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Eighteenth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1901. Number 927

 

 

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ing a most serious mistake. We were the originators of the Coupon Book plan and are the largest manufac-
turers of these books in the country, having special machinery for every branch of the business. Samples
free. Correspondence solicited.

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Boston—with Western offices in Chicago. This firm, one of the oldest in the United States, does not confine one’s selection
to a few brands—as do many of its contemporaries—but offers a choice from Over Forty Different Coffees—from which the
grocer can pick those best adapted to his peculiar needs; quite an advantage, isn’t it? Dwinell-Wright Co., it must be remem-
bered, has done more to promote the sale of good coffees than any other firm in the world, and its business reputation and the
completeness of its modern facilities far exceed those of its competitors. Certainly a plausible reason why it can serve the
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C. ELLIOTT & CO., Detroit, [lich. JACKSON GROCER CO., Jackson, [lich.
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With the addition of sugar and milk (or cream) or sugar and butter, they are an
ideal and complete food. No better Cereal Food can be produced and the price is
less than that asked for other and less desirable cereals. Easily cooked, delicious
to eat, easy to digest, easy to buy ($2.00 per case of 24 2-lb. packages).

Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co., Holland, Mich.

 

 

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corresponded with us has bought
from us and every dealer who
nas bought is satisfied and so
are his customers.

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Home Office, 80 West street, New York.
Western Office,
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work and better for plastering.
than can be made with any other lime.

PLAIN TALK
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used. (Let it stand a few days after slacking.)

This will be the dealer’s authority to settle any “kick” (and charge to
us) where Bay Shore Standard Lime does not fulfill all claims made by us.

BAY SHORE LIME COMPANY,
Bay Shore, Mich., June 1, tgo!. HOMER SLY, Secretary.

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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1901.

Number 927

 

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Wholesale Ready Made Clothing

 

 

Nearly all kinds, for all seasons, for
Men, Boys and Children. Meet

WILLIAM CONNOR

Rapids, July 8 to 15, 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 callon you. He pays prompt

3 who will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand

attention to mail orders.
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A. BOMERS,
..<commercial Broker..

And Dealer in
Cigars and Tobaccos,
157 E. Fulton St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

Aluminum Money

Will Increase Your Business.

 

Cheap and Effective.
Send for samples and prices.

C. H. HANSON,
44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill.

 

ASSOCIATE OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL
CITIES

   

References: State Bank of Michi
igan Tradesman, Grand Rapids.
Collector and Commercial Lawyer and

Preston National Bank, Detroit.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

Established 1841,

R. G. DUN & CO.
Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Books arranged with trade classification of names.
Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars.

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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.

 

 

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IMPORTANT FEATURES.

2. Getting the People.

3. Chewing Gum Time.

4. Around the State.

5. Grand Rapids Gossip.
6. The Meat Market.

7. Number 27.

8. Editorial.

9. The Grocer’s Boy.

Dry Goods.

11. Clothing.

12. Shoes and Rubbers.

14. Window Dressing.

15. The Cash Register.

16. Village Improvement.
18. Hardware.

19. Irregular Advertising.
Woman’s World.

22. Butter and Eggs.

The New York Market.
Clerks’ Corner.
Commercial Travelers.
Drugs and Chemicals.
Drug Price Current.
Grocery Price Current.
Grocery Price Current.
Grocery Price Current.
Morning Market.
Hardware Price Current.
32. Germany’s Aggressive Policy.

 

MADE FROM GOD’S BOUNTY.

In the course of one of his several
addresses to the students of the Chicago
University last week, John D. Rocke-
feller remarked :

So much has been said of late on the
subject of success that I forbear making
particular suggestions. The chances for
success are better to-day than ever be-
fore. Success is attained by industry,
perseverance and pluck, coupled with
any amount of hard work, and you need
not expect to achieve it in any other
way.

It is supposed that the great capital-
ist, in characterizing the requisites of
‘“success,’’ meant success in securing
wealth. Industry, perseverance and
pluck manifested in hard work have
long been considered important to every
man who has any duties and cherishes
any ambitions; but there is another ele-
ment of Mr. Rockefeller’s success that
he did not think proper to mention.
He got early in the Pennsylvania oil
fields as a laborer. He made some small
investments which happened to turn out
well... He made some fortunate strikes
in sinking wells. After this, his great
talent for organizing business combi-
nations carried him up to the head of
the vast interests over which he pre-
sides.

There were other men of industry,
perseverance and pluck in the oil re-
gions at the same time with Mr. Rock-
efeller. They worked hard; they in-
-vested their little savings, and possibly
they sunk a well or two, but only struck
‘*dusters.’’ They failed from no fault
of their own, but simply because they
did not happen to find fortune. No
man knows what is hidden in the earth,
and while one man, by accident or
good fortune, ‘‘strikes it rich,’’ the
others, with just as much merit, fail to
find anything.

There is the multimillionaire Senator
of Montana. Many thousands of men
spent their labor, money and health
mining in that territory before it was
a Staté. He got possession, before its
value was known, of one of the richest

 

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mines in the world. The gold in it

 

pays all expenses of working, while the
copper—for it is a copper mine—is all
profit. Industrial electricity has created
an unlimited demand for copper. Of
all the men who mined in Montana,
Senator Clark has had the greatest suc-
cess,

When such men as Rockefeller and
Clark, whose millions were made out of
the illimitable bounty which God had
placed in the earth and put exclusively
in their possession, talk about their in-
dustry and perseverance and pluck as
the causes of their unexampled wealth,
does it not seem that they are keeping
back a part, and the greatest part, of the
truth? Let every man who has given
the best years of his life to honest,
faithful, courageous and intelligent ex-
ertion, to do his duty and _ secure an
honorable subsistence for himself and
family, answer, if those special sharers
of God’s bounty have not failed to give
thanks where thanks are due.

 

 

 

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.

There is discussion just now in offi-
cial circles in the Philippines whether
English or Spanish shall be made the
recognized language for formal docu-
ments and proceedings in the archipela-
go. The argument in favor of Spanish of
course is that the natives know that
tongue and most of them know no other.
As a matter of convenience and expe-
diency Spanish has much to commend
it. On the other hand, however, the
Spaniards have had little to say about
the Philippines since that fine May
morning when Mr. Dewey created some
commotion in Manila harbor. Since
then, by solemn treaty, the islands have
been turned over to the United States
and of necessity the military and civil
authorities sent from this country are
proficient in English and not in any
other tongue. If English is made the
legal language, the Filipinos will have
to learn it and that will be a good thing
for them.

It is entirely in keeping that insular
possessions should recognize and speak
the language of the possessors. Cuba
and Puerto Rico when under Spain
spoke Spanish, while a few miles away,
in Barbadoes and Trinidad, English
possessions, the English language is
spoken by rich and poor alike. The
time will surely come when in Cuba,
Puerto Rico and throughout the Philip-
pines English will be the prevailing
language, not alone of commerce and
business but of all the people. Of ne-
cessity the change will be slow, slower
in the Philippines than in Cuba and
Puerto Rico because farther removed
from the United States. The adoption of
English as the official language in the
Philippines will basten the day when
all the natives will speak it fluently.
Although the Cubans are to have a gov-
ernment of their own, in time Spanish
will be discarded in favor of English.
There is every reason why in American
possessions the American tongue should
be made official and its prevalence pro-
moted as rapidly as possible.

 

What an awful change it must be for
the ice man when he dies.

 

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.
The last weeks of June are usually
waiting ones, pending the semi-annual

settlement in dividends and interest
payments. During the week stock
movement has been quiet, but price

changes have generally been upward,
showing that the situation is strong.
That this should be the case is remark-
able in view of the fact that the aver-
age of stock prices is maintained at a
higher level than for many years past.
The estimate of from $125,000,000 to
$150,000,000 for the semi-annual settle-
ments exceeds those for any other July
on record. While the week is accounted
dull it is interesting to note that the
number of shares changing hands—4oo, -
ooo—exceeds that of last year by over
Ioo percent. The railway list estab-
lished another new record of 103.08,
from which there is now a slight reces-
sion, Earnings continue phenomenal
for the season ; in fact midsummer prom-
ises to bring no reduction.

A favorable feature of the general sit-
uation is the good crop reports from all
parts of the country. While temporar-
ily affecting the price of the staple
grains slightly, there is such an assur-
ance of a good domestic and foreign
demand as makes a continuation of the
present activity inevitable.

Owing to the revival in cotton manu-
facture, that staple makes a gain of \c.
Advances have come sooner than ex-
pected in cotton goods, many lines
hardening perceptibly under the ex-
panding demand. Restricting output has
had a beneficial effect at Fall River
print cloth mills, while seasonable
weather all along the Atlantic coast
stimulated trade in dry goods and cloth-
ing to such an extent that some response
in the partially manufactured product
was inevitable. Exportation is also a
sustaining factor, although this buying
is confined to a few of the cheaper
grades. Heavy textiles also find a mar-
ket and reports from woolen mills indi-
cate much greater activity. Reorders
from the clothing trade have become
frequent and the industry is attaining
a more Satisfactory position. It isa
new and gratifying condition at mills
that makes it possible for some manu-
facturers to refuse new orders on the
ground that their capacity is sold far
ahead.

Finished steel moves freely on old
contracts and there is an especial rush
at the mills just now. Some of the larger
plants report their full capacity engaged
for the third quarter of the year, but
others are taking all business offered
where delivery is not asked before July
1. There is little fear of inactivity
among producers, who look for a big
autumn trade. Shipbuilding was never
more vigorously pushed, and plates are
not likely to accumulate at mills, while
steel bars are readily taken at full
prices. Builders’ hardware and all
forms of structural material are in re-
quest. Consumption of pig iron con-
tinues sufficiently heavy to prevent any
softness in prices.

 

If you eat well you will feel well and
act well.

 

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Getting the People

Temptation to Relax Advertising During
Heated Term.

There is a great temptation to relax-
ation in the work of advertising at the
approach of the heated term. It is
argued that many buyers and consumers
are away and that business is so much
broken up that it is well to join in the
summer rest.

This is a mistaken policy. While a.
few days may be too hot for trade, tak-
ing the summer through, there is scarce-
ly more interruption on this account
than is caused by the vicissitudes of the
weather during the remainder of the
year. People eat and dress during the
summer months and the average of trade
for the long quiet days is not so low as
the dealer is apt to think it.

Summer leisure is not inimical to the
interests of the advertiser. A most
serious difficulty, as all know, is to
reach the attention of busy people dur-
ing the rushing seasons. The great
study at such times is to so write and
print that he who runs may read—the
most prominent display and the short-
est, crispest and most easily compre-
hended sentences.

Summer leisure enables the advertiser
to reach the attention of his clientage
by easier means. The newspaper is
read at greater length. The advertise-
ments gain a correspondingly greater
attention. It will answer at such times
to elaborate more in the writing in the
conviction that it is all read and often
re-read.

But it is argued that people go from
home. What of that? As a rule, the
interest in home matters is even the
greater for that. The paper is usually
forwarded and, in direct proportion to
the distance, becomes of the more inter-
est. It is read and re-read, advertise-
ments and all, to an extent that can
never be gained at the home.

But people can’t buy when they are
away. True, but they buy when-they
return. It is a mistaken idea in adver-
tising that every line of work must be
in reference to the immediate purchase.
The value of advertising is cumula-
tive. Every time the firm name and
business are associated in the mind of
customers, or possible customers, there
is an addition to the advertising assets.
Every returning resorter brings such an
addition to the work of publicity if he
has been furnished with that which will
interest and gain attention.

Do not stop advertising during the
Summer months. Keep your space full
of fresh interesting matter. Change it
as often as though your customers were
all at home. It may appear to signify
but little from day to day, but it is
bread cast upon the waters and will re-

turn even after many days.
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Chidester & Burton make the kind of
display most calculated to gain the at-
tention, the goods and price. They
probably know whether the cheap idea
is necessary to make sales to their cus-
tomers and would not use it unless ex-
perience had taught them its utility:
There are those, however, who use it
from a mistaken idea of its utility. As
a general rule, straight goods at fair
prices are most inviting to best custom.
The compositor has done well to use as
much white as possible, but the display
and border are both too heavy.

Kennedy’s Drug Store writes an ad-
vertisement calculated to gain attention
from a certain class and one which has

 

 

 

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Shirts at Sic

Are fast sellers when you get
in the $1.00 patterns,
but we still have a few left.
Sonté 75c shirts among them.

Pants at $3.50

Are fast sellers also when you
get the $5.00 kind and that’s
They are pants
we bought a few days ago and
are all new patterns. We
bought them’ cheap and will
sell them cheap. Come while

them

what we have.

we can fit you.

Chidester & Burton,

Leading Clothiers.
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‘Reduce Your Weight

By drinking the famous Vichy and Kissengen
aters at

Kennedy's Drug Store.

We serve it as cold as ice and strictly pure.

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Your House Needs
Painting

Now is the time. Don’t put it off. You
can paint it now with three-fourths of the
paint it will require in a year or two.

We carry the well known Boydell Bros.
Come

in and let us talk to you about Paints, Colors

Paints, as good a paint as any made.

and Prices. We are sure we can interest you.

ALLEN B. WAY,
DRUGGIST.

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ously the prices quoted
low.

tube tire, guaroteed for $
the season 1901 at $20.
Unguarnteed Bicycle, a

good for the money ©
wheel, at $12.95. 10
second hand -wheels, at
from $5 to $12. Full
size Hammocks with
valance and pillow at
$1.00 and a smaller one
at 75 cents. Our $3.50
Hammocks as good as
the average $5.00 ones.

We set the prices on all
goods and if the other
fellows meet it its be-
cause they have to.

H WEBBER'S

Pharmacist.

CADILLAC, MICH.

 

 

 

You will find the most complete line
ofStaple and Fancy Groceries in
Nachville, euch as: full cream cheese.
pure lard, corn -starch, coco. oat
meal crackers, fancy canned corn,
peaches, etc. In fact it is an up-to-
date Grocery and Provision honse
All goods sold at the lowest prices
—every day a bargain day. We
extend you a cordial invitatiun and
promise you courteous treatment.

Yours for busineas,

 

 

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Lake, -but old in busi-
ness Handling meats

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something about the
+ Quality of meat, as wel!
as about cutting it up.

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the people of Central
Lake the benefit of our
experience and shail
conduct a first class
market at all times.

ABOUT A NEW
MEAT MARKET

   
 

 

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We buy as well as sei).

E. J. POTTER
Beckman’s old stand.

 

 

 

 

The People’s
Market

Having made arrangements

with the fishermen on the
lakes, we are able to offer our
trade freshly caught TROUT
and WHITE FISH

H C MAENTZ & SONS
‘Phone 79.

 

 

a general advertising value. _The com-
positor makes the mistake of using too
large body letter and thus crowding the
display into the border, giving it a
generally scattered look. Where the
border and display are of about the same
degree cf blackness they must be well
separated.

Allen B. Way writes a good paint
advertisement which is well handled by
his printer. The border is pretty heavy,
but the use of plenty of white makes
the display effective.

E. B. Townsend & Co. write a good
advertisement, but put in one sentence
too much—so general an invitation is
weakening to an advertisement. The
display is too heavy and black for the
space.

An advertisement which seems to rep-
resent much thought and care~-is that
of A. H. Webber. The general plan is
not bad, but there is a carelessness in
writing and printing which does not ac-
cord with the evident care. ‘‘Guaran-

.|teed’’ is misspelled twice in succes-

sion. Then, there is no reason for the
space dividing a sentence in the middle
paragraph. Pronoun ‘‘it’’ in the last sen-
tence is not correct in number and the
next ‘‘its’’ lacks the sign of the elipsis.
The signature is ‘‘A. H. Webber’s
Pharmacist’’ evidently meaning ‘‘ phar-
macy.’’ The price table is a good fea-
ture and the general writing is good,
but more care should be given to de-
tails. I note that this is the first in the
list shown to break unity of style by
the introduction of various faces of

type.

A_ well-written and handsomely-com-
posed advertisement is that of E. J.
Potter. This is a model in its way in
printing and is exceptionally good in
writing. 1 only note that the last sen-
tence needs a subject.

H. C. Maentz & Sons write’a simple
and effective fish advertisement. The
border is pretty heavy, but the white
helps out some.

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Domestic Sugar Production Increasing.

The United States Agricultural De-
partment has issued a statement in
which it is stated that the United States
imported in 1900 only 1,558,266 tons of
sugar, against 2,219,847 tons in 1899,
although the consumption of sugar in
the United States rose from 2,078,068
tons in 1899 to 2,219,847 tons in 1900;
and the whole stock at the end of last
year amounted to only 69,000 tons as
against 208,472 tons in the previous
year. This shows that our production
of sugar is increasing gradually, and
indeed the syndicates’ who manipulate
the market in Europe believe that the
time is not very far off when the United
States will produce all the sugar it
needs, and they are seeking other
markets and considering the possibility
of a greater consumption of sugar by
the other nations. :

——_>2>—_.
The American Tobacco Crop.

There are in the United States 700,-
ooo acres of land devoted to tobacco, of
which 11,000 acres are in New England,
The annual yield of all kinds in the
country is 500,000,000 pounds, of which
New England raises about 19,000,000,
The average yield per acre throughout
the country is 700 pounds, but in New
England it is 1,700 pounds. It is in-
teresting that all the tobacco raised in
the country belongs to two or three bo-
tanical species, yet there are more than
sixty varieties grown commercially—all
of them quite distinct in shape, color
and quality of leaf. The raising and
curing of each class and type of tobacco
is a business by itself, in its methods
of culture, harvesting and-curing as
distinct from the others as the business
of a creamery is distinct from that of a
cheese factory,

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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GUM CHEWING TIME.

 

Sales Enormously Increased During Warm
Weather.

The chewing gum season has begun
and the sales of the various chewing
gum companies have bounded upward.
Holiday makers include chewing gum
in their festive equipment. Bicyclists
are abroad in the summer land and _ the
bicyclist is your gum chewer extraordi-
nary. Then, too, there is a serious and
scientific justification for gum chewing
in warm weather, although it is to be
doubted whether many mortals chew in
order to fulfil a duty toward their phys-
ical mechanism. The chewing of gum
in hot weather excites the saliva, moist-
ens the throat and relieves thirst. Na-
tives of tropical countries know this
and often chew pure chicle, which is
the basis of all good chewing gum, or
even rubber, while working in the heat.
Chewing gum is often recommended for
soldiers’ use on long marches, and _ last
summer officers in the Philippines re-
ported that the gum habit was of great
benefit to the men, because it lessened
their drinking and enabled them to go
without water longer than possible un-
der other circumstances.

So hot weather and chewing gum are
affinities. Nevertheless the sales of
gum at any time of the year are tremen-
dous. Even a statement of them is
enough. to appeal to the imagination of
the individual chewer and make his
jaws ache. Within recent years a num-
ber of the most successful chewing gum
companies have cansolidated and now
most of the best brands of gum are
manufactured and controlled by one
large company. This one company
sells on an average 135,000,000 pack-
ages of chewing gum every year and the
sales are constantly increasing.

When to these 135,000,000 packages of
good gum one adds the tremendous
quantity of cheap and inferior gum that
is in the market, the sum total wakens
a feeling of awe in the breast of the in-
vestigator. About 2,600,000 pounds of
chicle is imported by the United States
yearly and although chicle is the funda-
mental principle of chewing gum, it is
mixed in manufacture with many times
its weight of sugar, paste, essential
oils, etc., so that the 2,600,000 pounds
is but a small fraction of the weight of
the chewing gum manufactured in the
United States each year.

This tremendous demand has grown
up within comparatively few years. The
chewing gum industry did not begin to
assume much importance until about
fifteen years ago, but after it got a start
it struck a surprising pace. Its first im-
petus came with the discovery of the
possibilities of chicle as a basis for the
gum. Before that chewing gum was
made, but it was poor and unsatisfac-
tory in quality, the old-fashioned spruce
gum being perhaps the best of-the as-
sortment.

A New York man with an eye to good
things went down to Mexico and met
some other men who dreamed about get-
ting rich in quick fashion. Later these
friends heard of chicle gum and be-
lieved that they had dreamed true—not
that they had a nightmare vision of
135,000,000 packages of chewing gum.
They were not really dreamers of the
first magnitude. That was reserved for
the New York man. But the men in
Mexico believed that chicle at a few
cents a pound could be profitably used
for the adulteration of rubber.

They sent a consignment of chicle to
their New York friend. He wished they
had not. He tried the rubber idea and

 

found nothing doing. Just as he had

about decided to throw away the rest of
the stuff he had an inspiration. The
very qualities that spoiled chicle for
rubber might fit it for gum. He boiled
some of the chicle, cut it into sticks
and originated the old-time New York
snapping gum. It was pure chicle
with no sweetening and no _ flavor.
Chewing it was a good deal like being
condemned to hard labor but it sold like
hot cakes. The demand ran far in ad-
vance of the supply,and from that small
beginning the present great industry
was evolved.

Chicle was used for various things
long before its chewing gum apotheosis.
It is said that mention was made of it
in New World reports in the time of
Ferdinand and Isabella. However, ‘its
use was purely local, and the American
demand for it has fairly revolutionized
the districts from which it comes. So
far, it has been found only in Yucatan,
and the entire supply is shipped from
the various ports along the Yucatan
coasts. Its name is Mexican for the
Achras sapole, the tree from which it is
procured.

These trees are found only in the in-
terior, and the work of obtaining the
gum and transporting it to the nearest
shipping point has always been trouble-
some, although it has been much sim-
plified in recent years. There are many
exporting firms in the Yucatan coast
towns, many of them under the manage-
ment of Northern men. Mexican peons
are taken into the interior and work for
a five months’ season, at wages ridicu-
lously small. The pay is, however,
fairly well proportioned to the quality
of the work, and the wear and tear of
handling the workmen who are as hope-
less a proposition as any manager might
expect to meet. Strikes and rows of all
kinds are a regular thing, and murder
is common enough to lose its pictur-
esqueness ; so the peaceful and tranquil-
izing chewing gum has its birth in
storm and stress.

The largest chewing gum company
in America has recently acquired two
and a half million acres of land in
Yucatan and is working it as a source
of chicle supply. The company’s man-
agers take the workmen in from Vera
Cruz, and the reports of those managers
are enough to move the obelisk to
tears. Troubles of their own? They
haven’t anything but trouble, and their
opinion of the Mexican peon isn’t fit for
publication. Still, the experiment is
proving successful and insures a steady
supply at a rational price, although the
company does not expect to obtain from
its own land enough chicle to fill its re-
quirements.

The quality of chicle varies according
to the district from which it comes, the
geological formation of the soil affecting
the elasticity and purity of the gum.
According to the quality used, the care
expended upon purifying it, and the
proportion of it used, chewing gum is
good or bad. The cheap grades are
necessarily inferior; for, although good
gum could be made "cheaply in earlier
times, that is impossible now. The cost
of chicle has risen from 2 or 3 cents to
30 cents and there is a Io cent duty
upon it.

The best chewing gum manufacturers
test all chicle carefully and reject all
that is not of the best quality. They em-
ploy expert chemists, and, under their
supervision the gum is refined again,
until it is free from all impurities.
The best gum when chewed may be
pulled out into very fine threads before

 

it will break. If it will not do that, or
if there is a rubber-like recoil when the
tension is lessened the gum is of in-
ferior quality.

Paste, sugar and essential oils are
added to the chicle inthe making of the
chewing gum. The different manufac-
turers have their own formulas and
processes, which are jealously guarded.
The one company referred to has facto-
ries in several cities and pays out $3, 000
a week to its employes.

By far the largest proportion of chew-
ing gum made is for home consumption.
America is the land of the gum chewer,
but the export trade is growing and the
gum habit is invading Europe, Asia,
Africa, Australia and the South Sea Is-
lands. Only last month a London jour-
nal bewailed the rise of the pernicious
habit among Britain’s sons and daugh-
ters; but the manufacturers say that the
English trade is not yet big enough to
justify the lamentation or to be taken
seriously.

The increasing use of chewing gum in
England, just at present, is due to the
adoption of the habit by the English
soldiers in South Africa. South Africa
has for years been one of the best for-
eign markets for chewing gum, and
probably more of the article is used in
Johannesburg than in any other foreign
town. The English soldiers, having ex-
perimented with the chewing gum,
found it a good thing for nerves and
thirst and they are taking the acquired
taste home with them.

The American soldiers are, perhaps,
the chewing gum manufacturers’ best
customers and during the war with Cuba
the sales of gum were enormous. Man-
ila is now becoming a good gum mar-
ket. Honolulu is another. Australians

 

chew a great deal of gum. Samoa calls
for a large supply.

The older countries are more conser-
vative; and in them chewing gum
makes headway very slowly, although a
trade has sprung up in China, Japan
and India, and considerable consign-
ments go to France and Scandinavia.
Western Canada, beyond Winnipeg, isa
great chewing gum district, and it is
rather interesting to note that the new
country points at which nervous energy
is booming progress are identical with
the points where chewing gum finds its
ready sale. The man on a nervous strain
seems to find a relief in the mechanical
action of his jaws. It may be added
that, after soldiers and bicyclists, the
habitual visitors to race tracks are said
to be the most confirmed gum chewers
in the world.—N. Y. Sun.

——__» 2.
Whom Does She Dress to Please ?

Have you ever asked a woman whom
she dresses to please? She will invari-
ably answer herself, but the statement
is mendacious in every instance, save
in those of the dress reformer—and that
means the woman without hope!

In the palmy days of Greece three
philosophers sat against the sunny side
of the temple discussing the infinite and
the branches thereof.

‘“‘A woman,’’ said one, ‘‘dresses to
please the men.”’
‘“*A woman,’’ said another assertive-

ly, ‘‘dresses to worry the other women. ’’
The discussion waxed acrimonious,
until both appealed to the third, who
belonged to the school of the trimmers.
‘A woman,’’ said he, ‘dresses to
please the men, and thereby worry the
other women.
——___> 2. ___
The making of a heroine is in the
woman who never talks about her neigh-
bors.

 

 

 

ONT

SELL
goods
that nei-

’ Life is short and it

will be over before you have made enough to pay

funeral expenses.

Sell B. B. B. Coffee because it pays you a margin

and pleases your customers.

We guarantee both.

Olney & Judson Grocer Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

; margin nor build up trade.
a

SESE Atl in meomeaned

 

 

The Putnam Candy Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.
Our A. A. line of Fine Package Choco-

lates is a trade winner.

show you samples.

Ask the boys to
Call and inspect our

line and establishment when in the city.

B. W. PUTNAM, President

R. R. BEAN, Secretary

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN —

 

 

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Around the State

Movements of Merchants,

Black River—Geo. E, Crannell, drug-
gist, has removed to Flomaton, Ala.

Fostoria—C. E. Gale, furniture deal-
er, has sold out to J. M. Smith & Co.

Fennville—Geo. Huff has purchased
the meat market of Clande Hutchinson.

Cedar—Weigand & Hinshaw have
purchased the meat business of Rufie &
Hinshaw.

Bath—Frank E. Davis has purchased
the dry goods and grocery stock of Wm.
S. Barrett.

Battle Creek—Erwin & Van Haaften
will establish a branch drug store at
Bedford July 1.

Clinton—Richter & Hittle have pur-
chased the drug and grocery stock of
F. E. Sherwood.

Breckenridge—James Redman, gen-
eral merchandise dealer, has sold out
to Judson C. Holiday.

Pioneer—Jos. E. King has engaged
in the grocery business. He purchased
the stock of H. E. Saunders.

Bangor—John Crippen has opened a
new drug store. The stock was fur-
nished by the Fuller & Fuller Co.

Battle Creek—Geo. C. Haigh has pur-

chased the fuel and feed business of
Thomas Mack, at 70 Jefferson avenue,
south.
‘ Thompsonville—S. A. Hathaway has
purchased the stock of the Western
Hardware Co. ; also the building occu-
pied by same.

Benton Harbor—The firm of Lundy
Bros. succeed that of Loscher & Lundy
in the Territorial street grocery, Gus
Loscher retiring.

East Jordan—Gus Muma has _pur-
chased the outfit of Richards & Co.
and, with Bert Scott as meat cutter, has
re-opened that market.

New Haven—A new concern has been
organized at this place under the style
of the New Haven Lumber & Coal Co.
The capital stock is $5,000.

Saginaw—E. M. Floss, formerly en-
gaged in the boot and shoe business at
Caro, will open a shoe store at 213 Gen-
esee avenue about the middle of August.

Lansing—The dry goods business
heretofore conducted under the style of
L. H. Kennedy & Co. will hereafter be
known as the Lansing Dry Goods Co.

Fennville—C. L. Fosdick has pur-
chased a stock of groceries and opened
a grocery store in the building former-
ly occupied by the millinery stock of
Mrs. Kate Billings.

Owosso—F red Simpson, who has been
manager of the general stock of C. S.
Simpson, at Estey, for several years,
will open a general merchandise store at
this place July 1 at 1013 West Main
street.

Summit City—A. Hyde has sold his
general stock at Summit City to A. A.
Pulver, who has had charge of the busi-
ness for the past ten years. Mr. Hyde
is engaged in the lumber, coal and
lime business at 860 Madison avenue,
Grand Rapids.

Benton Harbur—C. A. Brown has re-
tired from the dairy and produce firm
of Brown & Sietz. Mr. Seitz has formed
a partnership with J. J. Milier and E.
Roninger, of Chicago, under the style
of Miller, Seitz & Co. The new firm
will conduct the meat business formerly
owned by Mr. Miller, in connection
with the wholesale and retail produce
and provision business.

Manufacturing Matters.

Manistee—The Manistee —Flouring
Mill Co. has been organized with a
capital stock of $12,200,

 

 

 

Saginaw—The Herzog Art Furniture
Co. has filed articles of incorporation,
with a capital stock of $20,000.

Stony Creek—The Stony Creek
Woolen Mills Co. has been organized
with a capital stock of $25,000.

Wacousta—E. M. Everts has suc-
ceeded in organizing a creamery com-
pany here. The building is now under
construction.

Henderson——The New Henderson
Creamery Co. is meeting with the
hearty co-operation of the farmers in
this vicinity.

Gobleville—The Gobleville canning
factory is now running day and night
with a force of seventy-five hands.
There is talk of enlarging the factory
another year.

West Branch—W. W. Vaughn is
building a dam here for the electric
light plant which, when completed, will
be one of the largest in the State. It
will be 460 feet in length and have a fall
of nineteen feet.

Mt. Pleasant—The Union cheese fac-
tory started up June 5 with a capacity
of twelve cheese per day. The receipts
of milk were so much greater than were
expected that the capacity of the fac-
tory will be doubled. Pending the en-
largement, the surplus milk will be
converted into butter.

Owosso—The Owosso Carriage Co.
has increased its capital stock to $100,-
ooo and the board of directors to five,
composed of the following: A. M.
Bentley, M. L. Stewart, C. D. Stewart,
J. C. Shattuck and J. H. Robbins. S.
B, Pratt, who has been a most efficient
secretary and treasurer of the company
since its former re-organization, has re-
tired.

Sebewaing—The new sugar beet fac-
tory which has been in prospect here is
now an assured fact. A meeting of the
stockholders will be held in a few days
for the purpose of perfecting the organ-
ization. It has been decided to erect a
600 ton factory, a duplicate of the one
being erected in Saginaw. Many Sag-
inaw Capitalists are stockholders in the
new factory. The estimated cost of the
plant is $600,000.

Ganges—The new canning factory is
now in course of construction. Some
opposition has been made by property
owners to the proposed: plan of draining
the factory water into the creek and
some bad blood has been exhibited over
the choice of location. A large part of
the canning machinery is for use in
canning tomatoes, so that whenever the
fruit crop is short the growers can go
into the business of raising tomatoes
between their trees and thus make
money.

Detroit—The Improved Match Co.
has closed down its factory on Bellevue
avenue. The shops have heen sold to
the Sun Vapor Stove Co. This is the
second or third match factory in De-
troit which began competing with the
trust, but whose proprietors afterwards
found that the business did not pay. It
is a popular report that one man in De-
troit, a pioneer in trust fighting, has
been drawing a salary of $5,000 a year
from the trust, merely to keep out of the
business.

Wyandotte—The J. H. Bishop Co.
is enlarging its factory and tannery. In
the past skins from China could only
be obtained after they had been tanned
and built into rugs. Mr. Bishop has
made arrangements whereby he can get
the skins as they come from the ani-
mals, and the entire process of fitting
them for use will be done in Wyandotte.
For this reason there are two additions

 

being made to the factory. One of the
buildings facing the river bank is 72
feet long, and another running east and
west is 141 feet long. The firm is also
building a new iron warehouse 60x100
feet. The company in future will make
fur-lined overcoats.
—-»> 4 ____
Celery City Grocers and Butchers to Pic-
nic July 23,

From the Kalamazoo Gazette-News.

The Kalamazoo Butchers’ and Gro-
cers’ Association met Monday evening

in the Auditorium lodge room to con-

sider several matters of business which
were necessary to dispose of.

The matter. of the annual picnic was
discussed, but no definite destination
was arrived at. Ottawa Beach, South
Haven, Grand Rapids and Gull Lake
were proposed, but the matter was left
in the hands of the Transportation Com-
mittee. The date will be July 23.

A committee consisting of W. W.
Peck, W. C. Hipp and H. W. Moredyke
was appointed to wait on the merchants
of Kalamazoo and invite them to join in
the excursion.

A committee was also appointed to
confer with a committee from the Coun-
cil regarding the establishing of a city
market for hucksters. The members are
E. H. Priddy, A. W. Walsh and W. C.
Hipp.

Communications were read from the
Jackson and Grand Rapids associations
in response to invitations extended to
them to join the excursion. As soon a8
the Transportation committee can ar-
range with the railroads, the place for
the picnic will be announced.

ee entire
The Boys Behind the Counter.

Bay Shore—Chas. L. Moody has
taken a position in the mercantile de-
partment of the Bay Shore Lime Co.

Kalamazoo—Bert Boyle, who recently
resigned his position in Buckhout’s gro-
cery store, has taken the position of
fruit buyer for the Dunkley Celery and
Preserving Co.

Allegan—Harry Lutts has succeeded
Roy St. Germain as clerk in the Sher-
wood & Griswold store, and Mr. Ger-
main has taken a position with F. P.
Potter & Co., taking the place of Harry
Fouch, who resigned his place there.

Thom psonville—Geo. Haverly, who
has been behind the counter for the
Western Hardware Co., will remain
with S. A. Hathaway, the successor of
the business, in the same capacity.

East Jordan—W. A. Stone has taken
a position as book-keeper in the hard-
ware store of W. A. Loveday & Co.

Rockford—F rank Norton is the assist-
ant in C. C. Potter’s drug store, having
succeeded Herbert Taber, who has taken
a position as brakeman on theG, R. & I.

—_-_-2a0>a____
Cause of Death.

Army surgeons declare that the ex-
pression on the faces of soldiers killed
in battle reveals the cause of death.
Those who have perished from wounds
have a look of repose, while there is an
expression of pain on the faces of those
slain by bullets.

 

It is a queer house that has not at
least one sofa cushion that was not
made to be used.

| Fisher,

 

Denies the Allegations of Wm. Fisher’s
Creditors.

Scottville, June 24—I desire to ex-
plain some things relating to the hank-
ruptcy matter of Wm. Fisher, of this
place, in view of the allegations made
by the attorneys of the creditors of Mr.
published in the Michigan
Tradesman of April 3. The Fisher
stock was assigned to me and, pending
the action of the creditors in throwing
Mr. Fisher into bankruptcy, I held pos-
session of the stock, rendering a bill
therefor for $151.91, which Referee
Blair allowed in full. I held no un-
recorded mortgage against the property
for six months prior to the failure; nor
did I send out any notices offering 35
cents on the dollar: nor did I undertake
to assist, influence or control a com-
promise in the interest of said bankrupt,
further than to offer to loan Mr. Fisher
money on good and proper security.

C. W. McPhail.

In allowing the claim of Mr. McPhail,
Referee Blair made the following vol-
untary statement:

In regard to this matter, the item of
80 cents for filing inventory at. Luding-
ton and the item of $3 for stamps, en-
velopes and printing notices to creditors,
in my judgment are, perhaps, not
strictly within the limits of a proper
charge against this estate, although I
confess that I should disallow them with
some reluctance, because I think that
this bill which has been presented is
one of the most satisfactory bills and
one that it has given me the most satis-
faction to allow of any bill that has been
presented since I was referee in bank-
ruptcy, and I will take my chances of
being over-ruled by allowing the items
referred to. and will allow the biil at
$151.91. I wish some more estates
might come into Mr. McPhail’s hands
for handling in these preliminary mat-
ters. I think it is a reasonable bill in
every respect, and I have no doubt
whatever that the services were honor-
ably rendered and were of the highest
utility to the estate. I will enter an or-
der to that effect.

——- > +2

A New York carriage builder has in
his employ a man whose sole occupa-
tion is to paint the crests on the equip-
ages of customers. Recently his sphere
of activity has been enlarged. He says
that many a man or woman who has
just bought a landau or victoria con-
fesses that a copy of his or her crest can
not be had ‘‘at present.’’ So the painter
invents a crest. ‘‘It’s a good thing
all around,’’ he remarked. ‘‘A man's
new crest on his carriage doesn't meet
with the criticism that it might if he
suddenly sprung it on his note paper.
People think they have always seen the
crest on the carriage, and it is easy for
him to copy it on his stationery.’’

—_—_222—___

Many a woman who looks as _ though
she were fighting some secret sorrow is
only suffering from a soft corn.

—___-0

No man’s life is truly poverty-stricken
until it is given over wholly to the

making of money.
—_28>__

When the dead tree stands naked in
the spring there will come a vine to
lend it raiment.

 

 

M. O. BAKER & CO.

TOLEDO, OHIO

NEW

Prepared to fill orders carlots or less.

POTATOES wire for prices.

Write or

Grand Rapids Supply Company,
Jobbers of
MILL SUPPLIES
Iron Pipe Fittings, Valves, Boiler and Engine Trimmings, Belting,
Write for prices.
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Grand Rapids Gossip

C. L. Fosdick has engaged in the gro-
cery business at Fennville. The Mus-
selman Grocer Co. furnished the stock.

 

 

The Detroit Tribune recently pub-
lished what purported to be the market
value of the stock in the different
Grand Rapids banks, State Bank of
Michigan stock being quoted at 102.
The publication was brought to the at-
tention of President McCoy, who wrote
the Tribune a letter, offering to pay 120
for all offerings.

The Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’
Association will hold its fifteenth annual
picnic at Reed’s Lake, Thursday,
Aug. 8. It goes without saying that the
affair will be a very enjoyable one and
that the attendance will be all that could
be desired. Several novel features will
be included in the programme, which
is now in the hands of the printers and
will be issued in the course of a few
days.

The Fred Macey Co., Limited, an-
nounces that its plans are so far per-
fected that they will be open for inspec-
tion and bids in the course of a couple
of weeks. The Smith tract, comprising
twelve acres, running from South Divi-
sion street to South Lafayette street, has
been secured by the company. The
factory and office will front South Divi-
sion street, comprising three wings.
The office portion will have a frontage
of 65 feet and a depth of 300 feet, back
of which will be two wings each 65x450
feet in dimensions, four stories high on
one side and three stories on the other.

 

Ransom C. Luce, President of the
Luce Furniture Co., is authority for the
statement that Greg. M. Luce will re-
turn to Grand Rapids and take the ac-
tive management of the furniture plant.
Mr. Luce has been engaged in the lum-
bering business in Mississippi for about
ten years and has made his mark asa
business man and moneymaker. Be-
sides being manager of the extensive
lumbering enterprise owned by him-
self and father, he has found time to
plat and exploit a new town and act as
director of a hank at Scranton. His
friends will welcome his return to
Grand Rapids and the senior Luce will
find him a tower of strength in dividing
the exacting duties of the management
of a large furniture plant.

The Grand Rapids Retail Meat Deal-
ers’ Association had decided to hold its
annual picnic at Saginaw this year, in
conjunction with the grocers and meat
dealers of that city, but on taking up
the matter of transportation with the
Pere Marquette and the Grand Trunk
Railways, it was found impossible to
obtain a round trip rate better than
$2.30, which was considered prohibi-
tive, so far as a large attendance is
concerned. In the meantime, an invi-
tation was received from the grocers
and butchers of Muskegon to join with
them in celebrating the day at Mona
Lake, and this invitation has been ac-
cepted and arrangements made with the
Pere Marquette Railway for round trip
tickets at $1. The train will leave the
Union station at 7 o’clock for Ottawa
Beach, where the excursionists will
board one or more of the Pere Marquette
steamers, reaching Muskegon about 11
o'clock. Returning, the party will
leave Muskegon at 7 o'clock, arriving
at Ottawa Beach about 9 o’clock and
arriving home about 10 o’clock. It is
thought that a four or five hour ride on

 

Lake Michigan will have more attrac-
tions for the average butcher and his
friends than any other route that could
be selected, and it is confidently ex-
pected that a large number will avail
themselves of this opportunity. Messrs.
Katz, Eble, Hufford, Larson and Van
Zoeren will visit Muskegon Sunday for
the purpose of making the preliminary
arrangements for the reception and en-
tertainment of the excursionists. Inas-
much as the picnic is to be held out of
the city this year, the Association will

issue no programme.
———_>2
: The Grain Market.
Wheat futures have dropped 3@4c

during the week, closing at 66%
for July and 6634@66%c for Sep-
tember. Still cash wheat sells

all the way from 1%@3c over July
price. The overestimate of the crop is
the cause of this decline. The bear ar-
gument is that a large crop is to be har-
vested, estimated at 750,000,000 bushels,
Kansas now claims its crop is about the
same as last year and Texas 6,000,000
bushels, against 20,000,000 bushels _har-
vested last year. In the spring wheat
section, while the outlook is good, the
acreage is below the usual amount. We
will undoubtedly have a fair crop, but
far less than above stated. Again, the
claim is that there is no export demand,
while there is 4,000,000 bushels going
out every week. Our visible decreased
over 2,227,000 bushels, while last year
the increase was 1,348,000 bushels, leav-
ing our visible to-day at 32,903,000
bushels, against 45,524,000 bushels last
year, or a difference of over 12,000,000
bushels less this year than last year. As
stated before, all cereals are higher, as
well as all other commodities. Wheat
alone has no friends and stands at the
bottom. How long the main food prod-
uct will remain thus low the future only
can determine.

Corn is rather irregular when it varies
3c in one day, as September sold one
day at 41%(c and within a few minutes
climbed to 43%c. The weather has
everything to do withit. While a large
area was planted, the season is about
two or three weeks late. The stand also
is not as good as usual. The trade ex-
pect prices to remain at the present
level. If not, better prices may rule
later. Although the visible is large, the
outlook for oats is not rosy, so prices
remain very strong, with a strong un-
dercurrent for better prices.

Rye has sagged off 1c per bushel, as
the trade is waiting for new rye to make
its appearance soon and a large crop is
looked for,

Beans are not as strong as they were
last week, showing a decline of 5c in

‘futures as well as in cash.

Receipts of wheat have been large,
while other grains are merely nominal,
being as follows: wheat, 69 cars; corn,
4 Cars; oats, 7 cars; flour, 7 cars;
beans, 2 cars; castor beans, 5 cars;
hay, 3 cars; straw, I car.

Millers are paying 60c for wheat.

C. G. A. Voigt.

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A constitutional amendment has been
approved by the California Legislature.
and is to be submitted to the electors at
the next election, which would substi-
tute a state commission for the railroad
commission, a bank commission and the
insurance commission. The new body
would fix telegraph and telephone rates,
as also rates on gas, water and electric-
ity ; would supervise railroad and sleep-
ing car companies, banks and insurance
companies and in general would control
all quasi-public institutions and all
public utilities.

 

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The most important develop-
ment in the sugar market for some time
past came to the surface Monday, when
the American Sugar Refining Company
announced a reduction of 10 points on
all grades of refined sugar. The Na-
tional Sugar Refinery and Arbuckle
Brothers sold sugar on the same _ basis.
The tendency of prices was expected
by the trade, in fact, it was given out
officially that the decline was a tempor-
ary affair, made for the purpose of in-
fluencing orders, preparatory to the
usual upward tendency incident to the
fruit season. Another feature of interest
in sugar circles was the putting on the
market by the American Sugar Refining
Company of a new style of package,
containing twenty-five pounds of fine
granulated sugar, these packages being
packed fourteen in a barrel.

Canned Goods—The canned _ goods
market is very quiet, as is quite often
the case at this season of the year. The
pea situation is absorbing interest
everywhere, especially since Baltimore’s
pack of early peas has turned out very
short, necessitating the naming of high
prices by the packers. The packing of
early June peas in Baltimore is practic-
ally at anend. The packers have fin-
ished packing the best quailty, and
from now on the few that will be worked
will be seconds. The sale of Baltimore
peas this year has been light. It is
difficult to assign the cause of this, but
we do know that there is plenty of room
for an improvement in the demand, not
only for peas, but all kinds of canned
goods. The appearance of the pea fly
in Wisconsin is reported, while as yet
there are no complaints of its ravages.
However, the situation in this respect
will have crystallized by another week
or ten days. If the early pea crop in
Wisconsin escapes the green fly, the
pack of that State, taking into consider-
ation the new factories which will pack
peas, will be of good size, which will
be added to by the pack of New York
State, where the pea acreage has been
increased 40 per cent. or more each year
for two years, while there are no reports
to indicate that the fly has been seen
inside the State this season. Again
there isa noticeable strengthening of
the tomato market. It is coming slowly
but surely. There is a good demand
for goods for future delivery and _brok-
ers are holding orders, being unable to
get packers to accept any more at pres-
ent. Many packers who have been free
sellers are entirely closed out of spot
goods; the constant taking from their
holdings has reduced their stocks to
practically nothing. In view of the
heavy demand and the light stocks in
first hands, we should not be surprised
to see an advance in the tomato market
very soon. Corn shows some activity,
both of spot and future delivery. The
receipts of pineapples during the past
week were the largest of the season.
They were just the proper thing for
canning. The Baltimore packers have
certainly secured some excellent fruit
this season and they have been meeting
with a good demand. There will prob-
bly not be any change in the prices of
pineapples for a while, but, if the pres-
ent active buying continues, then it is
more than likely that there will be an
improvement. There is one thing sure,
and that. is that the present quotations
will prove to be the lowest. Spot Red
Alaska salmon continues firm at previous
prices and there is a fair demand for
these goods. The Columbia River fu-
ture situation is somewhat. stronger.

 

The run of fish in the Columbia River
is reported as still very light.

Dried Fruits—There is a fair con-
sumptive demand for dried fruits, but
general conditions are quiet and fea-
tureless. California prunes are in quite
good demand from the regular trade for
the season, 90-100s going out particular-
ly well. Oregons of all sizes are be-
coming scarce and are selling right
along in asmall way. There is some
demand for loose muscatel raisins. The
orders are mostly for small lots, but ag-
gregate quite a fair business. Dealers
do not want to carry stocks through the
warm weather and so are buying only
for immediate wants. The demand for
seeded raisins keeps up well,some large
orders having been placed within the
last week. Apricots and peaches are
both in light demand. Currants are
firm and selling quite freely, the orders
for the most part being for good sized
lots. There are many estimates regard-
ing the new crop of currants and the
one given by the London Grocer of
130,000 tons is generally held by dealers
to be premature, as it is declared to be
very much too early to gain any idea
of the yield. Figs are higher and are
moving out quite well.

Rice—Business was confined to small
lots, the total of which was fair, but not
up to expectations. The favorable
weather apparently has not as_ yet
created the improved demand expected,
buyers still refusing to accumulate sup-
plies. Holders, however, are confident
and, as a rule, absolutely refused to
shade prices, and fancy styles com-
manded a premium. The demand is
chiefly for domestic Japan styles they
being relatively cheaper than other
styles of domestic growth.

Teas—Green teas are firmly held, ow-
ing to limited quantities available on
the spot, and prices rule about steady.
Black sorts show a somewhat weaken-
ing tendency and the lower descriptions
continue to rule irregular, quotations
being entirely nominal. Complaints
are prevalent regarding the dull and un-
satisfactory market conditions.

Molasses—The usual slow demand
was experienced and the market pre- ©
sented no features of interest. Prices
continued to be fully maintained and,as
supplies were not pressed on the mar-
ket, a steady tone prevailed.

Nuts—Brazil nuts continue’ very
strong, with light supplies and some-
what higher prices. The crop turns out
somewhat less than expected and may
cause an advance in price soon. Sicily
filberts are easy and in light demand.
Peanuts are in excellent demand at

previous prices.
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Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool.

The hide market is firm at a strong
advance. Large sales to the American
Leather Co. practically cleaned up the
market. Receipts are small and asking
prices above tanners’ views.

Pelts are neglected. Sales are small
at extremely low values.

Tallow has a slight advance and large
sales. The demand is beyond the sup-
ply. Packers are holding %c higher.

Wool is as dormant as ever, so far as
the advance in prices is concerned.
The coarser wools are tc lower, while
fine is in demand at opening price. An
advance is looked for on fine from the
small supply. The clip is about all
marketed and at prices that show small
profit to the purchaser. Wm. T. Hess.

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For Gillies’ N. Y. tea,all kinds, grades

and prices, call Visner, both phones.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

The Meat Market

Process of Packing and Curing Hams.

Starting with the hams at the chill
room, before they pass to the cellar for
pickling they are taken to the testing
table where they are inspected for
bruises and blood spots at the bone. The
interior inspection is done by means of
a small instrument, resembling in out-
ward appearance a carpenter’s gimlet.
In reality it consists of a rod of steel
about three-sixteenths of an inch in
diameter, with small grooves cut around
the end about an eighth of an inch apart
and a thirty-second of an inch deep.
Over this rod a sheath made of a thin
steel pipe, large enough to slide with
ease over the surface, is placed; this
tube, being as thin as it can be made,
presents a knife edge to cut its way into
the ham. It covers the rod for all its
distance with the exception of an inch
at the end. After the rod has been
shoved into the bone the sheath is
shoved over, and confines in the rings
cut in the rod any appearance of blood
or bruise. When the hams are all right
they are passed along to the pumping
bench.

Every boy has probably watched his
father put a goose quill under the skin
of the goose and blow the goose up_un-
til it looked at least one-quarter larger
than it was before the operation. While
the result of pumping a ham to all ap-
pearances is the same, there is a result
which is beneficial, but not apparent,
and that is the depositing of the brine
at the bone and through the fatty parts
of the flesh. The small hand pumps
used for this purpose are operated by
the attendant, a short piece of strong
hose being attached to pump, and a
needle end of steel about one-quarter
inch in diameter, with openings on the
point—needle point being about eight
inches long. A workman places the
hams on a bench, skin down, and as fast
as one receives the injection, he re-
moves it .and a second ham takes its
place. From there the hams go to the
pickling tanks. Sometimes these con-
sist of cement vats, formed on the cel-
lar floors; again, of tanks built of
wood, square, with open tops; again we
find molasses hogsheads used, and
many times the hams are placed in
tierces. It becomes necessary during
this process of curing that the hams be
moved quite frequently in order to
change the surfaces where they join or
lie together. When the hanmis are placed
in vats, hogsheads or tanks, it becomes
necessary to throw them from one re-
ceptacle to another in order to change
the positions. If this is not done the
pickling is not even. When the hams
are being placed in tierces they are
never packed tight—at least four inches
is left in the end of the tierces. When
it is necessary to ‘‘break up’’ the sur-
face it is accomplished by rolling the
tierces from one side of the store room
to the other, the loose space being at all
times sufficient to permit the hams to
be separated from their neighbors.

Again, should the time for curing the
hams be accomplished, the process of
pickling can be arrested by boring a
hole in the head of the tierces and _per-
mitting the brine to run out, leaving
the hams dry, and by placing the hams
into a freezing temperature, they can be
kept for an indefinite period. The ex-
pediency of holding hams is resorted to
only when the market is off in price.

We will now return to our bruised
hams. By the use of our little friend—

 

 

 

the testing gimlet—we have been en-
abled to keep out all bruised hams.
These hams, before the introduction of
the bruise detector, invariably went
with the good hams, and passed through
the pickling and smoking departments,
and were not detected until they came
home to the purchaser and were put on
the table for eating. When cut open
and found defective they were invari-
ably returned to the market accom-
panied by uncomplimentary remarks,
and a good ham would have to be sup-
plied in its place. The bruised places
were cut out of the hams and the un-
affected parts sold for what they would
bring, often at a price equal to the cost
to the packing house owner when it was
on foot.

After the bruise has been located by
the indicator, the ham is -taken to a
table, the bone taken out, the bruise
carefully cut away, the ham rolled up
and tied with string, and then passed
through the ordinary process of pick-
ling, with the exception that it does not
stay so long in the pickle as the good
hams. In due time these are taken
from the pickle, soaked, smoked and
boiled, and then placed on the market
as the fine boneless boiled ham, at a
good round price, and become delicious
eating; thus they become a source of
profit to the packing house owner, in-
stead of a perpetual annoyance and
loss, both of customers and of money.

Returning to our ham which was_ un-
injured, we left it in the tierces ready
for final disposal. Where hams are re-
quired for foreign shipment they are
emptied on the floor, and the brine is
permitted to partially dry off; then they
are taken to the box and receive a_ lib-
eral coating of pulverized borax. The
process of applying the borax isto have
a box about thirty inches across, and
five, six or seven feet long (length de-
pends on how many men are desired to
have working on the box), the depth
being from sixteen to twenty inches.
The borax is placed in the box, and the
hams are rolled around in the borax.
The ham is then taken to a table, where
it is examined to see that all parts are
covered with borax. They are then
packed tightly in a box holding from
300 to 400 pounds; the cover is forced
down by a press, or the hams are forced
into a box driven by a wooden maul.

The object of covering the surface of
the hams with borax is to protect them
during transportation. Whether there is
any material benefit in this is a ques-
tion of contention among packing house
men; and the covering of borax is not
applied by all shippers of hams. —Fran-
cis H. Boyer in Ice and Refrigeration.

—___ +2
Why Pork Shrinks in Weight.

‘*T would like you to tell me why my
meat shrinks up so. It was killed
November 28, weighed 150 pounds
dressed, nice and plump, but now it is

not as thick as a person’s hand. It was
salted well and kept ina dark room.’’

This meat is assumed to be pork.
That it ‘‘shrinks’’ is the only fact in
sight. If we knew how the pig had been
fed we might be able to say it was not
properly matured or fattened before
killing. A pig may be made to look
‘“‘nice and plump”’ on sloppy or succu-
lent feed and not be in good condition
to kill for meat. Such meat will shrink
at least 25 per cent. in curing or hang-
ing in a dry room for two or three
months. Such meat will shrink in the
pot more than that from a pig properly
finished on sound grain. Grass fed or
alfalfa fed pigs lack the firmness re-
quired for first-class pork. Yet if pigs

 

that have had all the green feed or slops
they will eat are put upon a grain ra-
tion for six weeks before killing, their
meat will be more firm and will lose
less by evaporation and have a richer,
sweeter flavor. Salt does not lessen the
loss but starts the flow of the juices, so
that when the meat is smoked and hung
in a dry place the evaporation is more
rapid. Some curers have the surface of
their meat coated with a thick mixture
of sugar or treacle to lessen evapora-
tion and improve flavor of meat.

How to prevent shrinkage of cured
meats is something that has had much
thought from packers. Their loss on a
carload of meat between the dates of
leaving the pickle and
arrival at the market will range from
Io to 16 per cent. ; but the shrinkage
goes on after the meat goes to the gro-
cer or butcher. To save themselves
they weigh canvased hams and bacon
en arrival and mark weight on the ar-
ticle and sell to the consumer by this
weight and not at the actual weight at
the time the consumer gets it.

The packer can not confine his killing
to the increasing moon,as can the farm-
ers, who only kill when the sign is
right. These believers in signs get
great comfort from their special knowl-
edge. If the man had told the time of
the moon his pigs were killed some one
better versed in moon lore than we
would find no trouble in telling why that
meat shrinks so. For the comfort of the
enquirer we suggest that the food value
of his meat is all there yet, but with
less water than originally.—Breeders’

Gazette.
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How John Fell From Grace.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

Chinese servant stories are epidemic.
Here's one, and it is true:

A West Side woman a few days ago
was boasting to a caver of the virtues
of her Mongolian cook, and she em-
phasized the latter’s systematic methods
as his strong point.

**John finishes his work at precisely
the same minute every evening,’’ said
she promptly. ‘‘I always know exactly
where he is and what he is doing at any
time of the day.’’

‘*Well, what is he doing now?’’ was
asked.

“Let me see. It is 7 o’clock. Well,
he has just finished putting the dishes
away, and at this moment is sweepin
the kitchen. Come, let’s go out an
see if I’m not right.’’

They started through the dining room,
and found everything in its place, as
phophesied. In the pantry the. dishes
were neatly arranged in their customary
place. Then they opened the kitchen
door.

There in the center of the room was
John and he was—complacently washing
his feet in the dishpan!

The embarrassed mistress and her
convulsed guest retired in haste. And
the servant problem was dropped.

 

Some people, like clocks, tell what
— of a time they are having by their
aces.

 

 

Talk No. Il

The Proper Time of Year

There is aright time of year for everything;
to sow wheat, plant corn, to harvest and make
hay. There is a right time to treat Catarrhal
troubles, when nature is kindly and the steady
warm days help effect a cure. One month’s
treatment now is worth two in the winter time.
Remember, catarrhal diseases doesn’t mean
simply the nose and throat, but the ears, lungs,
stomach, liver, bowels, etc. We don’t try to
cure them all by medicines alone, but use elec-
trical treatments in a large number. We use
the X-ray when necessary.

Go or write to

DR. C. E. RANKIN

Powers’ Opera House Block
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Graduate of University of Michigan and Illinois
School of Electro-Therapeutics
Mail Treatment
Dr. Rankin’s system of ‘‘Home Treatment” is

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200 labels, 40 cents

500 labels, 75 cents
1000 labels, $1.00

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through any jobbing house at
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NUMBER 27
Obtained Revenge on the Man Who
Wronged Him.

A boom had struck Silver Crown.
The veteran prospector,- Tom Lenox,
who for twelve long years had pinned
his faith to a tunnel in the hillside, had
at last struck pay dirt. The news spread
rapidly and in less than a week miners
and prosgectors from all parts of the
West began to arrive. Each brought his
tent with him, which he pitched in the
first available spot, and at once pro-
ceeded to stake a claim. Like a musb-
room this impromptu city grew and
busy, active life took the place of bar-
renness and solitude.

These men were not the elite of the
earth. They were sturdy, determined,
fearless fellows, who, if they failed
here, would move on to the next camp,
hope ever buoyant and gold their lode-
star. Along with these came the
gambler and divekeeper, human vul-
tures who make the reputation of all
such camps. A mining camp has been
aptly described as ‘‘hell just before the
fires were started.’’ Such was Silver
Crown two weeks after the boom began.

Jack Welch, prospector, gambler and
divekeeper, was one of the first men on
the ground. He opened a saloon ina
deserted log cabin, once the home of a
former prospector. It served the pur-
pose until another lucky strike or two
had been made, when a gambling den
and dancehall were added. The com-
pletion of the dancehall marked the ad-
vent of women in Silver Crown. Like
the men, they belonged to the under
crust and gold was their aim.

The day following the opening of the
dancehall saw the beginning of a grave-
yard at the camp. A hilltop convenient
to the saloon was chosen and called
Boot Hill. The first man buried there
was a tenderfoot. He died with his
boots on because he had objected to the
interest which an old-timer showed in
one of Welch’s women. Had he been
more experienced in mining camp eti-
quette he would have killed the old-
timer first and made his objections
afterwards. Welch’s place had a repu-
tation to make and this was a begin-
ning. Other victims were not lacking
and Boot Hill soon contained seven
nameless victims.

Men with capital bought up the best
mines and the place began to assume a
more permanent aspect. Rude dugouts
and log shanties, more or less _respect-
able, replaced the tattered tents. They
did not improve appearances, but
promised greater security and warmth.

It was during this stage in the
camp's development that an event took
place which was destined to play an
important part in its history. This was
the escape of convict No. 27 from the
penitentiary of a neighboring state. No.
27 was serving a life sentence for mur-
der. For fourteen years he had been
known by this number, and during all
this time his conduct had been most ex-
emplary. He had at last grown to be
regarded by the prison officials as ‘‘a
trusty.’’- Patiently, faithfully, day after
day, year after year, he had striven to
reach that point, one object ever before
him, liberty. Oh, if it might only be his
again! Just for long enough to be re-
venged. He would come back and
out the balance of his life will-

 

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ingly.

No. 27's heart beat almost to bursting
the first time that he saw prison disci-
pline relaxed toward him; but his
stolid, hopeless face gave no sign of the
tumult within. He went about his daily

 

tasks just as if conditions were un-
changed. But O the joy of the hope
inspired. A chance to escape would—
must come. Innocent, he had been made
to suffer through the perjured testimony
of a man whom he had trusted; who
had been his prospecting partner for
years. He had been made a life con-
vict in order that this man might possess
the one thing in all the world which he
prized the most, his wife, whom he
loved as only a strong, fierce nature can
love. Had she been a party in this
atrocious scheme? He did not know.
He only knew that she was living with
his enemy. Yes, by all the power of
God and man, his chance must come.

The escape of No, 27 was published
far and wide. Descriptions of him were
sent to police and detectives in all parts
of the country ; but he eluded them all.

Winter settled down upon the land.
Snowdrifts, mountain high, filled the
guiches and valleys around Silver
Crown and. work on the various shafts
and tunnels was at a standstill. A bliz-
zard of unusual severity was sweeping
over the country and as night fell it
seemed to increase rather than dim-
inish. Trade at Welch’s dive had been
slim during the day, but when darkness
settled down the evil den took on new
life. Sounds. of music and dancing could
be heard between the shrieks of the
wind as it tore at roof and corner.
Rough men and wretched women danced
in this foul place as if it were a pleas-
ure and when the music stopped all
tushed to the bar. When it began again
other men, anxious to find favor in the
eyes of the poor outcasts, led them back
to the dance.

During one of the lulls at the bara
stranger opened the outer door and
walked in. He appeared to be almost
frozen, but his eyes burned with a fierce
light. He shook the snow from his hat
and with the hat brushed as much of it
from his boots and clothing as he could.
Then, walking up to the bar, he ordered
whisky. This he drank alone, although
several regular hangers-on, seated
around the stove, made audible remarks
upon the same.

Jack Welch eyed the stranger sharply ;
but he failed to recognize in him the
escaped convict, No. 27. The man
witkin the bar and the man without had
toiled side by side in search of that
elusive will-o’-the-wisp, gold. They
had shared the same bed and met the
same dangers; yet fourteen years of
penal servitude had done their work so
well that the man inside the bar failed
to recognize the one man on earth whom
he feared to meet.

Schooled in self-control, the stranger
gave no sign. Paying for his drink, he
turned to the stove and dropped into a
vacant chair in the corner behind it,
from which vantage he could view the
entire room. He spread out his arms
and legs to take in the grateful warmth.
The frozen snow upon his boots melted
and formed dark pools upon the floor,
while the moisture on his clothing
changed to steam and floated upward
into the teeming atmosphere of smoke
and liquor. He sat in rigid silence, ap-
parently taking no notice of any one;
yet not a move of the man behind the
bar escaped him. He had planned and
waited, hoped and craved—aye, even
prayed—that this moment might come.
Outwardly he was a calm, indifferent
man enjoying the bodily comfort of
warmth and shelter from the pelting
blizzard. Inwardly there raged a storm
of hate and a lust for revenge that con-
sumed him. Presently he arose and re-
moved his overcoat, disclosing the fact
that he was heavily armed. This caused
no comment, however, as every one in
the region carried a gun.

The music in the dancehall ceased
and men and women trooped in to the
bar, joined by the hangers-on around
the stove. Glasses clinked, snatches of
ribald songs were sung, lewd jests were
flung, profanity seasoned. every utter-
ance. No. 27 fixed his glittering eyes
upon a woman in the throng. Yes, it
was she, his wife! He could not be
mistaken. Years of debauchery had
wrought terrible havoc in this once fair
woman, leaving her a shadow of what
she once had been.

When the music struck up again, all
except the woman whom the stranger
had been furtively watching hurried to
the dancehall. Had she recognized him
and would she warn the man behind the
bar? She walked unsteadily around be-
hind the bar and put her hand on
Welch’s shoulder. With a brutal oath he
pushed her away ; but she was not to be
put off. A sickening fear gave her
courage. She approached the man again
and was about to speak.

But she was too late. In front of the
bar stood No. 27, a revolver in each

hand. The woman’s shrunken face
took on the color of death, while
Welch’s jaw dropped and his limbs

shook as he recognized the stranger.
The convict’s chance had come at last.
He stood before them like an avenging
spirit, his face distorted with hatred
and fiendish satisfaction. For almost a
minute he stood looking at them, his
eyes burning into their shriveled souls.
The scraping music of the dancehall
violin floated to their ears. When he
spoke his voice was calm and clear and
his words few:

‘‘I need not tell you what brings me
here. It is enough to say I have come
to kill you both.”’

Two shots rang out as one and No.
27 was revenged. Placing the revolvers
upon the bar, he disappeared into the
night and the storm. The music stopped
in the middle of a waltz and the drunk-
en revelers rushed in. Even they were
appalled for a moment, for the killing
of a woman was not a common thing
even in Silver Crown.

The next day there was an increase of
two in Boot Hill’s population.

Winter reluctantly gave way to spring.
The snow from the gulches and hills
slowly disappeared and work in the tun-
nels and mines at Silver Crown began
afresh. At the foot of a crag in Jaw
Bone Gulch the body of a man was
found. Convict No. 27 had made swift
expiation.

‘‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay,
said the Lord.”’ Mac Allan.

 

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STATE OF MICHIGAN
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John DeBoer, being en sworn, de-
poses and says as follows:
am pressman in the office of the
Tradesman Company and have charge
of the presses and folding machine in
that establishment. I printed and
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UNIONS AND THE RIGHT.

One of the strangest moral phenomena
of modern civilization is the fact that
an organization may be governed by
precepts which in other bodies or indi-
viduals would be accounted unfair and
dishonest, without incurring condemna-
tion. Contracts and agreements may be
entered upon with all the form and
earnestness, the apparent sincerity, of
other contracting parties and then repu-
diated without bringing censure except
from the ones suffering from the law-
less irresponsibility ; and usually these
dare not express their sense of injury
and wrong. And so in other matters of
business rights and ethics there seem
to be one code for society and another
for these organizations. Thus they are
accorded the privilege of infringing the
plain rights of the employer in the man-
agement of his business to a degree
which would not be tolerated in another.
He must run his factory in accordance
with unjust regulations which work harm
both to the business and its employes,
at the arbitrary behest of this body. If
a man is earning too much, for example
his work must be reduced to put him on
a level with the rest, a flagrant viola-
tion of personal rights which would not
be tolerated for a moment in any other
field of human effort. Why it is that
such deviations from the most manifest
principles of correct business ethics
should be tolerated even in the name of
labor passes comprehension.

One of the possible results of present
disturbances in mechanical industries is
a more correct appreciation of the prin-
ciples of right and wrong as applied in
the field of labor. Little has been said
about the moral features of the violation
of contracts in the strikes, but it is sig-
nificant that employers have agreed
upon the simplest principles of business
responsibility and control to an extent
never before attempted. This move-
There

ment is not going to end here.

‘had made these springs.

 

is bound to be a consideration of the
principles of right and wrong which
will eventually place every business on
a more independent basis.

In the present series of strikes the
Tradesman has been a most interested
observer of the controversy in the fac-
tory of the National Cash Register Com-
pany at Dayton, Ohio. It has had oc-
casion before this to comment at length
on the departure of the management of
that institution in the way of providing
for the welfare and pleasure of its work-
ing people, a movement which has
gained worldwide attention in the field
of industry. That such a labor Utopia
should be subjected to a common union
strike is naturally a matter of great as-
tonishment. Various reasons have been
given by commentators to explain the
Situation, some laying the trouble to too
much paternalism, infringing the in-
dependence of the workingman, others
more consistently laying it to the dis-
turbing features of unionism, but all
seeming to miss the point that it is on
account of the toleration of a set of
principles for its organized employes
that would not be allowed in any other
field of human intercourse,

J. H. Patterson, President and one of
the principal owners of the National
Company, has conducted its affairs as
manager for many years. Recognizing
the utility and economy of providing for
the best physical and moral welfare of
his workmen, he has instituted and
carried out a system of improvements
in these lines which, as_ said, has
brought the company worldwide celeb-
rity. This has been done, Mr. Patter-
son states, from motives of good busi-
ness policy simply and not from the in-
tention to pose as a philanthropist.

Conceding the right of his employes
to unite for their own interests, Mr. Pat-
terson seems to have rather welcomed
the organizer, who found a. promising
field for his efforts. It was not long he-
fore the thousands of workmen were
united into various unions according
to the character of the work. Soon there
seem to have followed a series of con-
ferences and negotiations between the
various committees and the manage-
ment, which are suggestive as to valu-
able time occupied, with nothing to
show for the benefit of any of the inter-
ests.

But in Mr. Patterson’s statement of
the present difficulties there is the. be-
trayal of a departure from the clearcut
business principles and policy which
seem to have controlled his other ad-
ministration. This was no doubt the
result of a good natured tolerance, un-
conscious largely, for the working peo-
ple which led him, as it does so many
others, to accept that which would not
be considered in any other business re-
lation. One of the early controversies
seems to have been over the use of
springs on some of the doors in the fac-
tory which had come from a concern not
in favor with the union. Mr. Patterson
appers to have treated this as a great
joke—forgetting that unions never joke.
He told the boys if they did not like
the springs they could let the doors
slam, and so the springs were taken off.
Aside from the palliation of thought-
lessness, this acceding to the request of
the union was reprehensible and would
have been considered so in any other
relation than dealing with a union. The
demand was nothing less than that the
National Company should join in the
boycott against the offending firm that
Instead of
being treated as a joke, the committee

 

should have been made the recipients of
rebuke and if they wanted to strike on
that account the subject would have
been just as good a one to have the fight
upon as any. In other words, the union
had no more right than any other indi-
vidual or body to make such a demand.
Had it come from any one else it would
have been resented as an insult. It was
a mistake to accede to it.

The statement of the differences lead-
ing up to the present strike is amusing
for the long series of ridiculous claims
on the part of the unions and as ridic-
ulous compliance on the part of the
management. The discovery was made
that the towels furnished by the gener-
osity of the company were laundered by
non-union labor. This had to be cor-
rected. Here again the management
accepted that from the committee of the
union which would not be considered a
moment from another source. It was a
wrong to the non-union workers and an
insult to the factory management which
should not have been tolerated. Then
follows a long statement of conferences
and threatened strikes on account of the
union classification of the various trades
—matters which a management should
leave to the individuals interested and
the rules of business. Next came com-
plications on account of changes made
in the manufacture, etc., etc., etc.
These were all cases which should have
been passed upon by the management
and the ones doing the work—union
committees had no right to meddle
with them.

Afterward a union foreman was dis-
charged for cause from one of the de-
partments and a man put in his place
who was not a member of a union. He
seems to have maintained his place,
but at the expense of a contest which
must have cost the Company heavily.
Had it not been under cover of the
union peremptory discharges would have
settled that difficulty. Later, through
the coercion of the international officers,
the management paid wages to two dis-
charged workmen for several weeks—a
wrong to the Company that would not
be possible in any way than through a
union, but no less a wrong. The last
few months of the experience of the
management in dealing with the unions
is too tedious to recount. Conferences
with committees of local unions and

with international officers follow which;

must have cost many thousands in the
aggregate.

Another interesting feature of the
statement is the effect of the union rules
on some of the workmen. Before their
interference some of the moulders had
become so expert that they could earn
six and even eight dollars per day.
This the union prohibited. The limit
was fixed at $4.50 and, as the union
rules compelled the workmen to remain
the full hours, the foundry became an
afternoon lounging and smoking room
for those who had finished their allow-
ance, This is a most-flagrant invasion
of personal rights and of the rights of
the Company which should not have
been allowed for an instant.

Had _ the - management of the Dayton
factory been governed in their dealings
with the union by the same rules as con-
trol in other things there would have
been no strike. A firm ‘‘Thus far and
no farther’’ on every question involving
personal or Company rights would have
prevented the perfection of an organ-
ization and power which has threatened
the destruction of one of the finest in-
dustrja] undertakings the world has ever
seen,

 

The lesson is not for Dayton alone.
In the hundreds of shops in which the
machinery industry stands paralyzed
throughout the country there is the ex-
ample of broken contracts and an inva-
sion of rights. Because they are unions
they can do this. But the time is com-
ing when the principles of right and
wrong will have force among organized
workingmen as elsewhere.

 

The brewers of Indiana have gotten a
fit of economy of late. This fit may
lessen the number of saloons in the
State, but it
whether the consumption of beer will be
in any ways diminished. They have
agreed that after July 1 they will cease
the practice of starting men in the
saloon business, furnishing fixtures and
licenses, on consideration that the
saloon thus established should sell only
the beer brewed by the promoter. It is
an expensive way of doing business
and the brewers have decided that it
will be wiser to let the trade follow its
natural course. It was also agreed to
discontinue the practice of giving away
costly calendars, knives, and _ cther
presents for the purpose of advertising
certain brands of beer. This practice,
it is said, has cost the brewers large
sums annually, and it is probable that
it will not only be done away with in
Indiana, but in other states, as it is un-
derstood that it was discussed at the
meeting of the National Brewers’ Asso-
ciation at Buffalo recently.

 

Interest in a famous old fake is re-
vived by the incorporation of the Car-
diff Giant Company, which proposes to
exhibit the monumental imposition that
made a lot of money for its original
proprietors. Perhaps Mr. Sherlock’s
story, which evoked considerable atten-
tion to the rise and fall of this enter-
prise that more than thirty years ago
threatened to become the world’s eighth
wonder, has helped to bring it again
into prominence. Presumably there
will be room found on the Midway at
the Pan-American and it.will return to
the moneymaking business after a long
and well earned vacation. The Cardiff
giant is just as good to look at now as
it was in 1869 and 1870, and while it is
scarcely old enough yet to be called
pre-historic, it has the greater dignity
which age can give, and in that respect
is better off than it was when first. dis-
closed.

 

The annual crop of young lawyers will
be interested in the announcement be-
ing widely circulated that there are
forty counties in the State of Texas
utterly without a legal luminary. When-
ever there is a lawsuit or an occasion to
consult an attorney, the inhabitants
have to go to some other county. Just
now Texas is booming and its popula-
tion is increasing faster than that of any
other state. New members of the bar
should take this section into account
when they are thinking of locating and
putting out a shingle. The Southwest
is enjoying unusual activity, and activ-
ity in a business way, with the pros-
pect that the boom will be followed by
a collapse, is very helpful to the legal
fraternity.

An Indiana judge holds ‘‘ borrowing’’
an umbrella without the consent of the
owner, in the emergency of a sudden
thunder storm, to be no less than a
crime, and sentences the ‘‘ well-known
young man’’ who did the trick to a
term in jail and disfranchisement for
five years.

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THE GROCER’S BOY.

 

How He Interferred With the Trial Bal-
ance.

Written for the Tradesman.
The grocer was working’ on his trial
balance.

This grocer is one who regards his
trial balance seriously—as something to
be done religiously and regularly and
by no means to be treated lightly or
evaded.

The set of books this grocer keeps
would reecive but small consideration
from the average book-keeper, for there
are only thirty or forty accounts therein
and five figures is the limit; but when
one has frequently to drop his work in
order to measure gingham, weigh sugar,
scale tanbark and count eggs, or to in-
spect a more or less doubtful specimen
of country butter, errors will sometimes
creep in, and the trial balance is the
screen that sifts them out.

The grocer was in the midst of a
problem. His balance was off just 93
cents. -He had looked all through the
entries of the previous month for this
amount, for twice the amount, and would
have looked for half of it only for the
fact that he does not use half cents in
his business. So at length he had
reached the point of hunting fora trans-
position—the difference being divisible
by three—and was deep in the midst of
his research.

And then he heard the clatter of small
feet, the sound of a familiar voice, the
door opened and shut with a sounding
crash and his little son appeared. The
cherub had brought with him a large
slice of buttered bread and a cheerful,
although somewhat besmeared, counte-
nance.

“Well, papa!’’ It was the joyous ac-
cents of the grocer’s cherub, but the
grocer answered not.

‘‘Good morning, papa. I’m here.
Do you know how long I can stay? Shall
I tell you how long I can stay, papa?
Shall I papa?’’

**Huh,’’ replied the grocer, and went
on turning the leaves of his ledger.

‘*Mamma said I could stay—how long
do you think? Shall I tell you how
long mamma said I could stay? Papa,
papa !’’ and the infant, with the aid of
a convenient chair, began to climb upon
the grocer’s desk.

‘‘Mamma said, if I'd be good, I could
stay a whole half an hour and make a
kite, so maybe I will.’’ And the boy,
baving reached the coveted location,
seated himself alongside the ledger and,
with a contented sigh gently patted the
grocer’s hand. ‘‘Aren’t you glad I
came, papa? Will you give me a piece
of candy if I'll stay? Will you, papa?
Say, papa, can I have a piece of
candy?’’

The grocer, with threatening brow,
turned to the child. ‘‘No,’’ said he,
calmly, but firmly. ‘‘You can’t. You
can’t have anything. I’m very busy.
Now you go away and let me alone, I
can’t be bothered with you.”’

‘‘All right, papa, I won’t bother you
at all. Mamma said I couldn't come
until I promised I wouldn’t make you
any trouble or talk to you or anything if
you were busy, so! won't. Don’t you
think I’m good not to do that? Say,
papa, I don’t want to eat all this bread.
I don’t hafto, do 1? Can’t I have a lit-
tle weenty, teenty piece of candy, just
about so big, and then I’ll go and make
my kite? Can’t I, papa?’’

The request was hesitatingly granted,
and the small boy, with the sweetest
imaginable ‘‘ Thank you, papa,’’ started

 

for the back yard, leaving his bread and
butter on the desk. Presently he re-
turned.

‘“ Papa, please let me take your knife.”’

The grocer seemed annoyed. ‘‘ Where’s
the knife Aunt Annie gave you?’’ he
asked, |

‘Oh, I traded it off to Billy Jones.’’

‘*Traded it off!'’ exclaimed the gro-
cer in amazement.

‘Yes, papa.’’

‘*What in the world did you do that
for?’’

‘*For a ball and two fish hooks and a
lead pencil and a piece of glass you
can see through and it makes every-
thing look green. Don’t you think I
made a pretty good trade for such a lit-
tle boy?’’

‘‘No, I shouldn’t think you had.
What do you suppose Auntie’ll say
about it?’’

“‘It wasn’t her knife any more.’’

‘“Yes, but she gave it to you. It
was a present and people don’t trade off
presents.’’

‘Oh, don't they?’’ was the cheerful
response. ‘‘Well, I’m going trout fish-
ing pretty soon, and I’ve got the hooks
now, and all I have to get is a line and
pole and bobber and sinker. Say,
papa, they’ve got some poles over at
Swasey’s hardware store that all come
to pieces, and they only cost 50 cents.
Can I have one?’’

‘*No, I don’t think you can.’’

“‘Yes, papa, please let me have one.
That’s awful cheap fora pole that all
comes to pieces, don’t you think so?
Say, can I, papa?’’

‘“You’d trade it off to the first boy
that came along. It doesn’t pay to get
you anything like that.’’

‘“No, I wouldn’t, papa. S-u-r-e |
wouldn't. I’d take very good care of
it and I’d catch all the fish we could eat
all summer. Oh, papa, look at that Eng-
lish sparrow out there! If I only had
my bownarrow here I’d shoot it. Wait
until I get a stone,’’ and out he rushed.

Bang! The stone was thrown, and
must have missed the sparrow by some-
thing like three rods. The boy returned,
disappointed but hopeful.

‘*No, I didn’t hit him that time, but
[ guess Billy Jones could of. He can
throw awful far. Next time I'll have
my bownarrow along and he won't get
away so easy. Say, papa, will you?’’

‘*Will I what?’’ snapped the grocer.

“*Get me that fish pole?’’

+ + *

While the lamenations were subsid-
ing, the small boy sat on the counter
and swung his legs over its edge. The
grocer was again getting into line with
his work, while the clerks busily and
intelligently attended to the require-
ments of trade. At length:

‘*Papa, is Lincoln an angel?’’

‘*Of course. ’’

‘*Washington is, too, isn’t he?’’

‘“Yes, I suppose so, Now keep still.’’

‘*But he is surely, isn’t he?’’

‘*Yes, yes,’’ impatiently.

‘“People who smoke can't go to
heaven, can they?’’

The grocer dropped his pen and, with
reproach burning on his lips, turned to
the child; but something in the sweet
face and fearless eyes that met his gaze
so quietly and confidently softened his
answer,

‘*Why, perhaps,’’ said he, ‘‘that is,
some of them.’’

‘*George Washington wouldn’t smoke,
would he?’’

‘*Oh, no.”’

‘‘Not even if he wanted to, would
he?”’

 

‘““No, son, but then of course he
wouldn’t want to. Nobody smokes in
heaven. The smoking’s all done in the

other place. ”’

‘‘In what other place, papa?’’

‘‘Why, in—in—in Bellaire. You
know they have a fire there every little
while.’’

** Does everybody in Bellaire smoke?’’

‘*No, of course not.’’

‘‘Why don’t they?’’

‘I’m sure I don’t know.”’

‘“You would if you lived in Bellaire,
wouldn’t you, papa?’’

‘*Probably.’'

‘‘Is Bellaire anywhere near heaven?’’

‘“*No, my son.’’

‘‘In heaven is only Washington and
Lincoln and Jesus and God. Say, papa,
God can do anything, can’t he?’’

**Of course.’’

‘“He could lift our house, couldn’t
he?’’

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‘‘And the Methodist church, too. He
could lift anything if he wanted to.
Say, papa, how strong is God?’’

The grocer was fast losing his mental
balance. He was over his depth ina
theological discussion and beginning to
flounder. At this moment the phone
called him from his desk, and he ac-
cepted the incident as a special inter-
position of Providence in his behalf.

Mrs. Grocer was at the other end of
the wire. Said she:

‘‘Aren’t you ever going to send Johnny
home with the yeast? I told him to
come back with it in just half an hour
and the time was up long ago.”’

Geo. L. Thurston.

——_ ~++4<.____
The Drummer’s Faults From a Victim’s
Standpoint.

A drummer had just left one of the
most widely sought furnishing goods
buyers in Chicago when the writer hap-
pened in. ‘‘ There's a good fellow when
you know him,’’ remarked the buyer,
‘*but he hasa whole lot of bad habits.’’

This remark seemed to be the key-
note to account for the failure of some
drummers to make successes of them-
selves and the victim of so many
drummers was asked for a list of faults
that a drummer is most likely to fall
into.

Here is his list:

Leave your cigar outside. The buy-
er may be a smoker, and not mind it,
but it does not look well and may _ in-
fringe rules.

Chew tobacco, if you must, in your
room at the hotel or on the street—never
in a customer’s store. Same applies to
gum.

Don’t call a buyer by his given name.
It may sound friendly, but it drops the
buyer a few notches in the estimation of
his clerks.

Don’t be friendly with clerks. Treat
them courteously, but don’t let it get
beyond necessary civility.

Above all things, do not seek to con-
verse with the lady cashier or clerk, if
there is one.

The drummer who slyly seeks to post
himself on the conditions of stock by
pumping a clerk is the man who has the
fewest friends among the buyers. They
invariably find him out.

Another equally bad habit is to look
over the shelves and remark about there
being a competitor’s goods in the stock.
This never accomplishes any good with
any sort of a buyer. It is a boomerang.

Think twice before you tell a buyer
that you came out of your way to see
him. It does not add to your impor-
tance nor strengthen his friendship for
you... Lies seldom do good.

 

In showing samples do not try to im-
press a buyer that you know more than
he does and sort out the line that you
know (?) his trade wants. Let the
buyer know a little—if he doesn’t and is
the right kind of a buyer he will ask
your advice.

Don’t open out your order book and
boast of having sold John Jones and
William Smith in the next town. It
does not add to your importance or im-
press him with your ability as a sales-
man. Give the buyer credit for know-
ing that it was the price that really sold
the goods.

The drummer who shows his temper
when a buyer tells him that he can not
use any of his goods had better cross
that buyer off of his memorandum book
—he will not get a second chance to
show his samples.

A countermand may result from ac-
cepting a small order sneeringly.

Verbal promises should never be
given—unless you do not mean to keep
them. Everything should be down in
writing on the order blank—the sales-
man,may not be at home when a verbal
promise is quoted to the house and the
loss of a customer may result.

Disparaging remarks made to one
buyer about another are like bad money
—they are sure to get back to the pass-
er, especially if they amount to any-
thing.

It is not even all right to ask the
proprietor out to dinner. It is only a
covert method of seeking favors. Ask-
ing a buyer out to dinner is nothing
more nor less than a proffered bribe.

‘*Please’’ and ‘‘thank you’’ do not
cost anything, and a prodigal use of
them can not but revert to the drum-
mer's good.

It is presumption to wait until you
have secured your order and then bring
in another drummer to introduce him to
the buyer. It is a bad habit to do it at
any time. These are the faults pointed
out by this popular buyer. While on the
subject it will not be out of place to
say:

That no firm is benefited or elevated
by the drummer who stands outside of
the hotel in a small town and displays
his ‘‘city freshness’’ for the benefit of
the town folks, especially directing it to

the girls who pass.
—_—+$-~>-0
We Drink Oceans of Coffee.

One-half of the world’s production of
coffee berries is brought to the United
States. Americans are the greatest
coffee drinkers on the face of the globe
now, and every year the consumption
of coffee is increasing here.

Last year it was more than 800,000, -
ooo pounds for the whole country, or
more than 10% pounds a head of the
population. Germany and France to-
gether only consumed half as much
coffee, Germany less than 64% pounds
a head and France only 4% pounds per
capita. The United Kingdom used lit-
tle more than half a pound of the ber-
ries per head of the population, but
over there they made up for it by drink-
ing more tea than any other nation.

More than a million dollars is sent
out of the United States every week in
payment for coffee. South and Central
American countries, which supply us
with more than 600,000,000 pounds of
coffee a year, get most of the money.
Puerto Rico, Java and the Philippines
get almost all the rest, but a little goes
to Hawaii, where they produce a very
superior brand of coffee berry.

Last year the total value of the coffee
imported into the United States was
about $60,000,000, and that was less
than for several years, because the im-
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Dry Goods

Weekly Market Review of the Principal
Staples.

Staple Cottons—Ducks and brown os-
naburgs show no practical change. Any
thought on the part of buyers of
bleached cottons in regard to reductions
in prices should be given up now, for
it is very unlikely that any will be
made. The present quotations will un-
doubtedly be maintained, and advances
are not at all improbable. An increase
in the business is now looked for on
this account as soon as buyers under-
stand it. The demand for wide sheet-
ings has been quiet, and cotton flannels
and blankets show no change. Coarse
colored cottons are steady at previous
quotations.

Prints and Ginghams—In nearly all
directions the business in printed cot-
ton goods has been very satisfactory.
There is no doubt that the prices made
on fall goods are acceptable to the buy-
ers, for they have taken hold in a very
satisfactory manner. The amount of
business transacted shows an increase
almost every day. Most of this has been
on the more staple styles, but fancies
have shown up to a moderate extent.
Indigo blues have been selling with
some freedom and are still in good re-
quest. Mournings, Turkey reds, shirt-
ings, etc., show a business considerably
above the recent average. There has
been no change in the market in per-
cales or in napped fabrics of any kind.
A good business has been transacted in
the leading lines, but outside of that- it
has been quieter. Ginghams of all
kinds are steady.

Dress Godds—The dress goods mar-
ket continues in a quiet position, the

 

 

duplicate orders being few and far be-:

tween. The jobber has not yet secured
any sizable volume of orders on fall
fabrics, and is not ready therefore to
place any duplicate orders of moment.
The suitmaker is not much of a factor
in the situation, as he has completed
his first purchases, but has not yet had
an opportunity of testing his trade, not
having completed his lines. The pres-
ent dull condition of the dress goods
market will continue until jobbers and
garment manufacturers find their trade
ready to operate. There is still some
complaint from garmentmakers regard-
ing delayed deliveries. The skirting
business is of modest proportions. There
is a modest influx of orders on such
goods as thibets, beavers and mixtures.
The plaid back does not go, despite all
the expectant talk one has heard during
the past several weeks. The buyer has
shown the greatest preference for plain
materials. The cloaking trade shows
little interest in the fabric market, aside
from an occasional! order on tan or cas-
tor kerseys.

Cloakings—The cloaking business is
subject to so many vagaries and _ uncer-
tainties that there is always an air of
mystery and doubt in the future. Dame
Fashion is so changeable in her ideas
and whims that the cloakmaker, after
his enthusiasm regarding a certain fab-
ric wears off a little, is apt to seea
menace where none exists. The cloak-
maker is in a maze of uncertainty re-
garding the length and cut of the fall
garments. The long garment, it is gen-
erally predicted, will dominate the
market again the coming season, but
there are those who express the opinion
that short jackets will come more into
favor than was the case last year.

Underwear—The warm weather has

 

resulted in clearing off some of the job-
bers’ lightweight stocks and they are
now in good shape. During the week a
large number of small orders came to
hand which made an excellent aggre-
gate business. It is evident that the
retailers have secured a good business
since the weather became seasonable,
but.so much cold weather has prevailed
that in spite of the quick reduction of
stocks, they do not feel confident enough
to order what would naturally be needed
to carry them through the season. This
is shown very clearly by the erratic
way in which the ordering is done. A
very hot day will give the retailers good
business, and the following day will
mean larger orders placed with the job-
bers. A cool day will diminish the re-
tailers’ business, and the orders placed
with the jobbers will show a correspond-
ing decrease. It is almost a hand-to-
mouth way of doing business, yet per-
haps under the conditions, and with
stocks as they are, it is the safer way.
Balbriggans continue to be the leading
style of lightweight underwear for men,
while for women, ribbed goods at $4.50
per dozen and below, if they can be de-
livered immediately, are in good de-
mand. In these goods it looks now as
though the buyers considerably under-
estimated their needs. Bleached goods
are in naturally the greatest demand, but
there is also a fair request for pinks,
blues, lavenders and some blacks.

Carpets—Manufacturers of ingrains
are now fairly busy on all grades of
goods. Some have been fortunate in
obtaining enough orders to last them for
the remainder of the season, while in-
stances have also been found where the
manufacturers have only orders enough
to last for one or two months. As a re-
sult, the latter are purchasing yarn in
only limited quantities to cover orders
in hand. There is very little disposi-
tion to speculate in advance of future
requirements.

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Between the great things that we can
not do, and the small things we will not
do, the danger is that we shall do noth-
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Summer
Resorts

ON THE

GR&I. |

‘* The Fishing Line ’’

 

 

The Passenger Department of the Grand
Rapids & Indiana Railway issued a 36-
page booklet, entitled ‘‘ Michigan in Sum-
mer,” that contains 250 pictures of resorts in
Northern Michigan. Interesting information
is given about these popular resorts:

Petoskey Mackinac Island
Bay View Traverse City
Harbor Springs Neahtawanta
Harbor Point Omena
Wequetonsing Northport
Roaring Brook Northport Point
Emmet Beach Edgewood

Walloon Lake and other points

It contains a list of hotels and boarding
houses in Northern Michigan, with their rates
by the day and week, and passenger fares
from the principal points in the Middle West.

This booklet will be sent free

upon request to C. L. LocKwoop, General
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Grand Rapids,
Michigan.

The summer train schedule goes into effect
June 30. Time cards and full information
regarding connections, the “‘ Northland Ex-
press’ with cafe car service, will be sent,
and assistance given to plan a comfortable
trip via the

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of soft shirts at $4.50 per dozen just
received. They are pretty pat-
terns and have detached collars
and cuffs.
broken send orders by mail.

If your line of sizes is
They
will receive prompt attention.

  

Wholesale Dry Goods,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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WHOLESALE DRY GOODS,

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To Close

We still have a good assortment left of

Dimities

Lawns

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Prices have been reduced to close them out.

P. STEKETEE & SONS,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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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
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Clothing

Avoid Catering to the Public With Cheap
Goods.

Many people purchase cheap goods
because they are influenced by surround-
ings. If they see a suit marked down
from twelve to six dollars in a cheap
shop in a cheap district, and directly
after a four dollar suit behind plate
glass in a leading store in a first-class
district, the latter bargain will appeal
more strongly to them and the surround-
ings will sell the goods.

It is, of -course, easy to see why a
cheap suit exposed before the door of
a cheap store ina cheap district, with
the glaring light of day upon it to show
all its defects, should not appeal to an
intending purchaser as much as a
cheaper suit artistically displayed in
surroundings that lend it quality and
style and that gloss over its defects.
And it is easy to see why a man _ would
prefer to buy a cheap suit at a first-
class establishment rather than at a lit-
tle obscure place in which he is
ashamed to be seen. Natural love of
beauty and ingrained pride or vanity
are sufficient to explain the preference.

But the real reason lies deeper than
this. Esthetic sense and pride or van-
ity are not sufficient causes to explain
why a large number of people will buy
cheap clothing under circumstances as
stated above.

A large establishment, just because
of its size, has a certain standing in a
community that a smaller establishment
can not hope to have. Its position in
the favored business district of a town
or city, its elegant appointments, its
large force of salesmen, and its com-
mercial importance as a leading estab-
lishment of the place give it a peculiar
moral influence over the people who
pass its doors. They reason: ‘‘ Here is
a merchant who is a power in the com-
munity. He requires a‘large capital to
conduct such an establishment. He has
large interests at stake. He is depend-
ent on the good will of the community
to a greater extent than the small man
around the corner who would drop out
of sight without anybody taking notice.
Naturally, therefore, it is to this deal-
er’s interest to guard his steps far more
cautiously than his small fellow trades-
man does. He can not afford to do
things that his small competitor may
do. He has a standing in the commu-
nity and an interest in the well being of
his customers that the smaller man can
not be expected to have. Naturally he
will weigh considerations more carefully
and his judgments will have more
weight. And when the passerby sees
a four-dollar suit in this latter mer-
chant’s window he is more impressed
by it than by the six-dollar one in the
other man’s window, because he feels
that the judgment of the one man is
worth more than the difference between
the two suits. He feels safer in buying
the four-dollar suit thah the six-dollar
suit, and so he buys it.

Individual customers do not conscious-
ly go through such a process of reason-
ing, but this is the process of reason-
ing that influences them unconsciously.
The real factor that determines the sale
of the goods is the moral influence
exerted on the customer by the prestige
of the establishment.

Is this prestige worth money? Is it
a thing to be gained ina night? Is it
a thing to be wasted and squandered?
A good business man expects his pres-
tige to make money for him as much as

 

 

 

his stock of goods or his clerks. The
moral influence that his establishment
has on the minds of his customers is one
of.his most valuable assets, although it
is only partially transferable.

Then what kind of business sense is
it to use a ten thousand dollar influence
to sell goods that can be disposed of by
the efforts of a ten-cent man? Clearly
it is as foolish as to use a razor to split
cordwood. It is as extravagant and
wasteful as it is to use all the power of
an elecrtic light plant to run a merry-
go-round. It is sheer unqualified waste
of time and means and energy, and that
always spells failure in the long run.

A large establishment simply can not
afford to cheapen its methods of mer-
chandising. In the long run it must raise
its standards or go to the wall. It can
not {afford, except in occasional and
transitory circumstances, to depart from
the policy of elevating the tone of its
business. If it does, it is as surely wast-
ing its energy and dissipating its re-
sources as if its stock of goods were
thrown into the street.

These considerations should be
enough to lead any man to fight shy of
catering to the public with cheap goods.
[f he does sell them he should have it
clearly understood that they are on sale
against his will, his judgment and _ his
advice.

This matter has a moral side as well.
A scamp can and will calculate on the
profit and power that he can gain by
mere appearances. He can be depended
upon to conduct his business upon as
impressive a scale as possible, for he
knows that such a method of doing
things makes his swindle all the more
easy of operation. He can and will en-
deavor to get as much good-will as pos-
sible to facilitate the fleecing of his
victims; but his operations are neces-
sarily confined to a short space of time.
Soon he is found out and clears out.

With the regular merchant endeavor-
ing to do an honest business it is differ-
ent. He can not afford to let his influ-
ence in the community be unworthily
exerted. It means ruin, sooner or later.
On moral grounds as well as on sordid

rounds of self-interest he is forced to

ght continually against lowering the
standard of his business. Trading up
is as necessary to his business life and
health as the upward growth of a tree is
necessary if it is ever to bear fruit and
escape barrenness and death.—Apparel
Gazette.

 

 

Ask to see Samples of
Pan-American
Guaranteed Clothing

Makers .
Wile Bros. & Weill, Buffalo, N. Y.

When placing your or-

der for Fall 1go01 the ques-
_ tion of VALUE should en-
ter into consideration.

Our salesmen will start
in a few days to show you
the best VALUES ever
placed before you.

Our CLOTHING §la-
beled with the accompany-
ing trade mark stands to-
day the acknowledged un-
excelled clothing for tail-
oring, designing, style and
smartness.

Should our salesmen not
call to explain the impor-
tant facts about our cloth-
ing, write for sample gar-
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Our Trade Mark and Guarantee,

 

 

 

M. Wile & Co.

Buffalo, N. Y.

 

 

 
 
     
    
  
   

You are all right when
you buy right goods right.

 

Sterling Overalls

Are right. The prices are right and our
shipments are right. You better write

Morris W. Montgomery

Lansing, Michigan

  
 

Overalls, Shirts,
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Get our prices and try

our work when you need

Rubber and
Steel Stamps
Seals, etc.

Send for Catalogue and see what
we offer.

Detroit Rubber Stamp Co.
99 Griswold St. Detroit,- Mich

 
 

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We will furnish (to clothing dealers only), our hand-
somely illustrated Fall and Winter sample book.show-

FRE ing a big assortment of cloth samples representing our

Boy’s and Children’s Ready-to-Wear Clothing,

enabling you to select your season’s order and and present requirements as
thoroughly as though selected from our enormous wholesale stock. Sample
Book ready for distribution July rsth. Limited issue. Order the book now to
prevent disappointnient. You can doa large profitable business with it.
Largest Manufacturer

DAVID M. PFAELZER & CO., of Boy's Clothing

CHICAGO, IrLLINorTs.

    
         
 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Shoes and Rubbers

Large Prices for Making Shoes For De-
formed Feet.

‘‘T will give $1,000 to the man who
has a pair of feet that I can’t make
walk,’’ says Matthew Hilgert, shoe-
maker, the only man in New York who
ever got $5,000 for a pair of shoes.

‘‘T never make a price on a pair of
shoes for a rich man,’’ says the little
shoemaker. ‘‘I simply contrive a pair
of shoes for him. He walks, he jumps
on and off cars, he plays golf. Then
he makes out a check, usually for a big-
ger sum than I would have had the
nerve to ask.

‘“With the poor it's different. I tell
them, if I can, exactly what the shoes
are going to cost. Sometimes it isn’t
anything. But my gracious, don’t you
put that in. There are 300,000 crippled
people in New York. I’m only one
shoemaker.’’

Judge Stiner, in the Eighth District
Court, recently allowed Hilgert a bill
of $310 for one pair of shoes. The way
of it was this: The shoemaker made
the shoes for Charles Carpenter. Car-
penter is said to have one of the oddest
pair of feet a man was ever born with.
George K. Carpenter, brother of the
crippled man, heard of Hilgert and or-
dered a pair of shoes for Chas. Carpen-
ter. The cripple put them on and
walked about like any other man.
When the bill came for the shoes it was
$310. Brother Carpenter went to law.

‘*M’m, $310 for one pair of shoes!’’
gasped the Judge.

‘‘Your Honor, it took me eight weeks
to make those shoes,’’ said the shoe-
maker.

‘*Your Honor, | paid Hilgert $250 for
one pair of shoes. I would pay $1,000
rather than be without them,’’ testified
William D. Brooks, glass manufacturer
at 44 Barclay street.

Brooks’ joints were terribly anchlosed
from disease. He couldn't walk and
the shoemaker set him on his feet. To
the surprise of Hilgert, when the trial
came off the wealthy manufacturer ap-
peared to testify for him.

After examining the feet and the
shoes of Carpenter and Brooks Judge
Stiner said, ‘‘$310 and costs. I thinka
pair of shoes like that is worth more
than trade prices.’’ Hilgert is the
highest-priced shoemaker in the world.
He says that he is the most remarkable
—being a surgeon and a shoemaker both.
He has 1,900 customers.

He has a collection of over 2,000 plas-
ter casts of queer feet.

He holds mortgages on hundreds of
shoes that he has made. The wearers
are paying for them in installments.
‘‘All these are mortgages on shoes,’’
said Hilgert as he took a thick roll from
his desk and read a few samples.

He is the son of John Peter Hilgert,
a famous surgeon-shoemaker in Berlin,
Germany. Matthew Hilgert himself was

 

 

born in this country—Galena, Ill.,
‘“General Grant's town,’’ he says
proudly.

He took to making shoes for deformed
feet as a duck takes to water. Two
years ago he came to New York. Since
then he has made shoes for many rich
cripples.

‘‘To tell the truth,’’ says Hilgert, ‘‘I
owe something to the fact that most peo-
ple take me for a foreigner. They
prefer to think that they are getting
their shoes made by a scientific French-
man, instead of a scientific American.
Ha, ha!

 

‘‘Look at these,’’ he said, taking
down two ghastly plaster clubs.

They were duplicates of the feet of a
New York millionaire who paid the lit-
tle shoemaker $5,000 for one pair of
shoes. He is a stockbroker on Wall
Street. He lives on Riverside Drive.
He is forty-one years old, and has a
wife and children. He has always been
a cripple. One day, driving by, he saw
the plaster casts in Hilgert’s window
and went in. .

‘‘Give me three months and I’II set
you up,’’ said Hilgert.

When the shoes were done the broker
handed Hilgert $5,000.

‘“That wasn't my fee,’’ explains the
shoemaker. ‘‘I wouldn't charge that
much. It was simply a present.’’

While the reporter waited in Hilgert’s
office the other day the millionaire was
getting fitted with a second pair of
shoes. He wears one pair nearly two
years. The shoe and the patent on it
belong to the customer, and he can have
it made by any shoemaker.

The surgeon-shoemaker has_ every
patient with deformed feet stand up
Straight or be propped up in a normal
attitude. Thus he discovers what weak
point prevents an equilibrium. Then
he studies out a plan to mend the de-
fect. His second idea is to distribute
weight away from tender spots. If there
is a protuberance on the foot he makes
a cushioned socket to meet it. If there
is an unnatural hollow he fashions a
soft hump to fill it.

**Then after the inside is comfortable
I cater to fashion,’’ smiles the little
shoemaker. ‘‘I build up on that queer
inside a shoe that follows whatever
style suits the fancy. Never mind how
many queer turns on the inside, we'll
make the outside trim.’’

Before beginning a shoe Mr. Hilgert
makes a plaster impression of the foot
and also a cast. First he examines a
foot with microscopic care. He goes
over the entire foot, touching it lightly
here and there. He covers the whole
foot with markings in India ink. In
the center of each marking he places a
hieroglyphic which means  ‘‘sore,’’
‘‘callous,’’ or whatever it may be.
When the entire foot is thus marked he
has the patient set it down in a soft
plaster mould. When the mould is re-
moved the ink markings are printed in
plaster. From these moulds and from
a plaster cast he works as he would on
the foot itself.

‘““Put yourself in his place, is my
motto,’’ says Hilgert. He experiments
with nearly every shoe on his own foot.
He tries to imagine himself with the
deformity, twists his ankles, crooks his
knees and hobbles about in the shoes he
is fitting.

He carries this notion to great length.
‘‘Notice my cards,’’ he said. ‘‘You
observe they say, ‘Yours for comfort—
M. Hilgert.’ That’s to make folks feel
that they aren’t crippled. Only just
sensible enough to wear comfortable
shoes.

‘‘Any person with locomotor ataxia
can walk,’’ says Mr. Hilgert. He holds
that nine cases out of ten of that disease
are brought on by the chafing of ill-
fitting shoes.—N. Y. World.

 

 

Henderson’s
Red School House
Shoes

Will build up your business.
Write for information.
M. HENDERSON & CO.
“Western Shoe Builders ”
Chicago, Il.

 

Of Interest to Shoe Dealers

Who made Grand Rapids famous for shoes?

Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co.

What are some of the lines made by them THAT OTHERS IMITATE?

The Hard Pan, Oregon Calf, Keystone and Star Lines.

How may their goods be distinguished from all others?

By having the name Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co. stamped on the
sole and lining of every shoe they make.

If interested drop a postal to the house and one of our traveling men
will be pleased to call on you.

 

 

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Our own make of shoes are made to fit,
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LEGGINGS

Over Gaiters and Lamb’s Wool Soles.
(Beware of the Imitation Waterproof Leg-

ging offered.) Our price on
$6.00

Send us your advance order early before
the rush is on. Send for Catalogue.

HIRTH.,. KRAUSE & CO.

MANUFACTURERS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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Modern Suggestions For Up-to-Date Shoe
Dealers.

We recently heard a retailer complain-
ing of the great number of traveling
representatives he was obliged to give
audience nowadays. He said he grew
tired of looking at samples and was
heartily glad when the between seasons
gave him a breathing spell. It has
been the writer’s experience that the
merchant who feels and talks this way
can generally be spotted without the aid
of this declaration by the appearance
and conditions of his stock and his
business.

The traveling salesmen with their va-
rieties of leathers, styles and ideas are,
outside the trade papers, the best me-
dium of education the retailer has. The
live, wide-awake and successful mer-
chant is always willing and glad to have
the opportunity, without expenses to
himself, of comparing qualities, prices,
styles and the ideas of the manufactur-
ers from the different sections of the
country. It keeps him posted and en-
ables him to recognize a good thing
when it comes along. As the retail
business seems to be drifting toward
the general store idea, the lack of shoe
knowledge becomes more apparent.

Traveling men say they find a great
many general store dealers know less of
shoe values than they do of any other
part of their business; they may be ex-
perts on dry goods and furnishings, but
when it comes to shoes they are lame,
very lame. A salesman recently told us
of an experience he had with several
general merchants. He suspected that
their knowledge of shoe values was
limited, although they pretended to
know all about it, so he quoted them
prices, first a 10 per cent. less, then in-
creased it up to 33% per cent. less than
actual value, but they never for a mo-
nent realized it.

In these days of stiff competition a
merchant needs all the education he can
get and certainly should not complain
of the advantages that are offered hin,
the products of the skill and labor of
manufacturers from all over the United
States brought to his door and offered
for his inspection at his own choice of
time and all without one cent cost to
him. The brightest and most success-
ful merchants we meet are those who
always find time to inspect a line of
samples and to read their trade papers;
as between the manufacturer and the re-
tailer the benefit is mutual, how can
the manufacturer know of his mistakes
and correct them if he does not receive
the intelligent criticisms of the dealer?

It might not be amiss to relate a story
told us by a retailer who keeps strictly
up to date on everything pertaining to
his business. One day another dealer,
with whom he was on friendly terms,
came to him and said, ‘‘Say, I have
made a deal with the members of the
graduating class for a certain number of
pairs of patent leather shoes and I am
short sizes and widths on five or six
pairs. Now if you will let me have
these I will divide the profit with you.”’
In looking over his stock it was found
that in the style necessary he was also
short the sizes and widths wanted. He
asked the other dealer how soon he
must have them. ‘‘Oh, any time inside
of a week will do,’’ he said, ‘‘but no-
body can make them up for me that
soon.’’ ‘‘Well, if that’s the case,’’ said
the other, ‘‘we are all right, for I will
have a_ bunch of the very things in day
after to-morrow.’’ ‘‘All -right,’’ said
the other, ‘‘that will do.’’ ‘‘Now,’’
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he didn’t know the very styles he
wanted then carried in stock in widths
by several houses so I just sat down and
ordered them. They came all right
and I got my share of the profit on five
pairs. Now if he had only taken the
trouble to keep posted he would have
known that these shoes were carried in
stock and he could have ordered them
just as well as I and saved this 75 cents
a pair profit he paid-me. He carries
twice the stock necessary for the busi-
ness he does because he doesn’t keep
posted.’’ Ignorance generally comes
high.

We were asked the other day by a re-
tailer where he could get a certain
price ladies’ shoe and he described al-
most exactly a certain fixed price, very
much advertised shoe. We mentioned
this shoe to him, saying that we thought
it would about fill the bill. To our sur-
prise he had never heard of the line al-
though it is extensively advertised in
all trade papers and he certainly must
have had an opportunity at some time
to inspect the line. When described in
detail to him he said: ‘‘That’s just the

shoe I have been looking for.’’ The
trouble was he didn’t look in the right
place.

We are frequently asked by deaiers if
it isn’t a good plan to discourage cus-
tomers in ordering single pairs. They
say there is always more or less dissatis-
faction about special orders for single
pairs. Of course it is always best to
satisfy a customer out of stock if pos-
sible and no stone should be left un-
turned to do so, but rather than lose a
sale and perhaps a customer, the spe-
cial order should be made by all means.
This special order business is not so
bad if the dealer only goes at it in the
right way. Unless a foot is terribly de-
formed no measure should be taken as
it is possible to fit most any foot if you
have the right size and width, so if you
have not the style the customer must
have, try on other styles until you get
the size and width necessary and order
accordingly. In this way you are most
always assured of a fit, while taking the
measure and having them made special
is very uncertain.—Shoe and Leather
Gazette.

——__2sea___
Patent Leather Sweats.

Patent leather does not have to be
very old before it will begin to sweat,
even if cotton wadding or tissue paper
is put between, and it is no uncommon
thing to notice the impression of the
heel across the vamp of one shoe, and
the imprint of the toe across the quarter
of the other shoe. Of course, in the
cheap grades of patent leather it is im-
possible to secure oil paper, which, by
the way,is the only thing that should be
placed between patent leather shoes;
but the least a retailer can do, no mat-
ter how cheap the goods, is to separate
them with a piece of tissue paper. This
in the long run will save you many dol-

lars.
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Courtesy in Selling Shoes.

‘‘T set my clerks an example in cour-
tesy by being polite in my treatment
of them,’’ remarked a shoe dealer the
other day. ‘‘It costs nothing to be cour-
teous, but it always pays, and it never
drives away business. I would not tol-
erate an impolite clerk in my store, and
not long ago I discharged one because
of his ‘unbecoming conduct in dealing
with a customer. We endeavor to treat
all, rich and poor,-alike, and the poor
widow with a shawl over her head re-
ceives as cordial a welcome from my-
self or my clerks as the fashionable
matron in her silks and satins. A clerk
should not be patronizing, but it is
preper and best to be polite always, in
usiness or out of it.’’

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Window Dressing

Trims Appropriate For the Fourth of
July.

The tastes of store proprietors in the
matter of Fourth of July trims are
many and varied. Some merchants
wish as elaborate and picturesque a
window setting for the day as it is pos-
sible to make. Others wish to avoid
anything that more than hints at the
holiday. Both styles of trimming have
their advantages, to be determined by
local circumstances, but in general it
may be said that the simpler trims are
the better. Failures of effect in them
are not so ridiculous and disappoint-
ments are not so great in consequence.
If a merchant wishes an elaborate pic-
ture setting the trimmer will find sug-
gestions in symbolic pictures and de-
signs of a patriotic nature. In all such
trims an elaborate use of the national
colors is made. And, in fact, in all
Fourth of July trims the one indispen-
sable feature is the introduction of the
red, white and blue.

 

 

A good idea for a Fourth of July win-
dow involves the use of various forms of
fireworks and is as follows: The back
of the window is covered with red, white
and blue cheesecloth tacked on in plain
foids and edged with a broad border of
puffing in the same colors, the center
of the window back is occupied by a
large circle, the interior of which is
covered with light blue or white cloth
tacked on smoothly. Against this back-
ground is sketched a large eagle, such
as appears on the great seal of the
United States. The same design can
be seen ona silver fifty-cent piece. The
sketch can be filled out in colors if an
artist is available, or instead it might
be filled in with small firecrackers
tacked along the outlines of the figure.
The circle is covered with laurel leaves
cut from pasteboard and colored green.
Over the remainder of the background
various kinds of fireworks are tacked in
different figures and along the top of
the background are the letters worked
out -in firecrackers, ‘‘The Day We Cele-
brate.’’

Another scheme for a Fourth of July
window involves the use of a figure of
the Goddess of Liberty. A semicircle
cut from wood is mounted in the win-
dow on stout wooden posts at a height
of about six feet from the floor. An-
other semicircle is then mounted on the
ends of the first parallel and near to the
window pane. Strips of poplar are bent
and tacked from the one semicircle to
the other, and the entire framework is
covered with puffing in the national
colors. Between the strips of poplar a
network of tape is made. Bunting in
red, white and blue is draped in heavy
folds, curtain-wise, between the pillars.
Against this background is placed a
platform with one or two steps, on the
top of which is a large chair. Platform
and chair are covered with an abundance
of drapery inthe national colors, and in
the chair is seated the Goddess of Lib-
erty holding in her hand a staff with a
liberty cap on its end. Leaning against
one side of the chair is a large shield
bearing the national arms. On _ the
other corner of the platform an eagle
might be placed. The lower step of
the platform and the space in the fore-
ground are occupied by a number of ar-
ticles emblematical of American genius
and enterprise, such as a cog wheel and
hammer to suggest American mechan-
ical ingenuity and enterprise; type-
writer, books and pens, to suggest in-

 

tellectual achivements and a piece of
farming machinery to suggest agricul-
ture. The goddess is dressed in a loose
white drapery or in such a costume as
can be procured from a costumer. In
the place of a woman’s figure there
might be used the figure of a man in
colonial costume, made up to represent
General Washington. The floor of the
window is covered with the national
colors loosely puffed.

In this connection we would again
call the attention of our readers to the
many uses of silk ribbon in window
trims. It may not be desirable to at-
tempt any elaborate Fourth of July
effects in the windows, and in that case
a plain trim can be given a patriotic
touch by decorating the varied window
standards with knots of red, white and
blue ribbon. Articles can be fastened
to the window standards with strips of
ribbon, or as they hang on the window
standards strips of ribbon can be inter-
laced among them in different ways.
With the national flag used as a back-
ground for the window and strips of
ribbon used in connection with a plain
trim, a window can be given a_ holiday
and patriotic appearance in short time
and at slight expense.

A plan that will commend itself to
many window men is still simpler than
this. It involves the use of no window
accessories out of the ordinary and no
change in the customary methods of dis-
play. Care is simply taken to select
for window display on the Fourth of
July articles in red, white and blue, as
near the shade of the national colors as
possible, and to use articles of no other
color in the window display. Very
pretty window trims can be put in with
white negligee shirts, solid color neck-
ties in red and blue or hosiery or under-
wear in the same colors. Sometimes a
suggestion of a patriotic nature by the
selection of colors used in a plain trim
is quite as satisfactory as a more elabor-
ate display.

If no other plan of decoration com-
mends itself,an appropirate and attract-
ive window can always be made by the
use of shields bearing the national
colors, stands of arms, and portraits or
statues of men famous in the country's
history.—Apparel Gazette.

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Good Lines For Window Cards.

A good shoe is the foundation of good
dress.

_ Who invests here draws large interest
in savings.

Plain prices are practical preaching.

Whatever cash discounts we get we
give you for cash.

Not everything we offer for sale is a
bargain, but anything we offer to sell
is worth the price asked for it.

In selling to people we do not ‘‘sell’’
them.

We are ahead of the clean-up season
with a fresh stock in all lines.

Fashion’s fancies for the fastidious.

You notice we don’t advertise the
‘cheapest shoes in town.’’ That kind
are always the costliest.

A man is often judged by his shoes.
We know the judgment if you buy your
shoes here.

We combine the ‘‘ease of an old
shoe’’ and style and fit in our new ones.
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Sensible Rules For Merchants.

Push in busy season; in dull, still
push. .

Have a place for
everything in its place.

Be canetl and explicit in bargains;
put everything in writing.

Never misrepresent goods nor allow it
to be done.

Let the other man sell at a loss. You
sell at a profit.

Be industrious ; know your own busi-
ness ; spend less than you earn ; succeed.

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Started the Old Merchant on the Down
Grade.

I ran across a curious and interesting
bit of life last week.

In a small store in a town of maybe
2,000, in Southeastern Pennsylvania, is
an old man who acts as the sole clerk.
I go in there every once in a while, and
he is always pottering around, doing
whatever he can. -Maybe he gets $5 a
week—it is only a little store.

This old man is always rather grumpy
and sullen. I always pass the time of
day with him when I go in there, but
beyond a grudging ‘‘mornin’,’’ or
‘*aft’rnoon,’’ I have never been able to
get anything out of the old fellow.

The other day I went in this store as
usual, It was raining and in the lull of
trade the old clerk had been painting
the counter. Industry like this hits me.
I do like to see a grocer or his clerk
finding something like this to do when
there are no customers to wait on. So I
decided to get real jolly with the old
man.

‘‘Hello, uncle,’’ I observed, in the
cheerful, hail-fellow-well-met voice that
I can assume when away from home,
‘‘that’s good work you’re doing. Bright-
ens the store right up! I suppose you’ll
be putting in a cash register next.”’

Well, sir, never in my life have I re-
ceived a more venemous look than the
old fellow gave me when 1 mentioned a
cash register. It was so unexpected and
so needless that it made me hot, and I
went on back to hunt up the boss. I
found him at the back of the store.

‘*See here,’’ I said; ‘‘what in thun-
der ails that old doty you've got out
there as clerk? He’s always a surly old

-dog, but to-day he’s outrageous, ’’

The grocer wanted to know what the
matter was, and I repeated the remark
I had made about the painting and the
cash register. When I mentioned ‘‘cash
register’’ he nodded knowingly.

‘*Oh, I see,’’ he observed.

‘‘Well, I don’t,’’ I replied, ‘‘but I
would very much like to.’’

‘*The reason old Joe glared at you
when you mentioned a cash register,’’
he said, ‘‘was because all of his trouble
began with a cash register. He wouldn’t
have been a poor old clerk to-day if it
hadn’t been for one, and naturally he
doesn’t like to hear the subject men-
tioned.”’

I was interested.
asked.

‘Joe used to have a store,’’ he said,
“‘over here in —ford.
much of a place, but he was making a
good living out of it, and I guess he’d
put a little by. It was just a small gen-
eral store, you know. One day a sales-
man came along and talked old Joe into
buying a cash register. Had a fine,
nickel-plated sample with him, and he
set it up on the old man’s counter!
Well, it shone out so and looked so smart
that. the old fellow couldn't resist it,
and he bought it. Before that he just
had one of those old-fashioned money
drawers.

‘‘Up to this point old Joe was all
right. A cash register is a good thing
for any store, and if he’d a-been satis-
fied with that he’d a-been all right;
but the cash register made the rest of
the store seem dull and old-fashioned.
It used to stand on the front counter,
and it was sort of showy, and, as a mat-
ter of fact, it did seem to show up the
old store kind of shabby, like a new-
painted sign on an old tumble-down
building.

*‘Well, old Joe noticed it before long,

‘‘How was it?’’ I

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and it made him dissatisfied with the
rest of his place. The upshot of it was
that nothing would do but that he should
put in new fixtures, He spent more than
he expected to. When he once got into
it he found he couldn't get anything up
to date without spending money for it,
and he ended up with a whole outfit of
new stuff. He had a lot of tea caddies
with looking glasses in front of 'em, and
new counters.

‘“By the time the new things came
and were put up in place, old Joe began
to see that he had only just begun. 1
went over there one day and found him
all tore out, because the new caddies
made the old shelves look so shabby.
So they did, too. He went and had the
shelves painted, and while he was at it
the walls and ceiling had to be painted
and fixed up, too. Old Joe must have
spent a lot of money.

‘*Just about this time,’’ continued the
grocer, ‘‘when the old fellow was_be-
ginning to get over his flurry, another
salesman came along with a nice pol-
ished model of a new counter—these
folding affairs that have glass front bins
in front. The salesman sized old Joe
up just about right. He told the old
man he was surprised that in that fine
store, new fixtures and cash register
and all, he could ever content himself
with an old style counter. He said the
store absolutely needed a folding coun-
ter, and if it had that, it would be one
of the finest stores in the county.

“‘Well, that upset the old man again.
He looked at the model and worked it,
and then he read the catalogue, and in
the end he bought one. It never was
shipped, because when the manufacturer
went to look up old Joe’s rating, he
found that the old man had been letting
his jobber go and spending his money
to fix up his store. He was several
months behind with his jobber and in
really a bad way when he ordered the
counter. But although it didn’t come,
the old man was in tough shape, and a
few weeks after that the jobber shut
him up. He was too old to take up the
burden of a lot of debts, so he simply
gave up. Since that he’s been here,
but he ain’t much good—he’s lost
heart.’’

1 had no more resentment for old Joe
as I went out—only pity. As 1 passed
out of the store, the old fellow stood by
the window looking moodily out into
the rain.—Stroller in Grocery World.

—_——_> 2. ____
Died at the Critical Point.

The Doctor—Here I carried that pa-
tient through a desperate sickness, only

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His Wife—Have him object to your
fee?

‘‘No; drop dead when he saw my
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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

Village Improvement

How to Raise Funds—Suggested Lines of
Work.

Usually the first question arising in a
new village improvement association is
that of adequate funds to cover the work
desired to be accomplished. This diffi-
culty is met in several ways. First, of
course, by membership dues. Then
by subscription or donation. Third,
by some form of entertainment. There is
a wider latitude in entertainments for
civic than for church work. One asso-
ciation I know of netted more than $300
by giving a steamboat excursion. We
can not all live by river or lake, but
every town has some favorite pleasure
resort. Musicales, theatricals, lawn
fetes, picnics, are all popular.

 

 

Many places have fond it to their ad-
vantage to have depositories in promi-
nent stores, banks, etc., for the accommo-
dation of those who favor the organiza-
tion but have not time to attend meet-
ings or assume the duties of committee
work. Strangers, charmed by the town’s
beauty and cleanliness, often put money
in these depositories, which should he
neat and plainly labeled with a brief
statement of the objects of the associa-
tion. There is a growing tendency
among old-established improvement as-
sociations to send out collectors. Those
collectors may be paid by the day or
with a percentage of their collections.
There are, also, art associations which
loan or rent pictures for exhibitions.
An art loan, if properly advertised in
the towns around you, with excursions
from certain points on each day, ought
to pay well if properly managed. A
flower show, to which an entrance fee is
charged, is an appropriate means of
raising funds for civic improvement. A
rose show is the thing for June, a chry-
santhemum show for autumn. Prepara-
tion for the latter must begin in the
spring and will be found an excellent
thing to keep alive the interest of your
association. Of course, I would have
plants and cut flowers of other varieties
for sale, but the roses and chrysanthe-
mums must be the main feature. The
sale of the plants and cut flowers never
fails to bring into the treasury a hand-
some sum. Another means suitable for
raising money is to havea sale of
potted plants in the spring and of bulbs
in the fall. The local florists will be
glad to have you sell on commission. In
this way you are at no expense for your
stock and will have nothing left on your
hands. An auction sale of palms has
been made a handsome and successful
show. These are a few of the ways of
raising money used successfully by as-
sociations, and passed along to you.
There is nothing new or original in
these ideas, but they have been suc-
cessful.

As to the application of the money,
you will, as usual, find you never have
money enough for the work you desire
to do. I advise new associations to con-
centrate the little they have in putting
in order the most unsightly and offen-
sive place or places in town—alleys,
sidewalks, gutters, the railway station,
the public square, the church or school
yards, or the cemetery grounds. Which-
ever it may be, put it in order and keep
it so. Make it so clean or so pretty that
it is noticeable. A new and small asso-
ciation composed entirely of ladies
wrote me last fall they had raised about
twenty-five dollars, which they wished
to offer the next spring as prizes for the
prettiest lawns, and asked me for sug-

 

gestions. 1 answered that as it would
be six months before it would be time
to make their offer of prizes it might be
well to use this money to advertise the
association and to show the workings of
such societies by putting in order some
notoriously offensive street or alley in
the heart of town. This they decided
to do; an alley in the business district
was scraped, graveled and rolled with
a steam roller, they repaired the cross-
ing and then put up a sign, ‘‘ This alley
and crossing put in order by the Ladies’
Improvement League of——.’’ The
business men were so amused and de-
lighted that a sum of money much
larger than. that spent was raised for
them. The public opinion aroused by
this work caused the streets all over the
town to be put in order, and made a
demand for a better water works system,
while nearly every family in this town
of twelve hundred inhabitants is plan-
ning to improve its premises in some
manner. Flowers and fresh paint will
be rampant in this little town next sum-
mer.

Do whatever most needs doing,and do
it so systematically and thoroughly that
no adverse criticism can be made; do
it tactfully, make no enemies. Let the
city officials know that you intend to
work in harmony with them and to sup-
port them in all efforts for the public
welfare. As the secretary of one asso-
ciation wrote me, ‘‘We do the things
that are outside the province of an
alderman’s duties, while, by arousing
public opinion and a general civic
pride, we really make it easier for them
(the city officials) to make laws tend-
ing to the town’s improvement.’’

There has been much curiosity re-
garding the management of the prizes
offered by improvement associations.
One association, after some experience
in this work, has divided its city into
four districts, through the middle each
way as nearly even as possible and to
each district offers the following prizes:
Ten dollars for the best lawn (this in-
cludes front and backyards, shrubbery,
flowers and general neatness of alleys
and gutters). Five dollars for the sec-
ond best premises. Ten dollars for the
best kept school yard. Five dollars for
the second best (money to go to the
janitors, or whoever does the work).
Ten dollars for the best kept lawn about
a public building other than a school
house. Five for second best. This last
prize will include the postoffice, library,
court house, church yards, etc. Three
dollars for the best window or porch
box. Two dollars for second best.
Five dollars for the best grown vines
that cover fences, porches, or windows.
These vines to be the tender annuals,
not the hardy vines that require but lit-
tle care from year to year. Ten dollars
to the neatest and most improved prem-
ises (front and back) along any railroad
within the city limits. Five dollars to
the second best. The improvement to
be judged by comparison with the con-
dition of the property the previous year.

A special prize of $10 is offered for
the best kept premises of a man or
woman living in rented property, and
whose income does not exceed twelve
hundred dollars a year. I should have
stated earlier perhaps that all these
prizes were limited to applicants whose
incomes do not exceed the above sum.
The aim is to arouse interest in beauti-
ful surroundings among people whose
income obliges them to take care of
their own lawns. This prize gave pos-
sibly the most satisfactory results of any
offered the previous year. A member

 

and interested friend of the association
has offered eight prizes of $5 each to go
to a boy and girl in each of the four
quarters of the city; as divided by the
association, who can show the _ best
flower bed planted and cared for by
himself or herself. The boy or girl
must not be over sixteen years of age.

The offer of these prizes was published
several times in each of the city papers.
Neat circulars were printed and dis-
tributed to the pupils of the various
schools until the offers were thoroughly
understood. All applicants must file the
notification of their entrance in the con-
test by the 15th of June, and as soon after
as possible the awarding committee
visit the premises of all contestants and
examine them from gutter to alley. An-
other visit is paid in August and an-
other in September, after which the
committee announce the winners. No
one knows the days the committee
choose for their visits and the prizes
are awarded strictly on the merits of the
premises as found.

Another work this association has un-
dertaken may be of interest to you.
They take photographs of some of the
worst streets and alleys in town, when
they are littered with paper and heaps

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

of ashes and rubbish. Lantern slides Exterminator.
are made of them and on Saturday
night, when thousands of people are Land Plaster

thronging the market, a screen is placed
on the wall of some building and the
pictures are thrown uponit. Untidy
backyards with their weeds and rubbish
receive full attention, while in contrast
are shown tidy, well-shaded _ streets,
clean alleys and pretty lawns and
porches. No names are given but the
lessons are bearing fruit, while the
shouts of the multitude and the com-

Thirty Miles an Hour

Finely ground and of supe-
rior quality.

For lowest prices address

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Alabastine Company,
Plaster Sales Department
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This beautiful auto, which was designed with especial reference
to its adaptation to the cigar business, has started out on a tour of the
State under the supervision of Abe Peck, formerly of Lowell. The
motive power is steam, which is generated by gasoline, only 5 gallons
per day being required. The auto can easily make 30 miles an hour
and can climb any sand hill with rapidity. It will visit every town in
Michigan—and probably other states later—carrying the name and
fame of the justly celebrated S. C. W.

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ments heard show the appreciation of
this practical form of teaching civics.
When the flower-adorned school yards
and the bleak, barren ones are thrown
on the screen the children of the latter
are sometimes seen in tears. Mortifica-
tion because their school is so far be-
hind others is very manifest, and ex-
pressions of determination to have as
pretty a yard as anybody next year are
heard. The moral of such lessons is
obvious. Jessie M. Good.
——__>2>__

How a Clerk May Advance His Own In-
terests.

What should I do to advance my own
interests? Do my best to study the in-
terest of my employer, not only for
what I get per week or month, but be-
sides that, which, by the way, is a very
important consideration, if perchance
my present employer should not appre-
ciate my worth, that my value as a clerk
may be so plainly shown that some one
else will be on the lookout to hire me.
By considering my own interest then 1
should know enough to make the change
from an employer who can not see my
worth to one who can and will. Keep
posted on all things relating to the lines
I am interested in and any other kin-
dred line so that I may be able to move
up the ladder round by round; study
how to please customers but not how to
‘‘toady’’ to them; consider all sides of
the customers’ taste, advantage or dis-
advantage, what they can or can not
afford; whether they are accustomed to
good things; or if they never have in-
dulged themselves in good things, try to
raise their ideas higher—not all ata
jump, but from time to time, showing
them grades a little higher than those
which they have always bought; keep
notes of things called for and not in
stock and show these to the buyer or
proprietor with a request that he get
them if the demand has been enough to
warrant it.

I had an experience in a store recent-
ly where the buyer bought to suit him-
self regardless of the wants of the peo-
ple. The salespeople became discour-
aged because when they would say
‘*such or such a thing is called for,’’
he would say, ‘‘Do they ever want what
we have?’’ using the worn out, old fogy
argument that anyone can sell what is
wanted, but it is a good salesman who
can sell what is not wanted. Here |
differ from most merchants, for they
seem to have had that one idea burned
so deeply in their minds that they have
never dug it out. My idea is that a
good salesman never sells a thing not
wanted, but first creates a desire for the
thing that the person thought he did not
want. After that is done the sale is
made and the buyer feels that the choice
is his, not that the goods were forced
upon him.

A salesman must also find out what
kind of customer he has to deal with,
for there are those who must be coaxed
while others must be driven (to a cer-
tain extent), yet his duty is to do the
coaxing or driving without making the
customer the wiser as to which way he
is being treated.

He should, when asked, give his can-
did opinion in regard to matters, al-
though some people argue it is neces-
sary to lie a little in business, but you
may rest assured that the man who ex-
pects you to lie for him in business also
expects you will lie to him if the oc-
casion should suit you. So when he
knows you will not lie for him he has
confidence in your word when you. give
him an answer. There are customers

 

whom I have found take a very long
time to decide, and frequently leaving
them to wait upon another hastens the
first customer to decide, because, for
selfish reasons, he wants to be waited
on first. Try this plan sometimes on a
lingering, can't-decide kind of cus-
tomer. Then there is the kind who need
to be called down, not impudently, for
it never does to get angry, but never-
theless there are such customers; yet it
takes a student of character to know
where, when and how to use this method.
Don’t try it if you don’t know how; yet
it works well when properly used.

Most ‘‘preachers’’ on salesmanship
ask a salesman to do impossibilities,
such as to be pleasant under all circum-
stances. Have they ever been behind
the counter and tried it? If so, my
opinion is they must be grinning idiots
to stand and look pleasant while some
unreasonable and unreasoning person
treats them to a tongue lashing such as
only some who have been behind the
counter can easily recall. However, it
is advisable to remain calm and not
lose one’s temper, but still let the per-
son know that you do not have to, and,
what is more, will not stand such treat-
ment. i

Be neat in appearance, not over-
dressed, attentive to duty and to all
customers. Know what is going on in
all parts of the store, so that when you
have finished with a customer you may
refer him or her to another department,
if it is a store where you can not go
about with the customer. In this way
you make the house profit by your serv-
ices even although they may not find it
out immediately. Some employers are
watching for such a man and you will
get your turn either for promotion or a
chance to go to a better establishment,
If there are trade papers taken by your
house, read them, for a well informed
clerk is worth three who are uninformed,
and, besides, do not consider because
you know the stock in your own store
you know the business, Fit yourself to
take a position in any part of the coun-
try by being informed on the business
methods of all sections of it. Thus is
the question how to advance one’s in-
terest answered.—Carlon  Brakestreet
in American Grocer.

—__>2.___
Rules For the Guidance of Clerks.

Keep your eyes on the front door.
Customers should be waited on prompt-
ly and pleasantly.

Salesmen when disengaged will take
positions near the front door instead of
the back. Customers do not come in at
the rear.

Don’t stand outside the front door
when at leisure. It is an excellent no-
tice to competitors and customers that
trade is dull.

If you know of an improvement of
any kind, suggest it at once to the man-
ager; it will be impartially considered.

I;mployes are requested to wear their
coats when in the store. It is not pleas-
ant for a lady to have a gentleman
waiting on her in his shirt sleeves or
with his hat on.

Clerks .when on jury duty have the
privilege of turning in their fees or
having the time absent deducted from
their wages. Drawing salary for their
services, the company is entitled to
their time or its equivalent.

Keep mum about your business. Al-
ways have a good word ‘to say for it
and never say it is dull. Keep your
eyes and ears open about your competi-
tors.

———__»>-2.

The man with the handsome silk
handkerchief is the one who is most
afraid of a sore throat.

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The well-dressed woman always

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would add greatly to the appearance of any store.

Corner Bartlett and South Ionia Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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Fanny Davenport

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Trade Supplied By:

B. J. Reynolds, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Phipps, Penoyer & Co., Saginaw, Michigan.
Moreland Bros. & Crane, Adrian, Michigan.

 

 

AMERICAN CIGAR FACTORY

Benton Harbor, Michigan
M. A. PRICE & CO., Proprietors

 

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Hardware

Annual Meeting Michigan Retail Hard-
ware Dealers’ Association.

The annual meeting of the Michigan
Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
will be held at Detroit Wednesday and
Thursday, Aug. 14 and I5.

The first session of the convention
will be held at the Hotel Cadillac, on
Wednesday, where the headquarters of
the convention will be. Another session
will be held at the same place in the
afternoon.

It is planned to hold the second day’s
session at Rushmere Club at the Flats,
the party leaving Detroit on the steamer
Tashmoo at g o’clock in the morning,
reaching Rushmere Club at noon, hold-
ing the afternoon session there, and re-
turning at 7 o'clock in the evening and
reaching Detroit at about 9 o’clock. It
is thought that this will provide recrea-
tion and at the same time give ample
opportunity for the transaction of un-
finished business from Wednesday’s
afternoon session.

At a meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee, held at Detroit last Wednesday,
the Secretary was instructed to arrange
a program with the following speakers:
W. P. Lewis, of New Albany, Ind.,
President of the National Association
of Retail Hardware Dealers, on the
subject of ‘‘ National Association
Work ;’’ R. G. Chandler, of Coldwater,
Mich., on ‘‘The Best Methods of Run-
ning a Hardware Store ;’’ H. C. Weber,
of Detroit, on ‘‘Store Window Dress-
ing and Keeping Stock in Good Order;’’
‘*The Collection of Accounts,’’ by L.
J. Cleland, attorney of the Commercial
Credit Company, of Detroit.

The Secretary’s financial report shows
receipts of $979.62 and disbursements
of $662.12, leaving a balance on hand of
$317.50.

Twenty-six new members have been
taken in since the last convention, and
it is expected that between fifty and 100
more will join at the next meeting.

An unusually large attendance is an-
ticipated, as the meeting was postponed
from July until August on purpose to
meet the needs of the country dealer,
who finds it difficult to get away in July.

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The Twine Situation—Advance in Wagons.

The twine situation is causing some
comment at the present time,on account
of the lack of interest in it. All the lo-
cal dealers agree that there is very little
enquiry for twine and that the season
was never so dull at this time of the
year as it is at present. Prices are on
about the same basis as they have been
the past six weeks, and the market is
characterized by little or no irregularity.
In other words the asking price for
twine represents its value on the basis
of the cost of the raw material and the
labor required in manufacture and the
market is on a good, substantial basis,
so that retailers should feel no hesitancy
about purchasing.

The surplus of prison twine, amount-
ing, it is claimed, to 3,000,000 pounds,
has been thrown on the market to be
sold to retailers, but it is said this is
causing very little interest, and that re-
tailers are as apathetic concerning it as
they are concerning the twine being
sold by regular handlers and jobbers.

One explanation for the lack of inter-
est is that farmers last season over-
bought in anticipation of a heavy har-
vest. When the crop partially failed
they had a surplus on hand and having
this surplus now they are not large pur-
chasers and are taking very little inter-

  

 

 

 

 

est in the situation. From a reliable
authority it is learned that demand will
undoubtedly show improvement the lat-
ter part of the month and the early part
of July. Farmers will then be better
able to judge as to their requirements
and not anticipating any advance in
price they are waiting to ascertain ex-
actly what their requirements will be
before purchasing.

The National Association of Wagon
Manufacturers, at a recent meeting in
Chicago, have decided upon an advance
in price to go into effect July 1,amount-
ing to 5 percent. It was also recom-
mended at this meeting that wagons be
sold on shorter time, since’ credit fa-
vors on material purchases have been
curtailed and discounts reduced. The
manufacturers find that all material re-
quired in wagon manufacture has ad-
vanced in price, and they find it no
longer profitable to sell their product at
former figures. At this meeting the re
were thirty-three wagon manufacturers
present, including some of the largest
and most prominent firms engaged in
this industry.

Although most of the options on plow
plants for the new plow combination
expired June 1, and were not taken up
at that time, those on the inside of the
deal are of the opinion that the combi-
nation will be consummated just the
same. It is stated from an authoritative
source that the deal has now gone so
far it would be folly to abandon the
project, and that most of the plow manu-
facturers included will grant extensions
on options to July 1, when annual in-
ventories of stock, etc., will be taken, if
they are urged to do so. It is claimed,
however, that the capitalists back of
the project will not wait to extend these
options. They are in favor of organiz-
ing at once, taking the inventories of a
year ago as the basis on which valua-
tions would be adjusted on the different
plants. In this way, it is reported, the
organization of the combination could
be completed in a few weeks, and at
the end of three or four weeks the com-
bination would be conducting the busi-
ness of the several companies.

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A Great Scheme.

Inkstein--Say, Goldstein, vot you
t'ink, 1 bought a biano fur three dollars
down and five dollars pro monad. Ven
the first five was due I didn't pay it and
they took the biano back.

Goldstein—Vat, you fool! you pay
three dollars down and then let them
take the piano?

Inkstein—Yes, but I made five dol-
ars.

Goldstein—How did you do it?

Inkstein—The expressman charged
them eight dollars and he is my son.

 

 

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.

 

Your
Stock?

How is your lap robe and fly net
stock? If you want some more
robes—nice ones, which it pays to
handle—or some fly nets, at all
kinds of prices, ar or telephone
us and.they will be off to you on
the first train.

They say our stock in these goods
is the best selected in Michigan.
A descriptive price list will be
mailed you if you want it.

Brown & Sehler

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

NO MORE DUST

To ruin your stock.

NO MORE MICROBES

To inhale at every breath while sweeping.

NO MORE WET SAWDUST

To leave unsightly blotches on your floor.

ROB

Your “iaily sweeping of its unpleasant features
by the use of a

WIENS’
Sanitary and Dustless Floor Brush

 

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CH EAPEST—BECAUSE BEST

Manufactured by :
WIENS BRUSH CO.

122-124 Sycamore St., Milwaukee, Wis.

 

GRAND RAPIDS PLASTER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Manufacturers of

Reliable
Economical
Durable

GYPSUM WALL PLASTER =.=

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We make a specialty of mixed cars of Land, Calcined and Wall Plaster, Portland

Cement, etc.

Write us for booklet and prices.

 

A. B. KNOWLSON,

—Wholesale—

Portland Cement, Lime, Land Plaster, Stucco, Fire Brick,
AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL.

Write for delivered prices.

OFFICE: COR. PEARL AND MONROE,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ware, etc., etc.

31, 33, 35, 37, 39 Louis St.

Sporting Goods, Ammunition, Stoves,
Window Glass, Bar Iron, Shelf Hard-

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

10 & 12 Monroe St.

 

PRINTING FOR HARDWARE DEALERS

Tradesman Company
Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

19

 

IRREGULAR ADVERTISING.

 

Wrapping Paper, Circulars and Church
Programs,

In many well-regulated stores the
wrapping paper and the paper bags are
used for advertising purposes. This is
an inexpensive plan of advertising, as
in most instances paper houses will se-
cure the proper printing on wrapping
paper for their customers at a small
additional cost. If the wholesale paper
house with whom you deal is not in a
position to do this, in all probability
your home printer will be glad of the
opportunity, and will do the work
quickly and cheaply for you.

What should be used in advertising
of this kind? Most dealers, it is true,
have a plate made which gives their
name, location, and the class of goods
they sell, and they use this year after
year without change. It seems to me
that some change in the advertising on
the wrapping paper is almost as_neces-
sary as in the newspaper. For instance,
if you have had a plate made and do
not want to give up the use of it, or it
is in the form of a distinctive trade
mark, in addition have the printer add
a line or two in different type calling
attention to some line or some part of
your business policy that will interest
the consumer. This advertisement may
goto the transient customer who has
stepped into your store to make a pur-
chase because it was convenient, and
becoming interested in the advertise-
ment on your wrapping paper or the
paper sack he is induced to try you
again. Store news just as valuable and
just as important, may be disseminated
in this way as through the newspapers,
and you are sure that it will be read in
nearly every case where the wrapping
paper goes out. If this plan is followed
systematically it will cost little more
than the old plan of using the same
wording year after year.

The matter of printing the advertis-
ing on your wrapping paper in colors is
also important. If you use a whitish
manila paper a red color, or blue, or
brown, or green will take nearly as well
as a plain black and these bright colors
are almost certain to attract attention
where the black would not. The cost of
having the advertisement printed in
colors is a trifle more than to have it
printed in black, but it is that much
more money put into advertising where
it will pay a good profit.

Circulars are used largely by retailers
for advertising purposes and in many
instances are profitable. If the dealer
is conducting a first-class store and is-
sues circulars from time to time he
should bear in mind one or two im-

  
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

 

 

 
 
     
  
 

portant points. Unless a very large
number of circulars are being printed
the most important expense is in con-
nection with setting the type and print-
ing them. The paper used is a com-
paratively small item. Then use a
neat, fairly heavy paper, not the cheap-
est that can be obtained.

Another point to remember is to make
your circular attract attention from the
persons to whom it will go. If it is con-
ventional in form, without force or
point, it will not secure attention.

Make it say what you would to the
customer to attract his attention.

After you have composed the matter
for your circular read it over and study
it for the purpose of ascertaining if it
would attract your attention if you were
the consumer. Let one or two of your
clerks or your friends study it, and see
what effect it has on them, whether or
not they are interested or merely read it
through to please you. If they take an
interest in it and comment on the facts
set forth you can rest assured that it
will create an interest in others. Study
to make the three dollars, or four dol-
lars, or five dollars spent in circular ad-
vertising bring you the biggest returns
you can obtain. It is better to devote a
little time, which is the same thing as
money, to the work in hand and do it
properly, than to waste a small amount
of time and the money you pay for
printing the circulars.

The question of advertising in church
programs, programs for social entertain-
ments, dramatic entertainments, pic-
nics, is a problem with which all retail-
ers must wrestle to a more or less ex-
tent, and the best course seems to be to
advertise to some extent in these pro-
grams,

Use judgment in this advertising, as
you would in all others. If the rates
demanded are entirely exorbitant, make
the solicitor an offer of so much for the
space in the program, and if he accepts
your offer give him the advertisement.
If the rates are within reason it will pay
you to do more or less business with
those promoting programs in your
neighborhood, not from the direct bene-
fits you will derive from the advertise-
ment, but because it will keep your
name before the classes and societies
in your home town and the indirect
benefits will be much larger than would
be supposed. There is in this city one
retail firm that will take an advetise-
ment in almost every program pub-
lished. When called upon by the solic-
itor the head of this firm will usually
offer just half of the amount asked for
the advertising and in nine cases out of
ten his offer will be accepted. Retail-

ers who desire to retain the good will of
the organizations, church societies, etc.,
might find this policy a good one to
follow, as well as an economical one,—
Commercial Bulletin.

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Cannon Made of Leather.

It is, perhaps, not very well known
that leather cannon have been actual!
used on the battlefield, and, what is
more, turned the tide of one of the
greatest battles in our history. The in-
ventor of leather artillery was a canny
Scotchman in the service of Charles I:
The military science of that day was
exceedingly crude; weapons of warfare
were cumbrous and difficult of use. The
field pieces particularly were great ma-
chines of iron and brass—clumsy, un-
wieldy and often unmanageable. The
Scot set to work to solve the problem of
making guns portable, and yet without
loss of projectile force, and came to the
conclusion that, for the purpose he had
in view, there was nothing like leather.
Of hardened leather, therefore, he con-
structed guns, and experimentally tried
them. The result was that they were
pronounced by experts superior to guns
made of brass or iron.

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The pin is mightier than the sword—

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Are you not in need of

New Shelf Boxes

We make them.

KALAMAZOO PAPER BOX CO.
Kalamazoo, Michigan

STONEWARE

We can ship promptly all sizes of Stone-
ware—Milk Pans, Churns and Jugs.
Send us your order.
W. S. & J. E. GRAHAM
Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

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Last year we had a splendid suc-

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money. Goods which can stand a
@® tumble and prices can’t be beaten.

® We Offer for This Month Only
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$ 10 a shape handled

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doz. 9 inch Round Nappies. 1 44

doz. Covered Chambers.... 3 84

doz. 1% pint Bowls.......... 64

doz. 8 inch Platters......... 80

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second selection for $14.89, making 14
cups and 12 saucers 53 cents and the din-
ner plates 42 cents a dozen, ete.

We have 50 packages. Order
@now before they are all gone
® Every piece is embossed and is
@ not the cheap looking old style
® cable shape. i
Write for special whiteware cat-
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$18.08
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General Agents in
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps,

Corner Canal and Lyon Streets,
(Second Floor)
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Order your jelly tumblers and ®
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MICHIGAN |

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Woman’s World

Some of the Perils of the Mother-in-law.

Those of us who do not possess a
mother-in-law are in the way of think-
ing of her as an invention of the comic
papers and a perennial source of humor
without which many industrious joke-
makers would be deprived of their
bread and butter. It seems, however,
that this light-hearted view of the situ-
ation is merely the swagger and brag-
gadocio of those who undervalue a dan-
ger because it does not threaten them
personally, as the man who sits safe
and peacefully by his own fireside can
point out how charges ought to have
been made and victories won on some
far-off battlefield.

Inasmuch as Adam and Eve are pretty
nearly the only married couple that
never had to face the mother-in-law
question, it looks as if the combined
wisdom and experience of humanity
for some thousands of years ought to
have been enough to discover some so-
lution for the problem. Somebody ought
to have found a way of effectually
squelching the old lady or else of get-
ting along with her in peace, or, one
would think, the mother-in-law herself
would have risen to the sublime heights
of self-abnegation of keeping her finger
out of her son or daughter-in-law’s pie
and let them be happy in their own
way. Apparently, none of these desir-
able things have happened, and so far
from the mother-in-law trouble being
settled it grows worse all the time.

The matter ceases to be a joke and
becomes a very serious’ proposition
when you think that the interference of
the mother-in-law causes more divorces
than drink, infidelity and all other causes
combined. A_ distinguished divorce
lawyer has been compiling some statis-
tics on this subject, and he declares that
mothers-in-law cause two-thirds of the
divorces. In seventeen of the Middle
Western States, since last January, 457
divorce suits have been filed in which
the husband accuses his mother-in law
of having induced his wife to leave
him. In these same States forty-seven
suicides have been caused by the
mother-in-law taking too much _ interest
in her children-in-law’s households. In
four of the Eastern States wives are
suing their mothers-in-law for alienat-
ing their husband’s affections and sep-
arating them from the man who swore
to leave father and mother and cleave
only to them.

This state of affairs is explained by
the growing custom of young couples
going, as soon as they are married, to
live with the parents of the man or the
girl. Young people marry before they
are able to set up a home of their own
and they settle down to live on the old
people with an inevitable sequence of
bickering and strife that spoils all the
sweetness of life, even if it does not end
in divorce.

Nor need anybody wonder at this.
The only surprise to a rational being is
that anybody is so foolhardy and values
their happiness so little as to be willing
to risk being dropped into a strange
family to whose ways they must con-
form, whose cooking they must eat,
whose prejudices and religion and pol-
itics they must adopt under penalty of
everlasting argument. It has all the
restraints of a penitentiary and its in-
evitable result is to make the man or
woman so placed feel like a criminal and
yearn to commit a few murders.

The first year of married life isa

 

 

 

hazardous one, because it sets the key
for all the years that are to follow. If
it is hard for a man and woman, raised
with different ideals and beliefs and
habits, to adjust themselves to each other
even with all the love they bring to
soften each others’ angles of character,
how infinitely difficuit, how well nigh
impossible the matter becomes when
the unfortunate man or woman must
adapt themselves to a whole family who
stand looking on with coldly critical
eyes, always ready to find fault. If all
brides who go to live with their hus-
band’s people were a happy combina-
tion of the meekness of Griselda and the
patience of Job and were blessed besides
with being deaf and speechless; if all
the bridegrooms who take up their resi-
dence at the home of the bride’s mother
were models of wisdom and tact and
discretion and gallantry and, had besides
this a complete knowledge of the art of
adroit flattery, the experiment might not
be a foreordained disaster. As it is, in
the present imperfect state of human
nature, it is an act of criminal folly
that nobody in their sense ought to con-
template for a single instant.

The theory of acquiring a new
daughter or a new son is a charming
one in romance, but it doesn’t hold
good in real life. It is a cold fact that
one’s mother-in-law always regards one
with suspicion. Every mother is on the
watchout for her daughter-in-law to im-
pose on her son. Every mother is de-
termined to protect her daughter from
her son-in-law. The things that Mary
Jane may do if she is her daughter,
Mary Jane may not do if she is her
daughter-in-law. If Tom stays out of
nights and Tom is her son, she thinks
he is unduly persecuted if his wife

 

meets him with a curtain lecture, but
she is ready to call time every night at
7 o'clock on her son-in-law. Women
simply can not be just in these matters,
and there is no use in their assuming
that they can. Every mother on earth
thinks her daughter-in-law ought to do
her own sewing and economize and that
her daughter’s husband ought to hire a
seamstress and send his wife off for the
summer,

Tradition has pictured man as the
chief sufferer from the mother-in-law.
This is because in voicing complaints
men have had the floor and because they
are less patient under affliction than
women. What the husband endures
from the mother-in-law who attempts to
run his house is nothing to the agonies
the woman goes through from _ her
mother-in-law who polices her every
action and criticises her every word.
Women are much more apt to like their
sons-in-law, anyway, than they are their
daughters-in-law, and, besides, a son-
in-law, if he is at all eligible, is al-
ways a welcome addition toa family,
whereas the daughter-in-law rarely is
regarded as anything but an intruder.
A mother can always enter into her
daughter’s feeling to a certain extent
about falling in love with a man, but
she never understands what on earth
could have induced her son to fancy the
girl he marries and, in her secret soul,
she always believes him to have been
taken in.

One of the pathetic features of the
mother-in-law evil is that the women
who wreck so much happiness do it with
the best intentions in the world. It is
always hard, probably, for a_profes-
sional to stand silently by and see an
amateur bungle the game, and one can

 

understand how a woman who is an ex-
perienced housekeeper and who has
raised a large family of children must
be tempted to interfere and run things
herself when she sees an incompetent
young wife wasting and mismanaging
Tom’s hard-earned money. Jt seems
actually criminal to Tom’s mother, but,
if she has sense enough to know it,
there is something more important than
a few dollars at stake. There is personal
liberty and the right to the pursuit of
happiness and the privilege of running
her house in her own way that isthe in-
alienable birthright of every woman.
If Tom’s mother has the justice to
grant his wife this she will make an
adoring daughter of her. If she refuses,
she has an implacable foe who,. sooner
or later, will alienate Tom’s affection
from the mother who bore him. This is
worth remembering. The loss of a son’s
love is a pretty high price to pay for
the privilege of criticising your daugh-
ter-in-law.

It is a natural vanity for every mother
to suppose that her way of doing things
and her theories will be a lamp to guide
her daughter’s feet when she goes to
housekeeping, but she forgets that in
making a home her daughter’s husband
has the “privilege, as the one who pays
the bills, of at least an equal share in
determining its tone, and introducing
the habits and ideals to which he has
heen accustomed. I have in mind one
home that was broken up by the intem-
perate temperance opinions of a mother-
in-law. The woman in question was a
rabid prohibitionist and anti-tobacco
and anti-everything else sort of a_per-
son. Her daughter was a charming and
amiable young girl who married a jolly,
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reared in a somewhat Bohemian fash-
ion. He had lived in a bachelor apart-
ment where he smoked all over the
place, where friends were welcome at
every hour, and it had probably never
even occurred to him that a glass of
wine or beer could be regarded in the
light of dissipation.

When he married he established a de-
lightfully arranged home and _ prepared
to spend the balance of his life in hap-
piness with his beautiful young wife,
when the mother-in-law descended on
them. She scolded her daughter until
she wept about departing from the stern
ideals in which she had been bred. She
raised a rumpus about the tobacco
She froze out all of the old
friends and went into hysterics over the
wine at dinner and literally drove the
husband to his club, where he could en-
joy himself in peace. The end of that
household was divorce and alimony.
The mother succeeded in establishing
her daughter's home on the lines of
which she individually approved, but
the price it cost was the happiness of
two innocent people.

' Of course, there are a few cases where
mothers-in-law are angels in disguise
and where they only enter a home to
bless it, but such instances are so rare
as not to affect the general proposition
that the man or woman who deliberately
elects to live in the house with a
mother-in-law takes their happiness in
their hands and makes a plunge into a
sea of trouble in which they stand preci-
ous little chance of surviving. No man

* has a right to ask a woman to run this

risk or to propose marriage to her until
he can afford a home, however humble,
in which they can be alone, and fight
out their differences of opinion without
any member of his family or hers to
referee the quarrel.

In the cases where the fatal step has
already been taken it is surely not too
much to ask that the mother-in-law will
take counsel of good sense, and make
the sacrifice, if need be, of letting the
young couple, whose well being after
all is dear to her, work out their own
salvation in their own way. Above the
door of every man and woman’s happi-
ness there is a No Trespassing sign, and
a mother-in-law enters in and _ inter-
meddles at the peril of the peace of all
concerned. Dorothy Dix.

—_—__+ 2 .___
They Don’t Kiss Their Wives.

Married men who never kiss their
wives! And yet they claim to love
them! Such is the state of affairs at
Mount Hope,a small town near Wichita,
Kan. The wives are all mad, of course,
and some of them theaten to sue for di-
vorce. It is a pretty mess, and it all
came about by forming the club habit.

There were thirteen married men in
Mount Hope, who emigrated there
from Chicago some years ago. They
came at different times, and when they
met on the soil of Kansas they formed
an everlasting friendship. These men
read about the Chicago professor who
claims never to have kissed a woman,
and it inspired them. They believed
like him, and in consequence the Mount
Hope Married Men's Anti-Kissing
League was formed. It is rather a long
title, but the men pondered a great deal
before they completed it.

Their first meeting was held some
three weeks ago. No reporters were al-
lowed in the hall, of course, but they
later gave out a declaration something
like this, only much longer:

Believing that true love “never runs
Smooth when a man continually kisses

 

the woman of his affection, we have,
after due deliberation, arrived at the
following agreement:

That henceforth we will not kiss our
Own wives or any other woman, but that
we will still hold the same deep affec-
tion for our wives and retain our ad-
miration for the feminine beautiful. We
do not believe that kissing is right,
and, therefore, we agree not to practice
it. Any member of the organization
who is found guilty of disobeying the
order will be dismissed at once.

When these resolutions were handed
out to the women a great sensation was
created, and the wife of the President
threatened to leave her husband at once.
The thirteen wives of the thirteen mem-
bers at once held a meeting and decided
that they would leave their husbands
within one month if they did not break
up the club. But after two weeks had
passed and the club still retained all of
its original members, the women agreed
not to leave their husbands, but to await
developments. Some of them say they
will sue for divorce.

In speaking of the purposes of the
club, President Wilson said:

‘‘I do not see anything so extraordi-
nary about our club. We are only fol-
lowing the lines laid out long ago. We
have believed this for a long time, but
some of the members did not like to
form an organization to carry it out.
But some of us who believed thus were
continually violating the principles of
our belief, and we agreed that the best
way to keep from falling by the way-
side was to form a club, and then one
member could support another.

‘“‘IT will use all my influence to get
other young men, and old men too, for
that matter, to join us, for 1 think our
principles are right. I am now 51 years
old, and I have never kissed my wife
or any other woman more than a dozen
times in all my life.

“*T will tell you why: I think it is a
dirty and filthy habit—one that is apt to
spread disease and against the true
principles of love. One does not need
to kiss to show their affection. The
grasp of a hand is sufficient to do that,
and as for loving, I think one’s actions
speak for that, and not by the number
of times you kiss your wife. I have
not kissed my wife for five years, and |
do not intend to, but I love her just as
strongly as I ever did.’’

The wife of President Wilson now
makes this statement:

‘*It is true my husband has not kissed
me in five years, but I did not want it
known. I am ashamed to have him act
so, but I do not believe, however, that
he dues not love me. _ I have threatened
to sue for divorce several times, but he
treats me so well in other ways that I
would have no grounds for action
against him. And, then, I do not care
to leave him, for I love him, despite
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Butter and Eggs

Observations by a Gotham Egg Man.

Some _ receivers have been bothered a
good deal by the quotations of late and
have inclined to criticise the egg man
pretty severely for making a quotation
‘‘at mark’’ as high as is made “‘loss
off.’’ They refer to the fact that there
are no eggs coming from the West that

 

 

count value of those fancy candled
marks that are covered by he highest
at mark quotation; they say that if these
goods bring say 13%4c at mark,and lose a
dozen to the case, the market ought to
have a quotation at 14c loss off. But
this class of stock is not sold loss off
and no one knows exactly what the loss
off value is without knowing the amount
of the loss in each instance—it may be
six eggs ora dozen; furthermore such

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for PURITY and are the best on the market. We give a Guarantee

tations here it is merely that shippers] others bring loss off; the Joss on them is re
. — : Bond to every customer. Your order solicited. v

may be better informed as to the basis
upon which they are made and be able
to gain clearer information from them
as to the various values for the gradings
specified.

In the first place the egg quotations
are not decided upon arbitrarily; they
are based upon actual sales of stock
and there is no attempt made to keep
the various quotations in any particular
relation to each other. Soif a certain
grade of eggs is salable at 13%4c at mark
there is no hesitation in making such a
quotation because another grade of eggs
is only salable at 13%c loss off.

In the next place it is well to consider
how the terms of egg sales vary; prac-
tically the only kind of eggs selling full
buyers’ loss off comprise those regular
packings of ungraded or only slightly
assorted Northern eggs in which the loss
is irregular but which contain enough
fine eggs to induce a good class of trade
to take them out. Even on these losses
are often agreed to when sale is made—
which is equivalent to a sale at mark.

The only quotation made loss off is
for eggs that are sold on these terms;
while all grades of eggs that are sold at
mark are quoted at mark.

I submit that no other method of
quoting the market is reasonable. The
fancy selected and candled eggs arriv-
ing from a few Northern packers always
sell at mark and are so quoted ; the reg-
ular packings of ungraded or only
slightly assorted eggs are sold both at
mark and loss off and are quoted: both
ways; the defective eggs are nearly al-
ways sold at mark and are quoted so.

When the highest at mark quotation is
the same as the loss off quotation the
trouble comes from two sources: deal-
ets who buy the highest quality at mark
complain that their customers kick at a
fair relative price because the loss off
quotation is relatively lower, and argue
that no eggs ought to be worth as much
**at mark’’ as ‘‘loss off ;’’ and receivers
say that shippers do not appreciate the
differences in quality—all regard their
own eggs as ‘‘the best’’ and are dissat-
isfied with sales of general stock, even
at full value, because there is a higher
quotation.

This is, perhaps, unfortunate, but I
have yet to learn to make quotations
that do not cover the facts to the best of
my ability because of somebody's ignor-
ance. The effort is made to describe
and explain the quotations so that any
intelligent man who reads shall be _ in-
formed and not deceived nor misled.

Some have claimed that the loss off
quotation should be based upon the case

 

insignificant, their quality is uniform
and reliable and the labor of handling
them very much less.

But shippers of regular packings
should not be misled by the quotation
for a higher grade of eggs than they
themselves send to market.—N. Y.
Produce Review.

——>0.>—_____
Date Palms Can Be Grown Here.

The date palm may solve the problem
of what to do with the arid and alkali
lands of Arizona, California and other
Western States. Experiments have been
made in the past by the Agricultural
Department and experiment stations, but
renewed interest is being taken by the
Section of Plant Introduction of the De-
partment of Agriculture, and Prof. D.
G. Fairchild, agricultural explorer for
the department, now traveling in Africa,
has procured a number of suckers, or
off-shoots, from the delta of the Nile
which he has shipped to the department,
and which will be distributed in the
southwestern part of this country.

In the United States the date is an ar-
ticle of luxury, but in its native country
it is a most important food, many re-
gions in Arabia and the Sahara being
uninhabitable but for the date palm.
The United States annually imports
nearly a million dollars’ worth of dates,
but it is possible, the Department be-
lieves, to raise all the dates needed in
this country. The date palm, although
grown profitably only in arid and semi-
arid regions, is not in the proper sense
of the word a desert plant. It requires
a fairly abundant, and above all, a con-
stant supply of water at the roots and
at the same time it delights in a per-
fectly dry and very hot climate. The
date palm is able to stand much more
cold than an orange tree, but not so
much as a peach tree.—New York Sun.

——>2.—___
Mean Trick to Play on a Husband.

‘‘William,’* she said gently and yet
in accents of reproof, “‘you remember
that I gave you several letters to post
last week, don’t you?’’

‘*Y—es, I remember it.”’

‘‘ But this is the first time you have
reniembered it since I gave them to
you, isn’t it?’’

‘‘I—I must confess that it is. How
do you know?’’

‘I put a postal card addressed to my-
self among the lot, and it hasn’t reached
me. It only costs a cent, and | find that
it is a very effective way of keeping a
check on the rest of my correspondence.
Now, dear, if you will hand me the let-

ters I'll run out and post them myself. ’’
—_>_2+—.>____

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The New York Market

Special Features of the Grocery and Prod-
uce Trades.
Special Correspondence.

New York, June 22—There is a little
better tone to the coffee market than
was observable last week. The reason
seems to be purely speculative, how-
ever, and there is certainly no legiti-
mate cause why there should be any
firmer feeling whatever. At the close
No. 7 was quotable, in an invoice way,
at 61-16c. In store and afloat the
amount of Brazil coffee aggregates
1,185,035 bags. For mild grades there
is very little call and what demand
there is is for the better roasting sorts.
Good Cucuta, 73(c.

The sugar market is not especially
active, although a good deal! of canning
must be going on. Stocks generally are
thought to be light and what orders
come are with the injunction to hurry.
From these signs it is thought stocks
are light and that refiners will soon have
all they can attend to.

There is little movement in teas.
Some few parcels of blacks have
changed hands at former quotations;
but, taking the market generally,
quietude prevails everywhere and sales
made are of small lots to make good
broken assortments.

There are two opposing views of the
rice market. One says that trade is
fairly active and another that it is de-
cidedly dull. The truth is probably be-
tween. There is an average trade and
prices are well adhered to.

Pepper shows a good degree of firm-
ness, as the loss of 570 tons of pepper
on a steamer the other day is quite an
important factor. Singapore black is
very firm at 123¢c.

Molasses is dull and unchanged.
What call exists is for the better grades
of grocery stock, supplies of which are
not large. Stocks of molasses in deal-
ers’ hands seem to be light, but this is
the general condition at this season.
Syrups remain practically without
change and stocks are not overabundant.

Canned Goods—A lot of California
fruit—peaches and apricots—has been
received here from England and finds
ready sale. These goods have been
returned, owing to the high duty placed
upon the same by the British govern-
ment—one of the effects of the African
war. This duty amounts to about Is.
5d. per dozen—about 34 cents. It is
thought that large blocks of goods will
be brought hither from Great Britain.
The market here for canned goods gen-
erally is in pretty good shape and deal-
ers seem to be very well content. Once
in a while an item is brought out that
is not altogether pleasing, as, for in-
stance, that the entire output of last
year of a big cannery up-State remains
unsold. Still, there may be good rea-
sons for this. Quotations are practical-
ly without change.

Lemons, as compared with last year,
are selling on a lower basis. Notwith-
standing this, there is little animation.
The weather is to blame. Sicily lemons
are worth $2.75@3.75. Some business
is being done in the orange trade, but
sales are generally of small lots. Quo-
tations for California oranges, $3@4. 50,
the latter for very fancy fruit. Bananas
are plenty and the market shows some
little deciine.

Dried fruits are dull and one can go
through the whole list without finding
any special change from a week ago.
Currants maintain a firm position, but
prices have made no further advance.

Best Western creamery butter is _ still
quoted at 19!4c. There is a fair demand
for stock that will come up to the re-
ae of a rigid inspection; in
act, low grades are not wanted. West-
ern imitation creamery, 15@17c; fac-
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The cheese market is strong and in
better shape than for some time. Ex-
porters have been quite active traders.
Large size, full cream, 9@9}4c; fancy
white, 9c.

In eggs desirable stock is scarce and
the demand keeps the market closely
sold up. Best Michigan and Northern
Indiana, 13@13%c, and from this the
descent is rapid.

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To Widen the Popularity of California
Jams and Jellies.

The California Canners' Association
has issued a statement concerning their
object in making a considerable reduc-
tion in the prices of jams and jellies
for the coming season. Their explan-
ation is to the effect that they have de-
sired to place them at prices such that
they can be shipped all over the United
States, instead of being sold only local-
ly as hitherto, and that the price to the
consumer should be 20 cents per 16-
ounce jar, low enough, everything con-
sidered, to divert the trade to the gro-
cer to a large extent and to take away
the inducement to the housekeeper in
many cases to do her own preserving.
For the same object they have also
studied to improve the quality of these
goods as far as possible. To attain
these ends they have arranged to con-
duct this department of their business
on a much enlarged scale, and have
purchased the jars in enormous quantity
on very much reduced terms. These
jars are vacuum jars, which are air-
tight and preserve the contents as well
as hermetically-sealed cans, the only
change that age can thus effect in the
goods: being perhaps some tendency to
candy. These goods will also be put up
in 32-ounce jars. The majority of the
goods is still of the last pack, but they
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divorce against a wife was held by the
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and ungovernable in temper, crazy in
her actions, and by her causeless and
unprovoked boisterousness, screaming,
hallooing and other wild conduct, by
day and night, an intolerable nuisance
to all her neighbors. ’’

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Cold Storage Co.,

Grand Rapids, Michigan. 3
Citizens Phone 2600.
We do a general storage, and solicit
your patronage.
Season Rate on Eggsto Jan. 1, 1901:
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Butter, Eggs, Poultry

and all Farm Products. We
are ina position to take care
of your goods on arrival and
get you top prices,

MARK Your SHIPMENTS

BUSH & WAITE

Commission Merchants, 353 Russell Street
Detroit, Mich.
References, Home Savings Bank, Com’] Agencies

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Carlots a Specialty

121-123 Michigan St.
Buffalo, N. Y.
References—City National Bank,
Manfrs. & Traders Bank, Buffalo, N.
Y. <Any responsible Commercial

Agency, or make enquiry at your
nearest bankers.

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Wholesale
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to grocerymen on orders by mail and it has
oroved satisfactory to the buyer and to myself.

he fruit is raised on the high ground jist out-
side the _ limits. I have a large and con-
venient packing house and good-shipping facili-
ties, long distance telephone and mail delivery
at 8:30 o'clock every week day morning by rural
route No. 4. My orders are always shi »ped
complete in the afternoon of the day received,
which will forward the fruit twenty-four hours
quicker than if bought on the city market the
next morning. I can give prompt service and
good stock put in full sized packages. I can
furnish of my own raising strawberries, rasp-
berries, gooseberries, currants, cherries, plums
and red, white and blue grapes—by the thousand
baskets, ton or car load. Peaches and pears I
can obtain of nearby neighbors.

Give me a trial or standing order and we will
try to please you.

Give plain shipping directions.

No fruit shipped on commission.

WM. K. MUNSON,
Proprietor Vine Croft,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

J. W. Keys

General Produce and Commission
Merchant,

Detroit, Mich.

I want your consignments of

Butter, Eggs,
Poultry.

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vestigate. Send for weekly quotations.

City Savings Bank,
Commercial Agencies.

References:

 

Retting & Evans

Wholesale
Fruits, Produce and Commission

Michigan Berries now in.

Wax Beans,

Peas, Cabbage, Home

Vegetables of All Kinds.

33 Ottawa Street,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

FIELD SEEDS

All kinds Clover and Grass Seeds.

Field Peas.

HUNGARIAN AND MILLET SEEDS

 

MOSELEY BROS.

Jobbers of Fruits, Seeds, Beans ana Potatoes

26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa Street

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

J.B. HAMMER & CO.

WHOLESALE

FRUIT AND PRODUCE DEALERS

Specialties:

Melons, Oranges in car lots

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36 Harrison Street, New York

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Potatoes, Apples, Onions, Cabbage,

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Clerks’ Corner.

The Country Store at Riverdale and the

 

 

Revival.
Written for the Tradesman.
Babington Brightwood, something

over 22, had been clerking for four or
five years at the store in the village of
Riverdale, where he was born and
brought up. He was spry, quickwitted
and handsome and, with a heart big
enough for two hearts, he was and al-
ways had been a general favorite in the
place. So far as was known his young
life had been blighted by a single sor-
row—the name his sponsors had given
him in baptism. Thomas Babington
Macaulay had been the unabridged de-
sign of his fond father, with whom the
distinguished Englishman was consid-
ered humanity’s crowning glory. The
love of an equally fond mother, believ-
ing there could be in names too much
of a good thing, would have no Thomas
in her family and, Babington Macaulay
Brightwood striking pleasantly upon her
ear, the name met with favor and he
was so baptized. Anglo-Saxon dislike
for long names, coupled with maternal
tenderness, soon contracted the Babing-
ton to Bab and then to Babe and, as
there was so much more to him than to
the average baby, his mother, believing
that she was justified in making the
sound agree with the sense, called him
Babes; and Babes Brightwood he _ be-
came and so remains to this day.

Ten years ago, when the present in-
cumbent of the one church at River-
dale had accepted an unanimous call, he
preached for his first sermon after his
installation from the text, ‘‘Out of the
mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
ordained strength.’’ It was a good ser-
mon from first to last and the young
clergyman, when he had finished the
writing of it, was satisfied with it, as he
had a perfect right to be. For some
reason, however, which he could not
fathom, powerful as it was and well
delivered as it was, it utterly failed to
make the expected impression. In look-
ing over his congregation during the
“‘voluntary’’ his eyes had fallen on
Babes’ handsome face and, seemingly
impressed by it, later on in the an-
nouncement of his text he had uncon-
sciously looked straight at the boy, to
his great consternation at hearing his
name thus pronounced with the minis-
terial eyes turned almost sternly upon
him. The result was a boy’s scared
face, a churchful of people trying to
keep their faces straight and a minister
perplexed at a condition of things which
he could not understand. It spoiled his
sermon, it desecrated the sanctuary
and, almost disheartened, he pronounced
the benediction only to see members of
his flock give way to the smiles they
were unable to repress.

After some time the incident almost
passed from people’s minds—from
everybody’s but Babes’. In vain was
the matter presented in every light and
the boy’s good sense compelled him to
admit that the minister’s ignorance of
his name was proof enough that he was
wholly innocent of any design; but the
boy had been laughed at and in his soul
he resented it and he fervently hoped
that some day things would shape them-
selves so that he and the minister would
change places.

That happened ten years ago. River-
dale had prospered. A railroad had
found it and blessed it. A long-neg-
lected mill privilege had been turned
to practical account and the village had

 

lengthened and widened and improved
in every way. Instead of one church
there were now two; and there was
where trouble began. The new church
and the new society and the new minis-
ter created a stir and, what was worse,
kept itup. There was a new organ,
there was a new choir; but what caused
more anxiety than arything else was
the new minister. He was awake. and
he kept his church awake. He was an
organizer and he ‘‘got around amongst
folks.’” He remembered names and
faces and, what isa rare quality in a
minister, he always gave the right name
to the right face; and so there was pros-
perity within the walls of the new Zion.

In the meantime the old church and
the old society were running down at
the heel. There were dissensions in
both, and the only point upon which all
agreed was that the minister had out-
lived his usefulness and the only hope
for all concerned was his resignation.
Babes Brightwood sniffed the trouble
afar off and rejoiced. At last the time
had come when he could watch the dis-
comfiture of the minister and—no, not
rejoice and, come to think of it, he
doubted considerably about wanting to
see the discomfiture. This minister
wasn’t a bad man at all. He had
worked for the good of all concerned.
He wasn’t afraid to speak his mind
when there was need and, what was best
of all, he didn’t let it make any differ-
ence who the offender was, he freed his
mind to him just the same. That made
him Babes’ *man first, last and all the
time and when the clouds began to
gather he dropped his old dislike and
planted himself squarely at the minis-
ter’s side and studied the situation from
that point of view.

He soon saw the trouble and just as
soon made up his mind to remove it.
He had long ago concluded that, man
for man, his minister could discount
the one in the new church ten to one,
and with a feeling for the under dog in
the fight, he tried to see what could be
turned in his favor. The greatest diffi-
cuity to overcome was the minister him-
self. He was discouraged. He felt that
he was losing the confidence of his peo-
ple and he gave way to it. This affected
his sermons and this in turn made a bad
matter worse. Utterly disheartend he
thought only of getting out of the trouble
by resigning. When he had about

 

reached that conclusion he happened to
come on an errand to the store.

Babes was on hand to wait on him.

**What is it to-day, Mr. Morgan?’’

“*My wife wants two or three pounds
of butter; and by the way, Babes, the
last butter we had wasn't worth what we
paid for it, and it wasn't a high price
for butter either.’’

The young fellow gave a glance about
him to see that nobody was within hear-
ing and then, with a commonplace ‘‘Is
that so?’’ and looking the minister full
in the face, went on: ‘‘Then you know
a little something about how the rest of
us feel about your sermons—we don’t
pay a high price for ’em, but they ain’t
worth what we pay.”’

The flush that spread over the minis-
ter’s face balanced the old account on
Babes’ memorandum and he went on:
‘*IT know, as you do, that it’sa bad time
for good butter between hay and grass,
but now’s the time to piece out with an
occasional dip into the meal chest.
This new man over at the other church
doesn’t know what a good sermon is
and he couldn't half preach one of his
own if he did. I was over there the
other Sunday and I know. He can
hustle, and for a time he’s going to get
his salary paid and a lot of other things
the church doesn’t want. Our church
hasn't anything to do with that. What
we do want is a sermon that’s worth
what we pay for it; and you're just the
man to give it to us. Change your feed
for a week or two, Mr. Morgan. Husks
and straw have no nourishment in them
and they get mouldy without -your
knowing it. Why not let the patriarchs
and prophets rest and come down to our
day and generation? Take a seat here
in the store some Wednesday morning
and see Mrs. Dinsbury from over in
South Crawford try to cheat me in bar-
tering some more of that same butter
you have been complaining of. She’s
been at it now for three good years and
hasn't found out yet that she can't! In
a week in here | can give you texts and
illustrations for sermons that, with your
way of working up, if you do your best,
will pack the old meeting house from
door to pulpit; and yet you insist on
feeding on Jeremiah and doling out lit-
tle pale dabs of butter that smell as old
as he does! Don’t do it any more.
Come next Sunday with a new churn-
ing. Have it fresh and sweet, with

 

every bit of the buttermilk worked out.
I'll tell you what you do: Have that
sermon a week from Sunday and next
Sunday give that one on ‘‘babes and
sucklings’’ you had the first Sunday
you were here! Promise to do that and
I’ll see if I can’t do something with the
choir. Will you do it?’’

It was a bargain. The old sermon,
yellow with age, was preached. The
choir, awakened into life by Babes
Brightwood, made the arches of the old
church resound. Life came back into
the dead society and when the next
Sunday the sermon, fresh and sweet,
“‘with the buttermilk all out of it,’’ was
given to the congregation there wasn't
a member who could believe his senses.
The Sunday evening sermon was better
than that of the morning and when it
was found that that sort of work was the
settled thing it was a fact that the
church was full from the door to the
pulpit. That state of things went on
all winter and ended in the grandest re-
vival that Riverdale had ever had.

‘‘It only shows,’’ said one of the
white-haired deacons, one Sunday even-
ing at the close of service, to the min-
ister and Babes, who often walked home
together, ‘‘what a clerk ina store can
do if he will.’’

‘*Yes,’’ replied the minister as he
put an arm around the young man’s
shoulders, ‘‘and it shows, too, that out
of the mouth of Babes and sucklings
hast thou ordained strength !’’

Richard Malcolm Strong.
—_—___-¢-.____

A Connecticut judge holds a Sunday
shave to be a ‘‘necessity,’’ and dis-
charges a barber arrested for keeping
his shop open Sunday. The judge says:
‘‘We have come to an age when these
matters must be considered with judg-
ment and with common sense. People
as a rule are extremely busy during the
week, and when they go into a barber's
shop in an orderly manner to prepare
themselves for the proper observance of
the day, I do not believe that it could
be considered a criminal offense. ’’

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beforehand some of them wouldn’t have
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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of —.

President, Gko. F. OWEN, Grand ee Sec-
re ae - Stirr, Jackson; Treasurer,
JOHN W. ScHRAM, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan
Grand Counselor, H. E. BARTLETT, Flint;
Grand Secretary, A. KENDALL, Hillsdale;
Grand Treasurer, C. M. EDELMAN, Saginaw.

Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. T.
Senior Counselor, W R. Compron; Secretary-
Treasurer, L. F. er.

Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association

President, J. Boyp PANTLIND, Grand Rapids;

retary and Treasurer, GEO. F. OWEN,
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The Commercial Traveler From a Profes-
sional Standpoint.

The best definition that I can give of
our craft is: Occupying the position of
connecting link between the represent-
atives of the great commercial world
upon the one side and the still greater
producing and consuming world upon
the other, they have a better opportuni-
ty of forming an intelligent opinion as
to the effect of existing conditions upon
the general prosperity of the country
than any other class of men in exist-
ence. They are, as it were, the very
arteries through which the commerce
of the world must travel before it can
return to make glad the strong arm
that produced it, or tbe quick brain that
directed the channels through which it
must pass before it can be distributed
and utilized.

The thousand white wings that skim
the seas of commerce, the mad _ rushing
trains that climb the mountain passes
and rush on to the Occident bear witness
to the tireless energy of the commercial
traveler.

The green fields and peaceful homes
of the sons of agriculture are not Strang-
ers to him,the busy marts, throbbing
with the energy of a thousand indus-
tries, only testify to the thoroughness of
his work,

Where life is, where energy is, where
growth is, where development is, there
the commercial traveler is.

The commercial traveler of to-day is
the index to trade, the thermometer of
business conditions. When prosperity
follows in his wake, the nation is pros-
perous, when hard times drive him
home again it is a sure sign of poverty
among the masses.

‘‘This is unquestionably a commer-
cial era and the demands of trade have
drawn into its channels some of the
brightest minds and most- glorious
spirits that our nation has ever pro-
duced. Only a few years ago we were
infants in the great world of commerce,
and to-day the products of our fields,
our mines and our factories are sold in
all the great marts of the world. The
ensigns of our great army of commercial
travelers already float upon the walls of
every civilized nation on the face of
the globe and we are rapidly going into
lands whose inhabitants have not vet
felt the civilizing influence of the fast
express train, or the gentle buzzing of
the drummer's persuasive voice.

‘*When the bright light of civilization
shall shine upon every face in every
quarter of the globe and white-winged
peace shall spread her benedictions up-
on the world, millennium's dawn will
then be near, and the traveling man
will feel that his work has been well
done.

A few suggestions as to the moral
side of a traveling man’s life: Often
tempted, frequently surrounded by in-
fluences that invite. moral depravity,
tried in many high and critical enter-

 

prises, and yet most generally found
faithful in all, to what can we ascribe
the high moral state of the modern trav-
eling man? The answer to my mind is
a simple one: The demands of the pres-
ent commercial era are first for the
highest type of moral manhood to fill
positions of trust. Second, only bright,
active, intelligent minds can cope with
the great commercial problem of to-day
where competition bristles in every
quarter. And last, but not least, the
great spirit of love that finds its inspira-
tion in the Great Creator,and permeates
the atmosphere of every life that bows
in submission to God—’tis this love that
makes man nobler, better and stronger.
And it is the pride of our order that we
demand of every applicant for member-
ship a fixed faith in the omnipotence,
omniscience and omnipresence of God.
From the mother’s breast to the sexton’s spade
There are tears and toil and sin,
If the soul when the flesh in the tomb is laid,

Like a flame burned out, must forever fade,
It had better not have been.

I see God's love in the fragrant rose,

His strength in each wheeling sphere,
I feel his touch when the zephyr blows,
His mercy for all like a river flows,

And my soul has ceased to fear.

With these principles constantly be-
fore us—the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man—it is but natural to
expect a very elevated and moral man-
hood.

To the gentler sex whose responsibil-
ities have not passed beyond the kin-
dergarten age of single blessedness |
must cordialiy commend the traveling
man, and ask for him your sympathies
and love. There will come a time in
your lives when your sou! will yearn for
a companion; realizing its incomplete-
ness it will await the coming of its
ideal, its other self—one into whose
hands you can place your own and
proudly say, not my lord, but my love.

Then think of the domestic happiness
of a traveling man’s wife. Twelve
honeymoons every year, and three or
four holidays thrown in, an annual trip
to the Northern resorts —and if this be
not inducement enough, we will take
you into copartnership with us, furnish
you with a line of samples, put you on
the road and let you pump hot air to
your heart’s content. W. T. Jackson.

— co
Decadence of Colored Shoes.

A well-informed dealer in finished
calfskins, in conversation regarding the
apparent decadence in the demand and
use of colored shoes, said: ‘‘I do not
consider for a moment that the falling-
off in popularity of russet, tan, brown
and chocolate shoes is because they
have not proved desirable or have failed
to give satisfactory service. 1 consider
that the colored shoe has for the time
being lost some of its former prestige on
account of the introduction of the pat-
ent and enameled shoe. There will be
more of such worn during the coming
season than ever before, simply because
it is the fashion, but 1 am assured that
the colored shoe will be worn as gener-
ally in the summer of 1902 as ever, 1
Say this because you can not produce
the man, woman or child who have
ever worn a colored shoe who did not
think it the most comfortable summer
shoe they ever wore. Again, people
like a change; they do not want to wear
a black shoe summer and winter, and
nothing can fill the bill except colors.
The largest manufacturers whom I have
enrolled as my customers have assured
me that they look for a return of the col-
ored shoe to its former prestige.’’

eto

The merchant who handles agricul-
tural implements should always be on
the lookout, not only for the best, but
for those that will satisfy his customers.
If he can not procure the kinds desired
by his customers, he should make known
to some manufacturer just what may be
needed, and he will get them if he can
offer sufficient trade for the manufacture
of special implements.

 

Third Game of the Grand Rapids Travel-
ing Men.

Grand Rapids, June 24—Two picked
nines from the Grand Rapids traveling
men met in a _ fiercely-contested ball
game on the grounds at the end of the
Division street car line Saturday after-
noon. The game was a hot one from
start to finish, as it was the last one be-
fore the ‘‘big game’’ that is to be played
Saturday afternoon, June 20, at the ball
park at Reed's Lake. The game on
Saturday brought out some new players
who have not been at the former games.
Special mention might be made of the
good work done by Herrick as pitcher,
Carlyle as catcher and Kolb in center
field. A. T. Driggs in left field also
did very fine work, Baker did good
work as short, but the distance between
the bases is so long that Ray always
gets a kink in his leg and the same
thing troubles Martin. The game next
week at Reed’s Lake promises some
rare sport and will be called at 3 o'clock.
An invitation is extended to all the mem-
bers of the United Commercial travelers
and their friends to come to the ball
game, accompanied by their families.
If you have no family, bring along your
best girl and a well-filled lunch basket,
for as soon as the game is over every-
body will go to the steamer, Major
Watson, and have supper and music on
the boat, riding around the lake until
all are ready to leave for home. The
steamer has been chartered by the
traveling men for the entire evening
and they look for a good big crowd and
a good jolly time, so don’t forget the
date, boys—Saturday, June 29—game
called at 3, supper and music on the
Major Watson after the ball game.

The score was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARLYLE’S TEAM (A B| R | H O A E
wee TT 1
Carlyle, ¢ | 5] 2] o| 1] of 1
Dykema, 1 b | 6] 3/1] o| 2] 0
Keyes, 2b | 4{ 0] 6] 2] 0/4
Martin, 3 b | 7{ 2] 0] a] a| o
Baker, 8 8 or pabeba elo 0
Driggs, 1 f | e| a] 2 | o| 5] 0
Holden, r f | 4| 2| o 3| o| 1
Haskins, ¢ f petel el si-als

Totals, | 38 | 16 | 13 | i¢ | 10| 4

REYNOLDS’ TEAM [AB R H O A/IE
Rysdate, ¢ | 5| o] s| 2] of 1
Reynolds, s s | 6| 1| 3 [ af ofa
Snitsler, 1b L#} si s| | ai 2

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Burleson, 2 b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sledright, 3 b 7 4 6 | 8 | 7 | 3
Spofford, p | 4| 0] 1] 3] 6| 2
Kolb, cf | 6] 4) o[ 3] z| o
Rouse, | f | 4| 0 | 3| 6| 2/0
Bosma, rf | s| 1| 2] 7] 6| 1
Totals, | 49 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 38 | 10
Enna £23 4667 8 9
Gee eee ti Ges

Earned runs—Reynolds’, 11. Two base hits—
Keyes, Baker. Three base hits—Driggs, Sled-
right. _Home runs—Keyes, Snitzler. Stolen
bases—Burleson, Rouse, Holden, Martin. Lelt
on bases—Reynolds’, 11; Carlyle’s, 6. Hit by
pitched balls—Bosma, Rysdale.Dykema, Her-
rick. Umpires—Rockwell, Martin.

JaDee.
>32 > ___

Gripsack Brigade.

Alma Record: Walter Mosher has
taken a position as traveling salesman
for the American Cigar Co., of Benton
Harbor.

Kalamazoo Gazette-News: John How-
ard is the guest of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Howard. He is traveling
salesman for the Beckwith Stove Co.,
of Dowagiac,

 

 

Wallace Franklin, Michigan traveling
representative for Westinghouse, Church,
Kerr & Co., has gone to Buffalo to take
charge of the exhibit made by his house
at the Pan-American fair.

Kalamazoo Telegraph: A. C. Jick-
ling, who has been with Dewing & Sons
as yard manager for fifteen years, has
resigned to accept a position as_travel-
ing salesman fora large lumber com-
pany at Saginaw.

The Hotel Whitcomb, at St. Joseph,
has been completely refurnished. The
halls and rooms have been repapered,
steel ceiling and side walls have been
put in the office and four large sample
rooms have been completed at an ex-
pense of $4,000.

H. E. Hodges, of Cleveland, a travel-
ing salesman in the employ of Ems-
heimer & Co., of Cleveland, is miss-
ing, and his wife and the members of
the firm are trying to locate him.
Hodges left the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit,
June 18, and it was believed that he
went to Mt. Clemens. Since then he
has not been seen or heard from by his
friends.

Hudson Post: N. W. Flaisig, travel-
ing salesman for W. C. Rowley, needle
manufacturer at Redditch, Eng., was
registered at the Hudson House Wednes-
day. Mr. Flaisig, curing his travels for
the firm, has visited every civilized
country on earth, making the circuit of
the globe six times. He is 68 years
old, and has been in the employ of the
same company fifty-one of them. He
leaves for England shortly to start on
another tour of the world.

B. S. Davenport (Olney & Judson
Grocer Co.) is taking a week off this
week for the purpose of displaying his
piscatorial skill along the banks of the
Manistee, near High Bridge. He is ac-
companied by his wife and several of
his customers and their wives. The
traveling men and Byron’s customers
are getting squared around to hear the
big stories he will have at his tongue’s
end as the result of his week’s experi-
ence. It is understood that he has pre-
pared to fortify his statements by photo-
graphic reproductions of the fish he
lands, having provided himself with a
set of lenses which enlarges fourfold.

——_> 2. ____

Annual Picnic of Grand Rapids Council,
No. 131.

Grand Rapids, June 24—The ball
game will be called at 3 o'clock Satur-
day, June 29, at the base ball park,
Reed’s Lake. After the game a boat
ride and supper on the Major Watson
will be participated in. Bring the fam-
ily and a well-filled lunch basket. Also
wear your U, C. T. hat (blue, white and
gold). JaDee,

Doll Makers Not Pious.

‘‘Mamma, I don’t think the people
who make dolls are very pious people, ’’
said a little girl to her mother one day.

**Why not, my child?’’

‘*Because you can never make them
kneel. I have always to lay my doll
down on her stomach to say her pray-
ers. "’

Whiskey, Morphine and
Tobacco Habits
Positively Cured

Full particulars and prices for the asking.

Patterson Home Sanitarium, 316 EB. Bridge St.
Phone 1291 Grand Rapids, Mich,

The Warwick

Strictly first class.
Rates $2 per day. Central location,
Trade of visiting merchants and travel-
ing men solicited,

A. B. GARDNER, Manager.

 

 

 

 

    

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discoloring ; mash and strain as quick-|business for themselves. That’s the All members of the Board were _pres-
Drugs--Chemicals ly as possible, and mix at once with|queer part of it. While, so far asI]}ent at the meeting, except L. E. Rey-

 

 

Michigan State Board of Pharmacy
Term expires

L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - Dec. 31, 1901
HENRY HEIM, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902
WIT P. Dory, Detroit- - - Dec. 31, 1903

. SOHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904

A.C

JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids Dec. 31, 1905
President, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor.
Secre , HENRY HErM, Saginaw.
Treasurer, W. P. Dory, Detroit.

 

Examination Sessions.

Sault Ste. Marie, August 28 and 29.
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association.
President—CHas. F. MANN, Detroit.
Secretary—J. W. SEELEY, Detroit
Treasurer—W. K. SCHMIDT, Grand Rapids.

 

 

Formulas for the Preparation of Concen-
trated Fruit Syrups.

Pineapple. The best kind for ices is
the dark, orange-colored ; indeed, much
better than the sugar loaf, which is bet-
ter adapted for preserving whole for
confectiones’ use, while the bird’s-eye
and others are more juicy and of better
flavor. Pare and cut them into slices,
cut out the core, which is hard and of
very little flavor, grind or pound the
pulp in a stone mortar, and after strain-
ing use it right away, as the most of the
fruit will darken or change color some-
how or another.

Strawberry and Raspberry. In select-
ing strawberries the opinions differ a
great deal as to which berry to use.
While some prefer a large berry, others
again say that the small berries contain
more juice and flavor. From our own
experience, however, we will state that
a dark-red, medium sized, pointed-on-
top berry gave the most satisfaction for
color as well as for flavor and juice,
while the extra large berries are more
for the eye and well adapted for dessert
or fruit stand. Mash the berries with a
wooden masher—never use iron or cop-
per, as this will discolor the fruit; then
mix the sugar, and bottle for use im-
mediately. As the strawberry has not
much acid it is best to add a little
lemon juice,.as it will heighten the fla-
vor and color as well. For raspberries
follow the same_rules. Use the dark
berries, pick them and mash them, and
finish as quickly as possible; never let
any juice stand over night unless you
have sqme sugar mixed with it, and set

- it in a porcelain-lined bowl in the re-
frigerator.

Cherry. As the variety of good cher-
ries is not as abundant as in some other
countries, unless you choose the Cali-
fornia large red or white kind, which do
not come to us in a ripe enough state to
be used for ices, it is best to use as far
as possible the black varieties, which
are of fine flavor and good color. Stone
the cherries, pound about one-tenth of
he stones to a paste, mash and mix
well together, let stand for a short time,
stirring it occasionally, and strain.

Grape. Any good grape, either white,
red or dark, will do for water ice; the
only thing to be looked for is that they
are well ripe and sound. Pick them off
the stems, mash, strain, and mix with
your sugar or syrup.

Currant. Use the dark-red currant,
or if a light ice is wanted take all
white, well ripe. Strip the little berries
from the stems with a fork, mash them,
and follow instructions as for strawberry
juice.

Apple and Pear. Apple as well as
pear water ices are not frequently asked
for, but when so, use the maiden blush

yellow bellflower for apples, and the
Muscat pears for other ice. Cut and
slice them without paring, and throw
in cold water immediately, to prevent

 

the sugar or syrup.

Plum. Use the dark blue or green
gage, take out the stones, pound part of
the kernels, mash the plums, mix in the
kernel paste, let stand to draw a short
while, strain and use.

Peach. The white or flesh-colored
freestones are the best for ices; they are
of good flavor and do not contain so
much acid as different: other varieties.
They have to be worked up as quickly
as possible as the flavor of peaches is
very delicate, and exposure to the air
only for a short while will not only dis-
color the pulp, but wil] also destroy the
best part of the flavor. When used for
cream the peaches should be pared and
dropped into the cream, but for water
ice the fruit needs only to be brushed,
mashed, strained, and mixed with the
necessary amount of sugar, to which
may be added a few peach kernels to
heighten the flavor.

Apricot. This fruit is one of the
easist to keep, and does not discolor as
quickly as other fruit, but as most apri-
cots have to be shipped from a great
distance, it is preferable to use the
French or California pulp, which al-
ways gives general satisfaction.

There are other fruits to be used in
cream and water ices, such as bananas,
melons, nectarines, and. others, but
those to which we have referred are used
the most. For most of the berries the
addition of a little lemon juice isa
great improvement.

———- 0.
Twenty Pharmacies Owned by Women in
Gotham.
From the New York Sun.

“‘In an experience of twenty-seven
years in connection with a school of
pharmacy,’’ said an employe of a drug
store, ‘‘1 have never known a woman
graduate of pharmacy to get a place.”’

*‘Why,’’said the reporter, ‘‘I thought
sO many more women had been gradu-
ating lately.’’

‘*There has been an increase in the
number of graduates. One of the big-
gest schools in pharmacy in New York
or the country has been in existence
seventy-two years, and has graduated
only thirty women in all that time.
Most of those have been within a very
few years past. Dr. Mary Putnam
Jacobi began the trouble back in ’58.
For forty-five years there was not an-
other woman graduate.’

‘*What do they graduate now for, if
they can’t get employment?’’

‘“Every woman who has ever yet ob-
tained a license from a Board of Phar-
macy has probably had some relative in
the business, either a father, brother or
husband, who has given her the _neces-
sary four years’ apprenticeship. The
law provides that a pharmacy shall not
be left in the charge of any person not
a licensed druggist. So after a while
it becomes convenient to send the

daughter or wife to college and have her | f

get a license to save the expense of em-
ploying another man.*’

‘*But if the women can get a license,
why can’t they get a job?”’

‘“For the same reason that they can’t
get taken on as apprentices. A man
doesn’t like to tell a young girl to clean
the bottles or wash up the graduates and
mortars; or send her on all sorts of er-
rands. So, not feeling like using her
as hard as he would a boy, he doesn’t
want her around. With a clerk there is
lifting to be done and ladders to be
climbed. A man doesn’t want to sit
still and see a woman do that sort of

thing, and yet that’s what he wants a| L

clerk for. Some of the big drug stores
are putting in a woman clerk now to
wait on the women customers; but she
is simply a saleswoman, not a graduate
of pharmacy.’’

_ Then all these women graduates are
simply saving the cost of another man
in their respective family pharmacies?’

“No, some of them have’gone into

 

know, not a single woman graduate has
ever secured employment, there are
about twenty successful pharmacies
owned by women in Manhattan bor-
ough. Then they are multiplying in
the smaller towns. Women seem to do
as well as men in the same class of
stores.’’

There is one woman in New York
who has conducted a pharmacy almost
alone for three years. It is a little cor-
ner store in a quiet residence neighbor-
hood; but out of it she has supported
herself and child and paid a debt of
several thousands of dollars. Her hus-
band died, leaving her with a baby, a
drug store and a debt more than equal
to the value of the store. She had helped
her husband more or less in the store
during their married life. Upon his
death she got a coach and in the time
between August and February prepared
herself sufficiently to pass the examina-
tions before the State Board of Phar-
macy.

‘‘] have customers now,”’ said she,
‘‘who have told me that it was six
months or a year after I started here be-
fore they would trust me to put upa
prescription for them. The first year it
was a question whether I would sink or
swim. But I have supported myself and
my child for three years and got so far
through my debt that I can see the end
of it. And my store is 20 per cent. bet-
ter stocked now than when I began.

‘*There is no profession in which I
could have done what I have in this
store, in the first three years, Of course,
I practically never step out of the store.
I am in it desig 7 in the morning until
I1 at night. I live in the room behind,
and I never eat a meal without jumping
up to come front. I never make a visit
or go on an excursion. I have had
neither relaxation nor amusement for
three years and I never can have until
I am able to employ a clerk.’’

—_—-—-_—~<— -o

 

Fifty-Eight Out of Ninety-Two.

Saginaw, June 22—The Michigan
Board of Pharmacy held a meeting at
Star Island June 17 and 18, 1901. There
were ninety-two applicants present for
examination, fifty-eight for registered
pharmacist certificates and thirty-four
for assistant papers. Thirty-four ap-
plants received registered pharmacist
papers and twenty-four assistant papers.
Following is a_ list of those receiving
certificates :

Registered pharmacists--P. M. Ben-
nett, Detroit; H. E. Brunner, Bay City ;
C. C. Chapin, Linden; Geo. N. Cox,
Hart; W. Jf. Cook, Armada; M. F.
Conway, Chelsea; Ed. N. Cote, Baraga ;
E. D. De La Maler, Ann Arbor; T. H.
Dissosway,
Otsego ; H. Eatough, Gladstone;
P. B. Edmonds, Bangor; Wm. Frank,
Detroit; C. J. Gelenius, Detroit; H. J.
Hemesey, Yale; Hauenstein,
Ann Arbor; Ed. Harrison, Sault Ste.
Marie; F. M. Leslie, Ann Arbor; An-
thony J.oeher, St. Johns; E. T. Mans-
field, Otsego; F. V. Masilko, Fond du
Lac, Wis. ; Carl F. Mayer, Ann Arbor;
C. W. Parker, Napoleon; Wm. A.
Rose, Jr., Detroit; M. J. Ryan, Clif-
ord; G. G. Stillwell, Ann Arbor;

I. Sanford, Chicago; F. E. Thomp-
kins, Fostoria; S. M. Wesoloski, De-

troit; D. L. Watson, Detroit; W. D.
Whitehead, Imlay a: R. A. Wood-
ward, Lapeer; A. L. Weekes, Detroit;

Parke Whitmore, Allegan.

Assistant pharmacists—H. L. Becker,
Jr., Detroit; W. J. Braidwood, Almont ;
Mary L. Brown, St. Joseph; R. J. Col-
grove, Detroit; Chas. Dawson,
Hastings; Frank G. Farrall, Big Rap-
ids; W. T. Fowley, West Bay City; F.
E. Hutchins, Grand Rapids; Hanley
R. Hart, Detroit; L. J. Janacek, De-
troit; J. J. Kelly, Big Rapids; Othmar
yons, Detroit; Bertha B. Mann,
Pinckney; D. J. McDonald, Detroit;
Wm. Michaels, Yale; Archie Peasley,
Port Huron; E. W. Pollard, Merrill;
E. A. Ryan, Newberry; G. H. Tres-
tain, Detroit; Marie Von Borries,
Louisville, Ky.; S. R. Von Zellen,
Skance; A. A. Wheeler, Detroit; C. H.
Warner, Marlette; Alf. G. Walker, Ann
Arbor,

Ann Arbor; R. C. Eaton,-:

 

nolds.

The old officers were re-elected, as
follows:

President--A. C. Schumacher,
Arbor.

Secretary—Henry Heim, Saginaw.

Treasurer—W. P. Doty, Detroit.

The next meeting of the Board will
be held at Marquette, August 28-29.

Henry Heim, Sec’y.
——_—__>-2.___
The Drug Market.

Opium—The demand is about as
usual at unchanged prices. Higher
prices are advised from Turkey, but
there has been no change here.

Morphine—Is firm at. unchanged
prices.

Quinine—The demand is light at this
season of the year and prices remain
unchanged.

Wood Alcvohol—Is very firm. -Manu-
facturers will not accept orders for future
delivery. An advance is likely.

Salicylic Acid—As the season draws
near for consumption the price is firmer.

Cocoa Butter—Has advanced, in sym-
pathy with the foreign markets. Higher
prices are looked for.

Cod Liver Oil—First-class brands are
held at different prices by different im-
porters. Although the market is dull at
present, higher prices are looked for
later on..

Ann

Grains of Paradise—Stocks are small

and prices have been advanced, both
here and abroad.

Naphthaline Balls——Declined last
week, but have again advanced and are
getting firmer.

Lobelia Seed—Is scarce and has ad-
vanced.

Linseed Oil—Since our last issue has
advanced gc per gallon, and is tending
higher.

Caraway Seed—Is weak and lower.

> 2. ____

There never was a surer way to get
behind the bars than to stand too much
in front of them.

2 ¢-e —___

When liquor goes to a man’s head it

usually finds itself in a lonesome place.

@*
FOURTH
OF
JULY :

GOODS |

 

 

 

Fireworks, Flags, Etc.

Net trade price list to dealers only,
Celebration displays supplied on
short notice. Quick shipments,
low prices, complete stock.

Fred Brundage,
Wholesale Druggist, Muskegon, Mich.
Oxss0e8

Your Orders for Special size
WINDOW SHADES

Will have the best of attention here.
Orders filled within 24 hours after re-
ceipt. We use Hartshorn’s best rollers
in our work and guarantee satisfaction in
every instance. Send usa trial order.

Price List and Samples upon application.

 

 

Heystek & Canfield Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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i ee Sabina : 1 09 | Cinchona Go... 22.77 60 pessene. woes. + o*s Oils 0.1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20
Yellow. 2 50@ 3 0 | Santal . 12 4 7 00 | Columba ............ 50 40@ 50 “ec G0 ee 1 60@ 1 70
cams Sinapl, i ones, “@ & Cneie neuiiiel 7 -. siaeee 79° 76| Nort Turp Fura... i 110
Qubeba........ 0,25 2g 24] Tiel pe 85 | Cas = aa. #0 70| Extra Turk Damar.
Cubebae........PO25 22@ 24 Bipmé vse 1 $0@ 1 90 Cassia Acutifo 60... 50 @ 15| Lard, No.1.......... 3 | san De Nee, 55@ 1 69
Xanthoxylum ....... 1 70@ 1 75| Thyme, opt.....222). — @ 1 60| Ergot... = —
iiaiiiesianai Theobromas ........ b@ 20 Ferri Chioridum.. 35 aa
Copaiba Le 5@ 60 Potassium Gentian eet =
Tao eae 1 85 tees areas
Terabin, Canada... Se 60 | cee wen =
Tolutan. ae 45 50 52@ 57 | Hyoscyamus.. ee go
— Chlorate. .po. 17@19 4 is tome 15
ao. Canadian. .... 18 | Gyanide pe = a. ine, coloriess. 75
ASSIR.....0..2-- 0-0 12 | Losae .-------e--e. | HA@ 38) Kino ...........
Cinchona Flava. .... Potasea, Bitart, ; pure . a 2 40| Lobelia 50
Euonymus atropurp. Potassa’ Bitart, tom, 20 | Myrrh... 50
Myrica Cerifera, po. Potass Nitras opt... “o 15 a es 50
Prunus — See Potass Nitras... = . Ob pence ar aa 75
Quillaia, gr’d........ eaints. ; 8 | Opil, comphorated -. 50
Sassafras... po. ame oe 26 | Opii, deodorized..... 50
Ulmus.. .po. ge pO......... 16@ 18 ae AGRE 50
Extractum aniline Radix 7 50
Glycyrrhiza Glabra. althae 20@ 25| Sanguinaria 717717" ee
Glycyrrhiza, po.-... Anchusa |. 30@ 33 | Serpentaria ......-.. 5p
Haematox, 15 b. box Arum po. a = siromontum: races 69 O .
matox, 1S........ Cala: olutan en > ;
Hzematox, eee ca Coa ‘po. 15 = m= oe aaa 0 ur stationery department 1S now com-
o MS. cc oes yehrrhiza. rum Veride... S
CLI Glychrrhiza.“-pv. 15 16@ 18 | zingiber............. 2 plete with new fall styles of
7 Hydrastis C => Miscel es
iutte and quit a. Hellebore, Alba,po. 12 15 | Atther, § ate
’ BS ’ : 2
Citrate Soluble...... Inula, ~~ 19 | ASther, Spts. Nar #O ss .
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 49 | Ipecac 3 60@ 3 75| Alumen........ 24@ 3
Solut. Chloride. ..... Tris plox.. «PO. 6G 35@ 40|Alumen, gro’d..po.7 3@ 4
Sulphate, com’l. .... Jalapa, pr. . 23@ 30 Annatto.. as 40@ 50 [ }
Sulphate, com’l, by Podeonait Ms.. a @ 35 Antimoni —-
per cw po.. 25 timoni¢
sulphate, pure... .. Rhel ee 2 oe ipyrin — Pe otass T 8 50
Flora ‘ @ 12 = Corin @ 2 O x a
Arnica........ 18 = ; = —_" Nitras, o7.. @ 51
Anthemis... :: 25 Balm Gilead Buds. = =
@ is) Balm Gilead Buds.. 38a _ 40
ee Fai 35 foe 40@ 45 pi S.N... 1 80@ 1 8&5
olia 60@ 65 | Calcium Chior., is.. @ 9 . °
Smilax, officinalis H. @ 40| Calcium Chior. Selected
aoc Slee. 8 Blea: BB ee
velly 25 12 rides, Rus. 1
camila 23 B|Sapsatie tat “Slam: 3 —_ (
es i... lian ce co S, po. aR fae
and 38 ..<...-. ms 20 — ine. po.30 @ _ 25| Capsici Fructus Po. g
Uva Ursi.....-....--- 10 | Zingiber a. oe a = ee on i. 2
eee =, : Zinger eo 2G 7 | Cera Alba... a Cy We also have a full line of
see AF Blan cla? .@ glee 8 =
Acacia, 3d pic 35 | Apium (graveieo assia ructus. Sma Se @
Acacia 8 sorts. 28 — 13@ 15 | Centraria..
cael, eB) aka 5) Gentranitsnnsc-- @ ank Books, Memorandums,
iien, Barb. po.is@20  12@ 14 Cara... ve PO. ‘16 10@ 11 | Chloroform 55@
Aloe, Cape....po. 15. it] Gestanenes. 1 __ ae 1 » Chloroform, squibbs @1 P k B k
potenti tri. ~* “ = Cannabis Sativa.” KO 5 a Hyd Crst.... 1 40@ 1 ¢ OC et OO a,
Assafoetida....po 10@ ‘aaa bas 5 ‘? Cinchontdin, PL ew BO r C P :
num 5B | Di : inchon: e, Ger 3
Gatecbu, 1s @ %5/ Dipterix Odorate..’: 1 00@ 1 10 | Cocaine..." -.--2. 6 550 6 75 repe Papers, Tissue Papers
Catechu, %s “ul eee co @ 10| Corks, list, dis. pr.ct. 70 ’
Catechu, 4s 16 | Lini tone reosotur Baca 35 P h l d :
Ew forbium po. 3b @ > Lobelia ..... 5 Creta, ao g 5 en-ho ers, Pencils,
Galeaien.:........ _@400| Phartaris Canarian. “Oo 60| Creta, precip... -... @ U
Gamboge ......... po 65@ 70| Rapa. 14@ 5 — ubra........ @ 8 I k E
Guaiacum......p0.25 @ 30/Sinapis Alba. > EO 5 | Crocus ......... +++ 2B@ 30 NKS, te.
Kino .-P0. 90.75 @ 75| Sinapis Albs........ a 10 Cu dbear... @ 2
a kae moda @ 6 SA @ 12] Cuprl Suiph: 64@ 8
Myrrh......... @ 40 Spiritus Dextrine . 7 10
Opit....po. 430@5.00 8 40@ 3 50 Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50| Ether Sul yh. 92
Shellac .............. 35 | Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25| Emery, al numbers. @ 8
Shellac, bisschied.- ss 45 — nit. en 1 25@ 1 50 ion a Oe a a. € Ww '
Sah ooa go | Juniperis Co. O. T... 1 2 00 --po.90 85@ 90 :
hiss Jumpers ¢o.0- ine 2 00 Fike" wits. mg fs e shall have the best line of Ho_tpay
Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. ViniG G . 210) Gauthien 0 2 : ate
gu atorlum. 02. Pig » i0 Gal i ae Geistin, Cooper. |. > Goons ever shown in Michigan.
Majorum ....0z. pkg 28 Want AR .--- << 5-5 1 26@ 2 00 Siete aon box =
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 Sponges. Less than box
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25 | Florfda sheeps’ wool Glue, brown......... =
Rue.......... 0z. P 39 | _ carriage.. 2 50@ 2 75| Glue, white. ....22.. a =
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 22 | Nassau sheeps” wool Glycerina............ 17%@ =
Thymus, V...oz. pkg 95 | _ carriag 2 50@ 2 75| Grana Paradisi. .-*: = e e
M Velvet extra sheeps’ Humulus............ . ae.
meets wool, carriage p Hyd Ch =.= ne e r
Saint Pek S5@ 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ @ 1 0) ye rane = $0 S
Carbonate, K &M. 18@ 20 en hoops" wedi, @ 1 25 bn rarg Ox Rub’m @110
‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20/ carriage. a Hyd 4 eo @12
Oleum Hard, for slate use... @ 2) : am ee = ru O
Absinthium......... 6 50@ 7 00| Yellow Reef, for ichthyo lla, Am:::  65@ 70 °9
Amygdale, Duic.... 38@ 65 slate use........... @ 1 40 | Indigo 75@ 1 00
Amygdalz, Amare. ‘ = 8 25 Syrups Toot ihe, Resubi.. | 3 40@ 3 60
Be eat cues 2 00| Acacia . : - 3 60@ 3 8
Auranti paren . 2 10@ 2 20 Auranti Co : os G id Mi
Be | 2 65@ 2 85 | Zingiber . a > = Lyeopodtia. 0@ 85 rand Rapids ich.
Gajiputl >” 30@ ~ 85 “ @ 50 65@ 75 7
Caryophyili 750 : 80 | Ferri gs ot ¢ = Liguor Arsen et Hy- *
ececce m 10 —
Chenopadil.......... 1822 Smilax Olticinalis.. om = a. tase Arsinit 109 12
Sinnamon coos 1 UBT | Sonogs nnn ec QB | Magnenty Sapna OG 1
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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing,

and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.

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.

 

ADVANCED

Compound Lard

Whole Allspice
Trout
Whitefish

DECLINED

Winter Wheat Flour
Spring Wheat Flour
Refined Sugars

 

 

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By Columns
Col.
: A
Akron Stoneware............ 15
WTROEBRD 8s cs ek Sn 1
a ————— 1
sie Gremne....:.. 2... ...55- 1
B
zg ee 1
We cent :
ee cc 1
eee ce
Butter Color..........-+++..5+ 2
Cc
Candies..:...... =
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Coffee 3
Condensed Milk.............. 4
—= Woeke.. scl... 4
eee cs, 4
ca Tartar Seo eee pee 5
D
ited Mraiis.......--........ 5
F
Farinaceous Goods.......... 5
Fish and Oysters.........-.-- 13
Flavoring Extracts..........- 5
Fly Paper..........-.-.-.---- 6
Prech Moeats..............-'.«-- 6
See 14
G
Grains and Flour ............ 6
Wee cc 6
Hides and Pelts.............. 13
I
fae... 6
J
ee 6
L
Lamp Burners... 15
Lamp Chimneys. 15
Saas... 15
Lantern Globes - 15
Licorice .......- 7
ie... 7
M
Sees 7
Meat Extracts oe eee eee 7
elegans 7
Mae ee... 7
N
ee 14
oO
Oil = ee 15
IE os 7
Oyster Pens occ... 7
P
Paper Bags............--..-.. 7
Paris Green.. 7
eee 7
_— ee ee oie eae 7
ee ee Ss 7
Provisions a aes eae 7
R
ee ee 8
Ss
Doe 8
ee oe
ee chan ackee SO
ee es 8
MONEE, os 9
Si 9
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ALABASTINE Shoe
White in drums............. g| No. 8.......-. ee 1 00
Colors in drums............- 10 ! PO eee ke cc eee 1 30
White in packages eee 10 | NO. 4.... 2-22-22. cece eee ee eee 1 70
Colors in packages ee 11 | Bio es ee cee eck ege gan ee 1 90
Less 40 per cent discount. 1 Stove i
AXLE GREASE No. 75
‘ doz. gross 5
ja “on ? 00 BUTTER COLOR
Diamond ..............50 425|W.»R.& Co.’s, 15¢ siz@.... 1 25
Frazer’s...............75 900| W.,R. & Co.’s, 25¢ size.... 2 00
TXL Golden, tin boxes75 900 CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s............12
Electric Light, 16s...... .... 12%
Paraffine, 6S.................10%
Paraffine, 12s.. POS
Wicking ee
CANNED GOODS
Apples
3 lb. Standards...... 70
Gallons, standards. . 2 00
Blackberries
Standards ........... 75
Bean
Mica, tin boxes. ......75 O00 Bee |... 52.2... 1 00@1 30
Paragon ......... "55 6 00| Rad Kidney......... 75@ 85
BAKING PowDER | War’ 0000000 85
Ege Blueberries
Standart... ... 85
Brook Trout
2 Ib. cans, Spiced .......... 1 90
Clams.
Little Neck, 11b..... 1 00
Little Neck. 2 Ib..... 1 50
Clam Bouillon
Burnham’s, % pint........ 1 92
Burnham’s, pints.......... 3 60
14 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 3 75| Burnham’s, quarts........ 7 20
% a cans, 2 = case...... 3 75 Cherries
11lb. cans, 1 doz. case...... 3 75| Red Standards........
5 Ib. cans, % doz. case...... 8 00 aa a ee 1 :
Corn
J 7 +X Oo fae M Waie............-.-5e 65
ae... 2... 80
14 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 45 | Fancy ..............- 95
\% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 85 French Peas
1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case......1 60} Sur Extra Fine... 22
Queen Flake — Fine... ~
Sec. 00nn. ae............31 5" oS
San, Aen anes... -..... 8 ao) OPO “ao 9-9 nnn -
9 0z., 4 doz. case.............4 80 Paenetanetas
1Ib., 2 doz. case.............4 00 | Standard "Hominy
5 lb., 1 doz. = se ctintee eee 900 | congard ...........: 85
Royal 4 s Lobster
ee se . 1
toesize.... 90] Star PID. 3 40
14 Ib. eans 1 35} Picnic segs a 2 35
r c ere.
6 oz. cans. 1 90) mustard, 1lb........ 1 75
Yo Ib. cans 2 50} Mustard, 2Ib........ 2 80
% Ib. cans 3 75 —, 1ib ee . : =
oused, 2 Ib........ :
1b. cans. 4 80) Tomato, 1Ib.......-- 1 75
3 1b. cans 13 00} Tomato, 2Ib......... 2 80
@ 5 lb. cans. 21 50 ushrooms
— ieee Sines . 18@20
* ATH BRICK uttons...... = pee 22@25
Se ule 9@ | Cove, Lib... ..:....-. i
Engish 80 = 2 os oe 1 =
“RLUING ‘ove, 1 oe
sm, 4 02. — , per gross 4 00 le Peaches
retic, 8 oz. ovals. per gross6 00| venow =
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross9 00 ¥eiow ....... ears 1 6G! &
Standard ........... 70
Maney. 2: cs 80
eas
Marrowfat .......... 1 00
Early June.......... 1 00
Early June Sifted.. 1 60
Pineapple
rabee 2.60 1 25@2 75
Been es 1 35@2 55
Pumpkin
One 3s te 70
Got 32... 7
Pee 85
Raspberries
Standard........... 90
Russian Cavier
+ DOGG... 5... . 75
Small size, per doz.......... 40 — 00
Large size, perdoz.......... 75 1 Ib. ener Pee 00
BROOMS Columbia River, talls 85
No. 1 aioe... cece eas Se lage 2 50 | Columbia River, flats 95
Me. 2 Carpe... 2. =... 2 15| Red Alaska.......... 40
No. 3 Carpet. ..1 85| Pink Alaska. . 10
No. 4 Carpet... 60 Shrimps
Parlor Gem.... 40 | Standard............
Common Whisk. 85 Sardines
Fancy Whisk.... 10 | Domestic, }4s........
Warehouse........ 25 | Domestic, %s .......
BRUSHES Domestic, Mustard.
Scrub California, Mee. ous
Solid Back, 8in............. 45| California 4s........
Solid Back, 111n ............ 95 | French, i4s..........
Pointed Ends................ 85 French, GMa. ey 18@28

 

  
  

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Strawberries
85
1 25
90
1 00
1 20
85
90
1 00
2 40
CATSUP
Columbia, pints.............2 00
Columbia, % pints........... 1 25
CARBON OILS
Barrels
Mosene. oo. @10%
Perfection........ ous @ 9%
Diamond White. .
D. S. Gasoline
Deodorized Naphtha
oe:
Black, winte
"CHEESE
Acme.. : D2
Amboy oi Soe DQ 9%
pew City... Seas nee @9
Elsie @19
@ %
aces @10
Gold Medal.......... 9%
deal .... 3
Jersey..... a%
Riverside... 9%
Brick .... 14@15
Edam...
Leiden . @17
Limburger... ane 13@14
—s ple.. 50@75
ago.. 19@20

CHEWING GUM
American Flag Spruce..
Beeman’s Pepsin..........
Black Jack
—— Gum Made.......
ee ee eS
Sen Sen n Breath Perfume.. 1
Sugar Loaf
Wepenaa. 3:0. 8s

‘ CHICORY

grenades

ee
WatG 4
Mrancics .-.. ..-...-. ...---2- 6%
SARI oe ce ee 6
CHOCOLATE
Walter = - _ ~

German Sweet. ‘
creme os 31
Breakfast Cocoa.. 46

Runkel Bros.
Vienna Sweet ......... .-.. 21
eee es 28
Pregeen. ei 2 SS. 31

CLOTHES =
Cotton, 40 ft. per doz...... .1
Cotton, 50 ft. per doz........ 1
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz........1
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz........1
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz........1
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..........
Jute, 72 ft. per doz.........

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Cleveland. . a casi
Colonial, 4S sey cbt crauceee ie
Colonial. RS is uae aie
oo ee
Huyler es ieee ot
Van Houten, S.............
Van Houten, 4s....... oe
Van Houten, &S...... scopes
Van Houten, 1s...... oe
Mice...
Wilbur, %s.
Wilbur. 34............<..2.-
COCOA —
20 Ib. bags.. eee e
Less quantity --. coe 3
packages cone 4
COFFEE
Roasted

fle
HIGH GRADE.

Special See. -15
rench Breakfas re 1. 17%
Lenox, Mocha & a. ey 21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27

Dwinell-Wright Co.’s ore

White House, 60-1s..........
White House, 30-2s.......... 2B
Excelsior M. & J., 60-1s.. ..21%
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s...... 20%
Reval Java... ..-..---<- 0.62. 26%
Royal Java & Mocha........26%
Arabian Mocha............. 28%
ANION MIOPRK ; «<0. -. ot. cas 22%
Mocha & Java Blend........ 23
Fancy FICSEDO...< . 2.5 2 33- 18%
Save Biome... ses 17%
— BANGOR = 55 e 17
Me OS oo 15%
Excelsior Blend.............. 14%
NO. Oe Ppt. ne ee 14

 

 

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Mexican
MRO. oo es esas 16
PONOT, 05 opti y nies alive gues 17
Guatemala
CHOBA. 6.5) cece es ee sgeed 16
Java
Polis Manin Si hale lea 12%
rare RIOIOR 5 <5 oc 026s oc 17
Pe dca ates ick
: Mocha
Brenan... sores os |
Package
a —_ Basis.
Arbu Stiiete sdectesekioe
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Sugar RE sb .ob'cs- sane 8
Ho = gx sean aati 13
EUG PPM: ss es> Soo 5lce 28
Vanilla Wafers............ 16
Vienna Crimp............. 8

E. J. Kruce & Co.’s baked goods
Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for complete price list
with interesting discounts.
CREAM TARTAR
5 and 10 Ib. wooden — ae 30
Bulk in sacks.. <2
DRIED FRUITS
Apples
Sundried .
Evaporated, ‘BO lb. boxes.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
 

 

 

 

 

co cihb eke ee -.- 11% California Fruits
MeLaughlin’ 's XXXX ADTIOOEE os 8. ons S50 9%
McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to} Blackberries ..........
retailers only. Mail all orders | Nectarines
direct to W. F. McLaughlin & —" 6 @20
Co., Chicago. I es es 7%
Extract Pitted Cherries........
Valles City Y% QIOss......... 3 a se eeees
Hummel's foll Oss. = 85 California Prunes
Humimel’s tin yf Bro Bross... 1 dp | 100-120 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 3%
Mahabiteten 90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... @4
Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake - 90 25 Ib. boxes @ 4%
12 packages, % Case......... 1 75 ao 25 = — @ 5%
24 packages, 1 case . ..3 50 eae wee” @ 5%
me MILK a: : _
aden a dene, . boxes ......
30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes ...... 8
Gall ane —- 6 40 % cent less 9 50 Ib. cases °
Crown.. 6 25 itron
Daisy.. 5 75 | Leghorn i el
Champion .. > 4 50! Corsican 12
C olfa .. . : [ Currants
Di Onge .. : 3 35 | California, 1 Ib. package... 11%
Sine 3 30 | Lmported, 1 Ib ape poe
fe eee er ea Imported, valk. Eee esaas 1%
COUPON BOOKS
60 books, any denom... 1 50} Citron meen 19 Ib. bx...13
100 books, any —— -. 250] Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..10%
oo books, any denom... 11 50 | Orange American 10 Ib. bx..10%
000 books, any denom... 20 00 Raisins
“Aner quotabions are for either London Layers 2 Crown.
esman, Superior, Economic | London Layers 3 Crown. 1 73
or Universal grades. Where | Cluster 4 Crown.........
1,000 books are ordered at a time | Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 6%
customer receives specially | Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 6
printed cover without extra} Loose Muscatels 4 Crown :
charge. L. M., Seeded, 1 Ib......
Coupon Pass Books ed, % Ib.... 7 é
Can be made to represent any | Sultanas, bulk ..............
denomination from $10 down. Sultanas, package ..........
KS... -- 150 ay GOODS
00 a eer eesstcas 7° 7
= um Hand Pic 2 00
Credit Checks Brown Holland..............
500, any one denom...... 2 00 ereals
1,000, any one denom...... 8 00} Cream of Cereal............. 90
2,000, any — denom...... 5 00} Grain-O, small .............. 135
Steel punch cm 75 | Grain-O, large............... 2 25
CRACK ERS Grape Nuts.. 1 35
National Biscuit Co.’s brands | Pos Cereal, smaii. ..1 35
Butter Postum Cereal, large...... 2 25
Mayme «26.5552. 06. 6 Farina
Now VOrk. .... 5-553. o oc 6 | 2411b. packages . Seacc as ae
— Se Se coy hire aac 6 | Bulk, per 100 lbs............. 3 00
Ie es to ce 6 ominy
Wolverine...............-- 6% | Flake, 50 Ib. sack..... ..... 80
‘oda Pearl, 200 Ib. bbl.. .2 40
Soda — eee eee es saat 6% Pearl, 100 Ib. sack........... 117
Megas OMG ct. 8 Maccaroni and ——,
Long Island Wafers....... 13 | Domestic, 10 Ib. box.......
Zephyrette... 13 | Imported. 25 Ib. box........ ‘2 80
Oys Pearl sented
ANSE... 7% ae - oe
Farina.. 6 | Chester..
Extra Farina.. 6% | Empire..
Saltine Oyster. . 6 Gri
Sweet Goods—Boxes Walsh-DeRoo Co.'s Brand.
POEs fa 10
Assorted Cake. 10
Belle Rose......
Bent’s Water... 16
Cinnamon Bar... ....
Coffee Cake, Iced.. a oe
Coffee Cake, Java.........
Cocoanut Macaroons......
Cocoanut Taffy............
OCraeemee....... 5. c:..
Creams, Iced..............
Cream Oriep...:...........
Cubans .. crea ecw es
Currant Fruit............. 2 00
Frosted Honey............ “3 00
Pn ing et para) ‘ 570
nger Gems, l’rgeorsm’ 8 i ‘
Ginger 5 Snaps, ee 100 Ib. eee ieeeuicoaas 2 90
Mckee eed cieeec cues 10% | Green, Wisconsin, bu 1 30
Grate Gale na etlocs pact 9 eee
Graham Crackers......... 8 sone Scotch, bu..... “a =
Graham Wafers........... 12 oited ‘Oats :
Honey ¥ — TOR: o.oo. 16 | Rolled Avena. 4 20
oney Fingers............ 12 cons
cod Honey Griaapets.... 10 | Reeycan" it = 2 4 FY
Imperial eres --+ 48 | Monarch, % bbl.-- 27.00.7222 05
lady Peers Fatt cecen es : Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks. ..1 90
Lemon sa Bee 12 Fee eezoiesit +”
mon Wafers............ 16
eee Hh | Geemem SOM cs. a
char ala BRORR
Marshmallow Walnuts.... 16 German, “ae :
Begere sever seers 8 , | Flake, 110 Ib. sacks......... 434
eee to eteeteceeees = Pearl, 130 Ib. sacks.......... 3%
Molasses Cake............ g” | Pearl, 241 jee pert 6
Molasses Bar.............. 9 Cracked, bulk 3%
—— a Boa bac s ek 12% | 949 bb. packages .......-....2 50
Oueesiiinekics 2 | FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Oatmeal — 12 ;
Orange Crisp.. 9 FOOTE & JENKS
Orange Gem... . 9
Penny Cake........ 8
Pilot Bread, Xxx 7%
Pretzelettes, hand mad 8 Highest Grade Extracts
tzels, d made.. . 8
Sootch Cookies....... 9 Vanilla Lemon
Sears’ Lunch..... 7%|10zfullm.1 20 1ozfullm. 80
Sugar Cake........ 8 |2ozfullm.2 10 20z full m.1 2
Sugar Cream, XXX... 8 |No.3fan’y.3 15 No. 3fan’y.1 57

 

 

 

 

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DIGO Whitefish Pure Cane No. 8. 470
Madras, sa boxes . 55 5% No.1 No.2 Fam} Fair. M 16| No. 9. . 465
S. F., 2, 8and 5 lb. boxes....__50 6 | 100 Ibs........ 7 50 2 50| Good . NT . 460
JELLY 1% > _ eta veel 3 - 1 30| Choice’. csesce 201 ING Of 4 55
Sib. Pails. per doz........ 1 85 aoe _ = ‘STARCH NO. Bees eete 4 50
Vantin tan: (anne 35 | Co
20z panel..1 20 20zpanel. 75 30 Ib. bails Be aaacnaa ec pry = 6 | Anise. —— 9 No. 15 445
3 0z taper..2 00 4 oz taper..1 50 ee ee * Beef Canary, Smyrna... ta No. 16 eee ce Gauls eds ae
Calabria. - Extra Mess.......... 10 75 | Caraway . . 8 TEA
sicily. = Boneless... pee 11 60 Cardamon, Malabar... .60 Suman
Ste te ee ee eee eee ee cee ee um : Ti 0) Celery 12
Root... . eS 10 P a “Foot Hemp, it iit te 4% Sundried, medium ee 28
og undried, choice............
Condensed. 2 d0z-........... 1 20 | $f PRIS £0 Ibs... i= Mustard, rit. i. Sundried, faney.-2..200..02. 40
ee ienines ..2 25 * a Po Poppy... en cane a — ise se wclaig =
TCHES| OS A ae . egular, choice .............
ieee ae Gas brands, aso —ye pe dees ; = Gero Bone.. oc oe Kingsford’s Corn a ar sagan ns 40
No. 9 sulphur............... 165 | $¢ bois.’ 80 Ibe. 2 SHOE BLACKING 40 1-Ib. packages........... 6% | Basket fired’ choice... 35
Anehor Parlor 21222772227 1 50 Tr ees Handy Box, large......... 2 50 | 20 1-Ib. packages........... 6% | Basketfir a
No. ho eee eoceseccoce eel 30] Pork | - 21 Haney Box, small......... 125} 6lb. packages........... Sie “7
xport Parlor s-eee+--4 00/ Boot ae x y's Koyal Polish Peep 85 fotitce Giga: jai. | * jogs
ba | Wolverine... 1 60 | Boce Pi 13 | Miller’s Crown Polisi. ee ‘San
MEAT EXTRACTS GOO. o oo, 60 UFF 6 Ib. bes ee. eens ;
N T = © - —- Co.'s, 4.0Z...... 45 Solid, a rine Scotch, sie 37 oe oar a. %s Gunpowder
0.4 1 52 0.3 - 2 08 | Liebig’s, 2 oz... -.......:.. 75 | So — Seeee ee. 11 @13 | Maccaboy, in jars. wee Cc Gl
20z. Assorted Flavors 75¢. MOLASSES 8, dairy.. . iiKo13% French sppen, = ‘Jars... a3 1-Ib. fommon: we Moyune, medium ........... -
Our Tropical. New Orleans Rolls, creamery. .... 1 SOA 3-Ib. packages...... f
2 0z. full measure, Lemon.. 75 Fancy Oy coe a. retteees 40 | Solid, ee B. T. Babbit co: 61b. ackages ..
' 4 0z. full measure, Lemon.. 1 50 F “teoe _ Babbit’s Best............. 40 and Bib. bo boxes
-2.0z. full measure, Vanilla.. 90 | Falr..... 26 | Corned beet, 2Ib.. 2 75 Beaver Soap Go. brands | Barrels
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla.. 1 9 | GO0d.... ...... 00... 22 | Corned beef, 141b.. 17 50
Shiites Half —— 2c extra 5 t beef, 2 Ib...... 275
20z. Panel Vanilla Tonka.. 70 Horse Radish, 1 —" 175 re ham, - oe =
20z. Panel Lemon.......... 60 | Horse Radish, 2 doz.........3 50| Deviled ham, 4s... 50
FLY PAPER Bayle’s Celery, 1 rin eed 175 so hatrcs — 90
Tanglefoot, per box.......... 35 o ongue, 4S8.. 50
Tanai, por anes 390 Bulk, 1 gal. kegs Be ae ualisin de 1 25 | Potted tongue, Ks. 90
Ban ROMS. cco .e 1 s
FRESH MEATS Bulk. 5 gal. — Bed ae 1 00 Domestic
Beef Manzan lla, 7 oz. saa 80 | Carolina head
Carcas: eeeeeee 6%@8 | Queen, pints SN CORE ea on er 2 35| Carolina No.1. Bane
eee ce a a a OE ee oes oes. 4 50 — No.2. ees ed)
uarters ....... NOCH, 28 OZ... 700 Broken 50 cakes, large size......... 3 OF a
Loins No. 3.......... 12%@16 | Stuffed, 50z........... 07 90 orted. Menken, Gea eS
[em ee ST Samed, § 67.0... 5.552... 1 45 | Japan, No. 7 is ; -5%@6 50 cakes, Small size.... .... 1 95
TEBOROR os so @ 8% Stuffed? OO OF oa 30 | Japan, No. 2.. 1. 44@5 100 cakes, small size.. ......3 85
Chucks 6 @ 6% ‘PAPER BAGS Java, a, fancy head... --5 @5% | Bell & Bogart brands—
lates . Ly 4 @5 | Continental Paper Bag Co. | Java. No. 1........5.0005 @ Coal Ol Johnny Cu 3 90 GLOSS STARCH
Pork Ask J oo" 8 Table.. @ Peckia. oe 4 00 es ae
Dressed . : @7 your Jobber for them. | SALERATUS Detroit Soap Go. brands— Ua
Loins ee @ 9% Glory Mayflower Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Queen Anne..... ........ 315 Pir |
Boston Butts... | 7". @ 8% Satchel & Pacific | Church’s Arm and Hammer.3 15 Big Bargain.......... oo Le Cc 8S
Shoulders ........... @8 —— Square a= = wae crititttee: 00; Umpire.. w-eeceese 215) 7
Leaf Lard........ @8 = = ae ow. ae = perman Family a 2 45 if, =
Mutton 4 80 aan eT — 3 85 Hy ie
Careass.............. 8%@9 54 1 00 Wrandsite, oy ee 300) N. K. — brands— i ae -
Lambs.......... .-. 9%@10 66 1 25 L SODA Santa Claus. . 3 25 ad.
Veal 76 1 45 Cian bie so} Brown.. 240) jas
Carcass ............. 74%@ 8 oe : = Granulated, 100 Ib. cases... go | _ Fairy... trtesceese sees £00 Vig
GRAINS AND FLOUR rm 34g | Lump, bbis. seteeee TE | Fels brand—" a Aig
‘ ‘ Lump, 145 Ib. Kegs........... 80) Naptha........... 2.0.0... 4 00 Ha i
Wheat 1 38 2 60 SALT Gowmea & Sons brands—
Wiese os 65 . ee 1 60 3 15 Buckeye Osan beat 3 2 Jil Vt
Winter Wheat Flour oe = ‘ = 100 3Ib. bags ............... 309/ Oak Leaf. big5.. :° Died ha aa
iis Local Brands Rae 2 52 5 Oo 50 6 Ib. bags Le 3 00 a =) nw a 7.
atents . : bot Ma ee rue Cie 275 7X x CHICAGO.
Second Patent............. 3 6u - Sugar _—_ In 5 bbl. lots 5 per cent. dis- 5 LSS
—- Stine se wrieses cesses - = Oe % — and one case 243 1b. boxes a lots, a ii Wg cose OU SSS SSS
CEE EER ei EGG oN ec ree. x lots, delivered |. 171.1: 2 9
GAMA ooo. oes cao oe 3 00 wd PARIS GRE 1% Diamond Crystal 10 hox lots, delivered ........ 2 90 | Best Gloss Starch, 50 Ib. Best Corn Starch............ a
a. ‘ 00 GREEN Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40 | Johnson Soap Co. brands—" Best Gloss Starch, 401b..... | Neutral Pearl Starch in bbl.
es 14 _| Table, barrels, 1003 Ib. bags.3 00| Silver King............... 60 | Best Gloss Stareh; Crm.... | Neutral Powdered Starch in bbl.
Subject” ‘to usual cash ais Packages, & Ib., each....... ig | Table, barrels, 407 lb. can s.275| Calumet — eae eoue 2 70 | Best Gloss Starch; oh... | Best Confect’rs in bbl.,thin boil,
unt. Packages, % Ib., each....... 17 | Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bulk.2 65 oon Family.. --. 2.50} Best Gloss Starch, 11b..... | Best Laundry in bbl., thin boil.
Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- | Packages, 11b., each......_ 16 | Butter, barrels, 20 14Ib.bags.2 85| Cuba..................... 2 40 orks: Venice, Il. | Chas. Pope Glucose Co.,
ditional. PICKLES Butter, sacks, 98 We 27 Co a ae 1 95 Geneva, Ill. | Chicago, Ill.
ioe ee 's a Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 67 Ricker’ s Magnetic aa 3 90
Diamond \s.. Medium Common ao Lautz Bros. brands— —
Diamond \s Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 4 50 | 1003 Ib. sacks.. cede oe oe Pee ACs... : 4 00 Common Corn |
Diamond s. 3 75 | Half bbis, 600 count... |.” 2 75| 605 1b. sacks................ 215) Aemene.. 3 25 | 09 1-1b. packages... Young Hyson
Worden Grocer _ s Brand 28 10 Ib. sacks............... 2 05 —— ee cialis 4 00 “ | Clee 30
Quaker %s 3 70 Small 56 Ib. sacks................ 40 3.70 | 40 1-1. packages.......... 4% Pane 36
Quaker \s......... 2222022 3 70 | Barrels, 2,400 count .........5 50| 28Ib.sacks................ 22 Proctor & ‘Gamble brands— STOVE POLISH Oolong
Quaker \s.................. 8 70 | Half bbls, 1,200 count . -3 30 ine es we . Pee genes ree arenes 3 00 coe ee eer eeee te eeeee <
PIPE airy in an 30 vory, a See ees aca a Oe ees cienaereaea ace ’ ference ee cees 2
Spring Wheat Flour Ss 28 Ib. dairy in drill bags..... 15 Iveey. iar... 0: 6 75 sg ae ‘N Amey, Gholeg................ 32
Clark-Jewell-Wells Ga. os mee Clay, ~~ — Pe ial clic ecigance 1 70 Ashton Schult. ‘- ‘On brand— Gf TF English Breakfast
Pillsbury’s Best %s.. 4 40 | Clay, T. D., full count... 85 | 56 Ib. dairy In linen sacks... 60) Star... ..... 2... 300/1 (Ename ine \\ at bation a7
Pillsbury’s Best \s. . 4 30| Cob, No.3 a) oo A.B. Wrisley brands— cg emmescotTA Oe! CBee 34
Pillsbury’s Best 4s....... 4 20 POTASH 56 Ib. dairy in in ees sacks... 60; Good Cheer.............. 3 80 a < MAMOG ees ole. Co 42
Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 20 siieeiaae lar Rock Old Country ee 320| im sree } ndia
Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 20 B sone 4 00 | 86 lb. sacks...... 200. 0...0... 25 Scouring Qa : a oun ed eases 32
paluth Teaperial ag : 7 Penna Salt Go.’s............/3 00 * ua : Sapolio, see. 3 doz...... 2 40 es ei Fan
see eeee oo. Tan ne 5 | Sapolio, SGGE. ....:... 40 , B “
Duluth Imperial 4s... |... 4 20 PROVISIONS, Medium Fine....../2...0"."1.00| ates . : Sh sea
Duluth Imperial ¥s....... 4 10 Barreled Pork s ALT ‘FISH. Rael . BY
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s —
Wingold Cod Kegs, Engiish. . eg eaast ooo 4%
gold %%8.............. @6 SPICES No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. 4 50
Wingold 14s.. 6% No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross 7 20
coer g 7 ibaa Whole Spices SUGAR
MEO 12
Ceresota \s. @é6 Cassia, China in mate... 12 Below are given New York
Ceresota \s.. awe a Cassia, Batavia, in bund. 98 — = mraers, ae! sy ~—
‘am a 15 50 | Pollock................ ’ wholesale dealer adds the loca
Comenete Rump Butts Beef. . on 50 Halibut. — —. broken... 3g | freight from New York to your
Dry Salt Meats Strips. ae .10 oun o » In rous. 17 | Ship ing puint, , giving you credit
Oe Lee 12 | Vloves, Amboyna.......... on the invoice for the amount
Bellies. . See 9% Cloves, en sete eeee - 14) of freight buyer pays from the
Briskets .. eae 9% Trout Mace . : eee eeeeeee 55 | market in which. he purchases a Ik’ - Heart..
Extra shorts. ee cee cece 8% bs : 7” = ost ee Nutmegs, 75-80... 50 = his shipping point, including w....:
Sunciceid Wcate ae _ oo: oe Nutmeg, 105-10... seeee = 20 pounds for fn weight of the Bald Head... on - 35
Hams, 12Ib.average. @11%1No.1 8ibs.............., Pepper, Singapore, wake 18 a Pitndosist 35
Hams, 14lb. average. 11 Herring Pepper, Singapore, white. 28) Gut Loaf... 1177270077722") Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Car lots. ire | Hames Me. average. 104 | Holland white hoops, pbl. 11 25] Pepper, shof........... 29| Gruahed 220-0207 Little Columbian......... 36 00
Car lots, clipped. ...22.221. 34% | P&ms, 201D- average. 3 tt Holland white hoops%bbl. 6 00 Pure Ground in Bulk Cubes .. Cohimitany 33 00
Less than ear lots... Sh ulde N.Y. F- sat) 4 | Holland white hoop, Keg.. 82 | Allspice.. 16 | Powdered . : Columbian Extra........... 55 00
totes cess 0 — cut) @ 7%! Holland white ‘hoop 1 mehs. 87 | Cassia, Batavia. . 28 | Coarse Powdered. i Columbian Special..........65 00
Feed and Millstuffs Bacon, clear. ........ 4@ 11 | Norwegian ................ Cassia, Saigon............. 48 | XxXX Powdered......... 69 | Columbian Invincible...... 90 00
St. Car Feed, screened .... 18 00 | California hams. .... . 8% | Round 100 Ibs.............. 3 00 | Cloves, ew... a 17| Standard Granulated... |. 545} H.&P. True ¢ Co.’s a
7 50 | Boneless hams il Round 40 Ibe... NIIIT 150] Ginger, African .! --+ 15] Fine Granulated 45 | Fortune Teller.. . 35 00
7 00 | Boiled Hams. @ 16 Se aN 19 | Ginger, Cochin... 18 | Gonres Granuiate’s.. 55 | Our Manager.. . 35 00
Winter Wheat Bran....... : 15 50 Lose Boiled Hams @ 12 Sete. es pe Jamaica 25 | Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 55 Quintette.. 35 00
Winter Wheat Middiings’ oS eee = 5° "Mackerel 65 | Conf. Granulated.......... 5 70 | G. J. Johnson Cigar Cos brand.
Screenings ................ ee Mess 100 Ibs. ............2. 12 25 Mustard... biack: «18 | 2 1b. bags Fine Gran..." 5 60
Corn Lards—In Tierces Mess 40 Ibs. .............. 5 20| Pepper, Singapore, biac . S. bn s — — senses 5 60
Pepper, Singapore, white. = 7 580
Corn, car lots............. < | ees 1¢lbe. ........ <2... BBs oe. iC
Pepper, Cayenne.......... = d a 5 4
Ha 934 | Mess 8IbSs............... 1 13 - iamon A. seeees 5
y 7% | No. 1100 Ibs. .............. 10 50 | 588@....... svkura Confectioner’s Bases 5 25
No. 1 Timothy car lots.... % | No.1 401bs............... 450 0. 1, Columbia A........ 510| as
No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... %|No.1 10lbs. ..............°120 Corn i No. 2, Windsor A......... 05
HERBS lg .- 100 ——- sos er sees ene os No. 3, eilgowaed EN 5 95
PS ise dos os seas cs x .- 1 doz. 1 gallon cans... “"""3° 90 Ne. 5’ Empire A Mie
Tamonl Lawose * * fp | 1 doz. % gallon cans. --.2..., io 46...) 1a eee ee
Senna Leaves................ 1 No.2 8ibs..c.c..ccc... «71 2402. 4 galloncans......... 92) go gs 4 80 | Cigar Clippings, per Ib..... 26

 

 

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Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.

oe $35 00

Goll Star 35 00
H. Van Tongeren’s —_—

Star Green............-. 5 00
Fine Cut
Uncle ~~ Soae Gost eseece =
ve Reet BOUNDS Soe ee RSE ges
wares ——. ee ce ee es 3
Seo: Geeee...... 35
Siem 57
Sweet Loma. ......:.......<. 38
Golden Top........ ..:..-..-- 28
Pee es 58
Telestream... ... .. <5... 2025s 28
ie ar... <2... caeneg 34
Prairie Ea ESIC TIS ose
Praeeeom. .... .. os. 38
Sweet Burley...............- 40
Sweet Loma................- 38
eee 39
Plug
es 36
Creme de Menthe...........60
ee Seis cue saioeeccuauld 2
Sweet Penk. tee 37
We
Met twens. 24
eee ee 36
————E———— 36
eet... 5 41
een AO 8... a 37
American Eagle............. 04
Standard Navy.............. 38
Spear Head, 16 02. ........--43
ee 8 0Zz.. Sone
—— ae once aoe 49
ME oe se eee oe 39
oud vionesiy pss ogee eee ces 45
eee 35
ee 38
Piper Bipkdstek..... 0-2... 5.3 64
eek 81
Jelly Cake Ls hick pakcesugeee 36
Miambp Boeb.......-..... ....- 32
Smoking
Hand Pressed... .... .......- 46
Double Cross... ............ 37
wees ere... .............. 40
Piet Ger 2. 37
Great Navy Pus euekecene 37
Warpath

 

  

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Duke’ nb ixhure.......-......2 40
Dake’s Camoo............... 40
Honey Dip ee So cceae cece 39
Myrtle Navy .. cisceeees ce
Yum Yum, 1% 0 Docs seceue 39
a Yum, 1 Ib. a eee 37

OS Se a See 37
Corn Cake, 2% 02Z............ 25
Gorn Cake, Tip. ....-.-...... 23
Plow Boy, 135 02Z............. 39
Plow Boy, 3% 02............- 37
Peerless, 3% 0Z.........-..-- 34
Peerless, 136 OZ.............-- 36
Indicator, 24 0Z...........-. 28
Indicator, 1 Ib. pais ........ 31
Col. Choice, 2% 0Z........... 21
Col. Choise. § oz.... ........2 21

TABLE SAUCES
4 LEA&
PERRINS’
The Original and
Genuine
Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75
Lea & Perrin’ s small 2 50
Halford, large. . 3 75
Halford, small...... 2 25
Salad Dressing, large. 4 55
Salad Dressing, small..... 2 75
TWINE
Cotton, 3 ply................. 16
omen. £piy........ 16

  
 

- Wool, 1 Ib. balls....2...... ge
VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 8

Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. =

Pure Cider, B. & B. —

Pure — Red Star.. 2
Pure Cider, Robinson. .... ..10
Pure Cider, Silvers... ll

WASHING rr
Gold — a ot eo eee
Gold Dust,

Rut AOeMowe

Rub-No-More ............... 50

Deere... ste

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WICKING

No. 0, per gross............

No. 1, per gross............++

No. ?, per gross.............
No. 3 per gross.............

WOODENWARE
Baskets
Bushels

Busbels. wide band. ee
Mark et . si ee

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Butter Plates
No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate......
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate......
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate......
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate......
Egg Crates
Humpty Dumpty ........... 2
No. 1, ae i
No. 2, complete .. 5
Clothes Pins
Round head, 5 gross box....
Round head, cartons........
eee Sticks

  

RSS ape

Be

Trojan Saas
Retioess ea: spring......
No 1 common................
No. 2 patent brush —-
12 %. cotton mop heads...
Ideal No. 7

BRAAKS

Pails
2-hoop Standard.............
3-hoop — plac ice on
2-wire, Cable.. cine wees
3-wire, Cable..
Cedar, = red, d, brass bound.
Paper, Eure
Fibre .. :

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“‘Toothpicks
Harewood |... .:.......-..:,
Pewee oo
Bee... .. =.
OeOee a
Tubs
20-inch, Standard, No.

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18-inch; Cable, No. 2...
16-inch, Cable, No. 3.

 

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No. 3 Fibre.. ;
Wash ‘Boards

Bronze — Se EES
Dewey . —
Double Aeme..
Single Acme.....
Double Peerless.
Single Peerless...
Northern Queen

   
 
  
  

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Double Duplex..
Good Luck ....
Universal........... pale
Wood Bowls
11 in. Butter... <aace
13 in. Butter.. ee --1 00
15 in. Butter....... ook 7
17 in. Butter. . ..2 50
19 in. Butter....... -.3 00
Assorted 13-15-17. -1 75
Assorted 15-17-19 oe aie aia 2 50
WRAPPING PAPER
Common Straw............ 1%
Fiber Manila, white....... 3%
Fiber Manila, — 4%
No. 1 Manila. oo oe
Cream Manila............. 3
Butcher’s Manila.......... 2%
Wax Butter, short count. 13
Wax Butter, fullcount....  2u
Wax Butter, rolls.......-.. 15
YEAST CAKE
cs oor.-.............. 2 Oe
@ 2
Bot - ee oc @ 2
<1 _ 2
ock | oe @iZ7
No. 1 Pickerel......... @ 8
PanD.......0... @ 6
Pereh..... : 4
Smoked — ee ease 10%
Red Snapper.......... @ i
Col River Gena ara @ 12
ROEM @ 5

HIDES AND PELTS

— a —— & Bertsch Leather
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Scubue:
Hides
Green No. 1......... @ 6%
Green No. 2 @ 5%
No. 1.. @ 84
No. 2.. @ 744
@9
@7%
@10%
@9
Pelts
_— ORR. oo 50@1 00
Tallow
No.1 coats @ 4%
No. 2 pie @ 3%
Wool
Washed, fine........ 15@16
Washed, medium... 18@20
Unwashed, fine..... 11@12
Unwashed. medium. 14@15
CANDIES

Stick Cand
bois. Pails

Standard .. Sockee 7%
Standard H. H...... @7%
epee} Twist..... @s8
t Loaf @9
cases
@ 7%
@10%
@10
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Mixed cies
Grocers..... a @é6
a - @7

See cuss @ 7%
Conserve. coe @ 8%
POM @ 8%
Ribbon . eae @9
—— See ees @ 8%
Cut Loaf. . @9
English Rock.. @9
Kindergarten .. @9y
Bon Ton Cream..... @9
French Cream....... @10
Dandy Pan.......... @10
Hand. Made Cream
mee oo @15%
Crystal Cream mix.. _ @13
Fancy—In Pails
Champ. Crys. Gums. 8.5
Pony Hearts........ 15
Fairy Croam Squares 12
Fudge Squares...... 12
Peanut Squares. .... 9
Fruit Tab., as. eer 12
Sugared Peanuts... 10%
Salted Peanuts...... 12
Starlight Kisses..... 10
San Bias Goodies.... @12
Lozenges, plain ..... @ 9%
peng wd printed. . @10
Sie sie @11%
Eclipse Chocolates. “ @13%
Choc. Monumentals. @14
Victoria Chocolate. . @15
Gum Drops.......... @5
Moss Drops......... @ 9%
Lemon ee @10
ital. Grea 10
Cream ‘Opera... 12
tal. Cream Bonbons
= lb. pails......... @12
~~ — »
pails. @14
Golion Waities ... oe @12
Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes
Lemon Sours . @55
arernged Drops.. @60
HM. Choe. Drop ss
oc. Drops.
H. M. Choe. Lt. ~
DK. Wo. 72... .... <. @1 00
Gum Drops.......... @30
Licorice Drops...... @75
Lozenges, plain..... @55
ee — @60
oe @60
Mottoes . : @60
Cream Bar.......... @55
Molasses Bar @55
Hand Made Creams. 80 @90
Cream Buttons, =
and Wint.......... @65
String Rock......... @65
biases Berries @60
aramels
Clipper, 21D pails.. @9
Standard, 20 lb. pails @10
Perfection, 20 1b. pls @12%
Amazon, Choe Cov’d @15
Kosker 2 for 1c pr bx @B55
Big 3, 3 for 1¢ pr bx.. @55
Dukes, 2 for ic pr bx @60
Favorite, 4 for ic, bx @60
AA Cream Car’ls 31D @50
FRUITS
Oranges
Florida Russett...... @
Florida Bright...... @
Fancy Navels....... @
Extra Choice........ @
te Valencias...... @4 00
tings 2 a @3 50
Medt. Sweets........ 3 50@4 00
Jamaicas............ @
Rei can se a A @
Lemons
Messina, 300s ........ 50
Messina, 360s........ 3 4 00
California 360s....... i 50
California 300s....... 3: 50
Bananas
Medium bunches.... 1 50@2 00
Large bunches......
Foreign Dried Fruits
Figs
Californias, Fancy @
Cal. pkg, 10 Ib. Saean @
Extra hoice, 10 Ib.
ae ee 9%
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes 12
6 lb. boxes..
Nai 8, co
ates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes @
Fards in 60 lb. cases. @
Banows..... 5 @ 5%
Ib. cases, new. .... @
Sairs, 60 lb. cases.... 4% @ 5
‘ NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona 17
Almonds, Ivica ..... g
AGmonas, California,
soft snelled........ 16 @18
WR @l11
2 ee @12%
Walnuts Grenobles. @13%
Walnuts, soft —enet
ornia _— o. -% 13%
Table Nuts, f @i4
Table Nuts, choice. 13
Pecais, Med.... 10
roe, Ex. x. Large... 11
Hickor Nuts er bu.
lekory Nut -

Cocoan pcan, “fail sacks
Chestnuts, per bu...

Peanuts
Fancy, H. P., Suns..
Fancy, H. P., Suns
Choice, H. P., Extras
Choice, H. P., Extras
Span. Shild No. 1n’w

 

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2 to 6 gal.,
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% ga. fiat or rd. bot., per doz.........
1 gal. nat or rd. bot,, each...... esas:

% gal fiat or rd. bot., per ee
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., esch............

\% gal. fireproof, bail, per doz-........
1 gal. irenieat bail, por doz.........

i wal: per Gee... 3. 55.555 2,
\4 gal. per doz.........
1 to 5 gal., per gal.....

5 lbs. in package, per Ib ..............

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MEGAMI i a ee

No. 0
No.
No.

No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab.

No.
No.

No.
No.
No.

No.
No.
No.
No.

No.
No.

No.
No.

No.
No.
No.

No.
No.

1 gal. tin cans with spout.
= galv. iron with spout,
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%
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=“ LM iron with faucet, per doz..

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“are superior to all others
for Gas or wasoline.

Glover’s Wholesale Merchandise Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Manufacturers Importers and Jobbers of

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equal to 10 or 12 coal oil lamps
anywhere if you will get the

Writeatonce Brilliant Gas Lamp.

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Michigan Fire and Marine
Insurance Co.

Organized 1881.
Detroit, Michigan.

Cash Capital, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000.
Cash Assets, $800,000.
D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres.
D. ERRY, Vice Pres.
F. H. Wuitney, Secretary.
M. W. O’Brien, Treas.
E. J. Bootn, Asst. Sec’y.

DIRECTORS.

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M. W. O’Brien, “Hoyt Post,
Gian ‘Sheldon, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. 1.
Smi «He eee dgar, H.
Kirke’ White, H. aldwin, Hugo
Scherer, F. A. Schulte, Win race,
James McMillan, F. E. Dri 2s, Henry

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Standish, Theodore D. Buhl, M. B. Mills,
_ x. Chapoton, Jr. Geo. H. Barbour, S.
Gaskey, Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F.
Sane m. C. Yawkey, David C. Whit-
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his business.

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benzine or naphtha without
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and the words “explosive when
mixed with air” plainly printed
upon a label securely attached
to the can, bottle or other ves-
sel containing the same shall
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Special Features of the Morning Market
During June.

Aside from the usual offering of veg-
etables, with which the morning market
of Grand Rapids begins, the subject of
interest during the month of June is the
opening of the small fruit season with
strawberries. It is to be noted that this
feature is assuming more importance
year by year on account of the steadily
increasing local demand, as well as the
requirements of less favored regions
depending on Grand Rapids shipments.
A natural result of this increase in de-
mand is a more reliable and steady
market. It is not so frequent now that
the best offerings have the effect of de-
moralizing the trade, destroying the
profits for both producers and dealers,
While Tuesday of last week marked the
height of the strawberry market, the
trade was not so satisfactory as the
same day this week, for the reason that
the market was not equal to the offer-
ings and prices were badly broken, as
was usual in the old days. The market
this week takes all offered at prices fa-
vorable to producers and dealers, al-
though the offerings are heavy.

It is significant of the improved con-
ditions attending the small fruit culture
that the Monday morning market is
small and the fruit offered perishable.
When times were harder Sunday was the
opportunity for picking berries and
getting ready for the Monday market.
Now the berries are picked on Satur-
day and the offerings are so perishable
that there is little demand. As a con-
sequence, the market on that day is rel-
atively smaller as times keep improv-
ing.

Cherries are beginning to cut consid-
erable figure in the offerings and meet
with ready sale. These promise to fill
and
raspberry season.

The magnitude of the vegetable mar-
ket thus early in the season impresses
one as another evidence of the substan-
tially increasing demand. It was for-
tunate that the Common Council made
provision for the huckster trade, taking
them out of the regular market where
they were badly in the way. Even with
this provision the market promises to
be inadequate for the rush in the height
of the season.

———— ee oe
How to Make Fourth of July a Success.

Every business man has it in his
power to do a great deal to make the
Fourth of July a success in his own lo-
cality. And the same suggestions that
would help the merchant and the cele-
bration of the Fourth of July in the
United States would also help the mer-
chant and the celebration of Dominion
Day in Canada.

If the firm is a large one and there is
a local celebration, the best band in the
procession could be provided by the
firm, and, while not directly advertising
that firm, the indirect advertising would
be valuable.

If there has been no general celebra-
tion projected,an enterprising merchant
or a number of them can make a very
enthusiastic demonstration by offering a
series of prizes for bands and rural
sports, Few towns in the country would
fail to appreciate the efforts of those
who provided entertainment in this way.

A number of balloons sent up during
the day, each having a tag attached
offering a prize to the person who
brought it back, would make it inter-
esting. This is not a new idea but it
is a good one.

If there are picnics, either public or

 

private, they will be all the merrier be-
cause of attractive Fourth of July fans
printed in national colors, or Japanese
parasols, or paper napkins, or wooden
or paper ‘‘dinner’’ plates provided by
the leading merchant. The thoughtful-
ness of the merchant would be appreci-
ated and his gift would probably be
preserved.

It would excite the people if a mer-
chant offered a prize to the most fantas-
tically arrayed person or couple apply-
ing at his store, or a prize to the boy
making the most racket with firecrack-
ers. This would make a big noise, but a
great many people like noise on cele-
bration days.

Where there is a celebration a great
effort on the part of the merchant finds
a great crowd to be interested. Where
there is no general celebration a small
effort goes a great deal farther. Ifa
merchant for two weeks previous to the
Fourth gave a ticket for a bunch of fire-
crackers with every purchase and re-
deemed these tickets on the morning of
the Fourth, it would keep most of the
crowd about his place all the day. Why
not have a lecturer or a few of them
who would tell about a stock of goods
and intersperse his talk with patriotic
stories and songs?

It pays to do anything to excite pop-
ular interest, to show the storekeeper is
anxious to provide for the amusement
of his customers and friends. It is bet-
ter to get at it early, planning for the
Fourth, in order to get ahead of ‘‘the
other fellow.’’—Advertising World.

—_— —s»>ea__
Fourteen Thousand Acres of Peach Trees.

Albany, Ga., June 24--Perhaps the
largest peach-growing district on the
globe is that around Fort Valley and
extending to this point. The peach or-
chards cover more than 14,000 acres
within a radius of ten miles of Fort
Valley, and in this area there are some-
thing like 1,900,000 peach trees, 20,000
pear trees, 70,000 grape vines, 9,000
plum trees, and 1,500 apple trees.

It is impossible for one who has never
visited this region to realize what im-
mense proportions the fruit-growing in-
dustry has reached. The railroads are
taxed at the height of the season to get
the crops to markets. Each fruit car
Carries an average of about 400 cases,
and this year’s crop will require not
fewer than 2,000 cars to move it. At $I
a crate—a very low estimate—the crop
around Fort Valley will bring in some-
thing like $620, 000,

It can readily be realized from these
figures what the fruit industry brings to
Georgia. There are a dozen or more
fruit.companies formed in Ohio, which
own nearly 10,000 acres of peach lands
in Houston county, on which there are
more than 700,000 trees. The capital
stock of these companies is something
more than $400,000,

Year by year the peach-raising com-
panies are spreading out and getting
into new territory. The part of South
Carolina immediately adjoining the
Georgia line is coming to the front as a
peach-growing country, and the yield
there this year will be large. Old fields
which have for years scarcely been re-
garded as worth paying taxes on, are
being set out in orchards,

> 2. ____
Blessing the Crops.

A curious old custom has been re-
vived at the village of Castleacre, in
Norfolk, England—that of blessing the
crops. The parishioners gathered at
the church and formed in procession,
headed by the vicar and choir. After
parading the village they proceeded to
visit the fields of growing corn, at one
of which a service was held, hymns
sung and a blessing pronounced by the
vicar on the crops of the parish. The
procession then returned to the church,

‘Singing recessional hymns by the way,

and dispersed after receiving benedic-
tion.

 

 

Hardware Price Current

 

 

Ammunition
Caps
G. D., full count, perm............... 40
Hicks’ Waterproof, perm...... ...... 50
MUSReL POEM 75
Ely’s Waterproof, per m.............. 60

Cartridges

No, 22 short, perm........ ........... 50

INO, 22 long, per mis... 3 00

No. 32 short, perm.......... ......... 4 95

No. 32 long, per m..................... 5 80
Primers

20

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 250, per m......

  

 
  

 

  

   

No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per m... 20
Gun Wads
Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M.C... 60
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, perm. -... 70
Black edge, No.7, perm.............. 80
Loaded Shells
New Rival—For Shotguns
Drs.of oz.of Size Per
No. Powder’ Shot Shot Gauge 100
120 4 1% 10 10 2 90
129 4 1% 9 10 2 90
128 4 1% 8 10 2 90
126 4 1% 6 10 2 90
135 44 1% 5 10 2 95
154 4% 1% 4 10 3 00
200 3 1 10 12 2 50
208 3 1 8 12 2 50
236 34 1% 6 12 2 65
265 3% 1% 5 12 270
264 3% 14% 4 12 2 70
Discount 40 per cent.
Paper Shells—Not Loaded
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 72
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Gunpowder
Kegs, 25 Ibs., per keg....... ee cea 4 00
¥g Kegs, 12% Ibs., per % Mee. 5... 2
14 kegs, 6 Ibs., per 4 keg........... 1 25
Shot
In sacks containing 25 Ibs.

Drop, all sizes smaller than B........ 1 40
Augurs and Bits
SHO 60
Jennings genuine. ... 25
Jennings’ imitation.............._. 50
Axes
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............ 6 00
First Quality, D. B. Bronze. .......) 7 3 00
First Quality, S. B.S. Steel........0 7" 6 50
First Quality, D. B. Steel........07777 10 50
Barrows
Matroae. os 12 00
Ee nes 29 00
Bolts
ee. 60

Carriage, new list ..... 65
PiIOW 2... .2.. Se eee a 50
Buckets
Ne $4 00
Butts, Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figured ........... 65
Wrought Narrow ................ 60
Chain

%in. 616 in. % in % in,
Le 7 @... 6 @... B @... 4¥e.
ee 8% 74... Oe 6
Bee... 8% om  ... 6X 6%
Crowbars i
Cast Steel, per Ib...................... 6
Chisels
socket Firmer . 2.2... 65
Socket Framing................ 65
Socket Corner.................. ‘ 65
DGGEOS SHCMA 65
Elbows
Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz............net 65
Corrugated, per d0z................... 1 25
AGORA eae 40&10
Expansive Bits
Clark’s small, $18; large, $26 .......... 40
Ives’ 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30.............. 25
Files—New List
New American 708&10
WCROINGH Se 70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................. 70
Galvanized Iron
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27, 28
List 12 13 14 15 16. 17
Discount, 65
Gauges
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60&10
Glass
Single Strength, by box...............dis 80&20
Double Strength, by box.............. dis 80&20
SS the Fae -dis 80820
Hammers
Maydole & Co.’s, new list..... --dis 33%
Yerkes & Plumb’s..................... S 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...........30¢ list 70
Hinges
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3....................dis  60&10
Hollow Ware
ee 50&10
re 50810
Ne a 50&10
Horse Nails
A ee 40810
House Furnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list............ 70
Japanned Tinware..................... 20&10
Iron
CR eT a 2 25 c rates
ee Sa 3 c rates
Knobs—New List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings... ...... 75
Door, porcelain, fa . trimmings..... os 85
5 00
6 00

 

Levels
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........ dis 70
Mattocks
Adze Eye....................-.$17 00..dis 70—10
Metals—Zinc
600 pound casks................. 7%
Or OU 8
Miscellaneous
CA 40
Panos, Ciera 75810
merews, Now Iisg 85
Casters, Bed and Plate........... .... 50&10&10
Dampers, American................... 50
Molasses Gates
Stebbins’ Pattern................. beees 60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring............ 30
Pans
Ey ACO eee
Common, polished.................... 70&5

Patent Planished Iron
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27. 10 75
““B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27.9 75
Broken packages \%e per pound extra.
Planes
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy... ..............
Seen Bene
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy...........
Bench, first yuality.... 22.00...
Nails
Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.
cdc euaas 2

  
 
    
 

Steel nails, base. 65
Wire nails, base. eeu 2 65
20 to 60 advance.. Base
10 to 16 advance... 5
8 advance... ... 10
6 advance.... 20
4advance....... 30
3 advance......... 45
ON 70
Fine 3 advance................... " 50
Casing 10 advance. .................... 15
Casing 8 advance...................... 25
Casing 6 advance...................... 35
Finish 10 advance..................... 25
Finish 8 advance...................... 35
Finish 6 Advanee .... 2.2... 006.6. ok oe 45
Barrel % advance..................... 85
Rivets
iron and Tinked........... 0.6.6... 50
Copper Rivets and Burs.............. 45

Roofing Plates
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..............
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade. ..
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...

Ropes

BSanansas
SSSS8ES

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Sisal, % inch and larger............... 8%
Ne. eo ceeeve 12
Sand Paper
Elst acet 0 6 ai i)
Sash Weights
Solid Eyes, per ton.................... 25 00
Sheet Iron
com. smooth. com.
Nos. 10 to 14 ....... ee $3 20
Nos. 15 to 17 3 20
Nos. 18 to 21 3 30
Nos. 22 to 24 3 60 3 40
Nos. 25 to 26... - 220 3 50
de oo 3 60
All Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.
Shovels and Spades
woret Grado, Dog... 8 00
Second Grade, Doz................00.. 7 50

Solder
EE Te 19
The prices of the many other qualities of solder

in the market indicated by private brands vary
according to composition. |

    

 
  

Squares
precer OG FON 70
Tin—Melyn Grade

$Ox04 IC, Charoaal..... 2.2... 2... $ 8 50
Eexoo IC, Citareoal. |... 3k... 8 50
mere EX Chareogs 9 75

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

Tin—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal..... 22.22... 022.220. 7 00
Meo 10, Chareoal..... os kool. 7 00
IGEI4T SX, CHAPOGAL. owe 8 50
14x20 TX, Charcoal. .... 2... 2... 0c ake 8 50

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

Boiler Size Tin Plate
14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers,
14x56 IX, for No.9 Boilers, {per pound.. 10
Traps

Bieer Game i
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s...... 40&10
Oneida Community. Hawley & Nor-

ee 65
Mouse, choker per doz............... 15
Mouse, delusion, pe.’ doz..... .. ..... 1 25

Wire
Bright Market................. danecuke 60
Annealed Market........ nn 60
Coppered Market....... 50810
Tinned Market......... 50&10
Coppered Spring Steel...... Sa 40
Barbed Fence, Galvanized............ 3 25
Barbed Fence, Painted................ 2 95
Wire Goods
NG os 80
Screw Eyes. 80
GGNe oo. dase 80
Gate Hooks and Eyes................. 80
Wrenches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........ 380
Coe’s Genuine 30

Coe’s Patent Agricultural, jWrought..70&10

 

 

 

32

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE POLICY.

There can be no denying the fact that
Germany has made more rapid progress
as a world power in recent years than
any of the other great nations. Al-
though possessing an inferior navy in
point of number of ships, Germany, by
a judicious use of her force, has played
a conspicuous part in all recent inter-
national affairs, and there is no doubt
at all that she is now preparing to
greatly increase her sea power with a
view to actively disputing the command
of the sea and colonial power with all
comers.

Notwithstanding his  peculiarites,
Emperor William has fully gauged the
possibilities held out to his country in
the present policy of colonial and com-
mercial expansion. To Emperor Wil-
liam himself, more than to any other
single influence, is much of Germany's
success in international affairs due.
With an energy which challenges ad-
miration he has overcome a most per-
sistent opposition at home to naval in-
crease, and has secured authority to
build additions to the fleet which will
do much towards placing his country in
the front rank of maritime powers. Not
content with what has already been ac-
complished, the Emperor is_ constantly
laboring to impress upon his people the
advisability of still further naval in-
crease. He also advises them to invest
in merchant tonnage and to indulge in
yachting.

Although it is but of recent origin,
Germany’s colonial ambition is almost
boundless. She possesses vast tracts in
Africa,has established herself in China,
and proposes to extend her influence
there by establishing a garrison at
Shanghai, at the gateway to the rich
Yangtsi valley, hitherto considered the
exclusive sphere of influence of Great
Britain. In the Far Pacific, Germany
has established herself in Samoa, which
is scarcely a profitable possession, while
her designs on Southern Brazil are but
poorly concealed.

While Americans can not fail to ad-
mire this business aggression, they do
not at the same time overlook the fact
that in many ways German expansion
and commercial activity are directly an-
tagonistic to American interests.
Wherever Germany secures control there
all outside trade is promptly excluded.
It would, therefore, be bad for this
country to have German influence in-
creased in China. Even Russian domi-
nation would be less prejudicial to
American trade.

Even more dangerous to our interests
is Germany’s ill-concealed ambition in
South America. Any design on the part
of a European nation against any _por-
tion of the American continent is a vio-
lation of the Monroe doctrine. This
country can never permit Germany, or
any other European country, to secure
the least political control in Southern
Brazil or anywhere else in South Amer-
ica. Any attempt on her part to secure
a foothold there would bring about at
once a serious misunderstanding with
this country. It would be useless to dis-
guise that fact, and, although there
exists in the United States a most
friendly feeling for Germany, it is
equally certain that any attempt to over-
ride the Monroe doctrine, that most
cherished of American foreign policies,
would bring that friendship to a sudden
end.

Such an outcome would be a great
misfortune and is to be avoided at all
hazards. A quarrel between two such
progressive countries as Germany and

 

the United States would he a great blow
to civilization and a_ setback to com-
merce. Statesmen of the two countries
would, therefore, do well to cultivate a
friendly understanding on all points on
which the interests of their respective
nations are likely to clash, with a view
to avoiding by graceful mutual conces-
sions disagreements which might be
dangerous to all interests. The world is
wide enough for all energetic commer-
cial nations to engage in friendly riv-
alry without clashing.

—_>- 42 __

The Produce Market.
Asparagus—35@4oc per doz.
Bananas—Prices range from $1.25@

1.75 per bunch, according to size.

Beets—2oc per doz.

Butter—Factory creamery. which
grades as extra has advanced to 184%@
1834c, owing to the activity of Chicago
buyers in picking up everything in sight
among Michigan creameries, especially
those located inthe Holland colony.
There is a larger quantity of creamery
butter in the coolers in Chicago to-day
than was ever known at this time of the
year. It is believed that more than half
the total that will be carried this year
is put away. The estimate is about
7,000,0co pounds now stored. Most of
this is extra creameries. The next in
order come firsts. Not so many seconds
have gone in as usual, and the storing of
ladles has been rather slow. The total
storage of butter this year will probably
reach above 12,000,000 pounds. Dairy
grades are naturally stronger, in sympa-
thy with the upward trend of the cream-
ery market. Fancy commands 14@I15Sc,
choice fetches 13@14c, while packing
stock is eagerly sought at 12@13c. It
is estimated the total packing stock
purchased by Chicago buyers within the
last fifteen days has been above 6,000, -
ooo pounds. There is a market for
process goods abroad. July 1 the new
law to force process men to stamp their
butter ‘‘renovated’’ will go into effect
in Illinois. The enforcement of the law
is in the hands of the Pure Food Com-
missioner. It is barely possible he will
make no great fight on the process men.

Cabbage—Home grown is in ample
supply, and strong demand at 60@7o0c
per doz.

Celery—Receipts are increasing and
the size and quality are improving. The
price has dropped to 20c per bunch.

Cherries—$2.25 per bu. for sour and
$2.75 per bu. for sweet. The crop is
not large and the season will be short.
High prices will necessarily prevail,
owing to the amount of stock contracted
for by shippers and canners.

Cucumbers—Home grown command
30@35c per doz.

Currants—$1I.25 per crate of 16 ats.

Eggs—The market is flat, owing to
the extreme heat and the large percent-
age of loss, which ranges from % doz.
to 5 doz. to the case and probably aver-
_ 2 doz. Local dealers pay 10c loss
off.

Gooseberries—65@75c per 16qt. case.

Green Onions—12%c for Silverskins.

Green Peas—7o@8oc for common; $1
@1.10 for marrowtats.

Honey—White stock is in light sup-
ply at 14c.. Amber is slow sale at 13c
and dark is in moderate demand at II
@12c.

Lemons—Californias command $3.25
for 300s and 250s per box. Messinas
fetch $4 for choice and $4.50 for fancy.

Lettuce—Garden 5c0c per bu. ; head,
60c per bu.

Maple Sugar—io@1o%c for genuine
and gc for imitation.

Maple Syrup—$i per gal. for fancy.

Onions—Bermudas command $1.50
per crate. Egyptians fetch $2.75 in
112 lb. sacks.

Oranges—St. Michaels and Late Val-
encias range from $3.50@4.

Parsley—4oc per doz.

Peaches—The Tennessee peach crop
around Chattanooga is in good condi-
tion. Agents of prominent buyers have
been over the orchards and have made
propositions which are understood to
have been fairly satisfactory to the

rowers. Owing to the comparative

ailure of part of the Georgia crop there

 

is likely to be more Tennessee fruit in

Northern markets than usual this sea-
son.
Pie Plant—6oc for 50 Ib. box.
Pineapples——Havanas, $1.50@1.75.

Florida, $1.60@2 per doz.
‘: Plants—Cabbage, 75c; sweet potato,

 

goc.
Potatoes—Early varieties from the
South are selling at $1 per bu. There

is going to be a scarcity of potatoes
everywhere. Old potatoes are about
gone. Discouraging crop reports come
from the Kaw Valley and American
Bottoms, the great sections where the
early Ohio potatoes are produced.

Poultry—The market is strong and
active. Dealers pay as follows for live:
Chickens, 8@goc; medium and small
hens, 7@8c; large hens, 6@7c; young
turkeys, g@ioc; old turkeys, 7@8c;
young ducks, 12@13c; pigeons, 6oc per
doz. ; squabs, $1.25 per doz. ; broilers,
16@18c per Ib.

Radishes—i2zc for China Rose; 1oc
for Chartiers.

Raspberries—$1.25 per 16 qts.
black ; $1.25 per 12 qts. for red.

Seeds—Hungarian, 75@85c; common
millet, 70@75c; German millet, 80
@85c.

Spinach—35c per bu.

Strawberries—The price ranges from
60@8s5c per case of i6 qts. The flush
of the season is over, but local receipts
will continue for a week yet, after
which receipts from Northern points
will continue a week or ten days longer.

String Beans—$1.60 per bu.

Summer Squash—2c per Ib.

Tomatoes-—-$1.50 per 4 basket crate.

Water Cress—4oc per doz.

Watermelons—Reports from Western
Texas show that there has been no rain
in that section for several weeks, and
this has much injured the watermelon
crop. Dealers have figured on _ 1,200
cars to come from the Arkansas Pass
Railroad section. Only three cars have
been shipped from there and, while the
melons are sweet, they are inferior in
size. These three cars will make the
owners about $25 a car. The word now
comes that instead of 1,200 cars coming
from the Arkansas Pass section there
will not be over 400. Georgia will not
have more than half a crop.

Wax Beans—$1.60 per bu.

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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
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BUSINESS CHANCES.
re SALE OR RENT—TWO-STORY FRAME
building—living rooms attached—good horse
barn; also small stock of agricultural tools, with
building for tools; also set hay and stock scales;
situated on railroad, about eighteen miles from
Grand Rapids, in best farming and fruit district
in Michigan. Address all correspondence to K.,
care Michigan Tradesman. 891
POR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER-
chandise situated twelve miles from Lake
Michigan in best fruit section of the State
Stock will inventory about $4,200; doing a busi-
ness of $15,000 per apnum; good location for
hustler; satisfactory reason for selling. Address
Q. T., care Michigan Tradesman. 909
OR SALE—IN CRIPPLE CKEEK, COL.,
an entirely new stock of clothing, furnishing
goods, shoes, hats and fixtures. Will invoice
about $15,000. Very best location in city, and a
moneymaking proposition. Satisfactory reasons
for selling, Address P. O. Box 383, Cripple
Creek, Col. 914
OR SALE—AN UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE
and implement stock, invoicing $3,000; lo-
cated in Northern Michigan; doing a good bust-
ness. Address No. 913, care Michigan Trades-
man. 913
VOR SALE—A STOCK OF SHOES OF
about. $2,200; doing a good retail business;
sales, $7,500 per year; rent, $20 per month; Al
opening for a man to go into shoe business;
stock located in Dowagiac, Mich. Reason for
selling, too much other business. Address J. F.
Muffley, Kalamazoo, Mich. 912
J. ANLED—TO BUY A STOCK OF HARD=
ware for cash in a good Michigan town.
Address full particulars 504 Cass Ave., Grand
Rapids. 9

 

 

 

OR SALE OR RENT—DESIRABLE RESI-
dence and barn at 24 Kellogg street, Grand
Rapids. Large lot. All modern improvements.
E. A. Stowe, New Blodgett Building. 7
INE STOCK OF BAZAAR AND MILLIN-
ery; also fine corner brick store, newly
painted and papered; new sidewalks; goods are
allnew and up-to-date. Store—stock and fix-
tures $3,000 if taken in thirty days. Address No.
899, care Michigan Tradesman. 809
OR SALE—RETIRING FROM MERCAN-
- tile business, ‘‘The Busy Big Store,” gen-
eral stock about $12,000; sales last — $33,391.58 ;
sales last month, $2,600; in very best condition;
healthy and growing. Located at Bellevue,
Mich.; elegant farming trade. We enjoy the
trade of the town in groceries, dry goods, boots
and shoes, crockery, carpets and working cloth-
ing. Good discount to cash buyer Reference,
Bellevue Bank. Address C. D. Kimberly, Belle-
vue, Mich. 898
Ko SALE—SECOND HAND SODA FOUN-
tain; easy terms. Also two cigar and to-
bacco store signs—Scotch girl and Uncle Sam;
one ten-ball parior pool table. Charles A. Jack-
son, Benton Harbor, Mich. 906

NA ERCHANT TAILORING STOCK FOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

a Sale. Stock consists of a fine line of cassi-
meres for suits and pants patterns. Enquire of
L. C. Cronkhite, Edmore, Mich. 904

 

VOR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY AND
crockery stock, invoicing about $1,200; in one
of the best growing towns in Northern Michi-
gan Address A. P., care Michigan Trades-
man. 903
ONEY IN CEMENT STOCK—THE TWEN-
a tieth Century Portland Cement Co., of Fen-
ton, Mich., incorporated under the State law of
Michigan, for the purpose of manufacturing
Portland cement and its accessories, offer in-
ducements to investors in cement stocks. Only
capital stock of the company is offered for sale.
Full information will be furnished by addressing
C. L. Corrigan, Sec’y, Fenton, Mich. 882
a SALE—WHOLE OR PART INTEREST
in a general hardware, tinsmithing and
—— stock, invoicing about $3,500, in a good
actory town in Southern Michigan. Address
No. 824, care Michigan Tradesman. 824
ORs SALE—A NICE, CLEAN GENERAL
stock, inventorying about $1,800, in good
farming community. Reason for selling, other
business. Address No. 860, care ichigan
Tradesman. ; 860

OR SALE—MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
hardware, paints, stoves, etc., including
good will of business and lease of building; loca-
tion bestin town. M. A. Randall, ———

 

 

 

 

Mich.
VOR SALE—JOB PRINTING OUTFIT: 7x11
press; 26fonts type; complete line of fix-
tures, etc.: invoices $200; just the thing for mer-
chant to do his own printing. Will take $100 spot

 

cash. Address No 893, care Michigan Trades-
man, 893
STOCK OF GRO-

SALE—THE BEST
ceries, having the best trade in one of the
best towns and in one of the best fruit and po-
tato sections of Michigan; doing a prosperous
business; also have a tine shipping business in
fruit and potatoes; also a warehouse which I
will dispose of. Object of selling, have other
business elsewhere that will require all of my
attention. Address No. 856, care Michigan
Tradesman. 856
VOR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER-
chandise and fixtures, invoicing $3,000 to
$3,500; cash discount; best farming district in
Northern Indiana; good reasons for selling.
Address No. 810, care Michigan Tradesman. 810
WILL SELL HALF INTEREST IN MY
furniture business. The goods are all new
and up-to-date; located in a town of 7,000; has
been a furniture store for thirty years; only two
furniture stores in the town. Address all cor-
respondence to No. 813, care Michigan Trades-
man.
OR 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
bargain for some one; best of reasons for selling.
Address B, care Michigan Tradesman. 7

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. 728
ARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF GOODS OF
any kind, farm or city propesty or manu-
facturing plants that they wish to sell or ex-
change correspond with the Derby & Choate
Real Estate Co., Flint, Mich. 709
ANTED — MERCHANTS TO CORRE-
spond with us who wish to sell their entire
stocks for spot cash. = Purchasing
Co., 153 Market St., Chicago, Il. 585
| SALE—DRUG STOCK INVOICING
$2,000, in good corner store in the best town
in Western a The best of reasons for
selling. Address No. 583, care Michigan Trades-
man. 583

 

 

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ANTED—POSITION AS SALESMAN BY
a hustling young man of good habits; have
had about six years’ experience; can furnish Al
references. Address C. V., care Michigan
Tradesman. 915
SS —WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
Apply to R. W. Harrold, Fennville, Mich. 911
HARMACIST, SITUATION WANTED.
Box 99, Grattan, Mich, 900_
ANTED—A BLACKSMITH: good location
for right man; good references required.
Address Nelson Toland, Stanley, Mich.

 

 

 

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Rapids, Mich.
EGISTERED PHARMACIST, MIDDLE
aged, experienced and capable desires situ-
ation. References. Address ‘Toke,’ 120 E.
Mirre St., Alpena, Mich. 867

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS

 

  

Travelers’ Time Tables.

 

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association

President, C. E. WALKER, Bay City; Vice-Pres-
ident, J. H. Hopkins, Ypsilanti; Secretary,
E. A. STOWE, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J.
TATMAN, Clare.

Graud Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association
President, FRANK J. DyK; Secretary, HOMER
KuaP; Treasurer, J. GEORGE LEHMAN

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Protective Association

President, E. MARKS; Secretaries, N. L.
KOENIG and F. H. Cozzens; Treasurer, C.
H. FRINK

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association

President, E. L. HARRIS; Secretary.
HYMAN.

CHAS,

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association
President, C. E. WALKER; Secretary,
LITTLE.

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Maskegon Retail Grocers’ Association

President, H. B. SmirH; Secretary, LD. A.
BOELKINS; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. FRANK HELMER; Secretary, W
H. PORTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON.

Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association

President, A. C. CLARK; Secretary, EK. F.
CLEVELAND; Treasurer, ‘WM. C. KOFHN

Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association

President, M. W. TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Me-
PHERSON; Treasurer, R. A. HorR.

Traverse Vity Business Men’s Association

President, 1HOS T. BATES; Secretary, M. B.
HOLLY; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND.

Owosso Business Men’s Association

President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T.
CAMPBELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS.

Pt. Hurvas Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association

President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T.
PERCIVAL.

Alpena Business Men’s Association

President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. L.
PARTRIDGE.

Calumet Business Men’s Association

President, J. D. CuppiHy; Secretary W. H
HOSKING.

St. Johns Business Men’s Association

President, THos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK
A. PERCY; Treasurer, CLARK A. PUTT.

Porry Business Men’s Association
President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E.
HEDDLE.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W VER-
OEKs.

Yale Business Men’s Association
President, CHAS. Rounps; Secretary, FRANK
PUTNEY.
Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association

President, JOHN G. EBLE; Secretary, L. J.
Katz; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD.

“Summer Light”

Light your Hotels, Cottages and
Camps with the

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Outdoor Arc,

  

Superior to
Cheaper than coal oil
No smoke, no odor, no wicks, no trou-
ble. Absolutely safe. A 20th century revolu-
tion in the art of lighting. Are Lamps, 750 can-
dle power, for indoor or outdoor use. Table

Incandescent Vapor Gas Lamps.
electricity or carbon gas.
lamps.

Lamps, 100 candle power. Chandeliers, Pen-
dants, Street Lamps, etc. Average cost 1 cent
for 7 hours. Nothing like them. They sell at
sight. GOOD AGENTS WANTED. Send for
catalogue and prices.

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PERE MARQUETTE

Railroad and Steamship Lines.
Fast trains are operated from Grand Rapids
to Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Saginaw, Bay City,
Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee, Muskegon, Trav-
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. Moriier, G. P. A.,
W. E. WOLFENDEN, D. P. A.

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Lv Gd Rapids...... . 75a 210p 1045p 520p
Ar Cagiiag.....:.... 1120a 5640p 210a 900p
Ar. Traverse City....130p 7650p 4188 ._....
Ar. Petoskey. ........ 2650p 915p 65235a
Ar. Mackinaw City... 415p 10 Cie .....

35p

Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m, 11:30

am, 5:15 p m 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 1 es 1 00a
To Cnicago

Ar. Ft. Wayne..12 10p 6 50p 11 45p

Ar. Cincinnati. 625p_ ..... cise tC,
Trains arrive from the south at 6:45am and

a daily, 2:00pm. 9:45pm and 10:15pm except

Sunday.

Except Except Except

MUSKEGON Sunday Sunday Sunday

Ly. Grand Kapids.... 7 35am 2 05pm 5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon........ 90am 3 20pm 7 00pm

Sunday train leave Grand Rapids at 9:15am.

Sunday train leaves Grand Rapids 7:00pm.
Arrives at Muskegon 8:25pm,

Trains arrive from Muskegon at 9:30am dally,
1:30pm and 5:20pm except Sunday and 6:50pm
Sunday only.

CHICAGO TRAINS
G. R. & | and Michigan Central.
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TO CHICAGO emia Daily
Ly. G’d Rapids (Union depot) 1230pm 11 30pm
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 Suna, Daily
Ly. Chicago (12th St. Station) 5 15pm 11 30pm

Ar. G'd Rapids (Union depot) 10 oe 6 55am
5:15pm train runs solid to Grand Rapids with
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train has through coach and sleeping
car

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Price list Staple Crockery, Glassware, Notions and House Fur-

nishing Goods.

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Nri i ese Baus............. ke 38e and $ 68 | bead Pesos, ere. 2... 50
Write us for particulars Butter Plates, wire end ................ 42 Lemon Squeezers, glass, doz............ 40
We ae Baskets, bushel....................... : 90 | Lawn Mowers, 14 in., each.............. 215
AN i W Baskets, handled.. Seu ee Col ieee. 30 | Milk Jars, Paper Cap, gro.............. 5.00
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It is a winner for cash trade, increased trade and steady VW Dasa Combs, rapper... 39 | Silver Plated Knives and Forks, Rog-
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Galvanized Iron Tubs, No.1. .......... 495 | Silver Plated Teaspoons, Coin, doz..... 35
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. ee a4 ammocks, ‘*‘ Palmer,’ each. .......... 48 mblers, % pint, by At... 82. 19
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weights. He may think his long experience in
weighing meats has made him infallible, but the
end of the year will tell him better than we can
that every penny must be taken care of. The
MONEY WEIGHT SYSTEM of our Auto-
matic Boston Computing Scales will take care of
your business and save you money. Our scales

are sold on easy monthly payments.

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Dayton, Ohio