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THE BEACON FALLS RUBBER SHOE CO. f BEACON FALLS, CONN. | Made in all styles. % wn (S(t (a ar a a a . oe | | \ 4 Vea oir 2, | 5 or ON Wee If so, and you are endeavoring to get along without using our improved Coupon Book System, you are mak- 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. TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHEAT GRITS Contain the Heart of the Wheat " « 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 oo i ) less than that asked for other and less desirable cereals. Easily cooked, delicious F a In ' to eat, easy to digest, easy to buy ($2.00 per case of 24 2-lb. packages). a, | G ose Walsh=DeRoo Milling Co., Holland,{}Mich. * ) = ra > } ~ owdery Nearly every dealer who has corresponded with us has bought Cadillachiscin MADE BY THE NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCO C0. Gederendant _ from dS and eve ry dealer who AGAINST THE TRUST. See Quetations in Price Current. 7 nas bought is satished and SO Wavelet edea Vila euiea viv ule VuwaleWubuve aul Wueletel evalu dvualveld « Ts witha hates at af: weeny « + ~ are his customers. EGG BAKING POWDER Home Office, 30 West street, New York. Western Office. 523 Williamson BI’dg, Cleveland. Branch Offices: Bay Shore Standard Lime than any ‘other lime on the market. Indianapolis Detroit Cincinnati ‘Fort Wayne Grand Rapids Columbus Better send for prices and further in- 1. wert _ formation. - | - is the leader because it sells easier, mt {- : : slacks quicker and does niore work AAMRAAAM ANA RAMANA MARANA IS | Grocers Wil! Please Commit to Memory = - - = ' ROASTED xe PACKED BY aT DWINELL WRIGHT CO - PRINCIPAL COFFEE ROASTERS “pi BOSTON.MASS..U.S.A. = > The most reliable Coffees—those best developed—the most excellent Coffees—are roasted, and packed by Dwinell-Wright Co., 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 trade at competitive figures and with dependable coffees. Your next duty obviously will be to buy Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Coffees. t The following houses are exclusive agents for Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Boston Roasted in the State of Michigan: OLNEY & JUDSON GRO. CO., Grand Rapids, [lich. SYTIONS BROS. & CO., Saginaw, [lich. C. ELLIOTT & CO., Detroit, Mich. JACKSON GROCER CO., Jackson, [lich. B. DESENBERG & CO., Kalamazoo, [lich. MEISEL & GOESCHEL, Bay City, Ilich. Number 929 E Volume XVIII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1901. \ ' bia 9 A. BOMERS, —_ IMPORTANT FEATURES. Styles in horse gear change, and in no . —_——— other article of human attire do the ~- Commercial Broker..| % cttins "270?" fashions change as frequently and de- | as Oasis te Pas apo cidedly as in millinery. Accordingly it oT + : 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. may happen that the demands of the [ Cigars and Tobaccos, 6. Mutilated Money. smart set will require harnessmakers to i 157 E. Fulton St. § GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . a. set up millinery departments where : © Back Woods Store. bonnets can be had not only for 25 Aluminum Money Ad a) CO, “Sy eS a OE ee ee oad Loe i — B' f Cheap and Effective. ek Send for samples and prices. C. H. HANSON, cs 44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill. vs hag ASSOCIATE OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES aal « - Zee is « reba - « 4 oe lero SZ ip de rea eS ars: Ze AEE References: State Bank of Michigan and Mich- igan Tradesman, Grand ids. Lawyer and » Collector and Commerci =a * Preston National Bank, Detroit. -.~ "THE MERCANTILE AGENCY oj) « Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. —" Widdicomb Blid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. i C. E. McCRONE, [lanager. — 000000000000000 09000008 ee es 2 4 ie FIRE$ , 7? — ‘ t } Prompt, Conservative, Safe. e i £2 crurut, Pres. W. FRED McBary, Sec. @ - Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and jobbers whose interests are affected by the Food Laws of any state. Corres- ~ a . < pondence invited. Se 1232 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. - = ieee sacnmenarin aay Wholesale Ready Made Clothing Nearly all kinds, for all seasons, for Men, Boys and Children. Meet WILLIAM CONNOR @ who will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, 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 call on you. He pays prompt attention to mail orders. ea iaiieas ~)~ Tradesman Coupons 10. Clothing. 11. Dry Goods. 12. Shoes and Rubbers. 14. Hardware. 15. Good Trade Getter. 16. Village Improvement. 17.° About the Cucumber. 18. Window Dressing. 19. New Cheese the Best. 20. Woman’s World. 22. Butter and Eggs. 23. The New York Market. 24. Clerks’ Corner. 25. Commercial Travelers. 26. Drugs and Chemicals. 2%. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 29. Grocery Price Current. 30. Grocery Price Current. 31. Poultry. - Hardware Price Current. 32. Benefits of Neighborliness. HORSE MILLINERY. Everybody has noticed with pleasure the general introduction of straw bon- nets for horses. The pattern used is in- expensive and 25 cents will buy one answering all requirements. It looks entirely reasonable that this device is calculated to bring much comfort to the wearer and that irrespective of whether or no the hat has the sponge accompani- ment. A straw covering keeps off or rather breaks the heat of the sun and prevents it from falling with full force on the top of the head, and at the same time there is sufficient circulation be- neath the crown to allow for a change of air with its cooling process. As yet for the most part only what may strictly be called work horses are’ included among the wearers. Only now and then the horses kept entirely for pleasure purposes appear in this new style of horse millinery. There is no reason why a road horse should not feel the heat as much as a_ work horse if ex- posed the same length of time, and pre- sumably the hats thus first introduced this summer will become as_ com- mon as any other part of the harness on the several equine grades. The possibility, indeed the probabil- ity, of such a thing may open up an en- tirely new industry. As yet the horse bonnets are of practically only one style and one price, and that very low. They are not exactly things of beauty, and yet when the public becomes accus- tomed to them they will not look worse than a net or blinders. When their use becomes more general the most natural thing in the world would be that the fashionable set with means, some, as they say, with money to burn, will want their horses to wear better hats than the beasts which draw the coal and do the heavy trucking. Then there will be a demand for better made and more stylish headgear and that will cost money. A _ good, serviceable harness can be bought for a certain price, but the wealthy insist upon paying two or three times as much for finer finishings. This may soon apply to the bonnets. cents, but up as high as $10 perhaps, or higher. To do this they must be made of very fine material, and to get very much money into them there must be trimmings. Why should not a_ horse wear ribbons or artificial flowers as well as a lady? Horse millinery may become a very important industry, employing many hands and keeping large sums of money in annual circulation. A pretty bonnet might increase the beauty of a beast just as a handsome harness does. The two shilling hats answer every practical purpose, but they may be only the beginning. Boston has decided that the matter of providing school houses shall be sepa- rated from that of directing the school management. This result has been ac- complished by the creation of a school house department, with a commission of three members,to which has been as- signed the duty of purchasing land, erecting buildings, making improve- ments and the like. This commission is to be appointed by the mayor, while the members of the school committee are chosen by the voters. Three sound business men constitute the first com- mission, and under their management it is hoped that there will be no such scandals attending the purchase of land or of supplies as have sometimes marked the performance of these duties by the politicians who have found place on the school committee. Despite the hideousness of its car- dinal principle, the Mormon church seems to be growing larger instead of smaller. The reports have it that very recently a thousand converts have been made in New York City. That sect has missionaries constantly at work in Eastern States as well as in England and they not only look for converts but they get them. It seems curious that anybody, especially a woman, could be induced to believe in their doctrines and join that denomination. Still there are more women than men in every batch of converts. It only goes to show that people will take up something new in the way of a religion and take to it more kindly than to any other novelty that can be presented. Some one has been making an an- alysis of the orations delivered at recent commencements in the colleges of the country and has found that the speakers were, for the most part, optimists, and that the pessimists were not in evi- dence, at least to any considerable ex- tent. About all the speakers looked on the bright side of things. Ifthe world does not present rosy prospects to the young man who is leaving college, it is never likely to do so. When its youth cease to be hopeful the country will have cause for despair. GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. While all the great industries and distributive trade are showing the effect of midsummer heat but little, the spec- ulative markets are showing the effect of the season quite seriously. On ac- count of the intense heat of last week the Stock Exchange was closed after the holiday, giving a feeling of uncer- tainty, which became manifest in a de- cided reaction at the beginning of busi- ness Monday. Fearing something of a flurry, the banks had been using more than their usual caution, causing a sharp stiffening in rates, thus adding to the adverse influences. The decline was so rapid as to suggest the idea of panic at times, but the downward movement was soon arrested by the gen- eral strength of the situation. With every great factor working strongiy for the continuance of business activity all along the line, it is impossible that there should be any extended reaction. Perhaps the most manifest disturbing element is the uneasiness in labor cir- cles. There is always more or less of this to precede the midsummer shut- downs. As yet there are no mills closed on this account, such shutdowns as oc- cur being for the usual repairs. Such price changes as have occurred in the steel trade are in the nature of conces- sions, showing that the trust is watch- ing to prevent undue inflation in prices, The condition of the textile trades is more favorable than for a long time past. Staple lines of woolens and worsteds are in special demand, dupli- cate orders being common. In many cases mills are engaged as far ahead as they will take orders, as the low price of the raw.staple is not to be depended upon. Receipts of wool at Boston ex- ceeded the same time last year by 1o,- 000,000 pounds, while the export during the same time was 50,000,000 pounds greater, thus showing a_ considtrable shrinkage of stocks. continues good in cotton manufactures, but the export is interfered with by the advance in prices, which have reached a point to check the foreign demand. Shipments from Boston continue heavy in the boot and shoe trade, but there is complaint that prices of shoes-are not on a parity with the advance in the raw materials. The penchant for pie that the average American possesses is to have every in- dulgence hereafter. In Chicago there has been introduced a machine, which will probably soon be in evidence every- where, inviting you to ‘‘drop a nickel in the slot and get a piece of pie like mother used to bake.’’ Under this new device-a quarter of a pie packed ina little pasteboard box drops into a drawer at the bottom of the device in response to the nickel of the investor, The drawer closes automatically as soon as the box is removed, and the machine is in readiness to minister to the wants of the next customer. The man who stabbed his daughter’s suitor had probably heard that no knife could cut true love in two,so he skipped love and carved the lover. Domestic demand. A DESMAN — ) § 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Convincing Advertising Is Candid Advertising. I have taken occasion to criticise the use of superlatives in advertising some- what freely, but the fault is so wide- spread it will do no harm to emphasize the need of being governed by the prob- able in making statements regarding goods. Necessarily There is always enough to be said in describing the wares in question while confining the statements to that which will command attention for its manifest candor and significance. There is al- ways, or should be, an improvement in qualities of new goods. There should be increasing advantage in buying. There should be constantly increasing adaptation to the market. All these are subjects of advertising interest. To say that an article is the best ever offered has no meaning. To say that an article is the best the advertiser has ever offered at the price may havea meaning. To say that an article is first- class in every regard and then quote a second or third-class price makes it ridiculous. This is a common mistake. The public is quickly educated to ap- preciate candor of expression. Because there are dealers who let the superlative run riot it does not follow that compe- tition must be in the same line. If you have this element to deal with in your competitors it is an advantage to you, for the contrast will serve to give the more force to your own candor of ex- pression. It has come to be expected that a cir- cus will use unlimited superlatives in its advertising. It is supposed that the mass of circus patronage is of a class that can only be caught by the most lurid description and extravagance. I am not ready to admit even this propo- sition. If circus publicity were confined more nearly to probability and so made to approach more neariy to true candid statement I verily believe-it would be found more effective. Of course the ed- ucation of the more vicious method would be more serious than in trade advertising—the tamer expressions have less meaning-—but it is a question whethgr the lurid in descripiton has not destroyed force and significance until “the candid would be more effective on the start. Whether such is the case there is no doubt in my mind that the adop- tion of candor and probability would quickly lend a force to circus and show advertising which it does not now pos- sess. The superlative in general trade ad- vertising is being greatly modified in all parts of the country; experience is showing the people are not fools any- where. Those who know enough to read and understand a dealer’s an- nouncement know enough to appreciate reasonable candor and probability. if you give them the superlative without a meaning they appreciate it at its true worth. If you are advertising to reach those who can not do this you are miss- ing it,for such can not be influenced di- rectly by any newspaper advertising. Let your yea be yea and your nay nay. Let your best quaiity mean best quality and should price be quoted let it be consistent. If you are offering bargains explain why, for the public is skeptical astoany dealers customarily offering goods below cost. Do not try to trade on a lack of intelligence or a lack of consideration, for the loss of the better er ae lr he eaten ve ode ire ar vd ae ke GOOD VALUES IN S| he Panes Needs 7 q 3 f are“imevidence throughout.thisstock? Prive. are> partien. larly reasonable, for the 4th ofJuly usually ends the sale of many-suramer lines, and «we're, hastling these. bys naving Then the stock is fresh and attractive, and you're always: certain of the newest and best. special prices—by giving unusually good values. REASONS WHY IT PAYS TO TRADE HERE You'll find in these otferings, and aside from the low. pric- ces the qualities are right. There's ne ceononry in your buying unless the qualities are trastworthy, but you'll find cach item listed here the satisfactory kind of goods—such as return every satisfaction. That the prices are less .than many quote you will not detragt from your interest. Dimities from 4 cents to 40 cents. Precales from 6 cents to 12 cents. SHOES FOR MID- SUMMER WEAR Easy, comfort giving shoes, but little prices always ie this complete shoe stock, and that in ay measure accounts for our shoe sales. But we give you always what is best for quality. Our Ladies’ $1.50 and $2.00 Shoes are all solid und a guarantee goes with every pur PALMER & HOBBS, 3 . $ 3 SUSSSSCSSCS GSH eeecesoceus POTATO BUGS. are here, and so is a fresh supply of the following appetizers: - - Insect Powder Give them a dose this week so you can attend the carnival next week. SOFT VANS GREENE'S DRUG STORE * Frulte in season. Buy Groceries DRINKS I Paris Green, ALL TLAVORS | London Purple, OV HE Stug Shot, .. Hillibore, BAKERY LR Pra Your Troubles : $ ° $ Will Be Lightened by using BERE MALTA-VITA ONZE é BREAKFAST FOOD. MONTE i ‘We also. have a full line of other excellent BREAKFAST And note the accuwuilated sertugs 1G jour puree, Nive toe nigh quality of FOODS. Groteries we send you. Note the aticotien to four “rdets apd the promptoese witb which we serve you. There are pnce induceweuts siways attractive and there is economy here for pou etery day in the pest We Beep everything ia Strawberries the line of Staple and Fancy Grocories and Provistous aod ait Vegetables and F h 6 ie resi Groceries D.C. HORTON & SON, 76 South Main St Ine Cash Giscers, Grocery line Wa. Ailairs Oid Stand Soscece and everything damity, palata- ble and nourishing fn the. L VanSickle & Reasoner. effects would more than counteract any benefits, if by chance there were benefits, + + + A_ well-spaced and _ well-displayed midsummer announcement is that of Palmer & Hobbs. 1 do not like the in- troduction of the script line, as it tends to destroy the unity. I would also omit the black ornaments in the corners. The writing is rather labored in style and there is too much of it for the space. The prices quoted have too wide a_ There are a~ range to be of much use. number of typographic errors, such as ‘*precales’’ for ‘‘ percales.”’ Greene’s Drug Store gives a striking advertisement of insect powder. The wording is apt and the display consis- tent, but pretty heavy, especially the border. 1 would omit the points in the first line—in fact, in all the lines. ‘*Slug’’ looks odd spelled with a ‘‘t.”’ D. C. Horton & Son are well treated by their printer, although I am_ usually prejudiced against French Clarendons in display. But unity of style is pre- served and the spacing is good, except that too much matter crowds the border, which is rather heavy. A curious effect of a mixture of an- tediluvian styles with a modern erratic border is seen in Van’s Bakery an- nouncement. I would consign all but possibly the border and first line to the ‘*hell box’’ and try again. Van Sickle & Reasoner write a catchy and appropriate advertisement for one issue, which the printer has handled well as to unity and white space. The introduction of the second style of type harmonizes well with the rest and so _ is admissible. re An Amusing Red Tape Incident. Uncle Sam is so bound up with red tape that he sometimes has to take money out of one pocket and put it in another. Occasionally he pays it batk into the same pocket again, as is just now being exemplified in the case of certain importations of machinery for the new Philadelphia mint. It was found that in the fine details of some of the more delicate bits of mechanism necessary to the coining of money the Germans were ahead of us, and some of the machinery has been imported. In Spite of the fact that this has been con- signed to the United States Government, the Treasury Department has been called upon to pay the usual rate of duty on it. As all the revenues from the va- rious Custom Houses find their way to the Treasury Department in this in- stance it isn’t even a question of ex- ary Sone from one pocket to an- other. ere Uncle Sam just takes it out and puts it back again where it came from. —_——_>2 If a man doesn’t expect anything else for Christmas, he can always depend on his wife’s relatives. PRPIPPEPIPPIPIPSPLPPPPS PPL S (O)} S. A. MORMAN & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 25 CANAL STREET, Wholesale Petoskey Lime Sheboygan Lime Akron and Louisville Cement Atlas Portland Cement Michigan Portland Cement Sewer Pipe Fire Brick Flue Lining Hard Wall Plaster Granite Wall Plaster, Plasticon, Gypsum Wall Plaster Stucco, Hair, etc. Write for Prices. x ¥ as - nn “~y | re re ow ‘ ~ vs , o e R . < ie oe ' = sd a. a = ~~. HN « >. a ms A MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MORNING MARKET. Why It Is Necessarily Held Early in the Day. The average citizen of Grand Rapids who occasionally awakes at an early hour at this season of the year notices the more or less distant sound of vehicles. Beginning earlier than the birds, the noise is continuous until it blends into the regular traffic of the streets. Not every one realizes that these earliest sounds indicate exclusive- ly the supplying of our tables and those reached from this market with the prod- ucts of the surrounding country. The load is prepared at night and starts on its way at varying hours, according to the distance, some driving most of the night, while others nearer start just be- fore daybreak. The general rendezvous of this gath- ering is,of course, the morning market, but not all go there by any means. Many bring their produce directly to dealers according to previous arrange- ment and others sell from store to store without going to the market at all. Scattered all over the city, this feature of the provision trade with the direct Geliveries to commission houses _ is scarcely noticed by the casual observer, but it is of great magnitude in the ag- gregate. The average of arrivals on the market is not so early as when the traffic was all on the streets. At that time the most favorable stands were occupied often long before day, while the more dilatory vendors fared poorer at later hours. Now the rented stands are left vacant until their owners choose to occupy them. It is found desirable to do this at early hours usually, many coming by 5 o’clock and most planning their arrival within the next half hour. The morning mar- ket will always be an early market, for it must necessarily precede the business of the day, not only in the city where it is necessary to prepare for the morning shipments by express, for which no less than ten trains go out within one hour, but on the farms represented. The pres- sure of the harvest season makes a long day for those who spend the latter hall of the night in this mode of disposing of their produce. The cherry season has been rather a disappointment to the buyers, but those having them to sell have not fared badly. The ripening was hastened by the ex- cessive heat and the work of disposal has necessarily been rapid. The can- ners have taken a good many on con- tract, so that those offered in the mar- ket have gone quickly at high prices. In the small fruit market black cap berries are now having their inning. These also have come quickly, on ac- count of the heat, but the absorbing ca- pacity of the market is too great for prices to suffer. Everything offered has gone quickly and the growers have no reason to complain of the returns. Raspberries are now beginning to come freely and prices are good for these also. Indeed, the berry season promises to be one of good prices all through. Currants are unusually fine in quality and are offered in sufficient abundance to keep the price reasonable. Gooseberries are plentiful. This healthful boon of acidity is coming to more prominence as people learn to ap- preciate it. For those who are raising them the vegetable of most interest just now is the potato. Considering the cold spring months it is remarkable that these should be offered so freely so early in the season ; but the much-decried Mich- igan sand is unrivalled in quickness of production when it has sufficient mois- ture. Tuesday morning there was a re- markable showing in the Jamestown di- vision, mostly from Forest Grove. About a dozen double-decked fruit wagons were loaded to their capacity and everything sold promptly at from 85@goc. The principal interest in the general vegetable market is its volume and excellent quality. Considering the quantity prices and demand are remark- ably well sustained. ~~ © Economizing Nerve Force. If one observes the crowd in the streets it is curious and most disagree- able to see how small the number is who are not constantly making grimaces and working their faces or jaws in some manner. I have heard it said it was bashfulness that caused this, but it has not been my observation that bashful- ness was so widely distributed an Amer- ican trait; besides, how does twisting the face help to keep one in counten- ance? No, it is not bashfulness; it is misdirected nervous energy, which ought to be aiding the movements of their legs or getting stored up some- where in the central nervous reservoirs for future use. Learn to keep still when you rest; when you move, move with the part of the body needed; do not waste your force by walking with your arms and face as well as with your legs. If cir- cumstances force an unusual and fatigu- ing amount of exertion upon you, break it now and then by periods of absolute rest. No matter how brief they are, they will be useful if you make them complete and perfect in the way de- scribed. This is true of mental as well as bodily exertion. A minute or two minutes of quiet, with closed eyes, if possible, with your tension relaxed and the gearing of the machinery thrown off for the moment will help and refresh you greatly. Here, again, more may be gained if the ability to relax mentally can be secured in a fashion similar to the withdrawing of muscular tension. Learn to empty your mind when not using it. Frank Stowell. —__» 2. When a policeman marries, he soon begins to wonder where he can hide his club so that his wife can’t find it. FREE CONSULTATION EXAMINATION You are under no obligation to continue treat- ment. Dr. Rankin been established in the same Office ten years and his practice is sufficient evidence of his skill. Catarrh, Head and Throat Is the voice husky? Do you ache all over? Is the nose stopped up? Do you snore at night? Does the nose bleed easily? Is this worse toward night? Does the nose itch and burn? Is there pain in front of head? = there pain across the eyes? our sense of smell leaving? st e throat dry in the morning? re you losing your sense of taste? Do you sleep with the mouth open? Have you a pain behind breast bone? Does the nose stop up toward night? Go or write to DR. C. E. RANKIN, Powers’ Opera House Block Grand Rapins, Michigan Graduate of pent pcnd of Michigan and Illinois School of Electro-Therapeutics Mail Treatment Dr. Rankin’s system of “Home Treatment” is well known and highly efficient. Send for free symptom blank. OOOOGOOOOOOHOHHHUFUHHHOOHOOOOGOGD B. B. B. Coffee One of our largest customers writes us: “We sell it for 20 cents and our customers who have been using 30 cent coffee say it is better than the 30 cent goods.” OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OOOOGOOOGOOODOGOOOOHGOOGOGOGOOGDH SB BB Bn BR SB SB OG GE DR we CHANGE OF NAME Owing to the increase in the SSSSSSESSSSS SSESSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS |! co demand for our DustLess BrusHEs, we have been com- pelled to enlarge and re-or- ganize our business. Our new senmiieciiens, the MILWAUKEE DUSTLESS BRUSH CO., has. acquired all the rights of the Wiens Brusu Co. in their patents covering ‘‘Dustless Brushes.” We desire to thank all our friends and patrons in this section of the country for all their favors in the past, and respectfully solicit a con- tinuance of the same in the future. Address all correspondence MILWAUKEE DUSTLESS BRUSH CO., 122-124 Sycamore Street, Milwaukee, Wis. Ww WR SS. a a ee ee > a Se ee ee SE RE RE eR eR TE BE BE. a a. aE ee ee eR SE AUTIPVOP ITEP HOT ET NTP TA-NPE NP ET NOP HEP Neer NET Neer er ver eer er enr tree oD Cl ABA 97 A For every S Ug VE ~y X GRAND CAKE occasion BEST YET) recommend >. ee. it. ® The first sale brings continued business. ® We gladly send sample if you are interested. 7 why si SEARS BAKERY 4p GRAND Rapips, MICH. Its a ae Piece of Goods Better get it in stock quick—sells so easy and makes a nice profit. Manufactured only by SEARS BAKERY NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. UA UAA MA Th ANA bk Uk Akh bk bk JA Abk bk bk Jd. dk bk bk Jd dk bk bd Ul VIPNTPNE NT NTR TEP NEP NEP NP TEP RP NP NP EP VRP NEP EP NPP Nor Nett? UUM UAA TUN UNAM UMA UMA Gk UM JUN JUk JUN GMb JAk UNA bk Abd Jbd Jhb. dbd J4A Jb JbA 44k 04k Jbd 44d bk bh ddd ddd ddd Seaver ar Neer er TT MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Ionia—Herman Schmid, of Cleveland, has opened a clothing store nere. Vicksburg—Slack & Fisher have pur- chased the meat market of E. D. San- derson. Quincy—1l. L. Bishop has purchased the hardware and harness stock of Bishop & Rising. Millington—Jas. A. Smith, dealer in agricultural implements and groceries, has removed to Flint. Grand Haven—Zaagman & Reenders are closing out their feed stock and will retire from the business. Hartford—Will Bridges will shortly open a grocery store in the building recently vacated by Dan. Riegel. Stanwood—J. Boynton & Co. have sold their drug stock to G. McAllister, who will continue the business at the same location. West Bay City—Daniel B. Perry, who operates a branch drug store at Bay City, is succeeded at that place by Perry & Hagadorn. Big Rapids—Geo. A. Roof, who re- cently purchased a store building on Maple street, will occupy it with a stock of shoes about August I. Mt. Clemens—Phoebe A. (Mrs. Stephen O.) Ecker, dealer in jewelry and confectionery, has sold her confec- tionery stock to Hattie A. McConnell. Fennville—R. W. Harrold has _ pur- chased the interest of his partner in the drug stock of E. A. Andrews & Co. and will continue the business in his own name. Detroit—The Commercial Credit Co. has recently removed from the Ham- mond building to the Detroit opera house block, where it occupies the en- tire fourth floor. Bay City—Charles H. Frantz has pur- chased the interest of Carl V. Richard- son in the pharmacy of Frantz & Rich- ardson and will continue the business in his own name. Kalamazoo—George Sperry has pur- chased the hardware stock of Charles Schau, on Portage street, and will add to the stock and enlarge the building to a considerable extent. Barryton—The mercantile business here lately conducted by Chas. Mc- Donald will be continued by the Barry- ton Mercantile Co. Wesley Barry is in charge of the business. Mackinac Island—William R. Bogan has returned from Chicago, where he has the principalship of the Washington school. He will conduct the Central drug store this summer. Benton Harbor—The F. S. Hopkins drug concern has been incorporated and will hereafter be known as the Hopkins Drug Co. The stockholders are F. S. Hopkins, Geo. A. Hopkins and F, X. Duerr. Nashville—The clothing firm of Wal- ser & Gribbin has been dissolved, G. W. Gribbin having purchased the inter- est of F. J. Walser. Mr. Walser will engage in the clothing business at Chesaning. Red Jacket—Kohlhaas & Son have sold their meat market to George Fax. Mr. Fax was formerly accountant for the firm, but engaged in business for himself a couple of years ago under the style of Grierson & Fax, conducting a general merchandise store at Copper Falls. Mr. Grierson retired a year ago, since which time Mr. Fax has had en- tire charge of the business, which will be continued. Omer—The Squire & Sterling Mer- cantile Co., Limited, which conducted 4a general merchandise store in connec- tion with its wholesale timber business, has sold its merchandise stock to Ardis & Warnock. Brooklyn—C. B. Farnham, a Jackson clothing dealer, has purchased the re- mainder of the North clothing stock of W. S. Culver and will continue the business at the same location. Jos. North will have charge of same. Lowell—Will Price, who has been with E,. Collar in his west end dry goods store, and Allie Covert, who has been employed by Mark Rubens, have formed a copartnership and purchased the grocery stock of Force & Love- land. Plymouth—The liabilities of F. Mark- ham Briggs, the druggist, now foot up to $26,000, with assets in the neighbor- hood of $3,000. Receiver Starkweather says that unless the sale of real estate, made by Mr. Briggs some time ago to his wife, is set aside by the courts, scarcely 10 cents on the dollar will be realized. Traverse City—Ed. W. Wait and C. R. Wait have been admitted to partner- ship in the old-established drug _busi- ness of S. E. Wait. The new firm will be known as S. E. Wait & Sons. The senior Wait established the business in 1872 and has conducted it alone ever since, with the exception of one year, in which L. M. Mills was a partner. Kalamazoo—The drug-store of F. N. Maus was entered by burglars Saturday night and about $10 in money and a few cigars stolen. The thieves went through the cash drawer of the soda fountain and cigar case and then carried the 100 pound cash register off bodily. It was found Sunday morning across the street, where the burglars left it after forcing the combination. Moline—The copartnership recently formed under the style of McLeod, Stiner & Co., Ltd., to continue the general merchandise business of E. N. Bates, has been dissolved by the retire- ment of S. C. Stiner and C. A, Riley, whose interests have been purchased by Frank McLeod. The business will be continued by J. A. McLeod, Frank Mc- Leod and E. N. Bates under the style of McLeod Bros. & Co., Ltd. Manufacturing Matters. Portland—Vincent P. Cash has re- moved to Riverdale, where he has erected and equipped an elevator. Cheboygan—H. W. Swift has sold his interest in the Swift & Ciark sawmill to his partner, O. M. Clark. Pontiac—The Pontiac Body Manu- facturing Co. succeeds A. A. Baum- gartner in the manufacture of carriage bodies. Battle Creek—This city row has more health food manufactories than any other city-in the world. The latest is a health drink to be known as the Ponce de Leon Elixir of Life. It consists of bottled Goguac Lake water. Fenton—S. W. Ackerson, who has been connected with the A. J. Phillips Co, for the past sixteen years, has re- tired from that concern to take a similar position with the Owosso Manufactur- ing Co., maker of screen goods. Detroit—The American Brush Co, has filed articles of association. The pur- pose of the corporation is the manufac- ture and sale of brushes. The company is capitalized at $15,000 and the organ- izers are Mark G. Morris, Henry S. Morris, Hortense L. Morris and Mark G. Morris, trustee, all of Detroit, Evart—A. A. Smith & Son, of the Evart Roller Millis, are erecting a grain elevator at their mills. The building will be 20x30 feet in dimensions, and will be connected with the main _ build- ing by shafting and grain spouts. White Pigeon—The stock of the- Sul- tan Buggy & Cart Co., which went into bankruptcy last December, has been purchased by Hotchin Bros., J. G. Schultz and John Murray, all local citi- zens and officials or directors of the State Bank. The factory will resume work soon and under most auspicious prospects for a prosperous future. White Pigeon—Carloads of brick, cement, umber, etc., continue to arrive occasionally for the construction of the German Portland Cement Co.’s factory. The foundation walls of the main build- ing have been laid for some time, and while there is little doing at the com- pany’s grounds at present, preparations point to a resumption of operations in the near future. Detroit—Articles of association have been filed by the Ginzel Construction Co. The purposes of the corporation are the building of gas and electric lighting plants and doing all kinds of construction work. The capital stock of the company is $10,000 and the or- ganizers are John Ginzel, Wyandotte ; Matthew F. Bramley, and John F. Cowing, Cleveland ; Stewart O. Van De Mark, Detroit, and Stewart O. Van De Mark, trustee. Battle Creek—The Bown Tire Valve Co., Ltd., has filed articles of copart- nership with the register of deeds in the sum of $25,000, of which $8,000 is paid in. The new enterprise will man- ufacture valves and attachments for pneumatic tires of all kinds. It is claimed that there is a wide demand for this kind of goods. The members of the company and the amounts of their stock are: William C. Houghtaling, chairman, $2,500; Arthur B. Williams, Secretary, $1,500; Charles E. Bown, Treasurer, $1,250; Eugene N. Bown, $1,250; Ora R. Stains, $750; Frank Houg htaling, $750. Shippers should look out about send- ing berries or any other fruit in cars consigned to one house, but containing consignments for several houses. In a majority of instances the house to which the car is consigned gets the stock marked for it out and lets the rest lie around wherever it happens to be dropped. Ona falling market this is disastrous, and it should be looked after. Serious losses in blackberries and similar perishable articles have resulted. If shippers would compel the attention of the houses interested by refusing to send them anything unless safe delivery were guaranteed, there would be an end to the difficulty. There are plenty of good houses which will do this as it should be, without being obliged to ship to those who only look after their own interests very carefully. An easy solution of the problem is to notify the railroad company of the consignees in ~- car, and the stock will then be cared or. The Boys Behind the Counter. Kalamazoo—J. W. Gibson, attendant at the insane asylum here about four- teen years, has resigned to take a posi- tion with Diver & Baker—the Co-opera- tive Grocer Co.,—as city salesman and collector. Mackinac Island—Miss Lina McDon- ald has taken a clerkship in the dry goods department of J. W. Davis & Son. Miss Kate McCarty has resumed her former position as cashier of the es- tablishment. Evart—Miss Frankie Voorheis, who has conducted’ Davy & Co.’s millinery department during the season just closed, has returned to her home at North Adams. Elk Rapids—Geo. Anderson has taken a clerkship in the store of J. H. Bennett. Lakeview—Claude White has taken the position of prescription clerk in the drug store of J. W. Kirtland. Kalamazoo—Charles Morse, who has been employed at the Bell shoe store, has gone to Escanaba, where he will preach during the summer in the Bap- tist church. Traverse City—B. H. Bracken, head - cierk in the store of the Hamilton Cloth- ing Co., is spending a fortnight at the Pan-American Exposition and at his boyhood home at Lockport, N. Y. He is accompanied by his wife. Fennville—R. W. Harrold, who re- cently purchased the interest of E. A. Andrews in the drug stock of E, A. Andrews & Co., has engaged Fred W. Glass, recently in the employ of J. D. Woodbeck, the Otsego druggist. Lowell—C. J. Brunskill, who has been behind the prescription case of Dexter Look for some time, has gone to California, where he will locate. Otsego—Ray Eaton succeeds’ Fred W. Glass as prescription clerk for J. D. Woodbeck. Kalamazoo—C. M. Disler, who has been cashier at the local branch of Ar- mour & Company for some months, left Monday to fill the position of relief cashier for branch houses for this audit- ing district, which includes Michigan and Ohio. He is succeeded as cashier of the Kalamazoo house by F. M: Bell, who has been assistant cashier for some time, and his place is in turn filled by J. C. Pringle, of Massachusetts. a Business Will Take a Pay Off. Albion, July g—A committee of busi- ness men headed by Mayor James Shan- ley went to Hillsdale to-day to confer with a similar committee of that city at their invitation, with reference to the proposed Albion-Hillsdale joint picnic at Bawbeese Lake. The idea is to sus- pend all business in both places for the day and all unite in a grand civic holi- day and celebration. The date selected is next week Tuesday and a special train will be run over the Lake Shore from here in the morning, returning in the evening. There will be a _pro- gramme of sports, including base ball, and other features to enliven the affair. M. O. BAKER & CO. TOLEDO, OHIO Have fancy trade at top prices for all Northern Michigan cherries can get. Let us have your shipments. Grand Rapids Supply Company, Jobbers of MILL SUPPLIES Iron Pipe Fittings, Valves, Boiler and Engine Trimmings, Belting, Write for prices. Grand Rapids, Michigan Hose Packing, etc. 20 Pearl Street ® rox | = “q ey A { a 7 < | fui mig | v _ a a) me a Ps ry a at & &b > - | A Jy nm & & ¥ J Se ba MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip The Produce Market. Apples—Southern, 4oc for % bu. box. Bananas—Prices range from $1.25 @1.75 per bunch, according to size. jJumbos, $2.25. Beets—15c per doz. Blackberries—$1I.50 per 16 qts. Butter—Creamery extras command 18%c. Dairy grades are demoralized, owing to the large amount of stock affected by the terrible heat which pre- vailed during the last week of June and the first week of July. Cabbage—40@5oc per doz. Carrots—15c per doz. bunches. Celery-—18c per doz. Cherries—Sweet command $2.75@3 per bu. and are scarce at that. Sour fetch $1.50@2 per bu. Cucumbers—30@35c per doz. Currants—70@ooc per 16 qt. crate. Eggs—Dealers declare that in their experience of five or six years on this market they never saw a time when eggs from all sections ran so bad. The re- cent hot wave is responsible for this condition. Those coming from a dis- tance lost from six to fifteen dozen to the case. Track buying has almost ceased and eggs are now sent on com- mission. All this bad condition of eggs is very favorable to the stock of April eggs. Local dealers pay oc per doz., loss off. Frogs’ Legs—-Large bulls, 45@s5o0c; medium bulls, 25c; large frogs, 15@2oc ; small frogs, 5@tIoc. Gooseberries——80@goc per crate. Green Onions—1i2c for Silverskins. Green Peas—7oc for telephones and marrowfats. Honey—White stock is in light sup- 16 qt. ply at 14c. Amber is slow sale at 13c and dark is in moderate demand at 11 @i2c. Lemons—Californias command $4@ 4.25 for 300s and 250s per box. Mes- sinas fetch $4.75 for choice and $5 for fancy. Lettuce—Garden, 5oc per bu. ; head, 6oc per bu. Maple Syrup—$1 per gal. for fancy. Musk Melons—The run of California gem cantilonpes which are hauled East from Indio, Cal., by express, is about over. Instead of getting thirty cars only thirteen have come. The price of these melons is maintained at $5 a crate, which is rather remarkable. One car alone had charges for icing and ex- press of $770. The success of the Indio melon has been such that another year there will be a large acreage planted there. If the sand storms can be avoided this will be a great industry for this section. Onions—$1 per bu. for home grown; S8o@goc for Southern. Oranges—Valencia lates are about the only varfety now to be had and sorted stock commands $3.75 per box. Parsley—35c per doz. Peaches—The prospects for a full crop in the vicinity of Grand Rapids are ex- cellent; in fact many of the growers are compelled to thin out their crop and have men in their orchards at work on the trees. Growers around Fennville and Saugatuck claim that the crop in that vicinity will not exceed a third of a full crop. Pie Plant—6oc for so Ib. box. Pineapples—Florida, $1.50@2 doz., according to size. Plums—Nothing but a blow strong enough to strip the trees will prevent Western Michigan harvesting the larg- est plum crop ever recorded. Potatoes—Receipts of Southern are not sufficient to meet the requirements of the market, in consequence of which dealers have to rely on home grown to piece out the demand. Home grown are inferior to Southern stock in size, but another week will reverse this con- dition, for by that time home grown will be superior in every respect to 1m- ported. The price ranges. around $1, all offerings on the Morning Market Wednesday having been absorbed at 871%4@goc, with every indication that the price to the grower will move up to $1 Thursday morning. If receipts of per Southern are more liberal later in the week, as_ is expected to be the case the price will gradually recede after to- morrow. Poultry—Receipts are light, which is attributed to the fact that farmers are so busy with their harvesting that they can not find time to market poultry. Live hens command 7@8c; spring broil- ers, 13@1sc; turkey hens, 8@oc; gob- blers, 8c; spring ducks, 12@14c. Pigeons are in moderate demand at 60 @75c per doz. and squabs cre taken readily at $1@1.20. Radishes—i2c for China Rose; ioc for Chartiers. Raspberries—$1.50 per 16 qts. black ; $1.50 per 12 qts. for red. Seeds—Hungarian, 75@85c; common millet, 70@75c; German millet, 80@85«. String Beans—$1.25 per bu. Summer Squash—Ic per Ib. Tomatoes—$1.25 per 4 basket crate. From ten to eighteen cars of tomatoes a day are being shipped from Crystal Springs, Miss. The bulk of the stock has been shipped, but there are said to be some very good ones to come yet. Watermelons—25c for Alabama Sweets. Watermelons never ruled so high the Fourth of July as they did last week. It was almost impossible to get a car for less than $300. The shortness of the crop in Texas and Georgia caused this condition. Two heavy dealers in Chi- cago set out to corner the market and nearly succeeded. They got every car before the Fourth, except six, and offered such prices for these that the owners could not job them and they are still on their hands. The demand since the Fourth is not very good and these people made a mistake that they did not take the offer of $275 to $300 a car. The next melons tocome are from Missouri and as the crop there is an average one the price is likely to go down. It will be July 15 before they move to any amount and as soon as they are off the market Indiana will be on with a fine oe Not in years has the jobbing price of $50 a hundred been maintained on watermelons. Whortleberries—$3 per bu. Receipts are not large yet, but tne quality of the fruit thus far received is fine. —___-—~»> 2. _____ Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. Hides have been well cleaned up at the advance and receipts are light. Prices are high for the present outlook and tanners are not anxious. Pelts lay dormant at any advance, while a few dealers keep them moving rather than allow them to pile up. Tailow has another advance from the demand ir London and a od. (nine for pence) advance, with all offerings taken. Warm weather prevents ship- ments, while soapers seem to want stock, probably on account of, agitation of cotton seed. Wools are in demand at ruling prices, but no advance can be obtained. Fac- tories are busy and sales have increased in volume. Shipments have gone for- ward from the States and the greater amount of the new clip is cleaned up. Wm. T. Hess. ——_—__> 2. ___ W. L. Freeman, President of the Freeman Mercantile Co., has been con- fined to his home by illness for about a week. He expects to be able to resume his desk before the end of the week. Richard R. Bean, Secretary of the Putnam Candy Co. has gone to Niagara Falls to attend the annual convention of the Western Confectioners’ Association. He will return by boat via Harbor Springs. Mr. Bean seldom takes a res- pite from business cares and has richly earned a vacation. 2. Henry J. Vinkemulder left Tuesday for a fortnight’s absence, during which he will visit Buffalo, New York, Phila- delphia, Boston and several interme- diate cities. He is accompanied by his wife. The Grocery Market. Sugar—The raw sugar market is un- changed. There is a good demand from the retailer, but new business with the refiner is light, as jobbers bought heav- ily before the last advance. In our opinion there will be no speculation in sugar before August, as jobbers’ pur- chases before the advance will carry them through July. Teas—New crop teas are expected to arrive soon, including Furmosas and Congous, with freer arrivals of Japans. Buyers apparently show an_ inclination to hold off pending further develop- ments. The distributing business con- tinued on a hand-to-mouth basis, job- bers experiencing a light run of orders for the day. Prices remain quotably unchanged and rather nominal for the entire list. Canned Goods—Spot tomatoes are practically cleaned up in the West, the last packer that had any having just notified his broker that he was sold out. The Eastern packers are also getting sold out and we think that new tomatoes will come in on the latest market in several years. The same can be said of spot corn. It is scarce and shows an advance of at least 12%c from the _bot- tom. Later reports from Indiana com- plain of the pea louse and several of the largest packers have withdrawn from the market. Dried Fruits—There is a fair con- sumptive demand for prunes and prices are a little firmer. Evaporated apples continue to advance and what little stock that is offering is bringing good prices. Oatmeal—The rolled oats market is very strong, on account of the advanc- ing tendency of oats. September oats are now about 3c higher than during the Phillip’s corner in May. The Govern- ment crop reports suggest a yield of 100,000,000 bushels less than last year, which would give us the lightest crop in ten years with one exception. Evaporated Apples—Chicago advices state: There has been a revival of in- terest in evaporated apples. This line was very active a few weeks ago, quiet- ing down later into the same dulness that other lines of dried fruits were in; but within the last few days much in- terest has been shown in the apple mar- ket by Chicago jobbers and buying has been very active, the sales being quite heavy, leading all other kinds of cured fruit. Few evaporated apples, how- ever, are being offered, while owners of stock are able to obtain asking prices, which are about 7c for choice stock. Syrups—Owing to the advance in corn, glucose is up 5c per 100 pounds and corn syrup Ic per gallon and 3c per case. Molasses—Dealers report a very small volume of orders and shipments are be- ing delayed, pending cooler weather. Domestic mixed grocery grades remain firm and prices rule strong, reflecting the strength of the glucose market. Other grades of both domestic and _for- eign continue more or less neglected, but as dealers do not force sales prices continue steady. No news of interest is reported from primary markets. New Orleans reports small arrivals of black- strap molasses, the bulk of which had been previously contracted for, and only small offerings were made. Rice—Although sales were somewhat below those of the week previous—ow- ing to a national holiday—business was considered satisfactory for the week. The market is strong, statistically, and with continued unfavorable crop reports from the South, and the strength of markets abroad, local dealers remain confident, asking full prices for domes- tic and foreign descriptions. Brooms—The combine has advanced the price of all grades 25c per doz. A The preparations for the grocers’ pic- nic on July 25 and the meat dealers’ pic- nic on August 8 are going forward rap- idly, with every indication that both events will be successful. The conflict in dates is very unfortunate for all con- cerned and, as both classes have made somewhat extensive arrangements and gone to considerable expense in the matter, it hardly seems probable that a compromise will be reached, although a joint meeting will be held on Thurs- day evening to consider the matter. As the Tradesman understands the situa- tion, August 8 was originally selected as the date of the picnic by the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. Following the precedent of previous years, the butchers selected the same day for their picnic and annual holiday. Later on, an invitation was extended to the Kalamazoo grocers and meat dealers to visit Grand Rapids on that day, but as they had already selected July 25 as the date of their holiday, the Grand Rapids grocers—or the committee hav- ing the matter in charge—changed the date of the Grand Rapids picnic to July 25. The butchers claim that this change was made without consulting them or considering them in the matter and after they had already made a contract with the Pere Marquette Railway for an excursion to Muskegon, which the As- sociation is now unable to cancel or change. The conflict will work a hard- ship to those dealers who handle both groceries and meat, because many of them feel that they can not close up two days and find it hard to decide which day they will observe. In the interest of harmony and for the sake of harmonious* action in the future—which the holding of two picnics this year would greatly jeopardize—the Tradesman sincerely hopes that mutual concessions will be made on both sides, even although it be necessary to send a delegation of gro- cers and butchers to Kalamazoo in order to secure a postponement of the excur- sion from that city to the date original- ly selected by the grocers for their an- nual jubilee. ——__~». 2. The decline in the wool growing and wool manufacturing business in this country is due to the fact that the an- nual per capita consumption of wool in the United States has decreased in the last few years 2.37 pounds in a total of 9.7 pounds, while there has been an im- mense increase of shoddy and cotton. In spite of the wool tariff the number of sheep in the United States declines. In 1899 it was 39,114,453. In 1884 it was 50,626,626. The same law has operated abroad. Inthe United Kingdom sheep decreased from 33,982,404 in 1873 to 30,567,061 in 1897. In the same period in France the number decreased from 25,935,114 to 21,445,113. In Germany from 24,999, 406 to 10,866,772. The rea- son simply is that land has become too valuable for sheep raising. More can be made by using it for other purposes and importing wool from quarters of the globe where sheep can be cheaply raised. —_-#s 00> When a young lady hems a handker- chief for a wealthy bachelor, she prob- ably sews that she may reap. ——___—_~> 2. For Gillies’ N. Y. tea,all kinds, grades and prices, call Visner, both phones. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MUTILATED MONEY. Talk With the Treasury Expert Who Handles It. From the Washington Times. In one corner of the room in the Re- demption Division of the Treasury building sits Mrs. A. E. Brown, the expert whose task it is to pick out from the money fragments turned over to her the marks of identification. Scattered about the desk are fragments of paper money placed on slips of brown paper in shape and contour like an ordinary envelope. These are all labeled so that each can be credited to the owner of the fragments. ‘‘The mutilated money comes from no one particular source,’’ said Mrs. Brown, ‘‘except, perhaps, from the banks, where it has been taken by the individual owner as the first step toward getting it to the United States Treasury, which will redeem all notes identified as to their face value and number. The banks do not, of course, redeem these fragments and then look to us to reim- burse them. It is only an act of accom- modation which the banks extend to in- dividuals. The rules of the Treasury require that three-fifths of the bills be sent for identification; less than that amount will either shut off redemption altogether or at least prevent the full amount being given back to the owner of the fragments. ‘‘For example, supposing one-half of a five dollar bill is sent in for redemp- tion, and supposing it is in such a good state of preservation that its identifica- tion as a five dollar bill, issued by the Government of the United States, can be told at a glance, the owner of that fragment will receive from the Treasury only $2.50, and not the full face value of the original bill. The fragment will be registered, with its essential marks of identification, and $2.50 sent to the owner. At first glance this would seem to be unjust to the owner, but on further consideration it will be evident that at any time the other half of that bill may come into us, perhaps from the same person, or possibly from some one else, and $2.50 paid for its redemp- tion. Now, it is obvious that if $5 had been paid for the first half and later the Same amount for the second half, al- though years may intervene between the visitation of the first and second halves, the owner would either have been paid $10 for his original five dollar bill, which is more than he is entitled to by $5, or the Government would have been out just $5, which would be an injustice to the people of the United States. ‘Tf, however, three-fifths of the bill is sent in, enough of the bill will be in our hands to satisfy all demands for the safety of the Treasury and the public service. The remaining fragments may come in later, but as soon as their iden- tification with the three-fifths portion is established, they are thrown out as worthless. “‘It is astonishing how many people put their money about stoves, ovens and other places exposed to fire. Here isa roll of burned money which a woman placed in the oven for some reason un- explained. According to her affidavit, she says that, immediately after plac- ing the money there, she left the house for a few moments, and when she re- turned she found that her daughter had built a fire in the stove and was prepar- ing for dinner—or supper—I do not _re- member just now which.’’ The mass of charred money which Mrs. Brown held in her hand was as black as charcoal and seemed ready to fall apart by its own weight, like the last remnants of burned paper often seen in the grate fire. She began sep- arating the mass with the point of a paper cutter, and finally peeled off a fragment on which could distinctly be seen the impression of the printing plate in the center design. This was a $10 note, as was shown by comparing the center design of the charred frag- ment with a new bill which Mrs. Brown placed beside it. ‘‘The figures giving the amount of the bill,’” Mrs. Brown said, ‘‘are obliter- ated, principally by the break in the charred fragment where it broke off ~ from the rest of the bill, but the border and central design of this piece are = parent to the naked eye and are brought out still more clearly by the magnifying glass. This is a true United States Treasury bili and will be redeemed. This is, of course, not three-fifths of the original bill, but it contains the center design and is enough to identify the bill exactly. When we have a mass of mutilated money stuck together as this mass is, it is necessary to use the utmost nicety in separating the layers in order to see how many separate bills there were in the roll or mass of money before it was charred, as this is. Fre- quently it is possible positively to iden- tify some of the bills, but not all, and unless great care is exercised it is pos- sible to do an injustice to the owner. The Treasury always stands ready to te- deem any money which it can identify by the methods which have proved most satisfactory.’’ Reaching down and opening one of the drawers of her desk, Mrs. Brown drew out a tin tobacco box containing what looked like a mass or slab of peat or earth pressed compactly together. It turned out, on investigation, to be a roll of money, amounting originally to about $200, which a farmer had ploughed under the ground while turning a furrow on his farm. He had carried it about his person when ploughing and in some way had lost it by its =P". out of his pocket. When he had finished ploughing he missed the money, and having searched the ploughed area in vain, gave up the quest. Each time, however, he went aver the same field with the plough in each succeeding sea- son he kept his eye on anything that would be likely to look like the lost money. Finally after the bills had laid under ground for six years his search was rewarded and last spring his plough share unearthed the blackened mass which lay in the tobacco box. ‘‘There is no doubt,’’ said Mrs. Brown, ‘‘that this is money, as the fibres attest, but it is so rotten and fri- able that I do not know whether it is possible to identify it or not. I have not examined it yet, but it looks some- what discouraging.’”’ —_—_~_0~.___—. A Bulldog That Milks the Cows. From the Baltimore Sun. A big white bull dog, which had been living off the fat of the land—spring chickens and fresh cow’s milk—had his career brought to a sudden ending late on Tuesday night by a bullet from the revolver of Patrolman Scott, of Mount Washington. This dog was of unusual size, and for more than a month past his movements about the village had attracted atten- tion. He was declared guilty by a court consisting of the Rev. Byron Clark, Mrs. Margaret Carroll and Patrolman Scott of eating chickens and surrepti- tiously milking cows. For the former offense he might have been punished only with a beating, but the latter charge was so unusual that the death penalty was deemed the only effective one. According to Patrolman Scott, the dog did not have a strictly legal trial, because he was not present in court; nor did he even have a representative, although his master, William Welch, was devoted to him. This was partly the fault of the dog, as the officer of the court was unable to find the culprit, and Patrolman Scott waited two days and two nights before he could execute the sentence. Mr. Welch acquiesced in the action of his neighbors after learning the nature of the evidence. Just how the dog formed the habit of milking the cows is not known, but it is thought he acquired it by following the example of calves. He had often been seen with the many cows in pas- ture about Mount Washington across a cow's back while she was lying down. His appetite for milk grew so strong that he was not satisfied with part of the supply, but wanted it all. A few days ago he objected to Mrs. Carroll enter- ing her barnyard to milk her cow. A shortage of the milk given by the cow had been noticed for some time. The Punctual Man Got the Place. A manufacturer was about to start an agency in London. He had in his em- ploy two young men whom he regarded highly and both of whom would like to advance to the coveted position. As it could go to only one, he watched the men closely for some time, while trying to decide which he should send to rep- resent his interests in the English cap- ital. One of the young men was an in- dustrious plodder, always on time to the minute, The other was a much more brilliant fellow, who did his work well and easily, made friends readily and was universally popular; but he had the serious defects of making promises care- lessly, forgetting them almost as soon as they were made and of rarely keep- ing appointments promptly. Finally the employer invited both of these young men to dine with him on a cer- tain evening at exactly 7 o’clock. The plodder presented himself to his host as the clock was striking, and the two immediately sat down to dinner. Five minutes later the other guest appeared with a laughing apology for being late, which, he said, was entirely the fault of his watch. On the following day the London appointment, with a large in- crease of salary, was given to him who had learned the _ business value of promptness.— Kirk Monroe in Success. —__—>-¢ -e___ Any woman can sharpen a lead pen- cil—if you give her plenty of time and plenty of pencils. Are you not in need of New Shelf Boxes We make them KALAMAZOO PAPER BOX CO. Kalamazoo, Michigan AJAX Dynamite Works Bay City, Michigan Dynamite, Caps, Fuse, Battery Supplies for Rock Work and Stump Blasting. 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 dab Bn Bn Bn bn 4 bn ba by Bn bt 4 he tp Bp tp tp tn te te tn GOGO O OOO OUOOOUO VG PGC FCSCS ITM PARIS GREEN LABELS The Paris Green season is at hand and those dealers who break bulk must label their packages according to law. We are prepared to furnish labels which meet the require- ments of the law, as follows: 100 labels, 25 cents 200 labels, 40 cents 500 labels, 75 cents 1000 labels, $1.00 Labels with merchant’s name printed thereon, $2 per 1000 Orders can be sent through any jobbing house at the Grand Rapids market. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. yrvvuvvuvuvvvvuvuwvyyvguee«wevevewvuvyry’* i i > tt tp ht OV OVO VVVV OVO CT CVU UU UCU UU UCUCCT UVC CCC VTCCCCC’C?CTCC@C FPF OF FF GOGGIN FFI FFF FF FITTS GF he Bp bp bi Li bin i hi Li Li Li Li i i i i hi i hi li i Li i i i i i i a i a i i i i i i i hp te tp te > > > OP FPF GOOG NGI ISS GFFIFIFIEIF EF FDOF FFF IGS OROROHOHOCHOROCHOHOH OCHOROROHOHOROROHOROROROROEOROROR If you want to secure more than $25 REWARD In Cash Profits in 1901, and in addition give thorough satisfaction to your patrons, the sale of but one dozen per day of FLEISCHMANN & CO.’S YELLOW LABEL COMPRESSED YEAST will secure that result. Grand Rapids Office, 29 Crescent Ave. SOUCTC DONORS BOUCtSC HOUOEOEONOHS HONCHO EONOHSCEOEOFOHS Detroit Office, 111 W. Larned St. CONTRACTING ROOFERS State Agents Established 1868. Asphalt Paints Coal Tar, Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch, Eave Troughing, 2 and 3 ply and Torpedo Gravel Ready Roofing, Sky Lights, Galvanized Iron Cornice Sheet [etal Workers H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ruberoid Roofing, Building, Sheathing and Insulating Papers and Paints. Oe A: ei ane ae ew | ii a - { « - oT. | Sa 1, ; r 27 Fa ‘snail = é r “_ -— > MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 HOW TO FAIL. Serious Mistakes Which Result in Heavier Losses. This is an article on how to properly assign when failure stares the merchant in the face. It is written at this time because the likelihood of failure is so remote to most retail] merchants with the hope that it may sink deeply into the mind of the dealer,and if, in the future, the time should arrive when he must contemplate an assignment, he may bear in mind some of the important points. The writer is informed by some of the leading wholesale merchants in this city that most merchants do not contemplate an assignment until failure is upon them and they are forced to the wall. Then through the influence of various interests they frequently make serious mistakes that result in losses to them- selves and to their creditors. The honest merchant who feels that his capital is being impaired and that failure is staring him in the face will make a confident of his heaviest credit- ors, at least, if not of all his creditors. He should properly go to these large creditors or to business men of wide ex- perience and business acumen at this stage of his business career. A confes- sion of weakness on his part may be a severe blow to his pride—or at least he may anticipate that such a confession will hurt his pride and his self-respect —but on the other hand when the ordeal is over with he will congratulate him- self on how easy it has been. If the prospective failure finds its origin in causes over which the merchant has had no control, in the majority of the cases he will receive sympathy and encour- agement; if it is due to causes of which he was ignorant, but which he had full control over, the wholesaler may be able to give encouragement and help at an opportune time, place the retailer again on his feet, to use a slang expression, help him to correct the mistakes of the past and show him the road to _ success. The wholesaler is almost as anxious as the retailer himself that the latter should succeed, for the reason he is more or less dependent upon him for his busi- ness success. Many retailers give up prematurely. They become discouraged or disheart- ened, find that they have lost a few customers or something else has gone wrong, and do not give their business just one or two more trials, but assign then and there. Before reaching the decision that he must announce his failure, the retail dealer should again consult his friend, the wholesaler. If the latter is a man of sound judgment and a successful man and he holds that the announcement of assignment is jus- tified, the next step is very clear; but if the wholesaler gives the retailer hope, holds out encouragement, offers to help him over the rough places for a little longer, the dealer, in justice to himself and all the interests dependent upon him, should make every effort to regain his prestige and to build up a profitable business. It may be a turning point in the retailer’s career, if he properly takes advantage of it. Having reached the conclusion tkat failure is inevitable, that postponement of it will result in heavier losses to him- self and to his creditors, the dealer should look upon it as a business move which demands his best judgment, his most conscientious attention to details, and which should be taken with a clear foresight as to the outcome. Many es- tates after assignment are put in the hands of a lawyer who has no knowledge whatever of that branch of merchandis- ing and who doubles the losses sustained by the merchant in administering the property. If an assignee or trustee is to be appointed to take charge of the stock of goods, be careful to select a man who has knowledge of the line car- ried, and who will be able to get the most money out of the value repre- sented. An able administrator of an assigned estate, through carefuily selling the stock and still greater care in col- lecting in the outstanding accounts, can very often make both ends meet in such a way that the loss is very slight. A shrewd, honorable business man for this part of the work consequent upon a failure, if he can be found, will un- doubtedly be the best person that can be selected.—Commercial Bulletin. ———_> 0. _____ “Native Butter” in Porto Rico. Washington Correspondence Chicago Tribune. Puerto Rican butter, or ‘‘native but- ter,’’ as they call it, is of wonderful make, the product itself being scarcely more unique than the mode of produc- ing it. It is only eaten by the people SO poor as to see no possible prospect of getting any other. Mr. Pearson was waked from his sleep one morning by the cry of a young voice under his win- dow, announcing ‘‘native butter.’’ He lured the boy to his apartment and pur- chased the lot for inspection. It was pale and limp, with an overproduction of caseine and water, made into small pats, laid on a tray, and sold for the merest trifle, but a price which Mr. Pearson decided after tasting it was an imposition upon the people. This acquaintance with the article induced him to find the country home of the small and picturesque peddler. The father was employed in the country aS a caretaker of a government road, and the mother made ‘‘pin money’’ and butter at one and the same time. They had two or three cows, and when milk- ing time came she followed them up over the pasture with a_ bucket and milked so long as there was milk, or until she or the cow became tired. At this period Mr. Pearson wanted to pho- tograph her as a specimen Puerto Rican dairy maid, but she protested she would not be photographed unless ‘‘dressed up,’’ and having nothing to dress up in he missed as fine a shot as presented itself in the whole journey. The process of making accounted for the flavor of the butter. When it reached what the woman considered a favorable stage for butter, she put it into a jar with a tight lid and ‘‘joggled’’ it into butter. The result was not worthy the effort. When she tired of this method of buttermaking she put the liquid in atin pail or anything else convenient and proceeded to agitate it with a spoon or paddle until the butter came. The milk, however, is of excellent flavor, except that it always has to be boiled to prevent its souring. —_——_* #2. — Education That Doesn’t Educate. A story which seems almost incredible comes from Paris. A school inspector was visiting a girls’ high school in a large provinicial city. He asked one of the pupils what sort of nutriment eggs contain and received the confident and correct reply, ‘‘ Nitro- genous.’’ Another pupil gave satisfac- tory answers to questions about various wild and domestic fowl. Then the inspector asked another pupil how long a ‘‘soft-boiled’’ egg should be cooked. The girl blushed, hesitated and finally stammered, ‘‘ Half an hour.’’ The inspector frowned and turned to the next girl, who replied, confidently : ‘* At least three-quarters of an hour.’’ The third girl thought an hour was necessary, while the fourth said that soft eggs were not cooked at all. These girls knew ail the ‘‘ologies,’’ but they couldn’t boil an egg. ——>_ 0. ___ It is no wonder that priests do not wed after women religiously confess their imperfections to them. Time’s Changes in Timepieces. The almost total disappearance of the old-fashioned ‘‘bull’seye’’ silver watches is a source of wonderment to even some watch dealers. It is practically impos- sible to pick up one now among them. A reporter made the rounds of the watch, pawn and junk shops last week in quest of one of these old timepieces and did not find it. One dealer said he knew where a single specimen was, but later admitted that the owner either had sold or lost it. A veteran watchmaker, who can make a watch by hand, in re- ferring to the disappearance of the ‘*bull’seye,’’ said: ‘It is only natural, I suppose, that they should disappear. None of them were first-class timepieces—I mean that the best of them would vary as much as a minute a week. The cheaper ma- chine-made watches keep better time and cost less. The first of these old ‘bull-seye’ carried the regulation Virdge movement. One hundred years ago the Virdge watches were carried by all business men. Later the English watch- makers made ‘bull’seyes’ with improve- ments on the Virdge movement. I haven’t seen a Virdge for two or three years. As a matter of fact, those old- fashioned, key-winding silver watches are worth only what the silver in the cases amounts to. The metal represents about a dollar in value. The works are worthless. Only one ortwo small wheels are taken out by the dealer. Sometimes they are useful in repairing family heirlooms. Whatare they worth? Why, nothing at all as timepieces. The best way to get one is to keep on enquiring among the grandfathers and great uncles until you run across one, and then beg it or buy it. Itis practically worthless, except as a relic.’’ TT Never Too Late. ‘I’m eighty years and never smoked in my life.’’ ‘‘Well, don’t get discouraged; you probably will afterward.’’ ° To Our Country Trade Last year we had a splendid suc- @® cess in offering our country tradea @ ® package whiteware, which was just ® the thing for Harvest trade. That @ is what the farmer wants, good @ ® solid whiteware the least ® money. Goods which can stand a @ tumble and prices can’t be beaten. 9 We Offer for This Month Only ¢ Shipped direct, or any timein July, ® from factory: © 10 doz. Alpine shape handled . e = o a ° N 5 ° > ee = 5 ® nm my & 3 ® = a . 8inch Round Nappies. 96 . 9inch Round Nappies. 1 44 . Covered Chambers.... 3 84 doz. 1% pint Bowils........... 64 doz. § inch Platters. ........ 80 doz. 10 inch (11144) Platters. 1 44 aac ooo NNN zn Re eR ee Price for above first-class goods without package We can furnish the same package in second selection for $14.89, making 12 cups and 12 saucers 53 cents and the din- ner plates 42 cents a dozen, ete. We have 50 packages. before they are all gone Every piece is embossed and is ® not the cheap looking old styleg ® cable shape. i Write for special whiteware cat- @ alogue. $18.08 SSSeeesesoesooesss ° a Q. oO = o Do ° = = NSERESS FS SOSSSeeoeeooeeeeseesosooeseoeess DeYoung & Schaafsma, General Agents in Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Corner Canal and Lyon Streets, (Second Floor) Grand Rapids, Mich. Order your jelly tumblers and ® @ common tumblers now. All the @ ® glassware factories shut down ® July 1. $ OODOVDDGDHODOHHOHOHHGHHDOOHOGOGD Warm Weather Nothing is more appre- ciated on a hot day than a substantial fan. Espe- cially is this true of coun- try customers who come to town without provid- ing themselves with this necessary adjunct to com- fort. We have a large line of these goods in fancy shapes and unique designs, which we _ fur- nish printed and handled as follows: We can fill orders on five hours’ notice if necessary, but don’t ask us to fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it. Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Michigan 8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Micncangpavesman Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Communications invited from practical business men. oe must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mall matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that yot saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Ep:tTor. WEDNESDAY, = - JULY 10, 1901. County of Kent - John DeBoer, being du poses and says as follows: am pressman in the office of the Tradesman Company and have charge of the presses and folding machine in that establishment. I printed and folded 7,000 copies of the issue of July 3, Igo1, and saw the edition mailed in the usual manner. And further deponent saith not. John DeBoer. Sworn and subscribed before me, a notary public in and for said county, this sixth day of July, Igor. Henry B. Fairchild, Notary Public in ati Kent County, Mich. STATE OF of Kent f y sworn, de- THE TARIFF WAR WITH RUSSIA. The retaliatory action of Russia, precipitated by the imposition of a countervailing duty on Russian sugar entering this country, is beginning to attract widespread attention, and is’ be- ing closely watched by all the foreign governments. The course our Govern- ment will pursue in response to Russia’s very pronounced and uncompromising spirit is being awaited with keen anx- iety. Should the Washington Govern- ment weaken and seek to compromise with Russia, by withdrawing the coun- tervailing duty or the tax on _paraffine, all the European countries who are fighting us in a quiet way on economic grounds will understand that the enter- ing wedge destined to break down our tariff policy has been successfully en- tered,and they will not be slow in back- ing up Russia's position by demands on their own part. Even those interests that at first weak- ly denounced Secretary Gage for doing his plain duty in assessing a counter- vailing duty are now less pronounced in applauding Russia’s course. Even they realize that a recession on our part after Russia’s uncompromising attitude would break down our entire tariff policy. If it should be admitted by us that it is wrong to place a countervailing duty on Russian sugar, all the European coun- tries will demand that we remove the countervailing duties from their sugars, and they would be acting strictly under their treaty rights, we having guaran- teed favored-nation treatment to all of them. That Russia pays an indirect bounty on exports of sugar there can be no doubt whatever, even the Russian gov- ernment tacitly admitting the fact. The claim made by the Russian Minister of Finance, that the United States can not be permitted to interpret Russian eco- nomic laws, is not to the point, as there can be no denying our absolute right to be sole judge of our own economic in- terests, and to place tariffs where we see fit, either to provide revenue or to protect our own industries, provided al- ways that we do not discriminate be- tween foreign countries having friendly relations with us. In immediately raising duties on American manufactures and certain other American products 30 per cent., Russia did more than merely offset our action in enforcing the countervailing duty on sugar. This excessive retalia- tion showed clearly Russia’s animus in the matter. The whole thing looks like a studied attempt to drive American goods out of Russian markets in the in- terest of Russian goods, and the coun- tervailing duty was merely seized upon as a pretext. For the United States to recede one jot from its present attitude would be a great mistake, as we would no sooner compromise matters with Russia than we would have fresh demands made on us by other European powers which in the light of the Russian concession it would be difficult, if not impossible, to refuse, There are comparatively few manu- facturing establishments on the Pacific coast. Of course, there is the great ship-building industry, but there are not anything like the diversified number of plants there that can be found all through the Eastern and Middle States, One of the reasons assigned has always been the difficulty of obtaining fuel at anything like a reasonable price. The rates demanded for coal even of an in- ferior quality are almost prohibitive. The discovery of oil in large quantities at various points in that State has been a great thing for California and will help its industrial enterprises immense- ly. For example, it is reported that the Southern Pacific Railway and other steam roads in the State are going to so arrange their engines that they can use petroleum for fuel and that thereby $5,000,000 can be saved annually. Both the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe sys- tems run through the richest oil bear- ing country and can transport the petrol- eum as easily as the Eastern trains bring coal from Pennsylvania. If the fuel problem can be settled satisfactorily the West can rightfully be expected to enter the list and be a competitor in all manufacturing industries. ee The inventors are directing their at- tention to the automobile in the belief that it is to have a permanent place and is not a passing fad. The number of applications that are being received for patents on devices for automobiles is so great that it has been found necessary to have five special examiners on this work in the patent office. Four separate divisions have been organized to which are referred patent papers, according to the specific kind of patent that is de- manded. One division handles electric motors, another steam motors, another gas and acetylene motors and another looks out for the compressed air motors. It is very seldom that the rush of busi- ness for a certain division is so great as to cause an increase in the number of special examiners or to bring about the establishment of additional divi- sions. One special examiner is ordinar- ily able to take care of all applications relating to one branch of work. An exchange says of the man who was found in a Kentucky distiller’s vat : ‘‘ Although he had been drowned for at least four days he was still in good spirits.’’ THE NATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC. Captain Manney of the warship Mass- achusetts has called down upon his de- voted head the reproof of the Navy De- partment. In order to save time and coal he has had the audacity to take his ship through Hell Gate, although it has long been a conceded fact that the act accomplished is something that can- not be done with a warship. In vain the captain pleads that a ship three times as large as the Massachusetts goes through that channel twice every day in the year. Vainly he states the fact that it took six minutes to shoot the gate, while the other way consumes hours. The powers that be shudder as they read of the captain’s rashness and frowningly declare that the act must not be re- peated. It is safe to say that the opinion of ‘“the powers’’ will not receive the sanc- tion of the country at large. Too much depends upon it. The historic past, the eventful present, the possible and the probable future of the American Na- tion—all are too closely connected with Captain Manney’s action to allow the decision of the Navy Department to be taken too seriously. The act is too American for that; and, while the de- partment, in the name of the American people, forgets its Americanism and shudders at what might have been, the spirit of the Western World, a-throb with the energy that has made the United States the foremost Nation of the earth, applauds the man that crowds hours into minutes, saves coal as wel] as time and proclaims the National characteristic of an early ‘‘get there’’ whatever be the obstacle opposing him. Look at it as we may it is this crowd- ing of hours into minutes that has started the wonderful material prospe- rity of this country. A single industry will serve as an illustration: The meth- ods of Tubal Cain obtained until the ironworkers of this country displaced them. The wants of the industrial world became too great for Tubal’s hammer and Tubal’s muscle. The ex- acting customer insisted on the doing of the job while he waited and the work- man’s wit found means to satisfy the want. The earth was to be girdled many times around with steel and Besse- mer, crowding hours into minutes, made the seemingly impossible pos- sible. Time and distance have been wellnigh annihilated. The needle has been taken from the fingers of the seam- stress and the scythe rusts in the apple tree where it has been hanging for years. ‘‘The longest way around’’ is no longer ‘‘the shortest way home;’’ and even the lover,for whom the maxim was first expressed, will commend the action of the naval captain and write down the Navy Department as a gath- ering of ‘‘has beens’’ who have long outlived their usefulness. ‘‘Hours into minutes,’’ mutters the up-to-date clergyman as he puts a final period to his twenty-minute sermon—to the betterment of his hearers. ‘‘ Both methods are certain,’’ says the modern physician as he finishes his diagnosis. “*The old way takes six weeks or more; but by a little ether and a few strokes of the knife I can make it a matter of days.’’ ‘‘Matches, you hayseed! Turn that -knob and don't bother about flint and tinder and gas! We live in an age of improvement.’’ ‘‘Hours into min- utes,’’ exclaims the business man at his desk as he talks with his fellows all over the city and all over the country through the phone. And yet when Captain Manney made a practical application of ’ the Nation’s motto at Hell Gate the de- partment ‘‘turned him down!’’ The fact is, the captain is an Ameri- can, and so could not help it. There was the opportunity, he simply im- proved it; and his success is a confir- mation of popular opinion on both sides of the sea. He is one of millions ready to do the same thing when the first chance offers; and there centers the whole idea. We may talk about indus- try and perseverance and determination and courage and the spirit of ‘‘never give up;’’ the Yankee wit, with its tire- less and ingenious jackknife, shall have all due praise and they shall be the servants, all of them, of a phenomenal mental quickness; but it is only when these work harmoniously together that the best results are obtained—results that fairly illustrate the National char- acteristic: crowding hours into minutes and getting there with the smallest ex- penditure of money and time. RURAL LAUNDRY SCHEME. There has been notable progress in the methods of every American voca- tion. One man can do more work and do it easier now than half a century ago. Machines help where formerly handwork was essential. The condition of all classes is materially improved. These facts apply to the men of no other calling more than to the farmers. The mowing machine, the reaper and_har- vester, the sulky plow, the horse fork and a score of other improved imple- ments will be thought of by every reader, The farmer rides where for- merly he walked, and every year sees new inventions in agricultural machin- ery. Added to this are the advantages of rural free delivery whereby the morn- ing paper and the day’s mail are brought to the farmer’s door promptly. All these advantages are enjoyed and appreciated. It is noticeable and to be regretted that modern invention has not been as helpful to the farmer’s wife as to the farmer. It is true that the cheese fac- tory, the creamery’and the milk station have relieved that good woman of much work and worry, and likewise they have divided the profits. As yet, however, there is no machine for building a fire or making a breakfast, for washing the dishes or getting the dinner. It is true there are various devices called wash- ing machines and wringers and that sort of thing to make the laundry work lighter, but it is heavy enough yet, and the ironing, as ever, must be done by hand, Then there is the sewing and the mending and all the other little odd jobs which give foundation for the line that ‘‘man’s work is from sun to sun, but woman’s work is never done.’’ An original suggestion in this connection comes from a man named Frost, of Wis- consin, a man in public life, by the way, perhaps mindful of the adage that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, seeking thereby to become pop- ular with the women as the surest way to secure the votes of the men. He be- lieves that rural laundries established in small hamlets and at country four corners, gathering up the washing from all the region around, doing it, as well as the ironing,at reasonable rates, would make the life of the farmer's wife more endurable and more attractive. His idea is to be put into practical opera- tion, and if it succeeds it will prove pop- ular in all the agricultural regions. No matter how loose the engagement ring may be, the diamond never slips around on the inside of a girl’s finger. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 BACK WOODS STORE. Unique Methods of Owner to Attract and Hold Trade. Hank Waidner had a little store over at Slab Siding several years ago and goods ran through it like grain through a threshing machine. Tea, calico, cod- fish, lamp chimneys, pickles, straw hats and buck saws came inat the back door, were churned up in indescribable con- fusion and finally went out through the front entrance more or less the worse for wear, Hank wasn’t very particular himself and had little use for anyone that was. He had worked on a farm, knocked around the lumbering camps, driven logs on the rivers in the spring and trapped and hunted between times. He had no fixed place of abode until after he married, and then used his house merely as a shelter from the inclemen- cies of the seasons and asa place to lodge and eat his meals. How he managed to get into the busi- ness of selling goods was always a mys- tery to me, but I used to drop in there whenever | happened to go to Slab Sid- ing, and I never failed to spend a pleas- ant half hour in his store. Hank bought all the butter that came his way. He had the produce trade of that section, for no one ever entered his place with anything to sell and got away without some sort of an offer for it. He paid little attention to market prices, depending more upon an _ instinctive knowledge of the worth of things, and he hit it off pretty well on an average, too. He used to pay fifteen cents for the vilest butter extant, right straight along, when other merchants offered but ten or twelve for the very best. He would let it stand around the store in any old place, if it happened to be in jars, and the roll butter he dumped into an empty barrel or a convenient box or put it under the counter among the odd- est assortment of merchandise that ever collected in the store of a back woods freak. Nobody knew just how he man- aged his butter, but sell it he did, and seemed to get enough for it to encourage him to continue the business. He knew every lumbering camp wiih- in thirty miles and drove all over the country disposing of his produce. He had regular customers who waited for him and bought all the supplies they could on his periodical trips. He had a system of his own that held trade. For instanice, if he had on hand a lot of butter that cost fifteen cents and the price had risen until it was worth twenty-five, he supplied his regular camp trade at about twenty cents, while those who only bought from him at in- tervals,or when they could get this class of goods nowhere else, he charged well up toward the market price—usually a little less. In this way he gave them a slight advantage over what other dealers charged, and usually brought them around to where, at last, he could num- ber them among his regular customers. Hank kept the worst arranged and the most untidy store in the North Woods. Iwas there just after the arrival of a lot of new goods, and will never forget the jumble his stock was in. A case of lamp chimneys had been opened in the center of the middle aisle and was partly unpacked. A lot of marsh hay had been pulled out of the box and scat- tered the length of the store. Every time- Hank or one of his assistants tramped by he helped to distribute it over a still wider area. Part of the chimneys were piled on the counter near by. Five or six jars of butter and a tub of lard stood on the floor among the litter and a stray dog that happened along was kicked away for licking at one of the jars. Several pairs of long leather boots, together with a heap of plow castings, reposed serenely in a heap near the stove. The counters were piled up with hat boxes and their scattered contents—bolts of partly rolled ribbons and laces, pieces of crumpled prints, cotton and ‘‘fulled cloth,’’ botties of patent medicine, skeins of home spun yarn, and coon and muskrat skins. The shelves were cluttered with every description of wares, with no attempt at arrangement or classification. Hank said he liked to have things handy, and when he took the cover off a box of soap he left the package wher- ever it happened to be. If the most con- venient place at the time was the top of a file of horse feed in sacks, there it would remain until the exigencies of trade demanded its removal so that the feed could be sold. It was all groceries with Hank. If tobacco, starch, cheese and sugar were groceries, so also were ginghams, shoes, cotton batting, carriage bolts and _plas- tering hair. People went there because Hank was a pleasant fellow, sold at low prices and bought their farm truck when no one else would. And no matter how badly the goods were mixed in his store, he usually managed to dig up whatever was wanted and send his customers on their way fairly well satisfied. Early in his business career Hank had managed to acquire a mortgage on his stock. Things went on satisfactor- ily until the town grew a little and he found that he could buy goods cheaper than from the firm that held the claim. So he gave a traveling man an order for a small lot of groceries. The house wrote him for a statement. That made Hank pretty mad; but, after thinking it over a few days, he filled out and re- turned the blank, and looked for the goods along in a short time. But he re- ceived instead a letter saying that, ow- ing to the mortgage, it would be im- possible to make shipment as requested without some sort of a guarantee about the pay; that it was a small matter any- way and if Mr. Waidner would send a draft for $58.65 they would hustle the stuff out. Hoping he would see the jus- tice of this view of the matter, and _ so- liciting his valued orders in the future, they were, etc. When Hank read this he went up in the air. It made him feel sore all over. At first he was mad at the firm that sent the letter, with a little left over for their traveling man. Then he cussed luck generally and finally settled down toa calm, steady hatred of the people who held the mortgage on his stock. So he decided that the debt should be paid, and paid just as soon as possible. He began by cutting down expenses wherever he could. He lived cheaply, went barefooted, wore fifty cent overalls, shaved himself, had his wife cut his hair, collected every penny possible, reduced his stock in a few places and at last found himself in possession of the seven hundred fifty odd dollars needed to obliterate the debt. As soon as the money was secured he took a train for the city and, clad in his everyday regimentals, walked into the office of the grocery house that held the mortgage, paid up, took a receipt and a discharge of the obligation and started to go out. Halfway to the door he was hailed by a beautifully attired young man who was anxious to talk business with him and take his order for goods. Hank looked him over for a moment, then, with a depth of con- tempt and scorn that sounds weak in print, ejaculated : ‘*Take it away !’’ He was allowed to retire. After hunt- ing up a rival concern he bought a few goods, made arrangements for a line of credit without the obnoxious chattle mortgage feature and hurried away. Hank intended to go home immedi- ately, but, having several hours to wait for a train, employed his time wander- ing about in the retail district. He be- gan to have a glimmering that business methods were at variance with those in vogue at Slab Siding and, strange as it may seem, really began to get ideas. He noticed that the stores with the best trimmed windows, heaps of well-dis- played goods and prices prominently attached seemed to be having the largest trade. Hank did not understand beauty, but he could appreciate customers, so he began making notes. He hung around until the last train had gone,and he had to stay over night in conse- quence ; but when he finally got back to Slab Siding he was as full of new no- tions as a girl fresh from boarding school. Next time I drove through there I was surprised at the changes that had taken place in Hank’s front windows. They were small and illy arranged, but for the first time they bloomed with a crude attempt at the display of goods. One was decorated with canned _ goods, calico, butter, codfish and axle grease, while the other bristled with corn plant- ers, rubber boots, mopsticks, tobacco, picnic hams and kerosene cans. Every article was ticketed with the selling price—a rank innovation at Waidner’s —and the figures looked as though a section hand had printed them with a coupling pin dipped in coal tar. I went inside and the first thing I no- ticed was a sign that read, ‘‘my own Raisin of pitaters 30c a bu.’ That was pretty good, I thought, but there were more, they were scattered all over the shop: ‘‘1o yard of caliker fer 59c But- tons throwed in;’’ ‘‘dride apples 15 pound fer a dollar.’’ ‘‘Solt pork 7c my own packin’.’’ Hank was busy. He said he had been busy ever since he got back from the city and then he told me all about his trip. Whenever trade was slack, instead of sitting on a boot case jam- ming wind with the natives, he put in his time ‘‘fixin’ up things’’ about the store. He asked me if I saw any im- provement and I had to admit that | did. Compared with its former dirty and chaotic condition, his store really seemed quite neat and orderly. Folks laughed at him some, but, if they came to see his peculiar decora- tions and read his mirth-provoking signs, they stayed to buy and so long as they did that Hank was satisfied. He said if there was money in the show business he ‘‘might ez well hev some uv it ez to let Forepaugh an’ Barnum git it all.’’ During the five years following this change Hank made considerable money in a small way, and when one day he had a chance to close out the business at a fair price he jumped at the oppor- tunity, retired to his farm and is now taking things easy. He lends a little money, goes fishing frequently, drives a crack carriage team and, speaking broadly, does pretty much as _ he likes. George L. Thurston. Label the Men. Some of the ‘‘unattached"’ of the more numerous sex are casting about for influence with the legislators look- ing tothe labeling of the male creature. Briefly, these estimable young women want the man who is married and the man who is about to be married to wear such announcement of his condition as will inform all the world. As they log- ically put it: ‘‘When a girl is engaged she wears an engagement ring, doesn’t she? And when a girl is marired she wears a wed- ding ring, doesn’t she?’’ There seems to be no appeal from these direct state- ments. ‘‘ Well, then,’’ goes on the fem- inine, ‘‘why give the man an advantage? Why allow him privileges denied a woman? Why permit him to galivant all over the face of the habitable globe,displaying his manly charms and captivating the girl who is willing to be captivated, and then bringing tears and sorrow into her sweet young life by the discovery that he is mortgaged goods? ‘‘When a girl wears an engagenient ring it constitutes a ‘hands off’ sign to all mankind, with one exception. When she wears a wedding ring, it ought to constitute such a sign, and generally does. But there is no such safeguard in the case of the man. He may dance all evening witha new girl and lead her out to the porch and tell her all she has known ever since she knew anything relative to her prettiness and the shell- like pinkness of her little ear, and a good deal more in the same lines, and she, poor, innocent, confiding thing, will believe him and let her young fancy turn to thoughts of engagement. And all the time he may be engaged to another girl, or married, for all she knows. **That’s where the girl is at a disad- vantage. The man ought to be com- pelled by act of legislature to wear a ring.’”’ en es Quick Work Might Solve It. A lady was recently reading to her young son the story ofa little fellow whose father was taken ill and died, after which he set himself diligently to work to assist in supporting himself and his mother. When she had finished the story, she said: ‘‘Now, Tommy, if pa were to die, wouldn’t you work to keep mamma?’’ ““Why, no,’’ said the little chap, not relishing the idea of work. ‘‘What ~ Ain’t we got a good house to live m?”’ **Oh, yes, my dear,’’ said the mother, ‘““but we can’t eat the house, you know.’’ ‘‘Well, ain’t we got plenty of things in the pantry?’’ continued the young hopeful. “‘Certainly, dear,’’ replied the mother, ‘‘but they wouldn’t last long, and what then?’’ *‘Well, ma,’’ said the young incor- rigible, after thinking a moment, ‘‘ain’t there enough to last until you get another husband?’’ Ma gave it up. —~>_4.>__ Hard To Please. “‘] can’t get on with woman at all.’’ **What’s the trouble?’’ **Oh, she gets mad when I say she’s mature; and she gets mad when I say she’s immature.’’ ——->_0 > The Effect and the Cause. ‘‘Isn’t the American eagle married, daddy?’’ ‘“‘Why do you ask such a foolish ques- tion?’’ ‘* "Cause he’s bald.’’ ——_> 0. Safe and Sure. First M. D.—I don’t believe in try- ing experiments, do you? second M. D.—No, not unless you are sure the patients will recover. that young * Se MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clothing Over the Original Shirt- Waist Man. It is estimated that in the warehouses of Boston to-day there are 300,000 shirt- waists. John Call McDonald, who is supposed to be the first shirtwaist man —some say he is the inventor of that garment—tells a Boston paper how he came to wear the shirtwaist. ‘You see, it was just like this: I had been playing golf a great deal that year, and often found my coat in the way. It was cumbersome and warm, and prevented the free swing of my arms. There were ladies in the parties as a rule, and to play with my coat off was impolite; with my coat and vest off, impossible, of course. To be po- lite yet cool, that was the problem. 1 tried to solve it one afternoon. I suc- ceeded. My boy was playing about the field. He seemed to be enjoying him- self. The heat didn’t distress him. He was lightly, yet sufficiently clad. He wore a blouse. I had an idea. Why not a blouse for a man? I designed such a garment the following day. I called it a shirtwaist. Effeminate? Not at all. It’s funny, though, that some years ago, women objected to the term, shirtwaist, because it was man- nish, and now men object to the same term because it’s effeminate.’’ ee oS Michael Duffy, who resides in a man- sion situated on the Bowery, New York City, and who is the Czar in charge of the elevator in a large Broadway office building, scouts the idea that Mr. Mc- Donald is the first shirtwaist man. He claims that distinction not only for him- self but for his father. His remarks, when translated from South Third avenue dialect into English, were about as follows: ‘‘ This talk about the shirt- waist man makes me sick. You'd think that he was something new. The fact is that he is as old as the hills. Why, I remember my father’s apparel, when I was a boy. He wasa shirtwaist man, pure and simple, although he didn’t fill the papers up with a lot of rot about himself. He didn’t play golf, either. He drove an ice-cart and nota golf ball. He always wore a shirtwaist during the summer, generally of some quiet pattern, either figured or large blue checks, and as for keeping his coat off, and his vest also, he never thought of doing other- wise. Even if there were ladies pres- ent, he would keep his coat off, and they did not think any the worse of him. Sometimes he would be real swell, and wear suspenders when company was present, but that only very seldom, and was generally done after an argument with his wife, he saying that he did not like all those ‘dudish notions.’ As far as wearing a belt—well, I. never found any one brave enough to suggest it to him. But the fact remains that he was a shirtwaist man, long before all the swells about whom the papers are filling their valuable space, and still he did not get his name into print, or his pic- ture in the paper.’’ * *K * Hop Sing who keeps a laundry on Mott street, New York, insists that the shirtwaist man is by no means an inno- vation. Thousands of years ago before the ‘‘ Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave’’ was discovered, his country- men, he asserts, wore shirtwaists, and the press of his country underwent the same controversy that is now taking place in this country. After a while a compromise took place, and the gar- Controversy ment that they now wear, which is nothing but a modification of the shirt- waist, was the established shirtwaist of the country. He claims that his people were the original shirtwaist men. He also believes that it is only a question of time when the American will adopt the same kind of cool, comfortable, and every bit as neat and genteel trousers worn by his countrymen. *x* * * There are so many claimants who say that they were the first shirtwaist men that it is difficult to say who was really the original shirtwaist man. Some people say that the true definition of the shirtwaist man is a man who does not wear a coat or vest during the sum- mer. If that is the case, we unhesitat- ingly pronounce Father Adam to be the first shirtwaist man, beyond the shadow of a doubt. ——_—_~>2.—___ Danger From Dust. The care of stock is the thing we have particularly in mind this time. The damage to business done by neglect and the disposition to do no more than is absolutely necessary reaches to an incalculable amount every year and would be astounding if it could be brought down to the point of figures and put before the eyes of the merchants of the country. No matter how little the waste may be in individual spots or how small the damage, the aggregate of all these trifles in all the stores in the coun- try is enormous—it is entirely safe to say that it is greater than the losses by fire, bankruptcy or pilfering. While it is entirely true that much of this loss is, in a way, unavoidable and difficult to prevent, it is -also true that much more of it, an amount always worth saving and looking after, and a leakage of very large proporticns in every store, can be prevented by the simplest of means and the most ordinary care. The biggest enemy of merchandise is dust ; it does more damage and causes more cut prices than any other thing the merchant has to contend with, unless it may be fashion, and that has no walk- over. Dust alone, well ground in, can take a 20 per cent. slice from the price of a fine garment or piece of goods without fuss or further trouble. Dust combined with a little moisture will make a smut that destroys more than the profiton hundreds of pieces of light and delicate fabrics every year. Much of this is hardly avoidable and it is, in- deed, hard to see any way out of the difficulty, but a very great amount can be saved if the disposition and pur- pose is manifested to do it and it is then carried through. > 42>__ Braid on Men’s Dress. It is said that braid is again being used on coats coming from London and made up by the first-class custom tailors in the vicinity. The frock and morning coats,as well as evening clothes and dinner jackets, have for the most part been finished without braid on the edges. If this authority is correct, it will be a decided and undesired inno- vation. ——>-4+->—___ To Clean Straw Hats. It is said there is nothing better than pure lemon to remove stains from straw hats. If caught in the rain, a good way to make the brim flat again is to stand some heavy books on it, and then leave it out in the sun. Ask to see Samples of Pan-American Guaranteed Clothing Makers Wile Bros. & Weill, Buffalo, N. Y. ~ Owe sn. Ws “ys \*, M. Wile & Company | Buffalo’s Famous and ph Largest Clothing House Cordially invite the Clothing Trade and their friends to make their establishment, at 48 and 50. Pearl their stay in Buffalo while attending the ex- street, their headquarters during Co deo sei ital , ae a position. All possible conveniences are provided for, such as rooms, a) egg , information bureau—in fact, every detail which will tend make your stay pleasant. We Shall Be Pleased to Have Our Friends Take Advantage of the Same % ,- ,. s . (- . ‘. we. a. ar, a. sn You are all right when 1 you buy right goods right. x Sterling Overalls ( ~ —~aahe ( Are right. The prices are right and our hi 4 shipments are right. You better write o Morris W. Montgomery Lansing, Michigan Overalls, Shirts, Coats, Etc. cr 7 S 7% a el 7 — . \_ We will furnish (to clothing dealers only), our hand- somely illustrated Fall and Winter sample book.show- ing a big assortment of cloth samples representingour {| & fo 9 Boy’s and Children’s Ready-to-Wear Clothing, enabling you to select your season’s order and and present requirements as mY thoroughly as though selected from our enormous wholesale stock, Sample Book ready for distribution July 15th. Limited issue. Order the book new to ect’ 4 prevent disappointment. You can doa large profitable business with it. | DAVID M. PFAELZER & CO., “erst azutacturse be CHICAGO, ae ieee ors. >»: # _ ea Ae at ea YY 7 ne ‘2 r | ae a + 4 y he r y te r a aa r \ ' 7 eae > 4 Yr ‘ -nnetemastaninasanncigl , & _of business is being transacted. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 Dry Goods Weekly Market Review of the Principal Staples. Staple Cottons—Brown sheetings and drills demand attention in four-yard weights and lighter. Bleached cottons show no price changes, but the tone is firm on all grades, and a fair amount Wide sheetings in several prominent lines have been entirely cleaned up. Cotton flannels show a business for export at current prices, but both flannels and blankets for home trade are quiet. Col ored cottons are firm, and show a tend- ency towards hardening. Ticks have received an exceptional amount of at- tention during the week, and stocks of all varieties have been reduced consid- erably, and at the same time prices have been increased on several lines. Exporters have secured many goods, and many mills are now working entire- ly on orders. Prints and Ginghams—There has been but small change in the condition of printed calicoes since our last report. The general demand is well sustained. It has been steady and of good-sized proportions, staple lines being in chief request. In some quarters where stocks have been large, they now report them as well reduced, each day showing some styles withdrawn. In some cases where advances have not been openly made, discounts have been shortened. Buy- ing for export has cleaned up some styles which home trade neglected. The tone in the market for staples is firm throughout. Fancy calicoes. have now assumed a satisfactory condition, and dark work is reported as well under contract. Printed and woven napped fabrics are in moderate request. at pre- vious prices. The gingham division is firm, and the average demand reported. Dress Goods—The condition of the dress goods market is in striking con- trast with that of the men’s wear fabric market. The dress goods market is dis- couragingly dull, and there is little to indicate that an early improvement of moment is to be expected. The dupli- cate orders that are coming in are of small proportions, running almost en- tirely to plain goods lines, which are already in a well-sold position. The jobbers are getting some fair orders, but they are not of such a character as to lead them to place duplicate orders of consequence. In fact, the initial dress goods market is absolutely devoid of features. Skirtings—The developments of the skirting end of the business have not been of a particularly striking charac- ter. The relative position of the plaid back and the through and through fabric for the season is still involved in doubt, both having their adherents. Nothing has developed during the week to put the plaid back ina more favorable light. There is some little business doing in reversibles, but a better interest is shown in single face goods. The demand does not favor goods of extreme weight, as was the case a year ago, 15 to 18 ounces being the most sought weight at this time. Skirting agents have experienced a demand for striped flannels for quick delivery for warm weather wear—goods costing within the range of 40 cents to $1, having black and dark gray back- grounds, with semi-invisible chalk lines. The flannel as a skirting fabric is probably only a passing fad, but fads are often the means of supplying man- facturers with good orders. Underwear—The underwear market continues to show an improved condi- tion, so far as both the retail and job- bing ends are concerned. The weather conditions have been such as to move the lightweight stocks so that the retail- ers have been obliged to replenish from the jobbers and it is a significant fact that the word ‘‘rush’’ is printed in large letters on many of these orders. Even now, early as it is, a number of the best patterns in fancy underwear are entirely out of the jobbers’ hands, while special lots, even in strictly plain goods, are found in quantities few and far be- tween. The prediction made early in the season that there was the probability of a shortage promises now to prove true, although, of course, the extent of this shortage can not by any means be determined yet. This much is sure, however, and retailers in many cases will be obliged to accept substitutes for what they want and at stiff prices. Hosiery—Once more the prospects in the hosiery end of the market have brightened for the manufacturers and agents, but things are looking rather strained for the retailer. Fancy hos- iery has been ordered to such an extent in the past two weeks that assortments are getting very much broken. If the retailer's stock is getting low, he may find it rather hard to replenish, especial- ly among the desirable patterns and neat effects. It seems as though the hot weather had created a demand for the open work styles, such as had never he- fore been known, both fos men’s and women’s hosiery. The bulk of these goods are solid colors with a little open work on the front. Combination of open work and colored stripes, while promi- nent enough in some sections, are large- ly neglected in others. As the fall sea- son develops, it is evident that almost aS much is expected for fancies as for spring. Embroidered patterns, how- ever, will be quieter. Both vertical and horizontal stripes promise to be in evidence, the latter growing more popu- lar as time advances, Carpets—New orders are continually being received by the carpet manufac- turers in fairly good sized lots. While present business conditions in this mar- ket are not as favorable as in other years, yet the market is in a far better state than it was a year go. So far the bulk of the orders received have been for the cheaper grades of carpets, such as ingrains, jutes or granites, etc. The 34 goods have not shown up as well as was expected. The medium grades, such as tapestries and body Brussels, have had a fair amount of new business, but the finer grades, such as velvets and fine Brussels, have not received much of the buyers’ attention. It is believed, however, that the usual demand for these goods will begin to be noticed very shortly. Rag carpets continue to sell in fairly large numbers. Rugs—The Smyrna rug business is exceptionally active, due to the strong demand from the public who are so- journing at the seashore and in the country. The large or carpet sized rugs have the most call, although the smaller sizes sell readily. Wilton rugs, while not as attractive to the taste of the buy- ing public as the Smyrna rugs, aré’sold in fair sized quantities. _ a The Ubiquitous Shirt Waist. Whether the poor, sweltering men will ever be allowed the luxury of shirt waists or not, it is certain that women, having once experienced their many advantages, will never give them up. This summer they are more than ever to the fore, and are permissible at every function, so much so, that many fash- ionable women wear practically nothing else than a ‘‘shirt and skirt’’ in the way of a daytime costume all summer. Of course, these may vary in material and cost. Some silk and lace affairs from smart shirtmakers cost as much as $30 for a shirt, while $15 is not consid- ered extravagant; but whatever may be the material and cut the pattern is sub- Stantially the same, whether it is the simple homemade cotton shirt or a satin and lace confection from one of the ‘“‘best places.’’ This summer many of the shirts and skirts are made of the same material, and in plain tints of mauve, corn color, light blue and pale pink are exceedingly pretty, so that the white pique or duck skirt will not be so universally worn, although it will still be popular with colored shirts. But the smartest effect of all is pure white, and this year the name of pretty mate- rials which will serve equally well for shirts and skirts is legion. A newly ar- rived American, who has been living abroad for several years, remarked the other day that she was greatly struck by the difference between the women’s dress in the streets of New York and London, and that the comparison was greatly in favor of the former. Even in summer the New York women wear either dark or neutral tans and grays in the street, whereas in London white pique skirts, fussy muslin waists, and even sashes are seen worn by women who consider themselves smart. ‘‘It is very noticeable,’’ added our country- woman, ‘‘that American women seem to possess the Gallic sense of fitness which is so apparent in French women, and which many English women seem totally to-lack.’’ WE KNOW Of a dozen good reasons why you ought to look over our Fall line of Dry Goods and Men’s Furnishings. Our salesmen will tell you. = Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. Floor Oil Cloth Just received a large shipment of Floor Oil Cloth. the best assortment we ever had. The patterns are bright and attractive. The yard goods are 1, 2, a yard up. Rtas 3, A and 4 quality, from 18c The rugs are 2, 3, A and 4 quality, and 6x6 and 8x8 squares, P. STEKETEE & SONS, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Send Us Your Prices Right Or= ders G. H. GATES & CO., Detroit, Mich. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Rubbers Exhibitions of Snobbishness Which Buy- ers Should Avoid. The traveling salesman has many complaints to make about the condition of affairs in general in the shoe busi- ness, and more particularly about the treatment which he receives from the large dealers and department managers. Listening to a conversation hetween a number of the boys the other day, one thing which impressed me was what they considered a broad-minded shoe man, what they considered a_ success- ful business man and one who would live in the trade. Said one of them: ‘‘Perhaps one of the most repellent characters we meet during the day is one of the oldest members of a class of shoe men whom we all have assisted in putting in the position in which he is at present, and who now, because of his big head, absolutely refuses to do business with us, will not even look at our samples. ‘‘This class of men is entirely un- worthy of any consideration, and when I meet one I am always sure that he is to be short-lived and I look around for the man who very soon must take his place. I know that I lose business for the present. But I am figuring on the future, and I believe that when I am able to find the man who is eventually to fill his shoes, warm up to him and win his confidence, I will be amply _ re- paid for the business I lose at the pres- ent time. ‘‘The short-lived class of men play favorites; they never buy goods on their merits and nine out of ten are so susceptible to flattery that a shoe man of any ability will pass him by without a look. If you watch these men as closely as I have done, you will find that 50 per cent. of them eventually rank among the dishonest shoe men who are unable to secure a position of any kind where they are known. ** Another class of buyers who are also in disfavor, especially with the younger element of shoe drummers, are those who, after having had a position placed in their hands, absolutely refuse to do business with any one but the manufac- turer. The buyer imagines that his dis- counts are better and that his goods are far superior to the grade of shoes which he will receive if he gives the order to the salesman. More than that, he thinks that an extra per cent. is saved. **Let a man of this character come to me and tell me that his house insists on larger discounts, I will do all in my power to save him. My commission is 5 per cent. and I will willingly split it and hold his trade rather than to al- low it to slip through my fingers and have this man deal with the house di- rect. The moment he does this I begin to lose prestige, and the house has not the same faith in me that they had be- fore. *“We know that go per cent. of these people who tell us they must have greater discounts have never been pressed by the house for such conces- sions. The merchant is satisfied and it is only a grand-stand play that the buy- er is making in order to curry favor. If the extra discount were credited to the department, it would be all right; but when these discounts, instead of going to the department, assist in paying the office expenses, there is nothing in it for the buyer or the department which he represents. ‘‘Another point to be considered is the grade of the shoes. Very often man- ufacturers have allowed an extra dis- count toa merchant and taken it directly out of the shoes produced. The shoes are gummed up and finished just the Same as any that he has received be- fore; but, on the whole, the stock, the workmanship and the general shoemak- ing will lack 10 to 15 per cent. of that which was in the shoes before the extra discount was taken off.’’ Another one of the company said: ‘“‘T can call to mind a man who played favorites to such an extent that the goods of the whole department of one of the large department stores virtually were all made up in one house. This department has been the stepping-stone of the most successful buyers in the market; they had always done good business here and had distributed their orders among the best manufacturers in the country. ‘*But not so with the new arrival. He insisted on giving everything, from an infant’s shoe to a woman’s boot, bath slipper and fancy dress slipper, all to one manufacturer, with the result that in a little over a year he was tied up in such a manner that he found himself stranded and unable to move one way or the other. He could give no account- ing to the house for the lack of trade, with the result that at a day’s notice he was let out. ‘‘Now, you all know that any man manufacturing a line of shoes to sell at $3.50, and making a leader of this line, is bound to have that $3.50 appearance in any shoe that comes out of his fac- tory. Let him make shoes for which you are willing to pay $10, and that unmistakable stamp of $3.50 shoemak- ing is everywhere apparent. This is nothing but natural, as the same _ shoe- makers make the $3.50 shoes as make the $10 grades. It will run all the way through everything that comes out of that factory, with the result that none of the shoes are up to the mark of one who makes a specialty in one line. ‘“ There was a sameness in those chil- dren’s shoes, there was a sameness in the house shoes and in the evening slip- pers, so that when a woman felt dissat- isfied with one she was simply obliged to pass this department by and go some- where else. The same lasts were used, the slippers were made on the oxford lasts; the boots were also made over the same forms. You know what a contrast these goods must have been to shoes which had previously been in the de- partment, all made up by manufactur- ers who had made a specialty of a sin- gle branch of the business. ’’ A third salesman had this to say: ‘‘Yes, there is another style of shoe merchant that ought to be spoken of in the same class, and that is the man who is unwilling to look at samples. This class of buyer is bound to be narrow- minded and it is impossible for him to keep abreast of the times. He buys from a few manufacturers and anything they tell him is law; he considers them infallible and he never deigns to go out of the regular lines in order to see what any one else is doing. ‘The salesmen who carry lines which they feel are right endeavor, day after day and week after week, to get an in- terview with him; they spend their mornings and send down their cards; the messenger boy returns with the ster- eotyped answer, ‘nothing to-day.’ ‘I recall a man in one store in which I was especially anxious to land some of my shoes. For five months I called twice a week and sent my card into the If not Buy Bradley & Metcalf Co.’s Shoes and you buy the Best. Bradley & Metcalf Co. Milwaukee, Wis. They will make you friends. LEGGINGS Over Gaiters and Lamb’s Wool Soles. (Beware of the Imitation Waterproof Leg- ging offered ) Our price on Men’s Waterproof Legging, Tan or Black, per dozen........ b 00 Same in Boys’, above knee...... i Send us your advance order early before the rush is on. Send for Catalogue. HIRTH, KRAUSE &CO. MANUFACTURERS GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN SOS COSCO CSS CCCP CES Geo. H. Reeder & Co. Wholesale Boots and Shoes Grand Rapids, Mich. Qaagnnovrrreae) 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. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. If interested drop a postal to the house and one of our traveling men will be pleased to call on you. — (4g - a & Po ‘ & » Ba rhe iis elie e ; a re » LZ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 18 buyer. Every morning I received the same answer, ‘nothing to-day,’ until at last I became so desperate that I made up my mind that I would go in the de- partment and give the buyer a game of talk. Unfortunately, for the buyer at least, I reached there just as the owner was passing through and could hear my remarks. He stopped and listened and in my presence called the buyer to ac- count for not looking at the various lines of shoes which salesmen had to offer. ‘*The result was that three months after another buyer was installed and at the present time one of the largest ac- counts I hold in the city is with this same firm.’’—Shoe Retailer. a A Paradox Which Is Not Paradoxical. While at first blush a shoe is a_ shoe, still the manufacturing of them has grown to such enormous proportions, and manufacturers are s) continually vie- ing with each other in the quality, style, etc., that the kinds of shoes are almost innumerable, and one of the hardest problems a retailer has to solve is the one as to the kind or style to stock up with in laying out his plans for the coming seasun, To-day, more than ever, is the re- tailer brought face to face with the diffi- culty of handling customers who want a certain kind of shoe he doesn’t carry in stock. Ninety-nine times out of a hun- dred, the salesman of whom something is asked which is not in stock simply says that it is not in the store and dis- misses it from his mind. You may argue that you can’t sell what you haven't got, you are wrong, for it has been done time and again, and some of the best customers were gained and beld through selling them something not carried as a regular line. And that is one of the little things in which there may be very little actual monetary profit, but the pleasing of the customer, the courtesy with which his request is met, and the desire shown to accommodate him makes him a friend who will stick to you and your store. The moment you let a customer of that kind go out of your store and into some other in search of shoes wanted, you have lost the hold you had and given the other people a great big ad- vantage. Don’t doit. Sell him some- thing you haven’t in your possession. While it may be true that your com- petitor is no more liable to have it than you, by that very possibility you make his leaving your store more dangerous than if he could find the needed article at your neighbor’s. He will immedi- ately use the mail service to accommo- date his needs. He will order from some big city concern, with the in- evitable result that the next time he wants an uncommon article he’ll try the mail, eventually dropping you and your neighbors entirely when he wants some- thing out of the ordinary. It is very easy in the case of a man asking for a certain kind of shoe which you may not have in stock to offer to get it for him. And you have an ad- vantage in it the customer does not pos- sess. If he were to send in an order to some of the big factories advertising in the magazines he would only be able to order the shoes to a certain size and width, and if they didn’t fit when they arrived, he’d have lots of trouble to get the matter straightened out. Here is where you have an advan- tage. You can take his measure, noting any little peculiarity which has to be taken care of, and you can order a few pair on memorandum from the factory \ with the privilege of returning those not used When the shoes come in you can send for Mr. Customer, fit him out in his shoes, and he will go away smiling and happy,and firmly convinced that it pays to deal in a gentleman’s store, when he is treated as a gentleman by a gentle- man. To do what I have been preaching about will take time, correspondence, bother and trouble galore, perhaps, and you must calculate on expending about as much to obtain the goods as you will receive in payment for them, maybe more; that is it will cost you probably more than you will get out of it. On that calculation you will lose money, but that is not all to consider. While you lose money you wiil make trade that can not help but bring you back many times the cost. You may have to order shoes or whatever you are after from some retail store which will give you but a small discount from retail price, probably not enough to pay express charges and postage on correspondence. Do you think that is a reason why you should jump at the conclusion that there is really nothing in it and it won't pay to do it? You can reason out the answer your- self; but if you look at it in the proper light, I feel that you will come to the conclusion that the paradox is not so patadoxical as it at first seems.—Shoe | and Leather Facts. —_ Why Not Canvas Shoes? This summer the extremes in hot weather wear will be more common than ever before. A great many men will dispense with the coat and vest, and very few will wear the vest even if they retain the coat. The clothing will be made up of light flannels and white shirts, or if not white shirts, delicate blues and pinks, and the only ‘hot- look- ing object in the entire costume, as pictured by the fashion writer, will be the shoes, which said fashion writer has decreed must be of patent leather, with a heavy cap and broad, thick soles. These shoes are not at all suitable to the costume, which, from the straw hat down to the shoes, is the airiest and daintiest ever approved for men. There has already been mutiny in the rank and file of good dressers and a preference has been shown for tan shoes for summer wear. This preference has so manifested itself that shoe dealers fear that they are not going to be able to take care of this sudden shifting from a prescribed style. But the tan shoe does not go far enough toward making a perfect and an ideal midsummer costume. The white canvas shoe would. Not of the tennis style, with its hot rubber soile, or the baseball style, with its leather tips, heels and strips, but a fashionably made, pure white canvas shoe. No shoe material could be more fit- ting. Canvas is light, permits of thor- ough ventilation through the material itself, is easy on the feet, wears as well as leather and could be made in all leading styles. Canvas shoes in the tans, slates or white certainly would add to the appear- ance of the prevailing flannel suits and double the comfort of any summer cos- tume. A canvas shoe is readily kept clean, and no ovjections seem to be at hand that would argue against canvas shoes as very swell and very popular ar- ticles of footwear. “Black Cat” Plow Shoe will stand all sorts of hard wear. C. M. Henderson & Co. “Western Shoe Builders ” Chicago, Ill. OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLS? 6 Shoes must———__ Fit to Wear Our own make of shoes are made to fit, will therefore give the longest wear. e Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. ® @ Cf/eL/a Le LOLeLalOLYe2LOLe® ee ee Isbach Lights! elsbach Mantles Incandescent Gas Light and Gasoline Lamp Supplies of all kinds. Authorized Michigan Supply Depot for the genuine goods. Write for illustrated catalogue and wholesale prices to A. T. KNOWLSON, — Detroit. Michigan 233-235 Griswold Street. wa. SE OH or. OH a a ee a ae ee ae a ee BB OR. BSE Ga ee eR SR a eR. TE Town Lighting With Acetylene Abner Giant The only successful automatic generator for large lighting. Has an unlimited capacity. Has measured carbide feed, automatic residuum discharge and fresh water supply. 30, 50, 75, 100, 200, 350, 500, 1,000 light and town plants in opera- tion. Agents protected. Write for territory and terms to the trade. Call at our exhibit at Buffalo, Acetylene Building. The Abner Acetylene Gas Co., Cor. La Salle and Lake Sts., Chicago, Ill. A Shipped a knocked elegant rae design i Takes in first a combination class Cigar freight Case rate. No. 64 Cigar Case. Also made with Metal Legs. Our New Catalogue shows ten other styles of Cigar Cases at prices to suit any pocketbook. Corner Bartlett and South Ionia Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN gives them the one opportunity tobe felt in the war on those who violate the Gond Light—the Pentone Kind clients is very similar to that of a vendor of fruit trees who sold his cus- Hardware i * | oe ee tomer an assortment of trees, The cus-| sanctity of retail territory. —W. P. Lewis} Simple and practical. Catalogue if you wish. The Retailer, His Rights and His Power-/tomer held valid title to a piece of|in American Artisan. Pentone Gas Lamp Co. 1] 0.__ ‘+ establishes his naturai right to breathe. He is also born with intellect and hands. This fact establishes his natural right to labor with mind and muscle. So nature, which is neither illogical nor incomplete, also supplies air for the lungs and material for mental and phys- ical labor. Man's right, therefore, is to live, to labor and to elect. What dis- position shall be made of the products of his labor is a natural right. It is indefeasible, inalienable, and any system of human relations which de- clines to acknowledge the verity of man’s natural rights will surely fail. Slavery was not wrong because the slave was cruelly treated, improperly housed, fed or cared for. This affirma- tion in many cases was untrue. But slavery was wrong because man’s nat- ural rights were violated. There is in the commercial world cer- tain ‘‘trade rights’’ which may very properly be likened to man’s natura] rights in that the demand from or- ground on which he planted the trees. He dug and pruned and mulched and sprayed. The vendor came again that way, but the crop was scarce and small, so he paid little attention to the fruit and offered more trees. His customer bought them at the vendor's price, paid the cash, set out the trees and cultivated assiduously. The trees grew large and hung heavy with fruit ruddy and tempt- ing. The vendor passed again. He saw the fruit,stepped over the boundary and began to pluck and gather and put into sacks. The owner (his customer) came and said, What right have you to come into my field and take the product of my labor? The vendor said, What will you promise in return if I quit your field? Such expressions as these from representative intelligence among job- bers indicate outrageous rapacity and greed on one hand and leering insolence on the other. The retailers of this country are ig- norant of their power. A recent inves- tigation showed that in a certain state on a wave of popular enthusiasm !"’ as if I’d footed it in, so to speak.”’ never pray unless it is to ask a personal favor. | roe Ul HAROWARE & STATIONERY DEALERS Sober Second Thought. ‘‘I thought I was riding into office Ra i Wiese" ‘‘But after I'd paid the bills, I felt —_——_o9.____ Some men vote as they pray, and they Bell Phone 2929 141 Canal Street Grand Rapids, Michigan RACTIVE CATALOGUE | ie eae ce PELOUZE POSTAL SCALES THE HANDSOMEST 2N° BEST wage THEY TELL AT A GLANCE THE COST OF POSTAGE IN CENTS. AND ALSO GIVE THE EXACT WEIGHT IN /20ZS DENSE ter 26 P ee acl MO] Ife] Be ee Te eT THEY SOON PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN STAMPS SAVED PELOUZE SCALE & MFG. Co., CHICAGO. GOOOHGOOHOHHHHOOHHHHHHOHOGOH ganized society, which creates the retail] | the Capitalization of the members of the a+ hardware man, also creates his field of | Retail Hardware Association exceeded 3 operation. The modern method of hard- | that of the jobbers, and the membership , } ware distribution is rational and sound :; did not equal 50 per cent. of the state’s oe First, the manufacturer; second, the jobber ; third, the retailer. These three, in the order named, are the trinity of commerce, and their respective spheres are well defined. The manufacturer supplies the jobber, the jobber supplies the retailer, the retailer the consumer. That this is the natural relation is thor- oughly understood by manufacturer, jobber and retailer, and that this natural right of the retailer is violated both by the manufacturer and jobber is evi- denced by fact indisputable. Out of this condition grows the contention of the retail dealers with the manufacturer and jobber, who trample on their nat- ural rights, and out of this condition will grow an ‘‘irrepre ssible conflict.’’ It is idle to talk of the passing of the retailer. It is equally absurd to antici- retailers. More than this, the retailer is the one who comes in personal contact with the consumer. His encouragement or dis- paragement has great weight in the placing of his merchandise with con- sumers, In the personal experience of the writer an article long recognized as _ the standard of excellence was, and is, practically cleared from the shelf and in its place is sold the product of a competitive concern, and this is done easily. Our profits are materially in- creased, nor is the interest of the con- sumer in any sense violated. His pur- chase is of a quality which equals any similar article produced. The change was made because the original concern was contemptuous of retailers’ requests. Sporting Goods, A Window Glass, Bar ware, etc., etc. SSSSSSESESESSSSECeeeeee 31, 33, 35, 37, 39 Louis St. Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. GOHOGOUOGOUGUFHHHOHOHHHHHHOHOHOGH mmunition, Stoves, Iron, Shelf Hard- 10 & 12 Monroe St. SSSeeeeeeeeeeeeeoseeeeeeeo GRAND RAPIDS PLASTER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers of * + > “og naan , ~— mann ' pate the decline of the jobber. Both} he second concern, whose goods we paca : It has 3 2 are indispensable members of the com-|"0w handle, was not. Du a ; mercial entity, and for mutual, profit-}| The’ attitude of those concerns who| Vurable equa +> able existence there should be harmoni- ous relations. But the manufacturer and jobber, in their zeal for business, over- step the boundary of their respective spheres, and, without apology or ado, break the first commandment of the commercial decalogue, ‘‘Thou shalt not covet retail trade.’’ : This tendency to trespass on retail hold the retailer in contempt will soon be known to the members of the Na- tional Retail Hardware Dealers’ Asso- iation. Every hardware man anywhere in the United States should belong, first, to his State organization, and then in- sist on its affiliation with the National. There is absolutely no other plan, argue as you may. This is the move. The Cement, etc. We make a specialty of mixed cars of Land, Calcined and Wall Plaster, Portland Write us for booklet and prices. PCODQODOOOQOODOOOC OQOOOGOOOOS © @ Four Kinds of Goupon BOOKS t “A J i in ed “=a X : : : are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, be territory is manifest in many lines, but | CO™™Munity of interest idea, developed irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free j the distribution of builders’ hardware is 7 the = —= wailway - — samples on application. 7 : io- | 1nterests, is bringing success. It has a . : i iy oe one eal. applies to retail hardware TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Liz Jobbers and manufacturers sell direct, dealers. The _ national Organization; & DOGO GR adit aan @@BBOA2Z®B®AEEOAD®O>OOOO and over the heads of their own cus- a tomers, to architects, contractors and = . . & owners. These are consumers and N M tt f d L th C t cs therefore belong in retail territory. It 0 a er! you O Ive In e oun ry % is insufficient to suggest that frequently y their wants are large, and therefore the You can have just as good Gas Light at 20 Cents a Month, wherever you E ua manufacturer and jobber should sell are, as can be had in the city at any price, if you will get the them. Such fact can not change their cre classification as consumers. A jobber sli; i . eieeicd eee Brilliant or Halo set making Gasoline Gas Lamps abe ber of his customers asking that he abandon his practice of selling builders’ Especially adapted for Residences, Stores, Shops, Hotels, Streets, Tents, hi hardware to the consumer. His reply Camp Meetings, Summer Resorts, Gardens, Mines, Fishing, etc., etc. stated that some of the orders were large, Our Storm Lamp can not be put out by wind, Storm or Rain. > } = and the inference was, therefore, that | he should sell them. And he also en- et quired what they would promise him in BRILLIANT GAS LAMP COMPANY ‘ return if he would quit the retail field. ’ Storm Lamp, =~ The attitude of this jobber toward his GEO. BOHNER, 42 STATE ST., CHICAGO. 2 to 400 candle power. Se | | os | © t \ ® = ~ r'o \ ~ * cr he « ol | ~}* MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 GOOD TRADE GETTER. Reputation For Coolness and Absence of Flies. Written for the Tradesman. For some reason or other the Bur- leighs on Jackson street didn't seem inclined to patronize the neighboring new grocery in their end uf town. At first Denby, the man who was running it, didn't care, concluding wisely enough that it was only a question of time. The building was new; the store was neatly and nicely fitted up; the proprie- tor was neat as a pin and his store was just like him; Lackland, the clerk, was not to be discounted for the same good quality, and both were earnest, polite young men who were determined to get along and make a success of the busi- ness if anybody could. Another thing in their favor was the absence of any other grocery within several blocks and the neighborhood was filling up rapid- ly. There was no doubt about the other nearby families. Hardly one had failed to come straight to that particular cor- ner for some need; but the Burleighs, only two blocks away, who were old- timers and had a great deal of influence and their trade would be worth a good deal to the new grocer, kept quietly and persistently away. The store was opened for business the first of October. Curiosity brought a good many in at first and, once in, the two behind the counter saw to it that no customer went away without leaving an order. They were bright and good look- ing, to start with, and their anxiety to please, together with the quality of the goods they sold, soon brought a line of trade that was as pleasing as it was ad- vantageous. ‘‘Everybody comes but the Burleighs,’’ remarked Denby one day and when Lackland said something about getting along if they didn’t come the grocer replied, ‘‘Well, yes, only that isn’t the point. We want the Bur. leighs. They are rich and influential and because they are in this -neighbor- hood I want. their custom; and, further- more, I’m going to have it. I wish to thunder one of us had wit enough to hit on something that would make us talked about in an unusual and at the same time pleasant way. Isn’t there some- thing nice we can do that other grocers haven't thought of? Put your thinking cap on, Dick, and let’s surprise the neighborhood. A_ good five dollar bill is yours the minute you do something that gets the first order into the Bur- leigh mansion.’’ Gee! That was enough to set Dick’s wheels a-going; but fall passed into winter, and winter, after a tremendous lingering in the lap of spring, left with- out leaving behind him.a five-dollar thought for the brain-racking Dick and hot weather actually hung a drop of sweat on his nose without anything of any value: furnishing a clue to the much- wanted prize. Finally, one hot day in May—it was just before Memorial. Day and all hands were too busy to stop a minute—two big flies got up a scheme between them to get as much fun out of the hurried and the worried clerk as they could. You may laugh as much as you please, but flies are up to just that sort of thing. I’ve watched ’em and I know; and that’s what these two flies did. They were going to have fun with Dick and they had it. They chose a lighting place on the edge of the shelf behind him and started in. The first buzzed three times around his head and made a plunge for his right eye when both his hands were fuil. A quick headshake averted the impending mis- chief; but that brought the right ear into the neighborhood and into that the buzzing insect dived, to be summarily driven out by a vigorous handslap. Thence, after an impudent buzz into the clerk’s face, he flew to the rendez- vous on the shelf-edge with a triumphant ‘‘How’s that for the first round?’’ Number two didn’t wait to reply. He wasted no precious time in preliminar- ies, but went straight for Dick’s eyes. Driven from one, it sought the other. It lighted on his hair and, crawling down to his forehead, bit him there. Evading a vigorous slap, it found a resting place on his chin and proceeded to enjoy it. Driven thence, it flew to its mate for rejoicing and further mis- chief-planning. In the meantime Dick was hot and hurried, but determined to keep up with his orders. While the flies an- noyed him, it was only what was to be expected and simply to be endured. Seeing this, his tormentors attacked him together, and finally became so per- sistent that poor Dick, who had never been known to utter a ‘‘swear word,’’ declared under his breath, as he failed to hit his tormenters, ‘‘’These are the damndest flies that ever got out of Hades !’’ Then the old story of invention was repeated, and then and there came Dick Lackland’s five-dollar thought: ‘‘Clear out the flies and keep em out.’’ ‘‘What’s the matter with driving out these flies and keeping ’em out; and where’ll you find a grocery in town that is doing it?’’ he asked. Denby fell in with the idea.- He or- dered screens for all the doors and, every morning for half an hour before opening, Dick with a ‘‘fly-slapper’’ fought to the death all the flies that gathered in the big front window. He cleaned the store front and back and re- moved everything tenting to draw flies. At all the windows he put up thick dark-colored curtains and during the lulls in trade he carried on his war of extermination until a fly in that store was as rare as a harpist in Tophet! After a few days Denby made him- self a slapper and joined the war. With the darkening of the rooms he caught the idea of keeping them cool and in less than three weeks’ time there wasn’t a cooler place nor one freer from flies than ‘‘Denby’s.’’ Then one afternoon in July when the heat was fooling around 100 on the thermometer who should open the store door and walk in but Mrs. Montgomery Burleigh! Missing the car, she had been obliged to wait or walk and, walking, had reached Denby’s just as two of her friends, ‘‘cool as cucumbers,’’ bad come out of the store. That and the heat settled the question and she went in. The cool store sur- prised her. Its freedom from flies as- tonished her and, as her eyes hecame accustomed to the dim light she was de- lighted to see the cleanliness that every- where met her sight. Could the store- keeper do anything for her? If he had strawberries, -yes. He had and they were fine ones; they looked so fresh and nice that she wanted three boxes. Then she found other goods that pleased her and by the time she was ready to go she had left quite a large order. It wasn’t necessary for Denby to treat her toa glass of delicious lemonade but he did; and the pitcher and glass were both so clean and the drink so refreshing that the ‘‘Thank you’’ was hearty enough to convince both grocer and clerk that the Burleigh garrison had surrendered and the long-desired customer been se- cured. That night when the shutting up was over Denby called out to his clerk: ‘‘Here, Dick’s, your money—two an’ a half for the flies an’ two an’ a _ half for the cool. This is the only grocery inthe town that is cool and flyless. ‘There ain’t any flies on us!’ and you did it. Take along a couple of my best Hav- anas. You've earned ’em.’’ And he had. Richard Malcom Strong. horse covers and lap robes. There was never a better assort- $ ment of these goods shown in this State by any one. If you are at a point where you must have a fresh supply quick telephone us and you will get the goods at once. Brown & Sehler Grand Rapids, Mich. | | ®@ 4 We have entire confidence in our abilily to please you in fly nets, | itil aciaciciniada 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. “Summer Light” Light your Hotels, Cottages and Camps with the ““NULITE”’ Indoor Ar« Outdoor Arc, Incandescent Vapor Gas Lamps. Superior to electricity or carbon gas. Cheaper than coal oil . Nosmoke, no odor, no wicks, no trou- Absolutely safe. A 20th century revolu- tion in the art of lighting. Arc Lamps, 750 can- dle power, for indoor or outdoor use. Table 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. CHICAGO SOLAR LIGHT CO., Dept. L Chicago, Ill. Summer Resorts ON THE G.R. & I. ‘* The Fishing Line ’”’ The Passenger Department of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway has 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 Northport Point Edgewood and other points Roaring Brook Emmet Beach Walloon Lake 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. LockKwoop, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The summer train schedule goes into effect June 30. 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In the closing decade of the nineteenth century, there appeared from time to time, in tbe Atlantic Monthly, Forum, North American Re- view and other magazines equally well known, articles on the work of the New England village improvement associa- tions. These articles attracted the at- tention of students of social economy everywhere, and while the formation of many such societies resulted from the publication, yet there was no concerted action. The societies formed were al- most entirely confined to the New Eng- land States. Some of the associations formed at this time died from inanition. Others, especially in the wealthy suburbs of large cities, organized for the pur- pose of using influence and_ united power to obtain from the city councils certain concessions, such as the open- ing of new streets, extension of water and gas mains, paving street car lines after accomplishing their purpose fre- quently disbanded. The dwellers in many other suburbs found such organi- zations too useful to be spared. No speciai effort was made in any way by the members of these associa- tions to spread abroad the gospel of - Beauty and the cult of the god of Sani- tation, But visitors to the towns where these societies existed, carried back to their homes news of the work accom- plished by them, and the annual reports were sent by the members to friends in distant localities, who often wondered. no doubt, what manner of club this might be whose members found pleasure in inspecting streets, alleys, back yards, and like places. Through these various means a wide circle of people came to know of the work of village improvement associa- tions, while the secretaries of some prominent societies were kept busy answering enquiries about the manner of organization, and the cost and ways of maintenance. The magazines and newspapers, through articles by artists, architects and travelers, next attacked the outdoor art of America in the form of its sculpture, architecture and landscape gardening. Books of foreign travel, finely and profusely illustrated, added their quota to the general awak- ening. ‘The World’s Fair at Chicago gave the people such an opportunity as rarely comes to a nation to study in their proper juxtaposition the four great arts, Painting, Architecture, Sculpture and Landscape-gardening; and the few months of its existence did for Amer- ica’s art education what centuries of patient but mistaken study of art his- tories in our colleges and public schools could not do. It made these arts living things to thousands and hundreds of thousands, who were all unaware at the time that a new standard of beauty was raised by which everything in the future would be compared. When at the end of six months the fair closed, we knew centuries more than the day it opened. Foreign visitors to Chicago in 1893 ceased not to speak and write of their amazement,and ofttimes contempt, that a people capable of conceiving such scenes of dreamlike splendor should be so contented and so blatantly boastful of dirty, noisy cities, with their lack of architectural fitness, their few_parks and public recreation grounds and the un- speakable public roads. Not all the glories of a train service that supplied stenographers, maids ard barbers to the patrons of leading railways could com- pensate these patrons for the fact that their bodies, while the thermometer was in the nineties, were being slowly melted in the embrace of red plush cushions, and their eyes were being continually offended with unkempt farms, dreary little villages, and dirty railway stations. Whatever the cause, the fact remains that from the year of the World’s Fair at Chicago dated a great impulse in the United States towards civic beauty. Innumerable clubs and com- missions have been formed which have endeavored to promote a higher regard for out-door art in all its forms, and at the same time to regulate, with indiffer- ent success, the reckless expression of its charms by public bodies and private individuals. It was not until the years 1898, 1899, 1g00, however, that the desire for a_na- tional movement, the object of which should be the promotion of civic beauty, began to find expression. Through these years Home and Flowers, a floral maga- zine issued at Springfield, Ohio, pub- lished a series of articles on village im- provement associations, giving exam- ples of the workings of these societies in various towns through the United States. These articles were fully illus- trated, showing the beauty in plaza, street, and yard and the improved san- itary conditions brought about by the work and influence of these associations. This matter,simply written as it was, attracted so much attention in all quar- ters of the country that to answer even a tithe of the letters of enquiry received by the author and the magazine became a heavy burden. Very many of these letters asked : ‘‘ Why can not a headquar- ters be established where people desir- ing to form these associations may go for instruction and information, and where an interchange of plans and help- ful suggestions from the older associa- tions may be effected?’’ ‘‘Why not start a national movement for civic beauty?’’ These requests were so numerous that after much consultation with many of the leading men and women of the country, who without exception heartily endorsed the idea, a call was made for a national convention of village im- provement associations to meet at Springfield, Ohio, on October 10, 1900, The result in the number of delegates and their enthusiasm was as surprising as gratifying. 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June 18,1901, Michigan Brick & Tile Machine Coes Morenci, Mich., Gent lemen—Regarding the Gas Plant you installed in ny store building last January, results from it, I will say that we are getting very excellent and have no cause to regret the purchase whatever, We have about 65 lights in our building, running on an average, say 45. We are lighting our roons with much less expense than we could by electricity; light. besides having a very much larger volume of The machine I put in my house in February meets every requirement so far, for cooking, grates as well as lighting. I have been well satisfied with beth plants. Dic. Yours truly, pant Me Vo 4. + eT nel “en! a ~*~ & hy. + eT ails “en! a ~ & MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 ABOUT THE CUCUMBER. Hardest Worked of Vegetables and Some- times the Best. The cucumber is the hardest worked member of the vegetable kingdom. At least it is if we may judge by the va- riety of its uses. From America to Asia Minor it appears as an article of food on dinner tables and supper tables, all over the civilized world. But that does not exhaust its possibilities by any means. In Egypt it is made to yield a pleasant cooling drink by ingenious treatment. A hole is cut in the cucum- ber, the pulp is broken and stirred with a stick, and the hole closed with wax. The cucumber, still fastened to its stem, is lowered into a pit. After a few days the juice ferments, and the Egyptian drawing it off has a liquor exactly . Suited to his taste. When my lady wishes to allay sun- burn or to soften and whiten her skin, on general principles she calls for cu- cumber soap or cucumber cream. The very name makes her think that the preparation must be harmless as well as efficacious and the Beau Brummels of to-day use cucumber pomade with the same sense of security. Then pickles—what is more univer- sally popular than the pickle, and what new-fangled invention can bear com- parison with the old-fashioned, time- honored cucumber pickle! From the days of kilts and pinafores when boys and girls ate a huge penny pickle with surreptitious bites, to the days of formal dinners, when baby cucumbers appear as gherkins, what relish sharpens hun- ger like a pickle? Yet the cucumber in its natural state is at once the temptation and the men- ace of the eating world. Plump, green and inviting as it is, doctors who have delicate digestions in charge taboo it. The average man eats it cheerfully, but with a sneaking fear of consequences. Mental science should turn its attention to cucumbers for a while. If it should convince the universal mind that cu- cumbers were in reality digestible and could issue a guarantee with every cucumber sold, the digestive woe of humanity would be wonderfully light- ened. In the meantime, household scientists have advanced to the rescue. Nothing is beyond them. They have reduced the most illogical of foods to their prin- ciples. They have discovered the in- nermost secrets of the squash and the potato and all their kith and kin. With persistent diligence they have tabulated foods according to their nutritive value and by following these tables the poor- est woman in the slums can learn how to keep home happy, and her husband well fed on ten cents a day. Now cucumbers did not stand high in their list. They are among the orna- ments. They represent the accessories, the poetry of diet as it were. But, however these modern scientists have lessened the ancient prestige of the cu- cumber, they show how it can be made digestible at least. Buy a medium-sized cucumber to serve raw is the first of the modern rules for the hygienic housekeeper. It should be a good green, and firm to the touch. Remove thinly skins from both ends and cut off a thick paring. This is im- portant because the cucumber contains a bitter principle and much of it lies near the skin and the stem end. Not a trace of green should be seen when the paring is finished. The cucumber should then be cut into slices, wafer thin and put into salt and water. Let not the unwary cook be led to think that this will make them brittle and crisp, however. They will be as flabby as celery a week old—but digestible. Since most people prefer their cucum- bers crisp or not at all, this method finds little favor except among invalids and incapables. But cold water without the salt answers almost the same purpose and the cucumbers come out after their soaking as fresh and tender as if they had just been picked from the vines. Drained and covered with crushed ice and served they make a dish fit fora king. Kings, indeed, have appreciated the value of the cucumber from time immemorial. For the cucumber, as far as lineage goes is an aristocrat among the vege- tables; not a mere interloper a few pal- try centuries old, like the potato. Even in Bible times it was eaten and enjoyed under the name of mandrake. Pliny sets the seal of royai approval on it by telling that the Emperor Tiberius had cucumbers served at his table ‘every day. How many other Emperors may have laid up for themselves indigestion by indulging in the juicy cucumber is an unrecorded list. But in a digestive war of the vegetables, cucumbers could undoubtedly carry off the honors for the most mischief done to mankind. How Tiberius liked his cucumbers, Pliny does not say. But for ordinary every day use modern taste prefers them raw. For state occasions, or when a few extra frills are desirable, cucum- bers may be served in more unusual ways. Old ones, too large and tough to be good raw, are delicious boiled. For three or four persons, two large cucum- bers are enough. Pare them, cut into lengths of three or four inches, halve them and remove the seeds. Put them into boiling water, salted; leave them until they are tender; serve in a hot vegetable dish and if desired put melted butter over them. After boiling they may be mashed and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper if desired. A way of preparing boiled cucumbers, which can be made to tempt the appe- tite of the chronic dyspeptic with im- punity, is to pare them as before and cut them into small regular ‘pieces, put them ina baking pan, cover with boil- ing water and cook gently for twenty minutes. They can be taken out with a strainer, arranged on slices of toast and serve with a cream sauce. Cucumber soup with its delicate fla- vor is an excellent introduction for a hearty meal. Cucumbers stirred with onions are a variation prized by those who like onions. A particularly artistic way of preparing cucumbers for a luncheon or for a cool supper on a hot night is to pare them as usual. Then, instead of slicing them, pare them round and round to the soft inside, which must not be used. The cucumber ribbons heaped into a dish and served with French dressing are as pretty to look at as they are good to eat. The recipes for cucumbers in salad are aS numerous as_ blackberries in August. There is cucumber salad plain, cucumber salad with tiny young onions sliced with it, cucumbers with lettuce, cucumbers with lettuce and tomatoes, cucumbers with just tomatoes, and cu- cumbers in so many other salad combi- nations that they are harder to compute than an example in permutations and combinations. French dressing aud mayonnaise dressing are equally good, according to the taste of the individual. Cucumbers cut into cubes half an inch Square, with sliced tomatoes on lettuce leaves covered with mayonnaise dress- ing,are extremely good to eat and make a color combination which any well-reg- ulated painter could not help admiring. Cucumbers, like apples, bananas and egg-plant, are sometimes fried; for this they should be cut lengthwise into slices, one-third of an inch thick, dried between towels and sprinkled with salt and pepper. Then they should be dipped into crumbs, into egg, into crumbs again, fried in deep fat and drained. Stuffed cucumbers are quite the most elaborate dish that can be made of this vegetable. The cucumbers are cut in half crosswise and the seeds removed. The halves are then soaked in cold water for half an hour and filled with forcemeat. Next they are placed up- right on a trivet in a saucepan, half sur- rounded with white stock and cooked for forty minutes. They are served on toast with Bechamel sauce. In the summer months the wise house- keeper seeks for the things that will please the eye as well as the palate. In this search the cucumber meets a definite need. When the mercury is jumping up toward 90 the woman who knows what she is about orders her table accordingly. She takes off the thick pad and warm tablecloth, and serves her luncheon on the shining bare table, set with little doilies. She makes a Rembrandt combination with her iced tea and slices of lemon; her hot dishes are croquettes on a mat of tender green peas, and creamed potato done toa turn. A side dish of Neufchatel cheese in a little cake is acceptable on a hot day, and cucumbers in a green dish complete a most delicious bill of fare. A fitting dessert for this color luncheon is sliced oranges with yellow sponge cake. The cucumber on occasions can he useful as well as ornamental. The farmer finds it profitable to raise. It needs heat, light and rich soil, but un- der these conditions responds promptly with plenty of fruit. More than seventy varieties of cucumbers are raised in the United States alone; and England, India, Egypt and half a dozen other countries, besides the common variety, have each their own special modifica- tion of the vegetable. But it is the manufacturer of pickles who really coins money out of the cu- cumber. Millions of cucumbers are bottled and sold-every year, and while the big pickles, the middling sized pickles and the little pickles slide down the epicure’s throat, the pennies slip into the manufacturer's pocket, and he is quite ready to adopt Izaak Walton’s estimate of the strawberry, and say of the cucumber, ‘‘God might have made a better vegetable, but he didn’t.’’—N. Y. Sun. ee A German custom, which’ the Rail- road Digest thinks might be introduced with advantage in this country, is the sale of platform tickets, which admit the bearer to the trains about to depart. The idea is to enable those accompany- ing friends to assist them with their hand baggage to their seats and help with the children, when such are pres- ent. In most cases the assistance is denied, as those not holding tickets are not allowed to pass through the gates, or, at least, not allowed to enter the train. 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Many of these young people have come out of what we call plain homes and are going back to them. Their parents did not have the advantages they have given their children. It is the man who had no chance of school- ing in his own hard-worked youth and who has felt his need of wider informa- tion every day of his life who is most determined that his boy shall be college- bred. It is the woman whose own nar- row girlhood offered no crown of graces and accomplishments who is the most devout believer in the higher education for women and who moves heaven and earth to send her daughters off to high- priced schools. So Tom and Susie go off to college, and many and many a time the price of their education is paid in pinching economies and harder work at home. Father's stooping shoulders stoop lower under the heavier burden, mother’s hair adds new streaks of silver, but they count the reward they are looking for- ward to worthy of the sacrifice—all, all will be repaid a thousandfold when Tom and: Susie come home to comfort and bless them. At last the eventful day arrives. Tom and Susie have graduated with honors. They are coming home and nothing but that wholesome fear of our neighbors that keeps us so many times from mak- ing fools of ourselves prevents their parents from getting out the village band and a torchlight procession and saluting them with ‘‘Behold, the conquering hero comes!’’ The tall young fellow, laden with golf sticks, and the smart young woman whose traveling gown puts her mother’s old, rusty, made-over alpaca to shame, are drawn across the threshold of the old home by loving hands that tremble at their task. There is a stifled cry of rapturous joy from the old lips, and then— And then it begins to dawn upon them all, slowly, surely, with the chill of despair in it, that they are strangers to each other. The parents have edu- cated their children out of their own class. Susie winces when mother art- lessly asks the next day, as she helps unpack a cast of the ‘‘Venus de Milo’’ that has adorned Susie’s college study, why she bought a broken thing like that. Tom sneers at his father’s opin- ions on political economy. The little Smith girl who runs in to gossip with mother about the new people around the corner is closer to her than her own daughter. The freckle-faced bill clerk who knows the ins and outs of the gro- cery trade is more comfort to father than the son on whom he has builded such hopes. The occurrence is so common that fa- miliarity with it has robbed it of its significance to us, but surely there is no situation in life that is fuller of tragical possibilities. The suffering of the mo- ment nobody can prevent, but there is no earthly necessity that it should lead, as it so often does, to permanent es- Soveovennnnennvnnvenvennennnyz trangement between parents and chil- dren. In the first place it is the duty of the parents to remember that the situation is of their own making. So far as | am concerned, I have never decided whether I think that people who educate their children up above them are angels who deserve to be adorned with a halo and large white wings, even in this life, or donkeys who ought to be kicked for their folly. At any rate, nobody is able to escape the consequences of their deeds, and we ought to have courage enough to accept the result without making a moan. No man would pay out his good money having speed de- veloped in a promising young colt and then expect him to strike a steady, slow gait in the furrow asa plow horse. It is equally as absurd to expect the boy on whom you have spent thousands of dollars cultivating tastes and habits and extravagancies foreign to your own life to be just like you. In the first hurt disappointment the father is apt to call his son a young fool and to scoff at his amusements and deride his raiment. The younger man retorts by considering the older one a mossback and an old fogy, and both make the fatal mistake of not only un- dervaluing each other, but of getting the very worst out of each other. I once heard a father say: ‘*There’s nobody else on earth that can aggravate you like your own son,’’ and the son re- torted, ‘‘And there’s nobody else that can be as unjust and unsympathetic as your own father.’’ A family difference is always a two-edged sword that cuts both ways. The time will come when Tom will find out that there are a number of things in life more important to know than the classics, and that an intimate acquaintance with ancient history doesn’t involve a working knowledge of how to make bread-and butter. He will also ascertain that a man may have been a college athlete and hold the long-distance running championship] s and yet not be able to sprint sufficiently rapid to catch up with the nimble dol- lar. Then he will begin to perceive what qualities of head and heart, of steadfast courage and indomitable pluck | $ a man must have had before he could start life without money or friends or education and achieve success and for- tune. Then he will begin to enroll his father among his heroes, and the pity of the thing is that it comes too late. Between the two has grown up that icy wall of reserve that nothing can break down. The spectacle of perfect love and confidence and helpfulness between father and son is a very rare one, but it is one of the most beautiful relations in life, and is surely worth purchasing with a little forbearance and the exer- cise of a little patience. It is also a time to drive with a light hand. Parents should remember that the only time in the whole course of existence when one is perfectly cock- sure they know it all is when they are just out of school. There isn’t a youth who doesn’t believe that the politicians are waiting breathlessly for his views and advice on the Philippine question or that there is no financier who wouldn't jump at the chance of secur- ing the services of one who carried off the honors in higher mathematics. There isn’t a college girl who doesn’t believe that every man in the commun- ity is dying to marry her and secure a sort of second-hand proprietary interest in her diploma. 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ANANANANANANAAAAANULANAAAAALALANASAGALAbAAAbALALANS Is i not the wiiduiiiuiiiesus wi 4 Jt, + I. it MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 start out to hunt for a job and he will find out that the hard-headed broker turns him down in favor of the little office boy who has grown up in the busi- ness and gotten his education on the Street, and Susie will find out the little Brown girl who never even heard of Wagner and does not know a leif motive from a head of cabbage, but who knows all the latest ragtime songs, gets the pick of the beaux. It will give them both the jar of their lives, but through it all will soak down the intimation that there is some sort of education that does not come put up in school book pack- ages, and, perhaps, they are not so much smarter than their parents after all. Respect the personal liberty of your own children. That is the hardest thing a parent ever encounters. It is so nat- ural for fathers and mothers who have their children’s interest so at heart and have made so many sacrifices for them to feel that they have the right to decide their lives for them, but it is a terrible mistake that wrecks many a career. The world is full of bankrupt busi- ness men who would have achieved fame and fortune if they had been per- mitted to follow their bent and study the profession they desired. There are thousands of incompetent doctors pur- suing their career of murder who would have been successful merchants. Every Sunday of our lives we are bored to ex- tinction by preachers who ought to be half-soling shoes instead of preaching to the immortal souls of human beings. We all know lonely old maids living out narrow and bitter lives because their mothers interfered between them and their lovers, and the divorce courts are strewn with the wrecks of the happiness of women whosé parents selected their husbands for them. Every family, as well as nation, should have a constitu- tion that guarantees to each individual the right of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the choice of their own career and matrimonial partner. Just as much may be said of the duty of these young people who are coming home from school to do their part to- wards tiding over the period that is the crisis in many a family history. 1 never see a Silly little goose of a girl, ashamed of her homely old mother’s ways, or a supercilious nincompoop of a college lad deriding his father, without wanting to show them the hero- ism of the sacrifices that have been in vain for them and the beauty of the rugged old lives and the fineness ani delicacy that underlie the unfashionable manners, but youth does not see these things until its eyes have been washed clear by the bitter tears of experience. In the meantime it is to age—mellowed by knowledge of the world and_ broad- ened by the real education of life—that we must Jook to solve the problem offered by these strangers on our hearth —our children who are no longer the boys and girls who played about our feet, but men and women whom we must bind to us with new ties or else lose. God give us wisdom to do it! Dorothy Dix. +> 4-2 Wrecked by a Rose a Day. Sentiment is ticklish stuff. It lies so close to the border of absurdity that only a canny traveler in its domain can keep from occasionally straying across its line. Now there was a young man—a most estimable young man. What is more he was a very’ good fellow. In- the course of time he fell in love. Estim- able men do that often. Even a good fellow is likely to do it for once in a way. Being in love, by the law of se- quence, a man is apt to make himself more or less ridiculous. The young man who is the hero of this tale was not ridiculous. He was distinctly suc- cessful in the role of lover. He was saturated with sentiment, but not with maudlin. He walked the chalk line between sentiment and absurdity unerringly. He did the little thought- ful things women love, but he did not make a doormat of himself. And the girl was moved by his sense of propor- tion and smiled upon him. Then he was called away. His San Francisco uncle was _ inconsiderate enough to die, and he was obliged to go out and settle up the estate. That made him exceedingly sorrowful, for things were at a critical point. He didn’t want to spoil his chances by _ proposing before the psychical moment, yet he was a wise young man, and he knew that a lover in New York is toa New York girl worth two lovers in San Fran- cisco. Also, he knew that the two lov- ers—and more—would be in New York. But he had to go and, that being set- tled, he pondered how to make the best of a bad thing. Of course, he would write often—every day, but any fellow would do that. He must suggest in some other way his constant thought of her. He had been in the habit of giving her American beauties as often as the state of his exchequer would permit. A brilliant thought came to him. He would make an arrangement with the florist and have a single splendid Amer- ican beauty rose delivered to his lady love each morning of his absence. He would probably be gone six weeks, seven days in a week, 50 cents each. He did a lightning calculation. Yes. He could raise the price. So the thoughtful lover made the ar- rangement. The night before he left he mentioned it tothe girl. She was much touched. Women like such little attentions. The next day a gorgeous delivery wagon pulled up with a flourish at the girl’s door. A splendid vision in a uniform that would have made Solomon look like a foggy day ran up the steps bearing a long-stemmed rose and handed it to the maid, who gave it to the girl. The girl blushed and sighed and put the rose in a vase by her mirror, where she would be likely to see it often. The next day the same thing hap- pened, and the next. Always the pomp and circumstance, always the huge and radiant vision bearing one simple rose. Then in an evil day for the absent lover the girl saw that the thing was funny. Her chum was with her and the chum had a lively sense of humor. They giggled over the magnificent delivery wagon and the big man and the little rose. That giggle was fatal. Sentiment merged into absurdity and was lost. Each time the performance of the rose happened it seemed funnier than it had before. The girl grew hysterical over it, and greeted the tender token with tearful mirth. From the rose to the man was a short step for femininity. She couldn’t take either seriously. When the man of sentiment came back from San Francisco he found her en- gaged to a man who had been sending her two dozen La France roses once a week. All of which goes to prove that senti- ment is ticklish stuff. Cora Stowell. o~ wa))a ied (AW SF) TY RN ————— Our Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VIN- EGAR. To anyone who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit ONE WHERE R S We also guarantee it to be of full strength as required by law. We will Prosecute any person found using our packages for cider or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom. Benton Harbor,Michigan. aes —— J. ROBINSON, Manager. The Imperial Lighting System Patents Pending Economical, brilliant, durable, reliable and sim- ple to operate. A light equal to an electrie are at a very low cost. The Imperial Lighting Sys- tem is far superior to the Electric Are, being softer, whiter and absolutely steady. From a tank the gasoline is conveyed through an entire ,. building through a flexible copper tube that can =— be put through crevices, around corners and concealed the same as electric wires, and as many lights as may be desired can be supplied from the same tank. The Imperial System burns common stove gasoline, gives a 1,200 can- dle power light, and one gallon of gasoline burns 16 hours. All lamps are fully guaranteed, and are trimmed complete with full instructions as to installing and operating the system. We also manufacture a complete line of Air and Gravity Pressure Lamps. Write for illus- trated catalogue. THE IMPERIAL GAS LAMP CO., Sole Manufacturers 132-134 E. Lake St., Chicago, Ill., U. S. A. dual Te Har a en Wt te eee) ae Peappe i ihe x Bot a Dr / er er Oe OD rice a = ote t_| Tw Te Supremacy of the Business Man. Within the last few years the suprem- acy in American life has passed into the hands of the business man, using that term in its broadest sense. Once the leaders of thought and opinion were. professional men. In the local field the clergyman held well nigh undisputed sway over his neighbors; in the broader field of state and national affairs the lawyer was chiefly called upon to repre- sent the community and_ guide its affairs. But to-day the foremost men in a community, those who make public Opinion and wield social power, are the leading business men. The larger the enterprise and the more it demands foresight, prudence, boldness and broad views of men and things, the greater rere respect in which its leaders are held. ———> ->____ The Use of Light Soles. The use of light soles is an unsolved problem. The demand is, and has come -to stay, for women’s thick-soled shoes. , After once worn and found to be so ' comfortable, it is hard to return to the old custom. - The arrangement of taking two thin soles and cementing them to- gether has been tried, hut found im- practicable. All sorts of schemes are suggesting themselves, and no doubt a feasible one will present itself to enable dealers to secure a market for this class of leather later on. —__-___ A sign in the window of an Irish tin- ner reads as follows: of all shapes and sizes for sale.’’ FON Gower 10 Groce For a number of years we have shipped fruit to grocerymen on orders by mail and it has —— satisfactory to the buyer and to myself. he fruit is raised on the high ground just out- side the city 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 shipped 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 - prompt service and good stock put in full sized packages. I can furnish of my own raising raspberries, goose- berries, blackberries, currants, cherries, plums and red, white and blue grapes—by the thousand baskets, ton or car load. eaches 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. **Quart measures. POOOOOOS 99009000 00000000000000000000000000000000 Watermelons---New Potatoes---Lemons Our specialties for this week: plete and prices low. Our stock is com- Send your orders to THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY, 14-16 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OP POOSS DOD SSOOO00O 09020061 600600000000000000000006 ee We are making a specialty at present on fancy Messina Lemons Stock is fine, in sound condition and good keepers. wire for quotations. E. E. HEWITT, Successor to C. N. Rapp & Co. 9 North Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. SEASONABLE)| SEEDS *= Prices as low as any house in the trade consistent with quality. Orders filled promptly. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., $4 S;ewers and Merchants, ALL GROCERS Who desire to give their customers the best vinegar on the market will give them RED STAR BRAND Cider Vinegar. These goods stand for PURITY and are the best on the market. We give a Guarantee Bond to every customer. Your order solicited. THE LEROUX CIDER & VINEGAR CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. NEW SOUTHERN POTATOES NEW SOUTHERN ONIONS FIELD SEEDS LEMONS MOSELEY BROS. Jobbers of Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Potatoes 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa Street Grand Rapids, Michigan Geo. N. Huff & Co. Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Pigeons, Squabs, Poultry and Game Guaranteed highest markets on all shipments. Send for quotations. 55 Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan ‘Butter Wanted I will pay spot cash on receipt of goods for all grades of butter, including packing stock. C H Libby 98 South Division Street $ Grand Rapids, Mich. 30000000060000e00000000eoeeeeeees0000eeeeeeeeeeee Price very low. Write or MILLETS, FODDER CORN, BUCKWHEAT, DWARF ESSEX Wanted at all times. : : | : OOOO 004 00000000 CS CSO Start in with us now. 7 2 L. O. SNEDECOR Egg Receiver 36 Harrison Street, New York REFERENCE:—NEW YORK NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK. NEW YORK during hot weather. You will find a friend youcan stick to All sales case count. ; E t L i i : ‘3 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner. The Gods Help Those Who Help Them- selves. The sophomore year had not bee es- pecially hard on Burleigh Richmond and after he had been at home for a week or ten days and his hands did not seem to grasp lovingly the implements of farming industry, he heard that Jim Jackson, the clerk at the store in the vil- lage, was going off on his summer \a- cation and the new-fledged junior went down to secure the position and g t it. It did not take long in country circles for Burleigh’s action to go the rounds of the gossipers and only commendation was heard on every hand. It wasn't every boy who wouid have been willing to clerk for old Benson in hot weather, with his dad owning half the township, and it only showed that the youngster was a chip of the old block and would make his way in the world if that part of it owned by the ‘‘square’’ should be sunk. So while the novelty of the new clerk lasted, trade was brisk and for the first time in his life the country storekeeper was forced to admit that an attraction did help trade, especially when it consisted of a good-looking young student whose father was ‘‘ well off'’ and who on his own account was a natural magnet for every blooming- cheeked farmer’s daughter in a radius of twenty-five miles. _ Trade suffered, however, when it was discovered that the prettiest girls within that radius were angling in vain for the clerk at the Center. For awhile they could not account for it. Miranda Southwick especially was ‘‘consider- ably worked up’’ about it, for, so far in ‘‘life’s dull round,’’ when she made up her mind to accomplish anything, that settled it and the desired result was only a question of time. With Burleigh Richmond she didn’t stand any chance from the start. Smile as she would— and there wasn’t a sweeter smile in ten counties—she made no impression upon his obdurate heart. Invitations to tea and to Sunday dinner, where culinary accomplishments and elaborate personal attractions in dress and entertainment had full sway, the dainties of the table alone affected him and won from him only such concessions as the exigencies of the case demanded. Angered as well as astonished, the Strategist determined to know the reason why, and with the first attempt she found that the lioness in her path was a city boarder, lovely as she was amiable, who had located herself for the summer at the Goodriches’ over on the Bloom- ingdale pike. She learned, too—‘‘them Goodriches always did milk easy !"’— that young Burleigh wasn’t having things his own way notwithstanding the astounding fact that he was the son of his father, with the college business thrown in. The young lady in question had ideas of her own and this country- store clerk wasn’t one of them. Her Vassar diploma—she was a last year’s graduate—rather overbalanced his two years of undergraduate life ; her father’s bank account was quite a number of ciphers larger than his father’s and— well, the fact of the case is that Miss Southwick was informed on good author- ity that, so far as Miss Marchmont was concerned, Mr. Richmond’s name was Mud! She was, therefore, correspond- ingly happy. Had Burleigh Richmond been any- body else he would have been corres- pondingly depressed when one day he had reached the same conclusion. It happened that he wasn't depressed at all. If Miss Marchmont felt any bigger than he did, she was mighty uncom- fortable. He had seen her at a distance once or twice and while she was a mighty pretty girl he knew a lot that were just as pretty. He hadn’t noticed any unusual *‘airs.’’ She looked to him like a first-class, well-educated, sensible young woman. He would put her on that basis anyway and treat her accord- ingly, if fate brought them within hail- ing distance. She didn't look like the girl that wanted to be run after and he wasn't the running-after kind so that was Settled and the summer went on. Not with indifference, though, on the part of Burleigh. He was good-looking and he knew how to make the most of that. His father was a farmer but no hayseed and he depended on that. More than all he knew how to make the most of Miranda Southwick and her friends and turned his knowledge to account; so that when on the third Sun- day after Miss Marchmont’s arrival, he drove over to ‘‘meeting’’ it was with the expectation that something had got to happen and the sooner it was over the better. The ice was going to be broken and it might as well he then as later on. For two Sundays the Center church had been from full to overflowing so that the church goers might get a glimpse of the beautiful Miss March- mont, but the heat and the desire to rest had so far prevented ; so that to- day, ‘‘if the critter wa’n't a heathen,”’ she'd be sure to be out and the country- side had come accordingly. The church was fairly full when the lady came in and as the ‘‘Square’s’’ seat was the best one—it had a red cushion—and was centrally located and not often occupied, the usher conducted Miss Marchmont and her friend to that seat, Miss Marchmont taking her place at the entrance. As luck—or the gods— would have it Miranda Southwick and Betsy Bailey were in the pew behind her and just as the opening hymn was announced in came Burleigh Richmond. Finding the family pew taken posses- sion of he took his seat immediately be- hind it and, to Miss Southwick’s de- light, sat down beside her. From that moment the minister was a side affair. He read and he prayed and he preached, but every eye was turned to the three whom chance had seated together. The law of contrast soon barred out Miss Southwick who improved the time in oe mental notes of the lovely attire of the city boarder to work out in her own and that centered the thoughts of the congrega- tion upon the vision in the daintiest of pink in front of the tall, well-built, well-groomed Burleigh Richmond, who, in spite of the minister’s invitation to ‘“Consider the lilies of the field how they grow,’’ concluded that pinks were good enough for him, especially the in- dividual one before him! The service was long as usual and when the congregation rose to sing the last hymn, Miranda Southwick was pleased to find that under the influence of the sermon a hook had been remiss in duty in Miss Marchmont’s skirt and so exposed a dainty bit of lingerie be- neath. With intended kindness she reached over to correct the faithless hook but the hcok, unaccustomed to such handling,rebelled. Not to be thus pub- licly put down, Miranda elbowed Bur- leigh into the aisle and with both stout hands promptly brought skirt and waist together, to the consternation of Miss Marchmont, who, from the vigor- ous treatment she was receiving con- cluded that no woman’s hands had taken her in charge and turned indignantly. Burleigh Richmond’s black eyes looked | into her angry face calmly resenting the charge laid to him. Seeing her mistake Miss Marchmont flushed red and looked the pardon she could not otherwise beg, while Miranda Southwick, with a whis- pered ‘“‘It’s me. 1 was jest ketchin’ your dress together,’’ affirmed she ‘didn’t see what everybody was laugh- in’ at!’ After the benediction matters were straightened out; and for years after- wards Burleigh Richmond was fond of telling how he became acquainted with his wife. Richard Malcolm Strong. A Trade Maker Fanny Davenport Se Cigar Trade Supplied By: B. J. Reynolds, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Phipps, Penoyer & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. Moreland Bros. & Crane, Adrian, Michigan. Thirty Miles an Hour cE van aa , [a S| Cosa 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. G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. AMERICAN CIGAR FACTORY Benton Harbor, Michigan ; M. A. PRICE & CO., Proprietors mane a Oh! whew aa I seen that face before? In Nearly All the Leading Stores. +~ +~ ‘4 —— , MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Commercial Travelers little bunch of celery each to remind them of home, sweet home. Michigan Knights of the *— an s; Sec- President, GEo. F. OWEN, Grand retary, A. W. STITT, Jackson; JOHN W. ScHRAM, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, H. E. BARTLETT, Grand Secretary, A. KENDALL, Grand Treasurer, C. M. EDELMAN, Flint; Hillsdale; Saginaw. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. ¢. T. Senior Counselor, W R. CoMPTON; Secretary- Treasurer, L. F. Baker Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association President, J. Boyp PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Gripsack Brigade. Ira F. Gordon, who covers the south- ern half of the State for F. E. Myers & Bro. (Ashland, Ohio) and Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co. (Canton, Ohio), con- templates removing from Traverse City next fall to some city in his territory. Grand Rapids and Lansing are both under consideration. I, E. Harrod, Michigan and Wiscon- sin representative for the New York Pharmacal Co., the Arlington Chemica] Co. and the Palisade Chemical Co., of Yonkers, N. Y., who is spending a couple of months in Grand Rapids, at- tending to detail work among the physi- cians, was presented with a9 pound boy by his wife on Sunday. Boot and Shoe Recorder: Said a shoe salesman who goes to the wholesale trade: ‘'I start this week on my trip to the Western cities with spring samples. There are many others besides mysel{ who are leaving Boston at this time. You see we have to make the trip so as to get back at the Hub again the last of July or the first of August, at latest. The wholesalers begin to arrive in Bos- ton at that time and, of course, we must be on hand to meet them. But first we must call on them at their places of business to show them the styles we have for the coming season. If we didn’t do this they would think that they were not properly attended to and might give their orders for the coming season to some other house. This trip seems un- necessary, but it must be made before the jobbers come to Boston.’’ >. ____ The Celery City To Be Largely Repre- sented Here July 25. From the Kalamazoo Telegraph. Preparations for the Grocers and Butchers’ Association picnic and out- ing at Grand Rapids July 25 took on a very definite form Monday evening, when Clair M. Patee, transportation agent of the Grand Rapids Railway Co., went before a meeting of the Asso- ciation and mapped out the programme of the day and offered his services to boom the excursion. His assistance was gratefully accepted and he will spend some time in Kalamazoo and nearby towns putting out advertising to swell the numbers who will take the trip. Fhe start for the Rapids will be made over the R. & I. at 7:15 in the morning and the committeemen say they will be disappointed if 1,500 peo- ple do not go. There. will be cars enough for 2,000, at least, and it is be- lieved that the number will easily reach if it does not exceed that figure. Upon the arrival in Grand Rapids the parade will be immediately formed for a short line of march through the business streets after which the visitors will scatter to the Valley City’s three fine resorts, Reed’s Lake, North Park and John Ball Park. The parade will have plenty of music with the new K. O. T. M. band from Kalamazoo and the News- boys’ band and Newell’s John Ball Park aggregation of musicians. The Grand Rapids men will be in uniform and it is probable that the Kalamazoo delega- reasurer, After dinner the events will all be at Reed’s Lake, where every kind of sport will be put on. About 4:30 Congress- man Alden Smith, as President of the day, will call the picnickers together in Ramona pavilion and will make the address of the day, with music by the bands and some other short speeches. There will be rides on the lake, dinner at the picnic grounds, games of all kinds, a vaudeville performance and every kind of picnic fun. If only one train is taken it will re- turn at 8 o’clock in the evening, but it is probable that there will be two trains, one leaving at 8 and one later in the evening. i The Lansing Grocers’ Association has accepted the invitation to be present on the same day and, while it is doubtful if the Jackson grocers will go ina body, it is certain that a large delegation will attend, with another from Milwaukee. ———_>—__ Pan-American Special on Michigan Cen- tral Railway. Detroit, July 5—Taking effect Sun- day, July 7, the Michigan Central will again change time, and will then have completed a superb train service be- tween all Michigan and Western points and Buffalo and the East; making it possible for passengers destined to the Pan-American Exposition to reach Buffalo and Niagara Falls in the most expeditious manner. The cause of the change in time is the putting on of the ‘‘Michigan Pan- American Special’’ consisting of stand- ard Michigan Central coaches and beau- tiful Buffet parlor cars, which will de- part from Detroit at 12.35 p. m. (noon) daily, except Sunday, arriving Buffalo at 7.10 p.m. Leaving Detroit at this hour this train will make connections with all in-coming trains from the State, thus making it possible for a person at almost any point in the State to leave home after breakfast and arrive at Buffalo for dinner, and for passengers taking the train at Detroit an oppor- tunity of getting luncheon at home and dinner at Buffalo. Returning the train will leave Buffalo at 9.00 a. m., reaching Detroit at 3.55 p. m., making connections with all afternoon trains for Michigan points. The train will run in both directions via Niagara Falls, affording a splendid view of the Falls to passengers who will be unable to stop over at that point. It will be know as ‘‘The Michigan Pan- American Special’’ because it is purely a Michigan-Detroit train. With this new train the Michigan Central will have seven trains a day each way between Detroit and Buffalo: the best passenger service ever in effect between Detroit and the East. The above new train shortens the time again 'between Detroit, New York, Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia. New York is reached at 7.30a. m. the follow- ing day, Baltimore at 7. 15 a.m., Washing- ton at 8.30 a. m., and Philadelphia 7. 22 a.m. To the last three named points it is the best service ever in effect from Detroit. Jos. S. Hall, D. P. A. ——_++.___ He Was Holding the Form. It was late and getting later. However, that did not stop the sound of muffled voices in the parlor. Mean- time the gas meter worked steadily. The pater endured it as long as he could and then resolved on heroic meas- ures. ‘*Phyllis,’’ he called from the head of the stairs, ‘‘has the morning paper come yet?’’ “No, sir,’’ replied the funny man on the Daily Bugle, ‘‘we are holding the form for an important decision.’’ And the pater went back to bed_ won- dering if they would keep house or live with him. —__es¢>___—_ A Natural Resentment. Farmer Hornbeak—Josh Hayrake is awfully down on the automobiles. One or "em ran over his poor ole mother-in- aw. Farmer Whiffletree—Kill her? Farmer Hornbeak—Nope; never hurt tion will appear in white caps with a The Grain Market. Wheat has followed its usual course of late, that is, prices have worked down- ward, especially for futures. Old cash wheat is very scarce and commands a premium. However, it looks as though bottom must be somewhere. It is now down below where even the bears think it is dangerous to put out new lines, New wheat will soon make its appear- ance if the weather keeps favorable. The wheat fields around here seem im- proved and farmers are looking for a better yieid than was anticipated four weeks ago, The visible made a fair decrease of 1,100,000 bushels, which leaves the visible 29,000,000 bushels, which is lower than it has been in a number of years. However, that does not affect the short sellers. One good sign is that exporters are beginning to buy our new wheat, and are buying it very cheap as they always do, as they always seem to come along when the market is at bottom and buy what they want, and nobody is to blame but the short sellers and the crop boomers. In regard to-spring wheat conditions, there are quite a number of complaints of too much rain, causing the wheat to rust, so that cereal is not yet made. Should the weather continue favorable there will be a good, fair average crop —not a bumper crop, owing to the short acreage. Corn is booming on account of the poor prospects for corn in Missouri, Kansas, part of Nebraska and Okla- homa. There seems to be only about two-thirds of a crop. Also in other States the corn crop is far from satis- factory. September has been selling as high as 49c—rather toppy. Oats made a decrease of 1,582,000 bushels, which gave it a boom of fully 2c a bushel. The crop is also very short and in many places almost a total failure. Some people are talking 4oc oats. However, we think that is en- tirely too high. It is not very often that we see oats equal in price with wheat, but such is a fact to-day, and should oats go up much more, farmers will be feeding their wheat instead of their oats. Rye is weak and has gone off about 4c since last writing and, with the out- look fora good, fair crop of rye, we see nothing in the near future except lower prices. Rye will probably open around 4oc for new—in fact, that is what deal- ers are offering to-day, but the sellers are not anxious to accept the bids. Beans are steady at last week’s prices. Flour is in fair demand—old wheat flour. As it will be some time before new wheat flour will make its appear- ance, the dealers will prefer old wheat flour for a while to come. Bran and middlings remain steady at $16 for bran and $17 for middlings. With the high price of corn and oats, mill feed will remain at present prices, Receipts, owing to the washouts of the railroads, were only normal: wheat, 39 cars; corn, 7 cars; oats, 7 cars; flour, 5 cars; beans, 2 cars; potatoes, 3 cars, There has been no report the last three days. Millers are paying 63c for wheat. . G. A. Voigt. —_—__>2.___ Half a Year of Hustling in the Capitol City. From the Lansing Republican. The officers of the Lansing Business Men’s Association, the six months’ old organization which has boosted the city from the mediocre into industrial promi- nence, take a pardonable pride in call- ing the attention of the members of the Association and Lansing business men in general to the work accomplished by the organization during the first half year of its existence. The beet sugar factory has been lo- cated and will be in operation this fall. The American Cut Glass Co. has had a fine plant constructed, which is now under operation. The wholesale grocery house of Austin & Burrington was located through the efforts of the hustling Business Men’s Association, and the Wilson plow point plant on the improvement grounds is on the eve of operation. The plant of the Potter Manufacturing Co. has been sold to the Hugh Lyons Co., which will come forward with a practically new factory. And still they come. Besides the things that show on the surface the Business Men's Association has accomplished much that has not yet manifested itself. George B. Caldwell, formerly of this city, who was for several years National Bank Examiner, has resigned his posi- tion as cashier of the Merchants’ Na- tional Bank of Indianapolis. Mr. Cald- well’s friends do not know what his plans are for the future. Whiskey, Morphine and Tobacco Habits Positively Cured Full particulars and prices for the asking. Patterson Home Sanitarium, 316 E. Bridge St. Phone 1291 Grand Rapids, Mich. The Warwick Strictly first class. Rates $2 per day. Central location. Trade of visitmg merchants and travel- ing men solicited. A. B. GARDNER, Manager. New Coffee Roasting Plant her a gol-dinged particle. We have put in the most completely equipped coffee roasting plant in Mich- igan and solicit an opportunity to submit samples and quote prices on anything you may need in the coffee line FREEMAN MERCANTILE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cmirendaararess: 1 ed we OMENS ets 26. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 4 Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires L, E. REYNOLDS, St. Josep - Dec. 31, 1901 HENRY HIM, Saginaw - - Dec. Wirt P. Dory, Detroit- - - Dec. 31, 1903 A. C. SOHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904 JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids Dec. 31, 1905 ae funee HE ‘cea — ENRY IM W. Treasurer, W. P. Dory, Detroit. Examination Sessions. Sault Ste. Marie, August 28 and 29. Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6. Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association. President—CuHas. F. MANN, Detroit. Secre —J. W. SEELEY, Detroit Treasurer—W. K. SCHMIDT, Grand Rapids. Practical Pharmacy for Practical Phar- macists. Every pharmacist in the country who is interested in dispensing, compound- ing and manufacturing operations; who experiments to perfect his processes; who notes the peculiarities that develop in his daily experiences; who, in short, is a real and true practitioner of phar- macy—every such man, we_ repeat, should concern himself with the opera- tions of the newly-created Section on Practical Pharmacy and Dispensing of the American Pharmaceutical Associa- tion. This section was founded for just such men—for practical pharmacists— and they ought to make it their medium of exchange and the expression of their experience. Last year, when this sec- tion was but a committee of the Asso- ciation, with limited operations, one of the most useful and helpful reports was presented that the pharmacists of the country have ever profited by. It com- prised a comprehensive analysis of sev- enty-eight troublesome prescriptions which had been sent in to the commit- tee from various parts of the country, and was in a limited way a practical treatise on frequently-occurring _ pre- scription incompatibilities. This year, with a better organized equipment, and with much more time and attention to be given the work at the annual meet- ing, results more varied and even more useful may be expected. The section is anxious to have _phar- macists send in every practical note possible—formulas, wrinkles in dispens- ing, incompatibilities, etc. Papers are also desired. In order to Stimulate the work of the section Dr. Enno Sander, ex-President of the Association, has made it possible to have a cash prize of $50 awarded each year for the best paper presented. All competitors for this prize must be members of the Associa- tion, but this should prove no hindrance to any pharmacist—he ought to be a member! There has been a great deal of talk in the past to the effect that the American Pharmaceutical Association was run ““by professors for professors,’’ and that the interests of the practical pharmacist were neglected. Whether or not this has been true in the past, it was not true at the Richmond meeting of last year,and it will not be true in the years to come. The formation and activity of the new Section alone guarantees that purely pharmaceutical interests will be maintained and advanced as they have previously been in no association in the country. On the other hand, the new life which has been infused into the commercial section, and the change of purpose which was effected in it at the Richmond meeting, give assurance that in the future this branch of the as- sociation will develop into an educa- tional forum for the elucidation and dis- cussion of business and advertising methods of all kinds. With two of the four sections devoted to the two chief elements of the pharmacist's activities —the technical and the commercial— and with these sections under the con- trol of the ablest and most representa- tive men in the country, it is sure that every pharmacist, in justice alone to his own selfish interests, ought no longer to withhold his membership from the American Pharmaceutical Associa- tion.—Bulletin of Pharmacy. ——__—_> © > Novel Soda Drinks. Crushed Cranberry. Cranberries, 2 pints. Water, 2% pints. Sugar, 2 pounds. Solution of citric acid, % ounce. Soda foam about 1 ounce. Wash the fruit, place in a pan or ket- tle, add the water, apply heat, allow to boil for five minutes, stirring frequent- ly; add the sugar, dissolve, add the solution and soda foam, and finally enough solution of salicylic acid to preserve. Coca Tonic. Kola wine, 8 fluidounces. Coca wine, 4 fluidounces. Blackberry brandy, 1 fluidounce. Lime iuice, 1 fluidounce. Raspberry juice (from fresh fruit), 4 fluidounces, Rock-candy syrup, 8 fluidounces. Serve one ounce toa mineral glass, with a little ice. Wine of kola is made from the fresh kola nut by percolating one ounce of it, ground, with ten ounces of sherry wine. ———___2s0.s__ Root Beer Extract. Fluid extract of sarsaparilla, 10 fluidrachms. Fluid extract of pipsissewa, 10 fiuidrachms, Fluid extract of wintergreen, 4 fluidrachms. Fluid extract of licorice, 4 flui- drachms. Oil of wintergreen, 48 drops. Oil of sassafras, 24 drops. Oil of cloves, 12 drops. Alcohol, 10 fluidounces. This makes a root beer ‘‘extract’’ which may be mixed with syrup or it may be diluted with nine gallons of water containing one gallon of refined molasses, and charged in a fountain. If it is preferred to use a fermented ar- ticle, add the water and molasses, us- ing warm water, also one quart of yeast, and keep in a warm place until fermen- tation is complete. —_—_>22___ Protection From Mosquitoes. The liquids employed on the face and hands in order to prevent mosquitoes from biting are usually solutions in al- cohol of camphor, menthol, or oil of pennyroyal. The menthol preparation is a good one. It is the odor of these substances that keeps the mosquitoes away. Oil of tar is very efficacious for this purpose, but it is scarcely less un- desirable than the mosquitoes them- selves. ——_>2.>___ Ink for Writing on Glass. Resin, 20 parts. Alcohol, 150 parts. Borax, 35 parts. Methylene blue, 1 part. Water, 250 parts. Dissolve the resin and the methvlene blue in the alcohol and mix with the water in which the borax has previously been dissolved. ——_>22___ Digestive Tablets. Powdered double refined sugar, 300 parts. Subnitrate bismuth, 60 parts. Saccharated pepsin, 45 parts. Pancreatine, 45 parts. Mucilage, 35 parts. Ginger, 30 parts. Mix and divide into suitable sizes. Improved Glycerin Suppositories. Prof. L. E. Sayre says that there has always been considerable complaint of the U. S. P. suppositories on the score that the proportions of the ingredients are such as not to give the greatest efficiency to the preparation. A West- ern pharmacist who has created a large demand for glycerin suppositories of his own manufacture furnished Profes- sor Sayre with his formula, which reads as follows: Glycerin, 300 grammes. Sodium carbonate, 6 grammes. Stearic acid, 10 grammes. Mix the ingredients as directed by the Pharmacopoeia and form into sup- positories of suitable size. The size usually prescribed as rectal suppositor- ies, instead of weighing 6.8 grammes, weigh less than 4 grammes. The Phar- macopoeia directs that these suppositor- ies, after molding, be wrapped in tin foil. This, remarks the Professor, is considered quite objectionable. - It is far better to introduce them at once into dry glass tubes and then tightly cork the container. If it be desirable to wrap the individual suppositories, it is bet- ter to employ a strong paraffin paper for the purpose. Too much stress can not be laid upon the fact that they should be freshly prepared when required. It does not take long for the glycerin to disengage from combination; it soon appears on the surface of the supposi- tory, and being extremely hygroscopic will rapidly attract moisture. ———~>-2——___ Best Kind of a Window Display. Professor Fennel, of the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, has a successful pharmacy in that city. Recently he displayed in his window, according to a report in the Cincinnati Post, ‘‘a unique and _ instructive collection of 1,000,000 prescriptions illustrating the great change in the pharmaceutical world during the past fifty years. The dis- play included 300,000 prescriptions on which were the signatures of the fore- most Cincinnati physicians since 1850, together with mortars and other con- trivances then in use by druggists, but long since abandoned.’’ The display attracted a great deal of attention, and was written up and given the promi- nence of a leading news article in the daily above referred to. Professor Fen- nel was interviewed on the subject of the display, and on the changes that had taken place during the fifty years which the display represented, and it is safe to say that the display proved a profitable one. In hunting around for good window displays pharmacists, as a tule, pay too little attention to the things which really belong to pharmacy proper, and which would advertise them as professional and scientific men rather than as business dealers. Give a greater share of attention to your real calling in your displays and your advertising gen- erally. Educate the people to seeing in you something besides a dealer in mis- cellaneous articles. ——_0 2 __-— Antidote For Formaldehyde. Dr. Lord says: Several cases of poisoning with formaldehyde, taken by mistake, have recently been reported. In view of the fact that the chemical is coming into more and more general use as a disinfectant and antiseptic, such cases will probably become more frequent. An easily accessible and re- liable antidote is, therefore, a neces- sity. We-possess such an antidote in ammonia water. Ammonia, combining with formaldehyde, forms the harmless, non-caustic and non-toxic hexamethy- lene-tetramine, which is a_ well-known compound, and is employed theraseutic- ally under the names formin, urotro- pine, etc. The ammonia may .be administered either in the form of the ordinary am- monia water (a few drops well diluted), or anisated solution of ammonia, or aromatic spirit of ammonia, or solu- tion of ammonium acetate, which latter has no caustic properties whatsoever, and is equally capable of combining with the formaldehyde to form hexa- methylene-tetramine. Thos. Willetts. ———> 22> —__ Sterilizing Cocaine Solutions, The growing use of cocaine for pro- ducing anesthesia by intraspinal injec- tions has caused a demand for a method of sterilizing the solutions without the use of heat, which sometimes acts un- favorably on this alkaloid. A simple method is recommended in the New York Medical Record: Place the desired amount of cocaine salt in a graduate that has been recently sterilized, then add an ounce of dry ether, and stir the mixture constantly with a sterilized glass rod until the ether has conipletely evaporated. Pour on the cocaine the requisite quantity of recently boiled (and cooled) water, stir to effect solution, and use at once. This method contemplates the preparation of only the actual amount of cocaine in- jection needed at the time; hence there is no danger of using a solution of cocaine that has become ‘‘spoiled.’’ ——> 22> _ The Drug Market. Opium—Is very firm and _ tending higher, on account of stronger primary markets. Morphine—Is price. Quinine—Is quict. The demand is small and prices are unchanged. Citric Acid—Is weak at the decline, owing to competition. Castor Oil—Has declined 4c per gal- lon. Oil Cedar Leaves—Has now come into the market and lower prices are looked for. Oil Peppermint—Is very firm and is tending higher. Oil Sassafras—Has advanced. Linseed Oil—Has again advanced, on account of high price for seed. —__> 2. __ A kind word thrown at your husband will go farther: towards a new bonnet than a rolling-pin will. steady at unchanged Window Shade Headquarters Send us your orders. Large stock on hand. Special sized shades our spec- falty. Orders filled same day received. Write for Price List and Samples. Heystek & Canfield Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. '3339333333339333093 Fred Brundage Wholesale Druggist 32 and 34 Western Avenue Muskegon, Mich. School Supplies and Stationery ¥ Complete lines now ready. Wait for our 7 ot MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Advanced—(ii § Sassafras, Linseed Oil. Declined—Castor Vil. Acidum Aceticum . -$ 6@$ 8 Benzoicum, ‘German. 7@ 75 BOTAGC oo, ac ccs @ WV Carbolicum .......... 4 42 Citrieum............. 47 50 Hydrochlor.......... = 5 Nitrocum 10 Oxalicum............ 12@ 14 ee dil. . @ 15 Salicylicum ......... 5°@ «5B Sulphuricum ........ 1%@_ =+5 Tannicum ........... 1 10@ 1 20 Tartaricum ......... 38@ 40 Ammonia Aqua, 16 deg......... 4@ 6 ian 20 =“ . 6@ 8 Carbonas....... 13@ 15 Chloridum...... 12@ 14 ‘Aniline ORs oe 2 00@ 2 25 rown 80@ 1 00 —— 45@ 50 Yellow seoeees 2 50@ 3 00 Baccese Cubebe........ po,25 2@ 24 Juniperus............ 6@ 8 Xanthoxylum ....... 1 70@ 1 75 Balsamum PUN Se es a 55 60 — @ 185 Terabin, Canada 55@ 60 os Sea 145@ 50 Cortex Abies, Canadian. 18 MERINO. oc. oo 12 Cinchona Flava. 18 Euonymus atropurp. 30 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 Prunus = OC eaad 12 Quillaia, gr’d........ 12 Sassafras ...... po. 20 : 15 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Extractum Glycyrrhiza Glabra. Se 25 G rhiza, po..... 28 30 oe SS ic 11 12 zematox is es ccaicine 13@ 14 gematox, 4S....... aa 15 gematox, 4S....... 16 17 Ferru Uarbonate —_.- : 15 Citrate and Quinia. 2 25 Citrate Soluble...... 75 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40 Solut. Chloride. ..... 15 a com’l..... 2 Iphate, ag = bbl, per cwt.. 80 sulphate pure...:.. 7 Flora PRIOR oo. es ea oe =e 18 Arnthemis............ 22 25 Matricaria........... 30@ 35 Folia Barosma............. 45@ 48 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- nevelly .. 20@ 25 Cassia, Acutifol, ‘Alx. 23@ 30 = officinalis, 4s a M8 -) oe, 12@ 20 Uva re. cs): 8@ 10 Gummi Acacia, 1st —-- 2 65 Acacia e2d picked 45 Acacia, 3d picked... g 35 Acacia, sifted sorts. 28 Avacia, po........... 45 65 Aloe, Barb. po.18@20 12 14 Aloe, Cape....po. 15. 12 Aloe, Socotrt 7% 40 30 Ammoniac.. 55@ 60 Assafcetida.. 40@ 45 Benzoinum ie 55 Catechu, 1s 13 Catecbu, %s 14 Catechu, 4s 16 Caw pnore 73 Euphorbium. @ 4 Galbanum @ 1 00 Gamboge ......... po 6@ 70 Guaiacum...... po. 25 @ Kino........ po. $0.75 @ iaeee .... 55... 2. @ MOVETA. 5S. po. 45 @ Opli....po. 4.90@5.00 3 45@ 3 Beenae -..... 3... Se Shellac, bleached. 40@ a 60@ Herba Absinthium..oz. pkg Eupatorium..oz. pkg Lobelia ...... oz. pkg Majorum ....0z. pkg Mentha Pip..oz. pkg Mentha Vir..oz. pkg -0Z. Rue Pp. Fariacknn V oz. pkg Thymus, V...oz. pkg Magnesia Caleined, Pat........ 55@ Carbonate, Pat...... 18@ Carbonate, K.&M.. 18@ ‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ Oleum Absinthium......... 6 0@ 7 Amygdalz, Dulc.... 38@ — Amare. 8 00@ 8 An 85@ 2 5@ 2 Conium Mac......... Copaiba ............. 1 1 Cubed. ....-....... 1 1 —— 1 1 Erigeron . 1 1 Gaultheria ..2072127) 1 1 Geranium, ounce.. possippll, ‘Sem. al. Hedeo: uk Junipera i Lavendula .......... Limonis . Mentha Piper. ...... Mentha Verid....... ee fae. 8. ee et et et G2 ohm bee et DD et BD RD ee oa Se Oe arene een SeueRCSSOSUSEES NS sie ebsiaes ta Tent ° ess., , ounce. Ta eet en Thyme, opt.......... @1 Theobromas ........ 15@ Potassium BORE 1b@ 18 Bichromate ......... 1 15 Bromide ............. 52@ 57 Carb ... cscs. Ie io Chlorate... “po. 17@19 16@ 18 Cyaniae 6. 2, 34@=sSCO88 AOGINO 2 2 40 Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30 Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 Potass Nitras, opt.. 7 10 Potass Nitras.. 6@ SB Prussiate.. sss 2 626 Sulphate po. Se. 16@ 18 Radix — Semele oon 200@ 25 Althz cccccs Cae 3S ian +. ie: 2 Arum po.. ees @ 2 Calamusg............. — 40 Gentiana...... po.15 1: 15 Glyehrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden. @ 7 Hydrastis Can., po.. 80 Hellebore, Alba, = : 15 + mpm o4 22 Tpec: us ang 3 75 ie a \po. 35@38 40 Jalapa, pr........... 2G 30 Maranta, \s........ @ 35 Podophyitum, po.. 22@ = 25 ay 75@ 1 00 = ag Seles aces ait @ 1 25 Bnet py: 75@ 1 35 Spigel “ 35@ «38 Sanguinaria._ ‘po. “15 @ 18 Serpentaria ......... 40@ 45 Senega .. 60@ 65 Smilax, oficinalis i. @ 4 Smilax, M.. @ 2 illze ; Bo. 35 10@ 12 Symplocarp » Feeti- ans, PO: @ 2B Vaieriana,Eng. po. 30 @ 2 Valeriana, German. 15@ 20 Zingiber a........... u4@ 16 Zingiber j............ 25@ 27 pares Anisu - po. @ Tw plum ( giavéleons). 13@ 15 Bird, ig. ..... 41@ 6 Gea eosaied ici PO. “15 10@ 11 Cardamon. . -. 1 25@ 1 75 Coriandrum... 8@ 10 Cannabis Sativa... Seed 4%@ 5 Cydonium........... 75@ 1 00 Chenopodium . 15@ 16 Dipterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10 Foeniculum.......... @ 0 Foenugreek, po oe 7@ 9!|Creosotum........... 35 Lini 4@ Creta . bbl. 75 2 = ss oo prep. ce a re EID. cs. Phariaris C Canarian. i : —— bra. Ra osiees e a : rocus . eae Sinapis Alba... 9@ 10| Cudbear.. a clne od @ 2 Sinapis Nigra. . 11@ = 12| Cupri Sulph.. Pies cas 644@_sSC8 Spiritus oso a Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50| Ether Su Frumenti. D. F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25 Eaery = numbe.s. g ; Frumenti............ 2G) we po. “90 85@ 90 en Flake Whites. s 2. L2@ 15 —- eris ae | 1 75@ 3 50 Jalla @ 2 a 2 10 Spt. Vint Gani... .. :: 1 pm 4 6 50 7 a ni Oporto......... 1 25@ 2 00 35@ 60 Vini ee eee 1 25@ 2 00 75 & 5 Sponges on. t ue : : ue, brown. oe 50@ 2 75| Glue, white.....1... 15@ 25 Nassau sheeps’ wool Glycerina....... - 17%@ 25 carriage... 2 50@ 2 75} Grana Paradisi...... @ 2 Velvet extra. sheeps? Humulus .. 5@ 55 wool, carriage..... @ 1 50| Hydrarg Chlor Mite @ 100 Extra yellow s icone Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. @ 9 wool, carriage. .... @ 1 25| Hydrarg Ox Rub’m @ 110 Grass ‘sheeps wool, Hydrarg heme laa @ 120 carriage . . @10 See aeeenee = . Hard, for slate use.. 75 | OyCrargyrum....... Yellow Reef, for ™ iehthycbolia, Am.. 4 ; = slate wae... ...-..-. e+ jaaise- iti 3 40@ 3 60 Syrups << lodoform.. aoe me 8 85 Auranti Cortex... ce oa oun. 80@ 85 ee ae @ 50 Leap 65@ 75 _— aos @ 6/Li nd “Arsen et Hy- —_ dod. sa aie @ 50 a @ B Rhei Arom.......... @ 50} Liquor otaga Arsinié 10@ 12 sunflax Officinalis 50@ 60; Magnesia, Sul 2@ 3 Senega ........ es @ 650| Magnesia, Sulbh, bbl @ 1% Sollle.. BO Se Fereeeese 50Q 60 Heillze Co... ........ POMIEAME o.0 08... Prunus virg......... Tinctures Aconitum Napellis R Po gag N; poche F ®€8O SRSoRSR ISR Sas wBB SESS SSSSSSSSSSSSESHESSOSRSES SRS ORC STIETEESSSEREREs SSS Aloes and Myrrh... AUIMOR by oe Sock cass Assafocetida.......... Atrope Belladonna... Auranti Cortex...... Benzoin . a leds oe Benzoin Co.... 2.1... Barosma,............ oo Capsicum .. Cardamon .. Cardamon G Castor...... Catechu’.. Cinchona . Cinchona re Columba . Cubebez. Cassia Acutifoi.. Cassia Acutifol Co.. Digitalis. ............ a Ferri Chloridum.... Cerra es... Gentian Co.. Gulaca. . . Guiaca ammon...... Hyoscyamus... : odine .. een —— colorless. . ii - P Opii, comphorated.. Opii, deodorized..... 1 Guana“... oo TR es: Sanguinaria........ Serpentaria . ag ee Tolutan . ES Valerian .... |. < Veratrum Veride.. Zingiber Miseciipiaaens ther, Spts. Nit.? F AKther, Spts. Nit. 4F Antimoni, Antimonie Potiss i T Antipyrin Antifebrin |... 1.277! Argenti Nitras, oz... Arsenicum .......... Balm Gilead wnee Bismuth S. N.. Calcium Chior, 1s.. Calcium Chlor., Hs. Calcium Chlor., Cantharides, Rust po Capsici Fructus, a Capsici Fructus, po. Capsici Fructus B, po Caryophyllus. .po. 15 Carmine, No. 40 Cera Alba.. Cera Flava.. Coceus ....... oe Cassia Fructus. Sea Centraria. . oo Cetaceum.. Chloroform . Chloroform, ‘squibbs Chloral Hyd Crs€.... 1 Chondru Cinchonidine, P.& W Cinchonidine, Germ. Cocaine Corks, ‘ist, ‘dis. pr. ct. _ i ll em OVO SESRSSESRESAS Sedeee ae Menthol............. @ 4 2 a — eae a 22 | Linseed, pure raw... 82 Morphia, ig Fr. o 2 15@ 2 40| Sinapis . beeen "e 18 Linseed, Olled...... 83 Morphia, 8... N.Y. Q. 2 05@ 2 30 Smut ‘opt. poesia cela @ 30 Neatsfoot, winter str 54 60 Morphia, Mal........ 2 05@ 2 30 | Snu een De Spirits Turpentine... 41 46 Moschus Canton.. @ 4 @ 41 Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ 80 snutt Bokeh DeVo's 8 @ 41 Paints BBL. LB. Nux Vomica...po. 15 @ 10 a, B 9@ 11 Os Sepia... os... 35@ 37 | Soda, Son, po. 9@ 11| Red Venetian.. 1% 2 @8 — Saac, H. & P. 23@ 25| Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @& Cee oe. @ 100 1%@ 2) Ochre, yellow Ber... 1% 2 @3 = pais N.N.% on. 3 5| Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3 @ 2 00 , Ash 3%@ 4/| Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Picis Liq., quarts... @ 1 00/ Soda, Sulphas. | @ _ 2) Vermilion, ee Picis Liq., pints..... @ 85} Spts. Cologne... @ 260|_ American . 13@ 15 Pil Hydrarg. . po. 80 @ 650/Spts. Ether Co...._ 50@ 55| Vermilion, Engiish.. 70@ 75 Piper Nigra...po.22 @ 18|Spts. Myrcia Dom.. @ 2 00| Green, Paris........ M4@ 18 Piper Alba Sem 35 @ 30/ Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ Green, Peninsular... 13@ 16 Piix aan : 108 7 | Spts. Vini Rect. %bbl @ Lead, red... 6%4Q@ 7 Plumbi Acet......... 12 Sets. Vini Rect. 10gal @ Lead, white......... 6%@ 7 Pulvis Ipecac et oi 1 0 1 50 ts. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ Whiting, white Span @ 9 Pyrethrum, boxes aa Crystal... 80@ 1 05 wuiing gilders’.. @ % & P. D. Co., doz.. @ 75} Sulphur, Sub 2%@ 4| White, Paris, Amer. @ 1 2 Pyrethrum, pv.. 25@ 30/ Sulphur, Roll.. 24@ 3% Whiting, Paris, Eng. Quassiz.. -- 8@ 10| Tamarinds ....//777’ 8@ 10} _ cliff.. @ 140 Quinia, 8S. P.& W.!. 36@ 46| Terebenth Venice. 2 ” Universal Prepared: 1 10@ 1 20 Quinia, 8. German.. 36@ 46| Theobrome.......... Quinia, N. Y......... 36@ 46| Vanilla.......... .-.. 9 00@I16 00 Varnishes Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ 14| Zinci Sulph......... 7@ 8 Saccharum Lactls pv 18@ 920 Oils No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Sala ie age Extra Turp.......... : 160@ 1 70 Sanguis Draconis.. 400@ 50 BBL. GAL. | Coach Body......... 2 75@ 3 00 Sapo, W.. 12@ 14} Whale, winter....... 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10 Sapo 10@ 12/ Lard, extra.......... 60 70 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 @ i5/ Lard, No.t.......... 45 50 | Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ 7E we shall this season che an even more complete line of Holiday Goods than last Our Mr. Dudley will call and dis- year. play samples as soon as the new lines are complete. Our customers can place their entire orders with us this season at one time if they wish, saving the time and trouble of looking over several smaller | Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 4] FF GROCERY PRICE CURRENT 3 4 - 6 e : These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, | stan anes cel Mexican Sugar Squares bee cls cs -8 7 ‘ — are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are lia-| Fancy............... i —_.. <5 Tut he Frutti... = + e to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at | Fair (asain 90 a Vanilla Wafers ‘ is : i market prices at date of purchase. a. a ee + ---- ‘a i Raney 1 20 Java E.J. Kruce & Co.’s — iiecis Bi : is caaaion African... poe ae ea oes 12% Standard Orackers NE Oe _ cig cong of cam mmmececal dita eg ule tatatye tric tones e ADVANCED DECLINED nl ama ea 8 OG i ec: 2% | | Write for complete rie ac oe } ‘inthis Sidectiees Wace a. ae Oa eae 29 eresting discounts. 4 oo oe ar ae ue Ge =~ UD. 7 Mocha CREAM TARTAR -.0f pring hea our CATSUP ee ++ 21) | 5 and 10 Ib. ‘3 | — Columbia, pints.. ee Package Bulk in — — as = 3 i oms, aes > . Se 1 25 New York Basis. DRIED FRUITS cS f :n0% it i |onene } | on a 11% | Evaporated, 80 ib. boxes Gs . Diamond White. . @ 8% McLaughlin's xXxXxx Cen aes i Index to Markets { 9 Des acolye.-": gid] VMetatghin's XAK sold to Apricots .......... .... ~h : By Columns Cyiteder : is io os .20 aaa” aire r - we ae pag i H ALABASTINE En i: ———= 4 i = = ——- a 9 _ Extract d i olors in drums 1 ‘ A Col. | White in packages 10 Fells aa — iB | Raspberries 3.17.7 oe ; Colors in packages. . 1 x 1 15 spberries .......... ; Akron Stoneware ae 1b Less 46 per cent discount. | ——— 8 foll 3 Bross. .... 85 ae a. Prunes ; Be 1 el’s STOSS ...... 1 43 : - boxes - a : AXLE GREASE Substitutes 90-100 25 Ib. boxes |. % Axle Grease............00... 1 doz. gross Crushed Cereal Coffee _, 80 - 90 25 Ib. boxes .. ; B : Aurore: |... ... -55 600 12 packages, % Case......... 70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... »\ ¢ P ae Castor Oil.............60 700 BUTTER COLOR 24 packages, 1 case .. "3 50 60-70 25 Ib. boxes ...... i owder............... Diamond ...2....0.0... 50 4. 25 | W., R. & Co.'s, 15¢ size... 1 CONDENSED MILK 50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes 9 on | W., R. & Co.'s, 2c size... 2 4 doz in case. 40-50 25 Ib. boxes ... a F 9 00 CANDLES Gall Borden Eagle .. ....6 49 | 30-40 25 Ib. boxe >" ate ght re Crown... ‘6 25| 4 cent less in 86 Ib. cases ie j f ectric Light, 16s...........12 sy.... 5 ~ Fi : Paraffine, 6s.. a a Sn Champion 2 Leghorn.. Cs ee Paraffine, 128...............11 olla "4 95 | Corsican ....... Sess : Wiking ----- --. ..-. — 3 751 California oe — CANNED Goons CHEWING GUM — "3 ao | Emported, 1 Ib package... 12% si Siete ~- —— a Seem... 65 COUPON BOOKS Imported, » bulk... Be nx -& ! he Gallons, standards. 200| Black Jack... ........ 85| 6) BOOKS. any denom... 1 50| Citron Ameriean 19 Ib. bx...13 i Blackberries Largest Gum Made....... 60 = = any denom... 2 50} Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..10% Standards ........... —oeea. Slick oe ee” - 11 50 | Orange American 10 Ib. bx..10% ; Sen Sen Breath Perfume.. 100]! ieee denom... 20 00 Raisins i Mica, tin boxes.......75 9 00| Baked ..... 1 o0@1 30 | Sugar Loaf..............0. 55 ve quotations arefor either | London Layers 2 Crown. ft & Paragon............ ..55 600| Red Kidn * "qe os) Wucatan........- 0 55 or amen ieeant —— London Layers 3 Crown. 1 75 g y BAKING POWDER String ...... 80 CHICORY 1,000 books are ordered at a time | Loowe Masesten's Grow E ce 95 | Bulk......... 5 pon ata saeat Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 6% Secuekane age te ; ee Biucberries Sn eS — elves specially | Loose Muscatels8Crown 6 | fe ee secesete esas ceee 4 ( wt WRI cone ce ce ce anit cover without extra | Loose Muscatels4Crown 7 \ : oa eg agama : ink ewes PORE ce 6% Coupon Pass Books L. - oe a . hie ane 2 Ib. cans, —n ea {ng | IE one cc ove ss 6 Can = tion from to represent any | Suitanas, bulk ae... 78 Clams CHOCOLATE enomination from $10 —— ‘moka oT f Dried Fraifs. ................ 5 Little Neck, 1 Ib... an 1 00 Walter — - - s, 50 books.... 1 50 eee package .......... ' F Little Neck. 2 1b... 1 50 | German Sweet. i : 2 50 i Beans er 68 a Clam Bouill ee 31 : D Ps Fish and Oysters... 13 Burnham’s. % pint.....--. 192 ee 2 " = Medium Ha Hand Picked" *9"00 ' Flavoring Extracts........... 5 Burnham’s, pints.......... iti “moo Brown Holland.. Fresh Meats... 220200. 6 | 4 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case......3 75 | Burnham’s, quarts........ Rive... 28 1,000, ea se ereals ee = % Ib. cans, 2 doz. case...... 3 75 Cherries en... 31 | 2,000 any one denom.. "5 oo | cream of — cata 4 = a i clastic “ ee a 2, ioe nom 5 00) Grain-O, small 2.22222 2222 221 35 i ee. 5 Ib. cans, % doz. case......8 00| White................. 1 15 | Cotton, 40 ft. rs — —— Some - an ate ea _* ? ns and Flour ............ ’ eee ra ts. H ‘ uJ AXO et —— 50 ft. per doz ‘1 290] National Biscuit Co.’s brands | Pos Cereal, smaii - 4 4 i Herbs ........ $ | Cotton, 70 ft, ber dos = 60 a Postum Cereal. large... = eNT ' Hides and Pelts.............. 13| % Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 45 ‘ 95 | Cotton, 80 ft. per doz ‘1 80 24 1 Ib. pac — } I % Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 85 French Peas Jute, 60 ft. per doz. . 80 Bulk, per 100 _- teteeeeee DBO = ee g|! Ib. cans. 2 doz. case......1 60} Sur Extra Fine......0..... 2 | Jute. 72 ft. per doz 95 me pao) aos J Queen Flake Extra Fine... 2.2... 19 — Flake, 50 Ib. sack..... ..... s AMS OT 6 | 3 0Z., 6 doz. case.............2 70 foe ee ger nen - eas : scose Sl gee SEE Leatl. 200 1D. bbl.-......-.-- :> i L 6 oz., 4 doz. case..-°°0020111.8 a) OFeD ie "ie 8. —ereS 35 | Soda, City 6 | Feast, se i an Vi ae mo . 4 doz. case... fe ee eestor ean oni an ramp Sates : {oe 480 | Standard... =< $2 | Long Island Wafers..." 13, | Domestic, 10 1b. box... 60 — nia Hominy a uae 45 | Zephyrette... ............ 13 | Imported. 25 Ih. box........ 2 50 po — eee a Standard............. 85 | Van Houten, %s............. 12 yster j..- ##| Pearl Barley Licort Royal aaa Lobster ve is. "99 a, eee 1% ee ° wee e ee eee . gt 1 an Ol 2) 3 eee ecer coer cscs cose ee 10esize.... 90] Star, 1 Ib.. 3 = Van Houten, a = Extra Farina.............. 6% 4 atic M : 14 Ib. cans 1 35 | Pienle Tails. 2 35| Webb........... "89 Baltine Oyster............. 6 ; ene 7 cates Ye ackerel Wilbur, Me 41 sweet Goods —Boxes eek Batrats................ 7 Mustard, 1 = Po 1 75 Wilbur, 14s. 42 Animals ini slip 6 Sia Sig ipa: ae widliany 10 ae 7 14 Ib. cans 2 50 a 2 80 COCOA SHELLS Assorted Cake............ 10 a od ce 7 % Ib 1 75 SHELLS Belle Rose................. 8 F 4 lb. cans 3 75 san — — wesc cote cerns 2% | Bent’s Water.............. 16 Nee 14 > os 1751 Pound pace ~ ae. «2 | Gimmamon Bar... -......... 9 - 31b. eans 13 00 | Tomato, 21D... 2 80 oa * oe 10 ze 9 ushrooms Sy PEE. os see 1 . OM Cams... .----- eee | & pa .—:18@20 —— Cocoanut Macaroons.. -.-- 18 a OR 7 Buttons... 1221.22.27; 2225 Cocoanut Taffy............ 10 Oyster Pafls.....2..22 0.00002. 7|- BATH BRICK Oysters o, Cracknells................. 16 £ a P ee ee a 70 Cove, 1 Ib ee ee 85 ee Sa 8 er ee ea ine Doce Sues ox escenuen ce 2S POBM UPISP..... 02.02.05 00 oar Gaon, Fae ae : BLUING Cove, 1 Ib Oval...... 1 = HIGH GRADE Cubans... = eet oi ecu. me Ei ‘ ; = .% — » Per gross 4 00) pig Peaches tastes pecuen ines See ae 2 peta Fees se rere eed 00 " : z. OVALS. DEP orossG 001 Seon en os ee ND as Geaamn 100 b. i 7 | Arctic 16 oz. round a ome Be TE nee 1 65@1 85 fal Combination........ Frosted Cream........ .. x, 2 | 200 Bb. ‘barrel tS a 7 Pears Peete Breakfast. . Ginger Gems, |’r; Npe orsm ds 8 | 100 Ib. b vee es Standard ree i 70 Lenox, Mocha & eg . = Ginger Snaps, 6 ids io ec U nse cw wales 2 90 > oe eee aoe ee 80 | Old Gov't J tattssette esse eeee 10 come Private Estate, and Mocha. 34 | Grandma Cakes. ..2200 2... 9” | Green, Wisconsin, bu.......130 ;}4 Marrowfat oc. Graham Crack ne poetess bu. pecans 140 Tf Saleratus................0.00. ee re 1 00 | Supreme, Java and Mocha ..27 | G — & | Split ME Early June... ....... 100] Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Bra ds er hina ae se “naa } Salt ee 1 00] White Housce asic nas | Grand Rapids Tes....... 18 | Rolled Avena, bbl. = --4 20 ee mam White House; 30-25. ".......98 | leed Hones Crumpets, ... 10 _| Séeel Cut, 100 tb. sacks: °/:""2 25 Sauerkraut. Sliced steeeseccse sa 1 7 | Excelsior M. & J., 60-18... ..21% | I a para teas ace 10 | Monarch, bbl * 3 90 ee 35@2 55 Excelsior M. & Fy 30-2s. a Junbl als cee 8 Monarch, % bbl... ee rr a o Shoe ‘Biacicing, ia Pumpkin mina... or — = Honey. oe 12 | Monarch’ 90 Ib. sack as = i PIE... eee eeeeeeeee 70 | Royal Java & Mocha. ...7.126%4 | Lemon Snaps............. 12 | @uaKer, cases. se+-B 20 ¥ = OREN Pay gE eM SUSE al 75 Arabian Mocha ....... 28% | Lemon Wafers 12 Sago ene | s danse cece 9] | Ng | Rasy pare 85] Aden Moch......00 2.00000... 22% | Marshmallow ane 16 | East India..-...--.-.-.-..... 2% oes ‘tien we — ~ oo | Mocha & Java Biend..7.2.. Macematee Dannan. : - German, sacks.............. 3% ete 10 hea a iy —— ee ee Os eeepc CADS.0.00000 eee e vere 3 75 | Golden Santos............... er epee 8 — vrs: 101 Sram size, per doz.......... 40 | 4 Ibs CNS...-20 ee eeeese sees 7 00 a Pees eee tees eee Mixed Plenic....2.2.2.222. 1% nee ‘sacks sett esees 444 + Large size, perdoz.......... nx | 1b. can.. + coscecses 12-00] Reaslcioy Blend. 15% Mik Biscuit............... 7% | Pearl, 241 1b. packages... 3% T P 7 Excelsior Blend.............- 14% | Molasses Cake Pearl, 241 Ib. packages. .... 6 BROOMS ‘Salmon Gee 14 | Molasses Bar.............. ° Wheat {-) ~ : Columbia River,talls @1 8 Rio Moss Jelly Bar............ 3x, | Cracked, bulk. 3 No ee —- 22 eae flats : @1 95 | Common..................... 10% on Sa ee edie 12% 242 Db. packnees fo oe No: 8 Carpet 022000000 185 Pink Alaska.” 1 Oogt 10] Chote.2222722002707020000008 Qatmeal Grica : § | EEAVORING EXTRACTS =~) Vinegar ..........0.00.00. cee 12 Parlor Gem.. ......2 40| Standar ——— 1 50 a mane 15 | Orange Crisp...-... E : oe FOOTE & JENKS’ Ww : ie Whis So nes Common...... a li nl Rarer rire hs . 7” Washing Powder............ 12 | Ware Whisk................ 1 10| Domestic, 4s........ ia... mee sie — Warehouse.............././3 25| Domestic’ 382.1... : Be ashok ns ceens est ree Pilot Bread, XXX......... 7% vn peas = BRUSHES Decete Sekana: ae 15 | Pretzelettes, hand Ezeeee. 8 Highest Grad a Wrapping Paper............. 13 | Solid Back, 81 — California, 34s....... 11@14 | Peaberry..................... 2 Set ora hand made...... 8 Enc’ e Extracts { ¥ ao. Ss California %s.. 17@24 Maracaibo ee t S Does: fg Vanilla Lemon Vp Vent Cake co noc coesc., 18 | ee Bee dt im «== 95 | French, 4S.......... 7@14 | Fair ..........cc.cces00s s ln oo 7% | lozfullm.1 20 1ozfull m. 80 Sa ee 85 | French, 48.......... 1a@eg Honole! 2.2222. ag | Saige Orenmn, 50x 0007 $ [Nostany.s is Reena ie vereers]6 | Sugar Cream, XXX......- 8 |No.3fan’y.3 15 No.3fan’y.1 57 —) Dee we we So Oe = UM a ae — oe St A Gt Gt OG? ——— — = SS ae ae a ~ + 4 Oo _ ehre iam 4 - YY ' a er - od “a gt shew ’ ° ~ y 7“ LS gly RM ade. a a! eis abe tielgn Fa ae ¢ a > a ae ’ = 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN NO © 7 9 10 Vanilla Lemon 2 0z panel..1 20 20z panel. 75 3 oz Caper..2 00 40z taper..1 50 00 - bbe 3T... 2 08 2 oz. Assorted Play ors 75¢. Our Tropical. 2 oz. full measure, Lemon.. 75 4 oz. full measure, Lemon.. 1 50 2 oz. full measure, Vanilla.. 90 4 oz. full measure, Vanilla.. 1 80 Standard. 20z. Panel Vanilla Tonka.. 70 2 0z. Panel Lemon.......... 60 FLY PAPER Tanglefoot, per box.. Tanglefoot, per case. a FRESH MEATS Beef Carcass... ce 6%@ 8 Forequarters .. - 5406 Hind acai ae 8%@ 9% Loins No. 3.......... 124%@Q16 cl. 9 @12% MOMNOR = oo. ne %@ 9 Chucks coe 5 @5% Plates ous 4@5% ' Pork Dressed PG Glory Mayflower emg poe aha Satctiel & Pacific ottom Square Mutton Ee ES Ty 28 50 OAPCABS 3... ca Tae. Oe 1. 34 60 amps 94%4@10 Leese eee e eens 44 80 Veal ge eee “ : = CARCASS... 3... @8 eo 76 185 GRAINS AND FLOUR Be ae 1 70 Wheat O..a. 1 06 200 WHORE 2.0 SS 1 Seo cc. 1 28 2 40 Winter Wheat Flour . thet tree ee eees : = ; = —— Si 415 Patents .. ceveeeeeers 410/106. ll! 2 34 4 50 Second Patent...2. 20222271 See 2 52 5 00 Straig ae 3s ea 5-50 eae el Snes 4% — . 4 — eae eae 4% Bubject "to ‘usual “cash ais a [ee ee ee 14 ane in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- a i“ tps a Beso 18 ackages, each....... 17 —— s — Packages, 1Ib., each....... 16 mond 368... 2... co. Diamond \S............... 5 7s -PICKLES Diamond s. Medium Worden Grocer Go.’s ifiana” Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 4 50 —_ a : = Half bbis, 600 count......... 2 75 MMMGE TOR os oo es Soler ee O00) es oe ‘ai Spring Wheat Flour Half bbls’ 1.200 count 2.777.530 Clark-Jewell- Wells - " — PIPES Pillsbury’s Best \s.. Pillsbury’s Best \s._. Clay, No. 216......... -.1 70 Pillsbury’s Best a. . Cla: o, 7. a, Soi coun 6 Pillsbury’s Best %s paper. 3 95 Cob. OO Be 85 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 3 95 oo Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand is aula Duluth Imperial s....... Babes so Duluth Imperial 4s. Penna Salt Co.’s......... 2.23 00 Duluth Imperial \s... nna salt CO.'s............. Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s petty PROVISIONS Wingold %S.............. - Barreled Pork winged 245 apres bane sene nies 400 Mess. Ue Qis b0 ‘Sadaneto te MI hndae och do's ns, 15 jngeetn & Sars HOE: | Cae @16 00 Geresota - 4 10 | Short cut............ @IE 50 —— BIg novos eens cee cece @is 50 _ Worden Grocer Go:iiirana | Baw cn QUE Laurel 48. ........0....066 4 00 Dry Salt Meats Laurel \s.. 3 90 | Bellies............... 9% Laurel %s and {s paper.. 3 90 Briskets .. 9% Meal Extra shorts.. 8% ted.... sa 2 00 Smoked Meats Granulated ................ 2 10! Hams, 121b. average. @ 11% Oats ams, 141b. average. @ ily Car lots...... : 32 ams, 161b. average. @ 114 a! lots, clipped. 35 3 a eee eee 2 - OUS.......-. | Ham dried beef..... 1 Feed and Millistuffs eggs (N. Y. cut) wue 41 N St. Car Feed, screened... 18 00 clear. ........ No. 1 Corn and Oats... .. 17 50 California hams... reese e = Unbolted Corn on Bosse 17 00 Picnic Boiled Hams @ 13 Winter Wheat Bran....... 15 50 | 3, lin Ham pr’s’d. @ 8% Winter Wheat Middiings. 16 50 | Per Pp Screenings 16 09 | Mince Hams....... 9 Corn ees Lards—In Tierces Corn, car lots............. 45 6% Hay : No, 1 Timothy car lots.... 10 00 Ib. Tubs... advance % No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 11 00 = Ib. Tubs... advance % — 50 lb. Tins...advance 4 eee a scevese cece ee 15 | 20 Ib. Pails. .advance x ieee eae eee te. er yg eo Fi Peteed tawes: Wiss tesieces cose’ . Pails..advan POR site sols cecs'vens 8 Ib. Pails..advance 1 Senna Lea 4 INDIGO Madras, 5 lb. boxes ccc Be S. F., 2, 3 and 5 Ib. a. Bee 50 JELLY 5 lb. —_. per doz........ 1 85 aD RM ooo 35 SOt: PUN se 62 LICORICE 30 23 14 LYE Condensed, 2 doz............ 1 20 Condensed, 4 doz.. 2 ae MATCHES — Diamond —s Co.’s —_ No. 9 sulphur.. Anchor Parlor . No. 2 Home.... Export Parlor Wolverine...... MEAT EXTRACTS Armour & Co.’s, 4 0z. 45 Pienigg. 2 @6..30 275. 75 ae New Orleans yaar — — Roce. 40 Choice 35 il 26 See ec ne 22 Half-barrels 2c extra MUSTARD Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 75 Horse Radish, G02. 5... 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, Pdez.. 2... 1 75 OLIVES Bulk, 1 gal. kegs........... 1 25 Bulk. 3 gal. kegs........... 110 Bulk, 5 gal. 1. ag 1 00 Manzan MS, TOA cols oke 80 Queen, pints aS ae 2 35 Queen, 15 oz .............. 4 50 Gusem. 28 O72...) eli... 7 00 Stuffed, Oe ei, 90 Beunod.,S 67.2.6 33... 1 45 Siutied, 10 az... .:.. 2... 2 30 _ PAPER BAGS Continental Paper Bag Co. Ask your Jobber for them. Sausages BOOSHS 25000... 5% Liver .... 4 Frankfort 7% Fork... 1% ROG ees, 6% POnROG 2... ot , 9 Headcheese.......... 6 Beef Extra Mess.......... 10 75 —— Beso ce cc. 11 50 Rump... See 11 50 Pigs’ 1 Feet %4 bbls., 40 Ibs... 1 50 % bbls., 80 Ibs.. 3 50 ripe Kits, 15 Ibs.......... 70 % bbis., 40 Ibs....... 1 25 \% bbls., 80 lbs.. 2 25 Casings Pork . meee oes 21 Beef rounds. ........ 3 Beef — Sees 10 Sheep..... oe 60 Solid, dat utterine 0 a ey ee 11 @ Rolls, dairy.. - 1%@ Rolls, creamery... oe 14% Solid, creamery. .... 14 Canned on Corned beef, 2 Ib.. 2 75 Corned beef, 141b.. 17 50 Roast beef, 21b.. 2 75 Potted ham, \s. 50 Potted ham, \%s 90 Deviled ham, \s 50 Deviled ham, s... 90 Potted tongue, 148.. 50 90 Potted ee MS.. insenratte Carolina —_ acked 60 Ibs. in 7 Chureh Arm = —. 3 15 Deland’s Dwight’s Cow... 3 15 — ea sias -.2 10 L. «22.3 OO Wyandotte, 100 %s.... 202... 3 00 SAL SODA Granulated, bbis............ 80 Granulated, 100 Ib. cases. 90 Lump, Hie 7E Lump, 145 Ib. kegs........... SALT Buckeye 100 SJb. bags .-............. 3 00 50 Gib: bags ....... 2:...... : 00 22 141) bees .;.... sl. 75 In 5 bbl. i 5 per cent. ‘ais. count and one case 243 1b. boxes free. Diamond C Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. ae: .1 40 Table, barrels, 1003 Ib. bags.3 00 Table, barrels, 407 Ib. 8.2 75 Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bulk.2 65 Butter, barrels, +. — bags. 2 85 Butter, sacks, 28 27 Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs eae 67 Common one 100 3 Ib. sacks.. 2 60 5 lb. sacks.. cae le | 28 10 Ib. sacks...............2 05 BG ID. SNONS 40° a I BOON 22 Wars 56 Ib. dairy in drill ee eae 30 28 Ib. dairy in oN bags..... 15 56 lb. dairy a linen sacks... 60 56 Ib. dairy in ios sacks... 60 Solar Rock SG iD. saekse..... 25 ommoh Granulated Fine.. 95 Medium Fine..... 1 00 SALT FISH Cod Georges cured......... @6 Georges genuine...... g 6% — es selected...... 7 Dame... @6 Strips or bricks. . - 64@10% ol. @ 3% Halibut. Strips.. mage, -10 Chunks s as 12 Trout we. 2 10 ihe: 8: 6 Net ite. 8 Me. 101m 5. No.1 SIBSs...... 2... Herring | white hoops, bbl. 11 | white oo 6 l white hoop, ke — hoop mc Round 100 Ibs. iis ac a SEG — pie unre be Ge caled .......... een” Sislaletple aces Mackerel Mess 100 Ibs. . oa acige! @ Mess 40 lbs. . snide ose Mine. Mess _— =o eens Sess oe 3 Bass No. No.2 101bS. .........00000 No, 2 8 lbs. serevereaoveee Whitefish No.1 No.2 Fam 100 Ihe... .... 7 50 2 75 40 ts ........ 3 30 1 40 a0 Is... .... 9 43 S16... 75 37 SEEDS : Anise. Geese ste So Canary, Smyrna.. eos see coca as 4 ee. — Malabar......... 60 Pei a adleuiccl cess os asus 12 Haar. Russian (co... 4% Mixed Bird.. Stecce 4G Mustard, white. Coca a POPPY... ie pele oa ea . 4% Bape a Seoccce 7. ie SHOE BLACKING Handy Box, large......... 2 50 Handy Box, small......... 1 25 Bixby’s Royal Pélish...... Miller’s ee Polish. .... &5 UFF Scotch, in Saaae Maccaboy, in jars.. <5) SO French Rappee, in ‘jars. Se 43 SOAP B. T. Babbit brand— Babbit’s Best............. 4 00 Beaver Soap Co. brands 50 cakes, lurge size......... 3 5 100 cakes, large size......... 6 50 50 cakes, small size.... .... 1 95 100 cakes, small size.........3 85 Bell & Bogart brands— Coal Oil Johnny ......... 3 90 Ree 00 Detroit Soap Co. brands— Queen Anne..... 2... .... 3 15 Big Bargain.......... e376 Umpire.. eee 2 German Family... Spa tac oa ae 2 45 Dingman Soap Co. brand— Peman. 3 N. K. "Fairbanks — Santa Claus. . —. 3 25 con Beles 2 40 tae 400 Fels brand— ee 4 00 Gowans & Sons brands— CS 3 2h Oak Leaf, big 5.. . 400 JAXO Y Single pox. a 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 95 10 box lots, delivered ........ 2 90 Johnson Soap Co. brands— Silver Hing: .. 8... 3 60 Calumet Family.... ..... 2 70 Scotch Family..... ...... 2 50 oes 2 40 om Caen... 1 95 Ricker’s Magnetic ....... 3 90 Lautz Bros. brands— Pie AGMO | 8. 4 00 Pe, oe 3 25 ee Deseo aes. 4 00 37 Proctor & ‘Gamble brands— Ree 3 00 Ivory, 662 6 ~ - 400 ee eed eee 67 Schulte e in brand— a oe 3 00 A. B. Witisiey brands— Good Cheer .............. 3 80 Old Soames ee es oes 3 20 Scouring Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz...:..... 2 40 SODA DONOR ee Kegs, English. .............. 4% SPICES Whole Spices PMIOR oe ce a 12 Cassia, China in mats..... 12 Cassia, Batavia, inbund... 28 Cassia, Saigon, broken... 38 Cassia, Saigon, in rolls.... 55 Cloves, Amboyna.......... 17 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 14 Nutmegs, 75-80.. oalae 50 Nutmegs, 105-10... ves 40 Nutmegs, 115-20. 35 Pepper, 5 6 8: black. 18 Pepper, Singapore, white. 28 Pepper, shot. . 20 ure Ground in Bulk : 1 Casha B Batavia.. 28 Cassia, Saigon...... 48 Cloves, Zanzibar.... 17 Ginger, African... 15 Ginger, Cochin. . 18 Ginger, Jamalca. 25 Mace.. 65 ee black: 0 repper, gapore, Pepper, Singapore, white. 28 Pepper, Cayenne..... ecese 20 Sage Seine duce 20 SYRUPS Corn weGie Wee 22 i doz. galton can ---.8 20 NII go — Cane Fair . 16 Choice’ Se eee caeres cot ccc an - Se STARCH Kingsford’s Corn 40 1-lb. packages........... 6% 20 1-lb. packages........... 6% 6 lb. packages........... 7% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss 40 1-lb. packages........... 7 Common Gloss 1-Ib. packages..... 4% 3-Ib. packages 4% 6-lb. a 54 40 and 50-Ib. boxes 3% Barre 3% PP PPh PD ie SSSBRSasa TEA Japan Sundried, —- Sac cares Sundried} choice.. Sundried, fancy.. Regular, medium. . Regular, choice . Regular, fan Basket-fired, medium Basket-fired, choice. . Basket-fired, fancy.. 40 ee 27 ee 19@21 Mannings. ........2 6.6.8. 20@22 Gunpowder Moyune, medium ........... 26 Moyune, choice ............. 35 Moyune, fancy..............- 50 Pingsuey, medium.......... 25 Pingsuey, ee 30 Pingauoy, faney............. 40 BEST GLOSS STARCH | an oe Po ee te ; a a eet Pctcaco. SSS Best Gloss Starch, 50 Ib..... Best Gloss Starch, 40 Ib Best Gloss Starch, a Best Gloss Starch, S3p..... Best Gloss Starch; 11)....; orks: Venice, Tih. Geneva, Il, ne ies a bucose Co al a oe r es th eae Atos SSS | Best Corn Starch............ Neutral Pearl Starch in bbl. | Neutral Powdered Starch in bbl. Best Confect’rs in bbl.,thin boil. | Best Laundry in bbl., thin boil. | Chas. Pope Glucose Co., Chicago, Il. Common Corn 20 1-Ib. packages.......... 5 40 1-lb. packages.......... 4% STOVE POLISH 4 50 7 20 No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross No. 6, 3 doz in case. gross SUGAR Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your — puint, a on t voice for the amount of = ht Bigs oH pays from the marke ich he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. women. 6 Oe Cut Loaf......... 6 00 Cen ec 6 00 WE 5 75 Powdered . ~~ oo Coarse Powdered. ....... 5 60 XXXX Powdered......... 65 Standard Granulated..... 5 50 Fine Granulated........... 50 Coarse Granulated........ 60 Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 60 Conf. Granulated.......... 75 2 1b. bags Fine Gran...... 5 65 — a _— = be a 5 65 eines ae Diamond A. 5 50 Confectioner’s A... 5 30 No. 1, Columbia A. oe No. 2, Windsor A......... 10 No. 3, ee = Sone ee 5 10 No. 4, Phoenix A ww OC No. 5, Empire A.......... 500 tT No. Se eeee se oeeeee eras eeoe 4 85 Young Hyson ce Chelee.. OT ee ce 36 Oolong Formosa, fancy....... es acces 42 Amoy, medium.............. 25 ATO, CUOMO. oe 32 English Breakfast ee 27 35 ‘00 Bald “Head Oe wee 35 00 A. Bomers’ brand. Plaindealer Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands, Little Columbian........... 36 Comamyiae: o.oo. .s os 35 Columbian Extra........... 55 Columbian Special.......... 00 00 65 Columbian Invincible...... 90 00 H.& P. ae ¢ Co. 2 — Fortune Teller.. . 35 00 Our Manager........ . 35 00 7 ette. 35 00 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand . c » Cinar © Clippings, per boas: i i f eee Reacgetnceaae eae 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 ky Bros.’ Brands. Butter Plates Mixed Candy B. * aaa ee ee $35 00 | No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate...... 45 | Grocers............++ @6 Gold Star.:................ 35 00 | No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate...... 50 Com kition. ........ @7 H. Van Tongeren’s Samaar No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate...... 55 =. ge @ 7% Star Green.............. 35 00 | No.5 Oval, 250 in crate...... 65 aaa es @ 8% Fine Cut a Egg Crates ot gag poo cuectes 3 8% Uncle Daniel.........--..--- Humpty Dumpt oe. .2.-2 26} Ribbon .............. Ojibwa........ ...38 | No. ae ttt" g9 | Broken ............+. @ 8% Forest Giant .-38 | No. 2, complete ............. 95 | Cut Loaf. ............ @°9 Sweet Spray ..35 English Rock........ @9 Clothes Pins Kindergart 9 Cadillac..... .-57 garten ....... @ See Sinia 2 38 Round head, 5 gross box.... 45] Bon Ton Crean..... @ 9 SS a: 23 Round head, cartons........ 62 | French Cream....... @10 Hiawatha BS Mop — Dandy Pan.......... @10 Tislogram........-.......---- 2g «=| Trojan spring .. ss 20 — Made Cream Payer 0 ee 34 | Eclipse patent spring -. 85 OR oe es @15% Prairie Rose..........--.--+ No 1 common. 5 crystal Cream mix.. @13 Protection. ..........---..+++ 38 ng — bi wold ; = Fancy—In Pails Sweet Burley.........-.-.--- 40 eotton mop heads..... = Sweet Loma. ....-........--- 33 | Ideal No.7.......-......+++. oe 8 eer ee 39 Pails Fairy Cream Squares 12 2-hoop Standard............. 1 40 | Fudge Squares...... 12 Flat Iron 3-hoop Standard............. 1 60} Peanut Squares. .... 9 Creme de Menth — a secs ce ceee ce cece : = Frut Tab. , as., Wrap 12 9 UBDIO.... . ccc ce cccece 4 — Gedar, all red, brass Bouiid:1 25 | Salted ——— 2” Sweet Chunk...............: Paper, Eureka... +2 Starlight Kisses..... 10 ee Fibre.......... -.++-2 40| San B fes.. @12 ea one: ““‘Toothpicks | Lozenges, plain ..... @ 9% lO... 2 eee cece eee e ee eeee Hardwood .... ...5.......... 2 50 | Lozenges, printed @10 _ Softwood ......... ..........2 75] Choe. Drops. ........ @11% Hiawatha Rime 1 80 | Eclipse Chocolates... @13% Battle Axe .......-------+-- Mean 1 50 | Choc. Monumentals. @14 == = eee ee cece eens i Tubs Victoria Chocolate. . = ar AVY ---.----++--- um Drops.......... 5 Spear Head, 16 0Z.......-.-- 20-inch, Standard, No. 1.....6 00 | og. a @ % s H 18-inch, Standard, No. 2.....5 00 Tomes Gene 1 Nobby 16-inch, Standard, N See @10 Jol 20-inch, Cable, No. 1 Oy x ge a 10 Old 18-inch, Cable, No. -6 00 oe ae. 12 Tod ig-Inch, Cable, No. 5 00 ream Bonbons on = : omg 7 = Molasses — 15 Piper Heidsick.............. No. 3 Fibre. “"*""7 99] __ Ib. pails aoe @14 _ —— i Ge cae Golden Waffies ... @12 a tunab Bronze Globe...........2+.--2 50 Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes Dewey ..1 75] Lemon Sours. @55 Hand Pressed. a Double Acme... .2 75 aa Drops.. @60 Double Cross . ..37 | Single Acme..... 2 rops. Sweet Core..........-..-+--- 40 | Double Peerless. 3 25 E ™“ ‘Choe. Drops. oe... ... 2. 37 | Single Peerless.. .2 60] H. M. Choc. Lt. and Great Navy.....--.-s0..--++- 37 | Northern Queen ..2 50| Dk. No. 12...... @1 00 Warpath ...........00...e05- 27 | Double —- ..3 00] Gum Drops..... @30 Bamboo, 8 0z ...29 | Good Luck...... . 2.75} Licorice Drops...... 75 Bamboo, 16 0Z.......---.---- 97 | Universal............. .2 25 | Lozenges, plain..... Tat Bee ~~. o> oe Wood Bowls — 8, ee @60 IX L, 30Ib........- 32 | 11 in. Butter.. cnaecierees Se sete @60 Honey Dew 37 | 13 in. Butter..2..022...22....1 00] G0 toes. @60 Gold Block....... 37 | 15 in. Butter..............-..1 75 ol r sete eee @55 Flagman ....... 40 | t7in. Butter..... ...........2 50] Hove Made Gr @55 hips..........- 35 | 191n. Butter....... "3 09 | Hand Made Creams. @90 Kiln Dried .... 24 | Assorted 13-15-17 16) ee Duke's Mixture. 40 | Assorted =... “2 BO gating Wink... = pao Coane | wearria carce |Wmieet navi, $8 Myrtle Navy ..... ...40 | Common Straw............ 1% Caramels Yum Yum, 1% 0: ...39 | Fiber Manila, white....... 3% | Clipper, 201b. pails. . @ 9 Yum Yun, 1 Ib. pails. acne 37. ‘| Fiber Manila, — .--- 4%] Standard, 20 Ib. pails @10 een. ec. ek 37 | No. 1 Manila... sseeees 4 | Perfection, 20 Ib. pls @iz% Corn Cake, 2% 02Z......-.---- 25 | Cream Manila. .. scene see 3 | Amazon, Choe Cov'd @15 Corn Cake, 11b.....-....-.-- 23 +| Butecher’s Manila.......... 2% | Kosker 2 for 1¢ pr bx @55 Plow Boy, 184 02Z.........---- 39 | Wax Butter, short count. 13 | Big 3, 3 for ic pr bx.. @85 Plow Boy, 3% 0z........-.---37 | Wax Butter, fullcount..... 20 | Dukes, 2 for ie pr bx @60 Peerless, 334 OZ.......---+++- 34 | Wax Butter, rolis......... 15 | Favorite, 4 for le, bx @60 oe a. see eeeeeeeeees = YEAST CAKE AA Cream Car’ls 31b @50 cator, 24% OZ........-.00- Indicator, 1 lb. pails ........ at | “2 om ne sceceecere cece : = FRUITS Col. Choice, 2% 0Z........... 21 Suntieht’ 1% a ; a Oranges Col. Choice. 8 0Z............6 21 9 ra Florida Russett...... @ Yeast Cream, 3 doz.. -.1 00 Florida Bright @ TABLE SAUCES Yeast Foam, 3 doz..........100] panoy Navels. 1... aces LEA & Yeast Foam. 1% doz........ 50 Extra Choice oe @ i PERRINS’ FRESH FISH Pee Ib Late Valencias pce as 00 a SAUCE es Mee on eee g : Medt. weets. : 3 50@4 00 cece ceeeee amaicas............ Black Baise... 000. 0g 11 waar: = ge Halibu re The Original and | Ciscoes or Herring. he Lemons Genuine Bluefish . . ... @ 12% | Messina, 300s........ 00 3 Worcestershire. | Live Lobster... - @ Ww Messina, 3608 ........ 5 OUG@E 00 Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75 | Bolled Lobster........ @ 20 | Callforn{a 360s....... 00 Lea & Perrin’s,-small. .... 2.99) Oe... -. -------- oe California 300s....... 5 00 ord, large. .. — 6 - @ Bananas Halford, small............. 25 -- @ 8 | Medium bunches.... 1 50@2 00 Salad Dressing, large. .... -- @ 7 | Large bunches...... Salad Dressing. small..... r g 10% Foreign Dried Fruits TWINE P 7 @u Figs Golton, 3 piy........-..... <. ..-s . @ 12 | Californias, Fancy @ —s : pe es 16 ee @ 15 |Calp ee Ib. bones @ Hemp. Bp ae | HEDES AND PELTS [Apes cc ces @ 9% Flax, od oe cs 20 The ———— Leather | Fancy, 12 Ib. boxes... 12 Wool, 1 Ib. balls............. 7% | Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as | Pulled, 6 lb. boxes.. VINEGAR follows: os des Naturals, in bags... Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 8 a Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 | Green No.1. @ 6% | Fards in 10 Ib. boxes @ Pure Cider, B. & B. brand. 11 | Green No. “aera @ 5% | Fards in 60 Ib. cases @ Pure Cider, Red Star........12 — = No. a $ - Hallowi..--..-.. a 8 54 e Cider, son.......10 . , NOW..... Pure Cider, Silver.......,...11 Calfekins,grosi No. 1 @ 9 | Sairs, 60 lb. cases.... 4% @ 6 WASHING POWDER anne: oo NUTS — —_ —— (Stecseeue : 7 Calfskins cured Ros @9 — we t, Joe eee ee ewes wees 9 BVIVE . ocr Pelts ACmonas, California, Pelts, each.. -- 60@1 00) soft oa. coseee «= 16 1B. i C= ~ eS ea —— ES coe 11 Tallow FKiberts ............ 12% Rub-No-More ............... 3 50} No.1... beseee @ 4% Walnuts Grenobles. @13% Pearline. ............2. 06000 2 90| No. 2. : 3% | Walnuts, gg ag Scourine..............--..--- 3 50 Tene wi coc 1. Q13% WICKING Washed, fine 15@16 Me ; No. 0, per gross Washed, medium oo —— Nuts, choice.. 13 No. 1, per gross. Unwashed, fine..... 11@13 Seenne, Ex. Late 10 No. ?, per gross Unwashed. medium. 14@16 | pecans’ Jumbor oi er in ane ben eccs CANDIES Hickory Nuts per bu. WOODENWARE Stick Cand Ohio, n @ ™ bois. pails iguumae, full sacks 50 pein ciencreatccaeep eee 95 Scasmiewtd 7% | Chestnuts, per bu... Bushels. ‘wide ee - pesessiae Standard H. 2.277: @7™ Peanuts Market Standard a Seon @s | Fancy, H.P.,Suns.. 5%@ Splint, poanes Cut Loaf.. wine @9 |Fancy, H. P., Suns == cases| Roasted........... 6%4@7 lint, Jumbo, 32 Ib......... @ 7% | Choice, H.P., Extras ue Se Extra H. H.. 222222: @10% | Choice, H. P., Extras Willow Boston Cream....... s Roasted ........... @ Beet Root............ 8 !Span.ShlidNo.in’w 7 @8 cee ee re een age Tih A e saremepees AKRON STONEWARE Kutters % gal., DOr (GZ... 255. {5-20 3262-5 oe. 48 6 gal. 2 = ee i ee See 6 8 gal. 52 10 gal. — paat So eo we es ees ope 65 i? pal CAC. ee ee as 84 15 gal. meat-tubs, eacn.........--...-. 1 20 20 gal. meat-tubs, each...........- aoe 1 60 25 gal. meat-tubs, each.............--. 2 30 gal. meat-tubs, eacn.............++- 2 70 Churns 2 to6 gal., per gal.... ............+... 64 “hurn Dashers, per oe Milkpans % ga. fiat or rd. bot., jer doz......... 48 1 gal. nat or rd. bot,, each............ 6 Fine Glazed Milkpans \% gal fiat or rd. bot., per doz.... .... 60 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each.......-..-- 6 Stewpans \% gal. fireproof, bail, per doz......... 85 1 gal. fireproof, bail, pur doz......... 110 Jugs \% gal. per doz..... . 60 14 gal. per doz.. ss 45 1 to 5 gal., per ga eee 7% Sealing ¥ Wax 5 lbs. in package, per Ib .............. 2 LAMP BURNERS eS 35 moe: 1 Sen.<...... 45 No. 2 Sun 65 No. 3 = 110 Tubular.. 45 Nutmeg.. 50 LAMP ‘cies doenk Per box of : or a a We tHe see sa ee i 7 BP SR eo eo a ce ec awn sch enicn 2 48 First Quality No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 2 00 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 2 15 No. 2 Sun; crimp top, wrapped & lab. 3 15 XXX Flint No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. No. 2 Sun, crimp top, eee ed _ lab. No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapp: Pearl Top No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...... No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled...... No. 2 hinge, wrap: and labeled..... No. 2 Sun, “Small Bulb,” for Globe — ec igcs uiinwos aise ce oul s en sin La Bastie No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz No. 1 Crimp, per doz........ : No. 2 Crimp, per d0Z..........--.-e00+ Rochester No. 1 Lime {roe do 00 See wm Go bo ane a No. 2 Lime (70¢e doz No. 2 Flint (80e doz)**-* Electric No. 2 Lime foe = Poe cog eeu soca No. 2 Flint (80¢c doz).................- OIL CANS al. tin cans with spout, per doz.. . galv. iron with spout, per doz.. . galy. iron with spout, per doz.. gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. ~ galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. . ay iron with faucet, per doz.. gal. >t ARR... 5... gal. galv. iron Nacefas.......... LANTERNS oe 0 ——. - BER. ese ky On: 1S Tebalar. =. < .o< sss c ce eccs cece No. r Tubuar. dah. bags a No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain......... No. 12 Tubular, side lamp............. No. 3 Street lamp, each.............. LANTERN GLOBES No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10¢ No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, pox, 15¢ No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. No.0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 oz. each MASON FRUIT JARS. ee el etna sue Eocene cane. a oemees Cate ee ek ieee ck Half ‘Gallons Beech a cue e ea cee eie Cans and Rubbers. ...-...-... 2.22.24 PRR Sos oasis dow ecseres ee eiease > > 1 im OS ss 38S Sas 8f BEEBE CUOT ORGS GOGO BO et CNS SPOON He wosaaae SSSR SSSSSER SREKRABTS = ho & Rroecan THE MOTOR DOES THE WORK The Thomas Auto-Bi Has become an important factor in the sales of many Bicycle Dealers, and especially those deal- ers who are wide-awake and progressive. It has now reached a stage where it is an object of in- terest to every dealer who gives any thought to his business. Right now, write us tor Catalogue and Agency. ADAMS & HART, Grand Rapids 588 Baa Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881. Detroit, Michigan. Cash Capitai, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000. Cash Assets, $800,000. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. D. M. FERRY, Vice Pres. F. H. WHITNEY, Secretary. M. W. O'BRIEN, Treas. E. J. Bootn, Asst. Sec’y. DIRECTORS, D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. rae , F. J. Hecker, M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Ch: Allan Sheldon, "Simon J. Murphy, Wn. L. Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James Edgar, H. Kirke White, H. P. Scherer, F. A. Schulte, Wm. V. Brace, James McMillan, F. E. Hayden, Collins B. Hubbard, ristian Mack, Baldwin, Hugo Driggs, Henry ‘James D. Standish, Theodore D. Buhl, M.'B. Mills, Alex. Chapoton, Jr., Geo. H. Barbour, S. G. Gaske key, Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F. Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey, David C. Whit- ney, Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. F. Beier, Richard P. Joy, Chas. C. "Jenks. 28 RSS Glover’s Gem Mantles are superior to all others for Gas or vasoline. Glover’s Wholesale Merchandise Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers Importers and Jobbers of GAS and GASOLINE SUNDRIES — Lt et peTTE™oTE “SILL HEADS Sera BV COUNTER BILLS. oe CRAND RAPIOS Labels f Gasoline Dealers The Law of 1889. Every druggist, grocer or other person who shall sell and de- liver at retail any gasoline, ¢ benzine or naphtha without having the true name thereof and the words “explosive when mixed with air” plainly printed 3 upon a label securely attached ¢ to the can, bottle or other ves- 3 sel containing the same shall be punished by a fine not ex- ceeding one hundred dollars. We are prepared to furnish labels which enable dealers to comply with this law, on the following basis: Mots orice cceceM 1 Ose: 40c per M 20 M............35¢ perM BO Mos cevcnecs 30c per M Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. i i ; i i i ' : i i ; i ; : i » i she sales of those deal- sive. It has bject of in- thought to nd Agency. d Rapids OOOO arine $200,000. other d de- oline, ithout 1ereof when rinted ached r ves- shall it ex- lars, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 Poultry Peculiarities Pertaining to the Handling of Poultry. A Western gentleman, who is very well posted on the supply of poultry in all sections of the country, said, during a recent visit to this market: ‘‘The country is alive with poultry, especially that portion lying west of the Mississ- ippi River, and there will be more live poultry shipped this year than ever be- fore. Texas, too, is rapidly coming to the front as a poultry raising State. Chicago as been getting most of the live birds shipped from there. But Chi- cago can handle only a certain quantity of stock and her surplus will come East as in the past, only there will, 1 think, be more of it this season. I find the big packers of the West are making great efforts to fasten securely their fangs in the newer poultry raising sections, and they put up such a stiff game very few of the local shippers and packers can buck it and they generally sell out to the packers and accept positions as managers, etc., of the branch houses of these big firms. But these dressing plants will not decrease the shipments of live poultry, owing to the great in- crease in the supply.’’ * * * Considerable complaint has been made of late by receivers of live poul- try against the exasperating slowness of the railroads delivering this stock in rendering their freight bills. I was up in West Washington Market Thursday .and overheard a live poultry receiver §$complain bitterly toa certain railroad ‘company at the delay in sending him a freight bill on a carload of live poultry which had been delivered to him on Monday. As soon as I had an oppor- tunity, I asked him about the trouble and he said that Monday he received and sold a car of live poultry, but had been unable to render account sales to shippers as the railroad delivering the car had not rendered the freight bill. ‘*Such delays as this,’’ said the re- ceiver, ‘‘work a_ hardship on the ship- per, who is thus prevented from receiv- ing his money two or three days longer than necessary, and frequently it places us in an embarrassing position as the shipper sets us down as slow pay. It is not our fault at all. In the case | have just referred to, I have made every effort possible to secure the freight bill since Monday and here it is late Thurs- } day afternoon and no Dill has as yet been presented. These delays are get- ting to be of entirely too frequent occur- rence.’' In order to ascertain if there , was any reason why there should be any «delay on the part of the railroads in “rendering freight bills on live poultry delivered to merchants in this city, I called on a freight agent of one of the lines carrying a considerable quantity of live poultry, and he informed me that there was no reason why the freight bills should not be rendered the day after the stock is delivered. His line, he said, always did this as they realized the importance of the matter both to the shipper and receiver. He said that any line that was so slow in - rendering freight bilis was in great danger of los- ing their business from this source, and he was surprised to hear that any road carrying live poultry should give cause for complaints of this kind. + £.% ‘*Soft meated frozen roasting chick- ens,’'' said a merchant, ‘‘have been good property this year, but not many of the boys had much, if any, stock and therefore could not scoop in much of the profits. Most of the holdings were in the hands of a few and a large portion of the stock was exported by Priebe & Simater and Beyer Brothers. This ex- port field is not an easy one to enter, for it requires a cldse study of foreign trade demands and necessitates large ship- ments of fancy stock in order to make it pay. London pays a good price for the right kind of birds, but she is very cranky and notional and unless the offerings of our poultry are up to the English standard away go the profits. ”’ * * * The very warm weather of last week worked against extensive transactions in poultry although buyers for summer hotels were on the market at times. The hot weather is driving the city folks to the country rapidly and this al- ways affects the demand for poultry. With so many homes closed for a period of thirty to sixty days there is naturally a material falling off in retail demand for poultry and jobbers are frequently called upon to do considerable hustling in order to place their stock. But re- ceipts of all kinds of poultry are light at this season and generally thete is sufficient call for it to enable dealers to clean up fairly well. About the scarcest thing in the way of poultry just now is the broiler, both scalded and dry- picked, and these bring good prices. For instance, last Wednesday fancy dry- picked broilers commanded 23@24C¢, but there were not many to be had; this scarcity of stock is due primarily to the backward season, causing slow growth of the birds. Last year at this time they were in quite liberal supply, the top quotation for fancy Western broilers being 15c. Western stock has not yet begun to arrive in any quantity, the birds being too small, but in the course of a week or two they will no doubt come forward freely. On the other hand fancy fresh fowls were quoted on June 26 at 10%c and that price also ruled on same date last year. It required fancy stock, however, to bring 10%c last week as the buyers were loath to pay that price un- less they got very best quality.—N. Y. Produce Review. ——__»>2>___ Preserving Eggs in Lime Solutions. One pound of lime should be stirred with a gallon of water, and the eggs, perfectly fresh, immersed therein in barrels or jars. This excludes air and any germs that might cause mildew or mold and prevents evaporation, so that the contents of the eggs are not reduced in bulk, It is important to have a con- siderable excess of lime to replace any that may become carbonated. The ves- sels containing the eggs should be kept in a cool, well ventilated place. A very successful variation in the process con- sists in embedding new laid eggs, warm from the nest, in a thick paste of lime and water. Eggs thus preserved for six months could hardly be dis- tinguished from those newly laid. The contents of eggs evaporate rather rapid- ly through the shell, and the object of the preserver must be to prevent this evaporation, and at the same time to al- low for the expansion and contraction of the natural air-space in the egg due to changes of temperature. The plan of coating the shells with wax or melted paraffin fails in the latter particular. Strong brine fails because the contents of eggs preserved in it become much re- duced in bulk. Eggs for keeping should never be laid on their sides; and they should be packed with the small ends downward, 1 Levels Hardware Pr 1c€ Curr ent Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... dis 70 Mattocks —— Adze Eye.................24...$17 00..d18 70—10 ‘aps Metals—Zinc G. D., full count, perm. .... 40 Hicks’ Wate: roof, per m.. 50 600 pound Oo go esas da ues 7% Musket, oa ne ui 75 Peep 8 Ely’s Waterproof, per m.............. 60 Miscellaneous Cartridges ee CR 40 No. 22 short, per m........ ... 2 30) Puma, Clete, 75810 No. 22 long, perm............ 3 00 | Screws, New List..................... 85 No. 32 short, per m.......... 0.00.2... 4 95 | Casters, Bed and Plate........... .... 50810810 No. 32 long, per M..............0...... 5 80 Dampers, American.............. ui 50 i oi gees = Molasses Gates + & ue. U., DOXES 250, per m...... 1 Seobbhine’ Pattern... 8. 60&10 No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per m... 1 20 | Enterprise, self-measuring...... 1.1.7. 30 Gun Wads Pans Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M.C... 60 |p Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, perm... 70 | Fry, CO le 60810816 Black edge, No.7, perm... go | Common, polished -22. 2220200222 22202. 7085 Loaded Shells Patent Planished Iron N ival—For Sh “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 75 eo a ee Per | “B’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 25 toa? '9 76 No. Powder Shot Shot Gauge 100} Broken packages ‘4c per pound extra. = ‘ 1“ . S $2 = Planes I 2 90 | Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy... . 50 = : i : = a Sciota Bench............... 60 135 4 1% 5 10 2 95 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy ce 50 154 4% 1% 4 10 3 00 Bench, firat yuality.... 0.0 ..........6. o a : : 7 12 2 = Nails 2 12 2 5 Advarice over base, on both Steel and Wire. — a a : i Sale tee. 2 65 264 3% fy. 4 12 2 70 Ee ET 2 65 eg 20 Se GU Savane. 8... lll... Base Discount 40 per cent. Ita 16 advance 5 Paper Shells—Not Loaded See 10 No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100... TE COUGRe 20 No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 64 : — teteees cen ccceceereeeee cece = Gunpowder ERI ee RD UREN 70 Kegs, 25 lbs., per keg....... .... 2... 4 00/ Fine3 advance.................... .00 50 4 Kegs, 12% Ibs., per % keg.......... 2 25 | Casing 10 advance. . 15 4 kegs, 614 lbs., per 4% keg........... 1 25 | Casing § advance... .......... 0. . cece 25 Shot oe ee ee adel eee, co. = In sacks containing 25 Ibs. “orn Bee rte seas nemslns th aaa Drop, all sizes smaller than B........ 1 40) Finish advance 2200000000000 5 finetive Augurs and Bits “i Barrel % advance................. 2... 85 Jennings genuine....... 2222 11..7..7" 25 Rivets Jennings’ imitation.................... Set trom and Tinned wt 50 Axes Copper Rivets and Burs.............. 45 First Quality, S. B. Bronze............ 6 00 Roofing Plates First Quality, D. B. Bronze.... deel. 3 00 14x20 IC, Charcoal es 6 BO First Quality, S. B.S. Steel. ... ne eae 6 50 14x20 Ix’ Charcoal, ae 750 First Quality, D. B. Steel............. 10 50 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............. 13 00 Barrows 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade. .. 5 50 ORTON 12 00 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 6 50 CAG --net 2900 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 11 00 Bolts 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 13 00 SRS a 60 Ropes Carriage, new lict ................... 65 Sisal, % inch and larger............... 8% Plow ......... a 50 Lee eee 12 Mua AT as ont Sand Paper a ‘ Butts, Cast Oe Meck. 10, Be. aie Cast Loose Pin, figured ...... Sas 65 Sash Weights Wrought Narrow ..................... 60 | Solid Eyes, per ton................. 25 00 Chain Sheet Iron Yin. 616in 3 in. % in. com. smooth. com. Com......... BE ons SG -- BO. BGR] NOR OR IE oan nnnn oven neeens none as TORRE 7 oes 3 30 —— sos - - - ene oe 3 40 Crowbars ee 3 50 Cast Steel, per Ib...................... OU er 3 80 3 60 Chisels All Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches ee Te ae 65 | Wide, not less than 2-10 extra. yee = Shovels and Spades ao Saeco raha Minet Grade. Demo... 8 00 PR Somarne srw nntsinsinn sane 85 | Second Grade, Doz......0.....s 000 7 60 Elbows Solder Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz............net Cy 19 Corrugated, per doz................... 1 25 A prices of the many other qualities of solder Adjustable............................d18 40810 in the market indicated by private brands vary Expansive Bits according to composition. Clark’s small, $18; large, $26 .......... 40 Squares Ives’ 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30........202277 25 | Steel and — 70 Files—New List Now American 70810 oo aes Gee Nicholson’s..................0eecc0 cee 70 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal................ .... $ 8 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps.................. 70 t £4290 IC, Olidrooal. oo. 8 50 Galvanized Iron Poo ‘ 9 75 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27, 28 Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. List 12 13 14 15 16. 17 Tin—Allaway Grade Discount, 65 inion 10x14 10, Chareoal.....--..--.- 2-01 7 90 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60&10 nae 8 50 Glass Team FX, Charecal.. 2... 8 50 Single Strength, by box...............dis gn&20| Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 — Sree, PF ee “ = Boiler Size Tin Plate Oy Oe a oe ace ce con sl 14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers, Hammers 14x56 IX; for No.9 Boilers, ; per pound.. 10 Maydole & Co.’s, new list..............dis 3346 Traps Yerkes & Plumb’s.....................d18 40810 meeek, Game cco. 75 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel... 0.0... 30¢ Hist 70 | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....__ 40810 Hinges Oneida Community. Hawley & Nor- Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3....................dis 60&10] ton’s....... snes fee ee cee eeee eee 65 Hollow Ware Mouse, choker per doz........ 15 Fs Mouse, delusion, pes doz.....-.. ..... 1 25 et ie ds eee eee se cee es. ae Wire oe a 10 Be 50&10 | Bright Market................0.2...... 60 Horse Nails Annealed Market.. actus ee 60 Coppered Market............... 50&10 Au Sable esse teecesiestcsesdcesceagece Ole 40000 Tinned Market 50&10 House Furnishing Goods = EE SE Tle ppered Spring Steel................ 40 Stamped Tinware, new list............ 70 Barbed Fence, Galvanized ............ 3 25 Japanned Tinware..................2.. 20&10 | Barbed Fence, Painted................ 2 95 Iron Wire Goods Bar Iron.......... ttt teeeeeecee sees cee. 25 C rates | Bright...... oases oan oa ce cee baa: 80 Light Band............................ 3 @ rates ee 80 Knobs—New List ee nee 80 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........ 75 | Gate Hooks and Eyes................. 80 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....... 85 Wrenches jee Lanterns ‘in eee ane, Nickeled.. i = Warren, Galvanized Fount..........: 6 00 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, jWrougit, 70810 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Benefits to Be Derived From Neighbor- liness. Neighborliness among retail dealers located in the same section of the city or in the small town or city is a matter that can not be too strongly com- mended. That it is a good thing for all concerned was recently illustrated in this part of the country. Two retailers occupied almost adjacent stores. At any rate they were located in the same business block and were only sepa- rated by several intervening stores. One of these neighbors was inclined to be a ‘‘cutter.’’ By that is meant that he believed that the only way to gain trade was through reducing prices on all goods to such a point there was no profit left in the business forhim. The other merchant was a conservative old fellow who believed in making a fair profit on all lines of goods he sold. He figured that he was entitled to this fair profit and that his business. should bring him fair returns—at least enough to live on. At the same time he was shrewd and he understood something of human nature. Occasionally he would go over and have half an hour's chat with the ‘‘cutter.’’ At first his visits were short, the ‘‘cutter’’ evidently be- ing busy at just about the time the other merchant called, but through keeping it up the older merchant finally won the confidence of the ‘‘cutter’’ and they would have pleasant half hour chats _to- gether when business was dull. Mind you, the older merchant was too shrewd to talk shop to the other fellow or remonstrate with him for cutting prices. He just let matters take their course and inside of eight months he had the ‘‘cutter’’ almost changed. Then it came April and the ‘‘cutter'’ was having a pretty how-to-do one after- noon when the old gentleman visited him. In answer to a few enquiries, the other merchant learned that Mr. Cutter had run out of onions and couldn't get any on the market less than a dollar and a half a bushel. He had sold out his winter supply at a dollar a bushel. It happened that the other merchant had a good supply in his store room and he promptly offered the ‘‘cutter’’ twenty bushels at 80 cents a bushel, the price he had paid for them in the fall. Mr. *‘Cutter’’ did not know what to make of this proposition, but after sat- isfying himself it was made in good faith, he accepted it and sent his de- livery wagon over after the onions the next day. The result of this little friend- ly act on the part of the other merchant was made manifest in a short time. Mr. ‘’Cutter’’ changed his tactics. He appreciated that the other fellow had been in business longer than he and that he had a wide experience. From regarding him as an enemy he came _ to look upon him asa friend and disastrous cutting ended in that locality, as a re- sult of which both merchants are doing a lucrative business, are making a fair profit on their goods and have a mutual respect for each other that is wholesome and is helping them financially. Be cordial to your competitors, be friendly with them and treat them as if they had as much right to do business as yourself. These neighborly ex- changes of courtesies will help you and you can return the courtesies. Your neighbor may be able to sell goods you have on your selves and can not sell and you may be able to sell goods you buy from him and he can not sell. Cultivate friendship in the same line of trade, and you will be surprised at the benefits that you will receive from such friends, and the help you can render them with no cost to yourself.—Commercial Bulle- tin. ——_>_2>___ Loss of Flavor in Bread. The blame for the alleged loss of flavor in bread of to-day as compared with the bread of yesterday is hard to fix. The consumer blames the baker, the baker blames the flour, the miller blames the wheat,and the farmer blames the Lord. Thus nobody seems to blame the consumer, although we are strong- ly inclined to think that his notions, due to the talk of his old folks, may have something to do with the case. For there are people who really believe that everything was better and life alto- gether happier in the ‘‘ good old times. ’’ They believe it either because they are young and unable to form their own opinion about it, or because they are old and do not know how to enjoy life under present-day conditions. The truth is, however, that never hefore has the average man been so well clothed, housed, fed, instructed and amused as he is to-day. But to return to the question of flavor in bread, it has been pointed out that through all changes connected with the substitution of the roller for the mill- stone system the bread of France has retained its flavor*without perceptible falling-off and still ranks as the best bread in the world, and that bakers there do not choose flour for its white- ness nor for the number of loaves it will make to the barrel, and do not commit the common error of over-fer- menting the dough.—Roller Mill. ——__>2.___ Physical Rotundity As a Moneymaker. ‘It is a curious fact,’’ said a well- known local physician the other day, in a group of colleagues of the medical profession, ‘“‘that there is nothing so adds to one’s air of prosperity as the so-called ‘aldermanic rotundity.’ 1 have been advised to drink at a mini- mum eight glasses of beer a day. I am not a_ beer drinker, but I would follow the advice if I was sure it would bring about the desired result. It would mean several thousand dollars more a year to me if, leaning back in my chair, I could with a contented air of prosper- ity, twirl my thumbs over an abdominal protuberance as I prescribed for my patients. I can name a dozen or more physicians whose reputation for pros- perity lies simply in the fact of their possessing such a form. You see, I am already cultivating it, and it is neces- sary for me now to leave my waistcoat unbuttoned. If it just keeps up I ex- pect to be one of the most prosperous physicians in Grand Rapids in another year. The thumb twirling I have al- ready mastered so when the rest comes I can supply that without trouble, and have the complete outfit.’’ —_—_»9.___ Cities That Remind You of People. According to a writer in the July number of Harper's Magazine, cities, like human beings, have distinct per- sonalities, are frivolous, progressive, somber or gay, much after the people about us and produce as vivid impres- sions on the mind. Denver and Chi- cago are cordial good fellows who slap one on the back and call new acquaint- ances by their Christian names. When Salem or Annapolis is mentioned a vis- ion is invoked of mittened and ker- chiefed old ladies drinking tea from dishes of rare Nanking. New York is the resplendent wife of a banker, push- ing her noisy way in the world and dazzling foreign courts with her dia- monds, much to the disgust of passe Mistress Boston, a” Fragmentary Efforts. Many a man would have been a_ suc- cess had he connected his framentary efforts. _Spasmodic, disconnected at- tempts, without concentration, uncon- trolled by any fixed idea, will never bring success. It is continuity of pur- pose alone that achieves results. The ant carrying a grain of corn larger than itself up a high wall, and, after many failures, finally bearing it in triumph to the top, teaches a lesson that all might study profitably. The man who has the power of unification, whose every effort has reference to one central aim, is the one who reaches the top of the wall. He understands that it is not the amount of work that can be accom- plished at a stretch but it is persistence that tells. It is the long, steady -pull, the unconquerable purpose, the un- broken effort that win the battle of life. No matter how brilliant his intellect, how subtle his mind, or how diversified his talents, if a man lacks concentration and continuity, his manifold gifts will avail him but little. —Success. oe Kingdom of Wheat. Kansas is the kingdom of wheat. No other State approaches it. This year it will lead out with 100,000,000 bushels of spring and winter wheat, the climax even in Kansas. BusinasHanls Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the firs insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisement» taken for less than 25 cents.” Advance payments. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE FOR CASH—GENERAL MER- chandise stock, inv: ntorying about $12,000: town about 6,000 inhabitants: liveliest town in North-rn Michigan; electric street cars ron by the door; building has plate glass front: electric lights water works; only one other larger stock in city. Address No. 931, care Michigan Tradesman. 931 OR SALE—PRODUCE AND COMMISSION business; one of the best locations on the Eastern Market, Detroit. Reason for selling. other business. Address No. 932, care Michigan Tradesman. 932 _ SALE—GROCERY WITH BAKERY IN connection; good business; located in one of the most thriving towns; going into other business. Address 513 Walnut St., Three Rivers, Mich. 935 as SALE-—STOCK OF DRY GOODS. shoes and groceries; invoice $4,000; goods bought new last year; will sell part or whole of stovk; located in small town in Michigan; splen- did country trade and townis growing. Address M , care Michigan Tradesman. 934 NOR SALE ON EASY TERMS—A GOOD clean stock of general merchandise, invoic- ing about $8,000; sales in 1900 were $36,5.2 25; will reach $40,000 this year; good farming com- munity; no better poiut in the United states to make money; will sell on easy terms, small pay- ment down, balance on long time, with good se- curity; do not need cash; reason for selling, in- tend to retire; no competition to speak of; a bonanza for the right man. Address P. .O. Box 2, Kansas, Ohio. 933 ANTED—GOOD HARDWARE AND IM- plement store to locate in one of the best towns in Michigan; extra inducements to right erson. Address Hardware, care Michigan radesman. 932 EOPLE THINK WHEN A MAN OFFERS to sell a business it is not paying; come and see my store—$1,s00 general stock—and dwelling. I will convirce any man that I have a money- making location or pay expense of investigating. oe other business. A. M. Bentley, Khodes, ch. 931 - SALE OR EXCHANGE—A GENERAL stock of merchandise in Southern Michigan, inventorying about $5,000. Will sell or traue ali or part for good timbered land or summer resort roperty. Address No. 923, care Michigan radesman. 929 {OR SALE—AN Al STOCK OF GENERAL merchandise, invoicing $20,000, doing a good, healthy, strictly cash business. Best store in town of 800; have big farmers’ trade and get _— profits. Double store room, brick, good asement, solid plate glass front, gas and steam heat. Will sell or rent building. Am retiring from mercantile business, have other interests that require my attention. No trades consid- ered. and don’t write unless you mean business. W. W. Mitchell, Wood River, Neb. 928 W ANTED—DRY GOODS. CLOTHING. shoes or general .merchandise stocks bought for spot cash on liberal plan. Clean up your shoe stock by selling us your undesirable numbers on commission or cash basis. Best of references Ries & Guettel, 126-128 Market St., Chicago, Ill. 924 POR SALE CHEAP—A GOOD STOCK or dry goods, notions and shoes, worth $2,500; make offer part cash and trade; great bargain if taken immediately. Address Lock Box 42, Alma, Mich. 930 rr. SALE—BEST MONEY-MAKING GRO- cery in the State, all sales spot cash; old es- tablished stand, 40x80; low rent; stock about $5,000; can reduce to suit; no unsalable goods: making over $3,000 net perannum. The Phila- delphia Chemical Co. is building a plant near my store. It appropriated nine million dollars for this; our ship yards built the famous Erie and Tashmo, aa are building two vessels to cost over half a million each; have two large soda and many other plants; thisis the second largest shipping point in the State; our postoffice rates second; reason for selling, wish to take an in- terest in a wholesale grocery in Detroit. Carl Dice, Wyandotte, _ Mich. 939 YOR SALE—-TWO GOOD BUSINESS” chances; best sn all stock groceries in South- ern Michigan, and one-half interest in general stock. Oceana county; best location in the towus; ill health only cause for selling. Address Lock Box 418, Hudson, Mich. 938 YOR SALE OR RENT—TWO BRICK STORES connected with arch, 22x80 each; suitable for department or general store, of which we have need here; will rent one or both. Write P. O. Box 556, Mendon, Mich. 936 Woe SALE OR EXCHANGE—STORE PROP- erty in Central Michigan city. Address Box 632, Grand Ledge, Mich. 927 QTOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE for sale. Box 108, Rathbone, Mich, 22 OMEYN-PARSONS PAYS CASH FOR stocks of merchandise (not a trader or broker). Grand Ledge, Mich 920 OR SALE-STOCK CF GENERAL MER- chandise, Invoicing about $7,500; live Village in Central Michigan; business established 20 years; has made money from the start; fine farming section; will rent store building; retir- ing from business on account of }:oor health. Address No.9 9, care Michigan Tradesman. 919 JAN-AMERICAN ACCOMMODATIONS AT private house, conveniently located. Lodg- ing,one dollar each Aderess LeKoy 8S. Oat- man, Sec’y, Buffalo Produce Exchange. 917 prek SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandi-e 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 annum; good location for hustler; satisfactory reason for selling. Address (J. T., care Michigan Tradesman. 909 ps 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 a SALE—WHOLE OR PART INTEREST in a general hardware, tinsmithing and plumbing stock, invoicing about $3,500, in a good factory 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 Michigan Tradesman. 860 o SALE—THE BEST STOCK OF GRO- 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 fine 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 OR 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 I WILL SELL HALF INTEREST IN MY furniture business. The goods are all new ind 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. 813 k 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 pro erty or manu- facturing plants that they wish to sell or ex- —_- correspond with the Derby & Choate Real Estate Co., Flint, Mich. 709 MISCELLANEOUS ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST. Address No. 939, care Michigan = man. ANTED—BY AN EXPERIENCED MAN, position as clerk and stock-keeper in dry goods, clothing or general store. Best of refer- ences. Address No. 937, care Michigan Trades- man. 937 LERK WANTED—FOR GENERAL STOR... Must be young, active and of good habits. Give experience and references. Address Haak Lumber Co , Wolverine, Mich. 925 ARPENTERS WANTED—ADDRESS Haak Lumber Co., Wolverine, Mich. 926 ANTED—SITUATION BY YOUNG MAN in general store; has had several years’ experience. Can furnish good references. Ad- dress No. 916. care Michigan Tradesman. 916 Geo. H. Reifsnider & Co. Commission Merchants and Wholesale Dealers in Fancy Creamery Butter, Eggs & Cheese. 321 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK. 4 ye Q9 t Wt 7 w . a » i ji7 3 ze \ - 2. | | - < ad ~ . tw “+4 ~ ~ | 4 a » i ' -~i : 2 oe = -j> > = é “ Wt) MICA AXLE GREASE has become known on account of its good qualities. Merchants handle Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,” so that Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco- nomical as well. Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white and blue tin packages. ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING OILS PERFECTION OIL IS THE STANDARD THE WORLD OVER HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS STANDARD OIL CoO. Are you going to the Pan-American Exposition? The Michigan Central | ‘s the short and direct route. For particulars see M. C. Agents or write to \“O. W Ruggles, G. P. &T. A., Chicago”’ J. S. Hall, D. P. A., Detroit MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS 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. F. TATMAN, Clare. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, FRANK J. DyK; Secretary,, HOMER Kap; 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. P. Cross; Secretary, HENRY J. SCHOBERG; Treasurer, H. R. VAN BOCHOVE. Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER; Secretary, E. C LITTLE. Oh Moskegon Retail Grocers’ Association President, H. B. SMITH; Secretary, D. A. BOELKINS; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. FRANK HELMER; retary, W H. PORTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLARK; Secretary, E. F. CLEVELAND; Treasurer, ‘Wo. C. KOEHN Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association President, M. W. TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Mc- PHERSON; Treasurer, R. A. HORR. Traverse City Business Mon’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. Hurens Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T. PERCIVAL. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. as Calumet Business Men’s Association President, J. D. Cuppruy; Secretary W. H. HOSKING. ae 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. Mla ue Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W VER- HOEKs. ee Yale Business Men’s Association President, CHAs. RouNpDs; Secretary, FRANK PUTNEY. Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, JoHN G. EBLE; Secretary, L. J. Katz; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. You ought to sell LILY WHITE “The flour the best cooks use” VALLEY CITY MILLING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. : ox TRADESMAN COMPANY —— BY ALL THE LEADING PROCESSES HALF~TONE tj PORTRAITS, BUILDINGS, ‘$5 ae MACHINERY, 1.5 e Laer e nes ZINC-ETCHING EVERYTHING. WOOD ENGRAVING ‘ (Bee GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN. Orc og GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. } — Travelers’ Time Tables. PERE MARQUETTE Railroad and Steamship Lines. Fast trains are operated from Grand Rapids to Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Saginaw, Bay City, Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee, Muskegon, 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 and 12:10 noon, each week day, arriving at Detroit 4:05 p. m. and Chicago 5:00 p. m. H. F. MOELLER, G. P. A., W. E. WOLFENDEN, D. P. A. GR AND Rapids 7 — Going North. aily ex Su ex Su exSu Ly Gd Rapids........ 405p 745a 200p 1045p AP. Cadiline.......... 645a 11254 440p 210a Ar. Traverse City.... 8308 130p 6650p ..... AY. Petoskey... ..... 930a 250p 7235p 5 35a Ar. Mackinaw City...1120a 4115p ..... 6 55a Train leaves for Cadillac 5:20pm, ar’g at 9:00pm. Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m, 11:30 am, 12:20 p m,5:15 p m and 9:20 p m. Going South. ex Su ex Su Daily ex Su Daily Ly. G’d Rapids. 710a 150p 600p 1230p 9 35p Ar. Kalamazoo. 850a 32zp 7 45p 145p 1055p Ar. Ft. Wayne..1210p 650p To Cnicago 1 45a Ar. Cremnne: G26 0 6 55a Trains arrive from the south at 3:55am and 7:20am daily, 1:5¢pm, 9:35pm and 10:05pm except Sunday. Pullman sleeping or parlor ears on all through trains 4:05am “Northland Express” has dining ear Grand Rapids to Mackinaw City. 2:00pm train going north has buffet ear to Harbor Springs. 9:25pm train going south has through sleeping cars to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianap- olis and Louisville daily. - Except Except Except MUSKEGON Sunday Sunday Sunday Ly. Grand Rapids.... 7 35am 1 53pm 5 40pm Ar. Muskegon........ 90am 3 10pm 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 8:00pm Sunday only. CHICAGO TRAINS G. R. & | and Michigan Central. TO CHICAGO Sandee Daily Ly. G’d Rapids (Union de ot 1230pm = 9 35pm Ar. Chicago (12th St. Station) 5 25pm 655am 12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago with Pull- man buffet parlor car attached. 9:30pm train has through coach and Pullman sleeping car. {FROM CHICAGO = _' Sunday Dally Ly. Chicago (12th St. Station) 5 15pm 11 30pm Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot) 10 05pm = 7 20am 5:15pm train runs solid to Grand Rapids with Pullman buffet parlor car attached. 11:30pm train has through coach and sleeping car. Take G. R. & I. to Chicago Except 50 cents to Muskegon and Return Every Sunday A HEAVY LOAD Is carried by the merchant when he undertakes to handle the credit trans- actions of his establishment by means of pass books or other equally anti- — methods. The strain is imme- lately lessened, however, when he adopts the Coupon Book System and places his credit transactions on a cash basis. We make four kinds of Coupon Books and cheerfully send samples free on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. j f f f j f f j f j f j j j f j f eo eee ee d & Sons, Grand Rapid ‘ j { . Leonar ons, Grand Rapids ! f We I I a \ J eC a Plan { Price list Staple Crockery, Glassware. Notions and House Fur- H nishing Goods. Send for Catalogue. ‘The Commercial Traveler’? -¥ - f se f sent to Merchants only on request—-I75 pages at ay omen —<- AX th : : . er * Penn 2 at will establish any retail j Weal re MAIL ORDER PRICES ™ business on a cash basis and ‘ “s . Base Balis....... Shes veers 38c and $ 68 Bead Peneis, O76... 2. 6s e 50 draw a large increase of cash Butter Plates, wire.end................. 42 Lemon Squeezers, glass, doz............ 40 : : ‘ BMS, HRN os oe ok ee 90 Lawn.Mowers, 14in., each.............. 2 15 o business in a wonderfully short Baskets, handled........................ 30 Milk Jars, Paper Cap, gro.............. 5 00 : : Bags, paper, see Catalogue............. Mantles, Gasoline, doz....... Poa 80 time. IT Is A _ sUCCESS The Broome ss cs $2 25, $2 OOand 1 75 Peay ie Candee eis 90 i. gt : < BUD, NG. Bee 40 Plates. Breakfast ..........2-....6..... 71 costis small. It’s free for the Candy Jars..2 quart. .....0 22005. ......:: 2 00 Stone Butter Jars, 1 gal .each.......... 06 : “ - Clothes Baskets, 30in................... 3 75 Stone Milk Pans, 1 gal., each........... 06 SMe. ty asking, Don’t delay. Write Chimneys, No. 1, box............ 1 78 Shelf Paper. gro. sheets................. 09 Dressing Combs, rubber................ 39 Silver Plated Knives and Forks, Kog- us at once. Envelopes, 250 in box.................... 19 Oe G08. ee 2 50 Grocer’s Pass Book. .......... 0.2... 22; 05 Silver Plated Teaspoons, Rogers’, doz. . 92 Galvanized Iron Tubs, No. 1............ 495 Silver Plated Teaspoons, Coin, doz..... 35 e e Galvanized Iron Pails, 10 quart. ........ 1 65 Telescope Valises, each. ................ 23 an Trio Silver Co Hammocks, ‘ Palmer,” each............ 48 Tumblers, % pint, by bbl., doz.......... 19 e9 f ao ee POP Mer a 78 one = S = meme be sees 67 . MUNOMNORR cece) 35 anglefoot Fly Paper, 50 sheets........ 36 ‘ a I Wabash Ave., Chica ll. Ink, Thomas’, 3 doz. case... om Thread, Clark’s M. E.,doz.............. 50 33 . Cc £0, I Ice Cream Freezers, each............... 1 25 Thread, Merrick’s, doz................. 2 46 Jellies, per bbl., doz.............. 2.2... 19 Thread, Cromwell’s, doz................ . 7 LS pe rte a ve Appreciative Grocers %, “Eth ary Fees 7 ° x * te Week x Kiet teh % * 0 like to buy and sell goods “Not Made by a Trust” when qual- % x 5 x e x * x z % v: Go + ity and prices are better than the trust’s. We are not in the * x * x ‘ es baking trust. We give better prices than they do. That . =~ x Zz x % Kegyh | Oe Fa & xg * }- makes quality the thing to consider. Q 5C CIGAR SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS At Standard Crackers . , ui Pie " NT SEALE oT : eS ik TANGLEFOOT sitt ELY PAPER | = 3 } are enjoyed by all consumers. They bring the grocer trade 6 z CATCHES THE GERM AS WELL AS THE FLY si a in other lines. Why not handie these goods? a ; / : @< Sanitary. Used the worldever. Good profit to sellers. + ‘ E. J. KRUCE & CO.., DETROIT Order from Jobbers. 0000-0-0-0 00-0-0-0-0-00-0-0000 , eC SCaies O ustice -{. | ‘ , _ : C0 a SCALE Co. : : ~ pe | Thermostatic Automatic Spring Balance Computing af Scales are the only safe and absolutely reliable Butcher é " . . ‘ > ae | } Scales. If you are a butcher it is but (meat) that you : . should own this System Scale. It embodies the principle +4- of the “Money-Weight” and insures every penny of profit a to you that can be had through retailing. It is a scale built on scientific principles by the finest mechanics and. experts in Scaledom. Geet all of the profit by first fitting out your store with the Boston Thermostatic Meat Scales, The Computing Scale Co., Dayton, Ohio