YORE FENCES IOOY WISLALAT ORI OLLIE CERRO eS. CNRS ee ec SG AV HOR RUN IND SMES US 7G : J . Zz SY NR a ee ZAR OS Ae yA XC oa CC ae ( Oy W755 * -S) é- Ag } 0S) ARC A, ONS 2 SN” Ges WO [Ge EY” GoW I Res (NS KY, SAR ale 2 | STye as Y= Valls ey tL Ve ISN a iy : CK » Y NS i Py © - VS: 2 \ U7 Wh) ( ANS vA . SS 7 Sy (TN eae A, LS TAC VN KES af sx V 4 eS gD 4 SA FZ pS) Ld H TH G i C ca NC Sy DiNS x Kd Ki aN a .) MG YY bw \ iy ‘ > Q 8 KOC SERS ¢ cn OM 8G POON he 2D py ® LS OS ICR b ee Seti MN PSS EO oR Gee SNACK ID MLL of SOY Pe NAN 2 SEONG <@PUBLISHED WEEKLY (GaN Gee TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSR 222563) SV SRK SL PER YEAR £9 SOUPS SO OOS RAS SMOG SSS TE Ne AS SS Eighteenth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1901. Number 930 f THE BEACON FALLS RUBBER SHOE CO. { % There's room for argument here, but there’s none when the CHEAPEST IS ALSO THE BEST. —. BEACON FALLS are the pest first quality rubbers on the market and the cuEapest. WA W~ WA Made in all styles. Write for catalogue. BEACON FALLS, CONN. WR (SR SR a a. ww we. RR y iN Sy it Al ai Nt , 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. “Tne CELEBRATED SweetLoma ..: ‘utr TOBACCO. - 3- NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCO CO. (Against the Trust.) 7 WHEAT GRITS ae 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 - —- less than that asked for other and less desirable cereals. Easily cooked, delicious Nearly every dealer who has corresponded with us has bought to eat, easy to digest, easy to buy ($2.00 per case of 24 2-lb. packages). sk from us and every dealer who Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co., Holland, Mich. —2), nas bought is satished and so SAV ARV EVE VVC OIRRREU VE YOO NREEV ENN - } - are his customers. : B Sh St d d Li | _- EGG 3 y ab. BAKING POWDER : is the leader because it sells easier, * \\. Home Office, so West street, New York. slacks quicker and does more work Tt 523 Williamson BI’dg, Cleveland. re ae than any other lime on the market. it Cincinnati {Fort Wayne é . ¢ Grand Rapids Columbus Better send for prices and further in- a. 7 formation. ‘ * BAY SHORE LIME CO., Bay Shore, Mich.2 . ,. Capital and Brains These attributes are essential to a grocer in transacting business, but to GET ALL YOUR PROFIT and economize your time it is necessary to secure a Stimpson Gomputing Grocers’ Scale They are better than an extra clerk and will make you more ‘money than most salesmen. They absolutely prevent the most minute loss and are superior to all other scales on the market. Ask for further information. It’s to your advantage. THE W. F. STIMPSON CO. DETROIT. MICH. : ae | es eS = SCOTTEN-DILLON COMPANY @& ~ eS sess eas eZ TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS = |. Sa] y eS INDEPENDENT FACTORY DETROIT, MICHIGAN ie SS OUR LEADING BRANDS. KEEP THEM IN MIND. Se a oS FINE CUT SMOKING PLUG | oS IS} UNCLE DANIEL. HAND PRESSED. Flake Cut. CREME DE MENTHE. CS 7: SS OJIBWA. DOUBLE CROSS. Long Cut. STRONG HOLD. lg yy SS FOREST GIANT. SWEET CORE. Plug Cut. FLAT IRON. EAs eS SWEET SPRAY. FLAT CAR. Granulated. SO-LO. eS uh a SNS3 The above brands are manufactured from the finest selected Leaf Tobacco that money can buy. See quotations in cs : 7 J eS ss 7! price current. , Dore a ry Z Fs Za yy y 7a may Q q i =a ae id (5 », "2 \i i C4 " NY) x ( Al \ S) NSS J) et TF >) V0 (eZ J NSS EN Volume XVIII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1901. (~ Aluminum Money A rial ie -t*ke oO: Cheap and Eftective. Send for samples and prices. C. H. HANSON, 44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill. ASSOCIATE OFFICES IN CITIES 7 E ALL PRINCIPAL s . | a i , —<¢ ” of Michigan and Mich- igan Tradesman, (:rand Ra «= ids. Collector and Commmapetar Lawyer and Preston National Bank, Detroit. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. bd Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. C. E. McCRONE, [lanager. Prompt, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. Frep McBanry, Sec. £00 40000000eeeeeeeeeeeeees ELLIOT 0. GROSVENOR Late State Food Commissioner Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and jobbers whose interests are affected by a a the Food Laws of any state. Corres- pondence invited. Al ca 1232 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. r 4 | ‘ x e te + ~ ~~ ~ 2 _— )-— OOo a as eS 3 Wholesale Ready Made Clothing Nearly all kinds, for all seasons, for Men, Boys and Children. Meet WILLIAM CONNOR who will be at Sweet’s Hotei, Grand Rapids, until Aug. 3, 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. a A. BOMERS, commercial Broker.. And Dealer in Cigars and Tobaccos, 157 E. Fulton St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~) Tradesman Coupons ASS SLG46 OGD DAO OS > > > > > > > » > » > > > > > > > > > ; ay a IMPORTANT FEATURES. Morning Market. - Getting the People. Aroand the State. Grand Rapids Gossip. Representative Retailer. - Romance of Camphor. . Editorial. Editorial. Clothing. Dry Goods. Shoes and Rubbers. The Usual Result. - The Meat Market. - Village Improvement. Hardware. Woman’s World. Butter and Eggs. The New York Market. Window Dressing. Commercial Travelers. Drugs and Chemicals. Drug Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Their Third Picnic. Hardware Price Current. Goes Up Higher. THE DAY OF LITTLE THINGS. One of the curious features of the financial economics of the present is that, while no time in the world’s his- tory has ever seen the gigantic combi- nations of capital and the vast aggrega- tions of industry now being organized or that have recently comeeinto opera- tion, the great majority of enterprises in which money is made rapidly to- day are those which receive their trib- utes in the smallest divisions. It is natural that the seeker after wealth should devote his attention to that which will be likely to bring re- turns in the greatest quantities. The dealer strives for trade that involves large transactions. The inventor builds a machine which proposes to work a revolution in some greatindustry. The promoter undertakes to build up enter- prises which shall deal with the greatest industrial problems. Now and again, in the multitude thus striving for finan- cial success, circumstances permit a winning to be scored, but the way is strewn by the wrecks of the thousands who have met with failure. Enterprises involving transactions of but a few cents are not attractive to the average imagination. It is difficult to see the possibility of a fortune from transactions involving the use of a few cents only. The fact is overlooked that many of the most gigantic enterprises of modern industry, those which have proved most profitable, are those like the Standard Oil Company and the great municipal traction companies, which make their final transactions in the smallest sums. Take even the great iron and_ steel corporations, whose plants involve the greatest mechanical undertakings except the railways, and their support in recent years has de- pended largely on enterprises like the urban and suburban traffic lines for the collection of fares in nickels. Even the vast railway industry of the country, which was built up on transactions in- volving large sums, is coming to find the most profit in suburban or similar trade, where the fares are the smallest and the greatest in number. Among the greatest of more modern enterprises is the electric railway. In every large city in the country great sums of money have been invested in equipment which at first glance it would seem that a lifetime would be required to pay for innickels. But the projectors of these enterprises are working for the present. There is no question but that the assurance of success in the great network of suburban electric lines ex- tending over the country lies in the fre- quency of small cash transactions. A suggestive incident along this line is the controversy now going on in New York over the use of chairs in the pub- lic parks. .An enterprising speculator who had studied the subject of small things to some purpose conceived the idea of furnishing 6,000 chairs for the use of the tired loiterers, at a charge of 3 cents for those without arms and a nickel for the more comfortable seat. The trial of an injunction against the contract with the park commissioner brings out that, with an investment of $20,000 in the chairs, the projector counted on obtaining gross receipts of $300 per day or upwards of $100,000 per year. The quick profits in the world of in- dustry to-day are in the smallest trans- actions. The stick of gum fora cent quickly makes the millionaire if he sells it. The advertiser of a specialty is coming to learn that the smaller the significance of the article and the less the price the greater the probability of success. Women have at last obtained complete equality with the men in Colorado, The courts of the State have declared that women have the same privileges as men, of entering wine rooms and res- taurants and calling for any kind of drink they wish. The courts say that ‘‘any enactment relative to the sale of liquor wherehy a woman is prohibited from purchasing liquors under the same circumstances that a man is, is in vio- lation of her rights under the equal suffrage constitutional provision, and is in violation to the right given a_ saloon keeper to sell to a woman as well as to a man. By that last act,’’ the court wisely declares, ‘‘the last vestige of in- equalities between man and woman un- der the laws of the State of Colorado was Swept away.’”’ A drug clerk, suspecting that a man contemplated suicide, sold him a harm- less dose of quinine instead of the strychnine he asked for. After the man had written his last farewell he laid down and composed himself for death. After lying for about thirty-six hours with his hands crossed on his bosom he went out and got drunk and whipped the drug clerk. Emperor William says the noblest weapon is the sword; but the kerosene can still gets there much more unani- mously. Carnegie is afraid that if he were to wait to dispose of his money by will it would be a dead give away. Number 930 GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. With all industries in a state of in- creasing activity and prices of products kept at the highest, it is curious to wit- ness a greater reaction in the Wall Street market than has taken place in many months. The causes of this re- action, however, are not far to seek. At the beginning of the decline there was uneasiness on account of some exten- sive bank failures. Then came the in- tense heat and drouth which began to threaten the corn crop in the South- western States. While a threat of fail- ure in the wheat crop might serve as a greater pretext for grain gambling, the possibility of a lessening of the corn crop is really of much more importance. Not many realize that the cash value of the corn crop is about doubie that of wheat and the number of bushels to be transported by the railroads would be four times as great were it not that more of the yellow cereal is fed at the place of raising. Its products; how- ever, must be carried. Sensational re- ports of the suffering of this grain car- tried the market downward for several days. At the ciose of the week there was a slight recovery on account of ‘the general strength of the situation. Rain in the threatened region gives reassur- ance as to the corn crop, but now come the steel troubles. The downward movement is again the feature this week and in the light of the labor contest the movement seems likely to be consider- able before another recovery. There are, however, no panicy' tendencies manifest and the natural operation of so much liquidation is the liberation of ready money until rates are less than for many weeks past. Naturally the feature of most promi- nence in the industrial field is the steel strike. ‘ This finds the tide of production scarcely affected by the usual midsum- mer dulness and shutdowns. There has been some stimulation in the already tremendous demand on account of the threat of interference with supplies on account of the strikes. Demand is es- pecially heavy in materials for agricul- tural implements and many other prod- ucts show the greatest activity. It is an unusual condition to report many woolen mills working day and night to meet the demands for their products. The price of the raw staple is at the lowest for years, but this seems to be a healthy condition for the manu- facturer. The market for cotton goods is quiet, but retailers report satisfactory trade except that there is too much tend- ency to cut prices rather than carry over the season. Cotton declined to 8%c, with a heavier export trade than at the same time last year. Leather and hides are reported exceptionally firm and _ shoe factories are well employed, many hav- ing orders for months to come. A bad boy seldom gets his badness from his father. The old man _ usually hangs on to all he has. The man who is rushing the growler is not necessarily chasing a mad dog. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MORNING MARKET. Some Changes Which a Few Years Have Wrought. A contrast that impresses one who has been familiar with the local produce market for a number of years is the difference in the average of prices and the freedom with which the products sell, as compared to the years succeed- ing the panic. Then, with many in- dustries idle and little money in circu- lation, the offerings went begging at what would now be considered ridicu- lous prices. For instance, with potatoes selling at 85 cents per bushel, some growers bring in the culls and offer them at nominal prices. One asking 25 cents is offered 15 cents. He turns away with a contemptuous expression that they are not worth bringing at that price. Yet a few years ago such figures were considered pretty good for the reg- ular crop. And so with other vege- tables, the growers were thankful to take what would now be considered poor compensation for the marketing, thus practically giving the work of raising the products. It was necessary for them to raise the money for taxes and the other pressing needs, so the work must be done, even if for nothing. The con- trast in the difference in prices is car- ried out in the improved conditions shown by the growers and their outfits. A few years ago many of these were pitiable spectacles. Now it isa pleas- ure to see the evident prosperity on every hand. Occasionally one is found who is not a model of thrift, but such may be readily classed as of constitu- tionally lazy tendencies. One good fea- ture of the change in the conditions is that less of the marketing is now being done by women, owing to the fact that it is a matter well worth the attention of the stronger sex. There is another reason, aside from the increase of the general prosperity of the city, for the growth of and profitable returns from the market business. This is to be found in the increasing im- portance of this center as a distributing point for less favored regions. Year by year this change is going on at a rapid rate, but so gradual as to scarcely excite comment. A few years ago the trans- portation. companies would be rushed during the peach harvest, but now the business extends the season through and its demands are such as to require and warrant the most extensive provisions on the part of the transportation com- panies. A factor of no mean importance in the new conditions is the extension of good roads, which makes the market- ing so easy. It is cheaper to raise products twenty miles away, market them here and deliver by express in Big Rapids, Cadillac or Manistee than to bring them on the average road the same distance to those cities. In the early interest taken in good roads by this city the projectors were building better than they knew, for none thought that the variable soils tributary to their enterprises would produce the support of many other cities slower in the work of road extension. The course of the market has been rather even and uneventful. Offerings have generally been liberal and sales good in all products. Cherries are pretty well over. Berries are still plen- tiful and sell well, but blackcaps are getting soft. Potatoes are increasing in receipts and improving in quality and size. —__—-o-#-2—- Too Great a Risk. ‘‘I’m going to give up the business, ’’ said the life insurance agent with a sigh. ‘‘I don’t care whether they meant it for a joke ornot. It’s a hard life, and people have no business trying to be funny at my expense. ‘‘T have always prided myself upon my ability to land a man when once 1 succeeded in getting his attention. But I had a new experience the other day. I was working hard to convince a party that it was his duty to take out some of our insurance upon his life for the pro- tection of his family, and | saw that I had him wavering, when I had to pause for breath, and he broke in with: ‘* *By the way, how much do you carry on your life?’ ‘While I, taken unaware by the abruptness of the question, was stam- mering a reply, he escaped. The in- cident set me tothinking. I had in- duced hundreds of men to insure their lives for the benefit of their families, and yet I had never thought far enough to carry any insurance upon my own life. It didn’t look consistent, now that 1 had come to consider the ques- tion, and I resolved to remedy it at once. To think is to act with me, and I sat down and filled out an application at once for a good round sum. ‘‘I got the application back to-day marked, ‘Refused—occupation too dan- gerous!’ The next paper they get from me will be my resignation !"’ ~~» ____ Plea For the Establishment of a Public Market. S. J. Dunkley in Kalamazoo Gazette-News. I do not know of anything that would contribute so much to the welfare of the city of Kalamazoo and surrounding country as a public market place with suitable laws regulating the peddling of fruit in our city between certain hours. Kalamazoo is situated in a fine coun- try for fruit growing, and such a mar- ket would rapidly make it a large fruit center. I think the method followed by the city of Grand: Rapids is a good one. The market place is divided into plots or stalls, a number of these are rented to the different fruit growers and mar- ket gardeners at from $10 to $20 per year and different sections of the mar- ket are separated for the display of cer- tain kinds of products. For instance, one number being divided into wood, another to hay, berries in another sec- tion, peaches in another. By this sys- tem everyone knows just where to go to buy such products, and it also attracts a buyer from other places, as for in- stance, we send our buyer to Grand Rapids to pick up what stuff we want. The regulations require all growers of produce to come to the*market in the morning and remain there until about 8 o’clock, after which time any one who has failed to dispose of his load in the market is free to peddle it out about the city if he so chooses. The rent from the stalls is a source of revenue to the city and makes the market practically self- sustaining. Growers of produce come into Grand Rapids for twenty and thirty miles around and are on the market as early as 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning. Buy- ers of produce from out of the city go there to get stuff as they know it will be there on sale. The grocers of the city also have their men there to secure their stock. Thus it is an advantage in more ways than one. It attracts outside buyers and is an aid to home dealers by keeping peddlers off the streets toa very great extent. It is also a help to the small growers of produce, as by this plan they are not required to peddle out their products but can dispose of them on the market early in the day and are not required to spend half a day in peddling about the city. ue das ae age eels Observation Parties. Mrs. Nebb—I am going to an obser- vation party this afternoon, dear. Husband——An _ observation party? What sort of a party is that? Mrs. Nebb—Mrs. Quizzer’s next door neighbor is moving and Mrs. Quizzer bas invited a few friends to watch over the windows and see what they ave. > 0 It’s no trouble for a real estate dealer to make mountains out of molehills. “Black Cat” Plow Shoe will stand all sorts of hard wear. C. M. Henderson & Co. “Western Shoe Builders ” Chicago, Ill. You ought to sell LILY WHITE “The flour the best cooks use” VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Imperial Gas Lamp Is an absolutely safe lamp. It burns without odor or smoke. Common stove gasoiine is used. It is an eco- nomical light. Attractive prices are offered. Write at once for Agency. The Imperial Gas Lamp Co. 132 and 134 Lake St. E., Chicago faction. self.’’ SSSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSS OOOOOOOOGOOOOGHHOHHHHHHHHOHOG B. B. B. Mr. W. H. Ransom, of Clarion, says: resort trade all used 30 to 35 cent coffee with only fair satis- This season I am selling them ‘Boston BREAKFAST BLENDED’ at 20 cents and everybody pleased—including my- Delicious coffee, pleased customers, good margin— is there anything more you want? OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER CO. ROASTERS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GOOOOOHOOOHOOOGUOOGOOTOOGHOG ® ‘“‘Last season my SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Yn Se eales: HOUSEHOLD COUNTER MARKE T Fans for 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: ie. $ 3 00 S600. oso eee 4 50 900-2 oe ee Gag ee 7 00 ib one se 00 1000.0 bs ei ck 15 00 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 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 8 with. The quantity of wording is about right, but all the type is too large. Smaller body letter and smaller display to correspond would permit more room inside the border. The question of a DAA 5 TIO CIEIEDEDEDEDEDCA ACIDIC CACDOAAIGIOICD OOOO aoD POOODOOSD WORSE & DAUR, == ™=2= 0 ' “Getting the People Value of Reading Notices vs. Display_Ad- vertising. There is a contention on the part of ae DOO 5 aw bo6d [ALAA 4 S COIs i) 2 2 ek : : s 3 ood policy in making such discount ** > some that the same investment in read- > = : ] . z ne : a wi lag eotlocs all yiekl gueater sehrne ae —____—_ —__—_—_—————— & Sales aS each summer and winter pro- e } z 0 4 “ 7 apse + 2 o gresses is probably one this firm has ee re See ae s We beg to announce our 3 found profitable or they would not prac- Sa ae is a plausibility for this contention in a 5 ti 1 de would ! id that in certain cases tests made of the 3 . 3 apne peamenheram bulge yee a % : d ck 2 ] = as though the strong advertising of such ~ | «Se ees AYE Seemed <0 meee Oe & > sales as a regular feature of business | showing in favor of the reading notices. & 7 2 would have the effect of educating a e ah. There is a certain class of advertising + : ! : 2 considerable class to wait for the reduc- i ‘i which shoei: ina doubt of the greater : This sale wiil continue until July 27, 1901, inclusive. sdokd 20d 20 injute the morc proitahle miiie effectiveness of the notices. Take many eo Only twice each year do we make these SWEEPING RE- % custom. I note an apparent incongruity of the proprietary remedies and in most ; DUCTIONS, to reduce our stock prior to inventory. This’ year = in the description of the sales as semi- ot communities the display advertisement Q there are many attractive values, especially to those: who have a annual while the display is annual. ‘ is found of little worth. The display is delayed purchasing their warm weathar Olothing. Spraker & Campbell make as simple “= seen and possibly strikes the attention ; on ‘ > : ialti . . P y oe : op The regular price tickets are not c bet sales are an announcement of a few specialties aS making a good showing, but it & ade fi nodal . . 4: as could well be made. Unless the ad- “+e gq ‘ ‘ke th : 5 made frem a schedule of reductions, which positively guaran- : i ( oesn . seem to stri e tbe attention as : tees you an actual saving. vertisement is for a German patronage eh describing something to _be desired. I don’t see that the statement ‘‘made in ) But similar matter appearing as a can- Germany’’ would have special value. oe did Statement in the reading matter The proportion of the display is very seems to hit the mark. ; good, but the letter selected for the 1 \ It does not follow, however, that such 5 main line is about as poor as could be notices will be relatively effective in a The One Price Clothiers. found and the flourish before the firm «- - » selling all kinds of goods. The read- ‘gS name is too pronounced. PD AP AD APD LPP ADDI OREO OLED LEE EE cot ate ala ete ale Te ole pla ela ete pte ets pte ple pla ple pve pre pea bia ple lee Fee ing notice conveys the information that Shook & Son present an exceptionally \ - }) a certain specific—usually the character well-written list of specialties, in which is indicated in the name—is just what GIPITE WARE OUR i the price is made an effective feature. ne is needed for the real or imaginary ail- ' The work of the printer could have been ment. It is really the ailment or sup- { improved by using a plain line—-not too x - . y : : P Conic in and see our uch imported White Ware, just re = Strictly P y 6 P “a . j posed ailment that advertises. The ceived, nothing like it in town. Made in Germany. heavy—to form the panel for bargain cel sufferer keeps the name of the specific a a als ae alk anes lead Pure .. counter. Then the styles of type | in mind or clips or copies the notice good Steel Range= Pp a should not vary so much and the table i ie and hies himself to the drug store. Let We have some good bargains in Screcu Doors and Win- aris T of prices in the center should have the grocer or hardwareman make his dow Sereens G been brought together so as not to pre- a announcements in similar manner and ureen . sent so scattered an appearance. The there would be some who might stumble if Spraker & Campbell. sii aia expression ‘‘too numerous to mention’’ a upon them, but many more would be sine ik “i ide Ga is too hackneyed to be of value and | impressed by a generous display. ° eoecost Sithiien qiuien: Quen 0 een too’ should have two o's in it. Reiteration is the key to success in tomer on our Paris Green, Geo. W. Noble has a crisp shoe an- advertising for general commodities. aiwace'a customer. nouncement which is well written and - “: = The fact is well recognized that there BAR i well proportioned to the space. His | must be enough of the display of a firm scp Sen Peat Seeteee: printer succeeds in giving him an ~~ > ‘ 25 Cents. atrocious border, especially for the pe- ~ay name to get it thoroughly in mind. Ap- 1 pearing in the reading matter with no distinction it is of some value, but more On our bargain counter you will find something that will interest BOY'S AND MEN'S SUITS Wilcox & Godding, culiar display selected, which would not be had with a light, plain rule or when in a size of letter to both con- simple pattern. ~ | 7 sciously and unconsciously impress the -aibrmaarden” — ane om. DRUGGISTS. W. H. LaBatt writes a good announce- oud eye and memory. Iteration and reitera- 5. « ‘50 * “ 3.50. ment of fly goods for his harness trade i tion, again and again, until it becomes 000+eteens and the printer has handled it well, in- Shoes **,Slippers $2 Bicycle Shoes for $1.25 75c Canvass Slippers for 50c cluding the specimen flies. ‘A lighter, plainer border would make this a good | a part of the consciousness of every ) mind to be reached. And not the firm Wheat a jab name alone—the constant iteration of 81 ipa eigcars aiteag a ee (rits advertisement. . . * * : ese pri ¢ i : a. . : this with the business is essential until — gg ogre 10C EACH. ’ Bee : —— ages an excep- 6. | -> the name comes to suggest the rest. Uther Bargains to numerous to mention. CONTAIN THE tiona Y ier" ei _. a a insi —just enoug or the Space—and ite i The longer a dealer remains in the same SHOOK & SON, Cora) J : oo + bien ee epee be are ae : hee ee Se ciate the value of an old establishe - : a / ; ra \ + firm name. They are the inexperienced Rm AAAAAeree 20 a amma {jheat.... brought out. a and thoughtless who lightly change their Nobby Shoes for Ladies 3 a Another good one is that of the wis business designation. Natty Patent Leathers which are the fad SH With the addition of sugar and ee oe Co. The Pg : . ae in Lace Boots a ons. eS is dignified and convincing and jus It is fortunate that there is this dis- a ee milk (or cream), or, sugar and 8 : i. we g : ” = oF butter, they are an ideal and enough to be readable. € use of the tinction hetween the methods of adver- The Besi Make of Kids Sc cieietis Seah Keseune- Cosel initials gives an odd display, but the v } « tising as applied to remedies and the whieh are always in style, A on ald Food can pe produced and the result is attractive. It would have been y business of the general merchant. It Ratios Goan Treen Seed Se thn Sts: Poene® better if the last line could have been heel of the ap-to-late price is less than asked for other a es h h would make a curious jumble if the ad- and less desirable cereals. in Devinne the same as the rest. ee eae woe hot W. A. Gardner gives us a -ittle too vertisements were all distributed through Children’s and Atisses Shoes Easity Cooked, Delicious to Eat, eck caries’ foe a ah : : y Ss space. e has 2}. the reading matter. Often one comes in Abundance. Easy to Digest, Easy to Buy. the material for three separate adver- across periodicals admitting so much of Shoe that will bold—Shoes that will weay—Shoes uhat are Stn gn hima tisements by expanding a little it we -— the medicine liners that the reading is guaranteed and ne hack talk if wot as represented’ ” 2 could well oo rig three — tedious and unpleasant and the paper GEO. W. NOBLE Ish-PJeR cba anger a of topics is at the * % + is greatly injured or ruined for both RAAAACATIZER 00 a cae reading and advertising. > MILLING CO. Sensitive Flour Again. g Sere Medicine liners undoubtedly pay, for The Supply World tells of a New Jer- they usually produce a real, or imag- x EFly Time Has Come Peete Go aacce sey baker who was having his place ~ogie + : Th Mies: Son = kalsomined, when it occurred to him that inary, emergency. ere may be oc 0 0 or oe oo casions when they will pay, judiciously ye and witht a @omplete line of Fly Nets a UMBRELLAS UP °o wsicae a ity ea aceiaite a - . : - ee ere cece ee ee C \ - . and sparingly used, in the general deal- both leather apd cord, from $2.00 to O That is what you want this O stroy any bacilli which might lurk » & « ers’ work. But it will not pay to sup- * $4.00 per set.,” A goud set of eord team BB }o Tontier eae, ore apin quality © there. Meantime the day’s baking— 1 ersede the display by such methods. Nets, 5 bere uu 80 cords, full size for fy Q and down tn price. ° extra large—was made up and put in e+ * $3.00. A fulrstock of Harness Guuds : Bsa h vegraceae ; the ovens. Later the loaves were de- a * rae siery, ants a * . en 5 ee ee Mee eee te Ome og "Sitararmie’ 3 |livered Bot those who bouered lees i i i \ t 0 a oO ae ty ime nouncement of their discount sale which = se intially. Bs be Tmeaine.cf Tens, Copiers, © ce coenine mecat, tome at els { has fallen into the hands of a judicious x . W. H. LaBatt. fe oi wi o were not always what they seemed. The bp be printer, but it is an exceptional adver- x ere as : ae Cs i LeikeaEeee e bread tasted like a combination of hos- tisement that can not be found fault QRANKAK 2 A RRKECALAEBAAAAN pital and mortar bed. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Lockwood—Chas. Carroll has sold his general stock to D. M. Carroll. Manton—Morris Kent & Co. succeed J. H. Jones in the produce business. Harrison—Chas. Stahl has purchased the grocery stock of C. J. Richardson. Hillsdale—C. S. Wolcott has discon- tinued his branch music store at Read- ing. Farnsworth—S. D. Casler & Co. suc- ceed S. D. Casler in the grocery busi- ness. Iron Mountain—Emil! Thorelius has soid his grocery stock to Chas. Kull- gren. Monroe—M. Siayman is succeeded in the fruit business by Donquette & Pellis. Constantine—Geo. Ketcham has pur- chased the meat market of Kellogg & Gager. Detroit-—James H. Hooker has pur- chased the grocery stock of J. Carl Johnson. Frankfort—F. O. Wickham has sold his hardware stock and tin shop to Col- lier Bros. Petoskey—B. F. Donovan announces his intention of retiring from the gro- cery business. Detroit-—Valentine Lutomski succeeds August Neumann in the grocery busi- ness at 1295 Dubois street. Addison—S. W. Butler, who con- _ducted a clothing store at this palce, has removed to Bridgewater, Pa. Port Huron—Emory Doe and L. Cady have opened a grocery store at the cor- ner of River and Erie streets. Sterling—M. A. Vogel continues the general merchandise business of M. A. Vogel & Co. in his own name. Edmore—Frank Dreese, dealer in dry goods, furnishing goods and boots and shoes, has removed to Onaway. Port Huron—S. Richardson & Son succeed W. D. Smith & Son in the grocery and vessel supply business. Saginaw—Schwartz Bros. is the style of the firm which succeeds Crowley & Schwartz in the wholesale fruit business. Bellevue—C. D. Kimberly has pur- chased the interest of his partner in the dry goods and grocery firm of Kimber- ly & Vaughn. Coldwater—Randolph Bros. is the style of the new firm organized to suc- ceed G. A. Randolph in the flour and feed business. Ludington—Mrs. M. Gustafson has sold her interest in the millinery estab- lishment of Gustafson-Travis to her partner, W. Travis. Muskegon—The grocery firm of Walda & Klont has been dissolved. The busi- ness will be continued under the style of J. D. Klont & Co. Petoskey—S. S. Shilling has sold his flour and feed stock to A. Meyers of Caledonia, who will continue the busi- ness at the old stand. Fairgrove—Chas. H. Gaylord has taken a partner in the bicycle and sta- tionery business, the style of the new firm being Gaylord & McLuney. Port Huron—M. J. Bourke, the Ward street grocer, will close his store for a time and, in company with his family, will take a trip in search of health. Bay City—The grocers of Bay City doing business between Third and Twelfth streets have signed an agree- ment to close their stores every Thurs- day afternoon during the heated spell.. Some of the dry goods houses close Fri- day afternoons. Ishpeming-—S. Johnson has purchased the interest of his partner, J. L. Carl- son, in the mercantile firm of S. Jobn- son & Co., and will continue the busi- ness in his own name. Petoskey—-The Ciark Shoe - Co., Limited, has purchased the shoe stock of W. S. Spencer, whose health requires a rest from active business. The stock will be closed out at once. Ann Arbor—H. L. Perkins, former junior member of the general merchan- dise firm of Perkins & Son, of Hudson, has engaged in the men’s furnishing goods business on East Liberty street. Marion—E. G. Hanson, who recently resigned his position in the drug store of George D. VanVranken, at Cadillac, has become the proprietor of the phar- macy formerly belonging to Dr. F. Willett. Vermontville—E. A. Phillips, for- merly engaged in the grocery husiness here, who left for the West some time ago, has purchased a general store at Anacortes, Washington, and will make that place his future home. Ironwood—Oscar A. Hellberg, mana- ger of the drug store of A. E. Ander- son, announces that the stock will be re- moved to Minneapolis in a few days and that Mr. Anderson will engage in the drug business in the Flour City. Farnsworth—L. G. YanValkenburg, for the past three years clerk in the mercantile establishment of D. Mills,at Gladwin, has purchased the merchan- dise stock of Spurgeon Casler, at this place, and will continue the business at the same location. Lowell—Dwight F. Butts and Delos H. Owen, of the shoe firm of Butts & Owen, have dissolved partnership. Mr. Butts will continue the business in his own name and Mr. Owen has taken charge of the Citizens Telephone ex- change at this place. Plainweil—The Star drug store has changed hands, Dr. A P. Burroughs, of Galesburg, and R. F. Graves, of this place, purchasing it of Mrs. A. P. Burroughs. The business will continue under the firm name of the Star Drug Co. and will be managed by R. F. Graves, who has so successfully con- ducted it for several years past. Benton Harbor—Dr. P. E. Wither- spoon has purchased the interest of his partner, V. A. Lowe, inthe drug firm of Lowe & Witherspoon. Mr. Lowe re- tires from the business after twelve years of active work and will take a long-needed rest before engaging in business again. Kalamazoo—J. W. Rose has resigned his position as manager of the Kala- mazoo branch of the Standard Qil Co. Mr. Rose has been with the Standard the past twenty years, starting in as a traveling salesman, and twelve years ago became manager of the Kalamazoo house on its establishment. Muskegon—N. P. and W. P. Harris, who compose the drug firm of Harris Bros.,have purchased the Mulder block, at the corner of Pine and Myrtle streets, of the Mulder estate, the consideration being $4,000. The corner store is oc- cupied by Harris Bros., and the re- maining portion of the first floor is leased to Mrs. A. Slaghuis, dealer in dry goods and millinery. Cadillac—E. I. Bowen and Rutledge H. Hecox, after four years’ partnership in the merchant tailoring business un- der the style of Bowen & Hecox, have dissolved business relations. The busi- ness will be continued by Mr. Bowen. Mr. Hecox has accepted a position as traveling salesman for a wholesale cloth- ing house in Minneapolis, his territory comprising the Western States. Manufacturing Matters. Dundee—The Dundee Canning Co. continues the fruit canning business of Henry C. Spaulding. Detroit—Notice has been filed with the county clerk that the Lee Injector Manufacturing Co. was dissolved by de- cree of the Wayne Circuit Court on May 14. Detroit—The Pioneer Buffalo Coat Co. has been incorporated with a capi- tal of $20,000, of which $10,000 is paid in. The stockholders are: Louis Abramsohn, 400 shares; Conrad Speck, Jr., Otto H. Dandell and Hyman Ab- ramsohn, 200 shares each. Osseo— Burnett & Co., dealers in gen- eral merchandise and manufacturers of hosiery, have sold their merchandise stock to A. Perrin and removed the hos- iery plant to Owosso, where the busi- ness will be conducted under the style of the Burnett Knitting Co. Belding—At the sale of the Belding Shoe Co.’s_ effects last Friday, the manufactured stock was bid in by E. R. Spencer for $1,000. All other goods, aside from real estate and machinery, were purchased by Geo. Nichols for $500. The real estate and machinery are to be disposed of later. Marshall—The Michigan Cement Post Co. has filed articles of incorporation in the sum of $10,000. There are one thousand shares of $10 each. The com- pany will start a factory here for the purpose of manufacturing and selling a cement post recently patented by John Martin, of Marengo. All the stock- holders are residents of this city. Kalamazoo—Articles of incorporation were filed with the county clerk for the Kalamazoo Stove Company, organized to do a general foundry business and metal manufacturing including the manufacture of metal stoves and appli- ances. The capital stock is placed at $65,000, of which Io per cent. is paid in. The incorporators are Edward Woodbury, Dr. J. M. Snook, Charles A. Dewing, James H. Dewing and W. S. Dewing, of this city; George E. Bardeen, of Otsego; William Thomp- son, of Oak Park, lll., and Albert H. Dane, of Detroit. ae New Location and New President. The Bradley Cigar Co., which has recently removed from Greenville to this city, where it has located at 119 Canal street, has purchased the interest of Wm. H. Bradley in the corporation, which has necessitated his retirement from the office of President. The officers of the corporation are now as follows: President—L. W. Hyde. Vice-President—H. F. Sigler. Secretary and Treasurer—C. C. Hyde. Most of the employes of the company have removed to this city and taken up their duties at the new location. The remainder will do so during the course of the present week. The Boys Behind the Counter. Saginaw—Charles Jewell, prescription clerk at Parkinson & Parkinson's for some months, has gone to Detroit, where he has engaged with the Seeley Phar- maceutical Co. Jas. Winterborn, of East Tawas, will fill the place made vacant at Parkinson & Parkinson’s. Adrian—Will Young has taken a clerkship in J. V. DeFoe & Son’s store. Fife Lake—F. W. Wagner has _ taken a position as clerk in the dry goods store of J. W. Milliken, at Traverse City. Petoskey—W. A. Jones, formerly head prescription clerk for White & White, of Grand Rapids, will have charge of the prescription department of the Cen- tral Drug Store. Adrian Miss Mabel Kemmele has resigned her position in the Cash dry goods store and after Sept. 1 will be found at A. B. Park’s, St. Joseph—The reform movement is growing with surprising rapidity in St. Joseph. Following closely on Mayor Rice’s edict against trapeze perform- ances on Sunday is an agitation for the closing of the dry goods and men’s clothing stores on the Sabbath day. A petition for the inauguration of this re- form has been signed by the clerks in the various stores and is now up to the proprietors. As it is now the dry goods stores with every other kind of stores run full blast on Sunday morning. —__—_>- 2-2 -___ Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. The hide market has received a set- back in prices. Tanners would not take them on the outlook at advance; nor do they talk encouragingly for near future or until the disturbing elements of manufacturing are obviated. Tallow advanced slightly, but the weather is too hot for shipping and trade is quiet, with firm prices. Stocks are light. Pelts are not quotably higher and few offering. The demand is limited. Wools have moved off freely from the State at low prices. Fine grades are in better demand, but not quotably higher. The 1901 clip is well sold out at fair margins to dealers. Wm. T. Hess. —_—___ 0 - — Prosperous Table Factory. Owosso, July 15—At.the annual meet- ing of the Robbins Table Co. the _ fol- lowing officers were elected: President and Treasurer—J. H. Rob- bins. Vice-President—Mrs. Emma R. Jop- ling. Socctniy Mies Charlena R. Letts. The capital stock was increased from $25,000 to $30,000 and the usual 5 per cent. semi-annual dividend was de- clared. Prospects for the coming year are of the brightest. The factory has grown entirely away from the cheaper line of tables, and now manufactures a standard medium grade, for which there is_a_ steady demand. The turtle may be slow, but he usual- ly gets there in time for the soup. GRAND RAPIDS SUPPLY CO. General Mill Supplies, Iron Pipe, Pumps, Well Points and Well Supplies. We want your business. ASK FOR PRICES 20 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. M. O. BAKER & CO. TOLEDO, OHIO Have fancy trade at top prices for all Northern Michigan cherries can Let us have your shipments. get. - ~ ‘Sy ) ad. rr , | « vy ? f eid on iw ~ - we ere e - { — je ee Fe i - . ™ > <- } mj. ~ - ~ ee a > (i > e ~ ~ ‘Sy ) ad. oo} | « vy ? f yo fe jf ~ - we ere e - f { — je ee Fe | | - . ae > <- } —)-- ~ - . Closely watching developments. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip The Grocery Market. Sugars—The raw sugar market is slightly weaker, 96 deg. test centrifugals showing a decline of 1-32c making the present price 4 3-16c. Offerings were small and refiners were still backward about operating on a large scale. The world’s visible supply of raw sugar is 1,900, 000 tons against I, 370,000 tons last year. Owing to the weaker raw sugar market the refined market is quiet but unchanged. New business was light, but the ordering out on contracts made _ be- fore the last advance was very good. Most refiners are at least a week behind on orders. The general belief is that prices will go still higher this month. Canned Goods—The canned _ goods market is rather quiet on most lines, but tomatoes and corn show consider- able activity and Baltimore packers are There has been a very good demand for toma- toes from the West where the stocks are practically cleaned up’ and the pros- pects for the new crop are very poor. All this tends to make the market stronger and prices show a slight ad- vance. If. the heavy buying continues we think that prices will soon show a further advance. Of course there are the usual number of complaints about the destruction of crops but tomatoes will grow almost anywhere and we do not think there will be any great scarcity of this article. Corn is scarce with very good demand. Prices are very firm with an upward tendency. The new pea outlook is quiet and practically without change. Buyers are anxiously waiting reports from the West and New York State The few reports that come to hand from those sections are not very favorable for a good pack and there is considerable nervousness over the situ- ation both on the part of sellers and buyers. The Baltimore packing season has ended. Stocks of strictly fancy quality peas there are reported compar- atively light, with supplies of ordinary quality ample, but not in excess of the normal demand. But -few Western packers show any disposition to do further business, some of the largest packers having entirely withdrawn from the market. Everything points to a fair crop of excellent quality peaches. While the crop may not be so very large there will be canned this year peaches of far superior quality to the best that were packed last year. Gallon apples are very firm indeed. There is a very good demand but in many cases the orders have to be turned down for lack of stock to fill them with. The packing of new pineapples in Baltimore still continues, although it has been a very difficult matter to secure the very finest grades from the stock now arriv- ing. Two or three cargoes arrived this week, but the extreme warm weather heated them and caused a good many to rot. The fruit is small and it is very difficult to get fruit large enough for the finest grades. String beans are selling well at good prices and we think will soon show an advance. if the present rate of buying continues. There isa very good demand for Alaska salmon at unchanged prices. Columbia River salmon is rather quiet in spite of the scarcity of new fish. Most of the more popular brands of the 1900 pack are re- ported entirely sold out of first hands. Other grades of which there is said to be a fair supply are little wanted. The situation of the River is still unchanged, the run of fish being reported poor. The run of the sardine fish is also very light and prices continue very firm. Dried Fruits—There is more enquiry in the .dried fruit market for a number of lines of spot goods but sellers do not appear at all sanguine that any material, increase in actual business will result. A little activity is noted in currants and prunes. Spot prunes are going out very well for the season of the year. The size most wanted is 60-7os, but 40-508, 50-60s and g0-I!00s are also meet- ing with some sale in a small way. There is very little business in loose muscatel raisins, but this is natural at this time of the year. There is a con- tinued good demand for seeded, how- ever, which keeps the market ina fairly good shape. Advices from California state that he weather has been _ favor- able for the development of the growing crop, which looks well. There are some signs of the trade waking up on new crop apricots, the prices at which goods are now offered being more nearly in accord with buyers’ ideas than those which have been asked heretofore. The demand for spot goods seems to be mostly for the fancy grades. There is a fair business also in fancy grades of peaches. A shipper of figs at Smyrna estimates the coming crop at about 80,000 camel loads, against about 65,000 loads last season. There is practically no demand for spot figs or dates, what little stock there is on hand being in cold storage. Evaporated apples are in good demand at unchanged prices, but a great many orders are obliged to be turned down through lack of stock. Stocks of these goods, both locally and throughout the State, are almost entirely cleaned up. . Rice—There is a greatly improved de- mand for rice, the call being mostly for medium grades of domestic at full prices. Buyers found some difficulty in duplicating orders of certain styles, ow- ing to dealers not having a wide variety on hand. Supplies continue moderate and in the event of an improved de- mand, stocks would be readily absorbed within a few weeks. This heavy de- mand at this time of the year is rather unusual and in the aggregate is far in excess of that during the same period of several years past. Reports vary from various sections concerning the new crop. In Louisiana the outlook is more encouraging, there having been showers throughout that section. The Mississ- ippi district is full of promise and the outturn is reported Jikely to be consid- erably in excess of any recent crop. From other districts reports are conflict- ing and note that a great deal of rain is wanted to save crops. Tea—The distributing business con- tinues discouraging and indications do not promise any change for the better in the immediate future. In spite of the prolonged dulness importers showed no disposition to make concessions of importance in prices. Green teas con- tinued steady, while the lower descrip- tions of black sorts were reported nomi- nal and irregular. Some business has been done in new crop teas on about the same basis as last year’s for ship- ment from the East. Molasses—General market conditions present the usual quiet. Mixed domes- tic grocery grades are firmer and show an advance of Ic per gallon, owing to the higher market for glucose, due to a strong advancing tendency of price for corn. This, however, did not stim- ulate buying, as the trade generally does not care to take the risk in carry- ing supplies through the summer months. Supplies continue moderate on the spot and only about sufficient to cover the wants of the consuming trade until arrival of new crop. Fish—The market on mackerel is slightly firmer, with good demand. The catch is fair and the goods are marketed as fast as they come along. We do not anticipate any radical change in the market and think buyers are perfectly safe in making purchases at present prices, Rolled Oats—The rolled oats market is very strong, with a very heavy de- mand. A number of carloads were sold just before the recent advance, which was 40c per barrel, 25c per case, with the exception of Banner oats, which were advanced only I5c per case. Pickles—The pickle market is very firm, prices showing an advance of soc per barrel, with demand good at the ad- vance. Nuts—The demand for nuts,as a ruie, is light. There is, however, a fair de- mand for peanuts at previous prices. The market for filberts is reported eas- ier. Mail advices state that the new crop looks well and that the out-turn is expected to exceed that of 1900, ——__>2.___ At a joint meeting of the representa- tives of the Grand Rapids Retail Gro- cers’ Association and the Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association, held last Thursday evening, it was found im- possible to come to any agreement on a uniform date for the picnic and ar- rangements have therefore gone forward for two picnics, the grocers’ picnic on July 25 and the butchers’ picnic on Aug. 8. While the conflict in dates is greatly to be deplored, there is no rea- son why there should be any ill feeling in the matter, and the Tradesman sin- cerely hopes that both classes will con- duct their plans with due regard for the rights and interests of the other side and not attempt to infringe on the _per- sonal liberty of either. One result of the conflict is that many of the Monroe street merchants will not close at all. This applies particularly to those mer- chants who handle both groceries ard meats, but is not confined altogether to that class. The grocers have made ex- tensive preparations for the entertain- ment of their members and guests next Thursday and every indication points to a large attendance from this and sur- rounding cities. W. A. Baker, Michigan representative for the Wells-Whitehead Tobacco Co., of Wilson, N. C., has resigned to ac- cept the Secretaryship of the Sebewaing Sugar Co., which has begun the con- struction of a $600,000 plant at Sebewa- ing. Mr. Baker is a young man of energy and richly deserves the good for- tune which has come his way. >_> __ Ionia—F. J. Shaffer & Co., of De- troit, have opened a branch store in this city for the purchase of poultry, butter, eggs, berries and every sort of farmers’ produce. They will also whole- sale bananas, oranges, etc., to the trade only. The store will be a valuable ad- dition to the business interests of this city. J. Geo. Lehman, Treasurer of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion, has returned from a week's respite from business cares at Buffalo and Ni- agara Falls. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter. 2-0-2 — Want of principle is the principal want of a great many people. The Produce Market. Apples—Home grown are in limited supply at $1 per bu. The quality is poor. Southern fetch 65¢ per '% bu. box. Bananas—Prices range from $1.25@ 1.75 per bunch, according to size. Jumbos, $2.25. Beets—15c per doz. Blackberries—$2 per 16 qts. Butter—Factory creamery has ad- vanced to toc for choice and 2oc for fancy. Dairy grades suffer in quality by reason of the fearfully hot weather which hes prevailed for the past there weeks. The price ranges from I2c for packing stock to 14c for choice goods in crocks. Cabbage—$1.25 per 3 bu. barrel. Carrots—12c per doz. bunches. Celery—16c per doz. Cherries—Sweet are about out of mar- ket. Sour are also scarce and have”ad- vanced to $2.75 per bu. Corn—1I5c per doz. ears, Cucumbers—30@35c per doz. Currants—Cherry, $1.10 per 16 qts. Common, goc per 16 qts. Eggs—Local dealers pay toc per doz, case count, to such shippers as can be prevailed upon to make shipments reg- ularly twice a week, holding candled stock at I2c. Frogs’ Legs—Large bulls, 45@soc; medium bulls, 25c; large frogs, 15@2oc ; small frogs, 5@toc. Gooseberries—80@o5c qt. crate. Very scarce. Grapes—Recent letters from the grape belt of Western New York promise an abundant yield. So far nothing has oc- curred to materially injure the fruit and the yield is likely to be heavier than it was last year in some localities. It is not probable that this statement will hold good for all. Green Onions—ioc for Silverskins. Green Peas—75@o5c for telephones and marrowfats, Honey—White stock is in light sup- per 16 ply at 14c._ Amber is slow sale at 13¢ and dark isin moderate demand at 11@12c. ].emons—Messinas have advanced to $5 for choice and $5.50 for fancy. Lettuce—Garden, 5oc per bu. ; head, 60c per bu. Maple Syrup—$1 per gal. for fancy. Musk Melons—Gems command $1 per basket. Onions—$1 per bu. for home grown; 70@8oc for Southern. Oranges—Valencia lates are about the only variety now to be had and they are only to be had in the large sizes— $4.25 for 150s and $4.50 for 126s. Parsley—3oc per doz. Peaches—Elbertas from Texas com- mand $1.50 per crate of about 20 Ibs. Elbertas from Georgia will not be here until the latter part of the week and the crop there is short. In Northern Texas the hot spell has cut the peach crop down probably 25 per cent. Pie Plant—6oc per 50 Ib. box. Pineapples—Florida, $1.50@2 _ per doz., according to size. Plums—Californias command $1.40 per 4 basket crate. Potatoes—Receipts of home grown are now ample to meet both consump- tive and shipping demands. The price ranges about goc, but will gradually re- cede from now on. Poultry—Receipts are so light that dealers are unable to fill their orders a portion of the time. Live hens com- mand 7@8c; spring broilers, 13@15c; turkey hens, 8@gc; gobblers, 8c; spring ducks, 12@1t4c. Pigeons are in moder- ate demand at 75c per doz. and squabs are taken readily at $1.25@1.50. Radishes—t2zc for China Rose; toc for Chartiers. Raspberries—$1I.50 per 16 qts. black ; $1.50 per 12 qts. for red. Seeds—Hungarian, 75@85c; common millet, 70@75c; German millet, 80@85c. String Beans—$1.25 per bu. Summer Squash—ic per Ib. Tomatoes—$1.50 per 4 basket crate. Watermelons—25c for Georgias. Whortleberries—$3 per bu. Receipts are increasing. —_—~_ 2 __—_ For Gillies’ N. Y. tea,all kinds, grades and prices, call Visner, both phones. for 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. H. B. Smith, President Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association. Henry B. Smith was born in Gronin- gen, Hoiland, Oct. 14, 1850, his par- ents being the descendants of Welsh people who emigrated to Holland sev- eral generations ago. When Mr. Smith was 6 years of age, his family emigrated to this country, settling in New Jersey. At the age of 9 years, he went to work in a cotton factory at Godwinville, where he remained five years. At the age of 14 he went to work for Uncle Sam, making blankets in a woolen mill at the same place. A year later he en- listed in the 158th New York Volunteers and got as far as Washington, where he was rejected on account of his youth. From this time until 1879 he followed the trade of painter, having removed in the meantime to Muskegon. In 1879 he engaged in the grocery business at his present location, 146 Ottawa street, where he has built up a constantly in- creasing patronage and during which time he has accumulated a large amount of reai estate. Mr. Smith was married in 1869 to Miss Gertrude Wierengo and has raised a family of five children—four sons and one daughter. The daughter is now Mrs. S. J. Anderson,of Benton Harbor. The oldest son, Wm. G. Smith, is en- gaged in the grocery business on Ter- race street; another travels for the Mus- kegon Milling Co.; the third is asso- ciated with his father in the store and the fourth is in charge of the men’s furnishing goods department of Wm. D. Hardy & Co. Mr. Smith is a prominent Odd Fel- low, being a P, G. of Muskegon Lodge, No. 92; P. C. P., of Davis Encamp- ment, No. 47; Ex-Captain of the staff of Rebekah Lodge, No. 124, and Major of the first Battalion Second Regular of the P. M., 1. 0. 0.-F. Mr. Smith attributes his success to the fact that he has attended strictly to business and has never let his outside interests inferfere with his work behind the counter. Although he has been in the grocery business twenty-two years, he numbers among his customers many who were his patrons when he first opened the store. ‘‘Once a customer, always a customer,’’ has been his motto, and to his ability to make and hold friends is due in great part the success he has achieved in the business world. Mr. Smith was the second President of the Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation and, when his term expired, he was re-elected a second time, showing the esteem with which he is regarded by his brothers in trade. ———_—~>- ~—____ Trials and Troubles of the Soda Fountain Clerk. Consider now the meek and humble soda fountain clerk, Who draweth off the moistened air with nimble turn and jerk. His garb. is always spotless white when first he puts it on, But, lo, before an hour hath passed its spotlessness hath gone. For then he hath vanila on the bosom of his vest, and streaks of red raspberry make his trousers seem a jest. While chocolate and ginger give a tiger-like effect to the balance of the garments in which he is proudly decked. His hair is limp and languid, and is parted square and true Above the very center of his nose, which turneth blue, Because he hath to linger in the acid and the ice, to fix up funny mixtures for the one that hath the price. He maketh strange concoctions in the line of fancy drinks, and all the while he watcheth for persuasive sorts of winks. From early morn he twisteth at the soda water spout, and turneth the ice crusher till the ice hath given out. He diggeth in the ice cream and he tusheth with the glass, while his deadly hated rival buys the soda for the lass. Yea, verily, the soda clerk, he hath a sorry time, for he must know the way to get nine cents out of each dime. And he must be a hustler, that there will not be a loss of ice or gas or water, or he’l] tremble at the boss. How often, oh, how often, hath the soda jerker grinned at the one who pay- eth nickels for a penny’s worth of wind; How often, oh, how often, doth a calm and peaceful smile go flitting o’er his visage when a drink goes out of style. But, ah, alas, my son, sometimes he feeleth very bad, and then is when the ladies come with garments rich and glad. The ladies fill the rockers and the doorways and the stools and insist upon a liquid that both elevates and cools. And one declareth that she’d like some chocolate with cream, and, when he draweth it, straightway ‘‘Oh, no!’’ the maid doth scream. And then she voweth that she hath al- ready changed her mind, and wanteth just a phosphate with a piece of lemon rind. And, yet, again the other maids de- clare they do not know just what they wish—and on and on their mild objec- tions flow. The weary soda fountain clerk sug- gesteth this and that, from plain old lemon phosphate to a dose of anti-fat. And finally the ladies fair with one consent conclude that chocolate and cream shall be their soda fountain food. Now, when he draweth all the drinks, his troubles are not done— Nay, verily, my trusting child, they are but half begun; For each and every maiden there doth straightway rise and say: ‘*Now, girls, I'll think it’s awful if you do not let me pay!”’ And all protest, and all object, and all their plans defend, And not a one takes out her purse her lovely cash to spend. Now, finally, the soda clerk suggesteth that each maid shall pay for what she drank—and then beginneth the tirade, For all the ladies vow in wrath—yea, yea, they almost sob—that they will his emeege see and take from him his job. And then they take their parasols and sternly go away, and not a cent of all that bill do they take steps to pay. The gentle soda fountain clerk, he falleth in a daze and leaneth on the vichy tube and wicked things he says. Is this not true, just as we have com- posed it with much work? It surely is—and if you doubt go ask the soda clerk. —__>2.>—__ Children cry for the moon; when they grow up they want the earth, The New Traveling Bags. The latest help toward madame’s comfort when she goes traveling isa handy bag that seems to possess a score of openings. Who has not felt the sud- den need of a handkerchief and hunted for it in the bag only to find that thev were packed on the very bottom, and one must needs tumble everything else out before being able to secure one? With this new-fangled bag such a state of circumstances is impossible, for it has an opening on each side, one on the top and one on the bottom, allowing every portion of the receptacle to be as easy of access as the top. The favored color now for leather traveling bags and suit cases is a dark, rich green, with trimmings of lacquered brass. The initials on these are put on in brass, instead of being painted on the end, as was formerly the fashion. ———-_ > 2 > U. S. Steel Earnings. At the time of the organization of the United States Steel Corporation last February, it was estimated that the earnings of the constituent companies aggregated $108,000,000, and when the stocks were listed on the exchange the amounts of stock issued were stated to be $508, 486, 300 preferred and $506, 473, - 400 common. Assuming these to be the amounts to participate in the current dividends, approximately $14,000,000 will be required, or at the rate of $56,000,000 for a full year, indicating that fully $50,000,000 of earnings would be left over to cover charges for interest on bonds and the amount necessary for depreciation and other disbursements. Sa Wherein He Might Fail. ‘* Young man,’’ said the stern parent, ‘‘do you think you will be able to sup- port my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed ?’’ Now, this young man might have taken advantage of a glorious oppor- tunity to ring a chestnut bell, but he didn’t. Instead hee thought for a mo- ment, and then replied: ‘*Well—er—lI think so, with one ex- ception.’’ **Aha! be, sir?’’ ‘I don’t think I could be so infernally stingy with the gas.’’ And what may the exception The busy little boot-black never fails to improve each shining hour. Geo. H. Reifsnider & Co. Commission Merchants and Wholesale Dealers in Fancy Creamery Butter, Eggs, Cheese 321 Greenwich Street, New York Roferences: Irving National Bank of New York and Michigan Tradesman. Are you not in need of New Shelf Boxes We make them. KALAMAZOO PAPER BOX CO. Kalamazoo, Michigan 17 MILES “. IN 5 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES OVER COUNTRY ROADS The last 50 miles was ridden at the rate of 2:14 to the mile (the extra 17 miles was due to losing the way). e m a i & o In the New York Journal century run ~ (~ of June 15th the Auto-B:es were the motor bicycles that “survived” the run, — 4) > A half dozen Thomas machines, ridden by their owners, entered the race and »~ ) — finished, all of them under six hours ' running time. Ne A year ago only two manufacturers ir the United States were building- motor aS cycles. To-day there are fifteen or more makers. A year ago not a motor cycle was in use or had been seen in the * -; » State. During the last few months Thomas Motor Cycles have been sold to up-to-date dealers at Detroit, Pontiac, Flint, Lansing, Jackson, Battle Creek, hd Kalamazoo, Holland, Traverse City and several other points in Michigan, which forcibly illustrates the great advance the Motor Bicycle has made in the short | space of one year. te tp Motor Cycles are surely coming and \ can not be stopped. + ot ADAMS & HART -- Michigan Sales Agents We also handle the larger Automo- biles—steam, electric. gasoline. DOOQDOQDODOSO OOGDOOQDODE QOGQOOOSGO se s oe se | Michigan Fire and Marine a Insurance Co. Laks Organized 1881. Detroit, Michigan. Cash Capital, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000. Cash Assets, $800,000. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. D. M. FERRY, Vice Pres. F. H. WuItNey, Secretary. M. W. O’BRIEN, Treas. E. J. Boorn, Asst. Sec’y. M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, Allan Sheldon, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. L. Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James Edgar, H. Kirke White, H. P. Baldwin, Hugo Scherer, F. A. Schulte, Wm. V. Brace, James McMillan, F. E. Driggs, Henry Hayden, Collins B. Hubbard, James D. Standish, Theodore D. Buhl, M. B. Mills, Alex. Chapoton, Jr., Geo. H. Barbour, S. G. ener Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F. Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey, David C. Whit- ney, Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. F. Peltier, Richard P. Joy, Chas. C. Jenks. DrIREcToRs. D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. F ny. F. J. Hecker, falas ala ta 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, an é 7 oe ay te) Ld MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ROMANCE OF CAMPHOR. Soldiers Guarding Collectors in the Wilds of Formosa. The large island of Formosa, off the east coast of China, fell to Japan a few years ago as one of the prizes of war. The island is famous for two products. The hill slopes of the west grow some of the finest teas in the world, the Oolongs and other Formosan teas being highly esteemed in this country, where nearly the entire crop isconsumed. The tree-clad mountains of the East contain the largest camphor forests in the world. Most of the camphor kept in our drug stores comes from Formosa. Japan now produces only about 300,000 pounds a year; the yield in China has never ex- ceeded 220,000 pounds a year; but 7,000,000 pounds of camphor were taken from the forests of Formosa in 1895 and in the past four years the annual yield has averaged over 6,000,000 pounds. Formosa controls the camphor market of the world and will probably always be _ the great source of this valuable gum. For some time past the purchasers of camphor have begn compelled to pay more for it than formerly. The two principal reasons for the increase in price will be mentioned here; one of them is specially interesting, for it il- lustrates the difficulties and dangers that environ the camphor industry. The mountains of East Formosa are inhabited by savage tribes who are the hane of the island. Nearly half of For- mosa is still occupied by these murder- ous men of the forests whose weapons are turned against all strangers. The fertile plains of the West, filled with peaceful Chinese tillers of the soil, pre- sent a very different aspect. - For many years it was almost certain death for sailors to be wrecked on the east coast of the island. If they escaped the sea they were murdered by the savages who were always on the lookout for loot from vessels driven upon the rocks of their inhospitable coast. Explorers have not dared to venture into some parts of these mountains which are still among the least known portions of the world. The savages are full of cunning and treachery. They are armed with bows and arrows, knives and swords. They are very dark and muscular and go about quite naked except for a scanty strip of blue cloth about the waist. In recent years many of them have ac- quired matchlocks and learned to use them. One day, a few years ago, a party of English officers from a man-of-war went up into the mountains and met a party of natives armed with matcblocks. They challenged the natives to a trial of skill in shooting. A target was affixed to a tree about 300 feet distant and the Englishmen made what they considered pretty fair practice. The natives looked on without any apparent astonishment at the skill of their rivals. When it came their turn to fire every man of them disappeared in the jungle. Then crawled on their stomachs to within about nine feet of the target and they blazed away. Of course they all hit the target in the center. When the Eng- lishmen protested that this method of conducting a shooting match was hardly fair, the natives replied: ‘‘We do not understand what you mean by fair, but anyhow, that is the way we shoot Chinamen.’’ The men who collect most of the camphor of the world have to work among these treacherous devils. They are sent up. into the mountains, pitch their camps in the camphor forests and depend upon their guns and their vigi- lance to protect themselves from savage enemies. But although their wits are sharpened by the ever present danger whole parties of them are sometimes slaughtered. The history of the camphor industry in Formosa has many of these tragical incidents. ‘Although armed guards stand over the men while they are felling the trees and extracting the gum they may be attacked at any mo- ment unless the savages consider the force before them to be too strong for them to overcome. Great is the joy when they clean out a camphor camp. All the camp equipment and the food supplies are the legitimate spoils of war; so there is profit as well as_ glory in the murderous business. The work of getting the camphor down into the plains is even more dangerous than collecting it. The paths are narrow and the carriers, walking in long single file, can present no strong front to the natives concealed along the way. A strong escort front and rear, beating the bushes and scrub for the foe who may be lurking there, is always necessary to insure safety. When the Japanese became fairly set- tled in the island last year they deter- mined to put an end, if possible, to the dangers that beset the camphor indus- try. As a preliminary step they de- tailed 1,500 soldiers to guard the cam- phor camps and convoy the parties that carry the gum out of the forests. In these camps, scattered north and south among the mountains for a distance of 140 miles, the men are working to-day guarded by a part of the Japanese army. Thus war and industry are curiously combined in the island of Formosa. As a rule, when armed men are around looking for somebody to shoot there can be no such thing as industry in their neighborhood. Peaceful labor and the exploits of war are not congenial com- panions. But among the forests of For- mosa the soldier is becoming the valu- able adjunct of industry, and it could not thrive very well without him. The Japanese government proposes to use any force that may be required to place the great camphor business on a safe basis; but the cost of protecting the camphor gatherers is added to the cost of the commodity and there seems to be no reason to complain that this is not fair to all concerned. This is the principal reason why the price of camphor has advanced. There is another reason for it also, and it may be said that the price is likely to con- tinue at a good figure. Japan, like France and Spain, is desirous to ob- tain a monopoly in one or more com- modities that will bring a large revenue into the government treasury. How could a monopoly be more easily estab- lished than in the article of camphor, the whole supply of which is practically confined to one Japanese island? So the authorities declared a while ago that thenceforth the camphor industry should be a government monopoly. Any one may collect camphor to-day who can secure a permit to do so and permits are not difficult to obtain. But not a pound of the product can be sold to any one but the government which fixes the price to be paid. The price is said fully to compensate the collect- ors, but a limitation upon the amount of the product will prevent too many collectors from crowding into the field. The government names the maximum amount to be produced and will not buy-a pound in excess of the limit. It was said a while ago that the amount to be produced this year would not exceed 40,000 piculs (5,320,000 pounds). As Japan does not intend that the market shall be oversupplied, there seems to be no prospect of any large fluctuation in future prices. The world will profit at least by the efforts of Japan to preserve an industry which, a few years ago, seemed threat- ened with ultimate extinction. It is necessary to kill the tree in order to get the gum. Contrary to all previous practice, a tree is now planted for every one that is killed. Japan requires this to be done, and, moreover, is establishing plantations of camphor trees so that Formosa, it is expected, will in a few years yield both wild and cultivated camphor.—N. Y. Sun. —__—_>2.__ Cheaper to Pay Doctor Than Undertaker. Dr. C. P. Brown, the Spring Lake physician and all round good fellow, tells a good story about an old practi- tioner_ who, because of advancing years, had relinquished all of his out-of- town practice to his young assistant. One night the older physician was called on by two men ina buggy, one of whom wanted the doctor to come to his house, eight miles away, and attend his. wife, who was very ill. ‘‘She will have no one but you, Doctor,’’ said the man. ‘*Well, I'll go for $10, and not a cent less,’’ said the doctor. A whispered consultation went on in the carriage, and finally the physician heard a voice say: ‘‘ Better pay the ten. It’s a good deal cheaper than burying her.’ And the doctor got his money. —_~> 2.__ A Deadlock. Maude— When are they to be married? Ethel—Never. Maude—Never? And why so? Ethel—She will not marry him until he has paid his debts, and he can not pay his debts until she marries him. COSTS TS TSS T TTS S SS CS CSUS Labels for Gasoline Dealers The Law of 1880. 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 o : and the words “explosive when mixed with air” plainly printed upon a label securely attached to the can, bottle or other ves- sel containing the same shall 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: i 75C se. 50c per M aoe... 40c per M 20 M.-..........38¢ per M oe 30c per M Peedeemnel Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. Poonnnrcnnaacaconnesonnney Perfection Peanut Gabinel and Warmer perfect. loss on stale nuts. well finished glass case. as you wish; it warms them loose or in sacks. barrels of sugar. it is perfectly safe The No. 1 Perfection Peanut Cabinet and Warmer is It will double your sales and treble your pro- fit, as you can buy more at a time for less money without It puts them before the public in a It warms only such quantity 100 pounds of peanuts will make you more money than 5 It costs 1 cent per day to run it and It is warranted not to smell or smoke. If not satisfied after to days’ trial we will refund the money. Price $5.50 F. O. B. Detroit. GILLETT NOVELTY CO. 12 AND 14 WEST ATWATER STREET, DETROIT, MICH. ALWAYS @ BEST. ASPHALT PAINTS Established 1868, Coal Tar, Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch, Eave Troughing, 2 and 3 ply and Torpedo Gravel Ready Roofing, Sky Lights, Galvanized Iron Cornice Sheet [letal Workers Contracting Roofers State Agents Ruberoid Roofing, Building, Sheathing and Insulating Papers and Paints. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Grand Rapids, Mich. 8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Micncanfpaesman 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. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of _ faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their —, 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 yor saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Epitor. WEDNESDAY, - - JULY 17, 1901. STATE OF MICHIGAN County of Kent ~ John DeBoer, being duly sworn, de- poses and says as follows: am pressman in the office of the Tradesman Company and have charge of the presses and folding machine in that establishment. I printed and folded 7,000 copies of the issue of July 10, Ig01, and saw the edition mailed in the usual manner. And further deponent saith not. John DeBoer. Sworn and subscribed before me, a notary public in and for said county, this thirteenth day of July, 1901. Henry B. Fairchild, Notary Public in and for Kent County, Mich. THE STEEL STRIKE. The matter of greatest current interest in the industrial and financial world is the strike of the employes of the com- panies under the control of the United States Steel Corporation. In some re- gards the conditions are unique and the contest promises to have more signifi- cance in the settlement of labor ques- tions than any preceding one. It is, of course, the greatest strike which has ever been made against a single corpo- ration, as no other industrial organiza- tion has ever approached it in size. The strike is unusual in that there is no question of wages or hours at stake. The President of the Amalgamated As- sociation claims that it is purely a ques- tion of principle. It seems to be the taking advantage of the fact that a great division of the country’s industry is in the control of a single corporation to determine whether the unions shal] con- trol that organization in every part of its operations, including those mills where it has no organization. President Shaffer contends that it is a question of self-preservation, and no doubt he is correct as to the distinctive features of modern unionism. It is the claim of the management of the corporation that it has no right to compel its employes to subject them- selves to union rules against their wishes. It expresses its willingness to sign the scale for all mills now under union control. The union simply pro- poses to determine whether it can con- trol all their employes and their entire business, because they are able to reach it in the single organization. The strike opens with unfavorable in- dications for the companies. For some time delegates have been secretly at work in several of the mills and these have surprised the employers by joining the strikers. The Amalgamated Asso- ciation claims that 70,000 men are al- ready idle on account of the strike or- ders and the employers concede 60,000. There is illustrated in this strike one of the gravest dangers attending the vast aggregation of capital into trusts. While the industry was in the hands of several competing managements it was difficult for the men to reach all their antagonists. This they essayed to do, and claimed the right to do, through the sympathetic strike, but it was hard to convince the public that their power should extend to the coercion of out- side parties and interests; but when these are united under one management their opportunity comes and no time is lost to test the utmost of their power. They afe ready to accept the corpora- tion as a monopoly and only demand that, so far as its influence goes, it shall give them unlimited monopolistic control of all its employes. They are ready to accept the centralization of capital if it only gives them a chance to make their own monopoly absoiute. The progress of the present strike will be watched with greater interest than has attended any previous struggle. At this time a prolonged struggle can hard- ly fail to work disaster to many outside interests. The magnitude of the indus- try is owing to its direct and indirect access to the markets of the world and any material advance in prices on ac- count of stopping production will soon cut off that support. Then the tributary interests in other fields of industry in this country will quickly suffer from the interference of an extended struggle. The ups and downs of business life find an apt illustration in the career of Frank B. Thurber. For years he was reckoned as one of the merchant princes of New York and the firm of H. K. & F. B. Thurber was among the leaders in the wholesale grocery business. Change in rank from affluence to poverty came because of his efforts to save the Thur- ber-Whyland Company, which succeeded the grocery house with which he was connected. He accepted the situation bravely, worked hard to support himself and family, spent his nights in study- ing law and some three years ago was admitted to the bar, at the age of 57. His friends have been glad to second his efforts in his own behalf and his ambition is to make money enough to pay his creditors. All this is brought to mind by the announcement that he has filed a petition in bankruptcy. It is explained that this course was necessary because one creditor was determined to harass him and involve him in legal proceedings which would be not only annoying but calculated to prevent him from achieving another success. He declares that discharge in bankruptcy will not be regarded by him as a dis- charge of his debts and that his most earnest efforts will be directed to mak- ing good his losses. Mr. Thurber was reckoned a philanthropist when he had the means and is to be commended for the earnest struggle he is so cheerfully making. All who know him hope that his ambitions will be realized Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage says that “‘a newspaper whose columns overflow with the advertisements of business men has more influence in attracting atten- tion to and building up a city or town than any other agency that can be em- ployed. People go where there is busi- ness. Capital and labor will locate where there is an enterprising community. No power on earth is so strong to build up a town aS newspapers well patronized, and this power should be appreciated. ’’ A MODEL INSTANCE. The pessimist bewailing the tardiness of justice has had a violent setback. Nebraska with commendable pride has just been giving her sister states a note- worthy object lesson. Thtee days ago the Treasurer of Kearney county on Tuesday confessed to a shortage of $10,000 and an attempt to hide his guilt by shot-bagging himself over the head and then setting fire to his office in the court house and, announcing that he had been assaulted and robbed, he asked for a special session of court that he might plead guilty and receive his sen- tence. Heso pleaded on Wednesday and was taken on Friday to the peni- tentiary where the prisoner’s greatest anxiety seemed to be to get into a cell and have the matter over with. Admitting all that the pessimist will insist upon—that this instance is only the exception that confirms the rule; that the prisoner was a novice with a peculiar and so unusual make-up; the undoubted victim of circumstances; the official of an agricultural state, the fact temains unchallenged that in. three days an acknowledged criminal has by a regular process of the law been brought to justice and is already work- ing out his sentence of six years in the penitentiary ; and with so much to start with the ‘optimist is already asking if this turn in the long lane of legal dila- toriness is not the beginning of a change and a much needed one in the criminal affairs of the country. If it be so the instance which this Middle Western State has furnished may well be termed a ‘‘model’’ one. The fact that Nebraska is an agricul- tural State of the Middle West is cer- tainly in its favor. That central part of the public domain, ‘‘taken up’’ years ago by the enterprising brain and brawn that found the densely-populated East too limited for its best endeavor, be- came the territory for-the development of all that is best in Yankee wit and effort and, untrammeled by its often- times hide-bound ancestry, it struck out new and better ways for itself and so made possible a wider and richer de- velopment which tradition and prece- dent would hardly countenance along the Eastern seaboard. The Western plains, like the New England hills, built side by side the church and the school house, but the indwelling soul of both institu- tions had a wider range with a more clearly defined purpose and unlike their New England ancestry did not build better than they knew. The school house, strong in itself, was strengthened by the establishment of high school and university and the boy and girl who would, after school life began, ended it by enriching the farm house with the more strenuous life which the university had blessed and sent back toit. So Nebraska is to-day a State made up of farms, but these farms are tilled by trained intelligence and their broad acres are populated by men and women brought up in the fear of the Lord with a wholesome respect for the school mas- ter. So brought up, they have put by their diploma and taken up the duties of cit- izenship. On the farm which they have made better by their learning, in business brightened and increased by an acuteness made possible by scholar- ship, not a life calling is found within the State borders which education does not grace.. Like the rain it falls upon just and unjust and when the unjust proves recreant to his trust in a com- munity like that there is but one course to be followed and that course is taken. It may be the exception that confirms the rule, but coming as it doesina commonwealth of educated farmers it is more than suggestive that what was once considered impossible has been found a fact; that what state has done state may do,and that other communities may be incited to strenuous exertion and reach similar results by closely follow- ing in the footsteps of this model in- stance. Every one whose attention has ever been called to it realizes what an im- mense amount of public printing is done for which there is no real and scarcely any apparent justification. Both at the national and state capitals many books are made which never would be missed. Within recent years some of the authors or editors of these publications have thought it would add to their attractiveness to illustrate them, and considerable money has gone in that direction. Secretary Root is just now setting quite an example of what - ought to be done in this regard. He has caused a good many of the War De- partment documents to be condensed be- fore going to the printer, and has re- fused to approve elaborate illustration. He can see no compensating value in the pictures. If all the other heads of departments thought as he does and lived up to it, hundreds of thousands of dollars would be saved annually. The amount of public printing done at Washington which is useless is scarcely appreciated. Millions could literally be saved in this department without detriment to the public service. | Those who are always glad to fix some mysterious meaning on, the work of the elements are afforded an excel- lent field for speculation by what lightning has done in Cleveland. Some- thing like nine years ago John D. Rockefeller, the multi-millionaire, erected a Baptist church in that city and since then it has been three times destroyed by lightning, the last occasion being only a few days since. To make it more effective the last time it was struck twice, once on the steeple and once in the rear, almost simultaneously. This must be an exception to the rule that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, for this building has been struck on three occasions, with a total of four hits. Somebody may suggest that the Lord takes this means of expressing disapproval of investing money earned by trusts in houses of worship, and per- haps Mr. Rockefeller himself wili get discouraged and cease building Baptist churches. The system of workmen's insurance in Germany is a huge piece of state machinery. The magnitude of the sys- tem may be estimated by the fact that it pays out, in one way or another, about 1,000;000 marks a day. The sick work- man has no longer to trouble himself as to how he shall obtain money to pay for medical treatment, and what will be- come of his family should he himself be rendered unfit for work. The workman whose earning power is reduced by an accident connected with his employment now obtains just compensation, and the aged poor have the satisfaction of know- ing that, although they can no longer work, they can still, owing to the insur- ance system, contribute their share to- ward the expenses of the household, and are not obliged to depend on the earn- ings of their children or on ordinary public charity. v ™ > a4 _ aa \ @ + e i 4 ay - me Pe { Sas } | + = | = |