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Number 936 YS WILLIAM CONNOR WHOLESALE READYMADE CLOTHING for all ages, block, 28 and 30 South Ionia street. 3 e Open daily from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. : Saturday to 1 p. m. : $ Removed to William Alden Smith 7 Mail orders promptly attended to. e Customers’ expenses allowed. 3 seccccccccococosooooooooes A. BOMERS, Commercial Broker.. And Dealer in Cigars and Tobaccos, 157 E. Fulton St. | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Aluminum Money Will Increase Your Business. GPA ae Seen PENCE a 5 we) oiem oad -k- aie Cheap and Effective. Send for samples and prices. C. H. HANSON, 44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill. 3 ee: LEGSILIASG Credit Udvues POU Hon, Bre and Commercial =Litigatum. Grand Rapids Offices: Widdicomb Building. Detroit Offices: Detroit Opera House Block. L. J. Stevenson Manager R. J. Cleland and Don E. Minor Attorneys Expert adjusters and attorneys on collec- tions and litigation throughout Michigan, THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841, R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bid’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names, Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. C. E. McCRONE, [lanager. National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford Successor to The Grand Rapids Fire Ins. Co. CAPITAL, $1,000,000 ELLIOT 0. GROSVENOR Late State Food Commissioner Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and jobbers whose interests are affected by the Food Laws of any state. Corres- pondence invited. 1232 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. IMPORTANT FEATURES. 2. Getting the People. 3. Petty Pilfering. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. What Might Have Been. 7. Early Closing. 8. Editorial. 9. Editorial. 10. Clothing. 11. Dry Goods. 12. Shoes and Rubbers. 14. The Meat Market. Clerks’ Corner. 16. Tamarack City. 18. Hardware. 19. Village Improvement. 20. Woman’s World. Butter and Eggs. The New York Market. 24. Window Dressing. Commercial Travelers. 26. Drugs and Chemicals. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 29. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. 31. Thanks Dorothy Dix. Hardware Price Current. 32. Commercial Dominatien. THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE. In spite of the lowering looks of ‘‘the kingdoms over the sea,’ the people of this country can but note that, while there is an occasional clinching of the fists and a gnashing of the teeth at the trade inroads this land of ours has been making in the foreign markets, they are still not above the appreciating of a good thing when they see it nor the awarding of that highest praise, imita- tion, when it serves their purpose. Our engines are found to be ahead of the product of the English shops and en- gineers are sent to find out where the superiority lies. The German merchant sends his agents to ‘‘get on to’’ the American twist in the base ball of finance and France more than once_ has shown her readiness to follow a worthy American example. For some fairly weil-understood rea- son, the ‘‘sick man of Europe,’’ while enjoying a game of bluff,has not always conformed to one of the essential rules of the game—a squaring up of his ac- counts. Trusting to the peculiar cir- cumstances of his surroundings, he has not only delayed but refused to meet his responsibilities and it was not until Uncle Sam took a hand that he learned that ‘‘must’’ has a meaning which even the Suitan is bound to respect. It is a matter of recent history that he has set- tled his accounts with the United States. France, it seems, was a much interested observer and, concluding that what a Yankee can do she can, has sent home the Turkish ambassador to report that his master will straighten out his ac- counts or she will know the reason why. At the present writing there is every reason to believe that the money will be paid without the needless burning} of gunpowder—a result due to the fol- lowing of the Great Republic’s example. The instance is a reminder of another matter of the same nature in the early part of the last century. The United States, a hundred years ago, following the example of the European nations, was accustomed to pay annual tribute to the pirates of the Barbary States to se- Tradesman Coupons Tired at last of the humiliation, Presi- dent Jefferson sent a fleet which block- aded the port and repeatedly bombarded the city of Tripoli,and that was the last of the tribute paying. Europe, aston- ished at the courage displayed by this Government and the equally astonish- ing result, concluded to follow Amer- ica’s example and tribute-money to pirates was known no more. The young Republic had furnished an example well worth the following. The earliest instance of example-fol- lowing, and the one which lead by far to the most stupendous results, took place a few years earlier: The king and the peasant on this side of the sea had wrestled and the peasant came out on top. It was the ‘‘third estate’’ against kingship, and the ‘‘third estate’’ had conquered; but tea tax and paper tax and tax without representation were nothing to what the third estate in France had to suffer. It is needless to follow up the thought. Bourbonism had reached its last ditch. The American patriot of the Revolution had fought his last battle and the French patriot, fired by his example, leveled the walls of the Bastille, beheaded Louis XVI. and_ his beautiful queen and started the French kingdom on the way towards the French Republic. Can history furnish a better illustration of the force of example? There are, and always will be, and rumors of wars.’’ and malice and all uncharitableness’’ still assail national life and, alone or united, will try to tear it down; but that nation which does the right as it sees the right, and goes forward with that pur- pose only in view, need have no fear, Its strongest opposers will in time be found to be its closest imitators, and there is rarely war between followers and their model. ‘wars ‘‘Envy, hatred The use of Japanese and Chinese mattings as an article of house furniture is almost universal in this country; in fact, we are the best foreign customers the extreme East has for the product. It has long been contended that these mattings could not be manufactured here for the simple reason that the pe- culiar rush out of which they are made is not indigenous to this country, and no one seems to have thought of intro- ducing its cultivation. It appears, however, that a rush is to be found growing in the greatest profusion in the waters of the Trent and Neuse Rivers, above Newbern, N. C., which experts have found to be identical with the Jap- anese and Chinese plant. The plant is said to be hardy and of rapid growth, and in order to turn it into the manu- factured article no great degree of skilled labor is required. This discov- ery may add one more to the already numerous resources of the South. First tea and then matting, North Carolina seems to be destined to give the Celes- tial quite as hard knocks as the allies did at Pekin a few months ago. The annual imports of matting from China are estimated at about 300, 000, 000 yards, so that there is ample room for home cure exemption from their attacks. competition. GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. Aside from the two storm centers of the labor disturbances—the steel dis- trict in the East and the California coast—the general movement of business is upward. It is notable that, while bank exchange business at Pittsburg and at San Francisco is less than for preced- ing weeks, they are both in excess of last year by 4 or 5 per cent. Through- out the country elsewhere business and financial conditions are exceptionally good, with prospects for fall trade bet- ter than in any preceding year. The movement of the stock market has been quiet, with values moving slowly upward, increasing in activity and price improvement at the latest. The steel issues seem to be the center of interest, taking the lead upward as the prospects for success of the strikers diminish. An unfortunate effect of the undue advance in the price of corn on account of the Southwestern drouths is the cut- ting off of export trade. During the weeks when the price ruled the highest the export movement became but a small fraction of that of the preceding weeks or of the same period last year. Thus the present break in the prices, while not pleasant for those on the wrong side of the market, will tend to restore a healthier tone in demand. The high movement in the price of grain was the opportunity of Russia and to regain the parity prices must come down again. Gradually the steel difficulties seem to be working out, with little prospect of more than local disturbances on account of difficulty in obtaining materials. In some instances considerable premiums are offered for moderate quantities of the affected products, as for instance, $7 being refused for tinplates that sold for $4 a month ago, But these conditions appear to be only temporary, the rapid resumption of work in all lines promis- ing early relief from the cutting off of supplies. The textile situation in Fal] River, where too heavy stocks were likely to cause a reduction of wages and conse- quent strikes, was relieved, at least temporarily, by heavy buying of print- ers for the purpose of preventing the threatened trouble. While this relief would seem to be but temporary, on ac- count of the undue number of spindles in operation, it is hoped that the gen- eral conditions of the market will im- prove so as to help the situation. The price of cotton was stimulated by the unfavorable distribution of rain. The German newspapers keep on boy- cotting American goods and American exports to the German empire keep on increasing. From 1870 to 190! the in- crease is from $42,000,000 to $191,000, - ooo. If the newspaper boycott only keeps up we ought to do a little busi- ness with the kaiser’s subjects before many years have passed. An Ohio man has shot his wife for gossiping too much. This isa rather vicarious way of putting himself out of his misery. Vet 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Practical Methods of Study for Those of Limited Time. While to the casual observer there is little change in the appearance of. ad- vertising from year to year, it does not follow that the science is standing still. Change is gradual and so slow as to re- quire careful comparison to show the result. Perhaps the most perceptible differ- ence is found in the progress toward greater simplicity and candor of state- ment. The ideal in this direction is so high and so difficult of attainment that it seems to be the last in the achieve- ments of the science. In the science of advertisement writing there are two great hindrances to simplicity. In the first place, redun- dant and labored verbiage is the charac- teristic of all unpracticed writing. Words are cheap and ready. Ideas that count are scarce and the novice thinks they must be abundantly clothed to make a proper appearance. Of course they must be suitably embodied and clothed, but not buried under heaps of even the finest raiment. The study of simplicity is the prin- cipal aim of the most successful work- ers in the advertising line. Some may be inclined to deny this and to assert that the great successes have been made by original and catchy phraseology. That which has given life and force tc such work is the direct simplicity. I say there is progress in this direc- tion but in general advertising work there is yet much to be attained. In the natural, and commendable, ambition for originality there is reluctance to use the examples of simplicity which tends to increase the verbiage difficulty. _Many of the most pronounced successes have been manifested by the simplest phrase or word. There are many who have tried to imitate these, but who have found failure in that such imita- tion either fell flat or simply added to the competitor’s success, There is a commendable imitation—of the most progressive methods in advertising—but the imitation should be limited to methods in cases where there is some- thing unique or original in the work imitated. Progress in the way of better work is being gained by the country advertiser making and using a collection of sam- ples of the best work he can obtain from any source. These are not made with a view to bodily use but as samples for suggestion. There is the drawback of course that current work is quickly out of date as the seasons so quickly change, but many are meeting the situ- ation by working a year ahead. To this the objection will be urged that a year behind is away out of date. The adver- tiser will not be a year behind. In his study and in making his scrap book of collections he is studying the latest of current work, and he does not use the work of a year ago bodily. It only serves to suggest what he wishes to do and he does it in the spirit of the pres- ent. There should be no hesitation in employing this method, for it is by sim- ilar ones that all the successful adver- tisement workers have attained their position. Originality is a fine quality, but when abstractly considered it is mighty scarce. The advertising writer frankly recognizes this and proceeds to learn the best methods he can command by imitation more than by theoretical study. When one is thoroughly imbued 258660608650680090600006 Harvesting is Over. Now every farmer wil! again turn bis plow, harrow, land roller and disc harrow to prepare the soil for a seed-bed, which should be done well to insure a good harvest and for such purpose good implements and machinery are necessary. which can be bought right near your door, where you can see the goods and know that you will have value for every dollar invested. We carry a line of goods made by the best manufacturers in America, whicb gives protection to the buyer, because we are able to furnish repairs for any tool or machine Vought of us, therefore we request every farmer who intends to buy any article to be uséd on the farm to give us & call before buying elsewhere. A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES. _ The New Capitol Wagon, Wood and Steel Frame Lever Spring-tooth Harrows, Gale 1 Ream Plows, Diec Harrows, Steel Land Rollers, Superior and McSherry Grain Drills. Road Wagons. Top Buggies, Two-seated Buggies, Single and Double Harness, Keen-Kutter Saws and Axes. Carpenter Tools, Building Hardware. Guns, Bicycle Sun- dries, and General Hardware. Remember the name and place. WM. De KRUIF & CO. LEVERING. MICHIGAN. 98003308005006 BIGGIE OR DAVVDAVADAVAAAA S QADDAAOAAAAAAAAAAAR W. & AL Mokrthor Co,, Lid We have 4 Large, Fresil, otrictly Up-to-date olOGk. V. : Groceries, Crockery, Flour, Feed, Hay, Etc. | We buy in large lots, direct from first hands, consequently we can give you the very best prices. Our stock of crockery and glassware is of new and neat patterns in fancy and staple goods at bargain prices. Our stock of seeds, both field and garden, are the very best that money can buy and our prices are very low. Cement Walks LAST LONGER and for that reason are more econ- omical than any other kind. While requiring the expenditure of a lit- tle more money in the start, their durability makes them cheaper in the end.* The same ean truthfully be said of — Cement Basement and Cellar Floors. We will gladly furnish tstimates on cement work of any kind free of charge. Our material and work- manship are positively guaranteed. Louis H. Kanitz, m 32 Water Street. Brick, Stone Ps and all Mason's Residence pa Supplies. If prices and quality are what you want we can surely give you complete satisfaction, ee ¢ & A MeArihur Go., Ld. ..Large Consumers... ..Andrews Brothers... THE ATTENTION OF Is invited to the following Autumn Bargains in Fine Groceries at TOMATO KETCHUP, in gallon jugs, with REBATE for return of jug; PURE TUSCAN OLIVE OIL in bulk; IMPORT- ED (French) GELATINE, a highly recommended preparation in one-pound packages; Also, a full list of FINE CHEESES, imported, .domestic and local articles, with ‘specialties in BRICK CHEESE for SANDWICHES, IMPORTED . SWISS, CAMEMBERT (in wood, glass or tin), ROQUEFORT and GRATED PARMESAN. TO-DAY, in the FISH MARKETS, specialties will be of- fered in, CALIFORNIA SALMON, SCOLLOPS, LOBSTERS and FROGS’ LEGS. ...Andrews. Brothers’ Markets... -"“The_James” —_ ‘The Mowry” ‘“The.Clintea? + | SPHONE 62 Arctic Baking Powder Iced Tea Glasses toron woeful ot she Common Size Glasses —— Cash Grocers __..-a- Has been sold too long in glass tymblers pnd is too well known here for you to peed our assurance that itis a good. powder. We haveitin . 15c 10c ler, f Handsomely de: orated, full Arctic Beking Powder... You can see them on dispiay in our west window. : Horr Brothers ICA akes short roads. ASEE nd light loads. (GREASE lood for everything that runs on wheels Sold Everywhere. Made by STANDARD OIL CO. Souvenirs We make a specialty of souvenirs 1N CHINA AND GLASS We have “The Hackley Public ow Harbor Library ‘En! the at Muskegon." “Masonic Tem- ple,” in red and opal. GLASS from 15c to 50c This is the time of year when we in our new Importéd China, Seite iecoming every day. Call at once at : ‘ : . . |J. J. BITHER, sag W. Weetera Ave, Drug Necessities, We bave been trying to make known the points of advantage that we have to offer you: gies Perfect goods, fair prices, a clean store, clean atensils, drug-know)- perience, careful at ARE THESE ANY INDUCEMENT? —— * SWARTWOUT & SWARTWO Central Duragists. with the spirit of the best methods, by imitation, study if you will, he can do the most effective and telling work. Once in a while—a long while, per- haps—he can do something striking or original, and none the less that his study has been so largely imitation. But many merchants are under the necessity of preparing their advertising matter who can not afford to give even this imitation study. But all can afford the use of the scrap book. Keeping in this the best examples of our own work is the most helpful. Then to these should be added the most available samples to be obtained from _ other sources. Don’t keep too many such samples. Keep everything under dates, In selecting these study current work as much as time will permit. Then in preparing work suggestions and help can be found in other seasons and yet the work will be original and up to date. *x* * x* I have always been prejudiced against the French Clarendon letters, such as those used in Wm. De Kruif & Co.’s display, because they are indis- tinct and unattractive. The writer of this advertisement makes the mistake of too much verbiage. The paragraph is too long and too elaborate—it contains the matter which might perhaps be val- uable in talking to the customer, but even if the farmer reads it through it has little or no effect. There is the ob- jection to the list of articles that it is too long. The same number of articles could he listed, but the display should be broken up and the different classes grouped together. The shading of the display lines and the border is so near alike that it gives a blur to the whole. The W. & A. McArthur Co., Ltd., is also unfortunate in the selection of the French Clarendon. Otherwise the dis- play is pretty fair, except that the up- per and lower lines are crowded too closely into the corners and there is too much space between the words in the line. Andrews Brothers make the mistake of burying the important items of their list of articles under a jumble of big words, run all together. The different classes should have had a separate strong display of the salad dressings, cheese and fish. A fairly good advertisement is that furnished by Horr Brothers making a specialty of baking powder. The writer has said just enough and to the point, and the printer has seconded him well in the display. It is a model advertise- ment and will serve to sell other goods than baking powder. Louis H. Kanitz writes a good cement advertisement, which is well displayed by his printer. The display would have been better in a uniform style of type and the writer should have cut out a number of his biggest words. The Mica axle grease advertisement, by the Standard Oil Co., is a sample of ideal simplicity and strong display, with a curious use of the initials in the short expressive sentences—a specimen of good work. J. J. Bither has a good display of his souvenir specialties, which is expressed simply and concisely and is well com- posed. would have put the name in the same display type as the rest. Swartwout & Swartwout write a good general drug advertisement which may be criticised as being a little too long, perhaps. —__ ¢-2____- Love is like arsenic; if you take a little it is deadly poison, but if you take a lot you will get over it and it will only clean out your system. . So —_ a i ae hn 4 ~~ - + 5 rt + ca “an, - = x > i * rc ~ > - = vy? - - a-j->? « > > rd by _ ) ye 7 “as r i a - a —f— _ — 5 hm tp oe ae 4 te > =) ~ i - ee + «2 i -~ | 5 eg i 4 ~~ = ee ¥ S i * re - -+ = — ot > —_— > a~-f-> « > > > by ~s ) Pe % a r we ~ _ i - HA nite 5 uk 2 ae 4 at > a i - MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 8 PETTY PILFERING. Most Effective Method of Curtailing the Abuse. At this season of the year, when peaches, pears, apples, and other small fruits are being displayed in open bas- kets or boxes in the retail store, the merchant is caused a very considerable loss through the small pilferings of cus- tomers. Such customers, who take what they do not pay for, are in fact, as much thieves as though they had stolen goods of larger value, but it is not the part of tact or good judgment to call their attention to the fact that they are pilfering from the merchant. The fact of the matter is, in a great many cases, the consumer never stops to think that he is doing both the mer- chant and himself an injustice by tak- ing a peach from the box, ora pear from the case, and eating it then and there without paying for it. Neverthe- less he is doing an injustice to both. He is doing the merchant an injustice because he is taking that which belongs to the merchant and not paying for it; he is doing himself an injustice because he is committing a petty theft of which he is unworthy but which if persisted in may blunt his conscience and lead to larger thefts later on. In all probabil- ity no thief began by stealing half a million dollars, but many thieves have been made by at first taking small ar- ticles of little intrinsic value, and in- creasing the value of the goods until they began to reason that what came into their possession was theirs,no mat- ter how it came there. The question how to stop this petty pilfering is one that should, and does, concern the retail dealer. The matter is one that must be handled tactfully, so as not to alienate otherwise good customers and keep them from visiting the store. Here is an idea. It may or may not be a practical one. At any rate it will not cost much to give it a trial. At the last meeting of the Minneap- olis Retail Grocers’ Association, John Powell called attention to the following article which was printed in the Minne- apolis Times, and the article was read in the meeting by Secretary Taylor: An article published recently in the Benton Harbor News will appeal with force to many grocers who handle fruit in season. It reads as follows: ‘*Look at those boxes now,’’ said a leading grocer this morning, pointing to a dozen boxes of plums, some half empty and others only minus the top layer. ‘‘Yesterday morning they were all fuli to the top. Where’ve they gone to? They have been taken by women thieves. They are the best women in the town, intend to be honest and prob- ably think they are, but nevertheless they are thieves. The trouble is, they have divorced themselves from the idea that it is as dishonest.to steal a pin as aring. Here comes a lady. She takes one plum and passes on without even thinking that she committed a theft. One plum isn‘t very much, but suppose one hundred women do likewise. It’s a bad habit and an expensive one to gro- - few days afterwards the News rinted an interview with the grocer re- erred to in the above article, in which he said that the nuisance had been much abated since the matter had been brought to the attention of his custom- ers by the newspapers. Twenty-three of his lady customers had mentioned the matter to him and acknowledged that they had been guilty of the offense without giving the matter a thought. At the present price of fruit, this ractice is certainly an expensive one or the grocer, and one which he would be glad to see discontinued without having to speak of the matter himself. Merchants everywhere can make this article valuable to them. Go to the publisher of the paper in your city or town, or, if there is more than one paper, go to the publishers of all of them and respectfully request them to print this clipping, giving it an ap- propriate heading. They will do it, especially if you are an advertiser; if you are not, they will probably do it anyway. Then get the editor to write a word of comment on the article. If you have customers who you _ are afraid will not see this article, purchase enough papers to go around to all of them, have the editor mark it witha blue pencil, and mail it to all of them. Be sure that they see it. Clip it out and paste it up in an appropriate place in your store where it will be seen and be read. You will find that very few people will be affronted by the use of it in this way, and that it will havea much desired effect. If the publishers of the paper refuse to print the article, which is not a long one, I do not know but what it would pay you to join with the other merchants in your town, have it put in type, and have several hundred or several thous- and slips printed, and then distributed by a boy at all the houses in the city or town. Do not make any exceptions. Give every woman and every man in your town or city one of these slips without fear or favor. We believe this will abate the pilfering nuisance, except in rare instances, and that in the course of a few weeks’ time you will save enough money through the abatement of this nuisance to more than pay you for the work in connection with getting the article printed.—Commercial Bulletin. > 0. _____ Grindstones Strictly Up To Date. ““If,’’ said a dealer in such things, ‘*anybody had told our grandfathers that the time would come when we should have ball-bearing grindstones I suppose they would have thought he was crazy; but we have them now and they are not very costly either. ‘“‘If the grindstone is one that is worked with a treadle there are ball bearings on the crank, where the treadle rod is connected, as well as on the shaft on which the grindstone turns. Really, it is a pleasure to see that homely old tool, the grindstone, mounted on ball bearings, and it is a positive delight to see how easily such a grindstone turns. ‘‘But the ball bearings are not the only modern improvement in grindstone equipment. There are nowadays grind- stone frames and attachments that are patented. The old, old way of turning a grindstone was with a crank, or a sin- gle treadle; but nowadays we have double treadles, one for each foot, and the frame that supports the grindstone has upon one end of it a seat like the seat you -see on a mowing machine or anything of that sort, this being by no means a device fora lazy man, but a convenient means of enabling the man using the grindstone to get at it to the best advantage. ‘If you, knowing the grindstone of ancient times, will picture to yourself a man sitting in a comfortable seat so placed on the end of the frame that he can get square at the face of the stone, which he turns by means of two treadles, one under each foot, the stone itself turning on ball bearings throughout, a grindstone yet to be sure,but with every working part distinctly modernized, you will get some idea of the difference between the old grindstone and the new.”’ —__> 0. _____ Transformation. Nell—I suppose she’s long and lanky, just the same as ever? Belle—Not at all. cently came into a fortune. **divinely tall’’ now. You know she re- She’s Special Features of the Grand Rapids Morning Market. The weather conditions have been more of a factor in the market this sea- son than ever before since its establish- ment on the island. The unusual num- ber of rainy days and nights have inter- fered with the work of fruit growers especially and the most careful calcu- lation has been necessary to get their products into the buyers’ hands in good condition. Not only has the rain delayed the work, but it has delayed the ripen- ing; and when the fruit does come to maturity, it must be utilized quickly or it goes to pieces. On this account firm- ness is a great essential. But while the cool dampness has delayed the harvest and caused a great deal of loss from de- cay it has made the fruit which is left fine and large in appearance. Peaches are easily the leading feature on the market. The offerings are very abundant and, while prices are reasun- ably moderate, sales are good and the grower has no reason to complain. A common remark by the buyer is ‘‘ Pretty hard.’’ The seller replies, ‘‘ You know they have to be hard to holdup.’’ They are large, clean and fresh in appear- ance, but not so highly colored as when there is more hot weather and sunshine. If we should have a few days of more seasonable weather now—which seems probable—there will be a tremendous rush of the yellow fruit which may tax the absorptive powers of even this phe- nomena! market. Other fruits of all kinds are coming in freely, but none in especial abund- ance. The most plentiful are plums— outside of apples, of course. These are fine and large in appearance. Growers report much rotting of the unripened fruit on the trees, on account of the dampness. Early pears are offered considerably, but less freely than plums. Grapes have been slow in maturing, but are now offered in some quantity. The price rules rather high as yet. Notice- able features are the size of the berry and the perfection of the bunches. A wagon covered with systematically ar- ranged baskets—such as shown by W. K. Munson, for instance—presents an exceedingly attractive appearance. In the vegetable market the most prominent features are the melons. These are large and fine in appearance and many loads are offered. Tomatoes are plentiful, but offerings are pretty well taken. Potatoes are not so abun- dant since the break in price and un- certainty in selling. There is an ocean of abundance in other vegetables, but some way nearly everything seems to find buyers. On account of the interference of rain, the variation of attendance has been great, some mornings very small and others correspondingly large. Probably the greatest number of teams in the market at one time was on Sat- urday, as the volume of offerings made the market slow, and teams remained in their places longer than usual. The greatest quantity of peaches offered was on Tuesday of this week and, of course, the volume of market business was greater than on Saturday, as teams came and went more quickly. Saturday filled the grounds to the limit, teams occupying the available space on the main street. Has All the Barber’s Traits. ‘*He says he has no use fora barber.’’ ‘*T guess that is true. He shaves him- self and cuts his own hair, and I am told has even gotten into the habit of talking to himself.’’ cheap coffee because he could not afford to pay 25 The reason it “goes” is the consumer who drank 25 and 30 cent coffee says B. B. B. is good enough for him and costs him 20. Works both ways. OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 3 or 30 cents buys B. B. B., and the one who drank @ Is a silent salesman and makes permanent patrons —that’s F. M. C. Coffee. FREEMAN MERCANTILE CO. Coffee Roasters, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a ns sk Agta 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Vanderbilt—Glazer Bros. have added 25 feet to their new general store. Benton Harbor—Morrow & Stone have purchased the grocery stock of Wm. F. Seel. Springwater—G. W.. Rawson & Co. have engaged in general trade at this place. Bellevue—E. E. Mason has purchased the interest of his partner in the grocery firm of Mason Brcs. Sunfield—Geo. Peabody, of Lake Odessa, has purchased the lumber yard of Wolcott & Ramsey. Fennville—W. W. Hutchins has sold his furniture stock and undertaking business to C. H. Adams, of. Hartford. Iron Mountain—M. A. Mortenson succeeds the clothing and men’s fur- nishing goods firm of Mortenson & Ax- berg. Hart—Fisher & Lyon is the style of the new firm organized to succeed Roy C. Fisher in the furniture and under- taking business. Coral—J. S. Newell, senior member of the firm of J. S. Newell & Co., has just comrleted a new home, equipped with all the modern conveniences. Mancelona—]. M. Hoffman has closed out his meat business and is as yet un- decided as to whether he will re-engage in the same line of trade at this place. Manton—Hartley & Taylor have pur- chased the Wm. Wilson stock of grocer- ies and building, adjoining their re- cently acquired implement warehouse. Coral—Dr. E. Wm. Boleo has com- pleted the construction of a two-story frame drug store, 24x70 feet in dimen- sions, equipped with plate glass and steel ceilings. Kalkaska—W. H. Kenny has disposed of his cigar factory to Fred Frisk and removed to Portland, where he will em- bark in the same line of business with his brother, John Kenny. St. Ignace—F. Kruger & Son have purchased the stock of groceries and crockery of J. F. Jamieson and will re- sume business at the old stand after an absence of a few years from its manage- ment. Omer—The business men of this place have raised $1,050 to clay a piece of plains road between the village and a good farming country tributary to them. They believe that this investment will eventually come back to them a hundred fold. Ellsworth—E. R. Harris has taken possession of his new store building, 48 _ feet square, two stories and basement, equipped with steel ceilings and plate glass front. A-peculiarity of the store is that the entrances are on the sides, which prevents the accumulation of store loafers in the passageway to the post office in country stores. Kalamazoo—Aaron Stulting, who has been employed by Cramer & Co. for the past twenty-two years, and Mr. Vroe- gindeweij, who has been behind the counter for Sam. Folz for several years, have formed a copartnership under the style of Stulting & Vroegindeweij and will engage in the clothing business at 122 North Burdick street. Menominee—Carpenter, Cook & Co, is the name of the wholesale grocery firm which succeeds Penherthy, Cook & Co. The papers changing the name have been filed and the capital stock increased to $1,000,000. W. O. Car- penter, the financial head of the firm, and C, I. Cook, the manager, have pur- chased the interest of the late Frank Penberthy, and are now sole owners of the business. Hancock—The confectionery firm of Lee Bros. has embarked in the manu- facture of candies on a large scale and expects to furnish employment to forty or fifty people. It has secured the serv- ices of Fred Baker, an expert candy- maker of Chicago. The present loca- tion of the firm will be retained for the retail department, while the factory will be located in a new building recently purchased by it Menominee—-The wholesale grocery house of Carpenter, Cook & Co, has de- cided to enter the manufacturing field and is equipping a factory building with coffee roasting, spice grinding, bottling and canning machinery ata cost of over $25,000. It will also manu- facture candy and confectionery. Coffee. will be purchased in Brazil and cleaned and roasted here. The steamer contain- ing its first shipment of eight calroads of coffee reached New York last week. Detroit—Fred W. Schwartz, grocer and meat dealer at 1007 Michigan ave- nue, sold his business Aug. 19 to A. L. Livingston and wife, who gave him a note for $1,800 as payment. To secure the note he took a warranty deed of ten acres of land at Howard City, repre- sented to be worth $3,000. Schwartz went to Howard City, where he learned that the property in question was as- sessed at only $250. Schwartz now wants his bill of sale set aside, and Judge Donovan has issued an injunction re- straining the Livingstons from dispos- ing of any of the property. Lowell—Judge Wolcott issued an or- der Monday, directing the assignee of N. B. Blain to offer the dry goods stock at private sale for thirty days and then advertise that it will be sold at public sale at the expiration of fifteen days. The assets are appraised at $7,257 and the liabilities aggregate $11,500, includ- ing $3,129 claimed to be due the Lowell Building & Loan Association, which amount Mr. Blain and his bondsmen claim to be incorrect. The real estate, comprising twenty-nine acres of land, which Mr. Blain values at $3,000 and is mortgaged for $1,500, is appraised at $2,000. Manufacturing Matters. Mendon—The Morgan Glove Co. has discontinued business, having sold out to John Wuerst. Pontiac—The Standard Vehicle Co. has filed articles of incorporation, with a Capital stock of $35,000. Caro—The Hub Clothing Co. has en- gaged in the manufacturing business with a capital stock of $10,000, Manistique—The Hiawatha Lumber Co., Limited, has been formed at this place. The capital stock is $12,000, Bay City—The capital stock of the Walworth & Neville Manufacturing Co. has been increased from $100,000 to $200, 000. Ganges—The Ganges Canning & Packing Co. is the style of a new en- terprise at this place. The capital stock is $7,150. Onaway—A new manufacturing enter- prise has been established here with a capital stock of $150,000, under the style of the Lobdell & Bailey Manufactur- ing Co. Saginaw—James A. Noland has _pur- chased the plant of the Saginaw Rug Co. and will develop the business as rapidly as possible. There is no other jfactory of the kind in this part of the State. Lapeer—At a mass meeting, held Monday night, citizens subscribed $50, - ooo of the remaining $100,000 stock needed to erect the beet sugar factory bere, which is capitalized at $600,000. Outside capital to a large extent has been engaged. Battle Creek—The American Pure Food Co, is the newest aspirant for pop- ular favor. The capital stock is $100, - 000, of which $5,000 is actually paid in. Scott Field, Frederick E. S. Tucker, Herbert A. Rowles and Henry J. Shat- tuck are the stockholders. Detroit—Articles of association have been filed by the Superia Cigar Manu- facturing Co. The capital stock of the company is $6,000 and the stockholders are Grant R. Rause, Albert E. Bunting and Abram E. Davis, of Detroit, and Nelson D. Baird, of Azalia. Flint—The Holmes Cigar Co., which is involved in the recent strike of union cigarmakers—a strike as foolish as it was useless—has decided to close its factory and transfer its business to De- troit, where operations will be resumed with non-union men who would rather work than strike. Detroit— Articles of association of the Dunbar, Hartnell Co. have heen filed with the county clerk. Its capital stock is $150,000, of which $15,000 is paid in. The stockholders are: Clement A. Dunbar, 7,750 shares; Stephen E. Hart- nell, 6,950 shares, and Robert P. Hart- nell, 300 shares. The company will manufacture, buy and sell automatic machinery. Adrian—The Century Box Co. reached a point where,on account of its increas- ing business, they found that it was necessary to have more operating capi- tal. Local capitalists were not willing to increase their holdings, and an op- tion on the stock held in this city has been secured, and the company will be reorganized with increased capital stock, which has been largely subscribed by Tecumseh parties. This will result in the removal of the plant to the latter city. Niles—E. R. Rowe, representing the Harper Buggy Co., of Columbia City, Ind., proposes to the city of Niles that if a suitable factory building is fur- nished the Harpers will locate a branch of their plant here, which will give em- ployment to 500 men. Mr. Rowe, who is a stockholder in the company, has taken up his residence here, being fa- vorably impressed with the town. The Business Men’s Association has the proposition under consideration and there is little doubt but that the manu- facurer’s wants will be supplied. Battle Creek—The Battle Creek Oil & Varnish Co, has been organized here with an authorized capital of $1,000, 000. This industry is already established in Chicago by George W. Bodine and Howard O. Bodine, who will remove the business to this city. The other stockholders are: John F. Miller and Frank W. Clapp, of this city, and C. H. Daskam, of Marshall. The new con- cern will employ 200 men and manufac- ture varnish and paint, oils, japans, dryers, varnishes, paints, enamels, var- nish stains, wood fillers, printing inks, hard oiled finishes and asphaltum var- nishes. —_——_>-0—__ Most Creditable Trade Journal in Michi- gan. From the Detroit To-day. Grand Rapids has the distinction of sending out the most creditable expon- ent of legitimate commercial enterprise in the State of Michigan. The Michi- gan Tradesman stands for the finest ideals of business conduct and develop- ment and it has been a mighty factor in the commercial uplift of the live cities and villages of all Michigan in the past eighteen years. The Tradesman has built up for itself a splendid constitu- ency and prestige. Its great plant in the Blodgett block has been amplified to take in well establisbed and flourishing printing and engraving business. The force that has wrought all this magnificent success is revealed in the intense individuality of E. A. Stowe, for over twenty-five years a progressive and public spirited citizen of Grand Rapids and a tireless leader in its business organization and commercial expansion. —— 0 Retailers Forced to a Cash Basis. Not long ago all the wholesale meat and provision houses in Springfield, Mass., issued an order that all bills against their customers must be paid cash every Monday morning and not one cent discount from the face of the bill. Things are moving the same way in Pittsfield, Mass., where but one wholesaler now stands out, and will probably soon fall into line, and when that is accomplished the Westfield headquarters of the Swilt Beef Co. are expected to adopt the same weekiy pay- ment rule. This new phase of business has set the retailers thinking and sev- eral of them will at once make a rule for their trade that all bills must be paid in cash as often as once a week or no more goods will be delivered. They are forced to this by the action of the wholesalers, —_» 2. ___ Seven Steps to Success. 1, Close attention to the business by the proprietor, 2. Careful counts. 3. Short book accounts. 4. No ornamental help, but every one in the store a worker. 5. A stock of goods kept up to date. 6. A generous distribution of accom- moda tion and politeness. 7. Living within your income. ——> 0. ____ Notwithstanding the vast quantities of petroleum that have been spread over the surface of New Jersey, the mos- quitoes are stiil very much at home in that State. An aeronaut who made an ascension at Union Hill came down in the mud of the Hackensack Meadows, and when he was found the insects had bitten his face until it was a mass of red ridges and he was almost uncon- scious. It will take more oil than the Jerseyites can afford to buy in order to exterminate the mosquito pest. buying and cash dis- Cotton Rubber Lined Mill Hose Write for prices. Grand Rapids Supply Company 20 Pearl Street Grand Rapids, Mich. PEACHES WANTED Carlots or Less. M. O. BAKER & CO., TOLEDO, OHIO WRITE OR WIRE US FOR PRICES ee —_ 28 pm Bes r #4 — + A “~ r re r ‘ - - de 4 > r bain ~ | ~ » ee — o ~ r #4 - >, a | r ee r y - - hen a > > ing or Fines MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip C. G. A. Voigt is taking a needed respite from business cares, which ac- counts for the omission of the review of the grain and flour market this week. Grant H. Otis, who recently ex- changed his general stock at Shultz for a farm, has re-engaged in the grocery business at the same location. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. Samuel M. Lemon claims to have landed twelve black bass in as many minutes while a guest of District Attor- ney Covell at his summer residence on long Lake, near Traverse City, a few days ago. In substantiation of his state- ment, he refers to John Blodgett, but the latter is noncommittal, because he did not get any of the fish. —_—_+2-__ The Produce Market. Apples—Fancy stock easily fetches $3@3.50 per bbl. and cooking stock com- mands $2.25@2.75. Sweet apples are in strong demand at $1@1.25 per bu. Bananas—Prices range from $1.25@ 1.75 per bunch, according to. size. Jumbos, $2.25. Beans—Reports from several bean growing sections are very encouraging, indicating that the crop will be large in volume and—if nothing happens—fine in quality. Beets—4oc per bu. Butter—Extra creamery is in moder- ate demand at 21c. Dairy grades are without particular change, ranging in price from 11@12c for packing stock to 14c for choice and 16c for fancy. The Daily Trade Bulletin of Chicago has is- sued its annnal report of butter in stor- age, which shows 1,069 120 tubs in the coolers, as against 1,017,270 tubs’ in 1900 and 906,976 in 1899. This is only a further indication that the storage of butter was heavier this year than last. Holders of storage stock feel well satis- fied with conditions and believe they will make from %c to Ic a pound on all good Junes put away. These do not go into consumption until next February. Cabbage—The enormous demand has subsided to some extent and the price has declined to $2@2.25 per crate of three to four dozen. Carrots—4oc per bu. Cauliflower—$1@1.25 per doz. Celery—15c per doz. Fine in quality and large in size. Corn—Green commands 8@Ioc per doz. Crabapples—So@6oc per bu.; $1.50 @z2 per bbl. Cucumbers—15c per doz. for hot house stock ; 4oc per bu. for garden stock; 12c per 100 for pickling. : Eggs—The market continues to strengthen, as is usually the case after Aug. 20, which appears to be the divid- ing line. Local handlers pay 12@13¢, holding candled stock at 14c. Egg Plant—$1 per doz. Frogs’ Legs—Large bulls, 45@soc; medium bulls, 25c; large frogs, 15@2oc: small frogs, 5@Ioc. Green Onions—ioc for Silverskins. Honey—White stock is in light sup- ply at 14c. Amber is slow sale at 13c and dark is in moderate demand at i1 @i2c. Lettuce—Garden, 6oc per bu. Maple Syrup—$1 per gal. for fancy. Musk Melons—Gems fetch 4oc per basket. Osage and Cantaloupes com- mand 50@6oc per doz. Onions—7o@8oc per bu. Parsley—25c per doz. Peppers—75c per bu. Plums—Receipts are heavy. Brad- shaws, $1@1.10; Gueii’s, 75@ooc; Green Gages, goc@$1; Lombards, 75 @8oc. . Peaches—The frequent rains have had a serious effect on the crop by giving the fruit abnormal size and ripening it ahead.of time, which has’ necessarily precipitated a glut and an era of low prices. Crane’s Early fetch 75@85c; 50c per bu. ; head, Red Crawfords and Barnards, 85c@$1 ; Early Crawfords, $1@1.25. Pears—Flemish Beauties, $1; sugar, Cc. sutass Fe expected slump oc- curred on schedule time. Prices range from 60@75c per bu. Poultry—The market is without par- ticular change. Live hens command 7 @8c; spring chickens, 8@oc; turkey hens, 8@oc; gobblers, 8c; spring ducks, 8@toc. Pigeons are in moderate de- mand at So@6oc per doz. and squabs are taken readily at $1.20@I.50. Radishes—i2c for China Rose; toc for Chartiers. String Beans—75c per bu. Summer Squash—soc per bu. box. Tomatoes—soc per bu. and tending downward. Watermelons—14@15c_ for Sweethearts and home grown. Sweet Potatoes--$3.75@4 per bbl. for Virginias. —_>2.—__ The Grocery Market. Sugars—The slow demand for refined Sugar is the principal depressing factor in the market for raws, which ruled quiet but unchanged on the previous basis of prices, 96 deg. test centrifugals still being quoted at 4c. Refiners showed a marked disinclination to pur- chase and it is expected that they will not resume operations until the demand becomes more active for refined sugar. A well-known New York sugar broker Says: ‘‘ Raw sugar has reached a point where it becomes a serious question with producers to cover cost of produc- tion and, at present value or little less, only the most modern plantations in Cuba will be able to make the coming crop without actual loss.’’ There is a somewhat better feeling in the refined market, although prices show no change. Most of the retiners have disposed of their oversupply of soft sugars and have withdrawn concessions on same. The demand is improving somewhat and we think will continue to do so, as buyers’ stocks are light. Indications point to a steady and unchanged market for the next two or three weeks. Canned Goods—The market for all varieties of canned goods was firm dur- ing the week and supplies are quite generally cleaned up. The particular features of the week were the opening of the peach season and the renewed in- terest in the tomato market. There has been a good demand for all varieties, but the orders are not so large as they were a few weeks ago, They are, however, of sufficient size to sustain the present market and we do not look for any immediate decline on any of the staple goods. Tomatoes are very strong and higher, with a continued active demand, both for spot and future goods. Spot stocks are held exceedingly firm, as they are so light. The corn market continues very firm, both for spot and future gords. Spot supplies, however, are practically exhausted. The outlook is for about a 20 per cent. crop in New York State and, according to one esti- mate, not over 50 per cent. anywhere. Peas are in good demand at full prices, especially for the fancy grades. Baked beans are higher on all grades. Spot supplics are very light and, with raw material scarce, the situation on the canned article looks very strong. Gallon apples are very scarce and continue to advance. It is interesting to learn that gallon apples which were exported to England a few months ago are now _ be- ing brought back to New York and sold at a profit. The pineapple situation is practically unchanged. There is a scar- city of the best grades and we think in a few weeks the better grades will be entirely sold out. Salmon on the spot is Indiana very quiet and easy. Although con- sumptive demand is good, the bulk of the salmon business has already been done, buyers having placed orders for future delivery, but there is still consid- erable interest in the new fish. Domes- tic quarter-oil sardines are firmer. Im- ported sardines are held firm and there are expectations that the market will soon advance. The fishing in France is reported even worse than last year. Dried Fruits—Consumptive demand for dried fruit is very fair, in spite of the warm weather, but there is only mod- erate activity in a jobbing way. Seeded raisins are attracting considerable at- tention and are moving out rapidly at full prices. Stocks of loose muscatel raisins are practically exhausted, but the demand is very light, seeded raisins having in many cases taken the place of the loose muscatels. Prunes are in bet- ter demand and are a trifle firmer, lead- ing holders asking %c advance. Some of the trade, in the general uncertainty as to the outlook on prunes in Califor- nia, are believed to be providing for early wants by taking a moderate amount at the prices quoted. Peaches and apricots are in good demand at previous prices. Better trade is expected a little later. The demand for currants is increasing and prices are firmly held. Latest advices state that Persian dates are doing well and shipments are ex- pected to commence somewhat earlier than in previous years. It is rather early for definite estimates as to the extent of the crop, but it is, doubtless, consider- ably larger than that of 1900, but some- what less than the phenomenal harvest of 1899. It appears that during the present crop the bulk of the importa- tions for the United States will come via direct steamer. Two boats have been chartered for New York, expected to bring cargoes of about 100,000 boxes each, which will be nearly sufficient for the consumption of America, which av- erages about 250,000 boxes annually. The Smyrna fig crop is progressing fa- vorably. Latest advices report threaten- ing weather, but no actual damage has yet been done. The yield promises to be larger than that of Igco, Rice—The statistical position contin- ues to strengthen and there was a further hardening of prices for all grades, deal- ers naming higher prices for some sorts. Supplies of fancy rice are practically exhausted, the few lots obtainable being held at such high prices. According to reports considerable damage was done by the recent storm to the rice crops near New Orleans, but details have not been received yet. Spot sales were fair and owing to decreasing supplies, in- dications are for a probable rise in prices, particularly for fancy styles. Tea—The tea market is very dull and sales are only of small lots for immedi- ate requirements. The better grades of green tea continue scarce and holders, as a rule, are not disposed to shade prices. Molasses and Syrups—Sales of mo- lasses are few and far between and the usual summer quiet prevails. Prices continued steady for all grades and, in order to secure supplies, buyers are obliged to pay full prices. Spot stocks remain small and are being well held. Owing to the very small supply on hand, which will probably prove in- adequate to meet the regular wants of the consuming trade until the approach of fall, it is not believed that prices will go any lower. 2 Nuts—The demand for nuts is show- ing some improvement, particularly for almonds. Rolled Oats—On account of the weak- er market for grains, rolled oats have declined 20c per barrel; competitive cases, Ioc and Nickel oats, 5c. We think now is 4a good time to buy, be- cause if the oat market advances, rolled oats will undoubtedly go up again. >t >___ Boot and Shoe Recorder: ‘‘When I go into a dealer’s store,’’ said a shoe salesman, ‘‘and infer from the proprie- tor’s manner that he is annoyed about something in connection with his busi- ness, I don’t make any talk with him unless I am absolutely obliged to. If he is having a discussion with one of his employes or customers which is of an unpleasant nature, I also retire as gracefully as possible. There ‘is no use to attempt to do business under such circumstances. Whenever I have tried to do so I have almost invariably been turned down. It isa great deal better in my opinion to make another visit even at the expense of considerable time and trouble in order to find conditions more favorable for doing business, ’’ ——-->-2> ___ An effort should be made to get the Sultan to exhibit his collection of ulti- matums at the St. Louis world’s fair of 1903. a The man who will invent a thermom- eter that won't go above 80 degrees will do much to make life bearable. —_-+t+.>____ That New York judge who says there is about one honest man to a_ thousand is certainly an optimist. ———_>0 > ___ For Gillies’ N. Y. tea,all kinds, grades and prices, call Visner, both phones. Holland Herring Just received a car new catch direct from Hol- land. “Y. M.” brand— finest packed and larg- est packages. We are _ headquar- ters. Send in your or- car der quick. This will be all sold in a week. Olney & Judson Grocer Co. Grand Rapids 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Palmistry as a Means of Preventing Busi- ness Failures. Do you believe in palmistry? I sup- pose it is unnecessary to say that it is the’science by which a palmist looks at your palm and by the lines on it tells not only your characteristics, but your probable future. I never believed in it much until the other day, when a palmist read my old flipper and told me what sort of a man I was. I had no idea before that I was such a nice man. _ I repeated the whole thing to my wife that night and | could see that she was impressed. After I was through she observed that it was strange that after twenty-eight years of married life she hadn’t discovered some of the good qualities that the palmist had found in two minutes. Seriously, I believe in any science or fad, whichever you please, that can see as far into a man’s disposition as this palmist saw into mine. Actually, the analysis was so close that I felt an involuntary, modest shrinking while I was in the man’s presence—sort of fear- ful that he could look right through my shirt and see the old brown mole on my heaving bosom. I asked this palmist whether he him- self believed in the thing. He said, with great earnestness, that he did and argued that, in his opinion, it was _ not in the Divine plan to send a child to earth with no guide post by which his leanings should be determined, like a compassless ship. The lines of the palm, he thought, were the signs of character and trend by which a child should be started right on the walk of life. This gives palmistry a practical bent that has never been claimed for it be- fore. If the argument is logical, a father could forecast from the palm of his month-old baby that baby’s future —what it was cut out for; what it should be. For neither the shape of the hand nor the lines in it change, be a man 70 years old or 7 days. I couldn’t help but think of these things the other day as! stood in the little store of a grocer and notion seller in a small Pennsylvania town. I have known the old fellow who runs this store for a good many years. He is about 70 years old—one of the little, old, mild- mannered fellows who ngrgoue have large families. The description of this old man will probably be recognized by nearly every - salesman who travels through Central Pennsylvania. He has never been a successful merchant—he has never been anything like successful. He is as good an exampie of a misfit as I ever saw. This poor old grocer is absolutely at the mercy of every salesman who sells him goods. He knows nothing about buying—he can’t seem to learn any- thing about it. When the salesmen tell him to buy, he buys. The salesmen all know the old fellow and they take care of him, for while any traveling man will dump with pleasure the mer- chant who poses as a smart Aleck, they are protectors as true as steel tothe man who admits his ignorance and puts him- self in their hands. The old fellow takes a trade paper and seems to read it in a desultory fashion, but information about the mar- kets seems to make no impression on him. He hasn’t a shred of business in- stinct and he has grown to lean so ab- solutely on the salesmen that he no longer considers it necessary to think for himself. If this lamentable old failure had only had a father to study his palm as he lay in his cradle, he might have been spared this lifetime of failure. 1 looked at his hands that day as he wrapped up some sugar. They had long, slender fingers—a beautiful hand—the real artistic hand. The man should have been an artist or a musician. Never in the world should he have been a grocer or a merchant of any sort. But seventy years ago palmistry, with other things, was probably not even dreamed of. His customer gone, I engaged the old fellow in conversation. I wanted to see whether my little attempt at reading his hand was borne out by the facts. I asked him how business was. ‘*Bad.’’ I have never heard him say anything else for ten years. I looked about the store for a means of getting at what I wanted. Finally, I saw a gay-colored poster back of the counter. ‘It’s wonderful,’’ I said, ‘‘how beautifully color printing can be done nowadays. Look at that child—the flesh tints in the face there are wonderful !’’ ‘‘Fair,’’ said the old fellow, briskly, ‘‘but they need brightening a little. They’re a little too pale. As a rule, the tones in these posters are exagger- ated, but in this case it’s the reverse.’’ ‘*Pardon me,’’ I said, ‘‘but you seem to know something about these things. Do you paint?’’ ‘‘Oh, no,’’ he replied. ‘‘I used to do a little at it when I was younger, but I haven’t for twenty years.’’ And the old fellow sighed. This aged and forlorn grocer, rubbing along at 70 with a poor little unprofit- able grocery store on his bent back, might have made a National reputation as an artist. He ‘‘used to do a little at it when he was younger’’—how that speaks of a born ambition, only half gratified, then strangled! One look at his hands had told me more about his bent thana lifetime had told either himself or his parents. All this for the want of a shrewd, keen-eyed palmist to look at that baby’s palm, and say, ‘‘This child’s bent is artistic; he should play, or sing, or paint.’’—Stroller in Grocery World. > 22 Dr. R. J. Gatling, who invented the famous rapid-fire gun bearing his name, has turned his attention toward farm machinery and proposes to revolutionize existing agricultural methods. Dr. Gatling is the inventor of a motor plow, which he asserts will accomplish from a comparative standpoint on the farm what his gun did on the field of battle. The claim is made by the great inventor that his plow, under the guidance of one man, will break the surface of a 30-acre field in a single day. It is the intention of Dr. Gatling and a number of St. Louis promoters to place his invention on the market, and it is proposed to organize a stock company with a capi- tal of $1,000, 000. —_—__ 2-2 The courts of Belgium are to be called upon soon to decide an_interest- ing question—whether the railroad com- panies must provide separate cars for women who want to smoke. A young woman recently lighted a cigarette in a carriage reserved for women. Her trav- eling companions immediately protested and threatened to complain to the guard as soon as the car stopped. When the young woman reached her destination she consulted a lawyer, who has taken the question into the, courts, The Pan-American’s Electric Glory. The fiery sun had sunk behind great masses of heavy clouds, making its pro- test in the angry rays that here and there pierced the threatening darkness that grew denser until the arch of heaven was blackest night. The whirring wheel of the trolley pole threw out its lurid green glare, marking and emphasizing the more the settled gloom, for it was a night when bats flew low and swallows kept circling near their nests. Soon we reached the high fence that separated the old city from the new and passing the turnstile we were in the Sunken Gardens where ghostly statues that flanked it peered out upon us like frightened things from their home of gloom, while on either side and way above us the shadowy outlines of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts Buildings were just visible. Up the long flight of steps, in front of the great Tower, we halted and listened to the rush and fall of many waters that gushed with mighty force from its face, making weird sounds like fairy music through the sultry air. On and on, by the Court of the Foun- tains where myriads of tiny jets from flowering cups flung the water’s spray high in air,as soft and shimmering as a bridal veil. But ever wandering on we passed the Fountain of Plenty, where graceful fig- ures of children sport in the babbling waters. Then still further back, close under the four noble Pylons, topped with heroic figures of warriors bestrid- ing rearing chargers, we stood with the gathering hosts that, ever increasing, were silent, watchful, waiting. From this slight elevation on the bridge that spans the winding canal we gazed down the long vista at the faint outlines of pictured domes, great build- ings and frowning castles, with their many pointed turrets, just traceable against the awful darkness of the night behind. Suddenly a hushed silence seemed to hover over all; then, as if touched by the wonderful magic breath of life, a soft, tremulous, gentle, dim pink glow, from three-quarters of a million incandescent lights, twinkled and shone like the first rays of the morning sun. Slowly, surely, like the life eternal, the radiance grew deeper red, stronger, brighter, clearer, dazzling white, as from out the darkness sprang celestial glory! The magnificence of this radiant firmament of light filled the vision, and caught and held the soul aloft, as from every quarter of the compass forms and curves of innumerable buildings were star-decked, while the wondrous Tower, looming far up into the immeas- urable onyx blackness, gave out a beauty and brightness never dreamed of or known before. All stood spellbound, held and thrilled as if by some command from on high, when softly, gently, like a mother’s voice, drifted from a cornet afar, ‘‘Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee,’’ and the vast awe-struck mul- titude, with bared heads and faces aglow with keenest feeling, followed the sacred song in their hearts, while their eyes be- held the glory of the Light! Robert Mitchell Floyd. —__~> 2 >____ The slow movements of the average fat man rather tend to contradict the theory that haste makes waist. You ought to sell LILY WHITE “The flour the best cooks use” VALLEY CITY MILLING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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ALWA are ] aren r Oa ~_ > _— \ a 4 r 4 <-§-> a - ; , -_ - ~ a ~~ % — al ™~ ed —— —— A - - 7 p ‘ a _ > _— \ - ~ ¥ ® te — Foy - - « > lly a - ~ a ~ % — ht ™~ ed MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 EARLY CLOSING. How Individualism in Trade Led to Suc- cess. I believe there’s a time for everything and plenty of time to do it in. If I was hungry enough to eat raw crawfish I wouldn’t take a handout from a man who would refuse to join his brother merchants in closing up at 6 p. m. I guess it’s all right to be a little stingy, but aman like that is too stingy for his own good. In the first place it is all foolishness. A store can do as much business be- tween 7:30 a. m. and 6 p. m., as it can if it stayed open all night. Hard to figure it? Well, just try it. If a merchant wears all the life out of his clerks to-day he’s not going to get so much good to-morrow. The human system is like a lot of other machines; it needs some time every twenty-four hours to get it in working order and keep it there. One thing I’ve noticed in my travels —the stores in the little towns keep open the latest. Another thing I’ve noticed is that the general population of the little towns go to bed earliest. The bedtime of a town is usually in proportion to its size; the smaller the earlier to bed, until you get to the vil- lage with one general store and a black- smith shop, where they go to bed when the chickens go to roost. If you never thought about this think about it. It is so, and these little gen- eral stores keep open until 10:30 and 11 o'clock. In towns of a thousand and up to five or ten, the stores close at about 8 p. m. Keep open those extra hours to sell a dollar and forty cents’ worth that they could have sold before 6 if they’d close on time. I think it was in ’67 that I heard of a fellow up in Waukegan who wanted to sell out. Waukegan was a hot rival of Chicago in those days and it looked good to me. I just looked at the location of the two and figured out that Waukegan would have four or five million people before Chicago got big enough to wear long dresses. I have found out since that it takes more than a location to make a big city. Anyway, in ’67 I bought that stock of goods in Waukegan and paid two years’ rent in advance. Then I went in to show the town how to do business. As this story is about closing at 6 p. m., I'll not tell you how I skinned those guys in more ways than one, but will just confine my remarks to the question before the meeting. By ‘‘guys’’ I mean the other fellows who were in business in Waukegan. I bought that stock in a lump and closed up a week to invoice and paint up. "After the hooks had been footed up I found that I hadn’t landed on such a real soft snap as I had at first calcu- lated on. But I made the best of it and opened the store with a grand hurrah sale ‘‘at 50 cents on the dollar.’’ The next week 1 opened up a couple of thousand in new stuff and business seemed as if it was Starting off right. I hadn’t said anything to the folks about closing time and I noticed that the head clerk didn’t close the doors until 8 p. m. I asked him about it and he said that was the way they were all doing. He thought I wanted him to keep open later. Picked me out for a squeezer, I guess. I told him I'd like to close at 6 p. m. That made his eyes sparkle, but he said he didn’t think I could make the riffle as none of the other merchants would agree to such early closing. I told him I'd see about it, and for. the next four days I tramped around Waukegan talking 6 o’clock closing to the merchants. I didn’t get any satisfaction. They all seemed to think they'd be losing big business if they shut up at 6, because Waukegan was ‘‘a great afternight town.’’ I got tired of talking to them and then I got hot. When I went back to the store I told the head clerk that after this we would close up at 6 p. m, sharp. He went around and told the salespeo- ple, and it did me good just to see the smiles on their faces. Next Monday morning I got out a cir- cular telling the people of Waukegan all about it, and that this store would close promptly at 6p. m. if we never struck bottom. 1 had some pretty good reasoning in the circular about clerks deserving some rest, and I roasted merchants who wouldn’t close up to a good brown turn. That circular was about as vitriolic asa Sam Jones sermon. It didn’t make ’em close, but it inter- ested the Waukegan people in my store and started "em my way. Every month for two years I sent out a circular on the same order, and I be- lieve that those circulars and being de- cent with my help made me more _busi- ness than anything else I did. I had the trade of that town before I left. When Decoration Day and the Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving Day would come along, I closed all day instead of at I and 2p. m., as the other fellows did. On these days I hada sign hung on the front: ‘‘This store will be closed all day. Our clerks are as tired as the dickens and need a rest. We don’t be- lieve in half holidays.’’ Occasionaliy I would send my sermon circulars to the country, too. I think if I had stayed in Waukegan I would have been a millionaire to-day, for I never did see a business grow faster. But my fame spread too fast and a fellow from Chicago came up to see me and wanted me to go into the wholesale dry goods business with him. I had no trouble in selling out at 100 cents on the dollar—believe I could have gotten a bonus—and into the wholesale business | went.—Dry Goods Reporter. ———___see—>__ Largest Apple Deal on Record. Chicago, Aug. 24—What is said to be the largest apple deal on record in the United States was made yesterday in the sale of the Haseltine apple crop, in Green county, Missouri, for $54, 000. The sale includes the apples on 1,000 acres of orchard, which are estimated to harvest 100,000 barrels, about 30, 000, C00 apples. Four produce firms are the purchasers of the crop. —_>0»___ A Model School, Old Gentleman—Do you mean to say your teacher never thrashed you? Little Boy—Never. We have moral suasion at our school. Old Gentleman—What’s that? Little Boy—Oh, we’re kept in and stood in corners, and locked out and locked in, and made to write one word a thousand times, and scolded at, and that’s all. Little Demand for Applejack Nowadays Chester, N. Y., Aug. 24—‘'This is a year with an odd number,’’ said an old-time Orange county farmer who seemed to be despondent, ‘‘and conse- quently the apple crop will be short.’’ ‘I don’t know why it is, but Orange county orchards bear well only in the years of even numbers. It’s not a ques- tion of every second year but of even numbered years. This was first noticed as long ago as 1816, the famous year without a summer when the fruit, like all other crops, was destroyed. The following year was all right, and the farmers confidently expected that their apple trees would be laden with fruit. If the orchards had blossomed and fruited in that year, it being an odd- numbered year, the rule would have been broken. As a matter of fact, the orchard went over that year without any crop. But in 1818 they came on again with great productiveness, and did not fail again in any even number year un- til 1850, ‘That was the year the codling moth first made its appearance in Orange county orchards, and put a worm in al- most every apple. So we gathered no apples to speak of that year, but there was no crop in 1851. We had to wait until the even numbered year came along, and then the orchards were loaded. ‘‘But it doesn’t make so much differ- ence any more whether Orange county orchards bear in even years or add years, or whether they bearatall. A few years ago Orange county made more applejack than any other county in the Union, New Jersey not barred. In the town of Warwick alone there were twenty-seven applejack distilleries. We turned out 100,000 gallons a year, and paid the Government $120,000 a year tax for doing it. There was scarcely a town in the county that didn't squeeze its quota of apples into cider and con- vert the cider into applejack. ‘‘Orange county began the making of applejack before the Revolutionary War. There is in use in the Sayre distillery ‘near Warwick a kettle and worm, the product of which in applejack paid ex- cise duty to King George III. It was then in a still somewhere in the Hudson highlands. The Sayre still is the only one left out of the twenty-seven. Ail the old stills in other parts of the county have disappeared. There is perhaps not more than 10,000 gallons of applejack made in Orange county to-day. ‘“There was a time, not so long ago, when one would hear no other tipple asked for by the bibulously inclined in Orange county. If you asked for whisky, applejack would invariably be Set out to you. To-day if you ask for applejack right herein its old-time home the landlord will have to take a look over his stock to see whether he has any. It was no uncommon thing for as high as $10 gallon to be paid for applejack known to be from some particular still, or to have been a cer- tain number of years in the farmer’s cellar. Some of the best applejack ever made is lying in farm cellars to-day. There is some more than forty years old. But somehow the present genera- tion has gone away from the good old taste of the fathers and applejack that ought to be worth $1 a drop is ignored for tumultuous rye and cheap beer. ‘“ The distillers that are left in Orange county say there is no money in apple- jack any more, one reason being that rye and corn whisky can be made so much cheaper. So the glory of Orange county applejack is gone and it really makes little difference now whether her orchards bear in the even or the odd number years, or whether they bear at are ee .No Affair of Hers. Hostess—And does your mother allow you to have two pieces of pie when you are at home, Willie? Willie (who has asked for the second piece)—No, ma’am. Hostess—Well, do you think she would like you to have two pietes here? Willie (confidently )—Oh,she wouldn’t care. This isn’t her pie, you know. aie FX Chee Business Man year. Always has a handsome Calendar for each one of his customers at the beginning of each new He considers a calendar the best adver- tisement for his business. Are you an up-to-date business man? We are the largest calendar manufacturers in the Middle West. Order now. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. 8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MiccangpavesMan Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Communications invited from practical business men. ep tami must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of — aith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their popers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all oa are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mall matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, Please say that you saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Epiror. WEDNESDAY, - - AUGUST 28, 1901. County of Kent - John DeBoer, being du poses and says as follows: I 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 August 21, 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 twenty-fourth day of August, Igo1. Henry B. Fairchild, Notary Public in and for Kent County, Mich. STATE OF of Kent | y sworn, de- THE COMPOSITE AMERICAN. Dr. Henry Gannett, geographer, eth- nologist and linguist, in the service of the United States, has been studying the United States census, and he has en- deavored to construct out of that wilder- ness of statistics his idea of the aver- age citizen of the United States. It is rather a peculiar product which he has manufactured out of figures, showing that the average American is a man five feet eight inches in height, with a chest girth of thirty-six inches, and a weight of 150 pounds. He is nearly an inch taller than his English cousin, and more than an inch taller than his distant cousin, the German. He probably looks over the heads of all European peoples. In weight, however, he is exceeded by both the Englishman and German, be- ing of slimmer and lighter build, al- though he is probably as heavy as the average European. His age is put at 37 years, with an expectation of 30 years more, being an expectation greater by a year than that of the English or Germans. His wife is 35 years of age, is five feet four inches in height,and weighs 126 pounds. She will live to the age of 68 years, as her expectation of life is slightly great- er than that of her husband. His entire estate has an estimated value of $5,000, and his annual-income is, on an aver- age, about $750. His property is as- sessed at about 4o per cent. of its true value, and he pays taxes amounting to $14.60, or 73 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The family of the average American, consisting of wife and three children, lives on a scale and a daily diet which would be regarded in Europe as lavish, such a one as can be afforded there only by the rich. His table is spread with abundance, not only with articles of do- mestic production, but imported food stuffs. For example, his family con- sumes annually 1,250 pounds of wheat flour, and 600 pounds of oat and corn meal, 750 pounds of meat, or about two pounds per day; 750 pounds of pota- toes, 100 pounds of butter, and 300 pounds of sugar. He is the greatest coffee drinker on earth, one pound a week being required for his family’s consumption. Of tea, however, he uses little, five pounds per year sufficing for his needs. His table costs him $16 per month. He eats three meals per day, taking his dinner at noon. He retires between 9 and Io at night, and rises at 6 in the morning. As to his vices, he is in a measure a slave to tobacco. He consumes twenty pounds of the narcotic weed a year, or one ounce per day, and although he has used it freely since he was grown, as did his father and grandfather before him, it does not appear that he has suffered any mental or physical deteri- oration in consequence of such indul- gence. Although by no means an intem- perate man,neither is he an advocate of total abstinence. Annually his family, which means in the main himself, con- sumes seven and a half gallons of spirits and wine, and not less than seventy-five gallons of beer. He uses less spirits and more malt liquors than did his imme- diate ancestors. For ciothing, his family expends an- nually about $100. His clothing is ready made, as are the shoes of himself and other members of his family. His wife keeps no servant, but does the house- work herself. She is his companion and business partner and is the head of the house, as he is the head of the farm. The American has more news- papers at his service than has any other reading creature and his books are cheaper and more numerous than are those of any other nationality. He may not be so generally educated as are the peoples of some countries; but, with the excellent system of free schools in his reach, he hopes to find no deficiency in his mental make-up. Such is the average man of the nation which is aiready one of the richest and most powerful on the globe, and enjoys the promise of becoming the mistress of the other nations of the earth. He will doubtless be equal to all the de- mands that are to be made upon him. For the first time in the history of the grain business,a cargo of wheat shipped from this country to England is being returned without unloading. The cargo, which contains seven loads, in all 56,000 bushels of hard Duluth spring wheat, was shipped from Philadelphia for Lon- don on the steamship Marquette. The scarcity of London storage and the high price of terminal {charges there makes it cheaper to return the cargo, as the low rates of ocean freight amount to prac- tically nothing when compared to the heavy charges abroad. The grain is not being brought back here for consump- tion, but for reshipment, as it is ex- pected that the grade of wheat which constitutes the cargo will be in much greater demand when it again reaches London. As the result of the agreement of sev- eral Western companies to extend their lines and make new connections it will be possible within a year to telephone direct from New York to San Fran- cisco, without relays. The world is in- deed fast becoming a vast whispering gallery. There will soon be no such thing as an isolated community. The Sultan has added one more to his collection of ultimatums, A BIT OF BUSINESS HYMNOLOGY. A distinguished President of a well- known University of the Middle West in a recent lecture unduly criticised the more or less popular hymn, ‘‘Oh, to be Nothing, Nothing !’’ averring that the words do not convey the idea of the hu- man heart; that the whole thought is nonsense and that the so-called hymn should be stricken from future editions of all hymn books. It is submitted that the criticising President has made a mistake. While from the point of view furnished by the President’s chair of a great University there may be, in his field of vision, not a single soul who wants to be ‘‘noth- ing,’’ or even considered as such, he must concede that the college world is only a minor part of the universe and fthat there are, on the part of the great majority, certain conditions which might and do make absolutely nothing one of the most desirable things in the world. Morally—and the word includes its opposite—what a difference it would make in the life of the average criminal if the hateful record of his wretched past should reveal only ‘‘a line of white across the page,’’ and if the maker of that record, with the past reduced to nothing, were restored to his old place in the world before crime had claimed him for its own. Is it exactly absurd, then, for the prisoner, from the depths of his heart, to sing heartily, ‘‘Oh, to be nothing, nothing?’’ The President of a University hardly needs to, be reminded that from a mathematical point of view the nothing condition is not the most deplorable. There nothing is, indeed, naught, but it is the dividing point between noth- ing and what is worse than nothing. The world, to a man, could he have his choice, would never be written down a minus quantity—zero minus something —and the business world, to a man, is putting forth every energy to keep on the plus side of zero. Even the prosper- ous institution which the President con- trols has its business side and that in- stitution and its fellows, the country over, are striving to make both ends meet or, what is the same thing, to be ‘‘nothing, nothing,’’ at the beginning of another college year. The thought has a deeper meaning and a wider application in the world of trade. ‘There, if statistics are to be depended upon, the per cent. of failure exceeds that of success. From begin- ning to end it is a constant struggle to keep at nothing or on the right side of it. The nothing is the pivot upon which the balance of trade rests and, dip the beam never so little, that little is just so much less than nothing. The groceryman on the corner understands this as thoroughly as the merchant prince and both are spending their days and nights to reach that fateful noth- ing, if they can do nomore. They know as none other can the fearful odds that are against them. Uncertainty is the only condition to be depended upon. A month’s prosperity too often only hal- ances a month’s adversity and the level beam of years is but the repetition of the same tedious tale. It all turns upon nothing, with the chances largely against that, and the tradesman who comes out even is the envy of his fel- lows. It is the least that can be de- sired and it is no wonder that hymn and sentiment have found favor with the masses who have learned from the heart to sing, ‘‘Oh, to be nothing, nothing !"’ The matter might end here, but it does not. Indeed, nothing is by no means the symbol of failure. Without it prosperity would find trouble in ex- pressing itself. A line of nothings means much or little according to the relation they sustain to the figures be side them. Decimally the nothing swells or shrinks them by ten. One, for in- stance, is only that much better than nothing, but six nothings with that same one to lead them stands for what the commercial world to-day is fighting for.. They are praying for it as well—a hymn is a prayer borne heavenward on the wings of song, and what better can ex- press the desire of the commercial wor- shipper, and of those depending upon him, than ‘‘Oh, to be nothing, noth- ing !’’ It is to be hoped that wise second thought will not write down the hymn as doggerel and cast it to the dogs. It is, on the contrary, the tunefully- expressed heart-longing of the world, civilized and uncivilized. As such it is not an absurdity and can not be con- sidered so. It is widely catholic and no sect can claim it as its own. The tuneful methodist and the Wandering Jew, the deist and the atheist—‘‘the round world and they that dwell there- in’’ can lift up their voices in this uni- versal hymn of supplication, feeling sure that their petition will be granted. In that respect it has the advantage of the other numbers of the hymnal and for that reason, if for no other, should be retained. UNIFORM DATE FOR PICNICS. The Tradesman is in receipt of the following letter from the Secretary of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Asso- Ciation, with the request for editorial comment thereon: Our Association has had the following question under consideration, and the Secretary has been instructed to corres- pond with every grocers’ association in the State for an opinion: Why not hold the annual picnics of the various grocers’ associations throughout the State on the same day and date? Kindly bring this matter up at the next meeting of your Association and let us know the results. The Tradesman can see no particular object in holding all the mercantile pic- nics on the same date, because a picnic is supposed to be held at a time which is most convenient for the people attend- ing it, and whenever the selection of a date becomes obligatory, the duty of at- tending the picnic becomes irksome. If all of the picnics were held on the same day, there would be very little visiting back and forth, which would, to a great extent, eliminate the theory of fraternity and co-operation which all mercantile associations are endeavor- ing to cultivate. Under present meth- ods of conducting picnics, it is not un- usual for delegations from one city to attend the picnics of other cities nearby, and these visits have had much to do with bringing about a better understand- ing and more thorough harmony between competing points. The Tradesman is not advised as to the reasons advanced for making the enquiry, and perhaps valid grounds can be given therefor: but, in the light of past experience and in view of the varying conditions pe- culiar to every town and every associa- tion, the Tradesman is steadfast in be- lieving that the selection of the date of the annual picnic is a matter which can be safely left to the convenience and good judgment of the members of each association, a a - > > BA oa » -~¥ - ~ r ¥ 6 Fad - - > oh? > -'y) . * < » - » 4 * > ay ve } mae fe j - ye < )» a i | | ) | ~— i — 4 -l~ > j aa - s a* soe a - > > A —T * we ~ ae - es r x “- > - is ‘ > oh? --§-y MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 A PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP. The announcement is made that for some time preceding the steel strike and since, J. Pierpont Morgan and others associated with him in the man- agement of the United States Steel Cor- poration have been perfecting a plan whereby as many of the employes of the several factories thus allied as desire may purchase stock at par, however much beyond that figure this stock may be selling. In round numbers it is said that this immense corporation employs something like 165,000 men. It would be impracticable to suppose that all or even perhaps a majority would make any such investment. On the other hand, there are many among them in receipt of large wages and, being both industrious and thrifty, they will lay by money for which they seek a safe and prospectively profitable investment. Such a scheme is feasible where the company has an immense capitaliza- tion, although it might not be in the average manufacturing corporation. The plan proposed is theoretically ideal and some may be tempted to re- gard it as Utopian. Profit sharing has been tried in various ways and in prac- tical operation has not been as success- ful as its advocates could desire. The Dolgeville experiment is of easy recol- lection. Profit sharing as a gratuity is different from the plan proposed by Mr. Morgan, whereby operatives in the mills may become actual share holders and to that extent part owners in the whole property. In all manufacturing enterprises capital is useless without labor and labor is useless without capi- tal. They must work together harmoni- ously if the best results are to be ob- tained. Just as a man wko owns prop- erty is a better citizen, so a man who owns stock in the concern is a more in- terested workman. The announcement coming at this time will be subjected to the criticism that it is offered in the hope of influencing the adjustment of existing difficulties. That criticism will lose its force if the plan is put into actual and practical operation. With all the mills working, when times are good, steel stock bought at par is worth having. The very general holding of it by employes would have a very salutary influence in more ways than one. If a very considerable number of shares were in the hands of the employes, al- though they would, of course, always be in the minority, still it would be only fair that they should have at least one representative in the board of directors. Of course, there is nothing to prevent any steel worker from buying stock in the company if he wishes to and has the price at present, but the Morgan plan proposes to set aside a block for this special purpose. All forms of profit sharing are more or less experimental as yet, and if this is given a trial the out- come will be watched with interest. THE POPULATION OF FRANCE. The official figures of the French cen- sus, taken during the current year, show that the population of France is 38,641, - 333, representing an increase for the past five years of 412,364. This is an increase of something more than 1 per cent. When it is considered that the figures include all soldiers abroad, as well as sailors in the navy and merchant marine, the increase shown certainly does not appear great, but it is, never- theless, gratifying that an increase is shown, however small. The small gain in France fully con- firms the impression that France has ceased to be a growing country, the population, in fact, being practically at a standstill. The increase shown was mainly in cities. Twenty-eight depart- ments show gains and fifty-nine losses. It should be remembered that French- men emigrate but little—less, in fact, than any other people—hence it can not be claimed that the absence of substan- tial growth in population is due to emi- gration, that safety valve for the surplus populations in other countries of Europe. France has, therefore, ceased to grow actually as well as compara- tively. It is useless to speculate upon the causes for this lack of healthy growth. That is a matter for the French people themselves and the French government has already given the subject serious at- tention. Whatever the cause, the result is the same. France, without keeping pace in growth of population with her rivals, must inevitably drop behind in wealth and political power. A great military power, having ambitions to a voice in international affairs, must keep up a healthy growth in population, otherwise it must dwindie steadily in importance compared with those pow- ers whose populations maintain a rapid rate of growth, as is the case of Russia, Germany, England and the United States. In all of these countries, and particularly England and Germany, the increase is kept up in spite of a very large emigration to other countries. It is a matter of concern not only to Frenchmen, but to foreigners as well, that France is not progressing in popu- lation. France is in a measure the Buffer State, or balance wheel for con- tinental Europe. Her present military strength makes all powers hesitate to engage in dangerous enterprises without her consent. That France has a splen- did army and vast resources is well rec- ognized, but the fact that her popula- tion shows no gain, while her rivals are constantly growing, is a source of weak- ness, because her military strength does not continue to grow in the same _pro- portion as does that of possible antago- nists. This fact is an obstacle to the maintenance of the balance of power in Europe which conservative people hope for. Arbuckle’s floating hotel, which was to give New Yorkers a chance to get away from the hot and stuffy city in the night time, with an opportunity to sleep where the sea breezes made the atmosphere cool and invigorating, has proven a flat failure and the enterprise has heen abandoned. The fault seems not to be with the idea, but with the method of putting it into practice. It is cooler and pleasanter down the bay than in the hot and crowded streets of the metropolis. The difficulty was.that the floating hotel was an ordinary ship with staterooms for two and four people and only a port hole for air. Few peo- pie sleep well in a strange bed the first night, anyhow, and when that bed is a berth on shipboard, in a stateroom shared by two or three others, the sur- roundings are not attractive for repose. Had the barge been built on some plan which should have provided single staterooms with a window to let in plenty of air, the scheme would have been more successful. It would be en- tirely practicable to construct sucha craft and there is reason to beileve that it would prove popular and _ profitable. If it is to be called a floating hotel, it should be more like a hotel. The Ar- buckle idea is all right. The trouble was with its application. AN IMPRACTICABLE PLAN. An interesting legal question, even although apparently a one-sided one, comes up as an incident to the great steel strike. The city of McKeesport is dependent very largely for its welfare and prosperity upon its manufacturing enterprises. The mayor sides with the strikers and avows his practical friend- liness for their cause at every opportu- nity. Believing that there are other places more favorable, either in atmos- phere or location, for the steel business, the trust announces its intention of dis- mantling one or more of the mills and moving the machinery from McKees- port to some other more attractive point. Itis reported that the ‘holders of the municipal bonds of McKeesport will make an application to the court for an order restraining the United States Steel Corporation from removing the Dewees-Wood plant. They will claim that the value of the bonds de- pends upon the population and prosper- ity of the city, which weuld be seriously affected by the closing of its mills and their removal. If the citv has no indus- trial business it will not be able to meet the interest or principal of its obliga- tions. While it is true that the removal of any manufacturing enterprise from a city or village is a severe blow toit and in a sense lessens the value of its bonds, itis difficult to see how any such action at law as is suggested at McKeesport could have the serious attention of any court. The manufacturing companies were in no sense a party to the contract. The bond transaction was between the municipality and the investors, and the latter have no avenue through which they can legally reach a manufacturer any more than they can prevent a gro- cer or a dry goods merchant from leav- ing town. It is not so very many years ago that the New York Central, in what it thought was wisdom, determined to close the West Shore shops at Frankfort and thereby struck a blow to that _pros- perous and thrifty village, which at that time thought its death knell had been sounded. There was another element which entered into the case of Frank- fort, because the people of the Mohawk valley had contributed $70,000 worth of land to the West Shore for the purpose of securing the shop. Much as the re- moval was regretted under such aggra- vated and aggravating conditions, no legal remedy against the road was dis- covered. The New York Central Com- pany, with a greater generosity than the steel corporation is likely to exhibit, gave the free use of its buildings for the occupancy of other industries which have brought back to Frankfort much of its former thrift. That was voluntary on the company’s part, however, and not the result of judicial compulsion. There seems to be no law to compel a corporation to maintain an industrial plant in any particular place. POPULATION OF CANADA. The census of the Dominion of Can- ada, embracing the provinces of Brit- ish Columbia, Manitoba, New Bruns- wick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Ed- ward Island, Quebec and the territories, shows the population to be 5,338,883, a gain of only 505,644 over the census of ten years ago. The percentage of in- crease is 10.46. The big provinces of Quebec and On- tario show a falling off in the percent- age of increase as compared with the growth in population of the previous decennial! period, although they have, of course, gained in population. Prince Edward Island shows an actual decrease in population of 5,820, As the representation in the Domin- ion Parliament is based on the popula- tion, Ontario will lose five seats in the Commons, Prince Edward Island one, Nova Scotia two and New Brunswick one. Manitoba, on the other hand, gains three seats and British Columbia two. The representation of Quebec Province is fixed permanently at sixty-five and furnishes the unit on which the repre- sentation of the other provinces is based. The representation of the North- west territories is the same as before. The net result of these changes is that the number of seats in Parliament is re- duced from 213 to 209, and the Ottawa River,the north and south boundary be- tween Quebec and Ontario, becomes the dividing line, the country to the east of it returning 100 members, and that to the west of it 109. The figures presented by Ontario Province are particularly unsatisfactory. The entire province has gained only 53,657 persons in ten years; the per- centage of gain, which in 1891 was 9.73, has fallen to 2.53 per cent. This fact, together with the loss of five seats in Parliament, has resulted in unfavorable comment. Canada, with a decennial increase of 10.46 per cent., makes a poor show by the side of the Great Republic, with 20.7 per cent., or nearly double as much. It is not strange that there is great dis- appointment both in England and the Dominion. The law relating to wills sometimes works a forfeiture of the testator’s in- tention. An instance in point is con- nected with the decision of Surrogate Fitzgerald of New York, as to the last testament of Steve Brodie, the gentle- man who won some notoriety as a bridge jumper. He made out a will which was perfectly regular and fair and called in two friends who knew each other and asked them to sign it, which they did, and in their presence he signed it, declaring it to be his last will and testament. When it was pre- sented for probate the witnesses testified to the facts, and because Brodie did not sign first and the witnesses afterward the” court refuses to admit the will to pro- bate and declares it invalid. There is no question as to Mr. Brodie’s intention and the case hangs merely on a _ tech- nicality. To a layman it would seem as if the clear and undisputed intention of the testator should govern. The French are looking for some po- litical significance in the recent order of the Japanese government that in the future all its communications with for- eign powers will be made in the Eng- lish language. The Japanese declare that there is no politics involved and that they have simply studied their own convenience and that of their most im- portant correspondents. French has long been the official language of di- plomacy, but its position is now serious- ly threatened. The Japanese are quite right in making the change, as their foreign intercourse is principally with . Great Britain and the United States. With September will come the R’s and the oysters. Lovers of the tooth- some bivalves will be gratified by the reports that the crop this year is unusu- ally large and excellent. There are only three days more to wait for their appearance. 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clothing Ruling Fads and Fashions in Gay Gotham. Some time ago I called attention to the favor with which Norfolk suits are regarded by men of taste. I have no- ticed this summer a considerable num- ber of young men who wear the Norfolk jacket with long trousers for business dress. I don’t like the idea. We natural- ly associate the Norfolk suit with sport and recreation—with golf and the bicy- cle, with the mountains and the shore. In its place it is a very useful and tasteful garb. Out of its place it be- comes offensive to men of taste. Some years ago when all of us (fat women not excepted) were suffering from the bi- cycle mania, one saw Norfolk suits everywhere. People were even married and buried in them. No one was too poor or too humble to appear in a sloppy bicycle suit. Of course, under such circumstances men of taste be- came weary of the Norfolk suit and it was put aside, and it is only just be- ginning to reappear this summer. | hope that it will be kept in its proper place as a suit for sporting and _recrea- tion wear. Sack suits are quite good enough for business purposes. The Norfolk suit will be even more in favor next summer than this. It is a wise thing to have on hand a pair of long trousers as well as a pair of knee breeches to match the jacket. There are times when knickerbockers are im- possible and other times when trousers are unendurable. But a Norfolk jacket, even when worn with trousers, is not just the thing for business hours. ee I have noticed this summer what a very small number of men, compara- tively speaking, one sees about town in knickerbockers. Some few years ago, when the bicycle craze was at its height, one saw knickerbocker men everywhere. Now one sees but a very few. In fact, bicycling has fallen off here as much, if not more, than in smaller cities. The people I see on the wheel belong to the lower orders for the most part and it is rarely that I see a party of gentlefolk on wheels. Of course, knickerbockers worn with the Norfolk jacket or a sack coat are the best garments for bicycle riding. They are cut tight about the knees and full about the thighs and the bagginess at the bottoms is eliminated. The extensions are made of other ma- terial than the garment and fit the leg very closely. It has been the custom for some time to wear coats that do not match the knickerbockers, but gar- ments that match are again in favor. A tweed, or a cheviot in a quiet overplaid pattern, is about as good a material as one can find for the suit. A dust col- ored suit is not pretty, but a suit that will not show dust is necessary if one takes the sport with any degree of seri- ousness. + + Some fashionable people have the art of dressing their servants with good taste for all occasions. I saw up town the other day a private automobile whose chauffeur was dressed in a way that was very tasteful. His uniform was a dark navy blue suit (lightweight, I judge) cut with military collar and closing up the front like a military coat. Coat and trousers were trimmed with black braid along the edges and the seams. wide rolling brim, completed a very cool and tasteful livery. * * * I notice that in the windows of those A Panama hat, with rather Stores that offer goods at cut prices there are very few black belts shown at re- duced rates. That, I think, is an indi- cation of the popularity of black belts this summer. The black seal belt with dull finish, rounded edges and gold buckle has been one of the prettiest belts offered this season. Were it not for the gold buckle I should say the prettiest. While we continue to show a marked preference for effects of som- bre and severe character black belts are to be preferred to tan, although they are less attractive in themselves, I think. * * * It is not too early to begin to talk about stiff bosom shirts for fall. Will plain white shirts be preferred to shirts in colors? I have no doubt that the number of white shirts in a gentleman’s wardrobe will need increasing and that colored shirts will be of quiet and sub- dued patterns. I would advise that colored shirts with neat and simple fig- ures be worn. Stripes are so common that there is no distinction to them, al- though they are correct. A gentleman should have a few colored shirts that are out of the ordinary in pattern. Colored shirts are indispensable if one must work in a dusty or dirty place and for that reason they are not likely to disappear from a business man’s _ ward- robe. Yet I think that they will give way somewhat this fall and winter. * * * I see very few russet shoes, whether light or dark in tone, worn here. The black oxford enjoys general favor. With black and white and other sombre effects popular as they have been this year, the russet shoe has been crowded out. When lively colors come in again we will see it once more in favor, but it does not harmonize with our present day dress. Low shoes are in favor here all winter and I think that they will be worn even more next winter than last, With our mild, although changeable, winters there is no reason why a man of good health and constitution should not wear them with comfort through the better part of the fall and winter.—Ap- parel Gazette. 2st o__ The Only Thing She Forgot. The young woman was getting ready to go for a short trip and was holding forth to some friends as she made her arrangements upon ‘‘the way to travel without luggage. ’’ ‘“‘I’m very methodical, you know," she remarked airily, ‘‘and I do con- gratulate myself that there are few fem- inine creatures who have the science of packing down to as fine a point as_my- self.’ With this she wrapped her tooth brush up in a bit of white paper, se- cured it with elastic bands and tucked it in her shirt waist. Then she put three or four extra handkerchiefs in the crown of her hat, donned it and pronounced herself ready to depart. ‘‘I feel as if I had forgotten some- thing,’’ she said, pausing at the door to give a backward glance into the room. ‘‘Your purse?’’ asked one solicitous friend. ‘‘No, I have that,’’ replied the young woman. ‘‘A book to read on the train?’’ ‘‘Surely not your box of chocolates?’’ ‘‘ Not your veil?’’ chorused the others, No, the woman had those, but all the way down to the trolley car she was Op- pressed with the idea that, despite her boasted experience as a traveler, she had left something behind. As soon as she entered the station and found that she had but three minutes in which to make her train, she remembered what it was. ‘“T’ve gasped. ‘*Now you haven't?’’ asked the man forgotten my _ ticket!’’ she witb her disgustedly, “‘I have, indeed!'’ she wailed. ‘‘I bought it yesterday so I wouldn’t have any trouble, and now I’ve come away and forgotten it, and 1’ll have to take the next train, which will put me in my town at midnight, and | think it’s a great pity that some one couldn’t have thought enough to ask me whether I had it or not, for goodness knows it’s more important than chocolates, and every- body remembered them. { hope you'll have more consideration hereafter. ’’ Then sbe paused for breath, and, as the man only laughed immoderately, she rode all the way home in scornful si- lence. But when she went to the station the next time she had her ticket clasped firmly in one hand and she yielded it reluctantly even to the gatekeeper. —> «> ___ Not Her Fingers. Oliver Wendeli Holmes enjoyed noth- ing so much as a clever retort, even if it happened to be at his own expense. One day, at an entertainment, he was seated near the refreshment table, and observed a little girl looking with long- ing eyes at the good things. With his invariable fondness for children, he said, kindly: ‘‘Are you hungry, little girl?"’ ‘“Yes, sir,’’ was the reply. ‘Then why don’t you take a sand- wich?’’ ** Because I haven’t any fork.’’ ‘Fingers were made before forks,’’ said the doctor, smilingly. The little girl looked at him and re- plied, to his delight: ‘*Not my fingers.’’ —_>_2.>___ There are two bad things about cig- arette smoking: first the cigarette, and second the fellow who smokes it. Ask to see Samples of Pan-American Guaranteed Clothing Makers Wile Bros. & Weill, Buffalo, N. 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Staple Cottons— The improved de- mand for four-yard sheetings, previous- ly referred to, is traceable to the in- creased requirements of the China mar- ket, and has been of sufficient moment ‘to attract the attention of home buyers. The opinion appears to hold that with the increasing outlet for four-yard sheetings, prices are not likely to go below the present level, and there are those who express themselves quite Strongly on the chances of higher prices in the not distant future. For standard and three-yard sheetings, the market has been rather quiet, and prices have remained unchanged. There has been some indication of better business in bleached cottons, but it has not been of a striking character. The demand for duck is rather quiet, but the price situ- ation is well maintained. Drills have been subjected to only a small demand, and no weakness is apparent in the price of same. Prints and Ginghams—The present condition of the printed goods market should occasion little surprise, for the buyer has provided for all his early re- quirements, and in making further pur- chases is inclined to act in a more or less cautious manner. The market is generally regarded in a strong position as regards stock in hand. Prominent makes of reds, indigo blues and mourn- ings are sufficiently well sold to guard the market against any pressure. On certain popular styles, printers find great difficulty in making delivery within the prescribed time. The sales made of printed fabrics of the finer or- der in special finishes and also in sheer fabrics for the coming spring trade have been of a pleasing character, the orders in hand being of such volume as to practically assure the manufacturer’s position. Woven patterned goods of the finer grades have attracted good busi- ness in both white madras and gingham weaves, also in colored effects, and prices generally on such goods are very firmly held. Dress Goods—The approach of the new spring season is being heralded; certain of the foreign lines are being shown to the buyer, and more will be ready for the buyer next week, prepa- rations to that end being well advanced. The domestic lines are not yet ready, and it appears unlikely that much, if anything, will be attempted in connec- tion with domestic goods until after the first of September. The foreign selec- tions run almost entirely to plain goods, and their materials are strongly repre- sented. Fancy fabrics are confined al- most entirely to waistings. The prepa- rations of the domestic manufacturer are along the line of plain goods as _ re- gards dress goods proper. The broad- cloth is expected to continue to draw well. The tendency appears to favor lighter shades than were in favor, in heavyweights. Not a few manufacturers claim to expect a return of favor of greater or less extent, to fancy goods before the spring season has run its course; viewed from their standpoint, it is a consummation devoutly to be wished, but it remains to be seen whether events will turn out as it is hoped. The market as regards fall dress goods is in a very quiet position. The duplicate business is of small pro- portions, and is not of a character to bring any fabrics into special promi- nence. The jobbers have done a fair business, but not of sufficient volume tu necessitate any considerable duplicate business. The jobber doubtless expects to require more goods, but he sees no necessity of hurrying to supply needs that are prospective rather than actual. Haberdashery—The extremely hot weather which has prevailed in all parts of the country has resulted in bringing excellent business to the retailers every- where, and on account of stocks being depleted rapidly,they have been obliged to draw on the manufacturers, reorder- ing many lines in considerable quanti- ties. As the warm weather developed and vacation time drew near, it seemed as though people who had earlier in the summer contemplated going away with- out buying much of anything extra, had felt the extreme heat, and demanded an extra supply of the various articles that are grouped under the name of haber- dashery. Collars in particular were bought by the dozen, and, of course, the rather low-banded sstyles, lightweight underwear running largely to the bal- briggans in medium and lower grades with a plentiful sprinkling of higher grades and enormous quantities of neg- ligee shirts. Hosiery, too, was a strong factor in the business in fancy colors and open work effects. A number of lines of the latter to sell for 25c a pair are on the market in rather handsome designs. The best of them are in solid colors, depending upon the open work for fancy effects. There are other lines to sell as low as Ioc per pair, but neither the retailers nor the consumers evidently have much faith in them, and compara- tively small quantities are sold. To sell such cheap lines can not reflect credit on the store, and it is a wise merchant, who, even if he keeps them, points out the advisability to his customers of pay- ing a little more and getting much more for their money. Carpets—The 3 goods continue to be the largest sellers, with the fine grades having the public’s preference. Vel- vets continue to lead in the % goods, with Brussels, axminsters and tapestries not far behind. A good high-grade tapestry is reported to be in much better demand than a few weeks ago. The cheaper tapestries have little call. In- grains are quiet, but it is said that the better grades are beginning to show a slight improvement. The carpet mills in the vicinity of Philadelphia are busy, taking them asa whole. The ingrain milis are quiet, but the 3 goods mills are well employed. The carpet yarn spinners are rather quiet, although those making worsted yarns report a fair busi- ness. Mills continue- to buy raw stock in lots equal only to two to three weeks’ requirements, and nothing has been heard that would lead one to believe that they are anticipating their future needs. The New England mills are re- ported. to be well sold up, and Eastern manufacturers are said to be well satis- fied with what business has been re- ceived. Smyrna Rugs—Rug mills report a good demand for Smyrna rugs with a very promising outlook for a good fall trade. While prices for rugs are cheap, no efforts are made to advance them. -Wilton rugs are also reported to be in good request. —_>0 > —___ Their Best Chance. ‘Oh, yes,’’ said the ice magnate, ‘‘there will be a time when the poor may have all the free ice they want.’’” ‘‘And when will that be?’’ asked the delighted listener. **Next winter.’’ Startling Changes in an Old Story. The four beauteous young things lined up at an avenue soda fountain. When they had been served with their chocolate ice creams they sat down and partook of the same slowly, chatting an- imatedly the while. Each of them carried a purse. When they had disposed of their chocolate ice creams, and placed the glasses on the counter, they all— “Now, to make this little narrative dovetail with the cut-and-dried dog- mas of humorists who have been doing this sort of thing for a great many years all of these four beauteous young things should be made to dig frantically into their purses. Each of them should be made to say, ‘‘Deed, I think you're real mean if you don’t let me pay!’’ or ‘*Gracious sakes alive, let me stand treat!’ Then they should be repre- sented as having a desperate time of trying to yank the money out of their pocketbooks, and they should be por- trayed as watching each other craftily out of the tails of their eyes and putting up sundry and divers kinks that are known to the prize ring as sparring for wind, to the end that the one succumb- ing first be compelled to dig up the price of the chocolate ice creams. The above is all right, and still goes, even if it was first worked when George III. was King, but— When these four beauteous young creatures had finished with their choco- late ice creams they just walked out. You see, the one who had dug up for the chocolate ice creams had been neat- ly pushed up to the cashier’s desk when they came in, and she had to buy the soda checks in advance. —_—__e0—._ Of Course He Was a Brute. Mrs. Stalor—John, don’t you think I need a new gown? This one begins to look shabby. Mr. Stalor—I don’t see anything the matter with it. You look well enough in it to suit me; and why should I pay out money to make you more attractive to other men? An Assortment of handkerchiefs way beyond any we have ever offered (and that is saying a great deal) is what we call your attention to. We have the embroidered goods both hemstitched and with scalloped edge from 45 cents to %4.50 per dozen; plain white hemstitched from 25 cents per dozen up; col- ored borders 12 cents up, and silks go cents to $4.50. Our salesmen will ‘‘show you.’’ Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, MIch. heey BG GS HB GB BHR aR RR TE This May Interest You ( The price of Indigo Blue Prints will advance to 4¥%c on September 1. will advance also. We expect that other lines We have a good assortment left in greys, f blues, fancies and lights. If you wish to get will make a good selection for you. P. 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The Abner Acetylene Gas Co., 38 La Salle Street, Chicago, II. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Rubbers Some Exasperating Features of the Job- bing Shoe Business. ‘““Yes, we have our troubles like every one else,’’ said a member of a well-known jobbing house, while dis- cussing matters of interest to shoe job- bers, ‘‘and I suppose we are no differ- ent than those engaged in other lines of trade. ‘*You have heard of the countermand and returned goods evil, no doubt, and the discussion of means of suppressing these really annoying features of the wholesale shoe trade has gone on for years with no appreciable diminution in the amount of goods returned at times, nor any apparent hesitation be- ing evinced on the part of the dealer to countermand an order, if his stock is full and the crop outlook not promis- ing. A reward awaits the man who will devise a means of checking these evils, but the solution seems to be as far dis- tant as ever, and the dealers merrily continue a practice which is not only exasperating, but not entirely above the suspicion of being dishonorable. ‘*But as the saying goes, ‘there are others.’ These are not the only troubles that assail the peace of mind of the job- ber, and cause untold disputes and anx- ieties. ‘*There’s the ‘not up to sample’ howl, the unjust claims for new shoes to re- place old ones obviously abused, the in- discriminate use of the word ‘guarantee’ by the dealer, who expects to come back on the jobber in case of necessity, and so on through all the various shades of complaints and abuses too numerous to enumerate. ‘‘As it is, the jobber is between the mill stones, so to speak. The dealer looks to him to replace shoes he may have allowed a customer ona guarantee, regardless of whether, in the jobber’s judgment, the claim is a just one or not. A_ kick on the part of the jobber, and the dealer threatens to trade else- where. Then, too, the jobber has to put up with the inverse of the proposition in his dealings with the manufacturer. Goods not up to sample are often a bone of contention between the two and case lots of the same line often show startling differences in cut or grade of stock used. This causes many to stipulate that a certain number of cases are to go through so as to show that the stock is up to the grade of the samples. ‘*The dealer comes back to the job- ber, in satisfying his customer and usually compels him to make good the claim, while the jobber is not able to do so easily with the manufacturer. In fact, the guarantee feature of the busi- ness is often overdone. If there was some one competent to judge the merits of the controversy that usually arises, and who would be acceptable to both parties, well and good, but the dealer al- ways has recourse to the position that if what he considers is a just claim is not allowed and he is not indemnified for the goods he furnished in satisfying his disgruntled customer, the jobber will lose his trade. **No two people wear a pair of shoes alike and when shoes are made in Stock, it is to be expected that the same fit and wearing qualities will not be in- sured that are found in a custom made shoe. However skillful the modern shoemaker may_be, he can not cut pat- terns to exactly fit each of the hundreds of wearers of his shoes. Dealers are too often so anxious to please their cus- tomers and secure trade that they make assertions and promises out of all bounds of reason. They would not do that if they knew they alone were re- sponsible, but they still have their job- ber to fall back on, and are not so cautious as if they had to pay the freight. ‘“Of course they retort, ‘The goods are not up to the sample,’ and that is usually the foundation for endless bick- ering and dispute, not calculated to be of any benefit to either party to the con- troversy. The fact of the matter is the jobber strives to get his goods from the manufacturer as near like sample as possible, and aside from the finish and usual sleek appearance secured by handling so much, the stock goods are in every way the counterpart of the samples. A sensible jobber is not de- liberately seeking trouble by dishonor- able substituting. How long could he expect to keep in business, if he treated his trade in such a manner? ‘‘What is needed is a better under- standing on the part of the dealer and a little less eagerness to make unjust claims. He can rest assured that the jobber will do everything in his power to promote the best of feeling among his trade and do all that is reasonable to retain his custom. The less friction the more business, and that is what we are all out for, of course. This applies to the dealer as well, and a little firm- ness in dealing with unreasonable cus- tomers would do much to break up the practice of returning shoes to the job- bers after they have been worn a month or so. ‘*So it goes, and it would indeed be interesting to know just what remedy would cure these abuses. Of course the greatest trouble is to get the jobbers to stick together and maintain a uniform- ly rigid rule that all such claims should not be countenanced, and that dealers making a practice of such reprehensible metkods should be reported in trade re- ports as being undesirable customers. ‘But in the scramble for business this is difficult to do, and there is al- ways some firm who is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and cater to his trade. This weakens the scheme, because as long as one does so all must do it or lose trade; and so the evil con- tinues and the jobber suffers in silence, knowing that he is not the only one who has to meet such conditions in the shoe business, ‘‘When will it be remedied? Wish we all knew, then we would have some- thing to look forward to and live in hopes of the millennium in the boot and shoe world, trusting it would come before we are gathered to our fathers."’ —Boot and Shoe Recorder. ————_2s.0a___—__ Bad For the Shoes. The shoe shiners, or polishers, and extension-edge shoes are likely to prove a bad combination for the wearers, and a good combination for the manufactur- ers, if one looks at it that way. It is, by reason of these extension edges, more difficult for the ‘‘polishers’’ to make quick time, and in many instances they are satisfied to merely polish the vamp, and use a quick shining varnishy substance for the heels and edges. It is this varnish that is likely to make trouble, for it is claimed that this sub- stance will positively rot the leather, which, of course, while making it bad for the wearers will permit the dealers and the manufacturers to sell more shoes, but it isn't healthy.—Shoe Re- tailer. —_—__—-——___. If candles were made in the shape of a cross, some people would burn them at the four ends, This space belongs to Bradley & Metcalf Co. Milwaukee, Wis. Manufacturers and Jobbers of Honest Footwear OO OOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO > We Carry ¢ Shoes and Rubbers ‘That are trade winners and will make money for you. THE WESTERN SHOE CO. TOLEDO, OHIO HARD PAN You simply can't get a better shoe for the money, because it can’t be made. Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Makers of Shoes This is our Imitation Tip Wears Like Iron a v d pe } x l * - ~~ + aki “ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 18 Patience and Study Required to Satisfy Young Folks. In catering to children’s wants and needs we sometimes have some queer cases to deal with. Occasionally a poor struggling, hard-working woman comes along with one out of a batch of prob- ably four or six children a cripple. Of course, she has tried every remedy heard of and is willing to try one more in or- der to relieve the poor little sufferer. It may have a bad case of flat foot and in- variably the shoeman sums up the case as weak ankles and immediately pro- ceeds to make a shoe that is positive agony for the child to wear. Something is cut extra high, about two-thirds up to the knee, with stiff counters running to the top of the shoe, and yet the child does not improve. Why? Simply because he does not make a study, or try to reason out what would be the best kind of shoe for this particular case. Generally, the first thought is how much can be gotten out of the customer for such a shoe. Now, this way of procedure is not the way to gain the confidence of a customer or to improve his business. If he does not thoroughly understand a case of this, or similar kind, he should so inform his customer and recommend her to see a specialist; at the same time the cus- tomer should understand she is to in- form the physician recommended to her. The physician in turn will return the favor by sending an order for a special- made shoe, thereby taking a little inter- est in your customers’ welfare, and an- other is easily gained and added to your list, for women will talk and will more often recommend than talk you down. The former is good advertising and good paying. This is writen with good intention (not to preach) and to give a little actual experience. Speaking of trade in general, to cater to the wants of your customers it is ab- solutely necessary for you to be among them personally. There are knowledge and good points to be gained by so do- ing. One will ask for one particular shaped shoe and ancther, another, and so on until you may build or shape a shoe in your mind which, if carried out, sometimes proves to be a winner. Ideas or suggestions from customers as to combinations, etc., often prove _profit- able. A good point worth speaking of is, never try to force on a customer something she does not want. It is al- ways well to show and to recommend your goods and if you are not success- ful in making a sale, you have per- formed your duty. It is best to be as polite as possible under the circum- stances, and you stand a fairly good chance of seeing your customer at some future time. A certain salesman tried his level best to suit a customer, but failed to do so. He had not the style of shoe in stock desired, and eventually recommended ber to another store (not in the imme- diate vicinity). The customer went where directed, but the next day she re- turned rather more disgusted than pleased, and exclaimed, ‘‘Why in the world did you send me to a place like that? Whatever kind of a store can it be? Why, every man in the place came up in turn and tried to sell me some- thing I did not want, so now you will please make me a pair of shoes such as I have described.’’ So it sometimes pays better not to turn over too much, it is often overdone. Following up this. little incident a salesman called on me a few weeks ago who said, before he opened bis samples, he was trying to introduce his goods into the better class of stores, but if his statements were true, I am not surprised to hear of customers running from store to store trying to get suited (or suitable shoes to put on their children’s feet). I believe the majority of the public display fairly good judgment in cloth- ing their children’s feet. They do not now believe in crowding their little feet into pointed, or so-called bulldog-shaped shoes. Such shapes were at one time called smart or pretty, but they are now termed hideous, and the sooner the manufacturers of cheap shoes learn this the better or more profitable it will be for their business. It sometimes ap- pears that they must scour the country for the most ill-shaped lasts to be found, instead of trying to improve their pres- ent style. In the course of business we tind many people with queer ideas. They imagine the many little defects com- mon with children will result in some- thing very serious. They sometimes toe-in, which seems to be a common habit with children. They all appear to do so more or less, up to a certain age, after which the habit gradually disap- pears. How many grown-up people do you see toe-in, unless they wear an ex- ceptiona'ly twisted shoe? Iam free to say all of us did not wear shoes to pre- vent’toeing-in when we were children. Of course, the mothers of these times do not think of that. They know that their children toe-in and it must be remedied. It is the same again with the baby with twisted or curved legs. Did you ever see a baby with perfectly straight legs? It is an acknowledged fact that the baby’s legs are always inclined to curve outward. It is natural to be so. They are born that way and will stay that way until it is time for them to straighten out, which they will of their own accord unless Mother Nature has chosen rickets or some other disease. The mother, of course, does not think so. She is on the lookout for a remedy, for she is in mortal fear of her child growing up bow-legged or pigeon-toed. These and many other little points, if studied, will prove profitable. A short time ago a customer pur- chased a pair of baby’s shoes and paid for them. When she glanced inside the shoe and saw a certain name which did not appear in the two pairs she had pur- chased previously, she at once protested and said something to the effect that we were trying to sell her something differ- ent from those asked for, and that she did not expect such treatment from such a firm. We, however, reasoned with her and explained to the best of our ability that they were the same kind as pre- viously purchased, but had lately added the name. This explanation was not satisfactory. She was then informed that the shoes could be sent home for comparison with the others purchased, and if they were not exactly alike, the price would be refunded. This scheme did not work either. Patience at last being almost exhausted, a refund check was made out, and the queerest thing, as soon as she saw the color of her money she brightened up and changed her mind, saying she guessed they were the same kind as before and decided to take them. She went away apparently contented with herself. Such are the whims of some we have to contend with. Referring to the much-talked subject, “‘tan shoes,’’ who circulated the story that no tan shoes were going to be worn this season? We have disposed of fully one-third more than any other previous * season. I have read statements where dealers said they could not get enough of them, but I have not been go unfor- tunate. I believe there are yet plenty to be procured. Probably the party who circulated this story wanted or ex- pected to get all the tan trade this sea- son. If so, he was disappointed, for I have noticed in nearly all the shoe win- dows almost as many tan shoes as ever, and will wind up my little say with the very much used and worn-out saying, ‘‘They have come to stay.’"—A. R., Garrod in Shoe Retailer. ——_>2>___ Defined. Teacher—What little boy can tell me what is a ‘‘pioneer?’’ Tommy—I know. My sister’s one. Teacher—Your sister? Tommy-— Yes, she plays the pianner all the time. \* 4~—2-A_a A AA A “Little Miss Muffett” Is the name of the best line 4 of Infants’ Shoes made. C. M. Henderson & Co. “Western Shoe Builders” ee eA Cor. Market and Quincy Sts. Chicago, Ill. a eS ee Ne Ne ee ee ee we AJAX Dynamite Works Bay City, Michigan Dynamite, Caps, Fuse, Battery Supplies for Rock Work and Stump Blasting. Oe: | : Geo. H. Reeder & Co. Wholesale Boots and Shoes : Grand Rapids, Mich. kinds, the widths and th SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OOOO OGD OOO OOO OGOHOOOOOGOOGOOD Merchants Attention Do you realize that your customers spend two-thirds of their entire lives in their shoes? It is up to you to see that they wear the best. THEREFORE Look to it that you have on your shelves the Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co.’s Grand Rapids Made Shoes e sizes of SSSSSSSSeeeeees GOOOOOUDHOOGOOOODHOOODHDHHGHOGHHOOG Over Gaiters ging offered. ) the rush is on. LEGGINGS (Beware of the Imitation Waterproof Leg- Men’s Waterproof Legging, Tan or Black, per dozen........ 6 00 Same in Boys’, above knee...... i Send us your advance order early before HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. MANUFACTURERS p GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN and Lamb’s Wool Soles. Our price on Send for Catalogue. 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Meat Market Proper Handling of Hams and Bacon. Where hams are to be wrapped in paper, it is important that a careful se- lection of the wrapping material be made, All papers, although they may have the glazed appearance when ap- plied, do not show the same result. A little experience might illustrate this best. Ona visit to one of our distrib- uting stations in Portland, Me., I found the workman busy picking small pieces of paper from the hams, the pieces _be- ing the size of a dime, on the average, and tightly embedded into the meat sur- face to such an extent that rubbing them with a cloth did not remove them, and the picking off of each individual piece was necessary. On a consignment of 200 or 300 hams this was a serious ques- tion. It was found that this was from the paper wrapped around in the pack- ing house. A new brand of paper, which was supposed to be a great im- provement over the old kind, was in- troduced. We took an ordinary piece of paraffine parchment and tried it in grease, and found that it would go to pieces the same as it had done on the hams. While water produced no effect on the paper, when grease came in con- tact with it, it was destroyed after a few hours contact. A series of experiments were started to see what paper could be used, and the result was that fully half the paper offered for the purpose was useless. Finally a paper was found that was quite soft in its make up, and would resist the action of grease. from the hams. I regret that I do not know the brand of this paper, but it stopped a large amount of labor at the receiving end of the shipments, and the writing of many sharp letters from the sales end. The making of pickle for curing hams and bacon is an important part of the industry. A tank of from 240 to 4oc cubic feet capacity is filled with salt, through which a stream of water is kept running. An overflow pipe, which has its connection an inch or two from the bottom, permits this brine to flow away. The law of specific gravity, which car- ries all liquids at their level, due to their own weight, brings the brine of the greatest strength to the bottom of the tank, and from here it flows into a sec- ond tank, clear brine. There is an- other law of nature, which is not gen- erally known, and that is that water at 60 degrees temperature, Fahrenheit, takes up its greatest amount of salt, and as it varies from this,either hot or cold, it deposits the salt in the bcttom of the receptacle ; therefore, when we wish the brine to stand at 100 degrees on ‘*Baume’’ scale of solution we must have a temperature of 60 degrees Fah- renheit. We cure hams at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit ; therefore, use a salt solution of 84 degrees ‘‘ Baume,’’ as all salt that has been held above this amount has precipitated and settled to the bottom. After the brine solution is complete and has settled into the sec- ond tank, it is strained to take out any particles of dirt held in suspension, and then sugar is added to make the sweet pickle. Formeriy fine granulated white sugar, such as we are familiar with on our tables, was used; but with- in a few years the introduction of sac- rine has been made, and has driven out to a great extent the use of sugar. One of the chief reasons that sacrine was successful was on account of its econ- omy. After the pickling has been com- pleted there is a large quantity of the water left; in fact, all the water, with a reduction of probably 25 per cent. of the sugar and salt originally put there- in. This brine becomes ‘‘ropy,’’ and if used too long will become sour. It may be used again by reboiling and then cooling it. One packing house which is more advanced than its neigh- bors, has erected a water cooling tower for the cooling of this brine. Starting with a temperature of 180 degrees, the brine is brought to 70 degrees in one cycle through the blower, and thereafter it is cooled to 40 degrees by being brought in contact with coils in which ammonia gas is beingcirculated. Dur- ing this clarifying and cleansing process the brine must necessarily be brought to its original strength, both of salt and sugar. Usually this brine is used the second time for the curing of bacon, and finally it finds its last rest- ing place in the sewer, still loaded with sugar and salt, and in addition thereto the germs which produce the serious fungi growth which is so harmful in its results to the packing house industry. Cleanliness in all this operation is im- perative. I believe my readers com- prehend that the question of cleanliness does not come from the love of keeping clean, but from the necessity of check- ing any possible chance for germinating the fungi which come in a thousand different forms, and means destruction to the product being manufactured. The germinating seeds can easily be des- troyed either by washing with hot water or by a generous use of whitewash. made of strong slaked lime and water; this to be applied to the ceilings, walls, posts, and a good, liberal spatting on the floor. The tanks or hogsheads holding the pickled meat receive a good scrub- bing with a brush and water, in which a strong solution of washing soda has been placed. This cleaning process should be done at the terminating of each pickling before a new lot of meat is put into the tanks or pickling vats. In preparing bacon care must be taken to have the pieces all of one size, so that they may be sliced, and the pieces put into paper boxes holding a pound, each package being wrapped up in paraffine paper. The slicing is done by machine knife,and all strips of bacon brought to one size by a power press operated by air pressure. Bacon pre- pared in this way will bring five to eight cents per pound more than when sold in strips, principally because the householder does not want to trouble himself to slice the meat, and also be- cause all pieces of bacon so sliced be- come of even thickness and are cooked in the pan uniformly. In shipping hams _ before being wrapped, the branding machine comes in place, and the strips of bacon, which are sold in large pieces, are also branded. To the uninitiated this seems to be an advertisement, and unques- tianably a great benefit comes from it, but to the owner and superintendent more importance than advertisement attaches to this branding. The question of being able to identify their pwn product is an important one. In all cases where there are manufactured goods of a perishable nature, it is cus- tomary for the maker to guarantee his goods, and if a piece of bacon becomes rancid or rusty, or a ham becomes filled with ‘‘skippers,’’ the pieces are re- turned with a blessing from the pur- chaser. Boston and New York packers have repaid many a ham or bacon sale where the meat was shipped froma Western house. The long time of ship- ments gave a chance to change the meat and a dealer who would swear point blank that these hams came from an Eastern house, the house, rather than lose a customer, would refund the amount of money laid out in the sale. The branding machine stopped this abuse, and placed the loss where it belonged. It is needless to say that the branding of meats originated in the Eastern cities.—Francis H. Boyer in Ice and Refrigeration. 8 Chickens Fattened By Machinery. With a machine to hatch out chick- ens in record time, and another ma- chine to fatten them quickly, the poul- try business is certain to undergo changes more remarkable than _ those that have transpired within the past few years. The time may come when the butcher will have a ‘‘chicken plant’’ in operation behind his counter, A lady will come in his shop on Thursday morning and order a broiler. The butcher will place an egg in his double- action incubator, and early Friday morning the chicken will be ready for the fattening machine. By Saturday evening it will be ready to kill. We do not say these things will happen. In fact, we do not think that they will. But they may. Just see what Swift & Co. are going to do at Kansas City. They have brought over from England S. Barden, and made him their poul- terer. Mr. Barden has patented a ma- chine that will make chickens grow a pound and a half a week. The chick- ens are kept in coops, the latter being arranged in tiers of three, one above the other, five fowls being placed in each coop. The fattening machine is run along the aisles between the tiers of coops and the latter are opened and the chickens taken out and fed one ata time as much as their crops can_ hold. It is claimed that hundreds of chickens can be fed in this way in an hour. The fowls are kept continually in confine- ment while the feeding process is in operation, and are thus prevented from running away any flesh. According to Mr. Barden, the flesh of chickens fat- tened by this process is not fat, but fine, lean meat. Chickens are to be fattened at Kansas City by Mr. Barden’s method, and if he makes good his claims we will witness the spectacle of machine- fed chickens taking on flesh at the rate of about a quarter of a pound a day. Now, if some one else can get up a ma- chine that will force hens to lay two or three eggs a day, the acme of stunts in the poultry line will have been reached. —Butchers’ Advocate. Michigan Fire an Insurance Co. Organized 1881. Detroit, Michigan. Cash Capital, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000. @ 2 COODOOOS © d Marine Cash Assets, $800,000. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. D. M. FEerry, Vice Pres. F. H. WuHItNey, Secretary. M. W. O’Brien, Treas. E. J. Bootn, Asst. Sec’y. DrrREcTors. : D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker, M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, Allan Sheldon, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. L. Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James Edgar, H. Kirke White, . P. Baldwin, Hugo Scherer, F. A. Schulte, Wm. V. Brace, ames McMillan, F. E. Driggs, Henry = ayden, Collins B. Hubbard, James D. : Standish, Theodore D, Buhl, M. B. Mills, @ Alex. Chapoton, Jr., Geo. H. Barbour, S. G. ca Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F. Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey, David C. Whit- ~~ Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. F. 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(1D m0 i) i iY K ( ne 7, a iD) ff ~ —_ » 2 . € - , , ite we ic ay “ee é rs val 4 \¥ | t . wf wv —- «a oe ; ; a w ig2 E * ss 4. ‘re ithe - , ax, » i i seco » 2 & rs €- 4 in _—? —- » oe « - / val ©. igs E ss 4 ae 4i+hia - , (f ee ys ry apa eo - c a. er - MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Clerks’ Corner. He Met the Enemy and He Was His. Written for the Tradesman. Don Day’s counter was next to mine and that was one reason why I knew him first. A clerk’s entrance into a department store is a good deal like that of a new cow intoa strange barnyard. Everybody looks at him with a kind of ‘‘Just see there !’’ and the acknowledged ringleader goes for him first. The boy, however, didn’t mind it. He went to work like the old hand at the business, as he was, and it wasn’t a great while before the little realm that he called his Own recognized and announced his kingship. The head of the department nodded approval aftera short watch and went to another part of the store where he felt that his presence was in greater demand. The mass of mankind do not like to admit it, but in spite’ of ourselves we wear our heart upon our sleeves and the world sees, approves or disapproves and conducts itself accordingly. I looked at the tall, well-proportioned, fair haired, intelligent-faced young fel- low of twenty-five and liked him. His mouth and his eyes had out a flag of ‘*Take care there!’’ but his manners were gentle and his voice was pleasing. I liked him anyway and I still like him. He and I do not agree on certain points, but that does not prevent me from feel- ing to the full the fellow’s good points and he has them if a human being ever did. He is the best instance I know which illustrates the fact that Holmes so pointedly brings out—the three that live under every man’s hat: the real John, the John he thinks he is and the John that the world looks at. For the first fortnight the store clerks sized him up and labeled him and this was the result : A good sort of a fellow; and one who knows his own business and wants no interference and who is scrupulously careful of his person even to the verge of dudedom without even the slightest hint of passing the danger line. ‘‘AI- ways looks as if he stepped out of a bandbox,’’ as one of the saleswomen put it, and so it came to be understood that nothing was so averse to their fel- low clerk’s soul as neglect of personal appearance and an _ indifference to whatever pertains thereto. It may be that ‘‘one touch of nature which makes the whole world kin’’ led me to reach different conclusions or, rather, to see the ‘‘real John’’ in the young fellow that chance had brought to me, but the pensive face with some- thing of sadness in it; the voice, pleas- anter and pleasanter to hear as I came to know and understand the real spirit it stood for; and, finally, not a glimpse but the full view of the man’s real heart convinced me that the world had as usual mistaken its man and that the ‘‘bandbox’’ idea in no way stood as a sign for the real thing signified. I can see Don Day now as he stood by the waiting train that summer morning starting on his month’s vaca- tion with ‘‘the old folks at home.’’ The tailor had done his best and the suit of blue serge that he wore, the drab hat that was very becoming to him, the neat shoe that advantageously encased his foot, the light overcoat upon his arm and the handsome suit case beside him made him a pleasant sight to look at for the fellows that had come to see him off. ‘‘It will be a game of hearts till he gets home again’’ laughed one of them, as the happy face, framed by the | car window, moved out of the station; but I who saw down through the ‘‘ world’s John’’ into his real self knew that the lips he was longing to press with his own were his dear old mother’s and that the hand that would thrill his most was that of the white-haired father he would find at the station on his arrival in the leafy New England town. Well, the following winter, after a well-earned victory at the counter which left the successful clerk jubilant, he looked up with a ‘‘ How's that?’’ to me who had watched the commercial battle from start to finish, when there stopped in front of his counter a regular Rip Van Winkle just from his nap among the mountains. To the rest of us it was a meeting of extremes with only the counter between them—Don in his hand- some well-fitting attire and Rip’s— well, Rip in his, the stockless gun bar- rel, in this instance, displaced by the ranchman’s whip. The shadow of a smile began to tug at Don’s moutb cor- ners, but, as if he saw the man under the ungainly garb and respected him, he said, ‘‘Is there anything I can do for you to-day, sir?’’ The only reply was a genial smile which in due time parted the tobacco- stained lips and disclosed two equally stained canine teeth, the relicts of com- panions long since gone before. The two littie eyes shaded by shaggy eye- brows twinkled an instant as they peered into the clerk’s wondering face and then a hearty but rough voice said: ‘‘Guess ye don’t know me, Don!’’ For an instant Don didn’t and for one supreme moment, clerks and cus- tomers—it was bargain day and the store was crowded—stood with their eyes fas- tened upon the two. Then there was an honest, hearty, ‘‘ Know you, John Ridge- way? Of cuurse, I know you!’’ Don said this, coming from behind the coun- ter and then with one hand clasping the ranchman’s and the other resting upon his shoulder he gave him a greeting that made John Ridgeway glad that he had come and that made the heart of every looker-on throb with admiration for the young up-to-date who could make the honest-hearted countryman feel that he had not mistaken his man. Young Wiltz, whose counter was opposite mine, looked at me and gave me a hearty nod of approval and not a sales- man among us failed to pronounce a mental ‘‘Amen’’ at the unexpected out- come. For myself, Iknew my man and knew also that the end was not yet. Having got his bearings, John Ridgeway soon left the store with the understanding from Don Day that he was to be there by six o’clock to go home with him to dinner. I was Don's room-mate then and a prince of the blood could not have been better introduced. I surrendered my place at the table—it was next John’s —to Mr. Ridgeway and before they left me for the evening it was pleasantly ar- ranged that the guest should take my place with Don as long as he saw fit to enjoy it, and then they were off for the theater. The man’s entertainment was not at all one-sided. Mr. Ridgeway was ‘‘up against it’’ and he was equal to every emergency. Better cigars were never bought than those he paid for. Don was invited to dine at the grandest hotel in the city. There were rides in town and out of town and Mr. Ridge- way, knowing a fine horse when he saw one and wanting the rest of the rig to correspond, patronized the best stables regardless of expense. He stayed five days and there wasn’t a minute of Don's time out of the store that was wasted. Under the boy’s fos- tering care the ranchman’s appearance improved. The barbers took him in hand and when they got through with him—bath and all—he was much im- proved. A new hat displaced the old one under whose limp brim John had first peered out at his old acquaintance and the rest of the costume so far as Don dared was changed for something more modern, so that’ when he went away the ranchman was a pride to him- self and a comfort, or something akin to it, to his well-mannered host. When the time of his departure came, Don with his guest’s big valise in hand took him to the station and, with a hearty invitation to come again at his earliest Opportunity, waved him a kindly fare- well. He had been well treated and he carried home with him such a hearty appreciation of it that he tendered to Don the ranch and what belonged to it the following summer to be used as it should seem best to the young man. Some weeks after John Ridgeway went home and Don and I, coming home from the play, had thrown the last of our cigars into the slumbering fire, the young fellow broke out, as he was wont to do when it was least expected, with this: ‘‘When I think of that old hat and that cussed overcoat that had been used for a wagon cushion fora year or two and that uncut, juice-stained beard and the whole dumbed outfit as it ap- peared to me that afternoon, I wonder how I ever got out of it without giving him the kicking he deserved. The man with the money he has hasn't any _busi- ness to come in here looking like that. At first I pitied him and-I felt every word I said to him when I took his dirty hand. Then I saw through him and thought I'd see if I coludn’t make him ashamed of himself. 1 don't believe I did, but he was beaten at his own game and that’s enough for me. Visit him— visit the devil and done with it, for it amounts—or would amount—to _ that. I like good clothes as well as anybody, but I can see a good fellow in rags as quickly as any one and, when | see that, that’s all I want. The rest will take care of itself,and John Ridgeway would have found that out if he had come clothed in purple and fine linen. All I want now is to have him come here rigged out and let me show him what a ‘freeze out’ is!’’ That was all he ever said about John Ridgeway, but somehow the folks in the store after that saw Don Day from an- other point of view and were pleased by it. The ‘‘bandbox’’ figure in regard to him had lost its meaning ; and, while another man now stands at that counter, the ‘‘old hands’’ remember him ‘‘as that man that we didn’t think so much of until he showed us that a man was a man in spite of the clothes he had on and, so far as he was concerned, should be treated accordingly.’’ Richard Malcolm Strong. ———_> 2. Will Be Forced to Eat Cat Meat. From Farm and Ranch. New York has a law prohibiting the sale of horse flesh for food. That is all right now, but when our modern immi- gration schemes are fully carried out our population will require all the meat it can get. In the densely populated countries of Europe, horses, mules and even dogs are eaten; and in Asia, where the population is still denser rats, cats and even vermin are greedily eaten. We will be forced to the same diet in the course of time. iwVvVvVvVvuWwvvuvVuWwVvVVVVUWY_VYG* Babin Bind mtn tintin di dint nt Mt dip ns ti te ywwvvvvewv won baba ty bn ah GFUVVUUVCY Sa Dn bn ba bn ba th bn bn bp Br brs by bn > by bp 4. dp a Op tp a an PPO FGPG VG TTT STSGE SESS GOS SG ea a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee When the schools open you will need New Penny Goods We have them. PUTNAM CANDY CO., Grand Rapids PPPBPBAPPPPBP ABP AOA OO POOP Od lds Paddadadaddn te abn bn tn ty bn tn i ee ry VVVVVVTVvVVTVvVTYyY VVC CCT CCC OPP OOOO SOO ST STIFF FSG PPO GFOGOww OOOO POPPI DIPS FFD FFA FFG SG Wun A.A GUAR iwi Os — Our Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VIN- EGAR. To anyone who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit ONE WEED R S We also guarantee it to be of full strength as required by law. We will J. ROBINSON, Manager. Benton ences » 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN TAMARACK CITY. Everyday Incidents Which Occurred in the Van Alstine Store. Written for the Tradesman. You see, it was like this. Tamarack City kept on growing and more and more people kept coming; and what with saw logging it in the winter and tan barking it in the summer and tele- graph poling it between times, business was pretty tolerable good. Well, to top it all off, old Van Alstine got so nigh blind that he couldn't run his store proper, so he wrote out to some whole- sale house in Chicago and told ‘em they'd got to send him a clerk that was some good or elst he’d have to quit. He only gin them three days to make the riffle, so they wrote him they sent the only man they could find on short notice that would live in a town twenty miles from a railroad and that if he didn’t fill the bill they'd look furder as soon as they got the word. That was what the letter said that Pete brought along, and old Van told him he’d give him a trial and set him to work, Pete was quite a pleasant feller for a city chap. He didn’t seem at all back- wards about jollying with the boys and he never let on that he thought he was a bit better’n the rest of us. He wasn’t Blue Sky Williams came in after some, tohacco, and Kidlets—that was the little clerk—wapsed off a wad of fine cut the size of a small mush melon and handed it out. So Blue Sky throwed down his coin and walked away. ‘“How much do you charge for that fine cut?’’ asked Pete. ‘Dollar a pound,’’ says the kid. “How much did that man buy?’’ ‘‘Nickel’s worth.’ ‘‘How much did you give him?”’ Kidlets turned red, for he knowed well enough he’d gi’n out too much, but he brazened it out and says, ‘‘Nickel’s worth, of course. ’’ “‘O, all right,’’ says Pete, cheerful and chipper, ‘‘I didn’t know as you knew. Say, just do me up a nickel’s worth, too,’’ and he laid down the change and then turned around and went to figuring on some bills of goods he had in his hand, and didn't pay no more attention to Kidlets. After a while he looks up all at once. ‘‘Where’s my fine cut?’’ says he. Kidlets handed him the package. ‘‘That ain’t quite as big as the one you did up for the other feller,’’ says Pete. ‘‘How’s that come?’ “Guess it’s about the Same,’’ says Kidlets. ‘‘O, you guess here, do you?’’ says a lady’s man, neither, and I ruther took to him from the start. The first few days he was there he just kind of monkeyed around the store, seeing how things was run, what sort of a trade they was having and how they done business; and I suppose he sized it up pretty clost. He got acquainted with a good many of the customers and made some sales, but he didn’t try to force hisself on noone. He just kept looking around and prying into all the old corners and seeing what there was hid away, and what kind of goods was in stock. And some of the things he dug up was surprising. I had drove tote team and done chores for the outfit for quite a spell and used to help around the store rainy days and times when they was busy and I thought I knew what there was on hand, but Pete found stuff upstairs and down cel- lar and in the storehouse that I’d_ took oath couldn’t have been located this side of the Revolutionary War. Old spinnidg wheels and wool cards, tin can- dle moulds and candle sticks, hoop- skirts the size of a cock of hay, and bustles that had been out of date more years than an old maid likes to talk about. There was box after box of linen and paper collars and cuffs that had turned yaller with age, and when you took the covers off, they smelled like an animal show on a wet day. There was half a bushel of old galluses with the rubber all played out so that when you stretched them out they wouldn't spring back. And I'll bet there was two hundred pairs of shoes, and some of ‘em might have come offen the ark for all of me—I’d never see nothing no- where that would match ’em. Rusty old fellers with box toes and patent leather chaps with the edge of the soles painted red, you know, and some spike toed lads with steel buckles. Must of been tony enough sometime, but they made me feel like weeping just to think of the age of ’em. Old Van hadn’t kept no palace gro- cery when he was able and, after his eyes got so bad, the boys had let things run wild west and crooked. Pete didn’t off-hand way, ‘‘ Yes, but then we don't always bother to weigh. I can guess scales?’’ asked Pete, innocent-like, you know. if it don’t pay, that settles it. Just weigh this.’’ ' morning, so as soon as he’d weighed the package he said it came to four ounces. Twenty-five cents’ worth fora nickel. I'll take all you've got at them rates. How much salary are you getting?’’ if you work ten,’’ said Pete. cut on me and more than that on what you did up for the other man and all inside of ten minutes. rate of about $25 a day if you hold your gait and work full time. shall we have to reduce your wages to make the store pull even?’’ Kid. me what’s coming. You bet I won't Stay around here to be abused.’’ ing you,’’ talk a minute. Now you're getting $6 a week and you work hard enough to €arn more, but you’re tuo much like some of the boys at the sawmill—you work with your hands alone. to show you how to use your and you can just as well get $10 after awhile, and be worth it, as to work for $6 and be a loss to the business. There’s a lot of old coffee cans in the warehouse that are in the way. them up for shipment and we'll send them off next time the team goes to Pete. ‘‘Hain’t you got nothin’ to weigh with?’’ That made Kidlets warm, for he was a sensitive little jigger, but Pete seemed to expect an answer, so Kid said in an pretty clost.’’ ‘‘Don’t you know how to use the ‘Yes, of course, but it takes so long, It don’t pay."’ ‘‘O, 1 see,’’ says Pete. ‘‘Of course, Kid had his nerve with him that ‘‘That’s pretty good,’’ Says Pete. ‘That’s the best deal I’ve struck yet. ‘‘Six dollars a week.’’ “A doilar a day. Ten cents an hour ‘You lost twenty cents’ worth of fine That’s at the How much ‘“‘IT don't have to work,’’ said the ““T’ll quit any minute you give “‘T haven't the faintest idea of abus- said Pete. ‘‘Just let me I’m going head, too, I wish you’d crate show his hand much for a spell, but| Barry.’’ when he did make the start it was this Kidlets wasn’t a bad sort, just way : thoughtless, so after he’d had time to ‘ . W National Fire y Insurance Compan W W of Hartford, Conn. Successors to the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Company Michigan’s Popular Company Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. Ig, Igor. To our Customers and the Public. We beg to announce that the National Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., has succeeded to the business of the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Com- pany, and will be represented in this City by the writer, | who has represented the Grand Rapids and the Local Agency here for the past fifteen years. The ‘Grand Rapids”’ policy holders are to be con- gratulated on the fact that their policies are now guaran- teed by a strong American Company like the National Fire, with a capital stock of $1,000,000 and cash assets of $4,851,789 and net surplus of $1,533,879; a Company also which has such an enviable reputation for prompt and careful attention to losses. The National Fire Insurance Company, while not a Grand Rapids institution, will endeavor to take the “Grand Rapids’’ place; it will retain the old “Grand Rapids’’ office, giving employment to several local people. Its losses will be personally looked after by the writer so that you are assured of prompt and careful attention. No Strangers to deal with. There will be no change whatever in the conduct of the business; it is simply a change of name, with a change of capital and assets from small to large amount. Our Local Department will still continue to represent eleven well known Companies and we ask the continuance of your patronage to the leading and largest Agency. Yours very truly, US SALOME, Donn Companies Represented: National Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. Connecticut Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. Providence Washington Insurance Co., of Providence, R. I. North British & Mercantile Insurance Co., of London and Edinburg. Niagara Insurance Co., of New York. Firemans Fund Insurance Co., of California. Citizens Insurance Co., of St. Louis, Mo. Union Assurance Society, of London, England. Law Union & Crown Insurance Co., of England. Citizens Insurance Co. , of New York. Metropolitan Plate Glass Co., of New York. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 think over what had happened he de- cided Pete had the best of it and, being a manly feller, he told Pete he was with him and ready for instructions. The way he took hold and picked up after that was quite gratifying. ee) - One of the toughest fellers I ever see was Squinty Hawkins. He was cross eyeder than common, dirty as they make ‘em, he could out cuss anything ever struck Northern Michigan, drank raw alcohol for a regular beverage and would fight at the drop of the hat. He was a kind of instructor at the athletic rooms, and when he was in liquor— which was frequent—he insisted in be- ing called ‘* Prof.’’ Pete had told the boys that he pre- ferred to have them set on the chairs in the store, instead of on the counters, and also that he didn’t expect, now that he had good iron spittoons around handy, that any gentleman was going to expectorate on the floor. Things was getting cleaned up gradual and we all took quite a bit of pride in seeing how much better it was around the place, so we turned in and humored Pete in his new improvements. But when Squint heard about it he seemed to think that somebody was tak- ing liberties with something of hisn and he commenced to mope. After he’d sulked around a spell and imbibed a good allowance of his favorite, he t®ok a ramble over to the store. Pete was waiting on some women folks when Squint made his appearance, but that didn’t make no difference to Squint. ‘“‘Gimme aé_ pair of socks, dum quick,’’ says Squint, only he said it meaner than that, and worse, too. ‘*Please modify your language in here,’’ savs Pete, looking him straight between the eyes. ‘‘There are ladies present.’’ Squint hadn't been spoke to like that before nowheres, by nohody, and it took his wind. Pete finished waiting on the ladies and then he asked, nice as you please, ‘‘What kind, wool or cotton?’’ _ ‘*Kin a feller talk now?’’ asked Squint, sort of ironical, Kidlets thought. Kidlets was so scared he was took witb shivers. ‘‘Certainly,’’ said Pete. ‘‘We try to treat customers right here, and we expect the same in return. This pair is Io cents. These are a quarter, and these half a dollar.’’ ‘I'll take ’em all,'’ says Squint, and with that he guthered them off the coun- ter, stuffed them into the pocket of his Mackinaw jacket and started to go out. Then Kid knew what the game was. He tried to signal to Pete to let him go, but Pete said: **Sha’n’t I do those up, Mr. Squint?’’ Pete had heard the boys speak of him as ‘‘Squint,’’ and that’s how he came to make the break. ‘‘My name is Hawkins—Professor Hawkins!’’ bellowed Squint. ‘‘Do ye want me to destroy ye, ye cowardly whelp?’’ ‘‘Beg your pardon, Professor,’’ said Pete, calm and polite as you please. ‘“Very sorry to have made a mistake. You see, I'ma new man here, and I misunderstood your name. By the way, my name is Martin, Pete Martin. You can call me which you like, but I haven't been used to being called a ‘whelp.’ Shall 1 do up the socks?’’ ‘“Great balls of fire! No, I don’t want ’em done up. I’m coming back in a minute an’ I'll fix you so yer mammy won't know ye from a plate of raw liver.”’ ‘‘l guess you forgot to pay for the socks,’’ said Pete, mild as ever. “‘ Pay fer the socks! Yes, I'll pay fer ‘em, I'll pay next Auguary, when saw logs is ripe.’’ *“*I believe you have no account here, Mr. Hawkins,’’ insisted Pete. ‘‘ You’ll have to pay before going out or leave the goods, ’’ “‘Mebbe yo’ think ye can take ’em away from me,’’ says Squint. ‘‘Yer chanst is good if you do.’’ “No, I don’t care for the job. All I want is the pay. I’m not looking for trouble, I'm working for Mr. Van AIl- stine, and while I hold my job I shall protect his interests the best I can.’’ ‘*Yo’ an’ Van be swithered,’’ says Squint, with a mouthful of oaths, and started out. Pete had been following him up pretty clost, and when Squint made for the door Pete ketched him by the collar and jerked him back so hard that he lit into a pile of pails of mixed paint on the floor. To say that Squint was surprised would be putting it mild, but it was right in his line of business, and the feller that had come victorious out of a hundred rough and tumble bar room fights raised to his feet like a streak of light, shedding his dry goods like a ripe dandelion drops its fuzz. The time was short, but a blind man could see in the swell of that great chest, in the curve of his supple back and in the ripple of his ropy muscles why nothing had ever stood up before Squint Hawkins in a square fight and not got licked. There wan't no slouch about Hawkins then. He was all bone and muscle and ginger and war; but he didn’t wait to be ad- mired. He was spoiling for some one to lick and his chance had come. He launched himself at Pete like a bat out of the dark and aimed a blow that would have jarred a brick block. Nobody knew just how it happened. Kidlets says he couldn't see right for the sun, but the chances are that he fainted away. Anyhow Squint missed his aim and Pete took him behind the ear as he went by. Pete didn’t go to hit him hard, he said, but I don’t think no one could have mistook it fora love pat. Squint lay on the floor and quivered. Pete felt him all over and then got one of the boys to help carry him out. They laid him and his duds in a shady place where he could come to, and then went back to work. The fight was over. After a while Pete went out to take a look at the Professor, but he had gone. Pete looked down the road, and away off in the distance, hoofing it through the sand towards Hooligan’s Four Corners, was Squint Hawkins, the tail of his dirty Mackinaw flopping in the rays of the setting sun. **Guess Mr. Hawkins has left town,’’ observed Pete. ‘‘He probably won't bother us any more.’’ **Mebbe he has,’’ said Kidlets with a shake of the head, ‘‘but you don’t know him like I do. He'll be back.’’ And Kidlets was right. Geo. L. Thurston. ———>2>—_ More Space Required. Mr. Gooph—When I die I don’t want anything but the truth about me carved on my tombstone. Mrs. Gooph—I am afraid we will have to put up a stone wall, then, in- stead of a monument. o Occupations Years Ago. An odd book was that published thirty or forty years ago, entitled ‘‘ Five Hun- dred Employments Adapted to Wom- en.’’ The compiler stretched her ma- terials somewhat in order to make up the five hundred, separating ‘‘ painters, ’’ for instance, into fifteen different classes, and assigning women to occupations— like that of ‘‘colonization agent’’— which, to say the least, have never been overcrowded. But the book showed so much enthusiasm and good will that it is certain the compiler, whether on earth or in heaven, rejoices at the many new opportunities opened to her sex since her day. One of these most modern employ- ments is that of ‘‘sunshiner,’’ a woman who visits and amuses invalids and de- pressed persons. Another is that of ‘‘co-operative housekeeper,’’ one who stands ready to supply any household with the necessaries and luxuries of the table, on any scale of weekly allowance. A third is that of ‘‘house hunter,’’ and this brave woman engages to examine and report upon every house offered to unfortunate peopie who find it neces- sary to move. These services are rendered for money, of course. Doubtless the money is earned and the women play a very useful! part in society. They must, in- deed, since they are prepared to do for the public what every good wife and mother does for her own family. Such a one is housekeeper and house hunter and sunshiner, all three, and in her case no one questions that these occupations are ‘‘adapted to women.’’ But it seems a little curious that when the wife’s unmarried sister, say, undertakes to serve the public and earn her own bread by these means there should al- ways be some one ready to define her action as ‘‘unwomanly.’’ ——_> 2 >. If you have a horse-shoe above the door and it doesn’t fall on your head, you are lucky. Are you not in need of New Shelf Boxes We make them. KALAMAZOO PAPER BOX CO. 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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Personal Responsibility for the Success of Associated Effort.* This organization is six years old and the Secretary’s report shows we have been losing and gaining members—the faint hearted are falling by the wayside, while the ““never-say-die’’ and pugna- cious members are still in the ring—but no ‘‘yellow streaks.’’ It must be a suc- cess and will be when every hardware merchant is properly scared by condi- tions created by labor and manufactur- ing combinations and consolidations which surround them. The only safe way out of the woods for us is to take hold of hands and not let go. When I say ‘‘us’’ I intended to be comprehen- Sive and include every hardware mer- chant in the United States. If we could go no further than to effect this State organization, I will confess to you now that I would be at the end of my hopes and ambitions in this direction, and assist you in a closing act in our history by singing the doxology and _ pronounc- ing a benediction. We are one of the Stones of a greater structure—the Na- tional Retail] Hardware Association. The members of that organization are yourselves—you are honest, earnest, unselfish. We are facing new conditions, but not difficult to successfully meet and manage if we become a unit. The manufacturers and jobbers are not un- friendly to us; on the contrary, they are friendly. They realize our value and want our business, but the catalogue houses and department stores are live- lier fellows than we have been, and al- ready put themselves in shape to do business broadly and for cash. We have been following old lines, while they have marked out new ones. The man- ufacturer and jobber want the custom- ers who will make them the most money in the shortest time, so | suggest we consider improved methods at this meeting which will tend to make us more valuable to our manufacturing and jobbing friends, and naturally bring them over to cur side, rather than adopt an aggressive course now or ever, unless compelled. We are the legitimate dis- tributors of factory products. We do our business legitimately and on close margins, do as little baiting of the game into commercial traps as possible and the people know it. All of them are not patronizing these great city de- = stores—some who did that ave been cured. While we feel the stings of their competition, don’t you believe those houses are not feeling our awakening and the better we unite at this home gathering and put our cash and sympathy into the National, the nearer we will get te the jobber and manufacturer and the better we will be hated by the piratical catalogue house and department and racket stores. We must come out of our trance and organize as securely and work as intel- ligently as our competitors and convince our jobbing and manufacturing friends we are worth more to them than are the other fellows. They naturally rather have the legitimate trade and we are recognized as that. Summed up, we represent both the numbers and capital, but through lack of organization are in business just as the farmer is in poli- tics, votes galore, but no good head. Help to find a Moses and, when found, loyally stand by him in sunshine and storm, with cash and counsel. If we gain ground, become a power, it will be when all the states unite on a simple, honest platform and adopt the motto, “*Justice.’’ The retail hardware merchant who believes he can paddle his own canoe just as he has always been doing or as his father did will wake up to find the bottom ripped out of his boat by con- tact with a new variety of rock growing in the bed of the old stream. The re- tail merchant can convince himself that his environments are freshly picked and o. 4 new variety, by strolling through his stock in search ol temas not under control of trusts or combinations, I only *Annual address of President Geo. W. Hubbard, of Flint, to Michigan Retail Hardware Dealers’ ssociation. refer to this because 1 am naturally mirthful and enjoy funny things pre- sented in humorous ways, and the way our hands and feet are tied and then cross tied, and we are told to laugh and enjoy the situation, fills a man full of laughter who is hustling for bread and butter for his babies. I would continue a first-class State organization, hustle to hold the old members and get new ones, get more cash into the treasury and demand more work from the Secretary. There is no danger of getting too good a one. We at nearly all his time, his brain and his body. This State organization is especially fortunate in controlling a Secretary who owns a press and a head for organization, but he, like ourselves, has other things to do. What I shall now say about the Na- tional, possibly I should leave unsaid, but am anxious to put the knife in until I touch the disease and scraping the surface is a slow way of reaching the bone. Elect for the organization the strong- est organizer to be found and capitalize him and his plant so he can employ as- sistants for detail work and he be free to go from state meeting to state meet- ing, you advising with him about dates of the same and do not have them con- flict. Have him enthuse you by telling you what he has accomplished. Then, and not until then, can we answer our wavering brothers’ enquiry, ‘‘What has heen accomplished by organization?’’ Had all this been said ten years ago it would have fallen on deaf ears. New stings by new competition have brought about this condition. What I have said to you would make an outsider say, ‘‘ That man has lost his business—no man would take such a position in the midst of prosperity.’’ The exact opposite is the true condi- tion, not only with me but with you. More money has been made in our places of business during the last two years than any two years in the past fifteen or twenty—but we had the stock or contracts. Crops have been good, manufacturing and building increasing and all have been booming §satisfactor- ily, and I only ask you to pause as you do at the railroad crossing and read: the danger sign and look both ways for trains. We have had a jolly ride to the crossing, now don’t let ourselves be killed by carelessness, In time of peace prepare for war. Our danger lies in the fact that we feel se- cure behind our temporary prosperity. The suggestions I have made contem- plate breadth of action and quite an outlay of thought and money. True, not much for each individual, but to be successful we must create a sentiment that will reach the intelligence of every hardware dealer in this State, and | believe most of them are thinking the proposition over now, but don’t know how to take hold of it and because we have not accomplished great things dur- ing our brief existence have lost a measure of faith in us—not in our bon- esty of purpose, but in our ability to ever accomplish the ends sought. We must continue to work along im- proved lines and tack with the wind when it changes. Since we began our Association existence we have shifted sails several times and new pilots and new Captains will have todo the same time and again in the future. The birth of the National has awakened a new interest and, when we convince the members of this State Association that our existence means the National exist- ence and convince them what a power that organization can wield when wisely directed, we shall not lack in numbers or interest. Organization and concen- tration are the twin words written on every form of commercial battle flag. Place in office level headed leaders who know the value of ‘‘still hunt’”’ methods, who have that nice sense of justice and they will not expect or demand from manufacturer or jobber a thing that is not broadly fair. I do not feel like disturbing the usual literary inclinations of the hardware fra- ternity and ask them to totally cease reading religious works and the family Bible, but do call their attention to two bits of literature, one dated March 1, 1901, and one dated June 1, 1901, and issued at Argos, Indiana, by a distrib- utor of truths. Gems of succulent na- ture can be found therein which will nourish your discouragement and force you to believe the doctrines taught are good for the body as well as the soul. Our theologians revised the Bible when inteliigence dictated the necessity, and Elder Corey and his cohorts are simply rearranging your business creed. The National Association of Jobbers are men accustomed to large ideas, large expenses, large disbursements and large results. They capitalized their Association at $15,000 before they con- sidered themselves ready for business, We have just as heavy machinery to move and it must move with as much speed. I believe it has more wheels, consequently more friction. Arm and equip our fighters with plenty of pa- tience and powder. I will conclude by reference to our relations to the Jobbers’ Association. Your committee has met theirs, the Job- bers have studied trade conditions bet- ter than we have and they are closer to the manufacturer than we can hope to get. They realize our business is more or less demoralized and they know why it is so, for they are frequently in con- tact with the same competition and know the difficulties of the Situation, but they are willing to be our allies in fighting the common enemy. And s hope, in your deliberations, you will consider we have no better friends nor those who will be found more loyal than they. They were unexpectedly frank and freely and satisfactorily answered all enquiries we were intelligent enough to ask, and seemed entirely willing to do so. We are now fairly open for business and | want a free exchange of ideas and want every member to take an interest in this session and help reap profits by making business more pleasant and profitable. G. R. & I. Annual Excursion TO Northern Michigan September 10, 1901 FROM STATIONS PLAINWELL TO REED CITY INCLUSIVE Round Trip SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BE RUN AS FOLLOWS: TO (a) On time of No. 7— P etoskey “The Northern Arrow.” _ Ly. a Ra - ---. 2:00pm Ar. 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It is not un- . common to hear the admirer of the modern _horticultor’s masterpiece, however lovely and dainty it may be, turn from floral marvel with ‘‘ After all I love the simple old blossoms of the long ago best.’’ The American Beauty has charms which we willingly concede, and the time will never come when the deep rich crimson of the Jacqueminot will fail to exact its greeting of delight, but when we talk of roses the old fash- ioned—if anything so sweet and beauti- ful fresh from the hand of its Maker can be that—cinnamon rose, filling the fence corner with its flowery sprays and the air with its unequaled perfume, will not be forgotten nor the common red rose found always in the old gardens years ago. There is something of the old life clinging to them which we do not see in the up-to-date parvenues and memory, often in spite of us, reaches out for the favorites of the olden time. This clinging to the flowers of child- hood has a pleasing illustration in the Middle West. I have been passing the summer in the house of a friend who in realizing his ideal of beautiful home surroundings has made his grounds at- tractive by the wild plants that he has brought from his New England home. Here is a vigorous oak and one or two determined chestnuts whose lives began in that nursery of the United States. His verandas are curtained by a Vir- ginia creeper that has succeeded in shutting out the hot rays of this sum- mer’s tearful sun. The Maine woods have sent him some columbines and on both sides of his front door the spring winds rang their golden-throated bells, the delight of the neighborhood, and above them in boxes geraniums from the far-off home have gladdened the passersby with their rich red blossoms. In a nook which the sun can not reach there are ferns planted; rue that never dreamed of its possibilites in the thin soii of the East stands here ‘‘stately and tall,’’ and jack-in-the-pulpit has reared here some sounding-boards that would make his kindred green with envy. I have found some prosperous violets enjoying life among the rue and the fern and only yesterday a wand of Solomon’s seal gave me distinctly to understand that it never knew what real living is until its rootlets began to draw their nourishment from the deep rich soil of the West. These are not the only reminders of the childhood life that is now no more, but they all serve to in- tensify the idea that, besides making the dooryards attractive, the attraction is made doubly dear to the inmates by the memories kept alive in every wind- kissed leaf and childhood-haunted blos- som. Considerable stress has been laid by the management of this department of the Tradesman upon the costlessness of floral improvement in backyards and other out of the way places by appro- priating whatever is pleasing and wher- ever found of the wild flowers of woods and fields and roadsides. Mention has already been made of the successful hiding of the riot of the heedless plow- share by the successful transplanting of wild flowers growing near by, and I know of no better illustration of the idea of freedom from cost than this same city lot—a bit of territory repeat- ing what has already been done so suc- cessfully by Mr. Garfield in Grand Rap- ids, Michigan. I do not think that August was espe- cially thought of in planning this West- ern garden, but August is certainly so asserting herself here that her fail sis- ters will be surprised at what can be done with limited moisture when the summer sun is hottest. If the result was less astonishing I should be reluctant to mention the flowers that have produced it. They are certainly common enough, Many a head of yarrow have I struck down with my hickory switch to and from the pasture when driving the cows without ever dreaming there could be beauty in them even when their petals are painted red. What is moth-mullen good for, the almost selfish plant that bursts into bloom yellow or white with a suddenness that startles? No wonder the cockroaches run where it makes its appearance. What New England boy- hood embittered by motherwort tea, ever found pleasure in plant or blossom after drinking this New England cure for every New England ailment? No old-fashioned garden was complete without its tanzy bed. It ‘‘hath a sunny air’’ and there comes to me across the years from the garden first and then from the dusty roadside a picture of its clustered yellow flowers and its strong and aromatic smell. Once, over-urged, I bit its dense, crisp leaf and learned then what ‘‘bitter’’ means! Two other flowers that brighten the waste places of the East and cheapen themselves by their abundance are the meadow lily and the butterfly-weed. The first, a bright orange with purple spots and the other steeped in orange. The golden- rod is August’s torchbearer. Without its yellow flame it is doubtful if the month could find its way along the neg- lected lanes and dusty by-paths of sum- mer. At all events it is everywhere and no collection of wild floral beauty is complete without it. It is here in this prairie garden and with its well-remem- bered companions has made the lot seem like a bit of transplanted New England. Taste and skill and memory have been at work. No forbidding fence bars out the public gaze. Green grass car- pets the center. Trees stand where they enhance the prevailing beauty, and from flower-hidden fence in the back- ground to the sidewalk in front these Eastern wild flowers, the August col- or relieved by here and there the dainty purple of the gerardias, clustered and unclustered, are doing their best to for- ward the best interests of the Improve- ment Society in this part of the busy world. R. M. Streeter, ——_+> 2. —_____ German Thrift. Germans are gradually edging in everywhere in the French capital. They are in finance, banking, exploitation, commercial houses, professional houses, and are gradually ousting Frenchmen from some of the best investments and employments right in the center of France. ——_> +6 ->—- To the Best of Her Knowledge. A lady was looking for her husband and enquired anxiously of a housemaid : “Do you happen to know anything of your master’s whereabouts?’’ “‘I’m not sure, mum,”’ replied the careful domestic, ‘‘ but I think they’re in the wash.’ Temperance Insurance. 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Co., one for your customer, one for yourself, all written at one time—50 CENTS PER BOOK of roo full triplicate leaves. BARLOW BROS., GRAND RAPIDS, ee ee ie HOUSEHOLD COUNTER MARKE T, Yate State & MFG oe) aa : PCOOOOOQQOQOQOOOO oe eRERRMNRIEEEE ‘Four Kinds o Coupon Books | :bainnniinrnnnemammennenéeaind : © @ samples on application. —a oe Grand — Mich. are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Making Provision For Old Age and Re- verses of Fortune. The one thing upon which all prac- tical philosophers, fron Poor Richard down to Mr. Dooley, have been _insist- ent is the necessity of laying up some- thing for a rainy day. The wisdom of such advice is so apparent it would seem that it must appeal to the wayfar- ing man and woman, even although they were stone blind and fools. One of the tragedies of life is the spectacle of people who live a gay butterfly exist- ence, who feast and dance and make merry while the sun of their prosperity shines, without taking thought for the morrow, and who suddeniy find them- selves, through some turn of the wheel of fortune or when old age overtakes them, penniless, dependent and forlorn. It would greatly offend such people if we should tell them that they have been guilty of criminal carelessness, yet it is . true nevertheless, and the pity of the thing is that so few seem to be warned by their example. We see about us men on salaries, who know that a change of firm, a falling off in trade—any one of a thousand contingencies—may throw them out of work, but who are so self- indulgent they do not lay by a dollar to tide them over the rainy day that is Sure to come to them. We see people, who, to gratify a silly desire to go into fashionable society that they can not afford, spend every cent of their in- come, and who, when the breadwinner dies, are thrown helpless upon the world ; we see women left a competence that should have kept them comfort- able, recklessly encroaching upon their capital, until they are left beggared when they are old. If only the poor butterfly suffered as a result of his folly it would be bad enough, but we might comfort ourselves with the thought that he got no more than he desreved, but in the end it is always the grubs of life that have to settle the butterfly’s score. Somebody has to carry the clerk who did not lay up anything over his rainy day; the penniless family is dumped on the char- ity of the community, and some hard- working relative must furnish the bread and butter for the improvident woman who spent her fortune on cakes and ale. In all the heartrending cases of destitu- tion that appeal to us there is not one in a hundred that could not have been prevented by the use of common fore- sight, and prudence, and self-denial. There is absolutely no excuse for not looking forward to the rainy day that is Sure to come in every life and making some sort of provision for it, and the person who, in prosperity and health, does not insure against being a burden on his friends when he is sick or old is a dishonest sponge. He is deliberately eating his cake and depending on also devouring part of somebody else’s. But much as money is—and comfort and peace of mind come pretty nearly being expressed by the dollar mark—it is not the only thing. Not the only rainy days in life are those when busi- ness fails or we are too old to work any more and compete in the struggle for gain. There are the dark days when sorrows come to us, when we stand grief-smitten, sad and alone, and it is just as much the part of prudence to lay up something for these times of mental and spiritual disaster as ‘it is for,the dark days of poverty. It is true that there is no bank in which” we}can de- posit happiness subject to our check; no bonds of joy on whose interest we can count upon retiring and living ; no trust company that will guarantee to keep safe for us our youth and health and love, but none the less we may surely lay up a fund of comfort upon which we may call without fail in the hour of need. To all of us there must come a time when we stand above the coffined form of our best beloved, and the whole hori- zon of earth is bounded by a narrow grave. Then it is that we need to have laid up a fund of sympathy that we can check upon. We want pity to lay its healing hands upon our hearts, we want tenderness to bind up our wounds and love to breathe hope once more into our souls. The grief that can-weep itself out upon another's breast is already half consoled. The sorrow that has none to turn to in the whole wide world, that knows that it grieves alone, has gained an added sting. Be sure there is no accident in this. If we have been left desolate in our sor- row it is because we have lived a selfish life. We have said that other people’s sorrows and griefs and disappointments were nothing to us and that we had nothing to do with their joys. The world is but a mirror that gives us back our own reflections. If we want love and sympathy, we must show it to others, and the man and woman who have {ful- filled the divine injunction to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice have laid up that comfort for their rainy day of sorrow that will not fail them in their need. Then there are love and friendship. To me there is nothing so pathetic as the sight of a lonely old age. Last win- ter | was much with an old woman who had come to the last stage of the jour- ney of life. She was very rich and dwelt in a splendid house, and had all the perfunctory attendance that paid help gives, but there were no tender hands to smooth her pillow, no loving lips to press a kiss upon her brow. She had quarreled with her own family years before; she had been arrogant, selfish, ill-tempered, and when she could no longer entertain and amuse her empty society acquaintances they went their way and forgot her. In ail her life she bound no heart to her by tenderness or loving deeds,and in the end she reaped as she had sown. People who are what we call unpopu- lar always speak of it as if it was an undeserved misfortune. Parents whose children are not companionable bitterly stigmatize it as ingratitude and consider themselves martyrs. It is as well to face the truth in such matters. We in- variably get exactly the measure of love we deserve. No manor woman has a right to expect to be loved unless they do something to win love, and I have yet to see the genial, kindly, consider- ate person who turned a smiling face to the world on whom the world did not smile in return. No parent who is harsh, dictatorial, scornfully critical of his children—who sneers at John’s love of high collars and pointed-toed shoes and _ derides his opinion, and who ridicules Mamie’s friends and growls over her bills—has any right to complain that his children do not come to him with their joys and sorrows and want as little of his society as possible. ‘‘In time of peace,’’ says the wise political economist, ‘‘ prepare for war.’’ Uneeda Business is Growing all the Time Uneeda Milk Biscui helps the growth along NATIONAL BISCUIT CO. ZG. Peevey vovevevvraveveyenynye all! aS a] o a} 2. S to you that they are only new article. 3: : ; Who urges you t = a” yw “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell trying to get you to aid their o keep Sapolio? Is it not the public? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- ciousadvertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. Wid di LU dd AdAAUGMAUdAdMbANLdNbdbdkbUsAbddUNL Nvevvvovevvvvennvvvvvnvonnnnnnnvarrnonneennnnnvaaennnnys e e ® e e UUs AsdAsddAdddbddddd MICHIGAN TRADESMAN When we are young, lay up friendship and love for old age. When we lose the charm and gayety of youth, when we grow garrulous, perhaps, and behind the times, and tell the same old_ stories over and over again, we are beyond the time when we attract new people to us, but we can have, if we will, a bound- less store of affection to draw upon that is not critical, that loves the same old Stories just because they are ours, and that will make beautiful our last rainy days. Another thing we do not think about enough is laying up some provision for a rainy day when we are temporarily cut off from our usual occupations. Talleyrand advised everybody to learn to play whist in their youth in order to avoid a miserable old age. A modern- ized version of that might suggest the necessity of cultivating, while we are happy, some fad that will console us while we are miserable. A person with a hobby can never be altogether deso- late. I have personally known an ab- sorbing interest in art or ceramics or golf or the Daughters of the Revolution to carry a man or woman safely through the inevitable bad quarter of an hour of their life. Every child should have a love of reading cultivated in him, simply as a resource against being bored, if for no other reason. No people in the world are so afflicting to themselves and other people as those who do not like to read. With a book, with all the won- der and excitement of fiction, of adven- ture or sport, opened before one, a man may say, like Monte Cristo, ‘‘ The world is mine.’’ It is a preventive against ennui, a balm for sorrow, an antidote for worry. A taste for reading should surely be laid up against the rainy days of sickness, of disappointment and of care. Mr. Depew said once that plenty of rich Americans had enough to retire on, but they had nothing to retire to. The time will surely come when we will real- ize that it is as practicable to lay up something spiritually for a rainy day as it is financially, and just as much worth while. Dorothy Dix. —_> ¢ + —___ Women have been displacing men in industrial pursuits of every style and character, with a constantly growing field of operations for years. Not long ago a street car company in Indianap- olis became dissatisfied with the work of its male conductors and dismissed them all. Young ladies were employed to take their places. At first the ex- periment promised to be very satisfac- tory. There were more passengers and so the receipts were correspondingly greater, but after giving it a fair trial the company has been compelled to go back to male conductors. The manage- ment says that the women show partial- ity to certain men and improve the op- portunity to talk with them during business hours, and thus their attention is detracted. The patronage fell off and the receipts with it. Perhaps some other company would fare better as_ the result of like experiment. a The Canadians are chagrined by the showing of their census. The popula- tion of their country has increased only half a million in the past ten years, in spite of prosperous conditions. There are more people in New York State than in all Canada. Many immigrants are attracted to Canada, but they do not re- main there. They quickly learn that the United States is a better place. Why Should Not Woman Be Taught Bet- ter Manners ? Let me lay down the proposition that woman’s manners in public are bad, temper-racking and soul-wrecking. If you doubt it you have merely to take the testimony of any woman just back from a department store on bargain day. But if one woman crowds another out of place ata counter or grabs a bargain from under the nose of a covetous rival that is only an affair between women, and doesn’t concern men. To be specific. I go into an office building to visit a man on the sixth Hoor. At the foot of the elevator is a woman who has planted herself directly in front of the door and within a foot of it, ready to reach out and seize the ele- vator if an ungallant operator should try to fly by and run the car into the ground beneath the basement. The car is packed with book-keepers and type- writers, all eager to make a dash for the nearest hand-me-out lunchroom, but the waiting woman is sublimely oblivious of the rest of the world. The instant the elevator door is opened she steps into the car, or tries to. When the hasty, hungry crowd surges out of the elevator does she steps aside to let it get out with the least possible friction and loss of time? If she does she is not true to the habits of her sex. You may wager ten to one that she merely steps back twelve to eighteen inches, if she has not delayed the whole operation by crowding into the full car, and the hurried passengers are forced to squeeze past her as best they can. She is bumped right and left, her hat and her temper are ruffled and she darts daggers at the passing crowd. Here and there a man, more bashful or more gallant than his fellows, pauses a mo- ment, expecting the fair one to take the hint and move aside, and many a gen- tle nature is bruised by the necessity of being rude and jostling a woman. In- cidentally this delays the exit of others in the back of the car and adds fire to my impatience and indignation. After the car is emptied the woman steps inside, but does she move to one side or to the rear of the car? Never! She plants herself just twelve inches in- side and in the middle of the entrance. Eight other men have joined me in waiting for the car and every man of us must crowd by that woman as best we can, swearing in our hearts if she is homely and pitying her if she is pretty, stepping on ber toes with apologies, tearing the lace on her sack with affected blindness and picking up her bundles with forced smiles. One would suppose she would learn the simple lesson of stepping aside after two such experiences, but the bump of elevator manners seems to be lacking in the female cranium. The woman is go- ing to the fifteenth floor. The car stops at more than one-half the intervening stages to discharge or receive passen- gers. The fair creature never budges. She seems to be animated by the sole thought that the fifteenth floor may get away from her if she is not within arm’s length of it, ready to jump or grab. Each one of the incoming and outgoing passengers must squeeze by her as_ best he can, causing delay and annoyance. At the fifteenth floor she stops the eleva- tor for apparently fifteen minutes (in reality it may be only one) by putting one foot outside the car and starting a conversation with the operator. She wants him to assure her she is on the right floor, to tell her the number of the office she is seeking, to explain the business of the person she is to visit, to guess whether she will be successful in her affair and to answer a variety of other questions, unimportant and in- consequential. This is not an imaginary case. It is an every day experience, which to many a busy man is like multiplied pin pricks. One is tempted to declare that woman has no manners for the public. As a hostess she is as charming as one of the graces. Asa mother she is more self-denying than an angel. On parade before people whose favor she would win she is enchanting. When her love or pride is touched she is adorable. In contact with plain Tom, Dick and Harry in public places she is—shall one say heartless or merely inconsiderate? At the theater box office she refuses to get in line, but majestically sweeps up to the window and insists on having her wants attended to without reference to fifty who were ahead of her. In waiting for the street car she and her companions spread themselves out on the line of the crosswalk instead of step- ping to one side. In the business office she calmly ignores the rights of three or four others who are waiting to see a man of affairs and serenely rushes up to him on sight. And so on, and so on. This is a practical age. Why should not the schools drop one of their fads and have a course in the ethics of pub- lic conduct? It may be sugar-coated by being taught to both sexes, but should specially aim to set women on the way they should go. For the sake of suffering man and for the glory of woman—God bless her—let the press meanwhile start a campaign of educa- tion to reform woman’s manners in pub- lic. F. B. 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You can have a light in any spot er place in your building or the building next to you, or in the next block, or across the street, or in the street, or anywhere you can run a gas pipe to Any style of fixture can be used, chandeliers, pendants, side brackets, anything that you want for the store, the show windows, the Nothing excels it, unless it is daylight, and on a dark day, or ina dark store, daylight does not equal it. Do not be satisfied with the trade you have, but increase it by having the best lighted store in town. It will not cost you any more than it does the other fellow with his poor yellow light. If you are interested (and you should be) in the best, cheapest, and safest light, write to the manufacturers for their new catalogue and testimonials. Michigan Brick & Tile Machine Company more, too, you get if you have a Michigan Gasclene Gas Machine and use Welsbach lights of 100 candle power each, or Gas In- It is yours for the asking. office. | The light is the whitest, strongest, steadiest, safest. Morenci, Michigan | 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Butter and Eggs Observations by a Gotham Egg Man. The prices recently quoted for refrig- erator eggs on this market have attracted considerable attention from those who have spring eggs stored at interior points and have induced the offering of such goods through local commission men. But while the prices quoted have been obtained here for considerable stock in local refrigerators they are not to be depended upon for consignments of refrigerator eggs sent in from a dis- tance. The reason for this will be ob- vious upon some consideration. The only way that dealers can use refrigera- tor eggs to advantage during warm and often muggy weather is to take out of storage just the quantity that can be very promptly worked into consump- tion. Their practice is to buy a straight car or more in storage and draw them out only as fast as needed. The price paid generally covers the storage charge until the end of the season so that there is no further expense for holding. With refrigerator goods arriving on dock here the case is altogether different. Buyers are generally kept supplied with local holdings and it is difficult to find an im- mediate market for goods on dock. And when stock arrives here from distant re- frigerators without definite order it is of course necessary to force an immediate sale of it or else re-store in this market. Consequently such goods are ata se- rious disadvantage. While 17c and even 17%4c is paid for choice to fancy brands of April packings in local stor- age, season's charges paid, it is prob- able that equal quality arriving on dock from interior points would not draw bids above 16@16%c. ee The movement of refrigerator eggs from local cold storage has continued quite free and has reached proportions which make the general outlook more favorable. It is noted that Boston hold- ings, which reached the highest point (214,434 cases) about the middle of July, have been reduced 24,740 cases or over II per cent., while last year the reduction during the same period was less than 4 per cent. The total holdings there are, however, still considerably in excess of last year. Enquiry among the storage men here indicates that we have reduced stock since July 15 about 60,000 cases, which, estimating our high- est holdings (including the new Jersey City house) at 350,000 cases, would be no less than 17 percent. This would leave our present excess over last year so much diminished as to make the out- look quite promising if stock had been reduced at interior points on anything like the same proportion. It is prob- able, however, that the rate of decrease in refrigerator eggs has been larger here and at other Eastern cities than in the West. = + + George Reifsnider, of George H. Reifsnider & Co., has a curiosity in the shape of a perfectly spherical egg. It came from a shipment of lowa_ stock and is almost a perfect sphere. George says he is going to make a collection and use them for billiard balls. From time immemorial eggs have been used as missiles with which to storm offending denizens of the stage. If the forcible presentation of cabbages, turnips, etc., was not sufficient to meas- ure the disapprobation of the audience the rotten egg has always served to cover with obloquy and confusion the persons of those who failed to perform their promises to the good public. But it is something new to find eggs chosen aS weapons with which to settle differ- ences a la code of honor. It now ap- pears, according to newspaper report, that Lord Raoul Arthur Phillips de Gentilly la Vallee, late of Paris, but now sojourning in New Jersey, being annoyed by stories told about him around the town of Morristown by one George Kauous, has challenged the offender to fight in honorable combat according to the ancient code; the choice of weapons being, naturally, left to the challenged party. Whereupon Mr. Kauous has presented his most distinguished compliments to the chal- lenger and chosen as weapons ‘‘ancient eggs—field, any old place, distance 40 paces.’’ It seems that Kauous is an ex- base ball pitcher and thinks that after the duel Lord Raoul Arthur, etc., la Vallee will look like an Irish omelette in distress. Fortunately the supply of suitable material for this battle is, by the exigencies of the season, unlimited. —N. Y. Produce Review. —_>22>___ Probability of a Large Production of Michigan Beans. C. E. Burns, the Detroit bean hand- ler, favors the Tradesman with the tollowing facts relative to the growing bean crop in this State: The bean growing section of Michi- gan has been favored with good crops of everything except early potatoes, but the late potatoes, with the recent rains, will be much better than antici- pated. Corn, oats and hay are good. The writer has made a personal inspec- tion of the bean fields, covering all of the larger bean growing sections of Michigan and Canada, and has been in close touch with the dealers of Western New York. We believe we know beans, and notwithstanding all the complaints about heat, drought, hot winds, insects, beans drowned out, cattle being turned into the fields, crops plowed up, etc., etc., we predict that Michigan will raise the largest crop of beans in her history by 25 to 50 per cent. We drove miles and walked over acres of ground looking for the field that ‘‘did not have a pod on and no beans in the pods, ’’ and failed to find one. We do not say that there may not be some small sec- tions in the State that have a few fail- ures, but they are certainly local and we failed to find them. On the con- trary, we found a very large growth ex- ceptionally well podded and filled. There are some small sections on the southern edge of the territory that will not produce as much per acre as last year, but the increase in acreage there on account of high prices the past two years and failure of wheat will more than make up the difference. The in- crease in acreage over last year is vari- ously estimated in different sections from 25 to 100 per cent. We believe 40 to 50 per cent. increase is a conserva- tive estimate. The yield per acre for the State will be considerably larger than last year, probably 10 to 20 per cent. Definite information as to the yield can not be given until thrashing begins, but we believe it will over-run this estimate. There have been some F. J. SCHAFFER & CO. BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, CALVES, ETC. BUY AND SELL very startling statements sent out from ‘ Canada, but our own observation is that the crop is a large one there, witha i large acreage. New York dealers re- = Established 1876 port an increased a 25 to 33 per cent., and conditions favoring a|* Ch arles e Richardson yield per acre equal to or greater than Commission Merchant Wholesale 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 responsible Commercial Agency, or make enquiry at your nearest bankers. Long Dist. ’Phone 158 A, 158 D ARAAARARNS MILLETS, FODDER CORN, BUCKWHEAT, DWARF ESSEX last season. A_ good many beans were shipped to the Far West and to the coast from Michigan last season, but we will not be likely to do so this year. For- eign beans are being offered for October shipment at prices much below present prices for new crop in Michigan. The harvest will commence this week and with good weather will be quite general before September 1. With good weather, new beans will be offered in limited supply about September 1. We will un- doubtedly have a good demand for some time, as stocks everywhere are closely up. Geo. H. Reifsnider & Co. Commission Merchants and Wholesale Dealers in Fancy Creamery Butter, Eggs, Cheese 321 Greenwich Street, New York Roferences: Irving National Bank of New York and Michigan Tradesman. SEASONABLE) SEEDS) “= Prices as low as any house in the trade consistent with quality. Orders filled promptly. Seed Growers and Merchants, ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., Sec4 Srowers and Merch 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. 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 last season. California expects to hold her Western trade this season and is looking for some of the trade we filled We are making a specialty at present on fancy Messina Lemons Stock is fine, in sound condition and good keepers. Price very low. Write or wire for quotations. E. E. HEWITT, Successor to C. N. Rapp & Co. 9 North Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. aaa tte eh aici cca: $ WATERMELONS ¢ CANTALOUPE, GEM AND OSAGE MELONS Fine fresh stock in constant supply at lowest prices. Send us your orders. We want to buy Cabbage, Potatoes, Onions and vegetables. Write us about anything you have to offer. THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY, .-. OTTAWA STREET, C GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POSOHSLOSOOO0000 00020000000000000000000000000000 LEADING PRODUCE HOUSE ON EASTERN MARKET We'll keep you posted. Just drop us a card. DETROIT, MICH. BRANCH AT IONIA, MICH. cis x ’ hide ~~ ~~ 4 + Ne - se a-~i- cry yor 5 ee ds s Ne — de awo-~i- cj Cre MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 The New York Market Special Features of the Grocery and Prod- uce Trades, Special Correspondence, : New York, Aug. 24—General business in the grocery district is good. There 18 no mistake about it. Profits are, perhaps, not as large as might be de- sired, but they are more satisfactory than they have been for some time on canned goods and this line is steadily gaining. Coffee, too, is Stronger—at least on paper. What earthly reason there can be even for an occasional advance is more than the layman can see. On Thursday the receipts at Rio and Santos aggregated 85,000 bags. At the close No. 7 was quotable at 5*@5x%c. The crop of Rio and Santos is now estimated by good authorities to be 12, 000, 000 bags. In store and afloat the amount ag- gregates 1,665,238 bags, against 770, 538 bags at the same time last year. Mild grades are quiet and good Cucuta is selling at 7%c. Some business is be- ing done in East India sorts, but noth- ing in the way of a boom. The situa- tion of coffee in Puerto Rico is of in- terest to the trade everywhere and promises to grow more and more so, Part of the week saw such decided improvement in sugar that dealers thought a turn had come, but for the last three days matters have sunk into the old rut and orders are few and far be- tween. While list prices are held on about all grades it is thought that some little concession might be obtained on some of the soft grades. Raws are dull and easy. Teas show a trifle more activity and some fair sales have been made; but there is much to be desired. The ques- tion of ‘‘creating a demand”’ has con- tinued to be talked of. One paper says that the greatest reason for the decrease in consumption of tea is the increase in the use of cereals, owing to the ex- tensive advertising of the same. But why does the consumption of coffee re- main as large as ever? The tea educa- tional campaign must begin in the kitchen. It is so delicate an article that it is easily spoiled, while the cereals may boil while the cook is talk- ing with the policeman and be all the better. Supplies of rice are not large and, with a fairly good demand, the outlook is in favor of the seller. Crop pros- pects are said to favor a yield about the same as last season. Choice Southern, 5% @6c; head, 64@6Xc; Patna, 44@ 54c; Japan, 4%@5c. _ : : Spices are quiet, with little doing. Prices are unchanged. In an invoice ao a sigue ae oe = way Singapore pepper is worth 12%@ choo A gly, y going 12%{c; Amboyna cloves, 11%@I2c. ‘ Sales of molasses are of small lots and Gute ce altogether the outlook is not very en- Wh y f couraging. With better weather a turn Have you suffered much from may come. Good to prime centrifugal, 17@30c. Syrups are in limited supply and the demand is light. In canned goods, light offerings have restricted trade in vegetables and the transactions of the week have been com- paratively light. The demand has been so active that goods have been readily absorbed and quotations show steady advance. Spot New Jersey tomatoes are worth 95c. California fruits are sell- ing splendidly and prices are no ob- ject. There are lots of orders for New the same is true of some other vege- tables. Maine packers are making no offerings, either of spot or futures, and are evidently hoping for something bet- ter further on. open an account with you because of your financial standing. In dried fruits, the demand continues a small amount was brought into court hopeless and the court was much moved by his contrite appearance. ‘‘Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment?’’ the judge asked. exclaimed the prisoner, bursting into toothache?’’ asked the dentist. in the chair, ‘*but not much. My teeth, I suspect, are like manima’s, never had anything done to hers, and she hasn’t an unsound tooth head.’’ never were anything but mere shells.’’ to her as gently as he could, ‘‘it's very evident that you inherit your upper York corn which can not be filled and|jaw from your mother and your lower jaw from your father. especially anxious to part with hold- ings. Lemons are less active and yet there is a good demand and sales are reported that are fairly satisfactory. Prices are about as last named. Oranges are hard- ly as active as last week and Californias are going at $3.75@S5. 50. The demand for butter has been rather light and 20%c seems to be top for best Western and from this the descent is rapid to 16c for lower grades. Imitation creamery, 14@17c; Western factory, 144@15 Me. The cheese market is dull and 9%c is top rate for fancy full cream. Little is being done in an export way. Arrivals of eggs are not large and the demand for desirable stock is sufficient- ly active to keep the rate up to 18%c for Western fresh gathered. Refrigera- tor goods, 15@17%c. —_>2.__ How Things Grow in Hawaii. From the Fruit Trade Journal. How great are the possibilities of Hawaii as a fruit and vegetable grow- ing country will be understood when it becomes known that four crops of _pota- toes have been produced in succession on the same piece of land within twelve months. Radishes become edible in ten days after sowing. Strawberry vines bear fruit all the year. The berries are of the finest flavor. Cabbage grows all the year, and it apparently makes no difference whether it is planted in the spring, summer, autumn or winter. Parsley once sown grows forever, apparently. Lima beans continue to grow and bear for over a year, and they have to be gathered every week after starting to bear. Cucumbers bear the entire year, and so do toma- toes, which, with proper attention, bear for years. Raspberries bear for six months. Pineapples come into bearing when the plants are four months old and bear in abundance for years. Lettuce can be planted at any time, and it develops quickly. The same is true of celery. ———_2se>___—__ A Consoling Judge. A certain judge who once presided over a criminal court was famous as one of the most compassionate men who ever sat on the bench. His softness of heart, however, did not prevent him from doing his duty as a judge. A man who had been convicted of stealing for sentence. He looked very sad and “*Never! Never!’’ ‘‘A little, ’’ answered the young woman She has in her ‘*How are your father's teeth?”’ ‘Poor papa! His are all gone. They ‘‘Well,’’ said the dentist, breaking it > 2. No Established Credit. Credit Man—Sorry, sir, but we can not good and prices are well sustained. Rubbton—What’s the matter with it? Raisins are attracting more attention} Credit Man—Why, you’ve always than for some time and holders are not | paid cash. MOSELEY BROS. -_+— Jobers of ——_— ALL KINDS OF FIELD SEEDS Potatoes, Onions, Lemons, Peaches. Carlots or less. Correspondence solicited. 28-30-32 OTTAWA ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. D. O. WILEY & CO. 20 Woodbridge St. West, Corner Griswold, Detroit, Mich. Commission Merchants === AND==——— 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. 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. 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. Geo. N. Huff & Co. Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Pigeons, Squabs, Poultry and Game Wanted at all times. Guaranteed highest markets on all shipments. Send for quotations. 55 Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan Quick sales and R. HIRT, JR. 34 and 36 Market Street, Detroit, Mich. FRUITS AND PRODUCE Write for Quotations References—City Savings Bank, Commercial Agencies SPEDIALTY, a te & ~ Highest Market Prices Paid. Regular Shipments Solicited. L. O.SN ED ECOR Egg Receiver 36 Harrison Street, New York REFERENOE:—NEW YORK NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK. NEW YORK 98 South Division Street Grand Rapids, Michigan Start in with us now. You will find a friend youcan stick to during hot weather. All sales case count. | i 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Window Dressing Utilizing the Card Writer—Avoid Use of Wax Figures. With the coming of September and the fall season, and with the return from their vacations of the bronzed and invigorated city folk, the responsibil- ities of the card-writer grow more im- portant. Ina short time now numerous articles of wear incident to the season, together with the novelties, freaks and improvements, long planned and prom- ised, must be displayed and _intro- duced. For. the unqualified success of these things much depends on the card- writer’s ability to draw favorable atten- tion to the goods which his cards are intended to help the sale of. What matter if the windows be finely trimmed with tasteful and choice goods culled from freshly stocked shelves and coun- ters, if the window card, the speech- maker of the window, be pointless or slovenly? Therefore, Mr. Card-Writer, get ready your stock of fall cards and Spare no pains or thought to make them worthy of the beautiful, bright, new goods. In the opinion of a master of the art, to write a good card one must se- lect a single subject and keep one’s thoughts on it until an acceptable card is worked up. It is useless to allow your mind to wander rapidly in and out of a vortex of ideas on clothing, neck- wear, gloves, hosiery and every pos- sible and impossible article, grasping here and there a workable thought, merely to relinquish it and fly off to something else. Only confusion and failure can result from this course. And, by the way, if you do happen to think of a good idea, wherever you may be, either work it out, or jot it down at once. The written record ‘‘never for- gets.’’ Remember, too, that in this line of work, as in all others, success nearly always depends on observing the three words of that short but sure motto: **Do it now.’’ ee Just a word about wax figures. A short time age the writer noticed a display of good clothing that was made positively ghastly and repulsive by the character of the wax figures used in the display. We are almost tempted to Say : ““Never, under any circumstances, use wax figures in your window displays."’ Do you suppose that any man is likely to be tempted to buy a suit of clothing that he sees displayed upon a wax man with a peach blow complexion, flaxen moustache and bleached blonde hair? One of those impossible young men who are never met in actual life and who, if they were met, would be kept indoors to preserve their complexion? If you can not afford to buy a well-made wax figure of natural appearance, do any- thing rather than show one of those im- possible, sissyfied young men in your clothing. A virile man will be dis- gusted with the garments, as well as with the figure that wears them. Do not kill good garments by showing them on cheap imitations of a fourth-rate young man. And if you do use good wax figures, see that they are properly cared for. A wax gentleman, whose counte- nance has been split under the action of cold or melted into an expression of grief, is not a fit object for the public to gaze upon. Such a figure should be sold to a traveling medical show or to a museum of pathology. It should not appear in a clothing window. Don’t prop up wax figures in the window in attitudes and postures that a sane man would never dream of assuming. The agonizing postures of ordinary wax clothing figures, supposed to be posed with uncommon grace, is as amusing a spectacle as can be seen anywhere out- side of a wax works show. Study the art of posing and you will find that to make a figure natural in its pose is one of the most difficult of arts. If you can not master that art don’t attempt any settings that will involve the use of wax figures in other than the simplest poses. All this leads up to the advice to avoid, in your trims,the use of wax figures and other dummies. If you have any knack with your hands you can display a gar- ment with some grace. It is better to have a simple display of good garments in graceful units than to set up a wax works show that is as funny as an amateur tragedian in the role of Ham- let. * x x Apropos of the great popularity of genuine and imitation Panama hats this summer, a rather clever window display which attracted considerable attention was noticed in a new hat store on Broad- way, just below Thirteenth street. In the center of this window, the floor of which was strewn with plantain shag (dried plantain leaves and fibre), was placed a rawhide case, of the size and shape of a barrel. This case was half filled with the same shag, and in it lay a single Panama hat, of the unshaped style, worn of late by many smart dress- ers. The case was smeared with pitch over the seam where it had been sewed up, SO as to exclude air and dust. It was said by the firm that each of these cases contained upwards of one _ thous- and genuine Panamas, imported from Ecuador, South America, and retailed here at the extraordinarily low price of $2 each. As showing the large sales of these hats this season, it may be mentioned that four hundred dozen were sold at this place alone. The above paragraph describes a display that is an illustration of the fact that passers-by and possible customers are easily at-|- tracted by any display revealing the generally unknown and interesting de- tails of manufacture of an article of current wear and interest. A simple display of Panama hats, even at the very low figure quoted above, would have provoked little or no attention in these waning summer days of bargain sales. But this display of the curious rawhide case, showing the unfamiliar methods of making and packing these popular hats, deflected a considerable number of Broadway pedestrians from their onward rush, to have a peep at the novelty, with the result, as it proved, of many sales. In the same way it would seem that this idea is capable of more detailed cultivation and elabora- tion than it received. In many proc- esses of the manufacture of the number- less articles daily displayed in the shop windows there should be much of a na- ture to halt and interest people. Once get them interested and a suitable price may bring them in.—Apparel Gazette. ——_+>2.—___ Reflections of a Bachelor. The bitterest kiss can be gilded so that most any woman will take it with- out making a face. It seems as if some old maids who never have any men make love to them go around making love to themselves. Up to 30 a woman wants to flirt with men; from that on to 40, with boys; after that, with anything, if it’s only kittens, Whenever a girl gets engaged, what she considers the most necessary thing to do is to make all the other girls think she walks just like he was mud, >. Ye G. J. > . CIGAR. WORLD'S BEST c my 2 | ALL JOBBERS and JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. A Trade Maker anny Davenport Se Cigar Trade Supplied By: B. J. Reynolds, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Phipps, Penoyer & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. Moreland Bros. & Crane, Adrian, Michigan. MAKE BUSINESS IID Huda 0000-0000-0-0-000-0000-000000-000000000000000000000000000 Not in the trust. : in price current 000000000000 66 See quotations Best on the market. Are Packed in Standard Crackers Green Hoop” Barrels Manufactured by. : E. J. Kruce & Co., Detroit, Mich. 00000-00000000000000000000000000000000000 ~ - we hs <7 & a ~ - MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip President, Gro. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids; Sec- retary, A. W. Stirt, Jackson; Treasurer, JOHN W. ScHRAM, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, H. E. BARTLETT, Flint; Grand retary, A. KENDALL, Hillsdale; Grand Treasurer, C. M. EDELMAN, Saginaw. Girand Rapids Council No. 131, 0. C. 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, GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Last U. C. T. Picnic of the Season. Grand Rapids, Aug. 27—Saturday afternoon at jeutscneilic will occur the third and last picnic for the season to be given by Grand Rapids Council, No, 131, United Commercial Travelers. Cars leave the corner of Canal and Lyon Streets at 12 m., 1:20, 2:40 and 3:00 p. m. On the beautiful grounds selected by the Committee the following games and sports will take place: For ladies—Egg race, throwing base ball, cake walk. For gentlemen—Base ball game, five innings; captains, Bert Bodwell and Henry Snitzler; running high jump, standing broad jump, swimming race, tub race. Prices have been donated by the following firms: Lyon, Kymer, Palmer & Co., Jarvis & Daniels, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Geo. H. Sey- mour Co.,, A. E. Brooks & Co., Freeman Mercantile Co. and Olney & Judson Grocer Co. Arrangements have been made with the hotel to serve lunch, thus relieving the ladies of any work in preparing all the good things they usually do and for this, the last picnic of the season, they are especially requested to wear their happiest smiles and take along their sweetest dispositions. After lunch is served, dancing will be in order for all who wish to indulge. The trolley ride will take about forty minutes each way and will be somewhat of an innovation for many. U. C. T. members and your friends, don’t forget the date, Saturday, Aug. 31. JaDee. 2. The Boys Behind the Counter. Kalamazoo—Arthur S. Rice, who has been employed in the Imperial Tea store the past eight years, has resigned his position there to engage in the floral business with his brother, C. F. Rice, formerly of this city, at Minneapolis. Marshall—Charles R. Joy, who has been head clerk for the past sixteen years in Greene’s drug store, has re- signed his position,to take effect in Sep- tember. Mr. Joy will take a much needed rest for some time and will visit the Pan-American Exposition. Jackson—Ralph W. White has _ re- signed his position with the Weeks Drug and Chemical Co., and will go into the laboratory of Schmid Chemical Co. after a few days’ rest with his par- ents at Kalamazoo. Sturgis—Henry Neuman is now a salesman in the clothing department of F. L. Burdick & Co.’s store. Homer—A. B. Lacey, for the past four years in the employ of F. E. Strong & Bro., has severed his connection with that firm to accept a more lucrative one with the Albion Windmill and Imple- ment Co. Marshall—Fred Zanger has takena position with Olin, White & Olin, Kal- amazoo, and will commence work Sep- tember 1. He will have charge of the cloak and ready-made suit department. Calumet—The clerks of Calumet were up against the weather proposition proper Aug. 22, the occasion of their annual outing. They made every ar- rangement for a pleasant day and had planned on haying the most successful affair in the history of their organiza- tion, while Calumet generally was look- ing forward to an exceptionally enjoy- able holiday. The clerks didn’t fix things with the weather man, however, and, after giving the town respectable weather for three weeks, he turned the clerks down without a ray of sunshine and gave them as bad a day as the city has had for some time past. The Com- mittee of Arrangements was out at the park at 5 in the morning to decorate the park for the occasion. It was raining then and, although the weather man al- lowed the downpour to let up once in awhile for a few moments, he gave them no encouragement and about 9g o'clock the Committee gave up in despair and decided to give up the idea of having any ‘‘doin’s’’ at the picnic ground. While the weather man spoiled the picnic features he could not do up the celebration. About 10:30 the clerks in Red Jacket formed with the Calumet & Hecla band at the head, Joe Adamski carried the stars and stripes and Jos- epo Forster acted as marshal of the parade. Most of the clerks wore white duck caps and carried umbrellas to keep off the rain. They marched through the streets of the city to Laur- ium, where they were joined by a dele- gation from that city. The parade was then resumed, finally winding up at the city hall in Red Jacket. While there was a large turnout of clerks there were a great many members of the organiza- tion who failed to put in an appearance. At the town hall a small delegation lis- tened to the address of Mayor Will L. Hagen, of Laurium. The speech, which was given extemporaneously, was worthy of a much larger audience, but those who listened to it showed their appre- ciation of the efforts of the speaker by frequent applause. Mr. Hagen started out by taking the Arrangement Commit- tee severely to task for not getting next to the weather man and fixing the cli- matic conditions for the occasion. He thought they had committed an_unpar- donable sin in not attending to this lit- tle detail. ‘‘I feel proud to be able to address the clerks of this city,’’ said the speaker, ‘‘and I am doubly pleased be- cause it is the second time I have’ had this privilege. I thought that after you had heard me once that would have been sufficient, but it seems that you must have made up your minds to stand it again or the Committee made some mistake and asked the wrong man, nevertheless, I am glad to have the chance to talk to you. I had hoped to see more of the business men of the city here to-day; I had planned on talk- ing as much to the business men as to the clerks. I wanted to say a few words about the benefits which you ought to derive from such an organization as yours. The business men are organized for business purposes and it is a good thing that the clerks have an organiza- tion of their own, which has social as well as other objects.’’ During the afternoon the Calumet and Hecla band played a choice concert at the town hall, which was listened to by a large audi- ence. In the evening the town hall was turned into a dancing room and the clerks, their wives, and _ sweethearts spent several hours in a social way. —_—_-__ 6-2 Uncongenial Surroundings. Mr. Ferguson—Did you have a good time at Mrs. Highmore’s tea, Laura? Mrs. Ferguson-—No; I was miserably lonesome. Mr. Ferguson—Lonesome? Mrs. Ferguson-—-Yes; 1 was the only woman there who hadn't been having trouble with her help. Thistledown Imported for Use Instead of Silk Fibre. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A crowd of youngsters were passing over a_ broad, open field in Fairmount Park the other day, evidently making their way toward one of the swimming resorts not far from Belmont Mansion. One of the lads, with the exclamation, ‘‘l wonder if my mother wants me,’’ stooped and plucked a thistle—one of the common kind, with a small, white, silky ball ona rubber-like stem. His action was imitated by the other mem- bers of the crowd, and soon all were blowing the cottonlike fibre from the stem. Some succeeded in ridding the stem completely, but others, including the aforementioned youngster, being de- ficient in lung power, or owing to the tenacity of the fibre on their particular stems, were not so successful. The ring- leader, for so he seemed to be, with the semblance of a frown upon his brow, exclaimed, as he continued upon his way, She does, but I’m not going.’’ The youngsters whose mothers did not want them, according to the prophecy of the thistle, were evidently much re- lieved by the knowledge that had come to them, while the others for a moment knew not whether to turn back or keep on their way. The temptation of a plunge into the cool flowing waters was evidently too much for them, as they all ran down the hill in the direction of the pool. All seemed thoroughly to believe what the prophecy of the thistle told them. Nearly everybody at one time or an- other in passing through meadows or fields has had his or her attention drawn to this thistle, but very few persons know what it is and the purposes to which it is put. It is a weed, but like many other small and seemingly insig- nificant things, it emphasizes the say- ing that ‘‘there is some valuable use for everything that grows.’’ The real name of this weed is said to be ‘‘kapok.’’ Its original home is in the Eastern coun- tries, particularly Asia. There fences are built in the open fields where the thistle grows wild, so that the wind can blow the cottony or silky-like fibre against them, from which it is gathered and sent to market. In this country, it is curious to note, there is a law in some states against the cultivation of this thistle. Authorities on the subject say that if this were not the case, and if any one started to cultivate it to any extent, the time would soon arrive when farmers would be compelled to take ac- tive measures to get rid of it. The wind carries the seeds for miles, depositing them on the way, and within a compar- atively short time they take root and spring up, spreading over whole fields. The spread of the weed, unless watched, is said to be so rapid as to baffle all attempts to rid the ground of it. It is of a hardy family of weeds, and smoth- ers to death weaker and perhaps more valuable plants growing near it. Some of the uses of the silky material secured from this source, and which is now coming into this country from the Eastern countries, through European ports, are hid, or, rather, kept a_ secret by manufacturers, It is known, how- ever, that much of it is used in mixing in silk goods. It makes a very strong yarn when rolled. It is also used as a stuffing, for pillows, cushions, etc. A considerable quantity is imported into the United States annually in tight, iron-bound bales of from 250 to 300 pounds. Its competition with cotton is now being felt by the Southern growers. Most of it comes in duty free or under a very small tax. Another thistle of the hemp and flax family which is coming into close com- petition with cotton is known as “‘ramie,’’ called also reha, rhea grass, China grass and grass cloth plant. Hun- dreds of tons are now imported annual- ly, most of it under light duties. Its competition with flax is said to be be- coming almost as serious as with cot- ton. Its home is in China and the East Indies. It is a perennial shrubbery of the nettle family, having numerous rod- like stems from four to six feet high. It has large heart-shaped leaves of silvery white beneath. It is now being“culti- vated quite extensively in the West In- dies, and even in some parts of the southern section of the United States. The fibre yielded by the stem of the plant is coming into use for almost every purpose heretofore served by cotton. >_> Abandons Soap to Take Up Cigars. Jackson, Aug. 27—I have handed in my resignation to the Central City Soap Co., which has been accepted, and Mr, Bellamey, of Bay City, who has sold paper for years, will take my route Oc- tober I. I have sold Jaxon soap for thirteen years and have been connected with the best house on earth. I have traveled in Michigan almost twenty years, but I have come to a place in life where I would like to spend more time in my home with my family. W. B. Burris, formerly with the Bradley Cigar Co., of Greenville, bas manufactured cigars in Jackson for the past eighteen months and, wishing to enlarge his business, sold me a one-half interest in his busi- ness. W. B. Burris is President of the corporation and your humble servant is Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Burris will cover his old territory, beginning about Oct. 1. I will be in charge of the office, the city trade and nearby towns. A. W. Stitt. ——__>0.__ First Annual Picnic of Bay City Council. Bay City, Aug. 27—-Bay Council, No. 51, U. C. T., held its first annual pic- nic Saturday, Aug. 24, at Wenona Beach. A large and happy crowd was in attendance and enjoyed the boating, bathing and hospitality of the boys. The wholesale houses of both Bay City and West Bay City closed their doors and both principals and employes at- tended the picnic. Games of various kinds were pulled off and a very fine supper was served by the Ladies’ Aux- iliary to about 400 people, whose appe- tites were sharpened by the invigorating breezes of Old Saginaw Bay. The members of Bay Council have reason to feel proud of the result of their efforts. May we long remember the pleasant time spent and all meet to enjoy many like occasions! Just So. Inside or Out. Mrs. Jumper was in bad_ humor. Things had gone wrong with her, and she was about to give Mr. Jumpera piece of her mind, when she saw the sky darkening, and looking out of the window said: ‘*There’s a storm coming.’’ Mr. Jumper scratched his head, then pertinently enquired : “*Inside or out?’’ —__> 2. . His One Success, Miss Kulcher—Did you ever go in for literature, Mr. Gay? Mr. Gay—Well—er—not exactly, but once when I was at college I wrote a short story and got $1oo for it. Miss Kulcher—Really? What was it? Mr. Gay—‘‘ Dear Father: I’m broke. Please send me a hundred.’’ ——__» +. Riley Sweers has engaged to cover Northern Michigan for Chas. H. Werner & Sons Co., jobbers of crockery and toys at Detroit. He has opened his sample line at Traverse City in the building adjoining the Boughey ware- house on Cass street. Oe H. A. Hudson, formerly with the Continental Tobacco Co., is covering city trade for the Bradley Cigar Co, Andrew Olson has gone on the road for J. Cornwell & Sons, of Cadillac. The Warwick Strictly first class. Rates $2 per day. Central location. Trade of visiting merchants and travel- ing men solicited. A. B. GARDNER, Manager. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires Dec. 31, 1901 L, E. REYNOLDs, St. Josep - Y Heim, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902 WIkT P. Dory, Detroit- - - Dec. 31, 1903 A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904 JOHN D. Moir, Grand Rapids Dee. 31, 1905 President, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Secretary, HENRY 1m, Saginaw. Treasurer, W. P. Dory, Detroit. Examination Sessions. Sault Ste. Marie, August 28 and 29. Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6. Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association. President—JoHn D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Secretary—J. W. SEELEY, Detroit Treasurer—D. A. HAGENS, Monroe. Twenty “Don’ts” Applicable to the Soda Fountain. 1. Don’t use extracts and low-priced syrups, for they won’t suit your trade. Get the best pure fruit juices. If you buy your syrup, be sure it is good; the best plan, however, is to make it your- self. It means more work, but you know then that it is all right. 2. Don’t get the idea in your head you can make a success of the soda business without work, for you can’t do it. There’s hard work and plenty of it, and you can’t get around it. 3- Don't hire cheap help—a cheap boy will drive away much more trade than his salary amounts to. People are as particular about what they drink as about what they eat, and no matter how good it may be, if the dispenser is of slovenly appearance and habits the cus- tomer will get a bad impression. 4. Don’t be ‘‘short’’ with your ice. Don’t think you can get a drink too cold, for that’s what a soda customer wants. You won't economize by cutting the ice short, for, while you ‘‘save at the spigot, you lose at the bung.’’ 5. Don’t be slovenly—keep every- thing appertaining to the fountain spotlessly clean and neat. Don’t slop over your soda water—draw the glasses full, but don't run them over. Watch your crushed fruit bowls and keep them clean; if you don’t they will soon look like pig troughs. And keep the Syrups wiped up and the counter clean, and you won't be bothered with flies. Wash your glasses as soon as the cus- omers are through with them. Keep plenty of clean water, clean towels, etc. A handful of sal soda in your wash water helps to clean the glasses. 6. Don’t be ‘‘groutchy’’—a pleas- ant smile and a kind word will win at the fountain as well as everywhere else. Be as pleasant to the little urchin with the grimy fist and five coppers as to the aristocrat with the $10 bill. The for- mer’s money is as good as the |latter’s, and if you make a friend of the boy he'll take a good report of you home with him. 7. Don’t sell ice cream soda for 5 cents. Sell it for 1o cents. Youcan do it just as well as not. Sell all ice cream drinks and egg drinks for 10 cents. Push your higher priced drinks. Make them so good that they are worth what you ask for them, and they will sell. 8. Don’t fail to advertise. Window signs are good—so are sidewalk signs and circulars, as well as ‘‘locals’’ in the daily papers. Keep at it. The soda trade has to be cultivated. Keep the fact constantly before the people that your drinks are good—none better. 9. Don’t fail to serve straws with every drink, and napkins to the ladies and children. Serve ice water with all ice cream drinks, and put a piece of ice in it so that it won’t be warm when the customer gets through with the ice cream. 10. Don't allow loafing on soda stools and chairs. If the loafers can’t take a hint, tell them plainly to go. You can't afford to have people pass your door be- cause they don’t see any place to sit down. 11. Don’t run an ice cream parlor. You are in.the drug business, and your fountain is a side line. Get all you can out of it, but don’t let it overshadow your drug business. 12, Don't let a customer wait any longer than absolutely necessary to get to him, but if you are by yourself at the store and have a prescription to fill let your soda trade go. You may lose more than the value of the prescription, but you can’t afford to get the reputa- tion of neglecting the drug business. 13. Don’t fail to have plenty of syrups—keep some in reserve constant- ly. Don’t have to say, ‘‘We are just out—will something else do?’’ 14. Don’t neglect to keep crushed fruits in neat bowls on your counter. Most people like them on their ‘‘Sun- days,’’ ice cream sodas, glaces, etc. 15. Don’t fail to have a good ice shaver, lemon squeezer, ice cream spoon, etc. They will more than pay for themselves and will last for years; therefore get good ones. 16. Don’t be ‘‘short’’ with ice water. Give any one a drink that asks for it. A customer won’t forget where he got it when he has a nickel ora dime to spend for another drink. 17. Don’t serve alcoholic drinks of any kind. If you are going to run a saloon get out of the drug business. You may think you are ‘working it smooth,’’ but the public will disown you and you will lose your best trade. 18. Don’t appear behind the soda bar in shirt sleeves or street coat. Wear white jackets or vests and keep them clean. 19. Don’t have things too bare about the fountain. Have plenty of flowers— cut flowers if you can get them—and potted plants, such as ferns, etc., nice glasses, neatly displayed, neat cards, etc. 20. Don’t think the soda business is a small thing. It will be if you neglect it, but if you attend to it right it's a bonanza.—M. K. Barber in Bulletin of Pharmacy. —_- sas 2>__ Danger From Potassium Chlorate. From the Western Druggist. In view of the explosion which wrecked the Tarrant Building the con- clusions of Berthelot, the eminent French chemist, will be of interest. He States that while the salt does not detonate under the influence of pro- gressive heating, it does detonate if placed quickly in an enclosure raised previously to and kept at a temperature essentially higher than that of the com- mencing decomposition. It is also nec- essary that the mass of matter compos- ing the enclosure shall be so large that the introduction of the quantity of de- composable matter at the ordinary tem- perature may not suffice to lower mate- rially the general temperature within. These are precisely the conditions pre- vailing in fires. It also detonates more readily when heated in a hydrocarbonated flame, a fact observed by Colonel Ford, chief inspector of explosives in Eng- land, in the explosion of 156 tons of otassium chlorate in St, Helens, england. The presence of combustible material facilitates the explosion, the burning casks in that explosion having served to ignite the combustible gas. ——_~2s02a____ Some men who fool with a bent pin can’t see the point—but they fee] it just the same. a The Drug Market. Opium—There is very little interest manifested in this article. Prices are fairly steady. Morphine—Is unchanged. Competi- tion has lowered the price in this coun- try to about 30c less than any other. Quinine—Is fairly steady at the re- duction noted last week. There will be a sale at Amsterdam on the 29th and prices may change at that time. Bismuth Preparations—On account of lower price for metal, manufacturers for the different preparations have re- duced their prices. Cocaine—Owing to competition among manufacturers, price has been reduced 50c per oz. This decline is not war- ranted by position of cocoa leaves. Menthol—On account of very small stocks, it has been again advanced soc per Ib. Buchu Leaves, Short—Are in better supply and slightly lower, Oil Peppermint—There are contra- dictory reports in regard to new crop. The prices are very firm. Oil Cedar Leaf—Very small supplies and high prices rule. So-called oil of cedar, different volume of turpentine, can be had at most any price. Linseed Oil—Has declined, owing to lower price of seed and competition. —_—_>2.__ Compulsory Early-Closing in England. The subject of early-closing for re- tail merchants has assumed such an im- portance in England that Parliament has taken it up. Some time ago the House of Lords appointed a committee to look over the matter with a view to passing an act making early-closing obligatory. This committee has just made its report. The committee held twelve sittings,and examined eighty-six witnesses. Of these sixty-two repre. sented important tradesmen’s associa- tions in all parts of the country. Evi- dence has convinced the committee that earlier closing would be an immense boon to the shop-keeping community, and that the present hours are en injurious to health, especially in the case of women. Under these circum- Stances they recommend that town councils should be authorized to pass provisional orders, making such regula- tions in respect to the closing of shops as may seem to them to be necessary for the areas under their jurisdiction, and these provisional orders should be sub- mitted to Parliament in the usual man- ner before acquiring the force of the law. -———_2a>____ An Antidote to Poison Ivy. In addition to the aids of the drug- gists’ lotions, nature is said to have provided a most efficient remedy for poison ivy poisoning, in the shape of the widely spread flower known as ‘“spotted touch-me not,’’ or ‘‘ Impatiens fulva.’’ It is also called the ‘‘ jewel weed,’’ and is abundant in the water courses during June and July, when the Rhus toxicodendron and the Rhus ven- enata are most poisonous. The color of the flower of ‘‘spotted touch-me-not’’ is a deep orange, and the spots are of reddish brown. The lip forms a sac, not much unlike the moccasin flower, and it endsin a curved spur. The seed pods burst if slightly touched and scat- ter the seeds all around. To this pe- culiar property the plant owes its com- mon name. It is also called ‘‘noli-me- tangere’’ and ‘‘N’y touchez pas.’’ The remedy is applied by expressing the juices of the plant and applying it to the skin which has been poisoned. ——_>2.___ Banana Syrup. Peel any number of bananas, cut them in thin slices, and put in a_ wide- mouthed bottle of sufficient capacity ; first a layer of banana slices, then a layer of sugar, until the bottle is filled, having as much sugar as banana. Place the bottle in a vessel of cold water, set it on the fire, and when the water boils remove the bottle containing the ban- anas. Stir the contents thoroughly for several minutes, and when cool press through a fine sieve or coarse linen cloth. Use as much of this as may be necessary to give a good strong flavor, ———_> 22> —_ Fruit Syrups and Crushed Fruits. Remove one end of a suitable keg and perforate the other with small holes. Fill with alternate layers of fresh ripe fruit and sugar. As the juice of the fruit dissolves the sugar, a fine fruit syrup will percolate through the keg. When dripping ceases, the remaining “‘marc’’ makes a fine crushed fruit syrup. New York has three banks now each of which has a capitalization of ten million dollars. 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Where} London La Raisins ; Condensed Mii. .7. 1222771. ~ 2b. cans, Spiced.......... 1 90 55 | 1,000 books areordered at atime | London Layers $ Crown, 2 = Coupon Books... .......... it SE printed ves specially | Cluster 4 Crown..... . 235 : ee : Little Neck, 1Ib..... 1 00 - » charge. cover without extra | Loose Muscatels 2 Crown ; ‘pe Cream Tartar ................ 5 | Little Neck: 2 1b gn os 7 a [eves Mamsactene tx ve D oe Clam Bouillon Franck’s . ; eu Can rg se ag Books Loose Museatels4Crown 8” Dried Fruits...... +4 Ib. cans, 4 doz. cas -, | Burnham’s, % pint Schener’s......-. 00.0000. J00, denomin 0 represent any | L. M., Seeded, 1 Ib...... 8 a % Ib. ¢ : O.cceee 3 75 |p 55 as... .-... (oF ett ee 6 omination from $10 down L. M.. Seeded % | yy i F ib. cans, 1 doz. ease....3 72 ee 3 60 we HOCOLATE 130 DOOKS...-...-.24..-.- 1 50 Sultanas, Dulk ~..-..., °4 ; , . CASE... .... 37 ne 7 alter ’ a » DUIK «ol, eres Geeta 5| 5Ib. cans, % doz. case......8 00 Cherries 7 201 German Sweet. 500 books... “ga Sulfanas, package ...... .... en ele a Red Standards. EON ons ef 433] FARINACEOUS Goons wa? = ee. pons i. y +N > Co) a | White...... = oe. ee cee ee we 500 alse — Lima.... ne Sines aiacis 7 - +& Fruits ...... ncrseceersener sees 61 3 Tb. cans, 4 doz. case....... 45 | Ear... aunt - — Sweet ......... .... 21 | 1,000, any one denom.... .. 3 00 oo 2 75 G = Ib: cans’ 2 _ case... 85 oe a cn 85] Premium... 2.2020 0712220 0072! it Steel punch. ———-—- oe Cereals" — . : oe ae, = eee ee ceseecececceese 75] Cream of Cereal....... rains and — ike 6 Queen Flake : Wiewitn Pine Cott HES LINES Nations BACKERS Grain-O, small ..3.2.77277771 38 i oo. 3 0t., 6 doz. case.............2 70 ———_ Mine. oc 22 | Cotton; 50 ft. om dor....... 1 00 ational Biscuit Co.’s brands ——s large... salle bss aes —< Hides and Pelts........ 2.2... 13 oo cae nos i _ 19 | Cotton, 60 ft. per doz......:/1 40 | Seymour — Pos m Cereal, small”: nen .* I 1 Ib. 2 doz. ease. 14 80| Moyen 2202 00000022200000 TR] Cotton 0 fF per doe...-22771 80 New York... 20002000200 64 | Postum Cereal, large..2...""2 25 = he amdigo......... = fo g| 51b., 1 doz. case............ ‘9 00 Standa Senebesin Jute, 60 ft. per apenas = ——- Seton eee te. ee. 6% | 241 Ib. pac Sane — - : Royal a eeeeteteee go | Tate 72 8 per doa. 0000007" 95) Woven, 22000000000. gag | Ba POP ME cae lClURS ion L l0esize.... gq | Standard............ . gs | Cleveland.................... 41] Soda XXX _— Flake, 50 lb. ma 90 p Barner noon r a. a Colonial a 00020002702 35 | Soda, Ong 02000 M | etl Sei ee aS - Batioene. 00. as 6 oz. cans. 1 90] Star;i Ib........... ici... 33 | Long Island Wafers....... 13 | Maccaroni and Vermice ag Lantern Globes.............. 15 thussn ta. : a0) Mayior 02000 = Zephyrette.... ............ 13 | Domestic, 10 oe —" ee ee eee Zz % Ib. cans 3 75 iasieemes 35 — en eee Faust Oyster Imported. ahs = “as Fie melalui poate daleclwiaie! lain ¥ outen, 4s....... CRTERDS BSCE SEH ESRB Sem rliasia e: aa ee 7 1 Ib. cans. 4 80 eee. in... 1 75 | Van Houten, = Coe Ane Waring. 5 Common cegeabaneionesl > + Matche = 31d. ca Mustard, 2Ib........ 2 89 | Van Houten -++++ 38) Extra Farina Al Chester: 2 40 - Meat one errr 7 31D. cans 13 00| Soused,1ilb......... i 1 75 | Webb - 28... .. -. +. 701 Saltine + ito ee asia +» 6% | em ee ohare Penne oe 2 90 1 a So 7 = 5b. cans. 21 50 | Soused, 2 Ib........ : ain 30 alin Sa 6% ie cas cc ce 3 40 = Molasses.......-.-..-0.0.2.0.. 7 Tomato, 11b......... +] b- _2, eeseeanenearan 41| anieet Goods—Boxes Welsh tue a: te) 4e ee 7 BATH B Tomato, 21b..... 1... -o + M8... sere eee eeeee 42] A Seewee eee eee eeeee. 10 Roo Co.’s Brand. - » N American ee Mushrooms icc ae 10 WO rn ie... . -:18@20 | Less ' ge Bent’s Water... 220.120. : e a o see a 2225 Tween 0 eee : ce i LOING Oysters COFFEE Coffee Cake, Iced. Aretie, 4 02. ove ¥ E 10 : Creams, Iced... = . ee eaneaeE airtee 7 Yellow .............. 1 65@1 85 HIGH GRADE. ee rep ae - 10% MR he. ae 7 Pears CorFFEES Currant Fruit. 202.0007". jo” ———__| Pau ae Standard ............ 100 a 12” | 242 1b. packages R Maney 1 25 ote Combination 15 | Frosted Cream. /.../2..7" 12 | 400 B. seeeseeeer eed 00 - ES Saleem 8 aie Tench Breakfast... _. _17% | Ginger Gems, I'rge or sm'll 9 | 200 : barrels 2222722077723 90 cn a Marrowfat .......... tela ee & Java. a1" Ginger Snaps, BC. Guy | 100 Ub. bags...0000. 200000 “So aleratus........... io arly June.......... ava and Mocha..2 ot Poss eo : Early June Sifted _ 1 00 | Private Estate, Java & Moro | Grandma Cakes....22012". 10% | Green, Wisconsin, bu ae ee Pi 60 | Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 | Graham Crackers 3 | Green, Scotch, bu! ee ee eee 8 G neapple Dwinell-Wrigh : : Gahan waa Split, Ib..... » DU...........1 50 Sauerkraut........... 2.00100 . Steed Pe 1 25@2 75 | White ame ae s Brands. | Grand Rapids Tea.......: is Roiled Gaia“ eager eaece eees ot i eer es crc cise 1 35@2 55 | White House, 30-2s....... 29° | Hone —. 16 Rolled Avena, bbl Shoe Blacking 0 5)6 nid mei ieiaipie 3 Pumpkin Excelsior M. & J 60-1 wee eeee 28 Ieed oney Crumpets sees . Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sacks. ooees0 oe Se ne ~~~ =~ > 9 rr 2 ee 70 | Excelsior M.& J. Is.. ..21% | Imperials.......0 200000000. Monarch’ bbl 26 298 eer mice sie eC Small st Gaede 75 Royal otha J., 30-2s......20% Jumbles, Honey........... a Monareh’ % bbi. 777777775 3 ‘ size, per doz.......... etree ...5-..5)... Royal Java. <=. -o.-.s+- ss. 26% | Lady Fingers.............. Monarah 2 olan. -+++ e+ --2 80 Large size, per d 85 yal Java & Mocha 26 Pe ec 12 , 90 Ib. sacks. . 2 5B eerie 75 Raspberries naan 2644 Lemon Snaps.............. ig. | Quaker, cases......... L223 20 | see BROOMS Standard............ . 115 — Moch eee 224% Sovenantien oe Se Oe 16. East Indi Sago == - 1 Carpet........ i oc. Java B I = __ EE ee siete see ce No.2 cuaeen Mest etee ee eceees 2 50/ x ip, wo Cavier Fancy — sete eeee es | Chotee CT 30 Manieg i 70 4 Wamey. .36 Proctor & Gamble brands—_ STOVE POLISH Oolong Be ee ee 00 Formosa, fancy.:..... la. Goz. 460 Amoy, medium...... Ivory, 10:07.... 0.00.0... 6 75 Schultz & Co. brand— en 3 00 A. B. bre brands— Geod Cheer .............. 3 80 Old Country ee toe ode 3 20 Scouring Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3doz....._._. 2 40 SODA — ome ao re 2 egs, Englis 4 No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross 4 50 SPICES No. 6,3 doz incase, gross 7 20 Whole Spices SUGAR AMNOIOG 12 Below are given New York Cassla, China in mats. ’°". 12 | prices on sugars, to which the Cassia, Batavia, Inbund... 28 | Wholesale dealer adds the local Cassia, Saigon, broken. . 38 | freight frora New York to your Cassia, Saigon, in —- 55 | shipping puint, giving you credit Cloves, Amboyna.......... 17| on ‘the involee for the amount Ch — ee (eee cece, 14 of freight = a from the Mac ‘ market in which he purchases Nutmegs,, 75-80.. 50 to his ship ing point, including 35 00 Nutmegs, 105-10.°/---.°... 40 | 99 pounds for the weight of the moe 35 00 Nutmegs, 115-20.......... 35 | barrel. A. Bomers’ brand. Pepper, es black. 18 | Domino. 5 75| Plaindealer . Pepper, Singapore, white. 28] Gut Loaf 5 75| Columbian Cigar Go.’s brands. Pepper, shot............... Crushed 5 75 | Little Columbian........... 36 00 ure Ground in Bulk Cale 6 50 | Commiiian.. 35 00 Allspice.. Powdered . .. 6 35| Columbian Extra........... 55 00 Cassia, Batavia. : 28] Coarse Powdered. .. 6 35| Columbian Special.......... 65 00 Cassia, Saigon............. 48 | XXXX Powdered......... 40 | Columbian Invincible...... 90 00 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 17 | Standard Granulated. |... 525] H.& P. Sox ¢ Ge s : brands. Gina, Aim. 8 | Paeegiemmenateds 25 | Fortune Teller.. - 35 00 Ginger, Cochin............ 18 | Coarse Granulated........ 35 | Our Manager 2 = Ginger, er st teeeeees 25 | Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 35 | Quintette.. Mace steseeeeeeee 65) Conf. Granulated.......... 50 | G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. Mustard .. 18/9 1b. bags Fine Gran... .. 5 40 Pepper, Singapore, black: 17 5 Ib. bags Fine Gran. ee 5 40 Pepper, Singapore, white. 25 | Mould A eee IC Fep r, — eon feces = Diamond A.. 5 25 Sage Confectioner’s A... 5 05 “S¥RUPS~ No. 1, Columbia A..--..:. 490| gy Corn >, | No. 2, Windsor A......... 4 85 TRAE ON eee ae No. 3, Ridgewood A... in 4 85 Tenia sel Se $ Empire a - 46 9 PCS BUG oe cee. be Oy SEES Bn. cc oe % gallon cans, per doz...... 2 00 Ne: = Bibel Ce 6S Oe ae ae ¥4 gallon cans, per doz....,.102| 9, 7... 4 65 | Cigar Clippings, perib..... 26 80 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 14 S Janey Bros.’ Brands. on] a, 4 ofa. ee si Gold Star....2..22227222552"35 00 | No. 2 Oval; 250 in crate....". 50 H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate...... 55 Star Green.............. 35 00 | No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate.. ._.. 65 Fine Cut Egg Crates Uncle Daniel................ 54 | Humpty Dumpty MU 34 No. 1, complete .. ie —— —— sete ceee cee eees = No. 2, complete ............. meee GHEAY... od Clothes Pins a ce ee af Round head, 5 gross box.... 45 Golden Top................. ; Round head, cartons........ 62 Pe 26 Siiawashs............ —— shite “eee Sticks os ea Pagers Bese, 43 | Nolcommon......... Sean c 75 en 38 | No.2 patent brush holder.. 85 Sweet Burley................ 40 | 1? b. cotton mop heads..... 1 25 — Re ~ Ideal No. 7 7 — ae 90 he RISC SE REC RSNA SAIS ele 2. r Plug 2-hoop Standard... .......... 1 40 i 33 3-hoop Standard.............1 60 Creme de Menthe....... ....60 — —— a e. se = — "> ine ee Sweet Chunk........ oe 37 — ee ee eee ee Renee 32 Toothpicks lO... ee eee eee ee eee 35 | Hardwood .... ..............2 50 Kyl. ...........0.. 2. ee eeee 35 | Softwood ......... ..........2 75 Hiawatha.................... | Banana 1 80 nn — seer ect - fe 1 50 merican Eagle............. 32 Tubs ee 44 | 20-Mneh, Standard, No. 1.....6 00 ooo ‘civttt #4 | 8-tneh) Standard, No. 2.....5 00 oe "# | 16-inch, Standard, No. 3.....4 00 a een tae 37 | 20-inch, Cable, No. 1........:6 50 a ‘ar meee nies = 18-Inch; Cable, No. 2. se Apen eRe... 43 | 16-inch, Cable, No. 3. “5 00 oe 29 45 Piper Heidsick .............- 63 ——. — _— Boe ik ee es Cone . : Was cash ——. Plumb Bob... geek SE | Bronze Globe... Bo Hand Pressed..............40 | Double Aeme.......22.. 2.1.2 75 Pe a Te el .. | 2S REN OPO 36 | Double Peerless........... 3 25 Pee 35 | Single Peerless..............2 60 Siont avy. .......... 37. | Northern Queen ............2 50 Ware 26 Oe aaa epapmaattee Bamboo, 8 0z 38 [eo tee — - OF . Universal. . _ — a . 2 25 eee. Wo Ww. ae a = IL in. Butter...........-.-.+. 75 ee ee ee a eee Gold Block --37 | 15 in. Butter..............-..1 75 man . --41 17 in. Butter. ... _ 2 50 S....- --34 oO tm. Deer... 3 00 Kiln Dried . --24 Assorted 13-15-17.... ........ 1 75 — —— = Assorted 15-17-19 ............ 2 50 e’s Cameo.. - - WRAPPING PAPER ee in 1% Yum Yum, 1% 0z............ 40. | Fiber Manila, white....... 3% Yum Yum: 1 Ib. pails........ 38 | Fiber Manila,colored..... 4% pare errs 37. | No. 1 Manila.............. 4 csc A pegeanees ; Corn Cake; 11b.............. 23 +| Butcher’s Manila.......... 2% Plow Boy ‘1a Lee 39 | Wax Butter, short count. 13 Plow Boy, 3% ee ce 37 Wax Butter, full count.... 2u Peerless, 34% 0Z.............. 34 | Wax Butter, rolls......... 15 Peerless, 1% oz.............. 36 YEAST CAKE a = =P oe ae 1 00 ndicator, . pails .......-31 | Sontight, 3doz.... 2 Col. Choice, 2% 02........... 21 Sunlight, a Rene Se 1 = Col. Choice, 8 0z............. 21 Yeast Cream, Sian es 100 TABLE SAUCES Yeast Foam, 3 doz.......... 1 00 LEA & Yeast Foam, i% doz........ 50 FRESH FISH PERRINS’ Per Ib. White fish......... @ a SAUCE _ @ 9 aa _— bee cieces tos = = oo The Original and | Ciseoes or Herring.... @ 5 Genuine Bluefish ............... @ 12 Worcestershire. | Live Lobster. cee ccecce 20 Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75 — Lobster........ g = Lea & Perrin’s, smaill..... 2 50 —_ @ 7 Halford, large. ............ 3 75 No. 1 Pickerei.. @ 9 Halford, small............. 25 Pike @ 8 Salad Dressing, large. -:.. 4 55 Pan = 5 Salad Dressing, small..... 2 75 Smoked White 2 i TWINE Snap @u Cotton, 3 ce 16 Col River Salmo @ 12 Cotton, 4 ply................. 16. | Mackerel........ . @ 15 Seems 9 oe HIDES AND PELTS Flax, medium...............20 The Cappon & Bertsch Leather M¥ool, 1 th. balis......... 2: 7% | Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as VINEGAR follows: Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 8 @ 6% Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 @ 5% Pure Cider, B. & B. brand. .11 @ 8% Pure Cider, Red Star........12 @7 Pure Cider, Robinson... .. ..10 é gg Pure Cider, Silver...........11 @7™% WASHING POWDER @10 Gold Dust, regular.......... 4 50 @ 8% old Inet, 56... 4 00 Pelts, each.......... 1 00 DubNoMore bo See - Tallow Rub-No-More ............... 3 50} No.1 ieee @ 4% eee. es 2 90| No. 2. oe @ 3% Pere 3 50 Wool = WICKING a. —.. Sees. ioe 0. 0, per gross..............20 ashed, medium... ne, Unwashed, fine....: 11@14 No. ?, per gross..............35 Unwashed. medium. 14@16 No. 3. Der gross..............55 CANDIES WOODENWARE Stick Cand Baskets bls. pails pete 95 | Standard ............ 7% Bushels. wide band......... 1 15| Standard H. H...... @7™% Market ...................... 30] Standard Twist..... @8 Spe, Saree 4 00} Cut Loaf............. @9 Splint, medium ............. 3 50 a 3 00 | Jumbo, 82 Ib......... 7% Willow Clothes, large. ......6 25| Extra H.H....../” @10% Willow Clothes, medium... 5 75| Boston Cream. ...... 10 Willow Clothes, smaill....... 5 25 | Beet Root............ 8 Mixed Candy _ Grocers... os... @ 6% _ommpctttion. @7 Special. ... @ 7% Conserve Z a yal ... 8 Ribbon .. @9 Broken .. @ 8% Cut Loaf..... @9 English Rock.. @9 Kindergarten ... @9 Bon Ton Cream..... @9 French Cream....... @10 Dandy Pan.......... @10 Hand Made Cream mused @15% Crystal Cream mix.. @13 Fancy—In Pails Champ. Crys. Gums. 8 Pony Hearts........ 15 Fairy Cream Squares 12 Fudge Squares...... 12 Peanut Squares. .... 9 Fruit Tab., as., wrap 12 Sugared Peanuts.... 10% Salted Peanuts...... 12 Starlight Kisses..... 10 B jes.. @12 Lozenges, plain ..... @ 9% Lozenges, printed @10 Choe. Drops......... @11% Eclipse Chocolates... @13% Choc. Monumentals. @14 Victoria Chocolate. . @15 — pwr mg poe cee ¢ 5 oss Drops......... 9% Lemon Sours... 10 Imperials.. .. S 10 Ital. Cream Opera 12 — Cream Bonbons @ on 12 Molasses Chews, 15 ID. pais... @14 Golden Waffies...... @12 Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes Lemon Sours....... Peppermint Drops.. Chocolate Drops.... H. M. Choe. Drops.. H. M. Choe. Lt. and Di, No. Gum Drops.......... Licorice Drops...... Lozenges, plain..... a. printed... Imperials............ Hand Made Creams. Cream Buttons, Pep. and Wint.......... String Rock......... Wintergreen Berries Caramels Clipper, 201b. pails. . Standard, 20 Ib. pails Perfection, 20 1b. pls Amazon, Choc Cov’d Korker 2 for 1¢ pr bx Big 3, 3 for 1¢ pr bx.. Dukes, 2 for 1¢ pr bx Favorite, 4 for ic, bx AA Cream Car’ls 31b FRUITS Oranges Florida Russett...... Florida Bright...... Fancy Navels....... Extra Choice........ Late Valencias...... Seed Lemons , Verdelli, ex fey 300. . Verdelli, fey 300. .... Verdelli, ex chee 300 Verdelli, fey 360..... Maiori Lemons, 300. . Bananas Medium bunches.... Large bunches...... Foreign Dried Fruits Californias, Fancy.. Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes Extra Choice, 10 Ib. aE aera Nal » in Dates Fards in 10 Ib. boxes Fards in 60 lb. cases. Henowi..... 2... .: Ib. cases, new..... Sairs, 60 Ib. cases.... Almonds, Tarragona onds, Almonds, Ivica ..... Acmonas, California, soft snelled........ Pupere oo... Walnuts. Grenobles. Walnut, soft shelled California No. 1... Table Nuts, fancy... Table Nuts, choice.. a + a ecans, Ex. a Pecans, Jumbos..... Hickory Nuts per bu. hio, new......... Choice, H. P., Extras Span. Shild No. in’w 80 S essegsese 8 5 4 é Sk 4 5 25@5 50 5 75@6 00 -~ 1 a @ @ 9% 12 AKRON STONEWARE Butters % gal., per doz...... .. 48 2 to6 gal., per gal.. .. 6 8 gal. each......... 48 10 gal. each......... 60 12 gal. each.......... ... 72 15 gal. meat-tubs, eacn. 1 05 20 gal. meat-tubs, each.. 1 40 25 gal. meat-tubs, each. esies a 2 00 30 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 2 40 Churns 2toG gal. wergal... -- 25. kk. 6% “hurn Dashers, per @0Z............... Milkpans % ga. fiat or rd. bot., per doz......... 48 1 gal. nat or rd. bot,, each............ 6 Fine Glazed Milkpans % gal fiat or rd. bot., per doz.... .... 60 1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each............ 6 Stewpans \% gal. fireproof, bail, per doz......... 85 1 gal. fireproof, bail, pur doz......... 110 Jugs \% gal. per doz...... eee ces ea ca 60 Mel per Gor. 45 Pteae@al, pergal....- . t . 7% Sealing Wax 5 Ibs. in package, per Ib .............. 2 LAMP BURNERS 35 36 48 85 50 50 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds Per box of 6 doz. OO ioe ce 1 38 SN 1 54 OS 2 24 First Quality . 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. . 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. . 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. XXX Flint . 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. . 2 Sun, crimp top, wra - & lab. . 2 Sun, hinge, wrapp inp. ..... Pearl Top . 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...... . 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled...... . 2hinge, wrapped and labeled..... . 2 Sun, “Small Bulb,” for Globe PAM oe oe te La Bastie . 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ . 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ » 1 Crimp, per doz.................. . 2 Crimp, per @or....... 5... 45... Rochester . 1 Lime foe doz} Bee eee ces oc. wm 08 to yn BSR Ae > me Oo ht at i SS8SaSeRk 8S SSS SRRS SF SSS sBsuZ . 2 Lime (70¢ doz . 2 Flint (80e doz Electric . 2 Lime = poe ee eeu ct ose ue . 2 Flint (80e doz OIL CANS 1 gal. tin cans with spout, per doz.... 1 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz. . 2 . galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 3 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 5 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 3 5 5 > ‘3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz. . gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. gal. = OM on nese os eke 5 gal. galv. ir OIA OU CO et ee on Nacefas.............. LANTERNS No. 0 Tubular, side lift............... No. 18 Tammier No. 15 Tubular, dash.................. No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain......... No. 12 Tubular, side lamp............. No. 3 Street lamp, each.............. LANTERN GLOBES No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10¢ No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15¢ No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each MASON FRUIT JARS. RR i ee 6 CR es, : - wWOIIVE SSGG BSSSRRa = bo mane Gaon oo koe sc Gn MMBNOTS.... 5c... Caps pabers SNCS RR ay ME aie trang Peete aca Pm 25 & 35 9 Glover’s Gem Mantles are superior to all others for Gas or Gasoline. Glover’s Wholesale Merchandise Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers Importers and Jobbers of GAS and GASOLINE SUNDRIES Office Stationer La peTTER. ore Tae 2s ata ELV COUNTER BILLS. aes Ae aoe aaler “Summer Light” | Light your Hotels, Cottages and Camps withthe ” ““NULITE”’ Table Lamp. Outdoor Arc. Incandescent Vapor Gas Lamps. Superior to electricity or carbon gas. Cheaper than coal oil lamps. No smoke, no odor, no wicks, no trou- ble. Absolutely safe. A 20th century revolu- tion in the art of lighting. Are Lamps, 750 can- dle power, for indoor or outdoor use. Table Lamps, 100 candle power. Chandeliers, Pen- dants, Street Lamps, etc. Average cost 1 cent for 7 hours. Nothing like them. >. sell at sight. GOOD AGENTS WANTED. md for catalogue and prices. CHICAGO SOLAR LIGHT CO., Dept. L. Chicago, Il. A Suggestion When you attend the Pan-American Ex- position this fall it will be a very good idea for you to see the exhibit of Thomas Motor Cycles and Tricycles and Quads in Transportation Building. . | Os Auto-Bi, $200 If you are at all interested and thinking of taking 7 the sale of Automobiles or Motor Cycles—or contemplating buying a machine for your own use—we extend a special invitation to you to visit the factory of the E. R. Thomas Motor Co. while at Buffalo. The Thomas is the cheapest practical line of Automobiles on the market. ADAMS & HART, Grand Rapids Michigan Sales Agents yVvvyVvVvvuVvvvvvwvvWCY* FUG OF OOGFCGUGOOOCOVG PARIS GREEN LABELS The Paris Green season is at hand and those dealers who break bulk must label their — according to law. e are prepared to furnish labels which meet the require- ments of the law, as follows: 100 labels, 25 cents 200 labels, 40 cents 500 labels, 75 cents 1000 labels, $1.00 Labels with merchant’s name printed thereon, $2 per 1000 Orders can be sent through any jobbing house at the Grand Rapids market. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BaD Ban bn bn ba Bn bn by bn br br by by by bn tp pt i OPPO POE GOGO GGG FFF OFFA SG vy “> ‘ 31 Thanks Dorothy Dix For Her Defense of Women. Dorothy Dix, in defense of women in ‘‘Are Women Stingy?”’ says: ‘‘Stingy? No! It is an unfounded charge. Women are careful of money, they are just with it, and when there is need, they are liberal.’’ Thank you, heartily, Dorothy Dix, in woman’s name—in the name of the noble women all over the land, who have been from the beginning of the world,and are now, making great sacrifices for the furthering of every good word and work. What a shame to call them stingy! The Woman at Home Magazine, edited by Annie S. Swan, published in London, asks, in its June number, the startling question: ‘‘Are Women Mean in Money Matters?’’ together with the answers given by the following well- known authors: Jerome K. Jerome, W. Pett Ridge, Annie S, Swan, Adeline Sargent and Gertrude Atherton. Says Jerome K. Jerome in,his article, speaking of woman’s meanness, of course in money matters: ‘‘ Absence of vice is their virtue.’’ Which is so very guarded that one would know at once that he was the lazy J. in ‘‘ Three Men in a Boat,’’ who always liked to take an easy position and watch others work. No doubt it is owing to his liver com- plaint, and doubtless he means well ; at any rate, we will be liberal and give him the benefit of the doubt. Had the topic under discussion been ‘‘Are Men Mean in Money Matters?’’ and had I been invited, I could have related an interesting incident just to the point, as it displays the vanity as well as mean- ness of men in money matters. Come to think, I will not wait for an invitation, as the topic I suggest may never be brought up for discussion, but will pro- ceed at once with my incident: A dear friend, newly married, but married long enough to have broken hopes, mortified pride and bitter doubts take the place of trust and confidence, and to have such a change come over her well-trained, liberal nature that her servants, her friends and all with whom she came in contact called her stingy. And I, even I, her best friend, won- dered greatly at this new peculiarity, for we had been schoolmates and chums in our girlhood, and | knew that at that time she was most generous. One never-to-be-forgotten day she and I were shopping together, when her husband overtook us, and after a mo- ment’s polite talk, turned to her and said tenderly: ‘‘Lucy, you have been so economical with your dresses, come in and select a handsome silk now.’’ I thought him splendid, and was aston- ished to hear her answer: ‘‘No, dear, not now, I am very well off for dresses; you are too kind.’’ He looked hurt, although he turned to me and said laughingly: ‘‘You see what a careful little wife I have. Well, good-day,’’ and with a graceful bow he was gone. I was stunned, and said quickly: ‘Lucy, what a dunce you are; why didn’t you go in and take the finest silk M. has? You need it.’’ The tears “welled up to her eyes, her lips trem- bled, and an_ indignant expression passed over her face, as after a mo- ment’s hesitation she whispered : ‘‘Dear, I didn’t dare to! He did not mean a word of it—he puts on all this before the world—it is a trick of his; he wants to be called generous, and he wins the glory of it. He smiles on the street beggar, gives to every charity, belongs to the B—. Club, while he MICHIGAN TRADESMAN keeps me absolutely penniless, and has from the first. You don’t know, you can’t understand. You will never tell, Mollie? Hope is dead; I must bear my burden, but | hate the hypo- crite." His meanness is my disgrace, and I must bear the names of ‘mean’ and ‘stingy’ because he acts in a way before people to falsify anything I might say. They would believe his honeyed words and acting in preference to the truth from my lips, because, perhaps, the truth would be indignantly uttered. I hate him! There, you must keep my secret, dear friend.’’ I kept her secret many years, but she is gone now, and | will tell it and vin- dicate my poor, broken-hearted Lucy. It was years agone that 1 bade her fare- well. I recall the hour with filling eyes. She talked of our girlhood for a time and at last, as her look became fixed, she said: ‘‘I am weary of life— oh, so weary; all my dreams have been shadows ; our—young—days’’—and the voice grew silent. The life blighted by ‘‘a man’s meanness in money mat- ters’’ went out forever. We laid her away on a bank of flow- ers, but what were flowers to her? This experience opened my eyes, and poor Lucy is not the only woman who has passed before the world as ‘‘mean in money matters,’’ as ‘‘stingy,’’ as ‘*devoid of taste in dress,’’ and other things, from no fault of theirs and be- cause of the meanness of others. Misunderstood ; a living sacrifice. I sincerely hope a time will come when, in the eyes of the assembled world, ‘“‘these wrongs will all be righted,’’ and ‘‘murder will out,’’ and tardy honor will be given ‘‘where honor is due.’’ Gertrude Atherton calls our United States women, ‘‘American Civiliza- tion.’’ Good! This man—Lucy’s hus- band—was not a product of our soil. Gertrude Atherton is sincere; she has respect and a quiet reverence for the energy, industry and genius of Ameri- can womanhood, W. Pett Ridge gives us a mild thrust. Nevertheless, as I read I note a special painstaking, good feeling growing out of a_blundering mistake. Annie S. Swan does not over- look ‘*that particular cause for their ap- parent stinginess from too little money. ’’ Very good. Adeline Sargent tells us that: ‘‘ Most acts of meanness spring, of course, from selfishness.’’ This I can’t believe. It is nota fair conclusion. There are certain great women who have wrought their greatness by learning to deny themselves for that superior being—man —as the ambition of ‘‘these poor dears’’ must not be molested by the disappoint- ments of life. Men are only good— some men I mean—before the world, and most of us women find it out before we get on very far in life. ‘‘Man’s in- humanity to man’’ and woman, too, ‘makes countless thousands mourn.”’ A Woman. —_> 22. _ The Dough That Father Made. Why talk about the cakes and pies That mother made of yore, That gladdened both your hungry eyes And filled you o’er and o’er? You sing of doughnuts great and small That in the jar were laid; Why is it that you ne’er recall The dough that father made? The cakes and pies were well enough, The doughnuts, too, were right; The biscuits all deserved a puff, They were so very light. But still when plaudits round you sling Let credit fair be paid, And now and then in praises sing The dough that father made. ——_—_>2-. Simplicity Itself. ‘*There are only two points-in suc- cess. ’” ‘*What are they?’’ “‘Work, and keep other people from working you.”’ : Levels Hardware Pr Ice Current Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... dis 70 Mattocks Ammunition Adz Bye... oo. oo... SF OO aie 65 Caps Metals—Zine G. D., full count, perm........... .... 40 Hicks’ Waterproof. perm... ....) 50 | 900 pound casks........................ 7% MeMGNGl, POEM. kl 75 | Per pound .........- eee ee eee ceee es . Ely’s Waterproof, perm.............. 60 Miscellaneous Cartridges NG CORee ee 40 a et ee... -.. Sesesases. . 2 50 cee Gee a 7 Oe eM, GE oe kk Fee os 3 @ | perews, Now Uist... oo. 2.00... oo. & No. 32 short, per m.......... 0.20.00. 6 00 | Casters, Bed and Plate........... 2... 50K10&10 ING. Silene, Per Me. 5 7% | Dampers, American... oc... 50 Primers Molasses Gates No. 2 U. M. 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Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 75 New Rival—For Shotguns “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 77-9 75 Drs.of oz.of Size er Broken packages %c per pound extra. = . a a — — n Paes 1 90 a 4 & 9 10 2 90 oe i ge ee = 4 1 8 10 2 90 ee TO 126 4 1% 6 10 2 90 | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy........... 50 135 414 1% 5 10 2 95 | Bench, first yuality.................... xO mo fr - £ 2 Nails 12 2 208 3 1 8 12 2 50 Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. 236 3% 1% 6 12 2 Gb | Gleel Mame, base... 2... ok. ec 2 65 265 3% 1% 5 12 9 70) Wire mata, base.................. aes 2 65 264 3% 1% 4 12 2 70 | te GO savaned...... 6... 8k. ck oe Base Discount 40 per cent. MG Oy ME RAVANCO ooo. os esto tec ce 5 Paper Shells—Not Loaded : — bain | eee wade come dass cocuuaue a No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100... ae... 30 No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. - CEN 45 “ - Gunpowder see = egs, 25 lbs., per keg........ eo 4 00 a ee Y Kegs, 12% Ibs., per % keg.......... 2 25 cane a irene cea esniite se bo 4 kegs, 634 Ibs., per 4 keg........... ee ee 5 Shot Finish 10 advance ..............0.0.04. 25 In sacks containing 25 Ibs. Pinta § AGVANCO.. .. 2... ae 35 Drop, all sizes smaller than B........ i 76 | Bintan 6 advanece................ 45 aca Augurs and Bits Batrel % advanee.. 85 al ee eS ae 60 Rivets Jennings genuine.......... 25 ’ [ocean Bron snd Tinned... 6... 5... 50 Jennings’ Imitation... peat oo 50 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. 45 First Quality, 8. B. Bronze. .. 6 00 eee: hee First Quality, D. B. Bronze. 3 00 | 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............. 6 50 First Quality, S. B. S. Steel... 6 50 | 14x20 1X, Charcoal, Dean.............. 7 50 First Quality, D. B. Steel............. 10 50 — = yc lana aes * = Railroad........... ae 12 00 | 14x20 Ix, Charcoal, Allaway Grade. .. 6 50 Garden.......00000 00D inet 29 00 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade. .. 11 00 a oe 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 13 00 RS 60 Ropes Carriage, new list ................... 65 Sisal, % inch and larger............... 8 Fiow oo) ee eee eee. CO Re ll Buckets Sand Paper WOM, Din $2 COT Eist sect. 19, 86.00 ae 50 Butts, Cast Sash Weights Cast Loose Pin, figured ............... 65 Wrought Rearow'. ae Oe 60 Solid Eyes, per Pe a thls a ea Chai eet Iron 14 in cas in in in com. smooth. com. : _ = Bie ein... $3 60 Co: 7 e. Gc... 5 G. ... et Noa Wtele. 8 60 Be 1. Se a 23 Be ... Se 3 70 MBS... 8% 7% «(CCWg OE . Oe [Nea tig ee 3 80 tient - Crowbars een eee ca re ‘as Gn ee le Bb ow ces wees cece cces cere cces cere’ a , Chisels . All Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches BOGMen Minmer 65 | Wide, not less than 2-10 extra. es — See esos oa " = Shovels and Spades ci een wha - First Grade, Doz..... es eee eae ea 8 00 ROCREEMMONE 65 | Second Grade, TS IE Ia 7 50 Elbows Solder Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz............net Re 19 — — BO ee 125} The prices of the many other qualities of solder Adjustable............................418 40810 in the market indicated by private brands vary Expansive Bits according to composition. Clark’s small, $18; large, $26 .......... 40 Ives’ 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30..........02.. 25 | Steel and Iron..... — 60—10—5 ies ec Files—New List as TI Mel Guia ew American 70&10 n— yn - oe ee a 7 | 1014 IC, Chiarcoal................ .... $10 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps.................. 70 | 14x20 My a i alate ee 10 50 Galvanized Iron 20x14 IX, COG < 12 00 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27, gg| Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. = 12 - 14 15 16. 17 Tin—Allaway Grade ei 10x14 IC, Charooal.......2+ 200.200 00+: 9 00 14x20 IC, ee a Stanley Rule and —— Se 60810 | 10x14 zs — Ce 10 oo ass OE 10 50 Single Strength, by box...............dis 3n&20| Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 Double aero i a dis 80&20 Boiler Size Tin Plate By the MO ae 80&20 14x56 Ix, for pa neg iaineai 13 ca a gag 14x56 IX, for No.9 Boilers, 5 P°T Pound.. ydole .'8, new list..............dis 333 Yerkes & Plumb’s..................../dis 40810 a ne Trape 8 Mason’s Solid Cast —— -. .-30¢ list 70 Onelda Community, Newhouse’s...-- 40&10 munity, Hawle or- Gate, Cathie 1, 2,3...................0 ean) sae ee Hawt Ateias 85 Hollow Ware Mouse, choker per doz............... 15 eee ee ee 50&10 | Mouse, delusion, pes doz........ ..... 1 25 CE 50&10 Wire Ce 50&10 iene Net... ihe p ea eens L ceca cee = Annea ay eT : 1 Moves: eis Coppered Market............ 50&10 A SON aie ene Tinned Market 50&10 House Furnishing Goods Coppered Spring Bei heen 40 Stamped Tinware, new list............ 70 | Barbed Fence, Galvanized ......2...7. 3 5 Japanned ree 20&10 | Barbed Fence, Painted................ 2 95 : ron Wire Goods Bar IPon......... 2... .cceceeces cee cess 2 25 G6 Fates Bright............ _ 80 ee Pe 3 c rates | Screw Eyes - 80 Knobs—New List OGMe 80 Door, mineral, ja - trimmings. ...... a Gate Hooks and — - 80 Door, porce! » Jap. trimmings....... renches , Lanterns Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........ 30 Regular 0 Tubular, Doz................ 5 00 | Coe’s ci ciacina sinner anes ce. 3 Warren, Galvanized Fount........... 6 00 ' Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ;Wrought..70 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN COMMERCIAL DOMINATION. Prof. Eduard Suess, of Vienna, an eminent authority on business, finance and political economy, has recently ex- pressed great apprehension and anxiety over the enormous commercial power of the United States. He observes the wonderful results of the application of machinery to the va- rious industries in the United States and the immense output by the Ameri- cans of all the most necessary agricul- tural products; that while the Ameri- cans are pushing their products into every country, they are able to live without buying anything abroad. It is this enormous display of resource and of productive power that is threatening to destroy the manufacturing industries of Europe. The alarmed Professor be- lieves that it is necessary that the Euro- pean nations should join in a coalition against the commercial power of the United States, but nobody can say just how it is to be done. If the European nations should agree not to buy any more breadstuffs, meats, dairy products or other food articles from the United States, they would make a big hole in our trade; but they would also increase to their own people the cost of every article of subsistence. The countries of Germany, Austria, Italy and France do not raise at home enough of provisions to feed their peo- ple. Sometimes their crops are larger or smaller, as the case may be, but they are never large enough to make them independent of foreign sources of sup- ply, and they must purchase abroad. Usually they depend chiefly on the United States, because our markets are the cheapest. Then work people of most European countries can not afford to have the cost of their daily bread increased to any considerable extent. Such an eventual- ity, particularly when general business might be bad, would cause immense and widespread distress and suffering. This matter of a commercial coalition against the United States has been re- peatedly discussed in Austria, but no practical method for its accomplish- ment has been devised. It has been suggested that, if no better remedy be available, war might be tried. It is not likely that either Great Britain or Rus- sia would go into such a war. If they should keep out of it, British ships would continue to carry American prod- ucts, as the Americans have none worth mentioning in the foreign trade, and thus attempts to cripple American com- merce would be abortive. As for Rus- sia, she is so fully occupied with her own affairs that she would be the last country in the world to join a coalition against the United States. Russia, like the American Union, possesses such a vast extent of territory capable of unlimited development, and has the ability to produce at home al- most every article of necessity, she would have no interest in seeking an assault on the Great Republic. Great Britain finds in the American people her very best customers, and she has no interest in quarreling with them. The question, then, comes up: What could Germany, France, Austria and Italy ac- complish by any sort of coalition, com- mercial or military, against the United States? About the only result that could be hoped for would be the utilization of such an opportunity to seize on Central American and South American countries in defiance of the Monroe doctrine. Such a consummation might be worth some- thing; but, if accomplished at all, it would be at a heavy cost. The war would be fought on the sea, and very far from the bases of supply of the European nations, while the Americans would be fighting close at home. Some such desperate movement might not be out of the reach of possibility. If the manufacturing industries of the Continental European nations should be paralyzed by the successful competition of those of the United States, those European nations would be forced to do something very decisive forthe relief of their people, and it might take the form of war. There would be great activity in shipbuilding, and in supplying war material, and that would furnish em- ployment to the people until the United States should be crushed or come out victorious. Then the surplus popula- tions of those countries would have to emigrate in order to find opportunities to work and means of support. Of course, the possibility that matters will ever come to such an extreme is- sue is highly remote, but it is a possi- bility. Statesmanship demands that, if possible, the people of a country should be kept prosperous by being employed at fair wages in some useful line of production, and if no other means of accomplishing this than by war can be devised, then war might result. People engaged in the production of articles of use must have markets in which to dis- pose of them. To create such markets is an urgent demand upon statesmanship, and, if this can not be accomplished in one way, it must be done in some other. > 9-2 Deterioration in Our Daily Food. From the Lancet. There can be no doubt that during the past decade food has undergone a steady degradation, and this can not be without a demoralizing influence upon the human race. It will be noticed that by far the majority of cases of tamper- ing with food relate to the substitution of a cheaper article rather than to the addition of an injurious substance. The common defense is that modern conditions of life make substitution a necessity. It is difficult to see the logic of such a defense—at least, in a number of instances. It is urged, for instance, that jam or marmalade can not be made without the addition of glucose, which prevents the preserve from crystallizing. Now iong before glucose was a household word jams and marmalade were made—and very good they were, too—consisting en- tirely of sugar and fruit. In the same way we are told that beer must be brewed from sugar and that brewing ex- clusively from malt presents untold difficulties. Again, golden syrup, which used formerly to be the refined syrup of molasses, consists largely now of artifi- cial sugar, which is doubtless a more marketable product, but is not the same thing as cane sugar. Yet, again, we are told that the public demand a per- fectly white loaf of bread, the truth in reality being that machinery has pro- duced a roller flour which is an inferior thing to the now, we suppose, extinct stone-milled flour. Instances of this sort could be multiplied. We could wish that all those keeping house would make up their minds se- riously to return to the excellent custom of preparing many articles of food for themselves at home. Who does not ad- mit the charm of home-made bread, home-brewed beer, or home-made jam, and simply because they are known to be made from an honest formula which has stood the test of time and from good materials which yield a_ palatable roduct? Even in the country good old- ashioned wheaten bread, with that fas- cinating brown color of rich wheaten flour, containing the entire nutritious portions of the berry and possessing that delightful wheaten flavor, now seldom if ever, characteristic of bread, is difficult to obtain. The baker’s loaf is, asa rule, a tasteless, insipid article which requires a considerable appetite before the idea of eating it can be entertained. No wonder that the taste for bread is steadily diminishing, and undoubtedly less bread is consumed than used to be the case. As is well known, bread con- tains almost every element of food nec- essary for existence, but we should be sorry for the person who tried to sub- sist entirely upon the modern uninter- esting loaf made from blanched roller mill flour. It has recently been stated that the degradation of the teeth so noticeable among us now is due to roller milling having largely supplanted stone mill- ing. We should not be surprised. The degradation of food is a very serious matter and is bound to lead sooner or later to the degradation of the eater. No movement could confer greater blessing upon the people than that which aimed at bringing about a return to the older and more rational methods of preparing food. Let us see more of the home-made article than we now see; let us return to more palatable food and to food that will do more good than the machine-made stuffs and the endless series of substitutes. In all the schools throughout the land we would have the children taught the advantages of home- made food, and how dood bread, fruit, jam or even beer and cider can be made at home. It would encourage a spirit of industry, it would give us palatable and nourishing articles to eat or drink, and might have a very wholesome effect upon those who seem, deliberately to at- tenuate food as much as possible or who pay no regard to its naturally endowed palatability. OR SALE—A GENERAL STORE IN A NEW lumbering town; an exceptionally good op- portunity for a man to step right into an esta lished business showing a good profit. With the deal goes our guod will and cashing of our labor and timber orders. For information address W. C. Sterling & Son, Monroe, Mich. z 10 ACRE FARM CHEAP FOR CASH; OR might exchange for business site. Chas. Cranson, Hubbardston, Mich. 10 NO. 1 BUSINESS OPENING IN THE BEST city in Central Michigan. Wishing to con- fine myself to carpets and readymade wear ex- clusively, I offer for sale my fine stock of dry goods, which is one of the best in the city of Flint. This is a fine chance for legitimate busi- ness and too good a thing to remain on the mar- ket long. Speculators and trades not wanted. a and see or address E. Trump, = ch. O EXCHANGE OR FOR SALE—ONE OF the best and richest 80 acre farms in South- ern Michigan for a good flour and feed mill. Address Box 149, Sherwood, Mich. 13 ANTED—A SMALL DRUG STOCK IN good town for cash. Address D. M. Byers, Fruitport, Mich. 999 OR SALE—STOCK OF JEWELRY, TOOLS and material in Michigan county seat of 6,500 inhabitants. Invoiced $2,500 Jan. 1. Will sell right for cash. Address Western, care Michigan Trad n 2 OR SALE—A GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF clothing, dry goods and shoes in one of the best towns of 1,500 population in Northern Mich- igan. In the midst of the best lumbering and farming country. Reason for selling, sickness. Stock invoices between $15,000 and $16,900, all new fresh goods. Have been in the business only a year and a half. If it was not for sick- ness, wouldn’t sell for $3,000 profit. Must be sold in short time. Address No. 3, care Michigan Tradesman. 3 PUR SALE—SET OF MEAT MARKET tools, in good condition. Address No. 1, care Michigan Tradesman. 1 r= SALE—WELL-ESTABLISHED MEDI- cal practice, averaging $500 per month. Fine oftice and a Address Box 2320, Bat- tle Creek, Mich. 994 }OR SALE—BOOT AND SHOE STORE IN good live Central Michigan city of 6,500 in- habitants. Stock invoices $6.000; doing a busi- ness of $12,000 a year; will sell for 85c. Address No. 993, care Michigan Tradesman. 993 Businas Hails Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payments. BUSINESS CHANCES. VOR SALE--A CLEAN GENERAL STOCK, invoicing about $1,800; good farming com- munity. Reason for selling, other business. Address Bert F. Wood, Newark, Mich. __26 2,000 SHOE STOCK FOR SALE AT 60 Address No. 23, care 23 cents on the dollar. Michigan Tradesman. UR SALE—GROCERY AND CROCKERY stock invoicing about $1 270; located in town of about 1,200. Reason for selling, going out of business. Address No. 22, care Michigan Trades- man. 22 rT SALE—IN A BOOMING TOWN IN Southern Michigan new stock clothing, shoes, hats, caps and groceries, invoicing about $3,500; good room, good stand, cheap rent. Ad- dress No. 21, care Michigan Tradesman. 21 ANTED—STOCK OF MERCHANDISE or farm in exchange for my equity in five- story gray stone front brick block; stores on first floor, residence above; rents for $2C0 per month; valued at $35,000, with an incumbrance of $12,000 on easy terms. Write particulars of what you have. B. EK. Begel, Jackson, Mich. 20 VOR SALE—THE BEST HARDWARE stock in town of 5,000; splendid chance for hustler; good cash trade. Address No. 19, care Michigan Tradesman. 19 NOR SALE—THE L. H. HUNT & CU. DRUG stock, furniture and fixtures, soda fountain and fixtures, appraised at $2,200. Will be sold at public auction Sept. 7. 10 o’clock. For particu- lars address Daniel R. Whitney, Assignee, Lowell, Mich. 18 NREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A RETAIL lumber yard. Address No. 17, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 17 ARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY NEW stock, general line dry goods and shoes; in excellent location, booming city of Saginaw; will lease store at low rate for number of years. Reason for selling, to retire from business. Ad- dress at once, F. Appenzeller, 110 N. Hamilton, Saginaw, Mich. 16 OR SALE—ONLY FURNITURE AND UN- - dertaking business in growing town of 600; stock and building less than $3,000; good hearse; best of reasons for selling. Address No. 14, care Michigan Tradesman. 14 ANTED—HARDWARE STOCK, INVOIC- ing $1,500 to $,000; doing good business; town, 1,000 to 2,0 0 population. Address No. 5, care Michigan Tradesman. 5 ERCHANTS DESIROUS OF CLOSING out entire or part stock of shoes or wishing to dispose of whatever undesirable for cash or on commission correspond with Ries & Guettel, 128-128 Market St., Chicago, Ill. 6 OR SALE—#3,000 GENERAL STOCK IN thriving Northern Michigan farming town on Pere Marquette Railway. Good reasons for selling. Address No. 8, care Michigan — man YOR SALE—GOOD ESTABLISHED GRO- cery business in town of 6,000; a bargain for the right person. Will not sell except to good, reliable party. For particulars address Grocery, care Michigan Tradesman. 983 ANTED—DRUG ‘STOCK, ONE THAT invoices from $1,000 to $1,500. Address Edgar E. Tice, Bloomingdale, Mich. 980 SPLENDID GENERAL STORE, HUTEL and livery, a great stand for business; good transient trade; number of steady boarders. Sell or exchange for Al farm. Address R A. Butwell, Wixom, Mich. 976 POR 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 shape; 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 YOR SALE—COUNTRY STORE DOING ood business. For particulars address J. B. Adams, Frost, Mich. 966 J,,OR SALE, CHEAP—#1,500 STOCK GEN- eral merchandise. Address No. 945, care Michigan Tradesman. 945 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; this is the second rgest 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 OR RENT—TWO BRICK STORES connected with arch, 22x80 each; suitable for department or poe store, of which we have need here; will rent one or both. Write P. O. Box 556, Mendon, Mich. 936 OMEYN-PARSONS PAYS CASH FOR stocks of merchandise (not a trader or broker). Grand Ledge, Mich. 920 ¥ 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 MISCELLANEOUS ANTED—A REGISTERED PHARMA- cist. Address H., care Michigan = man. ANTED—AN ASSISTANT PHARMA- cist. Address R., care Michigan _——" man. ANTED—COBBLER, ONE WHO CAN do hand turn and service work. Must be young man capable of helping in shoe store on busy days and Saturday nights. State salary ex- —_— and experience. Address No. 15, care ichigan Tradesman. 15 ANTED—SITUATION BY YOUNG MAN in general store; has had several years’ experience. Can furnish good references. Ad- dress No. 997, care Michigan Tradesman. 997 AN-AMERICAN ACCOMMODATIONS AT private house, conveniently located. —_ ing, one dollar each. Address LeRoy 8S. Oa man, Sec’y, Buffalo Produce Exchange. 917 but one dozen per day of . Grand Rapids Office, 29 Crescent Ave. ORORONOHOROH CHORORONORORORORONOEORONOROHOHOEONOZOE If you want to secure more than $25 REWARD In Cash Profits in 1901, and in addition give thorough satisfaction to your patrons, the sale of FLEISCHMANN & CO.’S YELLOW LABEL COMPRESSED YEAST will secure that result. Detroit Office, 111 W. Larned St. SOSCCSSTSS The M. I. Wilcox Company Supply Depot for Oils, Cordage, Belting, Roofing Stock, Twines, Waste, Packing, etc. — Use our Celebrated Diamond Brand Lath Yarn Stave and Jointer Knives, Leather Belting. Double Dynamo Belts a specialty. Belting Co ’s Rubber Belts. Linseed Oil, Harrison Bros.’ Paintsand Varnishes. Toledo, Ohio Agents for Boston White Leads and Conoarrgnnnn imple ccount File one-half the time and cost of keeping Charge goods, when purchased, directly on file, then your cus- tomer’s bill is always ready for him, and can be found quickly, on account of the special index. This A quick and easy method of keeping your accounts. Es- pecially handy for keeping ac- count of goods let out on ap- proval, and fcr petty accounts with which one does not like to encumber the regular ledger. By using this file or ledger for charging accounts, it will save a set of books Saves you looking over several leaves of a day book if not posted, when a customer comes in to pay an account and you are busy wait- ing on a prospective buyer. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS Travelers’ Time Tables. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, C. E. WALKER, Bay Mee Vice-Pres- ident, J. H. HOPKINS, Ypsilanti; Secretary, E. A. STOWE, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. F. TATMAN, Clare. Graud Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, FRANK J. DyK; Secretary, HOMER KLAP; Treasurer, J. GEORGE LEHMAN Detroit Retail Grocers’ Protective Association President, E. MARKS; Secretaries, N. L. KoeEnNIG 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. © 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, E. F. CLEVELAND; Treasurer, Wm. C. KOEHN 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, m. B. HOLLy; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. CAMPBELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS. Pt. Hurens Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T. PERCIVAL. Alpema Business Men’s Association President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Calumet Business Men’s Association President, J. D. CuppIHy; Secretary W. H. HOSKING. St. Johns Business Men’s Association President, THos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK A. PERCY; Treasurer, CLARK A. PUTT. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E. HEDDLE. Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W VER- HOEKs. Yale Business Men’s Association President, CHAS. RouNDs; Secretary, FRANK TNEY. firand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association President, JOHN G. EBLE; Secretary, L. J. Katz; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD. Ma.kegon Retail Butchers’ Association President, MARTIN BIRCH; Secretary, C. D. RICHARDS; Treasurer, WM. SMITH. Trade Com PERE MARQUETTE Railroad and Steamship Lines. Fast trains are operated from Grand Rapids to Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Saginaw, Bay City, Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee, Muskegon, Trav- erse City, Alma, Lansing, Belding, Benton Har- bor, St Joseph, and intermediate points, making close connections at Chicago with trains for the south and west, at Detroit and Toledo with trains east and southbound. Try the “Mid-Day . Flyers,” leaving Grand Rapids 12:05 and 12:10 noon, each week day, arriving at Detroit 4:05 p. m. and Chicago 5:00 p. m. H. F. MOELLER, G. P. A., W. E. WOLFENDEN, D. P. A. GR AND Rapids oe Going North. aily ex Su ex Su exSu Ly Gd Rapids........ 40p 745a 200p 1045p Ar Cagubic.......... 645a 1125a 440p 210a Ar. Traverse City.... 830a 130p 6650p ..... Ar. Petoskey......... 930a 250p 7235p 5 35a Ar. Mackinaw City...1120a 4 15p 6 Sec 55a, Train leaves for Cadillac 5:20pm, ar’g at 9:00pm. Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m, 11:30 am, 12:20 p m,5:15 p m and 9:20 p m. Going South. ex Su ex Su Daily ex Su Daily Ly. G’d Rapids. 710a 150p 600p 1230p 9235p Ar. Kalamazoo. 850a 322p 745p 1465p 10 55p Ar. Ft. Wayne..1210p 650p ToCnicago 1 45a Ar Cicinnatl G20p 20.0 400 fo 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 cars on all through trains 4:05am “Northland Express” has dining car Grand Rapids to Mackinaw City. 2:00pm train going north has buffet ear to Harbor Springs. 9:35pm 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 5 40pm Ar. Muskegon........ 9 3 10pm 7 00pm 00am 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. & l and Michigan Central. Except TO CHICAGO Sunday Dally Ly. G’d Rapids (Union depot) 1230pm 9 35pm Ar. Chicago _— 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. ‘e ‘ xeep FROM CHICAGO Sunday Daily 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 Is one of the features of our harnesses. We make them ourselves in the very best equipped factory in the west and are sure of them. We know about other harnesses and know their shortcomings As far as They are the best value for the money in the country. Brown & Sehler Front and W. Bridge Sts. Grand Rapids, Mich. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ——— ey : we know, ours have none. and Rapids Fix o Gr ids Fixtures Co. srHIE) new knocked i CATCHES THE GERM AS WELL AS THE BLY. tai elegant down 4 : \ | ; fe Sanitary. Used the worldever. Good profit to sellers. aot * ce design Takes Order from Jobbers. Pd in _ i first : “Tre CELEBRATED “ih : ‘ class THE i 4 combination ¢ i freight i Cigar y J Case rate. aa es No. 36 Cigar Case. FINE ff st Cigar Case that we have ever made. It is an elegant piece of store furniture and TO B ci Ci O ‘Ips or would add greatly to the appearance of any store. CUT A i ) : Corner Bartlett and South Ionia Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCO CO. (Against the Trust. ) v1 ~ e e 7, ‘ : eae eee H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids,. Mich. 7 f Write for our Catalogue, ‘‘ The Commercial Traveler,” if you are thinking of € cad adding to your business or of going into a new business. We solicit a share of your a patronage and aim to retain your trade by giving full value at the lowest prices. My ed f ( Catalogue sent to merchants on request. Don’t wait—mail us your order. jf i i Diamond Fly Paper | Galvanized Iron Tubs i] on . Will make oe business pay In double sheets 9x16 inches. Patent No. 1, best grade, per doz............... 5 45 } ; er a — a age ned a - 0. 2, — —_ per — Se ces eae 6 00 ene | y i iti ning or dripping. 25 double sheets ( No. 3, best grade, per doz............... 6 90 ee f We can get this additional trade singie) in fancy = Ceeciog acres $ 30 | woe ioe } i / : er case of 10 fancy boxes.............. 276 Vire Ends, 250 in Crate. gh} f for you. A cash business en- Brooms | 1 Ib. size, per crate...... 2... cc... eee ee 42 2 3 . re In spite of strong advance in broom 2 Ib. size, per crate...... ase lig 47 i” ables you to discount your bills. corn we quote as follows while the | 3Ib. size, per crate............0...000.. 87 ©. aid ee. = — ——— : | 5 Ib. size, — paras iak aie 66 fé ; i “‘Leader,’’ medium fine, 3 colored sew- | ne Butter Crocks f If you want to get it or want to f ing, per doz. pesuie. seoer es* ae 1&4 “ hig bogs Glaze, “Macomb” Brand. . ss : : : “Belle,” choice quality, 23 Ibs., 4 col- | gal. iyo OR Oe 4 increase what you have, write ored sewings, jeuey lock: finish, a fine 1 gal. (10 te), pet dae es 72 f . ok carpet broom, per doz.................. 1 95 2 gal. (2010s), per dos... o.oo ae us. The cost is trifling. Wash Boards Clothes Pins eed The best 25c or 30¢ board. Best Quality, Full Count. { “Concave” washboard saves splashing, “Star,” per case, 5 gross................ 45 . | e e has more gw g, Senn keeps water “Carton,” per case, 12 cartons of 5 doz. fo ® Trio Silver Co in center and has ventilated back. CONGR. ee ee ee 67 | i Warranted a quick seller. perdoz...... 215 | ae Splint Clothes ge f <" e aper Bags ade of best splint, 2in. wide, size o it I3I Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Three grades, all sizes, see catalogue basket 20x19 in. wide, 12 in. deep, per ts f for complete list. 1 lb. bags, per 500, Cee ee ae 2 20 | SO SS BS SSS Sewewr—=s Cream Manila, square.................. FSSA J Se Ss Sy) ASAT eB SCORES SSE RE ROI RODS CD ROD IEEBEDS Nias ae = a PUTING yt gue COMP SAL Co. 1/4 if op te ete Mt i aebebeperinl) | Fan ae Ea RA eee eae Sees ny = mae ——z a ee a PIS OS OSS SISA ISEN \ | A BIG BLIZZARD COMING Get ready for it. windows and put an overcoat on that old-fashioned Spring Balance Scale if you haven't got rid of it; for a cold wave will certainly give it the cramp colic. We mean this: cold as well as hot weather plays havoc on spring balance scales that are not equipped with our Thermostat as shown in the Cold weather shortens the spring coils and makes them unreliable. In some cities these old spring scales are thrown out altogether just on this account. Our Boston Spring Balance Scales are reliable scales in all kinds of weather. If you haven’t one why don’t you take advantage of our easy payments and own a safe, reliable money saver---a Money Weight Boston Scale with a Thermostat. The Computing Scale Company cut. aa a es PSs Chuck up the chinks in your doors and (SA Ga CSC AICSTaA (Si aA Dayton, Ohio