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With the addition of sugar and milk (or cream) or sugar and butter, they are an
ideal and complete food. No better Cereal Food can be produced and the price i;
less than that asked for other and less desirable cereals. Easily cooked, delicious
to eat, easy to digest, easy to buy ($2.00 per case of 24 2-lb. packages).

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Western Office,
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Branch Offices:
Indianapolis Detroit
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ASSOCIATE OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL
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Collector and Commercial Lawyer and
Preston National Bank, Detroit.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

Established 1841,
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Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and
jobbers whose interests are affected by
the Food Laws of any state. Corres-
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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
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157 E. Fulton St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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Send for samples and prices.

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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1901.

 

IMPORTANT FEATURES.

2. Getting the People.

3. Making Matches.

4. Around the State.

5. Grand Rapids Gossip.

6. Clerks’ Corner.
Representative Retailer.

%. Danger Signals.

8. Editorial.

9. Editorial.

Clothing.

Dry Goods.

Shoes and Rubbers.
Village Improvement.
- The Meat Market,
Wiles of the Traveler.
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.
Dried Fruit.

Hardware Price Current.
The Produce Market.

29.
30.

 

 

WEALTH AND WORTH.

Few mortals, no matter what their
vocation, have during their lifetime ac-
quired fame to a_ greater degree than
Andrew Carnegie. To begin with, as
an expert in the art of moneymaking,
his name _ has been re-echoed from the
four corners of the globe. Now, as the
distributer for the endowment of educa-
tional and other institutions of probably
the greatest individual fortune ever ac-
quired bya human being, he is furnish-
ing food for comment throughout the
world,

Yet, great as is this thrifty Scotch-
man’s faculty for making the most of
an opportunity, it may be doubted
whether his name would ever have be-
come familiar in every clime had not
money in well nigh inconceivable quan-
tities come to him as the result of his
success in the management of prudently
developed and shrewdly promoted man-
ufacturing enterprises. True, he has
done wonderful things with his money,
the limit of his achievements in this re-
spect not having yet been reached, but
its possession in the first place was _ the
foundation of his renown and essential
in the exercise of that generosity which
is dictating its distribution in aid of
public libraries and to open the doors
of universities to the lean of purse.
He has become celebrated more because
of his extraordinary fortune than for
any particular trait of character distin-
guishing him from the common herd.
Mark the difference in the conspicuous-
ness he has attained and the renown
achieved by Berthelot, that French vet-
eran of intellectual ‘prodigies, who in
his work combines the insight, industry
and daring of Edison and the intuitive
processes of Huxley. King of chemis-
try, Sagacious statesman and charming
literary specialist that he is, Berthelot
attracts but limited attention beyond
the boundaries of his own country.
During fifty of the seventy-five years of
his life he has either discovered or
pointed out the secret of some vital in-
terpretation in the laws of nature whose
application has been a beneficence to
the human race. He could have been a

 

millionaire a hundred times over had
he followed the example of other in-
ventors and demanded a patent on even
a tithe of the secrets he has given his
countrymen.

From some of his discoveries he could
have amassed the millions of Carnegie,
but instead he handed his work over to
his country. Truth, as Renan once
wrote of him, is his ideal of riches, and
he has disdained pre-empting his tax
on humanity and turned over to the
worldly the gathering of wealth. It
would be a long tale to go over the in-
finite number of things that Berthelot's
skill and insight discovered to the use
of industries, from dyes rivaling the
ancient Tyrian colors to medicines
which have revolutionized the pharma-
copoeia, yet because he chose to give
the race the benefit of his researches
without exacting a portion of its pos-
sessions in return he lingers in compar-
ative oblivion in contrast with the mere
gatherer in of shekels who has succeeded
beyond the most extravagant of expec-
tations in the accumulation of the me-
dium of exchange.

But as there is unquestionably more
satisfaction in life for Berthelot in his
present condition than he could extract
out of it were he the possessor of wealth
rivaling that of Carnegie, there is no
occasion to grieve over the limited ex-
tent of his fame; still he is too promi-
nent an example of the discrimination
of which men are guilty in distinguish-
ing between wealth and worth to be
overlooked.

 

Among the American exports to the
Philippines which left San Francisco
yesterday were 600 school teachers. That
is about as useful and wise a_contribu-
tion as the people of the United States
can make to the Filipinos. The number
looks large and still it is not enough to
satisfy the demand and probably more
will be sent as soon as arrangements
can be perfected. The Filipinos are
anxious to learn, particularly desirous
of mastering the English language. The
teacher follows the soldier very quickly
and the second could not go before the
first. The army with guns has done its
work preparing the way for the army
with school books. Nothing will more
rapidly hasten the substantial welfare of
the Philippines and their inhabitants
than such work as can be most _ success-
fully accomplished by American teach-
ers.

It is estimated that over half the
American people indulge in vacations
during the months of July and August.
To begin with there are 17,000,000
school children and teachers. Then
come the ministers and actors, college
students and the families of the wealthy
and leisure classes. Clerks, salesmen
and office workers all manage to get
away fora time during the summer.
The army of recreation is indeed a big
one. No other country has so many peo-
ple who can afford to leave their homes.

If the sun had nothing else to do but
shine on the righteous, it wouldn’t have
to rise so early in the morning.

 

Number 931

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.

The dominating factor in the Wall
Street market is the weather condition.
Reports of injury on account of the heat
in the corn producing sections enhance
the price of that cereal, and through
sympathy wheat, while the stocks of
the grain carrying roads suffer accord-
ingly. Then when there are reports of
broken drouths there is the opposite
effect—grain is lower and stocks regain
their losses. At the latest the last con-
dition seems to have control, stocks re-
covering the sharp decline of the open-
ing days of the week. There seems to
be less effect on the industrial stocks on
account of the steel strike than was ex-
pected. The effect in this direction is
a serious disappointment to the strik-
ers, who reckoned that the stockholders
would cry for mercy as soon as their
holdings began to suffer. Instead the
sentiment seems to be nearly unanimous
to fight it out and the shares are
strengthened accordingly, regaining a
large share of the decline attending the
first outbreak. The ease in the money
market caused by the heavy selling of
securities a week ago has continued and
there is a heavy increase in the bank
reserves and a corresponding decrease
in loans. Wall Street trading continues
heavy,last week’s shares transferred ex-
ceeding 5,000, 000,

The iron situation continues the gen-
eral activity and heavy demand, with a
hardening in prices in the lines affected
by the strike. Building operations all
over the country are making heavy de-
mands. Some of the steel rail mills re-
port sales made for delivery in 1902.

Textile lines appear to have reversed
the positions held earlier in the season.
Instead of activity in the cotton goods
division there is now comparative quiet,
while at woolen mills an idle wheel is
the exception. Revival in this manu-
facture was especially tardy on account
of the heavy supplies of cheap goods
made of shoddy, low grade imported
wool and substitutes, but with general
prosperity there has come increasing
demand for better qualities. This is
evidenced by efforts of mills to secure
first-class wool, and the general depres-
sion in the raw material has made it
possible to get the best at reasonable
terms. Aside from an advance in indigo
flannels, finished products remain un-
changed in prices. The lightweight sea-
son will open below last year’s prices,
owing to the decline in all branches of
the industry and the fall of 1114 per
cent. in the average price of wool.

European governments consider the
possibility of war in relation to every
project. They will not permit electric-
ity to be employed for traction purposes
on their main railroad lines, for the
reason that the service could be more
easily interrupted than if steam loco-
motives were used.

A woman can throw a stone witha
curve that would make the fortune of a
professional base ball pitcher.

 

 

 

 

The girl who poses for artists always
leads a mode! life.

 

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Getting the People

Why the Newspaper Is the Best Medium.

There is a constant reiteration in the
advertising press of the admonition to
use the newspapers for publicity until
some are coming to shrewdly guess that
the agents are interested in the use of
the press to the exclusion of other
means of reaching the people. I will
not pretend to claim that there is no
self-interest in the adherence to this
text, but whatever the motive there is
sound logic in the preaching.

Few people realize the extent that
printing, and especially the regular
press, holds upon the credulity of the
people. The fact that anything appears
in the newspaper is more convincing
of its truth than any amount of argu-
ment to sustain it. .This fact is made
the basis of the work of the politician,
who cares more for the assertion in the
press which is not likely to meet with
denial than for any amount of stump
oratory.

There is a reason for the hold which
the press maintains on popolar belief
to be found in the history of the print-
ing art. Attending the awakening from
the long night of the dark ages the press
was the herald of a better life for the
people. The earliest printing in the
Western world of that day was essen-
tially religious. For long centuries be-
fore that time the written preservation
of human knowledge in the cloisters of
the monks was a most wonderful thing
to the common mind. The man who
spent his life making books was looked
up to as a superior being and the pro-
ductions of his pen were objects of the
greatest veneration. With this long
hereditary reverence for literature as a
preparation, the opening of the world
of letters to the popular mind brought
the religious conviction which we know
as the Reformation. This seemed to
intensify the hold upon the popular be-
lief until the printed page, however ab-
surd or contradictory, was law and gos-
pel to the readers. On this account the
politician who aspired to lead the peo-
ple a couple of centuries ago depended
upon his pamphlet. If he could only
command the machinery to get his iucu-
brations into the hands of his clientage
he could gain almost any end provided
his opponent had not equal facilities.

As the modern newspaper became es-
tablished much of the spirit of credence
was transferred to the new medium for
disseminating literature. The periodical
press has never obtained the hold over
the popular mind possessed by books;
but enough of the popular reverence
was transferred to make its power tre-
mendous, and, of course, its develop-
ment made it the means of reaching the
popular mind. Those who are accus-
tomed to reading the papers on various
and contradictory sides of public ques-
tions wonder that there is not produced
a spirit of newspaper skepticism, but as
a matter of fact there are comparatively
few who actually read more than their
accepted beliefs.

The argument then is that through its
hereditary prestige the newspaper brings
the most effective means of reaching
popular conviction. Few analyze the
reasons for their belief in matters that
reach them through the press—it is
easier to accept them because they are
“‘in the paper.’’ This acceptance is a
matter of course.

It follows that the advertiser should
have a regard for this quality in his
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_We Lead The Procession.

OUR BIG
MID-SUMMER | Are You in the Procession?

Getting Your Share? @2 @&
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history of Cass City have they attended a more genuine sale than this, our Annual

| Great crowds of buyers are taking advantage

of the low prices we are giving.

 

The people tell us that never before in the
Mid-Summer Sale, which will continue during the entire month of July. This gives
you all plenty of time to secure a liberal share of the great bargains offered. Sale will

last until July 31st.

Fairweather Bros.

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Buy
a Good
Cigar

it lasts longer. is healthier,
does ndt leave that muddy
taste in your mouth and is
more satisfactory in every
way—smoke

“GATE
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a straight 10e cigar and en-
joy they comforts that hun-
creds of other smokers do.
A.W.Jahraus, Mfg.

fibre is what all housewives want.
The
kind children want and the kind we

This is the kind we all want.

can all have if we use ::::::::

White Lily. ‘Flour

from the

Cass City Roller’ Mills,

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this every statement will bear the im-
press of candor. Thus it is not only an
injury to his own means of publicity
when he abuses the public confidence,
but is also an injury to the work of ages
which has given the press its moral

hold.
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Fairweather Bros. show a carefully
written and printed announcement of
their mid-summer sale which is digni-
fied and well handled in both regards.
The printer has done well to adhere to
a single series of type. I shouid only
suggest that a little less spacing out of
the body letter would leave more room
to the display and prevent its coming
too close to the border.

An exceptionally well written adver-
tisement is that of the Hamilton Cloth-
ing Co. The manner in which the prop-
osition is suggested is attractive and
convincing and the definite price feature
is a valuable one. If the two main dis-
play lines had been a few _ points
smaller, giving a little more space in-
side the border, the effect would have
been better. Less styles of type would
also have added to the artistic effect.

C. W. Heller says just enough for his
space and says it well and has no com-
plaint to make of his printer. Perhaps
a little smaller display or less spacing
would have given a little more white
space inside the border, but the effect
is good as it is.

A. A. McKenzie writes a suggestive
undertaker’s advertisement which should
be an aid to his business. In composing
it I would have used a size or two
smaller type for the body, so as to get
more space, making the paragraphs
more readable.

Another good display is that of
Bond’s Drug Store. This, however, il-
lustrates the tendency to dispense with
pauses to an extent liable to cause con-
fusion. It is not the intention to say
that these articles are being used to
destroy insect life at Bond's Drug Store,
although that may be the fact. They are
for sale there, as would have been in-
dicated by a comma after ‘‘life.’’

The Michigan Produce Company has
a spontaneity in its way of announcing
hay prices which is good work. The
printer has handled it as judiciously as
the space will admit.

A. W. Jahraus writes a good cigar
advertisement and the printer has done
his part well,except that he has crowded
his border too much in his display, and
a typographic error confuses the last

sentence.
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She Had Forgotten Something.

A dignified young woman came down
in the elevator at the Morton House the
other day and started across the office,
which was filled with furniture buyers
and salesmen, to leave her key with the
clerk. To the unobservant eye of the
elevator boy she was correctly attired in
blue as to waist and white as to skirt.
White skirts worn with colored waists do
not form a dress combination often seen
at this hotel, but it’s not the elevator
boy’s place to reason why, so he let her
go without remonstrance, even although
two long pieces of tape floated from her
waistband.

But just as the girl neared a group of
men in the corridor an elderly woman
placed a detaining hand on her arm.
**My dear,’’ she said. ‘‘My dear,
haven't you left off a piece of wise ap-
parel?’’

The girl gave a startled glace down-
ward; then she looked around and
caught the commiserating glance of the
elevator boy as he went skyward, and
then she made a dash for the stairs and
went up them two at a time, exactly as
she had been taught in her childhood she
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MAKING MATCHES.

 

Results of Ingenious Machinery in Cheap-
ening the Product,

It was found a few years ago that each
of the inhabitants of Great Britain con-
sumed, on an average, eight matches a
day. The consumption in this country
per capita is considerably larger, al-
though exact statistics can not be given
because the Treasury returns of the im-
ports of matches convey no idea of the
number brought into the country, which
is certainly large. The foreign matches
are not so cheap as ours but for one rea-
son or another there is a considerable
demand for them.

If we figure on the British basis of
eight matches per capita a day the
home consumption is 610,427,096
matches a day. This enormous figure
may be accepted as approximately the
home consumption of home made
matches in addition to the foreign
matches that are found in all of our
markets; but it by no means represents
our total output, for a considerable
quantity of American matches are sold
in European and other countries.

Success in matchmaking, at the pres-
ent time, is largely a question of ma-
chinery. Matches are sold at a price so
exceedingly small that the manufactur-
ers controlling the best machinery for
eliminating hand labor and producing
excellent matches at a minimum cost
have a great advantage in trade. It is
next to impossible for one match fac-
tory to compete with another unless its
machinery is equally efficient. It can
not buy the machinery used in rival fac-
tories, for it is almost invariably the
case that a manufacturing concern abso-
lutely controls the patents it has thought
it advantageous to employ. In order to
compete successfully in the match in-
dustry, nowadays, it is practically es-
sential toown machinery that is at least
as perfect as any used by rival estab-
lishments.

American matchmaking machines are
the best in the world, which accounts
for the success of the American concern
in England the other day in absorbing
the plant and business of the largest
British establishment. Inthe meeting
held for the purpose of voting upon the
proposal to amalgamate the two con-
cerns, the President of the American
company, addressing the shareholders of
the British company, told them plainly
that although the American enterprise
had occupied the British field only a
few years it was competing successfully
with their own industry on their own
ground, largely for the reason that
American machinery was superior to
that of British invention.

Our public is paying for matches to-
day less than half what it paid twenty
years ago, although they were then re-
garded as very cheap. Elderly persons
can remember the time when matches
were husbanded with considerable care,
for it did not take very many of them to
represent the value of a cent. But now,
thanks to machinery and improved
processes, nobody cares very much how
many matches he wastes trying to light
his pipe on a windy day. In fact,
matches are so cheap that the cost of
supplying a great country with all the
matches it wants does not reach an im-
pressive figure. The total product of all
our match factories is sold for less than
$10,000,000 a year, which cuts a very
small figure when it is remembered that
the value of the machines of all kinds
that are produced in this country every
year is alone about $400,000,000, Match

 

manufacturing is a small industry after
all.

Not many establishments are required
to turn out the matches this country
needs. Over in New Jersey, only a few
miles from this city, there are two fac-
tories with a capacity together of 90,-
000,000 matches a day. The largest
factory in the country, at Barberton,
Ohio, can turn out 100,000,000 matches
a day, probably a seventh of the entire
consumption.

This country has a great advantage in
the abundance of aspen, which tree is
superior to all other timber for match-
making on account of its natural quali-
ties and the ease with which it is
worked. It is light, spongy and splints
easily, and although pine, linden, birch
and other woods are also used in this
and other countries, aspen is preferred
to them all. European match manufac-
turers have been engaged in a scramble
for years past to secure a_ sufficient
quantity of aspen. Germany is import-
ing from Russia every year about 3, 500, -
ooo cubic feet of aspen to supplement
her own supplies.

A while ago the German manufactur-
ers petitioned the Minister of Agricul-
ture and Forestry to cause the foresters
in the districts where match factories
are situated to give more attention to
raising the aspen. A _ similar appeal
has been made to their government by
the matchmakers of France. Russian
manufacturers have been opposed to the
wholesale depletion of their forests by
foreign matchmakers and have not been
slow to appeal to their government to
stop the exportation of aspen. Fortu-
nately for our matchmakers, the home
supply of aspen is very large and the
wood is little used for other manufactur-
ing purposes.—N. Y. Sun.

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The Experienced Traveler.

People who travel very little do not
realize how different an old traveler ap-
pears in numberless little details to one
who seldom goes far from home. Dress,
wraps and impedimenta of all kinds
have a different strap upon them. The
way people enter a Pullman and settle
themselves for a journey shows to an
observant person whether they are in
the habit of going only short distances
or whether traveling has become second
nature. The various belongings of an
old traveler may be, and generally are,

very smart, but never look new. They |,

bear the cherished marks of use, and
‘the labels on a much traveled valise or
trunk are never removed with the con-
sent of the owner, who values these
baggage stamps of far off lands as much
as an Alpine climber does the notches
and the names of famous climbs on his
mountain staff. Woe betide the unfor-
tunate maid or valet who is over-zealous
enough to clean and polish up the sole-
leather bags that have rare custom house
marks upon them! A young woman
about to go abroad for the first time was
interrupted by a friend while busy oil-
ing her new leather trunk with a rag
which she dipped from time to time
into a plate of road dust. ‘‘What am I
doing?’’ she answered in reply to the
latter’s query. ‘‘Why, taking the new-
ness off, of course. I would not travel
with a spick and span trunk for any-
thing.’’
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Crystallized Mint Leaves.

From the Philadelphia Record.

The crystallized mint leaf is the latest
novelty in summer confections dis-
played in a Chestnut street shop. The
lover of mint, whether in the form of
candy or julep, will find them deliciously
refreshing. ‘The sprays of fresh leaves
are treated apparently much in the
same way as candied fruits are pro-
duced, only the mint retains all its
original flavor. Crystallized mint leaves
are rather expensive, selling at 15 cents
an ounce, but they are well worth the
price.

 

New “Qhio” Monarch:
Self Feed Ensilage Cutter

 

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With Direct Blast Blower Elevator

1901 Ensilage Cutter has traveling table 10 feet long. Self feed increases capac-
ity more than 33 1-3 per cent. and saves more than 75
per cent. time and labor feeding.

Present requirements of parties filling silos have outgrown most machines man-
ufactured prior to this time, and the NEw “OnI0” MONARCH SELF FEED EN-
SILAGE CUTTER, which is larger, stronger and has greater capacity, is offered to
meet the new conditions. The blower elevator has ample capacity to elevate the
ensilage into the silo and will do it to the satisfaction of all.

We invite correspondence and can quote interesting prices to hardware and
implement dealers who are interested in the sale of a first-class line of feed and
ensilage cutters,

ADAMS & HART, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

     
 

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:
TO $ 3 00
ee 4 50
Mo cic s. 5 75
MOO 7 00
BOO cu Ue 8 00
$0008 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

   
 

 

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

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Around the State

Movements of Merchants.

Mt. Clemens—The Moxon Pharmacy
has sold out to J. H. Joyce.

Casnovia—Hatch & Cook will take
possession of their grist mill July 28.

Grand Haven—C. S. Buhl succeeds
Gerrit Zaagman in the coal business.

Bancroft—F. B, Parker has purchased
the meat market of Bryant & Rowley.

Ovid—John Robson has sold his hard-
ware stock to W. B. Cox, of Colchester,
Ill.

St. Johns—Frink & Colkelman have
purchased the stock of the Tromp Shoe
Co.

La Porte—John Chamberlain & Son
have sold their grocery stock to E. W.
Pierce.

East Jordan—The State Bank of East
Jordan has been established, with a cap-
ital of $20, 000,

Caseville—C. A. Stockmeyer succeeds
McKinley & Stockmeyer in the mer-
cantile business.

Sault Ste. Marie—T. M. O’ Laughlin
succeeds Henson & O’Laughlin in the
grocery business.

Detroit—The Fletcher Hardware Co.
has increased its capital stock from
$159,000 to $200, 000,

Brooklyn—C. B. Farnham has pur-
chased the clothing, hat and cap stock
of Frank North & Co.

Stanton—The State Savings Bank
succeeds C. W. French & Co. in the
banking business Sept. 3.

Hillsdale—H. P. Mead & Co., dealers
in house furnishing goods, have changed
their style to the H. P. Mead Co.

Hartford—Wm. and Ollie Bridges,
under the firm name of Bridges Bros.,
have engaged in the grocery business.

Yuma—C. E. Cartwright has pur-
chased the Miner grocery stock and will
continue the business at the same _loca-
tion.

West Branch—Salling, Hanson & Co.,
of Grayling, have purchased the Crump
box factory at Roscommon. They will
take possession at once.

Detroit—Skae & Alward, wholesale
and retail coal dealers, have merged
their business into a limited copartner-
ship under the same style.

Lake Linden—Samuel Blumenthal
has leased a store in the Therrien block
and will display therein a line of dry
goods and men's furnishing goods.

Sault Ste. Marie—Frederick Niebur &
Son, of Hurley, Wis., have opened a
hardware store in the Everett block.
The firm will carry a $15,000 stock.

Bush P. O.—E. M. (Mrs. A.) Gould,
general merchandise dealer, has re-
moved to Stearns and purchased the
general stock of J. H. Brimmer & Son.

Holland—Will Botsford has bought
the confectionery and bakery business
of Gerrit Steketee and took charge of it
yesterday. He will adda line of fruits.

Charlotte—John Kay has engaged in
the buggy and harness business in the
Heilway building. Mr. Kay formerly
conducted a similar business in Olivet.

Kalamazoo—The grocery stock of P.
L. Burdick, on Oak street, has been
purchased by Homer Kidney, clerk in
the store of Jos. Speyer for the past two
years.

Jackson—The Jackson Retail Grocers’
Association has decided to give its an-
nual excursion via the Grand Trunk to
Detroit on August 7. The excursion‘
will include a side trip to Port Huron
from Detroit on the Tashmoo, All gro-
cery stores here will be closed on the
day of the excursion, which will carry
fully 2,500 people.

 

 

 

Holland—James E. Lewis, formerly
engaged in general trade at New Rich-
mond, has purchased the Smeenge gro-
cery stock here and will continue the
business. *

Ann Arbor—The Ann Arbor Music
Co. will take possession of the building
now occupied by the Moore Hardware
Co. Aug. 1. The latter company is clos-
ing out its stock.

Hastings—S. A. Crowell and Mort
Christie have engaged in the cigar busi-
ness at the former’s place of business
on Jefferson street under the style of
Crowell & Christie.

Tawas City—The grocery, provision
and feed firm of Murphy & Kulaszaski
has been dissolved and the business will
be continued by M. Murphy & Co. at
the old Koeing stand.

Grand Ledge—A. O. Halstead, the
druggist, has purchased the Youngs
brick store, two doors south of his pres-
ent location, and will move his drug
stock into same about Aug. 1.

Quincy—M. D. Greening has sold his
drug, paint and oil and grocery stock to
Clinton Joseph, taking in part payment
Mr. Joseph’s drug stock at Horton,
which he will close out at once.

Conklin—Norman Harris, the veteran
merchant, has sold his stock and _ store
building, with fixtures, to Dr. E. Cil-
ley, of Coopersville. Dr. Cilley intends
to put in a complete stock of drugs.

Houghton--The old Hill grocery has
again changed hands and will hereafter
be conducted under the style of J.
Phillips & Co,, the new concern having
purchased the stock of Bryce & Cor-
beille.

Thompsonville—The Standard Oil Co.
has established a distributing station
here and erected tanks and an office
building. O. L. Lovejoy has secured
the contract for running the distributing
wagon.

Ypsilanti—The Ypsilanti grocers will
give an excursion to Put-in-Bay Aug.
14, and they will make a.determined
effort to induce all the merchants of the
city to close their places of business
during the entire day.

North Lansing—Gardner & Robert-
son, whose drug stock and store build-
ing were badly damaged by fire recent-
ly, are refinishing their store with a new
plate glass front and steel ceiling; they
will otherwise improve the interior.

Red Jacket—Richard D, Dudley, for
the past eleven years with the grocery
firm of Holman & Lewis, and Charles
W. Koppelmann, cigar manufacturer at
this place, have formed a copartnership
and engaged in the grocery business in
the Hermann block.

Negaunee—John Shea will erect a two-
story brick block on Iron street directly
east of his present dry goods store. The
building wili be 93 feet deep and will
have a frontage of 35 feet. Mr. Shea
expects to be located in his new quar-
ters by the latter part of October.

Eaton Rapids—A. L. Bradford has
purchased the general merchandise stock
at Marcellus of C. P. Beebe and will re-
move it to this place as soon as the
store building at the corner of Main and
Hamlin streets can be equipped with
new furniture and fixtures. He will
continue his wholesale cigar business as
before.

South Haven—The courts will prob-
ably be called upon to decide as to who
is the owner of the South Haven drug
store on Phoenix street. Last spring
N. R. Goodrode purchased the stock of
E, E. Napier. Last week Mr. Goodrode
sold the stock to Chas. H. Rogers. Mr.
Rogers paid $500, and the balance,

 

about $4,000, was to be paid between
that time and the following Tuesday.
Mr. Rogers took possession of the stock
Thursday, but before the day was over,
Mrs. Goodrode called at the store and
demanded possession, claiming that the
store was hers, and did not belong to
her husband.

Bay City—Isaac Van Dusen, owner
of the grocery store and meat market at
Madison avenue and Third street, was
recently arrested, charged with keeping
his place open Sunday, July 7. The
complaint was made by Henry Cornell.
Mr. Van Dusen denies the charge. He
says his arrest is due to a crusade
started by the Grocers and Butchers’
Association.

Kalamazoo—Joseph Speyer, proprie-
tor of the oldest retail establishment in
Kalamazoo, died Sunday, aged 63.
Speyer came to Kalamazoo direct from
Germany in 1860, became associated
with M. Israel, a pioneer dry goods
merchant, and at the time of his death
was sole proprietor of the largest dry
goods stock in the city. He was prom-
inent in business, masonic and Jewish
circles.

Hillsdale—The merchants and several
hundred citizens of Albion, with their
wives and children, picniced at Baw
Beese Lake last Tuesday, coming here
by special train. All business was sus-
pended by Hillsdale merchants, who
joined with the Albionites in making a
good time. A fine programme of sports
was Carried out and with music, dancing
and boating, the occasion was a most
enjoyable one. It will be made an an-
nual affair by the two cities.

Ithaca—A. L. Hardy, of Middleton,
has made a demand on Fulton township
for $150 as the price of his grocery
stock. Last spring when the smallpox
scare was on in dead earnest at Middle-
ton, he had a small grocery stock in the
building where the cases occurred and,
as the building was turned into a kind
of pest house and Mr. Hardy’s stock
was made unsalable, he-thinks that he
should have pay for the same, from the
township. The matter was argued be-
fore the town board last Monday. No
decision was reached.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Crystal Falls—The Chester Iron Co.
has been formed at this place, with a
capital stock of $10,000,

Galesburg—The Galesburg Canning
& Packing Co. has been organized with
a capital stock of $7,300.

Gobleville—The Gobleville Milling
Co. has filed articles of incorporation.
The capital stock is $10,000.

Lansing—The ‘capital stock of the
Lansing Wheelbarrow Co. has been in-
creased from $200,000 to $250, 000.

Vernon—B. H. Chadwick, for the
past six years station agent at this place
for the D. & M. Railroad, has resigned
his position and engaged in the flouring
mill business, having purchased the
Garrison grist mill.

 

Thompsonville—The Thompsonville
Woodenware Co. has filed articles of in-
corporation. The capital stock is
$10, OCoO,

Lake Linden—The Lake Linden Co-
operative Society is the style of a new
enterprise established at this place.
The capital stock is $20,000.

Perry—Colby & Co., the well-known
hay and grain shippers of Shiawassee
county, are erecting a new three-story
elevator. They already have two large
elevators here.

Mt. Clemens—The Macomb Sugar
Co. has let contract for erecting a sugar
plant here to Kirby & Co., of Cleve-
land, for $567,000. The factory is to be
completed by Sept. 1, 1902.

Detroit—The Detroit River Sugar
Co., capital $450,000, filed articles of
association July 23. The incorporators
are John A. Russell, H. E. Emmons,
Joseph C. Dumont and J. Emmett Sul-
livan, trustee, all of Detroit. The com-
pany propose to manufacture both beet
and cane sugar.

Battle Creek—The Michigan Cereal
Co., Limited, has been formed, with a
capital stock of $100,000, of which
$4,020 is paidin. Barak L. Hoge, of
St. Louis, is Chairman and J. L.
Hooper, of this place, and Marcus L.
Heald, of Yellow Springs, Idaho, are
the other stockholders.

Whitedale—A. B. McArthur and Rod
Lyman have formed a copartnership un-
der the style of McArthur & Lyman and
purchased the Whitedale lumber proper-
lies, including the sawmill. They will
engage in the manufacture of pine and
hardwood lumber and will also conduct
a general store in connection.

Detroit—The Morin-Matheson Manu-
facturing Co. has filed articles of asso-
ciation with the county clerk and pre-
pares to manufacture cheese and deal
in other commodities. The company
is capitalized at $20,000 and the organ-
izers are: Andrew Morin, John R,.
Matheson, James A. Matheson and Wil-
liam W. Bush, all of Detroit.

Flint—The Flint papers say that the
Flint Cigar Co., the Holmes Cigar Co.
and the Iroquois Cigar Co. may move
their plants to Detroit. The manufac-
turers claim that it is absolutely impos-
sible to grant the dollar increase de-
manded by the union men, as 90 per
cent. of the cigars made by the three
concerns mentioned are sold outside of
the city in direct competition with the
goods produced by the big non-union fac-
tories in Detroit. They claim that the
old scale of wages gave the local cigar-
makers more money than members of
the craft earned in most cities of the
State. Under the old scale cigars cost
the local manufacturers $3 to $5 per
thousand more than the cost of the large
Detroit manufacturers who employ non-
union men, and from $1 to $2 more than

the cost in the union shops of other
cities throughout the State.

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It is easy to bear the aches of another
man’s corns.

 

 

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 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.

 

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Grand Rapids Gossip

The Grocery Market.

 

 

Sugar—Raw sugar is somewhat weak-
er, 96 deg. test centrifugals having de-
clined 1-32c, making the present price
4 5-32c. At the reduction some sales
took place and as refiners are in want
of supplies a marked activity is looked
for. The general impression is that
spot stocks are somewhat _ over-esti-
mated. The receipts of raw sugar will
soon begin to fall off and, with no ar-
rivals of cane sugar before the middle of
August, no considerable declines in
values are warranted in the immediate
future. The visible supply is 720,000
tons, compared with 1,180,000 tons at
the same time last year. Conditions in
the refined market remain practically
unchanged.

Canned Goods—The canned _ goods
market has at last taken on one of its
old-time ‘‘booms’’ and the good feeling
arising from the activity in tomatoes,
corn, small fruits and peaches is felt all
along the line. So great has been the
momentum that there is now but little
to keep back the pressure on all lines of
canned goods, no matter where located,
and from this time on we may look for-
ward to a healthy market for every-
thing, especially the staple lines. The
weather is the all-powerful influence in
the canned goods situation, which it has
changed completely. The heat and
drought have been so severe that crops
of every description have felt the effects
and prices are either firmer or higher
all around, while the reports of damage
to crops have aroused buyers to a rec-
ognition of the true state of affairs,
with the result that business in all the
large canned goods markets of the coun-
try has suddenly become active. En-
quiries, especially for tomatoes, new
peas and the small fruits, in many in-
stances fail to find any offerings and
actual orders are being turned down.
Everywhere the packs of small fruits
are light, considerably below last year,
while packers who have spot tomatoes
to sell or who will enter more orders for
futures also are scarce. Tomatoes con-
tinue to advance and, on account of the
alarming condition of the crop and
prospects of a shortage of tin plate, many
packers have entirely withdrawn from
the market. The situation everywhere
is undoubtedly one of great strength.
The acreage this year is reduced and
the vines are reported very backward in
most of the large growing districts. The
market for corn, in sympathy with to-
matoes, is also very firm and goods that
a few weeks ago were going a_ begging
for buyers at very low prices have all
been sold. There is also a good buying
movement in futures. There are reports
of great damage to the corn crop in some
sections, which have considerably
strengthened the market conditions.
Peas show a little movement but most
packers are still proceeding very cau-
tiously in the matter of offerings, Pack-
ing in New York State is now going
full blast, with reported prospects of a
much lighter pack than was expected
early in the season. Gallon apples are
in great demand at high prices. Many
orders are received which have to be
turned down, on account of the scarcity
of stock with which to fill them. The
reports from the peach districts agree
with reports previously given and that
is that there is going to be a good crop
of fine peaches from which very few
cheap seconds or pies will be culled
This news has, of course, reached every

‘table crops.

 

buyer of peaches in the country and the
result has been a very heavy demand
for both grades. Both lines have drawn
strength from these conditions and have
advanced 5c per dozen. There will be a
still further improvement in both of
them. String beans have at last shown
some strength. During the past six
months they have been very dull, but
have at last awakened. The market is
very strong and some grades are very
difficult to obtain. The salmon situa-
tion isunchanged. The demand is fair
but there is no large movement in this
line. This is almost the only article in
the canned goods line that does not
show unusual activity at this time.
Reports from the Columbia River are
to the effect that the fish situation is
rather better for the past few days and
the cold storage plants are working
extra hands to care for the catches. The
fear that there would be no fish this year
has been dissipated and it is now
thought that the later runs will compen-
sate for the scarcity at the opening of
the season. It is reported that there
are few mustard sardines in the hands
of the Maine packers and that practic-
ally no fish suitable for mustards are
running. There is some talk of an ad-
vance all around on domestic sardines,
owing to the tin outlook. Advices from
the French as well as Portuguese fishing
grounds represent the season's catches
of sardines so far as rather poor, and
unless they improve shortly prospects
for packers will, it is thought, be some-
what gloomy.

Dried Fruits— There was a‘little more
activity in the dried fruit market last
week, orders ranging a little larger,
causing a more hopeful feeling on the
part of the holders. Prunes continue in
quite good request, with stocks rather
light. The poor berry crop in some
sections it is believed caused dried fruits
to receive more attention. Prices are
firmer and on some sizes higher. Stocks
of 40-50s, 60-70s and go-100s are espe-
cially scarce and wanted and these three
sizes are being firmly held by most
holders. Raisins of all grades are very
quiet. What few are sold are for imme-
diate use,as dealers do not want to carry
any stocks through the warm weather.
The consumptive demand for peaches
shows considerable improvement, ow-
ing, possibly, to the damage to vege-
This, with the realization
that supplies here are unusually light,
created a good demand. Advices from
the coast state that the quantity of apri-
cots to be dried this year will be larger
than was anticipated owing to the warm
weather, and to the fact that the canners
bave not bought heavily this season as
quite a number of canned apricots were
carried over. Growers at present are
very firm in their ideas, but we expect
to see the market settle during the next
thirty days. The evaporated apple situ-
ation is very strong both for spot and
futures. Spot goods, however, are prac-
tically out of the market.

Rice—The rice market is very firm,
with excellent demand; in fact, the
amount going into consumption is said
to exceed that ofa year ago. Stocks
of all grades in local hands are running
light and supplies from primary mar
kets are small and some of the mills
have entirely shut down for lack of stock
to work on and will remain closed until
about August 15. In view of these facts
and the strong statistical position, hold-
ers are very firm in their views and
prices are well maintained. The general
opinion among dealers is that there will

 

be no decline during the balance of this
season.

Tea—The demand is limited to neces-
sities and dealers are still waiting for
the long delayed change for the better.
Prices are unchanged, but if there
should be a decline it would not come
as a surprise. Dealers are well supplied
and encouraging reports from the India
and Ceylon markets are not sufficiently
strong to induce them to buy stocks in
advance of immediate wants.

Molasses and Syrups—The dulness al-
ways experienced during the summer
was very marked during the past week,
no business beyond the usual every day
transactions being recorded. Grocers’
wants are small at this season and the
majority of them are only buying ina
hand-to-mouth way. In anticipation of
a good demand later on, when the fall
trade opens, holders of stocks are not
forcing business, but are satisfied to
await developments. There is a very
strong tendency of prices, showing an
advance of Ic per gallon on domestic
mixed grocery grades, influenced by the
firmer and higher market for glucose.
Other grades remained unchanged and
quiet. Stocks continue light in hands
of dealers and no speculative dealings
were noted. Corn syrup, in sympathy
with the higher market for glucose, has
advanced Ic per gallon and 6c per case,
with the probability of still higher
prices shortly.

Fish—Another advance in mackerel
has taken place, with the market very
firm and with good demand. The catch
this year so far is somewhat in excess
of last year’s catch. That of codfish,
however, is a little lighter than last
year’s catch. Prices on codfish are
practically unchanged.

Nuts—The demand for nuts is light,
as is usually the case at this time of
year. Advices from Brazil indicate that
the crop of Brazil nuts is about finished.
Receipts up to the present are said to
be about the same as last year. Filberts
are slightly easier. The new crop, itis
stated, is looking well and is expected
to be 25 per cent. larger than last year.
The weather is reported very favorable
for the growing crop. Pecans are very
strong and show an advance of 134c per
pound. Peanuts are a little easier and
have declined Yc.

Pickles—Pickles are very firm at pre-
vious prices, with the probability of a
further advance soon.

Rolled Oats—The rolled oats market
has developed very unusual strength,
prices now being so high as to be al-
most prohibitive, and no positive sales
are made at these prices, everything be-
ing subject to confirmation. Advances
are as follows: rolled oats in barrels,
$1.10; cases, 45c; Banner oats, 4oc;
barley, 40c. These are the largest ad-
vances in prices of cereals during one

week for a long time.
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The Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills
Co. has established a branch office for
Michigan in this city, placing it in
charge of its veteran traveling represen-
tative, J. P. McGaughey. The office is
located in the Michigan Trust Co.
building.

Geo. M. Tuttie has opened a grocery
store at Stittsville. The Ball-Barnhart-
Putman Co. furnished the stock. He
will add a line of shoes and dry goods

this fall. -
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Comstock & Weed have opened a gro-
cery store at Petoskey. The Ball-Barn-
hart-Putman Co. furnished the stock.

 

The Grain Market.

Wheat at last has shown a steady ad-
vance during the week. Exports have
been iarge. The excessive heat in Kan-
sas and other corn states had the effect
of advancing coarse grains, which
helped to lift wheat out of the old rut.
The bear element also got scared at the
short wheat crop on the continent and
ran to cover, which had a tendency to
elevate the price of cash and futures.
September sold a week ago at 66c,
while it closed to-day at 7034c—an ad-
vance of 43gc. While cash was 68%c
at jast writing, it closed to-day at 71%4c
—a difference of 3%c. Winter wheat is
all secured, while spring is having some
setbacks. In some localities there is
too much wet weather, while in other
sections there is burning hot weather.
However, there will be a fair crop, but
by no means a bumper crop. The con-
servative element thinks the price low
yet.

Corn has made a phenomenal advance
of 6%c within the last week. Some
predict 7oc for corn, owing to the three-
quarter crop. Still, should seasonable
weather come soon, it may be some bet-
ter than present expectations, but it
looks at present as if corn would sell
higher.

Oats likewise have advanced 6c per
bushel, owing to the short crop and the
large decrease of over 1,000,000 bushels
during the week.

Rye has advanced 4c per bushel.

Beans, owing to the continued dry
weather, have advanced fully 5c per
bushel.

Flour is very strong, and, with the
advance in wheat, prices are fully 20c
per barrel higher.

Mill feed has also made an advance
of $2 per ton and there is more demand
than can be filled at present.

Conditions have changed wonderfully
in one week. Where languid markets
were ruling, brisk trading and a broad
market have taken their place.

Receipts during the week have been
as follows: wheat, 48 cars; corn, 10
cars; oats, 12 cars; flour, 4 cars; beans,
2 cars; hay, 2 cars; potatoes, 3 cars

Millers are paying 66c for wheat.

C. 'G. AL Voigt.
4 —__

Every preliminary arrangement for
the Grocers’ picnic to-morrow has been
completed and nothing but stormy
weather stands in the way of a success-
ful affair. It is expected that 200 will
come from Lansing, about the same
number from Battle Creek and from
1,500 to 2,000 from Kalamazoo, besides
delegations from other cities, swelling
the total number from outside to from
3,000 to 4,000. Complete arrangements
have been made for the reception of the
visitors as they arrive at the various
depots and ample street car service has
been arranged for. In behalf of the
Grand Rapids merchants, the Trades-
man extends a cordial welcome to their
visiting guests, and trusts that their
stay here will be so pleasant that they
will have cause to remember the event

for a long time to come.
ae

The Reed City Clarion is exhibiting
considerable enterprise in publishing
portraits and biographical sketches of
its leading citizens, especially those
who have lately entered upon the sea of
matrimony.

 

 

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Geo. K. Root has opened a_ grocery
store at Frederic. The stock was fur-
nished by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.

a ee

For Gillies’ N. Y. tea,all kinds, grades
and prices, call Visner, both phones.

 

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Clerks’ Corner.

The Necessary Qualifications For a Good
Clerk.

The competition of business at pres-
ent demands that the clerk possess many
general qualifications as well as specific
ones, that is those as applied to the dis-
tinctive business in which he is en-
gaged.

By general qualifications is meant
those which are invaluable to the suc-
cess of any young man. He should first
of all be strictly honest and truthful.
The world is strewn with the wrecks of
young men who could not withstand
temptation when trust was imposed
upon them and following this comes the
untruthfulness in evading the charge.
This always makes matters worse and it
leads to the utter disgrace of the young
man.

As a business training the clerk
should make all he can out of his _posi-
tion, paying close attention to correct-
ness, quickness, true business methods
and apply himself to the details of the
business.

The calling of clerk does not necessar-
ily mean to a young man that he be a
machine, paid to do just so much work.
This seems to be the big mistake with
a great many, who go through their
work listlessly, awaiting only the clos-
ing time. ;

The business man to-day requires
men who use their brains in their work
to the advantage of his business. This
class of clerks zre the ones who get
there when the opportunity for advance-
ment presents itself.

A clerk must possess many personal
good qualifications. These do not cost
him anything beyond his personal
efforts. He should be clean and neat
and keep everything likewise. He
should strive to be polite and attentive
to his customers, who always appreciate
the fact that they are dealing with a
gentleman.

In his work he should be industrious
and persevering, letting no obstacle
stand in the way that can be removed
by dint of unfailing effort.

By specific qualifications are meant
those that a young man must possess ih
the particular line in which he is en-
gaged. Thus a clerk may be good in
one line and not in another. He must
acquire those qualifications peculiar to
his business, also study to improve
himself in a general business sense.

In his actions at work a clerk general-
ly betrays the trend of his thoughts; one
who transacts his business in an expe-
ditious, clean and intelligent manner
shows that his mind is on business, not
afar off in bygone or anticipated pleas-
ures.

One of the causes that lead to inapti-
tude, carelessness and temptation is in-
temperate habits. The aim of every
clerk should be to put his best efforts in
his work and it is impossible for one to
do so whose strength of mind is being
weakened by intemperance and loss of
sleep. It is the bright, wide awake
young man whose pleasant words and
attention to business please and hold
trade, not the slow, lack-luster, indiffer-
ent fellow with his mind still on the
night before.

A clerk is generally required to be at
business at a regular hour, as punctual-
ity is regarded as necessary to the suc-
cess of any one, he must observe this
point. It is just as vital for a clerk to
be punctual in his hours and appoint-
ments as it is for the richest and most
successful business man.

 

 

 

Obedience in business as well as in
an army is essential to its welfare. The
clerk must ever be on watch for sugges-
tions and orders from his superiors and
carry them out faithfully. The saying is
that one must know how to obey before
he can command.

The aim of a clerk should be to see
that every piece of work assigned to
him for the day be finished, not leaving
it for to-morrow. It is far better to do
more than is required of one than to
leave work unfinished.

Many of our brightest business men
were clerks at one period of their life
and every day clerks are being ad-
vanced into the ranks of salesmen,
managers and other more remunerative
positions. These changes do not come
by chance or luck, but by hard labor and
close application to business and studies
that they may fit themself for better
work,

Once a clerk always a clerk, should
not be the feeling of one to whom better-
ment has not come as soon as expected.
Patience is a virtue as well as a good
qualification and he should keep on
striving, for honest endeavor and _ hard
work, backed.up by a sturdy will, gen-
erally bring the long sought for results.

An illustration of the brightness and
activity of the clerks is in the - forming
of associations collectively they are a
mighty class and are securing reforms
and new conditions not within the scope
of the individuals.

As all men and chances are equal the
clerk stands as good a show as any one
to become a_ successful business man,
therefore it is incumbent upon the clerk
to use his best efforts and thoughts in
business, looking forward to success in
higher lines. He must try to make his
services indispensable to his employer,
thus strengthening his show for ad-
vancement when the occasion arises.

No one person can possess all the
good qualifications in the category for
absolute perfection is rarely attained in
this world, but one should study himself
and endeavor to attain as best he can
those in which he is deficient.—Geo. H.
Filbert in Commercial Bulletin.

 

REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS.

 

Albert Towl, the Veteran Grocer of Mus-
kegon.

A. Towl was born in Ravenna, Ohio,
Feb. 3, 1842. His father was of Scotch
descent. His mother’s antecedents were
English. When he was quite young, his
parents removed to Evansport, Ohio,
subsequently removing to Cleveland
and Bryan. Mr. Towl attended school
until 1863, when he enlisted in Com-
pany E, 86th Ohio Infantry. He was
discharged in February, 1864, and went
to Nashville, Tenn., where he served a

 

 

 

 

 

 

year and a half as Government em-
ploye in the quartermaster’s depart-
ment. -In 1866, he returned to Bryan
and attended school a year. In 1867
he was attracted to Muskegon by the
growing importance of the lumber busi-
ness and opened a grocery store in the
back end of Jos. Beechler’s gry goods
store. He subsequently formed a co-
partnership with Thomas Whittaker and
carried on the grocery business until
April 1, 1871, under the style of Whit-
taker & Towl. In 1874, he was burned
out, sustaining a loss of .$4,000, with

 

only $1,000 insurance. The loss on the
building—which was worth $2,o0co—was
total, the high insurance rate then ex-
acted by the companies—$7o per $1,000
—making insurance practically prohib-
itive. He has conducted business at
11, 21 and 87 East Western avenue and
is now located at the latter number,
where he has one of the best equipped
and most successfully conducted gro-
cery stores in the Sawdust City.

Mr. Towl was married Feb. 14, 1871,
to Miss Rachel Thistlethwaite, of Van
Kieek Hill, Ont. Four children have
been born and three daughters are stil]
alive. The only son died about five
years ago, at the age of 25 years

Mr. Tow] is a man of conservative
ideas and never speaks or acts hastily,
no matter what the provocation. He is
widely known to all classes of business
men and consumers and is universally
respected by all who enjoy the pleasure
of his acquaintance. When the Retail
Grocers’ Association was formed at
Muskegon, a little over two years ago,
he was elected its first President, and
would probably have been re-elected but
for the fact that he positively refused
to serve a second time.

——_~>-_2.—__
Why She Wanted to Know.

‘Is this Eighth street?’’ asked a
se woman in one of the back seats
of a Scribner street car, who was carry-
ing a diminutive pug dog under her
arm.

‘‘No, madam,’’ said the conductor.
“*I will tell you when we come to it.’’

Later on she repeated the question
and the conductor answered with some
show of impatience. Finally when
Eighth street was reached he rang, and
the car came to a stop.
Eighth street,’’ said the conductor.

“*Oh, I don’t want to get off at that
street—I only wanted to know where it
was ; I go to the end of the line.’’

Then as the car started again she
looked down at the pug and said in

tones of extreme affection: ‘‘There,
dearie, there’s where your muddy
lives !’’

——_2> 22> ____
A man’s christianity has to stand a
pretty severe strain when he steps on a
banana skin.

 

 

THE @. F. WARE COFFEE @oO.,

Importers, Coffee Roasters, and
Baking Powder Manufacturers,

DAYTON, OHIO,

 

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A snap for wide-awake merchants.

ASSORTMENT is unprecedent asa premium. Never before h
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merit.
sortment with Mascot Baking Powder,

mium to your customer.

ASSORTMENT will not only stimulate your trade,
est jobber at once.

125 4 pounds in a case at $15,
N. Y. basis, for delivered price with Bourbon Santos
breakfast set is packed free with each Assortment.

i A novel plan for awardin

Just what you want to stimulate trade during dull summer months. The DRESDENA
as there been such a valued offer in introducing goods of
and richly treated in gold. You can have the Dresdena As-
delivered; or with Bourbon Santos Coffee at 183 cents,
Coffee add equality freight rate.
This may be retained by the dealer or if preferred given as “i
g this elegant breakfast set is packed with each case. DR
but shows you a handsome peaks

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DANGER SIGNALS,

Warnings Which Enable Credit Men to
Avoid Loss.

It is remarkable how some customers
pay their accounts with one firm and
how lax they are in settlements with
others. A few days ago an order was
received from a dealer in New York
State who gave two references. One
stated that the party in question had
been dealing with them for five years or
more, was Satisfactory in his accounts,
and that they extended him a liberal
line of credit and considered him good
for his wants, was conservative and
used good judgment in buying. The
other party referred to stated almost the
opposite, by saying that- although the
applicant had been a customer for some
little time he was invariably slow, owed
them for an account many months past
due, which they were trying to get set-
tled, but believed him responsible for a
small amount. Now, then, when infor-
mation of this kind comes to hand about
the only thing you can do is to try to
guess which will strike your case, and
if the mercantile agencies can give you
a little better information than the last
reference, undoubtedly you will grant
the credit. Then you will watch that
account for a long time, and if he or-
ders any more goods you will become
suspicious of him, and when his ac-
count becomes due and he does not pay
it and fails, you will say, ‘‘Just as 1
thought it was.’’

It also appears that where a customer
has been dealing with a house for many
years and has received various accom-
modations in the way of renewal on
notes, he frequently becomes careless,
and thinks that the money which should
go to pay his maturity paper can be ap-
plied to other sources without asking
the consent of his creditor, and takes it
as a matter of course. This method of
juggling with money belonging to the
creditor should be stopped in its incip-
iency, as, if it is allowed to continue,
the creditor will always be the loser. In
this respect it may be wise to quote an
actual experience regarding a customer
who at maturity of his account gave
notes. At maturity some of the paper
was paid, other in part, and some re-
newed in whole. It so happened that a
note which was renewed in part,through
some error of the bank, was presented
at the debtor’s bank for payment and
was paid; after a week had passed it
was brought to the notice of the debtor,
who knew nothing of the payment until
notified ; then, of course, followed de-
mands for an explanation, which natur-
ally appeared rather lame. At any rate,
it made a customer who will not ask for
unnecessary accommodations.

The debtor who is accustomed to the
drinking habit is the one who must be
looked after quickly, as it is an un-
doubted axiom that he will neglect his
business affairs, and when such knowl-
edge comes to the creditor it is im-
portant that credit be withdrawn and
the account closed as quickly as_possi-
ble, otherwise it will prove costly. In
this connection it may be related that a
few weeks ago, having sent a new sales-
man over a portion of territory in which
was located a customer who formerly
had met his obligations as promptly as
could be expected, the salesman learned
that the debtor was accustomed of late
to frequent the hotel bar and neglect his
affairs, the result of which was the bank
from which he had a small loan, refused
to renew it because of his habits, which
were becoming very loose. The result
was. that an assignment took place and

 

a few creditors are mourning for the
payment of their accounts that will
never come to pass.

So that, in conclusion, it will be ob-
served that the debtor who uses the
money or goods belonging in whole or
in part to another in any but a legiti-
mate way is very liable to undermine
his reputation, and the result will be
financial disaster.

In this period of our civilization,
where trade is the result of close mar-
gins of profit, more the result of opposi-
tion than competition, the qualities of.
integrity and stability are those which
make a good, substantial and profitable
customer. Chas. D, Wettach.

High Prices Cut the Profits of the Dealer.

‘‘Yes,’’ replied a prominent buyer for
a large commission house, ‘‘the task
of educating our customers and the
consumers to the high prices is a diffi-
cult one. At the best the larger relative
portion of the profit goes to the pro-
ducer. Instead of asking an advance of
a certain percentage on the cost of the
goods, we are obliged to ask a certain
amount for the service of its distribu-
tion. So we do not do as well in the
rates of profit to the aggregate of the
business, considering the increased risk
and liability to damage, as when prices
were lower. If claims are made against
the goods they are a certain portion of
the gross price, the same as when prices
are lower, and so such claims more
quickly wipe out the profits.

““Of course, there is a difference in
the general conditions of trade which
goes far to help us out and lessen the
disadvantage of the decreased ratio of
profits. Dealers and their customers
have the money to pay for what they
buy and we can make the fact of the
small margin a reason for promptness.
It would be well if we could keep the
ratio of profit in proportion to the trans-
actions, but then there would be the
usual rush into the field and, while we
have to work a little harder and watch
things more closely, we are pretty well
satisfied as it is.

A noticeable feature, as the season
advances, is the diminishing of the
Monday morning market. Last Monday
there was practically nothing here ex-
cept the usual routine of vegetables to
meet the needs of the local dealers.
There must necessarily be some Sunday
work in purveying toa city like this,
but, as the people come to feel the ben-
efits of increased prosperity, they find
it better to give an increased observance
of the day.

Berries are still in considerable quan-
tities, both red and black caps, but are
about at the close. Prices are steadily
maintained, with little increase at the
end of the season. Cherries are still in
evidence and are in good demand. Cur-
rants are in large quantities and excel-
lent quality and command good prices.
Apples are beginning to put in an ap-
pearance, but it will be some time yet
before they will cut much figure.

The vegetable market is a sight to
see. The standard of quality is better
than has ever been seen on this market.
There is also a notable difference in the
putting up and handling of the goods—
one would think much of the display
was prepared for a position on the
shelves of a fair. And the beauty of it
is they all sell. Corn is just now in
special abundance, load after load all
over the market, and it all goes at good
prices. Potatoes are also good goods,
although not relatively in so great
abundance. Prices are kept up and the

 

producer can have no cause to complain.

Novel Business Venture Inaugurated by
a Boy.

Charles McKenna, aged 9g years, is in
business for himself. He entered the
New Orleans commercial world three or
four months ago and he has _ prospered.
So far no competiiton has entered the
field and no trust has offered him a flat-
tering option on his stock—he owns the
town so far as his husiness is concerned,
and he is now watching the ‘‘ For rent’’
column to secure suitable office rooms
cheap.

‘Can I empty your cigar clipper?’’

‘Empty it?’’

‘“Yes, sir; canI take the tip-ends out
of the receiver? I see it is over half
ful and they need removing.’’

‘“All right, son, take 'em and get out
of here.’’

The first party to this dialogue was
none other than Charles McKenna, mer-
chant and dealer in cigar ‘‘tips.’’ The
second party to the conversation was a
cigar dealer on one of the prominent
downtown street corners. You can hear
the talk in any of the cigar stores, for
Charley calls at them all.

Charley carries a box under his arm.
When he gets richer he is going to have
a special receptacle for the purpose;
one that can be held with greater com-
fort than the square-cornered box and
one that will look nicer. For the pres-
ent, at least, until he gets his office
fitted up, the box will serve. Other
expenses must be met first.

**How much have you there?’’ asked
a bystander of the youthful business
man as he clapped the top back on the
cigar nipper.

‘“‘Well,’’ he replied, pleased that
some one should. be interested, ‘‘I’ve
got about three pounds in there to-day.
Been a little slow. You know this over-
the-lake business knocks me. Men rush
into the corner stores and shout: ‘Give
me a_ half’s worth of those—you know,
the kind I get here,’ or ‘three of those
threefers,’ or some other kind, and they
are put in a sack and carried off on the
coast train. The man bites the end off
and robs me of that much. But! have
to put up with it, and while the summer
resorts on the gulf and over the lake
thrive, I get the worst of it. But wait
until next winter, when the crowds get
in and the race horses come again, and
the sports stand about the clipper and
do nothing else but watch the boards
and nip ends off cigars by poking them
into these little holes and turning the
knob—then is when I'll get fat. This
town will give up seven or eight pounds
a day, and dead easy.”’

Charley was asked where his profit
came in.

 

‘*Sell ’em, kid, sell ’em. I know
lots of gentlemen who would rather
smoke a pipe filled with these cuts than
with any other kind of tobacco. All
kinds, you know; all mixed up; that is
what they like. Gives them a fine fla-
vor, like a mixed drink. My father put
me onto it. He likes to smoke them,
and I thought of the scheme. If he
liked them in a pipe, wouldn’t other
folks? They do. I have eleven regular
customers now, and I’m going to get
some more. Two gentlemen told me to-
day, just as soon as they get back from
the seashore they are going to put their
names down on my list. I take a man
on one week’s trial. If he don’t like
the smoke at the end of that time, he
don’t have to take any more. No, I
never had one to quit. They all say,
‘Charley, come in again,’ and you bet

oO.
a What do I get? Now, that’s office
business. I made it a rule when I
started in business never to give away
my secrets.’’—New Orleans Picayune.
——__. 0.

Charity often consists of a generous
impulse to give away something we
have no further use for.

 

 

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.

 

You ought to sell

LILY WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”
VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

AJAX
Dynamite Works

Bay City, Michigan

Dynamite, Caps, Fuse, Battery Supplies
for Rock Work and Stump Blasting.

 

 

 

ROOFING PITCH

State Agents

Established 1868.

Coal Tar, Tarred Felt,
Asphalt Paints,
Eave Troughing,

2 and 3 ply and Torpedo Gravel
Ready Roofing, Sky Lights,
Galvanized Iron Cornice
Sheet [etal Workers
Contracting Roofers

 

H. M. eens & SON, Grand Rapids, Mich.

   

Gist eRe?
Ruberoid Roofing, Building, Sheathing and
Insulating Papers and Paints.

  

ALWAYS
Es raed

 

   

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

MiccaNPAvEsMAN

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WEDNESDAY, - - JULY 24, 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 17, 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 twentieth day of July, Igor.
Henry B. Fairchild,
Notary Public in and for Kent County,
Mich.

STATE OF of Kent |

y sworn, de-

 

 

COLLEGE HONORS.

If there is one idea above all others
that permeates and dominates human
life in the present day, it is an exalted
estimate of the power of money and of
the resulting necessity for getting it.

Out of this idea has grown a demand
for the shortening of the school period,
and particularly the college course.

There long prevailed a notion that,
from the time of entering the lowest
class in the college curriculum, four
years would be required for graduation ;
but for young men who propose to go
into commercial or professional life,
four years are too many to be spared in
the mere matter of gaining a miscellan-
eous education, particularly as those
destined for professions must study sev-
eral years in their technical schools.

Nevertheless, it is desirable to have
the college diploma, and so comes the
demand for graduation in a lesser time.
Of course, if a college of high reputa-
tion should advertise to graduate its
pupils in three years, it would doubt-
less grow in popularity; but can any
such institution honestly propose such
a rule?

There are students who can do in two
years what the average of the young
men could not accomplish in double the
time, and, therefore, facilities should
be available for the benefit of such ex-
ceptional men. They should not be
held back by the slow and dull boys,
but should have the benefit of their ex-
traordinary abilities in every way the
college could give it.

It is much to be doubted if the aver-
age course can be shortened without
weakening it and decreasing its bene-
fits. President Charles F. Thwing, of
Western Reserve University, at Cleve-
land, in the July Forum, expresses the
belief that the course could be shortened
for several sorts of students. Of these
are those who use a college education
as a means of fitting themselves for pro-

 

 

fessional study and practice, who should
be content with the shorter time. In
particular, those students who purpose
to become physicians should complete
their college work in three years. To
the student who is to become a_physi-
cian the question of time is a serious
consideration.

That is sound enough, but it is not easy
to see the significance of what follows.
Says this distinguished educator: ‘‘ The
student who goes to college in order to
secure training for professional purposes
not infrequently finds that in three years
he has received all the training of which
he is naturally capable.’’ Does this
mean that such a student should be de-
clared a graduate without regard to what
he has learned? Again says the learned
President: ‘‘Most college men are not,
despite the too common contrary opin-
ion, to be charged with laziness. But,
of course, there are college men who are
lazy, and, of course, too, they are more
numerous than they ought to be. The
best method of dealing with such men
consists in simply obliging them to
work hard—to work ten hours a day for
six days a week and for more than four
weeks of every month. For men of this
type the shorter course is undoubtedly
the better.’’

Thus a distinguished college presi-
dent recommends graduation in three
years for boys who are incapable of a
high degree of training and also for
lazy boys. But will the diplomas so
gained mean anything? The term grad-
uate applied to one who holds a col-
lege title means that he has devoted
himself to a prescribed course of study
and has proved his mastery of the sub-
jects to which his studies have been
addressed, and in that respect is de-
clared by his diploma to have reached
the same standard of excellence in
knowledge attained by all the other
graduates of the same degree.

If, however, graduation means the
attainment of no such excellence, but if
in the same college, there are standards
by which deficient men and lazy men
can gain the same titles and honors as
are won by students of real merit, then
the diploma is a deception and the col-
lege honors are merely for show. A col-
lege of respectability can not afford to
cheapen its degrees or to lower its stand-
ard. Let it require every man to pass
certain examinations without regard to
the time spent in the institution. If a
student by passing the examinations
can take all the honors in one year, let
him have them and the glory of it; but,
if he can not pass the examinations
after decades of study, he must take the
consequences. If necessary, have classes
for lazy boys, or any other boys; but,
for the sake of American scholarship,
let there be no lowering of the standard.

 

The suggestion that Dewey command
the squadron of United States warships
which will assemble to form part of the
pageant incident to the coronation of
King Edward VII. next June will meet
with general favor both here and abroad.
No other American sailor is more wide-
ly known and honored than Admiral
Dewey. What he did at Manila very
early one morning in May astonished
the world and he would be the greatest
personal feature among the distin-
guished guests which such a function
will draw from the civilized nations of
the globe. At that time the United
States will be able to make a splendid
showing of naval equipment, and it is
manifestly fitting that the country’s most
renowned sailor should be in command.

 

THE COMING CRISIS.

There is an industrial depression pre-
vailing in Germany at this time and
all branches of manufactures are suffer-
ing there.

It was expected that the export duty
placed by the British government on
coal would work wonders for the Ger-
man miners and give them control of
the foreign coal trade. This expecta-
tion has been a complete disappoint-
ment. There is but little foreign de-
mand for German coal and the stocks
are increasing to an alarming degree.

In the iron manufacture the situation
is very bad. The same condition pre-
vails with the manufacturers of ma-
chinery, many of whom have been
obliged to discharge their men, while
others have had to reduce the time of run-
ning the works. The German iron and
steelmakers and the coal miners would
rejoice over a general strike in the steel
and iron mills of the United States, for
it would operate as a special providence
for them.

In the manufacture of textiles of all
sorts, the conditions are unfavorable
and the prospects gloomy. This situa-
tion prevails in all branches of the tex-
tile industry, including the knitting
mills. In some manufacturing towns of
Saxony, which had been kept very busy
for the past ten years, one-fourth of the
looms and other machinery are now
idle. In some factories for lace cur-
tains, the men work on half time only,
at lower wages.

The great German industry in chem-
icals, which for years was exceedingly
prosperous, is now beginning to com-
plain of lack of orders and poor prices.
The same is true of the large electrical
enterprises, which considered themselves
beyond the reach of hard times. Busi-
ness in the building trades is so poor
that many mechanics are entirely out of
employment.

It is pretty generally acknowledged
that the present industrial crisis was
caused mainly by overproduction in
Germany and in other manufacturing
countries. Industrial pursuits, as is
well known, are dependent one upon
the other, and if there is a check in one
branch it is felt elsewhere. Thus, when
the textile mills for spinning cotton
and woolen yarns are run on _ short
time, but little machinery for such
mills will be in demand; when no ma-
chinery is built, the iron works shut

‘down ; and when no iron is ordered, the

coal mines are idle. As soon as one
part of the industrial body becomes dis-
eased, the entire system must suffer.

To aggravate the situation, the Ger-
man farmers have the poorest crops they
have gathered for many years, and food
must be imported from abroad. While
conditions are probably worse in Ger-
many than elsewhere, the fact is coming
to be recognized that, with the constant
multiplication of industrial production
by means of machinery, there is com-
ing to be a lack of markets for the su-
perabundant products. Not many years
ago, Great Britain was the chief manu-
facturing country, while France, Ger-
many and Belgium came ‘‘tailing’’ in
behind. Now the American Republic
has come to be one of the great indus-
trial countries, competing with all the
others and sending its products to all
countries.

As competition among the chief in-
dustrial nations grows more strenuous,
the uses of machinery will be increased
and scientific discovery will more than
ever be called into requisition, so that
every sort of industrial production will

 

be greatly multiplied. The struggle to
secure the world’s markets will be all
the more active and determined. The
American people, who are foremost in
mechanical ingenuity, will continue so.
If they should be lacking in cheap la-
bor, they will admit the Chinese and so
secure the cheapest and most indus-
trious labor in the world. It will fol-
low that those manufacturing nations
which can not successfully compete will
have to take the consequences, which
means that they will fall behind in the
march of industrial supremacy. Doubt-
less those nations that are reckoned
among the great powers, when they find
themselves outstripped at home, will
seek to save themselves by establishing
in other lands colonies, which are to fur-
nish the required markets.

For such colonies, Africa and South
America alone remain. Asia is popu-
lated for the most part by industrious
races, capable of learning and turning
to account the white man’s knowledge.
{t will not be long before China will be
manufacturing everything its people
use, as Japan is already doing, so that
Asiatic countries will not much longer
furnish markets for the products of
Western industry. The day is not dis-
tant when China and Japan will be
wholly self-supporting. Then the great
struggle will come between the conti-
nental countries of Europe, Great Britain
and the United States. To what extent
the conflict will be carried can not be
stated, but it may be to the extent of
war.

 

The ultimatum of the United States
Steel Corporation, given out from the
Morgan office, says: ‘‘The company
stands willing to agree to the demands
of the men as to wages and hours,’’ and
adds that if there is any other question
involved it is merely a sentimental one
raised by the Amalgamated Association.
It would certainly seem that where the
employer is willing to meet every de-
mand as to time of work and pay there-
for, there is not very great reason for
refusing to accept such terms. In this
case the employers decline peremptorily
to compel their men in any mill to be-
come members of any particular organi-
zation, just as they would and do de-
cline to compel their employes to refrain
from being members of any particular
organization. The corporation takes the
attitude that it will not coerce its men
one way or the other, giving them ab-
solute freedom in such matters. It treats
with the union where there is one, and
with the men individually where there
is no organization. Should this strike
fail of success—and it is clearly doomed
to failure, because it is based on unten-
able grounds—President Shaffer could
not escape criticism for having done
unnecessary harm to the cause of or-
ganized labor which he claims to repre-
sent and advocate.

The Tradesman is in receipt of the
following letter from D. B. Strickler, of
Cleveland, correcting a statement made
in these columns last week relative to
the alleged misfortune attending the
Rockefeller church in that city:

The Tradesman just received and I
am somewhat surprised at the article
about John D. Rockefeller’s Baptist
church on Euclid avenue being de-
stroyed by lightning three or four times.
Evidently you got your dates mixed.
So far as we Sioa the Rockefeller
church has never been struck by light-
ning, although there was a Baptist
church four or five blocks away which
was struck a few days ago. This is not

in defense of Mr. Rockefeller, but only
to let you know that your information
was a little out of line with the facts,;

 

 

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MR. CARNEGIE AND HIS MONEY.

Embarrassment of riches is a phrase
often used, more frequently in a figura-
tive than in a literal sense. There are
people in the world who have more
money than they know what to do with,
but few or any of them are concerned
about it just as Andrew Carnegie is.
He has declared that to die rich is to
die disgraced. He finds himself well
advanced in years, and a perplexing
problem which presents itself to him is
how to dispose of something like $275, -
000,000 in a way which will do the most
good. He has thus far succeeded in dis-
posing of nearly $50,000,000 in a way
prefectly satisfactory to its recipients,
but his wealth insists upon multiplying
itself at the rate of something like
$15,000,000 a year and what is repre-
sented as bothering him most is the
duty of distributing it. For his con-
scientious thoughtfulness in the matter
he is to be commended, and he is cer-
tainly entitled to high rank in the list of
the world’s benefactors.

Mr. Carnegie stoutly declares that the
danger in donation is that it may have
a tendency to pauperize the beneficiary.
It looks much easier than it really is to
give away a couple hundred million
dollars in the directions that will prove
wisest. Thus far the Carnegie specialty
has been libraries, and usually his gifts
have been accompanied by some condi-
tions which required others to exert
themselves either to raise funds at the
outset or for annual maintenance. He
believes in likening himself to the Lord
in his willingness to help those who
help themselves. Educational institu-
tions are what would naturally seem
most likely to appeal successfully to
Mr. Carnegie’s ideas. He appreciates
the advantages of higher education at
their full value, as was instanced by his
recent Scottish donation. The colleges
of the country are constantly in need
of funds. The receipts from tuition
never have and never can pay the bills.
Colleges and universities must of neces-
sity be endowed, and the richer the en-
dowment the greater the facilities they
can afford. This does not necessarily
mean free tuition, certainly not to those
who can afford to pay for what they
get. It does mean that the buildings,
the apparatus, the libraries and the in-
structors shali be the best which can be
provided. There is to-day in this coun-
try no better place for men of means to
give money than to those institutions
which provide higher education. There
the funds bestowed will annually and
continually yield an income _perpetuat-
ing high grades of instruction and mak-
ing it available for American boys and
girls, for whom nothing better can be
done than to afford them just such op-
portunities.

 

THE WAR ON THE MOSQUITO.

One of the worst insect pests which
infests this part of the world is the
mosquito. There are other insects
which are disagreeable, but none which
cause so much discomfort and distress.
Since it has been demonstrated that the
mosquito is not only an annoyance but
an agency for the dissemination of the
germs of disease, there is general inter-
est in efforts for its extermination. The
use of petroleum it has been found is
an effective means of driving out the
pest. Experiments made at Hartford,
Conn., and at Orange, N. J., have been
attended by encouraging results. Oil
has been sprinkled over low, marshy
areas where the mosquito breeds. The
oily film on the surface destroys all

 

mosquito larvae in process of growth,
and if repeated for several seasons gives
comparative freedom from the insects
in the regions roundabout. The cost of
the oil is so small that the experiment
can be tried everywhere without impos-
ing any burden.

Health officials are becoming inter-
ested and before long a general crusade
against the mosquito may be looked
for. It is believed by some medical
men that the mosquito not only spreads
yellow fever and malaria, but smallpox.
Here are diseases which all mankind
dreads, and if their ravages can be
checked by any ordinary measures, they
should be speedily put into operation.
The use of oil alone may not be suffi-
cient to end the mosquito plague, but
the testimony is strong that it affords at
least temporary relief and that is enough
to commend it. The State Entomologist
of New Jersey, where the mosquito
reaches a stage of culture unsurpassed
elsewhere, after a study of the subject,
has reached the conclusion that the pest
can never be wholly eradicated, but he
is convinced that it may be greatly
mitigated. The oil remedy he endorses
as a palliative, but the most good he
thinks is accomplished by draining
those localities where the insects breed.
Mosquitoes frequent salt water and run-
ning streams where oil can not be ap-
plied, but there are many other spots
from which they can be driven, to the
immense relief of the neighboring pop-
ulation. So the war against the mos-
quito should go on and be carried into
every corner of the land.

 

The women of Kentucky are evincing
much interest in the good roads move-
ment. Fully one-half of the 2,000 per-
sons present at a convention at Hopkins-
ville to advocate road improvement the
other day were women. And the fact
that a great many farmers, too, were
there, in spite of this being their most
busy season, was very encouraging to
the projectors of the assemblage. Fif-
teen counties were represented by store-
keepers, manufacturers, professional
and public men, as well as the agricul-
turists. Governor Beckham spoke and
said he thought much more of good
roads than he did of building political
fences, and that he is more interested
in building up Kentucky industrially
than he is in the making of any politi-
cal slate.

 

Statistics are published which show
that 850,000 tons of tobacco are pro-
duced and presumably consumed an-
nually. Most of it goes up in smoke.
Tobacco is used to-day by the men of
nearly every country. Despite all the
statements concerning its baneful effects
its popularity is undiminished. Tobacco
is an American product. It was un-
known prior to the discovery of this
country. Modern man can not imagine
how the ancients got on without it. But
they did.

Those who keep track of the move-
ments of money claim that not less than
$15,000,000 has been withdrawn from
the banks to enable the summer girl and
the summer man to enjoy their annual
frolic at the watering places. It is won-
derful how much capital it requires to
procure an adequate repertoire of shirt
waists,

Italy’s assigned reason for advancing
the duties upon American plows is that
they are ‘‘works of art.’’ If Italy only
learned to appreciate these works there
would be hope for her improvement in
the art of living.

 

OPEN DOOR TO CHINESE LABOR.

The termination by limitation of the
Chinese exclusion act will take place
at an early date, and the question of
its re-enactment must come up in the
next Congress.

Just at this time, when the United
States commerce is doing all in its
power to secure an open door in China,
there will necessarily be a demand for
some sort of reciprocity, and it has al-
ready been intimated that it will take
the form of a request for an open door
to Chinese labor.

It is to be taken as a matter of course
that American labor will oppose with
all its might the wholesale immigration
of Chinese workers, because those
Asiatics are, perhaps, distinguished
above or below all other peoples for
their extreme industry and for their
ability to live cheaply. They are be-
yond all competition in these matters
and neither the white nor black laborers
can work under conditions that seem all
right toa Chinaman. The demand for
the cheapest labor will weigh strongly
with many interests and without doubt
the matter will be discussed with great
activity in the next session at Washing-
tion.

The effective Chinese exclusion legis-
lation was enacted after the census of
1890. In that year the Chinese popula-
tion of the United States was 106,688.
The Chinese were nearly all (95,477)
living then in the Pacific States and
territories. The exclusion acts were
passed to meet the conditions which
were more apparent in the Pacific States
than elsewhere, but they were favored
by sympathetic labor interests through-
out the country as necessary measures.
Were the bars to be taken down now the
Chinese would flock here as to a prom-
ised land from which they had long
been excluded. The erection of the
anti-Chinese barriers has of itself mag-
nified in the Chinese mind the attrac-
tions of the Republic.

Aside from treaty stipulations regu-
lating the subject, Congress has the
power to exclude aliens altogether from
the United States or to impose condi-
tions upon which they may be admitted.
It is a question of. expediency. Immi-
gration legislation discriminating
against particular countries and peoples
is rarely resorted to. The Chinese ex-
clusion acts were extraordinary in char-
acter, but the exigency to be met was
extraordinary. When the Philippines
came under the control of the United
States, a military order was issued stop-
ping the immigration that had been go-
ing on there for years. These questions

will all come up in Congress next win-

ter and they will arouse large interest
on the part of those who favor Chinese
immigration, as well as those who op-
pose it.

 

It is frequently said that there is a
disposition on the part of Americans to
get into the larger places and that the
little villages and the distinctively rural
districts are being depopulated. The
last decade has seen great growth in the
United States, and that growth has cer-
tainly been greater in the cities than in
the country. The last census shows
that 28,411,698 of our people live in
cities and towns of over 4,000 popula-
tion. This is over 37 per cent. of the
entire population of the country. The
villages and cities have grown remark-
ably. There are now 1,158 places of
over 4,000, as against 889 in 1890. It
does not follow that the population of
the small villages and the rural districts

 

has fallen off in the same proportion.
Some of them have held their own or
nearly so, but the larger places have
practically monopolized the growth.
There must always be a great deal todo
in the agricultural sections which can
not be done anywhere else. The more
people there are in the cities, the more
potatoes and wheat must be grown to
feed them. It is generally conceded
that farming pays just now better than
it did a few years ago, and the condi-
tions are liable to grow better rather
than worse.

 

Only two women in the United States
may use the mails without paying for
the privilege. These women are widows
of former Presidents. They are Mrs.
Julia D. Grant and Mrs. Lucretia A.
Garfield. A franked letter goes through
the mails without postage, bearing their
signature, either stamped or written,
upon the envelopes. Al! mail matter
sent by Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Grant
under their respective written autograph
signatures, and all mail matter sent to
these two ladies will be carried free
during their lives. No signature or
marks are necessary to the free carriage
of mail matter to either of these ladies,
the address being sufficient. Mrs. Gar-
field has enjoyed the privilege since
1881, and Mrs. Grant since 1886.

 

The sudden and remarkable increase
in the number of female factory hands
in Germany has become a social ques-
tion in the German government and a
special parliamentary investigation has
been made which wili attempt to show
the number of married women in such
positions and what is the effect upon
their health and character. Five years
ago there were 740,000 women employed
in German factories and last year the
number increased to 900,000, or at the
rate of over 20 per cent. in four years.
At that rate the number would quadruple
in a generation.

In the rural districts of France every
pupil, boy or girl, takes to school in the
morning a handful of vegetables and
puts them in a large pan- of water.
They are washed by one of the older
pupils, who take turns at performing
this duty. Then the vegetables are
placed in a kettle with water anda
piece of pork, and are cooked while the
lessons are going on. At 11:30 o'clock
each member of the co-operative asso-
ciation has a bowl of soup. To cover
the cost of fuel and meat those pupils
who can afford it pay two to four sous a
month.

It is a remarkable fact, sustained by
statistics, that while Americans are to
be found in every quarter of the globe
the number of them who become resi-
dents of other countries is smaller than
that of any other nationality. Other
people love the lands of their birth, but
they find more reasons to induce them
to seek new homes. The average Amer-
ican has positive faith that where’er he
many wander ‘‘there’s no place like
home. ”’

American patronage keeps many Lon-
don shopkeepers going, but some of
them fail to understand that they should
indulge the American practice of shop-
ping for amusement. One Oxford street
shopkeeper recently displayed a sign
bearing this legend: ‘‘Americans will
please take notice that this is nota
museum. It is a shop.*’

One coat of tar and feathers will last a
man a lifetime.

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Clothing

Facts and Fancies Peculiar to the Trade
in Gotham.

If the question was not previously set-
tled, the hot weather has, I think, per-
manently settled the shirtwaist question
for New Yorkers. During the hottest
hours of the day many men were seen
on the streets carrying their coats on
their arms, but no disposition was
shown to abandon them altogether.
Negligee shirts were the rule without
exception, and while much freedom
was shown in removing the coat the
shirtwaist man was conspicuous by his
absence.

The temporary coatlessness makes
more prominent to the eye what is a
characteristic of this season's styles,
and that is the preference for plain
whites and black hairline stripes in
negligee shirts. Plain pleats are more
popular than box pleats in the shirts,
and are usually of medium width. Very
fine pleats are not favored. I have,
however, seen a shirt of plain white
French lawn which had forty-eight
pleats to the bosom, each about an
eighth of an inch wide. Each pleat
was finished in a single line of fine red
or blue stitching, extending the full
length of the bosom. Asa novelty the
shirt is worthy of mention. It sells for
a moderate price, I understand.

As the heat advances collars get low-
er. Some of the high band collars worn
approximate to the old-fashioned turn-
down collars, as they have just enough
height to make them highbanders. One
house has brought out a highbanded
collar which looks like a modification
of that turndown collar, with very long,
sharp points, which was worn thirty
years ago. 1 do not see any excuse for
such a style, especially in the present
weather.

It will be interesting to see what effect
the styles of collars worn this fall have
on the shapes in scarfs. If the high
turndown collar loses ground as is ex-
pected, many haberdashers will do their
best to push large shapes. At the pres-
ent time well-dressed people stick close-
ly to smal] shapes, the pointed and
Square end batwing and the derby tie
principally. Even the ordinary citizen
does not seem to take enthusiastically
to the flowing end tie. The hot weather
should have developed such a taste if
one existed, but it appears to be lack-
ing. Some of the neatest ties which I
have seen in both derbies and batwings
have been made of a very rich, fine,
meshed grenadine, of black or blue with
smal] figures in a contrasting color.
Rumchunda ties in dark blue and white
patterns are this year, as in previous
years, in good taste.

Naturally there is now an exodus to
the beaches and the shops are making a
lavish display of bathing suits. I see in
all grades a liberal display of two piece
Suits, the shirt of which is in broad
stripes of contrasting color, black and
white, blue and white, red and blue
or purple, and soon. There are plain
suits with a broad band of color about
the bottom of the shirt and a stripe
down each side of the trunks. With all
two-piece suits a broad knitted band of
wool fastened with a buckle is worn.

I have often wondered that no place
has been found in our present day econ-
omy of dress for the old fashioned dus-
ter which was such a favorite with our
grandparents when going on a journey.
Now I see that an enterprising individ-
ual has resurrected it for use in auto-

 

 

 

mobiling. The garment is made of cloth
of a drab tone and is cut single-
breasted, with military collar and patch
pockets. It buttons high in the neck
with bone buttons and has adjustable
Straps on the cuffs to close them against
the dust. If one is looking for a light
cap to correspond with the coat he will
find it in a full-crowned yachting cap
of a drab tone, which is made, crown,
visor, band and all, of the one color and
material.

The alpine-shaped straw hat has en-
joyed a tremendous sale here, but the
best-dressed men, unless they have been
able to purchase a genuine Panama
have stuck to the sailor hat, with nar-
row heavy brim and band of one color.
Some of the shops have shown striped
bands in colors, but they have not taken
with the best dressers. It is good taste
for a college boy to wear a hat band in
his college colors, but for the general
public the style isa little too academic.
Mesh hat bands in silk and cotton in
various colors have also been shown in
the shops, but they have not taken,
They are of the ordinary width and
buckle at the side of the hat witha
small harness buckle in oxidized silver
or gold. If one wishes a hat rather
bizarre in effect for wear in the moun-
tains or at the seashore the broad
brimmed Madagascar grass hat of al-
pine-shape will meet the need. These
hats are made of Madagascar grass
closely woven like the Panama. They
come in a light tan shade and have a
broad folded band of grass cloth, which
is ornamented with a broad broken
Stripe in rich colors. They have a de-
cidedly odd look and will appeal to the
man who likes to show a touch of odd-
ness in his dress. Another hat which
should be mentioned for wear in the
woods and fields owes its oddity to the
very purpose which it is designed to
serve. Golfers and mountain climbers
are continually annoyed by the glare of
the sun and hats with ordinary sized
brims afford little protection to their
eyes when looking long distances. The
hat which is designed to mitigate this
annoyance is an alpine-shape of soft
felt, which has an unusually broad
brim. In the back the brim is curled
up tightly but in the front the curl is
less markéd, the broad brim in front
thus protects the eys amply, while the
close roll in the back makes the hat
more easy on the head. It is an odd
shape, but an ingenious one.—Apparel
Gazette.

—__>_2.__
During the Heated Term.

‘‘And now can any little boy tell me
why it was that they killed and ate the
fatted calf? Eh? Can’t anybody tell?
The prodigal had just returned home,
you know, and his father had run to him
and fallen on his neck and embraced
him. And then they killed and ate the
fatted calf. Now, why did they kill
and eat the fatted calf? Ah, Willie
knows. Speak up, Willie.’’

‘“If you please, sir, I guess they killed
and eted the fatted calf ‘cause it was so
hot they didn’t think it would keep over
Sunday !”’

Unappreciative.
‘“‘You find spring water a very great
advantage in dairying, I presume?”’
‘‘Oh, I don’t know,’’ said the milk-
man ; ‘‘the average person buying milk
doesn't know the difference between
spring water and any other kind.”’

 

 

Ow a SS. a. a. ar CO

M. Wile & Company

Buffalo’s Famous and
Largest Clothing House

Cordially invite the Clothing Trade and their
friends to make their establishment, at 48 and
50 Pearl street, their headquarters during
their stay in Buffalo while attending the ex-
position.

All possible conveniences are provided for,
such as rooms, information bureau—in fact,
every detail which will tend make your stay
pleasant.

We Shall Be Pleased to Have Our
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Dry Goods

Weekly Market Review of the Principal
Staples.

Staple Cottons—Ducks and brown os-
naburgs are quiet and show no change
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‘\(., Bleached cottons are firm in all grades,

but prices remain as previously quoted.
Wide sheetings and cotton flannels and
blankets are quiet and without change
of note. Denims are strong in the face
of a limited business, and other coarse
colored cottons are quiet but well con-
ditioned.

Prints and Ginghams—The print end
of the market has shared the quiet spot
business of the general market, with only
a very moderate business coming to
hand otherwise. The little business that
has been moving has been in staple lines
mainly, principally indigo blues, tur-
key reds, mournings, etc., and the lead-
ing makes of these lines are well situ-
ated. The price range on these cottons
is too low for the present cost of pro-
duction. This has induced buyers to
take advantage of the situation to some
extent and the transactions went ahead
of the business noted for the last initial
season. Fancy prints show no increase
in business, but as the production has
been curtailed considerably stocks have
not accumulated. Calicoes are steady
in price. Percales and napped fabrics
show no change in prices or in the na-
ture or amount of business coming for-
ward. Staple and fine dress ginghams
are in a strong position, but there is lit-
tle business under way.

Linings—The lining market continues
Steady in tone all along the line, but
with a moderate business.

Dress Goods—The quietness that has
been characteristic of the dress goods
market for some time past has received
during the past week no jar, the whole
business not being of such a _ large
amount as to excite comment; in fact,
the trade was very dull, and the orders
few and far between. The business that
has been reported is generally on the
plain goods and staples. Orders for
Venetians, homespuns, broadcloths and
cheviots were the rule, the fancies be-

‘ing in the background, and as the sea-

son is near its end, that will in all
probability continue to be its place un-
til after the present lines are with-
drawn. Next season’s fabrics are not
much sought after as yet by the buyers,
so the market continues slack, and with
very little interest shown in its course
for the next week or two.
Underwear—Fall goods are interesting
the retailers more than at any time pre-
viously, and they are perhaps taking
hold with more interest on account of
the advances which are promised on
fleeced goods August 1, which will un-
doubtedly affect prices at second hands
also, and it is said that other lines are
likely to follow suit then or soon after.
The advances on fleeced goods by the
manufacturers will be 12%c. ~The man-
ufacturers are now showing their initial
lines of underwear for the spring of
1902. Fancies seem to predominate,
and the general tendency seems to be
toward stripes, many of the lines in-
cluding mercerized and _balmoral
stripes. There are,-of course, many
lines of solid colors, generally soft,
pleasing tones, and very few of the
loud, glaring effects that have been
noticed in past seasons. There are
more of the mesh lines for next summer
shown, made by various manufacturers.
The demand has grown largely on ac-

 

count of the extensive adverising by a
number of the leading makers, which
has created a market, and others will
take advantage of the’ conditions to
make some of the money. With the ad-
vance on fleeced goods there will still
remain a demand for goods at a price,
and they will have to be made. There
is a healthy, growing tendency to cur-
tail production rather than make up
goods for stock, and in order to prevent
accumulation, some that have never
run on anything but heavyweights are
now making lightweight goods to fill
the interval.

Hosiery—Manufacturers are showing
spring samples, which contain a large
percentage of fancies. The jobbers are
busy filling in the retailers’ present sea-
son stock and are beginning well with
fall goods. The department store buy-
ers are taking hold well with the latter.
Open work lines seem to promise well
for the early fall all over the country,
and for most of the season in the warm
section. It is expected that advances
will be made on fall hosiery in the near
future.

Carpets—While new business is being
received in fairly good-sized orders, it
can be stated in general that so far it
has been very unevenly divided. Some
manufacturers report that they are well
sold up and are running full, while
others are quoted as saying that busi-
ness is dull for this season of the year,
It is noticeable, however, that the large
New England mills are receiving their
share of the new orders and are general-
ly very busy. While most of the mills in
the vicinity of Philadelphia are run-
ning full they could take a good many
more orders if they were offered them.
While general business conditions have
a very encouraging tone, the outlook is
no better than it has been for some
time. Manufacturers have hardly got
back to the condition where they were
before the holiday and the extreme hot
weather, but, should the present climatic
conditions exist for any length of time
it will no doubt help matters materially
and promote a better feeling on the part
of the buyers. At this time of the year,
when every one in general is looking
forward to a vacation, it can not be ex-
pected that buying should be as active
as at other times. The demand as the
season advances is pointing towards the
finer carpets. The velvets and brussels
are beginning to show up as well as any
of the grades and we should not be sur-
prised to learn in the future that the
bulk of the business done in the finer
grades would be centered on these spe-
cialties. The tapestries are moving
well towards the front and mills running
on these kinds of carpets are fairly
busy. The ingrains are in only moder-
ate request, although some of the larger
mills report business good. The cut-
order trade are beginning to feel the
effects of the usual summer dulness,
and are beginning to make ready for
their fall trade. They report that the
past season has been a fairly satisfac-
tory one, although business has been
much better in previous seasons. At
this time of the year the retail trade,
especially the department stores, have
their semi-annual carpet and matting
sale. All pieces that have been cut in-
to are usually offered at a great sacrifice
in order to sell them and not carry them
over to another season at a still larger
loss. Many people defer buying their
carpets in the spring and wait until
July in order to get them at a much
cheaper price. These large department
store sales affect the small dealer great-

 

ly, and very little business is done by
him while these widely advertised sales
are in progress.

Smyrna Rugs—Smyrna rug mills are
running full and the prospects are that
they will do so for some time to come.
While the demand from the buying
public as fallen off greatly in the past
month, the jobbing and retail trades are
placing orders to replenish their stocks.
The large and medium-sized rugs have
received the bulk of the business and it
is reasonable to believe that the mills }
will put the bulk of their machinery on!
these sizes. Wilton rugs are in fair re-
quest.

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with gauze and labeled ‘‘four hundred
mosquitoes’’ was shipped from a small
station in South Carolina to the Acad-
emy of Natural Science, at Washington.
The insects were quite lively when they
arrived, and were apparently in as good
health as when they started on their
journey. The mosquitoes are, of course,
to be used in scientific investigations.

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Shoes and Rubbers

Preparations for the Demand for School
Shoes.

The busiest season of the year for
misses’ and children’s, boys and youths’
school shoes is from the Ist to the 15th
of September. That is the time when
children are being prepared for the
winter school term and in order to be
ready to meet the demand it will be
necessary for you to take up this matter
immediately. Perhaps there is no bet-
ter manner of advertising, or no better
way of making your store popular with
the whole family, than by putting out a
line of school shoes.

This is, beyond a doubt, a great
source of trouble in every family—se-
curing a style of shoes which is both
dressy and serviceable for school chil-
dren. If you are in the habit of buying
your regular line of school shoes from
the jobbing houses, it would not be a
bad idea for you to go immediately in-
to the market and, while there is a lot
of time, look over the various shoes
which are being shown. Choose with
a great amount of care the line which
you anticipate running and if you are
not very positive of their value, per-
haps it would be well to buy a dozen
pairs at the present moment in order to
test the value of the shoes.

If you are not in the habit of buying
from the jobbing houses, why, look
over the lines that the various specialty
makers are offering. Do not be satis-
fied with one man’s line, even although
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the past, but follow up the example set]

up by many of the large merchants who
insist upon having submitted to them
samples of three and four dealers before
they make their final selection. Every
year the styles of shoes are changing,
and you are bound to find more attract-
ive lines than you did last. It is, con-
sequently, to your advantage not to be
too hasty in your selection of school
shoes.

Do not be misdirected in the matter
of toes. You are bound to find this fail
a large demand for the orthopedic or
foot-form last. Perhaps you are in a-
neighborhood where the demand is not
for the extreme toes, but in any case it
would be unwise for you to tie yourself
up to the old narrow toes that some
dealers, in their efforts to rid them-
selves of unsalable stock will attempt to
foist on you. They are a bad invest-
ment at the best, for the moment you fit
shoes which hurt the children you are
immediately in disfavor with the whole
family.

As for heels, it would be well to
choose lines of spring heels, with soles
of at least 10-iron gauge. It is also
well, if you can find a shoe that does
not look too clumsy, to carry an exten-
sion heel seat in order to protect the
quarter. Have the extension on your
shoe at least three-eighths wide, as this
also will add to the wearing qualities.
Patent leather tips will sell stronger
than ever, and, I believe especially in
children’s shoes, they are much better
wearers. In little gents’, boys’ and
youths’, velours, box calf, heavy kid
and Russia will be in large demand.

It would be well to arrange some style
of a novelty contest in order to center
the interest of the people in your vicin-
ity on the sheos which you are going to
offer. Of course, this would be in con-
junction with your regular advertising ;
but, for instance, there could be a con-
test opened for the lines of school shoes,

 

making it of local interest by having a
certain number of names or’ words
formed from your own name, or another
novel scheme which would be liable to
interest the children in your vicinity.

You could make an offer of a base
ball outfit to the boys of any individual
school who would present to you the
greatest number of coupons for shoes
purchased at your store. You could
also make a similar offer of a croquet
set or some other game, which would
be applicable to the girls of any indi-
vidual school, the outfit being the prop-
erty of the school, thus interesting the
pupils in general in the contest and
creating a lively rivalry which would,
at the same time, give you a lot of free
advertising.

It would be necessary to do a little
advertising in your local paper. It
would also be advisable to send out
coupons to the principal of each school,
with a note requesting him to interest
his pupils in the contest.—Shoe Re-
tailer.

: so
Nicely Arranged By Providence.

It was at a recent reunion banquet,
where everybody was joyous and felici-
ties of the glad-to-see-you-all order
were many, that the following story was
told as appropriate to the occasion:

There had been a reunion of the fam-
ily at the house, the speaker said, and
after it was ail over the young hopeful,
who had been much impressed by the
talk of old times that she had heard
during the evening, began to question
her parents.

‘““Mamma,’’ she began, ‘‘where were
you born?’’

‘*IT was born in New York.’’

‘‘And where was papa born?’'

‘“Why,he was born in Philadelphia.’’

‘*And where was I born?’’

“*You were born right here in Bos-
ton.’’

“*Is that so? Well,’’ she added, after
a pause, “wasn’t it nice of the Lord to
bring us all together?’’

————_ 8. ___. —
Keeping a List of Sizes.

A great help to the dealer who is
seeking to build up a trade in good
shoes is the system of keeping a list of
the size and width worn by each cus-
tomer. We know a man who uses this
system and he says there is nothing like
it. It is easy and not the least bit of
trouble. This dealer uses an old index
account book and when he fits a man
or woman with a pair of shoes he enters
the size and width with any remarks as
to style preferred or any peculiarity of
the customer’s foot he may think neces-
sary to mention in this book, which he
keeps on the wrapping counter. The
entry is made before the shoes are
wrapped up to avoid mistakes.

—_> +> ___
Shirtwaists a Boon to Millionaires.

There is not so much fun in being
rich or great or proud unless one can
also be comfortable and many a mil-
lionaire has envied the barefoot youngs-
ter whose single suspender was his
main annoyance. Now the shirtwaist
enables the millionaire to be almost as
cool as the urchin. It may be another
illustration of the tendency of these
modern days. The rich are getting al-
most everything—even the comforts of

the poor.
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Different Kind of Settling.

Father—Come, young man, get your
jacket off and come with me.

Tommy—You're not going to
me, are you, dad?

Father—Certainly; didn't I tell you
this morning that I should settle with
you for your bad behavior?

Tommy—Yes; but I thought it was
only a joke, like when you told the gro-
cer you was going to settle with him.

—_——_e 2. —___

A boy loses faith in his mother’s ver-
acity when she tells him that it hurts
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Fitting the Feet No Easy Job at Best.

The shoe clerk immediately assumed
an air of interest when asked if he liked
his business.

‘* Fitting shoes is a hard job, and one
meets with many queer experiences in
dressing feet. I can not say that I am
especially fond of the business, although
I extract a great deal of pleasure in
studying the different characters who
form a part of my daily business life.
People have the impression that because
a woman is naturally fussy and particu-
lar she is necessarily the most diffi-
cult to please when it comes to shoes.
But this is not the case, for there are
men, and a number of men, too, who
are the most fastidious creatures one
can imagine in selecting footwear.
Every one admires a pretty foot ona
woman, and we have naturally come _ to
expect them to wear a size or two
smaller than their foot really requires,
sacrificing comfort, style and - looks.
But, bless you, this is not confined to
the women, for there are just as many
men just as foolish.

‘*And while 1 am talking about small
shoes and such, do you know that the
manufacturers have absolutely found it
necessary to mark their shoes with se-
cret marks, based on a well thought out
system of figures, which, taken in com-
bination, give the key to the size. This
became necessary because customers
would not even deign to try on a shoe
that was one-half size larger than they
were accustomed to wearing, and if we
did not have that exact size they would
go somewhere else, when really they
required a larger size. I know of no less
than five different marks which none
but the initiated can read, and now
when a customer comes in and wants a
pair of shoes we simply turn down the
upper of the shoe they have been wear-
ing, see the cipher mark, and, paying
no attention to what they say as to size,
go off and get a shoe of corresponding
size and width. Invariably they call
for a size from one-half to two and a
half smaller than the one they are al-
ready wearing. The customer never
forgets to look at the size as marked in
the shoe, but the system uses as the
guiding figure one exactly a size less
than is needed, and this compliments
the purchaser to such an extent that no
question in raised. Now our system,
as an illustration, is this: If we desire
to express size 632 we put in the shoe
5—1. The clerk simply adds the sec-
ond figure to the first and adds the
dash, which means one-half. The cus-
tomer thinks he is wearing either a 5 or
at the most a 5%. And it is not only
in the size of the shoe that people are
peculiar, but in the width, and there
are more ingrowing toe nails and
crooked toes with callous adornments
due to this pinching process than one
has any idea of. But we must live and
let live and the chiropodists would be
put out of business if it were not for
these tight shoes and foolish people.
You notice those low mirrors we have
close to the floor. Well, they are for the
purpose of showing the buyer how his
or her foot looks when dressed in one of
our shoes. It was a good suggestion
that put a mirror in that out-of-the-way
place, because the majority of our cus-
tomers are very proud of their pedal ex-
tremities.

‘‘The shoe business is not what it
used to be,’’ continued the clerk, retro-
specting. ‘‘I remember the time when
it was an easy thing to get $6 and $8
for a pair of ladies’ shoes. Now you
are lucky if you get $3 for a pair. Com-

 

petition has done the business and now
you wouid be surprised at the excellent
shoe you can get for $2 or $3. And,
then, the shoe men are all putting in
bootblack stands and shining your shoes
gratis, and you would be astonished at
the number of people who buy shoes
just for this free shine attachment.
Twenty shines means a dollar for a
black pair of shoes and $2 for tan or
patent leather. This is exorbitant, I
know, but the bootblacks get it. Each
of our bootblacks is fitted up with all
kinds of dressing, and our shiners are
not permitted to accept tips. Then we
keep you in shoestrings, or repair your
shoes gratis if they wear out before they
really should. It is strange how many
people persist in buying patent leather
shoes, and if they crack come in and
raise a fuss about it, when we distinct-
ly tell the purchasers that we do not
warrant patent leather and they must
take their chances on it. If there ever
was an invention that provoked man to
the use of expletives it is this same
patent leather. Sometimes you geta
pair of shoes which will last for weeks
and weeks and retain their shape and
brilliant finish in spite of rain and
storm and wear andtear. And, then,
again, this same patent leather has been
known to go to pieces in a day’s wear.
I do not think the tan shoes are as pop-
ular this year as they were last,although
we have sold a large quantity of them,
and the white canvas shoe is getting in
bad favor every day. It is a pretty
piece of footgear, but, oh! how deli-
cate! We had a customer some time
ago, who, after being fitted with a pair
of these white canvas shoes, remarked,
as he surveyed the rest of his spotless
attire, from white hose to white hat,
that he imagined he looked like a plate
of ice cream. Bicycle shoes, those fel-
lows with the long tops, are not worn
by the ladies any more. I guess because
they are so hot and hard to lace, and
the ankle does not get a free movement.

‘‘T know the ladies will protest
against what I am going to tell you, but
it is nevertheless a fact: Their feet are
positively getting larger year by year.
This has party been due to the new
style of heavy English walking shoes
which the ladies are wearing, and I
want to say that it is a most commend-
able style. It not only gives the foot
the freedom that it should have, but it
permits circulation and is altogether a
healthy attachment to the wardrobe.
There is a young lady in Rochester, of
Southern extraction, who has the daint-
iest foot I ever saw. I understand that
we clerks are not supposed to notice
these things, but when this young lady
comes in I can not help it. She wears
a No. 1 shoe on an A last, and has an
instep that rises as proudly as her dainty
little head. It is very seldom we have
a pair of shoes to fit her, for our popu-
lar sizes are threes and fours for ladies,
and we count a No, 2a very small foot.’’

Just then a customer came in and the
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Village Improvement

Side Light on the Work Accomplished at
Dayton.

That corporations are not always lack-
ing in soul is proved by the work of the
National Cash Register Co., of Dayton,
Ohio. About five years ago Mr. J. H.
Patterson began putting into practice
an idea of his own for making the shop
premises more attractive. When this
company organized it bought a quantity
of land upon which to build shops, in a
locality near Dayton, known as Slider-
town. It was a locality hard as the
name it bore, famous for fights, and the
home, it seemed, of all the bad boys of
Dayton.

After the success of the company was
assured and the managers had time to
look about a little, they began noticing
things. One thing noted was the fact
that in spite of the many pretty, mod-
ern cottages built for the workmen, few
of them would live in them, the men
often living several miles from the
shops. Enquiry developed the fact that
men did not care to live in such a no-
torious locality as Slidertown, and cer-
tainly did not care to raise families
there.

While this was true, yet it was bad
both for employers and men. Men
were often late, anda system of docking
for lost time is irritating alike to em-
ployer and force. Then, too, men are
tired before the day’s work begins and
their services are not so valuable. Such
circumstances make it difficult for a
firm to get or keep high-grade work-
men. The men composing the National
Cash Register Co. are not the sort of
men to be beaten by circumstances,

Mr. Patterson, a man of broad culture
and kindly impulses, a man who be-
lieves the truest philanthropy is teach-
ing people to help themselves, with his
managerial force set their wits to work
to overcome the disadvantages sur-
rounding the homes of their workmen
and their own shops. The manage-
ment had a desk placed at a convenient
point in the shops and all employes
were invited to state their complaints,
grievances and wishes for their com-
fort, with suggestions for improvement
in work and machinery for the shop.

I wish I might tell you of the beauti-
ful results which have sprung from these
confidences between employer and em-
ployed; of tke large, cleanly toilet and
bath rooms for both men and women
employes; of the top floor of one build-
ing put in fine order as a lunch room
for the several hundred women em-
ployed in the shops; tables and all the
room in snowy-white paint, while the
great white pillars supporting the roof
are twined with growing vines; of the
hot lunches at cost; of the rest rooms
for those taken suddenly ill, and of
many other things which make this es-
tablishment the most altruistic manufac-
tory,I believe, in the world. But I can
not do this, for this article is devoted
to the village improvement work inaug-
urated by Mr. Patterson.

About five years ago the company or-
dered all the old boxes, barrels and
rubbish cleared away from around the
factory and all its departments, and
sowed all the ground in grass and
planted shrubbery, trees and flowers.
Finally it was decided to employ scien-
tific help, and John Olmstead, of the
well-known firm of landscape gardeners,
was induced to come to lay out the fac-
tory grounds and the yards of some cot-
tages owned by officers of the company.

 

 

 

Mr. Patterson says: ‘‘By the follow-
ing year such a change had been
wrought that we thought it would be a
good thing if all the people of ‘Slider-
ton’ (now called South Park) only knew
how simply and cheaply this work could
be done. Mr. Olmstead showed us by
precept and example how to do it.’’
An improvement association was
formed, and Mr. Patterson secured an
exceptionally fine stereopticon and
showed by practical illustration the
tight and wfong way of planting a lawn.
Photographs were secured from Miss
Gould, Mr. Olmstead, the Vanderbilt es-
tate,and from the best home and foreign
sources, made into slides, until now the
company owns about 2,500 .colored
views, many of them as beautiful as
water color paintings. In addition to
these beautiful views are others in-
tended as object lessons, slides in plain
lettering which set forth the first prin-
ciples of landscape gardening, and so
thoroughly drilled are old and young in
these principles that Mr. Patterson tells
us even very young children in South
Park can tell you that the first principle
is, ‘‘Preserve open lawn centers;’’ the
second, ‘‘ Plant in masses, not isolated ;’’
the third, ‘‘ Avoid straight lines.’’

Then the audiences are shown, by the
use of slides, the style of planting
called nursery style, where trees and
shrubbery are dotted evenly all over the
ground; then the contrast is shown
where the flowers and shrubbery are
massed along the sides in curving lines,
leaving a clear space in the center of
lawn for play, work and grass.

Other slides illustrate the way to set
young plants in the ground, when
planted too shallow, too deep, when the
roots are all knotted, and then a plant
is shown which is set in the ground
just right. Slides are made of quota-
tions from great writers which help to
impress certain rules on the mind of the
reader, such as ‘‘The ideal garden is
one where there is something in bloom
from the snowdrop of earliest spring to
the chrysanthemum the latest autumn.’’
—La Mance. ‘‘Never cutatree. The
nurseryman must trim and prune to
make a trunk; but when once set in
our lawns, the beauty of a tree lies in
the grace of its extended limbs and
top. Chop off the tail of your dog, if
you must, and shear his ears, if you
will, but never cut a tree.’’—A. A.
Thomas. Such quotations as these, and
many others, are freely used and have
their effect. In addition to showing
these slides at the clubs, Sunday schools
and wherever opportunity offered, Mr.
Patterson and his aides talked of the
work constantly, until the people of
South Park thoroughly. understood what
was wanted of them. A most enthusi-
astic improvement association was
formed. Mr. Patterson offered cash
prizes for the best kept lawn, the best
alley, the prettiest backyard, and made
arrangements with florists, seedsmen
and nurserymen to furnish their stock
to this organization at greatly reduced
prices. The first year’s work of the As-
sociation worked such changes in South
Park that the prize offers were renewed
with additional prizes, which were con-
tended for by hundreds. To-day prac-
tically all South Park is organized to
fight dirt and disease and beautify the
entire town as well as individual homes.
Street vies with street, square with
Square, yard with yard, as to which
shall claim the honor of being the most
beautiful in South Park. :

But the Association had not all easy
sailing. There were plenty of those

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obstinate people who are pleased to call
themselves conservative. There were
plenty of indolent ones who objected to
the labor of cutting lawns and cleaning
alleys. For such the camera and stere-
opticon did the work. A blacksmith
who owned a vacant lot beside his shop,
which bore the accumulations of years
of ashes, old iron, broken vehicles, bar-
rels by the hundred, and weeds as high
as the shop, was a particularly hard
customer to handle. His sole answer
to all committees was, ‘‘If they wanted
that lot cleaned they could do it them-
selves, he never would.’’ One week
after a photograpb of the lot had been
made into a slide and shown to the
public that lot was in fine order. So
with lots owned by non-residents who
permitted lots to be used as a dumping
ground; photographs sent them usually
brought them to terms. Great difficulty,
too, was had with a street occupied
largely by washerwomen and char-
women. Their answer was they were
too busy with their work and washing
to attend to their yards and alleys; if
Mr. Patterson wanted them cleaned and
made pretty he could do it himself, they
wouldn’t.

Mr. Patterson invited about two hun-
dred of the most difficult women of this
street to an entertainment in the hall of
the National Cash Register Co. pro-
vided for South Park gatherings. They
were not told the nature of the meeting
when invited, but may have had their
suspicions. However, they were enter-
tained by Mr. Patterson and his friends
with the most winning courtesy. Music,
an exquisitely appointed dinner, served
in courses, and after dinner the stere-
opticon was brought out and did its
work. The contrasts of light and shade
were too much for them. To a woman
they joined the Association.

There are yet a few places in South
Park that are eyesores to the residents,
but this year a strong effort is being
made to remove the worst of them.

Persons who have high board fences
which they will not, or feel they can
not, remove are requested to cover
them with vines, and nearly all do so.
This is not only beautiful, but most
effectually shuts out the bill poster, who
would be severely punished if caught
tearing them down. There is not a
lamp-post or telephone pole in South
Park but that is wreathed with vines,
On miles of streets there are no fences
to be seen. In the older parts of the
town many fences still remain, but they
are usually made of wire netting and
used as a place to hang vines upon and
as a means of additional adornment.
The beauty of some of these streets is
entrancing. One street is pronounced
by Mr. Olmstead the most beautiful in
the world, size and cost of houses con-
sidered. i

One point dwelt upon by this Associa-
tion in this flower work is that the best
and finest effects are to be obtained
from our hardy annuals, such as morn-
ing glories, sweet peas, nasturtiums,
zinnias, chrysanthemums, phlox, pet-
unias, ricinus, while in bedding plants,
cannas, caladiums, geraniums and such
plants as can be depended upon in our
climate to give good results.

The good work done by this Associa-
tion is not confined to the lawns and
streets. It has a crematory for garbage
and a unique arrangement in which to
collect garbage. First in the yard is
sunk a tile, such as is used for sewers.
It is eighteen inches in diameter and
twenty-eight inches deep, the top of the
large end of the tile projects three

 

inches above the soil. The bucket to
fit in this tile is of galvanized iron, has
a lid and strong bail for convenience in
lifting and carrying it. It also has a
conical bottom, which precludes its
standing in any but its proper place.
This is both convenient and cheap, as
well as serviceable.

Has it paid, you ask, this outlay by
this corporation? Its answer is a de-
cided ‘‘Yes;’’ in comfort, health,
beauty and good citizenship. It has
been enabled to get and keep a superior
class of workmen. It has raised the
value of property. Now it is, the nearer
the shops, the higher the rent. It has
set manufacturers and social] economists
in this country and Europe to studying
and to copying. Yes, it has paid, and
paid well. Jessie M. Good.

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The Success of a Farmer’s Boy.
From Harper’s Weekly.

A banker, a lawytr and a preacher
sat in a parlor car on the Hudson River
Railroad enjoying the beauty of a Cen-
tral New York landscape. ‘‘On that
farm,’’ said the banker, pointing out of
the car window, ‘‘fourteen years ago
Dr. James F. McKernon, then a farm-
er's boy, tended a sick sheep. He was
skillful, gentle and patient; the suffer-
ing animal got well. There were vague
dreams of another life, of study and
struggle, on his mind, and the young
man borrowed some money the follow-
ing autumn and came to New York.
Eleven years ago he was graduated at
the Columbia Medical College—after
three years of work and recitation from
7 a. m. until 11 p. m., study until 1
a. m., and as scant time for eating as
for sleeping. In six weeks after gradu-
ation he was supporting himself, exam-
ining applicants for insurance in an in-
dustrial company. In five years he
was able to study a specialty in the
treatment of the throat and ear. He is
making $25,000 a year now, and works
just as hard as he ever did. He is one
instance of the farmer’s boy who comes
to the city and conquers fame and_for-
tune, but there are not so many now as
there used to be.’’

And there seems to be considerable
food for reflection in this last state-
ment. Perhaps one hears less of these
ambitious country lads than in the old

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Whistling in Public.
From the Philadelphia Record.

‘‘Nowhere but in the United States
and England do men and boys whistle
in public without shame,’’ said a_trav-
eler the other night who is on his way
around the world for the third time.
‘‘In France I have heard men hum on
the streets, and in Germany and Russia
I have even heard them sing, but not
even when they are intoxicated will
these foreigners whistle as we do. It is
odd that we should have this habit. It
is common to the wealthy and high born
among us, as well as to the poor and
lowly. Only this afternoon I saw a
young man, who aims at exclusiveness
and has a valet, whisting ‘Dolly Gray’
on Chestnut street as loudly as he could.
Here and there some one smiled lightly
at him, but he attracted ne undue atten-
tion, whereas, had he been in Paris or
in St. Petersburg, they would probably
have locked him up for a lunatic. _ The
Japanese and Chinese never whistle.
All those whom I have met do not know
how and they can not learn. I have
been informed, as a matter of fact, that
neither the Japanese nor the Chinese
language has a word for whistling.”’

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‘‘Even to the penny?’’ enquired the
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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

The Meat Market

Remarkable Development of the Dressed
e Beef Industry.

Twenty-five years ago consumers of
fresh meat depended entirely upon local
slaughter for their supply. Each town
had its own slaughter house, and the
animals slaughtered were home-grown
almost entirely. Rural communities
were supplied by home killing when
weather conditions would insure safe
keeping of the product. The use of
fresh meat, except in cities and towns,
was irregular and the staple of flesh
food was salted or smoked meats. The
quality of beef used in different sec-
tions under this old order of things var-
ied widely, each community being
largely dependent upon its own re-
sources of production. In some of the
larger centers of population there was a
growing trade in animals shipped on
the hoof to points of local slaughter,
but most communities depended upon
animals reared at home. There was
little uniformity in the quality of the
meat supply of the different sections,
ranging from the tough, stringy product
of the Spanish long-horns of the South
to the superannuated milch cow and
aged oxen that in New England went to
the block, after a lifetime of usefulness
in their especial fieids, up to the early
representatives of the present beef
breeds that found pasturage in the Cen-
tral West. Prior to 1870 what may be
designated as commercial killing of cat-
tle as distinguished from slaughter for
immediate use in the locality where
killed was confined to the manufacture
of smoked and salted beef, barreled beef
and beef hams. To make these prod-
ucts required neither large capital nor
especial skill, and as a consequence
there was no great reason for concentra-
tion in given localities. Up to this stage
in our meat-producing history natural
conditions favored the small butcher and
local slaughterer. He alone could sup-
* ply his community with fresh meat, and
the wholesale slaughterer had no advan-
tage over him in the production of salt
or smoked product. To illustrate the
supremacy of the local butcher at this
date, Chicago, the only import or
slaughter point for other than local con-
sumption, killed but 108,385 cattle, or
about 1.4 pounds of meat per capita for
the 38,000,000 population of the country.
In 1900, with the population of the
country reaching 75,000,000, Chicago
killed 1,794,000 cattle, or enough to
make nearly twelve pounds of meat per
capita, while three other points in the
West furnished a supply equal to an
additional fifteen pounds per capita.

 

 

 

Nowhere else in our industrial history
is there another case of so sudden and
complete a transition from small indus-
trial establishments to gigantic concen-
trations of capital as in the slaughter-
ing business.

Beginning with the local butcher fully
controlling the production of meat in
1870, before the close of the decade he
was practically eliminated. Such sud-
den revolution is necessarily the result
of some radical change in trade condi-
tions. In 1869 G. H. Hammond, of
Chicago, conceived the plan of shipping
fresh beef during the very cold weather
to points within easy reach. The car-
cass was hung in an ordinary box car
and routed to points which might be
reached before any change in weather
should cause loss. The venture was
profitable and when the weather became
warmer the burying of the meat in ice
during its shipment was but a short step
forward. From this point the develop-
ment of artificial cooling plants and in-
troduction of refrigerator transportation
were a natural sequence, and within five
years was firmly established the begin-
ning of the present dressed meat trade.

For some years the business struggled
with the prejudice against ‘‘Chicago
meat’’ which local butchers naturally
cultivated, and it was not until the early
*8os that the business began to develop
the overshadowing importance in the
country’s meat trade which it now pos-
sesses. While the sudden growth of
this business has been remarkable, the
concentration of it in a comparatively
small number of establishments is not
less so. As soon as the problem of trans-
porting fresh meat was solved it wid-
ened the field of the butchers’ operations
from the neighborhood to the world,
but successfully to take advantage of
the new conditions required the use of
enormous capital. Both capital and
experience had been acquired in Chi-
cago in prosecuting the business along
the old lines, the manufacture of salted
product, and on this account that city
was in a position immediately to oc-
cupy the field. It was already the great
cattle market; it was tributary to the
great cattle pastures; its operations in
hog slaughter had brought its packers
into business relations with all parts of
the country and it was but natural that
it should assume first place in the new
business. At this point, however, the
Chicago packer was still nominally at a
disadvantage in any contest with the
local butcher for his home market, be-
cause the local man had in his favor the
cost of refrigeration and transportation
from Chicago to his locality: The solv-
ing of this problem was simply the old

 

story of the relative cheapness of con-
ducting a large business, the small
economies being more than enough to
turn the scale. The complete utiliza-
tion of the by-products which the Chi-
cago packer practices and which in the
nature of things is impossible to the
small butcher is the secret of the transi-
tion from a local meat supply to a de-
pendence upon a few packing centers.
These economies of management, and
the creation of a money value for prod-
ucts formerly waste, represent not only
an excuse, but the reason for the exist-
ence of the great packing firms of to-
day. Where the old butcher slaughtered
in order to sell the meat and threw or
gave away the entrails, blood and refuse,
in a modern establishment if the blood
alone were allowed to go to waste it
would carry into the sewer all the profits
of the business. Every part of the ani-
mal is utilized, andeeven the undigested
contents of the stomach are washed,
dried and given a market value.

The utilization of products goes even
further. Where the carcass furnished .a
raw product the packer secures a man-
ufacturer’s profit by converting it into
the finished material. The profit which
the packer secures from this careful
utilization makes it impossible for the
small butcher to produce his meat at a
competing price, and his passing away
was therefore simply another illustra-
tion of the inexorable law of the sur-
vival of the fittest. To give a concrete

example of the effect of this utilization | ‘
upon the selling price of meat the fol-].

lowing facts are taken from the busi-
ness records of a Kansas City packer:
Forty native cattle, bought in Kansas
City at $4.55 per cwt., weighed on the
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756 pounds per carcass.

The actual cost of this fresh beef
dressed, after deducting the market
value of the hides and fat, was $6.55
per cwt. The cost delivered at New
York, where the meat was sold, was:

Cost at Kansas City per cwt., - $6.55
Freight per cwt., - - : 68%

Icing and re-icing per cwt., - .0og}
Shitshase 1% = a. - ae
Total, $7.44
This beef was sold in New York at
an average price of $7.37 per cwt. Ap-
parently this is less than cost, but the
packer had cleaned the entrails and
used them for sausage casing, made fer-
tilizer from the blood, pickled the tripe,
made glue from the head and sinews,
sold the livers, hearts, tails and brains,
canned the tongues, used hoofs and
horns, and in spite of the apparent loss
in the transaction had really secured a
fair profit. Asa matter of fact packers
consider Io per cent. of the value of the
offal a fair standard for their profit.
B. W. Snow.
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Cow-Killing and Meat-Dressing Contest.
From the Detroit Free Press.

Arrangements are being completed
by a committee of the Michigan Butch-
ers’ Protective Association for a big
public beef-killing and dressing contest
and barbecue to be given at Highland
Park August 27. This is the first ven-
ture.of the kind ever undertaken by the
Association, and probably the first of
the kind ever given in this part of the
country.

The prominent feature of the barbecue
will be the contests in beef and sheep
killing and dressing.

J. A. Reichenbach, Secretary of the
Association, says that an effort will be
made to get the women to attend, as the
gruesome features of death and the after
effects will be entirely done away with.
The work wili be done on platforms
erected for the purpose.

Secretary Reichenbach says that the
brutal method of hitting a cow on the
head with an ax wili not be used, but
that the animal will be shot instead.
Shooting, he says, is the most humane
way death can be dealt out to cattle.

The plan as outlined yesterday after-
noon is as follows: A large bullock will
be led up to the platform, on which the
dressers will stand. The animal will
be shot, and with a dexterous move-
ment the beast’s throat will be cut. The
platform will be so arranged that the
blood will scarcely be visible, so that
women who fear the sight of the fluid
of life will think they are at a foot ball
game or a pink tea, so neatly will every-
thing be done. The most offensive por-
tion of the work, that of removing the
entrails, will be done as slick as a fakir
works the shell game. A trap in the
platform will lead directly into a cov-
ered wagon. As soon as the head is
removed the body will be slit, and the
entrails will be shoved from sigh, with
one rapid movement. The clean car-
cass will then be ready for dressing.

Experts from all parts of the country
are expected to be here to show their
skill. There will be several contests in
the various grades of sheep dressing,
and prizes will be awarded on the _per-
centage plan. In other words, if one
man dresses a carcass in five and a half
minutes and another in six minutes, but
the first dresser marks the meat and slits
the hide in one or two places, each
blemish will add so many seconds to
his time. Thus the six-minute man, if
the carcass he dresses is perfect, will
be awarded the prize.

All the meat, and it will be of the
best, according to Secretary Reichen-
bach, will be roasted and an old-fash-
ioned barbecue will follow. In addi-
tion there will be an automobile race, a
horse race or two and several other

sports.
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Tender Tribute to the Cow.
At the opening of the great Wornall-
Robbins Shorthorn sale recently, held at

 

Kansas City, Col. Woods, the auction-
eer, paid the following beautiful tribute
to the cow:

Grand and noble brute; of all God’s
animal gifts to man, she is the great-
est. To her we owe the most. Examine
into all the different ramifications and
channels of our commerce into which
she enters, and note the result should
she be blotted out. A Sunday stillness
would then pervade the great stockyard
industries of our large cities, and grass
would grow in the streets. Seventy-five
per cent. of the great freight trains that
plow the continent from ocean to ocean
would sidetrack, for there would be
nothing for them todo. Fully 50 per
cent. of the laborers of America would
draw no pay on Saturday night, and our
tables would be bare of the greatest ]ux-
uries with which they are loaded. The
great Western plains that she has made
to blossom (financially) like the rose,
would revert to the Indian, whence they
came, and millions of prosperous homes
would be destroyed.

None other like the cow; there is not
a thing in her make-up, from nose to
tail, but what is utilized for the use of
man. We use her horns to comb our
hair; her hair keeps the plaster on our
walls; her skin is on all our feet and
our horses’ backs; her hoofs are made
into glue; her tail makes soup; she
gives our milk, our cream, our cheese,
our butter, and her flesh is the great
meat of all nations. Her blood is used
to make our sugar white and her bones,
when ground, make the greatest fertil-
izer, and even her paunch she herself
has put through the first chemical
process for the manufacture of the best
white board paper, and it has been dis-
covered that that paper is the most last-
ing material for the manufacture of
false teeth. No other animal works for
man both day and night; by day she
gathers the food, and when we are
asleep at night, she brings it back to
re-chew and manufacture into all the
things of which I speak. She has gone
with the man from Plymouth Rock to
the setting sun; it was her sons that
broke the first sod in the settler’s clear-
ing; it was her sons that drew the
prairie schooner for the sturdy pioneers,
as inch by inch they fought to prove
that: ‘‘Westward the star of empire
takes its way,’’ and the old cow grazed
along behind; and when the day’s
march was done she came and gave the
milk to fill the mother’s breast to feed
the suckling babe that was, perchance,
to become the future ruler of his coun-

try.

Who says that what we are we do not
owe to man’s best friend, the cow?
Treat her kindly, gently, for without
her, words fail me to describe the con-
dition of the human race in this coun-
try.
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Nut Sausages.

Vegetarians have been attending the
annual congress of the Federal Union
at Memorial Hall, Farrington street,
London, and hoping fervently for the
reclamation of the carnivorous millions
outside.

In accordance with the custom at these
annual gatherings, there was an exhibi-
tion of preparations from which every
vestige of the hateful meat was rigor-
ously excluded, and the popular light
luncheon was the rollicking lentil sand-
wich, with hop ale ‘‘on the side.’’

hardened unbeliever who visited
the exhibition was a little astonished
to discover at one of the stalls a plate
of what looked like cutlets. It was reas-
suring, however, to learn that they were
absolutely innocent of meat, and that,
like the rissoles on another dish, they
might be eaten without a blush by the
truest disciple of turnip.

Nut foods, molded to counterfeit the
shameless sausage; countless extracts
and preparations warranted to impart
more bone, brain, blood and muscle than
an entire herd of prize cattle, and in-
numerable tabloids, powders, syrups,
desiccated foods, breads, oils, biscuits
and soups, all suggestively named and
attractively put up, were on show for
the delectation of the faithful and the
conversion of those who wander in the
darkness of unbelief.

 

What Cold Storage Has Done.

Speaking about the progress made in
cold storage and its effect upon the sum-
mer life of a metropolitan city, a cold
storage man of Philadelphia says:

With the increase of refrigeration
plants there seems to be no end to the
possibilities of cold storage processes.
Butchers and produce dealers are no
longer afraid to take advantage of the
market for fear of having a iarge stock
spoil on their hands. They have only
to put it in cold storage and await a de-
mand which is sure to come sooner or
later. Meat and fruit are sold in Phil-
adelphia to-day that were put away six
months ago. There is no deterioration
in the quality of the meat, and it isa
fact that poultry improves by the refrig-
erating process.

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Coal Oil Meat Inspection in Denver.

The meat inspector of Denver, Col.,
has a system of disposing of the meat
he condemns that is all his own idea,

 

he says. He visits the retail markets
and looks at all the meat in the ice box
and on the racks. If he finds a piece
which has become tainted he pours coal
oil over all the condemned meat. In a
very short time the meat is saturated
and useless to the butcher. The meat
inspector declares that his plan is the
most effective and at the same time the
simplest ever tried. We take his word
for it that the method is simple, but
venture to say that the butchers of this
part of the country would not submit to
such a method. Because a quarter of
beef happens to be tainted on one spot
does not make the whole quarter unfit
for food. A little trimming would save
it. The coal oil spoils the whole piece.
Denver butchers are reputed to be great
fighters for their rights, but the reputa-
tion does not seem deserved when it is
known they ‘‘stand for’’ the coal oil
process of inspection.
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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

WILES OF THE TRAVELER.

 

Grocer, Yielding to His Importunities,
Buys What He Doesn’t Want.

Mr. Jones, the grocer, looked up from
his desk and nodded with a smile of
welcome. Bill Simms and the Weather
Prophet stopped quarreling over the la-
bor question, and the Oldest Inhabitant
slid off the salt barrel in such haste that
he tore his overalls on a projecting nail.

‘‘Blamed nice place’’ he growled,
running his thumb thoughtfully through
the rent. ‘‘That’s what I call criminal
carelessness. A feller what'll leave a
spike a mile long stickin’ out of a bar'l,
a purpost to spile folkses’ trowsers—a
feller what'll do that, b’gum, he orter
be ducked, dum if he hadn’t.”’

But nobody noticed the Oldest, for
Dave Collins, the grocery drummer had
entered and was shaking hands. And
this was the way he went about it:

‘Glad to see you, Uncle. Hope
you’re well. Rheumatism bother you
much this winter? Hello, Billy, you
here? Thought you'd be off to the
woods before this. A little lazy, Billy?
or is it a girl? And here’s Daddy, too.
Chickens don’t trouble the garden now-
adays, I erckon, eh, Daddy? Well,
Mose, how are you? Got the calf
weaned yet? Baby ain't through teeth-
ing, | suppose? Here’s a new thing in
a rubber doll I picked up down the road
and brought along. Hand it over with
my compliments, please, and say it’s
from her Uncle David. You see I have
a soft spot for the girls—I love ’em
all,’’ and the grocery drummer winked
slyly at the crowd, which responded
with a generous laugh.

“‘And now, boys,’’ he continued, with
the kind permission of Mr. Jones, I’m
going to give you each a sample of my
new brand of plug. No objections, eh?
All right. Well, this is a special brand
of my own. I got it up just to suit
Michigan trade, named it ‘Dave’s Own’
after myself, and I'll guarantee you
never saw its equal. It’s made from
the very finest Burley leaf that money’|]
buy, and the casing is my own pet for-
mula—no copperas, not too sweet, just
right. It is soft and cheesy, bites free,
is always a pleasant and lasty chew,
never makes the mouth sore, prevents
baldness, loss of sleep, nervousness and
hypochondria, and cures warts, corns
and _ toothache. I'm putting it up
against the so-called standard brands of
the tobacco trust, and it’s knocking ‘em
out just as fast as it comes to ’em. Try
a chew of this new and wonderful to-
bacco but please remember that it swells
in the mouth, and that you only need
half as much of this as of any other
brand.’’

The pleasantry and the tobacco were
well received, and while the plug was
making the rounds, Billy Simms, who
had made the first assault upon the
weed, could not let so good an oppor-
tunity for a little pleasant banter slip
idly by.

‘‘Careful there,’’ said he warningly
to the Oldest Inhabitant who, with his
toothless gums, was having some trouble
to remove a respectable portion, ‘‘ Don’t
swaller the plug. Terbacker’ll be ter-
backer in the spring ‘cordin’ to my
tell.”

“‘Don’t fret,’ mumbled the Oldest,
who had finally managed to tear off a
liberal allowance, ‘‘I never swaller
nothin’ I can’t digest. You needn't
Say nothin’. You sot there an’ e’t plug
like t’d be’n a chunk o’ pound cake,
when you had it, an’ cus you couldn't
hog the hull business you git mad ata

 

feller what is satisfied with a gen’leman’s
chaw.”’

“*Say, that air’s good chew’n,’’ vol-
unteered the Weather Prophet, from his
perch on the counter.

‘‘Un huh!’’ assented the Oldest.
‘*Jest like some we uster git in Kentucky
durin’ the army.”’

‘‘That’s the kind yo’ want to buy if
yo’ expect to hold my trade,’’ added
Mr. Simms. Billy was usually on the off
side, but he thought he saw a certain
advantage in currying favor with the
traveling man.

‘‘She’s t’ pesht plaig tebaccy I shall
haf taistet for a lang, lang whiles,’’
assented Angus McPherson. ‘‘I shall
buy it if it is no too high in t’ price.”’

‘I’ve see a sight wuss plug ’n this
‘ere,’ observed Mose, thoughtfully.
‘“You better buy some, Jones. It’d be a
good thing to treat your customers with
when they come to town. I bet it’d

help to draw trade.’’
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Mr. Jones and Dave Collins were
leaning over the desk, but it was the
siren voice of the drummer which was
heard.

‘‘T shouldn't think ten butts would be
much for you to handle. You see I had
you in mind all the while. You’ll need
to re-order before I get here again.”’

‘‘How much is sugar now?’’ asked the
grocer.

‘*Sixty-seven for Eastern. That’s the
only kind to handle, it—’’

‘*Sixty-seven cents a hundred? Gosh!
that’s cheap !’’ volunteered the Prophet,
who had sneaked up to within hearing
distance. ‘‘Take all he’s got, Jones,
you'll never get a better deal.’’

‘Sixty-seven cents a ton is the
price,’’ replied the drummer facetiously,
and the Prophet, who realized that he
was being made game of, lapsed into
brief silence.

‘Five sixty-seven, you know,’’ said
the drummer ina subdued tone. The
Statement was only intended for the
merchant, but Billy Simms, interested
in the affair, had strayed over to a
convenient position and he caught the
figures. In some unaccountable way
he either knew or guessed what was
meant, and exclaimed with an air of
disgust :

‘‘Holy Jeehosaphat! no wonder you
can afford to buy new buggies and have
yer house painted! I allers knowed
the’ was a good profit on sugar, but
didn’t s’pose a feller c’d make more’n
double on it.’’

The discussion soon became general,

“Put me down for a barrel of granu-
lated,’’ said the merchant.

‘All right, if you Say so, but hadn’t
I better make it two? The house Says
sugar is bound to raise soon, and you
might as well make the advance as any-
body.’’

But Mr. Jones thought differently.
‘*One will do for the present,’’ said he.

“Take two, Jones, take two!’’ urged
the Weather Prophet. ‘‘ You know you
allers buy yer stuff when it’s high, an’
git such little dabs of it an’ then charge
such all fired prices that it keeps us
fellers poor. Now I kin save lots o’
money buyin’ from Montgomery Ward.
He sells cheap down to Checaggo.’’

““Yes,’’ answered the merchant, ‘‘but
he won’t trust. You have to pay cash in
advance for what you get from him.”’

‘‘Course,’’ replied the Prophet. ‘‘ But
then a feller don’t mind payin’ fer his
stuff if he gits it cheap. What you
wanter do is to build a bigger store an’
then git out a catalogue.’

“It'd be a funny catalogue that Jones

 

would git out,’’ remarked Bill. ‘‘Big
bargains in pitater planters. Only $3
apiece. Bakin’ powders at cost. Last
of the lot goin’ at 49 cents a pound.
New style of dress gingum. Can't git
it nowheres else. Seventeen cents cash
in advance. Jones’s new ’intment fer
the jimjams $2 a bottle. Come up,
gents, come up. Your fer hard times,
Jonesey.’ ’’

A chorus of approving yells told Billy
that he had made a hit. But the mer-
chant was used to these sallies, and
looked on with a forbearing grin until
the laughter had subsided. He then
offered to either throw Bill out of doors
or to set up the cigars as seemed best to
the crowd.

A satisfactory adjustment of the affair
having been effected the business of
buying and selling was again resumed:

‘‘How’s flour?’’ asked Mr. Jones.

‘‘Four twenty for Gold Label,’’ was
the reply.

‘Couldn't make it even four?’’

‘“Great Scott! no. The house says
flour’s going fluking in a week or two,
and not to push it at any price, but of
course with old customers I always
make my own figures. ’’

‘All right, then. Give me five bar-
rels at $4.’’

‘*But I tell you I can’t do it.
won't allow it.’’

‘You just said you made your own
prices, didn’t he, boys?’’

‘‘That’s what he did,’’ answered
Billy so promptly that no one could
truthfully accuse him of inattention.

‘‘Course he said it,’’ assented the
Weather Prophet looking wise.

‘Yes, Mr. Jones. I don’t know but I
did, but if I did, I didn’t mean it that
way. You know what I mean. I meant
that—’’

House

 

‘‘Don't you buy a cent’s worth of
him if he backs an’ fills aroun’ like
that,’’ insisted the Oldest Inhabitant.

‘IT would like to buy some flour, but
I expect to get it as cheap from him as
I can from Bruce's man,’’ said the
merchant addressing the gathering.

‘What kind 0’ blamed canned goods
is this?’’ asked Billy Simms, suddenly.
Billy bad been investigating the con-
tents of the drummer's open grip, and
was examining a round nickel plated
box with considerable curiosity.

‘‘That hain’t canned goods, yo’
blamed lunatic, that’s terbacker,’’ said
the Weather Prophet. ‘‘Don’t yo’
know nothin’?’’ i

‘“‘Le’mme see it,’’ demanded the Old-
est Inhabitant. ‘‘It looks like one o’
them rigs that fellers that used to come
her’ a fishin’ afore the railroad was built
kep’ their reels into.”’

“*You’re mistaken, boys,’’ said the
drummer, ‘‘it’s only a collar box. Now
about that flour, Mr. Jones, you know
what kind of stuff Bruce sells. You
wouldn’t put it on your table and you
couldn't eat it on a bet. What you want
is good stuff and that’s what we give
you in Gold Label. Always handle the
best and there will be no complaints. ’’

‘Yes, I know Gold Label is all right,
but Bruce’s flour is good, too. I’ve got
lots of trade that likes Bruce’s goods
better’n yours. I ain't very particular
which kind I buy.’’

‘‘I might shade the price on a round
shipment. Could you use twenty-five
barrels?’’

‘‘How much cheaper would it be?’’

‘‘Oh, 1 might make it $4.10 seeing
you’re an old customer.’’

“*Call it $4, and I’ll take five.”’

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but I won’t guarantee that it'll be
shipped at that price.’’

“‘No, I don’t want but five. Put me
down for five at $4, and it’s a go.’’

“‘All right,’’ said Dave, ‘‘I’ll put it
down on account of your being the old-
est customer I’ve got here, if you’ll
give me a nice order for that plug. I
tell you, Jones, you don’t want to pass
that up. That’s going to be the biggest
seller this year. It’s just—’’

‘“You mean it’ll sell better this year’n
it will nex’,’’ suggested Billy Simms.

The drummer ignored the joke.

‘‘T mean that it will sell this year and

next year and the year after. It’s not
only a seller, but it’s a stayer. It—’’
‘“‘Stay on the shelf, hay?’’ inter-

polated Mr. Simms.

‘*It’ll be a success and a repeater,’’
continued the drummer, ‘‘and if it
don’t go with you it will be because you
keep it in the back room and tack a rat
poison label on the box.’’

‘*How much does it cost?’’

‘‘Well, you know what Spear Head is
worth to-day, and the price goes up
again the first of the month. This is a
better piece of goods and worth more
money. We ought to get forty-five for
it, but to introduce it, we will bill you
out ten butts at even money and give
you a pound free inten. That puts it
down to you at a figure that gives you
about 50 per cent. margin, and it ought
to satisfy most anybody. Is it a go?’’

‘‘Oh, by the way, I forgot to order
any package coffee,’’ said Jones, com-
ing to himself. ‘‘What’s the best price

on that?’’
* x *

‘*I don't see how I can use any of
that tobacco at present,’’ said the mer-
chant wearily wiping his face. ‘‘I’ve
got just lots of plug on hand now, and ]
don’t want to load up any more. It
just keeps me a humping to pay the
bills for what I do need. I guess I'll
let it go this time.’’

‘*But I want you to have it. Tell you
what I’ll do. Give me an order for ten
butts and you can have the exclusive
sale for this town. That ought to be
some inducement.’’

**No, I don’t want it. Got plenty.’’

**But you haven’t this brand. Say
ten, and I’ll prepay the freight on the

‘shipment. ’’

‘Oh, I'd like to accommodate you,
but I don’t need the goods to-day. 1’ll
talk with you next trip.’’

‘‘I want you to have it in and half
sold before my next trip. Ten butts of
‘Dave’s Own’ wouldn’t last as long as
a snowball in the other world. Besides
that, if it'll help out any, I’ll give you
thirty days extra on the bill. You
needn't ever accuse me of not giving
you all there is ina deal. Just think
of it. Fifty per cent. profit; freight
prepaid ; thirty days extra dating and
the biggest seller on the American mar-
ket to-day. Besides that it looks now
as though we couldn’t get the goods fast
enough to fill our orders, and tobacco,
plug especially, will be worth more
money inside of two weeks. It’s a
cinch, Mr. Jones. A_ positive cinch.
Shall we make it ten?’’

‘‘If it’s that good, he ought to take
some his own self,’’ suggested the Old-
est Inhabitant, with a sweet but grimy
smile.

‘*T ought, indeed,’’ said Dave, in a
mournful tone. ‘‘I’d like to. I know
of nothing that would please me more,
but I’m poor. 1 haven’t a dollar in the
world that isn’t tied up so I can’t get
at it. Do you suppose for a minute
that if I was able to buy margins on the

tobacco market I'd be here? I guess
not. I’d have a summer cottage, a
yacht and a stable and a red auto-
mobile. I’d spend the Fourth in Spitz-
bergen and Christmas in Honolulu.
You bet I wouldn’t chase around North-
ern Michigan with my _ shoes full of
sand in the summer and my hair and
beard frozen stiff before Thanksgiving.
I'ma missionary, 1 am. I go about
doing good to others. If I can’t get
rich myself, I take it that the next best
thing is to make others wealthy, and
I’m doing it every day of my life in
my poor, weak and humble way, ac-
cording to the best lights I have. At
present my principle and mastering
ambition is to make ten thousand mer-
chants rich and happy by selling them
one hundred thousand butts of ‘Dave's
Own’ between now and the first of Sep-
tember. But I can't do it without their
help. Shall I make it ten, Mr. Jones?’’
And Mr. Jones said ‘‘yes.”’
Geo. L. Thurston.
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Rather Work for an Individual Than for
a Corporation,

I recently received a letter froma
grocery clerk in a neighboring city,
from which I quote the following :

As you seem to travel a good deal, I
take the liberty of asking you a ques-
tion. I am a young man of 28, em-
ployed by a grocer with two other
clerks besides myself. There does not
seem to be much future here for me, so
[ would like to get in the service of
some large corporation, such as the big
meat firms, like Armour and Swift, of
Chicago. Will you kindly tell me how
to go about applying for a position in
such a company?

Will I help this correspondent to get
a job with a big corporation? No, but
[ will do, or try to do, something better
for him—I will endeavor to show him
and any other young men of a like state
of mind that it would be a great mis-
take to leave the service of an individ-
ual employer for that of a big corpora-
tion.

{ would rather a mighty sight be an
employe of a man, even although a
small man, than of the average corpora-
tion. And I have been an employe of
both, so I know something of what I am
talking about.

Every corporation is as cold-blooded
asa fish. A corporation in law is de-
fined as ‘‘an artificial person’’ and that
is exactly what it is, too. It is just as
warm-hearted as a wooden image.

THis is especially the case with the
big Chicago meat houses. Several
months ago a certain Chicago house had
an agent in Philadelphia. So far as he
knew, he was doing satisfactory work;
in fact, certain of the officers had given
him to understand that he was pleasing
the corporation perfectly.

One day a salesman presented himself
to the agent. He had come, he said,

 

to do a little special work. All big con-
cerns send out salesmen this way every
ence in a while. The agent treated
him sociably and set him to work.

After a few weeks had passed, the
agent, who even then had never received
any complaints about his work, was
suddenly and curtly informed that the
salesman had been appointed his suc-
cessor and that his services were no
longer required.

Cold-blooded? Well, I’ve seldom
seen anything more so. How many in-
dividual employers would treat an em-
ploye like that?

Another case I can cite is even more
cold-blooded. It is on another meat
house, too.

Another of these packing houses,
which had never had any trade to speak
of in this section, sent a man here. He
opened an office and, against apparently
overwhelming odds, he has built up in
two years and a half a splendid trade—
a business so big, in fact, that the con-
cern has had to move out of its original
little office and take an entire building.

It was an uphill job and the salesman
who represented these people over-
worked. He was so anxious to succeed
that he abused his strength, and for
three months past has been decidedly
below par, although keeping up the
work just the same.

Some time ago this salesman began
to realize that he had to let up or lose
his health, so he applied to the man-
ager of agencies for an easier position
until his strength came back. This was
promised at once.

Last Monday morning a stranger en-
tered this salesman’s office and handed
him a letter. It was short, curt, busi-
nesslike. It directed the recipient to
turn over the office and its effects to the
Stranger, who ‘‘would hereafter repre-
sent them inthis territory.’’ Coldly and
unfeelingly the old salesman’s services
were said to be ‘‘no longer required.’’

This is the sort of concern into whose
service my young corresepondent de-
sires to enter. I had a darned sight
rather go into politics, for even there
you are surer of your job. In politics
the high-mucky-mucks will stick by
you as long as you are useful to them;

 

 

 

in the service of the big corporations
even usefulness does not count.

All these big concerns are alike.
Take the second case I cite ds a sam-
ple. Here was a fellow who wore him-
self out in the service of this company
—he succeeded, too. They kept him
on the pay roll, I suppose, until the
last remnant of his waning strength had
been squeezed out, then out he goes to
make room for another man, who will
be thrown out in the same way when he
has been used up.

No matter how hard the individual
employer is, he is better than the aver-
age big corporation. An employer who
sees you every day has a chance to get
acquainted with you. He sizes you up
—if you are doing good work he knows
it. He gets to be your friend if you are
decent--maybe he visits your house and
you visit his.

It is different with a corporation.
The head of it, who does not know 1
per cent. of his men by sight, gets a re-
port handed to him some day showing
that such and such a department is cost-
ing so much torun. At once he gives
an order to reduce the force in that de-
partment, and out go twenty or twenty-
five men with families, like sheep with-
out a sheepfold. What does the giver
of that order care? Is he moved by any
consideration for their families? Not
much ; he does not even know they have
families, and he cares nothing about it
anyway. His clerks represent to him
sO many automatons who cost the com-
pany so much a month.

The definition I cited a while back is
a mighty good one for a big corpora-
tion—'‘an artificial person.’’ I’d rather
work for a natural: person with some
blood in his veins, that I could borrow
a chew from occasionally.—Stroller in
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MICHIGAN

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Woman’s World

Scrutinizing Faults and Frailties Before
Marriage.

Last week a pretty New Jersey girl
went out driving with the young man to
whom she was betrothed. On the way
the horse became stubborn, and the
man, flying into a violent passion, be-
gan to lash it cruelly. When they re-
turned home the girl promptly broke the
engagement, saying that, when a man
could so easily lose his temper and so
brutally flog a horse, the woman marry-
ing him would take the same chances
of ill-treatment, and she declined the
risk,

It seems to me that the pith of all the
wise advice, from Solomon down to the
present day, on how to be happy, al-
though married, is comprised in that
little story. It throws a sidelight and
a searchlight on the importance of look-
ing before you leap into the abyss of
matrimony. It emphasizes the neces-
sity of assuring yourself that you are
getting a diamond of the first water, in-
stead of a rhinestone, before you invest
your all init. Itis applying downright
hard, irrefutable common sense to the
place in life where it is needed most
and where it is scarcest.

No engineer on earth would be fool
enough to dash on with his train in the
face of a red signal of danger. No
pilot would fail to heed the hoarse cry
of the bell buoy when danger was evi-
dent; but the average man and woman,
more reckless than they, rush heedlessly
on into unsuitable marriages that wreck
their happiness, in spite of the fact that
every inch of the way is placarded with
warnings of disaster.

It is our way to speak of domestic in-
felicity as if it were an unavoidable ac-
cident, instead of purblind folly.
Ninety-nine times out of a hundred the
people who come to us with their tale
of woe are simply reaping the reward
of having defied reason and logic. The
theory is that the victim in an unhappy
marriage has been deceived. To ad-
mit that is to admit oneself an idiot,
There are always plenty of opportuni-
ties before marriage to find out what
sort of person you are marrying. There
are little traits of character, little
meannesses of disposition, little uncon-
genialities of disposition that are like
red danger signals by a railroad track
flashing warnings in letters of fire. If
we do not choose to heed them it is our
own fault, but nature sets the signals
and there is plenty of time to stop and
side track if we will only doit. The
lives of millions of women are made
miserable, for instance, by the cruelty
of their husbands. I do not mean,
either, that stratum of society in which
a brute comes home drunk at night and
physically beats and bruises his wife. I
mean the man who outwardly conforms
to all the conventions of a gentleman
and who would never dream of striking
a woman, yet who sneers at his wife’s
opinions, who derides her judgment and
holds her weaknesses up to ridicule. A
word can cut deeper than a blow and
many a woman in society would gladly
change her wounded heart for the black-
ened eye of her sister in the slums and
feel herself the gainer.

But can any woman, in such a plight,
looking back, honestly say she had no
warning? Did she ever see the man
overbearing and insolcnt to servants?
Did she notice that his dog cowered
away from him and came fawning and
trembling and with drooping tail at his

 

 

 

call? Was he impatient with children
and satirical at old people’s expense?
Be sure that many a woman sees that
in the man she is going to marry. It is
her fate shouting warning to her with a
voice like a megaphone, and yet in the
face of it all she goes on and admires
him, only to find herself ill-treated and
abused the moment she ceases to be a
novelty and a plaything.

Among all the millions of her sex the
New Jersey woman alone seems to have
had foresight enough to realize that the
man who would be brutal to a horse
would be brutal to a woman the minute
she got in his power. The Savage
cruelty was there that delights in tor-
ment, the brutality was there, for all
the outward polish and civilization, and
in any stress it was bound to come out
and ‘vent itself on the nearest helpless
thing—and in married life that is al-
ways the wife.

As for those other cases in which a
girl marries a dissipated man, believ-
ing she can reform him, or a lazy,
good-for-nothing, thinking he will work
for her sake when he never has for his
own, nothing need be said. If a person
hasn't enough sense to keep out of the
fire nothing short of being put ina
Straight jacket can prevent them from
being burned. I suppose every woman
has a right to wreck her life if she
wants to, but when she does she ought
to have courage enough to keep her
troubles to herself and not burden the
rest of the world with lamentations be-
cause everything has turned out just ex-
actly as she was warned it would.

I never knew but one consistent wom-
an in this respect. She married a hand-
some and dissipated young fellow to re-
form him. He did not reform, of course,
but she never uttered one moan to her

 

 

 

family or friends nor one reproach to
him. When he went off on long de-
bauches or was brought home staggering
drunk she was tender, cheerful, loving,
as if he had been all that the most crit-
ical could ask in a husband. ‘‘I knew
what I was doing when I married Char-
ley,’’ she said, ‘‘and I have nothing to
complain of. I took the chances.’’

If women refuse to heed the warnings
they get before marriage men are even
more averse to taking a tip from fate.
Every man cherishes in his secret soul
the illusion that he can form his wife’s
character and that being married to
him is going to work a revolution of all
her tastes and beliefs. It is a charming
theory—the pity of it is that there is not
one grain of truth in it. What a woman
is before she is married she is going to
be after the wedding and down to the
grave. Women change much less in
character than men. A man is broad-
ened by going out into the world, where
he realizes that he must meet new ways
of doing things, new points of view—
change with the changing times or else
be left hopelessly behind. A woman’s
life is generally shut within her own
home, where everything tends to narrow
her down and conform her in her pre-
judices and opinions.

A wife with a shrewish tongue can
make a home a purgatory. One who
is extravagant and thriftless and waste-
ful will keep her husband’s nose to the
grindstone all his days and balk his
every ambition. One who is narrow and
envious and prejudiced can rob his life
of all sweetness and companionship.
No man of ordinary intelligence can be
engaged to a girl without finding out
whether she possesses these traits of
character or not; but did you ever know
of a man being wise enough to be

 

 

 

 

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warned in time and refusing to marry
a woman because he discovered faults
that would be obliged to cause him fu-
ture misery? Never.

Yet how would it be possible to erect
a more potent danger signal before
him? How can any man in his senses
fail to remember that a husband is al-
ways the scapegoat for a high-tempered
woman's spleen? When he sees Maude
dressing far beyond her means and _ her
poor old father bent and worn with try-
ing to pay her bills, can he doubt for a
moment that the man who marries her
will have to toil like a slave to support
her extravagance? When he finds that
he can not argue or make Janet see rea-
son on the simplest subject does it need
a prophet to tell him how exasperating
such a pig-headed dunce will be to deal
with through the many problems of do-
mestic life?

To me one of the most pathetic sights
in life—and it is very common—is the
broad, intelligent, cultivated man mar-
ried to the doll baby woman whom he
has hopelessly outgrown. Sometimes
she still has the pretty face that is the
visible excuse for his folly. Sometimes
she is getting old and has lost even
that; but always there is the tragedy of
utter unsuitability and lack of compan-
ionship. She does not understand—she
never can understand—the things that
mean most to him and between them is
a gulf deeper than the grave and wider
than eternity.

Why, why, why, we ask ourselves,
such a marriage? How could he ever
have dreamed she would suit him?
What made him do it? The answer al-
ways is the same—he refused to give
heed to warning. He was bound to see
that she did not know the things he did,
he couldn’t help seeing that she was
silly and childish, pleased with child-
ish toys and gewgaws; but he was
charmed with the pretty face and he
thought he could breathe a soul into his
sawdust doll and when he found out his
mistake it was forever too late.

We can lay no more important truth
to heart than this. Marriage works no
miracles, We do not acquire a new set
of angelic virtues with our trousseaux.
When we marry a person we marry their
bad qualities as well as their good and
it is a wise man or woman who scrutin-
izes the fauits of the future partner be-
fore marriage and is blind to them after-
wards. Dorothy Dix.

—-> 2 —__
New Fields For Women.

Lady Jeune, who, as wife of one of
the most distinguished jurists in Great
Britain, occupies a prominent position
in London society, has interested her-
self recently in the working woman and
her problems. Lady Jeune has’made
the interesting discovery that the un-
trained woman who is suddenly called
on to earn her own bread has a hard
time getting work. The same remark
appears to apply with equal force to
men; but Lady Jeune does not waste
any time on the masculine sex—she is
thinking only of women. She writes:

I. wish some of the many good and
practical women who have the interest
of women’s lives and future at heart
would give us some idea of the great
need of new fields for women workers.
The question is one of capacity, for,
although there is no difficulty in find-
ing plenty of work for capable and well-
educated women, it is the average
woman who finds the market more and
more crowded year by year. Take the
case of a woman of the upper classes
with no particular intelligence or train-
ing, who from unexpected reverses is
obliged to earn her living, but who finds
all ordinary fields of work overcrowded

 

by women who have acquired by prac-
tice some knowledge and experience,
What chance has she in entering the
lists with those who have been working
all their lives at a trade or business, and
even then find it hard enough to make
both ends meet? The number of women
obliged to earn their living is increas-
ing, whether because they can not marry
from the increased cost of living or the
unnatural instinct of so many women in
these days against the married state.
It is difficult to say. They are not rich
enough to live on their little fortunes.
On every side these women now tell us
that the difficulty at finding some new
means of employment is becoming
greater and greater and that the old
professions are overcrowded.

Is there any work which has not been
thought of or devised which will open
up a field of labor for them? Emigra-
tion is not popular, and although when
peace is re-established in South Africa,
there will be an unlimited field as yet
unappropriated, we doubt much whether
many English women will have common
sense enough to leave the old country
and start in the new land, which, never-
theless, is so full of promise and _possi-
bility.

There is no doubt that for women of
Capacity there is no dearth of work.
Any woman who is worth anything can
always find work to put her hand to,
which wili not only give her employ-
ment, but an income, so that it is not
for such that we are anxious or fearful
of the future. Such are not the women
of whom we write, but of the amateurs
who are quite unfit to fight the battle? of
life. They have to contend not only
with the capable women who can _ stand
alone, but with another class of women,
who, while having some means, often
an independence, are infected with the
passionate desire of their sex nowa-
days to do something, and find that
something all the more desirable and
attractive if it can produce some remun-
eration. One is not thinking of the
women who long ago possessed special
gifts, but were debarred by prejudice
and fashion from using them, but of
those who undoubtedly. might have done
so had they wished, but who preferred
the personal pleasure they derived from
their acquisition to the applause of the
public.

It is women like these who are over-
stocking the market and making exist-
ence so hard for their sisters who want
to work and make their living. It is
hard, and, indeed, an impossibility, to
prevent people who have the power and
opportunity from using it, but it in-
creases the problem and makes the dis-
covery of new fields of work for women
imperative.

The patience and perseverance with
which women endow their work is one

 

of the secrets of their success. A girl
throws all her heart and soul into what
she undertakes; a boy may do_his best,
but in a much less earnest manner. It
is for women such as those, who are
driven to work, but who, from want of
a high standard of capacity, are obliged
to work at an ever-increasing pressure
and to expend so much more energy
and industry than more capable women,
that one would like to find new fields.
They are a somewhat difficult class to
assist, for they are not of the people,
and by birth and association are un-
fitted for domestic service or factory
work, They can not be milliners, dress-
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they earn a living by making cakes and
Sweets, by being manicures or face
beautifiers, but they are increasing in
number every year, and we see no in-
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difficulty for these women to marry and
the fact that the most highly-educated
and successful women have the first
chance of fulfilling that natural career
make their positions still more hope-
less and fill the minds of those who are
interested in their future with anxiety
deep and a keen desire to endeavor to
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Butter and Eggs

Observations by a Gotham Egg Man.

The chief topic in the egg market
during the past week has been the
wretched condition of most of the stock
arriving and the demoralized values for
the undergrade goods. We have had
many times before during hot weather
serious trouble with heated, hatched and
rotten eggs, but the recent experience
has seemed to about cap the climax.
The public refrigerators here were near-
ly all filled up so far as room available
for eggs is concerned, and it has been
difficult to find a place for any more.
Naturally the demoralized condition of
the market for under grade eggs has been
tempting to speculative buyers among
the cheaper class of trade, but except
where room has been previously en-
gaged and held in reserve it has been
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Almost every succeeding day last
week brought stories of sales at lower
and lower prices. At the beginning of
the week $2 per case seemed to be about
bottom, but there were many goods of
poor quality that could find no outlet
and later still lower prices were fre-
quently accepted. Finally a good many
hundred cases of badly hatched and
heated eggs, showing losses ranging
from 20 to 26 dozen to the case, sold at
$1@1.50 per case and we heard of in-
stances where stock had been received
in such rotten condition as to be entire-

ly worthless.
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Many of the egg stores have smelled
aloud during the past week and some
lots have been condemned by the health
authorities. The instance noted last
week of live chickens being taken from
a case of eggs has heen followed by sev-
eral others in which dead chicks have
been found; these were probably killed
by a better refrigerator service.

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There has been a good deal of specu-
lation as to the effect of the recent ex-
cessive waste upon the situation of stor-
age accumulations, but while it is gen-
erally considered that the storage situa-
tion is somewhat improved by the heavy
shrinkage in current production, there
are many who think the future can not
be saved by it. Of course the generally
bad condition of current arrivals has
made a shortage of good eggs and forced
dealers to go to the refrigerators for
some of the reserve stock, and such of
these as have been used have shown a
profit on their original cost. But it is
quite certain that all the good eggs
taken out have been replaced by cheap
heated eggs going in and this exchange
of good eggs for poor by the refrigera-
tors is likely to go on as long as_pres-
ent conditions last, unless prices should
continue so low as to materially curtail
the quantity of eggs marketed.

* * *

The cold storage eggs used here up
to this time have been chiefly such as
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quently be used with a slight profit in
range of 14@15c now and a good many
of them have been taken out in order to
get cool stock, free from hot weather
defects. Some dealers who have no such
reserve to draw on have bought refrig-
erator * eggs of about the same character
from receivers who stored them and
have paid 1414@15c, but the quantity of
desirable storage eggs available at those
prices is not large because most of the
eggs put away are on full season’s
Storage rates and can not be profitably
sold under 15%@16c. In a few in-
stances these prices have been paid for
something choice, but no important
business can be expected at the higher
level until the short storage eggs are
more closely worked out.—N. Y. Prod-
uce Review.
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Review of the Storage Egg Situation.

As the season for putting eggs in
storage is over and the time for dispos-
ing of the stock has not arrived, it is
rather early to predict the future for the
holder of storage eggs. This country
is large, and, with storage houses scat-
tered over it and new houses added
every year, it is difficult to get at the
volume of stock in store at the present
time. The early pack was heavy.
There is scarcely any room to doubt
that, but it is generally believed that
few of the inferior quality of late eggs
have gone into the coolers, and, if this
is correct, the stock will be generally
high-grade. To keep up a good fall
consumption is half the battle. The ex-
treme heat which has prevailed during
June from the Rocky Mountains to the
Atlantic coast has destroyed thousands
of cases of eggs in the hands of farmers
and country storekeepers who have no
places fit to keep eggs during the heated
term. In some sections the candling
losses for the first week in July broke
all previous records,and that means less
eggs to go into consumption and great
difficulty to satisfy particular trade in
quality. Present receipts are far infer-
ior in quality to fine April stock now in
storage, and there may be an oppor-
tunity to draw out some April eggs to
satisfy the most exacting buyers, who
experience great difficulty in finding
the quality they want in current re-
ceipts. This will brigbten the outlook
for storage eggs this fall. It is known,
however, that very few receivers are at
all anxious to take first-class stock from
the coolers.—Egg Reporter.

+130 >____
Poultry Shippers Warned.

Speciai notice is issued by the IlIli-
nois Humane Society to shippers of
poultry that unless reforms are effected
prosecutions will follow. The Humane
Society more particularly _ protests
against the shipping of chickens and
turkeys in the same crates, the result
being that the larger birds maltreat the
smaller. Chickens often arrive at the
end of the journey lacerated from the
attacks of the turkeys and are thus _ren-
dered unmarketable, and the shipper is
the loser. As a pure question of econ-
omy, therefore, animals of one species
and size should as nearly as possible be
shipped by themselves. The Humane
Society announces that in the future it
will prosecute the responsible parties in
such cases.

MILLETS,
FODDER CORN,
BUCKWHEAT,
DWARF ESSEX

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Prices as low as any house in the trade consistent with quality. Orders filled promptly.

ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., Sec Siemeis 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 un 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 anda 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.

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23

 

The New York Market

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

New York, July 20—If anybody is
doing more than the smallest possible
business in coffee, he has escaped at-
tention. It simply makesa man mad
to ask him how business is, for there is
almost a complete cessation everywhere.
The receipts at primary points continue
large, 51,000 bags arriving at Rio and
Santos Thursday, against 16,000 bags at
the same time last year. Roasters as
well as jobbers tell of light demand and
no change is looked for in the near fu-
ture. Rio No. 7 is quotable at 57c
and possibly this is 1-16c too much for
some invoices. In store and afloat the
amount aggregates 1,183,907 __ bags,
against 689,894 bags at the same time
last year. Muild sorts are quiet, roast-
ers making only small orders. Good
Cucuta is worth about 73%c. East In-
dias share the common lot and are dull.

Old crop teas are not sought for and
new crop are not especially active, al-
though, as is generally the case at the
beginning of the sedson, some enquiry
is shown for Formosas. New Japans are
steady and range from 17%c.

Aside from some little disturbance in
quotations the sugar market has moved
on without any practical change from a
week ago. The amount of new business
is comparatively small and most of the
transactions consist of withdrawals un-
der old contracts.

Rice shows daily improvement. The
hot weather seems to have improved the
prospects and dealers are _ generally
pretty well satisfied with the outlook.
Domestic, choice to head, 54% @6\c.
Foreign sorts show little animation and
yet matters might be worse. Japans are
worth about 43/c,

Save for increased strength reported
from abroad for cloves, which feeling is
reflected here, the spice situation is
about unchanged and dulness character-
izes the market generally.

Absolutely nothing is being done in
grocery grades of molasses. Very small
stocks seem to be carried and, with
cooler weather, dealers are looking for
very decided improvement. Good to
prime, 17@3oc.

The canned goods market begins to
take on an appearance of life after a
long period of stagnation. Whether the
drouthy conditions in the West or the
big consumptive demand have done
most to create activity is a question, but
it seems quite clear that there is more
enquiry for future goods. Peas are in
good request and, in fact, the whole
line of goods, both in New York and
Baltimore, shows improvement, the latter
city especially reporting an activity not
seen before for many a month.

Lemons and oranges—in fact, the
whole line of foreign green fruits—have
sold extremely well and lemons, espe-
cially, have been sought for at prices
“‘way up.’’ Extra fancy Sicily are
worth as high as $6 and it is hard to
find any amount of desirable fruit for
less than $4.75. __

Dried fruits show little, if any,
change. Currants are off a trifle.
Prunes seem to be rather better and yet
the situation is not especially cheerful
for our California friends.

The demand for best Western cream-
ery butter is good, but the price hangs
at the old figure of 19!Zc, with seconds
to firsts 17@19c; Western imitation
creamery, 15@17c, the latter for fancy ;
factory, 14@15c.

Cheese is demoralized. The quality
of a large part of the arrivals shows the
effect of heat and altogether the situa-
tion is unsatisfactory all around. Full
cream colored is worth 9c for fancy
stock.

 

 

 

Nothing is more certain to be ‘‘un-
certain’’ than the average egg these
days and, while the supply of really
good stock is not large enough to go
around, there is an abundance of ‘‘aw-
ful’’ goods. If the best Western will
Stand the test it will fetch 16c for prime
goods, but a large part of the arrivals
will not bring over toc if that.

Beans are quiet and the market shows
few, if any, changes. Choice marrows,
$2.55; choice pea, $2. Io,

——_seo___—__
Nutriment in Quail Eggs.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.

‘‘ Few persons are aware of the fact,’’
said a well-known physician yesterday,
‘‘but it is true, nevertheless, that the
egg of the partridge is one of the most
nutritious things in the world. They
are not used for eating purposes except
in very rare cases, and then it generally
happens in remote rural districts. 1
have known negro families in the State
of Louisiana during the laying season
to live on the eggs of partridges. And
they would flourish handsomely and
grow fat on account of the rich _proper-
ties of the eggs. These eggs, of course,
never find their way into the market, be-
cause they are never taken from their
nest except by such persons as | have
mentioned, and they rob the nests, |
suppose, because their principal food
supply comes from this source. Quail
meat comes pretty high in the market
at all times and the average man will
find it more profitable to spare the eggs
and wait for the birds when the hunt-
ing season rolls around. These men
would pass a hundred nests in one day
without disturbing an egg. The sport of
hunting the birds is an additional in-
centive.

‘‘The average negro does not care so
much about this aspect of the case. He
figures that the white man, having the
best gun and the best dog, will beat
him to the bird. So he goes after the
egg. One partridge will lay anywhere
from a dozen to twenty eggs, and a nest
is a good find. I know of many fam-
ilies in rural sections who feast on these
eggs in tthe laying season. I have tried
the egg myself as an experiment. |
found it peculiarly rich. It has a good
flavor, is very palatable, and, in fact,
is altogether a very fine thing to eat.
Really, I believe that the egg has more
nutrition in it than the fully developed
bird, but, of course, as one of the men
fond of the game in the field, I would
like to discourage the robbery of the
nests, ’’

—__2»___
Using the Other Man’s Cry.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The residents of Lawnview avenue
were visited by two hucksters a few
mornings ago. Each of the hucksters
had a wagon of ‘‘garden sass’’ and each
wagon was drawn by a horse that had
seen better days.

The first huckster was a man of strong
vocal attainments. He bellowed forth
the nature of his goods in a voice that
penetrated between the pickets of the
side gates and meandered clear around
to the back doors.

It was a large, robust voice that left
nobody in doubt as to the freshness
of his vegetables and the ripeness of his
berries.

The second huckster, who followed the
first at a discreet distance, was not
gifted vocally. His mild voice, how-
ever, was far reaching.

‘* Po-ta-toze, kebbages, onions, straw-
brees, rawsbrees, ripe currants,’’
shouted the first huckster,

‘‘Ve haf de same on dis vaggin,’’
cried the second huckster.

And so they passed down the street,
the first huckster fiercely yelling:

** Po-ta-toze, kebbages, onions, straw-
brees, rawsbrees, ripe currants!’’

The second huckster mildly adding:

*“Ve haf de same on dis vaggin.’’

 

Equal to the Occasion.

‘‘Colonel,’’ she said when they were
alone on the stairway, ‘‘father tells me
you are a man who never fails. He says
when you undertake to carry a point
you carry it; that if you are sent to
raise a siege, you raise it, and he says
he believes if you were sent out to find
the North Pole you would hoist the flag
on it.’’

“*Yes,’’ the bluff old soldier replied,
“‘that’s me, and when I want to get out
of a corner I escape. Excuse me, over
there's a friend of mine that I want to
see on particular business. ’’

AIAN

Established 1876

Charles
Richardson

Commission Merchant

 

——_+>2.____
American Egg Exports.

Taking into account the five years up
to and including 1898, 61 per cent. of
the eggs exported from the United States
were sent to Cuba, 20 per cent. to Can-
ada and 11 per cent. to Great Britain.
During the same period 96 per cent. of
the eggs imported came from Canada,
3 per cent. from China,and the remain-
der from various other countries,

Geo. H. Reifsnider & Co.

Commission Merchants
and Wholesale Dealers in
Fancy Creamery Butter, Eggs, Cheese

Long Dist. Phone 158 A, 158 D
321 Greenwich Street, New York
References: Irving National Bank of New York

and Michigan Tradesman. AAARARAAARARARAARRAR
Butter and Eggs Wanted

Write for Cash Prices to

: R. Hirt, Jr.,
34 and 36 Market Street, Detroit, Mich.

References: City Savings Bank and Commercial Agencies.

F. P. REYNOLDS & CO.

Dealers in Foreign and Domestic

_ FRUITS

Berries, Early Vegetables, Cranberries, Sweet Potatoes. etc. Send for quotations.
12°14-16-18 Woodbridge Street West, 40-42 Griswold Street,
DETROIT, MICH.

Fruits

Carlots a Specialty

58-60 W. Market St. and
121-123 Michigan St.
Buffalo, N. Y.
References—City National Bank,

Manfrs. & Traders Bank, Buffalo, N.
Y. Any

 

 

Commercial
Agency, or make enquiry at your
nearest bankers,

responsible

 

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: Wholesale
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Established 1876. Phones 504.

H. F. ROSE & CO.,

Fruits and Produce on Commission
24 Woodbridge Street West, Detroit, Mich.

Members Detroit Produce Exchange and National League Commission Merchants.

Correspondence solicited. Reliable quotations furnished,

prompt returns.

D. O. WILEY & CO.
20 Woodbridge St. West, Corner Griswold, Detroit, Mich.
Commission Merchants

Quick sales and

 

 

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Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Country Produce

We solicit consignments of Fruits, Butter, Eggs and all Country Produce.

References: Preston’s National Bank, Mercantile Agencies.

J.B. HAMMER & CO.
WHOLESALE
FRUIT AND PRODUCE DEALERS

Specialties: Potatoes, Apples, Onions, Cabbage,
Melons, Oranges in car lots. Write or wire for prices,

119 E. FRONT ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO

 

 

 

 

 

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4 . QO. SNEDECOR Egg Receiver

36 Harrison Street, New York

REFERENCE:—NEW YORK NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK. NEW YORK

during hot weather.

All sales case count.

 

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Window Dressing

 

 

Advantage of Having Plenty of Extrinsic
Attractions.

Good window’ work will not, of
course, fail to attract the attention of
people to a store. But there are places
where all windows are trimmed about
equally well or where the style of trim-
ming is of the same general character
in all the shops handling the same class
of goods. So it is sometimes desirable
that the merchant shall attract the atten-
tion of people by extrinsic aids to busi-
ness that shall insure special attention
to his windows. Some merchants in our
large cities accomplish this by having
on the outside of their store a bulletin
board on which they record the changes
in the weather. People soon get into
the habit of stopping to get the latest
weather news, and, of course, give a
passing glance at the windows. Thus
the habit is formed of watching the
changes made in the window displays.
Another good plan is to have a large
thermometer attached to the front of the
building. If combined with a barometer
(and an explanation of their method of
working), the two together make a much
appreciated addition to the sources of
interest of the community. Farmers are
always interested in the weather, and
would appreciate barometric indications
especially. There is always a consid-
erable portion of the community inter-
ested in athletic sports. A_ bulletin
board, giving the result of the ball
games will draw a large crowd and will
prove a special source of attraction. In
the large cities some merchants make a
practice of buying the latest editions of
the papers and pasting the front sheet
on a portion of the window pane. Any
matter of general interest is treated in
this way, and people who have not time
to read a paper are very glad to get a
passing glance at the latest item of
news. The same plan is followed by
others with the comic papers. A ~-sheet
or two from the latest issues of the
comic weeklies is pasted to the window
pane or to the panes or an outside show
case, and people will be attracted to get
the latest joke and laugh over the latest
witticism. It pays to put people ina
good humor, and the man who on his
way down town gets into the habit of
stopping for the latest joke will have
pleasant recollections of the store, and
is apt to become a purchaser. Sidewalk
clocks are nothing new, but it is curious
that so many merchants are not con-
scious of the value to business of a good
timepiece in front of their store. In
many a town there is no public time-
piece conveniently and conspicuously
placed, and much discomfort is caused
thereby. A good large clock which is
kept absolutely accurate is a great con-
venience and people will go out of their
way to see what time of day it is.
These devices are valuable to bring
people to the front of the store. If,
after having brought them there, the
windows are dressed with articles that
are useful and attractive to the people
gathered together, there can be no
doubt that attention will be paid to
the goods on display and that sales will
sooner or later be made. Of course,
these extrinsic attractions do not and
can not take the place of the regular
window displays. Pasting up the front
of a window with clippings or cuts is a
shabby and wretched practice if it is
.done to atone for the lack of window
’ effect. But, used judiciously in con-
nection with regular methods of attract-

 

ing trade, these things are valuable and
useful. Every store should have some-
where about it a timepiece situated in
sight of everyone. People often have a
spare half hour in which they would
like to doa little purchasing, but they
feel that they must-keep an eye on the
clock. They dislike to keep asking a
salesman for the time, and a clock
plainly visible is a convenience to
them. It would not be a bad idea for
a merchant to keep in his window a
good chronometer, so that people will
get into the habit of setting their
watches by it. A furnishing goods or
clothing store will make its windows at-
tractive and valuable to the male _por-
tion of the community in this way, and
men are not likely to avail themselves
habitually of the use of your chronom-
eter without reciprocating by the pur-
chase of your goods. Another extrinsic
attraction which is especially valuable
at this time of the year isa good drink-
ing fountain. In a town where there is
no public drinking place some mer-
chant during these hot days could
profitably keep a tank of ice cold water
before his store for the accommodation
of all comers. The cost is small, the
benefit conferred on the thirsty is con-
siderable, and people are not apt to
forget the man who does the thing.
It does not hurt to have a few fans on
the counters of the store for the con-
venience of customers. If electric fans
can be had they should be put about
the store so that customers will enjoy
their cooling influence. These things
are trifles, but they do much to make a
store tolerable on.a hot day.
* * *

A window trimmer must consider the
effect of light in fading goods, and
when his windows have a sunny outlook
must be prepared to shade them as
much as possible from the sunlight.
When the store awning does not suffice
for this purpose it is well to make an
additional screen of a broad strip of
unbleached muslin. On the comers of
the strip rings are sewed, so thaf it can
be stretched across the front of the win-
dow pane outside the store and fixed in
place by hooks set in the casing. When
a store is on a dusty corner, where
every shower is likely to result in
splashing the glass with mud stains,
such a strip of cloth will make much
window cleaning unnecessary. —Apparel

Gazette,
—_—>2->—____

Druggists Suffer From Blackmail.

Druggists in Brooklyn are on guard
nowadays against the operations of a
gang of swindlers who are working a
bold blackmailing game. The scheme
is to have a simple prescription filled
and paid for, and then to have the pur-
chaser return with the medicine, to
which he has added poison, declare that
it contains poison and has made his
wife dangerously ill, and threaten to
sue the druggist for his alleged blunder.
If the druggist becomes frightened at
the idea of a suit for damages, and
thinks it may be possible that a mistake
has been made, he may accept the sug-
gestion of the blackmailer to settle the
case out of court. The amount of settle-
ment is said to vary from $50 to $200.

be CMR pae
Seven Sundays in a Week.

The first day of the week, as every
one knows, is the Christian Sunday ;
Monday is the day kept sacred by the
Greeks; Tuesday is the Persian day of
rest; on Wednesday the Assyrians wor-
ship; Thursday is a holy day among
the Egyptians; the Turks keep Friday,
and the Jews Saturday, as their Sab-
bath.

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It is easy for a youth to paddle his
own canoe when his parents buy the
canoe and paddle for him.

 

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CAN CIGAR FACTORY

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

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Trade Supplied By:

B. J. Reynolds, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Phipps,

Penoyer & Co., Saginaw, Michigan.

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This is the finest Cigar Case that we have ever made. It is an elegant piece of store furniture and
would add greatly to the appearance of any store.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip
President, GEo. F. OwEN, Grand Rapids; Sec-
retary, A. W. Stir, Jackson; easurer,
JOHN W. ScurRaAM, Detroit.

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

Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. ¢. 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.

 

 

Why So Many Traveling Men Remain
Single.

There are to-day quite a number of
bachelor drummers, quite too many.
There are some who assert that a drum-
mer has not the right to marry, that he
is absent from home so much that he is
really better off without a wife. This
may seem correct in some cases, but not
always. I was talking on this subject
not long ago to a lady—a drummer's
wife—and expressed these same doubts
to her, when she enquired why I was
still single. ‘‘You are foolish,’’ said
she. ‘‘On the contrary, there are no
wives who think more of their husbands,
no marriages which are happier, as a
whole, than those of the traveling men.
The most of them can arrange to come
home quite often, and there is always a
hearty welcome for the tired drummer
when he comes home from a trip. Why,
were they so inclined, they have no
chance to get tired of each other; they
have a right to marry; they should get
married, and it is a shame that so many
bachelors roam through the country.’’
Thus spoke the little lady, and she was
quite sincere; but there is another side
to the question: Is it altogether through
the fault of the men that there are so
many bachelors? Is it not often self-sac-
rifice which prompts us to walk through
life single and alone? A_ couple of
weeks ago I called on some young ladies
and, as usual, this favorite theme was
discussed. They asked me that pointed
question, why I did not follow the ex-
ample of some of my more fortunate
friends who had taken out marriage
licenses lately. I regretted to have to
answer the question as | did, but it be-
hooved me to tell them that I could not
well afford it, to take unto myself a
wife, simply for the reason that 1 was a
drummer with a limited income and not
able to provide one with the luxuries
which she had been used to in ‘‘her
happy home.’’ Although making a
fair salary I surmised that it would take
more than I am making to give the girl
I loved all the comforts and pleasures
she had received from her parents. At
the same time, not having any experi-
ence in that particular line, I made en-
quiry from the young ladies what in-
come they deemed necessary to support
either of them. One said $2,500, the
other thought it would require $3,000 per
year. At a glance my chances were
gone, my fondest hopes buried, for,
really, at times I have entertained aspi-
rations. Being well acquainted with the
young ladies, however, I undertook to
get a fellow for each of them, but up to
date I have made a dismal failure of it;
for I found out every time when | tried
to interest a really. nice man that he
would never do because he fell short of
the limit stipulated. Now, those girls
are not hunting husbands, for they have
a happy home and everything they
want. I simply desire to illustrate how
hard it is for a poor traveling man who

 

happens to meet with a girl whom he
might love, when he must discover that
his income is too limited to have the
love reciprocated. Oh! what an evil
thing money is, and what tortures the
drummer must go through! It seems to
me that, according to a man’s income,
he must gauge his affections and not
entertain for a moment the affections of
a girl who happens to live in affluence.
Better the love of a poor girl than that
of a rich one if you can not support her
in the manner she has always been used
to, for that love might die a rapid gait.

S. H.
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Gripsack Brigade.
Traverse City Eagle: W. G. Ben-

jamin, formerly with the Mutual Life
Insurance Co., has accepted a position
as traveling salesman for the Kimball
Piano Co.

Muir Tribune: Frank Gillio has se-
cured a position with E. Bement’s
Sons, of Lansing, as their traveling rep-
resentative in Alabama, Georgia and
Tennessee.

Lansing Republican: Charles Christ-
ler, of Detroit, formerly of this city, has
taken a position with E. Bement’s Sons,
and will travel in the northern part of
New York State.

Lansing Republican: Mr. and Mrs.
T. E. Reynolds will soon move to Sag-
inaw. Mr. Reynolds, who has been a
traveling salesman for Morley Brothers,
will take a position at the headquarters
of the firm.

Holland Times: E. C. Richards, who
has had charge of the order department
at the West Michigan Furniture Co.
for several years past, will go on the
road as salesman on Aug. 1. He will
cover the Southern and Southwestern
States.

Carry the word along that Coopers-
ville needs a hotel! and is determined to
have it. The location is a good one for
a man of moderate means and will con-
tinue to improve with the advent of the
interurban road between Grand Rapids
and Muskegon.

A. R. Thayer, one of the oldest drug
travelers in Michigan, died of Bright's
disease at his home in Saginaw Mon-
day. He was for several years in the re-
tail drug business in Lansing, then went
with Swift & Dodds, later John J.
Dodds & Co., and Michigan Drug Co.
and for the past four years has repre-
sented Morrison, Plummer & Co., Chi-
cago, in Eastern Michigan. He was a
stockholder and officer in the Valley
Drug Co.

Referring to the election of A. H.
Dane as Secretary of the newly-organ-
ized Kaiamazoo Stove Co., the Lansing
Republican remarks: ‘‘Dell,’’ as he is
best known, was formerly manager of
the Western Union telegraph office in
this city. He afterward traveled two
years for E. Bement’s Sons, seven
years for the Detroit Stove Works, and
nine years for the Michigan Stove Co.,
gaining in all eighteen years’ experi-
ence in the stove business. He was,
without doubt, the best known travel-
ing salesman in Michigan. His many
friends here are gratified to learn of his

success,
3 4>____—___

Up-to-Date in Every Respect.

Grand Rapids, July 17—Kindly no-
tice the new train from Detroit at 12:35
p. m.—with which our train from Grand
Rapids at 7 a. m. connects—which ar-
rives at Buffalo at 7:10 p. m., making
the run by daylight. This new train is
up-to-date in every respect and com-
sleep the service to Buffalo.

J. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent.

 

Folly of Unnecessarily Antagonizing the
Traveling Salesman.

He must be a very dull merchant who
does not treat his customers with cour-
tesy. Any man who has even a spark
of the trading instinct feels intuitively
that it is impossible to establish profit-
able commercial relations with anyone
by treating him simply as a_purchas-
ing machine. Every man has his own
ideas, tastes, prejudices and, above all,
feelings. He may become accustomed
to differences of opinion, he may dis-
trust his own tastes, he may be ashamed
of his prejudices, but the man who
tramples on his feelings arouses in him
a deep although latent antagonism.
If there is any fool in this world it is
the fool who plays wantonly on other
people’s passions. Sooner or later he
pays the penalty of his folly.

It is a curious thing that there are so
many retailers and retail buyers who,
while painfully careful of the feelings
and interests of their customers, are
utterly oblivious to the feelings and in-
terests of the commercial travelers with
whom they come in contact. Let a man
approach them as a purchaser and they
are all smiles and suavity. Let him
approach them asa seller and they do
not even treat him with common de-
cency. They seem to feel an ignoble
pleasure in visiting upon the head of
the wholesaler’s agent all the snubs,
meannesses and contemptible tricks that
they suffer from their customers. Like
the man who, when whipped on the
Street corner, went home and beat his
wife, they seem to feel that it is safe to
disregard the feelings of the commer-
cial traveler. As a consequence there is
many a merchant doing business with
traveling men who, while booking his
orders, curse him in their hearts, not
because he is a close or shrewd buyer
that they can not over-reach, but be-
cause to get his order it is necessary to
put up with an amount of indignity
and humiliation that stirs their deep re-
sentment.

Business is business and a commer-
cial traveler or any other solicitor for
patronage expects to put up with dis-
comfort and annoyance, but no one has
the right to ask him to patiently endure
unnecessary humiliation. He who does
shows an amount of conceit, an ignor-
ance of the world and a capacity for
making enemies that sufficiently prove
his own insignificance as a man and a
merchant.

There are men on the road as else-
where who can not be too severely
treated, but they are exceptions. The
average traveling man has an excep-
tional knowledge of the world, excep-
tional powers of observation and insight
into character and conditions, and an
inside knowledge of goods and men that
makes him a mine of information, a
traveling storehouse, for the people
with whom he comes in contact. With
his access to the credit men cf great
wholesale houses, his acquaintance with
other traveling men, and his many re-
lations in the great markets of the coun-
try, he is a commercial factor whose
influence it is hard to overvalue.

What folly it is to excite without
provocation the ill-will of such a man.
What stupidity it is to irritate him and
antagonize him unnecessarily?

If merchants could hear the estimates
and criticisms that commercial travelers
pass on them among themselves they
would often be amazed and astounded
at the things said. It is just that kind
of keen, incisive criticism, gathered
from a wide comparison of men and

 

methods, that it is useful to get at in a
friendly way. The traveling man can
give many valuable hints and sugges-
tions to his friends. He can, while
booking their orders, withhold much
valuable information from customers
who have antagonized him, and he can
do both without any violation of confi-
dence. A traveling man said not long
ago: ‘‘There’s C—, of Blankville. I
never sold him a bill of goods and never
expect to, but I never visit the place
without calling on him. I sell his rival
in the town, but C— is my friend. The
other man I do my duty by. C— always
treats me pleasantly; the other man
rarely does. I have given C— many
valuable hints. He appreciates them
and I have been of material service to
him with other traveling men. He’s a
good fellow and popular with the men
on the road.’’

If a merchant can not see the advan-
tage of having the good will of the
traveling fraternity, let him remember
that credit and the amount of consider-
ation shown the retailer by the whole-
sale house are often materially affected
by the traveling man’s favorable or un-
favorable attitude toward him. It’s a
hard thing to be hard on a man whom
you like, and the reputation of being a
nice man to do business with is a val-
uable moral asset. Again, it is a good
thing to have the good will of the men
from whom you never have bought and
never expect to buy goods. The time
may come when they can speak a word
for or against you. The prestige for
good or evil built up about us by the in-
voluntary estimates or actions of other
people has its fruit as much as our di-
rect efforts.

A buyer in an Eastern city who was
well known for his lack of considera-
tion to wholesale houses lost his posi-
tion. Fora long time he was unable to
get another. In speaking of the matter
an acquaintance said, ‘‘Half a dozen
men of less ability than he have stepped
into positions that he might have had,
but he antagonized all the people who
otherwise would have been glad to help
him, and so he has been left out in the
cold.’’

One can never tell in this world when
or how he will reap the fruits of his
courtesy or discourtesy toward others. A
merchant is a fool if he wantonly sub-
jects any class of men with whom he
comes in contact to treatment that rouses
their antagonism. He should and will
suffer somehow for his folly.—Apparel
Gazette.

 

 

Reserved for the Boys

In view of the congested condi-
tion of the Petoskey hotels durin
the summer season, I have adde
thirty-five rooms to the

Imperial Hotel

which I have set apart for the
use of the commercial trade at $2
er day, although my regular
ransient rate is $2.50 to $4. I be-
lieve this arrangement will meet
the approval and hearty patron-
age of the boys.

W. E. H MARSH, Petoskey, Mich.
P-oprietor Imperial Hotel.

The Warwick

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

A. B. GARDNER, Manager.

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.

 

 

 

  

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

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Drugs--Chemicals

Michigan State Board of Pharmacy
Term expires

 

 

L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - Dec. 31, 1901
HENRY HEIM, w - - Dee. 31, 1902
Wirt P. Dory, Detroit- - - Dec. 31, 1903
A. C. SOHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904
JOHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids Dec. 31, 1905

ee A. CG. ee Ann Arbor.
retary, HENRY 1M, Saginaw.
Treasurer, W. P. Doty, Detroit.

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

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

 

 

 

Suggestions of Value to Druggists and
Clerks.

The writer has tested many sugges-
tions for removing silver nitrate stains
from the hands, and has discarded many
of them as indifferent in action and im-
practical. Sodium hyposulphite de-
mands too much persistency to be com-
mended ; a solution of potassium iodide
without supplementary treatment does
not accomplish what has been claimed
for it; ammonia water alone is a tedious
expedient to use; oxalic acid is not sat-
isfactory. The most satisfactory method
for effacing these discolorations is to
first freely apply tincture of iodine to
the stain, rubbing it well over the
darkened spot, then making a plentiful
application of diluted ammonia water.
Two or three such ‘‘double doses’’ may
be necessary if the color be very de-
cided. We seldom fail by this method
to pretty thoroughly efface all evidence
of having handled silver nitrate. Stains
twenty-four hours old have been di'ssi-
pated by this process. Sometimes a
rubefacient action will leave the skin
pink in places, but this color soon dis-
appears; and even while it lasts it is
far to be preferred, we think, toa deep
brown stain.

An iron mortar should be kept in a
dry atmosphere, not in a damp cellar.
If left to rest for a time where rust may
form, it will be found unfit for use when
wanted, until some measures have been
taken to rid it of the effects of damp-
ness. The pharmacy of to-day as we
find it practiced in the average drug
store does not call the iron mortar into
requisition so frequently as did the
pharmacy of our fathers; therefore it is
but natural it should accumulate cob-
webs and dust—but not rust. Keep the
iron mortar remote from dampness. You
use it sometimes, and it is not an agree-
able task to free it of a deep deposit of
rust. “Emery-paper will accomplish the
aim possibly better than any other ex-
pedient. A piece of it may be tied to
the end of the pestle or a padded stick
and the device rotated and moved about
in the bottom of the mortar, exerting a
suitable degree of pressure; possibly a
piece in the fingers will suffice.

Indeed, as cleaning and polishing
agents, sand and emery-paper are very
useful about a pharmacy. There will
accumulate upon pots, pans, and metal
vessels indurated matter that will not
yield kindly to the polishing treatments
commonly prescribed. On metal con-
tainers used on an oil stove or range,
incrustations will form that can not be
as readily and effectually removed by
any other agent as with sand or emery
paper. With either of these mediums
we have seen copper and tin vessels, the
identity of which had been lost beneatb
a coating of incrusted matter, made
clean, bright, and new-looking. A fine
sand or emery-paper should be employed
for polishing, particularly such surfaces
as it is desired should present a_pleas-

| pensable requisite to cleanliness.

 

ing appearance. The attrition of coarse
sand-paper is too severe, leaving on the
metal decided scratches. Even fine
sand-paper will often scratch too deep-
ly. Fine emery-paper.is usually prefer-
able to sand-paper; it is slow, but sure ;
the results fully compensate for the ad-
ditional expenditure of time upon the
undertaking. An emery-paper known
as ‘‘QO’’ is applicable for the purpose
in view. Crocus cloth is a finer polish
medium appropriate for use on the sur-
faces of the better vessels.

A graduate brush at the sink to clean
the interiors of graduates is an indis-
The
fingers can not effect as perfect an elim-
ination of foreign matter, even when
the graduate is shallow enough to per-
mit of the tips touching the bottom. A
brush of proper shape and a liberal use
of sand soap is one of the best methods
of keeping graduates truly clean. They
should be cleaned inside and out with
sand soap and brush daily.

Metal screw caps on stock cans of tin
sometimes stick persistently. This may
very often be overcome by the applica-
tion of a little petrolatum around the
thread of the screw or the neck it cov-
ers.

When in the habit of measuring tur-
pentine, linseed oil, etc., in a metal
measure, bear in mind that the capac-
ity of a dented measure is less than that
of one perfectly symmetrical. Your
volumetric calculations will be some-
what in error if allowance is not made
for each and every indention in the sur-
face of the measure.

Joseph Hostelley.
——_> 2. __
Formula For Making Artificial Sponges.

A recent European invention is a
process for making artificial sponges.
The method is based on the action of
zinc choride on cellulose, by which
spongy compounds similar to starch are
produced. These products when placed
in water swell, and in an atmosphere
sufficiently dry soon become hard
again. The formula for making the
sponges is given as follows:

One hundred grammes of cellulose is
treated with four kilogrammes of a con-
centrated solution of zinc and sodium
chicride. This results in a plastic mass,
slightly viscous, to which is added
about a kilogramme of coarse bay salt.
The substance is then placed in a_ spe-
cially constructed mill and pierced with
two or three hundred holes, to form
canals, and is then placed in a bath of
alcohol and water for twenty-four hours.
These sponges can be produced quite
cheaply and possess great durability,
although they are said to be harder than
the natural substance.

——__>_+.__
Preservation of Spirit of Nitrous Ether.

Mr. Gilmour has investigated the
keeping qualities of spirit of nitrous
ether with a view of determining the
conditions most favorable for stocking
and preserving, and comes to the con-
clusion that the direction given in the
Pharmacopoeia is a safe guide, viz. :
‘*Preserve the spirit of nitrous ether in
well closed vessels, preferably in dark
bottles, and in small bottles.’? The fa-
vorable conditions, according to Mr.
Gilmour, are a cool underground cellar
with little daylight. The unfavorable
conditions giving rise to rapid deterio-
ration are a bright shop, too many win-
dows, too much sunlight, and keeping
in too large containers.

——_> 02> ____

To Dissolve Iodine Rapidly in Oils.

_Prof. Schmidt says iodine is quickly
dissolved in oils by first rubbing up the
iodine with one-fourth of its weight of

ot. iodide and a few drops of glycer-
ine, then adding a little oil, and rub-
bing up. The addition of the resultant
liquid to the rest of the oil and a sharp
agitation finishes the process.

 

Some Tried and Tested Veterinary For-
mulas.
For colic in horses:
Spirit nitrous ether, 28 gms.
Tincture opium, 28 gms.
Tincture aconite, 1.18 gms.

To be given in half a liter of water
and repeated if necessary in half an
hour.

For worms in horses:
Powdered areca nut, 60 gms.
Powdered gentian root, 60 gms.
Iron filings, 30 gms.

Divide into twelve powders. A pow-
der is to be followed by an emulsion of
oil of turpentine, 56 grams; soap solu-
tion q.s. to make an emulsion.

Tonic condition powder for horses :
Powdered nux vomica,
Powd. ferr. sulph., of each 30 gms.
Gentian root, 45 gms.
Aromatic powder, I5 gms.

Divide into twelve powders.

Diuretic powder for horses:
Resin, 90 gms. _
Potassium nitrate, 90 gms,
Buchu leaves, 45 gms.

Divide into twelve powders.

For harness or saddle galls and bruises:
Tannin, 12 gms.
Alcohol, q. s. to dissolve.
Boric acid, 90 gms.
Glycerin, q. s. to dissolve.
Water to produce 168 gms.

To be applied twice daily.

For fistulae :
Zinc chloride, 30.
Distilled water, 28.

Two days after the application of
this solution, the fistula should be
syringed with the following :

Creolin, 7.
Distilled water, 448.
For cracked heels:
Zinc oxide, 3.
Carbolic acid, 0.60.
Lard, 30.
——_> 29> ___
Why We Feel Hungry.

The sensation of hunger has not been
easy to explain. The new theory of a
German physician is that it is due to
emptiness of the blood vessels of the
stomach, and it is pointed out that hun-
ger is appeased with the rush of blood
to the stomach following the taking of
food and beginning of digestion. In
Many anemic patients, who have no
appetite when the stomach is empty, the
blood vessels of the stomach are really
congested instead of being empty. Lack
of blood in the stomach in health acts
on a special nerve, which is a branch
of the same nerve-trunk as the nerves of
the mouth and tongue. A stimulus ap-
plied to the tongue, as by a spice, thus
increases appetite, while disease affect-
ing the nerves of the tongue may pro-
duce loss of appetite, even when the
stomach is empty.

—_>2»—__
Displaying Tooth-brushes and Dentifrices.

An effective way of displaying tooth-
brushes and dentifrices is shown by a
down-town druggist in New York. He
had constructed in one of his windows
an expensive and showy shelved rack.
Below each of the four or five shelves
are places to hang the brushes. The
liquid paste and powder preparations
for the teeth occupy the shelves. Below
each bottle or tube is hung a brush, the
whole making a very pretty display.
Another druggist piles several hundred
brushes in his window, and on the top
of the heap puts this sign: ‘‘25c worth
for 10c. That's all. At the druggist’s in
Skedunk 25c. Here toc.”’

SS ne are
Lemonade for Diabetics.

The following is said to be useful for
assuaging the thirst of diabetics:

Citric acid, 1 gm.

Glycerine, 50 gms.

Cognac, 50 gms.

Distilled water, 500 gms.

>>

It is the early fish that catches the
worm—hook and all,

 

The Drug Market.

Opium—Is easier, but not quotably
lower.

Morphine—Has
ounce.

Quinine—At the bark sale at Amster-
dam last Thursday bark was sold for
about 10 per cent. lower than the pre-
vious sale. Manufacturers have not as
yet reduced their price.

Castile Soap—Is very firm, in sym-
pathy with prices abroad.

Thymol—Has again declined and is
tending lower.

Oil Pennyroyal—Peppermint and
sassafras are very strong and tending
higher.

declined toc per

a

Novelty in the Confectionery Line.

The candy counter in a drug store is
looked upon as indispensable by some
druggists, and they are always looking
for novelties to catch trade. To these
is offered the ‘‘Toasted Marshmallow.’’
It is the regulation marshmallow coated
with shredded cocoanut and then baked
until brown. The druggist who origin-
ated it makes his own candy, and it
finds a ready sale at 25 cents fora
pound package. His stock consists of
old-fashioned chocolate, chocolate and
toasted marshmallows, fig wafers, and
assorted chocolates.

 

 

 

Window Shade
Headquarters

 

 

Send us your orders. Large stock on
hand. Special sized shades our spec-
fjalty. Orders filled same day received.
Write for Price List and Samples.

Heystek & Canfield Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich

 

 

 

 

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32 and 34 Western Avenue
Muskegon, Mich.

School Supplies

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“Charity Covers a Multitude of Sins”

So does ‘‘Catarrh.” The time has gone by
when “Catarrh” is passed by by physicians
with a joking remark and a suggestion to use
salt and water. Up-to-date physicians realize
the complications that follow and prescribe ac-
cordingly. If they are not prepared to treat tne
case themselves—and few of them are—they
recommend a specialist. We gave you the symp-
toms of Nasal Catarrh; now append the most
common symptoms of

Catarrh of the Bronchial Tubes.

Have you a cough?

Are you losing flesh?

Do you cough at night?

Have you pain in side?

Do you take cold easily?

Is your appetite variable?

Have you stitches in side?

Are you low spirited at times?

Do you cough on going to bed?

Do you cough in the morning?

Is your cough short and hacking?

Have you a disgust for fatty foods?

Is th rea tickling behin’ the palate?
Do you feel you are growing weaker?
Is there a burning pain in the throat?
Do you cough worse night and morning?
Do you have to sit up at night to get breath?

Go or write to
DR. C. E. RANKIN,
Powers’ Opera House Block

Grand Rapids, Michigan
Graduate of University of Michigan and Illinois
School of Electro-Therapeutics
Mail Treatment

Dr. Rankin’s system of ‘“‘Home Treatment” is

well known ani emty eae. Send for free
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| Quillaia, gr’d........ 12 —— nis a = Opi cin iia 15 -
. Sassafras...... po. 20 15 | Sulphate po......... 15@ 18| Quassia .............

j Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix Mabie... 5, 5
es ‘ Extractum Asuna Rhei.. eeu 59
e.* Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25] Althe......0/72/7/7! a = Sanguinaria - 50
; Glycyrrhiza, po..... 28 30 Pe hica iat 10@ 12 Serpentaria .. ‘ 5o
Bor. Hzematox, 15 lb. box. 11 12 @ 8 ee Be cece 60
Hzeematox, Is........ 13 14 20@ 40 Tolutan . ee 60
Heematox, %48....... 14@ 15 po.i5 12@ 15 Valerian te ane oo ee 5p
a ae Hzematox, 4S....... 16 17 ae ‘Pv.15 16@ 18 aa Veride... 50
\ Ferru Hydrastis Canaden. @ 75l ewe 20
Jarbonate Preci 15 | Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 80 Miscellaneous
i est Hellebore, Alba, ie Ather, Spts. Nit.? F
i Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25 | Tula ’ - 2@ 15 pts. 0@ 35
| Citrate Soluble...... Tl pera ea +»  18@_ 22 Ather, , Spts. Nit. 4F H@ 38
Ferrocyanidum Bol. 40 Lie i po.. 3 = 3 75| Alumen............. 24@ 3
Solut. Chloride. . 15 Jalapa Ox. Po. 85038 40 Alumen, gro’d..po. 7 4 ENS
SoEenee, com i c pea . PE . 2G * Ai ry ie sine siaio wie oiccer = .
> ‘com’, by  —_| Maranta, s........
ve oer ant. . Podophyilum, po... 22@ 25 Antimonte Potasa T 40@ 50 Ww ‘ile
Sulphate, pure. ae nes eae 73@ 1 00) An Antipyrin .... @ 2 e wish to assure our customers that
ora Bhel prec) mt | Argent ee
> ne s eee 500 33 Arsenieum «0.7.0... 10 12 4
nthemis..........-. s ria 0. 15 1 a. ead Buds..
Anthemis............ — 3 es. 2 o 2 tee we Shall this season show an even more
Folia Senega 60@ 65 | Calcium Chior., 1s... @ 9 a ee eG ce se RCE ae
aioe 45@ 48 see officinalis i. @ 4 —— onior*  s:. @ 10
= wa @ 25| Calcium or. Ce @ 12
ia ; Acutifol, ‘Tin-
oat mg 2|Snaaee  H\aeNeeP 8 complete line of Holiday Goods than last
Cassia, 2, AGutifot, Alx. 30 moO... @ | Capsici Fructus, po. g 6
Salvia ia officinalls, 4s a Valeriana, ‘Eng.po.30 @ 25 Capsiel Fructus B, po @ 15 O
oe am 8@ 10 ae = 2 Carinine, No. pe — 4 year. ur Mr. Dudley will call and dis-
Gummi Zingiber j............ 25@ 27} Cera Alba.. - 5O@ 55
Acacia, 1st picked... 65 — Cera Flava. es a al a 8 2 l |
—- = ne = Anisum . .po. @ 12! Cassia Fruits . So 3 play Sampies aS soon as the new dines" are
cac’ Apium (sravéieons) 13@ 15/06 |
Acacia, sif sifted sorts. 98 | Bird, 1s. @ 6 —— g 10 —— |
cacia. 65 Carui.. --PO. eT 100 “situa |
Aloe, B: Li -18@! 20 14 oroform ... 55@ 60 :
an. eee poe 14| Cardamon.-......... 1 - 128@ 175 Chloroform, ‘squibibs | @ 1 19 complete. Our customers can place their
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 30 | Cannabis Sativa...) 4%@ 5 | Chon Le ee
Aseatetida.. 0 ——_ = Cydonium . ... E 5 75@ 1 00 ee es 380 28
Benzoinui on *: 65 | Dipti Oona. : , 8B 18) Cinchontdine, Germ. | 35@ | 48 entire orders with us this season at one
0 Beene eevee ceniculum.... 22... @  10| Corks, list, dis. pr.ct —
Catechu, %S........- 14 oe po. 7@ 9/¢ ’ -pr.ct. 70
Catechu, 448........- TLE 2... ~,..-.. = ha ae . = : ° . ;
' --DbL. 7 = @ 3 i
Campnotas ae oe 13 | Lin gia hG Grea, ap @ 2 time if they wish, saving the time and
+ S10 — ca oe Geeta, recip. ee %@ 11
5 5B % a “Miggt om 5 = a P troubl f looki
«ys g | simps Ab: 10) Cudbeag 000.00 “2 e of looking over several smaller |
wh a or 3 0g 3 = Frumenti, sates 2 00@ 2 Ether Sup h... 790 92 1 |
" Poline veces ett 25@  35| Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 0@ 2 = Emery, al numbexs. @ 8 lines. |
\ Shellac, bleached.. 40@ 45 | Frumenti............ 1 25@ 1 50| pmery, Po @ 6 —— |
¥ ’ th......-. 60@ 90 | Juniperis Co. 0. T... 1 65@ 2 00 Fie Wi “Po. 85@ 90
Horba Juniperis Co i? mastiag 2 15
-{= Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli : : ma : = Gambier 20.2022. 20 9
——. .0z. pkg 20 Vin — 5@ 2 00 Gelatin, Cooper Sok oe 60
Lobelia ...... oz. pkg 25 * 1 25@ 2 00 Gelatin, French. |... 35@_ «60
«le Majorum ....0z. pkg 28 s Glassware, — box 758 5
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 ponges Less than box..... 70
; Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 95 | Florida sheeps’ wool brown......... 11@ 13
oe. Rue.. .0z. pkg 39| _ Carriage........... 2 50@ 2 75 1I@ 25
Tanacetum V o2. pkg 22 —— wool o —— 25 °
ymus, V...0Z. P 25 2 50@ 2 75| Grana Paradisi...... 25 H l t & P ‘
~ » Memneaia Velvet extra sheeps’ Ba Sets “= = aZe ine erkKin S
Calcined, Pat........ 55@ 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ ChlorCor.. @ 9
Carbonate, Pat. ...3. 18@ 20| wool, carriage..... @ 1 25 Ox Rub’m 110
‘ : Carbonate, K.&M.. 18@ 20} Grass nape wool, g 1 20
beng ‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20| ca @100 50@ «60 T U O
Se. Oleum Hard, for sate Use @ % @ & ue
ellow Reef, for 7
Absinthium......... 6 50@ 7 00) “slate use.....!..... @140 700 1 00
ie 8 25 Syrups 3 40@ 3 60 : : :
2 00| Acacta nu  @ 8 2 60@ 3 8 Grand Rapids, Michigan
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== RNSADOR 6c 5. cs'sc ccc. g 50 ooo i
0 | Kerri fod... @ 2
10 | Rhei Arom.......... @ 5o 1 12
75 | Smilax Officinalis... 50@ 60 3
= mon gare g 50 1%
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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing,
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.
ble to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at

market prices at date of purchase,

Prices, however, are lia-

 

ADVANCED

Rolled Oats, Flour, Corn Syrup

Common Starch

Dried Apples
Canned Apples

Domestic Cheese

DECLINED

 

  

 

Index to Markets

 

By Columns
Col.
A
Akron Stoneware............ 15
Rie a
Pe 1
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B
Baking Powder............... 1
a Eee... 1
Bluing.. cates ceebek pecs ml
cr rae
aoe... 1
Mameor Golor........ 2.2... 2
Cc
oe 14
ieee 2
Canned Goods....... pees sea 2
Catsup eee
Carbon Olls fee Sees cee eae 3
ae 3
ane a. 3
ME 3
ene 3
— feees. 3... :
aon See 3
ee 3
Condensed Milk.............. 4
Coupon Books.............-.. 4
col ee ee 4
eam sereer ..........-. 5
D
eed Memiie.......:......... 5
F
Farinaceous Goods.......... 5
Fish and OF a ce aces 13
Flavoring Extracts........... 5
Se ee 6
rou Mes... 6
ae 14
G
Grains and Flour ............ 6
H
IEG
Hides and Polts.............. 13
I
Pa 6
J
WO 6
L
Lamp Burnefs.........:...... 15
Lamp Chimneys.............. 15
Ce 15
Lantern Globes.............. .
Siseeee
SES a Se :
M
Meee es 7
Rees xteees... 7
ees. z
ee 7
N
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oO
Re POR 15
SO 7
or cee 7
r
Peper Dare... .. z
ieee toroen cg
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et a a See eee 7
eens. 7

eee 10
ee ee 9
eee Gaeee.... 12
ce se ees ll
NO 11
ee ee 12
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Washing Powder......... 12
Wicking........ . 13
Woodenware.. 13

  

Wrapping Paper.
Y
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ALABASTINE eae
White in drums............. g | XO.
Colors in drums..... : 10 | _ Pee 30
White in packages. . i = he Oe eo 170
Colors in packages.......... | ee ee 1 90
Less 40 per cent discount. 1 No.3 Stove
Oe
tee ee ee om| Rec i:
Bote 17
A
noe “— - BUTTER COLOR
Diamond ae 4 25| W., R. & Co.’s, 15¢ size....
gee 9 00| W., R. & Co.'s, 25¢ size...
IXL Golden, tin boxes75 9 00 —
Electric Light, 8s..
Electric —"" 16s..
Paraffine, 6s. . ect eee
Paraffine, 12s. Pee aece oc
Se > Wicking és
Rue wet CANNED Goops
ST ples
Fe ; 3 Ib. Standards cs 80
. Gallons, standards. . 2 50
Blackberries
Standards .......... 75
. Beans
Mica, tin —. <> OC Bake... 2. » 1 00@1 30
Paragon .. ----. --55 600) Red Kidney......... 75@ 85
BAKING POWDER =| Ware 00007 35
Egg Blueberries
ne es ee 85
rook Trout
2 Ib. cans,  Spled ese coo 1 90
ms.
Little Neck, 1 1 a. 1 00
Little Neck. 2 Ib..... 1 50
Clam Bouillon
Burnham’s, % pint........ 1 92
Burnham’s, pints..... - 360
+4 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case......3 75 | Burnham’s, quarts. 7 20
% Ib. cams, 2 doz. case...... 3 75 Cherries
1 lb. cans, 1 doz. case...... 3 75| Red Standards........ 85
5 Ib. cans, % doz. case...... BO); Waite.-.-- 115
Corn
J AXO N alr oe “ 65
A 80
44 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 45 | Fancy ............... %
\% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 85 French Peas
1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case......1 60} Sur Extra Fine............ 22
Queen Flake — Pine oe =
3 0Z., 6 doz. case.............2 70] Moyen. ............- OM
6 02., 4 doz. case. ............3 20 Gooseberries
9 0Z., 4 doz. case. ............4 80 Standard ............ 90
1lb., 2 doz. case. ............4 00 Hominy
Sib... 1 doz. cae... 9 00 | Standard............. 85
Royal Lobster
Star, % 1D...:...... cs 1 85
Mesizo.... 06: Bter, fi)... 3 40
af Uh. came 2 a5 | SO Oa =>
6 oz. cans. 1 90| Mustard, ilb........ 175
% Tb. cans 2 50| Mustard, 2lb........ 2 80
% Ib. cans 3 75| RONsed 2 Ibe
11b. cans. 4 80| Tomato, 11b......... 175
3 1b. cans 13 00] Tomato, 2Ib......... 2 80
5 Ib. cans. 21 50) propels Mushrooms 18@20
Bees... . 22@25
BATH BRICK Oysters
PI 78 Gove, ti... 8, 85
Meee a Se aca eae 1 55
BLUING ove, 1 WEL. ..20- 95
Aretic, 407. ovals, , Per gross 4 00] pig Peaches
retic, 8 oz. ovals. per gross@ 00 | PI@----+----+---+ +=
Arctic 16 0z. round per gross9 00 Yellow "Pears 1 65@1 8
Standard ........... ' 70
Ane. ee 80
Peas
Marrowfat .......... 1 00
Early June.......... 1 00
Early June Sifted. . 1 60
Pineapple
Grated ......:....... 1 25@2 75
pee 1 35@2 55
Pumpkin
ee ee 70
COON ee 75
Paney 2. so. 85
Raspberries
Standard........... 90
Russian Cavier
- ib Cans........ is S
Small size, per doz.......... 40 a cicacatmarte
Large size, per doz.......... 75 11b: stn cccuscces Sa OO
on
BROOMS Columbia River, talls @1 85
No. 1 Carpet... -+++--.--2 50 | Columbia River, flats @1 95
mo. 2 Carpet... os. 2 15 i 1 20@1 40
No. 3 Carpet... -+++ees--l 85) Pink Alaska. ..... 1 00@1 10
No. 4 Carpet.. cieteeeeeee ceed 6O Shrimps
Parlor Gem.. --.----2 40} Standard............ 1 50
Common WhiskK............. 85 es
Pancy Whisk... 3... 5: 1 10; Domestic, ¥4s........ 4
Warehouse... ---..-3 25| Domestic, %s ....... 8
BRUSHES ane. Mustard 7
Seru alifornia, 14s....... 11@14
Solid Back, = = See oek pea 45 | California %s...... pm 17@
Solid Back, 11in............ 95 | French, 4s.......... 7@14
— Ends ESE paging pen oy Pas 85 | French, }8..........

  

 

 

 

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Strawberries
Standard............ 85
MAR eo 1 25

Succotash
eee 90
eee ee 1 00
PF 1 20

Tomatoes
ee ek 85
a 90
Paes, 1 00
Senos... <.: 2 40

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Columbia, pints. . iouscee OO
Columbia, 4% pints... Seen 1 25
CARBON OILS
Barrels
Eocene ....... _

   

  

Perfection......

 

CHEWING GUM
American Flag Spruce..
Beeman’s Pepsin..........
Bie AOR
—— Gum Made.......

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Sen Sen Breath Perfume.. 1
Sugar Loaf
Tapeeee.
CHICORY
Red.

 

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Eagle 4
I ec ee cack 6%
eee 6
CHOCOLATE
Walter — = 5 -
German Sweet.. 23
Premium .. coe cee ccs ae
Breakfast Cocoa............. 46
Runkel Bros.
Vienna Sweet ......... .... 21
Vanilla
Premium........
CLOTHES LINES
Cotton, 40 ft. per doz...... .1
Cotton, 50 ft. per _~ cues
Cotton; 60 ft. per doz........1
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz........1
Cotton, 80 ft. per _ ne 1
Jute, 60 ft. per doz.. Be
Jute. 72 ft. per doz.........
COCOA
Cleveland........ ceces ae
Colonial, “4S See onee eats 35
Gotonta, Se. =
Sa Se eee

Hoy ce ee ec. 45
Van Houten, %s............. 12
Van Houten, \s.......  &
Van Houten, s...... suse ee 38
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HIGH GRADE
CoureEs

Special Combination. . 15
rench Breakfast. . 17%
Lenox, Mocha & Java.......21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24
Private Estate, Java & Moe 26
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27

Dwinell-Wright Co.’s —

White House, 60-I1s..........
White House, 30-2s.. S 3
Excelsior M. & J., 60-18... -21%
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s...... 20%
MOyR JAWS... ..- 5. .-........ 26%
Royal Java & Mocha........ 26%
Arabian Mocha.............28%
Aden Moen... .. ok 22%
Mocha & Java Blend........ 23
Fancy Maricaibo............ 18%
davo Bien 2s... ls. 17%
Golden Santos............... 17
Mo 15%
Excelsior Blend.............. 14%
No. 55 Blend. ooo 14

 

 

Mexican
RUNES. cee cs oe 16
RMIOT woos cons sc sue ose 17
Guatemala
MONO occ sae ase 16
Java
Bch seecdetseemsdg cuss 12%
Pane 2 PrICAR os ce. =
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Pie a ”
Mocha
Arabian....... Soa ee, 21
Package
New ro ~_.
Arbuckle.. 11%
MPIPOME 85. . cect opus 11%
Jersey cedeberccéios ices Weim
BR oes s ove eco ae 11%

McLaughlin’ s XXXxX
McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to
retailers oF Mail all orders
direct to W. F. McLaughlin &
Co., Chie
Extract
Valley City % gross..
Felix % gross..
Hummel’s foil % gros
Hummel’s tin % gross .
CONDENSED ar
4 doz in case.
Gall Borden — peed
Champion pis be osc ciclaa sca
Magnolia ............... eos
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COUPON BOOKS

50 books, any denom... 1
100 books, any denom... 2
500 books, any — . 11 50
1,000 books, any den 20 00
Above quotations see for either

Tradesman, Superior, Economic
- AB csr age grades. Where
000 books are ordered at a time
sine receives specially
se cover without extra
charge
Shenaoain Pass Books
Can be made to represent any

 
 
 

  
 

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100 eoks Sc ee ud 2 50
500 books.. SUsenpee ae Oe
1,000 books.. . 20 00
Credit ‘Checks
500, any one denom. . 20
1,000, any one denom 3 00
2,000, any one —_— 5 00
Steel aero cee 75
ACK KERS
National Biscult Co.’s brands
Butter
POSTION oo oc eae sce 6
eer YORK. ; 2... ct. 6
WO cc osc soy ce 6
RONIBOME see ces. 6
WVOLVGEING. ...5 5.0.5... 20. 6%
Soda
Soda 2x 6%
Bada, Oly. cc. ic 8
Long. Island vere Bocca 13
Zephyrette.... ... RS
aa
PMNS co 7%
es 6
Extra Farina.............. 6%
Saltine Oyster............. 6
Sweet Goods—Boxes
10
10
8
16
9
Coffee Cake, Iced... 10
Coffee Cake, Java... 10
Cocoanut Macaroons 18
Cocoanut Taffy...... 10
Cracknells........ 16
Creams, Iced 8
Cream ae ee csi 10%
eee ee 11%
Currant ews. 12
Frosted Honey............ 12
Frosted Cream............
cnet Gems, |’r; a 8
— er Snaps, oO. 6
open ese cake 10%
Senin akon. .- ooo... 9
Graham Crackers......... 8
Graham Wafers........... 12
Grand Rapids Tea........ 16
Honey Fingers............ 12
Iced Honey ane UE 10
Imperials.. Redes esos
J a Honey.. Seis oss 12
Lady Fingers.............. 12
Lemon Snaps. oes sucess Be
Lemon Wai ea feceeouuess 16
Marshmallow.............. 16
Marshmallow Creams..... 16

Marshmallow Walnuts.. 16
Mary

 

Ps gcc cas a: 8
Mixed Picnic. . 11%
Mik Biscuit............... 7%
Molasses Cake............ 8
Molasses Bar.............. 9
Moss Jelly Bar............ 12%

ROT ees aes o s cs « 12
Oatmeal Crackers ‘
tmeal Wafers........... 12
Orange Crisp..............
soe gh — i oe aig as ole Ge 9
a ee
Pilot ak. Xxx:: prea tai 7%
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 8
Pretzels, hand made...... 8
Scotch Cooki cee
Sears’ Lunch.............. 7%
Sugar Cake................
sugar Cream, XXX....... 8

 

 

r Squares. 8
Selene Sas 13
Tutti Frutti..... 16
Vanilla Wafers. . .

Vienna Crimp.............
E. J. Kruce & Co.’s baked i
Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for complete price list
with interesting discounts.
CREAM TARTAR

5 and 10 lb. wooden — Ree 30
Bulk in sacks.. sa
DRIED FRUITS —
Apples
Sund

ried .
Evaporated, 50 Ib. boxes. $3

California Fruits

IOGE co s . 9

Blackberries .......... ashes

Nectarines .

— Sei cleeigeetica's 6 @20

Pear: - 1%

Pitted Cherries.

Prunnelles . aoe

Raspberries .. Be iecee

California Prunes

100-120 25 Ib. boxes ......
90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... 4
80 - 90 25 Ib. boxes ...... 4%
70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 4%
60 - 70 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 5%
50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes .. @ 5%
40 - 50 25 Ib. boxes ......

30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes .. 8
14 cent “Citron 50 Ib. cases
Leghorn.. eee cena
Corsican . e wecce ee ee
‘Cu irrants.

California, 1 lb. package.
Imported, 1 Ib package ena. 1.12%
Imported, — Briar rte oe 11%

Citron iutean 19 Ib. bx...13
Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..
Orange American 10 Ib. bx..
isins
London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crown.........
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 6
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 6
Loose Muscatels ; — 7
L. M., Seeded, 1 Ib......
L. M., Seeded, ve 1b. 7@
Sultanas, ee.

FARINACEOUS GOODS
an:

Beans
Dried Lima... os... 7
Medium Hand Picked 210
Brown Holland..............
Cereals
Cream of Cereal.......
Grain-O, small ........
Grain-O, large..........
Grape N uts..
Postum Cereal, ‘small.
Postum Cereal, large......

Farina
24 1 Ib. pac
Bulk, =
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Flake, 50 Ibr ok. <
Pearl, 200 Ib. bbl............ 2
Pearl, 100 Ib. sack........... 1
Maccaroni and a

  

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533 83 RRSReS

Domestic, 10 DOX......
Imported, 25 Ib. box. ....... "2 BO
Pearl ‘Barley
COMBO os ee 2 40
WORBEE cos cece 2 90
ROPIEO eS 3 40

Grits
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

 

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Roil ed Onis
Rolled ‘anae bbl...
Steel Cut, 100 Yb. sacks...

Monarch, \% bbl..
Monarch, 90 - sacks.
Quaker, cases. eeu co

East India............
German, sacks......... =
German, “eo ate ies

Flake, 110 1b — Boe ui

Pearl, 130 Ib. sacks..

Pearl, 24 1 Ib. package:
Wheat

Cracked, bulk..

242 Db. packages .. <2

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No. 4T 1 52 No 3Tr.,..268

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75e.
Our Tropical.

2 0z. full measure, Lemon.. 75

4 0z. full measure, Lemon.. 1 50

2 oz. full measure, Vanilla.. 90

4 oz. full measure, Vanilla.. 1 80
Standard.

2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka.. 70

2 0z. Panel Lemon.......... 60

FLY PAPER

Tanglefoot, per box.. oa ac
Tanglefocc, per case........ 3 20
FRESH MEATS

Carcass... ocose ce
Forequarters . + 5%@6

  

Hindquarters ....... %@ 9
Loins No. 3.......... 12%@16
Te ss cl. | Oe
omnes. %@ 9
— ec ccaacs a Se
Plates . coeccoes * @ Dee
Dressed @7
Loins .. @ 3%
Boston Butt: @ 8%
Shoulders @ 8%
Leaf Lard..... @ 8
Matton
OCAMCASH oo . T%4@ Ws
Pepe. Sc 94%@10
Veal
Careaas 2 oo... 2... 8 @9g
GRAINS AND FLOUR
Wheat
Whest 2.0.2 67
Winter Wheat Flour
Local —
Patents .. Sedeewecs sa oO
a Patent.. Ba ti Je cus & OO
eee 5 3 40
OUP ce eee oe, ea ee 3.00
MN ea es os 3
Buckwheat .. ............0. 4 =

NOe cs. Oe
— to usual cash dis-
Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad-

ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s —
Diamond 4s...............
Diamond s.......... aces 5 7s
Diamond \s..

Worden Grocer Go. OS iétana”
MUAROE OG nn. a ccc oe 65
Guarer We... ss. 3 65
GQuaker $6850: 00 255.054. 5 2. 3 65

Spring Wheat Flour
Clark-Jewell-Wells a - _—
Pilisbury’s Best %s.....
Pillsbury’s Best igs.. 4 oe
Pillsbury’s Best 4s....... 3 95
Pillsbury’s Best 33s paper. 3 95

 

 

 

INDIGO
ee 5 ib. boxes .......:... 55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes . 50
JELLY
5 Ib. —_- = M02). oc... 1 85
15 _ Pall = eacecoas 35
Om pale. 67
“EICORICE
2. — —
Calabria... etoete seca. ae

SNOT eels ee ec lou sly, Oe

LYE :
Condensed, 2 doz............ 1 20
mae 4 Sa oot 25

‘CHES

Diamond: Maton Co.’s ——
No. 9 sulphur...

Anchor Parlor .............. i 80
No. 2 Home.......... -.13e
Export Parlor...............4 00
ia | Export Farlor............. ..1 50
MEAT EXTRACTS
Armour & Co.’s, 4.0z...... 45
Hiebig’s, 2 O70... 0.0.5. 75
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle........ 40
CMawe 35
Fair ..... 26
pian Semmee doce eccs ncee 22
Half-barrels 2c extra
MUSTARD
Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 75
Horse Radish, 700m. 3 50
Bayle’s Celery, eee... 1 75
OLIVES
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs........... 1 25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs........... 1 10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs........... 1 00
Manzan Mis, 7 Oe. 80
Queen, pints............... 2 35
Queen; ee... 4 50
Queen, 28-07... cl. 7 00
Stuffed, 5 Om... 90
Stated, 8 o%. 2. os co... 1 45
Stuffed, 10 oz.............. 2 30

PAPER BAGS

Continental Paper Bag Co.
Ask your Jobber for them.
Glory Mayflower
Satchel & Pacific
Bottom Square
os 28 50
nee ees ccu, 34 60
Me eg ca 44 80
Mees toes 54 1 00
Bee ce eotecus. 66 1 25
a 76 1 45
i 90 170
LL 06 2 00
Soo. 1 28 2 40
ee ce, 1 38 2 60
fa, 1 3 15
i 2 24 415
De ie eee 2 34 4 50
ee eee 2 52 5 00
es 5 50
Sugar
cs 4%
PAs 4%
PARIS GREEN
—— - ib See St: 14
ackages, each....... 18
Packages, % Ib., each....... 17
Packages, 1 Ib., each....... 16
PICKLES
Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 4 75
Half bbls, 600 count......... 2 88
Small
Barrels, 2,400 count .........6 25
Half bbls, 1,200 count .......3 63
hai
Clay, > eee eicgaa act eo se 170

Clay, T. oa "aon ccs OO
Cob, No. 3 85

POTASH

  

Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 3 95
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand 6 te tea
Duluth Imperial %s... .... ‘so 4.00
—_— epee — ~ te al : = Penna Salt Co.’s............. 3 00
ul m]
Lemon & V Boner Co.'s ‘brand’ PROVISIONS,
Wingold %S8.............. 42 Barreled Pork
oe ‘10 ie @15 50
Win; _ iO 682 4 00 a6 @15 75
Iney & atom s suns @i6 00
Ceresota s. 440 @IE 50
Ceresota \s.. 4 30) pj @i8 50
Ceresota \s. 4 20 @13 00
SS Grocer Co.'s ‘s Brand @15 50
s
iam as Doce e suas te es 4 20 ‘eas Salt Meats
Laurel %s.. 10 | Bellies. . pega 9%
Laurel %s and 4s paper.. 4 10 Briskets..... 12.122". 9%
Meal Extra shorts......... 8%
Bolted .. ° a 2 Smoked Meats
Granulated |. cccccccs oO Hams, 121b. average. @ 11%
Oats Hams, 14Ib. average. @ 11%
Car lots. sseeee 40% | Hams, 161b. average. @ lly
Car lots, clipped. . Sects ae 424 | Hams, 201b. average. @ 11%
Less than car lots......... Ham dried beef..... 1B
Feed and Millstuffs Sttouiders(N. 2¥. — @ a
St. Car Feed, screened .... 25 00) Galitornia t oases on
No. 1 Corn and Oats... .. 24 50 Boiled Hams.. @ 17%
Unbolted Corn Meal...... 25 00 | bionic Boiled ‘nme @ 1254
Winter Wheat Bran....... 16 00 Berlin Ham pr’s’d. 8%
Winter Wheat Middlings. 17 00| \ince Hams... 3 :
Soraanings ....-........5.; 16 00 = ia Seis
Corn ards—
Corn, car lots............. 49% ce
Hay 7a
No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 10 00 %
No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 11 00 %
—— 4
=. ee teeace oe x
Tanrei Leaves.......-..- edelee “iB :
Senna LEAVES.....0.00+ e008 e066 2D

 

 

 

Sausages
Bologna ........ 8 54
MN ec es 4
Frankfort 7%
Re oe 7%
ec as 6%
Tongue. ¥
Headcheese ......_ 6
Beef
‘. " 10 75
11 50
. : 11 50
Pigs’ Feet
44 bbis., 40 Ibs... 1 55
% bbls., 80 Ibs.. 3 50
Tripe
Kits, 15 Ibs.. ee 70
¥4 bbls., 40 Ibs.. 1 25
\% bbis., 80 Ibs... 2 25
Casings
Pork . Siele ures 21
Beef rounds. ........ 3
Beef — Seeeoe. 10
Sheep... 60
Solid, dat utterine
10! a - ._ a @&
Rolls, dairy.. -- 11%@
Rolls, creamery... tne 14%
Solid, —— Siew 4
nned Meats
Corned a 21b.. 2 75
Corned beef, 14 1b.. 17 50
Roast beef, -_ 2 75
Potted ham, \s..... 50
Potted ham, %s..... 90
Deviled ham, \4s.. 50
Deviled ham, \s.. 90
Potted tongue, 4S.. 50
Potted —— a 90
suanthe
Carolina head................ 7
Carolina No.t 3... 6... 5%
Carolina No. 2. ae oc
Broken . sce on AG
Emported.
Japan, No. 1.. -- 54@6
Japan, No. 2.. %@5
Java, ia head. 15 @5%
Java, No. 1... ct lg @
Table..
‘SALERATUS —

Packed 60 Ibs. in box.
Church’ s Arm and Hammer.3 =
Deland’

3 1B
MNO ee 2 10
r.. «sen, oe
Wyandotte, 100 %s.. De cc es 3 00
SAL SODA
Granulated, bbis............ 90
Granulated, 100 Ib. cases....1 (0
Lump, bbls. cas | «SH
Lump, 145 Ib. Kegs........... &
SALT
Buckeye ,
160 3: bage ....-.... . 2... 3 00
SO Gib. bags ....... 2... .... . 00
oe tO age 5... cs.

75
In 5 bbl. lots 5 per cent. ‘as.
count and one case 243 1b. boxes

free.

Diamond Crystal
Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40
Table, barrels, 1003 Ib. bags. 3 00
Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags.2 75
Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bulk.2 65
Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 Ibs. 27

Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 67
Common en

100 3 Ib. sacks.. oe oem ae
60 5 Ib. sacks.. a
28 10 Ib. sacks............... 2 05
BG te GROMS ok 40

28 Ib. - eee cage oe. 22
56 lb. dairy = drill Dass ABE 30
28 Ib. dairy 7 = bags..... 15

hton
56 Ib. dairy in linen sacks... 60
56 Ib. dairy in ies sacks... 60
Solar Rock

GG ID, S8ene.... o..... 25
Common
Granulated Fine.. cee oe

Medium Fine.. me

SALT ‘FISH
Cod

Georges cured.........
Georges genuine.....

Georges selected. .
Grand Bank “
Strips or bricks...

  
  
  

 

Pollock
aoa Sasa cca meee oan al
Chunk: eee
Trout

We. 1100 the... ee
mo. ? 403pR. 21... SO
ee 75
No.1 — Guaecmes 63
Holland “an — “4 bbl. 11 25
Holland white hoops%bbi. 6 00
Holland white hoop, keg.. 82
Holland white hoop mechs. 87
Norwegian tela ek eee ak
Round 100 Ibs.............. 3 00
Round 40 Ibs............... 1 50
eR 19
Bloaters a. 260

Mackerel
Mess 100 lbs. . cin vig: Sas
Mess 40 Ibs. . dcccces Oe
Mess 101bs............... 138
Meee SAM. oo ccs 5s 5s 113
No. 1 100 Ibs. .............. 10 50
Ne. 1.40 ie. .............. £00
eee 2 te ae 1 20
ING. & SIMO. 2... oes 1 00
TRO. 2 100 TOM. one cect ss 7 00
IG, 2 SO IDS on. occ cee - 810
WAG. S MOG. ooiss cckccce ce 8
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No. 8 4 65
No. 9 4 60
No. 10 4 55
No. 11 4 50
No. 12 4 50
No. 13 4 40
No. 14 4 40
No. 15 4 40
No. 16 seeceresececanes A am
TEA
Japan
Sundried, medium.......... 28
Sundried, choice............ 30
Sundried, A 40
Regular, medium............ 28
Regular, Gutaes 30
Mogular, faney ............)- 40
Basket-fired, medium....... 28
Basket-fired, Gnoree......... 35
Basket-fired, toney 40
Pc cue 27
Pee 19@21
Wane. is. 20@22
Gunpowder
Moyune, medium ........... 26
Moyune, choice ............. 35
Moyune, Famer... 50
Pingsuey, medium.......... 25
Pingsuey, choice............ 30
Pingeuoy, faneg............: 40

 

 

 

  

  

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Bost Corn Starch ...........

| Neutral Pear! Stareh in bbl.

| Neutral Powdered Starch in bbl.
| Best Confect’rs in bbl.,thin boil.
| Best Laundry in bbl.,
| Chas. Pope Glucose Co.,

thin boil.
Chicago, I.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Whitefish
No.1 No.2 Fam
160 the... :... 27
40 Ibs. 1 40
10 Ibs. 43
8 Ibs. 37
Anise.... a
Canary, Smyrna.. Bor isl ve lacie oe 4
Caraway . a 2
Cardamon, Malabar... 2.2.2. 60
CO 12
Hemp, Russian.............. 4%
Mixed Bir Secaccec ce Sam
— white. coves a
Poppy. te ae
poe Sis eles Sees ae 4%
Cuttle Bone.. aac: 1. Kingsford’s Corn
SHOE BLACKING 40 1-lb. packages........... 6%
Handy Box, large......... 2 50 | 20 1-Ib. packages........... 6%
Handy Box, small......... 125} 6Ib. packages........... 7%
Bixby’s Royal Posh. ..... 85
Miller’s ~~“ Polish. .... & Kingsford’s Silver Gloss
UFF 40 1-Ib. packages,.......... z
Scotch, in Mesaers. oa oe
Maceaboy, in jars. . 35 Common Gloss
French geen: = ‘ars. - 43 | 1-Ib. packages............. 5
3-lb. packages... Lies 4%
B. T. Babbit oa _ nnd bt bs << ioe.
Babbit’s Best............. 50-Ib. boxes.. Se ie cine 3%
Beaver Soap Ca. brands” fae Steere es | | Oe
50 cakes, large size. oo oo
100 cakes, large size. . son OO
50 cakes, Small size......... 1 95
100 cakes, small size......... 3 85
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal = Johnny ......... 3 90 r
PeCwhe 4 00 ray
Detroit Suae Co. brands—
Queen Anne..... ........ 3 15
Big Bargain.......... soo 0 ae a
Umpire.. fe ee ee
German Family... 1..." 245| Gf -
Dingman Soap Co. brand— if NN
Dingman 385) 4 ay
N. K. Fairbanks br ands— i
Santa Cla . 3251 7
Brown.. ss cececeeee. 240] ff
ee 4 00 ay
Fels brand—
ORR ee 4 00
Gowans & Sons brands—
Oe EOGe : 25
Oak Leaf, big 5.. 4 00
Suigle vox.
5 box lots, delivered......_. a 2 95
10 box lots, delivered ........ 2 90 | Best Gloss Starch, 50 Ib.....
Johnson Soap Co. brands— Best Gloss Starch, 40 Ib.....
puver Mie 3 60 | Best Gloss Starch; Gib...
Calumet Family ee elas 2 70 | Best Gloss Starch, 3lb.....
Scotch —- Bee access 2 50 | Best Gloss Starch, 1...:.
Cuba tediom cise!) claus, at ae orks: Venice, 11.
50 cakes a ee 1 95 Geneva, Ill.
Ricker’s Magnetic .. . 390
Lautz Bros. brands—
= _ Sele ecg miata ecm ie 4 00 Common Corn
eM Oe ces oo 3 25]. , ,
oe See cece ee 4 00 = a9 et as ane -
OCR ek. 3 70 iran eee
Proctor & Gamble brands— STOVE POLISH
WONGN ss. 3 00 :
Ivory, : _ See ease ee 4 00
Ivery, 1002.00. 0002... 6 75
Schults a Co. brand—
Co ee ee ee 3 00
A. B. 7c brands—
Good Cheer... :..-....... 3 80
Old country. eal cael Siseslaic 3 20
uring
Sapolio, ubhen, 83 doz...... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40
SODA
7 ae See cone we =
Gun, Mngnan, 2.6... €
No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross .
SPICES No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross
Picccsaad Spices SUGAR
Cee creheses aiecs cece 12 Below are given New York
Cass 2, “China in mats." 12| prices on sugars, to which the
Cassia, Batavia, inbund... 28 | Picesale desior adds the local
Cassia, Saigon, broken... freight from New York to your
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls.... 55 shipping pvuint, , giving you credit
Cloves, Amboyna.......... 17 | on the Sees ice for the amount
Cloves, Zanzibar......... fon 14 | of freight buyer pays from the
Lo oe 55 emer in which he purchases
Nutmegs, 75-80............ 50 to his ship ing point, including
Nutmegs, 105-10........... 40 | 20 pounds for fab weight of the
Nutmegs, 115-20............ 35 | barrel.
Pepper, Singapore, black. 18/ Nomino..................-. 5 95
Pepper, Singapore, white. 28 | Cut Loaf................... 595
Pepper, shot............... a0) Grislied os 5 95
Pure Ground in Bulk Cubes . J ae
Allspice.. omens ses eo 16 Powdered . 5 55
Cassia, Batavia. 28 | Coarse Powdered. _ 5 55
Cassia, Saigon.. 48 | XXXX Powdered......... 5 60
Cloves, Zanzibar... 17 | Standard Granulated. .... 5 45
Ginger, African.... -  15| Fine Granulated..........: 5 45
Ginger, Cochin............ 18 | Coarse Granulated........ 5 65
er, —— sete eeee es 25 | Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 55
sereeeeeee 65) Conf. Granulated.......... 57
Mustard. 18/2 1b. bags Fine Gran...... 5 60
Pepper, Singapore, black. 20 5 jp. pags Fine Gran. sa 5 60
Pesan, Singapore, white. 28 | Mould A.. ae
— yenne..... Tecan = Diamond A.. Co ae
ABO... 2 ee nee. wee cee fdas A. Sct couiee 5 25
SYRUPS No. 1, Columbia A.. 5 10
seein Corn No. 2; Windsor A......- a = 5 *
nes «eos eccs cue 3, gewood A......
Half bbls........... 4, Phoenix A......... 5 00
1 doz. 1 gallon cans. 5, Empire A.......... 4 95
1 doz. % gallon cans Or Gee ae
2 doz. 4 gallon cans......... 92|No, 7........scccceccecceee 475

 

Young Hyson

CMe oe, 30
Pe 36
Oolong
Formosa, faney.............- 42
Amoy, moedium.............. 25
mrmey, COIS, ..... 8... 32
English Breakfast
eCG ee 27
el 34
Oe a. 42
ndia

   
   

Ceylon, a pweees codes ceu4 32
cy

Elk’ a HOARE. 22. 5... -+--55@70
Ww. yy... 35 00
Bald ee 35 00
A. Bomers’ brand.
Plaindealer . 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Little Columbian........... 36 00
Columbian. ....-.... uous. 35
Columbian Extra........... 55
Columbian Special.......... 65
Columbian Invincible. ..... 90

B.& FP. eS Co. ms somes
Fortune Teller.. . 35
Our Manager.. * .
= 35

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.'s brand.

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D>

00
00
00
00
00
00
00

Ws OW ios ae is wcuu cc! ae
Cigar Clippings, perlb..... 26

 

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Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.
=

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Star Green.............. 5 00
Fine Cut
Uncle Daniel................ 58
oo, Ee 38
Porest Giant................ 38
Rees Spray..,.............. =
Sweet Lomas. ................ 38
Se OU ce oc ck 23
iawathz 58
Nc cues 2
Ee 34
ees one... 50
ne 38
eS Se 40
Sweet Loma................. 38
Re 39
Plug
eee coe 36
Creme de Menthe...........60
nee tees -
ii dae sli sas inl ein cabs >
en co 37
SSE eae
eee 24
WD ce
Ne ocak
Hiawatha........
Battle Axe ......
American Eagle.
Standard Navy..

ao Head, 16 oz.
Spear r Head, 8 Oz

 
 
 
  
  

Sole tar Twist .
Old ‘Honesty.
a ae
Piper Heidsick..
ee , a
ee
Pima Dep... .-.. .... .....-
Smoking
Hand Pressed...............46
Double Cross ............... 37
Sweet Core.................. 40
ee 37
eet Navy... .............. 37
I 27
m » 8 OZ. 29
Bamboo, 16 0Z............... 27
oe io 28
eee 32
omer Dew... .... 37
ee, 37
Peete. 8... 40
ECE SSE Sera aE
ee Pees... .. 24
Duke’s Mixture............. 40
Duke’s Cameo............... 40
Honey Dip Twist............ 39
megreep Maney .... ...-........ 40
Yum Yum, is HE ONES Rae 39
Yum Yum: 1 Ib. pail ee 37
OI ooo ccs cove cece 37
Corn Cake, 2 “Renee nal 25
Corn Cake, 1lb.............. 23
Plow Boy, 134 ae. ...39
Plow Boy, 3% oz.. -37

Peerless, 344 02...
Peerless, 1% OZ...
Indicator, 2% oz..
Indicator, 1 lb. pails .
Col. Choice, 2G es ce
Col. Choice, 8 0z............. 21
TABLE SAUCES

LEA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

Genuine

 

Lea & Perrin’s, large.
Lea & Perrin’s, small
large. it

 

Wooi, 1 Ib. eto .
NEGAR
Malt white Wine, 40 grain.. 8

  

The Original and

Worcestershire.

   
 

 

i3

Butter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate...... 45
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate...... 50
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate...... 55
No.5 Oval, 250 in crate...... 65
Egg Crates
Humpty Dumpty ........... 2 25
No. 1, complete ............. 30
No. 2; complete ............. 25
Clothes Pins
Round head, 5 gross box.... 45
Round head, cartons........ 62
Bog Sticks
Trojan s i a
Retipee 1 patent spring...... 85
No 1 com a
- 0. 2 patent | brush holder ._ 85
° %. cotton mop heads..... 1 25
Ideai Me 90
Pails
2-hoop Standard............. a
3-hoop Standard............. 1
2-wire, Cable.. dn zoe
3-wire, Cable.. a
Cedar, = red, brass bound. 1
Paper, E ureka.. . om
Hipre... .. ..... cee oom
Toothpicks |
Harewoed .... .... .......:..2
powoed ......... ...... 3
PO 1
OUR oe ec 1

20-inch, Standard, “No. ae

Beso. S
16-inch, Standard, No. 3
20-inch, Cable, Not
18-inch, Cable, No. 2...

18-inch, Standard,

16-inch, Cable, — 3..
No. 1 Fibr :
No. 2 Fibre.
No. 3 Fibre..

Bronze Globe..
Dewey .
Double Acme...

Single Peerless.............
Northern Queen ............
Double Duplex..............
coed tek... ..
Universal... ..........
Wood Bowls

11 in. Butter..
13 in. Butter.

19 in. Butter......

Assorted 13-15-17... ........
Assorted 15-17-19 .....

Wash ‘Beards

eoeee

15 in. ee
Bee... ne ec

i Lbbbhi ih
BRESSESSS SSxs sxnsses

ee
. e. 3
NRNONK WHhh eth

Rom Ooh mee
Sassasa

WRAPPING PAPER

Common Straw........
Fiber Manila, white...
Fiber ee colored...

No. 1 Man

Butcher’s Manila......

cu
oo ae

MU
Wax Butter, short count. 13 :

Wax Butter, fullcount.... 2u
Wax Butter, rolls......... 15
YEAST CAKE
ic, 3 doz.. > atic cca ae
Sunlight, 3doz........--..... 1 00
Sunlight, oS Gee... ...... 50
Cream, 3 doz.......... 100
Yeast Foam, 3 doz.......... 100
Yeast Foam, 1% doz........ 50
FRESH FISH
) Per Ib.

 

Halibut.

Ciscoes or Hig
Bluefish . .

Live Lobster...

Bolled a

HIDES AND PELTS

The —— & Bertsch Leather
Co., 100 Street, quotes as

follows:

 

 

Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 . :
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand. .11 @ 8%
Pure Cider, Red Star........12 @ 74
Pure Cider, Robinson.......10 @9 2
Pure Cider, Rc 11 @™%
WASHING gpaagge @10%
— Dust, regular.......... @9
BE, OO. eo
Tub No More se
Tallow
on ggg eee ee SOOO. 3. @ 4%
Ree: ce 2 OOP o. 2. 3
RN 3 50 Wool
WICKING Washed, fine........ 15@16
No. 0, per gross. cooly sou Washed, medium.. 18@20
No. 1, per gross..............25 Unwashed, fine. .... 11@13
No. ?, per gross..............35 | Unwashed. medium. 14Q@16
No. 3. Der gross..............55 CANDIES
WOODENWARE Stick Cand
Baskets “Bois. ails
Picwiesssiiccceeees cs WO OE; $7
wide band......... 1 15| Standard H. H. 7%
lee cce ie ote ~~ on dard Twist..... @8
ee --4 00 ARERR @9
medium ............. 3 50 cases
OE ieee cee ot 3 00 | Jumbo, 32 Ib......... @7%
Clothes, large.......6 25 H.H @10%
Clothes, medium... 5 75 ton 10
Ch . -ee--5 25 | Boot Root............ 8

 

 

 

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Mixed Candy

Grocers.

sai Bee ea

Conserve. ee
Ribbon .. a
Broken .. chiens
Cut Loaf.

English Rock.
English Kock...

Bon Ton rte +.

French Cream.......

Fancy—In Pails

Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony Hearts........

Fairy Cream Squares

Fudge Squares......
Peanut Squares.....

Fruit Tab., as. ———

Sugared Peanuts...
Salted Peanuts......
Starlight Kisses. ....
San Bilas Good

Gum Drops..........

Moss Drops.. es
Lemon Sours........

Golden Wafties ....”.
Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes

pes
epperm: ro)
Chocolate f Drape.
= - Choe. Drops. .

Tops. Bemis
Lozenges, plain. ....
se ee

I ee ‘
Mottoes . Lee ee
Cream Bar..........
Molasses Bar. .

Hand Made Creams.

 

Cream — _

and Wint..........

Clipper, 20 Ib. pall pails.

Standard, 20 Ib. pails
Perfection, 20 Ib. pls
Amazon, Choe Cov’d
Kosker 2 for 1¢ pr bx

Big 3, 3 for ic pr bx..

Dukes, 2 for ic pr bx
Favorite, 4 for ic, bx
AA Cream Car’ls 31b

FRUITS
Oranges

Florida Russett......
Florida Bright......
Fancy Navels.......
Extra Choice........
Late ene --ns-
ae

360s
California 300s.......

Bananas
Medium bunches....

Large bunches......

Foreign Dried Fruits

ae nae.

Extra ¢ 10 lb. ja
hoice, 10 Ib.

om 12 Ib. boxes. .
Pulled, 6 _ X@S...

, eeee

- Dates
Fards in 10 Ib. boxes
Fards in 60 lb. cases.

Hees
Ib. cases, new.....
Sairs, 60 lb. cases.. ..

NUTS
Almonds,

.| Almonda, Ivica ..

Acmonas, California,
a snelled........
(ESCH E
hats eee eee ea

Walnuts. Grenobles.
Walnut, soft shelled
Califo: No.1... -

rnia
Table Nuts, fancy...
Table Nuts, cholee..
Pecais, Med...
coon, Ex. Large...

Pecans, Jum
Hickory Nuts per ‘bu.

io, | ae.

ts, full sacks
Chestnuts, = bu...

re
Fancy, oun Si
icy oo uns

as .P., Extras
ice, H. P., Extras
Roasted...”

vanes, 2

2 cece se cece

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AKRON sTONEWARE

Hutters
nl, ner OO. 48
2 to6 gal., z Per Pie 6
Brel Bee ce a oe 52
10 gal. ack eae cores de wcr eee aoe 65
Oe ON aac 84
15 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 1 20
20 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 1 60
25 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 2
30 gal. meat-tubs, eacn................ 27
Churns
SO 6 GM. per Gal... es cs, 6h,
‘hurn Das ers, per AM ace 84
Milkpans
% ga. fiat or rd. bot., per doz......... 48
1 gal. nat or rd. bot,, each............ 6
Fine Glazed Milkpans
¥% gal flat or rd. bot., per doz.... .... 60
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., ewch............ 6
Stev\epans
\% gal. fireproof, bail, per doz......... 85
1 gal. fireproof, bail, pur doz......... 1 10
Jugs
\% gal. per doz...... be ease ate 60
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Sealing Wax
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LAMP BURNERS
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 2 00
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 215
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 3 15

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No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab.
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wra apt & lab.
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab......

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gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz..
gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz..
gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz..
gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz..
gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz..
gal. gal. fron with faucet, per doz..
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No. 0 Tubular, side lift..
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No. 15 Tubular, dash..................
No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain... “
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp.............
No. 3 Street lamp, each.. ae
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No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, i0¢
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15¢
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl..

No.0 Tub., "Bull’s eye, cases i doz. each

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100 labels, 25 cents

200 labels, 40 cents

500 labels, 75 cents
1000 labelr, $1.00

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DRIED FRUIT. Prunes w 7 :
; ould also be placed in cold Hardware Price Current Levels
Proper Care in Summer Involves Close | StOTage if there was sufficient profit on Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... dis 70
Attention. them to the wholesaler to pay the cost Mice Mattocks
The proper care of dried fruit in sum- of such storage. Profit, however, for the Cuse Adze Eye......................$17 00..dis 70—10
mer involves close attention upon the wholesale dealer is lighter than it is for |G. D., full count, per m........... 2... 40 Metals—Zinc
part of the retail dealer and a thorough | the retailer, and the cost of cold storage ee eereedt. Ber moo ie Bo Fe Rant CNAME. a+00-nenvevenen sere i
knowledge of how to prevent or get rid|i8 too great in this instance. Most | Ely’s Waterproof, per ai. 077722.7 60 ie
of the insects and worms which make| Prunes are renovated before they are No. a2 chast, pec _ Bird Cages ............ 0... seeeee eee es 40
_ the dried fruit box their camping |Sold by the wholesaler, and if they are No. 22 long, per mo... 220.00 2722000: 3 00 eg egy TY : =
ground. properly renovated, it will require sev- a. jae -< Casters, Bed and Piate........... 1.7. 50810810
The merchant seeking information |¢tal weeks before animal life will again Primers tere a =
propounded several questions. He stated |@ppear, all the existing animal life No. 2U. M, C., boxes 250, per m...... 1 20] stepbins’ mao i ieee
that his dried fruit boxes had been the| having been killed at the time they |” —— — Nat 1 20 | Enterprise, self-measuring...... 1)... 30
haunt of moth millers during the early | were renovated. This renovating proc- | Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U.M c 60 vee
part of the season, and that soon after|ess also prevents them from candying, —_ edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m...... 70 sn eocaanggaee Oe cc ceceeceeess 60810810
these millers had appeared prunes and |and makes them appear clean and bright oT "an a o 7 ee me
peaches became wormy with a smal] | Without taking away any of their good New Rival—For ~<a “A” Wood’s acaea eon gage 10 75
white worm. He asked if the miller | qualities. Drs.of 02.0f Size Per | “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 75
had any connection with the worm or None of the dried fruit stock should = — ie ae “—— oe
if the latter was not in the fruit when it] be kept in the main salesroom of the re- | 129 4 1% 9 10 “ 90 Ohio Tool Co.’s, f _——
was shipped from the curer to the whole- | tail store after May 1, as the loss will 128 4 i 6 10 3 90 Sclota st 60
; sale grocer. Both of these questions are} 6e larger than the profits in most in- ~ 4 1% 5 10 295 ne ue fancy........... 3
( difficult to answer. At one of the whole-| Stances. Many retail stores are now | 200 3” : 10 = so oe ig Sei
fe : : 208 3 1
sale — where the same question fitted with small display cases along the 236 3% 1% : : 7 . Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.
was asked this week, no definite infor- | counter, in which a few pounds of each | 265 3% 1% 5 12 270 a — — a 2 65
) mation could be obtained. That there|line of fruit carried in stock is dis- Preece a per aa _ 12 621 \ ato eeadvancs... been
is some connection between the miller played. This will suffice as a sample, Paper Shells—Not Loaded 8 a essa dala to
a and the worm is probable, but to what|°r if the store is not equipped with ag . [eg seme boxes 100, per 100... 72| GAAVANCE.... 2.2... .eeeeee ee eeee es 20
extent it is impossible to say in the ab-| Such display cases a number of trays} P**° yam = ee * pane. Co a 3
nN sence of technical information on this | 4m be arranged in which a few pounds Kegs, 25 lbs., per Pee oe 4 00 ee anas nn 50
point. of each line can be displayed as sam- | % Kegs, 12% Ibs., per 4 keg........., $s itunes =
. : play aq Roa Od Wa. oe uc lee 25 | Casing 10 advance. ...................- 15
s 44 — This grocer said that he had used a} ples. As soon as a customer purchases ae ' (oes =
| _ candle to attract the millers in the hope | dtied fruit, the order. should be filled In sacks containing 25 Ibs. Finish 10 advanee «2s 28
{ that this would rid his dried fruit of the | from the stock kept in the cellar or other | P?P, all sizes smaller than B’....... 1 65 janes. Pho ann a5
worms. He thought that it had to a cer-|C0ol place. While this will cause more o~ — 60 Barrel % advance... 0.0.2... o
: tain extent, but not entirely. The flame |trouble than keeping the stock in the —-. OMUINE. «eee eee IL 25 oe
of the candle attracted the millers, and | Main salesroom of the store, it will have sim yop -eugpamaae o ant taog ae reg =a ea 5
fewer of them were to be seen after the | any advantages. The customer will | First Quality, S.B.Bronze...... 6 00 e tie Re oe .
i experiment had been tried. always, or most always, obtain fruit free | Fytst Gualits’ eg sore i 9 00 | 14x20 IC, Charcoal i. 6 50
= / oi Another insect of which this retailer|from worms or other insects, the fruit | First Quality) D. B. Steel...-7-7"7"". 19 oo 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean... 0.20.20. 7 50
‘ complained was a small grayish louse] Will be fresh in appearance, and will | panroaa.. Barrows 14x20 IC, Charcoal’ ian Grade... ‘ 30
found in evaporated apples after they | have lost none of its good qualities. | Gardene2220.007000 7.72002 cinot 23 | x28 HX Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 6 50
became slightly sour. He wanted a If fruit becomes wormy it should be ad Bolts 20x28 IX’, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 13 00
plan by which, apples could be gotten closed out as soon as possible at cut Cneriani, iwi 65 @ Ropes
rid of this louse, after it had once ap-| Prices. By care in preparing it for|Plow......... a as - Manitis SAE i cA ERLE i
) peused: tts “emnckned <ogkk a ate te tetas ainy bes able oe ae jean Se Uy 1
Ny currants are infested with these lice un- | Part of it, and it will not be a total loss, . aaa | List acet. a” ee ed
( der certain conditions, and it is pos-| Worms multiply rapidly, and during | cast Loose Pin, figured ee a 65 Sash Weights
<i 4 ~ sible that some means of getting rid of hot weather even the fruit kept in the Wrought Narrow ..............0 0.000, 60 | Solid Eyes, per ton.................... 25 00
them can be found. A plan suggested] basement or in a cool place should re- Chain Sheet Iron
é ‘by the manager of the fruit department | Ceive watchful care. Com a* oe Nos. 10 to 14 ae
of a local wholesale house was to take Pears are the most difficult line of Be Bi an a6." ce py Le -. Nos. 15 to es : >
+} + either the currants or the apples and | dried fruits to handle. This retailer in | ®BB---------- - - a. 3 60 3 40
spread them out in the sun, where the discussing the dried fruit situation said Cast Steel, per Ib Crowbars eee... 2... 3 70 3 50
ls heat and light would permeate every | that he usually closed out his evaporated Chiesle Wn ead ea sam abies ‘coor 30 techs
‘ part of the fruit. This, he said, would soot cmd and — no new stock Socket FUrMEL «....-2. 2 eee ee veee sees wide, not less than 2-10 extra,”
4 - in all probability result in killing them nto his store until cold weather in the Socket ETAMINE....+-----+ ++ eee e+ eves Shovels and Spades
y a eee ea Be cre {fall This is a good policy to follow, SOCKet COMET... +--+++ ++ e020 ee cees es itkéhein Oe. ‘as
i an e fruit would not be amaged to} and will avoid loss. —Commercial Bulle- en ames: Second Grade, EEO RN 7 50
i any extent. The only loss would be jtin. ‘~ : ‘i Elbows Solder
through the slight shrinkage which cen oe i; Per doz............net 4@*... 1
a: See eee i
would come from the extra drying it re- Two Passengers Dislikes. a me ‘fhe prices of the many other qualities of solder
) : A lad f 1 l in the market indicated by private brands
y of a truly masculine spirit E i —
J ceived. He said he had noted these accompanied by a small poodle, is said Clark’ a ee
" lice, and had learned that they were|to have failed sadly the other day in an| Ives", $18; 3,924; 9 600 200007 Steel and I oe
~ 4 - usually to be found in fruit that was] attempted reformatory movement. She Files—New List gee vnn ie Rene Ea 5
| slightly damp. They, in fact, were to| entered the smoking car of a suburban| Nionowoms en coe lene
hy be found in many other damp places|‘#!M and sternly refused, when ap- | Heller's Horse Rasps... 0..." eco * 3 00
Z : a proached by the conductor, to go into Galvani ane : jaan cc
than in fruit. Place the fruit in the sun |! » ’ alvanized Iro 20x14 IX, Charcoal..................206 9 75
i : : i hig another car, observing that her presence | Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26: 27 Each additional X on this grade, $1.25
where it will receive an airing for all | would k h h List 12 13° f 16. a
c ould keep the other occupants from | Lis 3. 4 15 16. Tin—Allaway Grade
day, and they can not exist. smoking. ——— Gan 10x14 IC, Charcoal 7 00
In regard to the worms found in| One thick-skinned wretch, however, | staniey Rule and Level Co.'s 14x20 IC, Charcoal... .00 20000200 =
i : i : : Meg
d h insensible to the claims of refinement 10x14 IX, Charcoal.............--+++++4 oe
prunes and peaches, the best way is to separ b : Glass 14x20 IX, Chareoal..... 22.00... sss cee 8 50
avoid these worms by keeping the fruit| (Omeq Ge ek ape Paral Single Strength, by box. .............. dis Each additional X on this grade, $1.50
in a cool dry place during the hot} snatched from his lips with the seme ays > -~" shegeeemnmnemes ee
weather. After they once invade fruit it] in a high treble: Hammers — 28 = Noro Ballers’ { per pound.. 10
is almost impossible to get rid of them Bi > anything I do hate it is eae oo : Trane
except by renovating the fruit, and the | *0>acco smoking !"" "g Solid Cast Steel... “ee Stoel, Game. na. ae oon eeeseseeeeee 7
ept by renov g » and t oe thane tie elleades was. mncticn. Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........... 30¢ list Oneida Community, Newhouse’s...... 40810
ordinary retailer does not have facilities|j.5. th oe : Hinges Oneida Community, Hawley & Nor-
Sc ests sadness he oaks , then, gravely rising, amid the | Gate, Clark’s1,2,3....................dis NS ee 65
properly g &| curiosity of the assembled smokers, he Hollow Ware Mouse, choker per doz............... 15
process. took that little poodle out of the lady's | Pots.............-..6eceeeeeeeeeeteeee ee aia, Seteaion, pet Gon... -.. -... _*
Dried fruit should be purchased in |!ap and gently threw him through the | KatlOs «-------+-+0+- vsssveeee sess eee Bright Market..........--- 60
small lots during the summer monte. Pie ee codices Ue ansthing a oy a SR EER RENO S
i deeld be piaced th tc os o-hate it is a poodle. 7 AT Sabie ci ae Coppered Market.............. +++... 50&10
: ’ : . House Furnishing Goods Tinned Me cee elegans 50&10
meet immediate requirements of the re- Asked Him to Change Conditions. Stamped Tinware, new list............ Barbed Ferpe« ao 32
tailer. After it is placed in stock it ‘‘Harry,’’ she said, thoughtfully. Japanned WO so Barbed Fence, Ns coe oe occ cas 2 95
should be kept in a cool dry place, ‘‘What is it?’’ responded the worried | par Iron.............. _— gs sok dukes Wire Goods
closely covered up. It is not generally | business man, shortly. Light Band 22.0200. "3 e rates ee $0
known, but during the summer most of I wish you would rearrange your Knobs—New List Ne ey a 80
i age blish business a little bit. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........ Gate Hooks and Eyes................. 80
the large wholesale grocery estabDlish-| ++ How?" Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....... Wrenches
ments keep all their dried fruit, with] ‘‘So as to be a bear on the stock ex- Saninee a teante ——- pec Soke ron mega Nickeled........ .
. : s a? We eesees acco coos t} 1s cine ease waice wena ease puss
the exception of prunes, in cold storage. | change instead of at home. Warren, Galvanized Fount....22.2.., Coe’s Patent Agricultural, jWrought, .70810

 

    

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“The Produce Market.

Apples—Astricans command $1 per
bu. and Duchess fetch $1.25. Receipts
are not good and the crop is light.

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—Fancy creamery is strong at
20c, due to the lessened receipts result-
ing from the curtailment of pasturage.
Dairy grades are in good demand, but
the receipts come in in bad condition
except where shippers have cold storage
and_ refrigerator car facilities for
handling stock. The price ranges from
12c for packing stock to 14c for choice
and 16c for fancy.

Cabbage—$1.35 per 3 bu. bbl.

Carrots—12c per doz. bunches.

Celery—16c per doz.

Cherries—Sour command $1.50 per 16
qts. Sweet are entirely exhausted.

Corn—10@I2c per doz. ears.

Cucumbers—30@35c per doz.

Currants-—Cherry, $1.20 per 16 qts.
Common, $1 per 16 qts. :

Eggs—Local dealers continue to pay
loc per doz., case count, to such ship-
pers as can be prevailed upon to make
shipments regularly twice a week, hold-
ing candled stock at 12c. The loss off
ranges from 2 to 5 doz. to the case. Un-
less all indications fail the storage egg
proposition is going to be one of the
best this year that was ever known. The
continued hot weather and bad condi-
tion of the eggs coming to the market
have given storage stock a new lease
and it would surprise no one to see
April eggs touch the 20c mark before
next January. Dealers are forced to go
to the coolers to supply theirtrade. The
eggs which went in during May and
June are coming out first, but they will
soon be exhausted, and this will force
the trade to the fancy April eggs early
in September.

Frogs’ Legs—Large bulls, 45@50c;
medium bulls, 25c; large frogs, 15@
2oc ; small frogs, 5@l1oc.

Gooseberries—$1_ per
Very scarce.

Green Onions—tioc for Silverskins.

Green Peas—$1@1.25 for telephones
and marrowfats.

Honey—White stock is in light sup-
ply at 14c. Amber is slow sale at 13c
and dark is in moderate demand at 11

12¢.

Lemons—Messinas have advanced to
$6 for choice and $6.50 for fancy.

Lettuce—Garden, 5oc per bu. ; head,
6oc per bu.

Maple Syrup—gr per gal. for fancy.

Musk Melons—Gems command $1 per
basket. Cantaloupes fetch $2 per crate.

Onions—Home grown have declined
to 75c per bu., which places them on
the same basis as Southern grown.

Oranges—Supplies are light and very
few are coming from the coast. Five
dollars is asked for 96s and 112s. The
smaller sizes command $5.50.

Parsley—30c per doz.

Peaches—St. Johns from California
command $1.50 per box. Home grown
clings will begin to come in soon, but
if the present weather continues it will
be next to impossible to ship stock any
distance.

Pie Plant—6oc per 50 Ib. box.

Pineapples—Fiorida, $1.50@2
doz., according to size.

Plums—California command $1.40 per
4 basket crate.

Potatoes— Receipts of home grown are
not ample to meet market requirements
and dealers are unable to obtain enough
stock to fill their orders. The price
ranges around 8oc.

Poultry—Chickens are in ample sup-
ply, but fowls are scarce and dealers
are compelled to draw on Chicago for
cold storage stock. Live hens command
7@8c; spring broilers, 12%@14c; tur-
key hens, 8@gc; gobblers, 8c; spring
ducks, 12@14c. Pigeons are in moder-
ate demand at 75c per doz. and squabs
are taken readily at $1.25@I1.50.

Radishes—i12c for China Rose; 1oc
for Chartiers.

Raspberries—$I.50 per 16 qfts.
black ; $1.50 per 12 qts. for red.
scarce.

Seeds— Hungarian, 75@85c; common

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millet, 70@75c; German millet, 80@85c.
String Beans—§1 per bu.
Summer Squash—3c per lb.
Tomatoes—$1.40 per 4 basket crate.
Watermelons—20@25c for Georgias.

Whortleberries—$3.75 per bu. Re-
ceipts are small. -
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The Muskegon Picnic To Be a General
Holiday.

Muskegon, July 23—We are now able
to give you the names of our speakers on
picnic day—August 8. They are Jerome
E. Turner, who will talk on ‘‘Grocers
and Butchers,’’ and Lieutenant Colonel
J. R. Bennett, who will discuss ‘‘ Pure
Food Law of Michigan.’’ We have ap-
pointed five iudges, as follows: Capt.
H. J. Woods, Francis Jiroch, W. H.
Barney, Hon. Lincoln Rodgers, E. L.
McDonell. The Reception Committee
is composed of the following :

Butchers—Jos. Castenholz, Nels Nel-
son, Alfred Davidson, William Smith,
John Alberts, Hans Rasmusson, Joseph
Grevey, Chas. Donaldson, Joseph Pelon,
John DeHaas and W. J. Konkle.

Grocers—E. E. Kraai, John Snyder,
M. E. Aamodt, Frank Groleau, Wm.
Schallmo, G. W. Griffin, Geo. Bach-
man, Ole Peterson, W. J. Carl, J.
Roach, W. G. Smith, James E. Balk-
ema and John Jiroch.

The Executive Committee has made
a personal canvass of our merchants and
the result is that all jobbers, feed stores,
jewelers and bakers will close all day.
Dry goods, hardware, boots and _ shoes,
clothing stores, harness shops, millinery
stores, furniture stores, bazaars, depart-
ment stores, men’s furnishing goods,
bicycle stores, merchants’ tailoring,
undertakers, art stores and barber shops
will close at noon. Drug stores will
close from 12:30 until 7 p. m. We be-
lieve the bankers will also close at 12
o’clock, so it will virtually be a business
man’s holiday.

We have selected the Occidental Hotel
for the headquarters of the Reception
Committee. The Reception Committee
selected are not only prominent mer-
chants, but men who have the ability to
properly receive all of our guests on that
day.

Part of the Executive Committee is
going to Milwaukee to-night. Mr.
Boelkens will look after matters during
our absence. Upon our return we will
issue an official programme and will
send you some matter immediately.

August Riedel,
Sec’y Executive Committee.
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Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool.

The hide market is weak in price,
with a demand for the small receipts
and offerings. Sales are made at less
money. Tanners want the hides, but
are wary of the future.

Pelts are in better demand, as sales of
pulled wool have stimulated pullers to
do something. This piling up of wool
on an uncertain future stopped their
works. Their selling prices of wool
were low, but gave them heart to work
again.

Tallow is quite draggy, with little
doing during the extreme heat. Prices
are unchanged.

Wool does not change in value, but
the demand is good. Large quantities
are being taken. Mills are at work
night and day. Lots at country points
gradually disappear and the future is
bright on low values. Wm. T. Hess.

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The Boys Behind the Counter.

Lansing— F. G. Randall has resigned
his place with J. S. Bennet and in fu-
ture will attend to the management of
Alsdorf’s drug store, 335 Washington
avenue, south.

Gladwin—James Naylor is Lou Van's
successor clerking in D. Mills’ general
store.

Cadillac—J. J. Nehardt,of Fife Lake,
has taken a position in George D. Van
Vranken’s drug store.

J. H. Henderson, formerly with the

 

grocery firm of Pierce Bros.,of Belding,
has accepted a position in the general

merchandise establishment of the Haak*

Lumber Co., of Wolverine.
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The city of Chicago is on the verge of
bankruptcy. All the public departments
have been called upon to reduce ex-
penses. The streets must go uncleaned
and many city functions must be
stopped. Bad municipal management
is at the bottom of this unpleasant situ-
ation. Chicago is the most boastful city
in the country, while its government is
among the worst.

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ARGAIN. DRUG STOCK, BUILDING

and lot, invoicing $1,750. Must be sold be-
fore Sept. 1, 1901. Write for particulars. Ad-
dress No. 952, care Michigan Tradesman. 952

OR SALE-STOCK OF DRY GOODS,
shoes and groceries; invoice $41,000; goods
bought new last year; will sell part or whole of
stock; located in small town in Michigan; 4 al
did country trade and town is growing. Address
M., care Michigan Tradesman. 9

ANTED—GOOD HARDWARE AND IM-
plement store to locate in one of the best
towns in Michigan; extra inducements to right
— Address Hardware, care Michigan
Tradesman. 32

 

 

OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A GENERAL
stock of merchandise in Southern Michigan,
inventorying about $5,000. Will sell or trade all
or part for good timbered land or summer resort
property. Address No. 929, care Michigan
Tradesman. 929
es SALE—AN Al STOCK OF GENERAL
merchandise, invoicing $20,000, doing a good,
healthy, strictly cash business.
town of 800;

 

Best store in
have big farmers’ trade and get
good profits. Double store room, brick, good
b

 

Advertisements will be inserted under
this head for two cents a word the first
insertion and one cent a word for each
subsequent insertion. No advertisements
taken for less than 25 cents.
payments.

Advance

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS SHINGLE

and tie mill in very best repair; center crank
engine, 12x16; plenty boiler room; Perkins shin-
gle mill; bolter cut off, drag and knot saws; ele-
vator; endless log chains; gummer; belting all
in first-class emer mill now turning out 40 to 50
M. shingles per day. Any one wanting such a
mill will do well to investigate. Will trade for
stock of groceries. Address A. R. Morehouse,
Big Rapids, Mich. 970

HATTEL MORTGAGE SALE—A GOOD
opening for the right party; business estab-
lished twenty-seven years. Stock consists prin-
cipally of books, stationery, wall paper, window
shades, picture mouldings. fancy goods, china.
ete. Is in first-class condition and will be sold at
once for cash to satisfy ciaim. For full informa-
tion and particulars address A. Hahn, Deputy
Sheriff, Three Rivers, Mich. 969
| pee SALE—AN OLD-ESTABLISHED GEN-
eral store business located in a town of 1,200
people in central part of Michigan. Stock con-
sists of clothing, hats, dry goods, shoes and gro-
ceries. Sells over $40,000 a year for spot cash.
Rent, a year. Good reasons for selling
Stock invoices now $18,000. Can be considerably
reduced in thirty days. Wil sell for 70 cents on
the dollar cost price—no less, and must be a
nearly cash deal. Write M. J. Rogan, care Wile
Bros. & Weill, Buffalo, N. Y. 968
‘OR SALE—DErPARTMENT STORE IN
town of 1,200; stock about $20,000; annual
cash sales $45,000; good reasons for selling; a
bargain for cash; no trades. Address Lucius,
care Michigan Tradesman. 967
‘OR SALE—COUNTKY STORE DOING
good business. For particulars address J.
B. Adams, Frost, Mich. 966
NOR SALE—IN THRIVING CITY OF 4,000,
confectionery, ice cream soda, cigars and
tobacco; business good; cash trade. knquire at
382 Canal St., Grand Rapids. 965
ANCELONA, J. L. FARNHAM WISHES
4Vi a buyer for his stock of goods, consisting
principally of groceries and shoes. He will seil
his store buildiug or rent same.
‘OR RENT—BOOT AND SHOE STORE,
established trade of five years, will be for
rent Sept. 1, 1991; only one shoe stock in city of
2.200—one of the best towns for trade in the
State; a growing town with lots of factories; a
grand opportunity for a boot and shoe firm.
Geo. H. Sheets, Grand Ledge, Mich. 964
‘OK SALE—MODERKN COUNTRY STORE
and dwelling combined; good farming com-
munity; big opening for general stock; best rea-
sons for selling; a bargain sure. Address Box
30, Algansee, Mich. 963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

re KENT OR SALE—HOTEL., WITH LIV- =

ery barns—the only hotelin town of 800 in-
habitants; — a number of furnished rooms;
could give immediate possession of hotel; the
barus are rented at good price and doing profit
able business; location central; rent very rea
sonable. For further particulars address M. A.
Hance, Agent, Olivet, Mich. 960

OR SALE—WHOLESALE PRODUCE COM-
mission business; good city; good territory;
good business; best of reasons for selling. Au-
dress No. 958, care Michigan Tradesman. 958
SMALL UP-TO-DATE DRUG STORE FOR
sale; corner bui'ding; low rent; farming
community; summer resort. Reason for selling,
iil health. ust get out of doors fer a year or
two. Address No. 957, care Michigan Trades-
man. 957
7}OR SALE—SMALL CAPACITY SAWMILL
in good repair; one-half million feet of logs
ready to be manufactured and more in sight.
Reason for selling, owner has no knowledge of
manufacturing. Address Box 64, Boon, P. O,
Wexford Co., Mich 950
Ko SALE—DRUG STORE IN A THRIV-
ing Northern Michigan resort town. Stock
invoices avout $1,500. Best of reasons for selling.
Bright new stock, good trade. Address Bower’s
Drug Store, Indian River, Mich. 947
POR SALE—STUCK GENEKAL MEKCHAN”
dise, invoicing from $?,500 to $2,800, in g
farming district at one of the best trading points
between Grand Rapids and Cadillac. G rea-
sons for selling. Address No. 916, care Michigan
Tradesman. 945
7s SALE, CHEAP—3%i,500 STOCK GEN-
eral merchandise. Address No. 945, care
Michigan Tradesman. 945
tg SALE OR EXCHANGE—A STOCK OF
iowa ia Csntral Michigan, Address No. ua car
en! ic ress No. 943, care
Michigan Tradesman. "943

 

 

 

 

t, solid plate glass front, gas and steam
heat. Will sell or rent buiiding. 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. 9%

OR 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, and 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

OR SALE—-TWO GOOD _ BUSINESS

chances; best small stock groceries in South-
ern Michigan, and one-half interest in general
stock. Oceana county; best location in the
towns; ill health only cause for selling. Address
Lock Box 418, Hudson, Mich. 938

OR 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

TOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE
for sale. Box 108, Rathbone, Mich, 922

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 poor health.
Address No. 9.9, care Michigan Tradesman. 919
AN-AMERICAN ACCOMMODATIONS AT
private house, conveniently located. Lodg-
ing, one dollar each Address LeRoy S. Oat-
man. Sec’y, Buffalo Produce Exchange. 917

(OR SALE—AN UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE
and implement stock, invoicing $3,000; lo-
cated in Northern Michigan; doing a good busi-
ness. Address No. 913, care Michigan —
man. 1

OR 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

i“ 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. ject of selling, have other
business elsewhere that will require all of my
attention, Address No. 856, care Michigan
esman. 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

F GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR IF YOU

have a bankrupt stock of clothing, dry goods,
or shoes, communicate with The New York
Store, Traverse City, Mich. 728

ARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF GOODS OF

any kind, farm or city property or manu-
facturing plants that they wish to sell or ex-
change correspond with the Derby & Choate
Real Estate Co., Flint, Mich. 709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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yard, saw mill and woods; also blacksmith

and carpenters. Address Haak Lumber Co.,

Wolverine, Mich. 961

ANTED—WOMAN CUOUK, GiKLS AND
chore boy for boarding house. Address
Haak Lumber Co., Wolverine, Mich. 962

ANTED—SITUATION YOUNG MAN,
position in clothing, hardware, general
or bazaar store; Al references. Address No.
959, care Michigan Tradesman. 959
ANTED  sITUATION—REGISTERED
pharmacist, 29 years of age, married,
twelve years’ experience, capable of ——e
Will be at liberty after July 25. Address F. S.
T., 301 Jefferson St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 949
Boao cgetae gh aoe FIRST-CLASS OPEN-
ing for — pereicien and surgeon; good
town; no doctor. Address at once, the Foun-
tain Pharmacy, Fountain, Mich. 956 _
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
  
    
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS

Travelers’ Time Tables.

 

 

 

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association

President, C. E. WALKER, Bay City; Vice-Pres-
ident, J. H. HOPKINS, Ypsilanti; Secretary,
E. A. STOWE, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J.
TATMAN, Clare.

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 Grocers’ and Meat Dealers’ Association

President, E. P. Cross; Secretary, HENRY J.
SCHABERG; Treasurer, H. R. VAN BOCHOVE.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

President, C. E. WALKER; Secretary, E. C
LITTLE.

Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association

President, H. B. SmirH; Secretary, D. A.
BOELKINS; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. FRANK HELMER; Secretary, W
H. PORTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON.

Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association

President, A. C. CLARK; Secretary,

EK. F.
CLEVELAND; Treasurer, wn. C. K

OEHN

Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association

President, M. W. TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Mc-
PHERSON; Treasurer, R. A. HORR.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association

President, 1HOos T. BATES; Secretary, mM. B.
HOLuy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND.

Owosso Business Men’s Association

President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T
CAMPBELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS.

Pt. Hurvas Merchants’ and Mannfacturers’ Association

President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T.
PERCIVAL.

Alpena Business Men’s Association
President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. L.
PARTRIDGE.

Calumet Business Men’s Association
President, J. D. CupprHy; Secretary W. H.
HOSKING.

St. Johns Business Men’s Association °

President, THos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK
A. PERCY; Treasurer, CLARK A. Putt.

Porry Business Men’s Association

President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E.
HEDDLE.

Grand Haren Retail Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W VER-
HoEKs.

Yale Business Men’s Association

President, CHAS. ROUNDS; Secretary, FRANK
PUTNEY.

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association

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, eachs 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.

GRAND ***

Going North.

 

 

 

& Indiana Railway
July 1, too1.

 

daily ex Su ex Su exSu
Ly Gd Rapids........ 405p 715a 200p 1045p
Ay. Caailiae........... 645a 11254 440p 210a
AX. Traverse City.... $304 1390p GEOD .....
Ar. Fetosmey......... 930a 250p 735p 5 35a
Ar. Mackinaw City...1120a 415 ao. @ Onl

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 322p 745p 145p 1055p
Ar. Ft. Wayne..1210p 650p ToCnicago 1 45a
Ar. Cincinnati. 6 25p 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 car to Harbor
Springs. 9:25pm train going south has through

sleeping cars to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianap-
olis and Louisville daily.

Except Except Except
MUSKEGO. Sunday Sunday Sunday
Ly. Grand Rapids.... 7 35am 153pm 4 40pm
Ar. Muskegon... .... 900am_ 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. & I and Michigan Central.

TO CHICAGO seamen Dally
Ly. G’d Rapids (Union depot) 1230pm 9 35pm

Ar. Chicago ee St. Station) 525pm 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 except pally
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

50 cents to Muskegon

 

and Return Every Sunday

 

 

President, JOHN G. EBLE; Secretary, L. J.
Katz; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD.

 

Muskegon Retail Butchers’ Association

President, MARTIN BIRCH; Secretary, C. D.
RICHARDS; Treasurer, WM. SMITH.

 

 

    

 
 
  

Tradesman Compan

    

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1900
Walter Baker & Co, u«.

PURE, HIGH-GRADE

COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES

Their preparations are put up
in conformity to the Pure-Food
Laws of all the States,

Under the decisions of the U.
S. Courts no other chocolate or
cocoa is entitled to be labelled
or sold as ‘‘ Baker’s Chocolate”
or ‘‘ Baker’s Cocoa.”

 

 

Grocers will find them in
the long run the most profit-
able to handle, as they are
absolutely pure and of uni-
form quality.

 

TRADE-MARK.

In writing your order specify Walter
Baker & Co.’s goods. If other goods
are substituted please let us know.

WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited,

DORCHESTER, MASS.

Established 1780.

 

 

 

 

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Trio Silver Co.,
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Price list Staple Crockery, Glassware, Notions and House Fur-
nishing Goods. Send for Catalogue. ‘‘The Commercial Traveler’’
sent to Merchants only on request—175 pages at

MAIL ORDER PRICES

Base Balls....... See eed ace 38c and $ 68 ead Pemeis, Fe... 2.6 50
Butter Plates, wire end................. 42 Lemon Squeezers, glass, doz............ 40
Bao, Sea... ee 90 Lawn Mowers, 14 in., eaclf.............. 2 15
Bacnets, Maer... 30 Milk Jars, Paper Cap, gro.............. 5200

Mantles, Gasoline, doz....... .......... 80

Bags, paper, see Catalogue.............
reuse... 2:

$2 25, $2 OOand 1 75 Pease Cas 90
Doreen Mat 40 Pisees, MrOmheAee 71
Camas oe. 2 GUS. 2 00 Stone Butter Jars, 1 gal .each.......... 06
Clothes Baskets, 30 in................... 3 75 Stone Milk Pans, 1 gal., each........... 06
Chimneys, Ne. 1, box... .-........_- 1 78 | Shelf Paper. gro. sheets.................
Dressing Combs, rubber.............-... 39 | Silver Plated Knives and Forks, Rog-
Envelopes, fen OM: 19 Ome. Me ee ee
Grocers Fass Book..................... 05 Silver Plated Teaspoons, Rogers’, doz.. 92
Galvanized Iron Tubs, No. 1...-......... 4 95 | Silver Plated Teaspoons, Coin, doz..... 35
Galvanized Iron Pails, 10 quart......... 1 65 | Telescope Valises, each................. 23
Hammocks, * Palmer,” each............ 48 | Tumblers, } pint, by bbl.,doz.......... 19
Hair Brushes, per doz.............-----. 78 | Tea Cups and Saucers, doz.............. 67
Eearmsembens. 35 | Tanglefoot Fly Paper, 50 sheets........ 36
Ink, Thomas’, 3 doz. case............... 82 | Thread, Clark’s M. E., doz.............. 50
Ice Cream Freezers, each............... 1 2 | Thread, Merrick’s, doz.................. 46
Joes, per Dil, der ...- 19 Thread, Cromwell’s, doz................ 17

 

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