Has “Done More to Hurt Than Help Gar- nishment Bill.” The*leading daily papers of Detroit maintain regular correspondents at Lansing during the sessions of the Leg- islature. It is the duty of these men to chronicle the news current each day in the Capital and to transmit it to their newspapers without color or bias. Last Friday the Nevins garnishment bill came up for third reading in the House of Representatives. It is, perhaps, just to Mr. Nevins to qualify this state- ment by saying that the bill was not his original measure, but the miserable sub- stitute reported out by the Judiciary Committee, which would, if enacted, place the merchants of Michigan in a worse plight than they are at present under the antiquated law which has so long disgraced the statute books. The action taken at this time is thus de- scribed by the correspondent of the De- troit Tribune: GARNISHEE BILL TABLED NEVINS REFUSED FRED 8. coz- ' ZEN’S REQUEST TO TAKE IT UP AT ONCE. Lauer Got Out Printed Circulars Telling Legislators the Measure Is Now Satisfactory to Businéss Men's Association. " (From a Staff? Correspondent.) LANSING, Mich.. April 5.—Contrary to general expectation the amended Nevins garnishee bill did not come up for a vote on its passage in the house this forenoon Because he wasn't feeling well, physically gnd mentally, Rep. Nevins, according to his own statement, had action on the bill de- ferred. When the representatives met at 9 o'clock in the morning, they found on their desks copies of a circular letter, signed by Fred H. Cozzens, as secretary of the Business Men's as- sociation of Michigan. which reads as follows: On behal? of the business men's association of Michigan, of which I am secretary. representing ‘sev- eral thousand merchants, I wish to say that the Nevins house bill. No. 2. as reported out by the commit- is acceptable to. our organization. our executive committee ae e- Pontiacand other small places werc present, and while the bill is not all we could desire. it is a vast im- large proportion of the merchants of the state, for whom I am au- tWorized to 5 We earnestly urge, therefore, that the bill in its present form be given your support and vote as a fair compromise measure reasonaodly ac- ceptabte to botht merchants : wage-earners. and one that, lie providing a fair chance for mer- chants to collect their accounts. will not and cannot impose hard- ships on anyone. I nand this to you In order to re- move any misapprehension which may exist in your mind regarding the attitude of our organization, which has fathered the bill this session, and two years ago. and at whose hands the present bill was drawn up and introduced. BILL WAS TABLED The amended Nevins biil was the only dill on the order of the third read- ing. Mr. Cozzens went to Nevins and urged him to let the bill go to a vote at once. Immediately afterward. however, Nevins rose and said that he wanted the bilf tabled as he was = then prepared to-take the matter “Rar. Nevins’s proposition met with Wo opposition, and the bill was tabled. o Phe T Tribune correspondent, Rep. Neving explained: ‘I went to Grand s last evening to take some tes- tim oe J had practically no sleep all night, and do not feel in any con- dition, either mentally or physically, to fight for amendments I desire ma @ to ie bill as Peete out by the ae prove of the $8 flat ‘exemption. might do in large cities, but it would not be satisfactory in the country districts. I don't object to the 80 per cent exemption up to $30 a the amount of wages due an employ Mr. Cozzens asked Nevi iris when he: would have the bill taken from the table, but the representative replied, with a ene shrug of his shoulders: - “I don't know Some of the legislators’ afterward said they understood Nevins would try to keep the bill on the table. The amended. Nevins bill, provides for an 80 per cent exemption of the amount due an be never o ee emption must never les: nor more than SPITZER. It will strike the average merchant that Mr. Cozzens was assuming rather more authority than was justifiable in presuming to assert that the draft of the measure reported out by the Judiciary Committee would be satisfactory to the merchants of Michigan. As a matter of fact, such a law would be a mockery and a sham. While the wage worker who is paid by the week would be com- pelled to surrender one-fifth of his wages in excess of $8, the employe who is paid by the month would have $30 exempt, instead of $25, the amount named in the present law. Referring to this fea- ture, the correspondent of the Detroit Journal wrote his paper as follows: Nevin’s Garnishee Bill Has Been Practically Killed. Little Hope of It Passing the House in Its Original Form— The Nevins garnishee law. so the father of the bill said last night. fs not now likely to pass. The bill came up on the order of third reading in the house yesterday afternoon. but providing, instead of the straight 7% per cent exemption from garnishee as originally prepared, an exemption of $8 per week and 80 per cent of wage. up to $30 per week. Rep. Nevins at once made a motion to strike Out the $8 a week exemption, leaving the bill as it originally was. only the per cent of exemption being ov. Instead of 75 per cent. Rep. Ames protested. He declared that a family could hardly live on less than $8 per week: that all his bad debt- ors were people who made more money than that, while a who earned less than $8 were good p. Rep. Sharpe of the Finoaise judiciary committee declared that his committee had =o the bill so as to provide for the $8 exemption in order to pro- tect the family of the man earning $8 per week, not to benefit the $8-a-week man without a family Rep. McFarlane upheld the $8 a week ——— and severely attacked Nev- ins. Rep. Colby tried to have the bill fur ther amended so as to provide that it should not be retroactive as to debts incurred prior to Jan. 1 last, but failed. ep. Nevins, prior to the afternoon session, said he had 60 votes promised him by house members to stand by his motion to strike out the provision re- lating to the $8 exemption, but when a divisien on the question was had he could control but 27 votes, while 39 were registered against it. “Yes.” he said dolefully, after the session. “‘I think that means that the bill is killed. But we will see in the morning when the bill comes up on third order of reading.” Lobbyist Fred H. Cozzens flooded the desks of the members of the house this morning with circulars signed by himself in woes he stated that the The correspondent of the Detroit Free Press transmitted to his paper the fol- lowing account of the occurrence: NEVINS AGAINST COZZENS THE \LATTER WAS LOBBYING ON FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. CONSIDERABLE TALA OVER THE GARASISHEE MEASURE. (From a Staff Correspondent.) ANSING, Mich., April 5.—Representa- tive Nevins did not feel like tackling the garnishee bill on third reading. in the house this morning so he had ‘tt tabled until next week. It begins to look ‘as though the splurge made against the substitute bill reported out by the judi- ciary committee providing for an exemp- tion of 80 per cent up to $%, with a mini- mum exemption of $8, was simply a ruse to secure some change in the present law. This morning pamphlets were placed on all the members’ desks signed by Fred Cozzens, of Detroit, as secretary of tne Merchants’ Mercantile association, stating that the bill. as agreed to in committee of the whole would be agreeable to the asso- ciation. Nevins, however, declares that Cozzens is’ not running his business and Ahat he intends to try and have the $8 ex- emption struck out. which is an impos- sible task. He will be fortunate if the bill passes at all, but he declares that Cozzens’ presence on the floor of the house acted as a prejudice against his amendment. It remained for the correspondent of the Detroit Evening News to publish the most concise statement in regard to the circumstance : RAP AT COZIERS Rep. Nevins Says He Has Done More to Hurt Than Help Garnishee Bill. Over-Zealpus Detroiter Got Out Printed Circular Which Made the Legislator Hot. ‘From a Staff Correspondent.) wANSING, Mich, April 5.—Rep. Nevins this morning had his garnishee bill laid on the table. He will make another atiempt next week to have the $8 exemption provision stricken out, and says he would have succeed- ed yesterday had it net been for the interference of Fred H. Oozzens,. sec- retary of the Stute Meroantile assocta- tion. Nevins claims Cozzeng has done more to hurt than.heip the DIU: The statement volunteered by Repre- sentative Nevins--the father of the bill championed by business men generally —that “‘Cozzens has done more to hurt than help the garnishment bill’’ is in line with the Tradesman’s predictions and in keeping with the fears expressed by most of the merchants who have visited Lansing this winter and wit- nessed the boyish antics indulged in by that self-appointed leader. The Tradesman was an ardent advo- cate of a reduction in the wage exemp- tion fifteen years before Mr. Cozzens as- sumed the championship of such a measure—apparently ‘‘ for revenue only’’ —and to the agitation of the Tradesman is largely due the growing sentiment in favor of such action among the mer- chants of this State. Because the Tradesman would not join in a crusade to raise money for this purpose two years ago, the Detroit Trade and its amiable editor uncorked the phials of wrath and filthiness and undertook to read out of church all those who refused to assist in the work of ‘‘getting the machinery greased for business.’’ The Tradesman took no cognizance of the threats and libels and innuendo which have been repeated almost weekly for the past two years, because of the irrespon- sible source from which they emanated, and no notice would have been taken of the matter this year but for the intention of Cozzens—as expressed by himself— to milk the merchants of Michigan a second time for a so-called legislative fund, which—judging by the experience of two years ago—would be absorbed mainly by himself. Realizing that the experience of two years ago would be repeated—that he could give nothing but disappointment in return; that his presence at the head of the movement would effectually hoodoo any effort the merchants might make to secure a change in existing conditions—the Tradesman deemed it its duty to expose the scheme and warn the business pub- lic against placing any reliance on Coz- zen’s statements or any funds in his hands for disposal. The experience of the past few weeks has demonstrated the correctness of this conclusion and justifies the Tradesman in the position it has taken in behalf of the mer- chants of Michigan, who have already suffered too much at the hands of this brilliant exponent of failure whose career is marked by an unbroken series of the milestones of disaster. > 2. _____ It is impossible to kill suspicion be- gotten of deceit. GRANITE The best plastering material in the world, combining HARDNESS, TOUGHNESS and DURABILITY. 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Every piece in this assortment can be sold for 10 cents, and all the large pieces from 15 to 25 cents each. DEYOUNG & SCHAAESMA, Manufacturers’ and Jobbers’ Agents in Crockery, Glassware, hind and Lamps, 112 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EBRP EP PAP AD PLP” PRP ALP AS ™ American Jewelry Co, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry and Novelties 45 and 46 Tower Block, ‘Grand Rapids, Mich. 2 ‘ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN i Village Improvement Cogent Reasons for the Work of the Im- provement Society. When the village as a body had met in the rooms of the Improvement So- ciety and were discussing the different measures brought forward pro and con, one honest and hearty dissenter, with the persistency and honesty of his class, arose when ‘‘any one not a member of the Society’” was invited to make re- marks. He made the usual speech deny- ing every claim that the Society had made, asserted his reasons from what with him was the only practical stand- point and when he had finished his ar- gument said: ‘‘Now, what I want of you is to give me one good reason for all this fuss and fury about landscape gardening and village and farm im- provement. What is it going to amount to, say fifteen years from now?’’ The moment he sat down there were several calls of ‘‘Mr. Chairman!’’ and that officer recognized the member who, he thought, had spoken first. With other things he said: ‘‘Last, but in my mind not least, Mr. Chairman, if there were no other rea- son for the changes—the improvements —we have made and still hope to make, I have this: I have a family of six children. They are growing up and 1 want them to be good men and good women. So I am looking out for my church and am doing my best to have that all right. I want my children to grow up believing that it is meet and proper to go to church on Sunday morn- ing clean and well clad, instead of go- ing off to play ball or going fishing. I want them to be respectable citizens and I don’t think they will be or can be unless they are Christians; so I want them to be Christians. ‘*The law requires that they be sent to school, and because I am going to obey the law I want their schooling to amount to something; and it didn’t amount to anything until the Improve- ment Society took the school in hand. Now the children of this district are well taught. They learn to read and write early and no time is wasted and they are interested in their school work out of school and in. My baby—well, we call her that, although she is 8 years old—can write a good hand and she is reading things and enjoying them which I didn’t get hold of until I was 15. The other children are as well along as she is and when my Jack went to college last fall he entered without any conditions and they tell me that in English he’s among the best in his class. The other children are doing as well and I can’t help thinking that Jack is going to be a better man and a stronger one every way because I could keep him at home here where I knew where he was be- tween supper and bedtime. I think he’s a cleaner minded boy than he would have been if I’d sent him toa preparatory school. ‘*Our village library did the business for the boy’s English exactly as it is doing for every child’s in the village. 1 am going a step farther and say that so far the library has paid for itself sev- eral times over in giving the children, girls as well as boys, good thinking ma- terial. Sunshine is the best thing I know of to keep out the dark and I’m going to be candid enough to say that that fact isn’t confined to children. 1 didn’t know any too much—I don’t now, for that matter—but I find a book is a handy thing to catch up when I have a little corner of time that nothing else will fit into, and I don’t know how many books I’ve read during the year in just that way. This has given me some- thing to think of when I have been at work and I am willing to believe that my hardest day has been made easier by the book I have been reading. So, as I look at it, the library has been found a good thing all around. ‘Still, that wasn’t the idea I started out with. When everything is said and done, after the children have grown up and gone away, as they are sure to do, I want them to have such a love for the old home and the village that they will want to come back to it. I want them to carry away a beautiful picture of it and its surroundings. I don’t believe that the ‘‘Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain!’’ that Goldsmith pictures so faithfully need be the only one to beckon back the children after they have gone. I want them to say— and I| know they will—‘I do not know a more beautiful place anywhere in the world than my home. The city is well enough for those who have been born there and don’t know any better, but I can get the cream of it with occasional visits, and the country is the place for me. Just as soon as I get through school I’m going home to live.’ I may not be right about it, but I think just that thing—the coming back of the chil- dren to the old country home—is the best thing that can happen to the coun- try. As it is too often now, and has been for a good many years, the coun- try has been looked upon as a good place for the bachache, but for nothing else. Our friend here lives on a farm and has as many children as I have and most of them are boys. Some of them are now young men,and if they are like most young fellows they are thinking of the time when they will leave the drudgery of the farm and get a place in the city where they can have it a little easier. I don’t believe that’s the right way. I think we want to make things so pleasant at home that they can’t be driven to the city; and the way todoit, in my mind, is to bring to the country the city’s best and turn it loose. ‘‘The city folks are beginning to think so, too. Longer and longer they stay inthe country after the summer has gone and many of them hurry back with the robin and the bluebird. This mak- ing the village attractive, this improv- ment of the schools and getting of the library—oh, this making the country a beautiful place to live in and burning up the hayseed with the rest of the weeds and underbrush is what is going to do the business; and I say that, if the country folks will take hold of this thing and push it for all it’s worth, we'll have not only the best of the city out here, but a nation so far ahead of the rest of the earth that they will despair of attaining unto us’’ The dissenter joined the Society. Michigan Gas Machine and Mixing Regulator Water ahd Wu tai hy dd ‘Ws Tenby lll twine MANUFACTURED ONLY BY Michigan Brick & Tile Machine Co. MORENCI, MICH. If you want the best and cheapest light on earth write for descriptive circulars. This machine is specially de- sirable for store lighting. Awnin ge Tents, Flags Order your Awnings be- fore it gets hot. Tents to Rent \\\ \ \" Ni Stack binder and thresh- er covers, horse and wagon covers. We make Hil a“ Ui] “ill everything made of can- The M. I. Wilcox Company 210 to 216 Water St., Toledo, Ohio Carriages and Harnesses We carry a ican line and we in- vite corresondence from parties]. wishing to buy. Special prices to the livery trade. Write us. Adams & Hart, 12 West Bridge Street, Grand Rapids ORONON CHOHORONOHORONOHORONOHONONONenOHONeROROROZEE If you want to secure more than $25 REWARD In Cash Profits in 1901, and in addition give thorough satisfaction to your patrons, the sale of but one dozen per day of FLEISCHMANN & CO.’S YELLOW LABEL COMPRESSED YEAST will secure that result. Grand Rapids Office, 29 Crescent Ave. Detroit Office, 111 W. Larned St. CROROCROROHS HOROROCROROROROROROROROROHOROHORORORORO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Manton—D. K. Bellis has engaged in the boot and shoe business. Clyde—Ira McColl has sold his mer- chandise stock to E. Taylor & Co. Mancelona—John M. Flanagan, gen- eral dealer, has added a line of furni- ture. Owosso—Fred Lewis has purchased a half interest in the Corner Cash gro- cery. Bay City—Whiting & Myers have purchased the grocery stock of Robert Potter. * Battle Creek—Whalen & Taylor suc- ceed J. H. Taylor & Co. in the grocery business. Detroit—Andrew J. McIntyre has pur- chased the drug stock of Arthur B. Feischer. Belding—E. T. Sutphen has sold his tobacco and confectionery stock to John S. Donovan. Ann Arbor—Ream & Co. _ succeed Chas. N. Ream in the paint and wall paper business. Alpena—Jos. Swallow has purchased the hardware stock of Margaret (Mrs. Fred W.) Hagen. River Rouge—Rosa (Mrs. R. Liv- ingston) has purchased the grocery stock of M. T. Funston. Owosso—P. D. Dean and his son, F. J. Dean, have leased the meat market of Ed. Allingham. Pulaski—Weston & Co. have pur- chased the general merchandise stock of Geo. T. McClintic. Lake City—J. K. Seafuse has opened a meat market in the building recently vacated by Miss Howey. Rogers City—E. Steinborn is erect- ing a general store building at Metz, 30x60 feet in dimensions. Detroit—Bentley & Hubbard succeed Bentley, Burbank & Co. in the wall paper and paint business. Norway—S. G. Ramsdell has pur- chased the dry goods and_ clothing stock of Simon J. Schwartz. Charlotte—Jas. H. Bryan has puta new steel ceiling in his drug store and has decorated the side walls. Benton Harbor—Daniel Moore and George Kimball will shortly opena gro- cery store on Lafayette street. Alpena—G. A. Shannon is succeeded by W. E. Williams & Co. in the furni- ture and undertaking business. Schoolcraft—Munn Bros. is the style of the firm which succeeds Munn & Munger in the grocery business. Marquette—McMain & Weber, whole- sale candy dealers, have dissolved part- nership, H. O. McMain succeeding. Delray—Alward & Ridley have pur- chased the clothing and men’s furnish- ing goods stock of Paul & Reynolds. Highland Park—Jas. R. Hutton suc- ceeds Kneale & Hutchins in the gro- cery, meat and flour and feed business. Zeeland—Thos. Van Eenenaam has enlarged the office of the Hotel Zeeland and otherwise improved the premises. Alma—Bivins & Rhodes will remove April 15 into the fine corner store in the Pollasky block, opposite the Wright House. Howell—Barron & Wines, druggists, have purchased the soda fountain used last season in the Boston Store in Grand Rapids. Marion—Arndt & Slough have sold their store building to W. M. Davis, of Evart, who will make extensive im- provements in same and will occupy it with a line of furniture. Boyden—A. M. & 1. A. Bunker have engaged in general trade. They pur- chased the stock owned by Henry A. Egleston. Mayville—The general merchandise store of Alfred E. Nelson has been closed on account of the stock being mortgaged. Albion—W. H. Rogers will open a new stock of shoes May 1 in the build- ing now occupied by the book. store of H. C. Blair. Marion—Arndt & Slough have sold their stock of groceries to Cole & Kil- mer, who will continue the business at the old stand. *j Jackson—Carl G. Trumble has _pur- chased the show cases for his Opera House drug store from the Grand Rap- ids Fixtures Co. Bloomingdale—Trimm & Hodgman is the style of the new firm which suc- ceeds David Joy in the dry goods and grocery business. Escanaba—A _ copartnership has been formed between Maynard & Barabee to succeed J. C. Maynard in the furniture and undertaking business. Chadwick--Asa E. Dorr has _pur- chased the general stock of his father, Edwin Dorr, and will continue’ the business at the same location. Levering—Wm. Walker is erecting a store building, 24x60 feet in dimen- sions, which either he or Walker Bros. will occupy with a new hardware stock. Riverdale—Vincent P. Cash, for sev- eral years engaged in the produce busi- ness at Portland, will shortly remove to this place and engage in the grain busi- ness. Reed City—W. H. Hawkins has sold his grocery stock to B. E. Loomis, who has conducted a general merchan- dise business in North Dakota for the past four years. Ashley——Norman Mills and _ Jas. Crooks, of Ithaca, have formed a co- partnership under the style of Mills & Crooks and engaged in the general mer- chandise business here. Elsie—The grocery firm of Cortright & Swan has been dissolved by mutual consent. L. J. Page has purchased the interest of Mr. Cortright and the new firm will now be known as Swan & Page. Holton—H. S. Henderson still retains a half interest in the general merchan- dise firm of H. S. Henderson & Co., the other half having been purchased by H. A. and H. R. O’Connor. The firm name remains unchanged. Lansing—C. J. Rouser has purchased the building occupied by his drug stock and has improved the rooms below with a complete re-arrangement. New counters, showcases, steel ceiling and wall decorations have been ad ded. Lake City—Miss R. A. Howey has taken possession of her building at the corner of Main and John streets and is making extensive improvements in the same and will shortly move her mil- linery and fancy goods stock therein. Hudson—Cole & Keister have pur- chased the stock of groceries which were sold by Martin & Ball last week to Mr. Kenyon, who retained the own- ership only afewdays. Cole & Keister will remove the stock to their store building. Hastings—The style of the grocery firm of C. W. Clark & Co. has been substituted for that of Stirling, Crawford & Co., it being thought advisable to have the business conducted under the name of the resident member of the firm. Moline—Hon. E. N. Bates, who has been engaged in the mercantile business here for several vears, has sold an in- terest in the stock to Job McLeod, of this place, and S. C. Stiner, of Elwood, Ill. The style of the new firm will be McLeod, Stiner & Co. Traverse City—Ralph McCluskey and Wm. Clancy have purchased the gro- cery stock of S. Adsley. Mr. Mc- Cluskey has for three years been em- ployed in the store of Wilhelm, Bartak & Co. and Mr. Clancy has been engaged in the buying of potatoes. Kalamazoo—Henry Fletter has sold his cigar business, at 11334 South Bur- dick street, to S. F. Sloan and E. M. Lawn. Mr. Lawn is proprietor of the Bell Cigar Co., at 119 North Rose street,and the two concerns will be con- solidated at the Burdick street location under the style of the Bell Cigar Co. Cheboygan—The dry goods firm of Sinclair & Mathews has been dissolved, Mr. Sinclair retiring. Mr. Mathews has formed a partnership with O. W. Glover, under the firm name of Glover & Mathews, and about May 1 they will open up in the rooms formerly occupied by Mr. Glover before he was burned out, which are being rapidly repaired. Yale—In a bill of complaint filed at Detroit by Henry A. and Herman Krolik, survivors of the firm of A. Kro- lik & Co., it is alleged that William H. Ballentine, a merchant doing busi- ness here, made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors on March 21, 1901, to John S. Duffie as trustee. It is averred that Duffie has not taken over the account books kept by Ballentine, which complainants claim are a valuable asset, although a_ large portion of the assets have been delivered to him. Complainants also allege that the claims filed by some firms are fraudulent and void, and they ask that these be so de- clared and not allowed and that the trustee be restrained from making any payments on account of such claims or on account of claims that are incom- plete. An injunction is also asked re- straining defendant, William H. Ballen- tine, from making away with or secret- ing any of his account books, and it is prayed that he be required to hand them, with any other property in his hands, over to the trustee. Manufacturing Matters. Raber—The Mud Lake Lumber Co. is making additions to its mill. Boyne Falls—Pfeiffer & Burch, of Edmore, are building a shingle mill. Bay City—F. G. Eddy & Co. will es- tablish a box factory and lumber yard. Redman—The Redman Cheese Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $250, 000, Fremont—The Fremont Canning Co. has filed articles of association. The capital stock is $20,000. Adrian—Williams & Cox, who have recently engaged in the manufacture of shoes, are getting out their first line of samples. Alpena—J. M. Johnston is to build an addition to his planing mill 40x80 feet on the ground, with an iron roof, and the capacity of his plant is to be in- creased. Fenwick—W. W. Eaton$will have7five cheese factories under his control this summer—at McBrides, Stanton, Mid- dleton, Fenwick and Palo—all run by New York cheesemakers. Grayling—It is reported that Salling, Hanson & Co., the Jensen Lumber Co. and the Holmes & Michaelson Co. will build a logging road from Gaylord into Presque Isle county in order to reach their respective timber holdings. St. Joseph—H. A. Portman and H. Geissler have purchased the factory building, machinery, fixtures, stock and business of the Lake Shore Fruit Pack- age Co., whose plant is located near the Pere Marquette depot. They will also operate a basket making plant in Ben- ton Harbor. Gaylord—The Jensen Lumber Co., recently organized here, has purchased a tract of timber of the Michaelson & Hanson Lumber Co., at Lewiston, locat- ed in Otsego Lake, Chester and Bagley townships, Otsego county, the consider- ation being $28,478.29. The timber will be manufactured at the mill of the company at Bagley. Bay City——The German-American Beet Sugar Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $250,000 on a co- operative plan. Many of the stock- holders are farmers interested in the raising of sugar beets, although much of the stock has been taken by local capitalists. A factory building will be erected at once and the plant com- pleted in time for sugarmaking. Flint—The contract for the Imperial Wheel Co.’s plant has been let. There were five bidders. The lowest bid was from Crookshank, Summers & Co., of Ionia, who were awarded the work. The contract price, although not made public, is said to be $50,000, which does not include anything but the building; the heating apparatus, glass, lights, and boilers will be let later. The build- ing will be the largest manufacturing plant in this portion of the State. Alpena—The Alpena, Gaylord & Western Railroad Company was organ- ized and filed articles of incorporation last week, the capitalization being $1,280,000. The length of the proposed line is 160 miles and it is to cross the State from Frankfort to Alpena. It is estimated that the road will furnish he- tween Gaylord and Alpena an outlet for 1,000, 000,000 feet of timber. The work of construction is to begin as soon as the survey shall be finished. The Michigan Bark & Lumber Co. is to remove its office from Grand Rap- ids to Manton. C. U. Clark, President of the company, has purchased a resi- dence there and will manage the busi- ness from that point, which is nearer the base of supply than Grand Rapids. —~+_0 Nothing pleases an astronomer or a theatrical manager more than the dis- covery of a new star. —___o¢ For Gillies’ N, Y. tea,all kinds, grades and prices, call Visner, both phones. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. Having engaged in manufacturing business re- quiring my whole time and capital, I offer my wholesale grocery business, with an established trade of 27 years, at cost; no bonus; sold 38,000 ounds of tobacco last year; will require about 15,000 to run the business. This is a chance ofa lifetime to the right man; act quick if you want to secure this business; come and see and in- vestigate. J.W.BENEDICT, Port Huron, Mich. M. O. BAKER & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, TOLEDO, OHIO WANTED—Poultry, Butter and Eggs Correspond with us before selling. Ref:—First National Bank, Toledo, Commercial Agencies. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Geo. E. Purple, hardware dealer at Edmore, has added a line of groceries. The Worden Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Geo. Riebo, formerly engaged in the meat business on Plainfield avenue, has opened a meat market on North Coit avenue. W. F. Payne, druggist at Grant Sta- tion, has added a line of groceries. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. Geo. F. Owen & Co. have removed their acetylene gas business from 3 South Division street to 71 Market street, Eagle Hotel building. E. B. Rice has dissolved partnership with the Williams Provision Co., taking the meat market at 290 South Division street, while the Williamses hold the fort at the Fulton market, otherwise known as the Bliss market. It is understood that Mr. Rice does not entertain as high an opinion of the Williams family as he did a month ago. Edward J. Killean, who has conducted the grocery business several years at 28 East Bridge street under the style of John Killean & Son, has sold the stock to H. J. Williams and Albert J. Kil- lean, who will continue the business un- der the style of H. J. Williams & Co. Mr. Williams has been identified with the establishment for many years and is thoroughly conversant with both the management and details of the business. Geo. H. Seymour and A. E. McGuire have formed a copartnership under the style of Geo. H. Seymour & Co. and engaged in the manufacture of cigars at 82 Campau street. Mr. Seymour has been on the road for the H. Schneider Co. twenty-two years and Mr. McGuire has represented Hulman & Beggs, of Terre Haute, in this territory for the past dozen years. Both are gentlemen of experience and ability and will un- doubtedly make a success of their new undertaking. At the annual meeting of the Grand Rapids Bark & Lumber Co., held last week, W. A. Phelps, C. A. Phelps and D. C. Oakes were elected directors. W. A. Phelps was re-elected President, D. C. Oakes was re-elected Vice-President and C. A. Phelps was continued in the position of Secretary and Treasurer. The company handled last year 50,000 cords of bark, 18,000,000 feet of hard- wood and hemlock lumber, 15,000,000 shingles, 100,000 ties, 125,000 posts and 20,000 cords of wood. It has recently purchased a tract of hemlock and hard- wood timber in Roscommon county, comprising 4,000 acres, which it expects to begin cutting this summer. _____»¢¢ + The Produce Market. Apples—Apples are steady at previous prices. Russets, Baldwins and Ben Davis command $3.50@4 per bbl. Bananas—Prices range from $1.25@ 1.75 per bunch, according to size. Beans-—-The market is without ma- terial change. Beets—$1 per bbl. Butter—Creamery is slow sale at 20@ 21c. There is an accumulation of dairy grades, despite the determined effort of Tocal handlers to keep the market cleaned up from day today. Choice roll fetches 12@14c and packing stock finds an outlet on the basis of 1lo@IIc. Cabbage—Home grown are steady at $1.90@2 per 3 bu. bbl. Carrots—$I per bbl. . Celery—California white plume has declined to 65c per doz. bunches. Cranbetries—Jerseys are slow sale and weaker, having declined to $2.50 per bu. box and $7 per bbl. . Eggs—The market is peculiar. The retailers purchased too heavily last week and are loaded up with 13c eggs. Lo- cal jobbers are moving receipts as fast as they arrive this week on the basis of 12c. It is expected that the price will go lower, although the storage buyers appear to have much confidence in the situation. The receipts of eggs for the month of March, a year ago, in Chicago were 186,225 cases, as against 162,079 cases during the month of March this year. This shows a decrease of about 25,000 cases, but if April keeps up as it has started the increase will be as large as in New York City. For the first week in April this year the receipts are 79, 310 cases, against 76,621 cases last year, showing a total gain of 2,700 cases. Armour is a constant bidder for storage stock and also for dirties and cracks. His representative will not offer over 123¢c for storage packed and only with- in %c on other grades. There is no doubt that Armour will put away more eggs this year than he did last. Swift was a heavy buyer last year, but there is no evidence of it on the open board now. It is understood both these firms have men in Iowa, Nebraska, Wiscon- sin and Minnesota buying at loading stations, and that both will put upa larger quantity of eggs than a year ago. Green Onions—1I2c per doz. Honey—Fancy white is_ practically out of market. Choice white is in large supply at 14@15c. Amber goes at 13@ 14c and dark buckwheat is slow sale at 1lo@ti2c. Lemons—Messina command $3.25 for choice and $3.50 for fancy. Californias have declined to $2.50 for 300s and 360s. Lettuce—Hothouse stock is in good demand, commanding 12%c for leaf. Onions—The market is steady at $1.50 per bu. for home grown. Bermudas command $3.25 per crate. Oranges—The California orange mar- ket is in better condition than it was at the same time last week, and everything indicates a good trade this week. The stock is coming forward in better con- dition, only a small proportion showing any sign of decay. ‘The cars are about all iced, which has stopped rotting, ex- cept in those boxes which start poor. Prices are considerably better, and the tendency is strongly upward, present prices being $2.50 for the larger sizes and $3 for the smaller. Medium sweets are sold on the same basis as Califor- nias. Parsley—4goc per doz. Parsnips—$1 per bbl. Pieplant—8c per Ib. Potatoes--The market is dull and disappointing, due to the lessened de- mand and the difficulty of obtaining cars in which to move stock when or- ders are obtainable. Poultry—Receipts are small and prices are strong. Local dealers pay as follows for dressed: Spring turkeys, 11@12c; old, 8@gc; spring chickens, 10%@i1%c; fowls, tlo@iic; spring ducks, 1144@12c—old not wanted at any price; spring geese, g@1oc—old not wanted. For live poultry local dealers pay as follows: Chickens, 8@gc; me- dium and small hens, 7@8c; large hens, 6%@7c; young turkeys, 9@ioc; old turkeys, 8@oc; young ducks, 9% @iol%ec. Radishes—25c per doz. bunches for hothouse stock. Seeds—Blue grass, $1.25@I1.50; or- chard grass, $1.40@1.60; red top, 75c@ $1.50; timothy, $2.25; medium clover, $6.25@6.75; mammoth, $6.50@7; al- syke, $7@7.50. Strawberries—35@4oc per quart. Re- ports from the strawberry belt of North Carolina are to the effect that the yield will be about 25 per cent. less than last year. The drought of last fall prevented the new plants from securing a hold which would guarantee bearing this season. So far as can be judged now, the quality will be good. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys have declined to $3 per bbl. Tomatoes—$2.25 per 4 basket crate. Turnips—$1 per bbl. Vegetable Oysters—zoc per doz. The Grocery Market. Tea—The tea market is quiet. Prices show a decline of {@%c per pound on most grades. Buyers have large stocks on hand and are not disposed to make any heavy purchases at present. Molasses and Syrups—Trade in mo- lasses and syrups during the past week has been very light. Prices, however, are fully maintained. Nuts—Stocks of filherts are rather heavy, being somewhat larger than last year at this time. Prices are slightly easier in consequence. Stocks of al- monds are light and prices are firmly held. Walnuts are in good demand and are slightly higher. Peanuts are selling well at unchanged prices. There will, undoubtedly, be a heavy advance in Spanish shelled before the new crop. The concern that has the concession at the Pan-American Exposition has re- cently gone into the market and_pur- chased quite heavily—rumor has it from 125 to 150 carloads. This has cut quite heavily into spot stocks and made hold- ers very firm in their views on this grade. Prices have already advanced ¥%c and a further advance of at least Ic is expected before new crop. Sugars—The raw sugar market is strong, with 96 deg. test centrifugals firmly held at 4 1-16c. Refiners are ap- parently ready buyers at quoted prices, but offerings are light and but few sales were made. The visible supply of raw sugar is 2,970,000 tons, against 2,470, - ooo tons at the same time last year. Owing to the strength of the raw sugar market, a very firm tone prevailed for the entire list of refined and prices now show the expected advance of ten points on all grades. There is a good demand and indications point to a_ probable large demand for refined sugar the latter part of this month, when navigation on the lakes will be resumed and water transportation throughout the country will be opened. Canned Goods—The canned _ goods market in general is gradually improv- ing. Thetone is one of strength and the feeling of confidence. The packers are now looking forward to an active spring trade. The firm situation in tomatoes attributable to the formation of the can combine or to the reduction of stocks, or both, was the chief feature in the market. At present the tomato market is in a firmer and healthier con- dition than it has been since the closing of the packing season of i900. The buying during the past few days has been very large, while the consumption all over the country continues unabated and an advance for the full standard quality goods is looked for shortly. There have been a good many of the poor quality goods offered, which is one reason for the low prices ruling, but it is believed that most of these cheap goods are now disposed of. Standard corn is steady, but fancy stock is very firm. There are plenty of the cheap goods to be had, but the good stand- ard and fancy grades are very scarce. There are no changes to report in string or lima beans. Both are offered at pre- vious quotations, but sales are very light. The outlook for the early crop of peas in Maryland is encouraging and it is claimed that there will be but few late peas. There is a fair demand for spot peas, but the better grades are all cleaned up. If there is any change in the situation in pineapples, it is in the views of the packers, who are antic- ipating a good crop and _ low prices. Some pineapples will be packed in early May, but not before the 15th or 2oth will the packers be working full time. No positive prices have been made for the new pack, but they may be named next week. The buying of peaches has been quiet, except for some of the cheaper grade, but these orders have been sufficient to keep the market fairly active. There is quite a good demand for gallon apples at slightly lower prices. Plums are also in some request. Columbia River salmon is very dull. Alaska fish, however, is in good demand at unchanged prices. Sardines are very quiet. Dried Fruits—Prunes continue to be the most active article in dried fruits, but trade is more of the hand-to-mouth order than it has been for the past few weeks. The scarcity of 50-60s is now very marked, and some holders ask slightly higher prices for this size. Spot stocks of 40-50s are not plentiful and 60-70s and g0-Ioos are scarce. Raisins are selling in a small way to the regular trade. Buyers have but small stocks on hand, but do not care to make heavy purchases, as they do not want to carry any stocks during the warm weather and so are buying just for immediate wants. Demand for seeded is light. Reports of frost injury to apricots on the coast have resulted in a little more interest in spot stocks and there was considerable buying last week. The market is firmer and some holders have advanced their prices ({@ Yc. Peaches are dull and trade is very light. Dates are slow sellers at present, but holders expect a better demand to set insoon. Figs are selling fairly well. Stocks are light and prices are fully maintained. Prices for currants are unchanged, but the demand for these goods is very light. There is a fair de- mand for evaporated apples in 1 Ib. packages at unchanged prices. Rice—The rice market is firm with good demand for all grades. In antici- pation of the increased spring demand, dealers refuse absolutely to grant even slight concessions. Stocks are moderate and the statistical position is strong. —_—__-_-> > Inauguration of the Freeman Mercantile Co. The Freeman Mercantile Co. has filed articles of association, showing $75,000 authorized capital stock and $50,000 subscribed and paid in. At the first meeting of the stockholders, seven directors were provided for, five of whom have been selected as follows: Wm. L. Freeman, Edward J. Killean, A. L. Campbell, Carey C. Shay and H. A. Brink. Ata subsequent meeting of the directors the following officers were elected : President—W. L. Freeman. First Vice-President—E. J. Killean. Second Vice-President--A. L. Camp- bell. Secretary—C. C. Shay. Treasurer—H. A. Brink. The corporation will handle a line of groceries, with the exception of sugars and provisions, having leased the Hawkins building, formerly occupied by the general offices of the Pere Mar- quette Railway, for a term of years. C. C. Shay will cover the city trade, H. A. Brink will cover the Holland col- ony and a portion of the northern terri- tory and A. L. Campbell will visit the trade of Southern Michigan and North- ern Indiana. The corporation has se- cured the State agency for the Grand Rapids Match Co. and the territory agency for the Lakeside canned goods. Mr. Freeman will attend to the buying for the house and Mr. Killean will re- tire from the retail grocery business and will devote his entire attention to the credit department, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN FAILURE PREMEDITATED. Alleged Plans Made by the Scottville Bankrupt. The Tradesman of last week con- tained a summary of the testimony of John M. Hime before the bankruptcy court here relating to the statements made by Wm. Fisher, of Scottville, prior to his failure and also subsequent thereto. This week the Tradesman is able to furnish its readers a verbatim report of the testimony of this witness, as follows: Where do you reside? In the city of Grand Rapids. Court street in the city of Grand Rapids? Yes, sir. What is your business? Flouring mill. You are working in a flour mill? Yes, sir. What flouring mill in the city? In the Valley City mills. How long have you resided here? A little over a year and a half. Do you know William Fisher, of Scottville? Yes, sir. How long have you known him? I have known him about ten years, I guess. Where was he when jou first knew him? Hesperia. In this State? Yes, sir. He was in the store business there? Yes, sir. From there he moved where? Moved to Walkertown, Oceana county, and from there to Scottville. When did he go to Scottville? I don’t know exactly, but about two years ago. Did you have a conversation with him in regard to his affairs? And if so, how long ago? About a year and a half ago. What conversation did you have with him? He told me that he was going to pre- pare to make a failure in about a year or such a matter and that was all he said at that time. Did he say anything about wanting to have a large stock of goods? Yes, sir; he said he was going to get all the stock he could—probably $8,000 or $10,000 was what he expected to make when he failed. He said he was going to fail? Yes, sir; he didn’t know whether he could make it last winter or not, but, if not, he would fail this winter. He would fail this winter? Yes, sir. Have you seen him since? you have a talk with him? Yes, sir. How long ago? Last month. Did you see him here in the city? Yes, sir. What did he say about the failure? The first thing he said when I saw him was that that thing had come about —he had failed—that he had talked about before. I asked him how every- thing was coming out with him. He said all right, he guessed that he would make $7,000 or $8,000 out of it if every- thing went right. Did he state anything about shipping goods out before the failure? Yes, sir; he said that he got rid of some of his goods and had quite a lit- tle money. He said he had money enough to pay all the creditors off 35 cents on the dollar. Did he state anything about who was going to settle with the creditors for him? Yes, sir; he said a man by the name of Lubetsky, of Ludington. Did he state he was going to furnish the money for Lubetsky? He said that Lubetsky had part of his money. What, if anything, did he say about Lubetsky having a claim there? He said that he had placed Mr. Lu- betsky as one of the creditors for $450 and that he didn’t owe him anything. And did What, if anything, did he state about a man by the name of Caplin, of Grant, Michigan? Did he state anything about letting him have goods or what did he say? At the time Caplin started a store there a year and a half ago ora little over he let Caplin have goods of his then at that time, and that was all I guess he said about it. What did he say as to whether he owed Caplin or Caplin owed him? Why, Caplin was owing him when he let him have the goods. He let him have the goods without any money to help him stock the store. Did he state whether Caplin paid him back or not? No. You were around town one day, weren’t you, with him—that is, all one day? Yes, sir; I was with him a good deal when he was here. Was it one or more days? Several days—I don’t remember ex- actly how many—two or three different days, I guess. What, if anything else, did he say about the failure? I asked him if anyone at Scottville knew that he had failed in the way he did or whether they thought he had to fail? He said there were three parties knew of it—a man by the name of Fred. Reader and a man by the name of Rein- hart Vogel, and his clerk, William Freedy. He said they knew all about it. This Freedy and Vogel live up at Scottville? Freedy was his clerk and they live there and Mr. Reader is a hardware dealer and Mr. Vogel isa saloon man. They knew he was going to fail and how he was fixed? That is what he said. knew. Anything else? He also said if he had to do it over again that he wouldn’t do it, because it made so much expense and so much trouble and he didn’t know how he was coming out now. He expected when he first failed he could settle up quick with his creditors and go on with the busi- ness again, but it took so long and cost so much that he was sorry he done what he did. I guess that is all. The creditors of Wm. Fisher and the amounts owing each are as follows: Wm. Barie Dry Goods Co., He said they Saginaw 00 ee $1,017.62 Baldwin, McGraw & Co., De- ee ea 285.60 A. D. Rosen & Co., Detroit.. 81.25 W. J. Quan & Co., Chicago... 252.38 Perry Glove & Mitten Co., Pety, Mich os 41.71 P. J. McEnroe & Co., Chicago 34.63 Middleport Shoe Mfg. Co., Middleport, Ohio......... 69.90 P. Steketee & Sons, Grand BAIS 195.43 Studley & Barclay, Grand Rap- Ce 229. 50 Strong, Lee & Co., Detroit.... 903.22 Michigan Shoe Co., Detroit... 762.06 H. Stern, jr., & Bros. Co., Milmankee 000). 218.89 Ball - Barnhart - Putman Co., Grand Rapids............ 165.96 Fred. Brundage, Muskegon... 93-08 Wm. H. Bush & Co., Chicago 203.50 Willard K. Bush Co., Detroit.. 86.50 Keith Bros. & Co., Chicago... 139.25 Hirsch, Elson & Co., Chicago 1,074.75 H. C. Fisher, Chicago........ 149. 10 Edson, Moore & Co., Detroit 185.69 Dibble & Warner, Easthamp- ton, Masso 26.90 DeBoe, King & Co., Cleveland 2.90 B. J. Reynolds, Grand Rapids 11.10 The Henry A. Newland Co., Dero eee ee 211.50 Newmann & Hirschorn, Chi- CABG. 53.00 Franklin McVeagh & Co., eee ee 113.75 HH. Caphn, Grant...) 120.00 Aarons, Marks & Co., Mil- Weamee Sl 433-50 M. D. Wells & Co., Chicago.. 73.57 Reedsburg Clothing Co., Reeds- Due, Was 219. 37 Geo. H. Reeder & Co., Grand MAM... e265 cus 456.00 Seller? Well! needn’t guess again. Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids, Roasters. Grand Rapids Bark and Lumber Co, Dealers in HEMLOCK BARK, LUMBER, SHINGLES, RAILROAD TIES. POSTS. WOOD WANTED-—50,000 cords of Hemlock Bark. Will pay highest market price. Bark measured and paid for at loading point. WANTED-—75,000 Ties on Pere Marquette Railroad. Write for prices. 419-421 MICH. TRUST BUILDING, GRAND RAPIDS W. A. Phelps, Pres. D.C. Oakes, Vice-Pres. CC. A. Phelps, Sec’y and Treas. EAVE TROUGHING Established 1868. State Agents Tarred Felt, Asphalt Paints, Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar, 2 and 3 ply and Torpedo Gravel Ready Roofing, Galvanized Iron Cornice, Conductor Pipe, Sky Lights, Sheet Metal Workers and Con- Ruberoid Roofing, Building, Sheathing and tracting Roofers. Insulating Papers and Paints. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Grand Rapids, Mich. a 7’ 3 a 7’ 3 . #t, Os ee ™, «a MICHIGAN A. Krolick & Co., Detroit.... 422.54 L. Loeb & Sons, Chicago..... 274.00 Blumenthal & Immermann, De- BEOEE ie 352.08 Standard Novelty Co., Port PPE Oe ee 40. 50 Symons Bros. Co., Saginaw... 126.61 E. Schloss, Son & Co., Detroit 183.50 L. A. Shakman Co,, Milwaukee 494.40 Scotten Tobacco Co., Detroit 37.80 F. Siegel & Bro., Chicago.... Whitney, Christenson & Bul- lock, Chicago... 2... H. Van Eenenaam & Bro., Zee- 224.25 17.00 aE ae 6.60 H. Van Tongeren, Holland..... 41.25 Roundy-Peckham & Co., Mil- Wate 382.80 Strootman Shoe Co., Buffalo.. Straub Bros. & Amiotte, Trav- ere) Cxty Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids............ Ambler township, Oceana Co., HOF CARES oa Roberts-Wicks Co., Utica.. Koch & Loeber Co., Milwaukee L. Cromwell, Manistee........ 229. 00 15.00 393-03 34.27 243.00 23.48 16.39 The Belding Shoe Co., Belding 126.30 Armour & Co., Chicago....... 13.79 Lubetsky Bros., Ludington.... 300.00 Benjamin Lubetsky, Ludington 150.00 —_—__»>02»—__ James R. Dibble Seeking a Discharge in Bankruptcy. In 1886, Jas. R. Dibble was engaged in general trade at Burnips Corners. His stock was destroyed by fire and the amount of insurance was. so small that the creditors naturally expected to be compelled to accept a compromise. Greatly to their surprise, Mr. Dibble paid 100 cents on the dollar, which in- creased his credit to that extent that he was able to obtain $10,000 or $12,000 worth of goods on the usual time. Shortly after getting the goods into the store, he purchased a farm of Pope & Hart, of Allegan, paying for same by giving a $2,000 mortgage on the stock of merchandise. He immediately moved upon the farm, claimed that it was exempt by reason of its being a homestead and successfully resisted the efforts of the creditors to dispossess him of the farm or impair the validity of the mortgage on the stock. If the Tradesman’s remembrance of the cir-' cumstance is’ correct, Dibble owed about $19,000 at that time. One or two creditors who took subsequent mortgages on the stock obtained some satisfaction, but about $15,000 worth of claims re- mained unsatisfied. Nov. 27, 1890, Dibble filed a volun- tary petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court here, Pope & Cross, of Allegan, appearing as his attorneys. On Dec. 26, the matter was referred to Henry C. Briggs, of Kalamazoo, as referee, who subsequently appointed Wm. R. Rowe trustee. Here the mat- ter rests, pending the remittance of about $10 by Dibble to cover the cost of advertising. Dibble’s statement as to his assets is that he owns 4o acres of land, worth $2,000, on which there are two $500 mortgages; that he has household goods worth $100, two horses worth $150, two cows worth $50 and farm tools worth $50, making a total of $350 in personal property, all of which is exempt, as is also the homestead. His liabilities are $8,052.65, comprising the $1,000 real es- tate mortgage held by Isaac P. Gris- wold, of Allegan, and nine judgments as follows: Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Grand Rapids........-...:. $1, 163.08 Joel J. Bailey & Co., Philadel- Pia ei Young, Smyth, Field & Co., BOO eos ae is McGovern & Co., New York., 2,024.04 686.55 947-30 Edson, Keith & Co., Chicago. 316.53 Burdett, Young & Ingalls Co., BOSOM oe 767 77 Arthur Meigs & Co., Grand Rapids ec 401.95 Levi & Swarts, Rochester..... 528.43 Bulkiey, Lemon & Hoops, Grand Rapids............ 220.00 The supposition is that Dibble is anxious to obtain a discharge from the obligations against him in order to re- engage in the merchandise business at Burnips Corners. —_____.-6.——__—_ He Had No Bad Habits. They were seated about the dinner table of a fashionable boarding house enjoying the extra frills of a meal of several courses which had appealed to the inner consciousness of the entire household and made them satisfied with the landlady and the world in general. The men folk told stories and the wom- en laughed, and the women told _ stories and the men folk laughed. Then the mistress told a story: ‘*A very dignified young man took a seat in a smoking car. Near him were three traveling salesmen, well dressed, jolly fellows, one of whom suggested a game of cards, and the others agreed. They appealed to the young man to take part and make up a four-handed game. ‘* ‘Thank you, | never play cards,’ came the response to the invitation. ‘**T am sorry for that. Will you have a cigar with us?’ added the spokesman producing his case. ‘**T am _ obliged to you, but I never smoke,’ replied the dignified young man. ‘‘They thought they would jolly the young fellow out of dignity, so the lead- er produced a ‘traveling companion,’ and asked: ‘**As you do not play cards nor smoke, you will not refuse to join us in a drink?’ ‘‘*T thank you, gentlemen, but I never drink.’ ‘*With this a venerable man with min- isterial aspect,sitting in the seat behind the young man, reached forward and tapped him on the shoulder. ‘* *T have heard what you have said to these men,’’ said the sedate old fel- low, ‘and I admire you for the stability of character which has enabled you to shun bad habits. I have a daughter in the parlor car, whom I should like to have you meet.’ ‘**T thank you, sir,’ replied the young man, turning about and facing the gentleman, ‘but the fact is, I never intend to marry.’ ”’ —____»-¢.____— Too Late to Keep the Piece. After hearing evidence in an assault case between man and wife, in which the wife had had a deal of provocation, the Magistrate, turning to the husband, remarked : ‘‘My good man, I really can not do anything in this case.’’ ‘*But she has cut a piece of my ear OH, Str. : ‘‘Well, said the Magistrate, ‘‘I will bind her over to keep the peace.’’ “‘You can’t,’’ shouted the husband; ‘*she’s thrown it away.”’ a An Unjust Epithet. Hungry Higgins—Wot do you think? A woman called mc a animated scare- crow this mornin’. Weary Watkins—I’ve knowed you sence the early eighties, but I never seen no animation about you yet. 2 7 5 sent with order will buy e one of these harp shaped Imperial Gas Lamps. It will be shipped f. 0. 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 You ought to sell LILY WHITE “The flour the best cooks use” VALLEY CITY MILLING CO., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. We are the only manufacturers of Dynamite in Lower Michigan suitable for general Rock work eg are strictly high grade and reliable, twenty- ose e n e r ve yearsin the business. Prices and goods right. Shipments made promptly on same day order is received. Try us by inquiry. TRADESMAN 7 and Stump Blasting; also Caps, Safety Fuse, AJAX DYNAMITE WORKS, _ TO THE TRADE: Electric Fuse, Batteries, Dirt Augers, ete. Our Bay City, Mich. PATENTED. =o BS ws Ss es a Wall Paper,} Paints, ‘ Oils. Our stock consists of the best goods pro- f f j j f ; ‘ = hE FIG. 2. The latest, best and only perfect hose mender on the market. With each Magic Hose Mender we fur- nish six wood unions and six wire bands all securely packed in one duced, and is sold at money saving prices. PAPER HANGING AND PAINTING BY EXPERTS. wa wR we box. Sells at sight. Send for We frame pictures to order and carry a ve i large line of unframed pictures. descriptive circulars or write your jobbers. ( C. L. Harvey & Co., 59 Monroe Street. Exclusively Retail. WH OE a a. wo a. a A. B. KNOWLSON, —Wholesale— Portland Cement, Lime, Land Plaster, Stucco, Fire Brick, AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL. The Magic Hose Mender Co., 20 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for delivered prices. OFFICE: COR. PEARL AND MONROE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Your stock is not complete without you have the Star Cream Separators Best advertisement you can use. Each one sold makes you a friend. Great labor saver. Complete separation of cream from milk. Write to-day for prices and territory. Lawrence Manufacturing Co. TOLEDO, OHIO CHEESE We carry a full line of Michigan Full Cream and Fancy Cheeses. Jersey Full Cream Michigan Leyden Sap Sago Brick Edam and RoyAL LUNCHEON put up in porcelain jars. One of our specialties. Give us a trial order. WORDEN (GROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Patented August 15, 1899 PDOOQDQODOOODO OOS OQGQOODOGOODQOQODODODSDODOQDOOS QOQOQOQOOGOOO® Four Kinds of GOUpON Books are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. FOOOQDOOQDDOO QOOOQOOQODOO® tea aren cannes MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Communications invited from practical business men. cepa eam must give their full hames 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 eget eae until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that yot saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EprrTor. WEDNESDAY, - - APRIL 10, 1901. County of Kent pai John DeBoer, being du 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 April 3, Ig01, 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 sixth day of April, 1901. Henry B. Fairchild, Notary Public in and for Kent County, Mich. STATE OF ot Kent | y sworn, de- NEW COMBINATIONS IN EUROPE. Since the accession of the new King of Italy political affairs in that country have been undergoing a gradual change. The new monarch has surrounded him- self with new men, and more vigor and enterprise have been infused into the conduct of public affairs. Greater economy in administration has been in- augurated and the King _ has insisted upon officials devoting stricter attention to their duties. By far the most significant indica- tions of important changes are those to be found in the new drift of Italy’s international relations. There has been a distinct rapprochment with France, while there has been an equally pro- nounced weakening of the ties which for nearly a quarter of a century past have bound Italy to Germany and Aus- tria. The new regime finds no profit in the maintenance of the costly armament which membership in the Triple Alli- ance demands, particularly as the prac- tical benefits accruing to Italy are not in proportion to the sacrifices which the country is compelled to make. Italy has been drawn towards France not merely by race instinct, but by a similarity of commercial as well as political interests. Closer relations with the great republic north of her would present distinct commercial advantages for Italy, besides making it less neces- Sary to maintain the large army which the Triple Alliance made necessary. On the other hand, Italy's active friendship would give France and her ally, Rus- sia, a powerful influence in the Medit- erranean, something of incalculable ad- vantage to France. The possibility of Italy breaking from the Triple Alliance and forming a compact with France and Russia is a matter of great importance to the other powers. Italy has heretofore cast her lot with Great Britain in maritime affairs, but an alliance with France ‘| would deprive Great Britain of Italian co-operation in the Mediterranean, and thus weaken the British position with respect to the domination of that sheet of water, so important to ascendency in the sea power of the world. The withdrawal of Italy from the Triple Alliance would no doubt compel an open alliance or understanding be- tween Germany and England, to which Austria would, of course, be a party. Germany is already strengthening her navy, which in the near future will be more powerful than that of Italy. Aus- tria would also no doubt be urged to improve her naval strength so as to per- mit of a combination more formidable on the sea than the counter combination of France, Russia and Italy. That all these changes are likely to result from the new regime in Italy seems to be admitted in Europe, al- though the ultimate results may be somewhat different from the calculations now made. One thing is practically cer- tain, however, and that is that the ar- rangement of an entente between France and Italy would be sure to lead to coun- ter international agreements, from which it will be impossible for Great. Britain to escape. There has existed an old friendship between Italy and England which will be difficult to break off, and this may prevent the Italian govern- ment from at once going over to France and Russia, but at the moment,at least, there is a decided drift of sentiment in Italy in the direction of closer relations with France. a THE FATALITY OF FAILURE. When the wise business man inaugu- rates a new enterprise he looks around for a successful man to undertake its management. Sometimes, in the absence of suitable material, he is compelled to accept the services of a man who has never actually achieved success, but who possesses certain qualifications which indicate that he has the making of a successful man. Under no circum- stances will he select a man whose career has been characterized by frequent fail- ure, because any institution or cause en- trusted to the management of such a man is inevitably doomed to disaster. Unfortunately, there is no law which stands in the way of the unsuccessful man engaging in business on his own account. He may achieve a dismal fail- ure as the manager of a manufacturing enterprise. He may make a complete fiasco as a real estate dealer. He may engage in the newspaper business as a last resort and make a sorry spectacle of himself because of his ignorance of grammar and rhetoric, his poverty of business experience, his utter lack of tact and his indulgence in unprofes- sional practices which would effectually shut him out of many trades and profes- sions. He may set himself up as an or- ganizer of men and an exploiter of mer- cantile fraternities, but as soon as his true character is revealed—and it is sure to be, sooner or later—he is dropped in- to the oblivion of the unsuccessful. He may aspire to act the part of lobbyist and for a time ride on the topmost wave of tempcrary popularity, but sooner or later the nemesis of non-success over- takes him and his duped and deluded victims wonder why it took so long for them to discover that he belonged to the category of failure and that no perma- nent advantage can be secured through the leadership of a man who is so un- fortunate as to be born under an unlucky Star, PREJUDICE AGAINST CORN. The use of Indian corn or maize in Europe is confined chiefly to feeding stock, for, except in some parts of Southern Europe, it is not consumed for human food. Within a few years past efforts have been made to secure its adoption for consumption. At the Paris Exposition, American corn kitch- ens were established, at which our im- portant cereal was served up in a vari- ety of styles, and possibly a few persons were induced to eat it. In order to educate foreign peoples to use this valuable grain, United States Consul Harris, at Mannheim, Germany, proposes the establishment at that city and elsewhere of corn kitchens. Many of the poorest classes of European peo- ples are so much prejudiced against corn, which they regard as fit only for cattle and hogs, that they are insulted when it is proposed for them to eat it. Consul Harris thinks that, by edu- cating the people, this prejudice can be overcome. According to his notion, a plan involving some of the features of the ‘‘corn kitchen’’ at the Paris Expo- sition would be the most feasible one to familiarize the German people with the value of corn as an article of food. Un- der competent direction kitchens could be conducted at a comparatively small expense in the larger German cities. In the kitchens corn prepared in va- rious ways could be served free or at a nominal cost. Special afternoons and evenings could also be devoted to pupils from the cooking schools, to grocers and supply houses, to housewives and others. In connection with the kitchen am- ple facilities should be afforded for showing, by charts and otherwise, the value of the grain as a food product, its consumption in other places, the cost of production, statistics of corn-produc- ing states, samples of the grain, illus- trations of the machinery and imple- ments used in its culture and prepara- tion, etc. Such an enterprise would need effi- cient management. A large number of assistants would not be necessary, al- though they should be chosen with great care; but Mr. Harris thinks that young men and young women could be secured from some of our colleges who, at little more than the actual expense of travel- ing, would be glad of the opportunity to render assistance, as it would be an ex- cellent chance for them to learn the language and the customs of the peo- ple. In mos® of the larger cities are resi- dent Americans who, if solicited, would be able to make valuable suggestions. The United States Consuls, so far as possible, would doubtless aid in getting the consent of local authorities for the establishment of the enterprise and in arousing interest therein. Mr. Harris relates that, while in 1899 nearly 7 per cent., and in 1900 more than 6 per cent., of all the corn im- ported by Germany came to Mannheim, an American residing there for many years past told him recently that he had never been able to buy any corn meal in that city of about 200,000 inhabitants ; that he had used it in his family, but had it sent from England; and that the local mills to which he had applied were not equipped for grinding corn meal, It is possible that something may be accomplished towards educating Euro- peans to eat corn; but the fact remains that but few of them who have emi- grated to the United States have taken to this grain. They prefer bread of wheat and rye, and as there is no rea- son why they should eat corn, they sim- ply do not. Nevertheless it is the most nourishing of all grains. GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. Constantly increasing values all along the line in speculative securities, with a record breaking activity, have been the rule until it seems that reaction has come from the movement becoming too rapid. An upward rush can not be _ in- definitely maintained for the reason that such a condition engenders an _ uncasi- ness which gives opportunity for the onslaughts of the bears. In the present instance this natural uneasiness was taken advantage of by those whose in- terests demanded a reaction and thou- sands of circulars were sent out with a warning of the situation. These served their purpose no doubt by causing the reaction they predicted, although the ostensible reason for their circulation was the condition of the money mar- ket. The upward course of transporta- tion securities carried the average of sixty leading railways to $96.84 per share, making a new high record. In- dustrials advanced to $68.37. Of.course it is impossible to predict the extent to which the reaction may go, but most conservative observers do not anticipate more than a setback to serve temporary speculative interests. It is probably for- tunate that a reaction comes now, for a steady upward movement so rapid could not he long maintained without a more severe one. No further reductions are reported in prices of textile fabrics, and this is somewhat encouraging, for there have been few weeks since the year opened when some concessions were not re- corded, especially in the cotton goods division. That supplies are still con- sidered excessive is evidenced by further curtailment of production at the mills. There is a better demand for immediate delivery in the wholesale dry goods market, but purchasers show no disposition to anticipate requirements. As to woolens there is a little more in- terest and manufacturers have shown some inclination to secure raw material. Quotations of wool are 23.6 per cent. lower than a year ago and there is a general feeling that the decline has reached an end. Transactions are heavy and no effort is made to secure easier terms. So far as any change occurred in prices of iron and steel it was upward, but most products are firmly held without variation. Activity at mills and fur- naces is uninterrupted, and enquiries for structural shapes and railway sup- plies are apparently without limit. Do- mestic buying is so enormous that suc- cessful competition for an important for- eign contract by a French concern is not surprising. There is a good increase—s,o00 cases —in the shipment of boots and shoes from the East, and at the present rate it looks as though this would prove the banner year. Leather and hides are struggling to maintain the present level, but are not entirely successful. —$——— When Representative Nevins stated on the floor of the House that Fred H. Cozzens had ‘‘done more to hurt than help the garnishment bill,’’ he prob- ably knew what he was talking about and probably told the truth. —————— There is nothing more heroic than the ability to say no to yourself occasion- ally. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 THE FUTURE OF WATERWAYS. The Nineteenth Century was the age of the railway. Within the period measured by it, 200,000 miles of rail- road track have been built and put in operation in the United States. In the same period railways have been built in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and in the other parts of North America. At the beginning of the century there was not a mile of railroad on the globe; now there are 400,000 miles of it. According to the opinion of Alexan- der Hume Ford, a civil engineer and writer on the economics of transporta - tion, in an article in the April Forum, the era of extraordinary railway build- ing has about passed, and in the new century there is every indication that the vast outlay of capital for improve- ments which it has been customary to lavish on the steam railway will find an outlet in the construction of great in- land waterways. Mr. Ford holds that the building of the Suez Canal merely demonstrated possibilities, while the Manchester, Kiel and Sault Ste. Marie ship canals and the Chicago drainage canal have proved that, with the resources of mod- ern engineering skill and mechanical appliances, there are no insurmountable difficulties to be encountered in extend- ing deep waterways almost indefinitely in every direction throughout any coun- try not diversified with high mountains. A condition which is forcing itself upon the transportation interests of the world is the promotion of economy. The expense of the maintenance of rail- roads is very great and in no way can it be avoided or lightened. Natural water- ways of commerce maintain themselves, or require, when once put in order, a comparatively small outlay to take care of them. Moreover, waterways, whether natural or artificial, which permit ves- sels to reach distant destinations with- out breaking bulk give enormous ad- vantages in transportation. The writer referred to above, in en- forcing his idea of the benefits to be derived from the development of com- mercial waterways, remarks that this is a recognized probability of the near fu- ture, demonstrated by the fact that the American Government has actually spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the survey of a ship canal from Lake Erie to the ocean, while Russia con- templates a similar twenty-eight foot channel from the Baltic to the Black Sea and will soon spend $40,000,000 on a ship canal connecting the Black with the Caspian Seas. The completion of these waterways would allow the largest steamships atloat to load at Chicago for Central Asia ports on the Caspian or for the larger cities of innermost Rus- sia. As an evidence that, in the matter of improved interior waterways, the Great Republic of the West is far behind the rest of the world, he says: I would refer you to much-maligned Russia. I have seen steel barges in Si- beria, that travel thousands of miles into the interior of the country, carry tons of American railway material and equip- ment for the building of the Trans- Siberian and Manchurian Railways. In fact, hundreds of miles of this latter road have been built entirely of Ameri- can material, carried inland by barges to cities along the line of the railway under construction. In Russia proper the government manages its canals and waterways in connection with its rail- ways. They are built to feed and aid each other. All the chief rivers of Rus- sia have been connected by canals, so that even now large freight barges and small steam craft can sail from St. Pet- ersburg or Moscow to Archangel on the Arctic ocean, Astrakan on the Caspian, Odessa on the Black Sea, or to the foot of the Urals. A canal is to be cut across these low hills to a branch of the Obi; so that, by following the already exist- ing waterways across Siberia, boats may navigate continuously from St. Peters- burg for more than 4,000 miles across Europe and Asia, beyond Lake Baikal, in fact, to the very boundary line of China. A ship canal from Riga, on the Baltic, to Odessa,on the Black Sea, is contemplated. A ship canal con- necting the Black and Caspian Seas has been surveyed; and Russian engineers declare feasible the proposed plan of turning the waters of the Amu Daria back into its old bed, so that it will once more flow into the Caspian Sea, bringing in time Russia and Siberia in- to direct steamboat communication with Central Asia and Afghanistan. In the United States the situation is precisely different. The railroads, which exercise too much influence in both na- tional and state legislation for the good of the country, do ail in their power to prevent the improvement and construc- tion of waterways, and there would be nothing done in that line if it were not for the fact that the rivers and harbors bill insures the spending of a large amount of public money in the various states of the Union. That important bill failed in the last Congress because those interior states which could not by any possibility have commercial water- ways were not given the means of con- verting their mountain streams into reservoirs and lakes, from which the water could be used for irrigating their arid lands. In view of the fact that all the interior waterways of the United States belong to the United States Government, while the railroads are the property of private individuals, it would seem that the so- licitude of the Government ought to be for the waterways; but the fact remains that the railways exert vast pubiic in- fluence and receive immense _ public benefits, and the transcontinental rail- ways, several of which were built with Government money, have been able to defeat the Nicaragua canal enterprise, year after year, so that to-day it is no more of a reality than it was when Nunez de Balboa first crossed the Amer- ican isthmus from the Atlantic side and viewed the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Nevertheless there is no law so in- exorable as that of commercial and in- dustrial economy, and its imperious de- mands for the cheapening of transporta- tion will enforce compliance by the opening of the interior waterways and of an American isthmian canal. The European nations are yielding to the requirements of economical transporta- tion by constructing canals and other waterways, so that ships may sail as near as possible to their destinations without breaking up or rehandling their cargoes. The products of the United States have entered into the world’s industrial and commercial competition. To meet all rivals and all competitors, nothing that can give advantage will be neg- lected. This is a law of trade that brooks no violation. The penalty for its violation is to be left behind in the world’s race for commercial] success and supremacy. Germany, although it has 35,000,000 acres of forests excellently managed and yielding an immense revenue, demands increasingly greater quantities of wood, so that for the last ten years the amount of timber which it buys has doubled and its value trebled. SHOES VERSUS SHOES. A British commercial agent has_ been traveling in the United States, using his commercial eyes, reached certain com- mercial conclusions and has sent home reports corresponding thereto. Boots and shoes and what pertains to them is the burden of his investigations and re- port. He _ has been in no haste and his is no snap judgment. Carefully he has studied cause and effect and his conclu- sion is, ‘‘It is the use of so much im- proved machinery that enables the American manufacturer to turn out such large quantities and do it so cheaply.’’ Certain facts and figures are brought forward to show what are the actual trade conditions. From these we learn that no longer ago than 1898 the exports of boots and shoes from this country to the British possessions were 142,328 pounds, in 1899 they were 323,308 and last year 426,124 pounds—a fact damag- ing enough in its way, but which, taken in connection with the fact that the ex- ports of this same line of goods from the United Kingdom were in 1808 1,092,094 pounds, in 1899 _ 1,001,927 pounds and in Ig00 1,075,478 pounds, is a regular hair-lifter to one having at heart the best interests of the trade con- ditions of England. With the machine as the reason why the shoe trade in the United Kingdom is running down, the agent takes it ‘‘for granted that the British boots are not inferior to those of America.’’ It would have been interesting to have had that feature discussed. How sucha conclu- sion could have been reached, under the circumstances, is remarkable. In the first place, the English shoe is built as the English carriage is built, stout and heavy. It is made to wear with the seeming possibility of the structure’s being an heirloom! If the English shoe- maker has an idea of ‘‘rights and lefts’’ it has come in with Edward VII. It is a recognized fact that the foot of ma- turity in England is larger than that of childhood, but observation seems to confirm that size is the only difference recognized. To all intents and purposes one English foot is the counterpart of the others, and for a certain size that last will answer for every foot in Eng- land. To measure the custcmer except for ascertaining the length is time wasted. With that for a guide, taken in connection with the idea that sole and upper must be thick and stout and heavy, one has a pretty fair idea of the English foot when clad in the English shoe. They have been described as ‘“clumpers’’ and that is exactly what they are. The history of shoemaking in the United States is a different story. With every shape of foot to clothe,the attempt has been made to cover it with a well- fitting shoe. The ‘‘pickerel’’ foot is not forced into a ‘‘flounder’’ shoe and the tub-shaped pedal extremity of the Chicago maiden scorns the Chinese de- formity of the Atlantic States. Every conceivable footshape on the face of the earth is found here and the science as well as the art of shoemaking has bent to the task of clothing it comfortably and cheaply and at the same time keep- ing carefully in mind the too often neglected lines of beauty. A shoe, to be strong, need not be heavy, any more than a bicycle needs a wheel like a buggy. The maker of farm implements found that out long ago and the shoe- shop turned the fact to practical ac- count; so that the American shoe which is crowding all other shoes out of the market is doing so because the American machine and the wit that drives it and the brain that patterns the last and tans the leather all work to carry out the grand idea which is making the Ameri- can shoe the favorite with the peoples of the earth. There may be something in the tanning supplies and their prox- imity to the tanneries which the English agent claims, but not much. The foun- dation fact is that the Yankee shoe- maker found an existing want and _ sup- plied it by bending to the task every energy he possessed and the result was the American shoe. It is neat, it is light, it wears well, and withal is hand- some, and, best of ail, it fits. Other makes do not and the only satisfaction the English shoemaker can get out of the situation is that until the English- man can make a better shoe than the American can the imports are to be larger and the exports smaller than they have ever been before. The Postoffice Department is consid- ering the advisability of changing the design of the regular issue of postage stamps. One of the changes will prob- ably be that the names of the persons will be printed under the heads borne on the stamps, much the same manner as in the case of some of the issues of paper money. The design may also include an inscription giving the year of issue of the series. The changes will be of interest to stamp collectors, or, as they prefer to be called, philatelists, in- asmuch as it will be practically follow- ing the precedent set by some of the Central and South American republics. Each year these countries issue new series of stamps, many of the issues be- ing for the mere purpose of adding to the exchequers at the expense of the pockets of the collectors. The practice has been condemned by collectors, but there seems to be no abatement of the nuisance. Is the United States Post- office going to follow in the footsteps of these impecunious countries and have a new issue each year, or will the date be continued through a series of years? are the questions which every collector will be asking, and it is safe to say that some protest or other will be lodged with the authorities. The present issue has been running for some years, and if the date had been put on the stamps when they were first given out to the public, it would have assisted collectors in arranging their albums. As it is, the issue is the same as the previous one, with the exception that some of the colors of the different values are changed. One of the latest postoffice frauds now being: investigated by the postoffice authorities at Washington is that of a doctor who advertised to cure deafness for $18.50 without fail. To those who sent the required amount the doctor for- warded 2,000 pills, with directions to take one each day, and on no account to miss a day, or the charm would be broken, and it would be necessary to start all over again. As the truth of this claim can not be put to the test un- til the end of about five and a half years, the authorities are puzzled what course to take. Can a rattlesnake back? is now the mooted question in Colorado. The cur- ator of the Historical Society claims that a rattlesnake when pursued will enter its hole taii first. On the other hand collectors of the snake’s rattles as curios declare that his big snakeship in- variably retires head foremost, and that then is the opportunity for cutting off his rattles by a quick stroke. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods Weekly Market Review of the Principal Staples. Staple Cottons—Brown sheetings and drills are very irregular, but sellers are now refusing to consider any orders that do not come up to their own present standards. They say there is no use of doing business at a loss, although in or- der to keep their mills running for the sake of their mill hands, they would be willing for the present to come out even. Wide sheetings show no developments in any direction. The lower prices, which were quoted a_ short time ago, resulted in reducing stocks to a consid- erable extent. Bleached cottons are in quiet demand for fine grades of standard goods. In unticketed lines, however, there is considerable weakness shown. Cotton flannels are selling moderately for the new season, but prices are not yet made openly. Denims show a moderate request this week. Ticks, plaids and other coarse colored cottons as a rule show a very quiet business, but in spots there is reported to be an improvement. Prints and Ginghams—Printed cali- coes show a fair business in progress, but fancy prints are without special feature. Supplies are in good condi- tion, and prices are reported steady. In staple prints there has been a moder- ate amount of business at steady prices for leading makes. Ginghams show no change, and fancy cotton dress goods are slow. Fall lines of flannelettes and domets are still unsettled, but sume of the lines of domet iabrics have been bought up to a considerable extent. Others, however, have moved slowly. Dress Goods—The dress goods mar- ket is studded with peculiar features. In the first plac2 business is very un- evenly distributed. Whereas quite a number of mills are practically pro- vided for in regard to orders, there are many others whose future is a matter of no little concern to the manufacturer. ’ The average buyer's operations’ have been restricted except in the case of a certain few fabrics, and a good many manufacturers have been beset with doubts as to what fabrics are best cal- culated to tempt buyers’ orders. Ow- ing to these doubts a good many dress goods salesmen have but recently started out to canvass their trade. Whereas cer- tain houses report the bulk of the first orders already in, others report direct to the contrary, the business secured to date being comparatively light. Underwear—The prediction that fall fleeced goods would see a quiet season has been verified. It is the exception now to find a mill that has disposed of any fair proportion of its goods. This is quite contrary to the conditions that existed a year ago now. At that time it was the exception to find a mill that had not pretty well sold up its products. It is said that the curtailment in the manufacture of fleeced goods is going to bring the quantity made down to a smaller amount than will be used, and that the chances are that before the re- tail fall season opens there will be a scramble for goods of this nature. That, however, remains to be proven. Fleeced goods are not dead by any means, al- though they may be said to be taking a nap. For the present season’s business balbriggan underwear is in the best sit- uation of any. Many lines are reported as completely closed out, while deliv- eries are far behind in many other lines. Whether there will be enough of these goods to go around remains to be seen, but the fact is that balbriggans have been on the top wave for several springs and summers. Ribbed underwear, both two-piece and union garments, is in a comfortable situation, retailers having purchased quite fair quantities. Hosiery—-The retail end of the hos- iery business is in excellent shape at the present, and large quantities of fan- cies have been disposed of for Easter. It looks in many ways as though this year was to be the biggest fancy season of any. Of course, staples have not been neglected, and blacks and solid colors have had an uninterrupted busi- ness. Carpets—The retail trade have been placing a large number of small filling- in orders—often in lots of three rolls each of a different pattern, which is ag- gravating to manufacturers, although it indicates that the market is not over- stocked, and should on that account be in a healthy condition for next sea- son’s business. The manufacturers quite generally have commenced to prepare their new lines for next season, and there is considerable interest manifested on the prospects for ingrains. The early orders placed will be subject to general market prices which are not expected to be definitely settled until about June 1, when the large Eastern mills will make the price. Tapestry and velvet carpet manufacturers have continued quite weil employed all through the past season, as well as makers of axminsters. In the body Brussels, wiltons and other fine lines, there has been a moderate business reported. Smyrna Rugs—This line has contin- ued active, notwithstanding the fact that one new mill has entered the field. The increasing sales of all wool Smyrna rugs plainly indicate that their popularity in past seasons bids fair to be largely eclipsed the coming year. While there is still a moderate demand for the larger sizes of jute Smyrna rugs, the best grades in carpet sizes on all wool grades have easily held the lead. Advices from the West indicate that retailers continue to cut up a large amount of ingrains. This section, as well as the South, has for several years been the main dependence of ingrain manufac- turers. Buying Dry Goods for His Wife. Young, married, studious, visionary and very absent minded, he approached the young lady at the counter as though walking in his sleep. ‘*Piease let me see a sample of your left-hand pockets,’’ was his surprising request. ‘*Beg pardon!’’ ‘*Sample of left-hand pockets. '’ ‘*B-e-g pardon,’’ and the clerk showed how tall and dignified she could be. ‘‘Possibly you want me to show you some buttonholes, needle eyes or in- visible perforations for embroidery.’’ ‘No, I think not. I recall none of those as on my list. I’m acting for my wife, you know. Charming woman, but so unpractical. Thinks that the house must be attended to, no matter what be- comes of the shopping. You have no left-hand pockets?’’ ‘‘No pockets of any kind. Possibly you wanted the opening to the pocket, or a pump for inflating the pocket,’’ and the several clerks who had gathered around looked at evreything but the cus- tomer. “‘It might be. I confess that I’m a iittle uncertain as to just what my wife did ask me to get. Come to think of it 1 have a list. Forgot all about it; ‘but- ter, vegetable oysters, sweet po—’ here it is, ‘sample, left-hand pocket, two yards.’ ’’ ‘Then feel in your left-hand pocket, ’’ ah!]° laughed the clerk, and all the other clerks laughed. : He did. There was a sample of nar- row ribbon. The combined talent of the clerks matched it, and the customer wondered why- they all beamed so be- nignly on him. —_$~.>-2 <> —___ They Wonder What He Meant. Over at Detroit last week the good women of a certain Methodist church contributed a supply of all kinds of good things and proceeded with the same to the home of their pastor, to find that a bright baby boy had just pre- ceded them to the parsonage. The women concluded to stay and take supper with their pastor,and there- fore transferred the eatables from their baskets to the dining table,and then in- formed the parson that supper was ready, wondering as they did so if in returning thanks he would remember their gifts. When all were seated at the table the good man bowed his head and thus ap- proached the throne of grace, ‘‘O Lord, we thank Thee for this timely succor,’’ and the women are still in doubt as _ to what he meant. —> 22. _ Had Her Foul. Fogg—I never saw my wife come out second best except once, and that was with a little insignificant looking chap who took pictures. Bass—And how was that? Fogg—She pitched into him for not having some proofs ready when he promised. He pleaded the weather and sickness, but it was no use. It only made her bully-rag him the more. Finally a look of desperation came into his face. ‘‘Madam,’’ he said, ‘‘if you say another word I'll finish up those pictures to look like you.”’ —>-2 > Next Thing to Marriage. Miss Skyleigh—Are you a married man? Mr. Frankleigh—No; but I’m next thing to it—I’m in debt. the Send distance 1 to 2 or height, 2 to 3 or projection, 3 to 4 or width. (SEB CUT) and we will send samples and bottom prices. CHAS. A. COYE 1 Pearl Street Grand Rapids, Mich, William Reid Importer and Jobber of Polished Plate, Window and Ornamental Glass Paint, Oil, White Lead, Var- nishes and Brushes GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W. FRENCH, Resident Manager. Floor Coverings cS qt Ml We carry a complete line of Oil Cloths, prices from 17c up. “ae Linoleums, prices from 42c up. a Mattings, prices from 10 to 35¢c. We have them in neat, tasty INT patterns, Come in and inspect our line. P. Steketee & Sons, Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Michigan and styles. down collars. on. Wholesale Dry Goods, and Windsors are the proper thing in neck wear this spring. We have them in various shapes Especially nobby is the shield bow for high turn It looks neat and is easy to put Can be sold for a quarter. We have ‘‘lots of new things’’ in Ties. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. ling get es. rices. Mich, - 4 | Tinocndendace ue 7 rr 4 we = =z whe ‘ A. w 1 Eom as sa MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 Clothing Spring Overcoats, Fancy Waistcoats and “Grand Duc” Hats. The matter of overcoats need take up very little of our attention, as there are but few varieties worn during the spring. It goes without saying that the top covert coat will retain its favor among all sorts of dressers. Tan is the chief color, with Oxford and olive fol- lowing in the order named. The silk lined Chesterfield finds favor in a great many eyes, and is second only to the covert in popular favor. The materials are vicunas, thibets, black dressed and unfinished worsted, and Oxford gray unsheared worsted. It reaches about to the knee. Then we have a coat built somewhat on the order of a Raglan, having all its looseness, made with the Raglan pocket, but without the Raglan shoulder. The latter is a good coat to wear with evening dress or the dinner jacket. For rainy weather we havea number of rain coats, very unlike the old mackintosh. The Cravenette isa good example of the best kind of a rain coat, as it is rainproof, comfortable and looks well and stylish at the same time. One hears very little of the regular Rag- lan coat at present, and it is pretty cer- tain that it will be conspicuous by its absence from the backs of the best dressers the coming spring. The best authorities say that the well- dressed man will shun the fancy waist- coat excepting when worn with suits designed for sports or outing. The white waistcoat and that of khaki may be worn with perfect propriety ona number of occasions. The white waist- coat may be worn, and I could almost say should be worn, with evening dress. It is good form to wear it with the frock coat, the Oxford or black cut- away or the English walking coat. It is also permissible to wear a white waistcoat with the serge suit, but it isa practice that is not followed to any _ great extent by the best dressers. In any of the above cases, with the excep- tion, of course, of the first, a khaki waistcoat looks well, and is in good form, and it would not surprise me to see the style very generally adopted this summer. A few months ago when a German came over here he was subject to a cer- tain amount of ridicule on account of his attire. No article of wearing ap- parel that adorned or disfigured his person, according to German or Ameri- ‘can ideas, was laughed at as much as his high, flat derby. ‘‘He laughs best who laughs last’’ is a saying that holds good in this case and many of our Ger- man friends must be chuckling up their sleeves at the inconsistency of Ameri- can fashions. For the German high derby with the flat crown looks enough like the new flat American derby to be its twin brother. I doubt, if the manu- facturers had known how quickly their ‘*Grand Duc’’ would become popular- ized,if they would have produced it. In a week's time a men’s outfitting estab- lishment advertised ‘‘exactly the same thing’’ for almost one-half. Now I see modifications of it everywhere, and al- though nearly every one of these modifi- cations differs from the original in some point, the flat top remains. It might be said that this would stop the better class of dressers from buying this shape, because every one is buying it, and hence it is losing its exclusiveness. I do not think that fact will stand in the way of a man buying that shape if it becomes him, and if he likes it, any more than he would stop buying a regu- lar derby shape from a five-dollar hat- ter, because a three-dollar hatter sells a shape on the same order. It is pre- dicted that this English importation will tend to affect the shapes of the crowns of the other spring derbies. They were made with the crown rather tapering, a crown called the English round crown, and this revolution in the shape of flat crowns may react on this derby to a more or less degree, so that if it is not made exactly flat, it will be less rounded than at first intended. If that turns out to be the case, we will have an unusual spring derby season, with the crowns ranging from extreme- ly flat to extremely round, with all the go-betweens as well. U. 8 bp: ———>- 02 Necessity of Taking Advantage of Cash Discounts. So much has been said in favor of taking discounts on goods purchased from the wholesaler and the manufactur- er, by the retailer, that it seems almost like repetition to call attention to the importance of this feature of buying. But many new dealers have gone into business this spring and in spite of all that has been said many old dealers fail to take their discounts, so that, perhaps, the consideration of this matter at pres- ent will prove profitable. In business the stopping of little leaks is a matter of the greatest importance. The clerk who is stealing from you will take away the profit on his work and part of your wages besides. The waste of money in advertising is a leak that will make the balance sheet look sick at the end of the year; an excessive ex- pense account will prove sucha drain on your business that you will be desirous of selling out within ashorttime. Stop these leaks and begin by stopping the leak that arises through failure to take your discounts when they are offered you. Possibly you may complain that you haven't sufficient capital to always dis- count your bills when you may desire to do so. There is the banker in your town who will be glad to accommodate you under ordinary circumstances. Go to him and tell him that you have made purchases aggregating $3,000 in spring and summer stock, and that you can save $60, if the discount is 2 per cent. at the end ol thirty days, or that you can save $150, if the discount is 5 per cent., ten days. If you have an honest record he will lend you the money a month, for $17.50; two months for $35, or three months for $52.50. This is at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and this is considered a big rate of interest in these days. Take the money and pay for your goods. If you have received 5 per cent., ten days, as is quite fre- quently the case, you have saved $97. 50, even if you keep the money borrowed from the bank for three months, and it certainly will be as easy to pay the banker back the $3,000 at the end of three months as it would be to pay the jobber or manufacturer from whom you purchased your goods at the end of that time. You have bought your bill of goods for $97.50 less, which is clear profit and which you can put down in your own pocket, or you have paid just so much less for your goods and you have that much advantage over your competitor if he does not di count his bills. If he discounts his bills and you do not he will grow rich, while you grow poorer selling goods at the same price as you do, or he will be enabled to offer goods to his customers at a lower figure. But this is not the only principle in- volved in discounting your bills. If you establish a reputation along this line with your jobber you will reap other benefits. When you buy a bill of goods from the jobber your trade will be con- sidered most desirable and you will get an advantage in price, from which the discount is still to be taken, and in the selection of the most desirable goods. All over the country jobbers generally have two prices, the list price at which they sell goods to those who take all the time they want in paying for them, and a lower price to those who are practical- ly cash customers. The traveling men carry both prices; the house salesmen have them and you should always be in a position to secure the lowest figures on the goods you purchase. Some merchants ‘eel a hesitancy about calling on their local bankers for a short time loan. They should not have this feeling. The banker is in business for the profits.on his stock—money—and he would just as soon lend money to the merchant as to the farmer. Make him your creditor instead of the jobber. All business is practically done on credit, al- though there must be a modicum of cash on which to hang the credit. The United States, as a Government, could not exist without the credit, which is extended to it in the form of money loaned on bonds, etc. The same is true of the state, of the county, the city gov- ernment, and oftentimes the country town or village. The United States is essentially a credit nation and it is just as honorable to secure credit from the banker and save or accumulate profits by so doing, as it is to obtain credit from the jobber and make him-your banker.—-Commercial Bulletin. Oe 15,000 Pairs in Two Days. The resources of the modern shoé fac- tory, and especially along the lines of rapid production of recent years,are in- dicated by a feat performed in a Lynn shoe factory lately in which all local records were broken. In one day’s work, a factory turned out 7,658 pairs of shoes, and the next day this record was broken, the total output being 7,684 pairs. This was the completed run of the factory for those two days, and rep- resented the change from the leather to the finished-ready-to-wear product. The shoes were not only finished, but were packed and shipped from the factory before the factory was shut down for the night. ee American Sword Factory. There is only one sword factory in the United States—a Massachusetts concern —and that one has ample capacity for supplying the domestic demand _ for swords. The saber lost its efficiency as a cavalry weapon as far back as the war of the rebellion,and the increased range of rifles has made the sword equally ob- solete as an implement of actual com- bat. ‘Correct Clothes” We've still all sizes in Men’s Clothes and Overcoats for spring which we will ship immediately on order. No matter how good your line may be, ours will give ad- ditional attractiveness, Bl ieavenrich Bros. 2 : WORLD Y >. NS ~ a) This space belongs to G. H. GATES & CO., Up-to-date Wholesale Hatters, Detroit, Mich. ‘ oD | 5c. CIGAR. ALL JOBBERS and Vv Seceeececeeecececeecececececeee 'S BEST ( G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN = . Shoes and Rubbers Some of the Results of Short Shoes. No kind of misfit is quite so bad as that of the short shoe. A _ short shoe affects every portion of the foot, for as soon as the toes strike the end and have not sufficient room to lie flat, it forces the large toe back and bunions are the result. Ingrown toenails are also caused by short shoes. Another result of short shoes isa burning sensation so com- monly attributed to thin soles. As the foot is pressed down it forms a large crease through the sole of the foot. This causes the most agonizing pains, such as are complained of daily to the shoe clerk. Still another result of short shoes is the action they have upon the nerves of the foot in forcing them prom- inently to the surface. The friction of the leather and its pressure upon the exposed nerves not only affects the foot, but also the’ leg and very often the whole body. A sign displayed in a Chicago shoe store is perhaps the best solution to this problem that has ever come to our no- tice. It reads as follows: ‘‘Do not ask for your size; ask for your fit.’’ If this motto was strictly adhered to by all customers, foot-fitters would have little trouble, but it is not; most customers demand a certain size. This is where your ability as a salesman must assert itself. It is true very often you will find a salesman either too lazy or without sufficient knowledge of the shoe busi- ness to advise a customer to accept anyhting but what he is wearing. This is a mistake. If you have cultivated this idea, and can not break yourself of it, simply draw the customer’s shoe off the foot and do not look at the size. Get your size stick and measure the custom- er’s foot, allow one and one-half sizes for draw and try on a corresponding size. Thus if the foot draws 5% try on a size 7. If you have confidence in your own ability as a foot-fitter, while un- buttoning or unlacing the shoe, unknown to the customer, simply press the finger on the toe-cap, and you cantell ina moment if the shoe is sufficiently long. Do not make that too common mistake in your endeavor to fit shoes long enough and give a customer shoes two or three sizes longer than the foot. This throws the ball of the foot in the wrong part of the shoe. The result will be that before the customer has worn the shoes a month they will be brought back to you. The toe will be turned up, and if the shoe is of light leather it will have cracked across the waist. There is but one way to fit a shoe, and that is to get the corresponding portion of the foot in its relative place in the shoe. The ability to do this can only be attained by long practice and diligent study. The foot itself is a study, but no more so than the study which is necessary to make a practical foot-fitter.—Shoe Re- tailer. —__~> 0» _____ Suggestions for Window Display. A very neat window, especially for your spring trade, where you may show your leaders, is arranged as follows: The background and body are of tufted white cheese cloth. Inthe center form an arch of common pine boards. Build the top 2% feet from the back and the sides two feet. Cover this with tufted heliotrope cheesecloth. Build the two side arches oval in shape to contrast with the center arch. Do not build those the same as the center arch. Instead, arrange the tufted heliotrope cloth close to the background. Let the top of the center arch come to a gable or point. In the center thus formed place your leader on a neat glass stand. In the side arches place a pair of well- matched palms, or, if you prefer, a cluster of shoes. This can be arranged by crimping over two or three skeleton stands made of wood with white cheese- cloth. Do not use more than one shoe in your center arch, and have that shoe a distinct leader of your line. If you desire, you can use a few sprays of green creeper. Do not have more than three slippers or oxfords in your side arches. You might use shoes instead of flowers. Form with a cord from the center arch to the front corners of the window the sides of a triangle. Use glass stands one foot apart from the point of inter- section on the triangle either way to the corner of the window. Put oxford ties or slippers on the glass stands. Between the stands, or either a little to the front or to the rear of the glass stands on the floor, place button and lace shoes. Place one other glass stand in the center of the window. Put another leader on this stand, for next to the shoes in the arches it will be most conspicuous. Use small nickel rests. If you do not have them use pieces of wood neatly hidden under the tufted cheesecloth for the remainder of the shoes and slippers you intend to use in the body of the window. Place palms in each of the corners at the rear of the display. This window can be well dressed with not more than thirty shoes. The cost of the cheesecloth, pins and palms will not be more than from $3 to $4. It will entail a lot of work, but the result obtained will well repay the effort. If you desire to quote the prices of your shoes, do not put pin tickets on the whole display. Rather have a neat card of heliotrope with white letters quoting the prices of your various shoes. Suspend this from the ceiling so as not to interfere with the remainder of the display. If it is possible, run incan- descent lights in the three arches; also along the back body of the window. — Shoe Retailer. ———_—-- +>-_0<_——__ Chrysanthemums Help Sell Shoes. J. H. Babb, who runs a retail shoe store in Newburyport, Mass., submits the following plan for drawing both new and old trade to his store, which he has used successfully for the past three years: A couple of months before the open- ing of the chrysanthemum season Mr. Babb made. arrangements with a local florist to force the blooms on a quantity of good chrysanthemum plants. Not the ordinary flowers, but attractive styles and kinds. These cost him during the three years from 25c to 35c apiece, all potted and full flowered. When the forced plants were ready—and of ne- cessity for the success of the plan they must be ready before the flowers are generally on the market—the local papers were used to loudly announce a three or five days’ chrysanthemum sale, at which every purchaser of $3 worth of goods would be presented with a flower- ing potted plant. This Mr. Babb found particularly attractive to the women. He is of the opinion that a three-days’ sale is rather better than one lasting for five. Circulars might also be distributed on the street during the progress of the sale. ——_> 0 +> ____ Woman’s Idea of Living. He—Look here, my dear. I can not afford to entertain on such a scale as you have indulged in of late. She—John, I really believe you are just the kind of a man who would be perfectly happy if you lived within your income. suenerenesenereres OROROE CHOROROHROROROROEORODOE —— : : ° 3 e = — Rubbers Still Lower e a s New prices on Bostons 35-10 and 5 per cent. . § Bay State 35-10-10 and 5 per cent. : = All orders taken for fall will be billed at above $& e = = prices. Prices guaranteed until December Ist. 8 S$ If you have not already placed your order wait § ° for our salesman and ask to see the new kinds : e for this season. ° e : i = . Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co. : 5 Grand Rapids, Michigan ° Souonemenonencnoncnonenenesenenenonencnencnenczenene A Bank Account Is a convenient thing to have whether large or small. You can swell yours if you handle our shoes; they are profit expanders. We carry rubbers too— Wales-Goodyear, Candee, No. 4016 Woonsocket, Federal and ee a opera Rhode Island. EDWARDS-STANWOOD SHOE CO., Monroe and Franklin Streets, Chicago, JIl. Whirlwind of a shoe Our Men’s Vici Shoes made in our own fac- tory will blow a gale of business your way. Try them. Price $1.60. Herold-Bertsch Shoe @Co., Makers of Shoes, Grand Rapids, Mich. ~ *~ * “f ~ ~ “~~ ~~ Se J ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ > Ss J ~ ~ > *~ ~- “ Don’t Forget Lycoming Double Wear Goods and that Lycomings contain more pure gum than any rubber on the market. Ask our travelers about combinations Duck and Waterproof Leggins, Lumbermen’s Socks, Leather tops, all heights, etc., etc. Send for our Shoe Catalogue for spring. GEO. H. REEDER & CO., 28 & 30 So. Ionia St. Grand Rapids, Mich. PEEEEEEEEEEEE ESET ETE TTT oh oh ob oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooh heheh SES ete F 444 h4 oat ~ « ~ J 9) 3 » Pd ¥ { iy Mm q Fy { ~ + ~ : MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 18 Value of Price-Cards on Shoes. ‘‘A show window with price-cards on the shoes is worth three or four windows in which cards are not used,’’ observed a retailer of a number of years’ experi- ence recently. ‘‘I have tried both ways and I know whereof I| speak. ‘‘l arranged an attractive display of shoes some time ago and the window, I am free to say, was a handsome one. I did not put any price-cards on the shoes, leaving them off by way of ex- periment, my head salesman, whose duty it is to make these cards, declaring that he did not believe that they paid for themselves. Well, while I had the display of shoes I speak of, I did not make a single sale that I was able to credit to the window.- I saw lots of peo- ple stop and look in the window, but none of them came into the store direct- ly afterwards. ‘‘In a few days I put price cards on the shoes, but otherwise did not change the window in the least particular. That day as many as twenty-five persons came into the store directly after look- ing into the window, and they asked to see one or another of the shoes dis- played. Two-thirds of them bought shoes and this was repeated for several days. It taught my clerk a lesson and he seems to put more heart into the sign-printing business. ‘*] believe that the sign-cards should be neatly painted. If a show window is ever so attractive it will all be spoiled by the use of cheaply-printed or painted signs. If a storekeeper, manager or clerk has not the ability to make the signs then they should be bought or made to order by a sign-painter. A dealer should have several sets of these on hand, as it is just as important to change the cards as it is the shoes. Signs soon get soiled or faded, and then, of course,they should not be used. I like a diamond-shaped or triangular sign and my preference is for black let- ters and figures, with a good border on the card. ‘‘In addition to the pfice-cards, it is well, in my judgment, to make other and larger signs, calling attention to the line or particular advantages of the shoes shown. I am a thorough believer in the advantages and efficacy of price- cards, and, judging from other windows I have seen, it is evident that other dealers are coming to think the same way.’’—Shoe Retailer. — vs. es_—- Similarity of Summer and Winter Shoes. Do you realize that summer and win- ter shoes as carried by the average shoe merchant are almost identical in style, weight and cut? Take away the calf shoes carried in winter and find for me any shoes sold in winter that are not sold in summer. Take away from the summer goods tan shoes and oxfords and show me any shoes not sold in winter. The only difference is that you may find the sale of welted shoes heavier in winter than you do in summer, and vice versa. : This condition of affairs, which has been brought about by the introduction of broad toes and welted soles, is indeed a blessing to the retailer. It means that if you buy your shoes with judgment there is no time in the year when you will have to hold them over, awaiting the return of the season. Calf shoes are now sold in summer, tans are worn to a certain extent in winter, and if retailers use judgment in buying they will have not more than sufficient of either left at the end of a * & regular season to carry them through to the next year. Your slippers never change sufficient- ly to be out of style, and so long as you regulate the toes you are able, with the addition of a new slipper once ina while as you sell a line out, always to keep your slipper stock up to date. The styles of children’s shoes should never change very much. Select a num- ber of comfortable styles of shoes for children, demonstrate to your customers that they are good wearers and you will rarely, if ever, be asked to change the styles. In children’s shoes mothers con- tinually aim to buy one style as much as possible, with the exception, per- haps, of a patent leather for dress wear, which is sold with a cloth top anda light sole in summer and a kid top and a heavy sole in winter. If you break up your children’s shoes by adding new styles and do not keep your ‘*bread winners’’ well stocked, you will lose not only sales but also customers. X. —_—_—_>2>—___ Patent Calf Will Come Out Ahead. The increased demand for patent kid has forced upon the market many sub- stitutes for this popular leather. Patent colt-skin, patent alum tan and several other substitutes, none equal to the orig- inal, are now being sold to the anxious retailer. Another idea is the addition of a patent leather tip to the patent kid shoe. While it is practical, so far as keeping the toe from wrinkling is con- cerned, the contrast between the two is so great that no customer willing to pay $6 or $7 for a pair of patent kid shoes will tolerate the patent leather tip. The grain of the patent leather is so much finer than the grain of the patent kid that it is perceptible at a glance. Do not spoil what would otherwise be per- fect shoemaking by the addition of pat- ent leather tips on patent kid shoes. The craze for patent kid is also increas- ing the demand for patent calf, which to our mind is one of the best things possible to have happened. Patent leather will still be a standard leather after patent kid has had its run among the specialties that spring up from time to time in the shoe market. Nine times out of ten retailers, on being advised by the manufacturer that he is unable to supply their demand for patent kid, im- mediately have the order changed to patent leather. This means a more solid introduction of patent calf in this com- petition with patent kid, and there is no doubt in our minds that patent calf will come out ahead. —_—___~»>2<.______ What Constitutes False Pretenses. In the recently reported case of ‘‘In re Gary,’’ Judge Brown, of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, upheld the claim ofa seller fora return of goods alleged to have been se- cured by the bankrupt, Gary, by false representations and directed the trustee to return the goods. In his opinion Judge Brown says, with reference to the statements made by the bankrupt to the seller: ‘‘It is not necessary that the false representations should be the sole and exclusive consideration for the credit, but only that they were a material consideration, without which in all probability the credit would not have been given.”’ In a subsequently reported case in Utah the United States District Court again recognized the above principle and the creditors were allowed to retake their goods from the trustee. Another and very important question was passed upon in this case favorably to the creditor. Some of the goods sold on credit as a result of the false represen- tations were sold by the bankrupt and did not therefore come into the hands of the trustee. The question then arose, could the creditor, having rescinded the sale upon the ground of false represen- tations for the purpose of securing a re- turn from the trustee of such of his goods as the trustee had, prove a claim against the bankrupt’s estate for the amount of the goods disposed of by the bankrupt before his adjudication? The court held that the creditor could file his claim for the sums received by _ the bankrupt on sales of his goods, which sums are to be determined by _ the referee. These cases naturally give rise to the query, What constitutes ‘‘false represen- tations?’’ No hard and fast rule can be laid down, as each case must stand upon its own facts. In general, how- ever, such statements as induce a man to extend credit to another, which state- ments subsequent events prove to have been untrue and so known to the debtor to be at the time of making, will be considered false representations in a court of bankruptcy. Inthe Gary case above referred to the court said, in speaking of the statements of the debtor, ‘“The statements made would naturally induce credit.’’ —_—~. 2. ____ Opening of the Tennis Season. The tennis shoe season has already opened in some sections of the country. Within another month it will have be- come quite general, and the dealers are anticipating great activity in this direc- tion. Tennis shoes were never better than now; nor were they ever offered in larger and more pleasing varieties than at the present moment. The presence of higher-priced goods is a strong in- ducement to retailers to develop still further this branch of their business. These shoes, while generally designated as tennis shoes, are used for many other purposes, notably for yachting and for seashore service, and have come into quite general use for gymnasium wear during the winter months. Every in- dication points to the fact that the rub- ber-soled shoe is destined to become even more of a commodity in the future than it has been in the past. We Sell the Best the toe and light weight extension sole. boot and has a light weight top. wading pants and boots. trade discount. Send in your orders now. Studley & Barclay 4 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Fisherman’s Boot ever made. It has several points of superiority over all others—light duck vamp, extra protection over The latter prevents cutting the side of the boot when the foot slips between two stones: the toe cap prevents snag- ging the toe, and the light weight duck vamp will stand twice as much snagging as a common fishing List price, $6.35. The common old style lists at $6.00 but the new style is worth to wear $1.00 per pair more than the old. Remember we are headquarters for mackintosh All goods sold at regular Look our line over and you will BELIEVE it is one of the best general lines of shoes you ever Saw. Our salesmen will call on you soon. Old Colony Rubbers 35-10-10-5 per cent. Goodyear Glove Rubbers 35-10-5 per cent. : Amazon Kid. Bradley & Metcalf Co., Milwaukee, Wis. to select from. salesman to call. Misses and Children’s Slippers. ee © Hirth, Krause & Co. 2 We carry in stock a very complete and large line of Misses and Childrens, Boys, Youths and Little Gents’ Shoes. Also complete line Womens, Over 200 samples Write for 16 and 18 S. lonia St., Grand Rapids Cop gM RKMLNAKMKANLNLM AKL 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner. How a Crusty Employer Met His Match. There is a large wholesale establish- ment on Ottawa street and ‘there is nec- essarily a numerous working force. In lively times there are no idle corners to get into and the stoutest of the men find themselves pretty well fagged out by five o'clock. By half past three the at- mosphere is clear of anything resem- bling hilarity and from that time until six o'clock jokes are not appreciated. It has been found, too, that criticism receives no encouragement in the after- noon, although candor compels’ the statement that a better lot of better tem- pered men are not to be found in the State. Human nature, however, can not stand everything, tired human nature can stand nothing and it has been found that he who violates what seems to have been settled as so much unwritten law does so at his cost in this particular es- tablishment. For some reason or other the liveliest man in the crowd came down to the Store with a sore head. He got out of the wrong side of bed that morning—a habit to which humanity is occasionally addicted—and he and everything he touched of course went wrong. He early developed into the cantakerous kicker and whoever came within reach of his heels that particular day wassorry. He kicked, as he did everything else, for keeps and long before noon there wasn’t a sound shin in the whole concern and by three o’clock- the temper of every man of the force was completely de- moralized. The distemper had by that time found its way into the office and the ‘‘old man,’’ after a message over the ‘phone, turned red in the face and started for the shipping clerk. He found him and he found, too, to his great disgust, that the fault he had come to complain of was due to the likeliest man in the house, whom the shipping clerk stated with earnestness that he could do noth- ing with. ‘“You can’t, hey? -How long is it, ] should like to know, since we’ve had a man we're all afraid of? I guess I’ll walk around there and straighten things out a little.’’ The ‘‘old man’’ was the last one who should have taken upon himself that duty. For months the kicker had been looking upon himself as an injured in- dividual. He had had hopes which had been blighted and he had vowed a vow that he had put up with such treatment as long as he was going to. Not another straw should be placed on the back of his camel. He had managed to geta living before he had ever set foot inside that tunked old store and there was a lively chance that he could do it again somewhere. - He had been chewing for some time on this when the old man came up. ‘*What reason, sir, have you to offer for the non-delivery of Caxton’s goods?’’ ‘‘For the reason, sir, that, with me, invoices are taken invariably in the or- der in which they come. I don’t know your Caxton from anybody else and he’|I learn one of these days, if he ever deals with me, to get in his order early if he wants it filled early.’’ ‘“But I gave orders that it should be filled at once.’’ ‘‘The devil you did! And who are you, if I may ask, who are coming in here to throw everything into confusion? On to that hook the orders go and I take tbem in the same order—you mind, in the same order—and I don’t change that order for the Old Harry himself. Caxton won't get his goods until I come to’em; and you'd better ‘phone him that right straight off. I can’t waste any more time talking about it.’’ ‘*T tell you to fill that order now!’ ‘‘And I tell you to go plump to — and you'd better start right off for you’re in my way!’’ The ‘‘old man’’ was just there, as he said, and the young fellow, in a hurry to get through with his list, started with a rush for the goods behind the head of the firm, who thought, by the looks of his employe’s face, that he intended violence and, boiling with rage, he went to the office. The young man, having got over his wrath, was fairly paralyzed with what he had said. Thor- oughly ashamed of himself and think- ing only of that, he dropped his order book and, rushing into the front office, exclaimed: ‘‘Mr. Blankington!—I’ve changed my mind. You needn’t go!”’ He was out as soon as he had said it and Blankington, who had made up his mind to give the fellow his walking ticket, staring a moment at the doorway through which the clerk had _ vanished, burst into a fit of laughter that made his sides ache. There was no discharge. Weeks after- wards, when some one asked the ‘‘old man’’ why he didn’t ship the fellow, he said, ‘‘Oh, one good turn deserves an- other. As long as he let up on his order I couldn't very well insist on mine.’’ That was the last of it; but it is no- ticeable since that this particular ‘‘old man’’ keeps out of that particular part of the store after three in the afternoon. Richard Malcolm Strong. ———_— >< ——___._.. Three Attempts to Break the Record. ‘Oh, yes,’’ said the grocery drummer as he finished making up his report to the house and sealed up the letter, ‘‘] have had some little complaint about goods. For instance, when I made my second trip into a certain town I found that a kick had been registered with one of my customers. A man who had bought a plug of tobacco had brought it back to the store and showed where he had a vacancy in his lower set of teeth on account of that plug of tobacco. He had bit into it and hit a piece of a boot heel that had been stowed away in that plug. I had a good deal of trouble getting the thing squared and in per- suading the storekeeper to give me an- other order for that brand of tobacco, but I did it finally.’’ ‘*Well,’’ said the drummer who repre- sented a wholesale commission house, ‘“that isn’t as bad as the experience our house had with a consignment of butter that had been sent in. The house turned this particular lot of butter over to a re- tail house and when the people there opened it they found two dead mice in the middle of the firkin. *’ ‘‘Well,’’ said the man who bought and shipped cotton, ‘‘you fellows have never had any such experience as I have had. For instance, { bought up a lot of cotton last summer and shipped it to a house in New Orleans. Well, ina few days I gota letter asking if those niggers were in those cotton bales by mistake, or had they been put in to in- crease the weight? It seems that a small darkey or two had been pressed in with the bales by mistake.’’ ‘‘And yet to look at you,’’ said the grocery drummer, as he surveyed the placid countenance of the cotton buyer, ‘‘one would not suspect that you were an easy, off-hand liar.’’—Topeka Mer- chants’ Journal. Reward of Too Much Virtue. From the Toronto News. A curious example of the reward of excessive virtue is the case of certain pickle manufacturers who have been making their pint bottles hold a little more than a pint, to be on the safe side of the English law. When these pint bottles arrived in Canada they found that there was a law in operation which pro- vides that any package measuring more than a pint must pay duty as a quart. —__+t4a___ Ballou Baskets fre 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. Dreams Realized. The two graybeards met again for the first time in years. ‘“Remember,”’ said one, ‘‘ your young ambition to live the life of a hermit?”’ ‘*Well,’’ said the other, ‘‘I am not far from woman’s clubs, ’’ ——__»0.___ The Progress of the Seasons. ‘“‘Johnny,’’ said the teacher, February March?’’ “‘No,”’ said Johnny, ‘‘but April May.”’ se can Send for catalogue. BALLOU BASKET WORKS, Belding, Mich. Diamond Duck Boot Snag proof, either plain edge or rolled edge, $4.50 list. New Atlas Boot With duck vamp, rolled edge, $4.35 list. Send for our special catalogue of boots. A. H. Krum & Co., Detroit, Mich. Headquarters for Rubbers: Americans, Candees, Woonsockets, Fed- erals, Paras, Rhode Islands, Colonials. VOSSSSSSTCSSTSTd000 oS UTSUMMUMNSEOOTCEOTOTCECTE® TOSTSSS SSCS VOSSSSSSCSSS Leeeererereee SSSCSS SSCS SS wD 2 : THE IMPROVED é No Odor. No Smoke. No Dirt. No Wicks. GUARANTEED TO BE 2 3 = 5 TIMES 2 2 2 s COPYRIGHT 1900 r CHEAPER THAN KEROSENE AND TO GIVE 3 TIMES MORE LIGHT Made in six different designs, suitable for } home, store, hall and church OUR GUARANTEE MEANS SATISFACTION OR MONEY REFUNDED Write for illustrated catalogue and special prices to A. T. KNOWLSON, 233-235 Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich. Conducting Michigan supply depot for Welsbach Company. AAQKLLAKL LAA KAA K go ogKoge9090 9 CELEBRATED Sweet Loma ‘or TOBACCO, CUT (Against the Trust. ) USE THE NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCO CO. ee, _— j= NA oF ——\; j= - a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Window Dressing Pertinent Hints for the Successful Trim- mer. In showing spring lines a general trim is very desirable, as it gives you an opportunity to put representative ar- ticles from every line of spring goods before the public. People are thus en- abled to get an idea of the new styles and modes as a whole, a thing which is always very desirable at the beginning of a season. An arrangement for such a trim is as follows: Along the front of the window close to the glass and on very low stands place a row of spring hats of the different shapes and styles that you carry. Just behind them place a row of white shirts, a shirt behind each hat. This is for the purpose of getting a dead white contrasting back- ground for the hats, thus throwing out their shades clearly, which is the de- sirable thing. Between the hats and shirts place bunches of ties in various units of display, alternating them with bunches of hosiery. Behind the shirts show spring trousers hung simply on window stands and alternating with the coats and vests of spring suits. At each corner of the window and in the center place a spring overcoat, one showing the back, another the lining, and a third the side of the garment. Hang the back of the window with underwear and bath robes, or if desired witha further display of clothing, neckwear and hosiery. A few pots of plants prettily covered with colored crepe tis- sue paper will, of course, look well in- terspersed among the articles displayed. The back of the window can have some hats displayed against the light back- ground on tal] stands. eee While it would be absurd to say that the creatior of a window trim,no matter how elaborate, is a performance of as high art as the creation of a fine land- scape in oil,there are certain principles that must be observed by the painter as well as by the window trimmer in the production of masterpieces, and so it is possible for the window trimmer to learn something by a consideration of the similarities between window. work and the painting of a picture. One sometimes hears it said that one artist in oils is superior to another artist in his sense of form, although deficient, comparatively speaking, in his sense of color. That is, one man has such a true eye for pleasing and truthful color com- binations that his picture pleases al- though the figures in it may be badly grouped and badly proportioned, while the other man seems to hit instinctively on the right perspective, brings all his figures and all parts of his background into harmonious relations with each other, knows how to draw each figure or tree in such a way that it is real and lifelike, not only in itself, but in rela- tion to the figures about it, and in gen- eral has such a cultivated or natural sense of the shape of things that he knows how to produce a harmonious, symmetrical effect, although his color sense may be very bad. Some painters are fine colorists, others are strong in their composition. So it is exactly with window trimmers. Some men design windows that have every article in them correctly placed with reference to each other. Others have more strongly de- veloped the faculty of producing de- lightful color combinations. If one trimmer could design the setting of a window and another trimmer the color scheme, the window would be nearly perfect. A trimmer, as he works, should learn to know which of these two char- acteristics is his strong point, and if he can work with a man who can supply his deficiencies, or aid him by his _bet- ter taste‘he should be glad toavail him- self of his assistance. It is evident that he should study to educate himself on that side of his nature which needs de- velopment. A window that is of me- dium excellence from the point of view of both color and form is a better win- dow than one strikingly good in one re- spect and strikingly bad in the other. Proportion is the thing to strive for in window trimming as in the painting of a picture, and in some respects it is far more difficult to attain. A window trim- mer is an artist or a tradesman accord- ing to the way in which he does his trimming. If he has an artistic sense and the ability to think in color and form, it will show itself as plainly as if he were engaged in the painting of a picture. el) ek The man who is beginning his career as a window trimmer needs to remem- ber that habit is bound to make him an efficient or an inefficient window trim- mer. Window trimming is a practical business and no matter how much taste, originality or adaptability a man may have he will be a failure unless he is able to do steady, regular, well ordered work. If he falls into the habit of let- ting things go until the spirit moves him, of doing things without reference to anything but his own convenience, he will be sure, sooner or later, to find himself in a position where these habits of his will prove serious drawbacks. Even if he is permitted to take his own time in his work, he should hold him- self to a certain limit of time in his trimming. He should cultivate the power of working quickly, of having his ideas so ordered that he will be able to do lightning work in the windows with- out the expenditure of unnecessary effort. The trimmer who can save time is the man wanted in a big city store, and the trimmer who wastes time when every hour’s delay means a hundred or a thousand dollars’ difference is the man who is not wanted. The young man in the small town who is anxious to get to the city will find that the abil- ity to do things quickly will make him very highly appreciated and that the contrary habit will be a drawback. City methods demand hustle, and even if in a small town a whole morning can be spent as well as not in trimming a win- dow, a man should not so indulge him- self, because he should endeavor to form the habit of working quickly.—Apparel Gazette. —__>2.___— Slow Progress of the Metric System. Since 1900 the elementary schools oi England have required instruction to be given in the principles of the metric system. Negotiations are now going on for the holding of an international met- ric conference in Paris at some near date. The growth of public opinion in Great Britain in favor of the introduc- tion of the system is marked, and it has had some effect in the United States also. The use of metric weights and measures has long been legal in this country, but it appears that no great increase in the number of users is noted in the past thirty years. Scientific men use it as they use a foreign language or a microtome, whenever it is conven- ient. The average person understands the metric system perfectly well, but does not use it, because, to him, it is not convenient. Why should he be hurried? Why not let well-enough alone? Why force butchers and bakers, mechanical and civil engineers and others to provide themselves with new standards, and to use measures and weights that they at least are not ready for? The mere cost of providing new scales and balances for 70,000,000 people isimmense. New gauges and scales for a single machine shop are very costly. Consider the changes necessary to be made in the blue prints of engineers, architects and surveyors, and the millions of changes to be made in the wording of the title deeds to land and city lots. The practical conclusion seems to be to allow things to remain as they are until a considerable number of people find them inconvenient, and then to make the change. Those who are en- gaged in foreign trade now use the metric system whenever they find it con- venient. Why should one of us be forced to employ a Centigrade ther- mometer, whereof the degrees are in conveniently large, rather than a Fah- renheit? Legislation in such matters should wait upon convenience. Every Ameri- can is at liberty to use reformed spell- ing if he likes, but a law that would force him to spell ‘‘through’’ thru, or ‘‘physician’’ fisishan, when he finds it more convenient to use the older forms, would be simple tyranny. The moral is, wait; there is no hurry; when the metric system is wanted we shall have it.—N. Y. Sun. ag The woman who listens to flattery not only fools herself but the flatterer as well. Aluminum Money Will Increase Your Business. Cheap and Effective. Send for samples and prices. C. H. HANSON, 44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill. 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. BB BB BBS ewe Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake. Better than coffee. Cheaper than coffee. More healthful than coffee. f Costs the consumer less. Affords the retailer larger profit. f Send for sample case. f See quotations in price current. Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake Co. Marshall, Mich. SUNDRIES CASE. Also made with Metal Legs, or with Tennessee Marble Base. Cigar Cases to match. knocked down. Takes first class freight rate. Grand Rapids Fixtures Co. Bartlett and S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Bitter PVUCUUVERVUCUUUCUVOCUVUCQUCVUVGGUVeUNulQuUUgy Wiehe iviehlirZ2 B. W. PUTNAM, President i ‘ LARA AACS se 8g 8 A Wavvdddvvulel uty’: VWECUVUR CUCU VCC CVC CC CCU CONUS CLERC etek yee vevevved THE PUTNAM CANDY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our chocolates are always fresh. seems to be the favorite just now. Call and inspect our line and establishment when in the city. | Sweet R. R. BEAN, Secretary 16 , MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Butter and ind Eggs ‘ niente ton jeg a a Gotham Egg ay There is a fraudulent practice in vogue among some unscrupulous egg dealers that ought to be known to the public. Among certain poultry fanciers at nearby points, who make a specialty of furnishing new laid eggs of a high grade for high priced trade, it has been customary of late years to stamp the eggs with the date of their production. A limited demand for such eggs has been found in certain channels of con- sumptive trade at relatively high prices. We find that some dealers are now buy- ing Western eggs, stamping them in imitation of the above method and de- ceiving customers with them, charging an exhorbitant price. A large receiver told me that he was selling Western eggs to poultry men at nearby points who stamped them with a fictitious date and sold them to customers who sup- posed they were getting fancy local pro- duction at comparatively extravagant prices. The matter is perhaps of little importance to the egg trade at large, but consumers ought to be informed that at this season of year fine Western eggs are just as good as any in point of qual- ity and that it is unnecessary to pay ex- treme prices for nearby goods—especial- ly when they are pretty sure to get Western anyway, often palmed off upon them for nearby eggs under false pre- tenses, * * x An important feature of the egg busi- ness, and one that ought to be taken in- to consideration when speculation is rife in the spring, is the enormous increase of egg production in the Southwest. Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas are be- coming more and more important sources of egg supply every year and now have a large capacity. This sec- tion of the country is so far south as to be comparatively free from the winter conditions that formeriy used to produce great scarcity of fresh eggs in January or February every few years, and the egg business has grown there to such proportions that a winter dearth of eggs for consumptive needs has now become very unlikely, regardless of weather conditions farther north. It may safely be calculated that periods of great scar- city in January and February will here- after be of rare occurrence and that the average season for a profitable unload- ing of refrigerator eggs will be short- ened. It has become very risky to carry old eggs after January 1, or January 15 at latest, and the ability to move spring production between September and Jan- uary at profitable prices has come to depend largely upon a very small stor- age of summer production. But high spring prices invite free summer stor- age—ergo low spring prices are essen- tial to profitable results. It has been proven so often that it seems astonish- ing that the lesson is only iearned when disastrous experience is fresh in mind. eee I notice a good many Western egg shippers who are sending stock to this market, evidently noticing that ‘‘stor- age packed’’ eggs are quoted higher than regular packings, invoice their shipments as ‘‘storage packed’’ when they evidently do not appreciate the full significance of the name. Receivers are entirely unable to realize the prices quoted for storage packed selections unless the eggs are so packed as to meet every requirement of the rule. To pass as ‘‘storage packed’’ the eggs must pass in the grade in which they are offered as to quality ; firsts can not contain more than an average of 18 checked eggs to the case and extras not more than 12. All grades, when sold ‘storage packed,’’ must be in new 30- dozen white wood cases, smooth, clean and substantial; fillers must be dry, sweet, medium or No. 1, with flats under bottoms and over tops; dry, sweet ex- celsior or cork packing under bottoms and over tops. The failure to meet these require- ments: first, a lack of sufficient grading to bring the goods within the rigid in- spection given in the case of storage packings, second, by reason of the fill- ers being too light weight and, third, because suitable flats and packing are omitted. Eggs which do not meet the Strict requirements of the above rule in every particular can not be sold above the quotations given for regular pack- ings.—N. Y. Produce Review. ———_~>_2.___ Wanted It Plain. ‘‘One of the best salesmen we have on the road, if not the very best, ’ ’ said a well-known wholesale dealer, ‘‘came to us ten years ago from the ke and a greener fellow you never saw. ‘“ “We can’t give you a salary,’ said I, ‘but we will allow you a commission of 25 per cent. on all you sell for cash.’ ‘“ *T don’t rightly understand this commission and per cent. business, ’ said he, scratching his head, ‘seein’ I ain’t used to it; but I'll tell you what I'll do; just agree to give me Io cents on every dollar’s worth I sell and I'll undertake it. That's plain enough for anybody to understand.’ “I let him go at that, *’ laughed the merchant in conclusion, ‘‘and made it up to him at the end of the year by put- ting him on the road with a good salary, and permission to tell the story every time we gave him a raise, and we gave him one yesterday, and I’ve told the story a good many times.”’ —_#__>0—.___ The Society Monstrosity. ‘*Those folks in the next flat are awfully pretentious. ’ “Are they?’’ “Yes. She sends her visiting card over—two middle names on it—when she wants to borrow butter.’’ J. W. Keys General Produce and Commission Merchant, Detroit, Mich. I want your consignments of Butter, Eggs, Poultry. Correspondence solicited. investigate. City Savings Bank, Commercial Agencies. Please References: PELOUZE SCALE & MFG CO., CHICAGO aa \aiy ia le Taree Sg SEND FOR eave A f AT aa | \ SPRING 4) "“A4AAL) "Ae ee re EGGS WANTED WANTED Write or wire us for prices. We pay highest cash market price f. o. b. your station. Butter consignments solicited. Oranges, Lemons, Bananas and Early Vegetables always on hand. RETTING & EVANS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Reference—Peoples Savings Bank. Mention Michigan Tradesman. Highest Market Prices Paid. 98 South Division Street, L. J. SMITH & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Egg Cases and Fillers, Cold Storage Cases, Shipping Cases, Hinge Locking Fillers, Excelsior Nails, etc. Regular Shipments Solicited. Grand Rapids, Mich. 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- wood Veneer cases. They are tough, bright and sweet. We manufacture our own timber, taken from the stump, and can please you. L. J. SMITH & CO., Eaton Rapids, Mich. NEW POTATOES Will be early and plentiful this year. OLD POTATOES immediately. Weare ane potatoes every day and can sell yours. What have you? MILLER & TEASDALE CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. FlelLD SEEDS All kinds Clover and Grass Seeds. FIELD PEAS We buy and sell Eggs, Beans, Clover Seed, Potatoes, Apples. MOSELEY BROS. obbers of Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Potatoes 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa Street Grand Rapids, Michigar Therefore move your HS OR a, a a BO Rn a aoe Geo. N. Huff & Co., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc. f COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED. Consignments Solicited. 74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich. PP SE RB BOeeowwowwowe Se OR OR OE a We solicit your shipments of Fresh Eggs and Dairy Butter. Reference, Home Savings Bank, Detroit. ieeclen alae pee mlnge: MANS OLE KCN a oe —_—— =- DE TROIT —— THE LEADING cmantice HOUSE ON THE EASTERN MARKET. es We make a specialty of poultry and dressed calves. Write for our weekly price dean list. ae \, ew { x ~ a> hs ' with the exporters. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 The Meat Market Want Six Chops to a Pound. Of late some large flocks of very prime fat Western sheep have been re- ceived in the Chicago market. Let us suppose that one such band includes 1,000 head. The sheep are all wethers and graded prime. At $4.75 or some similar price they are quickly taken off either by an exporter or by an agent for a packer. Then a division is made. The packers and exporters of sheep are at present hunting in couples—forced thereto by the demands of the thrifty American housewife. This lady has an- nounced that she does not relish fat mutton or lamb, nor will she spend her money for mutton chops at two to the pound. She wants four and, if she can get them, five to the pound and she does not care if the meat has not enough fat to decently lubricate itself in the fryingpan or gridiron. The less fat the better, and if a race of sheep could be evolved granting six or seven or even eight chops to the sixteen ounces it would bound into her favor with a spring so prodigious as to break all records then and there. This directly influences the packers who cater to the domestic trade. On the other hand the British consumer wants fat mutton, or at least mutton that is fat enough to show that it has been properly fed, and he wants his chops cut from a large sheep. If a chop weighs a whole pound it will do, even if a trifle weighty, but two or three to the pound is the favor- ite weight. This influences the ex- porter. Our exporter and packer, then, hunt- ing in couples, pick off the string of I,000 muttons and at once proceed to divide them. The exporter will take all that will average between 131 and 140 pounds; the packer will take all the small, tidy little fellows, 120 pounds or less being the highest weight taken for home consumption. In a prime lot of wethers of this description the exporter will get about 600 of the band and the packer the rest, but of course in this as in all other business transactions cir- cumstances will alter cases. With yearlings it is the same. The prime favorites with the packers are the little, wrinkly-skinned Mexicans, shipped enormous distances and shrunk out to the last ounce, without much fat, spare of frame and smali of hone, huge bands of 1,500 head averaging seventy- six to eighty-one pounds. For such the packers will pay more than for [the primest of native yearling sheep. The exporter has no use for them, could not sell them to advantage in England, but they just exactly suit the American housewife, for their chops run five or six to the pound and their legs are very small, while they have hardly any fat at all. Only a few such yearlings come in each season, though, and the packers must have others, so again they divide A good many very large lots of Western yearlings were placed on feed last fall. Many of them have already been marketed in splendid order. At present such yearlings com- mand around $5 per cwt. This time some small difference in the price is made, the packers taking all the smaller sheep and paying perhaps ten cents per cwt. more for them than the exporter pays for the heavier ones. The pack- er’s lot will average perhaps right at 100 pounds, the exporter’s probably at 112 pounds, The larger sheep are too fat and their joints too big to bring the price in American butcher-stalls and thus again the demands of the American housewife rule a market. Among the lambs much the same sort of a rule holds good. This season the feeders are confronted with the extraor- dinary condition that the lambs which have done the best for them, made the most gain, laid on the most fat and which should ordinarily yield the most profit, must go for less money than the lambs that weigh considerably less and have not as much fat on their ribs. A lot of lambs that average say 109 or 110 pounds will stand all day in the market- place without eliciting one bid from a packer. If they are to sell to the best advantage some exporter must he in the market for a load of lambs. The pack- ers want lambs averaging from seventy- eight to ninety-three pounds or at most ninety-five pounds. Heavier lambs they will not pay top prices for under any circumstances, preferring to buy lighter stock of inferior quality. Thus the feeder who feeds his lambs to the limit of profitable development gets less than the best price,although his product may be actually the best on sale. With the top figure $5.25—the famous ‘‘$5 at the river’’—the 109 or 1I10-pound lambs brought only $5.10, or perhaps only $5.05, and they only brought that much to go across the water. The lambs with which the famous ‘‘deadlock’’ was broken averaged from eighty-three to eighty-eight pounds. Fortunately there has been an unlimited enquiry for ex- port lambs of late and all really good heavy lots have found an outlet at about these figures, although some days with liberal supplies on hand very prime I1o0- pounders have brought only the even $5. In a double-deck of lambs received not long ago there were 100 very fat, ripe lambs averaging 112 pounds. These were Cut out to an exporter at $5.10 and a packer took the rest, averaging eighty- nine pounds, at $5.25. That means that the best lambs, the most profitable lambs, brought the poorest price. This, however, is a condition, not a theory, and must be met by the feeder accord- ingly. Here again the housewife of the Amercian city is to blame. She can not, or says she can not, afford to pay such high prices for large joints of lamb or for lamb chops. If she is to buy it at all she must have chops enough to go around her family, one per head, and the joint must not he so large as to cost perhaps a tenth or twelfth of the weekly income. And that is the way in which this housewife has made her influence felt in all the great Western markets for sheep and lambs.—Breeders’ Gazette. ‘ ———>_2 > __ No Right to Take the Law in His Own Hands. From the Butchers’ Advocate. John C. Beckwith, who runs a meat market at New London, Conn., is be- ing talked about considerably and may find himself in several kinds of trouble. A boy was making more noise than was necessary in front of his market the other day, and John, evidently being nervous because of the Lenten dulness, came out and grabbed him. The boy was taken into the market and placed in the ice box. The imprisonment of the boy be- came known in the neighborhood im- mediately, and an informal indignation meeting was held and the police tele- phoned for. Quite a crowd gathered and some severe things were said about the butcher. In the meantime the boy was screaming at the top of his voice, and his frightened cries only served to stir up the indignation of the people in front of the market. There isa differ- ence of opinion in regard to the length of time that the boy was kept in the box, but there is no denying the fact that,he was there long enough to get a fright. Before the policemen arrived the boy was liberated by his captor and sent home. He was in a state of terror when he came out of the box and was shaking like a leaf. The police were informed by the butcher that the boy had been abusive, had refused to leave when ordered away, and that he had been locked up to frighten him. There was no question but that the lad was frightened sufficiently for all purposes, but his parents would like to know what right any one has to constitute himself a judge in such matters and inflict pun- ishment. It is probable that the episode will lead to steps being taken for re- dress. It is also probable that the butcher has lost some friends who may be afraid to deal with him in future. The next time his temper grows so hot as it evidently did on this occasion, we advise Mr. Beckwith to go in his box to cool off and not try the game on an- other. The chances are, however, that ‘‘a mountain has been made out of a mole hill’’ in this case and that the boy was in the box a very brief time; that the temperature in the box was not as low as it was out of doors, and that the boy deserved punishment. The fact is not altered, however, that the butcher had no right to take the law in his own hands. —_—_> 2. ___ Card System in Little Falls. The Grocers’ and Butchers’ Associa- tion of Little Falls, N. Y., has inaug- urated the card system. People who wish to open new accounts at stores or markets where they have not been in the custom of trading will have to produce a card stating that they are in good standing at last trading place before they will be given credit. a It has been generally supposed that much meat in warm climates is not a good thing, but one of the ablest army surgeons now declares that under the hot suns the carbon ina white man’s blood is speedily oxidized and burned up by the sun, and a great deal of meat must be eaten to supply the waste. Z—-AQ0NSUSrS 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 formerly manufac- 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 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. A MODERN WONDER Approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters; can therefore be used in any insured building without additional cost for insurance. The finest artificial light in the world. Hang or stand them anywhere. One lamp lights ordinary store; twoample for room 25x100 feet. Burns ordinary gasoline. smoke, no odor; very simple to operate. Absolutely non-explosive. of 5 cents for 10 hours. No Eight hundred candle-power light at a cost Brass Manufacturing & Supply Co. Ask for Catalogue. 192-194 Michigan Street, Chicago, III 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Status of the St. Louis Vegetable Market. St. Louis, Mo., April 8—The weather has been exceedingly disagreeable, rainy, damp and chilly, which has helped to make sluggish markets on everything, but inten have im- proved during the last day or two and we are able to quote much better feel- ing in almost everything. The tone of the market here and elsewhere is better. The general condition of arrivals of all lines of fruits and produce is improved, following out past experience that ship- pers save the best to the last. The season for old truck is nearing an end. Cabbage—Old stock is moving slowly ; receivers find it hard to sell. The trade is enquiring for something new. Cab- bage from Florida, Mobile, New Or- leans and also from Texas is arriving, and while meeting limited sale, is in demand. The tone of the market is bet- ter for new. Onions—The general impression of the trade is that prices are too high and dealings are in a limited way; stock is scarce, not plentiful. The trade is anx- iously waiting for new onions. Old Potatoes—Home-grown, common stock is plentiful and selling at low prices. Fancy, bright Northern white potatoes are in good request, and will sell at good prices. The general quality of arrivals from the North is common. Really fancy stock is scarce and in good demand. We urge shippers to move their potatoes. A better condition pre- vails on potatoes in the local market. Arrivals are very light and good stock is wanted. New Vegetables—From the South are beginning to arrive and same are com- manding much attention. Representa- tives from the North and East are be- ginning to arrive in St. Louis en route South looking up this class of truck, some of them locating here permanent- ly for the season as buyers for their houses in other markets. St. Louis is in good shape to receive early vege- tables now. The trade is anxiously waiting for something new and giving much more attention to new truck than old. Miller & Teasdale Co. —>_ 2. _____ Discovery of Southern Merchant After Killing Four Men. . They were relating incidents that oc- curred in the blind tiger districts of the South. Said the old revenue officer: ‘‘All of you know that in these dry counties the toper who is deprived of ‘his dram will soon learn to drink any- thing that is hot or fiery, from cologne to Jamaica ginger or pepper vinegar. Well, one of the most remarkable things of this kind that ever came under my observation happened down here in one of the counties touched by the Southern Railroad. Some time after the county went dry a man yielded to the demands of the frequenters of his general store and ordered an extra supply of the va- rious hot stuffs that ordinarily would have only a moderate sale. In the lot was a case of Jamaica ginger. The first to buy any of this ginger were a couple of brothers who had just returned home from the State. University. In a few hours after drinking some of the stuff they were dead. Without saying a word to anybody, the merchant: carried the case of ginger to the attic and instructed his clerk never to sell any of it. A few months after that two brothers, who were in the turpentine business and who were known as turpentine riders, called at the stofe and asked for Jamaica gin- ger. The owner of the store was absent at the time, and the clerk, remembering the box upstairs, finally, after much pleading on the. part of the boys, told them that there was some upstairs, but he couldn’t sell it. The young men proposed that they would go up and get some of it, and then he could tell his employer that he didn’t sell it. The clerk was finally persuaded into this ar- rangement. Ina few hours both young men were dead. When the owner of the store heard of the deaths and the action of the clerk he kept his own counsel. He knew, but the clerk did not, that the deaths of the two sets of brothers were caused by that ginger. ‘‘Quietly he went into an investiga- tion. He discovered after so long a time that the ginger was made by an up- country firm, who, in order to produce a cheap grade of the so-called ginger, had used wood alcohol in the prepara- tion of it. This wood alcohol being a deadly poison, death was sure to follow the drinking of it. The storekeeper was so miserable over what had occurred, accusing himself of being the cause of the deaths of the four men, that he finally told a friend about the whole transaction and then drank a bottle of the ginger, the last of the case, having destroyed all but one bottle he had re- served for his own use. It ended his misery.’’ ———_> 4. ___ The Cider Cure For Smallpox. Arizona physicians have just com- pleted exhaustive tests and found very satisfactory results from the use of apple cider as a preventive and a cure for smallpox. The past winter, an unusually severe one in the Southwest, has seen a wide- spread epidemic of smallpox in the ex- treme southern part of Arizona and Northern Mexico. Six weeks ago an at- tendant at the pesthouse in Jerome dis- covered by accident that the use of pure |. apple cider was helping his patients, one of them having received a quantity from the East and distributed it among his fellow sufferers. Drs. Wood and Kaull made tests with cider on other pa- tients and found most gratifying results. A pint each day, in doses each hour, drove away the eruption in from five to fifteen days and ten patients were en- tirely cured and discharged within a month. Other tests were made among the Mexican residents along the interna- tional line, where there were cases of a more violent nature. In every instance where pure cider was used cures were effected, and fifty barrels more of the apple juice have been ordered from IIli- nois and New York, to carry experi- ments further into Mexico. ee : Industrial training of -a really prac- tical character has been recently under- taken by a parochial school in McKees- port, Pa. The instructors are to be men holding positions in the mills of the town, who will give two evenings of the week to the school. Pupils in the ad- vanced classes are to be given prefer- ence over outsiders for employment in the mills. Every class of work done in the various mills will be taught and the pupils will become familiar with every step in the manufacture of iron from the time it is unloaded as ore un- til it is shipped as a finished product. The scientific side, as well as the prac- tical, will be thoroughly taught, so that the pupils, when they have finished their course, may be able to fill more ad- vanced positions. —_—_>- 2 __ A great congress is to be held in Lon- don on Juiy 22 of this year on the sub- ject of tuberculosis, and the discussion of the experience obtained in various countries for the cure of consumption and the best methods to adopt to bring about its eradication. The congress will last five days, and it will be sup- ported by delegations from all parts of the world, who will advance any infor- mation relative to the subject at their command. The King of England, who has always taken a keen interest in the cure of this malady, will open the con- gress. One of the leading features will be a museum containing a number of pathological and bacteriological instru- ments, charts, models, etc. ——_>+-2.____ Mrs. James Little, who lives near At- chison, Kan., who was herself a twin, and whose husband was a twin and the son of a twin, has given birth to her second pair of twins, the first pair be- ing about eighteen months old when the second pair made its appearance. WET Our Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VIN- EGAR. To anyone who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit We also guarantee it to be of full strength prosecute any person found using our packages for cider or vinegar removing all traces of our brands therefrom. big... Co te por Benton Harbor, Michigan. J. ROBINSON, Manager. VINEGAR LAW PROOF. Use our goods and avoid prosecution by Food Inspectors. CIDER The Standard of Excellence for 24 years. For prices see price current. burt } barr Chicago. Kansas City. St. Paul. So. Haven, Mich. ORANGES LEMONS Direct from CALIFORNIA in car lots. Apples, Onions, Cabbage, Parsnips, Celery, Honey, Beans. market price. E. E. HEWITT, Successor to C. N. Rapp & Co. 9 North Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ALL GROCERS Who desire to give their customers the best vinegar on the market will give them RED STAR BRAND Cider Vinegar. These goods stand for PURITY and are the best un the market. We give a Guarantee Bond to every customer. Your order solicited. THE LEROUX CIDER & VINEGAR CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. Alfred J. Brown Seed Co. Seed Growers and Merchants We are always in the market to buy or sell Clover, Timothy, Alsyke, Beans, Popcorn. Buckwheat, Etc. GARDEN SEEDS IN BULK Our stocks are complete and we are prepared to quote prices as low as Good Seeds can be afforded. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan POTATOES CAR LOTS ONLY State quantity, variety and quality. If have car on track, give initial and number of car—station loaded or to be loaded. H. ELMER MOSELEY & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. © CLARK BUILDING, OPPOSITE UNION STATION. Will bill at lowest Sa A F ( f Y | ig +“ A < a een € { —_— { * “te ~ Ls oan oe wt i a L my - { ra, & “ ‘he MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 The New York Market Special Features of the Grocery and Prod- uce Trades. Special Correspondence. New York, April 5—The coffee mar- ket has been anything but active during the week. Cable advices from Europe are weaker and, with Brazilian markets also keeping even a stricter holiday than is the case here, there is very little to say regarding the market. Receipts in Rio and Santos are running quite large—about 20,000 bags a day at each port—and thus the immediate outlook is for a continued range of low quotations. No. 7 is down to 63/c nominally. In store and afloat the amount aggregates 1,388,260 bags, against 1,153,625 bags at the same time last year. Mild grades are decidedly dull and Good Cucuta is generally quoted at 8%c. Considering a little further the Brazil situation, the world’s increase during March amounted to 135,000 bags—an unexpectedly large increase. The few sales of teas which have been made were of smail lots and, it must be said, at very low prices. No one seems to be taking supplies ahead of current wants and altogether the tea market is about as uninteresting as can be. The demand for sugar is perhaps all that could be expected at this season— that is, if nothing should be expected. It is not thought that prices will change right away and the result is that buyers are not anxious to do any business_ be- yond daily wants. Raw sugars are quiet and unchanged. Orders for rice have been limited, both in number and the amount of stock bought. Prices are generally pretty firm and this is all that can be said in favor of the situation. Prime to choice South- ern, 5@53¢c. Foreign is firm and there have been some fair sales, but there is yet room for improvement. The spice market is absolutely fea- tureless. Jobbers almost all report a quiet trade at unchanged prices. The better grades of New Orleans mo- lasses have sold with all the freedom that might be expected at this season of the year. Offerings are light and, upon the whole, dealers view the situa- tion with a good deal of complacency, making no concessions—unless they must, The syrup trade has shown little in- terest and, although supplies are not large, there seems to be enough to go around. Quotations remain without change. There is an extremely quiet canned goods market, both for spot and future goods. The whole situation is rather un- satisfactory. There seems to be a large srr? of goods on hand and many a dealer has stocks he would be glad to dispose of. Fresh fruits can he obtained almost everywhere at almost any time of the year, yet new factories are constant- ly being set up. The ‘‘man with an orchard’’ who receives a copy of the booklet gotten out by the makers of can- ning machinery is astonished by the statements therein. He sees no chance for contradicting the same and only when he comes to market his goods does he realize that machinery was not the only thing sold. Of course, special lines of goods are always in request and the supply of other stuff is limited; but, taking the great bulk of canned goods, there is too much put up beyond a doubt. One thing that may help the market is the fact that packers can get cans this fall only by paying cash. A good many of the smaller fry do not happen to have the loose change _neces- sary for such transactions, and it is thought the result will be a shrinkage in the tomato pack of almost a half. Of course, the future alone can determine this, however. Prices are practically without change. Lemons are lower and the demand pretty fair. Oranges are steady, but sales are generally of small lots. Bananas have been ordered from many interior points and quotations are well sus- tained. The demand for dried fruits is only of an average character—hardly that. Large prunes show some scarcity and are firmly heid, but this exception sim- ply proves the rule. The butter market shows practically no change and is certainly in as good shape as last week. Best Western creamery is worth 22c and goes at this without any trouble; seconds to firsts, I9@21c; Western imitation creamery, 14@18c; Western ‘factory, 13@14%c. The supply of imitation creamery is lighter and the demand is steady, so the market is well cleaned up. Trading in cheese has been rather more active this week, both with export- ers and the home trade, and quotations are well sustained. Small size, full cream cheese is worth 12% @12%c. The Easter demand for eggs has been fair and the week closes on a pretty strong market, although prices are not high enough to show a very great margin of profit to the hens who make the eggs. Best Western are worth I4c. Fresh gathered that are a little off in respect to cleanliness, 12%c. ——__>2.__ Some People Like Fresh Eggs and Some Don’t. : Washington Correspondence Providence Journal. Wherever wild birds’ eggs are found in quantities they are substituted for hens’ eggs to a large extent, being cheaper. On the eastern shore of Vir- ginia eggs of the laughing gull are com- monly eaten, and a few years ago the eggs of terns and herons were gathered in immense numbers along the coast of Texas. Rookeries of sea birds, where accessible, are commonly pillaged, the most notable instance in point being observed on the Farallone Islands, thirty miles from San Francisco. These vol- canic islets, rocky and_ precipitous, are. the haunt of myriads of murres, puffins, gulls and cormorants, and every summer the eggs of the murres in_ par- ticular are sought by _ semi-piratical ““eggers.’’ No fewer than 150,000 dozen of them are collected annually and sent to San Francisco. A murre’s egg has about twice the capacity of a hen’s egg, and is remarkably well flavored. It is laid on the bare rock, the mother bird building no nest, and is sharply pointed at one end, a provision of nature to prevent it from rolling off. If it is dis- turbed it rolls around as on a pivot. Of course, many kinds of eggs are eaten other than those of birds. Turtle eggs are highly prized wherever they are abundant, and terrapin eggs are often served with the flesh. Eggs of alligators and crocodiles (which look almost ex- actly like goose eggs, being the same size and shape, with hard shells) are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world. Shad roe is a familiar ex- ample of the use of fish eggs as food, and caviare is simply sturgeon eggs preserved. Some savages eat the eggs of certain insects. In the Malay Archipelago salted ducks’ eggs are a favorite article of diet. The new laid eggs are packed for two or three weeks in a mixture of clay, brick dust and salt, after which they are eaten hard boiled. Ducks’ eggs in China are buried in the ground for a year and permitted to undergo partial decompo- sition, being dug up for market at the end of that time. Many such eggs are imported into this country for use of pigtailed epicures, and a sample recent- ly examined in San Francisco by a Government expert seemed to be cov- ered with hardened clay. When broken it was found to contain a partly de- veloped duckling, but the Chinese mer- chant said that it was in proper condi- tion. The Chinese like new laid eggs also, and keep them fresh by coating them with mud. By the Alaskan Esquimau, the eggs of wild fowl are preserved in walrus oil for sale to the whites, but for their own use any old egg will do, and an addled egg is to them a tidbit. Im- mense quantities of hens’ eggs are shipped from Italy to England for pas- try, with shells removed and packed in air-tight vessels, each containing the whites and yolks of 1,000 eggs. This method does away with risk of break- age, but care has to be taken that all the eggs used are fresh, inasmuch as one bad one will taint all the rest in a receptacle. Most of these facts are brought out in a bulletin which will be published by the Department of Agriculture about two weeks hence. It is from the pen of Dr. C. Ford Langworthy, who speaks in- cidentally of the danger of disease in- fection through the medium of hens’ eggs in cases where attention is not paid to cleanliness in the hen house and chicken yard. ‘The sheli of an egg has minute pores, through which germs can enter, and in this way typhoid or other pathogenic bacteria may be communi- cated to the unsuspecting consumer. An egg shell is provided witha natural var- nish, which hinders the intrusion of such harmful organisms to some extent, but it is very important to keep the lay- ing birds in quarters that are frequently whitewashed and otherwise made _sani- tary. Recently a special investigation of the make-up of the white of an egg was conducted at the agricultural experiment station in Connecticut, with the result that this substance was found to consist mainly of four different kinds of al- bumen. It also holds some sulphur, which stains silver teaspoons. The yolk is much more complicated, containing among other things phosphorus, potas- sium, magnesium and iron. When the egg becomes rotten the phosphorus forms phosphuretted hydrogen, and the sulphur goes to make sulphide of hy- drogen, both of which have an exceed- ingly bad smell. The bacteria, which cause the egg to rot or spoil, make their way through the pores of the shell. It has been found that onions fed to hens in large quanti- ties will communicate a flavor to the eggs laid, and another fact ascertained is that fresh eggs must not be put in the neighborhood of certain things, such as apples, lest they acquire from the latter a foreign taste. As for the popular no- tion that brown eggs are ‘‘richer’’ and more nutritious than white ones, experi- ments by the Department of Agriculture have proved ita delusion. Furthermore, it is now certain that hard-boiled eggs are quite as digestible as soft boiled, aithough they may not be assimilated so quickly—a point that does not make the slightest difference, so far as healthy persons are concerned. Speaking of counterfeiting eggs, one of the newest swindles is the imitation of the eggs of rare wild birds—a kind of fraud perpetrated with the help of chemicals, a few paints and a little knowledge of natural history. The raw material is furnished by common birds’ eggs of similar shape and like size, which are altered to suit in respect to their markings. ——__>2—.___ A Strange Cause of Fire. Fire may be caused by a bottle of water standing harmlessly on a table. A correspondent writes to Fire and Water, showing how this may be the case: ‘‘In my laboratory the other day I de- tected the odor of burning wood, and, seeking the cause, noticed a tiny wreath of smoke rising from the counter. Set- ting aside a flask of water that stood close by, I sponged over the burning spot with a damp cloth. Shortly after I again detected the odor of burning wood, when,to my surprise, I discovered another burning spot on the table close to the water flask. The flask was stand- ing in the sunlight, thereby concen- trating the rays to a focus on the top of the table, acting in this case asa burning glass. A handful of highly combustible material was thrown over the burning spot, catching fire almost immediately. I cite this instance mere- ly as a warning to chemists and apoth- ecaries, who may not realize how easily a fire may be started in their storerooms by the sun shining through bottles, flasks and carboys of liquid, converting them for the time being into burning glasses of great power. I have in mind now the instance of a fire originating in a storeroom from this cause.’’ ~~ Bargain Day on the Matrimoniai Floor. Customer (in the ‘‘complete’’ depart- ment store)—I notice so many couples taking the elevator for the 13th floor. Why are—? The Ribbon Clerk—They are taking advantage of the special offer in the matrimonial department. Rev. Mr. Splicer is performing ceremonies to-day at half price. Butter and Eggs 40 years of experience in | handling Butter and Eggs | should be a sufficient guar- | | { antee of our reliableness. We Pay Spot Cash. Send us your shipments; we will guarantee settlement of all Con- signments within 1o days of day of shipment. Peter Smith & Sons Detroit, Mich. EGGS—iz2c per doz. Will pay this yaten for one week for any quantity of fresh eggs from — point. Cash will be remitted on or before Monday follow- ing shipment. Cases will be returned promptly. POOOSOOS 9000000 00000000 00000000 0000000000000 000 APPLES, ONIONS, CABBAGE NEW GARDEN TRUCK Special low prices this week on CALIFORNIA AND MESSINA LEMONS @ Fine Long-Keeping Stock : THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY. |4 Otttawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich OOOO030000000060 6002006-46600000000000000600000000 We can use your SMALL SHIP- MENTS as well as the larger ones. Eggs L.O. SNEDECOR Ezz Receiver | Fron Gre 36 Harrison Street, New York REFERENCE:—NEW YORK NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK, NEW YORK Special trade for Seconds 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Too Much Conscience and Too Little Sense. I always envy preachers. It must be perfectly lovely to be able to stand up and talk by the hour to people who can not talk back to you. Being a woman, I suppose I shall never have that priv- ilege, but if I ever do, I am going to preach one sermon to my sex from the text: ‘‘They also serve who only stand and wait.’’ Of course, the idea is revolutionary. When men preach to women they always spend their time telling their feminine hearers of more things they ought to do and extra, duties they ought to annex and additional cares they ought to un- dertake, and the worst of the matter is that women take all these fine theories for gospel truth. They think they ought to be doing things, too. A woman is never so absolutely sure she is doing her full duty as when*she is working herself to death, and when she succeeds in precipitating nervous prostration on herself, she looks upon it as an outward and visible sign of spiritual grace. There may have been a time when women needed spurring up—when they existed in a state of mental lethargy and failed in realizing their responsi- bility for running the universe right. Heaven knows that time is passed now and that the crying need of this day is some sort of a break to stop the modern woman from going so fast. Her car of progress is an automobile geared up to run at lightning speed and its pace is the pace that kills. Where one woman fails to do all that she ought to do, a mil- lion perish from doing too much, and it is high time for us to begin to com- prehend that running herself to fiddle strings is not the first duty of woman, nor even the most important. The other day the newspaper dis- patches told of a woman in another city who fainted in a dry goods store and was taken to the hospital in a state of complete collapse. The doctor who at- tended her found a list on her visiting card in her purse which read: ‘‘Am- monia; one spool of blue silk; shoes for Bobby; see caterer about lunch; hat for Mamie; dressmaker at 10; bottle for baby; Jovin’s logic; marketing; theater tickets; board meeting at 2; stationery ; lecture at 4; church.’’ The first words the victim spoke were an apology for having given away, and she explained to the doctor that she must go as soon as she was able to walk, as the housemaid needed the am- monia to clean the windows; unless the dressmaker got the silk she could not finish Sallie’s dress in time for the afternoon party; it was absolutely nec- essary for her to see the caterer about a lunch she was giving the next day, and if the baby didn’t get the fresh bottle the nurse would give him a sour one, which might kill him. The comfort of the entire family depended on her get- ting the marketing properly done. It was necessary for her to be at the board meeting, aS an important matter was to be decided, and she must show up at the lecture, of which she was. one of the lady patronesses, and which was to help a charity she had much at heart. The physician’s questioning elicited the fact that in addition she had undertaken the study of logic to keep her mind from getting rusty, and belonged to a current events club that she might not fall be- hind her husband in knowledge of the topics of the day, and, of course, she couldn’t think of such a thing as neg- lecting her religious duty by not going to church every day in Lent. She really couldn’t see anything that she could leave off and not fail in her duty some- where, so as soon as she was able to leave the doctor let her go, but he scratched out the original entry he had made on the hospital book and recorded : ‘*General collapse; cause, too much conscience and too little common sense.’”’ There is not a day in the week that all of us do not see pretty much the same thing’ exemplified and there is nothing else in the world more truly pathetic than the great army of women who are wearing themselves out, and growing old and haggard and nervous and cross, because they have never been taught that it is just as much one’s duty to rest as it is to work. ‘‘ They also serve who only stand and wait,’’ and little as the toil-worn and weary woman who has made a slave of herself for her family may believe it, perhaps the woman who keeps herself quiet and restful and placid fills the measure of: her duty as wife and mother just as fully as any other. No other thing in life ever seems more cruelly unjust than the lack of ap- preciation with which the woman who wears herself out for her family invari- ably meets. We have all seen the little tragedy happen a hundred times. A woman will make a_ burnt offering of herself over the kitchen stove in order to prepare the food just exactly to suit the pampered palate of her husband; or she will deny herself all social relaxa- tion and enjoyment in the evening to hold a spoilt child’s hands while it goes to sleep; or she will toil all day and far into the night over her sewing ma- chine in order that her little Sallie’s frock may have as many tucks in it as the Smith girl’s next door; or her little Johnny’s collar may be as beruffled and Fauntleroyed as the Croesus boy across the street. In her misguided idea of what is risht and wrong, such a woman never doubts but what she is doing the very best possible thing for her family and her full duty as a wife and mother, and she feels that the women who are tak- ing life easier are falling very far short. She wonders how little Mrs. Brown can find it in her conscience to drop every- thing and go out for a walk just because the spring is calling to her with a thousand seductive voices or how she can be so lost to a sense of her duty as a mother as to idle away an hour in an afternoon nap when everybody can see the Brown children have scarcely a tuck or a ruffle to their clothes, and the cook says they are just going to have a plain pudding for dinner, instead of some- thing that takes forty-seven different in- gredients and calls for the personal handiwork of the mistress. To the woman who makes a domestic slave of herself any idleness is a dead- ly sin, but what troubles her most is that the sinners seem to get so much the best of things. By all laws of gratitude she who does so much for her family and sacrifices so much for them ought to be the adored wife and mother. In- stead it is the Mrs. Browns who don’t do so much but who keep themselves sunny and bright and sweet tempered who are worshipped by their husbands and chil- dren. Nor is this so unreasonable as it seems. It is the plain working out of cause and effect and it is really worth a woman’s while to sit down and do a little figur- ing on the subject and see if she isn't making a mistake. Bad temper, cross words, irritability and impatience, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, are just the expression of weariness and overwrought nerves. Is the woman who takes life easily, and who does for her family only what she fs able to do, but who is gentle and sweet to her children and loving and companionable to her husband, doing her duty any less than the nervous, irritable woman who feeds and clothes her family to perfection, but who is so overwrought and overworked she snaps them up at a word and flies into a tantrum at the slightest provoca- tion? Are tucks more important than love and gentleness? Which will a boy remember longer, which will intluence him more when those sudden crises of life come when a man must choose _ be- tween right and wrong, the _ blanc manges that mother used to spend her time in making, or the long, peaceful, quiet heart to heart talks? There is another side of this subject that I want to call the attention of the good, conscientious woman to and that is that it is often just as much a wom- an’s duty to live for her family as it is to die for them. It is a platitude to say you can wear out any kind of a machine unless you give it rest, yet many wom- en go on the theory that the human body, especially the feminine human body—the most complicated and deli- cate machine in the world—never needs to be rested up. I once heard a very clever doctor tell an overworked mother who was so nervous she could not sit still that if every woman would lie down every day for half anhour ina dark, quiet room, with closed eyes, his pro- fession would be gone. ‘*But, doctor,’* the woman ex- claimed, ‘‘that is impossible for me! I couldn’t think of neglecting my chil- dren like that! Who would care for them?’’ ‘*Probably the same people who will take care of them when you die,’’ he answered, cynically. She was too conscientious to heed the advice and, really, I must say their stepmother is doing a very good part by the children now. I have gone to many a woman’s funeral where I did not know whether to revere her asa martyr or mourn her as a fool who did not have sense enough to live. Much as modern progress has done for women, we owe it some grudge for having robbed us of the restful woman. She it was who used to have time to lis- ten to our troubles and to the stories of our hopes and ambitions and dreams. There are no such women now, when even grandma listens to us with one eye on the clock that warns her of her committee meeting, and the average woman’s day is so brimming over with society and housekeeping and mother classes and charities and studies and clubs that you feel you have to state your business and get away as swiftly as if she were a consulting physician or the head of a billion dollar trust. Nobody would turn back the hand of the clock of progress, but it is undeni- able that, as a sex, we are trying to do too much. We have too many clubs, too many charities, too many entertain- ments, too much fashion, and too much study. They give us mental and phys- ical dyspepsia, and we want to get back to simpler living and a quieter life and to realize that often the woman who does nothing does the most. ‘‘ They also serve who only stand and wait.’’ Dorothy Dix. “ Se FUUTUUU UU EUUI PUTT EUT BUT LGU VALU UU POVTTOVTUCUOOOOQVOUOUUAQUOTTUUNUVNUUUTYNULEVEOOOANUTTTPUUOTHPTUPEOUTUUSUA OYTO OUU TUTTE EET ie} 1 NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Business = ia Sa os = ic ba = es se py a4 = = ea = od a Fz] [==4 a ee (= =e cee ca b= 1S bt = ee 4 = ml Es em =e | = é lm ~~ (RP 1 +n ¢+ 4:24 i ae ~~ ape | CBD a ae ¢ 4:24 i an: MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Ne) — No Reason for Taking Life Too Seriously. An English writer tells of a famous London doctor, whose consulting room were always thronged with patients, who owed most of his success to the impress- ive manner in which he clasped his pa- tients’ hands at the door as they left him and exclaimed, ‘‘Don’t brood.’’ Most of them had been brooding before they came to him over financial loss or sor- row or domestic unhappiness or ill health, and they fully intended brood- ing again when they left him, but_some- how the dramatic and almost tragic tones in which the doctor uttered the in- junction made them pause. ‘Don’t brood,’’ echoed in their ears as they departed. To fly in the face of such a solemn injunction seemed almost like tempting providence, and when it comes to the pinch none of us are quite prepared for the worst. They dared not brood. They longed to, for nothing is a more subtile temptation than to in- dulge one’s self in the luxury of gloat- ing over one’s misfortunes and pitying one’s self as the most unhappy and _ un- lucky of mortals, but out of the silence and the gloom came the doctor’s_ warn- ing, ‘‘Don’t brood,’’ and they felt forced to brace up and assume a more cheerful attitude towards life. Insen- sibly their health improved; and, the physician’s fame as a_ healer spread throughout all the length and breadth of the kingdom. es We all know that worry drains the system of vitality and that it is the things that annoy us, instead of the work we do, that leave us exhausted when the day is done. Work done with a light heart never tires us, and the trouble that we meet with a brave and steadfast courage is already half con- quered. It is the grief and misfortunes that we allow ourselves to brood over that destroy us, body and soul. It is strange, too, how things grow when we brood over them. The magic bean that shot up to the clouds in a sin- gle night is nothing to the phenomenal growth that a trouble or wrong can take on if we plant the seed in some silent hour and water it with a few tears. We have a little cough, for instance. In- stead of taking our ailment out into the sunlight, we begin to brood over it. We recall many pathetic cases of young lives blighted by consumption. We dig back into our family history and rake up ancestors who had coughs, and before we know it we are trembling on the brink of the grave—in imagina- tion at least—and really have brooded ourselves into semi-invalidism. Or maybe it is some little criticism or a misunderstanding with a friend. Perhaps one word of explanation might have set it right at first, but the minute; we be- gin to broad over it we see a deadly in- sult and malice and all uncharitableness in it, and not all the king’s horses and all the king’s men can ever cement the broken bonds of affection between us again. ‘*Don’t brood!’ Those two words are a fine motto for women. Women worry and vivisect themselves and their affairs too much. They not only cross bridges before they come to them, but they go out of their way to build them. There is no reason for taking life too seriously. We can labor better and ac- complish more to the accompaniment of laughter than tears, and the best medi- cine for an aching heart or a sick body is a good, hearty, blood-stirring laugh. Cora Stowell. —___2> 2. Sorrow, like the age of a woman, grows less every time it is told. 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Three sets of these souvenirs of 1500 are still in ex- istence. - «© = The evolution of the spoon as an ar- ticle of table luxury and a_ business commodity is interesting. ‘‘The palm of the hand,’’ says one writer, ‘‘was the spoon of primitive man.’’ Then came the shell from the seashore, which was used just as nature made it, for both dipping and eating. While the spoon of manufacture, much in its present shape, was used in Egypt and Greece and Rome, the people north of the Alps were still making use of the natural shell, with a little handle attached. As time went by, the handle grew, and became flatter and more shapely. eee The making of American hardware and of the iron from which the tools of that day were forged did not cuta large figure during the eighteenth cen- tury. In 1702 an iron furnace was set up in Plymouth, Mass., but was aban- doned for the want of fuel. A few years later a company was formed in Connec- ticut to work certain copper mines, and had to pay Io shillings for each ton pro- duced. A portion of this public fund went to the support of Yale College. In 1710 the Drinkwater Iron Works were erected near Abington, Mass., and at a later date cannon and shot cast there were used inthe Revolution. In 1719 the Legislature of Maryland passed an act by which too acres of land should be laid off to anyone who would erect furnaces and forges in that province. During the next thirty years eight fur- maces and nine forges came into exist- ence there. oe ae oe In a report concerning the manufac- tures so far established in the Ameri- can colonies, made to the English Par- liament in 1731, it was announced that in Massachusetts Bay, New England: ‘*There are also several forges for mak- ing bar iron, and some furnaces for cast iron or hollow ware, and one slitting mill and a manufacture for nails.’’ No mention of the making of other hard- ware articles in any of the colonies is made. Glass was made in New York City as early as 1732. Seven years later, one Joseph Mallinson was rewarded by the General Court of Massachusetts, for the advantage the public had received from his manufacture of hollow ware, pots, kettles, etc. In 1740 the manu- facture of gun-stocks was commenced at Beaver's Creek, New York. In 1744 Benjamin Franklin published an ac- count of the open stove, or ‘‘newly in- vented Pennsylvania fireplace,’’ as he called it. This is the famous ‘‘Frank- lin Stove,’’ by which name it still goes to-day. + + In 1748 500 stand of arms for the province of Massachusetts were made by Hugh Orr, in his shop at Bridge- water, and are supposed to have been the first muskets made in this country. The first tinware made in America is said to have been that turned out by Edward Patterson, a native of Ireland, at Berlin, Conn., in 1770. Five years later Nathaniel Niles set up a manufac- tory for the making of iron wire, for the making of cards, at Norwich, Conn. He was encouraged by a loan of £300 from the Connecticut Legislature. In 1784 one Chittenden, of New Haven, invented a machine for making teeth for cards, capable of producing 86,000 per hour. A little later, a machine for cutting cold tacks and nails was in- vented by Ezekiel Reed, of Bridge- water, Mass. Some years afterward his son, Jesse Reed, patented a machine for cutting and heading tacks at one opera- tion. * o* x The manufacture of wooden clocks was commenced at Waterbury, Conn., in 1790, by James Harrison. The first one sold for £3 12s. 6d. In 1795 a pat- ent was issued to Jacob Perkins fora machine for cutting and heading nails. In the same year the first window-glass factory of Pittsburg was set up. The first patent for a cast-iron plow in this country was issued to Charles Newhold, of Burlington, N. J., in 1797. The curious objection raised by the farmers to its use was that ‘‘cast-iron poisoned the land, and spoiled the crop.’’ It will be seen from the foregoing facts that the manufacture of American hard- ware had not been greatly advanced on January 1, 1800. ee) An old hardwareman was talking about foreign and American cutlery. **We began to run up against American- made knives early in the 7os. I used to see them here and there in the coun- try stores, and must -confess that they did not fascinate me. The handles were severely plain; they did not begin to compare in looks with my pretty Eng- lish goods. But they made a headway into my territory with true American persistency. I had to take off my hat to them; was compelled to acknowledge that they had come to stay.’’ eee ‘‘A little earlier than this, say about 1865,’’ continued the speaker, *‘at least two-thirds of our pocket cutlery was English, while the other third was Ger- man. American goods? Well, I guess they went into the fourth third, if they got there at all. The knife handles then were large, showy and iron-lined. The blades were well polished and of fair quality. Foran ordinary English two-blade jack-knife we paid $5.25 to $6 per dozen. We jobbed them from $6.50 to $8, while the retailers charged from 85 cents to $1. The German knives were usually rather fancy-handled pen patterns, loud in ornamentation, and bearing no resemblance to the graceful pattern of a later day. But they paid big profits, and we pushed them with all the vigor we had. One of three or four blades cost $6 to $7 per dozen, and we jobbed them at $8 to $12, while the retailer asked $1 to $1.50."’ e £ * An old lockmaker, who was speak- ing of old locks, said: ‘‘A couple of generations ago, locks as a rule were made very heavy, and almost entirely of wrought iron, with fantastic and curiously-shaped bowed keys, upon the fashioning of which a great deal of needless labor was frequently expended. Thesé locks offered very little security against picking. They had but a sin- gle lever, which only required to he raised to permit the bolt being thrown. Whenever it became necessary to add extra security a number of intricate wards were placed within the case, di- rectly in front of the lever, to prevent the same from-being raised and the | SNA thrown, except by a key that was cut so as to permit its passage by or oS) epee the wards. This method was more or less costly and inefficient, because the keyholes were so large that picking tools could readily be constructed that would operate the bolt quite as well as the key itself. Some time later the manufacturers and lockmakers discov- ered the importance of using not a sin- gle lever or tumbler, but a series of them, and from that time real develop- ment and improvement began to take place. It was then that the modern lock came to us to Stay.’’ + +s The making of wire is one of the old things in mechanics. The machine- drawn was made in Saxony prior to 1565. The industry had reached such proportions in England in 1630 that the importation was prohibited. The great real impetus of wire received in this country began about 1855, when tele- graph lines were being everywhere strung. Wire netting was first made in England in 1844, the size of the mesh being originally pegged out upon roll- ers, and the wire twisted by hand. When the Busy Season Comes And the customer to whom you have sold paint for his house finds that you have not quite enough to finish the job it will be a nice thing to be able to say. “go right along, I will have it for you in a day or two; and you crn Say it if you carry our line, for we are quick shippers. Better write to us about it; we save you time and money. Callaghan & Richardson, Manufacturers’ Agents, Reed City, Mich. AAAAAR =| No Long Story Here. Write for Prices. Steel Mills, Steel Towers, Steel Tanks, Wood Tanks, Galvanized Pipe and Tubular Well Supplies. a 2 , bi Le rot Tre Phelps & Bigelow ADAMS & HART, Local Agents at Grand paca ware, etc., etc. 31, 33, 35, 37, 39 Louis St. SESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Sporting Goods, Ammunition, Stoves, Window Glass, Bar Iron, Shelf Hard- Foster, Stevens & Co., 10 & 12 Monroe St. Grand Rapids, Mich. GHDOHDPDHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOH GOOOOOOOGOOOOOGHOOOHGHOGOHOHHOG SESSSSESESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOSSS i ; : i ; " Secure the agency of the “Quick Meal” Gasoline Blue Flame Oil Stoves and Steel Ranges They have no competitors. D. E. VANDERVEEN, State Agent, 525 Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. Citizens Phone 1350, PRINTING FOR TDRWARE DEALERS Write at once to Grand Rapids. Quick MEAL QUICK MEAL. ", Tradesman Company ~f - MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 The modern rifles and shotguns are the result of a steady evolution. In 1807 one Forsyth invented the primer with fulminating powder. The percus- sion cap came along in 1818. The plug and nipple form first came into use. It consisted of a plug entering the side of the barrel, the nipple being placed on top. A style of musket known as the ‘*Brown Bess’’ had been used prior to this time for nearly a century—chiefly in England. The barrel was 42 inches long, its calibre 75 inch, and it carried a ball weighing 1.6 ounces. In 1842 the hat percussion cap made its appear- ance. Two years earlier than this the patent breech was ‘introduced, and was regarded as a slight improvement on the plug and nipple. ee William H. Maher, of Toledo, has described in a most interesting manner how he was once persuaded as to the value of an American saw: ‘‘The papers began to mention an American saw, and circulars appeared frequently from one Disston, making claims as to his goods. They attracted no attention with us, however, until one day a man came into our store, and introduced himself as Henry Disston. 1 can see him now, as he took off his hat and coat, got out his samples, and proceeded to snap and bend his blades. He seemed to be so reckless that I was afraid to be near him, for if one of those blades had snapped, some of us _ would have suffered. He talked with emphasis. He wanted the clerks to come up and see what he was doing. He dared us to do with a Spear & Jackson what he was doing with his blades. He completely astonished us. We had never supposed a saw blade was made to stand the treatment he was giving those he had with him. There was but one thing to do—acknowledge that he had a good saw, and give hima small order. He made no effort to have it made larger. ‘You will have to keep those goods on your shelves from now on,’ he said. And we did.’’ x OK O* ‘‘While we put a few Disston saws in our stock,’’ Mr. Maher continued, ‘‘we did not believe that we could ever make any headway against the English saw. But I know of nothing that ever intro- duced itself so easily and so quickly as did the Disston saw. We made out im- portation orders for the Spear & Jack- son as usual, but suddenly noticed that they had piled up on the shelves. Why? Because everyone was buying the American saw. AndI never had harder work than to finally clean out the Eng- lish saws. Somehow the retailer would not have them at any price. I see that we inventoried a few of them as late as 1874, yet we never bought one after 1868.’’—Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. —__> 4. —__- _— at Rest. ‘I suppose,’’ said the stonecutter, ‘you'll want a “Requicacal in pace’ at the bottom of your wife’s monument?’’ ‘*No,’ " replied the bereaved Mr. Peck, ‘‘make it *Requiesco in pace.’ ’’ ‘‘That means ‘I rest in peace,’ doesn’t it?’’ ‘‘Yes, and I want you to sign that ‘Husband.’ —_——_—_—~_. 0—____ Some men think less about missing their aim in life than they do about missing a train in the morning. NO MORE DUST! } IPOD Ua HBP RELA NA No more wet sawdust or sprinkling. Clean, Quick, Easy Sweeping. WIENS SANITARY AND DUSTLESS FLOOR BRUSH, WIENS BRUSH CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS, GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1900 Walter Baker & Co, us 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 pure and of uni- form quality. TRADE-MARK. In writing your order specify Walter Baker & Co.’s goods. If other goods are substituted please let us know. WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited, DORCHESTER, MASS. Established 1780. COFFEES i eS eS = SCOTTEN-DILLON COMPANY ~— ZS es <— TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS cs SD Sasa oS INDEPENDENT FACTORY DETROIT, MICHIGAN CS OUR LEADING BRANDS. KEEP THEM IN MIND. | SS FINE CUT SMOKING PLUG oS ES UNCLE DANIEL. HAND PRESSED. Flake Cut. CREME DE MENTHE. eS xs OJIBWA. DOUBLE CROSS. Long Cut. STRONG HOLD. eS Se FOREST GIANT. SWEET CORE. Plug Cut. FLAT IRON. aS cS SWEET SPRAY. FLAT CAR. Granulated. SO-LO. Sess cS The above brands are manufactured from the finest selected Leaf Tobacco that money can buy. See quotations in cs sS price current. aS — Sass Cs: ne cme eta tn PI mn eS Z x eral mato = = e U. e or sled ate” 1 in fit- are ini- ad, = ry gy ae ~ camming sage? nr en Gas oe ali =f ee i . MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the = President, Gko. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids; Sec- retary, A. W. StTiTt, Jackson; Treasurer, JOHN W. SCHRAM, Detroit. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, GEo. W. HILL, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, J. E. Moor, Jackson; Grand Secretary, A. KENDALL, Hillsdale; Grand Treasurer, W. S. MEst, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, 0. (. T. Senior Counselor, W R. CoMPToN; 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. Gripsack Brigade. Geo. A. Newhall (Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.) is confined to his house by a se- vere cold and is threatened with pneu- monia. His trade is being visited in the meantime by Henry J. Cheney. Wm. Scotten, President and Manager of the Scotten Tobacco Co., was in town Monday, calling on the jobbing trade in company with M. M. Mallory, Western Michigan representative of the house. Mr. Scotten is accompanying Mr. Mal- lory on his northern trip this week, which will include brief calls on the merchants of Cadillac, Traverse City and Petoskey. Chas. W. Hurd, who was in the em- ploy of the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. for eight years up to Jan. 1, and who severed his connection with the house at that time to engage in the ice and coal business at Flint, has changed his mind and concluded to resume his former connection with the house, to take effect April 15. He will cover the towns on the D. & M., east of Owosso, and also several counties in the Thumb district. —____»> 2. _____ Ten Additions to Grand Rapids Council, No. 131. Grand Rapids, April 8—Saturday evening, April 6, being the regular monthly meeting of Grand Rapids Council, No. 131, United Commercial Travelers,a goodly number assembled at the lodge rooms, with the exception of the Page, F. H. Simmons. All of the new officers were in their chairs and made a large bunch—excuse the expres- sion, but at times they were ‘‘terribly bunched,’’ as well as getting the shoes of the embryo members all mixed up. All things go in the order of the United Commercial Travelers, however, even with members with whom a special dis- pensation has been granted for_ the “*honorary’’—wonder how brother Chas. J. Wormnest enjoys that distinction? The new officers all did themselves proud, especially considering that it was their first meeting night and that so large a class of ‘‘hobos’’ was put through the mysterious passages, as follows : “ H. Freeman (National Tablet & Sup- ply Co., Elkhart, Ind). ; Chas. J. Wormnest (Enterprise Store Co., -Vincennes, Ind. ). Frank H. Vinton (Ball-Barnhart-Put- man Co.). i Newland A. Goodwin (Eli Lilly Co., Indianapolis). Henry E. Skillman, (Studiey & Bar- clay). ‘ Wm. F. Wurzburg (American Jewelry Cc 0. ). J. J. Finckler (Spring Dry Goods Co. }. John J. Benjamin (W. W. Kimball 0: ). Evert C. Kortenhuff (A. E. Brooks & Co. ). I ank M. Lee (Iver, Johnson, Ames Co., Fitchburg, Conn. ). In addition to the new members added to the ranks of the U. C. T. and to Grand Rapids Council No. 131, Geo. A. Pierce was also made a member, by transfer card from Hillsdale Council, No. 116. Now, let all the members feel that it is their duty to attend the meetings. You will always enjoy them and, if you know some brother traveler who does not wear a_U. C. T. button, if it is in your power, see that he does not go any longer without the protection and fra- ternalism extended by the noble order of United Commercial Travelers. Extensive preparations are being made for a large crowd to attend the Grand Council meeting at Kalamazoo May 17 and 18 and it is hoped that every member will be at the next regular meeting on May 4 to hear the pro- gramme and give his name in as one who is going. Ja Dee. a She Stood Her Ground, Erect, defiant, with flaming eyes, the proud young beauty stood at bay. ‘*I am of age,’’ she said, ‘‘and capa- ble of choosing my own associates !’’ ‘*But, Eunice,’’ urged her mother, ‘‘have your father and I no rights? Are we not entitled to say who shall and who shall not come to our house on_ the familiar footing of a welcome guest?"’ ‘“*You know, mamma,’’ rejoined the girl,*‘ your only objection to Cyrus Win- terbottom is that he is poor!’’ ‘*That is only one of a hundred. He spends too much time at the club—’’ ‘‘How can he, when he’s here six evenings in the week?’’ ‘*He devotes too much time to golf, he never goes to church—’’ ‘‘Neither do I.’’ ‘‘Because you have to take Sunday to rest. He spends $50 a year on his neck- ties—’’ ‘*That shows his good judgment.’’ ‘He smokes a great deal—’’ “‘If I can stand that you ought not to object.’’ ‘*He is full of the small talk of so- ciety, he is too effeminate, he’s alto- gether too sporty, he—’’ ‘*That’s eight. Have I got to listen to the other ninety-two objections be- fore luncheon?’’ ‘*Eunice,’’ pleaded her mother, ‘‘ you know you are only amusing yourself with him. Let him go. Teil him good-by!’’ ‘‘Mamma, I have told him good-by.’”’ ‘*When—how, child?’’ ‘*A hundred times,’’ said Eunice, faintly. ‘‘Over the telephone!’’ And they continued to glare at each other. aa cc The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a very thorough primary law. It is even more stringent than the primary law of New York. The Wisconsin law, by im- plication, abolishes conventions and refers the selection of candidates to the primary direct. It fixes the date of the primary, all parties to hold their pri- mary elections on the same day. The politicians fought the bill at every step of its progress. The bill, as drawn by a committee of the State Bar Associa- tion, went through without essential change. A similar law goes in New York and there it has been a tremendous force for improvement in the quality of officeholders. —_——_»> 0. ____ The finance department of the Domin- ion of Canada has perpetrated a joke on itself which it does not enjoy. It has put out a new $4 bill with a fine picture on it of the United States Soo lock. It sought a photograph of the Canadian lock, but by mistake got an American picture. And there it is, on good Can- adian money ! ——__ 2.—___ The latest dispatch says that Emperor William believes he was fired upon with a noiseless weapon. Guess he’s right; nobody ever heard of an explosive brickbat. f —___>-2.___ The heads that wear the crowns in Europe just now would doubtless give a nice reward for a medicine that was warranted to cure insomnia, SPAIN MISSES ITS COLONIES. When Spain, as the result of the war with the United States, lost its colonies, some Spanish statesmen attempted to reconcile the people with statements to the effect that the loss was more appar- ent than real. The colonies had been for years in revolt against the mother country, and there had been a great drain on its resources in carrying on military campaigns against the rebels. With the colonies cut off it was argued that Spain would be relieved of a great burden and that all its resources could be applied to the improvement of condi- tions at home. Following the accept- ance of the treaty of Paris, which ter- minated the war, there was something like a revival of trade in Spain. This was due to the fact that many Spaniards left the colonies when they came under American control and returned to Spain, swelling the population and increasing the demand for goods. The movement in Spanish trade produced in this way was merely a ripple. It has already subsided. Spanish merchants and man- ufacturers find the present situation any- thing but encouraging. They find that every branch of trade has suffered in consequence of the loss of the colonies. Before the war with the United States the Spanish exports to Cuba amounted annually to $136,000,000, while during the past year they were reduced to $66, - 000,000. Before the war the Spanish exports to Puerto Rico were $44,000, 000. Now they are less than $13,000,000. Spanish trade with the Philippines be- fore the American occupation was $40, - 000,000 annually and _ is now less than $27,000,000. This makes a total annual loss in trade to Spain through the loss of her colonies to the United States of over $123,000,000. Unless she can se- cure new markets for her surplus _prod- ucts the condition of Spain will become hopeless. Representatives of leading Spanish interests have been studying the situa- tion and they frankly admit that a se- rious crisis confronts the country. They urge that the government must negotiate new commercial treaties and must take advantage of every opportunity to pro- mote the demand for Spanish goods. In the treaty of Paris it is provided that Spain shall have equal trade ad- vantages with the United States in the Philippines during a period of ten years, but it is not exnected that Spain can meet the competition with Ameri- can products, which gain instant favor wherever introduced. Spain hopes to hold trade with Spanish-speaking coun- tries on account of race influences and prejudices,but this is a feeble hope. The whole policy of the Spanish gov- ernment and the entire theory of Span- ish commerce’ must be revised before Spain will be able to enjoy substantial prosperity. The country is poor. It is heavily taxed. Its resources have been almost exhausted. Americans wish the Spanish nation no_ ill-fortune. They will rejoice when Spain reforms its government and restores its indus- tries. No one, however, anticipates that these things will be done by any instan- taneous process. The salvation of a country that has been wrecked requires the labors of at least a generation. —___> 0. ___ There is infinite variety in the com- plaints against the trusts. No other oc- topus has ever been so vigorously as- sailed and from so many different quar- ters. Among the opponents who have most recently come into the center of the ring are the patent Jawyers, who claim that the trusts absorb so many small concerns carrying with them pat- ents that ligitation is lessened. Where there is a large number of competitors making a given line of articles each is tempted to infringe upon the patents of the others and trouble is not only fre- quently threatened but often forthcom- ing. Patent law is one of the most profitable branches of practice and the lawyers who make a specialty of it are down on the trusts because these com- binations are interfering seriously with their business by lessening litigation. 2-9 It has been frequently and probably truthfully asserted that the number of farmers in the Eastern and Middle States is decreasing, and the argument based thereon is to the effect that agri- culture in these sections is no longer profitable. Some figures recently gath- ered in Vermont are suggested in this connection. It is said that there are 2,413 fewer farmers there now than there were twenty years ago, but that there are 536 more there now than there were ten years ago. This indicates that dur- ing the last ten years the tide has turned and that many men are taking up farm- ing and that agricultural industries are on the gain. Presumably what is true in Vermont is true in other states, 2. Most men labor and worry as if the whole scheme and object of life was to live and work and make a dollar. The Creator evidently gave man life that he might enjoy it, and when you fail to enjoy it you neglect a very blessed privilege. Don’t become an automatic working machine, but take time to live and enjoy life. Drink in the sunshine, go fishing, see the ball game, play with your babies, smile at your wife once in a while, be social with your neighbor and see if you don’t feel better. Grand Rapids Cold Storage Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. > Citizens Phone 2600. We do a general storage, and solicit : 4 @ Season Rate on Eggsto Jan. 1, 1901: At) Case lots, per dez................. 1%e G0@ ease lots, per doz. ...............- 144¢ 1000 case lots and over, special rate on application Thos D. Bradfield, Sec. POOSOOOS OOS CCOSOOOSO OOO Wanted==- Butter, Eggs and Poultry Write us beforeselling. Send for weekly quotations Highest cash prices and prompt returns guaranteed. Bush & Waite; Commission Mercnants, 353 Russell Street, Detroit, Mich. References: Home Savings Bank and Commercial Agencies. QM ne anitarium Morphine & Liquor Habits A Specialty, Morphine habit cized without sick- ness or suffering. Liquor habit cured with only one week detention from business; mild cases none. @ ®@ e ® your patronage. ® Booklet free, giving particulars. Citizens Phone 1291. ¢. E. PATTERSON, M. D., Mgr., Grand Rapids, Mich 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 4 Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires Dec. 31, 1901 L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - HENRY HErM, Saginaw - ag 31, 1902 ra P. Doty, Detroit- - - Dec. 31, 1903 A.C. SCHUMACHER, AnnArbor - Dec. 31, 1904 JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids Dec. 31, 1905 oe fiuyne iim M, Saginaw. — Secre W. Treasurer, W. P. Dory, Detroit. Examination Sessions. Star Island, June 17 and 18. Sault. Ste. Marie, — 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, cme Rapids. How to Treat Customers and Sell Goods. The first and most important part of this subject is to get the customers into your store. In these times of sharp com- petition, when artistic window displays, advertising, discounts, bargains, etc., are employed, one has to devote a good part of his time to devising means whereby people will be attracted to and into the store. This being done, the question then comes of how to treat customers. A good rule to begin with is to learn to treat your poorly dressed customers with as much civility as you manifest to- wards the richest of your patrons; the dollar you get from either is of the same value. Be pleasant and agreeable to all, and remember that every customer that en- ters your store will help you if by that call he or she has acquired a favorable impression of the way you do business. Always call by name persons. with whom you are acquainted, and converse on subjects which interest them. Often- times when a person has about given up the idea of purchasing I have changed the subject to something about them- selves, family, or whatever is interest- ing to them, and made a sale when, if I had not talked anything else than trade, I would have lost the sale, per- haps forever. Although I believe in talking up the goods, particularly those made by your- self, it is not well to be overbearing in trying to urge goods on people, for that will sometimes do as much harm as by not saying enough. Show to the public that you are trying to live up to the motto: ‘‘Not for ourselves alone.’’ Don’t be afraid to put yourself out to please your customers. It does not pay to be too independent and to convey a don’t-care impression. People notice very quickly the difference between a salesman of this kind and one always pleasant and agreeable, one not afraid to show articles and willing at any time to confer some small favor. Sometimes a lady enters your store al- most tired out by shopping at other places of business, and bearing several packages to take home. It would be well to ask her to be seated and rest be- fore trying to interest her in your goods. While she is resting, enjoying the com- forts of your store, ask if it would not be more convenient to have the pack- ages made up into one bundle. Here would be a good opportunity for using some of your advertising circulars or booklets. Then, if after she has become somewhat interested she wishes to see something in your toilet line, devote your entire attention to explaining and showing it. Try to have your cus- tomers become interested in the articles, explaining how and where they are made, the different ways of bottling and labeling goods, etc., if such can be done knowingly, as it should be done in our business especially. It is a winning point to thank a person leaving the store, even although she has made no purchase. In case of some misunder- standing, if the articles are returned in good condition, refund the money in such a pleasant and agreeable manner that the customer’s face is wreathed with smiles, and she is sure to come back. Nothing tests the good judgment of a pharmacist more than the buying of goods. A study of his trade, the wants of his customers, and the character of the demands made upon him will bring him always to one wise conclusion—to stock as many of the articles in demand as possible, but to use the greatest of care to have but very small quantities of the things rarely asked for, and as much as is needed to meet the demands for ready selling goods. A chance to buy goods cheaply or at a bargain must not be considered for a moment if they are apt to be unsaleable. O. B. Salisbury. —_——__> 2.—___ Sulphonal Poisoning. According to Dieterich, sulphonal is by no means so free from toxic action as is generally supposed. At least thirty cases of death from the use of the drug have been recorded in medical litera- ture, he says. The dose which produces these harmful effects appears to be very variable. Oecestreicher quotes a case in which a patient took 1,500 grams of sul- phonal in six years without any ill effects. On the other hand, Schulz re- ports a case which ended fatally, in which only 16 grams were given ina month, and Helweg another fatal case resulting from the administration of go grams in three months. Numerous sim- ilar cases have been recorded. In the majority of* these, the patients were in a weakened condition, anaemic, with much impaired digestion, so that the sulphonal, which, in healthy individuals is dissociated and reabsorbed with diffi- culty, in these cases acquired a cumula- tive action which terminated disastrous- ly. The symptoms of poisoning are in- testinal pain, nausea, and constipation. The urine is colored a deep cherry red. This coloration is often the first indica- tion of the commencement of the toxic action. —_—_>_2._ The Removal of Warts. The removal of warts by caustic ap- plications occasionally results in the formation of ulcerous sores and disfigur- ing scars. Salicylic acid may be used for that purpose without the slightest harmful effect. The following is an ex- cellent combination which any one can use : Mercuric chloride, 5 grains. Salicylic acid, 1 drachm. Collodion, 1 ounce. Apply once a day, the upper crust of the previous application being removed before a fresh one is made. After a few applications the wart may be painlessly removed by gentle traction. —__>2.—___ To Keep Away Mice. A scientist now tells us he has dis- covered that mice have a wonderful an- tipathy to peppermint oil, and that some of it placed around their haunts will successfully keep them away. There are a good many who are contin- ually fighting these little pests, and the suggestion may be worth trying. There are many objections to the use of poi- sonous articles for the elimination of mice, and this discovery, if proven to be effectual, will no doubt be a boon to those who are troubled in this way. Syrup of Hypophosphites With Tincture of Iron. In a paper read before the Tennessee Druggists’ Association Professor Ruddi- man calls attention to the familiar but important incompatibility between syrup of hypophosphites or some other form of hypophosphites with tincture of chloride of iron. Physicians sometimes write prescriptions calling for these sub- stances, says the Professor, and the re- sult is that ferric hypophosphite is pre- cipitated. If there is enough phosphoric acid present to convert the iron into the phosphate precipitation mav not take place. There are cases, however, where phosphoric acid is not directed, and the use of the National Formulary tinc- ture of citrochloride of iron may be used in place of the official tincture of iron, with the result that precipitation will be prevented. The National Formulary tincture contains sodium citrate, and an aqueous solution of an alkali citrate is a solvent for ferric hypophosphite. — > 0 Ointments Containing Water. Prof. John Uri Lloyd observes that ‘* physicians occasionally desire to incor- porate watery liquids, such as liquors and water-bearing fluid extracts, into ointment form, and experience difficulty in inducing the ointment base to take up the liquid. The writer was recently requested (by one of our eclectic physi- cians) to incorporate two drachms of dynamyne into an ounce of mild zinc ointment. The proportion was too great, and by consent of the physician one- half ounce of lanolin was added, when at once the water emulsified. This calls to mind the fact that, in the opinion of the writer, physicians should bear in mind that wool-fat has the power of tak- ing up a large amount of water or any aqueous liquid. In making ointments, therefore, of this nature, add enough wool-fat or lanolin to the ointment base to enable it to accomplish its object.’’ ——_s>_2»>__ Giaourdi, a New Milk Food. The milk is boiled for about an hour with constant stirring until it becomes fairly thick; a small quantity of a fer- ment, made by soaking a dry fig in three ounces of water over night, then adding a few drops of lemon juice and a very little rennet, is added. The re- sult is a smooth, semi-solid, easily di- gested milk food, of an agreeable taste and quite well borne by the most deli- cate stomach. This preparation, which may easily be made by the druggist, is finding much favor with physicians, it being claimed for it that it is more agreeable to the taste than either koumyss or matzoon and can be taken by the most delicate patient without disturbance of digestion. The proportion of ferment to milk is a tablespoonful to the quart, but this will vary with the quality of the milk and the desired thickness of the curd to be formed. —>_ > —__ Care Necessary in Combining Certain Syn- thetics. In a paver read before the Tennessee Druggists’ Association Prof. Edsal A. Ruddiman remarked that, in combining the so-called synthetics with other agents, the pharmacist cannot be too careful. For instance, antipyrin with calomel in the presence of a little moist- ure causes the powder to slowly become dark, due to the formation of metallic mercury; at the same time the much more active mercuric chloride is formed. If sodium bicarbonate is added to the mixture it becomes black at once, if moistened. The proportion of mercuric chloride increases with the metallic mercury, and consequently with the darkening. Sodium bicarbonate with either antipyrin or calomel alone with moisture seems to have no. effect fo several weeks at least. —_——_ 02. The Drug Market. Changes are very few and unimpor- tant. Opium—Is dull and quiet. Weakness here is caused by handlers in the pri- mary markets accepting lower prices. Morphine—Is unchanged. Quinine—Is firm at the late advance. Naphthaline Balls—Have advanced, on account of scarcity. Oil Peppermint—Is very firm tending higher. Linseed Oil—Is in active demand and lower. and The noblest of all charities is in en- abling the poor to earn a livelihood. ELLIOT 0. GROSVENOR Late State Food Commissioner Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and jobbers whose interests are affected by the Food Laws of any state. Corres- pondence invited. 1232 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. 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 Wall Paper Samples Free How’s your stock? Need brightening up? We have on hand a very fine assortment and can make im- mediate delivery—prices will interest you. Write us. HEYSTEK & CANFIELD CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. The Michigan Wall Paper Jobbers. Talk No. 2 | > > > > > , » You have heard, of course, about ““Ozone : Treatment” for Consumption. We have » it in the latest improved methods of aa- » ministration. Of course, there are cases ; it won’t cure, but there are also lots of » cases it will. It’s by far the best treat- » ment known and the results speak for . themselves. Don’t confound this, thenew ®@ » ‘‘Walther’s Method’ with the old way, » as they are not at all identical and not to ; be compared. In catharrhal disorders » we take a back seat for no one and the » practice we have worked up in a ten , years’ residence in Grand Rapids speaks > volumes. » thing but investigate for yourself. : Go or write to > > > ’ > > > > > a > > > > > DR. C. E. RANKIN Powers’ Opera House Block Grand Rapids, Michigan o Graduate of University of Michigan and : Don’t take our word for any- | Tllinois School of Electro-Therapeutics. Mail Treatment Dr. Rankin’s system of ‘‘Home Treat- ment” is well known and highly effi- cient. Send for free symptom blank. DSO OOO bbb 4> 4 & brn bn > bn br bn bn br, bo bn br bn bn by bp bn bn br tn bn by bn tn bn tr MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Advanced— Declined—Linseed Oil. Acidum Aceticum .... 6@$ 8 Benzoicum, German. 70@ 75 Berane... o.. @ 17 Carbolicum.......... 30@ 42 Cliricum..... .... .-.. 49@ 51 — ee 3@ SiG Nitrocum .. Leica s@ 10 Oxalicum..........-- 122@ 14 Phosphorium, dil.. @ 15 Salicylicum ........-. 55 ———— oe ewe 1%@_~=5 Tannicum . - 110@ 1 20 Tartaricum cictlecee CO ae Ammonia Aqua, 16 deg.......-- 4@ 6«66 ‘am 20 _— Be oie cia ace 6@ 8 Carbonas .. ae SS Chloridum. Roe w@ 14 Aniline Binew. 2; .:...... <.. 2 0@ 2 = Brown. . 80@ [| PE ccc cesta cine 45@ Yellow.........-.-<- 2 0@ 3 oO Baccze Cubebe........ po,25 22@ 24 Juniperus..........-. 6@ 8 Xanthoxylum ....... 1 25@ 1 30 Balsamum Jopaib 55@ 60 bene x eee @i1 = Terabin, Canada.... 55@ 6 Tolutan...........--. 45@ 50 Cortex Abies, Canadian..... 18 CASEI2D. .. 8. 2. - wae 12 Cinchona Flava. .... 18 Euonymus atropurp. 30 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 Prunus Virgini Caer 12 Quillaia, gr’d........ 12 Sassafras ...... po. 20 15 Ulmus.. _po. “45, gr’d 15 Extractum Glycyrrhiza _— _ 25 Glycyrrhiza, po..... 28@ 30 Heematox, 15 . box pe 12 Hzematox, 1s.......- 13@ 14 Heematox, %S.. . 14@ 15 Hematox, ge 2. | toe. FE Ferru Sarbonate Precip... 15 Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25 Citrate Soluble. . 75 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40 Solut. Chloride. ..... 15 Sulphate, com’l..... 2 Sulphate, — = bbl, per cwt.. 80 sulphate, pure...... 7 Flora Arnica.... 15@ 18 Anthemis. 22@ 2% Matricaria..... 30@ = 35 Barosma...........-- 38@ 40 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- nevelly .. 20@ 25 Cassia, Acutifol, "Alx. 253@ 30 Salvia — 4s a ee 122@ 20 ova Ural. See s@ 10 Gummi Acacia, 1st oe @ 65 Acacia, 2d picked.. g 45 Acacia, 3d picked.. 35 Acacia, —" sorts. @ 2 Acacia 45@ 65 Aloe, Barb. ‘po. 18@20 12@ 14 Aloe, Cape....po. 15. @ 12 Aloe, Socotri. . po. 40 @ 30 Ammoniae........--- 55@ 60 Assafoetida.. Suit 45 45@ + 50 Benzoinum .. ---- 50@ 55 Catechu, 1S.......... @, 13 Catechu, %S........- 14 Catechu, - : 16 Campnore ........-- 6 73 Ew ——- - 35 @ 40 Galbanum. . @ 1 00 Gamboge.......-. “po 65@ 70 Guaiacum...... po. 25 @ 30 Kino........p0. $0.75 @ 77 Magic...) @ 60 Meayrrh. ........ po. 45 @ 40 Opii....po. 5.00@5.20 3 40@ 3 50 SRGUAG .. 2... ons we 25@ 35 Shellac, bleached 40@ 45 Tragacanth.......... 60@ 90 Herba Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20 Lobelia ...... oz. pkg 25 Majorum ....0Z. pkg 28 Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 Mentha Vir. = pre = Tanacetum ¥o a pe 22 Thymus, V...0Z. p 25 Magnesia Caleined, Pat........ 55@ «60 Carbonate, Pat...... 13@ 20 Carbonate, K.&M.. 18@ 20 ‘arbonate, J ennings 18@ 20 Oleum Absinthium......... 6 50@ 7 00 Amygdale, Dulc.... 38@ 65 Amygdalez, Amare. 8 00@ 8 25 [ee 2 10@ 2 20 Auranti Cortex 2 30@ 2 35 Bergams’............. 2 75@ 3 00 Cajiputi ...... 80@ 85 -- eee cies: 7@ 80 ar. stcicece, GO. OO -Chenopadii.. Cee eee, @ 2 75 Cinnamonii ......... 1 30@ 1 40 tronella........... 35@ 40 Conium — Ne 50@ _ «60 | Scillz Co............ @ 50 Copaiba . . 1 1b@ 1 25) Telutan.............. @ 50 Cunebe ..2.......... 1 40@ 1 50} Prunus virg......... @ 50 oo 1 00@ 1 10 Tinctures Erigeron . ---+. 110@ 1 20 z Gaultheria .... 0.0... 1 85@ 1 90 | Aconitum Napellis R 60 Geranium, ounce.. @ 7 oO —, = oor Bil ex | Aloe i ae unipera . sccine, 2 DOG 2 OO) ee cee Lavendula .......... 90@ 2 00 | Assafortida. . “: 50 Limonis . SII 1 60@ 1 70 | Atrope Belladonna... Go Mentha Piper....... 1 40@ 2 00 | Auranti Cortex...... 50 Mentha Verid. . . 1 50@ 1 60 (Bemrom 0. 60 Morrhue, ‘gal...*... 1 10@ 1 20 | Benzoin Co.......... 50 Myrcia 4 00@ 4 50 | Barosma............. 50 Olive 2222222,” 75@ 3 00 | Cantharides «20... 75 Pils Liquida.. 10@ 12| Capsicum............ 50 Picis Liquida, ‘al. @ 35|Cardamon........... 75 Ricina 1 00@ 1 08 — Con. 75 Rosmarini.. aes @ 1 00 Casto Ce cee core cccccs 1 00 Rose, ounce........- 6 00@ 6 50 Gateemin 2212220007 = Suceini 2.02.2... 0... 40@ 45 | Cinchona «..-....... 50 Sabina ....2.....222. 90@ 1 09 | Cinchona Co......... eo REE 2 78@ 7 09 | Columba ............ = Sassafras 48Q 53) Catia Acutifol..... 50 S mo ess., +» OUND. . — ‘ : Cassia, Acutifol 66... 50 a Cee Mises rie Thyme, opt.. ae @ 1 60 ——............... 50 Theobromas ........ 15@ 20 = Potassium 60 Bi-Carb..... 15@ 18 50 Bichromate 13@ 15 ie 60 — . 52@ OB a teeeeeees = 1 15 | Iodine ... i 5 Chloraie. _po. 17@19 oo 18 — colorless... .. = WAINMGG 0): 38 | Kino ................ Todide. oie cl... 2 ee 2 65.| Lobelia .............. 50 Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30} Myrrh............... 50 Potassa, Bitart,com. @ _ 15/ Nux Vomica......... 50 Potass Nitras, sciee 7@ | Ope.............. 75 Potass Nitras.. 6@ 8: | Opii, comphorated.. 50 Prussiate............ 23@ 26} Opii, deodorized..... 1 50 Sulphate po......... 15@ 18]} Quassia ............. 50 Radix — 2 Aconitum............ 25 | Sanguinaria........ alti 200200200 — 30 Anchusa . 10@ 12) Stromonium......... 60 Arum po.. @ 25/ Tolutan ............. 69 Calamus.. 20@ 40) Valerian ............ 5o Gentiana...... po. 15 12@ 15 — Veride... 5o Uren ae 15 “2 18 | Zingi 20 ydrastis Canaden. 75 Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 80 Oe ace —— Alba, ae 1 15| ther, Spts. Nit.? F 30@ 35 Inula, po.. 4 20 —_— Spts. Nit. 4F oan . pecac 3 3 75 ——- ............. 24! Iris — .pO. 35@38 $00 40 | Alumen, gro’d..po.7 3@ 4 Jaiapa., pr. .......... 25@ 30} Annatto.............. 0@ 50 Maranta, %4s........ @ 35| Antimoni, 4@ +5 Podophyitum, po.. 22@ 25 ———— Potiié 7 3 ° ee coe cc eee ce 75@ 1 00 ** Bnet, a @ 1 25 aoe ee @ 2 RUSH py 75@ 1 35 — Nitras, 02.. ; a = Spigelia .. 35@ 38)|Arsenicum.......... 2 Sanguinaria.. ‘po. “15 @ 18/| Balm Gilead Buds.. 38@ 40 Serpentaria ......... 40@ 45 | Bismuth S. N.. 1 90@ 2 00 Senega 60@ 65 | Calcium Chlor., “1s.. @ 9 Smilax, officinalis H @ 40} Calcium ee %s.. @ 10 "<5 6 samme § 5 eillze 1 . —— se Se ee 3 ; Pees. @ 2 ps Valeriana ,Eng. po. 30 @ Capsici Fructus B, po @ 15 Valeriana, German. 15@ 20 Carmine, No- i po. 15 ee : a ngiber 2........... 14 1 , No. 40..... Zeaber fo @ 27 |Cera Alba... BO 55 Cera Flava.. 40@ 42 —. Coceus ...... @ 40 Anisum . po. @ 12} Cassia Fructus @ 365 apinm (et (eiavdieons). 13@ . ee < = aceum Carui.... 0.222. PO. 18 12@ 13) Chloroform .. 55@ «60 Cortandrussi...7.277. "ag * f0| chlorel ‘tivd si @ 1 65 rum.. ora) rs 1 1 Cannabis Sativa. oe. 44@ 5 anne i eis Oe 25 Cydonium . --- %@ 100} Cinchonidine,P.&W 38@ 48 Chenopodium . 10@ 12) Cinchonidine,Germ. 38@ 48 Dipterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10| Cocaine ............. 5 55@ 5 75 Foeniculum.......... @ 10! Corks, list, dis. pr.ct. 70 —- po... ..: 7@ ~=9| Creosotum........... @ 35 Lini . : 4@_~—SCi's | Creta.......... bbl. 75 @ 2 = gra. aes “bbl. 4 = Z Greta, ae. Bee oo ece = 5 GEOra reta, precip........ 11 Pharlaris Canarian.. 4%@ 5 ta, Rubra poe ecloe @ 8 ee ss 4%4@ 5 cas Scenccees Oe oO Sinapis Alba........ 9@ 10] Cudbear............. Q@ 24 Sinapis Nigra....... M@ 12 oo peo cect oe — : irit extrine a 1 ae ther Sulph.. HQ - i mery, all num ex's. ; ; = Emery, po........... @ 6 -t 2 00 Flake White. — a 5 1786 350| Calla wees 8 Set Vini Galli. 2... 1 760 6 00 — a a ni Oporto......... 1 25@ 2 00 *French..... ; Vini A 1 Gelatin, French..... 35@ 60 + 1 23@ 2 00 Glassware, ftnt, box 7& : ponges ss than box..... Florida sheeps’ Glue, brown......... 11@ «+13 a — 2 B0@ 2 75 Glue, white......... 1I5@ 25 Nassau sheeps’ wool Glycerina. --+- 174@ carriage............ 2 50@ 2 75 | Grana Paradisi....- @ B Velvet extra sheeps’ Hamutus ...........- 25@ 55 wool, carriage. .... @ 1 50 | Hydrarg Chior Mite @1 00 Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydrarg Chior Cor.. @ 9 wool, car’ ‘ Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. @ 110 Tiage..... @ 1 25 Grass sheeps" wool, ae me & carriage . . 1 00 Hard, for slate use.. g 75 | Hydrar @ 8% Yellow Reef, for ty 65@ 70 slate use........... @ 140 +++ 75@ 1 00 s eo Resubi.. Se eeice 3 40@ 3 60 ee yrupe Bae a. oe = 4 “ a upulin. Auranti Cortex...... @ 580; L oo Se 80@ 85 Zingiber . @Q@ 50 Macis 65@ 75 ogee re = ° Li ners ‘Arsen et Hy- @ a e i Rhei Arom.. @ 580 Liquor otassArsinit 10@ 12 Smilax Officinalis.. 50@ 60| Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ «3 Senega ........ ale died @ 50| Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1% Seill®... sss. ..s..... @@ 60|Mannla,S, F........ 60@ 60 Menthol.. Morphia, s., ‘Paw. Mor a S., ’N. ¥. - Moschus Canton... Myristica, No. 1..... Nux Vomica...po. 15 Os Sepia.. “B.C. Saae, H. &P. Piels Liq., ; quarts .. os Picis Liq., pints. .... Pil Hydrarg. . -po. 80 i i Nigra... po. 22 Tl Alba.. a 35 Pulvis incense et si Pyrethrum, boxes . Co., doz.. Pyrethrum, pV sce ace Jo Quinta 2a W.. Quinia, S. German.. Quinta, N.Y... Rubia Tinctorum.. Saccharum Lactis pv PORE oe — Sapo, W..... Sapo M.. wea ces Sapo Lo a 26 | Seidlitz Mixture..... 200@ 22 tt Sinapis .. sees @ 18 Pm nu N ‘opt... Se eee @ 30 2 2 2 50 es De @ 41 65@ 20 snout Scotch, DeVo's @ 4 @ 10 Soda, Boras.......... @ i 37 | Soda, Boras, po..... SS H Soda et Potass Tart. 23@ 2 @1 1%K@ 2 3@ 5B @ 34@ 4 @ a 2 @ p @ 2 60 @ O@ 55 @ 5 yr @ 20 @ 3 Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ = 7 | Spts. Vini Rect. %bbl @ 12 | Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ 1 00 1 50 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ Strychnia, Buble... a 1 05 @ 75) Sulphur, 8 4 25@ 30) Sulphur, Roll.. 6 a4 8@ 10| Tamarinds.......... 8@ 36@ 46) Terebenth Venice.. 28@ 0 34@ 44; Theobrome.......... 60@ 65 ma «68484 | Vania... 9 00@16 00 12@ = 14| Zinei Sulph.. a 7@ 8 co Oil 50@ 4 75 " 410@ 50 BBL. GAL. 12@ 14; Whale, winter....... 70 70 10@ 12| Lard, extra.......... 60 70 @ wi tard, No.1.......... 45 50 Linseed, pure raw... 59 62 Linseed, boiled...... 60 63 Neatsfoot, winter str 54 60 Spirits Turpentine.. 44 50 Paints BBL. LB. Red Venetian.. 1% 2 @8 Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @ | Ochre, yellow Ber.. %2 @3 ty, commercial... 2% 2%4@3 Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Vermilion, Prime American . 13@ 15 Vermilion, English. . 70@ 75 Green, Paris........ 14@ = 18 Green, Peninsular... oun 16 Lead, Fed............ 4@ 6% Lead, white......... 4@ 6% Whiting, white Span @ & Whiting, gilders’. @ White, Paris, Amer. @ 1 25 Whiting, Paris, Eng. cliff .. @140 Universal Prepared. 1 10@ 1 20 Varnishes No.1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Extra Torp.......... 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.1Turp 70@ 76 - www Ww wa aA ; Seasonable$ . wa. SR OR a ee em. a ‘a Se ws. Ws (ae, ar "ar, a a oY -—- BLUE VITRIOL WHO a a ee a a> aR em UE j f INSECT POWDER § WHITE HELLEBORE PARIS GREEN GUM CAMPHOR NAPTHALINE BALLS NAPTHALINE FLAKE BALE We have full Stock at Lowest Market Price. BD AG HA DB AR TH wee TR wa WS, >, a a a ee a > a a. a Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan we ar a, a, a a, a. wn UR UA WA eA eA TEA MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, Prices, however, are lia- ble to change at any time, and country merckants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. ADVANCED Sugars DECLINED Spring Wheat Flour Cheese Canned Apples Winter Wheat Flour Index to Markets By Columns Col. A Akron ne oo 15 Alabastine . aces Renee 1 [aoe tseeeee. 1 B Baking Powder............._. 1 So 1 ee 1 a. 1 Brie 1 Baar (eler 2 Cc mes 14 fee 2 —— Goods...... See eue ; ag acer mr 3 Peeese 3 Lapwing Gum........ 3 oats 3 ee 3 a Lines. . : - SS aeoneresves 3 eee 3 Condensed Milk.............. 4 Coupon Books................ 4 (eeeners |. 4 (ream Barar...._......._._. 5 D ited Eras... OS F Farinaceous Goods.......... 5 Fish and Oysters............. 13 Flavoring Extracts........... 5 my Eee. 6 Press Meats.......-.. 6 Pees 14 G Grains and Flour .....,...... 6 H Bees 6 Hides and Pelts.............. 13 I cali 6 J See 6 L amp Burners................ 18 Lamp Chimneys.......... __.. 15 Been 15 Lantern Globes.............. 15 eee 7 ee. 7 M oe 2 Meat Extracts..... ee. zg ee 7 ae 7 N Mee 14 oO Oil = eee - ON aeeter Pais. 7 | Paper Bags... 7 Paris Green.. eg eee 7 ao z eee 7 Provauems.... z R we 8 Ss —-. See ee 8 Sal Soda.. Loe 8 ee 8 Salt Fish.. oo Sauerkraut...............2001 9 Le es 9 Shoe ae Poco 9 ee 9 aeap ee eee 9 Soda. 9 ee 9 ee 10 poe eense 10 se 10 Pe =z jWemie Banee.... 12 ee ll aehaies CEE ll Were e ee 12 Washing Powder............. 12 eee = Woodenware.............:... Wrapping Paper............. B eesti Cake... 13 | 2 ALABASTINE | w., R& COS, I aon y ; i 0.’s, 15¢ size 1 25 an 10, W., Ro & Co.'s, 25¢ size...) 2 White in packages.......... 0] = : LCANDLES | Colors in packages.......... | lectric Light, 8s ve+ 2212 i Electric —_ ee eae 12% Less 40 per cent discount. TA Paraffine, 6s. . : ee AMMONI ts Paraftine. 128. wll Arctic 12 oz. ovals........... 85 _— smn GOODS — Arctic pints. round.......... 1 20 pples AXLE GREASE - Standards. see = ; | Gallons, standards. 2 00 —— _... = #00 Stand Blackberries Castor Oil... ..60 7 standards ........... 75 Diamond ee = 425 Beans Frazer 9 00 | Baked .............. - 100@1 30 ee oe 8 wo | Red Kidney.) 75@ 85 a 80 wax 85 Blueberries Standard ........ ..+.. 85 Brook Trout 2 ib. cans, Spiced ....._.... 90 Clams. Little Neck, 11b.. 1 00 Little Neck. 2 Ib... 1 50 Clam Bouillon Burnham’s, % pint........ is Burnham’s, pints.......... 3 60 ig = ‘. Burnham’s, _— . v 2 Mica, tin boxes. . ail count... .. 65 Cob, No. es 8S aan 48 cans in case. Babbitt’s . esina ses cea Me OU Penna Salt Go.’s..... 012.21! 3 00 PROVISIONS Barreled Pork = ee ee eee @16 50 ack . aoe. @15 50 Giear back @15 50 — Cee. @15 50 ae ooo... @19 00 Bean...... @l12 25 Family Mess.. 14 50 Rump Butts Beef.. @11 50 —— Salt Meats Bellies. ..... 9 Briskets .. 8% Extra shorts......... 8 Smoked Meats Hams, 121b. average. @ ll Hams, 141b. average. @ il Hams, 16lb. average. @ 10% ‘Hams, 201b. average. @ 10% Ham dried beef. .... @ 12 Shoulders (N. Y. cut) @ 7% Bacon, clear. ........ 104%@ 11 California an ies @ 7 Boneless hams...... @ ll Boiled Hams. . @ 15% Picnic Boiled Hams @ il Berlin Hams....... @ &&% Mince Hams....... 9 Lards—In Tierces Compound........... 658 MOUs co 9% Vegetole ........... 6% 60 lb. Tubs..advance % 80 Ib. Tubs..advance be 60 Ib. Tins. ..advance %4 20 Ib. Pails. .advance % 10 lb. Pails..advance % 5 lb. Pails..advance 1 3 Ib. Pails..advance 1 ausages Bologua 00.0. 54 VOR 6 Frankfort 7% OE 7% OGG 6% Wonewe oo. soo. 9 Headcheese.......... 6 eef Extra Mess.......... 10 75 — ne 11 50 Rump .. 11 50 wie? Feet ¥ bbls., 40 lbs... 1 50 Vy bbls. 80 Ibs.. 3 50 Tripe Kits, 5 Ibe... .._.. 70 ¥% bbis., 40 Ibs....... 1 25 % bbls., 80 lbs... 2 25 Casings Pork . ed coca 21 Beef rounds. ........ 3 Beef middles........ 10 BHCGR 60 Butterine Solid, dairy.......... 11 @13 Rolls, dairy.. 114@13% Rolls, creamery. eee 14% Solid, creamery. .... 14 anned Meats Corned beef, 2 lb.. 2 Corned beef, 14 lb.. 17 Roast beef, 2 Ib...... 2 Potted ham, s. Potted ham, s..... Deviled ham, 4s... Deviled ham, \s.. Potted tongue, %s.. Potted ——. — SSESESaATSA mame Carolina head................ Carolina No.1. - 5% Carotna No.2... 434 Browen 4% oo Japan, No. 1.. > 4%@5 Japan, No. 2.. 5 @5% 5 @ 4 Java, faney hi head.. Java, No. 1.. Table.. ‘SALERATUS Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Chureh’ sArm = ee 2 15 — 3 00 Sodio ee = = pees sence 3 00 ODA Camila bbls See ec 80 Granulated, 100 lb. cases . 90 Lump, bbls... er Lump, 145 Ib. Rego!) 0)) 80 SALT Buckeye 100 SID. Dage. 8... 3 00 SO Gib bags ....... 2... ; 00 224410. bags ...........:... 2 75 In 5 bbl. i 5 per cent. dis- count and one case 243 1b. boxes free. Diamond Crystal Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40 Table, barrels, 100 3 Ib. bags. 3 00 Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags. _ = Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bul Butter, barrels, 20 141b. bags. 2 SS Butter, sacks, 98 IDS......... 27 Butter, sacks, ee 67 Common Grades 100 31D SREES.. 2. 8... 2 28 GOG ID. Saeke. 8. 2 15 28 101). SaenS. 2 . BGID. SHCA. 2310. SHCHS ... 2 Warsaw 56 lb. dairy in drill bags..... 30 28 Ib. dairy - drill —_ owas 15 Ashto 56 Ib. dairy = linen : sacks... 60 56 Ib. dairy in ae. sacks... 60 Solar Rock OG ID. SAORS lk. 30 Common Granulated Fine............ 1 20 Medium Fine................ 1 265 SALT FISH Cod Georges cured......... @6 Georges genuine...... @ 6% Georges selected...... @7 Grand Bank........... @é6 Strips or pricks....... 6 @9 POMOC @ 3% Halibut. aes 10 CRMIWRE 2... 2 Trout No. 1 100 Ibs. Secon Oe ao No.1 401bs...........-... 260 ING. 2 SO Ths. ow... 75 Ne.t Site. 61 Herring Holland white hoops, bbl. 11 25 Holland white hoops%bbl. 6 00 Holland white hoop, keg.. 82 Holland white hoop mechs. 87 NGrWesIAn ... 2. 28... Round 100 Ibs.............. 3 00 Round 40 Ibs............... 150 So 19 Bloatersa. . cugec cess 2 GO Sieateesed Mess 100 Ibs. . Soceas £2 25 Mess 401bs............... 5 20 Mons 10'lbs. .............. £38 Mess Sibe. ........ 05... 1 13 No. 1 100 Ibs - 10 50 No.1 40 Ibs. 4 50 No.1 10 Ibs. 1 20 Heat Sis: -.). 1 00 No. 2 100 Ibs. 8 25 No.2 40 Ibs. 3 60 No.2 10 Ibs. 98 wat 6. le Whitefish No.1 No.2 Fam iG the... 7 00 3 00 40 Tbe... .... 3 10 1 50 i 85 45 Se... 71 39 SEEDS Anise Neel meister cictoug, ae Canary, Smyrna.. es nS 4 Caraway . Pans co |S Cardamon, Malabar......... 60 Cee 12 Hemp, Russian.............. 4% Mixed Bird.. aa an Mustard, L, white.. Ree” ee eae <. eee ce ee eee c. 4% a onan. a SHOE BLACKI NG Handy Box, large. . . 250 Handy Box, small......... 1 25 Bixby’s Royal Pelsh...... 85 Miller’s Crown Polish..... & SNUFF Scotch, in bladders.. o- on Maccaboy, in jars.. _. oo French Rappee, in jars. ce 43 SOAP B. T. Babbit brand— Babbit’s Best............. Beaver Soap Co. ile 50 cakes, large size.........3 25 100 cakes, large size. ........6 50 50 cakes, small size.... .... 1 95 100 cakes, small size.. ......3 85 Bell & Bogart brands— Coal Oil Johnny .. . 290 ol 4 00 Detroit Soap Co. brands— Queen Amme..-.. ......., 3 15 Big Bargain.......... ie Umpire.. eee cece. 2 ee German Family ee. 2 45 ~— — Co. brand— Dingmgh 1... 3 85 N. K. ate — Santa Claus. . 3 25 Brown.. aay MA 4 00 Fels brand— NSO 4 00 Gowans & Sons brands— Olle Eeat................. : 25 Oak Leaf, big 5.. ... 400 Single box. 5 box lots, delivered...) 2.7. "3 95 10 box lots, delivered........ 2 90 Johnson Soap Co. brands— Silver King. . oo. ooo Oe Calumet Family... Seas oe. ray Seoteh Family..... ...... 2 50 Cake 2 40 BO Gdkes. 2.0... 1 95 Ricker’s Magnetic ....... 3 90 Lautz Bros. brands— me Ame 4 00 ONS OE. oc 3 25 Mareilies 4 00 Master. 3 70 Proctor & Gamble brands— Lenox 3 Ivory, po eee eens cuss aus 4 00 Ivory, i0ef... _..... 6 75 Sehultz et Co. brand— ‘= Si 3 00 A. B. Waa brands— Good Cheer ............_. 3 80 Old Country ....._.......- 3 20 Scouring Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40 SODA Dewees sie Megs, English. .......-...... SPICES Whole Spices Aliapicg. English — 7 : sas se each....... as 6 = salesman visited you can be Mundo....... 7 } or erg: sige ne ed Mi or Henry Clay... Bana: Sc500 00 Humpty —- Bon ee teens af @9 | gal flat or rd oo ered from us by telephone, tel- La. Carolina. ee S550 00 | No. i, completo." 2 25 French ‘Creamer. 9 SS bot, Ber doz ‘ae an 60 egraph or letter. r . . Co. 0°. 2 ec eee ie emi an... ne . oy CACK. . 1. eee eee ° eo Ess. Co. ..35@ 70 00 complete ............. 25 Hand. Mad. wot cece @10 6 They will be shipped sae Wan Tensorca’s Brand. | Clothes Pins — Stewpans first trai “> ne eres Biaie Gat“ °°) Round head, cartons. =. 62 Sittin Gaon (lS We appreci oan ad Daniel. seeteereree eee BB | Mop = 62 usage tai gal. fireproof, bail, per doz......... 1 10 e appreciate the fact that when wcettiseee cece teee sees 38 Trojan sprin San ou Ww i cao eT 3g | Eclipse patent spring cm aoe @i2 | 2 gal. per d Jugs y' ant something, you want it ae 35 | Nolcommon..... So7-7"1, 75 | Lozenges, print @ 9% | 14 gal. = 60 right off. d eee eeetee eee e cena ees 57 0. 2 patent brush holder _ Choe. Molo sae ee : ace sy | 12. cotton mop heads.-..-1 25 | Rellpse a ee en oer ae Hiawatha........ mesma = — ao a oi” 81 — elegram.... ie é i a Choe: : . , = gram En 28 Shoop cae — Es 1 Fy Gum Drops. : gis bs. in package, per Ib............... . BROWN & SEHLER Y CAP. ....eeeeee eee eeeeee aa 6 Se s Drops......... LAM Praise equ | Kaman Gul NR snc Michigan,” Sweet Burley.-00000000.0 2°40 Codar, all red, brass cous ae Tea ns. ac nnon es 10 NO. 1 SUD. -000. coos cesses eects ceecee = sh = voeee ti 38 —— Ital: Cream Bonbons 12 Se s5en Si sh we aie ais de eiletis edie ain ds a eine 65 Sen eames ream Bonbons No.3 SUD...-..-2.202eeeee terete 1 Flat Iron...... Riad iio Molasses Chews, 15 on seine. Sea eee ener reer : = a gg | Bardwood ..................275 Ib. pails............ ae ele 50 Stronghold........0.... a ae : = se Tee... ... 12% LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds 7 See ae = : So. ...... : P a Sweet Gane 35 Ideal....... Te aaa 1 49 | Golden Wafties.. > om ay : _ Ose Per box of = H E N U [ ‘ ~ —h. _ See 33 | 20-inch ee Fancy—In 5 It 0 Scan Eni 750 Candle ¥ L ea 33 ch, Standard, No. 1..... b. Boxes | No.2Sun-..--0 222. 2 Sean “38 —— Standard, No. 2 ‘5 00 — Sours ....... @55 SAR eo 248 | Produce the aucat ite ee »® el : oa Feppermint Drops.. @60_| v, First Quality artificial light in the world » iawatha.... ' e, No.1 7 00] H. OPS .... @es | No-0 Sun, crim ; , Battle Axe ...... nf = — ee No. 2.. 6 00 E M. ee ee @35 | No.1 Sun, crimp top: —— = “9 oe v American Eagle... 00.2.) eS eo ee oe No.2 Sun; crimp top, wrapped & lab. 3 18 ard Navy.............. No. 2 Fib veeeteeeeeeseeeese9 45/ Gum Drops... 2220271 —s : Spear Head, 16 oz “33 | No. TO... ee eee ee eee ee 7 95} Li Bow wo 20 oe o- XXX Flint n ip EP ls oss aw cieinie d a q corice 3 7 Je . . ear Head, i oe ae 20 | Lozenges, on oe @75 ioe. crimp top, wrapped & lab. 275 a © lpronze Sah Bomrae | Fosngey printed. Snowe 3 Jolly Tar oo... eeoe occ 3%» | Dewey ..20|linperials...... | Geo ; a, Se ee... 4 00 ¢ — wecee cree tese eee A Double Acme. : 2 i Cream = veeeeees @60 |Nno.15 Pearl Top : eo re ngle Acme..... edit be S ‘0. un, wrappe — kt Piper Hel dsick. i 7 cf : : oe = Bowtie Puerieas 2 . Fe nr nnn: - an = rhe = = oe oe _ ae eerless. ‘ eam ; @o0 | No. 2hinge, wrapped and labeled... Selly Cakes! —— —— Queen 3 = — — Pep. No. 2 Sun, “Smeal ——- i. oa 5 10 ; Plumb Bob... nema = uble Duplex... 1. ..3 00 a —— ges Pans en ie 80 gt Vy moking Good ees tergreen Berries i < Hand Press Universal.......... ries ae See i oe ressed Lec 46 a 2 25 Caramels @60 | No.1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz <5 lg Double Cross ............... 37 | 11 in. Butter No. 1 wrapped No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ 1 00 @6 ee = 13 in. — = boxes Ppped, 3 li. —_ nso per doz..... ee ; = = = a eh a Oo ae No. 2 Crimp, per doz............ 2.0... = een 7 seeseeeeseesees eed 7B Bee... —eC ee = ac m7 |i9in Butter...” 22 FRUITS No. 1 Li Manila, white ..... ¢ | Extra Choice.....__. 9 0. 2 Li —s Le . =. — and. al a Late Valeneias.--- . = 06 | No. 2 Flint {aoe = cena inn 40 In Ani ated tues eee 7 i a - 1 Manila.............. nae ee 470 0 smoke, : as = Cream Manila............. : Medt. Sweets........ @2 50 OIL CANS They are 5 aie Cena en absolutely safe. Duke's Mixture....... «77:23. | Buteher’s Manila... 39; | Jamaleas 0.0.0 2012 @2 75 | 1 gal. tin cans with spout, per d We sie mawiactate Takar cas, eee a ———— ao | Wax Butters short Goué: 3% | ROW ee. c0 00" S litem. 6=—li ft ioe outa dee aoe Honey Dip Twist...........139 Woe Butter, fullcount.... 2u Li : @ 2 gal. galv. iron with spout, ng 158 |Lamps,ete. The best and on oe Myrtin Navy 2222. 39 a = emons 3 gal. galv. iron with , per doz.. 27g | ful Incandescent V: only really success- ~~ aan <<. : YEAST CAKE Messina, 300s ........ 3 25@3 50 | © £4l- galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 375 | Sell at sight: Good age Gas Lamps made. They Yum ‘Yum; a. = ene, 5 doz. en oem 100 eee ana ee ceee 3 00@3 50 ¥ — iron with aoe ne — 85 | catalogue and — wanted. Write for SS en . ee "i lle 4 al. galv. i : - 25 ; " Corn Cake, 2% oe sualens. 1% aioe 00 | California 3008.21... 3 25@3 50 | © 82h iting ean. ol os ee 0 bake PO : eam, 3 doz....... 100 Bananas gal. galv. iron Nacefas.............. 25 ' Ave. i Plow Boy, 1% -..23 | Yeast Foam, 3 oe Mea a6 Chicago, Il. s oe be : a5 o.. 7 ee 1 00 ——————-. 1 50@1 75 Pump Cans 9 00 g b Peerless, 374 02.. 85 aa) a ae 5 gal. Rapid steady stroam......... 850 | £OO%OO00000 000000000000 y eerless, 13; 02... Per Ib = 3 gal. , ROR-Overfiow....... ve 2 ae Indi F 36 | White fish. ae gal. Home Rule...............-..-.-. 10 50 ; ee. 254 02... .—— @ 92 | Californias, Faley 5 gal. Home Rule...................... 9 95 . { Col . 31 Black Bisa de 2 Cal. pk ; 0b. boxes gS . |S gal. Pirate King. 2202001000, 13 |¢ im e . ol. Choice. 8 0z..... 2 ee @ ee eee 3 ai “bee Se si. . LANTERNS TABLE SAUCES Bluotsh 2 s Faney, 1 ib boxes. Que ie 4 85 $ La be sian i No. ar, side lift............... LEA & can neeenss @ 20 ae - — @ No. 15 Tubular, dash. ale os ois ile Geis eka 7 40 e 4 PERRINS’ ee . @ 2 anh @ No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain... .... 75 |$ e i Ss a, i @ 11 | Fards in 10 lb. boos No. 12 Tubular, side lamp..... eee 750 1% Ccou nt SAUCE No. 1 Piekerei. @ 7 | ards in 60 Ib. cases. 0. 3Street limp, eachs....) = 300 |@ . Perel Bz |liTtases iow...” °° | No. oT, cases dos. each, bor 1 $ i e Original Smok Thite airs, 60 lb. eases... a -, cases 1 doz. i‘ The Otel aos | cod White . 3 60Ib. cases... 4% @ 6 | No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. am bone ® 13 Simplest and a St aia ia @ ul Atinsina- ee bg a each, per bbl.. 2 = 3 an Lea & Perrin’ : * @ ig | Almonds, Ivica .. 18 ee ye,casesidoz.each 125 |@ : \ fee B Force tangs. 2] ities AND Penis | am ellode 8 $ ew oe Halford, large.’........ ss Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes ss — 6 lle 3 Method of Keepi a Salad Dressing, largs..... 4 58 mae oe ee ae wos gis MA AND GASOLINE 2 oF Keeping * - Salad Dressing. small... er v uts. Grenobies. 2 i : ""7" 9 25] Green No. 1. Walnuts. soft shelled @14 A N TT L E Ss : Petit Account . TWIN Green No. 2......... @6 California — Glovers’ o Ss oes Cotton: 3 ply. ete : “+120 — No. 1.0.2... $ 74 — wuts, a = e— —— and Perfection | @ File and 1,000 printed blank ( : be jo Ze nese eee e : y ig j Jute, 2 ply... “20 | Galtskins,greenNoi = G9" able Nuts, choice.. 13 GLOVER’S WHOLESALE MDSE 3 bill heads emp, 6 ply..... Calfskins @9 P ’ iis aoa cae 10 Manufactur .00., Le Sete ere e eee ae a aime $2 7 J Flax. medi 13 C »green No.2 @7% ecans, Ex. Large ers, Importers, and Jobbe @ File and 5 ‘ Weal tip ~ a ..20 rrp No.1 @10 ee Jumbos..... gu and Gaseline Sundries rs of Gas|@ 1,000 specially " ’ foi REM ca lsd 9 e , ecko: it . i : ie VINEGAR 8 ie Pelts 2 @ &s5 ng atc bu. GRAND RapPips, MICH. > Pr printed bill heads Se eee oe 3 00 . Malt White Wine, 40 grain... 8 elts, each.......... 50@1 10 | Cocoanuts, full sacks 2. @ Printed blank bill heads . -. hite Wine, 80 grain..11 i ee Chestnuts, per bu ¢ . ? er th i — — B& i: teed. — No.1 Tallow aiiias E @ S P ousand...... ee 3 er, = “ le Rocce ce cccsoee ) i i Pure Cider, eeniaeen. ee — Mose ne $ a i H-P..Suns.. 5%4@ art 6hware Meat Tl 3 pecially printed bill heads, Pure Cider. Silver... “1 | Wash Weel ag be ieee 15, 20, 25, 30 3 per thousand... ASHING POWDER ashed, fine........ agen | Onna is iene, HQT , 20, 25, 30 gal. Allsizes instock. We é ete Ae Gold Dust, regula Washed, medium , H.P., Extras promptly. Pri can ship Gold Dust’ eeaiar’ 2... .! 4 50 | Unwashed ... 22@24 | Choice, H. P., Extras y- ces are right. Send us : T oe wa 400] Gawasned, =. 12@14 etonsted a W 5 your order. $ radesman Company ‘ i 1 18 : 8 eee os cove 9 s@ pan.ShiidNo.in’w 6%@ 1% e Ur & J. E. Graham @ Grand G Rapids. RAND Rapips, MIcH, Seo ' ; 99000000000000000000 & ws -_~—_ a a + 8 o> ae { Vr oul » ~ a | MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 Getting the People Employment of Yellow Journalism in Advertising. By yellow journalism I understand is meant the sensational display which emphasizes local incidents to meet the tastes of the multitude and the demand for current excitement. A dog fight in the next block is of more importance than the Russian complications in Manchuria, or a local scandal than a foreign revolution. This tendency in the majority of our newspapers has been pronounced enough in all conscience for many years, but it is comparatively re- cent that certain papers frankly adopted the plan to meet the tastes of their con- stituents, giving a definite name and policy to the new departure. One of the results of the yellow jour- nal methods has been an encroachment on advertising display which has made necessary the consideration of new problems in this field. In the old days when headings were put in a uniform letter proportioned to the type to follow and confined to a single column, the use of an advertising display line meant something. Now, with a comparatively insignificant news item given a display heading across two or three columns, it takes something more than a moderate display to be of value. I suppose the publisher serves his own interest in that the advertiser is compelled to take more space, or he would be careful not to in- troduce the competition. But not all papers are unduly affected by the yellow idea. Some of the so- called conservative papers like the New York Tribune or Sun and many of the class publications find that their patrons in all capacities appreciate their ad- herence to the old ideas of news and literary arrangement. Naturally some difficulty is experi- enced by the old idea publishers in that the striving for effect and position in the yellow sheets brings them to de- mand something out of the usual in all their display. Many papers which have not adopted the yellow journal methods in other ways fail to resist in this and advertisements are put into every pos- sible arrangement, and often without extra compensation. It is an unfortu- nate concession both for advertiser and publisher. It requires no argument to prove that a clean, well systematized arrangement of news matter along the old lines with advertising confined to its proper limits makes the most valuable display. If circumstances warrant the devotion of an entire broadside page to a single advertisement the opposite page should be reading matter. Unless such is the case,in nine times out of ten the reader fails to open the page at all, a glance showing the absence of anything to at- tract. I say the yellow journal idea is bring- ing all advertisers to demand something out of the usual. This is a mistake. Take up the average trade paper, for instance, and note the cheapened look caused by advertising lines on the mar- gins of the cover or elsewhere. It is as much relatively for the interest of the advertiser as for the publisher that the page should be kept clear and symmet- | rical, The temporary advantage of an unusual cheapening arrangement of this kind is more than balanced by the gen- eral lowering of the tone of the publica- tion. Those papers which adhere to some system of make up and display find that New Goods, New Goods, We have our new spring goods in wash silka, dimities in all shades, percals and lawns. Holly Batiste in atl the latest effects. Feeellie Da Soie, something new. Beetle finish, an elegant pattern for shirt waists. Manilla cords in all shades for waists and dresses. These are‘all new 1901 patterns. Yours to please, ~ Agent for Butterrick Patterns. Highest Market Price for Butter and Eggs. California ' Navel Oranges Are at their best this month. They will soon be scarce and higher. Just received another lot of nice ones. Weigh nearly one pound each. They are seedless. ‘Phey are sweet. They are cheap. Thos. A. Welsh. A complete line in white gouds for waists and dresses. Call and see them. > : Life Insurance FOR THE 8KIN QUINCE ND ALMOND. CREME Is the policy. It protects against the chafing March winds. Sooth- ing and Healing it imparts hfe and vigor to the unprotected sur faces. Try it 2Sc. PER BOTTLE. SOLD ONLY BY SANGSTER& RIGGS ¥Y DRUG STORE. Buy some this week. —ALso—" Garden and Grass.Seed. CRITTENDEN & CO., HOWARD CITY, MICH. VYVIVIIYITYVIYYYYVIYIVYY IVT Ti viii rirrerrrerirrreerrrreriril 12 3 TIME TO CONSIDER THE i 3 3 YNZ PAINTING QUESTION | &: = and profit by past egperience. TE you painted: your EH house two or three years agecand il proved unsatis- > . ‘ i ‘ S| factory, do net let it-occurasain |) allow inse any - = one tu persnade you that) sgmethine gly’ is “just 3 = as wood” asthe paints we adunuanrene. : : WhenevereWhereseaewhatestr you paint be sure of wood quality: that) the more Drains used in paint = buyine the luss it easfx, amd that vood paint saves 5 you money. ! R te? : 3 HITE LEAD ecume STRICTLY PURE WHIT ae PUUMLERS S ia rebar. arkrdbeal ‘| TERD wire dxp ; }} STRICTLY SEXOHIS 3 ?} «PURE sk | = RED SEAL © owgers WHILE? ARE °} | FOR sr ‘ | PRIMING pereencooag au ench keg ant shuntd on- | mae FINISHING 3 ly keamsciiarith re IF YOU coats. } : 3] WANT THEM: ‘ STRICTLY PURE LINSEED OIL ; Ere at Tn The name Dewar on our Tready Mixed Paint is a paint satistaction inanrance poliey. CALL nnd We will be pleased to tell yon svhat it will gost for the best paint with which to make yonr home durably attractive and at the sanie time show you ‘satuples of the so-called ‘Just as good” cheap white leads and paints whieh you shonld be carefnl ta avoid. ANTRIM HARDWARE C0. : 3 000008010) 10) 000000000) 00000410 003 YrOPVOPyF Is . Say! q We are going to keep on hammer- ing until we get your order for Gro- ceries. If you do not send it this , week we will’ ask again next week. > How about it? S. E. Hosmer & Co. Phone Orders Promptly Attended te "eo 30860908000 7 = _ Q& = o& to see the beautiful as well as yéeful gofds we can show you, and#ite ptices— THEY will ingggest you., SOSA wr 2eesecesqseses 64 GENESEE ST. 8000880888808 TEAL A LALbbb bids hd ehdbbbbd bbdd Abbbh itd bd bbdds edd ibd ddd “ SS OSES ELSES HEE TEEDOSEDS OFOESFIEEESSS SCOR DOROESS CESEEOOCSESES, Sesoccesecss esecccesese soccesseqoe® BUCKHOUT’S j SUPPLY STORE FRUITS— Bananas, 8c per dozen. Fancy Spy Apples. Fancy Greening Apples. Fanoy Haldwin Apples. Choice Navel Oranges. Malaga Grapes. Basket Figs. VEGETABLES— New Beets. Rhubarb. Spinach. Caulitiower. Cucumbers. Young Onione. California Celery. Home Grown Celery. A fell line of Ferndale Canned (ioods, of which we are sole agent. ee R. H. Buckhout 115 South Rose St. eesensessee eocsesesees sepasecseoers - the policy pays. If there are certain pages or columns which no advertiser 1s allowed to occupy on any terms, of course it is a natural temptation for him to try to get that space. This is human nature. But in the long run the interest of the advertiser as well as the publisher is better served by confining display and advertising to the places de- voted to it. The inchoate conglomeration one is compelled to search through for news in the sensational paper of to-day does not compare favorably with the clear, sys- tematically arranged publication whose individuality is recognized as fully and as pleasantly as the face of any other old acquaintance. Doubtless the yel- low journal has come to stay. Its exist- ence is an evidence of demand on the part of a numerous constituency which will be slow in education to higher ap- preciation. But not all constituencies are of this class, and both advertisers and publishers make a mistake in _per- mitting its spirit to invade where intel- ligent methods are better. Be Ae Thos. A. Welsh is fortunate in select- ing a printer who understands propor- tion and unity in advertisement design- ing. He has done well to adhere to a single style in display type and his white space is well proportioned. There is nothing startling in the wording of the advertisement and it would be im- proved by striking out ‘‘Call and see them’’ and ‘‘yours to please.’’ Com- plimentary addresses are never good in advertising. Care in spelling such names as Butterick correctly is time well bestowed. Crittenden & Co. write a good adver- tisement in which they use the ultra modern in their modes of expression. The printer is not as successful in some minor points, although his general dis- play is not bad. A dark border with fine engraving never works well and this one is too heavy for the space. The introduction of so many kinds of type is a mistake. The address at the bottom is too small; should have been set in same type as‘*‘Garden and Grass Seed.’’ This latter, being a different subject, should have been set outside the main advertisement, say in the lower left hand corner. The Antrim Hardware Co. sets its printer a pretty hard task in giving him so much matter for its space, but he has preformed it exceptionally well. I think the writer might possibly have condensed his matter somewhat and, if his sentences had been broken up shorter, it would have been more read- able and more emphatic. It is, how- ever, exceptionally good as it is. I am not so favorably impressed_by the writing of Sangster & Riggs’ ad- vertisement of face lotion, at least as proportioned by the printer. The main display line, ‘* Life Insurance,’’ has no attraction for the class to be reached. Then such as accidentally find that it is a pun are more interested in that fact than in the matter advertised. The printer has mixed his styles too much and has tried to get too many full lines. If the writer had left off the first two lines and the first four words of the paragraph following the name of the article and the printer had done his work right the result would have been an exceptionally good advertisement. S. E. Hosmer & Co. introduce the colloquial in their writing in a way which will answer for a change and their printer employs a new style of let- ter in a way to make it most effective. It is exceptionally well composed. Elting & Gray seem to be striving for the new in their wording, but at the expense of care for effectiveness. It is presuming too much on a firm’s adver- tising standing to omit any clue as to the nature of the business. It is usually best to mention the town except when the circulation of paper and trade are confined to the city. There may be some value in such advertising, but it would be greater without these omis- sions. R. H. Buckhout makes a list which will be valuable in suggestion to the housewife, and the printer has brought out_the classification well. 382 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Grain Market. Corn seems to be the favored cereal at present. Geo. R. Phillips, helped by natural conditions, has been very suc- cessful in elevating corn prices, not- withstanding that the large operators tried very hard to down what they term the ‘‘impudent young speculator.’’ They have also not forgotten how he downed the old heads in the September deal. As stated, conditions favored him, es- pecially the high price of hogs. Corn seems to be worth more for feeding pur- poses to Western farmers than it is bringing in Chicago. Experts claim corn is worth soc per bushel at the farm, with the present price of hogs and beef. The poor conditicn of corn is also helping the corn bulls, as but a very small percentage of the arrivals is grading Contract No. 2, but nearly 85 per cent. is No. 3. The receipts of corn have also fallen off very materially, as farmers are not tumbling over each other to sell at present prices, so higher prices may be counted on in the near future. Wheat is neglected. The fine grow- ing weather has been the cause of the drop of 5 cents per bushel. There is no use reiterating the strong position wheat is in. Conditions for the moment are against it, but mostly the Chicago bears. When 2,000,000 bushels were dumped last Saturday, it was all ab sorbed and the question is, By whom was it taken? Of course, by the strong parties who are accumulating wheat for better prices, as the visible made a de- crease of 859,000 bushels, while last year there was an increase of 1,250,000 bush- els. Our exports are large and foreign- ers have been taking quite a large line at present prices. We say wheat around 72@75c is low enough, so we will await further developments. Oats are very strong and prices are well maintained in the face of the large amount on hand and steadily increasing. Looking at conditions, prices seem to be top-heavy. Rye sold tc off in the last day or two and probably will go lower before ad- vancing. There is not very much left in first hands. Flour has been shaded 30c per barrel, in accordance with lower wheat prices. The demand is fair, both local and do- mestic. Export demand is rather slow at present. Mill feed remains at the same price as last writing. We may look for pasturage coming on, which will curtail the present urgent demand. Receipts of grain have been as fol- lows: 52 cars of wheat, 21 cars of corn, 3 cars of oats, 5 cars of flour, 3 cars of beans, 7 cars of hay, | car of straw, I9 cars of potatoes. Millers are paying 70 cents for No. 2 red wheat. C. G. A. Voigt. —_--—_» -2-»____ Hides. Pelts, Furs, Tallow and Wool. The hide market revives a little. Prices are some stronger and all offers are refused at last week’s prices. Offer- ings are light and are held above buy- ers’ views. Pelts are in large offerings and at low values. Pullers have large stocks of wool from higher values and will not purchase except at a low price. They wish to realize on their holdings. Furs are not in good demand at the decline and buyers are few. Tallow is higher and in good demand, with a stronger market abroad. The advance includes diverted beef fat from the soap kettle. London supplies are not equal to their wants. Wool is selling in large amounts at low values. Speculation is shown in many deals. The American Co. has bought quite freely, and the demand holds good. There is no great supply of fleece on the market. The quantity on this side the ocean cuts little figure, while so much is being offered from abroad. With 25,000 bales withdrawn from London sales, their market did not firm up as expected. Our prices do not change, being 4@6c_ below last year at the same time. Wm. T. Hess. —_—__> 0. ___ Opposes the Proposed Registration Law. A correspondent of the Butchers’ Ad- vocate thus refers to the proposed regis- tration-of-butchers bill now before the Legislature : I note two important incidents: Michigan wants a law compelling butch- ers to register before being allowed to do business. Already that State has a law forcing barbers to register. Now for the other incident: the barbers of New York State are at present making efforts to have a registration law passed. In that they are following Michigan. Question: Will New York follow Mich- igan and ask for a law compelling butchers to register? 1 hope not. Quoting from your paper | find the Michigan bill provides that no person shall be entitled to register under this act unless a citizen of Michigan, of the age of 20 years, of good moral charac- ter, shall have been engaged in the business of butcher for at least three years, and shall have passed a satisfac- tory examination as to his competency to slaughter cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, to prepare fresh, salt and smoked meats and the products of meat for human food; to kill and prepare poultry for market ; to make sausage; to detect dis- ease in animals on foot or dressed, and diseases of poultry, either alive or when dressed for market. To expect a butch- er to know all these things is nonsense. It is not necessary for him to know them. Why, if this bill were passed, one would have to spend a few years ina veterinary college in order to be able to pass that part of the examination re- lating to diseases of cattle, etc. 1 strongly favor anything that will benefit the butchers, but fail to see one good point in the proposed Michigan law. Referring to the communication of its correspondent, the Butchers’ Advocate remarks: The Advocate thought the Grand Rapids butchers would refuse to give the bill their support, but we learn that at a meeting recently held by them it was favored. The chances of its suc- cessful passage appear to be very slim, however, and we hope to hear that when the Michigan butchers have got through with the registration laws they will de- vote more time to the Sunday closing question. —___ 4 _____ The Game of Skat. An illustrated treatise on this popular German game has just been issued by the Passenger Department of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y. The rules of the game revised to bring them up to date are given, and those inter- ested in Skat will find it an instructive publication. A copy may be obtained by sending ten (10) cents in postage to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. —-_—»-0-e — Wm. Logie and wife sail from New York May 4, accompanied by their daughter and niece, for a tour of West- ern Europe. They expect to return to this country in time to celebrate July 4 on American soil. Mr. Logie is one of the hardest working factors in the whole- sale trade, but of late years has come to understand that he can do more and better work in nine or ten months than he can in twelve, besides deriving a heap more fun from life as he goes along. 0 —_ Says an old bachelor: ‘‘ Marriage is a means of grace—when it leads to re- pentance,”’ Saginaw Butchers Effect a Permanent Organization. Saginaw, April 6—A meeting of the butchers of the east and west sides was held Sunday afternoon, at Teutonia opera house,to discuss certain bil!s now before the Legislature, and to form and incorporate an organization to be known as the Michigan Butchers’ Protective Association No. 3. Lyle G. Younglove, the Detroit attorney and the drafter of the bills, was present and explained to the butchers of the city the law points of the bills, while Joseph A. Reichen- bach, Secretary of the Michigan Butch- ers’ Protective Association No. 1, of Detroit, explained the practical points in the bills. Mr. Reichenbach urged the butchers to organize at once so as to co-operate with the other associations of the State, stating that the passage of the bills means a protection not alone for the butchers but for the consumers as well. He says it is of the utmost necessity for the protection of the con- sumers as there has been a very large amount of diseased and embalmed meat placed upon the market in the past six or eight years, the consumers not know- ing what they were eating. The butchers held another meeting and elected the following officers : President—John Bierwaltes. Secretary—Charles Schaper. Treasurer—John Huebener. The matter of adopting a constitution and by-laws will be taken up at a meet- ing to be held next Thursday night. —-—_—~»-4-e ___ The Boys Behind the Counter. Negaunee—W. E. Sly has taken the position of manager of the house of Nelson Morris & Co., in Menominee. Hancock—John L. Pasanen has re- signed his position with the Finnish Trading Co. totakea place in the cloth- ing department of Miller’s department store at Houghton. Eaton Rapids—Chas, Starr has taken a position in the grocery store of Frank Kingan, in the place of Amos McKin- ney, who has gone to Chicago to act as advance agent for the Harris Nickel Plate show. Marion—Ralph- Lewis, of Evart, has charge of the W. M. Davis furniture store here. Evart—Liston Harding has been ad- vanced to the head of Davy & Co.’s dry goods department made vacant by the resignation of John Bennett. Fred H. Conklin, of Owosso, has been engaged to take charge of the shoe department made vacant by Mr. Harding’s promo- tion. Hussy Hanal 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. 600 BUYS STOCK OF GROCERIES, FANCY goods and toilette articles in one of the live- liest towns in Southern Michigan; brick store; cheap rent; good trade; living rooms in rear. Reason for selling, sickness. Address No. 794, care Michigan Tradesman. 794 ANTED—CORRESPONDENCE WITH grocers, hotel men and others concerning refrigerators. We havea quantity of Dr. Per- kins’ celebrated sanitary boxes, in grocers’ and family sizes, which we are selling at two-thirds their actual value. These boxes are guaranteed —a in construction and operation. Address . W. Hallett & Son, Carson City, Mich. 792 OR RENT—A GOOD BRICK STORE; FINE location in a hustling business town. Ad- dress Mrs. A. M. Colwell, Lake Odessa, Mich. 791 _ PRODUCE FIRM IN BEST TOWN in State will sell grocery stock, for reason can not give it time hey pay out thousands of dollars through store every week; store doing $5,000 per month. Don’t answer unless you have J Clark’s Business Exchange, Grand Rapids, Mich. 790 RUG STORE FOR SALE CHEAP. BEST city of 3,300 in State. Owner not druggist Address No. 788. care Michigan Tradesman. 788 OR SALE—A FIRST CLASS BOOK STORE and news agency in hustling Michigan city of 4,500 inhabitants; price right; terms easy. Address 786, care Michigan Tradesman. 786 OR SALE—BRICK HOTEL BUILDING, three stories, forty rooms, steam heat, elec- tric lights, bar and livery; rates, $2 per day; town of 2,000 population. Address Mrs. Fre Kohl, Quincy, Mich. 785 A= ON SALARY OR COMMISSION: The greatest agents’ seller ever produced; every user of pen and ink buys it on sight; 200 to 500 per cent. profit; one agent’s sales an ounted to $620 in six days; another $32 in two hours. Monroe Mfg. Co., X 54. La Crosse, Wis. 793 ™ SALE—GOOD BUSINESS PLACE; NEW building. John Achterhof, New Era, — OOD OPENING FOR CLOTHING STORE in ‘thriving country town of 1,000 people. Excellent location available in corner brick store if taken at once. Address No. 781, care Michigan Tradesman. 781 OR SALE—FURNITURE STOCK AND UN- dertaking fixtures and building. Reason for selling, old age. Address Lock Box 364, Sheri- dan, Mich. 779 OR SALE—$10,000 STOCK OF DRY GOODS, shoes and men’s furnishings; ge 3,000; second largest beet sugar plant in Michi- gan; over 30 buildings contracted for besides large business houses to be built this summer; a rare chance if taken soon. Address No. 780, care Michigan Tradesman. 780 Dkue STOCK AND FIXTURES FOR SALE; ood business in city of 5,000. Address W. H. Thorp, Dowagiac, Mich. 776 VOR SALE—A GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF groceries, crockery, glassware, lamps and china, inventorying about $3,300. Will accept $3,000 cash if taken soon; location, the best and central in a hustling business town of 1,500 popu- lation, fifty miles from Grand Rapids; this is a pe for some one; best of reasons for selling. Address B, care Michigan Tradesman 777 POR RENT, CHEAP—BRICK STORE; GOOD business opening; best town in the State. Address A. J. Prindle, Howell, Mich, 772 > SALE OR TO RENT—TWO BRICK store rooms, 22x80 each, with archway be- tween, suitable for good large general store, for which there is a good demand at this place. Write P. O. Box 556, Mendon, Mich. 71 j}OR SALE OR RENT—TWO-STORY FRAME store building, with living rooms attached, in the village of Harrietta; possession given May 1. oo address J C. Benbow, Yuma, c 770 O RENT—APRIL 15 A LARGE CORNER store, with good basement, on a good busi- ness street in Grand Rapids; very convenient for the farmers’ trade; agricultural implement business or harness and wagon store would do well. Write or apply to Wm. H. Gilbert, 67 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 747 TORE FOR RENT—BEST STAND FOR dry goods in town of 8,000 people; always a successful store. Address No. 767, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 767 F YOU HAVE $,000 YOU CAN BUY THE best paying manufacturing business in Grand Rapids, capital invested considered. If you have more capital to use in the business, so much the betler. It is a business with great possibilities. Better look this up at once. The successful man grasps an opportunity when it is resented. Address No. 743, care Michigan Tradesman. 743 {OR SALE—STOCK DRY ::O00ODS, GROCE- ries, shoes, hardware, furniture, hay, feed etc.; invoices $5,500; doing a cash business o: $26,000 annually; making a net profit of 10 per cent. above eet good school and churches, lumbering an = country. For further articulars address . X., care Michigan 703 radesman. TS AND FARM LANDS—HEMLOCK, hardwood and cedar timber for sale in large or small tracts, cheap farm lands, hardwood and pine stump lands. Don’t ask what I have, but ell me what you want. E. T. Merrill, Reed City. 695 HE ROMEYN PARSONS CO. PAYS CASH in gs stocks of merchandise, Grand Ledge, ch. 735 WO STORES TO RENT—ONE IN CENTER of business, No 116 North Mitchell street, the other No. 312 North Mitchell street, Cadillac. Address Dr. John Leeson. 738 F GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR IF YOU have a bankrupt stock of clothing, dry goods, or shoes, communicate with The New York Store, Traverse City, Mich. pastes HAVING STOCKS OF GOODS OF any kind, farm or city re or manu- facturing plants that they wish to sell or ex- change correspond with the Derby & Reai Estate Co., Flint, Mich. WANTED — MERCHANTS TO _ CORRE- spond with us who wish to sell their entire stocks for spot cash. Ratexpeins Purchasing Co., 153 Market St., Chicago, Ill. 585. OR SALE—DRUG STOCK INVOICING $2,000, in good corner store in the best town in Western Michigan. The best of reasons for — Address No. 583, care Michigan Trades- is 583 Choate 709 MISCELLANEOUS (y= WANTS SITUATION IN GENERAL store. Good druggist (not registered) and experienced soda dispenser (fancy drinks). References furnished. Address Box 129, Na- poleon, Mich. 774 ITUATION WANTED BY REGISTERED harmacist; ten years’ city and country ex- = ence; best references. Address C. L. Smith, alien, Mich. 789 SS ao fed a AT e; g wages, long job. re 58, Wakelee, Mich. gig mm ANTED — BY EXPERIENCED MAN, — as bookkeeper or clerk and stock-keeper in dry goods, clothing or general store. Alreferences. Oscar E. Otis, Hastings, Mich. 762 a) eernreranene geen The Guarantee of Purity and Quality @—— in Baked Goods. Found on every pack- It is not so much what you It’s what you selves. make on one pound. make in the year. = il = National Biscuit Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. s TOU dbisAbdsAdsdbdddiine - Simple - Account File A quick and easy method of Asda a keeping your accounts. Es- pecially handy for keeping ac- +e. count of goods let out on ap- “a proval, and fcr petty accounts _ with which one does not like to oa encumber the regular ledger. = By using this file or ledger for ay charging accounts, it will save ~ one-half the time and cost of keeping a set of books. ( Charge goods, when WP purchased, directly e “on file, then your cus- o&s tomer’s bill is always ready for him, and can be found quickly, the This saves you looking over several leaves of a day book if not posted, on account of special index. when a customer comes in to pay an account and you are busy wait- ing on a prospective buyer. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids ] MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER, Bay City; Vice-Pres- ident, J. H. HOPKINS, Ypsilanti; moar ig E. A. STOWE, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. TATMAN, Clare. Graad Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, FRANK J. Dyk; Secretary, a KLAP; ‘Treasurer, J. GEORGE LEHMA Detroit Retail Grocers’ Protective Association President, E. MARKS; Secretaries, N. L. KOENIG and F. H. CozzENns; Treasurer, C. H. FRINK. Kalamazoo Reta:l Grocers’ Association President, E. L. HARRIS; Secretary, HYMAN. - CHAS, Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER; Secretary, LITTLE. Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association President, H. B. SMITH; Secretary, D. A. BOELKINS; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. FRANK HELMER; es Ww H. PORTER; Treasurer, L. PELTO Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLARK; ar, E. CLEVELAND; Treasurer, ‘wn. C. KOEHN F. Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association President, M. W. TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Mc- PHERSON; Treasurer, R. A. Horr. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, 1:HOS T. BATES; Secretary, mM. B. HOLLY; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. CAMPBELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLins. T. Pt. Hurons Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T. PERCIVAL. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. PARTRIDGE. L. Calumet Business Men’s Association President, J. D. CuppiHy; Secretary W. H. HOSKING. St. Johns Business Men’s Association President, THOS. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. PERCY; Treasurer, CLARK A. PUTT. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E. HEDDLE. a Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W VER- HOEKS. Yale Business Men’s Association President, CHAS. ROUNDS; Secretary, FRANK PUTNEY. ee Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, JOHN G. EBLE; Secretary, L. J. Katz; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. \GOuD RSA TO GE AN: AF Xou ARE A 20S Cewruny ReTaLL X LACHANT, THIS WILL INTEREST ‘ou its a SO% PROFIT GETTER AND A TRADE WIWRER COMBINED ae” Geo, ACortRer Hawuracturers Acr, = Yuoson. Micrican — ——p —D> MEE FHPOQDOQDO©DO®QOOSBOOQOODOOQOQOQODOOQOOS Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881. Detroit, Michigan: Cash Capita!, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000. Cash Assets, $800,000. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. D. M. Ferry, Vice Pres. F. H. WHITNEY, Secretary. M. W. O’Brien, Treas. E. J. Booru, Asst. Sec’y. aries D. Whitney, Jr., M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker, M. W. O’Brien, ea Post, Christian Mack, Allan Sheldon, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. L. Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James Edgar, H. Kirke White, H. P. Baldwin, Hugo Scherer, F. A. Schulte, Wm. V. Brace, James McMillan, F. E. Driggs, Henry Hayden, Collins B. Hubbard, James D. Standish, Theodore D. Buhl, M.'B. — 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. PVOLOOQOOOOWDDQOQOQOOQOQOOOQO@OOOQOEO @®©@OOO@ OOOOO OOO E. C Travelers’ Time Tables. PERE MARQUETTE Railroad and Steamship Lines. Fast trains are operated from Grand Rapids to Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Saginaw, Bay City, Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee, Muskegon, Tray- erse City, Alma, Lansing, Belding, Benton Har- bor, St Joseph, and intermediate points, making close connections at Chicago with trains for the south and west, at Detroit and Toledo with trains east and southbound. Try the “Mid-Day Flyers,” leaving Grand Rapids 12:05 noon, each week day, arriving at Detroit 4:05 p. m. and Chicago 5:00 p. m H. F. Mornimn, G. P. A., W. E. WOLFENDEN, D. P. A. Rapids & Indiana Railway March 10, 1901. GRAN Going North. ex Su ex Su ex Su exSu Ly Gd Rapids........ 715a 210p 1045p 520p Ar Cadifae.......... 1120a 540p 210a 900p Ar. Traverse City....130p 7750p 4ifa ..... Ar. Petoskey......... 250p 915p 535a Ar. Mackinaw City... 4 ip Wap éEia ..... Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m, 11:30 am, 5:15 pm and 10:15 p m. Going South. ex Su ex Su Daily ex Su Daily Ly. G’d Rapids. 710a 150p 650p 1230p 11 30p Ar. Kalamazoo. 850a 322p 835p 145p 1 00a Ar. Ft. Wayne..1210p 6 50p 11 = To Cnicago Ar. Cincinnati. 6 25p 7} Trains arrive from the south oe 6:45am and - — daily, 2:00pm, 9:45pm and 10:15pm except unday. Except Except Except MUSKEGON Sunday Sunday Sunday Ly. Grand Kapids.... 7 35am 2 oo 5 40pm Ar. Muskegon... .... 900am 320pm 7 00pm Sunday train leave Grand Rapids at 9:15am. Trains arrive from Tae at 9:30am, 1:30pm and 5:20pm except Sunday and 6:50pm Sunday only. CHICAGO TRAINS G. R. & I and Michigan Central. TO CHICAGO Sunday Daily Ly. G’d Rapids (Union depot) . 30pm 1130pm Ar. Chicago (12th St. Station) 525pm 655am 12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago with Pull- man buffet parlor car attached. 11:30pm train has through coach and Pullman sleeping car. FROM CHICAGO Santa Daily Ly. Chicago (12th St. Station) 5 15pm 11 30pm Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot) 10 15 6 55a m 5:15pm train runs solid to Grand lets with Pullman buffet parlor car attached. 11:30pm train has through coach and sleeping | Take G. R. I. TO —— We want you to write us for any kind of boxes you need. Kalamazoo Paper Box Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. MG Ose: Cll ach _(= Coneelf = make TAdveilisin Projilable Tradesman Com ompany GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. away, any way you want to put it. SESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSESSSSS States. This new discovery or invention of ours is an of your merchandise. 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Some of the goods on which we save you money: Table Cutlery Pocket Cutlery Notions, Laces Embroideries Refrigerators Children’s Carriages Lamps, Wicks Buttons Forks, Hoes Chimneys, Burners Pins, Needles, Thread Shovels, Rakes Glassware Brushes Stoves China and Porcelain Stationery Woodware Dinnerware Perfumery Chairs, Tables Croquet Sets Handkerchiefs Upholstered Goods Marbles Hosiery Desks, Beds Base Balls and Bats Trunks, Valises Springs, Matresses Hammocks Telescopes Iron Beds Lakeside Novelties Enameled Ironware Lace Curtains Stoneware Tinware Carpets Flower Pots Hardware Sundries Mattings Lantern Globes SEALED IANGLEFDOT sr FLY PAPER CATCHES THE GERM AS WELL AS THE FLY. Sanitary. Used the world over. Good profit to sellers. Order from Jobbers. Brooms, Combs Shoe Findings Mail us your orders. 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. 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